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last week ... I got
if I was out I
not at its! :
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they say it will not
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Garden Tour to
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early! than theirs
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tall branching kind I
wittflong here branches filled reaching with
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blossoms too large to
can you imagine how
peeking out
^Bfjne young greenery and that we
.
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ones
worth the entire trip. If .you
been there do include
and late . azalease
but
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symbol of life im
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best . . . but thoughtlessly
t targets of our vases and ]
good aim and the vase
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gone to pay tribute on
and Children of the
but we found all the
they could later be
f re ... so it is in youi
tey and mine . . . we cannot
rs Bow that the loving gifts
lace there will remain ... it
be ike this anywhere
ve May for the day when cit
• B of A’ery community will be
to the extent that there
be lirked gates at the city of
it takes that to
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Volume 77 The Georgia Enterprise, Est, 1864,
Est, 1874
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TELEPHOTO.
. TO BEGIN DUE
Equipment Being Installed
In Recently Completed
Structure.
Another step in the conversion
of Covington’s telephone system
from manual to dial operation was
completed this week according to
an announcement by R. M. Sealey,
manager of the local telephone
company.
Work on the new structure that
will house the company in the
future was completed this week
and the installation of the new
dial equipment will begin about
March 31, Mr. Sealey said. The
new building is located on corner
when the new plant is installed
and placed into operation it will
offer Covington the latest in tele
phone facilities.
The new equipment will all be
placed before May 24 Mr. Sealey
said in order to make the neces
sary tests before the new' system !
goes in effect May 31.
jngton's Mr. Sealey also telephone said that Cov- |
new directory
would go to prass May 7. People j
A wealth of valuable informa
events, data on the moon phases, a
list of the eclipses due in 1941 and
an old fashioned rebus
In addition interesting informa
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understand telephone service and
them
The development and expansion
southeastern communication
Te j ep ^ one sy S tem to provide bet
at tbe same time provide adequate
facilities for the rapidly developing
National defense program.
()ther te ) ep h 0 ne needs in Georgia
thi s year the Southern Bell Com
pany is cooperating to the iullesl
the nttUonal detente
program, stated.
Manager Roy Freeman
pointing out that more than 90,
o()0 of the over 600.000 men to be
trained in the South are located
or will be located in Georgia, Mr.
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Record Attendance at Meeting of
|Q •I'l*** Divkioii II Held II I Here J
wanls
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the it’s Formfit Week
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to a
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••Monday and Tuesday
anecs Hollingsworth.
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« convenient for you.
1 Tho Covington Kiwanis Club
host to the Other clubs of the
American Legion Home Dinner
was served by the Claude Thomp
son Wesley Sunday School Class
of the Methodist Church.
171 Kiwanigns and their wives
esr
to the death of their president.
fono y wf b J S a£on att 2 e 8 nd Ma C di S ::|J
^ndlxpre^l pride
fine Home, American in which Leg the ^
being held:
1 or guests at the speakers
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Showm above is a group of past and present Kiwanis officers tak
en at the Ninth Division meeting last Friday night in the American
Legion Hall in Covington. Reading left to right, they are; John Birch
more, Covington, Lieutenant-Governor for the Ninth Division; Guy
ton Abney, Macon, Past Division Secretary; ML W. Walker, Eatonton.
Ladies’ Night Set
For March 27 by
Cov. Rotary Club
Description Given of Ford
Plantation by
Visitor.
The regular meeting of the Cov
siding.
The program was opened ,
“America" fol
were reported absent by
tne - se cretary, Joe Heard ana bin
est Black. President Guy announ
IM «. ill » hb home
the District Conference to be held
all members were urged to make
plans to attend.
Gordon Robinson, in charge of
that the date was set for March
The program will begin at 7:30
o’clock with Mrs. Waites Sunday
School Class in charge of the ban
A motion was made and
wives.
Hugh King was in charge of the
program d«.d for the day an f d J”*™‘
Mr. Kieffer made a short, but most
interesting talk on the Ford Plan
tation at Ways, Georgia. He told of
his work there and what progress
Ford was making for Georgia as
well as for bis own industry.
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These included Commander and !
JJJ f ?*$£â€“££ S
Amongothei.s presen^a^guests o!
the dub were Fa ® f
Mi. and Mis. Tr Uer of
Atkin a.
The Emory-at Oxford Oxford Glee Glee ewe club
e'ship ot^ virgu x. u _ j,
°and KiwaVD^trict Music chan
^Preridem' Robert Fowler stated
w0u ld turn it over to John Birch
more, Lieutenant-Governor of this
division Mr. Birehmire welcomed
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Agricultural News
Prepared for News Readers by County Agent
T. L. McMULLAN
One of the best pasture demon
strations we have seen is on the
Robert Stanton farm in Brickstore
district. Last spring Mr. Stanton
seeded about 4 acres of good land
to , lespedeza , , and , pastured , , two .
and ... his work , stock . ...
cows on
plot all the summer and there wa.
excellent grazing til late fall'. Then
he seeded rye f. heavily and now
•
| the , rye is about . ankle - , high , . , and ,
! furnishing good grazing now when
livestock most needs it. It will pay
you to ride by his place and see
this good pasture.
The Newton County Farm Bu
reau Federation will hold a meet
ing in the courthouse Saturday af
ol! lh« week at ^.30
eci to be P resent and aimeis "■ i
especially invited to attend this
meeting. Plans for complete ov
ganization will be discussed.
ton Stamp Plan.
Mr. James W. Scoggins, who has
been in our office for the past
18 months in charge of the AAA
program has resigned to accept a
position as County Agent in Jas
per County. Mr. Scoggins will be
succeeded by Mr. Briscoe who
to Newton County from
doing similar work , r cog^ins
was well liked by the aim
^admlni^tering^he * 't^Sles A* of A A ot£Ya™- program
eps go with him and his family
m their new home and new work,
Be sure to remember that 20 pei !
cent of your cultivated land must
be seeded to soil conserving ciops
this year and for every acre you
lack reaching this 20 per cent goal
you will be penalized $5.00 pei
™ The following crops will
on th! „ per pea ,
pedeza, kudzu, crotalaria, velvet
last fall if sufficient growth is
obtained, vetch and clovers.
We have recently had notice
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Apr .‘ ]f yQu wam a mat
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tress or comfort under the regula.
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Cha ^i^ fftcials
received this week by E. L.
hensow acting postmaster.
! , im ac
Post Office Department in Was
: ington, D. C.
Details regarding the sale o
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941.
Past Lieutenant-Governor; Robert Fowler, Covington, President of the
local Kiwanis Club, that served as hosts for the meeting; James Car
michael, Marietta, Georgia District Governor, and principal speaker
for the occasion; Belmont Dennis. Past Lieutenant-Governor, and Ben
W. Thompson. Madison, also a past Lieutenant-Governor. Approxi
malely 175 persons were on hand for the meeting._News photo.
tions then be sure to make applica
tion before the last of April.
Surely this will be the last cold
spell we will have and we may
go ahead and seed our lespedeza
If you plan , to use Acid . , Phosphate u .
i lespedeza , , seeded , , this
on
then the P . hosphate , . must , , be a PP h ea
’ seeding time If you plan to use
P h osplaate on lespedeza see<fed n
small gram then the phosphate
be after the grain
harvested Be sure t0 remem ber
| ^ and nQt mixed up and
| , lose the ,, think payment. . have too much
If you you
wheat seeded it would be a good
plan to advise us and let us check
your acreage as too much wheat
will cause you to lose your parity
payment. Each farm may have the
established "usual acreage or 10
acres or 3 acres for each family on
the farm, which ever the operator
chooses.
Covingtonians | .
Win Awards in
Market Contest
Local Curb Market Wins
Third Prize of $15
In Contest.
Two Newton County women, 1
Mrs. H. G Ad™, and Mrs H. A.
Ctwty were among the Georgia I
farm women who were awarded
cash pr i zes f or excellence in retail
marketing in a contest sponsored
by S1X Georgia banks. The Coving.
ton curb market won third prize
honors in the group contest,
Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Casey re
ceived awards of $2. each, while
the third prize in the group awards
was $10. According to an announ- Leila
cement made this week Mrs.
R. Mize, marketing economist for
the State Agricultural Extension
Service.
Other individual awards in the
adult division went to Mrs. John
Ponder, Floyd county, first prize.
$25; Mrs. E. H. Ridgeway, Bar
row second, $20 Mrs. J E. Griff
in> Dougherty, third, $15; Mrs. J
p Morris _ Appling, fourth, $10;
and Mrs - Roger Stewart, Emanuel.
fjfJh $5 Grou wer e also
juts? r
Wall, Marion; Mrs. J. H. Cox.
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$25; Miriam Maddox But ^'‘
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-oirt $1 . Corene Wait- De
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By Covington Kiwanians
Population of ! |
16 !
Newton Districts I !
Given in Report
Total for County Set at
18,576 By Census |
Bureau.
Preliminary estimates of the
population of „<• the continental
United States announced , , by
as
Virgil D. Reed of the Bureau of
Census. Department of Commerce,
I gives Newton County a population
I of 18,576.
i A survey of the report shows
that the City of Covington District
has the largest population in the
Co with 5 , 146 persons living
jn withjn jts bounds Thft Cedar
Shoflk District ls in second p!ace
wjth 3gl2 son?
other Communities in the Coun.
anf) theh . populations were re
pd gg follows .
R “2 r jo k store 905 Stansells Hays' 923
w ’ ’ Brewers 496
904 . Gaith ers , 263: Downs. 682
Rocky Plains, 650: Gum Creek
622: Lequin, 678; Newborn, 605.
Oxford. 898; Mansfield, 848; and
Almon, 671.
The estimated figures for the
continental United States as of
April 1, 1941 show 131.669, 275
persons, a gain of 213,558, or 16
per cent, since the first of the
year. The April 1, 1930 figure, a
decade ago, showed only 122,775,
046.
A break down of population
figures show that the south Atlan.
tic States, Delaware, Maryland,
District o. Cniunib,. V,r e i„,a.
Virginia. Noit an oun
Carolina. Geoigia an 0,1
rank in third P ln ®
graphic d vis o s
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Imperial Wizard of Ku Klux Klan
Warns Against Alien Influences
“It is indeed a great privilege to
be an American,” James A. Cole
scott, Imperial Wizard of t e
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, told
a group of Newton County Citi
zens who assembled on the Square
last Saturday night to hear his
message on Americanism.
The use of a modern' equipped
sound truck, carrying the latest
ago.
Kind a
j “^he
blazing neon signs attracted quite
a large crowd to the scene to heat
r „t„, cott -, address, all through
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
W. G. Benton Heads Group
Perfecting Plana
For Show.
CASH AWARDS OFFERED
B Y KIWANIANS AND
BANK OF COVINGTON
Entries To Be Made By
Farmers, 4-H and FFA
Members.
A spring Fat Cattle Show and
Sale will be held in Newton Coun
ty for the first time according to
an announcement made this week
by County Agent T. L. McMullen.
The show will be held on Mon
day April 14 and a large number
of enteries are expected from
Newton County farmers, 4-H Club
members and members of the
Future Farmers of America.
The show is being sponsored by
the Agricultural Committee of the
committee ana is already taking
Covington Kiwanis Club. Mr.
G. Benton is chairman of this
steps to perfect plans for outstand
ing show and program.
Governor Eugene Talmadge will
head a delegation of State dig
nitaries who plan to attend tha
show, the Governor making the
principal address of the day.
Following the speech by Gov
ernor Talmadge liberal prizes will
be awarded in all the classes and
divisions making up the cattle
j show. The money for the prizes is
j , being given by the kiwams Club .
| and the Bank of Covington ’and
! Trust Company.
j In announcing all the show, of Mr. the
McMullen urged farmers
County to enter their cattle and
likewise urged the people of the
County to attend the show and see
the “kind of cattle Newton County
farmers are able to grow and fat
ten out.”
The Newt on County show is be
ing held just one day prior to th«
annual Spring show held each year
for North Georgia cattle raisers.
The show' this year will be staged
in Atlanta.
j Fitz E. Heard Dies
Sat. at Home Here
j
| Fitz E. Heard, one of the best
known men in this section, died
Saturday night at his home on
Floyd street following a heart at
tack which occurred several days
before his death.
Mr. Heard had been a resident
of Covington and Newton County
all his life. He was a member of
the firm Heard and White, and
later Heard Brothers. Mr. Heard
had served for a number of years
on the Covington City Council and
took active part in both city and
county affairs. He held the office
of Justice of the Peace and Reg
istrar of this county at the time
of his death.
Funeral services were held from
the residence Sunday afternoon at
4:00 o'clock with interment in the
West View Cemetery. Services
were conducted by the Rev. H. C.
Emory pastor of the Covington
First Methodist Church, assisted by
the Rev. Walker Combs, pastor of
the Covington First Baptist
Church. Pallbearers were Ike
Robertson, Otis Nixon, Grady Ben
ton, A. L. Loyd, T. C. Meadors and
C. C. King.
Mr. Heard is survived by one
sister, Mrs. W. T. Thomas; two
neices, Mrs. J. G. Rogers, Coving
ton. and Mrs. L. H. Smith, Ameri- ■
cus, Ga.; one nephew, Joseph A.
Heard, Covington. The News ex
tends sympathy to the bereaved
family.
J. C. Harwell and Son, Funeral
Directors, were in charge.
CoVUigtofl Bo V Oil
Coleman King, sensational young
Covington. Ga., basketball star, has
been named to the all-Emory bas
ketball squad at Emory University,
it was announced this week.
campus newspaper wh.ch announ.
ced the choice. King, “famous for
his floor-work, steadied the Med
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BBUBD MILS 8
Newton Board Commends
Cooperation of Local
Selectees.
Eight Newton County men. three
of them Negroes have been select
ed for the fifth call by the County
Selective Service Board for men to
be inducted into the United States
Army for a year's intensive train
ing as part of the National Defense
program.
Board officials say that instruc.
tions from State Headquarters of
the Selective Service System in
dicate that calls in the future will
be more frequent and that a larger
number of men will be called each
time.
Registrants selected for this call
are: Archie Boyd, Reuben Allen
Poison, James Aaron Marlow,
Robert Boyce Hanson and William
Harold Lawson.
The three Negro resistrants or
dered to report are: Henry James
Smith, James Henry Bryant and
Lucious Johnson.
j In as much as one of the men
selected to report might be turned
,
. down at the induction station, two
alternates have been named as
replacements: They are James
Thomas Mitchell for the white
j registrants and Evon Weaver, Ne
j § ro -
j Should either of the alternates
named be required, to report for
duty, he will be notified five days
before he is to report, officials
said. They also added that all the
men but one were volunteers,
The white inductees have been
ordered to report at the head
quarters of the local board in the
Turner Memorial Building, in Cov
ington. at 9 o'clock on the morn
ing of March 26. They will be sent
to the Army induction station at
Fort McPherson.
The Negro selectees will report
at the same place at the same time
on the morning of March 27. They
will be transferred to the indue
tion station at Fort Benning.
Board officials were high in
their praise of the registrants and
said that their wonderful coop
eration, good natured attitude and
willingness to perform duties re
quired of them make contacts
pleasant indeed.”
Georgia has been asked to furn
ish the Army 1,250 selective ser
vice registrants for induction be
tween March 2-31.
The quota calls for 800 white
and 450 Negroes and is Geor
paft of the 7>750 men being
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\ due to a light rain that was falling
| at the time. control of Com
Regarding the
mun j gm and Q t be r foreign ele
menls ; n the United States, the
Klan Chief, outlined a five step
program that 4 the organization is
sponsoring in an effort to eliminate
this hazard:
First: Restrict immigration to a
point where we are accepting only
new immigrants who desire to live
in this great country on the basis
of their receiving some of the ben
ing as Americans do towards mak
ing our country a better country
in which to live.
Second: Deport all undesirable
aliens, numbering some three and
and^giatraUofof all" a’liens’‘now
Mr Colescott pointed out that
he Klan advocat 8 such a program
as far back as 1922 and urged its
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