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VOLUME LI
Long Range Farming
Formed At Neetinos
First Meeting of
Agricultural
Mobilization Comm.
The first meeting of Dade
County’s Agricultural Mobiliza¬
tion Committee was held in the
Court House Tuesday after¬
noon. This committee Is made
i n to the P.M.A. committee and
director, the Soil Conservation
Supervisor and Technician, the
County Agent, the F.H.A. com¬
mittee and supervisor.
The U. S. Department of Agri¬
culture wanted these groups
called together to supply infor¬
mation required in connection
with materials and facilities
needed for the production of
food. The government was ask¬
ing nine questions of them and
they were to .state whether the
needs were existing or antici¬
pated. The nine things which
the government wanted to know
were:
1. Shortages of needed ma¬
terials or faculties.
2. Difficulties in the normal
pattern of distribution and 3.
at what distribution level.
4. The extent of the short¬
ages or difficulty, 5. The prob¬
able cause, 6. estimate of the
probable duration, and 7 does
it apply to all materials or sup¬
plies.
8. Your objective estimate
of the degree to which short¬
ages or distribution difficulties
are likely to affect adversely
agricultural production.
9. Any indications of
pec.ed abundance or surplus
your county.
Materials and facilities were
described as taking in such
things as Pesticides, farm ma¬
chinery and equipment, cons¬
truction materials, general
farm supplies, repair on farm
supplies, irregation and water
equipment, processing equip¬
ment, fertilizers, containers,
fuels, electrical equipment and
transportation.
The government also asked
the group to estimate the re¬
quirements on new farm ma¬
chinery and equipment for
1951. These estimates were to
be based on how the needs
JURY SEEKS MANY REFORMS
School Needs Work,
P ’5 Safety Asked
Dade County School Super¬
intendent Roy W. Moore said
this week that many recom¬
mendations of the Grand Jury,
pertaining to the condition of
Dade High School, will have to
wait until money starts coming
in from the recently passed Mi¬
nimum Foundation Program
for Education plan.
Moore said the main concern
of school authorities has been
the leaking of the sewerage
pipe on the school grounds and
added that plans for its repair
have been under way for some
weeks prior to the jury’s meet¬
ing.
As for the lack of electric
lights in any class rooms,
Moore said the local P-TA has
been working on that project
and said he hoped they would
be able to do something about
that very soon.
Other major building repairs
and maintenance ,he said, will
be considered after the county
receives its share of funds un¬
der the newly created State
School Building Authority.
(Dade County’s share will be
approximately $10,000.)
On the jury’s recommendation
that school busses be regularly
inspected, Moore said the Geor¬
gia State Patrol makes regular
checks cn busses once a year
and added that there has not
been a serious accident during
the past two and one-half
years.
The school superintendent
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 29, 1951
Marketing Conference
Stresses More Crops
For Open Market
Tuesday morning, Mr. I. E.
Farmer, Marketing Specialist
from the Extension Service in
Athens met with a group of
Dade County farmers. These
men were interested in truck
farming—growing crops for sale
on the open market.
Mr. Farmer said Dade was
well suited . for this kind of
farming because of the cool
nights, the dew and that we
had more rain than some of
the other counties. This year,
he said, there should be a good
demand for anything grown
and explained why.
For one thing, there will be
three million boys in the ser¬
vice and that calls for a lot of
food. If the country goes for
all out mobilization, that will
mean more and more people
working in mobilization plants
instead of on the farm. •—
Prices should be good. Signs
point in that direction, Mr.
Farmer said. At present, there
is a rather low supply of can¬
ned goods. This will probably
be gone by the time the 1951
pack is ready. Civilians are go¬
ing to have to depend on the
supply of fresh grown products.
From a selfish standpoint, this
means farmers growing fresh
vegetables will make money but
from the patriotic point of view
plans should be made now to
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were met in 1949 and in the
light of their knowledge of
crops and livestock to estimate
the needs of the farmers for
1951. This was not to be what
the farmers would like to buy
needs of the farmers.
These estimated requirements
were to be made on farm na-
but would represent the true
chinery, tractors, attachments*
harvesting machinery, cultiva- 1
tors and weeders.
These reports will be consoli¬
dated with other counties as
they from district to state ’
go
and eventually on to the U. S. :
Department of Agriculture.
Middleton, Kyzer,
Six JP’s Named
Dr. D. S. Middleton was given
; the Grand Jury’s recommenda-
j tion as County Physician and
his appointment will make his
second consecutive term at this
; post.
The jury also recommended
the appointment of C1 e r o n
Kyzer to the school board. Act¬
ually, Kyzer will be re-appolnt-
ed since he has completed serv¬
ing an un-expired term on the
board which was formerly held
by A. L. Dyer, who resigned.
The two above appointments,
along with six ex--officio N. P.
J. P. posts, will be forwarded to
! the Secretary of State and will
later receive the governor’s sig¬
nature of approval. The men
will then be sworn into office by
County Ordinary A. W. Peck,
who will administer the oath of
office in the place of the gov¬
ernor.
Those appointed to county JP
offices, and the districts In
which they will serve, are as
follows:
J. E. Strawn, 1089.
R. S. Townsend, 974.
Joe Doyle, 873.
Tom McCauley, 1214.
Walter Wilson, 1038.
Hobert Wilhite, 1037.
added that the jury’s recom¬
mendation that an audit be
made “as soon as possible” on
the system’s books would have
to wait until the state board
got around to them. He pointed
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All Farm Agencies
To Be Coordinated;
Little Effect Here
At the direction of the U.
Department of Agriculture,
rious meetings have been
on all over the U. S. with the
purpose of coordinating all
Department’s agricultural re¬
sources. State and
meeting have been
throughout Georgia
March, the district meeting
Rome was held on March
Representatives of the Agricul¬
tural Extension Service, Farm
Home Administration, Soil Con
servation Service and Produc¬
and Marketing Adminis¬
tration attended.
The purpose of this coordi¬
nation is “To increase adminis¬
trative effectiveness and eco¬
nomy, and accelerate the rate
of accomplishment of the De¬
partment’s conservation pro¬
gram; to maintain the produc¬
tive capacity of the Nation’s
land resources at a level equal
to the demands of the national
security, the rate of population
growth, and a continued rise in
American standards of living;
■to provide an appropriate
standard for all the Depart¬
ment’s soli conservation activi¬
ties; to utilize to best advant¬
age the great variety of agri¬
cultural sciences available in
this field; and to provide the
unified and coordinated leader¬
ship, service and action needed
to meet to the fullest possible
extent the Department of Agri¬
culture responsibilities regard¬
ing soil, water, range, and for¬
est conservation.”
Bringing all this down to a
county level the memorandum
from Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannon goes on to
“In accordance with the’
objectives of the Department
all U. S. Dept, of Agriculutre
personnel shall be in the same
offices (the same building) as
soon as physical consolidation
can be efficiently accomplished
to invite county agents to
there whenever possible.
Jail, Courthouse
Need Many Repairs
County Ordinary A. W. Peck
said this week that the March
Grand Jury got a few steps
ahead of him in their present¬
ments last week.
Peck, referring to the jury’s
recommendaitons that many
repair jobs be undertaken on
both the jail and courthouse,
said he has been aware of the
needs for some time and added
that needed repairs will be
made as soon as material and
labor are available at the right
prices.
The Grand Jury inspected the
county buildings and in plain
language described them va¬
riously as, “sagging, needing
paint, and giving off odors.”
They said of the jail, that (1)
The front walk needs fixing. (2)
A faulty grease trap in the
sewerage line is leaking and
smelling up the place. (3) The
Inside of the jail needs paint¬
ing. (4) Some jail bunks have
no mattresses. (5) That trash
and news papers were creating
a fire hazard. (6) There is no
fire escape at the jail.
In the matter of the court¬
house ,the jurymen found (1)
The floor joist is sagging. (2)
The urinals in the men’s rest
room is leaking.
The jury rceommended that
all the above be repaired, “at
once.”
13% Goes Sales Into Tax Effect
I
Sunday April 1
1 The Georgia Sales Tax goes
into effect on April 1. This will
be a 3 percent tax on almost
everything you buy. Merchants
throughout the state have had
very little information about
thsl tax and regulations have
not, as yet, been published.
A voluntary “bracket Sys¬
tem” for collection of the tax
has been prepared by trade as¬
sociations representing 90 per
cent of Georgia’s retail mer¬
chants. Speaking for these
groups, Christian Munt, execu¬
tive vice-president of the Geor¬
gia State Chamber of Com¬
merce, said it appears these
brackets will be followed by
merchants throughout the
state. This plan has been ap¬
proved by Revenue Commis¬
sioner Charles D. Redwine. Be¬
low is the system proposed by
the trade groups:
14c - 35c — lc tax.
36c - 72c — 2c tax.
73c - $1.13 — 3c tax.
$1.14 - $1.35 — 4c tax.
$1.36 - $1.72 — 5c tax.
$1.73 - $2.13 — 6c tax, etc.
Army and Air Force
Set up Station Here
Beginning last Thursday a U.
S. Army and U. S. Air Force Re¬
cruiting Sgt. will be in Dade
County each Thursday morning
from 8 to 12. Sgt. John B. Ho¬
ward opened the Recruiting Of¬
fice in Rossville on March 8. His
hours there are on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from
8 to 5, on Tuesdays and Thurs¬
days from 1 to 5 and on Satur¬
days from 8 to 12. He will be in
LaFayette on Tuesday morning.
Though this does not apply to
Dade, as all the agricultural of¬
fices are in the same building,
it would make it easier for the
farmers not to have to travel
around about trying to find the
office which has to do with his
problem.
“The County PMA committee
and the technicians of the Soil
Conservation District, shall,
jointly formulate and deter¬
mine the soil conservation poli-
cise and programs. The County
Agent and the County Supervi¬
sor of Farmers Home Adminis¬
tration shall be invited to par¬
ticipate in these deliberations.”
County Books Found
“In Excellent Shape”
The Grand Jurymen reported j
that a committee examined the
county books and found them,
“audited regularly and in ex¬
cellent shape.”
The official presentments
said the books show the county
to be on a ‘pay-as-you-go’ basts
and added that they found
that the county could at any
time pay off all obligations and
still have money left over.
“We wish to commend Mr. A.
W. Peck very highly,” the
jury’s official presnetments
said, “on his excellent system
and the neatness of his books.’
Peck, in commenting on the
report, said he was pleased :
with the report and added that
he will try to keep the county
on Its present “pay-as-you-go”
basis so as to avoid an unneces¬
sary debt.
Effective April 1 and conti¬
nuing until further notice, the
Dade County PMA Committee
i office will close at 12 noon on
i Wednesdays and will remain
open from 8 A. M. to 12 o’clock
on Saturdays. The office will
not close during the lunch hour
from 12 to 1 o’clock.
The Soil Conservation office
will continue to be closed on
Friday afternoons.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
L’OUT RD. CLOSED
BY BIG WASHOUT;
OTHER ROADS
The Lookout Mountain
way, Dade’s last link with
State of Georgia, was
Wednesday night at 8
and will be blocked to all
fic until further notice, John
Wilkins, Dade’s highway man-
tainance man said this
ing.
Wilkins said more than
feet of the road was covered
a land-slide last night and
It will be some time before
road can be made passable.
The highway man also
ported that the right hand
of the road up Sand Mountain
is closed today because of
near the White Oak Gap area.
Another slide last night
tons of dirt over U. S. 11
100 yards south of
Creek, but part of It
scraped away leaving room
one-lane traffic.
Lookout Creek, swollen by
two days of steady rain, was up
about eight to ten feet
morning and almost all
tures and fields bordering
creek were like lakes.
The Georgia Power
reported no damage to
but in Rising Fawn, water
shut off early this morning.
NINE LOCAL MEN
CALLED FOR EXAM
BY DRAFT BOARD
Nine more Dade
left Monday for their Army
Induction physical
tions, according to Selective
Service Hoard clerk
Stewart.
Stewart listed the men as:
Richard Iverson Jenkins,
Rt. 2, Trenton; Oliver
Phillips, Rt. 3, Rising Fawn;
Raymond Thelton
Lubbock, Texas; Charles
mon Hollingsworth, Wildwood;
Charlton Holmes, Rt. 1,
Trenton; John Douglas Tucker,
Trenton; Bobby Gene Suggs,
Rossville; James Wheeler
Smith, Rt. 2, Trenton; Paul
w a r d Holcomb,
Tenn.
The men were sent to
ta for their exams and will re¬
turn to the county before
ing notified about their
come.
Official
Of March Grand
Georgia, Dade County.
To the Honorable Freeman C.
McClure, Judge of the
Court of said county:
We, the regularly
Grand Jury for the March
term of court make the
ing presentments:
The Grand Jury has
the criminal matters and
returned 30 No Bills and
True Bills.
We have, by committee,
amined the county buildings
cluding the Court House, Jail
and School Buildings. We find
the Dade High School building
to be in the following condi-
tion:
The porch floor at the Home
Ec. building rotten and danger¬
ous to walk on, and badly in
need of paint on the outside.
Also, several loads of fill dirt
are needed in the front of the
at the main building.
The field line from the septic
tank is in very bad condition.
There is a large pond of waste
from same standing with¬
twenty yards of the lunch
giving forth a very foul
odor.
The room on the southeast
corner ls not painted inside,
causing it to be very dark. There
are no lights in any class room,
the window sills and sash are
out on main building
from lack of paint.
The walk ways between build¬
ings needs to be graveled.
There are only two Fire extin¬
NUMBER 12
Court Ends Saturday
As Few Cases Ready
T o Face Jury
The March term of the Look¬
out Judicial Court came to a
fast-moving close Saturday af¬
ternoon after several cases col¬
lapsed and did not reach a jury
trial.
Carrol Powell appeared with
one witness against Ricie Clark
bue refused to prosecute the
case after telling Judge Me
Clure that he was now not sure
it was Clark who had commit¬
ted assault and battery against
him.
Another case involving ex¬
deputy sheriff Clark was post¬
poned because one of Clark's
witnesses was not present. In
that case, Clark is charged
with public drunkenness.
Floyd Davidson received a
directed verdict of “not guilty”
after Judge McClure ruled
there was not enough evidence
in the case to make a convic¬
tion.
W. B. Christopher was or¬
dered re-arrested by the judge
and a double bond set for his
next hearing. Christopher was
not present at the count and
his previous bond was ordered
forfeited.
Other cases disposed of after
the TIMES went to press last
Thursday were:
Claude Smith, Drunkenness,
$1 and costs; Rev. Miles D. Gar¬
rett, Speeding, bond forfeited;
Kenneth D. Combs, Speeding,
$25; Ernest Minor, Drunken¬
ness, in jail, case not disposed
of; Buster Buckles, possessing
bond forfeited; Allen Daniel,
Drunkenness, case continued;
Billy Conner, Drunkenness-
bond forfeited; W. B. Chambers
possessing, $1 and costs; Frank
Prince, possessing, bond for¬
feited; Henry Junior Garrett,
assault with knife, bond for¬
feited; Callen Junior Thomp¬
son, possessing; bond forfeited;
Jake C. Hicks, Jr. possessing,
bond forfeited; Ernest Minor,
abandonment, no arrest; James
C. West, possessing $101; Horn"
er L. Powell Drunkenness bond
forfeited; Ernest Bean, Under
Influence, defendant in jail in
Chattooga County; Milt Lee,
possessing, plea of guilty, to be
sentenced June 18.
Red Cross month is nearly
over—give now that the work¬
ers may turn in their reports
on time.
guishers in the main building.
We find that a 114 inch water
pipe runs around the south
and west sides of main build¬
ing between the lunch room
and barracks building. Several
stand pipes equiped with heavy
hose could be installed at
small cost which should be a
protection against fire and
possibly secure a smaller fire
Insurance rate. We recommend
that the above conditions be
corrected, and that the Ordi¬
nary of the County use county
equipment and labor to drain
the above mentioned pond un¬
der the supervision of the
School Authorities.
We find several sections of
walk in front of the jail broken
and taken out that need re¬
placing. There is a faulty grease
trap in front of the jail causing
greasy water to spread on the
front lawn which gives off a
bad odor.
The interior of the dwelling
part of the jail is badly in need
of paint. Several bunks in the
jail have no mattresses. We
found trash and newspapers
piled In runaways of jail which
are a fire hazard and should be
removed. The plaster is broken
off the wall above the north
window. We were instructed by
the Judge to ascertain if the jail
had a fire escape. We find there
is none. We recommend the
above conditions be corrected.
We Fmd the floor joist in the
downstairs hall of the Court
House sagging, and the urinals
in the rest room leaking. We re¬
commend these be repaired at
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