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Local .. County .. State
By THE OFFICE BOY
Wi Hard Hotel, Washington, D.
C.. and the Reunion of our Pre
cious Confederate Veterans . ,
that s where I left you last week
just arrived . , after near-
1 had
iv bring scalped enroute ... We
arnv ed early Sunday evening . .
the Indian Scare was not enough
a telegram . . . Call Coving
Georgia, at once ... We had
ion. the both of
heart failure • . . us
for had we not heard that
prissy little Mother say at lunch
just before we left . . . “Now let
me see Bill, just what kind of mis
chief can we get in first while they
are gone?” ... We went to our
room walked the floor . .
. .
neither speaking . . . but each
knew what was m the other’s
heart. who turned over in who’s
car which one is dead . . . we
. finally
must brace ourselves . . .
in desperation I sez to the „ Boss . .
“Well, I guess I had better call
Covington.” “No,” sez| he, (A1
phonso type • . to dear Gaston).
.
“It was lor me, I’ll call.” He did.
while silently I stood by, praying
as hard as I ever prayed in my
life, without uttering a word . . .
an d what a happy surprise . .
just a lady wanting us to see her
Senator about something for her!
So. bright and early Monday morn
ing we rush over to the Capitol.
eager to be of service . . . but be
fore we left I warn the Boss . .
Ten minutes will we stay in. that
office and no longer for everybody
in'kingdom come arrives in Wash
ington and expects all kinds of
favors of Senators from their Dis
trict • . take up all their time . . .
.
expect them to entertain them and
Gosh! let’s be different. “You bet
we will ” we were assured. But we
arrive in Sidney Camp’s Office to
be greeted by two lovely young
ladies from Newnan, Georgia, and
Pete Morgan, and then Mr. Camp
... we chat and chat . . . Mr. Camp
shows us some wonderful books
he has compiled of valuable in
formation in bound copies . . . and
he promises us a set of about
twenty-five for our Public Libra
ry .. . and gives us several book
lets and a framed picture of our
Moved President . . . then all ov
er the Capitol ... we sit in the
House and listen to all the men we
have read about ... in the Senate |
and see how that works . , . and
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I hadn't meant to tell it . . . but it;
se«ns when we got back to Geor
gia everybody had read it in the
Atlanta Journal “Crackerland.”
We talked too much at lunch in the
Senate Restaurant for Ralph
Smith told of the pictures, movies,
we made in the House and Senate
and the Secret Service man about
to get our camera . . . when the
Senator rescued it and put it in
his pocket . . , we did not see the
write-up in the Journal about the
priceless pictures we had obtained
• ■ . but many have told us of it
... so if we lose our pictures yet.
we will charge it up to Ralph
Smith! It anybody has a copy of
last Wednesday’s Journal we
would like to see it . . . The Re
union was wonderful . Georgia
. .
sent her six veterans from the
Soldier's Home in Atlanta on a
special pullman with an aide for
each Veteran . there were about
. .
forty from Georgia there . . . Six
State Officers of U. D. C. Your
. . .
Office Boy received a Citation for
Distinguished Meeting Service at The Sons
... we have not found
what we have done to merit
foul yet unless it w^s the fact
. . .
that we kept the Boss well the en
tire trip and narry a grunt out oi
™... he came home fit as a fid
ole and looking ten years younger
for the rest There were many
, °' el teas
y in palatial homes .
.
s reception at the White House
a nd I li just have to tell you what
one of our Georgia Veteran’s who
reall-V loy es the Office Boy did
• • • he said he was not going to
*e President s Home so the
n ...
wice Boy was called to his room
0 peisuade him “No,” he,
kt the . . . sez
President come to see me!”
ell, S e z i “You know he can’t
tor he wants you in his home.”
vConutinued on Page Nine)
Local Rays j oin
Emory U. Fiats
]j| hZ W ,°.. VT 1 ovin and §ton Jordan residents, Wil
U l f ' c ^ ed social Callaway
e fraternities at
FS fra!* rnity traditionally gruell
*mory “rush” season at
,0 unced University, th -is it was an
'will' week.
' S ° n ° f Mr and Mrs. J
’
»»”m >igma a! Eps Covin "“- gl°n, His pledged
c*„ ,elto "
3 hi Delta 11’ Eternity. WaS claimed b >’
son 0 f m M He is
away. ‘ and Mrs- E- E. Cal
The two boys have
. le pan two studied for
xford years at Emory at
Junior college. They are
| enrolled on the Atlanta cam
Lrt as juniors m the College of
s and •Sciences
bailment of which with an
st divisi 709 is Emory’s larg
on.
»ljc Cot) ♦ 4* valon m[\y§ THIS INDEX PAPER AND TO PROSPERITY IS CIVIC COVINGTON’S PRIDE y i
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Ameri can L egion Fair Attracts Crowd II II
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REGISTER MEN 1
ALLOTTED PERIOD
National Director of Draft
Confirmed by U. S
Senate.
OVER 16 MILLIONS
THROUGHOUT U.S.A.
SIGN DRAFT UKAh 1 CARns LARDS
Men to Be Selected by a
National Lottery in
Washington.
Approximately 2,000 young
newton County men, between the
ages of 21 and 36, registered in the
Newton County Schools yesterday
as the United States staged the
first peace-time conscription in its
history.
From this list a group of about
900,000 will be selected to receive
one year’s intensive military
training under the supervision of
the United States Army. Officials
stated early in the week that the
State of Georgia would probably
not be asked to furnish a single
man in the first draft due to the
high enlistment record in the
state. The Fourth Corps Area, of
which Georgia is a part, leads the
entire nation in the number of vol
unteer enlistments.
In Newton County the draft
registration was carried out by th'
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TOTALS GIVEN
Just before press time last
night the News was able to
obtain the official count of
the number of Newton Coun
ty men to register yesterday
from Mr. E. L. Fioquett
County School Superinten
dent. The official figures
showed a total of 2,608 regis
tering. This figure is higher
than estimates made earlier in
the da.v. Registration was slow
during the early part of the
afternoon and the total was
greatly increased when the
people of the community left
their work at the close of
the day. These figures were
obtained from a direct count
of the cards filled out for
each registrant.
,
school teachers, under the super-1
vision of the School Superintend-,
ents, Mr. E. L. Ficquett and Mr
C. E. Hawkins.
Residents living in the City of
Covington registered at the Cov
ington High School gymnasium.
While accurate figures were not
available last night. Superintend
ent Hawkins stated that approxi
mately 700 persons registered. Ap
proximately 1300 residents in the
County areas registered at the var
ious County Schools.
Every section of the nation em
barked on this new phase of peace
time history at seven o’clock yes
terday morning when more than
16,000,000 men began registering
for selective military service, In
the State of Georgia more than
100,000 flocked to the school hous
(Conutinued on Page Nine)
Cov. Rotary Club
Has Travel Talk
The Rota-y Club at its regular
weekly meeting Tuesday was
treated to an interesting travel
talk made by one of Covington’:
own citizens, Mr. Walter Stephen
son. George Stauffacher. who was
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in charge of the program for the
day .introduced the speaker. Mr
Stephenson told the club of his
trip last summer which took
by train across the states to Cali
fornia where he visited the World's
Fair in Los Angeles. From then
he went by boat to Hawaii where
he had the opportunity to see that
island in all its reality, which, as
he said, “was not a place of girls
in grass skirts”.
The speaker described the peo
pie, their industries, teh geographi
cal make up of the island,
many other thin_ • which were in
teresting to the club. Several pei
tinent questions were asked of M,
Stephenson by the members as hi
progressed in his talk.
Georgia Enterprise Eel 1864
The Covington 8tar Eet 1874
Covington Kiwanis Club Attends District Meeting At Macon
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Pictured above are members of the Covington Kiwanis Club, their wives, and
nests who attended the annual Georgia District Kiwanis Convention at Macon Mon
day and Tuesday. A motorcade was formed on the Square in Covington and the above
picture was taken just before the motorcade started. An escort of Covington and Por
terdale police and the state patrol led the ’cade. John Birchmore was elected by the
Promotion Day Observed at
The North Covington Church
John Tucker Named Sunday
School Superintendent
For Year.
Sunday was observed as promo
tion day at the North Covington
Methodist Church and the attend
ance reached a peak with 102 pres
ent. On this day was observed
“Orphan’s Home Work Day”.
Officers and teachers elected for
this year are as follows: General
Superintendent: John Tucker.
General Assistant Superintendent:
Homer Huckaby, General Secreta
iy . Mrg Lucile Thompson, Genev
a] Treasurer: A. L. Huckaby, Pi
anist: Mrs. A. B. Gibbs.
Adult Division: Superintendent:
Carlton Wicks, with W. P. Odum
and Hiram Smith as co-workers
Senior-Young Peoples Division:
Mrs. John Mask, Superintendent.
Intermediate Girls Teacher: Mrs
Vera Fleming, Into-mediate Boys
Teacher: Homer Huckaby. Senior
Y-P Teacher: Mrs. Henry Odum.
assistant Mrs. Mask.
Childrens Division, Superinten
dent: Mrs. I. T. Wiley. Beginners
Teachrr: Mrs. Ray Bouchillon.
Ass’t: Mrs. Homer Huckaby, Pri
mary Teacher: Miss Lillian La'th
am, Ass’t: Miss Effie Kinnet.
Junior Boys Teacher: Robert Da
vis Mask, Junior Girls Teacher:
Mrs. Anne Kelly.
The officials are trying, through
prayer and study, to make this
session at 3 p. m. every Sunday
afternoon so interesting that you
will enjoy it and come every Sun
day. You are given a cordial in
vitation to attend next Sunday and
every time thereafter
Last Sunday October 13th Rev.
Em0 ry held his customary first
j Sunday preaching about 80 service present. at 3 All P
m having
w ho missed this, missed
the greatest real sermon delivered
in Covington in mam - m
j (Conutinued on Page Nine)
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'Hie many friends of G. W.
well, well known resident of
,
j ington, will be glad to learn
he has returned from the
■ mont Hospital following a seve '
| illness. has been
Mr. Caldwell a re
dent of this city for the pas w
ty years and has servedl as
| balmer ing that and time fuinera ”_ ,s ^ 1 | . ,
i
[wish him an eai i >' co 1 .
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
Emory - at - Oxford
Football Season
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Opens on Friday
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Schedule Is Announced by
Director E. J.
Brown,
The first football game of the
season at Emory at Oxford will be
played on the athletic field Fri
day afternoon 4:00 o'clock. The
teams in action for the first game
will be B and C and the predic
tions are that the score will be
close. Some, however, think that
B will have the edge. Only time
will tell how it will read when
the final whistle is blown by Ref
eree Jim McKay.
A special attraction that is an
annual treat at this first game of
the season will be the ‘shoe *-ace’
at the half. The freshmen will be
lined up in a large circle in the
middle of which will be their
shoes. At a given signal a dash for
that pile of mixed shoes will be
made. Whatta a mix-up that will
be! Who will be the lucky one
to find his shoes and put them on
first? That will be interesting to
(Conutinued on Page Nine)
News
Through taking advantage of the
governmei gove rnment free cotton classing
service, Georgia farmers in uu
j | one - variety cotton communities are
a ^ e ^now the grade and staple
^ season In this
J th know how muc h the
j ttan j s WO rth before they sell
j ^ most caseSi the lint will class
I above middling, thus increasing
[ the value. E. C. Westbrook, Ex
tension cotton specialist, reports
| that bot h gi nn ers and farmers are
I showing more interest than ever
jn turning ou t a superioi
' ! of cotton with the fret
( lassing reports ’ they ave able to
determine what s hould be done to
|mprove t h e ii the’ n t, which, in turn,
wjll increase value received,
and one _half million dol
■
^ WQrth of blue surp lus food
were distributed through
;hp Foo d stamp Plan during the
i month of August, in the 125 areas
convention to serve ns Lieutenant-Governor of this district. The Covington Club
represented in the Golf Tournament by Dr. J. R. Sams, Leo Masten Pat
and Henry Stephens with the group winning two prizes. Dr. R. H. Greene was
charge of the motorcade assisted by Tom Callaway. Jr. Song Leader Virgil Eady
the singing at the Convention. President A1 David headed the Covington
JliftlES i PORTER
GIVES BUILDING
Tfl ' MF “ RP.F R HMSU
Structure Named for Sister
To on
Mr. James H. Porter, who has
done much to establish good-will
and link together the citizens of
this section and those of Macor,.
became the largest individual con
tributor to Mercer University in
the history of the institution with
his donation of a new girls’ dormi
tory.
Mary Erin Porter hall, the new
$150,000 structure at Mercer, will
fc 2 formally dedicated on Found
ers’ day, Jan. 14.
In 1937 Mr. Porter, executive of
the Bibb Manufacturing Company
since he moved to Macon in 1907
gave approximately $30,000 to the
school for construction of Pert" i
hall gymnasium, a modern physi
cal education building.
The Porter family has been af
filiated with Mercer since its
founding at Penfield over' a cen
tury ago. Oliver Porter, great
grandfather of James H.. settled
in Greene County near Penfield
and became one of the five trus
tes when Mercer Institute open
ed in 1833. His son. James Madison
(Conutinued on Page Nine)
thtoughout the United States
where the plan was in operation,
the Surplus Marketing Adminis
tration of the Department of Agri
culture has announced. One mil
lion nine hundred seven thousand
people in families participating in
the plan used the surplus stamps
to increase their buying of food
stuffs. The surplus purchases rep
resented an increase of approxi
mately 50 percent in food bought
by these families.
Mechanized from equipment
purchased cooperatively by three
Negro farmers in 1937 has proven
its wort on Mitchell county crops
The Negroes, R. B. Livingston
Jack Bullard and C. B. Burns
pooled their purchasing resource
and bought a peanut picker, hay
baler, tractor and equipment. The
cost of the machinery was $2,400
Today, after two years of suc
cessful operation, they owe only
$400, having made $2,000 in twe
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5c SINGLE COPY
^ oca * Kiwanians Attend District
Convention In Macon Oct.
Newton Workers
Wive $4,082.12
In Compensation
Huiet Announces Payment'
to 80S Eligible Workers
In This County.
Jobless insurance amounting to
j S4,082.12 was paid to eligible
workers in Newton County by the
Bureau of Itiemployment Corn
j pensation in September, Commis
sioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet has
announced. Number of payments
was reported at 805.
Total payments in the amount
of $403,470.34 for the month rep
resented by 61,909 checks, brought
the cumulative total to $6,867.-
881.48 since the benefit paying
program was inaugurated in Jan
uary of 1939. The total payments
during September showed a de
crease of more than 25 per cent
from the preceding month both in
number and in amount.
Employment opportunities as
reflected by placement activities of
the Georgia State Employment
Service in September, maintained
a high level. A total of 8 530 jobs
(Conutinued on Page Nine)
seasons. They expect to finish the
payments this year. In addition to
doing work on their own farms
these farmers are harvesting crops
for their neighbors, charging a
nominal cost.
The Newton County Fair now
underway.* There are some excel
lent livestock on exhibition and we
urge you to see them. This county
has some pure bred Herefords
that are as good as any in the
south. Then the boys have some fat
steers that will make your mouth
water for some good steak. The
I horse and mule colt crop in the
county is larger and better than
last year and you should be able to
see some of the best work stock
in the country. Newton county
Jerseys have been at the top in
t- how circles for 40 years and you
will see the cream of the crop
at the county fair. Be sure to see
the livestock exhibit.
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ALLREPIESEITE
Home Demonstration Boo
Entered from Every
Part of County. l! \
LIVESTOCK DAY FRI.;
CATTLE-WORK STOC1
WILL BE JUDG
Pet and Dog Show Schedu :
For Saturday Morning
At 10 O’CIock.
In spite of cool weather
slight rains during the ear
part of the week, the 1940 New j
County fair has attracted la. 1
crowds every day since its op
ing Monday. All indications p<
to record crowds the latter p
of the week. The fair is un
the auspices of the Newton Co,
ty Post No. 32 of the Ameri
Legion.
Today has been designated l Ij
Exhibitors’ Day and the judginj
the various exhibits on display '
be made with suitable prizes i
ing awarded the winners in
rious classes.
All the schools in the Cou
have exhibit booths and they h
attracted much attention this y
i as they have in 1 '\e past. Sevc
of the schools in the County h
j ! entered * booths deoictina Amine vari
phas of agnculture . th
are: Heard-Mixon, Palmer Stc
Livingston, and Mansfield scho li
J Other exhibit booths inch
! those prepared by the vari
J Home Demonstration Clubs in -jf |
County. These Clubs and the
, jects are: Brick Store, Balan j
Diet: Salem. Food Presevati
Pine Grove, Child Improvemf
Hayes District, Cotton Produ |
Heard-Mixon, Home Imp* o i| j
ment; Flint Hill, Vegetables;
Gum Creek. Egg Grading.
The W. P. A. groups now j
work in this section have p
pared a booth showing the vari j |
types of work that they are carl
ing on. Exhibits prepared by g|
4-H*Clubs for both boys and !
are attracting much attention.
The U. S. W. V. booth is fi!
with a display of the various w I
pons and other equipment used
our armies since the earliest di
of the nation. Another booth
equal interest has been prepaij 1
by the Georgia Department .
Public Health.
The activities of the Negroes
the County are shown by boo , J
on both agricultural phases s'
school projects. The Washing
street High School has an t
tremely interesting entry show
various types of work carr
j out by the students. I
Two large tents are being u: 1 {j
to house the livestock and cat
exhibits. Some of the Count
outstanding stock is on disp
and many winners from the Sou ,
eastern World’s Fee are bei
shown. Tomorrow is Livest<
Day and all cattle and work stt (
will be judged during the day.
Saturday will be known as F
(Conutinued on Page Nine)
j | ’ ast Rites Held
i I
I For M. M. Mot
: Malon M. Mote, well known r
I ident of West Newton, died W<
nesday of last week at his hor
following - a short' illness.
He was a prominent farmer
the county and had many frie v
I throughout this section of 1
state. He was the last of his i
mediate family surviving.
Funeral services were held fri
the Bethany Church Friday moi I
. j ing with interment .in the Bet
an y Cemetery. Services were co
ducted b v the Rev. Athol D. Cim .j 1
pastor of the Po rterdale Pr<sb i
torian church. J. C. Harwell a
5 on _ Funeral Home, was in charj
Mr. Mote was survived by 1 i
wife, Mrs. Annie Hooper Mo
:our sons, Wilbur of Covingtc
Malon, of Covington; Howard ai
Boyce Mote, of New York. T
N« ws r* *’ ■■•mpafliy to the b
leaved families.
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Motorcade of
AutomoV»les Carried
Local Delegates.
More than fifty Kiwanians,
wives and guests attended the
nual Kiwanis Con verson in
j con Monday through Wednesday.
A motorcade Was formed on
Square in Covington
morning with aoproximately
cars in line. The ’cade was led
John B p rry, Chief of the
dale Police Department, on
motorcycle followed by the
Patrol car and the Covington
’Ece car operated by
Ohief Bouchillon and
Lassiter.
Among those attending the
vention from Covington were
dy Benton, Tom Callaway, Mr.
Mrs. George Cochran, Leon
I hen. Herbert Cob“n, Rev.
Combs. Mr. and Mrs. Pat
bell. Sidney Gates, Mr. and Mrs
S. A. Ginn, Mr. and Mrs. R. H
Greene Mr. and Mrs. Jake
C. F,. Hawkins, Sam Hay, C.
Kin". Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Loyd. W
A. Maddox, Mr. and Mrs. T. C
Meador 1- . Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
ris, J. E. Philips. Mr. and Mrs. P
W. Pratt, J. E. Rainey, Ike
ertson, Buddy Rheberg, Dr. J. R
Sams, Grady Sm’th, R. M.
.T. H. Stephens. Dr. W. D.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Turner.
frey Trammell Edgar Wood, W
M. Berry, Mr. Jennings. Mr.
rer, Mr. Harris, John
| Mr. and.Mrs. A. H. David, Mr.
I | Mrs. V- Y. C. Eady, Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
(Conutinued on Page Nine)
Oxford Girl Winner
In Spelling
Miss Anne Carlton, daughter
Professor and Mrs. W. A.
j J 0 f Oxford, was high awarded school 4th
[ n the state
contest conducted last week in At
lanta under the auspices of
Southeastern Fair. This
carried with it a cash prize
$25.00.
Miss Cailton, a student in the
ninth grade of Covington High
School, went as the reprerisenta
tive of Newton county. Last yea,
she participated in this same an
nual contest and won 11th place
and a prize of $5.00.
This is a signal honor for Miss
Carlton as most of those with
whom she was competing were
high school seniors from all ovei
the state.
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