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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1949)
I County's Only Newspaper xi. iv onie Trial went lo Federal Court in f » e aD 'what" happened in of County 0 , the night 2nd still goes on. . - pen iv afternoon » ; 7th Robert Keener Imber stanu. He testified on n the the hed hooded n approac ^ drive the toes to where they were He stated he was a cu- iooker. He denied certain his testimony to the | stating they scared him so didn't know what he told , He said the signature b S like his but there were a pf things in the statement he didn't say. He particu- ' that he saw denied saying i h or Hartline or Lynch’s jrrell L the Clay’s house, T. Wheeler was next |a [he stand. He and admitted secretary he Klan s man ■Dade Klub”. He denied fg [and part in the he Hooker in flog- his said that was lurant at that time. He lified Truman Purcell as of the Dade Klub but ad seen Peters and Hartline he meeting at least. Wheeler j»d tnent certain the parts FBI. of his to line [ursday took morning the William stand. He M. pd he was a Klansman but |tted that he helped to the three crosses which I burned in Dade County by Jlan and which he admit- kvere built on his property (cut of lumber belonging to Hartline stated that fid 6 p. m. he, McCauley, kley & Lynch began patrol- Dade highways. He said [rode to Rising Fawn about The group rode to the sse State line and there out on the Hooker road, they came to the top of ler Hill they noticed an au- fbile swaying on the high- McCauley stopped the car ; bed into the Clay driveway ja Negro jumped out with i he assumed to be a bottle |hiskey. He stated he and gave chase to the man lost him in a wooded area returned to the car. Just at [time, Hartline testified a : came over the hill driving [recklessly fy started and he and Me after him. On return, after overtaking Iruck and warning the dri- aey found the round full of |e and the sheriff and fey d standing near a mob of ......... men. — Hartline aau.liat.c stated mavcu Mdone of the hooded men ed je the are sheriff taking ba:k over” and and the 0 them left. On their way Hartline said the sheriff he was going to get some and get the Negroes back. cross examination Dis- Attorney Mundy asked if Jne Sation had of ever the made an in- matter and hnounced he did. Asked if M reported his findings to Solicitor Warren Akins. pe 1 Defense answered that he did [ Hartline Attorney Gleason if he knew who pointed f r bf oke to Aiken and judge state that is a ' Reason improper question and out of order and Handed aim for an effort N State politics into the l^e | judge told the Court he Jury that this was not rfal I would tria be l and brought no more po- K Hartlin^ in. Un- -examination I’ircw iuidv^ C ° Uld n0t remember eriTS about which D; - y QUeStioned bim. He ® had n ot made a state- ^ cilG FRT FBI ho/'Qnon because he think his business was [business. iyv. Nid. - *£*£? —wiau SS ne Z [were U-dt r ^ ed Z\ two Ne TZ S roes r U. I - L ;• ’ He estimated estimated there 1 °. 100 Clansmen ------pre- ,. 1 ; ^ or 20 surrounded bimself. He saw a a ‘- g a red holler- j J “ 0U 50 cape • more Klansmen L ar -d formed a group r --em a man wit h what I ' r a gun at my back, , the Negroes had P 1 tQ ld him they were drunk. This hooded man then said ~‘ J you fellows get back in your car and leave here and don’t come back. Beckley said there was nothing for us to do but °bey them - Beckley said that as the lour drove back to Trenton, Ly ncb said he was going to get up a group of men and go back. There were about 300 or 400 people meeting about in Tren- ton but before we could get up a posse the Klan came back and somebody made a speech on the Square. We found out they were going to burn another cross on Lookout Mountain and we went up there to try to keep order. Sheriff John W. Lynch took the stand Frday afternoon. He stated that his presence on Hooker Hill before the home of Mrs. Mamie Clay was a coinci- dence oithnncrH although ho he nrtmitfoH admitted Hartline had told him there was to be cross burnings in the County that night he testified Hartline had not told him pre- cisely where. He stoutly maint- ained that he had never cons- pired with anyone to have the Negroes arrested and beaten. He told of their Highway patrol and finding the two Negroes and of the arrival of the Klan. He stated that when he told the Klan the Negroes were under arrest and he reached for his gun but he was too slow on the draw and a hard object was placed in back and he and his deputies were shoved away. He stated they hurried back to Trenton to get a posse but be- fore he could succeed the Klan arrived. CroTs examination ol Lynch began Monday. Sheriff Lynch took the stand Monday morning. He said he knew Knew of oi the me cross cross burning uurumg in Hooker buit it had nothing to do with his being there. He said he and his three deputies were on a routine patrol in one car and stopped at Hooker Hill to chase a Negro who had what looked like a jug of liquor in a paper sack under his arm. He said the Klan only took two Negroes away from him and he didn t find out about the Negroes be- ing whipped until he read it in the Chattanooga papers the fol- , lowing . Monday, „ , Under cross examination Lynch (said he figured it was none of his business what a hooded mob was doing across the road from where he was holding two Negro prisoners) outold his story. He said about 75 or 100 masked men took his | -- — - prisoners away ’ hi " deputies He claim h : he wen ^ t0 ^ ea ' h 1 g mer ^ f b ° veb ® ona irlCT ® in his ba ck that he took to d b • Asked lf he sough a ro Georgia State patr d i dn>t because it would a e hour or tw ° f ° r -f here. Asked if he tr e d out ' tbe ldentlt y 0 y p sherfif repiie . there the didn ’t g° around lifting ma ® Asked did he write 0 tag numbers from the au _ - biles, he said no he was too busy —busy doing what the District Attorney asked to which he re- P bed tryin & to get up a banC ,; > back, of men to get the Negroes but tbe Klan came after you in Trenton instead of y ou going . back after them, the Attorney asked and Lynch replied he did tb e best he could. When asked he was afraid to be the of Dade County, Lynch rose from his chair pointed his fin- ger Mandy anb ^ afraid of any a b0 wore “britches” F. N. Belk who ioiioweu fooHfipH testified tHaf. that st at 10.30 10:30 P. M. Sheriff ff Lynch Lyncn asked askea him t w -T J Tun^hM frrnn'hinT’and’hif ‘plored^eltows away and deputies -- - whipped tbem^ that the sheriff had asXed him to ioin a Posse. The defense rested its case ____ . and Monday afternoon govern- ‘ment witness began being called Allison and Joe Blevins testified they were reasonably certain the driver of one of the cars was Mrs. Woodrow Daniel.. Mrs. Ro- bert Allison said she was posi- live she saw Mrs. Woodrow Da- niel driving her husband’s car Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 15, 1949 about 8 o clock and that she la- ter saw ' her wearing ' a robe ' and ' hood during the Klan parade in Trenton and was surprised that Mrs. Daniel should be there with that bunch. Tuesday morning from Hooker went on the stand, Mr. Williams was on the stand 40 minutes. L. L. Bridgeman tes- tified he did not see anyone stick anything at the back of the sheriff nor did he hear them tell him to leave Hooker but he did see them talking together, He said the sheriff and deputies were still there when the Ne- groes were put into the cars. Sam Peters had testified he was * n Hooker the night of the flogging to retrieve two song books be had used at the fune- ra l °f a Massengale child. Mr. and ana Mrs. Mrs - J J .D. ■ u ■ Massengale Massengale testi- f * ed bb at R bad been at least 5 y ear s since a Massengale child bad been buried at Hooker. Mrs. Grad y Bel1 wh o is the local re- g istrar for the church said there bad been no child by the name of Massengale or anything like R buried there for more than 5 y ears and that no one had ask ‘ ed ber for the keys of the church to ®et any song books. After receiving the necessary permission from the judge, Mrs. Raymond Morrison, who han- dles the first cl ^f s mail Tr enton Post Office testified that she put notices of a meet- lr ) g ° f t he Dade KIab f ^., rday night April 1st in the Mail box tor Sheriff Lynch and his three deputies. Robert Allison carry^ ing the rural mall at that ^ time pitied ‘hat he had delivered some of these same cards to Sam Peters, A. W. Peck and B. F. Hi- xon. The last witnesses the govern- ment t m the stand were the F.B.I. agents om nts who u/Vin had h ad hppn been wor j £ j n g on t be ca se. Among othef fching they &u testified that when they went t0 talk t0 ^g^ff anc j the deputies had aU said they had n0 comment Botb sides rested the case about 3;0 o o’clock Tuesday af- £ ernoon The judge denied a, motion by t he defense attorney fQr direct acquittal Bot h the arguments an d Judge Hooper’s charge to the Jury were com- p i e t e d Wednesday afternoon. ( ---,--- There will still be dance at the Gym The Legion has cleared and turned over to the principal, Mr. j c sillue $264.75 to be paid on the foot ball equipment. This amount was made from the Sa- turday n j gb t dances held at the Some grips have been made ^ it is ru mored that there will be no more dances at the Gym and dug tQ this the crowd bas decreased. pe ople sponsoring the dance f ee i the dances are clean innocent fun with no trouble bei ca used and the money is n g for a good cause. Thg sponsors have permission the gchool authorities to use the Gym for recreational g Qn Saturday nig ht and other plans are made you will ^ thr&ugh tWs paper -- north DADE HONOR ROLL lgfc Q rad e—Linda Cole, Joyce Pa “ ade _ Anna Mae Walk . | er Alice Mae Ott, Le Vada Mur- ’ Barbara Cr’en! Wilson, Richard Bryant, Sam- , ^ ^ Pnrtor ^ y ’ Pilgrim, o mI y ar mer> Jimmy Dou glas , Rtenhens. Stephens, Stoney Stoney Town- Town- send, Dennis Moore, Clifford Bettis 3 r d tirade—Paul Dugan. 4th Grade—Mary Caroljn ££ Lee Grace Grade—Betty Moore ------- notice Crosg Insurance ‘ .. Farm Bureau has been w effect suppa g ,,, K0 into January *; i, Bess Cureton Elected President .1 Cmm!j Planning Board At the County wide Dade County Agricultural Planning ! Board meeting on December 7th Miss Bess’ Cureton was" elected president for the coming year, Mr. w. H. Pullen retiring presi- dent was elected vice president I an d Mr. Huah Clark, secretary. The meeting was called to or- der by County Agent L. C. Adams wbo , in his opening address, stressed the importance of plan- n ing. Plans, to' he said should be adapted fit all sized farms, 1 either large or small. The agri- culutral program for the county depends not on the County Agencies but is left entirely to the planning board as to whatTs needed in the county. i n the discussion which fol- lowed, the importance of the projects were listed; first — SOILS are the basis of all deve- lopment; second — HOME IM- provements PROVEMENTS hnth both inside inside and and outside the home and third LIVESTOCK which depends di- rectly upon soils improvement. Miss Clara Moss stressed achie- vements in district and state contest. She told that the Lions Club is to entertain with a special dinner in honor of the North Dade and Rising Fawn 4-H Club winners. Assistant County Agent Curtis Ayers presented a report show- ing there had been 8 farm tours hls year with an attendance of 246 people, one of which was & county wide tour with 75 farm- ers attending. He said there had been 96 method demonstrations, 62 result demonstrations, 4433 visits, and 186 agricultural news articles. There were 24 entered in the corn demnostration this year that the 4-H Clubs were carrying on in a pig, chick and beef chain program. The Home Improvement gave their report which was carried in the Times on November 84, 1949. Soil Technician Hugh Clark and Mr. Ayers gave statistics comparing the acreage sown In 1948 and 1949 in cover crops and small grains which showed that approximately $20,630.00 was spent for seed which could have been grown at hohme. Mr. Ed Bible gave a short re- port of what the Veteran Agri- cultural Training Classes con- ducted by W. H. Pullen and him- self were doing. Messers Colmore and Stewart, representatives from the Ameri- can National Bank & Trust Co. told of F.H.A. home improve¬ ments loans available through their bank for such things as roofs,, paintnigs, paints. heating, iMa. wa- ter and the like as well as farm equipment and automobiles. Mr. T. R. Tucker, F.H.A. repre- sentatives told of the changes in their program. This is that feed, seed, and farm credit etc. that arg nQw available to farm oper - ators has been changed and that the program no longer is offering seed but in its place a production loan. At nocn the meeting adjuorn- ed for luncheon. This was pre- pared at the Home Ec. building and was excellent. In the afternoon session a blackboard was used showing fertilizer, number of stalks and bushels yielded in the corn con- test. A discussion on soils fol- lowed. After this those at the meet- ^ tici ted ln a live i y dis- CU s sion which ended in the fol- lowine listing of needs: ^ 1. „„„„ Unity and harmony. __ 2. Soil Improvement a. Conservation of soil and iv at e r. b. Livestock improvement. c. Economical Crop Yields. d. Marketing. e. Seed production. 3. Home and Community Im- provement. a. Home Improvement. b. Community houses and recreation. c. - Schools ------------ and lunchrooms --------- meetin'g. SSTT ing this day long meeting were: Byron Forester, Cicero Jack Jack Sells. Sells, Jules Jules Case. Case, Mr. Mr. & & Mrs Mrs Taylor, Mrs. Cecil McMahan, Mrs. Hardeman, Clara Moss, Atha Vestel, L. C. Adams, Hugh Clark, Curtis Ayers, George Ste- wart, Rupert Colmore, T. R. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. McCauley, and Mrs. Ed Bible, Mr. and Wheeler’s Restaurant (, r#len in ^ Tuesday night after closing hours Wheelers Restaurant was broken in and the suspects are jtwo Two teen boys age boys. hanging around were the resturant all afternoon and .stayed until closing time watch- ing bus tickets being made out. ! The boys did not purchase a bus ticket but the 1:15 A. M. bus driver stated he picked up two teen age b °ys in Trenton with tickets stamped from Trenton to Birmingham, Ala. A small hole just large enough to reach in and unlock the door was made i n tbe glass. Two watches, cigarettes and a vanity case were known to have been taken. j FRICKS STORE - AT RISING B.P. tAWN BROKEN IN | R. p. Frick’s Store at Rising p awn was broken in Monday i n jgbt Thp safe was jj mm ied open a j pj S tol, cigarettes and some guns I were taken ! _ Q __ mobile X-RAY UNIT VISITS COUNTY , j its The fourth Mobile and X-ray last visit Unit to made Dade County Friday December 9th. 1 42 persons were X-rayed, , marking a total of 232 X-rays made by the Unit this year. We, who are responsible for assist- i n g with the discovery, treat- ment, and prevention of tuber- culosis, feel that with the con- tinued co-operation of the peo- P^e we shall be able to make progress in this important Pu- blic Health Service, I WILDWOOD METHODIST CHURCH CHRISTMAS, PROGRAM DEC. 22 | The Wildwood Methodist Church is having their Christ _ mas Program next Thursday Decem ber 22. LODGE NOTICE Regular meeting of I renton Lodge No. 179 F & A M, Friday night December 16 at 8 o clock, All members are urged to at- tend. This is Election night. Of- ficers for Insueing Year will be elected. Who do you want for y° ur officers, or do you want any? Let us ask ourselves this question. What have I done for my Lodge the past yeai. If. every member had done as I have done > would we sti11 have Lodge? D. F. Greene, W. M. J. A. Case, Sec. -o- demonstration CLl B BAZAAR 1 . t forget to buy what Don you need from Sally > s Beauty Shop, Thcge articles are being sold b y the Home Demonstration Clubs. , 0 _ _ CH RISTMAS PROGRAM AT XRENTON BAPTIST CHURCH , The Baplist church will give their Christmas p ro gram Wed- nesday night December 21st at 7;30 p M _o_ NOTICE TO PATRONS OF DADE HIGH SCHOOL Tre President and the Pro- gram Chairman of the Dade County High School PTA regret to announce that there will be NO Christmas program or Dec. meeting of this organization. The Program Chairman has been under subpoena and away since before Thanksgiving and writing has not been able to get anyone to take over the pro- Christmas time ^ December meeting is called for the fourth Thursday ^ the month ag ig called for in our By-Laws but while the pre¬ sident, who has also been under a subpoena, has been away, the gupt Qf SchooIs and the prjn . cipal realized that the meeting was called for after school was closed for the Christmas holi¬ days and felt that it should be held held before before school school closes. closes, As as ^ 5 “ cember mee ting is called off. — ------ — Mrs. Mrs Peterson, Louise Wright, Bess Cureton, Early Cole. (Ed note— We wish to thank Miss Bess Cureton for the notes which she took for us on this meeting—however, we had to find out from another source who the officers elected were.) Published Weekly—Since 1901 Dade County 1950 l. Farm and Home Situation in Dade County The soils are the basis of all agricultural development in the county. The type of farming that has been practiced in the county has been that type which depletes soils with too little at¬ tention given to conservation practices. As a result of educational i programs which have been car¬ ried on for the past several years, much progress has been made in practices to- conserve soil and water and build up the fertility of the farms. | Dade County farms have now reached the point where suffi¬ cient yields are being made to justify needed home and com¬ munity improvements. | The outstanding problem of the county now, is the lack of 'cooperation among the people. Communities and counties can be developed only through the united efforts of all the people. Some progress has been made through various orgaftizations and clubs. With the increased produc¬ tion due to more fertile farms, a need for marketing facilities has developed. This need can be met through cooperative marketing organizations, but will require the interest and backing of all the people. There is a definite change taking place in the type of agriculture in Dade County. The old system of ope-horse farm¬ ing with practically all farms in row crops is going out. Tractors are taking the pla.e of horse- drawn implements and grazing crops are replacing row crops to a large extent. This situation is being brought about from various causes, one of which is the Federal Crop Control program. Dade County is an ideal livestock section, both from a marketing stand¬ point for meat and milk and from solids and climatic condi¬ tions for producing foed and feed crops. The need for a home supply of meat and milk has not been met. This should be of first consideration. There is a need for additional cash enterprise. The majority of Dade County farms are small and possibly more adapted to the production of poultry, hogs and dairying with some larger farms adapted to the production of beef. Recreation facilities in the county have been improved to some extent, but there is a seri¬ ous need f ,r community and county recreational facilities and programs. 2. Farm and Home Problems to Receive Emphasis In 1950. 1. Soil Improvement ! (a) Conservation of soil and water <b> Livestock production (ci Economical crop yields (d) Marketing (e) Seed production 2. Home Improvement fa) Home Improvement j <bi Community houses and recreation | (c> School including lunch rooms. .3. Recommendations F»>r 1950. 1. Soil Improvement (a) The committee thinks one of the best methods of encour¬ aging soil improvement is thru tours to result demonstrations and recommend that periodical tours be planned. (b) Tours be planned to visit result demonstrations where complete records have been kept as to production practices and as to the value of harvested crops. (c) That newspaper publicity be given to demonstrations from various communities. i <d) That farm people report to chairman of this committee worthwhile enterprises that are being carried on over the county. ; (e) A sub-committee of this committee was appointed to work with the manager and directors of the Farmers Co-op in an effort to develop a market¬ ing program for farm products. 1 (f) Investigate possibilities of having trade day in Trenton. (g) A sub-committee of this committee was appointed to en¬ courage seed production by a few farmers in the county as a demonstration t o determine whether seed production is a NUMBER 49 profitable enterprise on Dade 1 County farms. Ih) This committee recom¬ mends that year-round grazing be encouraged for all farms. (i) A livestock enterprise to supplement cash income be stressed for every farm. This will include dairy, beef, hogs, poultry. (j) Every farm family plan their farming operations to con¬ trol erosion by planting at least 1/3 of acreage to cover crops. (k) That livestock be Improved by introduction of more pure¬ bred breeding stock. 2. Home and Community Im- provment A. Community Improvement 1. A goal of one community house in five communities was set. 4-H Clubs and Home De¬ monstration Clubs were selected as the active organizations to start the movement. 2. Every community enter Community Improvement Con¬ test. (a) Standard mail boxes with name of farmer. (b) Churches named and church yards improved. (c) Recommend a movement be started to have County and State roads named and marked to help travelers find way over county. 0 Individual yards and drive¬ ways Improved. (e) Planting of year-round green crops- in front of homes. (f) Recommend have regular meeting of this committee once each month, meeting ln each community once during the year. The first meeting to be on third Tuesday in January. 3. Recommend that each com¬ munity plan to grow vegetables to can for school lunch rooms. 4. Recommend that a county fair be held for two days ia the fail, with each community hav¬ ing an exhibit, as well as en¬ couraging more people to enter individual exhibits. Also include school day with exhibits, com¬ petitive singing and abilities among the groups. B. Home Improvement .. 1. Nutrition (a) Recommend that every farm family keep at least one milk cow. (b) Recommend that a variety of vegetables be grown and pre¬ served for home use. (c) Recommend that at least one demonstration on cannlftg in each commnuity be given. (d) Recommend every farm family produce own poultry and poultry products. 2. Continued publicity be car¬ ried on pointing out home im¬ provements as they are made. IV.. These recommendations by the committees were approv¬ ed in the general assembly of the entire agricultural commit¬ tee. The committee discussed a roadside improvement program and a committee composed of E. J. Bible, Mrs. Cecil M-Mahan and Mr. R. G. Peterson was ap¬ pointed to work out an agree¬ ment between the Ordinary and State Highway Supervisor and Soil Conservation Service, whereby funds and equipment will be furnished by the County and State to improve County and State highways by planting shoulders to grass, widening of county roads and moving fences. This program is to be present¬ ed to the farm people through community meetings, tours, newspapers, individual contact. The Farm Bureau was desig¬ nated as the agency through which the program will be car¬ ried to the various communities. The Farm Bureau was requested to arrange community meetings in each community in January at which members of the agri¬ cultural program committee will .discuss the county program for 1950. -o- JR. GIRL SCOUTS SPEND WEEK END ON LOOKOUT For a very enjoyable week end the Junior Girl Scouts of Trenton went out to Bo’s Lodge on Lookout Mountain Dec. 10th. There were 19 present and de¬ licious food was enjoyed by all. Girl Scouts Council Included Miss Leila Kembrough, Mrs. E. M. Parker, Mrs. J. G. Pace, Mrs. Maddox Hale. Louise Russell, Reporter.
