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By FRED HARTLEY
Biggest catch I’ve heard tell
•of this season was hauled in
from the river at Watt’s Bar by
anglers Herman Moore and
Martin Bradford. Forty-three
victims were hooked and land¬
ed in the one expedition, ac¬
cording to Herman.
Fortunately, the rabies ‘scare’
here in Trenton last week
proved to be a false alarm. A
negative report came back on
the dog that was suspected.
But it’s still a good idea to
get your dog inoculated. Act¬
ually, it’s required by law. Ra¬
bies inspector C. A. Whited at
Rising Fawn and Bill Farmer at
the Trenton Drug Store can
both do the job.
One night not long ago, just
before a thunderstorm struck,
I felt a wave of nostalgia come
over me as the wind roared
down the valley and swept
through the trees. For an in¬
stant, I was transported back
to another Dade County where
I grew up—on Florida’s east
coast.
In the unexpectedly strong
gust of wind there was some¬
thing that vaguely suggested
the violent storms that often
sweep across the Florida pe¬
ninsula. I even fancied I caught
a whiff of the sea in the breeze
so strong was the impression.
But as soon as I became con¬
scious of the trees above me, I
was brought back to reality.
The sturdy hardwoods’ res¬
ponse to the brisk breeze that
stirred them told me—'better
than anything else—that I was
still in Georgia’s Dade County.
The stalwart oak and maple,
unaccustomed to the gale, know
only stern resistance to its
force. Their feet planted firmly
and surely, their reply to the*
wind is stoic and unyielding.
The playful palm, however,
typical of Florida’s trees, gives
a more imaginative response.
The palm knows the wind well
—often her enemy, but ever her
playmate. She must play hos-
tss to all its moods, from the
gentle breeze to the angry hur¬
ricane. She does it with all the
charm and grace and spirit of
a vivacious lady.
She is attentive even so the
gentlest stirring of the breeze.
She will move about and chat¬
ter aimably. To the gusty gale,
she will bend and sway with
the grace and elegance of an
Arabian dancer. Her fronds
display an inherent caprice and
gaiety.
To the raging hurricane, she
is ever more yielding. Bowing
to its fierceness, she will flail
her arms about, and then
strike back angrily, almost
wildly, when at last she earns
a brief respite from its attack.
She may fall, but then like a
queen. If she still stands, she
is limp and haggard and whip¬
ped—^but yet magnificent.
Has His ~ Even The One In The Sky
®
Dog days are with us
but not for long now. Accord¬
ing to a time-honored
they will end next Wednesday,
August 11.
But that doesn’t mean
your dog will necessarily be
healthier, happier or less
to contract rabies.
The fifty-day period from
July 3 to August 11 has for cen¬
turies been known as dog days.
But it’s just a superstition that
these days have any particular
significance for dogs. In fact,
dog days were not even named
for these earthly creatures of
ours. Rather they took their
name from a canine in the sky.
Name comes from dog star
The ancient peoples gave this
period the name “dog days”
because at that time it marked
the heliacal rising of Sirius,
the dog star. It simply meant
that Sirius, after being invisible
for many weeks because of its
closeness to the sun, began to
emerge shortly before the sun
rose in the mornings and was
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1954
Trenton Issues Water Cut-Off Orders
J service Orders for to discontinue who are water three
users
months or more in arrears with
I their payments were given to
' city water technician Dudley
iCureton Tuesday. The cut-off
(orders were given him by Mrs.
W. F. Morrison city water
clerk, at the direction of the
city council in its meeting here
Monday night.
The move is part of the coun¬
cil’s drive to collect back bills
from delinquent water users.
Under the agreement with the
bonding company, the city is
obliged to end water service to
users who fall behind in meet¬
ing their payments.
And Decorated
A Commendation Ribbon
Medal Pendant was presented
Corporal Cortez E.’Moore
Route No. 2, Rising Fawn
on July 27, 1953.
CITATION
Corporal Cortez E.
US53130827, Artillery
States Army, Service
171st Field Artillery
45th Infantry Division, is cited
for meritorious service, in Korea,
from 1 April 1953 to 30 Sep¬
tember 1953. Serving as a wheel
vehicle mechanic, Corporal C. E.
Moore proved himself an able
technician despite the crude
working conditions and frequent
difficulty in obtaining repair
parts. Using his own initiative,
he improved upon every situ¬
ation and performed amazing
feats in repairing vehicles with
the material he had. Corporal
Moore’s complete knowledge of
mechnics and willingness to
work were the factors that
made it possible for the vehicles
of the battalion to be kept in
superior condition. Corporal
MOORE’S outstanding .perform¬
ance of duty reflects high cre¬
dit on himself and the military
service. Entered the Federal
service from Georgia.
A Bronze Star Medal was
presented to Sgt. Harry W.
Moore of Route 2, Rising Fawn,
Georgia on 27 July 1954.
Rufus W. Massey
Withdraws From
State Senate Race
The following letter was re¬
ceived Tuesday by the secretary
of the Dade County, Democratic
Executive Committee:
H. F. Allison, Sect.-Treas.
Dade Co. Democratic Committee
This is to notify you that I
wish my name withdrawn as a
candidate for the office of sen¬
ator from the ballot to be used
in the Democratic primary to
be held on Sept., 8, 1954.
This action is being taken af¬
ter due consideration, and with
the conclusion that I do not
have the time to see the voters
and in doing so would take too
thus visible again. Sirius got
its name for being the princi-
pal star n the Big Dog constel-
j ation
The closeness of our sun and
the brightest star in the hea-
'vens was supposed by these an-
cient peoples to have an ad-
verse effect on the earth and
all human life upon it. They
blame the phenomenon for
causing the hot sultry weather
felt at this time of the year.
They believed that it caused
the sea to boil, wine to become
so ur, dogs to go mad and all
other creatures to languish. In
men it was thought to produce
an increase of bile, frenzies,
burning fevers, ard other ma¬
lignant disorders. Another po¬
pular superstition held that all
physic should be declined dur¬
ing the period and cures com¬
mitted to nature alone. That
! accounts for it being called the
“physician’s holiday.”
Today w r e know that these
notions were just superstitions.
Due to a shifting motion of the
| It was pointed out at the
meeting that users faced wiih
discontinuance of the service
and could net meet the entire
amount of the bill might be
! spared the cut-off by making
arrangements to settle their
accounts in the near future.
Both the mayor and Mr. Cure-
ton expressed the belief that
most delinquent users would
use this means of preventing
the end of their water service.
This action follows the move
by the council at last month’s
meeting to discontinue water
service to users over three
months delinquent who had
not made arrangements to set¬
tle by July 20.
Headquarters Eighth United
States Army — APO 301, r/o
Postmaster San Francisco, Ca¬
lifornia.
CITATION — BRONZE STAR
MEDAL.
Sergeant HARRY W. MOORE,
US53129500, United States Ar¬
my. Sergeant MOORE, a mem¬
ber of Service Battery, 555th
Field Artillery Battalion, is
cited for meritorious service in
connection with military opera¬
tions against an armed enemy
in Korea during the period 19
January 1953 to 12 February
1954. Serving as Assistant Bat¬
talion Supply Sergeant, Ser¬
geant MOORE performed his
duties in an efficient and out¬
standing manner. During one
phase of combat operations
when the battalion had suffer¬
ed heavy losses in equipment,
Sergeant MOORE voluntarily
worked many extra hours to
provide firing batteries with
the necessary equipment to re¬
sume emergency and normal fir¬
ing duties. His actions then and
in tfie months following, when
the battalion was issued en¬
tirely new equipment, served to
keep supply offices function¬
ing at peak efficiency. The me¬
ritorious service rendered by
Sergeant MOORE throughout
(this | himself period reflects and the great military credit
on
service.
Deputy Sheriff.
Smith Resigns
j The former deputy said here
this week that he had “ap¬
preciated the opportunity to
work with the people of Dade
County” in this capacity and
that he thanked them for their
cooperation wth him in carry¬
ing out his duties.
I Deputy Sheriff Rushel Smith
last week resigned from the
post he has held for the last
year and a half.
much time from business which
I am engaged in.I wish to thank
the committee for their coop¬
eration and all of my friends
who have pledged me their sup¬
port in my race.
(Signed) Rufus W. Massey
,earth, called precession, Sirius
is now in conjunction with the
; sun during the whole month of
July and does net rise before
the sun until August. Properly
'speaking, then, today dog days
do not begin until around the
first oi August and do not end
until sometime in September,
But we still have our worst
summer weather usually in
July and the first week or two
(in August. And for tradition’s
sake, we still use the dates as-
signed by the Greeks and Ro-
mans. But we know our dis¬
comfort at this time of the year
has nothing to do with the
closeness of the sun to the dog
star.
Welcomed in Egypt
The “observance” of dog days
began with the ancient Egypt¬
ians. They noted that the rising
of Sirius and two other stars
coincided with the overflowing
of the Nile River. With this
great life-giving event taking
place at the same time, the
period was welcomed with con¬
All Teams But Idle
Lkt. Mtn. Defeated
A change in schedule in
amateur Volunteer League
sulted in games being played
both Dade and Davis
But it would have been
for both to have remained
as the original schedule had
dicated. Dade County was
ged out by South Pittsburg
and Davis fell before Whitwell
17-3.
1 Dade outhit their opponents
but four fielding errors by
losers spelled the difference
tween (cooper, victory Roy and McMahan defeat.
Scrap-Iron Evans each
three hits to their credit.
were recorded by Cooper,
McMahan and Jim
'and by Speegel and McNabb
'South Pittsburg.
( Dade edged ahead o f
(rivals in the sixth, 7-6, but
South Pittsburg bounced
| to tie it up in the seventh. The
j tie was unbroken by the
in which both teams scored two
runs. The Tennessee nine tallied
the winning run in the
teth period as Bill Carter’s sin¬
gle scored Don McNabb who
had tripled.
Whitwell’s Jesse Saynes’ sev¬
en-hit pitching with eight neat
strike-cuts accounted largely for
the Davis defeat. However Dub
Patton and Don Keith both
managed t o get two hits
him.
I Whitwell grabbed an early
lead by scoring four quick runs
in the first inning and never re
( linquished it. Pluto Ellison hurl¬
ed for Davis all nine innings.
Georgia-Volunteer League
! Cedar Grove wallopped New
Salem on the latter’s own dia¬
mond Sunday, 27-16. A total of
44 hits (22 for each team) and
nine errors were racked up in
the Tree-wheeling tussle. New
■Salem’s Don- Gray swatted a
three-run homer and drove in
three more runs t o lead the
losers at bat.
! Lookout Mountain was lucky
enough to draw a bye and thus
was the only team in the county
to get through Sunday without
being defeated.
I Next Sunday’s Games
Next Sunday Dade meets the
i Davis nine on Sand Mountain
fountain and Lockout Mount¬
ain plays Cedar Grove on the
latter’s hame diamond. New Sa¬
lem will be idle.
See inside page for box scores.
Tom Linder
To Speak At
Trenton Friday
A large crowd is expected to
hear gubernatorial candidate
Tom Linder speak on Court¬
house Square in Trenton on
Friday, August 6. Linder is the
first candidate to speak in
Dade County during the
rent campaign The rally is
scheduled to begin at 11 A. M.
siderable rejoicing, and the ris¬
ing of the dog star was consid¬
ered a highly beneficial omen.
But across the sea in Rome,
the reverse was true. The rising
of Sirius after its conjunction
with the sun was considered to
have a malignant influence, and
its coming was dreaded. Act¬
ually, it was the most uncom¬
fortable time of the year.
It was in Rome that most of
superstitions about dog days
grew up. Many have persisted
until today. The Reman writer
Pliny contributed to the myth
that evil influences drove dogs
mad. He “noted” the prevalence
of hydrophobia during that
period of the year.
Other dog (superstitions
But the cnce-popular myths
about dog days are not the only
superstitutions that have sur¬
rounded “man’s best friend” for
ages. Popular fancy has en¬
dowed the dog with an uncan¬
ny, almost supernatural gift for
sensing evil.
When a dog throws back his
Published Weekly — Since 1901
Dade Schools 27
School starts in Dade Couhty
cn Friday, August 27, when stu¬
dents will report for registration
announced county superinten-
Roy W. Moore this week. Teach¬
ers will report on Monday, Aug.
23, for pre-school work.
The Rising Fawn Elementary
School will have only seven
grades this year. Those who
would have entered the eight
grade there this year will go to
Dade High.
Premon T. Hall will be the
new principal at Rising Fawn.
His wife will teach there also.
Mr. Mocre said that all teach¬
er vacancies except one at Dade
High had been filled. This sit¬
uation happily contrasts with
the teacher shortage in other
sections of the state and nation
where the problem has reached
the acute stage in places.
*One additional school bus will
be put into service this year to
transport the students. Four
busses have also been procured
as replacements. Last year saw
five new busses added as re¬
placements.
A new course i n vocational
agriculture will be added to the
curriculum a t Dade high this
year, open to all boys in the
high school. Dade Principal J.
C. Billue expects three classes to
be formed. The course will be
offered on a part time basis this
year, but will likely go to full
time with the completion of
the new school building.
OR. Stanley, a graduate of
Auburn in agriculture and hold¬
er of a Georgia vocational ag¬
riculture certificate, will teach
the course.
Following is a complete list
of teachers for the coming
year:
Show
Members of Trenton’s Boy
Scout Troop No. 143 Monday
night presented a scouting de-
monstration t o acquaint the
community here with their act¬
ivities. The boys put on several
exhibitions designed to show
their skill in camping and first
aid. They were led by Scout¬
master Spencer Jenkins.
Scouts taking part i n the
cam,p series were: fire-building,
Larry Wheeler and Jimmy For¬
ester; camp cooking, Travis Hall
and Douglas Wheeler; setting
up a tent. Tommy Wheeler and
Pete Tatum; building a table,
Cecil Fosester, Dale Sims and
Eddie Sims sharpening an axe,
Larry Green.
In the first aid series, par¬
ticipants included: snake bite,
Eddie Sims, Frankie Woodfin;
artificial respiration, Tommy
Wheeler and LeBron Pace; care
for burns, Denny Goodwin and
Lamar Hutchins, treatment for
shock, Cecil Forester and Tom¬
my Patterson; cuts and bruises,
Dale Sims and Larry Green.
The troop’s two patrols, the
Flaming Arrow, led by Dale
Sims, and the Wolf, whose lead-
< head . and « howls, t 1 . many ______1. people
still think he is warning if an
impending death o r disaster.
Sdme go so far as to believe that
a dog’s howling foretells death
because the apparition of death
of death itself appears to the
creature. It is thought that the
specter, invisible to man, is act-
ually seen or sensed by animals,
especially the dog.
Scientific explanations of the
dog’s howl have been put forth
from time to time. One theory
ways that it comes from his
primitive instnets when dogs
lised to hunt in packs. The
howl was or them a rallying
call, even as it is or wolves to-
‘day.
But from the earliest times,
it has been thought that the
dog, in some supernatural way
foresaw danger and protected
man from it. He has displayed
so many uncanny vinstincts for
protecting his master from the
approach of an enemy that he
was credited with the power to
sense the approach of invisible
NUMBER 31
Dade County
J. C. Billue, principal; Mes-
dames Clara C. Stewart, Ersa-
line B. Carroll, Delilah Wheeler,
Jessie Lewis, Thelma Bell,
Jewell Michaels, Ncra P. Tho¬
mas, c. D. Parker, John R. Co¬
field, Willie Htfghes, J. L.
Fricks, and Stella T. Carroll;
Misses Carrie Stinecipher, Ida
J. Moore, and Sallie Hashe; A.
T. Bottoms, C. D. Cheatham,
John R. Cofield, O. R. Stan¬
ley and Delmas Freeman, ath¬
letic coach.
Davis Elementary and
High School
D. O. Chumley, principal;
Mesdames Innes Simmons, Ru¬
by Carter, Thelma Gray, Edna
B. Sutton, Peggy N. Bentley,
Vendia Lacey Smith, Ada K.
Bottoms, Kate Elliott, Geneva
Allison, Ophelia Tucker, Mary
Ellen Rochester, and Winoa Hl-
xon; Jiames A. Smith, Patrick
L. Bentley, Jr., Samuel E.
Jones, Houston Smith, Henry
Elliott, Bervelle Fuller and T.
M. Tucker, athletic coach
New Salem
J. T. Childress, principal;
Mesdames Cecil Hale; Lucy
Holtzhower and Irene Moore.
North Dade
L. C. McHughes, principal;
Mesdames Pearl Blevins, Agnes
Castleberry, Gertrude Wallen,
Emma Jane Holmes, Martha
Pullen, Thelma Winkler; Miss
Elba Cole.
Rising Fawn
Premon T. Hall, principal;
Mesdames Mary Ellis, Gwen C.
Smith, B. B. Kenimer and Pre¬
mon Hall; Misses Peggy Blansit
and Sarah Frances Taylor.
Hooker
Mrs. Lula D. Paris, principal,
and Mrs. Dorothy Lee Bone El-
dridge.
;er is Tommy Wheeler, presented
four skits.
j (sentation J-C. Billue of made the charter a formal to pee- the
troop and read the oath of the
scout. He also presented the
committee-imen with member¬
ship cards.
A special treat of the evening
was the performance offered by
Joe Lee Tatum, alias Mojo, the
Magician. His tricks delighted
Scouts and parents alike.
The meal cooked by the Boy
Scouts was served to the com¬
mitteemen. The latter ate the
hamburger, hashed browned po¬
tatoes and peas and lived to say
they actually enjoyed it. Red
Goodwin and Buck Gifford oame
prepared, bringing along bicar¬
bonate of soda. They did not
have to use it, though.
TWO DADE YOUTHS
LEAVE FOR INDUCTION
Donald Rudolph Moore and
Barney Omar Bradford, both
of Route 3, Rising Fawn, left
for induction this week.
The two youths departed
from here Monday for the U.S.
Armed Forces Induction Center
in Atlanta.
ievils, such V* n as n rlnnf death r\ or demons
as well.
| The friend canine became the man’s
best when cave men
found him thousands of years
ago and domesticated him. But
his becoming a domestic animal
did not take away his powers
of hunting and tracking down
prey
! Because of his keen senses,
the dog has become man’s fa-
vorite animal companion. Al-
though he is color blind, his
hearing covers a range fifteen
times that of man. For this rea¬
son the howling of the night
wind or a “high-pitched musical
.note might easily irritate his
sensitive ears. Perhaps this
might account for his howling,
; The dog’s acute senses today
enable him to perform one noble
and humanitarian service that
no other animal could do. As
a companion and guide for
blind people, the dog is proving
his worth as never before.
So much for this dog days’
tribute to man’s best friend.
