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VOLUME LV
DALLYIN' IN DADE
64 Uncle Bob” McKaig Reminisces. . .
Whenever I talk to Dade’s
cider residents, I usually run
across little-known historical
fact? about the county. For in-
stance, during the course of
conversation with ‘“Uncle
McKaig the other day, I found
that there was cnee a road
Lookout Mountain at New Eng-
land called the McKaig Gap
Road.
It wns built by his people
when they operated a small
iron furnace there in the mid-
die 1800’s. Shortly after they
had established that particular
furnace, they sold out and
to Rising Fawn, where they
started a small blower-type
furnace which was later sold to
a company that established the
iron works.
Grandfather Drew Land in
Johnson’s Crook
Mr. McKalg’s grandfather
owned almost all cf Johnson’s
Crook at the time, having
drawn it after the Indians left
the county.
It was there that his father
was captured by the Yankees
during the Civil War. He was a
Union soldier until he grew dis-
satisfied with the way they
were fighting, then deserted tc
come home. After his capture,
he was marched up the moun-
tain via a road the Yankees had
dug out at the head of John¬
son's Crock, and taken to Chick
airiaug'2. He again slipped away
and joined the Confederate
Army for the remainder cf the
war.
In 1870, he moved to Lookout
Mountain ?s one of the first
settlers' and began farming.
After he married, he became
the father of thirteen children.
“Uncle Bob" was bom in 1877,
about the time the New Salem
community was building up.
There were few homes and no
stores or roads as we know
them.
First Church on Mountain
Built 1884
The first church was built in
1884 out of logs and served also
as a school. He attended three
months months cut out or of the tne year year and ana re- re-
members that there were no J
high school ___i classes _____ taught. • Al- n_
though he attended church re¬
gularly, he didn’t know what a
AVANS H. D. CLUB PLANS PICNIC
The Avans Home Demonstra
tlon Club met Saturday night,
July 30, at the home of Mrs.. K.
T. Bodenhamer. The meeting
was presided over by Mrs. G. A.
Grant, president.
The Bible reading was by Mrs.
J. D. Pike from the 25th Chap¬
ter o f Saint Mathew. The
prayer was led by Mrs. J. O.
Gass and roll call and minutes
by Mrs. F. W. Talley. The Club
will meet with Mrs. H. H Bod¬
enhamer one evening soon to
work on the Scrapbook.
Mrs. Grant gave a report on
the Cancer meeting held at
Trenton and the Club decided
to sponsor the showing of a
cancer film in cur community
in September.
Our picnic was planned for
Aueust 19 at Wor^ the nicnic ground
oa top of mi to start
Dade Bank Considered Atlanta Journal Writer
(Editor’s Note - Since we have
si
next row days, we are postpon-
ing the article cn the mines un-
til after ear tour.)
(The following i s a reprint .
from an article in Saturday,
July 30, 1955 Atlanta Journal.)
Margaret Shannon:
Barjk to Put Dade
Back in Georgia
Trenton—A hole is going
ST.m’SE T^en
finished, „ all goes wed »ade
County will have a bank I
This will be a change of life
for Dade, which is so stuck up |
in the northwest corner of
Georgia that on occasion it Is
Site dt ionnti limes
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 1955
By Myrna
Sunday Schcol was until
was seventeen years old,
which time one was
He recalls that both
and Baptists would hold
at the same time in
;church, with the preachers
turns refuting the other.
1 While still
a young man,
forked I in the as mines, a guard then at Cole
coal as it was leaded into
road cars for the trip down
mountain to Shellmound.
Reece and Dr. Davis were
perintendent and camp
respectively, during the
Mr. McKaig worked there.
boarded with John Stevens at
boarding house,
After the mines at
opened up and the
Cit y P-isoners moved there,
McKaig went there to
for ten years.
Raises “Small’ - Family
In 1900 ho was married to
Rising Fawn girl, Miss Nora
Gatlin, who passed away two
years ago. They built a home
on their 320-acre farm
miles south of what is now the
Massey place and raised ten
children. “Only ten,’’ he puts it,
which seems a small family tc
the old-timers who were raised
in families of a dozen or more
children.
He has farmed and cut timber
ever since. A staunch believer
in modern farming methods, he
wishes he knew twenty years
ago what he knows now about
farming.
He was Dade County’s first
Farm Bureau member,
in Walker County until a chap¬
ter was formed here in the
county. He has served as a di¬
rector and still likes to keep up
with the organization although
he is crippled with rheumatism
and a little hard cf hearing
now.
After he became unable to
work on the farm, he went to
live with his daughter, Mrs.
Dessie Massey, and contents
himself with reading the Bible
and attending church
brush brush arbor arbor meetings. meetings.
Now Now and and then then his his mind mind
Knni, back to the fvm old niH days, Have and nnH
lives once more the colorful
days of his youth.
to Rising Fawn, August 15,
the Council picnic.
Mrs. J. O. Gass will go to
Dalton to the Handicraft meet¬
ing.
All the ladies are filling
cans with vegetables and pickles
since here is no fruit. Toma-
toes are a very good
for fruit and are plentiful.
Miss Hubble gave a
straticn cn roaches and
habits. She told the best
to destroy these pests and
proper utensils to use. .
Refreshments were served by
the hostess assisted by Mrs. J.
D. Pike.
Due to sickness no report
made on the June meeting
at Mrs Henry Ellictts ncr
May meeting at Mrs. D.
1 attendance
Hood’s but good
demonstrations «er, reported,
Verna M. Hood,
r^vr. hardly taken into account as a
=rs
tact.
Somebody said Dade County
was the last of Georgia's 159
counties without a bank, but I
haye learned that possibly five
tthers do nct have banks.
Enfiugh Uniqueness
This robs Dade of a
of uniqueness, but
of ^mouenceTin^ther its bank. Dade has enough
respects to
with ed that point real-
££ [MtnKK _ as
I call been rcckln6
al °^ l< ™ ^ ^ a gQod
while, i had one ac _ 1
cording to Mrs. Douglas . E E. Mor Mor .
Probation Revoked
Judge John W. Davis was in
Trenton Friday to preside ever
a cne-day session in court. An
out-of-the-county land case,
two damage suits, a probation
revocation and several demur¬
rers were brought to his atten¬
tion during the day.
Damage suits filed by John
Bradford Sr. as next friend lor
his two sons John Jr. and Jim¬
my Ray, against Dan Atkins,
doing business as the tD'an At¬
kins Motor Co., and James Cecil
Lowe, were settled for $500 in
each case. M. J. Hale was at¬
torney for the Bradfords.
The case of the State of
Georgia vs. Joe Ashley, alias
Atchley, was heard by Judge
Davis in the afternoon. Ashley
was represented by D. L. Lome-
j nick and was charged with
lating the terms of a sentence
imposed upon him during the
March term of court.
At that time he was sen-
tenced to a year in a public
werks camp and fined
Ashley was placed on probation
Hale Makes First Deposit in Bank
_
1 The first depositor in the
j vault of the Bank of Dade,
which is currently under con-
struction, was made Tuesday by
Maddox J. Hale, local attorney
,
(and a stockholder cf the bank,
j The deposit but then was it quite is fitting unex-
pected,
that a prominent citizen should
be the first to take advantage
of the bank’s services.
At the time the deposit was
made, Hale was one of several
“sidewalk superintendents,"
who had congregated before
the excavation to watch Col.
Morrison’s supervision of the
work going on. Attorney Hale
and Ordinary Morrison were
there on Col. Morrison’s invita-
tlon to see the concrete poured
over the heavy lattice work of
steel in the walls of the vault.
PLANE CRASHES NEAR NEW HOME
A twin-jet Navy plane crash-
ed on L add Mountain
[Guild, j Guild, dur Tenn., Tenn., heavy heavy Monday Monday overcast, overcast, afternoon afternoon killing killing
i ng a a
the p uct instantly. The 'T’v,« nionp
exploded and burst into flame
immediately following the
crash.
The scene of the crash is
about a mile and a half from
Mrs. Laura Haynes’ store at
New Home and across the Geor¬
gia state line. Several persons
in the community saw the plane
before it crashed and reported
1.0. Wheeler Sr. Property Changes Hands
The I. O. Sr.
ness property on the southwest
corner of the public square has
been sold to Mrs. Agnes Case
Elzey and her husband, the
Rev. Roland C. Elzey of Etowah,
Tenn. Mrs. Elzey is a sister of
Mrs. Grover Tatum, Jules A
and James C. Case of Trenton.
According to H. F. Allison, 1
real estate agent who handled 1
the dea 1, the purchasers are
planning to improve the prep-
erty in the near future. The
purchase price was not dis-j
dosed.
Wheeler operated a grocery
risen, but for sad reasons there
s ss -■ lnt ° 7
I
tain and made that descent into
Trenton that 1. alwaysso coles-
sal because of the view. It is of
wide open spaces. I don’t know
whether you can see
but if they were in the
right places, you could.
At the courthouse nearly ev-
eryibody was away at a funeral,
One who was there, however,
seemed to be very interested in
get by *
County Treasurer James V
Jenkins.
"Good for the Town”
“I guess they’ll take my job
when we ge t the bank,” he said,
'But it’s good for the town.”
and his sentence suspended “as
long as he dees not possess or
sell any alcoholic beverages at
any time..”
Upon hearing testimony of
law enforcement officers on re¬
cent developments in the case,
the judge ordered , that , Ash-
leys probation sentence be
• withdrawn and revoked, and ;
that he ‘be confined to a pub-
lie works camp for the remain- j
der of his sentence. Ashley was
represented by D. L. Lomenick
Erby Brown pled guilty lor
pressing liquor and received l
a fine of $35. He entered the;
only plea of guilty heard by the
judge during the day.
The next term of court will
'convene in September at which
time the case of Paul Crane will
be tried. Sheriff F. C. Graham
a trip to Reidsville, Ga
July 29 to transfer Crane from
the federal prison to the Rome
jail. He completed a year’s sent-
ence for manslaughter on that
date and is at the Rome jail to
await trial for tht murder of
Junius Nesbitt.
- * _
someday being filled with so
much money may have made the
attorney’s fingers tremble as he
lighted a cigarette, for the next
thing anyone^knew, the lighter
lay within the yawning cavity
cf the steel vault.
Since it was given him by his
wife and much-valued, thej
lighter was retrieved by Charles;
Guinn, of Cave Springs, who is
working on the construction
and used an old mason’s idea
for retrieving lost articles in
that he placed a 'ball cf clay
mud over the end of a long
stick, pressed it down over the
lighter and pulled it up through
the 10 ft. deep form. Hale was
much relieved and work went
back to normal at the Bank of
Dade.
Business people on the
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arg whQ ha 1 pened t0 i ook
■
out and Trentons „ * . fire en-
see
g,ne in action Monday r!10in *
ling, experienced a thrill quite
unlike anything they had seen
^ j tim , e {or it wa3 on its
^ the scene of a blaze
defitroyed a frame dwel-
in ° ow hv uy L. B. (Lump)
Daniel and , his son Walt.
The Daniels lost all their
pc'session in the fire, which
broke cut in a back room while
they were away from home. By
the time Cleron Kyzer, who is
in charge of the 1926 American
LaFrance truck, was notified,
the entire structure was
ed in flames The truck reached
the Daniel home within 4 or 5
minutes after the report was in.
Accompanying Kyzer on the
dash to the fire were Russell
(Rip) Gifford and Henry Spen
cer who were forced to hang
on for dear life as the) engine
made the turn arouna
Square Square at the pe-
I that it appeared to be in trou-
ble. A parachute was seen by an
j unidentified unidentified worn worn an an who who j |
[stated stated that that it it was released from
^ plane cj nn before hpfnrp it it crashed. pmshed
Sheriff Graham, Deputy Bill
Norton and others made a,
search of the area until 3 a. m. I
Tuesday morning for the para¬
chute, but no signs were found, j
Furthur investigations are be-
Ing made by the Naval Air Sta- i
ticn Atlanta, who with- 1
in are
j holding the name of the pilot
j until next of kin are notified.
is adjacent to the Williams Mo-
tor Co. and Dade Theatre, for
a number cf years until he
moved to Chattanooga approxi-
mately three years ago. It was
then remodeled to house the
Gannaway and Riley 5c and 10c
Store and the Trenton Furni-
ure and Appliance Co.
The corner space remained
empty until a few weeks age,
when the Sandige Construction
Co., contractors cf the new dial
telephone system, began using
for a storage and equipment
He explained that he handles
* keP ‘ a C1,attancc,ga
bank, and all business is trans-
j ^ chcck
Most countie* counties designate designate a
bank as treasurer." he said. “So
maybe Dade won’t have any use
for my job. I don’t know. That’s
just the way I figure it."
He said people who live in a
twon without a bank don’t
think much about it. They get
used to cashing checks at
stores, and stores get used to
cashing checks. On Friday and
Saturday, when most people re¬
ceive their paychecks, mer-
chants by custom an keep more
money mnnpv on nn hand hand.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Rain Makes Road Slick
Monday Accidents Injured Two
Monday afternoon’s rain pos¬
sibly was cause for two acci¬
dents near Trenton about four
o'clock in the afternoon. Dean
Jeffrey, 80, was seriously injur¬
ed, and Fred A. Morgan, re-
ceived slight injuries when
Morgan - s truck was struck b
automobUe , bearirig Texas u .
cens lates in frQnt of Jeffery .
s
home
Morgan was traveling south
anrf had made a left turn to let
a passcnger , cut at his
Re waj3 off the pave _
t when the Texas car> driven
a man listed by the state
patrol as Mr. Sandle, crashed
into the front end of the truck,
The impact hurled Jeffrey out
on the pavement and sent
automobile off the highway into
the Jeffrey front yard,, where
it came to a step against the
front porch.
Both vehicles were damaged
considerably. The injured were
taken to the Trenton Clinic
where it was found that Jeffrey
has a heart ailment, was
from head injuries,
bruises and possible internal
ire Destroys Daniel Home Monday
rilous speed of 25 an hour.
The clang, clang of the ancient
ho?) bell rang rQno - Hpat clear tn to the t h« toes t.ne.n nf of
on-lookers, providing added
f exc itement to the Incident,
Many followed the engine to
the Daniel home, which Is lo-
oated about a quarter mile off
the Sand Mountain highway
and up a narrow dirt lane.
Within a short while after
the fire was seen from a dist¬
ance and reported, the lane
was clogged with cars and those
j who were thoughtlessly first to blocked reach the the
scene
read, making it impossible for
the fire engine to get close en-
ough to put out the flame*,
Although the house was pract-
j ically destroyed at that time an
outbuilding could have been
saved had the engine been able
.to get close enough.
Citizens are requested to try
to keep the roads clear In the
event of a future Ure^ They are
, i
, sig nsot flames are
| ,app Qnr ,„ rprit
Plug Horse Derby
The annual Plug Horse Derby
been set for September 2
Chattanooga, it has been an-
Martin Nethery, pres¬
den t c f Die Dade County Lions
ub sp onsors of derby entries
the county, has appointed
R. L. Hilten as cc-chair-
Those eligible should contact
Hilten and submit their
early, since the numbei
entries are limited and are
cn a “first-come-first
basis. Horses, mules
ponies may be entered.
For participation in the der-
Dade County is allowed to
so many boys who are po-
tential boy scouts to the Ser-
Camp each year,
Six beys from the county be-
the ages of ten and four-
attended c am p all last
»=ek. They were Harold Brad-
ford, of the Buff Bradford^, !
son
Douglas E. (Froggy) Morrison,
retired Army cclonel, is erecting
the bank building. His wife’s
newspaper, The Dade County
Times, will move into the build¬
ing,too.
Bank’s Officers
Col. Morrison is vice president
of the bank. George Harrison of
Rockmart is president. Jules A.
Case, D. T. Brown and Ray-
mend S. Townsend are di¬
rectors .
Mrs. Morrison says the first
stock issue was snapped right
up. More was released and it
was snapped right up, too.
She said Trenton was growing
in size, but business didn’t seem
to be increasing and maybe the
bank would help to keep some
NUMBER Z%
injuries. He was sent to a Chat-
lancoga hospital and remains
in a very serious condition.
j Morgan received a head cut
and was able to report to work
as usual Tuesday morning.
Accident South of Trenton
Follows
Shortly after the Sandle au¬
tomobile had been towed to
Wall's Service Station by Virgil
Wall’s wrecker, news of a se¬
cond accident reached the in-
vesiigation officer, State Pa¬
trolman Wolf.
Automobiles driven by Word
Page and Conrad Morgan, col-
hded at the intersection of the
j old Union highway road and the Page Blrm-
as was
' attempting to make right turn
a
onto the highway.
Page’s 37 model car was
knocked off into a pasture and
Morgan’s automclbile was spun
around by the force of the col¬
lision. No injuries were report¬
ed.
Accompanying Trooper Wolf
on his investigations was Chief
Deputy Bill Norton.
New Jury Revisors
Two new Jury Commissioners
have been appointed to fill va¬
cancies in the Dade County
Jury Commission which were
created upon the retirements of
E. R. Wells and R. P. Fricks.
They are W. H. Pullen of
Morganville and W. H. Kenlmer
of Rising Fawn. Others on the
commission are: J. C. Pace,
Trenton; K. D. Teet, West Brow;
D. T. Brown, New England; and
W. C. Bodenhammer, Davis
Community.
For the first time in the his¬
tory of Dade County, women’s
names will be added to the jury
when the commission
meets this month.
a Mullins youth who is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mullins,
Leon Moore’s son and two Mc-
Kaig boys. W. G. Morrison, Jr.
carried them to camp and John
Murphy b rou ght them baclr
home.
of it at h o m e. The United
States ^government has recog¬
nized Trenton’s growth by re¬
classifying the post office from
third to second class.
Maybe, she mused, the bank
j will even help Dade County to
feel mere like a part of Georgia.
At least people won’t have to
go eff to Tennessee to put their
money away for safekeeping in
Chattanooga banks.
Mrs. Morrison keeps remind¬
ing Dade Countlans through
her paper that they are Geor¬
gians. She has two subscribers,
however, who must be hard to
convince. They live across Sand
, Mountain and to come into the
1 county seat of Trenton they
. have to drive up into Tennessee
and back down into Georgia.
