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’ The Covington News
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at the Postoffice at Covington, Georgia, as mail matter of the
Second Class.
A. BELMONT DENNIS _______Editor and Publisher
W. THOMAS HAY__________ ___________Advertising Manager
LEON FLOWERS_______ Mechanical Superintendent
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Official Organ of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
Covington News Again Secures
“Market Bulletin” Contract
Tuesday when the bids were opened for the contract
to print and mail the “Market Bulletin,’’ the Covington
Nevs was found -fnrl to be ho tho the Imv low hirlrlor bidder for tor thp the second second con- con
secutive year and W’as awarded the contract.
This contract means much to every citizen of Coving
ton as well as to The Covington News. By securing this
contract The Covington News will pay out of this single
contract approximately $4,000 in wages to be spent among
the merchants of Covington during the year which the con
tract runs that womd wml l r i not not come come to to our^uty our citv otherwise. otter™. 1
1 J“ arlset bU f”
our postoffice , approximately • , $300.00 eonn on per month, or $3,-|
600.00 per year. This contract gives jobs to men m Gov-
1 ingtonjiucl brings other families to our city.
of the Covington News in trying _ to
'The management
expand- their business is proud of the fact that it is bring
ing additional money here to be spent arnong merchants
of our city. We believe the merchants of our city apprec
iate ‘ this fact and will help f.. us by J keeping f a their printing at
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nOme.
When out-of-town „ , salesman , for „ printing . ,. calls ,, up
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on them we hope they will remember that m keeping their
printing at home they provide more jobs and more money
for Covington. Practically 75c of every dollaj* spent in
printing is returned to the merchants through salaries paid
out by the management of The Covington News, so you
can. see bv keeping your printing dollar at home you are
getting it back into your J stores again. f Bv sending it out of
f ® of f •
town you are forever , taking that ,, much , „ money out . cir- ,
culation jn your own city. ■
printing this basis. , ,
We solicit your upon
The “Market Bulletin" is printed by the State De
partment Of Agriculture and is used as a medium for the
farmers of the state in selling their produce and surplus
machinery as well as chickens, plants, flowers and any
thing the farmer ads' or citizen of Georgia may have for sale.
These are carried free of charge to citizens of
Georgia and 134,000 copies of the Market Bulletin are
distributed every two weeks. In this \\h\ the Department
of Agriculture is rendering a fine service to our State.
W.e.believe the present officials of the Department of
Agriculture, with Columbus Roberts as Commissioner of
Agriculture and Hamilton Ralls as supervisor of the Mar
keting Division, are rendering greater service to the state
than any previous administration. New state markets are
beipg opened all over the state and the department is op
erating to a greater degree of efficiency in serving the
farmers of our state than ever before in the history of the
Department of Agriculture.
A civilized nation this day in time is one that is hor
rified by other civilized nations.
We consider a “go-getter” any man who gets on his
knees to. pray for what he wants and then gets on his toes
to hustle for it.
i One scientist suggest digging a hole in the center of
the earth. What’s the matter, isn’t the one we’re in now
deep enough.
Senator George’s Campaign Expense
We must compliment Senator George upon his cam
paign manager. He is evidently a live wire and must have
access to'plenty of money. We would venture to state that
Senator George has spent more money this early in the
game than all the rest of the candidates combined.
< two-color literature, has
He is flooding the state with
a lady campaign manager among the ladies, is running
i picture-show strips in theaters in the state and is making
an aggressive campaign. From the fine start he has made
. it looks like the sky is the limit in the amount of money he
is going to spend seeking reelection.
A news story states he has been in public office for
31 years and has never had opposition in any race for of
fice. Evidently his campaign fund must have been grow
ing these many years and he is “shooting the works” on
this one campaign or he has many people with money be
hind him who are paying the bills.
Cooperation of Merchants Essential
* *
You may take the history of any city in Georgia,
the entire nation - for that matter, and where you find a
hustling community you will find the merchants of that
■ community cooperating in every way to bring business to
i mat city.
It is impossible for any city to grow and prosper with
out the help of the merchants. Those cities which prosper
-most are those cities where merchants work together in
closest harmony.
Despite these facts it is hard for any city to really get
their merchants to work hand in hand. There are many
reasons for this. One of the most common is the lack of
leadership among them. Another is the almost impossible
task of eliminating the many objections to any specified
program.
We have the finest group of merchants individually
it has ever been our good fortune to be associated with and
>ve sincerely hope there will always be evident a spirit of
close cooperation among them. In that way and in that
way only will our fine city continue to grow and expand
its trading area.
And still another thing this country needs is a little
more “confidence’’ without the “con”.
A wife who can hold her tongue has little difficulty
in holding her husband.
*
\ What we need is a child labor law to keep them from
g^J^king their parents to death,
(Largest Coverage A’hy Weekly In the StateT
Sunday School Lesson
| Deborah: Emergency leadership,
I.esson: Judgees 4:1-5:31.
I Golden Text: Who knoweth wheth
« thou art not come to the kingdom
for such a time as this? Esther 4.14.
I The lesson begins today with the
assertion that “The children of
Israel again did . . . evil in the sight
of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead.”
After Ehud's death there arose
another strong man named Sham
gar, “who smote of the Philistines
six hundred men with an ox-goad."
He also became a judge and leader
in Israel.
But with the passing of these
strong leaders the Israelites fell again
into weakness and idolatry. We are
told that Jehovah sold them into
the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan,
“The wages of sin is death.” This
is true both in the case of individ
uals and of nations. Israel sinned,
and Israel had to pay for her sin.
The people were put under the hand
of the strong tyrant Jabm.
^ rjght _ hand man of the king
of Canaan was the mighty warrior,
sisera. He not only had a tremen
dous army, but he had nine hull
dred chariots of iron. For twenty
long years he abused the people of
Israel.
Then there arose a leader in Ls '
^ and strftnge as is may see m.
tW* leader was a woman.
As the people sank into slavery
wen t (jo^ ai^ j n to idolatry,
Not only did they lose their liberty;
they lost their religion also.
The rise of this spirited, wise, and
resourceful woman must have sent
a bracing sense of reassurance
through the nation. The name De
borah means .. the g hee was
well named. She was as busy as a
bee and she had a sting that the
p e0 pj e 0 f Moab long remembered,
are told that she was a prophet
the wife of a man named Lapp!
whose name meant “torches.’’
sat under a palm tree between
b and Bethel in the hill coun
° f Ephralm She W as called a
in Israel. When people want
wise counsel they t0 this
to receive it.
Women have gift:; of their own.
intuition of a woman is one of
most uncanny and remarkable
on earth, and Deborah had
‘s deep was profoundly insight into religious, reality. Alsoj inj
S °™£i" b“ ™
orn possess, she was a great lead
, had the courage of a man, and
amazingly aggressive. She prob
ably resembles Joan of Arc more
than any other historical charac
ter - In the encouragement she gave
to Barak and his army we are re
minded also of Queen Elizabeth'
cheering her troops before the com
ing of the Armada.
She found a leader in Barak. She
summoned him to Ramah with the
authority of a queen, and when he
appeared, she told him in a few
terse words that through her Je
hovah commanded him to proceed
to Mt. Tabor with ten theusand of
the children of Naphtali and Zebu
lun.
Barak's reply was, “If thou wilt
go with me, then I will go: but if | j
thou wilt not go with me, I will
not go.”
She instructed Barak to proceed >
to nence Mt. dominated Tabor. This the strategic whole plain emi-j
of Esdraelon, where some of the}
greatest battles both of antiquity
and modern times have been fought,,
Quietly snei with the iixstinct of 3
shrewd military leader, Barak ac-'
cumulated ten thousand men, Zebulun chief-1
ly from the two tribes of j
r.nd Naphtali.
Sisera felt quite confident with
his nine hundred chariots of iron.
But Sisera’s chariots were of value
only Deborah for had attack advised on the Barak plain to Wise seek |
the military advantage affordeed by,
Mt. Tabor. Here the ten thousand
assembled and watched the host of
Sisera line up on tthe plain. Sisera’s!
w »r machine was designed to an
nihila te armies that were willing to
fight on ground of his choosing
By assembling his troops un Mt. i
Tabor, Barak put him at a distinct
disadvantage, and this simple ex
pedient was destined to give the
victory to Barak and his soldiers,
Even when under the guidance of
God, men cannot afford to forego !
in the least tha use of their own;
j faculties. Barak was an instrument
ln God - s handi but he was of value
only to the extent that he used his
resources to the limit..
As has occurred so many times
in history, however, the Almighty
took a hand in the battle also.
There was a downpour of rain of
such dreadful proportoins that the
alr eady swollen river Kishon and
other streams overflowed their
banks, sweeping the soldiers away
and rendering fighting with the
great chariots impossible. With
thousand troops Barak swept down
upon the confused army of the
Canaanites and dispersed them to
the four corners of the wind,
Sisera s great war machine had
failed. Ten thousand unencumbered
"j en us 1 ” 6 their heads and following
j the guidance , of God had defeated
this supposedly invincible host.
It has happened in history times
wit hout number that it is not by
might or by power that men win
victories, but by the spirit of God.
Barak and his associates trusted
l G od, worked hard, used to the limit
THE COVINGTON 't^EWS
of Hebe.- the Kenite, slew Sisera with
a hammer and a tent-pin as he
slept has been a stumbling-block
to many whose moral sensibilities
were shocked to find an act of
treachery praised in the Bible. But
we must remember that the Bible
is, among other things, the descrip
tion of the life of a warlike people,
and very often reflects standards
and attitudes we believe are at vari
ance with the will of a heavenly
Father such as the New Testament
describes.
Jael’s cruelty and Deborah’s praise
of it do not prove that God is cruel.
Read in connection with the New
Testament we clearly see that God
is at work upon the hearts of his
children, that he is leading them
in every age from low ideals to high,
and that his final objective is to
lead them into that Christian per
fection which Paul uescribed as “the
measure of the stature of the full
ness of Christ.”
Legumes protect soil from erosion,
gather nitrogen from the air, and
are valuable as hay and pasture
crops.
j every resource at their disposal, and
exercised the very best of judgment.
This is a combination hard to beat
both in antiquity and today.
But we must never forget that
this was an even greater spiritual
victory than it was a military. It was
the forces of Jehovah winning out
againstt the forces of materialism.
It was God and ten thousand men
fighting against Sisera and a mul
titude. The Bible tells us that the
stars fought against Sisera, which
is just another way of saying that
God fought against him. In this
spirit religious men have always
fought, and in that spirit have they
triumphed.
"What then shall we say to these
things?” says St. Paul, “If God
be for us, who can be against us.’
If we do our best in righteous
causes and use our resources to the
limit we can be sure of ultimate
triumph, for “He that spared not
his own son but delivered him up
for ^ all how shal , he not with
him also freely give us all things?”
We must not judge Deborah and
her associates by modern standards,
but by the standards prevailing in
their day. We will want history to
i ud e e us on th e basis 0 f present-day
standards and not on the basis of
standards which no doubt win pre
vail a thousand years from now.
since we ask this favor of the
we should gladly grant it to
past.
Let us not some of the things
this song shows forth,
in the first place, it reveals the
character and the amazing
of this great woman
kr a h. She could both fight and
in the name of Jehovah She
a wise judge, a woman endowed
real military prowess; she was
woman of deep faith; last of all
was a great poetess,
The song tells us that the Israelites
of one blood were by no
united. There was treachery
double-dealing then as today,
little minority thereatmajoritysSd rallied to the cause
Jehovah ;
the work of the day, shrugged
shoulde-s in indiference, in
cases wrung their hands in in
and despair, but did nothing
it. The town of Meroz was
cursed by the other Israe
because the inhabitants there
came not to the help of Jeho
to the help of Jehovah
the mighty.”
We need not be discouraged today
only minorities line up on
side. It has always been so.
The majority stand by their self
interests.
But a minority on GOd s side is
more than equal not only to the ar
mies of Sisera, but to the armies
of sin and unrighteousness in every
age.
The story of how Jael, the wife
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
BANK OF COVINGTON
AND TRUST COMPANY
of Covington, in the State of Geor.
gia, at the close of business on
June 30, 1938
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts 255,741 86
State of Georgia and
Municipal Bonds owned 13,677 00
u. S- Government
Securities owned 129,773 44
other Stocks and
Bonds owned 215,31027
Furniture ond Fixtures 5,108-65
other real estate owned 2,600-72
Cash in Vault and Amount
due from approved
Reserve Agents............ 191,203 50
Cheeks for Clearing and
Due from other
Bsnks 8,961.64
Advance on Cotton and
other Commodities 56,013-75
Total $878,390-83
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ...... $100,000.00
Surplus Fund ...... 25,000 00
Undivided Profits 16,505 97
Reserve Funds .... . 25,000.00
Cashier’s Checks . 487-46
Demand Deposits . 521,486 63
Savings Deposits . 189,910 77
Total $878,390 83
GEORGIA, Newton , County. „ ,
Personally appeared before the
undersigned, an officer authorized
to administer oaths in said county
E. Philips who, on oath, says
that he is the Cashier of the Bank
of Covington – Trust Co-, and that
the above and foregoing report of
th e condition of said bank is true
and correct
J- E- PHILIPS, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this 12 day of July, 1938
J. B. WEAVER,
C. N. P. Newton Co
We, the undersigned directors
of said bank, do certify that we
| have carefully read said report and
that the same is true and correct
i according to the best of our in
formation, knowledge and belief.
and that the above signature of
the Cashier of said bank is the
true and genuine signature of that
officer.
This 12 day of July, 1938
E. W. FOWLER.
R. C. GUINN
Directors of said Bank-
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MEAT 2 Cans 5c
Alaska Pink
SALMON A 1 10c
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OLEO Lb. 12c
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15 c 27c 4 3c
HUSKIES 10c
N. B. C. Premium
FLAKES 15c
N. B. C. i
RITZ Lb. 21c
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CRACKERS Lb. 10c
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MILK 8 Small Or “T A Cans T *" 25c
4 String Best Ever Orange
BROOMS .. ea. 19c Juice. 3 no. 2 cns. 25c
String Doles Pineapple
M0PS.12-oz. ea. 19c Juice. 3 no. 1 cns. 25c
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OXFORD
Rev- and Mrs. C. S- Forester will
return home Wednesday from
their summer vacation
Miss Griffeth from Atlanta, was
a visitor of Mrs- C. E- Giles Mon
day.
Little Gloria Sherwood, is visit
ing in West Palm Beach. Florida
Mrs. G. M- Kilgore and Mrs.
Lamar Hutchin, from Atlanta, vis
ited Mrs- W. L. Floyd Thursday.
Mr. Chandler Dillard from
Gillesville is visiting his sister,
Mrs- William Ellis and other rel
atives
The many friends of Mrs. Julius
Magath, will be glad to hear that
she is improving from her recent
illness.
Messrs. Hershel Ray, and Billy
Algood spent Sunday in Atlanta
Miss Annie George Cofield has
returned home after spending sev
eral days in Monroe
Mr- Robert Rickett is spending
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Armour’s Star Sli- Dried Armour’s or Cudahy’s
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Armour’s Star Veal Wright’s
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Armour’s Star Corned Cadet White
VEAL _12-Oz. Can 19c POLISH Family Size 17c
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Armour’s Corned Beef Homestead
HASH 2 1-Lb. Cans 25c TISSUE____3 Rolls 10c
this week in Atlanta after having
spent several weeks here, the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Victor
Williams.
Mrs. Clifford Adams, Mr. Bob
Adams, and Miss Annelia Adams,
were guests of Mr- and Mrs- Robert
Coleman Sunday.
Miss Jeanette Weldon of At.
lanta spent Sunday with her
sister, Miss Rebeca Weldon, who
has been quite ill for three weeks.
Miss Hazel Brown, and Mr.
Mathas of Atlanta were guests of
Mr- and Mrs. Gordon Brown, Sun.
day
The many friends of Rev. A
G. Shankle, regret very much to
hear of his painful accident, he is
at Huson Hospital and we wish
for him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Eugenia Eherhart, from
Gillesville was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. G- W. Cofield Satur
day.
Miss Lydia Williams spent the
week-end at home.
Mrs. Hershel Ray has returned
home from Huson Memorial Hos
pital, after a very serious opera-
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glad to know she is convalescing
Tuesday Mr^ Elliott night and Herrington Wednesday
Atlanta on business. n
Misses Lenora and Jeanette
Weldon and Mr. Lawrence Roth
and John Roberts, all of Atlanta
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs- J- O. Weldon, Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. William Peek and
daughter from Miami, Fla., spent
Friday with Mr- and Mrs. Fay
Peek.
Mrs. George Roach and inf
daughter, returned home ant
Emory w
Hospital Saturday evening
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boyd spent
the day with Mr- and Mrs- A L.
Sherwood, at Alruon Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Carroll
from Mansfield visited their moth,
er, Mrs- Molly Carroll, and Mrs.
J- W- Cabert, Sunday.
Mrs. John Perry and children
John, Jr. and Anna Maude, were
visitors in Oxford and Covington
Sunday.
Mr. Joe Rickett is in Pensacola,
Fla-, where he has a position