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VOL. 50; NO. 46.
“Pictures I See
In The Fire” Is
Letter Subject
Joe Stephenson, of Summerville, and
Lucile Tate, of Trion, Win
50-Cent Prizes.
By “THE SUNSHINE LADY.”
We hope all our boys and girls will
pardon our delay in announcing the
winner of the “Christmas Day” con
test. This week we have the prize
winning letter in that contest to
print, as well as the one on “Why I
Like Winter.”
■Our friend, Joe Stephenson, of
Summerville, will receive the 50- q
prize in the first of these two co °<
tests, and the other will go to Lucile
Tate, of Trion. Their letters follow:
Summerville, Ga., Dec. 30, 1936
Dear Sunshine Lady:
I am writing you a letter on my
typewriter that Santa brought me. 1
had a good time Christmas day.
Santa was good to me this year. We
played football and baseball with our
new balls and gloves.
We shot many firecrackers. We
had a good time Christmas day.
Your friend,
JOE STEPHENSON.
Those who receive honorable men
tion for their letters about “Christ
mas Day” are Louise Baker, of Atco,
and Virginia Lee Veatch, of Trion.
Now here is another prize-winner:
Dear Wise Old Owl:
I am glad you selected the topic,
“Winter,” for this week because win
ter is my favorite season.
Following is one of my original
poems about winter:
Winter
When the leaves start falling,
And the bees are no more humming;
When the birds start southward,
That’s the sign that winter is coming.
When the snow is falling fast,
The last and first of the year;
When the ponds and pipes are frozen,
That’s the sign that winter is here.
When the snow starts melting,
And is shoveled off the lawn;
When the birds come back from the
“Sunny Southland,”
That’s a sign that winter is gone.
Now here are some reasons why I
like winter:
I like winter because it brings ice
for me to skate on and snow for me
to play in. When it snows I make
snow-men and have snowball battles.
I also like to stay in a warm room
and watch the snowflakes falling out
doors.
I like to sit by the fireside and
imagine things in the fire.
I like to pop popcorn on cold
nights.
The last, but not least, reason why
I like winter is because is brings
Christmas. Your friend,
LUCILE TATE.
145 Marsh Ave., Trion, Ga.
We like Lucile’s thought of sitting
by the fireside and imagining things
in the fire. The Wise Old Owl and I
have decided to ask you to write to
us next week about “The Pictures I
See In The Fire.” The weekly prize
of 50 cents will go to the boy or girl,
not more than 12 years old, whose
letter on this subject is most inter
esting.
Nelda Waltz, of Gaylesville, Ala.,
also wrote us a letter about “Win
ter,” which is deserving of honorable
mention. As this was the fourth let
ter which we have received from
Nelda, she is now a member of the
Boys’ and Girls’ Sunshine club, and
we will mail her membership certifi
cate to her.
Sunshine Club Corner.
Here is part of a letter which we
received this week from Elsie Waltz,
one of our club members:
Gaylesville, Ala., Jan. 4, 1937.
Dear Sunshine Lady:
We have a big school and one of
the best schools. We have five teach
ers. My teacher’s name is Mary Kate
Cannian. There are thirty-two in my
room. ■* * * I will ask my teacher
to take a part in our club. I am sure
she will and other teachers too. * *
My teacher will be glad to hear of
some of her pupils belonging to the
club * i* * ELSIE WALTZ.
We like to have our club members
tell us about the schools which they
attend. Some time ago Louise Baker
wrote the following about her school
at Atco :
“I am in the third grade * * There
are eight teachers in our school. My
teacher’s name is Miss Grace Gaines
* * * My mother goes to the P.-T.A.
meetings. Some of the girls learn to
cook and sew at school, but I am not
old enough yet. I think we have a
good school.”
Let’s all tell each other about our
schools, club members.
And another of our club members,
-a. W. Waltz, tried his hand at a poem
for us this week. Here is the first
stanza: .
“At evening when the lamp is lit,
By the fire the Wild Old Owl sits;
He »it» at home and talk* and lings
The Summerville News
Rivers Is Sworn
In As Governor
New State Executive Warns Tal
madge Leaders to Quit Jobs or
Be Legislated Out of Office.
ATLANTA, Jan. 12.—E. D. Rivers,
who campaigned as a supporter of
President Roosevelt, succeeded anti
new deal Gov. Eugene Talmadge to
day and promptly assailed the outgo
ing state administration.
■Calling on Talmadge leaders in the
state government to resign or be leg
islated out of office, Rivers denounc
ed “dictatorship” by the governor’s
office and asserted there would be
no military ejection of “legally elect
ed state officials.” Talmadge used
national guardsmen to oust the state
.''ighway board in 1933.
l^ o ''e new governor pledged “unqual
ii. -inort” to President Roose
velt.
Talma,., center of Georgia
politics for x °ars, came to the
inaugural platfox vith Rivers. They
posed for photographs together. The
red-gallused Talmadge appeared hap
py at leaving office.
Rivers’ first official act was to re
store to office Marion Smith, Atlanta
lawyer, who was dropped by Tal
madge from the board of regents of
the state university system. Smith
was counsel for Atlanta banks dur
ing legal battles over Talmadge’s
one-man operation of state finances
last year.
Talmadge, at his last press confer
ence before leaving office, hinted he
is not out of politics for good.
“I am still interested in the wel
fare of Georgia and the nation,” he
said as he prepared to leave for Mc-
Rae, to lead the life of a farmer and
publisher of a weekly political news
paper.
Political observers saw intimations
the ex-governor may run for presi
dent in 1940 in his statement that
“four years from now I hope to see
a big parade in Washington with
Georgia in the front lines.” He did
not elaborate.
Rivers, 41-year-old Lakeland law
yer, urged the state legislature to
provide more money for schools, to
furnish free school books through
high schools, and to carry out his
campaign promises of better rural
roads, improved facilities at elemen
tary institutions and homestead tax
exemption.
The legislature convened Monday
in a ten-day organization session, at
which bills may be introduced, but
not passed. The regular sixty-day
session is expected to start Jan. 25.
Russell Takes Oath
New Six-Year Term
Georgia Senators Will Retain Com
mittee Assignments Held Dur
ing Past Session.
(By Georgia News Service.)
Presenting credentials signed by
his opponent, Gov. Eugene Talmadge
in the September primary, Senator
Richard B. Russell, Jr., was admin
istered the oath of office last week
for a new six-year term. He was ac
companied to the vice-president’s dias
by Senator Walter F. George, senior
member from Georgia.
Both Georgia senators will retain
the same committee assignments held
during the past session. In addition to
the privileges and elections commit
tee, of which hg is chairman, Sena
tor George will be a member of fi
nance, foreign relations and civil
service. Senator Russell will serve on
appropriations, immigration, manu
facturers and naval affairs.
TRUSTEES ELECTION.
An election of school trustees will
be held Saturday, Jan. 23, in those
districts where vacancies have not
been filled, caused by resignation or
moving away. 4
KATHRYN HENLEY,
County School Supt.
._______o
WANTS ACTION.
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas,
majority leader, believes that some
thing must be done by congress to
extend public authority to regular
hours, wages and working conditions.
He thinks it “unfortunate” that un
der recent supreme court decisions,
neither federal nor state governments
have the right to legislate on these
subjects and that such power should
be given to governments.
And does not play at anything.”
The rest of J. W.’s poem is pat
terned after one by Robert Louis
Stevenson, a famous and beloved
children’s poet. How many of our
boys and girls know about Robert
Louis Stevenson and his poems for
children ? If you do, please write and
tell us what you like best about them.
We are pleased with the efforts
our boys and girls are making, and
hope they will all keep on trying to
do better and better. Good-bye until
next week.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937.
Ga. Legislature
Has Great Task
At This Session
First on Prigram, It Is Agreed, Will
Be the Old-Age Pension
Legislation.
ATLANTA, Jan. 12 (GPS).—Geor
gia’s legislative mill has begun to
grind and before the present ten-day
session of the general assembly and
the sixty-day regular session which
will succeed it are concluded a tre
mendous crop of bills will have been
put in the hopper.
The task before the solons is a
staggering one. They have the plat
form legislation of Gov. E. D. Rivers
to make into law, thereby fulfilling
his campaign pledges. They have
their own pet bills, local bills and
bills for large blocs of civic leaders
which must be drawn, introduced, de
bated and stand or fall on their mer
it when the vote is finally taken.
First on the program, all have
agreed, is the Old-Age pension legis
lation to enable Georgia to partici
pate like other states in federal
funds into which people of the state
already are paying taxes. This legis
lation will require new revenue to
match federal funds and it is believ
ed tax measures will have to be de
vised to raise from $6,000,000 to $15,-
000,000 revenue.
More money will be needed for the
additional support promised common
schools and for additional health
work over the state. Where this mon
ey is to come from is a question to
be worked out. Some favor a gross
receipts tax, some favor a sales tax,
some favor additional income taxes,
a higher tax on beer, doubling the
tax on cigarettes and cigars, higher
taxes on trucks and buses and pos
sibly a tax on liquor.
This brings us to the liquor ques
tion. If liquor is legalized the tax
will go to schools. The drys are or
ganized to fight to the last ditch, so
are the wets. It will be a bitter
struggle, lasting doubtless to the end
or nearly the end of the session.
Other matters due to be consider
ed are an investigation of the Tal
madge financial dictatorship, the
formation of a new highway board
of perhaps five or ten men to re
place the present three-man board; a
homestead tax exemption law as
sponsored by Gov. Rivers; a highway
patrol free of politics and an effec
tive drivers’ license law.
SET ASIDE.
The conviction and seven-year jail
sentence of Dirk de Jonge, Oregon
communist, was set aside by a unan
imous opinion of the supreme court.
The justices denounced his convic
tion for assisting in a communist
meeting which was orderly and law
ful and at which no unlawful conduct
was urged. The court insisted that,
“The holding of meetings for peace
able political action cannot be pro
scribed” and that “those who assist
in the conduct of such meetings can
not be branded as criminals on that
score.”
RELIEF.
Based on a relief survey of one
hundred cities, the United States con
ference of mayors has asked Presi
dent Roosevelt frr an appropriation
of not less than $877,500,000 to con
tinue federal work relief from Feb.
1 to June 30.
$7,500.00 IN CASH OFFERED BY
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Greatest Improvements in County
Government To Bring Cash to
Thirteen Divisions of State.
ATLANTA.—The $7,506 Atlanta
Constitution Progressive Government
awards for 1937 are anonunced by
the Atlanta Constitution for the thir
teen Georgia counties making im
provements in county governments
during the year, which result in the
greatest benefits to their citizens.
Maj. Clark Howell, vice-president
and general manager of the Consti
tution, made the following statement
concerning the announcement:
“For sixty-eight years the Atlanta
Constitution has established an en
viable record as the principal news
disseminator for Georgia. The Con
stitution’s traditional interest in he
economic welfare of the people of
Georgia is a part of the tradition of
Georgia itself. Since it was founded,
the Constitution has stood for the
progress and prosperity of the people
of the state, and its interest in pro
gressive and improved government
has been one of its principal objec
tives.
“It, therefore, is fitting that the
Constitution should offer the $7,500
cash awards to the thirteen Georgia
counties making the greatest im
provements in their governments for
the new year. The purposes of the
awards are to extend and intensify
progress in better government, to
Holding Elected
W. M. of Rome
Masonic Lodge
Installation Services Presided Over
by John W. Whitehead, Assist
ed by W. B. J. Floyd.
ROME, Ga., Jan. 13.—(Special)—
The Oostanaula lodge of Masons of
Rome installed its new officers at
the meeting held Tuesday night, Jan.
12, the three major officers being
John W. Holding, worshipful master;
Ralph E. Primm, senior warden, and
Frank H. McCormick, junior warden.
The installation ceremonies were
presided over by John W. Whitehead,
assisted by W. B. J. Floyd.
W. A. Dodson is beginning his
fourth term as secretary of the Rome
lodge, and E. L. Prewett becomes
treasurer, succeeding Wilson M. Har
dy. Dr. John H. Wood is again named
chaplain of Oostanaula lodge. Carl
H. Griffin, prominent Rome attorney,
is the retiring worshipful master,
(been re-elected unanimously. L7TA
Appointive officers named were
as follows:
Chaplain, Dr. John H. Wood; sen
ior deacon, R. C. Coffman; junior
deacon, W. M. Clover; senior stew
ard, Duke Booker; junior steward, R.
P. Treadaway; third steward, M. E.
Gilmer; conductor, James A. Tamp
lin; tyler, G. F. Winfrey.
The officers were installed by John
W. Whitehead and W. B. J. Floyd.
Lodge In Splendid Shape.
Secretary Dodson states that Oos
tanaula lodge is in splendid shape
and has enjoyed a good year under
the administration of Mr. Griffin,
who retires with the good will of
every member of the lodge.
The worshipful master-elect, Mr.
Holding, has for many years been an
active Mason, both in Rome and his
former home, Bremen. He served as
senior warden of Oostanaula lodge ;
during 1936 and is an officer of the j
Seventh District Masonic association.
Before moving to Rome he was for
several years senior deacon and cap- j
tain of the degree team of the Bre-1
men lodge. He is a Scottish Rite Ma-1
son, having been made a 32nd degree i
Mason in Atlanta Consistory in 1928. ■
Ralph Primm, senior warden-elect, |
is one of Rome’s most active Masons |
and an outstanding business man. He I
is superintendent of a local hosiery
mill.
Mr. McCormick holds a responsible j
position with the Georgia Power
company. He has made rapid ad
vances in Masonry, having been made j
a Mason less than two years ago.
A physician from Colorado at the
Warm Springs endowment headquar
ters in Atlanta remarked last week
that Colorado would give five million
dollars if it were able to say that
the Little White House and the
Warm Springs Foundation were lo
cated within the borders of Colora
do.—(Buy a Button.)
NOT AFFECTED.
The government’s suit against An
drew W. Mellon on the claim of $3,-
089,C00 against his 1931 income, will
not be affected by his offer to give
the government a national art gal
lery. It is possible, however, that j
when his gift becomes absolute, an
income tax deduction will be allow
ed, but this cannot apply to the 1931
income involved in the suit.
stimulate state-wide interest on the
part of the public in governmental |
affairs and to give recognition to
improvements in county governmen-1
tai conditions in the state’s 159
counties.”
MANNER OF DIVISION
FOR AWARD MONEY
Awards will be made as follows:
First, $3,500 to the county in
Georgia making improvements bring-'
ing the greatest benefits to its citi- |
zens.
Second, SI,OOO to the county mak
ing the second best showing in this
respect.
Third, SSOO to the county which
takes third place.
There will be ten additional awards,
one to the county making the great
est strides in each of the ten congres- I
sional districts of the state. The ten
awards will be $250 each, and no
county winning one of the first three
awards will be considered eligible for
consideration as a winner of a $250
district award.
The progress toward more progres
sive government in every county in
Georgia will be published by the Con
stitution during the year.
When the time arrives for desig
nating winners, judges will make a
survey of every one of the state’s
159 counties before making their
designation of winners. Thifc will be
necessary to decide which counties
are entitled to the award*,
Jurors Drawn
February Court
February Term of Chattooga Su
perior Court Will Convene On
First Monday Next Month.
Below is a list of the jurors drawn
to serve at the February term of
Chattooga superior court which will
convene Monday, Feb. 1:
Grand Jury
R. W. Henry, T. H. Pennington, J.
E. Clowdis, W. J. Dye, G. S. Holland,
H. M. Woods, J. B. Whisnant, C. D.
Haygood, Sam Anderson, N. S. Rich, I
Grady W. Cole, R. T. Hemphill, Geo.
E. Doster, H. C. Brown, George A.
Ragland, D. L. McWhorter, L. B.
Colbert, Joe P. Grigsby, J. T. Kend
rick, T. S. Weems, C. T. Hix, George
Morton, O. T. House, H. W. Hamby,
George W. Gordan, I. H. Perry, W.
L. Gaylor, S. C. Martin.
Petit Jury—First Week
D. W. Copeland, J. T. Parker, W. J
White, Jr., Lee Brown, George E.
Doster, Claude Ratliff, James R.
Owings, J. J. Milstead, J. D. White,
Jr., R. G. Gayler, D. C. Lewis, Gor
don L. Reynolds, George E. Pless, W.
A. Scoggins, V. G. Martin, J. C.
Lewis, S. E. Jones, Charles J. Powell,
W. T. Hutchens, P. C. Williams, A.
S. Lewis.
W. W. Cook, C. L. Almon, J. G.
Stowe, W. L. Crouch, Howell Dalton,
B. F. McCamy, E. W. Morrison, Har
old Rose, W. C. Coulter, L. C. Dalton,
Henry T. Hendrix, H. W. Hamby, J.
J. Bennett, Ike M. Berry, J. H. Ech
ols, J. H. Ward, J. L. Edwards, W.
R. Chappelear, W. H. McAbee, W. W.
Stancell, C. L. Clark.
Petit Jury—Second Week
W. M. Storey, W. D. Hawkins, T.
W. Wright, J. E. Harper, E. L. Bish
op, Hansell Baker, E. E. Martin, H.
C. Jones, J. B. Hamby, L. T. Hen
derson, A. J. Dempsey, C. N. Wilson, j
E. P. Scott, John A. Ray, Carlton''
Brock, J. F. Norton, O. L. Cleckler,
R. L. Bloodworth, J. P. Johnson, W. | ■
J. Dunn, C. C. Bryant, J. G. Steph-1
enson, Bob Bullard, W. B. Simmons, j
■H. C. Brown, J. R. Jackson, Sr., ■
i Henry Lawless.
George C. Lively, E. J. Alexander,
iZ. 0. Gilreath, Ira Simmons, J. A. j
i Thomas, L. C. Tripp, A. M. Bryant,!
! I. N. Walters, J. A. J. Agnew, D. L. |
| McKehan, D. F. Quinton, E. L. Har- ■
rison, J. R. Kellett, A. A. Alexander,'
B. D. Bohanan, Sam Martin, Frank
| Clements, O. R. Fletcher, J. R. Ted-1
der, E. J. Hemphill, H. A. Wyatt, |
Edward Gayler, J. W. Argo, G. W.
I Cameron, D. F. Martin, Leon Gamble,
■ D. M. Lambert.
To All County School
Superintendents:
Due to the numerous complaints
coming to this commission as to the I
operation of school buses transport
! ing passengers for hire in violation I
of the “Motor Carrier' Act of 1931,”
■ the commission deems it pertinent to ■
call attention of the county board'
departments to the provisions of the j
act relatives to the operation of j
school buses.
If a person desires to engage in
■ transporting passengers “for hire,”
■ he must first apply to the commis
| sion for a certificate of public con
' venience and necessity. Said applica-
I tion must be accompanied with a fee
of $37. If, after proper hearing the |
certificate is granted, the carrier
j must pay a $25 license fee per an
j num on each vehicle to be operated,
I and file proper insurance coverage
in accordance with the law and the
' rules of this commission. The opera
j tion must then be conducted strictly
• under the rules and regulations of
I this commission. Violations of the
provisions of the act or rules of the
■ commission are punishable as for a
misdemeanor.
Under Section Two of the act, mo
i tor vehicles engaged solely in trans-
I porting school children and teachers
■ to and from school are exempt from
’ the provisions of the act. The com-
i mission contrues this to mean that if'
I and when a school bus is used for
I transporting passengers other than j
school children and teachers to and |
from school, said operation would |
■ come under all the provisions of the ■
I “Motor Carrier Act of 1931.”
It is the intention of the commis- '
I sion to strictly enforce the act and j
! in order to avoid inconvenience and
i confusion, the commission desires to :
! ask the co-operation of the various ’
county school departments in distrib
i uting the information above outlined !
to school bus operators. We are send
ing you several copies of this letter
which we will thank you to distribute
among the school bus drivers in your
county.
Yours very truly,
GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION,
Perry T. Knight, Com.
, —_
U. S. voices regrets to powers over
II Spanish plane deal.
i 1930 auto output in U. S. and Can
ada valued at $3,626,612,000-
8* PAGES
THIS
WEEK
Federal Set-Up
Changes Asked
By Roos e v e 11
Sweeping Reorganization Os Govern
ment Agencies Advocated By
The President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Presi
dent Roosevelt today proposed to
congress a sweeping reorganization
of government that would leave him
—in his own words—-as the one man
ager of the executive branch under
constitutional provision. The elector
ate, he said, would determine wheth
er a good job was being done.
In a special message and a vol
umnious report, he recommended:
1. Creation of two new depart
ments of cabinet rank —the “depart
ment of social welfare” and the “de
partment of public works”;
2. Appointment of “six high-grade
executive assistants” to the president
who could give him constant advice
and information in “dealing with the
regular departments and agencies”;
3. Abolition of the present civil
service commission in favor of a
“civil service administrator” appoint
ed by the president who will put gov
ernment workers on “a career basis
and a merit system” with higher
salaries for those found deserving
and making them permanent if they
pass “a special non-competitive ex
amination”;
4. Abolition of “the confused and
ineffective office” of comptroller
general and substitution of an “audi
tor-general” who will merely make
independent annual audits, leaving
questions of “spending policy” first
up to the attorney-general and then
to congress itself, and
5. Placement of the more than 100
separate independent agencies,
boards, administrations, authorities,
corporations, committees, etc., under
one or more of the twelve cabinet
officers so the president may always
be advised of their activities.
A proposed new department of so
cial welfare would consolidate and
co-ordinate all activities touching
social security, relief, education,
health and pensions.
Reception Problematical.
The second cabinet branch Mr.
Roosevelt suggested would adminis
ter at public works and engineering
under a secretary of public works to
be assisted by army engineers as
signed to temporary peace-time duty
in the new civil department.
AIR STRENGTH.
The army air corps had about 1,-
400 seriveable aircraft as the year
ended, with 506 machines being less
than one year old. The air corps is
authorized to attain a strength of
2,220 planes. The navy, with a goal
of 1,910 airplanes, had 1.220 at the
end of June.
FIVE DIE IN DANCE FIRE.
SELMA, Ala.—When a carelessly
tosed match ignited the Russian
dancer costumes of twelve young wo
men, during a gay costume ball, five
of them were fatally burned and
several others were seriously in
jured.
ACCLAIM U. S. RECOVERY.
GENEVA. —The tremendous re
covery in the United States in the
last eighteen months has done more
than anything else to help the world
along, declared Harold Butler, of the
International Labor Organization,
a broadcast to the United States and
Canada on New Year’s day.
Farm Tenancy’s End
Through Education Is
Seen by Com. Roberts
(By Georgia News Service.)
Feeling that to “accomplish any
thing with the farmer, we will have
; to start with his boy and girl,” Com
missioner of Agriculture Columbus
Roberts urges that the federal gov
; ernment finance schools on a “50-50”
, basis as a means of doing away with
I the farm tenancy evil.
“If we accomplish anything with
■ the farmer, we will have to start
i with his boy and girl,” Mr. Roberts
I said. “By raising their intelligence
Iwe will increase their pride and
make them want to own their own
: farms and homes.”
Commissioner Roberts returned re
cently from Montgomery, Ala., where
i he attended a federal conference on
the farm tenancy situation.
He said one of the principle sug
gestions made at the conference was
■to frame a bill for congress fixing
low interest rates and long terms for
the purchase of farms.
He said it would take fifty years
: to bring about the same farm ten
ancy situation in the south as now
! exists in New England and the east
where the percentage of tenant farm
ers is “very low.”
Roberts suggested that the work
on farm boys and girls be carried on
through the Future farmers of
America, the schools, the 4-H clubs
, and similar agencies,
$1.50 A YEAR