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SECOND SECTION OF
YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
Volume 77
$113116 Paid By Farmers In Newton
For Hired Labor During 1939
(Continued from Page One.)
$26,736 for the same, while 314 |
farms reported hiring labor on a
daily weekly basts, paying 1
or a
total of $73,802.
Two hundred and thirty-five .
farm unites reported the use of 1
hired labor on a piece work or
contract basis, the total amount
paid for this type of labor being
$12,578.
The census report also shows a
total expenditure of more than j
$260,000 for various farm pur
poses. A break-down reveals that
275 farms in the County paid a
total of $48,830 for feed for do
mestic animals and poultry. Ex
penditures for implements and ma
chinery, which includes the pur
chases of automobiles, tractors,
trucks and other farm implements
totaled $49,057 on the 535 farms
that reported in this classification.
Four hundred and twenty-four
farms reported spending $20,800
for gasoline, distillate, kerosene
and other oil products, while 213
reported expenditures of $29,557
for building materials, This
figure includes such items as lum
ber, roofing materials, hardware,
cement, paint and fencing mater
ials.
The largest block sum spent by
Newton County farmers was for
commercial fertilizer. One thous
and, one hundred forty-two farm
units are reported as having pur
chased 4,366 tons of various
rades, the total expenditure being
119,028.
The only other major expendi
ture classification listed in the
repoit was for liming materials,
such as lime, marl or gypsum.
Nine farms reported purchasing 88
tons of such materials, the total
cost being $350. The total for the
six major classifications was
$267 eoc7 ’ coo 622 ’
All these expenditures were in
cash, and include all obligations
incurred during the year for spe
cific goods. In the case of tenant
operated farms, the amounts con
tributed by the landlord were in
eluded along with those made by
the tenant operator.
Farm operators who rented land
to others only reported on that
portion that he himself operated.
Gifts Requested
For Orphanage
The Rev. C. C. Hamilton, pas
tor of the Covington Presbyterian
church, this week announced a
drive to secure clothing, food
items, farm and household imple
ments and toys for the Thornwell
Orphanage, of Clinton, S. C.
Rev. Hamilton, who is serving
as chairman for this district, stated
that anyone having articles to do
nate are requested to bring them
to King-Hicks Hardware Company,
where they will be packed for
shipping.
A truck, he added, will be in
Covington on December 9th, to
take the articles to Atlanta.
CONYERS
THEATRE
Mr*. James Clay, Mgr.
Conyers, Ga
SATURDAY, NOV. 22
GENE AUTRY
Smiley Burnette in
“BACK IN THE
SADDLE”
Also Short Subjects
Adm. 11c and 22c
Monday and Tuesday
Nov. 24 and 25
Robert Montgomery
Rita Johnson in
“HERE COMES
MR. JORDAN”
Also Willie and the Mouse
Adm. 11c and 28c
Wednesday, Nov. 26
DENNIS MORGAN
JANE WYATT in
“KISSES FOR
BREAKFAST”
Cartoon—“Toy Trouble”
Adm. 5c and 1 lc
With Merchant Ticket
Thursday and Friday
Nov. 27 and 28
JOAN CRAWFORD
ROBERT TAYLOR In
“WHEN LADIES
MEET”
News and Aviation
Vacation
L Adm. 11c and 28c
She (E0 biitfltan fto
The Covington Star. Est. '874
Georgia Enterprise, Est. 1864
Plan Dance Here
Saturday Night
Young ladies of this commun- ;
ity have been extended an in
vitation to a dance Saturday i
night at the American Legion 1
Hall. The event is being spon
sored by the Young People's
Class of the First Baptist
church, and it is hoped that a
large number of young ladies
will be present.
Boys are being brought to
the affair in trucks. Young
ladies wishing to attend are
asked to find a way to get to
the dance and the teacher of
tne class will find transporta
tion to their homes immediate
( ly after the dance.
Workers At P'dale
Have Vital Part In
Defense Program
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0 f the ship. The inside is cozy
and warm and platforms give
room for several men to work on
the engines of planes in emergen
c ies in the field.
Each panzer hangar weighs
only 2 ;800 pounds, so that a mod
ern American defense bomber
plane can carry Its own hangar,
As our defense problems become
more and more urgent, this con
tribution of Porterdale workers to
defense ... becomes more and , more
vital in order that our defense air
I craft mav J be kept in active service
under t most difficult cond itions.
Proof _ that Bibb employees , are
doil ? g an exce "ent job as top
i f llght detel ] s ® workers was con
I , ne^
°«‘Ciai s froma from a ^custo customer tms this
£ eak ‘ » was wntted by Mr. S M.
Kahn vice-president of the
liam • L. Barren Company, New
York city. Mr. Kahn says: “The
present order for Bibb duck for
use in these hangars is just the
beginning.” The excellent quality
and workmanship of Bibb goods
far exceed the government re
quirements and it is with just
P ride that Porterdale s top flight
defense workers can point to the
record they are making as crafts
m on and the service they are giv
ing for national defense.
Further proof is contained in
Mr. Kahn’s statement that, of all
the yards of duck that Bibb has
furnished for use in chemical
warfare gas masks, not one single
yard has been rejected, even after
[the most rigid inspection. This is
a record to bt proud of when it
1 is remembered that every defect
| life. in gas mask fabric could risk a
;
Mr. Kahn closes his letter by
I saying: “I think this is a grand
i record and I congratulate you on
j it.”
The duck for gas masks and
| panzer Osprey hangars mill. is made in the
:
Rites Held Here
For Sanford Graves
Funeral services for Sanford
[ Pomeroy Graves, 47, of Lynch-
1 | burg, Va., and a former resident
of Newton County, who died last
I Friday in a hospital in Roanoke,
[ Va., were held last Saturday.
Rev. C. O. Hamilton conducted
[ the last rites and interment was
in the family cemetery on the
Graves plantation near here.
Mr. Graves, a graduate of the
Virginia Military Institute, had
been in bad health for several
months. He was a World War
veteran, serving with an engineer
detachment of the 81st Division,
Prior to his illness he was an en
[ gineer with the T. V. A. with
headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn.
He is survived by his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Iverson Lee Graves.
of Lynchburg, his wife, the for
mer Olwen Jones, a son, Sanford
Pomeroy Graves Jr., and a daugh
ter, Olwen Rhys Graves, all of
Knoxville. The News extends
sympathy to the members of the
bereaved family.
Stauffacher and White Funeral
Directors handled the funeral ar
rangements.
The USO intends to operate at
i least one large clubhouse at every
V S Naval base. Construction is
j already under way at many of the
bases.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
BUSIEST WINTER
ON RECORD SEEN
FOR GA. FARMERS
Georgia agriculture, assigned
some of the major roles in the
current world drama, is facing the
busiest winter in iti history, T. R.
Breedlove, chairman of the Geor
gia US DA Defense Board and
state administrative officer of the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration, declared this week.
Breaking down the schedule
calling for immediate considera
tion, Mr. Breedlove listed the fol
lowing, in order:
1. The farm plan sheet sign up,
now in progress, through which
every farmer will be asked to
m ke a contribution toward pro
ducing food for freedom.
2. The beginning of a new AAA
program year December 1, with a
n mber of changes in regulations.
3. The election of community
committeemen and of delegates to
the county conventions for the
j election of county committeemen,
| to be held during December.
4. The cotton marketing quota
referendum, fifth of its kind, set
for December 13.
5. The all-winter drive for the
repair and reconditioning of farm
machinery.
6. The preparation of fields for
the planting of needed food crops
and for participation in other
phases of the food-for-freedom
program.
7. The introduction of the cot
ton crop insurance program, set
for early in the new year.
“Things are flying thick and
fast on the farm front,” Mr.
Breedlove asserted. “On the farm
as th factbries and on the
d ,. m fieId and shlpyard , every
person ; will be called , on to . work ,
°"ger and . harder , , than usual. The
tlme has pasSed for slt - down
strikes of m ! nd and mU s ^ We
are living . f today in one of f the most f
perilous times the American way
Rf e has ever known and the
cal] to its defense has bean sound
ed American agncu:ture v lil an -
swer the call, freely and eagerly.”
Every farmer is being asked to
inventory of his machinery
and equipment, check it over, and
have it put in condition for the
[ coming year’s heavy-duty
mands There is every need for
haste in this work , Mr Breedlove
declared, because of the fact ihat
though manufacturers expect now
t0 0 htain enough steel and other
Leeds metals t0 meet replacement part
defense production needs m
; the spring may make del j very aii
ii cu it. Farmers have been warn
| ^ de a dded, that the manufacture
of new farm machinery and
equipment for 1942 will be sharp
ly curtailed.
Home Guards Will
Go On Field Trip
(Continued From Page One)
the streets for extensive drilling
because of the power shortage,
however, sufficient light is avail
able to show a'remarkable amount
of progress already achieved by
the unit in military movements.
All instruction in the handling of
the rifles will be done indoors so
that correction can be made in
detail.
Members of the unit were glad
to see Sergeant N. S. Turner, Jr.,
back at home after waging a war
against an illness. He is being
con g rat ulated and hope is ex
P re ssed that he will be with the
ur, if without any more interrup
tio ns.
Funeral Riles For
Wiley Dobbs Held
Last rites for Wiley Dobbs, 77
year-old Mansfield resident, who
died Saturday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Leonard Hays
were held Sunday at Starrsville
with the Rev. O. L. Vickery offi
ciating. Interment was in the
Starrsville cemetery.
Mr. Dobbs, a native of Newton
County, had been in declining
health for about six months.
He is survived bv two daugh
! ters, Mrs. Leonard Hays, and Mrs.
A. K. Savage, of Mansfield: two
^ons, Lucious Dobbs, of the Brick
Store community, and Robert
Dobbs, of Logansville; four broth
ers. Bob, Griffin, John and Henry
Dobbs, all of Starrsville- a sister,
Mrs. J. T. Ward, of Macon, and
five grandchildren.
The News extends sympathy to
the members of the bereaved fam
ily. J. C. Harwell – Son. funeral
directors, had charge of the fu
neral arrangements.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20,1941.
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; these two young farm people. They are Georgia’s 1941 4-H health
champions- Miss Catherine Monsces, of Chatham county, and Con
way Vickers, of Coffee county. Likewise, milk is a vital factor in
the food-for-freedom program. At present Georgia farmers are
being urged to step up production of dairy products. Milk is defi
, nitely bulwark of defense. Lets produce more ol it in 194,..
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Kiwanis Club Will
,
j Meet Af Porferdale
The next meeting of the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club will be held
*he Porterdale Gymnasium as
the guests of Bibb Manufacturi t
Company. All members are urged
to meet at the Delaney Hotel and
P><^ed Rom the.eto , , p Po.terdale, . ,
^visional meeting of the Ki
wanis organization was held at
J'.ckson Tuesday night with fou. *
j ret)resentfltivps P 1 1 frnm f th t . rnvi L vmg ~
t0n Club attendlng ’ The Jackson
meetln 8 was a ladies night and all
wives of Kiwanis members were
invited. Those attending from
; Covington t were President i R «■ R «•
i, Powier District Governor John
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' P* rc hmore, Dr. W. D. Travis and
P roless °c V. Y. C. Eady, of the na
L ona ' muslc committee. Clubs rep
resented were Covington, Jackson,
i Eatonton, Milledgeville, Madison,
[Macon, The Perry and Jones county.
principal speaker of the
divisional meeting was Mark
Smith, past international president
of the Kiwanis organization. This
meeting was hel in the new gym
nasium at Jackson. This was the
first meeting held in this building
j since its completion.
The regular meeting of the Cov
I ( ington Kiwanis Club was held
[ Thursday noon at the Delaney
Hotel with President R. R. F’owler
j in charge. The secretary reported
[the attendance for the month at
90.09 per cent. Announcement
[was Nat Turner made by is back the home President following that
a recent illness at an Atlanta hos
pital. It was also announced that
Pat Campbell and Frank Williams
were vacationing in Canada.
Allan D. Cawthon
Funeral Is Held
The funeral of Allan D. Caw
thon, 41-year-old Porterdale resi
dent who was killed in an auto
mobile accident last week, was
[ held Tuesday of last week from
the County Line Baptist Church
j Bev. Hulme L. officiated M. I.yda and Rev. burial George
I and was
in the churchyard,
Mr. Cawthon had been a resi
] d number en t of of Newton and County valued for a
years was a
j employee of the Bibb Manufac
turing Company.
He is survived by five daugh
ters, Mrs. J, C. Day. Miss Mary
Cawthon, Miss Gladys Cawthon,
j Miss Rena Maude Cawthon and
i Miss Lillian Cawthon, all of Cov
ington; a son, Rayford Cawthon,
of Thomaston; two sisters, Mrs.
Janie Smith, of Jackson, and Mrs.
Ida O'Neal, also of Jackson, and
five brothers, Hill, Ollie, Paul C.
Aldine and Curry Cawthon, all of
Jackson, Ga.
The News extends sympathy to
the members of the bereaved fam
ily. G. W. Caldwell – Son, fu
neral directors, had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
Santa Gets Mail
At News Office
A letter addressed to “Santa
Claus, North Pole, The World,”
mailed on November 18, Tues
day, at 4:30 p. m., was promptly
delivered to the Covington
News, who will again this year
serve as Santa’s agent, trans
fering all communications di
rectly to him for the chili,' :n
of Newton county.
While Christmas is still a few
weeks off, ft is not too early
to get your letters ready. Mail
j them to Santa Claus, care of
the Covington News, Covington,
Ga., and they will be forwarded
for his consideration. The let
ters will also be published in
the News.
Last Rites Are Held
For Henry Fleming
Funeral services for Henry .1
Fleming, < 2-year-old native
Newton County, were held yes
tytrday from the Zion Baptist
Church with Rev Homer Tnhnsnn
officiating. ...... Burial n • i was in it,
churchyard. , , ,
Mr. Fleming, who died last Mon
day, was a member of the Rock
dale Baptist Church of Rockdale
County. He had been a citizen
Newton County for a number of
years.
j Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Ada Moss, of Conyers, and
) Mrs. Della Garner, of Gwinnett
County, and three brothers, Wil
| liam M. and J. W. D. Fleming, of
Newton County, and K. E. Flem
ing, of Atlanta.
The News extends sympathy to
the members of the bereaved fam
ily. G. W. Cladwell – Son, fu
neral directors, had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Elliott Buried
At Shoal Creek
The funeral of Mrs. Georgia
Victoria Elliott, of Pine Grove,
who died at the home of her son,
E. H. Elliott, Saturday, was held
, „ Sunday . , from the Shoal „ Creek .
;
Church. Rev. R. L. Cook con
i ducted the last rites and inter
ment was in the Elliott cemetery
Mrs. F.lliott, who was 87 years
old at the time of her death, had
been in bad health for about a
year. She was a native of Mor
gan County and had been a mem
ber of the Shoal Creek Church
i for the past 63 years.
She is the last of her immedi
ate famd y and 18 survived by two
daughteis, Miss Jule Elliott, of
Monticello, and Mrs, C. E. Aiken,
of Atlanta, and a sort, E. H. El
liott, of Pine Grove.
The News extends sympathy to
the members of the bereaved fam
ily. J. C. Harwell – Son, funeral
directors, had charge of the fu
i neral arrangements.
5c SINGLE COPY
NEWS BY THE
COUNTY AGENT
(Continued from Page One.)
for the cold weather. If |
do not use an anti-freeze mix- |
be sure to drain water from ;
cooling system. If tires contain
add calcium chloride to pre
vent tire injury.
The Department of Agriculture
has set 1,000 acres of peanuts for
oil as a goal for Newton County.
The Department is also asking for
a material increase in soybeans for
crushing. These crops can be
grown here and will make a good
feed crop. F’air prices and in
creased demand is expected in 1942
but if the market should fall the
crop can be diverted into a home
feed supply.
The AAA office states that the
Cotton Marketing Quota Referen- j
dum will be on Saturday, Decem
ber 13. Polls will be set up, as
usual, in every section of the
county. The exact location of the
polls will be given at a later date.
The outcome of this vote has a
direct bearing on each farmer in
the cotton belt but only about 30
per cent of the farmers vote.
Continue the seeding of fall
grains, it is a littlt late, but not
too late to make a good crop.
FBI TO LAUNCH
SECOND I
POLICE |
DEFENSE COURSE !
Nation-Wide Drive Is
Designed To Increase
Protection Facilities
For Civilians
Working under the belief that j '
town or city in a beseiged nu
tion can be considered out of the
range of bombers, the F ederal
j Bureau of Investigation for more
than a year has been planning a
[thorough program of civilian pro-
1 tection.
As a result of that planning,
Francis R. Hammack, agent in
charge of the Atlanta office of the
FBI said Saturday that in 52 cities,
Atlanta, during October
and early November, administra
tive training schools of two-day
duration have leert held for police
executives.
Another series of the schools is
planned, Mr. Hammack said,
will be attended by selected
of local and state police
a * encie *'
The schools, to be held in more
250 cities and town through
jt the nation, will last for six
days and will be conducted for the
purpose of discussing in detail
problems 1 of civilian defense and
wartime , duties ... of . police, ,,
Mr. Hammack announced that
die de f enSe courses for police will
de within the Atlanta field
territory of the F'Bl from
December 1 to December 6, 1941;
at Athenfij from January 19 to
January 24, 1942; at Columbus,
f rom January 26 to January 31,
1942 , and at Albany, Rome and
Macon, from April 13 to April 18,
1942 .
Mr. Hammack said that invita
to attend the school in At
are being extended to police
sheriffs, state highway of
ficials and officers from the fol
lowing counties:
Dawson, FYirsyth, Gwinnett,
Newton, Henry, DeKaJb,
Fulton, Cobb, Clayton, Spalding,
Pike, Meriwether, F’ayette, Cow
eta, Heard, Carroll, Douglas and
Paulding.
Law enforcement officials and
from other counties in the
I state will be invited to attend one
i of the other six-day schools to be
iheld at a later date.
EMPHASIS ON GARDENS
1 The Department of Agriculture
q a r rf P n committee recommends
greater emphasis on farm gardens
and expansion of school and com
gardening to help provide
better nutrition in both rural and
U rban areas. The committee warns
; tha t while there have been many
suggestions for "emergency,” “de
’feme,” or “war” gardens, there is
no emergency in sight that would
warrant intensive city home vege
table garden campaigns. Flowever,
the commercial vegetable acreage
goals for next year under the
USDA Farm Delense Program pro
vide for even greater supplies than
the production of this year.
More than 11,731.200 pounds of
duck, chicken and turkey are con
sumed every year by v the sailors
in Uncle Sam s Navy,
SECOND SECTION OF
YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
$400.00 IS RAISED HERE
IN CITY AREA ON FIRST DAY;
RURAL AREAS REPORT LATER
Yam With Collar
At News Office
A Newton County sweet po
tato, not unlike any other sweet
potato, with the exception of an
iron collar, was brought to the
News office this week by Will
Clemming, well known Newton
county man.
How the yam got the collar
is one of nature’s secrets; for
it was on it when it was dug
from the ground, but what the
collar is, is no secret, It is
a one one-half inch bolt head,
apparently from a piece of
farm machinery.
Former Georgia
Congressman To
Speak In County
(Continued from Page One.)
series will be held at the Metho
dist church in Oxford on Wednes
day night, the subject being “The
Blue Coat and the Red Flag.”
Mr. Upshaw, a cousin of J. C.
Upshaw, Church street resident of
this city, is considered one of the
most, forceful and entertaining
speakers in the Nation today.
The following story, told by M.
D. Collins, State Superintendent of
Georgia Schools, vividly describes
the effects of the lectures by a
man who has been called “succes
sor to Bryan,” “the Abe Lincoln of
the South” and “the most versatile
man i n the American platform.”
“When I was - an ambitious
mountain boy, Will D. Upshaw
came to the Commencement of
j j^ awasgee institute in company
I with those great leaders in Educa
|tion and Religion, President P. D.
Pollock, of Mercer University, Dr.
F. C. McConnell, one of the South’s
outstanding preachers, and Dr.
George W. Truett, famous founder
of the Hiwassee School and now
President of the Baptist World Al
liance. AH of their wonderful
messages greatly enriched me; but
the picture of a young man on
crutches, telling the story of his
early ambitions crushed by a fall
on. a wagon when he was a farmer
(boy, but refusing to give up, Mercer and
finally fighting his way to
on a rolling chair when he was
thirty-one years old, so stirred my
heart that 1 determined then and
there to go through Mercer Uni
versity. And if I had not gone
through college to’prepare myself
I for larger usefulness, I would not
[today be Superintendent of Edu
cation in Georgia. 1 would that
this heroic speaker on crutches
could be given such financial back
(thousands as would allow him to inspire
of other boys and girls
as he inspired me.”
An unusual feature of Mr.
Upshaw’s lectures in the county,
j„ the offer of a one dollar bill,
in cash, to any man in the audience
that fails asleep while he is
speaking.
AGENT CONFERENCE
The annual conference of the
county agents, home demonstration
agents and specialists of the Geor
gia Agricultural , Extension r , Service „
will be held in Athens on Decern
! ber 9, 10, 11, and 12, Director Wal
I t p r S. Brown announced this week,
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NUMBER 47
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when Red Cross memberships ex
ceeded 18,000,000. Indications art
that we are well on our way to
ward this goal.”
The annual Roll Call for mem
bership opened in the majority of
the 3,700 chapters and their 6,800
branche- on Armistice Day and
continues through November 30, »
period traditional with the Red
Cross since 1920.
Emphasis is placed upon greater
membership support because of
expansion of Red Cross work for
the armed forces, and for civilian
aid programs in national defense,
Chairman Loyd said. He pointed
out the budget for the expanded
work for welfare of soldiers and
sailors and their families now
totals more than $6,000,000. The
budget includes such items
$1,250,000 for Red Cross headquar
ters buildings in 58 army posts;
a large appropriation for equipping
and furnishing Red Cross Hospital
Recreation buildings in 65 army
posts.
Co-operation with the Office >'t
Civilian Defense called for training
courses for a million men and
women in Red Cross First Aid.
500,000 in Home Nursing, 100,000
Red Cross Volunteer Nurse a Aide*
and nation-wide training in Nutri
tion.
More than a million volunteers
in Red Cross Chapters throughout
the nation launched the member
ship drive November 11, in large
public gatherings, flag raisings,
parades of volunteer workers,
through enrollment in industries
and in house-to-house canvasses.
Plan Study Meeting
At Lithonia Monday
An inspirational meeting, in
preparation for the Lottie Moon
week of prayer for foreign mis
sions, will be held with the Li
thonia Baptist Women’s Missionary
Society, Mrs. Paul Astin, chairman
of Mission study of the church
said this week.
The meeting will be held next
Monday at one o’clock and an in
vitation has been extended to th*
members of all churches in the
Stone Mountain Baptist Associa
tion.
Mrs. Roland Huff, of Conyers,
Mission Study chiarman for the
Stone Mountain Association, will
lead in a discussion and study, the
subject being “These Things Re
main.”
Famous Jumper Is
Against Drinking
“Liquor does not go with para
chute jumping,” declared George
I Hopkins who was recently strand
ed on Devil’s Tower, near Sun
rl-nce, Wyoming, for six days, a*
reported by the Rapid City (S. D )
"Daily Journal,” in an interview
with this famous flyer after that
hazardous experience whicn at
tracted nation-wide attention aid
assistance.
With mistaken intentions ol
kindness, those who dropped sup
P^es t him included a half-pmt
1)1 which he had not re
j quested. In explaining why it waa
brougM dfwn Wlth hlm from hi ,
pinnacle untouched, the youth as
serted, “I don't drink,” and gave
this reason why.