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COVINGTON NEWS
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF NEWTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COVINGTON. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. \
VOLUME XXVI. NO. 19.
A PAVED HIGHWAY LOOKS LIKE A
CERTAINTY FROM HERE TO
Rockdale County Pre
pairing to Build Her
p a rt of Project at an
l-‘H h
c >qr
^ T ext Meeting Ol NfcJ
t 111 Commissioners to
Decide . - Oil t jv "RfVirl
Through Covington. ^
At a hearing attended by a large
miber of Rockdale citizens at the
capital last Saturday, the merits
ta to
j disadvantages of two routes pro
n l, through Conyers
e d for the highway
discussed at length. The decision
....
t jj e highway board, after hearing
,
cement pro and con was that the un
rn route, or the road as at present
ctablished, be paved.
Citizens representing the south side
if the city urged that choice of thai
oute would make for safety, in that
de crossings on /the railroad would
:ra
eliminated. Those favoring the north
ip
presented the argumnet that to
Ihange the road would damage property
[,. er ,, s ts which had become vested from
Ik* long use of the present route. A
ituch larger relative value of the pro
• ty abutting the route of the old road
, P3 offered also as additional argument
y this group.
While warm interest was shown in
L* discussions, the general sentiment
ippeared to be strongly in favor of the.
Lvod highway. regardless of which
L u te it takes, but with, of course, pre
broncos by individuals from each side
LS tO the route believed to be the safihst
bp' most feasible.
It is understood that work on this pro
■: which has already been approved
Iv the county commissioners and th<
Lite highway hoard, will begin at an
jarly date. An underpass at Ha mil
bn’s girl is understood to be contem
Lated, the road thence following the
1-1 highway to the county line. Con
[icte is the material to be used.—Con
jers Times.
Newton County Road Will Connect
This is the road that the Covington
i !.;h\vay, which will begin at the east
|rn Lest city lines on Floyd street riming
along route 12, will connect wit!
[i the Rockdale county line.
A -meeting of the Newton County
Lmmissioners will be called at an early
l.ite by chairman, F. D. Ballard and it'
latisfactory arrangements are made,
lurk on the road will begin about July
I, 1924.
High School Meet
* A 4- ’ey/—-.1.*
1
i’ht- Eighth Dist i k t High School Meet
i |iil Liu'il convene in Washington, Ga.
24-25-26 and that city is preparing
p entertain about 300 visitors as will be
pen from tae following item from the
Washington News Reporter:
I’’A committee from the faculty oi
Washington Hi, rotnposed of Mrs. Hub
f 1 Newsome, Mrs. John Callaway and
piss Lotion Mary McKenzie, working in eon
with th > Civic League and the
Purent-Tcaiher Association, is getting
puis worked otit for the district meet.
r hk 'h in but two weeks off.
n
Hus mooting will bring to Washing
L, n some 300 visitors for.three days.’
Covington Hi Will be There
I Covington will lie represented at th
U’l-ving by contestants in music,
Leal ahd piano.
Professor Yaden explains, that ou.
pigh School is interested and would
ike to enter contestants in all of the
'■icicut phases of the meeting, iVn
’’ tU ' to , * lt ‘ burden of this work falling
tut the upper class men, it has been
“und impossible. During the influenza
Pitlemic several years ago, school work
| ' 111 lV( ‘d and the present classes are
f 1 ' 11 feeling the effect. The Senior class
l !f *s had to do practically tyvo
l V() i’k in mie, this year, and the seniors,
like the ther classes, is unable to take
11 Any more out side work, such
as
entrance into the District Aleet would
Involve.
! ^oyai Arcanum
I Met in Atlanta
Tbu bi ennial session of the Royal
lAi'oa 1111111 " <ls held in Atlanta yesterday.
111 was represented at the meet
U Lester, who has been sec
i ’ lu, > r of the
state branch for the past
'' er «t.v-two
ho Wur-s, and R. R. Fowler,
i s Furman of the finance
Roth of these gentlemen will
,,nl ’aue in iff ice.
J. C. Sipple, of
V;lnnn h. will head lhe orsanization iM
■ h „
’ «“’• *»
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were re-elected.
JNG mi
A L Loyd
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1924.
^WARD OFFERED
FOR
A total of HH reward lias boon oft :,■
0,1 lor the murderers of A. Spence Wi
• ; )a ms who was found dead in his coupe
> )n March 27, 1924, about half a mile b
yond the Alcovy river bridge on route
12 on the state highway to Augusta, i
Newton county. ✓
Five hundred dollars of this
Will be paid by C. H. Williams,
Macon, father of the young man wlr
was murdered, and three hundred dol
iars by the State of Georgia.
Secretary Paul Walker
Arrived Yesterday
Mr. Paul Walker and family arrived
in Covington yesterday afternoon from
Ah .aindria. La., end were gladly wel
comed by a host of friends.
Air. Walker is the secretary of the
Newton County Trade Board, and will
at once enter heartily into his work, in
met he is already on the job, and from
his dat he vx ill devote his entire at
tention in promoting the co-operative
r pirit with the farmers and business
aett of Covington and Newton county.
Mr. Walker was a former resident
ml his friends are as numerous as his
acquaintances, and every man, woman
and child will unite with him in making
he Newton County Trade Board accotn
lish wonderful results for this section
of country.
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Covington Delegates
Report Convention
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The vision caught by the delegates
cent from, the Baptist Church to the
< onvention at LaGrange was given + o
he whole congregation, Sunday morn
ing, when the delegates took over the
••egular Sunday School hour for the pur
.king concerning those thing;:
.hat impressed them most at the eon
•entiyn.
Mr. Leonjous Lindsey spoke first, us
.ng as his subject, his general impres
sions of the meeting. Starting with
ihe warm reception given the guests on
their arrival, he told first of the’beauty
of their hostess citv; then of the wonder
ful church, , where , the meeting . was
new
held, of the vast crowd gathered
ther in Christ’s name, of the
speakers 1 present: 1 and then completed
his talk with a few words taken from
the speeches themselves.
Miss Florence Turner spoke next,
telling of the extent and power of the
Sunday School, how the different
churches were becoming more and more
aware of the opportunity presented by
the Sunday School for training the
young and thus controlling the future,
and how they were taking advantage of
this opportunity by the proper organi
zation and equipment. She closed her
speech with an outline of organization
for the Baptist Sunday School in Cov
ington.
Air. W. Trox Bankston, the last speak
er on the program, closed with a few
words concerning the final meetings of
the convention, when the officers were
elected and the meeting place for the
next convention was decided upon. He
reemphasized the words of the other
speakers and then turned the meeting
over to the superintendent of the Sun
day School, when it was decided that the
teachers and others interested in the
work would meet at the home of the
superintendent, Air. J. C. Upshaw,
day evening, for the purpose of making
plans for the carrying on of this work,
( LEAN I P WEEK IN
NORT1I COMNLTON
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Foolowing the Clean-Dp proclamation
of the Mayor of Covington the citizens
of North Covington had a mass meet
at the church of North Covington
Monday night, April 14th K. i>
on
Lester was chairman and ho made
cleat- statement of facts about the
sary work to lie accomplished in th,
community, which will make North
Covington the spotless community 0
the city of Covington.
Afayor, A. S- Hopkins was pcsent
offered his assistance in all the
| made by’the citizens.
Committees were formed as ‘
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Vacant lots. Park, Church and
i TheSc committees, not only will
the - clean-up work, but plans were
for beautifying all homes and streets.
Airs. A. B. Truss, of Atlanta, is
guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Meador.
Mias hle,an Meador ' " l ]‘ 1 h ' L ’ ,K “
lanta, ' has returned M »rr home. e
SPLENDID REVIVAL
1
METHODIST
Much interest is being manifested in
the , revival ...... which
is now going on h
ihe . T-,. hirst Methodist .. church - . tins . city.
m
day , •
morning . to . . large appreciative . .
a an
j congregation,
Sunday night the large auditorium o
tills church was filled with a eongrega
i hi that listened closely to the splendid
sermon delivered by the pastor, and
| lev. .!. W. Coffman, of Mansfield, con
ducted the music.
With each successive meeting the in
* crest is apparently increasing, and the
prayers of our Christian people of every
denomination are that it may prove one
of the most successful revivals Coving
ton has enjoyea for a long while,
I hat many souls may be saved and
newed interest in the Masters cause
may be shown by the church members
of all denominations.
MATRONS CLASS OF BAPTIST
s. S. ENJOY EASTER PARTY
The Matrons class of The First Ban
tist church held their regular monthly
meeting, Thursday afternoon, at
t church"
The class room was lovely with
titles of boxwood, yellow and white
narcissi® and the fragrant blossoms
crabapple. Hanging baskets added
to the attractiveness of the room. The
table in the center of the room was
ncert hy a tall slender vase of
Yellow and white were the
colors used in the decorations.
A little card, tied with yellow ribbon
and suggestive of Easter was pinned on
each member as they entered. Mrs. J.
L. Callaway, the president, presided over
the business meeting. Minutes of the
last meeting were read. Several im
portant matters were dismissed. Mrs. P.
M. McCullers, chairman of the
department, assisted by an enthusiastic
committee, arranged a delightful pro
gram.
"Little Margaret Dodd gave a reading
which , . , was enjoyed . , , bv all. ,, Rabbits „ , ». •.
E-A-S T-E-R- „ written ., on them ,, were
given . each , one present. The idea was
to make as many words as possible us
ing letters contained in word, Easter,
Mrs. King made the most words within
five minutes and was presented with a
very pretty , basket , , of . _ Easter eggs.
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Pretty 1 plates consisting ... of ,
' .'
*-ake , and a tiny yellow ,, chcken , .
served bv , Mrs. McCullers , r ,, „ and , . her com
rnittee. . Mrs. ,, „ S. „ D. „ Haynie, Mrs. L.
Pritchett, , Mrs. C. Leon Smith, ... and , Mrs.
P: M: McCullers:
i f Ot n -m/r ;»lf S. j Tpv
Payne Wednesday
Mrs. AV. D.. Payne, eighty-five, years
i morning
ot - age> died Wednesday at one
j thirty o’clock, after a several weeks
niness, at the home, of .. her daughter,
aj«j, P. J. Christian, on Floyd Street,
The funeral service was hold at Pat
; torson’s undertaking chapel, in Atlanta
; at i0:()o o’clock Thursday morning, he
i ing’conducted by Rev. C. J. Harrell, of
Atlanta.
She is survived by one son, Mr. A. M.
Payne, New York City, and four daugn
tins: Alrs. P. J. Christian, Covington,
Airs. L. P. Rosser, Atlanta AUs. A. J.
Rushing, Ennis, Texas, and Ajrs. John
Sullivan, Tampa, Fla.
M u or Hopkins Visits
The Colored Schools
Mayor Hopkins visited the colore-1
school children Tuesday morning, ad
j dressed the student body, touched on
j several points but especially, industry,
I telling that on Alonday morning he
1 mowed bis lawn before breakfaot, Tues
j daj . mornill g. built a bee hive, urged
! j each boy and girl to learn to do some
useful Work and do it well with their
| hands.
j People who work are the happiest in
the world, and idleness leads to crime.
Closing, Mayor Hopkins said, “You
have advantages in school buildings and
equipment, l never had. You have
good teachers and seem to be well
trained. Press on and accomplish the
most good. We live in the best little
let, make it better '
,.„v the state,
eoneerte.l eo-r>i>eratlon. I was tinea
teacher and enjoyed the work, I
love to teach , again. Its Tt , a „ gieat wotk. .......i.”
.
j i The Sunday evening services and the.
Wednesday evening Prayer meeting
services at the Presbyterian and Baptist
churches were not held this week, so
their congregations could worship with
the Alethodists in their revival
;! 11 ' 15 “ CofZn U a8siBled by th'. S i n g.
er, r Rev. Pec Coftman.
! LOCAL CHAPTER
TO HELP VETERANS
, i T1 i e local , chapter " ,r S
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Daughters ol the Confederacy
;
, . .,
with
j 1 he v- hbrarj was very attractive with
j vases ot dogwood and other spring bios
sums.
. A contribution of m cents per capita
>
was made to the Mildred Lewis Ritthn
ord- Historical fund.
1
A committee was appointed to arrange
for a day to be observed as Tag Day to
seoui'.- funds to send the vederans to
the reunion at Memphis, Tenn., in
June.
Miss Sailie May Soekwell was ap
pointed as him rim t>* send a contribu
tion of lo ai history for the scrap book
which is being compiled by the Georgia
Divion U. D. C. |
A committee was appointed to co
operate with Col. Strozier, who is cliair- |
man of Stone Mountain Memorial Fund
for Newton County,
An Interesting program was rendered j
1 ^ le different members of the enter
tajninp ommltt*. as follows:
Music—Violin deletion, by Mrs. James’
Anderson.
Tho f,,ur T ? rigadi,n ' Generals of New
ton .County..
A ske.u-h of General .1. P. Simmons,- i
by Mrs. It. E. Everitt. t
A sketch of Genoarl Robert Hender- |
son, by Mrs. John .Boyd. j
A " { Gem ' ral Ka Thomas.^ j !
*' lrs ’ iL H ’ Harro11 ’
A sketch of General “Tige” Anderson,
by Mrs. Will Stillwell.
The following ladies composed the
entertainment committee: Miss Sailie!
May Rockwell, chairman, Mrs. R. E. |
Still veil Mrs. H. John H: Boyd HarroU, and Mrs. Mr* Will W. j I
^ • k*- Jehn.
At the conclusion of the program n;
salad course with ice tea was served.
Rii H day Celebration
, Mr. and Mrs. Skinner
A happy occasion was the joint cele
brat I on, on Sunday. April 6, of the
days of Mr. W. A. Skinner and Mrs. W.
A. Skinner, of Starrsvflle. The affair
was planned as a surprise by the ehild
ren of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, and was
beautifully carried out, in every detail.
A wonderful dinner had been prepared
at the homes, , and , ,
various was smug- i ■
■
god in as the children and grandchildren i ,
seemed to gather fortuitously . to spend,
the day with their beloved parents. : i
No hint of the special significance of ,
the occasion appeared until the honored i
pair were ushered at high noon into the I
ditrinKroom ' where a ve-itable -feast
sproad. At Mr. Skinner’s place was a:
*
handsome enormous white cake, bea>-
ing sixty-six pink candles, At Mrs.
Skinner’s place had a beautiful, huge i
loaf of angel food, crowned with sixty- I
five yellow candles. The surprise was)
r. rmplete; the scene charming; and the
gathering animated by love and joy.
Present besides Mr. and Mrs. Skinner
were Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Howell and
son, Howard, of Starrsville; Mr. -and,
J Mrs. A. L. Harwell and family, of At
lanta: Miss Myrtle Skinner and Misses
Ruth and Frances Harwell, of Atlanta;
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Skinner and fami
ly, of Mansfield; Air. and Airs. Calvin
Alarkd and family, and Air. and Mrs.
Lee Marks, all of Mansfield; Mrs. Angie
Thompson, a sister of Mrs. Skinner and
Airs. Laura Cook, a sister of Mr. Skin
ner, both of Starrsville.
Covington Shriners
Visitors 2-t Athens
The Classic City of Athens was the
lneca foi all Shriners in this Section of
country yesterday. Among the distin
guished visitors present who wore • a j
l’ez were more than a dozen of Coving- I'
ton’s finest, and that they had the time
j of their lives is expressing it mildly.
(Among those present were: Joe Pitt
' W. .1.
man, L. P. Loyd, P. J. Rogers,
j Gober, Dr. S. L. Waites, Ferine Deer
ling, Emmett Rogers. J. B. Weaver,
Clarence Aleador, Paul Dyer, Leon
Cohen, Reginald Robinson.
| TUTS AT
“TTl.lt:
TARTY
Easier Boy km Robinson Dobson
entertained twenty little friends at
birthday party, Tuesday afternoon. at
the home of his grandparents, Mr. an
Airs. J. B. Robinson. The decorations
were in pink and white and the
ed ly cake held five pink candles,
Delicious refi'eshments were
Each little guest was given a pink sur
prise box, which, when opened revealed
a fancy cat, and a tiny Easter
(ha, couid n» and chea,,.
« BANKSTON
AND OWNER
WOMAN’S CLUB CO-OPERATES WITH
CITY IN CLEAN AND PAINT UP WEEK
SPLENDID PROGRAM
I OR MEMORIAL DAY
Procession forms at Library, at 2:30
march to cemetery and decoration of
graves.
Taps sounded and colley fired, by R.
O. T. C. students of Emory University
Academy.
Prayer and Benediction, by Dr. A. W.
Reese.
March to church.
Processional. Mrs. Fowler.
Song, Choir.
Prayer, - . .1. M. Tun,’in.
Reading, “Parading With the Boys of
. 03,/’ Mrs. Lynda Lee Bryan.
Introduction of speaker, Mr. R. P.
Lester. •
Address, Rev Walker Combs.
Song Choir.
Benediction, Rev. J. M. Tuiplin.
Recessional, Mrs. Fowler.
DEATH OF MISS MARY LYNDON
Georgia’s first woman to earn the
master’s degree from the University of
Georgia recently died, Miss Mary
Lyndon, who was dean of the women’s
department since the state ■ university
became a co educational institution,
She earned her degree in summer
school work before women were ' ad
mitted to the regular university courses.
Easter Services at
Baptist Sunday School
_
A «l>cctal program for - Easter . . has . been
arranged by the Baptist Sunday School
next Sunday morning and those who
attend will enjoy it.
Everyone who is not a pupil in the
other Sunday Schools are cordially in
vited to be present.
s<>ug_congregation.
Prayer—
The Significance of Easter—Martha
Perry,
Song—The Real Easter—Class.
Lesson Reading—Harriet Faust.
The Setting of the Lesson—Lucile
Higdon.
Solo— W'inhje Huson.
' Immortality, a suggested thought yf
)h fle „ i,.«=on—Mr u s,son Ihishaw opsnaw.
Song— Class.
ALIIM.E PARTY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Mi's. R. Tuck entertained at her home
Floyd Street, Wednesday afternoon,
honor of Mrs. II. Kellar, of Pensa
eo ] a Florida.
Bridge was played at two tables and
at the close of the game delicious re
-eshments were served.
The guests were: Mrs. J. R. Kellar,
Mrs. R. W. Trippe, Mrs. A. P. Wooten
Miss Julia Aiken, Miss Vera Kellar,
Mrs. N. S. Turner, Mrs. Joseph J. Hall
and Airs. A. J. Clayton.
Supt W. H. Ballard
Visits Coving-ton
State School Superintendents, Dr. X.
H. Ballard, was a welcome guest at the
public schools of Covington for a short
time Tuesday morning. He was en
route to Aladison and Savannah.
Dr. Ballard made a brief visit to the
different classrooms in the public
schools, and commended the pupils and
children for the splendid spirit which
they were manafesting towards their
work.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS MEET
-
q-ne teachers of the First Baptist Sun
day School, the young ladies class, and
several other interested members, met
;n day evening, at the home of the
superintendent. Mr. J. C. Upshaw, to
discuss plans for reorganizing the Sun
day School
Mr. J; W. Meritt,'Field-Worker of the
Georgia Baptist Sunday School, will be
.invited to come at his earliest conveni
< n<*e to aid in the work of reorganization
and to give a teachers training course
to those who have not already secured
a Sunday School Teacher’s Certificate.
It was also decided that a census be
taken of the town, which will show how
people are members of churches.
their church preference, if not members,
the number of children eligible for Sun
day School, also the children in Sunday
Schools, their names and addresses.
All of these steps are being taken by
t he Baptist that their Sunday School
may meet with (he requirement, for an
Ad Sunday Schooi.
TEN PAGES IN
COVINGTON NEWS
THIS WEEK
School Children Have
Creditable Parade
Around The Citv Park
Yesterday Morning.
Carrying Paint Brushes,
Brooms, Hoes, Rakes
and Flowers, Want
Spotless City.
L- accord \yl h ilse mayor’s request
for .•o-operatlon on the part of the
lad’cs of Covingto i in his efforts toward
a chaut- , ty, the Civic committee of
the ‘Woman's Club staged a unique lit
tle parade around the square Wednes
day morning.
The line of March was composed of
tii pupils of the first four grades of the
Public School. The superintendent and
the teachers of those grades gave valu
able assistance. Three of the High
school boys led the procession with a
" brass band”, composed of a toy drum,
a full sized trombone and a cowbell.
The slogan of the First Grade, who
were the leaders was, “Chase Dirt.”
The children wore white dresses with
large cut-outs of “Old Dutch Cleanser,”
hung around their necks. They carried
a can of cleanser in one hand and a
Scrub-brush in the other. Two had
long mops.
The Second Grade’s slogan was,
“Paint-Up.” Little boys in painters
garb of blue overalls and caps carried
buckets of paint and brushes.
Next came the Third Grade, who ad
vocated, “Pick-Up,” and proved it by
hauling numbers of old tin and wagons,
piled high with old tin cans.
One section of the Fourth Grade ad
vised their townspeople to “Hoe and
Lake,” and they looked very like garjl
ners. Or maybe they were preparing
the soil for the other section of their
grade, whose slogan was, “Plant
Flowers.” They had a beautiful wheel
barrow “float”, decorated with wisteria
and pink honeysuckle. The girls wore
wreaths of flowers in their hair and a
white lattice trelles intertrained with
pink running roses and wisteria, was
carried by the last two children, in the
line.
CARY COOK BROKE Ills ARM
While cranking his Ford Car the
other morning, Cary Cook, the popular
rural carrier on lloute 1, had the mis
fortune to break ills arm. fie is get
ting along nicely, but says he does wish
Henry would leave the kick out of all
Clivers. H. S. Cook is faithfully serving
the folks on this route until Carry Cook
recovers.
Coving-ton High
Defeats Convers Team
Covington High School opened her
schedule Wednesday afternoon defeat
ing the fast Conyers, nine by the score
of 8 to 4.
Norman, pitching ace for the locals,
.was on the mound and in excellent form.
McKluskey, on the hill top for the
visitors, pithed a very creditable game.
Conyers was leading coach Vaden’s
cohorts up until the 8th inning, when a
rally by the home boys resulted in 5
runs.
For Covington, Muse, Norman, and
Hays played well, while Captain Belcher
held down the center garden in his usual
jam up style.
For Conyers the playing of Almand,
Freeman, Oranade and Mitchun, was
good.
The Covington boys will return the
game in Conyers Friday week, April 25.
The Line-Up
Covington Conyers
Churchill 2 B. King F. 313
Hays S. S. Almand C F
Muse 3 B. Freema n 2 B
Norntan P. Stowers L. F.
Elliott G. B. F. McKluskey P
Dee 1 B. Oranade 1 B
Loyd C. Mitchum C
Wood R. F. McKluskey S. S.
N Elliott C. L. F. McCallum R. F
Belcher (Capt.) C.
X Hit for G. Elliott on 8th.
Umpire—Stillwell.
Trade Board Members to
Visit Livingston High School
Monday evening, April 28, at 7:30
o’clock more than 25 members of the
Newton County Trade Board, accom
panied by ah orchestra will meet the'
residents in the neighborhood of Living
ston High School and tell them some
thing of interest to all Newton County.