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L-Smoke.' L That would happen
office Boy!* Now for sev
|week® while RALPH MeGILL
L Constitution, was on his
limn he had guest column
and we never enjoy that
jinn. nn matter who writes it
„ Ralph is away, for to tell
truth, Ralph’s column is the
k thin* we Lead when we wake
L the morning and it makes
; av just right somehow . . .
m read every one while he
[ ava y this lurtied time the for tables his guest
mn ts on
i and probably made hi s face
when he read them ... for
y all started at the beginning
I told all the fine things they
w about him which did not
er the ground as we know
ph • so, we go away to the
.
nital and ]ust miss one column
our guest columnist dares not
I bis name, for he hoped and
Led they would cut every lazy
out of the Office Boy, and
the meanness besides! Well
ive lay on a bed of pain, about
I groggy with “shots in the
we could not believe what
■ .-pad m our own column about
I and maybe our face was
[ton . ,
. ■ maybe that's why the
L kept us a little longer . .
[did not know what high shot our
Iperature up so . . . but
1 that we are back home . .
I not able to write . we are
kg to do it to avoid further
hplications! However, this
wing as we try to write this
Uti we feel so terribly bad
u we are wondering if it was-
13 (r frame up anyway! iWaybe
did cut some lazy bones out !
jybe they did cut some of the
anness out! For to tell the
jfe we just aren’t our old self
we feel TERRIBLE! Why we
to ambitious the bed won’t
jj us. . . and hold we are so weak
r less won’t us! Yet. we
aching to get going! URGENT
,L’ We want an insurance man
will protect us from such
rations in the futuie! We were
j Emory Hospital where we :
(nt five weeks just a year ago
, and it was like going home
, even though we could not
i a room on the same floor, ;
irv hour of the day there were
ises who had been life-savers. I
i.rf ■o piaW in 6 Mary' von anH that
mercy Lawrence.
\ beautiful red headed nurse
w simply saved our life, and
e is now one of the Supervisors
ne in every night ' a ,er *■'
soft duty and spent at least
hour with us ... . We still
e her and if you ever go to
ion do tell them to put you
the fourth floor for she is not ;
I s nurse nor just a supervisor j
. she is a person with Christ
close in her heart that her
:ents are her sisters and broth
. • , they all know she loves j
n and really aches with them !
but she won’t let you ache
i No # Siree! Four A. jM
never too late for her to get
e doctor out of bed and tell
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olarians Take
)ur New Members
f our new members were offi- !
lly welcomed into the Coving
> Rotary Club Tuesday noon at
Delaney Hotel by President W.
MeGahee and their sponsors.
Those ancepled for membership
i;r2
=
^1 Nesbit is a new'
Physician and Mr. Whatley
publicity director of Emory-at
A business meeting w r as then
with President, MeGahee pre
ln S He announced that the
Ub bad 94 per cent attendance
September with two 100 per j
lh Scouts of Covington. The
0,mn received a second and was
r I he *dent -'«*>• second
prps made a
o
h! a lake f the fhe Covington highest monthly school
- ,a « p in their class. A com
his ■ s expected to be one of the
im« “I the club during Ihe
=)nd spring of 1942.
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Volume 77
RUES FOR METHODIST LEADER
.
! HELD SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
j IN OLD CHAPEL
j I
j | SHSir P,
i *“° f Honor
The remains of Bishop Warren
A. Candler last Saturday afternoon
were committed to the earth of
the peaceful village of Oxford,
where as a young msn he was
converted to Christianity and
where ha spent 10 of the
fruitful years of his career as
president of Old Emory College.
Bishop Candler had aske ’ to be
buried there amid the tranquilty
he loved. The funeral was held in
the 100-yerr-old Methodist church
where he received nis college de
gree 66 years ago. And the sun
light that streamed through the
modest stained glass window back
of the pulpit across the flowers
and the gunmetal casket was the
same sunlight that had fallen into
the old church in years past when
the Bishop propounded his pow
erful sermons from the platform.
Burial wr.s in the little Oxford
^ emetery half a mile away. The
commitment service at the grave
side was conducted by Bishop
A. N. Ainsworth, of .Macon, and
BLhop Arthur Moore, of Atlanta,
Bishop U. V. W. Darlington, of
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Wrights Entries '
Nine Awards
** Wrttht Covin*™, animal'
trainer and breeder, set a record
for the County when his entries in
the National Livestock Show, at
“* s “' hf “ te ™ WOTW * Fa,r "
Atlanta, placed in 16 of the 18 j
classes, winning two second place
awards: five third place awards,
and two fifth place awards.
^ survey of the awaras won by |
Wright’s entries show that in :
open competition for dairy i
ca ttle, a senior bull yearling won
third place; a senior bull calf won
fifth place; a cow, over four years
0 f a g e WO n fifth place; a senior j
yearling heifer won third place,
while a junior heifer calf won
seC ond place,
In the yearling herd, consisting
of one bull, over one year old,
and under two, and two yearling
heifers, the females bred by the j
exhibitor, Mr. Wright’s entry won
third place.
In the “Get of Sire” group,
consisting of four animals, either
sex, any age, all the get of one
sire, not necessarily owned by 1he
exhibitor, Mr. Wright won third
place, while for the produce o)
the cow, his entry won second
place. All Mr. Wright’s entries
were Jerseys.
liberal awards offered EOR
DISTRICT EXHIBITS AI IEGI0N FAIR
$80.00 Will Also Be Awarded To
Winners For Best School Exhibits
prizes totaling $90.00 will be
awarded to the winning entries for
District exhibits at the Newton
Countv Fair, which open? on Oc
t ober 20 for a week of educa
tional and recreational activities,
As in -revious years, the fair is
vnonsored by the Newton County
Post No 32 of the American Le
gion. stated this week
Fair officials
hibited should be ot
year’s growth.
community A" "T should ’
d
marketable condttin. E y^
cle must have been p ^
the District from which it is e
The Fair committee, made up of
| C. Summers, Leon Cohen. E.
M. ■,nd .1 R.
L. Ficquett. .1. C-. ''°*- p >s
{ Weaver, stated that fieaka
Tht CoTingtoa Star, g«t. J8?4.
f3«orgi» Entarpnie, Eat. ISM.
RECEIVED $33,480 IN COMMODITIES
Bishop Candler’s Death Ends Long, Career
BY THE
AGENT
J. W. Scoggins Reports
On 4-H Club Activities
at Southeastern Fair
Last Saturday.
Newton 4-H Club takes big part
in Southeastern World’s Fair.
Saturday, September 27th., 160
Newton County 4-H Club boys and
girls went to the fair in Atlanta,
The officials of our county furnish
ed transportation for the club.
After we arrived in Atlanta our
boys and girls paraded through
the heart of downtown Atlanta
w uk ot k er 4-H Clubs a total of
12,000 4-H Club boys and girls
took part. The club then spent the
rest of day on the fair grounds.
They had ample time to see all
the excellent exhibits and to take
a twirl on the midway and 1 think
the floats and bands were the fea
ture of the day. A grand parade
of 20 bands with a total of over
leadeisnip of one director. A very
TO w», delivered to the
clubs by Senator Richard B. Rus
se ^- The speech was followed by
a tree shovv r which lasted about an
hour
Our 4-H Club was outstanding
in the livestock exhibits. Miss Bet
ty Wright won 4 places in the
4-H Club Jersey Show. The places
were first, second, third and
f° urt h- This was a fine record and
I might say that this was very
heavy competition in this show.
There were entries from ali see
h° n s of the state and Betty’s
valves placed well over 100 other
competing calves.
.lack Wrights Black Diamond
Stables also placed well m open
Tnri7es°won of prizes won bv by Mr Mi. Wright t ght to in
another part of the paper. The
Dest Jersey Cattle of . the South ,
was shown in this class. We did
exceedingly well as we were able
tf> mix prizes with the best which
were Biltmore Farms and Martha
Berry School.
Our 4-H Club boys have five
entries in the 4-H Beef Calf Club
Show. I believe each calf will win
the money, however, the actual
results will be in my next week’s
article.
i stressed and suggested that^ stand
' ard containers be used ’or ex
dibits. Artistic arrangement of all
material is also urged.
First prize for District exhibits
will be $35.. with a second prize
| of $25., and third and fourth prizes
of $20. and $10. respectively.
School exhibits are also attiact
ing a great d£al of attention, ac
cording to E. L. Ficquett. Newton
„ , v School Superintendent.
"" KvhibitV
J t Se in bf thi= lh,Thi, department are
e TO,
of thp Coun ty making the entry
^ vgrioUg grades and depar t
. o{ , he ?chool _ Mr . Ficquett
said.
In addition to the $80. in prizes,
the fudges will make an auard
of $10. to each exhibit, not win
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2,1941.
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SHOWS INCREASE OVER ’40 MARK
Miss Carlton Is
j Contest Winner
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! Miss Ann Carlton, 10th grade
; student, was declared winner last
Wednesday in a spelling contest to
determine the County champion
and to select a speller to represent
Newton County in a state-wide statewide
contest to , be held tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o’clock on the grounds
of the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta.
This is the third consecutive
year that Miss Carlton has won
the County contest, and last year
she was among the finalist in the
State contest.
Dr. M. D. Collins, State super
intendent of Schools will conduct
the State contest. Each county in
the State is entitled to one repre
sentative and alternates are also
being selected. The selection of
contestants in each County i s made
by the School Superintendents.
The contest is open to any gram
mar or high school student who
nas oeen enrolled in school dur
ing the current year. Previous win
ners of State contests are not per
mitted to compete. Free admission
tickets to the fair will be provid
eel for the representatives of each
County.
The Southeastern Fair Assocta
lion is donating prizes totaling
, $150. and this amount will be sup
plemented by publishers of spell
mg books, making the grand total
| of prizes to be awarded appioxi
mately $300. The prize mone\ is
to be divided and awarded by Dr.
Collins.
To Meet Tuesday
| The American Legion Auxiliary
W 'H mee ' at tlle c,ul ’ Ho ’ ls e nPxl
.0 T-™.
V™*™ County Fair, sponsored
this year by Post No. 32 of the
American Legion.
Mrs. Homer Cook this week
said that all those eligible
desire to be among the
members should send their
pers to Mrs. Guy ^ Rogers,
I bership chairman.
Registration Books
For City Voters
To Close on 28fh
City Clerk Announces
New Regulations For
Election Set To Be Held
Saturday, December 3
Registration books for the City
election, to elect a Mayor, mem
hers of the City Council and mem
hers of the School Board, will
close October 28, J. H. Wood, city
clerk, stated in a special notice is
sued this week.
The notice sets the date for the
election on Wednesday, December
3, and outines two new provisions,
regarding the announcement of
possible candidates, and the so
liciting of votes. Notice of intent
to be a candidate must be filed
with the City Clerk, Mr. Wood,
two weeks prior to the election i
day. which would be before noon
on November 19. |
The other new provision makes
it unlawful for any person to dis
tribute cards or other political lit
erature or to solicit votes on the
streetsor sidewalks within fifty :
feet of the entrance to the voting
place, whidh is the City Hall.
The full text of Mr. Wood’s
notice is given below:
“Registration books are now
open, will close October 28. 1941.
This applies to all white persons
ISSil
notice of his intention to be can
<#*« Clerk of Council
at eas1 two weeks prior to eiec "
^ on » be * ore noon -
“It shall be unlawful for any
s
on the streets or sidewalks within
fifty feet from entrance to the
CITY HALL.”
J. H. Wood, City Clerk.
The present City administrative
ofticers are: Dr. S. L. Waites,
mayor; W. C. MeGahee, mayor
pro-tem, and A. H. David, D. K.
Hicks, P. W. Pratt, George Coch
ran and R. A. Norris, members
of the City Council.
Of this number, the terms of I
Mayor Waites, Mayor Pro-tem
MeGahee and Council men Pratt
and Norris, will expire on Decern
ber 31.
While none of these officials
have filed their intentions to be
candidates with Mr. Wood, it is
understood that at least part of
them will seek re-election, while
others are also planning to enter
the race.
* he ,,e ' v ordinance or i-egula
lions announced by Clerk Wood is
expected to make voting simpler
and easier for the officials and
the voters.
1,258 _ Bales , Ginned _. , _ Priori . !
To Sept. 16; Price Per
Bale Drops For Second
Week.
One thousand, two hundred
fifty eight bales of cotton were
ginned in Newton County from
the 1941 cotton crop, prior to
September 16, according to a re
port made this week by L. H.
Cook special agent for the Depart
menl ° f CommerC *’ Buieau ol
Census> whose headquarters are
in Covington,
This is an increase of 933 bales
over the total figure, of 325, for
the same period of last year, Mr.
Cook said.
Meanwhile, this past week, Cot- 1
ton prices moved downward for
the second week, declining about
$3.75 per bale, according to re
ports of the United State Depart- |
umrU of Agricultuie.
Prices have declined nearly $7.
per bale during the last two
weeks. Weather conditions were
reported as mostly favorable for
rap'd maturity and harvesting ot
! cotton except in certain areas of
Texas and adjacent states where
j rainfall delayed picking, and some '
; damage to the crops was reported j
i Activity in spot markets increased
sharply. Domestic mill activity ap
j parently declined somewhat dur
ing the first three weeks in Sep
tember and cloth markets con- i
tim|ed slow 1
The 10-market average of 16.38
cents f nr Middling 15-16 on Fri
day> September 26, was 75 points
j ower t kan a week earlier and
con ,p ar ed with 9 42 cents a year
ago Prices on Friday were 99
points higher than the low point
|- eaf .ked so far this season on Au
gugt 12 and 133 points lower than 1
the high point reached on Sep
tember 9. Relative values of the
white grades above Middling in
creased and those of the white
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r romOllOfl Lf3y
Set For Sunday 1
Promotion Day will be observ
ed at the Covington First Meth- j
odist Church Sunday morning dur
mg the Sunday school hour Char
les Candler wull make a talk to
the ladies and men of the church
I that time. The public is in- j
5e SINGLE COPY
NEWSPAPERS URGED TO DEFEND
HERITAGE OF PRESS FREEDOM
October 1-8 Being Celebrated In
Nation as “National Newsaper Week”
The Covington News this week
joined with newspapers in 5.000
communities in opening National
Newspaper Week as President
Roosevelt sounded the keynote
with the declaration that “the
maintenance of an unfettered
press is a fundamental obligation
^f patriotism.”
The Chief Executive wrote Wil
|iani M Hardy _ chairman of
Newspaper Association managers'
comm j ttee j n charge of the ob
ser vance:
“The recurrence of National
Newspaper Week should awaken
in the hearts and souls of ail
Americans a renewed determine
tion to defend and maintain and
perpetuate the priceless heritage
of a free press.
“The maintenance of an unfet
tereri press, informed by truth and
gu.ded by courage and conscience
and wholehearted devotion to the
public welfare, is a fundamental
obligation of patriotism.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
no NEWTON FAMILIES BENEFIT
FROM DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD B
SUPPUES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
CALL EIGHT HERE
FOR DUTY IN
ARMED FORCES
Seven To Report Next
Monday; Will Be Taken
To Fort McPherson For
Induction.
The Newton County Selective
Service Board this week ordered
eight selective service registrants
to report for a year’s training with
the U. S. Army, in response
to order No. 18. One of the men
called was transferred to the New
ton County Board by the Board
in Mitchell.
Edward A. Parker, James W.
Greer, Otis Martin, Samuel Lit
ther Martin, William Posey Smith,
Jr-, and Radus Colquitt Newby
a re the Newton County men that
will report for duty and Robert
Lee stewart - a Negro, is the man
transferred from Mitchell county.
The white selectees will report
next Monda y mornin « at the
headquarters of the Board in the
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Twenty-six students of Emory
Junior College at Oxford have
won a place on the merit list as
a result of superior academic work
and excellent deportment, accord- j
ing to an announcement today by | !
Dean George S. Roach, division
executive.
Merited students are granted j
additional privileges as long as!
ther maintain their high standing. I
The list: diaries Adams, Louis :
Alexander, Forrest Beam, James
Bennett, E. C. Burns, Maurice!
Christian, Joe Coburn, P. K.
Dixon, James Freeman, Herman
Hamner. rice Harrod, John Hayes,
Jack Hightower, Dorothy Irvine,
Floyd Kirkley, William Kirkley,
Thomas McClain, Elbert McLaury,
Clifford Martin, Gid Parrish,
Robert Rutherford, Robert Shin-,
all, Edward Smith. Florrie Jean
Smith, Eugene Spear, and Eugene
Wood,
(Continued on Page Seven)
Kiwanians Plan
For Convention
Lieutenant Colonel Richard At
well, of the Motor Transport
School of the United States Army,
was principal speaker Thursday
noon at the Covington Kiwani*
Club meeting held at the Delaney
Hotel.
He was •introuce by Lieutenant
Tommy Callaway, one of the of
ficers of the Motor Transport
School, who stated that Mr. At
well was in charge of the Quar
termaster’s Corps in the Training
School.
Mr. Atwell made a most inter
esting talk on the work of the
Motor Transport School in train
ing men to keep the mechanized
rolling stock in repair and in op
lhl * such « -auks.
trucks, etc. in full operation at all
times.
Plans for the convention in Sa
vannah, starting Sunday, webe
discussed following Mr. Atwell’s
talk. A number of club mem
bers have announced thir inven
tions of attending and it is ex
pected that a large percentage of
the members will be on hand.
At the regular meeting today,
the exact number will be deter
mined. Room reservations have al
ready been made in Savannah. At
the convention the Covington Ki
wanians will present John Birch
more, present Lieutenant Gover
nnr f or office of District Gov
ernor.
During recent weeks, the mem
bers of the Club have been hard
at work, laying ground work for
his election. Attendance at Iasi
week’s meeting was 95.9 per cent
W1 th two members absent. F01
the month of September it wst
per cent a s ijgk t deereas*
f ro m the September 1940 mark.
which was 89. 67 per cent
“I trust as a result of the forth
coming observance that Americans
i everywhere will have a renewed
■ sense of the incalculable blessing
which a free press confers, j
must be maintained against all as
i vaults.”
Governor Ta madge has named
October 1-8 to be observed in the i
state as National Newspaper Week,
an d called upon “the press of this
nation to give thought to their re
sponsibility to themselves, to their 1
God and to humanity.” j
Because the press moulds pub
,lc sentiment, his proclamation de
dared, “a press handled right, by j
! giving be, is the the true most facts powerful to the instru-j pub- j
,T ient that W'e have in helping to
safeguard a democracy.”
Secretary of State Hull. Secre
lai T o{ w ar Stimson and other
'ublic officials expressed similar
sentiments concerning the pro
j gram, w'htch is built around the j
I (Continued on Page Seven) !
Number 40
Surplus Foods Worth
$26,284.38; Household
Supplies and Clothing
Distributed. I
Three hundred ninety-one fam
ilies in Newton county received
surplus foods and household and
clothing items valued at $33,480.9$
for the year ending June 30, 1941.
These items were distributed by
the Newton County Commodity
warehouse, operated by the Sur
plus Commodity Division of the
Georgia State Department of
Public Welfare.
The report for the year, releas
ed this week, shows that the sur
plus foods distributed were val
ued at $26,284.38, while the house
hold and clothing items were val
ued at $7,196.60.
In the State of Georgia, the
Commodity Division distributed
72,888,378 pounds of surplus com
modities consisting of thirty-one
separate food items, which waa
valued at $4,244,863.08. The
Department also distributed
1,828,093 household and clothing
items valued at $1,413,980.03.
Surplus food commodities are
given to the State by the Surplus
Marketing Administration and
household and clothing items are
processed by local WPA Sewing
Projects and distributed within
the county.
The SMA is Under the general
ejsu- It’l
iSJSStoSSKSST v x
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ties outside the normal channel* of
trade and commerce and encour
aging domestic consumption of
these commodities, (2) allocating
these surplus commodities to State
Welfare Agencies for distribution
to eligible recipients. Surplus
commodities are purchased at the
direction of the United State*
Secretary of Agriculture following
a determination that a surplui
problem exists, and that a sur
pf us removable program would
hel P correct this condition,