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State—County
And Local
Happenings
VOL. 52 ; NO. 5.
BILLION AND HALF IS
APPROVED BY HOUSE
Chamber Votes ‘Blank Check’
to Administration, 339 to 6,
Sends It to Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 4.—The
Roosevelt administration virtually re
ceived a “blank check” enabling- it to
lend $1,500,000,000 to combat the re
cession when the house passed today,
339 to 6, a bill increasing the lending
powers of the Reconstruction Finance
corporation.
Tre bill did not actually go to the
White House immediately, because
the senate had yet to act on a house
amendment, but it was considered cer
tain that it soon would be sent to
President Roosevelt.
Although it grants wide powers to
the RFC to help business, the admin
istration has not announced a spe
cific program to apply the powers.
Long-Term Loans.
One major section of the bill per
mits tre RFC to make long-term loans
to business. The agency is now re
stricted to loans maturing in 1945.
The long-term credits may be of a
character that banks won’t touch. In
the words of Jesse H. Jones, the gov
ernment “can afford to take a chance
that the banks cannot.”
Another important feature of he
bill is that it revives he power of the
RFC to make loans to states and
municipalities which demonstrate
ability to pay for work-giving proj
ects.
OAK HILL NEWS.
We are sorry to know that Taylor
Toles is under the doctor’s care.
Miss Josie Reynolds spent the
week-end with Miss Nora Ward.
Miss Bessie Ruth Jones spent Sun
day with Miss Eugenia Rickett.
Mrs. Carl Pledger and son, of na
Fayette, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. P. E. Reece and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Yarbrough
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Edthridge Yarbrought.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Dempsey spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hall, of Alpine,
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. P. E. Reece.
Misses Elsie and Helen Dempsey
spent Sunday with Misses Pauline
and Jewel Dempsey.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Ward spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Jones.
Joe Reed was dinner guest of Mack
Bryant Sunday.
Rev. Rutland’s son, of Atlanta,
brought the message Sunday morn
ing at this place. We are glad
know that Rev. Rutland is improv
ing after an illness.
The Lyerly Fellowship club enter
tained the Epworth league Sunday
night with a very interesting pro
gram.
Miss Bessie Ruth Jones gave a
birthday party in honor of Miss Zana
Bullard Saturday night. Every one
reported a nice time.
Miss Evelyn Garner is making
her home with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dempsey at the present.
Misses Flora and Lillian Gardner
spent Sunday afternoon with Miss
Jewel Reece.
Rubert Joyner was dinner guest of
T. J. Reed Sunday.
B. R. Blaylock was dinner guest of
Mr. and Mrs. George Reece Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Joyner were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Rickett Sunday.
W. D. Holt spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollice Reece spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John
Chappelear.
Hoke Reece was dinner guest of
Miss Eugenia Rickett Sunday.
Reno Rinehart, of Jamestown, mo
tored to Oak Hill Sunday.
Miss Loyd Reece spent Sunday
night with Miss Beatrice Reece.
Miss Zana Bullard spent Saturday
night with Miss Bessie Ruth Jones.
We are glad to know that Miss
Hilda Reece is improving.
We are glad to know that E. L.
Harrison is improving.
Frank Kirkland, of Chattanooga,
was a visitor rere Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Daff Vernon and hil
den spent Saturday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Hall.
Little J. C. Jones is ill with the
measles.
Our Sunday school is improving
nicely. TWO PAES.
SINGING AT BERRY TON.
Next Sunday, April 10, is our reg
ular singing day at Berryton. We are
expecting several quartets and many
other good singers. All singers and
the general public are cordially in
vited. Singing will start at 2 p.m.
OPTICIAN COMING.
Dr. M. K. Sappy, of Atlanta, will
return to our store FRIDAY, APRIL
15, (one day only). Eyes examined,
glasses fitted.—McGinnis Drug Co.
Biinuiwnnllr Nms
Post Office Moves To
New Building Tuesday
The people of Summerville are
now receiving their mail from the
new post office building, which *
was opened to the public Wed
nesday morning.
The new building adds a touch
of beauty to our fast-growing
city.
The official dedication of the
new post office will be announc
ed at a later date.
STATE’S RURAL-URBAN
WOMEN MAKE HISTORY
5,000 Attends First Annual
Rural-Urban Women’s Con
ference in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, April 6 (GPS).—“His
tory is being made in this rural-urban
setting, and I am glad I am having
a part in it.”
Thus spoke Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt, the nation’s First Lady, in an I
address before 5,000 persons attend- ,
ing the recent first annual rural-ur- |
ban women’s conference held in At- J
lanta.
“Have fewer children and better ■
children,” Mrs. Roosevelt counselled, I
“so the farm population can be rais- 1
ed to a newer and higher level. Chil- •
dren should be educated in the mod- \
ern may, in life as well as in books.” ,
Mrs. Robin Wood, director of the
conference, announced that the con
ference would become a far-flung en
terprise, with monthly meetings in
every Georgia county, and with so
cial, civic and church organizations
taking part.
State News
Os Interest
ATLANTA, April 6 (GPS).—The
president of the United States is
back in the national capitol after
spending a ten-day vacation in his
adopted state Georgia. President
Roosevelt made many interesting
statements—as is his habit —while at
Warm Springs, but of unusual sig
nificance was his statement that he
had “no inclination to be a dictator.”
Staggering Figures:
Purchases of fuel, materials and
supplies used by the Class I rail
roads of the United States in Con
nection with their operation amount
ed to $966,383,000 in 1937, according
to statistics compiled by the Asso
ciation of American Railroads, and
made publi'* by Atlanta railway ex
ecutives. This was an increase of
$162,926,(00 over similar purchases ’
in 1936, due partly to higher prices
and also to the larger volume of
freight traffic in the first half of the
year. The business recession, declin
ing traffic and the financial condi
tion of the carriers in the latter part
of the year, however, brought about
a sharp curtailment in railroad pur
chases. The comparative figure in
1930 was $1,038,500,000.
Gist of the News: '
Geogia’s state government spent
$29,794,402.45 in the first eight
months of the 1936-37 fiscal year,
compared to $18,991,927.13 for the
previous period . . . Payments to
Georgia farmers under the 1936 agri
cultural conservation program up to
Nov. 30, 1937, was $11,434,234, the
AAA revealed . . . State highway
patrols have been ordered to stop all
motorists whose autos have improp
er lights . . . Georgia’s vegetable
crops, valued at more than ten mil
lion dollars in 1937, will amount to
double that valuation in 1938, it is
estimated . . . Georgia had a total of
130,661 persons unemployed, exclu
sive of 36,549 “emergency workers,”
as of last November, national census
figures show ... A total of $1,922,-
789 was spent in Georgia during Feb
ruary for welfare and relief purposes
Blissful Ignorance.
His uncle was giving him a lec
ture.
“You modern boys want too
I was getting when I married your
much,” he said. “Do you know what
aunt?”*
Talmadge To Speak At
Milledgeville April 12th
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. Former I
Gov. Eugene Talmadge will be the
principal speaker at a meeting spon
sored by the Veterans’ club of Mil
ledgeville here on Tuesday night, i
April 12, at 8 p.m. eastern standard
time. The speaking will be held at
the Baldwin county court house and ,
the general public is invited, the Vet
erans’ club rooms being insufficient
to accommodate the crowds expected.
Try Th'e’ News Want Ads.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1938.
GOLDEN JUBILEE MEET
OF BAPTIST WOMEN
Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting
Will be Held With New
Hope (N.) Church.
The forty-fifth annual meeting of
the Baptist Woman’s Missionary mo
tion, will meet with New Hope, north,
tion, will meet with New Hope, nortr,
Baptist church on April 19, beginning
at 10 o’clock.
Theme: Sound the Trumpet Thru
out the Land.
Hymn.
Prayer.
Devotional, Psalm 96:8, Mrs. Jim
my Parker.
Welcome, Mrs. Nettie Sitton.
Response, Mrs. Carrie Harper.
Recognition of pastors and visitors.
Each member is asked' to quote a
verse of scripture, given by Jesus as
a command to His followers.
“Set the Trumpet to Thy Mouth.”
Treasurer’s report, Mrs. Gibson.
Brief report of each organization.
“Sound the Trumpet Call to Study
World Conditions,” Mrs. George
Morton.
“He Put a Trumpet in Every Man’s
Hand,” Mrs. W. G. Justice.
“Blow the Trumpet and Warn the
People,” Mrs. Guy Atkinson.
Hymn.
Offering.
Appointment of committees.
Message, Mrs. James L. Clegg.
Address—Missionary.
Afternoon Session.
Devotional, Watchword, Mrs. John
League.
“Youthful Trumpeters, Mrs. Min
mie Parker.
“The Great Trumpet Shall Be
Blown,” Mrs. J. C. Jackson.
“Sing Unto the Lord a New Song,”
Mrs. J. L. Pollock.
White Cross, Mrs. Will Clarkson.
“Proclaim the* Message Through
the Press,” Mrs. J. W. Parris.
Song, “Blest Be the Tie.”
EFFIE LEATH, Supt.
MINNIE JUSTICE, Sec.
Politics and Old-Age Pensions
Mixed.
Did it ever occur to you that the
reason that most politicians oppose
the Townsend old-age pension plan
might be because it is so simple in
its operation that there is no place
for spending the people’s money in
paying high salaries to a great host |
of people for doing nothing except ,
playing politics in building up the
machine that give them their jobs.
The Townsend old-age pension plan
calls for S2OO per month. Why not
make it a smaller sum? Let every
person on reaching the age of 60 go
before the ordinary, prove his age,
give him possibly 25 cents, go out and
spend his money for things that he
needs, and go home feeling the thrill
i the more abundant life.
The politicians say we can’t raise
.he money. They do raise large sums
(or other causes and waste it with
out doing any permanent good for
the people. It is no small sum that
s wasted in administering our pres
nt old-age pension plan.
It is reported that in one state |
vhere the light has been turned on,
old-age pension checks continued to I
go out to dead persons, and some ■
ueople in good circumstances finan-!
cially were drawing checks for S3O ;
per month while others who were i
really in need were drawing much
less. Conditions were so rotten that
federal aid was withdrawn. It is op
enly charged in Georgia that some
practically rich people with political
following are drawing S3O per month,
while the little fellow that actually
needs it, but without political pull,
is receiving from $6 to SB. I do not
know whether or not these charges
are true, but I do know that if they
are not true, the charge could be eas- |
ily refuted by opening up these rec- i
ords for inspection by the public. !
This the officials refuse to do. If all
is on the square, why not open up the
records ? Let everyone see the amount .
that all persons are drawing. This is |
public money and the public has a
right to know where and how its mon
ey is spent. These officials and agents
should be made to realize that they
are supposed to serve all the people
and not that bunch of selfish politi
cians. Again, I say that I do not know
if these charges are true, but I know
that they are publicly charged and
widely published, and one thing that
I am pretty certain of and that is
that these charges relate bo the high
er-ups, the state headquarters, and
do not have any bearing on our local
I county matters, for so far as I know
all our pensioners in this county
come within the lower brackets. What
I do know and the thing that con
j cerns me most, is the fact that we
still have many old people in our
I county that are desperately in need
■ and have no pensions or any promise
of one soon. These old people are
eligible, in need and dependent, and
' it is plain to all people that these old
people are being ignored and neg-
Llected. - • . ■B. E. NEAL.
THESE ARE LIFESAVERS
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THAT’S what Consumers Information
calls these workers in a Pittsburgh
glass plant, who are testing and finishing
non-shatterable glass for use in automo
biles. It is explained that one of the great
est hazards in auto accidents used to be
flying glass, which was the most common
cause of injury. Now all American cars
HUGH HOWELL ENTERS
GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Without the Support of His
Former Political Chieftain,
Eugene Talmadge.
ATLANTA, April 6 (GPS).— Hugh
Howell, who served as state demo
cratic executive committee chairman
u*der the Talmadge regime, has be
come a candidate for governor of
Georgia—but without the support of
his former political chieftain, ex-Gov.
Eugene Talmadge.
On the subject, Mr. Talmadge
said: “Here’s answering the great
number of inquiries that I have re
ceived within the past few days in
reference to Hugh Howell running
for governor of Georgia. I did not
encourage Mr. Howell to make the
race for governor. I am not support
ing Hugh Howell for governor. This
is definite, final and specific.”
Said Mr. Howell: “I supported Gov.
Talmadge when he ran for governor
both times. I’m not withdrawing from
the race for governor of Georgia.”
This statement was taken to mean
that he is a candidate, although he
has not formally announced.
Formal Opening Os
Menlo Gymnasium
The formal opening of the Menlo
gymnasium will be held Friday night,
April 8, at 8 o’clock, when a three
aet mystery play, “Hobgobblin
House,” will be presented by Menlo
school faculty and local talent.
Admission 15 and 25 cents.
CHATTOOGA COWS MAKE
NEW OFFICIAL RECORDS
Peterborough, N. H.—Four Guern
sey cows owned by Riegeldale farms
(the Trion company), Trion, Ga., have
just finished new official records for
production which entitles them to en
try in the advanced register of the
American Guernsey Cattle club. These
animals include 4-year-old Temple
Place Fannie 375763, producing 10,-
861.8 pounds of milk and 552.8 pounds
of butter fat in class CC; 3-year-old
Josephine of Ponce de Leon 394413,
producing 10j998.6 pounds of milk
and 555.5 pounds of buetter fat in
class E; 3-year-old Mozingo’s Duchess
402324, producing 9,799.1 pounds of
milk and 540.2 pounds of butter fat
in class EE, and 2 and 1-2-year-old
Radiant’s Evelyn of R. S. 440334,
producing 11,236.6 pounds of milk
and 490.6 pounds of butter fat in
. class F.
Mistrial Called In the
Case of B. W. Farrar
A mistrial resulted from the
case of B. W. Farrar, which went
to the jury late last Wednesday
afternoon.
The jury was out on the case
until Friday morning, when a
mistrial was called.
Mr. Farrar was charged with
embezzlement from the Chattoo
ga County bank, which closed its
doors last summer, and is now in
i liquidation.
are equipped with the shatter-proof va
riety, developed by American industrial
research experts especially for this pur
pose, and the saving of many lives is the
result. The man shown above keeps a
constant vigil with his pyrometer, to as
sure proper melting conditions. The girl
is polishing the edges of a car window.
SCHOOL-BOY PATROL
PLAN TO BE GIVEN
Will Be Announced Sunday
Night at a Union Church
Service in Columbus.
COLUMBUS, April 6 (Special)—
The organization of a mammoth
school-boy patrol with students onl
duty in every school in the state will
be announced Sunday night at a un- |
ion all-denominational church serv-1
ice by L. E. Sullivan, director of safe- j
ty education for the Georgia state
patrol.
Speaking to a congregation com
posed of church members and civic
club leaders in the First Baptist
church, he will point out that 253 ■
school boys and girls were injured,
103 killed, by automobiles in Georgia
during 1937 and a like number in :
1936. i!
“Not one of these deaths occurred ■
where a schooLboy patrol system was
working. These school-,boy patrols
have stopped this type of fatal ac- [
cident everywhere they have been
tried and we want to extend the serv- ,
ice to the rural and smaller commun- ■
ity schools all over the state,” he will I
say.
Under the plan, the Georgia state
patrol will assist teachers and prin
cipals in organizing school-boy pa- j
trols and present each student mem- |
ber with a badge and insignia. The |
patrols would change every three j
months and a prize of an educational
trip through Georgia will be given
by the state troopers to ten “out- |
standing” school boy patrolmen ev- ■
ery three months.
This will be the second safety meet- ’
ing staged in the state during the ■
past two weeks. The other was in Al- ■
bany on March 31, where over 300
members of city and county civic,
groups gathered to organize the T- j
man system of accident prevention, i
Sullivan told the Albany group “the I
pioneering in this type of control to |
stop fatal accidents may lead to its |
adoption throughout the state if it
proves successful here in Albany.”
Experienced Men On
F. H. A. Title One To
Be Here April 14th
Willingham Smith, general mana
ger of the Rome Builders’ Supply
company, will be in Summerville, with
three experienced men, Thursday,.
I April 14, for the purpose of explain
i ing title 1 of the F.H.A. loans, which
i includes repairing, painting, roofing ,
and other improvements. |
Mr. Smith stated that they would |
make a house-to-house canvass to ex- I
plain the title, and that repairing, I
painting, roofing, etc., can be done
on the installment plan, giving from
six months to three years to pay.
Those interested in repairing can
get full information on the plan next,
Thursday by experienced men. See j
J. A. Scoggins or J. G. Allen for
other details.
Coxswain—Say, chief, that seaman
hag been sitting there all day, doing
nothing but wasting his time.
Chief—How do you know?
j Coxswain—l’ve been watching him.
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Medium For
North Georgia
$1.50 A YEAR
NATION WIDE SCHOOL
ESSAY ANNOUNCED
“Wings Across America” Is the
Subject of Essay Contest
Announced Wednesday.
Summerville, Ga., April 6—“ Wings
Across America” is the subject of
a nation wide school essay contest
announced by Postmaster Furman
F. Chapman who has just received
the Rules and Regulations governing
this contest. The essays are to be
based on the progress, dependability
and future possibilities of this meth
od of modem communication. This
contest should create more interest
in aviation than has ever been
known in the nation, as every high
school pupil in America has an even
chance to win one of more than a
hundred valuable prizes.
Mr. Chapman states that every
high school pupil in Chattooga coun
ty is urged to enter this contest.
There will be two prizes for some
boy or girl in every state of the Un
ion. The first state prize to be an
airplane trip from the winners’s
nearest airport to Washington, D.
C., and return. The second state
prize will be a trophy to be pre
sented -by the Georgia Air Mail
Week Campaign Committee.
The essays of pupils winning a
trip to Washington and return will
be entered in a National contest in
which the winner will be given an
airplane trip expenses paid to Holly
wood, Calif., for those living east
of the Mississippi River, or to Mi
ami, Fla., if the winner lives west
of the Mississippi River. The second
National prize will be a trophy,
while the third will be a plaque to
be presented by the National Air
Mail Week Committee.
Mr. Chapman states that the es
says must be submitted not later
than May 1, 1938, and all eligible
pupils desiring full particulars of
the Essay Contest should see either
their school principal or postmaster
at once.
A CARD OF THANKS
I will not find words to express
my gratitube and thanks_ for the
kindness shown me in the sickness
and death of my precious wife, and
who was so very, very kind in every
may God bless each and every one
way in my sad hours. I will never
find words of gratefullness to con
vey my thanks to the dear doctors
and kind hearted nurses for their
untiring and never failing efforts.
I wish also to thank the undertakers
with Rev. L. A. Keith for their kind
words and faithful service. Many
thanks to the card room, spinning
room, cloth room, Dept, store and
Bro. J. W. and wife, also Glove mill,
Welcome Hill church together with
many others for their beautiful
flowers. As I close this sentence, I
truly beg a humble interest in all
praying people prayers that I may
be able to raise my little orphan
childrenchildren and the little 4
weeks old baby, that I may meet
their precious mother in heaven
some day. Again may God bless one
and all of the dear people is my
humble prayer.
Respect. Rev. Thomas J. Argo.
Chattooga Receives
$6,189.74 in Benefits
ATLANTA, April I—Chattooga
county received a total of $6,189.74
for public welfare and relief pur
poses during the month of February,
a report of the state department c*
public welfare shows.
Os the sum received, $1,784 was for
social security payments to the
needy aged, the blind, and dependent
children.
Surplus commodities valued at
$879.89, this sum representing the
expenditures of the county for the
aid of persons not eligible for WPA
work, CCC enrollment or any form
!of social security.
The total expenditures for the
i state as a whole during the month
were $1,922,789.70, distributed as
, follows:
S. S. payments □$ 336,143.50
Surplus commodities __ 223,681.32
i WPA wages 1,120,043.00
I CCC 193,150.00
General relief (local
I funds) 49,771.88
Singing mt Ebenezer Church.
The public is cordially invited to
j attend the singing to bo held at Eb
enezer Baptist church Sunday after
noon, April 10, at 1:30 o’clock. Many
' good singers are expected to be pres
j ent and we want a large crowd to en
j joy it with us.—President.
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More To the Point.
“Fish that Bark,” the headline
Interests me not a mite.
' What I and other anglers want
To find is fish that bite.