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PLANS COMPLETE FOR SALEM CELEBRATION
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Nearly $3,000 Received Here Monthly In Pensions
Monthly Average Of
$8.71 Is Paid To 334
Residents Of County
.
Check Received Is
! For | 36 50 . Smallest
Is $2.50.
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
PAYMENTS NOW TOTAL
$443.50 EACH MONTH
298 Individuals Receiving
Old Age Assistance
Pensions.
Three hundred thirty-four in
dividuals in Newton County re
ceive checks from the State of
Georgia, supplemented by Federal
government funds, totaling $2,
909.50, in old age assistance, aid
for dependent children and aid for
the blind.
The largest single check receive
in the County is for *36.50 and the
smallest is for $2.50, the average
being $8.71,
Old age assistance checks for
white residents leads the list of
payments, 168 individuals reeeiv
ing a total of $1,468.50, or an av
erage of $8.74 as compared with
130 Negro recepitents receiving
*926.50, or an average of $7.13.
The highest individual payment
made to a white person is $20.50.
while the larges* payment to a
Negro is $12.00. the lowest pay
ment in both classes being $2.50.
Only one white citizen in
ton County is receiving a payment
for aid to the blind, the amount
being $9.00. Seven Negroes, how
ever, receive blind aid pensions,
totaling $62.00 per month, the av
erage being $8.86.
The highest average of checks
paid into the County each month
is for aid to dependent children.
Nineteen in this classification re
reive a total of $443.50, or an av
erage of $23 29 each -
These figures, compiled from the
current list, on a yearly basis
would give a grand total of $32,
914.00 for a 12 month period. On
the same basis old age assistance
for white persons would amount
to $17,522.00. while that for the
Negroes would total $11,118.00,
the total for old age assistance in
the County being $28,640.
The total amount for aid to the
blind, on a 12-month basis, would
be $852.00 with Negro pensioners
receiving $744.00 ahd the single
w hite recepitent now on the list
receiving $108. Aid for dependent
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Miss Ross Urges Public
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Health Plan For County
2S£TK£iSS r “ ,» COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
There is one very practical
way for , Newton w cc tn oive
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material help to the nationa. de
fense progr am. Miss Eddve Ross,
Home Demonstration Agent, says.
“We can see to it that all our
children „ noun. . ehoH .,
are we >
“The National Nutrition Con
ference for Defense recently in a
3-day session in V ashington
made recommendations for ac
tion to President Roosevelt. The
The 900 delegates who came to
the conference from every eornei
of the nation, were among the
foremost leaders of nationa
thinking on feed needs for max
imum health and strength. - °i
be » d r ate, . y t jed- ^hooi Ranch
program for which the Surp
Administratmn of the
Department of Agriculti e ■ P
pHe v'egetables, , b „ic loodr fruits, ^^£ cereals,
certain meat products.
! ‘‘School lunch program*
sponsored by local groups c u
societies, parent-teacher fraternal associations, organization^ ‘
others Are we in Newton -win-
4 ty taking full advantage of
Budges Bride
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Don Budge, top flight tennis
star, who has ruled the tennis
world for several years as both
amateur and professional, is shown
dancing with his bride, the form
er Dierdre Conselman of Glen
dale, Cal. The couple was in New
York on a combination honeymoon
and tournament trip.
Plans Completed
i For County Line
Church Dedication
Complete History of 116
Year Old Church to
Be Read.
A record attendance is expect
ed next Sunday at the County
Line Church for the dedication
ceremonies of the new Church
building. A full day’s activities
have been planned with basket
dinners served on the grounds.
The recently constructed wood
en church structure replaces the
original church which burned on
March 19, 1939. The County Line
Church, located in the Rocky
Plains mS ySr District of..”-". will complete 't„7h, L,- its
on thaf date in* 1825 Re“
Church.
The dedication program will
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opportunity to obtain health
building farm foods from the
Surplus Marketing Adm. to feed
undernour j sfiec | youngsters?
sponsors can obtain
food stuffs for school lunches from
0 ur State Welfare Agency which
is supplied bv the SMA. Kitchen
equipment— stoves, pots, pans and
needs—can be obtained
^ f unds raised at benefit par
church suppers, dances, oi
sjmj)ar program!! . Not intre
n{ly pu blic-spirited citizens
rion0te equipment. In many
counties help is obtained with
^ cooperation of the WPA and
^ NYA The Extension Service
jg ready to help :n any way pos
s jj-sx- j d ] c
stop with the cl^se of the school
lu nch pro
the vacation pe
w ho are inter
'«*■ * •** school lunch
pamp hlets can be obtained by
itjn p to the Department of
Agriculture at M’ashington, D. C
^ oamohlet* b are ‘Summer
(jnch for Hungry Ch ; ldren'
anr ” School Lunches and the
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Rains Bring
Relief For
Crops Here
Fails to Bring Complete
Relief in Power
Shortage.
Long-awaited showers and
some heavy rains during the past
week splashed Newton
along with the rest of the South
east, raising the level of creeks,
rivers and lakes, and relieved the
threat of crop disaster, but were
insufficient to relieve the acute
power shortage.
While the recent rains have
been general all over the State
they were not sufficient to allev
iate the power shortage and the
cotton mills and other large in
dustrial forced , . to con
users were
tinue on a week-end working
schedule, while the City remained
under a partial blackout to con
serve current
At the same time. George W
Mindling. United States meteor
ologist, revealed that rainfall for
June has been far above normal,
yet a deficiency exists for the
period from January 1 to the
present,
Forecasting partly cloudy
we ather with temperature ex
tremes of 68 and 88 degrees,
Mindling said total rainfall for
June was 6.36. The June normal
rainfall totals 3.74, he added.
“But despite the excess in
June,’’ said Mindlmg, “from Jan
uary 1 to now there has been a
rainfall of 16.50 inches, leaving a
deficiency of 8.50 inches, at the
normal for the period is 25 inches
Power company officials dis
closed that the rains have been
too scattered to do "much good.’’
Two inches of rain fell Sunday at
Lake Burton, a half inch fell on
Monday, and, due to closing of
the lake Burton plant to keep wa
ter in the reservoir, the power
gained 400,000 kilowatt #
company
hours.
Here i* the way the power in
storage in the company's reser
voirs “stacked up": Saturday, 36.
000 000 kilowatt hours: Sunday.
37,200,0 87 200 000 kilowatt hours and
Monday, 37,80*000 showing a
definite increase dai y.
To determine where and to
what extent saving in electric
service is being made during the
emergency, cards are being sent
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'a/ mdusS 'customers,' t
meter readings may be
mailed to the power company
daily.
No specific allocations have
been given residential customers
because of the impracticability of
such a plan but all users are
asked to make whatever reduc
tions they can. F.mployees are
urged to cooperate to the fullest
extent in their own homes as at
their work
Excepted from curtailment are
the services to hospitals. air
fields, water pumping plants,
sewage disposal plants, canton
mentg munitions plants, ice
p ] an ts, laundries, food plants,
co | d storage* plants, continuous
process plants, newspapers, radio
stations, telephone and telegraph
facilities and transportation ser
vices.
Previous voluntary reduction,
although amounting to more than
450,000 kilowatt hours a day, was
no t extensive enough to offset the
continued withdrawal* of large
amounts of water from the stor
age reservoir.
The curtailment program de
-igned to reduce the work-day
load on the system by approxi
mately 1,500,000 kilowatt hours,
p j U s the addition of Plant Ark
wright’s daily output of 1,000,000
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McGdhee T0 Enter
Emory Hospital
W. C. MeGahee, prominent Cov
ington business man and chairm n
of the finance committee of the
City Council, will enter Emory
University Hospital today for a
tonsilectomy.
His many friends here in the city
*nd county wish him a speedy re
t covery.
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Pat Harrison, 59. the Senate’.
p,psident pro tempore, Chairman
n f its finance committee and be
| (1V ed b y a jj his colleagues, died
| as t Sunday in a Washington Hos
pjtal. The genial Mississippi Hem
()Cia t was a colorful and influen
tial figure during his 30 years ser
vice in Congress. Funeral services
were held yesterday from hi ' ,
home in Gulfport, Miss.
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Board Sets
Two Places
To Register
Men May Register t From
7 In Morning Til 9
At Night
Two places have been designat
ed by the Newton County Select
ive Service Board for the registra
tion of those men in the County 1
who reached their twen ty-firh
birthdays between October 16
1940, and July 1. 1941.
One registration place will be
set up at the employment office in I
PorterdaJe and the other will be in |
the headquarters of the County
Board in the N. S. Turner Mem
orial building The one at Por
terdalew.il be only fo, the ;
{hT^mDlovee^of " e P ■ the Bibb Man’ '
facturing Company.
The offices will open on the
morning of July 1 at 7 A. M. and j
TZImM*
will enable those who work d
in* the dayMo registei alter !eav
mg their work.
However, Board officials request
that registrants do not wait until
the last minute to register, Regis
trars will be on hand during the
entire day.
The second registration will be
under the complete supervision of
the County Board, fhis week they ■
pointed out that registration of i
men in this classification, those I
who have passed their tw'enty
first birthday between October 16.
1940 and July 1, 1941. is manda
tory and that failure to do so may
result in fine or imprisonment,
No other registering places w'ill
be set up in the County Those per
sons living out in the County are
expected to come to Covington to
be registered. Board officials have
requested that people with cars
cooperate in providing transporta- j
tion for those who do not have it
By virtue of the authority con
tained in the Selective Service and
Training Act of 1940, President
Roosevelt recently issued a pro
clamation designating July I as the
date for the second registration.
Georgia's Governor, F.ugene Tal
made. likewise issued a proclama
tion setting the day aside in the
State as Second Registration I
Day.’
Although it will be the first time
that tbe local board membership
has conducted a Nation-wide reg
istration, National Headquarters
said this week it was confident
that it would be accomplished with
JittJe or no outside help Local
boards, it points out, have regis
tered numerous individuals since
October 16, and should experience
little difficulty with the July 1
enrollment.
Procedure for the registration
contained in a new Volume Two o
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941.
Agricultural
NewsbyThe
Farm Agent
Crop Improves.
The rains this week have been
general all over the county and
from newspaper reports they
were general over Georgia. Crops
are growing very rapidly and the
prospects look much better for
good yields than they did it lew
days ago. Of course some of the
cotton is pretty late and in some
case* stands are still very poor
Hut the feed crop situation is hot
tel- and the ground is in shape to
allow for more seeding* of feed
crons
Where the corn is small or the
Stand poor and more grain is
needed on the farm we would
recommend Hagari This plant
"’ill mature in 100 days
produce more grain per acre than
corn. It should he planted just
like sorghum It withstands late
summer drouths much better
than corn and is not subject to
insect damage such as bud worm
as is corn
The hay crop may he supple
mented by the use of Brown Top
Millet, Sudan Grass, Soybeans or
Cowpeas. Of Ahe hay crops the
newest in the group and one of
the best is Brown Top Millet.
Only about 25 pounds of eed are
required per acre, it grows very
rapidly and with favorable sea
sens could ne mowed tw ice from
now til fall Then another good
feature i* the ability of this plant
to volunteer itself back on ,h ;
land next year. We were in
field this week that produced a
gord crop of Brown Top Millet
last year and the field was seed
ed to oats last fall. The rain this
week brought up an excellent
stand of Millet This saved a
plowing and JZ purchase of
seed. That is 3- type of hay
plants we need
He sure to start all over again
with the garden. Nearly all va
rietie* of spring vegetables may
be planted now with good re
true
with tomatoes, bean, carrots,
squash, beets lettuce and many
other vegetables. Enough should
be planted to allow for canning
a liberal home supply for winter
use. The National Emergency
declared by tne President makes
it imperative tnat farmers ran a
home supply so they will not
draw on the National P od supply
that is needed for the army' and
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Salem Camp Grounds
The second in a series of
monthly sermons will be held at
Salem Camp Ground next Sun
day aflernoon at three o’clock,
with the Rev. Pierce Harris
pastor of the First Method!*'
Church of Atlanta preaching the
sermon.
Music for the meeting will be
provided in tbe form of inging
CMvintlin* , „ .
^ under theVrecYion of
Bj)| , Covington
This will ... , be the second month
ly sermon preached by Rev. Har
ris at the Camp Ground this
summer The first was rieliver
ed on May 25, and drew a large
crowd from this section Music
for the first sermon was provideo
by the Emory at Oxford Glee
Club under the leadership of V.
Y. C. Eady.
Directors of the Camp Ground
ar* expecting an even larger
crowd for the second sermon
The monthly sermons are a
part cl the regular summer ac
tivities of the Camp Ground,
which will reach a climax with
the Salem Camp Meeting m Au
gust. As in previous years it is
expected that tbe meeting will
draw record crowd*- with visitors
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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Bishop Arthur Moore Will
Make Principal Address
At July Fourth Meeting
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New Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, on which
he ha.- served since President
Coolidge appointed him in 1925,|
is Harlan F’iske Stone, 68-year-old
native of New Hampshire
succeeds Charles F.vnns Hughes,
79. who recently stepped down
from the trench after a record term
of service to the people of the
United States
Draft Board Lists
15 Men Who Have
Moved Residences
Questionaire* Returned For
Lack of Forwarding
Addresse*.
The Newton County Selective
Service Roard, with headquar
ter* in Ihe N. S. Turner Memorial
Building, this week , list , the names
o 15 Newton County men seven
of them Negroes, whose question
sires have been returned to toe
Hoard because the registrant
have moved their residence and
failed to leave a forwarding ad
dress .
The list includes Willie Barton |
Mote, George Howard Morris,
Rufu.y Parish, Asa Candler Buck
a Jew. W. C. Stowe, Gienn David
Gary, Ralph Rosser Maloy and
Bernice Barnes
The Negroes are Robert Ander
son, James Smith, Cohen Free
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coming from all sections of the
United States
Thi* year's meeting will begin
on August 7th and continue thru
August 17. On the tenth of Au
gust, the first Sunday of the
meeting, Bishop Arthur Mocre
will deliver a sermon, Bishop
Moore is welt known to visitors
at Old Salem. He has preached
there numerous times in the pas:
* nd ha * a!so ap ** ared on the
Campus at Emory at Oxford each
year for the past several yearn
and jfJ th<> var j OUs churches in
this section.
Other outstanding preachers
who will preach at various times
during the meeting are Dr
George Stoves, pastor of the
Mulberry Street Methodist church
in Macon; Dr Ellis Fuller, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
in Atlanta, and Dr Bascom An
thnnv one of South Georgia s
most outstanding minister
Parks Warnock, educational
director of the Druid Hills Bap
tist Church in Atlanta, will have
charge of the young people's
work during the meeting and
Major Sidney Cox, of the Allan
a Sal a tion Army^will have the
charge ^ the platform and
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Ceremonies.
PLANS ARE MADE TO
BROADCAST DIRECT
FROM CAMP GROUNf
Salvation Army Band ant
Twelve-County Singers
To Provide Music.
Plans for what is expreted to
be the largest patriotic Fourth m
celebration at Salem Camp
Grounri wer * being completed
this week, according to Major R.
.) Quinn, president of the Camp
Ground Association, *
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, Sriu B meuTZ. w . Burner*
Hel1 1 * le H b<>ne l Company a right ,
way to run telephone trans
mission lines to the Camp (.round
This will make it possible for the
services on July Fourth to be
broadcast, through the facilities
of an Atlanta radio station.
Formal action was necessary by
the Board before the Telephone
Company could erect the line,
Telephone Company official*
however, stated that the lip*
would be ready for use by the
fourth.
Major Guinn said that a fuJ]
attendance of Board member*
were present at last Sunday'*
meeting. Otis Nixon, chairman
of the Buildings and Grounds
Commitee. served the guests with
a delightful barbecue dinner. The
dinner was served in the Hotel
dining room.
The resolution providing the
telephone company with th« nec
essary right of way was prepar
ed and introduced by Judge
James C. Davis, member of tha
Executive Committee, of Decatur,
and Col. C. K. Vaughn, member
of the Young People* Activities
Committee of Conyers,
Major Sieadham, Salvation
Army official, gave the devotion
al. speaking “Ch. ist the f act."
He elaborated on the fact that we
all talk about Christian character
and it* value in our everyday
1,fe . but that wp> seldom stop to
consider what Christ means to
us as individuals
Col. Vaughn stated that he
wa* constructing a new tent on
the Camp Ground and pointed
out the fact that much remodel
ing is now underway, with struc?
lures being painted and repaired
for the summer activities.
Plans developed lor the Fourth
of July celebration include a ffhg
raising ceremony at 9:30 in the
morning with special music by
the Salvation Army band. This
ceremony is also under the di
dertion of Major Sidney A. Cox.
Patriotic songs will also be a
part of the ceremony with sing
ers of the Twelve County Sing*ng
Convention taking part.
The singing and musical part
°* * be day program will con
tinue until about 11 oclock.
the speaker for the day will
be Bishop Arthur Moore. Bish
°P Moore has appeared at the
Camp Ground on numerous oc
casions and his messages receive
tb e whole-hearted approval ot
hi* audiences. H‘S address this
>e ar *■ expected to b e exceeding -
b' timely, in view of the present
world conditions. The Bishop
ba* just returned from a tour oi
China and will bring first hand
information about condit.ons tn
that country,
Bisnop Moore will be introdue
cd by Louie D. Newton, pastor
of the Druid Hills Baptist Church
tn Atlanta,
Other events added to the sche
dule of summer activities include
an assembly lor a group of young
people from Augusta on the
Camp Ground for a week's stay
beginning July 7, and a s.milat
gathering for a group from Car
roll County on July 14.
The Augusta group will be un
der the guidance of Dr. L- M
Twiggs of Augusta, while tin
Carrol! County gn r> ill be di
reetec fv Rev. Zack Hayes.