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Iftr THy ofnee hoy
we ek we had the joy of
jn 0 ur home two 4-H Club
Bin Ashburn. Georgia. They
wit h County Agent Leo
y attend the meeting at
to to longed to be a
we
lub member so we could
even if we did not get to
«ton County was well rep
^ by 4-H Club Boys and
,U we could go . . • Boys and
by our own County
Tom McMullen, Miss Ross,
L er Cook, who was elect
ee [ Vice President listen of the at
. and just you
Iter if we coud not go
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Sn person we had a good
(who wrote us office all about boy! it:
morning.
VOtl - could .you — stop
j up long enough to come
, on the campus of the col
Agriculture in Athens and
nf the men and women
fforts make such a success
„ and Home? There’s
jfline Collier, State Home
tration Agent—tall hand
erson whom Miss Moina
calls. “My Juno.”
Ly S. Brown, director of
on. and Mrs. Brown, wel
delegates, greeting many
returning Lave women by name
the line faculty of
ering names of club wo
d 4-H members; the dis
nts: Mrs. Margaret Brand
s Rosa McGee from South
Alice Drake and Miss |
Iwards from North Geor-|
ss Drake visits Newton
in her official capacity and
uy trends here Of course
nia belongs to us as her
I home in the Gum Creek
[is one of the most the attrac
intry places in county.
Lt Leila Mize, Marketing
talking enthuiasfically
ir recent trip through the
id displaying Indian rugs,
ia pottery, and interesting
of the National Parks.
[ellor S. V. Sanford, in
Bor the first time since his
"’r llness; f Tn lng n0W us that CCUP he “i
Uk l R R ° bl S ° n Sr « ' |
»K iMa Adams, Arf whose h ex
lands teach crafts to
mfrom the mountains to
MM in crafts must be
ii lie attributes plk” nf every en !
. S Cogar. Richmond Co
monstration club member,
rtistic handicraft exhibit
ngusta Fair, attracted the
1 of a candy manufac
I resulted in an order for
mi (10,000) plaques to
i on candy boxes, giving
lent to thirteen women in
munitv.
Catherine Lanier, Food
fion Specialist, and Mrs.
jin. Project demonstration Chairman and
pme et and charm agent,
fonstrations and excel
assure them
class.
Psan Matthews, Exten
fjtionist, pion clubwomen giving the the home
re
B’°f putting across the
r Program to raise the
[of f Panning health of the rural
the family
ply and following food
Me Hill, editor of the
Partment of Progressive
,ab ng notes on reports
council presidents and
pot her hobby of col
cook books, of which
f Wa ldrep. of Forsyth,
t the Monroe Co. Coun
money by “feeding the
b."
ambers. Cobb Co. 4-H
presides Touncil over the State
with the skill
pan executive.
P* f Vie Dowdy, Exten
nilst ; in Home Im-
7 teihng amusing i i
f e rly nc
ea days ot exten
f KT *; S “'ton of Atlanta.
“ G '‘
ip Ft, the sacr ed
e family and Family
V. Cunningham, state
f ‘ hi?'h nis boys t0UCh6d and girls.” by
' mie Nelson and W.
dSL bro d A.
* P / gree t smiles *he dele- and
, “ 1S ! ant
■v a s,ate 4-H
e rt t0ps ’’ with the
°Smter Co. bus driv
iek CO with r Miss g '° Farm Mar
.
for A ‘ and ber
=k
the «r bS?, T U1 ' ed n - sees “ d
DU s is always
,, !b *°men ft ready
ther i>, n onr cam
°r to town.
be Ross our
10n agent, own home
friends through driving a
emetary the
°ad to” ° m the shad
u ed the Pasture
on n kage Five)
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Volume 76
LEGION POST SUPPORTS PROGRAM
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Politics In Georgia Draws Greater Attention
Legionaires Volunteer
Services For Defense
Corps In The County
Twenty Enlisted Men Will
Serve With Five
Officers
JOHN BOB WEAVER
IS CAPTAIN OF THE
GROUP IN COUNTY
Men Will Be Selected from
The List of Local
Volunteers.
The one hundred . and . twenty- ,
four members of the American Le
gion Post pledged their full sup
port and volunteered for service in
the State Defense Corps at a spec
j a i meeting of the Legion called
last Tue sday night. The meeting
was be j d at g o’clock in the Ma
son j c Hall with Moody Summers,
Legion Commander, presiding.
John Bob Weaver, Captain of
Newton County Defense Corps,
explained the defense organiza
tion and the work that it has
planned to preserve and defend
American institutes.
The Corps will consist of twen
ty enlisted men and five officers,
This number will be selected by a
group s 1 of citizens using the same
meth « d ^ at . ' vas „ use ±™ . ■ selectmf? „ w( „.
th f C ° U ! 1 y Vv^nTVmander
Fbe r . . , ° un " was
selected by an advisory a committee rf m m ittee
consisting of: Mayor S. L. Waites,
County Sheu • J J ’
Commissioner Ike Robertson Edi
tor Belmont Dennis, Legion Com
zander Moody Summers Pre*i
dent A. H. David of the K.warns
Clu b and Guy Robinson < P resl_
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dent of the Rotary Club '
Tbe Legion’s decision to give
fullest support came after Mr.
Weaver had explained the plan,
Commander Summers called lor a
rising vote and it was unanimous
to support the program. The pres
ent set-up only calls for twenty
men. The other members of the
Post will be placed on a reserve
list and called upon should the oc
casion arise.
In an interview with a repre
sentative of the News Mr. Weaver
stated, that following the publica
tion of a story in the News last
week asking for volunteers, more
than five hundred persons from all
sections of the County had offered
their services.
We was very enthusiastic over
the support that the people of
County are giving the defense
program.
The mission of the
as outlined by Mr. Weaver is a
group: 1. to assist in the preserva
tion of peace and good order; 2.
for the protection of vital instal
lations and public works; 3. the
supervision of activities of aliens
within the state.
Dr. Charles L. King to Speak
At Presbyterian Church Sunday
Dr. Charles L. King, noted
Presbyterian Minister of Houston,
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REV. CHARLES L. KING
Ueorgia Enterprise, Cat 1(04.
The Covington 8t*r. Eat 1(74.
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Funeral Services Held at
First Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. James Beldon Downs died
ab b j s home in Covington
J Thursday following a brief illness,
Mr. Downs was a native Of
Newton County. a son ot the late
j obn Henrv Downs and Haseltine
Rj c h a rds. He was married Novem
ber 28, 1900, to Miss Emma
delia Thacker. Both were mem
bers of Bethany Presbyterian
Church from childhood.
In 1908 they came to Covington
where he was engaged in the mer
cantile business for thirty years.
He was faithful in all things con
cerning the Christian life.
He had served his church as a
deacon for foui years and as an
elder for sixteen years.
Funeral services were held in
the First Presbyterian Church in
Covington, with Dr. Wm. Childs
Robinson, of Columbia Seminary,
Decatur, officiating. Interment
was in Westviev Cemetery, Cov
ington.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, Ralph Dixon and John H
Downs, one granddaughter, Jim
mie Downs, of Covington, two sis
ters, Miss Willie Farrill, of Atlan
ta, Mrs. Samuel C. Chafin, of Mc
Donough. The News extends sym
pathy to the bereaved family.
• Pallbearers were F fetcher Hill,
Guy Robinson, S A. Ginn. S. J.
Morcock, W. J. Gober, Luke Mor
gan. Honorary pallbearers were
officers of the Presbyterian
Church, Dr. S. L. Waites, Henry
Odum, John Wood and Dr. A. S.
Hopkins.
Stauffacher and White Funeral
Home in charge.
Homecoming Sun.
At At covy StaGon
Next Sunday will be observed
as “Homecoming Day” at the Al
covy Station Methodist Church.
| located five mil p s picf of Coving
ton
The exem' n at 10
o’clock Sunday morning and will!
continue th. day with 1
dinner spread >n the grounds
about the church.
An excellent program has been
prepared and the public is urged
to be on hand to take part.
Texas, will preach the moring
service at Ui* Covington Presby
terian Church Sunday morning at
11 o'clock.
Dr. King is a former resident
of Ed and Hugh King, proprie
tors of the King-Hicks Harware
of Covington and is the brother
company.
Dr. King recently took part in
the Camp Meeting at Salem Camp
Ground, being one of the three
prominent preachers that preach
ed the daily services at the
Ground. He had the honor of
preaching the opening sermon and
also the final sermon nf this years
meeting.
He is well known through out
the entire south as a forceful and
impressive speaker, Under his
leadership his church in Houston
has had phenominal growth.
The general public and members
of other Covington Churches are
extened a cordial invitation to at
tend Sunday's service and
r ,. King A large attendance
expected.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1940
American Legion On Guard
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On every occasion where real patriotism is shown, the World War Veterans can be counted on to
do their bit as they did in 1917-18. The above picture was taken during the NRA parade in November,
1933 and these same Legionaires are once more protecting our homes as members of the home defense
corps. Those on the float above are, from left to right, standing, J. B. Grier, H. T. Stewart, R. E. Cowan
and Dr. J R. Sams. Seated from left to right, Miss Elizabeth Skinner, J. L. Skinner and I. T. Wiley.
Revival Will Be
Held at Oxford
All Next Week
j Services Will^Be ^Conducted
Callaway
A week of Revival services will
be held at Allen Memorial Church
Oxford, beginning next Sunday
night, August 25th, 8 P. M. The
preacher for the occasion will be
Rev. J. C Callaway, pastor of
the Methodist Church in Jackson,
Ga. The Rev. Mr. Callaway is
a prominent young minister in
the North Georgia Conference,
having held pastorates in Atlanta
and Tallapoosa. He is in demand
during the summer months tor
evangelistic services and camp
meetings It will be a privilege
to hear his messages.
Prof. Virgil Eady will be in
charge of the music each evening.
Special musical selections each
evening will be a feature of the
services.
The people of Oxford. Coving
ton and surrounding communities
are cordially invited to attend the
revival.
Kiwanians Hear
Mai. R. M. Boylan
SheHff Benton Welcomed
As Club’s Newest
Member.
Major Rufus M. Boy'-n, Com
manding Officer of the Atlanta
Quartermaster Zone, was the guest
speaker at the regular weekly
meeting of the Covington Kiwanis
Club, held last Thursday at the
Hotel Delaney.
Major Boylan gave a most in
teresting talk on the work of the
Quartermaster Corps and ex
plained how' the Corps is over
whelmed with work at the present
time, necessitated by the National
Defense Program.
He said at the present time they
are hard at work establishing sup
ply depots in the Atlanta area and
building up the ^orps with young
business men.
The program was arranged by
the Public Affairs Commi ee an
T. G. Callaway, Jr., was in aige.
President Al David presided over
the meeting.
Col. C. C. King oresented Shar '
iff Grady W. Benton with a Ki
wanis button. Sheriff Benton
the newest member of the Club,
Announcements regarding the
lem Camp Ground meeting were
also made.
Special visitors, other than Ma
jor Boylan, included: Kiwanians
L M. Shadgett. \thens; President
A. S Bradford. Madison.
Rena Braswell, Philippines and
Washington, and Col. Donald Ste-
1 phenson.
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W. C. Ivy was elected president
ol the Four Square club, large
men’s organization, in
to succeed Harold Gates, who has
served 12 terms. Mr. Gates had
asked not to be re-elected.
The club met on Monday night,
August 12 at 7 P M and after
attending to several minor items
of business heard results of the
election, which had been conduct
ed all day. from the election man
agers. The following was the re
sult:
President—W. C. Ivy
Vice President — Mr. J. T.
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There were no formal nomina
tions The balloting was secret and
each'member eacn mem e ot the club was a
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potential can 1 at. 0 the
were elected byj. majority of
votes cast. It is be leve ic ensu
mg year is going o eaie e e^
: year for the club under e guu
; ance of these officers
Mr. Harold Gates, t e ie ning
president, had previous .’ an
nounced that he did not desnt anv
office, and it was this lac . no
doubt, that prevented his being 1
elected. He has made a sp endid
record for and with the club since
the beginning some 12 years ago.
The members of the club voted
s^nt"^^^Gates^vHth S «rnie n token r of
their appreciation and a commit
tec was appointed for that pur
pose.
Each ofticer-etect was called
upon to say a few words aftei t e
results of the election w'ere an
nounced, and all gave their prom
ise to do the utmost lor the club
for the new year. The new pre.si
dent, Mr Ivy, is mayor of Porter-,
dale, justice of :eace of District
1261, chairman of board oi stew
ards in the Methodist church, pies
ident men s Bible class of the ;
Methodist Sunday School, Demo- j
cratic committeeman of
County, treasurer Newton County
chaptei of the American Red
Cross, committeeman of Newton;
County Boy Scout troops and ex
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Night " Hawks To | j
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The annual election of officers j
f 0 r the Night Hawk’s Club will be j
held next Monday morning at the!
Club Room in Porterdale.
Due to the extreme importance!
of this election all Club mem-[
hers are urged to oe present. Any
member in good standing for the
past six months is eligible for
nomination.
Crowd Expected
For Homecoming
At Mount Tabor
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M i n u t e s of Original .
Organization to
[ Be Read.
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Final p,ans and preparations for
the HomecoVng at Mtt Tabor
Cburcb were being completed in
1 time for the annual event next
j Sunday - A lar 2 e crowd of P asl
I P as t° r s and residents are
ed to be on hand.
The services will begin prompt
ly at 11 o’clock. Thomas Chap
man, of Almond, will direct the
music, assisted by the Shiloah
choir.
T* 16 fea( ured speaker for the
occasion will be Miss Layona
Glenn, child of Mt. Tabor, and
^ many years a Methodist mis
s t° nar y in Brazil, Miss Glenn
wU1 speak at the morning ser
ViCeS ’
At ’ be n00n ho f. a bask ^ dm :
ner W1 1 be u * piead ln ! he cbur< ~
grove A1 ’ fa ™ iea Panning to
come are aksed to bring a basket
j Rev G. C. Knowles, pastor T of
(hf Church wU , jn ( harge of
a f tern00n services The offi
cial mi nu tes of the church reor
g an j za tion, made in 1866, will be
read and the roll of the church
thgt t j me wil j be reac j As
pach name ls ca u ec i. | be descen
ben ^g 0 f j. bat p ersons w iH stand
Following the roll call every
one be as k e d to stand in
j mernory of those persons who
(ook part in f 0unt jing thet church
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30tH DlvisiOIl GcOlTiJia t 011(11*clsUldl
117*11 Will T> DC 1/^116(1 1 1 Dy irCS. T1 ¥1 KOOSeVelt !■
Thg Tb ; rt j etb Division of the.
Nat j ona j Guard, composed of
troops from Georgia, Tennessee,
North Carolina and South Caro
bna w j[j be ca u ed out by Presi
denb Roosevelt immediately after
^ approves legislation conferring
f b j s power on the Executive. The
b jjj probably will be signed nexi i
W eek, depending upon congres- 1
s i ona ] agreement on amendments
, n d i spli t e between the Senate
and House.
The Thirtieth Division is com
ma n d ed by Major General Henry
D Russell of Macon. Its enlisted
strength at present falls consid
erably under the normal person
nel of 22.000 men. Pending mo
bilization. efforts are being made
through voluntary enlistments, to
recruit each of its units to maxi
mum peace time strength.
The division staff, two in
fantry and one field artillery
brigades, a regiment of engineers
a regiment of the Medical Corps,
a regiment of the fjuartermas
ters and an aviation division.
The complement of division,
brigade and regimental officers
include many men prominent in
the social, business and proi'es-
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Sc SINGLE COPY
State And National
Candidates Get Help
From Their Supporters
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Farmers Are Urged to Take
Advantage of AAA
Payments.
Within a few days all farmers
| of Newton County will have
been advised by the local AAA
office the amount of Class 2 pay
ment they have earned to date.
We have examined a good many
reports already sent out, and find
a large number of farmers who
still have money coming for car
rying out practices which they
will not receive unless the re
quired practices are completed
[ by December 1st. This means
that winter legumes must be
seeded in most cases to receive
| the additional money. An acre of
: land seeded to Vetch, Austrian
Winter Peas and Crimson Clover
w j]j earn jj 50. This money will
1 pay for the seed and surely we
can afford to do the work of
seeding if the AAA will pay for
the seed.
If we want the best growth
from winter legumes they should
be liberally supplied with
Phosphate and sometimes
If you do not want to seed
: enough winter legumes t. 0
earn all of your Class 2 pay
ments then use Phosphate under
the acreage you do seed and the
AAA will pay for practically all
the Phosphate. The payment for
this material is $1.50 per each
300 pounds used so if you use
”00 pounds per acre you will
earn fifty cents per hundred or
$1.00 per acre, if 600 pounds is
used per acre ‘hen the payment
W ° Uld be $3 °°‘ Let ’ s build our
! a 1 " d wMe the AAA payS the
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If you are interested m usmg
lime or Phosphate on your land;
but are in doubt about the advis-j
abiUty then bring us a smal , sam .
pie of your soil and we will be
glad to have it tested for you and
tell how. much lime and phosphate
your soil requires. We will have
a man with us next Monday who
will be glad to test your soil free,
of charge. Scratch down into the
soil about two or three inches
and secure a small amount of
soil about three tablespoons full,
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sional life of Georgia. Tennessee
and the Carolinas.
Commanding ^ , General. Brig. Gen.
Robert J. Travis brother of Dr ,
W. D. Travis of this city, will
head the Savannah Regiment.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
NUMBER 33
Four Candidates for Office
Of Governor Make
Speeches
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMEN RECEIVE
OFFICIAL BALLOTS
Ruling Made On Eligibility
Of Willkie Supporter*
In Primary.
Politics throughout Georgia
grew considerably warmer this
week as candidates neared the
home-stretch in their respective
campaigns.
In the Governor’s race, all four
candidates and their supporters
are making speeches almost daily
in various parts of the state. Can
didates for other offices are doing
very little speaking, but instead,
devoting their time to making vis
its to the towns in the state.
The ballot for the coming Stat«
Democratic White Primary has
been received by County chairman
R. M. Tuck. The election will be
held on September 11. 1940, under
the rules laid down by the State
Executive Committee..,. ~
Many people do not know th*
1 names of candidates running for
various offices and the News
publishes the Ballot unofficially
below:
j For Governor — Hugh Howell,
i Abit Nix, Columbus Roberts and
| Eugene Secretary Talmadge. of State—Jesse S.
For
H all and John B. Wilson,
For State Treasurer—Pat Avery,
George B- Hamilton and Tom Wis
dom.
For Attorney General—Ellis G.
Arnall.
For Comptroller General
Downing Musgrove and Homer G.
Parker.
For State School Superintend
ent—M. D. Collins and Harvey C.
Cutts.
For Public Service Commission
_ A Ilen WifoR. Chappell, H. B. Smith and
Jud P.
For Public Service Commis
sioner—Walter R. McDonald,
For Commission er of Labor -
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F rnmmissinner G of A«»ripiiltiir* tlZl
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Arthur D tones Tom
. ’ Hamilton Ralls ‘ and rnv ^
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For Chief Jtig't ice Supreme
g^ Charl - S ’ Reid
For Associate Justice Supreme
t_Warren GriCe ’ T '
Head
For Judge Court Appeals—B. D.
Gardner.
For Judge Court of Appeals —•
Hugh MacIntyre '
For Judge Court of Appeals _
r H c,, t tnn
For Representative in Congress,
Fourth Dist.—A. Sidney Camp.
For Judge of Superior Court—
James C. Davis.
For Solicitor General St. Mtn.
(Continued on Page Nine)
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Edition
The annual “BACK TO
SCHOOL edition planned for
this week was unavoidably
delayed until next week due
to requests from both adver
tisers and subscribers. School
does not open until Septem
ber 2nd. The back to school
edition was announced last
week and will be held as an
nounced—only one week later.
Merchants have a number of
new school items on the way
and will be ready by next
week. Watch for the special
school ads next week.