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ffice Boy has done went and gone
n< f with' the Boss way on down
t
uth of here . . . The Boss did tell
a i m to go to do the driving, but
ect me to do the Chatterbox un
''1 they get back is a job much too
V. for substitute that don't know
g a
■aps about holding a broom-much
ss about pecking on this thing
‘■'ey call a typewriter keyboard
. . One [thing about it that sorter
.. akes this work easier is the fact
. tat the Office Boy went along to
ke care of the Boss . . , The
<l oss, you see, has been ailin' lately
in id the doctor told him he had to
"•jet aw’ay for a while” . . . The
wtor said to stay at least a month
it if the office boy keeps the
1 for thirty days, he'll
oss away
ifta bust a cylinder in the Buick
, I mean Oldsmobile . . . Well,
la’ll miss seeing the boss and the
" flee boy around, but X know one
-ling . . The office has been
''tSeanedilots better by my assistman
rd scar than before the office boy
,fl ft Now, X ain't chargin’ any
. . .
,( 'ijng to anybody, but I got proof
•^Marriage , . . Dearly beloved, we
i tbef jhere in the sight of God to
'in this man and this woman in
" jly trimony and
ma so on . . .
Tiich heminds me of the present
r. and Mrs. Frank Patterson . . .
ffl fou didn't know Frank was
octor,< Yes he is and he lives in
edjtlton, Georgia, and has lots
take, irpjtends : there already . . . And his
the little Tully Smith that
ted to talk so cute . . . She has
•own up and carried to Frank who
-J grown-up too ... I
Rr txen Tullie I .owe used to
Vudifcodile” so cute and when
anftt used to hate a dentist . .
Well, life goes on and our dear
•iend. ‘‘Uncle Rufe” Meaclor is
defora'ing his ninety-second birth
.y m. . The only living Confed
te Veteran and the youngest man
Newton County to be the
. He seems ever happy and gay
d . always , . has a cordial .. . welcome ,
■ his friends who visit him . .
%gns to you “Uncle Rufe” and
>ur family for being so fortunate
i having such a fine young man in
leir midst.
And time’s a wastin' advises the
notype men who want to put the
paper to bed" and be on their way
I, . so Ito you. until next i week I'll
my Cheerio and be on my way . . ,
f Sweepin’ up.
eed Loans Are
Being Received
V. R Chambers Making
Loans at County Court
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Applications for emergency
rop and feed loans for 1939 are
iow being received 't the Court
louse in Covington. Ga.. by W. R
Ihambers, Field Supervisor of the
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
lection of the Farm Ciedit Admin
stration v
Thefioans will be made, as in the
last, only to farmers whose cash
equirernents are small and who
:annot obtain credit from any other
ouroe. The money loaned will be
imited to the farmer's immediate
md act ual cash needs for growing
ils lSGf* crops or for the purchase
>f feed for livestock.
Asfln the past, farmers who ob
pdn pRmergency crop and feed loans
"'ill give as security a first lien on
the erop financed, or a first lien
W the livestock to be fed if the
honey borrowed is to be used to
rodtice or purchase feed for live
tock.
Good Services Held
|z4/ Love joy Church
rost interesting and inspira
Lovejov last Sunday w'ith a good
atten< ance The pastor. Rev. Ar
insey, spoke on "Life.”
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R. P. PAT CAMPBELL
representative to state legislature
from this county, who proposed a
bill to impose the death penalty on
burglars convicted of entering an
occupied residence.
Church Officers
Are Entertained
Meeting Held at Covington
Mills Church Last
Saturday.
The officers and pastors of all
churches in the Newton County
j Circuit of the entertained Methodist Saturday Church.
werp
evening af the Covington Mills
Methodist Church.
Rev. Arthur A. Kinsey presided
the meeting and introduced
the various church officials who
made brief but mast, interesting
talks. Rev. T. M. Sullivan, presid
ing Elder of the Decatur-Oxford
District, was the principal speaker
and made a most enjoyable tallj.
Other speaker, were E. M. McCart,
of Love joy Church; J. I. Alford
Superintendent of the Covington
Mills Sunday School; A. L. Lovd
Ordinary Newton County; E. L. Fic
j quett, County School Superintend
I ent; R. W. McDonald. Charge
! Chairman of the Church; S. I.
Steward of the Church; Roy Aiken
j Superintendent of the Red Oak
Sunday School; and W. A. Childers,
of the Covington Mills.
The ladies of the Covington Mill
Church served a most enjoyable
fish supper to the fifty odd guests
which attended. The next meeting
of the organization will meet at
the Red Oak Church. (Pictures
taken at the meeting appear on
Page 7.)
Numerous Bills Before State
Legislature Now in Session •
The State Legislature continued
in session this week with numerous
bills being submitted by various
Senators and Representatives from
all parts of Georgia.
R. P. (Pat) Campbell, representa
tive from Newton County, propased
a bill to impose the death penalty
on any burglar convicted of entering
an occupied residence. The house
has not yet taken up the bill for a
vote and it is still on the calendar
which places bills in the order in
which they are presented.
Governor E, D Rivers recom
mended Wednesday immediate pas
sage by the General Assembly of
Legislation establishing a merit sys
tem in the state government. The
Governor explained that civil ser
vice would lower the expenses of
government in all depai ti. ents.
In the first of a series of mes
sages to the Legislature on Geor
.gia's financial status, he denied his
administration was extravagant and
urged enactment of a civil service
bill “in advance of any other part
of the administration's program ”
“I wish to emphasize that no
adequate attainment, of economy
and efficiency in the rtate govern
ment is possible, in my opinion, un
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Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star, Est 1814.
Miss Shepard Tells of Work
in County by Rural
People.
ALL REHABILITATION
BORROWERS CAN MANY
QUARTS OF VEGETABLES
Health of Family Drpends
on Food Supply, Says
Miss Shepard.
The 37 families of Newton Coun
ty who are rural rehabilitation bor
rowers canned 5.476 quarts of fruits
and vegetables in 1938, or an aver
a;e of 148 per family, and 30 quarts
per person, according to Miss Vir
ginia O. Shepard, home manage
ment supervisor of the Farm Se
curity Administration in the coun
| ty.
In 1937 the number of quarts
canned by 36 families was 3,816,
she said, an average of 106 per
family and 18 per person. In 1936
the family average was 10 and in
1935 it was 10.
In addition to the food preserva
tion program last year among these
families included 1.875 pounds of
dried fruits and vegetables, or an
average of 50 pounds per family,
“It has been definitely shown,”
Miss Shepard said, “that the health
and welfare of a family depend
largely on its food supply, and it
is a primary aim of the Farm Se
curity Administration to provide an
aciequate diet as families with low
income cannot buy fruits, vegetables
and other food they need to build
up and protect their health. I am
well pleased with the excellent
I showing made by so many of our
families during the past year,
P^ally as compared with former
years, and according to home man
agement plans for 1939 most of
' thpm may bp pxppcted to malte
better records ”
In connection with the canning
activities of the rehabilitation fam
| ilies in Newton County. 20 of them
bought pressure cookers In 1939
bringing the total up to 23. The
number in use by these families in
1937 was 3 and in 1936 it was none.
A large percentage of these now
without pressure cookers plan to
buy them before the opening of the
1939 canning season, the home
[ management supervisor said.
The number of jars purchased by
those families in 1938 was 115 dozen
| and now the average number owned
| per family is 10 dozen representing
1 an asset that will be helpful
| meel’i’g their food budgets in years
( ahead.
fjO _ rrl l in nOI/S in ‘11 the
Inauaural '- Parade
The military unit of North Geor
j gia College participated in the in
augural parade of Governor Rivers
in Atlanta, January 11. 1939
Among those in the parade were
j . ; boys from Covington. They
are Bobby Cochran. P. J. Rogers,
| Jr., Tom Wiler. Hardeman Wel
chel and Lawrence Bray.
til the enactment of this law.” the
governor told senators and
sentatives assembled in joint ses
sion in the House chamber.
Declaring the time past for “dem
agoguery or the bitterness of par
tisanship," he congratulated the as
sembly on naming committees to
canvas the various state depart
ments with a view to effecting econ
omies.
Then he reviewed briefly his first
term as governor and the aims of i
his “Little New Deal” program, ex- j
plaining that other recommenda- j
tiins besides civil service would be
made at the conclusion of his series:
of correlated messages analyzing
state expenditures.
With regard to the merit system j
of employment. Governor Rivers j
said it had been proposed in the |
state Democratic platforms of 1936 j
| and 1938 and that he"had urged its
adoption at both the regular and
speeial sessions of the 1937-38 as
sembly. “Personally, |
I think the law,
should apply to every employe now
with the state government, on a |
competitive basis, the same as
asking employment in the future.'
he said.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY. 26 cfi
Officials Proud of City Fire Record
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Pictured above are Fire Truck Operator V. E. Bouchillon, Councilman George Cochran, Head of Fire
Committee, and Mayor S. A. Ginn. Mayor Ginn and Councilman Cochran expressed their pride this week
in the fine fire record made last year by the depar tment.
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Agricultural
News Given By
County Agent
Mr. J. H. Cornwell Takes Up
Work in Sumter
County.
We imagine that those farmers
whose wells have gone dry will ap
preciate the recent rains. Some have
told me that they have dug their
wells deeper. It would seem that a
well due to an ample water supply
a t this season of the year
! not g0 dry any more
Mr H CornweIli wh0 has bp ,
associated with our offlce for ^
past two years has resigned his po
sition and has accepted similar
work in Sumter County. While in
the county Mr. Cornwell made
merous and lasting friends who will
regret to see him leave us but all
of us who knew and liked him will
be glad that he was able to secure
a better position. He has been sue
ceeded by Mr. Joe Guess who has
done similar work in Oconee
County. Mr. Guess and his wife
will make a valuable addition to
our community and his
well qualifies him for the duties in
hi present, position, We would
like for the people of the county
! to drop by the office and meet Mr
I Guess.
The Cherokee Livestock Associa
tion. of which Newton County is a
part, is beginning to function to
ward stimulating livestock produc
tion within the Atlanta trade area.
The Newton County Committee met
Monday of this week to formulate
some plans and policies about
which you will hear more later.
! Suffice it to say that their plans
j call for cooperative purchase of
i steers and hope to formulate a
practical plan for our farmers to
pasture and then fatten these
steers and sell on a common date,
It is thought that if as many as
fifty farmers would purchase from
one to several steers each that they
could be bought and delivered to
each farmer on a car load rate,
Then if fed and sold at the same
time more buyers would be inter- !
ested and thus a farmer with one
steer would get the benefit of com- i
p tltive bidding We think the
idea is good and expect the farmers (
of thi, county to cooperate suffi- 1
cientl.v to make It a success. If you
are Interested in diversifying your i
farm income and think you would
be abH to supply ample pasturage I
for one or more steers and that
you would have sufficient hay and
grain this fall to fatten the steers
come in and talk over this plan with
us. Good steers bought dheaply,
pastured during the summer and
then fattened ready for slaughter
on home grown feed should make |
money for a farmer. If interested
be sure to let us know
Pine trees set this season of the
year live better than if set in the
fall, those set now would give cred
it on the 1939 Farm Program. We
will be glad to assist you in getting
your order off to the State Forestry i
Department if you so desire.
The Farm Debt Adjustment Com- j
mittee will meet in the office of j
the County Agent on the first \
Thursday of each month. If you!
would like to get them to assist you!
in your financial difficulties they
will be glad to consider your case
The season for setting fruit
trees is fast approaching an end. 1
Honored by Church
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REV. CHARLES FORRESTER
pastor of Allen Memorial Church
at Oxford, who will deliver a series
! 0 f yermons in Tennessee in behalf
0 f “Youth Crusade.”
Youth Crusade
Now Underway
ReV- Charlea Forrester To
Deliver Three
Sermons.
Rev. Charles Forester, pastor of
The Allen Memorial Church and a
«, mnpv OYfnrri
faculty for more than two yei -
has been invited to deliver three
sermons in the Holsten
odist Conference of Tennessee in
the interest of The Youth Crusade
that is being sponsored by the
Southern Methodist Church.
Mr. Forrester will speak at' The
Centenary Church in Chattanooga
’.’.ext Tuesday and the to lowing wu .
days will find him addressing the
district rallies in Sweetwater and
Knoxville,
The Youth Crusade has as its
purpose the stimulation of Christian
social action in young people
throughout Southern Methodism
arid ha., a four-year planned pro
gram laid out by the Board o!
Christla-n KducR,ion of Nashville
Special meetings will be held In
each district of the conference to
which outstanding [ preachers have
invlt< d , ° s k
Th<> , conference of meetings in
,he Decatur-Oxford District will be
held at Oxford February 3. 4 and
5. with Rev. A. W. Beaseley, a form
er professor at Oxford, now pastot
of the Hobson Methodist Church
of Nashville, as the principal
speaker,
Model Kitchen at
The Court House
A model kitchen with electric!
stove. r*nk and built-in cabinets i
has been equipped adjoining the
office of the Home Demonstration
Agent. Miss Miriam Atkinson, in
the courthouse. The cabinets are
painted white with red trim and
the working surfaces are covered
with linoleum The kitchen will be
used for demonstrations in con
nection with home demonstration
clubs and 4-H Clubs in Newton;
County. i
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Building and
Loan Statement
For Past Year
Fine Record Made During
The Past Year by This
Association.
The annual statement of the
! Newton County Building and Loan
Association was announced this
week by Mr. W. C. MeGahee. ef
ficient manager of this organiza
’ tion.
j This association has been
fhe leadership of Mr. MeGahee
it was organized in 1928 and
progress ha *-?*n made since
time He has had the full
| era tion of Newton county's
prominent citizens as officers
owners.
The Building and Loan
tion is a community asset and has
been one of the leading factors In
the progress made by thi* section
in recent years. The association be
gan business in 1928 with *122.50 to
its credit and has grown since that
time to one of the largest and best
organizations of its kind in this
section of Georgia The Building
and Loan Association now
$109,390.47 to its credit. The growth
of this organization was not sud
den. but increased as the years
passed until now it stands out as
a foundation of the city.
The fine record made during the
past year is shown in the state
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ment which ma y be seen elsewhere
; n j ssue 0 f the News.
Cniirttpr . un ri SllPflks i.'iijcun ui fit
EtlWry-af-Oxford
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Charles Candler, son of
Warren A Candler, and well known
business man of Covington, spoke
to the students and faculty of Em
^ ^ Oxford Monday morning.
The speaker told of many Intel
acting experience, that were hi'
while he was a student ai Old Em
orv
Soap Box Derby Planned by I
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Porterdale Progressive Club
The Progressive Club of Porter
dale held their regular meeting or.
Tuesday in the Masonic hall There
were 75 members present. Agent
Porler was in char 8 e of ,he meet '
ir'.
The first item of business
brought up by the Woman's cluo.
wanting to buy flower seed to give
to the people over the village and
let them begin fixing their yards
and have flowers during the spring
Mr. Porter stated he would place a
requisition for these seed at
and have them ready for the
man's club to give out by the first
of February.
Mr. Porter appointed a
t to draw up rules and handle all
complaints made by the basketball gym-1 j
league now play! ig in the new
naslwm. The following men were
a ointed on this committee: Har
oM Gates. Walt Reynolds, D. L
Partain, Andrew Burch. Claud
son.
Mr Porter stated this committee
was to have entire control over the
I .vetball league
The next item ot business was tlv
question of the soap box derby to
be neld this spring. The
fHr PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
City Of
Buys
Garage
Deal Cloned This Week by
Officials of the
City.
CITY HALL WILL BE
MOVED TO THE NEW
LOCATION VERY SOON
Present City Hall May Be
Sold for Store
Building.
One of the most important real
estate deals completed in recent
month* in Covington Is the oui - |
cha.se of the Weaver and Pittman
Garage building and property by j
the City of Covington lft^t week
The new city property wi:.
used by the Fire Department Po
lice Department and any other city
department needing additional
space Financial observers in the
; city were high in their praise this
week of the action taken by the
city council to purchase the
erty for their own needs.
Councilman George R. Cochran
made the plans and closed the deal
with Joe Pittman, present owner.
for the property. The council voted
solidly to buy the property at the
amount set by Mr. Pittman All tha
is necessary to complete the deal
is tracing of deeds and several
I other legal matters that should be
I cleared within a few days.
The city owns the present ’City
Hall” which is small and does no;
j afford necessary space for the de
partments and is on one of the
most crowded streets of the
which causes delay in
firf calls. When the new “City
Hall" has been remodeled,
present site will jc sold If
as a storp building which is well
j located Weaver and has and ample Pittman store building room,
The
is well constructed and so arranged
as to be an ideal place for the city
departments. The front is wide and
the interior ha s plenty of room for
t' r ^ trucks and ..pparatus. The up-
1 stairs can easily be converted into
living quarters for firemen. The
street in front is wide and makes
it possible for the fire truck to go
in any direction without hitting the
main traffic thus affording greater
speed and safety.
i Downstairs in the basement, the
walls are of rock and the floor ce
ment which could be very easily
converted into a city jail, modern
in every respect. The county has re
quested several times that the pres
! ent city jail be moved. A heavy wire
I fence can be erected around the
| large lot for protection of prison
ers and storing city equipment.
There is also plenty of room for
a clerks office with a private en
j trance, for other a official council departments room and rooms Ac-j
tual work on the newly purchased
property will not begin for several
months. but otans are already un
dervay for a new fire station as
well as the other public depart
ments.
committee appointed to draw '
was
plan and the dates and handle '
set
all arrangements for this soap box
derby: Gradv Bowden. Claud Ca
Jimmie Womack. Henry Berry 1
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Guy Crowell,
The secretary then called for a j
report from the Golf Club. Mr.
Porter stated the Bibb Manufac
t' Club >ing $1,000 Company had given the the Golf j
to improve golf
course Mr. Porter stated they were j
enlarging all the greens, plowing
up and leveling the fairways and
they hoped to have one of the best
golf courses in this section by the
til e the summer months begin. He
stated that the members held a
meeting last Saturday night and
elected new officers for the coming
year and plans were under way for
a great year for the PorVvdalr
Golf club.
Next was the report from the j
three churches ith reference to
Sunday School and church attend
ance
Mr. C B Drennon. Methodist
?hurch. reported they had an aver
age of 320 present at Sunday Schoo
ach Sundav and they were working
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Pittman
Ninety-Two Monday
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R. L. MEADOR,
Better known as “Uncle Rufe,"
j celebrated day at his home his ninety-second in Oxford Monday. birth
He is the county's only Confeder
ate veteran and one of the oldest
citizens,
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L. $
92nd Birthday
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Celebration Held Sunday by
the Manning Bible
Class.
R. L. Meador. Newton County S
on iy living veteran of the War be
j tween the States, relaxed comfort
ably at his home in Oxford Monday,
January 23. as he celebrated his
ninety-second birthday. This inter
esting and well known citizen with
the appearance of one in his six
ties, was found to be in the finest
of health, and seemed to be look
ing forward to many more happy
birthdays,
Uncle Rule, as he is familiarly
known, expressed his joy resulting
from the reception given in his
honor last Sunday afternoon by
the Manning Bible Class of Allen
Memorial Church, of Oxford, at
which a large number of friends
gathered to pay him honor, among
whom were Mrs. Peter Manning, of
Atlanta, for whom this Sunday
School Class was named. The guests,
many of whom brought presents,
were welcomed by William Budd
and Mrs. E J. Brown, class presi
dent and teacher respectively.
As . this old gentleman of . those
heroic days reminisced, he told of
how he. as a young boy. helped to
guard the Federal prisoners en
camped at Old Andersonville. which
is today one of the best known U.
S. Cemeteries How they marched
the prisoners, who had been cap
tured In South Carolina, from where
they unloaded from the train at
"Tiomasville to Albany, came to
the memory of the veteran as he
looked at the cheerful fire in the
quiet, ess of his home. Among oth
er things, he recalled how the pris
oners died there by the thousands
due to the epidemic of scurvy.
With a twinkle in his eyes, Uncle
Rufe related some of his exper
ience, at the Reunion of the old
soldiers of the South and North,
which was held at Gettysburg last
summer in celebration of the 75th
Anniversary of the Battle of Get
tysburg. Some characters who were
known to him at Andersonville
were met at Gettysburg for the
last time.
When near the end of an enjoy
able half hour spent in the com
pany of this happy old soldier, he
was asked to what he attributes
hi long life, he replied “Daily ex
e 'cise in the fresh morning air,
eating and sleeping regularly, and
no worries.”
Thus came to end a refreshing
interview with an old soldier, the
last one in this county
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Eft fit iSt 4 StStOClO tiotl
Will Meet Friday
The Stone Mountain Baptist As
sociation Workers' Council will meet
Friday morning at the ion Baptist
Church with lev C. C. Buckalew in
:harge Representatives from all
churches in this area will attend
according to officials.