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Public Library Enjoyed in Newton
Through Covington Club's Efforts
FROM ATLANTA
COVINGTON, Ga June 23
Newton county citizens have
joyed the advantages of a
library for many years and
a cent of expense from
treasuries.
This has been due to the civic
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Mobley, president.
Beginning in a modest way more
than a score of years ago, the or
ganization first began the collection
and distribution of books through
a library system.
The popularity of the library
until in 1915. the organization ac
quired land and constructed a beau
tiful brick building just off
courthouse square. It has served j
thousands of readers, and has cir
c lated other thousands of books
and periodicals since '.hat time.
A bronze plaque was placed in
the new building last year, in honor
of Miss Charles Camp Porter, who I
served as the first librarian. The
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inscription reads:
j “In honor of Miss Charles Camp
| Porter, a lifelong friend and gen-
1 erous contributor to the library
, This tablet is placed by the Coving
ton Woman's Club. 1937."
Close by is a series of beautiful
mahogany memorial bookcases—a
memorial to Mrs. Sallie Echols
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The institution is the only free |
public library to which all classes
of persons are invited in Newton
county, and is indicative of the
spirit of service which the club has
demonstrated throughout the years.
There are now 4 000 volumes and
a library, well-stocked providing fiction readers table with in thej
a
of information and enjoy
ment which might not be avail
able but, for the generosity of the
organization
Four founders of the library still
live in the county. They are Mrs I
C. A. Sockwell. Mrs. W, D Travis,
Mrs. C H White and Mrs Come j
Carr Wright,
The dedication of a handsome
bronze marker recently placed by
Sergeant Jasper Chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
on the Lorenzo Dow Pulpit Rock,
twelve miles north of Monticello
on State highway 11, Sunday af
,crnoon ' Jun * 15th, was witnessed
According to the inscription on
the tablet, on this rock in 1803 the
first gospel sermon in Jasper coun
ty was preached by Lorenzo Dow,
of Connecticut, famous pioneer
evangelist
The marking of this historic site
promotes one of the important ob
jectives of the Society of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution which is doing such a com
mendable work in the preservation
of the history of our country
Exercises Most Impressive
The exercises were most im
pressive and in keeping with the
occasion- Mr William Brazey led
the singing and the opening song,
j Reigns,” was followed by
an appropriate scripture reading
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ticello Presbyterian church- Next !
the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag was led by Scoutmaster Wil- ]
*‘ am brazey and the Boy Scout
Troop, after which “America” was
sung. Mrs- F. L- Penn, Regent of
Sergeant Jasper Chapter, wel
corned the visitors and Miss Sarah
Jordan. Chapter Historian, read an
interesting sketch of the life of
Lorenzo Dow- Master Fred Ben
ton, Jr., unveiled the tablet and
the impressive dedicatory and
presentational ceremony of the D.
A. R- by Mrs- Penn, Chapter Re
gent, followed- In a splendid ad
dress, emphasizing love for God
and Country, Mrs- Harrison High
tower, State Regent, of Thomas
“’,£“££*1. the tablet society in behalf the
^ diction merican was Revolution pronounced Th by e Rever- bene.
end Nelson.
Distinguished Visitors
Distinguished visitors present
included Mrs- Harrison Hightower
State Regent D. A- R., Thomaston; !
Mrs- J- H- Nicholson, Assistant
State Editor, D- A. R., Madison;
j Dr- A- G- DeLoach, President At
lanta Chapter Sons of the Ameri- i
can Revolution, Mrs- A. G. De
Loach, Registrar Atlanta Chapter,
] D- A. R., Mrs. Aurelia Roach Me
Millan, National Historian Colonial
Dames XVIIth Century, Mrs- John
Moreland Speer, President Gener
al John Floyd Chapter U. S- D
1812, all of Atlanta; Mrs- Thomas
H- Buttrill, National Historian,
Huguenot Society, and Mrs- John
E. Lane, Regent William McIntosh
Chapter and Past State Historian ]
D A. R-, Jackson; Mrs. L. D. Bol
ton. Regent, Mrs- Walker Combs,
Mrs- R- M. Mobley, Mrs J C- Up
shaw, Miss Sallie Mae Sockwell,
Mrs. R- E- Everett, Mrs. M- J.
Morehouse, Sergeant Newton
Chapter, D- A. R-, Covington; Mrs
Lucile Moore, Regent, Mrs- Carl
] Moore, Mrs. D. T- Davidson, Mrs.
] S- P. Myrick, Mrs. Lilah Roberts
| 1 Stapler, Oliver Morton Chapter,
D. A. R., Gray; Mrs- Kilpatrick,
John Houston Chapter. D A. R-,
Thomaston.
Life of Lorenzo Dow
The paper read by Miss Sarah ;
Jordan during the unveiling exer- !
cises follows:
The eccentric person, Lorenzo
Dow, was born in Coventry, Conn-,
on October 16. 1787, the son of a
man of old pioneer stock and of a
mother in whose veins royal blood
flowed. It is said that he had
serious thoughts of heaven and
hell when he was only four years
old, so it seems that from earliest
years he was destined for a pecul
iar calling. “He grew into a sickly,
morbid lad given to dreams which
he literally interpreted.” Under
the gospel preaching of Hope Hull.
distinguished divine of early
Methodism, Lorenzo was converted
and was licensed by Bishop As
bury as a regular preacher
He went up and down the State
°* Connecticut holding prayer-
Corrie Wright Missionary Circle Held
Meeting At Home Of Mrs. R. L. Loyd
j The Corrie Wright Missionary |
Circle, of the First Presbyterian
Church, met at the home of Mrs
A. L- Loyd. The home was bright- 1
ened with lovely summer flowers, j
making a pretty setting for the 1
meeting
The meeting was opened with 1
Lovely Garden of Miss Mollie Wilson
Scene of Delightful Outdoor Dinner
1 The lovely garden of Miss Mol -1
1 lie Wilson was the scene of a de
lightful last Friday out-door evening dinner party o’clock on j
at 6:30 |
A delicious fried chicken and
fish dinner was cooked on the
outdoor grill and oven, «nd served
with all the trimmings
The table was centered by a low I
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Dow Pulpit Rock Marked With
Impressive Exercises Ry D. A. R.
meetings which stirred the discip
line of the Methodist church and
instigated the persecution by that
church of his boyhood which was
to pursue him the rest of his life
On his first visit to Georgia, Lo
lenzo Dow, pennfiess, landed in i
Savannah- He preached through
had to sleep under the trees One
old woman who gave him admit
tance to her cabin, said to him,
‘‘The other people supposed you to
be a thief, since you do not appear
in the character of a gentleman ”
One little community in Screven
county, tradition tells us. had a
curse put upon it by the evangel-,
ist for refusing to shelter him
When he visited this little com- ]
munity, Jacksonboro, he trampled
all over the village and no one
would take him in- Finally, how
ev er he came to a house where he
was allowed to spend the night.
The next morning as he passed
out of town he was treated
badly, being stoned and pelted
with decayed eggs- When he came
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shoes and shook the dust from
them and cursed the town, saying
that not a house would be left
there save the one in which he
spent the night. His malediction
upon the town of Jacksonboro has
fulfilled, and there is only one
house left standing—the one in
which Lorenzo Dow was allowed
to tarry for one night.
There were no missionaries to
the heathen in those days, but
strange to say, this young man
from a country town set out to
bear the Word abroad, without j | j
permission or recognition from his
church. He was convinced that he i
was called to preach, to the Roman
Catholics of Ireland, so he went!
there and did a remarkable piece
of work in denouncing the Catho
lics- He also preached in England ;
and slashed with fervor the “hide- j i
bound doctrinal meanness of the
pious in his own faith ” He be
lieved in and preached a personal !
devil and personal hell and i
a
damnation
He returned to the United States
and when a dream warned him to]
go South a second time, Lorenzo:
Dow was rebellious until humbled j
by an experience in horse trading,
he set out on foot. On the way an
old mare and a cast-off saddle and
bridle were given to him Thus,:
preaching all along the way he j
rode into Georgia in February
1803- It was in this year that he
came to Jasper County and
preached on the spot which we
are marking today
He had achieved some fame now
and consequently he found more
open doors- This time his travels
led him all over the State He
tells us in frequently his writings that Great In- j
dians were seen. \
crowds gathered to hear “crazy j
Dow,” as he was called and his
words were attended with “great i
power” He was seen frequently]
at the old-time Georgia camp- ;
meetings. The Methodist denomi
nation began to receive him with !
less coolness, and he was granted.
a “parchment of recommendation”
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from the Governor.
Throughout America, Canada.
the British Isles and Europe Lo
renzo Dow went preaching. De
spite his blunt manners, eccen
tricities, and uncouth appearance,
he made friends among the great
in every land
It seems somehow very fitting
that it was on a trip to Washing
ton to warn the President of plots j
and dangers from his enemies that]
Lorenzo Dow caught his last sick- I
ness and died on February 2, 1934
He was buried at Georgetown by
the Masonic order which he had
recently joined- He was not quite
fifty-seven years old when he
died, a short span of life for one 1
who had so long enjoyed the repu- i
tation of a seemingly ageless pa
triarch. So he went to become a j
citizen of that far country toward | |
which his thoughts had ever
turned—Monti cello News-
T he beautiful country home of Mr.
pa,-^ Allgood formed a lovely sett
j U ne 25th.
members and a few invited
guests all went (fuck. together on Mr.
Abner Harpers’ We arrived
there about 8 o’clock and the first
ew hours were spent .viewing the
flower gardens and fish
which were brilliantly lighted
rainbow colered lights.
Mr. Algood served delicious peaches
WOlliaiTS Clllb Held Tlieil'
Regular J line Meeting _ _ ,. at . Club m l House wt
The Flint Hill Woman's Club held
regular meeting at the club
Thursday, June 23rd, the
Mrs. J. P Mitcham.
The program was in' charge of
Harvey Jones. She read the
and led the prayer. Song,
“What a Fiend We Have in Jesus,”
Club. Poem, “Home,” Mrs. T.
G. Boggus. Poe, “The House by the
Side of the Road,” Miss Eva Boggus.
Mrs. Martin E. Goode, Jr. Presents
Nicky Bolton In Piano Recital
Mrs. Goode presented one of
her pupils, Nicky Bolton, in a Re
cital at Usher House last Thursday
afternoon. When Mrs. Goode came
Covington the town gave proof
its high standard of culture and
its 'discernment in recognizing her
at once as a real Artist and in ap
predating her fine quality.
The audience who listened Thurs
day afternoon with pleasure and
appreciation to the young Pianist,
a beautiful example of the
interest taken by our Parents
and Teachers in all our younger
T be support to these young peo
P le of this sustaining interest and
f ai th in after years cannot be
Nicky played with his usual
ana delicate expression
entirely from memory, the fol
ow * ng valded and difficult program:
First: fa) Allegro di Molto by
ip Emanuel Bach < b) 1st move
of the “Moonlight Sonata”
Beethoven.
Second: (a) Two Preludes by
Personals
Mr. Horace Anderson has gone
to New York, where he will enter
summer school at Columbia Uni
versity.
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Mr . and Mrs . L . j. Pritchard
spent the week-end with Mr. and
M rs . r, a Norris, Mrs. Pritchard
remaining for a visit.
Mrs. Emma Thomas, of Atlanta,
the house guest of the R- A.
Norris’s ast week.
Miss Bernice Lane, of Monticel
!o, is being deligh.fully enter
tained this week as the house
guest of her sister, Mrs- John Bob
Weaver, on Church Street
Mr- and Mrs. R. A Norris mo
tored to Thomaston, where they
spent last week-end and attend
ed the wedding of the niece of
Mr- Norris, Miss Estelle Pye, to
Mr. Frank Winkler, of North Car
olina.
Mr. and Mrs- J. R. Webb, of
the song, “Jesus Lover of My
Soul,” which was followed with a
prayer by Mrs. Robert Fowler, Sr
The Book of Deuteronomy was
beautifully taught by Mrs- Loyd,
to about fourteen members
Delicious refreshments were
served at the close of the meeting-
City Pharmacy
“WHERE FRIENDS MEET”
'i/-> iA COVINGTON, GEORGIA
pRE^CRIPTI \
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bowl of Clarkia, and in the set
ting of lovely pines the affair was
a most delightful one.
Enjoying the hospitality of Miss
Wilson were: Miss Ethel Belcher,
Mrs. Pearl Taylor, Mrs- A. L
Loyd. Mrs- Tullie Smith and Mrs
J. R. Webb, sister of Miss Wilson
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M,SS Jan Bril Of Mr Sale* M Johnson
The marriage of Miss Janet Potts
to James M. Johnson was quietly
solemnized Tuesday. June 14th. at.
the home of the Rev. J. W. Leitch
in Atlanta.
The lovely bride, of distinct blond :
type, was becomingly attired in a
■ avy ensemble, with white acces
sories. Her shouder cluster was of
valley lilies.
Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Potts of Conyers.
She graduated from Conyers High
School.
JacmelynMacko, Montgomery
Alabama Honored With Birthday t arty
Mrs. R. L. Hicks entertained with
a party Saturday, June 25, honoring
her little grand-daughter, Joe
Jacquelyn Mack of Montgomery, Ala.
on her tenth birthday.
The color scheme of pink and
white was carried out in decora
tions.
After many delightful games were
played, delicious ice cream and cake
wer e served,
Those present were: Betty Mack
B. Y, P, fj, of the M dCedonla C llllVCh Enjoy
Delightful Picnic at Home of Mrs. All good
“The Home,” an article by Louie j
Newton, was read by Mrs. J. P
Mitcham.
After roll call, minutes and a
business meeting. Miss Frances
George gave a discussion and Dem
onstration on Handicraft.
During the social hour the
hostesses, Mrs. Foy Ellington and
Miss Luna Mae Ellington served
ice cream and cookies.
j Culloden, are spending their vaca
t ion with their sister, Miss Mollie
\yj] son
^ anon spent
, 1 p uesday in Atlanta transacting
j business,
matters of
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Mrs- George Elliott and Mrs
Nat Turner, Jr-, have been visit- ]
ing relatives during the past week!
in Waynesboro.
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are devoted without res
v ervation to every service.
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Mr- Johnson is the son of the late
B. L. Johnson and Mrs. B, L. John
son. He graduated from Covington \
High School, attended Oglethorpe!
University and is a graduate of the
University of Georgia. Mr Johnson
holds a responsible position with
the Georgia State Highway Board.
Immediately following the cere-1
mony Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left for
a wedding trip to Florida after which
they returned to their home witn
Mrs. B L. Johnson at Covington.
and Jacquelyn Mack of Alabama,
Geraldine Ellis, Betty Rabun, Annie
Laurie Meadors, Charlotte Hicks,
Bobbie Jean Parish and Francis
Hicks.
Mrs. Hicks was assisted in enter
taining by her sister. Mrs. V. C.
Almand of Conyers, Mrs. Trellis
Parish and Miss Emily Meadors.
The honor guest received many
lovely gifts. All reported a very nice
time.
and figs out in the flower garden,
before the picnic lunch was served.
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out 0U in n the e ‘ ard
There were forty-five members
and S uests present with Mr. and
Mrs - A - w Har P sr . Mrs. L - R - J°nes
and Mr - and Mrs - Vester D ’ al 88
chaperones.
After telling our lovely host and
hostess what a grand time we had,
we returned home.
Chopin, (b) Impromptu by Reinhold.
Third: (a) Minuet—Paderewski,
(b) Prelude C-Minor by Rachman
inoff.
The audience was generous in
their applause ^ind their apprecia
tion of Mrs. Goode's splendid teach
ing as demonstrated by her talented
pupil.
After the musical program the
guests were invited to the dining
room where Mrs. Goode and Mrs.
Molly Bolton served fruit punch
and cakes.
The table vas covered with Vene
tian lace and graced by a huge bowl
of Shasta daisies and pale yellow
candles.
In the audience, lending the sup
port of their sympathy and appre
ciation to the young artist, were
noted a number of Mrs. Goode's
c her pupils, ana Nicky’s friends,
among them were Trapnell, Butler,
Ginn and Callaway, also Messrs.
Goodwin Tuck and Jack Bolton.
Thursday, June
other places of interest in the
North and East
Jack Neal left Covington this
morning on a vacation trip to New
^ or ^ City and other places in the
F ' as *’ New England,^ and Canada,
Mrs- Kirk Swann and daughter,
M i ss Eleanor Swann, who are at
tending summer school at G S- C
W-. returned home for the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs Shelly Harlin and
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Harris spent
Saturday and Sunday at Tybec
Beach.
Mr and Mrs. S J. Harlin are at
home after a ten day vacation spent
in visiting points in Alabama and
Georgia
Mrs. W W. Aiken and son, Billy,
of Lyons, are visiting Mrs. W. D
Travis whose many friends will be
pleased to learn she is steadily im
proving from a very serious illness.
Mrs. C E. Pierce of Dalton spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Newton Fulker and family.
Mrs. W. H Gaither has returned
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I have qualified with the
tary of the Democratic sec,
Committee of the Lxecutji
Fourth Congn
s-.onal District for re-election
76th Congress, to
subject to the
mary to be held September
I will very deeply appreciate
support of the t
people of the p 01a
District In the coming election.
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