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VOLUME L
Court closes Friday 4-ti Club members
with three mistrials win awards
Court finally broke Friday
af.ernoon. The Traverse Jurors
cnly sat on four cases and three
rune ended in mistrials.
The first case was that of De-
)U :y Stokes McCauley who was
r. urged with beating up Glenn
c phens after G1 nn had been
.crested and was already on the
eond iioor of the jail. The
, foreman reported that one
Uieir number refused to vote
: her way and the Judge declar-
' an 11 to 1 mistrial.
An unusual thing happened
the J. M. Carroll case. The
duly elected sheriff of the county
assisted the defense attorney
to strike the jury. Forty eight
jurors were called before a panel
. 0 f 12 could be formed. Of course
were excused who were re-
lated to the defendant or had sat
on the previous Grand Juries.
A list was read of the names of
people who were supposed to
have contributed to a fund to
pay for an auditing of the coun¬
lies books and these people or
any relatives of theirs were
stricken from this jury.
From the spectators pc it of
virw the trial was most u ter-
esting as it pertained tt. facts
and figures from the County's
books. The jury took these hooks
and Auditor Davenport and Wil-
lingham’s findings with them
when they retired to come to
a decision.
The jury wrestled with these
[ figures for over four hours be¬
fore Judge Paschall recalled
them. They announced a 7 to 5
split and the Judge pronounced
| a mistrial.
Deputy Wm. I-Iartline was
charged with beating Sol. Daniel,
Sol had been arrested on the
i Square and when he arrived at
the jail he didn’t want to go in
| The jury stood 9 Judge to 3. on declar- this
I case and again the
S ed a mistrial.
The fourth case tried by a
j ! jury was that of Waymon Abbott
! for chicken stealing. Waymon
had
CRIMINAL DOCKET
ADJOURNED MARCH TERM OF
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Stoke.s McCauley,
v. kh assault and battery. Mis-
trial.
Miles Walston, St., ' charged
[with drunkenness.
bond.
John Whitt, charged with
drunkenness. a ruiiai/cu Forfeited bond. wuuu.
J. A. Franks, charged with
drunkenness. Case continued.
Anderson Hartline, charged
with manufacturing liquor. For-
felted bond.
Otho Foster, charged with
I possessing liquor. Forfeited
bond. Paid cost on assault and
battery case and probation con¬
tinued.
Clarence Cross, charged with
possessing liquor. Forfeited
bond.
Ed DeVries on two counts
charged with abandonment.
Put under $1,000 bond and to
'pay wife for support of children.
H. H. Powell, charged with
I possessing liquor. Forfeited
I bond.
Gilbert Connor, charged with
Possessing liquor. Plead guilty
and fined.
Glen Stephens, charged with
possessing liquor. Forfeited
bond.
Robert L. Russell, charged
! v ith possessing liquor. Case con¬
tinued.
Haston Cochran, charged with
operating automobile intoxi¬
cated. Forfeited bond.
Alex Jeffrey, charged with
operating automobile intoxi-
ca ed. Forfeited bond.
J J. Lee, charged with pos¬
ing liquor. Forfeited bond.
J- H. Wright, charged with
speeding. Case continued.
Charles J. Costner, charged
,vr -h speeding. Forfeited bond.
Gennis V. Smith, charged with
driving without a license. For-
| • ‘ ,; d bond.
John C. Gifford. Case conti¬
nued.
Wayman Abbott, charged on
‘■■vo counts with cattle stealing,
■scaling. | cn three Fined counts $100 for and chicken 18
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rnonths probation on one count
mt ale lines
cf chicken stealing. Other
continued.
Wm. Hartline, charged
as ault and battery. Mistrial.
Jim Broom, charged with
licious mischief. Case
Jo McConville, charged
possessing liquor.
bond,
J. W. Lynch, charged with
lane and vulgar language in
presence of a female. Case
tinued.
Ray Bryant White,
with bigamy. Case continued,
Roy McMahan, charged
bastardy. Forfeited bond,
Herman Horton (two cases)
take judgement against
man.
Harold Whaley, charged
abandondment. Take
issue banch warrant.
Bill Johns, Lewis
Shirley Jeffries, charged
attempted burglary.
bond.
J. M. Carroll, charged
embezzlement. Mistrial.
J. M. Carroll, charged
embezzlement. Case continued.
J. M. Carroll, charged with
’ tortion. Case continued,
j John A. Gray, charged
abandonment. Case continued,
Grady Long, Roy Pittman,
Dawkins, Carlton
charged with brrglary.
Long and Roy Pittman,
guilty. Pittman given 2 to
years in penitentiary.
fined $51, put on > years
tion, to report to Sheriff
Clerk of Court every 4
for a year. Dec Dawkins
Carlton Pittman, case
| ’Dick McMahan and Tobe
well, charged with stealing.
continued,
TRUE BILLS
Ben Stephens, charged
possessing liquor.
Robert L. Russell,
with possessing liquor.
Ed DeVries, charged
—rde
Ed DeVries, charged with
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toxicated.
Haston Cochran, charged
operating an automobile
Conn „ charged
possessing liquor,
: Grady Long, Roy Pitman,
! Dawkins, Carlton Pitman
| ec j with burglary. charged
Gilbert Connor,
possessing liquor.
H. H. Powell, charged
possessing ----- liquor. ■*
; Stokes McCauley charged witl
assault and battery.
Miles Walston, charged w
1 drunkenness,
John Whitt, charged
drunkenness. charged
j. A. Franks,
drunkenness.
Anderson Hartline,
with manufacturing liquor.
Otho Foster, charged
posses ing liquor.
Clarence Cress, charged
possessing liquor.
j. j. Lee, charged with
sessing liquor.
j. if. Wright, charged
sneeding.
Dick McMahan, Tobe
charged with stealing.
NO BILLS
Charles Lawton
charged with speeding.
Ernest E. Bates, Griff
and Henry Stephens,
with as ault and battery.
Homer Bearden, charged
drunkenness.
Knox McCurdy, charged
possessing liquor.
Fred Ledford, charged
possessing liquor.
James Hugh Price,
with drunkenness.
Thomas Patrick Fay,
with possessing liquor.
j. B. Crumley, charged
possessing liquor.
John Chambers, charged
drunkenness.
Jessee L. Chance,
with drunkenness.
Clyde B. Scott, charged
possessing liquor.
Jim Broom, charged with
rying a concealed w r eapon.
Lige Wooten, charged
possessing liquor,
j. L. Smith, charged with
| ing liquor.
Devoted to the Best Interests Dade and
rut DAD* COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MAY 25. 1950
At the last 4-H meetings held
during the school year awards
were given to members ior their
outstanding work with projects
that were conducted in 1949.The
awaras were very nice in the
form of gold and silver medals,
wmch any 4-H Club member
will be proud to wear.
Those receiving awards were:
Sheloy Jean Powell, Rising Fawn
Home Grounds Beautification
and Canning; Ray Bobo, Rising
Fawn- Home Grounds Beautifi¬
cation; Franklin Baker, Lookout
Mountain- Poultry; Jack Wallen
Rising Fawn-Poultry; Evelyn
Meeks, Sand Mountain-Poultry ;
Jovrena Murdock, Sand Moun-
tain-Dre^s Review; Jean Mc-
Kaig, Lookout Mountain-Dress
Review' and Clothing; Bernadine
Moore, Lookout Mountain, Girls
Record and Troy Cloud, Sand
Mountain, Meat Animal.
These awards are available
each year and the wanner is de¬
termined by the type of records
they keep, the job they do in
carrying out the project and the
interest they take in 4-H and
community activities.
West Brow Home
Demonstration News
West Brow Home Demonstra-
; tion Club has been organized
and have a class of 18 mem-
i bers. We met with Miss Vestal
| the H. D. Agent May 19th at the
West Brow Presbyterian Chapel.
We also had our County Nurse
, with us. She gave some demons¬
trations on thermometer read-
ling and taking pulse. She also
showed a picture on milk and
i the importance of good milk in
the diet.
Miss Vestal gave the class a
demonstration on the making
j of burlap rugs. She showed
isome beautiful ones made from
burlap. She also gave the de¬
monstration of making hooked
and plated rugs.
Several members of the class
have ordered lamps and are
planning on making the lamps
themselves.
We apprecaite the interest of
Miss Vestal in our community
and believe every home maker
i would profit by being present at
our club meetings.
! Of icers of our club are as
follows:
President, Mrs. Mildred Hale.
Vice President, Mrs. Irene
Craig.
Secretary and Treasurer-Re¬
porter, Mrs. Jewel Plunkett,
j Program Committee, Mrs. Mil
dred Cochran.
Reporter Mrs. Jewel Plunket
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1 charged with
Thomas Usry,
improper tags.
j. L. Smith, James Stephens,
charged with manufacturing li¬
quor.
Thomas Lawson, charged with
dunkenness.
William A. Jones, charged
with possessing liquor.
| Tom Sims, charged with
drunkenness.
Paul Chester Master, charged
with carrying a concealed wea¬
pon. with
N. R. Duncan, charged
carrying a concealed weapon.
Sam Ferguson, charged with
drunkenness. *
C. L. Ford, charged with drun¬
kenness.
j. D. Weathers, charged with
drunkenness.
Miles Walson, Jr., charged
with possessing liquor.
Leland Paris, charged with as¬
sault and battery.
E. R. (Doc) Selvey, charged
with drunkenness.
j. E. Whitt, charged with
drunkenness.
Dee F. Dawkins, charged with
drunkenness.
Charles Kirk, charged with
carrying a concealed weapon.
Otis Buckles, charged with
possessing liquor.
Fred Henley, charged with
drunkenness.
Floyd Wheeler, charged with
possessing liquor.
r. L. Davis, charged with
drunkenness.
Albert Hartline, charged with
drunkenness.
Miles Walston, Sr., charged
with drunkenness.
Raymond Daniel, charged with
drunkenness.
Dade High School Graduating Class of 1950
Front row left to right—-Anna Marie Moore, lone Bradford, Bernard Keith. Lois Holland, Ruth Morgan, Marion Blevins, Josephine
Barton, Dixie Kizziah, James Price, Freddie Wheeler, Geraldine Smyth.
Second row Mabel Davis, Carl Cross, Billie Jean Reese, De Loris Buchanan, Scott Lynn, Louise Howard, Martha Bible, William
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Tucker, Nioma Steele, Billie Ruth Durham, Robert Lawson, Elsie Bible.
Third row Mary Jo Carver, Josephine Rice, James Martin, Virginia Jo Blevins, Frances Chambers, Johnny Wallen, Catherine
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Hawkins, Helen Shankles, Wendell Chambers, Virginia York, Bernice Christopher.
Back row - Gaye Turner, Clifford Cagle, Kathleen Hughes, Wildarae Williams, Clifton Cagle, Betty Wallen.
An Old Indian Legend
Concerning Rising
By GEORGE BAILEY JOHNSON
Tulsa, Okla.
I (From The Dade County Times,
i Volume 48, No. 27, Thursday
April 28, 1938, published by
Elbert Forester)
The following is what a noted
writer says after a day or two
in Lookout Valley, and seeing
j the mountain about Rising
Fawn—writes to a magazine,
TThe American Indian.”
‘‘In northwestern Georgia, at
the boundry junction of three
states. Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee, is the southern
i point of the Lookout Mountain
range, that range, in turn be¬
ing the southern extremity of
the great Smokies—that range
mounting higher to the Cum-
berlands and on up to the
higher Alleghenies.
! ‘‘On this Lookout range you’ll
find the southern end of Old
Lookout, 25 miles from Chatta¬
nooga and Moccasin Bend of the
historic Tennessee River, East
of Lookout lies Sand Mountain;
west of Lookout and back of
where we are sitting is Fox
Mountain.
“Interlace three fingers of
each hand — not completely —
about half way. The finger re¬
present the valleys and narrow
spades toward the linger tips re¬
present the coves, heavily
wooded and where the sun
reaches only for a short time
in midday. *
Now, keep your eyes on your
fingers—picture a round wind¬
ing down and around through
valley and cove and you’ll see
how one gets down out of the
mount? frs. Turn back the years
to 181'’, for instance. You’ll see
Andrew Jackson at the head of
the Tennessee riflemen and the
friendly Cherokees, marching to
Louisiana but ending his mis¬
sion at Horseshoe Bend on the
Talapoosa, in Eastern Alabama.
In late autumn of T3 you will
see him in winter quarters at
the end of the last defile, near
the village of Rising Fawn. Be¬
fore him lay the hills rolling
tcwa.d the gulf. Now, turn the
years, forward, stopping at late
autumn of ’63, you’ll see Rosen-
crans, swearing and swearing,
dragging his cannons with block
and tackle up the steep sides of
Lookout to gain the top and
rush to Sheridan’s relief, being
pounded to pieces at Chatta¬
nooga by the Confederate, oc¬
cupying Missionary Ridge and
Mount Lookout.
“Rising Fawn” was a beauti¬
ful name for a lovely village on
both sides of that century-old
“Big Road” to the sea! It had
rained last night and the night
before. On this particular Sun¬
day morning, clean and re¬
freshed, the valley was filled
with a smokey haze. An occas¬
sional flash of brilliant red
through the hickory trees told
of the scarlet cardinal hurryr
ing to a morning tryst with his
beloved of smokey color.
“Yonder, atop a telephone
pole zoomed a mocking bird, the
white spots on its monoplanic
wings flashing in the sun. Up,
straight up, now releasing
in a :ailing-leaf tumble, alight¬
ing with unerring accuracy
the pole-tip, it filled the
I with son-Lord, how it sang
thrilling... thrilling ,.. song-
bursts rilling ... the flute notes
of the tiny wren to the
notes.of the crow’s caw-caw
crowed through the ears.
“The bird was gloriously in¬
toxicated with sparkling sun¬
shine and siphonings of air sur¬
charged with nectar of per¬
fumes from sweet clover,
rose and alfalfa biooin.
“Tell me, Miss Kathleen,'
implored of the tall, lithesome,
captivating young daughter of
Georgia ; .she with the long fin¬
ger cf the musician. And she
was one. She had just rendered
a bit c: Beethoven with a de¬
ciding flavoring of Paderewsky,
and ended with “In a Little
Spanish Town,' flawlessly.
“Tell me,” I repeated, “there
seems to be something com¬
munal in these symmetrical
mountains, lazy valleys, cooling
coves and the village of Rising
Fawn. What poet gave it its
name, and why? I can see the
in piratic i, I added, as I look¬
ed across the valley, “but I can-
net sense why, the name of ‘Ris¬
ing Fawn’ was selected.”
“I looked at her for several
seconds. Her eyes were laughing
and her lips echoed that mirth
charming attractive trick of
hers.
“You, too, must be something
of a poet, for you so readily see
what we villagers are accustom¬
ed to. There is a legend, and
strongly asserted as fact, con¬
cerning the naming of this vil¬
lage, and if you really want to
hear it, 1 11 tell it the best I can.
“Many, many years ago, this
valley was the permanent home
of a certain clan of aristocratic
Creets, the mightiest hunters
and warriors of all the tribes.
The chief of the clan was grow¬
ing old. His wife had blessed him
with three stalwart sons, now
grown and worthy scions of a
line of hereditary chiefs. In his
later years his wife presented
him with a beautiful baby girl.
“Ah, said the old chief, ‘the
Great Spirit is kind to let me
live in peace and old age with
wife and princess among the
trees of the mountains and the
flowers of the valley. My prin¬
cess shall have no name until
I can find one worthy of her
beauty and grace.’
“The old chief arose early one
merning in mid-spring. As was
his custom, he looked over the
village to see if all was safe. He
pulled aside the flaps of the te¬
pee occupied by his wife and the
young princess. The covering of
the deerskin couch of the prin¬
ce s had slipped to the ifloor..
“She lay with head sidewise,
resting in an open palm. The
other arm was ourstretched.
Her virgin breasts, crowned with
tiny, unopened fountains, were
smooth, twin hillocks, moving
gently as she breathed. Her
waist, dipping as a valley, was
(Continued on back page)
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Fastors-lbxtension
Workers Conference
m>; iuj m
The 12th Annual Conference
i of Pastors and Extension Work-
! t rs is to be held at Rising Fawn
Methodist Church on Tuesday
May 30 beginning at 10 A. M.
Four counties, Walker, Catoosa,
Whitfield and Dade make up the
i conference and representatives
| from each county attend, and
the meeting place rotates among
the four counties.
“Stewardship of the Soil” is
this year's theme. There will
be speakers, group discussion
and a play by the Rising Fawn
4-H Club on this theme. Every¬
one interested is invited to at¬
tend.
The Heme Demonstration Club
ladies from each Club in the
county will act as hostesses and
serve the luncheon during the
noon hour.
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Junior Class
enjoys Picnic
The Junior Class of Dads H.
School held their cla .s picnic
on Thursday, May 18th at Pan
Gap. We left the school a' 9:30
a. m. picking up students cn-
route. A truck belonging to John
Ingram was the transportation.
Alter arriving at Pan Gap some
went on hikes for others there
was soft ball and .swimming.
Alter we had worked up a good
appetite, we gathered at the
picnic grounds for our lunch
which consisted of plenty of hot
dogs, potato salad, cookies,
cokes and potato chips.
After a ride or two on Jack
Murphy’s jeep the group went
back to the lake, ridges and soft
ball games or just plain sunning
which sometimes proves painful
as Lauretta Morgan and Pat
Renfroe later found out.
Our sponsors Mrs. Marjorie
Fricks and Mr. J. D. Bales Jr.,
along with Coach and Mrs.
Woodall enjoyed a day of rest
from school.
Members of the class who
went were Janet Cross, Jacque
Greene, Janet Barnes, Jack
Murphy, Joyce Moore, June
Neely, John Ingram, Athene
Holtzhower, A C. Durham, Mar¬
garet Kenimer, Lauretta Mor¬
gan, Denvill Everette, Derrell
Holland, Bobby Fugatt, Betty
Stevens, Betty King, Ronelle
Ryan, Ruth Wallen, Ruth Har¬
per, Edward McClindon, Imo-
gene Schurch, Patsy Renfroe,
Kathleen Morrison, Gordon Fo¬
rester, Cora Gass, C. M. Smith
and Ninarae Keeton.
NOTICE!
Thursday, May 25, the Junior
Class has the Rollerdrome Skat¬
ing Rink rented from 10 o’clock
unitl 12. Everyone is invited. A
school bus will leave Trenton
(Drug Store) around 6 oclock
p ,m. going from there to Lake
Winnepesaukah until time to
skate.
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SITTON & WHITT CEMETERY
DECORATION
There will be a Decoration at
the Sitton and Whitt Cemetery
on May 28th at 2:30 P. M. The
Rev. A. T. Newby will conduct
a short service assisted by Rev.
Pearl Tinker.
NUMBER 20
Frances Hale weds
William Tatum
Miss Frances Maurin Hale and
Mr. William Raymond Tatum
wore married Sunday May 21st.
Rev. Allen T. Newby performed
the ceremony.
The bride was lovely in an
ice blue suit with black acceso-
ries and a white .rose bud cor¬
sage. Her hat was bonnet
shaped faced with lillies of the
valley. The veil was held in
place with pearls. There were
no attendants at the wedding
and the young couple Mt im¬
mediately for a week’s honey¬
moon in Florida.
The new Mrs. Tatum is the
daughter of Mr. John Hale of
Rising Fawn and the late Ruth
Woodyard who died when Fran¬
ces was an infant. She has made
her home with her mother’s
sister, Mrs. Ray Smith and Mr.
Smith. She is the granddaught¬
er of Mr. Graham Hale, Clerk of
(he Superior Court, and Mrs.
Halo.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mr ;, Grover C. Tatum. He works
with Tatum and Case Radio
Electric Co., in Trenton.
The young couple have a new
house waiting for them on
Church Street in Trenton. They
have been furnishing it and will
be able to move right in upon
their return.
Youth’s Week-end
Revival
There will be a Youth's Week
end Revival beginning Friday
night May 26th at 8 o’clock at
the Trenton Baptist Church.
Rev. T. D. Burgess from Fort
Payne will do the preaching.
Members of ail churches are
invited to attend these meetings.
Dyers to be honored
with anniversary party
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Dyer are
| to be honored with a Reception
on their 25th Wedding Anni¬
versary. Their children, Elene,
Roselyn and Aubrey are to be
I the host and hostesses at this
party and all their parent’s
friends art invited to call at the
Dyer home in Trenton between
8 to 10 on Wednesday evening,
May 31st. No personal invita¬
tions have been issued, the Dyers
will just have “Open House”
; during that time.
Mr .and Mrs. Dyer came to
Trenton nearly 20 years ago.
Mr. Dyer has always been in the
lumber business and now oper¬
ates the Dyer Lumber Company
which is incorporated. He start¬
ed the Dyer Mercantile business
which he sold a few years ago
when he bought the Dyer Motor
Company. Mr. Dyer is Mayor of
the City of Trenton, has served
on the School Board and is a
Steward in the Trenton Method¬
ist Church. Both he and his
wife have always been active in
civic and church affairs and are
boosters for anything which will
help Dade County.
They have three children,
Elene, who is teaching school in
East Chattanooga, Aubrey who
is attending the University of
Chattanooga and Roselyn who is
at Huntingdon College in Mont¬
gomery, Ala.