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By THE OFFICE BOY
From too much love of living,
Fiom hope and fear set me free,
We thank with brief Thanksgiving
4 ISHEI
Swineburne.
Oui hearts are saddened this 1
week as we think of those two
noble men who departed into the
great beyond the past week . . .
R. P. (Dick) Lester was loved by
all who knew him and those who
did Sot know him missed an op
portunity to know one of God's
noblemen . . . ever cheerful, kind
ly and considerate, he really per
sonified in his dally life one
whom we would define as a Chris
tian gentleman . . . Dick Lester
was interested in those things
which, represented the best things
in hSf community in his . . . long an ac
tive worker church, he
taughj (he matron’s class for many
year# in the First Methodist
Chubch of our city . . . often he
would be invited to other churches
in our city and in our county and
would never refuse an opportun
ity to teach the Word of God
yearithe wherever possible ... Of recent
ailment which eventually
proved fatal had restricted his ac
tivitik but nothing could dim the
graciius smile and hearty hand- |
cla» with which he greeted all
withlwhom he came into contact
. .. he was proud of his fine fam
ily apd during a recent reunion
he silted he would never cease to
thank God for giving him an op
portilnity to live to see his sons
daughters reach the point
that they were living useful Chris
es • • • certainly he will
continue to live in the heart of
this lommunity with the memory
of his many fine traits and his
JE/Sgry the will be perpetuated in
fe s of his sons and daughters
Igpljl’rank Ivery Jordan also passed
suddenly during the
Veek leaving a large group
towing friends and relatives
rhile Frank had been in ill
Ifor a number of years his
£ was sudden and unexpect
ed . Through all his ill health
he ntver ceased to be cheerful
and pleasant and one never knew
his il|pess worried him in the least
as hepie Iwas v er referred to it . . . that
truly one of his best traits
. . . he did not try to worry others
with this own misfortune, taking
everything that came to him
Withoti*. a murmur , . . cheerful,
UnctHPplaining, spreading sun
shine wherever he went, Frank
Waap|)eloved by all . . . Truly two
great’ characters have passed to
theSrcal beyond and have left a
vacancy in our city and commun
we.lfcelieve ity |. . Knowing them personally,
they would agree on
this as a fitting tribute:
“Su»: and evening star,
An<| Ajfid one clear call for me,
may there be no moaning of
■he bar,
■hen I put out to sea.’’
The Office Boy continues ill ;
butjis is ioped decidedly improved and it I
will be able to return
home in the near future ... In!
the meantime wlY Tt. the gracious g friends
MS o.- keeping hts room delightful
H^Bympathy ' "TeT S”
he has so many floral tribute. ‘
and sympathy cards that we are !
just a little bit afraid it may go |
to this head and he may refuse to
Me used‘that aS m a a ” be Te nukin'"!
word humble . . .
will find out later though about
that . . . certainly we are all
l^fcdnesses humbly grateful for the many
and expression of sym
pathy he has received during his
'fttr.ess ... we won’t attempt to
®ank your ourselves but reserve
If PKat will pleasure have for him time and when afraid he
. not
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tts started on that pleasant job ol
SWEEPIN’ UP.
i Presbyterian Chureh
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: Services q, , for - Sunday _ _
I 100:00 a. M Morning worship,
famed.’’ ■Sermon by the pastor, “Not Ash
Mr. Bobby Brooks will
iguest soloist. |
lyour This church extends to you and
friends a cordial invitation to
bend all services.
The men of the Covington Pres-
26th, at seven o'clock
®l)j At THIS INDEX PAPER AND TO PROSPERITY IS CIVIC COVINGTON’S PRIDE
Volume 76
CITIZEN OF CITY, ^°Ryerg 1 14 DIES
PIONEER
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Crowd Attends State Singing Convention Sunday
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Richard P. Lester Held
At Methodist Church
Was Active Member Board
of Stewards of Methodist
Church.
WAS MEMBER OF THE
FIRM OF LESTER AND
SMITH IN COVINGTON
Former State Senator and
Former Member City
Council.
Richard P- Lester, pioneer citizen
of Covington, died suddenly Friday
afternoon at his residence in North
Covington- He had been in ill
health for several years, but his
death came as a shock to his many
friends throughout this section of
Georgia
Mr. Lester was one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Coving
ton, having spent nearly his entire
life in this community. He served
actively as a member of the Board
of Stewards of the Covington First
Methodist Church and as a trustee
of the North Covington Church.
was a former member of the Cov
the' °nroe L ress ! °made 7 the icitv^He 5
s eived as a State o , Senator e , «. fiom
t is 'strict for several terms and
his work m this capacity is
St8 ^ d i n8 '
During recent . years, his ■„
did not prevent him frx>m
actively acuve.y engagea engaged in in buskless business
the firm of Lester and Smith anci
as a director of the Newton
Building and Loan Association
served as Grand Secretary of
Royal Arcanum for more than
ty-five years. Mr. Lester was a past
superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday School .He was a member
of the Masonic Lodge
The outstanding and unusual rec
ord achieved by Mr Dick Lester in
Covington and Newton County dur
ing his lifetime will remain with
tli£ people for generations to come
kindness and friendly manner
won friends for h.m wherever
went.
Only a week before he passed
away, Mr. Lester, always interested
in the various worthy clubs and or
in Covington, wrote a
letter to the local Kiwanis Club, of
he was a past active charter
member. The letter follows:
Opportunity—Thete is a geneiai
notion that opportunity knocks but
once at the door of an indiv dua
but this does not apply to a mem
of the Covington Kiwanis Ciub.
is the P rivi 'ege of a true mem
q{ KJwanis t0 make oppo rtuni
ties .0 bp of seivice to mankind, and
t0 the underprivileged
children
“There is a picture in my mind oi
a poorly clad, underfeed boy walk
ing on the sidewalk of life gradual
being forced to the outer edge.
and havin S to walk in the
gutter. I see him looking often to
find a break in the line of pedes
trians where he can get back on
the pavement Down the walk I see
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Funeral Rites for Mrs. Alfred
N. Held at Hayston Church
p “”"' ri, “ h 'f " ‘ h *
in the Hays family burying ground
the Luther Hays Presbyterian
Church at Hayston, Ga., were con
ducted yesterday (Wednesday) af
lernoon, for Mrs. Alfred N- Hays, a
has resided with her son, Mr. W
Mortimer Hays, in Douglasvilie, and
daughter, Mrs. William T. Asher,
in Atlanta, where she died Tuesday.
her father being a Confederate vet
eran She was a teacher in Rockdale
County and lived in Atlanta and
Decatur before coming to Covington
Church lor eighty years, her mem-
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874
Agricultural
News Given by
County Agent
Reduction in Payments for
Legumes Announced
By Government.
Under the 1940 AAA Program the
vlue of legumes interplanted with
non-legumes such as peas and vel
vet beans planted in corn has been
reduced from one-half unit per acre
to one-fourth which means 37'a
cents instead of 75 cents. The value
of lespedeza has been reduced from
one unit per acre to 2/3 unit which
means a reduction in pay from
$i 50 per acre to $1.00. The total
Class 2 payments have been in
creased by $30 00 to each farm pro
vided the extra units are earned by
setting of trees. This means each
farm may set 4 acres to trees fo.
vvhich $30 00 will be paid in addition
l ° ,he USUal Cla5S 2 P ayment ’ s -
Tf “ 5,011 arp interested in setting
u-ee s we would advise placing your
order immediately as the season is
drawing to ac lose and the nurser
** will begin to dispose of their
surplus stock. Shortleaf. loblolly and
slash pine mav be obtained for 12
per p er thousand tnousana F t O o. b. B Flowery nowery
Branch. Black locust and black
j walnut may be obtained from the
same place af $3 00 for the locust
and $3.50 for the walnut.
Very few farmers have placed or
j d ers with us for fruit trees. Every
farm should have a good home
chard and when peach trees
be obtained for 6 cents each there
t s no reason for farms not to have
good home orchards This means
j trees of 6 varieties may be secured
for $180 Tins will give ample frui
for a family over the major poition
of the summer Place your order
now and get the trees set
January and February.
Make Make your >our pians plans to to impiove improve 0 one
or more acres of your pasture land
,his spring. We would suggest plow
ing if the sod is showing signs of
being too near the surface. An ap
plication of good fertilizer should
be made. If the bermuda is not to
a stand set roots in the thin spots
Then apply from 15 to 50 pounds of
lespedeza per acre Ii the grazing ^
, controlled on this land to
too close grazing so the lespedeza
will reseed a well established sum
mer pasture will result. This next
Ki „ d „
could be seeded. This method foi
lowed spring and fall on a small
scale say one to two acres will re
suit in a real pasture over a tei
year period.
During the last few days we have
seen FOme client steers that art
on feed in th county. If the markets
hold till April we think these farm
ers will make some money and you
will see everyone of them improve a
field of land with the manure.
bership now remaining in the
Methodist Church of Covington She
was a charter member of the First
Methodist Missionary Society of At
lanta. a charter member of the Wo
men's Club of Covington and a life
member of the Covington Women's
Missionary Society, for which she
was treasurer over twenty - five
years. Her name has been memor
ialized at Scarritt College in Nash
ville
Surviving relatives include two
sons- W M. Hays, of Douglasvilie.
and J. P Hays, of Atlanta; two
daughters. Mrs. W. T. Asher, of At
lanta. and Mrs. O. L Tomlin, of
Tampa, Fla., two sisters, Mrs E.
E. Tamplin, of Chattanooga and
Mrs- Susie Mcllvain. of Denton,
Texas, seven grandchildren and
three great grandchildren. The
News extends sympathy to the be
reaved family Rev H. C Emory,
of Covington officiated, assisted
Rev. Harold Pace, of Atlanta.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,* JANUARY 18, 1940.
IT’S STILL THE SOLID SOUTH
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Democrats of Georgia and the South are stil: united behind their
Party, national leaders were assured when more Democrats than ever
before attended the Jackson Day Dinner in Atlanta. The Georgia Din
j ner raised the third largest contribution to the Party in the entire
^^Above^a"quartet of Democrats wiew the 8 statewide dinner which
was held m Atlanta with new encouragement for the Party. They are,
( from ]eft tQ right; (seated) Colonel Louis A. Johnson, Assistant Secre
tary o{ \y ar and guest spe aker, and Major Clark Howell, editor and
pu blisher of the Atlanta Constitution and State Chairman of the Din
ner; and (standing) W. V. Crowley vice-presidentof Fulton National
Bank of Atlanta and treasurer 0f ’ he
and Wiley Lu Moore. Fulton t rhajon^n.^ , Adopted Mr Mfwes personal
slogan, * . “We Ain’t Mad With Nobody," was as the official
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Mrs. M. Mooney
Dies at
Survived by 5 Daughters,
Sons, 44 Grandchildren,
j 11 Greatgrandchildren.
Mrs Mary Jane Mooney, well
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Thursday morning at the age of S3
She wa s * one of the oldest and
1 , P " omerl .n ia, . com
mumty and her friends and rela
tlves pla “ ne ^ a celebration
. honor
’ ear ; r ^ nl0a
friends has h been held i at the
j« relatives during the past eight
' ,a ‘’ s ' r ' an la ' ' ' 0 um
[ alw*y« were “ '■ ch^rt 15 ‘ dwn- '
Mooney wnh . flowers on the occa
sion She had been a re s ide„t
i Porterdale for the past 40 years.
Funeral services were held at
! P-^rd.1. B.ptist <»-»
afternoon with interment m
i Liberty Cemetery. Services were
conducted by the Rev. L M Lyua
Mrs. Mooney is survived by five
i daughters. Mrs. G. W. Day. Mrs
Charley Burch, Mrs. Carrie Heweu
Mr,. B- O Heweli. all of Porterdale.
Mrs Wi. J. Deanng. of Oxford: three
^ons. Charley, of Porterdale. George
of Covington, and Will, of Forsyth;
forty-four grandchildren, Esther,
Essie, Ella. Hubert. Bill.
Lenard, Della. Eula and Dessie
Mooney. Margie West. Doris Moore,
Louise, Roy, Clifford James. Billy,
Nellie Mooney, Celia Johnson. Paul
ine Smith, Lily Mae McDuffie, Vir
gil, John Frank, Newelyn Dearing,
Horace Day. Annie Lee Denny, Sara.
Rosie. Jame s and Betty Ruth Hew
el! - Ralph. Oscar, Pearl, Louise and
Frances Burch, Johnnie. Bobby
Jean. W Trox, Clarence. Missouri,
Dorothy, Harold and Betty
Barbara Moore and Carolyn and
Billy West She is also survived by
nineteen great-grandchildren
News extends sjunpathy to the be
reaved family.
G. W. Caldwell and Son. Funeral
Directors, were in charge.
County Line Baptist
( hUTCh SerVICeS
There will be regular services at
County Line Baptist Church next
Sunday morning and evening, Jan
uary 21 Sunday School at 10:30 and
preaching at 11:30 A. M„ and
preaching at 7 P M W M U. meets
Saturday afternoon the day before
members are urged to attend
[these service?
$381.36 Is Paid
61 in Newton
Unemployment Insurance
for First Week in January
Reaches High Figure.
| Unemployed workers in Newton
Uonntv wp?*#* r>aiH tun in
by th * v
ment Compsnsation iming
"*k ending January 6 1940 it was
announced today. Number of pay
mems was repor f ed a f gj.
Tou , payments t0 Georgia work . |
^ week pndjn Januar 6
1940 amounted to $45 64(126. repre
Mnt€fl by 7 02g checks which weni
into g7 countjes of [h(s state
Three hundred ninety-one P pay
for $3 347 84 f0 workers in !
other states who previously had es- 1
c « dit5 Georgia
Nllmbpr pnri nmnnnr of rbprk
| th- Bureau ranged fro -
t0 2042 checkp h for $15 , 412
M , n ^ Atlanla are? lPullon anfl
j aeKalb c oum j es -s
Alvis Waite Named
| P res id en t Christian
,
: t ellOyV 8 hip at L/MOVy
j Alvis Waite, of Brunswick,
was
selected this week to serve as the
j president of The Christian Fellow
i ship of Emory at Oxford for the
Winter Quater. Other officers elect
ed were: Asa Blount, of Waynes
boro, vice president, and Fred Dar- \
sey, of Griffin, secretary and treas
urer.
This student organization is one
of the most active on the Oxford
campus. The members are respons
j ible for the evening vespers and!
the chapel programs each Tuesday
j morning.
Charter Day Dinner
At Oxford Jan. 25
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The Annual Charter Day dinnei
tor the Emorv University alumni
of the Decatur-Oxford District will
M hj|a ln ths mn „, s ro>m 0 , Has .
good dormitory at Oxford at seven
j 25th, thirty according o'clock, Thursday. January
j to an announce
ment made this week by E. N
1 Smith, vice-president of this dis
) distric*.
j A good dinner and an furnish interesting tire
alumni speaker will
program. All alumni, their wives or
fiancees are urged to attend this
( annual affair. I
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BUTTONS BEING
DISTRIBUTED TO
GEORGIA SCHOOLS
To Observe Button Week,
January 22 to January
27th.
Distribution of 400.000 ten-cem
buttons to schools in every section
of Georgia was begun this week at
the headquarters of the Georgia
Committee for the Celebration of
the President's Birthday to raise
funds for the "Fight Infantile Par
alysis" drive
At the same time, 200,000 buttons
selling at $1 each are being distrib
uted to county chairmen for street
sales during Button Week.
22 to January 27.
Organization of Georgia, county
by County, for the annual campaign
has been completed by the Georgia
Committee, and plans for county
wide drives to be climaxed by birth
day dances on the night of Jan
uar.v 30 are going forward rapidly
in all sections
One of the most brilliant pro
?ramJ . is being arranged in Atlan
(a whfrp public danceS in f 0Ur hails
will be going on simultaneously with
a number of private dances being
given for the polio benefit.
One of the principal sources of
revenue for the Infantile Paralysis
drive is in the sale of buttons dur
m g Button Week, the slogan of the
week be ing: -Button. Button
<*' a Button? Everybody!"
ton Ha ’ } Week, , f x; f l the , " dances ” and ^ f Kt . ‘
events will remain in Georgia to
used by the Georgia State
of the National Foundation for In
fahtile Paralysis, in the care and
treatment of victims of the dreaded
malady in this state The other half
goes to the National Foundation to
be used in research into the cause
and prevention of Infantile para
lysis.
The proximity of danger from In
fantile Paralysis was illustrated
in the annual report of the Georgia
rhantpr of thp NsHonai Foundation
recording help given 93 cases in
48 counties- The malady is highly
contagious, and no known
tive exists to guard against it, ai
though scientists feel that progress
has bee n made in that direction
through the aid given by the Na
lional Foundation.
^ thought emphasized by the
driV e this year is: “When you walk.
think of a child who can't,' Each
contribution to the campaign means
hope of continued usefulness to
some maimed victim of poliomyletic.
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Decntur-Oxford Lay League
Meeting at Mansfield
Planned.
Dr. R. A Forrest, president of The
Toccoa Institute, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the District Lay
League Meeting of the Decatur-Ox
ford District to be held in Mans
f ' e| d Thursday night, January 18t.h.
This announcement is made by
Dean George S Roach, of Oxford,
the District Lay Leader,
The visiting speaker is very
prominent as a religious leader in
North Georgia, where he was re
sponsible for the location of the
million dollar God-directed Le Tor
neau Manufacturing Co, at Toccoa.
Ga.
It is expected that a large group
of the Methodists in this district
will attend this meeting where the
Mansfield Methodist Church will act
as host.
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DfUIOCmticK ' ' VeCllt ive ' I
Meeting , . Saturday . ,
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The Newton County Democratic; I
Executive Committee will hold M-,| a
meeting January 20th at 2:30 P
at the Newton County court house
for the purpose of passing rules
and regulations as well as fixing
the date for holding a primary elec
tion for the nomination of county
officers, and for such other pur
ptoses pertaining to said election ac
cording to Chairman R. M. Tuck.
Program Broadcast By
Radio Station WGST
From Local Gymnasium
Funeral Held
Saturday for
Frank S. Jordan
Dies Suddenly at Home of
His Parents Friday
Morning.
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F'ank S Jordan, one of Covinc
j ton's best known citizens, died at
t he home of his parents. Mr, and
Mrs. E H Jordan on Floyd Street,
Friday morning.
Mr. Jordan was a native of
ton County and spent many years
of his life in Covington with the
j exception of the time he spent trav
! piling for the Bradley Company. Hr
was well known and has friends
throughout Georgia who deeply
mourn his untimely death. His
dial manner won friends for him
wherever he went and all of his
customers, while he served as
man for th» Bradley Company were
1 his closest friends. A short time ago.
Mr. Jordan’s health forced his re
tirement from active work but this
did not dim his wonderful spirit,
Funeral services were held at U*
" 7 sWrnc? .. • Saturday _ jr.. afternoon 0 3
r at
o'clock with interment in the We.v
view Cemetery. Services were con
ducted by th Rev. H, C. Emory, of
j the Covington First Methodist
church, assisted by the Rev. Walker
combs, of the First Baptist church
Besides his parents, Mr Jordan is
j survived by one daughter. Mrs. Lee
Williams, of Jacksonville. Fla , one
son . Frank Jordan. Jr., of Jackson
vine, Fla ; one sister. Mrs. E. E
Callaway, of Covington; five broth
ers Edmond, of Covington. Sam of
concord. N. C„ Courtney, of Wis
nAnr ; * w p
and c ,aude. of Covington' The
News extends svmpathv to the be
reaved family .
J C Harwell and Son. Funeral
Directors were in charge
1 r <)tW J r MaiWltig
Calls Meet MondaU
“ According to an announcement
by E .
i eaC 7” hers ^ and other persons inter
extension ex e el on cL^ class inirumions instructions are are re r
^ ^ Coun, y Sch ° 01
S , w «• j T
a.70 7 30 P P m M '
The meeting is called for the
purpose of choosing a course set
ting time of class meeting and ex
pianation of 'll matters of class in
structions.
Extension Outlook Sees Better
Demand for Farm Products
The 1940 agricultural outlook of
the Georgia Extension Service pre
diets a stronger demand for farm
products as a whole in 1940 than
was in 1939, due to prospective in
creases in domestic business activity j
and consumer incomes.
J. W Fanning and Kenneth in j
Treanor, Extension economists
farm management, who compiled
the agricultural, outlook, point out
that little change is noted for 1940
for most farm crops.
Exports of American cotton are
expected to increase materially in
1939-40, as compared with the un
usually small volume of only 3.3
million bales exported last year
Present conditions indicate that a
1940 crop of between 10 and 12 mil-1
lion bales will bring largest net re-;
turns to growers.
Georgia tobacco growers are faced!
with the probability of the largest J
tobacco stocks on hand at the be
ginning of the 1940-41 marketing,
season than at any time in the)
history of the industry To main
tain tobacco pvic*s at the lev^
which prevailed during the tive
years preceding 1939, it would be
Number 3
Singers from AH Section*
of State Attend
Convention.
MR. AUBRA SHERWOOD,
COUNTY PRESIDENT,
PRAISED FOR EFFORT
M *y° r Pro-Tem MeGahee
Extends Welcome to
Guests.
The. Georgia State singing con
vention convened here last Sunday
and attracted one of the largest
crowds ever to attend an all-day
occasion in Newton County.
Outstanding quartets from all ov
er the state took part on the pro
gram. which got underway at 10 A.
M o'clock at the Covington gymna
SiUm ' COming t0 a c,ose at four iB
the afternoon
Mayor Pro-tem W C. MeGahee,
extt,n ded a welcome to the hug*
gathering at the gymnasium as well
as to a host of listeners who had
their radio dials tuned to station
WG§T, of Atlanta. MeGahee acted
in place of Mayor S. L- Waites. who
was ill at his heme, suffering from
influenza
j President Emory Lancaster, of
the Newton County committee, " pre
sided over the convention and is to
be commended for the excellent
manner in which the program was
I conducted,
The- Stamps - Baxter “Smile-a
While" quartet wag one of the out
standing groups featured at the
convention. The Thompson sisters,
of Monroe; Betty Tribble, of Cov
ingion; Dixie Quartet, of Atlanta;
Harmony Quartet, of Athens, and
many other noted singers rounded
out one of the best singing get-to
gethers ever held in this county.
Only thirty minutes of the pro
gram was broadcast over station
WGST. due to network schedules of
the Atlanta station. Miss Betty*
Tribble, in her usual unique man
ner presented a whistling act which
was one of the leading features pre
sented over the radio.
Mr Aubray Sherwood, president
of the Newton County Singing Con
vention was given the highest
praise for his work and effort in
making the convention a sucess He
was diredly responsible for th.
State Convention being held in
Covington
SqUlYTel SeaSOTt
To Close Monday
Georgia's long season on squirrel*.
which opet*ed last August 1 in eigh
teen North Georgia counties closed
Monday, the State Wild Life Divi*
s ion a n nounced Saturday-
advisable for growers to keep pro
duction in line with demand and
study the best methods of prepara
tion of the weed for market,
In order to maintain peanut prices
and income in 1940, peanut growers
should probably hold acreage some
what below the 1939 acreage.
Outlook for peaches indicates that
plantings in this- state should M
confined to, replacement of old or
chards going out of production, re
placement of trees removed because
of disease, and a slight increase in
addition to the replacements
A larger crop of watermelons is
expected with the total return to
growers probably exceeding that of
last year. Sweet potato acreage in
Georgia is expected to be about
the same as 1939.
Production of all commercial
truck crops for fresh market ship
ment as a whole in 1940 probably
will be slightly larger than the be
ord large supply produced last
Improvement in demand con
ditions over 1939 probably will re
suit in slightly high prices for these ■
crops as a group and a larger to
tat cash income to producers.
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