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that we have nothing
ems heart we
in our as
ness Chatter
lontinue our little
went away to the Ki
we heart
onvention sad at
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many of our friends
so
we regretted leaving
t such a time . . . the con
Tor ,1 f, n ^ . but upon
Zn md that a beau
e> iron, our garden
lids was mussing • • we
compare OUI friends with
and Sarah King was
her sojourn here likened
1 Valley Lilly
t modest little
jet. . . fragrant . . unas
I. but tlways radiant
. .
ir sweet smile winning
t into the hearts of young
I alike Our lives have
liiched for having had going her
[friend md her
[jc to the entire commun- the
like a visit from
- ....
Father giving - u»
5 that the
and an assurance
i not a thing of horror, but
|s only a doorway through
[ach of us must pass ...
en that door is closed on
i. the door on the other
the grave is the Golden
ening into life eternal . . .
sage even though she
too ill and too weak to
ire was . . “Let not
krts be troubled.” . . “No |
|. because it’s been a grand I
Id here . and the going
Id it is all so beautiful”
lach of her friends she left
message and to her
he assurance that every
is alright She left all
sages and with a radiant J
w a kiss to them for Good
md smilingly said she be
le would go to sleep ...
s the sweetest and most
ccasion of which we have
iwn Not one selfish
for herself but her every
was for each one to be
nd to know that all was
nd as she was passing over
e each one know how
]v God fulfilled His
il sure that we have a
understanding to and of feel His j
US now, we
entire community has
dsit of the Master. May
of us strive to so live !
i we have lived our lives,
L ose 0U1 e y e » • • • as did
®us fnend . . assuring j
A the beauty of S Life Etern-j but
™ 83 f a .- '
br ?l 1V ? t0
we w , shall u not think of , ,
me ’ Te T aS ,USt ! I
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^nong imon? w Her to the tt fill angels that place. ... and |
^ want to talk of other
'there frfthosl /lowers' fn
‘young and old our
• • flowers needing more
inshine God’s Garden
P rs v; ho are letting their
H'you^on/^rtho^e I 1
• ■ won’t you heed the
all ere ,t is too late’ ‘
^ ou «e a person with‘a
• Perhaps there are girls
mme you will embarrass
or whom you are setting
e ' ■ an d above all you
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,
tg that soul which 5 oes
s to you This is writ
r e with
each an earnest
« of you will check
f wilte : y°u d are the flower
r . . . Then there
f young boy and girl
fascinating .
fruit juices
P deadly poison for your
F ou w °u'd not play with _
[ s of Poison would you’
e is no half way plan
ther Your life is go
•
just what you make it
j
nt Play , with liquor in
c , ha
Pe or form i ives
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out in a - second by
ple and older ones driv
■ or in quarrels
the . . .
y are sober they
lze . . .
>ened f to tb them * s thin § could and
the . . .
are only one to suffer
your loved ones
ier wfl . .
° has loved and
r° pra yed for you all
lip ' ' ,d has given us
dI ( , minds
Is L w, ke<lp an d souls
^em dean and
ed at? 0 ’ lf hke Sarah
fl -
i ot l m °ments notice,
e !° lived that
r° he ar the we
Master ' s calI
id ‘ r am read y- and
. because
’ be autiful every-
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Boy I am
STEEPIN’ Up,
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Volume 73
RURAL RESIDENTS
| I GET ELECTRICITY
I j OVER NEW LINES
|
| Current Turned On Saturday
I By -Snapping Shoals
Power Co.
| UNES -
i EXTEND OVER
LARGE TERRITORY IN
SEVERAL COUNTIES
Mr. V. C. Ellington And His
Associates Responsible
For Power
The long period of anticipation
f or many rur al residents of New
ton, Henry, Butts and Rockdale
counties, became an occasion of
reality Saturday when electric
current was turned on the major
part of the transmission lines of
the Snapping Shoals Power
and , Light Company.
The linea now rendering actual
3erv j ce are those extending from
Covington to Starrsville from
Covington to Stewart, and from
Covington Ola, via Snapping
shoals The remainder of the
lines of the present system will
go into active service before the
end of this week, according to
engineers.
With the completion of this
project, with others now serving
the northern and eastern sections
of the county, Newton is now one
of the most completely electrified
rural districts of the south. The
advantage will promote the de
sirability of farm life and in
ci ease land values in the terri
t0ry servecJ -
• V. C. Ellington and his as
sociates are responsible for the
successful conclusion of the pro
Ellington and Col. R.
' amp e are now in Wahing
£on negoUatln – for additional
funds wlth which to further ex
tend the service locally.
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RECORD YEAR I
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FOR i
RED CROSS
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1937 Droves Most Successful
Since Before The
War >
state-wide accomplishments of
the American Red Cross in the I
past year set a peace-time record |
in heal th. safety and disaster ac
tivities, il was reported today by
A ' L - Loyd, Chairman of the New
ton County Chapter, in his an
nual accounting of the organiza
ti on’s work,
Red Cross membership ir. the
County and State sprang sharply
t0 ^ high6St P ° im “ h3S
SmCC the WOrld War -
over 200 members in the county
and 68,163 members in the state,
he said, and Chapter officials in
Covington, along with other Red
° ffl “ 1S throughout the
state ’ are determined to reach an
CVen hlgher goal y ear -
N ; at ‘ onall f> Mr Loyd added, the
-
Red Cross has just completed? its
busiest year since 1917-18. Grow
ing public entiment against the
mounting accident death toll,
wide-spread demands for more
adequate health protection, ami
the worst disaster in the naion’s
history, combined in the past
twelve moqths to give the Red
Cross more to do than in any year
since the tunes “Tipperary” and?
“Over There” were hits of the
day.
In Georgia, Red Cross classes
in first aid, life saving and home
hygiene were sharply increase 1 to !
meet the demands this new inter
est in healt hand safety activi
ties created. Over 3,940 persons
were taught the simple principle I
of first aid, so often the means of
saving the life of an accident vic
tim; 1,468 men, women, and chil
dren received? Red Cross life sav
ing instruction, and 2,085 persons
were taught Red Cross home hy
giene and care of the sick in the
past twelve months.
Services At Hayston
Presbyterian Church
Regular services at the Hays
ton Presbyterian Church will be
held Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock. Sunday school will begin
at 3 o’clock.
NOTICE
Pay your state and county taxes
now.
S. M. HAY, Tax Collector.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. I'« 4 .
Tiie Covinjrton Stur. Est. 1874.
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j nettling ME WHERE like this. IN FRANCE Today ... The first Armistice Day was greeted
1 we face East and pause in homage to those
whose names mark white crosses in Flanders Fields. 19 years ago thesa
Houghboys were glad the War To End War was over. Today new war
8CareS make millions wonder, “can all this happen again?”
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COUNTY AGENT’S
NEWS AND VIEWS
Aerial Photographs Received
Lor Compliance Of
Farm Plan
The aerial photographs for the
county have been received and the j
committeemen who will do the
measuring are undergoing a week
of training before they make the
field in earnest to measure all
land for compliance under the
1937 farm program.
The maps are easily read by
those familiar with such work and
it seems that for the first time an
accurate check can be secured on
the entire acreage of crop land in
the county. The map is made in
137 different sections so that com
mitteemen can select sections
each day containing the farms
they desire to measure for that
^ In "this way several groups
be measuring in the county
at once and it is expected that the
work will be much more accurate
this year than in the past and can
be done much quicker and at less i
i
expense.
We see a good many farmers
who are getting some grain |
sown. It is already late and :
those who are able to sow now will
find less damage by winter kill
ing and will also get an increase
in production. Be sure to treat
for smut. The Georgia State Ex
periment Station recommends an
application of about 400 pounds of
fertilizer per acre. The fertilizer I
Continued on page Eight i
THREE FIRES IN !
CITY REPORTED |
j
Warning Issued By Officials
On Fire Hazards At
Home
Three fires were reported de
ing the past week, but all of them
were handled quickly and effi
cie ntly and very little damage re
su it e d according to department
records,
The first fire was reported Sat
urday around noon when a smoke
filled room alarmed the residents j
of the Cap Austin home on Wash- ■
ington Street. The house was i
carefully inspected, but no blaze
could be found and firemen ex
pressed the belief that wind had
pr0 bably caused smoke to blow
f rom the fireplace into the room,
Qn Monday night, the fire de
par tment was again called out,
bu t this time to a fire in one of
the city’s own trucks, which had
been parked at the light plant
some time before, The cause of
the fire could not be learned. Dam
age was estimated at $50.00.
Negroes, passing the Nixon
Porter barn on Clark Street, re
ported a fire on the interior of
the building to police. The offi
cers entered he bam and put out
the blaze without calling an
alarm. Much credit is due the ef
ficient city officers.
Fire Chief A. C. Vining and oth
er firemen issued statements
Wednesday urging all home own
ers to have their gutters cleaned
of trash and leaves now. A small
spark in the leaves might resu't
in a fire of large proportions it
was said. Tribute was paid the
general public for their care in |
preventing fires this year.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937
MISS SARAH KING
PASSES TO BEYOND
Attack of Pneumonia Fatal To
Beloved Young
Woman
The hearts of hundreds of
friends of Miss Sarah King and
^ er P aren ts, Col. and Mrs. C. C.
King, were saddened Thursday i
evening when word reached Cov
ington that she had passed away
in an Atlanta hospital from a se
ver e attack of pneumonia,
She was a native of Covington
and a graduate of the Covington
schools, where her remarkable
aptitude for the winning of friends
and her excellent work endeared
her to the people of the commun
ity.
On completion of her school ;
work in Covington she etnered the !
University of Georgia at Athens,
graduating in the class of 1933 •
Subsequently she took a commerc
ial course in Atlanta and was em
ployed there when stricken with
the attack to which she succumb
ed.
Funeral services were conducted
at the First Baptist church on Fri
day afternoon by Rev. Walker
Combs, who was assisted by Dr.
Clark of Monroe. The masses of
flowers which overflowed the
church rostrum gave beautiful and
silent tribute to the high esteem
held for her. Interment was in
West View cemetery of Coving
ton.
Besides her parents she is sur
vived by two brothers, Charles, of
Crawfordville, and Coleman King,
of Covington.
The News joins hosts of others
in extending deep sympathy to her
bereaved parents and her brothers.
J T c - Harwell „ „ and . Son, „ funeral . ,
directors, were m charge of ar
rangements.
Three Anniversary Sales
Wednesday In Covington
Three Anniversary Sales were
announced this week by Covington
merchants and their detailed an
nouncements may be found else- 1
w here in this issue of the News,
Merchants celebrating their anni
versary are the Covington Furni
ture Company, Stocks Hom-Ond
stores and The Hub.
HONOR ROLL
The following subscribers have
been placed on our Honor Roll for
renewing their subscriptions:
A. B. THOMPSON
D. S. WADSWORTH
R. L. PANE
GUS BEAM
MRS. J. F. MARLOW
MISS LOIS McGIBONY
L. N. SIGMON
MISS CLEMMIE BOYD
ROBERT MITCHAM
MRS. C. H. BERRY
E. G. WILEY
W. T. McGUIRE.
DR. J. R. SAMS
J. A. ALGOOD
GINN MOTOR CO.
JAMES C. KNOX
MRS. H. L. ROEBUCK
MRS. E. R. GARY
MRS. W. H. SMITH
MAJOR ROBT. GUINN
TRAFFIC RULES
GIVEN POLICE BY
LOCAL
E. R. Bouchillon Named Ass’t.
Chief; To Direct Traffic
Activities
STRICT ENFORCEMENT
OF ALL REGULATIONS
SAY THE OFFICIALS
New Street Traffic Lights
Installed By The
City
The Traffic Committee of the
City of Covington submitted a !
number of recommendations to j
the council a short time ago which
were approved and 1 will be put in
to effect on Wednesday, Novem
ber 10. I
New traffic lights are being in
stalled on each corner of the pub
lic square and? rules and regula
tions concerning the traffic situa
tion will be strictly enforced. The
lights will be placed directly over
the streets where they may be
easily seen from all directions.
The city council at their regu
lar session passed a hesolution j
promoting E. R. Bouchillon to the
post of Assistant Chief of Police.
Mr. Bouchillon will be in charge of '<
the Tiaffic Department and upon
his shoulders was placed the en
forcement of the laws passed.
Old traffic ordinances were re
viewed and revised by the coun
cil at their meeting and J. H.
Wood, clerk, was instruced to ;
place the New Regulations before I
the people of this section. And
an i.oun cement of these new “Traf
fic Regulations” may be found
elsewhere in this issue of the
News.
r,. ihe , speed limit for . the .. city . was
at 30 miles per hour and
rc §ulaf;ons were provided for
lc P er lighting. Other reguia
were as follows: Obeying
lights; Parking near in
Fire Plug Parking;
at angles indicated- Ru
on outside of automobiles;
permitted; Violaion penal- |
B.cycle ordinance and others
Various members of the police
department were given strict in
aS to these regulations
they were advised that en
fm cement were up to them. Dr.v
ar.e cautioned to obev the new
rules
GAMES !
PLAYED FRIDAY j
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Results Of All Games
Flayed Announced
Wednesday
The official results of all games
the league as announced by of
are as follows:
Covington Boys 25, Livingston ,
s Covington Girls 3, Liv . |
tQn Girls 39; Palme r-Stoiie
1? Mansfie i d Boys 15; Pal- '
Girls 40, Mansfield
28; Loganviiie Boys 24,
Boys 14; Loganviiie
33, Conyers Girls 2; Social
Boys 18, Jersey Boys 17,
Circle Girls 25, Jersey 24,
In the opening games of the
the teams of the Yellow
Basket Ball league fought
leads in an effort to cinch the
title this year,
Palmer-Stone week after they stood had undefeated downed | j
Mansfield boys and girls in J
games. Covington boys j
easily over Livingston, but |
local girls did not fare so well
fell under the determined j
of the Livingston girls.
Circle won both of their
and were placed among
undefeated. The result of the
games were ;
learn.
Games scheduled for Friday
November 5, in the league
as follows:
Jersey will Invade Conyers;
will play the strong
Circle tcfuns * Palmer
will play at Livingston and
are looking forward to
of the best games of the sea
when Livingston and Palmer
meet; Covington will play
NOTICE
Register for City Election. Books
open, will close November
H. WOOD, Clerk.
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RED CROSS ANNUAL ROLL CALL NOV. 11-25
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BE DEDICATED
Mortgage Note To Be Burned
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Ihe Covington Methodis. , Pa
sonage will be dedicated in an im
P resslve service Sunday after
noon at three °' clock at the church
according to officials.
The P e0 P le of this cit y and the
surrounding section are invited by
churchi officials to participate in
exercises. Rev. M.
f' f ° rme Maxwe r past f 11 OT ' °/ the Grlffin Covington - and
church> „ ^ill , be the principal
Speaker ' 0n e of fhe most impor
tant event3 WlU be ^ burmn S ° f
Mortgage note.
Dr. Wallace Rogers, presiding
elder of the Decatur-Oxford dis
trict, will with suitable remarks
and prayer dedicate the house to
the use of the church and the
Glory of God.
This dedication service follows
the recent payment of the twelve
hundred and fifty dollar debt
against the parsonage. The com
who did such fine work in
sufficient money to pay
of f the mortgage was composed
of A. L. Loyd, Godfrey Trammell
and R. R. Fowler, Jr. This com
mittee reports a fine spirit of co
erati on on the part of the mem
bers of the church -
Of Fellowship
Union Elected Sunday j
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The Wesley Fellowship Union of • J
Methodist Church held their
monthly meeting at the !
Methodist Church Sun- j
with a large crowd from the
section attending.
Officers for the year were elect
as follows: Miss Estelle Walls, ! I
f Covington, President; Oscar
of Oxford, Vice-President;
oiph Cook, of Oxford, Secre
and Treasurer. After a short
usiness session, the meeting was
joumed by the new president,
Report For This
County Is Announced
The census report for Newton
as announced by L. H.
Special Representative of
commerce Department, shows )
there were 10,121 bales of cot
ginned in Newton County from
the crop of 1937 prior to October
1937. The 1936 crop totaled
bales for the same period,
City Election
To Be Held In December
The annual city election will be
at the Court House on the
Monday in December. No
have yet announced
it is understood that sev
candidates will enter the race
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX OF CIVIC PRIDE ;■
AND PROSPERITY i
W. HYATT KILLED
AT
Hugh Maddox Bound
O " Fh Of
er
■ A c-aa.i . . uctween ~7 revelers
,
Saturday night at the
filling station on highway No.
resulted in the death of
Hyatt, 24, of Oxford, and the
j holding of Hugh Maddox of Por
terdale on charge of murder.
At the commitment hearing
which was he]d in co vington on
Wednesday afternoon, it was
brought out that Maddox in com .
pany w ith several young women
had stopped at the Nightingale
for drinks and dancing. Hyatt
who was also there, and who, it
wa3 claimed> had been drinkiRg ’
had worc j s with one of the youn
women and was warned by Mad _
dox ab o ut an noying them.
A fl 5 h t flowed, m which P. ^
Jf „ 111 ’ ln a – b ™ the e s ^ rugg o£ e a c ox lomed. rew
ls ^ ea PO” an s ° oodrow
ya 1 ln ®' _ lm lns an
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a ' 10X was K)Un< ov( * r 0 le
next grand jury on a charge of
murder, ’ with bond fixed at $500 v ’
Woodrow TT Hyatts .., funeral . , was
held on Tuesday at Mt
church m Gum Creek district,
V1 cv '' ‘ ' ta y ° icla in ® -
Interment j was m the church
ctme eiy.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. H. C. Hyatt, of Oxford; six
sisters - Mr s - J steeie, of At
o ^ a ht 110 a > ’andVs anc I Mrs. J J. S^of’Mr? S. Cook, Mrs.
Henry Rogers, Mrs. Camon Park,
and Miss Nellie Hyatt, of Oxford;
and ^ ive brothers, P. M., and
•! ames > of Oxford, H. G., of North
Carolina, E. G., of Ohio, and C.
L, of Hawaii, to whom the News
extends sympathy,
-L C- Harwell and son, funeral
directors, were in charge,
The Covington News
WISHES YOU
A Happy Birthday!
Nov. 7
MISS LAURA J. BOUCHILLON
MRS. B. O. MCDONALD
MRS. L. C. STEWART
Nov. 8
MIRIAM NELL JONES
MISS RUTH NEELY
Nov. 9
MRS. L. A. PATRICK
MISS? MARTHA GILREATH
DAN SUMMEROW, JR.
Nov. 10
VIRGI LHOLLIS
DOROTHY LASSITER
Nov. 11
MARIE BONNER
C. M. ELLIS
Nov. 12
MR. T. C. CASTLEBERRY
MOTION PICTURE ’
COOKING SCHOOL
STRAND THEATRI
Covington News Complete* 1
Plan For Two Day
Event
TICKETS TO SCHOOL
FREE MAY BE OBTAINED |i
FROM MERCHAN I
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Full Announcement Will B i
Made Here Nent •I
Week
Stream lines are a familis
sight this season. But the late;!
news in Cooking School convert ■i
tions, discovered by The Co*,; .
as
ington News has screen lines. Ai
of which seems that long lines c’
eager pupils will be going t.
school again Nov. 18-19, whe
this newspaper presents the muet
discussed motion picture course .
home economics at the Stran
Theatre. I
Going to school in a theater
It's a grand way to combine fui
inspiration, a neighborly reunio
and valuable instruction, all i
i one free package. It’s a gran
way to get out of the rut that o:
ten threatens the best and ir.os
| conscientious of home manager
Just as fresh inspiration fc
the old job is one of the by-prot
uets of the familiar Cookin
bchool, which presents a lecture
in a model kitchen, so are ne
ideas and keen incentive bom it
the film class for homema -cr
with is novel approach and mot
ein setting.
The kitchens that passed tti
screen test for this picture had t
meet the exacting requirements i
nationally-known ists well Hollywood home ecoamvj, stan
as as v
ards of charm, good taste ai :
proportion.
i No “false-front” camera-beaut
j satisfied . these spi, :
j clalists They msisted on worku j
‘
“ complet ®> compact, model
kitchens, which actually refle.
more sc i enLLtlc ingenuity ar
careful f , planning than any uvu
1
In these practical kitenen
3 chia ^ ream simplified, hn , e3 3 no sanitary, id « phra3 i labo e ’i'
savm S equipment is keyed .
style and purpose to a busy age. ;
Lecogn.zmg the demands . j
home ex P erts > Hollywood sigm
all-star kitchens, with all-sti
cast, adding a continual proce|
sion of close-ups, so that evei
seat in the theaterl is a 6°od se
for this amazingly pictured hous
hold course
The elaa3 isn - t all work>
there is the constant play '
sparkkng humor, the appfal 'i
tender romance, and the suspen f
of a coherent intelligently-direo 1
e d story, ’ which dramatizes ever,* e L |f
day . happenings—the , . ,, human sq:
of things that really do happen.!^ 1
AU ^ is necessa to atte^
ia t(J secure a special free ticli
from actiye your part merchant in this who great will acho ta I !?*£**$
You may attend either Thursdi'
or Friday.
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Grading Of Grounds Ai !
Installing Of Driveways
Underway
New arrivals at the Huson M I. i
week morial include: Hospital during the p<|
Mrs. D. O. Allgood, of Soc ■ jj
Circle. She underwent an opei’ M| j
tion on Wednesday and is said 1
be doing nicely. wt I
James N. Leonard was admit! fhi
on Tuesday for an emergency c
era tion for appendicitis. His cc*.j; ]
dition is good.
Little Joe Willie Gerstein V i
| admitted on Saturday and d 1 1:
missed on Tuesday. u
Frank McCord was dismiss mi
.
Tuesday folowing an operation l:
conditio'! d ,
Other patients whose
are said to be satisfactory a • i
Mrs. Johnnie Kitchens, Mrs. Ge' :
Crumbley; Mrs. Minnie Finch jr
Mr. Otis Hardeman, Mrs. Fra'’
McCord and Mr. Glenn Black.
of Grading the building of the got grounds under in frt J f r i
w
Tuesday. With the completion, Idjjjl }f(
the work, driveways will be ’i
and shrubbery set out by the
cova nurseries. Finishing touc’ |
to the building will be given n i!
week.