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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1954)
adt Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIV ... Here V There... By FRED HARTLEY Georgia’s political contest for governor seems to be a little slow gathering steam this year. But, then, there are still two months before the primary. Seems btrange to have an election in Gorgia without a Talmadge in the running. So far, the governor is keeping mum on the race. He hasn’t thrown his support to any can¬ didate—yet. Herman’s not the only one who’s being cagey. Only a. few influential figures have come out in favor of one candidate or the other. For those who dare make a prediction, about the most they’ll say is 'that a run¬ off will be necessary, most like¬ ly between two of these three: Griffin. Linder or Thompson. They seem to have the big¬ gest backing so far, but House Speaker Fred Hand is also likely to run a good race. As far as printed campaign material goes, Grifin has been by far the most active. Unless, of course, you consider the Market Bulletin. Tom Linder has been campaigning with it fcr years—and still is. r ord comes to me that Dade nty’s ball club, is having ie difficulty over finances, eems some folks (I don t w hew many) drive right on t Pete Bradford at the te” and thus pass up the ortunity to contribute their toward the team’s support, rowds have been off lately, True, Mother Earth doesn’t se the most comfortable seat the world. But you do see a d brand of ball played, mateur baseball rules do permit charging admission :es. It’s up to the individual ctator whether he gives ■thing or not. The players i’t receives a dime for knock- themselves out on the sun- ,ed diamond. But umpires [ scorekeepers have to be i. And you can’t play with- bats and balls. They have ■ay of wearing out or getting unday after next,, on July Dade plays undefeated Wau- chie at Rising Fawn. It mises to be a top-notch con- A good crowd that day i\d certainly help things out. understand the boys are ining something a little cial in the way of refresh¬ es that day. lore about that next week. hot, dry weather is se- threatening farmers .e loss of a large part of :icps, especially corn and ven cotton is beginning :er from the oven-like Hope we get some rain Cherokee Republic's Capital Being Restored Near Calhoun ’o dig around in Indian unds and come up with at relics used by the earliest aericans—valuable as it is— old stuff. Archeologists, as lateur diggers, have for years en producing arrowheads, ads and primitive pottery as .dence of a departed Indian ulization. But when the ite an Indian village yields such ms as expensive English chi- and a nearly complete set of inting type in their own al- abet, well, that’s news. Excavation is now in progress ar Calhoun on the site of e old Cherokee capital of New hota. Work begun there rly this year with an eye. to storing the settlement has oduced some encouraging re- Latest and perhaps most nificant find was the disco- :ee y of type over 800 used pieces in P of nnt C ^ [ ng e ur oenix, newspaper, over 125 years the cher0 ago. ^ The e erokee alphabet, which has characters in it, was their great chief Sequoyah, all the Indian tribes, the Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954 FARM BUREAU’S DISTRICT QUEEN AND TALENT WINNERS Pictured above are winners in the recent Farm Bureau Queen and Talent District elimi¬ nation contest. The Dickerson Quartet from Trenton took first place in the talen,t competi¬ tion and Miss Leah Mae Jairett, Rt. 2, Rome, was crowned queen. Left to right, front row, VVil lard Dickerson, Miss Jarrett, Randle Dickerson; back row, Shelia Dickerson, Kathryn) Fricks, last year’s utate FB queen, Terry Dickerson and Mrs. Ewell Dickerson, who accompanied the quartet. —(Courtesy of The Atlanta Constitution.) In the Fourth of July base¬ ball contests, Dade County, Da¬ vis and Lookout Mountain all chalked up victories, but New Salem fell before Cove on the latter’s home diamond, 14-7. Dade won by forfeit when East Brainerd failed to field a team. Dade was victorious in an ex¬ hibition game played against them. In the game on Sand Moun¬ tain, Davis right-hander Bim Patton held Tennessee Paper Mills to five hits as Davis stomped them 8-1. Porter El¬ lison, Dub Patton, Pluto Elli¬ son and Don Keith each had two hits to their credit. Doubles were scored by Porter Ellison and Keith, and Lamar Avans tripled as he batted for his brother in the eighth. In Lookout Mountain’s 6-4 victory over Jasper, Herman Moore had two hits and batted in two runs. Charles Massey and Lloyd Moore also had two hits to their credit. Arvine Bradford, pitching for Lookout Mountain, was relieved at the end of six innings by Cortez Moore after giving up 10 hits. Moore pitched no-hit ball for the remaining two innings. WORKING AT NEW ENGLAND METHODIST CHURCH SAT. There will be an all-day work¬ ing at the New England Meth¬ odist Church, Saturday, July 10. Dinner will be served by the ladies. Come and bring your tools and stay as long as you can. report which cited an account I of a surveyor in 1832. This re- 1 pin-pointed the location of the village near the junction of the Connasauga and Oostanaula ; Rivers and quoted references which minutely described some ' that of the buildings once stood at the seat of the Cherokee | government. That was enough to convince the commission that the pro¬ ject of restoration should be un¬ dertaken. It hired Prof. Clemens de Baillou of Atlanta to super¬ vise the work. His excavations revealed that Dr. Malone had done his work well. Some start¬ ling discoveries were made in the precise spot he had indicat¬ ed. Cherokees Highly Civilized Prof. deBaillou’s preliminary report of last March related that “a careful examination of the surface of the ground was made, in the course of which thirteen building sites were established.” | He adds that these were obvi- ! ously house sites which yielded much garly nineteenth century i china and glass. Cherokees were the first to use Interest printed language^ m the New Echota project grew out of a report to the state Historical Commis- sion by 'Dr. Henry T. Malone, a professor of history and as¬ sistant dean at the University of Georgia’s Atlanta Division. Dr. Malone is a student of Che¬ rokee affairs for many years, having written his Ph. D. thesis on a phase of their civilization. On the strength of his findings about the old settlement at New Echota, several citizens and civic groups in Calhoun be¬ came highly interested in the restoration of the village and approached the Georgia Histo¬ rical Commission for aid in the undertaking. Report Dr. Malone's Through the efforts of the *" n"“ of 0 C o u n t y Chamber merce the Historical Com- | . became sold on the idea but withheld financial support Jocation of the | . c0U i(i b e determind- if! e further research. Dr. . commission (Malone gave the com a Next Sunday Dade will play at Victoria and Davis at East Brainerd. New Salem meets Jasper at the latter’s home dia¬ mond, white Cove will journey to Lookout Mountain. BOX SCORES DAVIS AB H 0 A L. Avans, 2b 1 1 0 0 A. Avans 4 1 3 2 P. Ellison, 3b 4 2 0 4 Stephens, cf 3 1 3 0 1 D. Patton, rf 4 2 0 0 Barnes, If 4 1 2 0 C. Ellison, ss 4 9 4 2 Freeman, lb 4 b 8 Keith, c 4 2 7 0 B. Patton, p 4 1 0 10 Totals 36 13 27 18 T. P. Mills. 100 000 000- -1 5 3 Davis .... 500 100 02x -8 13 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AB H O A H. V. Moore, rf 5 2 2 0 C. Massey, ss 3 2 3 4 L. W. Moore, c 4 0 3 0 Chambers, If 4 0 6 0 G. L. Moore, lb 3 0 10 0 L. R. Moore, 3b 3 2 0 2 A. Moore, 2b 4 0 1 1 L. Massey, cf 4 0 0 0 A. Bradford, p 2 0 1 1 cC. Moore, p 1 0 1 0 Totals 33 6 27 8 • c-C. Moore for A. Bradford in 8th (Jasper ........ 001 200 100—4 1 L. Mtn......... 031 100 lOx- 6 - j X-RAY UNIT VISITS COUNTY The mobile X-ray unit visit- ed Dade County this week on July 6, according to County Health Nurse Miss Fannielu Me Whorter. Fifty-eight persons received chest X-rays. John W. Davis, Summerville, in * Contest for Judge John W. Davis, Summerville attorney, announced his candi¬ dacy for the post of Judge of the Superior Court of the Look¬ out Mountain Circuit, and, as the deadline for qualifying passed the race was resolved into one between Davis and Freeman C. McClure, who is the incumbent. The Lookout Mountain Judi¬ cial Circuit is comprised of the counties of Dade, Catoosa, Walker and Chattooga. Davis, a veteran of World War II where he served in mi¬ litary intelligence for more than three years, is a member of the Summerville law firm of Brinson & Davis. He served as Assistant Solicit¬ or of the old Rome Judicial Cir¬ cuit from 1948-50 and as Soli¬ citor General from 1950-52. He has been engaged in the active practice of law for the <past fifteen years, except for his military service. He is married to the former Miss Vivian Haw¬ kins of LaFayette, and the cou- ANNOUNCEMENT FOR STATE SENATOR To the Voters of Dade County: As it is Dade County’s time to furnish a Senator for the 44th Senatorial District of Georgia, it is my desire to serve you in this capacity, and I One site showed outlines of a foundation, but since no crock¬ ery was found there, it might have been the council house or court house site. The discovery of the type in the Cherokee alphabet has now set Prof. deBailou up on the task of determining the exact loca¬ tion of the old printshop. The type is so scattered that this job may prove difficult. How¬ ever, once its position has been definitely established, restora¬ tion will be easy. An issue of tbe Cherokee Phone’v in 1826 describes te iprintshop in detali, jeven giving the dimensions In a later issue is found a detailed description of the govern¬ ment’s supreme court building. It may come as a surprise to hear of Indians running a printshop, a courthouse or a su¬ preme court. Thanks to Holly¬ wood, we think the Indian’s only authentic pose is squat¬ ting before his tepee or, all painted up and dancing around a campfire, hatchet in hand, and clad only in a loin cloth and tooth beads. Building Sites Found The high degree of civiliza¬ tion which the Cherokees had developed before their removal to the West is the most signifi¬ cant fact about the N. Echota excavations. Their progress to¬ ward self-government, their high respect 'for law and order and their easy adaptability to the wgys of the white man has continued to amaze students of the Cherokees. Early in the nineteen centu¬ ry, Congress allowed and even encouraged the Cherokees to organize and develop a govern¬ ment of their own. Comprising a nation within a nation, they were given nearly complete in¬ dependence in regulating their own internal affairs. Led by their able chieftians and aided by the federal gov¬ ernment and some New Eng¬ land missionaries, the Chero¬ kees set ,about forming their own republic in the Southeast in the early 1820's. Their pro¬ gress was rapid. On November 12, 1825, the National Commit¬ tee and Council of the Chero¬ Published Weekly—Since 1901 Two More For Local Races The prospect for hotter poli¬ tics this summer grew Saturday with the entry into local races of two more candidates, one each for representative and state senator. John H. Wilkins of Sulphur Springs, who is connected with the State Highway Depart¬ ment, squeezed under the dead¬ line Saturday to qualify for the senatorial race, in which he will oppose Rufus W. Massey and Mrs. Catherine C. Mor¬ rison . Woodrow W. Gross, Sand Mountain, who is employed,by Volunteer Ordnance Co. in Chattanooga, also qualified Sat- Moves To Collect Water Bills In their regular meeting Monday night, Trenton’s city council vote to crack down on water users who are delinquent In back payments. In a unanimous resolution, the council voted give the de¬ linquent users until July 20 to settle their accounts. Any such customers who have not paid the amounts owed by that date would be given ten days notice to pay up. After the ten-day period, any remaining users with bills outstanding would have their water service auto¬ matically suspended. The council also resolved to use the same policy with regard to businesses operating within Trenton in the payment of the city privilege tax. All those who have not paid by the 20th will be notified that they have ten days to pay the amount owed. At the end of the 10-day period, the tax bills would be turned over to police officers for collection. Mayor A L. Dyer reminded Head-on Collision A head-on collision in Tren¬ ton Saturday morning severely injured the driver of a 1954 Ford, his wife and son. William Alexander Porteous, 55, of Na- poleonville, La., the driver, was struck by a southbound car on Highway 11 just south of the hereby make this my announce¬ ment as a candidate for that position, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo¬ cratic Executive Committee in the Primary Election to be held on September 8th next. I solicit your vote and in¬ fluence in my behalf and should you trust me with this honor, I will serve you to the best in¬ terest of this district and our great State in a traditionally Southern manner. Sincerely,, R. W. MASSEY. kee Nation of Indians drew up a resolution which set forth their plan to carve a city out of the wilderness in north Geor¬ gia and to establish it as the capital of the Cherokee nation. Thus was New Echota born. But the Indian town which had begun to serve as both the po¬ litical and cultural center for the Cherokees was to have a tragically short lifetime. The restless and impatient white settlers coveted the land re¬ served for the Cherokees and constantly applid the pressure on Congress and the state gov¬ ernments for the removal of the Indians further to the West. The year 1830 saw fche end of New Echota and the short-lived but encouraging advance of the Georgia Indians toward self- government. The motive for the restora¬ tion of New Echota is partially jifor the attraction of tourists. But it is altogether fitting that it should be restored as a mo¬ nument to this admirable but tragic experiment in Indian | democracy. NUMBER 27 Jurday as a candidate for the office of representative to the General Assembly. He will run against incumbent M. J. Hale. John W. Davis, an attorney from Summerville, recently an- nounced his candidacy for judge of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, where he will oppose the incumbent, Judge Freeman C. McClure. These names comprise the complete slate of local candi¬ dates for state offices 'from this area. The 12 Democratic Exe¬ cutive Committeemen for the county are all unopposed for re-election. council members that the con¬ tract with the bonding compa¬ ny plainly states that prompt payment of water bills be en¬ forced toy discontinuing the service to users who fall toehlnd in their payments.- The council also voted to hire Mrs. W. F. Morrison to handle the city water accounts and to receive the payments. She is at the city hall each day Monday through Friday for col¬ lection. This move came as a result of the resignation of Recorded C. C. Shankles from duties connected with the wa¬ ter system. It was pointed out that this task was not neces¬ sarily part of the recorder’s job. Mrs. Morrison will receive the same compensation that Mr. Shankles had been get¬ ting. Mrs. Morrison was also hired to handle all the paper work in connection with the collection of the city tax voted on earlier this year. Three Here intersection with the Lookout Mountain Road. Sheriff F. C. Graham quoted witnesses as saying that the other vehicle, a 1953 Mercury driven by Howard Knight, a 29- year-old Negro from Cleveland, Ohio, pulled out from behind a truck, crossing a yellow line on the crest of a hill. In doing so, he hit the other car head-on. Graham said Porteous’ car had skidded approximately 50 feet, whereas there was no evi¬ dence to show that Knight had even applied his brakes. Knight and the other occupants of his car, another man, a woman and a small childr, suffered minor cuts and bruises. Knight was charged with reckless driving and released on a $40 cash bond.
