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Me cy Me! These Doctors . . .
and these Bosses! ... I go to bed
to get a good night’s rest and Oops,
my dear In comes the Boss at
12 o'clock sick ... and I am in
the Dog House , . . He SAYS
shook me Get up and call a
,
doctor quick! "Don’t bother me.
I'm sleepy.” That’s what I told
taiv boss sez he ... at any rate
.
before I found his doctor I had
ball the Police of Porterdale, the
[city Police the Doctor and the and Mayor the . .
finally sat and tried to
;ame! We
ihe Bo« believe he was not go
ing to die until nearly five o'clock,
but in the meantime . . . that spe
■ial Dock . . • well he can get me
ihe hungriest at know midnight of “Why. any
ne person I . . .
Innny. 1 sez he . . . “I had country
ausage, so nice and hot with red
ippper that they just burn you up
and country ham and great
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f biscuits just oozin’ with but
r ...” Golly. I sat here after
If left at nearly five this morning
h hungry I could not go to bed.
fnd nairy wanted. a thing in the ice box
hat I . .
And there's another person . . .
r Joe Guinn . . . now don’t get
farmed if you see "Mr. Joe” all
r is lovingly known by . .
bmhg down the street with a
Ing in his nose . . . Gosh!
thought he had gone native when
saw him walking in with that
tag in his nose . . . shux! He’s
ping to put these doctors out
usiness . . . That ring has its pur
)=e . , . and just let Mr.
1! you about that ring ... it
ires catarrh .... No it just helps
. , . and it relieves colds and
ladaches and actually is good
fatness . . . cause Mr. Joe tries
it his own products . . . and
>u don't believe it just see
, . he sells those rings for
;ch . .. They cost him more than
tat but he says he wants to help
u gel veil ... so if you have,
iv ailment, just see Mi. Joe . .
p be out of town when he reads
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Tep' 1 wish I was a member of I
Covington Garden Club . . -
Boss just sent Mrs. C. C. King;
ie flowers and I had to take
m and her beautiful home!
ked like a picture . . . the j
ivers are at. their loveliest and
knows how to arrange them to
f ' advantage.
And another fellow I have it in!
‘ at ... 01m I'm Miller going class to add him toj
of Snakes,
the Grass ... I pick up the I
jvannah Evening Press . . . and i
)at do 1 see . • a headline
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K no Early lo Get Up.” . . . and
p story reads The beautiful
ster Sunrise Service h^ld at;
cington on Easter Sunday morn-j
, "a c broadcast over WGST
! it was so graphically written
by the Office Boy of the Cov
Jon News that he actually had
- believing
he had attended.” :
lb. Mr. Bill Biffem. that was a
d story anyway and you
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not know the half of it and
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■ust the Editor of the Southern
gazine does not see this
h' . .
o years ago 1 was asked
‘vnte an article on "Wormslow
rdens ” • • • Thanks to Miss Jane
tge. in you, and others I col
ed much literature on Worms
’ 'he gardens
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ry . • ■ and when I sent my
In J- h - ,
e ; State U - D ' c - his -
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storv , ,T-< beSt she had
rr Pa rt a !
i the my story thaf
n P ace m Southern j
maga- !
in’t W X US b ° yS ’ Bil1 ’
nPV rr vet * u bad the joy of;
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g-rdeiK "1 inflow or the wonder-I
and Library
' d ....
rmJi' r !n k the ' d Derrenes bave the pleasure!
but 1 Sot in recently
• dutch
Some with her
• folks accuse the
ice Bov of being an Old Old
r some sa y if s an Old Man,j
th' S ,'' y 3,1 t ba t’s good
that it, Mrs. and;
or Mrs. Robert Fowler,
n she E - R ’ Rogers . . . (and »! I
°w will respnf +\ u
my rate I sometimes dress onei
!e ar costume >d another affairs'.,! - th C b 3 d | :
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old . One e event™ evening t I wore
b 1 ,/p i- i.. hl °ned black lace dress
Z? evening with the black Tad,”
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to much • • • I'm stick
SWEEPIN’ UP.
}'jft 111 OU He Conducted Sale
'he Thrift O'I r
:k celebrata, 'tho U ° m t pany Sl anni this 'i I
5ar .v in Covins?!
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ment giving , etads .
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Volume 76 Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874
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LOCAL CENSUS TAKE; L n J*r* flt ARE BUSY
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| Presbyterian Church Women To Meet In This City
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, Fourteen Assigned To
i Areas In The Various
Districts Of County
Three Thousand
Busy In This
State.
TWO PERSONS ARE
ASSIGNED TO TAKE
CENSUS
Enumerators Liable to Jail
Sentence if They Divulge
Information.
Three thousand census enum
erators in Georgia began work on
Tuesday morning as official orders
were sent out from the various
congressional district to "get
busy.”
Fourteen workers are working
almost day and night in Newton
County in order to complete the
count at the earliest possible
time. The workers and the terri
tory assigned them by the Census
Bureau for Newton County fol
] ow; F ret } Stokes. Rocky Plains
anc | Brewers; Harfy Stewart,
Downs and Cedar Shoals outside
Por terdale; Dale Hampton. Stan
j- c i] S ; Mrs. Ruth Sherwood, Almon;
Miss Annie Lee Day, Porterdale;
Leonard Ray, Porterdale; Mrs.
George Berry, Oxford; Mrs. Ed
gar Sigman, Brick Store; A. S.
Hays. Hayston; A. J. Stanton,
Newborn: Mrs. T. G. Smith,
Mansfield; Ernest Merck, Coving
ton; Mrs. John Wagner, Coving
ton; Mrs. LePradd Vaughn. Le
guinn and Covington outside town,
The group will double up on
Wyatt and Gum Creek.
According to reports from the
governmental representatives, this
is the third census ever taken by
the Democratic Party. It is the
sixteenth in the history of the na
tion and is taken every ten years
by whichever party is in power
at the time.
The canvass in cities of 2.500
population and over is expected
to be completed in two weeks,
while supervisors of rural dis
tricts have been given a month to
finish their jobs. City folk will be
asked about 40 questions, while
farm-people will answer approxi
mately 200.
To expedite matters as much as
and to make the census
enumerators’ hard jobs a little
easier, both O. T. Ray, manager
of the north Georgia area, and
Fonville McWhorter, supervisor of
the Atlanta district, issued state
ments asking the cooperation of
the public.
McWorter reminded the public
again that census enumerators
may be trusted to keep a secret,
a nd what they learn goes only into
'he closely guarded records of
the Census Bureau. A census en
umerator w ho talks, he said, is
liable to a jail sentence.
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Presbyterian Church
Sunday Services
Services for Sunday, April 7,
1940, Covington Presbyterian
Church: 9:45 A. M. Sunday school.
There are classes for everyone;
11:00 A. M. morning worship ser
vice. Sermon topic, “The Strang
er in the Midst”; 6:30 P. M. Young
Peo P le ' s League meeting. Election
of officers and council meeting;
8:00 P. M. Evening worship ser
vice - “ The Death Sentence,” (note
c hang€ ln t ' me
installation Services to Be
Held at Porterdale Church
The officers elected to lead the
Young Peoples’ Society and the
«“ p ”'";
a e les yteiian uic in ei
work for the new church year
are to assume their duties
first, week in April Miss
Hardeman ha. heen Plerted hv
v 0,m S Peoples , Society to sue
ceed Miss Doris Finley, as presi
dent of that organization: and
Mrs. Robert Cowan has
elected to succeed Mrs. T. C.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4,1940.
LEGION POST 32
Meeting at Andrew’s Cafe
With State Commander
Brown As Guest.
The Newton County Post of the
American Legion held its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday night.
The meeting was in the nature of
a get-together dinner held at An
drews Cafe.
Approximately seventy mem
bers attended and many matters
of interest were discussed. The
guest speaker was Hoyt Brown.
State Commander.
He was introduced by R. O. Ar
nold who acted as entertainment
chairman. Mr. Arnold in intro
ducing Commander Brown paid
his compliments to the local Boy
Scout troop, which is sponsored
by the Newton County Post. He
stated to them would fall the leg
acy of the Legion to keep America
for Americans.
Mr. Arnold commented on the
fact that twenty-two years ago
the Legion members fought to
make the world safe for Democ
racy and he wan’t so sure that we
had won. He said we must con
tinue to fight to save the country
from the politicians, not on ac
count of the politicians but in
spite of them.
Mr. Arnold said it was the du
ty of the American Legion to keep
the country for America and
Americans and not to let our
selves be deceived by political
bunkum.
In introducing the speaker he
commented on the fact that Com
mandev Brown had made a splen
did record as State commander
and he was introducing the best
State Commander to the best post
in Georgia.
Commander Brown congratu
lated the post upon the splendid
record it has made under the lead
ership of Moody Summers and
while Mr. Moody gave all the
credit to the local members for
the record made he was quite sure
the leader had done his share.
He also commended the local post
on sponsoring a Boy Scout Troop,
stating this was one of its best
activities. ,
In speaking of the recent
trality Law Commander Brown
J said it was almost an exact copy
of a resolution adopted by the
I National Convention of the Amer
ican Legion held last year at Chi
cago. He said the Legion stood for
an honorable peace and was de
termined to keep the United
States out of war if it could he
done in an honorable manner. He
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JEFF RAMSEY IN HOSPITAL
Friends of Mr. Jeff Ramsey will
be glad to know that he was re
ported much improved following
an operation Wednesday morning
at Emory University Hospital. He
is mail carrier from the Coving
ton Post Office.
ker as president of the Woman’s
Auxiliary.
ers and cause-secretaries of these
two organizations are to be in
stalled by the Pastor of the
Gburph a * a special candle-iighl
Sm ' iCe ° n Sl,nday night ’ A P ril 7
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at. the regular 7:15 o’clock ser-1
vice. This will be an impressive
\ and worshipful service, and all
1 the leaders, members, and friend
of this Church are cordially in
vited and expected to attend,
Peak Moment In Culloden Celebration
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This was the peak moment in Culloden’s celebration recently—presentation of the Cotton Man
ufacturers’ Association of Georgia cup to the Culloden Cotton Improvement Association for the
staple record in 1939. Left to right are T. M. Forbes, secretary, and R. O. Arnold, president, of the manu
facturers’ group; H. L. Smith, president and L. W. Fuller, secretary of the Culloden organization, and
E. C. Westbrook, of the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service.
‘The Alcove’ Now
Operated Williams by Mr.
Frank
Will Continue to Serve The
Public in Same Efficient
Manner.
The Alcove, one of the leading
places of entertainment in this
section of Georgia, was purchased
this week by Frank Williams,
Mr. Williams took over manage
ment of the Alcove Tuesday morn
ing and invites the people of
Newton and surrounding counties
to visit them. The new Alcove will
be managed in the same courte
ous and efficient manner as in
the past when under the
tion of the "Robinson boys." Spe
cial attention will be given to
parties either outdoor or indoor,
The dance floor at the Alcove has
been enlarged and more space is
provided for dances or parties.
The meals are carefully pre
pared and prompt attention will
be given all orders either from I
cars or inside. Mr. Williams is!
well known throughout Newton
County and his many friends ex
tend best wishes to him and his
son, Carey, in their new under
taking.
{/tlCttlployed „ • f
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$0/.d,f ^7 09 III i„ Cnuntu t Oil Illy :
Unemployed workers in New
ton County were piad $67.33 in j
benefits by the Bureau of Unem-i
ployment Compensation during the
weekending March 23, it was an
nounced today. Number of pay
ments was reported at. 11. j
Total payments to Georgia wot
kers that week amounted to
$85,533.29, represented by 14.033
checks which went into 125 coun- j
ties of the state.
Six hundred eighty-nine pay
ments for $5,705.94 to workers in)
other states who previously had
established wage credits in Geor
gia, brought the total to $91,239.23.
Number and amount, of checks
mailed by the Bureau ranged , from ,
one check for $.59 in Coffee
County to 2.662 checks for $20.-
185.10 in the Atlanta area, which
includes Fulton and DeKalb
counties.
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10 I ISll C OVinfftoil ,
The Covington ---- High School Glee j J
Club will sponsor the University,
of Georgia Glee Club Sriday eve
ning at. 8:00 o’clock at the Coving
ton school gymnasium. Professoi
Robbie Brooks will be in charge
The public is especially invited
and urged to hear this noted 1
group of singers.
Better Horn es
Edition To Be
Color Printed
Pictures of New Homes in
Covington Will Be
Carried.
The annual “Covington Builders
and Better Homes” Edition of the;
Covington News will be published
next week with most of the mer-;
chants. contractors and other bus- I
iness men cooperating. i
The edition will be one of the
several most complete weeks ever has published been devoted and j
,0 planning and securing inform-,
ation from numerous sources. The
News will be supplied with lists,
of building lots throughout the
which may be just what some
prospective builder needs. Lum
ber dealers will cooperate with;
contractors as well as Hardware
dealers in providing suggestions
for remodeling or building.
The Covington News Pho
tographer and reporting staff have
been working on the edition for
some time. Pictures of new homes,
sites and projects in Covington
will be carried. 1
For the first time in the history
of the Covington News, the pa
per will carry colors. Instead of
just black printing, red and prob
ably blue will be included to makp
this Big Better Homes Week Edi
tion more interesting .Get yout-s.
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James Gardner Takes Over
Standard; McGuire Opens I
New Station.
The McGuire Motor Company,
under the direction of W. T. Mc
Guire, is now open for business
at their new location in the old
Weaver and Pittman building.
The McGuire Motor Company
moved from the Standard ' Service I
f ... at J _ uesday , They wlU ... , be
10n '
d f. alers , Amoco-American gas
oll " e a " d 011 and dealers for Dodge
ymout cars an * ll,c s
Rn 8 equipmen ^ ve
bep " or «« be.ng mstalled at this
G " dner --
cfd iesident. has taken over the |
management of the Standard Ser
v ' cc Station. He is being assisted
by Cleon Turner. They are now
open for business and invite their
friends to visit them. Mr. Card
ner * s dealer for Standard Gaso
ne and °‘R Atlas tires, tubes and
"(Dories
Advertisements giving full dt -
‘•nls may be found elsewhere
5c SINGLE COPY
Local Schools
To Operate Full
Nine
County Funds Cut to
By Ruling of Supreme
Court.
All schools in Newton County
will operate the full nine months
term, according to E. L. Ficquett,
County School Superintendent,
and C. E. Hawkins, of the Coving
ton system.
The announcement was made
Wednesday following a final
ming up of the city's and county's
financial condition. The teachers
over the county will receive their
pa y as usual .according to Mr.
Ficquette. The cut in state funds
as a result of a law suit has
anticipated here and every pos
gjble saving was made during
p a .<t seven months. This made the
full term possible, but did not
take care of needed equipment.
Notices have been sent out by
the state advising all school sup
erintendents that only a frac
tional part of the seventh month
can be paid. The state was pre
vented from doing so by the Su
oreme Court which ruled in
vor of four counties which claimed
additional ,. , revenue from , an
charter. The counties were Cha
tham, Bibb, Richmond and
Newton County’s budget ap
propriation was cut approximate
ly $1,600 for the year.
r. J. STOCK RECOVERING
Friends of Mr. F. J Stocks
be glad tC> know that he is re ~
ported much improved and is $x
pected to return either Friday or
Saturday from Emory University
Hospital. He is proprietor
Stocks Hom-Ond Food Stores.
Drive To Raise Funds For
Boy Scouts Proves Success
The recent drive to raise funds
for the Newton County Boy Scout
fo rthe coming year
was reported to be a great suc
Thirty-five of the county’s
leading merchants and business ’
took part in thp drive which
e j f 0r 1940 will be taken care of
according to officials. All persons
h 0 have made pledges but have
not paid should turn over the
un ds to S. M. Hay. F inance
of the county organiz
immediately. This will save
officers and other in charge!
the finance drive from having i
make a second request .
There are over 200 boy scouts
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE i
AND PROSPERITY
Thirty-third Annual
Meeting Will Be Held \ j
Presbyterian Church i I
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NEWS GIVEN BY
COUNT! AGENT
Planting Time Is Here—
Farmers Now Busy With
Their Crop*.
I ) It seems that spring is here with
a bang with the all-time record for
April 2 being 88 degrees. This
I means planting time is here and
farmers will be busy getting their
crops into the soil. The first crop
that should be planted is the home
garden. The plot of land selected
for the home garden should be
covered with a liberal application
of barnyard manure. To really
grow a garden manure should be
applied at ^he rates of 100 tons
per acre, which means with the
average size home garden at least
ten loads should be applied.
home garden should supply
ficient vegetables for the
and have enough reserve
canning. All vegetables that
usually grown during the
mer and spring may be
now. Make the greatest effort
a home garden this year that
j have ever made.
On Tuesday of this week we
attended the Fat Cattle Show held
in Augusta. We saw some good
steers that were really fat. No
ter meat could be produced any .
where in the world than was con
tained in the carcasses of the
steers at the Augusta Show. Most
0 f the steers exhibited were
bought last spring and after a
season on good pasture were
placed on a heavy grain ration,
They grew money for the farmer
during the winter months when
it is hard for a farmer to find
sources of cash income on the
; farm. Make your plans to attend
the fat cattle show and sale in At
lanta April 16-17. There wlil be
about 30 head of 4-H Club steers
j from Newton County and 25 head
owned by adult farmers to en
ter the show and finally go over
the auction block.
Whiie in the Augusta area we
crossed the Savannah river
into Aiken County, S. C., and
some of the best looking farm
land we had ever seen, Large
level fields that loqjced very
; ductive and the rows could be run
in any direction. Ideal land
truck cropping, a great deal
which is done, and admirably
situated to tractor cultivation.
with all this the buildings and
equipment did not indicate any
greater farm income than is man
ifested in our hill land. 1
If you have land that you
1 to yeed to Les P edeza do not hes_ j
itate to go ahead and seed. It may
be some later than the early seed
ings but the increased stand due:
to no frost damage will give bet
ter results than might expected. 1
and cubs in Newton County and
more are expected to join during
the coming year. S. J. Morcock is
head of the county unit assisted
by representatives throughout the
county. The result of scout work i
i n this area may be seen in mem-1 the I
boys who ar eor have been
bers .,
few boys who were ever scouts
who .vent astray. There has never
been a Boy Scout in Sing Sing!
prison, hundreds despite of the fact that and there) boys
are men
taken there as prisoners each'
year. This same fact is true in
most sections of America. Scout
officials urge your help and co
operation in making boys today
better men of tomorrow.
Number 1
Rev. S. A. Gates Announce i! . \
Plans for Annual
Conference.
SIXTY-SIX CHURCHES !
IN THIS DISTRICT
TO BE REPRESENTEf
Will Convene on Thursday
April 11, and Continue
Through Friday.
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Over three hundred women,
representing sixty-six Presbyter
ian Churches will assemble in Cov
ington Thursday, April 11th fot l
tbe annual two-day meeting of the
Women’s Auxiliary. The delegate;
W IH come from Atlanta, Decatur
LaGrange. Griffin, McDonough,
Newnan, Carrollton. Nor cross,
West Point. Jackson and other,
adjacent points. Many of the 1
church women will spend Thurs- I
day night in Covington, members; i
of the local Presbyterian church,
opening their homes for the en
tertainment of guests.
Perhaps the feature of the en-,
the meeting will be the address
1 10 be delivered on Friday morn
, ;
a t 1L30 o clock by Dr. Nettie
Gr >er. for over forty years a
medical missionary in tne Orient,
Dr - Glier has been called a "Men
der of Broken China” and has
se ™ed her church with glorious
distinction across the sea. She
W1 'H be f be £uest of Mr$. E. G.
Martin of this city.
Dr. Claude H. FTitchard, of At
lanta. Educational Executive Sec
retary of Home Missions, will pre
sent a challenging message at the i
j Thursday , night . . , session. Many will ...
bear wlth unusual interest the
P residen1 of Rabun Gap-Nacoo
chee Sc ' bo ° 1 - G *'- George Belin
grath - who wll! report on the
y ea «'s work of that institution Dr.
Behngrath will speak at 2:45 \
o’clock Friday afternoon. Appear- I
ing also on the same program will
be Rev. W. E. Crane, pastor of
the Ormwood Park Presbyterian l
Church, Atlanta. The public is
cordially invited to hear these f
outstanding speakers. l!
The Presbyterial Executive -
Board, consisting of twenty-seven i
members, will meet at the Pres
byterian Church at ten o’clock
Thursday morning.
Luncheon for the members of
the Board will be served at noon
by members of the local Auxil
iary. ,
Following the registration of
delegates the opening session o< 1
the Auxiliary will be held.
Promptly at one-thirty o’clock
afternoon the delegates
bp ca]]ed order by th# t
President. Mrs. C. M. Lancaster,
of Atlanta. Mrs. Lancaster is the i
mother of Dr. Sidne-' A. Gates,
pastor of the Covington Presby- \
terian Church.
From present indications this
thirty-third annual meeting of
Presbyterian Auxiliary women ! ,!
will be the most successful to
date. Mrs. O. W r . Porter and Mrs.
J. S. Gardner present of and the past i] i
presidents, respectively, lo
cal Auxiliary, have had their com- :
mittees functioning for several
weeks in preparation for the meet
The of :
ing. Presbyterian women :
Newton County are urged to at
tend the sessions. All meetings will
be held at the Covington Presby- j
terian Church.
The 'entire program follows:
Thursday afternoon. April 11,
1:00 registration, 1:30 call to or
der. Mrs. C. M. Lancaster, presi
Continued on Page Nine
Amateur Program
At Covington Mitts
Saturday night the Covington
Mill Baseball team will present
an Amateur Night at the Coving
ion Mill Auditorium at 8 o'clock.
There will be a loud speaker sys
tern and all the riggings that‘go
to make a real Major Bowe's show.
Local talent will be used. The
“Round-up Boys" who have made
a name for themselves over Ra
dio Station WGAU. at Athens,
will be featured on the program.