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WASHINGTON NEWS
OF INTEREST TO OUR
FARMER FRIENDS
FACING DROUTH FACTS—GREAT
PLAINS AFFECTED—LONG
TERM PROGRAM, ETC.
(From The News Washington Bureau.)
President Roosevelt’s conference
with the governors of mid-western
states emphsaizes the loss suffered
by the nation this year through the
drought and the problem that must
be faced on the semi-arid lands of
the country. The dry weather has
visited the greater portion of the ag
ricultural area, extending from the
Canadian line to the Texas panhandle
and from the northern Roekies to
Georgia. The cost has been great
and relief expenses will run the to
tal up.
The heart of the problem, as offi
cials see it, lies in the Great Plains,
the old “short-grass country,” where
grain farmers have been crowding
out the cattlemen. While in other
states the dry weather has seriously
injured current crops it raises no
problem as to the future but in parts
of ten states —North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas
and Oklahoma, the zone of heat,
drought and dust has raised a ques
tion which affects the fate of more
than 2,500,000 people, directly de
pendent upon farming and millions
more indirectly affected.
Readers are probably familiar with
plans now under way to afford im
mediate relief. The long-term prob-
MARKETS FOR FARM
CROPS PROMISED BY
COLUMBUS ROBERTS
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COLUMBUS ROBERTS
Two years ago with four candl«
dates for Commissioner of Agri
culture, I ran second. This year
with only two In the race, I expect
to win.
As Commissioner, I will concen
trate on two main tasks. First,
to provide farmers in every county
with markets for perishable prod
ucts, owned and operated by farm
ers. Second, to build up a great
live stock industry in Georgia.
Also, I will co-operate with the
Roosevelt administration and other
agencies In their efforts to Im
prove the condition of agriculture.
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W. M. KITTLE
Well Driller P.O. Box 132
Ringgold, Ga. Phone 76
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OTHER EASTERN CITIES .nd RESORTS GEORGIA IjTj I 'JZZI
lem requires study. Its solution may
mean the reversal of farm life on the
Great Plains and this, naturally, is a
delicate question. There has been
talk of moving millions of people to
other areas, but this is frowned up
on by officials who contend that an
adjustment in land use can prevent
this, although, in some areas, inevi
table removal of some of the people
will occur.
Some experts believe that the
movement to the Plains followed a
dry cycle and that the succeeding wet
cycle has passed. Unless something
drastic is done they fear the “Great
American Desert” of pioneer days
may return. They deplore the over
plowing and over-grazing of the land,
with the result that dry years have
made the area vulnerable to wind
erosion, which has done serious dam
age to an estimated 15 per cent, of
the acreage. Hence, they see the
drought as a climax to a disaster long
on the way and turn to some plan for
permanent relief.
Government officials who have
been studying the problem do not ad
vocate wholesale emigration, but
they do speak of the value to he
found in some “re-grouping.” If cer
tain precautions are observed, they
say, much of the land can be plowed
and planted and that which is not fit
for the plow can be used for grazing.
Generally they are expected to advo
cate:
Some re-grouping of population
and the retirement of submarginal
land by government purchase; the
acquisition by the government of land
which “definitely should never have
been plowed”; crop insurance, with
the premiums in kind collected dur
ing good years and losses made
good, in kind, during bad years; an
extended system of government
loans and the use of government ■
credit to induce farmers, where nec- I
essary, to shift from tilled crops to
grass and to adopt other means of
conservation.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
announces tentative plans to provide
as much as $10,000,000 to farmers of
the drought area in order to enable
them to store seed corn for next year.
This seed corn loan program would
be in addition to that previously an
nounced which provided $10,000,000
to buy spring wheat, Durum wheat,
oats, barley, rye and other small
grains to be stored for re-sale to
farmers as seed. Many farmers will
have to buy seed for next year’s crop
and while part of it can be supplied
locally, it was throught necessary to
assure an adequate supply of seed
for planting next year.
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
In Chattooga Superior Court, Sep
tember Term, 1936—Annie Mitchell
Saylor vs. Marvin Saylor.
To the Defendant, Marvin Saylor:
The plaintiff, Annie Mitchell Say
lor, having filed her petition for di
vorce against Marvin Saylor in this
court, returnable to this term of the
court, and it being made to appear
that Marvin Saylor is not a resident
of said County, and also that he does
not reside within the state, and an
order having been made for service
on him, Marvin Saylor, by publica
tion, this, therefore, is to notify you
Marvin Saylor, to be and appear at
the next term of Chattooga Superior
Court to be held on the second Mon
day in September, 1936, then and
there to answer said complaint.
Witness the Honorable C. H. Por
ter, Judge of the Superior Court,
this 24th day of August, 1936.
J. B. LEWIS, Clerk.
Deposits.
Total deposits in 5,374 active na
tional banks, on June 30, were $26,-
20C;,453,000, or more than a billion
dollars above the previous record
high.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ratliff, of Am
arillo, Tex., are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Ratliff and Mrs. H. Vernon.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936
ORDERS HEAVY IN ATLANTA.
Wholesale Dealers Report Heaviest
Volume for Season Since 1930.
ATLANTA, Aug. 31. Business
continued at an accelerated pace in
the Sixth federal reserve district this
week. Summer clearances sales and
fall offerings spurred buying to a
marked degree, with leading report
ing department stores experiencing
trade increases ranging from 15 to
30 per cent, greater than in the cor
responding period a year ago.
Wholesale houses reported the
heaviest orders for this season of the
year since 1930.
Employment showed additional im
provement, with increased {ipyrolls
in all major lines of business. Relief
agencies revealed rolls have dwindled
beyond expectations in the past two
months. Part of the lessened load
was attributed to payment of the
soldiers’ bonus.
Tobacco sales at the fifteen Geor
gia markets remained heavy, with
prices maintained from 7 to 10 cents
per pound better than in 1935. Cot
ton ginning operations increased sub
stantially throughout the area.
Hunting Licenses.
You can get hunting license at the
folawing places in Chattooga county.
Hunting licenses will be handled al
together by agents and not by the
game protector:
Summerville News office, Summer
ville.
Grady Ramey’s, Trion.
C. A. Wyatt’s, Menlo.
Crawford Hardware Co., Lyerly.
The squirrel season opened Aug.
15. The date for the opening of the
dove season will be announced later,
as the federal season has not been
announced.
Leonine Verse
Leonine verse was used In the Mid
die Ages in Latin hymns and In secular
verse. It is said to derive its name
from Leonius, a canon of the church
of St. Victor in Paris. In English any
verse which rhymes middle and end is
called a Leonine verse.
For An Electrified Georgia!
These Achievements
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~ RIVER POWER PLANTS, AND XM 4. 71*'?J' ra » ' A Rj| rfi NEW JOBS FOR 600 MORE WORK- I
■~' THE BIGGEST SUB-STATION ■f rT , _,- fL. ERS THAN A YEAR AGO IS IT
F IN GEORGIA-- F ,l, lTn MIDDLE GEORGIA WILL I'X --OO RtHJ N l|| " ~
2. J ", '* / GET EVEN BETTER SER- L— —= ~ANOTHER RESULT OP 1936 S W
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AMERICUS < GOROON-MILLSOGEVILLE LINES. J 111 , - -^VT^ 75^""
I"" THE BIGGEST SINGLE JOB OF Jft rfl . —< EAST OF THF OnrklFS’ IN I -\ L < ' ~/| <f
Li o 7Xon N^ne 6 u:;- .^ OU<^\to-TT* T1 lse of electr°.ty ,n the
ING AMERICUS.TIFTON |f '" v " HOME-64 PER CENT AHEAD SfefijjlyW
f : Z AND DOUGLAS- J fift7™ \. OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. ‘ '
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I ready built or n-»._ / * .- •
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ing 1936.
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THROUGHOUT the length and breadth of the course, not shown. Neither are the other thousands of \
45,000 square miles of Georgia which we serve, miles of line included in our gigantic three-year rural
work goes steadily on both to improve the quality electrification program.
and insure the dependability of electric service —as well ATI, of this Company’s customers, present and future,
as to spread its usefulness to regions which heretofore j n c i t j es f Owns an J on the farms, will be the bene*
have not been privileged to enjoy it. Every phase of our ficiaries of this year of far-reaching improvement one - A|
sennee is feeling the improving touch of modernization; which will go down in the Company’s history as one of
every section of the state is reaping tangible benefits most actively constructive years; a year that will go
from the tremendous program. The map above shows down in the state's history as one in which tremendous
only our major contributions —for 1936 alone in the strides were made toward the cherished goal of an elec*
drive toward an electrified Georgia. Rural electric lines trified Georgia!
on the map, for instance, illustrate only the 1,026 miles 1
of line which will be completed in 1936 bringing elec-
trie service for the first time to 20,000 Georgians in HCj In C?T r\ lAf K |"n
5,000 homes. The 2,258 miles of rural lines which are
already serving more than 30,000 families (in all sec- JC l\T'V r
tions of the state, not restricted to any one area) are, of N_/V^XVXi XXXM X
MORE LIGHT MORE LEISURE FOR GEORGIA HOMES
Nation’s Income.
A 1936 income of $60,000,000,000 is
forecast for the nation by the de
partment of commerce, which says it
will balance the business outlay for
the first time since 1929. This com
pares with a peak of $81,000,000,000
in 1929 and a low of $39,000,000,000
in 1932.
Endurance.
He—Do you think kissing is un
healthy?
She—l really don’t know. Ive nev
er been .... .
He—What? Never been kissed?
She —No, I’ve never been ill after
it.
Not So Public.
The high school student went
shopping. Spotting a classy suit he
asked the clerk, “Can I try on that
suit in the window?”
“Well,” hesitated the salesman,
“if you don’t mind, we’d rather have
you use the dressing room.”
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness and the beautiful
floral offerings during the sickness
and death of our dear sister and
daughter, Cannie Lucile Edwards.
We especially thank Dr. Little for
his untiring efforts during her pro
longed illness.
MRS. MYRTLE EDWARDS.
BILL EDWARDS
FRED EDWARDS
DEWEY EDWARDS
TOM EDWARDS
PICK EDWARDS
LOUISE KIMBLE
BESSIE HAWKES.
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Liniment.
tDO YOU WANT
YOUR FARM
BENEFITS STOPPED
IF YOU DO, a vote for Talmadge
■ will help stop them.
If you want them to continue, YOUR VOTE for Dick Russell
—Georgia’s Democratic Candidate for Senate-will help to keep
them coming until such time as they are not necessary.
A Deadly Parallel!
Dick Bussell has strongly supported all helpful
ralmadge promises to stop farm legislation. Has helped put $32.219,855.09
farm benefits, thereby de- in cash in the pockets of cotton farmers In
nrivins many Georgia Farm- benefit payments; $2,551,438.85 in the pockets
e„ of aetuaY bread and of tobacco growers; $1,080,727.80 in the pockets
mel t. of peanut growers.
Dick Bussell supported and helped to pass leg
islation which saved 18,938 Georgia farms and
14,850 Georgia homes from being sold out from
. , . . —under their owners.
Talmadge is opposed to Gov
ernment loans to farmers Dick n ussc i| offered and secured an amend
ment to the Belief Bill which provided funds
for the seed loans to Georgia farmers.
Legislation supported by Dick Bussell has ma
-I'almadg. is radically op- *•'«•“» reduced ' n ‘" eS ‘ "»** Pa ' ,, Ge ° r< "
posed to the policies of armer
President Booseveil and the Dj( . fc Bussell Is one ot the strongest and most
Democratic Party. fearless supporters of the Democratic cause
He has stood by President Boosevelt In his
efforts to aid the masses.
Dick Bussell is sponsoring old age pensions
Talmadge oppose, old age tor Hie citizens of Georgia, feeling as any
nensions In Georgia Christian Layman does that our aged and in
pensions in Georgia. entitled to live their few remaining
years without being objects of charity.
The above parallel simply cites a few of the major differences
in these two candidates’ platforms and records. Every citizen
who has studied both sides can recall many more.
If Senator Dick Russell is sent back to Washington to con
tinue his good work Georgia will be doubly benefited, first be
cause Georgia will continue in harmony with our President and
with the principles of Democracy and Georgia will have an able
Democrat in the Senate looking after the State’s interests.
VOTE FOR DICK RUSSELL “7'