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be more
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| chatter also . . , Do
r friends will enjoy
fck. or Sue" as she
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all her friends ... and
am numbered among
lie is a very lovely per
tau don't think so after
W hv you iust haven’t
" 0 rea ‘jj y know her ...
tears n ow she has been
(many press association
[, . not so many years
hat for she is a person
buthful • ■ ■ her age'.’ ...
Bt matter . . she is old
be wise and young
be youthful and happy
Sould f, be no better com
, She and Margaret
ie author of "Gone With
' have been intimate
years and it was
he recommendation of
Mitchell that
r (he position of speech
ir, the filming of this
, , Our thoughts re
ir press Convention at
He before the book
,h the Wind” was issued
ty, as we have always
•caret Mitchell . . . told
id at l a q arrived to the
•e she had secured some
i enough to publish her
e joked with her, telling
vas too small to write
•hat big folks wanted to
her reply was’, “Well
man sucker enough to
bublish it.” . . . History
bt he was not such a
jter all and that he must
Margaret Mitchell as an
I . and then again our
[return In to another it press at
[. meeting ... was
Peggy's book had been
outstanding success that
literally mobbed every
[was out in public . . .
fitly she had to really
a criminal ... and the
I anyone who would take
ly pages to tell a story
lid be a criminal . . . she
Fen tell anyone she was |
e tbe press association
Swept all the newspaper
|breakfast they kept her secret . . !
with her and
went to her room and
■nice old-fashioned gab
■ about her book, of course,
■natty laughable situations
■d developed with people
K get her to request Selz
■t them play certain parts
I finally had to move up
|an day office building to live
pe to keep people
Icing It themselves into her
. . . She talked about
I with much feeling, telling
■rare she had spent to get
|c If the information story and about finally the
. . .
N of the picture . . . She
lone great ambition about
F [anted ure • • . of ail things she
to play “Prissy” . . .
p ply negro into character she wove
her book . . *. I’ll
[Would have been a knock
rause they finally had to
larlem negro girl who had
on South of the Mason and
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"me some of you at Dasri!
louble Sue had trying to j
| negro talk like
|W negro ... jf yo u didn’t |
ft you missed a treat . .
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find e 'er,y one of you for
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on Page Five)
J n yton People
\ urn f from ishing Florida Trip
TO knty of Covington and
People New
will return to
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Volume 75
NEW INDUSTRY
IIDMIIL ROUTE
SOUTH CITIES
Would Include Covington in
Air Pick-Up Route
From Atlanta.
Advantages of direct airmail ser
vice may be provided to Covington
and neighboring towns and. cities
wiihin the n^:.r future under a ten
tative plan for the establishment of
Air Pick-up feeder routes in this
area similar to those now operating
in Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
Ohio and Delaware. Two routes
would terminate at Charleston,
j pj an has been developed by
Ri c h ar d C. du Pont, of Wilmington
p c , internationally known fliet
and av iation authority, in connec
tjon witb a proc ram for the
tion of a national air feeder system
wbicb recently submitted to the
p^j. office Department and the
1 Authority. Coving
! civil Aeronautics
ton will be located on Route 7 from
Atlanta to Charlotte, N- C.
Du Pont is president of All Amer
ican Aviation. Inc., the company
that operates th- present Air Pick
up routes over which the merit of
lhe unique method ...... of collecting and .
delivering mail in flight has been
demonstrated in scheduled opera
lions. He also is president of the
Soaring Society of America and
formerly, held the world's distance
and altitude records for sailplanes.
Establishment of a national feed
er system to meet the growing de
manri throughout the country for
direct air service will be the next big
step in commercial aviation, du
p on t said, adding:
‘ Beyond the orbit of the present
airways in what might be calted the
twilight zone of our air transporta
tion system, are thousands of im
portant and progressive cities which
are anxiously seeking dicet air ser
vice and are entitled to it. The next
great expansion of commercial avia
tion lies beyond this frontier.
"The development of an adequate
air feeder system to tap this rich
territory does not simply mean the
creation of new air lines that w-ill
only the more populous cen
ters. It means a comprehensive sys
tem whereby every community in
the country regardless of size, geog
raphy, proximity to one another or
airport facilities, may have the op
portunity of being on an airway
This can now be effectively accom
pushed through the Air Pick-up.
which the ‘Airway has been to Everywhere aptly described ’ as j
’’Everyone, regardless of where|
they live or whether they use the!
airmail is making a contribution to
its support and now that a prac
tical and economical means of pro
viding this service is available de
priving them of its full advantage
is manifestly unfair.’’
The du Pont air feeder program
contemplates the establishment of
Air Pick-up lines around the coun
try's principal air terminals through
which they would be integrated with
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KayW-Ond „ NorSIVOrth
Connected with the
Peoples DrilO StOVC
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Raymond Norsworth. of West
Point, Georgia, is now connected
the Peoples Drug Store ac
cording to A. H. David, proprietor
SirstT £ 1
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THIS CHRISTMAS?
Buy it at home this Christmas! Keep prosperity
in this town! What better slogan could we have for j
a progressive community spirit? Everybody wants to
see this town prosper, and we all want to share in
the fruits of that prosperity. Even the fellow who
habitually sends out of town for his own goods
his full quota of the riches that are accumulated
through the thrift and husbandry of his fellow citi
zens. Producing and selling the surplus abroad and
then keeping our money ome bv b . , tiom
v
home dealers will add many thousands of dollars to
the money in circulation in this community. It is
the sure way of meeting prosperity with open aims
and gathering our share and a little more for good
luck. Let other communities support themselves.
Our interests and our duty are at home. Let s keep
prosperity in this town. Watch this paper each week S
for Christmas offerings—buy from home merchan s.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star, Est 1874
Covington’s Loveliest Join in Welcoming Bride to City
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Above are a group of ladies who took part in welcoming Ramsey, Jr., Mrs. William Berry, Mrs. R. R. Fowler, Jr., Mrs.
Mrs. William Bomar Travis to Covington. The tea was given N. S. Turner, Jr., Mrs. E. L. Stephenson. Miss Sara White Calla
at the home of Mrs .R. H. Patterson. In (left the above picture Mrs, are D. j Trammell, way, Miss Julia George Aiken, Elliott Mrs. and Clarence Mrs. J. Palmer, C. Upshaw. Mrs. News Godfrey
Mrs. O. C. Harper, seated, pouring tea, to right) C. I Mrs. photo.
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| ~ uneral For C.
T. Lummus Held
at Porterdale
Was First Superintendent of
Julia Porter Methodist
Church.
C T. Lummus, one of the best
known citizens of Porterdale, died
last Thursday at the age of 78 years;
He was one of the oldest residents
of Porterdale and had many friends
throughout Newton County.
Funeral services were held from
the Julia A Porter Methodist
Church Friday afternoon a, 4 o'clock
with interment in tho Liberty Cem
etery. Services wore conducted by
Rov F r S etnam assisted bv Rev
L M Lyda Rev. B H. Smith and
the District Superintendent of the
Methodist Drcatur-Oxford District
S u Ilivan ^ !arge floral of
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T hi$ frjends
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>■ ummus c
as Superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday School at Porterdale for the
past 33 years. He the tot and,
only superintendent ever to serve m
the Julia A Pitv'was
Church in ■ th that t city. He was active! active
in any and all enterprises that would
b T e Uv. fe '° W Lri Ln
tvhich he was employed and town m in
which he lived.
Survivors of Mr Lummus are his
wife, six daughters. Mrs. O. S. Find
ey,M«. W C. Ivey. M».Cteo Hat- j
field. Miss Grace Lummus,
terdale, Mrs. J. W Mills. Cor m.
and James Porter Lummus, one sis
ter, Mrs. Jim McKibben, of Griffin, J
eleven grandchildren and three great j
grandchildren. The News extends
sympathy to the bereaved family.
G. W. Caldwell and Son, Funeral
Home was in charge.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
If you are not aireadv registered 1
Book close No
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cember -«,h.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1939:
Community Chest To
Be Sponsored In City
1/ftyftlO.fi S I)oy Oi
Covington First
Methodist Church
Layman s Day will be observed
Sunday at the First Methodist
church. Installation services will al
be held for the Board of Stew- j
ards at the eleven o'clock hour. The
board elecied s under ,
was recently
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church services and d to the com c bined
adult classes at Sunday School. Dr
H. C-Emory is attending the annual
conference in Atlanta. A fine record.
wi, l be r ^P^ necl for the Covington
church a. 47 new members have
been received and a total of $6,000
was paid to cover all indebtedness
All church organizations at th
Board have asked for the return of
tbe P astor -
FoSlITiaSterS . . 10
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Notables of State to Speak
Sesison 0 f Federal
Employe...
Postmasters of the Fourth
nai ^ me€t in
Griffin on Tuesday afternoon. No
vpmber 2 g tb a f the Episcopal Parish
ss,"'ssjtss'* ,,,,
Among those on the program arc
ConRTe - ssman a. Sidney Camp, Con
_ man Roben Ramspeck Mt
^ dJson Ackerman. Post Office In
- pector in charge, Mr. Harry Millet
, (he central Accounting Office,
Atlanta Ga and Mrs. LBertie
Rttshing of Glrnnyille, Georgia, who
is state president of the National
League of District postmasters.
The afternoon session will be fol
«- * - — at 6 P M. The
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Mansfield Georgia.
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Emoru Students
Enjoy Holidays
More ,n.n l^-,i.e per e.n,
of the student body of Emory at
Oxford left the campus Wednesday
a leinoo n to eniov a full four days
holiday per w m c h will end Sun
day students who re
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mam Dio*: jhe campus consist most
ty of b whose homes are too far
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distant 'o allow (lwm mucb time
for visiting dis
Many student who live at a
tance are h in entertained by stu
dent fn ? ri dio live near by
_ members of the faculty
and «dves will visit with rela
tiVeS anQ and fr 1 ends at various places
Others will take the opportunity to
attend some of the sessions of the
North Georgia Conference bring 1
held in Atlanta.
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Parent-Teachers Name The
Ladies on Committee to
Plan Drive.
Covington will have a Community
Chest, this year with all clubs anti
organizations in this city cooperat
ing in giving aid to the needy.
The Parent-Teacher Association is
the leading sponsors of the move
ment and wiu be ^ sisted ^ ,he KU
wants Club, Rotary Club. American
Legion Women s Club D . A R
and U ’ D ' C P " T A ' commiUee
iS c ° mpoSed 01 Mrs - DonaId G
Stephenson, Mrs. Moody Summers
and Mrfi Roben 0 Arnold They
are mak , ng every effort to make
, he Community ches t efficient
every r€spcct and W jn help to
vjde he]p in various forms t0 the .
needy this c>ristmas _ j
The committee in charge has te .
sued , reques , to a]] churche s. white
and coIored< t0 give the names , n ot
later than Monday, of all
who need hei (0 prevent dup!ica _
tio n of names. All children’s name,
„ ho are sent in must have their I
age , needs find wants- Toys and
necessities will be the principal
. fts
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^ ^ Boy Scout organization
is repairing old toys and the newly i
organized girl scouts cub troups are
Any ha.lon
old toys or dolls are urged to get in ;
with any members of the
scout organization and they will be,
picked up.
The Strand Theatre, under the
rsrsTL’sssri
ler will stage a special charity pic
ture show. A committee wilt be pres
at the show to receive donations j
and sifts. Send donations, toys ot
gifts to Mrs. Donald Stephenson at
the Welfare office in the court
house if you can not attend.
The free show will be held Satur
day morning, December 2. and all
persons.* who attend are urged to;
bring broken toys, nuts or any good.
that is not perishable.
Any person knowing of some child
,m mw not reel., , »»t Iron,
« >.« O, family who
s in ne c d - please notify any mem
of the commit W or any mem '
b!r
Servkes at the
Presbyterian Church
9:45 A M—Sunday School. You
will be welcome. j
11:00 A M.—Worship service. Ser
mon topic The Blight of Unbelief•”
6:15 P. M. — Young Peoples
League. i
7:00 P. M.— Evening hour of wor
“The Unpardonable Sin.’’
This church extends a cordial in- j
vitation to all who. hating sin and
loving Christ, desire to live as be-.
cometli the followers of the Lord
Rest for the weary, strength for the[
weak, friendship for the lonely, hope
for the saddened. Meet with us as
we shall worship the Lord in the I
beauty of holiness on His day.
SIDNEY A. GATES, Minister.:
Congressman A.
Sidney Camp Is
Rotary Speaker
Crowd Hears Camp Discuss
Neutrality and Defense
In America.
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Congressman A. Sidney Camp
guest speaker at the Covington * Ro
farv tar.v rtluh luio Tiiecritiv luesaay nnnn noon at ai the the De- n«
Janey Hotel. „ . ,
He was introduced by Sam Dietz
program chairman, who welcomed
him to the club and expressed his
appreclation for acce P' in * the lnvl ‘
tation to speak.
Congressman ^ on s re Camn bamp thanked thanked tr the P
club for the cordial mannar ^
which was received and praised
the Rotary Club as one of the
and oldest clubs as wen as one ot
the largest in the world. He
cussed the Neutrality que st .on and
outlined the various needs to ade
defense in America. He urged
support of the people in a great
drive to shut the door of our
try to thousands of foreigners
pour into the United States He said
the unemployment problem should
be solved before more people are at
lowed t0 enter and then a greater
check should be made on their in
terest and reasons for entering this
country. His talk was greatly
Joy.P .no
President S. L. Waites called upon
R ev . Charles Forester to install the
new members recently taken into
the club. Each new member made
a short speech. The new members
reported only one absentee and stat
ed that this was the first time the
club had been off the 100 per cent
list in several weeks.
Visitors were introduced by Pres
idem Waites as follows: Belmont
Dennis and C. E. Hawkins, Coving
ton; W E. Black, of Panama, and
Dan Campbell, of Mansfield- Mr
Black is a member of the Rotary
Club in the Republic of Panama,
but will soon transfere his member
ship to the Covington Club.
Santa Claus Letters Will Be
Carried in The News This Year
The management of The News
announced this week that all Santa
Claus letters wall be carried this
year in the Covington News provided
they are placed in the Post Office or
brought to The News office not lat
er than December II.
Youngsters throughout Newt par-1 on
County are urged to have their
ents assist them in writing Old St,
Nick. All letters will be forwarded j
through ’the columns of the News
to Santa Claus assuring them of
their desires. Every child in Newton
County should cooperate by writing
a persona! letter and grown-ups
urge them to do so.
All Santa Claus letters will be
on December 14th in the
Annual Covington News Christmas
edition which has grown steadily
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Shirt Factory To
Begin Operation
In Near Future
Marcus Loeb – Co., Inc., of Atlanta, To
Move Large Shirt Factory To
This City.
Officials of Marcus
here Tuesday to open a
factory will employ from
women.
The city and county
for a period of five years
have raised a fund of
bringing the industry to
The Marcus Loeb –
concern doing business for
EXPUINFD
CDUNTI
50,000 Farm Homes in
Receiving Electric
Service.
More than 700 head of
bulls have already been placed
Georgia ! his year. Ralph E.
Extension beef cattle and
specialist, says that a good ”
of , these . went . to . farms , that w had , ,
no access to . purebred . . ... bulls for .
era! , years. During .. . e the .. year, two .
three small „ purebred . breeding .
have also been established in
state. Records in the state
slon , office ... „ in . Athens ... indicate . .. .
more than twice as many ,
1 steers have . , been put „ , on . „
feeds ..... than in any previous year.
To get one or more dairy cows
I approximately 60,000 farms in Geor
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cows now on J farms ^ with uh better-fed better led
higher-producing uu cows are the
standing problems of dairying
j this state- says Frank W. Fitch,
tension dairying specialist. Mr.
re P° rts tbat Progress is being
however. The number of
i farms is being reduced by
thousand each year. The quality
dairy slres used is «P id 'y improving
and Increa * sin –- Numbers of Geotgia
farmers are geninf! slrfs from pure ‘
bred herds doin * Production testing
work Mr ' FUch further re P orts ,hai
,he averace Production of dairy
cows thls state is rising every
year, due to better feeding practice*
I and the Production of more feed and
Pa« tures -
Approxtmately 50,000 farm homes
i " 1 REA ZT.’lZV, coopeiati es
[ ^'^ontAnued^on PMe 8 Fifteen P**
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«™i*Nming staff
At HllSOfl HoSltO.l
The Huson Memorial Hospital
pleased to announce that
Tessie M Penn. R. N.. is now the
head of its nursins staff. Miss Penn
is a graduate of Macon City Hospit
at, did post-graduate work at Pea
body College, Tenn , and for the past
four years has been connected
the public health for the State of
Georgia. She is a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
the past seven years. Plans are al
ready underway to provide the most;
attractive Yuletide edition as well
as the largest and most complete!
in history,
Beautiful Christmas pictures, news,
stories and features wilt appear in j
this big edition that may be used as
your shopping guide to greater val
in higher grade merchandise at j
various stores of Covington
Many youngsters are already
days til the jolly old man
from the North drops down the
proverbial chimney with his package
of surprises—Why not give the kid
dies another thriif by writing Santa
Claus today and seeing it in print in
the News and then it goes straigh
to old St. Nick s door—and hear
, , Write today.
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NUMBER 47
– Co., Inc., completed plans
factory in this city. The
to forty people, mostly
*
granted them tax exemption
the merchants of the city
$1,000 to assist in
city.
Inc., is a reputable business
number of years in Atlanta.
I They manufacture shirts, overalls,
etc. They plan to move their entire
shirt manufacturing plant to Cov
j ington and if business warrants it
J to enlarge the plant from time to
i l.' le.
The industry will start with one
| unit of thirty machines and later,
; perhaps, install another unit of thir
i ty machines. They will occupy the
j upper floor of the double store of
Fowler Bros, on Pace Street.
| This floor is to be remodeled. An
j j outside staircase is to be installed
as this is required by law. The out
side staircase will be of steel as a
prolec tjon against being destroyed
by fire Rest rooms {or €mployees
and 0 tj. fer conveniences will be in
stal j ed
_. The public „ ,. spirited , , citizens ... of this
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city .. , have , been working this
; ® on new
... industry for . a number of weeks,
__ They first had to be satisfied that
i ‘ hey . ’ d ault * * ^
c ° u " C ™ u
.' P ’ s app matron an s w.re
fined f out by prospective employees
. and , over 150 ,, people were personally „
interviewed . . . , be they ,, , had . suf
i to sure
ficient ....... training.
i *' nP Fowler building was selected
and Robert R. Fowler, Jr., has do
nated a year’s rent free of charge to
« e! tbe P> a ^ established in the city.
'Merchants contributed generously to
: €X XDensp P en "* 01 0 f - remodeling remodeiim; and and mak mak
j ^ bul!dln K suitable for the
The payroll of the firm at the
start will approximate *400 weekly
but is expected to be increased to
double this amount in a short time.
At a meeting held by local mer
chants Tuesday afternoon at the
Newton County Building – Loan
Association two committees were ap
pointed and other plans were made
to assure the industry for this city,
W C. MeGahee acted as chairman
of the meeting and the two com
mittees appointed were: W. C. Me
Gahee, Sam Dietz and Guy Robin
son to canvass merchants not at
the meeting to help secure the de
sired amount of money for remod
eling purposes. Leon Cohen, George s
Cochran and W- C. MeGahee were
appointed as a committee to super
intend the remodeling of the Fow
ler building.
James E. Philips, cashier of tha
Covington Bank – Trust Co., ii
to act in an advisory position and
will also superintend the spending
of the money raised by the mer
c hants. Approximately forty busl
ness and professional men attended
,be mee,inK -
I The merchants and other sn b
scribing to the fund are listed below:
j — Fellowship ...--— Degree
1 lt€S(lQy , Ilight V* I* k
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Porterdctle Iz0dg€
The fellowship degree will be con
ferred at Porterdale by Pace Lodge
No. 5g8 Tuesday night, November
28th. All qualified Master Masons
are cordially invited to attend.
JACK SAVAGE. W. M
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
All suteicribers to the Coving
ton News are urged Ibis week to
[check the labels on their paper,
! 'o see if they are in arrears- Pres-;
ent subscription records of the!
News are revissd at this time
j each year and all persons who)
are behind will be taken off the
iist unless arrangements have
[teen take made. in the If there is some cannot! mis- j
dale or you
understand the date on the label,
we urge you to visit th* News)
office at your earliest conven
ience. Thank you.
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