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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1953)
^7 County s O nly Newspaper. VOLUME LIU Dade "Hottest" In North For a week now, Dade Coun- i ha- been the “hottest” coun- northern Georgia accord-: n ,"'. () the Georgia Forestry ; c '-’nmission. A big blaze cover-: . stimated 1500 acres on j : Mountain near Head , River and in Walker County plus three fires in Cloudland Canyon State Park, a fast mov- ing fire in Pudding Ridge and fi.es creeping in from Tennes¬ see and Alabama on Sand Mt. has caused Dade County to be put on the critical fore. fire list. 0 vernor Herman Talmadge has ordered a H woods in north G on’ia closed to hunters as the already highly critical for- situation has worsened. The combination of tinder-dry f ii ts and ground cover, high winds and inaccessible mcun- tain terrain is making the fire Governor Reports To Legislators Tie Georgia State Legisla¬ ture convened this past Mon¬ day with a flood of local bills going into the hoper. This session is a 25 day hold-over an will be devoted largely to the introduction of new legis¬ lation . Governor Herman Talmadge speaking before this adjourn¬ ed session of the General As¬ sembly told of the progress made in the various depart¬ ments during his administra¬ tion. He recommended that the date for holding the Democra¬ tic primary be set for the se- cond Wednesday in September and that it be fixed by law and not by the political party. recommened that a study and fact finding commission on public school and high educa- tion institutions be established so that Georgia may be pared with a plan to save the system of separate education In Georgia in the event the U. S. Supreme Court rules segrega- tion Is ilegal. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN DADE COUNTY Saturday night about mid- night a car from Kentucky, driven by a colored man ac- companied by two colored wo- ■mpn men failed to stop ____ at the iroer inter- Sept section inn nf of Hmtor Hooker mnH road and !>n[l highway 11. The driver over ran or is brakes failed to to stop stop the the car car and it started to cross highway U when Mr. Burton , Martin, , from Valley Head, Ala., ran his 53 model car into the right side of the 1950 model car be¬ longing to the Negro. The frontend of Martin’s car “ damaged very badly. The r l”ht side of the colored man’s ca r from the front door back is banged up. The Negro was charged with reckless driving. These two cars were pulled nether the New Home Com- naemity wins the grand prize in plement Chattanooga Area Im¬ contest or not, they *e congratulations for the ln •*“ progress they are making their area. J virgin timberland tract the northern boundary of ade County on top of Sand fountain was only opened to ® --Oid off in lots fifteen years People bought these lots, “■ • ed in, and built cabins to _y a ’ ' a Place to live while they parted ln S the the hard work of clear- land There were no r °ads and those that had at ales or wagons rode the 10 to hiies to Trenton for mail and supplies. 194 0 tnere were enough yatmiies , living there for the - to be brought them—as far r - e road went. A school bus _ *-• e was started. It was not -047 when the trails had e ;° me roads that the mail ' C "' e wa s extended and Geor- Devoted to the Best Interests ot Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES. TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1953 supression job exceedingly slow and difficult Fires in Fannin Hall, Lumpkin and Dawson counties have been brought un- der control and the tenacious fires in Pickens Murray and Catoosa counties are abaiting. Dade County has been put on an around-the-clock alert and emergency fire crews and a detail from the Fish and Game Commission have been sent here to help and take preventative mea- sures. Emergency heavy fire ; suppression equipme nt and bulldozers have been dispatch- ed here from south Georgia. There ’mere are are 15 m or or 20 20 men men pa pa- troling the county at all times In lal there are almost 100 men here on call for duty. Fish and Game Wardens from Gaines- ville are here until the emergency ends. They are In other recommendations he urged the review and study of the Georgia Workmen’s Com¬ pensation Act that where found below average of other south¬ ern states to be adjusted. He recommended effective amend¬ ments to the Anti-Subversives Activities Act such as being extended to all agencies of the state. The governor spoke of the 4 lane highway to be built from a point near Chicago to Nashville, Tenn., and from Miami 110 miles north with the connecting link being eith- er Georgia or Alabama and he urged this matter be given consideration, The Uniform Traffic Code or Safety Code was getting wit priority by being one of the first bills to come under consi- deration in the Senate. This applies to Georgia’s traffic laws being modernized and more in accord with other southern states. This bill was still under debate when the Legislature closed last Fe- in by Mr. Dewell Breedlove with the Williams Motor Com- P an wr ^ cl * er : Wreck ~, at R,s,n '' Fawn Sunday j Sunda y mornin S Donald Far ’ from Texas ’ rammed front end of his car into the . Ir Dack of Raymond , Howells „ car car. , Howell lives at Rising Fawn, his car wasn’t damaged muc j 1> k u t the Texas car re- ! ce i Ve d considerable damage in the front end. THREE TRENTON YOUTHS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT Last Friday night, Brent Baty, Jimmy Morgan, and Carl Haney were arrested for break- ing and tearing up fixtures in the men’s rest room in the Ste¬ phens Restaurant in Trenton. These boys were tried before tt H. F. F Allison Allison and and bound bou a over 'j mt gia^u jmj. Made In New Home “ H b • sing —r’o ia Power started sr t 77 ring 8 bHecling the 1885 M bo- D There have to be 100 able died men available for militia d itv to become a Georgia Mi- S litia District This same year a „ second econd school school cpvmnl bus bus Dus was was was * added aaaeu to take care of the increasing * 7 hno, ^ nonulation ,,L a*' Xnlo 1 . year, r the judges toured the community, progress . _ was evident in almost every home We told of the improve- ments at the New Home Bap- tist Church last week. Follow- ing the path" of the tour other improvements were evident or pointed out. New Home Circle lu^'br^ and" have' 1 < acE^ 11 ^ pi- home nome ana nave 5 in j tU 10 aJes The £ Lcyd Morelands have cultivation and have looking for anyone that wants to take a chance and hunt. The i hunting season has been closed until it rains. These i men keep a close watch, and a close check on people wander- j ing around. Monday afternoon j s troling °nae of the Rangers were pa- ! near a fire on Sand Mt., they saw a man come out of the woods near the fire. While Questioning him they asked what he was carrying under hie oat. The man had a chicken that he had taken from his em- ployer. The chicken carrier was lodged in the county jail. These nien are on the ball don’t be * n ^e woods if you don’t int¬ end to fight fire. That is about ' he on] y !e S al excu.e a person has in the woods in Dade Co ™ty right now. I i Outside of the Forest Ran¬ gers Headquarters in Trenton the Fire Crew set up a tempo¬ rary headquarters at New Sa¬ lem in the old store building that belongs to Leon W. Moore. These men have several trucks, bulldozers, tractors, plows and about any kind of fire fighting equipment that you are look ing for. They have two way ice. radios and are on 24 hours serv- j The unusual amount of haze Election December 1-6 The election for officials for the City cf Trenton is on Tues¬ day, December 1, and this is not far off. The time runs out 1 this week for who anyone wishes to qualify for any of the City of Trenton offices. To date those who have qua- lined with the City are, for Mayor—A. L. Dyer j for City Recorder—J. G. Pace: for Councilmen—Cleron Kyzer, James E. Morrison, T. M. Ta¬ tum and I. H. Wheeler, Jr. Registration Book in Clerk of Court’s Office The Registration Book for Garden Club To Sponsor Outdoor Christmas Lighting Contest The Garden Club voted to again this year sponsor the County-wide Christmas door¬ way and yard decorations. The details for this were turned over to a committee with Mrs. Douglas Morrison, Chairman, | Mrs. M. J. Hale and Mrs. | Mcntford Tatum. It was also voted to plant blubs in front of the Trenton Baptist Cemetery and at the - M School. „ 'a. L. Dyer, chairman of nf the , hf ; Junior Garden Club at that school, said they had met, elected officers and were very j enthusiastic about the pro¬ g ram - A card of sympathy and a Qf prayers is to be sent fall garden. They painted instnlipd plec- tables C canned this year The E E. Ferguson, take the survey for a telephone route for the community. They have added new furniture to their meir home and there ------ are 350 pounds -- nf of fnQd food , m n theif their freezer freezer and 100 jars of canned on their pantry shelves. Mrs. —, Ferguson has Uor. made *Yiorlo 5 R Hrp dresse,, csp> 2 shirts and many of the chil- dren’s garments, At the Jess Nexons 14 acres have been cleared with a bull¬ dozer, a new barn built ana the in ide of their home remo- deled. deled. They They have have a a fall fall garden they have canned 600 Jars ™ F, r Pattons have d inside of their home and purchased furniture and a power mover. " Circle New Camp The Leedell Trips have paint- an d smoke in the air has greatly hampered fire detec- tion. it is making it virtually impossible for the lookout tow- ers to see the fires, and crews are unable to find and start fighting the fires rapidly. Spe¬ cial fire patrols are covering our forests and the Forestry Commission’s fire suppression plane service has been in¬ creased to four for use in de¬ tection and to direct fire crews to the scenes of the blazes. Major fires in Dade County were Cole City on Sand Moun¬ tain, Pudden Ridge, near Ris¬ ing Fawn, three fires at Cloud- land Canyon and a large fire at Head River all .cn Lookout Mountain. About two thousand acres of timberland burred over by these fires. Rotating crews are maintain¬ ing a constant battle against all of these fires. Fire Com¬ mission officials have listed some of the most important ways everyone can help. Stop burning and avoid starting of any kind until a pro- rain reduces the hazard, report immediately to the For¬ est Ranger any fires sighted, give volunteer help in fighting these fires and report any of fire seen. City of Trenton voters has been open for registration since Oc¬ tober 27 at the City Hall. Sat- u:day, November 21 until No¬ vember 26 it will be in the Clerk of Court’s office in the Court [House. R ^ve * ^he City of ! y° u n Trenton and are over 18 years | oId be sure your name is on this Registration Book so that you can vote on Tuesaay, December 1. Remember, Trenton resi¬ dents, you can be registered with the Tax Commissioner but if you are not on the City's Registration Book you cannot | vote in a city election. Mrs. S. L. Sells, who lest her sister and who was her last surviving relative. The Club will sell tickets to the Christmas tour of Chatta¬ nooga homes and it was hoped a u would also go to see the o u t s i d e Christmas lighting there during the holiday sea¬ son. A talk on the planting of bulbs was given by Mrs. E. L. Raulston and the monthly flower show held. This November meeting with 17 members present, was held at the home of Mrs. Larkin and Mrs. Rufus Blake with Mes- dames E. A. Ellis, Williams and Bob White co-hostess. ed their home inside and out. Thev have r four acres in cover put up this year. The CIaud Smlths have f enced 12 acres with 3 of wire> have 6 acres in p „ t and 2 in cover crop. They built ount a a stock slock pond puna this uus year. |......, papered 4 , room s inside housej inatal i ed a we u and bought an elec tric stove, ; and , cooker, « pre _ sure The Virgil Coshers b.»« raised 50 turkeys this purchased a washing machine and canned 300 jars of fruits and vegetables. , At the Curtis Hardemans a fl’trn ac^es^ AACaiv A# pasture^ nnplnvn ^a^ A Del A 4 I re P aired ^eir home, bought a TV set, raised 40 hens and canned 600 jars of food. The E. A. Stallings have sowed 4 acres for grazing, acres in permanent • |||5p ___£ .:. At, Smm ■ — - ** ------ ■ ... . .. .. ._ Joan Crowned Homecoming Festivities at the half of ^ the Dade-Murray „ , u„„o„ fnnthaii football n- gam n m e P featured the crowning ot Miss Joan Craig ~ as Homecoming Queen. Joan is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Craig who live on the Dade County side of Mt. Olive community on Look- out Mountain Joan an attractive young ladv lady, was was radiant raaiam, during our ig me her crowning ceremonies. She wore a pink tulle evening dress with matching tulle stole. Her crown was silver color glisten¬ ing with many brightly colored ...... “'7, ' “ r stones. Football captains, , by Joe Gifford and Tommy CAROLYN HIXSON FALLS 50 FEET Sunday afternoon Carolyn Hixson, of Flintstone, Ga., fell from a 50 ft. clift on Sand Mt. She is a daughter of A. R. and Mrs. Hixson. The Hix¬ son family were visiting Frank Hixson a cousin. She was stand ing near the edge of the clift when she slipped on some leaved and fell. A stretcher was made from a blanket and the family along with others started carrying her to where they could reach an ambulance. The ambulance driver along with Sheriff Gra¬ ham and a truck driver who took his truck to meet the wounded, hauled her back to the ambulance. Carolyn was taken to a Chat tanooga hospital, whei'e she was reported to be in poor con¬ dition, but expteced her to live. “SING” AT TRENTON METHODIST CHURCH The Tip-O-HoLston M. Y. F. will hold a “Sing” at the Tren¬ ton Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, November 22. ^ 1 _ . and 2 acres in cover crops this year. year. They They have have also also purchased purchased 3 registered white face cattle this year and they have 3 re- gistered pigs. They have one acre in 4-H Club Corn Contest. They 1 ney have naV e planted pl “ med 2,200 *7 UU pine pinc j 'seedlings thus , , year and opened a 7', qu ' rry 7 a | home freezer and 300 jars 0 canned cannc foods. 0 _ , - s The Henry Grays have re- [ modeled their home, put siding I i on nn t.V»D the mif out side. QiHp They TTVipt/ installed InctollpH , a a pump pump and and installed installed a a hot hot . . Im , Ki st0 ve and sink. They bave 500 pounds of f . rn7Pri (foods and 144 jars of canned food The The W. w M M^ Goffs have have rA re- _ modele^thei^home and canned The Q H C layton s set out 5 acres 0 f strawberries, raised ; 100 chickens and have canned 400 jars of food. The Charley Gords have built a barn, improved their Published Weekly —Since 1901 MitpVmm Mitchum were wprp thp the leaders leaders in in the ceremony with Tommy do- f J actual crow „i„ e . lso partldpatlng tha ce remo nies were the football squad and the Queen’s attend- ant -, Elsie M c K a i g, Patsy Wheeler, Shirley Debtor, Faye Wheeler and Shirley Keel. Mr. Cleron Kyzer made a ’brief talk cn future plans for th e lighting of the field. loses Homecoming nomeiunung Game I ThS Dade High football team lost its Homecoming game to Murray 41-0 but the half time festivities made a pleasant in- tprlnrip terlude. I Dade was very much out- ■ Asks Talmadge For Speed Trap Lav (From “The Atlanta Consti-tution”.> Governor Talmadge was ask¬ ed yesterday to promise legis¬ ; lation to abolish the lee sy > 1 eir. under which some Georgia a:- | resting officers and judges are ( paid from traffic lines. The request came in a letter from the American Automobile Association relaying complains frem motorists that 13 Georgia towns are “speed traps Russell Singer, AAA executive vice president, declared ‘in the letter that more motorists com¬ plain of unfair treatment in ! Georgia than in any other state. Ludovici in southeast Geor¬ gia “is in a class by itself,” Singer said. He said complaints indicote Ludowici is "the na¬ tion’s fonemo.t speed trap.” Other towns Singer named as possible speed traps are Sylva- nia, Attapulgus, Bremcua, Brun¬ swick, Butler, Cordele, Hines- ville, Kingsland, Marietta, Na- hunta, Pembroke and Rich¬ mond Hill. .. home grounds and canned 550 j jars iars of of food. food. ^ ^ Jenkins have can- I ned ^qq j ars 0 j f ru ^ and vege- j tables ‘ this year 6 Morgans have 4 acres in strawberries and made & stock pond this year Th y have remodeled their home J purchased an electric stove and ewing machine The Chester Lanes have in¬ stalled a well pump and in- stalled a hot water heater, , have booght a th TV 53 t and ^ ^undromat their home. and and remodeled remodeled ! " p ^ ie ^ *“■ G Dells have made a 5 P r ^ n S and fall garden and I canned 400 jars of food. They ; purchased P a new washing ma ; hine The R T Pattons have re- m odeled their home an i bought new furniture. They installed their bathroom thi y ea r. j At the Hassel Coxes there NUMBER 46 as as as as this powerful Murray twice, team] but Dade did threaten times near the end of th Playing for Dade were: End^ Charles Shankles and Rober Lee: Tackles, Jimmy Wooh bright and Terrell McCauley Guards, Billy Whited and Der rell Gaddis: Center Tomrd Mitchum, Backs, Harold Shah kies. Bobby j Joe Gifford, - Bern ■ Carl Steele and Phi, Ryan. Other members of th, are, Jimmy Sutton Billj Slack, Dickie Sutton, George Wil on, Dale Sims and Davit Pattern.__ _ J Singer said “sound state le gislation” would solve Georgia speed trap problem. He contended the substitu tion of fixed salaries for traf lie officers and judges is th first step in ending speed trap and “helping Georgia dleveloi tourist travel into a majo state industry.” Singer also asked laws re; quiring that officers wear uni» form? and that their cars b' clearly marked, restrictin, towns from establishing speet, limits outside business and re sidential areas and requiring officers to accept recognizee, bail bonds. Talmadge said the letter ha. been received at his office bu lie has not had an opportunity to see* it himself. He withhelc comment until he reads it. • Last month Talmadge told a AAA representative he woul« rid Georgia of speed traps eve: if it means revoking- charter^ of offending towns. have been 9 acres cleared fo pasture, 600 acres fenced, anr 30 seeded to permanent pas ure. Two barns have beei and two ponds. 60 heac of cattle, 12 sows, 15 feede hogs and a tractor \yith equip merit and a crusher were pur cha ed. Siding has been put ol two houses and a bathroom in stalled. A sink, hot wate heater, stove and refrigerator were added this year. 50* pounds of food was frozen anc 500 jars of food canned. The Aubrey Harmons had | spring garden an c j canned 40' of food with a new pressuri cooker. place for They the canned made foods a storage anc j | improved the home grounds * They have planted IV 2 acres ii cover crop and plowed unde: t IV 2 acres of cover crop. Lediman Circle and Coal hom Cit. J Read Improvements to places will be carried nex 1 j week.
