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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1950)
lilt ait (f turnip Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME L History of Rising Fawn Community (Ed. Note.—This is the first of a series of histories, which we will publish, being written by the residents on their community. They are written and become part of the records of a community entering the Test Demonstration Areas. We have several such areas in Dade County.) In common with the rest of our Nation, the history of Rising Fawn begins with the Indians, At the time these tribes of the Cherokee Nation occupied Look- out Valley, the present site of Rising Fawn was a trading post, strategically located in the long narrow valley between protect- tng mountains and well watered by Lookout Creek and other smaller streams. Fish and game were plentiful and the mere matter of existence was simple, The tribe was ruled by Chief ■ Benje whose descendants still live in the Middle West. In 1838 just after the administration of Andrew Jackson, the Indians were banished from the land of their fathers to reservations provided for them by the United States Government in Oklaho- 1 ma, over the Trail of Tears. Evidence of their occupation is still to be found in this valley in arrowheads, graves and a simple legend. The legend is that a child was born to an In¬ dian Squaw, wife of the tribal Chieftain, and according to cus¬ tom was to be named for the first object that came into view after the event. At dawn on the following morning, as the Chieftain looked out from the lodge toward the rising Sun, a small fawn rose from its bed, j stretched its limbs and bounded away into the forest. The Chief thought he had never seen a more beautiful sight than a ris- ing fawn, and so it became the name of his small papoose and little did he realize that the name waa never to perish. There is another legend, or perhaps a fact, that a rich lead mine known only to the Indians is located in this valley. Lead for bullets was produced in quantity by the Indians, but no trace of the mines has ever been found It is'not known just when the first white settlers came to this community, but it was probably Indians By 1840 it was well po- ever increasing agriculutre gave nrnmkp promise of of treater greater expansion extension in m Guinn, A. B. Hanna, . . er kins, James Stewart an Hall. The village was first known as Hanna, the^Hanna^ since the post- office was on plan tation, South of the present lo¬ cation. Later, during the Civil War it was called Stewarts. In in 1870 io /u the wie first railroad was built Duin through, inrougn, and anu in m honor nunui • the man who built the railroad i iU the « station was nrftp called />ol1orl .Qt.Q1inr.nn Staunton. Several years later the post of¬ fice was moved to the station and the name was changed to cS was the k «r first g ™d te postmaster Th B n ° t ’«3 and held the office for n ye • During this time the p e was in the home of L.S. Tidwell. The oldest house in Rising Fawn was the home of A. B. Hanna who maried Matilda, the daughter of John Guinn. The house,, now demolished to make way for progress, was located near Hanna Cemetery which was ! then a family burial plot, but! is still surounded by the original Iron fence. Most of the earliest 1 houses were built of brick, to be- come the homes of Solomon Cross, Lee S. Tidwell, John • Hale, W. P. Gilbert and Coving- ton Guinn, and the old ric Academy building, three stone Methodist high, which Church later and b « ca Masonic ™ ^ bu,ldinB This community too, had its Civil War history. Three com- panies of Infantry for the Con- federacy were organized here with Col. Coopei’Wit. W John SSS? Hanna ”*“o< and ^ ap • Mountain, September 5, 1863 at Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 23, 1950 First Red Cross Fund Drive Reports Reports on the Annual Red Cross Fund Drive have been coming in very slowly. Sent in so far have been: Mr Claud Owens, worker Veterans Night Classes Grou P 1 ............. * 1 Group 2................ 2 52 Group 3 .............. 315 Mrs. J. C. Self, worker C. H. Hawkins.......... 5.00 W. R. Duncan......... 50 J. L. Ringer............ 100 Mrs. H. L. Forester, worker Mrs. Lester Forester .... 1.00 Mrs. H. L. Forester .... 100 Mrs. J. R. Carson ...... 1.00 Floyd Howell .......... 1.00 Mrs. J. A. Reeves.......50 Mrs. J. B. Harrison.....75 Mrs. Canova Guinn ... 2.00 Mrs. Will Bradford.....50 Tom Holder............ 2.00 Turned in direct Gzell Clark.............50 Judge & Mrs. J. M. C. Town¬ send .................... 5.00 Mrs. M. R. Wilson, worker Miss Fannielu McWhorter 5.00 Paul Stagneir.......... 1.00 Georgia Power Co....... 5.00 Martin Bradford ...... 100 Mr. & Mrs. L. C. Adams 2.00 Mr. & Mrs. & Jackie Wilson.. • ........................ 300 Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Mascunana W. R. Lacy ............ 50 Mrs. S. J. Hale ........ 100 Mrs. J. C. Pace ........ 100 Mr. & Mrs. R. L. White .. Mrs. Lula D. Paris, worker Mrs. Lula D. Paris...... 1.00 Mr. & Mrs. Ross Owens 1.00 .-.Mr. John C. Paris...... 1.00 Mr. Jim Roberts ...... 1.00 Mrs. Flossie Roberts---- 1.00 Mr. Luke Hook ........ 150 Mr. Murphy Paris...... 100 Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Roberts.. .......................... 100 Mr. Horace Owens.......50 Mr. Si Mrs. J. B. Chubb 50 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mason .50 Mrs. Rachel Harper---- 50 Mr. & Mrs. Harold Roberts 50 Mrs. Lillie Hale ........ 50 Mr. Joe Roberts.........25 Mrs. Eliza Martin..... 15 Mrs. Rosie Berry.......10 Hooker School Children 3.35 Quillen Chubb, John T. Chubb, Collier Owens, Hubert Paris, Nell Martin, Leroy Paris, Thomas E. Chubb, Eugene Clay, Clifford Paris, Andrew Jackson Chubb, Kenneth Roberts, Levi Roberts> Boby Ma rtin, J. D. Paris Mason, Patricia Ann Chubb, Lin- da Roberts, Dian Roberts, Harold Roberts, Jr., Mrs. Curtis Ayers, worker Mrs. W. F. Morrison 2.00 Mr. & Mrs. Jules Case . . 10.00 Mr. & Mrs. John Hinton 2.00 Mrs. Curtis Ayers...... 1.00 j Workers may turn turn in in their tneir and lists to Rev. Allen T Newby, ~ I or mi. The . T'k Dade __ 1 - County j Times office or to Mrs. Louise | Wright at the PMA office, ! Davis " High 9 School play I II marcn k *lft GirjU Oft . „„ j The Davis . High School Seni- c . ors&nd Faculty win present The Red Headed Step Child a ac , Comedy play, March 29th and l, M . p roceeds go to i audl rlum rund . If y° u want tw0 hours of fine ’entertainment ' ( and fun come to Davis High, and see “The Red Headed Step Child.” You will die i with laughter and be drawn to tears as Elizabeth, or Bess, as she likes to be called, tries to cope with all the problems of adjust¬ ing her life to a fashionable home in Chicago, after being reared on a ranch out West with Cowboys, horses and Indians. SSSSSi than of wealth and breeding. You will see what gossip is like when you meet Mrs. Woodruff and Mrs. Scott, society matrons, These and all the other Characters will provide plenty of ,0r a “ EVen, ° ne Johnson’s Crook by forty thou- sand Union soldiers under Gen- eral George H. Thomas just be- fore the battle of Chickamauga. According to the record this was not a slave holding commu- n ity as were the large cotton plantations of the South and Middle Georgia, but there were known to be several slave owners among the more prosperous planters. The slaves vanished with the emancipation of the negro, although a few of their decendants continued to live here until their death. The old iron furnace company organized j n 1870 brought many new fami- n es i n t 0 the community to make their homes, also many negro laborers and their families were brought in. This industry which began operation as Tatum Iron and Coal Company, was absorbed by Dade County Coal Company in 1873. Later it expanded and be¬ came Georgia Iron and Coal Company and ended shortly af¬ ter the turn of the century as Southern Steel Company. It was dismantled in 1926. All that re¬ mains of the once proud and thriving industry is the old brick commisary building, a few scat- tered houses and a slag pile, but during its operation the popula- fion of Rising Fawn grew to ap- proximately 1500 people and boasted of brick sidewalks, a water works system, and oil S f ree t lamps with a negro lamp- affec tionately called “Uncle Allen ” Durln g tJ]e gay n , neUM they even boasted of a brass band with a marvelously constructed band wagon which served both as band stand and mobile unit. Nothing of these things remain except the water works, built in 1881 by George W. Cureton, which still serves this commun¬ ity. Rising Fawn was incorpor- during this era a small clear. The Dade County Gazette be- ^ jn Rlsing Fawn Trenton The pr mting office of the Gazette was located on the corner of the T. J. Lumpkin property, now owned by Graham Hale. The first half of the 20th cen¬ tury in this community has seen the passing of the last of the pioneers, the Civil War Veterans, nMm ne g ro population, nnmilatinn Railway Railwav ^ er service and many the old land marks, old habits and customs. The present popu- lation based on the last census is approximately three hundred hiSe g”soune power , bus servl « an d a new and modern junior High School, new Methodist and Baptist Churches ew d andother public improvements of which the citizens of this community can __ well be be proud. Drf)U d Kathleen W. Thomas, o 8th GRADE _______________ CLASS ~ OF - - HIGH HELD PARTY ^ gth grade class of h Sclwol held ann ual pa j-t, y on j as t Wednesday eyening in the school ca f e teria. The ca te{ e t r ia, was beautifully decorated for the fest ive occa- s j Qn> with greeili being the chos- ^ co ior scheme, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. STSii H ^ ^yed consisting of sand- canapeS) indivddual block coolties an d cold drinks. ^ Harvey Roches- ^ ^ Kenneth Ballard , Miss Lorene n 0r t 0 n and Mrs. John T. Lynch and Hartline sentenced and fined A motion for a retrial of She¬ riff John W. Lynch and Deputy William M. Hartline was de¬ nied Friday by Judge Frank A. Hooper in Federal Court in At¬ lanta. Defense Attorney Frank Gleason announced that he would appeal the two cases. Judge Hooper told the two de¬ fendants that he had nothing against them personally, but he did have a deep feeling against the sort of thing that had hap¬ pened at Hooker on April 2nd. “The good people in every community like to live peace¬ fully and happily together,” Judge Hooper said. “They do not want to have prejudice and hatred spread in their commun¬ ity. They are entitled to live peacefully. “You two gentlemen are offi¬ cers of the law, sworn to en¬ force the law and to maintain peace. Yet you have been con¬ victed of taking part in an un¬ lawful occurrence, where men took the law into their own hands. You claim that you were intimidated at Hooker, yet you followed the masked mob on to Lookout Mountain. You did not interfere with what took place there. You probably know every¬ body in your community, yet you claim that you did not recognize a car or a voice that fateful night. A case of this sort should be a felony and not just a mis¬ demeanor.” Judge Hooper sentenced Lynch and Hartline to 12 months in jail and a $1,000 fine each. Third Veterans Farm jTraining Class ^lul lu lilul Marrll vll 1 1 villi A third Veterans Farm Train- mg class started in Dade Coun- ty on March 16th. There were 23 veterans who are now going the preliminary proces- sing After a veterans papers have been approved, the govern- ment specifies that he must have cer tain other qualifications as to land, animals and tools wit h which to work. Only those that are approved by the Coun¬ ty Advisory Committee at their next meeting will receive pay e ff ec n ve from March 16th. Mr. W. E. Webb. Asst. Diet. Su- pervisor of Agriculture and Education has been in the coun¬ ty working on this class and with these veterans. He will teach this class until an ins¬ tructor is sent here. -o- New stage curtains at Dade High School Dade High School has new stage curtains. These were ordered by the P. T. A. and put up j as t we k in time for the con- cert Friday.’ Th e cur t a ins are of heavy vel- vet, maroon with gold fringe and a white D on the overhead val- ance. They Improve the looks of the stage and are a great ad- ditlon to the appearance of the auditorium. They cost $294 and there is a little over $100 still owed on them. The P. T. A. thanks go to C. M. Smith, Kelly Renfroe, Clif¬ ford and Clifton Cagle, Cecil Massey and Stanley Chambers i for their help to Mr. Brown in I putting them up. Mr. Brown, who sold us the curtains, said these boys were intelligent work- men and a fine group of boys. j Money for these curtains has been raised by the P. T. A. from j 1 the Hallowe'en School, the supper, Lions the Ladies’ CoOk- ing Night dinner and from the con- C ert last Friday night. ! A c rowd of 350 people at- tended this concert given by shorty Bradford and LeRoy Abernathy. It was a nice pro- Murical Roundup program on County Musical April 14 Notice all you Dade County musicians. There will be a Mu- sical Roundup at the Dade Coun¬ ty High School the night of April 14th and prizes will be given to the ones who get the most ap¬ plause. All singers, quartets, fiddlers, banjo, guitar, piano players, everybody everybody who who is is musical, musical, please please reg i S ter at the Georgia Power Co in Trenton, __ Bobo’s _ Store 1 ____ in Rising Fawn, Townsend’s Store in Wildwood or Terrence Moore’s Store in New Salem, so that a nice program can be made up. Let’s round up all the musical talent in the county, have a swell time and «..» just ........... incidently pay off the rest owed on the new ^ curtains at Dade High - 0 - ! BASEBALL MEETING There will be a baseball meet- in Trenton Monday night March 27th. Everyone who is interest- j ed in the North Georgia Ala- bama league is urged to be pres- ent. Time 8:00 o’clock. Any new teams wishing to join , here‘ eaeUe haVC “ reI)re8entatlve Judge Paschall passes order continuing Court Judge J. H. Paschall, Solicitor Warren Aiken and Recorder Gene Holcomb were at the Court House in Trenton on Monday. This was the third Monday in March and the day for the regu¬ lar term of the Superior Court of Dade County. Due to confu¬ sion in the new law creating the Lookout Judicial Circuit, Judge Paschall held no session of Court. The Judge for this Lookout, Judicial Circuit la to be elected at the General Election this fall and to take office on January 1, 1951. The law also reads that all business now pending in the Superior Courts of the counties of this newly created circuit “become a part of and are here¬ by transfered and placed in the Lookout Judicial Circuit and Its jurisdiction. It is supposed that the law intended for Judge Pas¬ chall to continue in Catoosa and Dade Counties and Judge Ni¬ chols in Walker and Chatooga until January 1, 1951 but be¬ cause there seems to be some le¬ gal confusion about this word¬ ing, there is now a test case be¬ fore the Court of Appeals in At¬ lanta. It is to be hoped that a deci- Nursing Class at Davis March 27th A Red Cross Home Nursing Class will start at the Davis High School on March 27th. As the two previous have been, this class will be on Mother and Baby Care and the class is open and free This class will be given on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 o’clock and will last for two weeks. Miss Fannielu McWhorter, our Public Health Nurse, is the instructor. Mrs. Curtis Ayers is the Red Cross Nursing Chairman and if you wish to take this course, give your name to her or leave it at the school so that they can send It to her. SECOND MOTHER AND BABY CARE CLASS FINISHES This week, the second Mother and Baby Care class will be fin¬ ished. Graduating will be Billie Josephine, Rice, Virginia Joe Blevins, Martha Bible, Elsie Bible Betty Joe Wallen, Louise Howar Joe Barton and Billie Jean Reece. These first two classes will re- month^" Published Weekly—Since 1901 ~ FARID jiiiiii ft up the Corot! PMH OotnmittM Dade County jotton growers can arrange for official mea¬ surement of their 1950 cotton acreage allotments prior to pjanting time, the County Pro¬ duction and Marketing Admi¬ nistration announced this week. To get the premeasurement service, which is being provided on a cost basis, a farmer must file a written request with the County PMA Office prior to April 10, 1950, says Mr. E. J. Bi¬ ble, committee chairman. At the time the request for premeasu- ments is filled, the farmer will be required to deposit $5.00 per farm or 50 cents per acre for each acre to be premeasured, whichever is greater. An accur¬ ate record will be kept in the County Office on the actual cost of measurement. Where a farm¬ er has deposited an amount in excess of the actual cost, the difference will be refunded to him. “The premeasurement is purely optional," says Mr. Bible, and is offered as a service to growers who prefer to have an official measurement to use as a planting guide.’ The chairman explains that all cotton acreages in the county will be measured as soon as pos¬ sible after the cotton ‘comes up’ to determine compliance with the acreage allotment-market¬ ing quota program. When com¬ pliance is checked, the farm will be considered to be within the farm acreage allotment if the crop is planted within the pre¬ measured area. sion may be reached in April. If Judge Paschall is to continue here, until January 1, 1951, the first open time he would have for Dade'S Court would be the last of May. If the Court of Ap¬ peals rules that Judge Paschall and Judge Nichols do not have jurisdiction in this new circuit until January 1, 1951, then it is to be presumed that the Gov¬ ernor might designate one until the Judge of the Lookout Circuit 18 whlle hete . sued the following order which was spread upon the minutes of the Court. Georgia Dade County. The Regular Term of the Su¬ perior Court of said County hav¬ ing convened and regularly opened in this the 20th day of March 1950, Judge J. H. Pas¬ chall, Judge of the Cherokee Judicial Court presiding, and the sufficient cause being made known to the Court, the busi¬ ness of said Court 1s hereby continued until a date to be set later by the Judge of said Court. This 20th day of March 1950. J. H. Paschall, Judge Presiding. Avans H. D. Club Met The Avans Home Demonstra¬ tion Club met at the home of Mrs. Mary Talley op March 17th The meeting was opened by the president, Mrs. Lillie Hardeman ; Scripture reading the 5th Chap¬ ter of Matthew by Mrs. Ruby Carter and the Lord’s Prayer by all. The minutes of the last meet¬ ing were read by Mrs. Beatrice Freeman. We received two new members Mrs. J. D. Pike and Mrs. Grady Freeman. Two songs, “Old Black Joe” and “Long, Long Ago” were sung by all, atfer which several games were enjoyed by all. Miss Vestal showed us how to weave baskets for our demon¬ stration this month. Discussion on our Home Improvement plans followed. We were glad to be able to do this so that everyone can get busy and go to work. We were reminded of the Council meeting on April 4th. Be ____________________ sure to g0j you en j oy r. hostess served delicious re f resbm ents which were enjoy- ^ d alJ our next meeting will be at ^ home of Mrs Bob White. Mrs. G. H. Ktrtland, Reporter
