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■Thrilled our readers will be to
I Imberland from “Elizabeth Gray”, 72
Road Bromley-Kent!
I have , from time to time,
|. luis 0U gh the and generosity Mrs. Morehouse, of Mrs.
Bolton j
her letters from far away
^^gland . • . We have spent anx
B ■ ' moments when we did not
r the letter received was j
s', B t ed February , . 5th, and was writ
tn Mr. Bolton: "Dorothy’s
■ristmas letter has just been de
“ i ere d and she tells me you have
t had my letter, thanking you
I f • your great kindness in sending
Hjmlnf, m your “present." Oddly, this
as I was making the
|p, I always glance at the old pa
I was using and saw a notice
pe mail being lost, about the time
■wrote you. I have been rather
Jucky with going some of my and letters also
■mg lost over,
from the other side. Last
co ylr sent ham, for
a friend us a
■as. but it. fed the fish instead
■ us. I was upset, because we
■ l t get ham and I could just
■te it, in anticipation and almost
™ gXll it cooking. This packages year we’ve of
beta luckier and our
foi have arrived safely. They are
“ peat. -\” (Your Office Boy adds
a KNOW UNCLE
lie that we
■ M is responsible for this, and
K Ink happy we are! We often
| of how she read the Coving
yews Grocery ads and longed
foi some of the items she saw ad
Btisfd and how' we ached to get
gone OVER THERE to her). "It
really was most kind of you to
think of me, and I’m sorry you
Hen’t had my letter. My pres
ent has come in handy, because
Bes have gone up amazingly,
and as you may know army pay
isn't very much on this side of the
We have been having quite
|pdl of wintry weather, even to
w. When one has a warm
| hot cjtra! se its not so bad, but with to keep no
heating, its a job
thl house warm. But Spring is
Bung, with warmer weather, cold I |
fcfte. Last year we hacf a
gjl;> while the fruit trees were in
bmsom, and of course it cut down
th| usual quantity of stand Here’s bys’
H<ng lik* apples and plums.
it doesn’t happen thiB year,
■ do need the fruit, as our range
■vegetables and fruits are lim
iti edjf in the winter. I often wonder
you have met any of the boys,
training school (aviation)
do§ n your way. I heard them on
the radio on Sunday. There was
an article about them in one of
the magazines. Certainly the peo
ple of the South have been most
kind to the British boys, and I’m
they will come home with a
■>:, corner in their hearts for
thl South. If 1 had known Harold
WO# d eventually join the Army, I
J§alnly would have taken Doro
thy offer of the house instead of
befog left on my own here. But
th# 1 it is, you think you are do
ing ’he right, for all, and lt turns
out to be the wrong decision. We
havi not had any raids though for
so bng, although they still have
th«i in other parts of the country.
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i wanians Plan
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r Fun Program
4 kfl 1 ' ( <’ ington Kiwanis Club at
^■irn-heon gB ' 'L’ gi«is meeting today will re
j of fun and revelry
B 11 rr.'prtainment featuring All
The program is to
hB'“ games, tricks, stunts,
and other means of relax
■ –n<i merriment.
le Program is to be in charge
' p ^ ason Chairman of the Pro
.
# Committee.
(: f Friday and Sunday of this
| the Kiwanis Club will serve
^^H°’ ^■and s P°nsors other civic with the Rotary
groups to ob
the Passion Week.
■ Friday afternoon at
c 1 K all businesses will close for
tile to join with the citizens
Of community in open-air
■ an
ram on the square in observ
■ of National Brotherhood Day.
^■ ^■mmittee ,f 'ts of the headed Covington by the church- three
be in charge of the pro
H Faster Morning at eight
°’ c *k the S
c zenr are to gather
a ? ail on the
^■ Oi uare to observe the
rrfl <'tlon a.v with
1: ®fP r Priate to a program
the day ancf theme,
service is sponsored jointly
kiwanis Club and the Cov
m fa Music Club.
special music for the^oc
Cnvi. V Vl11 be f urr >i9hed by \he
0,1 Music Club and khe
forte 0xford Band The Q»v
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Umc Club wil1 Provide two
sceci orjL , ~ ? ter anth
r*2 ems. The Em
llll ° rd Ba nd. under the di
p] a »f'] " f tbe ( ’ 0 dry Oesterman, will
ihute two Sroup singing and
p Public special selections,
i°f is urged to attend
these services.
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“BROTHERHOOD” SERVHULHERE TOMORROW
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Allied Fliers Smash Planes
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Jap Invasion Fringe Is
Blasted In Almost Non
Stop Attack By Allied
Airmen.
United States and Australian
fliers, smashing virtually nonstop
at Japan's invasion fringe in the
islands above Australia, hammered
again Wednesday at Salamaua,
New Guinea.
A communique said that the
airdrome was the raiders’ target
and jjjts were score( j on
runw r ay.
This continuation of the aerial
offensive by Australia's defenders
followed two days of blows in
w'hich. Prime Minister John Cur
tin announced, three enemy planes
W'ere destroyed, 10 probably de
stroyed and five—including four
flying boats machine-gunned at
Koepang, Dutch Timor—were dam
aged—a total of 18 aircraft put
out of action.
All these attacks were made
without loss to the United Na
tions’ air forces.
There was growing optimism
among Australian observers that
the Japanese now can be held off
in New Guinea although they
were cautious not to over-empha
g j Ze the enemy's withdrawal from
the inundated Markham Valley,
Nevertheless, they said, the
withdrawal means that Japan's
hold now is confined to the nar
row coastal strip where her po
sition may be made precarious,
The vital point, is that the Jap
anese now cannot disperse their
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Dr. R. A. Forrest
Will Speak Here
On Memorial Day
The Covington Chapter of
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy announced this week that Dr.
R. A. Forrest, President of Toccoa
Falls Institute, and minister of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Toccoa, will give the Memorial Day’
address here, Friday April 24, at
the First Methodist Church.
Dr. Forrest, a dynamic speaker,
has lectured and preached in al
most every country in the world,
It was in a western city that
his ability and power in presenting
the gospel messages of Jesus
Christ attracted the attention of
Mr. R. G. Le Tourneau. They both
believe in putting, "First Things.
First”, therefore, a close friend
shi)l developed, and Dr. Forrest be
came instrumental in bringing to
the State of Georgia the outstand
ing Christian and great industrial
ist, Mr. R. G. Le Tourneau. Thriugh
this cooperation and work the
mountain boys and girls are being
given a wonderful chance to go out
into the world as intelligent, use
ful Christian citizens.
Boy Scout Council
Wins Three Awards
The Central Georgia Council,
Boy Scouts of America, was
signally honored at the Regional
Institute in Athens on Saturday
night, when three of the six
awards given on the basis of
membership gain were presented
to representatives of the council,
There are 36 Councils in Region
Six, including North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida During the last two
months' of 1941 there was com
petition for percentage gain in
Council'^placed 0 Georgia
sewnd for the
whole region, although having a
greater numerical gain than the
winner. in
There was also competition
four divisions, according to geo
graphical location in four groups
according to membership at the
start of file contest, and in Club
membership increase for
group. Central Georgia Council
won the Dr. Herman L Turner
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fully decorated 300-pound presents for you know whose baskets.
Flyers at the world’s largest multi-motored flying school hope for a
[ chance to deliver them in person.
j KIWANIS CLUB TO SPONSOR NEWTON
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COUNTY FAT CATTLE SHOW APRIL 13
j Substantial Prizes Will
Be Awarded Winning
j 4H Entries; Contestants
j To Enter Atlanta Show
1 Plans were being formulated
here this week for the annual fat
cattle show, sponsored again this
year by the Covington Kiwanis
Club.
Approximately 25 4-H boys and
girls are expected to have entries
in the show, which will be held on
the East side of the Public Square
has^vln^rJufiion 'A " S f ° r ° W
to t be held on the th Square <5 as it was
last year.
Complete details as to prizes
have not yet been completed but
the sponsors of the show have an
nounced that substantial awards
will be made. The entertainment
program is not fully worked out
j but it is understood that an out
standing speaker, of state-wide
prominence will be secured.
W. S. Rice, extension beef cattle
specialist, and Jones Purcell, agri
cultural agent for the Georgia
Railroad, will judge the entries,
Both men have had wide experi
ence with cattle shows and officials
have stated that more competent
judges could not be found.
The committee arranging the
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NAZARENES GRAVE IS FOUND EMPTY
Spvrnluii on Spreads As Mystery nf Strange Darkness Deepens
CRUCIFIED PROPHET IS REPORTED ALIVE
JERUSALEM. April 6, 29 A. D.
1 —This city to-day is gripped with
violent excitement. The tomb of
the young prophet, crucified and
buried just outside the gates of
this city only four days ago, has
been found empty. The news has
spread like wildfire everywhere,
together with rumors that this
young reformer from Galilee is
alive from the dead.
In spite of the unexplained ef
forts of the authorities to suppress
all news about this bewildering
thing, this reporter has verified
for himself the fact of the empty
tomb. After over-hearing a terri
fied and breathless soldier explain
with almost senseless ejaculations
; how, he went to relieve the
as
i guard at this man’s grave early
j yesterday morning, he found his
fellow-soldiers on guard there
dazed and stupefied and the tomb
j open and empty th.s correspond
ent went immediately to verify
these sensational claims for him
self, as many others since have
done. The- stone, a great, massive
thing which obviously had been
made as secure as possible with
the Roman seal, had indeed been
rolled away from the door of the
1omb
This reporter is frank to state
that he hasn't slept a wink since
COVINGTON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942
Agricultural News
By tkwton
County Farm Agent
Lespedeza is a comparatively
new crop to Newton County farm
ers but it has been widely ac
cepted. Korean or Kobe will do
well in this section of the state.
° ften 1 am asked which kind to
use. I believe that the Korean has
proved a little more satisfactory
as it will stand a drouth more
than Kobe will. Kobe grows up
right and looks better while grow
jng but does not produce as many
seed. The Korean will produce
about as much hay and just as
goo d a quality of hay as the Kobe.
The seed should be sown with
a cyclone seeder followed by a
section harrow. If the seed is to
sown in grain that is to large to
run a harrow over it will be alright
to leave off the harrowing as the
greatest advantage of harrowing
j s to prevent the seed from float
ing or drafting. Lespedeza will
respond well to phosphate and we
s tm hope that the AAA will be
able to supply u? with the 20 per
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the news of this strange event
broke yesterday morning. Person
after person has been interviewed
in earnest attmpt to give our read
ing public every possible angle on
this enigma.
An interview to-day with Aurel
ius Brutus, the same Roman sol
dier who with trembling terror
yesterday morning was telling how
he had found his fellow-guards
dazed and motionless beside the
open grave, brought exactly the
same result as the interviews
with the other two guards—the
identical statement given in words
that one might think had been
rehearsed, ”His disciples came by
night and stole hint away while
we slept.” Continued questioning
brought nothing from either of
the three except the repeated
statement of these same words.
Some light may be thrown on this j
curious right-about-face by the re
port that these guards were yes- |
terday in conference with the chief I
priests and elders, prominent in I
pushing the Galilean's trial and
death on the cross.
Make of it what we will, the evi- ;
dence to-day is unmistakable that
the followers of this Galilean re
Unionist actually believe that he
is alive again! A right-about
face which is startling but of a (
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EXHAUSTED HERE
Certificates Are Issued
For Sale of 72 Tires
Fifty Tubes and Twelve
Retreads.
The entire quota of new tires,
tubes and retread tires allotted to
Newton County was exhausted
■ during the month of March, ac
; cording to a report made by the
Newton County Tire Rationing
| Board.
A total of 72 certificates were
issued for the purchasing of new
tires in the County, 14 being for
passenger vehicles, 30 being obso
lete classifications and 28 being
for trucks and busses. Twelve re
tread certificates were also issued
for truck tires.
Fifty permits were issued for
new' tubes, 12 for passenger cars* j
6 being obsolete and 32 being for
trucks. I
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the following:
tires and one tube; D. W. Loyd,
two tires; State Highway, one
tube; Ike Lackey – Sons, two
tires; P. Wilson, two tires and two
; tubes; H. B. Floyd, one tube; Cov
ington Auto Service, one curing
tube; and Dr. J. H. Fussell, one
tire and two tubes.
Certificates to purchase obsolete
tires were issued to the following:
Sanford Funeral Home, two tires
I and two tubes; George Dickerson,
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1 Veteran tactician and campaign
er Maj.-Gen. Jonathan M. Wain
wright, 58 years old, now leads
U. S.-Philippine forces on Ba
taan. He’s holding the fort for
General MacArthur, who has
promised to return as soon as he
cleans up a little business in j
Australia.
different kind, has come in their
own attitude. An attempted in
terview in the earliest hours of
yesterday with one Simon Peter,
whom this reporter knew to be a
zealous disciple of Jesus of Naz
areth even before his trial, netted
only a few despairing words.
When we confronted him with
the report of the empty tomb, his
great frame shook with emotion,
though the fountain of his tears
seemed long since to have run
dry. “They’re mocking me with
idle tales!” he cried, ’’They're
mocking me! The end of all
things has come! He’s dead! We re
lost! And we had thought that
it was he who should redeem
Israel!”
• All awareness of further ques
tioning apparently faded away
completely behind the glassy
stare of eyes which, it would seem,
were gazing into the bottomless
pit of hopelessness! An interview
with this same man to-day, how
ever, left this correspondent almost
speechless. Still hardly aware of
our questions—though this time
for joy— this man spoke exulting
ly as one possessed body and soul
with an earnestness divine, "The
Lord is risen indeed! He has ap
peared unto me also. God knows
I don t deserve it. But it s just
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Even a slacks-clad vacation in Florida finds Lucy Monroe, whose
singing of the National Anthem has made her famous, in a familiar
pose. She has led hundreds of patriotic meetings throughout the
nation in singing the Star-Spangled Banner.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
TO START HERE
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! Endorsing fully the lead of
erican colleges to toughen
dents, Emory Junior College at
ford yesterday launched an
fied program of physical education.
“We are in this war to win,”
commented Proefssor E. J. Brown,
director of athletics at Emory.
"We are determined to turn out
students who are not only mental
ly keen but tough enough physical
ly to stand the strain of modern
army life.”
As in the past, every student at
Emory is required to participate
in some form of athletics. T>e
war, however, has injected a new
spirit into the program of sports.
Most of the students have volun
tarily subjected themselves to a
strict program of training.
Sports receiving major emphasis
this quarter are baseball, track,
tennis and life saving. Each sport
is under the direction of a former
college star. An all-campus track
tournament has been scheduled for
April 17.
Twelve intra-mural baseball
games are listed to be played on
the following dates: April 10, 14,
21, 24, and 28; May 1, 5, 8. 12, 15,
19, and 22.
like HIM! He has appeared unto
me! Praise God! we’ll meet Him
| in Galilee tomorrow, as He said.”
j ... And so with every one of
the followers of this kindly pro
phet. That he has arisen from the
grave and in person appeared to
them, they confidently declare; yet
they appear to be making no con
] scious attempt to “prove” any
j thing to anybody about it. Indeed
this reporter will frankly admit
that one of the most baffling ang
les in connection with these baf
fling incidents is the fact that the
disciples of this Nazarene seem to
have not the slightest interest in
refuting the soldier's claim that
they stole this lifeless body from
tlffe-grave. They do not argue at
all about this stupendous thing;
rather, they seem to accept it as a
fact so vivid and overpoweringly
real as to need no buttressing.
A case in point is that of one
Mary of Magdala, reported to be
the first to see the empty tomb
and the resurrected leader after
spending the whole week-end in an
agony of grief. When interrupted
in her rejoicing to-day and con
fronted point-blank with the sug
gestion that it might have been
some other person or an apparition
instead of Jesus which appeared to
( (Continued on Page Seven)
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
ANNUAL SUNRISE
SERVICES HERE
SUNDAY AT 8 A. M.
Plans Announced For
Special Easter Sunday
Services in Churches
Of The City
Plans for the observance of th«
Easter season in Covington were
being completed this week with
two public services on the Square,
a Brotherhood Service, tomorrow
afternoon and a sunrise service
Sunday morning, and special pro
grams and sermons planned by
the individual churches of the
City and County.
The churches and civic organ
izations are sponsoring the "Good
Brotherhood” service tomorrow af
ternoon. All the business estab
lishments of the City will close be
tween the hours of two and three
o’clock in order that everyone may
have a part in the program.
A loud speaking system will be
installed on the Square so that
everyone attending may hear
the program with ease, and a plat
form is being constructed for the
speakers and for the piano. Sur
rounding communities are co-op
erating and it is expected that a
large crowd will be on hand.
The combined musical talent of
Covington will be presented in an
outstanding musical program. The
Rev. Walker Combs will lead the
prayer, the Rev. C. C. Hamilton
will give the scripture reading and
the Rev. J. Foster Young will de
liver the principal address.
Sunday morning at eight o’clock
the annual sunrise service will he
presented on the square. As i®
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j Sunrise Service
At P'dale Church
; Sunday Morning
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A special sunrise Easter service
will be held Sunday morning at 7
A. M. in the Porterdale Methodist
Church, according to an announce
| ment made this week.
Special music will be presented
by the 36-voice Junior robed choir
under the direction of Miss Mary
Catherine Medley, with Miss Jor
dye Tanner as accompanist.
Plans have been completed for
decorations and special effects in
line with the season. Mrs. Sidney
Yancey and Miss Laura Jean Bou
chilion will give violin solos and
Ernest Bennett will sing a tenor
solo.
An unusual feature will be
“Jesus Lives”—word pictures of
witnesses in the order of their be
: lief as expressed in New Testament
rcords. This will be presented by
Genette Martin.
The complete program follows:
Prelude, "Unfold Ye Portals”; Pro
cessional, “All Hail the Power of
(Continued on Page Seven)
Mrs. Paly Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
The regular meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club was held Tues
day noon at the Delaney Hotel wfth
Milton Brogden presiding in the
absence of President McGahee.
The club president led a dele
gation of Rotarians from Coving
ton to the District Convention be
ing held in Macon this week.
T. A. Rape introduced L. A.
I, B ros dU> n , of Monroe, as his guest S
g stauffacher iatrod uced
| i Mr Guegt Qf the American Red
Qj*Q^g
meeting was then turned
oveer to Kenneth Harris, Program
chairman , who introduced Mrs.
Paty, of Porterdale, who has spent
many years in Japan and China.
Mrs. Paty made a most interest
ing talk on the conduct of the war
between China and Japan and told
how cruel and heartless the Japs
were. She told of many instances
where the Japanese soldiers killed
civilians, burned buildings and
took the possessions of the people
without thought or reason. Her
talk was greatly enjoyed and *p
predated.
TRAINING COURSE
MONDAY NIGHT
Classes To Be Held
Air Raid Wardens And
Auxiliary Firemen and
Policemen.
The next step in Newton
ty’s civilian defense
will be launched here next
day night when a special
for air raid wardens,
firemen^ and auxiliary
gets underway at the high
gymnasium at 7.-30 o’clock.
R. Pat Campbell, State
and chairman of the County
ian Defense Council,
yesterday that the
course would be instructed
Trooper W. E. Lee, a member
the Georgia State Patrol, who has
had special training in this type of
work.
Mr. Campbell urged all citizens
of the County who signed cards
signifying that they were Interest
ed in helping in one of these three
branches to be on hand Monday
hight. Full details as to meeting
(Continued on Page Seven)
Knight Outlines
Proper Care For
Pasturage Areas
Dairy and livestock products
are receiving first call from Amer
ican farmers under the Food-for
Freedom program, James P.
Knight said this week, and he
pointed out that for cows to reach
maximum production they must
have the best possible forage.
Good pasture is the cheapest
feed a farmer can produce, the
I conservationist said. A good
pasture can frequently be made
j to produce more feed per acre, at
j less cost, than many of the other
feed crops. Also, a goed pasture
sod protects the land against
erosion.
However, on many farms,
pastures are subjected to greater
use and more abuse than any
other portion of the farm, Mr.
Knight adds. This accounts for
the failure of many pastures to
provide adequate grazing at a
time when i't is needed.
The conservationist warns a
gams oo eat y grazing o
pastures m the spring. Too early
grazing and continuous close graz
ing always results in plants of low
vitality. When grasses go into
the hot, dry summer menths in a
weakened condition, they fre
quently die.
Other practices which Mr.
Knight recommends include the
application of lime and fertilizer,
| spreading of barnyard manure,
! clipping as often as necessary to
prevent weed seeds from matur
ing, and the provision of supple
mental pasture such as pearl
millet, Sudan grass, or kudzu for j
use during the summer months
, when the regular pasture is us-j
i ually short.
NUMBER 14