Newspaper Page Text
1 THE
CHATTER
# ♦ 1 ROX ♦ ♦ ♦
County .. State
..
/
gy the office bot
Let's talk about “Life and God!'
Somehow with so much illness m
(Ur community this winter and, |
passing of so many loved
he close call
nes _ an d the very
hi ch came to your Office Boy,
,
it's the subject ior my mind—
d you know I can’t keep
as have to talk them
mgs there, we
er . . walk quietly
3 id you ever
the halls of a great hospital
wn either side of the
;ome doors on smi’l
Us were open—- loved ones
_the room h tilled with flowers
5 s
even next door, to the room so
led with cheer and hope—be
the Great Physician has
use answered prayers—you
erd L and "Positively
door closed no
Ennany’’— 8 flowers at
f all the are
door on th outside—loved
with tear •n faces Un
s, hall—as near the door
in the not
possible.—They do even
you as you pass . . . they are
Iking with God. ’ Someone,
means everything to them, is
n and death.
rering between life
is goes on every day in every
tital But the minute you
, . .
I l are well, we fall back into
[joys and comforts that of there home and are
let, perhaps, There
rs needing our prayers. with
those same rooms filled
there are strangers there
... need
away from home, who
and me, to just pass through
hold their hand fm a fleeting
lent and say, “Im sorry, I
There are those who do
mow God . . . some cannot
veil! You and I often won
jvhat service we could render
he Master . . . here is one op
Lnity ... and the doors of
hospitals are ever open . . .
kurses can point out patients
peed you—and those who do
know you appreciate that
■j Thy Neighbor as Thyself”
j more than you can have ever had
... unless you
isppen to you.
hImI ing [ flowers are beginning to
. . As summer comes
m p flowers would cheer some
ferson |pu in a hospital know how bed— to
\ may not
lut it. but just walk in with
Bowers to some floor of the
1 and ask the nurse in
of the desk to take you to
nt whose room is not filled
owers ... There you are'
ems to me that every large
1 should kepe its minister
pospel buse Physician” just as a hotel keeps hos
or a
P head nurse. A man al
[here fcy? Why to visit not? each It patient not
is
I convenient for your pas
Iisit you . . . perhaps he is
t' 01 * n large crties he
| I know should of keep your its illness, minister and
m n ceep ,tlat “Light of
RES mrntng e hours seem in you so r dark hearts .
. ,
>ur pain is so intense that
lost ask God to let there
ther breath, to cut like a
^ we^ who'know th° dy C0TT ' i'
rayer at our bed 'd 'm
ieed of a man of God
spital to furnish spiritual
h know the feeling of
ures of 104 of pajn
pble—but we do not
amount of pain i\
a mg asthma to death in with bron
-7—■ the quietness
ght . . . with one fj ojr
duty to attend twenty
ients . How easy ft
w e thought . . . just to
• • ng to breathe —tired.
rk. But a nurse comes
I with a smile, and sticks
r ■ four arrrl and soon you
| r ’d • ■ • Sometimes we
e rather just
°ur pass
way in the stillness
mg n 'ghts . hut no
. .
a ' you think or what
od made each of us for
RIDE ON ^°u have your mis
:ntiwyi» oa earth and I have
would have let me
Mleep_i n the stillness
OUB1ES BEHIW
[ ou have not been sick
! e y° a are just one of
fe who sometimes won
.
s about! Well
rthhf nt you
’ 0r mayhp you
‘ g °° ds ' R you do
ired ,red With life! If
2t t V yoi ,
to death eighbor v '’ h0
fends—Life, N yours _ and
seem what you and
f e chosen Surely you
vp ,l •hough,
U P like y 0U f ii fe
ed this . i
y for .
- th that! The
you and with me
-
E not count Just
counts—" . ^ .
A <; a man
ais heart- is he!”
are sr >
It’our . f ' ’° d your
y°ur W;rf b0r ’ your
I hild ‘ y ® Ur hus -
ch of" . b U1 God
‘ •
u , Fou°t VC in
Dn Pa gc
1 een)
IP }t |0toin X ;t0n
Volume 76
LESS THAN 511 VOTE ii, PRIMARY I V
% ♦ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖
Knights Of Ku Klux Klan Attend Church Services I! t
I
i
Little Interest Taken
In Democratic Primary
Held Here Wednesday
Smallest Vote of Any County
Election in History of
County.
COUNTY OFFICERS ARE
p R0UD 0F THE RECORD
ESTABLISHED HERE
Few Counties in State Can
Boast Record of
Newton.
With all but six precincts heard
from, the entire vote in Newton
county w jjj beyond any doubt, be
less than 500 which establishes
another record in the long history
0 f f^is section,
The total votes, with the excep
tion of the six missing, is only 383.
The following results were tabu
lated by the election managers:
Covington — 157; Porterdale — 23;
Oxford—20; Mansfield—43; Downs
—18; Stansells—14; Newborn—37;
Starrsville—36; Hayston—16; Al
mon—19. Precincts not yet heard
from are Brick Store. Gum Creek,
Leguinn, Brewers, Gaithers and
Rocky Plains,
Nomination in this, the Demo
cratic County White Primary, is
tantamount to election. All names
in this primary will appear on the
ballot, of the General Election this
fall. Various candidates, all with
out opposition, include: C. O. Nix
! on, Clerk Superior Court; Isaac
Robertson, Commissioner of Roads
and Revenues’; A. L. Loyd, Ordin
ary; E. L. Ficquett. County School
Superintendent; W. G. Benton,
Sheriff; S. M. Hay .Tax Collector;
Miss Eva Stephenson, Tax Receiv
e r; C. Paul Adams, Treasurer, and
Dr. W. K. Swann, Coroner.
wide publicity has been given
over the entire state for the fine
record established by Newton
County 0 ff icers .For the first time
in years, all officers are with
out opposition which is a very
rare occurrence anywhere in
Georgia. Newton County is com
pletely out of debt which is a
second rare thing for any Georgia
County. Newton County is operat
ing on a casb basis witb one of
tbe l° west tax rates in Georgia.
Newton County is still operating
des P ite the reduction in the ad
va,orern taxes due t0 home and
property exemptions. Newton
County schools have remained op
en y ear round despite
troubles in the capitol of Georgia
wh ich has reduced revenue. New
ton County roads are in good con
dition and efficiently kept—and
many other outstanding achieve
ments.
All the county officers are proud
°f these achievements and deeply
grateful to the voters for their en
dorsement. Cards of Thanks on a
special page may be found else
where in this issue of The News.
James Seymour
Kiwanis Speaker
Addresses Club on Laws of
Georgia Appertaining to
Publishing Newspapers.
The Covington Kiwanis Club
held its regular noon meeting at
the Delaney Hotel Thursday noon
with President Al David presiding
and Virgil Eady leading the sing
ing with Miss Fletcher Lou Luns
ford at the piano.
Attendance for the meeting was
92.8 per cent with Shorty, Ike, and
Frank among the missing. Rotar
ian McKay, representing the Ro
tnry Club, issued an invitation to
the members to attend a eommun
ity meeting at the Presbyterian
Church to hear Mr. Barker, a not
ed lecturer, brought here by the
■ local club.
The speaker of the day was
James Seymour, field secretary of
the Georgia Press Association,
u ' ho was introduced by Belmont
(Continued on Page Fourteen)
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est. 1874.
DR. C f BARKER
SPEAKS 4 TIMES
III THIS CITY
Noted American Lecturer is
Guest of Rotary
Club.
Dr. Charles E. Barker, one of
the nation’s greatest lecturers,
spoke on four different occasions
Tuesday in special Community
Service Day programs.
The noted speaker was brought
o o\ mgton by the Rotary Club
in agreement with the Rotary
ternational organization which is
composed of more than 5,000
Dr. Barker is a resident of
tie Creek. Michigan, and a mem
ber of the Rotary Club of that
city.
Dr, Barker first spoke Tuesday
morning at Emory-at-Oxford be
fore the student body. He was in
troduced by Rev. Charles S
, , ...
' Dorough. The
lecturer s talk directly concerned
youn £ people and the students en
j° yed his talk very much.
j second speech by Dr. Bar
ker was made at the Rotary Club
luncheon at the Delaney Hotel,
which was largely attended,
Guests included Rev. H. C. Emory,
A - B. Dennis, A. H. David, Presi
dent Kiwanis Club, Col. R. M.
Tuck, S. J. Morcock, John Al
ford, Henry Jordan. Bob Hays, of
Tucker, Rev. Cloud, of Porter
dale. Prof. Brown, of Oxford, H.
O. Whelchell, C. D. Ramsey, Mon
roe visitors included Henry Tich
nor, Clark Gaines, John Nowell,
Jr., and Archie Preston. President
S. L. Waites presided at the
luncheon and W. C. MeGahee in
troduced the
The third speech of the day was
made at the Covington Public
School auditorium with the entire
student body attending. Dr. Bar
ker was introduced by Milton
Brogdon and R. M. Tuck. The stu
dents enjoyed his talk so much
that many of them attended the
night meeting,
Dr. Barker was later enter
tained at a Directors’ Dinner of
the Rotary Club at the dining
room of the Delaney Hotel. Pres
ident Waites presided at a round
table discussion of the
0 f the local organization.
The principal speech of the day
was mac j e in the evening at the
First Presbyterian Church. Dr.
Gates and members of the
church gave the church to the
club for the evening. Dr. Gates
presided at the meeting and intro
duced T. L. McMullin, who in
turn introduced Dr. Barker. The
lecturer spoke frankly and plainly
on life and morality. His talk was
greatly enjoyed and many compli
ments have been heard from both
men and women as well as the
y°uth of the city.
--——*-
JSJeW AmblllanCe for
Stallffacher-W r . tI r, hltC •,
Stauffacher and White Funeral
Home have added to their already
most modern equipment a new
custom-built ambulance especially
designed for comfort. Mrs. Stauf
facher is the first licensed lady
funeral director ever to drive an
ambulance -Jrom_ the .factory
through the South to the funeral
home. Complete first aid equip
ment and a graduate nurse ac
company the ambulance at all
times. You are most cordially in
vited to visit their funeral home
and inspect their up-to-the-min
. ute equipment.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940.
Is
3AS
Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan On The March
:■
r ’
--
M h
*
* » V
'■•'1 f
J -i vl
a.
•
f m " 'i til, I, j 1
t & il>
m ■r i .*
T ii r*
L i j I kJ it
i ■i
i a
M \ -V
».< 4 ©
\ Ik 'm
In the above picture are shown the leaders cf the Knights of the Newton County Ku Klux Klan
as they marc hed into the Porterdale Church to hear Dr. I. L. McBray, of Texas, speak on ‘‘Returning to
t h e Church.”—News photo.
W. Cohen Co.
Burglarized By
Unknown Party
Approximately $80.00 Cash
Stolen from Cash
Reigsters.
-
The W. Cohen Company De
partment Store was burglarized
late Tuesday night by unknown
party or parties who hid in the
store until after closing.
Approximately $80.00 in cash
was take nfrom the cash registers
as well as clothing and other ar
ticles. The burglary was discov
ered around 11:00 o'clock Tues
day night by Chief of Police Brad
ford Bohanan who was making
the rounds. The Chief reported
that as he shook the front door,
he found it unlocked and immed
iately called Mr. Leon Cohen, pro
prietor. A search was made and
the amount of the loss ascertained
Both city and county officers
immediately went to work on the
burglary and are tracing down
clues received from various sourc
es. No information has definitely
been found at this time, however,
the police expect to make an ar
rest within the next few days.
Numerous rumors have been cir
culated, but none have been found
to be true up until press time.
Unemployed Workers
In County Given Aid
Unemployed workers in Newton
County were paid $12.88 in bene
fits by the Bureau of Unemploy
ment Compensation during the
week ending February 24, 1940,
it was announced today. Number
of payments was reported at live.
Total payments to Georgia
workers that week amounted to
$73,596.70, represented by 11,686
checks which went into 114
counties of the state.
Five hundred twenty payments
for $4,345.98 to workers in other
states who previously had estab
lished wage credits in Georgia,
brought the total to $77,942.68.
Number and amount of checks
mailed by the Bureau ranged
from one check for $1.92 in Wil
kinson County to 2,561 checks for
$19,602.86 in the Atlanta area.
Oxford Revival
Services Closed
The special revival services held
for students in Oxford closed at
the Allen Memorial Church last
night. The preaching ha® been
done by Rev. Bob Hays, of Tuck
er, a very inspiring young minis
ter of the North Georgia Confer
ence. J
I
Passion Play
To Be Presented
“The Passion Play,” or ‘‘Life of j
Christ” is veritably a treasured
heritage of the ages, to all Christ
ian people, whose faith is an
chored in the resurrection of Je
! sus of Nazareth. The dramatic ver
i s ions given periodically, in Eu
j r0 p e> at Oberammergau, and Frei
j burg, are visited by hundreds of
thousands of Christian people,
from all sections of the world, at
enormous expense.
The public of Covington and
Porterdale is to be given the rare
opportunity of seeing the world
famous ‘‘Passion Play” motion
picture, based upon and patterned
after, both Freiburg and Oberam
(Continued on Page Fourteen)
Local Post of
American Legion
Holds Meeting
Committee Named to Make
Plane to Entertain State
Commander.
The local post of the American
Legion held its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday night at the Ma
sonic Club with Commander Moo
dy Summers presiding.
Several matters of business were
brought up and discussed. Pro
gres was reported on the local
club house. It was reported that
the man in charge of erecting same
had stated he would have the club
house finished ready for occupan
cy by June first.
The state Commander, Hoyt
Brown, will be the guest speaker
of the club the first Tuesday in
April, their regular meeting night.
A committee was appointed to
arrange for a banquet for that
meeting and the location will be
announced at a later date.
The committee appointed to ar
range for the April meeting is
composed of the following: Tom
McMullen, chairman; Clarence
Meadors, Leon Cohen and Frank
Meadors.
Much discussion was held re
garding sponsoring the lighting of
a soft-bell field. The members fin
ally deciding to postpone any de
cision regarding this matter.
Easter Edition Next Week
The Covington News annual Easter Edition
will be published next week with numerous bar
bains offered by the various local merchants. Dress
up for EASTER and get the most for your money
in Covington. Be sure and get your copy of the
News and use it as your guide to lowest prices on
the various articles you buy.
j
ftc SINGLE COPY
Rogers’ Super
Market Opens
In Covington
Large Store Open
After Extensive
Remodeling.
Rogers new super-market will
open today after three weeks of
enlarging, remodeling and improv
ing their store both inside and
out.
The new super market is now
one of the largest stores in the
city, having taken in the build
ing formerly occupied by Andrews
Cafe. Mr. S. J. Harlan will con
tinue as manager of the store, as
sisted by Marion Hammond, Hugh
McLanahan, Chester Piper, Jul
ius Lassiter, J. R, Hope, Lester
Pope, Jimmy Wilson, Robert Co
wan and special trained experts.
The special experts are here for
the opening to assure prompt ser
vice. They are Steve Wilson and
M. B. Wynn, of the Atlant aof
M. B. Wynn, of the Atlanta of
fice.
The meat and market depart
ment has been enlarged and is
equipped with the latest equip
ment and fixtures. Only Western
and prize native meats are used
and much of the Georgia 4-H Club
beef is sold here. Only 100 per
cent Georgia porks is sold accord
ing to the district superintendent
R. L. Doan. A big variety of cold
meats and sea foods will be sold.
The Covington Rogers market is
one of the biggest distributing
points of meats in North Georgia.
D. R. Thompson is manager as
sisted by LeRoy Thomas and Jo
seph Gocxiroe.
The new Rogers Store has a
special produce department. Dairy
department, Grocery department
and Meat and Sea Foods depart
ment. An advertisement giving
full details may be found else
where in this issue of the News.
Presbyterian Church
Services Sunday
Services will be held at the
First Presbyterian Church Sunday
as follows: Sunday School at 9:45;
Preaching at 11:00 o’clock; eve
ning services begin at 7;30 o’clock.
Rev. Gates in charge.
i
I
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Klansmcn Of County ' : li
Gather At Porterdale it
To Hear Noted Speaker It \ I
AGRICULTURAL
NEWSGIVEN BT
COUNTY AGENT
—
Now Is Time to Treat Cotton
Seed With Ceresan to
Increase Stand.
If you plan to treat your cotton
seed with Ceresan now is the time
to get the job out of the way. This
treatment will cost approximately
15 cents per bushel and will great
ly increase the stand of cotton by
preventing the deadly effect of
seed borne diseases such as sore
shin, damping off, and other seed
ling diseases. Keep in mind that
the base of the treatment is mer
cury which is a very poisonous
material. Any seed not planted
should be burned or buried. It
would be a good idea to have a
muslin mask over the mouth and
nose while using the material since
it is not advisable to breathe it.
Any farmer who wants to pur
chase acid phosphate or lime may
do so under the Grant of Aid plan
under the 1040 farm program. Tri
ple Super Phosphate may be pur
chased for $36.00 per ton and
lime for $2.60 per ton delivered
to Covington in car lots. This
triple super phosphate is three
times as strong as the usual 16
per cent acid phosphate farmers
generally use. So that 100 pounds
of it would be as effective on crops
as would 300 pounds of sixteen per
cent acid. Where this material is
bought an assignment on the 1940
payments may be made equal to
80 per cent of the payment to the
producer and the fertilizer is de
livered now. This means a farm
er may secure this material for
use now and let the AAA take
the money out of his rental check.
A pretty good plan where pas
ture work and legume seeding is
wanted and the cash is not avail
able.
It is getting late to apply top
dresser to small grain. This should
be done as early after February
15 as possible so as to increase
stooling and make the young grain
grow a large head. We would sug
gest applying the top dresser about
two weeks in advance of seeding
lespedeza on the grain. We believe
this would prevent killing of the
lespedeza by the nitrate.
Please remember if you expect
to get payment under the AAA
for seeding lespedeza that at least
30 pounds of seed must be sown
per acre.
Quite a number of farmers are
setting kudzu this spring. We be
lieve this will prove beneficial to
our farmers from two standpoints.
The Kudzu will grow on badly
eroded land and thus stop it from
eroding and bring it back to a
high state of productivity. Then
the kudzu makes a large yield of
excellent hay that may be secured
each year just for the harvest. An
ample supply of good legume hay
on your farm will greatly reduce
feed bills. With plenty of good
hay available we may expect to
get somewhere with livestock.
Let’s watch the success of these
kudzu settings for a few years.
We have located a source of
pine seedlings. These trees will
be available for only a few days
so if you desire to purchase any,
better see about it immediately.
Singing Convention
Sunday Afternoon
The Newton County Singing
Convention will be held at the
First Baptist Church in Coving
ton Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. Rerv. Barfield of this city
is president of the organization,
The public is invited.
Number 10 i
E. L. McBray Is Speaker
at Exercises at the
Church.
I
HUNDRED
KLANSMEN ATTEND
SPECIAL SERVICES
Should Be For
America,” Says
McBray.
Special services were held Sun
day night at the Porterdale church
with Dr. I. L. DeBray, of Texas,
conducting the services.
Members of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan attended the serv
ices in a body in full robe and re
galia. The Klan assembled at one
cf the buildings near the church
and marched, single file, to the
church where special seats had
been reserved. A large number
of IJ/ansmen attended and the
march, as well as the services,
were very impressive. The body
of men dressed in full robe were
headed by a youngster, also in
robe, carrying a small American
flag. Directly behind the youngster
was a Klan official attired in a
beautiful silk robe with a bright
red cape, followed by two men
carrying large American flags.
Klan No. 299 of Georgia was
host to a number of visiting klans
men from other counties and they
all marched as one into the church.
A large number of ladies and
children attended and filled the
church to overflowing.
Dr. DeBray made a most inter
esting and unusual talk on th#
need of the people returning to
church. He stated that there would
be no dictators and crime if the
people would only get in the hab
it of attending church each Sun
day. The young people of Amer
ica need the church and its teach
ing and it is up to the fathers to
see that they attend Dr. DeBray
said. He added that Americans
must be for America in order to
preserve America. He discussed
the war in Europe and told how
fortunate our country is by being
a free nation and one that believes
in God and not war.
Dr. DeBray stated that the spirit
of free Americans still live and
that the Klan is a priceless heri
tage to be sacredly treasured by
all those who love their country
and are proud of its sacred tra
ditions. It is the burning hope
that this spirit may live always
in the hearts of true American and
inspire them to achieve highest
and noblest in the defense of our
homes, our country. One of the
greatest aims of the Klan is to
bring the church and our people
closer together,” he concluded.
Local College
Girls Honored
Four Girls from This County
Honored at Colleges of
State.
Miss Betty Jordan of this city
competed with Miss Ann Upshaw
also of this city for the office of
President of the Sophomore class
of 1940-41 in the runoff election,
which took place on March 6.
Miss Jordan and Miss Upshaw
received the largest number of
votes cast in the primary election
of February 28.
Miss Billie Wismer, freshman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Wismer, Monticqllo Street, was
named today to the Honor Roll
of Dean’s List of Brenau College.
Miss Lucy Cline, of Oxford, a
studet at Wesleyan College in Ma
con, has been elected to the hon
or council of the College. She will
be a senior next year.