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VOL. XLV. NO 4
County Agent’s
Weekly Column
The local county farm agent
(I. G. Baker gives The Dade
County Times the following
information:
Strip cropping, much advo¬
cated as a means of slowing
<lown soil erosion, is also valu¬
able as a method of holding in
check apids, or “plant lice,”
among the worst of the far¬
mer’s and gardener’s enemies,
ga ys Dr. Simon Marcovitch,
entomologist of the Tennessee
Agricultural Experiment sta¬
tion-
Speaking recently before a
meeting of the American As¬
sociation for the Advancement
of Science, at Pittsburg,
Marcovitch told a strip farm¬
ing experiments that turned
in practically aphid-free strips
of peas and cantaloupes inter-
planted with corn, cotton and
other plants, while adjacent
solid fields of the same truck
crops, planted at the same
time, were destroyed by the
insects.
The efficacy of this alternate
planting, Dr. Marcovitch be¬
lieves, is due to the shelter and
encouragement the strips of
other crops give to the natural
parasitic and predatory insect
enemies of the aphids. For
this reason, tobacco and other
crops with sticky leaves that
act as natural traps for these
six-legged allies of the farmer
are not to be favored as alter¬
nate strips. Melons interplant-
ed in strips with tobacco were
destroyed by the aphids.
A considerable number o f
farmers in the hill country of
Wisconsin are in some other
sections of the nation, ap¬
parently sensive the soil-sav¬
ing capacity of grass, have for
a long time been practicing
strip cropping to protect their
sloping fields. They have left
the steeper slopes in woods.
Below the woods they have
grass along the contours. Be¬
low this they have grown al¬
ternately strips of corn, grass,
potatoes, and so on. The grass
intercepts the water flowing
downhill, checks the velocity
spreads it out, and causes
much of it to sing into the
ground, according to Dr. Mar¬
covitch.
Escaped Bull Killed
After Wild Chase
Lovering 50 blocks through
the heart of the business sec¬
tion, an escaped bull that
grew more frightened as h e
neared the center of the city,
charged down Peachtree street
from Tenth street to Five
1 oints, turned down Decatur
to the Capitol, and was finally
shot by police at Martin and
Ormond streets. He left be-
hind him two men, gored when
they tried to stop him, and a
Police dog that got in his way
a,u - was instantly killed by
the animal’s horns.
1 edestraing sought cover in
doorways and motorists pull¬
ed in to the curb to allow the
Maddened bull to make his
Vj ' down the cities business
streets. He had escaped from a
” Uc k that was taking him to
s «uth Georgia.
besides wounding the men
a ‘ u * filing the dog, the bull,
t ough passing several
up
dered na shops on his way, wan¬
into an automobile
a jency and finding himself in
‘hrongh display room, crashed
*mdow a large plate g 1 a s 9
to the street.
Sail? (Sou
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2i 1935.
News of Dade
County High
I he Junior Class is large
this year and lots of talent is
enrolled in the class. As is
customary, the Juniors Mill
present a play this year. It was
rather a difficult task to pick
characters for the play. The
method used Mas a “try-out”
method, and the following
characters were selected : Gil-
aert Baugh, Joe Bowman, Du¬
el Neely, Haskell Iiibbs, Mau¬
rice Tatum, Lucile Hatfield,
Frances Page, Ilettie B. Hub¬
ble, Lola Moore and Lucilc
Saxon. The name of the play
is “Wild Ginger”. It’s going
to be good—watch for the date.
Lakeview High school took
the boys for another ride on
Lakeview’s floor Tuesday night
b y a score of 21-15. This makes
two that Lakeview has taken
from the Darters and we have
won once from them. There
were no individual stars on ei-
ther team. Max Page scored
the most for the Darters but
there was not enough of the
total score, (which was only
15), to boast about, therefore,
will drop that till we meet
them on the Dade floor Thurs
-day night, Feb. 28th.
The fair sex Darters ran eas¬
ily through the Lakeview' girls
to make their total victories 3
over Lakeview, while the latter
has failed to register. T he fi¬
nal score was 40-15, and as
the score indicates, the Dart¬
ers were just too good for the
Lakeview Lassies.
Ruthie McMahan showered
the basket for a total of 20
points. Lakeview says they’ll
have a rejuvinated team when
they pay us the next visit and
mean to take the next one.
The feature of this weeks
games will be the Dade Dart¬
ers (girls) vs. McClellans. As
has been previously stated
this will be the first team Mc¬
Clellans, and such stars, a s
Jackie Marlow, Allison, and
“Tuffy” Hixon will be in the
line up. This game will be
played in the Dade gym. Thu¬
rsday nite Feb. 21.
As a preliminary to this
game the boys w r ill play Trinity
Methodist.
Little is known as to t h e
strength of the Trinity boys,
but due to the fact that, Trini
-ty and McClellans are manag¬
ed by the same man makes us
feel like they will he good.
Don’t miss these games if you
want to see some real high
classed basket ball.
High Court Upholds
Verdict of $10,000
The judgment for $10,000
obtained in the Decatur city
court against Asa G. Chandler
Jr., by Mrs. Mary L. Smith be¬
cause of alleged nervous shock
injnries and property damage
caused by a baboon that had
escaped from the Candler Zoo
was affired Saturday by t h e
court of appeals.
Mrs. Smith claimed in her
petition that the baboon was
in her car when she tried to
get in; that he chased her,
causing her to trip and fall
over a doormat and sustain
injuries. but
She fled to her house,
the animal returned to tne car,
she started, got her pocket
book, took out a bottle of per¬
oxide and smashed it, then
tore up all the contents of the
purse, including $62 in curren-
y, a $25 check and other valu-
C she
able papers. She said that
AND I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU. ‘SHORTY’, SINCE 1916
A. J. (ALEX) RAINES, left, of Dade County, is pictured here as he. met his old baseball team
male, “Shorty,” better known as John Wilson; Secretary of the Stateof Georgia, at the State
Capitol after being separated in 1916, when “The One-Armed Wonders” baseball team went
on the financial rocks in Gaffney, S. C. (—Photo by courtesy of Suiiday-Amcrlcan.)
One-Armed Pals
Are Re-united
(Editor’s Note: The follow¬
ing was clipped from the At¬
Sunday American of
February 3. We might say,
too, we have talked with Mr.
Raines, ‘Alex’, since his visit
to the capitol city, and he re¬
ports the “biggest time of his
life”. Alex said that he met.
many old friends while in At¬
and that the state offi¬
as a whole, gave him a
gala reception during his brief
visit with them. The Sunday
American write-up follows:
“Backin 1916 the‘Oue Arm¬
Wonders’, a baseball team,
weat broke in Gaffney, S. C.,
a sensational tour.
Two members of the team
reunited here Friday for
the first time, and one A. J.
of Dade County, re¬
that he has been voting
the other, John B. Wilson,
of State, all I h e s e
without knowing that
the Secretary w as his old friend
‘’I came to the name of John
Wilson on the ballot and
that the candidate
be a pretty good man,
he bore the same
as my baseball buddy %
Raines said.
“It wasn’t until two months
that 1 knew the Secretary
my old pal, and so 1 came
n here today just to spend
day with him.”
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Raines
Friday recalling their
days and tell¬
friends about the unusual
of fate”.
the Chandler residence
times before a keeper
was sent to capture the ba¬
Mrs. Smith’s original suit
was for $25,000 damages and
she was awarded $10,000 by a
IN MEMORY
There is now a blanket of
sadness hovering over Dade
County and the little town of
Trenton, especially due to vis¬
it of the death angel that car¬
ried away the life of Walter
Webster Jenkins.
Walter w as 21 years of age.
He was born and reared in
Dade County, and was loved
by everyone who knew him.
Our hearts all were saddened
when we learned that he had
departed this life. Death was
not unexpected, for he was ill
lor several weeks, fought brave
-ly the battle of life. Then,
on Tuesday night at 9:45, the
Lord called him away.
It seems hard to give up a
person of this type; just in ‘lie
bloom of life and with such c
disposition as that of Walter,
who seem to have such a
bright future before him. Of
co/irse, that is not our own to
decide when we or one of our
loved ones must pass over the
river. It should, however, he a
warning to each of us, that (lie
strong as well as the weak, the
young as the old, have to an¬
swer that call that W alter has
answered.
Be ready, people, be ready!
He leaves a host of friends
and loved ones to mourn his
death, but let us say to those
who grieve, mourn not for we
were assured that he was go¬
ing home.
Our deepest and heartfelt
sympathy is with all the be¬
reaved ones.
“A precious one from us has
gone,
A voice we loved is still,
V place is vacant in our home
W liieh never can be filled.
God in His wisdom has recall¬
ed the boon His love had
given,
Vnd though the body slumbers
there,
The soul is safe in Heaven.”
A FRIEND.
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Three Arreted;
One Shot in Gas
Stealing Charge
W lien deputy W . S. Fugatt
says “■stop”, he means stop,
and ‘don’t’ mean get faster
and use a screwdriver to mash
a ‘feller’s’ fingers.
William Posier was shot in
the arm Friday night when he
and his companions, Joe Bow¬
ers and Roy Hart, all of Mass¬
achusetts, attempted to make
their get-away with a five gal-
on can of gasoline that they
had drawn from a tractor in
front of M. R. Wilson’s garage
at Rising Fawn.
As reported to the Times, it
so happened that deputy Fu-
galt “happened around” Ris¬
ing Fawn about mid-night last
Friday just in time to see a
fellow' leave Wilson’s garage
with a five gallon can of gaso¬
line. Fugatt overtook the mid¬
night prowler just as he had
joined his companions some
distance away. As the trio
dashed away in their roadster,
Fugatt swung on the side of
the machine and called on
the driver to stop. His response
was several raps across the
knuckles with a screwdriver
while the other two shouted
“knock ’im off.” After deputy
Fugatt had held onto the ear
some distance, with the three
ignoring his demand to stop
by trying to break his hands
loosC| his the revolver officer from managed it’s hols¬ to
get
ter; opening fire. The bullet
struck Posier in the arm just
below the elbow. The shot in¬
flicted only a “flesh wound”.
It, however, was sufficient to
bring the auto to a standstill.
The ear was headed South and
had taken Fugatt for quite a
“ride”, to say nothing of the
mashed fingers dealt him.
At a preliminary, Judge W.
W. Hale set Posier’s bond at
$500., Boyer’s, $400 and Hart’s
at $200.
Trenton “Old Men”
Challenge Rising F.
This is to give notice that
the Old Mens basket ball team
of Trenton challenges the Old
Alens team of Rising Fawn
to determine the champion¬
ship of Dude County. The play¬
ers composing the Rising Fawn
team may be selected from all
sections near and South of
Rising Fawn, however. This
challenge, if not “faded” with
-in a limited time, will auto¬
matically declare Trenton as
County champion. The game
is to be played in the local
gymnasium.
Dedication Service
At New England
The members composing the
New England Baptist Church
are making plans to dedicate
the new church house at that
place, Sunday, February 24th.
Besides the pastor and as¬
sistant, other speakers, includ¬
ing Rev. Tom Smith, Rev. W.
L. Afavity are expected to be
present.
It is desired that a delegation
from each church composing
the Lookout Valley Associa¬
tion attend the service. A cor¬
dial invitation is extended to
all. Come, and enjoy the day
with us.
Renew your Subscription.
Local Bill Soon
To be Introduced
To the people of Dade County:
This is to give notice as re-
required by law that I will in¬
troduce in the House of Rep¬
resentatives at this Session of
the Central Assembly of Geor¬
gia a local bill for the County
of Dade, captioned as follows:
A BILL
“To be entitled an act to abolish the
offices of tax collector and tax receiver
of Dade County, Georgia; to provide
for the election of a tax commissioner
and his term of office; to provide that he
shall piration qualify of the and present take office at of ; ^e the ex-
terms tax
collector and tax receiver; to fix his sal¬
ary; to prescribe his duties and for oth¬
er purposes.”
I shall be glad to hear from
any citizens of Dade County
relative to their views on this
proposed legislation.
Res pee I fully submitted,
J. M. C. TOWNSEND,
Dade County.
lima River Notes
Mrs. Will Johnson, who has
ill. is much improved, we
glad to note.
Misses Susie Byrd and Ber¬
Evat t, w ho teach in W alk¬
County, spent the week-end
Mrs. W ill Johnson and
Max Forester spent the week
with his mother and fam¬
Mr. Reed Johnson is attend¬
court in LaFayctte, as a
juror.
Messrs Grady and Charley
Charley Forester, Mr.
Mrs. Bert floltzhower and
and .Mrs. Grady Smith
the week-end visiting
and relatives in Birm¬
Ala.
Mr. and Airs. John L. Case
and family and John Tatum
were Sunday guests of Air. anti
Mrs. Jules A. Case in Chatta¬
nooga.
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