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just let them use one
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Boy and tell him
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found fr. equipment opportunity . . .
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But the greatest need
jtie, to be floors But on winter that
pier is 0, K.
I little feet . . • Many
h L thin soles sitting on
floor with one tiny
at the place Health
t of our City, here is
nity for you . . . Sure
■'■I' everybody to help
don't believe that even
st child can take his
tav from the show one
tse it, listen to this: We
d that the school room
ch morning with happy
eager to learn . . . ■f
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but ask them you will
wo-thirds of them have
•akfast. . We checked
. how would you like
iur child awav to study
reakfast each morning
t lunch ti me thes e chil
I in eagerly-to get their
Composed of nice canned
mines, sometimes apples
ever fruit the Govern-
5,.. then they go back
some more without real
then home this hap
each day when you and
‘'Foreign Missions” . . .
little children go
no mother there per
use she is cooking or
somewhere , . we
ithawoman who knows
old us that the mothers
piidren S3.00 only made from
at the most per
poking plated three that the meals each
average
fOree [week meats per day was
and S3.00 at
Are you one of those
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cine for them, in
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nSry. One of the Heads
10p said she just went
A about thirty minutes
‘•ns and handed out
°f raisins to about
0 breakfast at home.
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omething that we could
in school each day. They
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CITY TO OBSERVE
Open House Held For Only Surviving Confederate Veteran In County
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Pictured above are a group of friends and relatives of Mr. Rufus Meadors, only living Confederate Veteran in Newton County,
who joined in celebrating hi s ninety-third birthday, Sunday. Th e reception was given for Mr. Meadors by the Manning Bible Class
of the Allen Memorial Church. The celebration has been delayed since February, due to bad weather. Seated in the picture (Left to
right) Mrs. Belmont Dennis, president of the Covington Chapter United Daughters, of the Confederacy; Mr. Rufus Meadors; Mrs. Jim
Williams, daughter of Mr. Meadors; Mrs. E. J. Brown,'president and teacher of the Manning Bible Class of the Allen Memorial Church
at Oxford; Standing behind Mrs. Williams is her husband, Mr. Jim Williams. Staff Photo by Arrowood.
P. J. Garrison
Accepts Call to
Winston • Salem
Will Take Charge of Lee
Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
The Rev. P. J. Garrison Jr., of
Shepherds, Ky., has accepted a
call to the Lee Memorial
terian Church in Winston-Salem,
N . c it WM announced thifc week
, cdurch ....... officials.
oy
is the son " r Mr a ' nd Mrs '
P. J. Garrison, well known resi
dents of Covington. The minister
will take active charge of the
church on May 15 and will move
to Winston-Salem within the next
several weeks with his wife and
y 0un g p. j. m This is a very
promising field of work with a
church , membership , , . of . more than ,,
450 anci a Sunday S -hool enroll
ment of more than 500. Mr. Gar
rison is well qualified for this new
post, being a graduate of the Cov
ington High School. He later re
ceived his B. A. degree at Da
vidson College in Davidson, N. C.
His B. D. and M. A. degrees were
, r Louisville . _ Preshfter- .__,
ian Seminary at Louisville, Ky.
He has served as clerk of Louis
ville Pl ' esb >‘ ter y fot ' the P ast ei § ht
years ’ as he is affeet, ° n '
ateIy known has the hest wishes
of his many friends throughout
this section of Ge0! ‘g ia -
Methodist Laymen
Meet in Porter date
Harvey W. Cox, president of
Emory University, spoke to about
150 members of the Decatur-Ox
ford District Lay League of the
Methodist Church at that organ
I Nation's quarterly supper - meet
ing ias£ Thursday night, held in
tbe Porterdale gymnasium,
Gox ’ now encbn 8 his twen
betb year as head of the Atlan
ta University, spoke on “The —
Stewardship of Life.” His talk was
rer eived by the audience with ob
vious enjoyment.
C. W. Gardner, of Decatur, as
sociate District Lay Leader, pre
Sided in the absence of George S.
Roach ,of Oxford, District Lay
Leader, who was ill.
People of This Section Pay
Tribute to Mr. H. Y. McCord
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The people of Newton, Rockdale
and surrounding counties will join
,0 * pthe >' at Salem Camp Ground
St L Th v UrS Mc y Cord n
Mr McCord sSmclmunTw i s a former resi
d md th.
chief contributor t tbe develop
j ment has of g Old T n Salem a t0 J^ 1 Camp 0f $21 Ground, 000 f °’
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Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est 1874.
Plays Prank
Schoolhouse
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of School.
Mother Nature played a prank
Tuesday night at the Heard-Mixon
School. She sent a bolt of light
ning crashing through the roof of
the vocational building, causing it
to catch on fire. But, repentant,
she also sent a downpour or rain,
.which made it possible for the
flames to be extinguished.
i Charlie Aiken, of Leguinn, was
the
aboul 8 30 °cw
| a streak of lightning strike the
J roof of the new 4-room building.
setting the roof a-fire. He quickly
j summoned help and most of the
! neighborhood came running.
The rain was falling steadily,
and the water in a nearby gully
was pretty deep. So an old-fash
ioned bucket brigade was formed
! and the fire soon brought under
j control,
The fire burned a good-sized
1 hole in the roof of the vocational
_ building. The roof was temporar
ily “patched up,” however, and
school was held Wednesday morn
ing as usual.
j E. L. Ficquett, Superintendent
of County Schools, says the loss
was covered by insurance. He
: points out that if Mr. Aiken had
happened by a few minutes later
; |j ie fi ames would probably have
sprea( j f ro m the vocational to the
: ma j n building, destroying both,
H 0 (h buildings, which are insured,
are e valuated at a total figure of
of aboilt $ 14 o00 by Mr. Ficquet.
Any way you look at it, the
j situation was a paradox. Mother
j Mature sends the lightning which
causes the fire—but she thought
fully provides the rain to put it
out..
Masonic Meeting
Held in Conyers
Newton, Rockdale, Walton
County Masons Attend
Meeting.
The Tri-County Masonic Con
vention was held in Conyers, Ga..
last Friday night with represen
tatives from lodges throughout
Newton, Rockdale and Walton
Counties attending, Principal
speakers were P. Y. Luther, of
Griffin; Young H. Frazier, of De
catur; and the Rev. J. M. Max
well, of Monroe.
NewMI . cm>tlhe
vention were Mell Knox, Social
Circle, Worshipful Master; R J.
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e ^n JU S S, Sec^etar^ « A
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Frank Meadors. Covington, Senior
Deacon; EL. RaineyJr. Junior
Deacon; John Alexander. Newton
Countj^i^«e^M. Men
art' Approximately 250 members
and guests attended a banquet
which was given by the
Lodge.
Mother Nature
4f Heard
j. Cautions
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Newton Drivers t
Several Traffic Cases Tried
By Ordinary In Past
Few Days.
Ordinary A. L. Loyd, who serves
a * -> ud g e o£ a ” rural cases In New
County brought by the State,
Highway Patrol, issued a warning
yesterday to the people of New
ton County that they should ob
serve the traffic laws.
Several cases charging drunken
driving and speeding have been
brought before Mr. Loyd in the
last few days, he says. He points
out that, contrary to general be
lief, all fines collected from cases
brought by the Patrol go to the
county, not to the Patrol. He be
lieves that fact should prove the
Patrol brings cases only when the
law has been obviously violated.!
Georgia's speed limit is 55 miles
per hour, which is very lenient
compared with some states. For
this reason, Mr. Loyd thinks that
the Patrol should continue to pro
secute whenever the limit is ex
ceeded.
The death rate throughout Geor
gia has been cut substantially in
the last few years; in Newton
County it has been cut in half
One of the slate traffic laws
which seems to be generally mis-,
understood, according to the Or-,
dinary, is the law requiring all,
vehicles to stop when a school bus.
is loading or unloading. The law
requires, he says, that traffic in
both directions must come to a
halt. He points out that there is
ay much danger in a child being
hit going behind the bus by a car
traveling toward the bus as there
is in a child going in front of the
bus being hit by a car traveling
in the same direction as the bus.
Wicks Returns Here
With Highway Dept.
County H. H. resident, Wicks, now former resi Nekton mg 1
j connected with the
j Atlanta, is
State Highway Department and is
now in the staff of i<? a
Camp in Newton Coun y. e was
transferred from the State Camp
1 at Dallas, Ga.
Cord contributing $6,000 toward
the project.
A sup p e r will be served by the
Salem WOmen ' S Club at thC ClUb
house at eight o'clock. The ladie,
ol Mh. community will prepare
and serve the supper at the club
house. A small admission will be
f;j, lg b f turned Ch24 over S to Se the buSg com
Snti for tt ^arge hLl theW'ani. Major R J
of
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940.
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HUT MENTIONED
IN SEOBGIfc FOR
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Three Persons Expected to
Announce Candidacy
For Legislature. )
CAMPBELL AND KING
ARE MENTIONED FOR
STATE SENATE POST
Voters Must Register and
Pay Poll Taxes Before
May 5.
The political pot is already sim
mering throughout the state as
one prospective candidate after
another is mentioned for the var- j
ious state and county offices.
Three candidates have unoffic
ially announced their candidacies
for Representative of Newton
County. They are Thomas G. Cal
laway, Jr., Mrs. A. J. Wismer, and
J. N. Wagner, all of Covington.
Several of them are busy round
ing up their supporters in all sec
tions of the county in order to be
ready when the “big push” gets
underway.
! There has been no public state
ment made in the race for state
senate, but R. Pat Campbell and
C. R. King have been mentioned
as prospective candidates. Both
men entered the senate race dur
ing the last election, but withdrew
when DeKalb County took the
election rights from this county
and Rockdale County
Announcement-was made by S.
j m. Hay, Tax Collector, that all
persons who want to vote in the
'coming state election must regis
ter before May 5 as this is the
i as t day allowed by law. Poll
Taxes must also be paid before a
pers0 n can vote. Voters should
check on their names now in or
i der to be certain that they are
j J eligible. In the race for Governor, the
following names have been men
tioned as prospective candidates:
Eugene Talmadge, Columbus Rob
erts, Lawrence Camp. Hugh How
ell, Jim Gillis, W .L. Miller, John
Wilcox, Abit Nix and George
Hamilton.
Four persons have been men
tioned as candidates for Commis
sioner of Agriculture to succeed
Columbus ^Roberts. They are Ham
ilton Ralls, Jim Hicks, Guy Stone
and Arthur Jones. If John Wilson
runs for Governor, the following
persons will probably announce
for Secretary of State; Clarence
Vaughn, Rush Burton, Milton
Fleetwood, John C. Lewis. Prob
able candidates for Public Service
Commission are: Jud Wilhoit,
cumbent; Pat Gillen, Glenn
and H. B. Smith. Judge Alevan
der H. Steprensh .—
der H. Stephens may oppose Chief
Justice Charles Reid for his post,
Men's Fellowship
Will Meet Friday
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The Men's Fellowship Group of
the Covington
h wii , meet on Fri d ay night
t 7 . 15 0 < c]ock at (he church.
^ Der -"will be served by the Young
Vomen - s circle of the Auxiliary.
A gt spea her from Atlanta
■ ^ lhe f ea ture of a surprise
m These meetings for men
are m . ov j n g quite popular, and a
large attendance is expected Fri
day night. should
Reservations for supper
be made with Mr S. J. Morcock
or Mr. William Berry.
3 Local Boys To
Attend C. M. T. C.
At Ft McCleIlan 's
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Applicants May Get Blanks
From A. L. Loyd,
Ordinary.
Fred McCord, Covington
School senior, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J- R' McCord, is the first young
man from Newton County to
scceptr,. for C. M. T. C.
at Fort McClellan, Ala., from June
11 till July 12. Robert Pittman,
senior, and Mortimer Meadors,
junior of the Covington High
Scbool and members.of the local
Scout Troop, will also attend.
Mr. Loyd has application blanks
in his office at the court house
for young men who are eligible.
Men of good character and sound
physique, between 17 and 24 years
of age, who are interested in at
tending camp should get an appli
cation blank at once, since only a
limited number can be accepted
from any one county.
C .M. T. camps have been pop
ular in the past and more appli
cants than ever before are ex
pected this year. Mr. Loyd stress
es the fact that no obligation for
future military service is incurred
by those attending camp.
The government pays all neces
sary expenses, including fare to
camp and return, uniforms, food,
athletic equipment, laundry serv
ice, and medical attention.
Discipline in the sense of pun
ishment is unknown at the camps.
However, trainees are expected to
observe camp regulations and con
duct themselves as gentlemen.
Trainees making the best show
ing in camp will receive school
and college scholarships.
The Fort McClelland
Comander has announced that
780 C. M. T. C. enrollees are
pected to be hearty eaters. He es
timates they will require a ton
and a half of bacon and 2.000 doz
et! eggs in the 30 days they are in
camp. The enrollees will probably
consume 46.400 cups of coffee, in
which will be stirred 4 tons of
sugar.
Other items on the menu of a
total of 70.200 meals include 14,-
625 pounds of prime beef, 2,924
pounds of butter, nine tons of
flour, and, as seasoning, 731
pounds of salt and 58 pounds of
pepper.
M. E. Church Holds
A Singing Service
A musical service will be held
at the North Covington Methodist
Episcopal Church, Sunday night
April 28.
Many out of town singers will
be present, including the
known Thompson sisters of
roe. Ga.
GlWt Creek Sunday
SCtlOOl Sclinnl Will WlU Meet Mf ri
Gum Creek Sunday School
meet Sunday at 2:30 o’clock.
(speaker. Sister, of Conyers, will be gueM
A ful! house is expected.
County Commissioners To Study
Local Needs in 1940 Meeting |
Commissioner Isaac Robertson,
! of this county, will attend the an-!
1 nual meeting of the association of
county commissioners in Atlanta
on April 29-30
The commissioners of each
coun ty i n Georgia are expected to (
a R end an d take active part in j
discussing problems facing the.
counties today. They will consider}
the intricate relationships between!
Federal, State and local govern-}
m ents.^ ^ ^
begins with registration Monday,
April 29. include:
Report by J. A. McCurdy for
[ the Legislative Committee;
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
1 l 41 IAL DAY
U. D. C. To Honor
Last Confederate
Veteran In County
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Mrs. A. Belmont Dennis Will
Preside at 11:00 A. M.
Church Service.
PROF. LEE HARWELL
TO SPEAK AT CHURCH
ON MEANING OF DAY
Luncheon at 12:30; Parade
To Cemetery Will Leave
Library at 2 : 00 .
“Love Makes Memory Eternal,”
the motto of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, will be
heard all over the South tomor
row as Confederate Memorial Day
is solemnized. From Virginia to
Florida, from Georgia to Texas,
homage will be paid the few re
maining veterans who wore the
Southern Gray and gave a senti
mental people an heritage rich in
glorious historical traditions.
In Covington the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy are ded
icating the exercises of the day to
Rufus Meadors. 93-year-old Ox
ford resident and the lone survive
ing veteran of Newton County.
He will attend the opening serv
ice of the exercises at 11 o'clock
at the Methodist Church and the
luncheon and parade in the after
noon. Several of Newton County's
widows of veterans are also ex
pected to attend the service. There
are 16 surviving widows of Con
federate veterans in the county.
C. Lee Harwell, head of the Em
ory-at-Oxford history department,
will make the address at the
church, speaking on the present
day meaning of Confederate Me
morial Day..Prof. Harwell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harwell, un
til 1936 residents of this city, was
born and reared in Covington. He
graduated from Covington High
School, from Emory-at-Oxford,
and from Emory University in At
lanta.
Prof. Harwell is an eloquent
speaker, having appeared before
many public and civic bodies. Last
November he appeared on the pro
gram of the 5th Annual Meeting
of the Southern Historical Socie
ty in Lexington, Ky., with out*
standing historians from all over
the United States. He is further
qualified by the fact that his ma
ternal grandfather, the late Grant
Davis Heard, was a Newton Coun
ty Veteran.
The program will begin at th«
Methodist Church at 11 o’clock,
with Mrs. A. Belmont Dennis,
President of the Covington Chap
ter, U. D. C., and ’ Second Vice
President of the Georgia Division
of the U. D. C., presiding. The
processional will be played by
Mrs. M .E. Goode; invocation will
be given by Rev. Sidney Gates. A
musical number will be sung by
a special choir, composed of mem
bers of church choirs the county
oyer.
The pledge to the flag of the
United States will be led by Mr.
Moody Summers, Commander of
the American Legion post, and the
salute to the Confederate flag will
be led by Miss Sallie Mae Sock
well. Awards to the winners of
the essay contest on “Mildred
Rutherford” will be presented by
Mrs. Earl Smith, in the absence of
Mrs. Ola Malone, essay chairman.
An award will be given to the
Newton County grammar and high
school winners and the Covington
grammar and high school win
nets.
Mrs. T. A. Rape will then ren
der a solo. Bestowal of a World
War Cross of Military Service will
be made by Mrs. R. M. Mobley to
Irwin Thomas Wiley, Confederate
Veterans’ descendant, who served
in the World War. A musical
number by the choir and audienfce
will come next on the program.
A memorial service for the late
Mrs. J. M. Mitcham, mother of
Mrs. B. L. Johnson and widow of
a veteran, will be led by Miss
Carolyn Moore. President of the
local chapter of lhe Children of
the Confederacy,
C. E. Hawkins, Superintendent
of Covington Public Schools, will
present Prof. Harwell. Rev. Walk
er Combs will pronounce the ben
edicUon at the close of the service.
The morning service will be at
tended by the Covington Chapter
U. D C C. of C school children.
(Continued on Page Sixteen,
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PROF. LEE HARWELL
Head of the History Department
o£ Emory-at-Oxford and a native
of Covington, who will speak on
the present-day meaning of Con
federate Memorial Day at 11
o’clock Methodist tomorrow Church. at the The Covington church j
service is the first event the) j
on
program of Confederate Memorial'
Day exercises in this city, annual- 1
1 fr sponsored by the
i Chapter, U. D. C.
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HRIGULTURAL
NEWSGiVEM BY
COUNTf AGENT
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32 Steers Sold at Atlanta
Fat Cattle Show for
$2,664.00
Last week Newton County 4-K 1
Club members sold 32 steers at
the Atlanta Fat Cattle Show and
Sale for $ 2 , 664 . 00 . In addition to
these steers there were 25 head j
sold by adult farmers bringing j
$2,222.00. This makes a total of 57 [
steers sold for $4,886.00 or an av- \
erage of $82.21 per head. If we
were trying to select the most
outstanding sale in the show we
believe we would select a steer
sold by Fred Greer of Hayston
Community. The steer was a jer
sey weighing 800 pounds at two
years of age and sold for 8 cents
per pound for a total of §64.00. If
this animal had been a heifer^ it
would have been worth $35.00 to
$40.00 as a two year old fresh hei
fer. As a two year old fat steer it
brought $64.00. third A calf good is Jersey usually! cowj
with her
worth $45.00 to $50.00. We believe:
farmers who produce their own
feed can make money by fattening
out common steers and in addi-!
tion to the money made on the
fat cattle farm production will be
greatly increased from the avail
able manure. One steer should
produce enough manure to heav
ily fertilize one acre of ground.
Plant an extra acre of corn this
year and plan to have your son
daughter enter ...... the beef steer
or
(Continued on Page Sixteen)
I
dress by R. L. MacDougall,
■
Report of President A. J. Keith;)
address by Charles M. Upham;
address by Rep. William Cart-j
wright on “Federal Cooperation in
Road Building.” The Oklahoma
congressman will be Introduced by ■
Rep. A. Sidney Camp, of Georgia 1
.
Address by Porter Carswell on|
“Safeguarding session for Road resolutions, Funds,” elec-; Bus-j
iness
lion of officers and choice of next:
meeting place. Due to the import-1
Qf the topics to be consideted ,
at the session this year, officers :
of the Association believe that a l
record attendance will be set at ‘
the meeting
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