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■^Romance is in the air! Wed-
Krg invitations are coming in
E fast that we simply can't
Eait for the next mail to see
■L it will bring . ■ . two of
Eldest to Covington friends
."Mr. and Mrs. William
Erady Hays request the honor
Ms vour presence at the marri
of fair daughter Sara Anne
E P • 1(,! N° rman Truett Harrls
Hln Wednesday, the tenth of
K Dnl a t half after five o’clock
Er S < Baptist Church Covington
Eeorgia . • •” Sara Anne has
Eng been very close in our
Eear’s and we are wishing for
Khis fine couple every joy . . .
■ Another from Mr. and Mrs.
W t jnrv Mann Thompson, who re
quest the honor of bur presence
Et the marriage of their daugh
■ ter Mabel Ruth to Mr. Few Al-
■ enzo Gunn on Saturday after
■ noon, the sixth of April at half
■ after four o’clock Allen Memor
|ial Church, Oxford, Georgia.”
■We are wishing each of the
■ above every happiness that life
■ can bring .... and a prayer
■ that they will begin life with
JChrist first in their every un
■dertaking ... for this brings
■ that peace, joy and happiness
■as that we often seek in vain
I without HIM.
We read with interest a col
■ umn of advice from one of the
■ Atlanta papers to young peo
■ pie. There are many good things
lin this column . . . the only
I thing about good sound advice
■ when we are young is that we
Jthink everybody else old “fog
■ gies” and that they just “don’t
I know what they are talking
■ about. .” OH, yes you do! I
■ know for I . have been there!
■ Not but a few years ago a young
I couple came to me . . . for I
■ love every one of the young
■ people . . . and you’d be sur
■ prised how many of them slip
I around to a mere Office Boy
■ and ask our advice when they
3 think their parents are. too old
Ito advise them . . . They want
■ ad to get married right then . . .
I lie had to go into service . . .
I he had not finished school . . .
I it was a serious matter with
■ them . . . and for me to handle
■ (Continued pn page Twelve)
I Plans Announced
I For Cancer Drive
Newton County's personal
I battle in the war against cancer
| got underway this week with the
I announcement by Mrs. F. C. Nes-
I bit, Newton County Commander
I of the American Cancer Society’s
J Field army, that a county-wide
meeting will be held at the Le
gion Hall tomorrow afternoon at
3 30 o’clock.
Another phase of the war a
gainst the most dreaded of dis
eases will be Tag Day in Coving
ton, when girls will be on the
streets selling buttons, the pro
ceeds of the sale to go toward
fighting cancer.
Mrs. Nesbit said that she had
1 mailed 1,000 letters to people
I throughout the community ask-
I ing them to give to their utmost
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£F' U - S Attorney-General at the Jackson Day dinner held recen l ^ in Atlanta^ Seated mt he
ground, left to right, are James A. Krug, Secretary of the
ocratic National Committeewoman, and Mayor W. B. Hartsfield, of Atlanta.
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1 RDER WARRANT ISSUED IN DEATH OF PORTERDALE GIRL
t^ivic Leaders Endorse County Health Plans
Support Is
Pledged For
Enlargement
Civic Groups Will
Back Commissioner
In Expansion Os
Facilities.
Civic leaders of Covington
were quick to acclaim this week
the move of Newton County’s
Commissioner Isaac Robertson in
his efforts to obtain for this com
munity a health department se
cond to none in the state.
Mr. Robertson stated last week
that the county was willing to
cooperate 100 percent with the
state health department in obtain
ing needed personnel for the
county.
Move had been underway for
some time by civic organizations
to obtain better facilities for the
county and the March grand
jury recommended that county
officials cooperate with the state
(Continued on page 6)
Mary Jones Winner
In Spelling Contest
Mary Jones, seventh grade
studentstudent at Mansfield
school, was the winner in a
county wide spelling bee Tues
day when finals were held at
the Covington school, it has
been announced by E. L. Fic
quett, Newton County School
Superintendent.
Mary will compete in the dis
trict finals to be held in the
near future and has a chance
to-go to the state finals. Win
ners of sate finals will compete
in a national contest which
will offer more than $2,000 in
prizes.
The young winner is already
the recipient of a $25 bond j
from the Atlanta Journal, state |
sponsors of the contest.
Second place winner in he [
county contest was Kathryn
House, Covington School. Third!
place went to Lois Hamby, fifth
grade student of Covington I
Mills.
Other contestants were Na-'
than Pulliam, Heard-Mixon: I
Anne Ramsey, Livingston; Caro
lyn Capell, Porterdale, and £nne
Lee, Palmer Stone.
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TERRACED FIELDS— The aerial view of the rich fields
in Newton county shows the advantages of terracing in
Progress Reported
On Watershed's
Conservation Work
Started in Augusta 1943, the
Yellow River Watershed Inc.,
1 reports definite progress on soil
conservation work that will
I eventually clear-up the Yellow
; River by holding the soil, How
ever, an aerial survey of the
watershed, made recently by of
ficers of the organization and
soil conservation workers of the
Upper Ocmulgee River Soil Con
servation District, reveals much
work to be done in the fu-
: ture.
The watershed covers a por
tion of four counties, Gwinnett,
Walton, Rockdale, and Newton.
The idea of carrying out speci
al conservation projects in the
area was conceived by Chan
ning Cope Newton County farm
er and president of the Kudzu
Club of America Inc.
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fore the supervisors of the Con
servation District in 1943 and
they very readily agreed that
the work was badly needed and
stated that they would be glad
to sponsor such a movement from
a District viewpoin. The Soil
Conservation Service was caHed
on to make a survey of the area
to determine the number of
farms and the approximate
amount of work needed to estab
lish a well rounded soil con
servation program.
A survey showed that there j
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WHAT CAN BE DONE— The.L. J. Moore farm in Newton
county is one of the best farms in the Yellow river water
shed area. The big white barn in the center and the sur-
MORCOCK RESIGNS METROPOLITAN
OPENS GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY
S. J. Morcock, for the past 11
years assistant district manager
of the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company, opened a general
insurance business of his own
here Monday, with offices locat
ed in the Turner Memorial Build
ing.
Popular and wall known in
his field, Mr. Morcock will handle
life and other forms of coverage.
His wide and highly successful
experience will enabla him to
offer real service to his clients-
Mr. Morcock was graduated
from the University in 1932,
where he took an outstanding
part in campus activities. He
served as president of the glee
club, president of the Y. M. C. A.
and as an officer of other student
organizations. He is a member
of the Delta Tau Delta Fraterni
ty (social) and the Blue Key
(scholarship) fraternity.
In Covington he is affiliated
with the Music Club, Kiwanis
Club, and the Boy Scouts. He is
a member of the Covington
Presbyterian Church. Active in
civic circles, he served last year
as district secretary of Georgia
Kiwanis.
Mary Banks, of Forsyth, a gradu- '
ate of Wesleyan College. Dur- |
ing her senior year his wife was
voted, “Miss Wesleyan,” one of
the highest honors open to stud
ents.
Friends of Mr. Morcock have
been calling on him since the
opening of his new offices and
extending him best wishes.
Presbyterian Canvas
of Members Planned
A canvass of the Presbyten- j
an Church will be made Sun-1
day afternoon by the deacons j
of the church and the pastor, the
Rev. M. B. Denby.
It is asked that all members
cooperate and be at home as it
is necessary to obtain the pledges
for the new church year. j
preventing erosion. Many fields in this area are planted
with replenishing crops such as wheat, grain and kudzu.
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•S. J. MORCOCK
Heads Insurance Agency
Crop Insurance Is
Offered On Cotton
Insurance to eliminate the
risk in production of Newton
County farmers’ cotton crops is
now being offered through the
! AAA office of the county, it
j was announced Wednesday by
Everett Briscoe, AAA represen
tative of the county.
Farmers have until April 10
to avail themselves of this in
surance, which is payable in
premimus of actual cotton. Crops
can be insured for 75 per cent
of yield for 14 pounds of lint
cotton per acre and for 50 per
cent of yield for five pounds,
[ payable now or from the 1946
crop. Same grade and staple
will apply to both premimum
; and indemnity.
Farmers interested are urged
। to attend a meeting at the court
house at 3:30 p. m. Saturday.
Mr. Briscoe pointed out that
the insurance protects against
all natural hazards including
storms, hail frost, floods, insects
| and diseases.
Constitution Staff Photo*—Hu#h Stoval
rounding forests are evidences of the progress made in
recent years. Moore is a director of the Yellow River Wa
tershed Association, furthering soil conservation.
Porterdale
Man Dies In
Gun Battle
Bill Love Killed,
Mrs. Ida Betts
And J. C. George
Injured.
Bill Love, of Porterdale, is
dead, and his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Ida Betts, is in an Atlanta hos
pital seriously wounded, as the
result of a gun battle at the home
of J. C. George, in Milstead, Mon
day afternoon. Mr. George re
ceived a slight wound in the
shoulder.
According to information gath
ered by Deputy Sheriff A. M. Lu
cas, who investigated the affair,
Mr. Love had gone to the George I
home earlier in the day and at
tempted to persuade Mrs. Betts, I
who was keeping house for the '
Georges, to come to his home I
and keep house. He was forced
to leave, but returned later, park
ing his car a block and a half
away. He was armed and was
said to have been under the in
fluence of liquor. He forced his
way into the George home and 1
into a room with Mrs- Betts, ac
cording to officers, and she was
shot in the abdomen. George, ac
cording to the investigator, think
ing to protect Mrs. Betts and fear
ing also for the life of a boy
whom he had heard Love threat
en, broke open the door Love had
locked. In the exchange of shots,
a bullet grazed George's shoulder
and Love was shot, dying on the
way to a hospital.
According to county officials,
even Love's relatives consider
George blameless in the killing
and no inquest will be held or
case made.
Mrs. Betts’ condition was re
ported fairly good Wednesday
hospital authorities. |
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Eddie Mann Jailed After
Discovery Os Body Sunday
Coroner’s Jury Slill In Session Wednesday;
Cause Os Girl’s Death As Yet Undertermined
A warrant for murder has been sworn out against
Eddie Mann, 40, in the case of the death of Ruth Patrick,
12-year-old Porterdale girl, whose body was found Sun
day in a creek five miles north of Covington, Sheriff W,
G. Benton, of Newton County, said Wednesday.
A coroner’s jury was still in session late Wednesday.
No verdict had been returned at the time the NEWS went
to press.
The girl was identified, the sheriff said, by th*
clothes she wore and the laundry marks in the clothes.
The body had decomposed to such a state that recognition
of features was impossible.
The cause of death had not been determined Wednes-
MISS MARGARET WHITING WINS BOND
IN TELEPHONE COURTESY CONTEST
Jr
PSpIMb 1 JI4;
-- V*
MISS MARGARET WHITING
Contest Winner
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News Photo Studio
Was Well-Received
A hearty welcome by the .
people of Covington was extend- I
ed this week to the Covington
News Photographic Studio, which
opened for business Monday
morning.
Employing Chester Weatherly,
master photographer with ex :
perience through the southeast,
; and Mildred Y. Piper, charming
receptionist, the studio plans to
offer the people of Covington a
portrait service specializing in
children pictures and character
studies of adults.
Flowers with cards congratu
lating the new business on the
opening were presented by well
wishes and also several pot plants
were furnished by Sherwood
Flowers and the Alcova Nur
। series.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
day. The state of decomposition
made absolute decision as to ths
cause of death impossible, al
though there were traces indi
cating that the girl had sustain
ed a blow to the back of th*
head. It was not known if this
blow could have caused death.
The sheriff said that two rocks,
one weighing approximately 75
pounds and the other about 175
pounds, had been placed on th*
body of the girl to hold it under
the water.
Mann, who lives three-quarters
of a mile from the scene of the
discovery of the body, has ad
mitted being with the girl on th*
night before her disappearance,
but has denied any connection
with the crime.
t The girl was last seen aliv*
ion March 8, in Oxford, appar
ently headed in the direction of
the place where her body was
found. Earlier in the day she had
obtained a small amount of mon
| ey from a local bank on the pre
tense that her mother had sent
her because her father, a painter,
I (Continued on page 6)
।, Miss Margaret Whiting, com
; mercial service representative of
' the Southern Bell Telephon*
Company at Covington, has won
i a $25 U. S. Savings Bond in a
courtesy contest among telephone
people. In the contest, telephone
men and women submitted state
ments of why “courtesy is mor*
important than ever in 1946.”
The more than 6,000 employees
: of the Southern Bell Company in
nine states were eligible for the
| contest. Miss Whiting was select
ed as one of two winners among
entrants from personnel of the
commercial department in the
nine states and one of 10 winners
i in the Company whole. Sav
' ings bonds were aav^rded to win
ners in each of nvfe departments
I within the Copipany. A grand
award of a SSO bond given th*
entrant whose entry was adjudg
ed the best among the top 10.
With courtesy in their dealing*
with the public always paramount
I with telephone men and women,
the contestants submitted idea*
| on “extra courtesy” by complet
i ing the sentence. “Courtesy Is
More Important Than Ever In
i 1946 Because . . .”
Miss Whiting is a telephone em
ployee of 20 years’ experience,
having joined the telephone or
ganization early in 1926.
Foreign War Veterans
Install Officers Mon.
The Ollie Bradshaw Post No.
2776 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars will install new officers at
a meeting next Monday night at
the Masonic Hall in Porterdale,
it was announced this week.
Thee regular meeting, begin
ning at 7:30 P. M., will be pre
ceeded by a fish supper at 8
o’clock for members of the or
ganization. Admission for th*
sunner is by ticket only.
NUMBER 14