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second your newspaper section county of ii * ffcto ( UTb SECOND YOUR NEWSPAPER SECTION COUNTY OF Volume 76 %L"o C fZl% e ter jr unf r ;] \ services for Mrs C H , ho died at the home of her j jpc. at ghtei Mrs. W H Budd, Jr., i i ?s t Friday were held Sun-i i aiternoon at 3 o'clock from the tty ome at Oxford. Rev. C. 8- Forester | of the services and | as in charge [termeut was at Oxford cemetery. go,, --ad made her home with her Vh’fr flt Oxford for a number through- of >aic- She was well known ■ tihe county and her many lends mourn her passing. - .survived by one daughter. trs. H Bund. Jr Oxford; two ns D H Cope and J. W Cope, at,ale Miss-; one brother. Rev. p H-rnon. Vicksburg. Miss auffarhPi' and White Funeral erne as in eharge The News cx inds M-mpathy to the bereaved tmily 1m Susie Ramsey Teaching hi tin at nt W kf.u.u. (y C Miss Susie „ Ramsey, .of f Newton i ®mnn. i now’ n « teaching in one of 1 niix! a ora ory SP hnnls ’ of ps ' f r lu- n 1 ^ ' , vnerience bv the college because I h'jit ' shc^is v and attitude toward getting addition training and experience in i I trained supervisor. In addition I j college credit received for ■erience tie course, she is getting this ex without cost to her. I ' llated Miss Ramsey is to be congrat for availing herself of Bis opportunity to better pre herself to teach. fress Institute to Week Open Next : ■ The Georgia Press Association ■Iso will meet while the insttiute 5 in session. m: 'If We Only Had Insurance ...” So many car owners say that after a costly auto mobile accident! Don’t delay —it’s insurance cheaper to f carry on your car right now. H.C. COOK I Tire- f ornado-Automobile insurance J Phone 283-J Covington | CITY ^ p are proud of our Ask for them at ■'-vre. Just try Customer. Fresh SaIt Rising Bread, Assortment Layer 1 asty Cookies, * rench Pastry, r ownies, Breaed, p specialize in The Covington Star, Est. 1874. Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864. tomorrows Sun Tornado-stricken Albany, one 0 f t bp m ost beautiful cities in Georgia, undoubtedly will need and ask for and receive Federal aid ., in . l econstructing A the build- , ings shatteied last week. How different the picture to day, when a disaster like this occurs, from what it used to be, before the Roosevelt administra tion made the Federal Govern ment an instrumentality for the relief of human suffering and disaster wherever and when ever it occurs. in the pre-Roosevelt days, a city laid waste by a tornado was rebuilt, if at all, by slow and painful degrees. It had to rely solely upon its own financial re sources, plus whatever was con tributed to its relief and rebuild ing by popular subscription. In the meantime there was untold suffering otten the tornado damage * was never repaired com- 1 : ’ y ' Immediately , . . on receiving news 0 f the Albany tornado, President Roosevelt dispatched Francis F. Shurling, of the National Emer Sency Council, to make a survey of the city and report back to him the amount of Federal aid A stricken city, injured and dying people, ought, not to be left to charity. Four years ago this spring, a terible tornado struck Gainesville, another beautiful Georgia city. (and the home town of Edgar B. Dunlap) leaving behind it an appalling loss of life and destruc tion of property. As soon as the dead were bur ied and the debris cleared away, Gainesville applied for and was When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his first gloom and despair, and in twenty four hours the representatives oi great financial interests were swarming in Washington, crying out to Roosevelt to save them— which he did. Now these same interests are denouncing him with more vio lence than any President has been denounced in American history since Andrew Jackson. As the Atlanta Journal a few days ago said editorially, the country when Roosevelt took office was “like a man lying in a wrecked automo bile at the bottom of an embank ment, but now he goes with vig orous stride and with something of prudence learned from misfor tune.” And, The Journal eluded: “We may agree with our pious Republican ftiends that it was Nature or Providence that did the healing, but let’s not forget the doctor who came when the pa was at his worst.” Four years ago the Liberty Leaguers and Roosevelt-haters ol Georgia had a scheme framed ui to shut off a Presidential primary and to send to the Philadelphi; convention a hand-picked delega-, opposed to Roosevelt's nom ination for a second term. It took organized uprising of outraged Democrats to break up i nearest grocery and be a satisfied daily. ; i-* ! | each to j 15c I Rolls, Pies, Etc. and Party Cakes. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURS DAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940. Rotar y Club Meeting Held Recorded Chimes Wlil Be Placed in Methodist x Church. The regular meeting of the Cov j n gton Rotary Club was held Tues day n00r , a (. tbe oelaiiev j Hotel with Dr s L Waites 1(resld nit . The meo ting was opened with the son g_ •'America.'' followed by prayer j pd bv j t McKay. President waites then called upon Guy wbo reported on the "first project , of 1SH0 ,- ,-himes for Covington. Mr Robinson stated he had received a letter from James H. Porter, of Ma con, who agreed to pay the cost of the project. The chimes will be erected in the First Methodist ; church as requested by Mr. Porter and will be named the "McCracken j chimes ’ for William McCracken, grandfather of James Porter, who was hvmn master at the church many years- The chimes will erected immediately. The club voted to sponsor a munity Service Day in Covington, and President Waites named a com mittee to make arrangements. Thoas Hay, chaiiman. W. O Dor ough and Milton Brogdon. Dr Charles E. Barker, of Rotary Inter national vu> be the speaker of day and will address the Rotary Club, high school students and the entire rommuidty. President Waites then named the c mm'i/ee for Ladies Night, which will b' held on March 12th, as fol ; lows: Chan Smith, chairman | Spence Ramsey, and Dr. E. L. Ex ley. Arrangements will be made by this group Announcement was made of the j resignation of Bob Griffin as Di rector of the Club. Mr- Griffin is 1 leaving the Chicago w’here citv for he will go into training for a new positrn. with Westinghouse. propaganda. .The candidate they have chosen to enter in a primary, if one is called, is Vice-President Garner. They evidently think they might carry Georgia for Gar ner jf Garner had no opposition. Mr. Garner was a candidate, <- by proxy it is true), but never theless a candidate, in the Georgia primary in 1932, and did not carry a single county. One of the chief objections set up against him was his age, and that was eight years a g 0 , and today Mr. Garner is eight y ears old than he was in 1932. being now in his seventy-first year, As everyone knows, Mr. Roose V elt is not seeking and probably w ni not seek the Democratic nomination, but there is daily in creasing evidence that the nomi nation will seek him; and that the Democratic convention in Chi C ago will be satisfied with no other. Very pertinently Ralph McGill observes in the Atlanta Constitu tion “All this sudden tumult for a Presidential primary is a bit puz zling. Who is paying the money for it? Radio time is not bought with Confederate greenbacks or straw. The pamphlet entitled. Georgia Demands A Presidential Primary,’is a costly pamphlet. It; is printed in three colors, and a three-color job is very expensive. Who is paying for all this? Who are they and what do they expect to get out of it?” Of all the amazing and incred ible things that have happened in Georgia politics in many a long year was the way the Liberty Leaguers and Roosevelt-haters. maneuvering behind Edgar B. Dunlap, as their front man and mouthpiece enticed former Gov ernor Eugene Talmadge into their trap. One would have thought that Mr. Talmadge could smell a trap about as far away as any man in politics. Certainly as far, if not farther. But now Mr. Talmadge finds in the role of “the fly,” i opposite Ed Dunlap in the j of “the spider.” “Come into my parlor,” said the to the Fly. And the Fly accepted the in and thereupon the Spider to strip him of legs, eyes, and so forth and et The title of the story of Iowa's triumph over Notre Dame should be, “SOSIE TIMES THE DICE ROLL SEVEN!” | / STATE HOSPITAL NEAR COMPLETION i' : Bi ■* x .:' >• .:r: ; : . • 4 :>.v i : s I * Ip .v.U>>v-y ‘fi> Kit y mmr <«U|| |w m. HI i«iftitfitt. H»fj I j i ' This huge building, one of five in Georgia’s great new Mental Hospital now nearing completion at Milledgeville, is known as housing building Number Four. When occupied it will house over 625 patients i doctors and attendants to and the necessary care for them. (See story in this issue. . r A m Of y E BT I A e* ■ l\ - ; ----- KeV ' 0s " ald A Blumlt - evangel- 1st and le-turer. of Latvia, was the speak,,>r'at i chapel v Mondav. nua ' James Swint visited at his home „ 1>0int laSl week end - ' Dean Gtorge fa, Roach is recov ering tapic iy from a recent attack of influenza. H ..herson Hogg and Fay Dur * 1;,m f 'P en t l^st week-end at their home in Cedartown. George Fuller visited at his home ln At antil last week-end. Dr. and Mrs. Clyde A- Clark, of Windsor Conn., visitetd their son Emory, tvho is a student in the freshman class, last week-end. Oscar Freeman was at his home ln ® d,sde “ A a - ,!ist we ( 'k-end. A rijbate team composed of Alvis ai,? anfi Jac -' < Burne >t- engaged a team uom tho Demostenian Socie ty of thte University of Georgia on Tuesd.y afternoon. Emeu Boynton visited at, his home in Arlington last week-end, George Roach Jr., and Robert Scrra spent last week-end with friends in Atlanta. t Utl€Val S€VVIC€S 1 Fftr W/ Ln Mr ' ' n R ‘ r F (Zvnvtl lT 1 anl ‘ Funeral services for Mr. Benja mine Franklin Grant, 65. who died at his home ;it Porterdale last Sat urday, were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o' lock from the Baptist church Rev. J H Reynolds officiated and was assisted by Rev. L. M. Lyda. In terment was at County’ Line. Mr. Grant had lived at rorter dale for 20 years- He w as a mem ber o! the Baptist church. He came to Po-terdale and Bibb Mfg Co from Leguinn district. He was a Msson of the old type, true to his vows, and honest in his dealing:; with h’s fellow man. His many friends are saddened at his pass ing. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Mae Shaw, Port -rciaie. Mrs Gusste Gunnell Stewart, Newton County; two sons. Geo.ge W and Albert G Grant, of Porterdale, four sisters. Mrs Bell, Cotton Griffin, Mrs. Lucy Cheek. Griffin, Mrs Lizzie Childs. Rome Mrs Hattie Parnell. Covington; one broth r. John Grant, Griffin. The News exter-ds sympathy to the be reaved family. G. W. Caldwell and Son were the funeral directors in cha"ge John RHeU ThofliPSOJl r Tb Oy h IJeatll n // I CfftC/f Funeral service? for Mr. John Ri ley Th mpson. 75, who died at hi home " lhe Rocky Plains district last F-idp; ■ were held last Satur day afternoon at 3:30 from th Hopewell ihun-h Rev. Haiger of ficiated and interment was at the i churchyard. He ts survived by his wife, Min nie Gsidner Thompson, two daugh ters, Miss Lurline and Miss Mar Covington; two sons Ralph Thompson, Lawrenceburg. N and Harold Thompson. Danaillo i ; jre sister. Mrs. J. C. McFaden Mountain. N C The New sympathy to the bereaved am j| v . j q Harwell and Son were fu.’rr.il directors in charge. SEE JOHN C. TUCKER At Ramsey Furniture Co. For RADIO REPAIR GUARANTEED Moderate Rates Phones 145 and 237 Hospital Buildings Ahead of With three buildings nearly complete and work ahead of schedule on two others, Georgia’s great new five-building Mental Hospital located at Milledgeville, ' is nearing completion, according to to a a statement statement given gi\en out uui this uu. week by the Chairman of the 5° ~ 1 suoto Hncnitai An R H Freeman ' Jr ’ of M With the new group of modern ’ fireproof buildings, Georgia’s State Mental Hospital, founded nearly a hundred years ago as the “State I Lunatic Asylum”, will take a tre mendous step forward in the treatment of Georgia’s mentally I sick. The five giant buildings in the Mental Hospital group are being built at a cost of over four million dollars, most of which was secured in grants from the Federal Government. Every cent of money has been expended to get r the greatest possible results in order that Georgians needing treatment for mental sickness may have the newest and most modern methods. Electric Shock Kills Youth, 8 William Asbury Parks, 8. of Thomaston, was killed bathtutj, recently K when, stepping out of the he became entangled in a shorted electric-heater wire and was subjected to 110 volts of electric ity. When found by the maid the youth had failed back into the tub and was burned slightly Notices LODGE NOTICE The regular communication of Golden Fleece Lodge. No. 6 F. – A. M, will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock P- M The: hiier apprentice de-! gri e will be con ferred at this time. All members and '’L-iling brethren are cordially irtviteJ to attuir . By order of H. F. MEADORS. W. M. E. G. LASSITER Sec. MEETING -pbp n j n ^h civisicnal meeting of Ki warns Clubs will be MKM, held at Emory at ':§(■ jxlord's Hay good AwCF L mitory dining bil , tonight (Thurs ’ dii> i witb Lieuten ant Governor Reginald Trice, of Madon, as pircijal speaker- He j w ill also preside at the meeting. sin , P; , W1 n | r d tv V. Y. C. Eady No meeting will be held Thursday noon. /. H. DAVID President. W. M BEFRY Secretary MEEiiNG The regular weekly meeting of the J Covington Rotary Mi Club will be held at th’e Delaney i Hotel Tuesday at 12:30 o'clock with W C MeGahee in charge of the pro- ‘ Rram Secretary of State John B wlls0n wlU bp pr; ‘ icip; ', 1 ® peaker ai ' d all menibers are especially urged to attend. All via 1 ting Rotarians in-j vi ted. DR S I. WAITES. President GEORGE STAUFFACHER Sec. MELTING Newton com ty Post No. 32 of the American Legion -vill meet hereafter on the first Tues day in each month. All members are urged to make ar rangements At alitnd these meet ing? By ordi- of J.JCCDY SUMMERS. Com C.UY ROGERS. Aojular.t. Pratt Lumber Co. Employs Over 50 Men Over 7.800 Firms Qualify [ With the Unemployment Compensation Bureau. Pratt Lumber Company, of Covington, Ga., has recently qual ified as an employer under the Georgia Unemployment Compen sation Act, the Bureau of Unem ployment Compensation has an nounced. The firm employs 56 workers, who, if and when they lose their jobs through no fault of their own and meet legal requirements, will , be entitled to benefit payments 1 from the Unemployment Compen nation Trust Fund. ; Latest reports show that over j 7.800 persons, firms and corpora tions have qualified with the Bu reau of Unemployment Compen sation as employers under the law and that over 413.000 workers are protected by the Unemploy mgnt ComDensation T _, gt Fund . To Tn mial qualify - fv for for hpnpfit benefit pay navment ts, , a worker must earn in “covered employment cinpiuj'iiicjj l in u the me first three unee of ui the last four completed calendar quarters an amount equal to six teen times h * s weekly benefit amount; register /or work: file claim for benefits; be able and | available for work and serve a two weeks waiting period. —NEWS FROM— OXFORD i ■Y MRS. W, U FLOYD Mr. and Mrs. E A. Edwards and i son, Ernest, and Miss Evelyn Estes l motor-o to Atlanta Tuesday night nnd attended the grand opera, Mjs 3 Ogoes Stephens visited her , 0 ‘ th .. *’ eek end returning ’ ; - - to ^ St Joseph . Infirmary, where she is in training - c be a nurse Re 7 W. W. o cr ill. His many fripnds wish for him a speet-y recovery Mrs. William Budd's brothers Came Sunday from Mjssippi to at tend the funeral of their mother Sunday a, Ox .'aid cemetery. Her manv fRenos sympathize with them in this sad berervement Mrs. W L Floyd was the dinner guest of Mrs. C aren. e Meador and 1 Mrs. A. A Webt Friday. Mr. and Mr= E. A Edwards at- j tended the marriage of their niece. Miss Frances Gtoige, to Mr. Hugh McLanaham, of Covington. Mr. II. X. Forester, of Atlanta, visited fri< rids in Oxford and Cov ington this week. Mrs. Hershc Rav has returned home front. Emory Hospital, after Undergoing an operation and Is Convalescing nicely to the delight of h v many friends Litt e Margelee Ellis is improv after her recent Illness. Mr and Mrs W L Floyd had as their guests Sunday Mr and Mrs, j Floyd and children, Patri-1 and Billy, Mr and Mrs. John Flryo and John R., II of Atlanta. NOTICE! 1; CC MMENCING Monday, Feb. 19ih I; There will be an additional charge of 50c per ton for 4 carrying coal into the lower floor of residence 1 any or business house by basket or tubs, and $1.00 per ton 1 extra if the coal has to be delivered to the second floor. E. L. King Coal Company Godfrey – Candler ; Atlantic Ice – Coal Company { %, y . a Royal Crown Bottler Will Begin Advertising Campaign Newspapers will play a strate gic part of the 1940 plans for Royal Crown Cola when we launch the gretaest advertising and mer chandisign campaign in our his tory,” according to Mr. S. R. Jennings of Nehi Bottling Co. "We are taking advantage of the tremendous momentum which Royal Crown’s sensational sales increase has given us.” Mr. Jennings goes on to say that more than 400 newspapers, coast-to-coast, wil Icarry dozens of hard-hitting Royal Crown Cola advertisements. By latest esti mates these newspapers will reach 25 million readers, In addition, color advertise ments specifically aimed at almost five million women—“purchasing agents fo rthe great American home’ - will appear in women s magazines. Radio will also be vigorously used. Royal Crown atkes to the a ’ r a 8ain on February 16th, ovei ,he 88«station coast-to-coast net work of the Columbia Broadcast in * S y stem ’ “Believe It Or Not” Bob R jp i e y wilf again be the headlined " ea ° llne< ” feature ‘ ’ with R A R 0 jf e and b]S orchestra . and , song stress Linda Lpe In general the p ro g ram w j]i follow the pattern of j ast year ’ s show, which was of finally rated one of the top at tractions on the air. Bob Ripley promises even greater emphasis upon humorous “Believe It Or Nots” when he parades his as tounding aggregation of oddities before CBS microphones every Friday night during most of the remainder of 1940. Mr S. R. Jennings states, “Un usual dealer helps, store displays I and merchandising stunts will complete the biggest advertising ‘push’ ever put behind Royai Crown Cola.” George Mung-er explains the suc cess his Pennsylvania team has had wnth an ae r i al at tack by presdhee of Eddie , , . Allan, , sopho more wingback, in the lineup. Ed die is used to the airways, being a parachute jumper in the off sea BAW HELP WANTED I ! 1 Colored Couple (Without Children) Wife to cook and man to work odd jobs. I Will furnish meals and home to right couple and give job good l permanent at salary—those interested apjfly ; , i 1 Covington News Office For Interview Number 7 ATLANTA MARKETS Furnished by Courtesy of COLUMBUS ROBERTS Commissioner of Agriculture Livestock Strictly corn-fed hogs, 180-24cl lbs, $5.50; 150-175 lbs., $5.25,J 145 down. $4.75 down; 245-300 lbs $5.25: 305-350 lbs.. $5.00; best beei 1 , type steers, $8.00-$8.50; medium $6.00-$6.50; common steers and ) heifer^, $4.50-$5.50; fat cows $5.0U-$5.25: medium S4.50-S4.75 canners, $3.25-$3.75; fat bulls! $5.00-$5.50; fat calves, $7.50-$8.00 $4.50 down. I ■ Poultry Large white eggs. 27-2»c pel , doz.; medium 25-27c; heavy hens 1 12-14c; Leghorns 08-10c; friers . 15-18c. Produce Appies . , (staymen) , , . $1.25-$1.35 .. n , , beans , Lima $4.00-$5.00 per bu. snaps, $4.00-$5.00; cabbage, $1.60 $1.75 cwt.: grapefruit, 75-80c sack onions, dry, 50 lb. sack, $1.25-' $1.50; potatoes, 100 lb. sack, Rus sets, $2.35-$2.50; rutabagas, 50 lb sack, 90-$1.00; sweet potatoes 1 Porio Ricans, S1.25-$1.50; poorer grade, 60-75c; tomatoes, 50 lbi crate. $5.00-$6.50. i'T-’V l DON’T WAIT ANY LONGER ! , i F H A TERMS NOW ON ^jh I BUILDING MATERIALS FOR THAT REPAIR JOB ! L. Phone 31 c