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I VOLUME 11> NUMBER, 32.
fD f JULY 25IH, WAS IHE GREATEST ,
’ THE HISTORY OF COVINGTON
OAT IN
NtHKKE thousand people attend the county
,MUKt S0 \)\m' barbecue given in honor of world-war
D C0 M EDERATE VET ERANS—JUDGE ANDREW
j COBB DELIVERED ELOQUENT ADDRESS.
July 25tU, was one of the
Fvidav, r' most enjoyable Jays in
. If Sorr anti occasion
of Covington, the
P I „ t jj e county barbecue given m
rf the soldiers of the worlr
01 Confederate Veterans.
I i 1 rbi I
of me prettiest
^^perous attired cities in in the gala State, daj
attractively pmlomina
^rations, patriotic colors
Fr om the center of the park to
limits of the business square "Old
Irorv" and the flags of the Allied Na
Ls floated a welcome in insufficiept the breeze, to
Bfetv morning l*ing
baiaiieu the enthusiasm of the cele
■brdtors, who began to assemble «irly
day, coming to the «itf in
L Labile*, buggies, wagons and ev
known conveyance,.
A gorgeous display of fireworks in
Latral Ltion Park first attracted thousand visitors, the at
L of the thr*e
were thoroughly prepared to en
lovcu-t) feature! of the excellent pro
tram. of which there were many. It
L a , eX pected tht an aeroplane from
Luther Field, Americas, would cir
L over the city at 10 ;00 o'clock, but
Le a via ter was delayed in Macon by of
heavy rainfall, announcement
Ltiicfe was received by wire and pass
on to tie expectant throng by the
leounty chairman.
Judge Cobb’s Address.
At 11:80 o’clock the crowd asseni
Ibled in the large court room of the
jcoiutty court house to hear an eloquent
hgtniotic address by Judge Andrew' J.
■Cobb. of Athens, Who was introduced
■by L. W. Jarman, master-of-ceremo
Inies. who also spoke a few words of
■welcome to the returned soldiers in
lbehalf of the citizens of Norton
pounty.
Judge Cobb spoke eloquently and
■forcibly, addressing himself to the
■history of thj wars of the world, a
majority of which he said had keen
■waged in the interest <>f "self-deter
Imination.” The speaker described the
■position of the Sou** ia the war We
Itween th.( States and that ^f the Uni-
1 ted state* in every war that it has
j fought against foreign countries.
Judge Cobh eulogized President Wil
jsik I and indorswl the leaguee of na
tioos. eliciti»g thunderous applause
j' I address r ou; the interested hundreds. His
was greatly enjoyed, e special
jly appropriate for tint oecslon.
“Tlie Honor Roll.”
Over th^ speaker’s stand was the
I honor roll of the Nekton county sd
I diets who in one way or another paid
I tbe suprc|ae sacrifice of patriotism,
including tli e names of
John Rowers,
Roy Davis,
Bryant Pilcher,
B E. Savage,
Homer Terry,
Fharkjy Floyd Aaron,
John Reno Blake,
M’illiam Harold King,
Bohort Dewey Boggus,
J^es Leonard Higginbotham,
Aubrey Goins,
J°v; K. Adams,
Howey Hooten.
• jo \' Vere of the relatives of the absent
their B^'ent, as ware a few of
trihm IT 1 "’''* ' n ant5s which son
’
tis.» 1Uman Merest to tlq, exer
T l»«' Line of March.
Jude jrK:nslo, ‘ 01 ’ lu ‘ address o<
o i
IF. C .i' Cook and
fur ti ." 1 <0Unil hundred *‘ , l the assembly call
' world-war
ans. t! veter
Bov " llf,1 b‘iate Veterans and the
v,. 1
Baud ' ,0 mus * c °f Barber's
Mnl f, A,lanta
the - After parading
f entor of ‘* 1 *- the
t, th iV 0,n vl(lU, ‘* rt ‘ls in ’Be lino of march
W*y. lle where an elegant
thrp ,>i 2r fn * hoats u iumhs
p ’ -
other '-'-two chickens and
iia'ri .
The ^’ a ^ Provided.
»t I*- '**>• *" But h9Ve ^ *"*»
from p rfif ' a message
’’tiffii]-, Y Lookout
f Snider.
^ Offered the q"v r? cf " thet rp advised rr ° Phet ’ that ^
'
08 rs ” mipUt ^
Frid av so the expected
pita were dug at
3W @flminugmm Nam
Quick To Commend
the fair grounds. The rainfall, how¬
ever, did not interfere with the enjoy¬
ment of the barbecue.
Charley £ nek well, chief cook, and
tV. TV. Childs and W. S. Cook, his
assistants, had prepared a feast ca¬
pable of templing dyspeptic kings, and
queens, which was serve in gracious
manner by Mrs. TV. TV. Child and a
staff of attractive assistants.
(
. Talk By Soldiers.
Immediately after dinner Major
Homer Cook, Captain Charles S.
Candler. Dr. J. It. Sams and A. L.
Loyd, returned soldiers, made brief,
but interesting talks that were highly
enjoyed by the multitude.
Aeroplane Appears.
The delayed aeroplane from Souther
Field appeared about. 4:00 o’clock,
circuling over the city several times.
Covington needs an aeroplane landing
station, for which a movement is
lieing contemplated by a nuinbey of
prominent eifizeus.
Splendid Co-Operation.
The citizens of Newton county are
to bo! congratulated upon their splen¬
did co-operation in promoting thu
barbecue and making the patriotic
occasion a very gratifying success.
To Chairman C. Wright Adams and
Treasurer J. E. Philips is largely due
the results obtained, but these ener¬
getic gentlemen could not have suc¬
ceeded without the assistance of the
county committeemen and others fa¬
voring holding the celebration.
Many men, women and children per¬
formed useful services of great loyalty
with much “self-determination,” as it
seemed at one tim<-( that tht* threaten
ing vian would interrupt the carefully
arranged program.
The Atlanta Papers.
The Atlanta Journal and Constitm
tion sent their best rejsorters and pho¬
tographers to enjoy the day and chron¬
icle the proceedings, for which they
have the thanks of the people of this
county. The Georgian was invited by
wire and letter to attend, but no re¬
sponse was received,
A Grt’at, Glad Day.
July 25th will go down in the his¬
tory of Newton county as a groat,
glad day, replete with patriotic en¬
joyment. It was a day of rare pleas¬
ure and will never lie forgotten by
those who were so fortunate as to is?
among those present. Confederate
Veterans and world war Veterans
sharqd equal honors, for the people of
this section will never forget or neg¬
lect the aged heroes who wore the
gray. Long may the old heroes live
to encourage* the young ones In this
happy county of peace and plenty.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
MEMBERS ENTERTAINED
Tlie members of the Woodmen of the
World who came to Covington on the
25tli wqre well entertained by Elm
Camp, 206, of Covington.
There were between five and six
hundred visitors here who came to
witness tlq> initiation of 13!) candi¬
dates. Many of them came in tlie
morning and enjoyed the' barbecue
given in honor of the return id sol¬
diers of Newton county. In the after¬
noon a parade was formed, ex ten Dug
around tlie public square, and mar-hul
to the Fair Grounds where a hsh fry
was served with refreshments, after
which tlM degree work was conferred
by teams from Rutledge and Oxford
Tlie question of holding a “Log Roll¬
ing” during the Fair in October was
discussed and unanimously and enthu¬
siastically endorsed, and which if car¬
ried out, iucjhn* that V oodmen Ckij
will fierhaps bring tlie largest crowd
nf any day during tlie Fair.
GEORGIA FIRST STATE TO VOTE.
AGAINST WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE.
Georgia is the first state to refuse
to ratify the federal suffrage amend¬
ment.
The roeord of the states of the union
on the issue of ratification is as fol¬
lows ;
Number necessary to carry
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Thursday, july si, 1319.
SB GIMP MEETING
BEGIN8JFR[0AY NIGHT
DR. JOHN II. ELLIOTT, REV. WIL¬
LIAM DUNCAN AND REV. L.
D. KING WILL CONDUCT
SERVICES.
The annual camp meeting will open
at Smyrna Presbyterian camp ground
on Friday night of this week, for which
event the tents and grounds are in
readiness.
Dr. John II. Elliott, formerly of
New York, recently from Minnesota,
will preach at 11:00 o’clock a,, in,, and
8.00 o’clock p. ai.
Rev. William Duncan, the popular
and able pastor of the Smyrna Circuit,
and Rev. Lemuel D. King, of Coving¬
ton, will in-each at S;00 a. in., and 3:00
p. m„ alternating.
Dr. Elliott inn* conducted sqiecial
meetings in mor e than one hundred
cities of the United States, Canada.
England and Australia. He is said
to lie a minister of great force and
1 »ower.
Rev, Mr. Liddelle, pastor ofthePreS
bvterian chur.di at Greensboro, will dl
reel the nnisi'-, wliLn promises to he
an inspiring feature of every sendee
Mr. Duncan, tin minister in charge,
extends a cordial invitatoin to the pub¬
lic to attend the camp meeting, which
will close on Thursday night, Aug. 7th.
CARD OF THANKS.
To the People of Newton County: 1
With the kind permission of the
editor, 1 wish to take this method of
thanking all citizens of the county who
helped make the “Home Coining Cele¬
bration of July 25th," a groat day in
the history of Newton county.
To tiiose who contributed i« any
,vav towards the success of thi» occa¬
sion. 1 feel ever grateful, and I shall
always remember your words and acts
if kindness.
I especially wish to express my ap¬
preciations for the services of Messrs.
O. A. Sock well, W. W. Childs aud W.
S. Cook, who had charge otf the meats,
etq, and to Messrs. S. H, Adams, G. T.
Wells. J. K. Luck and L. W. Jarman,
whose sreviees were so valuable: and
also to Mrs. W. W, Cliilds, who spent
much of her time in the interest of
the affair
To Mr. J. E. Philips I especially
thank for his able service as* treasurer^
as well as his dally words of encour¬
agement. and his never-dying interest
and enthusiasm.
1 shall ever remember tho#e district
committeemen who workd so faithfully
to discharge a community duty.
And last, but not least, I desire to
thank the mayor and council of Cov¬
ington for their voluntary donation of
on e hundred dollars, to be used for
this occasion, as well as tlie wwk of
beautifying tlie park at Academy
Spring.
Tlie management has no apology to
make to any one. We had no control
over the weather, or anything else,
which might hv<i happened to displease
any one. We only desire to say that
w> did the best we could under some
very trying circumstances.,,
A statement of the financial condi¬
tion of the books of the treasurer will
lie published at a later date.
The finance committee will meet next
Tuesday to close all matters, and dis¬
pose of funds which reman in the
hands of the treasurer. Again thank
ng you for your patriotic co-operation
and I trust that you can feel that you
have done your Lit for a worthy cause.
Sincerely yours,
O. WRIGHT ADAMS.
amendment!. 36.
Numbdr that stand in favor, 11.
Number that stand against. 1.
Number needed of those yet to
vote. 25.
States that have ratified, with dates:
Illinois—June 16. l!tl!>.
Wisconsin—June 10, 1019
Michigan—June 10. 191*
Kansas—June 16, 1919.
New York—June 16. 1919.
Ohio—June 1®*
Pennslyvania—Juno 24. 1”’*'
Massachusetts— June 25, IMS
Texas—June 27. 1919.
Iowa—July 2, 1919.
Missouri —July 3, 1919.
DR. T. U. SMITH ABSENT.
I will lie absent from my office from
August 4th to August 24th. and will
glad to greiA my friend* upon my
returo T. U. SMITH D. D. ».
-Not Afraid To Condemn
NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT S M«
CRIMINAL RECORDS OF IHE. POST
GRAND JURY RETURNS NINETY-THREE TRUEBILLS AND MANY
VERDICTS WERE RETURNED BY JURY-WILL PITTS GETS
FIVE YEARS FOR VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
W ill Pitts, colored, who killed Pres¬
ton Johnson, another member of the
colored race, last April, wa* found
guilty of voluntary manslaughter in
Newton Superior Court Wednesday
and sentenced to serve five years on
the chain gang by Judge Charles W.
Smith. The defen lain. \\a» represen¬
ted by Rogers and Steele, while Atou
e i Greene F Johnson, of Montht.llo,
assisted . So'idtor General George M.
Xapifr. A motion for a new trial was
filed, which will be heard by Judgi
Smith iu the near future.
The grand jury, which aijourned
Wednesday afternoon,returned ninety
three indictments, a majority of which
were for violatio uof the prohibited!
law and gaming. Judge Smith stated
that this was a “new spiled record in
Newtn u county,” and complimentei
the members upon their diligent in¬
vestigation*.
Many vtvdicts of guilty were return¬
ed by tb e jury during the week a»d a
number of plea* of guilty were entered
by defendants. It was stated Thurs¬
day morning that court would proba¬
bly continue through the wo»k, but it
is sot expected that the tenn will ex¬
tend into the third wqek. This is iu
nil probability tho record term in the
history of the superior court of New¬
ton county.
Tire following grand and travurse
jurors were drawn ia opejn court to
serve during the September form:
GRAND JURY
T. G. Aiken, D. A. ITaampeoH. Jr
i.ojx Loyd. A. R. Iiunrferd. Sr.
J. tV Spears, fe\ R. Rogera,
I. A. Stanton, W. H. Bqgjrus,
V. G. Martin, M. G. Turner,
J. C. Stewart, R. L. Middlebrook,
J. C. Mills. E. F. Hays,
R. W. Boggus, Boycp Davis,
J. T. Morgan, F. . B. Nelson,
A. M. Griffin, J. TV, F. Parks,
J. P. Ixmgshore, Edwin C. Dobbs.
J. L. Laz#rrt>y, Jolm W. Pickett.
D. T. Sbon** J. n. Willingham,
A. J. Belcher, A. S, Wilson,
C. I. Cash, E. F. Cooper.
TRAVERSE JI RY.
J. T. Brooks, : J. J. Fincher,
C. R. Ellington, | E. W. Fowler,
B. H. Guinn, ! C. TV. Wright,
Carl Allgood, G. TV. Hill,
J. D. Guinn, D. M. Gibbs,
it. Ei Everitt, J. II. Childs,
P. TV. Godfrey. E. P. Loyd,
TV. H. Gaither, J. O. Bates,
T. Tom Ellington, lister Leje,
J. T. Wicks, It. A. Hamilton,
M. Berry, TV. E. Gray,
E. R. Bouehilon, C. D. Gibson,
T. Dyer, H. J. Hollingsworth,
It. L. Epps, J. II. George,
L. Elliott, W. F. Sammons,
C. Epps, T. It. Starr,
Le/in, W. R. Porter,
S. EUln-Aon. R. J. Anderson,
L. P/i'(l. J. M. Rogers,
L. Ept*. L. I). Dobbs,
P. Pharr, Henry II. Stone,
A. Franklin, TV. L. Sullivan,
F. H. Franklin, Boyce Harvey<
Hi. C. Hull.
NOTICE.
There will b<- a meeting of the fi¬
nance,committee which was named to
serve in the interest of the Soldier«
Barbecue, next Tuesday, at ten o’clock,
in tile director’s re*m of the Bank of
Covington.
ThU meeting was to have been held
last Monday, but owing to the fact
that some outstanding lulls had not
been tiled, it had to be jio.dpoiivd to a
later date.
Ir will be tin, dutiu* of thi» eomuiit
ree to dispose of tlie funds which re¬
main in th e hands of the treasurer,
or any oth-f business that may oeme
before tlun.
I hereby t ltdor my resignation a*
general chairman, to take effect at the
close of rlii* me-ting next Tuesday.
C. TV. ADAMS. Chairman.
Tlie following gentleman oomfiose
the committee.
C. C. Lunsford, Dr N G. Boswell
G. Q. Livingston. H. G. PNnitli. ,T. X.
Gary. Dr. T.ukf* Robinson, R. TV. Camp
bell. M. G. Turner. R. F. Dick and
O. R. Rogers.
Special price® on Ladies’
Monday, Aug. 4. at Cannon Supply
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On
The Fence.
TABERNACLE MEETING IN
PROGRESS AT OAK HILL.
Tlie annual revival Is In progress at
Oak Hill abernacle, in Downs district
this week, having commencojl on Fri¬
day night of last week with Dr. H. C.
Morrison, president of Asbury College,
\T illmore, Ky., present to conduct the
services. Mrs. Morrison is present as
a Christian worker and much interest
is being manifested in every service.
Dr. Morrison is well known to
the people of Georgia, having been one
of five leaders of the Holiness camp
meetings at Indian Spring for a num¬
ber of years. He is generally regarded
ns on c of the greatest preachers in
th* world and the Oak Hill people are
especially fortunate in being able to
secure bis service*.
An effort was macty to induce Dr.
Mossison to hold a nn'oting in Coving¬
ton. but he has pressing engagetments
through August 1920, with the possible
oVtoeption of the first two weeks In next
April.
Dr. Morrison will conduct the In¬
dian Kprfnar camp meetiug next month,
assistwl by Rev. John Haul, of North
Carolina, and rrof. O. TT r . Stapleton,
mutiufll director.
KILLS ROLL WEEVIL.
Americus. Ga„ July 50.—TV. J. Hill,
n#stfaaster and leading merchant at
Cobb, Ga., fiftocn miles south of here
is authoaity for file statement that
oaleiuM arsecat© properly applied will
Positively drive boll weevils from cot-
The Lyric Theatre
MONDAY AUGUST 4th.
WM. S. HART
In
“SQUARE DEAL SANDERSON”
He’s a wonderful mixture in “Square Deal Sanderson”; Wild,
TV •oily,and inflexible in his fight for the right; but tender aud almost
cowed by the pnjsence of the woman he loves.
No man ever shielded a woman tire way Bill Hart shields this one.
He goes to the limit—and over—for her. But he always lives up to his
name for tli^ “square deal.”
also Harold Loyd Comedy
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6th.
DOROTHY DALTON
“OTHER MEN’S WIVES”
The crowd of social jwraaitw she churned with thought that she wa»
so badly “broke” that they could use her for a cat’s paw—but thef found
that she could scratch the wrong way.
Even the man she loved—I5ut*don’t let’s spoil the story; Come?
also BRAY PICTOGRAPH
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th.
ELSIE FERGUSON
“THE AVALANCHE”
She hated the sight of a card or a roulette wheel as she hated the
sight of a venomous snake, yet she could make no offort to resist their
call. Born with gamblers’ blood, it seemed that she was doomed to the
force of heredity.
Then the avalanche of gambling debts engulfed her, and crushed her
life and the whole world condemned her and made existence a torture.
But tborq was one too fine and true to desert her.
X®! You’re not right right! It wasn’t the man! Come to see it.
Also
—Also— BURTON HOLMES TRAVELOGUES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9th.
WARREN KERRIGAN
ha
| “COME AGAIN SMITH”
Popular Mack Sennett Comedp
TRYING TO GET ALONG -
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
i.D. O'KELLY KPPOINTEO
CONYERS POSIMASTER
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN AND FOR¬
MER COUNTY SCHOOL SUPER¬
INTENDENT AND NEWS¬
PAPER MAN.
Profi. T. D. O’Kelley, former county
school sujicriutendewt of Rockdale
and newspapet published, has been
appointed postmaster at Conyers, vice
James S. Francis, resigned, i» Novem¬
ber, 1918.
A competitive examination was con¬
ducted in Covington on December 4,
1919, to till the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr. Francis, in which
Professor O’Kelley and three other ap¬
plicants, CT TV. Norton, Le e Cook a ml
O. R. Morgan, participated, the ap¬
pointment being announced Wednesday
The salary of the office Is $1,700 per
annum and clerk hire, annual increase
of ovio hundred dollars karv’ne been re
eeiitly granted.
I). M. ROGERS COMPLIMENTED
BY ORDER OF TELEGRAPHERS.
D. M. Rogers, tht* popular and effi¬
cient agent and telegraph operator for
the C'jntral of Georgia Railway at this
point, has been presented with a hand¬
some gold engraved 21 jewtfl Hamilton
watch by tlie Order of Railway Tele¬
graphers as an appreciation of mdaito
rious services rendered. The Order
lias about 80,000 members, seventy-five
of whom received Similar recognition
as that accorded Mr. Rogers, who ap¬
preciate the eompliHMjit and prize*
the toktjn.
ton fields Mr. Hill has used the pois¬
on consistently upon a plot of on e aud
mo-quarter acres, upon which he I s
(inducting an experiment, and saM
today tlier \ver„ no weevils whatever
e
in the plot.
