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lalph McGill, of the Atlanta
nstitution is one of our Favor
the Office Boy often
i he= he could grow up to be
j at writer Ralph McGill is . . .
ran into him this past week as
got off a n elevator in Atlanta
and whatter you think he
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column of yours. 1 '
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Course lot o’ folks just read
little column because they
t have anything else to read
and olten times they read it
■e what’s in the Office Boy’s
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ltision) but we were flattered Ralph
hink a boy as busy as
(jme 0 ff tn read this column
i week ... in Wednesday
king's paper he said something
bt the reading . . . and here it
p, flearanre Drama
Rlanta now r has under con—
Ljon, lority by the Atlanta Housing than
alone, more homes
Ln burned in the destruc
Lf Atlanta. It is worth going
L what is being torn down—
luilt.
lanta pioneered in housing.,
was opposition to be over
There is still opposition,
fortunately Atlanta's good
prevailed.
if $24,000,000 housing pro
[is one reason why Atlanta
tone on showing progress in
KC,
pal Aid.
jderal aid to housing is one
I finest examples of what is
j by a new concept of gov
Int,
[jor Harry London’s Barnes, one of
Ificials of housing
pity, wjiere a start has been
pin the tremendous slurps of
[tv, said: in housing
pere is no money
jorest 1 people well; there has
been money in housing
til.’
! t explains most of the op
ll p [eral to housing.
housing has never aim
kroviding luxurious homes
pons of low income. Critics
tew concept of government
nost violent critics, usually
idly about seeking to abol
|k and provide luxury,
i course, is not at all justi
the objective of provid
HI IS. lights, efficient
here clothes may be
^few of the ordinary
'te capital could not build
emely low cost units and
tra i return across a long per
s's. The state had to do
Wght to do it. Everyone
I fxcept those who built to
pney out of bad housing,
p Atlanta will be a better
p almost 5,000 new, well
(cent [estimated homes.
[projects that, of the
built or being
phe south, the average
fnt is $ 11.21 per home, or
r T° [nables per r °om per month.
those with c. a gross
* f even less than $700 per
pve I actually these homes. Such
rehouse slum
removed by slum clear
B [Port?
of the housing au
r I'I e fescinating.
Per cent of those who
b ttle housing projects
ke good. That is, they
! advantage of the con
'■emain dirty, do not
1 the home.
*’ e the or| es of which the
« capita,. The 90
gratefully per
' and, often
m aid rejoice in
s. 1 7 be h heated u ran be ^Pt clean,
; w hich which does
has a bathroom,
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Volume 76 Georgia The Covington Enterprise, Star, Eat. Est l««4 1874.
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ARNOLD AUDITS SCHo 1 1 41 SYSTEM
Covington Manufacturing Company is County’s Newest Industry
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The above scene is a view of several of the thirty operators employed by the Covington Manufacturing Company, makers
of shirts for the wholesale trade, at work in the Pace Street sewi ng room. The company has been operating only a little over four
months and has increased its payroll during that time. Manager Haas has expressed himself as pleased with local labor and with
business possibilities for growth. He has also stated that he is grateful to the businessmen and townspeople of Covington for the
spirit of cooperation shown the new enterprise. Staff Photo by Arrowood.
Committee Sets
Closing Date Of
Primary Entries
Congressional « Candidates
Face June 1st Dead
line.
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.Xb.h Fourth District Democratic
Executive Committee, in executive
pension this week, announced the
closing date lor entries in the
Democratic primary for selection
nominee for Congress,
The announcement issued of
fidally by c . R> Gwyn , secretary
of the committee, follows:
The Democratic Executive
Committee of the Fourth Congres
siona i District of Georgia has
fixed the closing date for entries
in the Democratic primary to be
held in said district for the selec
tion of the Democratic nominee
for Representative in the seventy
seventh Congress of the United
States as Noon, on the 1st day of
June, 1940 (Central Standard
Time).
This May 7, 1940.
C. R. GWYN, (Zebulon,
Georgia) Secretary, Dem
ocratic Executive Com
mittee, Fourth Congres
sional District of Georgia.
Col. R. M. Tuck is chairman of
the Newton County Democratic
Executive Committee and is ex
pected to call a meeting in the
near future to determine the clos
ing date for entries in the race
for representative and senator for
state office.
Services Sunday at
Gum Creek Church
There will be Sunday School
and preaching services at the Gum
Creek Presbyterian Church on
next Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Everybody is invited.
regular troops in Porterdale, as
well as in the formation of several
Cub troops in the same commun
‘ ty - a R times he has given lib
erally of his time and money and
his many friends feel that his elec
tion to the Re S ic m Six Executive
Committee is richly deserved.
Tbe Southern states of Georgia,
Florida, North and South Caro
lina comprise Region Six. Other
Georgia members elected to serve
on the committee are:
J> M ' Hul1 ’ Jr - Augusta; L. M.
Shadgett and Abit Nix, Athens;
Rev - s - P■ Spiegel and Georgia H.
Lanier, West Point; Frank D.
Wood, L. £. Mansfield, Willis A
Sutton, R. L. Ramsey, and Dr.
Herman L. Turner. Atlanta,
Harry G. Strachan, Savannah;
j duller E. Callaway, Jr., LaGrange
W. N. Banks, Newnan.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 9,1940.
Shirt Factory Prospers r- • |
County s fewest Industry
THE STRAND SHOWS
“GWTW” NEXT WEEK.
The Strand Theatre, one of
this section's leading theatres,
will feature “Gone With the
Wind” on next Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday.
This motion picture has
gained nationwide attention
and is conceded to be one of
the best motion pictures ever
produced. The story was writ
ten by Georgia’s own Margaret
Mitchell and filmed at an ex
pense of more than four million
dollars by David O. Selznick.
The Strand announces this
week, through the News adver
tising columns, that all seats
are reserved and tickets may
be purchased immediately at
the box office for any perform
ance. The picture will be shown
once in the afternoon and once
in the evening. Prices of tick
ets appear in correct form in !
this issue of The News on page i
four.
Sunday Is Nat’l
Hospital Day
May 12th Is Birthday Of
Florence Nightengale
Famous Nurse.
Sunday, all over our country,
will be observed not only as Moth
's Day, but also as National
Hospital Day in honor of the
birthday of Florence Nightin
gale, the most celebrated of all
nurses,
Although she was born in Flor
ence, Italy, in May, 1820, she was;
one of England’s greatest philan
thropists.
At an early age she manifested
a keen interest in suffering hu
manity, and from philanthropic
motives she visited the chief mili
tary hospitals in Europe, studying
their nursing systems.
During the Crimean War (1854)
the hospital accommodation was
found to be very defective, and she
promptly volunteered to organ
ic a select band of nurses at
Scrutari.
The strain both physical and
mental which this work demand- j
ed injured her health; yet not
withstanding her confinement to a
sickroom, she continued to give
her experience to the interest of
hospital reform, and for this pur
pose she was consulted during the
American Civil War and the Fran
co-German War.
Visit your own Huson Memorial
Hospital where the men and wo
men in White, do so much for us.
Do not forget your neighbors and
relatives who are ill. The Huson
Memorial Hospital extends an in
vitation to all its friends to visit
them on Sunday.
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1 July 1st.
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New officers of the Covington
Rotary Club were elected Tuesday
at _ moo(inty 8 at tho n , 3no f „
HoteL Dr ’ S ' L ‘ ^ . altes > president,
Presided.
The new officers will take of
fj ce on j u i y j unc j er ru i es anc i
regulations filti governing ?o\ein ng the me club cum.
Tbose elected by the club were j
Guy Robinson, president; W. C. !
MeGahee, vice president; Thomas
Hay, secretary; George Stauffa
cher, treasurer. Two new members
of the board of directors elected
were A. M. Bennett and Chan
Smith.
Guests at the meeting were then
introduced as follows: Col.
Roberts, Henry Ketchner and Tom
Tiken of the Monroe Rotary
and Epp Harris, of Covngton. A
committee to check on attendance
to the state meeing in Brunswick
was named by President Waites
as follows: Charles Forester, W.
C. MeGahee and Milton Brogdon.
Hoke Randal was elected captain
of the Rotary Softball Team. W.
D. Dorough was named chairman
of the Program Committee for May
14th. A full program schedule was
introduced and approved and will
be announced next week.
Frank Williams
Improves Alcove
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Part.es Catered To In
“Green Room.
The Alcove, for many years a
leading place of amusement in this
section, has been doing double the
business it formerly did, according
to Frank Williams, who purchased
the place April 2.
Mr. Williams believes the people
of Covington and surrounding
towns are appreciative of the ef
forts he has made to improve the
Alcove. Probably the most striking
of these recent improvements is
the “Green Room,” a bright and
cheery room especially suited for
private dinners or afternoon bridge
parties.
The Alcove is now equipped
take care of parties for dinner and
dancing, of considerable size.
picnic grounds, a smooth, spacious:
dance floor, and fine foods are the
features of the Alcove under the
Williams’ management.
Mr. Williams intends to continue;
making improvements on * the
buildings and in the service ren
dered guests. He is grateful to
Newton County people for their:
patronage and anxious to continue!
to serve them in a manner to their
liking.
Newton County’s newest indus
try, the Covington Manufacturing
Company, makers of , sport and ,
work shirts for tbe
trade, has develop’d months’
ably in its four existence,
according to Manage Jacob Haas.
The shirt factory..••which fW occu
pies the upper of the Fow
ler Trading Company’s double
store on Pace Street, began oper
ation January 6 with 23 girls em
ployed as machine operators. 30
operators employed, and 1
are now
if business conditions warrant this!
number will be substantially in
creased by late August. year’s) j
Mr. Haas expects this
payroll to run between $15,000 and <
$20,000. He is highly pleased with
local labor, saying that the oper
ators are very efficient consider
ing their inexperience. No iron
clad rule governs the require
ments of the girls employed, but
girls 18 to 24 years of age with a
high school education are pre
ferred.
The factory’s entire mechanical
and electrical equipment is of the
highest standard, new, modern and
safe, according to Mr. Haas.
“The spirit of cooperation shown
by the townspeople, particularly
the businessmen, of Covington is
appreciated more than I can ex
press,” Mr. Haas says.
With this new industry showing
steady growth Newton County
gives more promise than ever of
becoming an industrial section of
great importance. The success of
the shirt factory and other major
industrial developments, such as
the mills at Covington Mill and
Porterdale and the shade and blind
factory at Newborn, give local
businessmen reason to believe
more confidently than ever before
in the future of Newton County.
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Funeral Directors
Honor N. Y. Doctor
Members of the class of 1909 of
the Georgia Funeral Directors,
who attended school under Dr.
Charles A. Rhinehart of New York
gave a dinner Monday evening at
the .Atlanta Biltmore Hotel in his
honor.
Dr. Rhinehart was in Atlanta
during the first three days of this
week attending the Georgia Fu
neral Directors Association meet
ing. G. W. Caldwell, a member of
the class, attended from Coving
ton. Mr. Caldwell is proprietor of
the G. W. Caldwell Funeral Di
'tors in this city. His son, Lewis,
attended the association meeting
Wednesday.
Outstanding funeral directors
from the class of 1909 were
Charles Tolbert, Columbus; G. W.
Caldwell, Covington; Mr. Bran
don, of Markley and Brandon, At
lanta; Mr. Hightower, Denmark,
S. C.; Ed Bond, Atlanta; Sam
Greenberg, Atlanta; Mr. Ulmer,
Waycross; W. W. Littlefield. Fitz
geraldk Mr. Heath, Swainsboro I
c.:d others.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
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AND PROSPERITY
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1939 Audit Reveals Newton
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County School System Is In ;
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Exceptionally Good Condition
NEWS GIVEN Bf
COINTr AGENT
1940 Farm Program Field
Jobs Soon Available
To Young Men.
it is only a matter of a few days
’til checking performance on the
1940 Farm Program will begin and
there is an opportunity open for
several young people to do field
work. Only young men should ap
ply who have some knowledge of
farm crops, good eyes, able to
trace lines on a map neatly and
correctly, ability to read an aerial
photograph and do not mind heavy
work. Our office could use possib
ly 8 such young men for about
weeks. If interested see Mr.
gins in our office.
At last the weather has warmed
up enough to bring cotton up. W r e
have seen several fields we think
will require replanting. Some fields
‘ se of getting a stand,.
The boys who take A g riculture
as a P art of their regular school
work at Heard Mixon School have
grown out over 1000 baby chicks
: this spring and they are ready to
eat. If you want some nice broil
ers at reasonable prices contact
boys of this school.
Recently we have seen fields of
volunteer lespedeza that were
good enough to furnish grazing
even this early in the year. Should
we have some summer rains at op
P 01 'rt* ne l ‘ mes there should be a
heavy hay crop available in the
c0 y ’
if „ you have . more wheat u . planted ,
than is allowed on your farm be
sure to seed it to iespedeza and
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D. A. R.’s To Present Well
Rounded Program on
May 12th.
The Sergeant Newton Chapter
of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution will hold the ded
icatory ceremony for the High
tower Trail marker recently erect
ed on the Loganville highway
about five miles north of Coving
ton Sunday afternoon, May 12, at
3:30 o’clock.
Charles King, son of Col. and
Mrs. C. C. King of this city, will
be the principal speaker of the oc
casion. Mr. King is with the State
Division of Parks and is partic
concerned with the mark
jng q[ historic spots . He , more
tban any 0 )her individual, is re
sponsible for tracing the old In
dian passage through this section,
Mrs L D . Bolton, D. A. R. reg
ent> ha5 extended a general invi
, atj(m to the people of Covington
and Newton County to attend the
eX ercises Sunday. She is especial
ly anx j 0 us for members of the
state reg ion of the D. A. R., city
and county officials, and children
0 f sc hool age to attend.
Ike Robertson, County Com
m jssioner, and the local Boy Scout
Troop, under the direction of
Scoutmaster George Cochran, will
t a k e part on the program and the
Covington Chapter of Children of
the Confederacy will attend the
ceremony in a body. Reverends
Sidney Gates, Walker Combs and
H. C. Emory are also expected to
he present.
The D. A. R.’s Committee for
Marking Historic Spots has had
charge of planning the ceremony
a nd backing the movement for
nlacing ihe marker. Members of
this committee are: Mesdames W.
B. Travis, chairman, and R. M.
Mobley, R. F. Harwell, J. A
Wright, A. L. Loyd and Miss Sally
Mae Sockw-“
Administrators
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SUPT. E. L. FICQUETT
Major credit for the financial
soundness of the Newton County
School System .belongs to the two
men pictured above, Mr. Porter,
President of the County Board of
Education, Mr. Ficquett, Supev
intendens of Schools and the
County Board. Their ability as
administrators allowed the New
ton System to end up the 1939
school year with a cash surplus
of $7,394.91, while all neighboring
counties had a deficit.
Mrs. Blasingame
Has 83rd Birthday
Mr^. Chloe Baslingame, alert,
cheerful and healthy, celebrated
her eighty-third birthday Tues
day, May 7, at the home of Mr.
and Mi's. A. L. Loyd, with whom
she lives. Mrs. Blasingame, a pio
neer resident, spent the day re
ceiving the best wishes and per
sonal visits of many of her legions
of friends.
Mother's Day at
North Cov. Church
The North Covington Methodist
Sunday School will present a pro
gram in commemoration of our
Mothers, entitled “My Hours of
Memory In Song", next Sunday
evening at 8 P. M.
i C. H. S. Preparing for Graduation
Exercises To Be Held On May 27th
The seniors of Covington High
School will hold graduation exer
Mo“d!.y l »1 g ht 0 M.yl!''at m b:M
o’clock, C. E. Hawkins, Superin
tendent of Covington Public school
system, announced yesterday. The
Commencement program which
will be student-planned and
staged wil climax a series of
graduation events already under
way.
‘Students and faculty members
alike were reminded this past Fri
day night that graduation is near
when the physical education class
of Miss Louise Fowler put on a
program in the school auditorium,
the first of several events planned
for the last few weeks of school,
The second event on tbe gradu
ation program was observed yes
terday when the seniors journeyed
to Indian Springs for an all-day
picnic. J. M. Brogdon chaperoned
the group on this annual affair,
Next week is examination week
Number 19 \
Supt. Ficquett Expects T»
Finish 1940 Period On
Cash Basis. j
NEWTON ONLY COUNTY
IN SECTION TO END
1939 WITH SURPLUS.
State Allotment Last Year i
Was For Only 4 Months
Operation.
State Auditor Zaqh Arnold’s of
ficial report on the financial con
dition of the Newton County
School System for the year end
ing June 30, 1939, was recently
released for publication and re
veals that the system enjoyed its
usual enviable standing.
Despite the fact that the state’s
school funds were sufficient to
take care of only a little over four
months’ operation Newton Coun- i
ty had a full nine months term
and ended the year with a cash
surplus.
Superintendent E. L. Ficquett,
who has held his office as head
of the county system over since
he was first elected in 1925, is
justly proud of the record. He at
tributes the excellent condition to
the fact that the system has been
; functioning on a strictly cash ba
sis since 1929. He also thinks the
County Board of Education, of
which J. O. Porter is president,
deserves commendation for its
sound, conservative management.
Mr. Ficquett can make no pre
diction concerning the financial
condition of the system for the
1>nd of the present school year oth
er than to say Newton, will end the
j j period operating on a strictly cash
basis and should have no deficit
He points out that the state again
j ] di ' not furnish the full allotment
of seven months’ operating ex
penses. State funds this year took
care of approximately six months
maintenance.
A comparison of Newton’s
standing with that of other coun
ties gives an idea of the sound
ness of the school system in Mr.
Arnold's 1939 report. Whereas
Newton had a cash surplus of $7,
j 394.91 at the end of the period,
few counties did not show a def
icit. For example, five neighbor
ing counties showed deficits as fol
lows: Rockdale, $1,076.73; Henry,
$14,210.49; Walton $4,496.49; Mor
gan, $158.76; and Jasper $31,-
473.66.
The failure of the state allot
ment being paid in full is jeopard
izing Newton's policy of main
taining a cash surplus, however.
For instance, the surplus on hand
at the beginning of the 1939 period
was $19,957.00. At the end of the
period the surplus has been cut
to $7,39 J .91, which means that
the state's providing only four
months’ allotment forced the
county to use $12,562.09 of its
surplus fund.
This year the state provided six
months’ allotment, instead of the
seven months’ it should furnish
j the county. Thus Mr. will Ficquett be be
lieves the surplus further
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for the seniors and from then un
til graduation night they have no
,hi " ! ™ ,heir pro * ri ‘ m bu * •”**»
functions and formal exercises.
The Junior-Senior banquet will
be staged in the auditorium Fri
day, May 17, and on the following
Friday night, May 24, Miss Flet
cher Lou Lunsford will give a pia
no recital assisted by the school
glee club.
Sunday morning, May 26, Dr.
John S. Foster of Columbia Theo
logical Seminary in Decatur will
deliver the commencement sermon
in the Presbyterian Church. The
next morning, Monday, May 27,
the seventh graders will receive
their certificates and that night
the seniors will be given their di
plomas.
The exercises will be brought to
a close the next night, Tuesday,
May 28. with a musical recital in
the auditorium to be given by
Misses Myrtle and Evelyn Estes.