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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1954)
n a de County’s Only Newspaper. Volume liv Here V There... ... By FRED HARTLEY Ysssir, the Big Stinky is eer¬ ily well-named. Just get up ose 'to it and you'll know why. ou haven’t been by The If y prob- im es office lately, you’re wondering what this is all uj v Stinky is the bout The Big ade name of our new fly trap. re ally a very simple con- «„«, but quite effective, trap is nothing more than rhe with device ^ gallon glass jar a screws on the top which the flies to enter, but Hows out. Actually Its Ot to get it is t as easy to escape as , 7 tell the flies tret in. but don’t -they don’t know it yet. A smart ones-or lucky ones -manage to crawl out and reathe the clean, fresh air of •eedom again. But the vast laloritv never make it. The trap is first baited with raw meat. That’s where - me in. But it’s ae big stink comes Iso what attracts the pests, t^o stink—no flies caught, ae directions say. one? Where can you get eems nobody here carries Mrs. Morrison had to jem New York. rder this one from Come by and take a look— nd a whiff. Despite rumors to the con- •ary, Rev. R. L. Hilten and imily are NOT moving. In id, he has been recently ap- ointed to serve another year s pastor of the Trenton Meth- dist Church. What it wuz, wuz a trailer in ie back yard. Canny observers cticed Bro. Hilten packing lings into it and immediately included he was making ready > shove off for parts unknown, he paper boy, for instance, as so convinced that he was iciuctant to deliver the papet ntil he had definite assurances lat no departure was planned. Actually, the Rev. Mr. Hilten 'as planning a little trip—with he Boy Scouts. He was loading I he trailer with camping equip An editorial in a recent issue f The Hamilton County He- ild comes up with this starti¬ ng observation: "The foolish earing is over and Joe Me aithy stands out serene unruf- led and unbowed, ready to re- ame his leadership of the peo- le’s fight against the red ene- aies in our government.” Wait a minute — did that ’Titer see the same telecast of he hearing I did? Or was this nother hearing? Or is there inother Joe McCarthy — a se- ene one, I mean. Some couples, it seems, really get impatient to tie the mar- dage knot. One eager pair ■■cm Alabama was camping on Letcher Allison’s doorstep well Defore 8 o’clock Thursday morn- ’’ r ‘° Maybe the young lady had waited just a little too late to be a June bride and wanted the nex t best date, July 1. On Declaration's 50th Perh sent do- lv all the actual writing of the j certain unalienable rights, that men was fired with the promise'was was a thoroughly practical differences were not quite so “‘‘ e most amazing . , ation, . they became ar of of society society built built [man. Jefferson Jefferson believed believed C SfVu th Declaration, the entire commit- among these are Life, Liberty a a new new upon upon the the .man. in in sim- sim- great great as as thev they had hart anm>ar appeared fl rf ear- oa r. tory m American hLs_ litical enemles dU ”"L e passed it, and the work 'and the pursuit of Happiness. principles of freedom which Jplicity in the conduct of affairs lier. cJdeath , ultane-jspective i , 0 vern- tee on ,t ° St sim c f re ** s of revision was done chiefly by ;That to secure these rights, Jefferson embodied in the De- [of state; Adams favored pomp Death Comas for Both whoS?u framln of \V the he ^o largest statesmen ,part ,ment. stemmed But far their T* , r miTl differences differenc Adams and Fra nklln. The orig- pre-[among G o v e r n ments are instituted claration During of Independent and In ceremony. ! In the year 1826, Jefferson be- in Political views inal draft that Jefferson Men, deriving their just the early years of the politics, Jefferson was a came steadily weaker and be- Indecent ” Q ependence—John tne Declaration Adams and of > than idel y from divergent any personal am- parea red vas SO mewhat more .....i----------- fiery final [powers governed.” from the consent of the Republic, drifted apart. Jefferson It is little and wonder Adams [eved states’ in rights strong man; central Adams beli- gan death. to speak of his approaching Tn. Strii? 33 Jefferson v vim n.UUII their declining and intemperate than the a govern- On July 2, he fell into - Even mure more mosity. And in text. Although these Ideas were that they did so. Although [ment. During the controversy a coma. He woke the following pa dSf ..* 115 u lhe fac t that their years, they molded anew a war ^ Declaraticn of indepen- not original with Jefferson, it both men were aristocrats, Jef- [in this country over the French evening and asked, “Is It the 3 ° n Jul y 4 1826 coin- mutual friendship t r ue than a simple is indeed fortunate that he in- [ferson was a Southern gentle- Revolution, the Virginian fav- Fourth?’ to which his doctor ?. ? the fiftie - correspondence. It w as dence is far more re- sarv th anniver- announcement of separation eluded them in the Declara¬ men farmer who believed that ored the cause of the revolu- plied, “It will soon be.” He the S1 gning of that docu- difficult to accornphsh^ A ve y Jn wrItlng tion. Not only have they proved agriculaure should be the basis [tlonaries; the Massachusetts seemed to take deep satisfac- strrmp' Strong common common bond Dona of oi 1 it," ^ guide of of Adams, New- gentleman deplored their There | . Jefferson ______ saw his . . chance to a for the development our economy. a exces- tion from these words and sank i , somo^mn, Tv. devotion and public s nf of nhprt.v liberty and and our democracy, but in his day, England Yankee, put his faith ses. In the ensuing war, Jeffer- back to sleep, w'ake spirin? ir th awe "“ 1 " I** uc,u,,u “ country “"V';,, was always alwavs P put forth „ a creed json never to tt , • e fact that these to their justice for all .. that *--- has u----« become they raised a standard around in commerce and trade. sided with France, and again. lust T n Were n ° Ugh permit ted to live there, ere, and and became became their th6ir later more more STfirst years. appa app „ nn!1 r standard no t only for the Amer- which all Americans could Adams Jefferson felt that the men of [Adams ! with England. And on July 4. up in Brain- ieth t0 566 the fift " €nt it during dUrlng lean Republic, but for the de- rally. and Adams Had When Jefferson succeeded tree, Mass., John Adams was arniv 1 ary ° f the birth of Jefferson Jpffprson and and Adams Adams had fh democracy the Many men of the time, Jef¬ Their Differences Adams as President in 1801, the growing feebler by the hour. He the ST? y0UllK ynur 8 whicT'^oth * associated associated to velopment velopment of ,oL hclped “— — become become closely closely ferson included^ would have property and means should two were hardly sptaking to jaassed away as the sun sank in- to bring into the 1776 when the two ivere apP 1 ->■ Creed 0 f Americanism preferred to remain a part of have the biggest voice in run- each other. However, ten vears to the West. His last words some 0 f n :~ t0 most Care trying for during meeting ed by the Continental in Philadelphia Congress ^ Dec i ara tio n has, Americanism then, be- [the under British the terms Empire, proposed but net by ning complete the country; democrat, Jefferson, would let the all later, ing alter the two a remark began correspond- by Adams- were: lives.’ "Thomas Jefferson still * 0 kPd • years. mdepe come the creed of I A Closel y in 1776 draft a declaration of - jefferson wrote these [George III and Parliament, men have an equal say. Both “I always loved Jefferson, and But he was wrong. The Sage Worijp^ ^ ‘ \ e ‘ fer s°n and Adams dence, along with Ben.'ami int0 lt; -That all men This reluctance to separate men were well-educated, but still love him.’. They continued of Monticello had breathed his p,.' . c ose —, --- Robert Robert R. Livings o w . ords “ they from England largerly Jefferson intellectual writing each other until their last around o’clock that 1 cooperation at .Franklin, Franklin. equal, that are was over- was an one the nenta ’ 1776'and ^ reated [come 'death. [afternoon. whieK lCh . ‘ l Congress ___i in I Roger Sherman. cViorm endowed PT idowed by y their creator with when the imagination of and an idealist, while Adams They found that their nought forth the declar- Although Jefferson did near- side (Tminto tmc. 1 ) Junior Page Drowns In Creek Non. J. L. Page, Jr., 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Page, Sr., of New England drowned while swim¬ ming in Lookout Creek near Wildwood Monday afternoon. The body of the youth was finally recovered after a two- hour search in “a pool 14 feet deep. One of the rescuers lo¬ cated the body by probing the bottom with a fishing pcle. Dade county Coroner C.T. Sims then dived to the bottom and brought it to the surface. Sheriff F. C. Graham said Page had gone swimming in the creek around 12:3o with a pair cf younger boys, both unidenti¬ fied. When they noticed their companion appeared to be in Playoff Win Earns Dade 2nd Place Dade County’s baseball nine finally won undisputed title to second place honors in the Vo¬ lunteer League by a 7-4 victory over Davis under a^ blistering £un at the Rising Fawn diam¬ Sunday. Davis had taken the first game, a replay of the rained-out contest of two weeks ago, 10-7. Early in the first bout, Dade was put on the defensive by three unearned Davis runs on five bases on balls by starting Fred Harrison. The Sand Mountain nine upped their lead in the seventh by three runs with three more walks and Don Keith’s single off relief hurler Whittle. Steady hitting by Dade bat- tied up the score in the ninth, but two infield errors two hits off I>ade pitcher Bill Evens gave Davis the vic¬ tory. Davis rightthander Bim Patton went all the way and pitched'good, steady hall des¬ pite the excessive heat. Don Keith tallied three hits •and two RBI’s for Davis. Jeril Cooper led the losers at bat with two singles, a triple and one RBI. Davis’ win in the first game made a seven-inning playoff necessary. In this second game Pade third baseman Jim John¬ son led the winners at bat with a triple, two singles and one RBI. Pluto Ellison pitched the whole game for Davis, giving up eight hits and‘fanning two. Floyd Dowdey relieved Fred Harrison in the fifth for Dade, each giving up four hits for two runs. Lookout Mountain-New Salem L. W. Moore, Lookout Moun¬ tain catcher, swatted out a a triple and a double as Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. DADE COUNT* TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY.JULY 1, 1954 trouble, one of them summoned Dewell Brown, a neighbor, who began the search. The body was found around 2:45. Observers believe Page had been stricken with a cramp while swimmming and was un¬ able to reach shallow water. Re¬ ports indicated that he was a good swimmer. Young Page i s survived by his parents; a sister, Mrs. Ben F. Clark of Rossville; a brother, James E. Page of Tacoma, Wash., and a grand father, Brock Daniel of Trenton. The funeral was held at 10 o’clock Thursday morning at Brown’s Gap Baptist Church. his team squeezed by New Sa¬ lem Sunday, 11-9. New Salem’s Shook was batting ace for the losers with a triple and two singles for five trips to the plate. Other three-hitters in¬ cluded Lookout Mountain’s Herman Moore and Fred Cham¬ bers. New Salem’s strike-out artist Carl Steele pitched nine in¬ nings and fanned seven bat- ters, but allowed 16 hits. BOX SCORES LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AB H 0 A H. Moore, cf 6 3 5 0 C. Massey, ss 5 2 2 3 L. Moore, c 6 3 6 0 Chambers, if 4 3 2 0 G. Moore, lb 4 1 9 0 O. Bradford, 3b 4 2 0 2 J. Moore, rf 1 0 0 0 A Moore, 2b 5 0 2 2 A. Bradford, p 0 0 0 0 xC. Moore, p 5 1 1 3 xxN. Bradford, rf 3 0 0 0 xxxR. Moore, rf 1 1 0 0 Totals 44 16 27 10 NEW SALEM AB H O A i J Bradford, ss 4 0 1 3 D. Gray, 3b 5 1 1 4 D. Brannon, 2b 5 2 4 4 Shook, c 5 3 3 4 F. Bradford, lb 4 2 12 0 E. Gray, If 4 1 0 0 Lee, cf 1 0 2 0 E. Bradford, rf 1 1 0 0 Steele, p 4 1 1 2 zForrester, rf 2 0 1 o zzBaker, cf 1 0 1 0 zzzGiles rf 1 0 1 0 Totals 37 II 27 17 x—-C. Moore for A. Bradford in 1st XX— N. Bradford for J. Moore in 2nd. xxx—R. Moore for N. Bradford in 7th. z—Forrester for E. Bradford in 2nd. zz—Baker for Lee in 6th. zzz—Giles for Forrester in 7th. Look’t Mtn. 432 001 001—11 N. Salem 500 022 000— 9 (See back page for additional box scores.) h, r?\ kt .<- 0 , i Even after 178 years, the ringing phrases of the Declara¬ tion of Independence proclaiming liberty throughout the land continue to thrill us as they did in 1776. The voice of liberty—whenever we hear it—reminds us of our rights as citizens of this God-favored land. But it should do more than that. Liberty’s voice has a strong over¬ tone that we too often do not hear, or ignore, perhaps. We tend to forget that every right we cherish carries with it a responsibility—eveiy privilege an obligation. The right to vote is no longer significant if we do not exercise it, and do it intelligently. Freedom of the press, speech and thought count for nothing if we are too lazy to to use them to develop a well-informed opinion. Freedom of religion is meaningless unless we go to church. Just this one Fourth of July, let’s think more on our duties that our rights. Trenton's New Cub Scout Den Has Meeting Trenton’s new Cub Scout den eld their second meeting of the Dade County School. Carl Wood, cub master of 3014 in Chattanooga, was to assist in the organi- f the unit. Mrs. Wood, other of that pack, ex- to the four boys pres- shortly, and a Outing To Feature Two Ball Games A big Independence Day Out- at the Davis Field in Avans. The first game, scheduled to at 10:00 A.M., will be an men’s game. Old-timers Georgia and Alabama will it out on the diamond. in the afternoon at three, will play Fort Oglethorpe. "The Highlanders,’ a hillbilly will entertain with good mountain music between the these projects. Prospective Cub Scouts at¬ tending the meeting were Mi¬ chael Nethery, Bobby Billue, Johnny Beasley and Joe Ged- die. Parents who came included Mr. and Mrs. John Beasley, [Mrs. Jim Geddie, Martin Neth- jery, and J. c. Billue. Commit- teeman Bill BroAvn was also present. Committeemen of the local pack will meet again on Tues¬ day, July 20. ,two games. There will be plenty jto cents eat, for children too. Admission is 25 under 12 and (50 cents for everybody else. WATER RILLS PAYABLE AT CITY HALL Trenton water users are di¬ rected to make all future pay¬ ments of water hills with Mrs. |W. F. Morrison at the Trenton 'City Hall. Mrs. Morrison will-be at the City Hall each day Monday Through Friday for this pur¬ pose. Published Weekly—Since 1901 LEAH MAE JARRETT CROWNED QUEEN Four Dickersons Win Talent Neel Dade Count y’s Dickerson Quartet came away with top honors in the seventh district Farm Bureau talent contest in Rising Fawn Wednesday night. Leah Mae Jarrett, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jarrett of Route 2, Rome, was named district queen. The Dickerson quartet, com¬ posed of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Ewell Dickerson of Trenton, specialize in gospel singing. Shelia, 12, Willard, 9, Randle, 11 and Terry, 16, make up the foursome. They were accompanied by Mrs. Dicker- son . Their two selections were "When He Calls I’ll Fly Away” and "Peace Like a River.” They will compete for state honors later in Athens. Miss Jarrett, a junior; at Mo¬ del High School in Floyd Coun¬ ty. played McDowell’s "Hunga¬ rian Etude” at the piano for her talent offering. She was attired in a light green net ballerina length gown worn over brown taffeta. The crown was placed on her head by last year’s state FB queen, Kathryn Fricks. She re¬ ceived a set of gift towels from the Georgia Cotton Manufac¬ turers’ Association and a gold¬ en loving cup from Mrs. H C Everyone Invited To Play Tryouts Tryouts for the play "Brides To Burn”, to be presented by the Trenton Little Theater group, will be held Monday night, July 5, at the Dade Coun¬ ty School auditorium. The play, a three-act comedy farce, deals with a returned service man who has been af¬ with amnesia. A couple of his "buddies’ form a con¬ spiracy to pretend they are wives the poor boy has married during a lapse of memory. A committee of .three will choose the cast after the try¬ outs, which will begin promptly Most Trenton Stores To Be Closed Monday Most business houses in Tren¬ ton wil be closed on Monday, 5, in observance of Inde¬ Day which falls on Those ceasing operation for day include The Dade Coun¬ Times,, Williams Motor Co., Motor Co. and Lumber Gannaway-Riley, Trenton & Appliance, Case’s NUMBER 26 Slagle, chairman of the ese- venth district Associated Wo¬ men. “I’m so excited I don’t know what to do,” exclaimed the vi¬ vacious Miss Jarrett after it was all over. She will compete for the title of State Farm Bu¬ reau Queen at the convention in November. Sue McMahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McMahan of Rising Fawn, represented the Dade County Farm Bureau in the contest. She spoke on “The Challenge in Community Serv¬ ice to Rural Youth.” She wore blue net with a white rose wrist corsage. The other contestant in the queen elimination, Martha Sue Yaeger of Hill City, represent¬ ed Gordon County. She gave a reading, "Telling the Truth.” Other entrants in the talent competition were Dale and Ca¬ rol Keys of Calhoun, who pres¬ ented a clever black-face skit and a piano duet, and Norma Ault, Floyd County, who offer¬ ed a musical reading. Dade County Farm Bureau president W. L. Fannin acted as master of ceremonies, and Mrs. R. p Fricks gave the ad¬ dress of welcome. jat 8 o’clock. Characters include Miss Leticia Gundy, a welthy ■spinster; Gilroy G. Gundy her young nephew and heir (the one with amnesia); Clarice Borland, her girlhood friend; a widow; Gertrude Borland, Cla¬ rice’s daughetr! Harold Hazard, secret heart-throb; Frank Fulton, "Fats,” Hap’s side Sue Prentis, the maid; the English butler; Pipp, the hillbilly cook; Madame Gasparilla, who looks the future; Dr. Jonesby, a dentist who is deaf. :General Merchandise, Hardware & Appliance stores; the barber shop, Gross Mercantile Co., Kyzer’s shop and parts store, and Sally’s Beauty Salon. Fed¬ eral and state employees wfll have a holiday. Those planning to stay open are the restaurants, service stations, the drug store, Me Bryar Bros., Red’s Cleaners, and Sarah’s Coiffurfe.
