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more Confederate Memori
w ,th all Us saerecf mem
l8 been observed by citizens
' , ou t the Southland . . . this
I Ings our heart many . memories . . memories very of
indfather who talked to us
n gly about his idol. .. Gen
I >bert E. Lee . . . Both of
andfathers served as cap
i Lee’s Army . . . one of
•11 on the battlefield and lies
I jn Virginia sleeping after a
I pil home donp and . • we . the were other prac- re
reared on stories of Lee’s
ry and the deeds of his
■■a lever we do tor them is a
love . . . Once more we
I honor of sitting by our own
... or should we confess
years pass . . . we truly
will have this sacred priv
wonderful work he is do
lis fine school, Toccoa Falls
e. . . He spoke of his chil
. not being blessed with
his own, he and his wife
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. Mrs. Louis Caldwell.
fsident, presided in a most
Is manner and every person
[icient in the part they had
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list Churches
;e Plans For
l n spifal Day"
1
st churches throughout
County will observe Sun
r th special services and
[s a s "Hospital Day,” the
!s going to the support of
orgia Baptist Hospital in
an humble beginning, 41
the Hospital has grown
with property
$750,000, 250 doctors on
5t T 120 nurses and 178 other
pioyee?
derived on “Hospital
| pita! n Baptist churches go to
to use in charity
Each year the hospital
es .#>ut of its earnings, about
^■for with charity. the This contributions amount,
^Rspital B by the Day” Whitehead and $10,000
Bamounted Foun
B to over $70,000
1 '. in actual charity serv
m ! Georgia Baptist Hospital
Pe and part-free services
4 patients last year and
Jinued on Page Seven)
ii ton Woman
s Wash Co-op
-day — thg b ane of wo
existence from time im
fli -is made a pleasant
' the ingenuity of Mrs.
Rates, of Newton coun
> has established perhaps
^ washing machine “co-op”
country.
1 goes back to the time
I Bates moved into their
u-room tenant-purchase
on their 100 acre farm
py P of are the Purchasing Farm Security througn
Elation. Soon after REA
; e wir ed in her home and
a ^ rs Bates thought
’ - of
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' n g some electrical
1 but could ap
buy not decide on
' first.
E * her dilemma she said,
ed an electric washing
’ badly, but the one I
cost m ore than I felt I
Pay. But like the average
L I bought it regardless.
to ,'gan think to stay awake nights
of something I
11 at borne to help pay for
Ch,ne ' The next day I
Pquiries Itinued around and soon
on Page Seven)
PLANS MADE TO INCREASE s WAR BOND SALES
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Sugar Consumers Will k-L. % ®W|«a Loyd at. £fer Here Next Week i
GOVERNMENT HALTS SALE OF SUGAR
THROUGHOUT NATION; REGISTRATION
OF CONSUMERS STARTS NEXT WEEK
i Newton Citizens Are
Urged To Register At
Schools In County Next
Monday.
I Newton County citizens again
the pressue of rationing for
1 consumer in the future will only
tie issued to those holding ration- j
: w h° will be called upon to com
plete the registration of every ;
Person in the state within four
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Newton County schools will ob- !
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urged to regis
* er next Monday for after that
time onl y one teacher will be avail
able to register them.
Behind the sugar rationing pro
gram is this fundamental problem;
To make sure every citizen shares
equally in a supply limited because
Far Eastern import sources have
been cut off or curtailed, and be
cause alcohol from sugar cane goes
increasingly into smokeless pow
der for our guns, fabric dope for
our aircraft, and other things we
need for victory.
The rationing program prepared
by the Office of Price Administra
tion is flexible, is designed to
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Expert On Safety
Turns Out To Be
First-Class Fraud I
Well meaning merchants and
others in Covington last week
sponsored a traffic safety cam
paign, put on by a passerby, and
after it was all over they found
that the only safety involved was
the safety of the man who left
town with an undetermined sum
of Covington money, after failing
to carry out his part of the
bargain.
It all started last Friday when
a smooth talking stranger drove
into town with an elaborate auto
mobile decorated with a loud
speaker and other complicated
j equipment. He set up his equip
j ment on the Square and for a
| while he pointed driving. out traffic errors
and faulty
He assured an interested crowd
of spectators that the good work
was being sponsored by leading
Georgians, interested in promot
ing safe driving.
He checked in at the local Hotel
where he was seen, with a lady
companion, partaking of whiskey
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I Legion To Hold
I
Barbecue Supper
A . barbecue , , supper for , ,, the mem
ners of ew on 011 y ’
32 of the American Legion w.il
be held nex Tuesday mght at the
Legion Hall, Commander P. W.
Pratt announced this v . ,
Sl1 Members iTthe Legion Auxil
iary are also invited to attend, as
' regular
ar e the members of the
Home Home Defense ueieuse Corps. v H The sup- “
per will be served fiee ot cnarge.
Commander Pratt said that be
tween two and three hundred
persons were expected to attend.
He reed that all members be |
present.
Th » COTington 8i»r. I t *. 1874.
<i»orgi» Knt«rpri«», r.«t. ISM.
U43 MEN ARE
LISTED IN 4TH
REGISTRATION
Occupational Survey
Be Made Of Men Listed
In County In Third
Registration.
Thirteen hundred forty-three
Newton County men between the
ages of 45 and 64 registered here
this past week as Uncle Sam took
his fourth count of potential man
power.
Officials of the Newton County
Selective Service Board this week
announced an occupational survey,
to be made by questionnaires, to
obtain information on present
ployment or activities of Selective
Service registrants and on
other skills and abilities.
war
government to locate persons pos -
sessing skills in certain critical or
essential occupations.
The first questionnaires will bf
mailed as soon as theye are receiv
ed to the men that registered in
the third registration. More than
900 were listed, in .this group The
mailing ot the questionnaires is ex
pected to be completed in two
weeks after the forms are receiv
ed here. 1
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After the question forma are
completely and correctly filled out
they will be forwarded to an of
fice of the United States Employ
ment Service.
Officials pointed out that the
questionnaires to be mailed out will
in some cases, be extremely diffi
cult to fill out. It is essential
that the information on them be
complete and correct. They urge
that the public cooperate fully in
rendering assistance to the men
that will fill them out, supplying
them with information and aiding
them in interpreting the questions.
Public officials and others who
are willing to volunteer their ser
vices in aiding the men filling out
the forms, can obtain detail in
formation as to what is required
by calling at the headquarters of
the Selective Service Board.
This type of information will be
gladly given, officials said, but the
local Board cannot aid individuals
(Continued on Page Seven)
Kiwanians Observe
Good Will Week
The U. S.-Canada Good Will
Week, April 26-May 2, assumes
special significance in times of
world conflicts, and the Covington
Kiwanians at their Thursday
luncheon will observe the week
with an appropriate program feat
uring an address by Professor R.
A. Thorne of Emory-at-Oxford,
who is a Canadian by birth and
who knows the two countries as
few men know them.
This Good Will movement was
instituted over a hundred years
ago through negotiations conduct
ed by representatives of Britain
and the United States, and was
given expression in the Rush-Bag
ot Agreement. The terms of the
agreement were made operative by
proclamation of the President of
^ UnUfd gtates There fo , lowed
other agreements for establishing *
boundrjes A] , of these sbow
of government operatjn?
with good
Thg United states and Canada
have maintained relations of good
f w ’ th res P°”;
widened understanding of
mutual Problems. K.wanis Clubs
in the two countries have made the
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placing me terms oi me nusn
Bagot Agreement in operation, an
occasion for emphasizing continu
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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A WAR MESSAGE FROM THE TREASURY HI
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JFar is cheap ]
never , hut let me remind you that
it's a million times cheaper to icin than to lose.”
—Henry Morgenthau, Jr •»
; PRATT LUMBER
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Entplot/OVS PlvdfJV Full Cn-OpvratilH*
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100 PCT. FOR DEFENSE
The employees and management
LmA ' er Company this
week set a goal for other patriotic
firms in the County to aim at, with
an announcement announcement dv oy if p. W w. Pratt, Pratt
owner, that 100 percent of the
fi rms workers had signed pledges
allowing the firm to deduct eight
percent of their earnings to be used
to purchase war savings stamps
and bonds. This j s the first or
ganization in the County to adopt
the plan 100 percent. In addition
to this patriotic gesture, the com
pany announced that it was pur
chasing the same amount of bonds
that the employees were buying.
Pratt Lumber Company, opera
ting extensively in this section of
the State, employes 160 persons
with a weekly payroll of approxi
mately $3,000. The eight percent
deducted from the employees
w kly earnings, plus the securities
that the Company is purchasing,
will total $480. each week toward
the purchase of war savings
stamps and bonds.
Mr. Pratt said that the pi dges
made by his employees anu the
Company was in line with the cam
paign being conducted on a nation
wide basis to secure necessary
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These three young Newton County men met
brief visit in the city. On the left is Emory L. Floyd,
the center is gngisn A. B. Dennis, Jr., who reports
tr<?me right< Rodney T. Floyd, stationed at Newport.
the death of Rodney’s mother, Emory’s grandmother.
j completed training at the Naval Air Training Station
THURSDAY, APRIL 30,1942
funds to carry on the war product
ion program.
He added that the plan would be
in effect for the Nation unless
£ overnment legislation made it de
sjrable to change for other system,
Cooking School At
Porferdale May 4-5
Porterdale women Avill soon
have the opportunity to learn all
about how to make light fluffy
cakes, flaky pastries and many
other tricks of fine cookery from
an expert.
On May 4-5, Miss Kathleen
Crow will give lectures and dem
onstrations at the Porterdale
theatre. The lectures on both days
will be at 6 p. m.
Miss Crow, graduate home econ
omist of the well-known Spry
Kitchen at Cambridge, Mass., is
conduct the series personally,
Miss Crow has planned a differ
e nt program for each day’s school.
She will demonstrate during the
two sessions *he newest cookery
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last week in , front , of , the „ News office while on a
of Mansfield, now stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y.; in
next week for duty at Norfolk Va„ and on the ex
R: I. The Floyd boys were called home because of
Ensign Dennis is here on a brief furlough, having
at Jacksonville.
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B. Dennis, Jr. J
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In Naval Reserves
The U. S. Navy pinned its
“Wings of Gold” on Archie Bel
mont Dennis, Jr., 22, ot Coving
j ton, recently and commissioned
j him an Ensign in th# Naval Re-
1 serve.
j i After completing intensive flight
training at the big Naval Air Sta
tion in Jacksonville, Florida, En
j 1 sign Dennis is now prepared to
take his place with the Navy’s
; cFack band of fighting airmen.
While at Jacksonville, he learn
ed every phase of Naval avia
tion. Aside from his work in the
i air, he studied airplane parts and
j engines, communications and
other courses in Ground School,
In gunnery practice, he fired at
plane-towed targets.
Before he was commissioned,
Ensign Dennis had to prove to
the satisfaction of his instructors
that he was a good military pilot
as well as a skilled flier. This
means, for one thing, that the
i mechanics of flying must not
occupy ail his attention while he
is in the air.
The newly-commissioned Ensign
| reported completing to Jacksonville elimination last June
after
training at the Na'-al Reserve Air
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THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
NUMBER 18
%
INDIVIDUAL IN COUNTY TO i
HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART 1
IN DRIVE TO AID WAR PROGRAM
COMPENSATION
FIRST QUARTER
$2,586.00
Total Payments In State
Show Increase of About
Seventy-Five Percent,
Huiet Says.
: Unemployment benefits amount
ing to $2,586.00 were paid to
workers in Newton county under
terms of the state Unemployment
Compensation law in the first 3
months of 1942, Commissioner of
Labor Ben T, Huiet has an
nounced. Number of checks
issued was reported at 351.
Total payments for the quarter,
he reported, amounted to $1:528,-
599, the highest quarterly volume
on record and an increase of 75
per cent over the previous three
months period. In the corre
sponding quarter of last year,
only $717,083 was paid out in
benefits to eligible workers.
For the most part, the high
i volume of payments reflected a
concentration of
among automobile, leather,
struction and seasonal
many of whom received
for practically the maximum
ration of 16 week?,
Huiet said. In the Atlanta
where the cessation of
manufacturing threw
hundred workers out of jobs,
ments totaled $542,359, or
than one-third of the state
A balance of $33,174,528 in
Unemployment Trust Fund, from
which benefits are paid, was
ported at the end of the quarter.
Agricultural News
Given By Newton
County Farm Agent
Many farmers have asked me
about the Livestock and Equip
ment Day of the College of Agri
culture. I have received a letter
from Dean Paul W. Chapman stat
ing that due to the tire, labor, and
other situations that this annual
event will be discontinued for the
duration of the war.
A short time ago we were ad
vised that there would be a short
age of molasses for mopping cot
ton. It is now evident that this
shortage will be more acute in
1943. Any farmer could produce
his own material to replace the
molasses by planting a small patch
of sorghum can for syrup. Due
to the increased price of the avail
able molasses all farmers growing
sorghum for hmoe use shouid in
crease their plantings in order to
have a surplus for making a mop
ping mixture.
Sorghum can be planted any
time before June. Of course the
better the land is the more syrup
will be produced per acre. The
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Rotary Club Sees
Convention Scenes
The regular meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club was held Tues
day noon at the Delaney Hotel with
President W. C. MeGahee in
charge.
The meeting was opened with
the song, “America” followed by
prayer led by Rev. C. C. Hamilton.
After a short business session was
held. the meeting was turned over
to Charles Forester, Program
Chairman. Mr. Forester announc
ed that he had secued the motion
picture of the Rotary International
Convention held last year in Den
ver, Colorado. Herbert Duke took
charge of the motion picture ma
chine and the “Denver Convention”
was shown in technicolor.
Businessmen of City Ar«
Cooperating in Drive;
Pledge Cards Will Be
Signed By Individuals
Plans for an intensified cam
paign to increase the sale of war
savings stamps and bonds in New
ton County, as part of a Nation
wide plan now underway, were
launched here this week at a meet
ing of business and civic leaders.
Col. C. C. King was named to
head the campaign, which calls for
the signing of pledge cards by cit
izens, designating the amount of
money that they will invest in
stamps and bonds at regular in
tervals.
Employers will be asked to ap
proach their employees on a volun
tary plan for deducting a certain
sum from salaries to be invested
in the purchase of stamps and
bonds each pay day. Several estab
lishments already have such plan*
in operation and the Pratt Lum
ber Company this week announced
that their organization had adopted
the plan 100 percent.
As part of the county-wide cam
paign, 44 Newton County business
firms joined together in sponsor
ing a series of advertisements, de
signed by the Treasury Depart
ment to increase the sales of sec
urities.
The list includes the City Phar
macy, MeGahee Insurance Agency,
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Bert Vardeman, son of Mr, and
Mrs. T. B. Vardemen, of this City, i
is the winner in the essay contest,
sponsored by Rich's of Atlanta, as
part of their Diamond Jubilee cele
bration, according to information
j received here this week.
Tljp contest was open to senior
students in every County in tha
State. The subject was “The Cit
izen of My County Who Has Made
the Greatest Contribution to the
State of Georgia.” Young Varde
man's winning entry was written
about James Hyde Porter.
| As a result he will receive a $25.
war savings bond, a trip to At
lanta as guest of Rich's at a lunch
eon at which the grand award win
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j Revival Services
j > At P'dale Church
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An eight-day revival at the
Porterdale Presbyterian Church
started last Sunday, according to
the pastor, Rev. A’thol D. Cloud,
with record attendance at the first
services.
Rev. Ferguson Wood, D. D.,
pastor of the Westminster Presby
terian Church, of Atlanta, is do
ing the preaching for the service*
and the acceptance of his stirring
messages have been remarkable.
Prof. V. Y. C. Eady, of Emory-at
Oxford, one of the most capable
and popular song leaders in the
South, is on hand every night to
lead the congregation in spirited
singing of old hymns.
Dr. Wood, considered an un
usually fine speaker opened the
revival last Sunday with a mess
age on “America in an Hour of
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Lodge Will Meet
TOITIOITOW Nlgllt
The Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F. & A. M. will hold a called corn
munication Friday, May 1. 8:30 P.
M., in the Masonic Temple. The
Masters degree will be conferred,
All members are urged, to at
tend, duly qualified brethen cor*
dially and fraternally invited to
meet us. Light refreshments will
be served. • By order of;
E. L. Rainey, W. M„ E. G. iMh
siter, Jr., Sec'ty.