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have been being
what with
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you doesn can ’t ^muTtell thiok^ouyhe
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. but conven
state Kiwanis had to go
J The boss just
missed a Kiwanis
lo, these many years
n drive him there
had to en
nake the trip more
Roach, our fine
hean local Kivva1 118
of the „ccoml»med '
Mrs. Roach makes a
trip It kinda
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enjoyable when you
> people with
'such fine pretty good
Boss is
t he don't talk enough
and thinks about that
v We lef *
BSS of his . • •
ediately after dinner
an d when we passed
[adison we stopped there
, t jj e Atlanta party • • •
been entertained by that
Ciwanis club at Madison
and we arirved in
;cue Preacher
ie program of . . the . Baptist
ie pastor and presi
le of Atlanta, Club.
e Atlanta Kiwanis
ing when we went in ...
Hing about an argument
|is assistant pastor, Rev. !
[ Kentucky. Preacher
jys that two Kentucky
!e in a bitter argument
jirthplace of Rev. Young, j
jo said Rev. Young came
ington and Lexington in
tame from Owensboro . .
[y tinging fine talks and some
the caravan pro
[Augusta . . • They were
omson by the Mayor of
nd a motorcycle police
conducted into the city
tyle... A reception and ;
that afternoon at the
Hotel dinner that
. . •
e Augusta Country Club
ey said they had a dance
s but we didn’t know
Shout it as it was 11:30
[dinner 'the speeches were
boss said he didn’t
i man of his age could
i late hours so we re
the hotel and called it a
[hey [office are always awfully
boy at Kiwanis
ps so he was invited to
1 next morning with
Smith, wife of the In
Trustee, Mrs. Dean
fe of the District Gov
, Joe Shaw, wife of the
past district governor, j
A. Dennis, of Eatonton s
ra Roundtree, wife of
District Governor ... It
bna affair served in Mrs. |
P's boss room and I couldn’t
f to put on one of
p •. . NO Sir, he said, ]
had one of those things
I promised myself and j
else never again He
. . .
E. E. Callaway got him
rouble by asking him to
womanless wedding and
!'ging, consented to do
nung what a womanless
® It took all ye of
-ould do to make him
romise at that time and
r absolutely refused so
pa fast alone Met
. .
I kiwanrins there
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F ' i.kei, the
pit(,n club which won
I or Georgia in winning
[ ei ' c °ntest in 1936 in
' l° n
1 r • a ^ oe Shaw,
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h ernor Jones of
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k L an- undre ds of the
t' . eon n the s ’-ate ... A
Ned was served at
0n ‘ l ^ e
pers Saint Nick File Claim Early With This Old Year
l e " 1 Christmas
ar Koing along with
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a „ bought—that bu is, the
L t youngsters
^ L. . begun the counting the
the youngsters
t da -V3, but those
L them. , re hav , ing their moth
koffice department is
y , 1SineSS
[that h ° USe lU
h ag any semblence
Bias, N ° rth Pole mail is
scam –nd postal
r sJ, work
e to w °rry about
p 8 of Otters
ick' home to Old
s except at
* i “at. tor some reason
ft getting P “ ple their are
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Volume 73
CITY ELECTION
! SET FOR THIRD
I MONDAY IN DEC.
Mayor, Three Councilmen and
Two Members Board of
i Education.
ALL PERSONS NOT YET
REGISTERED URGED
TO DO SO AT ONCE
Candidates Are Expected To
Announce ln Next
Few Days.
With the election of city offic
j i a ls less than six weeks away noth
ing to indicate approaching cam
paigns for office has so far ap
peared.
The terms of office of the mayor,
three of the councilmen and two
members of the city board of edu
cation will expire with the close
0 f this year, and the election which
w ju be held on the third Monday
j n December will be for the sue
cessors to these places.
Mayor S. A. Ginn has not yet
made it known whether he will
0 ff er to succeed himself. Many,
however, are anxious for him to
do S0) and app i aud the record of
b j s administration.
The C0U nciimen whose terms ex
p j re wBb the close of the year,
are E Ai Heard, R. A. Norris and
q w Wright. The terms of other
coun cilmen, W. C. Faulkner, E. M.
pj per an d o. T. Briscoe continue
for another year.
Members of the city board of
education whose terms expire this
year are, Leon Cohen and N. S.
Turner. The remaining members
of the board, Dr. J. R. Sams, Col.
R. M. Tuck, S. C. Candler and 0. 1
W. Porter will continue in office. I
Several have mentioned the like
iihood of running for certain of
the offices, but nothing definite
will be known until formal an
nouncements are made.
The new council wiU appoint all
city employees after their organi- ,
zation in January, so this annual;
period is always awaited with in
terest citizens. by a large group of local j
:
OXFORD GETS A
SCOUT TROOP
Fifteen Boys Apply To The
Fifteen boys at Oxford have ap- i
plied to the County Executive
Committee for membership in a
Boy Scout Troop in that city. The
boys have already forwarded their
application Mr. J. O. Porter, ’
to
County Chairman, and a charter :
has been given them.
At present, these boys, who have :
applied for membership in the
first troop, are preparing them
selves for the tenderfoot test and
it is expected they will have com
pleted the requirements for ad
mittanee by the end of the week,
Mr. Wilbur Harwell, prominent
Oxford citizen, has consented to
be Scoutmaster and will be assign
e d by John and Edgar Cline, Eagle
Scouts, formerly of the Barnesville
troop. Dean George S. Roach, of
Emory-At-Oxford, has been
Executive Chairman of the
ganization. Serving on the com
mittee with Dean Roach are
Charles S. Forrester, Mr. Ralph
Giles and Prof. Edwin J. Brown.
Meetings are scheduled to be
held every Thursday evening.
letters and they are flooding the
post office with them. One little
girl in the city asked Santa for a
pair of overalls and a leather cap.
That was all she desired and that
letter was only a sample of the
unusual requests received by Saint
Nick.
Merchants of Covington are
also keeping the postal workers
busy, at this time, receiving new
merchandise for the Yuletide sea
son. A few people have
purchased their Christmas mer
chandise while others will
for the usual rush.
Anyway, Christmas is just
around the corner and
Yuletide values and suggestions
will be found through the colu,
of the News.
Georgia Enterprise, BJst. f)64.
The Covington Star. Est. 1874.
'PLANSANNOUNCED
FOR ROLL CALL
BY STEPHENSON
Red Cross Membership Drive
Will Begin In County
Next Week
247 MEMBERS WERE
ENROLLED IN 1936 BY
THE COUNTY CHAPTER
Annual Roll Call Is Newton
County’s Only Community
Chest
Officers of the Newton County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross made public today a sum
“*7 '°. f the ^ ar ’ s acUvlties
which is particularly gratifying.
As a result of the 1936 Roll
Call 247 members were enrolled
ln the local chapter, which sum
was a substantial increase over
the previous year and considerably
above the quota which had been
set by National Headquarters. Due)
to the fact that a large number
of these members were Contrib
uting ($5.00) and' Sustaining
($10.00) members the fund for
local relief and welfare was well-;
ed to the total of $425.37. During
the next twelve months practical
ly this entire sum was spent in
giving assistance to the unfortu- I
nates of our County until at the j
present time there remains but.
ter. $6.39 Of in the the treasury expended of the chap- j j
sum for re
lief the greatest single item was
food, $307.85 being spent for this;
purpose, medicine and medical at
tention came next with $66.84,
then clothing with $28,17, fuel j !
$11.30, and $4.82 for transients.
By cooperating with the WPA j
sewing project here the Red Cross
obtained a large amount of wear- j
ing apparel for women by fur-,
nishing the clfth, the labor being i
furnish by the WPA.
In the disbusement of the local
relief fund 31 persons or heads of j
families received 11T orders for;'
food, medicine, and other articles
and services from the Red Cross
and through these 127 persons
were benefited. In each case ap
plicants for assistance were first
investigated and approved by Miss
Katherine Williams, an experienc
ed welfare worker and Director of
the Newton County Department
of Public Welfare. In this way
the possibility of undeserving per
sons imposing upon the Red Cross
was eliminated and it also pre
In January 1937 the Red Cross
issued a call for funds to aid the
Louisville Flood victims and New
ton County answered with a con
tribution of $1365.38. In this con
nection the Town of Porterdale
(Continued on Page Eight)
p arms “4ft Years—SDends
Less L.c»s Than i nan $3.00 v On Food
An unusual story of a farmer !
who never had to buy anything he
could raise on his farm was told
Tuesday by a friend. E. F. Smith,
a resident of West Newton bougnt
a farm 38 years ago and up until
the present time he has purchas
ed a total of $1.40 worth of meat
and 1 bu, of seed corn, A loan
has never been made on the land
he now owns from the time of the
early settlers,
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^COllt e . tXeCUUVeS F Y prutiveS Will Hill
j Meet At Court House
A meeting of the executive com
! mittee of the Newton County Boy
Scouts organization will be held
in the offices of Ordinary A. L.
Loyd this evening (Thursday) to
map plans for the coming year.
J. O. Porter, District Chairman,
will be in charge.
u< 1YUSS I L0U> ' P m Rv 3 Soivey V
Wins District Contest
Miss Lois Emily Spivey, of this
city, won first place in the School
of the Air sponsored by radio Sta
tion W.S.B. for this district. Miss
Spivey will contest for state hon
oi a in June of next year. She was
a student of Mrs. A. J. Wismer,
Expression Teacher, who has had
winners in the school of the air
for the past five years.
notice
Pay your State and County Tax.
Books open now. —S. M.
Tax Collector.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER
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MORE PATIENTS
AT HOSPITALS
,, r ° nQ , Work At Hyson
Rapidly Nearing
Completion
Several new patients have ar
rived at the local nospital during
the past week,
Mrs. T. C. Castleberry was ad
mitted last Thursday. Her condi
tion is said 0 be favorable.
Mrs. Houston Hunt, of Porter
dale, entered on Monday. On
Tuesday a daughter was bom to
her. Both are said to be doing
nicely.
Mrs. Grace Lunsford of Porter
dale, was admitted on Monday.
day. He underwent an operation
for appendicitis and is doing well.
Mrs. Bessie Bray, of Thomaston,
entered on Monday. A report as
to her condition has not yet been
issued.
Newton Casey, of Social Circle,
was admitted on Wednesday and
dismissed Saturday.
Other patients include James N.
Leonard, Mrs Johnnie Kitchens,
Mr 0( .. s Hardeman and Mr. Glenn
Black. All are said to be doing
well.
Patients who have been dis
missed during the past week are
Mrs. D. O. Allgood, Mrs Genie
Crumbley, Mrs. Minnie Fincher,
and Frank McCord.
Mrs. J. C. Rainey has returned
to her home from an Atlanta hos
pital and is convalescing follow
Ing an operation.
Porterdale Teams Want
Basketball Gaines
Announcement was made Wed
nesday by W. C. Ivy, of Porter
dale, that the boys and girls,
that city, have excellent basket
ball teams and any school teams
in this section that wish games,
please get in touch with W. C. Ivy.
PROCLAMATION
Whereas cities throughout the state of Georgia
and the nation as well as the President of the United
States, have proclaimed the Red Cross Roll Call
from November 11 through November 25, I hereby
B a proclamation to the people of this city pro
■ j n rr November 11-25 the Red Cross Roll Call
and invite the cooperation of all citizens.
Signed S. A. Ginn, Mayor,
City of Covington, Georgia
P. T. A. Will Meet Next
Wednesday At School
The P. T, A. will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 in
ttle sch ° o1 library. All mothers
are urged to attend.
DEDICATION OF
PARSONAGE
-
Methodist Church Officials
Dedicate Parsonage To
Church
The Covington Methodist Par
sonage was dedicated to the use
of the church and the Glory of
God Sunday afternoon by Dr. Wal
lace Rogers, presiding elder of
,, the Decatur-Oxford _ , District. . . .
A large gathering of members
of the church and visitors
other churches in the city attend
ed the impressive ceremony which
was held at me front of ^b e
building. The parsonage was
erected • several years ago by
members of the Covington Metho
dist Church and the untiring ef
forts of these members made l
possible to burn the mortgage
and deliver the house over to the
church as their property.
Rev. M. M. Maxwell, of Griffin
and former pastor of the Coving
ton church, was intiocfuced by
Rev, C. M. Haynes, present pas
tor. Rev. Maxwell very ably de
livered a speech that will long be
remembered. Dr. Rogers then
dedicated the house to the church
and the Glory of God.
The dedication seryice
the recent payment of the twelve
hundred and fifty dollar debt
i against the parsonage.
Welfare Checks WU1 Be
j Distributed Next
Welfare checks will be
j local officials Monday by
i State Welfare Board according
1 information received here.
checks will be distributed
5c
HEALTH SCHOOL
ENDS AT OXFORD
Thirty-Nine Teachers From
This Section Receive
Certificates
The first aid and accident pre
vention school which had been
conducted for several weeks at
Emory Junior College under
i pervision of Dr. R. G. Zubrod, of
j the American Red Cross, came to
an end with last Friday’s session.
The school was attended by a
number of teachers from Newton
and surrounding counties, and was
j S cessful. reported to have been highly sue
Health, first, and accident pre
vention are receiving more atten-
1 ti° n each year from the state edu
j cat t ional series authorities, of first and aid the schools, pres
en
w hi chare state-wide in scope, are
| un der their sponsorships,
Those receiving certificates at
Oxford are: Mrs. J. P. Baker,
, Rachel Griffith, Mrs. W. C. Park,
and c. T. Stephens, of Oxford;
Mrs. W. M. Baldwin, Pearl Epps,
K ate Thompson, Janet Torbert,
and Mrs. Miriam C. Wilson, of
Madison; Mrs. LeRoy Brisendine,
Bveiyn Hardman, and Carmen
Woodruff, of Conyers; Mrs. J. H.
Carmichael, of Starrsville; Nell
Ba idwin Fincher, Sara S'ue Hoop
, er> Dona Nicholas, and Ruth Wil
ii a ms, of Porterdale; Louise Her
r i n Walter Chaney Ivy, and Mrs.
,
Florence Wallace, of Rutledge;
i and Frances Bennett, Annie
La ur i e Brown, Mary Loyall Brown
Bertha Elliott, Mrs. C. S. Hard
wick Sue Hardwick, Mary Eliza
beth H ull, Evelyn McMichael,
Mrs. T. C. Meadors, Elizabeth
Patterson, Mrs. Alcie Penick, Eu
genia Pittman Mrs. Luke Robin
son Jr. Mrs. I. N. Rorke Emma
Rosser Alice H. Stephens Mrs. C.
Thompson ary Trippe, and Mary
Alberta Wilson, of Covington.
George B. Hamilton To
Speak At Almon Soon
Honorable George B. Hamilton,
Treasurer of the State of Georgia,
will speak at the Epworth League
service at the Shiloh Methodist
Church at Almon on Sunday even
ing, November 14.
U.D.C. Will Meet At The
Library Tuesday At
The United Daugters of
Confederacy will meet Tuesday
the Library at 3:30 o’clock. Each
member is requested to come
bring a jar of jelly or
goods for the old soldiers home.
NOTICE
Register for City Election.
now open, will close
I 27th.—J. H. WOOD, Clerk.
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S = .
i
INDEX OF CIVIC PRIDE I
AND PROSPERITY
1
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS GIVEN BY
COUNTY AGENT
Low Price Of Cotton Changes
The Mind Of Many
Farmers
LARGEST CROP IN THE
HISTORY OF STATE IS
IN PROSPECT FOR US
Mr. T. G. Boggus and Mr. J. B.
George Successful In
Clover Planting
We have seen several farmers
who say they are through sowing
oats and wheat. One farmer told
us he had not ihtended sowing any
more wheat as long as he farmed
but that the low price of cotton
had changed his mind for him.
The largest cotton crop in the
history is in prospect for us this
year with an estimated preduc
tion of over eighteen million bales.
A fall like this one makes us all
realize that we need some more
cash crops in our county as well
as more industries. Seems to us
that this county could well afford
to plant a fair acreage of pea
nuts. Sweet potatoes would be a
profitable crop if we could estab
lish a starch making factory, J i
„ Probably , , , an overall factory or a I j
pants factory would be an asset
Last T ...... fall Mr. T G. _ _ Boggus sow
ed a little more than one half
acre of Crimson Clover and Mr.;
t Mr. E - Boggus George has sowed sold about $49.00 aT1 worth acre -
| of seed and has seeded about 3
more acres. Mr. George has sold
$55.00 worth of seed and seeded
back 10 acres. These seed were
sold at 4 cents per pound in the
county. , The yields these gentle
men obtained are better than you
could normally expect but just
(Continued on Page Eight)
REPORT
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FOR “ VIV _ THF 1 lILi ^TiTF ,
j
Total Crop In Georgia May
Reach I 470 ’ 000
m,es o j
The Georgia cotton crop should
amo unt t oabout 1,470,000 stand
ard bales (500 pounds gross
weight) according to November 1
cot ton report issued today by the
i crop Reporting Board of the
; Unit ed States Department of Ag
reculture. . In arriving , . at . tins
probable production figure vari
ous factors reported on by crop
COI respondents and ginners were
taken int - 0 consideration by Dre
g oard sueb as condition, probable
= , d D cre averaE - e number of
bolla per pla n t) percent ^ of the
crop picked and inned> and oth .
er timely information concerning
th cro „
Upon the 2,631,000 acres esll
ma t e( j f or harvest the forecasted
yie ] d per acre should amount to
abou t 267 pounds. This equals
the highest yield on record and is
the same as produced in lyll.
Bas t year final yield was 228 and
in 1935 the State average was 235
po Unds
1 The current indicated produc
tion of 1,470,000 bales is 35 per
j cen t ab ove last year’s crop of 1
i 086 000 bales
Local People Fast Becoming
Adjusted To New Traffic Rule
The mixture of pedestrians and
cars has at last forced Covington
out of the hick town class; that
is if the installation of traffic
lights is the signal for the change.
They are up and in operation,
and while they are having a pro
nounced effect on the drivers of
cars, they are also making those
of,us who walk, learn when and
when not to cross the street.
Traffic officer Bouchillon is
having a difficult time because of
his many friends. When jay-walk
ers hear his shout, “Hey, there,”
they wave back “Howdy officer,”
and amble on completely innocent
and secure in his friendly hail;
while he calls on the mighty to aid
him in holding his temper.
Then there are those who have
sensed danger on seeing the lights.
An entire family was standing at
the curb watching for the change
in signals. When it came, all join
[ ed hands and scurried across the
street in apparently grave appre-
FREE TICKETS TO
MOTION PICTURE
COOKING SCHOOL
“The Bride Wakes Up” Will
Be Presented At Strand
Theatre
26 FREE PRIZES TO BE
GIVEN BY NATIONAL
LOCAL ADVERTISERS
Ask Your Covington Merchant
For Free Tickets
To School
The much talked of Covington
News Motion, Picture Cooking
School will be held at the Strand
Theatre Thursday and Friday af
ternoon of next week, Nov. 18-19,
with more than 26 prizes being
given absolutely free by local and
national advertisers.
Admission tickets to this great
Hollywood Show may be obtained
without cost from your Covington
merchant. All that is necessary is
just ask the manager where you
trade for a ticket to the News
Cooking School. The ticket pro
vides free admission into the show
a ^ the , an ™ « p ny P<f free ... unity prizeS to secure WhlCh W1 one ^
Special c , , attention .. . of „ those __ who
t to attend is called to the
tj|ne the Cooking School begins .
The doors of the Theatre will open
tl at 1:00 O . clock with the
show beginning at 1:30 0 < c l oc k G n
both days The entire program wiU
be completed at 3:30 o'clock in
time for the ^ program of
the theatre . The Cooking
School program preself ted Thurs
day will be repeated * fid ay and
anyone may attend on either day>
Equal number ol prizes will t*
given on each day
« The Bride Wakes Up” is the
title of the show which was direc-*j film-j
e d in Hollywood under the
tion of one of the most famed pro-j
; ducers with well known actors
1 actresses appearing in the picture
The Cooking School is being,
i s P° nsored by both local and Na
tional advertisers under direction
of the Covington New r s. Free gifts
VV 'P be presented by the Cofer, following A;
merchants: Bennett and
and P. Tea Company, Rogers Storg
Inc., Piggly-Wiggly; Stocks Honk
Ond Stores, King-Hicks Hardware
Comapny, Norris Hardware Co,
Covington Furniture Company
Electric Sales and Service Com
pany, Greene’s Pharmacy, Greer’s
Hom-Ond Market, Peoples Druf
Store, Whites, Weaver and Pitt
man, J. W. Fletcher, Lever Broth
erg Com (makers of Spray!
Lux Lux Toilet So Rinso *
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m0bt t ™ po tant t reasons b thi
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” SamSd dav happen
s were in “Th 1
] Bride Brl f e Wakes Wakes Up” Up to to make make a a sounr" soun
interested in their home Wato
nex t week’s issue of the Covingto i
]\j PW s f or further details of thi
„ rp .. t Motion Picture School
q- be management of the New
w i s hes to extend at this time i
connection with the school the
appreciation to Mrs M M. Osma'
Manager of the Strand Theatr
: and to Mr. Ed Butler efficiei
Proiectionist cooSrati^n for their wholehear
ed
hension, though there was not i
car in sight.
But those who were celebrati
the arrival of the metropolit.'
stage for our town received a j>‘ : ]
when news spread of the expe •
ence of night officers Lassiter a j
Bray.
It was around midnight wb |
they approached the corner of t
square in front of the bank
ing, and there in the middle of
street before their stunned ey
was a fat posum gazing ,
ingly up at the traffic signal. S
Instinct overcame their had surpr ’j
and in an instant they f
rambler by the tail. It was tal
to a local restaurant and prepa , I
for the table.
During the early morning hoi ,
while the two were feasting
baked possum and taters, one '•
marked to the other: :
“You know, I don’t want C
ington to get to be too big a plai ••I