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Volume 76 Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, i 1 *1
The Covington Star, Est 1874. FEBRUARY 29 ) 1 V . 5c SINGLE COPY Number 8
CITY INCREASES WATER SUPPLY
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j Nationally Known Lecturer Here
New Emergency Plan
Will More Than Double
Present Water Supply
Leads Revival
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REV. ATHOL D. CLOUD.
Pastor of the Porterdale Presby
tenan Church, will direct revival
services In that city beginning
Sunday, March 17.
PRESBKTFRIANS
10 HOLD REVIVAL
Series of Pre-Easter Services
Will Be Held from
March 17-24.
An occasion of particular inter
est to the people nf Porterdale and
vicinity will be the series of pre
Easter Revival Services planned by
tbe Pastor and people ef the Por
terdale Presbyterian Church for the
period of March 17-24
Plans for an organized program of
city-wide house-to-house visitation
by the officers and leaders of the
Church have already been completed
and plans for “cottage prayer meet- i
ings” to be held in homes in var
ious sections of the city during the ]
to weeks previous to the revival
are being arranged.
In keeping with the pattern set
by the denomination for a simul
taneous “Evangelistic Crusade" in
Presbyterian Churches throughout
the South, the Pastor, Rev- Athol
Cloud, will himself do the preach
ing.
The services will be held on both
Su,ldfl ^ V mor ' lin ? s and nights, but
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n ' y al 7:15 at ni,fht ’ durin S tne
" epk ' '' 1 ' ’^P 60 ' 81 featWe in e *ch
wil1 bp 8 brief children’s
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Clerks
Elect Officers
M. Smith Named One
° t ^ c econ “ , ... Vice-Presidents _ -j
Group.
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Annual meeting of the Atlanta
of tbe United National As
°cistion of Post .Office Clerks was
® atur day night with Robert
Cole ‘ sta,e president, presiding
C| yde Fleming, United States
post office inspector, and Wiley S.
dress, assistant manager of the I
Flf th Civil Service district, were
,he principal speakers
^ B, Hale, of Atlanta, was named
' rsl vi, ' e president of the state as
and Earl M. Smith, of
was named second vice
to fill two vacancies. M.
P. Gre- t, of Monroe, and M. R
of Cariersville. were elected
of the Civil Service corn
mittee.
Snowstorm Causes Action
Mayor and Council
In City.
PRESENT STANDPIPE
AT ONE OF LOWEST
POINTS IN COVINGTON
Plan To Provide Greater
Pressure As Well As
Reserve.
The recent emergency which de
veloped in Covington due to short
age of water during the snowstorm,
has caused the Mayor and Council
to pass measures to prevent a sim
ilar occurrence
Plans are already underway 1c
install an emergency system to take
care of any future water shortage
in Covington. The present water
system has a capacity of 800 gal
lons per minute which fills the city's
needs under normal conditions
The 'ate snowstorm caused resi
dents to leave their faucets open
throughout their home to prevent
freezing, but their actiofi brought
considerable headache to the water
department and later to the Mayor
and Council. The constant running
of water in nearly every heme in
Covington resulted in a heavy drain
on the city's supply. Superintend
ent H O. Whelchel was notified by
one of his assistants during the
snowstorm that the water pumps
were wide open, but the reserve was
steadily dropping. A night force was
put on to keep every available pump
going and scouts were sent out to
check all mains to see if they had
burst The water in the standpipe
continued to fall and as a last re
sort, after finding all mains in
tact. men were sent out to cut off
faucets at homes throughout the
city. Mayor S. L Waites called At
lanta and had a broadcast made
urging Covington people to con
serve the water.
At one time, the water was so low
tihat city officials were afraid that
the standpipe would be completely
dry, but the efficient work of em
ployees averted this. The new sys
tem will prevent any similar emerg
enCv an d ghe the city an almost
unlimited reserve except during ex
tremely dry weather
The plan passed by the Council,
as «■ temporary measure, will pro
vide for a new pipe line to the Dried
Indian Creek, with a new substa
tion. This will be used only in emer
gency and will not go entirely
through the filter system, but will
be purified by chlorine and other 1
chemicals An additional 1 000 gal
ions of water per minute <-an then ]
be added to the present 800 gallons
per minute when needed.
Sometime in the future, two reser
voirs will be built at the highest
points in the city- The present re
servoir or standpipe is at one ef
the lowest points in Covington. The
top (f the present standpipe reaches
a bare 30 feet above the Martin sub
division and Rivers Hill. The stand
pipe must be kept full at all times
to supply sufficient water at these
points.
The new plan calls for a reser
voir ‘ built of concrete on Rivers
Hii! and another on ,he Martin i
sub-division, the two highest points
in Covington- This would give the
city a greater reserve of water and
at the same time increase the nat-.
ural pressure Up to the needed
standard. The filter system can also I
be more efficiently operated during!
emergency, keeping the water clear
and without a ‘'chemical'’ taste.
County Service |
League to ir eet
The March meeting of the New- I
ton countv Service League will meet
at 315 o’clock Tuesday afternoon !
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in the Grand Jury room of the
Court House. Dr Arthur Fink, of
the University of Georgia will speak
tO the organization at 3:30 so nil
members are urged to be on time-
Volunteers in Finland
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A group of American volunteers in Finland
at attention in their new uniforms during an
inspection by their commanding officer. Com
mander
Men Arrested
For Burglaries
In This Area
Escaped Convict Is Caught
By County Officers
Here.
Three men were arrested Stindav
by City and county police following
burglaries of several stores in this
vicinity
Deputy Sheriff C. L- Butler. As
sistant Chief of Police Bouchiilon.
County Officer Brav and Citv Of
! Beer Hooten made the arrests. The
burglaries occurred late Saturday ’„
night at the Ma ,, dox FiUinp Su
t * an a ]
Porterdale and at the Idle Hour Sta
tion on the Atlanta Highway.
1 The first two men Luscious Riley
Franklin and Horace Lee Locakaby,
of Eatonton, were arrested around
5:30 A. M. Sunlay. The third man.
] Reuben Sanders, was arrested at
1 Eatonton bv Deputy Sheriff Thomp
son. of Putnam County, and brought
to Covington- Officials advised the
: News staff Wednesday that they hail
confessed the burglaries
Jim Jackson, alias Walter
an esca|>ed convict, was arrested at
Odum’s Dairy this week by Deputy
Sheriff Butler and Officer Bray
The convict had escaped from Mil
len. Georgia in Jenkins County, and
had caught rides to Covington where
he secured a job. Jenkins County
authorities are expected today to re
turn the convict to the state camp.
Medical Society
Accepts Members
Thirteen Sophomores Named
Into Membership of
Society.
Thirteen Sophomores were named
into membership of Phi Delta Ome
ga. newiy organized medical society,
at their recent meeting- The society
is composed of pre-med sophomores
with a C average grade which In- i j
eludes two courses of science. Meei
ings are held each Monday afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock in Haygood Hall.
Hugh Gregory, Dalton- was named
president. George Brown. Unadilla
will serve as Vice-president, as Gen
Roach and Archie Coffee hold se -
retary and program chairman offices
respectively.
Members of the society include i
Charles Dickens, Harold Barrett,:
Charles Nixon, James Bryant.
Cauble. Paul Swann, Jordan Calla
way. A. L. Horton, and John Rat
ciiffe Professor Henry Jordan. Biol
ogy, and M. T. Clark, professor of
Chemistry, are the society’s faculty
advisors
(/hllYCllCS Of ( ity
Meet at 8 O'clock
Churches of Covington have
changed the hour of their evening
service from 7:30 until 8:00 o’clock,
Alt members and visitors are in
Y P ' f to attend the evening wor
ship
TAKES OWN LIFE
Mr Tom Hinton, well known res
ident of this county, was reported
to have taken his own life late Wed
nesday afternoon by taking poison
Physicians were catted, but failed
to reach Mr Hinton before he died
Sixth British Destroyer Sunk
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1,375-ton Destroyer Daring sunk by a torpedo
from a German U-Boat was the sixth British
Destroyer lost in the war. Only one officer
and four men of the complement of 162 aboard
the ship were accounted for.
bit I
A Nix To
Speak Sunday
In This city
Ha Abit Nix. well known resi
dent of Athene, will speak Sunday
morning at the First Methodisi
Church in this city at 10:00 o'clock
The talk will be made to the Adu.t
Department of the Sunday School,
in the main auditorium of the
church. The public is cordially in
vited to attend- John Birchmore
Superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday School- will introduce the
speaker
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Dr. L L- DeBray, of Texas,
Wili Conduct Church ;
Services.
evening. March 3rd. at 1
Sunday
seven-thirty o’clock there will be a
special service at the Julia A. Por
ter Memorial Methodist I. L. DeBray. Church from at ]
Torterdale Dr.
Texas will conduct the services
Members of Klan No. 299 will ai
tend this service in robes and all
other Klansmen are cordially in
vited to meet with Klan 299 at 6:30
p. M
The Klan will march to the church
attired in robe and full regalia. The
public is urged to attend this serv
ice and a Klan official requested es
pecially to urge the men to bring
their wives and children. He said
he would like to have one thousand
people attned this service and, hear
Dr. DeBra explain the Klan’s de
sire to promote Christianity, patriot
fare ofTlfe pro test fint'religion^broth- j
erhood r’ith liberty and justice to all
m a a kind.
He stated “The spirit of the Klan
still lives and is a priceless herit
age n be sacredly treasured by a’l
those who love their country and
are proud of its sacred tradition. It
j s the burning hope that this spirit
mat live always to warm the heart
of true American men and umf'
them by the spirit of holy Klanish
ness to assuage the billowing tide of
fraternal alienation that today
surging in human breasts and in
spire them to achieve the highest
and noblest in the defense of our
country, our homes, each other and !
humanity is the paramount Ideal of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan’
Porterdale Young
People Present Play
The young people of the Presby -1
teria Church in Porterdale
charge of the evening service
that Church next Sunday night at i
o'clock Plans for a service on j
Dedication have already been j
completed, cf the during Young which Peoples' service So- j
j e ty will present a religious play,
•what Lack I Yet?”
This play, whose duration is about I
fortv minutes is an unusually fine
religious drama, well written
intensely interesting, and is
by Miss Sara Sue Hooper
Miss Bura Bohanon. heads of
Young People’s Department,
specially planned program wi I
the place of the regular night
service, and all are expected j
cordially invited to come.
Will Be
Held in County
Next
All Candidates Are
Opposition This
Year.
The Newton County Democratic
Primary will be held next
day wPh only a small scattered
from the various districts
All candidates are without
and very little interest is
taken in the election Candidates
listed on the official ballot,
A L L ° yd ' ° rdinary: w G
Beaten, Sheriff; C. O. Nixon.
Superior Court; S. M. Hay,
CoIlect01 1 Miss Eva Stephenson.
RCieiver; c PaUl Adams.
Treasurer; E L Ficquetf,
Superintendent; W. K
Coroner. A blank line is
the bottom of the ballet to
' your choice as Executive
For the first time in 118 years
county officers are without op
They are quietly going
their business and efficiently
the duties of their of
Clark Pope
Dies at Home
Correspondent of New*
For Number of
Years.
Mr*. Clark . Pope, n of the
one
best known women, died at
home Tuesday morning follow
’’ PXtend e<i illness She was
ei1 known in the Count >' and had
friends. She served for many
Pa i' s correspondent for the Cov
News and her column will be
-. missed.
Funeral services were held from
Starrsville Church with inter
, m in t ^ r, e c .ommunitv wi.iuiuniij' eemetcrv ociucm v.
afternoon'Services were
by the Rev H C Emmy,
Covington,
Mrs. Pope is survived by her hus
J. C. Pope. Mrs- C S Big
/ . Mrs. Chester Piper; Mrs.'C two sis
Mrs . j 0P H . | VS C Co
a) | of Newton County; five ■
W G Biggers of Atlanta.
A. Biggers, of Oxford; Henry
of Atlanta. Emmett and
Biggers. of Covington. The Ed
of the News wishes to take this
to express his sympa
to the bereaved family.
The J. C. Harwell and Son Fun
] Directors were in charge.
Services
Allen Memorial !
Church in Oxford
The annual revival services at Al
Memorial Church in Oxford be
Sunday morning with Rev. Bob j
of Tucker. Ga, doing the
Rev. Chas. Forester, pas
in charge announces that even
these services are being held
in the interest of the young
the public is cordially In
to attend.
Services are being held each morn
at 10:30 o'clock and at night al
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Dr. Chas. E. Barker
Speaker At Community
Service Day Program
Town Meeting Will Be Held
at First Presbyterian
Church.
COVINGTON FORTUNATE
IN SECURING SERVICES
OF WELL KNOWN MAN
All People of City Urged
To Attend Community
Program.
Dr Charles E. Barker, one of the
| ! nation s most three noted speakers, wil
lecture on different occasions
in Covington celebrating “Ccimnun
ity Service Day next Tueslay.
The nationally known lecturer
comes to Covington upon the invita
tion and through the efforts of the
th- local Rotary Club. Dr. Barker
will arrive Tuesday morning and will
speak first at the Rotary Luncheon
at the Delaney Hotel at 12:30 o'clock
rj He will ... .v, then visit . the Coving’ou . . ,
Public School where he will speak
at 2 o'clock to the students and
teachers- He will bp introduced by
Col. R. M. Tuck
At eight o'clock Tuesday evening.
Dr Barker will speak at a public
meeting at the First Presbvterian
Church. Dr. Sidney Gates will pr•?
side at the meeting and will in
troduce T- L McMuilia, who will in
turn introduce Dr Barker. Mayor
S. L. Waites, president of the Rotary
Club and A- H. David, president of
the Kiwanis Club, will be seated on
the platform.
The town “Community Service
■ Meeting" at the Presbyterian
i Church is absolutely free and no
j collection wil! be taken. Every mer
chant and business man in Coving
j ton and their wives are especially
urged to attend this meeting which
will be of great interest. All-the
j young people of Covington and New
I ton County also have a most cor
I dial invitation and they will be
| greatly benefitted by hearing this
world noted speaker. ]
Four million adults, three million
high-school , students, , and , probably , . , , j
a half million college students have
been inspired by the address of Dr
Barker.
Dr. Barker holds university de
grees as doctor of hygiene and
i physical ' u ; ture ' W5l lia f
HoW!,rd Taft " as prpsid U of , thR
United States- Mr. Barker splint
an hour a day with him, keeping
him fit f01 his ’ ob lhen betfan h ’ ,c
lecture work devoied to the young
, pe#p|e of the United States and
Canada and to their parenis- !
| Millions of high school students
and their mothers and fathers have!
listened to his addresses on the i
problem of youth and parenthood.
sinrP going <>n the lecture Rat
f °"" P haS deIiV( ’ rPd cvpr 11000
a,,,,resses I
i Wlt jj 0U f: an y effort at preaching i
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Pioneer . Citizen _y,- of County
Dies at Home in
Mansfield.
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Aloniza Curtis, well known farmer
of this county, died at his home ir.
Mansfield Thursday morning at the
age of 79 years He had been a res- j
ident of this county the greater part
of his life and his friends through
out the county mourn his death.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Friday merning writh in
terment in the family cemetery. Ser
vices wer<- conducted by the Rev.
Harris, assisted by the Rev Hays,
Mr. Curtis is survived by three
daughters. Misses Carrie, Allie and ;
Maggie Curtis, of Mansfield; six
sons, Earl, Robert, James F . Do.ss. j
William and Frank Curtis, all of
Mansfield; two brothers, Chester
Curtis, of Mansfield, and Tom Cur- :
tis. of Starrsville The News ex-:
tends sympathy to the bereaved
family
J. C. Harwell and Son. Funeral i
Directors, were in charge.
Peace Ambassador
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Under - Secretary Sumner
Welles, left, personal emissary of
President Roosevelt, seen as he
departed from New York, with
Myron C. Taylor, the president!
special “peace ambassador” to the
Vatican. His calls in Rome. Swit
Zetland. Berlin, France and Eng
land wil1 be in strictest confidence,
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j Advises , Application of Top*
Dresser to Small
Grain.
We would advise the application
of topdresser to small grain now
just as soon as the ground will per
mit. The -mosi satisfactory method
of application is using a form that
permits the use of a cyclone seed
Sf Wer . Such R machjne c0gts >bout
$2.00 and is valuable for lopdressing
grain and seeding broadcast of any
farm crop. The machine enables
you lo get more uniform applications
and is fast. It has become quite a
practice to seed lespedeza on small
grain and lespedeza is easily killed
fey top ,| resser fertilizers. For this
reason „. e woul ,| applv the fertiliz
er now then within r few w‘eeks
when frost danger has passed the
lespedeza may be seeded with much
less danger of being killed
The farmers of the county who
usually make large yields per acre
of small grain top dress with 125 to
150 pound- of fertilizer per acre
and -me few even use it heavier
than this. R-gnrdiess of the amount
used it should be applied early so
as to stimulate stooling.
T e Stite Forestry Department
has advised us that they are out of
tr ° es S " armers who want P :,r *
ticip.-ite in this practice under the
1040 P'Ogram will be forced to wait
tiH f;l11 ' The 1940 l’ ro » ram cl °s ps
November 30 so that trees may be
during November and still qual
ifv und • the present year.
Just a few days remain in which
to spray fruit trees with dormant
Ml emulsion or lime sulfur
do the work. The dormant spray
not keep worm out of the
ruit hut kills the San Jose scale
is so deadly to the trees and
does away with leaf curl.
We have already begun a series of
over the county to acquaint
of the county' with the
in the provisions of the 1940
F ogram. We wish the farm
of the county would attend
meetings in greater numbers.
is pitiful to talk with the aver
farmer and see how little un
he has of a program
so vitally affects him and his
anti the program has been
operation since 1934 At these
every provision of the pro
is discussed and each farmer
suppit ' with a bulletin explain
he provisions. If farmers would
these meetings where we
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