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Unde County’s Only Newspaper.
volume xlvix.
Dade Superior Court
Proceedings
As usual the Court Room was
crowded as our September,
Term of Superior Court was
opened promptly at 9 A. M. on
Monday morning. Judge J. H.
paschall rose, said Court was a
dignified matter and he believe
we should open with prayer. He
called on Rev. T. N. Orr fori
this.
The names of those drawn
for the Grand Jury was then
called. Several were ocerage
and one was on the school
board, otherwise no one asked
to be excused. H. F. Allison was
chosen foreman and Jim Jen¬
kins bailiff.
Judge Paschall said he did
not have much to say in his
charge to the Jury. There
seemed to be a small number of
cases, only about 25 warrants
f o r investigation in a six
months period. He said he had
been over here several times
since last Court and heard
cases which had pled guilty but
he thought we had a splendid
law observance record.
The Judge told the Grand
Jury that at this term of Court
the county’s record and proper¬
ties were to be inspected which
could be done by committees;
that they would fix the per
diem for the jury.
He advised them to take up
Ihe warants first, that the So¬
licitor had already drawn the
bills and, if they wished, would
advise them on whether or not
there was enough evidence to
convict.
The Civil Docket is light, the
judge said, which means time
end expense saved the county.
There seemed to be a minimum
of litigation, which were signs
that we must get along pretty
well over here.
The Judge than told the Jur¬
ors to report to the Jury Room
and “begin your deliberations.
You may retire.”
The traverse jurors were then
called and with few exceptions
everyone was willing to serve.
The 10th grade Civics Class
from the Dade High School
with Mrs. Ersaline Carroll,
their teacher, attended this
opening sesion of Court.
The court went along through
Monday, then Tuesday there
weren’t any cases.
Tuesday afternoon the Judge
heard an argument of a chal¬
lenge on the Carroll case by Mr.
Gleason to the Solicitor. The
challenge was based on unqual¬
ified jurors. Mr. Gleason read
several cases handed down by
Supreme Court, also read the
law on how the jury boxes should
be revised and that a certified
copy of the jury list of all names
in the boxes to be kept by the
Clerk. There should be a book
which will be known as the “Jury
Book” with all the names in the
boxes. i
Gleason had Mr. Graham Hale,
Clerk of the Superior Court, put
on the stand on a sworn state¬
ment that he didn’t have a list
of names or jury book. Some of
the jury revisors were put on the
stand and sworn that the first
time they had been sworn as
jury revisors was in August of
1:49 by Mr. A. W. Peck, Ordinary.
This statement made the jurors
disqualified and Judge Paschall
ordered court adjourned, be¬
cause some of the bills were
found in the last term of court
and the Jurors were not eligible
under this some law.
The Judge also ordered the
jury revisors to meet on Thurs¬
day, Sept. 22nd and make up
new jur y box es and a book, also
a certified copy of names from
lfte Tax Di g e st. The Judge stated
as soon as this is done he will
come back to the County,
a new list of jurymen and call
a special session of court.
we understand where a case
bad already been tried and
*here the defendants pled guilty
nil !,, a ^.. U;il bills the court holds ------ good, ---- but
- Of * this Grand Jury are
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M ™ U A T I I 1 l P t r
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members of the Trenton
-den Club are urged to have
a • e ntry in the flower exhibit
at the County Fair Sept. 30th
a hd October 1st. ^
Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade County and
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1949
,
Cook-Holland Vows
Are Spoken,
The wedding of Miss Edith
Holland, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Holland, and Paul
Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Cook of Sumrall, Miss., was
solemnized in an evening cere¬
mony Sept 2nd at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Wheeler, Jr.,
I. H. Wheeler, Jr. minister of
che Church of Christ officiated.
Mrs. Joe Mayhew presented the
nuptial music.
The bride chose a blue dress
with white accessories for the
occasion. Her corsage was of
pink rosebuds.
Miss Lois Holland was her
lister’s maid of honor. She wore
a blue dress with white acces¬
sories. Her corsage was also of
pink rosebuds.
Dennis Brandon was the
oridegroom’s best man.
An informal reception at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. H.
Wheeler, Jr., folowed the cere¬
mony.
The bride is a graduate of
Dade High School. She is now
employed at the American La¬
va Corp. She is a member of
the Trenton Church of Christ.
The bridegroom attended
Catchings High School at Cat-
chings, Miss. He is employed by
the Irby Construction Co.
Other guests included: Miss
Earlene Rogers, Miss Mary Jen¬
kins, Mrs. Doris Hardeman,
Derrell, Delilah, and Wilma
Holland, Newana Mayhew, Ir¬
vin Cook, Patricia, Sarita, and
Delilah Faye Wheeler.
They are residing at Trenton,
Georgia.
WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD
HELD ITS MEETING
The Wesleyan Service Guild
of the Trenton Methodist
Church held its regular meet¬
ing Thursday evening Sept 15th
at the home of Mrs. R. M. Mor¬
rison.
The meeting was opened by
the president, Mrs. E. M. Park¬
er. The program “Our Faith”
was presented by Miss Fannielu
McWhorter.
Others taking part were Mes-
dames Curtis Ayres, James Mil-
ton Rogers, W. F. R. M. and
James E. Morrison.
Miss Merrill Stewart was a
guest. She sang “Faith of Our
Fathers”.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Thirteen members were pre¬
sent. Two of our teachers, Mrs.
Raye Billue and Miss Nora
Pickett were welcomed as new
members and also Mrs. S. J.
Hale.
The Trenton Home
Demonstration Club
The Trenton Home Demons¬
tration Club held its regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon,
Sept. 14, at the home of Mrs.
H. E. Gross.
In the absence of the Presi¬
dent, the meeting was called to
order by Mrs. W. W. Daniel.
Roll-making was the subject
of Miss Moss’s demonstration
and very delicious samples were
enjoyed by all.
After the business was con¬
cluded the meeting was turned
over to the hostess, who served
delicious refreshments.
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Slygo Home Demon¬
stration Club Met
The slyg0 Home D emonstra-
ti()n club met ab the home of
Mrs Curtls Ayres Thursday
September fifteenth. Members
and visitors present were Mes-
dames L H Street, W. P. Cole,
.
Evelyn Ree ves, Hobart Wilhite,
Bent ColCi j 0 hn Cole and
Misses Pear i street, Naomi Al-
„ Edna Wa ddell and Elba
‘ ’
Cole
j Mrs mrs. Eve rj vcijrii i yn Reeves — gave o--- a
* De¬
report on the annual Home
monstration Club picnic which
|Was held at the home of Mrs.
Frank K. Patterson in August.
She reported that the food was
delicious and plentiful and was
| enjoyed by everyone present.
! Miss Moss gave a demonstra-
' tion on making rolls.
Elba Cole,
Reporter.
.
DADE FARMERS
TOUR COUNTY
A week ago this Wednesday,
about 75 farmers gathered in
the Court House Square in
Trenton to make a county wide
tour of some of the outstanding
pastures and corn demonstra¬
tions. At 9:30, Mr. Hugh Clark,
in the Soil Conservation truck
with a loud speaker mounted
on the roof of the cab and
with Mr. L. C. Adams, as an¬
nouncer, pulled out from the
curb. By loud speaker all were
asked to fall in behind, that the
tour was ready to start and
would begin with the farms on
Sand Mountain. There were 14
transportation in the convoy
which pulled out and fell in
behind.
The first place visited was
the J. F. Cloud farm. Here mem
bers of the tour saw the sesults
of one of the 4H Club Fat Steer
project. Troy Cloud’s steer had
weighed 445 lbs. when he re¬
ceived him on May 7, 1949. It
now had almost doubled its
weight by reaching 800 lbs. Mr.
Cloud has a very good pasture
which he has had seeded for
the past few years which con¬
tributed to the growth of the
steer. This steer and the other
10 or 12 steers being fattened
by 4 Hers throughout the coun¬
ty will oe shown and sold at
the County Fair on Sept. 30
Oct. 1.
The second visit was made to
the Lyman E. Taylor farm to
see his corn. This was very fine
but Mr. Taylor had worked so
hard to interest others to sign
up for the Corn Contest that
he had failed to sign himself
up in time.
The third stop was at the
Myron Gass farm. Myron is a
veteran taking the Farm
i Training Program and has done
'some ! mighty fine-’things with
his place. He was grazing hogs
on a pasture of Ladino Clover
and Fescue. His corn looked
good and when a vote was
taken at the end of the tour,
he won 2 nd place on his corn
yield.
The tour stopped at the H.
Dan Smith Farm to see his
pastures of Ladino Clover and
Fescue used for grazing his
milk cows.
The fifth visit was the D. T.
Brown farm. Mr. Brown had
about 300 acres in ‘“old” pas¬
ture, that is one that has been
seed for several years. He told
( the group he could keep better|
that 200 head of cattle of that
pasture. The cattle loading
pens were inspected after
which the tour halted for a rest
period as Mr. Brown offered
cold drinks and lunchs free.
Lunch was declined as it was to
served later but everyone ac¬
cepted his invitation for a cold
drink.
The tour’s next stop was at
the Dave L. Brown farm where
they saw his herd of cattle graz
ing on alfalfa. Mr. Brown’s cat¬
tle are grass fed and looked in
good shape.
The last visit before lun
cheon was at the E. R. Wells
farm. There they saw 26 hogs
grazing on ONE acre of Ladino
Clover. Mr. Wells showed them
his Trench Silo and field of en¬
silage which was a misture of
corn and sorghum. Mr. Wells
estimated that this seven acres
would fill his 100 ton trench
silo.
Luncheon was served at the
Legion Hall by Miss Clara Mose
who had made the arrange¬
ments and Mesdames Frank
Morrison, Woodie Daniel, Tom
McCauley and C. R. Ayers.
During the lunch period Mr.
R. C. Thomas, President of the
Dade Farm Bureau gave a
short talk on the benefits of
the Farm Bureau and intro¬
duced the four out of county
visitors. Commander W. H.
Pullen gave a word of welcome
and invited the farmers to ins¬
pect the Legion Hall.
The first visit after luncheon
was made at the Art Moore
farm on Lookout Mountain.
Here a more extensive tour of
his farm was made. Mr. Moore
showed his pastures of Ladino
Clover and Fescue, his Kudzu
grazing crop and his Hygeria
or grain sorghum field. He also
showed his truck crops which
were primarily greens at this
time. The main thing was his
fine field of corn. The members
of the tour at one end of the
field exclaiming on how fine it
was when Mr. Moore spoke up
and seeing some hogs in the
field jestingly said that he just
used this corn to graze his
hogs that they must come to
the other end to see his Dem¬
onstration Acre. That acre the
group voted would have the
number one yield. One of the
highlights of this stop was that
when the numbers of the tour
went to get water, they found
'a basket of apples from the
Moore’s orchard and everyone
helped themeslves. The tour
parked here for a few more
minutes to enjoy the beauty of
Mrs. Moore’s yard and flowers.
The ninth visit was made at
Benton Massey’s farm. Benton
is a veteran in the Farm Train¬
ing Class. His pasture of Ladi¬
no Clover and Fescue was ins¬
pected. He gave a good discus¬
sion on how he is planning his
; farming operations and the
I reason for planing so much
pasture on his farm. He stated
he was especially interested in
livestock and hoped to de¬
velop a livestock program.
When asked about hay, he said
he had decided he didn't need
to put up any, that he would
let the cows graze it.
The last stop was to see the
McMahan corn. This corn was
planted differently from the
others in that there was a lot
| to the This
more stalks acre.
ihad been planted this way with
I the idea of making over 100
bu. per acre. Mrs. McMahan
said this had been heavily fer¬
tilized—about 1,00 lbs or better
plus , several truck loads of
chicken manure. This corn
stood 8 or 9 feet high. Mrs. Me
Mahan said she sowed crimson
on Bermuda grass for winter
grazing. there
At the end of the tour
was some discussion about
what had been seen led by
Soil Technician Hugh Clark, Ve
teran Training Instructors W.
H. Pullen and E. J. Bible, Asst.
County Agent C. R. Ayers and
County Agent Adams who ex¬
plained that there were many
other fine pastures in the coun¬
ty but because of the distance
to be covered only those were
chosen which were nearest the
road.
i Mr. Thomas dismissed the
group by telling them that the
Farm Bureau had enjoyed
making the tour possible and
that it had been planned for
that we to celebrate both
Farm Bureau week and Soil
Conservation week.
MRS. TOM HOLDER GIVES
BIRTHDAY PARTY
A Birthday Party was given
Saturday night at the home of
Mrs. Tom Holder in honor o£
Jack Wallin, Myre Holder and
Betty Steele. Games were play¬
ed and refreshments were
served to the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Forester
and Helen, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Wallin and Butch, Mrs. Ray
Steele and children, Mrs. Ray-
mand Wallin, Jack and Fran¬
kie, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Castle¬
berry and children, Broady and
Kathryn Hawkins, Clara and
: Evelyn Riddle.
Betty Jean Riddle, Bob Wal¬
lin, Clifford and Clifton Eagle,
Jim Castleberry, Mary and
Frances Chambers, Virginia
and Margaret Kenimer, Kath¬
ryn Fricks, Royce Bible, Kylus
Cambell, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Shafer, Billy and Wanda John¬
son, Jr., Williams, Donald Par¬
ser, Carl Powell, Ham Palmer,
Le Roy, and Bill Castleberry,
! Jessie and Edmund Reeves,
Martha Gossett, Bessie Steele,
; R. V. Hall, Naomi Steele, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Holder, James
i Charles, and Myre Holder, Doc
Tipton. That is all I can think
of, so if I missed anyone, ex-(
cuse me.
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DANCE AT GYM
i There will be a dance Satur¬
day night Sept. 24 at the Gym
for the football team. Thfs
dance is sponsored by the
I American Legion.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Court Upholds
Registration
Georgians are going to have
to re-register to vote. Last Fri¬
day the Supreme Court of
Georgia unanimously upheld
the constitutionality of the
Voter Registration Act of 1949.
Under this Act every Georgian
must register before being qua¬
lified to vote in next year’s go-
vernatorial and senatorial pri¬
mary elections.
The Court, in an opinion
written by Justice Bond Al-
mand, said it found nothing in
the Act that indicates the law
denies any qualified voter the
right to register on account of
race, color or previous condition
of servitude. The mere possibi¬
lity that the Registrors might
act arbitrarily or recklessly in
administering the law and vio¬
late constitutional rights is not
a ground for declaring the Act
unconstitutional, the Court
said.
The Registration Act provi¬
des that all citizens must be
able to satisfy registrars that
they can read an section of the
Constitution of the U. S. or
Georgia “intelligibly” or write
it “egibly”. If they cannot meet
this test, then registrants must
answer 10 of the 30 questions
on government which are writ¬
ten into the law.
Because of doubt as to the
validity of this new law only 44
of the 159 Georgia countties
had made any effort at re¬
registration and only a trickle
of registrants has greeted these
efforts.
Effect of the new decision
will clear the air only to a de¬
gree, for this case or a similar
one will be taken direct to the
U. S. Supreme Court as a cons¬
titutional question is involved.
This will take many months
and if we wish to vote next
year, we must re-register.
The DADE COUNTY TIMES
: -as already printed the 30
ns and answers but are
doing so again.
I 1. Who is President of the
United State? Harry S. Truman.
2. What is the term of of¬
fice of the President of the
United States, Four years.
3. May the President of the
United States be legally elected
for a second term? Yes.
4. If the President of the
United States dies in office who
succedes him? Vice President.
5. How many groups com¬
prise the Congress of the Unit¬
ed States? Two. Senate and
House of Representatives.
I 6. How many United States
(Senators are there from Geor¬
gia? J Two. What is the term of of¬
7.
fice of a United States Senat¬
or? Six Years.
8. Who are the United
States Senators from Georgia?
Walter F. George and R. B.
Russell.
9. Who is Governor of Geor¬
gia? Herman Talmadge.
10. Who is Lieutenant Gov¬
ernor of Georgia? Marvin Grif¬
fin.
| ll. Who is Court Chief of Justice Georgia? of
the Supreme
Henry Ducksworth. ✓
12. Who is Chief Judge of
'the Court of Appeals of Geor-
1 I. H. Sutton.
gia?
13. Into what two groups is
the General Assembly of Geor¬
gia Representatives. divided? Senate and House
i of
J.ty 14. Does each Georgia coun-
have at least one represen¬
tative in the Georgia House of
Representatives? Yes.
15. Do all Georgia counties
have the same number of re¬
presentatives in the Georgia
House of Representatives? No.
16. In what city are the laws
of the United States made?
Washington, D. C.
17. How old do you have to
be to vote in Georgia? 18 years
old.
18. What city is the capital
of the United States? Washing¬
ton, D. C.
19. How many states are
there in the United States? 48.
20. Who is Commander-in-
Chief of the United States Ar¬
my? President of the United
States.
21. In what Congressional
District do you live? 7th.
22. Who represents your
Congressional District in the
National House of Representa-
NUMBER 37
Celebrating the 96th
Anniversary of
Huntingdon College
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. —
Orientation has been complet¬
ed and class work is now un¬
derway for the 96th year at
Huntingdon College. Approxi¬
mately 20 states and two for-
eignd countries, Estonia an
Sweden, are represented in the
large embroilment.
The speaker at the initial
chapel program of the year
Sep. 16 was Donald Comer, Bir¬
mingham industrialist, who
urged the students to fill their
days and hours so full of the
right kind of thinkinig, asso¬
ciation and actions that there
would be no room for the other
kind. Build for yourselves
(strong character, he said, for
in your homes and in your
communities you will find
yourselves iving in relation¬
ships where your character will
determine the usefulness and
happiness of your life.
Orientation week was filled
with lectures on the use of the
library and “How to Study”
and with a number of parties
honoring the freshmen. Stud¬
ent body meetings introduced
the newcomers to the Hunting¬
don Honor System and the
campus organizations. A for¬
mal dinner and reception given
by President and Mrs. Hubert
Searcy were among the high¬
lights of the opening week.
Enrolled at Huntingdon from
Trenton is Roselyn Mason
Dyer, daughter of Mr.and Mrs.
A. L. Dyer.
X-Rav Unit
Examinations 750
The X-Ray unit had pretty
0 tudy business for the first
three days this week.
Court was going on and the
pebool children from 12 years
or age and older were X-rayed.
Monday there were 195 put
through the Clinic, Tuesday
398, and Wednesday 157. The
Mobile X-Ray Unit went to
Sand Mountain School Thurs¬
day.
LEGION MEETING
Legionaires, the Legion Meet¬
ing is still being held at the
Legion Hall each Friday night.
W. W. Tinker says the officers
of the Legion would like for
the members to come on out
and help them.
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NOTICE
Saturday night, September
24th at 8:00 o’clock at the Ris¬
ing Fawn School is the time
and place for the play “The
Old District School.”
Admission will be 25c and 50c
Proceeds will go to the School
Lunch Room.
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SINGING AT PINEY GROVE
SUNDAY
There will be an all day sing¬
ing at Piney Grove Church
Sunday, under the direction of
John Warren.
Everyone come out and sing
i or enjoy the singing.
We should appreciate the in-
! terest Mr. Warren shows in
these singings by attending.
A cordial welcome to every¬
one.
tiw's? Henderson Lanham.
23. In what state Senatorial
District do you live? 44th.
24. Who is the State Senat¬
or who represents your Senat¬
orial District? Rufus W. Massey.
25. In what county do you
live? Dade.
26. Who represents your
county in the House of Repre¬
sentatives of Georgia? If there
are more than one representa¬
tive name them. M. J. Hale.
27. What is the name of the
county seat of your county?
Trenton.
28. Who is the ordinary of
your county? Arthur W. Peck.
29. Who is the judge of the
Superior Court of your circuit?
If there are more than one,
name one additional. J. H.
Paschal.
30. Who is the solicitor Ge¬
neral of your circuit? Warren
Aiken.