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f [ember" do with • *»• me You . . are . we enroute are now to
the city of Van Buren,
M snd ,-ead that sign!
. . .
of Bob Burns . . , and in
his we saw John Boles in
my. oh me . . . and
. . the
his we are crossing . . .
utterfield Stage Route from
L to San Francisco ... and
Ur time ... for we must
the dot for regular meals
, much at
trip mean so ... so
L ar e stopping at Ft. Smith, .
for a K. C. Steak . . . and
[ 1 believe it is for it’s a j
one! Now we are back in
beauti/ul river ,
tr crossing a in Okla
|0k ; We land right
The Wild and Wooly
hoiv smoke the roads! That
It last long for a beautifully
highway leads us right into
homa City and the Oklahoma
Are Hotel . . . Gosh! This
■ biggest hotel we ever stop
I think it covers about
blocks and reaches to the
been rambling round and ;
everything from the grocery !
it I think ... and they
inly did give me a nice hair
_, 535 miles we’ve been to- |
,, so the Boss says we sleep
n the morning . .. Alas! He's j
hgme . . , I won’t answer . .
t insistent ... Ye Gods and;
e Fishes... I crawl out from 1
ir [start the kivvers on my tummy
fussing and there he
B$ dressed and letting all the I
[in the room and snapping a j
Be of me fussin’ cause he woke
■up [ored . . . That picture will be |
Ijj I know . . . Oklahoma [
Its a beautiful city of wide;
and a population of 250,000
■on I to Yukon, Okla. Beautiful j
looking town . . . pretty
Idings and we see here the
Be of Yukon Flour . . . Great;
t mills... I hen El Reno, Okla
I Ft. Keno . . U. S. Military j
lenation . . . Gieen Pasture
_ fu
j '
I Lion Gosh. I m fer cutting the
in Trinidad . . . Never I
seen a Rodeo . . . not an
(est |. to goodness wild west one
but on we go . . . into the
leopen spaces . . . it’s cold this
ping . . . and gosh! ... 1 did
know it was so cold . . , the
io in the car just announced
(t it Was 48 . . . and adds that
tescaped murderers are on this
fd ■ • watch out for them . . .
! WILL WE! Murdered a 48
ir old tavern keeper last night
. fll say we are in the Wild
st . . . and going deeper , .
.
City, Okla., for lunch . . . and
iaas browsing around every
(ere . . . Amarillo, Texas, at
P fct ■ • • came in by beautiful Air
and Aviatrix Club . , . and
Bough the wide open spaces we
»'!he town 35 miles before we
B here , . . Nice Radio Station
». It's a beautiful sight at sun
I in these wide open spaces to
B a town 15 miles away sil—
(netted Itance against (he sky in the
, . , Farmer’s Grain Co
nation and huge elevators . . .
pn scattered over vast area . . .
It lovely . , . We have now en
N New Mexico and the first
pve come to is Raton, a beau
ftil Ptof little city nestling at the
the mountains ... We are
r no *' mol 'e than fift-y miles from
F destination and the Boss
’ s * musl drive I take the
...
« and Opps and Uppps
... . .
.
e so hairpin curves I re
■ • ■
ik ...
8 that I think we have come
a hill or mountain and bless
|y heart ...
i( we did not do a cork
P* tUrn snd round and round
Mtnn s ign on top says , , . .
P,i., 8,600 feet above sea
r • • My cars popped and mis
f'jned ihe city until below we stopped to rest
^ the . . , an d that city
other side was Trinidad,
V and 11 w as 6,600 feet after we
,0 J do " off of
n the mountain
. . .
Sreat coal mining section
ytilui . . .
city parks . . . but they
re ' vaterf ' d all day long with
*
t spraying system, for grass
nothing rise but these tough
,,,® rn Slt:a! 'S you get can grow
U. £ Rodeo er Z • • I’m • and going before 1 get to
learned to tell you
7 on't by lesosn. Folks,
e ' er com Plain again when
.... u btJ y a western
ihanVlS steak and pay
U ^ g ° h ° me and
• nn , ex Pect to cut it with
, ancl final
ne h? k butcher 'y have to ? et
0Ws knife . Them poor
- I’ve learned what makes
11,1 so tough why the cowboys
just !ope um . and ■ thrown and
" ■tey, m , ’°ugh Uke get
send that before they
U .T d ° Wn here as steaks
\vh?n nr> ' get tou . . .
thrnv. s0 8h they can’t
in m Vu' then they sel1 them
u< ‘ b e pity of it But
p ’ ’
I'm S°mg to leave . . .
tlress for you there to
’he opening session of
2 from • ■ • here are old
fhere Tu ^a who were
for , last year’s meetings
and friends from Atlanta . . .
■ e cious M t’s A D McD. Wilson, . . .
and worlds of
Hl! 4 on and dress
. .
hn. h . . SWEEP1N’ Ul
tSlje (Erttttwtoit
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ELDERLY COUPLE MURDERED
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Confederate Veterans Reunion to Be Held in City
Mr.-Mrs. J. E. Trainer
Found Shot To Death
At Their Residence
’Phone Wires Cut, Leaving
Couple at Mercy of
Killer.
ALL CITY AND COUNTY
OFFICERS UNITED IN
THE INVESTIGATION
Funeral Services Will Be
Heldvon Completion of
Arrangements.
BULLETIN
Funeral services fcr Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Trainer will be
held at 4 o'clock this afternoon |
from the Presbyterian church,
it was announced late Wednes
day night by George Stauffarh
er, funeral director. The Rev.
I.yda will be in charge with in
terment in the Cily cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. John E Trainev
well known elderly couple whQ op .
erated a storc and s , atif>n on
the outskirts of this city, were found
shot , . to . dea,h . ear,y ... Wednesda >'
. their home the
morning in near
store.
Both had been shot twice in the
body and had been beaten over the
head with some blunt instrument.
The discovery was made around
7:30 o'clock by the ice man and
several relatives who became
alarmed when Mr. and Mrs. Train
er failed to answer their calls.
Every available officer in Coving
ton and Newton County as well a
three officers from the DeKalb
County Police Department, worked
untiringly all day Wednesday,
searching for clues, The various of
ficers searched the home and sur
rounding grounds carefully lot
some sort of evidence.
The bodies of ihe two aged peo
pie were found on the Poor of the
dining room in their bed clothes.
Police found signs of a terrific
struggle and officers believe Mr.
Trainer fought with the assailant
while Mrs. Trainer tried to tele
phone for help. Alter a careful cliec.%
the telephone wires wete found to
be cut.
Both Mr and Mrs. Trainer had
been in bad health for sometime.
Mr. Trainer was confined to his
home a short time ago due to illness,
but wa s much better and had been
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month. They were well known
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Callaway's Gets
New Store Front
The new Callaway's store front
is now complete after several
months work. The new front is
modern in every respect and built
along the lines of the large stores in
the larger cities. It is. without a
doubt, one of the most attractive in
The Young People’s Christian
Conference Held at Hopewell
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 186*
The Covington Star, Est 1874
The North Georgia District
ference of the Y. P. C. U. was held
at Hopewell Presbyterian church
Sunday evening, September 10th
with a large attendance. An
esting program was rendered.
The subject for the evening
’’Youth’s Concern for Peace.”
Th, . opanlM M»> ™
Christians Love for
o! V Z o k
Church. ' U M Mot eland, led Vn in nraver P ■
Miss Sue McDonald, from Hope
well, gave the welcome address an
Mr. Tucker gave the response.
Miss Frances Mattox, from
Oak. Moreland led the devotum
Scripture the 13th chapter of
mans Rev. Tinkler, of Atlanta
ihe prayer at this time. The
lanta auartn then sang a me
I election -Goodness and Morel.
4 *ev. J H. McFerrin, of
IBM MONTH
TO BE OBSERVED
IN THIS COUNTY
Many Features of Program
Announced by Rev.
H. C .Emory.
Covington First Methodist Church
together with all Methodist church
er in Newton County will observe
Loyalty Month from September 15th
through November 15th, in keeping
with the program outlined and
adopted by the other eighty-five
churches of this District. Several
features of the program are a* fol
lows:
1. To attend Sunday School every
Sunday.
2 To attend at least one preach
ing service every Sunda.v.
3. To visit the sick and those In
distress.
4. To solicit the unchurched 10
the end that they may accept Je
sus Christ as their Saviour.
5. To give generously to the sup
port of the church so that every
obligation may be paid in full.
6. To pray that God s Kingdom
may be advanced and that peace
may again be restored to a war tom
world.
Fu ner t Ser iceS
ror r Mrs. Smith c L
Death Came at The Home of
Her Daughter in The
Leguin District.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie
Hardeman Smith. 78. who died Sun
d(ty af thp home of her daughter
Mrs L H Bates near the L egu j nrl
d j s ( r j c t were held Monday after
noon a t 2:30 o’clock from the Love
joy church, interment was at Por
terdale Services were conducted bv
fj ev , A. J. Kinsey.
Mrs. Smith had made her home
W j t h her'daughter for the past three
y fa rs. She had been in declining
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friends were saddened to learn
her death.
She is survived bv four daughters.
Mrs. Jessie Bates. Mrs. L. H. Bates,
Mrs. Will Brannon, all of Newton
county and Mrs. Lillie Coulder, of
Atlanta; two sons. Swann Smitn.
Newton County; Person
Eastman. Ga. There are many grand
chi'dren. great-grandchildren atio
several
The Npws extends sympathy to
bereaved family. The
and White Funeral Home had
' charge of the last rites.
church introduced the speaker for ,
1 ,p e evening. Rev. McStella. from
Oglethorpe University.r He gave us
, very
! Youths Concern for Peace.”
which he stated that we should not
The meeting «.
for discussion of old and new bust
ness ,0 conv before the confcrence 1
A{ter the business Rev. R. W
presented the Banner to the
y p c v for the m0 ,i!
polnts on the standard of Excel!
j ’ Rfv Cars0 n said we should
r definite object and work to
^ j( Thf MXt conference will
convC ne with the Tucker Union next
v pastor of Hop.
T p Hovs - r ,
wel pron0 unced the benediction.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, SEPTE^c^' A
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CONFERENCE HELD
^PORTER DIE E
Meeting Held Last Night at
Church With Good 1
Attendance.
The Sunday School Workers' con
! Terence of the Presbyterian church
met Wednesday night of this week 1
at the Church at 6:30 o’clock fori
J supper and for the first of its
monthly meetings, which will be
held regularly throughout the year.j
Mr. R. J. Cason. Superintendent of
1
the Sunday School, presided. The
dinner and fellowship hour was fol
lowed by a period of discussion and
business STSLu* The purpose and plan 0 f
wo*,,- Conference
was explained by the Pastor, Rev.
Athol D. Cloud. Under the leader
ship of Mr. Cason the reorganize |
tion of the Sunday School was corn- ■
pleted and the duties of each of- j
ficer and teacher explained. Cer
tain general objectives of the Work
ers' Conference and the Sunday
School were agreed on. and an
nouncement, of special committees
was made. Officer? and teachers
present, other than the Superin
tendent and Pastor, were: Mr E. A.
King. Mr. Holland Sears. Mrs. A. D
Cloud. Miss Maude King. Miss
Louise Walton. Mrs. Grady Harde
man, Miss Mae Hardeman, Miss
HettLe Elder, Mrs. F. B Walton, Mr.
Howard Brumbaugh. Miss Ida
Black. Mrs. E. A, King. Mr. Dorsey
Reaaan Miss Sarah Sue Hooper,
... MliS B , p Mrs Horace
Mo0dVj Miss Doris Finiev. Mrs
j^ 0 p er ^ cowan, Mr C. T. Bohannon,
Miss Marian Conn Miss Lots j
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The monthly preaching Setuc
Haston Presbyterian Chute lh
held nexi Sunday after ’
17. at 3:30 o’clock. The pas 1 .
Tthol D. Cloud will preach
Sunday School wilt 0 • •
M. The people of the
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It was thus that 15-year-old Winford Trainer peered through th
window oi the home of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Trainer, his
parents. Wednesday morning, and saw the couple in the dining
where an intruder had slain them. Pictured to the right are
and Mrs. Trainer.—Photo courtesy Atlanta Georgian.
Atlanra Man HeW For The
Assaul1 °" ° CO
^For*Number‘o**CrTminal* S
Acts.
A man listed as H A. Forre ter.
of Fair Street, Atlanta, was in
Newton County Jail here
charged with assaulting the
of Rockdale County and
while drunk.
Wanted in two other
and p u u 0 n, Forrester
arrested Sunday by Sheriff W. G
Benton, of Newton County,
Forrester allegedly had
Sheriff Floyd Cook, of
county, who had chased the
laR from Conyers to Covington.
Sheriff Benton said Forrester at
tacked Sheriff Cook while the latter
was driving the suspect bark to
warci Rockdale County, causing
sheriff s car to lea ' e ' e ugi^a,
Sheriff gook e
rester was not hurt.
The Atlanta officers said they
P^ned to get a warrant tor . the
arrest ot Forrester, but snerut
Benion said the suspect would
tried in' Newton Superior Court
next week. Sheriff Cook also is
ing to prosecute the Atlantian
Program Begun
at Porterdale
Presbyterian* Ready With
Planned Program For
Fall, Winter.
The approach of the down-to
work fall season, marked by the
close of the vacation period and
return of teachers and children to
school finds ihe officers and peo
pie of the Presbyterian Church
h.e be,,,
nroanized a program of expansion
set on foot, and monthly
' s 0 f f j cers ' a nd teachers
, Alld u av .
unified Morning Program
^ foI(ow<>d durine
mhs ,he church will re
schedule of
wUh nexf S undav
g t 17 At tent ion is called
fjr , thaf Sunc iav School win
gVo hing al u .oO.
Tentative Program For
Reunion Drawn By The
Leaders of Local Clubs
GIVEN BY
SCENT
Discusses the Newton County
Fair and How Public
Can Help.
It is our understanding that the
Newton County Fair will be held
the third week in October, Tile Fair
is being sponsored by the local post
of the American Legion and every
effort is being made 10 operate
fair so as to affect as many local
peopie as possible. All exhibits will
be entered by organizations in local
communities as far as possible so
that the premium money may be
used for community work. As a rule
such exhibits will be sponsored by
the local schools. Make your plan-,
to assist your community as much
as possible. Exhibit the best from
your farm and make your plans to
attpnd the f a j r A very liberal pre
mium list has been prepared whicn
wili total near a thousand dollars,
On Monday of this week we At*
tended a group meeting on the farm
of C. H Hunt to observe some
zu being harvested for hay The
quality was fine and the tonnage
enormous. Kudzu hay is about as
good as alfalfa hay and needs no
expensive preparation of the land
as does alfalfa. Once established on
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Dr. W. D. Travis
Is Resting Nicely
Made Trip By Ambulance to
Savannah Hospital
This Week.
During the past week attending
physicians at St. Joseph's Hospital
deemed it advisable to remove Dr.
W D. Tvavis to Central of Georgia
Hospital, in Savannah. Georgia.
Dr. Travis made the trip by am
bulance and stood the journey fair
ly well. He is reported as resting
nicely there, and his many friends
in Covington and this section of the
State are looking forward to the
time when he has sufficiently re
covered to be removed to his home.
Dr. Travis recently underwent a
major operation at St. Joseph s hos
pitai. Blood transfusions were nec
essary. and hosts of loving friends
from Covington rushed to the hos
pital to offer their blood. The News
joins his many friends in the hope
that the change of climate as well
as every attention he is receiving
will mean a speedy and complete
recovery.
^ 0Unt H LlUC Baptist
ChUVCh Will Hold ;
First Services
The County Line Baptist Church
will hold their opening services in'
the new building Sunday morning
at eleven o'clock with the pastor.
Rev. George W. Hulm?, in charge.
Sunday School will begin at 10:00
o’clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these first services
j n a church since the burning of the
former building,
Miss Mary Park
Passes at Home
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Home of Sister, Mrs.
S. A. Brown.
:
The friends of Miss Mary Park
w m regret to learn of her death on
g e p t> 10th at th? home of her sis
ter, Mrs S A. Brown, of Covington,
Miss Park took an active part in
I all church affairs of the Methodi.-v
Church, of which she was a mem
ber until her illness, over two years
ago. Surviving her. besides her sis
ter, Mrs. S. A. Brown, are: One
brother. Mr. J. W. F. Park, of Al
mon; four nieces- Misses Mary L
and Annie L. Brown, of Covington;
Mrs. A D Adams, of Arlington Va .
Mrs. C. B. Smith, of Atlanta; seven
nephews, S. P. and J. W. Brown, of
Houston. Texas, J. R. Brown, of
Arlington. Va.. Carl Parks, of Way
(cross, Ga . Brown Park of Tampa.
Fia., James Park, of Jacksonville,
Fia.. John Park, of Covington. The
News extends sympathy to the be
j reaved family.
Em „r, „ the ,e,,dence.
stauffacher and White Funeral
Home was in charge
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Presbyterian Chlircll j
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Dr W C. Robinson of the Comm
bia Seminary, will preach Sundav
morning and evening at the Cov
mo on Pi-tan Church. Th
'
k public is invited.
rH’3 PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Registration at The Delaney
Hotel on Wednesday
October 4th.
OPENING BUSINESS
SESSION TO BE HELD
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Committees Are Named by
Mrs. Belmont Dennis at
Meeting.
The Confederate Veterans’ Reun
ion will be held in Covington on
October 4-5-6 and no stone is be
ir >g left unturned by the citizens of
Covington to make their stay in our
midst a happy one.
Officers of local patriotic and
civic organizations of the city met
a t the home of Mrs Belmont Den
nis on Monday evening and the fol
lowing tentative program was
mapped out:
Registration’ at DeLanev Hotel
begins at 1 o'clock Wednesday, Oc
tober 4th. Reception the same af
ternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock at home
of Mrs. Belmont Dennis by the
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy and Children of the Confeder
acy; Picnic Dinner at Rainbow Lake
at 6 o’clock after which the Cov
ington Music Club will entertain the
j group at the pavillion.
Thursday morning. October 5th.
Business Session at 10 o’clock at the
j First Baptist Church. Luncheon at
j 12:30 ited Daughters, by the Covington assisted Chapter by Un
j the D.
A. R. and Woman’s Club There will
be a short business session in the
afternoon, after which the veter
ans and visitor, will be taken for
a drive over the city, returning by
1 he home of Mrs. R H. Patterson
for tea. At eight o'clock the group
will assemble for the Grand Bail
given in honor of Mr. Rufus Mea
dows, only veteran in Newton coun
ty, and visiting veterans. The Grand
March will be directed by Dr. Will
iam R Danoey of Savannah, and
will be followed by the Virginia
Reel.
Friday morning, October 6th, Bus
iness session and election of Offic
er.s at the First Baptist Church.
Luncheon at Fair Grounds, by cour
tesy of the American Legion. This
w'iil b- paid for out of funds for the
Reunion, but Dr. Sidney L. Waites
President of the Rotary Club, and
Covington Rotarian.s have taken this
for their project to put. on th*
luncheon in grand style.
Mrs. Dennis has named the fol
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Fl'CMCeS CdtldlcT
Returns n , to , Ranaotpti
Miss Frances Candler, of Coving
ton. Ga.. will return to Randotph
Macon Woman's College for her
junior year, when that institution
opens 11 s forty-seventh session next
week.
New Set-up For Game Licenses |
Announced by Charles N. Elliott !
Distribution of Georgia hunting!
and fishing licenses by the Slate|
Revenue Department effective Oc
tober l. was announced Tuesday by
Licenses now in the hands of
ordinaries and sporting
Sep,ember w M, MW »«■ «na
applications thereafter must be,
made by mail or in person to the
Revenue Department in Atlanta
Mr. Elliott said $25,000 worth of
hunting and fishing license? prob
ably would be sold throughout th.
state under the old plant before the
deadline. Last year a total of $147.
000 accrued to the Wild Life
vision from this source. Th? direct
or ? rimated the stair would save I
$12,000 to $15,000 annually j
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now paid in ageni fees, under the
new system
Arrangements were made by the
division to distribute 750.000 appli
cation blanks to ordinaries, sheriffs
hardware stores and banks. Rang
ers, he said, have been instructed to
neeme no, ye, re.ehed ,he pur
chaser
The penalty for hunting or fish
mg wit houi a license, or evidence of
application. Is a minimum of $25
fine or 30 days in jait, and a maxi
mum of $200 fine or 90 days in jail.
Mr Elliott’ announced a drtva 1
would be made by the state to col- 1
an estimated $31,000 in detin- j
quent license returns, owed hr
,
agents who have failed to rtemit col
lections.