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PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lane
and daughter, Joan, of Wauehuia,
Fla., and Mrs. W. A. Lane of
Mbnticello, were guests Wednes
day of Mr, and Mrs. J. B. Weav
er.
Henry Starr Corley, Ronald
Cook, L. H. Cook, Bennie and
James Anderson were dinner
guests of James Skinner Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Eugene Rowell and child
ren. Betty, Nancey and Malcom
Of Columbia, S. C., are visiting
Mrs. Rowell’s mother, Mrs. Jamie
B. Smith at Emory at Oxford.
Mrs. Guy Robinson had as
guests for several days last week
her mother, Mrs. J. D. Persons, '
of Monticelio and sister, Mrs.
Herbert Brightwell of Maxeys.
Mr. Walker Combs, Jr., of At
lanta, spent the week-end with
b ms. Rev. and Mrs. Walker
Combs. They were among those
•Pending the Mobley reunion at
Rainbow Lake on July 4th.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Goode of
Adel, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
M E. Goode on Conyers Street.
Mrs. Mb W. Fitzgerald, Mrs. R
Cl. Alford, Harry and Cecil Al
ford of Gay. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Fitzgerald of Orlando, Fla.,
were guests Friday and Saturday
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Robinson
and little daughter Irene spent
Friday in Monticello, with Mrs.
J. P. Persons.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Skinner
and son. James, .spent las* week
end in Panama City, FJa,
Mrs. T. C. Castleberry has re
turned from several days in At
lanta with Mrs. Irvin Tyson.
Mrs. J. L. Skinner, Miss Eliz
abeth Skinner of Covington and
Miss Loi s Skinner and Mr J. R.
McCuilar of Atlanta were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawton
Skinner Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Coulter and
little son of Chicago will arrive
Tuesday for a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. C. A, Cannon. . ney will
return Friday to their home.
Mr. Clyde Castleberry of Fort
McClellan, Ala., has returned fol
lowing several days visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
Castleberry,
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Prentiff and Dick Findlay left
this week fnfr two months stay at
Camp Dixie.
Mrs. Guy Robinson and
guests, Mrs. Herbert Brightwell
and Mrs. J. D. Persons, spent last
Tuesday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Garland Wynn,
Jr., of Mittmi, Fla., and Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Hardin, of Decatur,
were guests Saturday of Mr. and
Mrs, S. W. Wynn and family.
Miss Vivian Bower is visiting
her sister, Mrs. John H. Hall in
Jacksonville. Fla.
Mrs. Charlie rf’owell and child
ren, Judy and Charlie, of Moul
trie, are visiting Mrs. T. C.
Swann.
Mrs. Moody Summers and Mrs.
Leon Cohen visited their sons.
Moody Summers, Jr., a'nd Leon
Cohen, Jr., Tuesday at Athens Y
Camp near Tallulah Falls.
Little Myrtle Collins of Jack
sonville. Fla., is spending some
time with Miss Florence Bower.
Mrs. C. T, Roper of Atlanta.
was guest last week of Mrs. J. O.
Bradshaw.
Mr, and Mrs. L. A. Patrick,
Jim Patrick, Miss Betty
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Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Jordan
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John Birchmore, Jr., of Thom- :
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Fullerton Sammons and U. B.
Sammons of Watkinsville spent
Monday with Mrs. C. G. Hender
son.
Mr, and Mrs. I. K. Hay return
er Sunday to Charlotte, N. C., fol
lowing the week-end here with
relatives.
Dr. Candler Slocum, William I
and Arthur Slocum of Atlanta
Mitchell-Reagan
Of interest is the announce
ment made this week of the mar
riage of Miss Margaret Reagan to
James Mitchell, of Porterdate
which was solemnized July 3, in
Conyers. They will make their
home in Porterdale.
News At A
Glance
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mac ^ e is on his way to keeping
one of his campaign promises, at
least. He said, if you remember,
that he would pay the state out
of debt. During the six months
^ a s been back in office he has
paid $13,623,800.17 for the state
on debts inherited from the Riv
ers administration, according to
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr.,
in revealing figures for the fiscal
year ended June 30. “However,
the debts are not all paid by any
means, as they amounted to $29.
579.642.18 on January 1, 1941,
and increased some between Jan
uary 1 and January 12, the date
of Governor Talmadge’s inaugu
ration.” The state’s fiscal opera
tion the last six mt nths “hit the
budget right on the head,” the
auditor added. The state closed its
fiscal year with more than $1,200,
000 cash balance in the Treasury,
Approximately $10,000,000 of
formerly of Covington. spent
Monday here with friends.
Misses Eula Callaway and Bet
ty Jordan are leaving Friday for
a weeks visit with Miss Lib Col
lins at Union. S. C.
Mcf °T,;
Thursday from a five weeks trip
lo Cincinnati, Chicago, DesMoi
nes, and Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Bryce of j
Tate and Miss Pauline Odum of j
Emory University spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs, W. P. Odum.
Mr. Cleon Wiley and Mr. Kay
Lunsford spent last week in Au
gust with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wi
ley . |
Mrs. D. D. Veal of Eatonton !
spent Saturday with Mrs. J. O
Bradshaw. j
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Mrs. Henry Odum, Jr., and son
Heni} IfD aie \ isiting relatives
in Cecil, Ga. ;
Mrs. Lyda Mae Adams of At
lanta is expec ted to arrive today
to Miss Florence Bower,
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The Claud Thompson Wesley
class of the Methodist Church
meets this afternoon.
* * * *
The Fidelis idels Matrons Mations Claes ( lass r>f of
the Baptist Sunday School will
meet today at 3:30 at the church !
with Mrs. Jack Wright, Mrs. Joe
Vason, Mrs. Walton and Mrs. L. !
W. New as hostesses.
The Red Cross Knitting Circle
will meet Friday afternoon at
3:30 at the home of Mrs C C
' '
King.
the debt payments Were for the
Stat !, S C h °°l DeP f 1t r nt ' T ClU d :
$3,900,000 0 ft in back salaries 1 t foi
teachers, $3,500,000 borrowed
money, $625,696.39 to textbook
companies, pei’
month for two months on current
salaries for teacher. About $3,-;
000,000 of the debts paid were for
'
the Highway Department. There
were numerou smafler debts car
^ over bv various state de _
P ar f ments anr * ins* itutiens, which
nave now been put on a cash ba
sis '
GIST OF THE NEWS: Gover
nor Tahnadge has promised to
kee the State Farmer ’ s Market
P
in Atlanta clean ’ and ,n doing 80
instructions to that effect ,
to the Public Safety Commissioner
John E. Goodwin and Tom Lin
der, commissioner of agriculture,
who is in charge of the market
... Babies in Georgia are on the
increase. New arrivals through
: j May in 1941 totaled 25,820, a
thousand more than the 24,820
recorded during the same 19-tO
period. The infant mortality
! rate in Georgia dropped 34 5 per
cent from 1920 to 1940, 26 per
cent from 1930 to 1940 and 17.5
per cent from 1936 to 1940. The
i j life expectancy i.920 of a'baby born in
this state in was 51.1 years,
and by 1938 it bad climbed to 62.8
| years ... In Georgia more auto
mabile tags were sold during the
first six months of 1941 than were
sold during the entire year of
1940, it was revealed. At the end
of the six-month period more
than 528,000 had been sold, com
I pared with 527,915 in all of 1940.
\ It is estimated now that 1941 sales
j I will approach Georgia will or exceed enroll 600,000 2.600
. . .
white men and 620 negroes into
the Citizens Conservation Corps
July 18. This will bring Geor
gia’s total enrollment to more
than 11,000. it is said. The pres
ent total is about 8.500.
EDITORIAL ODDITIES: The
Douglas Enterprise gives this ad
vice: “Groceries ate going sky
high—now is the time to go on
that ri,e t you have been talking
) about.” , , . Valdosta's The Lown
des County News believes: “Folks
i who can find time to criticise
their fellow man for his short
i comings might take a glance in
j the mirror sometimes.” . . .
I lington’s Calhoun County Courier
i wishes: “If only one could see
j just a few years in the future,
how much better it would be for
all concerned." , . . The Alma
Times gives out with this: “There
is nothing gained by you work
ing so hard one day that you have
to rest the next.” . . . Lakeland’s
Lanier County News ponders:
’ Wonder if women refrain from
pipe smoking because its so hard
to talk with a pipe in your
mout ’
*1 he mind of .he bigot is like
the pupil of the eye; the more
light , . you pour . UP™ d. .. the .. more
it will contract. —Q, W. Holmes,
BIRTHDAYS
July 19—
C. L. HARWELL, SR.
MISS SARA PARR
MISS HENRIETTA GILREATH
MRS WENDELL KITCHENS
July 11—
MARY LAW TOWNLEY
MRS. W. D. WELDON
MISS RUi'H LOYD
BILLY FAULKNER
July 12—
MR. R. H. PATTERSON
MRS. HAROLD LAWSON
JAMES BATES
THERON CURTIS
July 13—
HAROLD HARPER
MARTHA ANN MOBLEY
1 DALPHNER FREEMAN
July 14—
DR. R. H. GREENE
July 15—
MRS. OWENS RANKS
MISS ANNIE LAURIE BROWN
MRS. T. P. HORGAR
MISS EVELYN THOMAS
MRS. S. M. HAY, JR.
LUKE SAVAGE
July lfi—
MR. NORRIS BANKS
MRS. VINSON NASH
MISS GERTRUDE ELLINGTON
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Approximately 75,000.000 trees
I : were planted throughout the
country this spring.
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Bishop Jinny W. Hobson, notional chairman of the Fight for
Freedom Committee, is shown with Sophie Kerr, well-known novel
ist and editor (right), and Mrs. Robert E. Shenvood, wife of the
playwright, -who received "Fight for Freedom” emblems from the
national chairman.
Letter To Edjtor
DOGPATCH COUNTY
Georgia Boys State
Chapman Springs
College Park. Ga.
July 4, 1941.
Covington, 'News,
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis:
All of the citizens of
State went to the State Capitol in
Atlanta Thursday morning.
arrival the citiz.ens
M GOV. Talmadge's
anb s hook hands with him. Af
ter meeting the Governor and at
ter pictures had been made of the
Boy’s State,‘the Governor and
staff, the citizens went to the
House of Representatives for
organization session of the House
After the Speaker and Clerk oi
the House had been elected,
Governor of Boy’s State
j to his office to prepare an address
to be delivered before a joint
session of the House and Senate
The Senate then retired to
chamber for an organiz.ation ses
s ion and before many
had passed the Senate had finish
e d its session. After the
had gone to the House, the
ernor of Boy’s State was
that the two houses were in ses
sion. The Governor and his
then went to the House
the Governor made his
which 'Mr. A. L. Henson, who
been showing the boys
the Capitol, ranked with those
made real Governors.' A few
minutes later the session lecessed
The boys then went through
t h e museum and returned to
camp.
Sincerely yours,
Van Cochran.
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By Mrs. Henry Odum
i Mrs. Henry Odum
j THIS IS NO TIME
j This is no time O Church to sound
retreat.
Forward to arms with weapons
new and strong
Strengthen anew those who ... have
borne the brunt
Of truth’s story, and fought the
wron 8
r Thls 18 n0 tlme to halt u when , ev '
e, v
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Is frought ' vl ’ h ,ear ' new riestl -
i nities each day ’
New <^ ut 'es lace our Nation, join
ranks;
Ho,tl high the light for those
have lost the way.
- f 'here is no time to loiter and dis
pute,
Enlarge the force of right and
meet the day,
® art h with its abundance is
the Lord's,
Work without ceasing, give your
best, I pray.
Great things attempt, great things
of Him expect.
He will reward in His own way
and time.
Enrich each plan, press on to win
His cause
And reach the promised goal .
.
peace sublime!
“Your husband is simply wild
; about you, isn’t he?”
“Yes. he raves about me in his
sleep, blit the absent-minded fel
low nearly always calls me by
the wrong name.”
The smallest actual good is bet -
ter than the most magnificenl
! promises of impossible — Macau
| ley.
Seaman Sam says: “Success has
turned more heads than halitosis."
—U. S S. Chicago Big Shot,
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Cave men used to knock gifts
senseless, but that is no longer
necessary.—U. S. S. Marblehead
Light.
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From a market standpoin, the
weakest point in Georgia’s sweet
potato industry is the 'lack of
quality )n potatoes produced for
i market.
(Earpest Cover* go Any Weekly in fke State)
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WHITE’S TIRE AND AUTO SUPPLY
Covington
WHITE’S—PORTERDALE
•t
Industrial Exam
!
Offered By C S C
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The Civil Service Commission
bas announced examinations 0 I
,, articular interest to persons who
know industrial methods and
processes. Registers will be es
;ablished for the following posi
^ t i ons . Principal Industrial Special
t «g ’ gQ 0 - ' senior ' Industrial Spec
al ^> *4.600; Industrial Specialist
>3,800: Associate Industrial Spec
, ^list, $3,200; and Assistant In
Justrial Specialist, $2,600 a year.
Individuals who have had exper
ient'e in Industrial management
or related experience which would
tive a thor< ugh knowledge of pro
auction methods and processes in
me or more manufacturing indus
tries are urged to apply as the
preparedness and defense pro
gram needs the services of such
persons ■ Applicants will not be
given a written test but will be
>ated on their qualiiicali. ns a-
as shown in their applications,
subject to coroboratkm . Applica
lions mus t be filed by August
|041 '
Hie Commission also announc
ed an examination to secure
Farmei-Fieldman to interpret a. d
present the program ot the Agii
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion to officels anci members oi
Agricultural Conservation Asso
ciations. The positions pay $2,-
600 a year Applicants must
have had 6 years cf experience in
certain positions in connection
with Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration work and in practi
cal farming. For the farming ex
perience college study in agricul
ture niay be substituted, The
closing date lor f iling applications
is August 7, 1941.
Another examination announc
ed’by the Commission is for Jun
ior Public Health Nurse. $1,800 a
vcar , employment being in the
U. S. Public Health Service,
p edera i Security Agency and in
, be i nd j an yield Service, Depart
men( o( the Interior . Certain
nursing experience and
tion are required. Applications
will be rated as received until
further notice,
f For positions in Washington, D
c only tbe Commission has an
! ncunced an examination for As
! sjstant Messenger, $ 1.080 a year,
! applications for which must be
filed not later than July 21, 1941.
y or t b j s position must have reach
ed their eighteenth but must not
have passed their twenty-fifth
birthday. These age limits will
no t be waived in any case,
Ail applica tiens must be
sen t to the Washington otfice ot
the Civil Service Commission not
later than the closing dates spec
ified. Full information as to the
requirements for these examina
tions, and application forms may
be obtained from the Secretary of
the Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, at the post office in
this city, or from the Secretary of
the Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, at any first or second
class post office.
A Londoner came out through
the gate after viewing his first
baseball game, when he was stop
ped by a newsboy. The seore
board had recorded that both
teams had made a run in the first
inning and hadn't scored since,
“Say, Mister, what’s the
cried the newsy.
“Really, I don't know,” came
the reply. “But it was some place
up in the millions when I left.”
—Toronto Goblin.
The telephone operator had been
dozing during the services She
awoke with a start .just as
minister announced the ’hymn.
“Numbei 428 “
’ “They don’t answer.” spoke
up
the young lady, forgetting
foi the moment.— Hememan Serv
icp.
“V,3JSH
For each head of livestock.
Georgia is now producing two
blades of grass compared to only
one 15 years ago. the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service
reported this week. ,
Figures of the 1940 census show
that each head of livestock was
supplied with 1.3 acres of pas
'urage, while the 1925 figure wa
over - fi acres - Likewise
acres of plowable pasture in
Georgia stand at 1,512.913, com
pared with only 811,562 acres 15
years ago. an increase of 701,351
acres.
Meanwhile, more and improve!
pasturage has brought a decreas
ln number of farms without
certa ’ n classes (livestock. A de
cade ago. more than 90.000 farms
were reported without any cattle.
Now the figure has been lowered
to only about 49,000.
Census figures of 1930 indicat
ed a total of 100.634 farms with
out milk cows, T day the num
ber is 57,537. For farms without
hogs, the number has been shav
en from 90.722 to 51.100. and for
chickenless farms the figure has
shrunk to only 20,245 from 41.-
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Cotton research in terms of the
fiber, its products and its markets,
successfully followed by its gigan
will stimulate domestic consump
tion, Dr. Claudius T. Murchison,
^resident of the Cotton Textile
T nstitute Did the Cotton Research
r *onpress in Waco, Texas, recent
iy.
O 'Hiring the spectacular de
c.opmenti: in synthetic fibers
uring this generation he declar
d that “cotton has awakened to
be importance of using as de
or.sive devices the methods so
:ic young competitors.’’
The present extent of cotton
research, he said, in mills, educa
tional institutions, government
and private laboratories, is small
compared with the total of re
search, but the industry will sup
er* resea. 'ch in ewer increasing
degree now that it has become
alive to its possibilities.
“Given that stage of develop -#
ment,’ he said, "when desired
spinning and weaving results can
be predetermined in terms of cot-
ton fibers, and when the
in his turn can dependable
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erties in just the right qua
cotton will have overcome
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