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1 do not believe there is a per
n in Covington as proud of New
i) County Women as the Office
,v . . . truly they are making
liory, Maybe every woman in the
liman ■unty is not working, but every
Id whose heartstrings feel the
of our neighbor across the sea
is knitting, sewing, or
Ing lm something worthwhile for
Kj . • • they are working for the
cross ... If you have not en
■ed, It and live in Newton County
write any woman whose n, |, e
ting see listed in the Knitting 0 r
Circle, or Mrs. L. D. Bol
. . . Newton County Women
mi making History even as they
iid in the World War and the War
ihe States. We have men
it many times but again we
Bind you that women of the Con
■eracy in Newton County met
trains at midnight and took
votmded Soldiers to hospitals and
them . . . an# again we
the fact that the mother of
beloved Mrs. R. R. Fowler, Sr.,
» young girl and had her
bseau made up of dainty hand
He linens . . . but when cloth
feme scarce it was this young
[ who stripped into bandages those danty lor these gar
rc Lnded up
soldiers. Newton County
tnen are doing more than their
le today for British and Red
ts Work . . . they wiil continue
I work with leaps and bounds
[ [ and give if until it hurts again that’s
Ikmd again, necessary . . .
of people Newton County
ade up of . . • the work they
doing will be a challenge to
group in the United States.
L. D. Bolton has been a great
,
liration in this work, for her
rnienee in Detroit during the
id War has been invaluable to
[any group.
[i of our neighbors are ill
flu . . . most of them are up
about . . Mrs. J. C. Upshaw
Mrs. Trox Bankston are still
and we are wishing them
leedy recov ery . . Mrs. W. D.
. but
■Our hearts are saddened at the
«*1ent in which Mrs. Frank Day
her husband were injured . . ,
Pills are not cotpplete as we
P this we have been told
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I was completely demolished
rai
but a complete story win a P
elsewhere in the paper . she
1 ,he Bibb Hospital in Macon
injury ,blV br nottnown, but not con- j
keri tys serious st this time . . .
will be made this morning
_|Mr, Day. who was driving the
Bva s slightly injured and after
Pment was permitted to return
He has been such a pa
sufferer for msny years now,
a serious burn and injury at
If | dale Mills, that our hearts
* to know that this must hap
tic him and “Miss Annie
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as she is lovingly known by
lewton County hss the best
;s of ev ery man, woman, and
in the County, too.
we sit down t0 write ' • ‘
the'imdertaker . I
las our neighbor hEs
. . .
d in the early morning hours ,
Wr C. H. Hancock. While we
ot know him as well as we did
leautiful little wife of his . .
heart is broken to think of ;
eyes of hers dimmed with
■ ; have ever noticed
! you
Hanci .k's eyes? They ire the
m iest we have ever seer, anv
re and they are blue!-We
brown eyes best but her's are
vorld's prettiest . , great . we must hour j
to her during this
br bereavement . . . and next
J • we will give you reeding a real in treat this
ou have been
iluiiin some of the letters written
| L. D. Bolton and Mrs. More
fins bv their foster sister in Eng- j
nd ■ou now the Office Boy “Eliza- has j
some of the letters j j
wrote when she went over
anee as a young girl . . . and
J d during the world war
! . . .,
m ill thrill with excitement . . .
heart will ache at the suffer
$ f little children ... of tired
r. rr in soaked, and blood
! d soldiers . . . yet, you will
the moments of fun . the
that a Newton County girl
Bml\ did her bit then . ■ but
^re .
now doing her bit in a big
y we have not had any more
(pr | mtinued interesting letters because
on Page Seven)
Annie Lee Day
[ injured • . ( rash
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s ' Annie Lee Day, well known
pr >l of Porterdale. received se
^injuries bile Tuesday in an au
crash Mrs. Day was
n !o Ihe Macon Hospital
e hei condition is reported
* ( " hing to friends. Full de
»1 the accident could not be
p d befot e going to press, Rer
r p “ friends wish for her an
f recovery.
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PRESIDENT . 7 -' ROOSEVELT BEGINS THIRD TERM
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PRE sj DENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSF.VELT. who was inaugurated Mon
day, is pictured . , , above , as he , and , Mrs. D Roosevelt started on their . way
down Pennsylvania Avenue on their return trip to the White House
Allowing the inauguration on the Capitol Lawn. The President began
Agricultural News Of
Week By County Agent
V. E. Bouchillon
ACCEPTS NEW POST
:
y E Bouchillon, who has served
for many years as Fire Truck Op
erator for the City of Covington,
has accepted a position with the
jrj re Department st Fort Ogle
thorpe wh i c h is under Government
direction. He has made an enviable
record in Covington and his many
friends wish him much success. He
wi j] be succ eeded here by Felix
Wright, a former member of the
Police Department. Dr. W. K
Swann succeeds Miles G. Turner
Recorder. Mr. Turner is Custod
lan of the State Capitol.
Funeral Held
For Mr. Biggers
Fletcher D. Biggers, one of New
ton County’s oldest and most
prominent citizens, died Sunday at
hi s home near Covington. He had
been R res i^ent of the county all
his life and had always lived in the
district where he was born. He wee j
85 years of age.
Funeral services were held at '
the residence.Tuesday morning at
10:30 o'clock with interment in the ;
family cemetery Services were j
conducted by the Rev. Jack W
Nicnoiis.
Mr. Biggers is survived by two
daughte rs, Miss Liman Biggers, of
Thomasville; and Miss Bibbie Lou
Biggers of this city, two sons, Mr.
C. B. Biggers, of Atlanta, and R.
jj. Riggers, of Detroit, Mich,; and
a number of nieces and nephews.
; He was the last of his immediate
j ! family. The News extends sympa
’ thy to the bereaved family.
J. c Harwell and Son, Funeral
j Directors, were in charge,,
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star, Est, 1874
County Agent Reports on
Activities of Farmers
In County.
An idle farm for 1941 will be not
be eligible for payment under the
1941 AAA Program. At least one
third of the land must be in a crop
planted in 1941, thus small grain
seeded in the fall of 1940 will not
keep the farm from being idle. Les
pedeza seeded this spring will
count.
You have probably read in the
papers regarding the stamp plan to
further leduce the cotton acreage.
as m!mh 1^2^00 ceTts' per" Can potind h ra ^
on cotton at ten
except in the case of
with tenants and in this case the
landlord could receive a maximum I
of $50.00. But you must leave out;
an acreage which would mrke the
acreage for 1941 be less than eith-i
er the 1941 allotment or the 1940
acreage whichever was the smaller
Let’s take an example. A farmer
hEs an allotment of 10 acres for
1941 at an established yield of 250
pounds per acre. He could leave
out one acre at this yield figure and
b eligible for the $25.00 in stamps
which would buy cotton goods. But
suppose this farmer planted only 8
acres of cotton in 1940 then he
wo uld be forced to leave out one
acre from the eight which means
he could only plant 7 acres and get
the stamps. He must plant less than
his 1941 allotment or less than his
measure d 1940 acreage whichever
is the smaller.
The Madison Production Credit
Association members will meet on
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ffelmont Dennis to
Speak Over WSB
Saturday at 2 P. M ‘
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B e i mo nt Dennis, Ekiitor and
p ub jj sber 0 f the Covington News.
wiil speak Saturday afternoon at
2 00 o'clock EST over radio station
i-SP He will speak on Newton
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f his third term wit* the completion of the Inauguration ceremonies. Im
mediately following J the ceremonies, the President declared his faith in
thg servation d spirit of America. Thousands crowded Washing
ton for the inauguration and jammed the streets over which the parade
passed.-(Courtesy Atlanta Journal.)
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Charier Day Speaker
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Elected at 29th Convention ,
of Association of Ga.
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L. C. Summers of the Rockdale
County Fair, Conyers, was elected
nr.ciH.nt A ssocia .
tion of Agricultural Fairs at the
29th annual convention held in
Macon last week.
Other officers chosen are O. P.
Johnson, Sumter County Fair.
Americus, vice president; and E.
Ross Jordan, general manager of
the Georgia State Fair, Macon, re
elected secretary-treasurer. |
The election was the last matter
of business at the afternoon ses
sion, which was featured by talks
by fair executives and show offi c
ials.
Named to the board of directors
were Mike Benton. Atlanta; Capt
J. H. Ennis Milledgeville; Ben Wil
slow, Manchester; Dallas Spurlock,
(Continued on Page Seven)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941.
(Georgia AluOllli Plan
Celebration On Monday
Meeting of University of
Georgia Alumni at Hotel
Monday.
Lliiversity. of Georgia Alumni
throughout the state will hold a
Charter Day celebration Monday,
January 27th, as the oldest state
University in America reaches it'
156th anniversary. With an idea of
getting better acqusinted and for
the promotion of good fellowship,
alumni,’ old and young will gath
er around many banquet tables as
they pause to review the traditions
of their Alma Mater. I
New ton, Butts and Henry counts
alumni will gE ther at the DeLanev
'interesting program Arranged i
b F R ' Arnold, chairman of the
Charter Day celebration. Dean Paul
W. Chaprmin of the University of
Georgis College of Agriculture will
be the principal speaker. He was
recognized in 1939 as the person
renderin S the greatest service to
Agriculture in Georgia. He is list
ed * n "^bo’s Who in America.
who ' s who in Government,” and
"bos Who in Education, is not
ed for his numerous articles and
oublications. His book, “The Green
Hand' was filmed recently on the
University of Georgia CEmpus and
has been shown to thpusands of
Future Farmers of America
throughout this country. In addi
, • f ddress bv p) earl
fhanman the committee has ar
ranpf'd J for an evening of entertsin
^ m ent t not soon to be forgotten by
Mn.se »
Only five months after the sign
ing of a treaty recognizing the In
of the American colon
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J\int\£lj To Pl'eQCfl
at North Covington , ,
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Thomas Kinney, well known
former News Sports Editor, will
preach Sunday evening at the
Covington Methodist
Singing begins promptly
7:30 o’clock and preaching ser
at 8:00 o’clock. He is preach
in the absence of the pastor,
Rev. Jack Nicholls. Mr. Kin
preached last Sunday at Aus
Chapel.
Six Local People Join
Georgia Delegation To
Roosevelt Inauguration
Mr.-Mrs. Campbell, Nixon
Grady Benton, Callaway
and Williams Attend.
GROUP REPORTS VERY
ENJOYABLE TRIP TO
AND FROM CAPITOL
Roosevelt Speech Heard in
All Countries of
World.
Newton County people attending
the inauguration of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washing
ton, D. C. returned to Covington
Wednesday morning.
Those attending the inauguration
were County Clerk C. O. Nixon,
Sheriff Grady Benton, Represen
tative T. G. Callaway, Frank Wil
liams and Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Campbell. Both Mr. Nixon and Mr.
Campbell were recently selected by
Governor Eugene Talmadge to
serve as Lieutenant Colonels. Mr.
End Mrs. Campbell remained in
Washington and will return the
latter part of this week.
The group left for Washington
last Saturday on the Talmadge
specials which were made up of
two trains pulling 16 cars etch.
They arrived in Washington Sun
day morning and set up headquar
ters at the Hotel Raleigh Those
who could be reached Wednesday
reported a most enjoyable trip snd
stated that the crowd
I seemed to be solidly behind
President.
All Volunteers
LEAVE FOR SERVICE
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The eleven volunteers, who
.joined the army lrst week, left
early Monday morning enroute to
Ft. McPherson, where they go in
to active service. Selective Service
Chairman W. K. Swann made a
brief talk to the boys on patriotism
and extended to them his best
wishes. Those leaving were Wil
]j artl Robert Duggan. Mrrvin Ad
ams Cason, Claude Dyle Yarbar
ough, Lee Otis Dundan, Anderson
Woodrow Kirkus, Benson Carol
Andrew Jackson Sellers,
Roy Dudley Pirkle, Fred B. Hays.
Jack Edwin Hinton and Hugh Nes
tei Sams,
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Day _ Is . Planned ,
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The annual Emory Charter Day
dinner for this district compris
ing the counties of Newton. Wal
ton, and Morgan will be held in ,
the Haygood dining ,. room the .. i
on
Old Oxford campus Saturday night
at ei 8 h t o’clock. This will be one
of the many dinners given through
out the United States in honor of
founding of Emory University,
Bond Almand. of the class of ’13,
prominent attorney of Atlanta and j
Decatur, will be the principal
speaker at the dinner at Oxford ac
cording to information received
from Paul Ponder, of Madison, who i
will be the presiding Officer. Spe
cial music will be furnished by the
Emory at Oxfoid Glee Club di
rected by Prolessor Vugil Y. C.
Eady
The Charter Day -program was
not held here in 1940, due to the
snow' storm and Professor W. A.
Carlton, secretary in charge of ar
rangements. is urging a large at
tendance this year to make up for
the unavoidable cancellation last
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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WALTER C. MeGAHEE
who this week announces the Fi
nancial Statement of the Building
and Loan Association, This or
ganization has been under the
leadership of Mr. MeGahee since
it was organized in 1928 with only
$122.50 to its credit.
In his inauguration speech, Pres
Roosevelt declared that “De
mocracy is not dying’’ and “can
Dot die.” He proclaimed the pur
pose of his next four years in of
fice to be as follows
-‘In the face of great perils nev
*r before encountered, our strong
petu^the Ste^of^em^racy'
‘•For this we muster the spirit of
America, and the faith of America.
“We do not retreat. We are not
content to stand still. As Americans
we go forward, in the service of
our country, by the will of God.”
References to the “spirit of Am
ericE” and the “spirit of democ
racy” were frequent in the 1.200
word speech which Mr. Roosevelt
delivered as a veritable sermon on
democracy. dra
In contrast to tive equally
ma jj c address of eight years ago
when the nation labored through
domestic crisis End when he spoke
on specific problems, the Chief Ex
ecutive in undertaking his third
term, used broad phrases of an al
most religious intensity—empha
sized time and again his faith in
American democracy.
There are those today, he srid,
who believe that “tyranny and
slavery have become the surging
wave of the future—and that free
dom is an ebbing tide.
“But” he declared, “we Ameri
cans j know that this is not true.”
“The preservation of the spirit
and faith of the nation,” he de
dared, “does and will, furnish the
highest justification for every
sacrifice that we may make in the
cause of national defense.
“Prophets of the downfs ll of
American democracy have seen
their dire predictions come to
naught.” the President said.
: " no1 drine
We know it because we have
seen it revive—and grow.
“We know it cannot die—because
it is built on the unhampered im
tiative of individual men and wo
men joined together in e common
enteiprise — an an enterprise under
taken and carried through by the
free expression of a free majority,
“We know it because democracy
alone of all forms of government
enlists the full force of man s en
lightened will.
“We know it because democracy
(Continued on Page Seven)
( hUVlie HOUCOCK
Dies at Residence
Charlie Hancock, prominent
Covington citizen died Wednes
day morning at his home on Em
ory Street. No funeral arrange
ments had been made before going
to press. Stauffacher and White in
charge. Mr. Hancock has r num
ber of relatives in Covington and
throughout they county. A full re
port will be carried in the next is
sue of the News.
Number 4
BUILDING AND
POD PAST YEAR
Fine Record Made During
The Past Year By Thi*
Association.
The snnual statement of the
Newton County Building and Loan
Association was announced this
week by Mr. W. C. MeGahee, ef
ficient manager of this organiza
tion.
This association has been under
the leadersip of Mr. MeGahee since
11 organized in 1928 and much
Progress has been made since that
time. He has had the full coopera
tion of Newton County’s most
prominent citizens as officers.
1 he Building and Loan Associa
tion is a community asset and has
been one of the leading factors in
the progress made by this section
in recent years. The association be
gan business in 1928 with $122.50
to its credit and has grown since
that l 'me to one of the largest and
best organizations of its kind in
this section of Georgia. The Build
ing and Loan Association now has
$120,548.13 to its credit. The growth
of this organization was not sud
den, but increased as the years
passed until now it stands out as a
of the city. They paid
their 24th dividend this month.
The fine record made during the
past year is shown in the statement
which may be seen elsewhere in
this issue of The News,
The Building and Loan Associa
tion has paid a yea rly dividend
s j nce 1928 and this year paid
around $1,500 to shareholders. M;
(Continued on Page Seven)
James Harper
Dies at Home
James C. Harper, well known
resident of Mansfield, died Wed
nesday at his home in that city
following a brief illness. He was
formerly a resident of Milstead,
where he was a valued employee
0 f Callaway Mills.
Funeral services were held at
Salem Church Thursday, January
16. with interment in the church
cemetery. Services were conducted
by the Rev. Athol D. Cloud, pastor
of the Porterdele Presbyterian
Mr. Harper is survived by his
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mother, Mrs. Martha Harper, one
daughter, one sister, Mrs. Hayett*
Greer, of Porterdale; four broth
J. D . of Porterdale, B. F., I.
L.. L. L. and Harper, all of Cov
ington. The News extends sympa
thy to the bereaevd family.
G. W. Caldwell and Son, Funer
al Home, in charge