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THE
HATTER
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a bit of sunshine hits ye,
passing of a cloud,
'^■nd ^■n a ye’r fit of spine laughter is feelin’ gits ye proud,
Q§ forget to up and fling it
1 t a soul that’s feeiin’ blue,
the minit that ye sling it
's a boomerang to you.
S . instead of telling you that
you office boy is sick . . . that the
,1■ 'flu I as got him hide and hair, tooth
toenail . . . He's going to tell
; of the pretty, little pink ele
you
pha its he sees floating all around
the room . •. how nice it is to ha ve
"La g< od soft bed in which to lie and
ind lie . . . how delicious this
, ’ bil"’hite pill is that is called sul
pha something-or-other . . . how
“ heftikes cotph until to it. cough seems and his cough throat will and
.
J close up so tight that he can
tie Yankee Doodle without
■t pottering up 5- lips . . . heigho
, but this is g' o. . . . anywey it
d be worse . . . and , . .let’s all
" ho|> it will not be ... .Your office
•j boy sympathizes with all his read
erawho have been so ill and truly
hop they have recovered or are
onlhe road to recovery . . . Out
my edroom window I can see am*
bulf ores pass every day taking
,1 unfortunate to the hospital
. and I can sigh and grin be
ta!# ? it isn’t me . . . so . . . there is |
[^■just som thing to be thankful the bright for if wej j
look on side of
thin spot ;s . . . even it if there Anyway, are dark al- j 1
upon . . .
noftuch tfwigh Abe Lincoln and me are
buddies and I still believe
the! world would hrve been all
if be hadn t been so hard-
hefted, he has said a few things
iX* LE wlth
and uke him . . . I wish it sam
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8 'rniiv speaking of flow
Bh-Wt'eot anH r,«h darn
Mr.’ifhWnZ an honest-to-good
d one of t ose hpaiitifnl ait ul
t0 bloom Cu y l
y T - '"d y ears and have been en
B'," M blossoms ' . eacn parh^vear year aooui about this
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t f ;us so i is loveie , . i
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about our days ago... as
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• en to my
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thjf i u/lide \ 1 801118 * * * hnf but haVC * * theres
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nf mine . . . just loves to
frm ..J" Just ?l bke edJ all T other ® nd little , bo f sis- em
th|' the j'u 311 * S1 ® S having j
* me of her hfe cause she j
out of the bed herself and j
■ S set ev en wi£h me . . . but
now lmnot so anxious to get
I , tms bed . . . You know I
in.! scatter sunshine at I
,
^■kKhe lints which are I aching feel cornin’ and all on
“T llUle flu 8 erms are playing
nidi and go seek in every bone in
»" d >' . but . . . Pm going to
a one °f them yet and when
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nr it s going to too late for
that little germ to hide and
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! her ‘ W ''U be no need for anyone
'•cek cause he just won’t be
,j r - but . . . there’s
H be thankful for and I’m
"~e this column with a
ef Thanksgiving for there are
things which we can always
to he thankful for if we will
pjst
^■ ^■twilight "ach and swallows every joyful the thing, wing,
on
^■ait * or otmtains that nest cool and that all that laugh sing— and
:eap,
H nve rs running to the deep,
!la PPy. care-forgotten sleep—
Yars that pierce the sombre
■ dark,
: morn, awaking with the lark,
life new-stirriug beneath the
bark—
sunshine and the blessed rain,
B B budding grove and blossom
B lane.
^ sweet silence of the plain—
^■bounty ^B eve ry step springing by beauty from trod— the sod,
For »ach dear gift of joy, Thank
Cod.
SWEEPIN* UP
I fnmunity Singing
Qt Court House
I Thursday Evening
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y evenm .
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. , 8.00 , clock, ,
_ \ louse at o
■ r- ' will preside and efforts
■ be , made < 0 organize a weekly
!! b :ng class. All <ineers and
■rids are in\ tea t a *hi^
Rung
iT A survey of the Stale* Auditor’s!
1 sl § ned when Governor Eugene Tal
madge ‘ ook over ‘ he State admin
lstraU °P- re veais that the County
received $ 6 .630. 00 for payment to
Conledeiate veterans and widows;
$i 5 02 2.50 for old age assistance;
5775 00 £or ald £ o the blind ; S4,-
895 . 0 o for dependent children; $99,-
892 04 f ° r the SCtl ° o1 systerns: $2 ’’
023.52 for public welfare work and
$22,515.55 from the gas tax fund,
maldn * a grand total of $151 ’-
735-61.
The report shows thr.t Newton
County's only Confederate veteran
received $600.00 from the state.
w-hile seven widows of veterans in
the grade “A” classification got
$2,790,000 and nine grade ”B” wi
dows received $3,240,00.
thousand, seven hundred
thr e e payments were made to those
receiving old a ge assistance. The
number of payments were
each month each individual
rece j v j n g an average payment of
^ ^ ^he year. Eighty-eight
payments were made to blind per
sQns gn ave of seven a month, !
average payment being $8.81
D ndent children received pay
ments of ^- 84 on the average , the
tota j payments being 624. the I
mont hl y average 52.
Schoo i s j n Newton County re-
42 2g fol . teacllers sal .
u . , (he to j aJ amount be . j
Q 7 The Covington City
^2068 .-erpived a total of
1
..,; 97 - $10 es-’$1 448 00 going for 1
hers J , a ] ari 544.79 for the
q ( . lnd a n d $976.12 for
v0call0 nal k '
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Mrs. W. H Pittman, of Porter
da ] e w j]| speak to the Claud
Thompson Wesley Class of the
Methodist Church on Sunday
morning, February 2nd. A full at
tendance is urged.
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Volume 77
Un ftA YGROUN l SITE PURCHASED
County N
Gets $150,000 State Funds
SiirVCy Of The StcltC
Auditor’s Report For
Year Made By Writer
Special Report to Covington
New* from Reporter S. G.
Turner.
VETERAN AND WIDOWS
RECEIVE $6,630.00 FROM
STATE DURING YEAR
Payments Made to Schools,
Welfare Work, Pensions
And Roads.
Newton County received more
than $150,000 from the State of
Georgia during the year ending
June 30, 1940, 1 in funds for Pay
ment of Confederate pensions old
age assistance, aid for the blind,
aid for dependent children, county
and city school systems, public
welfare ,rom,hestate,iSr administration and
Applications For Seed Loans
Will Be Taken by Mr. Chambers
Mr L. B. Ponder, slate
visor of the Emergency Crop and
Feed Loan Office, has been noti
fieri by the regional manager. Mr.
lf H. McElveen, by telephone that
applications and related papers
would be shipped to the field su
pervisors of the Emergency Crop
and Feed Loan Section of the Farm
Credit Administration errly next
week Receiving agents will imme
diately begin taking application* in
the usual manner. No delay will be
occasioned in handling loans since
Congress has now provided a re
volving fund and it is not neces
‘ to mr ke yearly appropna
tj L. .
, n ‘iq 4 o ’ 13 950 farmers in Geor
gia . ■> . a • j 890 00 and have
o ■ ’ ' 1941, 1,
repaid, as of Janu „ - jg ■
513,195.52 or 93 30 per cent
money loaned, and the piospect; o
much higher per cent is most fa
l a oTable.
Georgia Enterprise, Est, 1864.
The Covington Star, Est. 1874.
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NEWS CIVEN BY
COUNTY AGENT
News of Farms in County
Reported by T. L.
McMuIlan.
Last week we stated that farms
operated for the first time wtihin
three years could get an allotment
for cotton but would not recieve
any benefit payments, "•
steted that land seeded in the fall
of 1940 would not count as culti
r.
[and seeded in the fall of 1941
by to see Mr. S. R. ’Ellington and
found him busy preparing his pas
ture land for seeding this spring.
He certainly has the right idea. His
plans are to remove all rock, bush
es and other scrubby timber and
plow the land well Then the soil
will become firm by seeding time
and the sma11 seed will have a
much better chrnee of success. In
the past this pasture land has
brought in a cash return. Well
sodded to good pasture grasses
these acres can be made the most
profitable on the farm.
If the land is cleared of brush
and plowed well end then sodded
with Bermuda roots at the rate of
a sprig of this grass to every four
square feet, fertilized with 400
pounds of Acid Phosphate per Sere
and then seeded to 15 pounds ot
lespedeza and 3 pounds of White
Clover or Hop Clover then
the AAA will pay $4.50 per acre,
This will really make ? pasture and
the Government will pay most
the expense. A wonderful oppor
tunity to make those waste acres
P a Y off -
If you have a sod of Bermuda
and want to improve the grazing
tb en remove the bushes, plow thor
oughly, apply 400 pounds of Acid
Phosphate per acre rnd seed with
15 pounds of Jespedeza, 6 pounds
pay you $3.00 per acre. This will
gieatiy increase the grazing per
acre and the Government will pay
most of the cost. Better improve
your lrnd while this money is
available because you could see
cotton not sell at all from the way
our exports are falling off. With
the women and children liking
rayon clothes better than they do
cotton we may mother
cotton market.
Recently we have visited a num
ber of farmers and 4-H Club boys
who have steers on feed. The cat
tie are looking fine and we expect
the people of the county will be
surprised by the quality of beef
being produced in our borders.
(Continued on Page Seven)
These loans will be mrde. as in
the past, only to farmers whose
cash requirements are small and
who cannot obtain a loan from any
other source.
As in former years, the money
loaned will be limited to the appli
cant's necessary cash needs in pre
paring and cultivating his 1941
crops or in purchasing or produc
ing feed for his livestock.
Borrower* who obtain loans for
the production of cash crops are
required to give as security a first
lien on the crop financed or. in the
case of loans for the purchase or
production of feed for the live
stock, a first lien on the livestock
to be fed.
Applicrtions in Newton County
will be taken at the office of Field
Supervisor P W. R. Chambers in the
C u t . Covinston , ■ Georgia -
on Wednesday and Saturday, of
each week. |
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941.
Pre-tour Concert Sunday At Methodist Church
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The Emory-at-Oxford Glee Club pictured above will present a pre-tour concert Sunday evening at
the Covington First Methodist Church. the Glee Club is composed of students attending Emory-at-
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Rotarian Day
Celebrated by
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Athol A1 ,-- Cloud Wins Goat from
Milton Brozdon Uro « <to '' With
M,nu w ‘ Atte ndance.
Rotarian Day wes celebrated
Tuesday by the Covington Rotary
Club wltt a number at members
I taking active part on the program.
The n»eeting was opened with
j the song,.‘-America” followed by
prayer led by Athol D. Cloud. Guy
Robinson presided. Four guests of
the club were introduced by Pres
ident Guy as follows: Mrs. W. O
Dorough (joining club in celebrat
ing birthday of her husband), Gor
don Robinson, Dr. William Cook
J and James Gardner.
I he meeting was then turned ov
er to W. C. MeGahee, program
; Airmen, who introduced various
club members who discussed the
“Rotarian,” club magazine. They
were Charles Forester, J. H. Me
Nay and W. O. Dorough.
Following the program, Secre
tary Tom Hay announced 98 per
cent attendance of the club for the
month of January. He also an
nounced that Athol D. Cloud had
won the goat during February (not
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chlb attendance goat. The above picture was taken as Ernest Black
Presented the goat to Milton Brogdon who missed “whole two meet- ;
>ng. Milton is again happy, however, as he presents "Rotarian Billy'
| 0 ,\t d ol D. Cloud next Tuesday. Athol missed two in January. The
Rotary Club now has an attendance of 98 per cent
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UNIVERSITY MEN
TO VISIT SCHOOLS
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Ann °uneement was made this
week by County School Superin
tendent E. L. Ficauett that Dr Tr
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h anc H f j>thei fh inspectors from the
Umvers.ty of Georgia would be
, {“f«s of New£ on County Schools
The group will spend Friday in
spt ing tbe schools o£ th e county
a nd 4:00 °’ cloc ^ "'ill speak
£be , < -°‘ ’ :n 8ton school house.
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o£ {be Sroup will speak to the high
sebo °T teachers and the others to
£be grammar school teachers.
T3oth Mr. Ficquett and Mr. Haw -
4:705 o£ tbe Covington system will
welcome the University of Geor
officials .to this county.
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Dr. J. C. Wardlaw. president of
the Atlanta Kiwanis Club, was the
principal speaker Thursday noon
at the regular meeting of the Ki
wanis Club. President Robert Fow
ler presided, with V. Y. C. Eady
leading the singing, accompanied
by Walter Stephenson at the piano.
Dr. Wardlaw was introduced by !
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The officers of the dub are:
Henry Jennings, president; Buddy
Irwin, vcie-pyesident; Hugh Dar
den, secretary-treasurer; Martin
Smith, business manager; Jack
Burnette, associate business man
ager; and Nicky Bolton, librarirn.
Those who will take part on the
P 1,l K r;, u Sunday night include
Henry Carter. Henry Jennings,
Jack Hightower, Buddy Irwin.
Nicky Bolton, Jimmy Kay, Jack
Smith, Neil Glass, Lamar Hicks,
Hugh Darden. Jack Burnette. Bob
by Stanton. Pearce Cleveland, Lar
ry Hagood, Gordon Hanson, Ed
Daniels, Frank Robinson, Bill Ross,
W. L. Norton. Harold Herrin, Mar
ton Smith, Bill Hall, Goodwin
Tuck. Jack Reeve. Jack Davis. Ed
ward Lay, John Braselton, Richard
Johnston, Chailes Adams, Bob
Moore.
The Covington boys who i re
members of the club and will ap
P* ar on ,be Sunday night program
a,e Nicky Bolton. Goodwin Tuck
and Uamat Hick^.
There will be no admission
charge at the Covington concert,
bul a free will offering will be
,akcn The Public is cordially in
vited to attend the Sundry evening
concert.
11,120 BdleS Cotton
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Thf Census re P ort for Newton
County shows that 11.210 bales of
cotton were ginned from the crop
of 1940 prior to January 16th, 1941
compared with 11,152 bales for
^ crop of 1939. The report was
, bv L ' H Cook snecia! p aeent c
°f . e Biueau of the . Census ,, in
Washington.
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Emory-at-Oxford ‘J 1 VA1VtU
Glee Club Will
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p re -Tour Concert ” at a * First ^ ,rst
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a r sf Church in
Covington Sundry evening at sev
cn-thirty o’clock. This program
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mui, according to the pastor Rev.
H - C. Emory. Director Eady states
that the program will consist of
classical and religious numbers ' in n
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11 w■„ 1 S - sexeiai we ^ ri known Negro
spiriturls. The visiting soloist will
b c Mrs. Roy Johnson, contralto, of
Atlanta. Jack Burnette a member
0 j the club will he rd a - s vlolln ■ ,
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Nicky Bolton are the accompan
ists.
it Is announced that next \ Tups e "
dav Fphrilar „ ... .. , j
and be visited Florida, Among the towas to j
are: Savannah. Ga ’
Jacksonville, Fla.. Live Oak, Fla '
and Thomaston, C-e.
j People of County Urged To Aid
t ! In The Infantile Paralysis Drive
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The drive to raise funds for the j
children of Warm Springs and
,
tltroughout the nation suffering
from Infantile Paralysis began
swinging into high gear this week.
Chairmen throughout the United i
States were busy directing activi
ties to raise money for this worthy ;
cause. Belmont Dennis, of this city
was recently named chairman of
Newton County. He has turned
buttons over to city and county
school officials to distribute among
the children who contribute to the
cause. He has also called upon the
Kiwanis and Rotray Club tor con
tnbutions and has met with much
success. Boxes have been placed m
a number of stores where individ
uals may contribute. These boxes |
may he found in grocery stores.
drug stores and restaurants and the
few cents left from a purchase will
help some child with infantile pa
ralysis ? j
The National Celebration chair
man said an electric oigan was be- ,
ing installed in Georgia Hall in
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S I
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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Approximately 8 Ac res
For jMlilllCip&l
PlaygroundForChildren
Site Purchased from W. Trox Bankston and
Dr. A. S. Hopkins, off Conyers
Street.
CHILDREN OF COVINGTON TO
GET “BREAK” LONG DESERVED
City and County Officials and Civic Bodies
To Co-operate in Development
of Site.
Announcement was made this week that the Mayor
and Council have completed plans to purchase a site for
a municipal playground for the children of this city.
The site was purchased from W. Trox Bankston and
Dr. A. S. Hopkins, and joins the property of the Com
munity Club House recently completed through the efforts
of the American Legion.
The P ro Perty purchased from Mr. Bankston com
prises approximately eight acres of land adjoining his
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Uncle “Rufe” Is Visited by
75 p eop | c of Thi ,
Section.
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Approximately seventv - five
people, including many little'chit-'
dren, called to do honor to Uncle
“R u f e ” Meador last Sunday after
noon when The Manning Bible
Class held -‘Open House” between
t0e hours of three and five o'clock
The occasion was the celebration
of the honored guest’s 94th
, day which he observ ed at home in
'Oxford Thursday, January 23rd.
Uncle Rufe, who is Newton
County’s only living Veteran of
^ ar Between tll€ States > a P~
peared to be in good health as his
friends chatted with him in the
large room of the Bible Class!
where the guests enjoyed punch
and c i ' ackers -
The officers of the class, of
which Mr. Meador is a member,
A part of the grounds formerly
owned by Dr. Hopkins will be lev
eled and form the entrance to the
playground. Every effort will be
! made to make it attractive in every
The National Youth Administra
veloping the project and the force
which has been working on the
Community House will be made
available immediately for this
work.
That portion of the property
which is in forest will be nude
available for the Cub Scouts. Boy
Scouts and Brownie Scouts to con
struct a hut or use in any way they
desire. The entire playground will
be available for their use but this
portion is best suited for huts or
; camps.
Outdoor ovens will rIso be con
structed for use by picnic parties,
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received the guests. Mrs. E. J.
Brown, the class jteacher, acted as
general hostess. The officers
elude: E. V. Moss, president; Mrs.
Callie Day, vice-preSident: Wilbur
Wm. Budd, chairman Hospitality
Committe; Mrs. Robert Coleman,
chairman Social Service; Luther
Stewart, building custodian.
R. F Harwell helped in receiving
the guests. Those who assisted with
the serving included: Misses Mary
’ones, Rebecca Weldon; Mesdames
Ira Williams, M. R. Ellington. Bus
ter Williams, and Wm. Budd. Mu
sic was furnished by Aubrey Sher
wood, one of the first members to
when organ
ized several years ago.
Among the special guests from
out of town was Mrs. Peter Man
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time to help provide music for th«
annual party at Whrm Springs in
observation of the President’s
Birthday. The organ was a gift of
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
This first present to Mr. Roo se
v . c r was g lven ; n connection with
the nation-wide celebration of his
birthday, which raises funds for
fighting infantile paralysis. This ia
the eight h annual celebration of
the President's Birthday on ai na- (
tional scale for thus purpose,
Mr. Morgan explained that the
Ro0 sevelt family's desire to send
the President's first birthdav pres
ent 0 f 1941 to the Warm Springs
Foundation “is typical of the en
tire nation's unselfish attitude tn
ward this magnificent campaign,
aimed at remedying and curing a
terrible disease.
“This gift to Warm Spring*
brings to the Foundation an ideal
0 f generosity as beautiful as the
music the organ will produce,” he
sa id.
Number 5
stream winds its way through th*
meadow.
forest .»• w** bluff which
on a will lend
Df .
Ho P kins includes the property
whlch was formerly used as a
Swimming po ° l This j° ins the
Community House property.
y)ne entire matter was handled
hv Mr ' W C MeGahee. chairman
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of the finance committee and
Mayor pro tern.
Mr. MeGshee states he has long
felt the need of a playground for
the children of Covington and h«
1 believes this will be the culmina
j tion of his dream.
The entire project will be de
j ively veJoped for into children. a playground Rain sheds excius
will
be built, baseball diamonds, mar
ble rings, horse shoe courts, bicycle
paths and many other features for
children will b- constructed.
The city and county as well as
the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs of
the city will cooperate in develop
P r °i® ct and every effort
will be exerted for the comfort
and pleasure of the children.
The plot Ls ideally located for *,
playground and will be the means
of giving the children of Coving
ton a break they have long de-