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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1947)
County s Only Newspaper. Alabamans Die uto Wreck Near Fawn Monday Fort Pavne, Ala., , de injured, two id-on collision of two es on the , between Rising :r ’enton, early of the victims, ves. 26, died before |S reached the ^er Mrs. Viola Rose, bed in the tt Erlanger Hospital Her husband, I Fort Payne mill ported in fair hospital at a late hour, accident involved by Rose and Bryan ambulances hed from Chattanooga >ck scene after a call , received from The ambulance ,und Reeves dead in s body jammed it a nd dashboard of ;s’ death was caused injury, Erlanger ■eported after ■ the body- Mrs simi-conscious he arrived at the jeing given ;nt for fractures of ad injuries and cuts pired. Her left leg in three places, sustained a long, ion of his left leg iruises. His injury ■d a heart condition he was being treated tanooga physician. e and his wife were row. Fort Payne to when the smash-up ford car belonging is at the Rutledge lotor Company in dragged there by Mr. 1th his wrecker. is wrecker comes in 'n the county. When wrecker we don’t have hattanooga for one. :uth car is at Payne’s 1 1 Midway. ■RESSMAN LANHAM AY AND pressman Henderson f Rome was here Wednesday of this ring with his many -onstituents. The i an naturally wants to ction of the people ws to his efforts in ession of the his first experience Representative in this ody. Mr. Lanham’s *hen a representative taes talked with for a minute, we judge I Pleased with the , n t and satisfaction People of Dade is services. We 1 Mr. Lanham and his S ,success in the i beneficial f to our WHEELER HAS jESCAPE } from death y° un g son of Mr. red Wheeler, had a Ca Pe from death ? from the bite of a some other insect. P f kett and C. L. u bunting and as a Pile of brush cried out that he Uen b y something. Jhed when toward the they had s 0r ’ distance the could go no farther. m f '° bbe house th er im mediately ^leton Middleton’s gave him b by Ejections b, be st n °mach, and in our he began to Aft " rtb °ut another iZ man se emed to be ,- as , ' although his n ls sti11 ver F s a* t 0 be Wel1 1 tenr on the that But ifc v d0ctor iearb a be' Ll v c s W °f ° Uld the have n ,uk State Congress 4-H Clubs In Atlanta Sept. 30 To Oct. 3 District 4-H club will assemble in Atlanta ber 30 for the fifth annual 4-H Club Congress, W. A. state 4-H leader for the sion Service, announced week- Nearly 150 Four-H club bers, with enough county cultural and home tion agents to bring the total to 250, will attend the club congress from 30 to October 3, he and the 4-H’ers will compete state awards in the various jects. Some of the awards include free trips to the 4-H Club Congress in Savings Bonds and Cash. “The State 4-H Club Is held each year to review complishments of Georgia club members and to select winners in the projects,” Sutton explained. Officers the State 4-H Club Council be in charge of the program. “This is an educational ing and demonstrations by the 4-H club members be open to the public,” the leader pointed out. “The gress also gives Georgia members an understanding the agricultural, industrial, and cultural interests in state, helps acquaint with the accomplishments of members and recognizes stimulates achievement members through exhibits demonstrations.” One of the highlights of congress, according to Mr. ton, will be the annual dinner on Thursday night, ber 2, which will be given by Atlanta Chamber of Between 200 and 300 and civic leaders are to join with the 4-Hers in banquet at the Ansley Hotel. Another feature of the con gress will be a dinner on day night, October 1, which be given by the Atlanta at the Biltmore Hotel. this dinner $3,500 in cash will be awarded to the ity 4-H culbs in the state have developed the most standing community ment programs during the On Tuesday night, 30, following an meeting, the congress will be entertained at a party given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Headquarters for the will be located on the floor of the Piedmont Hotel, Sutton said, but a portion the congress will be held in nection with the World’s Fair. During the gress the delegates will visit fair in a body and will see new president of the council, Billy Thompson, gomery county, receive a college scholarship and “President’s Trophy” from Southeastern Fair Association. Officers of the state who will be in charge of congress program are Welron, Lamar county, Bobby Dunlap, Thomas, Virginia Terry, Murray, presidents; Nelle Hester, dolph, secretary; Bobby mond, Butts, treasurer, and colm Freeman, Early, reporter. “SKATING VANITIES OF COMING TO DADE HIGH The spectacular “Skating ities of 1947” will be on September 27 at 8:30 P. M. Dade High’s gym by the County Recreation Center. sational skating contests, and “comedy acts included on a variety of stunts, etc. There will be several cake walks, with presentation of a cake the prettiest girl and the somest boy. Come over and Dade boys and girls surprise with talent you’d hardly ‘ to see in mammoth by professionals! You’re in a full evening of so don’t miss it. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. DADE COUNTY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1947. W. M. Dowdey Into His New Shop W. M. Dowdey, contractor builder, has moved into his woodworking shop in the excrete building which he ted for Mrs. G. C. Tatum in rear of The Times office and opposite the Farmers’ Operative Store. Here Mr. Dowdey has a larger space than he had in former shop, where he had for the past two or three He has added new machinery, such as a machine, a sanding and a combination ter,” which is a versatile chine taking care of a of operations in the er’s art. He also has other chines on order, which he pects to arrive within the few weeks. Already Mr. Dowdey is ing doors, screens, windows, inets, etc., the equal of any be found in the factories large stores, in appearance, much better in quality of terials and workmanship. invites the general public to in and see his new place equipment, and to compare prices and quality of his ucts with those to be found ; the*large city stores- Streptomycin Saves 33 Lives At Battey By Odom Fanning. Atlanta Journal Staff Writer Three months trial on 435 tients at Batty State has proved the earth mold streptomycin to be the new hope against the old plague. Doctors say at least 33 of treated would have been without the drug, for Georgians raised $108,707. oversubscription of the whose goal was $75,000, will able still more patients to treated. The appeal was through the newspapers on 12. and the first patients fited approximately one later- The overwhelming success the drug so far was Saturday in a special report pared by Dr. Rufus F. superintendent of Batty, at request of The Journal. “There have been no of the drug,” Dr. Payne “Seven patients under with streptomycin have died, of them from causes not nected with tuberculosis, none of these deaths can charged against They were among 40 considered far advanced D that is, utterly treatment began. “That 33 of these cases are living today, with cellent chances to get well, the greatest proof of the of streptomycin.” people In his report to the contributed to buy the drug, Payne expressed his belief the 435 patients are the group being treated with tomycin at any sanatorium the United States. Price Going Down When treatment is begun the patient requests aid, the fare deportment of his county is asked to determine the patient or his family is to bear any or all of the If not, every penny is from the white hope fund of Georgia Tuberculosis " The price of streptomycin, per gram when the campaign gan four months ago, has ped four times. It is now per gram-and Dr. Payne the next batch the hospital to be $3. Thus, the money go farther than anticipated. Dr Payne asked The to thank the thousands of tributors to the fund, both the lives saved and the ment to medicai science possible by the experiment. Time to renew your tion to The Times. D ade Superior Court In Session This Week The Dade County Superior Court was called to order by the Honorable Stafford Brooke, Monday morning at 10:00. Judge Brooke, stressed the im¬ portance of the jury, and made it plain that unless a man had a good excuse for him not to ask to be excused from jury duty. The Grand Jurors were picked and sent into another room to elect their foreman, while the Traverse Jurors were picked. All the extra men that had been called for duty on the grand jury that was over the twenty three that were picked to serve were excused by the Judge. The traverse Jurors that were left after 44 had been selected were excused by Judge Brooke. The grand jurors elected Mr. H. F. Allison as foreman and returned to the court room. to Judge Brooke charged the grand jury, and his main subject was on county affairs. He told the jurors to look into the county affairs, and to take their time and do a good job of it- While the Judge was talking to the jurors he talked about our elec¬ tions, and the low plane on in which our campaigns are fought, and how some of our candidates will lie, bribe and steal to get into office and then not do any¬ thing of any good to our county, state or country. Judge Brooke made it clear that only about one third of our voters are inter¬ ested in our country enough to try to vote for the person, or persons that will serve us the best. Another thing he talked on was taxes, he said we didn,t need to expect to have better roads or better schools with the tax system that we have now. Under the $2,000 home exemp¬ tion law in Georgia people are getting home exemptions on 5 or 6 thousand dollar homes for 2 thousand dollars and paying no tax. We are going to press before court adjourns this week, so far mostly civil cases have been tried and this is Wednesday and the grand jury will be in session all the rest of today. Next week we hope to give the grand jury presentments and the trial and disposition of all cases coming before the court. REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST Evangelistic services which be¬ gan at the local Chuch of Christ last Sunday are continuing with the interest growing nightly. Paul Buchanan of Chattanoo¬ ga is doing the preaching, and all who hear him go away feel¬ ing that they have been benefi¬ ted and built up by having done so, and the splendid attendance shows that they are glad to come again and again for more of his powerful sermons. If you have not yet heard Mr. Buchanan, you have missed something really worth while, and the church ureges you to hear him at your earliest oppor¬ tunity, with the belief that you will want to hear every sermon after you hear him once. SAND MOUNTAIN FARMERS MET FRIDAY NIGHT if The Sand Mountain Farmers met at the school barracks on Friday night of last week and held an open air meeting. Our president, Mr. Clarence Guffey, called the meeting to order. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The treasurer reported a balance of $30 on hand. Mr Dorsey Smith was elected vice president- We were glad to have Miss Boswell, our new home demon¬ stration agent, with us. We en¬ joyed her talk very much and hope she comes out again soon. Mr. Adams’ talk on soil build¬ ing was very interesting, and also the pictures shown. Our meetings are on the sec¬ ond Friday night of each month and visitors from other commu¬ nities are invited and will al¬ ways find a welcome. Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer, Secretary and Treasurer. Georgia Farmers Plow Rich Prosperity By the Associated Press The Southeast’s farmers are still plowing prosperity row at !946’s profitable pace, the Fed¬ eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta reported Saturday. In fact, all other business in the Sixth District — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee — were traveling at the same clip, tho there were some slight varia¬ tions in the bank’s indexes. The bank, after reporting a farm income of $597,000,000 for the farmers in the first four months, observed that this was about 5 per cent above the 1946 level but did not include the sec¬ ond two months needed to round out the half-year. In its monthly report, the bank also noted, “Livestock receipts for the four-month period were about 35 per cent greater than they were for that period in 1946, but crop receipts were about 10 per cent lower.” Backbone of the farmers’ econ¬ omy, despite the diversification, is stlil cotton, the Bank contin¬ ued, pointing out that “the re¬ turns from cotton provide the key to the income position. Pro¬ duction on the basis of August 1 conditions is estimated at 4,- 180.000 bales or about 31 per cent larger than last year’s. The bank also called attention to the August 1 carry-over df 2.500.000 bales. “This,” said the bank, “is the lowest carry-over since 1939 and is about 4,800,000 bales less than the amount on hand at the end of the preced¬ ing season.” As for the other aspects of the Southeastern economy, the bank noted that “last month was the first time in ten years that the department store saies ini the District have failed to register again over those of the previous year.” Even so, the bank continued, the index of daily average sales was still 336 per cent of the 1935- 39 average. The first six months of 1947 also saw dollar sales climb six per cent above those of the first six months of 1946, a fact which did not necessarily mean an increase in unit sales. “That Sixth District consum¬ ers in 1947 were able to exceed their heavy spending in 1946 indicates that they have retain¬ ed much of the gain in relative income position they obtained during the war years.” In the field of employment and industry, the bank said there was a slight gain in July over figures for June—the first time in seven months that an increase over the preceding month has been noted. Finally, the bank said the val¬ ue of constuction in the first six month exceeded the first six months of 1946 as a whole. However, the bank noted a sharp decrease in Georgia where the construction index dropped from 451 per cent of the 1935-39 av¬ erage to 263 per cent. The report included this item for consumers: “Apparently the saturation point for cloth prices was reach¬ ed during the spring, because some declines in cloth prices have been noted in spite of in¬ creased cotton prices.” The bank also noted that “cot¬ ton consumption in district states declined during July for the sixth consecutive month.” THOMPSON TURNING ROSTRUM VETERAN Governor Thompson is mak¬ ing more than five speeches a week, but still finds it nesessa- ry to refuse over half or his invitations, his private secretary reports. Mrs- Sara Giles, who keeps his appointment book, said the governor had delivered 33 ad¬ dresses in the past 42 days since he returned from the Na¬ tional Governors conference, and six more are scheduled be¬ tween now and the end of the month. Already he has booked 20 speeches in the state during September, despite efforts to cut down the number and allow himself more time at his desk the Capitol, Mrs. Giles said. Published Weekly—Since 1901. Georgia Farmers Urged To Invest Part Of Their Income Indications are, according Director Walter S. Brown of Georgia Extension Service, 1947 will be another good for farmers in the state. pointed out that this means other opportunity to strengthen the farm and the farm home by a strong financial reserve. Georgia farmers are now in best financial condition have ever experienced and should safeguard gains by ing and maintaining financial reserves to themselves against disasters, he declared this A good phrase to he pointed out, is “today’s must be paid with income.” This is a good time pay off a debt but a poor in which to make one, he adding that income invested U. S. Savings Bonds is a and sound investment that not be regretted. The experience of farmers shown over and over again a practical reserve that fits system of farming builds a foundation under the the Extension director This reserve places the farm a position to continue normal near normal operations in of a serious development might otherwise cause a setback. As a whole, Georgia have made a remarkable in buying and holding Bonds and Savings Director Brown declared, ing out that less than 15 cent of all bonds purchased Georgia farmers and ers have «bec» converted. “A lot of sound have been made in farming Georgia,” Director Brown ed, “and we are on the of a new era that can be of the greatest in the history the state. Georgia should safeguard their gains building and maintaining quate financial reserve to themselves aganst disasters the years ahead. One of and safest is U. S. Savings Bonds.” SPECIALIST IS ADDED TO EXTENSION SERVICE STAFF Appointment of Miss Boyd of Stapleton as nu¬ for the Georgia Extension Service this week by Brown, director. Miss Boyd received her science degree in home eco¬ from the University in August where she in foods and nutrition- did undergraduate work State College for Milledgeville, receiving degree in 1936. from Stapleton High The nutritionist taught in Georgia from 1931 to 1946. home economics director Brinson, Poplar Nashville, Lyons and Wrens. Miss Boyd, a member of Phi Omicron, national hon¬ home economics fraterni¬ is a member of the American Home While at the Uni¬ of Georgia, Miss Boyd a graduate assistant in nutrition. She is also a School teacher in church. third of the United States is for growing trees If all of this great area were one piece, it would make a 387 miles wide and would nearly from coast to It covers 630, 1 58,000 of which 461,697,000 acres called “commercial” forest From this land, equal to New York States, we our crops of trees- Keep plenty of clean litter in nests and avoid having to eggs before marketing. NUMBER 36 What Veterans May Expect On Entering School This Fall Veterans entering school be¬ fore September 20 may expect subsistence checks to reach them shortly after October 1, Vaux Owen, manager of the Atlanta Regional office of the Veterans Administration, said today. Veterans entering school on September 20 or later, may ex¬ pect to receive subsistence checks shortly after November 1, Owen said, warning ail veter¬ ans that they should be prepared to meet personal financial obli¬ gations for the first six weeks of school. Here is why: 1. A veteran who enters school before September 20 may receive a subsistence check shortly af¬ ter October 1 for the part of Sep¬ tember he was in school. He can¬ not expect a full-period subsist¬ ence check until shortly after November 1. n 2. A veteran who enters school on or after September 20 cannot expect a subsistence check until shortly after November 1. That would be a full six weeks period. All checks are mailed normal¬ ly on the first of the month for subsistence due the previous month. Veterans should receive their checks within a few days, necessary mail time, if they are enrolled properly and the insti¬ tution certifies their enrollment promptly to VA. Owen explained there will be some delay because a number fail to supply all the information needed by the Government to make payment. He has held conferences with the finance and education directors and has their assurance that every effort to get this information from the vet¬ eran and the institution is be¬ ing made. r VA representatives have been sent to the institutions for this purpose, Owen said. Their ef¬ forts, plus new streamlined methods in the VA offices, should result In reasonably prompt payment throughout the area, Owen concluded. TWO 4-HERS WIN SCHOLAR¬ SHIPS TO TIFTON COLLEGE Two Georgia 4-H club mem- •bers were elected this week to re¬ ceive scholarships to the Abra¬ ham Baldwin Agricultural Col¬ lege In Tifton, W. A. Sutton, State 4-H leader for the Agri¬ cultural Extension Service, has announced. The competitive scholarships were awarded by Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Marshall of Atlanta as an Incentive to encourage Georgia boys and girls to better qualify themselves for product¬ ive work on Georgia farms, Mr. Sutton pointed out. The awards are made through the Rotary Educational Foundation of At¬ lanta. Receiving the awards were Perry Norwood, Jr., of Morris Station, Quitman county, and Marion A. McCoy of Woodland, Talbot county. Each of the scholarships provide for two years of study at the Tifton College. Marlon received the Alline Marshall scholarship and Perry tho Charles M. Marshall schol¬ arship. Mr. Marshall is a mem¬ ber of the firm of Ivan Alleu- Marshall Company of Atlanta. SENIOR NEWS The Senior Class started the Fall Session September 1, with an enrollment of approximately 30 pupils. Mrs. J. M. Carroll is our home room teacher. We have elected our class officers as follows: Virginia Ann Keni- mer, president; Rose Dyer, sec¬ retary and treasurer; Ruble Liv¬ ingston, news reporter. With Mr. Phillips’ and Mrs. Carroll’s help, we plan to start the year off right, by redecorat¬ ing our room. Our plans are not definite yet, but we intend to paint the room, buy new shades, get a new bookcase, and put up courtains at the windows. In other words, we want to give our room a home-like appear¬ ance. We have all resolved to start the year off right, by studying so we can graduate with fly¬ ing colors.
