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By THE OFFICE BOY
Sweet and Sacred were the
closing words of a dynamic ser
mon delivered on the last after
noon of the 1941 Salem Camp
Ground meeting by Dr. Bascom
Anthony. For sixty years he hsa
stood in the pulpit sharing Christ
with others. At eighty-two years
of age he is a man well preserved
We love the challenge he brings
always to young people. We love
the twinkle in his eye—love that
merry chuckle but mosts of all
we love to think of the blessed
example his life is and has been
for this and future generations.
Yes Sir! Dr. Anthony is my bud
die! We have several mutual
likes and dislikes, but we LOVE
to go fishing, and we have a date
to go fishing in November.
We are so happy and thrilled
over our new neighbor; Tuesday
night at 10 to 10 she arrived to
make her home with the Stocks
family. Dainty and sweet—with
a little bit of heaven in her eyes
—but we know the Stork just
went one house too far. We are
getting so all-fired cross at that
bird. Why he iit over on our right
a few months ago and left dainty
Dale Patterson to be the grand
daughter of the Tullie Smiths-,
then the sucker left twins for
Bobby Porter on our left and a
darling girl for Ruth Rogers
Sams on our left. Right onup the
street Mary George Stauffacher
and now' for the Stocks. Well our
house sits in the middle of lh e -,
block—highest poiht in town. j
that bird has hit all but
houses around it. So w r e are rtill
anxiously thinking that, like
lightning he may some day hit
the highest spot.
Speaking _ . of ... these new ... babies
though, , please , , let , admonish , . ,
“ us
all friends * . * to send , all i, the ,i flowers
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all the trays or cards you can fix f |
but please don't ask these young
mothers to let you to see the baby
and don't let your children go!
No. I m not crazy. The doctors
don t want you to go and mothets,
are simply ‘dying for you to see
that “one and only’ but stop!
Look! and Listen! Polio is spread
tng! How we know no,-you end
T mB y carry it to one of these m
nocent bundles from heaven and
then you don su fer ut t a
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might.home m-could . , that . mother
who loves you tell you No.
ii, , respec ei as l y llK
es me and the other doctors
unti! polio subsides
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em, ve aje o o ^ ct e Ies •
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Toccoa *
Never have been up there and;
feel sorter thrilled. Anticipate the
making of new friends among
Georgia editors and newspaper
folk—the warm hand clasp of old
friends. That “special message”
from rtur pal and buddie, Hal
Stanley, and perhaps the win
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ning of some prize for this news
paper. However if you won ten
prizes, you could only get one and
take honorable m e n t i o n for the
rest. We don't like this-not that
we want the prize—but if the prizes
must rotate around the State in
this manner it kills something,
Why should 1 make my paper as
fine as his? Why I won the same
prize he did and if you really had
to win a prize to get it I am sure .
(Continued on page Eleven.)
Ga. Editors Meet
Today At Toccoa
Will Discuss National,
State, Professional
Problem*
Publishers and representatives
from nearly every newspaper in
the State are expected to gather
today *t Lake Louise, near Toe
r - for a three-day discussion of
State, national and professional
problems during the fifty-fifth
ennual session of the Georgia Press
Association.
Belmont Dennis, publisher of
the Covington News and the Con
yers News. accompanied by Mrs
Dennis left yesterday tc attend
the meeting. Mr. Dennis will ad
dress the conference, his subject
being. “Simplified Bookkeeping
and Cost Estimating.”
Colonel Inine F. Belser, acting
civilian defense co-ordinator of the
Fourth Corps Area, is to discuss
defense plans affecting civilians.
Other scheduled speakers in
C hide Bruce McCoy, field manag
f of the Louisiana Press Assotia
‘ circula
t on. for a discussion of
tion- Doyle Buckles, manager ot
tbe Alabama Press Association,
and Attorney General Ellis Arnall
A forum on legal notice laws
will be conducted by Mr. Anna!!
grl d GPA Secretary. J C. Sey
r on r Frida v •• Bet $r*£ ai
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Speakers For Gathering
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R. H. (Pat) Campbell (above)
who was recently elected first
vice-president of the Stone Moun
tain Bar Association. Mr. Camp
bell State Senator and prominent
Covington attorney, will
with J. Henry McCalla,
Know,. Conyers attorney, who
was elected president of the or
gamzation.
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Farmers who ; o\erplan
nave e
their allotments this year and
have not destroyed the excess ac
reage will find the penalty much
iea\iei an 1 a - een ln 01
er years An announcement nas
come out that tne penalty mr
year will be seven cents per pound
on the cotton produced on the ex
cess acreage. lhl8 am °
S35.00 per bale and since
planting does away with all ben
efit payments the whole penalty
will amount to nearly ten cents per
pound.
No farmer can stand this pen
alty.
Already more than $5,000.00
worth of cotton stamps have been
distributed to farmers in Newton
County and more are being deiiv
eied daily. Farmers have foun
' ! ese f ®mps \erv e
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ing co ton go s an
is pa.se a one o mere a s
manufacturers of cotton goods.
Another advantage of the stamps
ig that they help in getting sur
pj Us co tt on 0 ff the market, If
product j on ean be held at about
(hp prpsen ( figure and the accum
u , ated surplus can be moved
through C otton stamps the cotton
farrners w j jj fj nr j the cotton situa
tion jn muph better shapP .
We see farmers all over the
county are harvesting one of the
best hay crops in the history of
the county. Now is a good time
to harvest hay and have it out of
the way before cotton harvest
Then in the case of lespedeza it
seems that early harvest allows
the plant to grow some more and
thus produce a goed seed crop for
reseed ng the land.
We have seen some good -He
gan over the county and in our
opinion farmers will find the grain
yield will exceed that of corn
Espec.aily is this true of late corn
Be sure to harvest this Hegari with
just as much care as you would
orn and store it in a good clean
nlace. Livestock will eat it in the
head or threshed whichever rmeth
d of harsefi is desired Th'S
op sh'uld take the place of all
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Volume 77
PLAN BARBECUE FOR COUNTY CELEBRATION
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Homecoming Celebration At Mt. Tabor Sunday
The Covingten Stir EM 1874
Georgia Enterprise. Sst 1864
Owen* Reunion Will Be
Held At Church
During Day
CONFERENCE OF
COV. CHARGE ALSO
SCHEDULED SUNDAY
Churches Wdl Report On
Activities During
Year
The Mt Tabor Church annual
homecoming will be held next
Sunday with a full day s program
including speaking, singing, the
thi,ri Quarterly conference of the
North Covington Charge and a re
union of the relatives of Aunt
Sally Owens.
^t. Tabor is the typical Little
Brown Chur ^ in the Lane ” where
most of the nineteenth century
giants . , of . Georgia _ Methodism .. ,, .. cut ,
their ,« oratorical . . eye ^ teeth . while ...
students , , , at , Emorv « College. ~ All .,,
descendants and friends of all the
preacners ...... ana past residents
are
Ul j* ed t0 atten <**
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f d d k all to stand who
<ver served old Mt . Tabor ,
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educational institutions and other
leaders of the church. Pierce,
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har.i, stone, LaPrade. Sr.,-—what
a , st: * pa( . P forblds it s comple
tier.. But they all counted as
their familiar friends the Edwards,
Hyatt. Owens, Glenns. Peeks,
Nunnalvs, Carrolls Sockwells.
Rice, Eryans, other members of;
the old church whose hemes were
open to the bovs for the week
end.
While a complete list of speak
ers is not available, it is under
stood that, as in previous years, an
outstanding group has been aecur
ed. Miss childhood Lavona Glenn, who spent j 1
her near Mt. Tabor, a
m ( SR i onary j n Braz n for more than i
40 years wjll soeak during the
d Thp pastor and the District, have!
Supprintendent wil ] a i so
prominent parts on the program.
0ne o( the outstanding features
thjg vear - s mPetin g will he the
mugica) prograrn planned. The
Gihbs quartpt wjl] render several
numbers, as will other groups.
In connection with the quftrter
ly meeting of the North Coving
ton Charge, the officials of each
church will be present to give
full reports of their activities. The
list of churches that will be rep
resented include: Mt. Pleasants
(grjpk storp) Aleovy> North Cov _
ington >nd Mt Tabor .
The foundat)on n f Mt Tabor
Church ^ back to the days
pr j or War Between the
States. A re-organization meet
j n g W as held in 1866. the minutes
0 f w hich are still intact. A
t - j j |S | ^ members at that time
includes the following names:
S. Duke. Jas. B Penn. P. W
Hyatt. Archibald Rice. Henry Car
roll, Thomas Tindall, Sarah Nun
nally, Nancy Penn. Frances Starr.
Nancy Scckwell, Sidney Hyatt,
Susan Mary Ann Glenn.
Joseph Sockweli. A F. Nunnal
!y, S, W. Bryan, N. Z. Johnson,
J. J. W. Glenn, Jesse W. Carroll,
Andy Owens, Mayfield Owens,
Thorr , a s Edwards. William Ed
ward , j obn Cowar. H. Wingate,
Alfred L. Merritt
Promoted At HrOfW
Alfred L. Merritt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James F Merritt, of this
city, now serving •ith the 47th
Field Artillery, at Fort Bragg, N.
C., wa* recenttly pt .moted to the
rank of Corporal, according to .n
formation received this week.
Corporal Merritt, who nas serv
ed with the army ,-ince September
13. 1940, was pr moted on the
recommendation of his battery
commander, who staled that the
promotion was based "on hi« at
terition to duty and soldierly qjal
quilit.ef ”
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Home Demonstration Officers For Next Year
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Mrs. Homer Cook, Newton County resident, who for a number of yoais has been identified wuii
Home Demonstration Council and 4-H Club work, was last week selected to serve as State President
of the Home Demonstration Council. She is shown with the other officers who were elected at * | j
meeting in Athens. Left to right in the front row are, Mrs. H. G. Henderson, of Bibb, first vice
president; Mrs. Cook and Mrs. W. B. Fitzgerald, of Fulton, second vice-president. Standing in the back
on thp lpft is M rs. R .. lph Davis, of Mitchell, treasurer, and Mrs. H. H. Durrenre. of Tattnall, (on the
right) , , _ secretary. „ Ph. Cou.te.y _ Atlanta . Journal ,
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Mrs. Homer Cook, Newton
County resident, who has long
been identified with the civic and
social life of Covington and New
ton County, last week was elected
President of the Home Demon
stration Council for tha State of
Georgia. She succeeds Mrs. L. G.
Almonrode. of Telfair County, the
retiring president.
xhe P | ec tion vas held as part
,>f the Farm and Home Week in
Athens last week. Other officers
who will serve with Mrs. Cook
are- Mrs H G. Henderson, of
B ibb first vice-president; Mrs. W.
B. Fitzerald, of Fulton, second
vice-president; Mrs. Henry Dur
pence, of Tattnall, secretary, and
Mrs. Ralph Davis, of Mitchell,
treasurer.
Mrs (Took, president of the
Auxiliary of the Newton County
Post of the American Legion, is
the wife of Horn" C ok, superin
tendent of the Snapping Shoals
Electric Membership Corporation.
She has taken an active part in
^ orr)p Demonstration work and
Club work for a number of
„ ears Bpr column. News of In-
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The bountiful repart furnished hy Mrs. L. D B. oltoh for her gue. t<- the mein f <\ture of which was
he iusciou baked ham flanked by delicious sweet peach pickle' Fr 1 chicken, delicious salads, nu
t meious cakes and other trimmings completed the delightful rtpwi.t. i
AUGUST 21,1941
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Conferences _ Also Planned
Puring August And
September
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Bradfwrd Bohanan veteran rhipf
(( ^ Covington Police Depart
: merit, and Grady W. Benton, sher
Iff of Newton Countv, were among
the law enforcement officers who
recently attended a conference un
der the direction of the Atlanta
office of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, at which plans for
handling the internal securitty of
the Nation were discussed.
F Charge R Hammack special agent
in of 1he Athmta Field Di
vision of the FBI released this in
formation this week and at the
same time announced a similar
meeting during August and Sep
(ember Covington and Newton
County will again be represented
by members of the local enforce
ment agencies.
The quarterly conferences of the
FB j j. aw Enforcement Mobilize
t j on pi an f ot National Defense are
field to acquaint the officers with
the progress that has been made
in the invest.gallon of saboteurs
and espionage agents and to give
them an opportunity to study the
latest methods of combatting Fifth
Columnists.
In d.-ciu ing the conferences
special Agent Hammack said that
throughout the entire Nation
there is taking place the greatest
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Congressman S. A. Camp
Accepts Invitation To
Speak Here September 11
Rotnrians To
Sponsor BsrWut
For Public
TALMADGE IS
EXPECTED TO SPEAK
DURING DAY ALSO
County Schools Observing
Half Holiday For
Big Event
Plans, for the Greater Newton
celebration and homecom
ing gained momentum this week
hen W, C. MeCahee, president of
Covington Rntary Club, an
nounced that his organization had i
perfected plans to sponsor a big
barbecue in connection with
the event, and Congressman Sid
ney A. Camp accepted the invita
tion to be one of the principal
speakers for the occasion.
The barbecue, open to the pub- !
lie, will he ne|d at one o'clock,
continuing until the large crowd
is served A nominal charge is
being made and ticket* can be ob
tamed from any member of the
Rotaiy Club. Phe C ovington t luh
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ri L ^o,* uelt superintendent of
ire uiuniy wrami., also snnonne
.el th.a w-eck that the school, in
, t^e County obeerye a Ml
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School busses will be used to tran*
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In a letter to a member of the
celebration committee. Congress
ma n Camp expressed keen sppre
cialion for the invitation and stat
ed that he would be glad to at
The sllbjw . t nl hii ulk w , fc
not disclosed but it is expected
that it will be of exceeding infer
est to all who hear him.
while the other speakers have
}l(> j yet accepted, it is believed that
Q„vernor Eugene Tslmadge, Sena
to| . Rich|l| . d Russell, and several I
otbPr outstanding speakers will ;
be „„ the platform. Other plat
form events planned include a
magic show, singing, instrumental
music, the awarding of prizes and
many others of equal interest.
A member of the arrangements
committee this week stated that
an exceptional program of group
singing has been planned. Mem-;
hers of the Twelve County Sing-;
ing Convention, along with mem
taers of the Newton County Sing-!
mg Convention, under the dirge
tion of Bill Cox. well-known Cov- |
irigton song leader, will he on the
platform at various time* during
the day to bring songs familiar to
the people of Newton County.
All these features, along with a
parade of mammouth *ize will
blend together to make the day
one that visitors will long lemem
her.
It's a far cry from an edition of
the Covington Star of the 1880’s
on file at the News office and the
special edition planned for the
Greater Newton County celebra
tion and homecoming on Septem
ber 11. The Star, established in
1874 and the Enterprise, estab
lifhed in 1864, were merged into
the present Covington News.
The time worn issue, now a fad
ed yellow reflects the activities of
another generation and the splen
dor of the town, even at. that early
riate, can readily he seen by read
ing between the lines of the lour
pages of news articles and adver
Usi-ment.* that make up the paper
Quite a few people now living
jn Covington arid Newton Coun
ly will remember many scenes and
many names from the paper. The
Covington and Oxford Street Rail
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H. H Wicks- formei Covington
resident, now living in DeKalb
County, wa* visiting in Covington
thi* week among friends and rel
stives.
.Mr Wicks moved awav from
)y t > icmity in 1919 and noted
niim-rous changes while on his
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The Sunday School convention
^i (,np Mountain” Baptist
Association will be held Sunday.
August 31. at the Lithonia Baptist
Church In Lithonia. A. L McDon
aid will preside over the full
j day’s program.
Miss Susie Eubanks, well known
Conyers citizen, of the Extension
Department of the Association,
will have a part on the program,
npeaklng In the morning on the
“School of Religious Education.”
and ,n ttu afternoon on the sub
iect of “The Way and How of a
Sunday School Enlargement Cam
paign.”
Tlie meeting will be divided
into two session with dinnei -rrv
ed between. All churche* are co
operating in making this one 0 f
the most outstanding conventions
ever staged by thin group, A
large delegation is expected from
this City,
The day’s activities will start at
9:30 with a song and praise ser
ice with scripture reading and
prayer, f< flowed by announce
ments, appointments of commit
tees and recognition of v isitors. At
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
NUMBER 34
On Committee
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OTIS <T NIXON
Among the sixty member* of
the State Democratic Executive
Committee named last week by
State Chairman, .fames Peter*, of
Miinchestet, was Oti* C. Nixon,
Newton County Clerk of Court
Mr. Nixon has long been ider
tied with the civic and pot
affairs of the County.
Otis Nixon I
Is Named On
Dem. Com.
J. H. McCalla, Conyers
Attorney Is Also
Named
° ,ls r N,xon - N *»' 1,>n r ' wm ^
c ’lerk < f Court. wa ; among the «0
persons appointed this we-k a*
members of the State Democrat*
Executive Committee from the
Stale at large. The complete list
wa announced recently by James
S. Peters, chairman, of Manchest
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Mr Ntxon, who was elected to
his post in the last election w.th
out opposition, has for many years
been actively identified With the
civic and poltica! life of Covngton
and Newton County,
( - b | P f functions of the committee
on which he will serve, are to »et
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Harwell Speak*
At Kiwanis Meet
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Diacusse* National
Sporttmen
Ernie Harwell, sports announc
Pr featured daily or the Sports
q PW * and Views program of Ra
d io Station WSB Thursday noon
at the regular meeting of the Cov
mgton Kiwanis Club at the De
f,*ney Hotel.
Mr. Harwell was introduced by
b |„ pousin Professor C. Lee Har
W ell. of Emory-at-Oxford and
member 0 f the Kiwanis Club The
speaker made a most interesting
talk on nationally known sports
men and told something about
t bP j r rise to fame in the sports
world. Mr Harwell al-o discussed
(he football, baseball and basket
ba ll teams in Georgia and told
how they operated in the big uni
versities. He aiso gave a few side
li « h,R on th ' ' ,r>c,al sifle nf *P orls
President R. R Fowler presided
at the meeting which was well
attended Mr. Fowler expressed
the appreciation of the club for
the fine talk made by Mr Har
well. A number of visitors were
then introduced to the members
The meeting was closed with a
Kiwain*-' song Pioicssor \ \ f
Eariy was in charge of music a.v
sis***d at the piano by Miss Fletch
er Lou Lunsford.