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THE CHATTER ♦ v T O X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Locxl .. County .. State -A ^ THE OFFICE BOY Veil, we do not know who Lu »r Fatrick is, but we were just tening over the Radio, and we ar rl a little “Ditty” he wrote ,,“Sleepin' at the Foot of the !C t" We believe we are in the boat with Luther who sez i always looked forward to com ny er cornin’ when he was a i because . . . well ... he knew 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 i ‘ r Hdd a nice telephone conver with Sonny Day this week ^■he |oj* is getting but how to it be surprises such a . . . se e how these youngsters answer the telephone and ^Ktion |you, very you want promptly, right any in- off . . . ^■ontinued ^■at , . . why if Page I had Seven a friend on Young Flyer ' 1 if* K ~ 1 / ■ j wmm ■: :,ii' 1 % I * . s I- i very young man on the fly leslme and chin himself for She (Eofoington -k THIS INDEX PAPER AND TO PROSPERITY IS CIVIC COVINGTON’S PRIDE Tb« CoTinjton Star, £(t. 1874. Oaorgia Enterprisa, E«t. 1864. SEVEN JAP INVA®*” viva* SHIPS BOMBED ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Gov. Talmadge Speaks at Porterdale Celebration ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ 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 Continued on Page Twelve 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 Continued on Page Seven 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 Continued *on^age COVINGTON, GEORGIA Guardian of The Skies ! m Si. IllSiffel):; 1 k sk , T ■■ ’fit:■ : ;v ; i i i Barrage balloons placed at strategic spots along the west coast serve as guardians against enemy aircraft. This one goes aloft “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 Continued on Page Seven 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. Continued on Page Seven NlltritlOII |U. a 4 s .:*: # .a« COUTSe P/mrcA Will Start Friday * 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. ! 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 Continued on Page Seven 1 unifTAM Nf-W flN if) A Al I MTV/ N Y AITITTUf ( I I I / f" N \ IIATCh I Kllll) TA U IVI" VvlMil I VHI*»*«lw V/IVV/WI/ 1 v rAk|T[|J||F CfDAD - ANlI ..... ....... WAxTF . llPI M ., VF r lUmmUL jUyA| ADI/ 1 1 A J I L l/lv! f L U/haf Wttat TO aSVO AllCI A„H UlSpOSal Hicnncal WieinOUS ItfpthnfU 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. InTbattleSs-^nd^ressenU^ civilian uses. Old rags play their ’Jr 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: Continued on Page Seven t Sc SINGLE COPY 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 Continued on Page Seven i General R. J. Travis 1 Forecast Present 1 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 Continued on Page Seven y p 1 J* p Meeting 1 • * * IS 5et For Tuesday regular ___, ^ .. IT ’ 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 t I Rally Speaker I 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, Continued on Page Seven j j flul) TO 1 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 , i -/ 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 Continued on Pagq Seven 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 Continued on Page Seven Desert Queen s ; I •::>V m m ■ : j j mm m j & " // v i i wm >r ■ m v.. . mm 1 1 *Soo wwth S^efeniTe bom* i