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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1950)
\Dade County's Only Newspaper. volume l j offri .. ...................... The Farm Reporter Oc co o o oooo co ooooooooooy Agricultural Progress in 1949 A recent survey of all the unit and area test demonstration farmers has been made as to the progress made during 1949, com- L r pared with 1948. This survey was taken to obtain a true pic¬ ture of the country’s agricultu¬ ral progress, comparing the number of acres sown, in 1949 to 1948, to fescue and ladino clover mixture, number of acres sown to winter cover crops, number of acres planted in corn and the average yield per acre, number of milk cows and other cattle. Approximately 60% of the ques- fionaires sent to these unit and area farms were returned. An increase in acreage of fes¬ cue and ladino clover mixture of 53% over 1948 was shown. The acreage in winter cover crops was 44% over 1948. The survey shows the average yield of corn per acre for those reporting was 43 bushels per acre. The number of milk cows of those reporting has increased .03%, other cat- the .09%. The survey shows a greater percentage increase in the num¬ ber of acres sown for grazing purposes than increase in cattle. This may be explained by the fact that the farmers are trying to establish pasture for the cat¬ tle they already have, and too, they see the necessity of esta¬ blishing pasture before obtain¬ ing cattle. We believe that the survey taken of the unit and area farm¬ ers in the county gives a pretty good picture of the progress made in the entire county. Morganville Home Home Demonstration Club Met The Morganville Home Dem¬ onstration Club met at the home of Mrs. J. S. Parson on Wednes¬ day January 18th. Ten and one visitors were present. Miss Vestal’s demonstration to all clubs this month is glass etching. A very interesting and useful lesson for all. The next demonstration will be hand hammered brass trays, bowls, etc., and will held at the North Dade School. Mrs. Ewell T. Brown, Reporter. Statistics On Corn Contest fertilizer Plants per Coat Data Times Variety At Plantta* Side Dressing Acre Yield per Bn. Planted Cultivated DIXIE 700 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 20% N 12,414 141.3 (1) 66.6c May 5 t A. L. McMahan 17 800 lbs. 4-12-4 175 lbs. 25% K20 TENN. 10 200 lbs. 6- 8-8 300 lbs. 32% N 11.146 122.9 (1) 99.1c May 17 1 A. E. Moore 700 lbs. 4- 8-6 tenn. 200 lbs. 4-10-7 11,079 115.4 (1) 59c May 12 1 Byron Forester 10 550 lbs. 4-10-7 300 lbs. 16% N FUNK 711 500 lbs. 4-10-4 300 lbs. 16% N 9,596 101.5 (1) May 12 3 Lyman Taylor DIXIE 17 600 lbs. 4- 8-6 175 lbs. 33% N 7,780 97.15 (1) May 18 3 M. N. Gass tenn. 10 475 lbs. 4- 8-8 125 lbs. 33% N 87.0 (2) 55c May 2 2 J. A. Case TENN. 10 500 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 32% N 7,241 83.5 (1) May 1 3 Robt. Gatlin tenn. 10 300 lbs. 8- 8-8 300 lbs. 8-6-8 8,640 65.3 (2) April 20 1 Olln Parson FUNK 711 None None 5.009 31.5 (1) May 10 t W. E. Pike YIELDS ESTIMATED p FI ESTER 100 lbs. 6- 8-8 100 lbs. 32% N 50 May 15 3 N. E. Ellis PFIESTER 150 lbs. 4-10-7 None 60 May 20 2 W. O. Stevenson FUNK 711 600 lbs. 4- 8-6 400 lbs 32% N 68 April 19 4 L. Dugan FF1ESTER 500 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 32% N 100 May 7 2 J. C. Pace N- paymaster 500 lbs. 4- 8-6 200 lbs. 32% N 100 May 7 1 J. C. Pace (1) SHELLED CORN <2) IN SHUCK wk fotity ti«s THE DADE COUNT* TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1950 Governor gets Bill creating Lookout The State House of tatives, on Monday, agreed Senate ammendments and to the governor a bill creating new judicial circuit in Georgia. Chattooga and Walker will be taken from the Rome circuit and Catoosa Dade from the present Circuit to form the new to be called the Lookout Circuit. The judge for this circuit will be elected at the Ge¬ neral Election in November and begin service January 1951. BILLS APPROVED BY HOUSE The House has approved the following bills which have been sent to the Senate: The municipal home rule bill. (This is still under hot debate the Senate.) Authorized an increase from 5c to 8c for the maximufn amount allowed from mileage by state employees. Authorized the payment of mileage to members of Assembly for attendance. Authorized Georgia to cipate in interstate parole pact. Approved by a 116-0 vote, bill authorizing the governor order the G.B.I. to make tigations. Repealed the 10c excise tax oleomargarine. Passed a constitutional ment raising the pay of preme and Appeals Court tice from 38,000 to 312,000 Superior Court Judges 36,000 to 39,000 by a vote of This if passed by the Senate be submitted to the voters Georgia in November in the neral Election. Authorized free drivers censes to veterans of the nish American Wa.r Approved a bill raising pay of 3 members of the men’s Compensation Board. Passed a measure giving rans who are members of National Guard the right to weeks leave of absence, pay, each year for annual campments. This not to with their regular vacation. BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE Passed a bill allowing a who has been on the Court bench for 12 years to lify for retirement benefits. Passed a bill allowing over 70 to continue to teach laying their retirement June 30, 1952. Passed a substitute Insurance bill which a provision which limited ance groups to a 50 mile radius. Passed a state milk bill ning the sale of anything Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. Grade A milk in Georgia for hu¬ man consumption. The stan¬ dards set up by the Commissio¬ ner of Agriculture must not be lower than U. S. Public Health Service status. This also applies to Imported milk. Approved a State Highway .Board composed of 10 members elected by the General Assem- | | bly. debate There this was a great the deal of on as governor had asked for a 5 men board whose members were appointed by the governor. Both the House and Senate have passed a bill agreeing to delay the enforcement of the Re-reglstration bill until 1952. The Senate passed a resolu¬ tion that the House Introduce a tax bill. Bills on finance to ori¬ ginate in the House. The Sales tax bill as approved by the House Ways and Means Com¬ mittee is for a 3% Sales tax and exempts gasoline, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages on the theo¬ ry that they are already bearing extra taxes. This bill had its se¬ cond reading on Tuesday and is under debate on the House floor. The 40 million dollar veteran bonus bill in the form of a cons¬ titutional amendment has the House committee’s approval but has not come to the floor of the House. Several local bills have been passed by both the House and the Senate. —-o- Avans Home Demonstration Chib The Avans Home Demonstra¬ tion Club met at the home of Mrs. C. C. McAbee on January 20th. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Lil¬ lie Hardeman. Scripture read¬ ing from John 14th Chapter was by Mrs. Mary Talley and Prayer by Mrs. Tatum. Songs “Nearer my God to Thee” and “The Lit¬ tle Brown Church” was sung by all. Miss Vestal gave a demonstra¬ tion on etching on glass and making belts. We enjoyed the playing of some games. We had one new member and one visi¬ tor. After all business was attend¬ ed to, the hostesses served re¬ freshments which were enjoyed by all. We are sorry to have our se¬ cretary leave us, as she is mov¬ ing to Chattanooga. Mrs. Bea¬ trice Freeman has taken her place. The next meeting will be held at the School Lunch room. The hostesses will be Mrs. J. O. Gass and Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer. Mrs. G. H. Kirkland, Reporter. R. G. Peterson Elected Pres, of Floral Cresi t Improvement Area The Floral Crest Community held an organization meeting Saturday night for the purpose of entering their community in the Chattanooga Metropolitan Area Improvement Contest next fall. About 50 adults and many children were present to make the first plans. The meeting was held in the new Advent School. This is a large three room school house on which they are still working. The front door opens into a hall at the end of which there is a class room and there is a class room on either side of this hall. The walls between these two class rooms and the halls is so made that they can be swung up to the ceiling leaving one large room fov an auditorium. The building has electric lights and a furnace is being Installed. Mr. Peterson opened the meet¬ ing by welcoming everyone and explaining a little about its pur¬ pose. All present agreed that they would like to organize to improve their community and to enter the Improvement Contest in the fall. A movie on the Avery Com¬ munity which won first place In the Atlanta Chamber of Com¬ merce Improvement Contest was shown. This was followed by an open meeting. Mr. Peterson read a fist of some of the things on which a community is judged. Mr. L. C. Adams gave some highlights of what the judges look for when they come to Judge the community and the necessity of keeping a scrap book. There was discussion about part of the area being in Alabama and part in Georgia but as both fall under the general area covered by the contest rules, this would not hinder the Floral Crest Community's eligi¬ bility and could be taken up with the Improvement Contest offi¬ cials later. It was agreed by all present to elect their Improvement Com¬ mittee and start right away. Mr. R. G. Peterson was elected pre¬ sident; Mr. L. J. Ringer, Sr., vice president; Mrs. C. D. Eskridge, Secretary and Mr. David Whet¬ stone, Principal of the Floral Crest Advent School, Treasurer. Mr. Peterson called a meeting of this committee for Wednes¬ day night, to appoint commit¬ tees for special projects, and the next community meeting for Fe¬ bruary 25th. SALES TAX FAILS TO PASS THE HOUSE The 3% Sales Tax. as approved by the Ways and Means Com¬ mittee failed to pass the House by 118-81 when a vote was taken late Wednesday afternoon. The Home Rule Bill debated in the Senate Wednesday also failed to pass, but this vote 23-22 showed clearly a divided Senate. Report on the religious census of the Trenton area On January 15, fourteen work¬ ers from the Trenton Methodist Church took a religious census of the area ranging from Me CJ lin’s Creek to Martin Carrol’s ^.ace. They made 385 calls and listed the names of approxima¬ tely 1100 people. Sixty calls are yet to be made on families who were not at home when the workers called on them the first time. The tabulation of the re¬ sults of the census Is given be¬ low. Of course, the Information Is approximate. The workers could only put down the Infor¬ mation given to them by the peo pie contacted. Some errors may have been made In the tabula¬ tion and, of course, the pastor of each Church In the area knows that our Churches draw people from outside of the area convered by the census. The In¬ formation gleaned is valuable, however, for each Church. As soon as transfer cards can be made, the Information pertinent to eacir. Church will be forward¬ ed to the respective Pastors. These cards will not be avail¬ able for several weeks as a con¬ siderable amount of clerical work is envolved. It was impracticable to try to j break the information down by Individual Churches. Therefore, j It Is listed by denomination. For example, the number of people listed as being members of local Baptist Churches Includes both the Plney Grove and the Tren¬ ton Baptist Churches. The same Is true of other denominations that have more than one Church In the area covered.. BAPTIST Members of local Baptist Churches ............ .....116 Number attending Baptist Sunday Schools ..........156 Baptist with membership elsewhere ................. 68 Number giving Baptist as lo¬ cal Church preferences: Adults ....................130 Children, age 15 and under 85 CHURCH OF GOD Members of local Churches of God.................... 46 Attending Churches of God Sunday Schools...........131 Church of God people with membership elsewhere____ 3 Number giving Church of God as local Church preference: Adults .................... 83 Children, age 15 and under 66 CHURCH OF CHRIST Members of local Churches of Christ ................. 82 Attending Churches of Christ Sunday Schools .......... 87 Church of Christ people with membership elsewhere ____ 2 Number giving Church of Christ as local Church preference: Adults .................... 29 Children, age 15 and under 31 METHODIST Members of the local Methodist Church .........103 Number attending the Methodist Sunday School. 138 Methodist with membership elsewhere ................. 27 Number giving Methodist as local Church preference: Adults .................... 96 Children, age 15 and under 8 MISCELLANEOUS Members of other denomina¬ tions ..................... 21 People who have no local Church preference ....... 139 Adults who are not members of any Church ............313 Children (ages 9 to 15) not member of any Church----163 Adults not attending any Sunday School ...........407 Children (age 15 and under) not attending any Sunday School............169 Adults attending 8. School outside of Trenton area... 24 Children attending S. School outside of Trenton area... 22 Lamar Moore to , speak over WAPO Lamar Moore, a son of Mr. Se Mrs. Roy Moore, will give a talk over radio station WAPO in Chattanooga on Feb. 4th be¬ tween 12:15 and 12:30. Lamar, a student of Berry School In Rome, will speak on 4-H Club work. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Glenn Hatfield Chairman of R. Improvement Area The citizens of the Fawn Community met night at the school house to cuss two projects: one of ing the Chattanooga tan Area Improvement and the other of organizing fa? a Demonstration Area. The meeting was opened by a fine talk by Rev. Allen Newby on Soil Conservation. The general thought of his talk was that the soil was a gift to us from God and that it behooved all of us to take care of it. Mr. Adams conducted the meeting and called on several present to express how they felt about the two matters under ad¬ visement and to ask questions. Various questions were asked about the forming of a Demons¬ tration Area for Soil Building purposes which County Agents Adams and Ayers and Dade's Soil Technician Hugh Clark answered. First a definate area has to be mapped out and then all farm- ers In that area have to agree to participate in soil building prac¬ tices and keep records of this. The other program, that of entering the Improvement Con- test, was brought before the meeting and Mr. Adams gave a brief outline of the general of Improvement and the points awarded for each. This was discussed and also how the two projects would work toge¬ ther. It was voted for the communi¬ ty to enter Into both projects and to start right away. Nomi¬ nations for a committee were made from the floor. Mr. Glenn Hatfield was elected the Chair¬ man of the Rising Fawn Com¬ munity Improvement Commit¬ tee; Mrs. A. A. McMahan, vice chairman and J. R. Cooper, Jr., secretary- treasurer. Joint Farm Bureau and Co-op Meeting January The joint annual meeting of the Farm Bureau and the Co-op on next Tuesday, Jan. 31st, will be held at the Dade Theater in Trenton. This will be an all day affair, with the Farm Bureau Bureau meeting starting at 10 o’clock in the morning, luncheon served at the Cannery at 12 noon and the Co-op meeting be¬ ginning at 1 o’clock in the after¬ noon. The purpose of these meetings Is to hear the annual reports, to elect officers and to dis.-uss matters of common interest. The nominating committee of the Farm Bureau, composed of Mes¬ sers Charles Bible, B. R. Davids son, J. E. Cole and W. B Massey has submitted these names. “We, the nominating commit¬ tee of the Dade County Farm Bureau Chapter, make the fol¬ lowing nominations for officers In this organization for 1950: “President: 1. R. C. Thomas; 2. Luke Ivey. “1st V. Pres.: 1 Mrs. A. A. Me Mahan; 2. Bill Pullen. “2nd V. Pres.: 1. Jules Case ; 2. Douglas Morrison. “Secretary-Treasurer: 1. W. T. McCauley; 2. Fred Morgan. “Members will elect one for each office.” There will be six directors efected to conduct the Co-op bu¬ siness. The directors select their their own chairman. Three speakers have been in¬ vited to come and talk to the group. Mr. E. D. Alexander, Ex¬ tension Agronomist from Athens will speak at the Co-op meet¬ ing. Mrs. H. C. Sagle from Cal¬ houn, Ga., who is Director of the 7th Congressional District Asso¬ ciation of Farm Bureau Women and Mr. John R. Dixon from Folkston, Ga., who is president of the Charlton County Farm Bureau will speak at the Farm Bureau meeting. The Farm Bureau is the only one the state which has a membership and has had for the past three years. won the Gtllls Trophy In 1949. NUMBER 3 EQgl|f| HiiUS m *a ft— 111 * I FEBRUARY 1st IS CLOSING DATE FOR FILING REQUESTS FOR NEW-GROWER COTTON ALLOTMENTS IN DADE COUNTY February 1, 1950 has been set by the State PMA Committee as the closing date for filing appli¬ cations for new-grower cotton allotments. Any farmer In Dade County who did not receive a cotton allotment In December for 1950 must file application If he intends to plant cotton on his farm in 1950. Allotments have been estalish- ed and mailed to all producers who grew cotton during the base acreage period which was in at least one of the years 1946, 1947 or 1948. Those producers who did not plant cotton In any of these years must apply for new- j grower cotton allotments. Any producer who falls to apply be¬ fore February 1, 1950 will not receive the same consideration a \^^ewhodo. Farmers . should also, remem¬ ber that March 1, 1950 is the closing date for signing an in¬ tention sheet for participation ln ^959 p r0 g ram . Unless an Intention sheet is signed by not later than March 1, 1950 no al¬ lowance will be set up for the farm and no payments will be made for practices carried out by the farmer except on the county factor. The Dade County PMA Com¬ mittee and Office Personnel urge all farmers in the County to re¬ member these dates — they are Important to farming operations in Dade County in 1950. NOTICE All Garden Club members are asked to please remember to bring their gifts to the next meeting for the “White Ele¬ phant Sale.” All proceeds will go to help beautify the plots on the square as a memorial to our war veterans. W. T. McCauley reelected Supervisor In an announcement from the State office dated Jan. 23, 1950, Mr. W. T. McCauley was reelect¬ ed a Supersivor from Dade Coun ty in the Cross River Soil Con¬ servation District. The Coosa River Soil Conser¬ vation District is made up of eight counties. Floyd, Polk, Gor¬ don, Walker, Pauling, Bartow and Chattooga counties, which also elected Supervisors at the elections held in each of these counties. WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD TO BE GUEST OF ST. ELMO GUILD Wesleyan Service Guild met Thursday evening, January 19th at the home of Mrs. E. L. Rauls- ton, with Miss Fannlelu Me Whorter as hostess. The meeting was opened with the devotional being led by Mes- dames W. F. Morrison and M. J. Hale. Miss Leila Klmbraugh fi¬ nished reviewing the book, “The Church in a Rural Community." This was a mo3t interesting book and was well presented by Miss Kimbraugh. Mrs. E. M. Par ker presided over the business ; session. We were informed of an invitation from the St. Elmo Guild asking us to be their guests February 9th at their church. Dinner Is to be served at 6:30 so we decided to meet at the church at 5:30 where trans¬ portation will be provided for all who want to go. Please let Mrs. James Morrison know by Sunday, February 5th whether you can go or not so reserva¬ tions can be made. We hope all members will make a special ef¬ fort to go. j After all the business was transacted the hostess served a 1 delicious salad course. Ten mem- ! bers and two visitors were pre¬ sent.
