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fsdflY. August 15, 1040
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OXFORD NEWS
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tar l e ^ camp meeting.
tags t0 a ttend Budd
I and «. Wesley
Lnied them and returned
[ in the afternoon.
Agnes Stephens returned
Iss Infirmary Saturday
|- Joseph vork after spending
sum? her \ with her par
weeks vacation Harold Ste
| Mr. a nd Ml , i s
Brown of Atlanta,
OLVMBUS ROBERTS
candidate for governor
LASTS MILK “MONOPOLY
iw das milk control law was
l d to serve both producers
confer*, and to maintain an
quate supply of healthful milk
itir cities* administered, H y
„ t — the way it's m
former* are being robbed and
wetrirf* held up.
.\ lilk Control Board has dicta
e (X) say w ho shall
I powers to
milk in "controlled markets"; ; " vt^F : : 'v>
how much they may sell — if
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what the retail price shall
»nd (4) P" 1 a tax of $2.50 on
•tore, filling station and
retail outlet selling milk or m I!
ir st
products. "In NO CASE
The law says : the
nil the price paid _ to pro- be a.
, (er (bv city dairy plants) if
gg than ONE-HALL of the v:
■tailorice to the consumer. . I
Sat can mean but ONE thing;
be retail price is fixed at 14
11 quart, the farmer should
milk ________
»cents a quart for all the ______
„ te d to and accepted by the big dairy plants in cities.
it -the law is being flouted by the Milk Control Board and the
irVmer* are NOT buy getting milk—our what the good law says they with should little . children— get.
mi the people who women
tie victims of this vicious system of profiteering.
lt middlemen—the big dairy plants—are squeezing huge, excess
its out of both the producer and the consumer.
id, the consumption of milk has decreased to the “danger point"
use poor people can't pay unneessarily high prices.
JLl'MBCS ROBERTS is opposed to such monopolistic practices.
Re is NOT a member of the Milk Control Board which he
charges is stacked in favor of the middleman and AGAINST
both producer and consumer.
He has never stopped anyone from selling milk,
) has (ought the Milk Control Board's methods and policies,
k wants a board which is sympathetic to the problems of the pro
tud consumer.
knows such a board can INCREA’SE the farmers’ income from
tod LOWER the retail price to housewives.
der the law, the GOVERNOR has FULL AUTHORITY to name
1 members at his "pleasure."
Elect COLIMBUS ROBERTS GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
md he’ll put an end to this milk "racket.”
[Rim to it that this milk law, along with all others, is admin
W lor the benefit of all the people—and NOT just a chosen few.
OLUMBUS ROBERTS
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Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts are
spending the week in Atlanta with
| Mrs. O. F. Sealey and Mrs. Lenora
Williamson. Mrs. Roberts is tak
ing her vacation.
Miss Rebecca Weldon spent
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. James Woods and
baby, Horn Atlanta, were the din
dinei guests Iuesday of Mr. and
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Mrs, W. C. Woods and Mrs. H. H.
Mabry.
i Mr. and Mrs. A. F Peek had ns
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Cain and son’
Ottley, of Atlanta, Mrs. Ajjie
ij ams Mrs. Mattie Beasley, of
Gainesville, Fla., Mrs. Ernest
Hartley and daughter, Mary Bell
; of Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. E. A. Edwards spent the
past week at Tennille, Ga., with
her parents.
Mrs. W. L. Floyd spent
days in Atlanta the past week. Mr
and Mrs. P. O. Floyd and Baby
Janet, accompanied her home
a visit.
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Wilhite, of
Thompson were the week-end
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Peek, and family.
Mrs. H. L. Bee, of Salem. W.
Va., spent several days the past
week with Mrs. J. O. Weldon, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts. Mrs.
Bee is Mr. Roberts’ grandmother
I he many friends of Mr. A. G
Brown will be glad to hear he is
improving after having his tonsils
removed in Atlanta Tuesday and
hope he will be out to work in a
few days.
Miss Florence Giles, Miss Fran
ces Algood and Miss Sarah Bran
ham have returned home from
King Creek Falls after a week’s
vacation.
The many friends of Mrs. S. L.
McCoy are glad to know she is
home after spending some tirhe at
Emory Hospital and is much bet
ter.
Master Lamar Weldon spent
several days in Atlanta the past
week.
Mr. John Cline, who has a job
with the government, has been
transferred to Dallas, Texas,
Mrs. Minnie Sandling has re
turned home after visiting her
daughter in Monroe, Ga.
Mr. Watson Winn, of Fitzgerald
passed through Oxford Sunday on
his way home after visiting his
parents near Royston, leaving his
brother, Mr. W. P. Winn, Jr., to
j visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Brown for a few days.
I Miss Lucy Cline visited friends
at Madison the past week.
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Campbell Lumber Co.
Phone 31 Covington, Ga
—NEWS FROM—
i ROCKY
PLAINS
j By MISS IRENE HARVEY
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Mrs, H. H. Nolan and Miss Ruth
Davis had as their guests Thurs
day afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Max
Davis of* Foley, Ala., and Mrs
Nell Bryant of Atlanta.
Miss Gerry Stokes spent Satur
day night with Miss Mary Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Turner and
son > Johnnie attended the Hays
reunion recently at Hayston.
Mias Dorothy Lee McCart of
Snapping Shoals is visiting Miss
Olene Preston.
Mrs. Paul Davis and son, Paul.
Jr., of Winter Park, Fla., are guests
0 f Miss Ruth Davis,
Mr. Harry Stewart spent Sun
day in Moreland.
Miss Gerry Stokes entertained
the young people Saturday even
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Stokes.
Miss Bell Gardner is
the A. R. Presbyterian Conference
at Bonelarken, N. C.
Mr. William Harvey of
recently visited his
Mrs. Josie Harvey.
Mr. and Mrs. Marble Stone and
daughter, Miss Margie Stone, en
route to their home in St. Peters
burg, Fla., after a tour through
Ala., Miss., La., Ark., Texas and
GEORGIA, NEWTON COUNTY.
1940 TAX LEVY
The Board of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues
of Newton County, Georgia, in regular session on this first
Tuesday in August, 1940.
It is ordered by Isaac Robertson as sole Commission
er of Roads and Revenues of Newton County, Georgia,
acting together with the Board of Directors, that the fol
lowing taxes be levied and collected upon each one dol
lar of taxable property, both real and personal, subject
to taxation in said county, for the year 1940, as follows,
to-wit: ;
1. To pay the legal indebtedness of said county due
and to become due during the year, the sum of one-tenth
of one mill on each dollar, or one cent on each one hundred
dollars.
2. To build or repair court houses or jails, bridges
or ferries, or other public improvement, according to con
tract, the sum of one and six-tenths mills on each on dol
lar, or sixteen cents on each one hundred dollars.
3. To pay coroner’s all fees that may be legally due
them by the county for holding inquests, the sum of one
tenth of one mill on each one dollar, or one cent on each
one hundred dollars.
4. To pay sheriff’s, jailor’s, or other public officers’
fees that they may be legally entitled to out of the county,
the sum of two-tenths of one mill on each one dollar, or
two cents on each one hundred dollars.
5. To pay the expenses of the county bailiffs at
courts, non-resident witness fees in criminal cases, fuel,
servants’ hire, stationery and the like, the sum of two
tenths of one mill on each one dollar, or two cents on each
one hundred dollars.
6. To pay jurors their per diem, the sum of six
tenths of one mill on each one dollar, or six cents on each
one hundred dollars.
7. To pay for Public Assistance to aged, the sum of
one mill on each one dollar, or ten cents on each one hun
dred dollars.
8. To pay for the county paupers, not otherwise pro
vided for, the sum of four-tenths of one mill on each one
dollar, or four cents on each one hundred dollars.
9. To pay the salaries of Demonstration agents of
said county, the sum of six-tenths of one mill on each one
dollar, or six cents on each one hundred dollars.
10. ' For the road fund of said county to be used and
expended for the purpose of paying salaries and wages
of employees, working, improving and repairing the pub
lic roads, and purchasing machinery and equipment as
provided by law, the sum of 3 mills on each one dollar, or
thirty cents on each one hundred dollars.
11. To pay any other lawful charge against the
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county, the sum of two-tenths of one mill on each one dol
lar, or two cents on each one hundred dollars.
12. And in addition to the above there shall be
levied and collected for the public school fund of said
county on all property subject to taxation, out-side of the
City of Covington and the Town of Mansfield, the sum of
five mills on each one dollar, or fifty cents on each one
hundred dollars, as recommended by the proper school
officials of said county.
13. And in addition to the above there shall be
levied and collected for the public school fund for Living
ston School District of said county on all property subject
to taxation located only within said Livingston School Dis
trict, the sum of two mills on each one dollar, or twenty
cents on each one hundred dollars, as recommended by the
proper school officials.
The foregoing items making the aggregate of fif
teen mills, or $1-50 on the sum of one hundred dollars
on all taxable property within the Livingston School
District; thirteen mills, or $1.30 on each one hundred
dollars on all taxable property located outside of the
City of Covington and the Town of Mansfield; and eight
mills, or eighty cents on each one hundred dollars on all
taxable property located in the City of Covington and
the Town of Mansfield, and is for county and for school
purposes as aforesaid, for the year 1940
Fob county purposes eight mills on each one dollar.
I For Public School Fund for said county, five mills on
each one dollar. mills each
School District . two one
For Livingston on
dollar. ordered that this order be placed the
It is further on
Minutes of this Board, and be published once a week for
four weeks in The Covington News; that a copy be posted
on the bulletin board at the court house door of said
county for thirty days; and a copy be furnished to the Tax
Collector of said county, all as required by law. This
August 6, 1940.
ISAAC ROBERTSON,
As Sole Commissioner of Roads and
Revenues of Newton County, Georgia.
AHpcf •
C. C. KING, Clerk.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly in the State)
Ga., visited Mr. Stone's sister,
Mrs. Josie Harvey the first of the
week.
Ralph Cowan of Oxford spent
last week with Paul Davis, Jr., at
the home of Miss Ruth Davis.
Misses Idalia and Emma Smith
of Porterdale spent the week end
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
C. V. Smith.
A number of congenial relatives
gathered at the old Davis home on
Wednesday afternoon and enjoyed
a fish fry given by Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Nolan. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cowart and
children, Mrs. M. C. Davis, of Ox
ford, Mrs. Paul Davis and Paul,
Jr., of Winter Park, Fla., Mrs.
Mammie Turner, Mrs. Glyn Moon
and children of Atlanta, Mrs. K.
L. Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. D. S
Chesnut, Miss Ruth Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H.-Nolan.
At the morning worship at
Hopewell A. R. Presbyterian
church, little Hattie Angelin Me
donaid. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. McDonald of Porterdale and
William Schley Lummus, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lummus.
was presented by their parents for
baptism.
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The University of Georgia is
the only land grant college in the
state, which is approved by the
Umted IT •, ^ StateS CommlSsl0n of , Edu _ . *
catlon for glvlng college in struc
Bon in agriculture and related
subjects.
NEWBORN
NEWS
Miss Maggie Tolar went
Jacksonville with Mr. and '
McConnell to spend a week '
Mrs. Tanner.
Miss Bettie Combs has reti
eri home after several weeks
with Misses Melba and Elizal
Hinton.
Miss Wynelle Hickman has
turned home after a week’s ■
with friends.
are spending the week in
sonville Beach, Fla., with
mother, Mrs. Janie Brown
ey.
Mrs. Harold Brown and
ren Janice and Berton a re
their mother, Mrs. Johnson, in
lanta.
Mrs. Chloe Adams Whitel
was the guest of her brother,
Hugh Adams for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hinton t
visiting their parents-for the v
end.
“Grand Duke of Yucatan” i
the title borne by Dr. E. K. Tur
ner, professor of Latin at Emor;
University. He was named gram
duke of that province some 3
years ago by Prince Charles Stuar
Jr„ direct descendant of Miximil
lian, and heir to the Mexicat
throne.
Let's Take Our ,
HIGHWAYS
Out of Politics
HEAR
COLUMBUS
ROBERTS
CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR
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forced the Law. He has proven himself
worthy and well qualified for this most
responsible position and
He Deserves An
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He Has Been Faithful to the Trust
Reposed in Him.