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THE COVINGTON NEWS
A t Loyd
For Newton County and Her People.
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 38.
Miss Sarah Frances Crump
ton and (apt. John J. Smith were
united in marnage m Lynch
burg, "Va., Mt y-eignt years ago
today, August du.
.
Both were bom ana rearea m
the same section ot Virginia, in
1887, after the vicissitudes
dent to reconstruction days, they
began life anew in Georgia, later
locating in Covington.
Down the years they have
walked together. Sunshine and
‘hade have been their portion.
Through the glints and the
gloom, they have always given
open sesame to their home and
found time to spenk the encour¬
aging word, do the kind deed,
cheer the sad and rejoice with
the glad. church and
Their influence, on
town, hearts and homes, rests
like a tender benediction. As
they sit today in their little vine
wreathed cottage on Floyd street
Captain and Mrs. Smith have
the loving thoughts of many sin¬
cere and admiring friends, both
far and near.
If all they had done and said
to help the world be brighter,
could resolve itself into material
blossoms, Covington could not
hold the offering. Better still,)
the flowers live perennial in
memory, and their friends, who
,
lemon, rise up to call them'
blessed. i
May God bless and keep them
and cause His face to shine up-j
on them on this 58th anmver-j
r'.v, now, henceforth and for-;
evermore.
DAN UPSHAW HERE THIS 1
WEEK
Mr. Dan Upshaw, Agricultur¬
ist of the Georgia Railroad was
in the city this week, coming
from Baton Rouge, and other
iroints in Louisiana; visiting the
jGovernment experiment station
pt Tallnlla in that state. Mr. Up
haw will prepare an article for
text week’s paper regarding his
investigation of things agricul¬
turally.
The Georgia Railroad is putt¬
ing forth every effort in behalf
f agriculture along its line, and
;it is their purpose to bring to
jthe [tends farmers better all information farming. that
to
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Gladys Odum was in At
anta Tuesday. She will teach
t Egypt, near Savannah, leav
ng Miss Saturday.
Ora Upshaw was in At
anta Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Skinner and
aughters spent Sunday at
ndian Springs
Mrs arid Twiv f RnaV, rl io
Ir r
visit t 0 uiintn i
Miss Lena Mae Jenkins ac
ompanieri her father Idirier, dilute TnHire
r ank , Jenkins - - Wednesday and
vas the guest of Miss Florence
u ™ er while in Covington.
Misses Lucile Virginia Camp
16 ’"all °f of Jacksonville Jacksonville F \’ have L have nd FU re- re
« their homes after a visit
the Weaver-Pittman relatives.
Miss Dorothy Foster of At
anta is the guest of Miss Ethel
Viliams.
Miss Bessie and Eunice Skin
e ! spent Tuesday with Miss
rf WJ’ed Skinner
in Atlanta.
Jj mpo s s 3 Carrie reunion Beck of Davis the Davis at
, fin at Newborn
v last week.
J oc casion 'T honored ed 96 Mrs. and Mar
ry > a b r was
niiths k° me the Nestor
Announcement
z, a ? d Mrs Samuel Wolf an
’
'nkirth Tenn. of She a daughter, has
5? ?* artha been
Ellen,
emit (jj T e d as Miss * s Pleasantly Mary re
jPl55 htep f of Col. Milner,
and Mrs. R.
Oa .‘now nf °1 M Manchester, me u ly 0f C Tenn. ° Vin? -
in^l SL Wlth P earls Crescent and saffires, shape
lost °r
square in in some store on
indemi ^ OVm - £ton Saturday.
s antl 25® receive return to reward, S. Wilson ltp
, “ItSct CAR TOLL
IN SONG AND
| school While attending
at Emory
Miss Dorothy Foster submitted
j as required work a poem which
j j humor was regarded and quite as a rare bit of
meritorious,
To Covington, it will be of es
| formerly peeial interest, since the author
resided here and was
generally beloved.
The old Covington-Oxford
street car with Capt. Sim Wheel
er a ^ the helm, was an honored
-—• institution, desiring 1 • to go down
in history.
The poem follows:
If ever there were a queer old sight
Quite pokey, ’tis true, hut me,
just right,
To home-folks dear, though to others a
jest,
’Twas the old mule-car, that stood
every test.
It came and went on schedule time,
By the old courthouse where the
hours still chime;
It never failed to meet each train,
This old mule-car we’ll ne’er see again.
’Twas one of my earliest childhood
To drop in the nickies and hear the
noise;
Then off we’d jog with a jerk and
lurch
on the old muie-car to Oxford church,
sometimes if o’eriaden it quite left the
rail,
But never once failed to deliver
mail;
A symbol of days o’er the reign of speed.
Our old mule-car that met primitive
need.
—Miss Dorothy Foster.
Atlanta, Ga.
HOLLOMAN PRAISES BRAND
James A. Holloman, in writing
of a recent visit to Athens and of
some leading citizens of the Clas¬
sic City, says:
While in Athens it was a pleas¬
ure to see my good friend, Judge
Charles H. Brand, congressman
from the eighth, and I rejoice
with his own people of that dis¬
and with his multitude of
friends everywhere, that he has
not only been restored to perfect
health from severe illness dur¬
ing the past winter, but is
stronger and in better physicial
condition than he has been in
several months.
Judge Brand is one of the
hardest working members of
congress from any state. It was
his close application to the de¬
mands of his constituency, in
addition to a deep and na-j
interest in all affairs of a
tional nature, touching the wel-;
fare of his owm people, that;
hard worker, but he is one of
ablest and safest members
congress. He belongs to power
ful committees and they con
sult him on important matters.
tt; His viewpoint • nf moana means something. cemethincr
He is regarded as one of the able
lawyers in congress, and fre
quently matters of a legal nature
from his
q{ thg whole
And above and around it all,
the heart of Judge Brand beats
for the masses—for the farmer
in particular—who is not get
ting a square deal from some
government agency, or from
some interest that is profiting at
his exploitation.
MISS NORMAN’S
OVER
post, attending'to territory office duties for
and surveying her
able stay in the North
mountains and visited a camp
of Home and Farm Agents,
fall work with renewed zeal and
interest.
MONEY—To loan on well im
proved farm, 5, 7, and 10 years,
at 6 per cent Also make loan
on homes H T. Huson, Coving
t itc
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1923.
!™ E D ' ABY ° F A ST °
The following article is a
i ly and sufficient hint to the
Read it and profit by the
*
i 10 A. M. Another hot
; Wonder if I’ll be abused as
ling j was yesterday. If I am, I’m
to strike. Just disposed of
half chewed breakfast. We ran
for the train, which meant that
I was so jiggled about and so
tired that it took me twice as
long to do my work. Hope she
gives me an hour or two of
plete rest before anything more
comes mes my my way. way.
10:30 A. M. Two glasses of ice
water have just arrived. It
take all the energy I can pump up
in the next hour to warm me up
to normal again.
10:50 A M Half-chewed break
fast didn’t satisfy her and she
has bought some peanuts and
started eating them.
12 M. Peanuts have dribbled
along steadily since the last en
try. Think she has finished them
now, though.
12:30 P. M. Decided she
not hungry, and instead of a
good solid dinner sent me down
a cold eggnog, heavy w T ith
olate. Could have managed it all
r i g ht if it hadn’t been so cold,
but that makes it terribly hard
‘
to deal with.
1:40 P M. Was mistaken about
the peanuts. She found another
handful in the bottom of the bag
an( j now j have them to tend to.
2:15. More ice water.
3:10. She has been
some heavy books, and as
used my muscles instead of he
arm muscles, as she should
done. Tiredme more than digest
ing a six course dinner.
3:20. Some one has brought
us a box of caramels and she
has started on that.
4:30. Have received some
thing like half a pound of or
mels since entry. She said, “Oh.
dehr, I don’t feel a bit well. I
know the milk in that
must have been sour.”
4:50. We were invited out to
have a soda before going home.
Had a lemon phosphate and ran
for the train.
6:30. We played a set of tennis
before dinner, and here I am all
tired out and a dinner to handle.
7:00. Fried potatoes, green
corn, veal and blueberries. What
do you know about that?
7:45. We are going down town
for a chocolate walnut college
ice!
8:20. Go home and found that
someone had made lemonade,
She drank two glasses. That on
top of the college ice settled it
strike!
8:30. Have sent back the col- j
] e ge ice and the lemonade.
8:40 Returned the blueberries.
with it. Her mother says it is
probably the weak stomach
inherited from her father.
9:30. Doctor says it’s just a
little upset due to the hot weath
e r. Good night!! I- f t
CATHOLIC PRIESTS VISITED
HERE.
During the past week Coving
ton has been visited by two
Catholic priests, one was Father
Hayes, of New Orleans; the
other. Father William Farmer,
formerly of Covington, who was
in service in France and is now
in charge of a parish in New
j York,
E. L. MOORE GOES TO
SANDERSVILLE
Mr. E. LaRee Moore has ac
Light and Water Works, and
now m charge. .....
^ K. HICKS INJURES ARM
| While Mr. Dewey Hicks was
an( j caused a severe injury,
■ i Mr. Hicks is improving of rap
idly, much to the pleasure his
friends,
Any actress will tell you that
a puff in the newspaper is
two in the hair.
INDUS ™U., REVIEW
FOR THE WEEK
j death President brought Harding’s untimely
(realization of our country to a
the fact that safe
and sound Policies are blessings
to be preserved as the safeguard
the nation’s prosperity. Full
dinner P ads are more to be de
si red than economic strife,
i LaGrange—Richardson Chap
e h new negro Methodist church,
completed.
1 Montezuma—Large packing communi
ty house to be erected,
imodern machinery for grading
j peaches to be installed.
i Griffin—New cotton factory
constructed for Kincaid
Manufacturing Company,
! Savannah—Remarkable prog
ress made in the construction of
Savannah River bridge,
1 LaGrange—Local canning fac
tory o n Vernon street completed
and operating.
Savannah—Local Board of
Trade to move into new quarters
j October 1.
j Smithville—Carload of pears
j shipped from this place,
Augusta—Bridge on Greene
street, spanning Augusta canal,
soon ready for use.
1 Valdosta — Local loan and sav
ings company organized.
Watermelon shipments from
; Georgia in one day total 113
carloads.
j of Atlanta—New local postoffice installed substation in the 13
Fourth National Bank,
i Camilla—Two powerful new
with special road grad
equipment purchased for
j this county,
Atlanta—New $460,000 apart
merit house planned for Peach¬
tree street.
Dalton—$10,500 contract let
for two new bridges in the coun
jty. Canton—Georgia Marble Com
1
j pany opening new quarry near
here ,jo build railroad to work
in connection,
Augusta—Building permits in
i July show total of $78,860.
I Lavonia—Work begun on new’
filling station.
Macon—New boys high school
to be built on Holt Avenue, to
cost between $350,000 and $400,
000 when completed.
Gilmer—Georgia Marble Co.
to open new quarry.
Elberton—8,000 pounds of
chickens sold wholesale in one
day at 18c per pound.
1,739 miles of road under con¬
struction or recently completed
in the state, 568 miles still to be
done acording to plan.
Augusta—New theatre plan
ned at approximate cost of over
$150,000.
Bainbridge—New $4,500 club
house to be constructed by the
Bainbridge Country Club
Atlanta—Contract to be let I
building planned.
Atlanta—Georgia Railway &
Power Company offers $30,000;
annually for steam generated by
city crematory.
Savannah—C i t y creosoting
company to install new addition,
to import oil by tank steamer.
Savannah—Contract to be let
for new’ detention home for wo¬
men.
Macon—Work on Clinton road
progressing rapidly.
State poultry industry in¬
creased $1,500,000 last year.
Brunswick—G lynn county
road construction nearing com¬
pletion. Valdosta—Three 500-kw
new
transformers for local lighting
company received, to be used in
constructing hydro-electric plant
for city. -
Value of yield of American
fields and orchards in current
growing season is predicted as
more than $3,000,000,000 It is
m0 re likely to approach $8,000,
000,000 than to fall below that
sum.
Savannah—Local fish and oys¬
ter industry valued at $15,000,
000 .
Reports from banks in vari
timistic as to the outlook. There
has been no unusual demand on
the banks, tho in some sections
cost of producing the season’s
(crops than is somewhat last, which higher has this
year caus
led farmers who would otherwise
borrow to ask for accommo
dation at the banks.
MR. AND MRS. CARROLL’S
VISIT TO KENTUCKY
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carroll are at
home from a delightful visit to Ken¬
tucky relatives.
These trips have become annual re¬
creations, and are made primarily to
their children, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gat
liff and J. B. Jr., at Williamsburg. Mrs.
Gatliff was formerly Bessie Carroll,
universally admired and loved in this,
her home section.
As the guests of the Gatliffs, Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll were the recipients of
many attentions. They found Williams¬
burg a wonderful little city, nestling
between the great Cumberland River
and the Cumberland mountains. It is
a seat of learning, possessing the splen¬
did Cumberland college, the student
body of which numbers about 800.
WilliamsbWBg’s homes are colonial,
and her inhabitants include multi-mil¬
lionaires.
About 19 miles from W’illiamsburg
are the Gatliff mines, owned and op¬
erated by the Gatliffs. The Carrolls are
part owners of two large mines In that
section, paying good dividends, and op¬
erated upon the safest basis. Investi¬
gation found these mines in excellent
condition, villages up to date, schools,
churches and amusement places mod¬
ern and of the very best.
Kentucky was the native state of
Mrs. Carroll’s father, Hon. J. G. Wor¬
sham. Throughout the length and
breadth of the beautiful blue grass re¬
gion, she found many of her father’s
people and was given gracious wel¬
come. Some twelve towns were visited.
At London, Ky., they arrived in time
for a debate between the Cantrell and
Barclay political factions, in which
Cantrell was successful. Our own Prof.
J. L. Yaden was a speaker of the oc¬
casion.
Driving through the country, they
saw | magnificent town and country
homes, vast stock farms, fields of to¬
bacco, corn and wheat, all indicating
prosperity. The roads were fine and the
hotels a delight, white help serving, in
most instances.
They attended memorials for Pres¬
ident Harding, enjoyed movies and oth¬
er diversions. At Frankfort they had
the thrill of registering in the capital's
record with their children and young
grandson, J. B. Gatliff, Jr.
They were impressed by Frankfort’s
historic buildings and handsome stat¬
ues, and the spot where Gabel fell.
The itinerary Included Corbin, Lon¬
don, Danville, Stanford, Haroldsburg,
Lexington, Versailles, and other places
of importance.
Mrs. Carroll, with reverent loyalty,
exclaimed in conclusion, "I love my fa¬
ther’s state, home and people!”
CAPT. AND MRS BOATRIGHT
VISITORS
Among the distinguished visi¬
tors making stop-overs in Cov¬
ington, were Capt. and Mrs. John
Boatright and two lovely chil¬
dren, Nancy Allen and John, mo
t^ring from Cincinnati, Ohio to
Fort Benning, Columbus.
Mrs. Boatright is a great niece
of Mrs. J. J. Smith. The visit
of this interesting family was
made to Capt. and Mrs. Smith
Sunday,
They will be located at Fort
Benning where Capt. Boatright
will have important military du¬
ties.
MADISON CITIZENS WEL¬
COMED TO COVINGTON
Accompanying the Madison
team Wednesday were many of
the representative citizens.
The personnel of the team was
as follows:
T. H. Rentz, Dr. J. H. Nich¬
olson, W. T. Ray, C. M. Cohen,
J. S. Wilson, L. W. Baker, Vance
Little, Geo. S. Perkins, Marvin
Griffith, Albert Turnell.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
W. B. Dillard, Pastor
Sunday, September 2nd, 11
o’clock a. m. Subject: Welcome
to Teachers of the Public School;
and a word to parents.
Evening, 8 o’clock, subject:
Message specially to school chil¬
dren.
WANTED—A good farm
close to school well occupied with
good houses and good water and
good pasture. I have plenty la¬
bor to operate same without
help. J. R. Lamb, Covington,
Ga., box 25. See me quick
38-4 lp
It takes just three people to
keep a secret properly, but two
of the three must be dead.
11.50 Per Year In Advance
JUDGE JENKINS
ADDRESSES LEGIONAIRES
AT BIG BARBECUE
The local Post of the Ameri¬
can Legion scored a signal suc¬
cess Wednesday in the big bar¬
becue served at Spring Park.
The flower of Newton county’s
young manhood was represented
in the hosts of the occasion.
The improvised stage was
gaily decorated with flags and
bunting and the star spangled
banner waved proudly o’er the
patriotic scene.
An air of festivity prevailed
throughout the day. Tables, es¬
timated at a space capacity for
500 people, were loaded with all
the edibles that make for a com¬
plete barbecue. The supply was
bountiful and everybody was
filled.
The financial receipts were
gratifying. The surplus is in¬
ter ded for a revolving fund for
the aid of disabled ex-service
men.
The outstanding feature was
the after dinner speech of Judge
Frank Jenkins, of the Court of
Appeals.
Judge Jenkins selected a pas¬
sage from the 90th Psalm: “For
a thousand years are but as
yesterday.”
American history divided into
three days, by Judge Jenkins,
the events of which were re¬
counted with masterly eloquence.
Glowing tribute was paid to the
Confederate soldiers and World
War Heroes.
Judge Jenkins is easy, natural
and forceful. His voice is clear
and compelling.
Col. A. L. Loyd introduced
Judge Jenkins in a few apt
words, direct and well chosen.
The day’s entertainment con¬
cluded with a ball game between
Madison and Covington! Posts
in favor of Covington.
HAYSTON ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Stone Hays entertain¬
ed with a singing last Saturday night.
Several from here attended the sing¬
ing given by Miss Verdell Dobbs, of
Starrsville last Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Curtis’ week-ei
guest was Mrs. J. E. Roquemore o
Empire, Ga.
Miss Allene Dobbs gave a singing on
last Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dobbs visited Mrs.
Emory Hays Sunday afternoon.
Misses Verdelle Dobbs and Lucile
Curtis spent Tuesday night with Miss
Allene Dobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Curtis and Lucile
Curtis visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dobbs
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Curtis and little
Lois visited Mr. and Mrs. Parish, of
Starrsville, Sunday afternoon
Miss Allene Dobbs spent the week¬
end with Miss Verdelle Dobbs.
Several from here attended services
at Brick Store one night last week.
Miss Dorris Calvert, of Pine Grov;-,
is spending a while with Miss Allene
Dobbs.
Rev. Arthur Jackson, of Barnesville,
delivered a vary fine sermon at Dm
Presbyterian church on last Thursdav
night, a large crowd being present.
NEGROES ARE VICTIMS
OF DEADLY GAS IN WELL
When the home of Mr. Chas.
J. Tompkins was destroyed by
fire on the night of August 15
some of the burning timbers fell
in the well. On the following
morning a negro, Elbert Davis,
was employed to clean out the
well. Before reaching the w’ater,
he was overcome by the gas, and
it was late in the afternoon be¬
fore his dead body was recov¬
ered by means of a grappling
hook.
On the following morning
another negro lost his life in
the same manner, the victim
this time being a w’ell digger
from Jackson, named Allen Tur
nipseed, a one-legged negro. Told
of the dangerous condition of
the well, he claimed to be the
“daddy of gas” and without any
fear of its effects.—Monroe Ad¬
vertiser.
One million persons find em¬
ployment in the nation’s electric
light and power, gas, telephone,
electric railway and water sup¬
ply industries.
It’s very evident that most
auto drivers think the signs,
“Stop, Look, and Listen!” are
placed at the railroad crossings
for engineers to read.