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T H E ATTI* ♦ ♦ ♦ County .. Stete r / THf nFFirf. »OY oh My! YOU know I’ve win g the Bnss a long j„ fact we were chums ears before he got mar ind we were sorter wor [pr fear we would be but sir' Me, ’n the his wife • • . well we are Jjig family and narry a anniversary has passed have not had me for this last one Sunday, , perfect for L was a one, prise came to the three very thing on that table hfd bv our friend Hat , lunnally of Oxford . . . nder young green beans. yellow and pretty to o red beets, ist . . . vivid Lttiest spring onions we | and the Boss gave ., m to me . . . She grew i her garden, and along s lovely basket she a seasons first dahlias h well, after the pretty ft peas I wouldn’t begin 3 ]1 the other different lowers, except that pret [lia [o Bud for ... this We but were she her t there . , , for in the the daintiest card and lief all for the Office Boy vith her own fingers and axon or nobody else ex tier work! It shall be a epsake.” . but the older we get ke care about how old [• [ting in our old childish age we seem [body more . . . seems to know it, [ver had so many and sweet [ friends ... we he ’um all for that would [ L but gosh we wouldn’t forty.” were “fat and tart' fe of all Covington saddened at the pass es. Dolly Turney the Belcher wife f S ee. who was te Mr. Arch Belcher of . she came of one of s most illustrious fam father had been Gov lennessee, and it is need j how many friends she , but somehow it was .us, that she wanted to I here to Covington,^and in the family It Starrsville, with the pf I the family of her hus course to know Miss fclcher and her sister, krl.’’ as she is lovingly rail, is to love them, and hard to understand just k’ould want to be brought p. We've lived in many our life, and in many It Newton County sur ly County, in the Union fnger a while here . . . u want to stay ... to \ people is to love them are the South's finest 1 jn are sweet, loyal, true, sickness or sorrow ly are at your side. We p we could say of New y as a whole that it does l of the greatest Com pi “Love thy neighbor p' pout Well, it that's The the way . . Boss tt have to leave alone if 1 to leave Newton Coun ts id better say right ' nething that as friends hbors you and I some id to say to each other, o! Newton County, your y lores you one and all.” ar h are saddened at the which brought painful o Mrs. Abe Loyd, one of beloved Citizens , . We . P that the Great Phys ^ very near her, as well he friends whose hearts '"mg from the loss of 1 a birthday this week, !c f a lot of nice things 1° us . but nicest of . . ’hen my buddie Dan . . . ame running in to see Rs here for just a short P T °woa and Gosh! . . [ r e e b «k and He's prom with spend a me this summer right to love somebody f bke that and we are .. ? th er good as we’d like to K I do envy the Wilson ' - and I don't even >y like Dan 1 want . . • i-„ I Wlth „ tha t said I’d bet SWEEPIN’ UP. ■ Raises L Gin tit n«'' ''DO L' r av Ked Inl0 th ® News morr >ing With i. ° nT ttla ’ looked b Pavo'- i - British e 5 SqUare . rnr«f r **t f from Flanders. Circumfe '" ' e r, on , a . ghed . " 3 r, pound r i0fomgt0tt Mrttt 1 1 Volume 76 CERTIFICATES GIVEN NYA BOYS : , . NEVUS GIVEN BY McMutlan Point* to Danger Of Nimatode Damage. Farmers of Newton county ! s hould be on the lookout for Nematode damage in wheat and rye. Grain infested with this insect will be twisted or curled during the winter and early spring. After the grain has headed the glumes will be opened and chaff will contain a hard, dark-brown, gall-like substance instead of a normal grain, These galls may be mistaken for vetch seed, smut balls, cockle seed or other substances found in threshed grain. If one of these galls is opened and examined under a microscope it will be found to contain thousands of cell-like worms called nematode. Where this is found the grain should not be used for seed and the land on which the infested grain was pro duced should not be seeded to grain for two years, While this trouble is present in several counties in !he state, we have not heard of any in Newton county, but think our farmers should be advised to be on their guard. We have seen some terribly grassy cotton this week and hope our farmers can have a fair week It seems that all the May grass crop is coming now. Boll weevil reports have been very encourag i ng and as we see squares forming rapidly on cotton, it seems that we may get a crop set before the boll weevil becomes plentiful. M is our opinion that the cold weather last winter and the late spring has greatly reduced the 'number of weevils coming out of hibernation. It is a belief of ‘‘ole timers” that cotton infested with lice in the spring makes a good crop. If this is true we are in for a bumper crop, as we have seen more lice this spring than we have seen for several years. Our farmers have not yet learned to use combines in har vesting small grain. The great- ] est mistake we see is trying to harvest before the grain is dry. When using a binder the grain is shocked in the field and al lowed to cure or dry for several days to weeks- But when a com bine is used the grain is ready for the storage bin. This means that all the drying and curing must be done before the harvest is begun- Be sure to not only let your grain ripen thoroughly be fore using a combine, but make sure it is dry. The recent rains have certainly stimulated the growth of les pedeza. There should be a good hay crop in the county this year as well as an excellent se«d crop. So far we have received very (Continued on Page Sixteen! Thomas Callaway, Jr., Announces As Candidate for Legislature Thomas G. Callaway, Jr., of the leading young men df the city, announced his candidacy this I week for Representative of New ton county to succeed Pat Camp bell, who has entered the Senate race. “Tommy” as he is known to his many friends throughout the coun ty, is the only son of Mr. T. G H - 1 ' i 1 1 p I THOMAS G. CALLAWAY, JR. The Georgia Enterprise, E*t. 1864. Covington Star. Est 1874. Commencement Exercises At F. F. A. Camp J-l ns m mm £ IT • m – iljitlt - * a mmmm ? MM Hi M • ’; m -r«i, v Mi V * ; | £ ■ WA i It# I m W i * I**' t # if Wl •* V: ' / ■ s :.A T.Jf m . .j i k m K M* i - C 7 7 . i -*** ' - Z n fryWM -*>< ivJ'.'.'^v.X.lXWW'k't'M'A.v.x.y.vX.yeX'; Pictured above are members of the National Youth Administration Class at the Jackson Lake F. F. A, Camp who will receive cer tificates: Front row, left to right: Harold Cox, Homer Wilson, William Austin, Emmitt Cole, Eldridge Hendrix, Virgil Stewart, Howard Bishop Perliss Yong, W. T. Dodd, Aina Mixon, Oscar Kiser, John L. Morris, Ernest Crosby, James Ashe, Haroid Hollifield, Lewis Tucker, Reid Rogers, Otho Pharr; Second row, left to right: Edward Taylor, Edgar Parson, Or.ro Cargiie, Harvie Neill, Wilton Smith, J. B. Page, James Atkinson, George McClung, Fred Mackey, George McRee, Benson Bryant, Stanley Climer, Marion Middlebrooks, Sterling Dubose; Back row, left to right: T. D. Brown, Jr., Supervisor, Bryan Henderson, Carl Landers, Alton Banks, J. H. McMurray, Lowell Hipps, Thom as Brooks, George Inlow, Molden Bailey, Bonner Hall, Perry Brooks, Weyman Mobley, Leaman Banks, W. L. O'Steen, Cecil Nelson, ■ Walker Wall, Paul Peed, Edward Waters, Dorsey Brewton, Lloyd Jay, Elbert Meeks, W. A. Maddox, Jr., Director of N. Y. A. Project.— News staff photo by Arrowood. Grand Jury List ‘ Is Drawn For The July Term Chester C. King Head* List Of Jurors for Coming Session. The following Grand Jury list was drawn to serve at the July term, 1940. Newton Superior Court: Chester C. King, .T, M. Meador, Rainey Mitcham. C. D. Barnett. T. G. Barnes, T. G Callaway, E. L. King. J. O. Black, C. C. Hod. R H Bird. W. N. Blake. ( . C. Jordan, G. H. Davis, F. B. \ deman. Charles Aiken. J. 7.. Almand. S. C. Candler, P T. Aus tin. A. R. Perkins, T. P. 1 read well, C. E, Trainer, W- P. Hod gins. A. M. Bennett. P. J. Rogers. W. S. Cook, Leon Cohen, J. Wal ker Combs, J J. Fincher, W. A. Owens, W. G. Adams. The following Traverse Jury, j„L m 6~"b s : 5,vi. Has S : Bob ertson, J. G Turner, R. T. Hull, H. Giad.v Jones, Donald, W. ^ ^ ^ Sockwell, H F. Chapman, Harvey Jones, C. A. Cason, W. J. Piper. R W. Pennnigton, J. T. Pittman, Emmett Robertson, W C. Spivey W T. Greer. Homer Cook, O. N. Fisher. J. S. Harris, John H. Downs, J. L Harwell, Jr„ B. H Willingham, T. B. Hicks. A. A. (Continued on Page Sixteen) pioneer merchant of Covington, and the former Miss Ackie White. of a prominent Newton county family. He at tended Covington High School. Darlington preparatory school and completed his education at Emory University in Atlanta. Mr. Callaway is a lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the United States Army and recently completed a two-weeks training course at Camp Blanding, Florida. He is vice-president of the Cov ington Kiwanis Club and has also served as director for the past three years. He is former chair man of Newton County Red Cross Roll Call where he made a fine record for the county in raising funds for the needy. When the Boy Scout organiza tion of the County first started, Mr- Callaway joined wholeheart ] edly in this movement and serv : time Advancement ed for some as chairman in the county organi zation. He has taken an active interest in the progress of tht c ity and county and has taken active part in all worthy move ments, this Mr Callaway is, at a member of the Night Club and the C-olf Club, in Pot terdale. He is actively engaged business in Covington and is part i (Continued on Page Sixteen) COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1940 Th ird if ura I - Irban Conference To Meet The third annual Conference will be held in Atlanta j at the Municipal Auditorium on j Friday and Saturday, June 28-29. This conference is under the di rection of Mrs. Robin Wood, Di rector of the Women’s Division of the State Department of Agricul ture. It is expected at the confer- i ence to have women present from - every county. The maximun num her expected is two hundred from eac t, county. one hundred from! rural section and one hundred j rom the towns and cities. The purpose of this conference j s create a better feeling be tween the women from the coun try and the women of the towns: and cjties 0{ all sections n f Geor-| gj a an( f America; to promote sound pc0n omics wholesome social rela t ,onships, and higher standards o{ rP | igion an< j morals. Besides the thp wornPn vv h 0 are expected from Fire j-v Destroys Wright s Barn __ $5,000 Damage Estimated; Valuable Stock Perishes. Between two and three hundred Covington people early Tuesday morning were drawn from their ■ beds to the scene of this city’s biggest fire since the Wheeler store burned about two years ago. ] Jack Wright's barn, located below the Central of Georgia R. R sta | lion, caught fire and buri-cd to ! the ground, destroying several valuable animals. The total loss, only partially : covered by insurance, is estimated at approximately $5,000 by Mr. Wright. The alarm was turned in about 2 a. m. Tuesday and was promptly i answered by the fire department. The blaze was beyond control when the truck arrived, however. Ernest Smith and about 12 or 13 volunteer firemen answered the call The loss included the barn, a Percheron stallion said by Mr. Wright to have been one of the finest in the state; a jack ass, valued at $1,100; five registered jersey cows; and feedstuff, sad dles and harness. The cause of the conflagration is unknown. To All News Correspondents The management of the News extends an invitation to all Covington News correspondents and their husbands or wives to attend a luncheon at the Delaney Hotel on Saturday, July 6th, at 12:00 o’clock noon. Every correspondent and employee of the paper is especially urged to attend as a number of matters of interest will be discussed. Those attending must, notify the News office not later than July 1st and should do so earlier if ] possible as reservations can not be made after that date. More complete details will be announced later. j ri \ the towns and rural sections of Georgia, county Commissioners, Editors, County School Superin tendents, County Welfare work ers- WPA Supervisors and teach ers. 4-H Clubmembers, NYA mem hers, of civic clubs, Home Demon stratipns Agents, Librabrians, Vo cations! Teachers, Teachers of Home FconoiYiics and anybody else not included in the above lists. It is going to be a meeting j n which people from all walks of life get, together, talk things] over and come to an understand ing of relationships, Discussions will be from a host of people, such as Mr. LeTour neau, Mrs. Rolleson. Dr M. D. Collins. Mr. DL D. Mobley. Wal ter S. Brown, Miss Lurline Col her, Mrs Leila Mize. Dr- T. E. Abercrombie. Ralph McGill, Mil dred Seydel, Walter Paschal. Mrs. 1 (Continued on Page Nine) — Atlanta 4 ,| . f* Credit J*. Man to Speak i Newton Credit Exchange to Snonsor Speaker and Film. \ W. L. Gilbert of Credit Service, Atlanta, who is secretary of* the Georgia Credit Association, will be in Covington Tuesday night, June 25, to show a sound film dealing with the handling of credit rat ings and to deliver an accompany ing lecture, according to A. J. Wismer, manager of the Newton County Credit Exchange. Mr. Gilbert will appear at the i court house at eight o’clock. All merchants, whether or not mem-, hers of the county exchange, and the general public have been in vited to attend the performance by Mr. mission Wismer. charged. There will be no ad- j i This feature comes as a prelude to a revision of credit, ratings to be based upon an audit of local merchant members' books. Audit ing will begin July 1. Mr. Wismer points out that it would be wise for all persons to “catch up” any slow accounts before thi. date and thus improve their rating. Elsewhere in this issue of the News is a paid advertisement con cerning toe Newton County Cred it Exchange. 5c SINGLE COPY Sixty-Four Members Of Jackson Lake NYA 1 i Project Complete Work 1 BELCHER BURIED 111 STABRSVILLE | Mr*. DoIIie Turney Belcher Die* at Murfreesboro Home. The burial of Mrs. Dollie Tur ney Belcher, widow of Arch Bel cher > a native of Newton county, was solmenized at ten o'clock Wednesday morning, June 19, at Belcher Burial Ground, Starrs ville. The deceased is the sister in-law of Mrs. Pearl Taylor and Mis s Ethel Belcher, of Covington, Ga. Mrs- Belcher died at her Murfreesboro, Tenn., home Mon day. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, and the body was brought to Covington Tues day night. The deceased was an active clubwoman and church worker, being especially interested in the United Daughters of the Confed eracy. Her father organized the first regiment of Tennessee vol unteers formed during the War Between the States and served as its colonel. He was wounded in the Florida campaign, He was a prominent political figure, serv ing as a judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court for 20 years and as governor of the same state. The deceased is survived by I three daughters, Misses .Graham ! Belcher, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Vera Belcher, of Tallahassee, Fla and Frances Belcher, of Taiequah, Okla. Burial arrangement were under the direction of George Stauff acher, funeral director. Horned Too** Georgia Vacation „ , ard , Covington, „ . ' ie PP ’ n ..° U e tee ,hou ® ht he ’„ vras seemg thlngs , , last Saturday as he passed by Dallas bridge. What he actually saw, he found upon in spection, was a horned toad, To prove that he was not hav jng -pink elephant” hallucinations Mr. Sheppard brought the toad to the News office. Just what Mr. Toad, normally an inhabitant of the western plains, was doing down south in Georgia no one has yet been able to explain. Maybe he came down to cool off. 225 Openings In The NYA Project Is Announced Newton County Boy* and Girl* Have Opportunity * -p 0 w or k Newton County boys and girls who are out of school, unem ployed, and between the ages of 18 and 24 inclusive, are eligible to apply for the 22S openings which will exist on July 15th at the National Youth Administra tion's resident work experience center near Clarkesville, it was announced today, This Habersham project, oper ated by the N. Y. A. under spon sorship of the Habersham Countv Board of Education, is designed ( 0 offer practical work experience and re | a t e(d instruction to boys and girls of this section who de sire to equip themselves for lives as successful farmers or home makers or to earn a livelihood in industry or trades. Ytouths are assigned to the cen ter for a period of one year, dur mg which .... t.me ,, they earn their subsistence and $10.00 per month in cash, in addition 1o the actual work experience offered in the fields of scientific agriculture, all phases of homemaking, ceramics, welding, radio, woodshop, crafts, metal work and similar occupa tlons - Pat Campbell Announces As a Candidate for State Senate of the House ot‘ 1 from this county for toe past four I sessions, has announced his can didaev for the State Senate in the : coming Democratic Primary this j fall- He was elected to the House! of Representatives in 1934 and I again in 1936 without opposition, “Pat” was born and reared in Newton County and is the son of i the late Senator R. W. Campbell, ] who twice represented this sena-j torial district in the State Legis- J lature and also served in the] House of Representatives. He was the to last man this from senatorial Newton Coun- j j tv serve district, Pat Campbell is at present a member of the State Democratic i Executive committee and is also! a delegate to the National Demo-j cratic Convention to be held in ! Chicago on July 15th. Newton] County is rightfully honored in this, because it is the first time since the War between the States that Newton County has furnished I a delegate to the National Con- ] vention, or had a member on the State Committee. “Pat” Campbell is a graduate of Covington High School. After his graduation he attended Emory University and graduated there from the College of Arts and Sciences. He continued at Emory University and is a graduate of the I * THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S 41 INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE AND PROSPERITY Mr. Robt. G. LeTourneau to Make Commencement Address. PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND EXERCISES AT THE F.F.A. CAMP Camp Is Located 13 Mile* South of This City on Jackson Lake. Friday night, June 21, at 8:30, sixty-four members of the Jack* son Lake N. Y. A. Work Exper ience Project will be awarded cer tificates of Merit for the training i that they have received in certain occupational skills. Mr. Robert G. LeTourneau, pres ident of R. G. LeTourneau, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, America’s No. I Christian Layman will make the Commencement Address. The speaker controls an $18,000,000 corporation, with approximately I, 000 employees on the payroll. His factories are located at Peoria, Illinois; Stockton, California; and Toccoa, Georgia. His equipment is sold by 300 or more distributors and dealers throughout the world, and all of (he equipment that is made by his company is designed ! by Mr. LeTorneau. The public is cordially invited to attend the ex ercises at the State Future Farm ers' Camp, where the N. Y. A. Work Project is located. The following N. Y. A. Youths will receive certificates: James Ashe, Abbeyville; James Atkin son, Newton; William Austin, Ce dartown; Molden Bailey-, Ronp ville; Alton Banks, Fayetteville; Leaman Banks, Pelham; Howard Bishop, Sharpsburg; Dorsey Brew ton, Mershon; Perry Brooks, Roy ston; Thomas Brooks, Logan ville,* Benson Bryant, Canon; Standi Carey, Royston; Ozroe Cargiie, Mansfield; Stanley Climer, Rome; Emitt Cole, Hartwell; Harold Cox, Loganville; Billy Crawford, Wat kinsville; Ernest Crosby, Sal* City; W. T. Dodd, Grayson; Ster ling DeBose, Blakely; Hubert Green, Americus; Bonner Hall, Lawrenceville; Claud Harper, Byron; Jonathan Hayes, Hills boro; Bryan Henderson, Macon; Eldridge Hendrix, Cobbtown; Lo well Hipps, Lawrenceville; Har old Hollifield, Winder; Charles In gram, Jackson; George Inlow, Dif fee; Lloyd Jay, Smyrna; Kurby Kemp, Gainesville; Oscar Kiser, Rochell; Carl Landers, New Hol land; James Lewis, Covington; Perliss Long, Screven; George Mc Clung, Finleyson; Fred Mackey, Hartwell; George McRee, Watkins ville; Elbert Meeks, Arlington; J. H. McMurray, Gainesville; Mar ion Middlebrooks, Oxford; Julian Miller, Pavo; Alan Mixon, Ro chelle; Weyman Mobley, Whig ham; John L. Morris, Douglas; Harvie Neill, Turin; Cecil Nelson, Douglas; W. L. O'Steen, Ambrose; J. B. Page, Hartwell; Edgar Par son, Bishop; Paul Peed, Butler! Otho Pharr, Dacula; Charles Polk, Covington, Reid Rogers, Newton; Wilton Smith, Bristol; Virgil Stewart, Abbeyville; James H. Stone, Monticello; Edward Taylor, Williamson; Lewis Tucker, Perry; Walker Wall, Dudley; Edward Wa ters, Good Hope: Hughes White, Abbeyville; Homer Wilson Logaa ville. Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian Church The Vacation Bible School op ened at the Presbyterian Church in Porterdale Monday morning with a fine group of boys and girls. Each day has witnessed greater interest and finer work. This group singing has been re markably fine. Including the teachers, the en- I rollment in the school is 124. Those assisting in the school as teachers and leaders in addition to the general Supervisor, Miss Elizabeth Loyd, are: Miss Mae i Hardman, Miss Emily Chapman, Mrs. T. C. Parker, Miss Laura Frances Christian, Miss Frances Hinton, Mrs. Robert Cowan. Mr. Dorsey Reagan, Mr. Ernest Ben nett, Miss Bailey. Miss Marian Minley, and Rev. Athol D. Cloud. ^cceSuIh ^'ampbell has been eng ^ ged ^ton n he Lrrlding practice W counties in anrt He served as City Recorder for two years before being elected to the legis lature. While in the Legislature Mr. (Continued on Page Sixteen) V. (O m . u j R. PAT CAMPBELL Number 24