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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF NEWTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COVING ION. Sl)JiSCKIPTIOIM, *1.50 a VLAR IIS ADVANCE.
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b£ OLD TIMERS OF
NEWTON COUNTY
meral Services For
rn I> C* ‘r»n Tlplr!
Here Wednesday
T. K Ginn. 34, one of the most
Mrs. popular young matrons
Emiucitt and died early Tuesday mm
[Covington, I, private sanitarium in At
a weeks
I.'"m ’ t - te r an illness of several
attack of influenza. Mrs.
t'wdie'was * in ' " formerly daughter Miss Mary
inres jeivis of Athens,
W. P. Davis and Mrs. Davis,
late hehl at the
funeral services were
Bal) tist church, here, on Wednes
t and
fteruoon at 3:30 o’clock,
*Jl,er ‘ \v H , conducted by Rev.
pastor. Interment was
>st View cemetery.
Airs. Ginn was a devoted wife
a loyal member of the
gton Baptist churcli, where she was
of the most active and valuable
ie of the communi
embers. She was one
best loved women and one whose
>rsonalitv radiated all the finer and
renter qualities of Christian service,
he'high regard in which she was by held
devoted friends was shown many
f
emitifnl floral offerings.
Mrs Ginn is survived by her husband
vo children. Martha Ellen, and Tinne.v
acker. Ginn, Jr., her mother, Mrs. W.
Paris, of Athens; two sisters. Mrs.
K Wingfield, of Athens and Mrs.
rank Smith of Greenville, S. C.; three
pothers, John and Edward Davis ol
Lthens, L„ and William Davis of Tampa. and
four aunts. Airs. A. C. Zachry
L Edwin.. Davis of Madison: Airs,
f. M. Crossley. Macon and Airs. Ed Du
[is of Lumber City, Ga.
R. E. F.veritt. Covington funeral di
Ltor wits in charge.
W. Mask Dies .
Charles
it Mr iiis <’Fo»ia» home ne.u . "V Newborn, on
lmm<1 «< N ^ p” l " lFMutow
„l ,-«■ ]W v|,l«m "<
v
o,
mw. He lea'es 1 peck
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Ua.t „f rortoftalo.
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Death of Mrs Hammond
at her home in Covington,
April 11. Hammond (nee
Mrs. AV. E. 37. She was
passed away at the age of
resiiected by a H who knew
a lady wide circle
and is mourned by a
She i« survived Dv her rt hu
AV- Fincher and t wee
fter. Air. ,T. mid
ghters. Ella Ruth. AVilhe
Lillie Grace. .".".'''t'.tolvi-li.
Tmn-ral savviiW X
H,v. I. >V. .'VI,N a. B«l
HammonH' ' m
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.1 c. Harwell and sun.
rectors were in charge.
W. C. T. U. Contest
j r T L
l'nder the
of Covington, a
“4i" work was ,.”,,1,1,. *a,ler»l,il.
of Miss Betty
Department. All HUh ntestants. The
ior High pupils were eo
ners of the pozes • ..
Elizabeth Muse, SU ’
drinks are harmful to community
by Miss Laura Jean
Junlor High ,v.Id not
chillon. subject. -Why 1 w *
•jdoy a known drinker”.
D. A. R- Pr* zes
direction of the Sergeant!
Euler the W, " T " J
Newton Chapter. D. A. R
e _
ot the m .e„t contest on an
in Newton County are
toric ^. Xt sis,t lW
prize w-won
is. her subject being Bill Young. j
Second Wise 1 hv
)“■' "*■ oxford" °' , ° r '
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TAX BOOKS 01 EN
CITY ,.iu be open for re
reiving *'‘3 city ^ . taxes. , 0 April P firs. promptly, B b f
sired that taxes he Mayor.
\ S. HOPKINS. Clerk.
.1. H. WOOD, City
5-1. «
THE COVINGTON NE- A f D
The Covington c-tar Est. 5874.
The Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1S64.
»> f. m. McCtmiy
Will you kindly allow me space in
»■,,, m®™***!™„ r Mr.*,,
county and the older citizens, since my
day in your county, most of the older
citizens and friends have passed away
by death, and a few who are yet living
have moved to other parts of the conn
try and I can recall only just a tew
who are still living. On my last visit
my heart was made sad to find so few
of those I once knew. My good friend
j and neighbor. Judge John R. for Hutche
I son. always has a good word
old Newton and her citizens all of
I appreciate, because of the love and
j interest I have in and for the county.
Good Example
During all the years sjient in the
f V ] t . au truthfully say of the
men of the town, that they
the highest type of manhood. Their lion
e <q v am j integrity were beyond quest
Jon. l will say that forty-five years ago
t bf > merchants were such men as Judge
Pace, the father of the late Col. Jim
Pace, Jim Corley Wood and Rogers
D. W. Spence. Thomas Shepard. Bill
Dorset, Bill Dee. Stevenson and Thomp
son, Dr. Pitts. Hunter and Anderson.
George T. Carr. Hearing and Guinn,
and others that i might mention. All
of the above merchants are dead save
one. They are survived only by Air.
j) av e Thompson, who I understand is
still living. I would love to meet him
once more in life, for he is a man that
has always been held in high esteem
by his fellow men. Every citizen born
and reared in Newton county should
feel proud of the example set by the
older ones.
Good Citizens
Since leav ing Newto 11 e o n n
j ty I have lived In several different
, M)1 ts of the country and I can say that
older citizens of Newton county
snowing a wpW» golden
each other, practicing the
for 1 would like to
nil,. Tl1 "''„. many
lsh to tax J»nr
i’,m ^—r:
and kind to * Heard was roy
“
tionoot and ™
in.
sf ’" W* T r",„,. 'I,'!!” oTnotad for their famlly| hon
Uv The Beleher
’«* -
Belcher were both unexcelled ti s
Jim of the greatest men
; it j zenfi „„t one County, and
that ever lived in Newton
brought more real sorrow
whose death of the people
and grief to the hearts Col.
different walks of life was
I of the Sheriff
Newton Anderson. year
the county for more Chesterfield,
He was a regular respect of
was brought in <mn
with whom in* ninl other
official duties. ^•anafnther
think he was the
of your present Sheriff.
Editors of the
word for the Editors
Now a published hl that dav one
papers and the oth
tbe the Covington cm b ra». tprpTise Col. hm
.
WaS ^n of the Star and Si
, waN editor " :1
" T
Ma* <»'" smilo «*<
,
lv admiredet al.
R Hightower. D who is
. Hightower,
Bainhridge. ^ghtowm/was” Ga. W^ere
engaged in the one of
Covington- ln «^ k T 1 ever
ri;rtChn..wn«ivesto..k dealers
th °
dealer «»
™
V^ ^ r f, to'see liim taking but to *n my M- *«r
i fom d Boh busy prom
, rls ^-^rdens c and most
that I had
j ^ the D '^ 1 * * ,s U re of dePll seeing inudahle. 5n , f ^ I xsmiUi d
.
avocation was him again,
P "Z\ . Lm- see
has
n,:,r siTi* both set. mv Boh ,!f ^
Frank Bnllare are was
and The White family
long friends, their day H. and T.
pr< nninent in and
very tbe owners
M. White, were n
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDA Y, April 17, 1931 5c SINGLE COPY Number 16
Trade Notes
Consolidated Five and Ten Store, Mr.
Hartsook proprietor, has taken over the
I corner room next,to his establishment
lately occupied by Miss Katherine Ma
j gt,til’s tea-room, extending his display
i room and adding to his storage capac
-
t| e ^ o( the , ral , 01IK
^ in pd The partiti on wall be -
^ wm , )e taken out .
> ^ „ Vm ,, lv n0 establishment of
^ ^ wnti ^ Gt>orgia that carries
^ ^ ^ ^ varied st(H . k th . u ,
j i lie" Consolidated.
j
Air. Jack K. Setzer, well-known auto
mobile mechanic and specialist has tak
en over the Supreme Service Station
at the Washington Street corner where
he is prepared to deliver service of
most meritorious kind. Jack is a
ory trained automobile man and
vies a diploma attesting his skill
training. Gulf gasoline and
are kept on hand and expert j
given on their application to the vari- j
ous fyiies of automobiles and trucks. !
Washing and greasing, repairs on all j
makes of automobiles and trucks will j
be done expeditiously.
experienced i
AV. H. (Red) Hitchcock,
electrieian, has opened up his own shop
at the R. E. Everitt Company where he
is prepared to do all sorts of electrical
work from servicing a radio to
ing a lighting system. On any electn
«i
called upon for consultation.
Alr. L. A. Patrick, popular citizen.
has aliened a Service Station in the
room vacated by Covington Chevrolet
Company, in the Campbell building,
where he will be glad to see and serve
his many friends with Gulf gasoline,
oils and greases. Charles Hill, compe
tent automobile mechanic is associated
with Mr. Patrick for the doctoring of
and disabled preparmi automobiles to ser ' ’ •
station is
managers Week at the famous
This is Boh Aining
^ ^ Manager acquainted
getting
In the
, in „ . in ,i served the public don’t
»«• "“»• M ™'
,|,„a to make M« aotnaMd'
aee the <•> *“•'
„„„ at the A&P Stove.
v has „„ di«pl«T
A new consignment the
h°ns has in." received by typewrit!
(ton | Good Ne\xs and om just medium carbon papoj
also for sab 1 here and typewriters
needs and your P»r<e
suit your A special bar
ready for delivery. ought
in a Remington portabR »
I tract somebody.
„
At Clark S
teacher in science after two
excellent work.
A Big Egg
Emm the Barred Rock flock of hens
nvne.L hy J. P. Dobbs, (“t me to
L * offi( , p a sjieeimen of egg that
igJi ed four ounces and measured six
^ ^
Oxford P. T. A.
Crescent Club Orchestra pv
The their d^htrid
anotl) er of
Fri(1ay evenimr * ^
of (
largr<3 number many
ng people with the
^ voll surrounding towns
fh c
th T-e^auother
* “ U,„ert. >»'
alto »!*<
of a cotton factory in thej
Kntr b White
. M Hng
n»rl
his Zu after
active busine
The report of the Palmer-Stone
the provision of a first aid kit
N-nnemus
time providing a fine social'l/.r'k
the interest alert during the en-
tlallta
^ ^ ^
< ^ WaW er Branh
and -hrubhery was placed on
«
f " rnlj,he<1 fw undernom- *
, . , ^ ^
^ n n .' '» the March treasury
11 he us d to help teachers who have
In *.«.«, Hmi bank.
and Ails. Jimmie Morgan enjoved
^ tfnI 'Middleton and Mag
ha Gardens. Charleston. S. C., dur
; the week end.
^ lmt friend not least the 1 ^ Kev
of oxford. His
istian life has bom a
in which he h»
the Christ. He 1
* f ;r _ of lr.Vk'
» patlivv
ha influence
. .
to shape my 1
me h 1
better.
Jonesboro. Ga-
Franklin’s Fire
Sunday night about midnight the
alarm was turned in that the Franklin
home in Montioello street was on fire.
A little bit later the fire truck arrived
; with a small festoon of our gallant
fire-laddies attached thereunto. The
fire was in full evidence on the roof
„,»; attempt was made to use the
chemical. This by experiment was found
inade<iuate and then on the arrival of
the fire chief attempt was made to at
tacit the hose and use the fire engine,
p or some unknown reason Die fre en
I ^ne was run down Mont h ello street for
! some distance to a fre plug 2<K> yards
distant instead of attaching to the plug
directly across the street from the fire,
-gy this time the flames had spread over
the entire roof and a feeble stream was
played, mainly on the side of the house,
After much effort with not enough
i stream No. 2 was liberated but not
fore the roof was burned away and
i second story ruined.
Neighbors carried out nearly all
furniture and objects of art for
which the Franklin home was noted
an ,l the loss to the contents by brenk
was very small,
Fortunately there was no wind so
that other buildings were not ignited.
Much criticism was made as to the
handling of this fire and although it
^ nnkind to criticise a volnn
( .ompanv. it is the opinion of
^ ^ lvspon sible people that we need
^ ^ (lom . dinati on in the department.
of fhp most prominent fire insnr
remarked to the writer
care f fire hazard, rates- would be
raised on Covington property, Tbis
would be expensive and unpleasant.
Coy. Elects Teachers
At the last meeting of the Board of
Education, the faculty for the Coving
ton Public school was elected for l!k»l-
.
rin ^ ..f aar si-hool \\
by a unanimous vote of
as follows:
^upt., A. W. Baldwin; Prin. c.
Inwkins; Aliss Betty Pieratf,
ml Teacher-Librarian; Aliss
tadford, Latin and French; Miss
c McClain. Science; Airs. Luke
son. Jr., History.
Junior High—Mrs. Neal
.. . Dss
g is i . Eleanor , pip-r, Hist,
Pg.: Miss Alaxine Royston, Aritli.
j laminar School Aliss
jswell. 5th Grade; Miss
he 4th Grade; Aliss Dorothy
'Gii e. -Miss Lucy Robinson.
J. K. Plilllpu,
W. K. Swann, Special Grade.
Miss Fletcher Lou Lunsford, Piano.
>liss Myrtle Estes. Violin.
fter many years <»t faithful work
Librarian. Mrs. Annie Pace Wooten
from her post which she has
with great
Air. Bowen
Air. and Mrs. Frank Aln.and
Several from here attended the sing
’"r,::. r i :i ]
;:z
' S ’" near Fort
erdilc Duke h^ho^ t.o t™Vn f
terdale and gh-e
^Mr^Adars^o^Athons with*Rev'and T"/
dav Mm
joe was a |
^ last week
,, and , ,, Mrs. John ;
• r. Day of near Cov
were recent guests of Mrs. J. T.,
MOls.
Miss Ja.xp.e 1,.. of Shannon is vis
Ring her mother, this ™T week
^ son of Bibb
^ ^ l»«t. week with Mr. and Mrs.
J. o. Porter.
Mr. ,, Grady ,, , Hillev and familr have
“ P ’ >rt " r S ' NV '
Airs. C P,. Drennan is hack home af
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Alisses Mary Deane Blankenship and
INTERESTING NEWS
ITEMS FROM PORTERDALE
Girl Reserves — Troop A
The Girl Reserves held their regular
meeting in the club room on Monday
evening at 7 :00 P. AL
The president. Evielyn Parr was in
charge and the devotonai was led by
Mary Deane Blankenship, after which
a short business session was held. The
program was dispensed with since the
tint" was needed to practice songs for
the 'Macon banquet.
The band gave a short concert in
chattel Monday and will each Monday
from now until the close of school.
The self-denial fund is growing nicely
and is fast adding to the treasury for
camp funds.
■More than a hundred visits to the
sick and new comers were maf ] P (luring
the week. Ten trays and a number of
bouquets were also sent.
Hikes are being planned and all are
much interested and camp require- >
meats are being worked off.
Aliss McCall told about the plans for
the trip the girls will have while they
are in Macon.
Airs. Pearl Taylor plans to he present
at th'- meeting next week.
Forterdale expects to land in Charles
ton or Savannah with more girls than
in any previous year.
u "• *• 1 lash
present . the u
There were forty m
Sunday. *.«. It n- was «, a .i* pleasuie «<■»»«'»; to , ■
president. Mrs. Drennan lm.-k ogain
! She made a very interesting talk abm t
| the S. S. she had been attending in
| T1 ’ P ° ,asS ^ve
to There twelve are members several last ^ Bnja, who wHi
awarded pins soon. Ah-. <>. I.
of Covington was a welcome visitor.
Airs. Day, our teacher, gave us a
interesting lesson.
...c ________________________ <»omrm s 'Missionary RocJefy
the Methodist church met last
day afternoori. April S. in
with a very good attendance. Miss
Baird presided. Reports of the
and committees were given. The devot
iomil was led by Aliss Geraldine Wheel
er. Miss Baird rejiorfed that the niglit
circle had been organized and had lie
gun to do good work. A very interest
ing program on illiteracy was ■dveii
and then the meeting was dismissed
by Aliss Wheeler
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Don’t forget the Woman’s Club pound
party next Mondav night r.vr'y April •’<> i„
,1* m „ m
Is invited to come and bring a guest.
Aliss Lois Loveless of Grayson <i>ent
last week with her brother. Dr. j. a
Loveless.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hinton of sVotf
dale were here Thursday and Friday
to attend the funeral if Mrs.
mother. Mrs. Nancy AValdon.
1’he Porterdalie Afethodist Lesigne
was well represented at the Ileague
Institute wh*ch was held ;jf Oxford
April on
10-11-12.
Mr. and Mrs. .7. R. rq m .kett of Colum
bus. AIesdan.es Mae Arnold. L ila Ter
r.r. Messers Sam and Ollie Finley and
Johnie Arnold. Jr., all of Porterdale
spej,f ‘^nday with their uncle, Mr. C.
( at Roswell.
' Mr ^ M V '' ' f r*
Th- many friends of Mrs. Al R.
Aiiughn regret to learn of her illness
and wish for her a speedy recovery.
Alls. 1 Berry of Covington was
the Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Day.
M ’ SS ° ,ilra Rnik ‘ v of Atlanta spent
^ ^ Wlfh hW pa rents. Mr.
and Airs. Joe Bailey.
Air. Mack -Morgan of Atlanta spent
the week end with Airs Morvnn at the
home of Mr. Brvant Jeffries
The many friends of Mrs. Jeffries
arc glad to know that she is improv
ing after a long illness.
Mr. and Airs. John Alexander and
children and Mr. and Airs. M. (’, Ream
and children s ' I ‘ onf
‘iu . Atlanbi
visiting relatives
Aliss Katherine itu ber,™„t l h
- vW. to m- W.
Air. and Mm ^ohn' zack Cape* an
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JeanX’ ^ ^ ^
Co-operation of
AH Forces Make * 3
Power and
Prosperity.
Will Give
Tickets to Strand
Talkie, on Monday
of the News, With Tickets To
•‘Hell’s Angels” Attached, Be
Thrown Out By Noted Flyer
Here Next Monday.
Next Monday and Tuesday. April
and 21st. the Strand Theatre will
present the greatest of all airplane
features when ‘‘Hell's Angels”
will he the outstanding attraction.
On Monday afternoon at .> .30 P. M.
Mr. Ben Epps. the dare-devil aviator
will fly his plane over the square of
Covington and drop from his plane free
tickets attached to a copy of the Cov
ington Ni ws, which will he good for
admission to the showing of this won
der picture of the age, “Hell’s Angels”.
^ "’ill do many thrilling stunts in
the air. so lie on hand Monday after
noon, around the square as you may
get a free ticket to the Strand.
This feature is presented to the pub
lic of Covington with the compliments
of the Covington News.
Oxford Commencement
The commencement sermon before the
comhined graduating classes of the Ac
;;'jz wlll be de
„„ Mw 31 *. „ y PreMm ,
i w C x at Oxford. The literary ad
■ ■
, •
* J wl „ be given on
June at t « :S0 o’.
; • Oo.Klricl. C. White, of the
M | ^ psm . |ws wiu take
| , P ; Memorial church. Among
^ ( . lass . lthe fir st to ever
., s „ Ju „i or College are
j the following from Newton County:
John Booth. Katherine Epps. Chester
land Wilbur Jones. Charles Tester. Ruth
Oiliim Stewart Sewell. John Statham,
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<n< * rha , w
v
I 1 :,norv V< t,lf “ Jnnior P°Hcge Day. on the
' Fniversify campus. May 1st and
I “ n,1 ‘ t,lf * Oxford Junior College will
tflf> s ide of the free
question against the Junior Cob
lege of the Atlanta campus, in the re
< fJnt J,,nlor ro,, «”o debates the Oxford
<1( * ,,; 'ters lost the negative to Wesleyan
^^thodisf College, at Central. s. a,
} ' m? f, "‘ "^rmafive at
Speakers for the negative were Clyde
Hay and Wilbur Underwood ; for the
Imvern of Monroe
: " ,(l ri,i,r1 ^ ^ster of Covington.
t
J**. Music Club Notes
The Covington Junior Aluslc Club,
under the direction of Miss Fletoher
1 mi Lunsford met at the home of Mrs.
AV. S. Cook. Saturday afternoon.
Quantities of flowers added charm
to (lie spacious drawing and living
rooms.
The guests of honor were Airs. Ar
monrt Carroll, honorary president for
life of the Atlanta Music Club and sev
nTj ^ >f , '"‘ ""mn-al r program. ,>rftSenf ^ a de
"' otl "‘ rs of the Junior Mimic
Club were invited guests. During the
social hour musical games were enioy
ed after which sandwiches and tea
served. were