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ijv man r nt US had the
i n f meeting at the
I ■nit> E, of Chris
re with a group ‘The
I rail themselves
i Group What effect did
/ kntaet have upon you?
/ I it marie me want to be
\ showed just
boy it me
| I came from measuring
Christian . , This group
Auditoriums homes and
j think for a purpose . . .
i I the comments of many . .
why not a church ... I
lV this: If they
pie I, answci would
Lnected in mv church you
- - it with the Bap-
5 [ h il they had met
ic . . would have
•c we probably coming
the movement as
le Presbyterian. . the Metho-
5 what are you? This Ox-
1 lovement X.imirhps definitely
... to all people
Ihere . To me it means
•
|«h I'm not a member not of
o I do meas
' j something to us that our
ft evervvv here do not re
■of you and me Now I’m
Itical of the church . . . and
fiaybe R; I too am. lenient You know' with our us
Joo? are
and we children disap
Ithem just because' of theii
jj us too far . . . The Church
? these things of us . . . yet
■think lod. we should get back to
old rime, religion . . .
faster? Jr»t place should them check in the up po- on
ne
■that thr> ?k adiicill.N
\ck up on us. Why? Weil,
) up. £S the mom hers The 7,Tr sunnort
h
inany give us a ■«- “7“"’
times have you
inr criticized just because
c ■inp 1 happened That is to fit a few
ipr? your answer
R getting the sermons we
> I need from the pulpit! Some
4 I would he marl with him if
1 b-f'd tell what he knows about
Row. the Oxford Group
: |i fit into each of our
M he-- there is a daily check
ir beautiful standard set for
T i our Saviour. We see just
, falling down, if
HI k we are we
I daily . , , and if we want to
fl Iristian" then we benefit from
fl |heck-up Ivch . . . What do we go
a ud Sunday School for
< ray? Many are criticized be
■ I they never go. Yet friends,
z [are, perhaps, better than you
: pe. By that I mean, if they
m not found Christ, they do not
fce the privilege of worship-
Volume 75 The Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
Covington Star, Est 1874
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
1 FORCED TO REDUCE THE
j AMOUNT PAID NEEDY
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MISS CAROLINE CANDLER.
0 1 this city, who will be a candi
date for the A. B. Degree at Ran
dolph-Macon Woman’s College at
Lynchburg . , , » Va .. * in . June . * she 18
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BIBLE SCHOOL IS
UNDERWAY FOB
School Opens Today at The
First Presbyterian
Church.
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The Community Bible School, for
all Covington children between the
ages of 5 and 13 years, opens today
at the local Presbyterian
Mothers will recognize in this Bibit
School an excellent solution to the
z God's house . . . but what
r you and me? We who
to be Christians? We know
t. and the requirements to
ure up . yet we go from
7 , ay tn Sunday to Church . .
- w hy'' 1 repeat—why do you
« N why do I go? Is it
: a
t Is it because you teach a
and they are expecting you
> N it because you have a
y good oice and you are ex
pd to -ing and feel you have
> * duty by going and
m ‘ ant * h( n
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while"')'*”* ° Vei ; h e
■dt ' f ' ,>as J 01 8 '' os ? is .
Sogc trom , the Master? Are I
guilty nf no ls.enmg . in. 0 „
I 1 Sundav r n 7" fntv 1°
lchanvwh ■ [nmhei dn\ ,ieic P| ., in n this , h county
hre county or wherever
. look around vou at I
U>' People who go from Sough Sunday
and sit and nod
message God has sent you
me look around you at
t nawn'r Pdsse.n ail n understanding’ ,. „
, hou- n r,?' ldv! U \,° . .
f land sit ........ n ° x '
church • . smiling here and
'heir keeping a dose watch
watcl to know just how
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r 1 !° n se i this service will last!
I s is perhaps, not true in your
eh or mine but just ob
.
e s, id if you and 1
lp • are
°' 'hese things let us
to he Master being
' a ^ 001 h Jl“ "' y p t we turned th sub Him
e aPe °? ? '
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t'h ' .ie not look . into any
p|o ?hr V 1 ° ' not S i l hear nd tind ' ve11 3 few
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V p f ;, a . h . jS .
'ho ones' who " no e, sing e a a V S lime
■’nr! yet perhaps even
not given them a
°'ce, and has afflicted
■’ cannot hear how
■V are singing how out
tun, u . . .
p y are how far ahead
. ,
evervbodv cise (bey are
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on Rag" Se\on>
"// Sunday at
hodist Church
ca y
Nt x Sunday has beei
C. n arches throughout
e pvibi i invited to at
lend
Ne * r,y $I ’® 00 Taken From
Newton County Welfare
Group.
AWARDS TO 99 PERSONS
SUSPENDED; 148 STILL
GET HELP IN AREA
Only Those in Dire Need on
Welfare List for
Pensions.
During the month of May. 15)3:1.
the total amount of $1592 was re
ceived and distributed by the New
ton County Department of Public
Welfare for the three types of Pub
lie Assistance: Old-Age Assistance,
Aid to Dependent Children, and Air)
to the Blind. The monthly allot
ment for benefits for Newton Coun
ty was reduced by the State from
$2562.00 to $1593.00 during April, ef
fective for May payments. This re
duction by the State necessitated the
suspension of awards to 99 persons
^ lc 'be e County aie Ihese Department suspensions cf Pub- re
awards from 247 to nu 148. ^ ei iecei\ing
irA ‘SLZTZ 10 „ ZZ .
...m , ’prisons ’ ’re
Aid to the Blind, the average
award being $8.50;'and 14 persons
received grants for 44
Children, the average being $8.19
Before any suspensions were made
the Newton County Department re
duced practically all awards, in cases
where it had not already been done.
which were in excess of 75% of th
budget deficit, which is the amount
arrived at by subtracting the esti
mated income from the estimated
needs based on a standard
j budget at minimum cast. It is not
possible to make the awards for
j less than 75% of the budget deficit
.becau.se Federal participation Is not
allowed if this is done. Also Federal
participation is not allowed if tit ere
race discrimination. The cast ol
) the benefits is divided as
For Old-Age Assistance, 50% is pa;d
bv the Federal Government 40% bj
the State Government and 10% bv
County Government: for Aid U
the Blind the proportion is th? same
as for Old-Age; for Aid to Depend
ent Children. 33 l-3rd per cent is
i paid by the Federal Government. 56
2-3rds per cent by the State Gov
eminent and 10 per cent by the
County Government.
It was with regret that the Coun
tv Department had to make this
j State drastic Revenue, reduction, and because before of making lack
j the suspensions, of each the needs and given cir
cum«tances case were
careful consideration. Persons will
be reinstated for payment as money
becomes available in the State
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Improvements f Made ^
In . Roller Mills , , ..,
H. R. Tutt. properietor of
Covington Roller Mills, has an
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quicker . , servcie and , . better ,, flour,
r Considering .. . the ...... short ime M. lull ,
has en p ‘ opneo '' H 1 S
-z zrrzsrz'zz.
j either plain or self-rising flour. Cus
| tom grinding is ihrr specialty It
: also produces Golden Rim Flour raid
Georgia's Bes f Meal.
/ (flliato (iTOWC Oil
Irish Potato VlllC
An Irish potato vine with a toma
" ' , brought
Npws officp bv Robert
ens.^of'Mansfield. N> wborn and L G Aik
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problem of their s
time. Between the hours of 9 and
11:30 A. M. for the next 10
school children will have the privi
lege of receiving B'ble instruction
from capable teachers recruited
from the three Sunday Schools of
Covington. Courses will be offered;
in Scripture memory work. Bible!
story telling, the proper wav to
study the Bible, religious organiza
ti on> hand craft, and other phases
of Sunday School training. Children
wi y be taught the great hymns of
the church and worship programs
are being planned for every day
There will also be supervised recrea
tion.
children will be divided into 4
**«* groups, this classification being
Beginners. Primary. Junior and In
termediate. Closing exercises will be
held on Sunday night. June 18th at
8 o'clock, when all parents will have
the opportunity of seeing for them
selves the results of this 10-day Bible
HT Kiwamans — o —r Attend j
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Gathering on Tuesday
Night.
Many members attended l Pp
Ninth Division meeting at Indian
Springs Tuesday night, accompan
ied by-their ladies.
200 Kiwanians and their ladies from
the eight clubs in the DiV,sion at '
(ended. The affair proved very en
J° vable " DetegatJons from Mi Hedge
ville, Eatonton. Madison. Perry
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Cov j n g ton wer e present
Eatonton and Jackson were co
hosts and the meeting wa.s presided
over by the two presidents of those
clubs. Wink” Walker, Lieutenant
Governor for this district, compli
mented the Covington Club for the
splendid attendance record of 93
per cent for the yeai this 1* tug * llp
1 highest in the entire division.
1 Lieutenant Governor Walker
; ■moke of the International
I tion at Boston and urgeo ah pos;
present and M; sintpson mad? a
short 1. a Ik which was thorougitl'
i enjoj ed
Porterdale Presbyterians Begin Unified Services
Plan to Combine Church and
Sunday School Activities
Passed.
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The plan of combining the Sun
day School program and , the „ 11
W “.‘‘ Accnimns re-', r ini' h wroa-n
i which has be-i n
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
First Mechanical Harvester of Grain
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A diversified program has been made possible in Newton county
first mechanical (
by the purchase of the new harvester of grain in
The machine is owned by Julius Lazenby ■
this section. and will be
used throughout the county. The combine cuts the grain, threshes
and sacks it in one operation. This picture was taken on the farm
of q w Porter in the eastern section of Newton county,
Election Held
in County With
Only 85 Votes
“Smallest Vote in History,”
Old Timers of City
Believe.
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Scattered returns from through
^ Georgia in the Tuesday election
Wednesday that principal
in,.,,.,
th. 33 voted op received me
jorities, and gave W. Glenn Thomas
j – tremen dous lead over three op
P° nen ' the rare race for f0 solicitor o'
the Brunswick circuit.
In Newton County, only 85
were cast with one precinct failing
t0 caS ( a single vote and and seven
with 4 or less. The Town precinct
gave nearly all of the 33 amend
ments a majority of about 25 to 7
Only 7 votes were cast at Oxford;
three at Gum Creek two at Brick
j Store; 6 at Newborn; 6 at
field; 1 8t Hays; 4 at Brewen: nnne
Leguir.n; 4 at Rocky Plains: 3 at
j Downs; 5 at Stansells; 4 at Cedar
Shoals; 7 at Almon.
John S. Wood, whose name aid
»»' even appear on tile ticket
i Newton County, received 30 votes
i f° r Attorney-General which were
marked in pencil or ink. Mr. Wood
contends that his name should hare
appeared on the ballot due to the
recent appointment of Ellis Arnall.
In the rare for Solicitor General
°f the Brunswick Circuit, Glenn
Thomas received 49 of the iotes
°a sr in Newton County. Turnei re
ceived 16: Williams none and M
Wood 17. This election does not a -
fe ct Newton County, but local sup
porters for various candidates »r
j this race caused several persons to
j Y®te
According to numerous residents of
Newton County who have lived here
for many years. the vote in this
General Election was the smallest
uutnrv tupip arp fl total of more
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thpn than 2 2,500 500 persons persons on on the Hie registra- regisua
tion lists in this county and only 85
j took advantage of the of —. this opportunity d
Only three
any interest at all in this section a ,
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r
not hold e elections. wtinns
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SeWlCeS _ Slinaail at
Rl'esbytevian Omrcll
Services of divine worship will be
j held at the Covington Presbyterian
Church on Sunday. June 11th At
the eleven o’clock service, the pas
tor will preach oil the topic. "Pre
destination _ Without Apologies.’
The evening hour of worship will be
observed at eight o'clock, with the
message th^me ’"For Sinners Only.’
Sunday School opens at 9:45 A
M. The public is cordially invited to
I attend these services'
b .v an increasing numbei of church
es in many sections the Sunday I
School and morning preaching ser- 1
vices are combineri. Sunday School
begins as usual at 10 o’clock but a
brief worship service led b\ the
f
v<ihin a'1 go to then classes Af
auditor
THURSDAY, JUNJ–^-u*,
Twelve County
Singing Planned
By Local Group
Convention Will Be Held at
County Courthouse,
June 18th.
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A twelve county all day singing
convention will be held in Coving-
ton Sunday, June 18th. with the
prop,, p, M
»<*'-' '» ».
lhe Convention will be held a;
* he co,,nty “ urt house and * in * eis
y° tend m . thp «ocording lowing to President counties will Aubrey at
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Sherwood; Guinette. Fulton. Hen
ry, Cobb Clayton. Walton. DeKaib.
Butts, Spalding. Lamar, Barrow',
Jackson and Newton Counties Ar
rangements are being made to care
for the large crowd of visitors and
guests who will be in Covington on
that day.
Mr. Sherwood announced that a
committee of Newton County ciU
** a * *“**’ b<W n * m *‘ d and
-making arrangements to finance >h»
affair. Visitors are advised by ths
committee to register as soon as
they arrive at the registration
booth. Boy Scouts of Covington are
expected to take active part in
handling traffic, registration,
formation and other booths,
The Newton County Singing Con
ventlon will meft Sunday afternoon
#t 2 at First Methodist
Church in Almon to complete ar
rangements for the big twelve coun
ty convention. All singers of New
)Qn County arp especially urged *o
tbis me eting at Almon.
Pll] j (details for the convention
announced next week, ac
cordin g t0 Mr snerwood. following
meeting of the committee and
the singers of Newton County. This
twe j ve rounty meeting is expected
to be the largest and best of Its kind
in thjs section of Georgia. Quartets,
singers and musicians
f Truck Drivers
Narrowly Escape
, ltt .
10US jflil tj
T ' ‘ j?
. At nta
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through * the rail of the Alcovv river
bridge.
One side of the narrow bridge was
almost demolished as the truck first
side-swiped the rail on the east end
and continued to sway back and
forth into the rail until it finally
plunged through near the west end.
One of the men in the truck was
thrown out before it left the bridge,
the other remained in the cab as
the truck went over and landed up
side down in the mud and shallow
water below. Only a miracle pre
vented the man in the truck from
being killed or seriously injured as
the top of the cab was completely
in.
ium for the usual ‘closing exercis
es,” from which they are dismissed
by 11:30 or before. And the atten
tion of all is called to the fact that
there will be no worship service at
11 o'clock as there has been before.
The officers and people are en
nlber mite plans to enlist an increasing
lor this and all the
5c SINGLE COPY
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VOCATIONAL .EACHERS OF THE
SOUTH HOLD AGRICULTURAL MEET
AT JACKSON LAKE F. F. A. CAMP
DISCUSSED m THi
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The Boll Weevil Continues to
Menace Crops of This
Area.
From what little observation we
have been able to mase in the boll
weevil situation it seem' that they
are more plentiful this spring than
they have been in several years. The
first of this spring we looked ovei
a small area by the sic.e of tne road
and found several weevils within s
few minutes over an area not in ex
cess of one-tenth of an acre They
are hungry and feeding as indicated
by the number of smalt leaves cut
off and hanging as a small black.
mass on the stalk generally near
the central bud. While they are
hun ...... *nr and Ceding is a good . time ..
£Tmix“' 5T£l5S,« ^
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water flnd one gallon of syrup lf
this is mopped or sprayed in the !
| centra , bud of the voung cottotl
plant the odds are favor of thp
■ most of the weevils eating the pois- j
i on and dying before squares are I
I large enough for them to lay their !
oggs.
Some sections of the county have
received more rains thap others and
in these sections where the rains
were excessive the crops are show
a good deal of grass. We heard
A { a Mississippi farmer who placed
sign in his cotton field
people not to walk on his grass a?
j hig crop wag down „ ndPr .
neath.
Even with the wet weather it
seems that we are making progress
in getting our grain crop harvested.
By the end of this week quite the
majority will have been cut and a
fair per cent threshed. While most
farmers report the grain crop off
from former years in production we
have seen some very good grain.
Quite a large acreage in the
county was seeded to lespedeza this
spring and we have noticed some
very good stands with good growth
in many cases. In former veais a
volunteer stand of lespedeza counted
as a unit per acre under the farm
j program and , qualified , fot , $1.50 ....
acre as Class 2 payment; such is
not the case in 1939 we have re- |
cently been informed. Lespedeza |
must, have been seeded this spring j
I if it is to count
Personally we are sorry the above
ruling was made as lespedeza really
docs not do its best til the second or
third year. This is due to the fact
that the second year the \olunte c ^i
stand Is the result of about 200
f^ pounds ‘ of * seed per acre and the
ird s , a nd would be the re
a volunteer stand is worth a grea*
deal more than the original seeding
As an example of what we
talking about a good stand of les
pedeba from this spring seeding is
abcut finger high now and we have
seen fields that were well over ankle
high and in some cases half knee
high, where t.he stand if volunteer
from the 1938 spring seeding
(JhylgUdfl CoiUlcil
Will Meet Tonight
The Newton County Christian
Council meets tonight at the First
Methodist Church. The time is 8
o'clock.
regretted by her many friends over
the state. She was very prominent
in Ringgold. Ga., where she resided
most of her life.
She is survived by three daugh
ters: Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, of i
Covington Mrs. R. L. McGill and
j Mrs. Albert McCorley, of Ringgold, ]
and two sons: Mr. Hendrick Badey
Funeral arrangements have not.
iyet been announced. f
services of the church. All are as
sured a hearty welcome.
Evening worship Sunday will be at
8 o'clock with sermon by the pastor
on the subject, “Fishers of Men.
The Young People's Society will
meet promptly at 7 o'clock for an
ies of studies on “The Life and
Teachings of Our Lord.”
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Current Problem* Facing
The Schools of South
Discussed.
MANY WIDELY KNOWN
SPEAKERS OF U. S.
ON WEEK’S PROGRAM
Dr. O. E. Baker Was First
Speaker on Opening
Day,
The hope of developing a more
permanent civilization, which he
described as facing a crucial test for
survival, was placed squarely upon
education and science Tuesday by
Dr O. K. Baker, United Stales De
partment of Commerce Economist.
"We should find the facts, face
the facts, filter the facts, focus the
facts and follow the facts,” he told
Georgia’s vocational agriculture
teachers assembled at the F. F. A
camp near this city.
The vocational teachers are
gathered from every section of the
i state to hear a series of addresses
and pnnel discussions of the state s
economie -nre eopfereoe,
which opened today, will continue
! through
Friday,
Discussing the long-term agricul
j tural ‘‘The outlook, Dr. Baker said:
i trend now is toward decline
| in wealth, population and probably in
as well as toward a possible
diversification in occupation The
era of expansion, exploitation and
speculation is merging into an era
I that by seems likely to be characterized
search for economic security and
| stability.’'
Dr. Baker cited the higher birth
rate among the poor than that.
am ong the middle classes and the
rich, and predicted a trend toward
concentration of wealth, "associated
with an increasing proletariat.” The
Purchasing power of many of these
poor he pointed out, is even now be
ing maintained by relief measures.
Morris B. Storer, of the program
study and discussion section of the
United States Department of Ag
j liculture, called upon the Georgia
teachers to "think.”
"Escape from our problems,'’ he
said, "is really impassible. Our dptu
ocracy. Our cherished liberties, our
rights as individuals are threatened,
ar, d will be preserved only as we,
the P 6001 ®- ,a ke up the slack in our
thinking.”
Such an approach, he declared, is
important as never before. because
in such a world the mind lags and
0ss natural difficulty in keeping up
" lt * 1 * s actually and entirely
the case.”
Thomas L, Ayers, chief of the pro
g,. am operation section of the south
ern division of the Agricultural Ad-
1 Justment Administration, the
was
^^d of the day s scheduled and
| featu *ed speakers, discussing “The
Immediate Background of the Pres
ent Cotton Situation.”
srrrs;
Georgia,"' with Dr. O. C. Aderhoid ’
| professor of , vocational , education , at
the UniVersity ot Gporgia . as lpadei ,
, Scheduled participants in the
j panel discussion were:
Dr. Storer. Dr. Baker. Mr. Ayers.
Dr R. H. Montgomery, professor of
j economics. University of Texas; Dr.
John J. Tigert. president. Universi
ty of Florida; Dr. Harold E. B
Speight- dean, Swarthmore College;
Dr. L. A. Wheeler, foreign agricul
tural service. United States Depar,
ment of Agriculture; Dr. John T.
Wheeler, head of the department of
vocational education. University of
Georgia; V. G. Martin, professor ol
agricultural education. Mississippi
A * M. College; J. W. Fanning.
Georgia Agriculutral Extension Ser
vice economist; Dr. Arthur Fink, di
rector of social work training, Uni
versity of Georgia; Dr. Wade P.
Young, associate professor of agri
cultural economics and rural so-"
iology. University of Georgia; H ft.
Bailey, FSA regional farm manage
mer.t specialist: John B. Morgan,
professor of sociology. Georgia State
College for Women: Miss Emtlv
Woodward director of public for
um.s for Georgia: G. Stanley Wick
Scot*. Jr. vocational agriculture
Gnffin.
Scout Speaker
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JERE MOORE
President of Georgia Press Asso
ciation, who made a most interest
'«« «• « Troop No. 72. Boy
Scouts of America, in Covington,
Tuesday evening. Mr. Moore was
introduced by Scoutmaster George
Cochran.
JERE II MOORE
j SCOUT SPEAKER
j I TUESDAY NIGHT
“World’s Fair” Subject
Talk bv Georgia Press
President.
Jere N. Moore, of Mi Hedge ville
and President of the Georgia Press
Association, made a mast interest
i n 8 and inspiring talk to the loc^l
Boy Scouts Troop 72. Tuesday eve
ninp
Mr Mof)rp WM introdl)ced by
Georg® R. Cochran. Scoutmaster
and official of the Division Scout
Council, The subject of Mr. Moore's
talk was the "Georgia Exhibit at
Npw York World's Fair.' He
wa.s named , several , months ago as
director of this exhibit for this
State. +
The Scouts were urged to cooper
atf in making this important Geor
gia exhibit possible. The many oth
er exhibits of all other states in the
Union were described by Mr. Moore
and the necessity of an exhibit foi
state was explained. Button'
wj]1 bp prov j ded the Scout Troop
and they W,U sel1 these buttons 11 ’
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cooperate in every possible y way Fol
the business meeting, tic
boys questioned Mr. Moore on the
man y things of interest at the fair
Mrs. W. W. Batey
Dies at Ringgold
Mother of Mrs. T. Bankston,
of This City, Well Known
Throughout State.
Mrs W W. Badey, mot he i of Mrs.
W. Trox Bankston of this city, died
at the home of her daughter. Mrs. j
R. L. McGill, in Ringgold Georgia
at 1:30 A. M. Tuesday.
Mrs Badey was widely known in
Georgia and her passing" is deeply
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