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Vol. XXXVI. No. 9.
FORMAL OPENING
OF NEW CHURCH
Presbyterians to Place
Cornerstone Sunday,
May 4th.
Next Sunday, May 4 will mark an
event of especial interest in the
progress and accomplishment of the
Summerville Presbyterians, when
they will place the cornerstone in
the magnificient new church build
ing that is nearing completion.
This handsome structure would do
justice to a city many times the
s ze of Summerville, and is a credit
to the congregation and the pride
of every citizen in the community.
Everybody is invited to attend the
services Sunday and * test our wel
come.”
The program includes:
Morning
9-45 a.m., Sunday school, B. W.
Farrar, superintendent.
11:00 a.m., Doxology.
Invocation.
Hymn No. 88, Holy, Holy, Holy.
Scripture reading.
Prayer.
Hymn No. 196, All Hail the Power
'of Jesus’ Name.
Announcements.
Offering.
Duet—Mrs. W. L. Abbott ana
Miss Bunnie Abbott.
Sermon—Dr. Homer McMillan, At
lanta, Ga.
Hymn No. 606, I Love I’hy King
dom, Lord.
Benediction.
12:30 Dinner served in the base
ment.
’noon
1:45 p.m., s<, ’ice by Taylor
Institute. • <Z .
Historical sketch by °hi, , ' i o. D.
Taylor. °fi .
Song.
Placing the cornerstone.
Address—Dr. E. R. Leyburn, Rome.
Benediction.
Eventing
7:00 p.m.. Christian endeavor.
Leader—George J. Wilson.
Subject— How Jesus Overcame
Temptation.
7:45 Hymn No. 40, Savior, Breathe
an Evening Blessing.
Prayer.
Instrumental music, Misses Cleck
ler.
Hymn No. 218, Holy Ghost With
Li edit Divide.
Scripture reading.
Prayer.
Sermon—Dr. Homer McMillan.
Hymn No. 412, More Holiness
Give Me.
Benediction.
Chattooga Coounty
Singing Convention
The Chattooga county singing con
vention will meet at Pennville, May
3 and 4. On account of the con
tinued rains and the little work
done on the farm we will not meet
for the usual mor ing session Sat*-
urday but will meet at 1:30 in the
afternoon instead.
All the classes of the county are
requested to have their delegates
there Saturday afternoon, as we ex
pect to have a business session at
that time, which we consider of
vast importance to the future prog
ress of-the co-vention. We feel
sure that no lover of music will re
gret the time lost coming for the
Saturday afternoon session as we
expect some of as good music then
as we will have Sunday. We are
expecting about our usual help from
our neighbor counties and states
with some additio’-als. A. J. Sho
walter will be there and probably
some good singers with him. We
are expecting some new faces from
Alabama as well as the old one« we
like so much to see, which will be
a new inspiration to the convention.
On account of the great crowd ex
pected on Sunday, along with other
preparations, collecting and bringing
all the books you can find Please
prepare and bri’-g also a nice basket
of eatables as that is es~ential to
the success of the convention.
Everybody welcome, everybody
come.
G. L. Rutherford, Sec.-Treas.
GOOD USED
THE UNIVERSAL CAR-
1922 touring $175.00
1923 touring $175.00
1920 touring 3100.00
1920 truck $125.00
1918 touring $75.00
1923 touring $225.00
1924 touring $375.00
SAM POLLOCK
JBiwwwMllc Utfiw
New Names Added
To Roll of Honor
List of names sent in last week to
be enrolled in the book of memory
of the Stone Mountain Memorial as
sociation: James: Crawford Bellah,
Dixie Neal, Maxine Neal, Margaret
Neal, Fred Neal, Allen Broom, Will
Henry, Frances Caperton, Bowie
Caperton, Charles Caperton, Kath
erine Caperton, Harriett Rainey
Jones, Robert Gary, Beverly Gary,
Albert Gary, James M. Mitchelle,
Wiley E. Mitchelle, Eleanor E. Ed
mondson, Scott Mills Morton, Lowell
Shropshire Hix, Mary Rayford
Broom.
Mrs. Joe Espy spent last Wednes
day and Thursday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wright, at Trion.
PROF. BELL GOES
TO BROADER FIELD
A few years ago the old Summer
ville High school building was aban
doned for the new and modern build
ing now occupied. It seemed that
the destiny of the old building was
to be junked for a residence site or
used for some purpose other than
educational, when oi ’e of our good
citizens, Col. Jno. D. Taylor, bought
the property, remodeled it, and
founded Taylor Institute, a school
preparing young men and women
for college and their life’s work.
In selecting a man for the head o*
this new institution of learning, of
man building and woman building,
Col. Taylor realized that it required
a man of experience, a man of abil
ity, a man of many sides, a man of
vim, a man of valor, a man that
understood human nature, and a
man of God, all combi red, in the
one man, all of these he found in
’-e personage of Prof. C. E. Bell,
no was superintendent of the Jones
High school, Lynnville, Tenn., where
he had given full account of his
qualifications as a teacher and a
leader as attested by this splendid
and prosperous school.
Prof. Bell accepted the responsibil
ity of organizing Taylor Institute,
andi with his interesting family,
moved to Summerville in the sum
mer of 1919.
The history of T. I. is the history
and reflection of Prof. Bell’s ef
forts since his so-journ here.
The fall term of 1919 was begun
with a roll of 18 students and one
assistant teacher, but through the
untiring energy and the relentless
ambition of Prof. Bell the roll climb
ed each scholastic year until the
grand number of fifty-two was
reached last term.
From time to time rew activities
were instituted in the school by
Prof. Bell, including debating so
cieties, all kinds of athletics, and a
band that played at the county fair
and other gatherings, ard under
Prof. Bell’s coaching T. I. had the
champ’on basketball team in this
section last season.
Last summer Prof. Bell instituted
a mountain camp for boys in con
nection with Taylor Institute on
Lookout mountain near Blanche,
Ala., which was very successful.
The news of this family’s depar
ture June 1 for Trion, where Prof.
Bell has accepted a broader field of
work, including superintendent of
the school and secretary of the Y.
M. C. A., will be received with a
source of regret by their hundreds
of friends here, but our loss is
Trion's gain and The News congrat
ulates the people of Trion for
bei g so fortunate in obtaining Prof.
Bell’s services.
Aside from the eminent success
Taylor Institute has attained under
the direction of Prof Bell, he and
Mrs. Bell are both natural leaders al
ways taking an active part in the
social and church life of our city.
They are very versatile in their
talents and fit in every occasion,
always responding when called upon.
Summerville has been the reci
pient of several home talent plays
conducted, and parts acted by them.
Abo a number of high class enter
tainments have been sponsored by
Prof. Bell.
The Presbyterian church has been
greatly benefitted by the addition
of this family, and hardly a move
ment or meeting has taken place
since their affiliation that they
have not been called upon to help
in, and they always respond gladly
never shirking, and they have been
i r strumental in the building of the
new church.
i Prof. Bell has been elevated to
; an elder in the church and is the
I popular teacher of the Vanguard
cla s at Sunday school, which is
composed entirely of young men.
who insist that even Trion is to b'
j Prof. Bell’s future residence, they
I will not relinquish their claim on
him as teacher.
Summerville will miss Prof. Bell
and familv. but Trion has the right
man in the right place and again
I we congratulate them.
Miss Em ; ly Morton, of LaFayette.
was the week-end guest of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Smith.
I
' Fresh bread and cakes daily at
the Depot Case.
Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, Thursday, May 1, 1924
CHATTOOGA DRAWS
$1,500.00 GAS TAX
This Is The Share Com
ing To This County
For The First Quarter
Os Present Year.
Chattooga county has drawn the
sum of $1,500.00 as its share of the
gas tax collected under the new state
law which provides for three cents
per gallon on all gasoline used in
the countyt. The law placing a tax
of three cents per gallon on gasoline
was passed by the last legislature
and the. sum derived from this
source is required to be used in
building or keeping up public roads.
The following statement was re
cently sent out from the state treas
urer’s department:
Checks totaling $266,473.84 will be
mailed to the various counties in
Georgia this afternoon. This rep
resents the counties’ share of the
collections for the first quarter in
1924, under the state gasoline tax
of three cents per gallon. Rather,
it represents the first quarter’s
payments, including a little over
$30,000, which should have been in
cluded in the final quarter of 1923
but which did not reach the treas
ury department until too late for
inclusion in the checks mailed out
Jan. 15.
“The amount going to the counties
from this quarter to be exact is
$236,147.06, representing one-third
of the gasoline tax collections for
the three months. Under the law,
another third goes to the state high
way.
C. C. MARTIN
DIES SUDDENLY
C. C. Martin, a pioneer farmer and
resident of Dry Valley, was sud
denly stricken with afcute heart
trouble Tuesday while in the field
at work. He was immediately taken
to his home only a short distance
away and Dr. Medlin was summoned,
but before the doctor arrived Mr.
Martin passed to the great beyond.
Mr. Martin was one of the coun
ty’s substanital farmers, a leading
churchman, and one of the com
munity's most progressive citizens.
He was in his seventy-fourth year-
He is survived by five sons and
two daughters.
Ordinary Paying Out
Pension Money
Judge J. P. Johnston has received
the money due the pensioners of
Chattooga county and is now ready
to begin the payment of these pen
sions.
All who are on the pension rolls
of the county are requested to call
at the ordinary’s office as soon a»
convenient and get their checks.
Collie Saves Eight
When Home Burns;
Pays With Its Life
LAMBERTON, N. Y„ April 29.
The lives of eight persons
saved by a collie dog when the farm
house of Leslie S. Morrison burned
to the ground early today. The dog
sacrificed its own life.
Morrison was awakened by the
dog’s tugging at the bedclothes, to
find the house in flames. With the
help of his wife and his
carried five children to safety. The
body of the dog was found buried
in the debris.
Indiana Governor Will
Serve Fraud Sentence
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 29.
Warren T. McCray, convicted yester
day in federal court of using the
mails to defraud, today reseigned as
governor of Indiana.
The resignation becomes effective
at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning.
Emmett F. Branch, lieutenant gov
ernor, automatically will become
governor.
McCray is to appear tomorrow in
federal court to receive his sentence.
It is expected he will receive a term
in the Atlanta federal prison and
will be taken there with other prison
ers Thursday.
He will take no appeal from his
conviction in federal court but will
be ready to begin serving whatever
entence is given him by Judge A.
B. Anderson.
The penalty for conviction of us
ing the mails in furtherance of a
scheme to defraud is a fine of not
to exceed $1,090 or imprisonment
not to exceed five years, or both,
at the discretion of the court.- Mc-
Cray was found guilty on all thir
teen counts in the indictment end
each count is a separate offence.
CITY COURT
Owing to the urgent need of farm
work due to the rains, no jury term
of the city court will be held before
July.
ARSENATE LEADS
WEEVIL POISONS
I According To Report
Os Government Ex-|
periment Station At
Talluluah, La.
According to the recent reports
sent out from the government ex
periment station at Talluluah, La.,
calcium arsenate leads all other
weevil poisons in effectiveness.
Last year the experiment station
made tests on various weevil poisons
i. eluding home-made molasses mix
ture, Florida Method, Hills Mixture,
Weevilnip, 8011-We-Go and dusted
calcium arsenate. The result of these
experiments as shown by the report
was that the following showed a
profit per acre:
Molasses mixture, $4.47; Florida
Method, 78 cents; dusted calcium ar
senate, $18.05. The other mixtures
all showed a loss per acre. This
was arrived at by counting the cost
of the material and the cost of ap
plying the same to the growing
crop.
The report of the experiment sta
tion therefore indicates that the
most effective and profitable poison
to u e is dust calcium arsenate.
Georgia Bankers
Endorse Co-op. Selling
ATLANTA, Ga., April 28.—One of
the most important actions taken
by the Georgia Bankers association
which closed its state convention in
Augusta last Saturday, was the pas
sage of a resolution endorsing the
Georgia Cotton Growersi Co-opera
tive association and co-operative
marketing of all farm products.
The resolution was introduced by
Charles B. Lewis, president of the
Fourth National Bank of Macon, fol
lowing an able and extended address'-
by Eugene R. Black, president <jf
the Atlanta Trust company, who de
clared his belief in co-operative
marketing for cotton and who urged
upon the bankers in attendance at
the convention the great importance
of their considering seriously the
merit of co-operative marketing and
the benefits its offers to both pro
ducers and business men.
Mr. Black stated that it was with
in the province of the cotton grow
ers to organize and market their
products in an organized way the
same as it was within the province
of bankers, manufacturers, or other
lines of business, to organize and to
work together for mutual benefit.
The resolution, after being intro
duced by Mr. Lewis, was referred to
the resolutions committee, which was
composed of A. K. Snead, Carroll
ton, chairman; Hugh Gordon, of
Athens; J. Frank Lee, Royston; C.
W. Skinner, Wayresboro; and 11.
Warner Martin, of Atlanta, and the
committee unanimously approved the
resolution. It came up for action
on the last day of the convention
and was unanimously passed.
The resolution in full follows.
WHEREAS, orderly marketing is
necessary to secure best returns
from our farm products; and
WHEREAS, the Georgia Cotton
Growers Co-operative association
and other co-operative organizations
successfully operating in Georgia
and using valid contract with the
growers have proven their ability to
efficiently and economically distri
bute these products;
THEREFORE, be it resolved, that
the Georgia Bankers association in
convention assembled endorses co
operative marketing as a principle,
a”d urges that producers give close,
study to practical plans for co-oper
ative marketing, seeing that the
marketing associations are nroperly
organized end efficiently managed;
BE it further resolved, that we
I 'vw the bankers of Georgia to give
j 'oil consideration to the onportuni-*
*ies for co-on rative marketing, giv-
; ng their aid in making these co
operative organizat'ons in serving
’heir section’, both effective and ef
ficient.
SMITH ALEXANDER
A marriage of much interest to
friends of the contracting parties
was that, Saturday afternoon of
Miss Lula Smith and A. S. Alex
ander at Trion, Rev. D. B. Maffett
\ performing the ceremony.
The bride is the oldest daughter
; of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Smith and is
jan attractive young lady of many
lovable traits. She takes an active
i part in church work and social as-
I fairs.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
j Mrs. LaFayette Alexander of near
Wayside. He is a splendid young
man of upright habit and sterling
i character, truly worthy of the bride
I he won.
The happy young couple left im
mediately after the ceremony for a
short honeymoon, and are now at
home to friends at the Wheeler
farm south of tow .
They have a multitude of friends
who extend heartiest congratulations.
J
What the safety razor did “to”
the barber business, bobbed hair is
doing “for” it.
County Registration
Books Close On May 3
The county registration books will i
close on May 3 and all persons who |
expect to vote in the coming fall i
elections and who have not previous- I
ly registered must do so by that i
date.
All who have registered in the ■
past and have kept their taxes paid ,
are not required to register now.
The payment of taxes keeps the j
voter automatically registered. But |
all new comers into the county or
those who have become of age or—
in fact, all who have not been for
merly registered—must do so by
May’ 2.
Registration can be made at the
office of the tax collector in the
courthouse by all who will call
there.
LIGHT SYSTEM ~
CHANGES HANDS
On last Friday a sale was con
sumated between the Georgia Rail
way and Power company and the
Summerville Cotton mills for the
distributing system of the Summer
ville electric lighting system which
includes, all poles, lines and equip
ment for distributing electricity.
The consideration was not announced.
The Georgia Railway & Power Co.
will not take charge of the local
system until they get their trans
formers installed at their local sub
station in the edge of east Summer
ville, whereby they can reduce the
stupendous voltage down to 2300
volts which is the amount used for
general lighting, and this will be
July 1.
The prospects for cheaper lights
will no doubt be realized when the
Georgia Railway & Power company
takes over the local system, owing
to their enormous resources and ad
vantages for making electricity.
The coming of this company into
our midst is a boon to our manufac
turing enterprises that are already
here and should be conducive tjo
new enterprises looking for a loca
tion of equitable climate, good ship
ping facilities, cheap sites and the
moral support of the best citizenry
to be found anywhere.
A mutual interest now exists be
tween Summerville and the Power
company, and it behooves both to
pull together for a bigger and great
er Summerville.
Hidden Check
Found By Max Gary
The hidden check last week was
found by Max Gary at W. H. Tal
lent’s store.
The check will be hidden this week
at Trion, and you may look for it
after 6:30 Saturday morning, May j
3. i
Read the ads closely and see if
you can find where it will be hid
den.
Riot Marks Session
Os Tennessee’s G.O.P.
Meeting At Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 28.
White men and negroes attending
the Tenth district republican conven
tion here Tuesday came to blows at
the outset of the afternoon session,
and before order was restored one
negro had been taken away in an
ambulance and several on each side
bore marks of battle.
The cla h resulted when white del
egates are said to have ordered ne
groes attending the convention to
take seats in the rear of the hall.
While the battle raged, chairs and
fists flew fast, hut beyond bruised
heads and bloody noses, no one was
I reported badly hurt.
The convention was held in the
baseme’t o f the county courthouse,
and police and sheriff’s deputies
hurried to the scene and quickly put
an end to hostilities.
Cyclones Take
Toll Os Death
Over The South
ATLANTA, April 30.—A series of
tornadoes, which dipped down into
at least three states in this section
early today, had taken a known toll
of eight lives and caused upwards
of a million dollars in property
damage. Seven persons were re
ported to be missing.
Reports gathered over meager
telegraph and telephone wires show
a steadily mounting list of injured,
which, at 10 o’clock totalled thirty.
Greatest damage was indicated at
Anderson, S. C . where a tornado de
scend'd upon the village of River
id" Mill. Three persons are known
to be dead and more than a score
Were injured. Fifty bouses were de
«troyed and the mid building was
damaged. Property loss will reach
■ h?lf a million dollars, it was esti
! mated.
Campaigning bv radio will not
please the politicians because there
are no wireii to pull.
$1.50 Per Year.
MORE COTTON
I ON LESS ACREAGE
Present Price Can Not
Be Maintained With
Large Crop This Year
ATLANTA, Ga., April 28.—With
i the approach of the planting season,
lit was stated here today by officials
of the Georgia department of agri
culture, cotton farmers should give
their attention to the question of
“more cotton per acre and not more
acres of cotton.” Attention was
called to the fact that during the
past year the price of the staple has
been fairly good, partly due to the
small hold over stocks and partly to
the small crop.
The officials of the agriculturar
department said that cotton farmers
will have a number of factors to con
sider in connection with this yearns
crop. As pointed out, they must be
prepared to wage a vigorous fight
on the boll weevil, for this insect,
they assert, will cause huge losses
to the southern, states again this
year unless every effort is made to
bring about the control of its ra
vages. It is shown that the cost of
operation of farms is still high, thus
bringing up the cost of production
of cotton. Due to the unsettled con
ditions in Europe, the markets for
American cotton are still restricted.
A bumper cotton crop, Georgia
department officials declare, will re
sult in a low price for the staple,
possibly below the cost of produc
tion. The price, it is claimed, cannot
be maintained at the present level
With a very large crop this year.
“Cotton farmers should use the
best methods to secure good yields
on limited acreages,” said J. J.
Brown, Georgia commissioner of
agriculture. “Should they increase
the acreage planted, they have no
assurance of bigger crops for their
Work* must be spread over more
acres and they will not be able to
give the attention to the crop that
they could if) the acreage were
smaller.”
Commissioner Brown said that a
reasonable acreage cultivated under
the best methods possible will pro
duce a good crop at less expense.
Farmers will profit more by a large
production per acre than an ordinary
crop from a large acreage, he seio.
Delegates Named To
Democratic Convention
A 1 LAN IA, Ga,j—The Georgia
state democratic convention that
convened here April 23, was one ot
the most successful ever held in the
state. A noticable feature was the
harmony and good will that existed
between the various delegations,
i Harmony was the keynote through
j out and there was very little evi->
dence of dissension.
The assembly was held in the
auditorium olf the Lyric theater
Judge Newt A. Morris, of Marietta,
was elected chairman and perform
er his duties with efficiency and
dispatch. A program of procedure
was offered by Judge W. A. Cov
ington, which was adopted by the
conventions. All the duties of the
assembly were transacted in short
order, and the convention was ad
journed by two o’clock in the after
noon.
The first important action of the
convention was in determining the
number of women to be named on
the natioanl delegation. Mrs. Nich
olas Peterson, of Fulton county,
spoke on this subject in behalf of
the women. She, too, reviewed the
important part women played in
Mr. McAdoo’s magnificent victory
in Georgia. She asked that there be
two women delegates from the state
at large and one from each congres
sional district, adding that “four
years from now, when conditions
are reversed, we will gladly accord
the men the same consideration.”
Mrs. Peterson’s recommendations
was put In the form of a motion
and carried unanimously.
The next order of business was
♦he election hy the convention ot
delegates from' the state at large.
The following were placed in nom
ination and elected without a dis
’ 'enting vote:
Mrs Nicholas Peterson, of Tifton;
Mrs. Marv Harris Armor, of East
man; Hollins N. Randolph, of At
lanta: Thos. J. Hamilton, of Augns-
M'ljer S. Bell, of Milledgeville
H. H. Dean, of Gainesville, and
Pleasant A. Stovall, of Savannah.
The convention; also elected two
nre«idential electors-at-large as fol
low’ :
Fx-Governor Nat E Harris, of
Macon, and John G. Valentino, of
•avannah. Alternate el«ctors-at
targo chosen bv the convention were
Mt P Simmons, of T awrenceville.
and Hugh Rowe, of Athens.
The following delegates and elec
tors from the Seventh District were
elected by the convention:
Sev-nth District; Mrs. Ralph W.
Northcutt, Cobb county; E. L. Lind
sey, Floyd county; J. R. McFarland,
Walker county; W. E. Wood, Whit
; field county. Elector, C. M. Milam,
Bartow county; alter."ate, Mrs. An
nie Freeman Johnson, Floyd county.