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THE COVINGTON NEWS
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 10.
UCH DAMAGE BY
BIG BLAZE LAST
THURSDAY NIGHT
liuildinj* Owned by Covington
Cotton Oil Company Burns to
Ground. Godfrey & Candler
Suffer Heavy Loss.
Last Thursday night occurred one of
jihe biggest fires in the history of tin
.ity, though not the largest from the
standpoint of damage to property.
The large wooden building, 60x150
L e t and about fifty feet high, former!\
( ,
lsed by the Covington Cotton Oil Co.
is a storehouse for hulls, burned to the
ground, the blaze being discovered jus'
ipfore midnight.
For a time it seemed that the whole
ijloek was doomed, but prompt work on
he part of the fire department kept
he fire from spreading. Two outhouses
n the yard of Mrs. C. A. Wander, which
vere within fifty feet of the burning
'structure, caught fire from the intensi
heat and were destroyed. The firemen
succeeding in getting a stream on Mrs
Wander’s residence in time to save it
rom catching.
Two other buildings in the oil mill lot,
me formerly used as a gin building and
he other as a seed house, were ignited
nit the (lames were extinguished before
riuoh damage was done. The position
if the burned building required the use
bf very long lines of hose, which cut
down the pressure and handicapped th
(firemen to a considerable extent.
The building contained much macliin
try formerly used by the Cotton Oil
Company, and was leased four months
go by Godfrey and Candler, who were
heavy losers. This firm had just unload
jrd 275 tons of cotton seed hulls and 750
bushels of shelled corn. Two large ma¬
chines for sacking hulls, and a new
|grist mill were destroyed. The firm had
just received five carloads of hulls and
\ urn; two cars had been left on the
,nain line of the Central Railroad, and
escaped damage. Two cars which had
ust been emptied were standing beside
lie building, and were badly burned.
In an interview, Mr. Candler stated
hat his firm would later rebuild for the j
purpose of carrying on their milling
usiness, which was supplying custom
is in several adjoining counties.
The total loss of this firm is estimate 1
t $6,000, of which $3,000 was covered
iy insurance. The Covington Cotton Oil
ompany carried insurance amounting
o $4,;>00 on the building and machinery
Inch it is said will cover their loss.
iEV. BRANHAM SPEAKS
IN NORTH COVINGTON
Rev. Henry F. Branham addressed
he North Covington Social, Charitable
m! Co-operative Society in the North
ovington church Sunday afternoon.
A good number of the members it
ended, and the presence of the ladies
as most gratifying.
Rev. Branham spoke on the social
ini < heritable features of the organi
ation, interspersing his theme with
are bits of humor and anecdotes.
Hie society is planning to have Mo>
an Rlake. of Atlanta, to lecture in the
ear future.
11 RNS STILLWELL RE
FROM HOSPITAL
Alter a week's stay in a private
san
° m,m in Atlanta, Air. Warren
Stl’.l
eU has returned home. His friends
are
< "Uraged by the
report of the phv
Ifmns ' and hope that it will not be
before he will be able to be out
am.
' St illwell was accompanied to At
'ita by Air. and Mrs. R.
nd E. Everitt
Air. W. R. Stillwell.
j.*- sl ORTSMAN’S W - PORTER ATTENDS
CLUB
nn > /’ m Porter w as in Atlanta re
attendance upon the regular
‘ n s "f the Sportsman’s
h ‘ ch ha * Club, of
a member.
' anS W '° ro mad
e for an outing at
1n<i flf, hing preserves in
>rth e0,gia
' Where the
ten naive ’ club owns
property and has erected a
mmodious club house.
On Frid, ay afternoon,
'suit Feb. 9th, I left
rZ { T Mangel ' s and
om hamberlin a package
Johnson DuBose Co..
nion ZLT" • ’;° th Cent, Aether, at the sub
ider ’ al Ralh '° ad The
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n bpf. return to Aliss M. V. Hol
ird. Uatonton, '! G a „ a,,u and receive receive re
2tp
A Cratch in
rm. time saves nine. Kill
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WOMAN’S FACE ON NEW
FOUR CENT IT. S. STAMP
Atlanta, Feb. It.—For tile first time !
in the history of this country, a w >- :
man’s face wil adorn a postage stamp.:
The likeness will be that of Martha j
Washington, wife of the first president.!
The stamp will retail for four cents. |
The new Washington 2-cent stamp
and Martha Washington 4-cent stamp
have been issued, and will soon be on
sale at all postoffices, according to the
officials of the Peachtree Arcade post
office, where more stamps are sold than
in any office of similar size in the
southern states.
We strive to please, and your satis¬
faction is our success. Pennington Drug
Company. ire
CIRCLE .MEETINGS MONDAY
The four circles of the W. M. S. of
the Methodist church will meet in their
neighborhoods Monday after¬
noon at 3:30.
OF MATRONS’ CLASS
OF BAPTIST CHURCH
Please note that a part of the name
of our class has been omitted, and
hereafter we shall be known not as the
“Young” Matrons’ class, but as the Ma¬
class. We thought it l>est to make
change, not lliat any of us are old,
still none of us are young.
About 30 members met at the home of
Butler Rogers on Thursday. Feb.
for our business and social month¬
ly meeting. Airs. Rogers was ably as¬
in entertaining by her committee.
After the business session, the meet¬
was turned over to the committee,
the social part enjoyed, a feature
which was the drawing of comic val¬
A great deal of fun was afford¬
in this way. Refreshments were
and everybody went home feel¬
better for having had this pleasant
together. There are about 43 on
and we would like to have every
present at these meetings. While
we want you a< Sunday School every
if you don’t get to come as reg¬
as you would like, don’t feel like
who was heard to say, “Oh.
I haven’t been to Sunday School
this month, so I would be asham¬
to go to the social.” That isn’t the
we would have you feel. This class
a business and social meeting on
second Thursday afternoon in each
At this time the business of the
is attended to and the social hour,
bright program of entertainment
amusement, and the serving of
simple refreshments gives occa¬
for the cultivation of the “get-to¬
spirit in the class.
These meetings are your meetings,
if > r ou are interested in your class
should be there to carry on its bus¬
iness. The purpose of our meetings is
business, and the social part only a
matter, so, speaking to the
ones, we will look for you next
time.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Carl Aench
our class has been divided into
two sides, or two colors, yellow and
white. Airs. Childs was elected as cap¬
tain of one side and Mrs Merck of the
other, but Mrs. Childs being teacher
interested in both sides, asked that
someone take her place as leader, s.i
Carl Aenchbacker was elected to
fill the place.
At the end of six months the side
which has had the better attendance
will be entertained royally by the other.
Since the whites and yellows have lined
up against each other, much interest
and enthusiasm has been manifested.
Matrons, if you have grown indiffer¬
ent, now is the time to quicken your in¬
terest. Come and help us to enjoy every
lesson as brought to us by our efficient
teacher. Mrs. Childs, and take part in
our contest. Line up with either the
yellow or white, and pull to win.
Suppose that every matron already
enlisted in our class should undertake
to enlist one additional member in some
form of real service; get just one to take
the first step aind start coming to Sun¬
day School. Use the telephone! Write
a letter! Make a personal call! Let us
make some individual resolution that
each of us will be busy about the things
that we ought to do in our Master's
service. Next week there will be a list
of each side published in The News.
Class Reporter.
Pure White Leghorn Eggs. $1.50 for
15. (Wycoff strain) Special price per
hundred. Mis. AY. C. Benton. Mansfield.
Oa., Box 3. 10-12 p
Chloredenta, the scientifically prepar
ed tooth paste. Give it a trial. 50c tubes,
23 cents, while they last. Pennington!
Drug Co. ltCj
BIG FARMERS’ MEETING
A big- meeting of the farmers, merchants and
bankers of Newton county will be held at the
Court house on Friday, February 16, at 10:30 A. M.
for the purpose of discussing the proper fanning
methods for this year.
Mr. Ira Williams, of the State Board of Ento¬
mology, who has spent twelve years studying the
} )() ]] Wee yjl 7 W ill gpeak x Oil hOW tO ITUSe COttOIl 1111
der weevil conditions.
Mr. Shields, of the Rogers stores of Atlanta,
will speak on how to make farm marketing profit¬
able, and how to prepare products to be accepta¬
ble to modern grocery stores.
Also, an expert will speak on co-operative
marketing. This will be the most instructive far¬
mers’ meeting ever held in the county. The court
room should be filled to overflowing.
_
LOCAL ITEMS
Aliss Josephine Franklin was in Ala
con for the week-end.
Mrs. J. D. Howard, of
was the guest of Air. and Mrs. N. S.
Turner for several days.
Mr. and Airs. James Carr, who
been in Washington, D. C.. since
ing Covington, are now at
Pa., registered at a historic hotel
mous in the times of Washington.
Air. and Mrs. L. D. Pritchett and
W. .T. Gober were in Atlanta
Airs. Pritchett returning again on
day.
Aliss Reed, of Bartow. Fla., is
guest of Mr. and Airs. W. O. Flowers.
.Col and Alls. C. C. King and
dron - Prof ' and Mr9 - R - P - Brooks
family, of Athens, were dinner
of Mr. and Airs. J. C. Upshaw this
Airs. J. O. Cooper and Miss Jule
well spent Saturday in Macon.
Mrs. J. B. Robinson is exi>ected
Augusta Saturday.
For Newton County and Her People.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1923.
NEWTON COUNTY
HAS COTTON BALE
FORTY YEARS OLD
_
Local Product Has Two Years
of Age in Excess of the Bale
at Winder.
Last week The News carried an ar¬
ticle front The Winder News stating
that Mr. R. L. Gaithers had perhaps
the oldest bale of cotton in existence,
having been ginned in Walton county
in 1884, making the hale 38 years old.
Mr. .1. J. Owens, of Route 2, Coving¬
ton, read the notice and called on us t >
give us the following statement con¬
cerning a bale of cotton owned by bis
aunts. He gives absolute proof of its
being in their possession for forty years.
This leads us to believe that this cotton
is older than any yet heard of.
The cotton is owned by Misses Geor¬
gia and Sallie Owens, of Oxford, route
one. and was ginned by Jim Harris at
All. Zion in 1882. The bale was owned
by three sisters, Misses Georgia, Sallie
and Fannie, the latter having died 33
years ago. The other two sisters are
now in the sixties, and have never sold
the cotton on account of its age.
Anderson Owens, father of the sisters,
lived at Alt. Zion for 63 years, and died
at the age of 33.
The cotton is in a 500-pound bale,
and has been inspected by expert cot¬
ton men, who say . that it is very fine
and in excellent condition, but shows
a slight yellow tinge.
HAS THE CLOCK GOT FLU?
The question that has been upper¬
most in our minds for the past several
days is, “When is a clock not a clock?”
We think an appropriate answer would
he, “When it shows 11:45 Sunday morn¬
ing for half of the succeeding week.”
Judge Peek is retained by the city to
look after the interior mysteries of the
clock, as we understand it, and we ar -
to see at this time that the genial
judge has succeeded in getting the
thing started again. We like to know
when dinner time comes.
This reminds us that we heard Mr.
Ballard, Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners, remark to
Peek that he was not sure wheth¬
or not he had authorized him to ad¬
the clock. To which the judge re¬
plied that he knew “durned well” that
had not done so. as the clock
to the city, and that the Com¬
had nothing whatever to io
its adjustments.
Aliss Allie Louise Travis was in At¬
lanta and College Park this week.
Delicate as the cobweb, lasting as
the hills—Brooks’ perfumery. ltc
Don’t forget or you’ll regret It.
Kill Germ. ltc
Nunnally's, The Candy of the South.
Fresh by express every few days at
Pennington Drug Co. ltc
In the District Court of the United
States, for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In re S. R. Smith, doing business as
S. R. Smith and Son. bankrupt. No.
7979 in bankruptcy.
A petition for discharge having been
filed in conformity with law by above
named bankrupt, and the Court having
ordered that the hearing upon said pe¬
tition be had on March 24. 1923, at ten
o'clock A. M., at the United States Dis¬
trict Court room, in the city of Atlanta.
Georgia, notice is hereby given to all
creditors and other persons in interest
to appear at said time and place and
show cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of the bankrupt for discharge
should not be granted.,
O. C. Fuller,
2tc Clerk.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
DOING A GOOD WORK
Atlanta, Feb. 15.—“The greatest Ma¬
sonic’ Work in the world today is the
Scottish Rite home for crippled chil¬
dren,” Forrest Adair told the members
of the Masonic Club at a meeting here
recently.
“The influence of the home is so far
reaching that similar institutions are
being established in all sections of the
United States, and will be within reacn
of all tlie crippled children In America.
The eyes of the world were not on the
crippled children until the first home
was established here in Atlanta.”
He praised the Afasonic Club for its
support of the Scottish Home for crip¬
pled children here, and declared that as
long as they serve Alasohry in this
manner they are serving humanity and
God.
The Scottish Rite home for crippled
children in Atlanta, which was estab¬
lished through the influence of Air.
Adair, is now recognized as one of the
best institutions of its kind in America.
It was due to its establishment that
the Shriners of America decided to es¬
tablish similar institutions in all parts
of the United States. Air. Adair was
named as chairman of a national com¬
mittee to recommend sites in several of
the leading cities of the country
.
COW MAKES FINE RECORD
We wonder if any one else in the
county has a cow to equal that of Mr.
C. J. Norman. This cow is a Jersey,
three years old this month, and is giv¬
ing six gallons of milk per day. One
gallon of the milk is used as sweet milk,
and from the other five gallons 3 1-2
pounds of butter per day are made.
If any one in the county has a cow
that can beat this production record,
wo want to hear of it.
LOST—U. D. C. Pin. Finder please
return to Airs. J. A. Wright. ltc
BERTH LEE ACCEPTS
POSITION WITH THE
STARR-SCHAEFER CO.
Mr. Berto Lee left Alonday for Cin¬
cinnati to accept a position as traveling
salesman for the Starr-Schaefer Co. Air.
Lee is especially efficient in this partic¬
ular line, and the position carries with
it exceptional opportunities.
Mr. Lee's headquarters will be i l
West Virginia.
FOR SALE—4 brood sows, farrow
March 15, 20 pigs 6 weeks old. Shoats
50 to 100 pounds. E. S. Cook, Rt. 1. ltp
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
FUNERAL OF FORMER
CITIZEN OF COVINGTON
The funeral of Air. Charles W. Hen¬
derson, aged 65, took place in Atlanta
Friday with interment at West View.
Mr. Henderson was the son of Gen.
Robert Henderson. He was born and
reared in Covington, on the lot now
known as the Swann home.
Mr. Henderson’s first wife was Miss
Clara Carr, daughter of Mrs. A. A.
Carr, and a sister of Airs. J. A. Wright.
She preceded him by many years. They
had no children. Air. Henderson’s sec¬
ond wife was Aliss Annie Maddox of
Cuthbert.
For a number of years Mr. Hender¬
son has resided in New Orleans, where
his death took place.
Besides his wife and sister, Mrs. Hill,
Mr. Henderson is survived by a brother,
Mr. Will Henderson, of New Orleans,
two nieces, Mesdames A. S. Burney, of
Rome, and Hugh Wright, of Covington,
and a nephew, Afr. Clifford Henderson,
of Decatur.
LAY ACTIVITIES PLANNED
BY METHODISTS
Below is a list of the various com¬
mittees appointed to serve the Metho¬
dist church this year. It is urged that
every person named will co-operate in
an effort to make the departments more
successful than ever before.
Christian Education
Airs. C. D. Gibson,
Mrs. E. E. Callaway,
Mrs. S. C. Candler,
Mrs. R. A. Norris,
Mrs. Evans Lunsford,
Mrs. J. A. Wright.
Lay Speakers
Mr. S. C. Candler,
Mr. C. D. Gibson,
Mr. R. E. Everitt,
Mr. W. B. R. Pennington,
Mr. A. L. Loyd,
Mis. J. B. Davis,
Mrs. J. W. Lee.
Missionary
Airs. R. R. Fowler,
Aliss Florrie Harwell,
Mrs. W. C. Wright,
Mrs. A. J. Clayton,
Mrs. W. B. Dillard,
Mrs. A. D. Williams,
Miss Julia Stillwell.
Stewardship
Mr. J. I.. Elliott,
Mr. it. it. Fowler,
Mr. J. L. Yaden,
Mrs. J. H. Wood,
Miss Charlie Porter,
Mrs. R. E. Everitt,
Miss Eppie Shockley.
Evangelistic Committee
Mrs. S. P. Thompson,
Mrs. T. U. Smith,
Mrs. G. T. Smith,
Mr. R. W. Campbell.
Mr. C. D. Ramsey, Sr.
Social Service
Mrs. J. B. Robinson,
Mrs. H. F. Branham,
Dr. S. L. Waites,
Dr. Luke Robinson,
Dr. W. D. Travis.
NOTICE TO LAYMEN
OF METHODIST CHURCH
A meeting of the laymen has been
announced for next Wednesday even¬
ing at the Methodist- church after the
prayer service.
Every chairman and committee as
published elsewhere in this issue are
requested to meet on this date to dis¬
cuss the activities of the Lay move¬
ment.
MAJ. GEN. TRAVIS ILL IN
SAVANNAH
Dr. W. D. Travis was called to Sa¬
vannah last week on account of the se¬
rious illness of his brother, Major Gen¬
eral Robert Travis, who was suffering
an attack of pneumonia.
The Sunday papers carried alarming
reports of the condition of Gen. Travis,
but the latest reports are more encour¬
aging. Dr. Travis has returned to Cov¬
ington.
UTILITY VITAL TO CITY
“Show me a community where the
local public utilities are not prosperous,
says Samuel Insull, president of the
Commonwealth Edison Company of Chi¬
cago, “and I will show you a commu¬
nity where there is no progress, where
there is no improvement from year to
year, and where the wealth of its citi¬
zens is not increasing.”
COLLEGE Number one select Cot¬
ton seed. Apply to S. A. Brown, Cov¬
ington, Ga. tfc
Exit Grouch town, enter Cheer. Kill
Germ, lto
MAN IS SHOT BY
POLICE OFFICER
EARLY SUNDAY
Shortly after one o’clock Sunday
morning Jim Hubbard, of Greensboro,
was shot and instantly killed by Police¬
man E. R. Bouchillon on the Central
Railroad a short distance from the
West street crossing.
Officers Bouchillon and George Wat¬
son were making their regular round
in North Covington, and when near
the crossing they heard voices in the
railroad cut. They stepped up on the
embankment and threw the beams of
their flashlights down on the railroad,
Hubbard, as soon as the light struck
him, drew a revolver and leveled It at
Officer Bouchillon, who ordered him to
drop the weapon. When he refused the
officer drew his own gun and fired one
shot, the bullet striking Hubbard in the
chest and causing instant death. The
other party or parties with Hubbard
fled before they could be Identified, and
thus far have not been located.
The body was brought to the under¬
taking establishment of W. R. Stillwell
later in the morning, and Hubbard'3
relatives in Greensboro were notified.
His father came to Covington on the
noon train, and the body was sent to
Greensboro for interment.
An investigation of the killing was
held by Judge J. S. Peek, and Officer
Bouchillon was completely exonerated,
the verdict being that he had fired In
self-defense.
Hubbard was about 28 years of age,
and had been employed at the Bibb
Manufacturing Company Mills at Por
terdale for the past two weeks.
MISS DOZIER, ARCHITECT,
VISITS COVINGTON
Miss Harriett Dozier, of Jacksonville,
Fla., was an interesting visitor to Cov¬
ington this week.
Aliss Dozier is the niece of Mrs. t\
W. Simmons, and was the guest of the
Simmons and Callaway relatives during
her stay in the city.
Her trip was primarily for th© pur¬
pose of looking the situation over to
design the house planned by Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Callaway for erection in
March.
Miss Dozier is a most successful ar¬
chitect and interior decorator.
COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
PLAYS HERE FRIDAY
Covington basket ball fans will be
given a treat Friday when the local
High School teams play two games on
the home court. The boys are lined up
against Alonroe. At the last meeting of
these teams, there was only three points
in the final score, and the
tomorrow promises to be close
hard-fought. The local girls will
play the quintet from McDonough, and
this game also should be interesting.
The fun will start at four tomorrow
afternoon. Admission prloes aro
10 and 25 cents.
IN CITIZENSHIP
The regular meeting of the class in
was held in the home of Mrs.
Pace Wooten Friday morning at
Mrs. W. C. Clark conducted the
The next study period will take place
the home of Mrs. P. W. Godfrey
at ten.
We wouldn’t suggest that married
men make a practice of it, but a Cali¬
jury returned a verdict of justi¬
homicide when a man beat his
to death with a club.
Remember that quality and accuracy
a matter of honor with us. Penning¬
Drug Co. ltc
DISSOLUTION NOTICE
I have this day bought the interest
E. H. Adams and S. P. Potts in the
of Hurst, Adams and Potts. I as¬
sume the indebtedness of said firm, and
hereby release said E. H. Adams and
S. P. Potts from any and all liabilities
of said firm. All notes and accounts to
be paid to W. B. Hurst.
February 10, 1923. Signed,
W. B. Hurst,
E. H. Adams,
10-13c S. P. Potts.
WANTED—Man with car to sell com¬
plete line low priced TIRES AND
TUBES. $100 per week. Sterlingworth
Tire Co. 646 Sterling, E. Liverpool,
Ohio. 1 tp
Kill Germ kills itch. Brooks Drug
Store ltc