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tarts are grieted this week
jssing of Mr. F. J. Meniam
the Ma •kct B illetin. Mr
came to Covington many
ve ar and he always made
ire Bov s home headquar
iometimes ,iie and my mom
,ld be out of iown ano
if those kind of people who
ved his friends and
i toys wanted him so he did
i ate to come light on down
« and have lunch with
OllSf
and Ellout.se ■ . • and
fun together • . . He told
much about his nice farm
r boro that they were ready
hool at Emory and go in
:nz he adored our
and spent many happy
re chatting with each of
here was always that happy
in his lovely brown eyes
, r did we see him when he
*»ppy the last tim° we
li was as he drove away
| P Capitol • . • head
in Atlanta . • he came
down the steps ... I
r> him he stopped and
iking we had on new
lats Why. Office Boy!” j
“I did not recognize'
Ind of course that was very ■
I to my room mate . • . No-1
111 miss him morp or will be
rieved at his passing than
fftce Boy,
re siso grieved at the pass
uudge Yeomans . a good
Ipftd^r in tnp i
and a
Dr many years ... he has
in in our home for over a
w . . but we see him oc- j
lly Which reminds us
In and I live in too much of
I I We live from day to day
1 jhing • . • rushing . . • resting
ie and what are we do
h our time ■ . it flies • .
Ind mine . . we see our most
I friends . • those we love
I . mavbe at the club •
at church • • . maybe they
pr there this month ... Do
r stop to wonder what it is
hit?
iur life and mine a success?
■What are we?- And what do
Irt? Within these two ques
Inn and I ran find the secret
I life's success or failure. Do
: |r I What stop to kind check up and won
of person am I?
II have not stopped long
h to really find out whether
m F °f person I'd like to be
9¥ have you? And yet I have
pal) way. too for I know
(H ft'per | into things that call
1 Ml av f rom home each time I go
- - just a little added duty
1 n growing up you and I built
01 imagination just the sort
> iwn-up we were going to be
1 laf dream materialized’ May
I wanted
I 1 to be a movie star'
i ft] musician ... or a prize fighter!
: 1 tell you the truth my high
!
-ft team was to be a beautiful
N
J fl|£ a a circus dressed in ail white
WJ fairv . with a short tulle
» Mjj jsnd horses tights and ride two big
mh at the same time
■I [ s the time when I had a
19 P* for having all the chairs
: t house lined up in twos, jump
c fnm one to the other when mv
er returned home • , but real
.
[ e things you hoped for as a
> seem foolish sometimes aftei
ZTTZZtr:
i (in not have the money
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- fertain pull. etc. but maybe
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“ft -1 no talent along the eer
i line w ? had dreamed for
1 . inee music . . .
. . or an actor
:t-ress we drift along trying to
piano then the tes! ta
then the accordian
1 one thing to another then
bp we decide after all we will
n Journalism after a:
.
that wears off and then
. .
‘’doe we will run a filling sta
and go broke or we will
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y law because somebody
ha' succeeded along this line ;
■ -lust drifting from one thing
nother NEVER MAKING UP
un MIND WHAT YOU WANT
:ckino to tha°t p 0 NE l THmS
y °'» are jf you havp drifted i
ft one of those unhappy peo-'
m the world and it's the]
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b °f nobodv but just j
1,8 . . . you I
,lot loo ate to snap out of
\ sm * of what nn forgetting all these
it would nice to
lf Von had the pull to get in
Hywood at;
or in a hospital
0r whatever it ts dream
Continued you are
on Page Fourteen!
KERv COUNCIL MEETING
, ft Workers’ Council of the
pnp Mountain Baptist Associa
r win mppt the Covington
Irsr Ra ! 'iM Church
Friday morn
1 ' pr >resentatives throughout !
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Volume 75 The Georgia Covington Enterprise, Star Est. Est 1864 1874
1 Financial Help for
Purchase of Electrical
Appliances Is Given
School Heads Worry
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E. L. FICQl’ETT
County School Superintendent of
Newton County, is one of the
many school officials and teach-,
who continue to worry over
the shortage of state school funds,
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Changes in the
Present School
System Studied
Supervisor To Be Sent Out
by State to Check on
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Several changes may be made in
the present set-up in the Newton
County School system within the
next few months- according to re
ports being sent out by the state
Board of Education, working in
connection with the recently named
economy committee
The Economy Committee has in
structed the state board to send out
supervisors to all counties to inspect
the set up there and make recom
mendations. The resolution sent out
by the state Board and the Econ
omy Committee states the purpose
of - vndin e out the supervisors is to
cut down 0n the mlmber of teach -
m by consolidation of schools and
t0 cut the CORt of trans P° rtation - A
survey will be made by each super
vlsor and these recommendations as
aiven by this official must Superintend- be foI ‘ j
low ^ d by th< * County
ent or have his budget for state
- funds withheld
All savings in this county ha' ■ e
been used up in the present emer
gency and the school board will
probably have to borrow money to
complete the school year
RmW Services at
Methodist Church
Revival services will begin at the
Covington First Methodist Church i
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock un
der the direction of the pastor. Rev
H c - Emory
The revival is being held especial
lv for young people and a special
invitation is extended to the young
people of Covington to attend. Rev
H L. Smith from The Rock
Charge, will arrive Sunday after
noon to do the preaching through
the coming week. All churches will
give way Sunday evening for union
services.
Scout Executives of District !
Are Honored - - by J. . 0. f\ Ffc Porter
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Mr- J O. Porter, president of the
Newton County District Boy Scout
Committee, gave a luncheon Wed
nesday at the Delaney Hotel in hon
or of Scout Executives of the Cen
tral of Georgia District and of
Newton County Scoutmasters and
council committee.
Present at the luncheon were
Payton Jones Macon, chairman of
Company and Activities for Central
Georgia Council. B S. A ; Carl Sul
livan. Chief Scout Executive. Cen
tral of orgia Council, B. S A.; Q
R Nolan. Scoutmaster Troop No
Macon; S. M. Hay, N. S Turner
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Gene and Joe Marks, students of the Mansfield school and residents of Newton county, seen above
as they get their four champion steers ready to enter in the Georgia Fat Cattle Show in Atlanta next
Tuesday and Wednesday. The youngsters have already won eleven ribbons, (two may be seen pinned
on the boys’ overalls), a large loving cup( in foreground) and numerous cash prizes amounting to
hundreds of dollars. Both Gene and Joe, as well as their father, believe the calves are sure winners
again this year. News Photo by JBA
Snap pin * Shoals Corporation
Announces A Plan for
Area.
COVINGTON MERCHANTS
TO OFFER UNUSUAL
VALUE ON APPLIANCES
Attention of Public Called
To Advertisements in
News.
Realizing that many of its mem
bers are anxious to purchase elec
trical appliances but are unable to
spare the necessary cash funds at
present, the Snapping Shoals Elec
tric Membership Corporation wish
es to acquaint its members with the
financial assistance plan offered in
the purchase of electrical appli
ances
At present an interesting educa
tional program is being offered, in
cooperation with* the Georgia Pow
er Company, to better inform the
rur–l people of the many helpful
and profitable uses of electric ser
vice. However, such programs are
useless unless some feasible and
economical plan for the purchase of
the necessary appliances is made
available.
To help its members secure ap
pliances, Snapping Shoals Electric
Membership Corporation is co-op
crating with the Electric Home and
Farm Authority. Washington. D C
and with local dealers in this sec
tion
The routine of purchasing an
electrical appliance and financing
it under the Electric Home and
Farm Authority is not unlike pur
chasing many other commodities on |
a deferred payment plan. The cus
tomer. after selecting the appliances
desire d from a dealer participating
makes a down payment of only five
1 5> per cent or more of the cash
retail price and executes an E. H.
F, A customer contract. Monthly
installments are payable with the
regular monthly electric bill. j n
this manner a great saving is had
by the customer because it elim
mates extra postage, monev orders
and the bother and time incidental
to making other finance payments
The Snapping Shoals Electric
Mem bership Corporation is offering
this plan as a service to its mem
bers There is no charge for the
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billing collecting, or service- Any
additional inforr.iatio may be ob
taine d a t the office of the Corpora
tion in Covington, or from its em
p i oy ees.
Presbyterian Church
Worship Services
Services of worship for everyone
will be conducted at the Covington
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come awaiting them. I
At the eleven o'clock morning
worship hour the guest soloist will
he Mrs. Robert Fowler. Jr., she will -
sing a. special number to be an
nounced later. The ministers ser
mon topic will be "Diety on the
Porch.
“Before the service we speak to I
Cod; during the service God speaks j
to us; after the service we speak
to one another ” A cordial invita
tion is extended to all- Come and
being a friend- j
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Rotary Club
Meeting Held
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A1 Foster Invites Covington
Club to Visit
Atlanta,
The Covington Rotary Club held
their regular weekly meeting Tues
day noon at the Delaney Hotel with
almost a perfect attendance. Dr. S
L. Waites, president, presided.
J T McKay opened the meeting
with a prayer. which was followed
by a song- Mrs. M. E Goode gave
piano accompaniment. . Dr.
Waites then welcomed (woe- new
members into the club- Pat Patter
son and Thomas H ay.
Thg meeting was turned over to
J. T. McKay, program chairman.
who. in turn, introduced S. M. Hay,
as "the well known magician
gave a series of baffling tricks and
illusions which were heartily ap
platided
Mr A1 Foster an official of the
Atlanta Rotary Club, was then in
troduced by Dr Waites. Mr. Foster
^^^Xti^nta Club and^extended
air invitation to all Covington Ro
tarians to attend a metting of the
Atlanta Rotary next Monday as
their guests. After a brief business
session, the meeting was adjourned
by the president.
Rural-Urban
Conference Soon
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Will Be Held in Auditorium
at Atlanta, April
28-29. j
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Speakers for this year include
Hon j. Edgar Hoover 'Director of
Federal Bureau of
ti on >, chief Justice Charles S- Reid
of the supreme Court, and Judge
Camille Kelley (America's foremost
woman jurist).
Rural delegates will be given free
registration. Urban delegates will
pfiy $I 00 registration fee Free
lodging and breakfast- will be fur
njshed those delegates who wish to
spend the night. School buses will
be provided for those rural ladies
from Newton County who wish 1°
attend.
Rural delegates who plan to at
tend are asked to register
April 15th by 3:00 o’clock at the
Home Demonstration agent's office
the Court House, with Mrs. Te
resa G Blair, Home Demonstration
agent- Further instructions will be
given you when you register.
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Dean George Roach
To Speak to P.-T. .4.
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Dean George S Roach will ad
dress the Parent-Teacher
tion Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the School library His
subject will be "Lifting the Home
Standards.' The parents of all
school children are especially urged
to attend.
E. A. King. John Tucker, George | j
Cochran. E- L. Ficquett and Wm.
Berry, members of the Newton j
County Council I
The luncheon was preliminary to ;
a meeting he j by Mr. Jones and .
Mr Sullivan Wednesday afternoon.
m the James H Porter Memorial
Gymnasium, at Porterdale. for all
Newton County Scoutmasters. The j
purpose of the meering was to offer
training courses to Scoutmasters or
Company and camp activities. Fac
ilities of the Central Georgia Boy
Scout Camp. Benjamin Hawkins
was outlined. j
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Large Crowds
Attend Easter
Services Sunday
Clear Morning Air Rings
with Songs of Worship
and Praise.
REV. H. C. EMORY
MAKES MAIN TALK
OF THE MORNING
Rev. Walker Combs, Rev.
Sidney Gates and Rev.
Kinsey Participate.
The Easier Sunrise services held
in Covington last Sunday morning
was a decided success from every
angle. A large crowd attended and
a splendid program was enjoyed.
Rev. Walker Combs acted as mas
ter of ceremony. He opened the ser
vices with a Bible verse suitable to
the occasion and this was followed
by the entire congregation joining
in the Doxology
A beautiful invocation was given
by Rev. Arthur Kinsey. This was
followed by an Easter hymn. The
scri P t 'tre lesson was read by Rev
Sidne y Gat?s - H ’ s voic€ s °un d e d
clear and impressive in this most
solemn and holy message.
The “Old Rugged Cross” was sung
by the congregation, a male chorus
lead by Professor V. Y C Eady, of
Oxford, leading the singing.
The message of the morning was
brought by Rev. H. C Emory, pas
for of the Methodist Church. Rev
Emory made a most forceful Easter
address and the enjoyment of the
congregation was evidenced by tlm
close attention he received.
At the conclusion of his address.
Rev Combs asked those who desired
this t-o be made an annual custom
from a truck parked on the West !
side of the square.
The affair was impressive and
sacied The early morning air was
invigorating and those who attend
ed left with a feeling that they had
! gained spiritually by attending
Covington Milts
Revival Under way
- Revival serv ices at the Covington
MU , S Methodist Church Is now in
progress with a good regular at
tendance each day During the first !
j three days of the revival services.:
j five persons joined through pro- |
[ f ess i on of faith and five by cer- j
tificate- The music is reported to be
outstanding as well as the preach- j
j i ng which is being conducted by :
R ev . Arthur Kinsey.
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The management of Stocks Horn
Ond Stores announced this week
their connection with F. B Hill, j
formerly manager of Birdsey Flour
Mills store here. Mr. Hill will be
glad to see his old customers at j
his new location with Stocks Feed
Stor^ next to the W. Cohen Com
Store. i
THURSDAY, APRIL a 1, 1 TS9.
Kiwanians Hold
Regular Meeting
Rev. House, of Madison,
Addresses Club “Building
Our City.”
The Covington Kiwania Club held
its regular noon meeting at the De
laney Hotel Thursday noon with
President Nat Turner presiding.
Ben Thompson of the Madison Club
was present and lead the singing,
due to the continued indisposition
o' Prof. Eady- Miss Fletcher Lou
Lunsford presided at the piano.
The program was in charge of
the Madison club and was intro
duced by Dean George Roach
chairman of the Interclub Relations
committee for the local club. Those
attending from Madison were
Hemperly. chairman of the Inter
club Relations Committee for the
Madison Club; Ben Thompson.
former Lieutenant Governor;
Charles Candler and Rev. House.
th<> Methodist Minister, who gave a
splendid address on ‘‘Building Our
City ”
The program was most enjoyable
and President Turner expressed the
appreciation of the local club to the
visiting Kiwanians
The attendance last week was ov
er the ninty percent mark as re
quested by the President Three ab
sen tees were: Wick Porter, who has
been confined to his home for sev
eral weeks due to illness. P. W T
Pratt and Frank Williams- Presi
dent Nat announced this week's
program would be a Surprise Pro
gram” so be sure and be there ready
for anything.
Thrift Oil Company
Announces Oil Sale
The Thrift Oil Company will
ss ft"=. n N/ft
County with this new' 100 per cen. ,
Pennsylvania Cruiser Oil which he
handles. Persons buying a quart of
this oil receives a second quart for
lc additional An advertisement giv
ing full details may be found on
page nine of this issue.
Timely Speech Made by Lester
On The Present War Situation
In discussing the subject “Why
will America Fight ” at the Emory
at-Oxford chapel exercises Tuesday
morningt Professor Charles Lester
declared it is the inalienable right
0 f every individual to know why he
j s fighting in case his country
drawn into a war.
The speaker gave as an example
of trickery the World war that
America engaged in "To make the
world safe for Democracies." only
to learn when it was all over how
horribly we had been fooled
Professor Lester indicat! d that
today, with very few Democracies
left in Europe, the United States
should have its eyes and ears open
to all the propaganda that is being
perpetrated upon it in the hope of
her alliance in stopping the
march of the Dictators.
"To enter an alliance with France
THft PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
% AND PROSPERITY
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Ue»ie and Joe Marks
To Enter Calves in
Georgia Cattle Show
Youngster* Alreay Winners
of Numerous Prizes
and Ribbons.
CATTLE SHOW WILL
BE HELD IN ATLANTA
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Marks Boy* Attend School at
Mansfield Public
Schools.
Gene and Joe Marks, well known
throughout the state as regular win
ners in Georgia's fat cattle shows
will enter their four calves this yeai
and expect to get in the big money
The show will be held in Atlanta
next T,| esday and Wednesday. Apn 1
18-19. and both boys are busv get
ting their Western Steaks from
Mansfield” *n perfect condition
The youngsters and their father are
certain that the four calves will
bring home the bacon in the form
of cash money and attractive rib
bons.
Last year Gene competed in three
shows and his Grand Champion
steer, "Harvey,” won prizes in every
show Harvey was judged the best
steer in Georgia at the Fat Cattle
Show and today Gene Is the proud
possessor of a large and beautiful
loving cup as well as numerous pic
tures which appeared in newspapers
throughout Georgia. Besides the
loving cup and horors. Gene won
$39 00 in prize money and sold the
steer for $258.00 making a total of
$297.00.
< ' os * q wn * n B and entering
f * 1 ' s k rfmc * champion in the show
' vas onlv * 86 00 for the ‘<* d - This
save Genc a P roIit ol * 211 M for
the el « ven months work. Both Joe
snd °ene are well known already
throughout the state and Professor
Richardson, the Mansfield School
Superintendent-, believes the cattle
P*ople< “Ain't seen nothin' yet ”
Joe has two fine calves named Jack
and Tom. while Gene's calves are
named Arkev and Kelley- Mansfield
folks advise Newton County folks to
watch for these names in headlines
next week.
The four fine herefords which the j
boys now own have a combined
weight of two tons and continue to
gain at a rate of two pounds per
day. Keener competition this year
mav give the two youngsters trouble
but they are used t-o this and can
rake it if things don’t go just right,
There wilt be many engaging fea
tures at Atlanta's fourth annual
Fat Cattle show next week and the
pedple of Georgia will be watching.
with interest the activities which go
on there The show is being spon- j
sored by the Chamber of Commerce
in the capitol city and this group
of fine citizens are entitled to the
public's heartiest cooperation in all
s zx
belongs
Th- Covington News as well as
, the people throughout Newton
County extend best wishes to the
two Marks brothers and hope for
them every success in this great
cattle show
and England, prompted with big
brotherhood motives, would bring
| the same disgust and bitterness that
was feit at the end of the World
i War. " continued Mr. Lester, as he
, drew for the college student body
a keen analysis of the situation in
| Europe today.
The text of Professor Lester's
j speech follows:
Editors note: The following
speech is carried because of its
! timeliness and news interest and
may or may not ie the views of the
j News management.
j Why Will America Fight?
The American people can never
be realistic in their intrrnational
relationships When we have som
job to do we must cloak it in gar-i
ments of piety and unselfishness
although it may be a thoroughly
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M. .?. YEOMANS
director of the Georgia Hospital
Authority and former attorney
Sf 06 '' 3 ! of this state, died Monday
at his home following three
heart attacks
$49,081.66 To Be
Paid Farmers by
County Agent
Agricultural Agent Write*
of Farm Program
In County.
We received the first payments
on the 1938 Soil Conservation pay
ments this week A total of $49 081 -
i 66 was received on 489 contracts
with 911 farmers receiving checks
This makes an average payment of
| two.37 per farm and $53 87 per per
son who received a check This
represents hardly one-half of the
contracts in the county and about
45 p Pr cpn j the moriP y
count.y for 1938 participation in the
farm program.
One tenant farmer in the county
who operates a two horse farm is
keeping record' on his poultry flock
w j(h us . During the month of March
cleared $144.00 from his poultry
In addition to this profit which in
eluded profit from broilers he has'
consistently cleared money since
last September with the exception
of the months of January and Feb
ruary when the purchase of baby
chicks and feed for the broilers was
a little more than the profits from
his hens. He has already cleared
m0 re money from his poultry than
he will from his two horse farm un
less farming is more profitable dur
j nR 1939 than it was in 1938.
The Atlanta Fat Cattle show will
bp he ia next Tuesday at the Stock
yar ds on Marietta street in Atlan
ta . The cattle will be sold the next
day Make your plans to attend this
sb ow and sale Newton county will
srrs txxstx
fer keen competition for champion
s awards this and if
care to attend the show I do not
f b ink y OU would be embarrassed by
f de condition of the Newton county
PX hibit
The wind and lightning accom
panied by heavy rains Wednesday
did some damage in the county. We
j have heard of one house and bam
being blown down and one mule be
ing killed by lightning. The house
and barn destroyed were both oc
cupied. None of the people were
hurt and neither were the livestock
in the barn
We have seen some beautiful
crimson clover in the county re
cently- Mr. M. J- Morehouse has
about 150 acres that is about knee
high and just getting ready to
bloom Mr. C P. Adams has a nice
field as well as Mr H. G Ellington
Try to see these fields. Any farmer
-ho sees a good field of Crimson
clover will want to have one
Anril Meeting of
Local Garden Club
The April meeting of the Coving
ton Garden Club, which was post- .
penec* at the regular meeting time,
will be held Friday afternoon. April
lhh. at 3:30 at t.tv- home of Mrs.
R. Sams on Church Street.
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