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When the Office Boy gets an
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* bond of that Great Confederate
Leader, General Robert E. 1 *
bulwe were asked to lead the
Grand March . . . and every one
of jfou know Dr. what GRAND grand
maiches William R. Dancey
stalks. This rain, sleet and cold
weather is just too much for the
Office Boy’s throat . . . you know
we'fometimes believe the
Farengitis (you may know how to
spell butil some of these things, I don’t)
know how to sniffle with
them . . . and wheeze with Asth
ma , . snort with bad colds . . .
and then “me jints begin to ache”
then me temperature goes up . . .
IY» r i. the Dock sez . . . when
the mp gets up to 102 and >4 he
sez the Boss . . . we'll go to
EnMite lot Hospital in the rnornin' if
it’s this! down ... we fooled him
last month by just gettin'
pleurisy pains and temp and then
gettin rid of it . . . But shux . . .
lHan't we wanted to go to that Ball ...
trip the light fantastic
to*!.' . but we do love to swish
arouno in those grand marches . , .
tm e are missin’ everything . . .
all tile Christmas dances here . . .
andfihen on December 16th Mrs.
Write: D. Lamar sent a special
in Vito tion to the Office Boy and
the E oss . . . she's Ex-President
General U. D. C. . . . and at the
aHtry Club in Macon they were
celebrating ver–ry their Wedding anni
. • . Dolly Blount and
Waite: Lamar . . . Married “not
quite fifty years ago she srid” . . .
ijned up with ail the above
ai !T nts ... the Boss will fire us
an ice know it ... He don't say
much . . but he's one of th % 3
foil that loves his friends and
$Mgts to go when they ask »iim
SBnly ficefeoy difference is. that the Of
wants to go and not only
stay home but has to be
sickl . . Shorely to goodness some
mm>u good readers can think of
somethin’ to do for a quick • re
without plain choppin’ such peo
pie’s heads off . . . By Heck! We
want your remedy ... and we’ll
try it . • • yes we will! Sure, one
good | woman even during brought hayt'ever us a
corn cob pipe
season . . she had it in a paper ,
bag filled with some kind of dried j
leaves . . we didn’t tell a mem
h— of the family one word about
♦ mt we snuck off in the bath ;
room!down stairs and locked the
door w« filled that pipe with
. .
those leaves . . tucked 'urn in
.
just like we uster see our old col
ored mammy tuck t * acco in her
pipe . . Gosh! we felt like we
were stealin’ something . • . but we
lit her up . . . such a crackle you
ever heard ... we coughed until
the •fijmily thought we were ;
drowning . . . we assured them
that we just had a sorter ticklin’
in our 1 throat . . but we did not
.
come out fer the room was full of
the smoke that was stranglin' us
they had no idea of what was
. . .
going on in our bath room . . . but
quiet as a mouse it was ... End
sniff, sniff, we heard ... Do y
smell somethin’ funny one of um
ventured and fore you know
. . .
it they all smell somethin .
'ire” ^Holv Mackerel we thou^t
len t a feller have a little pri
vacyln his own bath room. But j
•fore fcve know it we are pla •
smoked out out m in the the onen caught
in our own trr p
searceri every bath' nook in the then house they j
but the room . . . ;
found it full of that awful odor ;
.jWHAT IS THIS? All eyes are
on me No. I don’t smell noth
.
in’ fbnny but till this day
fiever ...
they have seen that pipe • •
nor never did admit smellin
that Iwful odor ... Well, it didn't that
^■■me fer 1 didn’t try
but a t least I tried it
’
we rm weather has our spi
flk glooming lorsythia, Flower*
■■imand te a olive and
m mas Honeysuckle great in joy full we
bloom and to our the
found buds about to bust on
first Camelia we ever owned ...
UM'. R’s cracked enough to look pink
but we are going to cover
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/. Fred Roser at
Piggly Wiggly
t, tessru
Pif and the
Poultry Feeding
ntion of Sickness.” The Kro
ger ^Company is special one of the few
dc stores employing ^; k :„Vf°»S represen- Zr
Requirements of Local
) Board.
REPLACEMENTS WILL
FILL ANY VACANCY
THAT MIGHT OCCUR
Government Call For Men
May Increase During
Spring Months.
No person has been drafted into
| U. S. Army service from Newton
County, according to Dr. W. K.
Swann, chairman of the County
Selective Service Board.
A steady stream of volunteers
has tilled all necessary require
ments placed upon the boerd by
government officials and it has not
been necessary to draw upon those
slated for selective service.
Eleven volunteers will leave
Covington on January 20th, en
route to Ft, McPherson in Atlanta
where they are to go into army
service. All are white End are.
or have been, residents of this
County. They are listed by the
Selective Service Bqgrd as fol
'
j ows;
William Robert Duggan, tran
sient registering in county; Mar
vin Adams Cason, Porterdaie;
Clatide Dyle Yarbrjrougli, Coving
ton; Lee Otis Dundan, Covington;
Anderson Woodrow Kirkus, Por
terdale; Benson Carrol Adams,
porterdaie; Andrew Jackson Sel
| ars> Porterdaie: Roy Dudley Pir
kle Lyndale. formerly Porterdaie;
’
Fre d B Ha ys, Mansfield; Jack Ed
win Hinton, Newborn; Hugh Nes
ter Scjns, Newborn.
Because one or more of the men
name d above may not be induct
ed t de induction station by the
arme d forces, the following named
men may de required as replace
r^nts:
Robin Ellington White, whose
number was one of the first drawn
by President Roosevelt; Charles
Chester King, Jr., son of Col. C.
C. King. John Samuel Schell. Any
one of these men who mry be re
quired to report will be notified
at least five days before he must
leave for training. These last three
men named will not be called un
less they have to replace one of
the first group of eleven who
might be ill or otherwise fail to
qualify. The report was an
nounced by Dr. W. K. Swann
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Crash ' ' U J* fit Hllb
Three persons were seriously ,
injured at the Hub, intersection
0 f the Covington-Madison and
Mansfield-Social Circle highway
Tuesday. A car driven by Mr. and
^ p ^ Qf Chauncey>
crashed into a car driven by E. R.
Harris, of this city. All errs were
badly damaged. .
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dl i. IVUldiy V4UU ITICClIUg
Frn est Garrison, son of P. W.
Garrison of North Covington,
spoke to the Rotary Club Tuesday
nn the subject of “The Lues and
Advantages of Natural Gas.’’
young Garrison, who is a student
jn , he eng i neer ing department at
Georgia T ech was introduced by
his unc j e , W.' E. Black, who was
jn ’ charge of the program. The in
teresting subje ct used by Mr. Gar
rison proved x«ry interesting. He
expressed his appreciation for the
opportunity of talking to the citi
zens of of his his home home town. town.
The attendance goet, given re
cently to the club by Rotarian W.
for attendance for the month of
December At the first meeting m
February the goat will be turne
over to the member whose attend-
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Volume 77 The Georgia Covington Enterprise, Star. Est. Est. 1874 1864
I TALMAD GE BEGINS THIRD TERM
Eleven Volunteerm^o Army Service
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No Person Drafted Into
c ■service • rrom r r- County
Says Board Chairman
AGRICULTURAL
NEWS GIVEN BY
COUNTY AGENT
Aiken Announces Meeting
j in Madison Saturday
j Morning. *
We were talking with Fletcher
s Bailey the other day regarding
pastures. He plans to go ahead
now and prepare his land by
plowing and harrowing so the soil
will be firm by spring and thus
furnish a firm seed bed for the
spring seeding. This is a splendid
thing to do and we recommend it
to other farmers in the county
who plan to do pasture work this
year.
Mr. T. H. Aiken, local repre
sentative of the Madison Produc
j tion Credit Association, announces
the annurl meeting of the mem
bers of this association in Madi
j son 25. - If Saturday you interested morning, January in farm
are
I credits you are urged to attend
this meeting. You do not have to
b.e a member or a borrower to at
this meeting, everyone inter
ested is urged to Ettend. A full
explanation of the business for
194° will be given and then a gen
eral discussion of farm credits for
1941 will be held in which every
farmer is asked to express his
views. Make your plans to attend
this meeting.
Saturday morning, January 25,
at 7 o’clock, two boys ?nd two
girls from this county will be on
the radio from the studios of
WSB. They will participate in a
quiz program. Be sure to remem
ber the date and listen in to the
home folks.
We see in the daily papers that
an effort is being made by the
AAA to further reduce the cot
| on produ ction by use of stamps,
A farmer who reduces his acie
age below the allotted acreage on
his farm will be given stamps at
10 cents per pound for each ad
ditional acre he leaves out not to
exceed $25.00 in value for a ten
ant farmer. These stamps may
used to purchase cotton goods at
any store. So if a farmer had an
established yield of 250 pounds of
lint per acre he could leave off
ong acre from his allotment and
receive the cotton stamps. This
p j- n w j]j serve two purposes. It
w jjj reduce the acreage by one per
one horse unit if the farmers par
ticipate generally in the plan and
will cause a greater use of cotton
goods.
Last week we went up to Law
renceville to see the seed cleanei
a group of farmers there bought.
The mfchine cost around $2,000
and does excellent work. If you
have seed you w^nt cleaned you
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nounced that “the goat idea” has
been responsible for a decided in
crease in the club attendance av
erage. The average for November
was 88 per cent; for December it
wes 94.4 per cent.
At the first meeting in January
Otis Dorough spoke to the mem
bers on the subject of “The Mean
ing of Rotary.” Dr. Exley was in
charge of this program. Guests at
this meeting were W. C. Benton,
Mansfield; and Carl Sproggins, At
lanta.
President Guy Robinson ap
pointed at the last meeting e com
mittee composed of Tom Hay and
February. It was announe d .
thrt the fourth 1 week n January
will te 0
taiy as ■ _’
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941.
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GOVERNOR EUGENE TAMADGE—
who took over the office of Governor
Tuesday noon, following inauguration
Presentments Of Grand
Jury For January Are
Announced By Officials
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I FLU EPIDEMIC
RAGING IN AREA
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Approximately 600 students in
Newton County have been report
ed confined to their homes suffer
ln S from influenza, according to
E. * Countv L. Soh ^ ol ^.^intendent
Ficquett who is ill at his
home> gtated Wednesday that there
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were approximatelv Palmer , 00 . .
gboit^elhalf p 160 at s^denfs Stone
the
Mansfield and starrsville, an3 a
number out at other schools He
added that the situation was bp( .
ter now', however, and more stud
‘schools. ents had returned to county
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Superintendent C. E. Hawkins
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OCSSIOH Atlanta
j PvfkcKtff UnlJ
I rCSUYlvlY ovmr OClU
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The 167th session of the Atlan
ta Presbytery was held Mondry
evening and Tuesday at Porter
dale Presbyterian Church with
more than 100 delegates attending.
The Rev. H. E. Russell, of At
lanta, delivered the opening ser
m on Monday evening. Those on
Tuesday’s program included the
R e v. J. McDowell Richards, presi- i
dent of Columbia Seminary; The
Rev..Georgia Beliingrath, of Rich
ham V. Gardner, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church m At
an a - e '- • ; • * lott P ast ° ! :
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’ uld J s resbytei tan
SS 8USOn ’
ceremonies at the state capitol, made in
augural history by h tiding the office
three terms.
Asks That Pardoning of
Criminals in State
Be Stopped.
The Grand Jury presentments
for the January term of the New
ton Superior Court was released
^ this week by officials ' The P re '
sentments follow:
We the Grand Jury chosen and
sworn for the January Term 1941
Superior Court, Newton County,
P resent the following presentments
£ nd recommendations:
! We appoint W ’ T - Smith ’ H ’ G
Ellington and C. C. Estes as the
: Advisory Board to the County
Commissioner. .
We wish to commend Mr. Isaac
Robertson for the splendid financ
ial condition of our County ano
recommend fixing his salary at
$250.00 per month, and continue to
furnish automobile and expenses,
Als0 flx the S{lar y of CoL c - c -
King. Clerk of the Commissioner
at $900.00 per year.
We appoint J. R. Womack and
W. R. Porter as members of New
ton County Board of Education.
We recornmend the appointment
of E. B. Nelson as Ex-Officio Jus
tice of the Peace for Newborn Dis
No. 1522. ;
Thp Grand Jur y of Newton
County hereby recommends that
t he pardoning of criminals as is
now so promiscuous in our State
be stopped. It tends to encourage
crime crime and and has has a a bad bad effect effect on on the the
othgr -------------- criminals in the penitentiary
as it is causing more breaks and
attempts to bre;/k from the P p o>
tentiary by other criminals who
have not been so fortunate to have
Representa ive and Se
this “‘stiirt »nd ^.ty nd
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d w , urther recommend
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Dedication of
j MaryE. Porter
Hall at Macon
Meetings Held at Porterdaie
Presbyterian Church on
Monday-Tuesday.
Eight visiting college presidents
and other educational leaders will
participate in Mercer University
Founder's Day exercises and the
dedication of Mary Erin Porter
Hall, new women’s dormitory, on
Janufry 14.
The new dormitory will be the
third contribution of James H
, Porter, beloved citizen of Georgia
W hlCh "U des c rib * d f* tbe Ppual
of , any gift in the t u South. Mr Por
■
ter has made several gifts to Cov- |
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Newton County Quota $525.50
In Infantile Paralysis Campaign
A. Belmont Dennis, of Coving
ton. this week was appointed New
ton County Chairman for the 1941
ce iebration of the President's
Birthday, md the county’s quota
for this year’s Fight-Infantile
p ara ly S is drive was set at $525.50.)
j n ?nno uncing the acceptance of
the county chairmanship Quimby
Melton Celebration chairman for
,
this district declared that selec
tjon of chairmen has been com
pleted for eac h of Georgia’s 159
counties .
wiley L .Moore, treasurer of the
stat “~CommTttee.' said ' that this
county’s quota for the __________ Celebration
dgd been set on tbe bas ; s 0 f the
rf)unty . f white population, as
lbown by tbe 1940 census.
that you will reach this quota
with ease , and . knowing the spirit |
your county people. I hope the
will be passed. cel-l
“Enthusiasm for the annual
ebrf tion of the President’s birth
day seems greater this year than
ever before," Mr. Moore said. “Or
ganization in the various counties
is progressing in a very splendid
manner, and we are assured that
1941 will be a banner yetr in the
Fight - Infantile - Paralysis pro
gram.”
Elli5 Arnall. chairman of the
state Committee, said in connec
tion wjt) , tbe a p po i n tment of this
coun t y ’ s chairman:
.. We are fortunate thrt Mr Den
nis has been able to accept the
post of county chairman for the
j 941 Celebration of the President’s :
Birtbday. He is one of the many !
outstanding citizens of Georgia
Mr. Arnall pointed out that the
Celebration will be held on Jan
uary 30 . which is President Roose
veil’s fifty-ninth birthday and the
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
^,°. ri J ^“ t0 '
o Keid . luesday noon
. J
OFFICERS HELD
FRIDAY EVENING
President Robert R. Fowler
Host to Officers and
Directors.
A special directors' and officers’
meeting of the Covington Kiwanis
Club was held Friday evening at
the home of President Robert R.
Fowler, on Floyd Street.
The meeting was well attended
and plans for the coming .yea)
were discussed An outline of the
work during 1941 was drawn and
efforts will be made to complete
the various aims. Those attend
ing included the host. President
Robert Fowler, Past President A
H. David: First Vice-President C.
C. King; Second Vice-President
A. L. Loyd: Secretary S. J. Mor
cock: Treasurer W. M. Berry: Di
rectors P W. Pratt. S. M. Hay. R
P. Campbell. Edgar Wood
George Cochran.
Following the business
a delicious turkey dinner
served.
The regul<\r meeting Of the
wanis Club' was held
with President Robert
presiding. The meeting was
with a song led by V. Y. C.
assisted at the piano bv Miss
cher Lou Lunsford.
A number of f visitors . .. were
ent as f° lows: Prentiss Findley
Porterdaie: Joe Vason. of Gn
Charbe "p Forester, lr ' t ° of , a Rotary o'marv''
short business meeting was
after which the meeting was turned
over to Program chairman V. Y.
C. Eady.
Professor Eady and his quartet
from Oxford entertained with a
delightful musical program. Those
taking part in the quartet were
Henry Jennings, Buddy Irwin,
Jack Burnett and Mr. Eady. A
violin solo was then given by Jack
Burnett. All the boys were from
Emory-at-Oxford. The program
I was greatly enjoyed and received
| the hearty applause of all mem
I bers present. Following the usual
committee reports the meeting
was adjourned.
Tom Kinney Preaches
in Social Circle and
, Gain€SVill€' Georgia
Tom Kinney, former sports
lvriter /or the News has been
called to preach and h?s delivered
a num ber of sermons at various
churches in North Georgia. He was
guest of the Gainesville Baptist
church recently where he delivered
the morning message to a large
congregation. Last Sunday evening.
h e delivered ? sermon at the First
Baptist Church in Social Circle,
The Rev. W. H. Crouse, of
Statesboro, director of the old age
pension division.
W. E. Wilburn. Oglethorpe bank
er .member of the State Highway
Board to succeed L. L Patten, of
Lakeland.
T. G. Tyson, of Camilla, mem
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U. D. C. Committee
Meeting Postponed
The January U, D. C. Commit
tee, Mrs. T. U. Smith, chairman,
announces thei-e will be no meet
ing this month of the Covington
Chapter United Daughters of the
er, S. L. Waites. R. E. Everitt, J.
S. Gardner. Sr., and Miss Mollie
Wilson Mrs. Smith states, howev
*r. a special pilgrimage meeting
will be planned by her committee
when conditions improve.
Number 3
Governor Talmadge Plans to
Cut Debt of Georgia by
Retrenchment.
EXPECTS TO MAKE
MAXIMUM SALARY OF
STATE OFFICE $5,000
Miles G. Turner Given Post
As Custodian of The
Capitol.
Eugene Talmadge, who has
served two terms as Georgia's
I chief executive, was lnaugurrted
j I Tuesday was noon into for a office third by term. He
sworn Chief
Justice Charles S. Reid, while sev*
eiid thousand people looked on.
1 On the platform with Talmadge
j i his family,
was several of the
state's ex-governors, Senator Rus
sell, members of the Governor's
steff in their new uniforms, and
last in the mass of honorary colo
i nets. Brigadier General J. P.
Smith commanding officer of the
Fourth Corps Area, and Colonel
B. M. Bailey, a corps area staff
officer.
; The Governor’s speech followed
his campaign promises and the
platform adopted by the state con
vention in Macon. In it he said
he planned to cut the debt of the
stale by drastic retrenchment, go
-jng so Far as to make $5,000 the
maximum salary that can be re
ceived by a state official. The High
j wry Department will be reorgan
! ized, and maintenance of roads
I made a county instead of a state
job The law wiU be changed so
i the terms of appointive offic
ials expire along with the term of
I the C-overnor who appointed them,
“ The f Georglr cannot
®
stand any more taxe -<' h f ^aid. “I
have ne er approved ™ a hill rais
, taxes in life and 1 hone
(haf ; wjJJ „ ever have {o do (hj
A ni|mbe ,. nf promment offjc .
,als and business men attended the
, lnaugur£ tion and assigned
| . were
seats Qn thp platfornl which was
, erecled the capitol st C!e k
on f ,.
Njxon an(J g
Campbell who had been previous
j v narn ed Lieutenant Colonels by
Governor Talmadge attended in
full di-ess uniform.
Following the inauguration cer
emonies, Governor Talmadge
pushed his way through admiring
spectators to the executive offices
where he immediately ordered 20
department heads ousted and their
places filled with those of his own
choice.
i The following appointments
were announced Tuesday by the
Governor:
Miles G. Turner, of Covington,
was named Custodifn of the State
Capitol to succeed Lon Burton. Mr.
Turner served during the Talmadge
administration prior to election of
Rivers as Governor and is now
back at his old job.
Charles G. Bruce, Atlanta at
torney, chairmen of the State In
dustrial Board, to succeed E. D,
Rivers, Jr.
Claude Peacock. Canton funeral
director, head of the veterans’
service office to succeed Arthur
Cheatham
John C. Beasley, Glenvill*
banker and former legislator, su
perintendent of banks.
B. S. Miller Buenr Vista attor
ney, chairman of the State Depart
ment of Public Welfare, to succeed
Dr. Joseph M. Branch.
Mrs Albert M. Hill, of C-reen
ville, director of the children’s di
vision of the welfare