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By THE OFFICE BOY
ifditor's Note—Guest column
this week during the Office
v’s illness came in voluntarily
r ] is much appreciated, from
thi author of Bits of Southern
Sunshine.
Brierson says- “The only gift
J portion of thyself. Therefore
thefcoet bring his poem; the
hett his lamb; the farmer, corn,
*niner, a gem ; the sailor, coral
and shells, ihe painter, his pic
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T< lay—as our Office Boy is
not ftrong enough to be “Sweepin
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o^Brifts—each of his own handi
work to cheer him.
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^H-ace icipates of a of gift, no perhaps, returns.” is that
it an
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mitVe jo are the ones that are who try
ing bring returns ... for
,-ington that has not in some
5 some time, received a bou
from The Office Boy? So
^Honor todjB I feel to be it allowed a great to privilege ‘sweep”
for «e ft that does such a grand job
for he readers from week to
week lately . ■ and from all reports I
:an place my bet . . . that
this Ay lolumn of his is the most read
of part of our paper. , So,
^^Aing toda*—without his permission I
to say all the things I
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ove that Office Boy . . . and the
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io bones about that great love . . .
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guidance in their forward
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leracy.
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to county . . . from state
sta * . . . always putting our
^^:ty ' i of Covington on the
Wm page of the papers—and
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kheerful, handsome, intelli
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Ice-president’s chairs.
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ask how you are feeling
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Volume 76
COUNTY PRIMARY MARCH SIXTH
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Cold Wave And Snow Make Travel Hazardous
COMMITTEE 5EI5
REGULATIONS FOB
Details for Election of All
County Officers Are
Completed.
FEES FOR CANDIDATES
ARE SET; MUST BE
PAID' 1 BY FEB. 15th
Supt. E. L. Ficquette Only
Candidate Announcing;
This Week.
The Newton County Democratic
Executive Committee’ held a special
call meeting at the court house Sat
urday afternoon and set the primary
date for March 6 . 1940.
The committee formulated and
passed rules and regulations gov
erning the primary for the nomi
nation of county officers. The clos
ing date for candidates was set for
noon February 15th, and all persons
wishing to enter must register with
Secretary -Treasurer H. G. Smith I
before that date. The assessment
fee must be paid prior to that time
and all funds received will be used
to carry on the election or elections.
The meeting was held under the
supervision of R M Tuck, chair
man-
The fees set by the committee for
the various county offices follow:
County commissioner $50.00; Ordin
ary $40 00; Clerk of Superior
$50.00; Sheriff $50.00; Tax Collect
or, $40.00; Tax Receiver $35.00;
County School Superintendent,
$50.00; Treasurer $25.00; Coroner
$3.00; Surveyor $100.
AH persons wishing to vote in
the coming Democratic Primary
must register before the election
and all persons now registered and
wishing to vote must pay their poll
taxes Ail persons who desire to
vote in this primary should con
tact the proper officials and have
their names checked on the regis
tration list- All persons eligible to
vote in the Democratic White Pri
mary on March 6 may vote in the
general election this fall.
The voting districts will be placed
in the usual locations. Persons hav
ing moved from one section to an
other should check their names on
the registration list to see that, it
is properly placed so that you may
vote in the district in which you
reSide '
The only candidate announcing
this week for office is Countv School
Superintendent E. L. Ficquett. Mr
Ficquett is well known in Newton
County and has served in the of
fice he now holds for a number of
years. His announcement may be
found elsewhere in this issue •
^ OVillCffotl Bok-Ylf
Will Oj)etl Tod(tV
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The Covington Bakery opens this
week with numerous values in cake-'
pastries, pies and bread. The public
is invited to visit the new bakery
iocated just above the Pigglv Wiggh
store An advertisemejt. appear?
elsewhere in this issue.
Offices of Newton County Building and Loan Association
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best annual statement in the history of the Associa tio.% which was established in 1928. appears in this
issue.—News photo. te»» Phoio i>>- .) n \
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star, Est 1874
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Pictured above are four scenes taken Tuesday morning of
the main streets and public square of Covington, following efforts
to clear the busy sections to permit traffic. Sun, Wednesday, did
much to alleviate the paralyzed condition of this entire section
of Georgia, which recorded the heaviest snow in more than fifty
years. All schools in the county closed. The Covington Schools
will open this (Thursday) morning, while county schools will
Young People
Receive Honors
at Universities
Two Boys and One Girl Are
Honored at School; One
j Boy in Marines.
J
Ed Stone, of Oxford, prominent
student at the University of Geor
gla vvlU P artlcl P ate in Religion-in
Life We « k > set for January 21-25, in
Athens
j An annual affair, this religious
program will assemble some of the
i state and nation s most outstand
j ing church and lay workers. Ad
dresses, round table discussions, and
| programs of every nature are sched
uled ' designed t 0 reach each one of
! the qlmost 4.000 students on the
Universit >' cam P us -
Miss Betty Jordan, studen* at the
Georgia State College for Women
has been singled out for distinc
l ’ on this year by being elected
Freshmen representative to Coun
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940.
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New Set-up Offers Increased
Service in Cotton Program
No Unemployment
Claims in Area
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One of 30 Counties in State
Without Payments
For Week.
Unemployed workers in Newton
County were paid nothing by the
Bureau of Unemployment Compr-n
nation during the week ending Jan
uarv 13, 1940, it was announced to
day. No claims were passed by the
officials for this area. Newton was
one of 30 counties without claims,
Total payments to Georgia work.
e rs that week amounted to $64
009.69. represented bv 9 925 check
which went into 106 counties of the
state.
Five hundred ninety nine pny
meats for $5.136 08 to workers in
other states who previously had es
tablished wage credits in Georgia.
brought the total to $69,142.77.
State supervision of the project
will be carried on by the Georgia
Cotton Improvement Committee,
composed of E. C. Westbrook.
chairman, and R. R. Childs, as
joint representatives of the Ex
tension Service and the U. S
Bureau of Plant Industry; R. P.
Bledsoe, agronomist representing
the Georgia Experiment Station;
S. A. Parham, agronomist repre
senting the Coastal Plain Experi
ment Station; and C. A. McLen
don, representative of the U. S
Bureau of Plant Industry.
U n d er Ihe plan. Director Brown
said Westbrook has been made a
joint employee of the extension
service and the cotton division of
the U. Si Bureau of Plant Indus
try, with the title of Extension
agronomist. The major portion of
his time will be devoted to one
variety cotton improvemenl
Charter Day Dinner
Postponed at Oxford
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The annual Charter day dinner
for the Emory University alumni
of the Decatur-Oxford District,
scheduled to be held tonight,
been postponed indefinitely due
tb; inclement real her.
remain closed until Monday, according to County Superintendent
Ficquett. The prediction of cold weather Wednesday night caused
officials to urge local citizens to use care in the operation of their
cars or in walking out of doors. A number of wrecks have oc
curred in Newton county as a result of the dangerous condition
of the roads. Motorists report the highways in fair condition, but
speeding should not be permitted. New* Photo by JBA
Brief Outline
For Objectives
Farm Program
Report for County Agent in
This Area Gives
Outline.
As in the past programs, the ob
jectives of the 1940 Agricultural
Conservation program in Georgia
are: 1. To help farmers get and
maintain a fair share of the na
t j 0na i i nC 0 nie. 2. To protect the in
terests of consumers by providing
for ample supplies of food, feed,
fiber, and other agricultural pro
ducts at prices that are fair to both
consumers arid producers. 3 To
guarantee, as nearly as possible,
continued ample supplies of a^ri
cultural products by conserving and
rebuilding national soil resources
through the adjustment of soil-de
pleting crop acreages and wide
spread use of soil-building practices
4. To improve the living conditions'
of farm psopie by increasing the
production of food and feed crops
for home use.
County Agents to Cooperate
In Project of State
And Nation.
A new cotton improvement set
up designed to give increased
service in connection with the one
variety cotton program was an
nounced from Athens this week
by Director Walter S. Brown, of
ne reoigia Agucu tuial Exten
s ‘ Gn Service.
The one-variety cotton improve
ment program will remain a co
operative program, as has been the
practice in the past, and will be
conducted jointly under a written
agreement by the Extension Serv
ice, the Georgia Experiment Sta
lion, and the U. S. Bureau of
Plant Industry, Director Brown
pointed out. He said county
agents throughout the state will
have direct supervision of the
one-variety projects in the coun
ties.
A report received by H C Car
ruth. Extension forester, from the
Georgia Division of Forestry, shows j
that for the week ending January
4 , there were 68 forest fires in the
state Over that period 3.316 acres
of land were burned This was an
average of 53 acres per fire. There
were 0n ] V two fires in the Gaines-1
vtlle district, three in the Macon
district, and 63 in the Baxley dis
irict.
One Person Killed ,
Three Injured in
Auto Accident
One person was almost instantty
k > l|p d and three other painfully in
.’ ured Sunday night when the car
in which they were riding crashed
into a large trailer-truck on the;
Covington-Attanta highway near'
Yellow River.
Mrs Katherine Hogg, of El Paso.
her Texas, husband. was killed. Dr R Mr. F- Ingram, Ed Hogg.J of
Atlanta, and Mr. H G. Garrett, of
Atlanta, were injured. The three in
persons were taken to the
hospital where they were given
emergency t: raiment.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
COPY
Heaviest Blanket Of
Snow In Years Falls
Over Southern States
Mrs. E. Cruse, Meteorologist,
In This City, Reported
8i/g Inches Snow. *
16-DEGREE WEATHER
PROMISED FOR THIS
SECTION OF GEORGIA
Only Covington School Will
Open This (Thursday)
Morning.
With a promise from the weather
man of 16-degree weather. Coving
ton and Newton Cunty residents
fought slowiy back t 0 normal Wed- -1 j
nesday following the worst snow
storm in history and fearing greater j
difficulties Thursday from extreme j
cold
The deep blanket of snow began
melting Wednesday, but as night
approached the temperature began
to drop. Officials of Covington and
Newton County were afraid the coid
might cause travel to be even more
difficult and warnings have been is
sued requesting that care should be
taken by motorists as well as pe
destrians Several auto wrecks have
occurred on the highwav and at 1
least two persons have been severe- |
ly injured already- All motorists are I
urged by local, county and state of
ficials to hold their speed down to
a minimum as a precaution Pedes
trians walking the streets and sidt
walks should be extremely careful
as the slick ice covered streets are
j treacherous.
Mrs. E. Cruse, local meteorologist,
informed the News office late Wed
! nesday that the official recording
in this area was 8M
inches of snow The recording in
Atlanta was 912 inches according to
Forecaster George W- Mindling.
All Newton County schools, with
the exception of Covington, will re
! main closed until Monday, accord
ing to E. L. Ficquett, County School
Superintendent. C. E Hawkins.
| Superintendent of the Covington
| Schools stated that they would op
en this morning (Thursday). The i
local schools, however, are not ex -1
j pected to reach normal before next
j week Retail trade in Covington was !
almost at a standstill with onlyl
'hose buying groceries, snow shoes,:
auto chains or other necessary;
items,
City and jeounty employees were
busy Tuesday and Wednesday "dig
ging out” from under the snow and
normal traffic facilities were re
sumed. Extreme difficulty was found
in parkir.e and driving over side
streets. The main traffic lanes were
scraped and Newton County offic
ials cleared roads to the county line
in each direction on the main At
lanta-Augusta highway.
The snow siarted falling Monday
night and fell steadily until late
Tuesday night. The entire land
scape was covered by the white
blanket of snow and many had con-1
siderable trouble getting out of their
homes Officials announced Wed
nesday that‘the snowstorm was the
heaviest in 60 years 1
Rotary Project Completed
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Pictured above is one of the two beautiful entrances to the city
cemetery. Both of these were built as one of the projects of the Cov
ington Rotary Club in 1939, News Photo bj JBA
Number 4
Chairman
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REUBEN M. TUCK.
Chairman of the Newton County
Democratic Committee, who pre
sided over the meeting held Sat
ut'day to set the county primary
date.
BUILDING AND
FOB OUST (EIB
Fine Record Made During
The Past Year by This
Association.
The annual statement of ths
Newton County Building and Loan
Association was announced this
week by Mr. W. C MeGahee, ef
ficient manager of this organization.
This association has been under
the leadership of Mr. MeGahee since
it was organized in 1928 and much
progress has been made since that
time He has had the full co-oper
ation of Newton County’s most
prominent citizesn as officers
The and Loan Associa-
t i0n is a community asset and has
been one of the leading factors in
*h e progress made by this section
m recent years. The association be
?an business in 1928 with $122 50 to
its credit and has grown since that
time to one of the largest and best
organizations of its kind in this
section of Georgia. The Building
an< L DJan Association now has
$110,737.86 to its credit. The growth
litis organization was not sud
den. but increased as the years
passed until now it stands out as
a foundation of the city- They paid
their 23rd dividend this month.
The fine record made during the
past year is shown in the statement
which may be seen elsewhere in this
issue of The News.