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State-County
And Local
Happenings
VOL. 51; NO. 10,
1937 Program
Masonic Meet
Is Outstanding
Grand Master McMillan, Gov
ernor Rivers, Robt. J. Travis
First Days’ Spekaers.
BY WILL A. PATTON.
Masonic Publicity Director
ROME, Ga., May 11—(Special)
The program for the Fortieth an
nual convention of the Seventh Dis
trict Masonic Association, to be held I
in Rome, May 19th and 20th, as an- ;
nounced this week by W. B. J. Floyd,
of Rome, worshipful master of the
association, indicates that the goal,
“The best convention in the. history
of the organization,” is to be realized. |
The sessions will be held in the Ma- '
scnie Temple in Rome,
Two full days packed with events ■
of Masonic interest are planned
■which will bring to Rome and the |
convention outstanding leaders of the
craft, crack degree teams, Grand
Lodge officers of the Blue lodf
Royal Arch and Knights Templai.,
The three degrees of the Blue lodge
are to be exemplified by lodges from |
Cartersville, Dalton and Tallapoosa.
Governor To Speak.
On Wednesday morning, May 19,
the opening day of the convention,
Governor E. D. Rivers, of Georgia,
and the Hon. Robert McMillan, Most
Worshipful Grand Master, of Geor
gia, will be the principal speakers of
the morning session. In the after
noon the Entered Apprentice degree
will be exemplified by Cartersville
lodge No. 63, under the direction of
C. A. Edwards, a past master and
senior deacon of the District Mason
ic Association.
Rev. A. B. Cash To Speak
The opening ceremonies will in
clude a 15-minute inspirational ad
dress by the Rev. A. B. Cash, of
Adairsville.
The convention will be called to
order by the district officers in a
called communication of Cherokee
lodge, No. 66, of Rome, and the ad- I
dress of welcome will be delivered by
Dauiel Lease, master of Cherokee
lodge. The roll call of convention of
ficers and past masters of the asso
ciation and the appointment of com
mittees will be heard before the ad
dress of Governor Rivers and Grand
Master McMillan.
Worship Master Floyd has worked
incesantly since his elevation to the j
East last year, to make this, the for
tieth convention, the most outstand
ing in the history of the association.
He has made many visiting trips to
lodges in the district and out of the
district in the interest of bringing
to Rome this year the most promi
nent members of the craft.
“Ladies’ Night” Program.
“Ladies’ Night,” an institution of
the association’s annual meetings
each year, will be an event of Wed
nesday night at the City Auditorium.
The program will get under way
promptly at 7:30 o’clock when it will
be called to order by District Master
Floyd and after the singing of a
hymn by the audience led by John
Mitchell, gospel singer, with Miss
Grace Adams, of Rome, at the piano,
and the invocation by the Rev. Guy
Atkinson, of Cartersville, the wel
come address will be made iby Cap
tain Harry P Meikleham, past mas
ter of Lindale lodge.
The “Ladies’ Night program has
many features, not the least of which
will be the chorus of the Joseph C.
Greenfield lodge, No. 400, of Atlan
ta, famous all throughout Georgia
Masonic circles for their music abil
ity which not only include chorus
and solo artists but a fine orchestra.
Harry Carr is the director.
Another feature will be the pre
sentation of Grand Chapter officers
of the Order of the Eastern Star by
Chas. T. Hagin, past worthy patron
of Constellation chanter, and an ad
dress by Mrs. Pauline Dillon, worthy
grand matron of Georgia.
Travis To Speak
The Hon. Robert J. Travis, of Sa
vannah, one of Georgia’s most prom
inent Masonic authorities and a lead
er of the Georgia Bar Association,
will deliver the principal address of
the “Ladies’ Night” program., Mr.
Travis is a past grand master of the
Grand Lodge of Georgia.
Other numbers on the “Ladies’
Night” program include a solo by
Miss Caroline Smith, of Cedartown,
accompanied by Mrs. Annie Lou
Smith; a solo by Miss Betty Fleet
wood, of Cartersville, accompanied by
Mrs. Hary P. Womlesdorf; a reading
by Miss Lillian Lam, of Rome, and a
dance by Miss Myra Sharp, of Rome.
The benediction will be pronounces
by the Rev. John H. Wood, of Rome,
district chaplain.
Election of Officers
The second day of the convention
will be convened at 9 o’clock Thurs
day monring with the election of of
ficers coming first and after that
miscellaneous business and the read
ing of reports of the lodges and re-
(Continued on Last Page.)
The Summerville News
TO ADDRESS
MASONS
Robt. McMillan, grand master of the
Georgia Grand Lodge, of Clarkesville,
who will attend the Seventh District
»nic convention in Rome to be
, -“day and Thursday, Maj
19 ”d master will ad
dress the con. Inesday aft-
ernoon at 2 o'clock - -he.. Masonic
temple.
Commencement At
Summerville High
On Thursday evening in the high
school auditorium, Miss Annie Pitts
will give her recital in music and
expression. This recital is always an
added attraction to the closing ex
ercises of the school. Time, 7:45 o’-
clock, May 18; admission 5 and 10c
Every one is cordially invited to a
-
Rev. Edmond D. Viser, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, of
Cleveland, Tenn., will preach the Ibac
alaureate sermon on May 23 at 11
o’clock in the high school auditorium.
Special music will be rendered by a
ladies’ chorus and a male quartet.
Monday night, May 24, at 8 o’clock
in the high school auditorium, the
senior class of 1937 will have class
night. An interesting program has
been arranged by the seniors.
The state supervisor of school ad
ministration, John I. Allman, will de
liver the commencement address on
Tuesday night, May 25, at 8 o’clock
in the high school auditorium. This
will conclude the exercises for the
school year, 1936-37. There will be
thirty seniors to graduate. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend all
exercises given.
Perennial Springs Baptist Church.
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Preaching at 11 a.m. by the pastor.
B. Y. P. U. at 6:45 p.m.
Preaching at 7:30 by the pastor.
Come out and worship with us.
R. L. McELROY, Pastor.
Cemetery Association
Asking For Donations
The Summerville Cemetery assoc!
ation is again asking for contribu
tions to care for our local cemeterj
from all those who have loved one*
buried there.
Won’t you help us keep up this
good work by joining the association
The dues are only $2 a year. Please
send or give your dues to the treas
urer, Mrs. George Espy, Summer
ville, Ga.
The following have already contrib
uted this year, and we wish to thank*
them:
Miss Sallie League, Mrs. J. A. Bea
vers, Miss Lois McWhdrter, Mrs. W.
R. Stephenson, Mrs. M. M. Allen, C.
L. Hale, DeWitt Pullen, C. D. Rivers
N. K. Bitting, J. R. Jackson, Ben H
Edmondson, Charles Henry, W. T.
Megginson, Mrs. Louise Rawls, Will
Farrow, Mrs. Ann Glass, Miss Mary
Penn, Miss Sallie Moyers, Will Hin
ton, Mrs. Charlie Neal, Mrs. C. S.
Kellett, Mrs. Posey Gentry, Gordon
Allen,, Walter Sturdivant. A. D. Kir
by, Mrs. George Espy, Mrs. G. J.
Cochran, W. R. Garrett, Miss Essie
Mathis, Mrs. Roy Alexander, A. B.
Rainey, Miss Ada Moyers, Miss Ruth
Fuller, G. B. Connell.
Country-wide TVA is discussed at
conference at White House.
CAN YOU VOTE
ON JUNE THE 8
(By Georgia News Service.)
If you were registered on or
before Dec. 8, 1936
And had paid poll taxes for
1935 and all prior years on or
before Dec. 8, 1936,
And nay 1936 poll taxes suf
ficiently before June 8 to have
your name placed on the voters’
,list
YOU CAN VOTE ON JUNE
8. Everyone is urged to inquire of
your county officials what date
they have set as a limit for pay
-1 ing 1936 poll tax.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937.
Miss Pitts’ Pupils
In Recital May 18
Piano, Voice and Expression
Pupils to Perforin at High
School Auditorium.
Program to be given by the Piano,
Voice and Expression, Tuesday eve
ning, May 18. at 7:45 o’clock, at the
High school auditorium:
Piano Solo—Minuet in G (Beethov
en); In Playful Mood (Schuler)
Ruth Trammell.
Reading—Elizabeth Jackson.
Piona Solo —Dance Lightly (Gay
nor); A Goblin (Gaynor)—Myrna
Renfroe.
Reading—Eugene Cook.
Vccal Duet: Dainty Dorothea (Reg
inald De Koven) —Eloise Cheek and
Inez Millican.
Piano Solo: Jolly Thoughts (Cram
mond)—Catharine Ramey.
Reading—Billy Penn Selman.
Piano Solo: La donna e Mobile by
John M. Williams —Frances Logan.
Action Song: I’ll Never Play With
You Again (Weaver) —Rose Nd
Weems and Eugene Cook.
Vocal Solo: Carmena (Wilson) —
Inez Millican.
Piano Duet: Little Waltz (Brahms
—Trammell and Ramey.
Reading—Rose Nell Weems.
Piano Solo: Humoresque (Lyons)-
Betty Hemphill.
Vocal Solo: Come Away (Vander
pool)—Eloise Cheek.
Reading—Betty Broom.
The Japanese Fan; with fan dril
(Cawley)—Hemphill, Ramey, Tram
mel, Renfroe, Weems, Jackson, Mar
tha Robinson, Rosaline Jackson, Anr.
Mien, Onie Ruth Hunter.
Admission 5 and 10 cents.
Quarterly Conference
Os the Lyerly Charge
The second quarterly conference of
;he Lyerly charge will be held at
South Carolina church on Wednes
lay, May 26, instead of Friday, May
28, as was first announced.
Bro. Pierce, the presiding elder
will preach at 11 a.m., after this
lunch will be served at the church,
>nd immediately after lunch the
quarterly conference will be held.
All who will are invited to attend
these services, and especially every
official from each church is urged tr
be present with reports in full.—W
B. Hughes, Pastor.
Cobb Praises State
For Diversification
\AA Official Says State Has 980,00 f
Acres in Others Crops—9lo,-
000 Acres in Cotton.
(By Georgia News Service.)
At a meeting with AAA officials
xnd farm leaders in New Orleans last
veek, Cully A. Cobb, southern AAA
iirector, said Georgia was among the
nost progressive states in diversifica
tion of crops under the new soil con
servation program.
He said Georgia now has 910,000
teres planted in other crops, and that
.he states of Georgia, Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississip
pi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and
Texas now had 21,500,000 acres plant
ed to soil-conserving crops—the larg
est on record and 800 per cent, above
1929.
Soil-conserving crops include cow
peas, velvet beans, vetch and Aus
trian peas—crops that act as a clover
for farmlands during the winter, en
riching the soil and furnishing pas
turage for live stock. Plowed under
in the spring, they form a rich fer
tilizer.
| Monk, the Greyhound Jockey
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MIAMI, Fla. . . . The? Florida Racing Commission ruled Monk off the
dog race tracks here, but an injunction against the Commission may
reinstate him as the champion monkey greyhound jockey.
Rivers Will Talk
At Lookout Hotel
Governor Speaks Saturday At
Meeting of Rome Circuit
Bar Association.
Gov. Ed Rivers will address the an
nual meeting of the Rome Circuit Bar
association, which will convene at the
Lookout Mountain hotel at 11 o’clock
Saturday morning, Frank Gleason, of
Rossville, association president, an
nounced last night.
Col. J. M. C. (“Red”) Townsend, of
Atlanta and Wildwood, special assist
ant attorney-general of Georgia, will
nesent the governor to the meeting,
which will conclude with a business
session that will follow a luncheon.
Among the prominent Chattanoo-
who have been invited to at
end are Judge Will Cummings, Judge
Li. D. Miller, Col. Milton B. Ochs,
Chancellor J. Lon Foust, Judge Oscar
Yarnell and Judge Charles W. Lusk.
Other officers of the association are
doses Brinson, of Summerville, secre
ary, and Judge Henderson Lanham,
>f Rome, vice-president.
Mr. Gleason said the governor will
come here from Rock Springs, Ga.,
where he is scheduled to make an ad-
Iress Friday at a junior high school
•ommencement. The address Satur-|
iay will be broadcast over WDOD,
Jhattanooga.—Chattanooga Times.
Bethel Methodist Church.
Preaching at 11 a.m. by the pastor.
At 7:30 p.m., the young people of
Summerville Epworth league and oth
rs will present a pageant, “Alcohol
Jn the Throne,” followed by an ad-
Iress against the repeal of our pro
hibition law.
You will miss something if you are
lot there.—E. P. Eubanks.
W.M.S. Executive
Meeting Success
The W.M.S. executive meeting at
Summerville Baptist church May 6
vas attended by a large crowd of the
county officers. Rev. J. C. Jackson
had charge of the devotional, after
which Miss Effie Leath, superintend
ent, presided, giving the chairmen of
each division their duties and plans
:’or the year’s work.
There was a good attendance and
all enjoyed this plan of having a
neeting with the Summerville Bap
ist church every three months.
The western division meeting will
be held with the Chelsea church in
j’uly. Mrs. Irma Baker, leader. All
adies are asked to bring a lunch as
hat will make it much easier on all.
Our state president, Mrs. Burney,
■as been invited to meet with us at
vlenlo for the fifth Sunday meeting.
We are looking forward to this
neeting, as Mrs. Burney will speak
for us.
The next meeting will be with Sum
merville Baptist church the second
Tuesday in July. Please plan to come.
—Mrs. J. W. Parris, Pub. Chairman.
NOTICE.
The public library remains open in
Lyerly and the vacation reading club
will begin Monday, May 17, at 2 p.m.
We have four rental books on the
shelf at 2 cents per days, as follows:
“Gone With the Wind,” “Anthony
Adverse,” “Green Light” and “White
Banners.”
The library will be opened on Mon
day, Tuesday and Saturday from 1
to 4 p.m., and Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—
Miss Jessie Rose, Librarian.
Japan changes from hostility to
friendliness toward China.
Rail earnings in March estimated
to be the highest since 1929.
Ten Years Ago
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PARIS . . . Ten years ago Charles
A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bour
get Field and was greeted by
cheering crowds after his epic
flight from New York to Paris,
May 20 and 21. 1927.
Presbyterian Plan
Annual Get-Together
Plans are being made for a great
program for the annual Chattooga
County Presbyterian Fifth Sunday
: meeting. Due to conflict in dates, the
! all-day meeting will be held June 6,
| however, instead of the fifth Sunday
i in May. The host church this year
I will be Beersheba church at Teloga.
- Churches joining in for the meeting
will be Alpine, Menlo, Cloudland,
I Walnut Grove, Bethel, Summerville
and Beersheba.
An unusually fine program has
i been arranged which will be of in
; terest to all who come. The theme for
I the day will be centered around re
j ligious education with particular em
j phasis on Sunday school and young
j people’s work. Rev. Henry W. Mc-
Laughlin, director of country church
' work for the general assembly, of,
. Richmond, Va.; Rev. Richard T. Gil
lespie, of Atlanta; Rev. John W. Mel
ton, of Rome; Rev. E. R. Leyburn, of
Rome; Rev. S. L. Hunter, Summer
j ville; Rev. Cecil Thompson, Menlo; |
, Miss Pearl Hudson, Cloudland; Miss |
! Johnnie Williams, La Fayette, and |
: Judge Ed Maddox, of Rome, will be |
i the special speakers who are invited j
!to the occasion to speak during the
I day.
Every Presbyterian family in the
j county is urged to attend this rally
i of all Presbyterians in the county. A I
j mass Sunday school will be held at
’ 10 am. to which everyone is urged to I
i come. Preaching will be held at 11 |
j a.m. Dinner on the ground at 12:30 j
I and an inspiring song service at 1:45
; to be followed by an inspiring ser
i mon which will conclude the program.
Rock Springs Will
Hear Gov. Rivers
The Rock Springs Junior High
commencement exercises will begin
Wednesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m.,
when a program sponsored by the
Green and Gold societies will be pre
sented.
Thursday night the seventh grade
will conduct their graduation pro
gram along with class night for the
ninth grade. Rev. M. L. Keith, of La I
Fayette, will be the principal speaker. |
Friday morning at 11:30, the grad
uation exercises for the ninth grade |
will be held in the open. Gov. E. D.
Rivers will make the address, and ;
County Supt. R. D. Love will award :
the diplomas. A large attendance of i
the public is expected.
Subligna High School
Present Play May 14
On Friday evening, May 14, at 7:30.
o’clock the seniors of Subligna High
school will present “Crashing Socie
ty,” a comedy in three acts.
The characters are as follows:
Adam Dunnigan, the loyal subject
and husband, J. D. Grigsby; Elsie
Dunnigan, the wife and ruler of the
Dunnigan home, Marie Christian;
Marguerite, their daughter, Hazel
Treadaway; George, their son, How
ard Scoggins; Christabel, Lillie Mae
Donald; Scruples-Scruples, Otto May
nor; Miss Gadgett, Janie Scoggins;
Mr. Van Witherspoon, Harold Smith;
Mrs. Van Witherspoon, Lizzie Smith;
Cyril Van Witherspoon, Dort Brown;
Agatha Mulrooney, Syble Warnock;
I Miss Louise Miller, Ruby Duncan.
Adam Dunnigan has inherited a
million dollars, is unhappy and longs
for his heme in Jerkwater.
Elsie is determined to crash socie-
I ty, or die in the effort.
Come and laugh with us.
Admission 10 and 20 cents.
HOME-COMING DAY AT CHELSEA
Next Sunday, May 16, has been
■ designated as Home-Coming day at
Chelsea church. Will have Rev. S. N.
) Hamic with us, and expect to have
dinner on the ground.
We invite everybody to come and
bring well-filled baskets.
House votes to repeal salary pub
i licity under income tax law.
8P A G E S
THIS
WEEK
$1.50 A YE
Spring Flower
Show Be Held
Thursday, 13 th
Every Flower Grower in the
County Is Invited To Ex
hibit Flowers.
The annual spring flower show of
the Chattooga County Garden club
will be held at the Farmers & Mer
chants bank Thursday, May 13.
Every flower grower in Chattooga
county has been invited to enter ex
hibits.
Chairmen of committees appointed
are as follows:
Iris, Mrs. Joe Beavers, lilies, Mrs.
Tallent; roses, Mrs. Frank Pittman;
peonies, Mrs. W. B. Hair; wild flow
ers, Mrs. J. P. Baker; bubble bowls,
Mrs. Paul Weems; flowering shrubs,
Miss Kathryn Henry; gardne flowers,
Mrs. C. C. Fink; window boxes, Mrs.
Sturdivant; miniature garden, minia
ture arrangements, Miss Mary Penn;
shadow boxes, Mary Selman; snap
dragons, Mrs. J. L. McGinnis.
All entries must be made before 11
o’clock as the flowers will be judged
before noon. The show will be open
to the public from 2 until 5 p.m. and
10 cents admission will be charged.
No exhibits will be removed until
after 5 p.m.
Only one entry in each division of
a class will be received from each
exhibitor. No exhibitor will be per
mitted on the floor during judging.
Commencement At
Menlo Began Sunday
The commencement exercises of
Menlo High school began Sunday, May
9, when the Rev. Jimmy Parker, of
Rome, preached the baccalaureate
sermon at the Baptist church.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’-
clock, Mrs. C. A. Wyatt and Mrs. S.
B. Platt presented their piano and
expression pupils in a joint recital in
the school auditorium.
The senior class play, “Mystery At
Midnight,” will be given Thursday
evening, May 13, at 8 o’clock.
On Friday evening, May 14, at 8
o’clock, the graduation exercises will
be held in the school auditorium At
this time, L. L. Perry, of the state
department of education, will speak.
NOTICE.
The district meeting of the Ladies’
Missionary society of the Dalton dis
trict will meet at the Trion Metho
dist church Thursday, May 13, at
9:30 a.m.
Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Rural Life Sunday, May 16.
Sunday school at 10 o’clock.
Pieaching at 11 o’clock by Rev. E.
R. Leyiburn, D. D.
You are especially invited to this
Rural Life service.
French government proposes to
take over the railroads.
Mrs. Jackson Attends
Ind. Musical Festival
Forty-six of the forty-eight states
were represented at the biennial con
vention of the National Federation of
Music Clubs held in Indianapolis, Ind.
April 23-29. Mrs. J. R. Jackson, Jr.,
went as a delegate from the Aeolian
Music club, of La Fayette. The entire
program was well planned and in
cluded many performers from at least
twenty states. Many choral groups
were heard from these states. The
outstanding group was the Apollo
Boys’ choir, of Birmingham, Ala.,
trained and directed by Coleman
Cooper.
Another remarkable program was
given by 400 boys and girls of the
rural elementary schools of Jeffer
son county, Kentucky. They sang
beautifully the work, Alice in Won
derland, by Dr. Edgar Stillman Kel
ly. This large chorus is the outcome
of public school music being taught in
all the schools.
Other performers -were well-known
people who delighted the audience
with their numbers. Among them
were John Powell, John Charles
Thomas, Beryl Rubinstein, Reinaid
Werrenrath, Rudolph Reuter, Doro
thy Gordon, the National Symphony
orchestra conducted by Hans Kindler
and the Canadian piano team, Godden
and Malcolm.
Many interesting speakers were
heard during the week. Some of them
were Joseph Maddy, Milton Cross,
Ernest LaPrade, Nikoloi Sokoloff,
Walter Koons, A. Walter Kramer, Da
vidson Taylor and Olga Samaroff.
The federation is a worthy organ
ization doing its best to make Ameri
ca more musical so that everyone in
, our land will have the opportunity to
' hear the best music and to take part
in the field that best suits the indi
vidual.
The people in this vicinity will have
I the opportunity to hear the Apollo
| Boys’ choir, of Birmingham, in the
. near future, for they are to give a
I concert in La Fayette May 22,