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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1955)
\ ibt <idc f mutto 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?
