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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1954)
Cotutto limes Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIV Here ‘n’ There By FRED HARTLEY Autumn in the mountains is one of Mother Nature’s most lavish and gaudy spectacles. With the help of Jack Frost this past week, she has set the slopes and hollows ablaze with color. The fire-splashed leaves have denned their brighest l'recks in this their last days in o der to finish their sho-t span in a blaze of glory. Knowing their days are num¬ bered. they can’t resist this this last glorious fling—this chance to grab the spotlight once again as they did not long ago in springtime — before they drop and fall into obscurity. Tl.'t futuramic vehicle you may have seen in front of Pop Williams’ was not the new Chevrolet. They came out Thursday, incidentally. This particular monstrosity was actually an old Chevy, but you’d never know it. The homemade body featur¬ ed flaring fins, sweeping over¬ hangs, jet-like vents, sunken headlights and handleless dcors that opened mysteriously with a gadget on the inside. The driver— ahd undoubtedly the creator of the bizarre ma¬ chine-emerged from the cock¬ pit and announced he needed some new points. Wouldn’t have surprised me if he'd been wearing a space helmet. The dashboard resembled the in¬ strument panel of a Sabre Jet. The mechanic approached the infernal contraption with understandable cauttcn and some misgivings. But under the hood, it was just like any other old Chevy, His points replaced, the own¬ er climbed aboard, strapped himself in, and bugged out. A final glance from behind re- v e a 1 e d that — with all this grandeur—he didn’t even have twin smittys. Sign on U. S. 11 just across j the line in Alabama: DeSoto 1 State Park—25 miles. Six miles l 3 ter another sign: DeSoto State Park—15 miles. Must have taken a short cut along there somewhere without knowing it. Theie’s another sign on the same road- “Huge Close-out Sale—Chenille and Candlewick Bedspreads ” The bedspreads are still there all right, but the sign is weather-beaten and faded with aae -- Think you’re pretty good at -2* TZZ l/lches Who while he mends pots. The fol- lowino- (readmit conversation ensues aloud)- “Are vou cooper-bottoming ’em me man?” “No mum^’ mum I’m aluminuming ~ ummummg ’em ’ Ties . aliowe a Mixture of Sacred and Profane Traditions Where did they come from? The witches, goblins, black skeletons, sjceieions, ghosts gnosis and aim that go along with Hallowe’en” Strange that the wildest and most bizarre of all our celebra- tions should precede a religious holiday, traditionally one of the most solemn observances of the Church, All Saints Day. None of our customary celebrations have such diverse, yet related origins as the traditions surrounding Hallowe’en The outlandish character of Hallowe’en demonstrations had theirbeginning with the Celt* in the British Isles back in the se- cond century B. C. At this time of year these primitive peoples observed festival in honor ot f a 7 Samhain, , Lord . the sun_god and of the Dead They iney believed Demeveu that — the night before November 1, Sam- h&in released the spirits of a, those who had died during the Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade and THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1954 <$• Miss Mary Ellis Bettis of Morganville and Barbara Boyd of Idle Acres Farm, Wildwood, are shown here with their heifers that captured awards in the county fair’s livestock show here on October 16. Mary Ellis’ (left) is a short-horn registered beef cow and Barbara’s is a Hereford. Plans Set For Rock Dedication At least seven Dade Coun- tians will attend the dedica¬ tion of the Georgia 4-H Club Center at Rock Eagle Park Sat¬ urday. R. J. Richardson, state 4-H leader and chairman of the dedication committee, said plans for the big day are com¬ plete. The Dade delegation, com¬ prising part of the throng of 25,000 expected to attend, will include County Agent L. C. Adams and Mrs. Adams, Heme Demonstration Agent Miss Na:- Hubble, Mrs. R. P. Fricks, Mrs. L. M. Allison, ,Mrs. W. G. Konrad, Mrs. Gdorge Carroll, Jr. and Miss May Cureton. fne days festivities will in¬ clude music by the Third Army Announce Results of County ASC Poll Results of the Dade County ASC Committee election held cn October 20 show that C. L. Ivey, of Cole City, was elected chairman; W. L. Fannin, of Rising Fawn, vice-chairman; and Jcs Blevins, of Wildwood, member. Grady McKaig of New Salem and Otis York of Rising Fawn were elected, al- ternates. All of the comitteemen are farmers. The three members of the committee were re-elect- ed but the alternates were elected to serve their first term, The committee will take office on November 1 and will be res- ponsible fer the county admin- Gtraticn of the Agricultural Conservation Program., Price arkeiSTfluota“ other activities which may be as b Mr. Ivey, the chairman, owns and operates a farm at Ccle City. On this farm he pro- duces corn, cotton,, truck crops and livestock. He has been co- opera ting in the Agricultural conservation Program since ;past year. Since their death |they bodies had of low. been r conHnect i^the * • thi night . m .. y freed t0 ^ i .play and cavor, .. Human In connection f es t ; - vities the i c<ei Dracticed the r-rnm sacrificP _ un cf horses a _ | nappy v * ged in large wicker • ‘ d burn- - i ed alive. I The Romans put a step to this gruesome practice but the ^ j tom ^ (Well into -e_ Middle Ages> cats the trad Qf , ,, in ^ches dicker Da HaUowe , en irv,o me rhurch in time set aside N.yemoer^ ^ i riav ^ to honor all o11 known or unknown The year was not ------- long enoug f h saint to e 0 all his and ,, there were some own, band, a radio program over NBC’s National Farm and Home Hour, a talk by Governor Herman Talmadge, and open house at the Center following the program. Government officials from Washington, Agricultural Ex- tension Service workers from a number of other states, and of¬ ficials of the National Commit¬ tee on Boys and Girls Club Work in Chicago also will at¬ tend. The program will feature a talk by Georgia’s associate Ex¬ tension dirctor W. A. Sutton, entitled “A Dream Come True”, which will outline the back¬ ground'and history of the ’cen¬ ter. 1940. This year he is carrying out the following sell and water conservation practices: Perma- nent pastures, ccnstiuction of dam for livestock water and es- taiblLment of protective winter cover Mr. Fannin, the vice-chai- farm i man, cwns and operates a a t Rising Fawn. Here he pro¬ duces permanent pasture and small grain. He has a growing livestock herd. He aim, is car- rying out soil and water con- servation practices on his farm such as the clearing and estab- li hment of permanent pas- tures and the establishment of t opo ary grazing* Mr. Fan- n n has bought two farms bad- ly in need ot renovation and v'omcMarm implement “ in" these *£ tu es - The member, Mr. Blevins, cwns a farm at New England and he is principally engaged in livestock production. Seven years ago Mr. Blevins grew corn and cottcn but has com- martyrdom , or sainthood had mt^b recognized or known ~ A11 Saints Day wa3 as as a a tribute tribute to to all all tho ^ . se not otherwise recognized, popular fancyj the day continued to mean the gather- n g time of all departed souls, sanctified and unsanctified. The uperstitiou3 pecp i e , espe cially in Ireland, added fairys and go- blins to the List of imaginary Hallowe’en revelers Even more characteristic of the traditions of All Saints Eve " were the ^ socl3itions with ma _ gic and withcraft. Despite the advent of Christianity, the po- pular belief in magic as a means cf warding off evil spir- its itg persisted persisted. . The ---- church ------- for a while while did did not not dcther bether to to put pul a a st0 p to these fancfiul, but ap- parently harmless popular no- tions But a{ter a time , the Church less tolerant and took Officers Seize Two Stills in County Within Sin?le Week Trenton city policemen G. C. Tatum and H. H. Hutchins, along with state alcohol reve¬ nue officials J. D. Scoggins and W. H. Scuthers, uncovered and destroyed a 1000 gallon still on Fox Mountain last Wednesday. October 20. The officers also poured out 24 gallons of mash that was “leady to run.” The still was located on the property recent¬ ly acquired by the Bowater Paper Corporation as a source of pulpwood. Hutchins said the only inha¬ bitant of the mountain on the Georgia side was a “watchman” for the paper firm, who had a pack of 12 dogs with him. The unidentified watchman dis¬ claimed any knowledge of the still. Another still was seized and destroyed the following Wed¬ nesday, Octcbr 27, by Sheriff F. C. Graham and the four above named officers. The raid netted a 300-gallon blackpot and nine gallons cf wildcat whiskey, all of which was destroyed. The still was lo¬ cated near Hooker, net far from the Tennessee state line. Virginia McMahan, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Me Mahan of Rising Fawn, and a student at Dade High School, is pictured above with her prize winning New Hampshire Red pullet. Virginia was awarded a blue ribbon at the county fair for her brood of 12 hens. pletely changed to pasture and grazing. Mr. Blevins has seed¬ ed small grain for livestock grazing this winter to supple¬ ment his feed program. Mr. McKaig and Mr. York are both exceptionally good farmers as well as good leaders their respective communities and should they be needed to replace a regular committee¬ man we are very fortunate to have these farmers to repre¬ sent the farmers of Dade County. s' Lookout Mountain’s highest point, near Durham, is 2391 feet above sea level. a stronger *__________ stand ~ against --ft,/, the mysterious practices. Then witchcraft> driven underground, emerged emerged as as a a cult cult more more or or less less in opposition to the Church. The ritu al of witchcraft gen- • erally included many bizarre adaptations from the Christian form of worship, but also in- cooperated a lot of the ancient practices. All Hallows’ Even, as Hallo- we’en was originally known, be- came the great witch night— the time when all the fiendish old hags practiced their devilish arts. It was the night when the Prince of Darkness gathered to mock the Church’s festival of All Saints by the most unholy revels. They called out all their - cohorts—black conorts—Diacx cats, cars, goblins gooims de- ae- mons and imp^to take part in their satanic orgies. To frighten away all the evil spirits that were roaming the air o n Hallowe’en, the people Published Weekly—Since 1901 VOTE AS YOU PLEASE—BUT PLEASE VOTE Amendments Stir Election Interest Tuesday’s election is expect¬ ed to draw more voters than usual for a general election be¬ cause of the highly controver- s’al Amendment No. 4, known as the “private school amend¬ ment.’ 1 Seventeen other amend¬ ments will also appear on the ballot. Only the first seven, However, are statewide in cha- 1 racter. All the Democratic Party no- jminees County are ballots. unopposed Voters on wishing Dade ] 'do to vote for the whole slate can so by merely placing an “X'' in the space provided in the j upper left hand corner. Voters not desiring to vote for a particular candidate may 1 cress out the name of that can¬ didate. If a voter desires to write in the name of another candidate in place of the one he has crossed out, he may ! write his candidate’s name in the space provided in the up¬ per right-hand corner. Write-in votes are provided for by state and fedeial law Dade to Attend State FB Meet The annual Farm Bureau Convention will b e held next week at the Bon Air Hotel in Augusta. Thirteen local mem¬ bers will comprise the Dade County delegation. 8 O’clock Curtain Set For “Three Fingers” Saturday is the night for an adventure with suspense and thrills. “Three Fingers in the Door,” a spine-chilling mystery-comedy, will be pro¬ duced that night beginning at 8.-00 P.M. in the Dade High School Auditorium. Like Amt Tessie, you’ll warf to scream yourself when you see the three fin¬ gers in the door. It’s not all horror, though. There are a few laughs at the end as the mystery is solved and the evil ones come to naught. Don’t miss “Three Fingers in the Door.” Here are the winners in the 4-H Fat Calf Show at the county fair. Left to right are: Jerry Price, blue ribbon winner; Rex Blevins, red ribbon; and Russell Blevins, white-ribbon—all of New England. The boys raised their steers from calves dur¬ ing the spring and summer and sold them for good prices aet the fair’s livestock sale. Rex and Russell are first cousins. huge K nuor over , Fire was the witches’ greatest enemy. The Scotch beoten people people braided Draiaea straw si raw their pitchforks and set them afire and hurled them through the air in order to the witches’ brooms as they went by. Irish Brin,? It To U. S. In America, Hallowe’en has to have a rather special ignificance. Actually, it was not until, the 1840’s, when the Irish began emigrating here in large numbers, that it was widely celebrated here. For Hallowe’en was not an English festival k„+ a nH The prank - playing custom stemmed originally from 1 1 u the Irish.belief in fairies and gob- lins and the mischief they on Hallowe’en night If a farmer found his gate on top of the barn the next morning, NUMBER 43 and will be counted along with the others. Polling places and election managers for the twelve dis¬ tricts are as follows: 873 (Slygo) — W. Community House. 875 (Byrd's Chapel) Long; Long’s Store. 960 (Trenton) — W. W. Wil¬ liams; Courthouse. 974 (Wildwood) — Worth T. Lee; Community House. 1037 (New Englandi—.Brown’s Store. 1038 (Rising Fawn) — C. A. Whited; Flick’s Store. 1089 (Hooker) — Grady Bell; J. E. Strawn’s residence. 1129 (Sulphur Springs) — Ed Bible; Amos Mill. 1214 (New Salem) — Art E. Moore; Ralph Mathews Store. 1222 (Cole City)—M M. Bur¬ rell; Christian’s Store. 1885 (New Home) — W. J. Nixon; Shanty Town Church. I 1889 (West Brow) — K. D. Teet; Teet’s Store. The Dickerson Quartet, the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Ewell Dickerson, will represent Dade Oouunty and the Seventh District in the Talent Show on Monday night. They will be ac¬ companied by Mrs. Dickerson. Miss Kathryn Fricks of Rising Fawn, iast year’s Farm Bureau queen and now a student at the University of Georgia, will de¬ liver a short spech preceding the coronation of this year’s queen, also on Monday night. Other highlights of the four- day meeting (Oct. 31- Nov. 3) | will be the County Agents and II o m e Demonstration Agents Association banquet on Monday night and the Farm Bureau banquet on Tuesday nigght. The latter dinner will be the occas¬ ion for the awarding of prizes and trophies. Other Dade Countians attend¬ ing the event will be Col. D. E. Morrison, W. H. Pullen, Walter Simpson, L. C. Adams, W L. Fannin, Miss May Cureton, Mrs R. P. Fricks and Mrs W. G. Konrad. \ITC% was o - goblins had done it! Pranksters took advantage of this mis superstition supersuuon to io make maxe Hal- nai- lowe’en the time for all sorts of mischief-making. Today, when everybody knows its not the goblins who do it, the practice still persists, in even more de- structive form. In some place*, Hallowe’en vandalism accounts for an appalling amount of property damage in a single night, The practice of children dres- sing and parading in costume can be traced to the medieval church processions i n connec¬ tinn with ait Saints as some particular saint who was to u be remembered. But everybody^cculdn’t get a part as a saint. So others dressed as angels or devils. In time, the saintly procession became a gay and motley parade.
