The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, March 29, 1951, Image 1
atlr f mill tnits Dade County's Only Newspaper. 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 (Continued on back page) 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 (Continued on back page) 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 (Continued on back page)