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ny er cornin’ when he was a
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the kids would bring along
lie new games and he’d get to
how fat all the old folks had
>wn . . . there would be chick
pie, and custard and all the
apany feed . . . but he knew
was headed for sleepin’ at the
^B ■' how of her proud for they she are is named going
^Bbet.h for her paternal Grand
er and Camilla for her Ma
il Grandmother ... all Cov
! in is wishing both the baby
Iher mother an early return
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Hdd a nice telephone conver
with Sonny Day this week
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answer the telephone and
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Gov. Talmadge Speaks at Porterdale Celebration
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CITIZENS INDIGNANT OVER PARKING LAW
4-SQUARE AND
NIGHT HAWKS
SPONSOR SHOW
Governor Upholds
Views In University
Row; Pledges Support
To Teachers of State
Declaring that he loved the Uni
versity. of Georgia enought to
“correct it’’ when it acted wrongly,
Governor Eugene Talmadge, last
Saturday night spoke to a packed
audience as part of the program,
sponsored by the Four Square
and Night Hawk Clubs of Porter
dale, for the entire community.
Introduced by State Senator R.
Pat Campbell, Governor Talmadge
opened his address by saying that
he was proud of the paved road
between Covington and Porter
dale and that he was equally proud
of the new bridge, now under con
struction in the Village, both of
which he had ordered construct
ed.
He told the audience that all
road building at this time was re
stricted to military roads and that
less gasoline was being sold, thus
reducing taxes and placing a
handicap on further State con
struction.
He recalled the days when the
school teachers of the State were
not being paid and recalled how
his administration had paid the
teachers and placed the State
Board of Education out of debt for
the first time since its organiza
tion.
“While I’m Governor,” he said,
continuing on the same vein, “I
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Newton Farmers
Near Deadline On
Cotton Insurance
Between 10 and 15 percent of
a n c0 tton growers in south Geor
gia signed up for cotton crop in
surance for 1942 before the dead
line last Monday, A. M. Thorn
ton, of Athens, state crop insurance
supervisor, announced this week.
“In Newton County,” Mr. Thorn
ton said, “cotton farmers have
on)y un til the close of business
( COUn ty Agricultural Conserva
tion Association offices) next
Monday, (March 16.) to file ap
p ij ca tions for crop insurance. I’d
]ike to po i nt out, though, that
March 16 is the absolute deadline,
and that no exceptions will be
| made.”
Mr. Thornton estimated that
20 percent or more of the cotton
farmers in north Georgia will tak e
cotton crop insurance this year,
since cotton is their major crop,
“In south Georgia," he pointed
out, “cotton competes with tobac
CO, peanuts, livestock and other
crops. Farmers thus have other
crops to fall back on in the event
of cotton failure. In north Geor
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Rolarians Hear
P'dale Musicians
The regular meeting of the Ro
tary Club was held Tuesday noon
T the Delanev Hotel with Pres
ident W. C. MeGahee in
On the best attendance in many
months was reported by Secretary
viptphpr Dudlev
'the The meeting' was opened with
Slyer sene “America” followed by
led by Charies Forester
President MeGahee then introduc
ed tum honor students at the Cov
ineton High student./'Marv Schoo 1 They were
ninth grade Swann
■ nd Rav r ovd cSh^ Clients aSeX from the
Monroe ^ Rotarv the
eeting were' Earl Bromide, John
over to Kenneth Harm and Don
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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“somewhere in California.”
RADIO PROGRAM IS TRANSCRIBED AT
PORTERDALE; GOES ON AIR MAY 9TH
Music Organizations;
Prominent Speakers
Have Parts On Show In
Gym At Porterdale
A record dumber of Newton
County citizens were on hand*
Tuesday night when Radio Sta
tion WSB, of Atlanta, transcribed
a 30 -minute “Salute To Newton
County,” part of a weekly series
Preceeding the actual transcript
ion, an array of musical talent,
representing every section of the
County, was presented, staff
members of WSB, selecting the
parts that were best suited to the
transcription. Following this part
of the program, the actual making
of transcription records was car
ried on at the gymnasium in Por
terdale, where the program was
held.
Newton County citizens, as well
as those through-out the entire
southeast will have an’ opportuni
ty to hear the transcribed pro
gram when it goes on. the air from
W SB at 6:30 0 ' c lock, Saturday,
May 9.
The actual program that will
go on the air opened with the sing
ing of “America” by 600 Porter
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Agricultural News
Given By Newton
County Farm Agent |
I Many farmers have asked me I
dur ing the past week about the
j effect planting peanuts this year*
will have on their cotton allot
; ment> Plant ing peanuts this year
wjll not change the cotton aUot .
men t ' an anv way either in 1942
1943 or following year . If you
intend to p]ant pe anuts please
mail in the card that you received
a few* days ago indicating the
number of acres you will plant.
Kudzu plants can still be de
livered to your farm at $3.25 per
500. This will plant about one
acre and the payment per acre is
$4.50. -Jj Of course 200 pounds of
mn - t Up a noli pH ner acre but
vou set a payment for the use df
‘the acid. If you wish to get some
kudzu plants contact me or J. P.
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NlltritlOII |U. a 4 s .:*: # .a« COUTSe P/mrcA
Will Start Friday
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The first meeting of a Red
Cross Nutrition Class will be held
in the County Court Room, to
morrow afternoon at 4:30 o’clock,
Mrs. Homer Cook announced this
; week. i
Plans for the following sessions
will be made at this time. Miss
Eddye Ro*s. County Home Dem
Bush ! t h^Cou^
|ty.
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Draft Cards Are
Numbered Here
For Tues. Lottery
Shuffling of registration cards
Newton County citizens be
* w ’ een 20 and 45 years of age,
'' bo le gi stere d for selective service
last month ’ was held this week
by the Newton County Selective
Service „ Board, „ , in . preparation ,. for
the third national draft lottery,
next Tuesday.
Local board officials picked the
registration cards from the stacks
one by one and gave them con
secutive serial numbers.
The order in which 9000 serial
numbers in Washington are drawn
on the day of the lottery will then
determine the order in which a
man will be called up for classi
fication or selection. Draft offi
cials already have announced that
the new group of registrants will
not be inducted until the list of
men registered during the first
two registrations is exhausted.
The County Selective Service
Board this week, also enlisted the
aid of citizens in the County to
correct a false impression regard
ing registrants who are serving
with the local unit of the Home
Guards and some taking part in
civilian defense activities.
Some young men in the County
are under the impression that ser
vice with the Home Guards, or
with a civilian defense branch
would defer their being drafted
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ArG EXDlaillGd ** Bv * Sfllvag© Chairman
Newton County citizens, this
week, were urged to continue the
savir >g of scrap and waste matftr
ial in order that ever y P ound ° f
discarded paper, rags, metal and
rubber may be returned to indus
channels to be used in the
war e U°rts of the Nation.
Mrs. Emmett Rogers, chairman
of the Newton County Salvage
Committee, pointed out that these
materials are essential to war pro
duction. Scrap metal is used in
manufacturing guns, planes, tanks
and ships that are so vitally need
ed for victory, while waste paper
finds numerous uses as new paper
board to ship munitions, clothing
and food for America’s fighting
men at home and overseas.
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civilian uses. Old rags play their
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1942
ONE-HOUR ORDINANCE HIT ON
All SIDES; LAW IS CONDEMNED AS
"FOOLISH AND WITHOUT PURPOSE-
Army Promotions
Are Announced For
Three Newton Men
Three Newton County men,
serving with the United States
i Army, have been recently pro
moted to higher ranks, one being
l made first lieutenant, another
gaining a majorship and the third
being promoted to sergeant, ac
cording to information received
here.
News has reached Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Drennon of Porterdale of
the promotion of their son, C. B.
Drennon, Jr., to the rank of ma
jor in the U. S. Army.
Major Drennon was one of the
lieutenants called immediately
after the United States decided
to prepare for war. Since that
time he has served in different
capacities in the Army.
Charles A. Cannon, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cannon,
this city, has been promoted
the rank of first lieutenant,
change being effective
1,\according to special order
44, issued by the War
Lt. Cannon has been
assigned to the 3rd Armored Di
vision, pending the formation and
activation of a new armored di
vision.
I Sergeant Ralph L. Jones, also
serving with the 3rd Armored Di
, vision, one of Ltncle Sam’s pan-
1 unitg , was recently promoted
from the rank of Corporal, it was
announced by Col. W. L. Roberts,
j commanding officer,
Sergeant Jones is the son of
M r. and Mrs . L . R . j on es, res i
den ts of oxford.
| Club Members In
4-H Quiz Program
j Members of the Newton County
j 4 _ H club participated in the reg
ular Saturday iporning 4-H Club
Quiz program over WSB. Satur
day, March 7, along with Miss
Eddye Ross, Home Demonstration
Agent, and J. W. Scoggins, New
ton County Agricultural Agent.
Taking part in the popular Sat
urday morning show were James
Skinner, Hazel Moon. John Marks,
Hazel Kelly, Betty Edwards, Al
lene Capes and Dorothy Lassiter.
Miss Emmie Nelson, Assistant
State 4-H Club Director, aided
WSB Farm Director, Bill Prance
in handling the program.
j part as needed materials for emer
gency buildings, for wiping rags
tor war industries and as rework
ed textil “
Mrs. Rogers pointed . - , ou that thnt
the homes in Newdon County are
rich mines for all these materials,
every home, having at j casl a
limited amount of these vital sup
plies. Salvage work of this kind
gives every citizen in the com
mumty an opportunity to help
turn out weapons that can give
the only answer to the treachery
at Pearl Harbor.
“It is.” the chairman said, a
long task. The Salvage for Victory
program is not a campaign. It must
be a continuing program because
we will needmoreandmorema
'.Included 'are the following terns:
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New Regulations Prove
Unpopular To Public,
Merchants Of City
And To Visitors
Covington citizens this week
displayed indignant wrath as
members of the City Police De
partment, enforcing an ordinance
passed by the City Council, start
ed “tagging” cars on the Square
and adjacent streets for exceeding
the parking limit, placed by the
Council at one hour.
On every street corner, in every
business establishment and along
the streets, the principal topic of
conversation was the “new park
ing law”, and while a minority,
that is to say, a very small min
ority, said that the law was “all
right”, the consensus of
was that the parking ordinance
was a “foolish piece of legislation,
serving no practical purpose”, and
that the sooner it was taken from
the book, the better it would be
for the City of Covington, the
merchants of the City, the citizens
and the people from rural areas
Uiat trade in the City.
Passed shortly after the first of
the year, the ordinance limits the
parking on the outer edges of the
Square and along the streets lead
ing from the Square for one block.
Prior to this time there was no
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i General R. J. Travis
1 Forecast Present
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i War 10 Years Ago
“Today the dark shadow of
crisis rises on the Western hori
zon of the Pacific.” Those‘words
might have been spoken just a
ago,
ly they date back more than ten
years, spoken by General Robert J.
Travis, brother of Dr. W. D. Trav
is, health officer for the City of
Covington and for Newton Coun
ty.
It was, in fact, February, 1932,
when the Savannah Morning
News asked General Travis to
write a series of articles on inter
national affairs, which were pub
lished at that time. The above
quotation is taken from one of that
series and while it* proved fact
ually correct 10 years later, it
marked the General as an alarm
j$t at that time.
The full story of how the proph
ecy e ame to be written and other
information about General Travis
j s given below in a recent article
from the same paper. 1
"The Morning News is probab
!y <he firSt ne "' spa P er to havp
P ublished a d ' rect Prophecy u as to
Japan’s future course and the dl
rect danger to the United State*.
In February, 1932, ten years ago.
tiie paper asked General Robert
J - Travis to write for it a series
° f on internall0nal a£ '
f ai rs w*hich were published on
several successive Sundays.
Japan had entered Manchuria
and the of Nasons had
sent ou t a commission which re
por ted that a state of w*ar had
existed since February 3.
Trotsky had announced: “Any
deslre on he part of the Soviet
government for a conflict with
Japan may j n any case be abso
j u j e i_ v excluded.
He frankly added that due to
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y p 1 J* p Meeting 1 • * * IS
5et For Tuesday
regular ___, ^ .. IT
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D. C. will be d , >
e nex s
atti on at 4 P. M.
r y . accordingMj an announcement
ma ^ t J w ® ek t C0lrnliU ee are
J S. Gardner and Mrs. l*wis
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Rally Speaker
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GOV. EUGENE TALMADGE
who spoke at Porterdale last Sat
urday night as part of a patriotic
community rally sponsored by
the Four Square and Night Hawks
Clubs. A record crowd turned out
to hear the Governor.
Grand Jurors Are
Drawn For March
Superior Court
The names of 30 Newton
citizens were announced this
as having been drawn to serve
the Grand Jury for the
term of Newton County
Court. The names of 50 men
will serve as traverse jurors
announced at the same time.
The list of Grand Jurors
the following names:
Paul J. Roquemore, F. B.
W. B. Hurst, C. D. Barnett,
T. Cook, J. B. Weaver. N. S.
er, E. M. Sigman, R. W.
A. R. Perkins, V. G. Downs, J.
Spears, W. C. Mathis, J. S.
Sr„ Fred W. Greer, J. Z. Al
Paul Hardeman, W. P.
P. T. Dyer, James P. Ben-
J. O. Adams, W. L. Montgom
e O*- W. Pitts Robertson, L. N.
Webb, E. F. Cooper, W. A. Owens,
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Hear Dr. R. M. Paly
The Covington Kiwanis Club at
its Thursday luncheon meeting
will hear Mrs. R. M. Paty of Port
erdale, who with her husband, Dr.
R. M. Paty, spent many years on
the Mission fields in^China.
Mrs. Paty through long associa
tion with the Oriental Peoples has
a penetrating understanding of
their national and individual
traits. Her remarks are expected
j to show* to Kiwanians what the
United Nations have in the Chin
ese people as allies and in the
Japanese people as enemies,
SecretaryC.LeeHarwell.edit
j or of the Kiwanigram. weekly
ne w*s bulletin of the Covington
Kiwanis Club, this week editorial
ly defends the public against the
charge of smug complacency,
While admitting that there re
ma ; ns a degree of inactivity among
our citizens. Mr. Harwell implies
j that the public merely reflects
: t he spirit and concern of its lead
| ership, or is waiting intelligent
direc ting.
“We believe”, w*rites Mr. Har
well « that the complacent self
..^ 3 ^ attitude is more eharac
teristic of those upon whose shoul
derg falls the respons ibility of
leadership.”
Part of Kiwanian Harwell’s ed
itorial is as follows:
• “Many things have been written
and said about a complacent, self
satisfied American People. The
Dictators of the totalitarian states
frequently hurled the charge
that we ^ajejadent decadent peoole
■ weather the storm of a war.
Wak '
ening us ftom our lethargy. u
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NUMBER 11
THREE WAVES OF
RAAF BOMBERS
POUND JAP FLEET
Battle For Australian
Approaches Raging In
Full Fury; Jap’s Next
Move Is Disclosed
Australian bombers struck
smashing blows at Japanese war
ships yesterday and claimed to
have sunk or damaged at least
seven, but unofficial reports said
the enemy’s great invasion-bent
convoys continued moving toward
their eventual jumping-off bases
in New Guinea.
It seemed clear that the battle
for the approaches to Australia
was now raging in full fury.
Hitting their hardest blows o£
the war on the gathering Jap
anese invasion armada, Austral
ian airmen were reported to have
sunk at least two ships and left
five others beached, battered and
burned.
Three waves of RAF bombers
pounded the Japanese fleet Tues
day and the aerial counterblows
were continuing Wednesday.
But even as the air arm con
tinued its running counteroffens
ive action a large new Japanese
convoy was reported heading for
Port Moresby on the Southern
New Guinea coast, in an area only
300 miles from Cape York on the
mainland.
It was said that the Govern
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Good Management
Is Homemaker's
Chief War Rule
Miss Eddye Ross, Newton Coun
ty Home Demonstration Agent, in
a patriotic yet practical appeal to
the home-makers in Newton Coun
ty, lists seven things they can do
as their part for Victory. They
are:
1. Raise food you live on a
farm cy have a no. >od piece of
ground for a garden. Save every
thing you raise to use fresh, store
and can. Do not waste food in
thick peelings, by carelessly burn
ing food, or letting food spoil.
Save all fats, and use fats that
cannot be eaten for making soap.
2. Do your own sewing. Make
over old clothes and save all scraps
as they may be used for bed quilts,
quilted house coats, pillows and
draperies. ■
3. Fix over old furniture in
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