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Thursday, March 13, 1941
Letter tnmi Our Congressman
Capitol Hill
Washington, D. C.
March 8, 1941
|f V f(p S r Constituents:
As I write this letter the City
Washington is in the midst of
e most severe snow storm of
is winter—there is already four
ches of it, traffic is jammed and
continues to fall thick and fast,
o one is complaining for we have
ad one of the mildest winters on
■cord here.
While the Senate-continued all
, e , ee k with its debate on the
Lease -Lend' 5 ' or Aid for Britain
ill’ holding night tl^is sessions week, in its
(tempt to finish the
ouse has debated and passed two
os t important measures, the Ag
cultural Appropriation Bill and
First Deficiency Appropriation
ill
Judge Tarver, of the Seventh
eorgia District, who is Chairman
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of the Agriculture Sub-Committee
of the Appropriations Committee,
led the debate on the former mea
sure. He is, perhaps, the best post
ed man in the House on Agricul
sistently ture Appreciations, and has eon
fought fo rsane and sub
stantial relief for the farmers.
Georgia i s fortunate in having two
of its Representatives in key posi
tions in agricultural matters, Rep
resentatives Tarver and Pace, the
latter being on the General Agri
culture Committee which handles
all legislation pertaining to farm
ing while Judge Tarver’s sub
commitee handles farm appropria
tions.
Approximately $212,000,000, was
voted for parity payments, besides
the appropriations for soil con
servation, food stamp plan and
surplus commodities. This sum will
not give us complete parity, and
many of us tried to raise it to
100 percent parity, but we were
unable to get more. The Committee
is satisfied that it has done all
that it can and we are hoping
that the Senate will raise the
amount when the bill reaches
them.
In the Deficiency Bill an item
appropriating funds for the Na
tional Youth Administration was
atacked by a group of Republicans
led by Representative Taber of
New York, who desired to cut
out the entire appropriation to this
| Administration. I was very much
interested in this, for to my mind
THE COVINGTON NEWS
—NEWS FROM—
LEG LI I N N
Bp FRANCES MOORS
Mr. W. W. Coggins of Hampton
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Coggins.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nolen and
children of Atlanta spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Pickett
and son Philip.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stubbs and
sons, Thomas and Edward Stubbs
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs*
Julian Washington and daughter,
Juliane in Atlanta.
lanta visited Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Moss of At
Moss recently.
Mrs. T. W. Heard of Covington
spent Thursday afternoon with her
mother Mrs. Emma Pennington at
the home of Mrs. T. L. Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Huie Moore of
Covington, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Moore spent a short while with
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Moss Thursday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Wicks and
daughter, Nina of near Covington
I ’P e nt Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Moore
Mrs. E. B. Ellington spent Mon
day of last week in Covington with
her sister, Mrs. W. B. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moss and Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Baites atended the
singing in Covington Sunday eve
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the National Youth Administration
has done a very splendid job. It is
headed by a very able Georgian,
Mr. Dillard B. Lasseter. One of the
finest jobs it has done in our dis
trict is the new community house
at Covington, sponsored by the
N. Y. A. and the American Legion
there. When the vote was taken on
the Taber amendment, it was de
feated more than seven to one.
Our Committee on the Judiciary
continues its daily hearings on de
fense measures.
Due to the snow we are keeping
close indoors. I don’t like this kind
of weather.
Sincerely,
A. Sidney Camp. M. C.
TOM MIX
As I Knew Him
by John w. McDonald
NOT A WESTERNER
A few weeks back death came to
the greatest of all Western Movie
Stars, Tom Mix. This story is to
straighten out some of the confus
ing reports about Tom Mix. First
of all there have been many con
fusing reports as to the birthplace
of Tom. This confusion, I believe
was caused by Tom himself, for
in several articles he stated that
he had been “born on his father’s
ranch near El the Paso, actor Texas.” Tom j
always was and show
man and I think 1 ■ made the state
ment because of his desire to let
the world think he was a real
Westerner.
I KNEW TOM
Yes, I knew Tom Mix. I knew
him well. My father used to go
to the same school with him and
they were both born in the same
community. In fact this country
town was no where near the West.
To be exact it was Driftwood,
Pennsylvania where my father and
Tom went to school together. My
father’s birthplace being Driftwood
and the birthplace of Tom was a
few miles away in a place known
as Mix Run. Tom’s birthplace was
forty miles from DuBois. My fath
er’s father was a judge and I re
member of my father telling about
various relatives appearing before
my grandfather. The parents of
Tom had a large unpainted house,
standing near the banks of Bennet's
branch, a small tributary of the
West branch of the Susquehanna
River.
THE MIX FAMILY
Tom had a brother, Harry, and
two sisters, Emma and Essie, the
first named sister being Mrs. Em
ma Schwartz, of DuBois, who was
quoted in the Associated Press dis
patches following the actor’s death.
Tom and the other Mix children
went to Driftwood school for quite
some time and later moved to Du
Bois where Tom grew up.
tt His father, . Edward . , ... Mix, was sta
bie boss and coachman for John
E. DuBois, the millionaire
man of the town, which was named
for his uncle, John DuBois, it s
founder. It was in the uBois sta
bles that Tom learned to ride.
TOM S YOl'TH
Emerging from boyhood to man
hood, Tom was the boy about town,
good looking, athletic but, as my
father recalls without particular
ambition. He played some football,
took part in local bicycle races,
was a good shot and an expert
fisherman. His boyhood had been
spent in the mountains and in the
woods and nautrally he liked the
great out-of-doors.
WAS A SOLDIER
I doubt if Tom had ever been
outside of Pennsylvania until he
was efghteen or nineteen years old.
He joined the Army and became
a member of the Coast Artillery.
His first tour of service was at
Fortress Monroe. On leave' he
would come back to DuBois in his
long blue coat with it’s bright red
trimmings. He made a fine looking
soldier. Tom states in his life story
that he subsequently served in the
Phillippines and during the Boxer
Rebellion. I cannot speak authori
tatively as to this. His war records
should show this.
But I am positive that he did
not run away from his home in
El Paso to join the Mexican Army
when he was 13 or serve in the
Cuban Army two years later,
where he was shot in the mouth,
as a famous sports castor announ
ced in reviewing Tom’s career. I
am quite positive that he did not
serve in the Boar War in South
Africa or with the English Army
during his early manhood. I am
well acquainted with Tom’s life
history and I would have known
about these incidents had they
been authentic.
MOVIE CAREER
Of his subsequent life I know
little. However, 1 know that he was
been a ranch band, cowboy and
an officer of the law. Then West
ern Movies began to show Tom
in small parts. The general public
knows the rest.
The name of Tom Mix will al
ways be associated with the West.
But he had grown to manhood be
fore he ever played the part of
a reel cowboy and it is an indis
putable fact he was born and rear
ed in the mountains oi Pennsyl
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Generating Plant
At Macon Approved
The Georgia Power Company’s
60,000 horse power steam-electric
generating plant under construc
tion at Macon will ba doubled in
size, according to an announcement
Monday, at a hearing before the
Georgia Public Service Commis
sion in whieh the power company’s
proposal to issue $101,271,000 of
new bonds, to refinance its present
bonded indebtedness, was given the
Commission’s approval.
The Macon generating station
will be named Plant Arkwright in
honor of P. S. Arkwright, Presi
dent of the power company. Con»
struction on the present unit was
begun more than a year ago to
i meet increasing demands for elec
trie power on the part of the reg
ular consumers and to provide for
national defense needs.
Something • lot of us have begun
to worry about: Just how short is
“short of war?”
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fy ests f ' iday night of Mr. and '
Mrs. Hershel Ray
Miss Hazel Brown, of Atlanta
s P en '' the week-end with her pa
rents - Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown,
^ r3 - Arthur More, Mrs. Wallace
Rogers and Mrs. Peter Manning of
Atlanta were recent visitors to
friends here.
Mr. Ralph Giles, who teaches at
the Martna Berry School, at Rome,
spent the week-end with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Giles
Mrs. Emily Simmons has return
ed home from the hospital, her
many friends wish for her an ear
ly recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kilgore, of
Loganville, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Floyd and son, John II, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Floyd Sun
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day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pope Turner
and daughters, Ruth and Syble,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fortson, from
Anderson, S. C., were spend the
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Brown Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Williams,
announced the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Ruth, to Mr. Fred
Algood. on March the 5th in At
lanta where they will make their
future home.
The W. C. T. U. met at the home
Monday afternoon of Mrs. Carl
Giles for their regular meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown had
as their Sunday evening visitors,
Mr. and Mrs. James Whitehead,
and little daughter, Beverly, from
Atlanta and Mr. Coswell Mason,
and Miss Joyce Cook.
• Mr. and Mrs. Robert Budd and
little son, Bobby, were spend the
day guests of Mr and Mrs j oe
Dearin g Sunday
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GAITHERS
Mr. and Mrs. James Banks and
children spent the week-end with
Mr. Banks parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Banks of Hayston.
Mrs. Carl Newby had as her
guest last Wednesday p. m. Mrs.
C orge Henderson, Mrs. Ruth
Goodman. Mrs. A. P. Smith and
Mrs. Robert Jeffries.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Brewer spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Brewer ana family of near
Newborn.
Mrs. Sid Womack had as her
guest last Thursday p. m. Mrs.
Carl Newby, Mrs. A. P. Smith and
Mrs. Robert Jeffries,
Mrs. George Digley spent last
Wednesday afternoon, with Mrs.
Hill Bowden
Mr. and Mrs. Boy Tomlin of
Gaithers spent last week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Leach,
Mr. Pete Johnston spent last
Wednesday night with Mr. Samuel
Smith.
Mrs. Charlie Walton spent last
Saturday with Mrs. Albert Osburn.
Mrs. H. O. Banks had as her
guest last Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
Albert Osburn, Mrs. Robert Jef
fries and Mrs. Howard Robinson,
Mr. Edward Smith of Coving
ton spent the week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smith.
Mr. A. P. Smith and son Edward
spent a while Sunday with Mr
Dean Banks and family.
Little Wilson Banks spent last
Tuesday with his sister Mrs. Rob
ert Jeffries,
Miss Mary Brewer of Newborn
is spending a few days with her
brother Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Brewer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smith had
as their guests Sunday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Womack and
daughter Elaine, Miss Marion
Smith and Mr. George Smith, all
of High Point.
We are glad to know that litttle
Wilson Banks is out again after a
few days of illness. Junios Osburn
is sick at this writing. We hope
he will soon be well again.
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Mrs. Walter Middlebrooks and
son, Carlton, spent Saturday with
Mrs. Sallie Ellington.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ellington
and daughter, Hilda, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Will Brown Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Allgood and
children, spent the week-end with
Mr. Walter Ellington and Mrs.
Sallie Ellington.
Mrs. Ross Ellington visited Mrs.
Sallie Ellington a while Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Middle
brooks and sons, Daniel and Carl
ton spent Saturday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Middlebrooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ellington and
daughter, Patsy, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Kitchens amd family
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Seab Jordan had as
their supper guests Friday night,
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Thompson and
sons, Sammie and Johnnie Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ramsey. Mr.
J. G. Thompson, Mr. C. P. Halk
and Mr. Howell Thompson.
Mr. W S. Rutledge of Walnut
Grove was the guests of his sister
Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Seab
Jordan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Byrd were
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Fred Town ley. I
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Byrd had ag
their guests a while Sunday after*
noon, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Williams
and son, Gerald, Mrs. Curtis Mote
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Ferrill and
son, John Wendell, of Covington,
Mrs. Ben Moas of Stewart spent
last week with relatives here.
Miss Pollie Vee Mote spent q
few days last week with her auntj
Mrs. Floyd Byrd.
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