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tides with their 47
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ies C0)^P3 with Mrs. James
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" 1VP varieties of Daf
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Our home has been
(this W eek with many cf
B one L "Many”
varieties for
pvingly known by all her
me and brought them to
oft Boy , we just could
.
beli' p8 ► our eyesl There were
soSig With trumpets large
.
well. I won't tell you
^™or believe me .. . just
yourself ... and then
low and I don't kno.v
id to them . . . sbme of
111 its had the prettiest flut
, some plain . . . som*
h* r fiat varieties with tiny
tpets ad orange colored bord
id then believe it or not
* *
I 5 m> small sized ones were
* tiny double centers . . .
pm for yourself, they ate
K' il for me to describe!
?rt be watch out, Mary is
t « p a great florist one of
«.< if she keeps it up . . . for
in saw those mammoth
tnums she grew last fall
[he's just an amateur! I
* (Flow r Bug” bit her on
v [ 50 ago . and now’ she's
ing fell to shame
so glad my Mother is in
th •gia! Because Mrs. Cope-
1 er a great big box of Re
Li eeds! Sweet thoughtful
rywhere just make life
th - ! But these seeds! . . .
ut and in the box ... I
!d thru my fingers . . ■ ’
n n hand I held some
>*! seemed so tiny ... so
r . vet wdthin those tiny
pvas life . the kind of
tha ilv God can give i There
ling very sacred in my
I ^H’.vhich t describe an humble ... Office as I
ie wonderful God-made
igh my fingers . . . We
day to go into our gar
e our "Copeland Regals
only splendor and beau
a garden . . . but joy . . .
a friend.
or) at the most . . (and
e I'm getting sorter sen
nnd isn't it a pathetic
wn way in our hearts
'Ou see people sometimes
ry near vou . . . perhaos
friends or perhaps a
the family . . . who will
a son known only to God
the ,, finer things ... of life
gain a few dollars , ,, . . .
a point! . Don t you see
ry day who would sell
for a little prestige?
He then grow to hate
ioiT ln r r p r e
loied and d tnusted them
ley are wrong when they
|"ith I only them pity, and or hate them
a prayer
P ft for them If each
...
P d remember the Lily of
l . Solomon in all his
I not arrayed as one of
Lnd somehow’ as we held
seeds in our hands and
|e smallness of them .
Power” wilhin them
.
!i also the piteous condi-:
of our lives have fallen
?Pd • • • Gi' pp d Greed
. . .
!ai,h ■ • ■ position for;
. . .
Crush . . power to gain !
io rule! If we could but |
he lily! Then this week
derful group known as:
ire! Group ' came to Cov
■ ie ’f motto is ABSOLUTE
. • solute Love. Absolute Un- j
• Absolute Honesty
tching new ... It would
thing if every member of
i'ch in our Nation could
trotip and then each :
;p four tiny slips of pa-1
tr y it just to see w’hat,
“m mark the four above
on them . . Are you
Are you Absolutely Hon
you Pure? Are you Un
n you love your neighbor
Check and just mark
fail that is w’hat they
0 'his each morning .
we pray w’e should not
what He can do for us
we can do tor HIM? Had
thought of just that? . . .
pu have God in your heart
i VOU SHARING Him with
Check . and what have
r about the same every
) Failure . . . Then if we
P our Nation out of war
vp are to call ourselves
r let us do a little
lacking up on this life Goo
b us to live in purity, love,
oess and honesty Take
. .
'meditation and prayer
) b nv you can commune
understanding God af
at olav at home
at or even
SWFEPiN UP.'
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Volume 75 The Georgia Covington Enterprise, Star. Est. Est 1864 1874
i Newton County School
Students Plan Their
Second Annual Paper
Superintendents, Teacher*
and Students Join in
Program.
WILL BE PUBLISHED
IN MAY BY ALL THE
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
Senior Classes Are To Elect
Officers for Special
Edition.
Preparations were going forward
this week for the second annual edi
tion of the Newton County School
supplement to the Covington News
which will be published in May un
less plans are altered by the pres
ent financial situation
The n paper will ... . bp published ... . . as a
part of the Covington News bv the
Senior Classes of all schools in the
County under the supervision of
superintendents and teachers and
assisted by the management and
news staff of the Covington New’s,
Cooperation of friends and parents
0 f students in the schools will be re
quested by the newspaper commit
tees from various schools.
Many improvements and changes
will be made in the set-up of the
Newton County School News” this
year due to the many improve
menus made by the News.
school paper will be printed on good
grade newsprint in the form of mag
azine book paper. Individual pic
tures will be provided students in
stead of group pictures as carried
last year. Special photos of fea
tures of unusual interest will also
be carried.
The school edition will be used
as an annual of each school in
teacher A conference of newsmen,
students and teachers will be held
at each school within the next sev
eral weeks,
The unique plan was originated
by local people and was the first
paper of its . kind ever published, .....
Superintendent Z. , . E. L. Ficquett, in
addressing the Senior classes of
Newton County, expressed his
whole-hearted support of the plan
and stated that he would cooper
a, tendent V n evpry C. E. Hawkins, wa> of ; ^ the
ington School, also expressed his
support to the plan and offered to
assist the students in every poss
ible way.
Editors, associate editors, adver
tising departments and staff w’riters
in the various schools will be elect
ed within the next several days.
Names of students elected to these
offices will be announced through
the columns of the News Schools
taking part are as follows: Coving
ton. Palmer-Stone. Mansfield. New
born. Livingston Porterdale. Starrs
ville. Covington Mills
After the paper has been pub- 1
[j s n e d as a part of the Covington:
News, extra copies will be put into
binders and placed in all school
libraries in the County. Each year
a new’ issue will b eadded and will
become part of the record of the 1
a
schools. If. in the future any con
cern or person requests information
on the students, the officials will
us“ this annual to secure the neces
sarv information
The students will be given copies j
to save as an annual. Additional
copies will also be furnished teach
ers and special copies will he on
sale at the News Office for friends,
Viyo D*>oarfin*>nt
CaUrd Wednesday
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The Covington Fire Department
was called out about four o'clock j
Wrrinesday afternoon to the home
of Mr and Mrs B L Trapnall j
where a grass fire was endanger-1
ing their residence The firemen;
quickly extinguished the blaze
without serious damage. |
Warner Prefers Ne tvs pa per A dvertisin g
An Associated Press story says newspapers will receive 98 per
cent of the 1939-1940 advertising budget of Warner Brothers Pic
tures. Inc., the largest budget in the company’s history.
S. Charles Enfield announced Tuesday at a Warner sales con
vention that experience of the company over a long period of years
had satisfied them that newspapers were the most valuable adver
tising medium for motion pictures.
“The advancement of the screen had been greatly aided by
(hr American newspapers.'* he said. i
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MANSFIELD OFFICIALS COMPLETE WATERWORKS PLAN
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Pictured above are Mansfield’s Mayor and conncilmen attending a conference
held Friday .morning for the purpose of opening bids on the new planned waterworks
system in that city. In the above picture are (left to right, standing) : H. C. flays,
R g Cre t arv _t reasurer ; Councilman J. B. Speas; (front row, sitting): Councilman S. R ‘
1 b n Councilman J. L. Milton, Mayor A. E. Hays, ’ Councilman T. P. Lawrence.
I Direct.lv behind Mr. , Lawrence is • Councilman ,, \, James , i, Benton. At the extreme , right . , . is .
one of the engineers, - „„„ News Photo by JR A
Schools Hope to
Work Out Plan
For More Money
All Students Need Full Time
Schooling, Many Parents
Believe.
All city and County supprintend
ents of Georgia will meet today j.
the state Capitol in an effort to
work out some plan whereby the
schools may rPmain °P pn Ior thP
full term.
E. L. Ficquett. count y school sup
erintendent announced Tuesday he
had received a letter from the state
board of Education informing , him ,
that‘'continued operation of school*
will be the responsibility of local
authorities.” The board pointed out
that no further state funds would
be available under the seven months
school program despite the fact that
money for only 3'i months has been
received.
Tuesday afternoon some ray of
hope appeared in the state's equal
i7ation fund which may provide
enough money to assure operation
for another Several weeks The
meeting of school officials from all
parts of Georgia will be held today
for , hjs purpose .
superintendent Ficquett an
nounced that he hoped to be able
to continue operation of Newton
County schools through the mon ^ n
of March, but would have to close
dowm on April 1st unless help is
granted from the state. Failure of
legislature to provide funds for the
schools hopelessly tangled in re
duced school funds has Wt super
intendents of schools throughout
The
the good of school children is e
by both parents and friends o
Georgia schools.
School children, teachers, par
ents and other people of Georgia
will know for certain within the
next -.--i. week -h.ih.r whether the tne . schools will
operate full time nr or cio. r inse April p 1
—— Hope has Uo . v,--- been -vtv-pssed expressed bv d. all those
interested in the welfare of p,r
children for continued operation in
order that the students may
the reci uired numbe r 0{ rs
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Old Issue of
Atlanta Paper
Sixth Issue of Constitution
Brought To New*
Office.
One of the oldest Atlanta papers
seen in this locality in many years
was brought to the News office on
Wednesday by Mr. S. C. Savage
The paper was a Sunday edition of
the Atlanta Constitution published
on June 2 1868
This paper w’as the first Sunday
edition ever publisher} by the Af
lanta Constitution and was num
bered Volume 1. Number 6 It was
the 6fh issue of the Constitution,
which began on Tuesday. The pa
per was in a fair state of preserva
tion.
A list of the members of the House
of Representatives at that time wi -
earned in the columns of the paper
The representatives from Newton
County at this time were A H
Zachry and A Livingstion The
county evidently had two represent
atives at that time.
A military director giving the var
ious troops of the Confederate army
and the officers of the various di
visions appeared on the front page.
Numerous pictures and scenes of
the City of Atlanta was carried un
der a large streamer heading boos‘
ing the ‘ BiR City of Georgia.”
Mr. Savage also displayed an old
Confederate *50.00 bill which was
made on February 17 1864 The bill
was in very good condition
Rotation Law Is
Passed in State
Bill Introduced by R. Pat
Campbell of This
County.
A bill introducer) by Represents
|j ve r p a t Campbell in the House
of Rp n P l senta entatives “'“ last t0 pro P ™ .
Vlde for a rotatIon system ln
selection of state senators success
fully passed both houses and is now’
a
‘ a P |lS 7 a /
ate w-ere prevented from . running
last- year evpn after they had an
nounc, when DeKalb county
claimed the right to elect a senator
for a second consecurtv.) time. Sbth
Rockdale and Newton County citi
zen.s gathered together and ap
“ " 11 no 11 8 " a
citYenT*^ 01
Senator Paul , Lindsay . was ", elected , .
„ t ie us,ia time se\era >ears ago
when the time came for DeKalb to
elect a senator. Newton County was
supposed to follow DeKalb _ „ and . elect , ,
a Senator for one term. This county
wa '' 0 °'' P ' op " a P 1 P
same penod. When DeKalb deeded .
to elect the senator again. Senator
1 * "Sw.
introduced . , , , the .... bill for . rotation.
Senator Lindsay informed the pub
c of his intentions for . a .... third con
secutive term by saying ‘Powerful
influences were seeking to bar him
from re-election to the Georgia Sen
a t p ” With the present law. each
county has the right and privilege
of hrving a Senator once every third
term The bill passed both houses
bv large majorities
DftQfl ^ g Llgt ^ (it
Elt1OVU-ttt-0xfOl'd tr
These students have been placed
on the Dean's list as a result of
superior work done during the win
ter quarter at Emory at, Oxford
Those in the Junior College depart
ment are Eugene Addy. Ben Banks,
Oscar Blackwell. Richard Bradley,
Dolph Bra. Otto Brisco, George
Brown Pep Brown. Tillman Bryan,
Jordan Callaway, Emily Campbell,;
Roy Campbell. George Cauble. Ken- j
neth Cayce. Charles Dickens Lee f
Diekens. George Eason E. B Es
Charlie Green. Hugh Gregory
Bill Groover, Jack Harrison, Enon j
Hopkins Calvin Jackson Llovd
Jovner. Wm. K;it,h Carl King.
Moffett, Homer O Callaghan °:i John n I
Ratcliffe Alvin Ratliff Dorsey Re
gan. Tom Ellis Reeve. Frank Repi
lado. Ricardo Relilado. Shirley Rich
George Roach. Jr.. Claude Rogers,
Ernest Scher Franklin Sherman,
Jason Shirah. Freddie Tanner
Those in the Academy are; Ver-;
Ion Corbitt. Price Harrod Chde
Jinks. Harry Powell. Brittain,
Stokes Bill Strother. L. O Todd and
Herbert Abercrombie
her. T. M. Sullivan
Will Preach Sunday
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Rev T M Sullivan. presiding
Elder of the Decatur-Oxford Dis
trict, will preach Sunday evening
the Covington First Methodist i
Church at 3 o'clocl The public is !
invited. i
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 193!).
LAST BRICK
IS LAID FOR
GYMNASIUM
The last brick has been laid at
the Covington School Gymnasium,
but it is still far from completion,
according to Col. R. M. Tuck, of the
Covington School Board.
Thp , . hrick lain hv Mr
'
Tuck . ' who . “ . onp of , fhp P roudest
people in Covington for his part in
securing the new building for the
schools. Contractors stated this
week that the slow work was now
a ^ hand and that a day's work
WQUld show but , ittle They
have, however, advised local school
officials that the gymnasium would
be compl* ed by May 15th and that
graduation exercise* could be
there.
Previous reports were that the
building could not be completed be
fore summer, but weather condi
tions durin ? the past few weeks
have made the new move possible,
^ buj]djng wm ^ provlded with
^ for a thletic events, chapel
programs and features similar to the
graduation exercises, a large seat
ing arrangement has been provided
AgriCUltUral A • 1 . 1
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Warns Farmer* To Use Care
In Working Horae*
and Mules.
We believe farmers should be very
careful in the care of their work
stock for the next few days, The
animals have been resting and are
“soft” so that the first few days
W’ork should be light as possible till
they are accustomed to hard work.
Then another factor to remember
j s that t h Py s t.ill have on their win
tar ‘'clothes.” The weather may be
f air ]y coo ] but the sun during the
middle 0 f the day gets pretty warm
an d with the long winter hair work
animals get pretty hot. Mules are
too high to be careless in getting
them accustomed to hard work A
change of diet is a pretty good idea
so as to keep them on feed. A few
threshed oats and probably some
wheat bran w’ould stimulate the ap
petite. A pound or so of cottonseed
mral will help
Some farmers tell us they are
ready now to plant cotton as soon
as the weather warms up We be
]j eve seed treatment wi 1 ' improve
th *.
ar) ^ C ool as is the cas° with early
planting. The treatment will cost
about 15 cents per bushel.
We have talked with several
farmers who say thev will not be
able to cultivate all their land with
limitations we have on cotton
general depleting crops. If ybu
land you ^ill no. dp adlP ®
by all means seed this land,
lespedeza The seed requirements
be about *1.00 per acre This
the land in cultivation under
program and there is no crop
will beat lespedeza in controll
soil erosion This crop will seed
back next year without addi- j
expanse and land of ordin
fertility left three years to les
will produce a bale of cot
(Continued on Page Fourteen) |
Birchmore Has
Big Attendance
Anderson Sunday School
Class Attends in a
Group.
John Birchmore. the man who
challenged the Methodist Sunday
School " last ‘ week was was unanimously unanimously
' 0,ed , Thp * lnnet Sunday without
a co,,nt when he introduced sev
Pral hundred visitors from Antler
son. S. C and from all parts of
the country.
The pest or of the
Methodist Church, Rev. H. C.
ory ’ i n f°r mp d Mr. Birchmore in
litrlf of the Sunday School
“there is no one on the side
ing him as everybody jumped
when■ they .taw what a crowd
had.” The entire group of visitors
received a most cordial welcome
from officers and members of the
, ocal church
One of the most unusual fea
tures of the program was the pres
entation of a beautiful Elgin watch
by the Anderson. S. C„ visitors to
Mr. Birchmore for his work in that
city. Mr. Birchmore was formerly
teacher of this large group of peo
ple when he lived in Anderson. The
presentation was made by Dr. E C.
McCants. superintendent of the
Anderson School Svstem.
J. , „ C. Holler, „ successor to . Mr
Birchmore at Anderson, was teacher
Sunday and very interestingly
taught the lesson. Chief of Police
Bohanan, of the Covington Police
Department, attended with W. W.
Driskell, Chief of Police at Ander
son
A quartet from the F. F. A. Camp
near Heard-Mixon. gave several se
lections which were greatly enjoyed
Members and officers of the F. F. A
Camp attended in a body
The out of town guests wer’ com
posed of members of the Dick Ligon
Bible Class from the St John Meth
odist Church in Anderson. S C.
Ot 'ifjirirn fyomi to
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Ordinary A. L Loyd announced
Wednesday that beginning April t.
marriage licenses and
would b» S4 00 in accordance with
the new state law
Mr Lovd stated that both parties
involved in the marriage must
21 years of age or older before they
can secure th<> license Those 18
years of age must secure the per
fit Z?Tr’
the county court house
The new law will be follow’d j
closely according to Mr Loyd, who
st.at»d that he would cooperate In
every way in stamping out child
marriages Hp stated that the girl
and boy must “look their age and j
to his satisfaction that, th»y;
old en0UR h to pass safelv under
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Carload of PoYctl
Furniture Arrives
at Kamsey c urnituxi
The Ramsey Furniture Company
announced this week the arrival of
a full car load lot of porch furni
ture. This is probably the first car
load of porch furniture ever to ar
rive in Uie city. I
rH’~ PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Modern Waterworks
System Is Underway
For Town of Mansfield
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Rotary Club to
Hold Its Annual
Dist. Conference
Porter W. Carswell Will Be
In Charge of The
Meetings.
Savannah in the spring-time and
Rotary in District Conference is :i
combination which promises a rec
ord-breaking attendance when the
eleventh annual conference of the
165th district convenes on May
Mth. Delegates from Georgia's
fifty-two Rotary Clubs will gather
for a program divided between a
.serious study of Rotary problems
and recreation at the seashore.
Porter W. Carswell, of Waynes
boro, District. Governor, will pre
side and Judge Karl Miller of
Dodge City, Kansas, director of Ro
tary International, will also be pres
ent. During Governor Carswell’s
administration nin» new’ Rotary
Clubs have been chartered, and a
greater number of Rot.arians than
ever before are on the organiza
tion’s rolls.
Headquarters for the Conference
w 'll be t ' 1p f? otpl DeSoto and the
conference will open Sunday, May
^ ^ of d * legale *.
bgnd Mn(!ert!i automobile driven
KO j f _ e tc. The first fixed event will
be the Fellowship Dinner at the De
Soto Sundav night, followed by ne
gro spirituals in the hotel garden.
The first formal session will be
Armstrong College
Monday. 15th. The Conference
adjourn 1o go to Savannah
lor a short luncheon, beach sports
and a visit to historic Fort
now a part of the National
System. The evening entertain
ment i “A Night in Hawaii" with
a ffreat - dinnPr gathering and danc
in? in two ballrooms
The convention will close Tuesday
with a choice of a new district gov
prnnr and further entertainment.
Tlip hosf c ' nl:> ' s ra P’ d L complet
arrangements with many com
mitt-ees actively at work unjder di
rection of Edwin B. McCuen. paM
district governor, who is
chairman Special plans for the
entertainment of the ladies 'Rotary
Anns) are being made
R. E. A. Meeting
Planned in City
Georgia Power Company
and REA Will Offer
Program.
Next Tuesday. March 28 officials
of the Rural Electrification Admin
istration in Washington, in cooper-
3 tion with the Georgia Power Com
pany, will conduct a meeting in
Covington with officers and mem
bers of the Newton Electric Mem
bership Corporation. Mr. George D.
Monger, director of the Utilization
Division of the REA, will be pres
en' and it is expected that Mr. John
M. Carmody. REA Administrator.
will also be able to attend, through
definite information about Mr Car
mody s plans is not available at
present. This meeting In Covington
Is one of only five to be held in the
entire state and Covington is for
tunate in being one of the five des
ignated.
The Georgia Power Company has
developed a plan to assist Electric
MiZZ U eZnZe P Zl
of electric service among their
members They are the first com
pany to initiate such a program
and to have it supported by the
REA They also are the first com
pany which will work directly with
the cooperatives in bringing to the
attention of the members of the
Corporations the many uses to
which flectnc SPrV ice can be put
Aunt Jemima Wilt
Appear in Person
at Stock's Store
Aunt Jemima the famous pan
cake and dainty pastries cook will
appear in Covington in person on
Saturday March 25 Aunt Jemima '
nay be seen at Stocks Super Mar
ket. I
Sealed Proposals Received
Last Friday by
Officials.
C. H. COOK COMPANY,
OF BUENA VISTA, GA.,
IS LOWEST BIDDER
Work Will Begin Next Week
anc * Within Three
Months.
The Town of Mansfield will have
a new and modern waterworks svs
tern within the next, three months
according g«, or p tarv - Treasurer
H. C Hays, who reported the out
comp of 3 meeting of t he Mayor
and Council in that city Friday
morning.
Sealed proposals were received bv
the Mayor and council Friday at the
office of the clerk in the rear of
f he postoffice building. Represent
atives from companies throughout
Georgia were present af .
, ...
mPP ,n? in an pffr>rt secure
,llp contr act for their respective
companies
The small room which measured
about 20 feet square was filled to
capacity by those interested in the
npw system end newsmen had some
difficulty in getting pictures. The
awarding of the contract was one
- the most forward steps in the
history of that city, according to
observers and the Mayor and coun
j cilmen of Mansfield are to be eon
gratulated for their efforts in pro
viding running water in the homes
of residents.
The contract for the installation
of the new system was awarded to
ri,p c - H Cook Company, Inc., of
® l,ena Vista, Georgia, who an
nounced that he would begin work
not- later than March 29th. The
* ns tallation will probably take from
30 days depending on the
pa r Water mains and sewers
P acp uoug out the city
* n "<j nis ’^em » needed and
f,r€ protection will be pro
vided * Insurance rates will likely
weatly reduced in that area.
Mayor A. E. Hays was in charge
** 1P meeting which was attended
by Councilmen James Benton. S, R.
Campbell, T. P. Lawrence. J. L.
Milton and J. B. Spears. Secretary
Treasurer H. C. Hays opened and
read all bids and the lowest was
accepted by the officials of Mans
field The amount of the bid was
not learned by the News Corres
P° ndpnt before going to press.
Plans, specifications and docu
ments were open for inspection
without charge at the office of Mr.
Hays and at the offices of the en
Pinpprs J B McCrary Company,
Ine.. of Atlanta. Georgia. All pro
posals of contractors were accom
panied by a certified check amount
ing to 5 per cent of the proposal.
These checks, it is understood, will
be returned to oil except the par
ties receiving the bid. The PWA is
cooperating with the Town of
Mansfield in paying the costs of in
stallation.
The conference and awarding of
bids to the C H. Cook Company was
said to be entirely satisfactory to
all members of the council. Resi
dents of Mansfield advised the News
representative that they were very
impatiently awaiting the new wa
terworks system All council mem
bers are prominent citizens and
leading businessmen of the city.
County Line Church
Destroyed by Fire
The County Line Baptist Church
building was destroyed by fire Sun
day morning shortly before services
began. The fire caught from a de
fective flue and burned to the
ground despite the efforts of those
present.
Services at Newton
Charge on Sunday
You are invited to services on
the Newton Charge Sunday.
Service at the Lovejov Churcn
Sunday morning at 11:30
Services at the Covington Mill
Church Sundav afternoon at 3:(W
o'clock and night at 7:30.—
Arthur Kinsey. Pastor.
NUMBER 12