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CIRCULATES
IN BEST
SECTION OF
I NORTH GEORGIA.
VOL. 50; NO. 27.
COUNTY BOARD GIVES
TAXABLE PROPERTY ON
DIGEST AT $3,753,4 15
ALSO RECOMMENDS TAX RATE
OF FIVjE MILLS FOR THE
SCHOOL PURPOSES.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
On motion of C. S. Fowler, second
ed by J. B. Vaughn, ordered by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of Chattooga county,
state of Georgia, in recessed session,
held Aug. 29, 1936, that a tax rate of
Fifteen Mills or sls per thousand
dollars of all the taxable property in
the county subject to taxation, re
turned by or assessed against each
taxpayer, in the county for county
tax for all county purposes for the
year 1936, calculated on the total of
$3,753,415.00, to yield a total of $56,-
301.23 taxes, and to be distributed to
the following described funds and
purposes on the rates severally fix
ed, therefore, as below and for all
school taxes and for schoolhouse
bonds as below indicated:
Estimated to raise the sum of
$56,301,23.
One mill for the purpose ’ouz£jj nsr
courthouse bonds Nos. 48 ano - OtZs
one thousand dollars each, and the
interest on the outstanding bonds,
and all lawful commissions. Estimat
ed to raise the sum of $3,753.42.
Two mills general fund for the pur
pose of paying the expenses of the
superior court, salaries and expenses
of the commissioners of roads and
revenue and the salary of clerk of
said board and salary of county
treasurer, coroner’s expense of hold
ing inquests, cost of ordinary in lun
acy cases, books, stationary and of
fice supplies of county offices; sala
ry of janitor, telephone, fuel and
lights and jail fees and all other
necessary expenses of the courts, in
cluding expense of litigation, all law
ful commissions and sanitation. Es
timated to raise the sum of $7,506.83.
One and one-half mills for re
pairs on all public buildings of the
county. Estimated to raise the sum
of $5,630.12.
Three-fouith mill pauper fund for
the purpose of paying the salary of
the superintendent of the poorhouse,
furnishing coal and wood and sup
plies, such as food, clothing, medi
cine, doctor’s bills and all other things
needed by the inmates of the poor
house and paying the allowances of
those persons on the pauper list of
the county. And other lawful chari
ties in the discreation of the board
and all lawful commissions Estimat
ed to raise the sum of $2,815.06.
Three and one-half mills bridge
fund for the purpose of paying con
tracts for building bridges, after ad
vertising, and letting out to the low
est bidder in the discretion of the
board of commissioners; for painting
and repairing the bridges of the coun
ty, and paying for small bridges not
let by contract and all lawful com
missions; and for buying supplies
and building bridges with the con
victs and attendant necessary ex
penses. Estimated to raise the sum
of $13,136.96.
Four mills as a road fund for the
purpose of maintaining the chaingang
of the county, paying the salaries of
the warden, guards; feeding and
clothing the convicts; buying + ’ne
necessary machinery and stock, and
all other expenses in maintaining the
chaingang and to build, maintain and
repair roads and all lawful commis
sions. Estimated to raise the sum of
$15,013.66.
Two and one-fourth mills to pay
the legal indebtedness of the county,
due or to become due during the year
or part due. Estimated to raise the
sum of $8,445.18.
SCHOOL TAX LEVY—I 936.
By virtue of the power vested in
the county school boards of the state
of Georgia by the act of the general
assembly Aug. 18, 1919; page 68, the
board of education of Chattooga
county has recommended to this board
a tax rate of five mills for school
purposes. It is, therefore, ordered by
the board of commissioners of roads
and revenues in and for Chattooga
county, that a tax rate of five dollars
per one thousand dollars of the prop
erty be and the same is hereby lev
ied and ordered collected on all the
taxable property in the county for
school purposes for the year 1936,
except in the independent school dis
tricts, and all lawful commissions.
It is also ordered that the follow
ing tax rate fixed by the county
school superintendent and trustees of
the local tax districts be and is here
by levied and ordered collected.
County-wide 5 mills:
Summerville /Consolidated School
District—For maintenance, 5 mills;
for bonds. 7 mills.
Echols School District For main-
tenance, 3 mills.
Hanson School District—For main
tenance, 2 mills.
Chelsea School District—For main
tenance, 4 mills.
Cloudland School District For
(Continued on Last Page.)
The Summerville News
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936.
Two Tennessee Editors Give
Views on the Gubernatorial
Race In State of Georgia
> On this page are reprints from
J two Chattanooga papers; one from
the Chattanooga Times, the other
from the Chattanooga News. It can
make no difference to these two
editors who is elected governor of
Georgia, and the very fact that they
are disinterested in that respect
makes their statement all the more
* important.
It would be a sad commentary on
s the people of the state of Georgia
’> if when one candidate is universal
’ ly recognized, both within and with
s out the state, as the best man for
an office, that he, through political
1 intrigue and false reports, should
"I fail to be elected.
1 i In my opinion the people of Chat
) tooga county are fair and honest
N in their judgment; they want to
f see a man of dignity and honor
elected to an office of such impor-
’ \ tance, and on Sept. 9 Chattooga
; county will take its place in Judge
') Fortson’s column with the other
* j counties that count honesty, in-
■ j tegrity and ability higher than
| cheap promises.
WALTER C. STURDIVANT.
r 1
k *»rtß Predicts End
> I
", Ot ro- ;al Play-Boys
Regime A t Capitol
‘ ATLANTA, Aug. 28.—“ The regime
J of political play-boys fiddling around
1 in the chemical laboratory of the
' department of agriculture is going to
end on the day when I take office,”
announced Columbus Roberts, candi
date for commissioner of agricul
ture, in a statement Saturday from
I his campaign headquarters in At
lanta.
The statement dealt with “four
J falsehoods” which Mr. Roberts char
. ged were being circulated against
him in “a whispering propaganda, too
; cowardly to come in the open.”
> “I intend to reorganize the Chem
t ical laboratory of the department of
agriculture and put it on a basis of
* scientific efficiency. I will employ
f qualified chemists to make ths analy
, ses of fertilizer, stock feeds, food for
. human consumption and other things
. subject to the jurisdiction of the de- I
; partment. This work, which is a sci
-! entific work, is going to be done in
■ ; a scientific manner by men who are
‘ trained and competent, and ths re
. | gime of political play-boys fiddling
[ around in the laboratory is going to
- end when I take office. Users of
commercial fertilizer will receive
> prompt service in taking samples.
. will be furnished analyses made by
■ qualified chemists, and reports will
- go forward promptly and without
■ delay.”
Another “falsehood” answered by
- Mr. Roberts is that he intends to
t suspend publication of the Market
- Bulletin. “I have not the slightest
5 ■ intention of suspending the Market
- Bulletin,” he said, “but I do intend
-) to suspend the use of it for political
i propaganda. More than half the last
j issue is devoted to exploitation of
? the commissioner of agriculture.
' Month after month the Market Bul
f letin has been used as Mr. Linder’s
1 political loud-speaker. It has attack-
2 ed outrageously and disgracefully
1 President Roosevelt. It has gone so
3 far as to advocate Georgia seceding
1 from the Union. I am going to restore
- the Market Bulletin to the purposes
f for which it was intended and purge
it completely of political propa
ir ganda.”
, In the past week or ten days, Mr.
r Roberts said, there has been “whis
-3 pered around the falsehood that I am
interested in holding down the price
of milk paid to milk producers. This
i is idiotic upon its face. It happens
3 that I am one of the largest milk
1 producers in Georgia. My entire
a farming operations are concentrated
i j upon the production of milk. I raise
1 j numerous crops, but feed them all to
1 my dairy cows. Milk is my cash crop
7 and my only cash crop. Why should
s I want to hold down the price of
i milk? I have fought consistently, and
s for many years, to hold up the price
-of milk paid to milk producers by
- the pasteurizing companies. The
e Georgia Milk Producers’ confedera
r tion, of which I am president, oper
i, ates its own pasteurizing plant, sells
- milk to consumers as cheap as or
cheaper than the pasteurizing com-
- panies, and gives the money back to
y its members, less expense of hand
s ling.”
The fourth “whispered falsehood”
nailed by Mr. Roberts was that he
intends to shut down the state farm
-1 ers’ market in Atlanta. He Said he
; [ intends only to “shut down the vicious
conditions and to reorganize the
.- market in such away that farmers
will derive the full benefit of its
- operation.”
Mr. Roberts said he had attended
-a number of “great democratic ral
i lies” the past week and has “found
r the opinion almost unanimous that I
will be nominated on Sept, fi by an
overwhelming majority?’
| FORTSON IS THE MAN!
... /
Mite
i|HE|
BLANTON FORTSON FOR GOVERNOR
Acknowledged by every one as “The Best Man in the Race”
THEN WHY NOT MAKE HIM GOVERNOR?
Georgia needs a man free of all political connections. A
man who will administer the affairs of our State in an honest,
capable manner—who will make Georgia a better place to live.
Who makes no promises he can not fulfill.
(Pol. Adv.)
A Scandal in Georgia’s
Gubernatorial Race.
(The Chattanooga News.)
The News would not presume to
try to meddle in Georgia politics. We
have expressed our admiration for
Judge Blanton Fortson, candidate
chosen by a number of leading Geor
gia citizens for Govenor, in an at
tempt to break the unholy Talmadge ;
machine. But we have not attempted
to advise our Georgia readers, nor I
i vill we do so.
I The other two candidates for Gov-
1 ernor are Mr. Chas. Redwine, Tal
madge’s man, and Mr. Ed Rivers. |
There is no denying that at the pnes-1
ent writing Mr. Rivers seems to have
the best chance of all three candi
dates. And yet, into his campaign
here has been launched a scandal of
major proportions, and it has been
launched by a man of unimpeachable
integrity, by Judge Blanton Fortson
.aimself.
Judge Fortson has charged that
Mr. Ed Rivers offered to turn Re
•ublican in 1932 for an expense al
lowance of $25,000. Rivers operates)
a newspaper.
Mr. Rivers hesitated after the |
charge had been made, then he coun
ter-charged with “It’s an infamous
lie.” Then three affidavits made by
officials of the Republican organiza
tion of South Georgia swearing that
Mr. Rivers offered to sell out to
hem in 1932 were produced. Rivers
replied, “The charge that I was in
any way affiliated with the Republi
j can organization in South Georgia in
1 . 1932 is absolutely false.”
As the North Georgia Journal de-
' dares:
“This is not a denial that he offer
' ed to run on the Republican ticket
for Congress, but an admission that
the Republicans refused his offer, as
the affidavits state. So Speaker Ed,
■ remained a loyal Democrat.
! “Can it be that this is not the only
i I precedent to the amazing political
; I duplicity, bold-faced dishonesty, cli-1
; ; maxed recently by his decision to run)
: i again for Governor on an anti-Tal
! \ madge platform when he saw that;
I Talmadge would not support him?
s I “It is not a secret that Rivers has,
’ only recently graduated from the
• class who depend on red galluses to
I hold up their trousers.
• “As if this pair of outstandingly
I two-faced acts weren’t enough to keep
i Rivers from carrying a single county
' in Georgia if this information was
s offered the public by a fair-minded
■ and impartial press there is the case
■ of Rivers’ changed attitude toward
> the Roosevelt Administration.
“The files of the Ed Rivers Week-
- ly (Homerville) show that columns
> upon columns of this paper have at-
• tacked Roosevelt as being “influenc
ed by the Morgan moguls” and have
’ attacked Senator Russell.
3 “In La Fayette Monday, Rivers
- declared he had always been solidly
; behind ‘the great humanitarian Pres
s ident, who had saved the country
3 from destruction’.”
s The fact that Judge Blanton Fort-
3 son exposed Rivers is sufficient ba
sis for accepting the charges as true
1 unless Rivers can disprove them,
- which apparently he cannot do.
1 Did he offer to sell his support to
I the Republicans for $25,C00? If he
i did, he certainly is not fit to be Gov
ernor of tho State of Georgia.
" FIREWORKS IN
GEORGIA.
(The Chattanooga Times.
A number of grotesque figures are
marching through Georgia. The is
sues in the campaign for Governor
which will close with the primary
September 9, unless a run-off is nec
essary, are, in the order of their ap
parent importance: Governor Tal
madge, President Roosevelt, Clark
Howell, editor of the Atlanta Consti-
I tution, William Randolph Hearst, and
; the Republican Party. How that can
be true when the candidates are
i Judge Blanton Fortson, Mr. Charles
I D. Redwine, and Speaker E. D. Riv-1
ers, outsiders may find it hard to
understand. Mr. Redwine, a mer
chant-banker and President of the
Georgia Senate, is Governor -< Tal
madge’s gift to the peope as his suc
cessor. Mr. Talmadge, bitter foe of
President Roosevelt, is asking the
people to promote him to the United
States Senate. Judge Fortson, w ho
has a State-wide reputation as an
. intelligent And a fearless Superior
Court Judge, is anti-Talmadge and
I pro-Roosevelt. Speakers Rivers, a pe
' rennial candidate for public office,
is pro-Rivers and pro-Rivers.
To earnest Georgians the situation
must seem confusing indeed. Speaker
Rivers is appealing to the voters to
defeat Talmadgist by electing him to
the Governorship, yet he has been
out of the Talmadge political bed for
such a brief period his place there is
still warm. Mr. Rivers’ sincerity has
been made more suspect by the pub
lication of affidavits in which re
sponsible Georgians charge that in
1932 the Speaker desired to run for
Congress as a Republican, provided
a Republican District Committee
would subsidize him and his weekly
newspaper in the amount of $25,000.
When Judge Fortson first made the
) charge, Speaker Rivers commented
that he was fighting Talmadgism and
■ would not be irritated by the ama
; teurish efforts of the Athens jurist,
i Later, deciding he was irritated, the
Speaker characterized the charge as
| “an infamous lie.” But when the af
fidavits were printed—in Hearst's
Atlanta Georgian—Mr. Rivers fell
back on a weasel-worded retort to
th? effect that he has never been
“affiliated” with the Republican
Party.
It was easy enough to charge that
Judge Fortson had joined with
Hearst to defeat “that leading
Roosevelt candidate, Speaker Rivers.”
The Speaker made that, charge and
promptly boasted of the “enemies”
he had made. While all this is going
on, Mr. Redwine stumps the State for
the Talmadge policies. Judge Fort
son charges that Mr. Clark Howell
is supporting the Rivers candidacy
because he thinks he can control him.
Mr. Howell, who is Democratic Na
tional Committeeman for his State,
supported Governor Talmadge with
enthusiasm until quite recently. Judge
Fortson charges that Georgians have
little reason to believe that Mr.
Howell is particularly interested in
the integrity and ability of the can
didates. Mr. Howell has stated edi
, torially that Georgians should unite
in the support of the candidate most
likely to defeat Mr. Talmadge’s Red
i wine. That candidate, in Editor How
ell’S opinion, is Mr. Rivers.
Curiously enough, the candidate
Pennsylvania Town
Gets Rain on July
29; Usual Custom
Waynesburg, Pa., Aug. 20.
Rain fell here as usual on last
i July 29 and townsfolk rejoiced in
■ a 61-year-old tradition.
The oldest inhabitants claim
that it always rains here on this
date. They point to the log kept
by Byron Daily which states that
on only two occasions in the slxty
i one years has it failed to rain.
Residents took their umbrellas
along when they went to work
on that day, although the sky was
cloudless.
At 9:16 a.m. it began to rain.
A downpour lasted several min
utes.
545,376 GEORGIANS
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
ATLANTA.—Over half a million
| Georgians, a record, are qualified to
I vote in the democratic primary of
i Sept. 9, which will decide whether
Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., New
Deal advocate, or Gov. Talmadge,
New Deal critic, will be nominated
for United States senate.
The registration shows a jump of
140,000 over two years ago and over
I 50,000 four years ago.
Figures compiled by the Associat
j ed Press show that 545,379 voters are
i registered for the democratic primary
. this year in the 159 counties of the
, state. This compares with 370,100
two years ago and 458,007 in 1932.
The Georgia law requires the coun
ty unit system to be used in pri
maries.
Nearly all counties show an in
crease in registration. The leader is
i Fulton, of which Atlanta is the coun
-Ity seat. The registration in Fulton
this year is 47,283. Two years ago it
. was 30,895.
Notice, High School
Patrons, Teachers
In order that the English courses
over the county may be as uniform
as possible only the New Literature
i and Life for eighth, ninth, tenth
i and eleventh grades will be used. Old
■ editions will be discarded.—Maude
Sewell, C. S. S.
Football Begins At
Summerville High
Football practice got under way
Monday afternoon at Sturdivant
field. The boys were ready to go and
looked forward to a great year un
der the leadership of our new coach,
Mr. Boney, who graduated this spring
from the University of Miami.
Five of the fourteen lettermen are
returning for another year. They are
Earl Beatty, Jr., J. T. Hankins and
Malcolm Thomas in the backfield,
and Graves Myers and Ernest Sitton
as linemen. The rest of the squad
working for positions are James Ad
ams, Claude Bagley, Jr, Stanley Cli
mer, Archibald Farrar, Joe Favor,
R. B. Headrick, Bob Sims and Charles
Trimble.
The boys have been “taking it
easy,” limbering up under the in
structions of Coach Boney for the
past few days; they were sore the
first mornings, nevertheless. It is ex
pected that several more boys will be
out now that school has started.
Nothing has been definitely settled,
about the schedule, but it is likely
the team will play nine or ten games,
the first in about two weeks.
Semi-Annual Singing
At New Hope, North
The Chattooga County Singing
convention will meet in semi-annual
convention next Sunday, Sept. 6, at
New Hope, North, Baptist church. A
cordial invitation is extended the
public to attend.
who apparently has the least chahce
of winning is the one who appeals to
> the largest nunfber of people as the
1 finest citizen among them. Judge
Fortson has had no previous expe
’ rience in State-wide political cam
•: paigns and he has no political or-
■ ganization worthy of the name. His
campaign is managed by Mr. Philip
Weltner, a former Chancellor of the
■ University System of Georgia, and
. one of the State’s ablest, most ad
mired citizens. Voters who like to
, ride in political bandwiagons, and
i politicians who for self-preservation
■ have to pick the winner may not
■ support Judge Fortson. But in the
. light of his own record and the rec
i ords of Speaker Rivers and Mr. Red
wine it is hard to understand how
. Georgians can fail to vote for the
■ Athens Judge. Integrity is more im
: portant than adroitness. For a Gov-
■ ernor who is public spirited, intel
• lectually honest and courageous can
easily overcome the handicap of po
» iitical inexperience-
CIRCULATES
IN BEST
SECTION OF
NORTH GEORGIA.
BUSINESS GAIN OF
20 PER CENT. MADE
FOR YEAR, REPORT
LIBERAL BUYING RECOMMEND
ED BY COMMITTEE OF PUR
CHASING AGENTS.
Numerous indications pointing to a
1936 business volume 20 per cent,
greater than in the preceding year
; are observed by the business survey
I committee of the National Associa
tion of Purchasing Agents in its
, monthly report on industrial condi
tions issued yesterday. Instead of
. the usual summer slump, practically
' all sections of this country and of
Canada report improved business,
rising commodity prices, great em
i ployment and increased inventories
: for the last thirty days. A liberal
11 buying policy is recommended by the
i; committee, which holds improved
’! business volume is to be expected this
I fall and winter regardless of politi
', cal happenings.
, | Some bad spots are noticed, in
cluding the agricultural implement
j industry, which has been hard hit by
’ ) drought conditions, but the commit
tee finds Texas being helped by a
j good cotton crop, textile finishing
! plants in the east unusually busy,
tourist trade m the west and north
: above expectations, and building vol
: ume generally improved.
I “Commodity prices are reflecting
the increased and sustained demand
i from most of the larger consumers
’ in various lines of trade,” the report
continued. “Values continue to work
I moderately higher. While the consen
| sus seems to be that run-away mar
i kets are not in the offing, firmer
I price trends are evident as indicated
! by strength in grains and foodstuffs,
steel products, copper, scrap, cotton,
, rayon, boxboard and lumber. There
are very few commodities showing
[ weakening tendencies.
“Inventories have been increased
to some extent over last month, due
i not only to anticipated price strength
I in many markets but also as a pro
, tection against possible labor distur
t j bances. One regional report states
I 'labor situation is loaded with dyna
, I mite and anything may happen?
There seems to be sound reason for
keeping inventories well filled dur
ing the next several months at least.”
Credit is ample in all sections and
collections are being maintained at
| the preceding month’s levels. Em
| ployment in general has improved
I but reports of possible strikes are
, numerous, the committee added.
With reference to buying policy,
' the committee recommends that
) purchasing agents cover needs for
j two to six months, depending upon
the commodity.
“Buying policy,” the report con
, eluded, “is dependent at this period
) upon the commodity under consid
eration, as commitments are rang
j ing from hand-to-mouth to contracts
I for a year ahead. Markets are being
) followed closely in industries likely
)to be affected by war activities in
, I Europe, and this is causing some
-! concern in certain sections. The Rob
| binson-Patman act apparently has
■ \ made no change in buying procedures
and improved business volume is
I looked for during the coming fall and
) winter months irrespective of politi
cal happenings. There is little evi
dence of any declining price move-
I ments in the next several months,
i other than possible temporary reac
i tions, and a liberal buying policy in
: most lines of trade is recommended.”
Johnson Cemetery.
All parties interested in the John
son cemetery at Chattoogaville are
) requested to meet again next Sat
urday morning, Sept. 5, to finish
' cleaning it off as we only got partly
cleaned off last Saturday. Come ear
’’ ly with tools to work with—Edward
‘ Gayler, Chairman.
Dick Russell favors the income tax
which fairly taxes the rich of the
! : north and east, to help the less for
-1 people of Georgia and other
! southern states. Vote for him Sept.
‘ 9th.
Concert At Berryton.
! '
.
> i The Homeland Harmony quartet,
[ sponsored by the Tennessee Music
.: company, of Cleveland, Tenn., will
> | give a concert at the Berryton Bap
| tist church next Saturday night,
i Sept. 5. Those who have heard this
t i quartet agree that it is one of the
. best, if not the best one, that has
. ever appeared in this county. They
. will be assisted by Prof. Otis McCoy,
r who renders vocal solos. There will
> also be some instrumental music. If
. | you love good music, come and bring
. your friends. Admission 15 and 25c.
i Dick Russell has made a worthy
- senator for Georgia. Let’s ke«p him
!in Washington-
$1.50 A YEAR