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tH F OFFICE BOY
has gone and done it
That office boy has
left h's sweepin' up
else The Boss ran in
.
I morning and said,
m snd comp on. You gotta
out West. ’ . . Now he
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far as to say west of ;
so
from what I can gather;
are having a convention
1 mlederate Soldiers at Cot
In Trinidad, they saj,
list be so because they go
a at the News office yes
Hin' about bein’ there . . .
[ her convention is going on
nne time , . The Bank
.
If gone to that convention
id be enjoyin the mountain
[ The Georgia Press As
meets every year at one
another and the Georgia
have gathered at, Calhoun
, I just can’t imagine j
eting without the Office;
L e he is the pet of them
j-Uncle Sam Wilkes and
Lm down to the youngest
Louly Fowler, four year old j
o! the Robert Fowler, Jr.’s
ed over her prospective vis-!
She has been packing a u
Who wouldn’t like to br
. af-j
lace , "Bob" as she
.
[fly calls him. is taking week- her
I Caroiina for the
They are going to spend
kilts. Arnold and Mrs. Tom
[who are vacationing at that
inn at Sapphire,
peaking of Fowlers . . . We
tldnt forget our very dear
iii R R Fowler. Sr., who is
s home . Mr Fowler has
e of the most outstanding
of all Newton County for
are and his great service to
pie can never be repaid w'ith
rd« But the feeling that
Id them is just as great and
L he has been . . . We hope
I will soon be well again and
laity back to his store which
[next to the News office . .
k that greeting each day and
Indly smile.
S atham is ill in the Wesley
[al Hospital and has been for
time . . John has many
in Newton County and we
i too. will soon be well again
[l remember John . . , Every
wws him ... He lives at Por- ,
end taught school at the
Jon Mill? ... Went to school
jngton.
pre glad Dr. Travis is better,
|st Mr. Cliff Nixon and Sher
G. Ben,on are out again,
out riding yesterday morning
ud chanced by the home of
the Younger set . Such a 1
. .
[and put suddenly I couldn't imagine why
I saw Edythe
pi, oi one this of the most popular
last June graduat
|® |u Columbus in Covington who now re
. . . She’s back
M-it and former members of
is.-- quite a large class!
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fcso fond of her they couldn't
I s cIa– ' reunion so, bright j
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r‘ se t out for a day of
[ Indian Springs I know
. . .
\e they carried their own wa
You couldn’t enjoy Indian
’ s ali d »y unless you did be
the sulphur water is still
st wmembered itow much the
gonna have to say when
I(t ’ out Mr. Wood, who
Rifl'd, brought him some red
been | Peppers The Office
...
s C1 a/y about red and
?' green
• so they tell me . . , but I
m ,n ° So I take the
• ■ • pep
d ,he ° ff ice Boy takes the
oss ain 1 here and I been
8 ,he lime of my life talking
everything, but you know
>- always something take
1 to
a !| e out of life there Is
. . .
*s Man 5 son and he advises
' ,m bp the Boss Man until
P Man conies So. until
...
‘ < ' F back the job,
be ■ on
^quanoiHn cil'T ,ime about the messy
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FKPin UP.
irtery (leaning
' factory Church
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!dnps . Augus *’
will be
ch The" U cp hP metery Np wton Factory
Cleaning"
anltlR of th « lots will
! ' n ,hp morning and will
ni ,r ,nf " finished
lp church All members
hring M’e urged to come
it). »« TdT luncheon on the «
leip wilt be
ttuportan business
111 with the sate
r-h of
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SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT, 4* A
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Plans for House Sent to
£ oun ty Superintendent of
SchooU Announces That
Schools Will Open.
TO OPERATE LONG
AS MONEY CAN BE
SECURED IS AIM
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Many Changes in System
Planned All Over
County.
All schools in Covington and New
ton County will open on Monday
September 4. E. L. Ficquett,
ty School Superintendent, an
n °unced Tuesday following a meet
ing of the county board.
Doubt that the cou: ty system
would be able to open at the usual
tlme had Previously been expressed;
by several teachers, but all details!
were ironed out Tuesday. Both the
Covington system and the Newton
Coum - v System expect to operate as
>°ng ^ m °ncy can be secured tn
an >’ source -
Announcement was made lasL
week by Superintendent C E Haw
kins that the Coving, i. School
system would open on. September
4th, the usual date.
In the Covington system, only one
change has been anticipated. Miss
Frances Story, of Athens, will take
over the Home Economics Depart
ment this year
Many changes are planned in the
county system according to school
officials over the county. A vacancy
has occurred at Newborn because
H. S. Brumbaugh has accepted a
position as teacher at Porterdale.
Superintendent Claude Stephens of
the Palmer-Stone School at Ox
*ord has accepted a new position a.
Social Circle schools. Mr. A. E Ed
wards. of Danville, Ga., formerly ol
rewton County, will succeed Mr.
Stephens. A vacancy still exists at
Covington Mill School due to the
ierious illness of Superintendent
^°hn Stath ,m.
September Term
Jurors Selected
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Newton County Superior
Court Jurors Are
Listed.
The Grand Jurors and Traverse
Jurors of the New'ton Superior court
have been selected for the Septem
ber term. They are as follows:
Grand Jurors: >
J. B Downs, J. J. Owens. C. A.
Lassiter, Charlie Robertson. W. P.
Hays. Geo. B. Davis. C. E. Giles, Sr..
James T. Cook. E. F. Cooper. E. F.
H. ys. W. L. Hooper.
G. A. Jones. S. H. Adams. John J.
Carter, Howard Piper. J. R°R er
Cow'an, W. C. Stephenson J. T (
Morgan. T. H. Aiken W. P Robert
son. Paul Hardeman.
N. S. Turner. Jr., J. T. Smith. J
Gardner, L. H. Cook 'Starrsvilleh
J W. Sammons. E. G Lassiter. T.
■ G. Smith. C. C. Epps. R. O. Arnold
J- C. Ellis.
Traverse Jurors:
Willie S. Mask, C. D. Mabry, C. T
Lummus, M. R. Ellington. A C
Ewing E. B. Edwards, A. L. English
F. M. Ewing, W. N. Harwell. C. N
Hill, J. W. Harper, R. F. Harwell,
E. B Davis, Jessie T. Dial, S. W
Tankersley.
j. m. Hollingsworth, C. C. Estes,
E. M. Piper. Eddie L. Digby J. W
Hooten. Herbert W. Duke. Ernest
Oobcr, F. G. Neely. R. W. Dobbs,
John R. Digby H. M. Parker. W R
Nunn. Splint Hunt, Chestei
Jones. B. L. House,
S. R. Ellington. W. F..
E. M. Smith, T. B. Digby, James M
Dobbs, J. T. Dennard. C. C. Jordzn.
R, S. Hitchcock. Tyrus Day W. L.
Sullivan, J. C. Ellis. O. L. Holmes
Sidnev A. Y'ance.v. H E. McCart, R
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F E. M M McCait, McCart J J. B B. Shear* . | J ’ B
Doster. D. S. .Chesnut. P J. Gam
on H E Hays. Herbert Dick J. L
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Dan Summeioui. A
Curtis Johnson.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. hum
D ie Covington Star. Est 1874
At Height of $100,000 Warehouse Fire in Conyers
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Above is scene at the big warehouse fire in Conyers Satur
day night which destroyed nearly 2,000 bales of cotton and dam
aged more than 1,000 additional bales. The damage to the building
and cotton was estimated at $100,000 by observers who checked
the loss following the fire. The Fire Company at Conyers could
not handle the blaze and called upon the Lithonia company. Li
thonia sent a truck, equipment and about fifteen men. A short
R. R. Fower, Sr.
Is Seriously Hi
Dr. Travi* Reported Doing
Better in Atlanta
Hospital.
The many friends of R. R. tBobt
Fowler in Covington r id Newton
County will deeply regret to learn
0 f d j s continued serious illness.
Mr Fowler is one of the most
prominent citizens of this county
has as many friends as any
ot p er p ers0n in this county. His long
years of serV j ce to his people in
var j ous positions has endeared him
t(J a)1 js a mefn ber and past
treasurer of the First Methodist
Church, past Treasurer of the Roy
Rl Acanum , member Masonic Lodge.
president Bank of Covington and
Trust Company, proprietor Fowler
Trading Company. The News
hts mftny friends in hoping that he
w jn be out again soon
Dr w r,. Travis, who remains
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jU gt thf gt j 0sep h’s Hospital in
Atlanta, is reported slightly im
proved Dr Travis is also one of the
cjtylg bpst g nown and m0 st promi
nem reg j den f Si He has served as
Count y physician and City Phys
ician f or many years and has been
active in the practice of medicine
tdr0U gb 0u t this section since a
young man
C| , ff Nixon w ho has been ill
severa , mon ths. is out again at
in tervals Mr. Nixon is another
known and pi . om inent resident of
Newton Counts.
w G Bpn(on sheriff of
County _ , 8 up apa in following
w , p injuri p s rec eived several weeks
ago jn gn aul0 flcc ident. The News
pxtpnds bPst wishes to all who are
t)] or grp 0 „t a g a in.
Regular Service*
At Presbyterian
Church Sunday
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Regular services will be held at
the Covington Presbyterian church
Sundat mo morning ntng_ S’.ndsv School
will .begin at 9.4. A i _ h , '
begins at »:* octock. Rev. Stdnp
Gates in charge.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939.
Conyers Fire Most Disastrous
For Section in Recent Years
One of the biggest and most dis
astrous fires in this section in re
cent years occurred Saturday night
at Conyers where a cotton
house, owned and operated by W. O.
Mann, was destroyed.
The building known as the Farm
ers" Union Warehouse, was located,
on the main highway just this side
of the business section of the city
Q{ Conyers xp e alarm wa » giv
pn at g ocloc g Saturday night when,
, es j de nts who lived acrass the street
saw smoke coming from the roof.
co»yers firemen were unable to
dandie blaze which quickly swept
, he fntire building and a call for
heJp waR sent t0 Lithonia. A boos
SVstem f i re truc k and about
tifteen men were rushed to the
scene. but combined efforts of the
tw0 com p an i es were not enough. A
cglI for gjd {I0m Covington and
Porterdale was sent out and Coving
ton answered w jth ten men and a
]grge amoun t, 0 f equipment. Poter
dgle , gent g new booster fire truck.
j ugt arriv( . d the day before from the
{act0 ry along with tw'o policemen
gn(j fourteen firemen.
The heat and smo ke pt the fire
were un bearabte and the men had
tQ work in brief s hift*. Several had
(0 ^ b elped from the scene over
comp b .v smoke. The efforts of all
( , {i i*’companies were centered on
thp , owpT aect (on of the buildins
whwe most ot the cotton was
cf) , ed on two floors. This was where
i al , of the cotton saved was located
Thp mpn wor ked untiringly foi
morc than five hours before the
blaze pmlld be brought under con-
1 stayed at the
frol convers firemen
scpnp aU n i ?ht until up in the day
Sunday. A crew of men were sent
from Atlanta by the Salvage Com
pany employed to take charge More
than twenty negroes, experienced in
this work were placed on the job.
The salvage operators were
j pouring water on the remains of the
cotton late Wednesdav night and
working in shifts to get ail cotton
that could be saved out . Several
■ wlll pro bablv be required.
. firemen \ assi-finc at
ne ^ ullycis e eve chifI A C .
time later, the Conyers officials called Covington and Porterdale
for aid as the fire was still out of control. Porterdale sent a new
truck, which had only arrived the day before, and fourteen men.
Covington sent a large amount of equ pment and ten men under
the direction of Chief A. C. Vining. The combined efforts of all
these men were required for a period of more than five hours
before the blaze was reported "Under Control.’’ News photo, JBA.
Vining, Hunt, Au-tin, McEtroj
Gardner. Johnson, Callaway, Skin-;
ner, Lassiter and Wright. Among;
those from Porterdale "were Acting
Chief Howard Potts. Guy Crowell,|
Sr., Guy Crowell. Jr., Archie Pat
ter.son, Police Chief John Berry
an d others whose names could no:
be secured before going to press. I
W. O. Mann, owner of the build
mg stated the cotton was owned by
the U. S. Government and wa s cov
ered by insurance. He said that he
would re-build at the earliest pos
sibie time, but could handle the
business of his firm at several other
warehouses owned by them.
Stone Mountain
Sunday S. Meet
Sunday School Convention
at “Old Salem”
Sept. 10.
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The Stone Mountain Baptist
Sunday School Convention will meet
at Salem Campground on Sunday,!
September 10. at ten o'clock.
Departments and classes will be
provided for all ages. Superintend
ents and teachers are urged to car
ry their pupils and all .join in one
big Sunday School.
There will be a speaker at 11:30
and a program for the children in
the afternoon.
Everybody carries a basket lunch
and enjoys a fellowship hour at
noon.
Annual Mitchell
Family Reunion
The Annual reunion of the Mit
cham family will be held Sunday,
September 3rd. at the home of J.
P. Mi cham. four miles north of Ox
ford. The occasion win also cele
brate the 30'h birthday anniversary
Mrs. Mitcham.
All relatives and friends are cor
dially invited to attend. A ba*k"t
dinner will ,e served at noon hour.
American Legion Post
Gets Sanction of NYA
For $11,000 Building
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COUftiTY AGENT
Newton County Farmer*
Could Learn Something
from Eastman, Ga.
Last week we made a trip down
; to Cochran and Eastman to see a
meat curing plant and saw the home
of the Georgia Banner Ham. The
curing plant was modern and the
farmer* w'ere patronizing it with
profitable results. The temperature
could be controlled and the air was;
dry so that the meat received a dry
cure. After the hams are cured they
are carried down to Eastman where
they are smoked and given a uni
form cure that enables them to be
sold under the trade name of the
Georgia Banner Ham. This ham is
being put on the market gradually
as a real Georgia country ham. The
‘ daa b fine and is meeting good re
spons* from the trade Some of
these days we hope Newton County
I farmers will be able to join in this
I movement.
In our limited travels over the
county we see quite a few farmers
cutting the briers and bushes out of
their pastures with an idea of im
proving the pasturage on their
farms. Quite a few have told us they
will seed some permanent pasture
grasses this fall with especial eni
phasis on winter legumes that will
This is fine and w'e have a
great. deal of faith in a farmer be
ing able to make livestock pay on
his farm if he has ample pasturage
before he gets the livestock. ;
Poor land will not produce grass
sufficientty to carry cattle and the
grass that is available is of poorj
quality and does not make the cat
Ue gain fts thev should. We believe
a pasture that is already sodded to
bermuda should be plowed this fall:
an(i seeded to smooth vetch. This
vet<; h will cast about *5.50 per hun
drK i and ^ay be seeded at the rate
0 f io to 20 pounds of seed per acre
The seed should be well inoculated
with a commercial culture. After the
bermuda sod is plowed and smoothed
d0 wn with a harrow Acid Phasphate
should be applied in rows vith a
fertilizer distributor and the vetch
seeded with a planter in thus furrow
The *acid lioephate will make the
vetch grow 7 , the vetch furnishes the
nitrogen to make the bermuda grow
next summer. In tact a good stand
of vetch with a good growth will add
the nitrogen equivalent to about
five hundred pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre After the vetch ha
improved the fertility of the land
and several applications of acid
phosphate has been made to the
land then other winter legumes such
as burr clover may be added with
excellent results for additional win
ter grazing.
Our idea of pasture improvement
bP continual,y at “ witb small
expenditures each spring and fa
tit the entire area that is to be im
proved is covered With limited
means and a large acreage this pro
gram may be a ten year program
But after seed are applied to this
lit. iteri acreage we will find that the
cattle. birds and water movement
w so a long way toward seeding
the entire acreage We must diver
sify our income. We must get some
income from our land hat is not in
row crops. Some type of livestock
is the answer on a large per cent of
our farms.
One farmer in the county showed
u seven nice heifers that he se
cured last fall from a dairy and
talspd by hand Thev are about
ready to breed. Next summer and
fall he wilt have seven fresh heifer 1
{Of sale He r'-ns tn do th» 'snt'
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Meeting Is Here
County Churche* Holding
Revival in Tent
Here.
The old time tent revival being
conducted by the churches of Cov
ington and Newton County at the
Covington School grounds are draw
mg large crowds at alt services.
The tent has been filled to capac
ity each evening with only stand
ing room available. Rev. Love Har
reil, of Union Point, is doing the
preaching assisted by a staff of
fourteen workers. Mr. Mullin, a
blind musician and singer, is assist
ihg Rev. Harrell.
special ‘‘Rambler's Service"
will be conducted on Saturday eve
ning at 8 o'clock. This is the night
that Rev. Harrell will do his
Ramblin'." On Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock, a special service has
been arranged for men and boysl
only. This service will be called the 1
"Shirt Sleeve" service. On Sunday
evening. Rev. Harrell will preach on
"The Trial of the Century." Details;
of the Day services will be an
nounced Sunday from the pulpit, j
The public throughout the county
is invited and urged to attend these
services.
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POTATO DIGGER
Here is one for Robert L. Rip
lev:
A milk row. Bessie, owned by
Mr. Emory Bowen, of Coving
ton Mills, is quite handy around
the honse. She digs potatoes:
The biggest “draw-back" to
Bessie’s work i* that she eats
the potatoes after they have
been unearthed.
Bessie digs the potatoes with
her right front foot. She just
stands and paws the dirt until
she finds a potato, then she eats
it.
Mr. Bowens believes that once
Bessie has had her “bait" of po
tatoes sb« 'viil prove useful as a
potato digger Cor tht household.
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H-T" PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Dillard Lassiter, NYA Head
of Georgia, Contacts
Government.
ACADEMY SPRINGS
PARK TO BE SITE OF
PROPOSED BUILDING
M. Summers, Ike Robertson
Confident of Getting
Building.
If plans of the local American
Legion post, headed by Moody Sum
mers. commander, are approved in
Washington Newton county will get
a $11,000 Community building.
American Legion officials and s
number of local citizens met in At
lama la ‘ st Friday night with Dillard
Lassiter, head of the NYA in Geor
gia, and their pians w'ere approved
by him.
e will be located at
* Cademv s P n ng s park and will be
no ^ n a,s Newton County Commun
.
1 ' OUKP 1 wil1 consist of a huge
’
ai ' U01 "‘m, lounge rooms for both
iadle,; and men a cloak room, kitch
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en and dement,
Any worthwhile organization in
the county will be welcomed to US*
the building for meetings and club
work. The American Legion will be
tt1e caretakers of the building,
Hu 8 e granite blocks, already being
av?p nibled at Academy Springs park,
wit] be used throughout the build
' boy s of the state wilt d«
,lle labor, it has been announced.
Moody Summers and Lke Robert
son - who have worked tirelessly on
tilP P r °j e ot. are confident that the
P* an w hl be approved in Washing
ton w; thin 10 days and that actual
wor * £ on f he building can be started
shortly.
If the building is approved by the
80 ve rnment it will become the prop
el t>’ of the county and will stand as
a hub fr °m which more or less all
ciub activity in the county will
radiate.
Legion officials and local citizens
who havp pushed the plans through
nre be commended for the spirit
ed work th e,v have done in behalf of
c,0ser relations of organizations in
the county.
Thp kitchen will be located in the
basement of the building and will be
modern in every respect. It will be
equipped throught electrically,
The auditorium win be so ar
ranged that plays can be held by
f be various clubs, dinner parties and
speakings,
It is a building that Newton
County has needed and one that
w ’ 1 ' add beauty to Academy Springs
patk. The location is ideal for a
central of organization activity.
R. J. Guinn Meets
Old Salem Pupils
teacher of riuoio 1889-1890 u Host
To Pupils He
Taught.
A reunion of the pupils of Rob
r J. Guinn, who taught at Old Sa
Iem school 50 years ago. was held
V'cdnesday morning at 11 o’clock
at Salem Camp Ground
The program began at l'’:30 a. M.
with the assembling of the old pu
ptis in the Salem Woman’s Club
Building, which is located tvhere the
old school building stood.
Mr Guinn, whe taught at the old
school from 1889 to 1890 presided
over the old time "get together" on
Wednesday and truly had a big won
derful time with the pupils he used
to use the hi’korv .tick on in no
doubt many <n stances.
The afternoon was devoted to vis
itation among the old pupils and
the children and young people par
ticipated in games and athletia
-ports. At the noon hour a basket
dinnri wa^ served.
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