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m the omct hoy
A Hop- —A Skip—and a Jump!
We are off for Charleston , . .
with ten minutes warning . . .
That's the Boss, you know . . . So
come along perhaps you. too, will
enjoy it ,. Thru Madison where we
.
stop and rhat a minute with Mrs.
Joseph Vason, State Director of
the Children of the Confederacy,
and Joseph, Jr., who holds in his
arms a darling pup . . . he's all
wrapped up in a blanket . . .
cause it’s cool . . . and how Joe
do e S love that pup!
Crepe Myrtle in our section is
just beginning to “put out” , . .
but not so as we near Augusta . . .
and they must he hundreds of
years old for they are as tall as
the house' and real trees . . . their
watermelon red plumes wave in
the air... a very special greeting
we pass thru historic old
,, ,
Augusta with a very keen, pain
in our heart because we cannot
Itake a minute off to speak to the
Oliver Burroughses . . . you re
member he was recently named to
succeed .Judge Oswell Eve, as
Commander of Georgia Division
Sons of Confederate Veterans . . .
L enjoyed having them at the
reunion in our city when Col.
Burroughs seized as Adjutant to
Lludge Eve.
On past Augusta and we begin
[to L see real low lands . . . the oaks
the way stand, in their ancient
[splendor, shading the first the huge) way oak and lit
look, there's
[rally fceautiful covered with long it’s ropes of
grey mos: . . . rain
ing I, hard and has been for days
lew , all this has given the moss
life ... and just enough green
In the grey to make it lovely . . •
fevd now we see. a sight we love,
I huge Crepe myrtle of the love
y pink shade . . , great willowy
plumes of the lovely pink peek
but and nod at you thru the grey
boss... was there ever a sight so
pvely? ... It reminds us of Lav
Her and old lace . . . and now
p [■ith entire highway is bordered
ancient oaks with lacy leaves
Ind branches interlocking across
pe highway, making a
isle thru which to pass . . . per
Ect shade . and surely some
th' knew we were coming, we
'e the trees when decorated
ith so much lovely moss . . .
ere is something sweet and sac
d very sacred about these
ees in God's own woods . . . they
and so stately and silent that we
*1 we are on sacred ground . . .
ut Charleston . . . and the Fran
s Marion Hotel . . . yes, we knew
lose bell hops and the Clerk at
le desk would remember us for
lodness, the last time we were
ere we had charge of a hundred
vely pages from every state in
e Union , . at the National
invention of U. D. C. . . . we
uldn't stay there a week with
at many Im ply girls without
ing remembered . . . and how.
made me want to see all of
«n again . . . Now, look where
"i are , . on famous old Meet
g Street . . and now down King
M, where all the Antique
®Ps remind you of New Or
■ns •.. tve will do a lot of “win
wish in”’ . don’t we al
. ,
VS Up to the Newspaper
nt where we are greeted by
friends ... you know me Boss
' 'uperintendent of this i
arleston F.vening Post for six
!rs • • • and it’s 7C one big
»ily up there . . business
b nn by Savannah that
. . .
np n ' s b' ■ . so iust you watch
' ove 'y nal 'S fade in the dis
lw anrt 'bis highway looks like
farrow straight hallway reach-
1 !o ,he s Py for these pine
...
Ms aie 'be loveliest we ever
1 snd they reach almost to the!
' and ir >ek the
” ... DeSoto j
- that s the nearest home of |
f Place in the world so
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py sweet memories of going
rp as a little tot and
imer every
until lhe passing of our
ler. • anri then we did not go,
ye l Ts lm 'il we got mixed up
, h 'I*
Boss and this brought in
"" life Editor William G. Sul
!,nd hip fine family we
U' ...
a - Vs fpel the presence of:
e £ ather sixteen who died when we
when we go to the
for we spent all!
acations there and on
. . .
’"he place was sweet and
■ed °i the memories of both
and ' b « memories of
niir\i "Ur hearts le U f with friendsh the ‘P Sutlive bind -
lv Miss Phoebe Elliott is
York . • • Miss Rebecka
5 DuPont is hi Kentucky
‘its. C. G Stegin took . out . .
us
■ np.i DeSoto Hotel Beach
. r 3 luncheon . and the
club is ss modern and
smlineb a 8 r S'5?fhSe Sea L
M t [ You tell m u ’ * ‘ Tf i
von aK 0 ^ 1 ♦ 1 t
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vnil 1 " ol i, have to see :
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Volume 76 The Georgia Covington Enterprise, Star. Est. Est ISM. 1874.
SALEM MEETING FORCED INDOORS BY RAIN ■ I
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E. W. Fowler , Prominent Local Citizen Passes 1 I
Dr. Truett Addresses
Crowd In Auditorium
Of Covington School
Political Speaker
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ABIT NIX
Candidate for Governor of Geor
gia, in the State Democratic Pri
mary on September 11, will speak
in Covington Saturday afternoon,
July 13, at 1:15 o'clock on the
public square. He will be intro
duced by Ordinary A. L. Loyd,
TOO TESGHERS IS
Ficquett . „ Believe* School. c l i
Will Operate Full
Terms.
The State Board of Education
Tuesday authorized the payment
of school teachers for four months
of the next school term beginning
with September and continuing
until January 1st, when the new
ly elected Governor takes office.
The plans worked out by the
State Board of Education w’ere
probably set in this maner in or
der to give the incoming Gover
nor the privilege of providing
funds for the remainder of the
school year. County Superintend
ent E. L. Ficquett stated that he
erv-cted the schools of this state
to operate a full school term next
year, He added that he believed
the worst was over as far as the
length of school terms was con
cerned in Georgia and expressed
full confidence in the state legis
lature to cope with the problem
0 f providing necessary finances.
The State Board took the fol
lowing action on the coming
sc hoo] year in Georgia:
i. Approved a plan for giving
vocational training in Georgia in
conection with the emergency na
tional defense program and ap
plied to the federal government
f or $200,000 to carry on the train
j ng T he plan must now be ap
pr0 ved by the United States office
ot education.
2 Elected Judge Alvan H. Free
man nf Newnan. as chairman of
’ 19^0 and
the board {or the year
]941 after Governor Rivers de
c)ined re . e lect.on because his ten
ure on the board would run for
0 nlv-six months. H. C. Williams,
o{ Adrian ’ was named vice chair
man
-i Annointed a committee head
ed bv Dr m D Collins, state su
peri ntendent, and M. D. Mobley,
(Continued On Page Seven)
Gates To Preach
In Savannah Sun.
Rev Sidney Gales, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, will
preach next Sunday at the Inde
pendent T,rpsbytp ;: ,an C hurch - in
Savannah, according to , a an
ouncement made here his week.
This church is one of the
CU in'the «outh as well as one of
the largest. It was founded in
1755
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940
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Bad Roads Force Blocking
Of Route to Salem
Campground.
PROMINENT GEORGIANS
ON PROGRAM HELD IN
COVINGTON GYMNASIUM
‘Blessed Is the Nation Whose
God Is the Lord’ Taken
As Text. .
Calling on the audience of more
than 1.000 persons to re-dedicate
themselves anew to the highest
and best things in human life, Dr.
George W. Truett, world famed
Baptist preacher of Dallas, Texas,
last Thursday delivered his great
Fourth of July sermon in the
gymnasium of the Covington
High School.
It was originally planned for an
all day state-wide meeting that
was to have been staged at Old
Salem Camp. Deep mud on the
rood to Salem made the site inac
cessible and highway patrolmen
barricaded the route and directed
traffic back to Covington.
Among those that did reach the
Campground before the roads be
came rmpassa e ueie lesion . .
Dr. Truett and the Salvation Ar
my Band of Atlanta, that was to
provide the music. After waiting
until noon Mr. Arkwright and the
band returned to Atlanta.
The oroeram v^s^ in the High
J Auditorium' * °nresident opened bv Major
Robert ; T - r Guinn, pie.ideit of of the e
Ok1 S.l.m
tion, \vho welcomed r
Dr. Bascom Antnony, eminent
Methodist divine, pronounced the
mvocation. Dt. ivi 1 *. etmain, oi
Georgia Tech, read the ueciaia
,10n of Independence in place ol
Dr. S. V. Sanford, \vho \vas l and
c° u]d not at end ’ r° U1 *
Newton introduced Dr. truett.
Dr. Truett took for his text
- Blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord.” He told the audience
that there were two days in the
life of the American people that
were vastly rev ealing — our na
tional Thanksgiving Day and our
national Independence Day. “As
long as our American people will
worthily commemorate these two
days, our nation will live,” Dr.
Truett said.
“The financial standard for
grea tness is not an abiding and
worthy standard,” he continued,
pointing out an intellectual stand
ard as being far greater than ar
mies and money.
Abit Nix Will
Speak Saturday
wi „ be i ntro duced by Old
Friend and Classmate
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Ablt Ahit Nix “didate ® for Gov
er " or ’ °J Georgia, will speak Sat
urday afternoon m Cmington at
145 oclock on the pubUc ^ uate ‘
Mr. Nix, who is a resident of
Athens, will discuss the issues
lhe present campaign for Gover
Vior and will announce his plat
form. His subject will be “States
manship and Good Government.”
Friends of Abit Nix m Covington
and Newton County have extend
ed an invitation to every voter to
hear this speech whether they are
in sympathy with his views or
not.
Mr. Nix will be introduced by
| his old friend and classmate, Or
dinary A. L. Loyd, of this city.
| Mr. Loyd has and known attended Mr. Nix college for a
long time
with him years ago. Immediately
after his speaking engagement
here, Mr. Nix will leave for At
lanta where he joins the state
delegation to the National Con
vent.on in Chicago. In case of rain
he will speak at the court house.
Mass Training of Pilots at ‘West Point of Air’
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High over T T ncle Sam’s “West Point of the Air" at Randolph field. Texas, soars a (raining plane manned
hv a thing cadet and his instructor. Seven thousand pilots will be trained annually in the recently inaugu
rated air corps’ expansion program. Within 36 weeks from the time a flying cadet starts his flight training ’
he will be graduated as a full-fledged military pilot and second lieutenant in the air corps reserve.
Agricultural
New, Given b,
Lounty Agent
g etter Handling of Cotton
Would Prevent Gin
Cutting.
The recent rains have been very
‘general and in some sections ,,
good deal of damage has bee:,
by washing. It looks now
if a good many farmers will
in the S>' ass - Bo11 weevil ac
becoming Tod general over
; ,he »„nty m,„y lacmer, are
as anxious to beg i n poisoning
th thev are to beein D i 0 .,. ine
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Wg haye een several fields 0 ,
grgin not harvested and a few in
v . hjch the gl . ain had been cut
wjth g binder and tbe gl . ain was
stjll shocked in tbe fieId Tbjs
! grain could easily ruin by sprout -1
jng _ Grain harvested by com- in! j
b i nes may g j V e a little trouble
cuv j ng< but it is safer a year like I
this than binder-harvested grain.
Next week lhc 4 . H c i llb boys of |
lhe county bave an opportunity to i
go for a vaca y 0 n to Camp Geor-!
kjns on tbe campus 0 f the
gja state College of Agriculture.'
Tbis camp 0 ff ers j dea l recreation
al facilities to farm boys in ad
djtion a course of instruction is
offered that can not be found at 1
other camps because of the avail
ability of the various farm enter
prises on the College farm. We 1
hope a large delegation of boys
will be able to make the trip.
This year we have noticed a!
heavy infestation of Tent cater- I
pillars in pecan and walnut trees.
They may be detected by large I
webs near crotches and at the!
ends of the limbs, The easiest
method of control is by burning.
Tie a bunch of dry straw on a
lon § P ole and 'fi n ,te - then the
.
webs can easi 'y be burned and the
young damage worms to the destroyed tree. If without) do
you
" 0t to burn the m then they
ma - v b e destroyed J K by spraying
(he web with kerosene. As the
kerosene will burn the foliage
of the tree, care should be taken;
to get the spray only on the af
fected area of the tree.
W e have seen quite a bit of dis
mission in the press recently of
damage done to cotton by inn
(Continued On Page Seven)
Newton County
Girls To Enter
Athens Contest
Marion George, Lillie Mae
Whisnante and Sallie Cook will go
with Miss Eddye Ross, Home
Demonstration Agent, to Athens.
July 15-1 for the district ..... contest
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Each girl will write their 4-H
club story with emphasis on their
poject. The Covington ’®twanis
club awarded th e trips to the gu'L
who were winners m the Newton
County contest.
Prayer Services
At Porterdale
Begin Next Week
Signal at 7:45 P. M. Will
Call People to
Prayer.
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The churches of Porterdale are
continuing their program of en
listment with regard to the regu
lar observance on
nights of the commun.ty-w.de
Prayer Covenant Hour. They re
port a fine interest and a splen
aid re.pou*. on the per, of .11
groups who have thus far been
approached about it. With the
cooperation of civic clubs and civ
i c leaders the pastors and people
0 f the churches are enlisting as
ma ny as they possibly can, defi
nitely to covenant with God and
with the rest of the Covenant
Group to observe in some fitting
way the period of Prayer when
the signal sounds at 7:45 each
Wednesday evening. The Pledge
0 r Covenant Card which each is
as ked to sign and which a great
many have signed already, car
r j es the following promise:
“I welcome the opportunity to
be a member of the Prayer Cove
n ant Group, and I promise that
when the Prayer Hour arrives at
7:45 every Wednesday night I will
either attend the Prayer Meeting
of one of the Churches or “tune
in” with the Group, pausing for
prayer (Silent or otherwise) wher
ever I may be at that time.
“I promise to pi ay foi my own
spiritual welfaie, for the peop e
and all the Christian forces o
Porterdale, and especially for t e
other members of our Prayer
Covenant Group.
“And I promise also to help en
list other members as I have op
portunity and encourage as many
as I can to observe the Prayer
Hour.”
While it is hoped that every
person in Porterdale with an in
terest in Christian matters will
definitely enlist by signing one of
1 hese Covenant Cards, still the
pastors of the churches and spon
sors of this Piayei our wan >
make it clear that all the people
of Porterdale, fiom the younges
to the oldest, are invited and ex
pected to observe the Prayer houi
(Continued On Page Seven)
Rotary Club Will
Entertain Monroe
Rotarians and Wives
The Covington Rotary Club
will entertain the Monroe Rotary
Club at a barbecue at Rainbow
Lake next Wednesday evening
The Monroe Club has challenged
the local group to a softball game
in the afternoon at the Covington
field. The Covington Club lost re
cently in an attendance contest
and are entertaining the Monroe
Rota nan* and their wives,
U. D. C. Fetes
S ££"“f"‘
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The Covington Chapter United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
honor Mrs. A. Belmont Dennis.
1 Second \ ice_ President of the
Geotgia U. D. C. Miss Caroly n
Moore, President-elect ol Georgia
Divuuon Children of the Confed
eracy Mrs Charles Tillman S ate
f’ es ‘ dent U ' D ' f” Lilhan
Con
federate Rec01 -' d Department and
3,11 State offlcei ' s at a meeting on
Tue.d.y, July 16th.
The meeting, is being held in
observance of the anniversary of
Miss Mildred Rutherford’s birth
day and will be in the form of a
garden party at the home of Mrs.
W. Trox Bankston on Academy
Springs Road, at 3:30 o’clock,
Hostesses for the occasion will be
Mrs. Bankston, Mrs. A. S. Piper,
Mrs. W. A. Heard, Mrs. Pitts
Robertson, Mrs. Alvin David, Miss
Margaret Robertson, Mrs. Walker
Combs. Mrs. E. M. Smith. Mrs. E.
P>P er > M rs. C. J. Anderson,
Mrs - G. D. Almond. Miss Winni
fred Huson, Mrs. Hugh Hicks,
Mrs. Frank Day, Mrs. M. J.
Moorehouse, Mrs. R. F. Harwell,
Mrs. E. S. Stephens, Mrs. N. S.
Turner, Jr., and Mrs. James
Whitehead. j
/J filler Spr. Revival
Begins Next Wed.
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It was announced this week
that final arrangements are com
plete for the revival at Miller
Springs Church, and that it would
start next Wednesday night. July
17. A large attendance is expected.
COVINGTON NEWS
MEETING SATURDAY
Employees of the Covington
News, correspondents and
writers on the News staff will
be entertained Saturday noon
: at the Delaney hotel by the
management of the paper.
The lupcheon will begin at
12:15 o’clock and will be at
! tended by a number of prom
inent speakers and guests. All
I correspondents and their hus
bands are especially invited
| and urged to attend as the
luncheon is given in their hon
| j or. Every the effort will be interest- made
to make program
ing, entertaining and instruct
ive. The Smith family, of Cov
ingti Mill, will present a
number of musical selections.
They will be accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. M. S. Pen
ick. The luncheon was post
poned last Saturday due to un
avoidable circumstances, No
further notice will be given
correspondents and writers
and they will be expected to
attend if possible.
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AND PROSPERITY
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Sudden Death Of Mr.
Fowler Comes as Shock
To People of Covington
Died Suddenly at His Home
Late Friday
Night.
WAS A DIRECTOR OF
BANK OF COVINGTON
FOR MANY YEARS
Funeral Services Held at
First Presbyterian
Church.
E. \\ r , Fowler, one of Covington
and Newton County's best known
and most beloved citizens, died
suddenly at his home Friday night
about 11:15 o'clock.
Mr. Fowler was a native of this
county, having been born and
reared near Snapping Shoals in
the southern part of Newton
I County. Although he had been
! ill health for sometime, his death
came as an extreme shock to the
people of this section as well as
throughout the state. For more
than half a century he had
active in business in
until recently when he turned
part of his work over to his
phew, R. R. Fowler, Jr.
With his brother, R. R.
he entered business here
than forty years ago under
name of Fowler Brothers. In
I cent years, however, Mr. Ed
ler gave practically all of his
t 0 the fertilizer business while
j brother managed the
Store . Both men had much to
wit h the progress of
and Newton County and their
forts have made Covington a
trading center.
Mr. Fowler was a member
the Covington
Church and took active part
its affairs. He was a director
the Bank of Covington and
Company until his death and
much t o do with the
nien t and management of this
• institution.
Funeral services were held from
j t be First Presbyterian Church o’clock
Sunday afternoon at 3:00
witb interment in the Covington
i Cemetery. Services were conduct
ed by tbe p ev Sidney Gates, as
s j s ( ed by R e v. Walker Combs and
Rev. H. C. Emory. Pallbearers
; | uded r. c. Guinn, Isaac Rob
c
(Continued On Page Seven)
Last Rites Held
For M. L. Maxwell
Dies at the Home of His
Daughter in
Salem.
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Mr. M. L. “Bud” Maxwell, well
known Newton County resident,
died last Saturday night at the
home of his daughter, in Salem.
He had been in bad health for
some time and for the past sev
eral weeks had been confined to
his bed. His death was quite a
shock to his many friends in the
county.
Last rites and interment
at the Salem church last Thurs
day at 11:00 a. m. The services
were conducte d by Rev. Carl
McGrady, assisted by Rev. G. C.
Knowles
Mr Maxwell is survived by five
chjldren; Mrs. Vannie Christian.
Newton county; Mrs. Shirley
Hays, Porterdale; Mrs. Lois Little
field, Attapolgus; and two sons.
I Otis and Rufus Maxwell, both of
Newton county.
Also surviving is one sister,
Miss Lizzie Maxwell, of Griffin,
and one brother, Mr. John Max
well. of Griffin.
Tbe News extends its sympathy
to his surv i VO rs in the time of
t be i r bereavement.
M r. Maxwell a s well known
throughout this section, having
- ved j n Newton county for a
number of years,
The funeral services were under
ti 1P directio, of Stauffacher A
white Funeral Home, of Coving
ton.
Number 27
National Delegate
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K. PAT CAMPBELL
first delegate from Newton Coun
ty to the National Democratic
Convention since the War Be
I tween the States, wilt leave At
lanta Saturday afternoon for Chi
cago.
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PHI CAMPBELL TO
First Delegate from ; County
Since War Between
The States,
Pat Campbell, lone candidate
f °r the State Senate from the 34th
i Senatorial District, has been
named a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention in Chica
go and will leave Atlanta Satur
day afternoon by train.
Mr. Campbell is the first dele
gate from Newton County sinc-e
the War between the States to at
tend the national convention. The
last delegate from this county was
Mr. Floyd, for whom Floyd Street
is named, who was named short
ly before the war.
The entire delegation is 24 vote*
will be given to President Frank
tin D. Roosevelt provided he will
accept the nomination. Mr. Camp
bell stated the delegation recent
ly held a conference and agreed
to back * hc Undent 100 per cent
j because of the unsettled world
conditions believing that America
now needs an experienced hand
to guide us through these troubled
times.
The Democratic National Con
vention in Chicago opens Monday
morning. The Georgia Delegation's 1
headquarters will be at the Palm
House, where the entire floor
of this hotel has been reserved. No
definite move has been made by
j the Georgia Delegation to cast
their vote for any particular per
son for vice President. AH this
w m b e decided after nominations
have been made from the floor of
tbe convention.
Miss Frances Bowles
Joins Porterdale
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Miss Frances Bowles, new
Home Economics teacher for Por
terdale High School, arrived last
Sunday to , begin her work. , During
tbe sUmmer months of July and
August Miss Bowles will conduct
,essons in homemaking for the
aduRs -
Miss Bowles comes from her
home in Baconton, Ga. She is a
recent graduate from the Horn*
Economics department of Georgia
State Ceil eg e for Women.
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