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least traveled from
M . s mi tn Atlanta via automobile
before Christmas. In every
'town the Merchants had put out
best efforts to decorate
L r for the Holy Sea
saw many beautiful
^rations, but our hats are off
tn the Covington Garden Club.
L ■Square" in the main busi
* section of our city, and the
far surpass anything we
'J" senn anywhere..! hope the
Merchant's Association. Patriotic
Civic Organizations as well
f , t i7ens of our town fully
Appreciate the time, effort and
tabor of love by the members
f the Garden Club. The
Churches of our eity were
beautiful! We are justly proud -of
Averv home owner fnr their con
tribution m making a "City
ppautiful on Christ’s Birthday,
sincerely trust we may ever
usf loving hands and hearts at
this Hnh Season to pay loving
ftf f butP to Him. who gave His
'only Son for us. and remember
yp is more blessed to give than
tn receive." The Rotary Club
exemplifies this spirit in a S rpat
, w with their project over
WMOC for the Empty Stocking
Fund and the joy is theirs in
L doing. However, deep down
jr their hearts, they cannot
Realize the full significance of
their beautiful work in doing
for the 'least of these.”
Yes. we have a wonderful
.town in which to live! God has
given it to us. as little as we
may realize that fact. Why. even
in war. hack in the 60’s, Cov
ington was blessed, in that
General Sherman ordered his
men not to burn a home here. ~
because of the fact, he said,
that he had an old school mate
here ..General Tige Anderson.
iFor come reason God continues
। n bless us.
r As we bring you a greeting
3or the best New Year you have
-ver known, mar we bring a
CHALLENGE, that each of us
remember our blessings down
through the years, and strive
the harder to "Be about our
Father's Business" as well as
pur own. living fnr Him. as He
Would have us live. .. Loving
lour neighbor as ourself. . . seek
ing the widow and orphan, to
Irin good unto them. . . building
■w churches bv working in and
■or them.. sharing the monies
frod places within our hands
■during the year with those less
■fortunate and not growing
■elfish with what is HIS and
Sleeping it stored away for "Me
■N Mv Son John"... Let us live,
■nd help live . let us seek out
sick of body the weary soul
Bilike. ..let us not only share
Slur worldly goods, but the
■.hrist we know.. . Let us re-
Whemher as we walk down the
Bltreet to share the smile, which
■ n ;ts us nothing, with every
»>ing creature we meet. Have
■on fver passed an old mangey,
■nst. unwanted dog on the street
md noticed how forlorn he
noks’ Did you ever stop and
peak Io him and see him crouch
m ’he ground in fear because
ie had been kicked by all who
>assed him"’ Did you ever give
» smile or a pat. on his
lack and watch how, even tho
touched m fe ar , he started
fsgging his tail, and looked
Tltn vnur vp ry soul tn thanks
living for one kind act? Then
much more does a weary
■ whom you dn not
■ 0,1 ■ but who looks lost in
■ Sr .. in soiled clothes. . . thin
hunger, appreciate one
■f'e and handshake? There
■ be no wars... no greed
■ selfish living jf each of us
■ p erminod ln O ur hearts to
■'7 "f mir best to the Master
B ' nr >n giving even a smile.
V P” "n the hack where need-
V , nr s dollar or a dime. . . or
■ .*^ p| f ood or a ton of
? rnr ^ w00d.,. or a
B ^’shifi home in which to
■ a . blanket to those who
Bra I." ’'"' Ps vn u can see great.
■ " tn when the lamp is
■lm'^ arp R' vin ß t 0
■ift? ' nr ” hp ” wonderful
■u ? ' f p,r h of us went
Bctrr' ' n,n lllP New Year
■ *° Es * up Rn d
B t / r °^y w ' p see. every day
B’Vb ■ ,O sp ek and
K ’hr one, who NEED U S
" 11 one good deed
■"ut/ ..■ Pven « s ■ the boy
" p no\ er grow too old
.^"‘s for Him. That
y r ' r ” Eor| d resolution for
■‘Arts" ' PAr ' nf ”” ' n r " lr
H- •'•pcciallv in the husi
■hc rs KNOW when and
■, "J’ /' sn be JUST. . . when
■ pru T ,"i £P ” llt,lp by reducing
H< ln . beep snmebodv from
U^ h,, rt at our trying to
■ ""’'"’‘•d on peg. jo,
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VOLUME 8?
SM' iR 1953 BUSINESS VOLUME FORECAST
Men Killed Here In Boarding House Fire
Coroner’s Jury Findings
Are Expected Saturday
One man died and another sustained fatal burns early 1
Tuesday morning when flames swept through their room
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Wright at 401 Monti
cello Street. William Claude Seabolt, 32, of Gainesville, i
died in the blazing room and Ralph C. Miller, of Pink Hill’
Grand Jury
For January
Court Called
Thirty Newton County citizens
were called this week to serve
on the grand jury for the
January term of Newton Super
ior Court and 70 others were
called to serve as traverse jurors.
They will report next Monday.
Called for grand jury duty
were: M C. Summers. Wales E.
Ellis. H. A. Brown, Carter Robert
son, A. S. Ellington. C. E. Giles
Sr.. R. W. Dobbs. D. B. Dixon
Jr.. H. O. Whelchel, Paul J.
Roquemore, W. E. Loyd, J, I. Al
ford. J. T. McKay, C. C. Estes.
Walker Robertson, Chas. Aiken,
E. B. Nelson, Konrad Purdy, C. C.
Epps. W. R. Braden, C. L. Bost
wick. Otto T. Briscoe. W. R.
Porter, C. T. Bohanan. P. G. Ne
ely E. H. Elliott. M. D. Bledsoe.
T B. Black. C N. Hill, and How
ard" Brooks.
Those called for traverse jury
duty were: Tilman W. Towns,
Spence Henry, Ronald Cook.
Henry Bartlett, M. M. Allums,
J. G. Turner. Marvin Johnson,
Jack Cooper, Joe Davis. W. S.
Cook Sr, Eelton McDonald, Cow
an Moseley, Tom C, Parker,
Homer L. Huckaby. Joel T. Bow
en, Carl Day, W. Lewis Davis,
R. L. Curtis. Herbert Vining,
James H, Dobbs, M. E. (Bill) |
Aiken, H. A. Few, S. R. Elling
ton, C. Harold Pickens. Joe Wall,
James W. Lassiter, T. H. Aiken,
James L Bates. J. S. Gardner,
T. W. Binford. J. R. Haynes. R. K.
Christian. A. L. Chestnut. R. S.
Hitchcock, and Chester C. Sellers.
Others called were: G. H.
Davis, W. E. Gray, Marion W.
Goins, P, W Pratt, Acie M. Smith,
F. H. Moore, Arthur Gerstein,
T. G. Cowan, J. D. Harper. C. M.
Gay. E F. Callaway, C. L. Wil
son. E. M. Hays Jr., W. A. Cook,
C. W. Moseley. F. A. Goddard,
James N. Dobbs, L. J. Moore,
B. S. Glanton, H. A. Walls, Chas.
W. Haggard, Splint Hunt. W. E.
Yancey, Wendell L. Johnson,
Channing Cope, S. J. Hatlin,
D. M. Thompson. A. S. Wilson, S
Goi^on Turner. Paul R Tucker, ■
John T. Cline, N. P. Hinton, Paul
Stewart, Robert Stanton Sr., and
W. H. Bowden.
Atlanta Negro Has
License Suspended I
An Atlanta Negro. Eddie J
Ross, was convicted of drunken
driving in eity court here Mon
day. He paid a fine of $75.70 and
his drivers license was suspend- I
ed for 60 days.
Other cases were disposed of
as follows: two eases of dis
orderly conduct, one fine of
$6.70 and one case dismissed for
lack of evidence, and three eases
of drunkenness, fines of $11.70 I
each.
State Commander
To Address Legion
State Legion Commander Ren
Warren, of Monticello, will be
guest speaker at the regular
meeting of American L,egion
Post No. 32 Tuesday Night, Jan.
6. at the American Legion Home
at 7:30 O'Clock.
Post Commander Dan Clower
has urged all members of this
Post and all veterans who are ,
interested to attend this meet- I
ing.
Mr. Warren will give an in- i
teresting talk on the program of
The American Legion and prob
lems that the Veterans are faced 1
with.
, ffiumnntntt Nruw
North Carolina, died Tuesday
afternoon at Grady Hospital in
Atlanta.
Both men were employed by
♦he Asplundh Tree Expert Compa
ny and were stationed in Cov
ington where the company was
engaged in clearing right-nf-ways
for the Southern Bell Telephone
Company.
Mr. Wright, owner of the
hoarding house, said that he was
awakened about 2:25 Tuesday
morning by shouts from the up
stairs room Smoke and flames
prevented him from entering
the room. The Covington Fire
Department was called and quick
ly brought the fire under control.
Mr. Seabolt was found on the
floor near his bed and Mr. Miller
was found near a window. The
latter was given emergency treat
ment and rushed to Grady Hospi
tal. He never regained con
sciousness.
City and county officers launch
ed an immediate investigation;
and Newton County Coroner Shi
Dobbs called a coroner’s jury in
to session Tuesday afternoon. The
inquest was adjourned and it is
expected that another session will
be held Saturday afternoon.
Di. Herman Jones, director of
the State Crime Laboratory, was
called in Tuesday, afternoon, ’q
assist Covington and Newton
County authorities in their in
vestigation to determine circum
stances leading to the fire. Dr.
Jones performed an autopsy on
Mr. Seabolt Tuesday afternoon
but a report of his findings was
not available at press time.
Last Rites For
Wreck Victim
Conducted Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray- I
ford B. Pennington. 44. of Rome,
who died almost instantly of in
juries received in an auto-bus
crash December 21, in Rome,
were held Tuesday, December
23. *1 2 P M., at the First Metho
dist Church in Covington, with
the Rev. Zach Hayes, pastor of
the First Methodist Church in
Rome, assisted by the Rev. R. B.
Hawkins officiating. Interment
was in the Covington Cemetery.
Mrs. Pennington is survived
by her husband; her mother,
Mrs. O. P. Hester, of Covington;
one son. W R. R. Pennington HI.
US A F., Ft. Benning, and two
sisters, Mrs. R. Pat Campbell, of
Covington, and Mrs. James Hill,
of Rome.
The NEWS extends sympathy
to the members of the bereaved
family. J. C. Harwell & Son were
in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
Sermon Themes For
Rev. Hawkins Given
“A Church At Prayer” will
be the sermon text for the Rev.
Ralph Hawkins at the First
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
At the evening service, starl
ing at 7:30 Mr. Hawkins will
have for his subject "1 Will
Make You To Become.” Sunday
School is at 10 A. M and the
MYF meets at 6:30 P. M.
First Baptist Church
Elects Five Deacons
Five members of the congre
gation of the First Baptist
Church were elected deacons of
the church at a recent meeting of
the congregation.
Those named were: David
Butler. Lamar Callaway, John
ny Johnson. Herbert Lott, and
N. 8. Turner.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1953
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FROM THE PUELI3HEK AND STAFF OF
THE COVINGTON NEVTS
and
RADIO STATION M HIM
Babson Predicts Slackened
Defense Spending Next Year
By ROGER W. BABSON
1. Business will start the year 1953 in high gear. Th*
pace will slacken, however, as the year unfolds, with total
business volume for 1953 smaller than for 1952. The power
ful supports of the Great Boom-construction and automo
biles—will lose strength as the year advances.
2. Barring World War 111, 1953 will find business
operating under less government control than any year
since outbreak of the Korean War. But don’t expect removal
of price controls to help profit margins.
INTENSE COMPETITION PREDICTED
3. Salient economic feature is the fact that our pro
ductive capacity has now been expanded to the point where
barring World War 111. output can take care of both arm.’
and civilian needs.
4. The handwriting is on the wall against inefficient
operators. Their days are numbered. The successful busi
nessman next year will be the one who can control his
costs and stay out front in his market.
5. I strongly urge my business friends to get out and
sell, and sell hard next year: but hire the best cost account
ants you can for the back office. “Order takers” will find
fewer jobs as 1953 moves along.
WAR AND PEACE
6. My forecasts for 1953 are made on the assumption
that World War 111 will not strike during the year. How
ever, I want to make it clear that “all bets are off” the day
Stalin dies or retires.
7. The H-bomb gives us another lease on time. Our
first lease, from Hiroshima in 1945 to the Russian A-bomb
explosion in 1949. was frittered away in idle bickering.
This time we will have another “breather.” It may be our
last chance.
8. 1953 will be most important in the struggle for
World Peace. We will need more than an H-bomb tn win
the oeace. We shall need a great rise of spiritual strength,
which is not now evident.
NO NEW BUSINESS BOOM
9. The long business boom following World War II
was beginning to run out of steam when the Korean War
gave it a new lease on life? However, the stimulus of de
fense spending is already fading. Barring further interna
tional troubles, defense activity in 1953 will be a floor
under, and not a new stimulus to, business activity.
10. Capital expansion will move into a readjustment
phase sometime in 1953. This has been an outstanding eco
nomic force behind our long period of good times. Never
theless. I do not now anticipate any sharp break in business.
If a slide starts it should be gradual, not steep.
11. Big credit expansion has been a powerful “shot in
the arm” for business during the past two years. I predict
that in 1953 loan repayments will become more important
than new credit advances. This could handicap over-all
business unless advertising expenditures are increased.
12. Under an Eisenhower Administration I do not look
for expansion of our money supplies as a result of increased
deficit financing. Thus, another stimulating force will be
absent next year despite the better confidence following the
Eisenhower landslide.
j MORE CONSERVATISM IN GOVERNMENT
13. Although General Eisenhower ran far ahead of his
ticket, there has been a considerable gain in the conserva
tive complexion of Congress. The margin in favor of con
servatism is not measured by the slight excess of Repub
licans over Democrats. It results from the fact that sev
eral Democrats can he counted in the conservative column.
The emphasis will be on purifying Bureaus and Commis
sions.
14. All government departments will be at the serv
ice of the Republicans after January 20. Never before in
the history of the United States has a conservative govern
ment had such a powerful bureaucracy at its finger tips.
In 1953 we shall see the use of these bureaus to aid rather
than handicap business.
HANG ONTO YOUR JOB
15. Unemployment will be no problem for the workers
of the nation during the early months of 1953. The demand
for and the supply of labor promise to hold in good balance,
uater, however, unemployment will increase, reaching Hi
lighest point toward the end of the year.
16. While employment runs high during th* first part
of the year, strikes will continue to plague management.
Unions, however, will be cautious so that they will not
bring down on their heads the legislative wrath of a con
servative Congress.
17. During the early months of 1953 amendments to
the Taft-Hartley Act will be moderate. Great labor tur
moil would surely result in severe restrictions on labor
being read into the Act. All in all, I forecast a decline in
strike totals for 1953.
18. Looking to the year 1953, I am urging my friends
and their children to work more faithfully at their jobs.
They should not be fooled by present high demand for la
bor. Early 1953 should be used to “dig in” »nd work hard
er. Drifters will be the first to be let go.
PRICE FORECASTS
19. Barring World War 111 and severe droughts, the
aupply of most raw materials, farm products, and manu-
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON'S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
Awarded the Fourth Beet Weekly In
The Entire Nation By National
Editorial Association In 1945
NUMBER 1