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Volume 75
Memorial Day To Be
j | Observed Wednesday
j Methodist
At Church
Wins Two Prizes
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JOE MARKS,
who was one of the winners in
the Atlanta Fat Cattle Show
this week. Joe took third place
hr (he medium weight class and
fourth place in the
class.
Wednesday Noon
Closing of Stores
Begins in May
Almost Unanimous Accord
of Merchants on Half
Holiday.
Continuing a practice that has |
been followed in Covington for a
number of years, local business men
almost without exception, will close I
their p i aC es of business at 12:00
0 - c ) oc ^ on Wednesdays for the re
majnder of the dav through the
months of MaV( June< July and
An _. ust
Business concerns which signed
the agreement are
Bank of Covington and Trust !
Company, Lester and Smith Insur
anca Agency, Ramsey Furniture
^om.-ny. Harper Barber Shop
Peoples Drug Store, Agnes and Wat
tie Beautv Shop. Fletcher Jewel- !
s
ry Store. Covington Electrical Head
quarters, The Toggery Shop. J- L
Loden. T. G- Callaway Company.
Vining Drug Store
The Leader, Whites, Freds De
par t me nt Store, Mrs- Victor Will
iams w . Cohpn company, Homer
ig P i son McConnells Store, Norris
Hardware Company, Covington
Furniture Company, Dietz Brothers
E. H. Mobley. King Hicks Hardware
Company, V- Petropol J- C. Harwell
and Son, Piggly Wiggly. Rogers. Go
bers Barber Shop Western Auto,
Covington Finance Co., Newton
County Building and Loan. Piper
Hardware Company, City Pharm
acy Marcelles Beauty Salon. I
Bennett and Cofer, Fowler Trad
ing Company. Crawford Market,
Goodyear Shoe Shop. Birdsey Flour
Mills. A and P Tea Company.
Greenes Pharmacy, Johnson Barber
Shop. Wallace Beauty Shop Stauf
facher and White, Carrolls Shoe
Shop Marianne Beauty Shop. Cov
ington Auto Supply Company. Mrs.
" olph Bloodworth, National Saving
Store
Dr. Bascom Anthony
At Emory-at-Oxford
Dr Bascom Anthony arrived at
Emory-at-Oxford Wednesday where
he will the guest of the College
for several days, during which time
ha wi 11 i induct the daily chapel
exercises
nfty
years in the ministry, is well known
here where for the past several
years; he has come to visit
The speaker arrived unexpectedly
during the regular jhapel exercises
Wednesday and was given a whole- j
some welcome by the old students j
and faculty.
Dr. W. B. Dobbs
Opens Offices Here
The new offices of Dr. W B
Dobbs in the Cohen Building have
been completely remodeled and an
invitation is extended to the general
'Mihlic to inspec' these offices Di
Dobbs specializes in naturapith
Swerdish Massage*
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star, Est 1874
Only One Veteran Remains
To Attend Service*
at Church.
PARADE TO CEMETERY
WILL BEGIN AT THE
LIBRARY; 2:30 O’CLOCK
Principal Speaker at Church
Will Be Charles
Elliott.
Tribute will be paid the veterans
of the sixties Wednesday with
Memorial Day exercises being held
at the Covington Methodist Church
at 11:00 o'clock with nearly every
citizen of Newton County taking
part
The people of this section will at
tend the services to hear again stor
ies of the war and the great suffer
ing of s great people during that
period. The fact that the world
today faces a war that would un
doubtedly bring greater suffering
than ever before makes this year's
program more interesting. The
nped for pPace w jp of CO urse- be
one of the leading topics of dis
mission and the principal speaker
of the day will probably speak a Ion.'
this line.
The one remaining veteran in
Newton County is expected to at
tend along w'ith the few' remaining
widows of veterans Mr. Meador ha<
been the only living veteran in the
county for the past several years
He is a resident of Oxford and re
cently celebrated his 93rd birthdav
A parade will be held in the bus
iness section of the city with the
school students of Covington. Amer
ican Legion . Boy scouts, veteran,
widows and members of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and
Children of the Confederacy The
parade will begin at 2:30 o'clock at
the public library and continue
around the public square and to the
cemetery, where wreaths of flowers
w j]i be placed on the graves of the
dead soldiers.
The program at the church which
begins at 11:00 o’clock follows:
Mrs. C B Childs, president of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy. will preside- Processional
Mrs. M. E. Goode; Invocation, Dr j
Sidney Gates; Song by chorus,
Pledge to the U S Flag led by Miss
Sallie Mae Sockwell; Delivery of
Historical Essay Prizes by Mrs Ola
R. Malone; Solo by Mrs. R- R. Fow
ler. Jr,; Delivery of Crosses of Ser
vice by Mrs R. M. Mobley; Memor
ial Service led by Children of Con
federaev; Introduction of speaker j
Professor C. E Hawkins; Address
by Hon C N Elliott. Superintend -1
ent, of State Parks Atlanta; Bene
diction by Rev. H C. Emory.
All stores of Covington will prob- j
ably close during the parade as a
iribute to the veterans and widows
of Newton County. The Covington
Police Department will assist in di
recting traffic during the day.
Methodist Church
Revival Continues
Revival services at the Covington
First Methodist Church continued
this week witn many young people
attending as well as the older per
sons. The preaching is bping con
ducted by Rev. ~T L Smith from
7 Rock Charge.
Rural-Urban Conference Opens Next Week
Early response received at
Rural Urban Conference headquar
j prR indicates that over 7.00 dele-
8 a tes will attend the meeting to be
hald at the Citv A ' ld » orium in
Atlanta April 28th and 29th. Mrs
Robin Wood, director, announced
th week.
“Count. officials in practically
every county ii the state are mak
iny arrangements to bring the
women to Atlanta for the Confer
ence. and we are arranging here
them to stay in the homes of At
lanta church people for the night ot
A P ni 28th ' Mrs. Wood said “This
of coins means that, there will be
no expenses for them during the
two days they are here."
In addition to addresses by some
of the nation's outstanding men
women, there will be an Art displav
i by prominent Georgia artists tinriei
e direction of Dr. Jbseph Klein;
a musical program under the di
rection of Mrs. John Guerry pres
ident of the Federated Music
Clubs; a pageant-The Seasons
which will be put on by a cast of
, !
over 500 people; a pledge of Alleg
iance to the Flag, conducted by
representatives of patriotic organ
izations and the preamble conduct
j e> by the American Legion and
Auxiliaries
j Dr Louie D. Newton of ministers Atlanta,
in cooperation with other
will conduct a program on peace
Among the prominent speakers fea
lured on the program are John Ed
gar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation; Senator
Richard B Russell. Jr.; Judge
miile Kelley, of Memphis; Chief
Justice Charles S. Reid; Congress
woman Edith Nourse Rogers, from
Maine; Mrs Paulino Branyon.
the Atlanta Georgian; Ralph
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
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Charles N. Elliott, Superintendent of State Parks in Georgia, will
be principal speaker at the annual Memorial Day exercises here next
Wdnesday. Exercises will be held at the First Methodist Church,
beginning at 11:00 o’clock. Mr. Elliott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
■ L. Elliott, of this city,
Kiwanis Club
Meeting Held
95% Attendance Reported
by President Nat
Turner.
The regular meeting of the
Kiwanis Club was held at the De
laney Hotel Thursday noon with
President Nat Turner presiding and
Professor V. Y- C. Eady leading the
singing with Miss Fletcher Lou
Lunsford at the piano
Instead of a set program many
matters of interest were discussed
and the opportunity given all to
make their’chest suggestions and get anything
off that happened to
i reposing there
President Turner stated the at
tendance was still at 95 per cent but
that he wrnuld ’ike to make it 100
^ cen for the next tw0 meeting ,<
ronform with ‘ thp dpsire of Ki .
wanis _ Int emational.
He stated ea ^ h mee t* n S thls
month two of the members were
tlme ', bl the sa * e ™ JZ b H H
urged all members either to . be pres
cdt or m ‘ kt "P their *- te d ® t,ce
elsewhere for the next wo weeks
Tde for the meeting this
week wl11 ** in ,lia hands of the
Athens club and a flne proRram is
expected '
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Due to the misunderstanding
of the date set for the monthly
meeting of the Southern Divi
sion of the Stone Mountain As
soeiation the meeting scheduled
for this Sunday at High Point
Chureh has been postponed un
til the third Sunday in May
Several ehurehes attended the
meeting last Sunday at High
Point when it was supposed to
he this next Sunday, hence the
postponement until the May
meeting. Ample notice will be
given by card and through the
Covington News before the next !
meeting of the Sunday School i
Association. '
f heir re 8 ular meeting Tuesday noon
at the Delaney Hotel with President
S L- Waites presiding.
The meeting was opened with the
gong ‘‘America.” followed by s
prayer by R. P. Lester, honor guest
of the club President Waites then
turned the meeting over to the
program chairman, J. T McKay,
who in turn, introduced the speak
; Rr of the day. Charles Lester,
istry professor at Emory - a t-Ox ford
of
istry and World Economy,’* giving
a detailed account of the part chem
ists play in the progress of the
world- He stated that American
Chemists worked to improve condi
tions in this country and had helped
in many ways to improve the stand
ar ds of living. He added that some
foreign countries used their chem
ists only fo make the country self
SU8t » inin « ° f tb * reSlllt
on standards of living with the idea
of bping bpttpr prpparpd for war .
His talk was most interesting and
the many facts he brought out were
startling . M the conclusion of his
talk thp entire membership ex
pressed their appreciation for such
a timely and instructive discussion,
Secretary Spence Ramsey an
nounced that- song books had been
r f«i v ed- J T. McKay led the club
in sevPra f songs with accompani
ment on the Pi a n° hv Mrs. M E
Goode. George Stauffacher resigned
is club reporter in favor of Thomas
Hay Having no further business,
the meeting was adjourned by Pres
ident Waites.
Business Ciil Is to ;
Make Florida Trip
The business girls of Porterdale
will leave Wednesday, ,f a.v 17. for
a tour of Florida according to a re
port given out by the leaders. The
tour will include sightseeing trips
to Tallahassee. Gainesville Florida Silver j
Springs and Lake Wales
They also expect to visit Orlando j I
Davtona Beach St Augustine id
other points. They will return I
about May 22nd
Gill of the Atlanta Constitution;
Lambdin Kay of the Atlanta Jour
nal; Governor E. D. Rivers; Corn
missioner of Agriculture Columbus
Robprk; Honorable Andrew Avery,
E . D. Hargraves, president Busl
ness Men s Evangelistic Club of
America; Senator Homer Causey
of Alma; Honorable Wiley L
Moore; Mayor of Atlanta William B
Hartsfield; Miss Edwina Wood
promicent civic and church leader
of Columbus
Forums on vital problems of to
day will b? conducted by, among
others. W A Dobson, regional di
rector of the Boy Scouts of America; j
S M. Marr. head of the Atlanta Boy
Scouts; G V. Cunningham state
Jerre head of Wells. 4-H Clubs; Fulton J. County Harold Super-1 Saxon, j
intendent of Schools; E. Lassiter
state head of N. Y A ; Ralph Ram
sey; Hon M D Collins; Mrs. Frank
Dennis; Mrs. J A. Robison;
THURSDAY *PRIL 20, 1939
Rotary Club
Meeting Held
Professor Lester Speaks on
“Chemistry and World
Economy.
The Club held
sil O'Connor. New York attorney
and former law partner of Presi
dent Roosevelt, who now' heads th*
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis Dorothy Ducas. promi- j
nent New' York newspaper woman
Miss Lurline Collier, state head of j
home demonstration agents; Bras- !
well Dean, Mrs. M. E Curls. Mi.ss
Edwina Wood- Miss Kathryn La
nier; Jere Moore, president of the
Georgia Press Association; Mrs
Lulie Mize; Walter Brown director
of Georgia; Extension Mrs. for A the B Conger; University Keith of j
Morgan. Chairman of the Commit
tee for the Celebration of the PrfS
ident s Birthday and others
Those rural ladies planning to at
tend the Rural-Urban Conference
are asked to meet at the courthouse
Friday morning. April 28th at 9.00
o'clock. Bring about one-half dor
en sandwiches, drinks will be fui
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Newton i 7 4/ jnty Has Eleven
Winners In The Georgia
Fat Cattle Show In Atlanta
Agricultural
News Given by
County Agent
County Receives $62,806 for
Distribution to The
Farmers.
So far the county has received
payment on 603 contracts under the
1938 Farm Program amounting to
$62.80642- This Is approximately
j 60 P er ce nt l of w amount due the
county- If checks continue to come
as fast as they have been coming
during the past week we will have
all our money within the next two
weeks.
As stated here last week a farmer
does not have to plant cotton this
year to receive his rentals for 1939.
But do not get confused on this
and think there are additional pay
ments for not planting. You will
member that in 1938 a farmer
to plant st least 80 per cent of his
allotted cotton acres in order to get
f„n rental Now In 1939
he does not have to plant this 80
p ^ r ce nt- He can plant no cotton
and as long as he farms normally
otherwise he will receive his full
rpn tals. But the farm must be cul
tivated In a normal manner other
than planting cotton You can see
f r0 m this that, a farm that is per
mitred to plant 10 acres of cotton
will receive full rentals if no cot
ton is planted. But the rentals
the same if he planted the
give loan cotton where acres
left unplanted from the
acres,
We have seen some good
of lespedeza in the county
farmers are going to like this crop.
It is easy to grow on rather thin
land and often gives good yields of
hay. It is one of the best soil im
proving crops we can grow.
The Newton County 4-H Club boys
did pretty well with their fat steers
at the 4th Fat Cattle Show in At
lanta this week. In the lightweight
division Gene Marks won first
place. Peter Cowan 4th Ted Neely
7th. Mary Ida Hays 8th.
In the medium weight class Joe
j Marks 4th and won Jane 3rd. Greer Bennie 10th Anderson
In the heavyweight class Joe
Marks won 4th Luke Lassiter 8th
and Billy Porter 9th
shown in the state of Georgia. They
were fat and had type If Georgia
farmers could begin to produce on
a large scale the class of cattle found
in this show her markets would be
as good as any in the country,
In the showings of the five best
steers from a county Newton Cotin
fj won first place in the lightweight
division
SHlinitlO ' CoilVCVtlOn
h U'St , . Baptist „ ( IllH Crl
The Newton County Singing Con
vention will be held Sunday at the
Covington First Baptist Chureh with
the President :'n charge of the pro
gram Special numbers ha- been
planned as a number of quartets
«nd groups are expected to attend,
TH 17 PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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owner of the Grand
§t eer in 1938, took first place in
the lightweight division at the Fat
Cattle Show in Atlanta. Friends
^ ald he ' va J P r °ud of this honor,
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lip was a little short
year
Beta Club at
Mansfield High |
School Success
Ton Students Honored by
Beta Club With Honorary
Membership.
Mansfield is one of the many
achoo!s ha Gng a Bera Club which
is a national honorary organization.
Membership is limited to
students of the Junior and Senior
Classes whose scholastic standing is:
sufficiently creditable to indicate I
superior mental qualification The
purposes of the Beta Club are to
stimulate leadership qualities
among its members, and to build
character. The motto of the Be<:a
Club is "Loyalty, Courage. Leader
ship”
The members and officers of the
Mansfield Beta Club are:
President—Anita Lunsford.
Vice-President—Cora Hayes
Secretary and Treasurer—James
Elliott
Other members are Frances Ev
ans. Billy Marks. Sara Smith.
Charles Adams. ..mye Harwell. An
nette Harwell and Henry Starr Cor
ley.
The Club attended the Beta Con
vention in Atlanta for the second ,
consecutive year on March II Those 1
attending were Amye Harwell, An
j nette Harwell. Sara Smith. Cora
Hays. Charles Adams. Henry Starr
Corley and Mr. Evans, the sponsor.
55-Mile Speed
LIUTIll I It'nfrts'/'o*'' uniorcec!
State Patrol To Begin New
Drive on Fast
Drivers,
Plate patrolmen will begin next
Monday strict enforcement of the
new Georgia fifty-five-mile sp-ed
limit. Major Phi] Brewster. com
missioner of the Department of
Public Safetj-, announced Tuesday
The department also wil! patrol
the highways and make
against the owners of all cars not
bearing proper license plates, hr
said
The speed law drive, enforcement
of which is designed tr reduce
traffic accident toll, will not be spo
radic, but will be maintained
throughout the year. Commissioner
Brewster said
Orders for the patrols throughout
the state were handed down fol
|, wing a conference in Atlanta
Monday night of the commanders
of the ten state patrol districts
S)CrviC€8 at EoVejOl/
Methodist Church
Rev Arthur Kinsey, of th" New
on Circuit, annou ”d this week
hat services would be held af the
ovejoy Church Sunday morning a'
1:30 o'clock. The 'tov ngton Mills
erviccs will be held nejay after
noon at 3 o'clock and at 8 o'clock j
NUMBER 16
Gene Mark* Is First Pri*«
Winner in Lightweight
Division.
PETER COWAN. TED
NEELY. MARY HAYS
ARE PRIZE WINNERS
Joe Marks, Benny Anderson,
Jane Greer, Luke Lassiter,
Billy Porter Win.
Despite the fact that. Newton
County hoys and girls did not get
first honors at the annual Fat Cat
tle Show in Atlanta, Tuesday and
Wednesday, they returned home last
night with more than eleven prizs
winners out of the seventy-five an
nounced.
The two Marks boys led the pa
rade for Newton County and took
three of the big prizes in the show.
Young Gene, the grand champion
winner of 1938. took first prize in
the 4-H Club Individual Light
weight contest- There were ten
prii8es awarded and Newton County
boys and girls took four of them
Peter Co wan of Covington, took
fourth place. Ted Neely, of Coving
ton. seventh place, and Mary Ida
of
roll County had four winners. De
Kalb one and Fulton one.
Joe Marks won third place in the
Medium Weight 4-H Club Class
Contest. The Grand Champion for
t.hi.; year took the first and second
place. Benny Anderson, of Starrs
ville. took fourth place and Jane
Greer of Mansfield, the tenth place.
In the heavyweight class, Newton
County again showed their colors
when young Joe Marks, of Mans
field. stepped into fourth place.
Luke Lassiter, of Covington, took
I eighth place in this heavyweight di
vision and was followed by Billy
Porter, of Covington, in the ninth
place
The young folks then really put
on a show at this big Atlanta FRt
Cattle Show and walked away with
first, pri e in the 5 animals County
Group Class of the 4-H Club divi
sion. The names of those entering
thic division to win first place could
not be learned before going to press
With eleven winners, this county
was by no means in the last group,
having about as many winners as
any county in the state, regardless
of size Many counties like Fulton
and DeKalb had an even number or
less than Newton.
All eleven young 4-H Club leaders
who received awards for their work
during the past year returned home
with a determination to take even
more prizes in 1940 The group waa
well enough forward in the various
con t«sts to receive cash which paid
them well for their efforts.
The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce were sponsors of the Fat Cat
tle Show in Atlanta and their ef
forts have meant much to the Cat
tle Industry in Georgia. The public
in encouraged to take greater care
of their cattle and to get better and
more satisfactory breeds so that
they will have little trouble finding
buyers and at the prices which war
rant continued efforts rlong this
line. Georgia is gradually becoming
more and more a cattle state and
many people receive a large reve
nue from dairying and raising fat
cattle for market
J r Thirty-Five Join
Church at Revival
i A t Coionaton Milt
Revival services ended Sunday
night at he Covington Mills Meth
odist Church after a seres of ten
pa rate services at- which thirty
five people joineu the churches la
that community,
Ninetern people joined the church
by profession of ,aith nri seven bv
certificate. Nine pers s became
members of the Baptist Church.
This series of meetings, was report
ed to be the greatest ever held in
that section The crowds steadily
increased at each service until the
large auditorium was filled to over
flowing The nusic was exception
'By good under the directioh of
Charles Johnson The preaching
wa. to the point and inspired and
Rev Arthur Kinsey th pastor, who
did the preaching, welcomed new
members at each service
NOTICE
Please make your City Tax Ra
turns now.—J. H Wood, City Clerk.