Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. Published Weekly — Since 1901. Dade’s Only Newspaper.
NUMBER 21—VOLUME 44.
FILL COAL BINS
NOW, ODT WARS
HOUSEHOLDERS
The Chattanooga district Of¬
fice of Defense Transportation
warned householders to fill their
coal bins during the summer
months if they wish to be certain
of having a supply when winter
comes.
The shortage of motor trucks
and drivers available for coal
distribution is expected to reach
a critical stage by the beginning
of the cold season, E. A. Bettes,
ODT district manager in Chatta¬
nooga, declared, and orders for
coal should be placed with deal¬
ers now to enable them to make
deliveries during thp summer.
The ODT official explained that
many trucks engaged in coal de¬
livery are over age, or in need
of replacement parts or com¬
plete rehabilitation. If house¬
holders wait until cold weather
sets in before obtaining their
winter coal supply they may find
it impossible to obtain prompt
delivery at that time.
Mr. Bettes explained that al¬
though the stocks of many deal¬
ers might be low at the mo¬
ment, all of them are expecting
aarge supplies during the com¬
ing weeks. By placing their or¬
ders now, householders will en¬
able coal dealers to plan for an
even delivery flow throughout
the summer.
On another page of this issue
of The Times appears an adver-
tisment of the Progressive In¬
dustries, Inc., a Dade County
Company, urging the people of
Dade County to buy their coal
now. This coal is highly recom¬
mended for Warm Morning heat¬
ers, h?c*yHired furnaces, etc.,
and is 'produced on Lookout Mt.
Turn to page three of this is¬
sue and read this advertise¬
ment.
Hartley Record
Endorsed By Governor
Governor Ellis'Arnall has un¬
qualifiedly commended the rec¬
ord made by Judge A. J. Hartley
as director of the State Depart¬
ment of Public Welfare, and has
pledged his “full interest, co¬
operation and support.”
This approval came in a letter
written to Judge Hartley by the
Governor after the chief execu-
tvie had read commendatory
resolutions adopted by the State
Board of Social Security, ih
which Judge Hartley’s record
was highly praised.
“You are performing an ex¬
ceptionally splendid service in
behalf of the under-privileged
people of our state, and I desire
to add my sincere commendation
to that of the State Board of
Social Security,” the Governor
wrote Judge Hartley.
“The purpose behind the cre¬
ation of the State Department
of Public Welfare/ was htat ser¬
vice may be rendered to the
under-privileged people by the
instrumentality of the state. So
long as you continue to render
this meritorious service, you may
count on me for my full interest,
cooperation and support.”
Dr. Richard Binion, of Mill-
edgeville, vice-chairman of the
Board, in introducing the com¬
mendatory resolution, declared
that Judge Hartley has made the
best record ever made by a state
director.
“There never has been a pub¬
lic official of Georgia who has
done a better job than Judge
Hartley is doing,” he said.
The resolution was secohded
by Roy Otwell, of Cumming, and
Frank Thomas, of Decatur, who
also praised the work of the di-
rector.
The resolution set forth at
length what Judge Hartley has
done to (dear the old-age as¬
sistance t jtils, the aid to the blind
rolls and the'aid to the depend¬
ent children rolls, and what a-
mazing improvements he has
made in state institutions.
Notice of City Election
An election will be held Sat¬
urday, June 24th, for the pur¬
pose of electing a Mayor to fill
the unexpired term of W. A.
Scruggs, who resigned; also a
City Councilman to fill the va¬
cancy inade by Milton Case who
is in the armed forces.
Done by order the City Coun¬
cil, City of Trenton, this June
12th, 1944.
EARLY A. ELLIS,
Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Trenton.
Standard Oil Company
Buys $1,000 War Bond
On Dade County’s Quota
The Dade County quota in the
Fifth War Loan Drive is nearer
fulfillment today due to the sub¬
scription of $1,000 by Standard
Oil Company <Ky.).
Mr. R. W. Suggs, the company’s
local agent at Trenton, entered
the subscription for Standard
Oil, and received expressions of
appreciation from the commit¬
tee.
Mr. Suggs, well know in this
community, stated that the ac¬
tion of he Standard Oil Com¬
pany was taken as an express¬
ion of the genuine interest of the
organization in the success of
the Fifth War Loan in Dade
County and in the state.
IN MEMORY
Of my dear mother-in-law,
Mrs. Hester Neal.
Her husband, Mr. John Neal,
passed on several years before
she died. They have eight grand¬
children living; one daughter
dead. They took her son when
a tiny baby. He is now in ser¬
vice across the waters, and I
hear has been saved since going
over. God works in mysterious
ways His wonder to perform.
You know, if we w'ill just trust
and pray that He can use this
war to cause many of our sons
and daughters to be saved that
maybe never would when every¬
thing is going just to suit us
and in times of peace, we are
prone to forget God and let the
things of this life come between.
He says; “Thou shalt have no
other God before me”; that he
is a jealous God. We should love
Him above everything and every
body of this world, take up our
cross and follow Him, thereby
leading our children and others
to Him and eternal life.
One of her sons, Carl, is a
preacher. Here’s hoping to see
all her other children give their
hearts to God, and so be ready
when Jesus comes for His own;
for He has said “I go to pre¬
pare a place for you; that where
I am there you may be also.”
He said unless we repent of our
sins, believe that Jesus is the
Son of God, be bom of water
and the Spirit, we shall in no
wise enter the kingdom of
Heaven. Why take a chance?
People are dying every day and
we .have no promise that it
won’t be us next, and when we
are dead, there will come the
judgement. The next time Jesus
comes for sinners his tongue will
be sharper than a two-edged
sword, and if we die unprepared
this won’t be only to someone
else, but to us—me and you!
Listen! Christians, are you bear¬
ing your part of the cross, or
are we sitting down, letting
someone else bear our part?
Back to “Aunt Hester” as most
people called her. As long as I
can remember she was a good
Christian woman, ready at all
times, no matter how bad the
day or dark the night, to go help
the sick or those in need. Many
times* when alone with little
Duell, (my baby that was sick
so long) and it seemed that
everyone had forgotten me, I
would see her coming with her
cheering words and kind smile.
How much brighter things seem¬
ed to get!
Do you know anyone like that?
When they come in a sick room,
it seems as if everything is go¬
ing to be better. Oh, for more
like her and others that have
passed on. No, they are not all
gone. We still have some in
most every community Look a-
round and see who it is we call
for and that is always ready to
nelp. Let’s not wait until they
are dead to give them lilies, but
let’s give them a few roses or
kind words now.
I know one man when he was
young and strong, he was every¬
one’s friend. He was never too
busy to go help. He would go and
make coffins, as they were call¬
ed then, or sit up or preach a
funeral. Where is he now? Oh,
the picture has changed. He is
the one that needs help. What
are we doing about it? Cheer¬
ing words to let him know we
are glad he is still living, and
can still be a great help to God.
You know, I believe that people
after they get so they can’t work
or go out into the world to
preach, can do a great work for
the Lord by just the lives they
live. They have time to pray
more and by their kind woids,
show others the way Jesus would
have them to live.
People, if you have a car and
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TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944.
TO THE LEADERS,
CITIZENS OF DADE
COUNTY , GEORGIA:
I am writing this letter be¬
cause I feel that God has layed
it upon my heart to do so, since
we are living in peerless times—
right down in the last days be¬
fore the coming of our blessed
Lord and Saviour—a time when
men, women and children of all
ages should be gathered together
worshiping a living God. In a
day when hearts are sad, brok¬
en and bleeding on account of
sin. Why? Because people have
left God out and gone out after
their own ways—the ways of
sin.
How I wept and cried and
prayed from a broken heart
when I head in our Dade Coun¬
ty paper of the Saturday night
dance on our court house square
for the entertainment of our old
and young people. May God help
us find an alter .somewhere and
pray through to victory so that
we might be able to influence
the many that are following in
know this blessed Saviour, and
that we may be able to pray for
our precious boys who have been
taken from their homes and pay¬
ing with their life and blood for
the freedom of our nation, and
that we might still be able to
hold up this blood-stained ban¬
ner of our Christ of Calvary.
I dare say many church
members of our county attend
these dances, and then have
the “brass on their face” to go
to church and Sunday School
and say they are Christians—
some even suptrintending the
Sunday School, some teaching
classes—all this is abomination
in th sight of God. Jesus said
“He that is of the world is none
of mine.” Thank God, people
are a called-out people, a sepa¬
rated people, zealous of good
works and have no time to be
found around worldly places of
amusements.
Church members who go to
these places have no Christian
influence over a sinner because
his place of amusements are a
sinner’s place of amusements,
and his pleasure is a sinner’s
pleasure. They are only broken
cisterns—wells withoutout wat¬
er, and have been spewed out
of the mouth of God and be¬
come stumbling blocks; blind
guides, leaders of the blind.
Wake up, church members!
Shake yourself, church members!
have “napped on Delilah’s lap,”
as Sampson, until your power
and influence with God is gone.
—INA BLEVINS
(Rising Fawn, Ga.)
Cpl. Rollie C. Moore
‘Somewhere In England'
AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND
STATION, “Somewhere in Eng¬
land.”—Cpl. Rollie C. Moore, the
eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Moore
of Rising Fawn (Lookout Mt.),
is now overseas with the Engine
Repair Section of an Air Ser¬
vice Command depot “somewhere
in England.”
Allison and Packard Merlin
engines are dismantled and giv¬
en complete overhauls by the
skilled technicians of this sec¬
tion. In addition, they manu¬
facture dies, parts, jigs and fix¬
tures which are needed to meet
the ever-changing demands of
aerial warfare.
Cpl. Moore is one of men re¬
cently commended by Lieuten¬
ant General Carl Spaatz, com¬
manding general of the United
States Strategic Air Forces in
Europe, when production at the
depot was increased by more
than 100 per cent.
Before entering the Army,
Cpl. Moore was employed by the
government.
THE WORDOF GOD
Program
WAPO, Every Day, Mon¬
day through Friday, 4:30;
Saturday 12:30 P. M.
By Albert Batts
Address the Word of God, WAPO
Chattanooga, Tenn.
someone lives near you that is
aged or sick, yet able to go to
church or other places, don’t
forget to ask them to go with
you. Be sure they will appre¬
ciate it, and God will bless you.
Let’s all try to be more like the
“Aunt Hesters” of the land.
Don’t forget to pray for our
boys and girls in service and
sinners every where.
—MRS. JESSIE NEAL.
D-Day Meant Lots To This Woman Worker —
Mrs. Jimmy Chandler, the former Miss Clara
Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Price of Tren¬
ton, shown above with Suprvisor Barney Salters.
Charleston , S. C., June 15.—
D-Day meant a good deal to
one woman worker helping build
invasion ships for the fleet in the
Charleston Navy Yard.
She is Mrs. Clara Chandler, of
403-A East Dolphin Street, Lib¬
erty Homes, North Charleston,
S. C., formerly of Trenton and
317 Walnut Street, Chattanooga,
who is a mechanic-learner issu¬
ing tools in the Charleston Navy
Yard’s Pipe Shop. „
Pvt. Walter C. Simpson
At Keesler Field, Miss.
KEESLER FIELD, Biloxi, Miss.
—Pvt Walter Clay Simpson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Simpson,
of South Trenton, has reported
here and is now undergoing
Army processing to determine
his qualification as a pre-avia-
tien cadet.
While at Keesler Field, a sta¬
tion of the Army Air Forces
Training Command, he will be
given training, classification and
medical psychological tests. If
he successfully completes this
phase he will be sent to a col¬
lege or university for five months
further study, or depending up¬
on his academic background,
directly to a pre-flight center
for cadet training.
“INVASION DAY”
Yes, last Tuesday was the day
—Invasion Day, “D-Day.” Do
you know what that “D” is for?
Well, it stands for many things.
One of these many things is
“Death Day”. You hear many
people speaking of H-Hour—that
was the hour the invasion start¬
ed. It was early last Tuesday
morning, June 6th, 1944, that
H-Hour came to pass. That H-
stands for horrible hours.
D-Day, the day the invasion
started, our boys went out to
sacrifice their lives for us. Your
son might have been in one of
the planes that bombed the coast
early that night, or your sweet¬
heart might have been on one
of the warships that has open¬
ed fire on the coast of Dover;
or he might have jumped out of
the planes along with the para¬
troopers.
Wherever he* is or whatever
he’s doing, it’s for you and all the
friends he left back here. It will
be over a week since the D-Day
started. Before this letter is
printed, many poor boys will
lose their life today, tomorrow
and on and on until victory.
Millions of boys are over there
fighting for us, and they expect
us to do our part here on the
home front. That means to do
something more than stand a-
round on the corners and at the
gates of the work plants with a
union paper in your hand, and
handing one to the workers as
they pass by going into work,
asking for two more “bucks” a
day. Forget about that and pray!
That is the best thing we can
all do, if it comes from the
heart. Yes, you may have a date
with some 4-F or with a draft
dodger; give up that date. Your
son’s or brother’s safety de¬
pends on you. All our boys’ safe¬
ty depends on our help. The work
we turn out and the food we
produce; let’s work every day
until victory is won.
Something else to remember |
Mrs. Chandler has been filling
her husband’s job in the Navy
Yard since he left for military
duty. She went to work in the
same navy yard, the same shop
and for the same supervisor.
Her husband, Jimmy Chandler,
used to drive a truck for the
Pipe shop. When last heard from,
he was an Army Technical Ser¬
geant with a Field Artillery unit
of the invasion troops “some¬
where” in England.
What Did “D-Day”
Mean To You?
What did D-Day mean to you?
To me it was a day of hope
and sorrow. A hope and prayer
to God that some way, some how
it would be over soon and a
heart-breaking sorrow for the
boys I know must have fallen
since the invasion started. I have
tried to go about my work, but
I find myself turning again and
again to the radio for more news.
The report says our losses are
light, and let us all be thankful
for that, but let us not forget
that if just one of our boys fell
over there, the loss would not
be light but very heavy indeed
to that boy’s parents.
Every boy in this great invas¬
ion is some mother’s boys and
somewhere in this great country
of our, a mother and dad are
watching and waiting for news
from their boy, and hoping and
praying to God that it will be
good news.
On May 7, 1942, I gave all I
had to give to my country. Since
then my burden has been heavy
and the way has been dark, and
my greatest comfort has been
“this earth hath no sorrow that
Heaven cannot heal.”
Dear mother and dad, if your
boy is among the ones that will
never return, just remember that
God said, “Come unto me, all
that are heavy laden and I will
give you rest.”
In this critical time let’s all
forget little things and send a
prayer to the great God of
Heaven from Dade County, Ga.,
for victory and peace.
—Mrs. C. A. Pike.
is that oun boys over there need
mail to keep up their morale.
Don’t forget tthat either, and
don’ forget that boy who sent
you that Easter greeting or that
Mother’s Day greeting and the
boy who wrote to you and you
didn’t answer it. Answer that
letter and don’t anoher month
or two about it. Do it today! It
won’t hurt you to do without a
nickel bar of candy or a drink of
some kind to buy a three-cent
stamp, but I would advise you
to send it by air mail. It can’t
get there fast enough anyway.
You should send it. They are so
far away from home, and they
enjoy getting mail. So let’s all
get busy and do our part here
at home for the boys over
them
(Written by one W'ho is doing
their part in this war work).
—Mrs. Wesley Forester.
ONE-FIFTY PER YEAR
FIRE PROTECTION
UNIT ORGANIZED
IN DADE COUNTY
At a Conservation Club meet¬
ing held here on May 18, which
was attended by about 40 farm¬
ers and business men, a number
of women and children and rep¬
resentatives of the Georgia De¬
partment of Forestry; also rep¬
resentatives of the TVA, who
demonstrated the value of for¬
estry and the damage of forest
fires by showing several moving
pictures on different phe. as of
forestry, it was unanin ously
voted to organize a fire pro¬
tection unit in Dade County.
Ordinary J. M. Carroll agreed
to put up necessary funds to
operate such a program, the De¬
partment of Forestry paying 40
tier cent of the total cost. At the
meeing of this Board on May 26,
plans were made and a Ranger
| appointed, the Ranger being Mr.
J. C. Pace, who in turn, will ap¬
point a patrolman for five
months each year to assist him
during fire season. Two lookout
points will be located, one on
the highway, six miles south of
the Lookout Mountain Hotel and
another, possibly on the Look¬
out Mountain side near Rising
Fawn, connected by telephones
and a direct line to Ranger’s
quarters. With this set up, and
with he cooperation of the peo¬
ple of Dade County, this should
be one of the best protection
units in the state.
The following were appointed
to serve on the Forestry Board:
Roy Moore, Roy Johnson, J. P.
Lambert, A. W. Peck, W. E. Pike,
N. V. Richards and J. M. Carroll.
County Agent Adams was
largely responsible in bringing
about this program by personal
contact with the majority of his
cQ-workers,- convincing them of
the value of fire protection in
Dade County.
The TVA will cooperate 100
per cent, it is said, in any way
possible to make this program
beneficial to the people of Dade
County. They have agreed to
send a man to this county for
three months or more to help
the Ranger in educational work,
beginning in July.
The people of Dade County
are indeed fortunate in securing
this forest fire protection unit,
and are to be commneded for the
fine spirit and cooperation they
have shown in its organization.
This is a program that Dade
County has long needed, and
now that we have it, let’s all
help in every way possible to
make it one of the best units in
state.
Sgt. John W. Murphy
‘Somewhere In England’
AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND
STATION, “Somewhere in Eng¬
land.”—Sgt. John W. Murphy,
the son of Mr. John W. Murphy,
of Rising Fawn, is now ever-
seas and has participated in a
course designed to bridge the gap
between training in the states
and soldiering in an active
theatre of war. At one of the
Air Service Command Stations
known as Control Depots, Sgt.
Murphy was carefully processed
by classification experts who
make certain that he urns well
fitted for the job assigned to
him.
Security training, personal
hygiene, a talk by a Special
Service Officer informing him of
facilities for healthful recrea¬
tion and a lecture by the Chap¬
lain are all in turn a part of the
soldiers’ preparation for duties
overseas.
His next station will be one
from which America’s fighting
planes take off to smash the
Nazi war machine.
Avans HDC Meets With
Mrs. Verna Hood
The Avans Home Demonstra-
tration Club met Tuesday after¬
noon, June 13th, at the home of
Mrs. Verna Hood.
I Tls -■ Ferryman gav=> a dem¬
onstration on milk drinks.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer, July
5th, at 2 p.m. The demonstration
will be jelly making.
All members and friends are
asked to be present and bring a
small offering.
Mrs. Bodenhamer announced
that a P.-T. A. meeting would be
held at Davis High School on
Saturday night, June 24, at 8
o’clock. Everyone interested is
invited.
