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Kerehoo! and how’s
i <or thi £ morning?
filing visited nicely, one of thank the
L we seen
fevening es we have ever
. . • Weinstock
ffitSel" . As we
Road to
fences were covered
Ton's tv loveliest running
' ‘ entered the Wein.
as we six-thirty
jens around
walked down the paths
. there were
ot line iris nod
ful heads in a word
in front of the
lie garden like
• was a rose
von see in picture books
,f course, Mr. Weinstock,
t knows just how this
done we entered the
. • .
m merhouse where we
ted by Governor Eugene
an d that line son,
tio?e honor the party was
“Ensign Herman Tal
leaving for the Navy
and we weie delighted
t guest list
u ded in the . .
ur old friends were there
,
,ade many new ones . .
ed with young Talmadge
d that we were
young person from
ear much in later years
alert ■ and Vlta! ‘y
| in off the the atfairs old block of State we
nip 26th Herman
). On May i
it to Charleston, S. C„
|/ith the U. S. Navy as an 1
Such young men will
it the top rank within a
» and we wish him God
[his lt service for his of eoun- that
we are thinking
l home ... we know her
b,., ben and so do some of
though our boys are
h active service, and we
Heavenly Father will
prayers of this nation’s
and put an end for all j
kuch slaughter houses as
[h man made weapons! the!
kme. . . May He take
hatred and selfish ambi
b the hearts of all Na
instill in the hearts ot
h one of His Command
, “Love Thy Neighbor as
a stranger around these
w gardens have been
b with the recent heat
fms that we have never
l lovely flowers as have
d our home during the
t... Old Southern Mag
m the home of the Var
. . and the loveliest ar
t of Columbine, Forget
Blue Ragged Robins, pink |
buds and Sweetheart
m the garden of Mrs.
pway h Prize . . . Sweelpeas from that
a anywhere
ps of Mrs. Williams of
Georgia . . , Mr. Williams
[hem I sacred . . . and they were
for we knew our
Confederate Veteran,
M e Meadors, father of
|iams had watched them
j blossom . . . and no flor
• r gia has ever grown such
Snapdragons as our Pre
mfederate Widow, Mrs.
k sent the Office Boy.,
sli)1 P'mtty and how we
for remembering us .;
. .
T° fme DahUa
*“ - P,K Se ““- 1 !
Etonians to
nd Reunions
‘Iy of Georgia Alumni
[then* Assemble on The
Campus.
’ Co „ "nty Mumni of the
• nf Georgia, in Athens, [
members of this year’s 1
tastes, this week were
, Ny’s an invitation to attend
th Alumni Day, be
year '»n May 31.
IIV ets ' b ’ alumni invit
naK*° are
the cam P us for the
brriion. but at least 16
hold organized reun
‘ s headquarters will be j
J n / 1 other Athens hotels with !
Frid special events
0n ay and Saturday
Harper ’ deiTveT .
of 1889 in the
D rf ,; 1,1 at ion Saturday
on
ay :il at 11:30, fol
l ,
annua l business meet
, After
the ora
mnY"- Vid ■ adjourn for
1 enmr Barbecue.
’“ n, y alumni who
l n ' ’ are
e urn to Athens I
l 0f as
F. . nese reunion classes
M Anderson,
S A H. '29; R. O
– wards David, ’27; En
« . 21; Charles N
|c laildp M. Giles. ’36
L ,. 08
f :1 " Abram L. 1
\ hols 36; Jamc.
' bn R. Webb
am E Wood, 23.
’ NATIONAL <• t. Lim rr -y EK BEING OBSERVED
❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖
| Cotton Committee For
Stamps Will Be
Issued As Part
Of Cotton Plan
Stamps Will Be Used to
Cotton Products to Move
Surplus.
FARMERS MAY RECEIVE
$25.00 IN STAMPS FOR
THEIR CO-OPERATION
----
Mass Meeting Planned June
4 Where Plan Will Be
' Explained.
a committee composed of the
leading farmers and business men
of Newton County met at the
Courthouse Tuesday morning, and
tinder the direction of Robert N.
Foote, area spervisor, Tom Mc
Mullan, County Agent, and E. D
Briscoe, AAA administrator were
organized ,
to administer the Cot
ton Stamp plan in this county.
The meeting was called by Coun
ty Agent McMullan who intro
duced Mr. Foote who explained
the Cotton Stamp plan in detail
to those present, The committee,
as selected were all present and
included: R. R, Fowler, president
of the Kiwanis Club; Guy Robin
son, president of the Rotary Club,
G. B. Davis, President Newton
County Farm Bureau Federation;
Henry Odum. Chairman Newton
County AAA Committee; Ike Rob
ertson. County Commissioner; E. D.
Briscoe, AAA administrator; T. L.
McMullan, county agent; T. H.
Aiken, Madison Production Cor
poration; Dr, S. L. Waites, Mayor,
Aiken, Madison Production Cor
poration; Dr, S, L. Waites, Mayor;
Sam Dietz, merchant; Godfrey
Trammel, wholesaler: J. E. Philips,
banker; and Belmont Dennis,
ne "’spaperinan.
The cotton stamp plan is similar
to the food stamp plan and is in
tended to use up as much surplus
cctton as possible. The plan is
very simple and those who quali
fy lor the stamps will receive them
in a few weeks. It is planned to
begin issuing them as soon as pos
sible.
They will be issued by the gov-^
ernment to thase farmers who*
qualify under the program, Each
stamp will be worth 25c and will
be issued up to the value of
S25.00 for each farmer and $50.00
for each landowner.
The stamps will be issued to
each farmer who takes out of cul
tivation enough land from his al
lotment to reduce his yield by 250
oounas. In other words the gov
ernment will pay 10 c per pound
for . cotton which could have been
ithin his allotment.
mean that each farmer
in X. this county which cuts his al
by ,pproxim,.ely an cotton acr.
will receive $25.00 in
stamps. The average yield in this
county is 284 pounds pet acre. In
case of a landowner who own
than one farm he can re
more of $50.00
eeive the maximum sum
in cotton stamps. ® d
These stamps will be re ^ el%
by all dry goods merchants the
cash in the P urehase of
same as can
cotton goods. These stamps
be used for the purchase of totron
goods only and will not be go
for payment on accoun or
purchase of any othei g'
entirely made of cotton.
the the purchase is less
In case permissab
than 25c it is not
merchant to return an.
any issue a
in cash. He may and thu
for the portion not used
due bill must be redeeme •
merchant issuing same or
only. A heavy penalty will
goods Pag* Sevin.
(Continued on
Mansfield To Have
New Banking House
w. D. Loyd/ who formerly op
erated a bank at Mansfiel , an
nounced this week that he was re
turning to Mansfield " le !t ,
would open a banking the e X V a
ment to be known as
Banking Company. Mansfield
Mr. Loyd, who left
in 1923, has a u dde range of ex
per fence in banking and financia
circles. He served as cashier of a
bank in l "itv't - n Ga. for six
and before returning to
years employed by the
Mansfield he was head
oocra I government. with
quarters in Columbia, S. C.
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Volume 77
The Covington Star Est 1874
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May is the month school closes and this week throughout New
ton County, boys and girls are saying farewells until next Septem
ber brings them together again. The Seniors are leaving to go out
in the world to take their place. Some will go on to the colleges
and universities, but a great part of them will enter the pursuit
of business, industry and farming. Newton County's pride in its
schools is justified for each day its graduates are making names
Unemployed in County Receive
Total of $371 During Past Month
Agricultural News
By County Agent
85 Per Cent Parity Rate
Bill Needs President’s
Signature.
We have seen several fields of
cotton be ng attacked by a new
msect -nou n as u ' n PP
Beet e. is ee ^ i? YV 'Xi'
and has three black and two ye -
low stripes down hi, back I «
spoken of as a new insect but this
is incorrect as we have had them
for many years but it is new for
them to attack cotton. They eat on
the top of the leaves and usually
their activities to the first '
confine
two leaves. We doubt them being I
very serious but if they should be- !
come serious in a field we
they can easily be controlled oy
the use of Calcium Arsenate ei- :
ther as a dust or used in the liquid
form with syrup.
Crimson Clover growers are
harvesting their seed in a new
way that seems to be about the
best plan yet devised. The clovet
is mowed and raked into wind
rows. after curing for a few days
in the windrow a combine is driv
en along by the windrow and the
cloveg pitched into the combine
with pitchforks. This plan works
fine when the clover is ripening
uneven as it is this year.
The barley crop of the county
. 1 « already being harvested with
. made,
s ome splendid yields being
I (Continued on Page Seven.)
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
for themselves and reflecting credit on their early education.
Typical of the wide-awake, aggressive Newton County boys and
girls is Charles Ewing and his sister, Marian, piriured above with
beef cattle raised by them, which won prizes at both the Newton
County Livestock Show and Fat Cattle Show in Atlanta. They ex
i hibited their entries before the judges at the Atlanta show in a
way that won the praise and admiration of all who saw them.—
I Picture through courtesy of the Atlanta Journal Magazine.
Commissioner Ben T. Huiet
Says Total of 56 Checks
Mailed.
-Tnb insurance in the amount of
$371.00 was paid to unemployed
' vorker s in Newton County by the
Bureau of iGemployment Com
pensation in April. Commissioner
of Labor Ben T. Huiet reported
^ er of checks Was re *
benefU rates
pro\-ided under the new amend
hients which became
total payments for the
month amounte<J , o onl S220 , 149
wJth numbw of checks repor ted at
$31 6 , 0 In ccmpanson , $232,341
was paid out in March, and $354,
i^easf was noted “wever in
phed^T^^ommbsioner the amount of veeklv benefit
J Huiet said
pavm ents was
an aver .
$( . ^ for the f j rst three
month ^ _ of this ’ ear $6 26 i n April
; . and $6 31 {or the
current vear of 1940.
The defense program resulting
n widespread employment oppor
unities throughout the state ac
ounted for the slump in payments,
Commissioner Hiet said.
The Georgia State Employment
s erv i ce) h e announced, made 9,-
616 p j aC ements of unemployed
men and women in jobs, a new
.944 lecord . The number was ap
m-cximately 2,600 more than in
March, and about 1.200 more than
1 April of last year.
Analysis of placements made
during the month showed 9.103
(Continued on Page Seven.)
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941.
Newton County Selective Service
Board Orders Two to Report
Local Stores Set
BUSIHCSS IlOUrS
-—
Merchants Pledge Support
t New
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Operators and managers of nine
j Covington business establishments
this week signed a pledge set
ting up definite open and closing
! whlch which wiU Wl1 g0 80 in in effect effect next
M ° nday morn,nK
The business firms signing the,
pledge will open each morning
during the week at 7:30 o'clock
and will close on Monday. Tues-|
day, Wednesday and Thursday I !
nights at 6:30 o’clock, staying op
en until 7 o'clock on Fridays and
unti, 9:30 o’clock on Saturday’s. 1
In the past each individual store
has set its own opening and clos- j j
mg hours. It is believed that the
uniform opening and closing will
work to the advantage of both the |
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Roosevelt ConfivillS
Local PostmaSteV
__
Ernest Lee Stephenson, acting 1
postmaster. received notice this
week, in the form of a letter from
General of the United States, that
Frank C. Walker, Post Master
his confirmation as postmaster of i
the Covington Post Office had j
bcAi approved by President
Roosevelt. I
was included only once in the to
tal of harvested croplands.
Total acreage of crop failures
declined during the same period,
by 235 acres. In 1929. 81 different
561 acres. 46 farm units, in 1939
farms reported failures totaling
reported a total crop loss of only
326 acres.
There were 12,345 acres of
cropland lying idle or in summer
fallow on 481 Newton County
farms in 1939. This represents a
decrease of 5.646 acres of idle
farm land, the 1929 figure being |
j 17.991 acres on 676 farms.
Land in this classification in
eludes acres which were not plant
ed are that were in cultivated
i summer fallow. It aLso includes
land on which crops were planted
for soil improvement or for pre
vention of soil erosion. It does not
include lands used for pasture
pLvable pasture land, used in
1939 for pasture, but which could
| ! ‘ "^Ttio^M ‘ *13,748
'
Lcpf . ti reported as
459 yf farms This was more 1
fu ** 7 ^^^450 on ^ m9 fh-ure of 6 -
^ 459 farms f3 ' mS in th e "
XX'U ^ ^ n d , !f rommerciaf , )nt aining tim
. be r of potential f t commercial vai val
ue was reported in 1939 as being
.
48 32 0 acres on 930 (arm units n .
, I
i 9 29 the total acreage was 35.119
scres . A 11 other farm land, m
eluding area, devoted ,
12,26, acres in 193J and 18.961
(Continued on Page Sev en.)
COVitlQtOniCM Will
K€CeiU€ . LOttlmlSSlOn : Qe : n „
William Lassiter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Lassiter, of this City,
a senior this year at the Univer
sit yof Georgia, in Athens, this
week, was ordered to report at
the close of the school term for a
year’s duty in the Uiited States j
Army. Young Lassiter, along with 104 j j
other graduates from the ffniver
Army Lieutenant. He will serve
sity will be commissioned as a
with a cavalry unit.
Total of 59 from County
Now Serving In U. S.
Army.
Selective service call number
12. issued this week by the New
j™ Cou " ty Selective Servi “
Board, ] order two men to report
^ or active service with the United
St;it * .fXf' the total
n °; he armed to 58
ton were "selected and or
dered to report June 5 at 8:30 a.
m. at the headquarters of the
County Board. They will be taken
t0 the Army induction station at
Fort McPherson. Joe Monroe Las
eter was named as alternate for
ord mimber 12 .
f bu ^ _ ‘ her wo ot^r Hudson Newton County and , Johnny men,
0sbun Taylor report this morn
response to order number j
^ ™ McPherson for
ut 0 •
Tomorrow morning, three New- j
ton County Negroes, will report ;
for service and will be taken to
the induction center at Fort Ben
mng.
Cooperation of all local Selec
tive Service boards in Georgia to
make certain that no man who is j
more useful for national defense
ed in his for military civilian occupation training is urged call- j
was
this week by Brig. Gen. Sion B.
Hawkins, Stale Director of Se
lective Service.
Stressing the need for this care
ful selection, Director Hawkins
called attention to the recent an
nouncement by National Head
(Continued on Page Seven.)
THIS PAPER IS CdVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
U SINGLE COPY
H/f S. Of L. ITT*. Waites Issues i
Proclamation As Part Of
National Celebration
Farm Land Area
Increased During
Past Ten Years
Average Newton County
Farm Acreage Placed
At 115.4.
During the ten year period from
April 1, 1930 to April 1, 1940, the
total number of farms in Newton i
County decreased from 1,786 to 1
198, or a total decline of 588 farm i
units. These figures were released j
this week by the Bureau of Census ,
of th Department of Commerce
The report was preapred under
the supervision of Zellmer R. Pet
let, chief statistician for agricul
ture.
While the actual number of farm !
units decreased during the past :
decade the total number of acres
devoted to’ farm lands increased
3 0,536 acres during the same pe
riod. The present figure i s 138.-
249 acres of farm land, or 79.1
percent of the 174.720 acres in
Newton County. In 1935, 139,939
acres were devoted to farm lands,
or 1,690 more acres than is
present figure.
The average size of Newton
County farms increased 43.9 acres
in the ten year period, from 71.5
acres in 1930 to 115.4 acres in 1940.
In 1929, 1,648 farms were re
ported as having 48.969 acres of
harvested cropland. Ten years lat
er, in 1939, 1,182 farms reported
51.243 acres in the same classifi
cation. Harvested croplands are
acres where cultivated crops were
harvested, land where hay was
cut or land devoted to small fruit,
orchards, \ineyards. nurseries or
grenhouses. Where two or more
crops were harvested in 1939 from
the same acreage, such acreage
ton people. National Cotton Week,
sponsored jointly by the National
Cotton Council and the Cotton
Textile Institute, is a part of that
effort.
“During thi s cotton sales event
the merchants of every community
in the Belt will offer quality cot
ton articles at bargain prices. Her*
is an opportunity for you both to
aid cotton and to boost your own
buying power.
“Cotton people can work out
their own salvation. Most of ug
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Announce Plans
For E.A.0. Finals
Commencement Program To
Open With Sermon
on June 1. 1
The commencement program flf
f^T 6 3Cta ** 1 aureate ™°"* sermon Wi " be « Sunday, in with
r . a co 'd'ng to
• an announce
^ ^ bv Dean minhW George
^ ■„ MaCk Anth ° ny Pa5
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/ P Methodist Chulch
° Amencus 4 - Ga Rev - Anthony,
one tlme a stu dent on the Oxford
campus , is the ^ ot Dr . Bascom
Anthony, and one of the most out
standing Methodist ministers in
lhe South Georgia Conference,
Qne of the highlight, of the
commencement season will be the
formal concert given by the Glee
Club in the Allen Memorial
Church on Wednesday evening,
June 4th. This affair will be fol
lowed by the reception in the li
brary given in honor of the grad
uates.
The annual Parents’ Day exer
cises will be hied in the church at
twelve-fifteen o'clock Wednesday,
June 4. This will be a progiam
that will feature talks by the stu
dents and special music by the
Glee Club. Col. R M. Tuck, the
dent in the Junior College, will
father of Goodwin Tuck, a stu
make the response in the behalf
of the visiting parents. Among th*
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Number 21
Program Sponsored By Th*
National Cotton
Council.
MERCHANTS, GROWERS
IN COTTON BELT URGED
TO TAKE PART IN PLAN
Desiened To Increase The
Demand for Cotton
Products.
This week throughout the Unit
„ , States.
merchants, cotton
f together „ X and to observe the P ub!lc National ar e joining Cot
ton Week. promoted each year,
for the past fourteen years, in an
effort to bring about an increased
St ° , co and °tton
on c products.
Making a direct appeal to the
cd . ' zen s of Covington and Newton
County for full support of Na
tional Cotton Week, President Os
dobns l° n of the National Cot
ion Council said recently that “this
co ^ on merchandising event
" tlels one °f Ibie keys to the solu
,Cn of lbe c °fton problem.”
“During the past fourteen years
National Cotton Week has proved
be a valuable adjunct in the
| campaign to increase cotton con
“umption. I am glad to say that
through the increased cooperation
of citizens of Newton County and
other Cotton Belt communities,
Cotton Week has met with ever
increasing success,” Mr. Johnston
said.
Now more than ever is the co
operation of every community in
dle needed. The prooability
greatest surplus in history
at ,be er >d of the current crop year
makes it doubly necessary that
eve r.v effort be made to increase
d omestic cotton consumption.
“ft IS increasingly apparent that
if the cotton problem is to be per
-
manently solved, the solution must
be arrived at through the intelli
gent and united eflort of all cot-