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(inde rin * if, last Sunday
in rP3 d your Sun
down
von ,3 w the same
Rotogravure Section that
J Wp are wondering if it
J . There
lifeless form
blood stained . . .
Lind hi 01 were men and
1 ages and we counted the
it least five young girls
e group with hands wav
ir victoriously . each
a They
i« W1 th smiles!
how happy they all
.
.tabbed rm heart with
s and said,
t dosed my eves
give them thev do not
they ha ve f1onp - ’ Vic
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they were glowing over
if it had been a wild
s? True
ome big game • .
ur criminals have to be
ana often times killed
Me to capture tnem . .
is our country coming to
can celebrate over such a
lads an d young girls in
gleefully rejoicing 1 It
' had
[i each one of them
Itheir knees in prayer the
Lid have been much more
L for the occasion . .
[has arrived taking when we human seem
o 1 hing of a
of taking something
tutor? that is only with
.,
I power even if we had
. . .
[person L in remainder self defense of . our . .
if the
|d not be spent in prayer
a horrible realization that
[taken | that which murderer we could
Thi« man was a
Leded (th. punishment . per
aitho we do not believe
il punishment . . but to
terry crowd of youngsters
over their kill wss too
tr your Office Boy ... It
ist we have less of God in
is than we should have or
not look gleefully on the
trm of t> bleeding dying
... no maiter what his
[ never dreamed this could
in these United States of
td forbid that it can happen
mav we ever in the fu
Ik on things of this nature
b especially death . . . with
fp . knowing God is near
.
| that killing a human tragic being thing
sport , , , but r.
it when it is lawful. But . . .
[getting on subjects too deep
So we ll just talk about
iehbors a bit . . .
■Bos? relieved me of my
■his week and sent me home
I with Billie since he came
■om the hospital . . . and
■ ve had as much fun as he
loving all the beautiful cards.
Iris, flowers and thoughtful
I dropping in to see him . . .
I quite up to par as yet . , .
Isn't gotton down to writing
Ik he wants each of you to
low sincerely he appreciates
loughtfulness of him while he
| [over in ... He reads cards and
and over until he has
porn some of um out . . . and
kers he don t want taken out
Iter they wilt . but he just
pit to know he loves and ap
h each thoughtful call, card
br flower . . and he'lL soon
.
On? you about it and
one lener I just can’t get
from him that's the only
am going to mention . i's
pttful h? says lie’s going to
• . . and you’ll know it is
i?n I tel] you it was from Mrs
- Fowler, Sr and let your
Bey hand her an orchid at
!**; Sh? n iaht a? well know
feet about her! Even iho
,s hud illness in her family
Be. site always finds time
t'? sunshine to every corner or
n County where Sunshine i
d! She a precious little
• • . modest land her face
f?d when -he finds I've even
lied bet name in this coi
•sincere . . and fines,
Y'l-'l one of God s own wh*
l0m *t makins it her business to
c "nboch hist little happier
a
no ,if e ever having come in
R with bet * not sweeter foi
1? bad this eon t act and she
1 We, l know how all lov^
we
cn(, rish her for what she has
,n each one of tts and
mri out
>>y. Shi won't like wlTat I'm
0 -ay now but know
^ N . . . you
15 ' x °u is a swell neighbor
tin Cosh: Hp's got
riaht us on the
now' You see it may br
; tie ha out catch
eight to us
.
al 'he Court House you.
tuiri this morning before
0,li of bed Sadie in and
“Mr. come?
Oti; -ays any lime you
' ull just send
‘ over and
mi some " Now “Mr
’’i think i m gonne:
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Volume 75
CAMP MEETING AT SALEM IS PLANNED
(Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star. Est 1874
CITY AND COUNTY
AT USUAL TIME
Sl.vtage of Money Will Not
Prevent Opening of
Schools.
FICQUETT-HAWKINS
EXPECT TO RUN THE
FULL NINE MONTHS
State Will Pay Only Three
and One-Half Months
for Teachers.
Schools of Covmgton and Newton
County will open as usual in Sep
iember and continue for nine
months, according to city and coun
ty school officials.
Both E. L. Ficquett and C. E
Hawkins, county and city superin
tendems agreed that the job would
de ve ry difficult without additional
ai( j from t h e Rtate . but promised
full terms by one plan or another
unless something unforseen oc
curred. They heartily agreed with
M. A. Chapman, chairman of the
city board of Education at Dublin
that "We can not get along withoir
our schools.’’
Despite the fact that many schools
closed after five- six, seven and
eight months in other counties, the
Covington and Newton County sys
tem continued operation as if noth
ing had happened. It is understood
that both the city and county Board
of Education are out of debt having
had some money in reserve last
vear.
Reporis from other counties are
varied and doubt is expressed by j
the larger number of the counties
Dublin school officials report tha>
their schools would remain open
even if they had to solicit funds
locally Dalton officials reported
last week that the schools there
would not open until the teachers
are paid The Whitfield County
Board of Education said they voted
unanimously to remain closed for
1939-40 term unless teachers are
paid back salaries. A short term has
been ordered by the Walker County
Board of Education at LaFavette.
advising the state that they could
operate only for the period of time
the state gave aid The Stewart
County School System advised that
they were out of debt with all teach
er? and bus drivers paid and several
school buildings erected during the
summer
The Slate has advised counties
of Georgia that cash for 3'- months
school would be paid as last teat.
They would not agree to pay more:
uniess some solution is found to the
present school problem which con- j
tinues unsolved at this time
Workers Council
Meeting Planned
Baptists Will Meet Friday
at Philadelphia
Church.
The Workers Council of the Stone
Mountain Association will meet Fri
da v, July 14. at the Philadelphia
Baptist Church at eleven o'clock.
The theme of the association
meeting will be “Baptist World Al
liance.’’ Devotional will be delivered
by Rev. J. W. Lietch. A message
will be delivered by Dr. S. F. Lowe
0 f Atlanta. His subject will be “The
significance of the World Alliance.
Lunch will be served at noon tin
der the trees in the church yard.
in the afternoon the W. M. U. and,
Auxiliaries will meet. There will be
an important, meeting of the exeett
,j V e committee. The announcement
was made by C C. Buckalew. mod
erator
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Conduct Revival
A revival service ronduc ’d by O
W. Dodd of Gainesville, began last
runday at Sim Randall's show
ground and will continue to run lot
four wepks through August 7
Services will be held nightly at
7:45. Special music will be had al
every service Mr. R. L. Hicks is in
charge of the singing. Everyone is
-%•!"nrlfd invitation m coin? to
many services a.s passible.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, -
Covington Buys New Fire Truck And Equipment
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Xhe Mayor and Council ol Covington voted at their last session to purchase a new fire truck and equipment, and a new dump truck
for the Sanitary Department. Arrangements are under way for rem odeling the recently purchased Pittman property and building to be
used as a new city hall. The present fire equipment was reported in adequate by insurance underwriters who asked that new equipment
be purthase'd. Covington will have two fire trucks ready for service at all times News engraving. | j
Farm Problems
Discussed by the
County Agent
Rains Throughout County
With Exception of Dixie
Area.
Practically all sections of the
county have had rain recently with
some sections getting two to three.
The only section we know of that is
still dry is a small area around Dix
ie. Some of the corn that was plant
ed early was just in the right stage
to ruin if the rains had not fallen
when they did
There seemed to be more boll
weevils this spring than w>e had
seen for a number of yean but even
with this heavy infestation it
t us that, we have the be^tt June
crop qn our cotton that we have bad
in a number of years. Every morn
ing there is a heavy crop of blooms
and they seem to be free from wee
yil damage. Evidently the dry spell
was a life saver for cotton.
The Washington office first stated i
that a cotton farmer who over
ptantec i his allotment for 1939 would
not receive any benefit payments
un i ess he destroyed the excess be
fore boiling stage. This ruling was j
j a ^ er changed so thwt the cotton!
may be destroyed wit);in a week af-;
(er he receives official notice that
he was overplanted regardless of
stage of growth. So far in checking
com pii a nce we have found very few
f arrns overplantsd more than a
f ract j on 0 f an acre indicating tha'.
farmers did their best to plan'
wiihin t heii permitted acreage,
There seems to be some lack oi
understanding still in the minds ol
farmers regarding the Parity or
Subsidy payment for this year. The
Subsidv payment for 1938 was made
on the 1937 crop and no subsidy
payment, was set up for the 1933
ctop. So the subsidy payment of 1 6
cents per pound we read about in
(he papers >^in be made on the ai-| set
lotment and yield of the farm a?
up for 1939 This means that all
farmers with cotton this year will
receive a payment But a farmer
who planted cotton in 1938 and t*
not farming in 1939 will not partici
pate in this payment- We hope thi v
short explanation is sufficient to
clear this payment in your mind
Recently we have seen some ex
eellent lespedeza in the county es
pecially w’here the land was seeded
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Revival services at Almon Meth
odist Church will begin on Friday
night. July 14th at 8:15 o clock.
There will be services each day at
11 o'clock and 8:15.
There is s reat lieed of lot *‘ i of
prayer and persona) work. Come and
help us. Grover G. Knowles, pastor
:")() B eal'S Old
Brought to News
A pair of old time Jeans Britches
was brought to the News office Sat-!
urday by Frank Meadors The
trousers were lined with cloth and
werq worn more than fifty years
ago bv J. F. Vniing. grandfather of
Mr. Meadors Mi Vining was ore
mte Tax Collector of Newton Couit
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Greater Fire
New Fire Truck To Be In
Addition to Present
Equipment.
The City of Covington closed
deals last week with the Pirsch
Company, of Kenosha. Wis.. for a
new fire truck and equipment
with the Anthony Company, of
Streator, Ill., for a new dump truck
The new fire truck was purchased
by the city council following a let
ter from the Fire Underwriters,
advised that insurance rates
be advanced unless better
ment was provided The present
fire truck has been in operation
a number of years and th?
writers were critical of its
tion because of age.
Covington will have some of the
best and most modern fire fighting
equipment in the state and
protection will be provided in even
the most extreme circumstances
Both trucks will be kept in readiness
at all times for any emeigency and
can be put in use at a moment's
notice. The big truck will be used in
tile business section and the small
du ( j as ( er truck in the residential.
The seconc i truck not in operation
a( beginning of a fire can be
cal)e( j out w j t n a second alarm,
S i 10ll | ( j tw0 fj res break out at the
sarne time, the two trucks provide
ample protection
The new fire engine will
brought to Covington within the
n?x( s j x wee k s and w iH be given a
five hour (esd luldpr ,he supervision
(he flre underwriters. The final
acce p tance j S reserved until that
,j me
The new dump truck wa s purch
awd f or (he Sanitary Department
and Pas a i r eady been delivered. The
npw truck will be used in
to the present equipment in tha:
department.
Arrangemrnts are now underway
bv the city to remodel the new city
recently purchased from J. T
Pittman. Tre building is not being
1|Sed a j (pjy j imp. The present citv
j s owned by the city, but i? not
iargt* enough to provide space for!
he needs of the city
4-H GIRLS RETURN FROM CAMP WILKINS
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Pictured above are ten 4-H girls and their local Home Demonstration Agent who returned
front Camp Wilkins near Athens, Thursday. Those attending the 4-H Conference from Newton County
were Miss Edythe Ross, Home Demonstration Agent: Mary Hoopci Melba Hinton, Elizabeth Hinton,
Sallie Cook, Dorothy Cook, Margie Moss. Merle Brown, Willie {dcGibony, Virginia Holder, Gladys Cook
and Mary Dean Gaither. K-vs photo (.JBA).
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by City Council
Needy Families
Are Given Aid
309 Families Given Food in
Department of Public
1 Welfare.
During the month of May in New
l0 n County the State Department of
Pub'ic Welfare, through its Com
modify Division, succeeded in reach
j n g 309 certified families with sur
plus commodities having a total val
„e of $1.366 43.
The Commodity Division receive'
carload shipments, at no cost, from
Federal Surplus Commodities
) Corporation, transports them to sev
eral counties adjacent to the destin
ation points, and supervises distri
button to families in each county
da ( have been certified as being in
need by the County Department of
, Welfare
Amounts of available foods given
i each family are specified by
Washington authorities and are
lied in proportion to number of
members in the family. Amounts ae
tualiy distributed must not exceed
Washington limitations. These rate*
of distribution are sufficiently low
so that there will be no danger of
any family receiving more of a com
modiiy than it needs nor will there
be danger of the family reducing its
normal purchases, which would in
with commercial grocers
business. All surplus commodities
must be used over and above the
normal purchases of recipients, and
not as a displacement of those pur
chases.
Each month hundreds of recipi
puts write letters of appreciation
for surplus commodities, such as th-;
following one recently received:
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R ev i va l SewiCfS
At Gaithers Church
Rpvivai services will be held a’
the First Methodist Church in
Gaithers District at 11:30 oclork
Sunday morning. Ralph McDonald j
will lead the singing and Rev Ar
thur Kinsey will do the preaching.
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Building Program Is
Nearing Completion At
Salem Camp Ground
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CLUB SPONSORS
Pupils of Major R. J. Guinn
Will Meet at Salem
August 23.
Wednesday, August 23rd. will he
a red letter day for Salem Woman's
Club and the old pupils attending
the school at Salem fifty years ago.
On that day all the living pupils
of the school, then precided over
bv R. J. Guinn, together with their
wives, husbands, children and
grandchildren, will gather at the
old camp ground to hold a reunion
in celebration of their fiftieth anm
versa ry.
The occasion is sponsored by tire
Salem Womans Club, which is a
guarantee of its success in every
particular.
Many types of interesting enter
tainment will be provided.
A basket dinner will be served on
the grounds
Addresses will be mad* by Hon.
Wm. S. Elliott and Mrs. Susie Ram
rev Martin, representing the old
student body, and Mrs, Walker
Cowan, representing the Womans
Club.
The committee in charge of all
arrangements is composed of Mrs.
Robert Christian Mrs. Walker Cow
an, Mrs. Candler Almand- Mrs. R
E. Kirkland. Mrs. John Zack
mpnd. Mr. Jack L. Elliott and Mr.
Robert J. Guinn,
Details of the program for the re
union day will be announced later
Scout Rally Held
at Gymnasium
Parents and Boys Urged To
Attend Organization
Meeting.
A big rally for boys of cub age
and their parents will be held to
night (Thursday) at 7:45 at the
Covington Gymnasium
The success of cubbing in Coving
ton will depend almost entirely up
on the success of the meeting anti
all persons interested are urged to
attend. The Parent-Teacher Assoc
iation has completed plans for the
organization of Cub Scouts in this
vicinity.
A fine program has been arranged
which should provide entertainment
for both the children and grown
ups. Officers of the organization wilt
be elected, application for charter:
issued and formulate a smoo'h
working director organization. » !
The following officials of variou !
Covington organizations have been
extended invitations and are ex
pected to attend: N. S Turner, pres
irient Kiwanis Club; Dr S. L
Waites president Rotary Club; M
C. Summers, commander of the
American Legion: H. F. Meadors.
Worshipful Master of the Masonic
Lodge.
Sidney Camp to j !
Speak Saturday j
at Porterdale
Only Twenty Days to Go for
Candidates to Secure
Votes. i
With only twenty days to go. po
litical aspirants for the unexpired j
term of Congressman E. M. Owen j
continued thVir respective drives |
with greater effort this week.
i Very little personal effort has
been put forth in Newton County up j
until the present time by the can
didates, but “things are expected te i
pick up now." All of the candidates
will probably visit the city before
August 1st.
A. Sidney Camp, one of the lead
ing candidates at this time, will visit
Porterdale Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Mr. Camp will discuss the
issues of the campaign from the
platform of the Porter Memorial
Gymnasium at Porterdale. One of
the outstanding features will be th' |
famous Hill Billy Band who fur- j
mshed music and entertainment in j
the last Sidney Camp campaign for
this same office.
Other candidates in the race are
Edgar Blalock, of Griffin. Louis C
Clark, of Meriwether County, Thorn
as R Luck, of Carrollton. Mr. Bla
lock was secretary to Congressman
Owen during his time in office. Sid
ney Camp is a resident of Newnan
All candidates have their respective
announcements in the News and
may be found elsewhere
Voters are urged to check np on
their registration with the Tax Co -
lector or Ordinary to prevent any
misunderstanding on election day
Alt persons who are properly regi'
teied will be eligible to vote in the |
election which will be held on Tues
day. August 1st. A large vote is ev
pected to be polled due to the great
interest prevailing at the presen
time Observers believe that inter
est will continue to increase on up;
until election day.
j reak II ish Potato
brought to , yell
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R bert Cunard. of New’tqn Conn
ty. brought in a freak Irish pota r
la-t week. A large stalk of Johnson
grass had grown through the eente
Seven Students at
West Ga. College
N°wton County was represented
at West Georgia College. Carrollton
by seven students during the past
year, from practically every com
munity throughout the county
Of the seven students two grad
uated with honors at the end of
the spring term in June They are
Virginia Hayes. Mansfield, and Mil
dred Lee. Covington Miss Have--'
was a member of the Ciceronian l it.
erary Society and 4-H Club She,
was also a member of the Chieftain 1
staff. the college annual Miss J
was 3 member of the Dramatic Club
Of licet s' Club and Zeta Sigma Sig
ma Pi honorary social science club [
Freshmen students from Newton
County are Frances Wright. Earne-t
Sweanam Susie Ramsey Nnr'.t I
Poole and Dale Hampton Several
of these tdent? have made dt
UnguBhcd recoids at Wtst Georgia.
NUMBER 28
Comp Ground Incorporated
As Interdenominational
Enterprise.
COMMITTEES NAMED
BY OFFICIALS REPORT
SUCCESSFUL WORK
Dr. Bascom Anthony, Dr.
Charles Tinsley Will
Attend Meeting.
Preparations have been made th>s
year for one of the largest meeting*
ever held in the long history of Old
Salem Camp Ground
This Camp Ground is now ineorp
orated as an interdenominational
enterprise and actively participating
on its Board of Trustees are repre
tentative,® from five of the larged
religious denominations in our state
as follows:
M. S. Shiners, Eatonton; H. Y,
McCord. Sr.. Atlanta; L. L. Coder*
stedt, Atlanta; O. W. Porter. Cov*
ington; M. W. Hull Conyers; Wm.
A. Smith. Atlanta; Col. R. S. Stret
ton, Atlanta; Jas. A. McCord. At
lanta; R. O. Arnold. Covington;
James H. Porter, Macon; Ed King,
Covington; L. G. Brantley, Lithon
ia; H. Y. McCord, Jr., Atlanta; W.
H. Ogteuee. Oak Hill; Parks War.
nock. Atlanta; R. J. Guinn. Allan*
ta; C. D. Ramsey, Jr., Covington;
Q eov<!e g. Roach, Oxford; W. O.
Mann Sr., Convers; C. R. Vaughan,
Conyers; C. O. Nixon. Covington;
Bob H. Elliott, Conyers; J. L. El
iioit, Covington; T. H. McMullen,
Covington; James C. Davis, Deca
tur
Committees have been actively at
work for several weeks, completing
the details of this year's program.
The meeting will open Thursday
evening, August 3rd, and will con
tinue through Sunday, August 13th.
The ministers secured to do the
preaching this year are outstand
ing Each day, from Sunday, August
®'b. through Sunday, August 13th,
messages will be brought by Dr.
Charles L. Tinsley of Australia. Dr.
Bascom Anthony, of the South
Georgia Conference. Rev. C. S. For
ester, of Oxford and Major Sidney
E. Cox. of the Salvation Army
Dr. Anthony is regarded as one of
the outstanding Methodist ministers
in the South. Dr. Charles L. Tinsley
i s President of the Australian Bap
list Convention and the leading
Baptist minister of that country. Dr.
Forester is known for his excep
tionally able work with young peo
pie Major Sidney E. Cox will hav«
charge of the music and will also
occupy the pulpit from time to time,
During the entire week of the
Camp Meeting a conference espec
ial ; v arranged for young people wilt
^ conducted daily under the di
rect j on 0 f Mr. Parks Warnock, an
effective worker with young people,
^ competent corps of assistants in
this important department of th«
Camp Meeting has been organized
Every provision has been mad«
for a complete program for young
people including recreation and
athletics. These latter will be unri»r
the direction of a competent coach.
Final details for the meeting a 1 .'*
being completed by the committees
this week and complete announce
ment of the programs and daily
schedules will be released to the
press next W'eek.
Many improvements have been
made on the Camp Ground wtthtn
recent months. Notable of these is
the erection of the handsome club
building by the Salem Woman's
Club and also the erection of an
unusually commodious camp of the
Druid Hills Baptist Church of At
which is now nearing corn
pletion and win be ready for oc
cupanc.v before the date for open
ing of the Camp Meeting
The attendance this year upon all
sessions will be undoubtedly unus
ualty lurge Many sections not hiih
participating in the activitie*
of the Camp Ground will be repre
in the attendance this year.