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THt chatter ♦ ♦ • pox ■ ♦ ♦ Local County .. State .. / ^ rwr OFFICE boy 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 l Lg ac he left us . • ■ “I’m still column of yours. 1 ' V that 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 I,,, (and we shudder at their 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 $700 per pve I actually these homes. Such rehouse slum removed by slum clear B [Port? of the housing au r I'I e fescinating. Per cent of those who b ttle housing projects ke good. That is, they ! advantage of the con '■emain dirty, do not 1 the home. *’ e the or| es of which the « capita,. The 90 gratefully per ' and, often m aid rejoice in s. 1 7 be h heated u ran be ^Pt clean, ; w hich which does has a bathroom, r«vi „ Reports |^U show how, n Page Sixteen) Porter Of Elected Member Region 6 Scout Committee ^ ! Newton toiness Tv' rieply in id i L g 0v V work has ted ' peutive Y ° r 1 : rn ‘rt ee ^ e of " puts of A F [ntified has I 0n Y een Pr ° m ' hndhkV I ., n° the n tf> ® cout lb Position * s I fit to thosp " n know come his as ‘ It Won mav L , j escribed r Of as I. Heh« tmg , ‘ n NeW ‘ ' the U., Served as ir since ° n ( ounty haoi"i r S 0rsan yea ' sheldinY rs n lecent ti 3° ,aant , state such Gombership itral f a Cornmi been t • , r nf'") , 1 ban rt nati 0n iee eljc iTntiinetiin Volume 76 Georgia The Covington Enterprise, Star, Eat. Est l««4 1874. g ARNOLD AUDITS SCHo 1 1 41 SYSTEM Covington Manufacturing Company is County’s Newest Industry r lAI J\ / J/ r. , ■ <4 i ififsgli*® t J H t I § m i . lf / mm ill tllW | | Wi : ,? ! I [I »( I pr'~' ■ s r I L §] iriP M jjj I 1 U ■ : a ft 'kt W I mm »/ pw-yx-xi, ■ < 4 m 2 k 4 • " ■4 j m Jk 5^; u . •w*: ~ ' >7 * \ '■L Jr ,, ■ I ■ "V g AftfS- :ri ^SSr # w. it i i 1 '4 i | jr\^ m i - t 77$r tm "V. m ■ i i "1 - . •■ ' '‘r ! ■1 , m m 7*. , ■ i. ' i. ' m #7% j M mm /’ i 1 ' ' , s 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. --- .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. buy Z"' O I * IVOuinSOn " Heads Rotary f! V/IUU L lOF £ 1 15/4U A JA ( I (New ducted officers At Will Meeting Be In- 1 July 1st. -— 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 Pnvate o • i Dances ___ and j n Bndge 'j.. 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. " ^ 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 t5 AND PROSPERITY 5c single copy 1939 Audit Reveals Newton 1 County School System Is In ; I: 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 (Continued on Page Sixteen) MURKER WILL 61 j j • ----- 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 4 . PRES. J. O. PORTER 1 1 •• 1 mwm ■ y '■.vy 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 J reduced (Continued but hopes Page to Sixteen) finish the on 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.