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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1950)
(Jade County s Only Newspaper. VOLUME L School Outlook "Good" Enrollment Up 5 per cent The Dade County school picture looks good this year, ac¬ cording to Roy W. Moore, county school superintendent. Moore said today that an increase in total enrollment, number of seats, books, and better qualified teachers would mean a better all around year for the school system. Two-Man Police Force Increases Arrests; Mi* cite!! Given 0. K. Lather Mitchell, who joined the Trenton Police Department last month on a 'trial basis, was i given a permanent O.K. by Mayor Dyer and the city council Monday night. The Majw and several councilmen reported: that they had had no com¬ plaints on Mitchell and that they thought his record was good. Since Mitchell joined the force, last month, the city docket has more than tripled. Chief Baty told the TIMES to- j day that he usually averaged j about five or six arrests per month and the record for the ! pa'e month, when Mitchell was helping cut, showed a total of j 23 cases. The city record for July, ac- i cording to Baty, showed 13 cases, but that was an unusual | month, he added. Last month the two ‘city of- ficers hauled in four drunk drivers and four women on drunk charges. Among Mitchell’s duties so far has been the task of carrying one intoxicated woman across the square to the jail in his arms. Farmers Offered Low-Cost Nitrate For Pasture Use Farmers in the Tennessee Val¬ ley Area of North Georgia have an opportunity to give their pas¬ ture programs a “shot in the arm’’’ through the use of am¬ monium nitrate, which is being made available to them at re¬ duced costs through the coop¬ er,?: ion of the Tennessee Valley Authority, in the interest of watershed protection. S. G. Chandler, Extension Se-vice North Georgia district agen', said today that, “Making thh ammonium nitrate available to farmers at reduced costs will accelerate production from the Grasses we already have growing in this area and the savings brought about ought to result in increased plantings of pastures.” The ammonium nitrate will be distributed to farmers through county farmer cooperative or¬ ganizations, the same organiza¬ tion used to distribute other TVA fertilizing materials to Test Demonstration Farms during the past few years. “For success with pastures our first requirement is plenty of minerals,” Chandler said, “be¬ cause it is almost impossible to eostablish good grazing without plenty of lime and phosphate. On the other hand, use of nitro¬ gen on pastures is important be¬ cause it makes the grasses grow faster, gives a better scd, and increases yields of both grazing and seed.” Mr. Chandler, who has super¬ vised several hundred unit dem¬ onstration farms in the North Georgia area for the past few years, s.re sed the fact that the ammonium nitrate program is not limited to these test dem¬ onstration farms. “Anyone in the valley can use it,” he said. “It is simply a program tc encourage the spread of what we already know is a good practice.” nitrate will This ammonium be available to farmers until October 31 and it may be applied this fall to small grains except wheat, grasses legumes, or any combination of these crops to be used for fall, winter or early spring pastures. In the spring it may be applied to combin¬ ations of grasses and legumes f.r u'e in pasture or seed pro¬ duction. Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade and THE DADE COUNTY TIMES. TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8. 1950 Moore pointed out that this year there are no county licensed | teachers, whereas las. year there | were 15 of these less-qualified I instruc tors. There are seme emergency teachers, he added, but these ; are much better than in years I past. Moore said he completed his list of teachers this week and that the system was now fully staffed and operating under normal conditions. The number of coun.y teachers with state certificates has in- crae ed, he said, and added that this makes the schools better able to provide the necessary training for students. Despite the general rosy cut- lock provided in the increased facilities, Moore said the finan¬ cial situation was he same as last year, “bad.” He explained that the schools would be running under the same budget as last year and would have more expenses to contend with. All bu c drivers have been ap¬ pointed, and are now making their regular runs. The six county schools have had an increase in enrollment of about five per cent over last year according to figures gathered by the TIMES. Moore said he thought this increase was due to the growing up of ;ome of the war babies i and the increase in the number j of people moving into Dade | County. (The county’s popula¬ tion increased some 2,000 in the past 10 years.) A list of the first tabulations on enrollment from the six county schools shows increases in all but three schools. R i si n g Fawn has dropped from about 225 last year to 200 1 this year. Dade High School will probably reach 550 after the | final count this week and will be some less than last year’s to¬ i tal of 551. I New Salem came out even with a total of 138 for both years. Hooker, Dade’s only Negro school, increased from 40 last year to 45 this term. North Dade had the largest increase with an estimated 300 this week over 214 last year. Davis High School topped Dade High again this year with a to.al of 550. An increase cf 25 over their last year’s total. Dade and Davis differed, how¬ ever, on the number of actual , high school students. Dade has total of 165 registered in its j a high school classes whereas Davi lists only 59. City Limit Signs Will Have To Wait r bund! Decides A proposal by the Community Improvement Committee, 'to go in wi!h the city of Trenton and buy new city limit signs, was I tabled by City Council Monday nigh:': due to lack of funds. Councilman J. A. Case pre¬ ; sented the offer to the mayor and council and quoted the Im¬ would provement put group part as of saying the money they J up needed for the proposed four by eight foot metal signs If the city would put up the remainder. The city's share of the bill came to around $20. Mayor Dyer said he thought the idea was good, but that the city did not have the money at this time. He added that with the collection of taxes coming on soon, he thought :he signs could be purchased. DADE PTA TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT AT 8 There will be an important meeting of the Dade H. School Parents-Teachers Association Monday night at 8 P. M. ac¬ cording o Cleron Kyzer, presi¬ dent of the organization. Kyzer urged all members to be present. Bade Countians "Me c afe Labor Day htb No Accidents Dade County had one of the safest holiday weekends on re¬ cord, according to local law en¬ forcement authorities. Sheriff Lynch reported Tues- day that he had made only a few arrests for drunkenness and that he had no reports of any accidents or deaths in the coun- ty over the Labor Day week end. City Police Chief J. H. Baty said he had made only one arrest over the three-day period and that was fer drunkenness. Final reports from State Po¬ lice Headquarters in Atlanta showed that five Georgians were killed and 79 injured during the holiday. Throughout the country the death toll reached way over 400, which was less than the record of 550 set in 1949. -O- Mrs. Tom Holder Gives Lawn Party , With 42 Present A Lawn Party was given by Mrs. Tom Holder and Mrs. Ray¬ mond Wallin, Saturday night, September 2, honoring Myrl Holder, Jack Wallin and Betty Steele. Those present were: Kathryn Hawkins, Barbara Rid¬ dle, Virginia and Margaret Ke- nimer, Carol Kenimer, Mary K. Fricks, Peggy Tucker, Kathleen Morrison, Elsie Bible, Anne Wal lin, Frances and Sarah Cham¬ bers, Clara Neel and Wildrag Williams, Broady Hawkins, Clif¬ ford and Clifton Cagle, Hylus Cambell, Jiles Dean, Ralph Gearrin, Clyde Walin, Tommy and Ray Chambers, Bob Steele, Rex Wallin, Bob West, Billy Johnson, Rcss Riddle, Mickey Bcbo, Bill Tucker, Frank Wood- Leroy Young, Fred Phil¬ lips, Jack Shafer, Buddy Me Mahan, George Wilson, Donald Parker, Sonny Pittman, Dick Me Mahan, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cas- tleberry and children. Games were played and re- freshments were served. All had a nice time. Chamber of Commerce Idea Praised Council Mayor A. L. Dyer and : he pledged their “moral support” scale Chamber of Commerce for cky took a definate cooperative idea was brought up by Amos Woodwork Shop near Taylor appeared at the coun- cil meeting and as a business- man and citizen of Dade Coun- 1 y, appealed , fer action on the i organixation of some sort of group to foster industrial deve- lcpment in this area. Dyer reviewed several cases where small industries had sought to locate in ahe county, b u t had required buildings larger than any that could be furnished j The councilmen listened as laylor told of the impending threa.s of Dade County “sink- ing into the mud” unless some¬ thing is done to attract more industry. Councilman J. A. Case told the group .hat Dade County and Trenton definately need a “weekly payroll”, but that as the matter stands, those who live here and work outside the '-ountv bring their money back to thpir hometown and spend It here. w Mayor „ Dyer pointed . . . out that ... | industry demands buildings, i special ax-free offers, chpap r>ower and water, and good sup¬ plies of labor. He added that Trenton was definately not in a position to put up a $25,000 building to attract an industrial plant into the area. The council also heard views on the prospective organization of a Tourist Bureau to help in I attracting more tourists to Soil Week Set Sept. 11-17; Farm Leaders List Many Gains Made By Dade Countians By L. C. Adams County Agent Once each year a wek is des- ignaed as Soil Conservation Week This year Soil Conserva¬ tion Week will be Sept. 11 thru 16. This week is very appro¬ priately sdl aside in the state of Georgia to review the 1 progress made In saving and improving soils. In Dade County, farmers can be proud of the gains that have been made. As a result of the Test Demonstration program, Soil Conserva.lon Service, PM A programs, and other agricultural agencies, fields in Dade County are green and supporting a large number of livestock in addition to producing abundant crops for market and for feed and food. There is still lots of work ;‘.o be done. Many fields that are now Idle and producing nothing for the owner can be put to a profitable use by seeding to pas¬ ture or some of the steeper and more eroded fields can be made , to produce timber. t One thing that will stimulate interest in better farming prac¬ tices is for tho.se farmers who are now carrying out good prac¬ tices to shew them to their neighbors and lo discuss ways and means they have found to be good. The Dade County Farm Bu¬ reau is planning a community tour in the five communities in the county for next Thursday. September 14. The Farm Bureau director in each community will . conduct the tour and farms with : good sell conservation practices will be visited. All five com¬ munity tours are planned to be in progress at the same time. They will start at ten o’clock and will continue as long as you are interested. Letters will be mailed giving information as to starting point in each commun¬ ity. City Council, Monday night, a move to establish a small and Dade County. The s and on the matter when the owner of the Piney Grove Dade County In the hope that 'hey would spend more money he f®’ At the advise J of the „ Mayor, Taylor aid he would appear be- fore the Community Improve- ment Committee Monday nighlt and ask their cooperation in the matter, Taylor urged that those in Hhe city and county who were interested in the idea of attract- ing tourl5t3 and industries with large weekl y Payroll 8 , to get out and help with the organization of a chamber of Commerce to b r i n g about the development of the counly Right Class, Wrong Bus Lands Student In Wrong State A small boy showed up in the third grade at Rising Fawn School this week. He was in the right class and in the right kind of school, but in the wrong state. The youngster, it seems, , iyes cn gand Mountain rlght on ,^ e oeorgia-Alabama state [j ne In early morning confusion, he boarded the wrong school bus and ended up in Georgia, when he was actually supposed to be in school in Alabama. “I thought the teacher look- ed different,” he said as the Albaama authorities canted him back to the proper school house. j Published Weekly — Since 1901 487 Farmers In Conservation Work By K. J. Bible Chairman PMA Committee There are 487 farmers in Dade County who are participating in the 1950 Agricut'ural Conserva¬ tion Program, an increase of 87 over the 1949 program. These 487 farmers have used part or all of their .soil-building allow- ace in some type of conservation material or have paid cash for materials and have earned a foll-buildlng practice payment. We, of Dade County PMA Committee urge these farmers to check at the local PMA Office on the amount of unused al¬ lowance available for lime, phos- phate, basic slag or potash. These minerals are now avail¬ able under ‘.he Purchase Order Plan to be used In connection with establishment of perman¬ ent pastures or seeding winter legumes. There is a decided trend away from row crops In the county to permanent pasture and livestock. This year there were 320 cotton allotments in the coun’y and of this number only 224 farms had cotton planted. Those who did not plant cotton were busy seed¬ ing new pastures or Improving established pastures. From re¬ ports made by individual farm¬ ers we believe there will be ap¬ proximately 1,000 acres of perm¬ anent pastures seeded in Dade County In 1950. TVA Certificates have been issued for 30 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to be used on permanent pastures and winter cover crops. The week of September 10-17 has been proclaimed Soil Con¬ servation Week and we urge you to do at least one job toward soil-building on your farm dur¬ ing this week or as early as possible. Governor Proclaims September 10-17 °cnservation Week, A: lanta, Georgia, August 15, 1950 — Georgia Soil Conserva¬ tion Week will be observed throughout the state September 10 to 17th. To designate the week, Governor Herman Talm- adge has Issued the following proclamation: BY THE GOVERNOR: WHEREAS: The future health, prosperity and comfort of the people Is largerly dependent upon conservation of our na¬ tural recources, and WHEREAS: People have al¬ ways relied upon agriculture as the basis of life and industry; directly affecting the welfare cf the State, and WHEREAS: Sound agricul¬ tural development must be founded upon soil conservation in order that we may Improve our lands, control floods, save our forests and produce an abundant harvest to feed and clothe the world, and WHEREAS: We are realizing more and more the need of co¬ operation in this enterprise to save the soil and build up a balanced agriculture of field and pasture, THEREFORE. I, Herman E. Talmadge, Governor of Georgia, do hereby designate the week of Sep.ember 10th to the 17th, 1950 as Georgia Soil Conservation Week and I urge all our citizens to promote a program of mutual assistance in the work of con¬ serving and saving our soil, timber and pasture lands. In Witness Whereof I have herunto set my hand and caused seal of the Executive De¬ partment to be affixed, This, the 15th day of August, 1950. Herman E. Talmadge Governor Sta.e of Georgia. NUMBER 35 Time For Farmers To Plant Winter Crops By Hugh Clark Soil Technician Next week September 10-17 is “Soil Conservation Week” In Georgia. It comes at a most ap¬ propriate time for at this sea¬ son of the year, two of our most Important soil improvement practices are usually estab¬ lished, winter cover crops and permanent pastures. Dade County farmers have been increasing the acres plant¬ ed in winter cover crops each year for some time. The In¬ crease in permanent pastures however, really started about 3 or 4 years ago and this year It looks like more permanent pastures will be established than ever before In Dade coun¬ ty’s history. Fescue and Ladlno Clover are becoming f a m 1 li a r to most everyone, both on the moun¬ tain and in the valley. A recent check in one mountain com¬ munity reveals that more than half of the farmers in that area have or will have 2 acres or more in Fescue and Ladino Clover at the end of thLs plant¬ ing season. Most fall sown winter legume and pasture seed will have to come from other states or other parts of Georgia as only a small portion of the seed needed were grown here. Last year less than 10 per cent of the money spent for winter grazing, winter le¬ gume and pasture grass seed sown by Dade County farmers were grown in the county. Pasture fertilization, another soil conservation practice that comes at this time of the year is on the increase. Several 'Ions of phosphate, nitrate, lime and some potash have already been bought by Dade county farmers for use on permanent pasture’ or winter cover and grazing crops this fall. What are Dade county farm¬ ers saying and thinking about j tures? this Increased Bill Pike, interest Sand Mountain in pas¬ | farmer expressed it this way one day last spring when he old this reporter, “Do you see what a fool I’ve been to terrace and cultivate that steep hill all these years, when i 1 . should have been put in good pasture in the first place! Egg Marketing Firm Expects More Business Georgia Eggs, Inc., an egg marketing association with headquarters In Athens, and the first marketing organization of Its kind In the s‘ate, has com¬ pleted one year of service to poultry producers in 20 North¬ east Georgia counties, and of¬ ficial" of the organization an¬ nounced thsl week plans for ex¬ panding operations. J. F. Mauldin, Extension Ser¬ vice poltry marketing special¬ ist, pointed out that the expan¬ sion Is necessary to meet the demands of egg producers in the Northeast Georgia area. “Last year,” Mauldin said, "this organization marketed eggs from flocks containing 59.000 laying hens. A recent sur¬ vey showed that more than 200.000 pullets are now ready to start laying on the farms of this 20-county area.” Present plans for expansion call for a refrigerated truck to be used In hauling eggs from rural piclc-up stations to the grading and packing plant and then to market; cold storage equipment for holding eggs af¬ ter they are graded and packed, and breaking and freezing equipment for taking care of cracked eggs and odd-sized eggs. The expansion program is be¬ ing financed by business lead¬ ers in the vicinity of Athens.
