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Newspaper Page Text^ - COVINGTON ’^4> NEWS For Newton County and Her People. iUME l3 NUMBER 29. - E TAX AGENT USS IN $45,000 )berts ; specif tax investiga <tute Saturday presented ( ", . eou.mia Fullbright, tax ; ni fied .'herk 162,000 for $45,000. in back as i Sn*' * nf $ (.olleeted from the man ,. ts two large estates in of announced that i-oberts der process of investigation owe an aggregate of that he pack taxes, and that ex ie them all in the near fu tt rts explained that the $162. , 1 ,,-i-ied from people who, ,, ' ‘'‘gal resi jeorgia, bid whose names ny tax books of the state. n a , e verified bis information. hai these citizens woik t wm to be in Maine, Penn Wisconsin. New York, Ohio states. that be worked out of Thom an d by carefully bringing II the information he could succeeded in opening nes'o th them, resulting in a cec t for $ 16 :',000 being paid •ecently. U ies involved were present checks as their part of the urdac at lice same time the re was paid. erts voin l.safed tile infor ! there was ai present a to l 52.5H4.4I! inheritance tax a. and that all of it could I. He said that lie expected a great deal more in back the state, before his inves completed. HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS it Covington Social & Charit dating Society held their ni-annual election of officers afternoon. June 19th, with 'dent; ’ng results: Dr. S. A. Hop 0. VY. Caldwell, vice E. At Smith, secretary and and L. Mum I. executive-! ' , is entering the second year tenee, and expects to have ressfut year, as the one lias been a very profitable oth a social standpoint, and ndering assistance where it in the community. )n u the regular Sunday af siting feature of the club, had four social features past year that were a sue try sense of the word, the kh was a lawn supper on ' Mr. C. R. Powell on Wed ‘tiing of last week, of the threatening rain a crowd of approximately red present, and every one enjoy ihe bountiful supply mgs to eat that were pra jhe anticipates ladies of the community, the having another near future and as the t beginning it is now time Se who desire to become i" f commitee st> e the treasurer or the and have their piled. 'RU 0C< HIRED , 'Mice THURSDAY at (he home of Mrs. i n ' :lus ed some excitement 'nornong about 10 : 30 . fl was sounded and a nunv r rushed to the scene. " as Quickly extinguished. M<’( MR J) IN SANATORIUM interested in the eondi- 1 K. McCord, who was lunate sanltorium, in At ■ l£ ‘s hoped that she , much improved. 1; I \SK TAKE notice i | l ’hat is the Covington " closed on account I -1 ’ 1 water, i s without lllt I* 00 ' i- s drained and 'used 01 sediment when 11 ,|p! nands such a course C ^ menl Uus P001 endeavors in at ail a high state 1 tlp ' 'ty of Covington unable to furnish water '' Sln the natural ‘ stream I Hsent, Imt be assured i e lilted and for Monday open June 27. ItCl f,f. ment ^Predates'at atl ' ' riUci ' sm. b ul WouW 1 ' Xred^t di ?h the conBtrucUv same time - Was made. h ’ H<? unfam ‘liar with the “ ’his class of public en ' P°ol comes directly un 7'r " i01 ' ' ° ty f ’ he hpa,th ^ “ ° r Covington. • r _/' . ‘‘ l< Is ' 1,001 he rit Y Physician. and puts hh al on same. thanking you for and a taring you of a ulthy. uncontami “'t c we ask you a w J °nc 27th. e lea l aquatic " V i,ori «* Co., p A- Inc., S. Hopkins. PROTRACTED SER¬ VICES ENDED THURSDAY NIGHT A Season of Reiigous Refreshing Has Swept Covington, i.eaves an Abiding influence. After a two weeks duration, the protracted services came to a close at ihe Methodist church Thursday eve¬ ning. Kev. Ellis the pastor, concluding with one of ihe ablest sermons ever de¬ livered from that pulpit. The meetings have been conducted along unusual lines. Bibles have been much in evidence. “Search the Scrip¬ tures” has been the watchword. The Holy Spirit as applied to everyday life has been discussed comprehensively. The music has been congregational •principally. The singers responding fervently. Solos by Mrs. Fred Barnes, Miss Florence Wells and a duet by Mrs. Lilia I. Smith and Miss Flarrie Harwell varied the program. The ef¬ fects of these services left an impress on Covington. WILLIAMS INDICTED ON PEONAGE CHARGE Atlanta. June 21.—John S. Williams, ■vim was recently convicted of murder n connection with the killing of eleven negroes on his Jasper county farm and sentenced to life imprisonment, and his three sons, Marvin. Huland and i .eroy, have been indicted by the fed¬ eral grand jury “for conspiracy to vi¬ olate the peonage law.” To Hear Motion Williams' motion for a new trial will be heard at Decatur June 30. His three sons have been missing since Wil¬ liams’ conviction at Covington several weeks ago. NUMMARY OF COUNTY AGENT DEMONSTRATION WORK IN GY. County agents in Georgia conducted 277,743 demonstrations since 1110, on inventory of the co-operative extension work with the United States Depart¬ ment of Agriculture shows. In the course of these demonstra¬ tions 1,015,167 hogs were inoculated with serum to prevent hog cholera, and those attending the demonstra t i. .i ms were taught how to do rIt.■ w ork. By meat pit s of co-operative buying and selling $24.427.Sr.! vbrth of 'fertile*. ers. live' stock seed. etc.. $3,'35.442 was saved to the farmers of the State. Im¬ portant'work was done also in the de¬ velopment of boys’ agricultural clubs, especially in connection with corn club work. Tlie hoys have grown products valued at $5,322,496. WASHINGTON PAPER FI TS DOWN TO WEEKLY (Washington News-Reporter) Since the first of the year. The News Reporter lias been publishing its Tues¬ day's paper at a loss. We have taken this loss in good spirit and have con¬ tinued to publish a paper twice a week, with the hope that business in Wash¬ ington would revive and that we would not be forced to say to the world that we are retrograding; that we are so hard hit in this general read¬ justment, or imagine we are so hard hit. that we can’t support a semi weekly paper. Early in the year The News-Report¬ er began trimming sails for the storm; we have cut out payroll over $5,000 a year, and still there is not enough business coming into the office to pay expenses. We can't cut the payroll fur¬ ther. but a cut must tie made, and that means we must g-> buck to a weekly paper until conditions improve. The last Tuesday paper was pub¬ lished this week. Until further notice, The News-Reporter will he issued l>ut once a week. It will go out on Fridays and will contain all the news of the week. In this way we will lie able to devote the time that has been put on the Tuesday paper to things tRat will bring in some profit. The management hates to take this step; but the management is in nowise responsible for the condition. A town must support its newspaper. It is en¬ tirely up to the business interests whether a town has a daily a tri¬ weekly. a semi-weekly, a weekly, or no paper at all. While nearly all the newspapers in the towns in this section, none of them as large as Washington. have been running along with almost a normal amount of business, in Washington 9.. per cent of the business public have not been advertising. Maybe Wash¬ ington and Wilkes county are harder hit than our neighbors, but we cannot figure out how this could be. as all tlipse neighboring communities depend on cotton for prosperity just as much a> does Washington. But. tie this as it may, the Tuesday issue of The News-Reporter is sus¬ pended until further notice, and all subscribers who hat e paid in advance for the senti weekly will have their subscription extended to the week]v. The subscription price of the weekly News-Reporter will be S2 the year. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY', JUNK 33, NEWTON COUNTY BRIDGE COMPLETED < ommissioners Farmally Accept Work »>i State Highway Department Structure Satisfactory. ' ’ -- The bridge which has been in process of erection, three miles east of or Cov o\ /he VwnffitT M.fn.llv of* d v’-' f delivprpd ° n ficials. noon, .lune , 20th. “State will 52k’ ^ gia, Atlanta. Ga build feel KSr^ssr,% Campbeif e and"swann Sanders, and I cidi Covington firms; R. T. Goodwvn •b ■ Div. Engr., Athens. Ga.’ Careful inspection showed (he struc iuie was in every way according to specifications, and the formal accept¬ ance between commissioners and con¬ tractors was witnessed by quite a few ■spectators. Newton county has every reason to feel proud of this splendid bridge. It has been pronounced one of the finest pieces of architecture extant and is a credit to all concerned. • SOUTH LEADING NATION IN HOME AGENTS’ WORK file 15 southern states are leading the union in home demonstration work lor girls, according to Mrs. William S. Jennings, of Jacksonville. Fla., first \ice president of the federation *and national chairman of home demonstra¬ tion work. G. F. VV. C., United States relations service eo-operting. In the l‘i northern and western stales there are only 240 agents, according to Mrs. Jen¬ nings. who in an address on “The Na lion’s Greatest Asset,” delivered before the Georgia federation convention at Atlanta, and also before the Florida convention at Tallahassee, considered Ihe whole subject of child welfare, and especially the home demonstration work. She said in part; In the south the girls cannine - . rooking, sewing, dairy. poultry and vegetable raising clubs, are under th“ women agents. The boys calf, dairy, sheep, pig, poultry, bee, corn, potatoes and peanut raising clubs are under tl e men. which accounts for the wonder luf deveiopmeni *>i' thi>j in thiy, ^The child is the key to the home, and when the entire club work in the northern and western states was put under men workers, it was a great handicap to the development of the work in the home, conducted by the woman agent. In many instances the woman agent conducted the work of the girls clubs hut is not permitted in report it. The entire, control of the girls dub work will have to be given hack to the women agents before we ran hope for the same splendid re¬ sults obtained in the southern states.” —General Federation News. HOT (OATS IN HOT WEATHED—FOOLISH Atlanta, Ga,—“What vain mortals vve men are.” declared a well known Atlanta business man today in advo¬ cating a movement that men drop their coats and "be comfortably dressed during the hot season, at least," he says. ”Oh, but people say, we are not vain,” he says. “Let us analyze our¬ selves carefully and see if we are not.” ‘‘Of course, we should dress res pertable. lie clean, etc. But in the good old summer time when the thermome¬ ter stands around 90. vve poor mortals will continue to wear our coats, sweat and cuss about the weather, no matter how much discomfort vve have to suf¬ fer. O. how we wish we could take them off and just go in our shirt¬ sleeves and be as cool as possible. Why don’t we do it? Is it a mark of respectability? No, just pride. “Oh. no. vve are not afraid of being ridiculed by the other men. They would like to take them off too. But what would the women think? Goats were made to keep us warm, and for both men and women, and women don't consider what the men might think if they lay aside their coats. No. bless their little souls, they have got sense enough to take them off and be comfortable. »• , * Let | , the .. men try it. I think , . , the women „ will love us .lust same. ___ BIG BARBECUE FOR GLORIOUS FOURTH Barbecue at Academy Springs. July 4th. Come to the barbecue. It is for the benefit of the Parent Teachers Association and the Coving ton Baseball Association; both will ap predate your presence, tickets on sale* now Adults $1.00, children 50c. All vou can eat. Baseball game in the af ternoon. NOTICE At l&St meeting the ( it\ Council Voted to enforce 22 mile speed limit in the incoi - pol’uted limits of Covington. Clerk, * r ■ Tv J. Shields, j POSTMASTER TEST SET FOR JULY 22 i Washington- At tin* request of the postmaster gem , a l the United States ; civil service today announ -ed an open U * t ‘ W ■ ,U, J 1 3,1 1,11 lhe ■ <* postmaster at «iany Georgia points. This is not an examination under the. civil service act and rules, but is held under the executive order of May 10 j > 1921, f Ihe providing postmaster such vacancies proceeding. Geor¬ Each it, 1 ^ tW WhU h ^ a, « ination ls , - lh ;,n h1 !! is 0 n, v ■$ ,he fol,owinK named placeH bm a petitor for any office may Ire examined at any one of the places named: Alba ny, Americas Athens, Atlanta. Augus¬ ta. ESa inbridge. BarueSville, Blakely. Brunswick. Camilla, Canton, Carroll lon. CartersviHc Covington, Columbus, Commerce, x edartown, Outhbert. Dal¬ ton, Dawson. Douglas. Dublin, East¬ man, Elberton, Fort Valley, Gaines¬ ville. Greensboro. Griffin, Hartwell, Jackson, Macon. Marietta, Milieu. Mil ledgeville. -Monroe, N'ewnan, Rome, f iossvilie, Sanders vi He, Savannah, Statesboro, Thomason, Tifton, Toeeoa, Valdosta, Yidalia, Washington. Way cross. Winder. To Secure Application Applications containing all informa¬ tion as to the requirements to be met and the character of the examination to be given may tie'obtained from any one of the vacant offices listed, or from the United States civil service commis sion, Washington, D. C Applications must he j.roper,;, executed, showing the examination point at which the ap pi leant desires t he examined, and must be filed with the commission at Washington in time to arrange for the examination ai the examination point chosen. Applicants must submit to the ex¬ aminer on the day of the examination their photographs, taken within two years, vided in securely the admission pasted in cards the space them pro- j sent after their aplications are filed. Tin¬ types or proofs will not be accepted. DORTERDYI E DEFEATS ALL STAR TEAM Porterdale defeats the AH Star team from Atlanta with a score of It to 5. The feature of the game was the bat ting of Bailey and Alibright. Moore pitched for PorterduU giving up only 5 him. while Albert for tlie All Stars was touched up for 1’J hits. Portei ,Li'„ ; ft H K! Alibright, 2b .... ” * j George, VV,. lb i 2 ! Bailey, 3b ....... I v a Brumby, 1 1 -’ ; ss . . . , , ! Moore. H.. p ..... 1 i Thompson. H... cf (| . ] i Maddox, r ...... 2 I 0 Thompson. R.. rf I (t o | George. I.. If 0 Mills, rf ........ Miller, cf ..... 11 12 Atlanta AH Stars Brumbeiovv, c .............0 Martin. .................1 Albert, p.................. 1 Van. lb...................1 Lank. If..................1 Barber 2b .......... ;..... 1 Roberts 3b ................0 Barber, cf .................0 Nix. rf ...................0 5 5 7 Porterdale 233.-300,0—11 12 5 All Stars . .005,000,0— 5 5 7 ALTHOUGH LOSING MONEY YVILL CONTINUE PUBLICATION Directors and Stockholders Approve Plan to Continue Publication in Spite of Small Loss. The stockholders of The Times Pub¬ lishing Company held their second an¬ nual meeting Tuesday and re-elected the same hoard of directors with the exception of Mr. H. A. Patrick in place of Mr. C. B. Hudson who is now liv ing in Atlanta. Immediately after the stockholders meeting the Board of Di¬ rectors met and elected Mr. R. O. Gail ev to succeed Mr. C. B. Hudson is president and Mr H. A. Patrick to succeed Mr. Gailev as vice-president. i Ait the other officers were re-elected, The i ne annual statement to the stock holders showed that the company had i small loss dur ing the past j sustained a I year, due to the failure of the compa¬ ny’s publication. The Times, to pav operating expenses. It was shown at the meeting that The Times had for j several months received insffioient ad v^rGsing patronage to pay the cost of i( 8 publication, but that the loss was partly offset by profits from the com¬ pany's growing printing patronage in • Atlanta and other places. The stock • holders approved the ac tion of the di-1 | i rectors in continuing the publication of J The Tune* and indicated , , i their w,8h .v, that the paper be published even tnougu though its publication o entailed a loss company. | ll .« EIGHTH DISTRICT GOOD ROADS MEET AT MONROE Tfte Eightli District Good Roads Con¬ vention Met in Monroe Friday, June 17th: Representative citizens, of ai! voca¬ tions, including prominent newspaper men, added tone and dignity, as well as influence to the meet. Among the representatives of the press there were Editor James Williams, of the Greens¬ boro Herald-Journal, one of the best “pencil pushers” of the district; W. 4. Shackelford, of the Oglethorpe Echo, Lexington a veteran; Louie U. Mor¬ ris. of the Hartwell Sun. and Mr. Char¬ lie M. Fui low. of the Madison Madi¬ sonian. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Albert B. Mobley, just before 11 o’clock and be presided throughout the morning session. The address of welcome was deliver¬ ed by Hon. Clifford M. Walker. Hon. J. M. Hodgson, of Athens, giving grateful response. The first speaker on the program was F. D. Ballard, of Newton county, who said he did not cohie to speak but to eat ’cue. He made a fine address, in which he complimented Walton's splendid roads and in which he took occasion to pay a deserved tribute to a number of Walton's prominent citi¬ zens. Mr. Ballard was later followed by Mr. Campbell. of Newton, who l>r0 '' f ‘ fl to b " a very pleasing speaker. The bn convention, ,ir>n i>nv> t wxn led l,.,4 by b., Mr, Y 1 II Wiight, ’ . i then sang. She Ain’t Got No Style," in which the' name of “Old Frank Bal¬ lard” was used with happy effect. Morgan, Franklin, Hart. Oconee. Wilkes. Oglethorpe, and Greene coun¬ ties were ably represented. Mr. K. W. Parker, mayor of Modison. made a few remarks He was followed by Mr. Campbell, one of Newton's del¬ egates. A committee was appointed just here to draft resolutions asking Judge Brand, our representative in congress, to use his every influence In support and the passage of the Dowell bill, now before congress, that has to do with federal aid for roads in the United Stales. A delicious barbecue dinner was served at a picturesque spot. After dinner speeches resulted in a feast of reason and flow of soul.” As a result of the day's convention, the Eighth District Good Roads Asso¬ ciation sprang into existence and be¬ gins its activities under the most f'a '■ orabie auspices. The ' organization of this association was perfected in the louri house and was the first item of business in the afternoon. The motion InvV'Uig to the organization was made G»b Or’rln RffbeHs of Mottioe. at-. for Walton’s Board of Comtnis sterner s. Upon motion of Mr. Roberts the oon agreed to admit as members the county commisslpnei.S'. ordinaries. state highway officials, legislators, sen newspaper men, mayors and members of the various trade boards in the district and scuh others as in their better judgment they see tit. Resolution Adopted The following resolution was read adopted unanimously: "Be it resolved by the Convention of Commissioners of the 8th Dis¬ trict in session at Monroe. Ga.. That we heartily approve the Dowell bill and urge its passage in congress and re¬ quest our congressman, Charles H. Brand, to use his best efforts to sec ure its enactment. "J. M. Hodgson, chairman. "Gi rin Roberts, "Tate Wright, “Committee.” Newton county delegates were: F. D. Ballard. Covington. VV. C. Benton. Mansfield. W. C. Pope. Covington. D. H. Upshaw. Covington. R. VV. Campbell, Covington, Dr. C. T. Hardeman. Covington. ADVOCATES - UNIFORM COTTON STANDARDS Liverpool, Rtfg., June 20.—Uniform standards for the world was ad today before the World's Cot¬ ton Conference bj VV. R. Meadows, a representative of the United States, who has - harge of the cotton division the American Agricultural depart¬ ment. J. H. Zeigler of Liverpool stated that a uniform set of standards for the world was desirable, but that there diffic ulties attending the adoption suc h standards which perhaps had not presented themselves. E. F. Buslt by. Liverpool, said that any alterations in the standard would mean the de¬ of all the decisions obtained in the past. E. B. Orme. Liverpool, held the conference should accept the Liverpool standard, make the Liver¬ pool and American standards absolute¬ ly together and fix the resulting stand¬ ards as those of the world. It was de¬ cided by the conference torefer th j matter to a committee. MR. HAMMOND BESTS IN WEST VIEW CEMETERY The interment of Mr. George H. Hammond, well known citizen of De¬ catur. took place in West View ceme¬ tery of this place Monday, Rev. J. E. conducting the funeral service \tr. Hammond was seventy-nine years old. and had lived in Decatur for thirty-eight years. Previous to his re¬ tirement last July, he was a clerk in the Atlanta postoffle-e, where he made an enviable record Vover a period of twenty years. He was a veteran of the "Atlanta Grays.” the Eighth Georgia regiment of the Confederate army, nd- a member of Camp 159, United Confederate Veterans, which post he gerve( t as commander two years ago. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Florida Klovd Hammond, daughter of j ate Judge John J. Floyd, of Cov ir.gton. for whom Floyd street was named, one _son. J. Floyd Hammond, an( j a grand-daughter. Miss Luclle Hammond. K N $2.00 Per Year In Advance * ■ * HOT SPRINGS CHOSEN FOR CHURCH MEET Macon.—Dr. T. D. Ellis, nf Macon, chairman of the committee on enter¬ tainment for the general conference of tlie Methodist Episcopal church, south, announced here today that the next quadrennial conference of the church will be held at Hot Springs, Ark., thu first Wednesday in May. 1922. The an¬ nouncement followed the completion of a tour of the cities that were mak¬ ing bids for the conference. These cit¬ ies included Hot Springs. Ark., Chat¬ tanooga, Tenn., and Asheville. N. (’. The committee visited Hot Springs on June (4, and Chattanooga on June 16. They visited Asheville last year. Shortly before the committee reached a decision Chattanooga withrdew from the race and this left the choice be¬ tween Hot Springs and Asheville. The general conference meets only once every four years. The last ses¬ sion was i^ld in Atlanta. It will be in session for about a month and will bring together about 600 delegates from all over the south. The Eastman hotel in Hot Springs has been select¬ ed as headquarters, and will furnisli all committee rooms. The aetttaW ses¬ sions of the conference will be held i i the city auditorium. Members of the committee who made Ihe selection of the conference city are: Dr. T. D. Ellis, Macon, chair¬ man: .r. G. Burwell. Warrenton, N. C.; F. A. Carter, Sweetwater, Tenn.; W. A. Crow. Dallas. Texas, and John A. Rice, of Dallas. Texas. VRREEN AUTHORIZED TO PLAN INAUGURAL The inaugural committee, in ses¬ sion at ihe Kimball House Tuesday authorized its chairman, VV. J. Vereeti, to perfect all the details incidental to the induction irjto office Saturday of Governor-elect Thomas VV. Hardwick. The ceremonies. it was determined, will be held on the Washington street TttVza of tha. state eapitol. Chairman Vereeti was authorized to proceed with tlie arrangements for tlie erection of stands for the accommoda¬ tion of members of the general assem¬ bly. state house officers and invited guests. He was authorized also to en¬ gage a band to furnisli music for the occasion. Concerning other details of the in¬ auguration. Chairman Vereen will ((in¬ fer with the governor-elect. It is under¬ stood that Judge Roscoe Luke, of the State Court of Appeal, will adminis¬ ter the oath of office to the governo--. and that Dr. VV. VV. Menmninger, rec¬ tor of All Saints' cehurch, of which Mr. Hardwick is a member, will offer the invocation. *51.400 IN TAXES COLLECTED SINCE WRIGHTS WARNING Since the announcement of Comp¬ troller-General William A.. Wright that every insurance company operating in Georgia delinquent in -the payment of special taxes on July t will be fined $500, approximately $51,211 has been received. This brings the total fund 'o $151,211. At the same time in 1920, the amount received from this tax amounted * > nearly $600,000. Only seventy-eight corporations have made payment to da te. COMEDY RELIEF FAMOUS LAST WORDS Typical Speeches Delivered Just Be¬ fore Ihe Fool-Killer Wielded His Axe “Oh. listen. That s the train whis¬ tle. Step on the accelerator and we’ll try to get across before it comes.” “They say these things can't possi¬ bly explode, no matter how much you throw them around.” “It s no fun swimming around hero. Urn going out beyond the life lines.” “Which one of these is the third rail, anyway?" “There's only one way to manage a mule. Walk right up in back of him and surprise him." “That firecracker must have gone out. I'll light it again." “Watch me skate out past the ‘dan¬ ger’ sign. I bet I can touch it.” "These traffic policemen think they own the city. They can't stop me. I'm going to cross the street now. Let the chauffers look out for me.” “What a funny noise that snake makes. I think I'll step on him.” “I think I'll mix a little nitric acid with this chlorate of potassium and see what happens."—Life.