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i Oh My! We wish
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11 you something about
| of Turnei -KimbreJ!
L a( the home of Mr.
r, Nixon . . and Mr.
|1 was the apple of his
had an uncle that
ich as Mr. Otis loves Nell
it have known
, an t us to tell them about
King but we felt,
ding "'as over like Peggy
(Mara ret Mitchell) did
e' accepted her book . . ,
so flabbergasted we just
tell you about it . . We
ve it was the prettiest
of the sweetest home
k we have ever seen . .
(eheve (not going back on
) that the Gardenia is one
favorites ■ ■ and in that
,
i old typical southern
saw stately Glads every
but not a Gardenia to
,,
but they must have
coming everywhere for
of them swept the spac
hes the dining room
'n everywhere . . . we
Bob won’t ever have to
thing when they starl
ping (or one whole room
lal! upstairs were simply
th wedding gifts . . . Golly
lid have thought you were
Irvugh "House Beautiful”
[House nf Today’’ or what
[laces call those completely fur
they fix up . . . why
[hall we saw every nifty
b the kitchen and all that
Wed for it . . . including
, . in the other room we
l>: of imported china that
pi've about twenty guests
Alas and alack! there was
le l. completely filled with
(we did not have any
'nr we would have been
[for their pattern is Chan
, same as ours) And there
»s from cocktail forks to
/cam ones . , . besides ev*
i of funny little thing in
of sen Ing spoons and
d funny looking pronged
nu riidnt know what to
.. but anyway it was all
, no bride wishing she had
silver . . . and no Bob
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but an
ire was all the glassware
in their great grandchil-
1 need and linens and
igs . . . but that sweet,
•f Bob's must have spent
irl years on the dainty
e lace table cloth for Nell
. . and we’ll just have
you that "Uncle Otis"
find anything good
or h little Nell . so
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opens up his check book
Is on the dotted line
. , .
id Nell" . and we’ll
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fell you the joke he
. .
lie Laurie that when she
ried he would give her
K that much . now An
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ie has sworn she will
larried! . . . Why? Well
fsyou fellers will be mar
f for her money and
. . .
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h yesterday graduated from the United States Military
£ 1 Point, being the first from his county to have it
rfcimg to records at the Academy. M 1 '. Cannon, a graduate
pW'rton High School 'the received a B. S. degree and will a commis- arrive
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Volume 77
i WATER SUPPLY ASSURED FOR CITY
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City , raced With Rationmg Of Electrical Power
Light Rans
Bring Little
Relief Here
Situation Continue* Critical
I Due to Unprecedented
j I Drought in State
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS ’
INDIVIDUALS ASKED
TO CUT 33.3 PERCENT
Operation of New Plant
Fail* to Relieve Serious
Power Crisis.
Shortage of electrical current.
continue a f"te in Covington this
! week and ' ' whiteway lights ana
display s remained darkened
as c '*y •ials anticipate the
i rationing 'f power, effective next
Monday.
The problem of reduced power.
brought on by an extreme drought
and record-breaking defense pro
duction. forced the Georgia Powei
i Company, who supplies current for
| the City of Covington, to request
I a-reduction of 3,7.3 percent by ait
! inc i\ iduaLs and business establish
ments, except those considered es
'Vial users,
In Covington the response to the
p egram to save current met with
| the fullest cooperation. City of
ficials have cut out all but the ex
sential street lights and merchants
j in the town have ornamental turned off ligat- dig
play signs and .
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ning service at six o'clock, making
it unnecessary to light the church
building and merchants on the
I Square who normally remain open
each night are now closing at
I early hours,
At the same time the power
company announced the placing
in operation of Plant Arkwright,
The large hydro-electric plant.
located near Macon and capable
j of producing one million kilowatt
hours a day. #a.- placed in opera
I tion on June 3 after only a lev
hours of preliminary test. Undei
normal condit ons approximately a
month would have been taken to,
! check and tune-up the equipment.
in spite of the output from
Plant Arkwright, which can pro
duce 12 percent of Geoigias
week day requirements, and the
fine response of citizens and in
dustrial plants throughout the •
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Georgi* Enterprise Est 1864
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Members of the police and fire departments from Porterdale. Gov -
ington and Conyers gathered at the gymnasium at Porterdale recently
for a quarterly meeting and barbecue supper. In the front row, left to
ngnt , are Charles Hardin. Chief of the Conyers Fire Department; Sid
npv Yancey, Chief of the Porterdale Fire Department; Dr. S. L. Waites.
Ma n{ Covmgton; H W. Pittman. f Porterdale agent fm the Bib
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Covington Boy Is
Among .Graduates
At West Point
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Charles A. Cannon Jr. to Be
Second Lieutenant In
U. S. Army.
Charles A. Cannon, Jr., whose
parents. Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Can
non live at 1118 Floyd Street in
this City. was among the 42'
cadets who received deg-ees
and commissions at the gradua
don exercises of the Un ted States
Military Academy, at West Point,
jg. Y. yesterday,
Cadet Cannon, who graduated
f rorn the Covington High School
j n with first honors, is the
fjrst West Point graduate from
Newton County, according to re
cords cf the Academy
During his lour years at the
Academj young Cannon, who
ates 155th in the class of 425. ha:
iveraged 2507.79 proportional
lOints out of a possible three
housand. He has been on the box
ng squad for t,vo years and has
Iso shown much interest in horse
shows,
Young Cannon, who is a ser
geant in the cadet corps,.received
his appulr,' nent to the
Academy from the late E. M
Owens of the Fourth Ccngression
al District, After leaving the
school, with a B. S. degree and a
commission as second lieutenant
n the Cavalry branch of the reg
dar arm> he expects to be as
igned to the Cavalry School at
Fort Rilej Kans. for 3 months
He will report there about Au
uxt 1
Cadet Cannon v a* active in
Boy Scout work in his school
year being the first Covington
Youth to receive the Eagle Badge,
the highest honor conferred by the
Boy Scout organization Before
entering West Point he served a
year with the regular army at
Fort MePher.sen, later being trans
ferred to Fort Bragg, in North
Carolina.
In speaking of the training at
West Point, Mr. Cannon, says that
(he Academy provides a thorough
education in engineering with a
.oundation in all branches of mili
tary science He said that dur.ng
the four-years he has been expos
ed to the best lecturers in the
Country, covering all subjects. He
added that he planned to make the
army his career.
He will arrive in Covington
(his week and will re
mam here until about July - .
visiting with h.s parents and many
j friends.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1941,
Manufacturing Company, and W. C. Ivey, Mayor of Porterdab in
the back row, left to right, are Ray Potts, Chief of the Porterdale * ol
! ice Department; John Berry and LeRoy Bailey, members of the Por
lei- le police force; Joe Lassiter, of the Covington Police Department,
». >1ojr Stewart, of the Porterdale Police Department.—Photo by
N ews photographer.
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Qovin^ton Kiw ani s
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Order Number Fourteen Is
Largest Issued by
Local Board.
Fifteen Newton County men, six
of them Negroes, were ordered
this week to report for training j
with the armed forces in Selec
tive Service order fourteen, i-sued
by the Newton County Board
This order, the largest issued so i
far by the local Board, makes a 1
tota ] u f 73 called from the Coun
ty since the pr gram went into
effect.
The ‘ white inductees called
were: Carl Samuel Allgoods Jr
Charlie Britton Mask, Perry
Moore. William Edward Coady.
Edgar Harold Jone.-, Luther How
aid Cook. Smilh Harris. Har Id
Mendenhall and James Edward
Edge,
These men will report at the
Headquarters of the Newton
County Board at 8:30 o’clock on
the morning of June 24. They will
be sent to the army induction sta
tkn at Fort McPherson.
Alternates named, to replace
any selectee failing to pass the
army requirements, are Andrew
Jackson Huff and Raymond Av
ery Moody.
The Ne * r0 Electees who will re
P° rt for order number f01 "' teer '
are: Gus Henderson, John Henry
Davis Thompson, Nelson Osby
Howard, Freddie Lightfoot, The
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It is with pride that the News presents a recent communica
on from J. C. Wilson, former newspaperman, editor and author
f "Tomorrow’s Sun,” a feature column appearing in the News
nd other Georgia newspapers, whose office is located in the
lurt Building in Atlanta.
In commenting on the recent Newton County School Editim
f the News, Mr. Wilson said:
“Congratulations on twenty-four pages of the best
weekly newspaper (out of over 5001 rereived In this
office. Regards.
"J. C. WILSON.”
The News is constantly striving to bring about improve
ments that will provide a better and more complete newspapei end
for the people of Covington and Newton County. To this
we solicit your cooperation and suggestions.
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Elaborate Plan* Are Made
To Entertain Entire
Canadian n Group.
Official* and committees . of , the ,,
Covington Kiwanis Club \e
completed p «ns 01 le n !*?*
tional Kiwanis Convention which
opens ooen- in in Atlanta Atlanta Sundav Sunday. j
It was announced this week that j
the Covington Club, one of the
largest in the state, would attend
100 percent barring illness oi un- i
foreseen circumstances. The local
club has made arrangements to en
tertain the emire Canadian Dele
gation while they aie at the Con
vention. This is the only club in
Georgia to entertain the entire
delegation from any foreign
country. A large number of dele
gates from Canada is expected, The
wives of members of the Coving- j
ton club are also making plans to
attend the convention. Pat Camp
bell was name d sometime ago as
chairman of the reception com
m jttee and he is ably assisted by
a number of the Kiwanians.
More than 6,000 people are ex
pected to attend according to a re
port f rom international head
q uar ters. The Covingtoi*Club will
supp i y the convention with 8,000
s i ac f.< li, which is outstanding in
,'tself as no other club has made
such elaborate arrangements
Sixty-one Georgia Kiwanis
Clubs, under the direction of Dis
trict Governor Jimmy Carmichael,
of Marietta, " ill present a new
high in Southern hospitality to the
visiting Kiwanians.
From the moment the visitors
cross Georgia boundaries, they
will be met, welcomed and enter
tamed in traditional Georgia man
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City Will Construct Big
Reservoir On 90-Acre
Tract Bought Recently
Agricultural
NewsbyThe
Farm Agent
Grains Suffer Little Damage
From Dry Weather; Hay
Crop Reported Short.
The grain crop now being har
vested is doing much better on
yields than anyone thought pos
sible. Practically no rain has fal
len on our grain since it started
heading and in spite of the drought
the yield is heavy and the grain is
, ^ of
have heard of is the oat yield on
the Frank Williams farm. He is
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produce over 4.000 bushels on his
■jg acles . Mr. Williams has been
planting quite a large corn acre
age each year but this year
changed to oats and is highly
pleased with his change He plans
j this fall with Till barley and J'hvTf. by domg
( this, will be able to spread the
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barley that produced better
'* tm a
The best rye yield we have
heard of in the county is that of
Mr Jack Reeveg and Mr Henry
Graves. They have a two and one
hal/ acrp field that produced 67
bushels. At this rate of production
rye would be a good money crop,
This week we heard of several
outbreaks of boll weevil. This dry
weather and farmers well up wjth
(heir work js a good time t0 use
liquid poison. The standard mix- j
ture is 1 pound of Calcium Arse
nate, 1 gallon of syrup and 1 gal
lon of water.
The weather man continues to
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tinder Working to
Increase Sa 1 e of
Onions from State
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Crop This Year Expected to
Exceed One Million
Dollars. _ ..
Tom Linder, Georgia’s Commis
sjr)ner of Agriculture, visited the
Mew’s office last Friday while on
his way to Milledgeville to super-1 !
the loading of , , carl ... adsj
vise severa.
of onions. He was accompanied by ,
j oe Hammil of Columbus, Ga
The sale on Georgia's onion crop
extensively developed 1
has been
this year by Commissioner Linder.
Approximately six hundred tons
have been disposed of on northern
markets, a large part of them go
ing to Chicago and Pittsburg. It is
expected that Georgia farmers will
receive in excess of one million for
the onion crop alone.
The success of the crop this year
under Mr. Linder s guidance
points to a larger season next year
and the possible development into
one of the State’s large money
crops.
Commissioner Linder recently
requested Congress to declare
farm products “a part of the Na
tional Defense program in order
to speed the delivery of farm pro
riucts to market by removing load
limits and license fees effective in
some states against trucks enter
i n S an d passing through their lim
it R - If many states, declared the
Commissioner, load limitations are
l° w 'hat it is impossible for the
farmer to transport his pioducts
through those states.
"If the farmer is unable to load
his truck with sufficient tonnage
to warrant him a pay load, his pro
ducts must remain in the field.’’
the Commissioner wrote the Con
rgessmen.
"It is possible for the Congress
to declare farm products for hu
man consumption, when moving in
interstate commerce by trucks, a
part of the national defense pro
gram.”
He reminded 1he Congressmen
also that "our soldiers in (he field"
as Well as civilians who “ton in
fields, factories and shops must be
fed and clo f hed and that the
American farmer stands ready
and willing to back this nation
its hour of need."
The Commissioner also urge
Georgia farmers to listen to II
recently irtai;gprated radio pic
grams on the air each Tnu. seta;
%’hese pn gran - are put on by the
Department of Agricuitme.
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Mrs. Homer R. Howell, resident of Tampa, Fla., and daughter of
yor and Mrs. S. L. Waites of Covington, is shown on the receiv
end of the first official cal! made over, Covington's recently in
!led dial telephone system. Mayor Waites is shown in the insei on
o Covington end of the first call. The call was made on Saturday,
Alay 31 ist after the system was switched t«er by telephone com
pany engineeis.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Number 24
Over 100 Million Gallon*
Will Be Stored for
City Supply.
CONCRETE DAM TO BE
CONSTRUCTED BY THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Cost of Entire Project Will
Not Exceed Total
of $10,000.
Construction work on a large
storage reservoir to provide the
City of Covington with an ade
quate water supply during periods
of extreme drought will get under
way in the near future according
to an announcement made here
this week.
A tract of land, containing 5)0
acres with a dwelling house stand
ing on it, has been purchased by
on Dried Indian Crwk
as the site of the new water shed.
The plot is located about seven
miles from the City. The dwell
ing on the property will be used
as a home for a caretaker. Pur
chase price of the 90-acre tract
was said to be $4,200.
A concrete dam. ve-enforced
with dirt embankments will be
constructed. When completed it
I will create a body of water of
101,000,000 gallons. This reserve
f it is believed to be adequate to
; supply the City’s needs under any
i conditions.
The construction work on the
new water supply will be undei
the direction of H. O. Welchel.
City superintendent of public
works. Local labor and facilities
will be used.
The new reservoir is the out
growth of a movement underway
for several years to give the C if
a plant supplying sufficient wa
ter for everyday needs and a re
serve for emergencies.
At one time it was proposed to
build a pipeline to the Alcove*
River. This would have greatly
improved the supply but the ex
eessive cost, about $40,000, caused
the proposed project to be aband
oned.
The proposal, when brought be
fore the City Council for approv
al, at its regular June meetir
was approved, with one dissentin