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VOL. XXV NO. 39.
REPORT ISSUED ON THE SOIL
SURVEY OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY
A Map Showing the Results of the Survey Will Soon
Be Issued by U. S. Department of Agriculture
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The soil expert of the Bureau of |
Soils, U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, who was engaged during the
summer in making a soil Survey of
Chattooga county, Georgia, in co-op
eration with officials from the State
bf Agriculture h.as finished!
work and tlie repo.rt is about
ready to go to the printer. The work
ivhs commenced at the request of i
Representative Gordon Lee. Nearly '
326 square miles of territory is cov- '
ered in the county and the rep.ort
will embrace a study of the differ-j
ent types of soils encountered, and 1
the agricutlural conditions of the ■
county, togethei' with analyses of the;
soils showing what they are best
adapted to, and what improved meth-’
od of agriculture would be most ben
eficial to the producer.
Inspector Hugh T. Bennett, who
made an inspection of the work of
the experts before they finished with i
the survey, in speaking of the com
ing report; agricultural and future
GHnttltibhs bf the county, said: “I
fbund that Messrs. Mangrum and
Long, who made the survey of Chat
tooga county, have done a very ex-I
cellent piece of work. It was nec- 1
essary in this survey to constrluct j
a base map on which to show the
different soils. This map was made |
on the scale of one inch to the mile,
and shows all the roads, schoolhous
es, streams, towns, etc., in addition
to the 20 odd soils. The soils will
be shown separately on the map in
distinct colors so that any farmer
will have no trouble in, ascertaining
the character of the land on his
farm .
Chattooga county comprises a
wide range of soils, which are va
riously adapted to the production of
a large number of general farm
crops, and special crops such as
peaches, strawberries, cantaloupes,
and Irish potatoes. A number of in
tereidihg points have been brought
but by this survey in regard to the
crop adaptation and best methods of
handling and fertilizing the soils of
the county. These will be fully dis
bussed ih the soil survey report
which is to be pulbished in the near
future. Os the 20 add soils occurr
ing in Chattooga county, it is found :
that each individual type shows some!
difference, either in the crops which
are best adapted to it or in the best |
methods of cultivating the soils, and |
in the requisite fertilizer treatment; i
Mr example, some of the valley soils, j
such as the brown silt shales, which (
as originally mapped in Alabama,
was given the name ConasaUga silt
loam are decidedly acid in character,
and are very much in need of ap
plications either of burnt lime or
ground limestone for practically all ,
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I crops except Irish potatoes and grass.
Ito which such lands are naturally
i adapted. In addition to lime, land
of this character unquestionably will
; show decided benefits from liberal
' applications Os phoSpiiatic fertilizers,
I such as ground phosphate rock and
acid phosphate. On the other hand,
the Clarksville gravelly loam, which
i occupies a greater area than any
| other soil in the county, can scarce-
I ly be expected to show any improve
j rnent with applications of lime and
i does not seem to need as much
‘ phosphorus as the valley type men
| tioned, certainly not for the purpose
| of hastening maturity of crops, since
this type has perfect drainage and
[ crops tend to mature rapidly.
Numerous other differences in the
fertilizer requirements of the soils
could be mentioned, but these will be
brought out in the published report.
It might be said also that there re
mains to be determined a number of
problems in connection with the fer
tillizer requirements of the soils of
Chattbbga county, such problem as
will have to be determined by actual
. tests with field crops. The State
i College of Agriculture has already in
| augurated this work and is now at
j tacking the problems of determining
1 the manorial requirements of the
important soils of the State. Such
work as this cannot be done until
the soils are studied and mapped;
that is, the location of the different
soils must be ascertained throughout
the state before the results of fertil
izer test or any other agricultural
test dealing with the soil can be car
ried to best advantage to farmers op
erating on such soil.
It was found in the survey that
the different kinds of land shows de
cided tendency to give best results
with particular varieties of crops,
The valley lands, for instance, ap
pear to be better suited to the small
bon Varieties of cotton than the
mountain lahds. The small boll va
rieties do not make such rank growth
of weed as the big boll cottons. The
Kings Improved, Dixon Improved,
and Broadwells Double Jointed are
giving satisfactory results on the
valley lands such as the Hagerstown
Silt Loam and the Decatur Clay
Loam, whereas the Cleveland Big
801 l seems to give much better re
sults on the gravel ridges.
This problem of crop variety adap
tation of soils is another problem
that offers a field for much valuable
fexperlinental work, and again it is .
brought out that the soils must be .
surveyed so that the experimenter
will know just what farmers to ad
vise to grow those particular vari
eties which he has found to give es- :
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOG? COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS
OF THE GRAND JURY
We, the Grand Jury, chosen and
I sworn for the adjourned term of the
J September Superior Court, 1912, ask
■to submit the following general pre
sentments,
We have made every effort to fer
ret out crime and misdemeanor
throughout the county.
In taking leave of the court we
wish to express our appreciation of
the consideration shown us by his
HOnOr, Judge Price Edwards, also
thank fiur SdlicltSr General. John
W. Bale, and hife ftssWaht, A, W.
Shanklin, for their courtesy and
assistance, also our bailiff, D. B.
Scott, for his faithful assistance.
We recommend that these presents
be published in the Summerville
News and that they be paid the us
ual fee for same.
GEO. D. ESPY, Foreman.
D. A. HEMPHILL, Clerk.
This December 5, 1912.
Georgia, Chattooga county.
The within and foregoing general
presentments having been made in
open court, It is ordered by the court
that the same be entered upon the
minutes of court. It is further order
ed that said presentments be pub
lished as recommended in the Sum
merville News, and that the sum of
five dollars be paid out of the Coun
ty Treasury for said piibllfcfttion.
This Dec. 5, 1912.
Price Edwards, J. S. C. T. C.
John W. Bale, Sol. Gen.
MENLO LECTURE COURSE.
The lecture by Prof. Brittain, State
School Commissioner, the second at
traction in the Menlo Lecture Course,
will be on Monday evening, Decem
ber 16th. Prof. Brittain is a practi
cal school man. He stands in the
front rank of tthe genuine school
men of our country. He has a mes
sage to deliver, and it Is said he
knows how to deliver it.
The High School pupils who study
Latin are somewhat acquainted with
Prof. Brittain already, through the
introduction he wrote for their
Caesar. All the high school pupils
in the vicinity, and all the parents
and patrons of our school, should
take this opportunity to see, and
incidentally to hear a Idel uro from
the man who is doing so much for
the upbuilding of the public schools.
According to Congressman Fitzger
ald the first ship will go through the
Panama canal September 25, 1913,
the four hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of the Pacific by Bal
boa.
We can furnish our customers with
$2.50 gold pieces for making Christ
mas presents. —Chattooga County
Bank.
peclally good results on a certain
kind of soil.
In the matter of plowing the soils
show considerable difference. It was
found by boring into the lands
throughout the entire county that
certain soils have a compact, tight
subsoil, which retards the proper
movement of air and moisture in the
soil. Such lands must be plowed
deeper before they Can be expected
to give best results with the crops to
which they are adapted, and in plow
ing the experience of farmers on
these same lands shows that it is'
advisable not to turn up too much
of the compact material at one time.
Some of the soils in Chattooga coun
ty are in need of subsoiling, partic
ularly to increase the capacity of
the soil for holding moisture and for
delivering it to the crops during dry
seasons. On the other hand, there i
are in this county lands which are
already too loose in both the surface <
and subsoil. Instead of deep plow- <
ing or subsoiling to loosen up the
material such lands need more veg- .
etable matter or humus to make the
soil more retentive of moisture. 1
The many interesting points ,
brought out by the soil surveyor of <
Chattooga county cannot be mention
ed at this time. They will be pre- (
sented clearly and specifically in the
soil survey report to be published by ,
the Government and distributed with |
out charge to the farmers of the,
county and to outsiders who are in- ‘
terested in buying Southern lands. L
These reports can be secured when .
published from Representative Gor-J
don Lee, or from the Bureau of I j
Soils, Washington, D. C. and the Col I
lege of Agriculture at Athens, Ga..j f
which is under the direction of Dr. p
,3o«pe. j 1
CHATTOOGA WINS SECOND
' PRIZE AT CORN SHOW
I The Chattooga Boys’ Agricultural
S Club won the honor and distinction
t of being one of the two winners of
- the sweepstakes prizes at the Gor
gia corn show at Atlanta last week.
■ Chattooga was also represented by
' one of the largeest delegations of
corn club boys who visited the show.
■ Chattooga boys displayed splendid
ten ear exhibits of first class corn,
winning second prize, while Carroll
i county, with a total membership of
200 boys, had 86 exhibits, and won
the sweepstakes prize for best coun
ty club exhibit.
The show itself was opened Tues
day, Dec. 3, tn the capitol and was
much better an<? larger, both in num
ber of exhibits displayed,, and num
ber of visitors who viewed the ex
hibits, notwithstanding the fact that
it represented the industry of the
boys in but one state, Georgia, where
as the Southern corn show of last
year was gathered by men and boys
from several states. In all there was
displayed about 2,500 ten ear exhib
its of corn of most every type and
color.
The corn club boys from this coun
ty all report a splendid and enjoya
ble visit to Atlanta, where they were
royally entertained by the hospitable
citizens of the city, and were given
free admission to a number of the
'best, theaters and moving picture
shoves.
The Chattooga exhibit was very
fine, regarding which the Journal
said in one aCctruht: “The Chattoo
ga county exhibit occupies three ta
bles, with nearly seventy displays.
In it are several unusually pVi'e
strain varieties.” The largest yield
was made by Bryan Bolton, of Screv
en county, 177 bushels, 33 pounds, at
a total cost of $26.93. Seventy-six
boys in Georgia, this year, made
a yield of over 100 bushels, 19, or
one-fourth of them, were in Dr. Brad
ford’s district.
Exhibits from this county were
sent by John B. Hutchins, Walter
Rutherford, Memory Tucker, Ross
i nomas, Oscar Harper, Luther Hall,
David Jones, Guy Ledford, Charlie
Wilson, Ben Richardson, Charlie
Hutchins, Berry Hutchins, Joe Wy
att, Forest Martin, Sell McWhorter,
Roy Silk, Broadus Cordle, Shamblin
Cox, Willie Cox, Robert Brazier, Ers
kine Maples, Frank Willingham, Ca
zy Gardner, Willie Smith, Wheeler
Thomas, Robert i-ove, Hen Hinton,
Lawson Chandler, Wiille Cherry, Bur
ton Gaylor, Tom Jones, Louie Woods,
Arch Thomas, Luther Thomas, Win
ston Crawford, Mahand Crawford,
Albert Packer, Robert Henry, Ed
Henry, James, Mount, Leonard Mas
ters, Roy Dunwoody, Hugh Hamby,
Luther Hampton, Talmadge Morton.
Chattoogans, who attended the corn
show were John B. Hutchins, Jr.,
Walter Rutherford, Memory Tucker,
Ross Thomas, Charlie Hutchins, Ber
ry Hutchins, Oscar Harper, Hugh
Hamby, Robert Henry, Willie Cher
ry, David Jones, Louie Woods, For
est Martin, Roy Silk, Charlie Wilson,
Winston Crawford, Mahand Crawford,
Roy Dunwoody, Eugene Henson, E
nock High, Albert Packer, and Miss
Kate Jones, S. E. Jones, W. D. Gll
keson, J. T. Henson, W. R. Tucker
and Eugene S. Taylor.
We can furnish our customers with
$2.50 gold pieces for making Christ
mas presents.—Chattooga County
Bank.
LYERLY LOCALS
Dr. H. D. Brown spent Sunday ,
night with his mother at Cedar Bluff I
Miss Mary Elisabeth Rose of Tri
on is at home until after the holi- ;
days.
Mr. J. L. Pollock spent Monday in i
Summerville.
Messrs. G. R. Anderson, Robert
Eilenburg, Cicero Dorsey and George
Anderson were in Chattanooga Tues- I
day.
Miss Kathryn Wheeler is recovering
from a recent illness.
Mr. J. M. Rose was in Summer
ville Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kimbell are on
an extended visit to relatives in
South Georgia and Florida.
Mrs. J. L. Pollock and Miss Pearl
Burney were shopping in Chatttanoo-I
ga Saturday.
J. F. Kimble was elected Justice
of the Peace Saturday without oppo
sition He left Sunday on a trip to
Florida f-T a ?lie i.ampa'gn
A, S. HAMILTON FOUND
GUIL TY OF MISDEMEANOR
After Deliberating For Nearly Thirty Hours Jury Re
turned a Verdict Late Saturday Afternoon
The jury in the case of A. S. Ham
ilton, who was tried last week in
j Chattooga Superior court on a charge
of embezzlement, returned a verdict
lof guilty* with recommendation that
1 he be punished as for a misdemean
\ or. The case was given to the jury
about 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, but
a verdict was not reached until short
|ly after 5 o’clock Saturday evening.
; The verdict came somewhat as a
surprise as it had been generally pre
dicted that a mistrial would result.
The Judge had gone to the court
house and assembled counsel for
the state and defendant and was in
the act of calling out the jury for
the purpose of declaring a mistrial.
No sentence was pronounced Sat
urday afternoon and Judge Edwards
did not state when he would sen
tence the defendant.
A motion for a new trial was made
by the defendant's atttorneys. Judge
Edwards signed the order for a new
trial and set the hearing of the
same for the second Monday in
March, 1913, at Summerville, or at
such time and place thereafter as
may be agreed upon or ordered by
the court.
The state closed Thursday at noon,
the expert accountant being the last
witness put on the stand.
The defense did not introduce any
testimony other than the statement
of the defendant. Mr. Hamilton
made quite a lengthy statement, go
ing into the minutest dt.etail of his
connection with the company.
When Mr. Hamilton finished his
statement both sides closed and
Judge Edwards ordered the argu
ments begun. It was agreed that
each side should have three hours.
The arguments began Thursday
night. Col. M. E. Eubanks opened
for the defense and was followed by
Col. G. E. Maddox for the state, af
ter which court took a recess until
Friday morning.
The arguments were resumed Fri
day morning, Judge Moses Wright
speaking two hours for the state, and
Col. F. W. Copeland two hours for
the defense. When court convened
at 1 o’clock Judge Edwards instruct
ed the jury, ills charge lasting about
one hour. The case went, to the ju
ry at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon and
they wrestled with it until late Sat
urday afternoon before reaching a
verdict.
The judge may, in his discretion,
regard or disregard the recommenda
tion of the jury that the defendant
be punished as for a misdemeanor.
There are two other cases pending
against Mr. Hamilton growing out of
the same transaction. He demanded
trial upon these bills at the present
term of the court. The state refus
ed to try and the court granted the
demand which means that he must
be tried at the March term of the
court on those bills or be discharged.
It came as a surprise to many when
it appeared In open court that J. P.
Cooper, a brother-in-law, and Mrs.
J. I*. Cooper, a sister-in-law, of Mr.
Hamilton, contributed to the employ
ment of counsel to prosecute Mr.
Hamilton.
The evidence in the case is a long |
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of any party or parties setting fire to, or attempting to set
fire to any building or buildings insured through us. And we
will prosecute any party or parties so detected.
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General Insurance
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Whenever You Insure—
Be Sure to Insure With Us.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
, drawn out history of the Trion Co.
i, affairs since the death of DeForest
■ Allgood whom A. S. Hamilton suc
ceeded as president.
Several transactions dating as far
back as the purchase of the DeForest
interest in the Trion mills was
tlie storm center of the accusation.
The state contending them irregular
and criminal, the defense claiming
with equal vehemence that all these
transactions were well known and
open upon the books and that every
act was in an effort to better and
strengthen the company.
A remarkable feature of the trial
was that, not a single item was with
held from the books and papers and
upon the resignation of Mr. Hamil
ton all these things, even his private,
personal correspondence went into
tlie hands of his successors, not one
item was uug up in the long years
that did not appear from the books
and records.
One of the contentions of the de
fense was that this colossal failure
was the result of the actions of J.
P. Cooper and that had he left the
matter alone, the mill would have
continued as before and in a few
years saved to its stockholders, and
tlie action of Cooper in depressing
the credit of the company explains
many transactions which the state
attacked as criminal and which Ham
ilton contended were efforts to keep
the mill going.
What the final result will be is a
matter of conjecture, but that Mr.
Hamilton has added many adherents
to his view and that public sympa
thy is largely with him, there can
be no doubt.
MENLO
We had one of the largest elec
tions here last Saturday that ever
was held here for Justice of the
Peace. W. P. Heath received 95
votes, C. A. Cameron 28, A Day
8. T. A. Silk and M. F. Ballard
were elected bailiffs. Dr. M. N.
Wood and S. M. Lawrence were elect
ed school trustees.
A number of our people are sick
with colds and lagrip.
A runaway couple from Alabama
came up Saturday and were married
and left Sunday morning on their
way rejoicing.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Polk visited
relatives in Chattanooga last week.
Walt Wilson and Bob Pursley of
Teloga were visitors in Menlo last
Sunday.
Dr. King is a great deal better, we
are glad to report.
J. F. Perry made a business trip
to Chattanooga last Wednesday.
Rev. B. F. Gullle filled the pulpit
at the Methodist church here Sun
day.
Miss Lena Neely of Gadsden, Ala.,
is visiting here for a few days.
Miss Edna Perry visited relatives
at Chelsea Saturday and Sunday.
Louie Smith of Texas is visiting
his mother here for a few dayjs.
John Neely of Gaylesville is spend
ing a few days in Menlo.
Grandma Gilbertt is very low, we
i are sorry to say.