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business
WHICH FAILED IN 1920
WERE NON ADVERTISERS.
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 11.
INCREASED CHURCH
ENTHUSIASM IN
COVINGTON
Services of all Denominations
Well Attended. Sunday
Schools on the Up-Grade
Prospects for the local church
life are as bright as the promises
of God. While the year is yet
young, plans are rapidly ma¬
turing for the advancement of
religious interests.
Rev. Walker Combs is delivei -
ing excellent sermons to his con
Igregations at the Baptist church
|The Sunday school is in a flou¬
rishing condition with Mr. J. .C.
Upshaw as superintendent; Dr.
ij. A. Sharp enhanced the inter¬
ests of Sunday’s exercises. The
B. Y. P. U. and W. M. U. are ac¬
tively engaged of the kingdom. in promoting ttm
rrowth
At present, the Presbyterian
lure without a pastor, but effort;
tire being made to secure a good
Shepherd school for the under flock. the direc¬ The
Sunday
tion of Superintendent Ed. Mar¬
lin i accomplishing much good.
Rev. Jno. E. Ellis, over at th«
■Methodist church is well unde
rn ; adway, with the duties of the
Conference Year. His “heart is
[eady while and hands each swift and is wil
ing, sermon ;
fgem of purest ray serene.” Sa
trament was impressively ad
Ji ini stored at the morning ser
[ices by Revs. Ellis, Brannen
|nd Mr. R. E. Everitt.
The Sunday school superin
Mident is Mr. Count D. Gibson,
)ith Mr. Downs membership Secretary. If
great in and
fenerous in collections. Es
pcial awards were made last
ibbath in which Diplomas sig
dee Ifying a year’s perfeet atten¬
were presented, while a
Mb’ number were given stars
|r ity. successive years of punctu
jt [Those Powler receiving family, 5th, stars 6th, were and
Ih years respectively.
[Miss Id year. Kathleen Pennington
jHarmon thick Neal, Hix, 2nd 2nd year,
[Mrs. year.
S. P. Thompson (teach
i, 2nd year.
Olin Everitt, 2nd year. •
Ifdgar Ifalph Wood, 2nd year.
Pennington, 3rd year,
ouise Ilicks, 3rd year,
lester Clark, 4th year,
iavoid Reid, 4th year,
diehard Brown, 5th year,
iadford Pennington, 6th year,
ack Lee, 6th year,
liss Ruth Flowers, 7th year,
hss Ruby Vining, 7th year,
has Mary Nell Perry, " 7th
r,
h's. 0. M. Hays, (teacher)
,year.
M Flowers, 8th year.
(*th Flowers, 8th year.
a F' Harwell, 9th year.
Smith, 14th year.
■ himni s Harwell, 17th year,
Diplomas were award
[' ' F. Harwell, Floyd Ever
Syron Churchill,' Misses
} : ue Ramsey, M. Loyal
notice
d enacted by the Mayor
l f f)U ncil of the City of
Cov
and it is hereby enacted
Juniority 1 hog will of be the allowed same, that
11 one hundred kept
enee the yards of any
in - City of Coving
person found guilty of vi
a,!V terms of this
‘■ !l , «'■ shall, on . conviction
t sir Recorder’s Court, be
i<" as prescribed in Sec
hr °° of the City Ordinan
< Mi nance will be rigidly
'' during the current
Henry Odum. Mayor
‘ • J. Shields, Clerk
Vb °ut Income Taxes?
■ iifier the coming of the
Gtx man. Mr. McCord
t ere only three days,
t a, ld 19th. He will
r, [ 1 ' tut nui ](iug these , your dates. returns.
'Vrn?, NGTON NEWS
l ‘*.s
For Newton County and Her People.
JUVENILE COURT
FOR
Ordinary Loyd Appointed
of New Court ProvidingFor
Protection of Youths
The first official announce¬
ment of the formation of a
venile court here was made this
week when Judge Hutcheson
notified Ordinary A. L. Loyd
that he should b% judge of th '
new court. The new develop¬
ment is of lively interest to per¬
sons thoughtful of the protec ¬
tion of youths. The object of
the court being to protect youth¬
ful persons under sixteen year ;
of age from association with
adult criminals.
The new court will not have
any jurisdiction in the case o’
youthful criminals punishable
by death or life imprisonment,
but is applicable to any child
under sixteen who violates a
penal or municiple law, or who
is by law provided educatior.
care or protcetion, or any child
whose custody is debated in a
suit.
The appeal to the juvenile
court is made easy by the far
that the law provides any per¬
son who has knowledge of ;
child coming under the pro
visions of the law may tile a pe¬
tition with the court. The pro¬
bation officer who shall be ap¬
pointed to investigate the case
will assume the custody of any
child when it is thought wise by
the judge of the court.
Another . adequate -provision
of the law is that the judge o
the court shall co-operate with,
all societies and organizations
interested in protecting chi)
dren. With the support of tin
people this n‘ew court should d
effective child welfare work ir
Newton.
INTERESTED IN CITY FARE
Dear Mr. Editor:—-That wri
a fine editorial you wrote about
our city park in your issue of
Feb’y. 3rd, and you deserve ai
especial commendation for yom
timely words. That wonderful
ly beautiful Park, h,as been right
in that identical place ever si net
the begining of time, and your
editorial is the only sentence
ever published in behalf of the
city park of Covington. We
thank you most sincerely and
we want you to bring the mat¬
ter before the public just as
often as you can. The Civic
Committee are already at work
on plans to beautify the parks,
but they need co-operation from
the citizens. They need shrubs
and plants of every description
and they would be so glad to
have the citizens notify them
of such plants. Spireas, syrin
gas, flowering pears and peach¬
es, hydrangeas and crepe myr¬
tle all can be used to great ad¬
vantage and this committee will
be so grateful for any of these
plants. We have asked the
club of young men to put in a
bed of flowers and they have al¬
ready brought the matter up
for consideration. We feel sure
that the citizens df such a cits
as Covington will help us in
our efforts to beautify our park,
and we are taking this method
to thank you for your help, and
to ask your further co-operation
in our work. Any one wanting
to donate flowers can notify any
one of the following ladies:
Mrs. C. A. Sockwell, Mrs. IL B.
Anderson, Mrs. E. O. Lee,, Mrs.
Evans Lunsford, Mrs. J. E.
Philips, Mrs. W. II. Pickett, Jr.,
and Mrs. T. G. Callaway.
MRS. WM. C. CLARK.
President of Woman’s Club.
SOLDIER ANSWERS
LAST CAUL
Another one of Newton coun¬
ties Confederate soldiers has
passed over the river.
Lewis Callahan, who was a
member of Co. A. Cobb’s Legion,
died at his home in Social Cir¬
cle January 29. He went from
Covington with Lamar’s Co. ami
was in the war until the surren¬
der. He made a fine soldier.
There are only two of this
Company, which originally num¬
bered 140, left: J. W. Sockwell
of Covington and George Smith
of McRae, Ga.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921.
% *
MR. HAMMOND SAYS
Eighty-four per cent of *
the business failures of the *
past year occurred among *
firms which did not adver- *
tise. *
Mr. Hammond is a widely
known man of California. *
His observations are wide *
and searching. They are *
valuable not only to news- *
papers and advertising *
agencies, but even more *
valuable to business firms *
in determining how they *
can be$t endure and meet *
competition.
Going further, Mr. Ham- *
mond says': “If your busi- *
ness is not worth advertis- '
ing, then advertise it for *
sale.” *
Very good advice, that is. *
The time when a man could *
do business without telling *
people why they shall trade *
with him is passed. The *
buying public has become *
educated to buying. It is *
looking into the reasons *
back of purchases. Men are *
not any longer blind to op- *
portunities to save money, *
to get the best, to keep up *
with the Joneses, and to in- *
crease the comforts of liv- *
ing. *
Elsewhere in this paper *
you' will find the reasons ' i
why merchants should ed- ::
vertise today, and why peo- *
pie should buy today. Read *
it. *
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ROCKY HILL NEWS
Mrs. Harvie Hodges and little
daughter of Prospect spent Sat¬
urday here with her mother,
Mrs. Clark Cunard.
Mrs. Homer Boyd and chil¬
dren and Mrs. Marvin Hodges
and little son spent Wednesday
with Mrs. Jim Ilodges.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dorsey, of
Prospect, spent Friday after¬
noon with, Mrs. Clark Cunard.
Mrs. Emory Ozburn and little
son, Melvin, of Hardy’s Cross
road spent Thursday with her
mother, Mrs. C. L. Hodge.
Mr. Albert Mask has returned
home after spending several
months in Atlanta.
Mr. Lunsford, of Atlanta,
spent Monday night with Mr.
Will Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cook spent
Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. R. L. Ozburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ozburn
and children of Prospect spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will
Kelly. *
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lee Chaf¬
fin, of Hardy’s Cross roads spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Roe Parker.
RELEASED BY DEATH
TO REJOIN HUSBAND
Raleigh, N. C., February 1.—
In little cemetery in Alexander
county, in the Blue Ridge
mountains of North Carolina,
the body of Mrs. Sarah Wych
off, 76,' will be buried beside
that of her husband, Wesley,
for whose murder she spent a
life sentence—42 years—in the
state prison, during which time
a man on his death bed is said to
have confessed to the killing,
absolving her and “Bob” McCor
kle, a negro hanged for the
crime.
Mrs. Wychoff, who died to¬
day, had refused pardons during
the last twenty years from five
governors, explaining that all
her children were dead, that she
had nowhere to go and was con¬
tent to remian among her pris¬
on friends the remainder of her
life.
Mrs. Wychoff was tried with
McCorkle for the murder of her
husband in 1878. Both protes¬
ted their inocenee. The negro
was found guilty of murder in
the first degree, and his hang¬
ing was the only one that ever
took place in Alexander county.
Mrs. Wychoff was convicted of
conspiracy and sentenced to life
imprisonment. Both were con¬
victed on circumstancial evi¬
dence.
Mrs. Wychoff was seized with
an attack of rheumatism 23
years ago, and since that time
had ben unable to walk. For
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* FARMERS’ MEETING *
* HERE TUESDAY *
The farmers of Newton
will meet at the court house *
* here on next Tuesday, Feb. *
* 15th, at 10:00 o’clock to dis- *
* cuss plans for cutting the *
* 1921 cotton acreage, and *
* work out crop diversifies- *
* tion plans. * *
The meeting will be held *
* under the auspices of the *
* farm bureau movement. *
* Several live speakers will *
* be^ present. Mr. Taylor, *
* president of the Indiana
* Farm Bureau will speak on
* the big movement to organ- *
ize farmers.
The plan to cut the 1921 *
cotton acreage is south-wide *
* and this meeting is in line *
* with those being held all *
* over cotton states. *
MIXON
Mrs. C. E. Dick spent Friday
with Mrs. I. L. Parker,,Sr.
Mrs. Ambus Goins vjgfted her
mother, Mrs. Joe Bohafian Wed¬
nesday.
Mrs. Cleo Holmes spent
Thursdav afternoon with Mrs.
T. G. Aiken.
Mrs. Brant Kitchens spent
Thursday with Mrs. A. Fincher.
The ’“tackey” party given by
Mrs. I. L. Parker, Saturday
night was enjoyed very much
by a large crowd.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Yancey
of Porferdale are spending sev¬
eral days with Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Yancey.
Mrs. John Potts spent Sunday
with Mrs. I. N. Vaughn.
Mrs. Lester Stubbs spent Sum
day with Mrs. Joe Bohanan.
Mr. J. C. Reynolds visited rel¬
atives ip € Atlanta one day this
week.
Miss Rozzie and Quinn Bo
hafthn spent a short while Sun¬
day afternoon with Mrs. Sina
Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Parker
spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. James Coggins, of
LeGuinn.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Heard of
Covington, spent Sunday very
pleasantly with Mr. and Mrs. A.
F. Pennington.
Dr. J. W. Payne, of Monti
cello was in our midst a short
while Sunday.
We are very glad to note that
Mrs. Jess Yancey is improving
after several days illness.
Several fi’om here attended
the singing given by Mrs. Frank
Jones Sunday afternoon and all
report a nice time.
Remember there will be
preaching at Newton Factory
Sunday morning at 10:30.
STARK
The candy pulling given by
Mrs. Marion Duke Tuesday
night was a very enjoyable af¬
fair.
Mrs. J. E. Kitchens, Mrs. G.
R. Hayser and little son, Wilbur,
spent Wednesday afternon with
Mrs. Courtney Harper.
We were very glad to have
our school superintendent, Mr.
Van Fletcher visit our school
Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Wilson, of
Jenkinsburg dined with Mr. and
Mrs. Courtney Harper Friday.
A most interesting event of
last week was the birthday par¬
ty given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Duke Saturday night
in honor of Miss Lydia Dukes
twenty-first birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kitchens
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Kitchens Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Harper and
little son Wilbur spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. McMichael.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hodges
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Duke.
years she had spent most of her
time in bed and in a wheel chair
kniting, crocheting and sewing.
She specialized in making little
fancy -------* aprons, *------ T which ------- prison r »
ficials sold for her. From the]
money gathered in thils way she
had fitted out a cozy little cell
in the prison, and enough mon¬
ey was found after her death to
pay al funeral expenses.
BURGLARS ENTER
NORRIS HARDWARE
Unknown Parties Enter Store
Monday Night—Leave
Note—Small Loss
Burglars entered the Norris
Hardware store here Monday
night by the same novel way in¬
troduced here a month ago—
through the skylight. A piece
of rope was extended from the
skylight to the floor below. The
burglars left through the back
door.
The only loss that can be re¬
cognized is three Engersoll
watches and several boxes of
pistol cartridges. Other things
were disturbed, but nothing tak¬
en. It is thought that the main
search was for pistols which
had been concealed iri a secret
place before dosing the store
Monday night.
A number of watches were
left on the floor near the back
door, indicating that the burg¬
lars might have been frighten¬
ed away. A note written on a
sheet torn from a memorandum
book in the office was left on the
floor by the watches. The note
was so poorly written that it is
without meaning.
Mr. Norris reports the whole
loss at not more than twenty-five
dollars.
DON’T FORGET ,
THE BIG SHOW
(TO-NIGHT, FEB, 10)
“THE MICROBE OF
LOVE”
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
COMMERCIAL WIRELESS
TO OPEN IN GEORGIA
Atlanta, Ga. (Special) Feb.
9, 1921.—Plans are being Radio laid
here by the Natiorvd Tel¬
egraph Co. to open a chain of
Commercial Wireless Telegraph
stations, throughout Georgia in
the near future in connection
with an institute which will be
located here for the purpose of
training young men and women
as Radio operators. Success in
this line in many northern staes
prompt this action. The cost
of maintainance of the thou¬
sands of miles of wire now oper¬
ated by the Western Union and
Postal is so great that the pub¬
lic is required to pay unreason¬
able prices for their messages.
The operation of the same num¬
ber of radio stations would be
far less than half that of these
companies. Therefore the
new firm intends to operate and
handle the public telegrams, ca¬
bles and reports at about the us¬
ual charge. The Atlanta sta¬
tions will act as a central and a
relay to the larger cities and
ships. Announcement is made
by the president of the new com¬
pany that they intend to train
most of their operators at their
institute in Atlanta.
Doubtless the public at large
looks upon wireless as a play¬
thing, but from the practical
standpoint they are far in the
wrong. Look what radio did for
us in winning the great world
war. Why not keep the good
work up? There is no study
any more interesting nor is
there any work more pleasant.
Any young man or woman with
a grammar school education may
train as a radio operator within
three or four months and draw
not less than $150 per month to
sfart. As recreatipn nothing
more attractive can be found.
Think of spending, say fifteen
or twenty dollars and construct¬
ing an apparatus which enables
you to sit in your home each
night and listen at the news be¬
ing flashed all over the nation
without the least charge to you.
Again you are listening and you
hear London or Paris issuing
press to our government station,
Arlington, Va.
“Uncle Sam” has not forgot¬
ten the wonderful science by any
means. The U. S. Merchant
is constantly in need of
trained wireless operators and
the salaries paid are excellent.
No enlistment. Another great
feature is our new Atlanta-New
York Aerial mail route opening
May 15th, which will require the
PER CENT OF THE
BUSINESS CONCERNS
WHICH FAILED IN 1920
WERE NON-ADVERTISERS.
$2.00 Per Year in Advance
BOY SCOUTS IN
CELEBRATION
Anniversary Week Featured
By Great Activity—Local
Troop Strong.
The local boy scout troop is
joining this week in the national
celebration of the eleventh anni¬
versary of the boy scouts of Am¬
erica. This is the sixth anni¬
versary of the Covington scouts.
The celebration is featured by
three big meetings and the craft
contests. The first big event
was the fathers and scout sons
banquet held in the scout hall
Tuesday evening when Dr. J. A.
Sharp of Oxford Academy
spoke. The mothers and scout
sons banquet will be held in the
hall Friday evening, and Mr. L.
W. JaCrman will speak. Special
union services will be held at the
Methodist church Sunday even¬
ing featuring the annual scout
sermon. A section of the
church wil be reserved for scouts
and their parents Three of the
scout patrols are competing for
a prize to be awarded to the pa¬
trol showing the greatest skill
in scout—and handcraft. Each
patrol has displayed an interest¬
ing lot of hand work in a store
window given up to the scouts
by the local merchants. Mr. Bos¬
well. scoutmaster will give the
prize later in the week.
The strength of the Covington
troup is marked by the fact that
thirty-four merit badges have
been awarded, and a total of
386 tests have been made . The
merit badges are awarded upon
completion of a certain number
and kinds of tests. There is one
star scout and a total of three
first-class scouts in the troup.
Also fourteen second-class
scouts and fifteen tenderfoots.
The slogan of “do a good turn
daily” has now been adopted by
over a half million boys through¬
out Americia. The scout move¬
ment is acocmplishing well its
aim to engage the boys’ mind
through the critical age. Aside
from employing the boys’ idle
time the training gives him a
manly fitting. Scout leadership
requirements are exacting, and
adult leaders are few; but if
more men would qualify the
scout movement would grow. It
is the duty of parents to see that
their sons are enrolled.
DO YOU CATCH
COLD EASILY?
Your Vitality is Low—Resist
■ ance Weak.
YOU NEED PEPTO-MANGAN
Rich, Red Blood Will Strengthen
You and Put You on Your
Feet—Able to Resist
Colds
Your system normally healthy
should never catch cold. Your
body is adjusted to take care of
sudden changes in the weather.
It is when you are run down
and your vitality is low that
your body cannot adjust itself.
Then you take cold.
If you keey your blood in good
condition, with plenty of red cor¬
puscles, you will be strong and
your body will easily adjust it¬
self to sudden changes. You
will throw off the cold germs
that go flying into the air when
some one with a cold sneezes.
Red-blooded men, women and
children eat well. They have
plenty of energy. They go
along with a smile because they
feel right. Try Pepto-Mangan,
the successful tonic. It is a
wonderful blood builder. Take
it for awhile till you feel right.
Pepto-Mangan is widely and
heartily endorsed by physicians.
It is effective and easy to take.
It is prepared in both liquid and
tablet form. The medicinal pro¬
perties are the same.
Sold at any drug store. But
be sure you get the genuine Pep¬
to-Mangan—“Gude’s.” Ask for
it by name, and be sure the full
name, “Gude’s Pepto-Mangan,”
is on the package. (Ad)
services of numbers of radio men
and women. These plans will
be handled by wireless as our
trains of today are handled by;
telephone and telegraph.
