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jere is something gone from the
Covington News.
lei .something missed from the
day;
ipre's A minor strain in the songj
i of i he birds
L the Office Boy is away.
Hr dawn and the sunset splendors
An rinsed with a solemn gray;
Air- the sapphire skies have grown
9 sadder.
Si e the Office Boy is away.
Th err is something g-me from the
flowers,
aJ' her strive to brighten the way;
Th< Christmas candles burned dim
■ ly,
ihr Office Boy was away.
r» is something gone from the'
beautiful home,
with eager eyes we look that
way
To catch a glimpse, listening for
^■ihe news.
Th* Offi'-e Boy will be home today
week we had a guest col
umi ist for the Office Boy .. The
autl or of Southern Sunshine was
veil kind in filling the space and
such nice things about the
'pace Boy , . . They were sincerely
^^Heciated lain . ■ . This week The Boss
is forced to call upon a Guest
CoBmnist . . not in the nature of
a beluse G. est Columnist but unknowingly,! here-i
we are reproducing
with . . one at the begl S of
the .oiumn and one at the -5 . . .
two poems which are original and
li are dearly treasured by thej
Ian e Bov . . . They brought cheer j
to while he was in the hospital |
up® a bed of pain . . . this gracious
lady who is the author is . . . to
^^Bnind . .. one of the sweetest we
ever known . . . the world is
^Hiter. ___ UfJ if better anyone and eve, , happier has achieved for her j
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■ ^ »*« perfection believe in she leading has I
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we Will give you just a few I
I L to guess her hoftutifui identity . . . she!
,hp mrwt Vta a
I .Su 1 J ’ fit 1. 01 iTZe m ea
I hsi
I she .the is has devoted been to a faithful her church at
|„t I... and w^rFcr for
I we couldn’t tell vou how
„„ bei . RUW shP , d
know, and ^ do not with
years discusse a. . • . you will
kn<^ her identity though as you
rt these gracious lines • .. they ah
ign her name . . .
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ri LONESOME
e Highway of life, you gave a
■rule.
_phousht cheered no more about it—
a life that was sad
f ie while,
might have been lonely with
And If nr this smile with its fruitage
You’ll meet it some day, sometime.
where.
M|P ^Riassed nKf °ne day a cheering word.
to other duties,
B Ht warmed a heart and promise
^■irred. And
aimed a life with beauties.
AmJ for tho word and its silent
1y< i ten vpr, I' a palm sometime, some
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'it 1 a hand to a lonely one,
in kindness given,
ut gave new life when hope was
■one.
4nd ow a heart fur Heaven,
lor the help you preferred
^Htere
II reap a joy—sometime, some
•here.
An now great news for the
The Office Boy i s home
havi| u returned 1
Htai from the,
last night, and will soon be
lisfll a.-, job
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1 dication
Held
1 Macon Sunday
T> Swann Porter Building
(T> heated at Wesleyan
College.
le Olive Swann Porter
Wcslevan build
College was dedi
•t HyS^rS.^S
icon philanthropist, who
donated re
■ 4r Porte $100,000 o Weslev-J
r made the gift to the
lodist institution last October
'emory r, f his wife who died
kt 3rd
l [ring th P dedication j
port ceremon
' of Mr<; Porter
led H. b ? Thomas - was
E F. Honk, Swann, Jr. !
Mrs. Macon. gave n
or Porter a nd present
ns. " hose purchase was
ta .' Mr. Porter’s gift
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Volume 76
COUNTY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE
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Con e For 1940Rural Slum Clearance Planned
Democratic Primary In
Newton County Will Be
Held On March Sixth
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£ L Ficquette Was First
To Announce For
Re-election.
ONLY 1938 POLL TAX
MUST BE PAID TO
VOTE IN PRIMARY
Nixon, Stephenson, Loyd,
Hay, Robertson, Benton,
Adams Candidates.
All court house officials an
nounced this week their candidacy
for re-election to the offices they
now hold and their announcements
ma . ba f0PPd . , elspwhpre , , in this ta
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The various candidates entered
the Democratic primary which will
be held on March 6th subject to
the rules tnd regulations laid down
by the Newton County Committee
The local committee met recently' !
at the court house and set fees and
£« u, £ ,0, £ ^ governing fk " rv the S Z as nrimarv S
an d H ° G
E L Ficquett, JJ county Srhool , J. Su
l^rinteiident, was the first to an-,
for re-election. His
S appeared ^d ?^ last week
''OUnty schools for a number of
and h « work >?»$, been out
.4w4ns the pasfrtwo'ftTtns
keepin? ,he s, ' ho " ls opiating
without funds.
Isaac Robertson, County Commis
has announced for re-elee
and his record is also out
When first elected to of
the counrv was in debt and
no money. This year, the coun
j, completely nut of debt and
passed to exempt property from
w-as a blow to this county
well as all others in the state, but
county is still operating on a
ha sis
A. L. Loyd, Ordinary of Newton
is also offering for re-elec
Mr. Loyd has served for a
of years and conducts tile
in an efficient manner. He
one of the oldest and best known
at the court house.
C. Paul Adams, candidate for re
to the office of treasurer, is
for his second term He has
efficiently conducted the du
of his office and has received
for his work.
C O Nixon, who is offering for
« »un. t,»—ed
duties of his office m a mast
manner- He has served for
number ,. of , years in this capacity i
has a thorough knowledge of
workings of the court.
S. M. Hay has announced for re
to the office of Tax Col
Mr. Hay is just completing
first term in office and his work
been efficiently conducted.
Mi.s.s Eva Stephenson, who has
for re-election to the of- j
of Tax Re '' civpr ' ls ar >nther ef- j
official of the county. She
sel 'ved for several terms in this !
he is ill at his homo suffering j
relapse of influenza, a 11 i
a -
this week as candidate for I |
to the Sheriff's Office i
has served one full term and
unexpired term of the late Sher- !
L. Johnson. Mr. Benton has i
B.
a fine record as head of the
forces in this county.
All persons who have paid their
poll taxes are eligible to vote
the coming primary on March
Church
Services Sunday
Covington Presbyterian Church
February 4, 1940.
9:45 A M. Sunday School,
11:00 A M Morning worship Pas
preaching on topic “See His
Go!”
6:16 P. M. Young People's League
7:00 P. M. Men's Sendee. “Fifty
Brothers."
We extend to you a cordial invi
to come and worship wit.h
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The Covington Stax, Est 1874
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LAWRENCE „„ S. CAMP,
United States District Attorney for
the Northern District of Georgia,
who * "ow in Washington, where i
hp b * named to rill one of
three vacancies in Washington and
New York on the federal court
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Institute I . 117*11 Will
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lan f’ wlU bp ° nP pf thr featured
speakpIS at ,llp Vth annUal Ge ° r *
J ress Institute to be held at the
^ Aioeit S b Hardl Hardy, ed^nf’ editor of the the
Gai n«viUe Nevvs and chairman of
the Pr ® Ss ' Institu ' e committee, an
b^nced An autnonty tms week. on, a unique and pio
p er newspaper, tne Chwokee news
pa f er I,Ubllsbed at ^ °' a ' the
cmer eapi at of t e oneiokee na
!^' n ’ ^ Ppa 11 £ 1 _' a ' P%01P , a ' 1 " ,,ai1 1 P 0 Rp ^ \'
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HeTIt"present'coSct 1
( n0(es on Soquovah and Elias
, lraderp of the cherokee
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Cherokee Indians for four
and . member , of , the ..
7 -was a
for four terms. He became
with the ministry in the
of 1898 and has been the
of churches throughout west
North Carolina.
Speakers at. the I ress Institute
year included Dr. George Gal
director of the American In
of Public Opinion; H S
I. N S. writer on econom
and finance; Ham Fisher, car
creator of “Joe Palooka;’’
Senartor Bennett ‘Champ”
of Missouri. An equal array of
is promised this year by
the Press Institute committee of;
Georgia Press Association, com
of Mr. Hardy. Tom Arnold,
and R E. L. Majors, Clax
The Press Institute in sponsored
each year by the Georgia
Association and the Henry W.
School of Journalism
1938 Poll Taxes
Be Paid to Vote
. Primary n March in
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Our attention has been called
to a story carried last week con
cerning the coming Democratic
Primary in Newton County. The i
article staled that 1939 poll tax
es must be paid to vote in the
primary This is in error as 1939
poll taxes have to be paid to
vote in the general election, but
only the 1938 poll taxes must be
paid to vote in the Primary on I
March 6 All persons who pay
their primary. 1938 poll taxes may vote in |
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940.
NEWS GIVEH BY
COUNTY AGENT
No Credit Will Be Given on
Lespedeza Seeded on
Old Land.
MANY FARMERS TO
SET OUT TREES AND
RECE1VEMORE CASH
County Agent Suggests That
Fruit Trees Should Be
Set Out.
Recent announcement by the AAA
states that no credit, will be given
for Lespedeza seeded in 1940 on
land that grew this crop in 1939
This means that farmers will be
forced to seed other fields where
Class 2 payments are to be earned
b - ** Un « Lesp,dezn - But if a field
to already sodded to Lespedeza and
nay is desired for 1940 it will be a
good farming practice to leave the
lespedeza and earn the Class 2 pav
ments by applying Acid Phosphate
or Basie Slag to the Held. The**
fertilizers will greativ increase the
Lespedeza growth and thus increase
the hav production. We believe the
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s pafe.t good wi,f be derned frj.ti .
Lespedeza if a field may be left to
*' f f, r <hree years A new
requirement for lespedeza is ,h,«
' e; ' Rt 30 poUnds ° f Sec “ d mU8t be
qutred of.t h c- x m ax t)tU oi seed us d.
S ? be 5Ure to Vepp bl,,s for seed pur ‘
'based so proof may be submitted
if required.
® uite a tpW farmers bare ex
pressed their intentions of setting 4
acres to trees and thus earn the ex
tra pr!,otic< $30.00 Pine per farm allowed wi!l rost for * this 2 00 j
'' trees
per thousand and about 1200 trees
m mHM to » .» «,
distance of 6x6 feet apart
Alsn these trees must be cultivated
at. least twice during the summer
thousand ,opust and , j' ePS Black , wl 1 ' 1 '‘° walnut S ‘ ^ $3.50
per thousand. Any trees set should
in the ground by March 1st.
We still have a month to set fru't
trees. If you do not have a good
orchard be sure to call by
off ice and let us discuss tree
with you. A home orchard
V be set for very little money
" d is often good for as long as 20
^ ill^uSses ^ Sm '
0 ^s frozen prettv S
Q before Delorp me ,ne snots snow and ana we w< imag
^ c * ui ' e s bit of the smai! srain
B “; e VI
f he m waT a'ha small due 1
gr Siam a was -acner r smati aue
the t Ile drv a D lail fall - It is our opinion
the snow was the best thing
could have m th
ra j n crop Snnw wj ,j mPlt s)owlv
nd (hus firm the soil back around
mots of the grain and keep
a bit of it from doing th.tt
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C. Ivy New
Mayor of P’dale
Mr. Loyd to Office
As People Give Him
Majority.
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W, C. Ivy. prominent Porterdale
was elected Mayor of the
of Porterdale last week over
other candidates.
Competition was keen in Porter- j
where Mr. Ivy replaced Mr
by a narrow margin of votes
men were prominent in busi
and civip activities of Porter
Mr. Ivy, the new minor, has
this office before His record!
the Bibb Manufacturing Com
goes back to 1916 He has been
in a number of different
of the company, in-j j
positions of production
billing clerk, and assistant
He is intensely interested in the
program of the city.
F’orteidale voters also chose H L
recorder. This choice
unanimous. Elected to the city
were Presley Boyd. B D
Jr. Claude Cason. Howard,
and Robert Hollingsworth. |
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R. L. MEADOR.
Better known as “Uncle Rufe,
celebrated his ninety-third
day in Oxford. Tuesday. He is
the only living Confederate vet
eran in Newton county and one
the oldest citizens.
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Co-operation of People In
Recent Water Shortage
Appreciated.
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umnrry became Utmujlmu, passible this Np week ' v,on
as 5tale and -'ounty scrapes cleared
the snow from the main highways.
The sun and higher temperatures
were welcomed by the people as the
snow began melting throughout this
area. Truck and bus drivers were
high in rheir praise of the Newton
Co,lnty r0ilds a,,d ‘ nfo ™^
residents that they were in the best
condi,,™ ,, r..d, in N ..„„
Georgia.
Mayor S. L. Waites announced
ihis week that the local officials
of ^ the public a '’'”' e( during f' p thp the cooperation recent wa
ter shortage, which was caused by
extreme low temperatures and snow
He also-expressed his appreciation j
to the light and water crew for re
marning on duty night and day to
prevent an emergency.
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MfS. til VM T L U„ll Hill!
Well Known --_ Resident This _
Cou ;'r Die ’ *»
Atlanta.
Burns sustained Wednesdpv night
at her home eight miles louth of
" nyeis proVed fa,al ,0 Mrs - El1 1
’ 70 ’ at Emory Unlversltv Hos -
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Hull was burned as her
•lothing caught fire from a heater.
had been aicive in church and
affairs of her community.
Funeral service were ccjnducted at
A. M- Monday from Zion Bap
Church near Conyers.
In addition to her husband, a well
merchant of Newton County.
Hull is survived by three sons
C Hull, of Conyers and Ed
and Stewart\Huli of Covington;
daughters, sUs. John Cowan,
Hugh King. Mis George Ram
Mrs. Herman McCullough and
Pauline Hull; two sisters, Mrs.
Hicks, of Conyers and Mrs
'Willingham; one brother.. j
C Turner, and 22 grandchildren ’<
News extends sympathy to the
family. i
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Letter to Kditov *
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Would you have room to print
verse where it will attract at
GOSSIP
is so much good in the worst
of us I
so much bad in the best of us
it shouldn’t behoov. any of us
talk about the rest of us. j
I would appreciate it very much if j
would print this.
Sincerely yours. I
A SUBSCRIBER, j
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134 STUDENTS Oil
SCKODL PATDOL
IN THIS COUNTV
Decrease in Deaths Reported
By Highway Patrol in
State.
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PATROL PRAISES THE
SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR
CO-OPERATION, HELP
Only One Death Reported in
Newton County School
Accident.
School patrol membership jumped
to 134 last year'at seven schools in
Newt0n County '
State Trooper C. D Leverette, in
charge of school safety for this dis
trict, said also that student officers
did the "finest jobs of protecting
their fellow school mates" of anv
year since patrols were established
in th* schools.
Throughout ^ u the entire enlrp stale. statp n Pa
to membership , . , rose to 7.500 or
1 500 * ha n were on roll in the
pl ' PV1 ‘" ls sch °°> term. At the same
T*' * pn ^ drop P ed 10 ^ 113 « SCh ^ease ° 0 ' chl1 of -
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10 as compared to 1938
death ^ this m the county six-to-eighteen-year- there was one
old ^uRln 1 938 th ere were none
•' 1 '• np
| m _. chaf>l *' WwHc*wps-**n> L“^L made
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schpf>! ■*»***' »» of
were ln . ,h *s district. Reports show
,hat 8,1 average of 15 per cent failed
lo pass brake tests; 25 per cent had
i defestive lights; 22 per cent failed
to have sound tires. He said also
that Sergeant W. J. Redfern, school
patrol director for the Department
of Public Safety, made several visits
u, 0.1. M m id,
trol program, and reported bus de
feet.; to superintendents.
The trooper explained that stud
ent patrolmen do not have power
of making cases against, motorists
a nJ that their chief job is to noli
f y schoolmates when it is safe <o
cross the street or highway, Howev
er. they do send a report to the De
partment of public Safety if motor
ists fail to stop for traffic lights,
observe other traffic regulations in
school zones or to stop for school
buses parked to take on or dis
'' harKe S!UdentS '
A ". a r f ult ,hp Det-ariment of
, Pub,lc Saf€ c ^ w rot f 634 'f ers t0
Georgia motorists t last fall urging .
and warning them to observe laws
children, '•j™* the trooper said,
Alvis Waite, at
Oxford, Honored
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Elected President Methodist
Student Conference
at Macon.
Alvis Waite, of Brunswick, "
sophomore at Emory a* Oxford
who is preparing for the ministry
was elected President of The Geor
Methodist Student Conference at
annual session which was held
Wesleyan College in Macon last
wdek-end This came ad a promo
and honor to this young man
held the office of vice presi
last year.
Mr. Waite during his two years
Oxford has been very active in
affairs, having taken an
part in the work of The
Fellowship, an organiza
that exerts a great spiritual
on the student body; In
,0 campus activities his
has been high and he
regarded by the faculty and fel
students as a young man with
promise
Others elected to the cabinet
Mr. Waite heads are Miss Au
us ^ a S ,;, PP p y’ of G. S. C W., vice
Miss Thelma Adams, of
College, secretary, and Mi
Cook, of Georgia Tech, treas- |
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The place where the annual con j
of this organization will b
next year will be announced
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Georgia Farmers Will I I li
Meet In Macon Feb. 15 [
To Discuss Projects 1
58th Birthday
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Prudent of these , Un ted _
w*»e birthday was celebrated
fT* ' for fl r « 2fi h tmg r
patalysts.
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A ytk Available AvailuhliD f lO n
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Government Loa c s at
Court __' House
Enu , rgenCv , rop and f ,, pd
>" County, and
tions for three loans are now
ing received at Covington. Ga..
w , R chambers. Field
® , , „ Crop and
Loan SK( ' tl0n of !he Farm
Administration.
These loans will be made, as
the past, only to farmers whose
requirements are small and
cannot obtain a loan from any
source, including production
associations, banks, or other
' 0nC, ' ms or indivlduals ’
As in former years, the
!oa,,Pd wi,! limited to the appli
cant's necessary cash needs in j>rc
paring and 'cultivating his
feed for his livestock.
Borrowers who obtain loans for
the production of rash crops arc
required to give as seurity ,-t fir.t
lien on the crop financed or in the
case of loans lor the purchase tit
production of feed lor livestock, a
first Uen on the livestock to bo ted
Applications wilt be taken on
Wednesdays and Saturday at my ot
tic.e in the court house.
$312.17 Paid to
Unemployed Here
52 Persons Given Aid For
Past Week in This
County.
Unemployed workers in Newton
were paid $212 17 in pencil s
the Bureau of Unemployment
during th, week end
January 20. 1940 i: v as an
today Number of pay
was reported at 52
Total payments to Georgia worIn
that week amounted to $61.271.55
b.v 9 558 checks which
into 113 counties of the State
Report for
Georgia Announced
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Census report shows that 11 152 1
of cotton were ginned in New
on county. Georgia, from the crop
1939, prior to January 16. 1940
compared with 9,376 bales for th
of 1938 Th* report was an
by L H. Cook, sjiecia
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Number 5
George B. Hamilton Returns
From Conference in
Washington.
$50,000,000 EXPECTED
TO BE ALLOTTED FOR
FARMERS OF GEORGIA
Newton County Farmers Are
Urged to Attend
Meeting.
The first State wide conference
on Rural slum clearance” has
been called by the Georgia Farmers i
union to be held in Macon 8t the
j Dempsey Hotel at lo A M. on Feb
! tuary 15th,
Oeor » e B Hamilton, State
Treasurer and Chairman of the
Geo *'gla Housing Authoritv. has inst
re turned from Washington S whore a
conference was hein "■ .i,v i u P ',
ficinls of the U <= Houong M Author
Lmov^inln^ (2»wTZ ° f ab ° the Ut
* tP secure P r °**ts
mo Georgui Counties for
j Rural’ slum clearnnce
Mr. Hamilton reports that pros
i»eets [,,, iAVS are verv bri-h, t ,v S^T
In
§ress P r °v}ding $800,000,000 00 for
slum clearance muvJj^wiUch .wiU^I 1
1» used for replacing outworn ten
h,lUses on farms
. The Macon meeting is 0 f tremen
dous importance to Georgia became
this State is the first and onlv stare
i to have approved a county wide t-ur
j f a 1 housing project
Isaac Robertson Chairman ,f
. Board of Countv Commissioners in
Newton Couatv has ■
thls Coun HowPV
stress that every farmer in the
Ccuntv who is a )and owtlcr ^ .
Wted and is urged to attend the Ma
con Conference letri'r . of°inv?
receive an individual
, tatlon, communicate with him o
the Clerk of the County Board Col"
C C. King, at the Court house and
indicate if v„u , an attend so th-,'
space rtiav be reserved for you at
the meeting.
If Georgia Farmers act now in
I cooperation with the County Boards
Pf Commissioners it will be ,-osslble
for Georgia to get a very large share
of the first allotments made after
the bill passes. By starting now
Georgia will be far advanced over
«« h..u».
Mr. Hamilton stated he expected
10 asl ' R’ r an allotment of $50,000,000
for [ be farmers of Georgi.-i The de
labs of the plans and other things
necessary to be done will be the
subject discussed a the Macon
meeting
| At the Macon Conference every
fainter present will have an oppor
tunity to ask ally questions he de
sires to have answeied i” ut rural
housing, and Mr. Hamil- >n while to
Washington extended an invitation
to Mi Rudolph Nodved Dit ctor of
Rural Housing, for the V S. Hous
ing Authority
I The Chairman of the County
i Boards of Commissioners have been
requested to name a committee of
leading farmers from each County
to attend the Macon Cor.tereni-o,
but it is stressed that every farmer
is invited to attend whether he re
ceives an individual letter or not.
others, though not farmers are also
invited, hankers business men ed
itors. and fverv ncison who is in
terested in helping a movement that
has such vast possibilities for iin
provement of farming conditions.
Every person in Georgia is aware
that modem tenant farm houses
w jH provide a better satisfied con
ditions that is now' possible many
farmers would like to provide bet
ter and modern living conditions
fpr their tenants but are unable to
do so, due to economic conditions,
over which they have no control.
Tiie possibilities are entirely with
in the limits of the people of Geor
gin set for themselves. It is the dU'v
of every person having an unself
ish interest in the improvement of
Georgia farms to advance th*
movement for ’Rural Slum Clear
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