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VOLUME LV
Fair Plans
CATTLE SHOW, TRADE DAY
TO HIGHLIGHT FAIR
Plans for Dade County’s
Fair are shaping up, with
year’s livestock show to be
of the biggest in decent
A meeting of the county
stock committee and all
trants planning to show
in the fair has been set for
day night, Sept. 30 for
of making final
and rule classifications.
meeting will begin at 7:30 p.
in the courthouse.
Rules previously drawn up
quire that a 1 1 livestock to
shown should be on the
grounds at 8 a. M. October
in readiness for the show
is scheduled to come off at
a m. Sale of livestock will
gin at 1 p. m. The
Committee furthur requires
cattle to be halter - broken
order to be eligible for
money. The grand
steer of the show will
$65 cash, with other class
reserve champion steers to
ceive prize money also, the
li t being available in the
catalogue.
Pr-ior to the cattle sale,
will be a type
illustrating the choice cuts
beef and their percentage
relation to live weight,
should be of interest to
producer and consumer of
Present plans of the
stock Committee include
enlarging of livestock
on the fair grounds to
100 head of cattle.
“Trade Day” New Feature
of Fair
A new feature of the fair
year will be “Trade Day’’
the benefit of those
in selling or swapping
any item c o n c e i v able.
event will be handled by
County Agricultural
of which W. H. Pullen is
man.
The idea was planned to pro¬
mote trading, swapping or
ing any item no longer
by any individual. A
area will be provided for
who bring such articles as
plows, coffee pots or
hounds.
At the end of the cattle
for those who have not
of articles brought, the
of an auctioneer will be
able free of charge.
planning to take advantage
this new idea are asked
leave a list of items to be
posed of with the County
The Dade County Times or
H. Pullen, so list may be
lished prior to Fair Day. It
the opinion of several
tural and community
that “Trade Day” can be
ed into a gala annual event .
Persons planning to place
hibits in the fair are urged
bring them to the fair
after 3 p. m. Thursday or be
Methodist Church Plans Centennial Celebration
Members of the Whiteside
Methodist Church are making
plans for the Centennial and
Homecoming which will take
place October 9. In honor of
the occasion, Mrs. Inex Doyle
Stines is preparing a history of
the church which will be pub¬
lished sometime in the near fu¬
ture. The following is her brief
sketch of the church’s history,
interspersed with information
supplied by Mrs. Elizabeth
Townsend.
In the early 1800’s in a little
corner of Marion County an
Indian village stood on the
banks of the small stream Run¬
ning Water, which still winds
its way along the foot of Etna
and Sand Mountain and pours
its secrets into the mighty Ten¬
nessee River.
When the first white settlers
came into this valley, they
found an Indian Mission, but
they were not content to wor¬
ship with the redskins. They
soon built their own house of
worship, approximately fifteen
by twenty feet in size, with a
large fireplace at one end. On
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade and
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1955
Shaping Up
| H. D. COUNCIL TO
SPONSOR FAIR FOOD
The food booth at the
County Fair, which is
up October 21-22, will again
sponsored by the Home
stration Council, it was
Monday during a called
ing of the organization.
Representatives of the
clubs present voted
ly to sell hot dogs, coffee,
and cold drinks during the
days of the Fair. Mrs. A.
Dyer, council president,
pointed Miss Bess Cureton
head the committee in
of the booth.
The following ladies
then appointed by Miss
ton to help plan the
Mesdames Jiles Gass,
Club; Virginia Ferguson,
Home; Edgar Moore, Slygo;
T. Lea, Wildwood; W. C.
ton, Byrd’s Chapel; Cecil
Kaig, New Salem; Elmer
Morganville and A. L.
Trenton.
Mrs. Bill Konrad was
nounced as chairman of the
hibit committee who will
each entry as it comes in.
will be assisted by
Sonny McMahan, Fred
son, W. W. Williams, J. M
gers, W. L. Simpson and
Hawes. These committee
bers have been requested to
someone to replace them
they will not be able to serve.
Miss Naomi Hubble,
demonstration agent,
each club represented to get
touch immediately with
committee on space
in order that space
ments may be worked out
everyone’s satisfaction. She
so reminded the group
club scrapbooks are due Dec. 1.
TRENTON ENTERED IN
IMPROVEMENT CONTEST
Trenton has been entered
the Georgia
Better Home Towns
according to a statement
this week by Mayor A. L.
Since there is so much build¬
ing going on in the town, Mr.
Dyer felt Trenton had a
chance in the contest. T. S.
Renfroe and Rev. R. L. Hilten
are assembling pictures for the
scrapbook of improvements,
and others will be asked to help
with the project.
Construction going on in¬
cludes the new bank building,
post office, M. J. Hale law of¬
fice, new high school and the
addition to Gross Mercantile
Co. Several new houses have
also been built. The bank build¬
ing, when completed, will also
house The Dade County Times
and will include two efficiency
apartments Concrete block and
brick-veneer walls for both the
bank and the Gross addition
are going up, and the Hale of¬
fice building is almost com¬
August 8, 1828, Rev. North
mitted Elizabeth Murphy
the Methodist Church, thus
gan the chain of
that has survived for one
dred twenty-seven years.
According to Elizabeth
phy’s granddaughter, Mrs’
zabeth Townsend, she
have joined the church by let¬
ter because she was
when she was very young.
Townsend’s family has
reason to believe that their
cestors had a great deal to
with the original church
she understands was built
Murphy’s Hollow on a
wet-weather branch
Meeting House Creek.
It was not built of logs
most of the early houses,
was made of lumber and
nailed over the joints. Mrs.
Townsend believes that type
building was called
houses.” had
By 1838 the Indians
moved away and the white
pulation steadily increased.
The N. C. & S. T. L.
way was completed in 1854
W. M. Davenport,
Chatta. Woman Die
Two persons were killed In
Dade County and three injured
during the weekend. Mrs. Lor¬
ain M. Busby, of Chattanooga,
and Wesley M. Davenport, 27,
Trenton resident, died in auto¬
mobile accidents and were pro¬
nounced dead at the scenes of
the two crashes by Coroner C.
T. Sims.
Mrs. Busby, wife of Leo Bus¬
by of Chattanooga, was killed
about 6:30 a. m. Friday morn¬
ing in a head-on collision atop
S^nd Mountain, about a mile
east of the Davis School. Three
other persons were injured in
the accident and are being
treated at a Chattanooga hos¬
pital.
They are listed as James Be-
lue, 27, Long Island, Ala., driver
of one of the cars, who received
injuries to the right arm and
a f rehead cut; Clell „ ... H. .. Yates, „
27, of Avans, formerly of Chat¬
tanooga, driver o f the second
“ v, . T . 3 CUt °T
the left !
eye and was reported . In-
a semi-conscious condition, and i
Albert Anderson, 31, of Long
Island, who received a bad cut !
on the upper lip.
It was reported that Mrs.
Busby and Anderson were pas¬
sengers in the Yates car. At the
hospital, Yates said he “black-i
ed out” after coming over a hill
and that the two cars collided
on the top of the hill. The road ,
was said to be “very dusty” at
the time of the accident. No
charges have been made in con¬
nection with the wreck.
Davenport Killed Sat. Night
Davenport, known by many as
“Pig Wheeler”, a name he car¬
ried from boyhood days, died
instantly about 8:30 p. m. after
the car he was driving plunged
down an embankment off the
Trenton-LaFayette highway.
He was reportedly e n route
up Lookout Mountain to carry
Ray Moore, a n acquaintance,
home when the accident oc¬
curred. Davenport’s car, a '55
model, went off the mountain
at the first curve, known as
“horseshoe bend” and was
practically demolished.
The body was pinned inside
the car in such a way that it
took investigating officers and
the ambulance driver some time
to extricate it. Moore received
only slight injuries and was re¬
leased after treatment at a hos¬
pital.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Peggy Trotter Davenport, Chat¬
tanooga; one son, Wesley Ben¬
jamin Davenport, Chattanooga;
mother, Mrs. Ruby Brock,
grandmother, Mrs. Ely Wheeler,
aunt, Mrs. Clara Breedlove, un¬
cle, D e w e 1 Breedlove, and a
cousin, Glenda Breedlove, all of
Trenton.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday from the Trenton
Church of Christ with Rev. Joe
Mayhew officiating. Interment
was in Payne Cemetery.
the name Whiteside was given
the station in honor of Col.
James A. Whiteside who gave
the right-of-way for this pro¬
ject.
In the year 1855 the Etna
Mining Company opened there,
bringing more people into the
valley. These people realized
their need for God in their lives
and the church membership
increased.
These pioneers lived in peace
until the Civil War, when the
Federal Army marched into
that section of the country.
They made camp along the
banks of Running Water Creek
and tore down the little church
moving it some three miles
from Murphy’s Hollow to their
camp site at Whiteside on the
Reddow property to use as their
office.
After the war the people came
to the church in this location
until 1877 when a beautiful new
church was built near by. It
was also used for school purposes
with Mrs. Townsend one of the
first pupils. Here the people
Court Unable to Empanel Twelve Jurors
Crane
Paul Crane, who was
for murder in connection
the fatal attack on aged
Junius Nesbitt in October
1<951, came to trial this week
criminal court. The case,
headed a long criminal
was dismissed from the
dar of this term of court
twelve qualified jurors
not be found from among
seventy drawn. The case
be re-scheduled for a later
of court.
Prior to this
defense lawyers for Crane,
L Lomenlck, Joe Wild, Jr.
Andrew Cain, entered
for continuance of the case
for a change of venue, both
which were overruled by
court. A sanity trial -was
held, with the jury
little over an hour before
reachlng . the decl5ion that
defendant was sane and
fore capable of conducting
»wn trial.
Earl B fcl| and At
torney “Sandy” Clower of
attorney for the Nedbitt estate,
represented the state.
“Not Had Time To Prepare
Evidence
The defense entered the con-
motlon ° n the pounds
since their flrm had not
retained until a week ago,
y had not had sufricieI J t
to prepare necessary evi¬
Judge Davis overruled
motion for the reason that
of the lawyers for the de¬
was familiar with the
before that time. Crane
released from the state
penitentiary at Reidsville, Ga.
July and knew then he was
indictment.
When the change of venue
was made, Crane's bro¬
ther, Hershel Crane, took the
to testify that there was
much “ill feeling” throughout
county concerning the case,
that he had heard it said
the defendant would “be con¬
victed on general principles if
else.” Asked by Attorn¬
Clower to state the names
these persons, Crane declined
answer.
Paul Crane then went to the
to testify in his own be¬
making the statement that
did not think he could get a
trial in Dade County be¬
of this talk. He also said
since his discharge from
army, he had never lived in
county, but that his mo¬
home was here, and that
wished the case transferred
Walker County.
The court overruled this mo¬
following Sheriff Graham s
that he had not
the case discussed any
than any other murder
Several witnesses for the state
in readiness for the trial,
three prisoners from
who will have to be
worship until 1886 when the
peaceful Running Water over¬
flowed and washed the church
from its foundation, damaging
the furnishings and destroying
valuable records. The building
was restored and again used for
worship.
The years pased — the early
pioneers began to leave this val¬
ley to go to their Eternal Home.
But their children had inherited
a priceless possession — their
Christian Heritage.
This generation was faced with
disaster in 1913 when they watch
ed helplessly as the church burn¬
ed to the ground.
Immediately construction of
a new building began. — Serv¬
ices were soon being held in the
new church but furnishing was
not completed for several years.
This church is still being used
Through the century the peo¬
ple have worked to keep a Meth¬
odist Church in the valley. When
we of this generation become
weary we pause and think of the
battles our ancestors fought to
give us religious freedom.
Seventy-eight pastors have
Published 1901
returned to the Trenton
when the case is
Crane, who was being held in
Rome jail before this week
court, was returned there
with the Reidsville
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ogreeta Pace of
was the first woman in
county to sit on a jury, the
concerning a charge
Gerald Logan of Lookout
for speeding. Logan was
ped by She riff Graham
Deputy Bill Norton on the
of June 23, 1955 for
at speeds "exceeding 100
110 miles per hour”, the
ment read.
Logan defended himself,
ing as evidence a book
ing the actual speeds his
mobile and that of the
were capable of making,
he said were not the high
of speed he is accused of
veling. He brought out
both cars were equipped
stock engines. Logan also
ified that he was not
that fast and that he had
way if knowing he was
followed by the law or he
would have stopped.
Sheriff Graham’s
Dade G.S.D.
By Spencer Jenkins
Scoring three touchdowns via
the air and two by way of land,
the Dade High Wildcats made
it three games in a row in the
win column with a 34-7 victory
over Georgia School for the
Deaf at Brown Field last Fri¬
day night.
Halfback Carl Steele south-
pawed a 12-yard pass to Dale
Sims, who took it on the GSD
2-yard line arid stepped over
for a T.D. early in the second
quarter and also 'tossed a 12-
yard pass to end Derreli Hughes
in the third quarter for a T.D.
Quarterback Harold Shankles
threw a 14-yard pass to End
Eugene Keith for the third T.D.
by air early in the fourth
quarter after the Wildcats had
recovered a GSD f u m ble on
their 18-yard line.
Scatiback David Steele scored
the first touchdown for Dade
as GSD fumbled on the third
play of the game and Harold
Shankles recovered on the GSD
19-yard line. The Wild cats
moved the ball down to the 8-
yard line where David went
over for a T. D. on an end run.
Steele scored his other touch¬
down on an 18-yard run in the
second quarter.
For the night, Steele picked
up 101 yards rushing on nine
plays for an average of 11 yards
a try. His run of 46 yards in
the 3rd quarter was the longest
run of the game. He ran from
his 12-yard own 42-yard line before line being to the stop- GSD j
served this circuit and have
ceived a total of 357 into
church.
Bri. John H. Parrott,
in 1873 and 1874, later
Miss Lou Griffith of
Valley. The letter he wrote
his friends here telling of
coming marriage is with
church records.
Another well loved
Bro. J. A. Darr of 1874
1887, later moved to Jasper
published a paper there.
(Ed. Note — Rev. Darr,
he was pastor of the
Fawn Methodist Church in
was also publisher and editor
the Dade County Gazette.)
Of the present
Mrs. Mary Smedley Price, 85,
the oldest member, and is
i n her 70th year of
church work. Her sister,
Lou Smedley Dagnan has
a member for 69 years.
Through the years the
has been on the Dade
Washington C i r cuit and
Etna Circuit, formed
years ago which at the
time includes three
NUMBER 37
included statements that he
followed Logan from the Plaza
Court at New England along
Highway No. 11 and up Look¬
out Mountain, where he turned
on the red blinker light and
the siren.
After a short deliberation,
the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty.
During court week, Mrs. Bon¬
nie Lacy, the other woman jur¬
or drawn, was called to sit on
the case of the State vs. Dol-
and Tishaw, charged with driv
ing while intoxicated. Tishaw
was found not guilty.
While these cases were being
heard, Mamie Clay of Hooker
pled guilty to charges of using
obscene language and operating
a disorderly house. She was
placed on 24 month’s probation
provided she conducts herself
in an orderly manner and does
not violate the terms of her
probation.
Other Cases
Found guilty by juries were:
Lewis Taylor, Abandonment
Jim Bodenhammer, Bigamy
Bill Raines, Possessing Liquor
Results % o f cases tried after
The Times went to press will b-*
carried next week.
ped. Donald Vaughn kicked 4
out of 5 placements and also
showed up well on defense.
Center Ed Vaughn played a
good game and also recevered
a fumble to set up the Wildcats’
second T. D.
GSD scored in the" last quar¬
ter as they marched 65 yards to
ficore after recevering a Wild¬
cat fumble o n their own 35-
yard line. Ronald Bell scored
from 15 yards out and the try
for extra point was good. Dade
beat a highly-spirited team
from GSD.
End Bobby Lee was injured
and had to leave the game ear
ly in the second quarter.
Score by Periods:
Dade ......... 7 14 6 7—34
G. S. D.......0 0 0 7—7
Dade is building up an im¬
pressive record with only one
loss and three straight wins.
team has scored a total of
111 points to their opponents’
The next home game for the
will be Friday night,
7 when they meet Buchan¬
rated the strongest team in
4-C. Buchanan has al¬
scored a victory over Ga.
for the Deaf and Bre¬
last year’s 4-C champions.
The winner of this game has
excellent chance of becom-
i n g this y e a r’s Region 4-C
According to Wild¬
fans, the Dade team has a
good chance o f winning
Buchanan.
Annex, Hale Chapel and White-
side. We have been in the Jas¬
per, Cleveland and Chattanoo¬
ga Districts.
Members of the Whiteside
Church are extending an invi¬
tation to all former pastors and
their families, former members,
and all their friends to bring a
basket lunch and spend a day
of fellowship at the Whiteside
Methodist Church o n October
9. 1955, the c e n t e n nial and
Homecoming Day.
The morning program will be¬
gin promptly at 10:00, E. S. T.
Lunch at 12:00 noon and the
afternoon program, which will
include the dedication o f the
church, will begin at 2:00 P. M.
E.S. T„
When Bishop Short v i s i ted
here last March, he stood in the
quietness of the chapel and be¬
gan to sing—“O Come to the
Church in the Wildwood",
which is very descriptive of
The Whiteside Methodist
Church.