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bvington has just entertained
[Veterans and Sons of Con
rate Veterans at their Reunion
Convention . . we were hon
.
to have them and from every
open to guests of the Con
e, how they fell in
ion. we hear
jth their guests . • . Dr. and
w entertained
S L. Waites
L Oswald Eve. of Augusta.
" was the Commander of the
of Georgia . • . the last day
ie Convention -Mrs. Waites said
that she hoped we would
tie conventions and she
more “Judge
j entertain a dozen
He was so sweet and
ious everybody fell in love
i him then we went to
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Wand last week-end for the
am s convention ... all dres
f or a banquet the first evening
n a group from Augusta came
,,of course Judge Eve was the
first person we asked about
they told me he had died
e days ago ■ • . suddenly as he
f ed along the street . . . with
leery good morning to his
ids as he passed them . . . then I
lenlv he fell, gasped once ...;
was gone! This came as a!
L tn us and to this entire
piunity • • > we are doubly re
| for all our eiforts in trying to
this last Convention, for
|, a success our only regret
feat we- did not complete the
[nization jur and of the had Son’s promised camp
city we
| to see that this was done be-
1 June. We will! We were
knizing it in honor of our own
[ved Mr. Rufus I Meadors told them . . I .
id at a meeting
they would let me suggest
name for the camp . . . The
Ls Meadors Camp . . . but
fee Eve sopke up and said it
Ed not be named for a living
fiber ... as we do in other
knizations, even U. D. C. . . .
if we cannot carry out our
ks to name it for our Precious
ietheart of the 60’s . . . then
[us organize and name it the
paid Eve camp . . . How little
[ he think, just two weeks ago
[this Camp he was helping me
jrganize would be named for
! Hearts in Covington Weed 1
1 friends and relatives through- j
the State for this beloved '
n." We have never known a
t man, and we know' that his
iurn here has been an inspira
to all with whom he came in
tact , . . we know that many
b have been enriched for hav
had the slightest contact with
life . , , and we know' that he i
set an example here that will
e its effect on many lives. If
1 of us could so live that the
Id would be better for having
us here for a brief time . . .
1 happy we would be.
unswick and the Cloister,
u, “- “
es proud in entertaining the
'anians and the Kiwan-i
NES in their cities The
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sta" was headquarters, but
* W U° were not lucky enough
let reservations enjoyed the
Ethorpe and other hotels thrilled! in
nswick . . We were
! getting in at the Cloister
president Nat Turner and '
...
'tha, had the same rooms they
once before there and so did
key and Sara Trammell . .
h and A1 Davis having de
. . .
d at the last minute to go.
e stationed in St. Simons . .
a good time was had by all”
v irgU Eady stole the whole
and the hearts of a thousand 1
f whe n they heard him sing,
*e convention song leader |
. . .
j e the Kiwanis Club of Brifns-;
k kok the ladies on a tour
. . .
land Martha took us to some
|' I eir kui PU all "spots” on a little pri
ie thrilled our own ... and we
lamed with Jekyl Island . .
by Oglethorpe in 1686 in
F/if Imbmeri Sir Joseph Jekyl, who
I R generously to found
■ co 'ony. It was here that;
mderer," a ship laden with
I-unded in 1858, with its last
PM of slaves for this country.
lS e ht ag i,°i“i;, ste ,
Ff-and limbs stretching across
|v. P aver) ue. shading a
]r Rrrv’th. La
to cairy the hundreds a of
Bs 01 laiy
0 .
ov er them Streamers
d in . . . were
the ball r rooms and dining
,6 a1 the Hotels but out in
. . .
open, these trees looked like
Were decorated just for the
asio n . 1 Put my hand
' over
JRR* m ais grandeur as if 'o ask for silence
'£* U ... underneath
'. a r>’ history « old oaks Oh. . . Oaks
... if they
(14 L L S n P f 6ak y^leryear ’ lho 5tories : ^ey
HenS . . we
(l.nded E 6 qUie and l neSS 1 was ° f
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b ih underneath a ,
[. , h H these oaks
| n L ; m mH1 T ^U'aht. arri Coffiris Whose ' ’ -
kontin h th mar-
1 ont)n upQ ' s mscripH?>n “Du
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Volume 75
COUNTY FAIR NOW IN FULL SWING i
Red Cross Plans Annual Roll Call
Inhn Rin4!mnn>Nom»<l
o Red j r Cross ru Chairman ■
For Drive Next Month
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Judge Oswald Eve, of Augusta,
Georgia, who presided as Com
mander of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans at the Convention held
here recently, passed away sud
denly last Saturday on the streets
of Augusta, from a heart attack.
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IN UAL UFA
United States Looks Forward j
_ Abundant , , _ rood ,
Larder.
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“The United States can look for
ward to an abundant 1940 food,
to a production level well in line
with th° abundance of the last two}
seasons,” so says Secretary of Ag
rieulture Henry A. Wallace. “Meat [
supplies wi 11 be larger than m any
0 * thp vear5 since 1934 ‘ The p ,g
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increased about 15 cent .
cro P per in
1938 and ,he 1939 pig crop is ex '
Pected to be about as large as in
an v of the T ears from 1925 to 1933
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cpd supplies for 1939-40 will be
abundant. Beef supplies for the
next 12 months may ex-ceed those
of the P ast T ear - The P umber nf
dair y cattle is increasing. The
su PPii e s of dairy products will bo
somewhat smaller than the large
supphes of 1938-39 but per ca P‘t a
supplies will be larger than for the j
P er ' od 1925-29 Supplies of poul
tr - v and will he larger. They
will be above the 1925-29 average
However, per capita supplies, par
ticularly of eggs, will be consider
ably lowe rthan for 1925-29. Sup
plies of edible fats an doils will be :
ample. Lard production will be
increased sharply.”
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The News Otice
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Senior English Class at The
Livingston * School
- Inspect Paper.
The Senior English class of the
Livingston High school visited
News office Monday to observe how
newspapers are printed. , J The class, ,
has been studying newspaper writ
ing and to climax the study got
some first hand information con
corning newspaper work.
Those included in the class are:
Sara Moss. Lititia Hollingsworth,
Sara Alice McGiboney, Sara Vca
SrbU Kelley :
Marip Alexander, Mary chaf m' Mai
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Steadham, Pie Almond, Doris Hicks
Mary King. Nellie King. Ray Stead
| ham, Johnnie Hoop-r. Stewar*
; Chestnut ^ C. Bales, Joe WUson
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Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star. Est 1874
Urge Co-operation of Public
In Drive to Secure
Members.
ROLL CALL CHAIRMAN
NEEDED TO SECURE
FUNDS FOR RED CROSS
Community Chairmen Will
Be Named by Mr.
Birchmore.
County Chairman of the American
Red Cross. A. L. Loyd, announced
this week that John Birchmore hao
been named to serve as Roll Cali
Chairman for 1939.
Mr. Birchmore accepted the posi
following a conference with T. G
Callaway, Jr., who served as roll
call chairman last year. The Roll
Call chairman is one of the most
important posts in the Red Cross
work as all money received is se
cured through the efforts of this of
ficer. The post calls for a great
amount of time and work.
Mr. Loyd stated this week that
the. success of the Red Cross in this
section and elsewhere is due direct
ly to the Roll Call chairman whn
goes out and secures help and mon
ev to be ased for the needy or in
emergency. He expressed his
ciation to Mr. Birchmore for his ac
ceptance and cooperation at
time as well as in the past.
Mr. Birchmore will, at a later
date. name community chairmen
and representatives in all parts of
t; ■ count y- 80110015 wiu ais0 be ro P'
resented in the button sale. The Roil
Caj! jg held in November each year
and plans are now in the making
for the greatest Roll Call in history
Recently James L. Fieser, Na
H° na l vice-chairman, addressed a
ficia!s in each county “to kick the
quotas out the window' and go the
limit in the forthcoming member
ship drive.' 1
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Mniirf IlCWlUIl An fnimfrv VUUIIlj
Are Registered at University
of Georgia for The
1939-40 Term.
ATHENS. Ga.. Oct. 17-Thirteen
students from Newton County have
enrolled in the University of Geor
gja accord j n g to records in the reg
istrar - s 0 ffj c e. Students have come
frpm evevrv one 0 [ Georgia s 159
countjes along with students from
32 o(hpr gtates and the District of
CoJumbla and f rom six foreign
countries
with 3 m p?rsons enr oiled. Geor
s all _ timP registration records
have been smashed again. Students
are enrolled from California to Ver
mont and from North Dakota to
Texas for training in special fields
offered at the University. Most of
I Porei g n students are enrolled from
Canada. Germany. Cuba. Turkey
canal Zone and Puerto Rico.
A1! dormitories are filled to ca
pacity. Increased enrollment with
decreasing state appropriations keep
the University hard - pushed to
maintain adequate standards and <o
hold hold better qualified faculty mem
00 50 Although the en
ailment . has doubled douW* since 1930.
there has ^ ^
appropriations and^^0^ recent fin- jm
1 ancial crkl ‘ s
.
d ^ ^ PP P this fad
Amo B t den t,s enrolled
e ^“in.Jno.LLa,la- coun
_ j william D. Hampton.
siici. Mil re jk
Howard ^th^ mo^ne _ McDonald McDonald
Reuben L. Robe . ■ k
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Dpcars. Ed««rd ■ - ’ BgrnM
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u. T-pnell. Jr., Narny White.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
NEW c o m munity house project approved
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Pictured above is an artist’s sketch of the new Newton County community house which -wall be
erected at Academy Springs Park within the near future. The project was sponsored by the local pos1
of the American Legion. <Drawing by Mitchell Wright, engraving by Covington New's).
SURPLUS FOODS
II UFA
Pill II CUT!
304 Families Receive Aid
During Past Several
Days.
[ During the past thirty days, ac
corr jing to figures released by Dis
trict Commodity Supervisor Frank
c - Groover the county of Newton
received and distributed commodi
ties having a total value of $847.30
Surplus food commodities are is-;
sued to and consumed by needy and
indigent persons on the county re
lief rolls. In Newton County, a to
tal of 304 families participated in
and received a portion of these com
modities. This Is an average month s
distribution. Mr. Groover stated.
Thm will ^ no spec tacular in
crease j n volume, nor. on the other
band w ill there be any decided de
crease. New purchase programs now
being started by the Federa' Sur
plus Commodities Corporation will
just about balance out those being
concluded and volume and variety
will remain about the same, al
though the individual commodities
will change considerably. There may
be a slight trend in favor of the
purchase of fresh fruit and perish
able commodities
The distribution of commodities
and foodstuffs in all counties is
conducted b .v and under the regula
jon the state Welfare Depart
ment Governor Rivers has stated
that tbe commodity Distribution
g j. jj. one 0 j the most import
, and act i ve phases of his welfare
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DAY SUNDAY (
STATE MISSION
NOTICE—MEMBERS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
0 CTOBER is especially significant set in apart the life of State Georgia Mission and
Southern Baptists, because it is as
month. The emphasis at this season upon Statb Missions
. Day
reaches its climax in the observance of State Mission on
Sunday School. , .
Sunday, October 22. at the First Baptist Church
( The observance of State Mission Day in Georgia will include
\ the presentation of an informing program setting forth interest
facts regarding our far-reaching and important State Mission
ing afford opportunity for a special offering .
activities and will an
for the support of State Mission work.
The number of churches and Sunday Schools observing
Mission Day has been steadily increasing from year fo
State indications that the observance
year, and there are encouraging
the day this year will be even more widespread than hereto
of
fore.
a offering on State Mission Day is necessary to the
eenerous import
port of our State Mission program, which is of vital
' ( orl t0 )he work in our own State, but to every phase
service. To magnify State Missions wfll be to
srs?*—* , v phase of our co-operative missionary, benevo
^ su,e *"
missions.
Bring special offering to Sunday School this Sabbath.
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Tn Ui.~ )BER 19, 1939. s c single copy
G «°'s« To St^ °f erate 1 * c °»ii °" n “ s,ale K " nds
“ctrfel
$133.55 Paid by State During
The Past Few
Day*.
Unemployed workers in Newton
County were paid $133 55 in bene
fits by the Bureau of Unemploy
ment Compensation during the week
ending October 7. 1939, it was an
nounced today. Number of pay
ments was reported at twenty-five,
Total payments to Georgia work
ers .ihat week amounted to $60,786 -
15. represented by 9174 checks
which went into 121 counties of the
state.
Four hundred fifty payments foi
$3,658.43 to workers in other states
who previously had established wage
credits in Georgia brought the to
tal to $64.444 58.
Number and amount of check
maiied by the Bureau ranged from
one check for $1.55 in Bryan coun
t.y to 2,397 checks for $19,618.01 in
th'e Atlanta Area, which include
Fulton and D-Kalb counties.
Two Oxford Students
At Piedmont College
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Two Oxford students were initi
ated into Piedmont College socie
ties this week. Miss Emily George
became a member of the Theta Zeta
Phi Literary Society, while Mr.
bert Berry became a member of
j. S. Green Society. Initiation in
eluded eating peas with a knife.
fishing in a tin pail, and scrubbing
with a tooth brush.
American Legion Post
Reports Large Crowds sJLf.
On First Three Days > » *
HEFT TRICOIT!
P
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C. B. Drennan Acts as Master
of Ceremonies During
Entertainment
MONROE CHOSEN AS !
CITY FOR THE NEXT
MEETING IN JANUARY
Porter dale Lodge Acts As
Hosts; Provides Splendid
Entertainment.
The Tri-County Masonic Associa
tion held its quarterly meeting at
Porterdale last Thursday night. The
meeting was held wdth the Porter
dale Masonic Lodge as hosts and
proved to be a very enjoyable af
fair.
Mr. C. B. Drennan. Past Master.
of Porterdale, acted as master oi
ceremonie s during the program and
entertainment which followed.
Tri-County Masonic Association is
composed of Masonic Lodges in the
counties of Newton. Rockdale and
and was formed to bring a
1 closer fellowship among lodges in
these counties,
Mr. Drennan called the meeting
to order and introduced Rev- L. M.
Lyda, who made a most interesting
talk in extending a welcome to the
various visitors. He also spoke in
terestingly of experiences among
Moennin Masonic IdHoac odges.
The visitors were then entertained
by several selections b y the F ? ur
Square Club quartet. The quartet
rendered .several religious *ongs in
an entertaining manne mantlPr .
Mr. Drennan then introduced Bel
monl Dennis, editor of The Coving
ton News who spoke on the
Tools of Masonry Mr . Dennis is a
Past Msuster of a South Carolina
|fldge and a mem ber of Masonic
of CoV i ng ton.
Mr expressed the appre
ciation of the Porterdale Masonic
for the speakers and enter
tainers Following this a delicious
plate i U nch composed of sandwiches
and salad was served together with
ice cold Coca-Cola During the serv
mg the Porterdale Jazz. Orchestra
under the direction of Mr. Bashin
ski. rendered several selections
Group singing was then enjoyed
James L. Savage is Worshipful
Master of the Porterdale Masons.
At the conclusion of the program
the meeting of the Tri-County Con
vention was called to order by Col
Abe Loyd, Master. Mr. Loyd ex
p v'sed appreciation for the de
lightful program and stated the pur
pose of the convention.
Several talks were made by mem
bers present and Monroe was chos
rn for the next meeting place which
will be held on the second Thurs
day in January. The convention
was (bpn ad ) 0 urned in due form
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InCVeClSe . OT t Jlf
Members Clt iV OVtH
Covington Church
An increase of 20 members was
announced Sunday night at t,b -
North Covington Methodist Church
following a series of meetings Dr
H. C. Emory and Rev. T. M. Sulli
van district superintendent, did tbe
preaching.
Palmer - Stone on
School of the Air
The Palmer-Stone Music and Ex
pression students will broadcast
their School of the Air program nn
der the direction of Mis. Eve'* *
Estes, over WSB Radio station.
Wednesday afternoon. October 2*
^
at 4:30 o'clock. Eastern Standard!
Time. 1
Governor Rivera Diverts
Funds from Highway
Department.
Schools in Covington. Newton j
County and throughout the state
ccntinued to operate this week as
Governor Rivers expressed his de
I termination to keen the schools
1 en,
The Governor Tuesday said that
he would divert highway funds to
school purposes as an emergency
measure to keep the schools in op
eration until the legislature meets
and provides some other method. He
commented that he knew the High
way Department would suffer from
the , reduction . of its budget, but all
other departments were in the same:
b °ri'
• w m 1 u r! n ,h P
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* * a "JJ 7 thLrediicedLudee!
Governor tnat tne reaucea Duagei
would compel the Highway Depart
™nt <0 defaul in the payment of
$500,000 on highway construction
contracts and declared that the de-i
partment already owes $1,000,000 in
ei1,p or P ast due obligations. A 20
mr cent reduction was made in the
highway department budget in or
del ' t0 allow the school funds from:
this source.
The Governor said he would not
actually divert highway funds r j wnh
no intention of paying them back.:
except as a last resort when he be
comes convinced that the General
Assembly will not settle the state’s
fiscal problems. It is not known at
this time whether this sum will be
of sufficient help to keep the schools
en *^e full time. i
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Bishop Decell | |
Oxford Speaker }
Students at Oxford Hear the
Bishop Discuss ’‘World
Needs.” 1
flect f 0 0P fthe .,i , _ Methodist _. ’ pPeS Conferences ... f nR oi , ' j
of Georgia and Alabama, spoke at
1 the chapel exercises of Emory at
Oxford Tuesday
' The world needs men and women
who will stand for something.’’ de- j
dared the visitor in discussing the
subject of “Self - preservation.”
Bishop Decell, who visits Oxford
about once each year, was welcomed j
and introduced by Dean George S j I
Roach
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Services at Love jog
Church on Sunday
There will be services at Lovejoy;
M. E. Church Sunday morning at
11:30 o’clock. Preaching by the pas
tor The public is invited.
NOTICa
Pay your State and County Tax.
Books now open for collection of
State. County and Intangible Tax
S. M. HAY. Tax Collector
Newton County.
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IH” PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
NUMBER 42
Many Exhibits of Unusual
Interest Now On
Display.
AMERICAN LEGION
BEGINS DRIVE FOR
LARGER MEMBERSHIP
Moody Summers and Others
Are Re-elected to
Office.
Record breaking crowds are ex
pected Thursday, Friday and Satur
day at the Newton County Fair, ac
cording to American Legion o ff ic—
ials who ar e making elaborate plans :
to welcome the visitors during the
last three days.
The crowds have increased each
day and night since the Fair op
ened Monday at noon. The general
public have heard from those who
attended, according to T. L. Mc
Mu!llnt one of the Legion officials
The people have now seen that thi
1939 Newton County Fair is one ol
the biggest ever held in this section
and are coming to see the many
features of interest, Mr. McMuilin
sa 'd
Much time and money were spent
Jea * ° n th * hun hreds of exhib
on display in the large buildings.
The livestock and poultry show is
also an outstanding feature and “the
i cream o! Th<i cr °P > n Newton coun
ma ' ^ SPen - Various featuies m
elude the livestock tent; the cattle -
and poultry tent; school exhibits
from Covington Covington Mills,
Porterdale, Mansfield, Newborn,
Livingston, Heard - Mixon, Palmer
Stone. Starrsville and from the col
ored school on Washington street.
Women's Clubs and individuals
from all parts of the county have
exhibits (hat will be of much in
tO CIVIC 17lind6u PPOpIP. A H®
4 . H Club ha , a most inte resting dis
p)ay Qf merchandis< .. other exhibiu
of interest include the Spanish Am
erican War veterans. Department of
Agriculture, County Graduate Nurs
cs. Salem Project. Pine Grove Home
improvement Club and others,
^ carni val is large and has
p - n ty of rides, shows and features.
They have two ferris wheels; tilt-a
whirl; Octapus, Airplane swing,
merry-go-round and numerous rides
for the youngsters. The shows in
c ] U de varied attractions from all
parts of the world. Special added
attractions is the shooting of a
man from a cannon and the burying
of a man wh0 wi ,i rem ain buried
un tu Saturday,
The American Legion has made
eV ery effort to offer the people of
Newton County a good clean mod
ern f a j r . The money received will be
used to build the new Community
Club House at Academy Springs (
p ar k
A drive to increase the member
sb j p pf the local American Legion
pos t j s now underway with Leon Co- ‘
ben captain of one side and Leo>
Marien. captain of the other. The
i os j n g side will entertain th? win
ners on t bp fj rs t Monday night in..
Dec-mbcr
The Legion has a drive on to se- v ;
cure 125 members They now have
93 and every indication poin* to',
the success of this undertaking.
Election of officers was held re
cently with the following being re
elected: Moody Summers Com
mander; Frank Meadors, vice-com
mander; Guy Rogers, Adjutant;,!
Tom McMuilin was named secretary,.
Perfect Attendance
Dna at the First
Methodist Church
Perfect Attendance day win be ob~
served at the First Methodist church
Sunday morning. All members c£*
the Methodist Sunday Scrool are
especially urged to be present to as-* 1
sure perfect attendance of their!
class. Efforts are being made to have t
100 per cent in all classes according*
to John Birchmore Superintendent *
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REGISTRATION NOTICE
If you are not already registered
• ou may do so now Books close No-~
->rb:r 29th, 1939. City Election De-'
cember 18th.
J. H WOOD City Clerk.
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