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Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est. *1874.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937 5c SINGLE COPY
Number 36
Oscar Mell likes for all his
friends to be pretty ... and they
' av it makes you pretty, very
oretty, to cat carrots ... and Os-
JJ Mell likes Ye Office Boy an
awful lot and sees I need car-
* t s so he brings me some very de
icious ones from his garden - - -
that is, from the garden of
ALL SCHOOLS IN THE
COUNTY OPENED
MONDAY MORNING
his
Officials Looking Forward to
A Most Successful
Term
adopted home ... he spends about j g ANDARD R A TE OF
- ” irt ’ ‘ FAY FOR TEACHERS
THROUGHOUT STATE
iSf his time with “Aunt Ora
and can hardly be persuaded to go
home . • • says he is on his vaca-
, wn ... and of course all Church
and Monticello street folk are en
joying him • • ■ Those carrots were
delicious and you just watch,
Oscar Mell, and see if they make
pretty ... it they do then I
know somebody else I want you to
share them with . • . even though
the Boss don’t like them ... I
think he will try anything.
j us t think, this is the first of
September ... the Georgia Press
Meeting’ was to have met in Cuba
in June ... the only chance I’ll
ever get to go! to Cuba .
was postponed and will
a much finer place . - .
of Editor Tom Shytle . .
but it
meet in
the home
. at Adel,
Georgia ! . . Every year Editor
Shytle sends the Office Boy a big
South Georgia watermelon by ex
press . . • and we look forward to
that watermelon ... it did not
come this summer so I know he
is saving it for me until I come to
Adel in September . . . when Dud
ley Glass, Mildred Seydell, Her
bert Porter, Bill Biffem, Kirk Sut-
live, Jere Moore and all the rest of
them will stand by and see if they
are going to get a slice ... I have
already planned to give Dr. John
Drewry . . . one half of it • . . for
he is one of the judges this year
... you know there is a prize for
the country boy who writes the
| best column . . , and President
Kirk Sutlive has chosen his judges
very wisely this year . . • John E.
Drewry, director of Journalsm,
Henry Grady School, Emory Uni
versity; Raymond Nixon, director
of Journalism, Emory University;
Walt#r A. Rhodes, manager of S-
P. Richards Paper Co.; John
Marsh, Editor Fulton Daily Re
port.. . and ail of them will get
a slice of my watermelon . , .
There are nine trophies this
year and the Covington News is
going to bring home one of them
. . that is, if we win it, or your
Office Boy just has to steal it . . .
Dr. Drewry is the only Director of
Journalism we know, personally,
who is on the list of judges . . .
and the wonderful work he is do
ing at the University of Georgia
is portrayed in the fine group of
young men and young women he
sends out into the newspaper
world each, year from the Uni
versity . . . and let me tell you
j somebody else we are proud of . . .
| we went to Crawfordville last
j week for the dedication of the
I room at Liberty Hall, the home of
Alexander Stephens, which was
furnished by the Sons of Confed
erate Veterans . . . there were
I Many prominent speakers . . .
I Many local speakers . . . many
distinguished officers of both S.
I • v, and U. D, C-, and there was
I not one person who spoke who did
I not praise the work being done at
I is Park by our own Charles
Er 11 ®” is superintendent of
| e „ • • an d our heart’s all
I we ed with pride . . . for to know
I arles is to love him . . . and we
la "ays knew Charles would be
■ ' n a ny endeavor.
.., W e<lt out m y last year’s
I °oi books and dusted them up
.... , / oa know the same ones I
L ast year > the year before and
rbe year before
pound it’s
It:
Twenty Years Service HOSPITAL ENDS
FIRST MONTH
OF OPERATION
All County Boards Name New
Teachers to Fill the
Vacancies
Schools throughout Newton j
county opened Monday morning j
with about the same attendance !
in the various districts as in the j
past. Officials are looking for- ;
ward to one of the most success- 1
ful years in history under the new
system.
The state has promised a stand-1
ard school term, free school books ;
and a standard rate of pay for J
teachers. Nearly all books for the
students have been received by
Superintendent Ficquett for this j
county. The standard rate of pay
for all teachers went into effect i
this term.
Principals and teachers elected
by the various county boards for j
this term follows:
Porterdale — Miss Maude King,
principal; Miss Eva Mask, assist
ant principal; Miss Willie Hunt,
Miss Nell Fincher, Tennyson
Wright, Miss Sara Sue Hooper,
Miss Mary Ola Reynolds, Miss
Bura Bofiannan, Miss Roberta |
Ingle, Miss Nell Scott, Miss Louise
Kite, Miss Elizabeth Russell, Miss
Elizabeth McElroy, Miss Entice
Dunn, Miss Jordye Tanner, Miss
Tommie Hood, Miss Ida Black,
Miss Ruby Jordan, Miss Hettie
Elder, Miss Ethel King, Mias
Frances Vance, Miss Ruth Wil
liams, Miss Etta Clover, Jamie
Wommack. The colored school will
be in charge of Camille Harrold.
Covington Mills — John Stat-
ham, principal; Miss Mary Trippe,
Mrs. M. S. Penrick, Mrs. T. C.
Meadors.
Palmer-Stone—C. T. Stephens,
principal; Mrs. McGuire, Mrs.
Durden; pvliss Rachel Griffeth,
Miss Hester Campbell, Miss Annie
Laurie Brown, Miss Mary Loyal
Brown, Mrs. W. C. Park, Miss
Dorothy Piper, Mrs. M. R. Elling
ton, Mrs. C. T. Stephens, Mrs.
Maude Baker.
Newborn — H. S. Brunbaugh,
principal. Miss Demples Lewis,
Miss Elizabeth Blasengame, Miss
Claudine Milford, Mrs. A. J. Stan
ton.
Mansfield—J. W. Richardson,
principal; C. M. Giles, Miss Mary
Ruth Penland, Miss Henderson,
Miss Any Garland, Miss Ruby
Lane, Miss LaClare Hardeman.
Starrsville — Miss Mary Fran
ces Robertson, principal; Miss
Katherine Corley.
Heard-Mixon — H. M. Pulliam,
principal; Miss Jean Pittman, Miss
Bertha Elliott, Mrs, J. H. Car
michael, Miss Elizabeth Hull, Miss
Erma Rosser.
Livingston — R. W. Stephens,
principal; Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. Thompson, Miss Elizabeth
Patterson, Miss Alberta Wilson,
Mrs. R. W. Stephens, Miss Frances
Bennett, Miss Mary Ellen Corry,
Mrs. C. S. Hardwick.
Guard Grave Where Will Is Buried
New Institution Was Pressed
Into Service Before
Opening Date
NUMBER OF PATIENTS
HAVE BEEN TREATED
DURING FIRST MONTHS
Staff Fully Organized
Finishing Touches
Applied
and
COTTON PEGGED
AT 9 CENTS BY
THE GOVERNMENT
Rev. Walker Combs, who
day, begins his twenty-first year
as pastor of the first Baptist
Church in this city.
REV. W. COMBS
BEGINS 21ST YEAR
CHRISTIAN WORK
At the First Baptist Church
At 11 O’clock Services Next
Sunday Morning
Reverend Walker Combs, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
this city will begin his twenty-
first year ministering to the spir
itual needs of the citizens of this
community at the eieven o’clock
services next Sunday morning.
Reverend Combs came to Cov
ington from Augusta in 1917 and
has been pastor of the First Bap
tist Church since that time,
preaching his first sermon the
first Monday in September, 1917.
A tribute will be paid him by
the congregation Sunday for his
many years of faithful service.
Short sketches of the advance
ment of the church and the many
activities will be reviewed.
During the time of Reverend
Combs ministry the church has
contributed more than $45,000 for
home needs and over $16,000 for
Foreign Missions. 117 have been
admitted to the church by baptism
by the pastor.
The church shows a gain of 121
members since Reverend Combs
began his pastorate. The church
membership in 1917 was 197. 318
members are on the church roll.
The first Baptist Church was
organized June 21, 1823. At that
time it was called Bethlehem Bap-
(Continued on Page Eight)
The Huson Memorial Hospital
j has excellent reason to point with
1 pride to their first month’s serv-
I ice record.
Drafted into service in the iat- j
ter weeks of July through the ap
peal of several emergency cases, j
the institution has continued with I
I open doors while completion of the
work of the builders was being;
Sun- accomplished.
j Among the patients who have
been treated at the hospital are
; the following:
Mrs. O. G. Deward, of Conyers,
: was admitted on July 18th and j
i dismissed on July 20th.
David Brown was admitted on!
j July 26th, underwent a surgical
| operation, was dismissed on Aug,
i 1st.
Mrs. Sam Reagan was admitted
on July 26th and dismissed on
! Aug. 2nd.
Collie Byrd was admitted on
I August 1st suffering from injuries
| received in an automobile accident.
He was dismissed on August 12th.
Miss Iola Parker was admitted
on July 27th, underwent an op
eration, and was dismissed on
August 1st.
W. P. Lovett was admitted on
August 3rd and dismissed on Aug.
12th.
Mrs. Jewell Starr, of McDon
ough, was admitted on August 7th,
the Hospital’s first obstetrical
case. The Starr baby arriv i safe-
(Coirtinued on Page Eight)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. . . . Policeman Hugh Gallagher guarding grave
of Henrietta E. Garrett in Laurel Hill Cemetery here, where vandals
threaten to use dynamite to explod grave in order to get at will
buried with her. Mrs. Garrett died in 1930, leaving a fortune of twenty
million dollars and about five hundred heirs.
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS GIVEN BY
COUNTY AGENT
Diflcusi&es New Plan of the
Government on Price
Of Cotton
MEETING 9F LAND
OWNERS SS HELD
AT COU'iT HOSUE
>oil Conservation Program
Mapped By Various
Officials
SOFTBALL MOVING
AT SLOWER PACE
Rain and Mud as Well as De
feats in Tournament
Plays Part
Rain and the McGregor Co. have
temporarily stopped softball ac
tivities in Covington. McGregor
after stopping the Covington Blues
gave the Red team quite a spank
ing to eliminate both of the Cov
ington entries in the Athens tour
nament. The only ray of sunshine
was the fact that this same Mc
Gregor upset the favored Royal
Typewriter team to win the North
east Georgia Crown, In so doing
they were entered in the State
Tournament in Atlanta. While
[ playing conditions were far from
| ideal in the Athens Tournament,
IT AID fW'T A Q ; Covington has an alibi to offer in
|* AIK Uvl. T”*7 the elimination of their two pick-
j ed teams. The concensus of opin-
.... T , . r~ 7~ . T> .. ion among the players however
1937 Fair Promises to Be the - geemS t0 favor sunshine in prefer
ence to artificial lights.
NEWTON COUNTY
If you are interested in home
sanitation you may still get a pit
type toilet installed on your prem
ises at cost of building material.
If you have the necessary material
on hand you may carry it over to
the construction plant near the
Georgia Railroad Depot and Mr,
Guy Pharr will see that your
order i3 properly handled. His
crew will construct and properly
install the toilet on your premises.
This type of toilet at every home
would completely eradicate ty
phoid fever from our community.
We noticed in the daily papers
■where thte cotton loan plan on
this year’s crop had been worked
out so that a producer will be
assured of 12 cents per pound for
65 per cent of his base allotment
if he is cooperating under the 1937
program or what he would have
received if he had cooperated and
in case he agrees to cooperate
in the 1938 farm program. The
following example will illustrate
the plan as we understand it. A
farmer has a base acreage of 100
acres for cotton at an established
yield of 200 pounds of lint per
acre. This year he has planted 75
acres of cotton that will yield 300
pounds per acre. Under the loan
plan he will be able to borrow on
and later receive a subsidy on 65
acres of cotton at 200 sounds per
acre. The fact that he reduced his
acreage 25 per cent make no dif
ference.
The subsidy will be determined
(Continued on Page Eight)
cause I have
just as well to stay in
same class . . , they have
"n in the habit of just flunkin’
anyway . . . and f- m really
'Continued on Page Eight)
Fight On Square
Alarms Citizens
resident Roach Will
| 1‘pside at j Regular
Kiwanis Meet Today
p a ^ an Roach and family
L ; i!i :: retur ned from a vaca-
Z KfitT tucky, Those making
** ‘ P Were Dean and Mrs.
| Dj, ai p ttleir son and daughter,
[alien . 010,1 has been on a va
lor th/ r ° m th ** Kiwa rhs CHub
■is nos | Slimmer but wil1 resume
ft the Pr6Siding officer
varus r , K T° n meetirr £ of the
club today.
four,? *** stopped off at
(irn trin Ciri 13 Colle Se on his re-
UoL an . d attended a Metho-
r- c:/ Se eetl ^ Monday
Jfflg is in /' states every
th of ° adiness f °r the open-
Lvs ™ 0 jy- a t-Oxford and The
Week ry a 5 eatur ® story
1 duringk the im Provements
' -be summer months.
Consideralbe excitement was
caused on the public square short
ly past noon Wednesday when
Chief Boh anon was called to sep
arate a man and woman who were
fighting.
The man was on crutches and
when the Chief attempted to in
terfere, he turned and began using
the crutches to a good advantage
on the head of Mr. Bohanon. The
chief pulled out his pistol and
ordered the man to stop, but he
refused, and the chief shot once
narrowly missing the man’s head.
The shooting did little good, but
the chief reversed his pistol and
began beating the man over the
head. The two men stood facing
each other using their weapon on
the other’s head and neither giv
ing ground. Five citizens came to
the assistance of the Chief and the
man is now in the city bastile.
Just what became of the woman
is not known.
Aside from minor bruises and
another lesson under the old adage
“Never interfere in a family row,”
Chief Bohanon is none the worse
for wear.
Best in Recent
Years
The Newton County Fair will
be held this year, October 4-9, ac
cording to Henry Odum, president
of the association. The 1937 fair
promises to be bigger and better
this year and officials announce
that they are receiving full co
operation from both business men
and farmers.
The exhibits should be the best
in many years and more features
will be offered in all departments.
All schools throughout the coun
ty ai(« expected to take active
part this year. Elaborate plans
are underway for both the agri
cultural and livestock depart
ments.
The Model Shows has contract
ed with the local association and
will bring new and clean enter
tainment to the fair this year.
Four Square Club
Elect New Officers
The Four Square Club of Por
terdale have elected officers for
the new year. Officers elected by
the members include Harold
Gates, President. C. T. Jaynes,
Vice-President, Ed Chestnut, Sec
retary, Henry Berry, Treasurer,
J. T. Jaynes, Corresponding Sec
retary. Councilmen include O. A.
Wheeler, Charlie Bowden, Pete
Walden, Jack Rawls and S. O.
Lindsay.
Best Foods of Atlanta brought
down their Softball aggregations.
They were greeted however by
rain, more rain and finally mud
in large quantities. The game
finally played under these condi
tions was rather amusing with the
final score the least important
part. All of the mud slinging was
self-inflicted and the Atlanta boys
were All-American so far as good
sportsmanship was concerned. In
the words of Rex Williams their
gfcfriiai catcherf-iumpirte. “They
rounded first base with all of the
grace and speed of a Mack Truck
in a sand bed. But when the mud
is gone local softballers hope to
have them back for another game.
Four league games remain to
be played and local fans are be
ginning to wonder when. After
this comes the playoff for the City
Championship. Batting averages
remain unchanged over the week
end although it is expected that
another week will find the champ
ionship trophies awarded to the
winners.
Another Black Widow
Brought to the News
Another Black Widow Spider
was brought in this week by Jes
sie Greene, of this city. Young
Greene stated he found the “Wi
dow” in the back yard of his
horne^.
The Covington News
WISHES YOU
A Happy Birthday!
A meeting of citizens from
Newton, Walton, Rockdale and
the surrounding counties was held j
at the county court house last
Thursday to discuss soil conser
vation in this area.
The principal speaker at the
meeting was J. A. K. Maxwell as
sisted by a number of other of
ficials. A part of the talk giv
en by Mr. Maxwtll follows:
I have been given the assign
ment to express briefly to you,
through this meeting, the views
of the landowners of Gaither, Le-
guin and Brewer’s Militia Dis
tricts concerning the formation of
a soil conservation district.
We feel strongly the necessity
for:
(1) . Efficient terracing with
proper machinery under the guid
ance of trained engineers.
(2) . Advice on the best prepar
ation of outlets to terraces to pre
vent gullying.
3). Advice of competent agron
omists as to the proper crops to
put in with reference to the slope
of the land.
These are the immediate needs.
Complem editing these steps, we
are fully appreciative of the need
for reforestation and like meas
ures to which the organization of
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LASSITER WINS
4 H SCHOLARSHIP
Will Receive Scholat>/hip
The University of
Georgia
to
Sept. 3rd'
MISS EMMA LEE PACE
Sept. 4
LUCILE KIRKLAND
MRS. T. E. BELL
MRS. A. L. ROEBUCK
MRS. L. E. BOLTON
Sept. 5
JACK MOSS
OLEN GORDAN
Sept 6
SARAH SUE ANGLEMYER
JUNIOR ADAMS
EDGAR THACKER
E. J. STONE
Sept. 7
MRS. W. C. WRIGHT
MRS. EDGAR LEZENBY
MR. GUINN
MR. P. J. ROGERS
ANNIE SUE NOLEN
MISS ANNIE C. HAYS
Sept. 8
MRS. CLAYTON HAYS
MILTON ARTHUR SHEPERD
MISS LOIS CHESNTJT
MISS GLADYS STONE
Sept. 9
MR. L. E. BOLTON
DORIS JONES
BRANHAM FELKER
MRS. C. D. ALMAND
Sept. 10
WALTER ALLGOOD
JEWEL SAVAGE
MRS. A. C. STEVENS
MRS. IRENE REAGAN
A scholarship has been award
ed William Lassiter, of this
county, for unusual activities in
the 4-H Gfub. The scholarship
was awarded by an Atlanta re
tail department store to the boy
doing the be3t 4-H Club work in
this section of the state.
The scholarship includes free
tuition to the University of Geor
gia this fail. Young Lassiter at
tended 4«H* Leader^ ip Conner-'
ence in Athens several weeks ago
having won honors in this con
test. He has been a member of
the 4-H Club for several years
and has been praised consistently
for his work in the various pro
jects.
For this years project, William
is feeding out a hereford steer
and will enter this calf in the
county fair and in the Southeast
ern fair in Atlanta. He also has
several other 4-H projects which
Should win him additional hon
ors.
Many Local Farmers Jubilant
Over Action of the
Officials
“A FREE MARKET” IS
PROMISED BY MANY
COTTON BROKERS
Cotton growers were jubilant
over tne action of Secretary Wal
lace Tuesday in “pegging” the
price at 9 cents per pound. The
gradual drop in cotton prices from
better than 14 cents alarmed
many growers and some feared
tnat the price might reach the
level of 1932.' Farmers through
out Newton County stated that
they felt considerably better now
over the cotton situation.
In announcing the 9 cents loan
on cotton, Secretary Wallace
stated that 1937 cotton loans will
be ready “not later than Septem
ber 15.” Participation in the loan-
subsidy arrangement, designed to
bolster prices on this year's large
production, will be limited to
growers who agree to comply with
control measures to be enacted for
next year’s crop.
Cotton brokers generally ex
pressed the opinion the loan pro
gram was “conservative” and
gave assurance of a practically
free market.
They said the fixing of a dif
ferential on lower grades was a
safeguard against too heavy of
ferings of them on a basis above
their comparative worth.
Wallace said that if payments
on 65 percent of the 1937 base
production fell below the $130,-
000,000 appropriated by the last
session of Congress, benefits
would be made on a larger per
centage.
Cotton must be sold before next
July 1 to be eligible for these sub
sidies. Wallace warned produc
ers to retain original sales re
ceipts pending announcements of
detailed Instructions and regula
tions.
The Commodity Credit Corpora
tion is borrowing $150,000,000
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to finance the cotton
loans. Since cotton now is selling
above tne loan limits and the loans
are expected to provide a market
peg, officials said the government
is not expected to be out much, if
any, money on the loans.
The administration agreed to
the loan program when Congress
pledged to make enactment d a
group control measure the first
business of its next session.
Southern members of Congress
had demanded 10-cent loans and
sufficient subsidies to assure
growers 12 cents a pound on their
entire production.
The government made 10-cent
cotton loans in 1933 and 1935 and
12-cent loans in 1934. None were
made in 1936.
This year’s base production is
16,300,000 bales, of which about
10,690,000 could become eligible
for subsidies.
The Commodity Credit Corpo
ration will make 9-cent loans on
cotton classing seven-eights mid
dling or better, in grade; 8 cents
on cotton classing tnirteen-six-
teenths inch in staple, or middling
or better in grade and 7 3-4 cents
on cotton classing seven-eighths
inch as to staple but under mid
dling in grade.
Loans will not be made on sev-
en-eightns-inch cotton or better in
staple which is of a grade not de
liverable on contract under regu
lations of the New York and New
Orleans Cotton Exchanges, or on
thirteen-sixteenths-inch cotton un
der middling grade.
Loans will bear 4 per cent in
terest and mature July 31, next
To be eligible for loans, cotton
must be stored in warehouses ap
proved by the Commodity Credit
Corporation. Loans will be avail
able as soon as necessary arrange-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Pension Payment
Date Is Changed
Announcement has been made
by Ordinary A. L. Loyd, that
Cofederate pension checks will,
effective this month, be issued on
the fifteenth of each month, in
stead of on the first, as has been
the practice heretofore.
Newton Juror on
Kopald-Quinn Case
Newton County is represented
in the famous Kopald-Quinn case
which is being tried in the Fed
eral Court for the Northern Dis
trict of Atlanta. The jury has
spent four months, one of the
longest in history, listening to tes
timony and arguments in the Ko
pald-Quinn alleged multi-tnlilliori
dollar stock swindle. John T.
Willson, well known farmer of
Mansfield, is a member of the
Jury.