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THE OFFICE BOY
r’ivie! So long as I
Jh the Boss on I’ll the
.Ve are living
and" this week . . .
illard's from A s h b
and are spending the
th us from their
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brought us a bushel
, of
tans . a bushel
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matoes . , a dozen
.
eggplant . . . and
an everything were
' second came the lovely
i tomatoes from Mr. Ben
* weighed almost
id t bey
each and were
blemish on them ... Did
L tom ato sandwiches! But
L e winner among the fo
bs Mrs. E. G. Switzer
as to sue . . . the lovely
she sent w ere huge, one
weighed one and three
pounds . • we think it
in . and then there
.
% ther just ! like Mickey
t needed was ears
[j _ \ye are grateful to
ug.htful friends . . every
town knows Mr. Otis
ows the best corn . .
we all imposed on him
i s aid “Come and help
“to the whole town . .
I it's the first time we
; for anything when any
d us to, even when we
i [ whole town was enjoy
but it's as tantalizing as
team cone to Sonny Boy
are going to watch him
t corn next year and see
j't get a lot of informa
j how its done.
i of Mrs. W. D. Travis
o know she is still con
her bed, under the care
led nurse ... we called
ad the nurse let us in . . .
; , , . I don t care how
jis , , . that same sweet
cheer and will power is
!e... her smile .just does
t to you to make you
|e a better boy ... we are
ng for her a speedy re-
1, , and friends of R. H.
1 were grieved to know
fcedy trip to Emory Hos
Inta, where his appendix
me out poste haste! Of
lip R. H. and Sara C
! side . . . but the pain
[intense, and his friends
potion are wishing for
[pid recovery. (We just
>as the same pretty red
urse we had, namely
nence. She graduated
md will be one of the
Outstanding nurses, be
heart and soul is in her
at smile of hers, and
he cares when you hurt,
i more than anything
can’t help hoping he is
xth floor either, where
est Floor Nurse in all
presides. . .
: had to go out to the
'e Sunday afternoon . .
! is so sweet and sacred
it was homecoming day
it there just in time to
■tion of a most interest
s’ Mr. Abit Nix non
. . .
• ■ he told of hearing
ak in Germany only a
aso and spoke then of
being a dangerous per
he good German friend
y laughed and said he
e no influence on good
>ny! How times have
tnd the many friends we
-e ... fust we had a
‘ an ’ Hay
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M Miss Jtntmte T Lou Big
e gracious smile
,0 nur heart and
...
■’ was to hold the hand
r ,° f hers ’ • •
u A- Pahict. nee Mat
"hose mother was a
"ginia, brother of
Leader - - - and whose
ght .
ln the old brick
as a young lady
aii §ht with her father,
aristocrat of the old
an d Proud of her herit
’ rs W. L. Gibson wife
ria rch. kind, quiet
. . .
■ • interested in her
ch urch and community
F 1 welcome for all .
h’ . .
and Addie Haralson
l/I” le< * House by the
P Road” on the way to
and have been mem
i ! Store Club since
r n / ed b y Miss Graves
r '* ,rs ago Mrs. W.
. . .
; ’ love 'y mother of a
L 0nde daughter and
r} pi the s L nns youth - who are fine
of Brick
■ greeted us with her
pile • Mrs. Grady
pvvn far and wide for
M^der a
... but Mr. Ike
I know she is the
faker m the Brick Store
A- Case,
ader a Sunday Sci^aJ
lp ln Club «♦
IS n °fed for the
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Volume 76
CROWDS GATHERING FOR SALEM MEETING
Brick Store Homecoming Sunday Great Success
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114th Annual Session
Opens With Sermon
Tonight Eight O’clock
Ur r» ’ Chari,** ** L I ’ Kln Kin® ? Will Wl11
Prea ^ <* th «
Sermon.
NATIONALLY-KNOWN
CHRISTIAN LEADERS
TO BE ON PROGRAMS
Parks R. Warnook Heads
Instructors for
Conferences
The 114th annual camp meeting
at. the Salem Camp Ground, in
■ Newton county, near Covington,
! opens tonight at 8 o’clock. Dr.
1 Charles L. King, noted Presby
j terian minister of Houston, Texas,
wd i p reac h the opening sermon
Dr. King is a former resident of
Newton county, and is the brother
of Ed and Hugh King, proprietors
King-Hicks Hardware company.
^ large crowd has indicated their
intention of attending this year’s
gathering and it is expected that
the attendance this year will
greatly surpass that of previous
years.
Regular worship services will bei
offered each day and special pro
grams have been arranged for
Sunday, August 11th and 18th.
Dr. King will preach again to
morrow night and Saturday night
and a ] s0 f 0r tbe Sunday morning
serv j cc at 11 o’clock.
Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor of
the Druid Hills Baptist church, of
Atlanta, will preach for
services tomorrow morning
for the afternoon services Sunday. 1
JZJTVtZ
Methodist Conference, will be
heard tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock and again Saturday after
noon at the same time.
A special feature of the daily
routine of the annual meeting will
be the raising and lowering of
the Nation's flag. Appropriate
services will be held daily for the
raising ceremony at 7:25 each
morning and again for the lower
ing ceremony at 6:35 each after
noon.
Inspirational music for the oc
casion is being provided under the
direction of Major Sidney Cox,
Principal of the Salvation Army |
Training Sc oo1 ' ^ aj ° r U
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A |. nf in =tnjo
tnr , _ rp pn h _ nd nripr thp di _
r jon f Park r Warnock of
*,, , ’ to take care of the Young
p j . c f er ences SaySpecial which will
recreational facilities have also,
been provided as part of the dal iy
sf ' , bpdl j] p
N c undav , Dec ial acknowl
pd ge„ e nt will be extended liberality' to
k 'hose benefactors whose
d ible the extensive
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Numerous Improvements Now
Underway Throughout the City
Numerous improvements are
now underway in Covington’s
business and residential section.
Stock’s Hom-ond Stores have
moved from their former location
in the Hayes Building to the store
just above Piggly Wiggly. The
new Stock will include the build
ings formerly occupied by the
Marianne Beauty Shop and the
Covington Bakery. The wall be
tween these two buildings has
been torn out forming one big
super store. New equipment is
being installed throughout and
latest electrical equipment will
take the place of old market fix
tures. Covington Electrical Head
quarters is handling the market
and electrical work. An advertise
ment giving full details and
p ices from the Stocks Super
market may be found elsewhere
in this issue of the News.
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Georgia Enterprise, Est 1864.
The Covington Star Est 1874.
Request Made by Farmers
For 60,000 Pounds of
Austrian Peas.
Newton County farmers have
already requested over 60.000
P ound s of Austrian Winter Peas
un der the Grant of Aid program
sponsored by the AAA. With the
low corn y ie 'd of the county we
should seed at least 100 pounds of
winter legumes per mule in this
county for several years, if this
were done 250,000 pounds of seed
would be required.
Farmers who are interested in
using lime on their land will be
interested in the fact that lime
stone may be secured under the
same plan as winter legumes. The
limestone would cost $3.20 per
ton delivered to the farm. In or
der to get this price and service
we would have to get orders for
150 tons,
On Tuesday of this week we
went over to Athens to Farm and
Home Week and heard Hon. Ed
O’Neal, president of the Farm Bu
reau Federation, speak. This
gan ization is one of the strongest
farm organizations in the
%£?£££
tional legislation. It is our
t ion to see if farmers of Newton
Count y would be interested in or
On Tuesday night of this week
we met with the American Legion
and sat in on a discussion regard
ing the Newton County Fair this
fall. The fair will be operated on
lines similar to the operation last
fall. A liberal premium list is in
the making calling for around
$900 to exhibitors. It is expected
that the exhibits will be the larg
est in the history of the fair due
^ ^ interest in var
ious livestock enterprises.
are enough good mule and horse
colts in the county to make a very
creditable exhibit. In addition to
these there are quite a few good
beef calves on grain feed to add
to the breeding exhibits of beef
cattle. Then as you already know
Newton County farmers can pu
on as good an exhibit of
cattle as any county in Georgia,
Last week we attended a Kudzu
cutting demonstration on the farm
of Mr. Channing Cope. The dem
onstration was sponsored by the
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Home has moved to a new build
ing on Thompson Ave.
The Marianne Beauty Shop
moved to the location formerly oc
cupied by the Western Auto
The Marianne Beauty Shop.
under the direction of Mrs. Jeff
Ramsey, has been completely re
modeled and improved. The West
era Auto Store is now located in
the Cohen Building formerly oc
cupied by Stocks Feed Store
which has been combined in the
supermarket. The Hayes Building
has not yet been leased but sev
eral concerns are interested ac
cording to reports. resi
New homes throughout the
dential section too numerous to
mention are still going 1 up. Fou,
new homes have just been com
l w r fa” n ,
new sub-division in the Floyd St
area should do much to
crowded , 'onditions here.
STaXto' Xrk'and oTtL
\—i TON, GEORGIA,
Camp Meeting and Youth Conference Opens
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DR. CHARLES L. KING
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Show Increase
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Four Fatalities In First Six
! Months of 1940; None
j Last Year. ]
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Newton County was one of 53 [
counties in Georgia to show an
increased semi - annual traffic
death rate this year over last, De
partment of Public Safety records
show .
Sergeant G. H. Standard, com
manding officer of the State Pa
trol district headquarters in Mad
ison, Ga„ said four persons were
killed in this county ih traffic ac
cidents during the first half of
this year. In the same period ol
1939, no deaths were reported.
Throughout the state as a whole.
there was a 7 per cent reduction
with 319 fatalities recorded this
year and 343 between January
and June 30, 1939. Major Lon Sul
livan, safety commissioner, said,
however, that upward trends were
noted in the upper Southwest and
Southeast areas of Georgia.
children. Further analysis of the
semi-annual summary reveals
that 75 per cent of the fatal vie- j
tims were involved in passenger
car accidents, 22 per cent in truck
or truck . trailer mishaps and , h e
^ 3 ent jn taxicab
^ or motorcycle acc i de nts. |
Commissioner said also
^at only 33 per; cent of he fa
tall le f t( f> k P lace w > thl " lnc or P;
° P« rated cent on °U the highways. Speed sLd ,
too fast for conditions was the
principal contributing factor m the
highway deaths.
rigidly “For that enforcing reason, the Ropers 55-mile are
speed limit,’ the Commissioner
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Al i flU PoterdfXU rOierUU
Presbyterian Chruch : I
There will be no church services
at the Porterdale Presbyterian
Church for the next two weeks on i
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8,
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MAJOR SIDNEY COX
The annual Camp Meeting
and Youth Conference at Old
Salem will open today with
large crowds expected to at
tend the various services
daily. Parks Warnock, of At
lanta, will head the Young
Peoples Conference. Major
Sidney Cox, of the Salvation
Army, has been selected as
program director. Nationally
known preachers on the pro
gram include Dr. Charles L.
King, of Houston, Texas; Dr.
Bascom Anthony, of Savan
nah, and Dr. Louie D. Newton
of Atlanta. Special programs
will be held on Sunday, Aug
ust 11th, and on Sunday. Aug
ust 18th. Special seats will be
reserved at the August 11th -
meeting.
Legion Fair
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Oct. 14-20th
Plans were made by the Newton
County post of the American Le
gion Tuesday night to sponsor the j
fair again this year.
The annual fair will be held,
this year October 14-20 and ef
forts will be made to make it the j
best in the history of this section.
Committees have been named to!
complete arrangements and secure !
a first class show and carnival. i
The Legion meeting was held in !
the Masonic Hall with Comand
er Moody Summers presiding. A
delightful barbecue was served at
the conclusion of the business
meeting. Approximately sixty
members attended from all sec
tions of the county.
T. L. McMullan has again been
named chairman of the catalogue
committee and the group will be
g,n making personal calls on the
various business houses next week
Several leading local merchants
ar e assisting in the movement to
assure the county a good fair cata
X, will be announced
by those in charge as soon as ar
rangements can be completed. The
fair last year was well attended
an d met with the approval of the
general public. Exhibits were far
above the average and this year
s expected t0 b e even better. The
American Legion invites you to
the.r fair and urge you now to at
tend. | :
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EdltOVS Convene I
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Georgia Press Association .
The s
wty-fourth convention will be
held this month m two Georgia
cities - M.c» ind ;5avanat‘. The
T e con\ e en ^ ,on vvi -n con\en . »n
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busies ^ After^"thlfday'a™d sessions a of
at which ™
^ of fhe publishing busines ,
will be discussed, the delegates
will depart at noon Friday by train
for Savanah for a week-end of
entertainment. ]
During their stay in Macon, the
editors will guests of W. T.!
Anderson and the Macon News :
and T e , eg r,pl,. .ho M.oon Cham
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At Wizards’ Meet
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Regular Quarterly Banquet
Held in Porterdale
Auditorium.
Approximately 300 members of
the Ku Klux Klan gathered in
the Porterdale auditorium last
Wednesday night for the quar
terly Imperial Wizard’s banquet.
The Exalted Cyclops of the Poter
dale Klan presided over the
meeting.
A number of imperial officers
were present, including the Grand
Draggon of South Carolina who
gave a short address. Present also
were eleven visiting Exalting
Cyclopses.
The feature speaker for the oc
casion was James A. Colescott,
Imperial Wizard of the Klan and
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World -•j. i • ii> War w* Veterans m May m rp lake |
OVCT DutW* Of HOOK DcfeRSC
Following plans now underway
for a defense council in Newton
County President Roosevelt an
nounced Tuesday that World War
Veterans might take over home
defense duties now assigned to
National Guard.
The defense council was organ
ized two weeks ago in Covington
anr) namPK of three weU knoW n
wionaires were submitted to
and natl0na i authorities. One
of ^ these Commander three men will be select
of the
cor C ps. P Those submitted were John
RoRe rs and
Hompr » Cook The POmpany n f men
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n to serV e in
^ ^ Nation .
al Guard be needed elsewhere.
In the t> roa <ier field of hemi
active ^heric cooperation the chief ex
told a press conference that
a meeting of minds on defense
against non American nations was
one of three extraordinary
eessful achievements of the Pan
American conference at Havana.
He said in response to an in
quiry that unity of the Americas
is without question more of a fact
now than ever before.
The conference was successful
also, he said, in taking steps to
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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Hundreds AttClld TH®
Celebration Sunday at
Mount Pleasant Church
DISTRICT flEPODT
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210.000 Kudzu Plants Were
Used in 6 Months on
125 Farms
The fact that kudzu is fast be
coming a popular plant is shown
by the Semi-Annual report of the
Supervisors of the Upper Ocmul
gee River Soil Conservation Dist
rict. This report signed by J. A.
Maxwell the Chairman, shows
that during the period January 1,
Tune 30, 1940, 210.000 kudzu plants
were sold throughout the Dist
•ict on approximately 125 farms.
The grr-'er part of these plants!
were used ior establishing water;
disposal aieas preparatory to ter
racing. Prior to the Soil Conser- j
vation District little thought was!
given to a satisfactory disposal
plan for terrace water, it was
thought that if it could be carri
ed to the edge of the field that a
good job had been done.
Under the District program the
first consideration when planning
for terraces is to provide an out
let for surplus water. This is
being done by planting gullies or
“draws,” and sometimes strips
along the edge of the field to
kudzu and after it becomes esta
blished, locate terraces so that
water will drain into these areas.
Th-s enables large quantities of
runoff to be absorbed and held
on the land where it would other
wise leave the fields and carry
with it tons of soil to fill stream
channels and cause overflows.
In addition to serving as water
disposal areas this kudzu can be
cut for hay and increase the
farm's feed supply. This is of
special advantage to farmers who
are trying to change from a cotton
to a livestock program.
The report shows that badly
eroded or worn out areas no’ long
er suitable for row crop cultiva
tion are being retired to kudza
for erosion control and for hay.
On the more gentle slopes seri
cea lespedza is being used for the
same purpose as kudzu, and with
just as good results. This plant is
a perennial which is killed to the
ground by frost but comes out
from the roots again in the spring
and in many instances will pro
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solve mutual economic problems
: of the American nations, which:
loom much larger because of the,
war in Europe, and in setting up
machinery to combat Fifth Column
activities originating outside the
Americas.
j The meeting general aspects of tor the discus- Ha
V ana were up
sion at a luncheon which the Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt gave to
day for four Latin American rep
representatives at the conference.
The question of replacing the!
National Guard for home defense |
activities was brought up when
Governor York, Herbert had Lehman, with Mr. of j !
New supper j
Roogcvelt last night .
! The matter still is in the study
stage and the War Department has
not yet made recommendations, j
the President said, then added that
probably veterans and such organ
izat ions as the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars;
wou id form the nucleus of ne
| home Veterans guard. then face t e piospec
,
0 f being asked to serve in any in- j
stances in which a governor pro
claimed martial law. They might
g 0 on duty in strikes, riots or dis
[ asters.
John D. Whitehead Presides
Over Celebration; Is
Re-elected.
GEORGE HAMILTON
WAS SPEAKER AT
MORNING EXERCISES
Abit Nix Afternoon Speaker,
Subject “American
Unity.”
Brick Store’s greatest Home
coming Celebration was held Sun
day at the Mount Pleasant Church
in that community with hundreds
of former residents and guests at
tending.
The celebration was officially
opened at th. church with Mr.
John D. Whitehead, of South Car
olina, presiding as in the past. Mr.
Whitehead is a native of Brick
Store and lived there until grown.
He has many friends in this sea.
tion of Georgia and was official
v-elcomed “back home” by th«
people of the community,
The exercises opened with the
singing of a number of songs, di
rected by Mr. A. H. Adams, and
prayer by Mr. Claud Gibson,
The congregation was then giv
en words of welcome by Mr.
Whitehead, who, to be sure, ex
pressed deep, sincere regret that
! since the last Home-Coming Day,
very dear friends, long time of
that section, had gone on to their
reward in the Eternal Home. He
was followed by a reading, beauti
fully rendered by Miss Carolyn
Mopre, of Covington, State Presi
dent of the Children of the Con
federacy.
Mrs. Carrie Sockwell Mobley
and others who had been ils ia
school taught by the late Prof.
Robert Paine, including Mr. Wa
ey Gibson, Mr. Fletcher Knox,
et al., formed a line at the front
and attention was directed to the
fact that, as a memorial to the
late honored, honorable, influen
tial teacher, one time Superin
dent the form of a large, elegant
bouquet of flowers, had been
placed before the pulpit, out of
the great love of his noble wife.
Other vases of the loveliest sum
met flowers were placed here
and there to the most pleasant ef
fect
“There Will Be Showers Of
Blessings” was then sung, and
Editor Caldwell, of Monroe made
a talk and was followed by Rev.
Jack Nichols, pastor of the
church. He made an unusually in
spiring and helpful talk on “Home
Coming.”
George B. Hamilton spoke in
the morning and made a most in
teresting talk. He was welcomed
to the Brick Store by the resi
sons
were welcomed tn S
* “ Br ef e * tal t alks £ were hv
Se ntg and others th^JS S'
/ e Gibson one h” coJntov of
belo ed t country, made made
a brief talk and extended his !
appreciation to those in charge for
their efforts.
At «»n basket lunches were
se ™ ed the great oak trees i
“ H C ° mmlt '
“ cdarge had made h arrange
™ n ‘ s £ P rovlde am P le table
p 0 U!'!!? 0 ”*'
, bh Utl, LeonS ccises . Z^mnn’ opened .
jftcoTdiaJ 2er Thompson,
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j d reading ^ | ^ hv MrS Mrc A J ’
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The theme of pofim WM
„ Let Me Live in a House by ^
gide of the Road and Be a
Friend tQ Man „
During the afternoon, Wright
Adam s introduced Abit Nix. the
of the day, who spoke on
patriotism in America. He urged
people to see that America
was prepared and able to com
bat the fifth columnist- invading
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