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NO. 26. VOL. XLIV.
Welfare Dept.
Serves Needy
In Dade County
During July, the commodity
division of the State Department
of Public Welfare served 170 needy
families in Dade County with sur¬
plus commodities having a total
value of $675.33.
With schools open, school child¬
ren in many counties will again
receive hot noon day lunches pre¬
pared largely from surplus com¬
modities. Last year, 20,000 Georgia
school children, 5,000 of whom
were located in Chatham (Savan¬
nah) County alone, ate nutritional
lunches every school day. School
superintendents, teachers, school
bus drivers, local health officers,
the children themselves and their
parents have written many letters
telling of benefits derived from the
hot lunches. They vouch for in¬
creased weight, better attendance,
improvements in studies, health
and dispositions of the children.
Some school lunch projects are
conducted in the cafeteria fashion,
while with others the children are
served at their desks or at tables
covered attractively with oil cloth.
Usually school lunch projects are
conducted as WPA projects spon¬
sored by city or county govern¬
ments or by local civic organiza¬
tions. Some projects are of purely
local administration and not oper¬
ated as WPA projects. Lunch
projects, when certified by the
County Welfare Department re¬
ceive all available surplus foods
from the commodity division.
There are many counties in
Georgia that do not have school
lunch projects. Although there
were 20,000 children participating
last year, by comparison with
neighboring states there should be
125,000 school children in Georgia
serve with daily hot lunches. This
is more than six times the number
actually being benefitted.
Accidents At
RR Crossings
Show Decrease
Continuing to show improve¬
ment, fatalities resulting from
highway-railroad grade crossing ac¬
cidents in the first five months of
1939 totaled 578, a decrease of 12
deaths compared with the same
period last year according to a re¬
port of the safety section of the
Association of American Railroads,
just In made the public in Atlanta. period this j
five-months
year 1,622 persons were injured in
such accidents, compared with
1,683 persons in the corresponding
period in 1938. Accidents at high-
way-railroad grade crossings in the
first five months totaled 1,383, a
decrease of 26 compared with the
five-month period in the preceding
year.
Lichten Heads
Young Mens’
Dem. Assn.
“Young Mens’ Democratic As¬
sociation” is the name of a new or¬
ganization formed here Monday
night, September 11th.
The new organization, composed
of young men throughout the
county, seeks to promote better
county, state and national govern¬
ment,and supports the principles as
originally set out by the Democra¬
tic Party.
The newiy organized club,
Europe Lines Up for Second World War
Poland, Map France shows and lineup the of British nations empire under present aligned European against Germany alliances, in j
are
the conflict, with Italy and Russia listed as “doubtful.” Spain, hitherto
considered pro-Nazi, is expected to remain neutral as a result of the
Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact.
DeKalb Jury Seeks Revision
Of Georgia Pardon Laws
The DeKalb County grand jury
dealt with a subject which
be studied by every grand
in the state—Georgia’s par¬
system.
The DeKalb grand jury, in a
contained in its Septem¬
presentments to the Superior
recommended that the
Assembly take what legis¬
action necessary to change
law so that before a pardon
be considered by the Board of
or by the Governor, there
be a recommendation made
some designated official in
county in which the conviction
made.
resolution further recommend¬
that due publicity in such coun¬
be given to the fact that a
for the named individual
been requested and that the
be given an opportunity to
cause why such a pardon
not be granted.
The resolution went even further
recommending to the General
that it enact into law a
that while an attorney-
is a member of either branch
the legislature he will not be al¬
to act as an attorney, either
or indirectly, in the matter
securing a pardon for a person
under due process of the
The DeKalb grand jury, in its
pointed out that the
of pardoning in this state
is misused; that coun¬
go to great expense in obtain¬
convictions and the expenses
wasted when these offenders
after serving only a short
and in addition to the money
society suffers an even
loss when criminals are
without paying their full
Mr. and Mrs. Early Ellis, Mr.
Mrs. Elbert Forester, Misses
Morrison and Eleanor Cul¬
attended a meeting of the
Elmo O. E. S. Monday night.
Misses Dalue Morrison and
Whorton, of Chattanooga,
week-end guests of the form¬
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Sr., in East Trenton.
will hold regular weekly
is headed by the follow¬
officers:
M. N. Lichten, president; Gene
secretary; Montford Tatum,
Cleron Kyzer, vice presi¬
Chas. Newman, H. A.
New Set-Up For
Game Licenses
In Georgia
Georgia hunting and fishing
licenses will b- j distributed by the
State Revenue Department, effec¬
tive October 1, it was announced'
by Director Charles Elliott of the
Wild Life Division. Licenses now
in the hands of county ordinaries
and sporting goods stores—as
agents of the division—are to be
withdrawn after September 30th,
and after that date applications
must be made by ' mail or in person | j
to the , „ Revenue Department in At-
lanta, he said.
Mr. Elliott said $25,000 worth
of hunting and fishing licenses pro¬
bably would be sold throughout
the state under the old plan. Last
year a total of $147,000 accured to
the Wild Life Division from this
source. The director estimated the
state would save from $12,000 to
$15,000 annually, now paid in agent
fees, under the new system.
The penalty for hunting or fish¬
ing without a license, or evidence
of application, is a minimum of
$25 fine or 30 days in jail, and a
maximum of $200 fine or 90 days
in jail.
Prisoners of War ‘Somewhere in Poland’
Radiophoto
In this photo, radioed from Berlin and passed by the Nazi censor, Polish prisoners are
pictured, hands held high, following their capture “somewhere in Poland” after opening hostilities on
the Polish border. German soldiers trot after the prisoners of war, their rifles ready for instant use in
case of attempted escape.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939
Guy O. Stone
May Run For
Farm Position
Mayor Guy O. Stone, of Glenn-
wood, a World War army aviator,
has stated that he is considering
running for Commissioner of Agri¬
In the event he enters the race,
he said, his platform would in¬
clude: 1. Free hog serum for
farmers. 2. Reorganizing the
state farmer’s market. 3. Urg¬
ing county authorities to insist
that county agents “carry out
their duties as county demonstra¬
tors instead af devoting their en¬
tire time to administering rules
from the United States Depart¬
ment of Agriculture under the
Triple-A, since local governments
pay 50 per cent of their salaries.”
J' A ^ Aj.. nr „ f : n(r a nlirp " c PPf | h w
for Georgia “which the . seed ,
is now
dumping ground of the Southern
states.”
Legion Urges
Help in Drive
Elsewhere in thiP issue appears
an application blank for Citizen¬
ship Certificate, which is in keeping
with a nation-wide drive of the
American Legion to supply these
certificates.
As set out in a previous issue of
the Times, the local Post, along
with other Legions throughout the
nation, are urging the cooperation
of everyone in this great and im¬
portant move. Particularly, the
local Post is earnestly requesting
the cooperation of civic clubs,
P.-T. A., and all women’s clubs,
County School Superintendents,
County Board of Education, Ordi-
nar y or C ° u " t >' Commissioners,
ministers of the churches of the
etc.
The application appearing on
another page should, when proper¬
ly signed, be sent to the
School Superintendent or
of the local American
Legion Post to aid them in ascer¬
the number of certificates
required.
This is a very important move
it is hoped that everyone will
in every way possible.
FOR SALE—3-Piece Li ving
Suite, practically new. May
seen at Trenton Coffee Shoppe.
Milton Case,
Ga.
Call For General Assembly
Soon Seen; Chm. Miller
Shows Highway Needs
HELPING HAND
These two London children took
grim evacuation preparations as a
lark. Part of the 3,000,000 children,
women and invalids who were first
evacuated, help each other don
knapsacks containing gas mask
and emergency rations.
Entertain With
Barbecue At
Sulphur Spgs.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Blake were
host and hostess at a barbecue pic*
nic at the Big Spring,the old Blake
place, near Sulphur Springs, Sat¬
urday.
A bounteous feast, the barbecue
being prepared by H. D. Thomas,
was enjoyed by some fifty guests.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. L.S. Blake, T. B. Blake,
Judge and Mrs. J. M. Carroll, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Frye, Miss Willie
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Brown.
Mrs. Joe Guidi, of Angola, Ind.;
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bible and
family, Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Mitchell and family, of Bessemer,
Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Janaway,
ofRyal Springs; Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Kennimer and family, Mrs. J.
H. Blake and son, Mrs. E. G.
Wright, Raymond Morrison, Dixie
Brown, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Garrett,
J. L. Fricks, Mrs. W. D. Hawkins
and son Billy, Elbert Forester, Mr.
Mrs. and E. M. Thomas and son,
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Thomas, Mr.
andMrs. Rufus Blake, son, Graham
Hale, Roy Climer, Pete Bradford.
Editor’s Note—A more detailed
report of the event appears on
editorial page.
IB-50 A YEAR
Developments in state finance*
pointed to a session of the General
Assembly, probably beginning on
October 16. Available funds will
care for teachers’ salaries for only
four months, or through the final
month of this year, and efforts will
be made to provide for payment of
the full seven-month guarantee
made by the state in 1937.
During the past week, Governor
Rivers called upon Attorney Gen¬
eral Ellis Arnall for a ruling on
certain phases of his “dictatorship"
over highway affairs as well as for
an opinion upon the legality of the
diversion proposal. Unofficial
sources indicated that Mr. Arnall
would rule that the diversion sug¬
gestion was illegal, but would sup¬
port, at least in part, the manner
in which the governor is interfer¬
ing in road matters. The call for
the decision was believed to be a
prelude to relinquishment of the
“dictatorship” by Gov. Rivers,
however.
Other developments included:
Chairman W. L. Miller of the
State Highway Board, in an ad¬
dress at Macon, revealed that $6,-
818,704 in Federal aid was avail¬
able now for Georgia and that
contracts for work could be award¬
ed if the Highway Department’*
funds made it possible. Mr. Miller
also revealed authoritative figures
that showed that the Highway
Department’s expenses, other than
for construction, had mounted by
$3,500,000 in the past two years
because of maintenance and recon¬
struction and the addition to the
system of 86,000 miles of Post
Roads, while departmental income
had dropped approximately $3,-
000,000 since 1930, the peak year.
He opposed diversion of highway
funds, pointing out that many
counties still have no paved roads
of any kind, and declared that op¬
eration of the department under
executive orders was not wise “from
an administrative or economic
standpoint.”
COUNTIES IN NEED
Members of the Legislative
Committee of the Association of
County Commissioners of Georgia
were informed that their appeals
for money to replace homestead
exemption losses would have to be
directed to the General Assembly.
It was revealed that so great has
been the return of convicts to the
state, in the wake of Gov. Rivers’
executive order ending county
grading contracts that the gover¬
nor had ordered establishment of
four new highway camps to take
care of the influx of prisoners.
In Americus, Allen Chappell, in¬
fluential member of the Assembly,
said that unless the governor called
a session next month, the Assembly
undoubtedly would meet in Nov¬
ember under the new “self-call
act.”
GOVERNOR STUDIES PLAN
Governor Rivers spent much
time during the week in conference
with President John Spivey of the
State Senate and Speaker Roy
Harris of the House, and confidantes
intimated that the Governor was
discussing with his aides plans for
harmonizing action at the session.
The house and the Senate heads
appear to favor divergent pro¬
grams. Mr. Harris has been the
mainstay of the diversion bloc in
recent months, while Mr. Spivey
revealed that his survey of the
Senate showed an overwhelming
majority as favoring a sales tax
and only four votes for the Harris*
Carmichael- Lanier proposal?.