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VOLUME LIU
Fiu Keeps 135 From Davis School Fri.
The virus bug continues to
spread illness over the county
as well as in other parts of the
r ntry. A high rate of
t , m constituted a serious
t eat to county schoolls the-
.
first of the week.
Davis High has been report¬
ed a5 having the most pupils
v,ith the flu. On Friday of
I week, 135 were listed ab-
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i vo membership teams,
i by Mrs. Virginia Fer-
n and Mrs. Hixon, were
cied January 15 to help
promote attendance of the Da--
v. ,i;gh PTA. The close of the
r lb rship drive is set for
I bruary 10, at which time
1 sing team will enter-
• n the winner with a sup¬
per
T!l0se eligible are urged to
get their 50 cent dues in at
Debate on Session
Bills and Resolutions
nue to be dropped into the Le-
gislative hopper. The compro-
mise split session bill has
passed by the house 135-4. Gov-
ernor Talmadge had asked the
legislature to stay-in continuous
session for the required seventy
day ; because the split session as
rqi ired by the Constitution
means that the assembly would
be sitting during an election
year when it is hard to get bills
passed. The legislature felt
there was not enough business
to hold them now for the full 70
days and offered a compromised
bill which provides that the As-
sembly shall sit 45 days now—or
until February 25— and return
bur IS for the remaining
25 days. There would be no 1954
• etin °-
Another , ,, .... bill , being . debated , . , ,
-his week is to permit women
y stituting the
work "citizen” „ for “men” in the
qualifications for jurors.
lar bill in both the House and
Senate would put women’s
SPEAKER AND GUESTS— Above are Mrs. J. Fred Johnson,
Rev. J. Fred Johnson of the First Cumberland Presbyterian
£ bart schoVL ' h !.? Chal W ' tanoo S n a . who was of*equipment^o^build guest speaker, and ThT^ Dave L.
the donaUng the use foot-
ball field. v
Soil Practiced on D. L. Brown Horse Farm
The acres with whitewashed
board fences near Wildwood
enclose one of the most inter-
estmg and certainly the most
unusual farms in Dade Coun-
ty, or for that matter, through-
out this section. For there has
taken place in the past few
years more change than on
most farms in twenty years.
This tract of land is known
as the Dave L. Brown Farms
and is owned by a friendly,
Progressive spirited man of the
same name, whose ambitions,
aside from the general con¬
tracting business he is engaged
in, include making whatever
he comes in contact with bet¬
ter and as clean and attractive
as possible. 1
Mr. Brown has illustrated
this
atlt (futtnljj trow
sent, with the number drop-
ping to 104 the first of this 1
week.
f Dade High 41
reported ab-
sent Tuesday and 17 Rising
Fawn pupils did not attend
that day because of sickness.
The New Salem and North
Dade schools report a normal
attendance, with only a few
illnesses.
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once and join in the fun and
I fellowship.
Presiding over the meeting
was Mr. Crawford, president.
An outstanding feature of the
program "intermediate was a poem given by
an girl entitled,
“It Couldn’t Be Done But „ , TT He
Did It”. Remember this poem
when you hear people say, “We
|ju^t can’t have a real live-wire
PTA in our community.”
in the jury boxes to serve
on juries. A change of wording
in the original bill has been ad-
ded to permit women who “vio-
lently oppose” serving on juries
to be excused from jury service,
This bill is being backed by the
Georgia Association of Women
Lawyers, the Georgia Federa-
tion of Women’s Clubs and mem
bers of the Georgia Council of
Church Women are addmg
moral support.
The Senate has approved
House passed bill to permit de-
struction of State Welfare re-
cords after seven years provided
they have been microfilmed,
| The House committee has
okayed the Senate version of
two bridge building program
bills.
! Bills to fix the primary date
by law as the second Wednes-
day ln September, prohibit the
, coun ^j n g 0 f ballots until the
- and
113 have closed permit
newspapers to publish sample
ballots are awaiting passing.
lands he owns, which are put
j in proper condition by sub¬
soiling and seeding, then en-
closed by white board fences,
Recently he and Mrs. Brown,
who shares an active interest
in his affairs, built a lovely mo-
dern home atop one of the
hills on his farm, which faces
the entire acreage. From each
window of the house can be
seen beautiful views of the
tree-studded, rolling hills, the
distant white-painted barn,
the sleek horses in far-off
pastures, and the mirrored lake
surrounded by the race track.
Such picturesque scenes as
these serve as inspiration for
daily communion with the
Creator of this land. Most true
farmers experience a closer
with God while work¬
ing with the soil and
Brown is no exception.
Dave L. Brown was born
a farm in Marion County,
nessee. From childhood he
owned and loved horses
had an increasing interest
cattle. At the age of six
owned his first horse,
was a saddle horse. Then
graduated to the handling
standard-bred (or light
ness) horses, which were
in those days, for making
ness as well as social calls.
After many years in his
struction business, which
operated out of
and his experiences in
ing, it is only natural that
Brown would appreciate
beautiful country side and
cellent soil of Dade
His first farm in Dade
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1953
Preliminary ■ Hearing Held in Court Room
A Preliminary Hearing was
held Friday on two young men
who were charged with inter-
fering with an arrest on the
afternoon of January 20. The
Court Room was about half
full during the lengthy hear-
ing.
Justice of the Peace H. F.
Allison, after calling Court to
order, said that this was a
hearin g on Bill Hampton and
Kenneth <p °ekey) Combs and
asked that all witn esses in
these two cases wait else-
where until called and ap-
P°uh c cl Deputy Rushell Smith
Bailiff.
CRy Police Officer Clint
Mider > wRo bad issued a Peace
Warrant against Bill Hampton
was called, sworn and gave his
, testimony. Miller said „ Hamp-
ton had started for him in an
aggressive manner, using bad
language and threatening to
kid him - Miller said that after
asking Hampton to stop he had
had to threaten him with his
gun. Judge Allison asked if
Hampton had previosuly
'threatened him and Miller
said, no.
s - A - (Jack) White was the
firsfc e y e witness brought to
the stand who, after being
sworn in, testified he could
not reca11 the exact words used
but he did see there was an
argument going on between
Miller and Hampton. C. A.
Wilited > -stated under oath,
wben be saw Miller and
|City trouble Marshal with a prisoner Baty having he had
ofi ' cred assistance. After
,
tbe fiho °ting he did see Hamp-
; ton come > wRb his list up, to
ward Miller who asked him to
stop. Someone yelled, Whited
continued, for Hampton to
come back before he got
head shot off.
E. R. (Gene) Brandon tes-
tified he was too far away at
jthe beginning t0 hear any re _
|marks but he did hear Miller
L tell Hampton, who was going
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n as e ran on i e a
heard any previous threats of
Hampton harming Miller
Brandon said he had not heard
any. Marshall Baty under oath
stated he was too busy at that
time to hear any remarks but
he did see Hampton start to-
ward Miller with his fists up.
Judge Allison asked if he knew
whether Hampton had it in for
Miller. Baty said he knew of
no cause for Hampton to come
at the officers. Asked if he’d
heard Hampton threaten Mil-
ler his answer was, no.
Students Asked Opinion On Youth Center
Miss Martha Stewart, rural
worker, is serving as temporary
chairman of the Trenton Youth
Council which is planning a re-
•creation center for the town.
I At the last meeting, which
was held January 23, reports
were heard on various proposed
locations for this center. A
meeting for February 7 was
' calIed t0 dec ide definite
on a
location. This will also be an
organizational meeting.
Betty Price was appointed to
interview students to find out
what they would like in the way
of a youth center and give a re-
port at this meeting.
The following persons were
present: Rev. R. Q. Dyess, Cle-
0n Kyzer, Miss Fannielu Me
whorter ’ who is temDorarv “ se .
cretary ’ Jack WhR e> J. C. Bil-
]ue . Betty Price, L. C. Adams
and Miss Stewart.
purchased eleven years ago
and is located at Morganville.
There diversified farming and
the raising of livestock was
carried on. A short while later
a limestone quarry was opened
up, and a crushing plant is
now in operation there.
While driving between Chat¬
tanooga and Morganville, he
became interested in land at
Wildwood which was purchased
about 8 years ago. There were
many reasons for this attrac¬
tion. The location is ideal be¬
cause it is on a U. S. highway
and is easily accessible. The
nature of the soil and the gen¬
eral landscape of beautiful
Lookout Valley would be hard
to equal anywhere. The fresh
water supply is bountiful, and
the limestone soil makes good
pasture land for horses
M. A. (Merdie) Gifford
the last witness and told,
being sworn in, “Bill
doing nothing, don’t know
Miller said, 'Don’t come
closer or I’ll shoot.’”
Miller and Whited were
only witnesses in the
of “Pokey” Combs. Miller
tified he was holding his
soner down and asked
to get Baty’s blackjack out and
give it to him which Combs
refused to do and said if he
did he would whip Whited,
Whited testified that when
Millei asked Combs to get the
blackjack for him Combs had
said if he got it he would whip
Whited. Whited brought out
that when a law enforcement
officer calls on someone stand-
ing by to help, that person
helps and does not wander off
making remarks.
Alter their testimony, Judge
Allison told the gathering that
we were dealing with a grave
situation. In order to keep
peace, he said, and for a com-
munity to have a healthy
growth, citizens must come to-
gether. We establish churches
and schools and we have other
organizations which work to
promote brotherhood and be-
nefit the community. He call-
ed on S. A. White, the Troop
Leader for the Dade County
Boy Scouts who said he be-
lieved the Scout Oath which
starts, “On my honor to do my
best to God and my country...”
was a leading factor in the de-
velopment of good character in
young boys.
Judge Allison said we have
other organizations of this type
namely the American Legion
and the Lodges which work to
promote brotherhood and be-
nefit the cowrunity. B”t these
young men belong to a group
which does not choose to be-
long to a church or such an or-
ganization and have set upon
themselves to overthrow law
and order. If this group in-
tends to destroy and declare
war against law and order
then there are six thousand
citizens in Dade County
against them. Judge Allison,
turning to the two boys who
were being charged at this
hearing, told them he knew
their families and he knew
how they were hurting them,
They were running with a
minority group, he said, and
anycne who interferes with of-
ficers in thfe performance of
their duty is bound to trouble,
Ed Kelly, now a Baptist
preacher, asked for permission
to speak. He said he believed
and livestock.
There has been much activity
on the Brown farms in the
past few years. He has under¬
taken such work as drainage
and terracing around the hills
to prevent soil from washing.
Two-hundred acres have been
sub-soiled and seeded to make
permanent pastures. Blue
grass, orchard grass, and les-
pedezia, have been sowed in an
attempt to keep fields green
the year around. Surface
water has been diverted into a
large lake for watering the
stock, the excess dirt being
used to an advantage in the
construction of a half mile
training track.
On this race track approxi¬
mately twenty-five head of
good standard-bred horses,
both trotters and pacers, were
he knew the boys and
they realized their condition,
He said he had never heard
a hearing carried on in
way where the Court was try-
ing to say and do something
change the boys. He believed
the boys must realize what
they had done and that later
there would be a greater judge
ment. He continued that he
was ashamed of his past life
and had changed by the Grace
of God; that all who have
been sinners and have changed
are praying hard for you.
Kelly asked all to bow their
heads and he offered a prayer
to God to change the boys to
a better way of life,
Mayor A. L. Dyer, told that
certain City ordinances had
been passed to keep the boys
off the streets at night so that
they would not be subject to
temptation. Among other
things he said that the citi-
zens of Trenton had insisted
.another officer be hired and
Miller had not been hired to
cause trouble but to protect
the citizens. This group of
boys and young men has got-
ten by with evading the law
but have now taken a step too
far. When a group has no res-
pect for the law perhaps it
takes a shooting to bring the
citizens together to assist the
law.
Judge Allison turned to
Hampton and Combs and said,
“You have heard what' has
been said here this morning
and you will be the judge and
choose the way you want to
go.” Combs said he wasn’t go-
ing to be run over and made
remarks in a belligerent tone
of voice about who enforced
I the law. Mr. Allison explained
to him that he had an accu-
mulation of prejudices and it
was not his place to deal with
the law enforcement officers
but to tell the proper author-
ities.
Turning to Hampton, Judge
Allison asked if he still had it
in his heart and mind to harm
Miller or interfer with the law
to which Hampton replied, no.
The Hearing ended by Judge
Allison saying he could have
bad a short trial and put the
boys back in jail because the
officers are going to continue
to patrol the city and you can’t
step them. He said he would
hold the warrants in his pos-
session between now and the
March term of Court but if an
officer or anyone else has any
complaint about them during
this time, the warrants will go j
into effect immediately.
EIGHT MORE BOYS !
EXAMINEI)
Eight more Dade County
b °Y’ Tuesday, January 27
b y bu5 f° r Atlanta, where they
underwent examination for the
arm Y-
They are: Ralph Wilburn
York < Harold Wade Philips, Lo-
yal Rexford Shankles, Henry
Stevens, Glenn Thomas Castle-
berry> Lewis Grant Blevin . Si
James Alvin Grant and
Sharpton.
trained last year. Mr.
employs two full-time
who take the horses out on
track every day for training.
He has two fine stallions
twenty brood mares, all
tered stock. Last year
produced fourteen foals,
will be trained on the Wild¬
wood farm. Two of his
wood raised horses won races
last year over more
horses which leads Mr.
to believe that the soil in
area surpasses any near by
richness and growth of
which with the rolling
contribute strength to the
horse’s legs.
Harness racing is the coun¬
try’s fastest growing sport.
will recall that the standard-
bred horse races to a two-wheel
in either the or
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DADE HIGH FOOTBALL BANQUET — Pictured above is
Principal J. C. Rillue with two of the award winners. Left to
right are: Merrill Smyth, whose work on the team as co-cap¬
tain earned him a trophy, Principal Billue and Ronald Steele,
who was presented with captain and most valuable player
trophies. — (Photos by Jack White,)
Mom and Pop Go Back to School Days
Dade High School rang with
laughter Thursday night, Jan.
22, when approximately 110
parents attended the special
school session prepared for
them by the PTA.
The parents followed the
schedule used by their chil-
dren; they had homeroom pe-
nod with devotion, roll
and lunch ticket reports; they
changed classes of 10 minutes
each and stood in line to get
1 Out oi 4 Pupils Have P. Attendance
Visiting Teacher Firm Cagle
points out that good attend-
ance, which he has stressed
during his term here, is (1)
for the best interest of the
child, (2) For the best interest
of all county children because
school funds are alloted on
average daily attendance and
this money determines the
number and kind of teachers,
busses, buildings and other
Services -
Oood attendance determines
the child’s attendance while on
a j°b for himself which will
then determine the success of
the child in providing needs of
and/or family.
Good attndance also reflects
the teacher, the home and
child.
Outstanding in perfect at-
for the past four
in Dade County schools
s the sixth grade of the New
school, which has an
of 16 and a perfect
of 9, making a to-
perfect attendance percent-
of 56.
Taking second honors with
is the second grade of the
schoQl, which has an en-
of 19 and a perfect
of 10. The next se-
have a percentage of 50%
the trot. The increasing po¬
pularity of this sport has con¬
tributed to the invention of
the starting gate.
Plans are to start a register¬
ed herd of beef cattle, but at
the present time there are 150
head of Black Angus and white
faced cattle on the farm. Mr.
Brown states that he does not
think this part of the country
can be surpassed in suitability
for raising livestock, which has
become one of his major inter¬
ests.
The above is the story of one
w r ho has combined a hobby and
a business to the bettermeht of
his spiritual values, his enjoy¬
ment in daily living and his
surroundings.
(Ed. Note—We are indebted
to Mr. and Mrs. Brown for the
material used in the article.)
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their “lunch” — apple pie and
'coffee — ending the evening
with assembly in the audito-
rium.
j A business meeting was held
at this time, with a parent or
two being reprimanded for
> chewing gum.Mrs. Yarborough's
c]ass won the PTA attendance
banner again for having the
highest percentage of parents
present.
in perfect attendance and are
jthe eighth grade at Rising
Fawn with 7 out of 14 enroll-
ed; third grade at New Salem
with 6 out of 12; the fourth
grade of Hooker with 2 out of
4; the sixth grade at Hooker
with 2 out of 4; the sixth grade
of Wildwood Rural, with 1 out
of 2; the seventh grade of
Wildwood Rural with 1 out of
2; and the 9th grade at Hook-
er wit,b 1 0ld 01 2 -
! The next three grades are
as lollows: Rising Fawn, se-
venth grade, 47',I, with 15 at-
tending out of 32 enrolled; the
seventh grade of New Salem,
47%, with 9 out of 19; and the
tourth grade of New Salem
M perfect attendances
°ut °* 31. A list of perfect at-
tendan ce pupils will be pub-
^ bed * n the spring.
25.8% of the 1800 students
enrolled in Dade County
schools are reported as having
Perfect Attendance Records
f° r the P a st four months. The
grades listed above are honor
grades for this period,
! This list is very compli-
mentary to the school system
the 25.8% means that 1
out of every 4 students are
attendants for the
first part of the school term.
