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By THF. OFFICE BOY
Gosh! Ye Office Boy is
so many Grand-Grand-Babies
dors not know what to do
. .
seems only yesterday Mary
was just a tiny little Girl,
H'gh-School-College and
along came that Hal
. . . and yes, man! He
right off with her! Hal had
a courteous smile that we
loved him . . . and now Mr.
Mrs. Hal Marchman think
DAY THE THIRTEENTH is
lucky day . . . instead they
if is for jt brought Margaret
Marchman along to brighten
home . . . she weighed just
fraction under nine pounds
arrival ... and NINE seems
have a very important place
her life too . . . and what a LIFE
she will have ... for there
NINE doting grandparents . .
think of nine grandparents . .
We do not know of another
who can boast of nine to
them: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mathis,
Covington; Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Marchman Sr., Greensboro; Great
Grand-parents Mrs.
Mathis, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Marchman,
Greensboro and Mr. and Mrs. E.
B. Oxford, of Rutledge. Well, Con
gratulations, we say and
wishes . . . this young lady is
spending a few days at Mary
Black Memorial Hospital, Spart
anburg, S. C., with her mother
just in case f you would like to
drop her a card . . .
Ernest Callaway, Junior, who
is now located at Maxwell Field,
Alabama greatly appreciates the
Red Cross sweater sent him and
says, "For every stitch that went
into it I shall in return try to do
some good deed for my Country.”
Newton County ladies are knitting
sweaters day and night for boys
all over the country and they are
well repaid when such messages
come and we know the boys know
we love and appreciate what they
are doing for us. Ernest tells us
they do not receive any flight
training at Maxwell but drill with
rifles and learn all of the drills
including parades. They have
three classes each day such as
radio code, navigation and math.
' Their ambition is to make
a
physically tit and tlteiHMTjr tra'n
ed soldier of every cadet. Ernest
will soon be ready for Primary
Flight School and we are betting
on his success, and praying for
his safety as we are for each of
the boys in their various lines of
duty . . Bill writes us that he
.
Is homesick! In fact he is so
homesick he does not know what
to do ... he has pulled every
string he knows to get to come
home for a few days . . . but now,
altho his letters are censored, we
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Crop Spoilage In
Newlon County
Can Be Halved
Prevention of waste in food
distribution will be a vital factor
in the effort of Newton county’s
2,727 farm operators and work
ers to achieve their wartime food
production goals, it was indicated
today in a survey by a leading
distributor of Georgia farm pro
duce.
At least half of the estimated
$3.500,000 annually lost from
spoilage and damage to Georgia
fruits and vegetables alone can be
prevented by the use of better
grading, packing and by better
and more direct distribution
methods. Earl R. French, market
ing director for a large produce
buying company, declared in the
survey’s summary. He indicated
that further savings could be real
ized from improved handling of
o’ther Georgia farm products.
"If Newton county farmers,
working with distributors, cut by
half the average 10 to 12 per
of fruit and vegetable shipments
lost through damage and spoilage,
they will have achieved the equiv
Continued on Page Seven
Newton Soldier
Sets Jump Record
Pvt. Charlie Mask, and three
other qualified parachute jump
ers of the 503 Parachute Inf., last
week set a new record for para
chute jumping when they bailed
out four times in 55 minutes.
The old record was three jumps
in two hours flat ar.d the jump
by Pvt. Mask and his
lowered this figure by a
margin.
Pvt. Ma.-k is a former
of Covington, but has been
the army since chatted n
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DRAFT LOTTERY I ECID" 5JATIIS OF 995 HERE
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Forty-Four Parking Cases A re Dismissed
i ! MONEY IS REFUNDED TO THOSE WHO
HAD POSTED BONDS; CARS NOW
t TAGGED AT TWO-HOUR INTERVALS
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R. Aikman, West Chester, Pa.,
might well be "Bob Feller of the
Marine Corps.” Using a combi
nation of the shot-putter’s and
baseball pitcher’s techniques, he
hurled the regulation 21-ounce
fragmentation grenade 227 feet 9
inches, exceeding the official
published record by more than
five yards.
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I 1 Grand Jury Names
Three For School
Board Vacancies
The Newton County Grand Jury
for the March term of Superior
Court, in presentments filed
yesterday, recommended that
three members of the County
Board of Education, whose terms
have expired, be appointed for
another full term. The Board
members were: J. H. Anderson,
W. B. Corey and M. R, Elling
ton.
The Grand Jury also recom
mended that licenses be levied
against dance halls and
j houses operating in the County,
I statirfg that it was called to the
Jury’s attention that there was a
“serious disregard for law and
order taking place” in silch places,
The Jury commended the Court
bailiff, the sheriff, and other
county officers, as well as offic
ials of the Court.
The full text of the present
(ments is as follows:
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
MARCH TERM 1942
We, the Grand Jury, drawn and
sworn for the March Term of
Newton Superior Court, beg to
submit the following present
ments:
The various committees ap
pointed to inspect the affairs and
assets of the county have all re
ported. They find all Rems in
good order to the best of their
knowledge.
We recommend the appointment
of the following a s Ex Officio
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Warn Flyers
DAISIES
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TROf^ CNEMV EARS
Posters like this one have made
their appearance at Ellington
Field, Tex., counseling caution
agaizist giving information that
may prove of value to the
1 enemy.
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New Methods Of Apply
ing Parking Restrictions
On Streets Proving More
Satisfactory.
Forty-four traffic cases, result
ing from Covington's recently en
forced one-hour parking limit,
were dismissed in City Court last
Monday morning after it had be
come evident that the public was
not fully acquainted with the pro
visions of the ordinance and that
the measure as enacted was too
stringent.
Cash bonds that bad been post
ed by eitizens electing to forfeit
the bond rather than stand trial
were refunded and Covington’s
motoring public, merchants and
others breathed easier.
The first week’s enforcement
brought forth sharp protests from
citizens and visitors and public
sentiment was, without question,
against parking restrictions.
This week members of the
City’s police force began tagging
cars on a two-hour basis qnd as
a result only four court summons
i had been issued up to the time
thp NEWS went to press.
It was also understood, from
unofficial sources, believed to be
reliable, that out-of-town cars
would be given due consideration
and not penalized for parking
overtime unless the violations was
taken to the extreme.
I~£r These measures greatly lessen
fn" the future along these Rnes.
Agricultural News
Given Bv New»on
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Most of the grain has shown
a very good growth during the
past few days. Farmers should
keep in mind that if oats are cut
for hay with a mower that the
acreage will count toward the 25
per cent requirement of erosion
resisting crops. If there is volun
tary lespedeza or lespedeza is
seeded this year the acreage will
also count on this requirement.
Peanuts will also meet the 25
per cent requirement if followed
in the fall by small grain, other
than wheat, or any winter legume.
Only one half of the requirement
. ^an be met vith peanuts even
(though you plant a large acreage,
For example, a farmer with 40
i acres of cropland must have 10
acres in erosion resisting crops.
If this farmer planted 5 or 7
acres to peanuts he would need
5 acres in other erosion resist
ing crops. If he had 2 acres in
peanuts he Would need 8 acres
. . resisting ...
in erosion crops.
We were advised , . j yesterday that ,
the 20 cent . superphosphate , , ,
per
j would probably be shipped within
j the rival next will few be days mailed Notices each person of, ar
: that has made request as soon as
it reaches here. This material
must be secured at once in order
to avoid the payment of demurr
] j age- Last farmer* in
year many
I | Newton County earned very little
of their soil-building alowance
under the AAA program, This
year the community committee
i men are being asked to aid the
county in earning full payment
and to advise and encourage the
farmers in their community to
earn full payments. We need to
State To Liberate
Fish In City Lake
Newton County anglers receiv
ed an unexpected break this we»k,
with the announcement that the
State Department of Wildlife was
liberating 100,500 fish in the Conn
ty.
Part of this number will be
turned into the recently compiei
ed City Reservoir and the remain
der will be distributed in 13 pr V*
atelv owned ponds in various «•' t
tons of the Couunty.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Australia Gets -Set For Japs
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F. landed in Australia to take over the supreme command of
United Nations, he found that preparations had long been made
t against the Jap invasion. Miles of barbed wire had been strung along
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S information Sf MacXrlhur s arrival and of the atmal
| of American troops “in considerable numbers’, this week held
a promise of eventual offensive action against Japan, as Japanese
! vasion forces still hesitate to risk a direct assault.
COUNTY-WIDE FARMER'S MEETING IS
PLANNED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
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Benefits Totaling
$844 Paid Workers
In Newton County
Benefits amounting to $844.00
were paid ro Newton county
wor kers under the State Unem
p ] 0 ymtnt Compensation law in
February, y’ Commissioner of Labor
g en Huiet has announced,
Number of checks issued was re
ported at 110.
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5487,819.20,^ a slight decrease as
mon but t , tvvlce U, aR , , la 6 rge P as revmus pay
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m< X , ,’ n Ft-bnjar y of 1941.
e ? P ! heavy payments ac
counted for , m a slight rise in the
average size of , weekly , , . benefit ...
checks, , . the .. volume . of , unemploy- ,
men t, as measured by claim, filed
hy unemp]oyed workerS) dropped
8utatantja j, over the
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State Guard Units
j Will Shoot Sunday
[ The regular Thursday night
drill period for Unit No. 59 of
Georgia State Guard, has
postponed for this week,
j ing to an announcement made
(Lieutenant P. W. Pratt, com
manding officer of the Unit.
Lieutenant Pratt said that
No. 59 would meet With the
c mmanded by Lieutenant N
Turner at the County Court
Sunday afternoon at 3:15 p.
plans having been made for
two units to go to the rifle
near Rainbow Lake
Nicessary arrangements
e n made for target practice
keen competition expected
tween the men of the two units,
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942 .
To Start At 1:30 P. M.
In Court House; Special
Radio Program Will Be
Heard At 2 P, M.
A county-wide mass meeting of
farmers, business men, and State
and Federal Agricultural work
ers will be held in the Newton
County courthouse Saturday, at
1:30 p. m.
This meeting is to be under
the auspices of Newt.n County
Agricultural Council.
A radio will be set up in the
(courthouse to receive » program
(which will be broadcast over
ladi ° statlon WSB in Atlanta,
from 2:00 p . to 2:30 p m„
by members of the Georgia State
Agricultural Council.
[the j Robert Strickland, Chairman of
State Council will discuss
.. why the Agricultural Councils
Continued on Page Seven
I India Devotes Resources to War
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Mobilizing her might for war, India works oveitirne to mechanize
her army. An assembly brie in the railway >hop turns out armored
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AUTO QUOTA FOR
NEWTON COUNTY
IS 11 VEHICLES
Certificates Issued By
Board For Purchasing
Forty Tires, 37 Tubes
And Nine Retreads.
The Newton County Tire Ra
tioning Board yesterday reported
issuance of certificates to purchase
a total of 4!) tires and .37 tubes
for all classes of vehicles during
the first 17 days of March,
The Board also announced that
the quota of passenger cars allot
ed to Newton County for the
period between March 2 and May
31 as 11 and added that, to date
no certificates had been issued for
the purchasing of a new vehicle,
A survey of the Board's activ
ities revealed that certificates
hav e been issued for the purchas
ing of nine tires and five tubes
for passenger cars and motor
cycles. The March quota for tires
and tubes in this classification
was given as 14 tires, 12 tubes
and no recapped or retreaded
tires.
Persons receiving certificates
to purchase tires and tubes for
passenger car* was as folows: Dr.
J. B. Mitchell, Jr., four tires and
four tubes; Dr. J. R. Sams, one
tire; Slate Highway, one tube; D.
W. Loyd, two tires, and Ike
Lackey – Sons, two tires.
Eleven obsolete tires and six
tubes were purchased in the
county, certificates being issued
cheney> „ne tube; J. E.
tw0 lires and one tubc; Miss
Hera lion, four tires, and
Lizzie Hill, two tires and
tubes.
Twenty new tire certificates
were issued for trucks and busses,
as were 28 certificates fo r tubes
and nine for recapped or retread
ed tires. Thp monthly quota for
this classification was 28 tires, 32
tubes and 12 retreads and recaps,
Certificates were issued to the
following: Lewis WhlsnanV one
tire and one tube; L. IJ. Pritch
ett, two lires and two tubes; V.
C. Ellington Co one tire and
one tube; J. F. La/.enby one
tractor tire and one tube; G. H.
Dobbs, two tires and one tube;
Atlantic Ice and Coal Co., two
tubes; T. Nelson, three tires
and three tubes for soil tilling
machine; Bibb Manufacturing
Company, five tires and five
tubes; Robert Stanton, three tires
for soil tilling machine; South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Co., one tire and one tube; J. L.
Bush, one tire and four tubes,
and State Highway Camp No. 14,
thrie tires and two tubes.
Retreaded or recapped certifi
cates were issued as follows: Nehi
Bottling Company, three ;tire*
Henry Odum, Jr., two tires; David
Hinton, one tire; Snapping Shoals
Electric Membership Corp„ one
tire, arid S. W Dial, two tires.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
5c SINGLE COPY
ROGER WILLIAM REGAN, OF ROUTE 4,
IS GIVEN ORDER NUMBER ONE IN
THIRD SELECTED SERVICE LOTTERY
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; Charles N. Elliott
Is List In Current
Who's Who Volume
j ! There’s number of names
a new
in ,hp 1942-43 edition of
people of Covington. It is
name of a Covingt n High
graduate, who after finishing
>rge, carved himself a name
his outstanding work in the
of conservation,
Charles N. Elliott, son or Mr.
and Mrs. J, L. Elliott, Church
Street residents, is the Covington
boy and the listing of hi* name
came a* a result of his writings
and other conservation work.
H e is the author of "Conserva
tion of American Resources,”
published in 1940 and other writ
ings on similar subjects, Mr.
Elliott, left. Georgia this past year
to work with the United States
Continued on Page Seven
Kudzu In County
Should Yield Big
Crop Knight Says
Comparing neglected -lands of
kudzu to uncollected supplies of
scrap metal on the farm J. ” (
Knight, Work Unit Conservation- ;
1st, and member of the County
War Board, said today that brlng
Ing this kudzu into production is j
as important in the lood-for
Freedom program a« the col lee- !
tion of scrap metal i* for the i
production of arm*
In the Food-for-Freedom pro
gram, Secretary Wlckard has call
*d for the production of 10 bill- !
ion pound* more milk this year
than was produced in 1941. A
plentiful supply of hay and graz
farrriers to meet this goal, just as
thousands of ton* of scrap metal
will be needed to produce planes,
tanks, gun* and ships.
Mr. Knight estimates that there
are some 275 or 200 acres of
kudzu in Newton county which i
would yield from one to two ton ;
Continued on Page Seven
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P. T. A. Sponsoring
Spiritual Drama
“Heaven Bound,” a spiritual !
dram, will be based presented on Negro tomorrow spirituals, night j
in the Covington High School
gymnasium, according to an an
nouncement made this week.
8:30 The o’clock drama will and be is presented under the at j
sponsorship Association of the the Pari Covington nt-Teach- j
ers of
Schools. One hundred fifty voices j
wilj be heard, many of them be
mg Negro hocl children of the
City Negio i–hools. 1
NUMBER 12
Men Now In Class 3-A
Now Have Opportunity
To Attend Training
School For Officers.
Roger William Reagan, Newfon
County resident of Route 2, was"
the man holding serial number
441 in the third national draft
lottery, held Tuesday in Wash
intgon, D. C., and having drawn
this number has been given Order
Number One hv the Newton Coun
ty Selective Service Board.
Tuesday lottery, the third under
the Selective Service Act and the
first since Pearl Harbor, determ
ined the positions of 9,000.00(1
nien who registered in the third
registration.
Other Newton County men
holding the first five order num
bers are as follows;
Warren E. Stillwell, Covington^
No. 2; William Cole Usher, O^s
ford, No. 3; Odell Farrow, Porter*
dale, No. 4; I«eroy Penn, Coving
ton, No. 5; and Lee Burrell Har
well, also of Covington, No. fi.
A total of 995 Newton County
men registered for possible serv
ice and within the next few weeks
will receive questionnaires to de
termine their exact status.
Regarding men who were prev
iously registered, the Raard this
i week announced a plan whereby
they might enter the army as
officers after necessary training.
wise eligible for military service,
volunteering f. r officer candidate
framing will be inducted into the
Army through the local board,
Continued on Page Seven
Defense Courses
Now Underway For
Newfon County
The Civilian Defense program
In Newton County moved forward
this wepk with the opening of *
general course in defense meas
ure* at Porterdale thi* paet. Mon
day morning and the announce
ment of a first aid Instructors
course to begin on March 30.
The course that started thie
paat Monday is being instructed
by W, E Lee, trooper of the Geor
gia State Patrol with headquar
ters at Madison. The sessions are
being held In the gymnasium st
Porterdale on Monday, Wedcesday
and Friday of each week, with ,
one Hcsaion from 10 to 12 A. M.
on Monday; a session from 5 to 7
p, m. on Wednesday, and two ness
i 0 n» on Friday at the mine hour*.
Approximately 150 persona have
enrolled for the course which will
for about four weeks, 13
fill hours being required for cona
pletion.
Subjects covered are; funetion
' n k the local defense groups;
warning systems, blackout., eon
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Boy Scout Group
To Meet Tuesday
'Hie Newton County District,
Bo F Scout s 0( America, will meet
m Covingtf n next Tuesday, at
Items scheduled lor discussion
include the Scout Rally in Macon
on April lfi, the Rt gloria! Insti
tute in Athens on March 27-28,
plans for obtaining the objective
of 84 new Scouts during 1942.
report from the finance campaign
eommutee, and progress in se
curing Scout advancements.
Members of the district com
mittee include C. L. Harwell, Ox
ford; Kenneth Harris, H. W. Pitt
man, E. G. Sprayberry, Porter
dale, J. T. McKay, John Tucker,
J. I. Alford, Henry B. Floyd, Joe
Vason, S. M. Hay, C G. Hender
son, S. J. Morcock, E. B. Davis,
H. L. Rollins, Covington, and J. A.
Kitchens, Mansfield.