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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1947)
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES I Entered at the Postoffice at Trenton, Ga., as second class mail, j ^SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $J25; IN Three ADVANCE: Months, 75 Cents^ One Year, $2.00, Six Months, .......Owner and Publisher P A GATES ........................... Shop Superintendent ~Persons writing for publication are requested to furnish their names, otherwise the communication will not be published. Name will be withheld on request, but all communicatios must be signed . Obituaries, memorials, and articles of like nature v.ill be charged for at a minimum rate of 50 cents for 15 lines,, or less, and 2 cents per lin es for each additional line over 15 lines- Advertising rates will be furnished upon application, Legal advertising bills payable in advance- OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY Fourth of July—picnics, bar¬ becues, family reunions, swim¬ ming, soda pop, speeches—and heat. But this seems to be one holiday that we never stop to ask ourselves, “How come?" Most of us just call it Fourth of July, forgetting its real name, Independence Day. If we do think about it at all, we just think of the times be¬ fore our country's birth as the times of the early settlers, a war;, and George Washington as our first president. But events lead ing up to July 4- 1776, are thrilling and exciting reading. In 1700 there were about 275, 000 people in the colonies but on the eve of the Revolution we had grown to almost 3 millions- Phil¬ adelphia was the largest city with a population of about 18,- 000. Schools had been built and there were five colleges- There were libraries and newspapers. Townships held town meetings, the counties had county meet¬ ings and there were the state assemblies.. But in spite of the assemblies and the right to vote, the colo¬ nies were really controlled by small groups and royal govern¬ ors from England. This did not please the colonists. They and the people who followed them had worked hard, gained wealth and land and self-confidence. Our forebears were a sturdy lot and different from the people in the countries they had left be¬ hind. The French and Indian Wars had driven France out of North America, with both the British, and the Americans taking part. There was no love lost between the two. Washington, leader of the Americans, wrote of the “dastardly behavior of the Eng¬ lish soldiers," and Wolfe, the leader of the British soldiers, wrote of the Americans as "con- temptable cowardly dogs.” the leaders said such things, i is not difficult to think how the soldiers felt. After the French and Indian War, the British thought the time had come to get the colo¬ nies under better control and that the trade laws must be en¬ forced. British soldiers were left in the country to protect the frontiers, but the Americans felt they had been left there to en¬ force the deeply trade laws. in debt AlsoBr and the £‘ ain was So it i£ colonies were rich. as today, came taxation; the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, one o which included the article on tea But the colonies were now stronger and more independent. They were indignant with t British. They were indignant with the small ruling bodies in the colonies. The mass of the people were not satisfied- Men arose to express this resentmen the twelve years of talking which preceedlng the war was on. with few such acts as the Boston a that we re¬ Tea Party to show ally meant business. Taxation without representation was not to be borne. days Life in America in those was not dull. It was noisy, boisterous, and full of red blood¬ ed men and women who were not satisfied with their way of life and were doing something about it. But talk did not avail, the people wanted independ ence, independence from the mother country, and also from the class in America who held too closely with the ways of the old world. On the 19th of April, came the Battle of Lexington followed by Bunker Hill, Ethan Allen and his "Green boys, and then in June George Washington was ed commander in chief of army. Came more battles still no declaration of war til on July 4, 1776, when gress finally adopted the ation of Independence. State House Bell, which rang the news to the crowd in the streets, by an odd dence, bore the inscription, claim liberty throughout all land unto all the thereof.” WATER SYSTEM QUESTION For too long a time the “water question”, for Dade county has been uppermost in the minds of all. Opinions both pro and con have been most unpleasant, to use a very tame word. On June 24, 1947, the Court of Appeals of Georgia rendered a decision- A digest of it is; The Revenue Certificate Act of 1937 authorizes any municipal¬ ity in the state to create a water district and to construct, oper¬ ate and maintain a water system therein, and to finance said sys¬ tem by the issuance of Revenue Certificates. The Act defines the word “municipality” as any county, city or town in this state. By resolution, the Ordinary of Dade county created a water district to be known as the Dade County Water District, including the territory within the cor¬ porate limits of Trenton, and other territory outside the city of Trenton. By resolution, the Mayor and Council of the City of Trenton created a water dis¬ trict consisting of the territory within the corporate limits of the city. Both resolutions au¬ thorized the issuance of Certifi¬ cates in certain amounts to fi¬ nance their respective systems. Dade County filed a petition in Dade Superior Court to vali¬ date their revenue certificates. The City of Trenton filed objec¬ tions, along with certain indi¬ viduals, the objections being that only the City of Trenton has authority to determine whether it desires to be included within a water district created by the county or to create tis own wa¬ ter district, and that the county could not, without the consent of the city, operate a water system in the the city, nor could it is¬ sue revenue anticipation certif¬ icates for a district which in¬ cluded therein the territory with¬ in the corporate limits of the city. The Superior Court Judge overruled the objections and en¬ tered an order validating the bonds, The Court of Appeals of Georgia in its decision dated June 24, 1947, sustained the Su-_ perior Court Judge, stating that under the Act either the city or the county or both could create a water district which may be located wholly within or wholly without the municipality, or' partially within and partially without, and that there was nothing within the Act to pro¬ hibit the creation of two water districts embracing the same territory. The City of Trenton filed a petition in Dade Superior Court to validate their revenue certi¬ ficates. Dude comity and cer¬ tain individuals filed objections, alleging that Dade County had already included the terrritory in Trenton in their water dis¬ trict and applied for validation of their certificates, and that the city could not validate cer¬ tificates for the same territory. They further alleged that be¬ cause of the small number of prospective users the construc¬ tion of such a city system was impractical, unsound and not feasible. The Superior Court- Judge overruled the objections and entered an order validating the certificates. The Court of Appearls of Georgia in its decis¬ ion of this case dated June 24, 1947, sustained the Superior Court Judge in his holding that under the Act both certificates could be«*alidated, but that evi¬ dence should have been submit¬ ted and the Judge should have passed on the question of wheth¬ er or not such system is practic¬ al and feasible. This case was, therefore, returned to the Supe¬ rior Court for further hearing on that question. When the time comes for val¬ idation of these Revenue Certi¬ ficates. let us have the bids pub licly advertised, let them be sealed bids and a day set and advertised for these bids to be publicly opened. If this proced¬ ure is followed and the water question in the future is a public manner, ------ can no criticism. DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947. THE •ttyyxttHHHjrrii-finni » ■ r i rK n^MMOOOOOOOOOQf LOOKING BACKWARD w ^>ww nnee ceo(X)OOf»otoo^ THE DADE COUNTY GAZETTE Rising Fawn, Ga., December 11, 1879. This notice appeared in The Gazette as advertising in the “Local Options" column; “Fricks Bros, want all the corn they can get, for which they will pay 50c per bushel in cash or goods.” Dr. W. P. H. McGuffey is in town. Look out for the holiday issue of The Gazette. The furnace “blowed in” last Sunday. They have been mak¬ ing repairs. We learn that whooping cough is raging in the Iron Works. One death has al¬ ready occurred- We regret to lose our Wildwood correspondent, Bill Flips. Who will give us the Wildwood news now? A. M. Hale and J- B. Guinn went to Chattanooga last Mon¬ day evening. Hope the boys had a good time. From Morganville Peace and quiet reign over our village again. A car load of tan bark is standing on tht side¬ track awaiting shipment. Observe some farmers are turning land preparatory for a corn crop next year, Wheat looks well. A man reports to have made 2,000 bushels of corn; do not vouch for its veracity. T. J. Lumpkin & Bro., Attor¬ neys at Law, will pay prompt attention to the collection of claims and all business entrust¬ ed to their care. j. G. Hale, Attorney and Coun¬ selor at Law, will practice in the Superior Courts of Dade, Walker and Catoosa. Local Options Last Sunday, the local editor reached the majority of 21 years of age. On Monday evening, Mr. Fricks called us into his store, and pretty soon, I was wearing a size 6%, the best hat in the house- We return to Mr. Fricks our most sincere thanks. Mrs. Morgan of Morganville was in our town yesterday, in search of a prodigal brother, a youth of 12 or 14 probably, who had left home the night before to seek his fortune. He had got¬ ten this far, but very likely he will return home with his sister this evening- Boys should not run away from home; this world is too rough for them. Mr. Jas. Brock of Trenton has accepted a position as clerk in the business house of G. W. Cureton. By reference to our market report, it will be seen that eggs have advanced to 15c per dozen. Pork is in demand at 5c and 6c a pound ; corn 50c a bushel, and chickens at 12V 2 and 15c. The Dade County Gazette and the Louisville Courier are two of the best weeklies to be found. This unlighted trailer, moving slowly along the darkened highway, t~as completely invisible to an overtaking motorist as he came sud¬ denly upon it from around a corner. He crashed into it and was fatally injured. Just one more of the many bitter ironies of highway deaths, where a lawbreaker who was indifferent to his own safety and t T- safety of others escaped injury, while an innocent victim j ' ' 4 "that indifference with his life. ) ft SAFETY TIP OF THE WEEK Good highway democracy saves lives ; last year, over 150,000 were killed and injured because some¬ one claimed special privileges REPORT OF BOOKMOBILE SERVICE IN DADE COUNTY The Dade Cotinty Library Board and Library Committee met at the Court House on June 25th. Miss Sarah Mareth, our Bookmobile Lady, conducted the meeting. We were glad to welcome Miss Lucile Nix from the State Library Department and the Chairman of the Walker County Library Board at our meeting. Miss Maret submitted the following report: The reading of good books has been especially fine in some of our schools, according to a re¬ port made by Miss Sarah Maret, Director of the Cherokee Re¬ gional Library, which operates the bookmobile which serves the schools of Dade county. A to¬ tal of 6,651 books were read from the bookmobile by the children of the county for the school year 1946-47. The distribution of this reading was as follows: Davis High. 1,823; New Salem, 1,818 : Rising Fawn, 1,239; New Eng¬ land. 895; Dade High, 490; Wild¬ wood. 386. The total circulation for the county for the first six months of 1947 was 7,923. A Vacation Reading Club Is be¬ ing conducted by the bookmobile and all children of the county who are able to reach the book¬ mobile at one of its stops are urged to join. A certificate is sued by the State Department of Education will be given to those children who meet the bookmobile and read at least 10 books during the summer. A “Gold Star” Certificate is award¬ ed to those who read 25 books. A record of this reading is kept by the librarians of the bookmobile It would seem from this report , that Dade is reading more and more books. For the first six Drug Store Now Under New Management T. T. Wheeler has bought the Trenton Drug Sundries from W. W. Williams. Though this store does sell drug sundries, it is also one of Trenton’s restaurants. Mr. Wheeler has been operat¬ the Trenton Coffee Shop for time now, and it is under¬ stood that he plans to keep both open. Mr. Williams is erecting the large building on the southwest of the town square. The ground floor is already comple¬ ted and houses the Williams Mo¬ tor Co. Several hotel rooms with baths are being built on the sec¬ ond floor and the selling of the will give Mr. and Mrs. Williams time for their new bus¬ iness venture. We shall miss them, Johnnie, Jackie, Fannie and all of them at the “drug store,” but we are sure Mr- Wheeler will also give us a nice clean restaurant, and we wish him every success. other drivers at intersec¬ Safe driving means obey¬ the traffic officer or the light; if in any doubt as whose turn it is, yield right- months of 1947 7,923 books at 52.00 a book would be over $15,- 000 worth of books and as I recall the 1946-47 report was only about $7,500 worth of books. It is heartening to know how the library service has been appreciated. However the dark side of the picture is that the money has run out again. Last fall when there was no money individuals and organizations who felt the need and the benefit of having a travelling library in the county during the winter months raised the $50.00 a month that it costs to bring the Bookmobile here. In order to see that the school children should have the books. This was a lot of money to be raised by so few but as we can see by this report it was appre¬ ciated. The State supplies the books and in other counties the cost of the bookmobile service is met jointly by county and school funds. For a while Dade County did contribute $25.00 a month, which is half the amount needed (and the Lion’s Club contributed the rest) but it was felt that there were not enough people in the county who wanted this ser¬ vice to warrant further expend¬ itures. It would seem by number of books read, both the children and adults in county, that there are enough people in the county want this service- Almost 8,000 books distributed is more being read in the county than there are people in it. Do you want the privilege of using this travelling library? If you do say so loud, and long and often for if you don’t there is no more money and there will be no more Bookmobile for Dade County. MARY FRANCES JACOWAY WILLIAMS vs. WILLIAM D. JACOWAY FRANK D. JACOWAY GEORGE H. JACOWAY MRS LOU KILLIAN ' * CHARLES C. SMITH, JR- No. 7, September Term, 1947, Dade Superior Court Suit for partition of lands by sale and division of proceeds. NOTICE To; William D. Jacoway, Geo. H. Jacoway, Mrs. Lou Jacoway Killian and Charles C. Smith, Jr. non-resident defendants in the above styled cause:— You are hereby notified that on June 9, 1947, Mary Frances Williams filed in the Superior Court of Dade County, Georgia, Rising Fawn News By Ruth Wilson Mrs- Teenle Blevins and son, Jimmy, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gossett and Brock Dean. Mrs. A1 Hadden and Mrs. F A- Bettis spent Sunday in Ool- tewah, Tenn. Rev. A1 Hadden is home for a few days, after conducting revival in Texas- Mr. W. A. Latta of Piggot, Ark., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Herschel Dean, and Mr. Dean. Mr. and Mrs. Allison Blevins md family of New England spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Castleberry and family, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Simmons and family of West Virginia are visiting Mr. and Mrs- Charlie Hale. Teddy. McCloud of Knoxville, Tenn., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith and family. Mrs. Ed Heatherly and Jane Ellen of St- Elmo spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. • R. Smith and family. Mr. B. B. Kenimer and Carol and Don spent Sunday with Mrs. Gaines at Flat Rock, Ala- Willie G. Williams, Martin and Billy Joe Bradford, Leslie and Jack Wilson, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Coleman and family in Nash¬ ville, Tenn. George Wilson re¬ turned home, after a week’s visit. farm BUREAU MEETING HAS LARGE ATTENDANCE There was a large attendance at. the Georgia Farm Bureau meeting last Friday night. Nearly 50 farmers from all dis¬ tricts in the county heard Wilson E. Still, Director of Organization and Research, tell of the benefits derived by joining the organiz¬ ation, Mr. Still stressed the fact that when a lot of people banned to¬ gether in wanting the same thing that by sheer volume of numbers their opinions would carry more weight. That it was only nat¬ ural that if a thousand people felt one thing would be best that the opposite would be best but ten thousand people felt that it would be natural to be influenced somewhat by the greater number. And so it is with the size of the Farm Bureau membership. Nationally our congressmen will naturally be influenced when they know so many people back hom^ are for or against a certain bill before congress. To mention just one bill, already the Farm Bureau fought for a ceiling price of 35c instead of the 24c that had been set. The far¬ mer must have protection and the Farm Bureau means to see that it does- On a State level the Farm Bureau fought for and got a 50c refund on gasoline used on the farms and last year the State of Georgia refunded $490,- 000 to the farmers. Locally there may be some¬ thing your county needs. Map out a program and then go to work, because if the farmers will ban together they can get what they want- After Mr. Still’s talk, Mr. Gus Forester, Chairman of the Local Farm Bureau thanked him and asked those present if they would volunteer to try to get new members. j Another meeting was called for j u i y 7 th. at 8:30 P. M. for the purpose of reporting the progress (of ^is membership drive. a petition for me DaniH certain lands in D ade 105 Georgia, by a sale thereof Con division of the proc ■ Frank which it D. is alleged Jacoway, that 2 defendant, the are co-owners ants in common mfe o with of said lands. You notified that said appll will be presented to the for a hearing at 10 c Thursday, o’clock a on July Trenton'’ i 7| m . the Courthouse in Witness the Honorable » ford Brooke, Judge of the perior Court of Dade Con Georgia, this June 14, 194* GRAHAM HALE, Clerk of the Superior Court i Dade County, Georgia. 4 t.—7-j ooooooppoooooooOQO I TOJULSUULSJLBJLBJLflJLfiJULOJLlH Metal Roofing 5V—25 GA. Pressure Canners Complete with Cooking Vessels. CHATTANOOGA HARDWARE 2615 BROAD STREET Specials for Summer 1 Myers Electric Well Pump Brass Wash Boards Ironing Boards With Pads All Leather Horse Collars Liquid Veneer Furniture Polish Metal Polish and Silver Polish Miners’ Lamps and Carbide Yard Gates Morrison Hardware & Supply Go. Trenton Georgia YOU CAN REROOF, REPAIR OR REMODEL YOUR HOME AND PAY FOR IT ON EASY TERMS. SEE YOUR LOCAL CONTRACTOR W. M. DOWDEY TRENTON, GA., FOR FREE ESTIMATES THE WORD OF GOD Daily W A P BY O 11:15 A.^ — — ALBERT H. 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