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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME XLVIII.
CAPITOL SIDESHOW
By James Myron
Georgians will find out for
whom they voted in the Novem¬
ber election for President about
Christmas or New Year, it now
seems. There may be a change
in plans when the state commit¬
tee meets next week to con¬
sider the naming of electors and
the certification of the winners
in the state primary, but the
present plans seem to be to
avoid the issue of Democrat and
Dixiecrat for the present time
and leave the voters to wonder
for whom they are balloting.
Although every i n d i c a t i o n
points to an overwhelming vic¬
tory for the Republicans in the
November election, it is no cer¬
tainty, because of the extreme
unpopularity on a personal basis
of their candidate. TJiey will take
no chances, reserving the Dixie-
crats as a secret weapon that
may prove effective in the end.
Regardless of the actual senti¬
ment in the South, or the gen¬
eral trend of the voting only a
landslide can prevent the seat¬
ing of Gov. Dewey either through
the electoral college or election
by the house in the event of a
deadlock.
In Georgia, polictics never
ceases. Already the campaign of
1950 is shaping up. The principal
editorial spokesman for Herman
Talmadge already has annuonced
his entry in the senatorial con¬
test. Sen. Walter George will not
be a candidate for re-election.
The decision of Sen. George to
quit the Senate touched off many
changes in state politics. It was
more unexpected than was justi¬
fied, for the weariness, ill health
and boredom of the Georgia sen¬
ior senator was well known .Only
if he thought the Democrats
were a certainty to recapture
the Senate in 1950 would he re¬
consider.
The entry of Herman Tal¬
madge in the Senate race, how¬
ever, would mean a wide open
contest for governor. It would
mean abandonment of the pos¬
sible fight for a constitutional
amendment that would permit
him to seek the office of gov¬
ernor again two years hence.
It would mean a struggle for
supremacy within his own fac¬
tion. The claim of Roy Harris
is paramount, although tough
campaign-wise Marvin Griffin
who ran far ahead of Talmadge
in the 1948 primary, will un¬
questionably dispute any effort
to shunt him aside. A general
realignment of Georgia’s person¬
al and partisan politics is now
in the making.
It will not complicate the leg¬
islative session of 1949, because
the personal Talmadge following
plus the moderates who opposed
his candidacy but who will go
along with any reasonable pro¬
gram have a definite majority.
The legislature will have
enough problems connected with
state finance to i-eep it busy
throughout the session.
Everybody now wants a con¬
stitutional highway board. Roads
defeated James V. Carmichael;
roads defeated Eugene Talmadge
twice; roads defeated M. E.
Thompson. Scientifically, it has
been demonstrated that provid¬
ing roads is politically unpopu¬
lar, despite the clamor for them.
As long as road construction was
prohibited by Federal wartime
restrictions, Gov. Ellis Arnall en¬
joyed the quietest administra¬
tion in Georgia’s turbulent his¬
tory, having got rid of the other
principal troublemaker for gov¬
ernors, the matter of clemency.
No aspirant for the governor¬
ship wants to be held respon¬
sible for roads anymore, after
the defeat of the man who pro¬
vided more highways for Geor¬
gia than any other.Gov. Thomp¬
son proved that building fifty-
odd million dollars worth of
roads in almost 150 counties is
politically inexpedient.
But somebody is going to have
a headache over the school fin-
ance plan and the raising of
revenue, and when the commod-
ity price collapse comes in mid-
September of 1949, as a result
directly of the Dixiecrat rebel-
lion, somebody will pay at
1950 polls.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948.
Presentments of Sept.
Term Dade Grand Jury
To the Honorable J. H. Paschall,
Judge Superior Court, Presiding
W e the Grand _ _ Jury, _ selected , . ,
ior the September Term 1948 of
the Superior Court of said county
have completed our deliberations
and submit the following pre-
sentments.
We have exam ned the books
of the county officials by com-
mittee and make their report a
part of the presentments, also
examined the county property
by committee and make their
reports a part of our present-
ments, these reports are attach
edhereto.
We recommend that Mrs. Belva
Fricks be appointed to the Board
of Education to fill the unex¬
pired term of J. Z. Bobo, re¬
signed. |
We recommend that Mr. John
McGuffey be appointed to the
Board of Education to replace
Mr. -Grady Bradford, expired. :
We recommend that the Ordi¬
nary have published in the local
newspaper a copy of the County
Audit each year showing; State-
ment of Receipts and Disburse¬
ments, and expenditures of said
County as soon as the yearly ,
audit ... is . completed , , , and , that ,, .
this be paid for with county
funds at the usual rate. ,
It having been brought to
the attention of this body that
the Ordinary employ such force
as is consistant with the monies
available for this purpose and
proceed immediately to clear
right of way and to put these
roads in proper state of main-
tenance. It is also recommend-
that the Ordinary travel these
county roads and see that this
maintenance work is done.
We investigated the County
School system and to the best
of our ability found that County
.School funds are in good order
and that there is approximately! ^
$5,000 00 left in the building fund
for the New Salem School and
$31,000.00 in the building fund
for North Dade Junior High
School at Morganville, $40,000.-
00 for a High School at Trenton.
The building fund exhausted for j
Davis High School and there was
no building fund for Rising
Fawn School, but that Rising
Fawn is to participate in the
High School building at Trenton.
This body desires to commend
the County School Supt. for
making a most satisfactory ex-
planation of the method by
which the school funds are being
handled. It was found that the
building funds are being kept in
separate accounts. i
It having been brought to the
attention ot this body that no;
elections have been held in some
of the districts of the county for
severs 1 years to elect Justices
of the Peace and Constables
this body recommends that
elections in each County District
be held to fill these offices at
he next regular time for <**-
on ' !
We recomend that Public
School property to not be used
for Public Dancing.
It is recommended that the
per diem for jurors, grand jurors
and court bailiffs be fixed at
$4.00 per day and that our Clerk
be paid $1.00 per day extra for
his services.
We recommend the appoint-
ment of J. M. Carroll as Notary j
Public for 875 District for the
year beginning 1949. j
We recommend the appoint- (
ment of DeWitt Williams as,
Notary Public for the 960 Dis-
Building Committee Report On
County Buildings |
Jail House; North East corner
of building and front porch in
bad state of repair. It is re-
commended that repair work be
started on these points at once •
and fixtures ^ be sw jt C hes and light j
in jail be repaired.
Qo U rt House: The Court House |
was found in a fair state of |
repair. It is recommended that
runn j ng wa ter be placed in the
Court House and that shades
be installed in the County
School Superintendants office.
* body
Upon investigation this
found that some of the present-
No Republican State
Ticket Until 1950
The Georgia Republican State
Central Committee, meeting in
Atlanta, Sept. 11, voted unani-
mously not lace ft state tlcket
on the November baliot but t0
concentrate on carrying Geor .
gia for Dewey and Warren
Looking T . to . the , future, , the .. com-
mittee, by resolution, ’ pledged
tQ a state tlcke t ln 1950
(or ^ electtTe state of(lcers xhe
w(mW b ln with the
D W arren campaign to build
a strong, active and militant
party ” ^ organization, ltrength‘and looking “finances to
b nd g
for a state campaign in 1950.
Vacancies on the state central
committee were filled at the ses¬
sion and district chairman were
asked to set up county commit¬
tees in their districts.
Ranger’s Report
No fires again last week and
it looks like we will make it an-
other month withoul an ^ whlch
will be four months since we had
a fire. I sure do thank the peo-
pie , for so good a record. , Please
* * 5
keep this up and we can see the
resuI ^ “ a „ ,ew y ears by our
10res s an same.
^ ^ as been very dry for the
iast wee ^ and I haven t had
muc h time to contact people as
* wou ^ bke. It being court week
1 coul< ^ see a good many every
morning while the dew was on.
* contacted Calvey Gray about
ouilding a chimney at the of-
^ ce ’ Dou S Thomas, J. V. Rich-
ardson, Hugh Forester, Dock Ste-
Phens, Bill Street and others
about fire prevention.
Remember, it takes us all to
prevent forest fires.
ments made by it were made by
*, be j as t September and the last
March Grand Jurors and to date
that no action has been taken
on these former presentments,
,
it is the desire of this body that
these presentments not be ig-
nore d.
The books of the County Tax
Collector were examined and it
was {ound that approximately
30% Qf the taxes for the year
1Q47 are uncollected) and that
there ig a small amount of these
taxes uncollected for the years
previous to the year 1947. It was
a j so f 0Und that there has been
anaud jt made of the County
officers books covering the per-
j od U p un tn the first of the year
1948 It is f 0Un d that the per-
C entage of uncollected taxes is
not unusua j
The c0|lnty treasurer . s books
, hat there , s a balance
lmatel , 9 000 00 in the
a[ fund and sta(ements bv
the c0 ordinary before this
bear thls (lKure out , It
was a|so fotmd that the count
(s recelvl #1 557 , 51 each month
from gas taxes and tha , after
paying for right of ways and
0 t ber expenditures there is a
balance of from $2.000 00 left
from this gas tax for the past
four months and that the coun¬
ty will continue to receive the
$1,557.51 for the next three
months. With this in view and
from statements made before
this body bv the County Ordi-
narv , there is sufficient: mnhev
0 ri hand to nut the countv midi
jn nrnper state of maintenance,
It is tjie desire of this bodv that-
this be done,
We desire these presentment -
be published in the Dade Countv
Times and the usual fee be paid
therefore.
We wlsh to thank Judge j „
paschall for his able service as
j U d g e, and to Solicitor General
Warren Akin for his assistance
to us during our deliberations.
Respectfully submitted,
D. T. Brown, Foreman
D. T. BROWN.
W. H. Pullen, Clerk
W. H. PULLEN.
Let the foregoing presentments
be received and spread upon
the minutes of the Court, and
be published as required,
Thts September 22, 1948.
J. H. PASCHALL, J. S. C. C. C.
Raymond Morrison
Announces Candidacy
For Ordinary ot Dade!
In this week’s issue of The
Times we carry Raymond M. |
Morrison’s announcement as a
candidate for the ofifce of ordi¬
nary of Dade County. The voting
for this office is at the General
Election held Nov. 2.
Ever since the Democratic pri¬
mary last March, Mr. Morrison’s
many friends have been trying to
persuade him to run for this of¬
fice. This week a petition, signed
by more than 500 voters asking
that his name be placed on the
ballot, was tended Oridnary
Carroll. Mr. Morrison, who is a
rural letter carrier, has mailed
his resignation to the postal au¬
thorities and has agreed to run.
Mr. Morrison, 49, is a son of
the late W. G. Morrison. He was
born and raised in Dade County
and lived here, except for the
four years he spent working in
the steel mills in Birmingham, all
his life. In 1928 he married Ola-
vine Tate and they have two chil¬
dren, R. M. Jr. and Kathleen. Mr.
Morrison farmed until 1938 when
he became clerk of the superior
court, which position he held for
10 years. He resigned from that
offfice in 1940 to become rural
letter carrier. On Jan. 1, 1946, he
became acting Trenton post¬
master pending the permanent
appointment.
Mr. Morrison is a member of
the Trenton Lodge, 179, F&AM;
served a term on the board of
town commissioners, and was
treasurer of the Red Cross dur¬
ing the draught of 1933-34 when
the Red Cross spent $15,000 in
the county.
I
A DOLLAR
FOR CONSEirfATION
How much soil and water con¬
servation can we expect for a
doliar? About $3 worth, says Mr.
Edward J. Bible, chairman of
the Dade County Agricultural
Conservation Committee.
He also expressed that if the
total bill for conservation car¬
ried out under the 1948 agricul¬
tural conservation program were
evenly divided among the peo¬
ple in the United States, it would
come to just about $1 per per¬
son.
This dollar per person is
matched by another dollar which
the farmer pays. Add to this the
cost of the work which the farm¬
er does, the additional conserva¬
tion practices which he carries
out on his own and for which
he uses his own time and money |
and the total is at least $3 worth ,
of conservation for each dollar I
of assistance. In practice, the
chairman points out, the assist- j
ance under the ACP program
serves as a leaven which stimu- ,
lates a wide range of conserva-
tion activity. :
As the chairman explains, “By
putting the nation up a helps dollar to per build person, ter- J
races that check the run-off in '
heavy rains and in the spring 1
when the snow is melting. More
of the moisture goes into the
ground to grow crops and feed
'urines during the summer
Valuable top soil is held on the
farm to continue to produce food
for the nation.
“The dollar helps to establish
sod waterways that will keep the
accumulated water from a ter¬
ra :e from starting gullies Wa¬
ter so spread out soaks into the
ground and the surplus is car¬
ried off without damage to the
soil. i
“The dollar helps to build
dams that check erosion and
furnish, waiter for livestock. Th o
additional watering places make 1
it posisble to get better distribu¬
tion on the range so that the j
grass is not all eaten up or j
trampled to pieces around a few'
watering places. This protection
to watersheds helps to keen sril
from washing and blowing away.”
These are just a few examples
of how “the dollar per person”
is being used to protect the soil
—the source of the nations feod
supply. As the chairman states,
“It is food insurance—for bo + h
the present, and the futipe tv, p
dollar helps to buy present and
Superior Court and
Grand Court Cases
Some of the true bills found by
the Sept, grand jury were tried at
this term of court, others were
continued, some were sent up too
Jate to be tried and some that
were called defaulted their bond.
The following cases were called
and defaulted their bonds: John¬
nie E. Daniel and Miles W. Wals¬
ton, charged with driving while
under the influence of liquor;
Jim Mahan, charged with steal¬
ing; Leonard Baker, charged
with possessing still apparatus;
Frank Prince, Park Jenkins, Har¬
old Whaley, John C. Gifford and
Gilbert Connor, charged with
drunkenness; Houston Nunley,
and Franklin Prince, charged
with assault and batterey; Har¬
old Powell and John Whitt,
charged with possessing whisky.
Other cases, whether called or
sent in too late to be tried and
therefore continued over, are
Jessie James Abbott, Leroy Ab¬
bott, Wyman Abbott and Buddy
Moore, charged with burglary,
Charles Palmer, charged with
using profane language; Herman
McMahan, Giles Dean and Fred¬
dy Payne, charged with ma¬
licious mischief: Earl Jefferies,
charged with cruelty to ani¬
mals; E. B. Stone and Terrell
Wheeler, charged with assault
and battery; Charles Palmer and
Herman Buchanan, charged with
drunkenness ; Ralph McMahan
charged with having a concealed
weapon, and Louis Blevins,
charged with disturbing public
worship.
In the J. B. Hicks case vs
Charlie Page, Page has filed for
a new trial. Johnnnie Crumley
was charged with attempt to
commit assault and was found
not guilty. Ben Stephens and
Brown and Big Jim Ste¬
phens, charged with manufac¬
turing whisky, were found not
guilty. Earl Daniel, charged with
possessing liquor, was found not
guilty; Alex Culpepper, charged
with burglary was found guilty.
In the two more continued
cases for not complying with the
school attendance law against
Mrs. Craze and Willie Prince, the
visiting teacher reported the
children attending school
larly.
Court adjourned about 4
Thursday afternoon.
BOOKMOBILE SERVICE IS
ASSURED FOR ANOTHER YEAR
The Dade County Library Board
met at the courthouse Monday
to report on the community and
the Miss State of Dade contests.
As the reports were added to-
ge ther, it was found that about
$gpo had been raised, which will
a£-3Ure the county of the book-
mob ;i e service for another year,
Tins amount also leaves a sur-
pj us Dade County had con¬
tributed nothing toward paying
f 0r our i 0V ely new bookmobile,
This burden had been carried by
walker and Chatooga counties,
the other two counties which
this boo kmobile serves. The book-
mobi i e i 3 in need of a special
chair for the interior and it was
voted and carr i ed that this be
g i ven from Dade County-
TRENTON GARDEN CLUB
The Garden Club of Trenton
wd j mee t with Mrs. Jules A. Case,
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2:30 p.m.
NEW SALEM FARMERS MEET
The New Salem farm meeting
will be held Saturday night, Oct.
2, at the schoolhouse. Lets all
come out to this meeting and
discuss plans for our community
exhibit at the county fair.
—Secretary.
library IS GIFT TO
TRENTON BAPTIST CHURCH
We have just learned that the
Library at the Trenton Baptist
Church is a gift from Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis McBryar. This is cer-
tainly a public spirited thing to
do for the children and they
have the community’s praise for
starting this library.
future food security.
“If we lose our soil we can’t
produce the food. If the food
isn’t produced, it means empty
Plates and empty stomachs.
Published Weekly—Since 1901.
2 Sand Mountain Men
Killed in Auto Accident
| Griffith Kessler and Ebeneza
B. Graham were killed Monday
afternoon as a result -of a head-
on automobile collision. Driving
south on the Birmington High-
way, they evidently attempted
to pass another car near the
Cummings Highway. Swerving
out of their line of traffic, they
ran directly into the path of a
northbound car driven by the
Rev. A. M. Stansel, pastor of the
Kingwood Baptist Church.
Graham and Kessler were
thrown from the car as it.over¬
turned several times. Kessler was
dead upon arrival at the hospital
and Graham died about two
hours after reaching the hospital.
The Rev. Stansel and his pas¬
senger, Jacob Goldsmith, suffer¬
ed minor bruises and cuts.
Griffith Gessier, 42, is survived 1
by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Kessler;
three sons, Clyde, Lynwood and
Max Kessler, one daughter, Jua¬
nita Kessler; his mother, Mrs.
Mae Graham, all of Long Island
Ala.; three ssters, Mrs. Oma Gra¬
ham, Flat Rock, Ala.; Mrs- Thel¬
ma Morelaind of Texas; Mrs.
Maude Burkhart, Chattanooga;
one brother, Carl Kessler, Long
Island; two half sisters, Mrs.
Thenia Bell Overby, Chattanoo¬
ga; Mrs. Lula Daniels, Flat Rock
Ala.; one half brother, John Gra¬
ham, Trenton, Ga.
Ebeneza B. Graham, 32, is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Lorent
Graham; two sons, Jimmie and
Rex-Graham, Long Isand, Ala.;
his mother, Mrs. Mae Graham,
Long Island; one brother, John
Graham, Trenton; four half
brothers, Carl Kessler, Long Is¬
land; Culman Graham, Trenton;
Wesley Graham, Flat Rock; Os¬
car Graham, Bessemer, Ala.; six
sisters, Mrs. Lula Daniels, Mrs.
Oma Graham, Flat Rock; Mrs
Thenia Overby, Chattanooga;
Mrs. Thelma Moreland, Texas;
Maude Burkhart, Chattanooga,
and Maggie Templeton. St Elmo.
Route 4.
Sand Mountain News
By MRS. UNA BELLE STONE
Brother John Reeves of New
England preached at the Church
of Christ Sunday. Brother Cook
from Tennessee will preach next
Sunday. Everyone is cordially in¬
vited to come and hear the Gos¬
pel every Sunday.
We are sorry to report the
death of Coy C. Daniel, son of the
late Norman Daniel. Coy served
three years in the army. After
he left his home he never did
get a furlough home. They sent
him across and he was wounded.
He was shot down, lay there for
hours and almost froze before
he was picked up and taken to
a hospital in Italy. The shot
went through one of his legs,
which had to be taken off and
hit the other. He was very nerv¬
ous. Seemed he couldn’t recover
from it.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ship an¬
nounce the birth of a little girl
last week
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sharp-
ton from Alabama have moved
into the home with Mr. Crown-
over. He is very ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stone spent
the week-end with Mr. Stone’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stone
on Signal Mountain.
Mr. Ernest Stone visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stone, on
Signal Mountain Sunday.
Mrs. Leuerette visited Mrs. Mil¬
lie E. Daniel Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Daniel
had as guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Sharpton, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Sharpton and Mr.
Crowmover.
Mr. and Mrs. Rochester from
Big Woods attend church at
the Church of Christ Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Denvill Daniel
and Mrs. Mary Waldon were in
, Chattanooga Tuesday.
j Mrs. Una Belle Stone and Mrs.
! Millie E. Daniel had as guests j j
Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Stone and son of Chat-
anooga; Mrs. Leonard Daniel and
little son, Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Stone and children and Mr. Law-
son, principal of the Davis High
School.
Meets
Vote Law
Acting Gov. M. E. Thompson
a special session of the
legislature this week to
the voting laws. He ex¬
he was issuing the call
there had been no of¬
public information guaran¬
qualified voters that their
for President would be
by the electors “of any
party.’’
Gov.-Elect Herman Talmadge
“The general as¬
of Georgia should speedi¬
enact laws permitting all can¬
to place their names on
ballot. I think the people
Georgia should have the right
vote for candidates of their
Under existing laws they
no choice save Democratic
Republican nominees.’’
The legislature which met at
capitol this : Monday was
by Thompson’s call to
on four subjects. They
1. Placing the names of can¬
for President and Vice-
electors and party
on the general elec¬
ballot.
2. Making it mandatory that
vote for the nominee
their party.
3. Doing away with the Geor¬
law limiting candidates in
general election to those
parties had received 5 per
of the votes in the last gen¬
election or who can present
from 5 per cent of the
to place their names on
ballot.
4. Giving candidates until
instead of Oct- 2 to be
with the secretary of
Gov. Thompson said the
of Item I is to let the
of Georgia know for
well as for whom, they
in the general election.
it would be unfair to the
to have them vote for
Democratic electors
do not intend to support the
nominee in the elec¬
college.
The purpose of Item II is to
the candidates for elec¬
to show their colors and to
them to actually vote for
candidate they pretend to
for, instead of going to the
college in a position to
and trade on the presi¬
of the United States.
The purpose of Item III, waiv¬
the 5 per cent petition, is to
the Dixiecrats, the Wal-
the Socialites, or any
party to get on the Geor¬
ballot. This, Gov. Thompson
would give the voters
Georgia a free choice of se¬
the candidate they de¬
to support. “I insist that
people of Georgia should
the right to vote for any¬
they want to vote for. That
the Democratic principle of
government.”
Item IV was inserted in the
the governor said, because
the late date of the state
meeting, fhe meet¬
is scheduled for next Wed¬
which is just 5 days be¬
the entries close for the Nov
under the 30-dey law. It
be impossible to get all the
for elector made up
certified to the Secretary of
by Oct. 2nd.
Gov. Thompson said that in¬
as he had placed noth¬
else in the call, the legisla¬
should end their sesion with¬
five days.
Will Receive
Prevention Pins
Georgia’s forest fire preven¬
program will be boosted
by the distribution of 20,-
stick-pin buttons to chil¬
The buttons are about the size
a penny and contain the mes¬
“I’m Helping Prevent For¬
Fires.” The supply of buttons
be issued by the Georgia
of Forestry in con-
with the 1948 Co-opera-
Forest Fire Prevention Cam-
a joint project carried out
state forest agencies and the
S. Forest Service.
NUMBER 38.