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how ILL we felt when
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k i„r th? Boss by
to see how Pudgy was
along- He came back
in t that Pudgy had
i the answer and we
dead three days . . .
, notified
not even been • •
the Doctor said some
tever, Covington was by to
from sent us word he
lire and they everybody went
tdead - Yes.
. . getting
r see how ' Pudgy” was hated
we imagine they
»• • • cause we are not
ell us • • . cry but
pretty when we . . .
a grave to show for
even i his body
they had sent
ry , ,. Golly, we can’t hardly
;to • .. him in and burn
jt of tossing heard
up put we some
dm • • about dime each
talking a
m marker about
ilace a little
size on the square where
: y s it
te with his name on . * .
he was City Mascot . . . or
ington's Boss as the Atlanta
nal Magazine Section callecf
r not many of
we dare say
pill be missed quite as much as
friendly little three legged
L Dog who made the Court
L and Square His Home . . .
Erday l night when the first the time Fire
sounded, for
Pudge gave his life in an ef
i the fire
to make his way to
Hundreds of Citizens, includ
Firemen, Police, Merchants,
nen and Children thought of
Faithful, smiling little pet who
[wed each time to see there that is the
was well done, If a
| Heaven where all good little
go we know Pudge will
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lere and here, we know
. . .
IW ill never be another to take
place.. our heart is sad . . .
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we expected this sooner or
r, but it was as he would have
it.. . “Pudge died with his
is on, in line of what he
ght was his Official Duty.”
Lister has come and gone . , .
my oh me. how lovely the
hgsters looked in their Easter
|ry . , , We peeked in on an
|er Egg hunt over who at the by home the
R’oodv Morcock,
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, Mips Webb
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Sunday i
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’ Attfeus Webb, superintend
I If of the Anti-Saloon League
-- ,; i, a resident of Atlanta.
fill two speaking engage
f rding in to the announcements city next Sunday, made
this week.
i Sunday morning he will
the pulpit of Rev. J. Foster
&S in the First Methodist
tch speaking again Sunday
t at a Union Service of the
I Baptist Church, with the
feces of the City taking part.
[• f W*M>, author, former college pres
is well known
pout the South as a dynam
r*r. Who’s His biography has ap
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™-ies of outstanding Amer
■« number of years he was
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Invasion U.
CHIEF OF STAFF
AND HOPKINS
NOW IN LONDON
London Reports Say
U. S. And Britain May
Strike At The Industrial
Centers Of Germany.
The United States Army’s chief
of staff, General George C.
Marshall, and Harry Hopkins,
chairman of the British-American
munitions assignments Boards, ar
rived in London yesterday for
talks with Britain's leaders, pre
sumably on the grand strategy of
the United Nations’ 1942 cam
paigns.
General Marshall’s arrival was
reminiscent of that of General
John J. Pershing, who reached
London on June 8 , 1917, two
months after the LTnited States
entered the first World War.
Accompanying the Army chief
of staff and Hopkins were Colo
nel Howard A. Craig, of the Air
Corps; Lieut. Colonel A. C. Wede
meyer, of the general staff, and
Lieut. Commander J. R. Fulton,
of the United States Navy.
It was announced that they
would be in London for a “short
stay.”
It was understood that the
party made the trip to Britain by
bomber.
General Marshall declared that
the purpose of United States forces
in Europe was to “expand.”
General Marshall and Hopkins
managed to “spend a few hours”
with Prime Minister Churchill,
Hopkins said.
Discussing his mission, Hopkins
.addl'd that PfrsHetU Ro sevelt
had entrusted him with some con
fidential matters on which to con
fer with Churchill,
Marshall said that he had been
invited to London three Or four
times before but that the best op
port^pity came “this particular
we< *’ and *° r ™ here ’"
H,s mjssK>n ’ he said, was “to
see the development of the British
forces here in the Britlsh Isks and
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Kiwanians To Hear
Rev. Henry Jones
The Covington Kiwanis Club,
meeting at the Delaney Hotel on
Thursday of this week will feature
an address on “FTaying the Game
of Life” by the Rev. Henry Jones, !
Superintendent of the Decatur
Oxford District of the Methodist j
Church.
Rev. Jones will emphasize the
necessity of playing the game of
life fairly and nobly in the time
of storm a, wall as in the time
of fair weather, He will make
special application of his theme
to the' personal needs of our cit
izens in the present world emer
gency.
The program this week is
sponsored by the Kiwanis Com
mittee cn the Support of the
churches — their Spiritual aims,
and is one in a series of programs
planned by this committee. Among |
other things the cbLnmitt.ee is
planning an all-ministers program
and a forum discussion on the,
question of the Place of Religion
in a World of War.
S. J. Morcock is Chairman of
the committee and Godrey Tram
mell is Director in Charge.
This committee acted for the
Kiwanis Club for the two recent
Easter services on the square
the Brotherhood service on Good
Friday and the Easter morning
sevice on Sunday.
Josephine Canup
Represents County
Josephine Canup. Hcard-Mixon
Student, has been chosen as dei
egate to represent Newton Coun ^
in a State-wide spelling contest,
sponsored by an Atlanta news
paper. Lillian Hodges, a - ben.
in the Newborn School was named
as alternate.
The State epntest will be 'eid
in Atlanta on May 9. The .State
winner wH1 be given a np “
’he National contest, which
he held in Washingt n D. C., on
May 26 .
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PUDGE, COVINGTON'S "THREE-LEGGED BOSS" DIES
FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO
Time Extended On
Applications For
Parity Payments
Farmers In County Will
Have Thirty Additional
Days To Apply For 1941
Payments.
Good news for Newton County
farmers, busy with spring plant
ing, has come with the announce
ment this week of an extension of
one month in the time permitted
for filing applications for 1941
parity and conservation program
payments, T. R. Breedlove, state
AAA administrative officer, an
nounced in Athens this week.
Mr. Breedlove said the deadline
for acceptance of applications by
county AAA offices has been ex
tended from March 31 to April
30, 1942.
Extension of the deadline was
approved by Secretary of Agricul
ture Claude Wickard,
Agricultural News
Given By Newton
County Farm Agent
Two hundred farmers in New
t 6 n County applied for the cotton
crop insurance but these same
farmers and all the other cotton
producers should take out another
cotton crop insurance policy. This
form of insurance is cheap and
very effective and each farmer
should adopt it each year. Seed
treatment is the insurance I am
thinking about. The treatment
costs only a very few cents a bush
el and may mean a stand of cot
ton. I have seen seedling wilt
take such a heavy toll of the
young cotton that replanting was
necessary.
One pound of 2 percent Ceresan
will treat a little over 5 bushels
of seed and the Improved Ceresan
will treat nearly 11 bushels of
seed Complete instructions for
treating will be found on the can.
The Kiwanis Club, sponsors of
the Fat Cattle Show Monday here
in Covington announce that the
f H ll 0 f Wln the^thnee"weight* clashes
(heavy, medium and light): First
S 8 00 Second _ $8.00. Third —
$4 00 Ail entries that do not
place in the top three places of one
of the weight classes will be
awarded a $2 00 premium.
-he Madison ‘ Production Credit
igtion will awar d a $25.00
Bond to the best Newton
gteer entered in the
show.
i^. SDe( jeza seed are now being
gown t hroughou t the county. Don’t
f or o e t to select a smooth field to
save J?eed from It will be a great
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Hit Two Weeks Ago On Way To Fire;
His Many Friends Loyal To The Last
Pudge has gone to his last fire and walked his last
“beat” with members of the City Police Department, for
fudge is dead. His friends, which included bankers, mer
chants, City Officials and employees, newspapermen,
children and “the man on the street”, have but one con
solation—he died as he would have wanted to—“with his
boots on” and in the line of r .
Essay Award To
j ! Be Made Here
! On Memorial Day
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The United Daughters of the
Confederacy this week extended
an invitation to the people of New
ton County to attend the Memor
ial Day exercises which will be
held at the First Methodist Church
0 n April 24 at 11:30 A. M.
Dr. R. A. Forrest, president of
j the Toccoa Falls Institute and
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Toccoa, will be the
principal speaker.
Dr. Fcrrest is widely known as
a lecturer, having spoken in
practical y every country in the
world. His wonderful personal
ity, combined with a keen insight
| of human natue, make him a most
influential speaker.
| U. D. (’. officials feel that they
are extrenely fortunate in secur
ing a mai of this caliber and urge
everyone in the County to take
this opportunity to hear him speak.
FTizes will be awarded at the
Memorial Day Services for the
best essa r written on “Southern
Women ii National Defense.” A
parade ir the afternoon through
the City sreets will close the day#s
activities.
TOM UNDER'S PROGRAM TO CONSERVE
TIN SPREADING THROUGHOUT NATION
Agriculture Commissioner Tom
Linder’s program to “consume
fresh fruitj and vegetables and
save tin containers for our Arm
ed Forces” is spreading like wild
fire throughout the county.
Recently resolutions promoting
the moverient were adopted by
,
I j missioned,^Secretaries and
rectors of Agriculture. In their
resolution! they urged that a
| !-sumption ‘campaign for fresh the fruits use ond and
«f veg
* etables during the summer
months” b« pushed.
They als> urged that all gov
ernment afencies, especially the
Ul S. Depa-tment of Agriculture
and the W»r Production Board,
as wel1 as 1,1 wholesale and re
tail stores 'urge the consuming
public to buy fresh fruits and
‘ vegetables vhen they avail
are
able.”
' CommissiorB r Linder introduced
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942
Pudge’s life history, like his list
of friends, is a long one. He came
to Covington as a gift to Mrs.
) Belmont Dennis and for a while
he wandered over the yard around
the Dennis home and was not un
like other .dogs, with the possible
exception of his thoroughbred
lines and stately bearing.
Then one day an automobile
accident changed all that. A. B.
Dennis Jr. drove into the yard
and Pudge raced to meet him
and the car passed over his front
foot. Amputation was necessary
and following his first operation
Pudge wasn’t very careful with
his wounded leg.
Infection set in and a second
trip to the hospital was necessary
and this time the doctors took
the leg off right up to the should
er. Instead of brooding over his
loss the red-haired Chow turned
the infirmity into an asset, an
aset that brought him fame from
far and wide and mapped the most
unusual life ever lead by a dog.
Pudge, not unlike some small
boys, left home, moving to the
Public Square where he thrived
on attention and food brought by
admiring friends,
The accident that injured him
internally, leading to his death,
occurred about two weeks ago. It
was just at noon that the fire
whistle sounded, calling the fire
fighters to a grass fire in the
northeast section of the City,
Hearing the fire siren and see
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the idea in the Market Bulletin
He pointed out the geat shortage |
of tin and emphasized that a
large part of this summer’s crop
of fruits and vegetables will be
lost for lack of containers, unless I
they are consumed in the fresh
The idea has been picked up I
by a number of other State De
partments of Agriculture which
urging tbej r residents to con
sume fresh produce and save the i
canned commodities for shipment
to “our Armed Forces.”
“Unless the nation makes it a
point to use fresh fruits and
vegetables as much as possible,
the Victory Garden idea will be
futile to a great extent,” Com
missioner Linde r declared.
He urged also that the Army
continue to serve fresh prq^uce
as much as possible at all can-
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“Pudge”, described by the Atlanta Journal Magazine as the “three
legged boss” of Covington, died this past week as results of injuries
received when he was struck by a passing motorist as he raced toward
the Court House when the fire whistle sounded. Above, on the left,
he reaches for a bite to eat from a friendly hand and on the right he
is shown with City Policeman, Joe Lassiter.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUGAR RATIONING J |
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BOOKS STARTS IN COUNTY ON MAY 4 j
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Charles Forester
Elected President
Of Rotary Club
The regular meeting of tfic
Covington Rotary Club was held
Tuesday noon at the Delaney Ho
tel with President W. C. MeGa
hee presiding.
H. B. Floyd was welcomed back
into the club after an absence of
several months. T. A. Rape in
troduced his guest, Mr. Braselton
of Mohroe. Ross Chambers, In
dies Night Chairman, announced
that the annual Anniversary In
dies night celebration would be
field at the Porterdaie Gymnas
ium on Tuesday evening, April
; ^ 8 t 7 30 o’clock. A special pro
gram has been arranged.
President MeGahee then report
ed on the District Rotary Con- |
vention held in Macon last week
He also discussed aid to Rotarians
in the war torn countries which
is being sponsored by Rotary In- 1
ternaluonaL
An election of officers was then
held and the following Rotariaa®
were named to serve during the
next fiscal year which begins on ;
July 1st; Charles Forester elect
ed president succeeding W. C. Me-|
Gahee, who will automatically
take over the duties of vice-pres
(dent succeeding Guy Robinson
Fletcher Dudley, re-elected Sec
reiary; H ke Randle, re-eketeo
Treasurer; Donald Dudney as Ser
geant at Arms; Directors, Ross
Chambers, J. T. McKay, Hugh
and Thomas Hay.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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Housewives Apply For
Books At Schoolhouses
In County; Quantity Is
Not Yet Determined.
Newton County housewives will
flock to the schools of the County
during the period of May 4, 5, 6 ,
and 7 to obtain sugar stamp books
for their families so they may
be set for 36 weeks of uninter
rupted sugar consumption.
It has been estimated that most
of the registration of Newton |
County consumers will be done
by housewives, sugar rationing 1
authorities asserting that each
probably will «Jgn for herself and
an average family of four.
Registration of commercial users
of sugar will occur on April 28
Continued on Page Seven
Evans In Race
For Stale Post
Randall Evans, Jr., attorney and
newspaper publisher, of Thom
son, Ga., this week announced
his entry into the race for the
Attorney General’s post in the
primary election in September,
1942.
Mr. Evans has been a practio
ing attorney for the past 17 years,
« native of Thomson, he reprb
sen ted McDuffie County in Both
the State Senate and the House
of Representative*, serving as
speaker of the House in the 1941
session.
The full text of Mr. Evans’
statement announcing hLs eandi
dacy Ls given below:
To the People of Georgia
“1 am a candidate fo r Attorney
General of Georgia in the primary
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NUMBER 15
PRIZES OFFERED
FOR ENTRIES IN
THREE CLASSES
Will Give Defense Bond
For Best Newton County
Bred Steer Entered In
Annual Show.
W A. Sutton, Jr., State 4-H
Club leader .will be the principal
speaker here Monday, when New
ton County farm boys and girls
bring their prize cattle here for
the annual fat cattle show', spon
sored by the Covington Kiwanis
Club.
Approximately 30 entries from
all sections of the County are
expected to be on hand to eom
pete for the substantial prizes be
ing offeree!, The show will b*
held on the East Side of the
Square, City officials having given
permission for this street to be
closed to traffic while the show
is in progress.
Two cattle experts, W. S Rice,
extension beef cattle specialist,
and Jones Purcell, agricultural
agent for the Georgia Railroad,
will be on hand to judge the cattle
entered.
Awards will be made in three
divisions, heavy, medium and
light. A first prize of $8.00 will
be given in each classification,
as will second prizes $ 6.00 and
third prizes of $4.00. In addition
Continued on Page Seven
Victory Revue Will
Show At Porterdale
On Saturday Night
Porterdale and Newton County
will get a glimpse of the national
ly-famous victory Revue "You Can
Defend America" and join in many
of its catchy hlt-aongs when, by
special request, a group of tha
cast will visit the Porter Gymnas
ium Saturday evening, at 7;30 p.
m. Admission ia free and there
will be no collection. No tickets
are required and all are cordially
invited to attend with their fami
ly or friends.
After a dinner which will be
given for them, the cast will give
special selections from the Revue,
which has been given more than
one hundred and twenty times in
twenty States. The Atlanta pre
miere will be given Sunday, April
12, at 3:00 p. m. at the Erlanger
Theatre. Tickets are needed, for
admission for that performance,
and are obtainable, without charge,
from the Civilian Defense Volun
teer Office, 246 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Revue comes to Porterdale
at the invitation of Mr. H. W.
Pittman, Bibb agent- Mayor Bill
Ivy, and other leading citizens.
This is a unique opportunity to
meet some of the one hundred
citizen volunteers who have made
great sacrifices to put on this
Revue, without any profit to them
selves, in order to awaken every
citizen to his full part in winning
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of Thomsen C- n™' wh<f rone 'niih
ljsher and attorney this week
;inn0 unced his candidacy for the
post of Attorney General in the
primary election, September, 1942,