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or THE PEC?* E IN NEW-!
TON county.
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 42.
County Fair Way Above Expectations
In Giving Wonderful Display
Agricultural Exhibits Complete—Can¬
ning Club Makes Most Creditable
Showing—Cattle and Hog Show as
Fine as Anywhere.
The Newton County Fair, which
opened up Monday of this week, has
on display exhibits that excell any¬
thing heretofore seen at our County
Fairs.
The fair, in fact, really opened up
Tuesday oil account of several draw¬
backs ‘hat .vere* (Unavoidable, and
from then on throughout the week
the crowds have grown larger and
larger. Each exhibit building is tilled
with tilings that were made and pro¬
duced in Newton county, carrying with
11 , on; an effect upon t li<> visitors that
brings praise of comment from all.
As we go into the entrance gate to the
fair grounds, over to the right we see
H, e woman’s building and as soon as
wc entered, the sight of ail the good
tiling to eat, beautiful fancy work,
relics and other interesting things per¬
taining to “Woman’s Work" held our
attention, bringing the thought that
no county fair had anything on the
women fo Newton county' in tills
branch of the fair.
Women’s Building
in this building we find the exhibit
of “The Girl’s Canning Club,’’ with
Miss Worth* 0yd in charge, the Coun¬
ty Home Demonstration Agent. Sev¬
enty-live are enrolled in this county
dub and the display consists of prod¬
ucts from thirty of these industrious
girls which shows the wonderful
headway they have made in this work.
The pears, peaches 1 , jellies, jams, black¬
berries, tomatoes, etc., are all put up
in standard containers and th e neat¬
ness and general appearance of all
this work brings out expertness of
their work. The ketchup was made
by the first year girls, and also will be
found gasket work) aprons, towels
and holders made by these girls which
deserve great credit.
We must say a word of praise for
Miss Woffle Floyd " <*'-* .merest and
unfailing work lias been one of the
greatest factors in bringing out such
a creditable showing in this depart¬
ment. Some of the Club Girls have
written stories giving the history of
their beginning in the work and is also
a record book kept by them which
served as a means of putting system
in their work.
A most interesting feature of the
fair is the display of ladies dresses
that were worn way back in the year
1840 and 1880. There is also in this
booth two beautiful fancy quilts, one
a silk made by Mrs. John B. Davis,
of this city, in 1885. while the other a
pretty cotton quilt with fancy hand
work, was made by her grandmother.
In the cetfter of the first Mrs. Davis
did some painting, pl/tcing the words,
“Holy Biiile.” in the center of the
square which one can readily see that
this part of the work tends to beautify
the spread, and it took pains to bring
out the effect. The dress of Mrs
Itivis’ grandmother is a black silk,
• ith full skirt. The next is a blue
ird Id nek stripe dress which brings
the thought that stripes were the style
in ttiose days; it being in the year of
W10. Another is a handsome green
'To tint was made in the 80s, and
liext to tliis is one is a handsome tan
dress with all the colonial style, and
in this dress is 20 yards of fine silk
Another dress to make note of is one
worn by Miss Cora Graves in 1802
It is a homespun dress, the cotton be¬
ing ilicked, spun and dyed and woven
by negroes on the Graves plantation
in this county. This was during the
time General Sherman marched
through Newton eofinty on his way to
Savannah.
This booth is attracting every one
that goes through the exhibit building
for this is indeed worthy of ones
t ; m P to observe what was beautiful to
°nr grandmothers and their mothers
and is to he admired by us of younger
•lays. Mrs Davis, who is in charge
n f these exhibits i sone of New ton
county's uioM beloved ladies and th<
interest she takes in giving details of
this display is truly a big help to¬
wards the success of tire fair. She
was born and raised in this county
and is 75 years of age.
In this building Miss Katherine
^ vp d Magath has her peanut butter
n> Hchine in operation. This is a new
@h g @mingfim Nam
enterprise in the county and i 9 re¬
ceiving much comment, she having al¬
ready placed some orders for the but¬
ter. The containers for this butter
ar e oue, one-half and one-fourth
pound, labeled “Evelyn Byrd Peanut
Butter. The outlook for her business
■ s S°od and will no doubt he the cause
: of more peanuts grown in Newton
county*. In connection with this she
iiso manufactures various kinds of
delicious candies. You should see this
machine while visiting the fair.
The women of Hays district have a
booth approriateiy arranged display¬
ing beautiful fancy work, crochet,
tatting, and various other work put
there by the ladies of their district.
Also you will find jellies, jams, and
vegetables put up in jars and glasses,
and rich and inviting cake. This dis¬
trict is not short of a good showing.
Aimon district is right in keeping
with her sister districts, displaying
homp made butter, cakes and bread.
The fancy work is beautiful and of
nearly every discription, and the
ovely quilts on display will surely
atcli your eye. Mrs. J. J. Owens is
in charge.
Leguin district’s display brings a
pleasing effect to th P eye. Upon en¬
tering you behold displayed all about
he walls beautiful fancy work, which
gives you at once the full idea of the
art of those ladies of their district
which is beyond,,a doubt a great credit
ii them. In tiie center there is dis¬
played delicious cake, bread and but¬
ter. Miss Clara Meador is in charge.
Rocky Plains district, in charge of
Miss JDavis, and a main feature of this
exhibit is a beautiful picture painted
by one of the ladies. The tatting, em¬
broidering and other fancy work is
beautiful to say the least. The quilts
>n display will catch the eye on ac¬
count of their extreme beauty and ex¬
pert workmanship.
The Covington display of ladies
vurk. hardly differs from the other
booths in this buiding. In order to ap
ireciat*. what they have there, is to
go in and make an examination of the
alile covers, center pieces, embroidery
work, vugs, quilts and crochet work;
it is all remarkably beautiful. A
usual glance at anything never gives
\,u its true value and painstaking
vork that was taken in its making.
Che oil and water color paintings are
not of the amateur class. One article
here of special interest with th P other
'xhibits is a piece of cloth woven in
’i865. shown by Mrs. J. T.- Malone.
Miss Lucille Meadors is in charge of
liese exhibits.
Newborn district display is a thing
if beauty from the start to finish. The
iecorations are so tastily arranged
that it is a joy Vo visit this booth and
while there your attention is brought
to all those things that are artistic
, n d beautiful in which the women
iride themselves. The oil painting
vhicli is on the wall of a cut water¬
melon displays the artistic work of
Mrs. W. F. Lee, of Newborn.
Brick Store district has a beautiful
decorated booth and besides the us¬
v is
ual interesting fancy work which
numerous will he found some interest
relics: An old knife 108 years old
cob, petrified, 200 years old, and
, corn
walking stick that has some unique
, old clocks:
carving, also there is two
from old church in their dis¬
one an
tinct of bvgone days that has become
relic of the past. The other was
„ White House
used in the Confederate
in Montgomery, Ala., is m
Building displayed butter
old. Also is
voars oil painting o
cakes etc. The artistic
Adams will he admired by the
Mrs. J.
V 'ProL Adams, pricipal of arranged the school. in
ha booth and it is
, « The Holy
keeping with his school.
dictionary and other effects that
Bible, of the school
,„cs wPh the progress without
The fair would be imcomplcte
Viis representation. students on
The drawings of the
dlspl» r hprp 51 re pood things r ' U<1 they VV, \ have 10
seen also many other
exhibited that was made .
children. Some of their work
school
is especially good. find
As we go on down the line w P
-,-ph pretty young girls all
a hf . red
dressed in white hearing the cross
emblem. They are representing the
National Red Cross Society, and hand¬
ing out literature of this nation wide
work for the cause of humanity. The
For Newton County and Her People
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER T, 1920.
main object of The American Red
/Cross at this time is to carry
fourth Red Cross Roll Call to success
which is now on. Make them a visit
and enroll as a member of the Red
Cross. The pretty young ladies assist¬
ing in this great cause are as follows:
Mrs, W. C .Clark in charge, Miss Annie
Pauline Anderson, Miss Florence Wells
Miss Martha Anderson, Miss Pauline
Gaither and Miss Ina Rogers.
Tiie Metropolitan Insurance Com¬
pany lias a place in this building, and
are giving out literature which is di¬
rectly in the interest of the individual’s
health and the health of an entire
community. A most attractive adver¬
tisement is a small building represent¬
ing the home office in New York which
is an exact pattern. It is so arranged
that it can he lit up with electricity
and gives you the true idea of their
big building in New Y’ork. The local
agents of the company are Air. G. R.
Dorman, Mr. E. E. Nolan, Mr. J. W
Wagner, and Mr. C. W. Dyal.
Tiie \\. C. T. U. has prepared a rest
room, provided with chairs, etc., for
those who wish to rest u while at
the fair. On the walls ar P displayed
signs all pertaining to tiie evils of the
liqeor traffic.
Just to tiie rear of the Woman’s
Building will be found a tent with
lie colored people’s display consisting
>f jellies, jams, vegetables and most
'very kind of fruit. Also fancy work,
[uiits, dresses and pillow tops. A
grapliophorie box, made by A. W.
Brown is worthy of comment, while
some white socks were made by Hattie
Vunnally, Sr., you will find the work
uanship excellent. Seabie Russell,
'Tome Domonstrator and Gertrude
Manually did much in bringing out
such a creditable exhibit. The Dixie
’ulilic and Industrial School for the
•olored people, with Prof. Roby the
irincipal. lias don P good work and the
lisplay of the children from this school
speaks well for them, and the school,
'n all the colored people have done
veil and the interest they seem to
manifest will result in more credit to
Miem at a future time.
Agricultural Exhibits
Next on our list comes the big Ag
rieultural displays and this building in
filled with splendid products of New¬
ton county farms.
First in this building, we were
shown the magnificent display of the
Boy’s Corn Club. This club was or¬
ganized by Mr. J. K. Luck, County
Agent. who has devoted much of his
time in encouraging and helping the
boys to raise good corn. There are
thirty members and each of them is an
enthusiastic worker, taking great pride
in their efforts to put forth the best of
corn in their display at the fair. And
right here to begin we desire to say
that they have succeeded wouderf iliv
The club consists of thirty members
and, each lias a display of ten ears
of the finest corn we have fever seen
it a county fair. There are seven
prizes in this department, and we say
that the judges will have a hard task
in deciding the winners. The prizes
range from $25 down. This is one of
the best exhibits on the fair ground
Tiie Boy’s Sweet Potato Club also
bad exhibits in this booth, and here
• p saw a demonstration of some of the
finest and most uniform potatoes evej
-aised in this county. Also in this
booth were exhibited some very fine
Newton county raised apples and other
fruits which had been sprayed one or
i;or times, and it clearly shows the
e
value of spraying. Some fine sweet
potatoes were exhibited by individuals
Mr. G. W. Pope and Air. W. L Austin
of the town district deserve mention.
Th P Rocky Plains booth is especially
good showing nearly everything that
■an lie done on the farm and prepared
by the housewife. The display and
variety of jams, jellies and preserves
Blown by Mr. F. S. Lunsford is fine
in fact one of the best ever seen at
previous Newton County Fairs, and it
it well worth your time to visit this
booth. Space wil not allow us to
enumerate the many good tilings to
"at prepared for exhibit here. Mr.
Boyce Davis and Mr. W. S. Avery also
did much to make this booth a success
and their displays deserve raenti<
Downs district booth was next for
to visi.t and her we saw some of
us
the finest cured meats and farm prod¬
ucts seen at the fair. This booth was
arranged and many of the exhibits
furnished by Alessrs. G. Q. Livingston
and C C. King. It was a very credit¬
able display.
Leguin district has one of the most
unique aranged displays to he seen.
Many varieties of grain and some very
fine meats being displayed. Also a
large variety of fine peppers.
Hays district booth was well ar¬
ranged and unique within itself. As
you euter your eye is caught by a large
corn field, with the fodder hanging
heavy, and in this field is a minature
automobile, occupied by two colored
people, with the words “Too Much
Automobile for Fodder Pulling,” on a
large placard on the radiator. Next
is the “Modern One-Horse Farm’,’
displayed by Mr. C. U. Skinner, which
is one of tli P attractive features of
this booth. Air. R. L. Middlebrooks
has several creditable exhibits here.
Aimon district has a well arranged
booth ami the exhibits are fine and
here much of tiie credit belongs to
Mr J. J. Owens, Mr. J. W. F Park and
Mr. Dan Upshaw.
Brick Store district booth is next
and here we see a bale of new cotton
with a counterpane 50 years old used
for baging. Also a spinning wheel in
operation, showing how cloth was once
made. This dispay is good and al who
visit tlve fair should see it. The varie¬
ty of farm products is excellent and
the booth well arranged.
Newborn district has some of the
finest farm products that w e saw. Mr.
Green Mitchell, with the assistance of
Mrs. S. G Lowe, displays a variety of
farm products anti home preparations
that is a credit to any display.
The Boy Scouts booth is a very
creditable one, with a good display of
farm products and th e motto of the
Scouts,“Be Prepared,” is the first thing
to catch your eye as you enter. This
is tiie only “all farm boys” unit of
Scouts known.
Tiie exhibit of fine Buff Orpington
htokens by Mr. L F. Boggus is one of
the finest displays of fin e bred chickens
ever shown in this county. He also
lias a coop of very pretty Birdeye
■iigoons on exhibition.
Tiie booth of the colored farmers of
the county is good and well arranged
with many varieties of grain and other
farm products dlspayed.
Live Stock Fine
'l'he Roys Pig Club is one of the
greatest shows on tiie fair giound
and here is where County Agent Jim
Luck prides himself and wan eager to
show us what a demonstration and
the amount of interest he lmd gathered
from the members. And .ve say he
lias something to to proud of. This
dub is' composed of thirty members
and here and there we se twenty
as tine Duroc hogs ever shown at
larger fairs. The average weight of
these hogs is 300 pounds at th e age
of seven months. In tiie preparation
for the exhibit, we are told that these
pigs made a gain of 90 pounds per
month. Each exhibitor will have
charge of his pig in the judging con¬
test which takes place today. Besides
the club hoys Mr. M. G. Turner, Mr.
Dan Upshaw and Air. W. S. Cook,
breeders,, have some fine specimens
of the Duroc on exhibition.
A number of Newton county raised
Shetland ponies are exhibited by the
citizens.
Many fine Jersey cows and heifers
ar P seen in the exhibits and the own¬
ers have a just right to be proud of
their sucess in this breed of fine cat
Be. Some of the exhibitors to whom
»ur attention was caled was J. W. F.
/"ark, W. P. Odum, D. T. Stone and
lack Le e Wright.
The male cows in this department
are fine ones and are owned by Ross
Thompson,. D T. Stone, B A. Bouehil
lon and J. W. F. Park.
Air. Evans Lunsford’s Herefords are
of the best breed and the exhibit is
wel worth spending a great deal of
vour time with. He has about 12 of
these cattle on exhibition. Mr. Luns¬
ford is the most successful cattle raiser
in this county and has a larg P h.erd of
the Hereford cattle at his barns in
this city.
JACK LEE BREAKS ARM.
Master Jack Lee, the 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Lee, while
playing with several of his friends in
a ham near his home Sunday after¬
noon fell, receiving several bruises
about the face and spraining his left
arm to such an extent that it had to
he reset. While the accident was very
painful there were no bones broken,
and he is recovering from the shock
very rapidly.
Get our prices on Pianos before buy¬
ing elsewhere. Everitt’s Furniture
Store.
EX SENATOR HARDWK
GEORGIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR
In th e run-over race between Ex
Senator Hardwick and Hon. Cliff
Walker which was held Wednesday of
this week to decide which would be
next governor of this state, Hardwick
carried 101 counties which gives him
a sweeping victory.
The vote in this county was light
although every voting precinct was
open. Air. Hardwick received 703
votes while 536 were cast for Air
Walker; a majority of 167 for Mr.
Hardwick.
The delegates appointed from New¬
ton county to attend State Convention
at Alaeoii, October 25th ar e W. B. R.
Pennington and li. F. Dick with F. A.
Henderson and E. A Ellis as , alter¬
nates.
The vote of Ci P various districts
are as follows:
District: Rardvvick Walker
Rocky Plains ___ _______32 16
Snapping Shoals ______ 8 8
Wyatt ____ _ 11 4
Covington .. _ . ___117 ^83
Covington Mills _______33 ’ 26
Brewers ____ .. _______43 2
Brick Store _ _____17 15
Hays _ - ____.. 20 8
Starrsvllle_______ ______ 7 26
Oxford ___38 oo
... -
Oak Hill ________ ____12 14
Gum Creek ---- _______47 4
Aimon____ _ _ . . 42 11
31
LeGuinn .. ... . _ _ 22 ltl
Porterdale ------ ______136 34
Gaithers ____ 10 0
Ma nsfield .. ___ _______24 .72
Stansels______ _ _______27 17
Newborn ______ ______32 42
703 '536
Hardwick’s majority 167.
SAYS PRICES LOWERED.
The trading public as a matter of
good business judgment should keep
right up with what the merchants are
going to have to offer from now on.
There is money to lie saved by keeping
up y\ ith what tiie merchants have to
offer you, and they sir e from time to
.line calling your attention to special
bargains they are constantly putting
nit
In this Issue of the News W. T.
Stradley says “Prices Have Dropped,”
and in keeping with that. h e has
dropped his prices and says he “will
stand the loss.” If a tirui never tries
to make his prices attractive, tie never
tells you, so h P may want tivo prices.
It has been said and proven many
imes that tiie newspaper subscriber
-ould get the money he pays for the
newspaper back in a short tim e by
watching advertisements.
Watch the newspaper. If you have
to nose around for a bargain, invaria¬
bly you will wind up as the goat.
SAYS FAIR US GOOD.
Among tiie visitors to the Newton
County Fair that is now going on in
this city, was our friend, Mr Sam
Wilkes, Agricultural Agent of the
Georgia railroad. Mr. Wilkes was
here th P first of the week and after
biking in the exhibits was so- enthused
with th great progress of our people
have made in the growing of agricultu¬
ral products, he hopes to mak P us an¬
other visit before the fair closes. He
is just naturally interested in every¬
thing pertaining to agriculture.
He cnm P here from Macon county,
where he has been on a visit and
brought with him something that
every farmer in Newton county should
see; lie left it at the fair, and when
you see what a fine specimen of to¬
bacco that was grown in Macon roun
ty, the first thing that will no doubt
come into your mind is the fact that
it can i>e grown here: just as good or
better. He wonders himself why to¬
bacco growing has not already been
started here, and in bringtn t this io-
1 aceo here, his idea is to prove tha* it
is grown adjacenteto us and this
“money-moking weed” ea.i b P grown
right here in our own county.
Somebody give it a trial.
AN OVERSIGHT.
Tn Inst week’s paper in giving the
court news we made mention that
thre P attorneys represented Air. P. E
Webb, and in giving the names we
inadvertantly omitted the name of Mr.
A. D. Meador* who was prominently
associated with the defense.
THE COVINGTON NEWS GOES
TO EVERY TART OF NEW*
TON COUNTY WITH A HAP*
PY WELCOME.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
OSCAR PHILLIPS RECEIVES
INJURIES FROM FALL.
While at work on a building in Por*
terdale, doing carpenter work, Mr. Os¬
car Phillips fell last Monday, and in
some way the hammer he was working
with struck him on the head, causing
a very painful gash. ♦
We understand the injury was not
serious and that he is improving rap¬
idly. He was employed by Algernon
& Blair at Porterdale, and lives about
two miles from that place.
ORATOR FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
The United Daughters of the Con¬
federacy, Mrs. W. W. Childs, president,
are most happy to announce that they
liai’ P secured Dr. Ashley M. Jones,
pastor of the Ponce de Leon Baptist
church, to deliver the Memorial Ad¬
dress on April 26th, 192k.
Dr. Jones nee&s no words of cou$»
mendation to the good people of New¬
ton county, and these people are most
fortunate to claim Dr. Jones as the
orator for this occasion.
THOSE PAST DUE
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
This is the collection season of the
year. We must collect in order to
meet our heavy current expenses. We
ar P going to mail every subscriber on
our list, who is in arrears with his
paper, a statement, and we are going
to discontinue, after December 1st,
1920. all due and unpaid subscriptions,
no matter how short the past due ma¬
turity is. We regard every subscriber
of The News as our friend, but friends
should pay each other just debts
No statements for subscription will
be sent out after December 1st. Please
bear this in mind, and if you owe us
pay us.
TAX COLLECTIONS BEGAN
ON -OCTOBER THE FIRST.
While the law opens the tax, hooka
of the county on September 20th of
each year, not until Monday, October
4 th did tiie tax collector receive any
tax money from the tax payers of
his county.
Tax Collector W. S. Ramsey receiv
<ui his first tax money on this date
and announces ready for the fall’s
work, the digest having been made
up some time ago, and all the hooka
are in shape to receive the money of
the tax payers. Between this dat e and
December 20th, when the books close,
State, county and school taxes must
tie paid.
The State rate is five mills; the
county rate is ten mills, and the
school rate is three mills, making a
total of $18.00 on th e $1,000.00 of
ffixable property in Newton county tow
he year 1920.
r HF HUNTING SEASON
OPENED LAST FRIDAY.
The hunting season, which means
more to* some men than any other
season of the year, opened Friday,
October 1st. with squirrels and o’pus
aims legitimate game.
Hunters’ may bag squirrels and
'po; sums from October 1st to March
'st. Fifteen squirrels may he killed
one day and there la no limit placet!
i the number of ’possums.
The quail season open on Novem¬
ber 20th, and continues to Mar
Hunters may bag as many aa 25 in
one day. The dove season opens on
November 20th under the State law,
, th^ law reeds
although government
October 16th.
The State law leaves the season for
doves open to March 1st, although the
national law states it closes on Janu¬
ary 31st.
The wild turkey season opens Nov
P mber 2th; ploover season, NOovember
29th. and snipe season December 1st.
Deer may be killed from October
to December 1st. Hunters may bar
2 during the season.
According to th e State law migra¬
tory duck may be killed from Septem¬
ber 1st to April 20th, the limit being
fifty a day.
The national law reads that the
duck season is from November 1st to
January 31s, 25 being the limit.
Mrs John Morgan Davis has accep¬
ted a position with Mr. .T, I. Guinn,
where she will be glad to have her
1 friends call.
