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THE
CHATTER
BOA
LOCAL—COUNTY—STATE
IiY THE OFFICE BOY
Miss Barbara Harris is visiting
friends and relatives in Social
^ Circle. She lives at 406 Floyd
Street, you know. . . That partic
ular house seems fatal to its oc
cupants, big, little and all. Every
person living there more than
three weeks develops what is gen
erally known as “gad-abouts.” You
can go there to call any time add
never find anybody at home. . .
,
Barbara, a young Miss of, not 9
summers, but 9 months, spent one
night last week in Social Circle
■ ■ . and she has gone again and
d.d not take her mother and dad
along, . , The most charming
youngster coming to Covington in
recent months is the young man
who has come to make his home
with the Aenchbachers, out on
Floyd Street. . . He’s making lots
, of friends, and knows he will
"® bis new home. . He thinks
.
new mother is charming. . . but
^ that Dad of his. . . well, he just
w thinks he is wonderful . . his Dad
says he does think he is the pret
tiest baby in the world, like many
proud parents do. . . but he chal
lenges you to f.nd one as pretty
. . . That’s the second ‘bit of
heaven” dropping right down to
earth on Floyd Street recently. . .
Little Louly Fowler is not jealous
of him though for she just knows
little girls are the prettiest. . . .
and besides if he grows as rapidly
as she has he will make a nice
schoolmate.
The Chatterbox can chatter
# about anything it wants to but it
J keeps chattering why not. about Its Covington not only
m . . . and . .
the prettiest town in Georgia but
it is getting prettier every day. . .
The road from Oxford to Coving
ton, with the exception of a few
feet, has just been beautified on
either side with spirea and crepe
myrtle. . . plans for the Covinig
ton-T’orterdale highway are com
pleted, and soon it will be a place
of beauty with shrubs and flowers
all along the way. . a hundred
or so roses have been planted
along the highway from The City
Pharmacy to Heard Filling Station
. Beautiful shrubs have
planted on the street by
Store and on the street leading to
The News Office. . . early in the
4 fall the U. D. C. planted English
Dogwood trees along the highway
leading into the city from Atlanta
and we hear the Kiwanis
* . . .
Club plans to plant about 200
English Dogwood trees beginning
at the square and ending at the
city limits, out Floyd Street. . . .
Three cheers for the organizations
behind the beautification of our
city. Dudley Glass received a
. .
postcard from B. G. W., he says,
who is a church usher, announcing
that conditions show a definite
improvement. . . “We’re still get
ting hardly any money in the col
lection basket.”. . . Jean Harlow
gets a divorce after 8 minutes
testimony. . - she claims he was
4 rude to her friends and read in
bed. This weary world!- . . .
. .
It’s getting the best of ye Office
Boy. Olin Miller says: “We’re
. .
not in favor of the elimination of
if- grade crossings. This constitutes
one of our most dependable means
for eliminating reckless drivers.”
So, I see in the Savannah Even
ing Press where the Chatterbox
has extracted from the famous Bill
Biffem an invitation for the love
ly Dot and Eleanor ?wann to visit
Savannah. . . Bill Biffem is a
wonderful host. . . Here is what
we read in the Press:
“BRING THESE ATTRACTIVE
SWANNS DOWN HERE AN'
WE’LL SEE THEY GET IN THE
* SWIM.”
Alright girls the ewimmin’ is
fine in Savannah and we will hold
Bill to this invitation this summer
■when we get our vacation. Thank
you very much, we will be right
there at High tide. . . Yours—
with water wings. . .
_THE OFFICE BOY.
P. S. Bill Biffem, you certainly
put the Office Boy in hot water
by sending that bit of “Corre<ted
Proof” on the following, “The
Savannah I’ress and several
OTHER prominent newspapers ex
press surprise at Linder urging
the woods to be burned every two
years. That word OTHER is
alright, but you know and every
T body knows the Savannah Press is
% the most prominent, the most in
* terestinig, the most read and the
“newsiest” newspaper in the state
therefore it was O. K. with
out that word ‘other.’ ”
editor knew that too. . . he found
n0 fault with that. . . yet
Office Boy caught it because you
addressed' the letter to "Ole delivered Man
Dennis,” and it was
promptly to him. . . you see he
t has just celebrated the 4th anni
versary of his 40th birthday. .
for my s£ik6 pIgslsg bG carGfuI as to
how you address him in the future.
Box j, c. 5fl Nixon tsm 5 - 1-40 e Covington X ews
Volume 71 The Georgia Coviugloa Enterprise, 8tur. Est. Est. 1864. 1674. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935 5c SINGLE COPY Number 3
JONES ARRESTED
IN GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA
Ralph Jones Arrested
Several Months Ago
for Burglary
WAS CARRIED TO THE
NEW ATLANTA PRISON
FOR SAFE KEEPING
Escaped Jail There January
24; Arrested This
Week
Ralph Jones, who was carried to
Atlanta for safe keeping in the
new “Escape Proof Prison” and
escaped several weeks later,
arrested early this week in
1 ville, S. C. He had been at large
for about two months despite the
efforts of Atlanta’s Police Depart
meat to capture hi m.
Although the Greenville
itiee said they intended to keep
Jones for trial on several burglary
changes, Chief Sturdivant, head of
the Atlanta Police Department,
stated that he would make every
effort to return him to
Detective Dailey, of the
department, was sent to
to request the Greenville officials
to permit his return to Georgia
and offer to pay expenses incurred
by Greenville police if they would
release him.
The prisoner sawed through a
bar and lowered himself by bed
clothing to the street when the
cement was barely dry in the
corridors of the new jail, The
police committee, in that city,
made a rigid investigation and sev
eral attaches of the jail were fired
or suspended.
Jones was arrested by Chief Bo
hanan, Police Lassiter, Bouchillon
and Willingham and assisted by a
number of citizens as well as sev
eral Porterdale Policemen, A
woman giving her name as Ellen
Brown, but believed to be the wife
of Jones, was arrested on the
outside of Godfrey and Candler
Warehouse in an automobile park
in a spot under overhanging
trees. Jones was caught in the
warehouse and a third party es
caped.
The two arrested here were
carried to Atlanta and records of
that city showed that Jones was
an escaped life-term convict from
an Illinois penitentiary, He was
registered there as Frank Ruyle.
Buford Roberts, alleged com
panion of Jones in the burglary,
was arrested in Knoxville, Tenn.
and returned to Atlanta where he
was kept until court convened
here. Roberts was tried and
sentenced to 12 years imprison
ment by Judge James C. Davis.
The prisoner was returned to At
lanta and turned over to the state.
The trial of the girl was delayed
and she is being held in Atlanta
at the present time awaiting trial
which will be held at this term
of court according to officials.
Mrs. Crawley Dies
i n Social Circle
Mrs. Rosa Elizabeth Crawley,
86, formerly of High Shoals, was
claimed by death Thursday night,
March 7, at the home of her son,
Mr. L. A. Crawley, in Social Circle.
She had been in declining health
for some time, hut was sick for
only about three weeks before her
death. ------
Mrs. Crawley was born in Ala
bama and when quite young moved
to Georgia with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Kennedy. She lived
at High Shoals until about a
ago, when she moved to Social
Circle to make her home with her
son, Mr. Lewis A. Crawley, She
was a member of the Methodist
church and took active part in all
social and religious affairs of her
community.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday, March 9, at the West Side
Baptist Church in Social Circle,
with Rev? J. J. Copeland antf Rev.
L. Anthony officiating.
The deceased is survived by five
children, L. A. and Ben Crawley,
of Social Circle, C. H. Crawley
and Mrs. Lizzie Cheek, Covington,
and Mrs. Dora Alien, Bethlehem,
Ga.
E. L. Almand, funeral directors,
were in charge.
Singing Convention
At Prospect Church
The Jasper County Singing Con
vention will be he’d at the Pros
pect Schoffl Auditorium Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock, A number
of good singers are expected to at
tend as well as several quartets.
You are cordially invited to at
tend.
As Mystery Cloaked Heiress’ Death
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Whether the death of Elva
Statler Davidson, right, heiress
to the Statler hotel millions,
was murder, suicide, or due to
accidental monoxide poisoning
was the burning question as a
Pinehurst, N. C., coroner’s jury
quizzed her husband, H. Brad
* ey Davidson, above, in an effort
to clear the mystery, later
reai hing the decision of acci
dent il death. Davidson testi
fled sharply that he had mar
ried for love, not money, and
that he was unaware she had
willed him $300,000, with a
$12,000 annuity,
WALLACE
TWO-BALE FARMER
Measure Sponsored by Senator
Richard B. Russell, Jr., is
Finally Enacted
:
Farmers who produce two bales
and less of cotton were
last week by Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace from provisions
of the Bankhead production con
trol act. This done under regu
lations governing operation of the
act instead of through legislation.
as had bc*en expected. The bill
was sponsored by Senator Richard
B. Russell, Jr.
The exemption was granted
answer to protests from southern
senators and representatives who
declared that operation'of the acts
last year penalized small
ers.
Cully A. Cobb, director of
cotton division, was unable t0
say whether the two-bale exemp
tion total would be taken out of
state quotas before they are
tributed among counties.“County
allotments will be made as before
without reference to the two-bale
exemption,” he said.
Under provisions of the Bank
head act a tax of 50 per cent of
the market value of cotton is lev
ied on all production above 10,
983,264 bales of 478 pounds net
weight.
Marble Tournament
Will Be Held Here
The Covington Civitan Club
will sponsor a Newton County
Marble Tournament here in April
according to Principal J. T. Pres
ton, Chairman of the committee in
charge. held
The tournament will be
in 9 sections of the county and
the winnere will contest here at
the close of the local tournaments.
After the winner is selected for
the county, the Civitan Club will
pay his expenses to Atlanta where
contest in the State Journ
al Tournament in May. The
w j nner 0 f ^is tournament will
contest in a national tourna
w hich will be held in Ocean
City, N. J. in the summer.
All students in the county
schools as well ae in Covington
enter the tournament and
c£mtest for pr i zes which will be
awarded by the Civitan Club here.
Prizes will also be given in the
State and National contest.
Further details will be announc
ed at a later date by the commit
tee in charge of the Marble Tour
nament in Newton County.
j HONOR ROLL
The following subscribers have
been placed on our Honor Roll
for renewing their subscriptions
this week, If you are in arrears
won’t you get on the Honor Roll.
Mrs. Milton Blair
Mrs. Emma Lassiter
Mrs. N. P. Smith
J. Parks Harvey
John Marsh
R. C. Partier
Lois Curtiss
A. C. Edmonds.
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NOGIE EPPS IS
KILLED BY TRUCK
Steps in Front of Standard
Oil Company Truck on
Madison Highway
Nogie Epps, 60 year old negro,
almost instantly killed Fri
day morning when she stepped in
front of a Standard Oil Company
truck on the Covington-Madison
Highway near the Patterson home,
formerly the old Martin place,
The truck was driven by Mr.
J. H. Stephens, manager of the
oil company here, who tried vainly
to stop the truck before it struck
the woman. According to infor
mation received, the negro stepped
from behind a parked automobile
on to the highway in front of the
oncoming truck The negro wo
man was 'Sard of Rearing and fail
e d to see the truck before being
struck.
Nogie owned her home a short
ways from the Patterson home on
highway and was walking
home from town, She was well
known in Covington and knew
most of the citizens in this sec
tion. She was horn and reared
in Covington and spent her life
here.
County Policemen
Dispose of 24 Cases
Of Beer Tuesday
Approximately 24 cases of beer
were loaded on a truck at the
court house Tuesday afternoon by
County Policemen Benton and
Holcomb and hauled to the creek
below the Electric Plant where
the two officials poured the con
tents of the bottles into the creek.
The beer was confiscated by the
two officers from a number of
stores and filling stations over the
county several months ago. The
beer was held at the court house
until Tuesday when it was loaded
on a truck and hauled away to
be destroyed.
Mrs. H. T. Smith Dies
At Home in Mansfield
Mrs. H. T. Smith, age 76, died
at her home in Mansfield Tuesday
afternoon, March 12.
Mrs. Smith was the last of her
immediate family, the Malones,
from Jasper county, where she
spent a great portion of her young
er life. She was a member of
the Methodist church since her
youth and had taken active in
terest in its work. She was one
of the most beloved residents in
her community and leaves a host
of friends throughout htis section
who mourn of her passing.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. L. B. Linn, Tuesday
afternoon from the Methodist
Church. Interment was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are her children, Mrs.
F. F. Ozburn, Madison; Mrs. W. P.
Hardeman and Mrs. I. K. Harwell
of Mansfield; Messrs. S. R. Smith,
Atlanta; S. M. Smith, of Porter
dale, and quite a number of grand
children and several great grand
children.
J. C. Harwell, funeral director,
in charge.
COUNTY AGENT
TALKS ON FARMS
IN THE COUNTY
11 Negroes Escape Injury
When Wind Sweeps House
From Sills
URGES FARMERS TO
-SEE COMMITTEEMEN
ON ACREAGE CONTRACT
All Contract Signers to Get
Letter This Week on
Plans
Well, we have had more rain
and some wind. The rain was
needed and has changed the com
plexion of the small grain, Some
damage was done by the wind in
several sections of the country.
One of the most remarkable cases
we heard of happened on the farm
of C. D. Ramsey; eleven negroes
were n one of his tenant houses
when the wind swept the house
from the sills without hurting a
one of the occupants.
If you did not have a cotton
acreage reduction contract in 1934
and want one for 1935 see your
committeeman at once, It is
necessary for all new signers to
do so immediately, Understand
that you do not have to have a
contract in order to get tax ex
emption oeiV'ficates under the
Bankhead Bill, The contract
only limits the acres you may plant
and pays a rental for those acres
not planted equal to three and
one-half cents per pound times the
yield per acre.
All 1934 contract signers will
get a letter this week telling them
where to meet their local commit
teemen next week to sign the
forms making their contracts good
for 1935. The first day will be
Tuesday so if you have a moved
to a farm where some other pro
ducer held the contract last year
you may not be notified but you
know your local committeeman
and you may see him without be
ing officially notified.
If your local and county
r : U''• determines that your
tract does not need
from the 1934 figures then you
will be asked to sign a form indi
cating the percentage reduction
desired this year, If the com
m.ttees determine your contract
should be adjusted you will
asked to sign a form accepting
adjustment and indicating the
centage reduction you desire.
There has brought into the
ty this year over 15,000
of Korean Lespedeza to be seeded
for pasture and in small grain
for hay. Th.e is by far
greatest amount of this
that has ever been sown in
county. It is wonderful crop
pastures and soil improvement
with fair rainfall should make an
excellent hay crop.
We have heard so many
complaining of the rise in
for meat and flour and some
complaining of the price of
It has never come to our
tion that any city was noted
the amount of wheat or corn
grew nor the number of hogs
inhabitants produced. Those
ducts are farm products; they can
be grown easily and profitably in
Newton County, Get you some
pigs now; plant some good land
to corn; plant some sorghum for
syrup and feed the pigs sorghum
in the late summer till your corn
is ripe enough to feed, Save
your barnyard manure for wheat
this fall and grow those high
priced commodities.
Mr. S. W. Wynn, Field Repre
sentative of the Crop Production
Section advises us that he antici
pates having the necessary blanks
for seed loans in a few days.
Funeral Rites For
Mr. Thomas Joiner
Tuesday morning, March 12,
death claimed Mr. Thomas D.
Joiner, 77, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Lane, in Por
terdale.
Mr. Joiner, a retired farmer,
spent the greater part of his life
in Newton County, near Rocky
Plains and Snapping Shoals. After
the death of hie wife, who before
her marriage was Miss Callie
Horton, he made his home with
Mrs. Lane in Porterdale.
Funeral' services were held at
High Point, Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. J. S. Brown.
The deceased ie survived by
daughters. Miss Ludie Joiner
Mrs. J. L. Lane, of Porlerdale;
two sons, John R. Joiner,
ton, and T. E. Joiner, of
ough and five grandchildren,
j G. W. Caldweli, funeral
, was in charge.
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The burden of a bucking Sent ius
whole New Deal program hardly
Roosevelt, shown laughing heart!
James Huey Long’s Farley insistence doesn't on an b® J
seem to
liis chief recently in the latter 1 ®
KIWANIANS HOLD
REGULAR MEETID
G. F. Interesting Goode, of Address Atlanta, on Mj
Telephone Service J
The Kiwanis Club held its
lar noon day meeting at thi
laney Hotel Thursday noon
I President Belmont Dennis a
ing and Mr. A. C. Edmond
charge of the program. 1
Porter lead the club in si
Mr. Donald G. Stephens®
received as a new memW
welcomed by tin- prec dentfl
President R. O. Arnold pfl
him with a membership appropriate® H|
with a very H|
Kiwanis aims, stressing
that Kiwaniatts were a^H ®f
eilizt ns and that as a
he would be expected Hi t^p|
to their traditions.
tioned that he civic was welc^Hj cluli^H
into the best
state" and assured him, IS
fellowsh.p he would receiv^
would be of inestimable bem
him.
The president stated he had a
invitation to the club from the
Winder club to visit them tonight
and tness the showing of the ri
w
Rose Bowl Football Game Picture.
He stated this message was con
veyed to him over long distance ip
telephone this morning. me.tilling piuuibiliun
The president then turned the
meeting over to Mr. Edmonds who tax reform.
introduced Mr. G. F. Goode and The House, having sent the
Mr. Lane Hubbajd, of the Atlanta homestead exemption plan to the
office of the Southern Bell Tele- Senate, went ahead this week on
phone & Telegraph Company. Mr. its program and took up the sales
Goode, who is Division Sales tax and the plan to reorganize the
Manager, made a very interesting relief set-up of the state.
talk on telephone service of to- The House also planned to
morrow stating the company had counter the Governor’s 'ten-mill
4000 scientists in their science tax limitation plan with a bill
department in New York experi- to limit taxes to approximately 15
menting and perfecting the tele- ilTills, \^Tn an additional tax to
phone. allow the state to finance a seven
He exhibited various materials months school term and relieve
used in perfecting the service. His local government units of this
talk was interesting and the mem- burden.
bers evidenced their approval by Through the legislative maneuv
their applause. ering ran an undercurrent of po
litics freely discussed in speeches
ICC Expert Upholds on the floor of the two bodies. In
these speeches the gubernatorial
Georgia Rail Rates aspirations of President Charles
Redwine and Speaker E. D. Rivers
Upholding the Georgia public were mentioned, as well as the
service commission, which on Mar. approaching contest for the United
16, 1934, fixed maximum rail- States senate between Governor
road passenger fares at 2 cents Talmadge and Senator Russell.
mile. Examiner Charles W. Berry Whatever the legislature does
a will have a profound effect of
recommenced to the Interstate
Commerce Commission that that these two campaigns which are
body deny the appeal of the Geor- expected to be haminer-and-tongs
gia railroads which asked an in- affairs eighteen months hence.
crease in fares, Prior to the
public service commission’s order, Glee Club at Oxford
which became effective last April to Present Program
20, the rates were 3.6 cents a mile
plus a surcharge on Pullman cars.
The railroads appealed to the The Emory Junior College Glee
Interstate Commerce Commission Club will present the annual Glee
Club program at the Old Church in
News Oxford, Saturday night, March 16
The Covington at 8 o'clock.
WISHES YOU This announcement ie of inter
A Happy Birthday! est to the citizens of Newton
County who look forward to this
annual program of the Emory
March 16 singers. The Glee Club is pre
BARBARA JUNE MAXWELL senting this year, a musical com
March 19 edy in three acts, “The Legend of
BARBARA HARRIS Lovers Inn,” written by Prof.
March 20 Bert H. Flanders, of the Emory
MRS. PRESTON JOHNSON faculty, and directed by Prof.
MRS. OLIE PARKER Yirgil Y. C. Eady, also a faculty
SARA DAWKINS member.
March 22 The Glee Club will carry their
MARY TRAINER show to Monroe Friday night
THIS PAPER IS
COVINGTON’S INDEX OF
CIVIC PRIDE AND
PROSPERITY
E. HAWKINS IS
RE-ELECTED SUPT.
PUBLIC SCHOOL
Elected at Meeting of the
Covington Board of
Education
TEACHERS WILL BE
ELECTED BY BOARD
AT NEXT MEETING
Superintendent Hawkins is
Serving on Second
Term
Superintendent C. E. Hawkins,
now serving lit s second year as
Superintendent of the Covington
School, was re-elected to this post
by the Covington Board of Educa
tion which held a special meeting
at the school Tuesday night.
The o-bard also voted to elect
another high school teacher to
take some of the class w'ork from
Superintendent Hawkins so that
he would have more* time to de
to Ills office duties. At the
Mr. Hankins teaches
Presbyter®
Preaching services will be held
at the Hayston lines bt’berian
church Stfnday, March 17, at 3:30
Sunday School at 2:45. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
The Mysterian Sezj
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Editor, The News
Covington, Ga.
March 14, 1935—VV'etT, King
j fish Huey Long is still raisin 1
cain in Washington and keepin
the farmers from gettn whats
comin to urn. The good folks
up there that is really tryin
to help us poor folks way down
j here is havin a hard time with
Huey jumpin up every five
minutes and rearin somebody
out. He sez he’s gonna beat
everybody that bucks him, but
he muster sorter forgot that
Louisiana is slightly west of
Georgia, and North Carolina
and south of Arkansas, The
young Georgia Senator as weli
as most of the rest of um is
givin Huey a bit of his own
medicine for lightin against the
farmer loan and raisin the
rough house, And another
thing. I aint 'seen folks worry
so much over income tax. They
must have money now or some
j thin cause thats the first time
I ever seen the” like. While
other folks‘is worrin about the
Income tax, I’m worrin about
my outgo tax — I mean the
Sales Tax.
Yours just lookin,
! THE MYSTERIAN.