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Chum v are still having
Dr. Waites and the
Boy both quit having them
we were fat and forty . . .
twins you know . . . at
f the same
e v ere born on
ves. our chum, “Aunt
Blassengame, a Confeder
[idow, celebrated her 85th
bv on May 7th . . . The Of
,y had the joy of going to
rn. to the home of Mr. and
tcW’itt Lloyd, where the par
held and seeing all the,
s love gifts be
flowers and
1 I upon our precious “Aunl
i and sweetest of all was;
[oile'nn . her face contagious ... as sweet
loung and as as
inspiration . ... , to .
be she is an
,0 know her . . . you will see ,
jbout her party, I am sure in |
D. C. Column, for she is
[ride and joy. evening we made
Saturday Emory-at-Ox
inual trip to
where we attended the
th annual Glee Club Ban
J and My, OH, ME! My
.
jnarvels at my “Git-up-and
the age of 85 . . . but if you
d with that happy-go-lucky
of young people for just one^
g a year it would be the
of youth to you and 1
in . . .
rse, we see them more often
r is it not the Emory-at-Ox- rock |
ivs who hang over our
10 much— -and is it not their
i tful little pop calls in our
that gives us so much hap
. and an occasional “raid
^ Ice Box that thrills us . . .
11 nei'-i saw a school boy
Las not hungry . . . we miss
^ear the ones w o go on up
Emory . . . but when we go
lere near there we always
great big fine looking "Em
[en , „ grown up „ so „„ much we, „. D
even know them . . . say
p there Office Boy’’ . . . and
love um all? I'll say we do! 1
Ve had read so much aboul
ar and England . . . and then !
i out there Saturday evening j
1 the usual place, and as us- j ;
. almost late . .. they rushed j
io our places . . . and Alas!
jought we were in_ another
r,. , or at least far across the
, . we were really in an an
English Tavern! No, honesl
we were . . . for had the
?lub not converted that din
ill into the unbelievable . .
. t could have been
wish there
lie in color of that beautilu!
l It was designed and built
lecorated by the Glee Club
too ... we were delighted
p our place cards at the table
lev. C. S. Forester and his
C! Bing It wife, who is really a part
” Glee Club . , . She always
les at the piano and even goes
Si le tours with them. Across
[us sat Hugh Durden, Jr., and
farming [Point. date, Lillian Sims, of
. , and Jack Burnette,
bmpa. Florida, whose pretty
bite date came all the way
Tampa for the occasion . . .
hie want you to know that
I of West Point and Jack . .
the lovely mantel which hid
view the door into the kitch
• . but Ma Smith, as she is
Kly known by all of us . . .
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best Lee At
alem Camp Sun.
“-
ng People’* Leader Will
Address Gathering at
Eleven A. M.
pnest |ti?tnn Lee. former resident of
and head of the Baptist
P g Union, and Young People's
r er for the Southern States.
I Dallas, Texas, will address a
■ pring Salem of Baptist young people
Camp Ground, next
morning.
F e announcement was made by;
r Warnock, assistant pastor o(
pi'uid Hills Baptist Church- of
| nta . at a meeting of the Sa
trustees last Sunday.
F- Warncok stated that Mr
noted throughout the entire
In for his work with the young
3ie of the Baptist Churches,
fd speak at 11 o'clock Sunday
n ' n S It is expected that a
e crowd will be on hand for
address.
1 Lee is well known in the
u of Covington, having mar
[ here hased ; many years ago. He has
1 property in Newton
| lion n, y and of has announced his in
L here making his permanent
in future years.
Ils many friends in this area
ited to drive out to the Sa
Ca mp Ground next Sunday
r ‘ s und hear him speak to
I f>img people of this vicinity
[his Bmei is the first of a series of
mtivities planned for the
Rip ■'■°und during the summer
puhi.
Volume 77
SALEM TRUSTEES PLAN SUMMER ACTIVITIES
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Tom Linder Calls Farm Laws “A Crazy Quilt”
Com. Say
Congress Is
Responsible
(< The Farmer Never Goes on
Strike’’ Says Georgia’s
, Commissioner.
SAYS CONGRESS HAS
SET UP CONTROLLED
ECONOMY IN U. S.
Agriculture Must Be Put
On Equitable Basis
With Industry.
Speaking before the Agricultural
Committee of the House in Wash
ington last week. Tom Linder.
Georgia Commissioner of Agri
culture, urged Congress to do
something about equalizing the
farmer’s income with that of bus
iness and industry.
j^e declared that no other group
wou j ( j tolerate the unjust treat
Tnen t acc0 rded the farmer whose
job jt t0 {ee(J and clothe the
nation '
The fanner never goes on
stlllce „ saic< the Commissioner he
aiways iool<s forward to a bettei
day - Var ‘ ous high-pressure group
are demanding whatever their
own selfish interests dictate. No
one in authority dares call their
hand and the farmer is the inno
cent victim of this machine,
“He had no part in creating it
and he has no control over it. He
merely stands helpless in its way.
appealing to those wjio created this
vast machine to take him on board
and not crush him to earth.”
The Commissioner said that
when Congress exercised its pow
er to operate a controlled econo
it was ob i iga tory on it to see
' and agri
DUS j nesSi industry
culture were put on an equitable
basis.
A summary, giving the high- ;
lights of Commissioner Agricultural Linder's j
address before the
Committee, is given below.
It is impossible to determine the
real merits of any individual farm
measure before Congress.
The present agricultural setup
and the laws which support it
are a crazy quilt.
Before anything can be done to
materially assist putting the
farmer in an equitable position,
those in authority must be willing
to face the facts as they are. The
facts as they are, present a terri
ble picture. the
The Congress has set up over
people of the Ltiited-States a con
trolled economy.
Congress itself probably did not.
in the beginning, intend to do this.
Yet the great network of Con
gressional enactments regulatory
and compulsory in their nature,
constitute a controlled economy.
These statutes control business,
industry and agriculture.
The fundamental trouble now, is
that our lawmakers did not accept
the tremendous responsibility ne- the
cessarily implied on them with
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W.P.A. Projects
Plan Open House
Their fealty to the American
gove rnment and the American way
of life sworn to in signed state
ments, thirty-five Newton coun
tians this week will join in the na
tion-wide celebration of “America
at Work Week.”
These thirty-five workers are
nr, the rolls of the Work Projects
Administration and to hold their
position they signed on oath that
they American citizens an d
are
are not members of any orgamza
tion the purpose of which i= to
overthrow the American govern
ment. the Work
In the celebration
Projects Administration and the
local sponsors have arranged to
throw the various programs in
the county open to the public from
May 14 through May 21. The
keynote of the week will be the
observation of “I Am An Ameri
Day” next Sunday. All
can
through this week the programs
will invite the public to see for
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Georgia Enterprise Est 18«4.
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The Board pf Trustees for the Salem Camp Ground
met at t^e Camp Grounds last Sunday as luncheon guests of
r. j. Guinn, president of the Board. Following the luncheon the group
outlined plans for the activities during the summer months. Seated
(left to right) are H. Y. McCord, Sr., Atlanta; J. A. McCord, Atlanta;
C. O. Nixon, Covington; Judge James C. Davis, Stone Mountain; J.
L. Elliott, Covington; C. D. Ramsey. Covington, and H W. Pittman, of
Porterdale. Standing (left to right) are M. S. Shivers. Eatonton:
Boy Scouts Will
Help Distribute
Savings Posters
Organization Called on For
First Time to Aid in
Defense Program.
Troops 72, 73 and 102 of Cov
ington, 68. 69. and 70 of Porterdale
and 78 of Mansfield, are
with other troops of the Centra!
Georgia Council in the distribu
tion of 5,000 posters
United States Savings Bonds
Stamps, following a lequest made
to the Boy Scouts of America by
President Roosevelt.
Scouts all over the United States
will put up the seposters in con
spicuous places throughout the na
tion. Having a picture of a min
uteman with his flintlock rifle,
the placards contain the inscrip
tion, “For Defense: Buy United
States Savings Bonds and Stamps,
On Sale at Your Post Office o:
Bank.”
This is the first time that the
Boy Socuts of America have been
called upon as an organization to
aid in the defense program, and
indications from the Central Geor
gia Council point to a successful
undertaking. Scouts in World
I performed a great task in selling
Liberty Bonds and through othe;
defense work.
With the organization of new
troops and the registration of new
boys in established troops, scout
ing in Central Georgia is finding
itself much more able to carry oir
requests similar to that of the
President. Troops in Lizella.. "
Marshallville. and Ideal have be-v
organized during the past six
weeks. These troops, as well as the
older ones, will look to this civic
service as an expression of theii
slogan. “Do a Good Turn Daily."
Boy Scout work in Middle Geor
| gia made a stride forward this
; week with the employing of Jes
: R. Gunn as an additional Assist
ant Scout Executive of the Cei
! tral Georgia Council.
Herman Talmaage
Cr€tfi Commission
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Herman Talmadge. son of Geor
gia’s Governor, Eugene Talmadge,
recently commissioned an Ensign
in the Naval Intelligence
ment, has been ordered to report
in New York City next Monday
morning for active duty.
A farewell steak supper for Mr.
Talmadge will be held tomorrow
night at 6 P .M at the
| Gardens in Atlanta.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941.
Piculs Complete For
Will Ho Publish iVe.vf Thurstlntf
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Newton School Edition
With less than one week before
the publication of the fourth an
nual Newton County School edi
tion of the Covington News, the
members of the Senior classes in
the County Schools are rushing to
complete the many last minute de
tails.
The school supplement will be
pub i ished next Thursday with the
re g U ] ar News and indications point
j ^ largest and best school pa
I per ever preparec i b y the graduat
ing classes
Student leaders pointed out this
week the necessity for all partici
patina schools to send as much
material as possible for the school
paper. It is desired that every
school be fully represented.
News articles should be pre
a j { be earliest possible mo
ment and to the News office. The
final date for acceptance has been
j set for next Monday, May 19.
Students from the Senior Classes
are hard at work in the prepara
tion of advertisements for the edi
t ; pn an( j bave reported wonder
f u i success. It is expected that
through the support of the various
j merc h an ts in the County this
Charlie Elliott Leaves State For
Post with National Parks Service
Charlie Elliott, former
tonian and son of Mr. and Mrs. J
L. Elliott of this City, this week
left to assume his new duties ns
public relations man for the Na
tional Parks Service in Region
One. which includes the States east
of the Mississippi.
Mr. Elliott, recognized as one of
the outsanding forestry and wild
life men in the Nation, has a long
record in wildlife and conserva
tion work. He accepted a
with the State Forestry Service .
upon graduating from the Univer
sity of Georgia Forestry School.
Leaving this post he went .with the
Federal Parks Service' heading the
parks in the six southern states.
Later he returned to the State of
Geovgia as head of the Wildlife Di-!
vision.
The Atlanta Constitution paid
tribute to his success in this divi
sion in a recent article by staff
writer John Martin. The article i:
quoted below in full:
Georgia’s wildlife has lost one
its outstanding leaders, a Bob Fel-
mont Dennis, Covington; W. H. Ogletree, Conyers; L. I. Gellerstedt.
Atlanta; Walter Stephenson. Covington, a representative of the New
ton County Singing Convention; Major Guinn, Atlanta; C. W. Cox
Covington, a representative of the Newton County Singing Convention;
■ M. W. Hull, Conyers; Dean George Roach, Oxford; Major Sidney Cox,
Atlanta; Harry McCord, Atlanta; Parks Warnock, Atlanta; C. R.
j Vaughn, Conyers: W. O. Mann, Conyers; O. W. Porter, Covington, and
B. O. Hudson. Atlanta.—Photo by News Staff Photographer.
year’s paper will be the most col
orful and attractive ever publish
ed.
w . lUnnrfav paeh school has
1 pn a .i,pr' tr> end two UeDresen
tatives to Covineton having them
reach ch therp there not not latei later than than 10 10
o clock in the morning. These two
students are requested to bring all
news articles, advertisements and
any o,„er material .ha, b u, be
j included in the paper.
The school representatives will
be entertained at a luncheon at
noon. Last minute details will be
worked out and instructions as to
now copies of the school edition
! may be obtained, free of charge by
1 the students, will be given. It is
expected that the students will be
j ready to return home by 3 p. m.
The News staff photographer
this week was continuing his vis
it to the various schools to obtain
pictures of the various classes
Eight schools. Livingston, Coving
ton. Heard-Mixon, Palmer Stone,
Starrsville, Porterdale, Mansfield
and Newborn Schools have already
been visited and the Covington
Mills School will be visited the
I latter part of this week.
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Program Includes Series
Monthly Sermons; July
4th Celebration Planned
Singing Convention To Be
Held on Grounds
June 16.
CAMP MEETING WILL
BE HELD DURING THE
MONTH OF AUGUS1
Young People to Assemble
For First Meeting This
Week-End.
Trustees of Salem Camp
Ground met at the Hotel this week
as the luncheon guests of Major R.
J. Guinn, chairman. After lunch
eon matters of business were dis
cussed and various matters per
taining to the Camp Ground act
ed upon.
In opening the business -meeting
Major Guinn called upon Mr. M
S. Shivers, of Eatonton, to lead
the devotional. He took as his
text: “Let the Words of My
Mouth and the Meditations of My
Heart Be Acceptable in Thy
Sight”. He warned of letting our
actions be such as not to conform
to this text and that our thoughts
Class Day Next
Tues. Morning at
Cov. High School
Other Schools Ir. County Are
Making Preparations
For Closing.
! The Class Da - V exercises for the
I graduating class of the Covington
H 'S h Sch <> o! will be held next
Tuesday morning B it was announ
.
j A special program w'ili be held
| in the School auditorium with all
elaaaes in the aeh.o, Ukln* p.rt
The program theme will be built
j class around re-union a sketch picnic representing five a
years
lienee.
j The 1 he exercises exeicises will will open open with with a a
oy Maiy Lucy Butlei. Eula
Callaway and T Elsie ’’~ " Hitchcock, ” "’~ 1 ’* fol
lowed by the reading of the Class
diary by Harris Pierce.
Eula Callaway will give the
class prophecy and Harry Faulk
ner will read the will. The pro
gram will be closed by the class
j -ong All written friends by the Elizabeth students Lowell. have
of
been extended an invitation to at
tend the exercises.
The commencement sermon of
the , . Livingston . School c . , will ... . be
preached next Sunday in the
school auditorium it was announ
ced this w«k. Th. H.V, Guy Pitt
man, pastor oi the Porterdale
Methodist Church will deliver the
ad ^[ ess
The graduating „ exercises , for
] school will be held on Friday May
j 23 at 8:30 o'clock. The principal
! address will be delivered Prof. E.
| Strozier, of Oxford, facul
ty member of Emory Junior Col
lege ’ The S iaduation ceremonies
will also be held in the auditori
um '
The public and friends of the
students are cordially invited to
attend both the sermon and the
graduation.
U.S. Senate Confirms
Local r 1 Postmaster it 1 A
The United States Senate, in j
;
executive session on May 5, con- ;
firmed the nomination of Ernest ;
Lee Stephenson as Postmaster for 1
the Covington post office accord- 1
ing to the May 6 issue of the
Congressional Record.
Mr. Stephenson was appointed
acting postmaster following the
death of the late John Callaway,
who served as postmaster for
many years. It is necessary now
for the President to sign the con
firm* tion before the appointment
1 is made permanent.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore, who is
at present in China, will be the
speaker for the day. He will re
port on hi s trip to China to inves
tigate conditions existing there
today and will speak on affairs
j con f ron ting the World '
J- stenhen
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the Newton County . Singing „. .
from
Convention and they reported they
expected from three to five thou
sand singers to be present. A good
part of the day will be given ov
er to them. This will be one of
the largest singing conventions
ever held in the state.
j There will be a flag raising cer
! emony the morning of July Fourth
under the direction of Major Cox,
of the Salvation Army. This will
be held at 9:30 A. M. and the
Salvation Army Band will partici
pate together with hundreds of
singers. June !
On the Third Sunday in
there u,c ‘“ will be held a Twelve'-Coun
^“undTThis _ .. . (j.i.n,
£ will be an
affair and “ hundreds of
K the T we ,„ cou „Ue,
„ . ted to atte nd. The Trust
^ they were pleased to
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4th Area Legion
Meet Next Sun.
The annual convention American of Le- thej
Fourth Area of the
gion will be held Sunday afternoon
between the hours of 2:30 and 4:30
. o’clock at Newnan, Sam Saul,
Fourth Area Adjutant, announced
today in urging a large attend
an «- from the Newton county post.
Mr. Saul pointed out that this
year the Divisional Commander
will be selected from the Fourth
A rea , At the Sunday meeting nom
Nations for this position will be
mac te as well as for the Area Com
mander post and delegates for the
National Convention,
The Junior Drum and Bugle
Corps from LaGrange is expected
to attend Sunday’s meeting, pro
viding music and entertainment
for the gathering. ,
Due to the importance of the
meeting. C. G. Polk, commando
for the Fourth Area, has urged aT !
Legion members to attend the]
meeting.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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be governed also. He gave a very
inspiring message ending with his
text as a prayer. In the absence of
the secretary, H. Y. McCord, Jr.,
acted as secretary.
Upon motion of C. O. Nixon,
BeLmont Dennis, Editor of The
Covington News, was elected as a
member of the Board of Trustees
to the place vacated by R. O.
Arnold, who resigned due to ill
health.
Major Guinn reported plans
were progressing for the Fourth
Patriotic celebration and
that he believe d the Jar S est meet *
in fK e TH held at S /, em WiU ^
celebrated on . that h < date.
Number 20
Flays Farm Laws
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Tom Linder, Georgia’s fiery;
Commissioner of Agriculture, ap
peared before the House Agricul
ture committee last week, describ
ing the present farm legislation as
“a crazy quilt” and asking Con
gress to equalize the farmer’s in
come with that of industry and
business.
Curb Mart
Celebrates
Years Work
-
Outstanding Progress Made
j n Marketing During
Past Year.
, ^ anniversary of the comple
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tion of the first years operation
; by j be Covington Curb Market
w j]] be observed Saturday, Mis*
Eddye Ross, home demonstration
agent, announced today.
Open house will be held at the
market, located in the basement
of the Newton County Court House,
and the regular sellers will provide
free refreshments. Each lady will
prepare the various items in which
she specializes and they will be
distributed to the visitors in or
der to show the many tasty thing*
'that are available each week at
the market.
During the past year’s opera
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Agent Urge* Farmers to
Plant Ample Food for
Home Use.
* We saw a good field of wheat on
the farm of A. J. Bruce last week.
It is of a pure variety and besides
being about shoulder high is very
thick on the ground. He will have
plenty of flour to last till another
crop is harvested.
There seems to be ample mois
ture in the soil to bring cotton to a
stand if the weather would warm
up some. We have seen - several
patches up to a good stand and
ready to be chopped. High yields
can be obtained only where a
thick stand is left on the land. Cot
ton should not be thinned more
than two stalks every 15 inches.
Some farmers have found that
leaving all the cotton where a hill
dropper planter is used is not too
much cotton on the land.
While we are waiting for stands
and another rain to begin plowing
again is a good time to remove
bushes, briars and weeds from our
pastures. Weeds and other undesir
able growth will ruin our pastures
and greatly reduce the grazing of
cattle on our land. Pastures should
be mowed at least twice durihg the
growing season if the desirable
grasses are given a chance they
need.
The cool weather has delayed
the stands of lespedeza and orota
laria. We believe more will com*
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