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Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade Cou nty and Georgia.
VOLUME XLVI.
Grand Jury Makes
Presentments For
September Term
We, the Grand Jury for
September Term, 1946, make
following presentments
recommendations:
We have investigated 31
Wc have found 15 True
and 8 No Bills.
We recommend that
Claude S. Turner be
J. P. & N .P. for the 910th
trict to fill the unexpired
of John T. Reeves, who has
signed. We also
that Jiles Gass be appointed
P. & N. P. in the 1222nd
to fill the unexpired term of
K. Davis, deceased.
We recommend that Dr. D.
Middleton be appointed
Doctor for four years.
We recommend the Clerk
this Grand Jury be paid 50
per day extra.
We recommend that the
nary lock the Court House
night and that the county
enforcement officers of
county take proper steps to
that vandals do not break in
Court House and destroy
property.
We note that along our
ways some people are using
a dumping ground for
We recommend that the
arrest anyone caught doing
as it is a violation ofthe
and a blot on our county.
We recommend that the Sher¬
iff stop random shooting
is being practiced along
highways and near citizens’
homes, before someone is killed.
We have, by committee, ex¬
amined the books of the various
county officials and found them
in good condition, as far as we
are able to determine. A copy
of the reports is hereby attached.
We have also examined the
county buildings and find them
in fair condition, with the ex¬
ception of a few minor repairs
that have been called to the at¬
tention of the Ordinary.
It has been brought to the
attention of this body by the
Sheriff that there is an insuffi¬
cient supply of blankets at the
jail. We recommend that the
Ordinary purchase additional
blankets or covering to supply
the jail.
We wish to commend Mr.
Hugh Forester, our State Ran¬
ger, on the fine job he is doing
in enforcing the conservation
laws.
We wish to thank Judge
Townsend and Solicitor Paschal
and other county officials for
their cooperation during this
term.
We also recommend that
these Presentments be published
in our local paper, and paid for
in ,the usual manner.
A. W. PECK, Foreman.
JILES GASS, Clerk.
Lookout Valley
S. S. Convention
To Be Held at Cloverdale Bap¬
tist Church Sunday, Septem¬
ber 29, 1946.
10 A. M.—Devotional—by Gus
Forester.
10:20 — Qualifications of a
Teacher in a Baptist Sunday
School—Rev. Von Crawford.
11—Preaching—Rev. T. J. Smith.
12 Noon—Lunch.
1 P. M.—Devotional—Rev Wash
Phillips.
1:20—Reports of Sunday Schools
1.40—Sunday School Work in
General—Rev. W. M. Steele.
2:20—General Discussion; Ques¬
tions and Answers.
3:00—Adjourn.
We plan to have some singing
and quartets between speakers.
Everybody cordially invited.
Rev. Pearl Tinker, Supt.
FEED sack, handicraft
Hairpin lace can be made
from thread unraveled from feed
sacks and used in the ornament¬
ing of handicraft articles which
are made from feed sacks, ac¬
cording to home industries spe¬
cialists of the Agricultural Ex¬
tension Service.
THE^ AOE COUNT Y times, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946.
R. R. President
Welcomes Payment
To Conscience Fund
To President Ernest E.
of the Southern Railway
a dollar is a dollar, and
with rail operating costs
rently getting snagged onto
upbound stratosphere rocket,
Southern is vary glad
that some folks still have a
science.
“Every little bit helps,”
rail president observed today
he carefully earmarked for
railway’s “Conscience Fund”
tattered dollar bill that came
this morning’s mail with a
ter setting forth that the
wanted to pay for a water
rel he’d appropriated
y
This very human trait of
ing a gnawing ^conscience
paid ^ off to the Southern in
sum of $681.71 in the last
years, with “contributions”
ging from $250 sent by an
onymous writer who enclosed
cryptic note—“For cotton lost
transit at Flowery Branch,
in 1905.” to $1 for some
taken to appease a sweet
37 years ago.
Getting an unpaid debt
might involve anything
swiping a couple of lumps
coal to taking an extensive
without benefit of ticket)
one’s chest is seemingly a
cure for insomnia. One
sending $4, noted simply:
money belongs to the Southern
Railway. The person sending
it will sleep better tonight.”
Curiously enough, fully half
the letters that come in to the
railway admitting some wrong
doing many years ago are sign¬
ed with the writer’s name and
address, while the others are
either unsigned, or signed “A
Friend,” “I think I owe you tihs
—John Doe,” or the prize one
of them all—“I don’t no you
and you don’t no me so I will not
mention no names.’ The latter
sent $1 for two buckets of coal
the writer remembered having
taken from a freight car about
1910.
The longest memory was evi¬
denced by a workman who sent
$3 to pay for a brass ceiling lamp
he said he took from an old
passenger coach 52 years ago.
The clergy gets twinges of
conscience, too, for one sent a
dollar for a ride he took on a
Southern passenger train 50
years ago—a ride he didn’t pay
for then; and another sent $50
for what he termed “misuse of
?, clergy permit” in 1920.
Most of the voluntary con¬
science - easing contributions
have been for payment of fares.
They out-maneuvered the con¬
ductors then, but the memory
rankled and burned during the
years. Some took trips using
the pass of a friend who worked
for the railway, others admit¬
ted they “didn’t tell the truth”
about the age of children, and
one man, sending $25.20, said
that 40 years ago he “bummed”
for about 700 miles and was en¬
closing the sum for payment at
the rate of 3.6 cents a mile.
Some 38 years ago a passenger
was missed by the conductor and
taking advantage of the situa-'
tion turned in the uncollected
ticket for a refund of about $6.
To “square himself” he sent the
railway $20. which he figured
represented the refund plus in¬
terest. Since he didn’t sign the
letter the railway couldn’t re¬
turn the “interest.”
The “Conscience Fund” con¬
tributions come in from time to
time, to agents along the sys-
tern or to the treasurer or They to J j
the railway president.
migh migm enclose enciu elaborate explana-
tions or as in the case of one
$50 bill, come folded in a scrap
of unmarked tissue paper. When
it can, the railway acknowledges
the contributions with a warm
latter of appreciation— a bring per¬
sonal letter that should
of mind to the person who
peace courage to ad¬
summed up the
mit a mistake.
Pasture acreage has increased
200 per cent and small grain
acreage has more than doubled
in Hancock county since 1939,
according to the local county
agent.
Dade County’s Only Newspaper .
County and Home
Agents Plan Farm
And Home Programs
Georgia is now the economic
opportunity No. 1 of the nation,
Herman Talmadge, son of Gov¬
ernor-elect Eugene Talmadge,
told county agricultural and
home demonstration agents at
their annual conference in Ath¬
ens last week.
Speaking before a joint meet¬
ing of the agents’ associations,
Mr. Talmadge told the agricul¬
tural workers that Georgia has
advantages of resources, climate
and people. “Georgians," he
continued, “are learning that
they must process raw materi¬
als within the state if they are
to achieve the greatest returns
,r ° m thelr IJroductlon "
, .p, ^ek-tong^conference . , of
^tension 4 workers from thru
out the state was devoted to
planning agricultural and
home demonstration programs
oi work for the county workers.
Specialists in all fields of pro¬
duction, marketing and home¬
making were presented.
During the conference distin¬
guished citations were present¬
ed to H. A. Maxey, Cherokee
county; W. T. Middlebrooks,
Houston; Donald Branyon,
Clare; H. T. Cavender, Evans;
and Mrs. M. S. Sibley, Spalding,
for their outstanding work in
their counties.
Outlining an improved cotton
program for the South, Repre¬
sentative Stephen Pace predict¬
ed that cotton would retain its
“important” place in the agri¬
cultural economy of the South
“if we get the research program
that cotton really needs and if
we develop a cotton program
that is economically sound.”
Speaking on trends in
tion and marketing of
and vegetables, Harry L.
general agent of the Farm Cred¬
it Administration, Columbia,
C., declared that these
contribute 15 per cent of the
cash marketings of
farmers and that they offer
good opportunity of balancing
agriculture and industry in
state because they lend them¬
selves to local processing.
Dr. M. P. Jarnagin, head of
the animal husbandry depart¬
ment of /the University of Geor¬
gia, asserted that Georgia farm¬
ers can double and even triple
the per acre production of live¬
stock by adopting a sound feed
production program. However,
he warned, the state has about
reached its livestock-producing
capacity unless such a program
is put into effect.
Other feature speakers on
program included Dr. Pauline
Park Wilson, dean of the Uni¬
versity of Georgia School of
Home Economics, and Dr. Glad¬
ys Gallup and Miss Mena Ho¬
gan, both of the Federal Exten¬
sion Service in Washington.
Workers from the college of ag¬
riculture, the state experiment
stations and a number of other
organizations took part on the
program.
During the session the agents’
associations elected new officers
to guide the destinies of their
groups during the coming year.
Officers named by the county
agents were L V. Cauley, Brooks
county, president; N. V. Davis,
Spalding, vice-president; and
H. H. Shores, Walton,
ry-treasurer.
The home demonstration
agents re-elected their entire
slate of officers, including Miss
Frances Lowe, Bibb, president;
Miss Nelle Thrash, Greene, vice
president; Miss Frances Manry,
Richmond, recording recording secretary; secretary;
Irma Spears, Bulloch, cor-
responding secretary; Mrs. Mil¬
dred Sheppard, Baldwin, treas.,
and Mrs. Bessie Sue Gaines,
parliamentarian.
PRESSURE SAUCEPANS
Pressure saucepans, which are
on the market, cook foods
a very short time, according
specialists of the Extension
Vegetables can be
in one to five
be cooked to tender-. 1
can
in 35 minuses.
Agent Recommends
Early Planting Of
Small Grain Crops
Recommending that
county farmers plant their
grain crops early, County
L. C. Adams this week said
planting is one of the most
portant steps in obtaining
yields of small grains.
“Tests made at
stations in the state and
experience of practical
show that oats seeded
produce about twice as much
oats seeded November 15,"
Adams pointed out.
seeded oats produce
most comprehensive programs.
“The 4-H Club Congress is
each year to select state
in a number of 4-H club
and activities,” Mr. Sutton
plained .- Awards wm inc i
V. S. Savings Bonds and
trips to the National 4-H
Congress in Chicago.
“All of the 4-H’ers partici-
pating in the Congress are
trict winners,” the club
pointed out. “Officers of
4-H Club Council will be
charge of the program
will review the past year’s ac¬
complishments of the more than
100,000 4-H members in
and make plans for the coming
year.”
Prize winners in the various
projects and acivities wlil be an¬
nounced Thursday night, Octo¬
ber 3, at the annual Congress
Dinner given by the business¬
men of Atlanta, he said. The
4-H Club Congress is sponsored
by the Extension Service in co¬
operation with the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce and all
members of that organization
are expected to take part in this
dinner, which is a feature of
the Congress.
Control Of Peach
Tree Borer Urged
By County Agent
Urging Dade county farmers
and fruit growers to treat their
peach trees to control the
tree borer, County Agent L.
Adams this week pointed
that this insect does widespread
damage to the base and roots
of peach trees.
“Paradichlorobenzene and eth-
elene dichloride are very effect¬
ive in controlling the peach tree
borer,” Mr. Adams said. “When
paradichlorobenzene is proper¬
ly applied around trees four
years or older, it will kill 95 per
cent or more of the borers with
no injury to the trees.”
Mr. Adams recommended ap¬
plying paradichlorobenzene crys¬
tals Sept. 25 to Oct. 5 in this
section. Trees four or five years
old should receive three-fourths
ounce per tree; trees six years
and older should receive one
ounce per tree.
“AH trash and grass should
be cleaned away from the trunks
of trees to a distance of one foot
and the soil smoothed over be¬
fore paradichlorobenzene is ap¬
plied. The soil level should be
raised so the crystals will be a-
bove the topmost borer.
“Crystals should be applied in
a circle around the trunk about
one inch from the bark. Place
six shovels of dirt over the crys-
and k with back of shov-
Do not let crys tals touch
Remove dirt mounds from
around trees after four weeks
jf trees are four or five years
old and after six weeks if trees
are six years or older.”
Trees under four years old I
shou id be wormed by
November Movcmhcr or or may may be treated
with ethylene dichloride, Mr.
Adams said. Directions for eth¬
ylene dichloride treatment are
given In Extension Service Bul¬
letin 518, Fruit Growing, which
may be obtained from county or
home demonstration agent’s of¬
fice.
Individual feeding of dairy
cows is important, the Extension
says, pointing out that
the amount of feed needed by a
depends upon her size and
the amount of butterfat she is
producing.
Published Weekly — Since 1901.
Atlanta Newspaper
Fete Delegates To
Four H Congress
Delegates attending the
annual Georgia 4-H Congress
Atlanta October 1-4 will be
at a dinner to be given
day night by the Atlanta Jour¬
nal, W. A. Sutton, state 4-H
leader for the Agricultural
tension Service, disclosed
week.
“The banquet is being given to
announce winners in the 4-H
commumty .. development
contest
which is sponsored by the Jour¬
nal,” Mr. Sutton said. “Awards
will be presented to the 20 4-H
community _ clubs developing the
plants with dense root systems
that enable them to stand cold
batter and give more complete
coverage to the soil than those
seeded late.”
While earliness of seeding
does not produce such large in-
creases of yields of wheat, rye
and barley, good increases and
_ ^ results obtained
e er are when
they are planted early, the agent
declared - “Oats and barley
should be be planted during Oc-
lober. The last part of October
or the first of November is the
best planting itime for wheat
and rye.’
Other important factors in
obtaining best yields from small
grain crops, according to Mr.
Adams, include use of best ad¬
apted soils, proper preparation
of soil before seeding, use of
seed of adapted varieties, good
rates of seeding, control of smut
proper sowing of seed and lib
eral use of fertilizer.
Poll Tax Out, Jury
Work Too, For Some
In answer to a request from
officials of several counties, At¬
torney General Eugene Cook has
ruled that Georgians whose
names wero removed from the
tax digest with the poll tax abo¬
lition are ineligible to serve as
jurors.
According to state law, jury
panels must be drawn from
those whose names appear as
Removal from the
d }g es t ( therefore, means removal
rom j U ry lists,
At the same time, Cook said
that something should be done
to prevent the elimination of
such a large number of jurors
and suggested that Legislature
broaden the law so as to allow
“good citizens to serve on the
jury, even though their names
do not appear on the tax di¬
gest.”
Some county officials asked
if the lowering of the voting age
to 18 enabled the 18-year-olds
to assume the citizenship re¬
sponsibility of serving on the
jury. Cook answered in the
negative.
AVOID LARD LOSSES
With hog killing time coming
up within a few weeks and a
scarcity of shortening prevail¬
ing in many areas, State Ex¬
tension Service workers this
week suggested that farmers be
espacially careful in rendering
lard this year. About 16 percent
of the weight of the average
butcher hog is made into lard,
the Extension workers pointed
out. Rendered lard keeps best
when stored in tightly covered
cans in a cool, dry place.
FOREST FIRE DAMAGE
Damage to Georgia forests
through annual burnings is es¬
timated at from two and a half
to five million dollars, according
foresters, I in addition to inese
actual values that can be meas¬
ured in dollars and cents, the
foresters point out that wildlife,
flowers, shrubs and many other
plants are destroyed. The fact
that Georgia’s timberlands pro¬
duce less than half the timber
they should is largely due to
too frequent fires.
If you wish success in life,
make perseverance your bosom
friend, experience your wise
counsellor, caution your elder |
brother, and hope your guardian
angel.—Addison.
NUMBER 38.
Fraudulent Claims
Get Veterans
Into Trouble
Fraudulent claims have caus¬
ed 24 veterans of World War II
to lose their benefit rights for
veterans’ readjustment allowan¬
ces and have made them liable
to federal prosecution, Georgia
Employment Security Agency of¬
ficials have revealed.
A majority of the claimants,
Agency officials state, were
charged with failure to report
earnings and drew benefits to
whlch thcy were not entltled .
They also state that 23 addition¬
al cases charging fraud are now
.pending and hearings will be
held in the near future<
Ben T. Huiet, Commissioner of
tho Georgia Department of La¬
bor, Employment Security Agen¬
cy, said that it has been called
to his attention that many stu¬
dents who are receiving allow¬
ances intend to also file claims
for readjustment allowances du¬
ring a forthcoming vacation pe¬
riod. He said that the receiving
simultaneously benefits under
two or more different provisions
of the “G. t'the I. Bill” is strictly in
vlolatlon 0 act and that
such offenders will lose their
benefit rights and are liable for
prosecution.
“Veterans should be familiar
with the provisions of their law,”
Commissioner Huiet declared,
“and if they will answer truth¬
fully all questions pertaining to
their various claims, they can
avoid cheating themselves out
of their just benefits.”
State Board Takes
Vets Council On *
The * Job Duties
Tho Constitutional Board of
the Department of Veterans’
Service will take over duties of
the Veterans’ Educational Coun¬
cil, which administered on-the-
job training in the state, when
it is dissolved October 1.
Chairman of the Veterans’
Service Board, Henry Persons,
has announced that his organi¬
zation was assuming the admin¬
istration of on-the-job training
in accordance with a federal
law governing the instruction
“In order to meet the require¬
of the new law, the Con-
Board of the Depart¬
of Veterans’ Service has
tho present adminis¬
tration policies regarding on-
the-job training so as to vest
in the board the approving and
administering authority as re¬
quired by federal legislation,”
Persons explained.
Heretofore a State Veterans’
Educational Council, composed
of volunteer workes originally
appointed by Governor Arnall
and later reappointed by the
Constitutional Board after the
passage of enabling statutes,
exercised those duties,” he
added.
Persons praised Chairman F.
H. Rayfield and members of the
Educational council and said
that the co-ordinator employed
by the council would be retain¬
ed in their same positions with
like seniority, status and pay.
Additional personnel will be em¬
ployed as soon as federal funds
arc available under the new law,
Persons added, and an Advisory
Educational Council appointed
shortly.
All business concerns must be
recertified and rechecked for
training.
Head River News
By Janie Sue Forester
Raymond and Robert Ross
and Mrs. Hugh Forester were
called to the bedside of their
Mrs. J. M. Ross, in Rome
on account of he serious illness.
John McCormick has been
moved to the Veterans Hospital
in Atlanta because of illness.
Miss Millie Hunt has returned
home, after being the guest of
her sister, Miss Bessie Hunt, in
last week.
