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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LVI
DALLY IN' IN DADE
Vital Statistics of Williams, Morrison?
Peck, Pullen, Moore, Green
By Myrna McMahan
As the date lor the primary election draws nearer, campaign¬
ing by candidates who are opposed in their bids for various of¬
fices is more intense than ever.
Since they are aware of the fact that it will be impossible to
reach every registered voter in the county before March 7, they
were particularly glad to have
me opportunity to—speak at
0a»is’ political rally
£ idently the voters were glad
o *.ave a chance to hear them,
for they turned out from pract-
really eVery part of the bounty,
Following are vital statistics
of several candidates. This is
the ~econd article in a series of
nree.
Mrs. Grace Hale Williams
The only woman candidate
In this election is Mrs. Grace
Hale Williams, Clerk of the Su¬
perior Court. Mrs. Williams has
been Clerk since .1953, succeed¬
ing her father, the late Graham
Hale.
She was born September 1,
1901 at Rising Fawn, where her
parents were prominent citizens
of the community. Educated in
Dade County Schools, she mar¬
ried Col. Cornelius S. Williams.
Col. and Mrs. Williams reside
at the Hale home-place in Ris¬
ing Fawn, where Col. Williams,
a former coal dealer, has farm¬
ing interests.
Mrs. Williams is a member
o: the Rising Fawn Methodist
Church and the Womans So¬
ciety of Christian Service. She
was Deputy Clerk for five years
before taking the position of
Clerk.
R. M. Morrison
Ordinary Raymond Morrison,
w .0 is running for re-election,
was born and raised in Dade
ounty es one of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Morrison’s several sons.
He was educated in Dade
County Schools and has had a
.ii.i m farming just about all
his life. Married to the former
Miss Olivine Tate, who works
at the Trenton Post Office, the
Iviorrxsons have two children,
Mrs. Kathleen M. Short and R.
M., Jr., a student at Georgia
Tech.
Ordinary Morrison is a mem¬
ber of the Trenton Methodist
Church, the Masons, Lions Club,
Farm Bureau, and is one of the
.rectors of the Boy Scout pro-
~ram.
He was Clerk of Court from
1930 until 1940. He was rural
hi carrier at the time he be¬
gan his campaign for Ordinary
in 1952, at which time he was
’acted to his present office.
Arthur W. Peck
Arthur W. Peck, former Or¬
dinary of Dade County, is again
a candidate for that office. Mr.
Peck held the office from 1947
until 1952.
He was born at Lake Provi¬
dence, Louisiana, September 1,
1901 and was educated at East
Carroll High School, also in
Louisiana. the
A Merchant Marine in
Transport Service, he received
the Congressional Citation
Award for outstanding service
to his country during World
War r.
He is in the real estate and
investment business, owning
considerable property in Dade
County. He and Mrs. Peck, the
former Miss Delia Brown, built
an attractive home north of
Trenton several years ago.
He is a member of the Meth¬
odist Church and the Farm Bu¬
reau. A former member of the
Georgia Legislature, Mr. Peck
has also been a member of the
Dade County Draft Board, a
Government Appeal Agent,
Chairman of the Chattanooga
Area Rent Control Board, Jus-
tice of the Peace and member
of the 7th District Democratic
Committee.
W. H. (Bill) Pullen
Born in South Georgia, Pul-
len has lived in the peach state
all his life, coming to Dade
sixteen years ago. He
’ ’"'''lie ~''hools of
s re, and graduated from
the University of Georgia with
a B S. degree in Agricultural
Engineering.
His father, is a noted
11)1 ade d mmtn
•herthorn breeder at Damas¬
cus, Ga., f a _ project which ... has
carried over to his son. Pullen
married Miss Martha Frances
wells, whose grandparents were
among the first settlers of Sand
Mountain along about 1869.
The couple, who have a seven
year-old son, Billy, resides at
Morganville.
Pullen spent 32 months in the
Navy during the last world war
as lieutenant-commander and
has the permanent rank of
lieutenant in the naval reserve.
Among civic organizations he is
associated with the Lions Club,
Farm Bureau and American
Legion. He has been veterans’
instructor and has done much
to explore the possibilities of a
profitable truck farming pro¬
gram for the county. He also
has been president of the Farm
Bureau and is at present chair¬
man of the board of directors
of the Farmers’ Co-Op.
For the past five years, he
has been engaged in farming on
Sand Mountain where he owns
property. At present, he is in
the process of setting out 10 to
12 acres of strawberry plants.
Roy W. Moore
Another native of Dade Coun¬
ty, School Superintendent Roy
W. Moore was born June 16,
1904 on Lookout Mountain. His
Barents were Clarence L. and
Minnie Cox Moore. He has
continued to live on the moun¬
tain, except the period when he
was in school, and is actively
interested in farming and in
the lumber business.
He was educated in the Berry
Schools and at Hiawassee Col¬
lege, later teaching for four
years. For the past eight years,
he has served as County School
Superintendent. Miss
Mrs. Moore is the former
Cecil Hannah. The couple have
three sons. Supt. Moore is a
member of the Methodist
Church, the Lions Club, the
Dade County Educational Asso¬
ciation, and both the Georgia
and the National Educational
Associations.
G. V. Green
A candidate for the office of
Sheriff, G. V. Green goes by
the nickname of “Galbby”. He
was born September 24, 1905 in
Griffin, Ga., and was educated
at Spring Hill School, Henegar,
Alabama.
He finished high school while
he was in the Army, where he
spent fifteen years. His rank
was Sergeant in the 6th Calvary.
For the last ten years, he nas
farmed at Cloverdale.
His wife, a registered nurse,
is the former Miss Fae Lang-
“ord. The Greens have twosons,
Gaston, Jr., and John. Green’s
church affiliation is with the
Trenton Church of Christ and
he is a member of the Farm Bu¬
reau and the Farmers’ Co-Op.
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEM¬
OCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION
MARCH 7, 1956
For Ordinary
Harold C. Cox
R. M. Morrison
Arthur W. Peck
For Sheriff
Allison Blevins
G. V. (Gabby) Green
For Representative
Woodrow W. Gross
W. H. (Bill) Pullen
For Tax Commissioner
John W. Murphy
For Titeasurer
James V. Jenkins
For Superior Court Clerk
Grace Hale Williams
Fop County School
Superintendent
Curtis L. Forester
Pov w. Moore
For Coroner
(No Candidate)
F °r Surveyor
W. P. Cole
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1956
Sat. Storm Said "Worst In Years'
Fierce winds picked at roofs,
uprooted trees and flattened
out small outbuildings early
Saturday in what old-timers
call Dade County worst storm
in years.
The winds were part of a
tornado that struck at Scotts-
boro, Ala. and LaFayette, Ga.,
with damages running in the
thousands of dollars. Many
persons reported that the wind
was so strong that it sounded as
if it came from all directions;
and would pick up their homes
at any minute.
Hardest hit in Dade County
was the Lookout Mountain area
with Sand Mountain next. The
homes of Vernon King, Bill
Gray, Scott Gray and Grady
Bradford were severely dam¬
aged by falling trees and wind,
while on Sand Mountain, part 1
of a pumphouse on H. L. Chap-
palier’s property was blown
across his house and into a
prized shade tree.
In the Cave Springs com-
2 Arrested In Break-In
Sheriff Allison Blevins
rested two youths, one of
armed with a revolver, in
early morning hours
after the pair had broken
Davis High School in a
•’ttempt.
The thieves who are
to have records for
similar offenses, are Florn Hor¬
ton, 18, of DeKalb County, Ala.,
and Charles (Big ’Un) Gass 20,
of Jackson County,
Gass had in his possession
nickle-plated Smith and Wes¬
son .38 revolver.
The attempted robbery
curred about 2 a. m. Monday.
order to get into the
building, Horton broke a
window, using socks over
hands both for protection
to keep from leaving
prints. He then unlocked
window, opened it, and once
side, opened a door for Gass
come in.
They were apprehended
side the office within a few
minutes by Kelvie Gray,
caretaker, who suddenly
on the lights and held the pair
captives while he called Princi-
pal D. O. Chumley.
immediately called Sheriff Ble-
vins and rushed to the school
assist Gray until the arrival of
the Sheriff..
Hid Auto, Walked to School
Sheriff Blevins discovered the
In
Sheriff Allison Blevins, Claude
Blevins and City Policeman H. H. i
Hutchins raided two stills, both
within a half mile of each other
in Slygo Valley Monday.
The smaller still, with a ca¬
pacity of approximately 500
gallons, was cooliqg off when
it was found, but the larger one
estimated to be about 1,000 gal-
Dade County’s second politi¬
cal rally will be held Saturday
night, February 25 at 7:30 p. m.
at the New Home Community
House.
All candidates for the prim-
From Dade !
Rev. R. L. Hilten, who
named head of Dade
Polio Drive after Miss
Cureton, chairman, became
has announced that total
of the drive came to $861.
Community donations
workers are listed as follows:
$60.25, Avans — Mrs.
Meeks;
$29.19, North Dade—Mr. L.
McHughes;
$90.67, Dade High — Mr. J
Billue;
$82.73, Davis High — Mr.,
vid Chumley;
*’7.25. Rising Fawn School
Mr. Premon Hall;
$18.63, Byrd’s Chapel — Mrs.
C. Payne, Jr.
$4.00, South State Line
Clark Byers;
munity, a lead-in wire from a
power pole to the Charles Guinn
home was blown loose, while
north of Rising Fawn, near
Long’s Store, the path of the
was clearly visible by the
broken and uprooted trees. X.
B. Murphy’s corn crib was re¬
ported to be demolished along
with two bams and his garage.
Many home owners spent Sat¬
urday replacing shingles or
clearing away debris of fallen
T. m S. Renfroe, ^ manager of
the Georgia Power Co., said he
and his crew, Martin Bradford,
T. J. Bell, Jack Cash and J. T.
Armstrong, were out making re¬
pairs on lines damaged by fall¬
ing trees from 1:30 a. m. Sat¬
urday until about five Saturday
afternoon without stopping to
eat or to rest. In emergencies,
he is usually able to call in
crews from Summerville or
Rome for assistance, but those
places were having the same
trouble and no help could be
sent
thugs’ automobile, a ’37 Ford,
which had been- hidden to the
left of the school on a side
road south of the Bryant road
above the school. There were
no license plates on the car,
which is now in the Sheriff’s
possession. The burglars are be¬
ing held in the county jail
awaiting a hearing.
This is the fifth break-in at
the Davis School since the
opening of the fall term, ac¬
cording to Principal Chumley.
Last week, the New Salem,
Mt. Olive, Ala., and Bryant,
Ala. schools were robbed, with a
considerable amount oi USDA
or., mod Hues dis overed missng.
Kyzer’s Parts Office Robbed
Last Thursday morning, Ky-
■rAutomotive Parts Co. was
broken into, the heavy safe
j blown and about open $1500 with taken. nitroglycerine, Amon
| other missing items was a pistol
(belonging to W. M. Austin
J 1 manager ture and Appliance of the Trenton Co. To Furn- date,
no arrests have been made, but
investigations are continuing by
Sheriff Blevin and the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation, who
taken samples of finger-
prints.
There are strong indications
that all the robberies are con-
nected, but no definite tie-ins
have been reported by the
1 Sheriff’s office.
Ions, was ready to run. It was
fired by a coal oil burner.
When the officers arrived on
the scene of the largest still, two
boys were seen running away. A
chase took place, but the boys
outran their pursuers.
Equipment at both sites was
destroyed and some brought in
the Sheriff.
ary election are invited to
’peak.
A barbecue supper will be
a'seer come '
Everyone :s zo
and bring someone along.
served with chicken., cakes, pies
and plenty of hot coffee.
$11.02, New England — Mrs.
Joe Blevins;
$15.00, Slygo — Mrs Harold!
1
Dugan;
$18.60, New Home — Mrs.
Haynes;
$10.70, Hooker — Mrs. Paris;
$47.40, New Salem School —
Mr. Childress;
$93.81, Wildwood — Mrs. J. C.
Wallen;
$77 30, Rising Fawn — Mrs.
| Cecil McMahan;
$8.55, Sulphur Springs — Mrs.
| Ed. Bible;
1 $18.65. New Salem Mrs. Ce-
-11 MrifCal'*’
1/1 Morganville Mrs. E.
R- Wells;
I $135.59, Trenton - Mr. I. H.
Wheeler, Jr. i
' Total $861.00
250 Hear Candidates
Flovi'o Davis High UinrK School’s 1 L.
room was packed and
Saturday night when folks
ali parts of the county gather
ed for the old-fashioned
supper and political rally,
sored by the Davis
Club. The place was gaily
corated with patriotic colors.
D. O. Chumley, principal,
nounced at the close of
pieeting that a total of $250
been realized from the
all of which, minus a few
penses, would go for the
chase of football equipment.
Waldo Simmons did a
did job of auctioning off
dozens of
boxes containing every
frem golden fried chicken
cakes and pies. Several of
candidates came away with
goodly share of loot, but
o’clock and time for the round
of talks from political candi-
dates arrived before they
a chance to partake of this glo¬
rious fare.
Members of the Service
and the FHA also assisted with
details of the event.
Harold Cox
Harold Cox, candidate for
dinary, was introduced first
Rev. Lewis Gaddis in the
in which the candidates'
''ill appear on the ballots.
“I’m no speaker,” Cox said
a brief statement, ’T‘m a work-
er, and if you good people
give me a chance, I’ll try
prove it to you.’’
R. M. Morrison
Ordinary R. M.
read a summary of county
penditures and progress
: n the cdunty during the
f bree years he has been in
fice.
Mr. Morrison’s first
were on roads. He said
were approximately 200 miles
dirt and chert roads in
county. For the past 20
the limit had been levied and
now bringing in about $7,500
year. From the State
Tax and Grant-in-Aid
Dade receives $2,777.16 a
This total gives Dade approx-
imately $205 per mile for main
tenance and the building of any
new roads per year. He said
‘•f'el and concrete bridges
Been built, steel girders had
beer? put under 2 others and
that 59 bridges had been ie
-laced with concrete tile and 66
w tile had been laid
there were no bridges before.
During his administration, he
said, we have been able to
the State Highway Department
to take over the Hooker Road
r or maimenence. We have pro¬
cured a 3V 2 mile block top road
to be completed this spring
connecting State Highway 143
at the gap by Simmons Store on
fine Sand Mountain to the Alabama
Also a black top rural
ro 3 d, which will C ome under
State Rural Road Program,
be laid this spring from High¬
way 143 at ' Simmons
across the top of the
to Highway 301 at
Store.
The Ordinary swapped
7 % miles of road beginning
vr\g-hway 143 on the side
Sand Mountain, past the
r pool to the Alabama line for
2 bout the same amount
mileage of the Old
Highway on Lookout
tv This road past the Davis
is now State
an d Mr Morrison read a letter
from the State Highway De-
partment stating that a
survey for this road was ap
proved in January and
ho-ed the survey could
March 15- He also
the Newsom Road up
Mountain at Rising F
though a state road had
maintained by them
^
Dodge for $2150, which
*->27.44 below list price and
Chevrolet for $2250, which
$328.37 below list. In 1955
bought a Dodge for $2150 which
Published Weekly—Since 1901
was $596.66 ^ ^ below list, and a
Chevrolet for $2250 which was
below price list.
He also quoted amounts spent
on other services, told of getting
a Home Demonstration Agent
and about the Dental Clinic for
school children which has been
in operation for two years.
A. VV. Peck
Third candidate to speak was
Arthur W. Peck, who is seeking
the office of Ordinary. Peck,
who held the office from 1947
until 1952, said he would like to
again serve in a manner which
would give his successor some-
thing unusual to match
i n will issue no ]iceilses for
the sale of intoxicating bever-'
ages and have made no pro¬
mises as to jobs or patronage
of any kind and will not do
S0 o he sfcat3d He al30
re _
| marked that he had received
considerable encouragement
from different parts of the
county, and that people here
had been good to him through¬
out the years.
“I appreciate your friend¬
ship,” he said in closing.
Allison BHevins
Allison Blevins, candidate for
Sheriff, spoke for only one min¬
ute, but said he was a Chris¬
tian man first of all and that
he would continue to try to do
the Lord’s will. He brought out
the fact that he would not have
time to see everyone, but asked
that he be supported in the
forthcoming election.
G. V. Green
Blevins’ opponent, G. V. (Gab¬
by) Green, asked the audience
to consider the two candidates
3s an employer would consider
(two applications for a job be-
fore chosing the best man
I qualified for the job. The Sher-
iff needs a knowledge of crirn-
I inology and has the responsi-
bility of looking after the wel-
r are of the people, Green said.
Green also said he would be
honest and fair in all his deal-
mgs if elected Sheriff, and that
[he would be available every j
hour of every day to every ci-
J tizen. 1
j Woodrow Gross
Woodrow Gross, running for
j re _ e j ec ti 0n as Representative,
said in his short talk that he
1 wag no j. accus tomed to making
i speeches, that the rally was
i probably the first occasion he
had ever had to talk b e f ore a
jcrowd
He said that he wanted the
people to know that there had
been a lot of segregation bills
up for vote in the legislature,
and that he had voted for every
one of them.
“I’m for white supremacy,”
I he stated, then asked everyone
I to vote for him.
1 W. II. Pullen
Also Al?0 a a candidate for Repre¬
tentative, W. H (Bill) Pullen
?ave a biographical sketch of
himself, beginning with his
birth in South Georgia. A resi¬
dent of Georgia all his life,
Pullen said he had been a Dade
Countian for sixteen years, by
choice. He attended the public
schools of the state, graduated
from the University of Georgia
i with a Bachelor of Science de-
pr-ee in Agricultural Engineer¬
ing and spent 32 months in the
Navy.
For the past 10 years he said
he had worke dwith almost every
civic organization in the coun¬
ty and was instructor with the
Veterans’ Farm Training Pro-
j gram .for four years j
j Pulen said ne was opposed to
j the mixing of the races in any
v/ay. He said he was interest¬
ed in the progress of the coun¬
ty and of Sand Mountain, and
elected, would would be be down in
j Atlanta the county working for coming everything and
has
j more besides, following goals
| He listed the
,which he would work for if
'
on the north end of
Pand Mountain connecting with
a p ved road to Chattanooga
and tying in to 110 in Alabama;
(3) Improvement of U. S. High (4)'
way 11 in Dade County;
NUMBER 5
Pavement of farm to market
roads in Dade County; (5) Bet¬
ter schools; (6) Better farm
markets, particularly truck crop
markets; (7) Help to create a
road commissioner post if the
majority of the people of Dade
want it; (8) Continued segre¬
gation and states rights witn
whatever steps necessary. Due
to the ten-minute time limit,
Pulen did not have a chance to
further itemize his platform.
Curtis Forester
Curtis Forester, candidate for
Superintendent of Schools, gave
the highlights of his back¬
ground, including his gradua¬
tion from Berry College with
a B. s. degree, two years’ serv¬
ice with the Army and his em¬
ployment until the beginning of
his campaign as employment
interviewer with the Georgia
Department of Labor.
He remarked that he was no 1
present to make a lot of poli¬
tical promises; that he would
devote his full time and inter¬
est to the office if elected, and
that he would cooperate full’
with the Board of Education,
with the State School author¬
ities and the people of Dade
County. In closing, he statea
that he would serve to the best
of his ability.
Roy VV. Moore
Roy W. Moore, in his bid f or
re-election as Superintende -
of Schools, announced that h*
was grateful to the people i
permitting him to serve for
more than seven years, during
which time he had tried (o
serve them well. He said ne
had tried to render the best
service possible with t v e ri
Hies at hand, although the:
had been some dissatisfaction
as to teachers and other thine?
He called attention to the pro¬
gress in the present school
building program, explain’
that all the needs had been a-
plied for to the State depart¬
ment, where the mo t neede ’
projects were alloted fir-t.
When state funds were ex-
hausted, the Rising Fawn and
New Salem schools were left to
be constructed locally. This wa
done through a bond issue last
summer to finance those proj¬
ects and to equip all projects
He said that plans for ho’ 1
Rising Fawn and New Sale
are in the state departure
end will be ready at an, early
date.
He also mentioned the r tat
of Davis High School, sayin
that now that the enrollment
had passed the 100 mark, it had
been recommended that it re¬
main a high school by Mr. J. T.
Lance, State School Supervisor.
In 1952, when the consolidation
recommendation was made, it
was due to the fact that the
high school enrollment was
only 53. He said that in Nov.
1955 the Dade County Board of
Education agreed to continue
the two high schools and that
in January, 1956, he met with
the state board at which time
they approved the same pro¬
vided Mr. Allen Smith of the
Dept, of Education would ap¬
prove it after a visit to the
county. Following his visit of
January 17, he approved the
Davis high school and recom¬
mended that more construction
be done there to eliminate the
barracks.
At the next meeting of the
county board, it was agreed
that further construction at
Davis be delayed until the cost
of construction at Rising Fawn
and New Salem, as well as
equipment for all schools, could
be determined.
In closing, he said if the ci¬
tizens saw fit to elect him
again, he would continue his
every effort for the best inter¬
est of ali the schools in the
county.
Unopposed Candidates
Mrs. Grace Hale Williams,
“
kin'. Treasurer, all o‘ whom are
unopposed m the e.e-H-r po
to the crowd and thanked them
for their confidence and trust.
W. P. Cole, candidate for
Surveyor, was not present.