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■ 4 S' /w: k b< ai 0 – ■ 1 s Ml BBaws • | Volume - 76 ASIIINGTON SNAPSHOTS Many farmers and small business men, may not realize it, since they are not directly affected by the law. btrfphe have a tremendous stake In the investigation of the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relation:, Board now being conducted by a special House Committee The stake was made very clear in the first public hearings by the Committee in Washington It is this: Pam-era and small businessmen can ieil more if their customeis have the wherewithal to buy. A ma jor avowed purpose of the Wagner Act -was to reduce strikes so as to maintain purchasing power. When factory’ workers are on strike, their wages stop. They have no money to buy things The U. 3. Labor Depart ment figures show that the number of strikes, and the wages lost, in creased after passage of the Wagner Act- Ai nd, just as an example of What pappens in these cases, it is estimated that because of one dis pute in Detroit, purchasing power in the Whole |$3,000 country was reduced about 000 a day! Only recently, a big segment of the automobile industry closed down and Boaaididn’t the Wagner Act and the Labor prevent it. All tef this means, of course, that flSR problem of the farm surplus has si been aggravated. While the has plowed under, or re ps production thousands of b.8ve been unable to buy ^^^Ktods—because they were out on strikes. JR rm stake in the matter has genrtiay been buried in columns of pi ports- It is this: ,abor Board itself is under inves stifation. Htee No Congressional Com in recent years has per mitted tHnterrupt [the group proceedings under investiga- and in tion sert .B’guments and material into the record at almost any time it ohose. YejlCharles Fahy. General Coun sel f«j§ the Labor Board, sits at onp end® the Committee table. Not on ly htwhe asked questions of witness ps, but he is the funnel through which suggestions by seven or eight other [Labor Boarders are passed on to Representative Murdock of Utah Murdock, incidentally, is the only eemmi teeman who has shown a definite pro-board bias. The others are,making every effort to be usually fair, which is the real rea son that the Labor Board, through Murdo k. i s allowed a chance to break down or discredit the testi mony of witnesses. _ Labor Board spokesman „ have „ , . shown clearly that they do not think the Wagner Act should be amended in any important rasped They see no wrong in a law which grants ah rights to but imposes no response bilittes on unions. This is especially the very day Board Member Smi i Th shonrnera'or^eR Tht l Tal ei .hedfecTof what might be called questionable pres,"ire This man had a pin ball machine in hi= sandwich shop. It was serviced j by A F- of L members. The C. I. O. picketed his shop until he finally had to have the machine taken out. Whether the A F. of L. will picket him remains to be seen. privately, that before Committee the hearings attaches re porn are offer, they will put reams of evidence into the record illustrating means by wlich an employer is harmed irre trievably because of fights between wious unions. The employer, under ttie Bon law, has no specific right to cail the Labor Board to settle such ftputes. He just sits by. loses mon *|l. and watches while they fight. Bitched most of Washington the Labor Board hearings, o'her important things were hap i R will be argued that national de- j lense requires such a law for the |af“ty of the nation It will, the B/onsor- win add, be applied only to i fneisrate businesses- BUY YOUR GROCERIES, MEATS, Dry Goods—Hardware And Other Commo dities Advertised Weekly In jc « 4 Young Musicians Being w Recruited Georgia youth musicians under 25 years of age will be given a chance to apply for the 1Q9 positions in Leopold Stokowski’s All-Ameri can youth orchestra, to be organized this winter for a good-win tour of South and Central America. It was announced today by D. B. Lasseter, state administrator of the National Youth Administration, through which agency the young musicians will be recruited. N. Y. A. Administrator Aubrey Williams arranged with the noted orchestra conductor for the state offices of the National Youth Ad ministration to receive and pass on preliminary applications of accom plished young musicians. Both N- Y. A. workers and non-N. Y. A. peo ple under 25 will be eligible. Mr Williams said Experience and some indication of high ability will be primary requirements. The try-outs will be open to all young people, ir respective of sex. color, or race. The tour is being planned with the cooperation of the Pan-Ameri can Union and Mr, Stokowski has said that a special ship may be chartered for the trip Preliminary auditions will be arranged by Mr. Stokowski and the N Y. A. in six or eight central cities If satisfactory applications are re ceived. Mr. Stokowski plans to ax range transportation to New York or some other central point for those who are recommended following the regional auditions. “This is a worthy and enterprise,” Mr. Williams said in announcing the arrangement. “I am hopeful that selecting these through our state offices all over the country will extend this wonderful opportunity equally to aJl of our tal ented young musicians, and develop a musical group that will represent the very best of its kind that can be assembled.’’ Any young person in Georgia in terested may make application by letter directly to D. B. Lasseter. N Y. A. state administrator, Ten For syth Street Building, Atlanta, Ga. The letter should show the name the applicant, his age, instrument played, experience, education, and | qualifications, together with any pertinent additional information Applications will be received up to February 1. —NEWS FROM— I CEDAR SHOALS i MRS. E. G. SWITZER 1 k-, Tuisr °‘ “■ “ nd Mr. J. M. Woodruff, of Norfolk, Va„ and Capt- John Garner, of Portsmouth, Va , were the guests last Friday of Mr. N, H. Piper. Mr . Charlie Speer and children, of Thomaston. spent several days with and *** mond Owens. n", ^ C f Il0tte . M f T hel1 ’ of ° ak with Mlss Hester a Switzer. Mrs. Mose Collis spent several d ays last we«»k with relatives at atone Mountain Messrs. Howard Piper, Noah Pi per. of Covington, and Virgil Piper of Clarkston, Guy King, of Corbin, Ky., and Pete Millinex, of Stone Mountain, visited Mr. N- H. Piper Sunday. Mrs. A. W Switzer, of Milledgc ville. and Mr. Ernest Switzer, of Jacksonville. Fla., were the guests Wednesday of Mr, and Mrs. E. G Switzer. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and family of Stone Mountain were re cent visitors of Mr and Mrs, Mose Collis. Mrs Charlie Collis and children, of Meador, Ga are spending sev era! days here with Mr and Mrs Wilson Knight. Mr. and Mrs Clarence Durden and Friends of Mrs. Paul Bailey are; | sorry to note her illness and wish for her a speedy recovery Friends of Mr. N. H. Piper arp glad to know he is improving aftei several weeks’ illness. | ^? e T#“«p s SStS. Southward Bound j { m IS r J yiT m litililli m . Mi i /; if B all-girl “Hour of it-* orchestra which begins a theatrical swing through the Southland immediately after the first of the year. Only eighteen, Kay is but one of thirty talented girls who compose the or chestra’s personnel. One of the best known bands in radio today, they are already booked for appearances in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina. j Increased Cotton Consumption j Drive Continues Throughout South j Locking forward to a program greatly increased activity on all jor fronts in the battle for increased cotton consumption during 1940, of ficials of the National Cotton Coun oil today reviewed a lengthy list concrete accomplishments of its 1939 campaign, Attributing a major portion of the credit for greatly increased favor able publicity for cotton products to the 2,800 newspapers of the Cotton Belt, the Council said that during 1939 Beit editors had devoted almost $1,000,000 worth of space to cotton and its products. Other favorable publicity came as a result of cotton programs staged by nearly 2,000 civ ic clubs throughout the Belt, test campaigns involving the use of "Pick Cotton” postage meter plates and the distribution of 500 outdoor pos ters featuring the 1940 program theme. Special projects to stimulate the use of cotton products included the j 1 co-sponsorship successful and promotion of the most National Cotton Week in the history of the event, the staging of the Cotton Belt’s first annual Cotton Christmas, a cam paign in which more than 750 news papers promoted the household re use of cotton bags, completion of ar rangements with a large Southern coffee firm to distribute more than compound perfected by the Cotton Research Foundation, and success f u j negotiations with a large flour mi ji to use oottonseed shortening exclusively in its nationally distrib uted biscuit mixture Combatting discriminatory taxes on cotlonseod food Pr “' th Council reported the successful de- ! fense of these P roducts a § ainst 2f) -- a ie legislative attempts to levy new or increased taxes and license fees. In the field of scientific researen to discover new uses for cotton, the Council adopted the Cotton Rc search Foundation as its researen agency, pledging its financial sup port to the organization in carrying out projects already under way and new projects to be evolved jointly by the two organizations. During 1939 the Council also initiated the first exhaustive survey of cotton roads. Continuing its efforts to expand foreign trade, the Council was suc cessful in securing more favorable war risk insurance terms and as sisted materially in the organize tion of the new Cotton Export Corp oration. Results of studies on net weight selling of cotton are now bf ing submitted to the industry, with] a final report to be made at the Council’s annual convention in Feb ruary. Dear Eleanor: Hurry to THE COV INGTON NEWS for the January Sale of RYTEX DECKLE EDGE l„! Deckled Sheets and 100 Deckled En veiopes, printed with your Name and Address or Monogram. And the co! ors are DEE-lightful! Be sure to or der boxes and boxes from THE COVINGTON NEWS. I COVINGT O N', GEOR G IA, THl'RS D AV, JANUA RY 4, 1940. Jackson Day Speaker 1 y :*.+ j m pn,. in ■\ X ■ •' . i M 1/ 1 r s/s ■.:** ill i'ib'iv.'v II ; ■ Louis A. Johnson. Assistant Secre tary of War and Past National Commander of the American Le gion. who will be principal speaker at the statewide Jackson Dav Din ner to be held at the Ansley Hotel in Atlanta. January 8. — 1 Party Leaders Perfect Jackson Day Program '°*eST!£ Preparations <££ for the iJKStTm greatest irei ihn historv of the Party were auno<i complete 'this week as ticket sales for the annual Statewide Jacks0 n Dav Dinner January 8 in Atlanta showed a substantial spurt. Major Clark Howell, state chair man, completed the organization ot his state committee with the ap pointment of a cross-section, repre senting every important Democra* ic political school of thought in the S*ate. County committees had accepted a PP° ln trnents in nearly all of Geor gia i, 159 counties and were active '' "°rk assembling delegations to attend the Dinner, which will be at the Ansley Hotel at 7 P. M Al though some of the county delega :ifns as in t!le case Hal1 County are re * e rving seats together, many cour ’ ty ^legations a:c exoected to nien ’ t>era may pick tip notes on the P'^ lltlcal outlook to be comparer, when they return to their homes. Colonel Louis A. Johnson, Assist ant Secretary of War and Past Na lional Commander of the American Legion, will be the principal guest speaker at the Dinner, bringing ] Georgians a timely message of good interest to Democrats. President ton Non-fact.ional character of the Dinner is being emphasized by M– jor Howell, the annua! Jackson Day Dinner being held for the common good ol the whole Democratic Par- State Drive Nears ft a !■* Si celebration of the President's birth day last week, where plans are idly being completed for the state's greatest drive for funds to battle the “maiming death.'' "These from person of life and from even corner of the state,'’ H. T. Dobbs. Executive Di rector of the Georgia f»?a,r T by e year peop 'L become of Georgia more hav and " more infantile paralysis conscious. ana conscious of the crying need of | aid for victims of the disease, so ' that it becomes increasingly easy to attract the attention Qf every body in the state to the drive for funds,’’ Mr Dobbs added “This is attributed to a large ex tent to the year-round interest stimulated by the establishment of | the Georgia State Chapter of the 1 National Foundation for Paralysis. Inc. which has done so much for polio cases throughout the state,’’ he said. It was pointed out that the plan for disbursement of the funds raised will be the same as last year —fifty per cent will be sent to the National Foundation to be used for research, and the other fifty per cent will remain with the Georgia Chapter of the National Founda tion for the exclusive use of victims in this state. Section Chairmen have been lected, and throughout the counties organized under the rict Chairmen have started ting various events, which will max the drive on the 3irthday, January 30. Section Chairmen are: Ivan Al en, Citizens: M. D. Collins, School; Walter Brown. Agriculture; Cason Callaway, Industrial; Cicelo drick. Labor; Jim J. Page Jr. tcls; Mrs. Robin Wood. Women’s; Ralph McGill, Publicity. ty. Proceeds of the Dinner will go to the National Committee's fund. Tickets may be obtained from county committeemen or from the state headquarters. 515 Henry Gra dy Hotel, Atlanta. Members of the State Commit tee are; Ellis Arr.all, Attorney Gen eral, Newnan; Zach Arnold. State Vi ditor Fort Gaines; David S. At kirson, Savannah; Congressman Paulk Brown, Elberton; Shepard Biyan Atlanta; Cason Callaway, LaGrange; Congressman Sidney Camp. Newnan; Ryburn G, Clay, A'lanta; Dr. M D. Collins, State School Superintendent, Atlanta, Congressman E E. Cox, Jackson P. Dick, Atlanta; Edgar B Dunlap. Gainesville; U S. Senator Walter F. George, Vienna; Congress man W. Ben Gibbs Jesup; Jim L. Gillis, Soperton; George Googe, Sa vannah; George B. Hamilton. State Treasurer DtKalb Conty; William B. Harrison, Comptroller - Geneiai Atlanta; Roy V Harris, Speaker oi the House of Representatives, Au gusta; Hugh Howell, Atlanta; A. J. Keith, Gay; J. J Mangham. Bre men; Downing Musgrove, Executive Secretary to the Governor Homer ville; Abit Nix, Athens; Congress man Stephen Pace. Americus; Con pressman Hugh Peterson, Ailey; | Mrs. Virginia Polhill Price Demo cratic National Committeewoma.n Louisville; Congressman Robert Ramspeck, Decatur; Governor E. D Rivers, Democratic National Com mitteeman, Lakeland; Columbus Roberts, Commissioner of Agricul ( Ure> Columbus; U. S. Senator Rich ard B Russell, Winder; Robert Rus winder; Frank Scarlett- Bruns wiC ] { . Hughes Spalding, Atlanta; John B. apivey, State resideetash John B. Spivey, Senate President Swainsboro; Eugene Talmadge. Mc R a e; Congressman M C. Tarver. Dalton; Congressman Carl Vinson, Mtlledgeville, John B, Wilson, Sec ret-ary of State. Atlanta; Congress man B Frank Whelchel, Gaines ville; J. W. Woodruff. Columbus Farmer - businessmen meetings are being conduoted in many states, for the purpose of bringing about closer farm-business relationships and a better unierstanding of each other s problems. Literally thousands of pledges of sup port and coopera tion to aid in the "Fight Infantile Paralysis’’ campaign poured into State Headquarters of the Georgia Committee for the For Polio Final Completion Father and Son Killed by Fall MONROE — Extremely singular was the recent death of R Luther j Keheley, 71. of Monroe. Keheley died as a result of injuries mcuned when he fell from a pecan tree in * 1 ' s Y ar d 11 was almost exactly five . vears a ?° ,hat his * on - c °y- mel death by falling from the same tree TO «■*«■ % MW I from BEN tho Novtlifd Paramount ALBERT Pkturo ^2. PRESTON FOSTER, ra rt w rra ' IpNf' ELLEI W, ANDY DEVINE J V /Z~Vn St ♦. Sg :# – ti if. *2 -. m > ^ SYNOPSIS Jack Steele, lieutenant serving under /in father is the campaign against Geronimo, Apache leader, has written to his mother and fian cee to join him «n the west and go on to California, where they will establish a home. Geronimo attacks the coach with the two women, kills Mrs. Steele and wounds Alice Ham ilton. Jack, feeling that his father's refusal to wage intensive war against Geronimo was responsible for the tragedy, goes off alone to get Geronimo. CHAPTER VI CNEEZEU innocently watched 'J Starrett assembling his kit In the officers’ quarters. He drawled, “Too bad I got to meet that ammunition train.” “Why?” asked Starrett, faintly as he realized that knew his plans. “When you’re trailin’ Injuns, you mustn't leave no tracks behind. What we need is experienced men." “Well,” commented Starrett bit terly, “somebody's got to go after 1 the kid.” “Maybe the old man ain’t human," Sneezer said, “but he sure learned me the meanin’ -f two W'ords—’good The warriors threw Starrett to the ground and in a mo ment he was spreadeagled to the other pegs, right next to Jack. Hi- € * ■ S J rr. > . Til 3 i .' S’ soldier.’ ” He held out his hand. "Well, luck!” Starrett shook the hand heartily. "Same to you.” “I got a mighty quber feelin ," said Sneezer, “we ll both need It. ’ He walked outside to where three scouts were waiting by four horses. As he prepared to mount, he heard Daisy Devine's voice, calling, “Sneezer! Sneezer!” Sneezer turned, embarrassed be cause of the presence of the other scouts. “Well, Mins Daisy, I couldn't find you no place.” "I've been in the hospital,” Daisy said. “Looking after Miss Hamilton." She glanced at Sneezer for a mo ment and then threw her arms im pulsively around his neck and kissed him. Sneezer, scarlet with embarrass ment, stammered. “Shucks, 1 didn't think . . . aw, you know wha« I mean.” “You will be careful, won’t you? asked Daisy, smiling. “Say,’’ said Sneezer, treading on thin air with happiness, “this is the first time anybody cared if I went or—or come back—or—or—got my self killed." The four scouts rode off into the night. Young Jack Steele, his wrists knotted together behind his back by a rawhide loop being slowly tight ened by a stick thrust through the loop by an Indian brave, stood in agony before Geronimo and his half breed interpreter. “Now." said the half-breed, "you tell which way ammunition wagons | come—maybe." "1 don’t know,” said Jack, fighting SECOND SECTION OF YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER NUMBER 1 Dogs Guard Bone From Garbage Kan Old Mother Hubbara went to the cupboard And thj;ew her doggie a bone Along came the garbage man To put it in the garbage can But lo and behold it was gone! There is a large bone on a Moul trie sidewalk, that no one has dared to molest, not even the garbage man. For hovering around it for the past few days have been one large po lice dog and two small pooches canines treasure the delicacy so much that when they spied the sanitary department coming down the street recently, in a body they hid the bone behind a shrub ofT the agony of the torture. "1 don't know.” Geronimo nodded to the warrior, who turned the stick and tightened the rawhide. The half-breed, watch ing Jack's suffering, reveled in it and said, "Geronimo has good way to make you tell.” As the stick twisted again, the half-breed threatened. “You tell now, maybe?” Jack, in agony, screamed, “No. No I won't. 1 won't tell!” Geronimo, losing patience, barked a sharp command, and as the war rior loosened the stick and tore the rawhide from Jack’s wrists, three other warriors pinned the boy to the ground and spreadeagled him with rawhide thongs by his wrists and ankles to four pegs which had been staked in the ground. A shout rang out. Geronimo grabbed his rifle and watched close ly, relaxing only when four warriors came into view, dragging the de fiant Starrett with them. Geronimo glanced from Starrett down to Jack and issued an order. The warriors threw Starrett to the ground and in a moment he was spreadeagled to tout other pegs, right next to Jack, who cast a terri fied glance at him. ■ ! A group of Indians picked up some ! small brushwood fires burning a lit tle distance away and brought them to the two white men. Geronimo, standing over them, nodded to the iialf-breed, who snarled. “Now we find out which way ammunition wagons come—maybe.” Starrett, fighting mad, felled, “Don’t tell them. Jack! Don’t tell them!” Geronimo gave an order. The war riors, singly and in twos and threes, applied the fires to each bound hand and foot. Starrett gritted his teeth, but Jack drew back as if trying to get as far as possible from the flames. Geronimo, silent, grinned as the half-breed bent over the two. “Now j you tell?" Starrett yelled in an effort to cover up his agony "Don't tell them, Jack!” Geronimo, in a rage, stamped his moccasined foot over Starrett's mouth, while Jack writhed in agony, trying all the time to tel! Starrett by the intensity of his look that he would not talk. At that moment, Gille^)ie, on hoiscback, rushed into the open clearing and Hung himself off bis horse in front of Geronimo. "We've just spotted the ammunition train! It’s coming through Mescal Pass Get your warriors together! You can meet it at the river by morning!' He broke off suddenly as ne saw the faces of the two tortured men wnose expressions showed that their sus 1 picion* of Gillespie had been con | Elephant Faced Bog Preaches at Dawson Dawsonites listened to an “ele phant-faced'’ preacher recently, when they were visited by ‘the Rev erend Puller- a colored preacher, born part human and part elephant and known throughout the world.'' Fuller is said to be the only of 13 children in his family bom in his condition He has a formation of an elephant ear that hangs 17 inches, two normal ears and three eyes, but can see out of only one. An elephant trunk formation hangs 24 inches. - At least one-tenth of all people in the United States depend directly on cotton for their living, firmed. At a word from Genonlmo, the fires were removed. Geronimo. rushing around the catnp yelling orders, jumped onto his horse. A group of warriors led their horses away from the corral and mounted. Gillespie ran to Ge ronimo's horse and seized the chief by the leg. “What are you going to do about them?” he asked anxiously. "They recognized me!" Geronimo laughed. He called the half-breed, said a word to him, and the 'breed marched over to the two prisoners. He .tent down, and said, exultantly. “You stay nere 'til we come back — maybe. Many thing* Geronimo like to find out about gen eral.” He rose to his feet as if to go, and then, as If In after-thought, laughed, “You tell, ail right!” He swaggered after Geronimo. leaped on his own horse, and Joined the group, which mounted and armed with Geronimo and Gillespie at their head, rode off. A single warrior with rifle in hand stood silently besfde Starrett and Steele, still pinned to the ground. . The next morning, Starrett and Jack, still staked out on the ground, were stiff and miserable. The ion# armed Indian still stood guard over them, as motionless as if carved out of oak. Suddenly the Indian wheeled and yanked his rifle up to his shoulder as if to fire, but before he could pull the trigger, a score of shots rang out and he fell to the ground, dead. General Steele, leading the dead of his column of troops, rode into the clearing, jumped from his dorse and rushed to where the two men were lying. About ten soldiers, who had been riding behind him. dismounted. Some stood guard in anticipation of an attack; others ran to where Star rett and Jack were, and started cut ting them loose from their bonds with bayonets. General Steele knelt beside hi* son. As the boy's bonds were cut hi* father raised him in his arms. His lips parched. Jack murmured. "Go ronimo—the ammunition train.” For a brief instant the old man’* face revealed the effect of the boy * words—far greater than his fear and concern over the attack was the first thought which sprang to hi3 mind. He looked at his son and asked stern ly. "Who told him?” But before Jack could answer, §tarrett, just being raised from the stakes by two soldiers who had cut him free, jumped to Jack s defense. He yelled. “Gillespie told him, sir. Jack didn’t say a word!” General Steele, holding Jack in his arms, revealed by his look of re lief the load which had been lifted from bis mind at the reassurance that it had not been his son who had told the position of the ammunition train. Sneezer, riding et the head of a group of scouts in front of a cov ered wagon train, kept looking with experienced eyes for signs of danger. Suddenly Sneezer and Pedro, the at his side, both drew up their horses and signalled with their for the wagon train to stop. looked around uneasily. ”1 something mighty queer goin' around here," he said. “Si,” an Pedro. “Me. too.” Sneezer glanced at the head of * before them, studied the large of Indians who suddenly ap on the top ot the ridge, and "Looks like we got com comin to our house." He his shoulders. “Well, only one thing to do. Get men We got to make a run it.” (To bt continued J