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    ^J'rf ^HE COVINGTON NEWS
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[arm bureau meeting
holds
Ltogubhed Speakers Here Address Tuesday. The
Meeting Held
I Lesdav was notable for the presence and Mr.
Mrs m. c. Judd of Dalton
Gay of the State College of Ag
C. prominent the
■nUure. Both are in
Inn Bureau Federation, interests both striving of all
the highest and best
.. pertains to life. *
t h meeting in the court house was
L , o’clock,
to order at 10
I Vice-Chairman, C. IT. Skinner. The
[lienee L was composed of the of Farm a goodly Bu¬
e r of members
ie, and a representative body of New
eounty club women.
Hr. J. K. Luck. County Agent, in¬
duced the speakers in brief and
Iropriate words.
1,-s. Judd, as Educational Director
a comprehensive outline of the
at movement and its possibilities.
talk was interspersed with first
J glimpses of foreign methods. En
Ljasm and experience were so de
Itfully blended that a new vision
given the hearers. Georgia’s soil
individual power can accomplish
■things.
|r. Gay presented vital issues con
■ting the bureau and the needs of
[present hour.
is \V. C. Clark made a short talk
distributed Dr. Soule’s program
[Newton county.
CITY AFTER SPEEDERS.
the last meeting of the city eoun
Ihe subject of speeding automobil
was discussed and as there was
[Ey an ordinance against this prac
the police of the city was given
be to enforce this part of the city
[and arrest any party who defies
, ordinance by breaking the speed
The council is to he commended
(this action.
next nuisance it is hoped that
come to the attention of the coun
the slack way people park their
or in other words, wherever they
se to stop regardless of inconven
bing the public, they stop. In
of the postoffice is where the
Its are mostly dominated by the
1st. On a rainy day cars have
|ced the crossings to such extent,
lie on foot are compelled to walk
bid in the mud. No car should
Jllowed to stop on a corner, or on
pet crossing. The matter can be
easily remedied if the police are
to correct these people who so
ptlessly block the way. and it will
a matter of a short time until
people will learn.
AROUND ABOUT TOWN.
Imighty oak has fallen, literally,
le destruction of a mamouth tree
Jip Coving-ton school campus. They
it was dead at the top and hopeless,
ids history were written, what a
would unfold. Joys, sorrows,
and fears, changing scenes and
Bus of countless years.
f" ^ just oa off a Central Anderson railway embank- is
e ® avenue, a
r ee 8 nest. A marvelous
t, * here the cells, so perfectly
J F a ; ‘ay and so uniquely shielded by
long pipes, , through which the
US insects flit in and out all
hie 83 '* 1 bumble bees form in com
ts ot * about two three
' These or hun
are dissolved on the ap
l . ""iter, since males and
tni e and onl v females remain
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lorsn e ' among moss, decayed
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|’ from ®, r trost are P 10 -
vll" and concealed from
fc. L 0r kers collect f ood, as
S ° ut . tbe cocoons and
ThuilP neSt t0 meet the needs.
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n tructure are
fcresent d co . ^ ? rse appearance, - either, clus- the
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need need ~£L“ and r.. two lwo little llttle goats.
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f ‘--- - “Hie orphan children.
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Everybody Should
Wear Cotton Goods
Dallas Texas, May 4.—Cotton is
quite the thing in Texas this spring.
Fashionable women, moved by ap¬
peals to help create a demand for the
cotton grower's product, are “wearing
their bit’’ of cotton fabric in behalf
of the South’s greatest industry which
aces disaster because there is no mar¬
ket for the thirteen million surplus
bales of cotton.
The movement was started by the
Dallas housewives’ chamber of com¬
merce and has been taken up by local
*
society women who are setting the
style for others by wearing cotton
frocks exclusively. Cotton shirtwaists
skirts and mercerized sweaters are
much in vogue on the golfing greens
and even an occasional pair of cotton
hose are evident.
The women directing the campaign
have urged club women in other cities
to cooperate by wearing cotton gar¬
ments inasmuch as they are practica¬
ble and by purchasing twenty yards
each of cotton cloth in May and June,
they hope to reduce the surplus and
revive the market price on raw cotton,
milions of bales of which are now ly¬
ing abandoned in the fields because
it is not worth hauling to market.
Miss Dollie Hilbert, pretty daughter
of Mrs. .1. G. Hilbert, president of the
Dallas housewives' chamber of com¬
merce. believes the silk worm is an un¬
necessary adjunct to feminine charm
and offers to prove it by wearing noth¬
ing hut cotton. Her gingham frock,
her hose, her canvas slippers and even
her lingerie were produced in the fields
of the sunny south.
COOKING BY SUNLIGHT
Out in California they are doing som
thing more than taking moving pic¬
tures. There is a stove out there that
cooks by sunlight. It will probably
never come much farther east, as its
operation might interfere with some of
the various monopolies held by certain
corporations in the several states of the
Union. Hut here is a story that comes
out of Washington:
Advantages of the Old Sol cook stove
operated twenty-four hours a day on
sun heat alone, were explained to the
national academy of science here by
Dr. A. G Abbot of the Smithsonian In¬
stitution. The device was as yet a lux¬
ury, he admitted, hut added that Mrs.
Abbot had done evrything hut fry
on the solar stove, at Mount Wilson,
Cal. He displayed a can of beans, say¬
ing they were solar cook stove canned,
looked good and tasted better.
The apparatus, Dr. Abbot said, was
a 1‘concave, parabolic, cylindrie reflec¬
tor,” through which ran a tube of ordi¬
nary cylinder oil to absorb heat
cooking compartment, insulation retain
ing heat in the oil overnight.
It ought to be very fine to simply
turn on the sunlight when you want
a regular meal cooked. It should be a
grand and glorious feeling to have no
fuel bill to pay. But just what is to
be done when the sun does not shine
is a new problem. Maybe that oil
reservoir thingumbob can be so per¬
fected that it will concentrate heat
for several hours at time, sunshine,
or no sunshine. If that turns out to
be the case, .here’s hoping for more
cooking by sunlight.
Big Shoot for Newton
Co. Championship
The Porterdale Gun Club will hold
a big shoot May 13 and 14, beginning
at 2:30 each day.
Four valuable trophies will be given
away to four highest guns. Dr. Love¬
lace, O. W. Porter, W. B. Kyser, J. C.
Vining and W. B. Bailey will not be
allowed to shoot for trophies. They
will only compete for County Champi¬
onship.
The entrance fee will he $2.00, tar¬
gets three cents each.
Anyone in the state can shoot but
only residents of Newton county will
be allowed to win trophies or cham¬
pionship. There will be a special ar¬
rangement for non-residents of the
county to shoot for added money.
Traps are. located two miles from
Covington on Porterdale road.
WE WANT a lady or gentleman
agents for the genuine J. R. Watkins
Products in Covington and other va
cant towns. A big opportunity for anj,
hustler. Write today for free sampU
and free particulars of our wonder
ful offer. J. R. Watkins Co.. 64 Mem
phis, Tenn. 22-25c
WANTED—Chickens of all kinds, es¬
pecially fryers, also eggs. Highest
market prices. Jeff Davis Ellington.
22-23.
For Newton County and Her People.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1921.
Richmond Pastor to
Visit His Old Home
Here With Bride
Bo well did the Rev. Charles L.
King, pastor of the fashionable Grace
Covenant Presbyterian cchurch of Rich¬
mond, Va., mask his courtship that
not a soul in his congregation, it is
said, ever dreamed that there was any
more than platonic friendship between
him and Miss Annie May McDade, con¬
tralto soloist in the church choir, until
he broke the news to the officers of
the church that he and Miss McDade
were planning to be maried in June
and that he desired a furlough of two
months following the wedding. This
was readily granted. Mr. King is a
native of Covington and it is under¬
stood that he is planning to spend part
of his honeymoon here.
After announcement of his wedding
plans were made, it was recalled that
it was upon special request of the pas¬
tor that the services of Miss McDade
were obtained last fall. She is a grad¬
uate of Peace Institute, Raleigh, N. C..
and had taught a session there when
she accepted the Richmond offer. Her
home is at McBane, N. C., and she will
be married there.
It is said that the romance dates
back to the days when Mr. King was
a student at the Union Theological
seminary, of Richmond, and she was
one of the. “final” girls. Following
his graduation from the seminary, Mr.
King was awarded the Moses D. Hoge
fellowship which entitled him to an ad¬
ditional year of graduate work at the
college. During this period he became
assistant at Grace Covenant and when
the Rev. Dr. Calvin Stewart retired
a few years ago frmo active service he
became the regular pastor, although
just twenty-six years old at the time.
This church is now planning to erect
a $100,000 edifice on Monument avenue.
It has upward of 1,000 members, and
is the most flourishing Presbyterian
flock in Richmond.
Bank Statements
Are Called For
Washington, May 2.—Comptroller of
the Currency today issued a call for
the condition of all national banks to
the close of business on April 28.
COTTON MARKETING
PLAN TO BE
DECIDED SOON
Atlanta, Ga., May 5.—Whether it is
advisable for the farm bureau to at¬
tempt the formation of a cotton mar¬
keting plan, is to be decided at a meet¬
ing of the advisory board of the Geor¬
gia federation to he held in Atlanta at
an early date.
President R. A. Kelley and Secretary
J. G. Olliver will shortly tour the state
in an effort to find out the exact sen¬
timent prevailing towards the forma¬
tion of a plan to market the cotton
crop this year. They will report their
findings to the advisory board, and at
the time action will be taken.
President Kelley recently returned
from the meeting held in Memphis, and
reports that the convention adopted a
resolution endorsing the cotton mark¬
eting plan as inaugurated in Texas,
Oklahoma and other states, and went
on record’ as favoring the formation
of a national sales agency to be loca¬
ted at Dallas Texas.
Meanwhile, organization work in a
number of counties throughout the
state ' is progressing most favorably.
In Hall county, under the most adverse
conditions, more than one hundred and
fifty bona-fide farmers have joined that
county bureau, and the campaign is
still under way.
J. G. Woodruff, the financial agent
of the state federation reports that a
number of counties are organizing farm
loan associations. Mr. Woodruff’s ad¬
vice will be tendered free to any coun¬
ty in the state wishing information
and data as to how to proceed towards
the formation of such an association.
Mail addressed to him care of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, 61G
Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Atlanta,
will reach him.
PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
Every town has a Jolly Fat Man
like this, who likes Everybody and
whom Everybody likes. He’s always
ln Good Humor and goes about dis¬
persing Good Cheer. This Good Scout
has just as many Troubles as Any¬
body Else, but he does All his Wor¬
rying ln Private.
Knox Peace
Resolution Passes
\ ote TV as 49 to 23, Three Democrats,
Including Tom Watson, Voted for
The Knox Resolution.
Washington, > May 4.—The adminis¬
tration's first step towards placing the
United States on a technical basis of
peace was taken last Friday by the
senate in adopting the Knox peace
) esolution.
The vote was 4!t to 23. Three demo¬
crats voted for the resolution and al¬
though no republicans voted against
it Senator Nelson of Minnesota, was
paired against it.
The democrats voting for it were
Senators Myers. Montana; Shields,
Tennessee, and Watson, Georgia. Two
other democrats, Reed, Missouri, and
Walsh of Massachusetts were announ¬
ced as favoring the resolution.
The resolution goes to the house,
with prospects of prompt action there.
No change was made by the senate in
the resolution as reported by the for¬
eign relations committee. It would re¬
peal the war resolutions affecting Ger¬
many and Austria Hungary, impound
alien enemy property and reserve to
the United States all rights and priv
ielges under the treaty of Versailles
and other peace treaties.
An effort, to amend the peace, reso¬
lutions made by Senator Townsend, re¬
publican of Michigan, who moved to
strike out the clause repealing the war
declaration and substitute a simple dec¬
laration of peace was defeated 44 to
26 shortly before the final vote.
MR. GUINN IN AN ATLANTA SAN
ITORIUM.
The illness of Mr. R. C. Guinn has
been greatly deplored by a wide circle
of friends. However, rest and the min¬
istries of skilled physicians and nurses
have restored him to a condition where
he will be able to return at the end
of the week. Mrs. Guinn is in Atlanta
accompany her husband Rome.
Ale. Beckman has been in charge
of the Georgia depot office during Mr.
Guinn’s absence.
MANSFIELD BUSINESS HOUSES
TO TAKE HALF'-HOLIDAY.
We the undersigned agree to close
our places of business at one o'clock,
eastern time, every Wednesday, begin¬
ning with the first Wednesday in May
and continuing through the month of
August.
Bank of Mansfield, Hurst-Adams &
Potts, Mansfield Drug Co., Adams
Bros.. J. T. Wilson. W. G. Biggers, C.
C. Lunsford, Thos F. Hardeman, Drug¬
gist, S. R. Campbell & Co., A. B. Thomp¬
son. J. C. Harwell & Son, Peoples
Bank, R. T. Moody, R. L. Blackwell,
Mansfield Lumber Co., D. L. Jones,
L. Prosses Barber Shop, Chas. Stokes
Barber Shop, J. W. Henderson.
TWO STILLS DESTROYED.
Last Monday in the Gum Creek Dis¬
trict, County Policeman Nixon came
across a moonshine outfit, which ap¬
peared to have been turning out the
spirits in a great manner. His visit
was the result of the outfit being com¬
pletely wrecked.
Near the Butts county line a still was
found last Tuesday, and it was treat¬
ed the same as all that is found by the
officers—totally destroyed.
Too Many Farm
Tenants in Georgia
We have too many farm tenants in
Georgia. That is one thing that is
wrong with our agriculture. We need
more men on small farms of their own.
and fewer large farms operated loose¬
ly by the tenant system. The census
last year gives Georgia 310,000 farms.
This is the largest number reported in
any state with the exception of Texas,
where they have 435,000 farms. But
the weak thing about Georgia's situ¬
ation is the further fact that only one
third of those farms are operated by
their owners. We have only 102,000
farmers owning their farms—206.000
are tenants.
Paper Workers are
Out on Strike
Boston. May 4.—About 1,800 paper
workers in New England are idle to¬
day as the result of refusal to accept
wage reductions ranging from twenty
to thirty per cent. Employes at sev¬
eral plants accepted the new scale.
Big Paper Mills Closed.
Glen Falls, N. Y.. May 4.—John
Burke, president of the international
brotherhood of pulp and sulphate paper
mill workers announced today all the
mills of the International Paper Co.,
were forced to shut down otday with
the beginning of the nation wide strike
in the paper making idustry against
wage reductions. Several other big
mills were also closed.
PENNINGTON CAR
HAS BEEN FOUND
Phillip Lundy, who stole Mr. W. B.
R. Pennington’s Buiek automobile
about three weeks ago from in front
of the Methodist church, was located
in West Chester, Pa., a few days ago.
The young man in company with a
young married woman first went to
New York in the car and at this point
they must have run short of funds as
telegrams were sent from each to their
relatives tor money which gave the
information as to where they were,
and Sheriff Johnson wired to the Sher¬
iff at West Chester. Pa., the place
they were headed for, to hold the cou¬
ple.
Sheriff Johnson left about a week
ago for the Pennsylvania town and is
now on his way back; making the trip
through the country in the car with
the boy and girl. Today he had reach¬
ed North Carolina, and he is expected
to arrive in Covington tonight or in
the morning. ,
The young man, who was attending
school in Atlanta, comes from a nice
family, of Macon it is said, and is six¬
teen years old. The girl, Mrs. Moore,
while married and, had been living
peacefully with her husband until her
love fell upon this boy, is nineteen
years of age.
It is reported that the car has not
been damaged, excepting one of the
fenders being bent a little. The car
must have covered some sixteen hun¬
dred miles.
Span Sea in 14 Hours;
Mile and Half Minute
Paris to New York in 14 hours is
not only a possibility, but a scientific
probability within a few months, ac¬
cording to the Italian engineer, Vau
gean, who has completed plans for the
construction of a commercial air liner
on a new principle.
The Ricca brothers of Naples, for
whom Vaugean drew his plans, state
the invention is no wild dream, but
has a good chance of success. They
are prepared to build 12 dirigibles to
establish regular service between New
York. Paris and London, Rome and
Berlin. ,
Each ship is so constructed that it
will carry 500 passengers first class
and 250 second class 1, Idea 800 tons
of freight. The average speed will he
more than 150 miles an hour. The
passengers div ision of the air liner will
be on a sumptuous scale like that of
great ocean liners.
The characteristics of the future air
liner, construction of which already
has been launched at the Ricca shops
at Possillipo, Italy, will include a ship
273 feet long, a bag- containing 42,000
cubic yards of non-inflamable gas and
a propelling force of not less than
7,500 horsepower.
Bier Thefts Under
Government Control
Seventy-five freight claim agents
pnd operating officials of railways in
the southeast, concluded a two days’
meeting in Atlanta, were of the firm
conviction- that in talking about redu¬
ction in freight rates over the country
one important factor should be con¬
sidered that the public has heard little
about—“loss and damage to freight,”
is the technical teem; and recently it
has run up into figures of a staggering
size.
Loss and damage to freight cost rail¬
roads ot the United States just $104,
000,000 in 1920, it was hown at the meet
ing of the southeastern claim confer¬
ence here, whose purpose was to look
into the reasons for this prodigous
waste of revenue, and if possible, to
devise ways and means for checking
it.
American Loses
To British Champion
London, May 4.—A. M. Barelein, the
British court tennis champion, success¬
fully defended his title against C. S.
Cutting, the American challenger, at
the Queen's Club today, defeating Cut¬
ting in three straight sets.
Harris is Opposed
To Hardwick’s Plan
Macon, May 4.—Ex-Governor Har¬
ris this morning announced his inten¬
tion to fight the plan of Governor-elect
Hardwick to consolidate the trustees
of all state schools and colleges into
one board. Harris is president of the
trustees of Georgia Tech.
PLOWS UP MONEY.
Lansing, la.. May 4.—Fortune turn¬
ed her smiling face on John Brazel of
Lansing, when the plow which he was
operating unearthed $1,300 in gold.
The sum was found on the old Patrick
Callahan farm, where Brazel was work¬
ing as a farm hand. The money was
in a glass jar and the small fortune
is believed to have been buried on the
farm for a number of years.
12.00 Per Year in Advance
NEWTON COUNTY
FEDERATION OF
WOMEN’S CLUBS
A large and representative body of
Newton county women gathered in the
office of Supt. G. C. Adams, Tuesday
morning for the purpose of federating
the county clubs.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs. R. L, Hollis, county chairman of
Community Club Work.
Mrs. Hollis outlined the aims of the
work; explaining fully the benefits ac¬
cruing from a well organized body of
women. Elsewhere Mrs. Hollis’ splen¬
did address is given in detail.
Expressions from women in the va¬
rious districts were as follows:
Mrs. Clark speaking for Covington’s
Woman’s Club favored the movement
from the “unity" standpoint.
Mrs. Jackson, of Hays District, dis¬
cussed the co-operative merit.
Miss Chloe Loyd, a magnetic speak¬
er, showed that women must do the
greater part of the work, and a feder¬
ated organization meant co-operation,
systematic and intelligent service.
Other brief talks showed a concen¬
sus of opinion.
The motion carried unanimously for
the Federation of Newton county Clubs.
The Covington Woman's Club and Ox¬
ford’s Kill Kare are the only Feder¬
ated Clubs at present.
Federating the Club with the County
Club Federation and into the State
Federation is a “wheel within a wheel”,
far reaching in development and prog¬
ress. The following officers were
elected:
President. Mrs. R. L. Hollis, of Hays
District.
Vice-Presidents, Mrs. C. U. Skin¬
ner of Hays Dist.; Mrs. Will Cook of
Leguin; Mrs. Grady Adams of Brick
store; Mrs. G. W. Tumlin of Porter¬
dale; Mrs. W*. R. Porter of Newborn;
Mrs. E. S. Stevens of Covington; Mrs.
\V. E. Lunsford of Mansfield.
Press Representative, Mrs. W. S.
Cook* of Leguin.
Executive Board, President, Secre¬
taries, Treasurer, and Parliamentarian
—five in number.
Rec. Sec., Miss Chloe Loyd, Newborn.
Cor. Sec., Mrs. Henry Adams, Havs
District.
Treasurer, Mrs. Carl Park, Almon.
Parliamentarian, Mrs. W. C. Clark,
Covington.
A constitution and by-laws were
adopted. The meeting was most en¬
thusiastic. Newton County’s Federa¬
tion of Women’s Clubs will be duly
recognized by the Georgia Federation,
by May 17th, the date of the Eighth
District’s convention. scheduled for
Covington.
On the first Tuesday in June the
County Federation will assemble at the
Library at 3 o’clock.
The districts were represented as
follows:
Hays District—Mesdames R. L. Mid
dlebrooks, B. J. Anderson, C. C. Epps.
C. W. Jackson. W. G. Benton, M. S.
Crowley. Henry Adams, and R. L.
Hollis. Newborn District—Mrs. J. J.
Carter and Miss Chloe Loyd. Coving¬
ton—Mesdames W. C. Clark and L. L.
Bryan. Porterdale—Mesdames G. W.
Tumlin and W. H. Lamb. Mansfield
—Mesdames A. E. Coogler, Clayton
Hays and J. J. Adams. Fairview—
Mrs. Carl Park. Leguin—Mesdames
W. S. Cook, E. B. Davis, T. S. Har¬
rison, O. B. Edawrds and Miss Eva
Pennington. Brickstore—Mrs. Grady
Adams and Miss Louise Adams.
V
PERSHING TO
• VISIT FRANCE
Paris, May 5.—The presence in Par¬
is of General Pershing on July 14,
Bastile Day, will be made the occasion
of a large demonstration in honor of
the United States. Marshal Foch, ac¬
cording to plans, will return to the
United States with Pershing as a rep
resentative of the French army, ae
campanying the body of an Munknown
American soldier.”
PROBABLY.
“The poor man with the organ and
the monkey seems weary.”
"I suppose he is all tired out after
the day’s grind.”—Detroit Free Press.
Old wine, old books, old friends—ah
yes! But age never improved a spring
hat, spring flowers, or a spring flirta¬
tion. It takes the light of a brand
new interest, now and then, to keep
up the glow of life.