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Well. A P ril rolls around again
April with her showers and
.. but
beautiful flowers . • • on
jier which falls "" tb e
ADn Er'h | 26th. month. Sons,
Sirs Friday in the
^ Children of the
Confederacy as well as members
L0 Legion and
.. t h. American gather
Rnanisb War Veterans will
fogether with the the Methodist citizens of church this ; j
ountv ^ precious
tribute to the men ;
to pay the Grey and to the
who wore
Women of the Sixties.
'Phis day is one on which we
tribute to the men and women
«y it is our Confeder
f the 60 s • • , ]
te Memorial Day. But we pay
ribute to all Veteraris on this day.
U. D. C. usually has charge of
■he Covington, with the
his day m Confederacy as
Children > of the
listing- only
Newton County has one;
Veteran now living in the County.!
nd that is our beloved Mr.
lufus Meadors • . . "The Sweet
eart of the County.” Mr. Mead
has endeared himself to the
rs him. and ,,
ea rts of all who know
ur earnest prayer is that each of
? can grow in grace and beauty
[f soul and character, as our years
Ire numbered in the 90 s, as has
[r. Meadors,
So many times the people in our
[tv and county think that Mem
Ha'Day is just an affair for the
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t . and
' in Newton County is not
invited to, hut urged to church,! come
d meet at the Methodist
d honor our lone veteran .
d to bow our head in thanks
king I for all the men and women,
the 60s We often wonder
hat it was in the lives of the men
id women of the 60's that made
>m so fine . . .We often refer!
the government of our state
d say what it might be if we
d such men as we had during
e 60’s. Men who came home
im battle, after the war, tattered
rt torn ,.. wounded and bleed-.
b . . with bowed heads? I j
buld say not! They marched
loudly in their worn bleeding
hdition with their chins up . . .
p were not whipped . . * but
je pbered Finland . and . . ihev that were woman out- of
...
p 60's met the husband, to whom
p had written cheering letters'
Ithe battle could .
front . . . how
I 'ell him now that the home
b [ been , bu / ned ,hf cattle ,
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J ‘ 1 TL a T/ ° r
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lUh baby had died of starve
Ll pse men e ,be and ; women Chm W3 of 'I the " P tP 60s ? :
I their lives built on a solid
Nation l . . . That foundation
Christ Jesus ... no storm and ]
ss of life can shatter a life
t on that foundation it is
...
Me on sand that cannot with-!
> of the fin’s Who came back
heir Southland with that light
faith glowing in their hearts
> it was the men and women
he 60s who went to the fields
hher and rebuilt the south for 1
and for me and it is this!
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JPthat you and I will have the i
liege ot honoring on April I
■ Every school is invited to
nd. and since it falls on Friday
oeliexe that you can. Prizes
be awarded the Covington
coun, y school students win
, ‘ n ,he Essay
J ^ contest spon
“ the U. D. C.
be at the church ,
Meadors onthatdav d Hr H win
there. Fverv ofih^CoIfl^ K
!d Daughter, loselva"
Ms urged to make
the luncheon luncheon with if Mrs
1 Taylor. A U wi vlor^is! be
ma at 'he Hotel, Mrs°Ta >
n. and her sneaker fm
«» * onbtaBdlng
Four one
- ux reservation now
Uer Set the Office Boy!
«ng about the men and
en of the 60s and there’s!
5 'o talk about
Z thls .
iS sa me Office Boy
Ifathef U t ,he
whn" kneC ° f hiS
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f a u ’ ’ • which picture reminds j
i Travelt • ot Le c
»l >idnev7'J ISt received 'L' fr om
)est picture’ ’ S ° ne 0f
k 0t Lee and J', a ^ huge eVer one i
* Z Eninc - ,
in h Z f, ' amed and:
but spob m my
d r r going . to be j
and hun E " niPu here
if I don’t my
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Volume 76
SALEM HOTEL BEI 907 A. L. Conyers Loyd St 1 1 *1 ERECTED ‘i i i
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County Wins 11 Places In Cattle Show l < '
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Work Progressing On
$12,000.00 Edifice; To
Be Completed July 1st
H. Y. McCord Gives $15,000
In 6 Years, Honored
With Supper.
FOURTH OF JULY
AMERICANISM SERVICE
PLANNED FOR OPENING
Historic Old Camp Ground,
Founded in 1828, Oldest
In This State.
The foundation of the $12,000
hotel at Salem Camp Ground has
be “ ] « d and lhe ^ork is pro
*!*“»« . , The budding
Wlll be . m every sense
of the word and will make
historic old camp ground the
as well as one of the
of its kind in the country,
according to Major R. J. Guinn,
member of the board of trustees.
The hotel will be finished and
for occupancy by July 1.
The first meeting after the com
will be a big Fourth of July
service, non-sectarian and
in character. At that
Mr. George W. Truett, form
president of the Baptist World
will speak, and a com
singing will be held. The
of this meeting will be to
foster a revival of the spirit of
which is responsible
or the founding and growth of
government,
Meetings will continue through
summer and early fall. It is
that people will build sum
residences on the grounds.
trustees want the grounds to
used for a]] kinds of meetings
seek to build good citizen
* h ■ d , “mmunity .. ap.nt . not for ,
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}* e1lmg " ° f re '^ lous wo ^ lp
e ’ T he >; wanb the scope of Sa
lem , s activities ( broadened, laying
foundation for a program to re
Vltah7 . rehgious and social life
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South-wide influence on the cuL
ture > refinement, and religion
* b e people.
H. Y. McCord, of Atlanta, chief
contributor to the development, i
honored with a supper at
e Salem Woman’s Club House
Thursday night, April 25, at 8
An admission will be
the entire proceeds goinc
toward the building fund. Major
is anxious for a large turn
of Newton and Rockdale Coun
folks in order that Mr. Me
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nr - S - L - Waites. Mayor of Cov
ington ’ Tl,esday asked that a)1
do 2‘ owners manifest good
spirit by having their dogs
Hydrophobia, often caused by
bite of a dog. is
highly infectious disease, and
for this reason. Dr. Waites is very
anxious that all dogs be
lated against it.
Takers Rush Work As
May 1st Deadline Approaches
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Census takers in Newton
and throughout Georgia stepped
their work this week aS the
]imit on the completi0n ° f
work approached.
T he fourteen workers in New
f° n County are slowly but surely
the entire county for ev
y available person, farm, home
vacant building. The enumer
tors in town are apparently meet
g with less difficulty than those
the rural sections who must ask
^ uestions *> travel further be
homes and get lost—very
a map furnished
by the government. In the
population reports required in the
towns and cities, there are only
about 40 questions asked by
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874.
STAMP DISPLAY
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101,111.2 PJ i
All Stamps Issued Since
1847 Shown at City
Post Office.
The Post Office Department will
plesent a msp ■ or aH Postage
stamps issued since 1847 from a
philatelic truck which will be at
the Covington Post Office next
Saturday, April 20th, from 10:00
A. M. until 2:00 P. M.
This truck will also have a min
iature printing press of the rotary]
type, such as is used in printing
the yearly issues of postage stamps (
a nd other matter relating to the!
designing and printing of these
stamps.
This display is considered to be
of high educational value and it is
the desire of the department that
every one interested in stamp
iecting as well as all school
dren and Scout organizations take
advantage of this opportunity to
become better acquainted with the |
historical events portrayed by the!
various issues of postage stamps,
Every visitor to this display will
be accorded every possible cour
tesy by the personnel in charge
and the local Post Office force and
it is the hope of the Covington
Office that a large number will
avail Ihemselves of this invitation
to be present and view this ex
hibit.
25 r Scholarships - . - - ,
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Newton County Boys Are
Eligible To Take Part
In Contests.
The University of Georgia Col
' c " e °f Agriculture today an
nounced the availability of 25 ad
ditional scholarships of $100 cash
f° r the 1940-41 school session.
Newton County boys are eligible
to receive these.
Students who mak9 application |
fnr the SC ! 10 ’ arSh ! PS ' mu st rtC ~.
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ommended j by either a teacher . of
vocational agriculture or by "j
COl,nty agpnk Applications must
Be made to Dean Chapman. Col
^ of Agriculture. Athens, on or
before July 1. ;
Scholarships will be awarded on
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and upon practical livestock and]
poulby production work, carried
on as 4-H Club and F. F. A. ac
tivities. This must all be certified
to by the person making the rec
ommendation. i
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enumerators. In the rural sections
'where farm reports are required,
>he enumerator must ask approx
imately 200 questions.
The canvass m . cities ... of . „ 2,500
population or over is expected to j
be completed in a period of two
weeks. Supervisors of rural dis
tricts have been given a month to
complete their jobs. This would
mean that the enumerators must
finish their work by May 1st. Co
operation of the people of New
ton County has been urged by of
ficials of the Census Bureau in
Atlanta. Fonville MpWhorter, su
pervisor of the Atlanta District,
advising that census enumerators
may be trusted to keep a secret,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940. A
Looking Over R. E. A. Map
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Pictured above are three of Newton county’s farm leaders
discussing problems facing the farmer today. (Left to right) T. L
McMullan, county agent; Homer Cook, recently elected supervisor
and director of the Snapping Shoals Electric Membership Corpora
tion; Dr. E. L. Exley, local veterinarian and city meat inspector.
Porterdale Man Finds Book
Printed About 1871 In Home
Stores to Close
on Wednesdays
Signed Statement Given
News This Week by
Mr. Barnes,
All stores and busines shpuses
in Covington, with exception of a
f eWj will close each
afternoon during the summer
month beginning May 1st through
August 28th.
The agreement made by busi
ness nien follows:
“We, the businessmen of Cov
ington, Georgia, agree to close our
places of business as is the cus
tom, at 12:00 o'clock on Wednes
days through the summer months,
beginning May 1st through Aug
ust 28th. Signed—
Bank of Covington and Trust
Company, Fred’s Department
Store, Citizens Finance Company,
Harper Barber Shop, Lester and
Smith Insurance Agency, Wallace
Beauty Shop, Carroll’s Shoe Shop,
Ramsey Furniture Company, Ag
nes and Wattie Beauty Shop,
Peoples Drug Store, W. Cohen
Company, J. VS. Fletcher, Cov
ington Electric Headquarters, J.
L. Loden. T. G. Callaway Com
pany, Stauffacher and White.
Johnson's Barber Shop, Kash and
Karry Store, Stocks Hom-Ond
Stores.
Vining Drug Store, Gobers Bar
ber Shop. Piggly Wiggly, Piper
Hardware Company, The ^Leader,
Mrs. Victor Williams Beauty Shop,
Mrs. Rolfe Bloodworth, Whites
Department nm , , Store, ^ Nelson _ T , Funer
al Home, M. Bonner, McConnells
J Norris C ° T Hardware e ; J Company,
Covington Furniture Company.
Ma,,or Appliance Company, Dietz
Brothers, Allen Brothers. King
H,cks Hardware Company. V.
Petropole. Consolidated 5-10-25c
Stores, J. C. Harwell and Son.
Rogers Stores, Western Auto
store. Greene’s Pharmacy, A. and
p. Tea Company, Birdsey Flour
store. Goodyear Shoe Shop. Craw
ford’s Market. Fowler Trading,
Company, Benett and Cofer, Cov
ington Auto Supply Company.
Snapping Shoals Membership;
Corporation, Marcelles Beauty
Salon, Newton County Building
and Loan, Covington Finance Cor
poration.
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To BuSlUeSS . Men
Rev. H. C. Emory will direct
the second of a series of
tional group” sermons to Coving
ton business men at the regular
o’clock evening service at the
Methodist Church this Sunday. His
text is, “Not slothful in business,
fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord.”
The first of these special serv
ices was held last Sunday when
Sanies”nd Rev Emory spoke to the me
enames ana machinists macnimsw of m m. the city. j
This service was well attended.
“Mapless” Geography Says
Southerners Given to j
Dissipation.
while Whatley rummaging Curtis, through of Porterdale,] old
an
nox books in his home last,
week, found a geography of about
1811 vintage, which makes the
present day reader wonder just
| tween if>w ** the happened States that got off the to War such Be
a
late start.
Because this geography, the au
thor of which must surely have
j been “one of them damyankees,”
in its treatment of the “character”!
j of the people of the United States
! ' sav „.
The people in the United
States, being the descendants of
the various European nations.
have not yet become so assimi
lated, as to possess a strongly
marked national character. They:
are, however, generally Indus
nous, intelligent and enterpris
ing. In the northern states, they.
are, for the most part, well in
formed and regular m their Lab-;
its. In the southern states they]
are more adicted to gaming and
dissipation.”
this Wow! being With such sentiments text! as|
expressed in the
books of 1817, it’s a wonder the
Civil befor War wasn’t in progress long! i
1860.
“Geography is a description of
the earth” is the definition given
its subject matter by this hundred
and twentyodd year old book of
geography, which strangely, con
tains no maps, but gives “Direc
tions for Drawing Maps.” The
natural abundance of water is
dismissed with the curt statement.
‘ More than two-thirds
of the
earth > s Sl)rface { , covered wRh
water; which is stored with fish ,
for the convenience and support
of man.” i
Today the Catholic Methodist
and Baptjst Churches arp }hp
three la R t re]isiou ^ , £ ,
this roun trv> Id
no established religion in the
United States All sprts nuVerouf". are toler
MM; but the ™,t
the Congregationalists. somtimes
called Independents, and the Pres
byterians.” |
T he population 1
J °f of fieu.iw th„ TTnited
statea a then M810
2 30,514 inhabitants fabmit the
pr « ent population of New York
*>185,223 (approximately
one-sixth of the total population)
of whom were slaves. By contrast
the 1930 census showed a popula
tion in this country of almost
123,000,000, and the present cen
sus is expected to disclose a pop
ulation in excess of 130,000.000.
New York City was the largest
city with a population of 93,914.
less than two thousand greater
than the population of Philadel
phia. Charleston was the largest
Southern city with 24,711 inhabi
tants, although closely pressed for
top honors by New Orleans.
Savannah's population of 5,215
made it the larges’ Georgia city,
but the 21st in size in the country.
Other Georgia “towns” then exist
ing were listed as: Augusta, Mill
edgeville, Washington, Elberton,
Louisville. Lexington, Simbury.
Frederica. Darien. Brunswick, St,
Patrick's, and St. Mary's.
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More than 350 Ladies Attend
Two Day Meeting
In City.
More than 350 ladies from all
parts of Georgia attended the an
nual two-day meeting of the Pres
byterian Woman’s Auxiliary held
in Covington last week-end. The
meeting was held at the First
Presbyterian Church with local
ladies in charge,
Delegates attended the district
meeting from the following cities
and towns: Atlanta, Decatur, La
Grange, Griffin, McDonough,
Newnan, Carrollton, Norcross,
West Point, Jackson and other
sections. The feature address was
delivered by Dr. Nettie Grier Fri
day morning. Dr. Grier has been
for more than forty years a medi
cal missionary to the Orient and
has been called the “Mender of
Broken China.” She was the guest
of Mrs. E. G. Martin.
Dr . claude H p ri tchard, of At
i anta> Educational Executive
retary of Home Missions,
e d a most interesting message to
the members Thursday night.
George Belingrath, president
the Rabun-Gap-Nacoochee
was speaker at the Friday after
noon session. Appearing also
the same program was Rev. W. E.
Crane, pastor of the Ormwood
Park' Presbyterian Church, At
lanta.
The Presbyterial Executive _
Board , - consisting of , ,
en members held a special meet
in gat the Presbyterian Church on
Thursday morning. Discussion of
the problems facing the organiza
lion was the feature of the meet
in £- A luncheon for members of
the board was served by local
Auxiliary members.
Mrs. O. W. Porter and Mrs. J.
S. Gardner, present and past pres
idents of the local Auxiliary, were
in charge of arrangements assist
ed by local members of the Aux
iliary. Mrs. C. M. Lancaster, pres
i den t of the District Auxiliary,
presided. Mrs. Lancaster is the
mother of Rev. Sidney Gates, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church in this city.
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Only One Person Draws
Check from Bureau in
Monroe.
Unemployed workers in Newton
County were paid $5.00 in bene
fits by the Bureau of Unemploy
ment Compensation of the State
Department of Labor during the
week ending April 6. 1940, Com
missioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet
announced today. Number of pay
ments was reported at only one.
Total payments to Georgia
workers that week amounted to
$71,589.56. represented by 11,503
checks which went into 111
ties of the state.
Six hundred and thirty - nine
payments for $5,303.28 to workers
in other states who previously had
established wage credits in Geor
gia brought the total to $76,892.84.
Number and amount of checks
mailed by the Bureau ranged from
one check for $2.29 in Webster
County to 2,812 checks for $21
204.54 in the Atlanta area,
consists of Fulton and DeKalb
counties.
People 8 Dl’ligs Has
“One Cent Sale ,,
People’s Drug Store, the “Rex
all Store” 2 West Square, is hav
ing its famous “One Cent Sale,”
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
During this period more than
250 values at “two for the price
of one plus one cent” will be of
fered to the public. This is the big
sale of the year, and plenty of
stock is on hand to meet the de
mands o{ ^ public<
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE I
AND PROSPERITY
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County’s Delegation
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JOE MARKS,
who won another prize in the At
anta Fat Cattle Show held in At- i
lanta . Tuesday. Joe took third I
place in the medium weight class. I
His brother, Jenr., was also
awarded a prize in the show.
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harmers r Should cl u Endeavor r j
Not to Overplant Cotton
Allotments.
We have been advised by the
State AAA office that farmers
should endeavor not to overplant
their cototn allotment this year
for several reasons. First the full
acreage is.not required to get full
benefits under the program. Sec
ond, if cotton is destroyed to stay i
within the allotted acreage then
fertilizer and work in addition to j
the use of the land is lost. Third, J
the checking of overplantcd farms
generally increases the cost of ad
ministering the program and thus
reduces the payments fo all farm
ers in the county. Of course, far
mei ’ s who ar e planting cotton on
farms that have nnt Produced cot
Ion within the past three years j
should plant their full acreage al
lotment in order to keep their al
lotted acreage at the figure set
this year.
It appears now that the cold last
week - end played havoc with our
fruit crop. We have talked with
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Announcement of Confederate *
Memorial Exercises Here Made
A preliminary announcement
Confederate Memorial Day ob
servance in Newton County, April
26, was made Tuesday by Mrs.
Pearl Taylor. United Daughters of
the Confederacy member in
charge of arrangements.
The exercises will start at the
Covington Methodist Church at 11
A. M. with a Memorial Service in
honor of Mrs, J. M. Mitcham,
widow of a Confederate veteran,
The speaker for this occasion will
be announced later. At this time
awards will be made to the school
children of Covington and Newton
County for prize-winning essays,
and the conference of the Cross
of Honor will take place. School
stud-mt*. the Scouts, the Amen-
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8 of 11 Places Are in 4-H |
Division, 3 in FFA I
Division.
SIXTH ANNUAL SHOW \
DRAWS 226 ENTRANTS
WITH i
400 ANIMALS
Jefferson County FFA Boy
Receives Both Champion i
Steer Ribbons.
Winning third place in the
County Group of Five Steers
Showing and boasting ten individ
ual “places,” Newton County boys
and girls Competing in the Sixth
annual Fat Cattle Show and Sale
at the stockyards in Atlanta Tues
day and Wednesday made i
a very ‘
creditble showing.
This makes a total of 11 places
won by the Newton County dele
gation this year—the same num- i
ber as last year. Although two first )■
prizes were won last year as com
pared to none this year, the 1940
record is good in the face of the
stiff competition encountered.
Eight of Newton County’s 11
places were in the 4-H Club
group. Joe Marks won third place
m the Medium Weight Division,
****"£ tne Pri T lightweight ZP h * WOn Iast division * ear -
Charles , Ewing was seventh, James
Skinner eighth and Jane Greer
tenth. Last year Jane won tenth
Last, year Jane won tenth nlare
i n the Medium Weight division Aw' 00
in the Pen of Three tS !*
showing H S Have nlaeeri wasflffh
Charles Robertson and
Gene Marks was eighth in the
Heavyweight dNision. Gene was
Grand Champion in 1938 and win
ner of first Prize in the Light
weight division in 1939. According * t
to Count y Agent T. L. McMullin ' i
tbe Heavyweight division was a
particularly high class group.
There were 10 places in fbis di- H
vision, and all 10 were jrraded
“choice.” '!
Tn the FFA group Newton il
County was represented by Mah
lon Dial, who won thrid and fifth
places in the Lightweight division
and by Lester Harper, who won
sixth in the same class.
The show, begun six years ago
as a project by the Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce to stimulate in
terest in cattle-growing in north
Georgia, featured more animals
graded “choice” than ever before,
“Choice” is second only to “prime”
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Wesleyan to Swim
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Mnan^Mrs. lT cSoM*^
ford, will take part in. the inter
class swimming meet at Wesleyan
college April 19, Miss Cline is a
member of the Junior class team.
She was recently elected senior
class representative for 1940-41 to
the college student government
association.
can Legion and other bodies will
attend the service en masse.
Immediately after the service at
the chul ' ch . a . luncheon . will .,,- be
served at the Delaney Hotel.
The parade will form at the
public library at 2 o’clock. The
line of march will probably be
around the square, and from there
to the Confederate cemetery,
where the school children will
place wreaths of flowers upon the
graves of the South's honored
dead.
This ceremony will conclude the
exercises
Complete plans foi the day will
be announced ,n next weeks »
sue of the News.
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