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SECOND SECTION OF
YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
Volume 77
Farmers On To Grow
More Food As Defense Measure
Georgia farmers were called up
n this week by the Agricultur
,1 Extension Service to combine all
nailable forces this year in an
■ffort to increase production of food
, n d feed as a means of meeting
i, tionaJ defense requirements arid
jmg the gap caused by 'osses oi
yiort markets fot two important
,.: h ^8, cotton and tobacco.
E D. Alexander, Georgia Ex
ension Service agronomist, de
Jared that sufficient preparation
QW would afford this increased
iroduction yields of crops in 1941
mder favorable weather condi
ions. He asserted that Georgia
armers must do everything pos
ible to cushion the effects of ex
" Memories**
We have just had the state
ighway to paint some yellow
{if?; on our pavement. all If about, you
on't know what it is
op your car long enough to ask
.imeone for paying information. to The
tate is not men go up
n d down our highways painting
fellow stripes on them to make
u e and for the sake of those
ho'are compelled abide to drive by the on
jr roads, let us
u j es . in the Book,
We are taught
That the road is so plainly
harked, that the wayfaring,man,
k en though a oo , nee no eri
[Remember the wrecks of ’40 are
QW painful memories, but the
recks of ’41 can be avoided.
This is too serious for us to
lose this little sketch in our usual
banner. but let us not have any 1
,-recks in '41.
Now I am going to speak plain- !
,■ “Where are you going that
uch speed is necessary? Is some- :
ne sick, do you need a doctor, an
mbulance or an undertaker?
’cry likely. Mr. Fast Driver, you
ave stood by and witnessed scenes
here all three of the above were
eeded. All caused by someone
ho was dressed up, drunk and no
•here to go. The sad part of it
: that it may be your last ride,
xcept the one to the cemetery.
We have been faught from our
outh that when such times come
> us there is a separation of
odv and soul. We who survived
ere able to tell where the body
■ent, but in our temporal state
e are not permitted to see where
ip soul had gone, but we hope it
id not go where water will be
ceded to cool a parching tongue.
Twenty years ago did you see
eopie in as big a hurry as they
re today? Why is it? Why do
eopie always seem to be in a
■istri Everyone has better facili
es for traveling, every one has a
nr at his disposal, and now in
lead of walking to town we ride
nd can get there quicker than if
e walked. Then why all this
lurry and bustle? Why is it neees
ary to drive on our streets at the
^r pur, lf> 7nH and at oftentimes n° f t 50 t0 at speeds pcl of ,
P Hi 89 miles per hour? If you
only stop for a moment and
pk yourself a few common sense
luestions—Why am I driving this
pi' at such a speed? Why should
I h*. endanger the lives of other
pstruction Why the
of their
jothing of my life and my car?
G. W. CALDWELL
and SON
Pkone* 154-J — 154-W
711 Floyd St.
Covington, Ga.
f -REWARD—
I Lost —Pointer bitch, Be**,
10 Covington. Liver and
'vbite and liver ticked
leg*.
Also near Social Circle—
White setter bitch,
Nell. Tan ear* and spot
on root of tail.
»»• T. II. SMITH, Dentist
A.K- “The Home of Thoughtful Service”
STALFFACHER A WHIFE
FUNERAL HOME
Phone 14 Covington, Ga. AMBULANCE
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| port decreases e nd produce abun
dantly farm -grown foods and
I i feeds for h m e consumption
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1 adoption of more im
; Proved practices preparatory to
I planting time,
; “Farm jobs carried during
our
j th the next . three mon ths will, to
a
great ex tent, determine the de
S'ee of success farmers will have
ln 1941, since crop production and
j ,a ot ™ h e r depend pertinent practices on the
I to initial on timely attention
tension preparation,” the Ex
agronomist asserted “The
current season offers many oppor
tunities for needed improvements,
Slnce winter months are not rushed
with the bulk of the year’s regu
lar farm work.”
Polio Drive
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eighth fhe consecutive January 30 that
Celebration has been held for
the benefit of polio victims
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entertainment ranging from
balks to box suppers and athletic
events will feature this year’s Cel
ebration in Georgia.
Mr. Arnall added thpt half of
the funds raised will remain in
Q eor gj a f or d i rec t a j d to needy
v j c tims of this state, while the re
mainder will be sent to the Na
tionat Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis in New York, to finance
research and to be used for com
bating polio epidemics,
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Talmadge
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ber o fthe board when a vacancy
is made.
S. E. Vandiver, of Lavonia,
member of the board when a va
cancy is made.
Ze eh Cravey, former game and
fish commissioner, as commission
er of natural resources to succeed
Charlie Elliott.
Walter Dyal, Telfair county tur
pentine operator, head of the for
estry department to succeed W. C.
Hammerle.
R. F. Burch, of Eastman, forntm
state purchasing head, director of
parks- Lawrenceville,
Carson Smith, of
state supervisor of purchases, to
succeed O. G. Glover.
Johnny Goodwin, of Atlanta, di
rector of the State Department of
Public Safety to succeed Lon Sul
livan. Cordele at
Jack M. Forrester,
torney, commissioner of revenue
to succeed T. Grady Head I
Grady Head, of Ringgold, spec
' ^Tn^ucceed for the Labor Depart
“ Clifford Walker.
ment, to succeea cuuwu
Miss Elsie Ray, executive secre
t ary to Governor Talmadge.
Carlton Mobley, of Atlanta, for*
congressman, assistant attor-
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; c Johnson of Royston,
smalWi assistant
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Andrew Tuten, of Alma, former
iJttlator leg " ’ assistant attorney gen
e, Rawlins, of McRae, for
preston assistant attorney
mer me ’ legislator, "p |
8e !w r of Poland,
Marion Sumner,
. 1he beauticians’ board.
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** Proai’am “ Sunday
The wasm . . 8 t n Street Evening
Schooi ‘uvnes y ^ attend th'ir
initial educa program Sun
day, January wtn, 3.30
Bsptist Church at
lope
o’clock. for this occasion
The speaker Gideon, pnn
will be Mr. Charles Washington
cipal of Booker T.
Evening School. Come out and
hear him
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Dedication
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j ington, Porterdale and elsewhere
in this section. In Covington, Mr.
Porter donated funds which pur
phased and installed the MeCrack
en chimes in the First Methodist
Church. He donated money to
build the beautiful and elaborate
James H. Porter memorial gymna
sium at Porterdale and the large
Julia Porter Memorial Methodist
Church at Porterda e
The program will begin on the
night of January 3, with a confer
ence on Christian education, Dr.
Spright Dowell, president, has an
nouriced.
Donated by James H. Porter,
Macon financier and patron of
Georgia education, the $160,000
completely furnished dormitory has
been named in honor of Mr. Por
ter’s only sister, who died at the
age of 14
The Founders Day - dedication
address will be delivered by Dr.
F. W. Boatwright, president of the
University of Richmond, the old
es ^ college president in the Unit
ec j g t? ( es in point of service, ac
cording to Dr. Dowell.
Dr. Dice R. Anderson, president
of Wesleyan College, to which Mr,
Porter has also contributed liber
ally, will lead a conference on in
ter-college co-operation in the af
ternoon.
Dedication of the new dormitory
which will accommodate 120 wo
men students, marks completion
of the first five-year cycle of a
ten-year expansion progrrm in
augurated in 1835, Dr. Dowell j
pointed out.
During that time, $600,000 in
buildings and equipment has been
sity. added to the 107-year-old univer-j
The gift of the dormitory, de
scribed as the equal of any in the
South, is the third contribution
Mr. Porter has made to the insti
the president said. |
No Drafted
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through the bo5J . d clerk> Mrs Mar .
Rabun '
It is believed that the govern
ment’s call for men will steadily
increase during the spring months
as new quart-’rs are completed
throughout the United States. Con
struction is rapidly making avail
able more room at the various ar?
my posts where carpenters and
other workmen are on the job
nearly 24 hours per day. Reports
are heard from all army forts in
Atlanta. Anniston. Jacksonville,
Columbus, Savannah and else
where concerning the great drive
for new buildings, more space and
more men.
at Rutledge Gym
Rutledge court Tuesday night. Jan
U ary 21. at the Rutledge Gym. The
is invited. J. A. Gibbs
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941.
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Grand Jury
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Governor be revoked except in
cases where the Pardoning Board
recommends a pardon or parole.
tention It having ol been this brought Grand Jury to the that at- j
pardons have been granted before j ^
convicted criminals had served one j
day of their sentence. In numer- |
ous cases these were criminals who j
had We a long commend record Solicitor of crime. !
General :
Col. Hope D. Stark of the Pied- I
mont Circuit for his able co-oper- 1
ation and assistance.
We wish to thank Judge James
C. Davis for his able charge and |
help in our work.
We wish to thank Bailiff J. R.
Dobbs for his able attention to
this body.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the Cov
ington News and the sum of $10.00
be paid for same.
Respectfully submitted,
W. R. STILLWELL. Foreman
L. H. COOK, Clerk.
A. M. BENNETT. Assistant Clerk.
The foregoing presentments re
ceived, and ordered filed. Further
ordered that said presentments be j
published as recommended.
This Jan. 9, 1941.
JAMES C DAVIS,
Judge S. C. St. Mtn. Ct. !
By the Court:
HOPE D. STARK
Solicitor Gen. Piedmont Circuit.
Chatterbox
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it up tonight . . . Willie Nunnally
came this week to my door . . '
She's our “Sunshine” . . . with
Hattie Sarah sending her . . . She
brought early jasmine, narcissus
and fern from her gardens to cheer
the Boss who was ailin ... it did
the trick, thanks to them, for he’s
out again . . But we want to put
in a special blanket order for ore
lz rge enough to cover our eni* e
yard ... We can’t “tan it Hep our
life,” as Sonny Bo* sez, if all
these buds and blossoms are killed
. . . we’ll be workin’ on this plan
. . . while we are,
SWEEPIN UP.
P. S.:: Please bring me all your
, bats! , Something „ ... . *
stray brick . ,
I has to be done about my iris and
Eester lilies. 1 talk to ’um every
day and tell them to keep
, noses underground. They are
j pin’ rite on up. So I’ll just put
bricks on ’um, or do you know a
j better way?
Flu Epidemic
announced that about 125 students
were out in Covington and that
the number had increased from
last week. More were out Wednes
day than at any other time. Neith
er city or county school officials
p j an to close down unless the sit
uation became worse.
All physicians in the city were
! kept vunn i n g night and day and
several stated that the number was
apparently increasing steadily
Physicians that could be reached
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sta ed th?t m0 re cases were re-
1 ported Wednesday. They added,
however, that very few of the cas
were serious at this time and
es apparently
that the flu was in a
mild form. Care should be taken
to avoid exposure and colds sc
cording to the doctors.
Porterdale Downs
By Don Brumbaugh
Lrst Friday night the Purole
and Gold of Porterdale High met
and defeated Logrnville high. Por
terdale was playing without four
of their players but little differ
ence did that make for they pound
ed out a 23 to 16 victory. Hubby
Shropshire led the PHS team in
scoring with 8 points. Doc Burch
and Monk Moody each collected 6
for the evening. McCullors lead
the opposition with 7 while Palm
er rang up 6. Porterdale led all
the way and they were threatened
only once and that was at the half
Shropshire played a swell game at
guard also doing a lot of fine
shooting. The PHS teams showed
a lot of new fight and a much bet
ter defense than they have ever
j shown.
Lineups:
Porterdale
FG FoG TP
Moody, f 3 0 tc
Jefferies, f 0 0 c
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Burch, f 2 «c
Hilton, c 1 1 cc
Bowden, g O 0 c
Shropshire, g LJ 2 cc
Loganville
FG FoG TP
Robei'tsCTL f----- 0 0 0
Yancey, f-------• 1 1 3
McCullors, c---- CM 3 7
Palmer, g------- CC 0 6
Garrett g------- O 0 0
Still, g --------- O 0 0
Sellars, g C 0 0
Referee—Sam Tribble.
Scorer Mary Adams.
Timer-—Crowell.
Pictured above are the two cars
which crashed head-on in Char
lotte, N. C.. recently, killing two
persons and seriously injuring two
others.
Mrs. E. R Gary, pictured at
right, formerly a resident of this
city, was killed and her son, El
wyn, seriously injured. C. C.
Noles, occupant of the other car,
was klled, and W. M. Gilbert was
injured.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Gary lived in
Covington before moving to Char
lotte, and were well known
throughout the county. Mr, Gary
is the son of J. N. Gary, Sr., who
owned and operated a bottling
plant a number of years ago
County Agent
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can carry them there and get them
cleaned the same day you carry
them. The machine is cooper tive
ly owned and ofterated tna will
cos j 50 cents per hundred for les
pedeza seed.
Quite a few farmers in the eoun
ty are buying fruit trees now and
we ur 8 e you not to put off order
to ° lon g- If y° u want P ine
trees we can order them from the
state nurseries for you at $2.00
per thousand. They should be set
{ee> and the trees for an acre
will cost r little over $2.00 per
acre. The AAA will pay $4.50 for
setting pine trees,
Services at First
Presbyterian Church
The Covington First Presbyter
ian Church will hold services on
Sunday morning. The Rev'. John
S. Foster, of the Columbia Sem
inary. will preach. The public is
invited.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
The Covington Star, Est. 1874
John Birch more
Is Kiwanis Speaker
Lieutenant u.m ernor of Kiwan
is John Birchmore has attended a
number of Ladies’ Night meetings
j n this district since January 1st.
Lieutenant Governor Birchmore
meetings was spesker last week at. the at Ladies' Madison Night and j
Eatonton. He is making a personal i
visit to all clubs in the district at
this time.
Amatein 4 I rogram at nt
Red Oak ( hlirch
An amateur program and ceke
walk will be hel Thursday night,
January 16 at the Red Oak Meth
odist Church. An invitation is ex
tended to the public.
Robert L. Henry
Died at Home of
Parents Tuesday
Robert L. Henry, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Spence Henry, of j
High Point, died Tuesday at the
residence of his parents. Funeral
services were held at the High
Point Baptist Church Tuesday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock with inter
ment in the church cemetery. He
is survived, besides his parents, by
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J
T. Henry, and Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Steel: two sisters; two brothers
c,nd several uncles and aunts. The
News extends sympathy to the be
reaved family.
G. W. Caldwell, funeral home, in
! charge.
0eO1’gia Readers To
\H en( { InaiiqUratiOU
Georgia Democratic leaders,
headed by Stete Chairman James
Peters and Governor Eugene Tal
i madge, will attend the third inau
guration of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt next January 21. A rec
ord Georgia delegation is expected
to make the Washington trip.
The Georgia Assembly, which
convenes Janusry 13. is expected
I to take ' a recess to enable many of
1 lne members t0 atte nd the Wash
i gton ceremonies
Hendley Heads
New Taxi Firm
A. G Hendley. prominent in
Georgia transportation industry
for years, has been selected as
president of the new Yellow Cab
Company, which has accumulated
a fine fleet of new vehicles to as
sure Atlanta of the finest taxi ser
vice in the South.
Mr. Hendley pointed out that
forty new machines were pur
chased j £S t wee ]{ by his company.
and others are now being pro
cured These, with the fleet of
ca bs acquired when the firm be
^ operation, make up a fleet of
several hundred taxi cabs available
Qn Atlanta streets at all hours.
„ We intend to provide Atlanta
w R b the finest, safest and most de
penclable cab service in the South
a type of service that cannot cit- be j
beaten in the nation’s largest
ie„,’ ’Mr. Hendley declared.
Another chance for Covington to rejoice.
We are back in town to take care of your
plumbing needs.
C. B. BURKE, Jr.
PLUMBING AND HEATING
Phone 359
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SECOND SECTION OF
YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
Number 3
Increased Sales
From News Ads
The Creomulsion company says,
“consistent advertising in the
Covington News has greatly in
creased the sale of our product,
Creomulsion. in your trading area.”
Creomulsion, a superior pre
scription for stubborn cougns,
chest colds and bronchitis is es
pecially beneficial in the relief of
coughs that follow influenza.
R ecornmende d by thousands of
doctors and druggists from coast
to coast, Creomulsion is sold, and
guaranteed by all drug stores,
Highway Meeting
Set at Moultrie
The 11th Winter Convention of
the Taft Memorial Highway will
be held at Moultrie on February
1 and 18, with distinguished vis
itors, including Governor “Pat”
VanWaggoner of Michigtn. on
hand from six states on the route,
Mayor J. W .Caldwell of Chip
ley, Ga., will be inaugurated as
president of the Association t.«v suc
ceed Hon. R. E. Olds. Detroit, au
to magnate.
Moultrie and its Chamber of
Commerce, headed by H. McDow
ell, are planning a gala series -X
entertainments for the visitors. W.
E. Aycock, South Georgia civic
j leader, will head the reception and
entertainment group.
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Mark Smith Head
of Bibb Schools
Mark A. Smith, of Thomaston,
for the past 21 years head of the
Upson County schools, has beef!
elected superintendent of Bibb
County Schools.
Mr. Smith is president of the I<i
wanis Club and was elected to
that post last June at the conven
tion in Minneapolis- He has al-o
served as president of the Georgia
Education Association,
Contract To Be Let
Quartermaster DeOOt
The Fourth Corps Area Quar
termaster’s office announced last
week that the general contract for
the building of the $10.000 006
Quartermaster Corps depot at Con
lev, Ga., 14 miles from Atlanta,
will be advertised for bids within
the next month.
The contract will call for the
construction of 19 permanent
warehouse buildings. 180 feet wide
; by 600 feet long: 12 administration
buildings: fences, concrete roads:
complete utilities service including
sewage and water facilities,
This depot will be one of the
largest in the country when oom
nleted according to army author
{ties,
LODGE NOTICE
Regular Communication Gold
en Fleece Lodge No. 6 Friday,
January 17. 8:00 P. M.
The entered apprentice r'egre*
will be conferred.
All duly qualified brethren cor
d j a Uy an( j fraternally invited and
members are urged to attend. By
or d e r of:
H. F. MEADORS. W. M.
E. G. LASSETER. JR.. Sec’ty.