The Covington news. (Covington, Ga.) 1908-current, January 12, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCOVINGTON NEWS VolhtB I-t. NUMBER 5. ~~ r - — •, . MINUTES OF BOARD OF TRADE .MEET LAST THURSDAY Council Room, Court House, 7:30 P. M., Thirdf Jamiuuy 5th meeting Newton County Board erf Trade called to order by R. E. Everlt® president. Minute; of previous meetings read and approved. membership Jlep<rt of committee on called for Mr. C. A- Sockwell reported 118 m^ui ership from town district. Dr.' It. L. Hollis reoprted for Hays paid memberships up to this time, no but felt sure a good many could be se¬ cured from bis district. * Ther( wu s general discussion as to , best methods of getting memberships. Mr.y.igiur'oot. Mr. Cook and Mr. Heard favored the meeting with tw# minute talks. * ■SHE t. G. Callaway, Mr. Jack Reeves and Mr. P. G. Walker were up poidtid us a committee to draft by¬ laws,land report with same at next meetipg ■ Was moved and carried that u com mittee be appointed to formulate » definite plan of farming for 1322, said committee was instructed to meet Thwsday night next at the court houfe. 7 A. M. The following gentlo mewwere named as this comnilttee: J.|B. George. A. C. Belcher, Homer yBi), Ike Robertson, Walter McDon¬ ald,! Samp Aiken, Will Cook, L. R. ?Nei^l Homer Hclifield, L. W. Jarman, Otis Hardeman, Joe Owens, J. B. El¬ lington, L. N. Slginan, C,'. A. Sockwell, C. t’ Skinner, C. M. Day. J. K. Luck, P.K1. Walker, T. G. Callaway, M. Cl. Timer, J. E. Phillips? Homer -iiltch eoek. Janies Anderson, Joe McGarity, R.gP. Boyd. L mass meeting of the citizens of I county was called for 2 P. M., u l house, Covington, Ga., for Tues k January 17th. Dio further business meeting was ad turned. Signed. P. G. WALKER, Temporary Secretary. I* It NISH MOUNTAIN PROGRAM lOR THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL (January 24—The best peanuts for a rge yield per acre. How many to lant per acre? [February [(•pare 28—How to plant? How to the ground for a large yield? [March 28—When to plant? Aipounl f fertilizer to use? April 25—The way to handle peanuts |u the market? May 2—How to prepare for a melon Inrket? Ju»e27—IIow to make a success of liferent peas, beans, also the kind to |se for a market? July 25—IIow and what to plant for fall market? August 26—General talk on cattle, Jmgs and poultry. .September 26—Small grain talk, pre¬ pare for Call oats. October 24—General talk on wheat |md culture. * November 28—Spraying, pruning Lrchard, ere. General report of CouncM [on; profits. November—Deiribnstftition on -f. ft. piockmore [wheat farm. How to prepare" for and general fall Work. - ' Yours truly, J. H. ROCKMORE BUSINESS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL COUNTY LICENSE. There are many classes of business which by law are required to register their name and business with the Or¬ dinary and pat’ a special license tax to the tax collector before they are au¬ thorized by law to engage in these special the kinds of business, inasmuch as law makes it a misdemeanor to engage In these special kinds of busi¬ ness for the year 1922 without rogis bring with the Ordinary and paying the special tax to .the tax collector, the attention of the people is called to the Mods or classes of business which re¬ quire this registration and the pay* t ^* si special tax. It is imprac¬ ticable to enumerate all these classes, the following list contains the kinds of justness which will affect the people ibis county most: Auctioneers. automobile dealers, •arages, Cars for hire, barber shops iokers, merchandise and commission met chants, real estate brokers, *■ te l dealers, , a,c J dealers, house cigar biulders, dealers, cigar mg clubs, gasoline etc., suianoo and oil wagons, agents, ice cream junk dealers, live- stock dealers, wt ing scale dealers, slot machines, '* "Ciders, motorcycle dealers, giaphers, peddlers, monument fixture shows, pistol -oda founts, hotels, cafes and restap •mts, undertakers, warehouses octton. swimming pools. tersons engaged in any of the nus of business on the first day - , n V ary ux — Bat are subject to the ‘ urif /" ‘ r 1 I Junaury date, 1st persons in who I businesses any of taxed are required to f ( an « ‘Elector register in with full the for Ordinary. the ' _ O. M. NEELEY. lax Collertor. Newton County. 5 g ^ ROGERS AND TRAPNELL ATTEND RAILROAD STAKE MEETING Messrs. 1). M. Rogers and B. L. Trap noil were in Macon this- week in at¬ tendance. upon a. staff meeting of the Central of Georgia Railway. The sessions were in lien of business and a number of helpful instructive talks were given, notable among was the address of Mr. John D. Mc¬ Cartney, assistant to President Win burn. Mr. McCartney’s trend was along lines of educating the public on con¬ structive criticism. His ideas are prac¬ tical, inspirational and compelling, proving that the good old reliable Cen¬ tral of Georgia Railway stands ready to serve the public along all reasonable and rational measures. Mr. McCartney is a valuable member of the staff. Other speeches of merit were made by Col. Taylor, of Toronto, Canada, Who discussed the careful handling of explosives and Winburn, of Chicago, a member of the American Railway Association. The sessions were pleasant and prof¬ itable to all, cnucet ned. LET’S CLEAN I P. 1 believe that it is the custom in out little city to have '"“cleari up week” about once a year, but let's all get to¬ gether and have a clean up all the year round. Filth Is only a habit and about one of the worst habits that any one can possibly have. When you walk arouml mi our paved sidewalks and have to be continually watching to keep from stepping where some fellow has expectorated, and sometimes have to get out in the streets or walk right through it, we sometimes wonder if it would not be wise -to follow the cus lotus of some of the English people and buy enough house shoes to have every one who enters change shoes, . for we. who have children, cant possi¬ bly keep them from getting the germs on their shoes unless we keep them from going to town altogether. A gentleman remarked the other day that, our court house was the filthiest place that he was ever in. He went on tt> say that he believed that if would' keep our court house clean that ho thought that it would have an ef¬ fect. On a prisoner like nothing else could possibly have, its as easy to get the habit of being clean as it is of be¬ ing filthy, and its much more pleasant to be in company with a clean person than one who is not, to say nothing of the sanitary condition that it causes. So for the sake of our children, and for the good of our town let's formu¬ late some plan whereby we can better the sanitary conditions, thereby mak¬ ing life a pleasure to live in Covington, rather than being in dread of catching or spreading some contagious disease by our unthoughtful bad habit of spit ting anywhere and everywhere he hap pen to he. J. L. ELLIOTT. January 11, 1922-. MRS. PALMER BURIED MONDAY The remains of Mrs. X. F. Palmer, of Social Circle, were brought to Cov¬ ington Monday and interred beside her husband, who passed away wirao live years ago. Mrs. Palmer died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Mack Robinson in Social Circle Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. She was a -Miss Rogers, born in .Morgan, county -sixty-five years ago. On December 20, 1S78, she married Mr. James \V. Palmer. They lived for some time at Monroe. Leaving Monroe they moved to Cov¬ ington where for some years he was machinist for the cotton mill. At the time of his dealh, however, he was in the mercantile business near the Geor¬ gia Railroad depot. Rev. Walter S. Robison, of the Methodist and Rev. J. H. Webb of the Baptist churches in Monroe conducted the funrfral of Mrs. Palmer, a special choir rendering appropriate music. Many tloral offerings were in evidence. Five daughters and two sons survive her as follows: Mrs. Thomas D. Cald¬ well. of Monroe; Mrs. Henry Kirkley and Mrs. Frank C. Wayne, of Coving¬ ton; Mrs. Wyvis Powers, of Atlanta; Mrs. J. M. Robinson, of Monroe; Mr. Luther Palmer of Macon, and Mr. Harvey Palmer, of the United States Army, stationed at San Francisco. He was tumble to reach here in time for the funeral and burial. Mrs. Palmer is also survived by three sisters. Mrs. Lou Palmer, of Athens; j Mrs. Jennie Anderson, of Eaton ton. and Mr a. Hattie Lee. of Columbus. WANTED—Four hoarders. Apply to Mrs. J. K. Meadors 740 Montlcello street, Covington, Ga. It For Newton County and Her People. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, TH PROGRESSIVE PRESBVTERIA.V PROGRAM Presbyterians of this section planned,an interesting and busy sched¬ ule for January under the program arranged by the church for the year. During the current month special attention will be given to for¬ eign missions. It is plan ned to organ¬ ize classes in every church for the study of this cause, and a number of pamphlets have been prepared on the subject. Stewardship will also come in for attention, and organization and promo¬ tion of groups for instruction will be urged by the pastors. Another subject is that of promotion of the family altar by sermons, litera¬ ture and personal work. This is under the direction of the permanent com¬ mittee on Sabbath and family religion of the general assembly. It is the de side of the church to establish family worship in every home. Literature on all of the above sub¬ jects has been assembled and sent out to the various churches. MIC. GARY ENLARGES TERRITORY A business deal in Ohero-Colu circles was recently closed when .Mr. J. N. Gary bought the plant at Madison. This will double Mr. Gary’s territory and takes in the entire section of Mor¬ gan and Greene counties. The Madisonian of Madison contain¬ ed the following: Mr. J. N. Gary, a prominent citizen of Covington, bought the bottles and crates of the local Ohero-Cola plant at the recent sale. Mr. Gary informs m that he will supply this territory from his bottling plant at Covington, with a storage depot here, and will resume bottling here when conditions demand it. The, machinery of the plant here a as bought , ... by M. ,, \Y. ... F. Beam, THE ADVERTISING SPIRIT. The Cuthhert Leader has the follow¬ ing: “It pays to advertise in The L.-utter.” reamrked a lady who had a notice last week of rooms to rent. “In about an hour after the paper had been pub lished I had three inquiries about the rooms.” That’s nothing. It pays even to THINK ABUOT advertising in the News. Last week a prominent citizen gave us an ‘-’ad” ‘ House for Sale,”—by the time he reached his office he 'phon¬ ed thanking us for our prompt service. The house was sold: It oertainl pays to get the Advertis¬ ing Spirit. FIRE AT MADISON, GA., DOES $20,000 DAMAGE Madison, Ga.—Fire partially destroy¬ ed the Foster building here Friday night, doing damage that has been es¬ timated at $20,000. The loss os partially covered by insurance. Dr. C. H. Dickens, Judge K. R. Lam¬ bert and Albert y. Foster occupied the second floor offices, which were gutted. Water damage was heavy in the dry goods stores of Louis Cohen and the Globe,Clothing company on-the ground door. The fire for a time threatened the entire block. N. C. S. & C, C. SOCIETY MEETS SUNDAY. Members pf the North Covington So¬ cial and Charitable Co-operative Society are reguested to meet at North Cov¬ ington Methodist Church Sunday af¬ ternoon, January 15th. 3:30 p. m. Im¬ portant discussions to be hold. FOR RENT. New five room house on Thompson Avenue. All city improvements. See 5-tfe D. A. THOMPSON. BRICK STORE NEWS Mr. C. W. Adams is at present at Wilmington, X. C. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Holcomb are re¬ siding now in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Jones visited Mrs. J. G. Adams during the week-end. Mrs. White Xunnallv visited her pa¬ rents. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stopens. last week. Mr. R. D. Moore from Americus, was at this daughter's. Mrs. H. G. Adams, Sunday. Mr. .). K. Luck came around once or twice during the week inspecting or¬ chards. Mr. Henry Graves was in Atlanta during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are at the present with Mrs. C. W. Adams dur¬ ing her husband's absence. Their frit-nils and her friends will be glad to j have them h»r*. i ARCTIC’ ADVENTURER HEARS WAR’S OVER Nome, Alaska—An Arctic adventurer B. p. Seaman, sailed into Nome from tlte frozen north this month ^nd. not knowing that the war was over, tried to enlist in the American army so he could fight in France. Seaman said he had been three years getting into Nome from the Corona¬ tion Gulf country, which lies far east on Canada's Artie coast, and during bis journey had received no news from the outside world. He left the gulf, he declared in October. 1918. when he first, heard the United States had en¬ tered the war. Seaman was formerly a member of tiie Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Soon after Seaman started for Nome the small schooner on which ha was journeying was wrecked in the ice. he said, and he and his companions were forced to walk twenty-seven days be¬ fore they came to an Eokinio village. On their way they lived on roots. S»-uman gave an interesting descrip¬ tion of the life of the Eskimos of Coro¬ nation Gulf. The natives, he said, still use the bow and arrow but are gradu¬ ally getting accustomed to the use of firearms, which were introuced recent¬ ly. The natives live on caribou and seal A ride in the Coronation country sells for $160. cartridges for thirty cents each, sugar $1 a pound, butter $3.80 a pound and milk $) a can. Seaman said. The cost of clothing, however, is' lower, a “parka” cape being sold for $4, muekluks, or native shoes, for 50 rents a pair and fine fur mitten for three boxes of one-oent matches. Mounted police in the Coronation country get mail sometimes three years old. Once before he left a con¬ stable got quick service on a letter, it being delivered from England in thir¬ teen months. Seaman said he prolgibly would go back to Coronation Gulf, “where a big pot of. trouble like a world war doesn't reach us until it is all over.” DR. I.EE RETURNS TO GEORGIA The many friends of Dr. Cau-iton A. Lee, M. D.. will be interested in hi* re¬ turn to Georgia, and location in At lama. Dr. Lee will be associated with Dr. Thrash. Dr. Lee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Lee and is a native of Covington. He has abundant experience and the advantage of years service in Bellevue Hospital. X. Y.. where he was promi¬ nently recognized as a member of the house staff. ' The skill and ability of young Dr. Lee will mean much for suffering hu¬ manity. (ORNISH MOUNTAIN YVII.L PLANT PEANUTS The Cornish Mountain Community Council held its first meeting o“ Hie new year on Tuesday, January 3. 1922. We had a large crowd out with us. We are going to work on peanuts for our money crop this year. The outlook for peanuts is gfeat. Our Council turned in to me about one hundred and ten acres that will he in peanuts this year. Our officers are: Chairman, J. H. Rock more; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Thomas Henderson; Program commit¬ tee. Mrs. Dessar Hitchcock. Mr. Paul Cannon. Mr. Clinton Nolan. A PREVALENCE OF SICKNESS A number of people, especially chil¬ dren. are suffering from severe colds due to the very inclement weather of the past week. BRICK STORE DISTRICT WITH BOARD OF TRADE The farmers of Brick Store held a meeting .Mondav evening under the su pervision of Mr. .1. K. Luck. Mr. Jack Reeves acted as chairman and some very interesting topics came up for discussion. Among them was the pea¬ nuts. sweet potatoes and onions. Some interesting letters and dots were giv¬ en of each. t The idea was to organize first a com¬ munity organization to affiliate with the coining "Umtnty Board of Trade” j that is to try establish a better mar¬ ket for the items discussed to plant. Before the adjournment a plan was adopted and promised to plant the fol¬ lowing things: It) acres corn and velvet- beaus 5 acres of cotton. 3 acres peanuts. 3 acres oats, 2 acres wheat, followed by peas. 2 acres sweet potatoes. l acre | sorghum.- 2 acres peas. This making a i full one horse farm. $1.50 Per Year in Advance GUM CHORUS COSTS _ ...... .... S?H,000.000 IN YEAR Washington—It costs the nation $54,000,000 less to till its sweet tooth during the past fiscal year than in the previous year, according to prelimina¬ ry annual statistics of the internal revenue bureau. $408,729,529 being spent for candy in the country, as compared with $462,840,660 in 1920. it cost more, however, to keep the country's jaws in motion, the chewing gum bill for 1921, amounting to $44 - 405,900 us against $37,498,100 in the previous year. Facial decoration was less costly during the past year, the amount spent on paints, cosmetics and perfumes amounting to $140,019,100 as compared with $16^,093,025 during 1920. The country's spending also fell oft' considerably in other lines, the total outlay on automobiles being $1,675. 000,000, .on jewelry $486,078,100 as against $517,272,140 in 1920. In the field-of art the'curtailment was heavy, the amount' spent for pi¬ anos and musical instruments drop¬ ping from $273,082,420. in 1920, to $231,359,620 in 1921, and the national bill for sculpture, paintings and statu¬ ary falling from $15,431,330 in 1920, to $11,163,370 in 1921. I’ALMER-OXFORD ♦ Boll of Honor for December, 1921. First Grade—Donnell Rrittian. Laura Branham, Kathleen Dennard, Thomas Roy Dennard. Mamie Moss, Albert Moss. Second tirade—James McGarity. Junius Hope Branham. Sarah Bran¬ ham, Walse Ellis. Lenora Weldon. Third t trade—- Frances Allgood, Mar¬ vin Aiken, Hay good' Williams. Middle ton Treadwell. Fourth Grade—William Barnett, Vir¬ ginia Dillard, Paul Campbell, William Ellis, El lie Hunt. Wiley Allgood, J. D. Potter. Fifth * b ade—Joe Hicks Johnson. Sixth tirade-*- f.aura lai inan. Julia Sherwood. Seventh Grade-—Claude Giles, Iceland Mann. * RUBY DANIEL, Principal. HELEN WILLIAMS. OLIVE MAYS. HOW MR. SOCKWELL SHOWS HIS BUSINESS SAGACITY While down at Covington we were talking to Mr. A. Sockwell, one of Newton country's best farmers. Mr. Sockwell was one of the few farmers who sold his cotton in the Fall of 1920 us fasl as he could pick it out. and realiz¬ ed the good average price of 20 cents per pound. So he made money in 1920. This year in spire-of the boil weevil he came out well, averaging eight bales of cotton to the plow. Now, most eit our farmers would rely upon this run of good luck, as many would term it. and go ahead full tilt in' 1922. But Mr. Sockwell has traveled out' west and knows what the boll weevil lias done and can do. So he is using better judg¬ ment. ” He has four farms and will not plant bife seed'of notion this'year. He has sown ov r er half iiis land to wheat and oats and will plant the remainder ir. corn. (IF will raise no bofTweevils in 1922. Hi n»23 he can grow a fair "crop of cotton again! So far he has escaped from any'"severe loss and by the exer¬ cise of good judgment, vve believe he will continue to come out well. It is hard for oup- fanners to realize that it takes brains to pfoperly direct brawn and that knowledge is power, even up¬ on tin* farm. We admire the business sagacity shown by Mr. Sockwell.— Southern Cultivator. I MISS FINCHER WEDS MR. MEADORS On Thursday, January 5tli. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Yining, of this city. Miss Annie John Fincher, of Fineherville, was united in marriage to Mr Ji^-k Meadors. Rev. Walker Combs, officiating. The young couple left for Atlanta amid congratulations and good wishes. Roth are well and favorably known throughout this section. "Let's Clean Up." the title gf Mr. J L. Elliott's article in 'another column, should be the slogan of all Covington. The utter disregard that the general run of people show towards decency and health preservation is appalling. The streets speak for themselves, and the season is conducive to a wide¬ spread germ propagation. Down with this menace. Lets clean streets and a wholesome atmosphere prevail. COUNCIL ENTERTAINS FIRE BOYS A Splendid Program of Speakers Shows Strong Co-operative Spirit. A Full Representation Present. In a splendid get-to-gether meeting Tuesday night, the City Council anti members of the local lire department enjoyed a banquet and speech-making program tit the Flowers House. The banquet was the annual enter¬ tainment provided by the City ^Council, for the delectation of Covington’s gal¬ lant tire boys. Each recurring occasion resulting in a closer feeling of unity and renewed zeal for stronger endeavor. The response on the part of Coun¬ cil and Fire Department was unani¬ mous and the Flowers dining hall was filled to capacity. An elaborate feast had been prepar¬ ed by Mr. and Mrs. \V. O. Flowers, consisting of all the delectable viands of the season. When this satisfactory repast r« reived Us full meed of appreciation ci¬ gars were passed and addresses began. Mr. Wilbur Harwell, as toastmas¬ ter. happily introduced the speakers. Mayor C. A. Sockwell opened the program bv axpressing approbation of tin- fine spirit manifested at all times by Covington's “Volunteers,” who without money and without price stand ready to protect the city from impending danger. Dr. A. K. Hopkins pointed out the need of improved equipment, and urg¬ ed the absolute necessity for a fire fighting machine. -Messrs. J'\ E. Heard, C. C. Bales. Bradford Bohannon, chie.f of police, former Mayor Henry Odum, A. C. Vin ing, chief of fire department, and Col. .4. L. Loyd, spoke in turn for a forward movement and practical steps for mu¬ tual interest and protection. It was a great occasion enjoyed bv fifty whole-hearted community loving citizens, Mr. and Mrs. W, O. Flowers were highly praised for their part towards the success of tlu* e-'tertainmeo.t. REV. ('. B. TOMB RETURNS FROM LOUISIANA After a vacation spent in his OlJ home slate. Louisiana. Rev. C. B Tomb, returned with his family this week and announces regular services at the Presbyterian church next Sun¬ day morning and Evening. SAME WEEVIL GIVEN TWO TRY-OUTS IN LOCAL ICE PLANT; HE STILL LIVES The sturdiness of the pesky boll wee¬ vil has been very clearly and forcibly shown in Hartwell by two experiments conducted by Will S. Hays, at the f'linkscahs b e plant. A. I). Brown, of Canon 1. brought a weevil of his "raising" down last week and told Mr. Hays to “put him through"—and Hays gave the - weevil a fair trial, we call it. Placing the 1>ug in a small can he placed it on a block of ice which re¬ mained there for 27 hours, the can be¬ ing frozen to the ice when taken off. After putting the weevil in the sun for a few minutes he very alertly shoock himself, looked around to. see. if the. 1922 crop was ready and crawled off. . Mr. Hays was not pleased, however, anil taking the s>ume weevil he “cann¬ ed” him, again. This tjme he put him in the brine tank with the ice. the cold¬ est place in Hie plant—he stayed there over 63 hours, and Mr. Hays liad to pull hard to get the can loose from the ice. Bringing the weevil to The Sun of¬ fice Monday lie turned him loose on a table in the sun—and, as if nothing had happened other than a slight change in the weather, he picks him¬ self pp and walks off again. This time he was allowed to go his way. having proven to all that he was fully able to take care of himself. Yes, tlie boll weevil is hardy, al¬ right—too hardy to suit us.—Hartwell Sun. MISSIONARY MEETINGS DURING THE WEEK Tlie intial meeting of the year was held by the Woman's Missionary So¬ ciety of the Methodist church in the home of Mrs. Sam Thompson. Africa was the subject for discussion. Several papers outlining the work were contri¬ buted. The Baptist W. M. U. observed a week of prayer and carried out an in¬ teresting program Its scheduled. “The voice of the people” can now hardly be heal'd above a whisper.