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Society Department Pline 177 -J.
——"j, j ijoiiis, of Ilay,ston, spent
Ai 'i and attended the
T Tnt!' o' I,, Covington
the woman’s Club.
'"Misses Hath and Christine Starr,sville Roberts with
inl ine week-end in
Mr and Mrs. .1. O. Cooper. -
Mrs. G. T. Wells and Miss Florence'
Wt .,Is spent Thursday in Atlanta.
and Mrs. W. T. Corley, ot
Mr . guests ot Mr.
Starrs vide, were the
llU ,l Mrs. t’roley Sunday.
Mrs. Chester Cannon and little
(laughter, Rmie, returned to their
hmm i n Conyers Friday, after a visit
.
„l several days to-the former’s parents,
M. and Mrs. -T- O. Cooper.
Mrs. Jolm Smith and children, of
Mellne. are visiting Mrs. John W right,
at Leguin, Mrs. Smith is pleasantly re¬
membered at .Miss Pauline A\ right.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pickett spent
Thursday in Atlanta, making the trip
in their car, accompanied by William
mid Carter Cook, who went to see
their matlier who is at i>r. Nollies’ San¬
itarium.
Mrs. Charlie Wright had as her
guests Wednesday, Mrs. John Wright
and Mr. Felix Wright, of Leguin, and
Mrs, John Smith and children, of
McRae.
The many friends of Mrs. W, W.
Ammons will he interested to know
that her little cousin, Genevieve Iloot
en was the lucky baby in the Sunday
American’s Leap Year race and re¬
ceived many valuable prizes for being
r!u- first child horn on February 29th.
Mrs. Minnie P. Wright sitent sever
da.vs in Atlanta recently, where she
was called by the illness of her daugh¬
ter. Mrs. Samuel Green.
Mrs. T. G. Callaway and Miss Sarah
Callaway are at home again, after an
absence of several weeks in Atlanta.
Robert Fowler, Jr., is ill with influ
enda.
Mr. Ned Thompson spent Wednesday
in Atlanta.
Mr. and .Mrs. Otis Thornton and
sons, Otis. Jr., and William, were the
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. H.
White.
Mrs, May White Lee and Miss An¬
nie White spent Thursday in Atlanta.
In-nds of .Mrs. J. L. Callaway are
sympathizing with her In the death of
lier unde. .Mr. R. c. Ezell, which oe
ourred in Monticello last week.
Mi'. Heischel Kilpatrick, who h4>
been ill With influenza, is better,
Mr David Rutler left Thursday to
dien.l several days with his mother,
Mrs - <} D. Butler, in Pelham.
.
.Mrs. \\. c, Thompson and Mrs.
Maud.- Lee Stamps, formerly of Cov
ms .....- ;lt present residing in Atlanta,
Twit Thrsduy in the city.
Mi-s Lucy White was a recent visi
i“i' to Mi Hedge ville.
Mu\ u. c. Clark lias returned from
au ; xli ‘ 1Mi, ‘d trip to New York, Boston
ami olh< ‘ r Points of interest.
■d '. Keynolds, of Greensboro,
llp wa - i
moent guest of Mrs. IT. B. Robert-
30,1 fw several days.
dis. Irene Gunter, of he Coricg
,nblu ‘ s< 'h..oi, spent last week-mil
n( her homo in McDonough.
'T s formerly with
W " m v »>-’
, Gainesville, mingling
witi was
, . 'gton
" n, friends Friday.
home"' i,r;„ ^? h ;"' henson luis ’burned
-......... e ....ter
\h. n ta S0Veral week*.
A, j 01 1,n
Fridav '" ks - of Madison, spent
Brook*. Vln!?t0n wi,h Mr. C. C.
W ' C re
’
eiKl with spen,1in " ,h e week
^ Mr. and
Mrs. jjjf.j. '*«■ of E «tonton.
h‘r. aml Mttle daugh
Xew You- ° ft for t,loir home in
i','"1" \ r , ay
winter m Cov ’ spending the
Mr. \r„ mgt with her parents,
mid j[,. s "■ B.
3frs A. s. Gaither.
lionip - fromVq. ,I "" klnS iias r ”turned
f 'idle,| by ti.„ [|1 illness “• "’here she was
au ' ° of her
Blah . Mae. duughtre.
'■MM P here h^Ti'” nPSS " f ° I)o,-i f her ' nir lather, ’ was
’ R- Pen„ "Ston,
<’«1. 'el IT. R-. last hist n-ontr week.
Atlanta. ‘ 1 1,er s P«Tit Friday
in
Mrs T r t
n,h <•» n,n """
’ 5lrs - Clyde Owens.
If 0 ana
,
Quick To Commend Not Afraid To Condemn
Miss Eugenia Hearing 1ms returned
Atlanta, where " she spent -several
Madame Rumor says that there are
he five weddings in Covington this
Prof. H. 13. Roliertson, who has been
ill with pneumonia, is impro¬
much to the gratification of the
friends of the family. .
Miss Emily Leonard is reexoering
influenza.
Mr. Julian Fleming, formerly cotton
for the Bibb Manufacturing Com.
who made his home here several
ago, was a recent visitor in the
Mr. C. O. Still spent Sunday in De¬
Mrs. R. W. Campbell returned Mon¬
from Conyers, accompanied by
mother, Mrs. H. A. Patrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Candler were
entertained as the week-end
of Bishop and Mrs. Warren A.
in Atlanta, going oo Madison
to spend several days.
Mr. Lee Trammell is able to he out,
an illness of a week.
Miss. Ella Mae Adams, accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Adams, of
motored to Loganville Sat
to sepnd the week-end with Mrs.
'< gfg
Mr. Emmett Gord.v and Air. Henry
spent Sunday in Atlanta.
Air. T. C. Edwards was called to
Friday by the death of his
A host of friends made since
coining to Covington, sympahize
him.
Mr. T. C. Swann has been quite ill
influenza.
Mrs. Waiter Death and little daugh¬
Marygene, have joined Miss Eu¬
Thompson in Alabama for an
visit.
T>r. W. C. Wright, who lias been
indisposed, is able to he out
Air. C. T. Banks, the Social Circle
buyer who mysterouslyy disap¬
several days ago, is a brother
of Mrs. Henry Branham and
C. A. and C. L. Harwell, of
whose many friends horn?
the mystery will soon he solved.
BRIDGE CU B MEETS WITH
MR. AND MRS. LEE TRAMMELI
The Thursday Evening Bridge Club
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Thursday. The apart¬
in which the guests were enter¬
were beatifully decorated in
and other Spring flowers.
At a late hour delicious refresh¬
were served consisting of pine¬
ice, angel food, sandwiches, cof¬
cheese halls and crackers.
The guests were Air. and Mrs. Tram¬
Air. and Mrs. Paul Walker Air.
Airs. Charlfs Candler Air. and
Ernest Callaway.
ENGAGEMENT OF INTEREST
Air. and Mrs. J. Monroe Alerritt, of
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Virginia Alouroe, to
Mr James George Lester, Jr., of Cov¬
ington the marriage to be solemnized
the home of the bride’s parents on
10th. # r ,,
Air. Lester is a son of Air. and
Airs. R. p. Lester, and one of the most
brilliant young men of the Sate. He
holds a chair of Mathematics at Em¬
University.
Aliss Merritt is already known here,
as she was a guest of one of the camp¬
ing parties last summer, and wil he g*v
on a cordial welcome.
They will h e at home with Air. and
Airs, R. p Lester for a while.
PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
IN U. D. C. MEDAL CONTEST
The Covington Chapter of the Uni¬
ted Daughters of tin* Confederacy of¬
fered a number of prizes in the school
here recently for thebest essay on
"What Constitutes the Chivalry of the
GJd ifested South.” Much intererst was man¬
in the contest there being three
competitors from the high scliool and e
ievon from the grammar grades. Miss
Adel Middlebrooks wop the first prize
of $5 in gold, and Aliss Ala n olle Rob¬
inson the second pri^c of $2.50 from the
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY X MARCH 11 1920
liigli school. Miss Sylvia Adams
turn! the first prize in the Grammar
grades, which was $3, and Miss Dora
cevin the second prize, $2.
The first, prize essays will be entered
in the State contest for the medal,
which will be held sometime in March,
in which many are of the opinion that
Covington will win the Sate medal.
The Covington Chapter of the United
Doughters of the Confederacy is more
thou usually progressive with sixty
members enrolled . It should have the
co-operation of every citizen to make
it the most active Chapters in the
State.
THE SIXTEEN CLUB HOLDS
ITS FIRST MEETING
The 16 Club held its first meeting
with Miss Alamdle Robinson in cele¬
of her birth day. The members
the Clu are Aliases Eugenia Guinn
White, Caroline Wooten, and Mar
Robinson. .Miss Flton was an in¬
guests, as were Aless'rs. George
Charles White, Rufus Frank¬
lin, Campbell Edwards and Tedo
Just why the Club is called “16" the
would not say, but as this was
birth dayparty with the proverbial
ami candles, it is supposed that
16 candles will be the limit—none of
members, ever reaching and age be¬
that. To lie eligible, a birth day
must he given as each member
a birth day>
If after being invited to three Club
a young liiiin lias not paid
party call, given a pi store, auto or
eligible for niemhershil.
day party, he will not he consid
This Club might he called a Leap
or suffragette Club, as the girls
to have things their own way,
it might lie called “The B. B. Club”
and Brains—for where could
find more beauty than in Charles
or Eugenuia Guinn, or more
than in our dignified Professor
Rabun? But at, any rate, the
men of the town will in all prob¬
fie he anxious to prove them¬
eligible, as a most enjoyable
delightful evening Aviis spent at
the first meting.
MRS. GAITHER ENTERTAINS
FOR MRS. Y1VARTTAS
Mrs. W. II. Gitlier entertained
informally Wedneday afternoon in hon¬
or or her daugrter, Airs. Jack Vivart
tas, who left for New York Monday,
liter spending the winter in Covingtou
with her parents. The room where the
guests, including intimate friends
in pink carnations. Dainty refresh¬
ments were served at 5 o’clock, the
guests including afe intimate friends
of the honoree, Misses Florence Wells,
and Annie White, Airs. Charles Can¬
dler, Mrs. Ernest Callaway, Airs. Will
Cook, and Airs. Chester Cannon, of Con¬
yers.
PITHY PARAGRAPHS
BY
Caroline Covington
Who is “Caroline Covington?
A different person each week,
shift the responsibility.
Have you seen Lucy AVliite's “Two
little wonder shoes?”
Have you noticed the expression of
care on Alareelle’s face since she un¬
dertook the job of advertising manager
for the Senior Annual?
DJd you notice the write up in the
AUanto Journal on Alonday March
8th. hv the eoaeli of our Covington Hi
claiming the outdoor championship of
the State in basketball for our boys?
Notice in our Spring styles the pop¬
ularity of tlieelbowv sleeves, and then
question your best girl to find out
plaster of cold cream and Pond’s Ex¬
tract is applied every night to get
dhows in condition for display?
Thank You—If you like me I will
conic again.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
-|pm» u rosa ui ooimomm Xqojoq I
date for Comity Commissioner
Road District No. o, composed of
militia districts >f Leguin.
Rocky Plains and Caitheis. if
I promise an honest and fatithful
charge of all duties entrusted to
Respecofully, T. II. PICKET!.
Vote for “Huh” Gaither for
iff. Walt Childs will lie his
Gaither and Childs will
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READ THE NEWS—$1.50 A
j j HON. J. A. DAfiSEY WILL
S PEAK MEMO RIAL DAY
INTERESTING PROGRAM BEING
ARRANGED FOR ANNUAL PAT
: OTIC EVENT
Bon. J. A. Darsey, .solicitor of the
( ity court of Griffin and a former
lueiiibr of the General Assembly of
Georgia from Spalding county, has ac¬
cepted an invitation from the Coving¬
ton Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy to deliver the an¬
nual Confederate Merorial address in
-his city on Memorial Day—April 26thl
for which patriatic event an interesting
program is being aranged by the sever¬
al patriotic organizations.
Colonel Darsey, one of the most
prominent and successful members of
the Spalding County Bar, is an orator
of pleasing eloquence, the address de¬
livered by him in Conyers on Memorial
Day, 1919, being pronounced the su¬
perior of any other ever heard in that
city on a similar occasion. He was one
of tile two speakers on the “Tippins
Prohition Bill” while a member of the
Legislature, Hon. Hooper Alexander be¬
ing the other.
The business enterprises of the city
will he requested to suspend operations
during the exercises in order that ev¬
erybody may have the pleasure of pay¬
ing tribute to the memory of our Con
federate dead, while honoring the liv¬
ing Veterans.
BIGGEST OF EARTH’S VALLEYS
Giant Crack in Surface Extends Over
One-Sixth of the Circumference
of the World.
• The Great Rift valley, as it is called
by Prof. J. W. Gregory, extends over
one-sixth of tlie circumference of the
earth, remarks the London Times.
It begins in Lebanon, follows the
canyon of the Jordan and the Dead
sea and crosses a high “divide” to be¬
come the deep fjord of the Gulf of
between j Ue highland of Edom
and Sinai. The .. •! sea, a great
trough 11,000 feet deep, measured
from the summit of its rocky wall to
i lie sea bottom, continues it between
the high deserts of NTibia and Arabia
to the narrow neck of Bab-el-Mandeb'.
It strikes across Abyssinia to Lake
Rudolph, runs almost due south
through British East Africa and
traverses a range 7,000 feet high to
Lake Natron, in what was German
East Africa. Where it crosses the
Uganda railway its walls are so steep
that the trains used to he hauled up
or lowered by cables. It is continued
by the rift which holds Lake Nyasa
an inland ocean, whose surface is 1,600
feet above sea level, with a depth ot
700 feet below sea level.
From Nyasa it runs down the Sliii
valley, crosses the Zambesi and end
in the Indian ocean at the Sabi rlvei
in Gazaland. A minor branch forms tin
lower end and a gigantic arm stretelie
from the upper end of Nyasa througl
Tanganyika, the second deepest lake
in the world, its bottom 1,600 feet ho
low sea level, to the upper Nile.
We are accustomed to think of val
leys as having been formed by erosion
but the Rift valley is clearly the resul
of some more catastrophic agency
There have been differences of opinloi
as to the mode of its formation withii
the historical period. But the discov
ery of fossil mammals, of types lout
extinct, makes it impossible to regan
the foundering of tlie Dead sea as co
incident with the destruction of Soil
om and Gomorrah.
The Groundhog.
Nobody know s where the groundho;
got its “rep” as a weather forecaste
but belief in its powers in this regat<
seems to he very ancient.
It is a kind of marmot (therefor<
related to the prairie dog) and make
its home in a burrow 20 or 80 fee
lonff, which descends obliquely four oi
five fefct, ami then gradually rises to t
large round chamber, where tie
groundhog family sleeps and brings vq
the young ones.
In the daytime the woodchuck (as 1
is otherwise called) never gets fa;
from its burrow. When angry <s
alarmed It makes a chattering noise
or sometimes utters a shrill whistle
Its bite is severe, and it will make »
desperate fig!* against a dog.
Gallic Fervtr.
■ hat’s become of ti ;t new cletl
you got from Paris?”
“I had to discharge him,” said th»
proprietor of an American hotel.
“Wasn’t he efficient?”
“Too efficient. Every time a
turned up who had been at the hot**
before, Theophile t ‘d > kiss him
l oth cheeks.”—Biro g’uam Age
e’do
FROM SECTION HARD
10, CHIEF EHGINEER
; iSiA LONG WRY TO 60
f. 8. LBMM8N, STARTING AT A!
( «VY Ig WINNING DISTINCTION
IN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
WORK
FROM SECTION HAND TO CHIEF
ENGINEER
Of More Than 5,600 Miles of the Mos
Important Railroad in the South.
ihe above is the record of an old
X -wton County boy, who was reared
at Alcovy Station, He began railroad
work as a section hand at Alcovy
about 18S3, and after working in that
capacity about two years he left this
county and accepted a position as sec¬
tion foreman with the Southern Rail¬
road at AIcDonough, 6a. After three
years service as section foreman he
was promoted to work train conduc¬
tor and eighteen months later was
promoted to supervisor and then to
roadmaster, and then to superintend
cut of track, bridges and buildings
then .he was promoted again to
the position of engineer of mainte
ranee of way, and then to the posi
tion of assistant chief engineer of
maintenance of way, and now to
chief engineer of more than 5,000
miles of the most important railroad
i-t the South, which is the highest of
flee in that department in which lie
i i engaged. The position is one in
which civil engineers of the highest
degree rarely attains.
And as the subject of this sketch
is not a civil engineer and having only
a very common school education, such
as was obtainable in this section in
the late fifties and early sixties
peajes volumes, and should be an in
piration to our young country boys,
is it lias been through perseverance,
energy, intelligence and faithful ab¬
dication to duty that has enabled him
to attain this high and honorable no
ution.
He will be remembered by many
if our eitizens, especially the
mes. The above refers to Mr. J. S.
LemmoBd, son of Robert Lemmond,
leceased, who was familiarly known
is "Uncle Bob.”
). R FILLYAW.
ADVERTISEMENT PRELIMINARY
TO PETITION.
Georgia, Newton County.
After four weeks’ notice, pursuan
to law, a petition, of which a true and
correct copy is subjoin'd, vrtl! b - ere
-ented to the Hen. John B. Hutche on
Fudge of the Superior C trt. at tile
dourt House in Rockdale County on
the 8th day of April, 1920.
O. H. ADAMS,
Attorney.
Sales For Reinvest-ment—Petition of
Guardian
Georgia, Nev.ton C ;n\ .
To the Hon. John B Hutcheson, Judge
of tlie Superior Court of Said
County.
The petition of G. C. Adams shows:
1. That he is the Guardian of Ell ;
Mae and Emma Cloe Adams, hereto
fore duly appointed as such Guardian
ri said County.
2. That* he oe to ell for
nvestment at priva'o sale the follow
ng property, the . a ne bafctg a par
of the real estate of his : aid ward
■e-wit: One-half undivided inteicst d
douse and lot in '\P :i fi?ld District
in the town of Mansii Id, Newton
County, Georgia, bring be untied at
follows: On the north by Second Ave.,
-ast by B. M. Leach, south by the
property of t’.e Central R R . west bv
property of M« thediut Church: said
lot being a part of t n am . !rac‘ of
land formerly owned by F. E. Heard,
’ontining 75 feet, mere cr las:-, on
Second Ave., aid running hack 150
feet, more or le s, o raid railroad
property. Being rame lot deecrid to
N. C. Adams by G C. Adam ; on J;.n
1, 1912, and recorded in Book No. 11
i’age 241. Clerk's 'Office, Newton
County, Georgia.
3. Said house and lot has been
ented for $8.56 per month and the
Guardian has been offered enough for
•aid house and lot to au horize him
o sell it and invest the proceeds in
government securities, to a better ad
vantage in every way for his wards.
4. Petitioner desires to invest the
proceeds of such sale in Government
Thrift Stamps.
5. Petitioner shows that notice
his intention to make this
has been published once a week
four weeks in the Covington News
being the newspaper ia which count.v
advertisements are usually published
as required by law.
J G. C. ADAMS,
Guardian.
Sworn to and subscribed before
this 8th day of March, 1920.
J. H. CARROLL,
Notary Public,
Newton. County, Georgia
An Ad in The News Is
Worth Four On *
The Fence.
$1.50 Per. Year in Advance
MUM QUINTET GAME OF
IN Ml
IRE PAST SE ASON
WONDERFUL RECORD AMWSVED
\t\y, UNSURPASSED IN THE
STATE AND MEMBERS ARE RE
UEIY1NG CONGRATULATIONS
COVINGTON HIGH 8CHO0L AN¬
NOUNCES BASKETBALL
RECORD.
With eleven victories aud ne de¬
feats, the C. H. S. 1919-1820 team
brought ro a close the most successful
season Covington lias ever known. By
defeating Commercial High School of
Atlanta on their home court Wednes¬
day the team made a total cf eleven
wins and no defeats.
The results of the games are as
follows:
1. C. H. 3. 78, Kirkwood 2.
2. C. H. S. 22, Monroe 3.
3. C. H. 3. 36, Academy 4.
4. c. H. 3. 34, Kirkwood 7.
5. c. H. S. 19, Fulton 11.
6. c. H. S. 14, Commercial 5.
7. c. H. S. 17, Decatair 2.
8. c. H. 3. 15, Decatur 14.
9. c. II. 3. 16, Winder 13.
10. ii. c. H. 3. 21, Locust Grave 9.
c. H. S. 21, Commercial 13.
Total, C. H. 3. 293, opponent* 83.
Average per game, C. H. S. 27, op¬
ponents 8.
The three scorers, Smith, Brew a and
Churchill, are closely bunched for
highest scoring honors. Smith is
high man with 82 points to big credit.
Churchill comes next with SI paints,
one point behind Smith. Brown has
a total of 03 points.
The members of the undefeated
team are as follows: Churchill (cap¬
tain), center; Brown, forward; Smith,
forward; Death, guard; Thompson,
guard; Childs, guard. Robertson and
Flowers are substitutes.
Starting the season with oily three
■Id men back, namely, Boyce
Churchill, Willie Brown and Theodore
Smith, Coach Rabun rounded out an
undefeated team from what appeared
a hopeless case. Too much credit
cannot he given Coach Rabun.
In dosing, the writer wishes to
'.ear from any .other high *«hcol who
has as good or better record trim the
above one.
BOYCE CHURCHILL,
Cap: ain.
GOT RID OF MALCONTENTS
Pilgrim Fathers Had a Highly Effec¬
tive Wr.y of Dealing With the Col¬
ony’s Undesirables.
Deportation of "undesirables" is not
an innov.aion in this country. The
Pilgrim Fathers, confronted with the
problem of dealing with malcontents
among them, shipped the disgruntled
ones overseas. Governor Bradford’s
story of the Plymouth colony shows
how things were done In those days.
According to Bradford’s story the
“reds” in the Plymouth colony were
represented by Jolm Liford and John
Oldham, wiio conspired together, both
against the church and the govern¬
ment of the colony, endeavoring to en¬
tire other.- with them. Oldham re¬
fused duty when called upon by Cap¬
tain Standish, whereupon it win deter¬
mined to place Oldham and Liford on
trial, all the members of tlie colom’
being present. They were convict eft,
the court ordering them expelled from
Uie colony, both being deported ulti¬
mately.
Oldham came once again to the col¬
ony and created a serious breach of
the peace, whereupon “they committed
him i ill he was tamer, and then ap¬
pointed *a guard of musketeers which
be was to pass through, and everyone
was ordered to give him a thump on
ye birch, with ye butt end of Ms mus¬
ket and then was conveyed to ye wa¬
terside. where a boat was ready to
carry him away. Then they bid him
goe and uiende Ills naaners.”
Eucalyptus Fuel.
Eucalyptus trees planted oh trop¬
ical mountain sides would produce
fuel at the rate of 20 tons, dryAveight
(60 pounds to tlie cubic foot), per
acre annually. This in perpetuity,
tlie plantations when cut reproducing
themselves without further expense.
Such is tlie declaration of a scien¬
tist who says that by this means the
sun’s heat in hot latitudes can be
economically stored, the dry eucalypt
timber being heavier than coal and
possessing more heating power, hulk
for hulk.
An acre of eucalypts in the tropics,
he asserts, would produce the equiva¬
lent of at least twenty tons of coal
pier annum, the only requirements be¬
ing powerful sunshine and heavy rain¬
fall to insure rapid growth. So. with
such a pmssifile resource available,
why worry aimut the threatened ex¬
haustion of the coal mines ?—Ex-
