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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1947)
4tU (futmtu lines Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. VOLUME XLVI. Board of Education Makes Lucky Purchases Superintendent L. M. Allison, accompanied by A. L. Dyer and Lyman Taylor, of the County Board of Education, made a trip to South Alabama Wednesday, where they were fortunate to find plumbing supplies and other fixtures for use in the erection of the new Dade County High School buildings, which will be erected during this year. In the purchase of plumbing supplies, which are so hard to find on the market, the county school au¬ thorities will be able to complete their building program much more quickly than otherwise. Aged Citizen Dies George DeVries, age 83, died Thursday night, Jan. 2, at his home atop Lookout mountain, near the Lookout Mountain Ho¬ tel, after a lingering illness. The aged man had been a res¬ ident of Dade county for many years, formerly Residing in the Stewart Town community, and had many friends here who re¬ gret his passing. Funeral serv¬ ices were held at the Hughes Avenue Baptist church, Chat¬ tanooga, Friday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, with Rev- W. M. Steele and Rev. Bartow McFarland of¬ ficiating. Interment was in For¬ est Hill cemetery. Pallltearers, Glenn Hatfield, J. B. Jenkins, Er¬ nest Stewart, Xonophone Mur¬ phy, John Murphy and James Clark. j INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TESTS Only veterans are eligible to take the test. Any veteran who has four or more high school auiuuI credits and auu who successfully completes the test will qualify for a high school diploma , • i or certificate. ..... Any veteran vcucian who wnu does uura not have the four or more required credits and who successfully completes the test may apply ly to the State Department of Ed 1- ucation for a certificate. Proof of service MUST be pre sen ted. (Discharge paper pre 3 - ferred). ,. fee of $2 50 covers all ex- penses- LilOtO' The principal of the school that you attended will decide whether you will be issued a di- ploma or vji certificate ueiLmcaue that mat certi- ceiu- fies that you have the equiva- lent I I of ~ a . high school education. Bring pencils to use in making the test. Test requires 8 hours- The next test is scheduled for Saturday, January 25, at 8 a. m., at Boys High School, Rome, Ga- Please notify me if you expect to be here, so that I may have a test ready for you. Only residents of Georgia are eligible. Very truly, H. Q. Tucker, Director Boys High School, Rome, Ga. MISS FANNIE HALE NAMED REGISTRAR vital statis¬ tics FOR 875TH AND 1038TH MALITIA DISTRICTS A change in Vital Statistics personnel in Georgia Malitia Districts 875-1038 and 1241 was announced today by state au¬ thorities for Dade county. Miss Fannie Hale, of Rising Fawn has been appointed Local Registrar for the above districts, according to a statement by Richard Brew¬ er, Director of State Vital Sta¬ tistics. sues. Miss Hale will succeed her late ather, TT'. W.’w. Y¥ ’ Hale, naic ’ who W11U had “““ cted in the capacity of Local ‘egistrar for the state since 919, when wnen Vital vital Statistics statistics be- ue- ame one one of Georgia’s import- nt laws. __ When you are so devoted to ofn B what is right that you ress straight on to that and tsregard what men are saying bout you, there is the triumph moral courage. — Phillips rooks. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947. Williams’ New Garage Will Open Soon Slowly, but surely, the splendid combination Garage and Sales Store, hotel and pent house, which is being constructed by W. W. Williams, in Trenton, is nearing completion. The front office and sales room are receiv¬ ing their finishing touches, and will be ready for occupancy when the large plate glass windows are completed. All concrete flooring has been poured for the second and third stories, and carpenters are busi¬ ly engaged in completing the hotel rooms on the second floor. Mr. Williams will rush to com¬ pletion the hotel rooms as quick ly as possible, so as to be able to accommodate the traveling pub lie in the very near future, but will probobly await more favor¬ able weather during the coming spring, to complete his hand¬ some penthouse, which he and Mrs. Williams will occupy. WSCS OF METHODIST CHURCH TO HOLD FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR ON JANUARY 16 The Woman’s Society of Chris¬ tian Service of the Trenton Methodist church will hold its first meeting of the year, Thurs day, January 16, at 2 p. m., at the church. All members and friends are urged to be present- The new officers for the year need the support of the entire church, so let’s have a good crowd and show them we are be¬ hind them. The Church is Yours. Are You a Good Church Member? Eo you support the church in all her activities? If we all can say “Yes,” then we will have a good church. Re¬ member the date, January 16, at 2 p. m- LEILA KIMBRO S- S. CLASS , MEETS WITH PRESIDENT The Leila Kimbro Sunday School class of the Trenton Methodist church met at the home > of « their J 1 . •__ President, J Jules Till AO Case, and Mrs. Case, for their regular monthly meeting last Friday evening,, January 3. After the regular business of the class had been concluded, a round-table discussion was en- joyed, the topic of discussion was “International Moral Laws. Attorney Maddox Hale led the discussion, and his interpreta tion Li Ui 1 LJ. of International Laws, — as based upon a moral code, was most interesting and instruct- ive. A n number uumvci of other ------ members of the Sunday School class also took < part i in the „ discussion, JJnrtllCTCiiAM and QMn all enjoyed it very much. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Next meeting of the class will be held at the Methodist church Friday evening, February 7. Sand Mountain News By Mrs. Una Belle Stone Pat Wheeler will preach at the Church of Christ next Sunday morning. Everyone is invited to come and hear the gospel. Mr. Charley Carroll is very ill at his home here, and Dr. W. D. Patton is also very ill- Mrs. Inez White and her moth¬ er, Mrs. Liza Horton, visited Mrs, Millie E- Daniel Monday after¬ noon. Miss Buddy Carter spent last Thursday night with Miss Jua¬ nita Daniel and family- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stone vis¬ ited Dr. and Mrs. W- D. Patton Sunday night. Buddy Carter visited Mrs. Una jjuuxxj — Buddy Carter C were in Chattanooga sh0 PP mg f‘“ qotnrdav rday ' Mr and Mrs. Lonie * have moved onto the Lyman Daniel place. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Murphy from Alab ™ a ^ aye m ° V ed their nevl 0 m ere 0 n th e Bluff road ’ and Mrs. „ ar e „... Mr. ‘ spent the week en w , parents, Mr. and rs. Smith. Dade ;™a OOO O OO O OOC OO O O G O O OOOPC OOOOOOO OO OO« LOOKING BACKWARD tOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O OOoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtf THE DADE COUNTY WEEKLY TIMES “Devoted to the Financial interests of T. A. J. Majors.” The above is the head and scription underneath, of the teresting old paper here 58 years ago. The editor was evidently very versatile man, for in tion to his duties of editor publisher of The Dade Weekly Times, he seems to dabbled in politics, real and other necessary to make a living. In his aggressive manner, did not fail to lash out at he thought to be unjust, or rimental to public interest, sequently he appeared to be in continual turmoil with some who crossed his editorial path. Only two pages of The the front and back pages, printed in The Times shop, two center pages having printed in Atlanta, by printing company, and of “canned” editorials every conceivable subject, the interests of our home munity. There are also stories of travel, hunting in rican jungles, intermingled love stories, etc- The most interesting however, was page four, devoted two columns to items, the greatest number taining to the sickness of citizens, the remaining being devoted to foreign tising. The local column was “Through The Town,” a head, “Squibs gathered here there.” Here are some of the news items: “Miss Daisy^ Tatum Js slow; recovering.” “Send your job work to this fice.” “Mrs. J. H. Corput is sick.” “Subscribe for your paper.” Dr. T. J. Lumpkins is still the east, where he has gone important business.” Dr. M. J. Corput was sick Thursday.” “Real estate is somewhat of drag at present.” “The Times office is now pared to do job work.” “There is a great deal of ness in this village.” “The last two days have the hottest of the season.” Mrs. S. H. Thurman has quite sick during the past weeks.” “Will some one please tell why our business men do advertise?” “Our delinquents can pay subscriptions in wheat- Call and settle.” Winnine, the youngest child Mr. and Mrs. G- W. M. has been very sick this week.” “Dr. J. W. Russey, of Fawn paid Trenton a al visit last week.” “Wheat is taken in payment subscription, dear “Trenton’s ’tumble’ will be written if something done to arouse the people.” Mrs- Lattimer is very sick the home of Mr- B. F. Pace.” “The Times is getting a cussin’ out by the managers the convict camps in this ty.” “Jack Majors (ye editor) Trenton, can tell the snake yarns ever heard. lie so much, Times-” “A competitive for County School Superintend New England News By Mrs- Mary Patterson Rev- North, pastor of the England Baptist church, his regular appointment Sunday. After church he and Mrs. North and were dinner guests of Mr. Mrs- J. M. Blevins. Misses Betty Jean Lassie and Velma Blevins, Trenton, attended church Sunday. ent will be held in the last Sat¬ urday in August.” “Our readers will have to ex¬ cuse tire shortness of news this week. We have been busy put¬ ting up new machinery and type. The Times is now better equip¬ ped than ever before. To still further improve the paper, we hope our delinquents will settle up.” Only two stores in the county have advertisements in The Weekly Times: B- P- Majors, Al¬ liance Store, Trenton, and G- W. M. Tatum’s Alliance Store, at Rising Fawn. Both of these popular mer¬ chants had adopted the name “Alliance,” because they were catering to the Farmers’ Alli¬ ance, a farmer’s organization that was very strong in Dade county during that period. Majors’ heads his advertise- ment with the following slogan: “A Boon,'not a Boom, to the pie of this community.” Tatum heads his advertise¬ ment: “Alliance Store is a friend of the poor man.” Tatum closes his advertise¬ ment with the picture of a can- non over which is unfurled an American flag, and in black-face type is printed, “A cannon can make a loud report and deal out death and destruction; and com¬ petitors of the Alliance Store can make a loud noise, but it’s wind." Both stores advertise “Rock Bottom Prices,” but do not quote the price of a single artic¬ le of merchandise. Only one legal advertisement appears in The Times: Ordinary J. A. Bennett advertises sr-ied bids ,will be received lentil j Saturday, July 27, 1889, for erec¬ tion of a stockade to be erected around the county jail. Probably preparing for a legal hanging within the walls. The doctors and lawyers of those days did not boast of pro¬ fessional ethics, and ran profes¬ sional cards in their home paper: Cards announcing Dr. M. J. Cor¬ put, Physician and Surgeon, Trenton; Dr. J- W. Russey, Ris¬ ing Fawn; and T. J- Lumpkin, Attorney at Law, will practice in all the Courts, appear in this is¬ sue of The Times- Another interesting advertise¬ ment was one of Cureton’s Mill, a once flourishing grist mill lo¬ cated on Lookout Creek, near Rising Fawn. The Cureton Mill ad read; ( “Eat the healthiest water- ground meal and flour. To get the best carry your corn anjd wheat to Cureton’s Mill and let an expert grind it.” Signed—W. H. Bowman, Miller. In next week’s issue of The Times, Looking Backward will give our readers some really an¬ cient history of Dade county, taken from a copy of the Dade County Gazett, published at Ris¬ ing Fawn, on July 1, 1879, al¬ most 68 years ago. The publisher and editor was the late Rev. J. A- Darr, who wafc also serving as pastor of the Methodist churches in Trenton and Rising Fawn at that time. Rev. Darr will probably be re¬ membered by a number of our older folk, whom he served as pastor during their childhood days. The Dade County Gazett was probably the first paper publish¬ ed in Dade county, and from this paper grew The Dade County Times. These historical facts will be most interesting. The many sick persons in this community are reported as be¬ ing much improved, we are glad to say. Mrs. E. L. Raulston will enter¬ tain members of the Ladles Birthday Party at her home here on the 15th. Mrs. Mary Patterson was a guest of Mrs- Jack Derryberry Saturday. Bad weather has kept us ln- 1 doors for the past week, so we have very little news to report- Published — Since 1901. Old Slave Block Resurrected Unknown to many citizens Trenton and Dade county, Tren¬ ton was the center of the slave trade during the early ante-bel¬ lum days, when negroes were owned and traded as personal property by our grandfathers- The slave market was held the building now owned by the Trenton Odd Fellows, and used as their lodge halls, and while there is no written record of any actual sales being made there, tradition, accredited as being true, relates the sale of one old negro, “Uncle” Dock Cole, whom many of the older citizens of Dade county remember quite well. “Uncle” Dock Cole—people of the old South always called the old Darkies “uncle”—was owned by the late Col- Bob Paris a prominent landowner and lead¬ ing citizen of Dade county dur¬ ing the earlier days. The old slave was sold from the slave block standing at the west end j of the was I. O. purchased O- F. Lodge for the building, of $1,000 by Isham Cole, a pi¬ oneer of Dade, residing in the Slygo district. The Slave Block, a large ob¬ long stone about four feet in height, with a width of about two feet, remained in its orig¬ inal setting for more than years, and was used by mer¬ chants who have operated a gen¬ eral store in the old building, a “saddle block," upon lady customers could from their horses when came shopping. S e v er a 1 years ago this old slave was removed from its and placed in front of the dence of the late J. P- now occupied by Cleron Mrs- K^yzer. The prized old memento of te-bellum days would make fitting monument to stand the front lawn of our courthouse, with a proper in- inscription, dedicated to the memory of the faithful old slaves who were sold as chatties from this old block. The Times makes this suggestion, and will be glad to assist in the cost of removal and erection of the stone, if satisfactory arrange¬ ments can be made. To our good friend Robert Woolbright, we are indebted for information regarding the age and use of this stone- Mr. Wool- bright is well versed regarding history of Dade county and its people, and takes pleasure in re¬ miniscing of by gone days of our fathers who settled Dade coun- ty Cloverdale News (Last week’s News Notes) Rain, cold, and bad weather is the order of the day, New) Years Day. There have been so many young folks spending Christmas with home folks, it will be hard to name them all. Ed Bible, Jr., of Savannah, who is a sophomore in the branch of the University of Georgia, has been with home folks for two weeks, and is returning to Ath¬ ens to begin the New Year, in his studies in agriculture. Frances Bible of Chattanooga spent Christmas week at home. So far as I know, all of Chas- Bible’s children were home- Royce Bible, USN, of Jackson¬ ville, Fla-, with his brothers, Gordon and Raymond, and their families, from Chattanooga, and two sisters, of Chattanooga, spent some part of Christmas week at home. Herschel Forester and his wife and two sons, of Dallas, Texas, were visiting his brothers, By¬ ron and Cicero- The Sunday School put on a very nice program, with a nice tree. All present enjoyed the program, and received presents. Lewis Blevins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert (Jlck) Blevins, has been quite sick- Mrs. Joe Phillips is quite sick at Newell’s hospital. We wish NUMBER 1. Attention, Naval Veterans! The Navy urges all of its vet¬ erans to file claim for terminal pay as soon as possible. Neces¬ sary forms for filing claims are available at all U. S. Post Offices and contain detailed instructions on how to fill them out. In ad- local representatives of the Veterans Administration are equally able to help veterans with terminal leave pay ques- ( tions. Less than half of the estima¬ ted total of 3,500,000 claims for leave benefits have been receiv¬ ed by the U. S. Navy terminal leave disbursing office at Great Lakes, 111., although the Navy has set up a product line pro¬ cedure which is paying claims at the rate of 20,00 per day. On December 16, 1946, two months after the Navy put this stream-lined operation in mo¬ tion, the millionth claim was paid. However, it was stated that unless veterans who have not submitted claims do so prompty it will be impossible to maintain the current rate of payment- Former Navy men are urged to get in their individ¬ ual claims while production ca¬ pacity of the terminal leave dis¬ bursing office is at its peak. Although the bonds in which men are paid for terminal leave are not payable for five years, they can be used for payment on National Government Life In¬ surance premiums. Further¬ more, in the event of the death of a veteran, his next kin can convert the bonds into cash at once- TRENTON GARDEN CLUB HOLDS ENJOYABLE MEETING The Trenton Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. W- F. Mor¬ rison, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 2, with Mrs. 8. J. Hale and Mrs. Grover C. Tatum as joint host¬ esses. Mrs. E. L. Raulston, President, presided over the business ses¬ sion, which was opened with prayer by Mrs. T. N. Orr. A committee consisting of Mrs. DeWitt Williams, chairman, Mes- dames F. A. Morgan, Roy Mc- Bryar, C. S- Turner, D. E. Mor¬ rison and T N. Orr, was appoint¬ ed to make plans for raising funds to meet the club’s pledge to the Bookmobile, which serv¬ ice they are very anxious to have continued in Dade county. An enjoyable and instructive round-table discussion was held, the subject of discussion being the planting and cultivation of roses. The discussion was join¬ ed in by many members of the club who are experienced in the cultivation of roses and other varieties of garden flowers- Program Chairman, Mrs. F. N. Belk, introduced Mrs- L. M. Al¬ lison, who read a very appropri¬ ate poem. Mrs. Dan Carroll was also introduced by Mrs- Belk, and read a very interesting paper- Mrs. E. G. Wright, Flower Show Chairman, presented Mrs. Dan Carroll with a prize for the most artistic flower arrangement at the December meeting of the Club. Mesdames DeWitt Williams, C- S. Turner, Rufus Smith and H F. Allison were welcomed as new members of the club. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses following adjourn¬ ment. The February meeting will be held at the home of Mrs: W. G- Morrison. all a speedy recovery. Mrs. Jewell Phillips has re¬ turned home after spending sev¬ eral days at Newell’s hospital- Glad to report that she is much better. James Henderson had a bad spill from a horse, and was tak¬ en to Dr. Middleton’s office at Trenton. No bones were broken, but he had a bad shake-up. Ed Bible spent two days in Macon last week, attending an AAA meeting, where 900 farm¬ ers heard speakers from Georgia and Washington, D. C. The Abercrombie Quartet ren¬ dered several numbers at the morning service, which was en¬ joyed by a large crowd-
