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hake time during this rush
j, to make a flying trip to
l„ h with me! Good! It’s
a
)h me; Oh my! When
to Savannah . . , he’s in
m uch of a hurry to get
,
I always leave my best shirt
m but at any rate as we
. ,.
[own a crowded highway wp
ourselves resting already!
eauty of the chestnut trees
now pure gold among the
green needles makes you
an artist such as F. Richard
purray has lingered
■ with his pastels . . . We stop
Idison for a chat with Mrs.
|h Vason and try to persuade
|o make the trip with us . . .
tches lice-President to go for she the new
of Georgia Di
li U. D. C., and the “Ma” of
lie Confederate Children of
Rate... but she has another
intment... she is a very pop
f person and the going Children to love of
Confederacy [, are
We predict one of the best
,
k ever in. the Children’s work
[ [lunch her as director ... On we
in Louisville . . . where
Again view the old Slave Mar
in the midle of the street . . .
[Virginia her Polhill desk Price at the is mis
from news
lr office ... on down through
lesboro where we chat with
Icif Georgia’s most popular
■paper men ... Mr. Dave Tur
[,.. igaret, That visiting lovely him daughter,
was . . .
[we did not get to see her be
le she was in the bath tub!
I woul 4 pick that time of the
k and ft was not even Satur
! As we travel on our very
Is feast on the stately pines of
!h Georgia . . . then we see
lides with many young pines
we know that is the work of
beloved Dr. Charles Herty .,
further on stately daks with
r stately branches fringed
i gray mosses . . . Gosh! Why
dnt we have been an artist
We hope it will be our lot to
tuned in Savannah under
b one of these stately oaks
That is, if we have to die at
• n now, we enter the city
Sh ° ps and> ,he Boss
on the gas ... As we pull up
DeSoto Hole!. *
Charles Day is the genial
wager, Junior Williams, our
rite newsboy comes running
to meet us , “Newspeaper?
. .
[it’s Mr. Dennies!” If you can
•ounce that fascinating Savan
brogue . . . Ah, and we are in
restful sun room at the De
) ... but we can’t listen to the
tries . . . nor peek too long
I that beautiful Japanese gar
l at the Swimming pool, for
ie we not made the trip all the
( 'o Savannah by invitation of
Senior group of the Winnie
“ Cha Pier of the Children of
Confederacy to a banquet!
ect of the banquet? Well,
but we
w, hardly any of the others
■ • not evcn the honor guest,
| s Phoebe H. Elliott, went to
I ■ typewritten banquet with a long speech
and ready to say
| P thinking the she*was helping out
work she so loves
I OH. ME OH MY! It was . . in .
1 , 0Dor ar,fl she was as surpris
be. She is Honorary
fp I nt and Qf C Georgia of Division, U.
n ’ c - life .
I daughters . .
and Sons of the
Piracy | i° were invited to Pay
ot "Miss Phoebe” who
I" her hfe has
for others, and for
|p,' K n8 Edlt Press °rially. the Savan
said ’ The ban-
5 , Hntel DeSoto
Lf° r given by
ereup of Winnie Davis
C ° f C Mrs C G -Stegin,
fetor " ’ -
“ r 1 ^Phmented Savannah
Vri V , a
1 S u' Cry active in heep
P memo, 'y those
o foueht m the Confederate
is e j thu^v, S1XtieS
ual - The indi -
heb 6 H mT d WaS Miss
tinction E E 0t and the
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« L EuLT « wh r° ,le rthily interested bestowed.
' in
mattp ° f f P^lic
and is concern,
time an(i talent , giving most of
,... interests to advancing
locall of 3 Lost Cause. Her
to in a ! ld lhrou 8 hout the
conn Sr Wi ‘ h bodies
en and c of
task of ho 1Cn giVen ° ver to
*e<l tes with the r* -t" ® etween ,bose con the ~
and their d ® scendar
(c °attnued >ts has
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Volume 75
ELECT MAYOR-COUNCIL MONDAY
Candidate for Mayor
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DR. S. L. WAITES
who announces this week as a
candidate for Mayor at the elec
tion to be held next Monday.
Madison Credit
Association Will
Hold Meeting
Will Meet at Court House in
Madison Saturday
Morning.
Stockholders of the Madison Pro
duction Credit Association will hold
their annual meeting in Madison at
f he Courthouse on Saturday mom
big. January 13 1940. at 10:30
o’clock, according to an announce
rneht by J. A Nolan, president ol
the association.
At this meeting, complete and de
tailed reports will be made by the
officers of the association on its
operations for the past year
In announcing the date of the an
nua i meeting, Mr. Nolan said that
„ hope* make stte »d
Of the association. He said that the
annual meemgs of the association
afford the sockholders an oppor
unity to learn every detail of the
operations of their organisation.
The Madison Production Credit
Association, which makes short
w
dale counties and in 1939 made
members.
Campus Politics
At Emory-Oxford
Literary Societies nm ~
Officers For New
Year.
Interest in campus politics ran
righ at Emory at Oxford Wednes
day morning as the century-old lit
erary societies Few and Phi Gam
ma selected officers for the winter
quarter.
Those elected to serve Phi Gam
ma include-. Archie Coffee, presi
dent; Cecil Jones, vice president;.
Roy Both^veli, secretary and treas
urer; Ernest Brigham, chaplain;
Milton Bentley, sergeant at arms;
Bobby Laite, song leader. Myron
McWaters, pianist; Joe Loadhott-es,
page, and Gaines Brewster, critic.
Few selected these: Ben Bank,
president; Billy Tidwell, vice presi
dent: Van .Hunt, secretary and
treasurer; Richard Hadaway, par
liamentarian; Pierce Cleveland,
program chairman; Russell Baiies.
sergeant at arms; James Wiltshire,
reporter and Richard Sorrow, chap
lain.
NOTICE
Pay your State and County Tax
Books now open for collection of
State, County ; nd Intangible Tax.
s. M. HAY, Tax Collector,
N ewton County.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est. 1874.
OB. S. 1. WHITES
IS GHN0I11TE FOR
MAYOR If CITY
Prominent Physician and
Civic Leader Makes
Announcement.
MAYOR S. A. GINN
IS ALSO CANDID * E
FOR RE-ELECTION
Six Candidates for Council
Also To Be Voted For
Next Monday.
Interest in the city election to be
i held next Monday gained new- mo
mentum this week when Dr. S. u
Waites officially announced his
candidacy for mayor of this city.
The rumor that he would enter the
race had been in circulation for the
past two weeks but no official an
nouncement had been made until
this week.
Dr- Waites will oppose S. A. Ginn
i who had announced for re-election
several weeks ago. This race will
prove to be very interesting as both
men are popular and the race is ex
pected to be very close.
Dr. Waites has practiced medicine
in Covington for the past twenty
°hd years, coming here after his
graduation from the University of
and the completion of nis ,
| Alabama internship in New York hospital
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He has been very active in civic and
religious life of the city being at
present President of the Coving
ton Rotary Club and a Steward of
als0 presldent 0f th ! aritan* dub
™t ,
^ His en -y
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ballot next Monday. t , v0 candidates
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J ^° r for hi£ f0 ^ th term, having
^ v y for six years in this
c » Hf ,' is pr 0 p rie tor of the
| J*. Mo , or Co , member of the
church and the Covington
| Kiwanis Club.
c w WTigh t, of the Atlantic Ice
and “ stzjzsz -
ris Hardware Company.
men who opposing
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^ , 2 Tllf molh er of a small
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crippled boy requests something to
bath robe -u su
pers size 9 or a
whose fa- _
Case 13 —Two children
(her had a long illness during the
past year will appreciate anything
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in a ..mowed mother, ulth
smali r C n Amines earn 8 *. is the sole support
of per ^„ C hpfnTrom wiU ap .
ci f °.. L Santa. The
pr ? S wanted
a . 4 Z a ,wavs
^ome would Uke to
haJe Sunday pants. A girl 12
mat.
,„xi«u S to no » soon turn in KM
? Covington *• r^?SSl3teS News is mm***
accounts of actual 8 e - ’
by the ° h * m “
Committee,. Anyone
helping provide the needed items is
asked to notify the Welfare Office,
locat ed on the first floor of the
Court House, or by telephoning 212
Case II—A mother has had a dif
ficult time providing for her chil
dren since they were deserted by
their father. One boy wants a knife
another a rifle, another a book
satchel, and the last writes the fol
lowing letter: Dear Santa Claus: I
have no daddy and I want best ol
all a tricycle. I have never had one.
If some little boy has one and wants
make a little boy happy tell him
to it to little
to let Santa Claus bring
G P and he will be so happy. San-
GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1939.
Santa Checking the Ads in The
Covington News Christmas Edition
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Oxford Election
Held Monday
y/ ^ Carlton Re-elected to
Mayor’s Office; Two
New Councilmen.
In a city election marked with
little interest the citizens of Oxford
Monday selected seven men to j
compose the Council for 1940. Those
who were re-elected unopposed are:
L w A Carlton Hershel Ray, E. V
E J and R. L. Giles.
Tw0 vacancies made by the retire- !
ment of W. C. Woods and H. j
2T". Thompson are to be filled by J. C. [
O Lov„» who no «P
posed. I
From this group will be selected 1
the Mayor and other committee as
signmenta at the first meeting next
year- Professor Carlton has served
as mayor during the past year.
CerrirPR at First
Presbyterian Church
Sunday. December 17. 1939
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Aid In Chris tmas Fund
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Ca* 15 Three ««“
mother – ^
Tm Uttle brothers each want
a pop sun. 15 13
Case o{
^ ^ ]mip 8 years
" [Lmt
will appreciate s ' ,fate r ”' ' '
jackets to keep them warm.
case 17-Five '’ hll * fn ’ v ' h0
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father is ill and unable to wo
are dependent upon small earn
of mother. An 11 year old *rl
a Bible and
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HERS FAYOft
NEW YEAR
County; Light Vote 406 Repeated For and in
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COUNTY AGENT GIVES j
ADVICE ON OATS
AND SMALL GRAIN
Farmers Are Urged to Plant
H Wheat for Own
Use. *
The farmers of the county voted
very lightly on the cotton quotas
only 406 votin^tr the county with
over 2500 being eligible to vote. Out
of this vote of 406 there were 45 vot
ing against quotas. This gave the
county about the same percentage
favoring as was the state and na
tional average.
Recently we have seen some oats
that were seeded early and they
were large enough to graze. It is
our opinion that where the ground
is dry and the root system is strong
enough to prevent the cattle from
uprooting the plant that grazing
would really be beneficial ta the
grain. That is one advantage this
section of the country possesses ov
er Northern and Western section in
that early seeded small grain offers
wonderful opportunities for winter
grazing.
We have heard quite a few "old
timlers” say that back prior and just
after the Civil War the time to
seed wheat was Christmas week.
Those old fellows planted wheat be
cause the farmer who grew wheat
at.e wheat bread and the ones who
did not seed wheat ate corn bread,
It was a mattr of necessity. Now
with flour available from the West
our farmers have about quit pro
ducing wheat and we think this is
a mistake. If our farmers would
g ^ fl<jm pf ^ most fer _
fjie Jan(J on the farm and 3pp ] y the
Jprtilizer from t h e barnyard we be
^ could produce en0Ugh
^ supply their farm with
^ ^ easily But rem ember un
der tlle {arm pr0 gram you can seed
^ much wheat Each £arm can
££ ’SS Z
cess of 10 ^ es that norma
'jrzsrix - *
al! standard varieties for six cents
each and apples of standard varie
ties for ten cents each. On this b -
gis you can purchase an orchard of
ample size to fill your home needs
for less than five dollars and an
orchard will bear for years with
very little expense.
Mrs. Mitcham Is
Taken by Death
Funeral Services Held at
The Salem Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Mattie J. Mitcham, 90, widow
of a well known Newton county ed
ucator, died Wednesday of last week
at an Atlanta hospital. She made
her home at 1073 Cumberland Road
She spent most of her life in
Newton County, where she was born
and reared. She was a member of
Salem Baptist Church in Rockdale
County, where funeral services were
conducted at 2 P. M. Friday. Blirial
was in the churchyard.
She was the _ daughter . . t of a pioneer
Georgia family. Her husband, J. .
Mitcham, taught for many years in
the Newton County school system
Mrs. Mitcham, who had lived in
Atlanta for the last 16 years, is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs.
Johnson of Covington, Mrs. C. C
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great-grandchildren.
Rev . 7. M. Sullivan
A t Methodist Church
Rev. T i. M m. Sullivan (turn an will preach h
at the eleven o'clock services Sun
dav morning at the Methodist
Church. The 7:30 services were
called off on account of the Music
Club program.
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mother ta n , and whose father has
r. regular work, wants Santa
wagon- He also ^ needs a pair -. of
shoes, size 1, and a coat. His little
sister %vants a doll and tea set and
nef: ds shoes size 5‘h and a sweater
S ‘“i 19-m . fan'll? .1 9 lour
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: muc 11 p m need ol sweaters, sizes 10
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Case 20-A 20 _ A JltUe little gir g i who has
1 ^ ^ ^
,anj g uttle
L.e pair of shoe ,
12, and her little brother wants
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
ScSinglecopy
CITY TAKES ON
HOLIDAY AIR AS
Local Garden Club to Award
Prizes for Christmas
Decorations.
MUSIC CLUB TO
SPONSOR CHRISTMAS
CAROL PROGRAM
Over Three Hundred People
Attend Carol Service*
at Oxford.
The Covington Garden Club will
Aain sponsor the Christmas Light
Contest, which has been an
annual event in recent years and
will offer prizes.
Three prizes are being offered
for the homes most effective]^ vrtll
lighted. A commercial prize
be offered for the best store win
dows. Judging will be on Monday
evening, December 13th, and ev
ery home in the city will be elig
ible for any one of the three priz
es. The Garden Club urges the
people of Covington to decorate
for Christmas and help make Cqv
ington one of the most attractive
cities in Georgia.
Christmas Carol Service
A Christmas Carol service spon
sored by the Music Club will be
held Sunday night, December 7t30 $£,
at the school gymnasium at
o’clock.
The Emory at Oxford Glee club
will assist the Music Club in their
program. Special numbers will be
sung by both groups as well aa
songs by the entire number pres
ent. Letters have been sent to all
the churches in Newton County
inviting them to join in this com
munity celebration. It is hoped
that there will be a large crowd
present. Everyone is invited.
Oxford Carol Service
Approximately three hundred
persons attended the Christmas
carol service presented by the Em
ory at Oxford Glee club, under
the direction of Virgil Y. C. Eady,
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock in Al
ien Memorial Church, at Oxford.
Director Eady was assisted by
Mrs. C. S. Forester as accompan
ist, and the Rev. C. S. Forester,
reader.
The program, a festival of nine
lessons and carols, was based on
the services held annually in
King Chapel, Cambridge, Eng
land, and as modified by the Em
ory Glee Club, of Emory Univer
sity. This service is drawn from
sources ancient and modem by
Archbishop Benson, the lease®*
telling the story of Redemption
being ’read in order.
The church decorations refleet*
ed the Christmas spirit.
Decorations Going up
The City of Covington has just
completed decorations in the city
park on the square which are Whel- vesft;
attractive. Superintendent
chel and hi? assistants have re
ceived much praise from visitofa
to the city as well as local res#*
dents for their fine wojrk in dee-*
orating the trees with lights.
Many homes in all parts of the
city are being decorated and this
work should be completed within
a few days. Stores have already
decorated their windows which
add much to the Christmas air.
Buying is already underway and
stores are busy filling orders.
Elizabeth Stillwell
Honored at College
MACON, Ga„ Dec 12—Miss Eliz
abeth Stillwell, daughter of Mr. and
w a
! "'HI hold office this year as pianist
of Freshman Commission at Wes
leyan College. Freshman Commls
sion is a branch of the campus Y.
W C A organization Its purposs
Is to keep the members of the fr«h
man class in touch with Y activi.
ties.
Reelection Candidate
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MAYOR S. A. GINN (
who has announced his candidacy
for re-election as T$ayor in t W
election to be held next Mond
Russell
Will Speak at
Local FFX Camp
The Covington Kiwani* and
Rotary Clubs Will
Attend Dinner.
Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr.,
will speak Tuesday night at the
Georgia F. F. A. Camp and N. Y.
A. resident project with the Cow
ington Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs
attending in a body with their
wives.
Announcement was made this
week by W .A. Maddox, Director
of the Camp, that the Director
was being given as a means of ac
quainting the business men of the
city with the work of the FFA and
NY A in this county.
A Christmas dinner will be
served followed by a party under
the direction of Mr. Pete Donald
son, Dean of the Abraham Bald
win College, in Tifton. The entire
affair will be very informal and
those who attend are urged to at
tend in informal dress.
The dinner will be served at 7
o'clock followed by a brief speech
by Senator Russell. Those attend
ing will include M. B. Mobley,
Director of Vocational Education
and his staff; D. B. Lassiter, di
rector of the NYA in Georgia and
his staff along with members of
the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs
and their wives. Mr. Mobley and
Mr. Lassiter will make brief talks
followed by the party.
Mrs. T. S. Blackwell
Dies at Residence
Mrs. T. S. Blackwell, well
known resident of Newton and
Morgan Counties, died at her home
Saturday following a brief illness.
She had been a member of the
Shiloh Baptist Church for many
years and will be greatly missed
by her many friends.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at the Shiloh
church with interment in the
church cemetery. Services were
conducted by the Rev. W. Adams.
Mrs. Blackwell is survived by
four daughters, Mrs. Frank Will
iams, Miss Robert Blackwell, Mrs.
Dave Dixon, Mrs. Troy Malone;
five sons, J. W., of Canton, O. E.
and T. H. of Farrar, John and Jim
Blackwell, of Newborn. The News
extends sympathy to the bereaved
family.
J. C. Harwell and Son, Funeral
Directors, were in charge.
Stamps-Baxter at
County Courthouse
SSSTTSLXZ
presented In a special proeram ol
songs and music at the Court House
Friday night, December 15th, at 8
P . M. This is the same group which
received such an ovation at Almo.
several months ago. They broadcast
daily from WMAZ radio station in
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