Newspaper Page Text
I II t
[ HATTER
p O X ♦ ♦ ♦
cal County .. State I
.. / I
8. THE OFFICE BOY
in Bones! Yes Siree!
ng ound town if you are
ide a i' 1 dumps and look at
, n the it’s been
ri utiful yards . . , it’s been
L but truly
l daffodils hyacinths this time ...... thrill
and and ... know
jolets you a
Man s Fancy in the Spring
U the Office Boy that is
ling over w ith happiness
is here , If any member
; family . sorter in the
ur is
just take um for a ride
how their the beautiful
God ha.- given us to bring
L and gladness .... then
<pin out the highway and
u the wide fields up hill and
hill Red Old Hills of
IS all tilled and ready
i6 planting • • . some have
planted • • . sure there’s a
hill of • ■ i.s it oats or rye
Oh well its as green a s a
of Springtime and we love
there is no time of the year
akes a feller leel more like
than when young seeds be
sprout in the fields . . .
be trees are all budding and
L b blossoms burst* forth in
splendor . . . the woods
[inning to lake on color . .
nvn and dainty green . .
tees are a little smarter than
tches for their snowy white
[of [play. Springtime you'll are think proudly I'm
[ental But
[ again!
Dudley Glass of the Con
on wr tes a swell column .
: are wondering about that
Bo; and Boss Stuff he car
ii week Am sure there
jibing personal about it but
1 the Office Boy wanted to
» f He told the Boss it
! is Grandmother . . . “Oh' ,
■■ Boss you want to go U
ineral’ . 'Oh no" sez the.
Boy. "My Grandmother is
her first Parashute jump this
Don. Oh Well . . . Dudley
has a way about h.m ....
ie all love him . . . And we
love to get better acquaint
th that dog "Ding" or is it
for we are dog love nlJl -
. . . Last week we visited
Jcove Nuistuy ui v .
;e have been tlieie nik.
durins the past Jen yeais
r risky f little ■ ,7i S U° Terrier r ^ eS whose U
- "Sunshine' Dogs all
Iwho their friends are . . .
on Sunshine" does show us
B the place when we go . .
k this recent visit we noticed
pe w alked around very slow
Ittinj each tool down in a
ate manner and not so much
pled lei beautiful us . but alas we both saw
eyes were
white . . . What has hap
we asked . . . She's blind
the sad voice of one of the
Imagine that happening
unshine Nothing sadoei
:eing this happy little pet un
i know ana g.et,
itinued on Page Fourteen)
vices For
enry Branham
Widely Known in State
or His Educational
Activities.
Henry Branham, 80-year
[ovington resident, who had
pftive in ministerial and ed
Inal circles of the State of
ia. died last Sunday after
lit his home.
had a wide circle of friend.
pcquaintances and was af
known to both young
F as "Uncle Henry." For the
j'enty-twoyears he had been
J>dist pDer Conference, of the North Georgia
■ "’as born in Oxford, Ga. in
H p received his education
Emory College, graduating
Cia ss of 1880. For 15 years
ved as a trustee for the
p for Harris College. He also
a time as secretary of
»rd
r 1f ’ served ^e 1915 State Chaplain Legisla
as and
- ! erk for that body.
’'J . ' n r.k the include, in addition to
former Sadie Har
n tansvilie, Ga.,
■ h a daugh
Academy Branham, dean of
at Gainesville.
so sistei Miss Lynn Bran
w ® t, ^sident B Moore, of Oxford, and
j ‘ e of Bolton.
.
° n d several neiees and nep
ieral e ices were conducted
fonday the afternoon at 4 o’clock
Fi Methodist Church
? nn Burial rites were m
' f "to Cemetery.
■ H - C. Emoi y officiated,
b \ Re as
L M Sullivan „■ '■'falker Combs and
r N’ew "Mends sympathy to
Vor ; of the bereaved fam
„ , ,hp
Ha many friends.
"H and Son, funeral
in "haae of the ser-
lillje lEotniujton
Volume 77
FARM BUREAUIBBIDENT « I 1 HERE TODAY
i ❖ ❖
Eleven More Called By Selective Service Board
Placing Georgia on One Time
A 1
s
a,
A
V.. |
i i
mm
M
m
‘
1:1 A
:
II y/'\
*
I
I >
w 1
s
m
f 1
i | V 1
j ilii
M x : :' •:
m –
GO.'
Governor Eugene Talmadge is shown above as he signed a legis
lftjiye^act placing the entire State in the Eastern Standard, Time zone.
automatically - abolishing * the Central Standard Zone in this state. After
sl £ mr . )S the bill, the Governor changed , , , his , own clock , , and announced
that it was official lime to go to lunch.—Constitution photo.
Central Time Abolished in Georgia;
Entire State Now In Eastern Zone
Little Confusion Results In
Oue Hour’s Change
In Time.
When Governor. Eugene Tal
madge act placing affixed the his entire signature State to an of, j
Georgia on Eastern Standard Time.
he affected not only the western
third of the State, that pushed
their clocks up one hour, but Cov
ingtonians who find it necessary to j
travel between the two sections
When the western section was in 1
the Central Time zone, with the
dividing line running between Li
thonia and Conyers, it was possi
ble to leave Newton County at a
certain Eastern Standard time.
travel west for one hour and ar
rive at the same hour of departure.
Central Standard time,
With the passage and signing oi
the time bill this was automatical
ly changed, placing the entire
State under one time belt.
The law eliminating the state’s
Central time zone became legally
operative as soon as the measure
was signed. However, railroads and
bus services will continue to op
erate on Central time in the oid
Central time zone until a compan
ion order is issued at Washington
by the Interstate Commerce Corn
mission. proponents of the act said.
As soon as the Governor signed
the document it was turned over
to the secretary of state, who sent
a certified copy by air mail to the
Interstate, Commerce Commission.
The latter’s companion order is
considered more or less routine,
as the same procedure has been
followed in connection with simi
lar legislation in other states.
Passage of the Eastern I ime Act
climaxes 10 years oi effort. A1
each session of the General As
sembly such a bill was introduced,
but it was either defeated or bur
ied in the avalanche of last-minute
legislation. originated in
The 1941 measure
the lower House, only to receive
an adverse committee report. Bui
__i Revised
it would not “stay dead."
it was approved and sent to the
S–D310 where it lay dormant for
many days. When both branche
were limited to passaged of each
! other's measures the time bill was
j brought out and passed by the
! Senate by a vote of 35 to 8.
! A provided in the act. the boun
I dary line between the Georgia dividing HU hn
I Alabrma ,, now
i (Continued «« Page Nine)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1941.
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864.
The Covington Star. Est 1874
Boy Scout Group
To Meet Tonight
The Newton County District
Committee of the Boy Scouts of
\merica will meet tonight at 8
p m above the bank,
Reports will be made by those
attending the Regional meeting in
Atlanta last Friday and represen
tatives will be selected for the
Regional Institute in Athens next 1
Tuesday and Wednesday.
pi anf: w ill also be discussed for
a d ; s trict eamporee in which all
lroops j n the district will partici
ate j j Alford is chairman of
(he camp j n g and activities com
miftee which will have charge of
the eamporee.
imperial Wizard of K. K. K. and Klansmen on Square in Covington
% / " rj
f ■
m % /
•v: % r m m m
NT* mm 9
•r ! (W w
$ ♦*
■
%
r-1
Above is a group of Ku Klux Klan members from the Porterdale
Kian they gathered Saturday nisrht night. March is 15, to hear an address
as Cole
A. Coleacott, Imperial Wizard of the organization. Mr.
by James of New
scott’s address on “Americanism" was heard by a large group
citizens, s pite of a light rain that fell during the entire
ton County m
in the background is a recently purchased sound truck
meeting. Shown Americanism
used by Mr. Co 1 ott in spreading the Klan's pro.
'rning iul picture, ablaze
throughout the United States. It made a col'ji ,
giam
19 Called From
Newton County
During Month
Selectees Happy in Army
Says Selective Board
Officials.
MEN WILL REPORT
FOR DUTY APRIL 5TH
AT BOARD OFFICE
Opportunity Given Draftees
To Learn Specialized
Trades.
Eleven Newton County men
were called this week in response
to Selective Service order Num
ber six, issued by the Selective
Service board for the County
Three of the men are Negroes and
according to Board officials all
Negroes are volunteers. This
makes a total of 19 men called io:
service this month.
Five white selectees reported
yesterday at the headquarters of
the local board and were tmmedi
ately sent to the army induction
£*■ -*“ **?■!-■ - «
Those reporting yesterday were
Archie Boyd. Allen Polsen, James
Aaron, Marlow, Robert Boyce
Hanson and William Harold Law
son. These men were called to fill
the Newton County quota for Se
lective Service call Number five
Three Negroes, Henry James
Smith. James Henry Bryant and
Lucious Johnson, have also been
ordered to report for call number
five. They will report this morn
will be taken to the induction sta
♦•ion at Fort Penning at Columbus
ing at Board headquarters and
Ga.
The white selectees ordered to
report for call number six are;
William Hubert Adams. Ralph
Lester Martin, Truman Eugene
Davis, Thomas Sargent Betts, .Jo
seph Pencost Robinson and Reuben
Lewis Robertson.
They will report at the head
quarters of the local Board. 206
Turner Memorial Building, at 9
o'clock on the morning of April
5 and will be sent to the Fort
McPherson induction post.
The Negro inductees, Evon
Weaver, Isaacs Nelson Freeman
and Napoleon Cobb, will report at
the same time and place on the
morning April » and wil, b.
sent to Fort Benning,
Others from Newton County
who have previously been called
included: Clyde Edward Castle
berry, William Robert Duggan
Marvin Adams, Cason, Claude
Dye Yarbrough, Lee Otis Duncan,
Anderson Woodrow Kirkus. Ben
son Carrol Adams, Andrew Jaek
son Sellars, Roy Dudley Pirkle.
Fred B. Hays, Jack Edwin Hinton,
Hugh Nestor Sams, Robin EHing
ton White, Charles Chester King.
Jr., James Samuel Schell, William
(Continued on Page Nine)
Head Newton County Farm Bureau Federation
sea KB
I .A? i %■
$ . <**•
•i % MX
’ :f ••
.
%
•H: ■ L ,
:
j
Shown above are three of the four officers elected at a meeting last Saturday afternoon to direct
the newly organized Newton County Farm Bureau Federation. In the picture, reading left to right, are
q q Benton, secretary; Harry Stewart, treasurer, and G. B. Davis, president. The other officer, J. H.
.
j Anderson> vice-president, was not present when the picture was taken.-News photo by Arrowood.
j J ]g Selected . for ,
U( e
Fat Cattle Show
Here April 14 th
200 Head of Newton County
Cattle Will Be Entered
In Atlanta Show
R. E. Davis, beef cattle specialist
for the State Department of Agri
euttu e„ will serve ae nudge for
Newfdn County Fat Cattle
April 14. according to an an noun
cement made this week.
Principal speaker for the occa
sion w ill be Governor Eugene Tal
madge. Tom Linder. Commissioner
of the State Department of Agri
culture will also be invited to at
tend and inspect Newton County's
outstanding cattle.
The show, which will be held on
the Square in front of the City
Pharmacy, is being sponsored by
the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Prizes are being donated by the
Club and the Bank of Covington.
* The arrangements are being ,
made by the agricultural commit
U?tor mid^S 0 ' if M th^ Hav^Countv^tax^dol- dirSor
lector, is the duector m in charge cnai ge.
Other committee members are
Frank Williams and County f om
missioner, Ike Robertson.
The catle entries will be class
ified into three divisions, light
medium and heavyweight. The
classification of the entries will
be made by Jones Purcell, Agri
culturist for the Central of Geor
gia Railroad.
Approximately 60 entries are
(Continued on Page Nine)
in neon signs, and carries the latest in sound amplifying equipment
Several spectators came from as far as Spartanburg. S. C., to hear Mr.
CoI coiescous ^ coit E speech speecn. ne „ P earned Americans to be on guard against the
dangers of alien influences and outlined a five-point program that the
Klan is advocating to curb Communism and other subversive elements
in m mis this country, country He ne also congratulated the people of Newton County
on having officials “whose interest in things American is unquestu>n<
able."—News photo by Arrowood.
5c SINGLE COPY
_ . !
Agricultural
NEWS
BY T. L. MeMCLI.AN
County Agent
The Newton County Farm Bu
reau Federation continues to grow
with new members being enrolled
each day. At the meeting in the
courthouse last Saturday a mem
bership- committee was appointed
; and the. activities of this commit
! tee arc expected to get a real large
! membership. Telegrams were sent
to the two Senators from Georgia
and several Congressmen urging
support of the Parity measure now
before the two Agricultural com
mittees. We see in the papers
where the committees hav e re
ported the measure favorab y. We
would suggest that every farmer
and business man in the county
join the Farm Bureau Federation
and aid in the fight for Parity.
On defense work organized lab- !
or is receiving wages equivalent
to 200 percent of profit Parity. and Indus^y still j !
is guaranteed a
these high priced wage earners are
b in the che apest food they
♦ hav, armers: aver are not organized id.. and ^ thus
^ l Cannot make thel eeds know n
^ where it wdl do [" them any good .
AUend thc mee ting in the court
| nur^y oi this week 2
ganization and they need a large
membership.
We see lespedeza is coming up
right along now and a few more
stand. If •
warm days will give a j
(Continued on Page Nine)
Thp whole H ome Missions Com
mittep of Atlanta to da^'sundip Presbytery have
for the celebration of this
*. great occasion, and the Home
• Superintendent, Rev.
Pro £ e ,« SO ;- V.Y.C, Eady will lead
the sinf » in g ; an d there will be spe
^ music selections by the Pres
byterian Choir and by a quartet
{rom Pr0fesf;O r Eady's Emory-At
Oxford Boy’s Glee Club. Mr. H.
W. Pittman agent for the Bibb
Manufacturing Company, will be
a special guest.
Many former members, who
now live in other communities but
who helped in the life and work of
the church at the time of its or
ganization and during its earLy
years of growth, have also been
invited to be present for this spe
cial service.
Election Called
To Replace J.-P. j |
I
Three candidates have announ
ced their intentions to run for the j
unexpired term of the late Justice
of the Peace, F. E. Heard. The !
election has been set by Ordinary j
A. 2nd L. Loyd for Wednesday, April j {
- •
The three candidates who have
announced this week through the
columns of the News are as foi
lows; C. E. Estes, D. B. Bohanon J
and J E. Hutchins. All three men
are well known in Covington, :
j having lived in Newton County all ;
j their lives. Mr. Estes is a former j
j member of the city council. Mi
j Hutchins is a local merchant and j j
Mr. Bohanon has for many years,
represented the National Life and
; Accident Insurance Company here
^ ^ eard was re -elected last i
fa n f te serving Justice of the 1
a r as
Peace for several terms He had
erved only two months of the
new 1{?im wben he was suddenly
i (Continued on Page Nine)
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
State President
To Address Local
Group at 2 P. M.
Senator Walter F. Georga
Pledges Support to
Farmers.
FARM BUREAU NOW
HAS 7 5 MEMBERS
WITH DUES PAID
Seek Aid of Congressional
Representatives in
Parity Fight.
Members of the Newton County
Farm Bureau Federation will
meet this afternoon at two o'clock
in the court house to hear an ad
dress by Bob Stiles of Centersville,
State president of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation.
Plans for securing a charter for
the recently organized Newton
County chapter of the organization
will be discussed and membership
ers Jhn ha« £eir°du2^ tneir dues tor
the - vear ' At th * ? re ?? nt tlm * ther *
STSSStJLTSSTS
_ Pres. Church , at
Porter dale Plans
Special Program
Will Observe Program of
Self - Support Next
Sunday.
Special service.- have been plan
npd for neX f Sunday night by the
i Pp ( nerda i,, Presbyterian Church to
1 b the Church entering a
0 serve
new | y launched program of self
supp ^ rt . The services will be held
af 7 0 > c j 0ck Sunday night and a
pr0 gram of music and inspiration
d as been planned
" Recen()v the congregation voted
nimous , y to pay .., u o{ its own
nges jn thp new Church Year
beginning April 1, asking nothing
from ^ Home Missions Commit
^ hgs helppd f]nan re the
work gjnce fhe time of the
church’s organization in 1916 and
wd ich helped with the pastor’s sal
ary j as t year to the extent of
0 q
Number 13
A telegram received Tues
day morning by G. B. Davis, pres
ident of the local Federation,
from Senator Walter F. George,
indicated willingness on the part
of Senator George to do all in his
j power to aid Georgia farmers.
Two hundred fifty, iafjners
gathered at the Court House last
| Saturday afternoon to perfect
plans for the organization and to
elect officers. Officers of the
group, other than Mr. Davis, the
president, are. J, H. Andenson,
vice-president; C. Benton, sec
retary, and Harry Stewart, trea
surer.
Following the election of offi
cers the Federation discussed the
pending legislation before the
United States Congress, which
would materially aid Newton
County farmers if it was passed.
.After the discussion the group
drafted a telegram to send to Con
gressional Representatives in an
effort to their aid in the fight to
pass such legislation, A bill now
before Congress would provide tor
(Continued on Pago Nine)
Official ExplaWS #
Cotton Allotments
“ ~~
Newton Farmers fJ Urged to
Stay Within AAA
Acreage.
E. D. Briscoe, newly appointed
director for the AAA program in
Newton County this week urged
the farmers of Newton County to
plant within their cotton acreage
allotment this year and listed sev
eral outstanding reasons why it
was necessary to do so.
“Under the 1941 AAA program,
farmers who plant less than the
smaller of their 1941 allotments or
their 1940 measured acreage will
receive cotton stamps at the rate
of 10 cents a pound on their nor
mal yield,’’ Mr. Briscoe said.
“In addition, it will be necessary
for those farmers in the state who
plant more than their cotton allot
ments to pay the cost of measuring
any cotton which they may destroy
in order to bring their acreages
w jthin their allotments," Mr. Bris
coe continued <- ln the past this
expense has been borne by the
county association, which means
a ]i farmers in the county* who
received payments paid it.”
The AAA official points out the
excessive cost to the farmer of h^s
efforts and material in growing tn*s
cotton which is later disposed of.
In 1940, approximately 32,000 farm
operators disposed of 35,000 acres
of cotton in order to bring their
cotton acreages within their allot
ments. If the effort necessary to
plant and cultivate this cotton had
been put to some worthwhile use.
these 32 000 farmers would hai ■e
been a half million dollars richer
today, he added.
Mr. Briscoe estimates that it
would mean about one and one
fourtr. to one ano one-half million
doll to the 39-odd thousand
(Continued on Page Nine)