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os h’ It's five minutes until
ve to be half way to
this Chatter must, go on . .
VVP again have something
atter about and 1 trust
' Newton County and
j n
jther will read this . . .
0 k: and Listen! . . . You
ip are in the draft . . . you
hee a knitting and sewing
f town where you all pass over through
try
un ty woman are knitting
hcheting and making
[eaters, shirts and what ever
for your comfort . . .
told you believe it., we
f report vesterday just
Imory ■ • . over 5,000 hours
L spent already in
Lter? to for our boys . . .
hours for British relief . .
f quota of sewing already
[Britain lenty Lavettes and and in that believe list it
t each layette consists of
Kf' • that's only one item .
jd the knitting, crocheting and
ring circles are increasing ail
(r the county ... we hope to
ie a Surgical Dressing Room
if soon "-here any woman in the
inty can stop in and do an
jrs work, or twenty minutes,
whatever time she has to spare
OUR BOYS are giving up
id positions to go and fight for
.. there is NOTHING that we
1 not do for them . . . they can
on us. we are for them 100
cent . . and the Office Boy
|| go along with them if they
it say the word ... On this very
)■ at Newton County's Home
ling you will see a 3 P‘C
e ■ .you will be c = on to
he in the navy . . . Tire Boss
r ,°;. d ^ av ', S °' V 01 tbe tirst
f d ' and he say s that , is the
it olace ... we would not say
|«e get too sea sick . . . but at
j rate you will have a chance to
this week ... If that ,s
tie you gn we trust you will not :
jet the Office Bov, back here
home, fighting for you . And 1 .
.
I who have already enlisted for
Army. Air or Sea . . please 1
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[resentments of I
ppt. Grand Jury
ire Announced
untv Department* All
Are Functioning
Properly.
ah' Newton County Grand Jury
I I '“i ember term of Super
m piesentments filed 1
LTr Inch of ,IT the County rtPd that government. every
being 1
i operated properly, |
pe Grand Jury report, signed !
r r Upshaw, who served as
leman, did. however, strongly
Idcmn the operation of pin-ball
P 5 ir) ’he County, recommend
Ithat law? enforcement officers
P SUc h steps as they have in
r power to remove the same
p [he our County.”
full text of the Grand Jury
pentments is given below: I
AND JURY PRESENTMENTS
September Term. 1941.
Newton Superior Court
' f Ihe Grand Jury selected
l sworn for the September
m, 1941. Newton Superior
«o»™ e th. following
' Committee Road appointed to in-j
s *nd Bridges, find that!
it * snd bridges are in excellent
ter
Committee appointed to in
tigate fin d the that Justice of Peace re- j
Pe. they are in good
and properly kept, as far
- could ascertain.
‘ Committee investigated the
f*' ^ a rm, and found that the
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Record Enrollment
T„ 1 ° Be R n On Hand u j c For
Term,
PLACEMENT TESTS
ARE SCHEDULED FOR
THURSDAY
Additions To Faculty
Announced by Dean
George Roach.
With a record enrollment.
or >’ a1 Oxford will open its
j session today with registration
college freshmen and
students. College sophomores will
i ep rt next Wednesda j * -V
A full week of orientation will
acquaint new students with cus
tarns and practices of the college.
The first of „ series of p lace ment
, ests j(( scheduled for Thursday
norning.
n nean George S Roach division , .
f^i v t! ' P reslded at ,he fust
“ lty me ®[ lng of th * ne ' v year
'* * ** w * en he oUt '
me th .f work f ” r th * c< ? mmg
f es f Dean and , Mrs Roach en
tertamed the faculty with a cheese
burger supper at their home last
nigh*.
Facuity additions, as annour- ed
by Dean Roach, are a? follows:
R. A. Thorne, A. B„ M. A., Reg
istrar. Mr. Thorne comes to Em
from the Georgia Military Col
lege at Milledgeville, where he
was for 11 years registrar and
head of the Modern Language de
partment
S. J. Whafley. A B. M. A., in
structor and publicity director,
Mr. Whatley is also from Mill
edgeville, where he served as head
of the English department and
p U by c relations director at the
Georgia Military College for a pe
riod of 14 years.
Dan C. Moore. A. B., M. A -
and mathematics depart
Mr. Moore is a graduate of
at Oxford and Emory Uni
He received his M. A.
Duke University. Last yeai
was instructor in mathematics
Reinhardt College.
W. L. Dance, A. B„ M. A.. Eng
where he served for 13 years i
an instructor and basketball
He received hi s M. A. from
University and is doing sum
graduate work for the Ph. D
Godfrey Overman, , , band^ Mr
r:£”’h G wS £
u e
y ears head of the ™ usic
He received his B D C
8 iee trcm BethaI \ y College -
Kan. In addition . to his
at Emory, Mr. Osterman
l teach science at the Coving
Bigb Scb(Kd -
Miss Florence Giles has been
cashier and bookkeeper of
college. Mrs. C. S. Forester
Miss Giles as secretary
Dean Roach I
PROGRAM OF THE GREATER NEWTON ( OUNTY
CELEBRATION—THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1941
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MM to 10:30 A. M.—Recorded music on Public Address System. j
W 3n to 11:30—Free Motion Picture and Stage Show at the
Strand Theatre. One of the leading events of the day
1 1: J 10 Cout to 12:00—Speech 'tesy Strand Theatre. Boatswain's Mate Robert S. Bankston
’ 0[ the by talk of special interest to
U. S. Navy. Outstanding
?! xoung men.
A 1 *° 12-'10—Announcements, prizes.
- 10 tn 2:00—Barbecue dinner served by Covington Rotary Clut
at the Academv Springs Park. 50c.
" y to 2:30—Speech by Lt. Stanley Jones. U. S. Navy. State
Adjutant of American Legion and in Charge of especially Geoigia
and Florida Naval Districts. All Legionnaires
mgeri to be present. General public urged to hear this out
standing t» speaker. Will bring message of importance. school ground
Ah 2:35—Boy Scout Parade. Scouts meet at
Scouts in county should take part.
1 In 3:10—Governor Eugene Talmadge. of Georgia. Georgias
leading speaker. \ irginn . .
0 3:30—Amateur program, prizes. Speech by Miss
Dowell, of Red Cross.
w 1° 4:10—Speech by Tom Linder, Commissioner of Agn
culture, on Farm Program.
' ° 5:00—Rest Period.
1 to fi;00_Five County Singing Convention led by Bill Cox.
f Newton County Convention. Everyone who likes singing
Should attend thjs musical program. One of the outstanding
events nf the day.
f() 10:00—Sinjring classes meet, at Court House. Public is
invj • I
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j GOVERNOR TALMADGBy »# 'nf} V £a l 100 7 «•* y EFTS INVITATION
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j ory-At -Oxfopd To Open 105th Session
Planned
To Acquaint Students
With the College Customs
Jh« Covington St*r, Est. 1874.
Enterprise, Est. i««4.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Agricultural
NewsbyThe
Farm Agent
New Provision* of AAA
Program Are
Explained.
A new provision relative to the
seeding of winter legumes was
mad ® bv the A AA officials recent
ly- , This provision . permits the
seeding of 15 pounds of vetch or 20 I
pounds of Austrian Winter peas
with one of the following: (a) 1 ! A
busdel s of oats, (b) 1 bushel of
bar!e ^ ( c > 3 P«*s of rye, or a
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combination of equivalent amounts
of tbe above small grains, The
payment for this practice P is the
samp as (he amoun t pajf) fof 2Q
pounds of vetch or 30 pounds of
Austrian Winter peas $1.50 per
acre. In either of the above prac
tices it is required that equivalent
| of 200 ds , >ng per cent super
phosphate or 400 pounds of basic
slag be applied per acre unless tbe
land was fertilized for the pre
vious crop with a fertility high
m percentage of available phos
phate.
The mixture of vetch and a
small grain should be of great
interest to many farmers as it
will enable them to earn their soil
building allowance and at the
same time grow- a good grazing
or hay crop. If the mixture is
grazed, cut green for hay, or turn
ed under the land will qualify in
meeting the 25 per cent require
ment.
Crimson clover makes a fine
early grazing patch for your cows,
according to W. C. Benton of
Mansfield you can well expect an
increase in milk production of
from 20 to 25 per cent by the use
of a good early-grazing patch. Rob
ert Stanton and H. L. Craves had
very good grazing plots last spring,
S s
it rains you can start planting
n,< ' r leg ““ s
Seed saving is still one of our
most important jobs. The average
Georgia farmer uses about $100.00
worth of planting seed annually,
and plenty of seed saved at home
will mean money in your pockets.
Briscoe Speaks
MWaillS I?* * Meet till ,
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Describe* Function* of AAA
Program in Newton
County. i
!
E. D. Briscoe, triple-A officer
for Newton County was the prin
cipal speaker at the regular meet
ing of the Covington Kiwanis Club
last Thursday at the DeLaney
Hotel.
Mr. Bnscoe outlined the ac
tivities and functions of the AAA
program. His highly instructive [
talk was greatly enjoyed by the
of the Club.
The regular meeting of the Club
will be held at Academy
in form of a barbecue, be
sponsored by the Rotary Club j
part of the Greater Newton
Celebration. For those j
who can not attend the
a round table discus
n will be held at the Hotel at
regular meeting hour.
Club members who are planning
attend the barbecue can secure
tickets from Edgar Wood,
tickets were purchased by the
Those attending the barbe
are requested to make their
kmJwn to Mr. Wood, or
Secretary, S. J. Morcock, in
that the Club attendance
may be kept in order.
Reports coming from all sec
of the Sat*. 1?’?’ c John
mor ’ s r..... ’ • District
(Gbntuiued on Page Nine) I
Governor Eu * ene Talmadge Scheduled To Speak Here
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Governor Eugene Talmadge, pictured above, who has accepted an invitation to speak at, the
Greater Newton County Celebration today at 2:30 o'clock on Ihe public square. The Governor will be
one of the day's leading speakers and will bring a message of importance to the people of this section
of Georgia. Governor Talmadge was unable to attend the morning program due to a previous en
g age ment in Atlanta.
Law Enforcement Officers
Invited To Take Partin FBI
Defense jv f Meeting -mm , Sept. ~ 25th r*rl
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Conference Is Part of FBI
Noti^.i Program.
Five Newton County law?
forcement officers have been ex
tended an invitation to take par’
in the third quarterly conference,
being held under the FBI Law En
forcement Officers Mobilization
Plan for National Defense in At
lanta next Thursday.
Those from the County who
have been invited by F. R. Ham- |
mack, special agent in charge of
the Atlanta FBI office, to attend
tbe conference are:
W .Grady Benton, sheriff of
Newton County: Branford Bohan- ;
an, chief of the Covington Police
Department; C. L. Butler, chief of |
the county police; C. D. Almand,
chief of the Oxford Police Depart
ment, and S. R. Potts, chief of j
the Porterdale Police Department,
The conference at Atlanta will,
assemble law enforcement offi- I
cials and officers from the various
departments in Paulding, Cobb.
Fulton. Gwinnett, DeKalb, Doug
las, Rockdale. Newton, Henry,
Fayett, Spalding. Pike. I
Merriwether, Heard and
These quarterly conferences of
enforcement offieers, which
being held throughout the
States under the direction
tbe Special Agents in charge of
various FBI Field Offices, are
the purpose of co-ordinating
efforts of all law enforcement i
in combating espionage.
and fifth column acti'
instructions in the latest devel-,
and procedure in eonnec
with these investigations are
the assembled officers,
the repte dives of the
(Continued on P$ge Nine) I
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1941.
Thirty-One Names Placet! ?
j j
On News Subscription List
ror Men ft m In f Armed * . r Forces
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%r Newton Woman Is «
Admitted Ga. Bar
Get* Law Degree From
John Marshall Law
School.
Mrs. Marjorie Pitts Amendola
esident of Newton county, re
cently added to her many laurels
when she was admitted to the
Georgia bar, giving her the right
to practice law in this state. She
is a graduate of the John Marshall
Law School, where she received
a LLB degree.
Mrs. Amendola was admitted to
the Bar on July 21. taking the
oath before Judge Virlvn Moore.
of the Fulton County Superior
Court. She is the president of the
White Face Farms, an association
specializing in the raising of pure
bred white face cattle, and is also
employed as a bookkeeper in the
office of the Comptroller General
at the State Capitol.
Mrs. Amendola. who was Miss
Marjorie Pitts before her mar
(Continued on Page Nine)
FtfCVUlt111Q S t Cl t / O tl
Opens in Post Office
Robert S. Bankston, chief
Boatswain’s Male in charge of the
Atlanta Navy Recruiting Station,
and Billy Harmon, \eoman Sec
ond Class, also of the Atlanta sta
tion arrived in the City yesterday
U P a recruiting office in
* be U° s ' Office building.
Mr. Bankston is to ta.ke part ini
the Celebration today. The office
v'l! remain open here for the re
of this vaeek.
Scheduled To Speak Here
I uring Af tern oon As Part
Of Celebration Program
Outstanding
Program Is
Ready Here
Free Motion Pictures And
Stage Show Will Be
Preaented.
i
1 he highlights of the
ment program of the Newton
County Celebration will be the
free motion picture and stage show
at the Strand Theatre in the rnorn
ing and the Singing Convention
in the afternoon.
The program of the day will
open at 10:30 o'clock in the
square in Covington with 30 min
tiles of recorded music over the
public address .system. This will
be followed by the special morn
mg program at the Strand Thea
tre which will be free to the pub
lie. The motion picture on this
program will be an official U. S.
Navy picture showing the Navy
in action and how the boys work
in the Navy. The stage show
be a special magical
given by S. M. Hay. Magician
Hay has more than $100 vvorth of
new? tricks and many old ones
never seen before. He will bring
a program of unusual interest and
entertainment.
The Strand Theatre, under the
management of Mrs. M. M. Osman,
has given the services of the thea
tre and operators free in coopera
with the Greater County
bralion. Much credit is due the l
brand for their help and coop
erat,on in Riving their services
and theatre free.
During the day, there will
them*ThS em. hese n ' gilts wul be present- reCe ‘ Ve
ed at various times during the day.
Music will also be featured on the
e T™T At 5.00 oclock, n ; TT"' Singer Bill
win take over and direct the coun
ty’s first outdoor singing held on
the s d u are in Covington. Bill has
th^
£—r Sr “ i ""f srs » d WU1 tafce
p ' e P ubll( - Wl11 al so be given
an °PP ai ; ( tur "ty U> "Help Out” with
b ’ e slngl nM- T his part of the
o'MoeJl'hJ’sSg^ClassU l '' e oing’ng Classes will u-m
. . ,he
’ egm in Gourt House at 3:00
1IS evening. The public is invit
ed. The Piano for the program
thioughout the day i s being fur
ciL e, ' m FmnU
Thp The public nnhii is invited .. and urged
o attend the Greater Newton
C ounty Barbecue sponsored by
lne Covington Rotary Club at
Sp ': ngS Pai ' k ' The Club
b eg n servmg at lloon Get:
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vour ticket , now.
A public address system will ar
in Covington this morning and [
J speaking be bsed programs. jn botb tbe The musical
am
are sufficiently largre to
the sound throughout the
section of the city. j
Tot ^ ° f 6 3 M e n Now
R “'3^: . . T . New * !
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The News suWScripti-on list for
the Newton County men in tl»e,
’^med forces reached a grand j
,ntal of 63 this week ' ,'" hen the
names of 31 new subscribers were
added fhrouch the co-r»>eration of
the News publisher and the New
ton County Post No. 32 of the
American Legion.
This week’s Special Edition is
sue will be the first received by
the latest addition to the list, and
it will go to army, navy, and
coast guard bases in 13 different
states, and two will go to service
men in the Hawaiian Islands.
* P 31 ' 1 ot a P lan worked
ou ‘ by American Legion officials j
and the News publisher to provide
men in the armed forces with the
I home town newspaper at no cost j
to them, the expense of the project
being carried by the Legion Post
and the News.
While 63 men are now receiv
ing the News each week, there
are numerous others who are ell- !
gible to be placed on the list. It ;
has been estimated that more than ■
150 from this county are now serv- 1
ing in some branch of the armed j
forces.
Anyone desiring to have the
name of an eligible man placed on j
the list should contact P. W. j
Pratt, Legion commander. The
News editors have also announced
lhat any letters 1 ecei\ ed from
hose receiving papers will be
carried in the paper.
The latest addition to the sub
scription list includes the follow
frig names:
Andrew J. Sellers, Fort Jack -
son. S. C.: A. E. Gardner. Air
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(Continued on Pa^; Nine)
STATE OF GEORGIA
Executive Department
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge. Governor
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Sept. 10, 1941.
Covington News,
Covington, Ga.
Dear friend Dennis:
1 have your letter of recent date, and deeply appreciate
vour cordial invitation to speak at the celebration to be held
in Newton County on September 18th.
It would be a pleasure to be present on this occasion
However, l have a previous engagement to deliver an address
of welcome to the National Hardware Association at the Bilw
more Hotel here in Atlanta at 10:00 A. M. on that day.
It the hour for my speech there is in the late afternoon.
I feel sure that 1 can arrange to come over.
Please advise me at once relative to this.
With aU good wishes. I am
Sincerely yours.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
G c L e iTor
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5e SINGLE COPY
Tom Linder, Commissioner
of Agriculture, To Speak
On Program.
MAYOR WAITES TO
EXTEND WELCOME
ADDRESES FOR CITY
Stanley Jones, American
Legion Adjutant, Also
On Program.
Governor Eugene Talmadge will
head the group of speakers ap«
pearing here today on the Greater
Newton County Day Celebration
and Homecoming, speaking from
Ihe platform on the Square dur»
ing the afternoon. The Gover
nor's letter, accepting the invita
tion to speak here is carried in an
adjoining column.
Others scheduled to speak ng'
the program are Tom Lindef.'
Georgia's commissioner of Agri»
culture: Lieutenant Stanley Jones,
Adjutant-General of the American
Legion of Georgia; Robert S,
Bankston, chief Boatswain's Mate
of the Atlanta Navy Recruiting
Station; Dr. S. L. Waites, mayof
of the City of Covington- W C
MeGahee, president of the Cnv
mgton Rotary Club and member
■ of the City Council; Miss Virgin!*
Dowell, representative of the
American Red Cross; Coi. C. G.
j King, (Continued attorney for Newton County,
on Page—
Local Man Dies
After Fall From
Ladder Here Sat.
Funeral Service* Held Hera
Yesterdnv for Clifford
Hill.
or ' ,w ’ ere bp|d Yesterday from the
residence. Mr. Hill died Mondav
,
i night in a private hospital in At
lanta
1 **■ ■?■*•»? »< th.
Pryor Street Presbyterian church
in Atlanta, and Rev. H. C Km«ry
J cnoducted the services. Interment
was in the Covington cemetery.
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es. aif
H. was lake), to Atlanta
hospital Sunday ' and died there
[ Monday night.
He is survived Yv his wife- six
dm ’
! gh if rs ' Mrs ' J B Hastey. Mi
ami, Fla.; Mrs. C. W. Moselev nf
this City; Mrs. Rav Jones of At
lanta; Miss Roseabel Hill’ also of
Atlanta; Misses Betty Jean and
Rachel Hill, both of Covington- HlS:
Jr, T of “ Atlanta; ns - and Lawrence, Fred
and Ronald, all of this citv three
brothers, F. B. and C. N Hill also
of this city, and A. R. Hill, of Co
lumbia, S. C.; five s'sters Mrs
Edna both Thacker and Miss Lizzie Hill,'
of Covington; Mrs. M. C.
Lazenby. of Atlanta; Mrs. Charlie
Thomas, of Decatur, and Mrs. J. S.
Merck, of Whitesburg Ga
The News extends sympathy ta
the bereaved members of Mr
Hill's family. Stauffacher – White
Funeral Home had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
Number 38