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State—-County
And Local
Happenings
VOL. 51; NO. 15.
“MY FATHER” IS
SUBJECT FOR NEW
LETTER CONTEST
Margaret Ellenburg, Betty Hemphill.
Louise Baker and Frances
Thomas Contributors.
By “THE SUNSHINE LADY.”
Next Sunday we honor our fathers.
We hope all of our boys and girls
will do something special for “Dad”
on that day,—something to make him
happy. Wouldn’t he be proud of you
if you should win a prize of 50 cents
for your letter about him? Yes, we
want all of you, who are 13 years
old or less, to write to us on the
subject, “My Father,” and the best
letter will be printed and its author
awarded the regular weekly prize.
Last week we told 7 'Jjnut the
first of our “quests” for .. ' oll ft] lo .
bers. Even if you have not yet >s *
ten the sixteen letters which will make
you an honor member, you can save
these “quests” until you do receive
your special certificate, and can then
answer any or all of them and win
your differently-colored badges to
paste in the circles on that certifi
cate. Four answers in any one color
group will earn a badge of that color
for you.
This week we give you the first in
the yellow group which represents
, handcraft. Describe for us any one
thing that you have made; this may
be sewing, gardening, carpentering,
cooking, art work—anything at all
that is useful or beautiful, created by
your own hands.
Sunshine Club Corner.
Four of our most faithful club
members have contributed composi
tions which we are printing for you
this week. One of these girls is al
ready an honor member, and we ex
pect the other three to soon win the:.'
special certificates also.
“Flowers and Showers.”
Early this spring I went to visit
my aunt who lives on Lookout moun
tain in Alabama. While I was there
she suggested that we go hunt wild
flowers. We started out and got about
two miles from her house. We were
finding many dogwood blossoms, hon
eysuckle and wild rose buds.
Suddenly we noticed that it was
sprinkling rain. We started on a run
for home, but the swift showers over
took us and we got rather wet. We
didn’t mind much though for we
knew that the showers make the
flowers grow.
MARGARET ELLENBURG.
12 Years Old.
“My Home.”
In order to make my home a bet
ter place to live in I have planted
flowers in the yard to make it look
prettier. I try to keep my room clean
and try to keep flowers in some of
the rooms all the time.
I don’t think that just working
around the house is all that we
should do. I think that we should be
pleasant and happy. We should never
be cross but always be cheerful. If
everyone is happy, home is a pleas
ant place.
Edgar Guest said, “Afore it’s home
there’s got to be a heap of livin’ in
it.”
BETTY HEMPHILL.
II Years Old.
“Holland.”
Holland is the name of a country
far over the sea. It is the home of
the Dutch people. There are many
windmills in Holland. When the winu
blows the long arms of the wind
mills go ’round and ’round. The wind
mills pump water, grind corn and
help saw wood.
Dutch people are very clean. The
mothers scrub their houses inside and
outside. Dutch people wear shoes
made of wood. Dutch children often
play their shoes are boats. They tie
strings to their shoes and sail them
on the water. With the strings they
pull the shoes back to the shore. Ev
ery night the Dutch children scrub
their shoes clean. Jan and Jet are the
names of the two Dutch children I
have read about. LOUISE BAKER
8 Years Old.
“My Home.”
To make my home a better place, I
get up in the morning with a smile
to greet my mother. I don’t leave my
clothes on the floor. I clean the house,
mop and dust the furniture.
I planted a flower garden to im
prove the appearance of the yard. I
sweep the yards to make them more
attractive. I help watch after the
baby chickens. I take care of my own
clothes. This year I helped make a
vegetable garden.
I think there is no place better
than a good home, don’t you? Work
to make your home a better plaoe to
live. FRANCES THOMAS.
12 Years Old.
SESSION.
With a broad legislative program
still before them, senators and rep
resentatives face a hot summer in
Washington with the probability of
night sessions. Just when congress
will finally end its session is not pos
sible to guess.
3h? S>umm?rmU? NVtua
U.S. USING AUTOGIRO
TO FIGHT COTTON PEST
MIAMI, Fla. —The federal gov
ernment is using the autogiro in
a campaign along the Florida
coast to destroy wild cotton, host
for the dread pink boolworm.
Observers in the slow-flying
“windmill” planes locate wild cot
ton trees, which are then destroy
ey by workers. They are able in
a few hours to cover areas of
mangrove swamps and inaccessi
ble regions that would require
days of inspection from the
ground.
The pink boolworm is the boll
weevil’s successor as cotton’s en
emy No. 1.
Methodist Ministers
Ask Rivers to Stop
Liquor Sales in State
ATLANTA, June 14.—A group of
Mehtodist ministers fighting to stanch
1 of whisky into legally “dry”
1 upon Gov. E. D. Riv
ers today tv use the fullest powers of
his office “to eradicate the traffic in
strong drink.”
The action followed up a demand
last week by state officials that the
federal government move to dam up
Georgia’s borders.
Georgia, which for a, second
straight time voted June 8 to retain
its twenty-two-year-old dry laws,
permits sale of beverages up to 21
per cent, alcoholic content and bans
distilled liquors.
In Washington, the federal alcohol
tax administration promised co-op
eration on enforcement as far as
possible under the law, but the At
lanta office said the government was
hampered in acting because it con
siders Georgia actually a “wet” state
since the national enforcement stat
ute specifies a 4 per cent, alcohol
limit.
Representative Malcolm C. Tarver
(dem., Ga.), seeking to tighten the
government’s ban on liquor importa
tions in dry states and help protect
Georgia, introduced a bill in congress
today which would impose a fine of
SI,OOO or a year’s prison sentence for
such violations.
Georgia borders on four states
where whisky is legal—Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Florida.
The ministers who launched the
drive today represented church :■%
within a fifty-mile radius of Atlanta.
By resolution they suggested “par
ticularly the newly formed highway
patrol” as a state enforcement agen
cy.
NEWS OF
THE WEEK
ATLANTA, June 15.—(GPS).—A
new and promising business seasor
is just ahead, declared C. M. Methvin,
Jr., editor of the Vienna News, re
cently in a discussion of business with
his advertisers. He struck a reason
able note which will appeal to news
paper readers everywhere.
“Business,” said Mr. Methvin.
“makes business. It is time to give
thought to merchandising and pro
motional plans which will insure that
you will get your full share of the
season’s business. You have purchas
ed new stocks and dressed ycur store
with new merchandise, but the sell
ing task is still ahead of you. In
mapping your selling plans do not
fail to take into account the import
ance of newspaper advertising. It is
one of the most vital cogs in every
successful selling campaign.”
The truthfulness of Mr. Methvin’s
statement has been proved through
the years again and again, not only
in the big daily newspapers, but in
the small country papers as well. As
a matter of fact, the finest selling job
done among newspapers as a whole
is done by the country weekly news
paper which goes into the homes of
all residents of the community. It is
their trusted friend and its advertis
ers are rewarded with their business.
FRESH FRUIT:
There is no commercial agriculture
which could exist without transporta
tion, declared Joseph B. Eastman, of
the interstate commerce commission.
“The modern developments such as
those which give our city dwellers
fresh fruits and vegetables all the
year round, have been made possible
only by improvements in transporta
tion which probably no one, speaking
fifty years ago on the same subject,
would have ventured to predict.
GIST OF THE NEWS:
Atlantians have been complaining
about noisy motorists blowing their
horns at midnight beer spots and the
police recently called a halt. In one
evening, nine horn-tooting motorists
“blew” themselves into police court.
By a strange coincidence on June
6 two sisters, Mrs. L. V. Johnson, 72,
of Atlanta, and Mrs. I. E. NeSmith,
80, of Brooklet, Ga., near Statesboro,
died within a few minutes of each
other at about 6 o’clock in the morn
ing.
Carbon Black Used
Carbon black, made by burning
natural gas, is used mainly in
toughening rubber.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937.
Receives Nightingale Medal
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WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . The Florence Nightingale Medal, which Is
given every other year to outstanding nurses throughout the world,
was awarded to Miss Ida F. Butler, for her 19 years of nursing service
with the Red Cross.
TERRELL B. COCHRAN
DIES OF INJURIES
By MRS. F. \V. BROOME.
Terrell B. Cochran, a beloved and
well known citizen of this county,
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Tom Little, of Rome, last Thurs
day at 1:15 a.m., after being serious
ly hurt when struck by an automobile
on Tuesday. He was rushed to Harbin
hospital and appeared not to be se
riously hurt and was later removed
to his daughter’s home, where he
died unexpectedly.
Mr. Cochran had resided in this
county for many years where his gen
tle, kind, Christian nature won him
many friends. He spent some time
with his daughters, and was visiting
Mrs. Little when he was accidentally
hurt. His death came as a great shock
to his relatives and friends here, as
he had been away only a few days
and was so well. Ha was a very de
vout and active membeer of the Bap
tist church for many years. He was
74 years of age.
Surviving Mr. Cochran are two
laughters, Mrs. Tom Little, of Rome,
and Mrs. John H. Kellett, of Atlanta,
and an only son, J. E. Cochran, of
Summerville, and several nephews
and nieces in this and Walker coun
;ies, besides many friends.
Funeral services were conduced
,'rom the South Summerville Baptist
:hurch Friday at 2 p.m. by the R v.
Williams and the Rev. J. A. Smith,
interment in Pennville cemetery, with
Paul Weems Funeral home in charge.
MRS. N. R. PULLEN.
Mrs. N. R. Pullen, a former belov
ed resident of this county, died Sun
lay afternoon at the home of her
son, Rev. Alfreed Pullen, in Cuthbert,
Ga. She was in the eighties, having
a long, useful Christian life, rearing
a large family.
Mrs. Pullen, who formerly resided
here and in Trion, has resided with
Rev. Alfred Pullen for the last ten
years.
Surviving Mrs. Pullen are four
sons, Rev. A. L. Pullen, of Cuthbert;
C. G. Pullen, of Chattanooga; J. A.
Pullen, of this place, and R. E. Pul
len, of Dadeville, Ga.; three daugh
ters, Mrs. L. R. Penley, of Lindale;
Misses Byrd and Nonnie Pullen, of
Cuthbert; a brother, J. A. League,
and an only sister, Miss Sarah Lea
gue, both of this place.
A short funeral service was held at
the family residence in Cuthbert
Monday morning. The final rites were
held at the First Baptist church here
at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, with
the Rev. J. G. Hunt, a former belov
ed pastor of the deceased, officiating,
assisted by Dr. O. P. Gilbert, editor
of the Christian Index, Atlanta, and
the Rev. J. C. Jackson, local pastor.
Interment was in the local ceme
tery, with the Paul Weems Funeral
home in charge.
Little Minnie Lee Allen.
Little Minnie Lee Allen, the 5-
month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lou Allen, died at the family resi
dence near Summerville Sunday mgnt.
She is survived by her parents.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the graveside in the Penn
vills cemetery Monday at 11 a.m. by
the Rev. S. L. Hunter, with the Paul
Weems Funeral home in charge.
MOTHER REGAINS BABY.
LOS ANGELES. Mrs. Marian
Brown Beard, 20, has regained her
baby daughter after “selling” her be
fore ibrth to her sister-in-law in re
turn for payment of Mrs. Beard’s hos
pital bills. The judge who heard the
case ruled that the mother had no
legal right to attempt to sell her un
born baby and the other party was
equally in error in attempting to pur
chase the child.
NO WONDER!
DAYTON, Tex.—Visiting this town
for the first time in more than eight
een years, although her home was
only a mile from the city, Mrs. Os
car White, 68, remarked: “I
amazed at the changes.’’
M’NATT WILLIAMS VIE
TATE ARENA JUNE 19
In the main go of the second fight
card to be staged at the new Tate
athletic arena, Saturday, June 19,
which is located between Trion and
Summerville, Stii’fy Williams, of Car
tersville, takes on a most formidable
opponent in Raymond McNatt, the
Memphis, Tenn., whirlwind welter.
McNatt, in sixty-three profession
al fights, has won fifty-four, of which
eleven were by the K. O. route. In
his last appearance, at Jackson, after
which a foot infection kept him in
active for two months, he took a
thrilling ten-round decision from Kid
Morehead, the Huntsville slugger.
Stiffy Williams, who is well kno#h
in this section for his ‘shell position’
fighting, will be in a swell spot to
show the fight fans his ability, as he
will enter the squared circle as the
underdog in this contest.
In th. semi-final, Joe Apperson,
the pride of Calhoun and a favorite
of all North Georgia fight-goers, will
meet Jimmy Haggard, of Jackson,
Tenn. This match will give Joe a
chance to show his real worth, as his
opponent in his former appearance
Jiere was nowhere in his class.
In the third preliminary, Slick
Smith, of Summerville, takes on Clar
ence Anderson, the Bemis, Tenn.,
wildcat, in the colored bout of the
evening.
Two other good preliminaries be
tween local talent will fill out the
card. Hoyt Tinney facing Smock Da
vis, and K. O. Silvers meeting Leon
Espy.
Man and wife, no children, want
work of any kind, peach orchard,
driving teams, shop, mills, farm
work, care of children, poultry care,
yard, garden, care of invalid and
house, care of stock, melon or peach
hauler. Want house or rooms. Write
Benton Hall, Rome, Ga., R. 3, care
of Mrs. Pierce’s box.
P.W.A.
The public works administration
may get a two-year lease of life if
the senate approves a house bill per
mitting the PWA to use $95,500,000
in its revolving fund and $40,000,000
additional funds for grants up to 45
per cent, to projects voted by states
and subdivisions in expectation of
FOR SALE —Nice broilers, ranging
from two to two and one-half lbs.
—L. H. Reavis, Summerville, Ga.
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GRAND BEACH, Mich. ... Jim
Braddock, heavyweight champion,
has been"* officially pronounced
ready to defend his title
Joe; Louts June 28 at Chicago. ___
ANIMATED CARTOON
INVENTOR PAUPER
Paris has discovered that the
inventor of the animated animal
cartoons now so popular on the
silver screen is in a city work
house infirmary.
Emile Cohl, at 80, is unknown,
although his invention has made
fortunes for others. He can look
back on the day thirty years ago
when his phantasmagoria was
shown and acclaimed in Paris. He
made more than 1,800 drawings,
a little different from the one
which went before.
The cartoons had comic figures
without any background, and
proved so popular that in four
years Cohl sold 300 of these films
but the highest price he ever re
ceived was about SBO. In 1912 lie
showed his cartoons in the Unit
ed States, and since then the idea
has gone round the world.
BRIDGEOVERCLEOHORN
BRANCH TB BE WIDENED
The State Highway Board of Geor
gia is advertising for bids in this
week’s issue of The News for fur
nishing all labor, material, equipment
and other things necessary for widen
ing the present concrete arch bridge
to 40-foot roadway, on what is local
ly known as the Summerville-La Fay
ette road. The work will be let in one
contract.
According to the notice to contrac
tors, work will begin ten days after
formal execution of contract, which
will be let July 2, 1937, and must be
completed within 90 working days.
Plans and specifications are on file
at the office of the state highway
board in Atlanta, and at Rome, Ga.,
and at the office of the county com
missions of Chattooga county at
Summerville, where they may be in
spected free of charge.
The public generally will be pleas
ed to learn that this bridge will soon
be widened and put in first-class con
dition.
Chattooga Boy Finishes
At the State University
Elton L. Perry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. H. Perry, of near Gore, was
graduated from the University of
Georgia in Athens, at the commence
ment exercises held there Tuesday.
Elton received a B. S. degree in
agriculture and will hold a position
in Athens this summer.
He is a member of the Alpha Zeta
and Phi Kappa Phi honorary frater
nities, and made the dean’s list every
quarter.
DEATHS.
The death rate in the United States
went to 11.5 per 1.000 population last
year, reaching the highest level since
1929. In 1935 the rate was 10.9. To
tal deaths in 1936 were 1,474,177.
North Dakota had the lowest death
rate, 8 per 1,000 population. South
Dakota’s 8.7 was second and other
low rates included Arkansas, 9.2; Ok
lahoma, 9.2; and Utah, 9.9. Arizona,
with 15.5, had the highest death rate.
Others near the top included the Dis
trict of Columbia, 14.7; Nevada, 14.4;
New Mexico, 13.8; Maine ,13.3, and
Maryland, 13.1.
SHIPS.
President Roosevelt has asked con
gress for $10,000,000 as the begin
ning of a $160,000,000 fund to pro
vide construction subsidies for ninety
five vessels, including ten fast tank
ers. The money would be used under
the 1935 Maritime act which provides
for subsidies up to 50 per cent, of the
differential between the cost of build
ing a ship in this country and abroad.
Moreover, operating favors and long
term loans at low rates would enable
our ships to compete with those of
foreign nations.
SELL BLOOD FOR TUITION.
AUSTIN, Tex.—One way students
at the University of Texas have of
raising the money for their tuition
fees is by selling their blood for
transfusions at $25 a pint. Some do
nors have given as many as* five
transfusions in nine months.
NINE DIE IN BURNING BUS.
REDDING, Calif.—Nine passen
gers and the driver of a large bus
were burned to death when the ma
chine overturned and burst into
flames, trapping the victims in the
wreckage.
HANDS-OFF.
The president continues to main
tain a hands-off policy in regards to
various strikes. Recently eighty lo
cal steel unions sought White House
aid only to have their telegraphic re
quest referred to the national labor
relations board.
All-Day Singing At
Perennial Springs
There will be an all-day singing at
Perennial Springs Baptist church
next Sunday, June 20. All singers
are cordially invited. Come and bring
■well-filled baskets.
8 PAGES
THIS
WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
SOCIAL SECURITY
SET-UP HASTENS
WORK IN GEORGIA
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
WORKING AT TOP SPEED TO
COMPLETE PLANS.
ATLANTA, June 15 (GPS-.—When
the people of Georgia spoke so em
phatically at the polls in favor of the
social security and other constitution
al amendments the state department
of public welfare was put to work
at top speed to complete arrange
ments for old-age pensions and other
social security benefits, authorized
by the voters. Hope was expressed
in Atlanta that the payments will be
started by the state ''and counties
with very little further delay. Pay
ment, it was explained, could not be
started until after the ratification of
the amendments.
The heavy vote in the June 8 elec
tion was attributed jointly to the in
terest in the social security amend
ments and in repeal. Final check-ups
showed that about 200,0C0 voters of
the state exercised their franchise.
The final total against repeal was
102,929 and for repeal was 94,652.
The drys this time carried about
three-fourths of the counties against
two-thirds of the counties two years
ago. Their majority this year was
more than 8,000 against 243 two
years ago.
Specifically the twenty-six amend
ments, several of which are purely lo
cal, provide authority for the state
to levy taxes for old-age pensions, the
same authority for counties, the ex
emption of owner-occupied home
steads valued up to $2,000 from tax
ation, the exemption of personal
property up to S3OO in value from
taxation, permission for the general
assembly to classify property for
taxation. These above amendments
were known as the “Rivers Amend
ments,” and bore the stamp of ad
ministration sponsorship.
Further amendments provided pow
er for tax levies for widows of Con
federate veterans married prior to
Jan. 1. 1920, allowing the general as
sembly to convene itself, permitting
justices of the supreme court to se
lect substitutes for members disqual
ified, permitting acceptance of guil
ty pleas in misdemeanors to speed up
court work, allowing counties to levy
taxes to support home demonstration
and agricultural agents, and sixteen
purely local amendments.
SCOUTS TO GATHER.
WASHINGTON. The National
Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, which meets in Washington be
ginning June 29, is expected to tax
the housing capacity of the capital
which is accustomed to large gather
ings. More than 31,000 youngsters
are expected to be housed in the
“tented city,” which has been in proc
ess of construction here for more
than two months. An estimated 1,-
000,000 other visitors are expected to
visit Washington during the eleven
day gathering of the Scouts.
TWO DROWN IN GASOLINE.
ST. LOUIS. —While attempting to
measure the gasoline in a tank car at
their filling station, Oliver Behrens,
34, lost his balance and fell through
the open trap. Carl Behrens, 37,
plunged into the tank in an effort to
save his brother. Both drowned.
Many Castes in India
There are hundreds of castes in
India, but the highest and lowest
have the most members. The for
mer is the Brahmin, or priestly
class. The latter is the Chamar
caste. The Chamars are at the bot
tom of the social ladder because
they work in hides and leather.
Wrestling.
Wrestling fans of this section wit
nessed the first all-wrestling show
staged here in many months last
Saturday night, at the new Tate ath
letic arena between Summerville and
Trion. The crowd was not so large,
but the wrestlers put on a good show,
really mixing it up. Joe Dillman, the
villian who was scheduled to show,
was unable to be there on account of
an injury. Joe Washburn, 200 pound
er, very capably substituted.
In the opening bout, Washburn
wrestled Wild Bill Collins. Each took
a fall and Collins, a youngster, won
the third and deciding fall, when
Referee Speedy Spear awarded the
match to Collins when Washburn
failed to stop choking and eye goug
ing. It was a real rough match, with
Washburn taking the lead.
In the final, Walter Stratton bow
ed to Tony Machino in one of the fin
est wrestling matches seen in these
parts in many months. Collins was
the favorite with the crowd.
Another wrestling show will be
held in this arena a week from Sat
urday. Promoters are making an ef
fort to bring Washburn back with a
good man.