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[—"A thing of beauty
fever: Jts loveliness in
will never pass into
' We have been veiy
jn Covington, to have j
iardson Murray, one ot,
famous artists in our j
e Murray chose
,nd Mrs. vacation
,jty for a nice .
* 'when Covingtonians |
who he was I fear he
d much vacation . •
I done beautiful por
Lstels of most of Cov
(ominent L citizens exhibited • • in
L been
Chicago; Carnegie
Pittsburgh . Philadelphia Gallery of
Corcoran Museum
-ton; Boston
noedlers. New York,
and some of the
Lintings were of A. W.
[L Mellon, Ann Hard
L L Allen, N. B. T. Roney.
Walter Chrysler, Jr.. ]
Harvey Kellogg, Lady I
Wanton, Judge Joseph
Honorable Frederick
[eld, and picture many of others. oil;
ivv a an
I inted Wisconsin’s Governor
to the State Cap
|by Ivington's Mr. Murray beautiful . wo- • •
I done by Mr. Murray ;
I las Emmett Swann. B. Mrs. Rogers, Nat j j
Irs. Jack Porter, Mrs. J
[Meadors and others.
hot attend the exhibit
Lp were out of the city
ee specializes in beauti
[its [ones of children and he
Lody of .Tack and Nickie
Summers, Jr., and
Swann, Jr. . . . And we
1 a lovely one of Mr.
iwann, Sr., and the one
lice Boy’s mother is our
[session. [e specialized He finally in children told
[the [ice Boss Bov’’ sez, “I and want Gosh! one
...
be fitting for a portrait
more like getting my
. but Mr. Murray comes,
th his easel and a mil- ,
of pastels or pencils or
in his left hand and sits
! buggy contraption with
►!s and No SirlYou can’t
even peek! fm he runs;
t on that ruce little j
mints one eye . . . smiles
id he’s so nice, you for
smile back . . . but no
just hold you head a
[the left please! and
ipeeks at you in a little
he has . . . and then
f spy gla,ss . . . and Golly!
s a big long cigar in the
id and goes running up;
it all in your face ... I
face of you on his easel
back he goes . . . but he
e you sit for hours and
p [it so nice If . . , and have make
Nd. ... you a
a daughter, son, a
rather or husband, or a
life (and husbands, she
te to be pretty, he makes
tway) don’t you let him
t from totvn ’fore you
11 do you a portrait
. , .
'fging just one-third what
l. v charges. Honest hus
• I heard one of the most |
>t ladies say she was go
Ie him . , . because her
' v as more in love with
ait than he was with her!
[i [ ele means, ‘ Mr. if Murray you have an
H do her
1 style - . This sounds
advertisement ... but
Mr. and Mrs. Murray
^ Arming people we
r to keep them a
® er - and if you leJ,’cause! put him
fi-t Hr Wl,h can’t our town he
'ZtVr? lotel. sketches any of way your -
> a VZ
WV With out doing your
is we go to press there
S8 H reminder of the
crime ne,v
r,, SS e
»t>r beinveH CS 0f
CI I '''C™
out bv v >n, snmp Teone for their
-
Mr. ,, and Mrs. Trainer,
F»famJv gone r T h ' ife rear
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tn Py ,l S I ha eet shadow Chris ”
fibued on on Pa Pa 8P Five) w
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a / ] r THIS INDEX PAPER TO IS CIVIC COVINGTON’S PRIDE
V AND PROSPERITY
^ I | '-19 V
75
TRAINER arrested
Cotton Election Saturday
Farmers Will Be Given
Opportunity To Vote On
1940 Cotton Quota Plan
Election Places Listed by
County Agent This
Week.
MUSCADINE VINES
NEED TO BE PRUNED
EARLY IN DECEMBEF
Tells How Peaches Should
Be Pruned in This
Area.
Farmers of the county who were
producers of cotton in 1939 should
remember the Cotton Quota Refer
endum Saturday, December 9. Ev
ery cotton producer is eligible ... to
vote and it is the desire of the State
and Washington offices that every
f armer vote if possible.
Election places in the county are
ns follows: Courthouse in Sheriff’s
Office; Livingston School Building;
Heard-Mixon School Building and
B)akc Hardware Store in Mansfield.
The polk will be open from 9 o’clock
' n morning til 5 o clock in the
afternoon.
If you have a scuppernong or mus
cadine vine that needs to be pruned
be sure to do it as early in Decetn
ber as possible. If done now there is
less danger of damage
bleeding, This is a good time to
prune the entire orchard and spray,
We have seen some fruit trees killed
by scale. Scale may be controlled by
spraying with oil emulsion or lime
sulfur. We expect the Limesulfur
would be easier to purchase and ts
as easily applied as the oil emul
sion. Spray on a warm day so the
spray will have time to kill the scale
in.«ect before being washed off by
rain or loosened from freezing. This
spray will also prevent leaf curl.
In pruning peaches be sure to beat
in mind that the fruit is borne on
the wood that grew on the tree this
year, so if you want a good crop of
fruit next summer be sure to leave
plenty of the growth of this year.
Apples are borne on old spurs and
the same spurs set fruit over a per
iod of years so bear this in mind in
pruning apples. Grapes bear their
fruit on the current year's growth
that comes from the previous year’s
growth, so if you want grapes in
1940 be sure to leave 30 to 40 buds
that grew in 1939.
We were in a group of 31 Newton
County farmers the other day and
only two of them had any cash in
come fr om their farm other than
cotton. A farmer with one source of
^ney i s placing ail of his eggs In
one basket. Surely every farmer
«hould find something from which
he could derive some income to sup
Plement the cotton income- Cheap
cotton means bird itving conditions
to People who depend on it altogeth
er and U,e pr0SPeClS arp f0r Ch ° aP
co,ton for e a long time. Get ^
^"LZl?Z£Z*Z
-on.
ZtT T mes V. 0Ur 0 ?^!°!*
pr ^ t 7 cZT “ c b quit ve \ a '
lr ' e ' * )iel£i W ‘ U " arrant seeding ,
even now. Be sure to seed enough
oars to feed your workstock. Oats
W '" PrJth,ce en0UKh srain ,0 ffCd a
mnl * much cheaper than corn. We
,hlnk 165 bushcte of 0Rts ' vou,d be
amp.e to feed a mute one year and
sir’.T..r:
Walter Stephenson
Chairman
Presbyterian
Mr. Walter C. Stephenson
1 elected chairman of the Men’s
- towship Group at the
Presbyterian church on last
night. Mr, Stephenson succeeds
Wm. Berry as leader of the group.
Members expressed their
tion of the fait>.ul service,
by the retiring officers. It was
nounced that the next supper
ing would be held on Friday
. January 26th.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star. Est 1874
GINGERS OF STATE
Nil HOLD THEIR
Scene of Convention To Be
Covington’s New
Gymnasium.
Announcement that 1 the State
gj ni ;j n g Convention has been se
curPd f 0r Covington Sunday. Jan
uar y 14 th. was made this week by
officers of the Newton County Sing
ing Association, after a meeting
held here, which was attended by
Mr. J. M. Henson, music publisher
of Atlanta- Mr. Grady Waters, of
Atlanta, and other committee mem-
1
bers.
This meeting promises to be the
largest gathering of singers m the
held in the new Ciiy Gymnasium,
and, according to Mi Emory Lan
caster. of Athens, who is president
of the State Organization, there will
be between five, and six thousand
people in attendance here.
There will not be a free dinner a.'
provided when the Twelve County
Meet was held last June at the court,
house, but every individual will be
expected to buy his meal at one of
the local restaurants or drug stores
or hotel, with the exception of a few
j of the officers of the Organization,
j who will be emeriained in homes of
local people.
j Covington is indeed fortunate in
getting a convention of this size as
much publicity will be given through
state papers and radio stations and
it should bring several hundred dol
lars to the local merchants through
the many visitors who will be here,
Aubry Sherwood, president of the
Newton County Singing Convention
is credited with securing the state
group in Covington for their next
.
C °M V
nve information together with
«*.
paper at a later date.
The Newton County Singing As
sociation win meet at Red Oa
Church on the new Jackson road
Sunday, December 10th. at 2.30.
hlttd .
Chl'lStmaS
A , l tlCUS /•/ ft betting pi tin a OK UIV
Announcement was mad b.
Christmas Fund commtt.ee this
week that a.l ^tides brought to the
charity show at the Stiand T * a
Saturday are being pu^h San
ta’s work shop Att.cle. n d R
TSlnfcl^anfdyi thai needm^ cl b^ anTng
Cov
are repairing all old toys and put-
UDDUriUlIIty **
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deling that there are many W
Covington and vicinity who are an
^ous to do a good turn in behalf m
the needy at Christmas im ,
Cov!n gton News is
helping provide the ^cd ed ‘tems^
nsked to notify the Welfa
located on the first ° ^ '
Court House, or by telephoning 21
Emergency Request for cloth
ing for family of 7 members:
Mother size 38: father shirt size
16 and pants size 32-34: * boys
sizes 16 and 16: 2 girls sizes 1«
and 6. and a baby age 9 months,
for whom clothing is needed
particularly, Clothing for this
family is needed now. Any ar
ticles will be appreciated. If m
terested notify Welfare Office
immediately.
1 Case 1,—Old colored man,
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COVING TON, GEORG IA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939”
As Another Year Nears Its End
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Pictured above is W. r „
reading an old-issue of the Covington Star p
in 18,4 nearfng years’of constant service
p p n o,v tho end of 75
, )e of Covington and Newton County. Mr. W. H. Loyd pre
spn(efi the j SSUe 0 { the Covington Star to the management of the
News He is a res ident of Leguinn District arid stated his family
1 the Covington News f^'r many years.
been subscribers to
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Seventh Annual
Yuletide Edition
News To Present Special
Edition Next Week
For Readers.
The seventh annual Christmas
edition of the Covington News will
be published next week with nurn
J erous bargains' from merchants
throughout Covington being offered
All Santa Claus letters. Christmas
recipes, suggestions and features will
appear m this big edition, which
has been worked out in great de
tail to assure its success. Every pos
. that wib aid any member of
p their
.. . electing
finding ^ter pleasure and
the bolidays .
Ncws wiU appear next week
in ,he Big Green Edition and sub
geribers are urged to use the paper
as a their shopping guide to greater
j a Christmas
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Q UUJ ( rt ) eCh ..JL fthllVctl ( tUlltC
SeWlCeS SlindaV
^ residents of the Gum Creek
arf fnvibed io attend
[erian at the Gum Creek
' church on next
temco« at 2:30 oM I»
P 11 ^/ the m „nth.
Given r%m »T To Aid 4 • J In vhnstnifts ru HllTirl
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and b(5 more com
or quiUs ■ can
stable Hf lives on a
8 ®f J 3 ! T 0 !ittlP girls whose pa
a very anxious for
s
rubber family 0 f six. de
^ ^ * mother.
warnings of
Seserted bv husband, want two sewing Mtle gins. set
I q „ nd u
Stool " '» **»
A 13 year old boy would like
of C< Sania in bringing Xmas joy do0 to
home Ruth would like a
r Dan and Earl
Mary a small chair, *nd
would like guns, Henry a w*8on
14 year old Sam wants g o\
little story books.
GRAND JURY FI
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Presentments of Grand
Jury for January
Term
The Grand Jury list for the Jan
uary term of the Newton Superior
c p f Adams »l!° WS t, Hu § .... h Alkpn Sr a J T _ L
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Stephenson, C, H. Berry, J. L. Mi!-!
ton, K C. Mitcham A. J. Cason, J.j
L. Elliott. W. H. Odom T. Jeff Stew
art.
J. T. Pittman. B. H Willingham.
T. B Black. J. B Weaver, G. C.
Adams. J. N. Epps, C. E. Chestnut,
C. A Sockweil, L L. Patterson,
W. Pratt.
J. T. Pitts, W. H. Hardeman, Otto
T. Briscoe Paul J. Roqucmore. R
L. Giles T. C. Castleberry. H L I
Abercrumbie, W. E. Goins. J- T. j
Brooks. S. R. Campbell.
1 The Traverse Jury list for the
Jtnmry , erm fol)ows:
h. Eddleman. W. M. Btggers,
J. Pi„» Bryan,. J. Ton, B
linaton, w H. Johraon, V. o.
Downs, H. C. Elliott, Dr. E. W. Ex-,
ley, L A. Patrick F. J. Stocks. A. L
wheeler. S. L. Vaughn.
J j Robt, Adams, Chester C. King,
G D Uva n Riggers. Foy Ellington,
John W. Dial, Jim Hitchcock, H. M
Evans, W R. Kenerly, Harry Dietz,
R. M. Sealey, J. B. Downs, Dewey
Steel. : 1
Archer Johnson, E, B. Nelson S |
J. Hays. W. P Hays Ennis English.
J. W F. Park. W. E. Stillwell, Wai
i ter H. Harris. Paul Hardeman, H.
G. Hollingsworth, S W. Randle, P.
M Dearing.
j j l Coggins, Leon Cohen, Clif
ford Campbell, H. C. Cook, Wiley
Allgood W. L. Almand, F. E Heard,
M ”f. Harrell Roy Davis, J. H. An
d arson Claude Cason, A C. Curtis,
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j Dad’s Night” at
Local School
p arent8 Requested to Attend
School.
! - — —
Ail dada tatererte n «i -
s welfare « urgetl to bring
' h etr wives tc» ° • *
* House
' -thirtv on Monday night,
'
be rU
1 Th ^TTto ire program . as sponsored
^al get-togSei be informal-a
onhe parents and
• A Ter assembling paTent!s in the school li
bra) v t he may visit any and
’ '
^k f ZTTXJ*. h classrooms where student
Student
RUidrS f will conduct these tours of
hP clas sr ooms. The guests will
,
then assemble in the new auditor
f . £* P— -
gamee andj riay^-
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Glee Club Will
Present Program
Sunday Night
Christmas Carol Program at
Allen Memorial
Church
Emory at Oxford Glee Club under
: the direction of Virgil Y. C. Eady
will present its annual Christmas
program at Allen Memorial
in Oxford Sunday evening at 8
j o'clock.
j Thirty male voices will harmonize
Jn „ fe8lJval of beautiful Christmas
stec dub in this special program.
The-program will be based upon
j the annual aervice given at King’s
| ; ColleRe , Cambridge. England, as
modified b y Emory University’s Glee
club of Atlanta. Ga
] WilUe Wilson> Wallace Perkins,
Carlton, and Bisbee Laite are
! , hf club - 5 leading soloists. Mrs. C. S.
Fore ster is the accompanist for the
club
°H? _
w J!dem Paid Swann, vie
HmtagmT . R h j 5usi .
Wallace Perkm, sec
^ B o.hweli, student advis
^ BrfW . fpr . associate
| business manager.
V* g cordially
' attend this program.
cei ceived ect bv mother. Sweaters to wear
.
to school are needed
Case 8-An 8 year old boy. who
lives with his widowed mother.
wou ™ ] d hbe for Santa to remember
wjth a bjg rPri {irPtruck „ P is
-r
much in need of a coat size 14 She
wishes Santa would bring her a
notebook and crayons while her 7
ypar o(d brother would like a truck.
r„» year old Sidney I, .«!,», f«
a do il and is in need of a sweater or
s 2s ssss
rr.d.
^ endent up0 n small pension, lives in
home ^ ^ S he is
f ^ b , e blind . and unab.e to work,
very much in need of warm sweat*.
size 44.
,
Case 5—Widowed mother, mn ther whose whose
jii health prevents her from working,
and tiv0 chl)drfn a re dependent up
L n grandmother’s pension except for
^^^Vour . sjonal small earning of 14 year
y ar old T. would
:v:;r s
iclllarly a coa t or sweater.
^ a ® fe family
h fath ‘ r not ab to do full time
JST.nVlo Zt h Sm , nu p
"« ^ J ."<1
d of wam ,
^
dS-ii T rr famil
f*ther ^semd th e ,
he* wan s fortte a b sk Hts yeat^ ^
an _
# ^ Wty arf
df pendent upon a small income rr-
5c SINGLE COPY NUMBER 49
Ne s r0 Confesses Part In The
Slaying Of Mr. And Mrs. John
E. Trainer Early In September
Inivtation Extended
People of County
To Sing Xmas Carols
People of Newton count yarn invit
ed to gather at the new Covington
School gymnasium on Friday eve
ning. December 17th, to sing Christ
Carols. The meeting or gather
ing will be absolutely free and is
being directed by the Covington Mu
sic Club Invitations are being mailed
to every church in the county to
come and join the Music Club in
singing these beautiful
songs. Every church in the county
is urged to have as many members
as p 0Sgib]e attend
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Ladies’ f Auxiliary To Be
Formed at Next Regular
Meeting. ---!
Th- American Legion h,ld a "Vlt
j ory Celebration" Monday evening at
Andrews Cafe as the grand finale
of a membership drive which
very successful. It was the largest,
gathering of World War veterans
er held in this county. Over a hun
dred “buddies’’ enjoyed the delight
ful turkey dinner served and
good fellowship which accompanied
_
same
Leon Cohen was the
captain and Masten captained the
losing side. Those on the losing side
had to fork over a dollar each for
the meal and the new members and
winning team were free eaters.
The local post has an all-time
high record ot 121 members, by far
the largest number it has ever had
on the roll at one time. Moody
Summers as commander with his
corps of efficient officers are to be
congratulated upon the splendid
showing they have made.
Commander Moody Summers
made a short talk extending a hearty
welcome to the new members and
congratulating the winning team. He
i
the entertainment for the evening.
Mr. Arnold made a very striking Jm
promptu talk on “Americanism,”
^ ^ hgd mort
to fear from insidious propaganda
of rev asen,s U° m " ithin 0!lr °"' n
country than the war over seas.
He ® poke Tf 1 fpelll> 8'y the
a P'cndid , work . being done by .he Le
* ?ion a ° d sUte « ™ L h'
T Legion members held togeth
they could control the policy of
M ' Apn0,d ln,roduc cd a. th.
^ j" a ’J ® ta IZjtmented ^ M^a*
o ZrTsTpreZLTcol SSSly the .nd'S post
rr .» ;r . on ,h,
Legion for his -splendid work He
curing new members, and one to
( Zr R z eZZizzzcZsti r n8 -
iy Cl the various work of -he Amer
ican Legion throughout the state
. He ca ve the information
, hat {hf numbprs of member s in
(hf gta(e had ^ doub , cd in the
past {iVf years , rrom 7 .000 in 1935 to
14,000 in 1940. He stated that Geor
gta lead the nation In increase tn
SSsmst. ~
„ essee and 14 000 in Florida . After
b j s talk, which was heartily ap
ptauded a motion «as made by
Brimont Dennis that the next meet
: b, . L.ai„- N„b, m „u„, ,„d
a ^ Kion Auxiliary be formed at that
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NOTICE
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tangible Tax now Books close Dec
20 Interest and cost charged after
this date,
S. M. HAY.
T. C, Nrwton Comity.
Joe Mattre** Leads Officers
To Spot Where They Had
Thrown Pocketbook.
JAMES JOHNSON IS
ACCUSED BY MATTRESS
OF DOING SHOOTING
Both Negroes Being Held in
Atlanta Pending
Trial.
Two negroes. Joe Mattress and
James Johnson, are being hr id in
the DeKalb County jail, charged
11 * 1 mnidet ot Mr and Mrs.
John E. Trainer.
° np of lhe negroes, answering to
Joe Mattress lead Sheriff Grady
Benton and other officers to the
spot where they had thrown a pock
etbook and flashlight belonging 10
Jphn E Trainer - who was murdered
with hls „ ife on tbe outskirts of
Covin s t on three months ago. Mat
tr€ss confessed to a part in the
double murder.
Mattress and another negro,
Jam€s Johnson, were arrested on
ri 'zgera)d street in Atlanta several
days HB0 by DeKa!b county police.
who have been working diligently
wbb i,*.^ officers on the murder
case that has mystified Newton
County people since early September.
«, b,ou S b, ,0 Covin,
^ton by local oldcers and alitr lon«
questioning the negro confessed. Ae
j cording to Mattress’ confession the
other negro, James Johnson, who is
being held in DeKalb county, corn
mitted the actual murdei while Mat
tress stood watch at the window.
The negro has been returned to
Atlanta for safe keeping, DeKalb
! officers are still questioning John
J son and the just as soon ironed as minor out de- the
tails of case are
two negroes will be brought to trial
before the Newton Superior Court
at, the January term,
The capture of the negroes is a
reward for the untiring efforts New
ton County officers and DeKalb
police have put forth on running
down clues and making numerous
investigations since the murder oc
curred in September.
it was early Wednesday morning
on September 13, when young Win
fred Trainer, grandson of the mur
dered couple, peeped into the dining
room window of the Trainer home
on the Atlanta road and discovered
that his grandparents had been
killed
The elderly couple, well known
throughout Newton county, had been
murdered in cold blood. Both had
been shot with a .38-caliber pistol
and Mrs. Trainer, who evidently
made an effort to telephone for help,
lay in a pool of Wood, her head
crushed.
People throughout this section
were horrified over the brutal killing
and local officers began thair long
search for the murder. Chief Dailey
and several of his assistants of De
Kalb county were put on the case
arid they have worked hand-in-hand
with local officers throughout th»
search.
Sheriff Benton, of this county,
paid the highest tribute to Chief
Dailey and his assistants, who have
worked almost constantly on the
case since it occurred on the night
of September 12th. Newton County
officers have traced the various
leads in this county and much cred
it is due them tor their untiring ef
forts.
SEND IN YOUR SANTA
CLAUS LETTERS
All youngsters in Newton
County are urged to send in
their Santa Claus letters to the
Covington News not later than
Monday, December 11. Let
ters will be published in the
nig Christmas Edition on De
cember 14th. Parents are
urged to assist their children in
writing letters. Postmasters
and rlerks are requested to
pleise co-operate by forward
ing all letters to Santa Claus
car^ the News office. After
the letters are printed, the pa
per will be sent on to Santa
Claus. Watch for the Big
Christmas Edition, December
14. on colored paper.
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