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CIRCULATES
IN BEST
SECTION OF
NORTH GEORGIA.
OL. 50 ; NO. 29.
MISS DOWDY TO VISIT
COUNTY IN INTEREST
ELECTRIFYING FARMS
WILL BE AT HOLLAND, GORE
AND SUBLIGNA COMMUNI
TIES SEPT. 22.
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Miss Willie
Vie Dowdy, home improvement spe
cialist with Georgia extension serv
ice, from Athens, will be in Chattoo
ga county. Miss Dowdy will be at
Holland at the schoolhouse at 10 o’-
clock Tuesday morning. At 2:30 o’-
clock p.m. she will meet with the
Gore community at Gore school audi
torium; from here she wil go to Sub
ligna and meet with this community
at 4:15. Miss Dowdy will discuss ru
ral electrification, wiring the farm
home and selection and use of proper
electric equipment for the rural
home.
We wish to especially urge the
women, 4-H club r r ls and boys and
teachers to make to attend
this meeting with on€
of the three meetings .. munty.
These meetings will be of ±. p to
the men of these communities u
as the women, since Chattooga co u
ty is getting rural electric lines at,
an early date.
Let’s we, as wide-awake citizens of
a prosperous and promising county,
take advantage of this opportunity
and be ready to make the best of
electricity when it comes by our door.
We are looking forward to seeing
you at one of these three meetings.
LUCY MARTIN,
Home Dem. Agent.
J. P. BAKER,
County Agent.
“MODERNIIZNG RAILWAY
REGULATION”—POLLARD
Under the heading, “Modernizing
Railway Regulation," H. D. Pollard,
receiver for the Central of Georgia
railway, today discusses certain
changes in railroad regulation which
modern transportation conditions,
make necessary. Railroad regulation
dates back to 1887, when the inter
state commerce act was passed by
eongness. Mr. Pollard says:
“In an effort to modernize the
regulatory system governing rail
road operations, an act known as the
‘Pettengill Bill’ was introduced at
the last session of congress and pass
ed by the house of representatives
with a very large majority. As pass
ed overwhelmingly by the house, the
bill had not only the united support
of railway management and all or
ganizations of railroad employes, but
of many thousands of individual ship
pers in no way connected with the
railroads except as users of transpor
tation desiring the best possible serv
ice. A great many organizations sim
ilarly independent of railroad con
nections favored the bill, among the
largest and most important of these
being the National Industrial and
Traffic legaue, representing several
hundred thousand shippers through
out the country.”
Byway of explanation Mr. Pol
lard says that the purpose of the
“Pettengill Bill” is to amend the
“long and short haul clause” of the
Interstate commerce act passed in
1887 and amended in 1920. He says:
“Its passage would in no way les
sen the control of the interestate
commerce commission over railroad
rates or operations. In 1887 when the
interstate commerce act was passed
the railroads had a virtual monopoly
of transportation service, and to a
less degree this was true in 1920.
Since 1920, however, the national or
state governments have spent billions
of dollars in highway and inland wa
terway improvements, and through
the highly developed competition of
motor carriers and boat lines using
roads and inland streams the ‘mo
nopoly’ of the railroads has been for
ever destroyed. Conditions thus are
in no way comparable to 1887 or
even 1920.”
Nothing similar to the “long and
short haul” restriction applies to the
competitors of the railroads, says Mr.
Pollard, and he goes on to say that
“railroad employes and railroad man
agement unite in thinking that fair
play demands its removal as a re
striction upon the railroads, and a
very large portion of the shipping
public seems to feel that Such re
moval would be in their own inter
est.”
Feared Cars; Kills Self.
....York, Pa. —A note, telling of his
mortal fear in injury by an automo
bile, was found beside the body of
Harris C. Schaeffer, 77, who com
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
WANTED.
Bedspread Workers.
MRS. HENRY McWHORTER
Located at
HENRY & CRAWFORD
Herbert S. Houston is taking a
“walk” to Roosevelt.
The Summerville News
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936.
To Celebrate ‘Battle
Os Chickamauga’
LA FAYETTE, Ga., Sept. 15.
Plans are being made to celebrate
the seventy-third anniversary of the
Battle of Chickamauga, which was
one of the principal fights in this
section during the War Between the
States.
For the first time in a number of
years the anniversary this year falls
on the same day of the week, Sun
day, as the date of the famous bat
tle, and the celebration will be held
next Sunday.
The motorcade will be led this
year by Col. Lee Pope, of Dade
county, adjoining county to Walker,
and this veteran, who is the oldest
living survivor of the battle, will
serve as the grand marshal.
Joe Roberts, Chattanooga attorney,
will be the chief speaker and music
will be furnished by the Sixth Cav
alry band of Fort Oglethorpe.
Live Stock Day At
Creekland Farm Is
Attended By Locals
vocational agriculture classes
or '•‘'fmmerville High school attended
the live stock day at Creekland Stock
farm at Kensington, Ga., Walker
county, Sept. 7. The classes were un
der the supervision of J. N. Young,
agriculture teacher, and J. P. Baker,
county agent.
Hall and Garney, the owners of
Creekland Stock farm, are doing a
great work in furnishing breeding
stock for the farmers of this section
of Georgia for work stock.
Harry Brown, head of the exten
sion division, gave a very interesting
‘alk on the value of work stock. Geo.
Rumble, working with the Tennessee
Valley association, gave an interest
ing talk on soil conservation and im
■roving pastures. The day was en
joyed by every one attending
'coking forward to visiting the farm
again at a later day.—Leroy Mas
r-y, Reporter.
Rivers Expresses
Thanks To Press
And Rural Voters
Will Undertake to “Bring About An
Era of Greater Progress and More
Abundant Life to Georgia.”
(By Georgia News Service.)
LAKELAND, Ga. —Pledging him
self to work for “an era of greate
progress and more abundant life to
Georgia,” Speaker E. D. Rivers, as
one of his first acts following his
nomination as governor in the dem
ocratic primary, issued a statement
thanking the press of the state ani
the voters of Georgia.
“It is gratifying,” he said, “to know
that the farmers and others of the
rural communities, —call them the
country people of Georgia, if yov
will, and lam one of them—are loyal
to a great cause.”
Characteristically modest, Mr. Riv
ers in this, as in all his statements
viewed his triumph as an endorse
ment of democracy, rather than a
personal victory. “The votes for me,”
he said, “were votes for the great
humanitarian program of the demo
cratic administration.”
“It is a glorious victory the demo
cratic party has won in Georgia,” he
said, “and I know President Roose
velt is happy to know that his south
ern home is solidly with him.
“It is gratifying to me to know
how the voters of Georgia feel; to
know that the backbone of Georgia
is stranger than ever before. I want
to thank these people and thank the
weekly and smaller dailies which
have so courageously and intelligent
ly supported a great cause.
“I shall not forget a single plank
in my platform and shall devote my
self to trying to bring about an era
of greater prosperity and more abun
dant life to Georgia.”
JAMES THOMAS BROWN.
J. T. Brown died at his home in La
Fayette Monday morning, Sept. 14,
at 5:30. He was 62 years of age.
Surviving Mr. Brown are his wife,
two sons, Roy and J. W., of Trion;
three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Styles,
Mrs. Hamp Westbrooks, of Trion, and
Mrs. C. S. Finley, of Dalton; one
brother, Charles Brown, of Summer
ville; three sisters, Mrs. Mae Petty
john, of this place; Mrs. Fannie
Brooks and Mrs. Lizzie Beatty, of La
Fayette.
The funeral services were held
from the First Baptist church in
Trion Wednesday morning at 10:30,
with the Rev. B. H. Howard officiat
ing. Interment was in Resaca ceme
tery, with Trion Department store in
charge of arrangements.
Getting down to work is often
harder than doing the job.
PLANS ARE MADE FOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY HERE
MRS. EVELYN LEE HAS BEEN
APPOINTED LIBRARIAN BY
THE W. P. A.
Miss Helen Daughtry, library su
pervisor of District 4, was in Sum
merville Wednesday to start work on
the Summerville Public library, which
is to be located in the high school
building.
Mrs. Evelyn Lee has been appoint
ed librarian by the WPA, and will
start work today preparing the books
for circulation.
The library will be a free library
and will be open to the public in a
short while.
Some books have been contributed
by interested people in Summerville,
and one hundred were brought by the
supervisor.
If there are others who have not
yet contributed books, the library
committee, of which Miss Elizabeth
Jackson is chairman, will be glad to
have you do so.
JUDGE SPENDS 3 DAYS IN PEN.
Wanted to Find Out How It Felt To
Be In Prison.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Before becoming
presiding judge of the criminal court,
Michael A. Musmano , judge since
1931, went to prison for a three-day
voluntary term “to find out how it
feels.” Believing a judge should know
something of the environment and
daily routine of a prison, he got a
“prison shave,” ate with the prison
ers in their mess hall, watched them
nlay baseball and conversed with
them.
TIMELY OPINIONS.
This Week’s Simile.
She’s as unpopular as economy.
American Place Names.
Today’s special: Co-Operative, Ky.
Too Many.
Too many of these week-end motor
outings become life-end trips.—Chi
cago Post.
Fashion Note.
Even the poorest people seem able
to dress their daughters indecently.—
Buffalo News.
A Need.
The most noticeable thing about )
cost family trees is their need of
■runing.—Los Angeles Times.
Perfect.
“There is another perfect wife,”
Ids M. B. “The one who makes the
arden and saves the fishworms for
her husband to use.” —Kansas City
star.
A Monopoly.
Charm is that indefinable some
hing that makes you think just as
nuch of a girl even if she does say
yood-nightie and all rightie, but no'
man has that much charm. —Ohio |
State Journal.
Life In the U. S. A.
There is quite an epidemic of hus
band shooting in Oklahoma. Those
Western women evidently think that
you can secure a divorce a heap
quicker with a sixshooter than with
a Reno lawyer.—Toronto Star.
Swims Mile; Rescues Boys.
Quincy, Mass. —Seeing her 5-year
old son and a playmate, 8, drifting
out to sea in an oarless rowboat, Mrs.
Chester V. Anderson, 24, a former
beauty contest winner, jumped fully
clothed into the ■water and swam to
the boat a mile away. Grasping the
stern with one hand, she pushed the
boat back to shore bv swimming with
one arm and kicking with her feet.
Asks For Sentence.
Huntington. W. Va.—Declaring, “I
can’t go to school and amount to
anything at home,” a 13-year-old girl
asked Judge Ira B. Baer to send her
to the state industrial school. He
obliged her by giving her a three
year sentence.
“Common sense” is what often puts
the “mist” in optimist.
Lyerly P.-T. A. To
Meet, Discuss Plans
The executive board of the Lyerly
P.-T. A. met Tuesday night at the
home of Mrs. Jim Hollis for the pur
pose of discussing plans for this
school year.
The first regular meeting of the
P.-T. A. this year will be held in the
new Lyerly High school auditorium
Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
All members are urged to be pres
ent at this meeting. All patrons and
friends of the school are cordially in
vited to attend and join this organi
zation. Refreshments will be served.
FARM INCOME MAKES
NEW RECORD GAIN
CASH INCOME FOR JULY WAS
$711,000,000, HIGHEST SINCE
1929—PAY BENEFITS.
A new high total in farm income
for the recovery period has been re
ported today by the bureau of agri
cultural economics.
Farmers’ cash income from the
sale of products in July was $711,-
000,000 —the highest figure since
1929. Income from sales in June this
year was $582,000,000, and in July a
year ago it was $451,000,000.
Farmers received in addition $24,-
000,000 in government rental and
benefit payments in July, compared
with $57,000,000 in June, and with
$19,000,000 in July last year.
The total income from marketings
and benefit payments during the
first seven months of this year was
$4,024,000,000 —the highest for the
recovery period. In the corresponding
period of 1935 the total was $3,426,-
000,OOC.
Os the seven months’ total this
year, marketings yielded $3,831,000,-
000--the highest for any correspond
ing period since 1930. Marketings in
the same period of 1935 yielded $3,-
121,0f0,000.
The bureau attributed the sharp
increase in cash income in July as
compared with June this year, and
with July, 1935, chiefly to a marked
gain in income from grains, especial
ly wheat.
Locals Have Small
Chance With Trion
By WILLIAM CLEGHORN.
When Summerville plays Trion
Friday afternoon, they will be up
against a more experienced and much
heavier team. The Trion team will
outweigh the Indians by many a
pound.
Coach Boney said Monday after
noon that he was not expecting a
victory, but that his boys would put
up a hard, clean fight. The team has
put in some hard work for the last
week and is in fairly good condition.
When the opening whistle blows at
4 o’clock Friday, they will probably
line up as follows:
Summerville Trion
Myers l.eLancaster
Sitton l.t. Woods
Bagley l.g. Westbrooks
or Williams
Climer c. Veinon
Barnes r.g. Floyd
Farrar r.t. Pierce or Carter
Headrick r.e. Camp
or Hawkins
Beatty q.b. Watson
Tripp h.b. Mitchell
Hankins h.b. Henderson
Thomas f.b. Moore
Alternating for Summerville are
Dodd, Trimble and Sims, who will
see plenty of service.
Following is Summerville High’s
chedule for this year:
Sept. 18—Trion, there.
Sept. 25—Rome, there.
Oct. 2—Cartersville, there.
Oct. 9—Sewanee, here.
Oct. 16—Open.
Oct. 23—La Fayette, here.
Oct. 30—Dalton, there (night).
Nov. 6—Lee High, there.
Nov. 13 —Marietta, here.
Nov. 20—Cedartown, here.
Nov. 26-—Trion, there.
Rescued From Sand.
Minneapolis, Minn.—Although he
was buried under several tons of sand
for an hour when a pile of sand in a
loader bin collapsed upon him, James
Azzone, 24. was rescued alive. Azzone
said he had crouched and held his
arms in front of his face. The small
air pocket thus formed kept him
alive until he ■was dug out.
A Long Walk.
Berlin.—Ronald Bas, 27-year-cld
German-American, on Sept. 1 began
a three and a half year walk to the
1940 Olympic games to be held in
Japan. He plans to go via Turkey,
Persia and China. Olympic commit
tees en route will feed and clothe
him.
A Wreck Smashed.
York, Pa.—Two automobiles col
lided on a grade crossing. While mo
torists were attempting to disengage
the fenders of the two cars, a train
bore down upon them and completed
the wreck. Seven passengers escap
ed injury.
, NOTICE.
All parties interested in Macedon
ia cemetery are requested to meet
there Friday morning, Sept. 18, for
the purpose of cleaning off the
grounds.—Committee.
Satisfied.
Diner —Waiter! This chicken has
no wishbone.
Waiter—He was a happy and con
tented chicken, sir, and had nothing
to wish for.
S. Summerville P.-T. A.
Plans For School Year
The South Summerville P.-T. A.
held an enthusiastic meeting at the
school building Tuesday afternoon.
Officers for the year 1936-37 were
elected: President, Mrs. Sewell Kel-
Itt; vice-president, Mrs. Oscar Flet
cher; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Gordon Gass.
Plans were made for an ice cream
supper. This feature to be Saturday
evening, Sept. 26, on the school
grounds. Main features to lie music
by the Berryton quartet and a string
band.
Watch The News next week for
further announcements and make
your plans to enjoy this entertain
ment with the South Summerville
P.-T. A.
Sept. 19 Is Last Day
For Guessing Cotton
And Corn Contests
The closing date for guessing on
the field of cotton and corn on the
Chilean nitrate of soda plat is Sat
urday, Sept. 19. Ben Grigsby will
start picking the cotton Sept. 18. W r e
insist that all the farmers come out
and see the plat and guess on the
yield.
The one guessing the closest to the
yield will receive $2. Doyle Grigsby
will be in front of courthouse to car
ry any one to guess on the cotton
demonstration.—Leroy Massey, Re
porter.
SMALL TENANT HOME BURNS.
A small tenant house on Spring
street, owned by C. C. Cleghorn, was
totally destroyed by fire about 11
o’clock Monday morning. The build
ing was occupied by Robert Brown
ing Practically all the contents of
the house were destroyed. Mr. Cleg
horn had around S4OO insurance on
the building.
NOTICE.
Rev. S. N. Hamic, of Chattanooga,
will preach at Chelsea Sunday, Sept.
20, at 11 o’clock. Every one is cordial
ly invited.—Roy Willingham.
Schoo! Superintendents
Office Open As Usual
The office of the county school
superintendent will be open every
day except Mondays as usual.
An assistant will be in the office
from 8:30 to 4:30. The superintend
ent will be on duty from 3:30 to 5
o’clock each day and all day Satur
days.—Maude Sewell, C.S.S.
NOTICE.
Bring your children, relatives and
friends, and come out and help us to
magnify the Lord. We are trying to
help fallen humanity and striving ;
for the advancement of God’s king-)
dom.
Do your part and attend:
Sunday school at 10:30 a.m.
Preaching, first and third Sundays j
at 11 a.m.
Special services every Sunday at
7:30 p.m.
The Church of God, Union Assem-'
bly, corner Highland avenue and
Third street.—L. G. Cline, Pastor.
Ragland Reunion Held
Sunday, September 6th
A very enjoyable day for the Rag-'
lands was spent on Sept. 6, when cars
begun to roar around the old home-j
stead of Mrs. M. E. Ragland.
This being Mrs. Ragland’s eighty
fifth birthday, they took her on sur
prise.
The relatives from Chattanooga,]
Trion, Summerville, Lindale, Atco, )
Gadsden and Milledgeville attended. )
Mrs. Ragland had been confined to
her room for several weeks.
A bountiful dinner was spread just;
outside the kitchen door. She was
led to the table. Her sister, Mrs. G. I
A. Ragland, who is 96 years old, was
by her side.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Gaylor, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. j
Ragland and sons; Arthur Ragland
and son, Mrs. A. L. Ragland and
daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Rag- )
land, Mrs. A. N. Farrow and son, Mr.)
and Mrs. Charlie Ragland and chil- '
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harris and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ragland
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Ragland, Mrs. A. R. Yancey and son;
Mr. and Mrs. Dempo Dalton and chil
dren; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dunn and
children; Mr. and Mrs. Ike Ragland
and children; Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Smith and son; Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Ragland and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Ragland and children, Misses Ida
and Tee Ragland, Mr. and Mrs. Haw
kins and son; C. W. Williams.
All were relatives except four.
The afternoon was spent in singing
and making pictures.
All went away happy, hoping to
meet again soon.
CIRCULATES
IN BEST
SECTION OF
NORTH GEORGIA.
I CHATTOOGA SUPERIOR
COURT IN SESSION FOR
FALL TERM THIS WEEK
CONVENED MONDAY MORNING,
WITH JUDGE C. H. PORTER
PRESIDING.
The regular September term of
■ Chattooga superior court convened
Monday with Judge C. H. Porter
presiding.
Immediately after convening of
the court, the grand jury was select
ed and started on their inquisitorial
duties usual to that body. J. E. Baker
[ was selected as foreman, Scott Cleck-
I ler, assistant foreman; R. C. Powell,
) clerk; R. N. Trimble, assistant clerk,
and C. P. Hamilton, bailiff.
Judge Porter’s charge was clear
■ and concise and covered all points of
I the law required to be given in charge
by the judge.
Divorce cases were tried as fol
lows:
Mary Ruth Bell vs. Carson Bell;
first verdict for plaintiff.
Mrs. Virgel Purcell vs. Denton
i Purcell; second verdict.
Mrs. Burnice Burton vs. Barnard
Burton; first verdict for plaintiff.
Mrs. Leila Newton vs. William F.
Newton; second verdict for plaintiff.
Mrs. Inez Mullinax vs, Charles H.
Mullinax; second verdict in favor of
plaintiff.
William R. Smith vs. Susie Bell
Smith; first verdict for plaintiff.
Civil cases tried and settled up to
Wednesday noon were as follows:
Henry Bradford, administrator, vs.
J. B. Lewis, administrator; consent
verdict.
S. M. Baugh, et al, vs. A. S. Pat
terson; settled in favor of plaintiff.
State Highway Department vs.
Seaborn Johnson; settled out of
I court.
Chattooga County Bank vs. M A.
and J. E. Ellison, F. & M. Bank,
claimant; claim and levy dismissed.
Richard F. Day vs. the Trion com
i pany; non-suit, in favor of defendant.
Archie Davis vs. James Hix; dis-
1 missed.
Howard Weems vs. Will Farm; dis
missed
George H, Goodman vs. Lawrence
Scoggins; verdict in of de
fendant.
Mrs. Essie Williams vs. J. B, Lew
is, administrator; verdict in favor of
) plaintiff.
S. L. Cox vs. Chattooga County;
settled.
Austin Warren vs. Chattooga Coun
ty Board of Commissioners; settled.
Sam B. Pollock vs’. Mrs. J. M. Bel
lah; suit on note. Verdict and judg
ment in favor of plaintiff.
Sam B. Pollock vs. M. H. Bellah
and Mrs. J. M. Bellah; suit on note.
Verdict and judgment in favor of
plaintiff.
Criminal Docket.
The criminal docket will be taken
up next Monday and the following
cases have been set for trial next
week:
Monday, Sept. 21:
Natniel Perry 2 cases, Charlie By
num, O. H. Brady, Woodrow Smith,
A. A. Cummings, Jack D. Carr 2
cases, Jack Morgan, Tiney Campbell
2 cases, Robert Latimore, Earl Car
ter 2 cases, Roland Elam, Earl Car
ter, Clyde Franklin, W. W. Lloyd,
Clayton Marshall 2 cases, Bobbie
Watkins, Eugene Wofford, Charlie
Carter, Clarence Booker, Eugene
Herring, Walter Anderson, B. B.
Carroll, Walt Stinnett, Walter Ander
son, Clifford Fowler, E. W. Watkins.
Tuesday, Sept. 22:
Earl Bramlett, Texas Crowe, Sam
Bohannon, J. C. Holland, Robert Nes
bit, John Martin, Jim Nix, Ernest
Chamiblee, John Simmons 2 cases,
Bill Ledbetter 2 cases, L. T. Cochran,
Buck Hill, Tiney Warren, Alton
Moore, Melvin Wigley, Roy Searles,
Jim Deberry, James Scott, Winston
Riley, Roy Alexander, Dick Denson,
Alton Moore, Willie Richardson.
Wednesday, Sept. 23:
J G. Teems, Mamie Wade, G. Q.
Knokhaw, Robert McLendon, J. B.
Allen, Walter Lawson, Harry Brown,
J. W. Messengale, Thad Reynolds, J.
W. Cleveland 4 cases, Porter Mc-
I Lendon, Mose McMichael, Arthur
Wilson, Tom Williams, P. L. Walker,
W. L. Davis, Jim Rounsaville, Hiram
Moore, Ruth Knox, Norman Burke,
Trude Adair, F. H. Hendrix, L. C.
Battle, John King Housch, Will Mc-
Daniel 4 cases.
All cases not herein set or for any
reason inadvertantly left out are
subject to call any time of the court,
and all bonds will be promptly for
feited on call of the case, unless de
fendants are present and answer to
call of the case.
JAS. F. KELLY,
Solicitor-General,
Bed Spread Workers
Wanted
Mrs. H. O. Standly, by Summer
; ville High school, Summerville, Ga..
will train hands.
Employed by Redwine & Strain.
$1.50 A YEAR