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State Farmers’
Tentative RFC
Erectio n of a permanent State
Farmers Market in Atlanta as the
nucleus of a genuine State - wide
system a project for which Com
missioner of Agriculture
Roberts ha s battled valiantly for
three years, moved nearer realiza
tion last week, when officials of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
gave tentative approval of a self
liquidating loan of $500,000 with
which market officials would match
a WPA grant of $1,000,000 for the
erection of a suitable and perma
nent institution
Commissioner Rbberts secured
the tentative approval of the plans
at a conference in Washington witn
RFC officials, after the state farm
head had been pledged the coopera
tion of the two Georgia Senators
and the Congressional delegation in
his efforts to obtain the market.
Numerous details of the projec’
must be clarified within the next
few weeks to secure the pto.iect H
was announced. A detail study
the self-liquidating feature of tne
plan must be submitted to the
but it is believed that on the basis
of the increased earning* shown by
the Atlanta Market during Mr. Rob
erts’ administration, th p 'oan will
be possible. WPA funds are aval,
able for the work, it was recently
indicated by R L- MacDougab
State WPA administrator- cl
S-curing the tentative pledge
this fas-non c ima ,
Federal aid in
three years fight by r. 0 p ^
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for improved facilities or ■ e
ket, which is a major outlet for the
products of Georgia farmers in ev
ery county of the State.
—NEWS FROM—
OXFORD
BT MRS W L FLOYD
Mr and Mrs- W T. Dillard spent
the week-end in Decatur with the
former's mother- |
Mr John Roberts spent Saturday
night in Atlanta
Mrs. Hershel Ray is at Emory
University Hospital, where she Un
derwent an Operation last Friday
Her many friends wish for her an
early recovery- of the W
The Bible Study Group
M S- met at the home of Mrs. F.
L McCoy Monday afternoon with
quite a large number present- Rev
C S. Forester, the teacher, had
charge Watson, of Li
Mr and Mr*. T E.
thonia. were guests of Mr. and Mrs
E. A Edwards Su n day
The many friends of Mr J D
Boyd are glad to hear he is improv
ing after his recent illness.
Mr. and Mrs E. A. Edwards ana
Erne*t, and Mr. and Mrs. W
son. guests ol
T. Dillard were dinner
Mr. a n d Mrs E. L Ficquett on
Wednesday evening of the past
week Kitchens continuas
Mrs J. C.
friends wish . for
quite ill Her many
her a recovery. week-end
Gloria Ray was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Roque
more Floyd in Atlanta
Mr- and Mr*. Joe Derring a n d
family have moved into the house
that the Allens occupied over neat
the Campus.
American Legion
Sponsors Oratory
Contest for Boys
The American Legion. Depart
ment of Georgia, announces that it
will sponsor a statewide Oratorical
contest, to be held among high
school boys of Georgia, Ja n uary to
March 1940. All regularly enrolled
high school boys who are members
of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th
grades and who are not over 20
year* old are eligible for the con
test
Tli is Georgia contest, which will
be sponsored by local American Le
gion Posts, is part of a National
High School Oratorical Contest
sponsored by the American Legion
nationally. The Georgia w^ner will
go up into the National Contest
with all of his expenses paid The
top national prize will be a $4,000
four year college course offered by
Eddie Cantor.
This contest is an Americaniza
tion project of the American Legion
and its purpose is to stimulate
youth in a wholesome American
activity. The subject of each ora
tion must be upon a theme con
nected with Democracy, Govern
ment, Americanism or the Const!
tution.
Three state scholarship* will be
awarded Georgia winners.—A $100
scholarship at Mercer University, a
$200 scholarship at Draughan Bus
iness School, Atlanta, and o n e <-l
$120 value at Atlanta Daw School
Details of t^e contest may be st
cured through any local Amend
Legion Po s t, or by writing J W
ter LeCraw, State Aniericanizati
Chairman. American Legion Po
No. 1, 31 Pryor Street. Atlanta. Ga
Winter months offer an excelien
time to transplant woody plants
such as trees and shrubs.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly in the State") THE COVINGTON NEWS
Wins
Approval for Loan
—NEWS FROM—
j Starrsviii.1
Mrs. L. O Piper has returned
, home after a week's visit with her
brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs
j Ike Henderson, at Eatonton.
Mrs. M D McRae, of Macon,
spent last Wednesday with her par
ents Mr and Mrs C. C. Epps.
Mrs. B J. Anderson has returned
home from a three weeks visit with
Mt and Mrs D. B. Dixon, in Cin
cinnati.
Mr. W G Benton, Mr. Charles
Benton and Miss Ann Benton spent
Sunc j a y W jy, j^r. anc j Mrs sherrod
Campbell, K Jr „ at Fon Valley,
Mrs. W H. Corley, Jr., is recov
ertng after being confined to her
home for the past two weeks with
flu.
Mrs J. L. Epps. Mr and Mr*. J.
G Ammons and daughter, Mildred
0 j Atlanta, were the guests of Mr
and Mrs q c j£ pps g Unday .
Friends of Mr. W H, Corley, Sr ,
will be glad to learn he has re
t urned home from Emory Universi
ty Hospital, where he recently un
derwent an operation and is re
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Mrs. Pearl Harwell has returned
home from a recent visit with her
children, Mr. and Mr s Willis Dyer.
and Mr. Howard Harwell, In At
lanta.
Miss Mary France Robertson and
Miss Rebecca Pennington spent the:
week-end at their homes In Pme
Grove and Covington respectively
Mr. and Mrs. W- H. Corley and !
Mr. Henry Starr Corley were in At
lanta Saturday.
In a little more than 4 months o,
l he cotton export program, sales
and exports of cotton were 982,000
bales more than the total export of
cotton from the United States dur
ing the entire 1938-39 crop year.
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Wild Life Division Receives $211
From Fines for Game Violations
The State Division of Wild
collected $211 as its share of fines
asses s ed violators in six Georgia
counties from September through
December 31
T^e figures were released Satur
day by Fred Brener, chief of the
Plains District, who said that the
amount would be more than doubled
returns are made from trials
held late in December.
“It will go over $800 for my dis
trictl Brewer said. “And we re still
after the violators, particularly the
boy* who shoot over baited
fields and who sell quail."
Brewer said that a majority of the
fines came from persons h un, ing
without licenses
“Another thing we’re after,” he
declared, “are these hunters
use county licenses outside
of residence. Thi« is a rack
et we inte n d stopping ”
The state, according to law, re
j ceives half of the fees collected in
violations of the game and fishing
j aws
Fees came from cases made in
Oglethorpe, Charlton. Burke, Bul
loch. Early and Treutlen counties.
Brooder houses should be cleaned
and brooder equipment set up and
adjusted in January, Broken or
missing parts may be ordered by air
mail to save time.
Order* for chicks should be placed
with reliable hatcheries now, even
though you may not expect to get
| your chicks until February or
March.
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—NEWS FROM—
ROCKY
PLAINS
By MISS IRENE HARVET
Services at Countyline Baptist
Church Sunday, January 21st, at
11:30 and Sunday School at 10:30
A. M. Mr J. W Steadham is Sun
day School Superintendent, and
Rev G. W. Hulme, of Monroe, is
pa s tor- You are invited to attend
these services.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook visited
their parents, Mr and Mrs. Tom
Cook, at Gum Creek last Thursday.
Mr. Lowry Preston spent the week
end with his uncle, Mr. Bruce Mc
Cart, at Snapping Shoals
Miss Loi s Chesnut, of St. Stephen
S. C., and Mr- and Mrs. Ray Ches
nut. of Atlanta, were called home
Wednesday night, January 10th, by
the sudden death of their
Mrs. Corrie Chesnut.
Mr. and Mrs J- F. Hearn, of De
catur, Mr. and Mrs- A- P- Harvey
and son, William, of Atlanta,
visitors of Mrs Josie Harvey Sun
day.
MijS Nellie Mae and
Partee visited Misses Margie
Mildred Smith at Snapping
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Bell Gardner and Mrs.
nie King, of Reynolds, Misses
and Eva Gardner, of Columbus,
Mrs. Dave Cowan and son. Mr.
Cowan, of Atlanta, Mr. and Mr s
Edward Cowan, of Oxford. Mrs
Chesnut, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Covington . ,____. and Miss ... _ T .
ner, of
Black, of Porterdale, attended
funeral of Mrs. Corrie Chesnut
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Preston end eon.
, by, ,y ’ v sited .... Mrs. J. t t. B. Martin a-,
urriay aftetnoon
Mr R. F- Smith ,of
Shoals, formerly of , Rocky „ , Plain* ,
is quite ill with pneumonia at
ory University Hospital. His
friends wish for him a speedy
covery.
extend our deepest
to the Chesnut family in the
of their mother. Mrs. Corrie
nut Wednesday afternoon,
10th. May the Lord heal their broke
en hearts.
Cotton Belt May
. Back Cordell Hull's
Trade Agreements
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Cotton
Belt must stand solidly behind Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull’s recip-:
rocal trade agreements, Oscar 1
John s ton. President of the 2 rational |
Cotton Council, today warned mem
bers of the cotton industry.
Painting a dark picture of tire
long-run prospects for exports to
Europe and Asia, Mr. Johnston
poi n ted to South America as Pros
pect No- 1 for future markets, but
said the United States can t sell
more without to its southern nei « hh °y
buying more from them.
Warring nations in Europe and
the Orient are consuming less cot
ton than they use in peace-time,
a n d allied naval policy is interfer- |
ing with American shipping to neu- j
tral ports, he observed. There may;
be more in the Allied threat to ra-!
tion American exports to neutral
countries than a desire to forestall
re s hipments to Germany, he said,
The Allies may also be thinking of
protecting themselves from in
creased foreign production while
their own textile operations are cur
tailed by the war.
With state socialism now domi
nant in the Eastern Hemisphere, the
speaker questioned whether n ation s
would return to “normalcy” in their
trade relations after the war. In
stead he feared continued trade re
strictions and subsidies which would
K( ... *P down A ™ncan sports to Eu
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was uiougnt uiat u n itect states
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ax P orte South America would
b ™ m " hl,e “ pre-occupied
with • its war. but these hopes have
largely frustrated , , by the , dif
faulty of securing exchange on this
1 I*™? its »“ reha exports, “» the by continua
mg own ”
tion of , the . trade , agreements , , l s es
sential to internal prosperity, * H he
concluded.
Ice Benefits Farms
Leeman Anderson, of the
Department of Entomology, a n d
Stiles A Martin, of the State De
partment of Agriculture, agree that
the combination of rain, snow,
*leet and Ice in Georgia benefits.
“We nred more yet,” said one- The
chief beneficiary will be grain
Thursday, January 18,194,
Delivery Boy Fools
Man With Large Bill
CEDARTOWN — One Clark Mer
of this city. ha s learned the fol
of boosting. It seems that hav
received a bill of large denomi
jm tion for a Christmas present,
offeTed j t jokingly 10 a not
too-well-dressed delivery boy, and
for change- The lad counted
out the correct cha n ge for the fifty
dollar note and, without altering
his expression, calmly walked away
Cedartoivn Standard
Denies That Power
Of Press Is Dead
CEDARTOWN—The crowds were
surging at t^e ropes for a glimpse
of “GWTW" celebrit ies as they
alighted from the plane at the At
'ama field- Nonchalantly, one
Wheeler Gibson stepped beyond the
ropes and piade his way toward the
runway. “Who are you?” growled a
guard, “Press,” gasped Gibson.
“What paper?” countered the of
ficial. “Cedartown Standard.” Gib
son managed to say. “Pas s on,” mo
tioned the guard. Thus signifying,
states The Standasd, that the
“power of the press” is far from
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