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yOLUME 12
tOiffillLIMlS 111
MEET III MS ON
JANUARY 3031
EXCELLENT program has been
arranged and indicatons
POINT TOWARDS LARGE
ATTENDENCE
Tbe Georgia State Horticultural So¬
ciety will hold its semi-anual meeting
jB Athens on the 30th tnd 31st of Jan¬
uary. This meeting follows immediate¬
ly after a ten days short course for
general farmers and a large attend¬
ance is expected.
A live and enterprising program has
been arranged, and men of national
prominence along horticultural lines
will discuss subjects of interest.
Railway schedules are convenient
and hotel accommodations ample.
IEWT0N FARMERS ME
HIDING WEE!
SCHOOL IN ATHENS
HANKS OF COUNTY DISPLAY COM¬
MENDABLE SPIRIT BY PRE¬
SENTING SCHOLARSHIPS
TO APPLICANTS
A Newton county representation of
progressive young farmers headed by
J. K. Luck county demonstrator, went
to Athens over the Central of Georgia
Railroad Monday afternoon po attend
the boll weevil school at the.State Col
maa qoiqAi jo ‘aanunoiaRy So aSej
Andrew M. Soule is in charge and a
large staff of assistans co-operating.
The farmers were presented with
scholarships by the banks of the
county as follows:
Edd Pennington. First National
Bank: Grady Ellington, Bank of New¬
ton; J. A. Cook, First National Bank;
Cleveland Adams, Bank of Newton
County; Jack Meadors, First National
Bank: Dan Upshaw, Rank of Coving¬
ton: R. M. Reynolds. Bank of Cov¬
ington: J. C. Anderson, Bank of New¬
born; N. ,T. Skinnier, ank of Coving¬
ton; Lee Marks, Peoples Bank of
Mansfield: ,T. H. Carter, Bank of
Newborn; J. E. Pitts, Bank of New¬
born.
The co-operatink banks are to be
congratulated upon their liberality and
enterprise. Demonstrator experienced
no fdifieulty in convincin the officers
of the wisdom of the movement, they
being among the most progressive and
public spirited citizens in the State.
Rent Profiteers
In For A Big Jar
Washington, Jan. 20.—Through
the collection of taxes on 1919 in¬
comes. which will he taken tomorrow,
the Government will wage war on
profiteering landlords with ‘sweet re¬
venge" in prospect for “the tenant
who has ha dto dig deep down into
his earnings to pay a high rental in
1919.”
First intimation of this nwe aspect
came in annoncement by Daniel C.
Roper, Commissioner of the Bureau
of Internal Revunue, that forms for
distribution tomorrow, will contain
a section providing that tenants shall
include in their statements the
amounts of rents paid and to whom
1 Was Paid. This information will
be turned over to the Department of
•futiie to be uspd in its high cost of
liv *ng campaign.
B bile the work of collecting the in
fume taxes will be just as heavy this
' >ar as if was in 1919, the Govern¬
ment will receive less reveunue. In¬
stead of eollecting six per cent on
incomes between $ 2,000 and $4,000
f r,, tn married persnnss. done
la-*t as was
year, only four per cent will he
cnlipcted this time. Single persons
WlU get an exemption of $1,000 as was
Irioirioo under the previous rev¬
enue law. On incomes above $4,000
e normal tax will be 8 in
‘fead per cent
of 12 per cent of last year. But
e surtax begins operation
nu at
‘ continues upward until the Gov
sjKnient *nual will incomes assess above sixty $1,000,000. per cent
cws
Quick To Commend Not Afraid To Condemn
GRAND JURY REQUEST
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
TO MOVE CRAINGANG
WORK OF JUDGE HUTCHESON
AND SOLICITOR GENERAL NA¬
PIER COMMEND AT CLOSE
OF RECENT SESSION
OF SUPERIOR COURT
We, the Grand Jury, chosen and
sworn for the January, 1920, term of
Newton Superior Court, beg leave to
submit the following General Present¬
ments :
We recommend that the Road Com¬
missioner move the County Chaingang
to the City of Covington and work
roads leading into Covington the re¬
mainder of the Winter.
We recommend that W. L. Gibson
be appointed to succed himself as No
tary Public and Ex Officio Justice of
the Peace for 420 Georgia Militia Dis¬
trict, Newton county.
Having had a report from Dinah
Pace, Matron of the Colored Orphan¬
age, of Newton county, we find her
work commendable, the Orphanage
properly conducted and in need and
worthy of any charitable donations
that may be given it.
We recommend that the Grand and
Traverse Jurors be paid Three Dollars
!>er diem and that Grand Jury Clerks
he paid Four Dollars per diem; that
Court Bailiffs be paid Four Dollars
l>er day; that Riding Bailiffs he paid
Five Dollars and Automobile Baillfts
he paid Six Dollars per day.
Tliis being the last year of the term
of our honored friend. George M. Na
pier, as Solicitor General of our circuit,
wc, the members of the Grand Jury, at
this term of court desire to make spec¬
ial mention of our appreciation of the
magnificent services wnieb he has ren¬
dered in this office, one of the most
im)H>rtant in our syetem of govern¬
ment .
His prosecution of offenders against
our criminal law r s has always been
faithful, vigorous and and effieent.
marked, however, by a courteous and
proper consideration for the rights of
others.
The former Clerk of this Court, Ma¬
jor John B. Davis, stated that du
a ueriod of 35 years, our presentSolic
a period of 35 years, aur present Solic¬
itor had secured a higher per centage
of convictions than any Solicitor he
had ever known. The insolvent costs
of this Court have been paid in full,
and some thousands of dollars turned
into the county treasury, due to the
aggressive work of the arresting offi¬
cers, and te vigorous prosecution by
our Solicitor.
Wc understand that during his six
years in service in the five counties of
the circnti, less than a total of ten
hills have been demurred out of court
We shall part from Solicitor Gener¬
al Napier with sincere regret, min¬
gling. however, with pride in his ca¬
reer as a public official.
In taking leave of his honor. Judge
John B. Hutcheson. W'e wish to ex¬
press our thanksfor his able and
fa iff ul service rendered.
We recommend that these present¬
ments be published in the county paper
and that the sum of Ten Dollars be
paid for same.
Whereui>on., it is oonsidered and
ordered that the foregoing General
Presentments he entered upon the Min¬
utes of the Court and be published
and paid for as therein recommended.
L. W. JARMAN, FOREMAN.
W. G. BENTON, CLERK.
G.T. T. SWANN, ASSISTANT.
This January, 15th 1920.
John B. HUTCHESON
Judge Superior Court
By the Court: Stone Mt. Circuit
GEO. M. NAPIER,
Soliciter-Genera 1.
CALL MEETING OF NEWTON
COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION
A special call meeting of the Newton
County Post of the American Legion
will he held in the court house on the
night of Tnes., January. 27th at eight
o'eook. There is important business
to he taken up at this meeting of soc¬
ial interest.to all ex service men in t**e
ctfnnty.
When in need of a colored Trainel
Nurse, one u ne be found at 504 Brown
St. r’'"’iug r >
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 22 1920
COVINGTON SASKETEERS
TO FULTIW
LOCALS HANG UP, EIGHTH
SECUTIVE VICTORY DURING
SEASON—FULTON NEXT
In a close and exciting game of
basket hall Mcnday af’crcoon on the
local court,T the quintett representng
Covington took the Fulton aggrega
gation into camp, defeating them by
the close but decisive score of 39 to 11.
This victory over Fulton is a great
achievement for the home boys, Ful¬
ton being one of the best prep school
tea ms in Georgia.
The game was full of thrills from
A to Z. Futon, though outweighing
the Covington boys by 15 or twenty
pund s to the man, seemed unable to
cope with theis lighter opponents.
The playing of the Covington team
was the feature of the game. Smith
did most of the scoring for the lo¬
cals, locating thetoasket five time*
and also annexing a foul. Churchill
came next mith 7 points.
For the losers, Captain Heard was
the star annexing 5 points and at
the same time preventing Brown from
scoring. This indicates that he is a
great player.
Covington plays Fulton k return
game on January 30th. Everbody is
urged to go. The team leaves on the
noon train aiid returns at night.
THE LINEUP.
COY (19) FULTON (11)
Brown. (1) __F_, Mills ( 0 )
Smith (11) —F— Miller (4)
Churchill (7) —C— Langford ( 2 )
Death (0) —G— Head (5)
Childs (0) —G— Langford ( 0 )
Thompson (0)
OXFORD DISTRICT
PREACHERS’ MEETING
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JAN¬
UARY 27, 1920, 10 A. M.-5 P. M.,
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH
IN COVINGTON.
MORNING SESSION.
10:00—Devotional, Guy T. Pittman.
10:15—The Peculiar Need at This
Time for a Church-wide Revival,
A. W. Quillian.
10:35—The Preacher’s Personal Prep¬
aration for the Revival, N. E. Mc
Brayer.
10:50—Reaching the Masses, Legiti¬
mate Publicity, etc., R. F. Lakes.
11:20—The Work of the Laymen in
the Revival, W. C. Wright and
R. P. Lester.
11:50—The Call of the Church for a
Revival and the Plan of the Cen¬
tenary Commission, S. E. Wasson,
Mission Secretary.
12:30—Adjourn for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
2:30—Devotional, W. D. Spence.
2:45—The Supreme Need of the
Church and the World: A Revi¬
val of Religion, C. C. Jarrell,
D. D.
3:25—The Sunday School’s Proposed
Part in the Revival: Reaching
Our Own, W. B. Dillard, Sunday
School Field Secretary.
4:05—The Kind of a Revival We
• Need, J. A. Sharp, D. D.
4:30—Open Conference and Conse¬
cration Service led by G. W. Du¬
vall.
5:00—Adjourn.
All pastors, local preachers, Sunday
School superintendents, lay-leaders,
and presidents of Woman’s Missionary
Societies are delegates by virtue of
their office and are expected. A cor¬
dial invitation is extended to all other
church workers in the district to come
and spend one day with us to consider
this main business of the church.
The delegates and visitors will be en¬
tertained for dinner hv the Covington
church.
HENRY B. MAYS, P. E.
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LYRIC THEATRE OPEN.
The Lyric Theatre, Covington’s
popular motion picture show, after
being closed several months during
the work of remodeling, is again open
to the public. The theatre has always
been one of the best in Georgia a no
it is now one of the biggest, having
a comfortable seating capacity ofnear
ly seven hundred. The management
guarantees a continuation of high
class pictures soon their release.
DEMONSTRATOR LUCK WILL
HOLD MIC IMS
Meetings will be held in
EVERY DISTRICT IN COUNTY
AND SLIDES SHOWN
Now is the time we should prune
and spray our fruit trees if we are go¬
ing to have any fruit this year. It is
a known fact that it is practically im¬
possible for us to raise any fruit these
days unless we do take good care of
our trees.
The pruning and spraying of the
home orchard is a small job after one
learns how to do it. I am going to
hold pruning and spraying demonstra¬
tions in nearly every district in the
county, and if you are interested in
learning how to take care of your or¬
chard you should attend these demon¬
strations. There will be a demonstra¬
tion in Oxford January 27, at Mr.
Giles’ home.
Leguinn district January 28, at Mr.
I. W. Meador’s home.
Downs district, at Mr. J. W. McDan¬
iel’s home, January 30.
Starrsville, at Mr. C. U. Skirmer’s
home, January 29.
Watch for other dates and announce¬
ments.
GOV. H. M. DORSEY TO
SPEAK III C01GH
OH JANUARY 28IH
LARGE CROWD SHOULD HEAR
ADDRESS ON GEORGIA BANK
AND TRUST CORPORATION
Official information has been re¬
ceived that Governor Hugh M. Dor¬
sey will deliver an address at the
county court house in Covington on
Wednesday morning, January 28th,
beginning t 10:30 o’clock, his subject
being the proposed co-operative enter¬
prises of the Cotton Bank and Trust
Corporation, the sneess of which would
mean much to the people of Georgia.
The Governor should be greeted by
la re assembly of representative cit¬
izens, as the movement is worthy of
the unanimous support of the people.
Governor Dorsey has delivered a
number of addresses in the work oi
promotion and has been greeted by
large and enthusiastic crowds through¬
out the State. The public genearally
is eordialy invited to to hear the Gov¬
ernor explain the plan onthe occasion
of his visit to Covington.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. C. R. Cannon and little daugh¬
ter, Rene, have returned home to Con¬
yers. after a visit to the former’s pa
rents. Captain and Mrs. J. O. Cooper.
Mrs. E. G. Merck and little daugh¬
ter, Ethel, are spending some time with
relatives in Tampa and other Florida
Mr. and Mrs, W. Cohen will leave
Sunday for a three weeks visit to Bal¬
timore and other fashion centers where
fthey will purchase a large stog of mil¬
linery and othre merchandise for the
Spring trade. During their absence
they will visit their son, N, Cohen.
Sgt. Maj. .T. T. Taylor of Louisville
Ky., was the guest of Covington rela¬
tives several days this week. Sgt Maj
Taylor was at one time well known
resident of this city, received a cor¬
dial welcome from his many old
friends. t
Charles A., Sockwell, A. S.McGar
ity, Carl Smith, S. C. Steadman, J.
T. Pittman, Harry Davis Rufus
Franklin, Claud Bailey and I. A.
Stanton were visitors in Atlanta this
week. \
Mr. W. T. Stadley was called to
Ashvllle, on account of the death of
his mother. \
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DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY
TO MEET WITH MRS. CHILDS
The United Daughte.N of the Con¬
federacy will meet at the home of Mrs
W. W. Childs on Tuesday, January
27th. at which Crosses of Honor will
he presented to the following Veterans:
J. D.Ellis. Charlie Mills, R. I.
Weaver. J. L. Aaron and T. A. Aa¬
ron.
Dr. D. W. Key, pastor of the Mon¬
roe Baptist chur>ch, jvill be present on
|| 0 J B f DECEIVED
BY HIGH PRICES
SEES NO REASON WHY STATE
SHOUD NOT HAVE BEST AG¬
RICULTURAL YEAR IN
r HISTORY
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 17.—Georgia
farmers are on the threshold of their
biggest year, if they will be careful
and plant wisely, is the opinion of Com
rnissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown.
The chief danger, in the Commis¬
sioner’s opinion, lies in the planting of
too much cotton acreage, under the
stimulus of present prices.
“Cotton planting this year should be*
held close,” Mr. Brown stated. “I be¬
lieve every farmer should hold it to not
more than eight acres to the plow, and
then plant early and cultivate inten¬
sively. In this way he will accomplish
two things: lie will beat the boll wee¬
vil and lie will get a good price for
his product.
“Over-planting :s not only bound to
mean greater destruction by the wee¬
vil, hut it will have atendency to de¬
press present prices, just as soon as it
is known there is a greater acreage.
And it will affect the price both of
the cotton remaining in the hands of
the producer and of the new crop.
“Preparation of the ground is well
under way over practically the entire
State. The farmers everywhere are
getting ready for extremely early
planting in order to heat the weevil.
“Farm labor conditions have some¬
what improved and with anything like
good seasons and careful attention to
cultivation, there is no reason why
Georgia should not have the best agri¬
cultural year in its history.
“Of food products we cannot make
too much. There is a world-wide de¬
mand for them at good prices, and the
indications are this condition will con¬
tinue for seevral years to come. It is
Georgia’s opportunity not only to re¬
peat, hut to improve upon her 1919
food production of more than $613,
000 , 000 .
“I fee 1 that last year was unfavor¬
able in many sections of our State for
the saving of seed oats for this year’s
crop. Also, the large crops to be
gathered in other sections of the State
perhaps prevented farmers in those
sections from planting as many acres
in oats as our needs demand. Conse¬
quently, I am urging that we yet con¬
tinue to sow spring oats in all sections
of Georgia where the same can he
sowed with the hope of producing a
reasonable crop, and I feel that we can
yet make a good crop of spring oats
from the extreme Southern limit of
the State to the Tennessee line.”
PUNS BEING MADE
TO DEFEAT WEEVIL
PLANS ANNOUNCED THAT
SHOULD BE OF INTEREST
TO THE FARMERS
Newton County Farm Bureau will
put on a campaign beginning Wednes¬
day night, January 28, on “How We
Are to Beat the Boll Weevil.” We
are going to have some very interest¬
ing slides to show in reference to the
boll weevil at these meetings. These
slides will show the life history of the
weevil and some of the damages they
have done in South Georgia. We will
have several of our own farmers pres¬
ent at these meetings to help us work
out a plan to beat him.
We are going to try to hold one of
these meetings in every district at the
sohoolhouses. We will hold the first
ones at:
High Point School January 28, at
7:30 p. m.
Starrsville School, January 29, at
7:30 p. m.
Livingston School January 30
7:30 p. m.
Watch for the announcements of the
meetings in your district and he sure
to come and bring your neighbor.
J. K. LUCK
County Agent.
that occasion and give interesting
talk on “The Life of Robert E. Lee.
Every member is urged to be pres¬
ent, as this will be an imi>ortant meet¬
ing.
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On
The Fence.
$1.50 Per. Year in
h£S SCHOOL LAW
IS NOS IN FORCE
PROVISION FOR COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOLS CHIEF MATTER
BEFORE BOARD
STATE NEWS_ 0 f INTEREST
Brief News Of Importance Gathered
From All Parts Of
The State
Atlanta.—Chief among the matters
to come before the state board of
education at its quarterly meeting in
Superintendent Brittain’s office was
the location of county high school, the
consolidation of country schools and
the apportionment of funds for their
maintenance. Action by the board in
these matters was necessary in carry
mg out the provisions of section 92-B
of the school codification act passed
last summer, which says: “Beginning
with the year 1920 the state superin¬
tendent of schools shall set aside $100,
000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary from the funds derived from
the rental of the Western and Atlan¬
tic railroad, to aid in the maintenance
and establishment of consolidated
schools in every county in the state.
Where the county authorities by com¬
bining smaller schools in whole or in
part into a consolidated school with at
least four teachers, and where evi¬
dence of this fact is furnished by the
county superintendent and board of
education, the state superintendent
of schools shall be authorized to trans¬
mit $500 annually towards the support
of such school. If, in addition, the lo¬
cal school authorities provide for a
standard four j\.ui high school, $1,000
in addition shall be given from the
funds before mentioned, which shall
be used to aid the local authorities
in payment of the salaries of the
principal and at least one assistant
high school teacher.”
PERMISSION GRANTED
WETS TO TEST THE
“DRY” AMENDMENT
Supreme Court Will Pass On Prohibk
tion And Act Of Congress Pro¬
viding For Enforcement
Washington.—The Supreme court
I s decided o pass .on the validity of
both the federal prohibition amend¬
ment, which became operative Jan¬
uary 17, and uhe act of congress pre¬
scribing the manner of its enforce
i mt. The court’s decision will be
rendered on proceedings which are
ti be instituted by the state of Rhode
Island, which was given permission
to lying an original suit.
Solicitor General King, for the gov¬
ernment. announces that he will im¬
mediately prepare and file a motion
asking for the dismissal of the Rhode
Island case on the ground that the
court lacked jurisdiction. The per¬
mission was granted by Chief Justice
White without comment or without
fixing any time for hearing argu¬
ments in the case.
Motions to bring the suit were filed
by Attorney General Rice of Rhode
k h in response to a resolution
adopted by the state legislature au¬
thorizing him to take steps to test the
validity not only of the amendment,
but also of the enforcement act. The
state of Rhode Island was one of the
states that refused to ratify the
amendment.
OLD HOCK CREEK DEWS
Old Rock Creek, Ga., Jan., 23.
—Miss Annie Maud McCullough spent
last week with her sister, Mrs. Clar¬
ence Bates.
Mr. iYillie Flem Jones spent Sat¬
urday at Leguin with Dee Meadors.
Mrs. T. J. Kitchen’s guests last
Thursday afternoon were Mrs. J. C.
zburn, Mrs, B. F, McCullough, Mrs.
Charlie MeCullogh and Mrs. Edgar
Canard.
Mrs. Frank Jones spent Sunday af¬
ternoon with Mrs.Tom Jones
• Mrs. C. E. Smith, of Eudora, spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. R. H.
Goodman.
Mess’rs. Lennie Washington, Hol¬
lis Kitchens and Roscoe Cauthen, of
Worthvile, spent Saturday night at
the home of Mr. T. J. Kitchens.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bates spent
last week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bates sepnt
Saturday night with Mrs. B. F. Mc¬
Cullough.
Mrs, Edgar Cunard was the guest
of Mrs. T. .T. Kitchens Sunday,
Mrs. Will Pope, of near Montieello
is the guest of her mother, drs. R
II. Goodman, who is ill at this wri
ting. Her many friends wish her f
seedy recovery
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