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THE CLEVELAND COURIER
“COVERS THE MOUNTAINS LIKE MOONSHINE
Devoted to the. Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Interests of White County
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THE CLEVELAND COURIER.
PLATFORM
For White County and
Cleveland:
A Cleaner and More Beautiful
City
Swimming Pool
All Highways Graded and
Paved
To Make White County
Mecca for Tourists
Development of Winter
Sports in Mountain Area
Ultra-Modern Highway from
Cleveland to Gainesville
Injunction Hearing Set Today
On raving City Streets
A hearing will be held in the
courthouse in Gainesville at 2 p.
m, today before Judge G' Fred
Kelleyfon an injunction that was
served on the Mayor and Council
men ol the City of Cleveland from
paying out any funds for paving
of streets in the city limits of
Cleveland.
In addition to the alledged
legations of the uncoustitution
ality of paying out city funds in
this manner, and it also alleged
that this is the wrong season
paving in this area.
The street in front of Reynold
Merritt’s home to the city limits
was paved before the injunction
was served. All unpaved streets
in the city limits were scheduled
for paving.
Those signing the petitionwere:
J. L. Nix, Tom Mauney, Allan
Mauney, Frank Russell, Clyde
Turner, Coleman Reed, Milliard
Holcomb, and E, J. Huff
A contractor from
was doing the paving.
Credit Warnings Hit
Regulations Next tear
By Lou Schneider
New York—The steady flow of warn¬
ings against expanding use of
clearly indicates that the Preeldeut and
Congress may do something next year
regulate the practice.
As pieviously revealed here, such
warnings have been issued by federal
Reserve Board-Governor Mills and Chair*
mao Saulnier of the President's Economic
Adviecry Council. Now three more
available.
Sen. Sparkman (D-Ala ), chairman
Ihe bousing subcommittee, said:
ernment intervention in the allocation
credit may become necessary if
cannot voluntarily resist the lure of cred
it for items that are Jeee essential than
housing,
Ira Dixon, member of Federal
Loan Bank Board, urged savings and
loan organizations to maintain substan¬
tial c sh reserves ‘against any sudden
verse changes ia ecouomic conditions, be¬
cause past history shows such
arise after all periods of phsncmenal
value growths.
MY TOWN DESERVES
MY LOYALTY
“My town is the place where my
home is found, where my business is
situated and where my vote is cast.
It is where my children are educated,
where my neighbors dwell, and where
my life is chiefly lived. It is the home
spot for me.” . .
“My town has the right and to I my should erne
loyalty. It supports me
“Idy partisanship; town wants my friendliness, citizenship,
not my my sympathy, not
not my dissension; my not
my criticism; my allegiance, my
indifference" supplies with
“My town me pro¬
tection, trade friends, education,
schools, churches, and the right to free
moral citizenship. It has some things
that are better than others; the
things I should seek to make better;
the worst things I should help to
press.” “Take it all-in-all, it my
is
and it is entitled to the best there
in me.”
Oul OF TOWN
PRINTERS PAY
[(I NO TAXES HERE
LET US DO YOUR
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Two are better than one because they
nave a good reward for their labour.
if they fall, the one wiU lift up hia fellows
But woe to him that is alone wheu they
falleth. A man that hath friends nust
show himself friendly.—Proverbs
The real fault is to have faults and not
try to amend them.—confueiue
The National Safety Council reveals
1,265,000 persona died itt this century in
motor accidents tn this country.
By comparison, 604,77j Americans
been killed In battle or died of wounds in
all this nation’s principal wars, from the
Revolutionary War thiough the Korean
conflict.
War is a grim thing^-but we live with
something even grimmer, day after day
on our highways and byways.
Som. limes an editor believes all his ef¬
forts are in vain, that nobody reads what
he has lo eay, and much worse, nobody
cares. We were going through our let¬
ter file this week, and we were amazed at
the number of letters of appreciation we
had received in our 39 years as Editor of
The Cleveland Courier.
Unwarranted pessimism has developed
among some observers in evaluating
Soviet advances. The error lies in con¬
fusing progr-es in space research with
expansion of defense capabilities.
Lr. Herbert F. York. U, S, chief of
military research and engineering, does
not make this mistake. He describes the
Soviet lead in space research aa “more of
a question of acute embarrassment than
national survival,’’
No one is too big to be courteous, but
many people are too little.
Anatomy is something everybody has,
but it looks better on girls.
The toughest problem some childreu
face is that of learning good manners
without eee ng any.
“. . .A weed is growth where it does
not belong . , ."—Richard Katz in "Soli¬
tary Life" (Keyno!)
What will all your children tie f By
1975. there wi/1 be room for unskilled
labor in only 3 per cent of the available
jobs says Bernice McCullar in ber col
umn. The other 97 trained, profession¬
ally or lu management for their jobs.
You’ve got time to see that your child
gets well prepared to be in the 97 per
cent. (Did you know that we have about
400,000 functionally illiterate people in
Georgia.— Butler Herald
Mankind will do almost anything to
make money just so long as mankind
worships wealth.
Not many Americans read books . , ,
there are people who go to sleep when
they try to think.
W bather it,s on the road or in an
ment, when you see red, stop'.
The lack of wealth is easily repaired,
but the poverty of the soul is irreparable
— Montaigne
It is not he who has little, but he who
wants more who ia poor.—Seneca
Scenie South’s cover for December is
by Kenneth Rogers with a view looking
across Lake Winfield Scott with enow
capped S’aughter in the background This
was one of those very rare pictures that
Mr, Rogers was able to get by just hav¬
ing the patience to wait until the sun
broke out.
The State Highway Board has promia
ed to build an ultra-modern four- laae
highway from Atlanta to Gainesville
the middle route is used for interstaie 85
That is now well known, so don’t you
think it would be best to cut out all the
fussing about No. 85 coming uearBaines.
ville and concentrate ALL our
on the new ultra.modern highway from
Atlanta to Gainesville?
No matter how much the Vandiver ad
ministretion economizes it just wou’l be
able to giae the people tbe services that
they are demanding without raising taxes
from some source.
Doing nothing is the most tiresome job
in the world because you can’t quit and
rest.
Single girls wonder if there is a man in
their future. Married girls wonder if
there is a future in their man.
The Courier tirmlv believes that Willis
Harden will set-up the stale money lo
match the Federal funds (50- 50j just as
quickly as the Bureau of Public Roads
releases their portion of the money so
that a contract will be advertised for
letting early in I960 of the new ultra*
modern highway No, I29 highway from
Cleveland to the Hall e oUD ty fine.
If you are interested, then why don’t
you write Mr. Harden}
Claude Hefner has been looking sour
(or sometupe. It's all due to some out-of
-town fellow shooting all the squirrels he
and John Head had honBiDg around their
premises. c> aude ba<1 eteBm up and
about ready to popoft’ if he could only
got hiB hands on that low stinking skunk
Sam: “I thought you said your girl’s
legs were without equal}’*
Henry: “No, I aaid without parallel,’’
CLEVELAND, GA., NOV. 27 1959
Local News
Send us the NEWS bo that it will
appear in The Courier. We will ap
precite your cooperation.
What printer does your Job Print¬
ing? When Cleveland, you give it do to they printers give
away from
you or Cleveland anything You business¬ or work
for its future progress ?
men want the people of Cleveland and
White County to trade at home, yet
you send your Job Printing to Job
Printers in other towns. How can you
ask the people to trade at home when
you don’t give The Courier your Joh
Printing and Advertising?
Old Farmer’s Almanac piedict
from Dec. lto8; “All will dread,
I know, this northeaster with
snow.’’
One of the finest Christmas
presents that you can "ive this
Christmas is a year’s subscription
to The Courier—it will be cher¬
ished 52 weeks in i960. Could
you beat that? Give several
and make a number of relatives
and friends happy,
T, H, Burnett has been named Chair,
man for the Georgia Heart Assn’s I960
Heart Fund Drive in White County,
The Cleveland Branch of the Laymen’s
Home Missionary Movement will meet
Sunday afternoon, Nov, 29, in the home
ofMiss Hilda Francis R3 Cleveland, Para¬
dise Valley, at 3 p. m Testimony meet¬
ing at 3-.3O p. m. The Elder will speak
on “Faith.’’ All|are welcome, No col¬
lection .
Richard Davidson is spending a few
days in Atlanta with big brother and sis¬
ters. He attended the Fresham Ga-Tech
Football game yesterday and viewed the
lighting of liicb's Christmas tree last
night.
Parcel port rates will he raised 17.1 %
Feb I. Wifi that mean any better ser¬
vice? T y getting a package out of At¬
lanta that yon just muBt have, and you
know what we mean.
Mis Lillie Farmer of East Point has
returned home after visiting relatives in
White Comity
Truett-Mc< ! oonell defeated Piedmont
Freshman Saturday night 76 to 61
The Cleveland boys defeated No, Hab¬
ersham last Frisay night 48 to 36. Our
girls won 44 to 43.
Elmon Nix tells that he caught thrie
opossums up one tree Monday night. He
says that if it hadn’t started raining bis
luck up another tree would have been
better.
Jack Parke, editor of tbe Dahlonega
Nugget, was in town last F riday
B»ru to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reid a son
Wayne Edwin, in Hall County Hospital
Nov. 23,
P. M, Jackson moved Thursday into
the Quinn house.
The National Commander of the Amer¬
ican Legion and hia party will have lunch
in Blairsville Monday, Nov, 30, at 1 p. m
and a dinner will be held for him at the
No. Ga. 'Trade School «t 7 .-30 Nov. 30.
Legionnaires from this area are expected
lo attend.
Mrs, Fred While is in a critical condi¬
tion at Emory University Hospital
40 city officials from ths 9tb District at¬
tended the meeting here Tuesday. Lit
Gov. Byrd was the principal speaker at
the Cleveland School Lunchroom, He
stated in addition to many other things
that there is pending in the House a bill
lo grant tax funds directly to municipali
ities.
1 he Clevelaud PTA has the largest
membership in the history of the school,
Mr, and mis. Paul Mauuey of Columbia,
S, C., are visiting their mother, Mrs. A.
L, Mauney
Mrs, Nellie Davidson is ill at the borne
of her daughter, mis. L. L. Black, in
Hspeville. Ga
The Post Office Department does
not permit us to Bend you The
Courier unless it is paid in advance.
Many will soon be dropped unless
they renew at once. Don’t delay any
longer.
DON’T USE TOO MUCH “SELL”
Mr. J. C. Penney once described his
success thus: “My advertising was
hard-hitting, enthusiastic, but in to¬
day’s phrase ‘corny.’ I talked with
people in the newspapers just as I
would in my store, or if I met a
neighbor on the street. I just told what
I had to sell — told all about it, and
kept it honest an^ believable . . . The
fact is that retailers can’t get along
without advertising — and they’d bet¬
ter not try!”
Certainly, anyone who does not own
sSsafiSSisi
While here ) st week G, 8 McKee, vice
piestdent of Talon, Ino., MesA'i"*, P a >,
told that he was soon retiring. Hence,
this is his last visit to the Clevelaud Plant
iq an official capacity.
Mr. McKee’s first visit to (Cleveland was
in August 19s2 when be handed our then
progressive little city our first maoufac
turing plant,
Cleveland and White county w »a jub¬
ilant over obtaining this fine industry and
gave tfie officials a rousing welcome at a
later date.
This payroll, together with Ames Tex¬
tile, has overmade this- community anil
progressive minded cilizene ate most
grateful
What would Cleveland and While
County be today without Talon ami
imes Textile plants?
College Teacher Kiiied
When Struck By Auto
Mrs. Pearl Duggan. 58, a mem¬
ber of the faculty of Truett-Vlc
Connell College, was struck by
an auto driven by Phillip Allen of
Blue Creek, a nijjht student of the
college, about duskMouday night
and died about three hours later
in Hall County Hospital.
Officers state that the accident
was unavoidable and no charge
was made against Allen
She was returning from dinner
and was dressed in dark clothes
and Allen stated he did not see
her until he had hither. The
accident occurred across the high¬
way from Gene VVike’s Store.
Funeral services were held in
Wagoner, S. C. Her home was
in HawkinsviUe, Ga.
She is survived by five sisters
and one brother
"Tell me why so many efficiency ex¬
perts marry bathing beautiis,” John
Head anxiously inquires.
“Their forms appeal to them—there is
no unnecessary waist,., knowingly an
swers Claude Hefner,
C. L. Stowers Passes
Funeral services were held Sunday for
Claude Lamar Stowere, 5 J , of Nacoocnee
Valley, who died Nov. 19 at his residence
Services were held from Cheslatee Bap¬
tist Church in Hail County with the Revs
G, A. Lawson, Jack Pierce and Dewey
Palmer officiating. Interment will be in
tbe cburch cemetery.
He was born in Lumpkin c l>un| y. end
had been a resident of Nacoochee Valley
for 14 years. He wa c a World War I He
had been a member of Crescent Hill
Cburch 14 years.
He i-survived by hie wife, one eon i
Charles Stowers, Charleston, S. C ; three
daughtere, Mrs. Thomas r 00k, San An
lonio, Tex ; Mrs. 8amuel E. Benton,
Hapeville; ami Mrs. Buddie Stephens,
College Park; and four brothers, Carlton,
and Clayton Stowers, Gainesville;Cornell
Stowers, Dahlonega; and KenueihStowers
Grangeville, Idaho.
Ward’s had charge
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Established 1899 3.0(> Per Year in Ad»,
WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS
STRONG-ARM TACTICS CAN
NEVER STOP PURSUIT OF EVIL
BY COURAGEOUS PRESS
(By Ernest Rogers)
Victor Riesel, the forthright author
of a widely syndicated column, lies in
a New York hospital the victim of a
vicious attack by a representative into of
the underworld. Acid was thrown
his face. As a result, he may lose his
sight. be gloat¬
Someone, somewhere may
ing over the grievous injuries suf¬
fered by the columnist. By blinding
him, the thinking goes, his usefulness
would be destroyed. But nothing could
be more wrong.
The assault on Victor Riesel has ac¬
complished nothing the perpetrators True,
of the crime had in mind. the
columnist may be physically impaired.
He may not be able to function as
of yore. But his work will go on.
Even had Mr. Riesel been killed on
the spot the work he was doing would
continue. Back of him, aside from a
loyal staff of assistants who have an¬
nounced that they will not be intimi¬
dated, is the press of the nation that
does not scare.
Won’t Work
Strong-arm effective and in circumscribing bullying tactics are the
not
freedom of the press. One writer may
be removed from the scene, but there
are others to take his place.
It is something like killing a police¬
man. No sooner is one disposed of
than another moves up and the slayer
has accomplished nothing more than
a temporary diversion.
This is true because truth and
right have a way of surviving. They
are more enduring than greed and
graft and corruption. Once it was
said, “The pen is mightier than the
sword.” Today it may be revised to
read, “The typewriter Tommygun.” is more power¬
ful than the
There was a time in American jour¬
nalism when some fractious people
made personal issues with newspaper
editors about matters they objected to
seeing in print. And, truth to tell, a
few newspapermen came out of such
encounters with black eyes and bloody
noses.
Truth Lives
But, even so, the truth was not
suppressed and the printed word con¬
tinued to search into dark corners and
shine the searchlight of public indig¬
nation on those who deserved it.
It may be observed, in passing, that
no newspaperman has ever suffered
attack from someone about whom he
has written words of praise and com¬
mendation.
In the case of those who would de¬
stroy Victor Reisel there is one sure
way to make him and his kind “lay
off,” as the saying goes. And that is
to conduct their affairs in such a
manner that they can be transacted
in broad daylight in accordance with
honest and upright rules of practice.
Mr. Reisel is not the first newspa¬
perman to suffer injury because of
steadfastness to what he believes to
be right—nor will he be the last. But
it should give his attackers little com¬
fort to know that if he is removed
from the running someone else will
seize the torch and carry it forward.
In the meantime, those of us who
know Mr. Reisel and his work hope
devoutly that his injuries may not be
as severe Journal. as at first reported.—At¬
lanta
CANADA JAY
Q1954 National Wildlife Fed>ralias
WOOD-SMOKE MANIFESTO
Wood smoke waves atop chimneys
flags of a way of life and, like
flags of many nations with a flaunts com¬
stake in a civilization, it
patterns but a single funda¬
commitment, asserting that all
should be equally secure, so¬
advanced, esthetically diverse;
to the not-too-hot pursuit
happiness; provideful of majority
safeguarding minority
guaranteeing the private
of individual meditation,
promoting mutually advantageous ex¬
of its fruits; protecting local
autonomy for tiny cherishable commu¬
nities, carrying through the outer air
the challenging tang of broader con¬
federation; advancing the human
sense of intimacy, signalizing a limit¬
less inclusiveness emanating there¬
from; offering a mental anchorage
for wanderers, marking a launching
place for far-ranging ideas in home¬
bodies; promoting justice in conversa¬
tional judgments of those present to>
defend themselves or helpless in ab¬
sence; and doing all sorts of other
good, including this—the raising of
banners of big and little victories
above big and little chimneys and
the enveloping the frosty incisiveness of
fall night in a pungent, sweet
philosophy of wood smoke.
— Editorial in Christian .Science Monitoe
CONTEMPT OF COURT
Some good reasons for holding the
courts of the United States in con¬
tempt were given by the editor in a
review of some recent decisions in
these hallowed halls.
“A few years ago a poor and friend¬
less young man was arraigned in the*
United States Court at Omaha on the
charge of robbing the mails. He had
held up a star route mail carrier and
secured the magnificent sum of two>
cents. The Federal judge sentenced
him to a life in the penitentiary.
“This is a solemn fact, for the editor
of the ‘Wageworker’ was right there,
reported the trial and heard the sen¬
tence inflicted.
“Last week Bartlett Richards, a
wealthy braska, cattleman of northwest Ne¬
Federal was arraigned in the same
court in Omaha. He was
charged with stealing and using 212,
000 acres of government land. He
entered a plea of guilty.
“Bartlett Richards was fined $500
and sentenced to the custody of the
United States Marshal for six hours.
And the poor devil who stole two cents
got sent up for life.
“Do you understand now why the
there workingmen of the country believe
is one law for the rich and
another for the poor?“—The Interna¬
tiona! Teamster.
CAN SUPREME COURT AMEND
LAWS AT WILL?
(From Atlanta Constitution)
Atlanta—I see from your paper that
Prof. Henry M. Hart, Jr., of Harvard,
has dared to criticize the Supreme
Court of the United States. It occurs:
to me there has been other criticism.
In fact we folks down here have
been so concerned with the segrega¬
tion decision that we have overlooked
others.
Some years ago they ruled that a
religious group had the right,
come to my door and demand ad¬
and the right to force pamph¬
on me. Is that religious freedom ?
How about another rule from the
law which says your home is
castle?
Then there is the Fourth Amend¬
of the Bill of Rights making
a search warrant, yet the
has ruled that a health, sanitary
fire inspector needs no warrant.
Can the Supreme Court amend the
on matters that are clear
set forth for anyone to read? I
there is a remedy or even
two; i.e., impeach or rebellion. Why
ask for it.
REALIST.