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Office Boy is ill and has
Suite now Sweepin’ Up , .
now home after
8 i day? in Emory
j[g! it is believed
. .
IE this opportunity to
lf( , a nri clean
H be that he will make
I” (fjpe boy in the future
peepin’ Up tell will the be truth much
^ To
like a lot of us . . .
I hold a certain
f when we
i for a long time we get
gcS some people call
.
PSS 3 n d others just plain
-ell. • we are not
•
ait. we trust the doctors took
notice of these
t they had him there and
dally while they had
t when they had him uncon
t with this new stuff they
nh'nur veins ... it, seems
Ly [ 't could have at that cut time a lot
ou of him and
eier would have known the
rence . , . let’s hope they did
ray , . Anyway we don’t
'
, him to go the way the
n did . . You know the Mys
.
r had a heart attack and sim
Lgsed f, out of the picture en
, , , that’s the way with
[though . . . love affects The them
afferent ways . . . office
though seems not to have this
dy and we hope he will ap
[ next week with renewed
hrigor L and witality . . . he's
to miss one of the
|s of the year though, for
[Benton has invited all us
spaper folks to come to
heastern Fair next week . , .
(hat is what we call it, but
! thinks up a new name for
thyear and it seems to us he
it something else this year
we cant remember it and if
, ti and told it y° u ' F ou
idn't remember it either . . .
yould still say you were going
le Southeastern Fair . . . Any
all ns newspaper people will
ier there next Saturday ann
a has promised to feed us
tr lime and to give us passes
!) the show's and rides and
rything and that is the time
sill have the laugh on the Ot
Boy. 'cause we are going to
heSweepln’ Up at the fair this
. But we do feef kinda
t foi the Office Boy and will
iwrite too good a column to
cause he might get fired . .
‘now stands we like our ioo !
>r anyway and if the doctors
[remove Itrom all the cantankerous
Ihe Office Boy we will
let him keep his job, so until
[week we will be trying to be
SWEEPIN’ UP.
idem Home Is
nstructed Here
t Teen Age Boys
, k .
»nd Joe McCullough
Build Six Room
Dwelling.
p house that Jack built, with
[Mp kin of his brother Joe, is a
six-room structure located
n ff the Covington-Porterdale
p and when Jack’s family
into their new home, their
e "'ill be justified, for the en- j
outlay of cash will be less j
i $800, an insignificant sum
a six-room house.
ow the house came to be eon-1
hVS unusualst Z y
ft beginmng in the
H" r, , f .Tune when Jack,
6. and h,s brother Joe a year
► r. decided to build the fam
Use ™ a lot owned by the
■
fathe i', D. R. McCullough.
now lives at the extreme end
tark street.
If I" fl '(ceil ), nvs tackled
l p a job
'Renter d 1o !au and Sh neighbors at their early were
r s : Laughter has now turned
rraisp for the two boys have i
"iwuntpft the many problems
the new home requires on ly;
' r ‘ m g touches before the seven
of the McCullough fam
fan move in
^"'spapermen ' V skentica) bv na
P . \,ei e frankly r , doubtful when u
two boys, one of them
■“ sch001 - were building
:ne h° use near the city, and
’■-toned a sort of glorified
ck Their skepticism turned
amazement when they
m the street and saw the
f‘ ure with its fire resisting
LK was still on the job, plas
tiri S around chimney, while
Wher ,, a
Jr| P was still in'school.
! ev °f the inside of the house
' M)ed — rooms with
ent w CL - %
fou u| thr rooms.
■
extend across
Of the house
inij is a
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ToTakePart
InParadeTo
Be Held Sat.
Group 1 o Be Accompanied
By Miss Eddye Ross
and J. W. Scoggins.
WILL LEAVE FROM
j SQUARE AT 8 A. M.
j SATURDAY MORNING
Will Take Active Part In
Youth Jubilee and
Parade.
| j
Approximately 175 Newton
County boys and girls, all mem
! bers of the 4-H Clubs in
j county, will go to Atlanta Satur
morning to take part in the
.Youth Parade, being sponsored by
j the Southeastern Fair on the
downtown streets of Atlanta, and
j for a visit to the fair grounds for
| a day of educational and recrea
tional activities.
I Miss Eddye Ross, Newton Coun
j who ty Home made Demonstration the Agent,
announcement.
: will accompany the boys and
J j girls, as will J. W. Scoggins, New
ton County Farm Agent. Other
adults who will make the trip to
help in caring for the large ^oup
| are: Stanton Mrs. Hugh Mrs. Aiken, Mrs. Rob
I e rt and Barron Davis,
Those planning to go are asked to
assemble on the square, where the
busses will be waiting.
The group will leave Coving
ton al 8 o'clock Saturday morning
in busses provided by officials of
Newton County and will arrive in
Atlanta in time for the parade,
which will start at 10:15 A.
from the intersection of Peach
tree anrt West Peachtree streets at
Baker street. The Newton County
boys and girls will take part in
the parade, which will go down
Peachtree and Whitehall streets to |
Trinity avenue. |
Following the parade the young
people will board their busses and
go out to Lakewood Park where
the Southeastern World Fair will |
be in progress. The boys and girls
will be admitted to the fail
grounds for 15 cents, as will the
adult leaders.
Once inside the fair grounds a
day filled with entertainment
awaits the boys and girls, The
Southeastern Fair, under the guid
(Continued on Page Seven)
Rev. Henry Talks j 1
at Rotary Meeting
Report* Are Made r» On tl J be
Barbecue Sponsored
By Club.
c was held
Tuesday noon at the Delaney j
Ho{e| wjth p resi d e n t W. C. Me
Q ahee j n charge.
meet ing was opened with
' « “America.” followed by
e b Charlie Forester,
MeG;(hce , hen infro _
duced the various visitors attend
mil,M-s- ° rf'l S F r ank Mann i
"' R ^ ' *|
• u, u„ c nn
y w
, Davis> Godfrey Osterman *" d
R Thorne , 0 f Emory-at-Oxford: Farris j
Sam Whaley. Don Dudney,
stockSi a u 0 f Covington. Mr
’ will be
stocks anc j Mr. Dudney
officially installed as new mem- '
bers at the next meeting. 1
President ., . MeGahee u r l. gave a a re ie .
P ort on the recent ( ’ eledratlon bal ''
becue and told how the commit
. , , . the
w Tribute was I
Fletcher Dudley James
Catdnet Ga , rinP , Gordon Robinson, Ot
Whelchel a d thejr ef _
fort.
The meeting was then turned
over to Charlie Forester who in
! traduced the Rev. Wright Henry,
| who made a most interesting talk
on “Words. He told how' a few
words would effect others as we I!
as yourselves and why we : should
j choose our words carefully.
j town tty enjoyed and
i was eve
| predated.
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Volume 77 Tb« Corington S*,»r, Em. 1874.
Enterprise, E\t. ',164.
DROUGHT CAUSES SEWfDS WATER SHORTAGE
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175 Newton 4-H Members To Visit Atlanta Fair
Klan Members Stage Americanism Program In County
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Shown above are members of the Ku Klux Klan. who assem
bled last Saturday night for one of the largest patriotic celebra
tions ever held in this section. Leav ing Porterdale, the procession,
headed bv the mounted Klansmen in colorful regalia of the Klan,'
paraded through the streets of Covington, to Covington Mill and
Oxford and back to the softball field at Porterdale. Here they
Name Committee
Members ror 41
Am. Legion Fair
General Rules Announced
For Exhibitors; Catalog*
Being Printed.
Plans and preparations for the
1941 Newton County Fair, spon
sored again this year by the mem
bers of Newton County Post No.
32 of the American Legion, got
underway this week with the an
nouncement of the fair commit
tee and the starting to work on
printing of the fail catalog.
The fair committee is composed
of M. G. Summers, Leon Cohen,
E. L Ficquett, J. C-. Rogers and
J. B, Weaver Officers of the Le
gion Post, who are also aiding :n
the fair plans are: P. W. Piatt,
commander, J. I. Loyd, sei vice
officer.
Dates for the fair have been
set *' or October 20 to 25 and dur
ing that week an outstanding pro
gram of educational and recrea
tional activities will be presented
for the people of this community.
Printers are hard at work on the
current fair catalog and as soon
as it is completed it will be d.s
tributed throughout the county.
as in previous years an out
standing list ot piemium awards
have been pi anne( j and the cash
award list will be one of the larg
est in the entire State. More de
tails about the premiums and the
ak!g aid will alsi'bTi'arried'n an
early edition of the News.
Gen eral rules for fair exhibits,
announced by the fair
miu.ee, emphasizes the following
points. All exhibits must be in
place not later than 12 noon Tues
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Vont* _ __ (VI
C«»*e>f . Tear Men O. ri
U flOIlOrCu A al af LnU F AO
As a part of the Orientation
Week program, the annual fresn
man-faculty dinner at Emory Jun
ior College was held Saturday
evening in Haygood dining hall.
Professor M. T. Clark, of the
chemistry department, presided as
Dean George S. Roach, division
executive, welcomed the new stu
dents on behalf of the college and
Joe Coburn extended greetings to
the new men from the sophomores.
Joe Nagels responded for the
Ireshnien.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by Ivan Miller and Mrs.
James Hinton. Professor Virgil
Eady led the group singing of sev
eral old time favorites.
New faculty members intrcduc
u„, the dinner included R. A.
S. J. Whatley. Godfrey
Dan C. Moore, W. L.
.
Lee Harwell,
nurse, who succeeds Mrs. Otis
I Borough.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
g Q y $ C()ll f Committee To
Hold ,, Meeting . q, IOnight . ,
Red Cross Drive
Opens on Nov. 11
County Committee Hears
National Representative
At Wed. Meeting.
A called meeting of the New
ton County Red Cross committee
was held Wednesday morning at
(he court house with Chairman
a. L. Loyd presiding.
Miss Virginia Dowell, special
Red Cross representative from
Washington, D. C., was introduced
jyj r Loyd. Miss Dowell took
P i ia rge of the meeting and out
lined the activities ot the Red
Cross in America as well as in
Europe and Asia. She stated that
,he appeal for funds in the an
nual Roll Call should be greater
than ever before due to the suf
ferir;» in many of the countries
of the world.
The United States government
has called upon the Red Cross
chapters throughout the United
States for nelp and cooperation in
the crisis. At this time, the Red
Cross is doing a great deal of work
in checking on parents of soldier;
who are ill and supplying needed
information for the government
remain £ IZ^tTbe'used
for charity work and all over 50
cents paid remains in We county.
A – ®' gia regional meeting of
the Red Cross w.U be held at the
Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta on Tues
da Y- October 7th, with J- Hard
s °" H ,f k ' llan ’ Eastern
£ Each rea chapter U S .' as will P r be ‘ nclpal urged s Peaker
to senu
a representative according to Miss
D „,, el! Mr , L . D .
elected to represent Newton Coun
ty at this meeting.
Plans were made for the Roll
Call to be held in Newton County
on November 11, the same date
(Continued on Page Severn
—
Mayor S. L. Waites Appeals to People
for Curtailment of Water Consumption
fo The People of Covington:
Due to a serious water shortage, brought on by an extreme
dry season and unusual evaporation from the storage reservoir,
it is neressary for every water consumer to redure water con
sumption to bare necessity.
Cntil the situation is relieved, sprinkling lawns, washing
automobiles and other non-essential uses must be stopped.
Every consumer is requested to cut water consumption at
Ipast fifty per cent.
, The helpful co-operation of every citizen is requested dur
ing this emergency in order that more drastic measures will
not have to be taken to conserve our water supply. Your health
and property will be endangered by lack of co-operation.
Sincerely,
DR. «. L. WAITES,
Mayor, Ci(v of Covington.
I
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25,1941. 5e SINGLE COPY
formed a circle around a large flaming cross and sang several in
spirational and patriotic airs. The Grand Dragon for the Realm
of Georgia gave a short talk on “Americanism.” More than 150
automobiles took part in the procession, as did the Klan sound
truck, which played patriotic music during the parade, It is es
timated that more than 1,000 people were on hand for the cere
monies at the ball field.
To Map Activity Plans For
Fall and Winter
Months.
The Newton County District
Committee, of the Boy Scouts of
America, wil meet tonight to re
view the work during the summer
season and to map plans for fall
and winter activities. This is the
first meeting of the Committee
■unce June and a full attendance
is urged.
A brief review of the
activities show much accomplish
ed. Camp Benjamin Hawkins was
operated for several weeks with
Scouts from al lsections of the
Central Georgia Council attend
ing. Eleven new troops were reg
istered during July, bringing the
total for the year to 22. with 44
new Scouts registered during the
year, which is more than half of
the year's objective of 72.
Plans for the fall and winter
months call for simultaneous cam
porees to be held in different areas
of the Council; an orientation
course in Scouting for the leaders
in the Newton County District,
and a roll call for Scouts and
Scouters to check the strength of
each Scout unit.
The training course for Newton
c °nnty will open on October 23
and the rot call will be staged in
the an
nual District meteings will be held
or the election of officers for
1942.
Boy Scouts in the Newton
County District will soon start
work on their third Fall for serv
ice in defense preparation, accord
ing to Carl Sullivan Scout Exec
utive. This request came to the
Boy Scouts of America from Mr.
Leon Henderson, Administrator of
and Civilian Supply in the Office
for Emergency Management.
Having distributed defense post
ers and collected aluminum. Scouts
will now take part in a national
(Continued on Page Seven,
Consumers Requested
To Reduce Consumption
At Least Fifty Per Cent
Agricultural
NewsbyThe
| Farm Agent
Farm Federation Sponsors
Successful Barbecue
at Cope Farm.
The boys and girls of Newton
County are going to the fair!
About 200 4-H Club boys and girls
will go to Atlanta to attend the
Southeastern World's Fair. The
boys and girls will meet at the
square in Covington at 8-00
o’clock. School buses will carry
us to Atlanta and after parading
through the heart of Atlanta, we
will be carried out to the fair
grounds. We will be back in Cov
ington around 7:30 o'clock Satur
day afternoon.
Don’t forget our local fair the
week of October 20th. The Amer
ican Legion is again sponsoring
our county fair. The Legion is to
be commended for the liberal pre
I miums they are offering.
catalogue will be off the press
I the next few days. We expect
| have of exhibits last that which will surpass
| ones year, were
1 S°°d. We expect to have over
hundred head ot cattle at our
and many other good exhibits.
I had the pleasure of
a fine barbecue today at the farm
of Mr. Channing Cope. Over 200
Newton County farmers were
present. Mr. H. L. Wingate,
President of the Geogria Farm
Bureau Federation, made a very
forceful talk. Mr. Wingate point
ed out the need of organization
of our farmers. He gave actual
comparison of the income of our
farmer and the income of other
! groups. I enjoyed the cue and the
talk and “Hats Off” to Mr. Cope,
Mr. G. B. Davis, Mr. Fred Greer
and the others that made this
meeting possible,
Mr. W. S. Rice. Beef and
| I Specialist of Extension Service.
stated in a radio address one morn
ing this week that Georgia was
(Continued on Page Seven)
Final Sermon at
Salem Camp Sun.
p ^ r _ p 1erce Harris Slated to
Conclude Summer
' Activifie*.
.
Dr. Pierce Harris, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Atlan
| ta, will preach the concluding ser
; mon in a summer series at Salem
; Camp Ground Sunday afternoon.
According to Major R. J. Guinn.
I who made the announcement, this
event will bring to an end the
s'-heduled activities at the Camp
Ground for the current season.
Dr, Harris preached the first of
the series of sermons the last
Sunday in May and since th»l
time has conducted services on
| every last Sunday in the month.
Special music was provided for
each occasion. Groups taking part
I included the Emory-at-Oxford
Glee Club, the Newton County
I Singing Convention, the Salvation
| Army Band, of Atlanta, and the
Twelve County Singing Conven
■ tion.
in reviewing the summer’s »i -
tivities at the Camp Ground, a
member of the Board of Trustees
called to mind the patriotic cele
bration held on July 4. at which
time Bishop Arthur Moore spoke
to a well-filled tabernacle: the
regular camp meeting, held in
August, with a record crowd on
hand, and the use of the Camp ta
cilities by various youth groups.
Outstanding accomplishments ot
the season include the safe guard
ing of the vater supply b yereet
ing a covering over the spring.
and the installation of telephone
I facilities.
Patriotic Meeting
Is staged , Here
By Ku Klux Klan
Parade and Burning of
Attracts Large
Audience.
A i vdmately 300 members ot
(he Knjght? nf the Ku Klux K | a „
assembled last Saturday night for
nf the ^gest Pah'iotic cele
Orations ever staged in this sec
tion.
A motorcade, with more than
150 automobiles, headed by mount
ed Klansmen in full regalia, pa
^ aded , , j rom the , assembly , point . in
Porterdale to Covington, where it
traveled over the City streets out
to Covington Mill, through t * ie
own of Oxford and back to the
soft ball field in Porterdale.
The procession was headed by
an automobile bearing two large
American flags and an illuminated
cross. Second in the line was a
sound truck which provided pa
triotic music during the entire pa
rade. The Klansmen, many °* 4
them mounted on horses, wore
the colorful robes of the Klan. The
automobiles were decorated with
red, white and blue streamers.
The colorful spectacle drew
large numbers of spectators and
a crowd estimated at 1,000 gather
ed at the soft ball field for the
ceremonies there.
^ f r returning returning to (ha the c„f» soil h pall a ii
I field the Klan members formed a
' -^r'ancT sSng d
? ' “ At ^
^ K]an G rand
• Rea lm of Georgia then gave a
short but inspiring message on
.. Americanism ;- after which lh „
assem bled Klansmen sang “Old
R d Crosg » and - God Bless
America .“ Following a prayer the
meeting broke up .
Celebration Here
Proves Successful
The first annual Greater New
ton County Celebration was held
last Thursday in Covington with
Commissioner of Agriculture Tom
Linder as principal speaker.
Arrangements were completed
Wednesday night to have Gover
nor Eugene Talmadge and Stan
iey Jones, State Adjutant of th*
American Legion to speak as well
as Miss Virginia Dowell, of th*
Red Cross.
At 11:30 o’clock Thursday morn
ing a call was received from Dr.
AtKinson. the governor's physician,
and Lindiey Camp that the Gov
ernor was ill and could not at
tend. At 12 00 /clock noon, a call
was received from Stanley Jones
! that his train had missed connec
tions en route from Florida,
Miss Virginia Dowell had receiv
ed her orders to report to Newton
County and is is understood that
(Continued on Page Seven,
THIS TAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Number 39
Water Meters To Be Read
Weekly As Control
Measure.
CITIZENS ASKED
TO REDUCE USE
TO BARE NECESSITY
Pumps Being Operated At
Full Capacity of Supply
Stream.
With the City of Covington fac
ed with an acute water shortage,
brought about by an extremely
dry season during the summer
months, and an unusually large
amount of evaporation from the
storage reservoir, the Mayor and
City Council this week moved to
conserve the rapidly diminishing
supply of water.
Printed circulars were distribut
ed from door to door warning con
sumers that immediate steps must
be taken at once to bring about
a reduction in water consumption.
Water meters have been read
and each customer will be told
the number of gallons consumed
during the past month. A request
is being made that this amount
be cut at least 50 per cent during
th e coming month. Meters will be
read each week and when the al
loted amount has been used it may
become necessary for the supply
to be completely cut off.
The washing of automobiles,
sprinkling of lawns and other
practices that are not absolutely
essential must be discontinued for
the duration of the emergency,
according to ih e Mayor, Dr. S. L.
Waites, and members of the City
Council. While they expressed
hopes that voluntary cooperation
would make it unnecessary, they
pointed out that anyone deliber
(Continued on Page Seven)
Dean G. S. Roach
Speaks at Meeting
Of EA0 Students
Campus Leaders Introduced
I To New Students
j at Meeting.
Declaring that Emory is pri-*
marily interested in developing i
! brains and character in its stu
dents, Dean George S. Roach last
night closed a series of talks that
have featured orientation week
activities for new students on th«
Emory at Oxford campus.
“There is something distinctive
about an Emory man,” said Dean
Roach. “Select 30 men, ten from
each of three colleges, and I’ll soon
point out to you the ten from Em
ory.”
Student leaders introduced to
tile freshmen last night included
Jack Hightower, president of the
Letterman’s Club; Harold Herring,
president of the glee club; Jimmie
Denmark, head ot the Christian
Fellowship group; James Bennett,
editor ot the annual; E. C. Barnes,
president of the debating club;
Jack Powell, president of the hob
by club; Eugene Speer, president
of the Pre-Med Club; Tom Mc
Lain, head of the international Re
lations Club, and Major Godfrey
Osterman, band instructor.
Prof. Lee Harwell, head of the
the meet.
Kiwanis Directors
Meeting Scheduled
No regular meeting of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club was held last
week, the majority of the mem
j bers attending the barbecue spon
sored by the Rotary Club. A round
table was held at the Hotel for
those who could not attend the
barbecue,
An important meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Club has
been called immediately after the
regular meeting today. The Club
members are continuing their ef
torts on oehalf of the election of
John Birchmore to the post of
District Governor at the conven
tion *o be neld in Savannah next
I month.