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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LV
DALLY IN’ IN DADE
Frank A. IXelliery Reminisces . . .
An old-timer practically
everyone in Dade County knows,
or has heard of, is Frank A.
Nethery. Mr. Nethery lives now
in East Ridge, Tenn., but he fol¬
lows the “goings-on’ in the
county with avid interest.
He was born at Trenton in
1873, the sen of W. F. and Mary
Bacon Nethery who owned a
home which was located then
just north of a building new
known as the I. O. O. F. Hall.
They sc Id their home shortly
after 1877 as a Methodist par¬
sonage.
Piles of Snow Dec. 31, 1876
Mr. Nethery distinctly recalls
the 18” snow that fell while
they were living in this house.
He "ememibers awakening De¬
cember 31, 1876 to the sight of
piles of snow about the house.
About that time, his father
purchased eighty acres west of
Trenton which was his home
until he died in 1918 at the age
;f 85. A short year later, his
mother passed away, too. She
was seventy-seven years old.
Mr. Nethery did not attend
"chocl here, but accompanied
his sisters, Alice and Laura, a
few times as a Visitor. School
was held at the old Presbyterian
Church which stood on the
west side of the square and was
taught by Miss Mary Pace,
daughter of Ben F. Pace.
School at Baptist Cemetery
He remembers going with
them later to >a school in the
old Primitive Baptist Church at
the Baptist Cemetery. This
church was built of large hewn
legs but ha9 been gone long
since Miss Eula Baty was a tea¬
cher at the time his sisters at¬
tended.
He also remembers a charcoal
furnace which wus in operation
,bet r ore the Civil War. It was
located on the east side of the
railroad and east of Baptist
Cemetery. The furnace was
supplied with charcoal pro¬
duced from timber on the east
side of Sand Mountain. Mr.
Nethery believes many of the
old charcoal pits may still be
seen on the mountain.
A Mr. McLean was connected
with his venture and hired W.
F. Nethery to build his resi¬
dence in 1883 about a mile
n,:rth of Trenton. *Te hau con-
tinued living in Dade after the
1 urnace was closed.
In 1881, the family moved to
Rome County, Tenn. to be near
Mr. W. F. Nethery’s work, which
was ____ at that _ ._______ time building ________ o
barges on the Tennessee River
opposite Rockw’ood. Mr.
entered school at Winton’s Cha-
pel during their two-year stay
in Roane, and upon their re-
turn \ to Dade in 1883, ° \ took \ up
his studies at the Trenton Aca-
demy. George Dodson was prin-
cipal, assisted by James R.
Brock, while Wallace Harlson
was teacher.
With additional schooling at
another school in the county
which he doesn’t remember, Mr.
Nethery’s education in Dade
County was ended. He then put
in nine months of hard study
at Terrell’s School at Decherd.
Tenn., in 1890.
Returning Returning to to Trenton, Trenton, he ne
ndian Burial Cave Found in Rising Fawn in Late i890's
Mxrnt sixty years ago,
Ling boys with their
re cut exploring the
Juntainside of their farm
sing Fawn when they
:n a hole which
aight down into the earth,
rhe boys were Luther
issey Allison, sons of
lison. The hole fired
lagination, for it did not
e appearance of a ground
:le, tout rather
a man had made.
Ancient Excavation
Locks had been set into
iic- of the ovnavQtinn excavation
>m all indications, the
d net been dug recently
rhe ’he Allisons Allisons decided decided to to re
n heme name for ior some some rope i>vc
some discussion, it
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1955
By Myrna
farmed and looked after
and Angora goats during
jsummer and fall on Sand°Mtn
His first work away from
began about 1891 while
his maternal aunt, Julia
Cagle, widow of Dade’s
Cagle who was slain in the
vil War. He was asked to
over a guard’s post at Cole
who had been arrested
some reason by a sheriflf
Ellijay, Georgia.
He stayed on this job
months... three months
long, he thinks.
Printed “State of Dade News”
One of his many
ments was learning to set
fer the State of Dade News.
learned the trade from a
ing printer, Peach Snapp,
left soon after, leaving Mr.
Nethery to set up the paper
several years.
When he left the paper, it
was for better pay as a carp¬
enter’s helper, then as a fore¬
man with a crew of men, work¬
ing on a new prison at Durham.
This was part of a plan adopt¬
ed by the state for making the
old prisons more sanitary.
About this time, Governor
Atkinson of Georgia had begun
an investigation of reports of
brutal treatment of prisoners,
some of the reports coming
from the Cole City prisons. Ac¬
cording to ether old-timers in
the county, beatings and
stranglings took place under
only one warden at Cole City.
During the time he was able
to do active work, Mr. Nethery
worked as a carpenter, building
cial tipples, washers and resi-
dences at Durham, Cole City,
and Lahusage cn Lookout
bridges in Tennessee, Texas
Georgia, railroad bridges for the
Tennessee, Alabama and Geor-
gia Railway and b u i 1 d i n g
trestles on the Florida Keys.
Married in 1912
While he was in Florida, he
was in correspondence with a
girl he had dated in Knoxville
in 1910. In 1912. he and the
daughter of Frank and Cle¬
mentine Oliver were married in
Knoxville.
Born to them werg Robert G.
Louise, W. F., Maryanna and K.
Douglas, all of them still living
They were living in St. Elmo
when Mrs Nethery was taken
ill. She died in 1924. Mr. Neth-
ery had suffered a neivom
breakdown a year or so bef. re
but had regained his strength
enough to resume his work.
After his retirement, Mr. Ne-
thery remained in Chattanooga,
except for occasional visits to
to visit old acquain
tances. He has an exceptions
memory, remembering many in
teresting events in the his ory
of the county. We are indebted
to him for W* help heto ln assem-
bling facts on coie oiiy,
ton and other places.
_ ^ Miss The Dade vs.
£) av is Football Game Fri.
Night.
(Story on back page)
na aTiiJiJ iiiw** *
agreed a that Rn« Russey PV should should be! be 1
the one to investigate the cu-
^When^they began to lower
him down into the excavation,
he experienced some difficulty
in descent, for parts of the hole
were barely large enough
him to squeeze through while
others allowed ample rcom.
About 65’ Deep
Down down he went, until it
-med his brother and .father,
wmdd run out of rope. When he
had h,H ° h^en been lowered iowereu approximate-
, ly sixty- ivtv-five feet he gave 0 a
•
great src&t shout. snout. up!”
“Rani me up' Haul me
His anxious cries alarmed his
companions companions who wo immediately 1
( started the P • of
.
,----- ( him
up.
School Students Wed.
Dade County’s schools
Wednesday after a two-week
postponement. The building
spectors frem the State School
Building Authority were in
county Monday and approved
all changes in the
which ha*ve been remodeled
during the summer.
Dade High, North Dade and
Davis underwent r e n o v ation
and since transportation for
five schools is inter-related, It
was necessary to delay the op-
ening of all schools with the ex-
ception cf Hooker, which
ed on the scheduled date, Aug-
list 26.
The new Hooker school is un¬
der construction, along with ad-
ditions to the North Dade and
Davis schools. Mrs. Lula Paris,
Hooker principal, has reported
about fifty pupils enrolled who
are attending classes in the
church building.
Teachers met Tuesday for a
final planning session. Wednes-
day morning found both teach-
ers and most students eagerly
anticipating the start of school.
this is done, ,it will be for the
It is probable that classes wm
be held on Saturday for a few
weeks to make up lest time. If
Dade Bank
The stockholders of the Bank
cf Dade held their first meet-
ing last Friday, Sept. 9, in the
Court House in Trenton. Mr.
George H. Harrison presented
the charter which the Bank
had received from the State of
Georgia. This was accepted and
will toe framed and hung in the
Bank.
W as voted to wait until
anuary open the bank, with
j anuary 2 being set as the ten-
tative opening date.. Mr. Har-
r i sorii wd c is now living in
Rockmart, Ga., will move to
Dade, with Mrs. Harrison, dur-
j ng tbe first of December to be
on hand to complete the last
cl e t a iLs for the opening and to
rece j Ve the payment of .the
Five persons were injured in
[ accidents Friday, in the county since
last two seriously.
James Kirby, of Chattanocga,
and his brother, Neal, Piegah,
Ala., were severely injured
about 2 a. m. Saturday morning
when their late-model car went
out cf control during a chase
with Chief Deputy Bill Norton.
The accident occurred on the
Sand Mcuntain road when the
Kirby automobile went out of
control, crashing into a rock
ledge and bouncing back into
the highway, coming to a stop
upside down. The car struck
the left front fender of Nor-
1 ten’s . it ... bounced .... back in¬
car as
to the pavement, knocking out
a headlight.
The brothers were taken to a
Chattanooga hospital where it
was reported that James Kirby
received a left upper arm frac¬
ture and lacerations of the
face and right ear. Neal re¬
ceived a fractured right
fractured jaw. loss cf teeth
multiple face cuts.
“Hurry! “Hurry! Get Get me me out out of of
Having no idea wha ^“
Luther pulled him up as fast as
their strength would allow,
When Russey was hauled into
view, his face was alight with
excitement and something else
...fear,
Skeletons in Cave
Speaking hurriedly and in a
halting voice, he told
that he had seen skeletons on
the floor of what seemed to be
a room, or cave. Awed at their
discovery, ........ first one, then the
made trips down into the
excavation. ____ .__
According to the oldest broth-
er, Luther who still lives at, Ris-
2ng Fawn, they found five or six
in the small room,
purpose of c 1 o s ing school in
the spring at the usual time.
Children who had worn the
new from the shoes which were
bought to start school in two
weeks ago were happy at last
to begin the daily trips to
school. Many were seen early
[clutching | Wednesday m o r n i n g, some
tablets and pencils,
while others carried book satch-
' the that
els in event books wculd
| [be given out.
j Quite a few' high school boys
seemed to be supporting a new
; fad.. .the wearing of light blue
with white buck shoes,
The chilly morning a i r caused
many girl students to wear
sweaters or short jackets.
A large part of the first school
day, which lasted until 2 p. m.,
was taken up with registering,
getting acquainted with changes
in the buildings, and assembly
for the older students. There
they were briefed on class sced-
ules, passes and the new fire
[ alarm systems, which have been
Installed In all schools,
The 0 i d school buildings have
[ I taken on a modern appearance
; ° f which everyone , is quite proud.
Beige and brown rubber tile has
been laid, the interiors painted
Bank of Dade stock which is
due to be paid on or about De-
cemtoer 1. Mr. Harrison i- pre-
sident and cashier cf the bank.
The By-Laws were read, one
by one, and approved. The
stockholders annual meetings
will be held on the second
Thursday in January of each
year with called meetings when
necessary. The Beard of Direct-
i s will meet every month also
cn the second Thursday of the
month. There will be five di-
rectors.
The five directors previously
appointed were elected to serve
until the next stockholders
meeting which will be on Jan-
uary 12, 1956. The directors are !
D. T. Brown, chairman of the
The driver, James Kirby, will
face a charge of driving under
the influence of an intoxicant.
He was attempting to outrun
the deputy at the time' of the
crash. Deputy Norton said his
speed reached 110 miles an
hour during the chase, which
started near New England.
A collision of two automobiles
on the Hooker road about
miles west of the Birmingham
highway intersection early Mon
day morning resulted in in¬
juries to Mrs. Nancy Gardner,
17, of Whiteside, her two-and-a
haltf-year-old nephew, Roland
Avery, and J B Derrytoerry.
Roland is the son of Mr. and
Mrs Clyde Avery cf Chatta-
nooga.
Mrs. Gardner and Roland
Avery were riding in a car
driven by the boy’s father,
Clyde Avery, en route to White-
side. The Avery car collided ...
with Derrytoerry s auto near the
^ home. He „ had . . just . .
'started to work at Trenton,
them to believe they had stum¬
bled upon an Indian burial
tons?
But why only a fev/ skele-
tonss
Of course the cave wa> not
large enough for additional bo¬
dies, so they assumed there
must --------— be a larger =« burial ------- ground -
ln t h e vicinity of Rising Fawn,
wh i c h got its name from an
Indian chief, according to le-
gen d. No one has ever found
ano ther burial place and no
one ha s been ~ able to explain
the cave with the skeletons,
Burial Place for Chiefs?
Some believed that it possibly
could have been the burial
place for chiefs. When werd
Published Weekly—Since 1901
a pleasant sky blue, new light-
ing, plumbing and chalkboards
installed, and outside.trim paint¬
ed.
Davis High School has been
stuccoed above the rock walns-
c o t i n g on the outside, and
boasts a new cafeteria, one of
the most modern. Work on the
addition to the building on the
south end is progressing.
The new building at North
Dade is almost ready for the
roof. Concrete and brick veneer
walls have been built up to the
ceiling height, steel door and
window frames set in, and the
concrete floor poured. Concrete
block partitions have also been ■
built. The new building is con-
nected to the school by concrete !
steps and a walkway. |
Dade County’s school bus
drivers are the following: Lee
Blevins, Claude Blevins, Dewey
Bradford, Fred Craig, Porter
Everett, Floyd Frandon, Russell
Gifford, Joe Blevins, H. E.
Beckman, Otis Lee Poe, Kel-
vie Gray, Curtis Carter, W. J.
Leverett and R. L. Morgan.
Rising Fawn will have the use
Of a new school bus since the
old one was impossible to use in
transporting children back and
forth.
beard, D. E. Morrison, R. S.
Townsend, j. a. Case and
George H. Harrison.
At the Board of Directors
meeting held immediately fol¬
lowing the stockholders meet¬
ing the following officers of the
bank were chosen: George H.
Harrison, president and cashier;
D. E. Morrison, vice president;
M. J. Hale, assistant cashier and
J. A. Case, secretary.
Stockholders present at the
meeting .were the above named
officials and board members
and H. F. Allison, J. C. Case,
R. W. Moore, C. C. Morrison,
A L Dyer, H. E. Gross and W
W. Williams. There are about
twenty stockholders,
where he is employed at the
Dyer Lumber Co.
^.11 j dree W ere taken by am-
bulance to a Chattanooga hos¬
pital. It was believed that their
| conditions were not serious.
Monday morning a pick-up
and a ‘55 model car were in-
; vo * ved in an accident near the
Hoolcer " Birmingham highway
i intersection. G. T. Mitchell, of
Czigler, Aik., drivei of the
truck, is employed on the tele-
phene project in the ccunty.
Mitchell was driving south
\yhen he was forced to stop
suddenly for cars turnjng off
the highway on to the Hooker
; road. The suddenness 0 f the
step caused his truck to swerve
slightly across the center line.
! A '55 model automobile driven
by Gene Darnell of Albertville,
Ala - g° in S north c:llieded with
Mitchell’s truck, damaging both
vehic2es
Darnell received a broken
nose and a broken arm. XT No
charges were made. 1
discovery, many went down in -1
to the cave, bringing out the
bones, which crumbled from j
age. There are none to be
found today, and the hole has '
caved in places.
Another thing that puzzled
the Allisons was how the bodies
were taken down into the cave.
There must have been another
entrance, but if there was, the
Indians had hidden it so well it
was never discovered.
Indian Experts at Concealing
They were experts at con¬
cealing things from the white
man, for when they were driven
out of this country, if is said
they covered completely any
traces cf a fabulous lead mine
NUMBER 35
DUffllllij J" BoXCctlf
The depot was the scene of
quite a bit of excitement Thurs¬
day afternoon when the engine
of freight No. 2180 pulled in,
closely followed by a burning
boxcar.
The Trenton fire department
also had the second opportunity
within two weeks to prove its
worth, for as quickly as possible
sifter they had been notified,
the truck arrived. C. E. Kyzer,
Russell Giffcrd, Kenneth Combs
and Rev. R. L. Hilten were res¬
ponsible for saving the car
from complete destruction. The
intense hcat they were forced
to work in made lt no e asy taski
by taking turns with the
hose they extinguished the
fi ames within several minutes.
Car Empty
Conductor N. G. Jones said
the car was empty, except for
acme papers, and that he was
not certain just what could
have started the fire. He said
it was possible that friction
from a brake shoe as the train
went down Sulphur Springs hill
could have thrown off sparks
into the papers.
The fire was not noticed un¬
til the train was about three
miles scoith of Trenton. Crew¬
man Bailey immediately began
to uncouple the burning car
from the rest of the train, and
by the time he succeeded, the
engine was almost to the depot.
News of the fire was wired
ahead to delay any trains that
might have been scheduled to
come through Trenton.
Right-of-Way Catches Fire
Flying sparks from the box¬
car set right-of-way on fire in
spots from Rising Fawn up the
eight miles of track to Trenton.
The Dade County Forestry
Unit, staffed by J. C. Pace and
Orville Gilbreath, investigated
and put out a blaze which had
burned an acre and a half on
property owned by J. W. Beasley.
They also extinguished a fire
on the Cureton farm at Rising
Fawn.
It was reported that Beasley’s
furniture factory was threaten¬
ed by the fire at one time.
O. W. Walker is engineer of
the freight, which was headed
north, en route to Chattanooga.
J. C. Pace To
Retire October 1
Dade’s Forest Ranger, J. C.
Pace, will retire from his duties
:n October 1, he has announced.
His s u c c e s s or has not been
named as yet.
Ranger Pace, a member of
one of Dade’s pioneer families,
has lived in Trenton all his life.
When the county forestry unit
was organized in 1944, he was
appointed to head it, and has
served in that capacity since.
He has kept up his farming
interest during his service with
the unit and plans to devote
his time to that activity follow¬
ing his retirement.
At a district forestry meeting
held in Rome last week, ,he was
presented a g;ld watch and the
title .... of o honorary ranger in a
special ceremony.
cation of.
William L. Allison spent a
small fortune hunting for this
mine which he believed to be
cn his farm. Perhaps it will be
found some day... and perhaps
n °i- There are many evidences
around Rising Fawn of the
time it was an Indian village
and there are countless legends
of its interesting past.
The burial hole on the Alli¬
son farm is located northeast
of the first field ever cleared in
Rising Fawm. It was named for
eld Chie; Einge and is the pro¬
perty of the Hale family, but it
is another story that we will
tell later
Can you explain the hole the
Alll-ons found?