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what you would chat
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lowers, the sheer joy of
The beauty of the
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bes in this morning’s news
mrm ar, [are [e so incongruous. of life and the
speaks
Speaks of death, One is
ful and the the other flower ghastly. of
;a nts to see a
s youth blown into bloated
of human flesh? Who wants
piles of human bodies
g the ground like the
from an autumn blast? Not
pretty picture, I'll admit.
; we seem capable of doing
ft |ng idly by, approaching with folded hands, catas
the
,,, Over here we simply
about the bayonets, the
Wes, and the black-outs,
(here the people know about j
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[ am more concerned with !
I lead-line [when than the Maginot
fig those big guns start.
Ethe their message of death,
i Maginot and Siegfried
► ill be “dead-lines” . . . War
rrible. Today it is mass
iter. Sherman hadn’t seen
ing when, he uttered his oft
i definition ... When I was
ill boy I thought that there
r lory in war. Brass buttons,
[old Sg, troops braid, flags march flying, ing. bands Only,
Wion. War is mud, blood,
rasualty lists, wrecked towns,
is, orphans, shell-shocked
an at twenty-fiv e . . . Here
e rewards of war: The dead
wnoden cross, the wounded :
e Red Cross, the heroes get
listinguished Service Cross,
Everybody gets the double
... 1: seems that mankind
lever learn the lesson that the
p " eace taught more than :
S’Mis ago .,. A glance at the
lational horizon reveals that
rgan./.atmn for war today is I
■ . progressive, apparent. I
r a !! on h'V f ° 6e r , ° p f 6 ace and ’ where bap i
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Pray for Hitler or Stalin—'
.their eyes might be onenerf I
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Sovereign the Lord as fh’
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Who will aftemot t I
the powei released
! ' Cor Porate
Jf ive united ?
for writing in such
today, but l saw
T f n,f~ Office and cop Mn’t for-!
Boy will return!
ank fc5 7 Wlth Wl n. 'he Office broom of ...] joy.
see you ln church, Boy;
s, DNEY A. GATES.
® Tochers of Covington
Public j |
Schoos Are Re-elected j |
) lic School? uL f 1he Covin K ,0 n
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! hdent win c °ntmue f. as in super
acity flrj.'JJ this
lp assisted by Pro
orBobbvR* Brooks. Rln?don and Pro
school ^partmont Others in the
e Hobinson " M’SS are Mrs.
Mi * s Frances Clara White
Story, Mrs. C,
nt. th 8rammai 'chool depart
follow "7 lc achers will
next , W. S. Al
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len, Mrs. James Preston, Mrs.
Howard , ... Nix, ... Miss Annie Laurie r anrie
Turner. Miss Dorothy Lee, Miss j
Billie Morris, Miss Katherine Har
mon Mrs *• W w - K • Swann and Mrs. 1
Isla Mae Roarke.
The music department will con
sist of Miss Fletcher Lou Luns
ford as piano teacher, Miss Myr
tle Estes as violin teacher and
Bobby Brooks in the vocal de
partment. Miss Louise Fowler will
continue as dancing and athletic
director. Professor Brogdon will
continue as coach for the boys
basketball teams and Professor) .
Brooks as coach of the girls.
0l)c ^rtoington j$eta0 THIS INDEX PAPER AND TO PROSPERITY IS CIVIC COVINGTON'S PRIDE
Volume 76 The Georgia Covington Enterprise, Star, Esi. Est 1864. 1874 Section A
HOME BUILDING IN CITY GAINS
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Miller Restored To State Highway Department
More Building Now In
Progress Than At Any
Time Since Depression
OFWPAINTHIS
Highways and Streets Built
By Labor fom Newton
County.
The Georgia Work Projects Ad
ministration has just completed an
inventory of all work accom
i plished in Newton County by the
i WPA and local sponsors since the
beginning of the program on
i,. 1935.
This inventory is an accounting
to the people of Newton County
on how the WPA has carried
its responsibility...louassist in
ting unemployed persons to work
0 n the most constructive public
projects that can be found.
The WPA operates entirely
through local sponsorship, which
initiates projects and provides part
of the cost. All these projects that
have been completed are property
0 f the county or other local gov
ernment units. In addition to
these county and local project®.
Newton County has benefited
from district and state wide pro
jects.
In the matter of employment.
WPA rolls during one typical re- |
cent week included 93 men and
women. This figure has varied up,
and down over a period of years,:
according to local conditions.
amount of need, and federal and i j
local funds available.
But all through the years the I
money paid for wages of these j
people has been spent with New-,
ton County merchants clothing and and shelter; farm-j
ers for food,
for fuel, and for medical purchasing services, j
It has helped to create
power in the county and has con-,
tributed to better conditions. j
The WPA pay roll, in most cases
has been the largest pay roll in
each county. WPA wages have j
flown is a steady stream into the
economic life of the state.
Among the tangible benefits
from WPA projects m Newton
county have been improved roads
and streets. With the sponsorship
of local government units, which
initiated and planned the projects
and paid part 0 f the cost, WPA
labor has built or improved 309 -
376 linear feet of highways m the
rural sections of the county.
This work illustrates the era
phasis WPA is putting on de 'J '
opment of the secondary road sys
tem in the state. Most of the work
is on the vital “farm to market”
roads. Improved and made pass
able throughout the year, these
roads are carrying a steady stream j
of traffic, including farmers'!
trucks, school busses, and the au
tomobiles of doctors visiting the
sick and improving health con
ditions. .rfo
Other work on toads includes
^ n9W wooden bridges 102 feet
j ong and construction of 50 cu 1 - i
ver f S totaling 1.552 feet >r. lengih.
a thousand feet ot ’oadsid* 5 !
d! ' J _ a Hitch was ‘ dug Si d 72 feet | I
of r . p. ^ a . . ,|
r iamage p t .
W ■ bin munici ja ■-< J d
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ujtfJtr sponsorship of local gov
ernments. 15.840 linear feet of.
naved p citv streets wei ebJlt. I
Thc ,_ manual projects howev
’tif« . n _ t of ,he nictu t !
WPA A assisted i j I local sponsois %ncr , s , c ».
bringin many other benefits to the ;
For instance, adult i duca
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Activities of FHA Have Had
Much To Do With
Progress.
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
BUILD HOMES IN ALL
PARTS OF GEORGIA
Many Lots Still Available
To Prospective Home
Builders.
With more buiiJing in progress
in Covington than at any time
since before the days of the de
pression, contractors are making
plans for taking care of continu
ally increasing business for the
remainder of 1940.
Activities of the Federal Hous
ing Administration and various
other agencies interested in in
creasing building have had much
to do with the renewed interest
in real estate, leaders declare. A
survey of real estate in the
shows that there is an especially
good demand for homes of the av
erage size and cost and that a brisk
market for small homes is the out
look for the coming spring months,
General business conditions are
considered a good barometer of
w h a t the business men can expect
and they report that in the last
few mont hs a number of new fam
j]j es have moved to Covington be
ca ,| Se of improved general busi
ness an d increased number of jobs,
Covington is growing and will
a tt rac t more and more residents
and wj jj thus need more homes in
all price ranges. The type of home!
the city needs most is more moderate; of the j
kjnd that renl f or a
price or that can he bought for a!
. thousand dollars. The easier!
financing plans have made con
struction of this type of home
nossible as has never been the
case before Adminis-i
The Federal Housing
tration’s 1940 campagin to stim
u i ate construction and sale of
costing less than ;
small homes
J non 00 ha« sotten off to a rapid
ar t in Georgia according to Mr.
f F Matheson State Director of f
Federal Housing.
Mr. Matheson revealed morel that)
since th e first of the year
than 25% of the applications for
mortgage insurance submitted at.
the Atlanta Insuring Office had i
been for homes costing less than
*3.000.00. I
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To HdVe SeWlCeS
Sunday School and preaching
services will be held at Gum Creek
Presbyterian Church next Sunday.
150 persons were present at the
sendees last Sunday. All Gum
Creek residents are invited to j
these meetings.
gOVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Scene Taken At Recent American Legion Meeting
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Pictured above is scene taken
at the American Legion dinner
j given recently for Stale Com
mander Hoyt Brown at An
drew's Cafe. Most of the Legion
members from all parts of New
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ton county attended and took
ii part in the activities. The Boy
% Scoot Troop sponsored by the
American Legion Post 32 of this
| county attended in a body. In
the lower picture are officers of
the Newton County Post with
Commander Brown. 1 Lower left
to right) State Commander Hoyt
% Brown and local Commander
Moody Summers. (Standing)
Adjutant Guy Rogers and Past
Commander H. F, Meadors, now
vice-commander.
Presbytery Group Meets Here
The thirty-third annual
ing of the Woman’s Auxiliary of
the Atlanta Presbytery will be
held Thursday and Friday, at Cov
ington Presbyterian Church, Cov
ington. Mrs C. M. Lancaster, of
Atlanta, president of the Atlanta
Presbyterial. will preside at the
sessions which will convene with
registration Thursday at 1 P. M.
Delegates and members from all
the Presbyterian Woman’s Auxil
iaries of the Atlanta vicinity will
have the opportunity of hearing
many prominent speakers of the
Winner* in Metropolitan Contest
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Above are the local members of the Metropolitan staff. Left to
Hght s j Morcock< local manager: M. E. Goode. J. T. McKay and
x. G. Dalton. A. M. Whitaker, of Conyers, and N. C. Cameron, of
Lithonia, are also members of the staff, but were not present when
the picture was made. r
This staff is a part of the Athens, Ga., district, which stood first;
in the Southern territory in all lines of achievement during 1939.
The Southern territory is composed of 69 districts in the states of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia, Florida. Alabama
Tennessee district Mississippi has^tood and Louisiana, Durng the past four years the
second, sixth, twelfth and first respectively,
The entire country is composed of 900 districts. This district stood
No. 2 in industrial increase and No. 7 in all-round results, being only
63 points behind the company leader. I
J. M. Feagle, manager of Athens district, and S. J, Morcock, local
manager< as , he leading assistant manager of the Athens district,’
kayc Pee ’n invited as Blue Ribbon delegates to attend a leader’s dinner
a( the Waldorf-Astoria on April 18th. Mr. Morcock is leaving Cov
ington Friday for New York. \
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THURSDAY, A i uiij j.
Presbyterian Church.
including the Rev. Claude H. Prit
chard, field secretary of Assem
bly’s Home Missions, who will
speak at the Thursday evening
session; Mrs. H. C. Dean. Georgia
synodical president, and Dr. Net
tie Grier, beloved medical mis
sionarv from China, who will ad
dress the group Friday morning;
Rev. W. E. Crane, of Atlanta, and
Dr. George C. Bellingrath, presi
dent of Rabun Gap-Nacorhee
School, who will bring messages
Friday afternqon.
Emory Preaches
Special Sermon
Mechanics of City Urged
To Attend Special
Services.
A special sermon directed, to
mechanics, machinists, and allied
vocational workers such as filling
station operators will be the Sun
day night message of Rev. H. C.
Emory, pastor, at the 8 o'clock
service at the Covington Metho-;
dist Church. This is the first of
a series of Sunday night services)
devoted to vaeational workers in
various fields.
Mr. Bmory has interested sev
eral local men in sponsoring the
which can bring the largest group
0 the meeting
E. C. Smith of Smith’s Garage
At 8 P. M. Friday night the
- curtain of the new school gymna
sium will rise on one of the most
; outstanding programs ever to be
presented in Covington,
Hodgson and the University of
Georgia Glee Club on its 30th
J nual tour. The performance is be
ing sponsored by the Covington
High School Glee Club
They come to Covington having
just played at Sylvania. States
i boro. Brunswick. Moultrie, Val
dosta, ThomasviUe, Tifton and
Americus. From here they go to
Monroe, Atlanta, Augusta and
Athens.
This program presents as its •
conductor, Hugh Hodgson, one of
i the outstanding musicians of the
. South. He has with liim the best
voices and talent from the Uni
j 1 versify of Georgia. He presents I
as his ® guest artist; Miss Minna
TT Hecker , emoratura sporano, of f At- ■
lanta. She has won the recogm
tion and acclaim of all who have
heard her. Miss Hecker sings both
as soloist and with the chorus.
Also. Mr, Hodgson presents
Robert Harrison. violinist( who!
won the acclaim of all who heard '
is general sponsor of the service.
Other sponsors are: E. L. Rainey
of Rainey Motor Co., S. A. Ginn,
of Ginn Motor Co., C. N. Hili of
Hill’s Garage, C. E. Trainer and
Bob Day of Trainer Motor Co.,
W. T. McGuire of McGuire Motor
Co., Ras Harris of Harris’ Garage,
and C. S. Smith of The Covington
News Printing Co. !
The Church's Junior Choir will)
casion. furnish The special public music is invited for the to oc-J at
tend and a big crowd is expected,
Four Square Club
To Sponsor Choir
On Monday night. April 15th.
1940, at 7:30 P. M,, the Four
Square Club is sponsoring an en
tertainment at the Club room,
w hi c h all Club members and all
he j ^ of p 0r t er dale are in- ;
v.tej .. . The XT Newton . ^ County Sing
mg Choir, under the leadership of
Mr. Cox, will furnish the enter
tainment. A big crowd is expect
^ an( j ls sincerely hoped by the
Entertainment Committee that all
will avail themselves of the people priv- J
ilege of hearing these i
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Georgia Supreme Court
Decides Case In Favor
Of Ousted Road Chief
IEMCULTUWIL
NEWS GIVfN BI
CBUNTT JiGESIT
Fat Cattle Show and Sale
Will Be Held in Atlanta
Next Week.
Be sure to make your plans to
attend the Fat Cattle Show and
Sale in Atlanta next Tuesday and
Wednesday. There will be 55 head
of fat steers from this county in
the competition representing adult
4-H Club members and adult feed
I ers. In adition to this number
: there will be several head repre
senting the FFA boys who study
agriculture as a part of their re£
ular course of -study in high
1 schools. This will make about 60
I head from Newton County.
first such show and sale was held
I in Atlanta four years ago, at
which time Newton County had
only one fat calf on exhibit.
The majority of the steers from.
this county will be from
with one to three head per farm,
with 1500 farms in the county it
is easy to visualize the effect of
such a project on every farm in
the county. Fat steers made fat
from home grown feeds in an an
swer to the addition of another
pay day to the cotton farm.
The State Department on Ento
moiogy has recently advised us
that sweet potato plants that were I
produced under conditions which I
enables them to certify them as j
free from stem rot and black rot
will be tied This with tape official will certifi-J
cate tape. carry tne
words, Plants, “Georgia Certified Sweet No—’’| |
Potato 1940 Growers
This means the plants were pro-j
duced from disease free potatoes,
The potatoes pass three itispec
titans before they are certified, in
the field, in storage, and the plants
in transit. It will pay to buy cer
tified plants,
We imagine a good many farm
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him on his last performance here
sponsroed by the Music Club,
This program includes music
and fun that should be enjoyed
by everyone. The program will
conclude with a Gilbert and Sul
livan operetta. “Trial by Jury.”
This program comes to Coving
ton with the full endorsement of
all civic and religious organiza
tions. The following are state
ments from leading citizens about
the forthcoming program: st
Dr. S. L. Waites, Mayor of Cov
ington and President of the Ro- ■
tary Club: “1 think the Coving- :
l° n HiSh School should be corn
mended on presenting for the
public of Covington a program
that will be both enjoyable and
educational.”
A. H. David, President of the
Kiwanis Club: "Being * an alumnus 1
of the ^ TT University, . .. _ I take , pleasure» ,
in endorsing the University of
Georgia Glee Club program being
sponsored by the C. H. S. Glee
Club.”
Moody Summers, Commander
American Legion: T think every
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Number 15
Rulings Listed by Court in
Decision Handed Down
Wednesday.
MILLER RESTORED TO
FULL MEMBERSHIP
O FHIGHWAY BOARD
Entire Court of Six Members
Concur in Decision
Handed Down.
The Georgia Supreme Court on
Wednesday decided all three cas
es growing out of the State Hgih
i way Board row in favor of W. L.
j Miller, deposed chairman, and
' against Governor Rivers.
The effects of the Supreme
Court rulings are:
1- Mr. Miller is restored to full
membership of the Sttate Htgh
way Board and the chairmanship.
2. Commissioner James L. Gillis
loses his board membership by re
signing his own place to take Mr.
I Miller’s.
3. Commissioners L. L. Patten
and Herman Watson are required
to recognize Mr. Miller as chair
man of the board,
4. Commissioner Patten. Mar
vin Griffin, aide to the Governor;
R- C. Ulmer, D. R Longino and
Woody Wilson are adjudged in
contempt of court for interfer
ing with Mr. Miller and twice
ejecting him from the Highway
Building
The decision in the mandamus
and quo warranto cases was writ
ten by Justice R. C. Bell, the in
junction case judgment by Just
ice Warren Grice and the cott
tempt of court ruling by Chief
Justice Charles R. Reid, and the
entire court of six members con
curred in all three decisions,
The cases grew out of the re
moval of Mr. Miller last Decelo
her 2 by executive order of the
Governor. Mr. Miller brought the
suits in the Lanier Superior Court,
in the jurisdiction of Mr. Patten,
and all three cases were appealed
from rulings of Judge W. R.
Smith, of Nashvilie.
“The law contemplates that the
State Highway Board shall con
sist of three members, one of
who shall be chairman,” the Su
preme Court held.