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Georgia-—ErUtor.
t hat iliustrous edi
liffem. h Evening Press,
ie Savnn a bril
i of the South’s most
men ls ill • • •
^Office don’t Boy know is what in th to o
Cheer up my Uncle Bill
was the inspiration for
he the Covington
Lunn in
ich week . ,. and now . . .
IS to get fired . • . 'cause
esentimental again ... He,
, 0 f his illness has inspired
“Oh, My dear Uncle
lie Office Boy just can t
b know my best pal is ill
k’t y° u hold your nose and
„ and swear . by all „
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Lj a nd bad to take your
[I'm way up here, and you
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lunfair ... I know But your she
grand nurse . about . .
ye a hang your
[either would I if we Laugh could
up from there) . . .
iw fat . • Alright, the
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|oy is at the Bat. . . . If
first poem don't work like
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ue no harm!" Oh Me, Oh
j 2 Boss is up in Arms! . . .
etry will kill our beloved
But I ain't sending out no
,. I'm betting you’ll
mr fill. • -and won’t even
ting an extra pill . . . That
i restful Savannah . . .
ure anybody of any ache
,., And I’m going back
) help me Hannah . . .
r I got Scarlet fever, chil
or just aching to see my
in Savannah ...
fudge . . . That was my
fense! You ain’t read none
l poems, they're like Bosh!
1 dreamed of writing one
,. But with Bill sick abed
h. We w all ,, are . letting ... out
(quail ... I watted until
hristmas tnstmas to to get get this this out nut o" o.
tern .. . Cause Santa has
me and went . . .
ds are sympathizing with
1 Mrs. Thomas Hay, whose
|i, Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Mor
both at Wesley Memorial
quite ill. Mrs. Morris is
A greatly improved, but
iy’s condition has not been
determined. The entire
hity wishes them an
jot a Christmas passes that
fearah Nunnally, of Oxford,
f remember the Boss and
Ice Boy , , . on our desk
lovely [which potted plant from
we are grateful , .
pt Santa was good to
V ■ ■ Gosh! We realty
uck load of
• and every drawer in the
fairly poppin’ open with
DW . • • ’cause we can’t
m awa y • some of them
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pictures of our friends
toes of their homes
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omes . ■ their bird
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thln “ ,hat makes them
s * ' ' ' 11 ' ve beep this
ha y e a full time job tak
t out ever once in a while
um over and thinking
toughtful friends who sent
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picture yet! A,,a„,I hat
in
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'hat’s that Georgian
n: J Wends, And I want you' to
that it’s like a
Jhme ,°" n at n’ ni Sht the Boss and love
; y Z /'® Jou 1 ^al popular and again
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k the Georgian'.s ...
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Prizes Awarded By
Covington Garden
Club Last Week
Ralph Returns
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worn by Eskimos. Ralph and
wife have just returned from Alas
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j IS PREDICTED III
TIGHT ON POLIO
Leaders from Every Section
I Help Plan Greatest
Celebration.
j The
I people of the state of
Georgia will unite this year as nev-
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| Paral .vsis” campaign and will stage
greatest “President's Birthday
! Celebrations ’ in the state's history
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on January 30.
This was the confident prediction
male by section and district chair
men. representing every part of
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' ’t C,0r ° f the Ge0rgia Committee for
th * celpbration of the Presidem’.
Btrthday ’
! Principal s P ea h p r was Gov. E D
who , serving again thi
011 aa chairman of the Georgia
the Celebration or
csidents Birthday.
We have established what \v e be
'‘eve is an enviable record since the
Georgia Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
wa ‘ s chartered,’’ said the governor,
| We are glad to be able to say that
j not a single application for aid that
[has mittee been has reported by a county com
been turned down, and
we hop? n0ne eve r will be. We al
' ca y have aided 71 cases in 43 dif
.ei‘-nt Georgia counties.
“Now*, as we enter a new cam
paign for badly needed funds with
which to continue the 'Fight Infan
tile Paralysis’ campaign I want to
express my confidence that the peo
pie of our state will rally as never
before in support of the campaign
to wipe oui this scourge. This is
fight a
for humanity and challenges
lhe support of every individual oi
every creed who believes in helping
his fellow man ”
Cotton Report for
Newton County
Census report shows that 11.139
bales of cotton were ginned in New
ton County. Georgia, from (he crop
of 1939 prior to December 13,
compared with 9,320 bales for the
crop of 1938
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874.
Judges Inspect More Than
100 Decorations Over
The City.
FIRST PRIZE WON BY
THE DR. T. U. SMITH
RESIDENCE ON EMORY
Building and Loan Window
Display Awarded
Prize.
The Covington Garden Club an
nounced the winners of the Yuletide
Contest this week with many homes
and business houses throughout the
city receiving honorable mention.
The residence of Mrs. T. U Smith
on Emory street was awarded first
prize. The home was decorated witii
two beautiful windows with paint
ings being shown with reflected
light. Last year the first prize was
awarded the home of Mrs. C. D
Ramsey, Sr.
Second prize was awarded Mrs
Guy Rogers’ home, which was dec
orated with soft blue lights. Third
prize w r as awarded the home of Mrs
C. D. Ramsey, Sr, which was again
decorated with blue lighting effects.
The Newton County Building and
Loan Association was awarded first
prize for the most attractive win
dow display. This is the second con
secutive year the prize for window
decorations has gone to the Build
! ing and Loan. This display is by
far the most outstanding one ever
attempted by Mr. MeGahee.
Second prize for window displays
went to Stauffacher .and White.
Third prize was awarded Bennett
and Cofer- All displays were
ually good and the many outstand
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inK decora,ions , th ' s year made ^ "
extremely difficult for the judges
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The -® nn “ a ^ c ° n,es K ls sponsored
bJ ’ the IoCa Garden Club and casn
prizes are awarded the home which
The homes and business
houses were judged Monday of las*
week.
The City of Covington Public
Works Department, under the di
rection of Superintendent of Public
Works H- O- Wheichei, decorated
he city park in the usual manner
The huge magnolias in the park
were covered with vari-cotored lights
and the largest tree had a crescent
and star in the very top which add
. d much to the beauty of the entire
business section. Around the
way in the park were strung many
colored lights.
Homes throughout Covington
very attractive and did much in
adding to the spirit of Christmas
this year.
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The Covington Kiwanis Club will
hold their annual Ladies' Night on
Thursday evening at 7.30
U the Dela " e >' Hote1 '
The ladies’ night wi„ serve a<
'he regulai weekly meeting of the
club an! will be the Ins, in m All
members are uiged to contact Rob
erl Fowler if you are unable to at "
tend '
President N. S Turner will be in
charge as the meeting opens ancT
will turn the gavel over to A- H
David at. installation services which ;
will be conducted by Kiwanian Tut
wiler. of Athens- All new officers
will be installed at this meeting.
Professor V. Y. C. Eady will lead
the group in a number of songs fol
lowed by a report from Robert Fow
ler. Secretary Bill Berry will make
his annual report at the meeting.
Georgia Genealogy f
Being Placed on File
The American Aniquarian Socie
ty, of Worcester, Mass., has received
a set of Mr. Fitzhugh Lee's
logical contributions from Aaron on
down and notifies him that they
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bound form
Mr contributes a weekly column
‘Georgia Genealogy’’ for The Cov
ington News. The columns were
clipped and mailed to the American
Antiquarian Society, where they
have been filed in the Library 'o
preserve records of the genealogy of
Southern families.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28
A Hai i* t r '•9 wi..{uo Hoi 0 Vhri LM perous New Year to You! |
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Let little 1940 introduce you to the spirit
of the New Year'. He’s ;n optimistic
fellow—and justly so, because he’s well
informed of the fact that 40 will be a
ringing good year. And you can count
on the Covington News to serve you in
every way possible during the coming
Naval Losses in
World War Given
In Brief Report
John Bob Weaver Requests
The Information from
Washington.
In answer to a question brought 1
out by John Bob Weaver, membe v j
of the local American Legion, of
ficiais in Washington have reported
here the total number of naval ves
sets lost by the various powers dur
ing the vvorid War.
The information wavS requested by
Mr Weaver ln order t0 compare
present war ,os - ses by various P°"
ers in the present European war
Many people of Covington and New
ton County _ , have , expressed . their . . in- ,
'«•«* in the report which follows:
Great Britain. 162: France. 35.
I„ly. 23: Japan. 5: UnUeP snttt. 3:
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Germany. 290; Total. 595.
In addition Great Britain lost 60
:ninor war vesse , s (torpedo boats
^ ;l00 ps b^aTs gunboa.s etc.’) monitors coastal
or her lasses .n th,
t heavier in proporiton
tha( of (he other Ailies Bm ..
ish losses of auX in ary vessels to
taled 17 armed merchant cruisers;
and 828 other vessels- This Iattei 1
figure '046 included 288 colliers and oil-)
ers trawlers and 130 drifters !
submarines accounted for 35^ ol
the loss amongst auxiliary vessels
28 % were sunk by mines and,
9 % were lost by wreck or fire.
Excluding tonnage owned by the
enemy countries, the world's losses
in merchant vessels by enemy action;
totaled 6 604 vessels aggregating
i 2 .850,814 tons, or approximately
j 3 0 { t he pre-war ionnage of th
world. To this figure must be added
the lasses due to marine risk ap
proximatelv 2,102.000 tons, making
a grand total of nearly 15.000.000
tons. The enemy countries lost 13.
007.650 tons of merchant vessels ahd ;
2,390 742 tons of vessels due to ma
, j n e risk,
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Xmas Pageant Good
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A special Christmas Carol Service
was held last Sunday evening at the
North Covington Methodist Church
The service was presented in the
form of a pageant which was writ
ten and directed by Mrs. Henry
Odum The entire service was great
v rt'j \ved by all w a 1 ten V 1
year, giving ou- best efforts to bringing
you the b-sst in local news, local pictures
and local features as well as a bigger
and wider circulation, offering our ad
vertisers a better opportunity to carry
their message to the largest number of
people.
^ZenerLday
Morning, January 2
Sheriff W. G. Benton announced
Tuesday that there would be no
Newton Superior Court on Monday
of next week. Court will convene on
Tuesday, January 2nd, at 9 o'clock.
All jurors, witnesses and others
having cases in court must be in
attendance on Tuesday. The order
was issued by Sheriff Benton in ac
cordance with a request from Judge j
James C. Davis
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When Monev Arrives from
Tax Col tec r. ,
salaries of school teachers , for . the
month of December will be paid next
week, according to B E. Thrashe.
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fund now and an additional $750
000 to $ 1 , 000,000 is expected early m
January from state ad valorem tax
es collected prior to December 20 bv
county tax collector, C ecks 1 an
being leeeive no« 1
ties.
The monthly payroll of he r
mon schools is a little less than $ 1 -
500.000.
The state guaranteed payment for
the first uofr months of the pres
em school year, but the Governor
had to impress highway funds to
mee t the payments for September.
October and November.
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services -;— will be he a .
Union
Covington First. Method,
Sunday evening. A *J* cial ” a '
Night service and Co f/* ° uaen p
Recognition service will be held a
all students are especial ly urged
be present. Mem e,s ^
the citys chute es at urged
to be present.
RCV . E. Pinkston
at New Hope Church
The public is invited to attend the
Emancipation Program at the New
Hope Baptist Church Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock. December 31.
Rev L. A. Pmkston, of August.
will be the principle speaker and a
special invitation is extended to all
to ri’.end the program-
Covington Merchants
Report Best Christmas
Business Since 1929
Late Shoppers Stage Final
. Rush Saturday in
Rain.
NEEDY PERSONS IN
COUNTY ARE SENT
XMAS PACKAGES
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Fewer Accidents Reported
During Christmas
Holidays.
Merchants of Covington were busy
this Sheir week tables taking stock and clearing j
big and floors following the j
rush of Christmas shoppers, 1
which began early last week. i
Despite the fact that a large
number of people followed the “shop
early’’ idea and bought their gifts
even as early as November, the flood
of buying during the last several
days exceeded the hopes of local
business men. Several store manag
ers and proprietors announced on
Wednesday that their stock of
Christmas items had been exhaust
ed before the final rush, but the
taking of standard buyers items bought like anyway,) dishos
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suits, articles. dresses and other year round )
Rain started to fall Saturday
morning, but even the cold bad
weather failed to dampen the spirit
of Christmas buyers who were anx
ious to fill their lists with almost
anything they could get. The usual
popping of firecrackers could not be
heard this year due to the new city
ordinanoe.
The local Welfare Depar.ment
and various charity committees of
the city reported the greatest suc
cess in the history of Covington in
i their drive to aid the poor. All per
sons who were reported by the prop
i er time were given help and gifts
were carried to homes throughout
the county. The Covington civic or
ganizations and churches assisted
in providing food, clothing and
The Strand Theatre cooperated in
sponsoring a special free movie to
aid the needy. The Boy Scouts re
paired toys while the women of the
city mended clothing given by var
ious people.
Another fine record of this Christ
mas established by the city and
county was the prevention of the
usual large number of accidents.
Very few if any automobile acci
dents were reported to the local po
lice department. Doctors reported
fewer calk from accidents at home
i m p r0 ved business conditions in
(jovmgton assured youngsters as
yrown . ups 0 f a greater
christmas Qne 0 f the best years in
.
Newton county's history from every
d int is belrfved I0 have just
passed
Farm Meeting in
Madison Jan. 13
J. A. Nolan, of Rutledge, Is
President of Credit
Group.
attendance «—'« at f-*‘ the “ annuai * ^ stock
holders’ meeting of the Mao son
Production Credit Associat ,
^ ^) cSTS Madison
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interesting and instructive
am has bpen arranged for the
acsociation Nolan said,
intercSt bein g manifested
b the members. Some new
^ ^ introduced j n the meeting
y,is year, he said
By spPc iai invitation of the asso
ciation a representative of the Pro
duction Credi t corporation of Co
lumbia w m ma ke a brief address at
lhe conclusion of the business ses
sion.
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Cotton Program
Official vote of farmers in th re
cent marketing quota lefeiendum
in Georgia was announced t us w
by the State AAA Commi tee a
73.427 for quotas. 10 ! '
or 88.6 per cent in favor of , quotas ,
for the 1940 crop.
Butts County farmers voted ^
Cobb. to 18 518 in to f ««f 22 o; DeKalb n Kr C Th °243 243 m° ,0 120 120. S
?o Fulton W ne 695 jasp^ to 128: Ojene “to WI to Jj.
U, 29 2 275 43
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nee 277 *0 102: Oglethorpe. 770 to
HO' Putnam 290 m 12: Rockdai-
403 to and Walton 1-090 .0 58.
Louis Johnson
Is opeaker at
Jackson Dinner
[) emocra t 8 Join In Drive to
Put Over Biggest
Feast.
Assistant Secretary of War. Louis
A. Johnson will be the principal
speaker at the Jackson Day Dinn,
for Georgia January 8 in Atlanta,
insuring the most brilliant Demo
cratic Party ceiebrauon pver he!d
*his State it was announced by
Major Clark Howell, State Chair
man of the dinner
Georgia . Democrats _ , who . contrib- . ..
ute outstanding services in the prep
aiations for lhe annual di f er wdl '
be awarded certificates of honor by
the Executive Committee. Major
Howell revealed as plans for the dm
^ ^ speeded
j t , er Co]onel j ohns0n - s
H»S slid th. MMM ««s.
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witty an d
y combined with the ability
a serious message forcefully
^ jhouphtfuIly .
Major Howell and his associates
are h ' g hly pleased over .he magnif
i cen t response so far by Democrat
piedges of cooperation and support
have come in from all sections o.
, he state following announcement of
plans f or the dinner on the anniver
sary 0 f Old Hickory's victory in the
Battle of New Orleans.
p,. 0 g ress j n obtaining acceptance?
of leading Democrats of every sec
uon of Georgia as county chairmen
or county committeemen has been
encouraging. Party leaders from
“Rabun Gap to Tybee Light ra y
ing to the Party’s call
Mr j 0 hnson was a captain of in
fanlry overse as for a year in the
world War and is a lieutennt col
0 nel of the infantry reserve. He was
def(?ratpd as a commander of ih*
, pgion of Honor 0 f France.
Porterdale Firemen
Hold Annual “Feed"
The Porterdale Fire Department
held their annual Firemen's banquet
Friday night at Andrew’s Cafe
Thirty-five members attended the
banquet which was attended by
Porterdale firemen and city offtc
ials. The banquet was given in ap
preciation of the fine work done
m 1939 by the Porterdale depari
ment
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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Re-Enlists
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WILLIAM HARRIS MORGAN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Whit H. Mor
gan, and grandson of the late
Major J. C. Morgan, of this coun
ty, recently re-enlisted in the Ma.
rines, where he has served for the
past four years. William is a fot
mer resident of Covington, and
had five uncles from Newton
county who served in the War
Between the States.
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS GIVEN er
COUNTY AGENT
Sales and Deliveries of All
Cotton Products
Reported.
Snles and deliveries of cotton and
cotton products, through November
30, 1939. Under the cotton export
program, totaled 4.332 000 bales, the
Department of Agriculture an
nounced recently. This total includes
sales and deliveries of cotton pro
ducts in the equivalent of 215,000
bales. The cotton export program,
which became effective July 27,
1939. provides payments of 114 cents
per pound on exports of raw cot
ton and equivalent payments on
exports of cotton products
Through the efforts of the Burke
County Unit Timber Protection As
sociation. possibly 100.000 acres have
been saved from destruction, Joel
Chappell, Burke county agent, es
timates. During the two years th*
Burke county fire protective Unit
has been in operation, there has
been more than 800 acres reforest
; ed in the county. "During the time
the association has been in exist
ence in Burke county, there has
been a surprisingly large decrease
in the number of forest fires in the
county." Mr. Chappell said. “And
there has been a great increase in
enth.' iw.asm on the part of the
farmer for fire protection.*’
Georgia farmers received over 90
million dollars in cash farm in
I come during the first nine months
of 1939 .
An increase of 63 per cent in cash
farm income fr °? marketings of
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es'tima'^d Rom
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abou (hf same a? in
The ^^estimate for 1932 is $4 682.000.
fig . ureS are part , of a rt .
vised series of annual estimates
covering the last thirty years. The
Bureau reported that direct gov
ernment parity and adjustment.
payments to farmers on account of
soil conservation in 1939 will total
about $675,000,000—a material addi
tion to the cash available to farm
ers
News from Washington, D. C., is
to the effect that market receipts
of dressed poultry have been in
creasing seasonally to take care of
the holiday demand. The into-stor
movement for poultry is now
^ underwa y, the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture reports, and
Etoekg at the 2 6 major storing cit
ie s on November 26 were 6 per cent
(han ftt fhp sam p ume 1>3 t
vear supplies of poultry during the
' early 1940
inder of 1939 and
"ill continue larger than in thecor
J period of the 1938-39
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ket|ng season
Larger supplies of poultry and
eggs during the remainder of 1939
and first half of 1940 are expected
with smaller supphes during th*
latter part of next year.
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