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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1953)
She '4tic Cnnnti] fines Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIU THE WHITE HOUSE Washington October 1, 1953 TO THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE NATION: National Newspaper Week prompts us all to renew our awareness of the remarkable national service render¬ ed by the newspapers of America. Our free press does more than tell our people the history of our times. It explains that history, interprets it, and, so doing, often actually helps to create that his¬ tory. A free press and a free society are essentially one. As the press can know freedom only in a democratic state, so democracy itself is fortified by a free press. This strengthening of our society is, or course, the antithesis of the ignoble service performed by the press of totalitarian countries. The effectiveness of a free press is virtually to be measured by the integrity, candor and responsibility of its criticism . to the On reporters, this occasion editors I am happy to send warm greetings Naiton’s | and publishers of our newspapers. I know — as they must themselves — that sibility: they are custodians of a majestic trust, a solemn respon¬ I to help arm our people with the knowledge and understanding without which free choice, free govern¬ ment, free men could not be. Dwight D. Eisenhower. | Patterson Stars As Dade Wins 7-0 Dade High^s Wildcats clawed out a 7 - 0 win over Georgia School for the Deaf in a muddy battle last Friday afternoon on the Dave L. Brown field. Fullback David Patterson scored the game’s* only marker as he scooted around right end from 20 yards out to score in the second quarter. Patterson plunged over for the extra point and that was the scoring for the day. Both teams would seem to get a drive started and then bog down as the line and mud would tighten up on them. Center Tommy Mitchum and guard Derrell Gaddis played outstanding ball on the line for the Wildcats, while tackle Bagley and line blocker Shir¬ ley were outstanding for the Georgia School for the Deaf. The Wildcats’ next game ts at Bremen, Ga., next Friday night. Line-up for Dade High was as follows: Ends, C. Shankles, Lee; Tackles, Woolbright, Cole, Mays; Guards, Gaddis, Lynch, McCauley; Center, Mitchum Fair of in Life Dade » w County’s “Fair’’ was held* last week, and the fair committee was forced to pad-. tSnooS 6 to^keep^thf-’cfowS’ from making the commercial huilding a tire hazard Again. on the second nav of the fair a few stragglers found the doors locked. Were you one of those wh d d ’t . h” t0 See fair? f H; 1 would M bav ® b bee j _ ,. bib H ' ® ° SCe the h* S .^E^b^uST y, wLent any y, S save ave the the flower flower show sno and , those set up by the schools and Devoted to the Best Interests o r Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER l7l953 and Backs, Gifford, H. Shan¬ kles, Patterson, Ryan, Steele and Battles. Dade Baseball Nine Wins Second Half Dade County slugged a 6 - 2 win last Thursday night when the local team met Daisy in a play-off for top team in the second half of the Lookout Valley League. Harriston Bay, first half winners, will compete with Dade in the near future for the ‘championship of the League. Dug Carter pitched a 2-hit game, allowing one home run for the losing team. Dade County will battle with Hixson Sunday at 3:00 p. m. at Darwin Field in the City Se¬ ries, so local fans are urged to come out and watch a good game. I After a slow start the Dacle team has been improving and they will be up against one of the best in the City Series. two communities __________Tnnr.liorc "Teachers and anr) students worked hard to make some of the best ufap^ecteteVby m'ost of Dade County. count, For years, the annual fair has been the climax of a year’s work by farmers, house- wives and business men: it was real example of community where everyone everyone had naa a a time competing for prizes an d ribbons, meanwhile getting with acquaintances from Cher pacts of.he The poultry and the livestock shows were diluu anticipated i jaKU for aniel Convicted of Tuesday about n V\r»nt C\f\ 90 jurors and n .. 1 most of the rest of Dade Coun- ty were in Trenton and the Court room to hear the begin- ning cf the trial of the indict- ment of Grant Daniel for the murde. of DeForest (Buckshot) Powell. When the Grand Jury, last week, brought an indictment for murder against Grant and Granville Daniel for the mur- der of Powell, Judge C. McClure drew 35 more or- which were added to the 74 which he had drawn on gust 15. Some of these had been excused before reporting. After the formal opening Court, the jurors were formed into seven panels with two eve:. Each jurors was asked if he was related to either Dani cr Powell and three or four were excused for this reason, There were six excused because they were prejudiced or biased and 32 were excused because they were opposed to capital punishment. The defense took close to their 20 allowed and the state 3 or 4 of their allowed 10. In all about 75 men were called to get a jury of 12 men. This took until noon. With Lawyers David L. Do- menick, Jr. and Robert L. Denman for the defense coun- cil and Solicitor Earl B. Self and John Wiggins for the State, the trial got underway about 2:00 P. M. Eight witnesses were called during the afternoon. Ott Buckles identified the weap¬ ons found at the scene. Sheriff F. C. Graham identified these pieces given him by Buckles. Photographs were introduced of pictures made at the scene of the crime and of the body with its bruises. Dr. Jones, a criminal inves¬ tigator who made the autopsy on Powell’s body, gave his tes¬ in medical terms of the crushed skull, broken ribs and ruptured spleen. He explain¬ ed, by using the pictures, the extent of the bruises on the body, and told very simply how each bruises and broken bone could affect a man’s life or death. Young J. P. Forshee, who discovered Powell in a serious condition was the next witness. He was offered the pictures token at the scene and he iden tified the scenes. Mrs. Nora Forester, who had a bad case of laryngitis, told of seeing Daniel Powell together. Ray Buckles testified to a conversation he had with Da¬ after Daniel returned home. Dr. D. S. Middleton of Powells previous physi¬ condition. The trial continued on Wed¬ The jurors had been held until after 5 when they allowed to go home hav¬ ing been instructed not to talk to anyone about the case, not read the newspapers or list¬ en to radio or watch TV on any thing about the case. The Coun on both sides had agreed that the jury might go home for the night. Wednesday’s Proceedings The first witness to be called Wednesday morning was Henry Gifford. There was a to be argued about and the jury left the room while Gifford told a conversation he had with months months and nnH the thp sales snips brought hrrmorhf many farmers and cattlemen and improved * stock ’ ’ for - Then, there was nothing like gomg to the fair with the Just- amved fall empnesa vying with the once-a-year smells of sawdust, hotdogs and mustard. When Mama placed her best crotchet, embroidery and ned nea goods gouas on on the me brown oruwn paper paper- covered tables, her feeling of pride and yet fear of the qual- ity of her things was indes- away with new ideas, new rib- bons and the determination to Powell Tlrv..r n 1l a. two weeks . before i. j : _ in front of the Church of God on the Sand Mountain read. The defendant, Grant Da- niel, took the stand, told a short story, but after with his lawyers returned and that he and Powell had had a potato crop together. He had gotten some potatoes and Powell had told him he would shoot the top of his head off if got any more. Daniel said heard that Powell and his son-in-law were going to kill On the day of Powell’s death, Daniel said that he had gotten his gun, started to the and that he met down by the trail crouched over his gun which was ed at him. Daniel stated that PowelPtold him, “if you come any closer, I’ll shoot your head Daniel said that Powell cocked his gun and that he down his own gun and ran in under Powell’s gun. niel ended his story by saying, “I grabbed the gun away from and done what I done. After Daniel’s story, which cannot be cross examined, Gif¬ ford was returned to the stand and told the jury about his conversation with Powell. Virgil Daniel, next on the stand, told that two weeks be¬ fore Grant had come to his and shortly afterwards he had seen Powell go by car- rying a gun. Ed DeVries told of standing on his porch the morning of the killing and saw Powell and Grant and Gran¬ ville Daniel with guns. Pic¬ tures of the scene of the crime were shown him to identify parts of his testimony. Mrs. Powell, when put on the stand, was objected to by the defense .in that she had been Fair School Exhibits Are First place honors in the ( community exhibits held day and Saturday in Dade j High’s Commercial Building j went to the Davis School Com muni'ty, while Trenton.’s exhi winning bit ran a exhibit close second. made Thej was up of handwork, quilts, can- ned fruit and vegetables from patrons of the Sand Mountain School and was under the di- rection of Mrs. Sadie Kirk- land. Outstanding educational dis- plays were arranged by the Rising Fawn, North Dade, New Salem and Dade High Schools, 1 with North Dade the blue ribbon given for the best elementary school exhibit, with the theme, “Georgia First.’’ Rising Fawn was judged second, with New Salem plac¬ ing third. Dade High was the only high chool entered in the competi¬ tion, a circumstance usually demanding second place, but the judges felt that the display was so distinctive in its va¬ riety, quality and amount, of work P rize done to warrant a first | - The community flower show boasted a goodly number of entries, with Mrs. E. S. Pace in charge. In the arrangem.m) 'Ction, blue ribbons were won by Mesdames W. R. Tatunvand M. J. Hale. Mrs. Tatum's for- mal arrangement was of red and white glads, while Mrs. make mats her hor work u/nrlr better hpttpr for fnr next npyt year. Although Papa admit it, he usually got a little excited when it came time for the judging of corn, hay or watermelons. The heady fragrance of dah- lias, chrysanthemums other seasonal flowers was in- toxication itself, while the lit- folk couldn’t help but get underfoot, there was so going on. And throughout it all, ribbons of excitement and anticipation tied the ““ 3 everyone carried home and en- joyed for months. Published Weekly —Since 1901 in • the j • Court during the j room testimony. The Court ruled that there would be no no more witnesses picked up in the Court room. Sheriff Graham was last on the stand and testified that Virgil Daniel had never been denied conversation with Grant Daniel while Grant was in jail. The lawyers for the defense land state began their argu- 1 ments about 11 A. M. Wiggins opened for the State, followed by David Lomenick for the defense. Lomenick took about 20 minutes in his rebut- Robert Denman followed him with Solicitor Self closing and summing up the case. I Judge McClure in his charge ; to the jury was very thorough and explicit about the points involved. He told them not to take into consideration thing but the witnesses’ evi- The Judge concluded by telling them the defendant could be charged under three verdicts: guilty of murder, vo- j luntary manslaughter or not guilty. It was a little before 3 P. M. when the jury left the Court room to come to a decision. A little before seven the jury tified the Judge that they had reached a decision The Judge called the Court to order j the Solicitor read their verdict 1 in open Court. The verdict was voluntary manslaughter with a minimum sentence of 15 years and a minimum of 20 years. (The penalty for manslaugh¬ ter carries a sentence of from one to 20 years.) Warned Not to Overcrowd Judge McClure as he opened I Court Tuesday said he had been advised that the second Hale had aranged a soft mass yellow marigolds. Other ribbons were won by Mesdames Jack Sells, second and fifth; L. Dyer, third; and Mrs. H. F. Allison, fourth, under horticulture, in the potted plant with flowers class, M rs. John Reeves placed first w itla a pink begonia and Mrs. Edgar Ryan was third with a salmon pink sultana. Winners j n potted plant class Mrs. John Reeves, first with a gizzard begonia; Mrs. A L. Dyer, second with a beefsteak begonia, and Mrs. Reeves,, third with a stard plant. Mrs. W Hale took first in the Afri- can Violet class, while second and third ribbons went to Mesdames A. L. Dyer and G. C. Tatum, respectively. Mrs. Tatum’s entry was a lovely col¬ lection of African Violets. Winners in the specimen class were: Dahlias, Mrs. E. S. Pace, first second and third; and Cannas, Mrs. E. S. Pace, first. Trenton Furnilnire and Ap¬ pliance Co.’s display was the cnly commercial exhibit ed, but attracted a great deal of notice. Sewing Machine Won By Austin Highlight of Friday’s pro- gram was the drawing at five p. m. to determine the win- ner of the Universal Sewing Machine offered by the Tren- Furniture and Appliance The The linderlvinp’ underlying reason rpnsnn for for this this year’s failure is simply that there weren’t enough people interested enough to make the fair. Of course, most everyone would heartily endorse the idea of community exhibits, but that percentage was too willing to let someone else do the work. Finally, the small handful who showed up to make plans plans w’ere discouraged became they didn’t have the support to sponsor a fair in the “good-time’’ good-time” tradition. tradition. A county fair is a symbol of its people’s contribution to community life; is everyone in NUMBER 39 floor of the Court House was unsafe if any great weight was P , upon . a ? d tdat U 7 was dangerous for the Court room be ° ver "°^ ded • ^ ca “® e 7 niS : tne , Judge had Sheriff am ^ ® ar ® r 0n l. ° .7 ? ?7 u in ,’ e aiS . , es and those sitting in the 9,51 ; four of seats rows - More Court October 19 As jurors were called and ex- cused, Judge McClure asked them to leave the Court room and not listen to the testimony about to be given or talk about [ the case. Those who were op- j posed to capital punishment were excused for this term of Court, others were told to re¬ port again on Thursday Octo- ber 1, and still other told to re- port on October 19 when the September term of Superior Court would be resumed for the rest of the Criminal Dock- et. The Solicitor had called over 70 criminal cases on which the State was ready for trial. Two Plead Guilty During Tuesday morning, Judge McClure heard two pleas of guilty. Glen Stephens was given a fine of $53 and three months brobation for speeding, Abe Posey was flned $103 for public indecency and given a three months suspended sen- i tence u b on payment and pro- vided be 1101 caught violating some law Civil Cases Monday Monday was taken up with one Civil case and an uncon¬ tested case. The jury turned in a mistrial on the Morgan-Hlse case and on the uncontested case gave a verdict for McKin¬ ney Buick Co. of Chattanooga against Dena McAllister. Co. W. H. Austin of Deer Head’s Cove was the lucky winner. Little Miss Dana Ne- thery assisted with the draw¬ ing. Poultry Sale Held Satulrdaiy Officiating at the 4-H Club Poultry Show and Sale Satur- day morning was W. G. Nix, assistant Walker County Agent and Fred Holt, Vocational Agri- cultural teacher at LaFayette A total of one hundred and seventeen chickens were sold, with the highest price of $3.05 £°fng for Marchetta Hughes’ second place winners. First honors-went to Glenda Moore, with second, third and fourth awards to Marchetta Hughes, Bobby Crowe and Alfred Barnes, respectively. $2.23 was the average price paid per hen, with the lowest price dropping to $1.45. Other exhibitors were Melba Bradford, Darlene Shelton, Marvin Hunt and Eddie West. Buyers were Miss May Cure- ton, R. C. Thomas, Jules Case, Art Moore, Cicero Forester and Henry Kemmer - _ TRENTON MYF SENDS CLOTHING TO KOREA Rev. Robert Hilten has an- nounced that the youth of the Trenton Methodist MYF have sponsored a clothing drive for Koreans, and are happy to re- port that 199 lbs. of clothing is now on its way to the war-torn republic. Dade Dnhp County Clnnntir satisfied cotiofiort n.lfv, with „ o M r Milquetoast existence’ We don . t think for look at what ac ua y was €X b *ted... the schools certainly tried hard enough and we are inclined to think the schools are the only places where the “What’s the use?’’ attitude is not in full force. Surely the older genera- tion cannot be content to sit back as living examples of how the younger generation should treat treat the the future. future. Dade County is what its people are... what are you going to do about next year’s fair?
