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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LI
Forty one Farms Added
In Dade Since '45
Dade county last year joined
the ranks of the ‘minority’ and
showed an increase in number
of farms as compared with 1945
according to information re¬
ceived here from Merrtll C. Lof¬
ton, southeastern regional di¬
rector of the U. S. Department
of Commerce in Atlanta.
The number of farms in the
county in 1950 was given by the
Commerce Department’s Bu
reau of the Census as 698
against 557 in 1945.
Generally speaking, a down¬
ward trend in number of farms
in 1950 from 1945 is shown for
both States and counties in the
nation, which may reflect to a
certain degree the shift in po
pulation from rural to urban
areas shown in the 1950 census
of population recently an¬
nounced. For example, in the
State of Georg'a a decrease in
the number of farms from 225,-
897 in 1945 to 198,237 in 1950
was indicated in the report just
made by the Census Bureau. In
124 counties in the State subs¬
tantial decreases took place,
while the remaining 35 coun¬
ties reflected increases.
The bureau defined a farm
in its 1950 census of agriculture
as land of 3 of more acres on
which agricultural products,
exclusive of home garden, va¬
lued at $150 or more were pro¬
duced, or land cf less than 3
acres on which the value of
products sold amounted to $150
or more. In 1945, the definition
was land on which products
valued at $250 or more were
produced, with no reference to
home gardening or products
sold.
Copies of the report of the
number of farms in Dade coun¬
ty and other counties in the
State are available at Depart¬
ment of Commerce field offices
located at Atlanta, Savannah,
and Augusta, and Chattanooga,
Tenn. Additional data, giving
the number of farm operators,
facilities used, and so forth will
be ready for distribution
shortly, Mr. Lofton said.
Dr. Wheeler Injured
In Traffic Accident
In Statesboro, Ga.
Dr. S. D. Wheeler of Wild¬
wood Sanitarium, with his wife
and daughter, were involved in
a serious automobile accident
Sunday. They had been attend¬
ing medical meetings at Augus¬
ta, Ga., and after the meetings
were on their way to Savannah,
Georgia.
They had gone as far as
Statesboro and were driving in
a downpour of rain. Another
car skidded into their lane of
traffic and crashed into Dr.
Wheeler’s car. The doctor suf¬
fered internal injuries and was
in a critical condition for
twenty-four hours, but is now
improving. His wife suffered a
broken leg and his daughter was
cut and bruised.
Dr. Harmer and Elder Frazee
/nade an emergency trip to help
them and reports that the in -1
jured seem to be improving and
their courage is good.
Dr. Wheeler’s parents from
California rushed by plane to
the bedside of their son in
Statesboro. Dr. Wheeler’s father
is also a doctor.
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Mrs. M. A. Brown |
Has 82nd Birthday
Mrs. Wayne Williams enter-
tained with a birthday dinner,
Sunday, in honor of her mo-
ther, Mrs. M. A. Brown, 82
birthday. ’
Those present were: her sis-
ters, Mrs. J. G. Wilcoxson from
„ Houston , _ Texas, Mrs. S. 0 T L. oor Ber-
R.'Davis^nd^Mrs. (
de. Grace
Springer from Cb ^ ttal ^ OS ^’
Other WatVnn guests 6 were ’ T"’watson Mrs. W. C.
Chattanooga; p
Harrdette
and “Pop” Williams. •
ito ads imtnli tnws
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY APRIL 26, 1951
Changes Are Made In
Gasoline Tax Refund
To Georgia Farmers
All County Agents have re-
ceived the following notice from
T. D. Bareron, Director of the
Gasoline Tax Refund Unit.
The Acts of the General As-
sembly of 1951 repealed the
laws of 1949 increasing the ga-
soiine tax refund from six cents
to seven cents per gallon.
After July 1, 1951, five (5)
cents per gallon refund will be
paid on gasoline tax refund in¬
stead of six (6) cents; this is
due to the fact that the last
session of the General As¬
reduced this tax in the
amount of one (1) cent per gal¬
lon.
All tickets dated after July 1,
1951 wll be subject to the new
“Five (5) cents per gallon
Your notifying all your
farmers of this change will be
appreciated.
We also wish to advise that
permit to be renewed. However,
all invoices covering the pur¬
chase of gascline are required
to be in this office within six
(6) months from the date of
purchase.
If a farmer’s permit was in
effect on February 15, 1949, it
not be necessary for his
new equipment and addi¬
acreage must be reported
.o this office.
Please stress to your farmers
the following as reasons for
applications for re¬
1. Purfchase of gasoline must
be in 25-gallon lots, or more.
2. No refund allowed for
gasoline that is used or CUS¬
WORK.
3. No refund is allowed for
used in trucks, Jeeps,
automobiles rented or borrowed
County Agent Adams re¬
all farmers that they
to buy in lots of 25 gal¬
or more for this tax refund
apply.
Mrs. H. F. Allison
President of
Trenton W. S. C. S.
The W.S.C.S. of the Trenton
Church met Thurs¬
April 19, with Mrs. W. C.
Our hostess served
to eight members and
visitor.
Immediately following the
we had our monthly
Mrs. G. C. Tatum had
devotiona 1—using the
“Be Ye Perfect.” Mrs. A.
Dyer directed our program,
— Their Health and
The program compared
census taken in 1870 and
S h 0W i n g the different oc-
u P ations women have held
how the number of occu-
for women are increas-
n g steadily. Those taking part
the program were Mesdames
E. Gross, W. I. Price and G.
Tautm. Mrs. Cureton read a
“Seed Time and Har-
The business session was con-
by our president Mrs.
Nethery. The Christian
Relations Committee
to send overseas either
CARE package or to feed one
for a year. The Study
for May will be “We
Him Together.” The lead¬
for this course will be Mrs.
“Rural Prospect” by
Rich will be used In our
Circle. Mrs. A. T. New-
gave a report on the Ele-
Annual Conference of
W.S.C.S. that she attended
re ^ e / lL ‘ y Kn °; Vill ?
The officers for h „ romme g
were nominated and elect-
^ R F Allison , Presi¬
Secretary L T A^ J' dIT'LZ*
ing • Mrs. H. E. Gross,
Promotion Secretary; M Mrs. rs. W w. .
™ce, T ^-er; Mrs^ G. C.
(Continued on back page)
A cooperative Truck Crop agreement is being asked of as many
farmers . as possible in , „ Dade . County „ . by our County Agent, Arrnnt- t L. C r
i(Slim) Adams.
The idea of this agreement is to get farmers to produce truck
crops fcr market—all planted at the same time; all ready for
marketing at the same time.
It will be handled mostly through the Veteran's classes,
other farmers are invited to
HOMECOMING AND participate. All of those who
DECORATION are interested should get in
AT BYRD’S CHAPEL touch with your County Agent,
The Homecoming and Deco- (Below is printed for your
ration at Byrd’s Chapel will be convenience a copy of the con-
held on May 20. Rev. E. D. Wor- tract, which you may tear from
ley. District Superintendent will this paper, sign and give to Mr.
preach at the morning services, Adams.)
The Quarterly Conference will * * *
be held in the afternoon. Both In consideration of the pro-
services will be in the Chapel. mise of other farmers of DADE
Bring your dinner and spend COUNTY, parties to this agree-
the day with us. ment, I agree to enter into a
COOPERAfTIVlE TRUCK CROP
H. D. Club Schedule agreement ’as follows:
FOR MAY 1. I .........................
First Week: agree to plant or set out the
May 1—Trenton, 7:30. crop or crops as stated below,
May 2—Cave Springs, 1:30. in quantity as stated, variety
May 3—Morganville, 1:30. stated, on the date herein in-
Second Week: dicated and to use the fertilizer
May 8—Byrd’s Chapel, 1:30. stated or its equivalent, in ac¬
May 9—Piney, 1:30. cordance with the attached re¬
May 10—Wildwood, 1:30. commendations:
Third Week:
May 14—New Home, 3:00.
May 15—New Salem, 1:30.
May 17—Slygo, 1:30. 2. It is understood and
May 18—Avans, 7:30. agreed that grading and mark¬
Fourth Week: eting of the crop grown will be
May 22—Rising Fawn, 7:30. in a cooperative manner, in ac¬
May 23—West Brow, 1:30. cordance with details to be
May 24—Hooker, 7:30. worked out by the majority
May 25—Cloverdale, 1:30. VOte ° f the committee appoint-
The me soec'al project nroiect ior for the tne ■ . u v ... nrfynniynHnn to
clubs this month is Food Pro- . handle the details t of the th orga-
duction and Preservation. nization.
Thirty-one Violations Signed: .
(name)
In Near-by Chatta.: (address)
Four in Dade County crops, The variety, following planting is a list date, of
With a safety program Infull harvest date, acreage needed
swing in Chattanooga, thirty- and fertilizer recommenda-
one accidents occurred this tions:
past week end on the highways Pole Beans, Kentucky 191, to
of the county and the streets be planted June 20; harvested
of the city. September 1; 10 acres needed;
Dade County had no serious fertilizer 600-1000 Lb. 4-8-6 P er
accidents and only four viola¬ er',
tions—three for speeding (ar¬ Pole Beans, r, tt U S. o No. xt 4 „ ; July t ,
rested by state troopers) and 1, September 10, acres, 600-
one for driving under the in¬ iOOO Lb. 4-8-6 per acre.
fluence of alcohol (arested by Bu ^ h ’ plant d Apul 25 ’ 1
local officers). vested June 20 a .
It was pointed out by Ordi¬ Tomatoes Rutgers, May 15,
nary A. W. Peck that for the 5 acreS;
past few weeks Dade County 800-2000 Lb. 4-8-6 per acre.
has had less and less violators, Sweet Corn, GoidemApn 1 2P;
and almost no serious acci¬ July 10 acres, 500-700 Lb.
dents. 4-8-6 per acre. '
These facts concerning our Sweet Corn, Cross; May 5 ■
own county and our neighbor- July 27; 10 acres, 500-700 Lb.
city should make us proud 4-8-6 per acre. |
of our safety program—cam¬ Sweet Corn, Bantam; May
paign or no campaign. It should August 5, 0 acres; ",
us even more safety cons¬ 700 4-8-6 per acre.
Let’s keep up the good Collards, Georgia ; May 1;
July 20, 5 acres; 500-1000 4-8-6
per acre.
Collards, Georgia; May 15 ;
fJRRm from the equity PIU Kiwi August 4-8-6 per 10; acre. 5 acres; 500-1000;
Oewnitttt CORRECTION
Farmers in Dade County are Last week we published the
to get their purchase or¬ old school members through
for lespedeza error. The present School Board
seed at once. Is Roy W. Moore, Superinten¬
seed are becoming scarce dent; E. R. Wells, Chairman;
we have been advised that John G. McGuffey, W. C. Cure-
cannot be furnished at a ton, C. L. Ivey and Cleron
price. The time for sow¬ Kyzer.
is here and we would like TUESDA Y NIGHT SET
you to call for your pur¬ FOR EDUCATION
orders in the next few BOARD
if you plan to seed lespe¬ Next Tuesday night at 7:30
o’clock in the office of Superin¬
Phosphates, basic slag and tendent Roy W. Mcore, the
Board of Education will hold
are still on purchase its monthly meeting.
if you need these fertil¬ At Tuesday's meeting, the
for your pasture. remaining teachers will be ap¬
Those farmers who have done pointed. Last week’s paper lis¬
soil-building under .the 1951 ted for you about two-thirds of
the list. Also Bus drivers will be
Program may report any prac¬ elected and all 'immediate busi¬
tice carried out prior to this ness will be transacted.
date. All winter legumes, pas- The Board meets the first
ture seeding and use of fertJU- Tuesday of every month.
izers should be reported now.! ------- -
When making this report be CREW MAINTAINS
to bring all sales receipts I LOOKOUT MT. ROAD
for seeds or fertilizers pur¬ The road up Lookout Moun
chased for cash. The final date tain from Trenton is passable
for making this report is June now.
30, 1951. A crew has been placed on
The PMA office is open Mon- the job in order to keep the
day through Friday from 8:00 road clear for traffic. This crew
a. M to 5PM. and from 8:00 will be in action until the work
A. M. to 12 Noon on Saturdays. ^by the engineers is begun.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
“Thanks to
Mr. C. E. Kyzer”
We, the boys of the Senior
Class of Dade High School, wish
expreM Qur appreciation to
Mr. c. E. Kyzer, owner of the
Kyzer Machine Shop, for teach-
ing us about machinery and
mechanism of vehicles.
day ^ f ^im^oTachTs {he
use 0 f machines in his shop. We
learned the use of the ma-
c hmes in his shop, actually by
learning how to use and operate
them. Mr. Kyzer was doing this
without any pay, and he w^s
taking a great' risk that we
might damage his machines be-
cause of cur inexperience.
Mr. Kyzer first stressed the
importance of learning to read
micrometers. He taught us how
to ieab ^ bem ’ ^ ow m( ?asuie
anything from one thousandth
of an inch to au inch and bow
to b f eak incbes into lhou -
sandths of inches. .
He then divided us into dfi-
ferent groups and put us on
different machines; such as,
lathes, drill presses, crank-
shafts, grinders, piston grind-
ers, valve grinders, bornig bars,
wheel balancing machines, and
many other machines. After we
learned to use one machine, we
would change to another. We
were taught the main parts of
a car and what each one did in
order to, make the vehicle
move.
Mr. Kyzer told us the im¬
portance of setting up a ma¬
chine. The main thing is to get
the machine perfectly level. He
said if it were not level it would
damage the part of which you
were working. He told us the
most important thVng in keep¬
ing the machines in perfect
working condition was to keep
thme clean and well oiled.
During our time at the ma¬
chine shop, we rebuilt a motor.
In rebuilding this, we disas¬
sembled it, rebored the block,
refaced the valves, ground the
crankshaft sized and fitted the
! pistons and connecting rods
and rea ssembled it.
The Senior boys of Dade High
gained much practical knowl-
edge that no other graduates of
£>ade High have been privi-
leged to obtain. For this train¬
ing we sha11 ever be grateful t0
Mr Kyzer for his kindneS s, his
pa ti e nce and his faithful teach-
'mg.
Dale Dover.
Boys taking this C0U rse were:
seniors—John Ingram, Ronelle
Ryan, Jack Murphy, Charles
Hollingsworth, Dale D o v e r !
,
B obby Fugatt, Jr. (Rabbit) Wil-
liamS) Howard Daniel, A. C.
Dur h amj Franklin Baker, Lacey
Neal, Omar Bradford, and
j un j or wells. Tenth Grade
Qarrol Usry, Edward MlcClen
don> c M smith and Gordon
Forester.
Resolutions Passed by
Council on “Mischief”
Two resolutions were passed
by the City Council Monday
night in order to break up egg
which has taken place
several times and most recently,
last Friday night.
Mayer A. L. Dyer and City
G. C. Tatuift, met with j
the Council, E. A. Ellis, J. A. j
Case, John Reeves and D. N.
Scruggs, and passed the follow¬
recommendatinos:
1. That the Recorder not
allow any time on any more
fines; if those fined cannot
pay immediately they will be
jailed.
2. That all owed balances
on fines now past due be no¬
tified to pay by Monday May
7, or else start serving sen¬
tences immediately.
The Council intends to stop
this malicious mischief and pet¬
ty thieving if it can gain the
cooperation of all the people. It
is time that everyone become
interested and involved in this
matter, and only when we work
together can be combat this
disgraceful conduct.
4-H COUNCIL MEETING
The 4-H Club Council will
hold its regular monthly meet¬
ing this Saturday April 28 at
the Court House at 10:00 A. M.
All officers and advisors of all
the local clubs are members of
this council.
NUMBER 16
Dade’s T.V.A. Test
Big Interest This
Week at Blue Ridge
Interest this week is being
centered on the TVA meeting in
Blue Ridge. TVA officials have
asked farmers in all the coun¬
ties in the Tennessee Valley
area who are participating In
this TVA test demonstration
program to meet to discuss
what has been accomplished
through the years. About 600
are expected to attend.
For over ten yearse Dade has
had farmers participating in
this program. Some have stayed
on during the years, some have
dropped out, some have come
back in and new ones have
been added. At present there
are twenty-three individual
farms and four farm areas par¬
ticipating.
The owners of these test
demonstration farms agree to
use fertilizers in certain
amounts as specified by TVA
and paid for on a cooperative
basis. The owners must keep
very detailed books on the work
lngs and progress on their
farms.
The first TVA project in
Dade, starting around 1940,
was very small consisting of
perhaps 10 or 12 farms. It was
called the Bear Creek Area.
This area no longer functions
but some of the original farms
are still participating with the
New Salem Test Demonstration
Area. The other three areas in
Dade taking part in the pro¬
gram are the Davis, Cloverdale
and Rising Fawn communities.
Individual farms in Dade
which have continuously work¬
ed with this program for more
than ten years are: H. G. Haw¬
kins, Cloverdale; J. P. Lambert,
Cloverdale; W. E. Pike, Avans,
Roy Moore, New Salem; E. J.
Bible, Cloverdale; L. C. Moore,
"New Salem; F. N. Belk, Wild¬
wood ; and B. B. Kenimer, Ris¬
ing Fawn.
Tire other test demonstration
farms which have not been
with the program continously
or not so long are: Tom Street,
Morganville; John D. Pike,
Avans; W. P. Cole, Slygo; B. W.
Holtzhower, Head River; N. C.
Ellis, Avans; Dan Massengale,
Slygo; G. V. Greene, Clover-
dale C ol. D E Morrison, Tren-
ton - J. E. Cole Salem;’ SIveo - W. B.
Massey, New James
Lancaster, Sand Mountain; C.
q Giles, Trenton; Chester Me
Carty, Cloverdale; Jules A.
case, Trenton- and P. R. Ol-
giatti, Trenton.
Before the four areas came
under the program and before
the extension service’s educa-
tional program began to show
these farms were out¬
0 in __ the county. Now,
st farmers in Dade are fol-
lowing these progressive me-
thods and all farms are begin¬
ning to look green and fertile.
57 H ogs Vaccinated
U Ky mi lyly 1 Pgillpri uliCI1 e | ^*€103 iocc
J *
Mr. W. H. Pullen and his class
in the vaccination
of 57 head of hogs on the farms
of Mr. Roy Moore and Mr. Ter-
ranee Moore last week,
The Moore’s hogs were vac-
cinated against Chorea, as a
measure only. So
there is no need for alarm, be¬
cause there is no Chorea in
Dade County. This was an op¬
for the class to par¬
and learn more con¬
safeguarding the farm
The live stock program is ex¬
in our county, but
is still a greater need for
stock controls.
Talks were given on various
animal diseases and the me¬
of treatment for both
hog and cattle.
helping in the vacci¬
nation were Tom McCauley, L.
C. Adams and Lamar Bigham.
4-H CLUB MEETINGS
FOR MAY
May 7—New Salem, 10 A. M.
May 7—Trenton, 2:25 P. M.
May 8—North Dade 9 A. M.
May 8—R. Fawn, 10:50 A. M.
May 9—Davis, 9:45 A. M.
May 14—Rising Fawn Seniors
7:30 P. M.