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THF. OFflCE BOY
It
talking about flowers
been
gardens . . but this
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Edition t 0 Flowers we have
enjoying choice fruits and
from the gardens of
lies not know
just did
U'berries could grow the size
I luscious ones from the gar
Tullie Smiths . . . I'm
f the
tell you how big they real
to
jest you think I m />3gi
but- you ll just have to see
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believe and were they
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Yum . . an d tt,e
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[thing g° ps for the delicious
■rries from the gardens of
thoughtful friends . . . the
and Mrs. Mabry . . of Ox
they never forget the Of
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and how he likes Strawber
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and these were positively
ones of the late variety
.
was that shortcake delicious
I the Boss thought so! And
those great big tender
per* that nobody can grow but
m hear friend Horace Luns
Can't you just see them,
iful in color and good fresh
just oozing over them? My
i is running water right now
but. those beets did not last
Too good ... and while my
are taking a breathing spell
loduc' more buds . . . and my |
[pea seed are still in the pack- desk
ij bought them in . . . mv
i,„ n perfumed with lovely ones
the gardens of Hattie Sara
lalv. of Oxford . she is ever
rhtful and generous with her
•s she tells more than
hty-five from Covington
[ri her gardens this year . . .
Vach went away carrying love
>uquets . . she has brought us
fweetpeas, beautiful snap
on. larkspur, and other vark
I, , . we are grateful to all our
Iris lor their thoughtfulness
I but the prize of them all was
I beautiful Japanese Iris from
I Bankston gardens . . , Mrs.
Ikston stili wins all the prizes for
I. , . even tho some of us are
ng very hard to compete with
but Mi Bankston brings us
lething this week for the Chil
li of the Confederacy, of which
are very proud ... he gave your
[ice Boy a beautiful Children of
Confederacy Pin to be awarded
j C. of C. at their State Conven
|> in loving memory of his son,
t> passed on when a small boy.
ix Batev Bankston, Jr. . . We
.
grateful for this gift and ap
ris's his interest in the Children
the State Also there comes a
utiful Silver Loving Cup this
* Mr. M. D. Collins. State
of Schools , . . in apprecia
p of the fact that we are having
P children of Georgia place true
liorifs of the South in libraries
[ bn • A Mrs. beautiful silver vase come 1
Elmo Adams, of Thorn
ton. in loving memory of her deal
Isbanri. who passed away recently
;• this is to be presented the Chap
r ’king the most money for Needv
'"federate Women It will te
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Pd b J' th « chapter at their meet
*■'••• filled with lovely flowers
■ sad after the meetings the
lildren will take the flowers to
inis Confederate Widow Beauti
. . .
fhought indeed and we are
atp ftil for this There came re
.
L' a beautiful President's Badge
° P worn bv the State President
ch vsar 9 gift of Mrs. William
0, ? ar > Holsenbeck of Winder in
'me memory of Lieut. W. M. Hol
nbeck 1 who lost, his life in an
.
r trash last summer
n sift . . another
to be presented this yeai
)r •he first time Chaptei
is a
‘cMapnt’s P'n to be awarded the
■ nf C. President each year at the
n ' ua l Convention who
lest r ■ gives the
this «Port of the year’s work
. . .
SUp n by Mrs. J. Lawrence Mc
of Atlanta. m honor of
' f,T h voui
<mi!e Office Boy we are
rateful for all these new' .
Mert to the prizes
rp Division . . . then there
r ,p n books the gift,
F»reland of Mrs
pwarderi Spe P , of Atlanta, to b P
the 10 chapters with best
reports with all these
we new» prizes
are going to have a won
f " ! v '‘ nt '°n in Savannah
13-14th onj
and wish everybody [
Us 11 so they could go with I
Somethin I ve oee n missin from
lonely garden his year and I'm so
. . .
for it there was a beau
Blue Bird of Happiness flitting
about m , garden
sprin ever so often la-t
E and summer I've the
boy* • • run
guns out of the garden
several times Could
happened • • anything
been to my blue bird? I've
o ini nest forty dozen times
knocked listened? No an
iver 'Omebody
Bird <>! Happiness _ bring my btift
back to Old . .
SWErpin UP.
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R. 0. ARNOLD ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA
MANUFACTURERS ASS'N.
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UR. SAMUEL C. DOBBS
who w * 11 de l iver the Commence
Address this evening at the
Allen Memorial Church in Oxford.
HEALTH CLINIC
FOB FIRST GRADE
PLANNED FOB CITY
The p hys j c J anSi Dentist* *nd
Optometrist Cooperating
In Movement.
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A “Summer Round-up” will be
conducted by the Covington Parent
Teacher Association on
June 20th, for boys and girls who
expect to enter the first grade this
fall, according to Mrs. Lamar Smith
president.
The association is conducting a
health crusade and all physicians
dentists as well as optometrists in
the city are cooperating. The
"Round-up” is for the benefit of tr.c
children and is being sponsored at
this time in order that the boys
and girls may have sufficient time
to correct any disorder before start
ing to school. This will prevent, the
necessity of being absent due to
illness and give the students a
greater advantage in school Toe
superintendent can also have a
health record of each student.
The clinic will be held for white
children on June 20th and vaccina
tion will be required The students
who enter first grade this fall
have a certificate of vaccination
There will be a small charge of 25c
for this service and all parents
having children entering first grade
are urged to have them present wt
the clinic. The regulation for vae
cination has been made
by the local Board of Education.
Colored children will be given an
opportunity to attend the clinic ai
a date to be announced later by
the school board or the Parent
Teacher Association.
Susie Ruth Ramsey
Honored at West
Georgia College
Miss Susie Ruth Ramsey, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ramsey,
was elected Secretary-Treasurer of
the Sophomore class at the Wes
Georgia College in Carrollton Ga.
The election was held this week and
officers will take over their new
duties in Septembei
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Services Hopewell
Presbyterian Chitrch
Services will be held at the Hope
well A. R, Presbyterian Church Sun
day morning at 11:00 o'clock. Prav
er services will be held each first
and third Sunday evenings at 8.15
o’clock. Sunday School will be held
at 10:00 o'clock. The Y. P. C. U.
meets each first and third Sunday
evenings at 7:30 oclock. Rev. T. P
Horae r is the pastor in charge. You
are cordially invited to attend.
Cieorgia Enterprise, Est, 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874
Well Known Treasurer and
General Manager of
Covington Mill.
WAS PREVIOUSLY THE
TREASURER OF THE
GEORGIA ASSOCIATION
Annual Convention Held
at Sea Island,
Georgia.
R. O. Arnold, one of Covington
and Newton County's best known
and most prominent citizens, was
elected president of the
Manufacturers Association of Geor
gia Friday at their thinv-nmth an
nual meeting held at Sea Island
Georgia.
Mr. Arnold has been Treasurer
and General Manager of the Cov
ington Mills for more than seven
years and is a Director of the Geor
gia Railroad' and Banking Company,
vice-president of the Mallison
Braided Cord Company of Athens,
and vice-president of the Progres
sive Life Insurance Company of At
lanta. He is a member of one of the
pioneer families of Georgia and a
former resident of Athens where he i
served as mayor for a number of
years.
He is a Past Commander of the
American Legion Club of this coun
ty, vice-president of the Covington
Kiwanis Club and a director of the
Covington Furniture Company.
Mr. Arnold nerved as treasurer of
the Cotton Manufacturers' Associa
tion of Georgia before being elected
to the office of President. Cot tor.
textile mill executives from all parts
of the state are members of the
association and includes officials
from more than 200 plants located
in counties throughout Georgia.
J. A. Miller, president of Exposi
tion Cotton Mills, Atlanta, was
named vice-president; George
Swift, Columbus, treasurer, and T.
M. Forbes. Atlanta, re-elected sec
retarv.
Directors named for a three-year
term include Frank Arnall, Sar
gent; R Arnold Harvey, Lindale;
Julian T. Hightower. Thomaston; D
A. Turner. Columbus. Scott Russell,
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Birchmore Group
Visits Anderson,!
South Carolina
About Fifty Return Visit
Made by Group from
That City.
John Birchmore, “The Man who
dared.” and a group of about fifty
local residents attended the Mens
Bible Class of the Fiist Methodist
Church in Anderson. South Caro
l* n * Sunday morning.
Mr. Birch more, the genial pro
Pndor of the Delaney Hotel in this
city, is a former resident of Ander
son and for years taught the men s
Bible Class of the Methodist church
there Shortlv after becoming r
resident of Covington. Mr. Birch
more advised the entire Sunday
school of the Covington Methodist
Church that he would bring more
visitors than there were members
on the following Sunday. On the
eventful Sunday, Mr. Birchmore had
a record crowd of visitors and broke
all records having a large number
of his friends from Anderson. S. C.
present. While in Covington, the
Anderson group gave their former
teacher. Mr. Birchmore. a nand
sonie gold walch.
The fifty people from Covington
who visited Anderson with Mr.
gf rc j lrtl0re reported an enjoyable as
j weU RS an educational trip,
County Officials Approve Commodity Distribution
The Commodity Division of the
State Department of Public Wei
f alP successfully reached 261 fatnil
jes in ]g ew ton County during April
W ith surplus commodities hav
a total value of $864.49.
In the State of Georgia there are
85.000 families comprised of 315.00*1
.persons who are not able to buy
{needed foods and clothes and are
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
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They stand at the helm of the Cotton Manufacturer's Association
Georgia today, having been elected at the Sea Island convention
where they are pictured. Mr, Miller, president of Atlanta's Exposition
Mills, is vice-president, and Mr. Arnold, General Manager of
Covington Mills, is president. T. M. Forbes, of Atlanta, was
elected secretary. (Photo, Courtesy Atlanta Georgian).
Billie Wismer
Won Scholarship
Receives Thousand Dollar
Scholarship at the
Brenau College.
Dr. H. J. Pearce, President of
Brenau College, Gainesville Ga..
announced at the commencement
exercises the winners of the thous
and dollar scholarships given eacn
year by the college to girls in the
high schools in twelve state* who
stand the competitive examination.
Miss Billie Bert Wismer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wismer.
of this city, was named as one of
the successful candidates. Miss Wis
mej graduated May 21st from Bre
nau Academy with honor and has
won recognition as a talented young
artist.
Ehvyn Hopkins Will
Graduate at Emory
Elwyn Hopkins, of Covington, is
among the 338 Emory University
students who will be graduated at
the University's 99th annual Corn
mencement Exercises Monday
morning. June 5.
Hopkins is a candidate for the
Bachelor of Arts degree. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. S. Hopkins, he is a
member of the Campus Club, social
group.
Also on the list of 1939 graduates
is Ralph Giles, of Oxford- who is a
candidate for the Master of Science
degree.
therefore receiving surplus com
mof jjtjes Each month the
value of these commodities distrib
uted throughout the State is ap
proximately $500 00 per month
Officials of many counties
expressed their endorsement of
commodity distribution program. For
example. Mr. M. C. Mosley, Man
age. and Ordinary of Peach
Thursday, June 1, 1939.
Election Will Be
Held Tuesday
Three of the Constitutional
Amendments of General
Nature.
Thirty three constitutional
amendments in Georgia will be vot
ed on Tuesday in a general elec
tion that will be held in all coun
ties in the state.
Out of the thirty-three amend
ments, there are only three That are
of any importance to the state ai
large; the others being of a local
nature. All precincts in Newton
County will be opened at the regu
lar hour and closed as in the past
Those who are properly registered
and have paid their poll taxes may
vote in this general election.
Ordinary A. L. Loyd announced
Wednesday that all Justices of the
Peace should call bv his* office Sat
urday for the ballots and other nec
essary papers.
Amendments of a general natiue
are as follows: No. 6 concerning de
cistons by Superior Court Judges in
stead of by juries in some case*
No. 11 concerning issuance of re
funding bonds. No. 17 concerning
creation of civil service system
Christian Council
To Meet Next Week
The Newton County Christam
meeting scheduled for to
night has been postponed one week
and will be held next Thursday eve
ning at the First Methodist Church
at 8:00 o'clock
ty at Fort Valley, recently had
following to say
“I have often thought that our
surplus commodity store in
County is the greatest thing the
Government Is doing for the poor]
people of Peach County
All the other Government services!
are limited to certain groups in dif
ferent circumstanoes who are ini
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GRADUATION EXERCISES EMORY
AT-0XF0RD TO BE HELD AT THE
ALLEN MEMORIAL CHURCH TONIGHT
CUB SCOUTS AT
COVINGTON MILLS
JOIN NEW TROOP
Parents Invited to Attend
Series of Meetings
On Thursdays.
Cubbing, the younger boy program
of the Boy Scouths of America, will
be offered to 9-19 and 11 year old
boys in the City of Covington, be
ginning the middle of June.
Parents are being invited to at
tend a series of three Thursday
night meetings, beginning June 15
and running through June 22 and
29, to learn more about the program
and to organize the Cub Pack.
Nobody may enroll as a Charter
member of the Cub Pack whose par
ents have not attended one or more
of the parent's meetings.
Nat Turner, Jr., vice-chairman
the Newton County District Boy
Scout Committee announced that
the Covington Public School P.-T. A
met last Wednesday to investigate
the plan and appointed a temporary
pack oganization attendance com
mittee to get parents to meet
decide for themselves if they are
have cubbing for their boys.
committee appointed included:
fessor C. E. Hawkins,
Mrs. Leon Cohen, Mrs.
Smith. Rev. Walker Combs, Rev. H
C. Emory, Rev. Sidney Gates
N. S. Turner. Jr.
Cubbing: has proven a success
at Porterdale, according to J.
Porter, vice-president of the
tral Georgia Council, Boy Scouts
America, and Newton County
trict Chairman.
Parents have just completed
required organization meetings
Covington Mills and are going
ward with rhe Cubbing program
there, according to E. L.
quett, County Organization Chair
man. Officers of this pack accord
ing to Rev. A. J. Kinsey are Lonnie
Johnson. Cubmaster; J. I. Alford.
Chairman Pack Committee; H. M.
Lott. Den Dad; Mrs. J. I. Alford
Den Mother.
Emory Grants
Charles Lester
Leave of Absence
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Will Teach and Do “Grad ft
Work Toward PhD
Degree.
Professor Charles Lester, for the
past, four years head of the Depart -
ment of Chemistry at Emory-a;
Oxford. has been granted a leave of
absence that he may continue his
graduate work leading to the Ph. D.
at Pennsylvania State College,
Prof. Lester came to Oxford in
1935, from Thomson High School
where he taught Science for one
year following the completion of
master's work at Emory University
in Atlanta. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Lester of Covington. Mr
Lester completed his school work s'
Covington High, and from there h?
finished his junior college work at
Emory-at-Oxford His AB degree
work was finished at Emory Univer
sitv in 1932. While on the campus
in Atlanta he was very active in the
various college organizations among
which were memberships in O. D K
Phi Beta Kappa. Eta Sigma Psi. A.
E. U.. The Eagles Club. Studenl
Honor Council, and President of the
student body.
need of particular services and Gov- j
ernment agencies have to say no so
often to the applicants, but after;
been said in manv instances]
tQ p(K)r appllcants for hc , p atong
other lines, the request for com
modities can usually be granted. It
helps the producer who grow's the
food and the people who receive it
and there Is no Government sdrvii
which is so generally beneficial.”
THn PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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who was installed as pastor of the
Hopewell A. R. Presbyterian
Church recently. He was for
merly pastor of the Second Pres
byterian Church at Tampa, Fla.
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DISCUSSED BY THE
COUNTY HCEIIT
Boll Weevil Menaces Young
Cotton Throughout
Area.
From reports over various sec
tions of the county it seems that
the boil weevil menace is pretty se
vere. Where possible to do so we
w, uld recommend two applications
of liquid poison at five day inter
vals. This poison may be made by
mixing one gallon of syrup with two
gallons of water and adding 2
pounds of calcium arsenate. This
should be placed in the bud of
young cotton by means of a mop.
If this is allowed to stand for sev
rial days it sours and tends to
scorch the young cotton plants. This
trouble may be eliminated by mix
ing only the amount that will be
used in a day and thus keep it j
fresh. Usually three gallons is about
the correct amount for an acre of
cotton.
Last week we went, down to see
Mr. M. J. Morehouse harvest his
crimson clover hay by means of a
combine. The machine did a perfect
job of harvesting it, seemed and the
seed were clean and free from me
chanical damage. His yield was 433
pounds of clean seed per acre on a
fifteen acre field. Allowing for a
shrinkage due to the seed rot being
thoroughly dry he secured enough!
seed to plant near 300 acres. But!
assuming he did not need all of his
seed and eketed to sell some of
thet i he has an income of approxi
matelv *40.00 per acre as the seed
usually sell at from 10 to 15 cents
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j\fai'iotl fyt . EillCr
Accepts Position
At Salisbury, N.C.
Marion Piper, well known Cov
meton resident, . , has . accepted , , a po*
ition wnth the Atlantic Ice and Coal
Company and will b» located in
Salisbury North Carolina Mrs
Piper and son will move to Salisbury
within the next several weeks. Mr
Piper is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E
M. Piper.
Two Local Roys Are
Given Scholarships
Of the three Covington boys who
took the Emory University Alumni
Scholarship examination, two re
ceived Certificates of Excellence.
Linton Smith made an average of
65.75 James Hini.on made an aver
age of 63 26. The average for the
Stale was 41.39. This, a general
knowledg test, sponsored by Em
ory University alumni association
and these boys did well to receiv ■
these Certificate.* of Excellence I
Number 22
Dr. Samuel C. Dobbs Will Be §
Principal Speaker of
Evening.
REV. C. M. HAYNES
DELIVERED SERMON
SERVICE ON SUNDAY
Parents’ Day Exercises Will
Be Held on Campus
Today.
Tiie Junior College and Academy
classes hi Emory-at-Oxford will b«
graduated with appropriate exer
ciscs in the Allen Memorial Church
tonight, at 8:30 o'clock when cer
tifica tes and diplomas will be
award’d by Dean George S. Roach
to more than forty students.
Dr. Samuel c. Dobbs, president
of Dobbs and Company, of Atlan
ta and member of the Emory Uni
versity Board of Trustees, will de
liver the commencement address.
Dr. Dobbs is well known as 9 great
benpfactor, having only recently m
dicated his interest in higher edu
cation by a donation of *1.000.000 to
the senool of Liberal Arts of Emory
University.
The baccalaureate sermon was de
livered Sunday by Rev. Claude M.
Haynes, pastor of the First Metho
dist Church of Carrollton, who spoke
on ‘The Church and the Christ.”
The speaker, no stranger in this
community, inasmuch as he com
pleted last fall his fifth consecutive
year as pastor of the First Metho
dist Church of Covington, was heard
h> a large congregation in an in*
spiring sermon.
Another feature of the eom
mencement program will be the an
nual Parents’ Day exercises to be
held today at 12:15 o’clock in the
church with Denny Moffett, presi
dent of the student body presiding,
The response to the welcome re
marks of the student body president
will be made by Mr. P, f Brown,
mayor and prominent business .j man
of Gainesville, and father of Pep ri it
Brown, one of the Junior College
graduates. this occasion The principal address of fi
will be made by Rev. i:
Edward G. Mackey, pasror of the
First Methodist Church of Atlanta,
and a graduate of the class of TO a*
Old Emory,
At the conclusion of this program
a barbecue dinner will be served on
the grounds to the students, parents
and friends in attendance.
This commencement will mark
the end of an unusually successful
year, according to all reports. The
enrollment has reached the highest
mark in a five year period and a
continuous program of improve
ments to the campus and buildings
has been under y/ay during the past
several years. Rer ova tion of Pierce
Dormitory, a new floor i” Williams
Gymnasium and improvements nr»
the grounds are among the major
plans for the summer.
Those who are applying for di
plomas from the Academy are: Her
bert Abercrombie, Porterdale; James
Blanton. Lakeland Fla.; Herbert
Dubberly, Glennville; Luther Har
lpI1 Valdosf a; Julian Moore, Coving
ton; Roy Sanders, Atlanta; and
Francisco Repilado. Santiago, Cuba.
Billy Strother. Atlanta,
Candidates for the Junior College ill
certificates are: Robert Barber,
H amby Bartin Decat!ir ;
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Robert Belcher, i u Macon; Pep Brown.
Gainesville; Dolph Bray. Dalton;
Otto Briscoe. „ Covington' s T O w «'.v- Rrv
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Covington; „ . Emily Campbell,
Mansfield; Roy Campbell, Lake
Fla.; Robert Cowan, Oxford;
Eason. Baxley.
E B. Estes, Gay; Wilbur Free
Tallahassee, Fla.; Louie Girt
man. Hazlehurst; Charlie Green.
William Groover. Ball
Enon Hopkins, Waynes
Calvin Jackson, Manchester;
Joyner. Perkins; William
Gay; George Kelly, Carlton;
King. Monroe; Eugene Maddox,
Fla.
Denny Moffett. Lake Wales, Fla.;
Parrish. Ringgold; Tom E>
Reeve. Calhoun; Alvin Ratlilf,
Claude Rogers. Grace
Frank Rountree. Wayne.s
Ernest Scher, W ay cross ;
Sherman, Dalton; Jason 1
Byromville. and Ralph
Atlanta, Marvin Sullivan,
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