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THE I COURIER
COVERS THE MOUNTAINS LIKE MOONSHINE
Davoiad ta the Agricultural, Commercial and Induttrial Interests of White County
VOL LXV1III No. 6
THE CLEVELAND COURIER.
PLATFORM
For White County and
Cleveland:
A Cleaner and More Beautiful
City
All Highways Graded and
Paved
To Make White County the
Mecca for Tourist*
Development of Winter
Sports In -Mi untaln Area
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City Ot Cleveland Files Applicate For
Modern Water and Sewage With
Federal Agencies
The Counei is happy to learn
that a survey for expanded water
and sewerage for Cleveland has
been made aud applications have
been filed with Federal agencies
for $204,000 grant-loan for a mod*
ern water and sewerage system
for the next 10 tears.
The disposal plant has been put
in good condition.
Boy, 12, Fulls Hewn Cliff at Anna
Ruby Falls
A ]2 year old DeKalb County
boy suffered a broken leg and arm
after tumbling ft om Anna Ruby
Falls Sunday.
Richard Vt iieon of Decatur was
on a visit to the falls with a group
of Mudentsfrom St. Thomas More
School of DeKalb,
Members of ihe White County
Civil Defeme and Lee Palmer res¬
cued the boy.
From the bce-t politicians fore¬
cast Ernest V undivev is a sure
winner for Governor iu 1966 .
You will find the HonorRoll ol
the High >i*l.ool from 8 to 12 o t
tbe Cleveland High School on
page -
Sen Rut-sell said this week that
the REA 1.' U.e most helpful cott
tribulioii.to ti e farmers in all his
3O yeats iu tbe U. S. Senate
Dear Mrs. Telford:
t* After reading article in the
your
Atlanta Journal as to whether the
old courthouse should come down,
I feel led to express my views. I
am so glad there are two sides and
that one wants to> keep it. I have
had two daughters to attend T.
M. C. In the fall of ’66 our last
daughter will enter, God willing.
We have been there quite ‘ graduated often.
Our second daughter
from t. 34 - c. last June,
Cleveland would not be Cleve¬
land without the old 195-year court
house. You have the greatest
tourist attraction right there that
any town in N. Georgia could have.
Get your civic groups and clubs,
also churches, together and restore
it as much as you can as it was at
the turn of the century. Advertise
it as the oldest courthouse and ip
Georgia, as I believe it is,
charge for tourists to see it- This
will pay to restore it,
We, as Americans, should re¬
tore our old landmarks and be
proud of them, Instead of de¬
stroying them. They are wonder¬
ful tourist attractions. Stand for
what you believe and do not tear
it down. This will help other towns
to do so. There was so much
sentiment for First Baptist Church,
Coulmbus, Ga., that it was restored.
They (the church) are 00 proud of
it. We as Americans are too eager
" at times to tear down the paft,
We should never live in the pa*t.
i The old courthouse needed to be
replaced with a new one, but do
preserve and restore it for future
generations to come.
Yours truly,
MRS. K. D. LAY, *"
Blue Ridge, Ga.
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The greet day of the Lord is near, and
hasten greatly even the voice of the Lord
the mighty man shall cry there bitteily
Zapaniab 1:14
fempement wa are born with, charact¬
er we have to make> and that not in the'
grand moments ,., but in the daily,
quiet paths of pilgrimage.
J. Baldwin Brown
We do not like others to deceive ub: we
do not think it ia fair that they should be
held In higher esteem by ue than they de¬
serve; It is not lair that we should deceive
them, and should wish them, and should
wish them to eatsep ne more highly than
we deserve 1 —-Pascal
Judge Roy Satterfield declares when
yon buy something for a song, lookout
for accompauiments
Paul Westmoreland declares if you
think you are having trouble supporting
your wife, try NOT supporting her.
Clyde Tamer tells wolves ere likelrains:
A girls likes .0 hear them whistle even if
the isn’t going anywhere
Rev. Joe F. Fulbright muses there's
nothing wrong with the younger gener¬
ation ttisl the older generation didn't out¬
grow,
John Head muses little boys who con¬
stantly whine probably become groan
men.
Read Title Xl of the Civil Rights Act,
Maybe we’ll aee a change that will paral
ixe all of ue in the near future
Arnold Seabolt declares no wonder the
number of accident* in the borne ta tieing;
people aren’t spending enough time there
to learn their way around.
Lamar J jhneon declares if we expander
a* much time preparing for success ae w*
dedicate to requirements of tailure. the
welfare agencies would be competing for
auaetomers,
It now seems certain that small coun¬
ties will be forced to share representa¬
tives if the plan is to be acceptable ' to fed
era! courts.
Consolidation ia positively on the
agenda in the future,
So, rapid growth and unity are the only
things that can keep White County.
Tearing down the old coart house
won’t * all consolidation . it only pushed
It faster ahead.
Bill Jackson declares many of ne would
be delighted to pay *8 we go, if we could
only catch from paying aa we’ve gone,
Mrs. .Veal L, Black opines the futility
of lichee bae been pointed out very plain
ly in two places: the Bible and tbe in
com tax form.
J L, Nix avers an optiniet is a fellow,
who marries bis secretary and thinks be
be> an go on dictating to her.
Mies Bessie Westmoreland avers the
toys of adventure, tbe lure of the un¬
known, are not only for the yonng but
for •M mankind The Fountain of j
Youth is a mental condition,
Tom Mauney declares in politics peo¬
ple are friends or enimu-s—in bustnets
tbey are all customers
Verner London declares some peoyle
dad fault ae if we,re a buried treasurer.
Clifford Campbell declares il’g haru to
to know exactly wbjtq one generation
ends, and tt)e ce|t ope begins bat its
somewhere around 9 p. m,
W by do other conntiea publish their
Bounty Tax Rate each year? Yee, it ie
the law, iben, why shouldn’t White
Count??
Polios Chief Hugh Klmd muses a new
broom sweeps cleau, bat yon can bave
more fan wltb an old rase
Shertll Jackson telle if you want to,
ebow your girl a l it ofy>ffectioo, take
her to a dilye-rt} U>o>is »bd let ber
PERK iato the other ears
Valdosta, Ga, - e Second Licutenan,
Carl J. London, eonol Mr. and Mrs
Thomas L. Loudon of Rt, 1, corceti t, Ga
baa ybeep *w#rdtd \J, S. Atr Force ailvei
pilot wings upon graduation from flying
training school atVaJo dj A^°, Ga,
Lieutenant Loudon ie being assigned
to the Tactical Air Command's Sewarl
AFB, Tenn., for flying duty,
VII Corps; Ger many (AHI'NC) Army
PFc Lum G, Petitt, 25, eon of Mr, and
James H. Petitt, Rt, 4, Cleveland, Ga.,
wa0 awarded the Rood Conduct Medal
Oct. 27, white serving with the IQtb Ar*
tiller ie Germany.
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RUSSELL WOULD WIN — tag
Atlanta — Gene tried to make
the governor a hero, while all the
others were cowards and were
afraid they would get hurt, but he
has failed to convince the voters
of Georgia.
If the election were held today,
Dick Russell would win in a land¬
slide, and in 1966 he will return to
Washington for another six years
with the largest vote ever given
him.
HARRY P. BEVERLY. .
— Atlanta Oonstitution.jj
Local News
Send us the NEWS so Sad It will
appear in The Courier. We sO ap
predte your
Telephone or write The Courier
the NEWS.
Frank Reid tellB we’ll £bavo
more snow this winter than in S6
years. He says most of it will be
in January.
Reapportion meat of House
members seems to be agreed upon
by the Committee. Small counties
will be served by a Representa¬
tive for two counties,
You will find the Legal Ad for
election of five members of the
White County Board of Educatiou
on Dec. 15 on page 4 .
The Courier expects Franklin
D. Roosevelt Jr. to*Visit our area
before Chriftmas with Congress¬
man Phil Laudrum.
Watch the prestige and power
of Senator R ichard B. Russell in
naming the leaders of the Demo*
crats in the 89 th Congress.
TheDistrictof Columbia schools
are 87.6 per cent Negro now.
The Davidson Family greatly
appreciate the several meals ol
injSsh from Mr. and Mrs. Frank De
Long Saturday. They spent sever
al days in Florida last week.
The first twelve Constitutional
Amendments passed by a healthy
margin in Georgia on Nov. 8.
Mrs. J. H. Telford now feels
confident that the County Com¬
missioners will NOT order theold
court house demolished.
Sheriff Frauk Baker is predict¬
ing a big sleet Feb 28-25. Sheriff
don’t bring us one like we endur¬
ed in March I 960 .
E. L. Russell returned home
Suuday afterbeingiu Hall County
Hospital foi two weeks.
If that flood of mail continues
Mrs. Telford will need a secre¬
tary.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Campbell of
Atlanta spent the weekend with
their mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. P. Davidson
Jr. and Sandra of DoraviUe spent
the weekend with parents, Editor
aud Mrs. Jas. P, Davidson.
Hubert Stamey is nt home and
doing fine.
Mr. and Mrs- Glen Cornell an!
Kathy of Atlanta spent the week¬
end with Mrs. Mildred Nix.
The Courier is greatly pleased
that Clyue Wood, Sucbes, is ex¬
perimenting *with bringing back
the oldtime chestnut tree. He is
having success with a few at his
home.
Bishop Marvin A. Franklin of
the Methpdis( Church taught
school at Mossy Creek after he
had graduated from Young Harris
College at He is a double,
second cousin to Henry aud Les¬
ter Allison. Dr. Charles Allen ol
Houston, Tex , is a nephew of
Bishop Franklin,
We have so many letters pro¬
testing the demolition of the old
court house that some just must
wait unfit next week.
Wo have been injoying summer
like weather for a number of days
How long will it continue?
We are rushed to print cam
paigu cards for those seeking to
be members of the White County
Board of Education,
Dillard Saiterfield predicts our
lowest temperature for the win¬
ter will be enough to make Ted
Hall walk to town.
If you waut a Christmas Ad
please see us at once.
Y ou will find the Honor Roll
of the High School on page 4.
SUBSCRIBE FOB THE COUKUBU
CLEVELAND, GA* NOV- 20 1964
Funeral services for Cksrles A. Hol¬
comb, 42, IJemoreet ware held Nov. 14
from toe chapel of McGahte Funeiaj
Home,
interment was ia Center Irove Ceme
terjr.
He died Thursday morning In Haber¬
sham County Hospital following a sud¬
den illness,
Be was born in usdison County but
lived most of his life In Cl rkemlle.
Survivors include ule wife, Mrs. Mild
red R, Holcomb, Dsmorest; two sons,
Richard Holcomb. Ethan Halco.ub, both
of the horn?; one daughter, Mrs. Jimmy
Iveeter, Clerkenville; three brothers,
Jurtie Holcomb, Metborne, Fla ; B11
Holcomb, Hanford, Fla.; Jack Holcomb,
Cleveland; six sisters, Mrs, A, E. Miuisb,
Commerce; Mrs, Norman Mealor. Decatui
Mrs, Jack Anchors. Jacksonville; Mr..
Ralph Muzzillo. Kncino, Calif.; Mrs.Odeli
Helton, Mrs. Calvin Crain, both ol Cleve¬
land; one grandchild.
Key Club News
By Richard Davidson, Reporter
The Key Club held its lOtb
meeting at the school Monday,
Lany White presiding, Nine
members attended the First Bap¬
tist Sunday. The club assisted
with moving into the new school
The club will sell douuts this
week. Lin Harris and Dennis
Palmer attended Kiwanis Monday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Davidson of
Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs.
John Rudd of Mobile spent last
week with parents, Mr. aud Mrs
G. W. JDavidson.
Mrs. Lat Vandiver is improv¬
ing.
We are informed that many
others may enter the race for
Chairman of White County
Board of Educatiou.
Joyce N. Mauney, Jane E.
Satterfield aud Wanda E. Crum'
ley are the Farm Enumerators
for White County.
Hershel Johnson of Roberts
to we is Newport News aud Hamp
toil, Va. He has visited the
Bridge Tunned between Hamp
ton and Cape Cborles and tbe
battlefields of Jamestown aud
Yorktown
Please read <« Looking Ahead’
on page 3.
Jimmy Wilting is oppoamg Waynt
Stovall in Diet. 3 for memder of tbe
White County Board of Education.
County Ordinary,
Cleveland, Georgia,
Dear Sir;
Several Weeks age l was driving
thru Cleveland and was impressed
by the interesting old courthouse
still in use after about a hundred
years. Since I have made it a hobby
to collect pictures of Georgia court¬
houses, I was more than delighted
to get one of this old structure.
The lady in the office (Miss Mary
Lou Sutton) asked that I send hex
a copy of my picture. One print is
enclosed and, also, a duplicate slide
which I made. This slide may be
used in having additional prints
made, if they are desired.
I know all county officials will
be glad to get into the new court¬
house now under construction, but
it is to be hoped that this very
interesting old building be pre¬
served intact. As far as I know,
there are only four courthouses in
Georgia 100 years old, or older —
Yours, Dahionega, Knoxville and
Homer. But the last can hardly
qualify because it was not com¬
pleted and occupied until after
1865 even tho it was commenced
before 1861,
In our urge to modernize we
often thoughtlessly destroy struc¬
tures of historic significance —
and the courthouse at Cleveland
is certainly a splendid example of
courthouse construction of the era.
Yours truly,
R. L. GOULMNG,
930 W. Jefferson St,
Tallahassee, Florida.
EnqM? reads this Newspaper.
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Letter To the Editor -
Mr. James P. Davidson, Editor
Cleveland Courier
Cleveland, Georgia
Dear Mr. Davidson:
I was really sorry to see in to
day’s Journal-Constitution the ar
tide which seemed to foreshadow
the destruction of the old White
County courthouse. In a day when
our citizens are spending millions
o f dollars annually to buy Early
American style T-V stes, to build
early American styled homes, and
the early American craze has hit
everything than a genuine example
of early American architecture
should attract so little interest
among this vast number of enthusi
asts. I was just as attracted by
your new courthouse as I was by
the old — it is really a shame if
some imagination cannot be shown
by the residents of Cleveland to
preserve their historic old land
mark. It is especially true when
Georgia and the federal govern
merits are on the verge of trying
to build the mountain area into a
tourist attraction. This old build
ing, which in its simplicty is very
beautiful (once the clock and awn
ing door cover are removed), right
in the middle of the highway north
in a perfect position to attract and
stop future and present tourists.
I should think that the new mourn
tain development comission would
be more than willing to provide
funds for its renovation as a his
toric landmark which could be used
as a museum of the mountain re
gion’s past and perhaps for the
display and sale of handicrafts.
I have just bought some land
pear Hiawassee and on our fre
quent trips from Macon there I am
always attracted by the sight of
this building which is a mounment
to our ancestors, to our traditions,
and ties together firmly the past,
present, and I genuinely hope, the
future. This tiny square of ground
hallowed by the dreams of our
ancestors can stand as a beacon
pointing graphically to the future
— or, of course — it can be bull
dozed and become another bit of j
impersonal death-dealing highway.' 1
I am made a little more thankful
and appreciative of the past when
I slow down to pass this building.
I would like very much to see if
restored and have the opportunity
to stop and see the interior of
this building restored, a sort of
little Williamsburg of the Georgia
mountains after all, we of
Georgia have a past as significant
as that of Virginia or other states,
we all are part of those millions
who have built America.
I for one will be sorry on my
trips to the mountain depths not to
see this shrine in place.
Sincerely yours,
RICHARD W. GRIFFIN, Ph.D.
Professor of American History
Chairman, Dept, of History,
Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga.
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REVENUE MEN —tag
Georgia Revenue agents (1 to r)
Rufus H. Allison of Cleveland and
Claude W. Cody of Cornelia were
among those who received “college
t.aining” in modern methods of
combatting the moonshine racket
during the Revenue Department
workshop-training program at the
University of Georgia’s Center for
Continuing Education, November
8-14. Tbe workshop included clas-
Dear Nell:
I read the article in today’s
Constitution about the possibility
of the old court house in Cleveland
being torn down. I was shocked
to think of such an historic land
mark being torn down — it is a
thing of beauty. The architecture
is beautiful. It is copied after the
State House in Philadelphia where
the Liberty Bell has rested since
1854, on a 13-sided pedestal (rep
resenting the 13 Colonies).
Williamsburg was restored at
great expense, but hundreds of
people throng (and pay) to see its
beauty. White County is just now
being recognized for the scenic
beauty it has, and the court house
would in time be a money maker,
for people for years would pay to
see the inside, filled with historic
facts of the gold rush and Indian
lore, etc.
The Baptist College there will
bring hundreds of young people to
be educated in books, but they
need also to know from SEEING
how the men of vision, many years
ago — studied and built beautiful
buildings.
Why don’t you write to Dick
Russell — send him this article?
There is a grant to study the rock
formations in White and Lumpkin
counties.
I do not know Mr. Allison, Mr.
Abernathy and Mr. London, but
I’m sure they are smart men and
I hope they will have the vision to
preserve this lovely asset to White
County.
I have called Paul Dorsey, Elea
nor Crowe and Fred Bell here —
all assured me they would write to
other people ove the state — many
people will hate to see this catas
trophe happen,
Joe Telford could write to Dick
Russell, and see people of White
County in Gainesville ...
I saw Hubert Owens, head of
landscape and architecture at Ga.
University, at a party tonight and
asked him to write a letter, but he
told me to write a letter to Mrs.
Mary G. Jewett who is executive
director of the Georgia Historical
Commission, 116 Mitchell St„ At
lanta — and I wrote to her tonight.
Much Love to you and Jim _
LULA MAY
Wingfield & Son
Athens, Georgia.
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The prayer * faith shall
save him that is «ia, and the
Lord «fc«H raise tea rm_
(James 5:15).
. if we haaUifwt hold g annln^ iy to the
idea of should and
j can help pray for effectively for Divine
those who ai* la aeed
(of g
ses in: Georgia laws of search,
seizure,' and arrest; bade police
photography; detection and location
of illegal stills; undercover investi
gation; surveillance; the raiding of
a still; crime scene search and seiz
ure; latent fingerprints and plaster
casts; use of explosives; intemew
ing aids; rule of evidence testi
mony in court; and other related
material. i .ui.W.jmJ4
