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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1954)
®te 4 tic (f limes Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIV ... Here ‘n’ There... By FRFD HARTLEY Dark Horse “Candidate” Injet'to New Issue The following is a recent let¬ ter to the editor of The Atlanta Constitution, reprinted in its entireity. That’s all I know about it. Baldwin—It looks like some of the “long-range propaganda" has already exploded in the gov¬ ernor’s race—much of which I am unable to unravel or digest. What a pity we have such a group of wanting to be leaders and not a one has even men¬ tioned our little feathered friends. If it wasn’t for cur birds we wouldn’t need a gov¬ ernor or anything else. So far, I am the only one to ever men¬ tion our birds. Of course, as you know the field is full and running over— possibly a run-over and that being the case, I am urged by many to just stay in the race and look forward to what they call a banner year for “write-in votes” in the general election. Who knows but what I might yet carry out my plans and move the Capitol to Banks county and surround it with bird boxes and martin gourds? Confaie N. Watts. All right, Mr. Watts, just who is going to unravel and digest this bit of “long-range propa¬ ganda" you’ve just unleaded on us? And another thing your plat¬ form sounds pretty incomplete. Why,, you haven’t even said if you propose to maintain separ¬ ate but equal bird boxes when you get the Capitol moved over to Banks County. Congratulations to the Boy Scouts for bringing home the bacon again from the district’s Court of Honor. It’s beginning to look as If the Trenton troop might get to keep the attend¬ ance plaque as a permanent trophy. The good showing that the young Trenton troop—and the New England troop as well— has been making is a sure sigh that the scouting movement has been receiving the support it deserves and that the boys themselves are benefiting from it. The adult leaders of the movement here merit special commendation for their work. Be sure to attend the Scouts’ demonstration at the play¬ ground Monday night. You’ll be able to see what the boys have been accomplishing the short time they’ve been Scouts. I know firemen are supposed to wear red hats. But I’ve ne¬ ver seen one quite so red as that currently being sported by forest fireman Jerry Pace. I bet it even glows in the dark. Better hang on to it, Jerry, in case you ever decide to run for office. Brother, if you ever threw that thing into the ring, NOBODY could miss seeing it. Georgia's Soil Testing Service Setting Pace For Nation More and more dirt farmers Are using dirt samples these days to cut costs and to increase crop yields. The widely increased use of the soil testing service, both lo¬ cally and throughout the state, is an encouraging sign that Georgia farmers are becoming convinced that scientific farm¬ ing pays off. The soil test ser¬ vice, conducted by the Georgia Experiment Stations, is a part of the University of Georgia’s efforts to make the state more productive agriculturally and its farmers more prosperous. There are some significant features of the Georgia program that distinguish it from similar services in other states. Where¬ as neighboring states charge a fee for the service, in Georgia it is provided free. Also, Geor¬ gia is the only state in the Un¬ ion that has the mobile units that virtually bring the labora¬ tory to the farm. These factors help to account for the fact that in this state during the last fiscal year, more Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954 4-H JUNIOR FOR FSTRV WT KNF /?<? ssr” Here are the award winners in Junior 4-H Club Forestry Competition at the North Geor¬ gia Achievement meeting held in Athens recently. Larry Konrad of Rising Fawn, who cap¬ tured an “excellence” award for his demonstration on proper (Stacking ojf lumber for air dry- ing is pictured on the front row, second from the right. Larry is the 11-year-old son of IMr. and Mrs. W. G. Konrad and is in the seventh grade in Rising Fawn School. It was the first time Larry had made a demonstration at the District Achievement meeting. The forestry compe¬ tition is sponsored by the Southern Bell Telephone Co. —Photo Courtesy of Southern Bell Telephone Co. Dade And Lookout Mtn. Victorious Three Attending Dade County’s red hot base¬ ball nine chalked up their fifth straight victory in the Volunteer League’s second half of play as they trounced Whitiwell Sunday by a score of 15-6. Dade’s Whittle did some of his best pitching of the sea¬ son as he struck out ten bat¬ ters and gave up eight hits. Starting pitcher Bill Evens left the game after his first pitch across the plate. The throw evidently pulled a muscle in his pitching arm that has been giving trouble all season. Roy McMahan, with one, two and three-baggers, and Jeril Cooper, also with three hits, paced the Dade team to the win. South Pittsburg scored two runs in the eighth to edge Da¬ vis 7-6 and push the Sand Mt. team into the third place spot which it now holds jointly with Wauhatchie. Bim Patton struck out eight batters as he gave up 12 hits. Centerfielder Hilliard Stevens led the losers at bat with three safeties in four tries. Geongia-Volunteer League Lookout Mountain's Herman Moore turned in a spectacular performance at bat to lead his team to a 19-5 drubbing of neartoy Durham. In addition to batting 1.000 for four trips to the plate, Herman swatted out a three-run homer as he pinch hit for Jerry Moore in the fifth. Pitcher Cortez Moore was re¬ lieved by Arvine Bradford at the end of four innings after giving up nine hits for the five Durham runs. Bradford only allowed one hit for the remain¬ ing five innings of play. New Salem fell victim to un¬ defeated Rossville Sunday, 13-9 Southpaw Carl Steele, not up to his usual form, allowed 14 men to reach first base. Shook, Fred Bradford and Brannon each had two hits to their cre¬ dit. that 52,000 soil samples were tested and recommendations made from them. This figure far outstrips the number of the tests run in some other stages in the Southeast area. From Blairsville Station The mobile unit from the Georgia Mountain Experiment Station alone during the last fiscal year tested 6108 soil sam¬ ples. This unit, which serves Dade County, is manned by M. B. Parker, a graduate of the University’s College of Agricul¬ ture, and his assistant, Mark Stephens. Their faces are fa¬ miliar to many local residents, having appeared on two pro¬ grams here i n the county to (demonstrate the technique of soil testing. The soil testing process begins with the farmer, of course. He collects samples from the field that he wishes tested--10 to 15 ! acre--and mixes them thor¬ oughly. per samples have After the been left at the courthouse, employees of the SCS, ASC and the Extension Service assist each other in sifting, bagging and tagging the samples to prepare them for the tests. Inside the mobile test lab, the soil i s mixed with a solution containing both hydrochloric and sulphuric acids. Five grams of soil are measured out and is put into a test tube with ten cubic centimeters of the liquid. These tubes are then attached like spokes on a wheel to a ro¬ tating bar called, logically, ftie “shaking machine.” I Five Tests Run This shaking process dissolves enough minerals in the acid that the tests are run from the liquid solution alone. Five tests are made. They determine the amount of acid, potash, calcium, phosphate and magnesium in the samples brought in. If the ;samples are representative of ! the field as a whole, then ac- curate recommendations can be 'made as to the amounts of lime and fertilizer needed to increase 'crop yields. Next Sunday everybody gets a rest but New Salem, who will be host to Cedar Grove. Dade, Davis and Lookout Mountain all will be idle. See back page fer box scores. Scout Show Set For Monday Night The Boy Scouts of Troop 143 will present a demonstration of scouting at the mission play ground on Monday night, Aug. 2, at 7:30 P.M. This demonstration will cover the different things that have been taught the Scouts such as first aid, setting up a camp, cooking a meal building a fire, and Scout spirit. As an added attraction, Prof. “Mojo” the magician will be pre¬ sent for a few of hi. 1 ricks. Let’s everyone come out and help put this over by showing your interest in the boys and their Scout work. Two Scouts will cook a meal, and the committeemmen of the troop will sample their cooking. P. S.—To All Committeemen— First aid kits will be available if needed. TV A Farm Meeting Dade County Home Demon¬ stration Agent Miss Naomi Hubble and Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Moore of'Lookout Mt. left here Wednesday to attend a meeting of farm families who have participated in the Ten¬ nessee Valley Authority’s test experiment farms. The meeting is being held at Muscle Shoals, Ala., on Wednesday night, Thursday and Friday. Approximately 50 frem Geor¬ gia are expected to attend the three-day meeting which will draw farm families from seven states. The families attending the annual affair are those that have taken part in the TVA prog*Jim which authorizes fede¬ ral aid for farm households in exchange for carrying out cer¬ tain special recommendations in farming and homemaking practices’ The program has the double value cf 1) aiding farmers who are willing to take part and (2) making widespread exper¬ iments to determine the value of the special practices. Boy Scouts Take Plaque 2nd Time Trenton’s Boy Scout Troop No. 143 has done it again. Fifty Scouts, their parents, committeemen and Scout boost¬ ers Tuesday night formed a del¬ egation to attend the Battlefield District’s bi-monthly Court o f Honor and brought heme the attendance plaque for the sec¬ ond time in succession. The fifty persons representing the Trenton troop made it 211% i n attendance, New England’s Troop 36 came in second in the attendance percentage. The meeting, held at the Fair- view Baptist Church between Rossville and Ft. Oglethorpe, was for the purpose of present¬ ing merit badges and awards to Scouts who have earned them in the last two months. The attendance plaque is a gold, plate mounted on a hand¬ some weeden shield. It is award- to the troop that wins it at each Court of Honor. The troop winning it the most times dur¬ ing the course of a year will gain permanent possession of it. There’s nothing definite on it yet, but there is a good possi¬ bility that the next Court of Honor, in September, will take place in Trenton. The test for acidity, • . or the i ^ - pH factor, is usually run first. The results are read from a guage and recorded on a chart. The recorded figures are apt to be confusing at first until it is 'explained that the lower the number, the higher the acidity of the soil. | For the other tests, various solutions, known a s reagents, are applied to the soil mixture to determine the amounts of neccsary minerals that are pre¬ sent in the soil. In the test for magnesium, the reagent will turn the soil mixture different colors, varying from a pale yellow through the color orange to an almost scar¬ let hue. The paler the color the less the magnesium content. Potash Shortage Noted Here The reaction i n the potash test makes the mixture an orange color, some clear, some cloudy. The clearer solutions in¬ dicate a potast deficiency. Mr Parker said that the potash de¬ ficiency is more common here than any of the other minerals. Published 1901 Three Way Accident Hurts 9 Persons Three cars were involved in an accident near Morganville Saturday which injured nine people, two of them seriously. Deward Fuqua, 31, cf Birm¬ ingham, was reported in a fair condition in a Chattanooga hospital, suffering from frac¬ tures of both arms and a leg, as well as head cuts. His wife Jean, 25, sustained a fractured kneecap and a cut about the mouth. Their two children, Danny and David, were injured slightly, but net enough to re¬ quire hospitalization. Two Dade County youths were involved in the accident, James C. Castleberry of Rising Fawn and Tobie Powell, Tren¬ ton . Castleberry, home on leave from the Army, was the driver of one of the vehicles. He said he was driving south on High¬ way 11 about 40 miles per hour when the car driven by Bernard Efagett, 16, of Midway Com¬ munity near Fort Oglethorpe, rammed him from behind. Baggett’s car then swerved across the road and struck the northbound car of Fuqua. In the car with Baggett were Leonard Long, 15, Ringgold, William C. Steele, 21, Brewton, Ala., and Powell. Baggett was ■arrested on charges of driving 'under the influence of alcohol 'and driving without a license. He was taken to the Dade .County jail but was released [Monday on a $500 bond. Little Theater to Present Comedy “Brides to Burn” is the title of the next production of the Trenton Little Theater. Two performances, on August 13 and 14, will be given. It will be staged at the Dade County School auditorium and proceeds 'will go to the polio emergency drive. j Contrary to what you might I expect from the title, no bride¬ burning will be seen on the stage. However, at one point Gilroy Gundy, wealthy young scion and amnesia victim, would like to set fire to a cou¬ ple of his. The young man played by Russell Morgan, is more than bewildered when two of his foreign “wives” shew up just prior to his mar¬ riage to the girl of his aunt’s | choj.ce. The mythical wives are por¬ trayed by Martin Nethery as “Fats” Fulton and Fred Hart¬ ley as Hap Hazard. They both have strong motives for dis¬ crediting Gilroy. Gilroy’s aristocratic Aunt TLsh (Mrs. Ed Pace) and the neurotic Mrs. Borland <Mrs. Martin Nethery), both want to match up Gilroy and Trudi [Borland, played by Rose Dyer. But Trudi and Hap are stuck ;on each other and Fats has a 'crush on Sue Prentis (Peggy Renfroe), who in turn harbors a secret love for Gilroy. Almost unbelievingly, this complex situation is happily ironed out in the end. More laughs are added by such comic characters as Hotchkiss, the English butler with a tooth¬ ache (G. L. Morgan); the hill¬ billy cook, Sapolia (Betty Mor¬ gan); the wily fortune teller, Madame Gasparilla (Mrs. Bill Presley); and Dr. Jonesby, a deaf dentist (Montford Ta¬ tum) . Curtain time is 8:00 P. M. for both Friday and Saturday nights. So far, tickets have been placed on sale in Trenton at the Busy Bee Restaurant, the drug store and at Scrugg’s grocery; at Townsend’s in Wildwood. The Baptist minis¬ ters of the county and mem¬ bers of the cast also have tickets for sale. All tickets sell for 50c, and will admit one adult. Seats for children will be sold for 25c at the auditorium on the nights the play is presented. Polio Drive Million Short The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis has an¬ nounced that the 1954 March of Dimes fell $20,000,000 short of its goal. Because of this ! large deficit, an emergency drive for funds to make it up will be conducted throughout the country during the last two weeks in August. Dade County chapter chair¬ man I. H. Wheeler, Jr., ex¬ plained that the research and inoculation program planned for the rest of the year could not be carried out without the additional money. Mrs. Martin Nethery, chair¬ man of the March of Dimes in the January drive, will also head this campaign Proceeds from the current production of the Trenton Little Theater will bo donated for the cause. I Polio experts have recently expressed optimism that the battle now being waged against | the disease will succeed in vir¬ tually stamping it out within the next few years. The addi¬ tional funds are needed so that the fight may be carried on without interruption. Robbery Suspect Taken by FBI Here Thurman Merras, truck driver from Sand Mountain, was ar¬ rested here Friday by Sheriff F' C. Graham and turned ever to federal authorities who want him on a fraud charge. Merras is also suspected as having taken part in the Gross robbery here last week. Graham released him to the custody of Ted Peacock, FBI agent from Rome. rru The-, the liquid a milky color, rang¬ ing from almost clear to a near¬ ly white shade. In this test, as [with the magnesium, the trick is to hold a glass vial over a ^ard with lines printed on it. The solution is dropped into the 5 vial until the lines are no'lon¬ ger visible. The amount of li¬ quid still left in the dropper in¬ dicates the amount of the min- ’eral in the soil. The phosphate reagent turns the test liquid blue—from a very light to an almost inky shade. Again, the darker the color the greater the phosphate content. After the tests are run and results recorded, recommenda¬ tions are made for each indi¬ vidual sample in number the of pounds per acre of fertilizer and lime needed. The tests are not fool-proof, says Mr. Parker. This is largely because the sm a 11 samples cannot always give an accurate indication for a field of several acres. But they can be used very effectivly as a guide in liming and fertilizer County Agent L.C. Adams says that Dade County farmers are beginning to take advant¬ age of the service in large num¬ bers now. He has noted a size¬ able increase in the number of samples turned in for the last few tests. Saves Farmer Money Even more encouraging are the results that have been pro¬ duced by following the recom¬ mendations. Mr. Adams says that one farmer who was plan¬ ing to spend hundreds of dollars in lime application this fall now discovers from the soil test re¬ sults that the soil has a very low acid content and that an application of lime would be a waste of money. Others have noted astonishing responses in the crop yields by following the test suggestions Any way you look at it, funds laid out for soil testing in Geor¬ gia is money well spent, espe¬ cially i f farmers continue to take advantage of it in increas¬ ing numbers. NUMBER 30 --- _.
