Georgia Historic Newspapers

    :f=T¥E COVINGTON NE
For Newton County and Her People.
VOLUME !4, NUMBER 14.
QE 0 R 6 IA FORD-FOR-SHOALS
CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCH
SoK KEV NEAL. AND BX.GOV
BBNOR O’
( ; 'i°m A> 1 g^t e .^ide Ford-For launched
Muscles-fehoa‘9 W °, shoals organization,
- a«en ^ the auditorium
Sunday ng, be gun Monda y.
mass mee to enlist as
An man LTon “Georgians as started possible at in once, the and or
gamzatwn wd w be meting
toi a te . wide maS s made
plans mont h will be
and Walken
L Morf U AithP r t e iSn y 'three thousand Sunday persons and
‘ Governor meeting O.Neal of
vSma Emmett Ford
.uatama, outline his reasons why
d ^ tQ )ease the prop
* h ° instead of the Alabama Power
company' Resolutions in support of
1 Ford's offtlr were unantmuosly
Mr
U -d' S 'o'Neal declared the Alabama
Power company 1 had 1 robbed . > ra la la /a ( the peo¬
ple of Alabama of their inherent rights,
had manipulated in the politics of
so had gotten itself ex¬
the state that it ob¬
empt from all taxation, and had
tained the right of condemnation of
the people’s property. presided, assailed
Mayor Key, who
the power companies of the south, de¬
claring they were all mixed up “like
a basket of snakes,” and it was im¬
possible to tell one from the other.
■■\Ve have not assembled here this
afternoon to hold a political meeting,
said the mayor, “but we are here to
voice a protest against the dirty pol¬
itics of the power companies that,
would hold our people in economic
bondage. This is a spontaneous out¬
burst in the interest of fair play.
Fair Play Demanded
“We want this property at Muscle
Shoals turned over to Henry Ford,
and we are going to have it turned
over to him. We want fair play and
we are going to start an economic
revolution right now to get fair play.”
Mr. O’Neal began his remarks by
telling the audience that before ac- j
cepting the invitation to come here,
he had asked his Presbyterian minis
ter if he should address the meeting
on Sunday, and the minister told him
he was working in a cause for ali :
humanity, ing he would and by be addressing doing "his the religious! meet- j
duty.” “The Alabama Power 1* J
company
a foreign corporation," Mr. O'Neal
charged. “More than $19,000,000 of I
its common stock is held b.y residents j
cf London and of several towns in !
Canada, hands of as citizens against of Alabama. $i ,000,000 in the j j
I submit therefore, that it would
be most supreme folly for the gov '■
evrurtcnt of this country to turn over
11 independence to this British cor- 1
poiation. what would happen in the
event of war The British govern-!
! in nen Chile. J; n ' nv The controls Alabama the nitrate Power fields |
during com
Pam. the stress of war, did!
o.M- a contract with the government
", 111 ' ,."' as Enounced* recently at'
.. j'simigton as unfair and unconscion- '
., V*- . d Manipulation .
* 0 ‘
*i‘' m,- v reviewed , ^he history of
., Power
ine 7w ar ! m company, declar
: I , '7 Political manipulations,
cverV Given the right to nearly
stolen 7, au eam -iy the !'* lbe inherent istute, rights and had of
,i, ......•' inner
me people of Alabama.
It s whole history is one of greed
d! t* ln S ?'v,* le Na ! f E “and now
h seek vm,,'. r .,.lV !°
furnish !st not to
tim more ,— and cheaper cueaue power to
,
*• ,n -
it th 7 Se moral contracts
savs ‘chief nf S W i}. h tbe
The Jw office government’
, in the
partment , Inr war de
are not only that the contracts
vet the unfair > hut void. And
i 'sayTthe^ ■ ^
Mr. Kahn committee >
'■Meats n °t given hiigadon ff f C the ° mpany contract wil > ‘n- is
drag t,n tvav'tn „ m3 the
its weary e cas< ‘
for years ,llrou g'h u the courts
men «Kttof ha j f i ter therefore yield the govern
^ rather than
is fair iV* " ar ’ ^’eeks, says he
toward and sewfra^off ^ is attitudo
hlm the ? ers but u took
Mr. seven month hS ^ R1Ve -
the Ford’s offei- and then con with t?ress
criticism nnlv^for/ , • all
ter ■uhniit - and f,r ty ' ei ? V ht e could hours m us- to
Pr the ' the Alabama
company be Pow
P ar tial. but he i fair and im '
mg it.” has a Poor way of show
Mr. <, VV hlp Han, I i
Kilby ' ( ‘ f , * l, iat Governor |
0 f Alaha mo d
e Alabama „-’ < -' u at f mco force
, ' nv its p fl j, company to with
- i, i(J Said tbat
7“' aifss ,f executive of it 6 sta te WOUI M d the' ad
a note to tv,
ln S that r>reR . den
if th ( , rff t t. deelar
a ."‘n he would not with
, cgislature im™
in snpr>- , summon
f, [ emmend its that it at ■'.'P - s tbe f ss ion and re
'oui special lieges, company of
d the offer
U wouldn’t i,„ ’ bdra "' n -
,
% s 'ature to .' oc f Ks ary for the
nce the met added, “for
company note !, PC ? lved . tbp
heart, would nc,pr , Pow
- 7 bow to tv, J' PP , go of a change
and withdraw it tbe
Rut even even if if tn ‘ otte llcI r. •
'all legisi atufe e 5° v ernor dop R not
Kuiar sessi to i . the next
0n will Yu re
•<ny of all the ‘ f, e Power
gotten. sn ‘in eXomptions it
ay started We ai u nia have al
,irp going such fi7m . ization, ’ and
And 1 to out.
bania nmv om™
Power y Wa,n thp Ala
Promptly b,splp .ShoaT w ,th°£ e ^ Pany itS that offer unless it
n act Utignuon^ tor
offer mi g taXStiS™ to to defeat the ° f Ford V "'°‘
,dv Provoked ? and - ?' hos tility A>™ al
fttlntss ss as .... a _ Kert Public that its - days of use
"ill havf- service corporation
il win rommittJi f0rev < 11 -.V 1 **, suipi — de
— ,
SL - ps own hand " " ' be
j p "'ll of the
s d '
,’ lrandin i/ a ,'V e lcan People
lea R and the " that 1 ; Siven .
'
voief. or „» the people will
*
rise like a juggernaut and crush any
opposition that may be offered to check
its triumphant march towards final
victory. ,
Sure of Cheaper Fertilizer
“Mr. Ford says lie will make cheaper
fertilizer, and he will. He says he
will make cheaper power and he will.
Why, if Henry Ford got Muscle Shoals,
he would cut power rates in the south
in half, and furnish more and cheaper
power than the people ever dreamed of.
His whole life has been one of success.
They call him a dreamer, but 1 tell
you every great American who has
accomplished something has been call¬
ed a dreamer. They called Tom Edison
a dreamer, and they called Graham
Bell a dreamer.
“Mr. Ford says he will build a mag¬
ic city on the banks of the Tennessee,
and that he will go beyond Chattanooga
and build impounding dams to help
those at the shoals, so that power in
an omount scarcely conceivable will
be furnished for the use of the people.”
Mr. O’Neal, in concluding his address
said that when congress realizes the
voice of the American people has spok¬
en, and that it has spoken for Henry
Ford. then and not until then, obstacles
will be cleared away and the plant
given over to Ford.
C. W. MeCUV'O, chairman, of the
committee in charge of the meeting,
and one of the leaders in the movement
to have Georgia join in the fight to
get the plant for Ford, opened the
meeting. He read several telegrams
from persons in Washington, indc-’s
ing the movement. Mr. McClure said
the weight of public opinion would li¬
the deciding factor in the fight Mr.
Ford is making, and urged the form¬
ation of state-wide club to carry on
the fight and aid the other states of
the south.
Predicts Rise for South
William S. Wier, in a short ad
dress, said the south would rise up to
the leadership of Mr. Ford, and take
its rightful place in the nation.
Fonville McWhorter, another speak¬
er, declared congress acts when the
people get busy and tell them they
are watching them.
“When your sons were in France,
you made yourselves a part of this
government, and y r ou got action. But
when the guns ceased firing on Mov¬
ember 11, you ceased to be a part of
the govehnment, and y r ou know what
happened. Now. get behind congress
and we'll see them get busy and get
this plant for Mr. Ford,” Mr. McWhor
ter said.
Mrs. B. M. Boykin declared that tin
women of the south were interested
in seeing Mr. Ford get the plant be
cause th^y believe he would make pow
er so cheap that farm women would
be greatly benefited.
Text of Resolution
The text of the resolution adopted
follows:
To the Honorable President and Con
gross of tlie United States:
We. the citizens of Atlanta and Geor
ffia, in mass meeting assembled at
(he city • auditorium, Atlanta, Sunday.
March 12, with full confidence in both
the justice and wisdom of our pres
ident and congress, do hereby declare:
That, while the entire Muscle Shoals
stretch of tht Tennessee river lies
within the borders of our sister state,
Alabama, the right to control and re¬
g elate the river in the interest of the
nation’s commerce has been ceded by
the state of Alabama to the federal
government. We recognize the fact
that Muscle Shoals is the property of
the nation, belonging alike to the peo
l'le of all states in the Union, and,
while we claim no greater right than
any other state to say what shall be
done with Muscle Shoals, we believe
that we but exercise the guarantee
of the federal constitution when we
petition congress that this great na¬
tional asset be not employed by the
government as an instrumentality for
fastening upon us and the future gen¬
erations the yoke of an oppressive and
burdensome monopoly.
We hold out that it would be a traves¬
ty on legislature if, after many years of
congressional consideration of how
best to conserve the power in our
navigable streams for the benefit of
all the people, and how most surely
to preserve them from being used as
instruments of monopoly, the nation's
greater water power should be hand¬
ed over to the Alabama Power company
under the national water power act,
and we,
Further hold that it would be the
quintesscence . of legisature folly for
the government, after ten years of
investigation as to ^ how now best oest to to free tree
the United States from its dependence
of u P°n a foreign power for its supplv
nitrogen for explosives, in the event
of "ar, and after spending millions of
dollars in the construction of the great
nitrogen fixation plant in the world,
to turn over the only power capable
successfully 1 operating vhe nitrate
Plant to a corporation owned and con
trolled by foreigners.
We indorse the sentiment, “America
First.” and Muscle Shoals first for
Americans, and above all for Amer
i(> j can al American, farmers. Henry Ford is a typ
done who, by his genius, has
more for country people and
country Hf e than any other man of
his time. A man who has the trust
and confidence of the great mass of
the eommon people, as evidenced bv
the resolutions adopted bv every gath
eluding erlngr of plain ordinary Americans, in
the representatives of four mil
Pon farmers, who have given voice to
- tholr ■ sentiments
in regard to his pro¬
posal for the development of Muscle
Shoals.
We believe the issue in congress is
clearly drawn. It is a contest be¬
tween the people and the interests
which control the people’s fertilizer
and power resources.
On behalf of the army of the un
employed, in the interest of the great
body of plain American citizens, in the
name of millions of perplexed and burd
ened farmers, we beg our president
and the congress of the United States
its committees to promptly accept
the offer of Henry Ford.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, TUI ICSDAV, MARCH 1(5, 1922.
MARCH MEETING OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session on this First
Tuesday in March, 1922 for the pur-
1 ose of . attending .. .. to ....... rush business as
might come before it, with all members
present
1 On motion warrants were ordered
to be issued for such accounts as were
piesented . and approved. , .
2 On motion, Frank Bullard and
wife being'in destitute circumstances,
were ordered to be accepted as pauper
farm inmates.
.1 „ _ Dr. _ Luke , Robinson „ , . having , . present- ^
ed his resignation as camp physician,
On motion same was unanimously J ac
cepted. j
4 On motion, E. G. Switzer was elect
ed as guard at convict camp at a
salary of $30.00 per month.
5 r r ° a„ n motlon __ made . . by commissioner ...
Upshaw, that the convict camp be al
lowed to move to Almon and complete
the work in that section before moving. i
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and the motion failed to £et a second, j
the same was automatically „ , killed, ... , and , i
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on motion, the camp is to move into '
commissioner Boyd’s section as so or
as work on this side of Yellow River
is completed. !
6 On motion, Htard Bros & Co., were i
awarded the contract . , to . furnish , . , the .. !
,
camp with supplies for March, they
being the lowest bidder.
No further business, the Board ad
journed. 1
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.
EPVYORTH LEAGUE SOCIAL FRI
DAY EVENING.
Members of the Epworth League will
entertain with a social in the Methodist
Church Friday evening, March 17th.
8 o'clock.
All th.e side shows will charge one
cent admission, each. Bring your pen¬
nies.
Meet Chas, A. Green Optical Co.'s
Drug Co., Wednesday, March 22nd for
expert optometrist at Geo. T. Smith's
an eye examination.
I. E. IOMB8 DIE, *RO.
Lrv VVUL * >W
__
I. t E. Combs t shot i . himself u- if ac .denUy , -
Monday morning and died about
hours later at his Locust his Grove home, and j
He was alone, cleaning gun ;
no curred. one knows Mr. Combs how was the a accident prominent oc- j j
merchant and planter. Interment was
at Locust Grove, Tuesday morning.
The deceased is a cousin of Rev.
Walker Combs, of Covington, and the
accident is greatly deploued by all
who knew him.
MR. HEARD BUYS GRIFFIN HOME
Mr. Wilkes Heard recently purchased
the home of Mr. Mai Griffin, for a
cash consideration, and will move to
Covington on Aprillst.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin and Family
will move to their farm.
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.
MIS-SPELLED WORD CONTEST
BROUGHT MANY ANSWERS
The News’ mis-spelled word contest last week brought answers
from all over the county and m any from beyond the county bor¬
ders and proved a success way above our expectations.
Within a short time after the paper was mailed the answers
began to come in, and continued up until Monday afternoon. The
contest was interesting to every one who participated in it.
Professor Boswell and Professor Moony of the High School
were selected to judge the papers, and after going carefully over
the list, awarded the first prize to Mrs. Jesse Perry for hav¬
ing the most correct paper in the list, and the second prize was
divided between Joseph Gary and Isaac Hay.
Mrs. Perry’s paper is printed below: #
Incorrect. Correct............ Name of Firm
Necesities..........Necessities..... . City Pharmacy
Fidelety.......... Fidelity........ . Homer L. Hitchcock (Ins.)
Workmenship......Workman-ship. . .Weaver & Pittman
Prepaired........ Prepared....... . Simmops Seed Store
Dependible........ Dependable..... . Covington Buiek Co.
Tastey............ Tasty.......... . .Supreme Bakery
Diffrence..........Difference.......... Lime Cola
Guarranteed........Guaranteed..........Ben’s Garage
Quanity.......... Qantity............ McDowell Cash Grocery
Facillities........Facilities....... . . Farmers Banking Co.
Curley............ Curly.......... . . .Gober’s Barber Shop
Upholestering......Upholstering... . . .Merck Tops Works
To.................Too............ .. .J. IT. Dorsey Shoe Shop
Accesories........ Accessories..... . . Vaughn Tire lb Battery Co.
Ingrediance........Ingredients---- . .CheroCola Bottling Co.
Semiannual}’.......Semi-annually.. . Smith Battery Service
Replacments.......Replacements. . ...First National Bank
Kellog.............Kellogg........ . . .L. P. Loyd Grocery
Trimings...........Trimmings..... . .E. H. Mobley
Ecconomical........Economical.... • Geo. T. Smith Drug Co.
Allways............Always........ P. J. Rogers
Delux............ De Luxe....... . The Palace Barber Shop
Sanatary..........Sanitary....... . . Watson's Cafe
Garantee..........Guarantee..... .. The Famous
Merchandise........Merchandise.........Heard Bros- & Co.
Formally..........Formerly............Stradley's
Cashier............Cashier..............The Bank of Covington
GROUP OF COUNTIES CONFER
UPON TAX
Representatives from the
counties forming a group of which
ton is a member, met in the Fulton
county court house, Atlanta Monday,
consider an equitable rate of taxation.
yj r g e jj was chairman, and H,on. R. W.
Campbell, of Covington, secretary,
Reports showed that in several coun¬
ties the valuation of property continued
about the same, proving that the con
ditionmf agricultural affairs are as yet,
but little changed,
a resolution was passed as follows:
“Be it resolved that it is the sense of
this meeting that the tax value of the
several counties represented here, was
about equally lair, as to each county,
and recommend that the values of 1922
be kept as near 1921 as possible.”
Several counties did not want re¬
duction. It is probable, however there
wi H be decrease, but noting defi
mte t was decided.
Fulbright expressed his opinion that
action of this body would be ac
Newton county had the largest rep
resentation. The delegates were H. I.
Horton, Tax Receiver, Frank A. Bal
lard County commissioner; J. W. King,
Chairman Board of Tax Assessors; J.
dobn Adams, member of Board of
Equalizers; Sam Ramsey, Senator R.
\y. Campbell from this district.
The counties represented were: New
ton Rockdale, Gwinnett, Milton. De
kalb FuUon Campbell, Clayton and
Cobb.
AT BRIC K STORE CLUB HOUSE.
-
Miss Norman the County Home Dem
onstration Agent came to our club,
March gth> and gave a demonstration
on making baskets, of Pine needles.
Ther ' uit number out and
e " as enjoyed ? f the a day much.
everyone very
c.Iias Norman always has something in
teresting for us at each meeting. Every
one brought lunch and spent the day;
all leaving in the afternoon very much
pleased with what they had learned
during the day.
Hope all will be out at our next meet¬
ing, March 17th at 230 as Miss Mathews
the Nutrition Specialist will be with us
with something very interesting.
METHODIST CHANGE HOUR OF
SERVICES
Beginning Sunday evening March
19th, the evening services will be held
at 8:00 o’clock instead of 7;45. The pub¬
lic always welcomed.
MR. AND MRS. DAN UPSHAW
MOVE TO COVINGTON
The removal of Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Upshaw from Almon to Covington is
a source of pleasure to their many
friends. They will occupy the Stuart
home corner of Floyd
and Anderson avenue. It is regretted
that this change will cause Covington
to lose the McCords. They will return
their suburban home .
A New Drink __ , \\ ill , be on sale .... this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving
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FOR SALE—White Spanish
Peanuts. Sack $1.05 per bushel.
Covington Cotton Oil Co. tf
Don’t miss having your eyes exam¬
ined next Wednesday, March 22nd, at
Geo. T. Smith’s Drug Co. by Chas. A.
Green Optical Co.’s expert representa¬
tive. Look him up.
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.
$1.50 Per Year la Advance
BIG FLOUR MILL INSTALLED
BY IT. P. LOYD
Farmers in Newton and surrounding
counties who have a wheat crop com¬
ing off will have no trouble in having
the eomodity made into floilr now.
Several weeks ago our progressive mil¬
ler, Mr. L. P. Loyd added to his bus¬
iness one of the best flour mills of its
kind, and last week gave it the first
tryout which proved that it was ready
for business.
The mill is the American Marvel
type and has a capacity of sixty bar
rels per day, and the first flour turned
out last week was submitted to Mr,
Aenchbacher, of the Supreme Bakery,
who is an authority on flour, for his
oppinion, and he spoke of the product
of this machine as being very fine.
The wheat crop in this county this
year, will not be extra large, although
it is estimated there will be a fair yield.
Most every adjoining county will have
some wheat this year, and in instal¬
ling this large mill it was for the pur¬
pose of being in position to handle all
wheat in this district and from other
parts of the state, if there be a demand.
Mr. Loyd has spared neither time
nor money to put in Newton, one of
the most complete mill to be found in
the State, and it is an enterprise the
people and especially the farmers
should be interested in. He has also
two large mills for corn meal and an
up-to-date machine for grinding of
feed which are at present being run
to capacity.
The mill room on Church street is
buzzing with machinery and by the
noise and the general hustle of the
men in charge it might be said it is
the busiest place in town.
MOLDING PUBLIC SENTIMENT
The Covington Woman’s Club at the
last meeting indorsed a letter from M.
L. Williamson of the General Feder¬
ation. The import of which was to
industrial warfare in America.
The industrial situation on the rail¬
roads and in the coal mines of the
United States, today, again seem to
be critical. We know full well that
stoppage of work on these public ut¬
ilities would effect our homes immed¬
iately.
Tt is true, we have no positive as¬
surance, as yet, that these- threaten¬
ing strikes will take place, but it is
not good judgement to consider how
we can stimulate public opinion here
in the United States to make strikes
on railroads or in coal mines unpopu¬
lar just as the public opinion of the
world is beginning to place its ban on
war?
Surely we women do not want these
strikes, for as home builders and
household executives we recognize the
disasterous outcome of such industrial
conflicts. The tying up of railroads
or the stopping of* the mining of coal
would prevent factories, places of bus¬
iness and farms of our communities
from making or marketing their usual
commodities and foods and of course
in such an event our homes could not
be supplied with food or fuel.
The most practical way to discounte¬
nance all future strikes on public ut
tilities is to focus public attention on
preventing the next strike. Our chief
concern as citizens of the United States
should be the welfare of all people
and not the advancement of the inter¬
ests of one or the other class or group
in industry.
What can we club women do? Shall
we not favor the idea that there shall
be no stoppage of work on public ut¬
ilities? Can we not help empower pub¬
lic opinion by tlking in our commun¬
ities to this effect?
If we keep thinking and talking a
long these lines, will we not help stim¬
ulate a. healthy opinion which may be¬
come powerful enough to compel
settlement of difficultiets on railroads
and in coal mines without resorting
to strikes and general stoppage of
transportation and mining?
Until such matters of controversy
are settled satisfactory to all concerned
should not our slogan be, “No stop¬
page of work on public utilities”?
Mrs. L. L. Bryan
Mrs. C. H.W'hite
Publicity Committee
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola. Co. Coving¬
ton. Ga.
P. LOYD ATTENDS FORD-FOR
SHOALS MEETING.
Covington was represented at the
‘Ford-For-Shoals” mass meeting in At
anta by Mr. L. P. Loyd This conference
as reported elsewhere in the News was
for the purpose of organizing Georgia
in Henry Ford's favor to secure Mus¬
cle Shoals Much enthusiasm was mani¬
fested and speeches from men who
know were convincing.
A state-wide meeting will be held In
Macon at an early date, when it is be¬
lieved strong concerted action will have
materialized.
E- G. MERCK SAYS ADVERTISING
PAYS
Recently the News carried an adver¬
tisement for the Merck Top Works.
Immediately their business increased.
Orders came in faster than they could
he filled. Mr. Merck advocates adver¬
tising.
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS CELEBRATE
CENTENNIAL .
Georgia Baptist will celebrate the
centennial of the Georgia Baptist con¬
vention in June of this year. It is one
of the most historic dates among the
Baptists in the South and great inter
est attaches to the celebration, noi only
in Georgia but throughout the South¬
ern Baptist convention.
The celebration will be divided into
three programs. First program will
be on Saturday, June 3, at Kiokee
church, near Appling, Ga.
At this place the first Baptist church
ever organized in Georgia was detab
lished in 1772 by Daniel Marshall.
This was one hundred and fifty years
ago.
The second program in the celebra¬
tion will be on Sunday, June 4 at Pow
elton, Ga. near Sparta, where on June
27, 1882, the convention was organized.
The third program of the celebration
will be at Macon on the campus of
Mercer university on Tuesday, June
6, Mercer university is one of the oldest
agencies of the convention and it is
the hope of the committee arranging
the centennial programs that ten
thousand Baptists will gather in the
Central City on June 6 to pay tribute
to the century through which we have
passed.
The committee in charge of arrange¬
ments for the centennial celebration
has been at work for several months
and in announcing the list of speakers
the chairman, Dr. A. Chamblee, of
Hawkinsville, says; '
“We feel that we were fortunate to
secure so many of the prominent men
of our denomination. A program wKh
George W. Truett, W. W. Landrum, E.
Y. Mullins and the other southwide
leaders represented in this list will at¬
tract the attention of the church peo¬
ple of Georgia.”
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.
GOOD ROADS GREATEST ISSUE
BEFORE PEOPLE
Atlanta, Georgia. March 15th: Tha
Georgia Good Roads Association has
planned to have the matter of the pro¬
posed $75,000,000 road bond issue pre¬
sented at the spring term of oourt in
every county in the state, and at the
district meetings of the state federa¬
tion of women’s clubs, according to T.
G. Farmer, Jr. managing director of
the good roads association.
“We regard the good roads bond is
sue as the most important piece of
legislature coming before the next legis¬
lation, and we have no doubt of its
passage, if we can get the people in¬
formed as to its benefits,” said Mr.
Farmer in an interview today. “In¬
quiries concerning the plan have come
in from every section of the state at
a rate that we have had to in¬
our office force to handle the
correspondence. We are sending to
each inquirer a little good roads prim¬
er and chart showing how the bonds
will be floated and retired, and an¬
swering every question a voter could
regarding the bond plaa.”
“Sentiment is rapidly crystalizing in
favor of the bonds and by the time the
legislature meets we expect to see the
issue so popular that no one can be
found who would dare lift his voice
to longer keep Georgia in the mud.”
A New Drink— Will be on sale this
week made by Chero-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton , Ga.
SECURES TWO BUILDING
CONTRACTS
While in Decatur, this week, Mr. J
R. McCord was awarded the contract
for two dwellings which by plans and
will be modeled after the
bungalow type and contain five rooms
each. Mr. McCord has delivered several
contracts in Decatur, all of which were
highly satisfactory to his patrons.
FOR SALE—White Spanish
Peanuts. Sack $1.05 per bushel.
Covington Cotton Oil Co. tf
EXCURSION FARES TO ATLANTA
VIA GEORGIA RAILROAD
Account of Grand Opera
ROUND TRIP $2.22
Tickets on sale April 23, 24, 26 and
28th, with final return limit May 2,
1922.
For further information apply to
14 18p j p. BILLUPS, G.P.A.
Atlanta, Ga.
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NEW GROCERY FIRM
This week Mr. Wilson Biggers and
Mr. Dan Upshaw formed a partner¬
ship for the purpose of conducting a
grocery store in this city, the new
firm is to open up this Saturday in
Bouchillon and Longshore’s old stand.
These two young men are well known
in this city and county and no doubt
will in due time work up a very cred¬
itable business.
A New Drink—Will be on sale th^
week made by Cherb-Cola, Co. Coving¬
ton, Ga.