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H. the Office Boy has had
L d and glorious week . .
L an about the parties
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d for our Memorial Day
guests but corne on and
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JfSs?3i I franklin Howell, and his
, V !fe'’ of Bristol, Virginia
[le l» fagged from such a
’ not him he
but no sir, ...
S Memorial Day
the Grand
„ at the Methodist Church.
L|j as his comrades in
|e privilege of serving their
bnd high praise for the
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Ireater of the 60's who fought ev
battle at home
1hf home fires burning
hje for the Daughters, Sons
iildren of the Confederacy
•e teaching the true history ;
South WITHOUT BITTER-1 j
t , then the luncheon at
L; ,
honoring our precious
Rufe" Meadors and the
i of the 60's where Mrs.
polar and Aunt talks Chloe Blas- Un- j
> made short . . .
* talked at the luncheon for
k time in history ... he was
L , we are thrilled that he
lyed .
the day with his Na
tommander . . . and were
that he could not make the
[nps with the Commander
h Saturday we motored to
[where [ the Commander and
were honor guests and sat
Reviewing Stand at the
City Club . . . then joined
fade to Oakland Cemetery
Exercises . . . when this was
lev were honor guests of
H Guard . . . such a lovely
luse . . . and we believe
I no lovelier spot in Geor-
l the picnic grounds there
b Fulton Park . . . among
I Guard and their lovely
ire met were Martha and
[Kemp of Briarcliff Road.
Mrs. L. P. Baker of 17th
[ hmandant Henry A. Lawrence, Lt.
I Old Guard; Capt
an, Secretary; Atty. Gen
ii Mrs. A. L. Henson (old
[of the Office Boy); Lt. B
Iman: W. M. Graham; L. P.
pi, D.: E. B. Zachry; H. D
r, Capt. Infantry; Charles
pee ahd his charming wife
k might say here that he
bat we gi'.-e his love to Miss
ranham of Oxford . . . Gol
pe said he was a thorn in
h when he was a student at
pry at Oxford ... he grad
I the Class of 1910 . . . was
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Anthony at
M) This Week
[ts ktures Given by Retired from Daily
Minister.
pseom Anthony, one of the
iRue characters in the his
peoigia I fifty Methodism during
years, is being heard
week at the chapel hour
By at Oxford. His visit to
Bwd campus is an annual
B which the students and
B H gerly look forward.
B’ord or interpret his mes
Btoo much for the average
B In the light of this, some
led excerpts from his daib
with genuine advice
r n below for the reading
pod ' ° the old man you are
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stuff you carry in your
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can 'vaste enough time
something to do it three
p'vard a brave dies a thousand
man dies only
•s what you are: you can
habit you want to.”
character settles what you
5 ' ," il1 only buy the con-
1 life.’’
y can buy a house, but
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to liv e in what you like.'
U ahv ays a present evil."
lrU v folks live in their
ran r e g u 1 a t e your
H g°°d side in every
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Opportunity to Enlist With
Ga. Battalion Offered
Newton Men.
Newton County selective ser
vice registrants will have an op
portunity to volunteer for duty
with 101s t Coast Artillery, of
ficials of the County Board an
nounced today. The 101st. enm
posed of batteries from Atlanta
Hinesville, Savannah, and Bain
bridge, i s now stationed at Camp
Stewart, near Savannah.
The commanding General for
the Fourth Corps Area, has advis
ed that 300 men will be required
to fill vacancies in the enlisted
personnel. All local !_______ Boards i
throughout the State will have an
opportunity to send men with the j
understanding that the men will
be assigned to the 101st.
Board Officials announced that ,
several Newton County men have I
volunteered for service with the
Georgia Battalian and pointed out
that this is probably the last
chance registrants will have of
serving with a Georgia National
C-.iard group. A Lust of volunteers
will be carried in a future issue
of the News.
Call number 11 was also issued
this week by the Newton County
Board. Two white selectees, Luth
er D. Hudson and Johnny Osburn
Taylor, and Tannis Johnson. Will
Andrew Almand and Loucious
Heard. Negroes,. were ordered to J
report for a vear’s training with
the amed forces. This brings to |
56, the number of Newton County
men that have been inducted. I
The white selectees will report! |
at ! the local Board headquarters
8 M a. m„ May 22. and w-1! |
be taken to the induction station
at Fort Benning. Alternate named ;
for this group was Aubrey Mel
ton Savage.
The Negro trainees will report
at the same time and place on the :
morning of May 23. They will go
to Fort Benning for the induction
procedure. The Negro alternate 1
named -s Willia Howard Barnes,
With approximately 116,000 reg
istrants, in the Selective Service
System of the State of Georgia,
classified by 188 Local Boards by
April 20, 1941, only 100 cases have
been placed in the hands of the
Appeal Boards in Georgia, and no
appeals to the President have or
iginated in the State of Geoigia,
according to Brig. Gen. Sion B.
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Journal Published in 1898, j i
Brought to News Office by Reader
Tn no other ulace is the change
}" • trend of time more clear
H tinctlv noted than in the
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pa £ e *’' Atlanta Jour
01 0 f an
l -piinw with age and dated
f i'r ’ 6 ,,,qu brou ght to the News
o ice iec . ntlv bears but little re
. dailies
ser N f C f m odern
published . n A«ama Atlanta today / The
“X heading’ whicii^was front
P g se. in
same tvne typ€ face ' aC that today’s Jour- j
f a T r b W ver is the news content. United
for on Tune 8 1898 the
States was at war with Spain and
news dominates the front
war
The headlines were large, col- ex
tending over two and three
umns in most instances and the
inche^of ’'space,^orT column
those day>
all type was set by hand and it
took a L. lot of small type to fill
.
a column inch.
The lead news story tells of
falje | ♦ /• l o n Dittos
The Covmgten 8tax Est 1874
Oeorgia Enterprise, Est 1864
Plans Call for Largest School
Supplement Ever
Published.
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER
VISITING SCHOOLS FOR
PICTURES OF CLASSES
Enthusiastic Reports from
150 Students Working
On Paper.
Plans for the fourth annual
Newton County School edition of
the Covington News were progres
sing rapidly this week as more
than 150 seniors f rom the nine
schools that will take part in pub
lishing the paper started work pre
paring the news articles and lay
out for advertisements.
They report a splendid response
from the merchants in the City
and County and indications are
that the edition this year will be
the largest ever published,
A News photographer this week
started , , visiting .... the ,, various • schools, . ,
to obtain pictures of the student :
groups. A All j. scnoois sc hools not not alreadv aireaay
reached will be visited the last of
this week and the first of next
week.
Plans for this year* , edition cab
for even more pictures and articles
than in previous years. The pub
hshing of a school edition has been
a major extra-curricular activity
of the Newton County Schools fo. j
‘he past four years. The first we ,
published in 1938 and every yea- i
since that time has seen a remark
able increase in the size and con
tent of the paper.
Published first in tabloid size
the paper was increased to th
standard size last year, making i
possible to prepare a much moi ( i
attractive newspaper.
Schools taking part in the prep
aration of the paper are: Covin"
ton High School. Covington MiP ,
School, Heard-Mixon, Livingston ,
Mansfield, Newborn, Palmer
Stone, Porterdale and Starrsville.j
Smith Nominated
F Ol Fj.Alt tr A I DneiL'/in Wflllttr!
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“Peaches" Smith, of Covington,
a freshman in the Junior College i
at Emory at Oxford, was on-e of
nominated for the presiden
of the student body for next I
The others nominated are
Hightower and Alfred Eide.
Speer Burdette, president of the
student body for this year an
that the final selection j
be made this afternoon when ;
votes are counted at the end
a day’s balloting.
the Fifth Army Corps leaving the
Unted States for Cuba to enter
the thick of the struggle for that
small country’s independence. A
second article tells of the posting!
of the official orders in the huge
army camp at Tampa Fla. The
Tampa camp was abandoned after
the 18,000 men embarked due to
the fear of fever by the War De
partment.
Another story te „ s of Admira ,
Sampson .inking the Spanish
cruiser, Reine Mercedes, in a ter
riffic fight at Santiago.’’ The ar
how the Spanish
Americans suffered no casualties/’
McKinley was president of the
United States at th etime an ar
tide with a Washington, D. C.
dateline describes the terms that
he outlined for a negotiated peace
The terms as given in the sub
head were “freedom for Cuba, the
permanent occupation of Porto
Rico and the holdings of the Phil
ippmes.”
l Among the other news items on
f (he front page was one dealing
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Mother’* Day—1941
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Agricultural News
Prepared for New* Readers by County Agent
T. L. McMULLAN
We believe one of the most prof
stable operations on our farms is
to mow our pastures about twice
‘ summer The mod b*
our pastures are infested with ,
weeds that give too great a com
petition to the desirable grasses.
Then scmetimes the desirable grass
§ et ' s taU and becomes b ^ c ™ tough *
and thus is unpalatable. Two
mowings will often eleminate a
c. reat many varieties of undesir
jjle vegetation by not allowing it j
< 0 r6 seed and cutting back of the 1
des j rab l e grasses will stimulate ;
;ew growth. Let’s bear this in
nd and mow our pastures.
Now is the time to seed Brown
rop P Millet. It should be seeded
on good , a nd at the rate of 25 to
, 0 pounds of seed per acre. On
r .od land with adequate rainfall
;his crop can usually be mowed
two to three times. Splint Hunt
=avs it is the Another best hav he destrable ever fed
to mules very
feature is the heavy seed produc
lion. It usually produces 400 or 1
-'.ore pounds o*' seed per acre, this
means we can easily produce our ;
own seed each year and we cer
, a inly should give more attention
to crops that we can grow our
own seed easily, farmers of this
county spend too much money fori
seed wnich they can easily grow i
We believe farmers should wait
til grain is harvested to seed He
gari as one strong feature of this
plant is it's ability to produce
grain under drought conditions. Of ;
late years corn planted after well grain due j
does not produce very j
to drought and insect damage. He- j
gari is free of insect damage and
stands dry weather much better !
than corn. It is easily harvested .
with a combine.
Cattle are selling at almost un- j
reasonable prices Be on your
Suard and do not load up on these
‘S ca e ' ‘ . ls ® u,t e . ime a |
0 "® re !n
^' aft ® d ea 'er the otier ay a out j
f be heavy demand or ca e an
the high puces and ie sa:d some
Gainesville Man '
Killed in Crash I
Robert Douglass, 32.
Gainesville electrician, died . |
in the hospital here shortly i
after noon last Saturday of
injuries received when his I
automobile left the road
about four miles from Mans
feild. He died about 20 min
utes after reaching the hos
pital. j
Mr. Douglass was en route
to Gainesville from Macon,
where he had been work
ing. He apparently lost con- j
trol of his car, which struck
a tree and was demolished.
Mr. Douglass is survived by
his wife. A I
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941.
i fa-mers were going to get stuck.
1 said he remembered a few
rs back and fa "™j ™*® d
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P astur * ^‘th high p ic d cat
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and then the decline in ptices came
and he bought a large number of
grown cattle from this farmer at
S5.00 per head. Be careful and
hi ^ h P rlced ca • but buy
nn ^/ our ^mediate demands
This county has an outbreak of
Typhoid Fever nearly every spring
and summer. The only way to
eleminate this disease is sanitation
If ou ^ iave a sam ary oi e
attend to this now. A sam ar y 01 ~
et is easy and cheap to install, if
vou want one you can carry your
material to San, tary Tm.
Project near the Geotgia Depot
md they will build and install the
toilet for you free. H you do not
’aye the materia they w 11 b y
t .or y^u and build and ins
he toilet and you pay only for
he material.
Do not delay signing for Stamps
under the AAA Program as June
1 st is the closing date and several
farmers in the county have not
signed. It -s just a little $25.00
crop insurance policy free.
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f-emors of Covington High
School to Stage Picnic
Today.
May is the month of graduations
and throughout Newton County
preparations are being made for
the close of the schools for the
summer period,
C. E. Hawkins, superintendent o(
the Covington City Schools, an
nounced this week that the largest
Senior Class in the history of the
school system would graduate May
Tlie senior class this year has
54 members.
Members of the class will go to
Indian Springs today for a picnic i
outing as part of the commence
ment program. This is the firs!
event planned and members of the
class have been looking forward to
H for »vera, weeks.
Tomorrow night a special pro
gram will be given by the Phys
ical Education Department of the
school under the direction of Mis^
Louise Fowler. This is an annual |
event and attracts a large crow<
each year.
The firs event on the com
mencement program for the Por
terdale High School is the Junior 1
Senior Banquet, being held this; |
year on May 16.
All schools in the County arc!
planning special exercises and;
many of the Senior classes are pre-!
senting plays. More detailed an
nouncement of the activities of the|
various schools will be carried in
a future edition of The News. I
5e SINGLE COPY
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Flower Show
Mrs. E. E. Callaway and Miss
Betty Rabun Win
Sweepstake Prizes
One of the most successful flow
er shows, according to Club of
ficials, exhibitors and spectators,
ever sponsored by the Covington
Garden Club, was held last Fri
day in the American Legion Hall
Funds derived from the sale of
tickets will be used for British
War relief work. Enteries in the
show, the tenth sponsored by the
Garden Club, were judged by Don
ald Hastings, of Atlanta, and
Katherine Anderson, of Marietta
Mrs, E. E. Callaway, who serv
ed also received the sweep stakes
as general chairman for the event,
prize for getting the largest num
ber of points with her enteries
The junior Garden Club sweep
stakes prize went went to Miss
Betty Rabun.
This was the first time that the
Club has staged the Show in the
American Legion Hall and the
colorful enteries made a striking
picture, the general decorative
motif adhering to a ’ patriotic
theme.
The following entries received
prizes and ribbons in the various
classifications:
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m Mrs. r George r Cochran, v, m Mrs
Moody Summers, Honorable men
Turner
R 0 acs C ollection
R e( j
Mrs. George Cochran.
p-. ank Comer Wl , Kathryn
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Georee ^ Cochran Mrs W
f? Climbing' Ggither Uon Gohen
i ■ Roses
Mrg Edmund j ordatlj Mrs .
^ Cochran . Mrs . w . c Me .
Gghep '
AIfr esC0 tables
Mrs E £ Callaway, Miss
Kathryn jvicGath, Mrs. I. H. Rain
.. va ter
lMantels
Mrs T c MeadorSi Mrs. Pat
orson Mrs j. r. Sams and Mrs.
Cochran
Luncheon Xabl
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Mrs. T. C. Swann committee.
whUe and blue arranfe .
mpnts
1 ^ „ KaUiryn McGath M ^r a th Mrs. ivrrc T T.
b . Mecdors, N i s L . S ann.
Fohage and Shrubbery arrange
X. P. M. Gearing. M«.
George Cochran, Mrs. E. E. Calla
way.
Buxem arrangement
Mrs. R. P. Campbell, Mrs. R. O.
Arnold. Mrs. E. E. Callaway.
Smal! arrangements
Mrs. E. E. Callaway, Mrs. E. E
Callaway. Mrs. W. Trox Banks
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Arrangement in Metal container |
Mrs. George Elliott, Mrs. Flem- I
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D T lop ^ Tuesda ?
Night at Joint Meeting of
Legionnaires and Wives
Here Tonight
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pianist, who will appear here
night in a concert sponsored
the Covington Music Club.
Cov. Music Club
Sponsors
I t At 8:30
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Special Program* in
To Celebrate National
Music Week.
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Covington this week joined with
the Nation in celebrating
al Music appreciation’ Week, designed to
an of music, both
and f „ ial . , Sra m .f
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been staged this . week at . the ,,
nous schools ,n the C ° un ty and
tonight the Covington Music . Club
wiU g-ve a puno concert featur
mg Franciszek Zachara
| As part of the Music Week cel
ebration, Mrs. M. E. Goode, ap
peared before the student body of
the Covington School last Mon
dgy and ^ history of
^ q Mrg Goode render ed
appropriate selections to
demonstrate the typical music of
different ^ riods -
On Tuesday, Walter Stephenson
visited the school and gave a brief
history of music. He also played
several numbers to represent the
various types of music. Mrs. Rob
ert R. Fowler, Jr., appeared the
same day giving several selections
to demonstrate the music of dif
ferent nations.
Yesterday Mrs. T. A. Rape ap
(Continued on Page Seven)
Newton County Farm Youths Get
Money and Fame Raising Cattle
Hays Community of Newton coun
ty al , of his U f e , made some good
money out of cattle. But when
the drop in prices came he
heavily through no fault of his
own and for a time “coasted along”
with just a steer or two. Then
when the boys became interested
in their 4-H club beef projects, the
father decided to give them the
benefit of his experience and his
advice, and to encourage them to
raise nothing but “good stuff.”
This past year Gene, who is
12, and Joe who is 16, had four
fat steers each. Both boys raised
one steer apeice and each one of
them bought three. At the New
ton County Show in April Gene's
Angus was declared the grand j
champion. Both boys’ animals al
so placed at the Southeastern Show
in Atlanta.
Die Marks family grows their
own feed and keep their cattle
on pasture about nine months out
of the year. In October they bring !
the animals to the lot, feeding i
them corn, cottonseed meal, and
nay. The two club boys buy the
corn from their father and also !
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Wipn T L Marks’ sons first en
lered 4 _ H club work and wanted
t(j gtart beef cattle projects in the
bopes 0 f ma king some money at
^ s ^ ock sbo ws and the butcher
shop, the father, a Newton County
f armerj t 0 i d them:
<‘ Xbere ’ s no US e to parade your
ca m e before the public unless
y OU > ve g 0 f something fit to show,
jf you boys wan t to raise beef
cattle and will see that they are
keptSn good condition, then go
t0 jt .”
well Gene and Joe. the two
(T10 i Si have followed their Daddy’s
advice and they haven’t been
either As a matter of fact, they’ve j
ashamed to walk up in front of j
the judges and show their cattle
won a number of prizes, inelud- j
; n g premiums received at the
Newton county show, recently
held in Covington, and the big
Southeastern Fat Stock Show and
Sale held in Atlanta Several times
their animals live been declared
grand champions. j
The two boys have inherited a
love for beef cattle from their
father. Piror to hte depression, Mr
Marks, who ha* been living in the
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Number 19
Thirty-Three Members Ar«
Present at Charter
Meeting.
PAST COMMANDER OF
STATE, HOYT BROWN,
PRAISES NEW HALL
New Officer* Are Elected;
Installed by Mr*.
R. G. Vinson.
The organization meeting of an
Auxiliary of the Newton County
Post No. 3 of the American Legion
was held last Tuesday night at the
American Legion Hall. Mrs. Hom
er Cook was elected president of
the new organization.
Honor guests for the meeting
were Hoyt Brown, of Macon, ac
companied by Mrs. Brown, and
Mrs. R. G. Vinson, of Americus.
Mr. Brown is the immediate past
State Commander of the Legion
and Mrs. Vinson is the State Pres
ident of the Auxiliary.
Thirty-three wives of Newton
County Legionnaires were present
for the meeting and the delicious
barbecue supper that was served.
The Hall and tables were decor
ated with appropriate flowers.
Moody Suram^'S, commander of
the Legion Post, presided over the
meeting and introduced the guest*
present and called on each ’ |
naire to introduce his guest
in mos. cases was his wife.
Commader Summers then
turned the program over to T. L.
I McMullan, who in turn introduced
Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown, who vis
I ited the new Legion Hall several
limes while it was being construe
ed was high in his praise of the
finished structure. He was amazed
at the ability of the N. Y. A. youth*
who built the structure and said
that there was “no finer Legion
Home in the State."
He outlined the work that the
American Legion is s carrying C arrvine on on to to
day and explained t e necessity
and
lowing Mr ' Brown’s Address
M - McMullan McM 1-1 introduced ^ f Mrs
Vmson. She outlined the h e work work of of
th e Auxiliary, giving child wel
fare as the centra l theme. At the
close of her address the men ad
journed to the upstairs reception
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Officers elected by the 33 char
ter members, other than Mrs.
Cook, the president, were: Mrs. T.
C. Meadors, first vice-president;
Mrs. Guy Rogers, second vice
president; Mrs. H. W. Durden, re
cording secretary; Mrs. J. I. Al
ford, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
I. H. Rainwater, treasurer; Mrs.
Belmont Dennis, historian; Mrs.
E. B. Rogers, chaplain, and Mr*.
Bob Arnold, sergeant-at-arms.
Following the election, Mr*.
Vinson inducted the new officer*
in an impressive installation cere
mony. Any lady eligible is invited
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Glee Club Banquet
At EAO Saturday
Eleventh Annual Event to
Be Held at 8:15 P. M.
In Haygood Hall.
The eleventh annual banquet of
the Emory-at-Oxford Glee Club
will be held Saturday pight at
8:15 in Haygood Hall, it was an
nounced today. Henry Jennings,
president of the group, will serve
as toastmaster.
The program will open with the
Invocation by Rev. C. S. Forester,
followed by an address of wel
come by toastmaster Jennings,
Others having part on the pro
gram are: Martin Smith, Martha
Pace, Marjorie Hailey. Hugh Dar
den, Prof Henry Jordan, Henry
Carter, Jack Burnette. Goodwin
Tuck and Rev, N P. Manning,
The Glee Club is directed by
Virgil Y, C Eady Mrs. C. F For
ester and N.cky Bolton will serv*
as pianist.