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Local-county— state
by the office boy
UUUUZZZ Buzzzz! All week
week . . or does two
like a week to you
titime . I know you have
.
u . d it. f nzzzzzing too .. . yea,
talking about that certain “B”
t struck town about two weeks
1 think that’s he one that
Hi the Boss on its first visit
Jovington .... at least it put
h 5 tied for a week . . . and
S tij/n out for two . . . but
Mystenan came to town again
when the “B” struck town this
k weii the Boss just pulled
eis tight up around his
for he was having cold
Out the Mysterian look
k; .-aid said ... “I ain’s
irec . so now after three
it's “Gone With The
11 > the Market “B”ulle
si referring to . . . those speed
ns rushed him away like
work this week . . . ancf the
•rav Jt-d out from under his
and had somebody drive him
ivn He is all weak and still
. cut he had to see what
t 'B” had done to his :
li as the force. . .
■H ■ - Georgia papers . . .
' c er noticed . . . and ,
r eled at the remarkable I
hi >f ictures of beautiful
Ur- Liil Biffem, of the Savan
Presr gets on his society page
[ 0 ; iH Bit responsible for that
ty pag . . We krrow Sa
|ah lias lots of them but they
seem to “run out”. In his
nn tfrt?- week ... we learned
busy editor of the Press still
i time off each week to read
'ovington News, for he says:
Covington News says a num-
1 freaks were brought to the
s of that newspaper last week,
circus show train must have
« „ear Cov!n s ,„„ -
! £ b^ufvf^nave
t somebody had beheaded
lady of the flying trapeze” . . .
the window of the Covington
is a freak ear of corn .
ten LZ, ear* grew where one
a neen all about
indies long and small . . .
Toup was about A, , the size of a «
; beak and each one was cov
with red corn silks flying exactly in
direrUon sitting°in looked beauty
red red head head sitting in a a beauty
4 per ma " ent W ^ e
whtoi Hanson „ Ford, of . the p
lar Herald is putting out a
semi-wt t k y paper . . . one
i will be appreciated by the
ns ‘ < wnan - • • and Dor
i« domg a swell job as
ty editor ... and last but by
eaim least is our home town
naking good . . . George Smith
fine newspaper man and an
to any paper Our neigh
Editor W. T. Bacon, of
Ison, reports Madison’s first
pi cotton on August 12th . . .
Isle Garage in Atlanta,
Id have a sign the same as
pity Pharmacy of our city . . .
ere SVlends Meet.” It has be
i about the most popular meet
piaee in Atlanta for shoppers.
ffeto
1 *! if by any chance you don’t
t to lif seen by anyone you
i? when in Atlanta . then do
.
to Belle Isle, for you will see
fbody you know if you just sit
6 tor about 10 minutes We
...
i there exactly five minutes
week and had the pleasure of
ling into Editor Charlie Round
! of Wrightsville and he
. . .
onslble for the big motorcade
fe [week, man I believe . . . who is
for he put the matter of
Balls Bridge Ferry over
. . .
f in came our old friend
hby Melton . , . editor of that
tidirl Griffin Daily News we
n.ioy every day . . Quimby and
.
Continued on Page Eight)
[)rk On Highway
bearing Completion
ith the resurfacing of high
No, 12 from Covington to Li
,,a reaching its final stage of
pletior,, the drive to Atlanta
attain a far greater degree of
°rt and safety
le surfacing has been com-
1 smoothed out and widened
is now receiving its final coat
1 wil1 ^ finished
within the
three oi four days,
ith the completion of the new
and approaches at Yellow
r which is expected this fall,
ciding with the finish of the
- surfacing of the final un
^ s, stretch a much between Atlanta and
^ ’ his route traffc is expected
been which heretofore
1 moving via Athens. No.
then rank as one of the
F most important
th « state.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
the Covington Star F.st 1874.
CITY SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN ON
MONDAY, AUG 30 I
Two New Teachers Elected
By the Local School
Board
COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE
EXPECTED TO OPEN
AT THE SAME TIME!
Faculty of County! Schools
Are Not Yet Fully
Approved
The Covington Public Schools
will operr for the 1937-38 term on
Monday, August 30, unless some
last minute change takes place
according to C. E. Hawkins, Su
perintendent of the city school sys
tem.
The same staff of teachers who
served so efficiently during the
P asl year Wlj l serve again this
year with the exception of Pro
Olin Everitt and Miss Flu
ker. Both of these teachers
signed to accept other positions
according to officials.
Professor Jack Lee, formerly of
this city, was elected by the board
to succeed Mr. Everitt in the
Science Department Mr Lee
graduated from the Covington
High School with honors. He later
attended Emory University in At
lanta and graduated there with
honors. Several years ago, he was
elected to the faculty of the Em
ory Junior College at Valdosta.
Miss Elsie Rheberg, also a form
resident of Covington, was elect
ed to succeed Miss Fluker and has
“
yearl a t
wil1 have char ? e of French and
Latin Departments of the Coving
** 3cho ° 1 '
Improvements are being . made .
on the 3011001 building and should (
^ competed within the next few
days Additional safety and com
fort *° r th * pupils have been pro
vided and officials are looking for
" ard ta a succeasful ___
The 001 rtemplated enrollment this
year is about 016 same “ in 1936
The Negro Schools in Covington
wil , open at the ^ time as the
white schools, with no change in
the faculty i mproV ements have
algo bften made at theae sc hools.
co un t y Superintendent of
gchools E L Ficque tt stated Wed
negd that it is contemplated that
gchoolg Qf Newton County ^11
Qn Augugt 3Q ^ plang
haye not been complet ed at this
time, but full annoi^ncement should
be made within the next few days.
The Covington school faculty has
been named and approved, but the
county school faculty is only ten
tative at the present time. A list
of Superintendents and teachers
in these schools will probably be
announced next week as the of
ficials have only a limited time
to complete their plans
JOHNY MEADORS i
:
BUYS COLLUM’S
Opens New and Modern Dry
Cleaning Plant This
Week
Johny Meadors, of this city
has purchased the old Collum Dry
Cleaning Plant on Washington
Street and will open a new and
Modern dry cleaning establishment
this week-end.
Mr. Meadors is well known
throughout this city, having
connected with a cleaning plant
here during the past several years.
He has had much experience in this
line of work and is capable of di
recting this new establishment.
The purchase was made by Mr.
Meadors several weeks ago and
new equipment has already been
added. Full details of this new
and Modern Dry gleaning Plant
may be found elsewhere in this is
sue of the News.
Fire Destroys Bam
Of W. R. Stillwell
Early Monday morning a fire
of undetermined origin destroyed a
barn on the lot of Mr. W. R. Still
well on Floyd street When the
local fire department reached the
scene the fire was too fkr ad
vanced to do other than bring the
flames under control and protect
surrounding structures.
The loss was not considered
have been large.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. August 19, 1937
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year-old Margaret Murray, swam
a mile through heavy seas at right
to summon aid for three other
members of i party who were
clinging to an'upset boat off shore.
CAMP MEETING
ENDS AT SALEM
Highly Successful Series of
Meetinjgs Brought to
A Close
The 1937 Camp Meeting at Sa
lem was finished with the even
ing service last Sunday under the
big arbor. Evangelistic Commis
m0ner Geor – e Davis of th e Salva
'*° n Arm ^ delivered the farewell
sermon ’ and Jud £ e c - D - Ramsey,
c,ia ' rman Board of Trus
tees ^ ave a rem miscent talk of the
Salem of other years.
The | arge attendance and the
j . ns eat P ira ionial t ional to the meetings Salvation were Army a
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SZ-2 of
tiea made thia yea r as a result
cont ributions of a number of the
trustees and interested friends of
Salem .
Several changes were made thia
year in personnel of the Salem
board> w hich now consists of the
f 0 n ow j ng members: C. D. Ram
_ ev Sr or -’ chairman; Bob H. Elliott,
Secy, and Treas.; H. „ Y. McCord; ._ _ . R
j Guinn; E M . Piper; W. H. Ogle
tree; L. G. Brantley; J. A. McCord;
w 0 Mann; C . R. Vaughn;
charles Davidson; J. L. Elliott;
otis N i xon ; O. W. Porter; M. W.
Hull; Judge J. C. Davis; Geo. S.
Roach; Harry McCord; V. C. El
pngton; J. Z. Almand.
At t he last meting of the Board,
the following committees were ap
pointe d:
Executive Committee
C. D. Ramsey. Chairman; H. Y.
McCord, R. J. Guinn, Otis Nixon,
Harry McCord, J. L. Elliott, W.
o. Mann
Building and Grounds
Otis Nixon, Chairman; O. W.
Porter, J. L. Elliott, C. R. Vaughn,
Harry McCord,
Budget and Finance
Harry McCord, Chairman; C. R.
[ Vaughn, O. W. Porter, Charles Da
vidson, J. L. Elliott.
Assembly and Meetings
R. J. Guinn, Chairman; Geo. S.
Roach, M. W. Hull, E. M. Piper,
Judge James C. Davis.
A Resolution was passed direct
ing the building committee to erect
a modern swimming pool.
This will be ready for use be
fore the next meeting. Mrs.
James Porter, of Macon, has con
tributed the amount necessary for
its construction.
The Covington News
WISHES YOU
A Happy Birthday!
August 20
IDA MAY CAMPBELL
August 21
MR. LINtON G. RAY
HUIE MOORE
MRS. E. H. McCART
FRANCES JOHNSON
JAMES CALLAHAN
JIMMIE BATES
E. G. LASSITER
August 22
MRS. T. J. STEWART
MRS. WINBURN STARR
August 23
JOE HEARD
August 24
MR. LUTHER H. COOK
MISS FLORINDA HARVEY
MRS. HILL BIGGERS
August 25
MRS. E. H. WRIGHT
FRED MARTIN
August 26
W. B. TREADWELL
j MR. STENCH MARTIN
J. H. KING
BILLY GOBER
WILLIAM COOK
SOFTBALL TEAMS
IN TOURNAMENT
AT ATHENS
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I Local All-Star Teams Are Se
lected by the
Directors
TEAMS OF CITY IN
STRUGGLE FOR LEAD
AS SEASON NEARS END
Plans Underway for Local All
Star Game Here
Soon
Two All-Star teams have been
selected by the Board of Direc
tors to participate in the North
east Georgia Amateur Softball
Tournament in Athens beginning
Monday, August 23rd All games
will be played at night under
lights. Practice games have been
arranged this week in Athens, so
that local players may become ac
customed to the artificial lights.
The managers of the two teams
have not at this writing announc
ed the starting line-ups. It is ex
pected that a large number of lo
cal fans will journey to the “Class- !
ic City” to pull for the home town
boys.
And . . while ... these ,, arrangements
were being made the league stand
mgs have changed several itmes
w th the leaders playing at a fast
clip. By winning Tuesday’s game
Furmture boy’s
again gained the leadership by the <
Wednesday ° f °T however, half game ' i
s game, be
“ C ’ Mathis an d Covington
Th!T Furniture e winn^ is ee indeed the tW ° crucial
f this^ game will be I
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mathematically out of the running,
While several previous leaders in
the race for batting honors have
toppled from the selected group,
Carson of Covington Furniture, C.
McGaughey and B. Elliott of King
Hicks are still going at a ftst clip.
The standing of the ’JJoftball
league through August 17 follows:
Team W L Pet.
Cov. Fura. 10 co .769
Cov. Mills 9 co .750
King Hicks 8 gi 616
Ginn Motor 5 .417
W. Cohen 4 oo .333
Rainey M. 1 11 .083
The schedule for the remainder
of this season as announced by of
ficials follow:
Aug. 18—Cov. Mills vs Coving
ton Furniture.
Cohen vs. King Hicks.
Aug. 19—Rainey vs. Cov. Mill.
Aug. 20—Ginn vs. Cohen.
Aug. 23—Rainey vs Cohen.
Aug. 24—Cov. Fum. vs King
Hicks.
Services This Week
Gum Creek Church ,
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Evaneglistic services are being
conducted this week at the Gum
Creek Presbyterian church, seven
miles north of Covington. The
song service begins each evening
at 8 o’clock, and Rev. Jeb Russell,
brother of U. S. Senator Richard
B. Russell. Jr., is the preacher,
“Scribblers” To Hold
A Special
The “Scribblers” of the
ton High School will hold a
ial call meeting Thursday
noon at the School building.
meeting will begin at 5:00
and all former members of this
ganization are especially invited
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS GIVEN BY
COUNTY AGENT
j
Prominent Citizens Organize
New “Sportsmen’s
I Club”
! DISCUSSES STATE
QUAIL HATCHERY AT
DECATUR, GEORGIA
>i ans of 1937 Farm p roffram
Get Underway, Says
Agent
Last Saturday a good crowd of
hunters from the county met in j
| the courtroom and organized a 1
-Sportsman’s Club” for the coun- j
t y. Mr. Charlie Elliott, State Di
rector of Parks and Mr Charlie j
Morgan of the State Game and!
ent. Fish Department Mr. Morgan were both pres- j
made a very in- j
teresting talk to the group ex
plaining the activities of the de-,
partment he represented. Follow- j
ing his talk Mr. J. L. Elliott was
County elected president of the Newton j
group with Mr. A. C. Wel
cher Vice-President. Already the !
state game farm has released 40!
quail in the county and they expect j
to release more in the near future,
T he purpose of the organization
is not to stop liunti fcut rather
t0 protect game and make noting
more enjoyable by y conserving J ou^
game fowls and animal3 weU
as f ish
We visited ^e state quail hat
chery at Decatur a few days y ago f
and found it a place most ln tere t .
ing . Th is hatchery ig one of the
largest and most modern j- lUC^ I
Mr , 8
m’hfte uuiiuiw 1
that are producing arouru4»tJifteen Th
hundred eggs per e8e
eggs are all hatched in incuba
tors and about 90 ^ier cent of the
hatched birds are raised, the best
average of any artificial incuba
| tion in the whole country.
the quail are released free to Geor
gia residents who agree to protect
(Continued on Page Eight)
FARMERS TO HOLD
MEETING AUG. 26
Government Offers Help in
The Soil Erosion
Fight
Special meetings of Newton
County farmers and farmers of the
surrounding counties will be held
within the next few days to give
them an opportunity to say wheth
er they want to begin a soil con
servation program to protect their
land or continue as in the past.
Soil Erosion has been a serious
j problem to land owners during re
j cent year s and the government
| has taken a hand in order to pro
| tect the land of our people. The
government has refused to force
their program on the people, but
they will cooperate if the majori
ty of the people in any locality so
desire
TTie first meeting will be held
The meeting will begin at 10:00
o’clock in the morning and con
tinue rs noon. The County
Agent a T, L. Asbery, of the
Extension Service, have issued
statements urging all land owners
in this section to take part in the
meeting and pass their judgment
on the plan for this arpa.
The Effectiveness of Covington
News Advertising Is Proven by
Norris Hardware and Luminall
The effectiveness of advertising
the Covington News was again
this week when R. A. Nor
proprietor of Norris Hardware
issued a statement ex
his appreciation for such
paper in Covington.
Ten weeks ago, Mr. Norris
out a series of ads with the
representative on a new pro
in this section. At that time
Mr. Norris and his staff experi
mented with this product and was
pleased with the result, but it was
unknown to the people. After ten
weeks consecutive ads, this un
known product has become almost
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American PARIS, France Pavilion . , . A view of the*"
at the Inter
na tional Exposition here, which
reoeat| y opened before 300
Amhaa French guests headed^y n U ^ –
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WOMEN ATTEND
ATHENS MEETING i
Mrs. H. A. Casey Awarded the
Certificate on Better
y Clothing
Mrs. Jim Harris, Mrs. H. A. Ca
and Miss Miriam Atkinson,
Home Demonstration Agent, went
to Athens August 9th to attend
anri Homo W.WL- awarded Thu thamw cer
Mrs. Casey was a
tificate in Clothing and found the
work most interesting.
The Style Revue was held Wed
nesday night, August 11th, with
62 entries. Mrs. Harris represent
ed Newton County.
On Thursday, August 12, two
school buses went to Athens carry
ing fifty-two Newton County wo
men to attend the meetings in ses
sion. Picnic lunches were prepar
ed at home and at the noon hour
was eaten out of doors.
At 4:30 a Garden Party was held
on the Coordinate College Campus,
honoring the delegates to Farm
and Home Week.
Newton County could easily be
distinguished from the other dele
gates as a badge was worn by
each women with Newton County
printed on it. Newton County had
the largest delegation present dur
ing the entire Farm and Home
Week.
The following members went to
Athens: Heard-Mixon—Mrs. Roy
Aiken, Mrs E. Pope, Mrs. F. Jones,
Mrs. Bill Aiken, Mrs. J. V. Pick
ett, Mrs . Sam Jones, Mrs. A.
Vaughn, Mrs. H. Pickett, Mrs. Eva
Stubbs, Mrs. R. Yancey, Mrs. Troy
Stubbs, Mrs. Paul Jones, Mrs. W.
F. Jones, Mrs. E. G. Lassiter, Mrs.
L. H. Bates, Mrs. Wiggenton, Mrs.
Lamar Holmes, Mrs. T. H. Aiken,
Mrs. LaPrade Vaughn; Brick Store
—Mrs. L. A. Patrick, Mrs. Carson
Cowan, Mrs. W. E. Jackson, Mrs.
1 Grady Adams, Mrs. Sam Holcomb,
Miss Polly Haralson, Mrs. E. H.
Biggers, Mrs. Homer Cook, Mrs.
T. J. Cook; Pine Grove—Miss
i Ruth Reynolds, Mrs. A. Pickett,
Mrs. Jimmie Rogers, Mrs. Pearl
Elliott, Mrs. H. Hitchcock; Starrs
ville—Mrs. Henry Adams. Mrs.
Fred Walton, Mrs. Tom Parker,
Mrs. Piper Hayes; Gum Creek—
Mrs. Ross Ellington, Mrs. Alice El
lington. Miss Oteria Hood, Miss
Mary Lou Mitcham, Mrs. R. S.
Ellington, Mrs. Ramey S’ammons,
Mrs. A H. Ellington, Mrs. A. R.
J. Ellington: Mt. Zion—Mrs. Jesse
Dial, Mrs. J. D. Dial. Miss Kath
leen Dennard, Mrs. Starr Dial,
Mrs. Roy Dial; Flint Hill—Mrs.
W. H. Boggus, Mrs. S. E. Poole.
Several cases of
Rabies Discovered
i Several cases of rabies among
dogs in the county have been de
tected within the last few days.
Owners are warned of the risk
that they run in the loss of their
dogs, as well as the more serious
danger to people and live stock
when they fail to have their dog3
inoculated. The cost is $1.
One Case Tried In
Recorders Court
The regular session of the Re
corder’s Court was held Monday
morning at the City Hall with only
one case on docket
as common as any
known product of its kind.
This new product was “Lumin
all,” the famous interior paint
which is known in almost every
home. Commenting on the Lumin
all advertising, Mr. Norris stated
that the News was directly respon
sible for the present large sale
this product. Each week, the
of “Luminall” steadily increases
the ads appear.
“We used no other means
carrying the message to the
ple.” He added, "Luminall
its success entirely to the
More of this series of
ments may be found elsewhere
this issue of the News
5c SINGLE
86 NEEDY PEOPLE
IN COUNTY GET
WELFARE CHECKS
$ 1 83.50 Paid By the County
Department for
Aug-ust
66 AGED PEOPLE, 3
BLIND PERSONS AND
17 CHILDREN HELPED
650 Applications Still To Be
Investigated By
Director
Public Assistance funds paid to
Newton County for the month of
August will total $783.50 These
payments will include 66 Old-Age
Assistance checks, averaging $9.22
each; checks to three blind per
sons, averaging $9.16 each; and
payments for the Aid of 17 De
pendent Children, averaging $8.68
P er child - Checks are to be issued
to all those cases which have been
approved and certified up through
August 10th.
To date, the Newton County
Department of Public Welfare has
received approximately 650 appli
cations for the three forms of
Public Assistance, arrd approxi
mately 35 other cases, not physi
able to apply in person, have
been reported by friends or rela
Therefore, it is impossible
investigate and clear all appli
at once. During the ap
interview it is determin
which cases are the most needy
in so far as it is possible those
are being reached first.
-Jh_flfder to increase the speed
ty Officials have been so kind as
to agree to meet further admin
istrative expense in addition to
that which is required.
Miss Nell Mitcham, of Coving
ton has been employed as book
keeper and stenographer. Miss
Martha Ramsey, also of Covington,
who formerly worked in the local
office of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration, has been
employed as Case Aide for a lim
ited length of time. She is assist
ing the Director in the investiga
tion of applications.
Every effort is being made to
investigate arrd complete all ap
plications as quickly as it is hu
manly possible, and the coopera
tion of each and every citizen will
be greatly appreciated by the lo
cal and state officials, Much
credit in the progress made by this
office is due Miss Kathrine Wil
liams, efficient director, who has
worked untiringly in trying to
reach all applicants at the earli
est possible time.
FLAG OVER EVERY
GEORGIA SCHOOL
State Board Passes Rule for
All Schools in
Georgia
The State Board of Education
Thursday made it compulsory that
the American flag be flown over
every schooihouse in the state as
long as the school is in session.
Governor Rivers announced that
the board passed the flag resolu
tion unanimously, and instructed
the State School Department to
withhold the pay of any principal
or teacher in charge of a school
building who did not see to it that
the flag was flying.
The board also directed school
principals to instruct pupils in the
flag manual and where possible
to hold exercises connected with
the raising and lowering of the
flag.
Governor Rivers said the board
expects patriotic organizations,
such as the American Legion and
Junior Order, to provide schools
with flags, and in the event of
their failure the Parent-Teacher
Associations will provide them.
The state board set up no appro
priation for flag buying, but will
insist that the flags be fresh and
in good condition.
Mrs. Earl M. Smith
Undergoes Operation
Mrs. Earl M. Smith underwent
, an oper>tlon Tuertw evenlng at
Georgia Baptist Hospital in At
lanta. Late reports are that she
is doing nicely.
The News joins her many friends
in wishing for her a speedy and
complete recovery.
Number 34