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IjIt THE OFFICE HOT
FOR JOY
Such and every joyful thing,
“twilight swallows on the wing,
a 1 ! that nest and all that sing,
fount sins cool that laugh and
■leap,
Bivevs Biappy. running to the deep,
care-forgotten sleep,
■tars that pierce the sombre
morn, awaking with the lark,
■ife new stirring ‘neath the
■bark.
I nshine and the blessed rain.
^■lane, silience of the plain,
r «p sweet,
■minty springing from the sod.
Bvery Bach step by beauty trod,
^■God! dear gift of joy, thanj:
tslwe b-gin the New Year our
>ug it' turn to the "Giver of
irjf perfect gift" . . . We realize a
■hr many things for which we
Bhankftil and the poem above
>r [ joy reminds us of those
I which the year just passed
■brought ||il to us . . . Sometimes
to feel thankful for the
■day thin;s of life . . . Our
(jghts turn to thankgivings on
■hen something truly great
wens to us .... or rather,
ise hings. which we believe call
■ special thanksgiving wihen
sry day a miracle unfolds be
B our eyes . . . The ability to
Ekn hear, to speak, to walk, to
te. o pat. to drink, to sleep and
Ife joy the things of this world
mid call for thanksgiving every
■n this year . . . We are enter
■ipon the threshhold of another
tr with hope burning eternal in
■breast We do not know’
.i holds for us . . . We do not
Br what joy or sadness is in the
■ of fate but as we turn each
■U pages from day to day we
I there will be many things
■rich to be thankful . . There
days of sunshine, days of
■lays of joy and days of sad
■ . . we will laugh often . . .
■ill cry seldom . . . we know
!f~ keforp we begin the new year
pet we enter it eagerly, we
■ it thankfully, knowing that
Bro sustained by an unalterable
H in fh» "Giver of every perfect
■ . . . conscious that he will not
p>sp anything upon us to great for
bear conscious that He
promised us the good things
his life ... IF ... we trust
jm You all know’ Ye Of
Boy s favorite quotation . . .
: ye first the kingdom of God
his righteousness and ALL
m things will be added unto you."
m hi at L why we can enter the
^4 car without fear or trembl
m . . When we read of wars and
■hr . of wars . . . w’hen we read
mtimire, failure, disease and
at.h rhe words of this verse ring
oyjr ears and wm are not afraid
^■and j§§* dowm through the T shall ages the not
of the Sheperd.
nt What more could we
;ir< These wonderful words
jom the great book of life is why
fair sentimental Office Boy is en
irijjjg the New’ Year with a song
I thanksgiving imon our lips and
;e tpant all our friends to do like
j.sr . . Wc lovp our friends and
(wish for them only the good
ling' of life when sadnpss
iters their lives it leaves its marks
■is . . . That is why we wish
tulh happiness, peace and pros
srtlr to each and every one of our
■ers during the New' Year while
■are sweepin up.
fthodist Young
5 Peoples' Meeting
O Sunday evening. January 15.
■ :30 o'clock, the Young People's
Bu'iment of the Methodist church
I have change of the regular
■iTh service.
Bhes object for the evening will
f 5 outh Speaks Its Needs. Mr.
Iriolpl. Cook, president of
png People's department, will be
Charge of the program.
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m nis -ecnnd term as Governor
• he State ol Georgia.
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INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
t AND PROSPERITY
Volume 75
Governor Rivers for Second Term
Agricultural
News Given By
County Agent
Mr. Samp Aiken Has Income
From Chickens Greater
Than Crop
URGES FARMERS TO
MAKE PLANS NOW
FOR THE NEW YEAR
Sheep Experiment Under
Way by Farmer in
This County
The year of 1939 is well under way
and we have contacted several farm
ers of this county who are thinking
seriously about their plans for ad
ditional farm income. But the
number w>e have seen is a very small
percentage of the farmers of the
county. Last wlek we went dowm
I to see Mr. Samp Aiken and to look
! over his poultry project. We found
| 1 that he had bought 900 baby chicks
in November and had raised about
850 of them to date. The majority
of them w'ere weighing 2 | ounds and
he is busy selling them every day.
He also has about 200 hens that
are laying at a profitable rate. We
would say that his net income from
\ poultry during the winter months
will be greater than his net income
from a six horse farm for 1938.
Now of course those chickens :
have been work and trouble, but
they aye supply g a cash income to
j the farm during months w’hen our
j farmers usually have no cash in
come. Mr. Aiken's equipment is
,r«
and could be about as successful
wlth poultry. Poultry will inter
fere with your leisure time, but if
w,„
pockets.
i We have one farmer in the coun
tv who is trying some sheep as a
source of additional farm income,
He bought 10 bred ewes in Novem
ber and already he has a ew'e lamb,
All the ewes will probably lamb dur
ing this month. Fheep are cheap to
I buy, easy and cheaply fed and offer
| two souices of income—sals of wool
; and spring lambs. Our pastures as
; a rule are not good enough to pro
j ! duce beef at a profit and about 7
sheep can be grazed w’here normally
one beef cow w'ould graze. Sheep
are also cheaply housed and for
these reasons w r e believe there is
money to be made from sheep if
our people w’ere Interested. The most
serious drawback to sheep is dogs,
This trouble may be safely elim
mated by housing the sheep at night
in dog-proof barns. If you think
you would like to try some sheep.
come in and let's talk the matter
| over.
Keep that home orchard on your
mind. January and February are
; excellent months in which to set
! trees. A good home orchard is the
i best investment we know about. It
| costs so little and gives results so
quickly that we believe even’ farm
! home should have a home orchard. :
; In fact they cannot afford to be
| without them.
Be sure to make arrangements for
i lespedeza to seed your small grain
j land with. This crop is cheaper than
peas to buy, is seeded op the small
grain at the time topdresser is ap
I plied and thus saves the expense
, and work of plowing the stubble and
i ^ j- excellent quality of hay
ma es an
as we jj as i eav ing a good cover on
the land for the following winter.
Then it reseeds itself back so that
small grain may be seeded on the
land the following fall and the les
pedeza will come back voluntarily
the following year.
We hear numerous complains of
wells going dry. The w’ater fall for
the last portion of 1938 was very
short and so far this year w’e have
had little rain. We imagine though
it will be balanced up by plenty of
rain during the remainder of this
month and during February.
Officers Mansfield
W. M. S. Are Named
Officer? of the Mansfield Wo
! .ban's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist church are Mrs. J.
A Kitchens, president; Mrs M D.
Pledsoe, vice-president; Mrs. T. G.
Smith, corresponding secretary and
treasurer; Mrs Oscar Spears, re
cording secretary; Mrs F. M. Hays.
nastoral aid: Mrs C E. Roquemore
v.iblicity chairman and Mrs
j Ewell Lunsford, chorister.
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The Covington Star. Est 1814
R. E. A. Official Studies New Extension Map
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L. C. Rue, Farm Agent at Conyers, and R. J. Griffin.Superin
tendent of the Snapping Shoals Electric Membership Corporation,
inspect blue prints of the new electric extension now under way.
Covingtoin News Photo by Arrowood.
Covington News Ph o to - A r rowood
Lines Underway
R. E. A. Project
More than 90 Miles of Line*
To be added to Present
Project
The Snapping Shoals Membership
s«£y.r,. ,
139 miles of lin* energized, with
a membership of 425 consumers
Ninety miles of lines are under con*
oajp county. ™ wn v „"“'U' n an nome k s r nave
been cut in, there will be.
than 800 members of the
tion.
The last addition in the Rockdale
county area was proposed and
ned under the direction of L. C.
Rue, farm agent in Rockdale coun
ty. Mr. Rue drew up plans for the
lines rnd did much in securing the
money from the government for the
project. He was assisted by Mr
Griffin. Superintendent of the
Snapping Shoals corporation, and
Col. Dallas Mobley, attorney fov the
corporation.
Mr. R. J. Griffin, formerly of
Atlanta, has been made superin
tendent, in charge. He formerly
served in this area as field repre
sentative for the project. Officers |
of the corporation art J. H. Ander
son. president, Starrsville; P. G
Neely, vice-president, Almon; T. H
Aiken, secretary-treasurer, Leguinn;
Directors (Rockdale county). V. E.
Harper. C. R Morrison; (Henry l
county) A. C. Norman. C. H. Bowen;
Butts county) B. H. Hodges; (De
Kalb county) E. F. Housworth. At
torney. Dallas Mobley; Engineers,
J. B. McCrary Co.; Contractors, Aid
rich Co.
Ministers and j i
Laymen Meeting
Conference Held at First
Baptist Church ;
Tire ministers of Newton county
held a most interesting and helpful
conference Thursday night at the j
First Baptist church, Covington
After a brief devotional period j
the meeting took the form of a sort
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of open forum. Many things con
cerning the problems confronting I
the church activities in the county
w’ere presented and discussed. Dur
ing the conference many helpful
suggestions were made and it was
the general feeling among those
present that much good w’ould come
from the conference.
This conference is held on the
first, Thursday night of each month.
This meeting w’ill be held at the
First Baptist church, Covington, and!
will be called to order at 8:00
o'clock
Preaching Services
at Gaithers Church
There will^e a service at Gaithers
M E church Sunday morning at(
11:30 o'clock, eo-tern time Die'
publ* is invited to attend this
rrvice. Rev Arthur Kinsey is
pastor.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Porcupines on
Visit to News j
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Owner also owns Sun, Moon,
Stars and did own
Oceans
Smoky Lady aad Rusty Boy, the i
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at the Covington News office, look-,
in 8 over the P lan * and entertaining
with various antics all who came in'.
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nadian quadruped w'hose covering
. aIanx of folnli aW quills
S a p e
i an d who can lick 40 times his
w'eight in wildcats, is really a
homebody at heart Mr. Lindsey,
who challenged the encyclopedia of
untamable creatures, is an ardent
fancier of the animated pin cushion.
Mr. Lindsey, besides training por
cupines, is owner of the moon.
Stars and the Sun. He was former
owmer of the Atlantic and Pacific
and Indian oceans, but sold them
He is the man who aimed at the
moon and after 52 years achieved
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his ambition. Mr. Lindsey holds
the original claim deeds to the Sun,
Moon, Planets (except earth), stars
and Islands of Space. The deed .
was
recorded in the Irwn county court |
house at Ocilla, Georgia, on deed •.
book Vol. 11, Page 28-29 on June!
28, 1937. H? has also made his will
and is giving the Universe to the
Lindseys of the world and the re
mainder to the people, all races and
all creeds. Mr. Lindsey has been on
the National hook-up on WE. The
People program and Hobby-Lobby
program. He has just received a
certificate of achievement from
Hobby-Lobby.
When one studies the works of
Mr. Lindsey, they can begin to be
lieve that anything is possible to
those who set their minds to big
things. He is the man who crashed
: he gates of Ripley's Believe It or
Not; Hix's Strange As It Seems and
Fergersons Curious World all a
second time. It was he who. when
arriving in New York city caused
one ] reporter to write: “A small
own man (of Ocilla. Ga.» came into
the big city to set the world afire.
Mid he did by announcing that he
owned the Universe. He shocked
them further by producing war
‘ •anty deeds for same,
t orians began to run foi shelter
when he showed blazing headlines
of newspapers which said he once
owned the oceans."
Uotne Demonstration
Council Meeting of
All State Officials
The executive committee and pro
jeet chairmen of the Georgia Home
Demonstration Council, of w’hlch
Mrs H G Wiley, Crisp county
president, met with Miss Lurline
Collier, state home demonstration
agent, tive in Athens for to the set annual up a tenta-j farm |
program
women's short course to be offered
luring the farm and home week
- xt August Mrs. Homer Cook
1 e secretary attended ’he mee-’
ng with Miss Miriam \ kinson.
home ■l demonstration age«t.
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THURSDA S T T T 4RY 12, 1939
(,£ntrsl GcOFfi^lSl
Scout Council
Meets at Macon
Meeting Begins Today With
Local Representatives
Attending
J. O. PORTER WILL
GIVE REPORT OF ALL
COUNTY ACTIVITIES
A Banner Year in Newton
County Reported by
Officials
The Central Georgia Council of
the Boy Scouts of America will
have Walter W. Head. President of
the Boy Scouts of America, as the
principal speaker at the Annual
Meeting of the Council in Macon on
January 12.
Reports from Council officers will
be received, including one to be
given by J. O. Porter, chairman of
Boy Scout Activities for Newton
county.
The sessions of the Central Geor
gia Council. Boy Scouts of America.
will begin at 3:30 o'clock in the
educational building of the Mulberry
Street Methodist church. For the
evening program the location will be
shifted to the banquet room of the
Christ Church parish house.
"Discussion groups will be provid
ed in all phases of interest,” Dr.
Ccok stateJ. "so that all w’ho
tend mav get just the information
they desire."
Groups to be arranged and
men expected to attend are District
Chairman J. O. Porter; District
H av; Organization and Extension,
TR. h. Ficquett; Training; John
St*beam; Advancement T. G. Os,
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den.; Scoutmasters and assistants,
W. A. Castle. J. W. Crowley, John
Statham. Oltn L Rowe George
Cochran. R C. Guinn. Robert K
Christian. Troop Committeemen,
E B. Rogers, R. M. Tuck, J. L
Skinner. Jr.. W. A. Childers. R C
Guinn. O. C. Harper, Jr.. W. M.
Berry. James L Collins, Homer A.
Wells. C. E. Hawkins. F. B. Chris
tian, W. B. Corry and Fred Stokes
Kiwanians Hold
Regular Meeting
President Turner Presides
at First Meeting of New
Year
The Covington Kiwanis Club held
its first meeting of the year under
the leadership of President Nat
Turner, last Thursday noon at the
Delaney Hotel, with Prof. V. Y. C.
Eady leading the singing, and Miss
Fletcher Lou Lunsford at the piano
Several visitors were present and
were welcomed by President Turner
The meeting was devotd principally
to business and various policies of
club were stated by the president,
The attendance record for the
entire year wa s read and four of j
the members had a perfect average j
for the year. These were Nat Tur-;
ner. Clarence Meadors. Jim Philips
and R C Guinn Dr Green had
four excused absences and these
marred his record of five and a half
years of 100 per cent attendance.
A spirit of co-operation was man
for the new officers and
from all indications the club is
headed for another splendid year
service.
Singing Held at
Covington Mills
The first meeting of the new j
for the Newton County Sing
association W’as held las' 3 un
in the Covington Mills anditoi
A capacity crowd was prese,
they were amply repaid for
their coming by the beautiful songs
of the various leaders quartpt c
etc
The next sing will be at North!
vington Methodist church. Feb
ruary 12th
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The Covington Chapter U. D C.I
Tuesday afternoon. January J
‘ 3:30. at the home of Mrs. A
Dennis.
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Bank Officials Proud of Fine Statement
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R. R. Fowler, Sr.. President ■!. E. Philips, Cashier, of the Bank
of Cov ington and Trust Company proudly looking over the fine state
ment of the bank for the past year which appears elsewhere in this
issue.
Covington News Photo By Arrowood
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Statement of
| Covington Bank
\ j £ philips. Cashier,States
Fine Progress Made
In 1938
The Bank of Covington and Trust,
i Company paid their forty-fifth an
nual dividend this w’eek. w’hioh
amounted to $8,000.00.
j > The bank's resources share more
n fc miUion doIlars , with de _
uary 1, 1939. This is a splendid
corci and p )BCes b all k as one
^ jn w—W th ^ s(8 , e Rn<J ls proh
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in the entire south
Much credit for the splendid
j showing of the bank is due to the
fjne direction and supervision of the
efficient cashier. Mr. J. E. Philips
His conservative management and
sane judgment has been a large
factor in the success obtained dur
mg the past years.
The officers of the bank are R.
R. Fowler, Sr., president J. L. Step
henson. vice-president; E. W. Fow
ler, vice-president; J. E. Philips,
cashier. Directors W. G. Benton.
E. W. Fowler, N. S. Turner, R. R.
Fow’ler, N. S. Turner, R. R. Fowler,
Sr., R. C. Guinn. J. L. Callaw’ay, S,
C. Candler. J. L. Stephenson and
J E. Fhilips
An advertisement giving full
details of the statement may be
found elsewhere in this issue of the
i Covington News
Farm Loan Ass n.
To Hold Meeting
T. L. McMullin to Speak at
Meeting in This
County
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alim!a ] meeting of members of
the Newton County National Farm
Loan Association will be held ;
Covington. Georgia on Tuesdav
January 31, 1939. at eleven o'clock
in the office of Col Reuben Tuck
according to an announcement oy
Mr W. G Benton, president.
A representative of the Federal
Land Bank of Columbia will attend
the meeting and Mr. T. L. McM'.ll
iar county agent of Newton county,
has been invited to speak.
Directors of the association which
serves Newton county are W ^
B:nton. Starrsville, Ga.; T L Hill.
Covington. Ga.; J. Z. Almand, Cov
ington. Ga.; S R Ellington Oxford
Ga.; and Chester C King Covina
ton, Ga.; and W H. Bronson is
secretary-treasurer with headquar
ters at Madison. Georgia
j rno J^ s HotllC
tl’Om SOlltll AmCl'lCa .
Mr. and Mrs R. O Arnold have
returned from a three-weeks' va
cation cruise on the Carribean Set
The trip, which was made on the
United Fruit Line steamer “Ulaya.
a member of the Great White Fleet,
was through Havana. Panama. Costa
Rica and Guatersiala
The Arnolds boarded the boat in
New Orleans December 21, sailing
from there to Havana. Cuba 16
days were spent on board the
Ujaya.’
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Legion Banquet
Friday Evening
More Than Eighty Members
Take Part on The
Program
The local American Legion Post
No 32 held a Celebration Ban
quet" Friday evening at the Masonic
I hall to welcome more than sixty
| j members info the organization.
j The New on county post had a
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,h « ' mial number attended.
cers were elected by the group
suggestions were mad !o "Go to
and hav the best post in Georgia.'
Officers of the local Legion
post recently elected are Moody
Summers, comrgander; Frank Mead
ors. vice-commander; Guy Rogers,
adjutant Dan Patrick, secrefaiy. A.
L Lo >' d - service officer and C. M.
Haynes, chaplain.
A committee was named by the
president, Mr. Summers to inves
tigate the possibilities of a fair for
1939 and to raise funds to build
a community house in Covington
Those now members of the Legion
are M. C Summ-rs, Guy Rogers,
Dan Patrick, A. L. Loyd, J B
Vaever. W. T. Greer. C. M Haynes,
R. E Cowan. P. M. Dearing. Leon
Dick. L. H Cook. Leo Masten. T.
C. Meadors. A. B. Dennis. Carter
Robertson, E. M. Galley Harry
Stewart. M. L. Wheeler. J. B Greer,
R O. Arnold. Leon Cohen. E. B.
Rogers. Gradv Lawson. C A. Cason,
Grady Hays. Tom Wiley, J. R. Sams.
Frank Meadors, E L. Ficquett, C.
E. Hawkins L. H. Smith. J L
Skinner. J C. Pops. P. W Pratt,
G H. Stone. T. C Swann, J. I. j
Alford, Jeff Bird.
J. T. Hopkins, H. J. Baxter. H. R.
Butler, Bryant Kitchens, W. P. Mc
Leroy. Milton Harrell, S. W. Dial.
Homer Cook. B. V Trepnell, Wilson
Biggers. Grady Wi.lton. D. K Hicks,
Miles Chapman. C C. Hamby, I H
Rainwater, E C. Smith. Emil
Rde .berg. J. O Porter. P D Bradley,
w j Crowley. Lamer Smith,
parks Jordan. V. E. Bottchillon, Wal- !
ter Reynolds. Odell Farrow, Chas.
Fincher. W Mills. W G. Free
man Ailiiur J Loyd. R M Tuck
w R Robinson, Guy Robinson
Luke Robinson. Barney Mitcham
w R Stillwell. Tom McMullan, J
T Moore.
F H. Wright. Hiram Ellis, J. C.
purton collie Bostwick, Harvey
jones E F. Fleming. Robert Nash
Lee Farrow. Fred Stokes, J. E
W'-stmoreland
Officers of Local Chapter , American Legion
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New officers ol the Newton County American Legion. Post 32,
pictured above at their “Celebration Banquet” at the Masonic Hall
Friday evening They are. left to l ight. A L. Loyd, service officer;
Frank Meadors, vice-commander; Guy Rogers, adjutant; Dan Patrick,
secretary; and Moody Summers. commander.
Covington News Photo-Arrowood
Completion of
Program Pledged
By Governor
Thousands Attend Inaugural
Ceremonies Held on West
Side of Capitol.
FORMER LAW PARTNER,
SUPREME COURT JUDGE,
! ADMINISTERS THE OATH
Need $8,500,000 More T*u*
Money to Complete His
Program.
Pledging himself to work day and
night to complete the program for
j educational and health advance
ment in Georgia, Governor F,. D.
Rivers Wednesday was inaugurated
for his second term.
Thousands of visitors came to
Atlanta tor the inauguration cere
monies, held on a large platform
over the front steps of the State
Capitol. Clouds threatened to drive
| the crowd indoors, but very ‘little
rain fell during the ceremony,
j Governor Rivers was escorted to
I the inauguration platform by the
| justices of the Supreme Court,
judges of the Court of Appeals and
other constitutional officers.
The invocation was offered hv
Rev. Joseph M. Branch, chaplain
of the House of Representatives.
Associate Justice Henry Duck
worth. of the Georgia Court of
Appeals, college mate and former
law partner of the governor, ad
ministered the oath of office.
The Savannah High School Band
and Georgia Girls' Military Band
played during the exercises.
Following his inauguration Gov
ernor Rivers administered new
oaths of of fie- to Attorney General
M. J. Yeomans. Secretary of State
John B. Wilson. Comptroller Gen
eral William B. Harrison and State
1 Treasurer George B. Hamilton.
In his inaugural address. Cover*
nor Rivers pointed out that the
state needs $8,500,000 to comp.ete
its program, but did not suggest the
method of raising it.
"No tax levy could be as oppre*
sive on the people as the tax of
ignorance and disease." he did sag.
The governor hit critics who
w’ould sabotage the program. He
said t hat he was trying to econo
mize in every way possible, hut
economy could not solve the fi
nancial problem facing the state.
Pointing out that he could not
run for re-election, the governor
said there is nothing political in
his plans for the future.
Justifying 'the expenditures that
have left the state without suffi
dent funds for the pa.vmpnt of the
$21,000,000 general appropriation
bill, the governor said that $10,000.
000 of the 21.000.000 goes to the De
partments of Education and Health
and another $6,000,000 to the De
partment of Public Welfare.
"While the program has been
called humanitarian, it also i*
eco lomic." Governor Rivers said.
"I attribute the low’ average
earnings of the people of Georgia
to the poor educational and health
conditions more than anything else."
The benediction was offered by
Rev Jack Durden, of Swainsboro,
chaplain of the State Senate.
An Apology
l>ue to eircum tanoes be
yond our control we were
forced to limit the size of the
paper this week and many
items of interest were left out.
These will be er. ried in our
next week's paper as we re
turn to normal.