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tragedy which befell the
mother in Oxford in the
her three months old twins
thrill of horror through the
of every mother and filled
lart' 0 f all with sympathy
ey were just as dear to her
baby is to you . . and the
r
uy burned practically be
tar eyes makes the tragedy
terrible . • Life is so un
.
[ I and tragedy through lurks the every- grace
,. only
I re we spared . . When
[<j a
i look at others bereaved
Limed we selfishly thank
is not one of our loved
sometimes this worries
,
that we should be glad
,
was someone else who is
ng from grief or misfortune
, e have often wondered at
id other things which are
our understanding and
fc cease to wonder . . . cease
TV and fret ... we know
1 things work together for
r those who love Him and
ember to enjoy the life
las given us and cease to
and fret , it has taken
imp to learn to abide by His
t the earlier we bgein to do
> quicker peace will come to
jl,, . The Bank of Coving
vclors paid a splendid trilo
0U1 beloved citizen who
away recently ... In pay
or and tribute to Robeit R.
■ Sr., they gave honor to
honor was due . . . which
Is us . . . “You may break,
tav shatter the vase, if you
jut found the scent of the rose Though will
frit it still.” • • •
of the President of the
oi Covington has returned
[who gave it the echo of his
counsel and kindly riispo
jwill ever linger in its ad
ation . . . Your Office Boy
stwitter as we prepare to
y to the ancient city of
Eton for the General Con
S of the United Daughters
[Confederacy of that ... we It are is giv
ng regret chil
| iut the work with our
with a feeling of happi
est we will once more be
S settle down to a routine
long the ones we love in our
lul city . * * Our health
bj? to retire from real active
ind we arc planning to once
le able to know our neigh
id revel in the happiness of
quietly after two enjoyable
working with the Children
Confederacy . . . Charleston
rely place and we wish we
ake each and every one
•nds with us . . . the lovely
on the Battery ... Old St
it's Church where
Igton worshiped on his visit
.. the statue of William
jrith in one arm shot 1812 off by His- the
the War of . . .
py street with narrow King
[till paved with cobblestones
pas brought over from the
jntry as the ballast beautiful by the sail
p ,. , moss
I tree? which shade the
tand the high fences which
d the houses to keep the
I of olden times from en
■. it is all there and often
walk along the streets in
quarters near the water
ou can almost image some
uckling blade is behind you
o place the point of his
tatween your shoulders and
l ‘‘Your money or your
The Geechie language
by the negroes of Charles
heard only in that locality
id as and short e’s make a
guage recognized as Char
own ... We wilt be as
once mote with our young
[hough I is going for as be Chairman joy of
to a . . .
fhaps I somewhat of a trial
track of about 80 young
I 1 'but it will be a joy to
Pr beloved President Gen
P r last convention as Pres
Fweral . , We are over
f y the splendid record being
our American Legion in
t • ■ • it is a real live or
ion ar id now that it has
ie d and realized its respon
tn the community as such.
® ut time the ladies formed
'“ a ry and work shoulder to
> with our "Buddies” to
i , nn County a more en
Ur!” l ?- ! lve iust bccause
P ‘ fhments 0t ,he
L and u RUXlllary And
t ' ' •
Ph b?' , n ° Urpacking
wi s 0 f ach u nf our read
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I I in ihp ■ "'oc and half in
V l slde s ‘ on 8 it? path advances
, the sun's upon
| l nat >» e'er , H meet ihy
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hat dr,ub 'y sure fo,
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up •
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Volume 75
FOUR CITY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE
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Every Member Rally At Church
T 1
FIS RE ELECTION
Councilmen Heard, Wright
and Norri* Announce
For Re-election.
ELECTION WILL BE
HELD ON THE THIRD
MONDAY IN DECEMBER
All Persons Desiring to Vote
Should Register With
City Clerk.
Mayor S. A. Ginn and three city
councilmen announced this week as,
candidates to succeed themselves to
office and are without dpposition.
The announcements of Mayor
Ginn and Councilmen F. E. Heard
R. A. Ncrris and C. W. Wright ap
pear in this issue of the News. The
election to fill these offices will be
held on he third Monday in De
cember which is on Monday the
18th. All present officials have
served more than one term and have
taken active part in all affairs of
the city government.
The terms of two members of the
City Board of Education also ex
pire on January 1- These member?
are N. S. Turner and Leon Cohen.
They have not yet announced their
intentio to run for another term,
but frieds are active in urging them
to announce. The Board of Educa
tion has made a fine record during
the recent and present crisis and
have succeeded in keeping the
schools open despite the fact that
funds have been greatly reduced by
the state. Mr. Cohen is proprietor of
the W. Cohen Company Department
Store in this city. Mr. Turner Is an
official of the Covington Mills.
Mayor Ginn has served as the
head of the ritv government for
the past three terms and much pro
gress has been made under his di
rection and leadership He is pro
prietor of the Ginn Motor Company.
Ciunciiman F. E. Heard has served
for several terms and is also Just
ice of the Peace for this district
R. A. Norris, Mayor pro tem, is one
of the oldest members from point
of service tnd is proprietor of the
Norris Hardware Company. Coun
the past two terms and is Assistant
Manager of the Atlantic Ice and
Coal Company. these
Announcements of each of
candidates may be found elsewhere
in this issue of the News. Attention
of voters is called to the closing o;
the registration books this month.
Any person desiring to vote should
rPgis t P r immediately
Red Cross Will
Begin Roll Call
Great Increase In Need
People _
• of Various
Cited.
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To meet the urgent requests and
greater demands being made on tne
Red Crass of Georgia must do its
part to “keep the Red Cross ready to
meet any and every emergency,’ by
increasing its membership enroll
ment at least, 50 per cent, Abit Nix.
slate roll call chairman, declared
this week.
Urgent appeals for surgical sup
plies, hospital garments, refugee
garments, knitted socks, sweaters
and caps, as well as convalescent
robes, from the European nations.
have increased the responsibilities
of the Red Cross at horn and abroad.
a 40 per cent increae in Army and
Navy personnel likewise adds to the
responsibilities of the Red Cross.
Disasters in our own country
numbere 157 during 1938. Mr- Nix
further stated, “Georgians can read
ily understand that if the Red Cross
continues to carry on its regular
program for the prevention and re
bef of human suffering as well a*
the added responsibilities, we must
increase our memberships during
t h e b, 0 h call which begins in Geor
gia soon.
John Birchmore is Roll Call chair
man for Newton County. A staff of
workers will attempt to visit all
sections of Covington. Porterdaie
and throughout the county within
the next few weeks,
the ne.,t several weeks.
(Borgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874,
Scene At Tenth Anniversary Party Of Covington Garden Club !
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Emory at Oxford
Glee Club Named
For New Season
Loca , g ] ncluded in The
List Announced by
Officials.
Forty-seven students have been
named to positions in Emory at Ox
ford's Glee club, rated second only
to the famed Glee club of Emory
University of Atlanta. Ga. known
as the “Souths sweetest singers."
according to the announcement
made this week by Professor V. Y. C.
Eady. Director, following the third
try-out in Haygood Hall Monday
night.
Tb<1 c ] ub secretary, Wallace Per
kjnSj jss UP( j this tentative list: Rus
wl | B a jies. Edgar Barksdale. James
B eal 'fL Norman Becker, Nicky Bol
ton> Rqv B othwell. Clifton Brooks
Jack Burnette, Lewis Carlton V
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Hug;h Darden. Edwin Douglas
George Griffin, Jack Harrison, A
L. Horton Alton Jenkms, Henn
Jennings. Bisbee Laite, Steve Me
Cutchen. Eugene Naiie.
Win.e Wingate e Penick . Wallace Perkins,
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George Roacn Jr., not
Bobby Shingler, Martin Smith. Paul
Swann, Wilbur Tarpley, Hugh Wii-1
ro\ Sonny Williams. Willie Wilson
selton He b "Lr™”r
sMck,,"” am', w.«: k ”’ b °“
George Fuller, Richard Hadaway
Bill Loadholtes. Roy WcWaters.
Homer O'Callaghan. Reed Sessions.
Lester Tharpe. and Ed. Wilkinson.
Officers of the club for 1939-40
are : Willie Wilson, President; Paul
Swann. kins, secretary and measure , ^ ■
Roach. Jr., business manager and
Gaines Brewster, associate business
manager. Wilson and ,!
Louis Carlton Willie
Bisbee Laite are the Club s specw
soloists. Fia„ a new Laite mem of ^rpon • Spnnjs.
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on several special programs fo
i 0 us organizations in oo 8
Newton County, and ■
much praise. It ’ s P ^ Pc a) .
Laite will fid the \acan y mftdp bv ■ |
j Ricardo Repilado. the accomplished
soloist of last years club.
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(JQvift fftOO Sflldcilts
tt/;,, Wilt UlSll District ICl tltmui HoilOVS 9
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two Covington students won hon-,
ors ] as t Friday in Athens when they
were a warded first places in the
District School of the Air contest,
Dan Greer took first place in piano
f or Grammar schools He is in the
fifth grade and a music pupil of
m, ss Fletcher Lou Lunsford. Eudora,
D unn. pupil of Mrs. John Callaway,
flrs t place in voice. She is in
won
the eleventh grade. These two
de nLs will contest for first place in
the state contest in June
Covinffton Mill*
( Church nuren O Services
Services will be held Sunday
morning and evening at the Cov
ington 'tills Methodist Church
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fore the conference
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Pictured above are the officers and hostesses of the meeting
celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Garden Club. Pictured, left
to right in top picture are Mrs. W. O. Benton, Jr., of Monticello; Mrs.
R H Patterson, president; Mrs. E. E. Callaway, immediate
president: Mrs. S. A. Ginn, Mrs. George Cochran, Mrs. W. O. Patter
son, Mrs. Warren Stillwell, Mrs. Godfrey Trammell and Mrs. Edmund
Jordan. In the picture below is Mrs. Leon Cohen pictured cutting the
beautiful two-tiered birthdav cake which was served at the celebration
^ ^ home o{ Mrs _ George Cochran.
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Twin # Boys Are A FI Burned 1 to
Death Monday at Oxford, Ga.
rp WQ nPgro children were burned
^ dpat h Monday afternoon when
thpjr homf , in oxford was destroyed
^ {jre Thp children were the
three _ months 0 ,d twin boys of Car
Cannon.
About nine o'clock in the morning
g fjfe was discovcr ed and it was
th(>ught that it ha d been
uished. That afternoon about three
o . c]ock wh;lp the mother was work
Jn (hp bark } . ard 0 f the home
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® a( the Covington Presby
terian church for Sunday, Novem
bpr 12 have been announced a*j
follows
9:45 A M.. Sunday School
ll 00 A. M., Worship service. Pas
tor preaching on topic What Price
peace *. Members of local post of
American Legion will be honor
s ^
6;45 A M., Young People s League.
7:30 P. M Song 9;rvice and de
votional me..ag , , A Seaside Ser
mon.
UTMtlire •.
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tO. IS . MUH hlCOVVOVated pv
Ramsey Furniture Company, re
cently incorporated, opens the fall
nthis week with the first of
seaso advertisements Tne
a series of
new {irm Will be under the manage
ment i of r* c n Rnmsev ' who w–si 1
named Presidedt. \ Th i P ^ bDenins ad ’
is unique in ' carries !
and youngest
member.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939.
she discovered that the house was
enveloped in flames. A negro man
who was passing attempted to enter
the home and rescue the children
but smoke and fire forced him to re
turn before the children were res
cued
The home was completely de
stroyed by fire and the bodies of the
infants were found lying on the
springs of the bed charred beyond
recognition.
Citu L llff Ddhei RnkPVIJ ff () VpUlX IIP HR
NeiV M(WCiaement
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The Covington Bakery, under new
management, opened . Saturday .
a
the same location near the Piggiy
Wiggly Store. The new bakery is
under the management of V M
poster, who has had wide exper- 1
lence ln bakeries throughout the
g ou th. Mr. Foster expects to handle
the best materials in order to
best quality products bakery fresh,
Miss Helen Harris has been eni
ployed as assistant in the sales de
partment. The public Ls invited and
urged to visit the new bakery.
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If a*’ .. .. (lYpitlPY Will
Speak At i, n / j i
Mrs. Annie Laurie Greiner who
has spent the past two years in the
Orient and India, serving as a mis-;
sionary, will speak of her work in
those countries Sunday evening at
tne Julift A Porter Methodist
Church- A cordial invitation to oth
pr denominations in and around,
Porterdaie has been extended by
Re»\ Ernest C. Sweatnam.
American Legion
Local Post Holds
I Monthly Meeting
Report of the Fair Committee
Shows Tha tFair Was
Huge Success.
The N e wton Cnnntv hi Pnct „f tv.* '
American Amencan Lea Legmn on held a meeting
Monday night at the Masonic Tem
P e Approximately 75 were present
and . an interesting meeting was en
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The fair committee reported a
successful fair with a total of $800
paid out as premiums. The com
mittee stated the fair was a success
both financially and in the number
of exhibits.
The two teams working on mem
bership have been unusually suc
cessful and the membership of the
local past now stands at 103 The tw'o
teams will continue to work for new
members tintil the first Monday
night in December, when a banquet
j will be held and the losers will have
t0 Pnterta j n t he winners as their
„ uests at thp banquet
J pd 1 «nd ™ stated T he u was ^ very well
! pleased with the cooperation the Le
Igion had received in staging the
lair fair and and expressed expjessed his hi? thanks thanks to to the the
T, Lion Sb^Tre mvtted
to Led attend the ild Convers fair ,vln being
staged bv by the t Rockdale e County Post t
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stated that the 1940 membership
card would be honored as an ad
mission ticket to the fair.
The local post Ls at its peak in
membership and service to the com
munity and is to be reckoned as one
of the leading civic organizations of
the county in the future. Plans are j
being discussed regarding the form
ing of an auxiliary in the near fu- j
ture. This would link the ladies in
with the Legion and render their in
fluence even more valuable to the
county .
Progress was reported- on the Le
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w ’o ik would be continued on same
until it Ls completed, which should
be some time in 1940. It was voted:
to attend tlie Presbyterian Church
Sunday in a body to hear an Armts
Rcp Ga y addrPSS by the pastor, Rev.
Sidney Gates
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Work on the store in the Masonic
buildint Ls nearing completion this
week as plans were made for sever
al changes around the square. It is
reporter that Andrews Cafe will
move int, othe new store building 1
soon and install a modern restau
rant Wltb new€st equipment The
Rogers Stoe. now located next door
Andrews Cafe, will take O'er thisj
and install the a super-market j
according to report
Sinffitlff Convention
At Hiffh Point
The Newton County Singing As
soeiation will meet at High Point I
Church near Covington Sunday, No- ■
vember 12th at 2 P M.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Members of First Baptist
Church Urged to Attend
Eleven O’clock Services
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS GIVEN BT
COIlin AGENT
$61,000,000 Is Received on
1939 Price Adjustment
Payments.
Newton County has already re
ceived approviately $61.000 00 on the
Price Adjustment Payment or 1939.
This is the bulk of the payments as
most of the remainder consists of
late signers and applications with
errors.
We have had numbers of inquir
ies regarding vaccination of chick
ens for chicken pox or commonly
known sorehead. When the vaccin
ation is used it should be done dur
ing the summer when the pullets
are about 8 to 10 weeks of age and
weigh about 1% pounds. We would
not advise vaccination of grown
birds since the reaction is pretty
strong. If your chicks have sorehead
j we would give them about 1 pound
of ppsom ^ per hundred birds in
a wet mash feed. Any birds severely
affected so that their eyes close up
should .have individual treatment.
Pull the eyes open each day and
mop with a strong boric acid solu
tion. If this is not done the eyes
will very often be blinded. For se
vere sores on the comb and wattles
thorough mopping with iodine is
recommended by be sure not to get
tbis in the eye.
If you have not carried out enough
practices under the AAA program
to earn your full Class 2 payments
you have til January 1st to com
plete the job. It is still early enough
t0 seed hairy vetch. Austrian winter
P cas and ls late enough to set trees.
The tre <* will cost about $2.00 per
thousand and an acre set to trees
CO unts 5 units
November Ls the month to prune
grape and scuppernong vines- II j
done during this month they wUl
not bleed ,<!0 severe, J'- If it is neces
^ISU" Cm
with a b,ow torch - The burning j
t^nds to control bleeding. * '
^ orchardists pre er to set I
fruit trees during November. If your
home orchard does not supply am
ple fruit for your farm needs we
would be glad to advise with you
concerning varieties and sources,
from which you may purchase trees I
at low cost.
Quite a number of farmers ln the
t , p harvest in E lesoedeza
d -rhe yield* in some ctuses have
bpen very' satisfactory. Where this
is done the cost of seeding land
next summer is greatly reduced- If
your lespedeza is not good enough |
for hay or seed harvpst we wou!d i
suggest just leaving the land to re
^ ^ You wi)1 not get
credit for Class 2 payments under
the AAA for this natural reseeding
but you car. earn your payment on!
this land bv fertilizing the impede-1 K
za with basic slag or acid
phate. This application of fertiliz
er plus the heavy seeding will al
most always insure a hay or seed
crop.
We have seen some corn crops
and cotton crops this year follow
ing lespedeza last year and they
certainly showed the improvement oi
the lespedeza on the land
If you are an average farmer you
are not getting a cash return from
the land you are now using as pas
ture due to the fact that your grass
is not good enough to carry more
cattle than needed for home use.
We would suggest that during the
winter you remove all scattered
trees such as pines, sassafras, per- j
simmons, shumac and blackberry
creek briars. bottoms, Clea noff this ditch is the banks and j j
mast fer
tile land in the pasture U the her-'
muda sod is not solid over tjie land |
plow some furrows and apply some
fertilizer and place btrmuda gras*
• outs in the furrow A few acre
each year will mean a large acreage
in about t to 10 years.
Rev. Walker Combs Issues
Special Request For
Attendance.
ROLL CALL WIL LBE
A FEATURE OF THE
MORNING SERVICES
Attempt Being Made to Get
Every Member to Church
Sunday Morning.
The Baptists of Covington are at
tempting to have every member of
i tbe Fil 'st Baptist Church in the
church this coming Sunday morn
a F the eleven o'ctock services.
^he Pastor and deacons are exert
ing ever Y effort to make this a real
ity as a testimony to the Baptists of
| this community.
It has been suggested that dinner
be prepared the day before and that
the trip the members were going to
make to see Grandma and other
relatives be postponed and a great
gathering of the members of the
First Baptist Church assemble in
their own place of worship next
Sunday at the eleven o'clock ser-
i vice.
The Sunday School superintend
Pnt that he would, if
necessary, excuse the mothers who
kad tc> pie P arp dinner from the
Sunda y School services Sunday if
tbey W0uld be al » re a " d corne to the
PIPVPn 0, * 0ck services. He stated he
Ialbei they attend both but
1 th6y cou,d not to be sure to be
,
1 P|P at ,be eleven oclock hour,
A Tnl1 cad °f the members will be
a * Patulp of the day and it is ex
P PP,,d that every member, not prov
identially hindered by sic knew or
d ^ res8, will answer to their names
when it is called.
This is the first attempt of its kind
ever held in the city and it is hoped
that it will be an unqualified sue—
cess. The Baptist Church has given
over a century of service to this
communI ty and this request has
ncver 1x611 made before to tha
knowledge of those who are now
members.
Reveiend Walker Combs, the pas
)°L wen ^ y h '°dd ° has >' ears served has this issued church an ap* for
to every member through ivlng- tha
and requested that the
| ln on News supplement a " d vour this invitation editor is
glad indeed to assist in this and
other worth y causes
So. your editor adds his request to
tbat nf your pastor that you lay
aside every other engagement and
be present Sunday morning if you
are in the cit Y- If Y° u are n °t going
to be in the city and cannot arrange
to be here get someone to answer
to your name wit h the excuse you
have for being absent. After all, has
bpen said and done those who are
not l bere Sunday morning or ^'ho
have not a substitute to answer for
them may be well convicted as in
different
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Mayor Ginn Follows Lead of
The President and
Governor.
Mayor S. A> Ginn has designated
November 23 as Thanksgiving Day
in Covington followin gthe issuance
of proclamations by the President
and Governor proclaiming that date
as the state and national holiday,
Following the lead of President
Roosevelt and Governor Rivers,
Mayor Ginn issued the proclama
tion Wednesday in an effort to avoid
confusion in this city and county.
The entire city is expected to join in
celebrating Thanksgiving on thia
day.
Governor Rivers followed the lead
of the President earlier in the week
and used President George Wash
ington’s words in issuing his pro
clamation, incorporating the pro
clamation of the first president
Several Georgia cities aie under
stood to be planning to follow the
calendar and declare their holiday
on November 30,
NUMBER 45