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B T THE OFFICE BOY
OH ME! OH MY ! I’m glad
Mrs. Perkins is not in Georgia
Q\V I tried to put on my first
iair shoes since . . . Well, let
Le see , sometime before
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hristmas back in the year 1939
p U t on my first hat since that
me too . , the hat worked
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letter than the shoes . . . they
rere no t easy to walk in . . . and
he hat felt funny . . . but it’s
[oo cold to go without hat or
w hen you been shut in with
fpnumome since back in ’39 , , ,
md that ain’t all, I put on the
L s t shirt . . . (cept the ether shirt
[had to wear at the hospital) and
Cie first suit of clothes .... and
t 0£ h! you even look funny • • •
Anybody got any objection to me
Ut. Lrefoot walkin’ around in pajamas,
and hatless the rest of
his Leiin’ year’’ It’s certainly a grand
Had to go to the doctor
festerday . . .
and he says I’m alright
[. . but when I got home and and into got
acK in those pajamas
ly bed . Oh Gee! Ain’t you
. .
ad that feelin . . ‘ that nld bed
JSt iffclt a gJJd gg buUt honestly
nrt it felt so good and I was so
red . . . The Boss sez I’m riding
er to Athens with him to the
ress Institute ... you know he
1 C'IIy f he did not get
go and promises that he’ll
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ve
mm the bed
hat e grown to ... IF I will only
b ... so he can . . . There is to
b a banquet in the hotel ... a
[asquerade Hzes! Boy, affair all I got . . to . there do is put are
n a suit of clothes and walk out
. . won’t know me outside of my
Bjamas . . . and I’ll bet I win the
rize . . . It won’t be my fault
I don’t
I’m just wondering if Dudley
nd Nancy Glass . . . Mildred and
aul Seydell of our dear old
ieorgian-American will be there
. . since the paper is no more
. , it won’t be a Georgia Press
leetin’ without them . . . and Mil
led will have to be there for one
kecial reason . . . I’m still wear
g the same suit I wore over
ere four years ago when she
[rote try up in her column, with
"beautiful grey trimmed in elec
ac blue,’* the next year she
|fi n’t there . . . last year she was
pd she saw that same suit and
ked me for it . . . guess she
anted it for one of her sons
. and she again wrote it up in
:r column as a lovely affair in
Confederate Grey.’’ . . , Guess
tat’s my association with the
Dnfederate Veterans . , . but I’ll
: wearing that same suit this
:a r . after ONE hospital bill
id three doctor’s bills . . . and
.
leaking of the Confederacy . . .!
[didn’t Ispital have an about operation at the
to brag . . . but I
In brag about the beautiful let
p from veterans at the Confed
pte home . . . card from our
precious Newton county vet
ran sl’gned, “Your sweetheart,
tfe Meadors.” Gosh! But that
'tick a spark in me heart
. . .
d from the Weaver-Thompson
lapter C. of C., came a card
tower . and the mascot, R. H.
ittersor sent a card that really
ked • . you pulled a string and
e little dog on the card said in
erv clear voice, “Please get
ne ric ^ no ^ f° r get us,
- alentme s Day either for here ,
is a lovely valentine card with
ciamvv dresden chma (
vase . • • i
d were grateful for flowers
id is from the State Mascot
c of C. . right on up to the
, .
r -dent General Mrs. Walter D.
mar ar, i Mr. Lamar, who sent
rri ■ Is and lovely flowers I be
...
e We are repeating ourselves
. but c ' tli Covington sent flowers
cards ... and we are just
h| ng to get out shoes or no
. . .
oes . • . to thank each one for
e never can write that many let
our lifetime . . .
Our hearts are so grieved over
e Posing of Mrs. C. A. Frank-
1 she loved Covington, and
r Covington friends . . , but
h hpr 50 happy m Montezuma
daughter . . . that made
perfect . ■ and when enroute
South Georgia to visit our sis
e always stopped in to see
em a s we passed through
. .
■ - prettier than ever when
e v, 'Jed us during the Confed
ate r “union in September
fid how . . .
thankful we are for the
p ... Ul motion pictures
, h ner technicolor we have
in made on our
OP! ^ lajjp Bnd porch _ > We saw
a S & in last night and now
“ rU! nearts were to watch her
It .° Ur front door and walk
“hatting gaily, for she was so
appy greeting old friends
cially . .
ihe- e she f ls chatting good picture is
■ with Col. C.
; ; n f. and Mr. Pat Gillen, Aide
Governor. Another of that
oup ■ nee passed on was
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Volume 76
| NEW SALEM HOTEL PLANNED
j' Ninth Division Kiwanis Meeting Held
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Pictured above are members and guests attending the Ninth District JCiwanis meeting in Hay
* ood Hal1 - at Emory-at-Oxford Thursday night. (Left to rftht), WHk W. Walker, past lieutenant gover
nor of Georgia Kiwanis; Mrs. S. L. Waites; Dr. S. L. Waites, president of Covington Rotary Club and
Mayor of the city of Covington; Reginald Trice, Lieutenant governor of Georgia Kiwanis; A. H. David,
president of the Covington Kiwanis Club; Faber Boellinger, president Atlanta Kiwanis Club.
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Others attending the district meteing pictured above are (left to right) Mr. Max Noer, Mr
Jenkins, both of Milledgeville; Miss Pratt, of Covington, a guest; Dr. Herbert Cohen, of Porterdale; P. W
Pratt, Mrs. S. A. Ginn, Miss Sara White Callaway, Mrs. Clarence Meadors, Mr. Edgar Wood. Mr. T. C
Meadors, all of Covington; Mrs. Terry Reese, Mr. Terry Reese, both of Madison, and Dr. W. D. Travis
of Covington.
GRAND JUDY EOS
MARCH TERM DF
SUPERIOR COURT
Traverse Jury Also
For Coming Term of
Court.
The Grand Jury and
jury have been drawn for the
March term of the Newton Super
ior Court as follows
Grand Jury
D P. Blake, Capers Robertson. S
J. Belcher. M. M Moat, A. S El
lington. W. R. Stillwell, J. T Wilson,
T. L. McMullen, Harry Stewart, W
B Hurst.
J. F. Burns. Guy Robinson. J- E
Philips, W, E. Gray (town). Dozier
H Smith, T. G. Boggus, J- H. An
derson, E E Callaway. E. M. Sig
man, H. L. King.
E H. Lewis, Lcn Loyd, A E H a ys,
W. C. Mathis, H M Adams, J. I.
Alford, W. L. Sullivan. Parks Law
re nce, F- W. Black, Pearl Harwell
Traverse Jury,
E N Freeman , R . A . Cobb, E. F.
Cooper, Joe C. Anderson. W D. Wel
don, T- G. Callaway. Jr-, Shelton
Ginn. Hiram Ellis, Rot*.. Cow a n, J.
L. Dobbs, W. A Hyatt, D. H. Patrick
Edgar Wallace, A. S Georgia, R.
H. Green. Sr., W. C. Woods, E. A
King. Lewis D. Caldwell, chn J. Car
ter. C E. Giles. Sr., T- G. Neely, J
J. Fincher, J. W. Rye, J. T. Morgan
T. P- Treadwell. J. M Potts. W
T. McGuire. W P. Hodgins, R. J
Moore, C. P. Dobbs. J. O. Porter,
Julius S Townsley, Robt. Mitcham,
J. W. McElsOy, T- G. Smith, N- B
Freeman.
Felton McDonald. O. D. Gr a nt, B.
H. Standard. Fred W. Greer. C- D
Ramsey, Charlie Robertson, A L.
Hicks. C H Cbok. W. P Hardman,
Author Gerstein. J. S- Cook, Harry
Christian
Men's Fellowship
Group to Meet
The Men's Fellowship Group of
t.f the Presbyterian Church will
meet on Friday night at the church
at seven o’clock. Supper will be
served by the Young Women’s Cir
cle of the Aoxiliary and the pro
gram will be presented by the
Christi a n Fellowship Club of Emory
at Oxford. There will be a brief
devotional and two ten-minute ad
dresses by the students. Mr. Ben
Banks of Forsyth, Ga. will be in
charge of the program, Mr. Walter
Stephenson, chairman, invites all
the men of the church and their
friends to attend this supper meet
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Georgia Enterprise, Est, 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874
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The picture carried in the Atlan
ta papers recently depicting
of the characters of Uncle
formed on the w a ll of the home
Joel Chandler Harris was
ing but Covington can boast of
as interesting a phenomenon.
On the walls of one of our
Dr. S L Waites operating rooms
very clearly outlined by the recent
rains a very clear outline of Dr
Waites- It may have been that
wails wanted to show the picture of
the Mayor to his patients as
treated them. Be that as it may it
is there and very' clearly for all to
see, “Believe it or not.”*
Dr. S. S. Smith
Taken by Death
Services Held on Tuesday
For Prominent Athens
Physician.
Dr S. S. Smith, prominent in
medical circles of Athens and the
stale, died at his residence Sund a y
night- Dr Smith was 70 years old
and had been ill for the past eight
een months.
Funeral services in Athens from
the First Methodist church Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock. Dr. H C.
Holland, pastor of the church con
ducted the services, assisted by Dr.
e. L. Hill, pastor of First Presby
terian church a nd Rev. Perry
Swann.
Interment was in Oconee Hill
Cemetery, Active pallbearers
charge of arrangements. Pallbearers
were Dr- L N Betts, Dr. A. N- Bow
ers, J. C. Jester, Milton Thomas,
Lamar LaBoon a nd E. S. Sell. An
honorary escort included members
of the Clarke County Medical Socie
ty.
Surviving Dr Smith are his wife.
Mrs- Loula Frances Smith;, five
daughters, Mrs. W. M Avera, Mrs
D D. Quillian, Miss Martha Smith,
and Miss Ann Smith, a ll of Athens.
and Miss Louise Smith, of Mont
gomery, Ala.; ton, Starr Smtih, Au
gusta, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Ed
Wright, Mansfield. Ga.; and Mrs.
Charlie Hanc oek. Covington, Ga ;
three brothers, Col W N- Smith,
Athens- Dr. T. U. Smith and L- C.
Smith, both of Covington, Ga.. and
eight gr a ndchildren.
A native of Newton County. Ga-.
Dr. Smith was descended from fam
ily lines for many years prominent
in that section of the state
Early in life he felt the urge
study medicine and follow It as his
life's contribution of service, and in
1892 he graduated from the Atlanta
Medical College.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940~
II. 0. C. WEST
NOW CREATING
MUCH INTEREST
Mrs. Ola Malone Is Named
• Chairman for Local
U. D. C.
GEORGIA DIVISION
AND LOCAL CHAPTER
NOW OFFER MEDALS
Woman Chosen As Subject
For Essay for First Time
Says Mrs. Dennis.
Again ihe Geoigia Division. Unit
Srs D Sw\ 0 ^?iLan ^ 01 Qunman ~
president< offers prizes he guc
cessful contestants among the school
children of Georgia in the Histor
ical Essay contest which is spon
, orpil ea ,. h vPar bx the Georgia Di
vision a nd conducted with the co
ope-raiion of the school teachers
The purpose the contest to
stimulate interest and encourage
, the
among young people the study
of Southern history and Southern
heroes.
Mrs Belmont Dennis, president of
Covington Chapter U- D. C, an
nounees that, for the first time in
;he history of the organization, the
name of a woman w a s chosen as
he subject for the essays—that oi
Hiss Mildred Lewis Rutherford, edu
cator, essayist, historian and col
ge president. Miss Rutherford was
chosen by a noted historian as one
of Georgia's iw’elve greatest women.
The essay contest is open to all
white children of Georgia, includ
ing fifth grade through high school
Eighteenth birthday is the age lim
it. Manuscripts are to be graded up
on histone value, style and neatness
Any material bearing on the subject
may be used.
The essay p a mphlets which are
published by the Georgia Division
and given free of charge to school
teachers and chapter presidents, are
; ready for distribution. These pam
phlets contain a biographical sketch
| of Mir-, Rutherford and a list of
books and pamphlets on historical
and literary subjects which she
wrote and published.
The Georgia Division is offering
two beautiful medals as prizes, one
to be presented to the bov or girl
m high school who writes the best
essay and one to be presented to the
boy or girl in gr a mmar school who
writes the best essay. The Coving
ton Chapter U- D C. also offers
local medals
The length of the essays compet
ing for the medals shall be from
1100 to 1600 words for high school
and from 800 to 1000 words from
grammar school
March 15th the contest closes and
essays must be in. Working faith
fully on the Historic a i Essay Com
mittee with Mrs Ola Malone chair
man. are: Mrs. L D Bolton, Mrs.
N. S. Turner. Jr., Miss Ethel Bel
cher an ,, Mrs Ear i Smith They are
receiving full cooperation from all
school superintendents of the coun
ty and since “Miss Millie” as she
was lovingly known, is the subject
of the Contest, the committee ex
pects to receive an essay from every
child eligible
It is an education within it self
ic work with Mrs Ola Malone. Her
work as a Historian has «ot only
been re>ognized by the State Or
ganization of the U D. C ■ but last
year she was awarded a beautiful
silver loving cup by the national or
ganization for outstanding work
along this line.
Miss Whitener Will
Teach School Here
Miss Clarice Whitener. of Buford,
3 graduate of the University of
Georgia, will come to Covington
High School to succeed Miss Elsie
Rheberg. French a n <I Commercial
work teacher, who will go to Green
ville, S. C . where she will be con
nected with the Parker District
School
Miss Whitener graduated from
the Draughton’s Business School in
Atlanta after finishing at Georgia
University.
V. D. C , Will Meet on
T u sday, Feb. 27
The Covington Chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet Tuesday. February 27th at
3-30 at the home of Mrs S L
Waites, on Floyd Street-
minis DIVISION
MEETING PROVES
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Over Three Hundred Attend
From Seven Clubs in
This Division.
The Ninth Division Kiwanis meet
ing held at Emory at Oxford last
Thursday night was one of the
ever held i nthe Division Approxi
mateiy three hundred Kiwanians
and their ladies attended
Reginald Trice, of M a con. Lieu
tenant Governor of this division
presided as toastmaster. The eve
ning was one continual round of en
tertainment without serious speech
es of any kind. Lieutenant. Govern
or Trice expressed his pleasure in
the attendance and complimented
ihe dietitian, Mrs Smith, upon the
splendid dinner served
The dinner w a s very enjoyable
good food, well prepared, efficient!)
and bountifully served. Those at
tending were generous in their
praise of the entire program.
I The Emory Glee Club under the
cirection of Professor V Y. C Eady
vvas ,he first number on the pro
sram - The v rendered several selec
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,tons in a ver y entertaining man
rer. evidencing the capable direc
tion of their director.
Professor Noe, director of the A
Cappell a Choir of the Georgia State
College for Women at Milledge, was
n ext in a delightful solo number
accompanied by Mrs Harry Jen
nings.
"The Battle of the Eexes" was an
enjoyable number with Faber Bol
linger. of Atlanta, acting a s Dr I
Q The ladies won by a score of 88
to 83. The winning team was com
posed of Mrs. Al David. Mrs. O Neal
Mrs Stoddard and Mrs. Mercer.
J- P. Luther, advertising manager
of the Americus Times Recorder,
made a delightful witty speech en
titled “Smile a Minute Speaker,” the
title by which he is known
The Jones County Kiwanis Club
won the trophy for the attendance
bringing 20 people for a score of
1020 A beautiful plaque was present
ed to the president of the club by
Past Lieutenant Governor Wink
Walker of Eatonton at the request
of Mr. Trice.
The meeting w a s completed by
club singing. Pictures taken at the
meeting appear elsewhere in this
edition. Dr. S L. Waites and Mrs
Waites were guests of President A’
David Dr. Waites in his capacit)
as president of the Covington Ro- j
tnrv Club.
NUNS FIELD HAS
KOINE TO OUST
COTTON SEED
County Agent Discusses The
New Mercury Dust
Process.
FARMER TO RECEIVE
PAY FOR HOME
GARDEN IN SUMMER
Thie { Shears Sheep in Night
During I Recent Snow
Storm.
Last week we gave some inform
ation on treating cotton seed with
nlercu,y dust to P revent *** borne
diseases. Since then we h a ve learned:
lhat a trea,i ng machine has been I
stt up at Mansfie,< i f° r use of the
' ublic The dust wil! be furnished
an, ‘ the seed ,rea ted fur 15 cents
rei bushel, which is about cost
Another practice for which farm
irs may receive pay under the 1940
F a rm Program is the growing of a
Come garden. The acreage must be
at least one fourth of an acre all in
the same plot of ground and at least
,Pn ' e getables must be grown. In \
addition the truck crops must be
piotected from livestock so if the
n i,r< i en is in field no fence is
equired to be pl a ced around it if I
il is r r °tected Horn damage. It
l ‘ ,e>ems Q ueer *hat the Federal gov
< ' inment ' m ust pay farmers to pro
r ’ uce a home 8 al ’den but we imag
ine a great number of farmers will
not take the time to produce a gar
den otherwise.
We h a ve rend a goodly number of
quecr happenings during the recent
mow and cild weathei, but Mr.
Charlie Sockwetl told us of an ex
perience that beats all the others
In purchasing at bunch of cows
8r,d apparently wasetaoshrdluet a o
iast fall he bought a sheep
v th the bunch of cows The sheep
vas turned in the pasture with the
<alves and apparently w a s doing
; II right. During one of those cold
nights someone caught the sheep and
sheared the fool from his back. We'
would just imagine someone was a
Idtle short on cover
While talking about sheep we were,
advised the other d a v bv Mr Chan—
ning Cope that his 25 e-ves have
already dropped 11 lambs Mr R R
Pow l er has a tha t has already)
dropped twin lambs We still believe;
CUr fanners with their limited p a s
lures and hay crops could make
more money from sheep than they)
can * rom catt,e or hogs
Kiwanians Assemble At Oxford
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Some of the officials attending the Ninth District Kiwanis meeting at Oxford Thursday night art
pictured above as follows: President A. H. David and Mrs. David, of Covington; Mr. J. P. Luther, oi
Americus who spoke before the group; Lieutenant Governor Reginald Trice, and Mrs. Trice, of Macon;
Mr. Guy Abney, past Secretary of Georgia District of Kiwanis, and Mrs. Abney, of Macon.
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Among the 300 visitors and members attending the first i940 meeitng of the Ninth Division Ki
wanis Clubs wfre F. D. Branan, Miss Lucile Baugh, Mrs. Gregory and Mr. Tom Gnf'ghry. all of Eatonton;
Dr. J. R. Sams, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Rogers. Mrs. R. O. Arnold. Godfrey Trammell. Mrs. Trammell, Mrs '
Bill Berry, Mr. N. S. Turner, immediate past President of the Covington club and Mrs. Turner.
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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trustees Begin Drive
To Raise Money For
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Erecting New Building
Rotary Speaker
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DR. CHARLES BARKER.
who will speak on three occasions,
in Covington, on March 5. He
comes to this city from an ex
tended throughout the United
States and Canada as a guest of
the Covington Rotary Club.
Rotary Club to
Celebrate B’day
President Waites Presides at
Regular Rotary
Meeting.
The Covington Rotary Club, ai
(heir meeting Tuesday at the
lanev Hotel, completed plans for
their “First Birthd a y Celebration’
on Tuesday evening. March 12
Dr, S L- Waites, president of the
Rotary Club, presided and named
Spence Ramsey. Channing Smith
and Dr. E. L. Exiey on the Com
mittee to handle the details
W. C. MeGahee announced that
he depply regretted to inform the
club that Secretary of State John
B- Wilson, was ill and could not
spe a k before the club Mr. MeGahee
pinch-hit for Mr. Wilson by dis
cussing the "City Government”
Thomas Hay reported on the com
ing of Dr. Charles Barker, national- ;
lj known lecturer, who will arrive I
In Covington Tuesday, March 5, for
three engagements. 1
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$12,000 Project To Includ
Modern Conveniences
At Hotel.
MR. H. Y. McCORD, SR., !
WILL DONATE HALF
OF ANEEDED MONE”
Committee Headed by Nixoi
to Raise Cash by 15th
of March.
The Trustees of Salem Cami
Ground are making an effort ti
raise about *12.00000 for the pur
pose of building and equipping i
modern hotel at the Camp Ground
This will complete the building pro
gram at the C a mp Ground and wil
make this the finest project of it:
kind in the country.
Mr. H Y. McCord, Sr, has agreer
to give half of the required amount
if the Trustees will raise the bal
ance of the fund. It will only b«
possible to raise this fund if all th«
citizens of Newton and Rockdalf
counties will co-operate to the ex
tent of their ability. This is non
sectarian project and it is the pur
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l«se of the Trustees that this prop
erty be used, not only for reiigioui
worship, but for all kinds of meet
ings that seek to build good citizen
ship and community spirit- Tht
Trustees would like to see this in
stitution yield a South-wide influ
ence on the culture, refinement and 1
religion of the people.
With such a wonderful opportun
ity for doing good, especially for
our immediate community, the Trus
tees are hopeful that oil the good
citizens will lend their efforts a nd
their financial asistance to the com
pletion of this enterprise. It is not
often that a community has the as- ,
sistance in such an enterprise as
this community has in the generous
financial support and a tremendous
amount of effort from such men as
Mr. H. Y McCord and Major R. J.
Guinn
The Committee in charge of rais
ing money in Newton County is
composed of Otis Nixon, Wick Por
ter. Tom McMullen and Bob Arnold,
The Trustees are asking that you
hand your donation to one of these
gentlemen. M a ke it as large as you
can but they want it, even if it is
small- This campaign must be fin
ished by March 15th in order that
w r ork can be started