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Why call a doctor and reject his
advice ?
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Facts are not always the easiest
things in the world to face.
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Communities prosper through un
selfish service of citizens.
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Mankind is divided into two class
es, the getters and the givers.
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As 1937 gets under way, let’s make
up our minds that we will do the
same.
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Men take themselves very serious
ly, which is all right, if they are in
deed serious.
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Most people would be better off if
they spent their money on a budget
plan.
Wonder how many Chattooga
County citizens will be injured on the
highways in 1937?
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The citizen who has no apprecia
tion of the beautiful in life hasn’t
been properly educated.
You can always get a man to agree
to a proposition if it carries a rea
sonable prospects of a good profit.
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Our own experience is that nobody
likes to pay taxes, but everybody
wants the government to do favors.
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The government cannot guarantee
every man an income but it can see
that every man has a fair chance to
prosper.
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Teach your children to save every
penny and they will probably leave
nice fortunes for their children to
throw away.
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When you buy something from a
Summerville merchant, just remem
ber that he cannot make a profit un
less you pay him for the purchase.
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Overlooking the Farmer.
As The News surveys the outlook
for 1937 it is convinced that the
predictions of eminent economists is
correct in expecting improvement to
continue during the present year, but
there is one factor which, we think,
is overlooked entirely too often by
the experts who attempt to forecast
what lies ahead of the nation.
The recent depression, which made
a lasting mark, was caused, in part,
by the fact that agriculture had been
bled white in the United States for
a number of years. The farmers of
the Nation, through little fault of
their own, lost buying power and the
factories of the nation lost sales. This
meant, and if it happens again, means
unemployment.
While our present favorable out
look can be seriously affected by the
outbreak of war and while the con
tinuance of vast numbers of citizens
on relief implies great Federal ex
penditures the impression that pre
vails in some sections that the farm
ers of the Nation have been rescued
is entirely erroneous.
Farmers, it is true, are receiving
better prices and their income has
increased in recent years, but the
higher prices have been secured thru
smaller crops and the farmers are
not yet able to sell normal crops at
what one would call normal prices.
The prospect for 1937 is that in- ,
creased acreages will be planted.
Given norm*! wwther, thia means
larger yields and this, we fear, means
surplus products to depress the price
of agricultural products. Added to
gether, the situation is one to threat
en the improvement recently made in
the condition of the American farmer.
The World Situation.
The world situation, as 1937 opens,
presents the nations of the globe en
gaging in a feverish race to strength
en navies, build up armies, increase
air corps and bolster reserves of fi
nance and economy.
There are few persons so simple as
to believe that this is a development
in the interest of peace. However, it
would probably be a mistake to ac
cept the idea that it spells inevitable
warfare.
The past year witnessed just such
activity and, in spite of it all, the
peace of the world was maintained
among the leading nations, if not in
Ethiopia and Spain. There are dan
gerous spots today, where a little
flame might mean a world conflag
ration, but the hope exists, at least,
that the Nations will manage to mud
dle through and eventually reach a
satisfactory settlement o f their
problems.
For 1937: Let’s Look Our
selves In the Face.
The beginning of a New Year al
ways appeals to the individual, who
is easily led into thinking that
something new really starts and af
fords an opportunity for inaugurating
better days for human beings, gov
ernments and associations.
The attitude thus cerated is not
without value, even if the illusion of
beginning over again must be made
real by the labor of the person af
fected. The reader of this article, if
so minded, can make the era of new
events come true, but it depends en
tirely upon the will power, the stam
ina and the courage of the party in
volved.
Since there are, no doubt, hundreds
of people in Chattooga County who
will look forward to 1937 with bright
hopes and high aspirations, it is not
amiss to give them some encourage
ment. There is no reason why indi
viduals should not take the New Year
as a time for checking up, to weigh
progress made and to plan advances
for the future. Every man and every
woman desires improvement and to
dwell upon your own state in frank
ness with yourself is the first step
forward.
Throwing aside all the advanced
talk of mental scientists it may be
assumed that the first duty of the
individual is self-development. Prop
erly understood, this includes all the
rest of the program. The person who
develops properly is able to under
stand others and to make himself, or
herself, understood in a world that is
complex with problems and confused
with error. It is an achievement that
few of us realize.
We believe it is a good plan to give
a few hours to self-analysis regular
ly and the New Year is apt to find
us in such a mood. As a practical
method, let us suggest that you write
down, for your private contemplation,
>. list of vices and virtues, making a
sort of balance sheet of your person
al qualities. When you have done
this, study the results a bit.
Spread out a little further and in
clude a listing of your activities in
your community. Put down in writ
ing, if you will, the names of the lo
cal organizations that, you think, de
serve your support and, also, the op
erations in your area that do not, in
your opinion, deserve your sanction.
When you finish, check up on your
contribution, in service or cash, to
make these agencies function. It will
give you an idea of what lies ahead
of you.
You should not fail to note that you
are a complex human being, with
three phases intermingling to make a
person. What of your physical condi
tion? What of your mind? What of
your spiritual nature? Are you con
scious of recent improvement in any
line or does frustration register as
you what might hava
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937
been? Anyway, look at the report
frankly and make up your mind. It
is the step toward getting some
wheres.
No personal inventory would be
complete without some analysis of
your use of time and money. Time is
the essence of life, as someone has
well said, and most of us waste much
of it without ever thinking that we
are spending life itself. Money, a
necessary commodity under present
civilization, often assumes strange
forms in our thinking and therefore
we fail to establish a correct personal
relationship to it. Time and money,
vital to every life, should not be con
fusing but both will bother us unless
we do some clear thinking.
Anyway, as 1937 gets under way,
there should be some realization of
the duty involved in developing our
individual personalities to the high
est possible level, a desire to under
stand, as far as we may, the task
assumed and a firm determination to
make progress toward the goal in
the days that stretch before us.
From Other Papers.
FARM LANDS ARE COMING
BACK.
(Athens Banner-Herald.)
The increase in value of farm lands
is freely predicted by financiers and
economists. These predictions are
based on reliable surveys made in all
sections of the country, especially in
the agricultural sections of the south
and west.
While under periods of depression,
farm' lands have been reduced in
values, yet it has never failed to re
turn to normal values and remain as
the safest investment in which money
can be placed.
It is predicted that this year will
see a come-back in land values that
will be substantial and permanent.
Those who are interested in making
investments could do no better than
to buy farm lands. While it may ap
pear, at times, to decrease, it may be
depended upon that land is One of the
few investments on which the holder
never loses.
Farm land values go up and down,
but as a rule, it comes back and re
mains a safe and sound investment.
It cannot be lost or destroyed or
swept away by storms and freshets.
Heat Reduces Weight
A University of Kentucky profes
sor says the average person loses
one or more pounds a day during
periods of extreme heat.
Compelled Distinctive Dress
In the Middle Ages the Moslems
of Palestine made both the Jews
and Christians residing in the land
wear distinctive dress; the Jew had
to wear a yellow turban, the Chris
tian a blue one.
ROYAL Theater
Summerville, Ga.
PROGRAM:
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY:
WALLACE BEERY in
“OLD HUTCH”
with Eric Linden and Cecila Parker.
He was happy when broke —but
then he found $100,000! But that’s
just the beginning of trouble for Old
Hutch, the laziest, most lovable ras
cal you’ve ever met—and it starts
off a million dollars worth of laughs!
Also Comedy and News Reel.
SATURDAY ONLY:
“SHAKEDOWN”
with Lew Ayres and Joan Perry.
The lowdown on the hush-money
mobs!
Also Comedy and Serial!
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
“Career Woman”
Claire Trevor and Michael Whalen.
“I didn’t kill him! He was my fath
er!” Courageous young career wom
an! She hazards love—reputation—
to save a helpless backwoods girl
from death!
Also Comedy.
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ROMANCE AT LAST
i COMES TO HITLER
Woman’s Influence Now Felt in
Life of Fuehrer.
■ Munich. Visitors to Adolf Hit
ler’s summer headquarters in the
Bavarian Alps say there is a new
joyousness in the general atmos
phere of the Fuehrer’s summer
White House. I
Some attribute this to the influence
of charming Countess Maedi von
Castell, who has been Hitler’s per
sonal guest on frequent occasions in
the last year. The importance of
Countess Maedi in Hitler’s social life
also is evidenced by the assertion of
visitors to his Bavarian home that
the countess occupies one of the
thirteen villas around Hitler’s
“Berghof” which were bought as
homes and offices for his staff and
his guests.
Countess Maedi is in her early
thirties. She was born Countess von
.Schaumburg. Her first marriage
proved unhappy. She obtained a di
vorce but was compelled to leave
her child in the custody of her hus
band. She then married the dashing
flyer, Count Castell, who is rarely in
Berlin or Germany because he flies
for the Lufthansa lines in China.
The countess, who is quite well-to
do, has an estate in Silesia and for
some time had a small flat in Mu
nich. She met the Fuehrer through
the sister of her flying husband,
Princess Schaumburg-Lippe. Prince
Schaumburg - Lippe is one of
the numerous aids of Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels who,
with his wife, attempts to bring the
most beautiful women of Germany
into official Nazi society.
Magda Goebbels herself is a wom
an of such striking beauty that she
does not hesitate to invite other
beautiful women to her numerous
brilliant parties.
The eagerness with vzhich the
Fuehrer of Germany seeks the com
pany of Countess Castell has started
the rumor in Nazi circles that for
the first time in years a woman’s
influence can be felt in the life of
the Fuehrer.
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What War Did to Paraguay
Paraguay’s five-year war against
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay,
from 1865 to 1870, halved the popu
lation and left eleven women to one
man.
OUR PRICES
On Sweaters, Jackets, Un*
derwear and Toys
Still remain the same as was
advertised in our circular
Last Week*
Tutt on’s 5 and 10c Store
Down By the Depot
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF
Farmers and Merchants Bank
As called for by Superintendent of Banks as of De- ;;
cember 31, 1936, and December 31, 1935:
RESOURCES 1936 1935
Loans and Discounts ? 91,854.54 $ 81,348.95
Government Bonds 187,519.24 81,250.49
Other Bonds 13,274.50
County Warants 4,647.15 17,921.97 !;
Cash on Hand and Due From ];
Approved Depositories 196,876.67 213,728.08
Furniture and Fixtures 7,060.00 7,912.50
Other Real Estate 3,240.00 3,240.00
Checks for Clearing 2,109.43 2,893.18
Other Resources 626.67 626.67
$507,208.20 $408,921.84 i
LIABILITIES
Capital Stocks 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00
Surplus 5,500.00 4,700.00 :
Undivided Profits 6,444.80 6,360.11
Deposits 469,643.40 371,799.93 :
Reserves 620.00 1,061.80 ;
$507,208.20 $408,921.84 !
AVAILABLE CASH !
Cash on Hand and Due From :
Approved Depositoriessl96,B76.67 $213,728.08
Government Bonds 187,519.24 81,250.49
$384,395.91 $294,978.57 . !
DEPOSITS <
Demand 5361,339.81 $282,959.69 ;
Time 108,303.59 88,840.24
$469,643.40 $371,799.93
STATE, COUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY.
(Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.)
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