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learts 0 [ fill Newton Coun
[most of beorgia, are sad
his week .. . The Heavenly
has plucked another floxv
den . . . Our prec
Ld. Mr. C. A. Sockwell.
rd the call and gone to fill
tf his Master has for him
hearts are saddened . . •
I thoush we know God does
L Lie tor the best ... we shall U ,1
Charlie" as he was
called by so many . .
L beautiful tie binding to
L l heart' ol triends . .. and
f a iis from the beautiful
[ friendship, even though the
ew link, come into
there is not one to take
t of a departed link . . .
a vacancy there and each
; has to make a place of
in our hearts ... Out
, out to his precious wit.
t Office Boy is honored to
of his dearest friends . .
hat fine daughter ... hr
in in her and we shah
I his wonderful traits
t. his loyalty, and fine
cooperation through her.
has a useful one . . . we
jrsonally that he has not
Lhly Lit . . . we know he has
and helped those who
k help themselves ... he
led young men go to col
[how sweet was the smile
ice when he said. "They
[ri me back every cent,
perhaps instilled in the
chose [ to help some of his
actc • • • ( ' )ul hearts
In thoce piecious sisters
1 R M. Mobley and Miss
lr Sockwell are made ol
I fine material ... we
iy PURE GOLD” and
pti.> giieve with them . .
r and St;, ! e have bepn
bv having this family as
|. . ‘ Uncle Charlie’’ had
(veil for some time ... he
' etl y a " a v lowing that
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ell . . . and we shall not
nm as gone . . . AGAIN
-. "There was a vacancy
e angeis and God called
1 that place." We feel en-
1 having known him . .
enkful for the many hap
ncuT n 'l Tth^n 6 r hen
thev ■ are e nrireW priceless.
‘ >enlPes wil1 bp
By and it is hoped that
jn attend. ! here will
e°n at the Hotel Delaney
lu? tdo“heCountv Meador and the^Con*
nd a Mrs Mis. Howell Howell will
/ghter! oirTi t(
asked for reservations
an Lr Mis. them Thomas. by the Chap- | ;
The
I , b^Kinaires, t nldren of Sons., the
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'•fnrimg to make res
'J calling him not late*.)
flay night . . tomorrow
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'ill be too late the
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only 50c and all are
" nle but stress
• ■ . we
(at the reservation must
[ fi y Thursday calling 138 night. ... De
Res
r e been made for in
s by the President and
as.
uil My'. Right in the
■ m y “Sweepin’ UP
■ephone call n
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[bulbs'. L r minded 1 Such Office a question
[ lp,e 'hose Boy!
h lovely nar
L '°m the gardens of
pankston and we
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' Vl,h not only bulbs but I
; ;' ena P!ant Yum
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rt e the best dinner in
r tom< ' Ml) 'v all because
us a big box of
his own gar
n * ’he season and
[the hsebuds best. . a bouquet
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Hi- r Rankston’.s ' ’ lave Pdei
‘Hies garden.”
for and the pan
the Boss who was
fl now ’he fire
gone whistle
-un ... How
y ' et 'P his mind
evs one wonderful
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Volume 77
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY HELD FRIDAY
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C. A. Sockwell Taken By Death Last Monday
Held
Post In
1 At One Time
rasttes at Athens Hospital,
Following Three
Weeks Illness
BfRVED AS MEMBER
OF STATE MILK BOARD
SINCE ORGANIZATION
Been Active Member of
Several Fraternal
Organizations.
Funeral services for Charles A
j Sockwell, well known Newton
County farmer and dairy operator
and former Mayor of Covington,
were held Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock from the residence.
Mr. Sockwell who was 70 at the
{ j me 0 f his death, died about 4:43
o’clock Monday morning in an
Athens hospital, where he had
ben ( . r , nf i npd by illness for thr
past three weeks.
He was a member of hte .State
Board. har ing been placed
on it when it was organized sever
al years ago. At one time he serv
ed as Board Chairman. He was a
Scotish Hite Mason and a trustee
of the Golden Fleece Lodge .
Mr Sockwell was a Shriner and
a High Priest of the Royal Arch
Chapter as well as a
General and past commander of
the Knight Templars. For many
years he had been active in pro
moting the interests of the Scottish
Rjte Hospita l for cripple children.
The last rites were conducted
. Rey H c Eniery> Rev Walk
e r Combs, l! Covington ministers.:
R ev r Cook, of Social Circle.
.
anc j Rev ^ ^ Maxwell of La
Grange j ntermen t wa s in the Cov
ington Cemetery
Pallbearels were Clarence
Rogers> Mcad ° rS ’ j ohn Perin0 Birchmore. Dearm? ' \ Otto B '
Bliscoe D ' K Hicks ’ and BH1 C0X '
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Honorary pallbearers were the
members of Golden Fleece I,odge
No 1 g
A native of Wa lton County. Mr.
Sockwe u moved to Newton Coun
as a yo ung man and had made
hjs home here since that time. His
ea rly ' yeui's was spent as a suc
cess lul co tton farmer. About 15
years ago he turned his attent.on
to dairying and at the time of his
death was one of the State s larg
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Patrons of Rural Mail Routes
Urged to Improve Box Appearance
Local Post Office to Take Part in Observance
Of National “Rural Mail Box
Improvement Week.’
The week beginning May. 3 has I
been set aside as “Rural Mail Box
Imnmvement Week " bv the Unit
ed States Post Office Department
according to an announcem .
made this week by ' E. L. Mep
henson, acting postm . j
Covington Post °ffice.
The improvement week xv a. de
signed by post oft ice officials t<
encourage patrons of the rural de
livery .-vljj to prov.de r , tab c
mail receptables. They are. eque.
ing that the mail boxes be P‘ ec ‘ ed
so that they will easily be a
cessible to the mail carriers an
i„ . th,t will present , ne.t
appearance. out that it I
Postal officials officials po.ni point o.
is extremely important ^
boxes to be maintained in such
a way as to prox’ide ample P lf> "
tection for the m a i! after it is
placed in the box. Th”' also say
that it is desirable for the own- i
Hie Covington SUi E*t 1874
Georgia Enterprise Est. 1864
Confederate Veterans On Memorial Day 33 Years Ago
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Thirtv-three years ago (Saturday. April 26. 1908) the ConfederateVeterans above gathered on Memorial Day to have their picture taken
in front of the Newton County Court House. Forty-tour years afterthe close of thr War Between the States there were 43 Veterans on
hand tor the Memorial Day celebration. The years have taken their toll and tomorrow there-will be only one living Veteran, "Uncle Rufe"
Five Ordered to
Report tor Year
Of Army Life
Calls 8 and 9 Make Total
Of 51 Serving in V. S.
Armed Forces
Selective Service call Number
8. issued last week by the Newton
County Selective Service Board.
order Thomas Lee Harper, white.
ortiei . K * ,, } * ; . m S w S
anc ' '
,ey H^l cher . Negroes, % to repoit ai
the Board Headquarters for irans
portation to army induction cen
ters.
Call Number 9. issued Tuesday,
order two Negrces. William Sims
Henderson The Negro
alternate named for call numbet
g was Wilford Wise.
This brings to al tne total num
ber of Newton County men now
serving with the armed forces
The white inductee reported
Tuesday at 8.30 a. m. at the Boat d
Headquarters and was taken to
the induction post at Fort McPhei -
son. The alternate named to re
place Mr. Harper, should he tail
to pass r physical or other tests,
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ers name to be painted on the side,
visible to the earner as he ap
pioacnes them. It is 1,kexv.se de
shab)^ for t^boxes ancl then
^
Nunierous rural route patrons
now ns j n g t be old style boxes
th t are not approved by the de
P tmpnt „ js not necessary to
but (hey shculd be
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^ epMn condition. Should it
fw the(n t0 be
tbey should be replaced
, box . of the approved type
. a hUv mail boxes detract
f m the natural scenic
N ^ ww> p„„l nt
ficials say, and are not a credit
^ the attractive homes served
through the boxes. For this reason
they are urging all xvho have box
es in need oTrep 'irs to place them
in good condition belore the week
is over.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941.
Home Building Continues
At A A * Kapid n . , n BCC In T Lltyj
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Much Progress Is Made
Defense Program Brings
Increased Construction
All Over State.
Throughout the entire United
States today the building of homes
and business establishment? L go
I ing fu jj pace accentuated by the
ivational defense program.
converging of laborers of a’l kuv.L
+ army has br0 «f IT
‘
> I trade ar f "L that Y . hf has Un heen recorded horded stncS since .
| he peak years m tne mia - lWpn
>iev ’
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The City of Covington building
i tidCt great stride s have been made
jn home constr uction during the
vear . Numerous Covinetcnians
havc faken advantri ge o' th<- nv
ei , nment iendine programs and
haye buiH homCs of their own
being paid fer c.n -asy
mQnth in?tallments .
A " sections of the City as tin
dergone changes brought about by
^ co „ (l ,„ cUo „ of „„ hom e s ,
New streets have been opened and
areas that were vacant fields short
months ago are now covered with
neat houses, many recently com
! pleted and others in the process of
being built
wish to build a new one. are re
Pr B7Lss7taw7%7ts f °in ab
the
City are also undergoing changes,
many stores having had the in
teriors redecorated during the past
^ ^
Anvone planning to build their
own home within the next year
| are urged to do so without further
delay. Increased demand for build
ing materia! will tend to push the
cost 0 f homes up. At the present
time, however, they can still be
bu.lt under the FHA with a min
.mum outlay of cash.
The first step in building or
buying a home is to decide how
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ATTENTION LEGIONNAIRES
All World War veterans and
Legionnaires are urged to attend
the Confederate Memorial Servicse
Friday at 11 A M. at the Fidst
| Met -odist Church
* Moody Summers, Commander.
Memorial Service
Planned at Oxford
Special Program to Be Held
qjj
Cemetery y ‘
Special Memorial Dav services
ill be held at the Old Soldiers
Ce metery on the Emery at Oxford
Q Mrs w L F1 , d nres .
dent of the Oxford Woman’s Club,
announced this week. The services
to be * by the Wo
„ e spo nsored
„ ' pn -- rluh ‘
Th f f rvices . WlH op -
“f rLv't J nTn
? f ° ld rto n C h
' npr '‘ t-e direction n of ( v V. y Y. C.
Eady. will provide music for the
occasion. Rev. Ch. rles Forrester
w ju 0 ff er the opening prayer and
the benediction
E and
Ruth Ellis wil] give ladings and
the principal ?peaker wjll be
Thomas Callaway. Jr., Newton
County Representative.
Agriculture Administration Gives
Parity n . Rates n . for f Southern C Crops H
Farmer in Georgia and Other States Will
Divide More Than Two Hundred
Millions for Five Crops i
Parity payments for Newton
County farmers who plant within
the 1941 AAA average allotments
for cotton wheat, corn, rice and
tobacco have been announced by
government officials in Washing
t on .
: The rates were: cotton 1.38 cents
; per pound: wheat 10 cents per
bushel; corn 3 cents per bushel:
rice 20 cents per hundredweight:
flue-cured tobacco 0.6 cents per
pound; fire-cured tobacco 0.2 cents
per pound; cigar filler and cigar
bir.de" (not including types 41 and
j 45) 0.7 cents per pound.
The payments will be made from
$212,000,000 appropriated by Con
I i gres s last year. The«e payments
are designed to help boost farm
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National Commander Of
United Confederate Vets
Will Be Principal Speaker
Exercises Will Be Held at
Methodist Church at
11 O’clock.
GENERAL HOWELL AND
WIFE WILL REMAIN IN
CITY SEVERAL DAYS
Parade Starts at 2:30 from
The Covington
Library.
Sons, Daughters and Children
of the Confederacy. Boy Scouts,
member' of the Newton County
Post of the American Legion and
the citizens of Covington and New
ton County will join together Fri
day morning for the annual ob
servance of Memorial Day. high
lighted this year by the presence
i of General Julius Franklin
ell, National
of the United Confederate
A i r,c tur ? 1
News Given ~ by .!
County Agent i
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Sale of Newton Cattle At i |
Atlanta Show Sets I
High Mark.
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Wp noticed in the Atlanta pa
pers that the total receipts from j
the sale of cattle in the Fat Cat
tie sale was a little better than
$30,000.00. Newton* County farm- j
ers should be proud of themselves
since they sold in this sale just a
little over $ 21 , 000.00 worth of cat
tie. A total of 240 head from New
! ton County pased under the ham- |
mer of the auctioneer.
Mr. H. M. Morris, Agricultural
, Counsel of the Southeastern Cham j
Store Council Inc., advises that ; j
three chain stores in Covington
wi H hava beef in about three weeks
from the Atlanta show. The local
i Rogers store bought the Newton
Counfv Champion and Reserve
! Champion and will have them car
I casses on sale in about three
weeks. Keep this in mind and try
‘ steak from the local champion
«
, compare it with western meat,
P
« you want your son son or oi ua da s" h .
,er to j° n ,he 4 * H P!ub an ^ ,ly
Ibeir hand with a beef calf we
wo»W be m to work with ,h,„.
do not buy an animal to fat
, ten out if you do not plan to feed
borne grown feed. We believe you
.
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General Howell will be the guest
speaker at the Memorial Day ex
ercises here Saturday and will
take part in the celebration plan
ned in Atlanta Saturday and a
number of other events planned in
his honor. While in the City. Gen
eral and Mr s. Howell, will be the
house guest of Editor and Mrs.
Belmont Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Den
nis served on General Howell’s
staff at the Confederate Reunion
j n Washington, D. C., last year as
Brigadier and as Sponsor for the
State of Georgia.
“Uncle" Rufe Meadors, the on
]y surviving Confederate Veteran
; n Newton County will be on hand
for the many parts of the cele
bration.
School children will take part
in the parade planned for Friday
afternoon and will also take part
in decorating the graves of the
Veterans.
The exercises here will be held
at ie us e °
will begin at 11 o clock Friday
morning. The program will open
with the singing of America, fol
owed by the Pledge to the Flag,
lead by Moody Summers,
mander American Legion.
Miss Sallie Mae Sockwell wtll
lead the Salute to the Confederate
Flag and Rev. H. C. Emory will
-raver Snecial music
tor f tne tbe occB^on occasion w win jh be oe rendered renaereo
», ehu.eh
‘which J pb will be t v' fo lowed bv
’unshaw of e a ‘ prizes P bv
' World w ', , w War ' Military Military service Service
Crosses will then be awarded to
7 ATfT A
for making the award to Mr. Den
ms.
A “Tribute to Five Widows” will
be given by the Children of the
Confederacy, followed by a tri
bute to Miss Phoebe H.
given by Carolyn Moore, State
president of the Children of the
Confederacy. Mrs. Dennis will then
introduce the distinguished guest
present at the Memor.al Day ex
e.rises.
The guest speaker, General
Howell, will then be
and will give the main address
of the day. General Howell, who
served during the War Between
the States, has held every office
in the United Confederate Veter
ans, with the exception of the rank
of Major.
He has served as first Lieuten
ant. Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Colonel, Fris; ' 1 er-Ceneral, Maj
(Continued on Page Two)
i income from the basic crops to
ward the AAA administrations
goal of “parity” or “fair exchange
value” for farm products. ;
(Parity is defined by adminis
\ traticn economists as a price products level !
which would give farm
purchasing power in terms of non
farm products and services equiv
alent to that of a base period, set
at 1909-14.) estimated that the j j
j AAA officials
$212,000,000 would be divided ;
among the five major crops as j
follows: Cotton $88,300,000: wheat
$57,300,000; corn $47,100,000; rice
$2,500,000; flue-cured .tobacco $3,-
700.000; f.re-cured tobacco 1.000,
000; cigar filler md binder tobac
j (Conftm.ed on Page Seven)
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Number 17
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GENERAL HOWEI.I,
General Julius Franklin How
ell, of Bristol. Va., National Com
j mander-in-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, who will be
the guest, speaker at the Memori
al Day exercises here tomorrow.
Scout Camp
Opens Fri.
At Oxford
Scouts from Seven Newton
; County Troops Will
j Attend Camporee.
Boy Scouts from the seven
Troops in the County will gath
er tomorrow afternoon at Oxford
for a District Camporee, lasting
until Sunday afternoon. The New
ton County Camporee is part of a
camping program being carried
out by the Central Georgia Coun
cil.
The Scouts will, report in Patrol
units, at 3 o’clock tomorrow af
ternoon. to be registered by the
Camporee Staff, made up of mem
i bers of the District Committee,
headed by J. I. Alford, chairman
of the camping and activities com
mittee.
Camps will be pitched by the
Patrols and the preparation of
meals and other camping activities
j will also be carried out by Patrols.
■ under the guidance of the Patrol
i Leaders.
i The Scouts will have an oppor
^unty to paiticipate in test Pass
in 8 contes an o ei leciea ion
j actlvl ^ CS ; nl « ht a cam P^ re
i wi be held at which time they
; will join in stunts and songs. A
' > ai ? lous service will be
held Sunday morning with the
three-day camping program being
uoug t o a " ’ a pcxia
ceremony Sunday afternoon at
] 2.30 o clock,
Sexen other camporees are to
be conducted at the same time
; under the supervision of the Cen
tral Georgia Council. Camporees
j : will Brooks be Springs, held at Sessions Moran Spring, Lake,
Rock Eagle Park. Little Ocmulgee _
State P""k ' r " 'w Scings and
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