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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,
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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