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about tne rain ... or no
mc l'or nobody has
should say,
for it any more than I
my garden is burned up
yours ... new grass will
,S planted
have to be on
and we are worrying our
t for did
beads off over that we
hard to get the old
js looking decent . . . but
1( think of the farm
When you quit
ien you will worrying
meas ly little four rows of
a and
potatoes and beans car
nd be ets • but my lettuce
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■ L Those farmers have
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n g to really worry about
e are now having to pay 15
per pound for beans (and
the farmers didn't get half
much for them after they
them) but we are pray
L rain just for them,
visited Camp Gordon in At
this week, or we should say
hnior in our family is there
billing for Uncle Sam’s Navy
[viation [e . . • and we saw Uniform him
first time in his
lee . . the Boss laughed to
m, so little and brown, com
running to us . . . looked
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little brownie . ; . but there
.anything but a lump in our
for it made us realize more
iver that our boys are really
! war ... he was" thrilled ov
work, however, and had al
four hours in the air to his
alter only three weeks train
d study . . . but. sez he, “it’s
1 there knowing you have to
ihe nose, the wings and the
just right ... or nose dive
ewhere . . . but when you
p land, Daddy, I want you to
there is no bridge to come
bn.' 1 Some of the boys even
he field . . . A.B. hits the
but HOW. Like a bucking
|o bed he says, but that wall soon
out . . . he will be
rred to Jacksonville, Fla..
»n for more intense training
j just as we were leaving he
Homer Cook was there . .
k would lor e to have seen
cl we will next trip . . . but
int you to know we are
; a grudge against that old
ours Charles King ... the
He is from Covington . .
.
ore recently from Atlanta. !
he made quite a record with
no Parks Department .
cy promised the Office Boy
if <ome articles for this col
tom his field of service, or
I • • we put him on the
I list to read the News
. .
E we knew he could not do
f us any more than we could
■ anf l nary a word have we
psss on to you yet! If we
!i some good news from you
ue are going to cut you off
Maybe! While talking to
e Earned of how they were
>o call their buildings “The
Etc,, getting used to the
hey would be on when they
i sea one night he said j
.
h f nin £ * n his lights “Cabin’’ were all j
ly .. . out at nine
were in bed . . . some ol
fs were enjoying the de
freeze from huge fans in
it made a terrible
r s ome of the beds
. . .
F 31 «eci to turn it off and
panted it °n ope big
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pied over (naturally he was
lng ,he b est part of it) and
P, S'y ' v °rrying boys, you are *
now, the draft can’t
u.
e JUre s little bit of heav- j j
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(rom . out the sky one day
it close in our arms
f Blliie Travis the third is
e mite ot which speak
him we
>ut on our lap and
in his saw
eyes when he looked
"s anci gave u t b£d
s sweet
’' he has been dreadlullv
worried ; us all nearly to
Krause he could not get
• but now he is well the
leunery on
... his little
°und and he laughs a!
e ls not sleeping
1 Friday . . we
. • and today little
smiling because his
1 ■ ■ ■ he was rushed G
P'pital where oxygen
and wa
^turned around
(° the home o'
i r avis, where he is
■ell a ran he expected
ottered t0 do all we co
kee 1 vd to take baby
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Br yan. Atlanta write,
PPaper woman of coosiri
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Volume 77
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STATE ❖ AMENDMENT . I LAVION NEXT TUESDAY
j j ! Covington Faces Drastic Electrical Power Shortage
j Drive Underway in City
To Conserve Power and
Water During
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REV. MAC ANTHONY
w ho Sunday morning will deliver
the Baccalaureate sermon to the
students of Emory-at-Oxford as 1
the first part of the annual grad
uation exercises. Rev. Anthony/ n
former student, is from Amcricus.
Georgia,
EAO Finals
Open With
Sermon Sun. ! 1
Former Student to Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon I
Next Sunday.
Rev. Mack Anthony, pastor of,
the First Methodist Church ot j
Americus, will preach the bacca
laureate sermon to the graduat
ing classes of Emory at Oxford in
the Allen Memorial Church Sun
day morning at eleven o’clock,
This will be the beginning of the
Commencement program of The
Junior College and Academy
graduating classes which number
together about forty-five students.
The visiting minister who is
prominent in the South Georgia
Conference, is a graduate of Em
ory University and at one tirne
was a student on the Oxford
campus Brother Anthony is the
son of Dr. Bascom Anthony who
spends a week each year visiting
with the Oxford students and fac
ulty. Commence
The highlight of the
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Farm Loans in
County $84,000
Sixty-Five Newton Farmers
Get FCA Loans During
7-Year Period.
Sixty-five farmers fti Newton
County secured land bank and
bank con ^'-ione, loan'
during the period 'rom Ma> .
1933 to D <*r mber 3 |
week.
These loans totaled $84,400 the
report released by Harold C
Booker information agent, shows
During the year of 1940 92
farmers' in the County availed
themselves of short term credit
These »«r oCwTnJd loans totaled $64,974. They
th.-nugh Oe
duction credit association.
Both national farm loan n<so
ciation and production credit as
i sociation are affiliated with
1 Farm Credit Adm mstration.
COVINGTON. - - — > GEORGIA, ———■?—?>
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Mayor S. L. Waites Asks
For Co-operation in
Statement.
DRY SPELL CURTAILS
OUTPUT OF POWER IN
SOUTHERN PLANTS
Necessity of 20 Per Cent Cut
In Use of Electricity
Pointed Out.
Covington Tuesday night joined
other Cities and towns in this sec
tion in a partial black out to save
electricity during the present
drought and at the same time
conserve electrical power for the
National Defense.
Members of the Covington Po
lice Department visited the mer
chants and other business estab
lishments in the City Tuesday
and asked their voluntary com
pliance to the request made by
City Officials that display lights
and other electrical apparatus
not necessary to operation.
Dr. S. L. Waites, mayor of the
City of Covington, issued a for
mal statement to the electrical
and water consumers in the City
requesting their aid in cutting
down on the use of these two
utilities.
The Mayor's statement point
out the absolute necessity ot a re
duction of 20 percent this week,
to avoid a compulsory reduction j
^ anc ! one percent next
week and a possible compulsory
reduction of 50 percent or higher
MAYOR WAITES STATEMENT
To Our Electric and Water Users; J
All our customers—commercial. ■
residential and industrial—are 1
asked to join immediately in a
voluntary campaign of economy
in the use of electricity and \va
ter. Many customers already have j
responded to tne initial appeal fori
conservation, and we beiipve that
all electric and water consumers'
will help wholeheartedly in this
You are asked to join j
program as a patriotic necessity
This critical situation cannot be
met without the fullest eoopera- j
tion of EVERYONE. We know )
that ^ ew j ton willing County than people those will of j I
be no ess
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Mass Meeting to
Be Held Wed.
Cotton Stamp Plan to Be
Explained to Store
Clerks in County.
A special meeting of merchants,
clerks and others who will come
in contact with the recently in
augurated cotton stamp plan will
be held next Wednesday at the
County court house
Business establishments in
Covington and other parts of the
County are expected to close their
places of business at 11:30 in or
der that their employees might
have time to get to the meeting
which will start at 12 o’clock noon.
Belmont Dennis, editor of the
News and chairman of the com
mitte that will administer the pro- |
gram in the County will preside
fJver pr e meeting.
As part ot the pi gram design- j
ed to move a large cotton surplus, 1
tamps ^ will be issued to those
who 1 comply __i_ r .,j|L +u« «i
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nr cotton yield at - I
lunds. In Newton County |
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be jsysr* Used m th ® *
{on made , products t om t r
“bants in tne woun y.
Wednesdays meeting
called to exp am to t e c « „ nd
salespeople in the va
just how the pregiam -•
The stamps, which w oe «
turned m **TZ£*S£ by he me eh tti
them and will be cl
Th ^ ' produe
for the f rm of anv
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The five Confederate Veterans above were the guests of the Covington Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at the May meeting of that organization. They are, left to right. General
H. T. Dowling. Newton County’s ‘‘Uncle Rule Meadors. General M. C. Dupree. General L. J. Snellgrove,
and General J. R. Jones, the State Commander. Four of the Veterans are from the Soldier's Home in
Atlanta. In '.he back row are, left to right. Miss Mary Goudelock, Superintendent of the Home who ac
companied them on the visit; Corporal H. R. Daugherty, who drove them down; Mrs. Belmont Dennis,
President of the Coving.on Chapter, and Mrs. W. R. Stillwell, at whose home the meeting was held,
—Photo by Staff Photographer.
D. A. R, Awards
Three Medals
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Mrs. George Makes
Presentation to
Students.
Dorothy La-siter and Van Coch
ran, members of the rt”dent body
of the Covington High School and
Mary Lucy Butler » member of |
ed the at graduating the Class Day clas? Exercises were honor- last j
Tuesday, when the ;-ergean* New- ,
1on Chapter - f the Daughters o'
the American Revolution awarder,
them medal, for outstanding work :
during their high schorl careers |
Mu ■ Butler received the "Good
citizenship Medal" giver, each year
the Chapter. It is awarded tc
ibe ,, est a ii_cound student on the
basis of school work, cooperation
in student activities and attitude
towards the school end members
of the faculty. I
This is the second D. A. R. med
al Miss Butler has received, she
having won the medal for the
highest average in history last
year.
Miss Lassiter and the Coch.a
youth deceived their awards American foi j
the highest average in
history during the past year.
Mrs. George Cochran, chairman
of the Patriotic Education Com
mittee lor the local Chapter of
the D. A. R. made the presentation
to the winners. A large group of
friends were on hand to witness
the program.
SCOUT CAMPOREE CLOSES WEDNESDAY
* n Boy Scouts, repre
sentatnes o N _ wt _ n Countv
Boy Scout Troops, yesterday com
pleted a SUCC essful ihree-day cam
ee pt Ra j nbo w Lake.
The group, divided . into . nine . Pa
u . o[c under the guidance of Pa
trot’ Leaders, came from Troops
yy and 70 of p 0 rterdale; Troop)
qJ Covjngton and Troop ol
Co vington Mills. During the cam
housed in)
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The camporee program and act
;vitjes were supervised by five
aduU i eade rs, Jack Nichols, of
Covin" on' Johnnie Andrews and
Han ^, Rawlins> 0 f Porterdale.
and '■ jesse Gunn and Carroll Tins
^ Esecutive staff of the
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( . arnporee headquarters at 2 o'cloc! !
Monday afternoon.
The hours between 3 and 5,
o’clock Monday afternoon were dt-J
Agricultural
News Given by
County Agent
Soil Technician Appointed to
Help Farmers in
County.
Several years ago Newton
Ccvnty farmers voted favorably to!
^ es f ab ]j sbmen t 0 f a Soil Con-|
serration Area on the Upper Oc- ,
rr.ulgee “ River. Immediately after j
inis a technician was assigned to
this county and a good many ot
cur farmers signed agreements to
the work. Then due to other dis
tricts being established the per
sonnel was redistributed and New
ton County was left without a
technician and the work has been
a' a standstill. This week Mr. J.
P. Knight was assigned to this
c unty and i s ready to start the
work again. Mr. Knight comes
fwir. the Gainesville Area and is
, t ;j qualified for this work a.'
t ei - several years experience. If
you are interested in a plan on
you.’ farm come by our office and
,ra;:e application. ’
Under our National Defense
Program it is very necessary that
our people produce large quan
tities of food stuff . The present
dry spell has played havoc with
our spring truck crops. We would
suggest that all varieties of truck
crops be reseeded immediately
after the drought is broken. Of
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voted to the registration of Pa
trols and the assignment of camp
sites. At 4 o'clock the water front
was | a j d out t, 0 pr0 vide safe swim
ming and 0 t ber wa ter activities for
the youths.
At 6 o'clock supper was pre
pared, each Patrol unit
their own meals and serving them.
A retreat ceremony and flag low
ering was held at 7:30 o’clock, tol
lowed by a campfire program. At
10 o'clock the Scouts turned in
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stunts by the Scouts.
Reveille and a flag raising cere
mony were held at 6:30 Tuesday
morning, followed by breakfast at
7 o’clock. The period from 9 to 10
o’clock on Tuesday morning
Patrol projects and Scoutcraft test
passing in such subjects as artific
W W
ing. map reading and compass
work.
At 11 o'clock Tuesday. 30 m.n
utes were devoted to
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Voters To Decide Seventy
Issues; Majority Apply T~
Individual Counties Oih»
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Telephone Change
To Be Made Sat •
New Equipment Goes In
Service After Five
O’clock. •
All has been pronouhced in
readiness for the change of Cov
ington's telephone system to dial
operation at 5 P. M., Saturday
May 31, according to R. M. Sealey,
telephone company manager in
Covingtcn.
Installation of the new equip- j
me nt has been completed and ex
haustive testing hes been going,
on f or several days to insure that;
f be change will be made without 1
interruption to normal service,
Mayor S. L. Waites will make j
the first call to Mrs. Homer R.
Howell, Tampa, Fla., tc place the j
new system in service.
a program to instruct the 562
telephone subscribers in Coving
ton in the operation of the new
dial ’phones has been completed.)
Mr. Sealey said. Subscribers who)
have not been instructed on dial
usage should notify the telephone I
office and arrangements will be i
made to teach them.
The new telephone directory j
contaning revised telephone list-;
ings for Covington, as well as,
those for Conyers, Greensboro
Lithonia, Madison. Rutledge and
Social Circle, has been delivered
Mr. Sealey cautioned telephone us
ers to destroy their old directories
after the conversion to dial to
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followed by dinner and an inspec
tion of cooking and equipment
made by the camporee staff. An
hour was devoted Tuesday after
noon, from 2 to 3 o'clock in train
ing the Scouts in the emergency
service program.
Following this activity a second
swim period was held, which also
included boating and boat racing.
A 30-minute period of training in
tracking was held from 4:30 to 5
,o,lowed by ' upp '"
The flag lowering was held a;
7:30, followed by a second camp
fire program, which consisted ol ,
more songs, stunts and stories by
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the various patrols
Yesterday the boys spent the
morning in cleaning up the camp
grounds with an inspection by the |
•' » ,0 o'doo,
each Patrol was rated, according t.
the scores made on the various in
spectums. following which the
camporee was closed. 1
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Number 22
Only Eight Amendments of
Interest to Entire
State.
BALLOT CONTAINS 70
PROPOSED CHANGES
TO CONSTITUTION
Light Vote Is Forecast for
Both Newton County
And State.
Next Tuesday morning, June 3
citizens of this County will go to
the polls along with other Georgi
ans to vote on 70 amendments to
the State Constitution. While the
official ballot, which measures
about one and one-half feet wide
and about three feet long, con
tains 70 amendments, only eight of
these will prove of much interest
to local citizens.
While political observers believe
that the vote in Newton County’s
16 voting precincts would be rel
atively light, A. L. Loyd. Ordina
ry, announced this week that suf
ficien'. ballots had been printed to
care for a full vote .and requested
that the Justices of Peace in each
precinct call at his office for their
of
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Sixty-one of the proposed I
amendments aie purely local mea
sures that only affect one county
and , . instances . . only , part ,
in some a
j of a county. Two of the amend
ments, making it possible tor the
County of invin to issue funding
bonds are identical in wording !
and meaning. This was brought
about sembly during when the the past General As- j
same measure
j introduced in both branches.
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The two most talked about
proposed changes are numbers one
and two that would change the
term of the Governor and other
State House officers. Amendment
number one provides for a change
of both classifications, while num
ber two would affect only the
Governor’s term. Should either of
t hese pass the next Governor will
serve for a f our - y ear period.
Amendment number 20, which I
; s likewise .causing considerable
comment and which is state-wide
jn scope, would change the civil !
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Tenant Farmers
Decline in County
62.9 Per Cent of Newton
Farms Cultivated by
Tenant*.
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The ten year period between
1930 and 1940 saw a decline of
585 tenant farmers in
C ounty an agricultural census oi
the County made by the United
States Department of Commerce
shows, from 1,339 to the present
figure of 754.
The percentage of tenancy drop
12.1 percent from a mark of 75.
in 1930 to the present level of
62.9 percent.
Full farm owners showed a
slight increase ot six, making the
total at the present time 376. Part
owners, those farmers owning on
ly a portion of the land that they
farm, dropped from 67 to 62
while farms with hired managers
dropped from 10 to six.
Of the 754 tenant farmers in
the County, 131 are cash
paying a cash rental for their
farm on an acreage basis or a set
figure for yearly rental. At the
present time there is only one
share-cash tenant in the County.
paying a yearly rental partly in
cash and partly with the yield of
tenants and croppers in Newton
County, the share tenants
ing a fixed amount of crops and
livestock and the croppers pay
ing under the same system the
difference being that they
all necessary farm machinery and
equipment furnished The survey
,i s „ ,« o.her
do not tali in one of the above
•lassifications.
The full farm owners in the
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At Emory Today
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who with Mrs. Moore will be hon
ore d at noon today at a picnic din
ner given by Dr _' and ' Mrs T M
0tl11 Sullivan - at Oxford. ~ , , Preachers T , u and
thelr wlve8 ®* 1116 Deeatur-Oxford
District are invited to attend. Bish
op Moore will also speak fhl#
morning at 11 o'clock at the Allen
Memorial Church. The public is
invited to attend this service.
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85 Percent
Parity For
U.S. Cotton
Roosevelt Says
Payments Must Not
Exceed Parity.
President Roosevelt Monday
signed legislation providing for
loans on major farm crops of 85
per cent of parity but declared h«
had done so with the understand
ing that farm prices should not b«
permitted to go above the so
called parity level,
The legislation provides for
mandatory loans on cotton, corn,
wheat, rice and tobacco.
Roosevelt said in a state
men t t be legislation reflected tha
government s objective for eight
years and the fact farmers “did
no j bave and have not as great a
sbare 0 f the national income as
0 t ber groups.”
But he noted that when the bill
becomes law farmers co-operating
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Fishing Licenses
For Sale Here
Can Now Be Obtained in
County for First
Time.
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Fishermen and hunters in New
ton County will not be required
to send to Atlanta for their li
censes as they have in the past,
Zack D. Cravey, Wildlife Division
Commissioner, announced this
week.
ty Superior Court, will offer them
for sale at h ls office in the Coun
ty Court House. This was made
possible by legislation past by the
General Assembly,
The state-wide fishing season
opens June 1 and all fishermen
above 16 years of age must hold a
license u„le.- s ,h e y „ s h in ,h.
county of their legal residence and
use only worms for bait. License*
cevt *1.25 for Ge rais resident*
and $5.25 for non-resident*.