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at last a fish pool is on
111 , house! . Thanks to
* ;ay at my
ullie Smiths for lots o’ rocks
rdb oy, oh boy! That oughter
od pool! l'U tell you why
8 dreamed of the crew I
lever .t in the first
dicing on ...
man who is doing the
‘ e named “Moss’ and
* rk is
n o pool would be com
" Moss and all
' W Itbout “Tom . . • Moss’’
agton thinks of
.hey want any kind of rock
Lone • • ■ then preacher another is a
L L Shell” Baptist pools . . ■
all like good . .
U happens to be Sidney
r and Sidney is a good
e , to know just
["/he ] have cause
has the patience of
[ L j{ you please • faithful - • and wife III
why ... that
bis lunch and he carelessly
it on the little low wall,
they were working * . .
niy he said .“That puppy is
my lunch • . and I had
t . of
D CHICKEN in it . . .
fried chicken goes with
[ of the
hers ... but none
thought he really had fried
en until.it dawned upon me
here were bones in the chick
if there was chicken) and 1
J take It away from the dog
md Gosh.’ That woman must
him for there was not
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chicken but the breast of
9 my mouth ran water
, ,,
„d he wasn't even upset ov
I assured him that he
...
d have lunch, but not that
to our surprise Sadie
,. .
up to him by giving him not
fried chicken but ice cream
lake. • and there is another
■
ing there . . the Bass loaned
.
to us for a few minutes from
Dffiee . and Golly! I asked
his name because he is new at
Dffice . . ■ and who do you
is on the Covington News
[now? ERADY None Thomas other than tell HEN
. . . me
is nothing in a name . . . that I
has started on his Journalis- J
beer already . . . even if like
[lustrous namesake, he has
fed right at the bottom, help
lie L’tthink Office Boy sweep up. Well,
of anything but that
I chicken: It's a good thing he
a preacher and could be so
ping,.. else one eight weeks
Police Pup with a long Pedi
might be missing!
we rode out to Atlanta Tues
horning I we saw a train run
along by us, slowly ... we
Iht we were dreaming . .
loss looked at me .. . why you
trying said he . . . well we
In’t help it. . . the tears fair
ed my face . . . there were;
to... for I counted them . .
tanks on thirty-five flat cars
enroute, we learned later to
Penning. They were part of;
quipment of the First Battal-!
S6th Regiment, of the second ;
>red Division headed south !
iFort Meade, Md. In the cars
! from one to three young
in khaki had their heads out
f train windows . . , waving
gay youth . . . nevqr
ni|1 E just what all thus was
to, . . before I knew it I
?p ’ n S nil our Covington boys
T .1 was waving to these
■ 1 love them all
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W)t 4 4 N / n $ 114,
Volume 76
PLAN HOME COMING MT. TABOR
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Outstanding Program At Salem Next Sunday
Sit OF Stilt’S
Wl II ATTEND
Exercises Will Be Held on
Sunday, August
25th.
SINGING WILL BE LED
BY THOMAS CHAPMAN,
OF A L M O N CHURCH
Miss Layona Glenn Will Be
Principal Morning
Speaker.
The Mt. Tabor Church annual
Homecoming celebration will be
held on Sunday, August 25, with
some of the state’s most promi
nent leaders taking active part on
[he program.
Mt. Tabor is the typical “Little
B rown Church in the Lane” where
mos t 0 f ^he nineteenth century
gj an t s 0 f Georgia Methodism cut
their oratorical eye teeth while
students at Emory College, All
descendent s and friends of all the
preachers and past residents are
ur g ec j to attend. If it were pos
qjkie t 0 assemble the Methodist
preachers who graduated at
or y p r j or to its removal from Ox
ford and ask all to stand who
t) ac | ever serv ed old Mt. Tabor,
few would remain seated. Among
them would be found bishops, mis- i
sionaries to the far corners of the !
earth, educational editors, institutions authors, and heads other of j
leaders of the church. Pierce, i
Allen, Haygood, Candler, Bran
ham, Stone, LaPrade, Sr.,—what
a list! space forbids its comple
tion. But, they all counted as
their familiar friends the Edwards,
Hyatts, Owens, Glenns, Peeks,
Nunnallys, Carrolls, Sockwells,
Rice, Bryans, other members of
the old church whose nomes were
ope nto the boys for the week
enc j.
The exercises will begin prompt
i y a t H;00 o’clock with Thomas
Chapman, of Almon, directing the
music, assisted by the Shiloah
c hoir. The principal speaker at
this service will be Miss Layona
Glenn, child of Mt. Tabor, and
[ 0 ng a missionary of the Metho
dist church in Brazil. The morn
ing service will be followed by
a basket dinner in the grove a
round the church All families
attending should bring a basket
dinner.
The afternoon session will be
Rev. G. C. Knowles. The official
under the direction of the pastor
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'"g our Covington youth
■ I was waving farewell
fra • • • tears streaming it
...
so real that I knew nothing
11 that the day might
ln<1 come
very soon that our loved
even as these might be
,
“a? away . to return????
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viU not know and cannot
what this war in Europe and
er the world will lead to. So
hooves us as Christians to
1 ev 'ery moment
!r that in earnest ,
the Heavenly Father
r* 1 'duals 50 cl °se into the hearts j
of each nation that !
|° , more more breed gwd for land or!
for land i
Un or.
1 >ted Prayer of this
" will be more far
ill the guns reaching
build and machines we
let us pray, and
as we hai e never
May prayed be
' ■ ' each of
res Ponsibility us realize
know that as individuals.
°f we are vitally a
thi Rreat universe, and
your Prayer and mine
swered will
card from
3 Jl?*• Minnie our dear
tl Spital Woodruff, at
° the tube
>een ", fr0m • her • ■
s better Side ' •
to h • • she hopes to re
er loved ones and friends
,*' 0n tinued • are happy! Too, we
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Iss Ml! “ RY taken
ATLANTA ' to
hospital
^ Martha Kate
She of her sud
!ta Hospital was taken to an
r “-g from Wednesday night,
*■ Her an attack of appen
condition ds reported
Georgia Enterprise. Est 1864.
The Covington 8tar Rst 1874
Klansmen Gather At Imperial Wizard’s Banquet At Porterdale
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More than 300 members of the Ku Klux Klan in this area at
ended the quarterly banquet given last week at Porterdale hon
oring the Imperial Wizard, James A. Colescott, who delivered the
principal address. A number of imperial officers were also pres
ent including the Grand Dragon of South Carolina and others.
The above picture shows Imperial Wizard Colescott delivering
the address to the great crowd attending the banquet from New
ton, Rockdale, and Walton Counties. Mr. Colescott gave a ver'
Stocks ’ Hom-Ond
Opens to Public in
Modern Quarters
New Super Food Market
Now Located Next to
Piggly-Wiggly.
Stock’s Hom-ond Store opened
in its new location, just above the
Piggly Wiggly, last Friday morn
ing. The new location is in the
building formerly occupied by the
Covington Bakery and the Mari
anne Beauty Shop. The entire
building has been remodeled
throughout and the wall between
the two stores has been removed
making one large store.
New equipment was installed
before the opening day, includ-1
ing up-to-date electrical inarkc
(Continued on Page Seven)
Approval ol a $50,000
to the Snapping Shoals Electric
Membership Corporation was
made Wednesday according to
C. O. Falkenwald, REA admin
istrator i» Washington.
The money received will be used
to build an extension of 51 miles
of lines in parts of Newton, Rock
dale, Henry, Butts, and DeKalb
Counties. The lines will be built
in sections where applicants have
been made and approved in
ficient numbers to warrant the ex
tension,
The Snapping Shoals Member
ship Corporation is one of the
leading organizations of its kind
in the United States. The corpor
ation is a non profit organization
and is composed of members who
Attended Brick Store Homecoming Fifty Years Ago
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and former residents ; who have attended the annual Brick Store
Pictured above are residents Homecoming there two weeks ago.
Homecoming than fifty yein. AH of attended the
for more Bjggers Mrs Mary Tolar, Miss Nancy
Pictured Hay; (second from row) left to W. right, L. Gibson they are M (f s. '° G • . ^ ■ Poll • H arralson, , Mrs. . Ora Thompson, Mrs. W Hoi- Tom
rQw) Joe Jay Dan Campbell, O.
Ami Mr. Fletcher Knox. Mrs. Cunningham M«.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
interesting talk outlining the growing of the Klan in recent years
and how important it is in serving the country at this critical
time. He told the audience that he was not fighting any particu
lar religion, sect, race, or organization. “The Klan,” he said, “is
fighting for the preservation of our American institutions and
we are against all isms except Americanism.” The dinner was
served under the supervision of the Porterdale Girl Reserves.
—Staff photo by Arrowood.
tt.E. A. CW.v $.7 0,000
To Built! Extension Lines
the electricity. This govern
ment sponsored project has repaid
all loans due with interest to date
and have kept in fine financial
condition. All bills are paid
promptly and the employees
kkeep the lines in first class
condition at all times. Much
credit is due the Board of Di
rectors and management for this
record.
The Corporation already has 230
miles of lines in this vicinity with
a membership of more than 900
customers. The new extension will
largly increase this number and
j will do much in helping the rural
areas get light and power at low
cost. The fact that the corpora
tion operates without profit
| makes receive it possible electricity for members lowest
to at
possible cost.
New officers and directors of the ■
REA were elected at the meeting.
Directors named were J. H. Ander- I
son, T. H. Aiken, P. G. Neely, all
of Newton County; J. G. Mosely
and A. C. Norman, of Henry
County; C. R. Morrison, E. C. Ray,
of Rockdale; R. O. Robertson, of
DeKalb; Luther Washington, of
Butts. New officers- elected from
this group were as follows; J. H.
Anderson, President; P. G. Neely,
vTce-president; and T. H. Aiken.
Secretary. Col. Dallas Mobley, of
Conyers, is attorney for the Cor
poration.
E. A. Edwards Wins
Ten Pair Of Quai .V
E. A. Edwards, of the Palmer
Stone School was recently award
ed ten pair of quail by the State
Division of Wildfire for his out
standing work in the field of con
servation in this secton.
This is a part of the Division’s
program of aid to Georgia wildlife.
These birds will be released in
protected areas on land belonging
to the parents of member^ of Ed-,
ward’s vocational class.
Hueh in Schnnl Kdiiinn Xoxt II nvk
The Covington News annual back-to-school edi
tion will be published next week with many local mer
chants already completing plans for unusual values
Clothes and other merchandise for children and young
men and women will be featured. Complete stories
and specialties will be carried in the next edition. A
message from County School Superintendent Ficquett
and City School Superintendent Hawkins will also
appear. Get your Back-to-Sehool Edition next week.
i
AUGUST 15, 1940
ArmViiltiiral f
News 7 Given n , by L
County Agent
Farmers Place Orders for
Over 60,000 Pounds of
Austrian Peas.
The rains this week have been
a great boon to corn in the county.
Quite a bit of the corn was in
the late roasting ear stage and
these rains should carry corn in
this stage to safety.
Newton County farmers have
placed orders for over 60,000
pounds of Austrian Winter Peas
under the Grant of Aid Plan spon
sored by the AAA. This is noth
ing like the quantity of seed our
farmers should plant to a
legume. If you have not placed
your order to sure to be so im
mediately. Austrian peas will of
^ en Rouble the production of corn
on ave rage land. The average pro
duction in this county is 8 bush
els per acre. This means on an
average it cost Newton County
farmers over $1.00 per bushel to
produce corn. If we could double
this yield it would go a long way
toward reducing the cost of corn
to a level so that we could either
sell the corn or feed it to live
stock at some profit.
Last week we saw several farm
ers harvesting Lespedeza hay that
was the best quality hay we have
seen in the county. It was “pea
green” in color, retained all the
leaves and was light and fluffy.
Livstock fed plenty of this hay
during the winter will carry good
flesh and be ready for spring grass
in e-X’llent growing condition.
Lespeoeza ’cut for hay now will
put out enough new growth to
reseed the ground and thus save
seeding hay next spring.
If you have lespedeza that is
good enough to harvest for seed
we would advise saving the seed
as we have had reports from Ten
nessee that their seed crop would
be short due to excessive drought.
(Continued on Page Seven)
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
Plan Special Services
Honoring Descendants
. Of Salem Founders
Weaver Calls
For Volunteers
In Defense Corps
Will Have Unit of Twenty
Men to Assist in
Duties.
John Bob Weaver, member of
the Newton County post of the
American Legion, was named this
week to serve as Commander of
the County Defense Corps, He
has issued a call for volunteer#
who should contact him at the
Bank immediately.
The Defense corps was organiz
ed and established recently for
Georgia to provide for orderly or
ganization of all sections of the
state to assist and, if need be,
succeed the National Guard. This
plan i s for Georgia only and will
become effective upon orders
from the State Commander. The
mission of the State Defense Corps
will be to assist in preservation
of peace and good order in case
of war or national
for protection of vital installation?
and public works and for super
vision of activities of aliens with
in the state.
Newton County will be
i the direction of the fourth dis
trict with headquarters at Mad
ison, Georgia. The fourth district
is composed of Newton, Rockdale,
Gwinnett, Walton, Morgan and
Green counties. This district is
under the first division head
quarters. There will be 20 mem
bers or more of the defense corps
in this county. All members of
this organization must not be ac
tively engaged in duties of gov
ernment which may necessitate
their leaving to serve in the army
or navy.
The county commanders will
select their own personnel based
upon one unit of twenty men and
one lieutenant per county. The
personnel of the Advisory Com
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Honors Birthday of Mr. Fincher
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Pictured above are five generations attending the birthday party
celebrating the birthday of Mr. W. S. Fincher, of Stewart Community.
They are, from left to right: (seated) Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, great
great-grandmother; Mrs. A. J. Kitchens, great-grandmother; (stand
ing) Mrs. W. S. Fincher, grandmother; Mrs. Howard Piper, mother,
i and little Melba Piper.
Record Attendance Expected
For Closing Services
Sunday.
DR. CHAS. L. KING
WILL PREACH FINAL
SERMON SUN. NIGHT
Three Nationally - Known
Minister Will Be Heard
Closing Day.
The climax and closing day of
the 114th annual Salem Camp
Meel ;n g will be reached Sunday
act •* g to information released
thi s \,eek by Major R. J, Glin*/
chairman of the Board of Dpr«6
tors for the Camp Ground./ The
program, which opened last
Thursday, consists of periods d?6y wor
ship service, class youth
conferences and recreational ac
I tivities.
A record crowd has been on hand
for every gathering and it is ex
pected that the facilities of the
Camp Ground will be taxed to
the fullest in taking care of the
large audience that is expected
for Sunday s closing program.
Special honor will be paid the
descendants of the founders of
! Ibe Camp Ground and seats will
I be reserved for them in the mam
number of children and grand
children of the founders are ex
pected to. be on hand. The public
is urged to attend this special
service.
Dr. Louie D. Newton, pasfor^nf
the Druid Hills Baptist jOhufch,
of Atlanta, will preaaivt–e morn
ing sermon. The<*fternoon ser
vices will be cmducted by Dr.
Bascom Anthonjy of Macon, stal
wart veteran the South Geor
gia Methodjst Conference, Th*
closing sermon, at 8 o’clock Sun
day night, will be preached by
Dr. Chas. L. King, noted Presby
terian minister of Houston, Texas.
The orgiginal plans called for
services Sunday morning. Due t«
the administration of the Sacra
ment of the Lord's Supper at the
the large number that is expect
ed to attend the directors have
decided that this would be im
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