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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1955)
Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LV DALLY1N' IN DADE Mrs. Kate Hughes Watched First Auto Come Through Trenton . . . By McMahan Mrs. Kate Hughes, who lives alcne and likes it, is one of Trenton’s spirited older resi¬ dents. Sixty-eight years old, and busy every hour of the day, Mrs. Hughes says herself that she Is a ’“cranky old woman.” Her neighbors say she isn't too “cranky” to lend a helping hand when needed, and at pres¬ ent she is keeping a small girl while her mother works, so un¬ derneath all that cynicism there has tc be a warm and generous heart. Widow of Claude Hughes She has lived alone in the house her husband, Claude Hughes, built east of Trenton since his death in 1943. Before that, she and Mr. Hughes had a good life together, working the farm and raising chickens, hogs and .flowers. At that time, Mrs. Hughes was accustomed to canning 500 and 600 quarts of vegetables each summer and she and her husband paid particular atten¬ tion to their yard, which was cne of the loveliest in town. To¬ day, there still remains a quiet dignity and neatness about the home and grounds, although Mrs. Hughes can no longer give it the attention she’d like to. She dees care for some healthy peonies next to the front fence* and her roses, when blooming, are particularly lovely. Her father was “Captain” W, O. Reece, who was for many years a warden at the Cole City stockade. Previous to that time, he had guarded convicts at Milledgeville, where he injured his arm. Ajfter he left Cole City in 1895, he brought his family to Trenton, settling in the house which is now owned toy Mrs. W. G. Morrison, Sr., on a rise north the square. “Capt.” Reece was tpular with the men who had orked under him and was uite well-known throughout iade County, so it was only na- aral that he be asked to run ar Ordinary shortly after mov- lg to the county seat. He was leced and served some years i that office. Went to “Skip to My Lou's” The children, Kate, Leslie, 7111, Powers, Annie Lee, and lerald, had little recreation ther than meeting the trains very day, visiting, and going to skip-to-my-lou’s.” Mrs. Hughes, ike all other young girls, en- oyed going to parties and hav- ng beaus, but that activity was urtailed when her mother was onfined to her bed for four ■ears, making it necessary for ler oldest daughter to look if ter the household. When she lied, the entire burden of res- jonsibility fell upon Mrs. lughes. she had In her married life, ro desire for children because if this » burden. burden. Her Her first first hus- hus- jand, Eugene S"thf Stewart, county‘fo? took her S from the county for ten In 1873 Ga. Assembly Most ■ older older Dade Dade Countians Countians fer to part of whatsis now "ole City,” and knew that coal as once mined there, but they ■e at a loss to explain why the mmunity was named “Cole ity,” instead of “Goal City.” A sign at the top of the ountain directs visitors to Hole City,” and once you get lere, the slate dumps along ie road arc evidence of a once- iriving coal-mining town. In January of 1873, an act nd resolution was introduced i the General Assembly of the tate of Georgia to incorporate ole City. The Dade Coal Co. ad been running since 1853 ex- ;pt fer an interval during the ivil War and was owned by jseph E. Brown, .William C lOrrill, John M. Born, Jr. Wal- *r S. Gordon and others at the me the village was incorpor- ;ed. The resolution stated that le village, or association of jrsens residing at the Dade Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 1955 years which were spent travel¬ ing. “Capt.” Reece died in 1913 and a year later, she came back to Trenton to live at the old Robertson place, which has since been torn down. The Ro¬ bertsons were so much like her own family that she stayed with them three years, or until she and Mr. Hughes, a widower, were married. Remembers First Auto To Come Through County She remembers the first au¬ tomobile that came through the county. It was a Ford and made quite a racket. A storekeeper who was in business in the Odd Fellows building on the square thought the machine was “■com¬ ing in after him” and closed the doers. Five cats and four dogs oc¬ cupy the Hughes home. The old¬ est dog, which is deaf and al¬ most blind, is fourteen years cld and was her husband’s pet. When she grows tired, Mrs. Hughes likes to read... the Bi¬ ble, detective stories, practically anything as ieng as it holds her attention. When she is restless at night she often gets up and reads herself to sleep. She eats only two meals a day, omitting supper. Late in the afternoon she eats an orange, her favorite fruit, and is not hungry again until break fast time rolls around.. When I last saw Mrs. Hughes, she was making plans to paint her kitchen and it is such act¬ ivities as this that keep her life from being lonely. Revival August 15th The Rev. Maurice A. Phillips of Nashville will conduct a two- week revival at the Wildwood Methodist Church beginning Aug. 15, it was announced to- day by the pastor of the circuit the Rev. Gene Kirk. The Rev. Mr. Phillips is a for¬ mer pastor cf the Wildwood Cir¬ cuit. He also has served the Signal M o u n t ai n Methodist Church as pastor. For the past 3% years he has been a pastor in the Florida Methodist Con¬ ference and has taught at Flor¬ ida Southern College in Lake¬ land. Beginning in September, he will be an editorial assistant at the Methodist Publishing House in Nashville. At the same time, he will seek the master of arts degree in religious education at Scarritt College for Christian Workers, where he has been awarded a full scholarship. The four churches of the Wildwood Circuit —Mcrganville, Hooker, Slygo and Wildwood — will cooperate in the revival, but ssrfs; all services will be held at the Wildwood church beginning at 7:30 7:30 p.m. p. m. A A circuitwide circuitwide choir, choir. r under de J:rl the he direction r ^'vTde‘ of the Rev. Mr. Kirk, will wm provide the the music. musie Coal Coal Mines Mines would wou ’be e known Known £ as . _ o some cf the timers in the county now say was a partner in the mines at one time. The Assembly also gave the township the-authority to elect such commissioners, five in number, as its citizens thought proper. These Commissioners were to establish all municipal laws and regulations necessary to govern, keep the peace, so¬ briety and good order of the in¬ habitants of the city, not in conflicts with the constitutions of the United States and Geor- gia. authorized . , to , They were also punish all disorderly persons and all offenders, and to do all 'tZ the la ^ ful necessary to thT among the and ,nd the inhabitants mhaou of miners the city. * ^ The city limits set to extend ^ M were main every direction . coal entrance oi tne 4-H’ers Camping At Rock Eagle Dade County 4-H'ers are at¬ tending camp at the new Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center fer the first time this week. They will enjoy the camp along with fel¬ low 4-H’ers from nearby coun¬ ties all this week, returning Saturday morning. County Agent L. C. Adams, Home Demonstration Agent Naomi Hubble, and the follow¬ ing local leaders accompanied the group to the center: Miss Peggy Blansit, Mrs. Virginia Konrad and Fred Craig who drove the bus. The Dade campers are: Beu¬ lah Sue Ballard, Edna Ballard, Alfred Barnes, F. N. Belk Jr., Barbara Boyd, Kenneth Boyd, Gene Castleberry, Bob Crewe, Ja nie Cureton, Charles Gil¬ breath, Rita Lee Jenkins, J. W. Johnson, Bob K e n i mer, Sam Kenimer, E r n e st Kirchmeye'r, Billy Konrad, Larry Konrad, Barbara Jean Kyzer, Joyce Mc¬ Mahan, Virginia McMahan, Lyn¬ da Jo Pace, Joyce Patterson, James “Peck” Pennington, Bob¬ by Raulstcn, Roy Lee Whited and Jackie Wilson. SOFTBALL AUGUST 5 Trenton Seniors overwhelmed Rising Fawn 14 to 5 in the opener of a three game card. With Don Gross, Billy Joe Bradford, Harold Shankles and Don Vaughan hitting hard, Trenton was never in danger after scoring two runs in the first inning. R. Fawn......000 000 0 4 3 Trenton S. . . 234 050 X 14 15 2 Chambers and Minor. Bradford and Gregory. Trenton Seniors edged North Dade 7 to 3 in the second con¬ test cf the evening. The bril¬ liant fielding of Harold Shankles for Trenton was the highlight in this game. North Dade .. 002 100 0 3 6 4 Trenton........310 210 7 10 2 Pullen and R. Ryan. Bradford and Gregory. Rising rasing Fawn r awn won wuu an an easy coc, victory over Trenton Make-Ups 12 to 4 in the final game on the program. Junior Williams, Don Kenimer and Gene McMahan played wejl for RisingFawn. Allison Blevins and Jim Raines were the stars for the Trentcn team. R. Fawn......-451 002 12 14 3 Trenton M. U. ..021 100 4 8 6 Chambers vmamuers and anu Minor. ivmmi. Hampton and Geddie, A. Ble- vins. ' ,p°ener Monday night 11 t, 1- Mine. The sale of ” intoxicating ^ 9r ny , v phnrnM,er character was prohibited within the city. Section IV cf the resolution stated that the ccmmissioners would not have the power to tax any lands within the limits of the city that were used for agricultural puposes, or other purpose, unless they were occupied by seme person, a re¬ sident of said city, engaged in pursuits ether than agricultu¬ ral. It is interesting to find that almost all the citizenry cultivated vegetable gardens. This resolution was approved February 21, 1873. At that time, according to the recollections of Dade Countians who lived there the city included a com- pany commissary, infirmary house, church, school and houses. The village grew . fc was thickly se ttled. | R Broc k, son of James Brock who was a warden and 'remembers Wp doctor for several years, good- a “bustling, School Opening Set For August 26 Dade County schools will op- en as scheduled, County School Superintendent Roy Mcore has announced, despite rumors t o the contrary. The State School Building Authority and the con¬ tractors for the renovation pro¬ gram now going on have ad¬ vised Supt. Mocre that the buildings will be in order and ready for use by the opening date which has been set for Friday, August 26. On that date, school busses will run and pupils will report to their respective schools to enroll for the fall term. Classes will begin the following Mon¬ day, August 29 at the usual time. The Labor Day holiday will be observed and the regu¬ lar schedule will be resumed Tuesday, Sept. 6. Teachers Report Aug. 22 All teachers will report Mon¬ day, August 22, fer a week-long planning session, as is the cus¬ tom. Sup't. Moore said that ail principals will return this term to their respective schools and that practically all teaching po- Sports By J. B. Geddie ****************** Bobby Joe Gifford, Jack Raines and Charles Hill played well for Trenton. Trenton Srs. 035 003 0 11 12 3 . R. Fawn 000 000 1 1 4 3 .... Hampton and Jack Raines. Chambers and Minor. ......... Trenton overpowered 11 to 7 in the second game as Con Hampton and Frankie Woodfin hit hard, aided by the fine fielding of Harold Lee and Charles Hill. Isaac Freeman and Elbert Holmes stood out for Davis. Davis........023 110 7 10 5 Trenton......310 421 11 14 3 Geddie and A. Blevins. Hampton and J. Raines. Rising Fawn gained revenge for their earlier defeat by trouncing the Trenton Adults 11 to 9 in the final contest. Center Fielder Leon Barton and Second Baseman Morrison displayed seme flashy fielding for the adults to keep the sccre close all the way. Rising Fawn .. .054 02 11 12 4 Trenton Adults ..002 61 9 10 6 Chambers and Minor. Rogers and R. Ryan. SOFTBALL SCHEDULE FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 Trenton Junior Beys vs Davis Rising Fawn vs Sulphur Springs > .... of „ above , Trenton , vs W . n n e r , game North Dade Girls vs Rising TZz < ZL„ l ^ game Old :i i.et Ca me: rats vs Sinus sized” railway station on mountain. mountain. Passengers Passengers were were car- as well as coal cars going eff the mountain to mound, Tenn.^ The only road up to Ccle City at the time of its incorporation wound it a way up the side of mountain from New Eng land, The company store was run at different times by Henry Renfroe, I. H. Thurmcnd and Dempsey Farmer. There were others, but these three names are the only ones we have been able to run across to date. Camp doctors who practiced there w’ere Dr. Davis, his son Doug Davis, and Dr. Jim Brock, who acted as warden for a time. The church was one of the first buildings for the labor. It was non-denomina- tional and had its own minis¬ ters. The convicts heard ser¬ mons within the confines of the stockade by their own (preachers. Seme of the pastors were Rev. Quarles, Campell, Published Weekly—Since 1901 I sessions have been filled, I Students will be able to go to J school in the last same buildings but be- i they occupied tejrm, cause o f increased enrollment in some instances, temporary classrooms will be devised until permanent classrooms are ready. Partitions will be put up in the Commercial Building at Dade and larger classrooms will be partitioned at Davis for use by two or three a d d i t i o n al classes. Dade Elementary School Renovation of the old school buildings was scheduled t o be completed by August 15; the ad¬ ditions t o these buildings by October 15; and the new high school is slated for completion by Jan. 15, 1956. All classrooms and halls o n the upper level of Dade Elemen¬ tary have been painted sky blue and new chalkboards been put up. All wiring and To Co. Perhaps over 100 local work¬ ers have been employed by the three projects currently gjoing on in Dade County!”" The new Trenton Telephone Co. dial sy tern, which is due for com¬ pletion sometime m- November, the school projects and the read construction on Sand Mountain have all helped to lower Dade’s unemployment figures. The benefits derived from these projects will add to Dade’s stature as one cf the outstand¬ ing counties in the state. Some cf the mbst modern school buildings in the state will be found right here when the new high school is completed and the renovation projects finish ed. ■ Dial Phones In Use By Middle Of November According to Jules A. Case, president of the Trenton Tele¬ phone Company, 76% of all the cable is up in the county, while nearly all lines on Sand Moun¬ tain have been put up. Work in that area should be completed this week and will give service from the TV A tower on the brow road forking out south and west on many roads to where these roads meet the , Alabama state line, j At present, activity is center- ed in the south end of the county, wire with strung poles in being the set^ Rising and open Fawn, Cloverdale and Cave Springs communities. Cables are also going up at Trenton and on Highway 11 as far north as New England. Some poles have been set in Piney to serve the tele¬ phone needs of approximately thirteen subscribers. “An interesting fact that few i people realize. Case stated, is ■ that we have 304 wires inside rection., north and south." Plastic rabies, tied with steel It Is believed that the church j burned burned after after the the coal coal supply supply I was exhausted around the turn j of the century, The mountain climate was [good fer asthma sufferers and ithose with other ailments, so many residents of the valley went to Cole City for their (health. Seme spent only the summer months there while others made their homes cn the mountain. A boarding house, run at one time by Jim Stevens, lodged the vacationers and mine workers. Among those who went there tc rest were Mrs. W. G. Morri- sen Sr., and Mrs. R. B. Allison, mother of Mrs. Janie A. Ble¬ vins, who lived there for a short while with their families. A new school was built toward the latter part of the century, the top floor cf which was used by the I. O. O. F. Some reports have it that once school was held in a ramshackle, one-room affair during the warm months NUMBER 30 plumbing have been completed and beige and brown asphalt tile is waiting in the halls for laying on all floors this week. Some plastering is still going on while toilet facilities have yet to toe installed. Cloakrooms in all classrooms have been torn out to provide more space and a new rest room and a teachers’ lounge have been built. The exterior wooden trim has been repainted white. Dade High Work is progressing on the new high school. The founda¬ tions have been poured, some of the walls blocked in and several steel girders were set this week. North Dade Construction of the new ad¬ dition to the north side of the Morganville school is progress¬ ing. The foundations have been poured, the steel girders set in and the concrete block and brick-veneer walls have been built up a few feet on all sides. wires, are used with th& open wires to relay messages. He said that when a 11 work is com¬ pleted, which will be sometime in November, there will be no need for a local operator. Every- thing will be done mechanic¬ ally . Construction of the Rising Fawn exchange has been held due to late delivery of brick which is expected to arrive this week. West Brow Exchange Recently another exchange has been planned. It Is to be In the West Brow community on Lookout Mountain, Case an¬ nounced. This community is incorporated as the Brow Lake line, -and last December obtaln- ; ed their charter. They petitioned I for telephone service, the Tren¬ ton Telephone Company holds the franchise of the area and the Georgia Public Service Com¬ mission gave permission for op¬ eration of a telephone ex¬ change. However, by agreement with Southern Bell Telephone Company, service will be through Chattanooga 'and not connected with Trenton. Resi¬ dents of the community will have to dial long distance to get Trenton. Telephone directories, for the entire system, will b e printed and in the hands of all sub¬ scribers before the grand open¬ ing date. Sand Mountain Road Graded for Paving About four miles o f county road is being graded on Sand Mountain to get it ready for paving. The new blacktop will be a continuation of State High¬ way 143 from Magby's Gap past J. D. Crisp’s Store, then south past the home of Mrs. W. D. Patton and the Whetzell irs Store to connect with the Alabama U«d._____ state state highway highway which which is is already . paved. and moved to the church in the winter. winter. Approximately Approximately fifteen to twenty pupils attended three to five months in the year and paid fer their schooling. Some of the teachers just before 1900 were Mrs. C. P. Connelly, the former “Tot” Sells,, Mrs. Jessie Cole Tatum,, Miss Lucy Porter, S. J. Hale and W. P. Cole. Residents of the community often took part in “house rais¬ ings,” getting a hjbuse up in only a day. Mr. Joe Doyle’s grandfather Boston was a boss carpenter at the camp and su- pervised the building of a log house for Mr. E. R. Wells' grandparents which is still standing. Men at each corner of the house watched to see that the logs were placed cor¬ rectly . Today, only a few stone foundations remain of the ori¬ ginal village, but the commun- } ty of New Home continues to grow, with its best years still to come.
