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hatter| 1HE f o X • • ♦ . Co State i] »|.. .. / yt* rtfTtCT. BOY i Oh My! We wish e , 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 ” h “ 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 . . opens up his check book Is on the dotted line . , . id Nell" . and we’ll . . fell you the joke he . . lie Laurie that when she ried he would give her K that much . now An . , ie has sworn she will larried! . . . Why? Well fsyou fellers will be mar f for her money and . . . ere the girls and g fm a piece of the inued on Page Seven) raduated From West Point Wm Iptl; llll' v: , ' v‘ gH S gpl '' V ■ i.W -:•> • v. c: m , m r Blllilll iv. ;x mi 8 iv ' :vO if* II v f i %. 1 ; % – wZ* .* Lmid f'P - * < |jii : k ’ ^ >; 4 III m ' ■-X m A. t ■on, ot 3 . ^ Cannon, Jr., son ol Mi. and Mrs. L an. 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 » ' "tenant in United S' es Army. He let a visit with his parents. i 4 i Am K / <1 tlJ ) 41 Volume 77 i WATER SUPPLY ASSURED FOR CITY ' v v 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 . in g - ! e“ : 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 • (Continued on Page Seven) TTie Covington Star Est 1874 Georgi* Enterprise Est 1864 Firemen And Policemen At Porterdale For Quarterly Meeting r * £ w # 2 * m jaw •r «0 '8m v> * tV 1 Fm i V: m w- : ■ ■ ... < \ ' v; m w * M ms ■>' v •■v. jm V 1 M k: ■< W"M ■sM xv 4 ■ Jt vv ;v. -V i mm Vcv : fl m ' .e- • ■ {j M BgaB|s|3gL f f 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 _______ _____ J________ Covington Boy Is Among .Graduates At West Point --- 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. ____________________„________ _________ __________ _____ _ r .__ n r ______ _________* ^ , Clllb Qovin^ton Kiw ani s KeadvrOr n j r. ton r vention .. ________________ 1 15 r* HT O Keoort ■ tor f AO * 10 V hvmvi i I* I I S q Al*nrv a n ! IlllV U. O. nilliy UUiy 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 (Continued on Page Seven) mm !h>s1 IIW Ulu JVvtrsntipvr* 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. ____ 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 5c SINGLE COPY 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 - tix ioi>nt ■ : > tin i .• nit , -.....i (mi torn <.; h,s <t<t and v. il 1 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 ^ 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 (Continued on Page Seven) I tinder Working to Increase Sa 1 e of Onions from State ____ 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. On The Receiving End * I 1 $ J > 4 V I *11 <•• ...» ■vA' Z K Mm 1 f $ i i if 1 * i 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