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we waited until this week
0U about the big bag of
rabs we brought home from
h the lovely wanterfront
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jt w hen you get hungry you
it go 0 ut and pick up
crab, shrimp, or oysters,
on for your lunch ... or
have more patience . . . you
, But we said enough about
,h last week, even if we
n? over again every happy
t (he talisman rose
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as we left the Dancy gar
■ed for three days as a re
0 f those lovely gardens . .
going oo the tour of gar
Savannah next .year sure!
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week! As our precious
be late “Bill Biffem” wrote
jhad pneumonia . . . “You
MP CC good of fi -e boy
No u . . . for the past
re ha e dreaded goine
night for . . . Oh well 1
e we are getting old . . .
he rain and damp weather
e struggle wi r h hay fever
!. ., and cough and sneeze '
jzzle all day . . . but golly
ie darkness that breathing
n on us and when the Boss
makes us climb in bed we
i prop on pillows all night
* we choke when we lie
j,. that's lots of fun if you
ct tried it . . . first you
. the piflow is rot right
Hum" o er . . and prop
Golly there must be good
on my bed for the pool j 1
save had one struggle thi: .
. . they wish they could
he story cf “The life of
ire Bov's Pillow” . . . and
ader why nur lot in life
rd some times . . . but come .
I of i t maybe pillows think
ie thmg Oh well 1
v Hattie Sarah filled our
ith lovelv flowers Tom her
and made us happy . . bu‘
(telephone rang . . . and
r friend Miss Mellie Pitts
born said. “Sony, I haue I
Ft for you. Miss Maggie
lit here at Newborn. Geor
jd mo to call vou end tell
mother died suddenly jo .
it. She wants you to know
Mrs Tolar was so crazy
oti " Well, the
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n me sank to i*s lowest
..Our precio <• Mr*. Mary
. . Confederate po
Sting’ Tt 'r. only natural
ch of us m- .«< a:-i t or
if laees in. our hands m
Pie to reiie -e our feelings
how much we have to be
1 for in having had her
• ■ our Jast Memorial I
etieon in honor of .he wd-
1 veterans was bright yoe'i
presence . , , and she talk-j
a little at the luncheon,!
on our right at the
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* flowers from her gar-i
the beautiful snap dragon
>« about . . . but he funnj
found later Miss Maggie
t those to me from her
and Mrs. Tolar got the
kick but of getting the
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!r heart ... a true mother
ou ih . . she had ten chil
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n°ng them two sets of
■ • six of them are hand
en and women h- me to
? hc Was hficnv wi*h them
«> t daughters from ‘Florida
come to spend a few
ivith they were
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!"‘arv Hub was held Tuvs
)n 'he Delaney Hole
resident W. c. McGahee |
8-Pete Donaldson was
* f 'he musical program and
°mpan;ed at the piano by
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entMef-ah Pistncf ? j 1SCU j
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m -'antly to improve them
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Volume 77
CARAVAN - lEXT
TO VISIT HERE WEEK
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Census Report Shows Popu ❖ ❖ ❖
tion Increase Here
Covington
Gain Is 697
In 10 Yean »
Population Is Increase^ *r
Nine Districts Of
County
TOTAL ALSO
SHOWS INCREASE IN
THE PAST 10 YEAKo
Porterdale Shows Ste^cN
Gain For 20 Year
Period
The population of the City of
Covington increased 697 pers', is
during the ten. year period hf»
tween 1930 and 1940, according to
information contained in census
population figures released this
week, for the first time, by the
Bureau of Census of the United
states Department of Commerce
In 1930. 3.203 persons were list
ed ^ in the census report, while in
1940, 3.900 were reported. During |
the decade between 1920 and 1930
the City failed to record any ma
terial growth.
The area of Covington Mills al
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50 shcnved a marked increase in
P°P ulation of 97 ‘ the 1930 fi ^ re
he ne 320 3nd the P re?ent fi ? ure
bP?RS In 1115 pr ’ v,ous dac ' arie
1920 t0 193 "' ^vington Mills al
ma " P a sh « ht ’ nci ' ease fr ° m
193 to 220.
Porterdale, the second largest
mcorporstei town in the Countv. i
also shytofS- a substantial increase I
i,f population, the present figure
being 3.1:6. an increase of 114
over the 1930 mark which was
3.902. Porterdale has increased
236 since 1920
Newborn, the smallest incorpo
rated town in Newton County, re
corded a population loss for the
past ten years, dropping from 332
to 307. The 1940 figure is 92 less
?Hn the 1920 mark, -which was
Oxford reported an increase of
79 in total population, the figure,
for 1940 being 616 and the 1930
figure being 537. This however is
82 below the 1920 figure which
was 698.
Mansfield aLso showed a de
crease in total population. Since
1930 the population has dropped
from 469 to 432, a decline of 37.
and since 1920 jt has d ™pped
from 618. a drop of 186.
Population figures for Newton
County show an increase of 1,286
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Served on * . A. O. Faculty
For The Past 20 j
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Dr. F. L. McCoy, one of New
on County's most prominent cit
izens. died Wednesday afternoon
at lowing Emory University illness of three Hospital m J"l-,
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Despite the fact that his con. i
o had been for several
Hays, his death came as a s nc.
to ms many n ends throughout
this section of the state He ^
served as head of the Acad
at Emory-at-Oxford fcr he Pa t
one twenty of the y^s mos and outstanding b,s jecord m
students s «*i°n i:nd ^ of r f eor ' f L la iVap
were ven fond of f him and m ap
preciation dedicated their an
r,uai lo him He wa- a loyal fae
tile u tv member and was always ac
in activilties at the school He
tne m acl College Colle^,
Seated at Old T TumU
now Duke Un,versify, before com
ing to Oxford had noi
Funeral arrangements News
been completed when the
went to press but will be
nounced by Stauffacher and White
Funeral Home. two
Mr M McCov is survived by
• , k McCoy, of
Green ^ Bay Mich.. Col. W. B. Me
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Coy f hi aton .
‘ ands0n Wendell McCoy
The News extends sympathy to
| the bereaved family.
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Covington Man Now Training Palomino Horse Of Rare Ability
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El Nasik. one of Georgia's three registered golden Palominos is shown above
with his trainer. Jack Wright, well known Covington horse and dog trainer, perform
ing a few of the thirty tricks that he has mastered to date. On the extreme left you
see “Elly”, as Mr. Wright affectionately calls him, looks on as the trainer reads from
a magazine. In the center he kneels for Mr. Wright to mount and on the right he is
shown in stately pose with his trainer in the saddle. Plans have been made to exhibit
Snapping Shoals Group to
lioid |f Ill Annual 1 m/r Meeting
Presentments By
The Grand Jury
Thank Judge Davi 8 For
Cooperation During
Session
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS OF
GRAND JURY, Newton Superior
Court, July term 1941.
We. the Grand Jury for the
July Term 1941. Newton Superior
Court, have carefully considered
all criminal matters that
been brought before us. as will
appear in our indictments.
We wish to thank Judge James
C. Davis for his informative charge
and hearty cooperation.
We w ish to thank our Solici
tor, Col. Roy C. Leathers, for his
capable and efficient aid in the
matters brought to our attention.
We wish to thank Bailiff J. R.
Dobbs for his efficient and prompt
help in our work during this week.
We recommend that SIO.OO be
paid for publishing these present
ments in the Covington News.
Respectfully submitted,
W . S . COOK, Foreman,
R. T. HULL. Clerk.
DOYLE H SMITH Assistant Clerk,
The foregoing presentment
ceived, ordered filed and it is
ther ordered that same be pub
lished as recommended.
This July 23, 1941.
By the Court.
JAMES C. DAVIS.
judge Superior Court New
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Thc third of a series of monthly
sermons wil1 be delivered next
Sunday at Salem Camp Ground by
tp e Rev Pierce Harris, pastor of
^ rjrst M p thodist Church of At
Special music h. s been . ppr . plan- n !an
ned and a large audience is ex
pected P to oe on hand. This is
scneduled event before
a , Camp Meeting which
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The _ Covington _ Chapter „ U. n D
C. meets today (T J\^ sd * y > *
3:30 at the home of Mrs. Bel
Dennis. Election of officers am
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Agent Scheduled
To Speak
Members of the Snapping
Shoals Electric Membership Cor
' poration wall gather at the Cov
ington High School gymnasium
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
for the annual meeting and elec
t j on officers.
1 An , outstanding , . program of , en
i tertainment has been planned for
those attending. Among the
speakers for the meeting is Miss
Jane Ro b e rts. Mis s Roberts is an
associated specialist in home elec
trification for the T. V. A, in
Knoxville, Tenn.
j Another important feature of
the program will be a talk by
Miss Mary Lokey, electrical ad
visor for the Georgia Rural
trification Administration.
| Miss Roberts has a wide circle
dg Covingtcn and New _
ton County, having . at one time
served as Home Demonstration
Agent here.
j Several other interesting fea
tures have been planned for the
program, including a report of last
year’s progress and plans for the
coming year. The highlight of the
program will be the awarding of
a 1941 frigidaire to some lucky
person attending the meeting.
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„ en was ln tbe ,he Red K Oak Ceme
tery.
^ rs ' W m P e yi a native of latt
^ County han been iU for sev .
pral months prior to ber death .
She is survived . . . by a son _ L P.
Hewevt of t Covington; a brother,
O. W. McCall of Brunswick, C-a..
ar)d four sisters, Mrs. H. S. Tootle
| of Ludowici, Ga., Mrs. Frank
: Barrs, a Screven County resident
^ ar >d Mrs. L. A. Branan and Mrs.
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THURSDAY, JULY 24,1941
the horse in California. Arrangements have also been made for screen tests. The trip
however has been delayed so that the horse may have further training and seasoning
before leaving for the west coast. The ability of El Nasik to perform difficult tricks
has won the praise of all who have seen him. The average circus horse masters a few
tricks but Mr. Wright has trained the Palomino in 30 to date and says that he has
several others in mind.
Agricultural
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Farm Agent
Newton County 4-H Boys
Will Attend Camp
Wilkins
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The rains have finally grown :
into local showers and some of
the farmprs of the rounty have
been able to do a good deal of
plowing. Maybe within a few days
the showers will play out and
then a real fight can be waged
against the boll weevil. In our
opinion our farmers are wasting
a good deal of money in trying
to poison when it is being washed
0 ff every day. We should remem
ber that we have all of August
to make a cotton crop and when
the showers cease we can double!
our efforts against the weevil and
make a good cotton crop.
There has been a good deal of
publicity recently in the daily pa
pers about the number of farms
m G eor £> a making a bale of co -
ton per acre last year. The high
est yield in Newton County made
was by Mr . Henry Harwell on h.s
farm in the Mansfield section, he
produced 14,372 pounds of lint
cotton on 24.4 acres for a yield of
589 pounds per acre. Mr. Harwell
was closely followed by his neigh
bor, Mr, Starr Jones who produced
38,719 pounds of lint on 66.5 acres
for a yield of 582 pounds per acre.
Both of these farmers report good
crops this year and expect to make
better acre yield this year than
i they did last.
We have talked with a few farm
ers who did not like the idea of
asking them if they
I were going to use stamps in cotton
j purchases before they were shown
^e goods. These farmers seemed
l " ° d think lf s1amps the priCS were W t0 ° P be Used J t Th ' S
the idea at all. Cotton stamps ' i
« not
are the same as cast, to the mer
chant a ^ n ° addltlonal ? har * es
, cotton oods ,
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chased with stamps. All merchants
are instructed to first ascertain
f rom the customer if he intends
uge stam before he shows the
down confusion. The
customer may tell , „ the ^ merchant
to cut off a given number of yards
of a certain material and after
the goods have been cut and
P tamps are offered as payment it
then develops that the goods con
tained silk, rayon or some other
j ! materiaI with cotton that is not If purchasable the
stamps. mer
chant knows at the beginning that
1 wil used in
stamps be
1 then he will only show cotton ma
terials and thus confusion is elim
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Loans For Tenants
Available In City
Applications May Be Made
Each Friday At
FSA Office
Rural rehabilitation and tenant
loans are now available to the
farmers of Newton County, ac
cording to information released
this week by Ralph W. Penning
ton of the Farm Security Admin
istration.
Application can be made by any
farmer in the County, each Fri
day. The loans may be used to
purchase mules, farm tools, seed,
feed and fertilizer. This type of
loan is repayable over a
of five years.
The tenant purchase loans are
available to tenants, day laborers
or share croppers who desire to
purchase a farm. These loans can
be repaid over a period of
not to exceed 40 years at a rate
of three per cent interest.
Anyone wishing to obtain either
type of loan, or who desires fur
ther information about the loans ;
should get in touch with Mr. Pen
nington at the Farm Security of
fice. The office is located over
McGuire Motor Company.
Mrs. Cowan Dies
In Porterdale
Last rites for Mrs . A della Cow
an. 79. who died at the home of
1^ daughter, Mrs. W. C. Lane,
jn Porter dale, last Sunday, were
hM Mnnday at the Bethany
Church in Henry County. Tin
Rev. L. M. Lyda conducted the
services and interment followed
. .. churchvard *
Mrs. Cowan was bom and . rear
ed in ^ TORnty and h ^ d
there for a number of , years. She
recentl ^ moved to Newton county
'^ wee she
.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. . C. Lane, of Porter
dale and Mrs. J. T. Bowden, of
near Salem Camp Ground; a
ough, brother. and G. four W. grandchildren. Nail,_ of McDon
The News extends sympathy to
members of the bereaved family
Stauffacher and White Funeral
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Group Here
Sunday For
Full Week
Meetings Here Sponsored
By The Methodist
Churches
CARAVAN COMPOSED
OF FIVE CAPABLE
METHODIST LEADEF
Young People To Remain Jh
City Through
August 2
The Methodist Youth Caravan
will arrive in Covington Sunday
to spend a week with the young
people of Covington in worship,
study, work and play. This group
is one of several now' carrying on
a campaign of educational activ
ity among the young Methodists
; of the North and South Georgia
i Conferences.
The Caravan is composed of five
capable leaders who have had
special training in this type of
work. Headed by Mrs. Alice Na
pier Bohannon, of Emory Univer
sity, Ga., a teacher in the Druid
Hills High School, the group is
composed of Bob Hilton, a min
isterial student at Emory and
Hem - y College, in Virginia: Ander
son Russell, a worker in the West
Nashville Methodist Church, in
Nashville, Tenn., Ann Rohm, of
Huntington, Pa., and Ruth Cran
shaw, of Junction City, Ga.
Mrs. Bohannon will conduct a
special class for adult leaders
j Other courses will be conducted worship.
by young leaders in
' world friendship, community ser
vice and recreation.
Mr. Hilton will conduct the
worship course. Mr. Hilton has
long been active in young people’s
work and in Boy, Scout activities.
He is at the present time study
ing for the ministry at a Virginia
college. Mr. Russell, who will
i teach the community service
course, has had much experience
in worship and personal devotions
j He has long been an active lead
er in his church in Nashville.
Miss Rohn will lead the recre
ational activities. She is extreme
ly talented in this line of work,
having made a special study of
recreation for young people. The
world friendship course will be
lead by Miss Cranshaw. She has
wide experience in young people’s
activities. She attended the Young
Harris College and G. S. C. W.
At the present time she directs
the young people’s choir in ber
church at Junction City.
The Youth Caravan will remain
in the City until Saturday, August
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Dr. R. M. Paty Jr.
Speaks At Thur.
Kiwanis Meeting
Club Also Discusses Part In
National Defense
Program
Dr. R. M. Paty, Jr., new Por
terdale physician, was principal
speaker Thursday noon at the
regular meeting of the Kiwanis
Club held at the Delaney Hotel.
Dr. Paty was introduced by
Program Chairman Lee Harwell
and made a most interesting talk
on China. He stated that he had
served for 16 years as head of one
of the large China hospitals and
had come in contact with many of
the Chinese. He discussed condi
tions there and told how Japan
had driven deep into some sec
tions of China, but had not suc
ceeded in winning a real victory.
The doctor stated that the war
was far from over there and that
i ' de P e °P' e °( China were holding
U P we '' under the war. His talk
1 greatly enjoyed and
was appre
ciated by those attending.
Charles Smith was introduced
as a guest of the club by Kiwams
President R. R. Fowler who pre
sided. Following the talk by Dr.
Paty, the club held a round table
discussion of the Defense Program
in America and how the Coving
tne work.
Outstanding
Program Presented
For 800
Approximately 800 members of
the Four Square Club and the
Night Havvk Club of Porteradle
and their wives, sweethearts and
friends gathered on the lawn of
H. W. Pitman's home last Sunday
afternoon at 1 o’clock for a bar
becue.
Following the serving of the
delicious barbecue the program
of entertainment was presented
which included outstanding local
talent. The barbecue was preper
ed and served under the direction
of Cleo Roberts of Macon.
Several quartets from neighbor
ing towns gave several musical
selections as did a quartet from
Porterdale. The Newton County
Singing Convention was also pres
ent and rendered many selections
that won wide approval among the
appreciative audience.
The program committee, headed
by W. R. Reynolds, consisted of
J, M. Gates, Marvin Pope and Le
Roy Bailey, The entire affair was
considered the best yet staged by
ihe two Porterdale Clubs,
Mr. Pittman, the Porterdale
Agent for the Bibb Manufacturing,
and Mrs. Pittman opened their
home to the visitors. Both mem
bers and officers of the two clubs
were high in praising the interest
they showed in the gathering.
Visitors from Covington attend
ing the barbecue included: Dr. S.
L. Waites, Mayor of Covington,
and Mrs. Waites; Belmont Dennis,
Editor of the News, and Mrs. Den
nisi S. M. Hay, County Tax Col
lector, and Mrs. Hay; E. L. Fic
quett, County School Superinten
dent, and Mrs. Ficquett; Otis Nix
on, Clerk of the Newton County
Court; Abe Loyd, County Ordi
nary; and Ike Robertson, County
Commissioner.
Other out-of-town visitors in
eluded, Judge James T ^ C „ Davis,
of Stone Mountam; Charles Pitt
man and Mrs. Pittman of Macon;
and Rev. C. C. Cooper, Assistant
Director of Education for the Bibb
Company; Miss Alberta Trulock,
Editor of the Bibb Recorder; L. R.
Brumby, general Superintendent,
and Mrs. Brumby and daughters,
all of Macon.
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A revival meeting will start
next Sunday night at the Coving
ton Mills Baptist Church, accord
i Anthony.
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