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Covington, Georgia
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rer Wicks and her guests Mrs.
,7. D. Wicks of Atlanta and Mt«.
Bob Day and Mrs. Boyce Loyd
of Porterdale.
Mrs. Abrose George and Miss
Mary Frances George of Leguin
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Vergi] Canup.
Mrs. Spence Henry and chil
dren spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs N athan el Mobley,
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Ivey at
tended the Ivey reunion at
Starrsville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Womack I
and son, Jerry spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smith.
Little Sybil Mobley spent partj
of last week with her grandmother
Mis. Lillie Mobley.
Quite a number from our com- j
munity attended camp meeting at
Indian Springs Sunday.
Master Preston Johnson Jr.
spent Monday night with Master
Thomas Johnson.
The W. M. U. held its monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. J.
J. Steele Wednesday afternoon
with eleven members answering
to the roil called. After the busi
ness meeting a delightful social
hour was spent
We regret to learn that Mrs.
Ed Stone of Porterdale, formerly
of High Point was rushed to an
Atlanta hospital Friday, Her
many friends here are wishing for
her an early recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Obie Parker spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Loften near Jackson.
Mrs. Vergil Canup spent Wed
nesday with Mrs Alton Johnson
and daughter, Clara Sue.
Mr. Carl Steele of Atlanta spent
last week with his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. J. J. Steele.
Mr. Barfield of Covington will
conduct a series of services at
Austin Chapel next week, The
public is invited to attend these
services.
Mrs. Dewey Steele and children
spent Saturday with their mother.
Mrs. Emmette McCart.
Mr. Robert Studdard returned j
home Sunday afternoon from Hur
son hospital to the delight of his
friends.
Mrs. Emmette McCart had as
her guests a while Saturday night j
Mrs. Ben Dawkins and baby. Mrs.
Joe Morten of Porterdale and Mrs.
Obie Parker.
To obtain the greatest number
of days of grazing, the permanent
pasture needs to be supplemented
with other grazing crops in the
cold months and sometimes in the
summer.
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The Division of Traffic and Safety of the State Highway Department
is establishing no-passing zones on curves and hills throughout the
State, designed to make driving safe for Georgia motorists and visitors
to the State.
No-passing zones will be indicated bv a yellow line, paralleling the
center-line, on the driver's side of the center-line. The center-line
will be white or black, depending upon the type of pavement surface.
In the illustrations above, the light line represents the yellow (no-pass
ing) line and the black represents the center-line.
in many cases, it is necessary that no-passing lines be put on both
sides of the center-line, thus indicating that no passing is allowed for
traffic going in cither direction.
GEORGIA, NEWTON COUNTY.
1940 TAX LEVY ! . :
The Board of Commissionu - of Roads and Revenues
of Newton County, Georgia, in regular session on this first
Fuesday in August, 1940.
It is ordered by Isaac Robertson as sole Commission- j
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 j
and to become due during the year, the sum of one-tenth
of one mill on each dollar, or one cent on each on. 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 rtiill 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
county, the sum of two-tenths of one mill on each one dol
j ar> or 4 W0 cen t s 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
count y on a11 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 $150 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
For county purposes eight mills on each one dollar.
For Public School Fund for said county, five mills on
each one dollar.
For Livingston School District two mills on each one
dollar.
It is further ordered that this order be placed on the
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.
Attest:
, C. C. KING, Clerk.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Hundreds Apply For
Birth Certificates
Hundreds of requests are being
received daily for certified copies
of birth certificates by the State
Department of Public Health as a
result of Ihe preparedness pro
gram.
According to a statement by Dr.
?• State F ' Department Abercrombie, of director Public Health of the
every effort is being made to han
die the increased demand for cer
tified copies of birth certificates as
expeditiously as possible.
He pointed out that manufac
turers and other business concerns
engaged in tilling out government
orders are requiring birth certif
icates of employees as proof of cit
izenship, and it has become neces
sary for applicants to get their
births on record so as to receive
certified copies of these certifi
cates which the State Department
of Health provides for a tee of fif
ty cents each as specified by the
vital statistics law. No charge,
however is made ior registering
k* r ^ S
Certificates may also be required
lor other purposes including
ports, the payment of workmen’s
compensation, old-age assistance,
aid for dependent children, and
enlistment in all branches of the
armed and maritime service.
HEAT FOR COTTON DRYING.
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The rapid increase in the use i
of cotton driers by ginners in the
last few years has stimulated
study of sourcet of heat for oper
ating this new piece of gin equip
ment. The U. S. Department of
Agriculture has just issued a pub
lication, ‘‘Sources of Heat for Cot
ton Drying,” which details infor
mation on making use for this
purpose of steam heat, furnace
heat, and waste heat from engines,
The importance of drying cotton
belore sinning is indicated by a
statement in the bulletin that the
number ©f gins equipped with
driers increased from 15 in 1931 |
to more than 800 in 1938.
CANNING BECOMES
POPULAR.
Schley county farmers and
homemakers are preserving for
the winte in a big way. County
Agent G. H. Martin reports that
5,509 containers of vegetables and
fruits were canned during the
mon th of PJuly. Corn, vegetables
soup mixture, beans, and peaches
led in the number of cans pre
served. Mr. Martin said Schely
county farmers are making great
efforts t, ocan plenty of food
view of the present war situation
Canning, he said, is bemoc nigv i
Canning, he said, is becoming very
popular with farm families in the
entire county.
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Clearing out dead growth, di
seased and deformed trees leaves
space and nutrients for more val
uable trees.
About 60 percent of Georgia's
land area is in woods, swamps,
and abandoned farms, all suited to
wildlife.
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Miss Ann Benton, has return
ed from a visit with Miss Jean
Benton in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Anderson
and Mrs. B. J. Anderson, spent
Sunday j. with the latter’s mother
Mrs. T. Edwards who is criti
cally ill at her home, in Jackson
Mrs. W. H. Corley Sr. and Miss
Kathryn Corley were in Atlanta
Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Phelps, of Social
Circle, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Eu
banks and children of Atlanta,
were the guest, of Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Parker Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. D. B. Dixon and son Den
| n j e returned to their home in
Cincinnati, Ohio Friday, after sev
eral weeks visit with Mrs. Dixon's
parents Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Ander- |
son Mi - . Benne Anderson accom
panied them home for a visit. ;
Miss Mary Frances Robertson, j
of Pine Grove visited friends here
last Thursday. '
Miss Cleo Carmichael spent thej
week-end with relatives in Jack-i
son.
Mrs. J. H. Anderson was in At
lanta last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Belcher have
returned from a fishing trip in
Florida.
Mrs. L. H. Cook, Mrs. J .W.
Crowley and daughter Carol were
the guest of Mrs. Pitts Robertson!
in Covington last Thursday.
The Starrsville Woman’s Mis
sionary Society met Aug. 19 with
seventeen members present. Mrs.
Neil Bohannan had charge of the;
program and opened the meeting
with a song and gave the de
votional.
The subject for the afternoon j
was comfort to Zion, with sev
eral members participating. Fol-:
lowing this, Mrs. Grady Smith,
of Newborn, explained the new
organization, Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, replacing the
W. M. S. On Sept. 5th, the pas
tor Rev. O. L. Vickerey will meet. |
with the ladies to organize the
new society. The organization
meeting will be known as the
charter meeting and all societies
organized before the conference
organization will be known as
charter societies. At this meet
ing new officers will be elected
During the social hour a de
licious salad course was served
by the hostess Mrs. W. H. Cor
ley.
SURPLUS FOODS ANNOUNCED
The Department of Agriculture
this week announced the official
list of surplus foods which will be
available for the period August
12 through September 1 to families j
taking part in the Food Order
Stamp Plan. These are the corn
modities for which the free blue
surplus food stamps can be ex
changed, under the program. For
Georgia, the list of surplus foods
during this period are snap beans,
lima bean, beets, cabbage, corn
and tomatoes.
54 th Press Meet
rlans qi fi Lomplete *
Editors all over the state will be
getting their suits pressed and
their bags packed early next week
tor their trek to Macon and Sa- I
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V annah The occasion is the Geor |
gia Press Association’s fifty-fourth I !
convention, which will oe held
this year in both the cities August
^2, 23 and 24.
Opening . . Macon Thurs.
in morn
ing, August 22, business sessions
will occupy a day and a halt. Af
ter busimss comes pleasure. A1 I
noon Friday the delegates will de
par t by train for Savannah for a 1 |
week-end of entertainment,
In Macon, the editors will be
guests of W. T. Anderson and the
Macon News and Telegraph, the
Macon Chamber of Commerce and
Mercer University. In Savannah
they will be guests Friday eve
mug at a banquet given by the
Savannah Morning News and Eve
n'ng Press The editorial party
will be entertained Saturday eve- ;
ning by the DeSoto Beach Hotel
Club at its new club on the ocean,
CHICK RECORD.
A prize 4-H pig, in an indirect i
way, has meant a gross income of i
$127, plus 46 hens and 4 roosters
lor c.ugene Bennett, of Acworth,
Cobb county 4-H boy, reports
Jesse James, assistant Cobb coun
ty agent. Last spring he was giv
en 350 bsMiy chicks as a prize
on his pig which he shoWed at
the Southeastern Fair in the' fall I
of 1939. For good measure, the
boy was sent 4 extr,r : chicks. He
raised 350 of the 354, and recently
he sold 300 as broilers for $127
In addition, he now has 46 hens
and 4 roosters to continue his
poultry project, I
Thursday, August 22,
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Bagworm Damage
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,0 * ks goinf! jf
are to save their shrubs
^ ,or ‘ ha\ing the foliage eaten,”
W Harvey Extension ft
s P ' ecialist warned ’ landscape
- this week.
Mr. Harvey said that the cater
pillar, or worm as it is commonly
called, carries with it a spindle
shaped case or bag about 2 inches
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0 sl anc ^ sc i'aps ot
twigs . an( l foliage. The head of the
caterpillar, he said, Protrudes from
the bag when 11 is feeding, but
when it is disturbed it retreats
side the bag and in.
draws the open.
ing shut.
"The bagworm seems to prefer
. to , feed , arborvitaes ,
on and cedars
and may have the Plants entirely
£ >efore the
£ notice d,” Mr. - Harvey pest.
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