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STATE HAPPENINGS
Elberton —J. N. Wall shot a man in
hi5 “ watermelon patch. Hailing the in
der and receiving no response Mr.
Wall pulled a shot gun, while some 50
feet distant and is confident the thief
wa9 wounded.
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Augusta—Chas. Lindsey leaves bulk
of*estate to Children’s bequeathed hospital. to his Minor nurse
legacies were
an d relatives.
Savannah— It was known here today
that there is a possibility of Savannah’s
securing a large number of the three
hundred wooden steamer hulls offered
by the United States shipping board
for use in making a breakwater to pro¬
tect Tybee Island, which has on one
end been gradually washing away for
several years, in especially high tide
seasons recently crumbling off fearfully.
The Board of Trade here has enlisted
Senator Harris’ efforts to obtain a num¬
ber of these hulls to be loaded, with
stone and sunk one after another to
form a breakwater for saving Tybee.
It is said the vessels which cost the
government many thousands will be
sold for merely nominal sums.
Tifton—The viscera of the late Mr. A.
J. McCrea was shipped to Tallahassee,
Fla., where it will be examined by the
state chemist for poison in connection
with the charge of murder brought
against A. B. and E. A. McCrea, sons
of the deceased.
The two sons are accused of killing
their father by putting Paris green in
his coffee. The alleged motive was to
get his money. Mr. McCrea died at
Moorehaven, Fla., on May 6th, last,
and his body was brought to his old
home at Tifton and interred. An inves¬
tigation by the peace authorities at
Moorehaven caused the arrest of Mr.
McCrea’s two sons July 21st.
Athens—Julian B. McCurry, well
known Athens lawyer, who has been ap¬
pointed executive secretary to Governor
Hardwick, succeeding D. B. Blalock,
who resigned.
Mr. McCurry is related to the Tram¬
mells and Godfreys of Covington.
Bowden—A watermelon is on display
in a hardware store show window at
Bowden, which is of average size, with
green rind and has the one large yellow
spot representing the sun, one spot
shout the size of a 25-cent piece repre¬
senting the moon, and is covered with
smaller yellow spots representing the
earth and planets and stars.
The professors in the state school
there have examined the melon and
state that the spots are very much the
Proportionate sizes to each other as the
sun to the moon and other planets.
The meat of these melons is red and
the yellow spots extend through the
inside of the melon.
Bainbridjje—Mgs- d Elizabeth Holder,
an perhaps the oldest person in
Bainbridge, enjoyed a happy birthday
celebration last Friday. Two daughters,
" l ' es °f Judge Covington, of Moultrie,
and Judge Bush, of Camilla, were
Present with the other members of the
am 'ly that day. Twenty-one, with
Grand and great-grandchildren, com
Posed the party.
J hs. Holder talks well on five wars,
In( han, Mexican, Civil, Spanish
American and World. Many flowers and
® her beautiful tokens of love were
suen her on the anniversary. Mrs.
adder lives with her son, W. J. Holder,
y a "oontime sits with Mrs. Holder every day
on the verandas.
,i orsjt h—J. R. Conner, of this sec
fan’, expecls to get a bale of cotton this
JT° d to m ,)fe a half the best acre' field patch. of It is re- in
thic cotton
L, par t the state. In 1920 the
,
'n. F'elded , 1,700 pounds, and last
U produced T60 pounds of seed
cott Air. Conner attributes his
, sue
,iinriv 0t ^ compost fact that and he kept used a cihckens liberal
in th sal/ 0 !* 00 *he Chickens,
ne season.
minum' the weevils down to a
siitf. ? orester ta ~~-A bill creating favorably the reported office of
bv th was
at sena te committee on agriculture
a last
The :> ‘ S week
bv hni was introduced ‘ in the senate
Ifovid«’< rs Mills and others. It
to iwf. V P !or a a sniary stat e (Tom forestry board and His
duties , the state.
»ey Qf "? . uld consist in making a sur
gia. i8ervo! U , aling forestry situation in Geor
(Cir atlon ‘ a ‘ Program of forestry
*oru > conducting educational
eurred VI e —A shooting affair oc
q atu , rday miles
from , h! ‘ at tlle morning two in
which Adreholdt place,
* Tom Hid* ^ rece barren ? en ted Sullins, markmanship white, was and
pi, S( * ! s co '°red, the
Pants. Snii^ t enty ’ yards were the
was
Wesson usin £ a capable Smith &
While Ilr ed four times at Rogers,
p Usin 44, fired
time &t ullins S a Savage
The <K « - Neither was hit.
■hsUat office being notified im
Hinj, turned out a full force. Upon
^hed oR * cers the fending
heir .
a break fJ l differences and
Will c r ‘ 0r safet F- Bailiff Sears
■''heriff Cr rna< ^ e a direct chase,
‘‘Other ' w and his son, Frank, cut
}Ws. h !r6ction head off the
Af- to
L u fttiv e « were r a chase of five miles
Sep ere landed outwinded and
in jail.
r > —Oliver Dooly,
30 ,
farmer living ten miles west of Lyerly,
j w^s killed in a well at his home, when
i he went to the rescue of his 6-year-old
stepson, who had been sent into the
well to recover a lid from a milk can.
Not being aware of the presence of
gases in the well, Dooly placed a rope
around the lad’s waist and lowered
him.
Shortly before reaching the bottom
the lad was overcome and fell from the
rope. He called to Mrs. Dooly to draw
him to the surface. The child was un¬
conscious when the mother hauled him
to the top.
Not being able to draw her husband
from the well alone and terrified by the
sight of the unconscious child, Mrs.
Dooly secured assitance from neighbors.
Some minutes later Dooly was dead in
the well ^nd only energetic work saved
the life of the boy.
Fitzgerald—Thirty-five bales of new
cotton were marketed here already this
season, the largest number of bales re¬
ceived in any previous year. Reports
from farmers are to the effect that re¬
cent rains have been injurious to the
crop and that the boll weevils are vig¬
orously attacking grown bolls in the
fields. Reports three weeks ago were to
the effect that this year's crop would
be almost normal, but later reports in
licate that only a half of a crop may
be expected.
Corn, sweet potatoes and sugar cane
are reported better than usual, with a
large acreage in all of these commodi¬
ties.
Danielsville—Little Joe Sanders, two
year old son of C. C. Sanders, of Madi¬
son county, who was attacked by a
giant sow and nearly stamped to death,
is reported as resting well.
The little lad, along with a seven
year old brother, Earl, was carrying a
pan of apples to feed the sow, who had
recently borne a litter of pigs. He
slipped into the lot to play with one of
the little pigs and the sow, no doubt
thinking that some harm was about to
befall her offspring, plunged upon him.
The older boy ran to the house and
summoned the father to the baby’s aid.
But before he could be rescued the sow
had badly bruised the child around the
body and head and it was at first
thought that the injuries would be fa¬
tal.
Stone Mountain—Gutzan Borglum,
widely known sculptor, who was com¬
missioned several years ago, to chisel
the principals of the Confederacy on
the mammoth side of Stone mountain,
18 miles from Atlanta, and whose plans
were halted by the world war, arrived
in Atlanta this week to begin his task.
Mr. Borglum has taken up his resi¬
dence at the summer home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mason, at Stone Mountain,
and will begin actual work this week on
his unusual undertaking. Just when the
monument to the Confederacy will he
completed, he would not commit him¬
self.
It is understood that work on the
project will be exploited in order that
the monument will have taken shape
bv this time next year when thousands
of visitors from all parts of the country
who will gather in Atlanta for the
Elks’ and Kimanis’ convention may
see it.
Elberton—Mr. M. L. Freeman.
1 Athens, and a force of hands have been
at work painting the big water tank of
the citv of Elberton. The tank is ino
feet in height and is much larger than
the average house. The workmen on
Sunday night had to wear gas masks
on the inside of the tank while at work.
The tank is water tight and air tight
save a small opening in the top. Aftei
the hot sun shines on it all da> it is a
veritable oven on the inside where the
men work at night instead of In the
day time.
Macon—Albert Peavy, newspaper
man; John McCreary, lawyer and J. D.
Walker, all volunteers Monday, per¬
mitted doctors to take skin from their
bodies and graft it to the charred body
of W L Fisher, aviator, who was bad¬
ly burned when his aeroplane fell at
Central City park last March The oth
men in the plane died as the result
pr Mrs. Fisher
of the fall and from burns.
who has nursed her husband back to
life, has given up ninety-six skin grafts
in hopes of healing the wounds of her
husband, who is still a patient at the
M S“S able he to will walk fully yet. recover but
his ft physicians skin say be properly grafted
new can to give
Doctors called for volunteers
skin grafts and more than thirty peo
Tho.e who un*r«nt
operation are none the worse tor
the experience
their .
The Ruling Passion
He owned a handsome touring car,
To ride in it was heaven.
He ran across some broken glass
Bill $14.97. ride
He took some friends out for a
’Twas good to be a 11 '’*’
The earbuterer threw a fit
Bill $20.85.
He started on a little torn
He^sto^dtoo^quicrand stripped his
gears— $90.51.
Bill
took his wife downtown to shop.
He carfare vas grea.
To save lamp post
He jammed into one
Bill 268.
He spent about all he -had.
"I’ll And out then mortgage in an * ulsh on Jr I ’V»f the e h0U nouse se
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THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINBn**. «««GU
HONESTY AND THEIR POLICY
Oh, for a man, whom the germ of
j politics has bitten, and who will dare
give expression to his real beliefs!
liook them all over from coast to
coast. Congressmen, mayors, aldermen,
governors, candidates, hopeful aspir¬
ants— and then try to name one whose
utterances measures up to the standard
of courage the country has the right to
expect.
"I must not offend any man.”
Such must be the motto, common to
all who seek the favor of democratic
government. A few there are, whose
names have been linked with certain
radical proposals, who attract the rea¬
soning opposition of persons of contrary
faith. And a few there are who, on
original entrance into the field of polit¬
ical aspiration, come as clear-cut cru¬
saders for the particular group whence
their candidacy sprang.
But once started down the political
track—how quickly radicalism feels the
oil of tolerance! How soon are all men
beloved! How rapidly do words and
phares melt unctuously into platitudes
which can offend none and which roll
mellifluously off the tongue!
The outspoken man, whom the world
admires for the freedom of his state¬
ment—how soon does his outspokenness
get edited by his editors, his personali¬
ties get sheared of their personal refer¬
ences by his secretaries, his wild radi¬
calisms become tame under the suave
ministrations of his managers!—Dear¬
born Independent.
FORD BUILDS OWN
WINDSHIELD GLASS
Departs from Customary Methods and
Applies Ford Principles.
The Ford Motor Company, Detroit,
has begun to manufacture its own
plate glass, and already has in opera¬
tion the first modern glass house ever
equipped especially to make glass for
automobiles. the
As is customary w'hen taking over
manufacture of a new product, Ford
has applied his own principles of pro¬
duction and, as a consequence, the
methods and machinery used in making
Ford glass are a. radical departure from
establisht'd practice. The Ford contin¬
uous conveyor system features the op¬
erations so that from the time the glass
leaves the furnace until it becomes a
polished windshield, it is always mov¬
ing. viewed in the
Glass making, when
Ford plant, loks to be very simple. The
raw materials are introduced into the
furnace where they become a molten
mass. Drawn from the furnace in a
semi-liquid state, the glass passes un¬
der a roller, which gives it width and
thickness, and on to a moving convey¬
or. This carries it for 464 feet through a
gradually cooling furnace. At the end
it is cut and placed on another con¬
veyor which ‘carries it through the
grinding and polishing, after which it
is ready for use.
This adds a new link to the fast
growing chain of Ford industries
which are being established and ex¬
panded from time to time in line with
the Ford policy to achieve complete in¬
dependence of outside material sources
in manufacturing Ford products, and at
the same time are the means by which
Ford is enabled to use in the produc¬
tion of motor cars, trucks, and tractors,
material of unusually high quality and
sell them at the Ford prices.
A TOWN SPIRIT
A town spirit is just as necessary as
a team spirit or a college spirit to get
anywhere. Small towns with a few hun¬
dred population have grown into cities
in a few years, through co-operative,
progressive town spirit.
Where there is a co-operative team
spirit the team wins and all members
are made happy. Where a college has
a co-operative spirit the college is suc¬
cessful and every student and member
of the- faculty is benefitted. Where a
town has a co-operative spirit it pros¬
pers and every citizen profits by it.
Let there be a co-operative town spirit
.and you can’t beat that town for a
I 1 place to live and do business.
Competition is a good thing. If every
plaver tries to be the best player on the
team, it’s a good team and will win. If
every student tries to lead the class,
the class will be a good one. If every
merchant in town tries to run the best
business it’s a prosperous town—pro¬
vided when it comes to matters in
which the team, class or town as a
whole is concerned, every member of
the team, class or tow-n gives his co¬
operation in a spirit that’s best for all.
What has made Atlanta? The “At¬
lanta Spirit”—nothing more. A thous¬
and towns had a thousand natural ad
vantages, but lacked the spirit and At
I lanta forged ahead.
I a town with a spirit soon becomes a
city and it’s business men financiers.
! —Exchange.
Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years,
and his face w-asn’t anything to brag
about when he woke up.
editor McWhorter victim
OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
The editor of the Winder News has
had an unusual experience during the
past few days. He knows how rich
men are annoyed by relatives and
friends who want to borrow money, lie
has been placed in the role of a rich
man by many who know him, and they
have been writing him letters of con¬
gratulations and also asking him to
remember them in his days of pros¬
perity.
The explanation is embodied in the
following excerpt from a Texas paper:
"Taking with him some $10fl,000 in
cash and leaving behind royalty uni
lease interests enough to make him a
million, E. L. McWhorter, who on
March 1, 1922, was broke, is leaving on
Saturday for his old home to spend the
rest of his life in luxury and ease.
McWhorter is one of the first of the
new crop of millionaires from the
northern oil fields. He was in the real
estate business in Sunburst and Kevin.
Selling lots in a dry land district such
as this was like pulling hen’s teeth.
He saw the hand on the horizon in the
oil situation and he began Investing
every dollar he could rake and scrape
in royalties and in taking leases. He
hung on through a hard winter and
March 1st of this year found him ilg
urtively hanging on the ropes.
Then March 14 came the good new's
and on the night of March 15 he re¬
ceived his first new dollar on a royal¬
ty sale. He knew every man and wo¬
man in the district and he lost no time
in turning every dollar he could -get
into royalties and new leases. Since
then he has been buying and selling re¬
taining a half interest in everything
w'hen he sold, until he is said to have
accumulated some $100,000 in cosh
w'hich he deems sufficient to tide him
over until royalty checks begin com¬
ing in.
"He is going south to his father, J.
W. McWhorter, who has been
in the field, and will probably remain
there. He has left his affairs in good
shape and has sold his little office
building and lot at Kevin, getting
$3,000, so he will make the south his
permanent home.”
The Indubitable editor concludes:
. "It aint our son and It aint us.
Please don’t write us any more letters
wfanting to borrow money. It embar¬
rasses us for our friends to think we
have got a million dollars and won’t
lend them a red cent.”
Here is a sample of letters we
been receiving lately:
Dear John:
I am enclosing you dipping from a
paper that my uncle brought me
read. We are all broke down here
want you to see if you cannot
upon this l wf|r of yours to lend us a
thousand. We can give you
hank stock as security. Have
been to see you but am coming up
right away.
Your cousin.
URGES FREE BOOKS AND
PROMPT PAY FOR
Atlanta, Ga., August 3—One of
very evident sources of waste of
and time and effort observed by
M. L. Duggan in his inspection
schools throughout the state,
to a statement made here today,
ticularly wherever the compulsory
tendance law is w’ell enforced, is
surprisingly large number of little
dren in many of the rural schools
out any text hooks and the still
number tardily supplied with books
only partly supplied with them.
To remedy this evil Mr. Duggan,
rural school agent for Georgia and
didate for state superintendent
schools, strongly urges free text
and holds that no one with equal
tunities of observation in the
schools could escape this
But of possibly still greater
is the prompt payment of
Mr. Duggan insists that the teacher
of even greater importance than
text books, and believes that
teacher*! should be better paid.
Duggan is particularly gratified, he
today, at the hearty support he is
ceiving from the club women over
state. He has long been an ardent
vocate of their cause. The teachers
also endorsing his work in every
of Georgia. He spoke recently at
jay, where many North Georgia
tors are gathered for summer study.
FIRE AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE
MISS LUCY WHITE,
AGENT.
FIRE AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE
The right make, the right grade
and the right weight
r T'HE grade of Carey roofing you should have de
J pends on the type and size of building. The kind
of building and the length of service you want to get
governs the weight of roofing you should have.
Our long practical experience in this community as
roofers is at your service.
li you will tell us the kind and size of your building
nnd how long you want the roof to last we will be glad
lo recommend the right grade and weight for your
purpose. expensive than it
A roof that is no better or more
r.:'?ds to be, but is just as good as you should have
i.nd us inexpensive as you can get to fully answer your
pm pose that is what we mean by the right roof for
building.
' A Hoof lot Every Building
McCord Lumber Company
DEALERS
Contractors and Builders
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
10,000 MILES
That’s Nothing
Unusual for one of our Retreaded Tires
730 DAYS IS NOTHING
Unusual for one of our Battery Repair jobs
, to last.
FREE ROAD SERVICE
Vaughn Tire & Battery Go.
Expert Tire and Battery Specialists
Phone 304 # p: & 4 Covington, Ga.
