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Thur-day, Octcber 11, 1932
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News Notes From
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Salem |
By Mrs. Uowglas Yancey 1
Little Miss Susan Robertsoni,
celebrated her 6th birthday Sun- |
day, October 7 and on Saturday}
night her parents, grandparents]
» ' nther relatives gathered at
her home to help her eelebrate.’
A uud wirs. Alvin Robertson of
Dallas spent the weekend. Othersi
to enjoy the occasion were, M r. |
and Mrs. G. W. Ramsey, Mr. and;
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs.
Spence Ramsey and son, Jimm_v.’
Miss Martha Ramsey, Mrs. E. G. |
Martin, all of Covington, Mrs. J. |
B. Maddox of Rome, Mr, and |
Mrs. Aaron Kemp and girls, Rosie |
Robertson and the honoree. Mr.'
and Mrs. Robertson served ice
cream and cake for their daugh- |
ter after the children had enjoyed?
an hour of playtime and the a-|
dults had enjoyed an hour of fel- |
lowship. “Many Happy Returns’
Susan from all of us.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Yancey
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THE BIG TRUTH ABOUT LEGAL BEER!
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TRUTH No. 1 b
For Newton County so collect $50,000 on fax, over $500,000 must be spent on the purchase of beer. This would
come out of the cash registers of the legitimate merchanfs of Newfon County.
TRUTH No. 2
A reputable survey by G.T.L. reveals that the people pay 58.61 for every dollar in beer fax collected. For
E{gmn County so collect $50,000 in tax: §1,180,50 would come out of the pocketbooks of the people of Newton
YOUR YOTE AGAINST ISSUANCGE OF BEER
LICENSES WILL GREATLY BENEFIT NEWTON COUNTY
Committee Against Issuance Os Beer Licenses
(Our Adverifeers Are Assured Os Results)
!went to Atlants Sunday for a visit
with their children, Dr. and Mrs.
[John E. Taylor Jr. and their
family. Returmng byway of
Avondale Estaes where they
were supper guests of Mr. and
’Mrs. C. H. Railey.
| Guests of Mrs. A. L. English
ilast Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
| Glenn Thurmon and children,i
]Steve and Glenda of Atl.
‘ Rev. and Mrs. Alton Whitte
{ more of Porterdale and Rev. and
iMrs. Wayne Fears and son, Mor
ris were guests Sunday after-
Inoon of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Robertson.
l Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thomp-,
| son Sr. and Cherylene visited Mr.
|and Mrs. Ad Christian on Mon
| day morning. i
‘ The Manson Miller family
| spent Sunday with their parents,
IMr. and Mrs. L. W. Miller at
{ McDonough.
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Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Kemp
and family of Bowden spent’
Sunday with the Aaron Kemp |
family. ‘
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thompson
and children of Marietta were
Sunday visitors of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thomp
son Sr.
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The following people from Sal
em attended the Johnson -
Ellington wedding at Julia A.
Porter Church Friday, October
4th. They were Mrs. J. T. Jaynes,
Mrs. Ray Moore and Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Grier.
The attendance at the Fair last
week by Salem people was very
heavy and the only way to re
port that item would be to say
most everyone went to the Fair
last week.
Mrs. Ruby Fincher and daugh
ter, Josie, were Saturday visit
ors of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Thompson Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ramsey
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Spence Ramsey on Tues
day night,
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Allen and
family went to Tifton for a week
end visit with Mr. Allens’
father.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jaynes,
Miss Betty Faith Jaynes and
Mrs. C. T. Jaynes were hosts
Sunday to a birthday dinner hon
oring Miss Peggy Jaynes. '
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Langston of|
Middleton visited their children,i
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Fears
and Morris Sun. afternoon. 1
The Billy Smith’s of Atlanta
spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Jeffares. |
Mrs. Johnny Stallsworth, Mrs.
Ray Moore, Mrs. Jule Smith
and Mrs. Alvin Jeffares joined
a group of friends from Porter
dale and attended a party at the
home of Mrs. Billy Smith in At
lanta, Saturday night, Septem
ber 29th.
The Annual Retreat of the
Wesleyan Service Guild will be
held at Salem Hotel this week.
On Sunday morning ,they will
hold their eleven o'clock wor
ship along with the members of
Salem Methodist Church and at
that hour. Rev. Reynolds Green
of the Methodist Church will
bring the message. The Guild
and members of the church cor
dially invite all who will to
come and hear this outstanding
man of God. g
THE COVINGTYON NEWS
News Notes From
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Covingion
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Mills
By Mrs. J. E Rowe
The fair is gone for another
year! But what wonderful fun
the children had! Os course, Wed
nesday, for sure was a very bad
day, but with the help of boots,
coats, rain hats and scafs, every
one made the bestof arainy
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dennis of
Grenhamville visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Rowe and family and
other relatives over the week
end.
{ Mrs. L. C. Johnson accompan
jed Mr. and Mrs. Mickey John
son of Porterdale to South Caro
lina over the weekend to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wright and
family. Mrs. Wright is the for
mer Miss Delories Johnson.
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Rev. and Mrs. Charles John-;
son and sons of Millen visited
Mrs. Homer Walls and Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Johnson, a few days‘
last week. |
J. P. Butler visited Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Butler, Friday e n
route from Cape Cod, Massachu
setts and Mobile, Ala. |
We're sorry to report that
Miss Louise Rowe is very sick.
So are Joe Hackett, Otis C ook
and Mrs. Margaret Gilbert. We
extend get well wishes to them,
as well as to those that are out of
work, recuperating f{rom re
cent illnesses.
i Happy birthday Harold! Oct.
18th! A birthday dinner was given
| in honor of Harold Edwards, Sun
day, by Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hag
| gard and Virginia. Also a birth
| day supper was given in his hon
or by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
anman and Miss Lona Mae
- Bryan. Harold enjoyed the many
i friends and relatives that wisit
'ed during the day.
’ Mr. and Mrs. H:;ace Butler,
‘| Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stowe of
.| Thomaston, Mrs. Ela Crawley,
| Miss Kate Kendrick and Mr. and
| | Mrs. Sam Butler were among
| | those attending the funeral of
-1 Tim Michael in Bishop on Mon
) | day afternoon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Rern (Tootie)
Brown and family visited Mr. and
Mrs. Flton Brown over the
weekend.
Mrs. Perry Butlee and som,
Mrs, Cora Jones of Monroe and
Mrs. Alice Collins and children
of Milledgeville visited Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Butler om Thurs
day afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Orlie Hollis and
son of Social Circle visited Mr.
and Mrs. Elton Brown on Sun
day afternoon.
Lanier Elder of Jacksonville
visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elder
for a few days this weekend.
Mrs. Jmm enjoyed the
company of all her children and
grandchildren over the weekend.
Butch was home from Jackson
ville for a few days.
Jimmy Rowe of Atlanta and
Alc Bill Rowe of Albany were
‘weekend visitors of Mr, and Mrs.
‘W. T. Rowe and Allan.
Mr. and Mrm King and
Mr. and Mrs. Frizt King and
daughter of Anderson, S. C. were
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
'King and family over the week
end to celebrate Mr. Harold's
‘birthday.
l News Notes From
| Neswborn
By Mrs. T. W. Binford
Mesdames C. N. Freeman, C.
E. Middlebrooks of Monticello
and Mrs. R. L. Burtshart of At
|lanta visited Miss Maggie Tolar,
l recently, |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams
and Miss Mellie Pitts visited Mrs.
Bert Pitts of Birmingham, Al a.
last Thurs. to Fri.
We are glad to have Mrs. Albert
Ozburn Jr. home from the
hospital.
Jack and Sally Chamberlain of
Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Jones from Friday to S un
day.
Miss Lorena Sto;;s of Athens
and Horace Harville of Greens
boro visited Mrs. H. E. Carson,
Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams and
Miss Mellie Pitts visited relatives
in Atlanta, Monday.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The Statel
Idle Tractors
Are Costly,
Study Shows
Tractors ecan be expensive
“white elephants” on Georgia
farms, according to a recent
study of the cost and utiliza
tion of tractor power and
equipment by agricultural
economists of the Georgia Ex
periment Station near Griffin,
Idle tractors are expensive
tractors and figures turned up
by J. R. Russell and J. C. El
rod show that many Nor th
Georgia farmers own tractors
which they seldom use. ‘
Os the 311 tractors found on
the 151 farms in 26 North Geor
gia counties in this survey,
more than half (164) were in
the medium-size class. Forty of
these tractors were used an
average of only 171 hours per
year while 29 others were used
an average of 951 hours per
year. The cost of operating the
40 seldom-used tractors was
$2.03 per hour compared to
the $.79 - per-hour cost of op
erating the 29 often-used trac
tors.
The remaining 45 tractors in
the medium-size class were us~
ed an average of 435 hours per
year at an average cost of $1.26
per hour.
Average annual use and av
erage per-hour cost of all 311
tractors increased with size as
follows: small — 293 hours at
sl.Ol per hour; medium — 462
at $1.08; large — 507 at $1.22,
and extra large — 637 at $1.36.
For all tractors, annual use
averaged 457 hours at $1.14 per
hour.
'l'his survey also showed that
there is no shortage of tractors
Mrs. H. E. Carson spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Kate Hinton and
Mrs. Correne Davis and in the
afternoon they attended a birth
day party for Mrs. Corrie Bry
ant of Pennington, Conn.
Mrs. Otis Hammond and Mrs.
Lenna Blackwell of Griffin visit
ed friends here, Sunday.
Laymans Day will be observed
here October 21 at 11 o'clock.
Homer Sharp Jr. of LaGrange
will be the speaker, Everyone is
invited to attend.
Mrs. Jack Williams and child
ren of Monroe spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. T. C.
Berry.
on the 151 sample farms. Two
thirds (102) of the farms had
two or more tractors and t h e
farms which had less than 50
acres of cultivated land each
averaged almost five tractors
per farm,
Complete results of this stu
dy are available from the Geor
gia Experiment Station in Bul
letin N. S. 95, “Cost and Utili
zation of Tractor Power and
Equipment in North Georgia.”
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Carnival Set ot
| Livingston, Oct. 26
Livingston Schoo! P-TA will
lhold its annual Holloween
Carnival, Friday, October 26th.
It will begin at 5 p.m. and sup
per will be served.
| The carnival is expecied to
| be bigger and better than ever
as many new games will be
added. :