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VOLUME XLVIII.
Dade County S. C. & I.
Assn. Elects Officers
The annual meeting ot the
Dade County Soil Conservation
and Improvement Association
was held Wednesday afternoon,
January 21, at the Court House
in Trenton, with the president,
Tom Street, presidng.
The minutes of the last meet-
ing were read by J. R. Cooper,
Manager of the Co-Op and Sec-
retary of the Association. In
reading the financial report
gave itemized amounts of mon-
eys received and paid out. In
the case of the money spent he
also gave us a few additional
details to clarify the expendi¬
tures.
The president told those pres¬
ent that there had been more
business by volume this year
than previously and that the Co-
Op had been able to pay its own
way. He said that the Co-Op
handles almost any kind of feed
—from dog or horse to chicken
feed ; that they were carrying all
seasonable seed, that is sed in
season. However if they didn’t
have what was wanted that they
would try to get it. Mr. Street
said there was enough fertilizer
on hand but not too much soda.
Mr. Street told the association
that the' spreader which they
now own is worn out and it was
to be hoped that a loan of $3,-
C00.00 could be made to purchase
a short wheel base heavy duty
truck with a loader and spreader.
This will be more usable on the
small farms and it is expected
it will soon pay for itself.
Mr. Thompson a representative
from Pott-Newsome gave a talk
on Co-Ops on a national and
state level. He also answerer
several questions which the mem¬
bers asked him.
The president earlier in the
meeting had appointed E. G
Wright, Ben Smith and J. M.
Carroll as a nominating com¬
mittee. The names for the As¬
sociation’s Board of Directors
given were: F. N. Belk, Tom
Street, W. C. Stevenson, W. T.
McCauley, D. E. Morrison and
R. C. Thomas. After consider¬
able discussion a written vote
was taken and they were elceted.
and other needed officers.
These men will meet at a later
diate to select their chairman
A short movie was shown and
the meeting was adjourned.
Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, 85
passed away Monday night, Jan¬
uary 19th at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Fletcher Brown
just south of Trenton.
Mrs. Sullivan was a native
daughter of Dade County. Her
parents were MacKinzie and
Margaret Nicholas.
Mrs. Sullivan leaves one
daughter, Mrs. Maud Sullivan
Brown, one grandson, James
William Brown and three sisters
Mrs. G. L. Gass and Mrs. Hattie
Nicholas of Chattanooga and
Mrs. J. A. Wilkerson of Vernon,
Texas.
The funeral was Wednesday
morning with the Rev. T. N. Orr
officiating. Pallbearers were J
W. Murphy, Earl Reeves, Alfred
Gass, J. C. Pace, R. M. Morrison
and Col. D. E. Morrison.
Burial was in the Baptist
Cemetery just north of Trenton.
Mr. William R. Taylor
William R. Taylor, 76, died at
his residence in Trenton late
Saturday afternoon, after a long
illness. He is survived by his
wife, Mr.s Rena Taylor ; five sons,
Luther Taylor, Rossville, and
Amos, Harlan, Spencer and Ed¬
ward Taylor, of Trenton; one
daughter, Mrs. Vonnie Bennett,
of Nashville, Tenn; two step¬
brothers, Dean Jeffreys of Tren¬
ton, and Jim Jeffreys of Dallas,
Texas. Funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the residence, with
Rev. Russ Gatlin officiating.
Burial was in Payne cemetery.
Pallbearers were Edward Shra¬
der, Pete Bradford, Henry Gif¬
ford, Burl Jefferys, Charlie Jeff¬
reys and Pete Taylor.
Baptist Convention
Makes Report; Sets
FlIKHlClill Godl
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Churches of the Georgia Bap-
tist Convention contributed al-
most $2,000,000 for mission work
in 1947, according to a report
Secretry-Treasurer James W.
Merritt,
Of the amount collected, some
$825,000 went to the cooperative
program which supports the con-
agencies and institutions
0 n a percentage basis. The bal-
a nee went to Baptist causes.
The Convention’s goal for 1948
is $50,000 more than it was in
1947—900,000. Mr. Merritt was
optimistic: “Georgia Baptists
are fully able to reach—and
exceed—this goal.”
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
HOLDS MEETING
A meeting of the Tri-County
Hospital Authority of Walker,
Dade and Catoosa Counties was
held Monday night in Chicka-
mauga. The local War Assets
had been notified that the War
Assts in Washington was signing
the deed to the Fort Oglethorpe
hospital property over to the
Authority. However, as yet, the
deed has not been received.
Plans were discussed as to
procedure when the land is ob-
taned. One stipulation in the
deed which will hold up the
opening of the hospital will be
that the buildings which will
have to be used for the doctors
and nurses are now occupied and
won’t be vacated for 18 months
Also, funds will have to be ob-
tainer for the remodeling of the
old hospital, to convert the many
wards into smaller units and to
make it as up to date and effi-
clent hospital as possible.
Mr. Lunsford Fricks and Col
and Mrs. Douglas Morrison at
tended from Dade county. Mrs
Morrison and Mr. Frcks are
members of the Board of Trus
tees.
SPORTSMEN ENJOY FISH FRY
The Walker County Sportsmen
Conservation Club held a Fish
Fry at Dr. J. L. Gardner’s home
on Lookout Mountain. Almost
100 guests enjoyed Dr. Gardner’s
hospitality and discussed the
wildlife conservation program.
Recently wild deer were releas¬
ed on Lookout Mountain and it
is hoped that wild turkey may be
released in the near future.
Plans were discussed for the pro¬
tection of this and other game
and suggestions were made for
ways and means to interest others
in this protection.
Representing Dade were the
host, Dr. Gardner, Ranger Hugh
Forester and Messers J. M. Car
roll, Roy Moore and Harold Cox
CITY RECORDER HAS AN
UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE
On January 17, as J. H. Wilkins
City Recorder, was holding hi
regular session of Saturdaj
morning court, the State Troop
ers brought in a young man who
they said had been speeding
within the city limits.
The young man gave his name
a& Marion H. Talley and pleaded
guilty. Mr. Wilkins, after a talk
on the dangers of speeding, fined
him $20, which the boy paid,
the case was dismissed.
After court, Mr. Wilkins told,
the State Troopers that this boy,
whom he had just fined, was his
own nephew!
FIGHTING POLIO ON NATIONAL FRONT
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARV 22, 1948.
Three Candidates An-
nounce This Week
Three mire are added to the
list of candidates for county
offices.
Charles T. Sims is announcing
for Coroner, J. Z. Bobo for the
office of Tax Collector and L. M.
Allison is announcing for reelec¬
tion to the office of County
Superintends^ of Schools.
Candidates who have made
their announcements are:—
For Ordinary
A. W. Peck
C. W. Hitt
John Murphy.
For Treasurer
Virgil Jenkins
Milton Case
Fred A. Morgan.
For Clerk of Superior Court
Graham Hale.
For Tax Collector
Mrs. W. F. Morrison
Max Page
J. Z. Bobo.
Superintendant of Schools
Roy Moore
L. M. Allison.
For Sheriff
J. W. Lynch
M. E. (Jack) Ford
J. H. Baty
F. C. Graham.
For Coroner
Charles T. (Tommy) Sims.
For State Representative
Maddox J. Hale.
For State Senator
Rufus W. Massey.
(Shop Apprentice Note) Just a
reminder. Tommy Sims is com
mander of the Legion Firing
Squad ? ? ? ?
Forest Industries
In Georgia Climb
To 1,246 Total
Atlanta, Jan. 14. — Continued
heavy demands for lumber, pa¬
per and other wood products
have pushed the total numbei
of Georgia wood-using Industrie,
to 1,246, a report of the State
Forestry Department indicated
this week.
The annual gross income from
Georgia’s forests has been set
at 275 million dollars. In ad¬
dition to this, 120,000 Georgians
hold jobs directly related to the
forests.
Largest users of the state’s
timber resources continue to be
sawmills and pulpwood plants,
the report says. Georgia also
remains at the top of the list in
naval stores production.
Uses for Georgia wood vary
from baskets for babies to cas¬
kets for the dead, from baseball
bats to butcher blocks, and from
picture frames to peg legs.
Employment in the state’s
wood products industries also is
at an all-time high figure. The
number of employees in the in¬
dividual industries range from
three to 4,600.
DADE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
All pupils have been working
on the March of Dimes Cam¬
paign. To date they have turned
in $14.23 to this worthy cause.
The Seniors Literary Society
its regular meeting last Fri-
day afternoon.
Mid-year examinations have
been interrupted by the large
number of students absent from
school because of mumps.
Thompson Opens
Southern Church
Meet In Atlanta
Acting Governor M. E. Thomp¬
son officially opened the three-
day Southern Church Convoca¬
tion in Atlanta last week. The
meeting brought 400 religious
eaders representing 18 denomi¬
nations to Georgia from twelve
states.
Among the prominent speakers
was Rev. Bela Vasady of Hun¬
gary, who advocated the adop¬
tion, by the delegates, of a “one
church” philosophy because “the
ideals of one world and one
church belong together organic¬
ally and are inseperable.”
Another featured speaker, Am¬
bassador Francis B. Sayre, presi¬
dent of the Trusteeship Council
of the United Nations, sounded
this warning: “The atomic bomb
may prove to be the end of
Western civilization and the for¬
ward march of human progress
will av/ait the development of
new barbarians who possess
greater ingenuity for peace than
cur civilization does.”
Thompson Meets
With Southern Govs.
On Universities
Acting Governor Thompson
attended a conference of South¬
ern Governors last week on the
ubject of the organization of
regional colleges “to pool edu¬
cational resources.” The insti¬
tutions will trovide specialized
training for hite students who
are pursuin relatively rare
courses of study for which there
is not a wide demand in the In
dividual states. Negro colleges
to provide post-graduate study
were also discussed in the light
of federal ruling which requires
that equal opportunities be pro
vided for both races.
MISS GLADYS WILSON WED
TO AURELIAN O. CURREY
The marriage of Miss Gladys
Wilson and Aurelian O. Currey
took place January 17th with the
Rev. George McClure, officiating
The bride is the daughter of Mrs
Sallie Wilson and the late John
H. Wilson. She is the sister of
Mrs. Pete Mclsaac, Mrs. Clarence
Cross and Grady Wilson.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mrs. Alice Currey and the late
Dr. Robert O. Currey. He is the
brother of Mrs. Murray Smith
Mrs. Levene Smith S. Smith and
Dr. Doyle Currey.
Mr. Currey is connected with
the T. V. A.. They will reside
in Athens, Tenn., for the present
Special Notice
There will be a P.-T. A. meet¬
ing Friday night, January 23, at
7:30 o’clock, at the Davis High
School barracks. All members
are urged to come and take part.
Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer,
Secretary-Treasurer.
NOTICE OF HOME DEM¬
ONSTRATION MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Home Demonstration Club at the
home of Mrs. C. C. McAbee on
January 30. All ladies ars cor¬
dially invited. Miss Pattie Bos¬
well, Home Demonstration Agent
will be in charge.
Trenton Water
System Rates
The original water system for
the City of Trenton was pur¬
chased for a consideration of
$10,000; $500 was paid when
purchased and the balance to be
paid over a period of four years.
The City borrowed $8,000 to ex¬
pand the system which also is
to be paid back over a period
of four years, making a total
of $17,500 now owing.
In order to meet the above
obligation we have established
the following rates:
$2 minimum monthly charge
for residences and business firms
having water but no bath or
commode.
$2.50 monthly charge for re¬
sidences arid business firms
having water and a bath or
commode or both.
$4.00 monthly charge for
Barber Shops, Beauty Shops,
Restaurants, Laundries, Dry
Cleaners, Hosiery Mills, Filling
Stations and other places of like
nature.
Bills will be sent each month
and are payable to R. M. Morri¬
son at the Trenton Post Office
by the 15th of the month.
A collection charge of 25c will
be added to the bill if it is not
paid by the 15th of the month
n order to take care of the ex¬
pense of collecting same.
We want everybody to under-
tand that this water system be¬
longs to the people of Trenton
.nd as soon as this debt is paid
)ff, we should have cheaper
ates.
City of Trenton
A. L. Dyer, Mayor.
E. A. Ellis.
Roy McBryar.
Water Committee.
Highway Patrol
Starts Contest
For Drivers
Georgia’s State Highway Pa¬
trol is applying a little reverse
English in a new safety drive it
is undertaking this week. This
time , it isn’t only the reckless
and dangerous drivers who are
o be stopped on the highway—
t is the best drivers, too.
Lieutenants of the Patrol will,
lenceforth, flag down good
drivers to enroll them in a con¬
test which has for prizes:
1. Appearance on a statewide
radio program devoted to safety.
2. A wrist watch for the Cham¬
pion Safe Driver of each week.
3. A set of fog lights or a spot
light for second prize winner.
4. Another prize, as yet unan¬
nounced, for runner up.
All winners will receive an ex¬
pense-free trip to Atlanta, in
addition. There are to be three
winners, of course, every week.
CHICKEN STEW JANUARY 22
The Leila Kimbrough Sunday
School Class of the Trenton
Methodist Church is giving a
Chicken Stew at the Church on
Thursday night, January 22.
Everyone is invited. Tickets
may be obtained from any mem¬
ber of the class.
LODGE NOTICE
There will be a regular meet¬
ing of Lodge 179 F. & A. M. on
Saturday night, January 24.
All qualified Masons are cor¬
dially invited.
Oscar Greene, W. M.
Bill Jackson, Secretary.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
.
New Salem 4-H Club
leads In Times’
Subscription Drive
The New Salem 4-H Club i s
really putting on a wide awake
campaign to bring in new sub¬
scription to The Dade County
Times and to add money to
their 4-H Club Treasury.
This week Lacy Neal is leading
with seven subscriptions. Those
who will receeive The Times
through his efforts will be: Miss
Ruth Snyder in Atlanta, S/2c
Wallace G. Gray in the U. S.
Navy, Carroll F. Johnson in New¬
ton, Conn., Mrs. Frank Carroll
Wildwood, and Woodrow W. Gray
J. J. Neal and C. R. McKaig R-3
Rising Fawn.
Maurice McGuffey from the
New Salem Club brought in sub¬
scriptions from N. S. McCauley,
R-3 Rising Fawn, Miss Sybil Mc¬
Guffey in Jacksonville, Fla., and
Frank Baisden in Roseland, Fla.
Jewene McKaig, also from the
New Salem Club has gotten sub¬
scriptions from R. A. McKaig, C.
A. Gray and Grady McKaig all
from R-3 Rising Fawn.
Franklin Baker, also from the
New Salem Club has a subscrip¬
tion from J. E. Whited, R-3
Rising Fa,wn.
So far these subscriptions have
netted the New Salem treasury
$7.00
Margaret Kenimer from the
Rising Fawn Club has turned in
J. R. Cooper, Sr. of Rising Fawn,
who, along with the others, will
also begin receiving his copy of
The Times this week.
rious educational and recrea¬
tional projects. However, we
have very little money with
which to assist them and it is for
this reason that I have bought
three registered sows and have
agreed to furnish as many as 20
registered pigs this summer
without cost so that they may
start a pig chain similar to the
chicken project they have been
carrying on for the past two
years. A committee from this
bureau spent considerable time
endeavoring to get a GI Voca¬
tional Training Program for this
County. This project has made
little progress recently on ac¬
count of the bad weather and the
difficulty encountered in secur¬
ing steel to be used in the con¬
struction of a shop building, but
as soon as the weather permits,
this building will be put up in
short order. Due to the appa-
project, I am doubtful whether
rent lack of interest in this
great many realize the value
of this school to our county.
It is hoped that we can mate¬
rially increase our membership
during this year. I am sure we
do this if all the farmers
our communnity realize the
value of this organization in
farm benefits through
proper legislation in Wash¬
While we are only a
link in a large chain, the
strength of the chain is deter¬
mined by the strength of the
weakest link. We should, there¬
fore, do all we possibly can to
build a strong organization in
this county and keep ourselves
through our state and
national organizations as to what
is going on both for us and
against us.
The County Agent, L. C. Ad¬
ams, read a report on Com
Yields with and without fertil¬
izers. He said there had been
six demonstrations on the use of
fertilizer in the county and that
it was wanted a.gain. He said
other Counties Farm Bureaus
sponsored contests on corn yield.
That we could do the same. Per¬
haps have each farmer, who
wishd to enter, put up a bushel
of corn and the farmer who rais¬
ed the most corn per acre would
win all this corn. After a lengthy
discussion it was unanimously
voted in favor of sponsoring a
corn contest this year.
A report was given by Miss
Louise Evans on the changes in
the 1948 P. M. A. (old AAA)
program over the 1947 program.
The meeting adjourned for
some mighty fine hamburgers at
the cannery.
Farm Bureau Has
Interesting Meeting
The Dade County Chapter of
the Georgia Farm Bureau met
Wednesday, January 21, in the
Court House in Trenton. Be¬
cause of the illness of its pres¬
ident, F. N. Belk, the vice presi¬
dent, Mrs. A. A. McMahan, con¬
ducted the meeting.
After Mrs. McMahan had call¬
ed the meeting to order, a short
prayer was given by Mr. Gus For¬
ester, the past president.
Next the guests of the Bureau
were introduced. Miss Louise
Evans, Director of the P. M. A
(AAA) Program in the Conuty,
Hugh Clark, County Soil Con¬
servation Technician, C. R.
Ayers, Assistant County Agent,
I. C. Adams, County Agent.
Miss Pattie Boswell, Home De¬
monstration Agent, was absent,
being at the cannery helping
to prepare dinner for all of us.
The minutes of the last meet¬
ing held on Nov. 4, 1947 were
read by the Secretary-Treasurer
W. T. McCauley. $80.35 was re¬
ported in the treasury. The
minutes were approved as read.
Only a small part of the Long
Range Planning Program was
given as E. J. Bible had tele¬
phoned he had car trouble and
would be there as soon as possi¬
ble. It was voted to meet again
next Thursday to discuss this
phase of the Farm Bureau Pro¬
gram.
Mr. McCauley gave a report on
the progress of the Veteran Ag¬
ricultural Training program
which the Farm Bureau is spon¬
soring. Members of the Bureau
had met with the Board of Ed¬
ucation at their regular Decem¬
ber meeting and the Board ap¬
propriated some money to start
this program. Messrs. F. N.
Belk, A. L. Dyer and W. T. Mc-
.Cauley were appointed as a
committee to work on this. Be¬
cause this building will later be
used as a Vocational Training
School after the Veterans cours
es are finished, it must be built
according to the State Board
of Education’s specifications. The
State has sent the plans but have
not been able to send anyone
to work with the Committee on
them. The ground for this build-
ng has been broken but because
>f bad weather little actual work
ias been done though materials
ire being gotten together.
At a meeting of the officers
on Jan. 9, 1948, the president
appointed John G. McGuffey,
New Salem; R. C. Thomas, Ris¬
ing Fawn; and Dorsey Smith,
Sand Mountain to serve as a
Board of Directors. These men
were unanimously elected at this
meeting.
Mr. Gus Forester gave a short
talk. He said in part, that the
tilings the Farm Bureau stands
for should interest each and
every one of us; that we should
be interested in our young peo¬
ple and we shoul interest them
in farming.
He concluded by reading the
president’s letter on the 1947
accomplishments. It is as fol¬
lows:
We sponsored a very successful
County Fair last fall which re¬
quired considerable time of our
various committees in getting the
Fair organized and also in rais¬
ing over $500.00 in cash to be
used as prizes. Last year we
tried to put this over in one day,
but this coming year, we believe
our Fair will be so much larger
that we will try to run it for two
or three days.
We are also behind the 4-H
boys and girls 100% in their va-
NUMBER 2.