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th€ Georgia Farmers? No
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look on the Society Page
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s him better than she does
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n hpr first school year she
honor roll every month
las' Olive had to stay al
one day . . . which was.
f? the teacher's fault
Ihe U came home in disgrace,
they won't put that
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mine! And she did not
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at the Society Page to
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and I often wonder
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well, for the same reason
|m wants my picture I sup
od friend Susan Mvreck.
[one to Hollywood to coach
(ble. flebrlties Miss Leigh and other good
in speaking
Southern language . . .
be having the time of her
I can read it in between
she writes . . . but knowing
do I know she is having
bod time that she is going
ore popular than ever, if
kvhen she returns to Geor- j
because we will want to
i he low down on Holly
ri the screening of "Gone
Wind ' . . Peggy Marsh's
Rut you know your Office
[can't wait to see that pic
h'i. T know you are anxious
but you want to see if
Iks like Rhet Butler . . .
[ind I n! a Scarlet Miss I^igh
. Ah, my dear friend, I'm
1 simply dying to see “Pris
knd I'll bet you and I get
b of our lives when we see
laying the part of the little
B "Prissy, ' Frankly, I'll be
[i.-appointed h if the person
mmd does not play the
I know she is simply dying
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| good reasons . . . reasons
p will understand when you
b:iom I refer . . . but you
land see who Prissy really
to be . . . and it’ll just
picture If I'm disappoint
she plays that part!
Precious Confederate Vet
pXwton [of County, Mr. Rufus
Oxford, the Office Boy
phUdren of the Confederacy
h'y happy Valentine Day
be seein' you n that day
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to the Widows of Confed
■ era ns in Newton County,
I fchtful 3 day filled with gladness
friends . , . I’m still
lb' side whe# I laugh real
|, prid account, I of those broken
told you I fell in the
[did |>e it,” . . , and now’ today
I rumor that the Office j
off of this high bed we
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next w’eek ... I hand each
wv readers my heart for
le ntine. filled with every
11 for all the sunshine
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happiness and all the joy
he thrust into your hearts
ies . and my wish that
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,ou crowding out the clouds
rn? them away knowing
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a silver lining If we but
t, Light, of Faith burning
0,11 hearts and remem
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I m always lovin’ each
one
hen while I'm havin’ to do
SWEEPIN UP.
'if (wington Sermons in
News
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Covington
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Celebration of
29th Birthday
By Boy Scouts
Was Incorporated in U. S.
By Act of Congress in
1910.
PROGRAMS PLANNED
BY SCOUT TROOPS
THROUGH COUNTRY
“Citizenship Day” Will Be
Observed in America
Today.
Responding to the theme.
“Scouting Carries on American
Ideals” more than a million and a
quarter Scouts and Scouters (adult
leaders) will today, Thursday,
launch a series of activities in cele
bration of Boy Scout Week, mark
ing the 29th birthday of the Boy
Scouts of America, first incorpo
rated in the District of Columbia
on February 9, 1910 and later grant
ed a Federal Charter by Congress
Since th earliest Scouts were en
rolled a total of 8,400.000 boys and
men have been members of the
Boy Scout movement in this coun
try and have participated in its
constructive program of participat
ing citizenship activities, of which
the current plans are typical.
The Scout Birthday today, will,
according to Scout tradition, be the
time when former and active Scouts
and Scouters will be expected to
re-pledge themselves to the Scout
Promts, in their own homes or in
their Troops and Patrols, as a I
demonstration of the way Scouting
and Cubbing both seek to supple
ment and support the influence o!
the American home. It is expected
that important national broadcasts
will mark this phase of the Scout
celebration, including. ; t is hoped,
one from the White House by Pres
ident Roosevelt, who Is likewise
Honorary President of the Boy \
Scouts of America,
Thursday has been named Scout
Citizenship Day, w'hen in school
assemblies and at other civic pro
grams Scouts will demonstrate the |
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Mrs. Penick New i
B. T. U. Director
New Officers Are Elected by
Group for New I
Year. S
A few weeks ago, the Senior
Baptist Training Union seemed
almost as dead as the Latin lan
guage but Mrs. M. S. Penick has
returned to take her former office
as director and, with the splendid
assiistance of Rev. Combs, the
Union is reviving with much vita
lity and enthusiam.
The old members have been di
vided into four groups and each
group is competing against the
other in the drive for new mem
bers. The contest is to come to a
close the end of 3 months and the
3 groups having the smallest
numbers have to reward the win
ning group with some form of en
tertainment.
New officers were elected at
the last Sunday evening session.
Those elected to fill the offices
are:
President-Bill Dennis
Vice-President, Frances Johnson
Treasurer, Mary Hays.
Pianist, Mrs. Penick.
Quizz leader. Cornelius Collins
Captains of the four groups are
Annette Parr. Marian Seally.
Lester Polk and Malcolm Bruce,
The meetings are held every
Sunday evenings at 6:30 at the
church. *
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Autoists Asked To Observe j
Speed Limit Set by Council
The City Council of Covington
passed an ordinance this week to
reduce the speed limit from 30 miles
per hour to 25 miles ner hour.
Instructions have been given to
place signs in all sections of the
city showing the speed limit in that
particular area, A 20 mile limit
has been posted within the business
area and 25 Outside this area with
excepttion of the sehool sections
George Cochran and Mayor S. A.
Ginn advised the News last week
that the local police department
has been given strict instructions re
garding the traffic and speed laws.
They stated that there would be no
exceptions and no excuses and
that every person caught exceed
ing the new limit in any zone would 1
be fined.
Mr. Cochran, chairman of the
Georgia Enterprise, Est.
The Covington Star, Est
School Officials Study Means to Keep Schools Running
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Kiwanians Hold
Regular Meeting
R. O. Arnold Tells of Trip to
Cuba, Central America
Ports.
The Kiwanis Club held Its regu
iar noon meeting at the Delaney
Hotel Thursday noon with Presi
dent Nat Turner presiding and V.
Y. C. Eady leading the singing with
Miss Fletcher Lou Lunsford at the
piano.
Leon Cohen reported on his at
tendance at the Boy Scout meet
ing and stated he had a most en
joyable meeting with a fine bunch
of Scouts.
Several visitors were present and
were introduced. President Turner
thf , n turned the meeting over to
A b<. Loyd, chairman of the enter
tainment committee who introduced
R. O. Arnold as the speaker of the
day.
Mr. Arnold told in a most inter
esting manner of his recent trip to
Cuba and ports in Central America,
H witnessed ships entering the'
Panama Canal and told of the man
ner in which they were lifted 87
feet to the level of the canal. His
talk was interesting and was heart
ily applauded.
The attendance w'as a little over
90 per cent, those absent W'ere: S.
A. Ginn. O. W, Porter. Ike Robert
son and Frank Williams.
Major Appliance Co.
Opens in This City ,
The Major Appliance Company
announced today their formal op
ening at the location formerly oc
copied by W. K. Lunsford across
the street from the Delaney Hotel,
An advertisement, giving full details
iray be found in this issue.
Police and Fire Committee of the
Council, urged the cooperation of
the people of Covingt m and ex- j
pressed his desire that “We all work l
together.” He added that the lives
of Covington people were being en
dangered by fast and reckless driv
ing despite the fact that no acci
dents had occurred. He said it was
better to stop accidents before they
happen than to wait until some!
person is killed or injured before
taking action.
The police department will be,
courteous and will be reasonable in!
making arrests and will give the
people every consideration, but l
those driving at too great a speed !
or too recklessly will be fined re
gardlegs of who they are.
Scout Program at
Methodist Church
Rev. H. C. Emory will preach on
Sunday morning at the First Meth
odbrt Church on Scouting in cele
bration of the 29th birthday of the
Bov 1 Scouts of America. The Boy
Scout's of Covington will attend
these services in a body. The pub
lie is invited.
American Legion
Holds Meeting
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Arrangements Made to Buy
Lot and Finance New
Building.
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The American Legion held its
regular monthly meeting Tuesday
night at the Masonic Temple with
Commander Moody Summers pre
siding and about fifty members
present.
E. B. Rogers, chairman of the
building committee, reported the
committee had decided on a loca
tion for the American Legion Hut.
The lot selected is one located in
the rear of the Covington Swim
ming Pool and faces Academy
Springs Park.
The report was adopted and
Commander Summers appointed R
O. Arnold, chairman, and Clarence
Meadors and Leon Cohen a s a com
mittee to arrange to finance the
purchase of the lot. Within a few
minutes they announced this had
been arranged.
Commander Summers exhibited |
ar Aw’ard of Merit which the Na- j
Monal Commander had awarded ;
Newton County Post for greatest
increase in membership. Moody
stated that Leon Cohens name
-should have been inscribed as he
recruited a total of 22 new members
Various other business matters !
were discussed and it W'as decided to
sponsor dances at Rainbow Lake to
help raise funds for the building of
tR.e hut. Mr. Pratt generously do-!
nated 20 per cent of the receipts of
these dances to the Legion for the
building fund.
Two new members. C. D. Owens
anc ' Henry Graves were received
™ s °f * ives 87 members, th « local by P° st far a 8 the rand larg-! t0 " j
est number ever on the roll. !
Motion was made and carried tha:
the American Legion cooperate with
Mrs Belmont Dennis and the Chi!
dren of the Confederacy in extend
ing an invitation to the Confeder
ate Veterans to hold their annual!
reunion in Covington, and assist in 1
entertaining them, |
Mrs. C. D. Center j |
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The Covington P. - T. A
will meet Wednesday at the Cov
ington School Auditorium. Mrs
Charles D. Center, past president
o’ the State p -T A. will deliver
principal address. i
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939.
School officials are work
ing overtime in an effort to
figure out some plan where
by schools might stay open
the full nine months. Pic
tured above (left to right),
County School Superintend
ent E. L. Ficquett and City
Superintendent C. E. Haw
kins as they check finance
records. In the lower
ture are Covington
school students, who admit
they are not worried
the school situation,
inspect the new gymnasium
and are more interested in
this building rather than old
CHS in the background
These girls apparently voice
the opinion of the student
body. They are (left to
right) Sara Frances Hender
son; Mamie Nelle Odum,
Laura Jean Trapnell, and
Martha Ellen Ginn.
Mission School
| Held in City
j Shanghai
j Speaker Heard from by Large
China,
Group.
A successful School of Missions
l was conducted at the Covington
1 Presbyterian Church January 20
February 1st. At the opening session
on Sunday night the pastor
preached a missionary sermon, in
which the salient features of the
present missionary enterprise were
| presented. evening large
On Monday a mim-
1 her of interested people was in at
tendance to hear the guest speaker,
j Mr Vung-Tsung Chen, from Shang
hal, China. Mr. Chen discussed the
Chinese situation frankly and told
of his personal experience in the
war zone. He answered many ques
tions from the group of interested
listeners.
Rev. H. C Emory, pastor of the |
MethcdLst Church, led the opening
devotional service.
On Tuesday evening Mr. H. L.
King conducted the opening exer
cises and the program sneakers
w re Mrs. D. K Hicks and Mrs. L,
A. Patrick, w'ho reviewed two chap
ters of the mission study book. "Star
in the East.”
Wednesday nigh . Mr. J. S. Gard
ner led the devotional exercises, af
ter which a fellowship supper was
served in the church basement. Fol
lowing a half-hour of delightful
fellowship around the supper tables.
Mrs. P. J. Garrison presented the
final chapter of the study book
^ Pn Mr - p - Y - Luther, guest speak
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Receiver Has | :
New Tax Forms
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Application for Exemption
Must Be Made Before
April 1. !
Homeowners taking advantage of j
the tax exemption privilege will
have to fill out blanks on or before;
April 1st in the court house, advises
Miss Stephenson, tax received. At j
the last session passed by the state;
legislature, this tax exemption
measure eliminates the county and
a t.e tax on all homesteads of $2,0001 !
value and on personal property of
$300 value. |
Officials warn property owners
that they must come themselves j
and those not previously having j
filled out forms must bring deeds.
with them for reference, as inform-;
8tion regarding the date of purchase j
of the property, from whom the
property was bought, and the
‘me of the deed is necessary to fill!
ut the (ax exemption blanks. Only;
the property owners themsehes can
fill out these blanks. I
Officials Of This County
Explain Vital Situation
Confronting The Schools
Agricultural
News Given By
County Agent
Acreage Allotment Received
On All Farms in The
County.
We have received cotton acreage
allotments on all farms in the
county that were signed up last
year. But a farm that was idle
la t, year and was not signed up
must be signed up by February 15
if the operator intends to plant
cotton on that farm in 1939. So if
you intend to operate a farm this
y r that was not operated last
year be sure to call at the office and
sign it up immediately,
Also the allotments for 1939 were
madp to the farm as operated in
1938 and to the producer who oper
ated last year. If you are not op
erating the same farm this year as
last, please advise us so we can make
the transfer. Also if you have re
leased some land by sale, rental or
otherwise that portion released or
taken on must be properly account
ed f 0r on 0 ur records. We call
these farms Splits and Combina
tions and they must be made by
February 15. So please attend to
I this now.
All farms in 1939 must have cot-
| ton acreage allotments if they ex
pect to produce cotton free of tax
j and they must also have a general
depleting base which covers the
corn, grain and other supply crop
acreage permitted without penalty.
We have recently been advised that
no commercial vegetable acreage
j will be set up in Georgia but there
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Pat Campbell
on Committees
Representative of Newton
County Now Busy
In Atlanta.
Committee appointments for the |
state legislature have been an- j ■
nounced by Speaker Roy V. Harris
Representative Pat Campbell
from Newton Countv. has been
named on the following commit- !
tees to serve this term or session:
Rules Committee: Ways and
Means Committee: Education Ap - 1
propriation Committee; No. 1 Gen- ■
eral Judiciary Committee; No. 1 In
dustrial Relations Committee; Agri-i
cultural Committee; Vice-Chair
man Amendments to the Constitu
tion Committee: Auditing. Conserv
ation. Commerce. Game and Fish,
Insurance and Motor Vehicle Com
mittees: Penitentiary, No. 1 Public
Highways Committees; Secretary
Public Welfare Committees; W. and
A. Railroad Committee
Newton County Ministerial j
Association Holds Meeting
The Newton County Ministerial
Association held its regular monthly
meeting on last Thursday evening
at the First Baptist church. There
were 9 ministers and over 30 lay
men present. Rev. Arthur Kinsey,
pasior of the Covington Mills
church, presided in the absence of
Rev. Haw’kins.
A brief prayer and praise service
was conducted by Rev. Kinsey,
lowed by a series of informal talk?
by the ministers present. The urg
ent need for a spiritual awakenin’
in Newton county was stressed and
each minister pledged his full sup
port in the campaign against, re
Vjious indifference and church in
activity. Many of the speakers l'e
iterated the paramount importance
of fervent prayer on the part of
local Christian bodies and individ
uals in bringing about a marked
advancement of God's kingdom in
this county. The consensus of
opinion among those attending
meeting was the the Christian lay
men of this community could make
an immeasurable contribution :o
success of any religious enter
prise by their .’hole-hearted in
terest. prayers and service. In fact,
was agreed that the church
members themselves, whether Bap-,
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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who was elected first Prosi
dent of the new Rotary Club
of this city.
Farm Meeting
Held Tuesday
Mr. Chester King Re-elected
to the Board of
Directors.
The Newton County National
Farm Loan Association completed
another year of service to agricul
ture w , jen J(5 mpm b ers gathered on
Tuesday, January 31, in Covington,
Georgia, for the annual stockhold
I ers' meeting.
Complete and detailed reports on
the affairs of the Association were
made by the officers at the meet
ing which was presided over by Mr.
Chester C. King, vice-president. An
interesting talk was made by Mr.
O. F. Luttrell. representative of the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia.
Mr. Chester C. King was reelect
ed a member of the board of direct
ors for a three-year term. Other
members of the board whose terms
did not expire this year are Mr. W.
G. Benton. Mr. John Z. Almond,
Mr. T. L. Hill, and Mr. S. R. El
lington.
The Newton County National
Farm Loan Association is a cooper
ative long-term farm mortgage -
agency, serving Newt,on County. It
has thirty-eight members with loans
outstanding with the Federal Land
Fank of Columbia amounting to
$63,900. The association also ser- !
vices Land Bank Commisioner loans
in its territory. z i
Loans may be secured by farmers
th.ough the association from the,
Federal Land Bank of Columbia for
purchasing land for farming uses.
tist. Presbyterian, or Methodist,
; should be urged to greater activity
in carrying forw'ard a program of
definite Christian service. The form
which this concerted action will
take in New-ton county will be an
nounced within the near future
All speakers mentioned the need
of more individual consecration,
more praying, more Bible reading.
more effective Christian service
Some encouraging signs of greater
spiritual interesting being manifesc
ed in Covington and vicinity were
cited.
The next meeting of this group of
Newton County Christian workers
will be held on March 2nd. 8:00 p
m„ at the First Methodist church.
At this meeting the officers of all
Christian churches in the county
r ill be guests. Interested Christian!
laymen are always welcome at these
meetings.
The Newton County Ministerial
Association is an interdsnomina
tional group of evangelical minis
ters interested in the deepening of j
spiritual life in this county, in the
advancement of the Kingdom of
God, and in the promotion of conn
ty evangelization One is your
Master, even Christ.” j
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NUMBER 6
Several Schools Closed in
State Because of Lack
of Funds.
GOVERNOR RIVERS
URGES CHANGE IN THE
PRESENT TAX PROGRAM
Newton County Schools Must
Close Unless Funds
Are Received.
As schools of Georgia began clos
ing one by one this week, the state
legislature was faced with a vital
problem of raising sufficient funds
to pay school teachers and other ex
penses of operation.
In a speech Wednesday to the
General Assembly in Atlanta, Gov
ernor Rivers charged that the pres
ent Ad Valorem system had finally
collapsed. He read statements made
during the past twenty years by
past governors who advised the peo
ple that the Ad valorem system in
Georgia was antiquated and not
sufficient for increasing cost of gov
ernment. He urged the legislature
to cut wherever possible the budget
of the state and then complete some
plan for a new tax system that was
adequate and at the same time, not
cost ro much for collection.
Governor Rivers added that he
was calliqg a meeting of the State
Board of Education to request that
they carry out the recommenda
ions of the legislature. The Genera!
Assembly was expected to begin in
vestigating the school problem in
Georgia Thursday (today).
In an interview, County School
Superintendent E. L. Ficquett de
dared Wednesday morning that the
reserV e in School funds in the eoun
ty had been used up and that th*
schools of this county would be
forced to close bv March 1 unless
funds were forthcoming from the
I state.
He stated that monev the state
auditor promised to pay in March
and June may be advanced and
paid now instead, which would aid
the schools in remaining open. If
the Governor makes a loan of *2 -
212.000 immediately as announced,
this will take the place of the
amount, promised by the auditor.
The state of Georgia still owes the
schools for three and one-half
months out of the seven months
premised.
Mr. Ficquett added that the r*a
son counties could do but very 1ft
Me about the situation was because
of »lax exemptions which reduced
county revenue. Some counties have
closed their schools according to the
school official and very few can re
n™' 71 °P pn longer.
>’ P! ' r ,hp schools had no
trouble at all ar^ received the full
amount appropriated by the legisls
tn re, The, reason for the present,
situation is because the anticipated
revenue in Georgia is far below es
timates of experts and appropria
tions exceeded th* actual revenue.
to Mr. Ficquett who made
the following statement about the
county situation:
“The county is losing now' about
*6.000 per rear in the school taxes
because of exemptions which is
about one-third of the entire reve
nue Tlie state is losing about one
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Funeral Services
For Mrs. T. J. Brown
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock for Mrs.
' Thomas J. Brown. 37. who died at
her home in Porterdale Sunday.
Services were held from the Julia
a. Porter Memorial Church with in
terment at Harper cemetery Rev.
E . c . Sweatman officiated.
Mrs. Brown had made her home
j n Porterdale for the past ten vears
an d was regarded as a member of
(he “Bibb Family.” being a valued
employee. Shp was a member of
the Methodist Church. Her untime
ly death came as a shock to her
host of friends throughout Newton
County.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter. Mary Evelyn; her
parents. Mr. and Mrs George Owen,
all of Porterdale; three sisters, Mrs.
w. J Hammonds. Rockdale Bounty;
Mary Alice and Shelly Jean Owen,
Henry County; five brothers, John- '
nie. Manley, Edward Crist and
Ralph Owen, all of Henry County,
The News extends sympathy to
the bereaved family. G W. Caldwell
end Sort were the funeral directors
in charge.