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Newspaper Page TextfOLWME 14. NUMBER 4. TV rOl.M lU HELD BUSY SESSION i i Monday night the city council >,< 5 presiding, held , Mayor Sockwell session 1 . re g U iar business the new oHicials went into . ioceeded U iih much care the council first to make such changes in the smloveos of the city as they saw fit. LL' important changes were made [pile clerk, city attorney and ...j several iliecmon were re-elected. t. Wells, City Clerk, $100.00 per .until City Attorney, $100.00 A. P. .Meador, or year. Travis, City Physician, . . W. T). 'jj s. Peek, Recorder, $100.l5o per year. WolcWr, Slipt. Water and , 11 O. month, Piglii* Department. $325.00 per 8. V. ('’armor, Slipt. Streets, $85.00 >r month. and Parks, ! j Albert Aiken, Cemetery 4o.no per month. tj, \v. Skelton, Sanitary Department, j *5.00 per month. ; 11 Bohannan, Chief of Police, $85.00 _ , ! ; i month. p lRouchillon, Police, $85.00 per jionth. IT. Gaither, Police, $85.00 per j A\ r . Jionth. ! «. C. Watson, Police, $85.00 per j Irtont.h. the police | There was one change in j : uiment, (hat being the election of : •1>\ Gaither to serve ns an all night ! nan in. North Covington, subject to • change ‘when seen fit by the mayor, j The superintendent of streets and the Isa nitary inspector will also have po Elit e power. made The mosi important change ■ van. the election of H. O. Welrhel |l |as ii.'irlmejil, superintendent who is of thoroughly Water and compe- Light o jo ni. courteous to everybody, and pdii'ivo all the ability to do what he is {paid for. hi this change the city will ■save $3(1(1.00 per year to the tax payers, i f“F0l'R —---- I HORSEMEN” i ,SMASHES RECORDS* j Production . oi Ibanez ! S1,000.000 Ingrain Filin Due Here—Marks New Epoeh for Screen. ---- i ( ,lining fo Lyric Theatre f»r Two Days ____ The long-awaited Rex Ingram pro auction of “The Four Horsemen of i tho Apocalypse’’is coming to the Lyric | Thoiitre nert -Monday and Tuesday. This is the picture that cost Metro i $1,000,000 to make, and, from alt ac-| counts the $1,(100,000 was well spent. I as critics agree that all other efforts at production on a grand scale have been surpassed and 'record runs have been made in New York, Chicago, Boston, , Pittsburgh, Detroit, I.os Angeles and 1 other cities where th< picture has ; i n previously shown. Fifty principals and 2,500 extras Mrhotndrama, Av e engaged in the diming of the an entire French village k i<l rm elaborate chateau erected *o ; were lie destroyed under the artillery hoinliardment of the German invaders, ami more than 125,000 tons of mason in. steel, lumber and furniture wem d in creating backgrounds that are ‘■aid to reproduce with absolute fidelity the shifting panorama of the story. The appeal of the story itself has al¬ ready been proved through the success “i (he novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez, 11 ; ai which the photodrama is founded. Ii rale throughout t he world runs into the millions, but millions more will probably have it revealed to them lirsi lime through the medium of the 'n on production. This production is ivoprted t< have followed faithfullv the epic tale of human passion against iL background of the Great War as ridated by Ibanez. —-—_— Uc< ARTNIA SIGNALLY HONORED CENTRAL OF GA, RAILWAY' - • id. .lack D. McCartney has been appointed assistant to President AV. A. t' inburn, of the Central of Georgia 1 d’vay, and assumed charge of De irtment of Public Relations Januarv lst - with headquarters in Savannah. This is a newly created position •trowing out of the Central’s puhlio re¬ iaimns work for ____, ...... the past year. Mr. Me- 1 utney has been assistant general passenger agent of the Central. 1 )|'( McCartney's hosts of friends ''specially those of the newspaper : ' cmitv are rejoicing over this ap poimment. ■ ,us efficiency, readiness to servo ami never-failing courtesy, Capt. Mo ' ()i''.v has established himself in the winces' of all with whom he '' s an honor worthily conferred. PEARS AND PEACHES GROW IN WINTER r "’° cro l ) » Dears and peaches from lh,! sarne frees in one year. That is an¬ other Brooks county record this win ' Sophrnnia Davis, a colored woman *' u ' s north of Quitman between toe Wash Patrick and I. Williams is the owner of the trees. Her had the usual 6fop in the sum- 11111 ' blnomod again in the fall and now hove well developed fruit. • nurse, it is the exceptionally lu1Ul winw There has not been frost - a 'V' enough to kill vegetation during 1 "inior. People have commented on um,sl,R l s >Sht of green cane still mowing. Rose -and.other flowers have bloomed all along. A " of which brtoirs out the question Are the seasons changing?— Quitman Free Press. l{ RDLrrT0N IN : figjgiTt Geo,« I.....al Agent f V A y KS Quinn, ( ,ANNOUNCED of the , !laa been ’ ■it frellm notified a of 10 per cent on lS eS beCamP 1922 '- etfeCtiVe Jan - prodm-t« ll| iipi lnc *udmg 8 11 i° variolls grain, ngiicultural cotton, q„ k and ea8t of the'MiS sl pp 0 L t0niaC , iVe, S COVINGTON NEWS SOCIAL CIRCLE There certainly are no sleepy heads in Social Circle as the new year foe gins. In which ever way one may look he sees folks hustling about as though they intended to run all over and around Mr. Hard Times. Considering the after-Christmas days, business has been unusually good. life was unusually active during the holidays. About every home had special occasions of enjoyment. and practically every family entertain¬ ed visitors in one way or another. The young people of every set had great times. One or the other sets would have on a social of some kind every night. A sad feature of the Christmas week was the killing of two negroes, and the arrests of several others in whiskey cases. Policeman Akin was called upon to enter a dark room to arrest George Hicks. During the scuffle, Hicks got the policeman down on the floor, and was on top of him. Mr. Akin shot the negro in the heart, killing him instant ly. Minnie May Henderson, a negro woman was killed by Tipp Nunnally, another negro woman in company with the Henderson woman’s wife. Render son and the Nunnally woman were out walking about late Tuesday night. when Henderson’s wife came upon them. Knives were brought into play immediately by the women, with the result of Henderson’s wife being cut to death without raising his hand in her defense. New policemen in charge of affairs in Social Circle this year are Chief ,T. E. .Tay, and Cary O’Kelley, assistant. The new policemen are already making their influence felt among the lipuor dealers in this section, or those who would engage in that trade. Scarcely had they been installed in power before they made several hauls. And they now have their eyes out for some others. The churches and Sunday schools of this section observed the Christmas season with appropriate Christ maa exercises. The Methdist Sunday school gave a tree on Friday night. while the Baptist church gave a tree Monday night. On both occasions large congregations were present and every body seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest. Each and every child at tending the school received a present. The woman’s Christian Temperance Hnion held their first regular meeting smce organizing on Tuesday after nor>n a * the home of Mrs. Fannie Stan ton - The Union adopted a plan to hold a 1 ‘ublic meeting on the night of the 1Cth of this month in celebration of tho adoption of the eighteen amend mont. Two burglaries have occurred here during the past few days. A drunken negro broke into the front glass show windows of the Almand Hardware Company and carried awey several guns. He was soon captured. Some one f ‘^ so broke intg the Rosenlierk stire. entering by a skylight, and carried off Guite a quantity of dry goods. No arrest Las been made in that ease so far. - T - F. Wiley has added another busi ne ss venture to his numerous enter prises. _ He has to the gone great ox Pense to install a triple gasoline and °'* tank at his store. Already there is a stream of ears going to his place for supplies. A number of Social Circle people went to Conyers a few days ago to at¬ tend the golden wedding of Mr. an 1 Mrs. W. V. Almand. Reports from the occasion are to the effect that it was an exceedingly happy Deration. When the elderly couple with all their chil dren. grandchildren and great-grand children were brought together for the day. More than 200 other guests were present to celebrate the golden event. which proved a day of golden pleas tires for all present. Both Mr. and Mrs. Almand were horn and reared in New ton county. A Ini-ge number of appro printe gifts were presented the honor - ed couple, two of which should he os peciallv mentioned. The Matrons Club, of Conyers, of which Mrs. Al¬ mand is a charter member, presented here with a huge golden loving cup. while Mr. Almand presented with a one hundred dollar governfnen certifi¬ cate. Many other gifts were also pre sen ted. Six of the children .born to Mr. and Mrs. Almand still live and were present as follows: Mrs. F. G. Dunn of Social Circle: Mrs. F. M. Dabney, of ' Conyers, and Mr.' E. L. Almand. of Social Circle. Besides these three ehil j dren, there are eleven grandchildren ;and six great-grandchildren. all of whom were present except three. Rev. , Ct. M. Duvall, of the Conyers Methodist church, and Rev. J. M. Adams, of the Monroe Primitive church, performed the ceremony the second time. COVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS RE-OPENED WEDNESDAY Teachers and pupils were all in their places Wednesday morning bright and cheerful, ready for the six months .ahead of them. The schedule went on as usual and everything ran like clock work, with well oiled machinery. Supt. H. B. Robertson made his cus¬ tomary talk at chapel exercise and ert couraging his audience to a renewed zeal and hopeful outlook. Two changes were in evidence. Miss Anna Holtzolaw. of Kentucky, is fi 11 ing~'the place of her cousin. Aliss Bob¬ bie Holtzolaw, in the Sixth Grade over¬ flow. and Mrs. B. L. Chapman is sup plying for Mrs. J. E. Phillips at pres¬ ent. The year promises to he one of the best in the school’s history. WHEELS OF JUSTICE GRINDING Newton County Superior court con¬ vened last Monday with Judge Hutch¬ ins presiding During this week the court has been disposing of civil cases, and will likely adjourn Friday of this week. Monday morning the criminal cases will be taken up and as there appears a light docket the court will probably fir^sli j up in about three days, i The Grand Jury has adjourned for j i the week and will meet work. again next Monday to tane up their | LOST—One Pennsylvania Vaccuum Cup Cord Casing 34x4 1-2. Slightlv [worn. Reward for return to owner, j Notify News office. For Newton County and Her People. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922. REV. ERB AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (lev. John Erb, of Des Moines. Iowa, will preach at the Covington Presby¬ terian church next Sunday morning. January 8th. His subject, “Christian Education and the World Crisis," At 3 o’clock, Sunday, January 8th, Rev. Erb will preach at Bethany church. West Newton. Returning to Covington for the evening service at the Presbyterian' church. Everybody cordially invited. RUSSIANS LEARN SELF-HELP LESSONS Moscow-*-Every day life m Russia is a very practical lesson in self help. AYhen the central heating apparatus fails, and heating plants which have not been repaired for seven years of¬ ten fail, one buys a sheetiron stove and pipe in the market, thrusts a pipe out through his window, searches for high-priced wood in the market, cuts it and builds a fire. If the electric light bulbs burn out, or the fuses blow, or the wires wear out, one goes to the market for the necessary supplies, gets out one's pen¬ knife and becomes one’s own electri¬ cian. It is a great tragedy when shoes or clothing wears out or require repair¬ ing, Tailors have no , ,oih and shoe¬ makers have no leather. These can he found only in the street markets and it requires many hours to place a pair of shoes and sufficient leather for half¬ soles in the hands of a cobbler who will sew them on. The lack of serviceable new cloth in the markets has put worn clothing at a prtmium. It is greedily bought by men and women who have it turned and renovated. Tailors are so busy with this sort of work that it frequent¬ ly requires several weeks to have re pairs made. Plumbers and tinners and carpen¬ ters and painters utterly lack supplies. Small contractors can frequently sup¬ ply workmen to make building repairs of mior character, Jmt they are sel¬ dom able to provide the required mate¬ rials. This necessitates hours of search through the street stalls scattered along miles of boulevards. The capital, organization and confidence which are necessary to effect the assembling of large stocks are still lacking. COR DELE CUTS SALARIES In All Municipal Offices. Big Rmv Prospect. Cordele—At a special session of the city council salary cuts were put into effect which will affect the entire muni¬ cipal government from the mayor down. The heaviest cut was $300 from the salary of city clerk and treasurer, George Harris. Police and fire chiefs and heads of departments suffered a cut of $10 per month. The street super¬ intendent was left off entirely and the city physician was required to become sanitary inspector also. There is already apparently a storm brewing for the resignation of Citv Attorney E. F. Strozier is in and that of Alderman J. H. Lamb, who has been chairman of the finance commit¬ tee this year is also in the hands of the council. These may be withdrawn when the squabble is settled. LITTLE GIRL SUFFERS SEVERE INJURIES Ethel Merck, the six year old daugh¬ ter of Alr. and Mrs. E. G. Merck, was painfully injured Wednesday of last week while coasting with a party of little friends down Floyd street, in front of the Williams home. Those guiding the express wagon lost con¬ trol and it skidded towasd a cement post dashing little Ethel head foremost with great violence. An ugly wound resulted in the mid die of her forehead. Friends regret this accident, and that the little girl has been so ill from Its effects. m RESOL i RfSOLVf$ V* £ YV1L i. continue bake to ] SIiPfR/Oft bread WE’LL have no trouble keep¬ ing our New Year’s resolution. We havu resolved to continue to bake the choicest bread and we’ll have no trouble doing so because we know how. Resolve to write the name of our bread on your next grocery order. J OLD ROCK CREEK Miss Dollie Lee Smith has to her home at Vienna, after a ant visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Orell Aaron visited latter's mother. Mrs. Duster, of roe. Mr. and Mrs. Newt spent Tuesday with Mr. and Perry Henderson. Mr. Byron Kitchens, of Mixon, spent a few days last week with Messrs. T. D. and Calvin Kitchens. Air. Orell McCulloughs spent Tuesday with his sister. Mrs. Grady Lewis. Rev. Henry Cannon, Prof. Claude Gray. Mr. Robert Pitts, of Locust Grove: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McDonald and son, Felton, of Gaithers, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kitchens Thursday night and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin and children have returned to their home in Atlan¬ ta, after an extended visit to their mother. Mrs. B. F. McCulloughs. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kitchens enter¬ tained a large crowd at a turkey dinner Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Aaron and Miss C'hleo Aaron were spend-the day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ozburn Monday. Mr. Parker Kitchens of Eudora, spout. Tuesday night and Wednesday with Mr. Calvin Kitchens. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ozburn and son. Radius, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kelly Wednesday. Air. and Mrs. Grady Lewis Sunday with the latter’s mother, Mrs. B, F. McCulloughs. Miss Ruth Kelly of Concord, was the attractive guest of Miss Jones a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kitchens, of ington. spent Sunday night and day with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kitchens. Mr. and Mrs. .7. C. Ozburn’s Saturday were: Air. and Airs. Willie Kelly and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kelly and Mr. Leon Kelly, of Concord. Airs. John Ounard, Aliss Canard, of Montieello. visited Edgar Cunard Monday. Mv. Aldine Kitchens and Aliss Biihannon of Mixon, spent Sunday ternoon at the home of Mr. and T. J. Kitchens. Air. and Mrs. C. AL spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bates. Aliss Allene Jones and Aliss Ruth Kelly spent Friday afternoon with Misses Yallie and Ruthie Dee Kitchens. Aliss Thelma Cunard delightfully en¬ tertained the young people Saturday night. EUDORA Mr. Scott Rogers spent the week¬ end with homefolks at AIcDonough. Airs. Grace Ridley, of Afonticello. is visiting her aunt. Airs. Cora Allen. Air. and Airs. Pau 1 Goodman and young son spent Sunday with Mr. and Airs. E. C. Smith. Mr. Dozier Floyd, of Tampa, Fla., visited his parents, Air. and Mrs. A. D. Floyd, during the Christmas holi¬ days. Air. Champ Kelley was a visitor to Alonticello Saturday. Alisses Minnie Lou and Dimple Jones, of Starrsville, are visiting their sister, Airs. A'enus Aaron. Mr. Wilbur Ivey, of Stewart. spent Monday with Air. and Mrs. .7. K. Allen. Aliss Nettie Hay^, of McDonough, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. J. Chaffin. Aliss Evealene Cunard, of Afonticello, spent the week-end with Airs. John Cunard. Air. and Mrs. J. K. Allen were recent guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. AN'ill Ivey, of Stewart. Aliss Mabel Long spent Sunday with Aliss Lena Cunard. Airs. Champ Kelley, who is teaching at Quitman, and Mr. Albert Dooley of the United States Navy, stationed at Hampton Rock, A’irginia, spent the Christmas holidays with homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Allen and ohil dren were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones Sunday. Air. and Mrs. Grady Lewis spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. B. F. AI< < ’ullough. Ah’. Owen Kelly has returned from a visit to his uncle. Mr. DuBoise Owens of Tampa. Fia. Mr. Loiee Allen spent Monday after¬ noon in Alansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Parker have moved to Alansfield. Mr. Sam Aaron, of .Atlanta, was the week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Aaron. AYhere the heart goes, the head soon follows. Where the intention is right, the right method will come. AA'here there’s a will, there’s a way. ROCKY PLAINS Air. and Mrs. Dave Chestnut, Airs. Edward Cowan, Mrs. M. C. Davis, Mrs. M. H. Davis, Mrs. Boyce Davis, Misses Ruth and Sara Davis, Air. M. H. Da¬ vis, Roy Davis, Paul Davis and Mr, Neil were the dinner guests of Mr. and Airs. Harmon Nolan Tuesday. Misses Mary Belle and Lurlene Thompson, of (J. X. & 1. O., and Mr, Ralph Thompson, of Erskine, spenfrthe holidays with homefolks. Mr. Harry Stewart was in Moreland several days. Air. and Mrs. W. H. Itsgshy and Eva Mae spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Cole. Alisses Alma and Lois Chestnut were at home for the holidays. Mrs. M. C. Davis, Mrs. AW S. Avery, Mr. and Airs. Dave Chestnut and Mr. Roy Davis spent Wednesday with Air. and Airs. Edward Cowan, of Oxford. Aliss Ida Lou Stone, of McDonough, spent last week with Miss Robbie Harvey. Alisses Frances Avery and Sara Da¬ vis spent Wednesday night with Airs. Al. C. Davis. Mrs Josie Harvey and Airs. Pressley Harvey spent Friday with Air. and Mrs. Boyce Harvey. All-, and Mrs. C. (5. Chestnut and Charlie and Airs. Boyce Davis spent Thursday with Air. and Mrs. Avery. Mr. Barnie Mitchem and his mother, from above Oxford, spent Thursday with Airs. Josie Harvey and family. Miss Irene Harvey spent Wednesday night with Miss Lois Chestnut. Air. and Mrs. R. E . Cowan spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. AV. S. Avery. Alisses Ilobbie Harvey and Ida Lou Stone spent Saturday night with Airs. James Hearn. j FIGHT THE ROLL WEEVIL DO IT NOW Six Things to do This Week and Next The first thing to do now is to select your field where you intend to plant cotton. The cotton stalks should have been. turned under’ or vieped i,r_> before Christmas. However, if you failed to do this before Christmas, begin now and destroy them at once. The field which you select should be a large one and away as far as possible front woods swamps and undergrowth. 2. The terraces, woods and under¬ growth should be cleaned off and burn¬ ed in ordei to destiny the boll weevil's hiding pla >•. The terraces should tie thrown up and now is the best time to convert the narrow type terraces into a broad | base terrace. When you have your land terraced with the broad base type you can then cultivate all of your ter¬ j race thus doing away with the waste land that is found in the narrow type terraces, Terracing demonstration will be given-in any community if you will ask for them. 3. Put! up all of the old stumps you possibly can, for they afford the boll weevil an ideal hiding place thru the winter. 4. Now is the time to decide which of the early maturing varieties of cot¬ ton to use. There are two or three va¬ rieties that have stood at the top for Pwttr years at the experiment farms at Athens and Grin. AA’e are getting up a big order for one of these varieties and would like to order for every one who wishes some. 5. Be sure to get the land you are planning to plant in cotton turned ear¬ ly. Push winter plowing for land that is turned in the winter warms up early in the spring and thus permits early planting. (i. Make your arrangements for your fertilizer soon so that you wpnt* have to stop your plow in the spring. Buy a fertilizer that is a quick acting one so that the cotton will grow off fast. J. K. LUCK, County Agent. FREE VEGETABLE SEED Dear Air. Editor: My allotment of vegetable seed for this year is limited, and I am unable to send every person a package. As many people want these seed, while hers do not. I thought it best to send those who request a package. If you will make a note of this in your paper, asking those* to write me who want seed, 1 will he glad to send them a package. I would appreciate it. very much. AA^th best wishes, I am, A’ery sincerely yours. . WILLIAM J. HARRIS. United States Senate. AAashington. D. C. Get your Tanlac where they’ve got it. Sold in Covington by City Pharma¬ cy and al! leading druggists. Subscribe for your home paper. $1.50 Per Year in Advance BOARD OF TRADE FORGING AHEAD “Booster Year” for Newton County Planned by Organization. Each Meeting Shows Developments. Council Room, Court House, Coving¬ ton. Ga., 7 P. Al.. December 29th, 1921. Second meeting of officers and direc¬ tors Newton County Board of Trade called to,order at 7 P. M. by R. E. Ev efltt, president. Moved and carried that one man from each district, with one alternate, he appointed to solicit membership— that these gentlemen be authorized to appoint in their district as many help¬ ers as they deemed necessary. Moved and carried that temporary secretary notify Air. Joe S. McGarity, of Alansfield, to appoint the member¬ ship committee for Mansfield district, Mr. McGarity being absent. Moved and carried the committee and members from each district be in¬ vited to meet at the court house, 7 P. AL, Thursday next, January 5th, 1922, at which time full details he more thor¬ oughly gone into. Moved and carried that temporary secretary he instructed to notify each man from each district of his appoint¬ ment on the membership committee. The following gentlemen were re¬ quested, and consented, to give two minute talks at the next meeting. Thursday, January 5th. 7 P. Al. Air. Cook, Air. Lightfoot, Mr. Heard, Air. Neill. COLLEGE SET DEPART FOR THEIR VARIOUS SCHOOLS A goodly number of G. X. Si I. C. stu¬ dents left Wednesday. In this group were: Misses Maripn Willis, Ruth Gary, Beth Flowers. Evelyn St. John, Frames Riley, Effle McGarity, Gladys Odum. Elise Preston, Miss Lucy Wooten left Wednesday for Agnes Scott, Decatur. Returning to Wesleyan were: Alisses' Willie Mobley. Robertine Belcher and Mary Harwell. Miss Lucy Robinson goes back to Lucy Cobh, Athens, and Alisses Ora Upshaw and Florence Turner to Shor¬ ter, Rome. Miss Lois Gray continues at Bessie Tift, Forsyth. Students of Emory University from Covington are: Richard Lester, James White, Todo Smith, AY. AV. Aiken. Marshall and Paul Ellis. A'ictor Meador is at Georgia. Athens. Mr. NelsOn Burton represents Cov¬ ington, at Oglethorpe University; Air. Harold Robertson, Piedmont, Demo rest. Mr. James Stephenson is at Tech. HIGH POINT NEWS Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mobley visited Air. anil Mrs. H. V. Stevens, of Oxford Saturday. Airs. ('. P. Mabry >wid slaughters, Annie 1 jiura and Alary Sue, spent. Thursday with Airs. Alex Smith. Mrs. Harvey Crawford is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Barnes in Jasper county. Atrs. J. R/ Crawford and daughter, Lottie and Mrs. F. Id. Wright and Mrs. A. W. Crawford spent, Wednes¬ day with Alts. E. V. Moore, of Coving¬ ton. v Air. and Mrs. H. M. Parker and daughter, Carrie Belle, spent Sunday with Air. and Mrs. F. T. Smith near Air. and Mrs. AV'. E. Goins and Mr. and Airs. W. P. Hays spent the week¬ end in Macon. Air. and Mrs. I. T. Fincher, of Mc¬ Donough. spent the week with the lat¬ ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Par¬ ker. Mrs. C. D. Mabry and daughters, An¬ nie Laura and Mary Sue, spent part of last week with her mother, Mrs. Ann Smith. Afrs. Ben Lewis spent Friday even¬ ing with Mrs. H. M. Parker. SCHOOLING FOR NEW POSTMASTERS Hays Issues Orders That Requires Postmasters to Attend School. AVashington. January 1.—Beginning with the new year, under orders issued today by Postmaster-General Hays, newly appointed postmasters will be required to attend school, where they will be taught, among other things, how to meet the pubile, their place in the community, how through publicity to educate the public in the use of the mails, how to handle complaints guard the mails and maintain proper relationship with the department. Central accounting postoffices will be designated in each state as schools for the instruction of postmasters of the second and third class, under the direc¬ tion of First Assistant Postmaster General AA'ork. as superintendent of schools. Newly appointed postmasters will he advised by letter that the city’s wel¬ fare to a very great extent depends upon his willingness and capacity to give it better postal service. After the intensive course aimed to impress upon the new officials, that “he is lo¬ cal manager of the biggest business in¬ stitution in the world” he will be re¬ quired to write the department giving a review of what he had learned, so that it may be determined, Mr. Hays said, whether he is qualifld to serve behind a placard reading: “Ask your postmasters, when you wapt to know.”