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NATIONAL,
STATE AND
LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
VOL. 50; NO. 37.
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
LAUNCHES ANNUAL
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
MAYOR W. C. STURDIVANT, OF
SUMMERVILLE, HEADS THE
DRIVE FOR THE COUNTY.
Joining in with all other counties
of Georgia to enroll a membership
commensurate with the gratitude
Georgia feels toward the American
Red Cross for the superb service
rendered in the stricken tornado areas
of our state last April, the Chattoo
ga county chapter of the Red Cross
has undertaken the most ambitious
membership goal in this county’s his
tory.
Leaders from all sections of the
county are endorsing the movement,
and lending the roll call their active,
personal leadership.
Mayor W. C. Sturdivant has con
sented to serve as chairman of the
county roll call. Associated with him
are the following outstanding lead
ers from all sections of Chattooga:
Trion, C. E. Bell, Miss L. L. Hugh
es, Mrs. Parris; Menlo, S. T. Polk;
Lyerly, Jim Hollis and Mr. Herndon,
superintendent of schools; Berryton,
Mrs. H. L. Brotherton and Mrs. Hen
ry Bradford.
Organization of Rural Communi
ties: John S. Jones, Silver Hill, Sub
ligna, Gore; Rev. J. S. Thompson, of
Menlo —Teloga, Cloudland, Chattoo
gaville and Alpine.
Judge H. A. Ross, chairman of the
Chattooga County chapter, called
these leaders into a conference at the
courthouse last Thursday. Enthusiasm
and willingness to work for a big en
rollment was expressed by each and
every one present. The meeting was
addressed by Mrs. Annette McD
Suarez, representative of the nation
al headquarters of the Red Cross at
Washington. The reality of Red
Cross as the agency that is entrusted
with the nation-wide relief of disas
ters was vividly revealed by Mrs.
Suarez. Among other statements, the
following made by Mrs Suarez was
impressive: “Georgia’s disasters last
spring were only a part of the 139
other disasters to which the Red
Cross was called during the past
year”
In assuming the chairmanship of
Chattooga county’s roll call, Mayor
Sturdivant made this appeal:
“The annual Red Cross roll call is
now in progress all over the United
States. The membership dollar is an
expression that ‘WE’ and not ‘THEY’
shall do these heroic things; that
‘WE’ shall be associated in the mak
ing of those news-flashes from every
scene of disaster —the news that sym
pathy and skill and understanding
have arrived on the scene as soon as
the blow struck and are building it
back to normalcy without haste, with
out loss, without red tape; but with
Red Cross efficiency. As chairman of
this county’s membership roll call, I
appeal to the citizens of Chattooga
county—to those who live in our va
rious towns, as well as to the people
of the rural sections—to get in touch
with your local leaders, assist them,
not only by joining yourselves—but
by bringing others with you—that it
shall not be said of Chattooga people
—We failed to have part in this tre
mendous American institution- —The
Greatest Mother —The People’s Red
Cross.
“Membership is a tremendous val
ue for one dollar—roll call is not a
solicitation of gifts—it is the enroll
ment of partners in glory—the glory
that all American knows belongs
rightly to their own Red Cross.”
RIVERS TO ADDESS THE
BETTER BUSINESS MEETING
Governor-Elect E. D Rivers will
be one of the speakers at the annual
convention of the Georgia Better’
Business association, to be held at
the Hotel Dempsey in Macon on Nov.
18, the session to convene at 10 a.m.
Another prominent Georgia who
has been invited to speak is Roy
Harris, well known Richmond county
legislator.
The convention will be the first
held by the Georgia Better Business
association, an organization of inde
pendent merchants of the state, since
the group was formed in Macon a
little more than a year ago.
H. L. Chichester, Macon druggist,
who is president of the association,
said that he expects all sections of
the state to be well represented in
the convention and that he expects a
delegation from most of the counties
in the state.
Among the matters to be taken up
by the convention will be proposed
legislation to equalize the opportuni
ties of the individual merchants of
Annual Red Cross Roll Call, Starts Nov. 11th
The Summerville News
Interesting Meeting of
Chamber of Commerce
On Tuesday evening, at the local
courthouse, there was a very enthus
iastic meeting of the chamber of
commerce. Many problems were con
sidered but the most interesting ones
were the consideration of building a
swimming pool at an early date and
attempting to plan a bowling alley
and a child’s playground at least by
next summer.
A resolution was passed to give
the city library a donation of $lO.
Dr. W. B. Hair promised to obtain
the film showing “Farms of the Fu
ture,” portraying what farm prod
ucts are used in making Ford cars.
In the recent Civic Pride contest
sponsored by the local chamber of
commerce, Mrs. F. W. Broom won
first prize and Mrs. W. H. Tallent
second prize. Their winning sugges
tions will be published in the next
issue of The News.
The chamber of commerce has been
very active in promoting and at
tempting worthwhile projects since
its organization and they wish to let
the citizens know more about their
activities. Summerville is a grand
t and it is the desire of the
ch. Q*r of commerce to promote its
grot, welfare, and make it a
better %-e in which to live.
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Local 4zens Buy
Tei bone System
It is with grea. pleasure to the
many telephone customers to know
that prominent local business men,
Mayor W. C. Sturdivant and Penn
Selman purchased last Monday the
local telephone company.
It is felt that the service will be
greatly improved under this capable
new management.
Presbyterians to Load
Car For Thornwell
For the past three years the
churches of Cherokee Presbytery have
loaded a freight car with farm pro
duce of all sorts for the orphanage
they help support at Clinton, S. C.
They will do so for the fourth time
Nov. 17 and 18,
The first loading will take place at
Summerville, Nov. 17. The final load
ing will be at Rome, Nov. 18. The
car will then be sealed and shipped
via the Central of Georgia and Sea
bord to Clinton.
This plan enables the country
churches of the Presbytery to con
tribute, in a very substantial way, to
the support of Thornwell. Rev. L. C.
LaMotte, executive secretary of
Thornwell, says that if more Presby
teries would adopt the plan, the run
ning expenses of the orphanage would
be greatly reduced.
About sixteen country churches
contribute to the car, and between
fifteen and twenty thousand pounds
of produce is expected; over 19,666
was loaded one year.
There are 310 pupils at Thornwell.
It costs 10 cents a meal to feed them.
Counting the whole family of chil
dren, matrons and teachers, this
amounts to about $38,000 a year. It
can be readily seen, therefore, how a
carload of farm produce will help
out. Every church in the Presbytery
is expected to appoint a carload com
mittee, and every Presbyterian who
owns or lives on a farm is being
counted on to contribute to the car.
DR. ANDREWS RETURNS TO
TRION.
The people of Trion and the sur
rounding country will be glad to
learn that Dr. George A. Andrews
has returned to Trion to continue his
work in the eye, ear, nose and throat
field. For the past'four months he
has been in the government hospital
at St. Cloud, Minn., doing special
work in the eye, ear, nose and throat
field. Dr. Andrews needs no introduc
tion as he is well known through this
section. He will continue to operate
his office in La Fayette.
Georgia.
Arthur L. Brooke, former Atlanta
civic business leader, is executive sec
retary of the association and since
its organization has made hundreds
of contracts in key cities and towns
of the state.
Attendance at the convention is
expected to exceed by several hun
dreds the number of individual mer
chants ever gathered together in the
state.
On the night preceding the conven
tion, the annual dinner meeting of
the board of directors, comprised of
men from each congressional district
in the state will be held at the Hotel
Dempsey.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936.
B. E. NEAL APPOINTED
JUDGE OF CITY COURT
APPOINTED BY GOV. EUGENE
TALMADGE FOR A FOUR
YEAR TERM.
On Nov. 6, B. E. Neal received his
appointment and commission from
Gov. Eugene Talmadge to a four
year term as judge of the city court
of Chattooga county. On learning of
the appointment the editor of The
News called on Judge Neal, and the
judge said that he was very happy
over the appointment, and that he
was very grateful to parties that had
any part in bringing it about. He said
that his past experience should be
helpful in his new job, and that he
is determined to give to the people of
this county the very best that is in
him in this new place of trust and
honor. He says that he is hopeful that
the court can be run without any
mixture of politics or factions, and
that as the law is applied, the same
will be heavily mixed with mercy.
The judge says that he is planning
to hold the first session of the court
on the first Monday in December,
next, and that terms will be held
quarterly thereafter.
City Court of Chattooga County.
For the information of the readers
of The News, the editor will endeavor
to give briefly the law governing the
creation and the functioning of the
new court.
The newly-created court has been
named the “City Court of Chattooga
County.” This name having been giv
en it by the grand jury that recom
mended the court.
The court was established in com
pliance with the following law: “Up
on the recommendation of the grand
jury of any county having population
of ten thousand or more, where a city
court does not now exist, there shall
be established a city court for said
county.”
The judge of the court must be 27
years of age, having been a resident
of the county for the past four years
and must have had five years ex
perience as practicing attorney. His
term is for four years. The salary is
fixed by the grand jury recommending
the court. In this case, the salary was
fixed at $75 per month, and cannot be
changed during the term of the
judge.
The court has jurisdiction ver all
civil cases except in such cases as the
superior court may have exclusive
jurisdiction. In suits for $166 or less,
the cost shall be same as in J. P.
courts.
In criminal cases, the city court
has jurisdiction over all misdemeanor
cases in the county. They must be
transferred to the city court by the
judge of the superior court.
The law provides that the court
shall be held quarterly and fixes the
time as the first Mondays in March,
June, September and December. How
ever, a person charged with a mis
demeanor may plead guilty on accu
sation at any time.
The officers of the court shall con
sist in a clerk, sheriff and prosecut
ing attorney. The judge appoints the
clerk and the sheriff, but the solici
tor-general of the superior court is
to be the prosecuting attorney for the
city court.
Lyerly P.-T. A. Plans
Thanksgiving Carnival
At 7 o’clock Friday night, Nov. 20,
the big Thanksgiving carnival will
open at the Lyerly High school audi
torium. There will be no admission.
Interesting entertainment and stunts
have been planned. An old-fashioned
cake walk will be one of the main
features. A live-wire contest is start
ing to see who will be elected as Miss
Lyerly of 1936.
Many booths will be offered and
will give many forms of entertain
ment. If you want to have an enjoy
able evening, come to the Lyerly
High school auditorium on Friday.
Nov. 20.
Refreshments will be served.
Don’t miss the Thanksgiving car
nival!
It is of much interest to the many
friends of the Crouch family to know
that they are erecting a nice new
home near the Mallicoat place.
JOB SEEKERS HAVE RECORD.
WASHINGTON.—Of the persons
applying for government jobs last
year, 1,635 had criminal records, ac
cording to civil service officials. The
police histories were discovered when
the bureau of investigation compared
fingerprints taken by the civil serv
ice officials with prints on file at the
department of justice.
POPULARITY CONTEST
OPENED ON NOV. IOTH
BEING SPONSORED BY SUM
MERVILLE HIGH’S ATH
LETIC ASSOCIATION.
Summerville High school’s athletic
association is sponsoring a populari
ty contest which opened officially on
Tuesday, Nov. 10, and which will
close on Thursday, Nov. 26, at 9 o’-
clock, in the high school auditorium.
Come on, everybody, and let’s help to
make this contest a big success. The
athletes need our encouragement and
our aid. There are twenty-two lovely
girls in this contest. Pick your winner
and see that she wins. Votes cost only
1 cent each, so drop your pennies in
the boxes at the drug stores or at the
business place sponsoring the girl of
your choice. The votes will be count
ed every Monday, Thursday and Sat
urday night and the results will be
given on the screen at the Royal the
ater on those nights. The program
will close on Thanksgiving night in
the high school auditorium with a
program that will begin at 7 o’clock.
Admission to this program will be 5
and 10 cents and will count as votes
for the girl you select.
Listed below are the names of the
sponsors and the girls they are spon
soring:
Bargain store, Miss Mildred Thom
as; Berryton store, Miss Helen Wood;
Cash store, Miss Frances Strange;
Chattooga County bank, Miss Virgin
ia Turner; Courthouse, Miss Rachael
Boling; Georgia Power company, Miss
Lyra Mae Godwin; Gulf Service sta
tion, Miss Alice Henderson; Hair Mo
tor company, Miss Dorothy Harlow;
Hammond’s 5 and 10-cent store, Miss
Betty Beavers; Hix Barber shop, Miss
Ruby Robinson; McGinnis Drug com
pany, Miss Ava Louise Wood; Mont
gomery Knitting mill, Miss Eloise
Cheek; Myrtle’s Beauty shoppe, Miss
Dot McConkey; Ramey’s garage,
Miss Katheryn Ramey; Service Bar
ber shop, Miss Avis Cohen; Sinclair
Service station, Miss Ifla Lois Craw
ford; Summerville Cotton mill, Miss
Annie Maud Watkins; Summerville
News, Miss Margaret Crouch; Taylor
Mercantile company, Miss Lueta Eu
banks; Tidton’s 5 and ICrcent store,
Miss Dot‘Weems; Volunteer Food
store, Miss Elizabeth Gaylor; Harlow
Service station, Miss Drucilla Size
more; Alexander’s case, Miss Sara
Glenn.
The following places of business
are showing their interest in Sum
merville popularity contest by giving
cash donations:
Allen Hardware company, Mc-
Whorter-Selman Chevrolet company,
C. C. Cleghorn, Echols Dry Cleaning
company, Duke M. Espy, Farmers &
Merchants bank, Hartline Shoe shop,
J. R. Jackson & Son, Rowland Henry
& company, Service Dry cleaners.
The following have donated gifts
to be used as prizes for the first,
second and third winners of the con
test:
Bargain store, Perry Barber shop,
Standard Service station, Trion the
ater, Harlow Service station, Royal
theater.
Watch the show windows in town
for these prizes! Other doners will be
listed later.
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Business Houses Closed
Wednesday Afternoon
The following is a complete list of
the local business firms who were
patriotic in closing their places of
business Wednesday afternoon in ob
servance of Armistice:
A. L. Ledbetter, Duke M. Espy,
Taylor Mercatile company, Summer
ville Cash store, Service Dry clean
ers, Summerville Bargain store, C. C.
Cleghorn, Henry & Crawford, Tut
ton’s 5 and 10-cent store, Hammond’s
sand 10-cent store, Home store.
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS.
JACKSON, Miss.—When the film
in the projection room of a local the
ater caught fire, Joe Kurriger, 52-
year-old operator, fought the fire
alone, afraid that if he opened the
door, the whole theater would catch
fire. Severely burned, he stunmbled
out of the booth into a hallway and
died several hours later. His widow
and three sons survive.
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1936 MAY TOP RECORD.
CHICAGO. —If the present trend
continues, the nation’s traffic death
toll may reach a record high during
1936, according to R. L. Horney, stat
istician of the National Safety coun
cil. During the first three quarters of
this year, 25,850 persons lost their
lives, compared with 25,830 for the
same period of 1935.
Site Selected For
New Post Office
It is of much interest to citizens
of this place to know that the new
government postoffice will be erect
ed on the lot submitted by E. Mont
gomery, located near the new Texaco
filling station.
This new addition to our rapidly
growing town will be located on the
east side of Commerve street, be
tween Georgia avenue and Martin
street, and was purchased for $5,000,
the lot being 180 feet by 135 feet.
This will be quite an attractive ad
dition to our town.
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Indians Defeated By
Lee High, 26 to 12
By WILLIAM CLEGHORN.
Chickamauga broke Summerville’s
winning streak last Friday with a 26-
12 win. The Indians got off to a bad
start and fumbled continuously thru
out the game. The Indians had the
ball very little all afternoon as the
fumbles took it away from them.
They kept it long enough in the last
half for Thomas to score twice on
line plays.
Coker and Holsomback were off for
long gains in every quarter.
Hankins was captain for this game
and played a very good game. But
Thomas was the ground gainer for
Summerville, and was a stone wall on
defense.
On the third play from scrimmage,
as the game opened, Summerville
fumbled and Lee High recovered on
the SHS 27. Coker broke thru and
made 13 yards. Howard ran off tac
kle for 4. Martin also made 4 on a
plunge. On the next play, Coker went
over from the 6-yard line. Howard’s
plunge for extra point failed. Score:
Lee High, 6; Indians, 0.
Coker kicked to Tripp on the 20, he
was hit hard on the 26 and fumbled
with Lee High again recovering.
Beatty tackled Holsomback for a 2-
yard loss. Coker made 4 with Thom
as making the tackle. Martin could
get nowhere as Myers tackled. The
prettiest play of the game was then
pulled as Coker received the ball and
lateraled to Howard who in turn for
warded to Holsomback for a touch
down. Holsomback plunged for the
extra point and the score still early
in the first quarter: Lee High, 13;
Indians, 0.
Chickamauga scored again in the
second quarter, starting a drive from
the SHS 34. Thomas tackled Coker
for a 2-yard loss. Howard made 7
yards. Holsomback carried on a sneak
for 3 yards. Coker made 3 yards and
a first down on the 23. Thomas tac
kled Hill on the line of scrimmage.
Howard’s pass was incomplete. Coker
ran for 8 yards. Holsomback got 2
and a first down. Howard plunged
for 1 yard. Holsomback made 6.
Thomas tackled Howard after he had
made 2. Holsomback went right over
center for 14 yards and a touchdown.
Howard’s pass for extra point was
incomplete. Lee High, 19; SHS, 0.
After the kickoff Hankins passed
to Beatty for 32 yards, putting the
ball on the Lee 35. Hankins’ next
two passes wtere incomplete and
Thomas punted.
Thomas kicked off at the half and
rushed the ball to the Summerville
4-yard line, but the Indians braced
and took tbe ball over at this spot.
Thomas had to reach for the pass
from center and was rushed, so his
punt went only to the 17. Coker ran
for 9 yards. Howard made 7 yards,
putting the ball on the 1-yard line.
Hill plunged over for the touchdown.
Holsomback passed to Hearn for the
extra point. Lee High, 26; SHS, 0.
After the kickoff SHS had the
ball on the 45. Thomas punted to the
16, and a Lee High man was hit hard
and fumbled, with Summerville re
covering on the 8-yard line. Thomas,
driving hard, plunged over for the
first Indian touchdown. The try for
conversion was wide. Score: Lee
High, 26; SHS, 6.
Putting real power into it, Sum
merville started a touchdown drive
from the SHS 16. Beatty ran for 2.
Beatty again made 2. Beatty made 7
yards and a first down. Hankins
broke away for 31 yards, running
nicely through a broken field, with
Thomas doing the blocking. Beatty
was held for no gain. Thomas made
19, running hard to the 22. Thomas
again ran with the ball, making 15
yards. Thomas plunged for 2 and
then 3. Thomas plunged over from
the 2-yard line. His kick for extra
point was wide by inches. Score: Lee
High, 26; Summerville, 12.
Later in the quarter Myers ran 16
yards to the 1-yard line. But on the
next play, Tripp fumbled and Lee
High recovered.
The game ended with the ball on
SHS 13- in Lee High’s possession
after a 19-yard march.
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TODAY
THANKSGIVING FOR
GEORGIA BAPTIST
ORPHAN CHILDREN
Sunday, Nov. 22, Is Day For All the
Churches To Observe—Special
Appeal Is Made.
The First Baptist church here will
observe a special Thanksgiving of
fering for the Georgia Baptist Orph
ans’ home in Hapeville, Sunday, Nov.
22. All other Baptist churches in this
county are urged to observe this
special day.
By the action of the trustees,
Sunday, before our annual Thanks
giving day, is set apart for this spe
cial offering. This year the day comes
on Nov. 22.
Every Baptist church and Sunday
school in Georgia is urged to set a
worthy aim and to make a liberal of
fering that funds may be provided
to meet present needs and to provide
for winter necessities.
The management of the home has
set for a goal for this day $25,000.00.
This amount can be easily raised if
every church and Sunday school does
a worthy part. This will retire the
balance of the old debt of $15,000.00
brought over from 1932, and enable
the home to begin the new year with
no current obligations.
The Georgia Baptist Orphans’ home
was established to care for full orph
ans’, and has kept faith with the
purpose of the founders. Annually
the home cares for and trains more
than three hundred children. The
home depends wholly on the monthly
plan of support and two special of
ferings, one in the spring and on
Sunday before Thanksgiving day.
It is expected by the management
of the home that there will be a lib
eral response by all churches, and
that the quota of $25,060.00 will be
raised. Suggested goals have been
sent to all the churches based on the
$25,000 quota.
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Will Show 1937 Ford
Saturday, Nov. 14tK
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 7.—Sev
en thousand Ford dealers from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada were scattering tonight for their
homes after a huge two-day dealer
meeting at which they viewed for the
first time the new Ford V-8 cars for
1937, saw them put through the most
gruelling paces on the new Ford test
track and watched demonstrations of
their speed and pick-up over mile
long concrete runways.
Next Saturday, Nov. 14, the new
car will be on display to the public
in every Ford dealer’s showroom in
the United States and Canada.
The dealers are enthusiastic over
the new models, which combine un
equalled features in style, economy
and performance. Increased mileage,
additional comfort and distinctive new
Styling, exclusive improvements will
make the new car outstanding as the
dealers prepare for a year which will
write new history in the progress of
America’s automobile development.
The 7,000 dealers, among whom
were Dr. W. B. Hair and W. F. Aid
red, of the Hair Motor company, sat
as a group for the first time since the
founding of the company thirty-three
years ago with Henry Ford, founder,
and his son, Edsel Ford, president of
the company.
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford both
told of the company’s recognition of
improved business conditions and the
dealers were sent home with a new
goal set for them during the next
year—the sale of 1,306,000 motor
cars, one of the greatest production
figures in the history of the organi
zation.
SALE NOTICE.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
On Nov. 20, 1936, I will sell one
1-ton, 1929 ‘A’ Model Ford truck at
courthouse in Summerville. Orvell
Kellett vs. Harvey Wood. Judgment
rendered Oct. 16, 1936.
This Nov. 16, 1936.
A. H. GLENN, Dept. Sher.
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
All persons indebted to E. N. Mar
tin, late of said county, now deceas
ed, are hereby notified to make
prompt payment of their indebtedness
to the undersigned executor of the
last will of said E. N. Martin; and
all persons having claims against
said E. N. Martin or his estate are
hereby notified to verify and present
the same to the undersigned within
the time allowed by law.
This Nov. 16, 1936.
S. C. MARTIN, Executor,
Last Will of E. N. Martin, Deed.
$1.50 A YEAR