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The Summerville News
SUMMERVILLE, GA.
Official Organ of Chattooga County.
O. J. ESPY, Editor-Manager.
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Published Every Thursday by
THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO.
Entered at the Postoffice at Summerville, Ga.,
as Second-Class Mail Matter.
Guest Columnist.
(Editor’s Note: Guest writer
of the editorial oclumn for this
week is R. D. Barze. His views
are expressed and may or may
not be indorsed by The News.)
Summerville, Chattooga County
and the State of Georgia is fortunate
in having a citizen such as Frank
Dillard, Superintendent of the local
school organization.
He is what might be termed a sky
scraper man—his charity is above
commercialism —his business is above
trickery—his mind above scandal—
his politics above partisanship—his
private life above reproach—his pub
lic life above pettiness—and his good
intentions above suspicion.
Both Mrs. and Mr. Dillard have
been great aids in church work here
—'both being remarkably successful
pinch-hitters when special music was
needed. Mr. Dillard is a prominent
Rotarian and civic worker.
Congratulations, Summerville, on
being able to obtain such a fine out
standing man as Mr. Frank Dillard
for the Superintendent of your
Schools.
THOROBREDS DON’T CRY!
Much of the depression or reces
sion (or funereal profession) that
has hovered over the people of this
nation for the past few months has
been due to the fact that they did too
much fretting in trying to live over
the past—a thing that can not be
done —and, in worrying about what
the future might have in store for
them, they have failed to get the
most out of today. The folowing tak
en from an old scrapbook shows that
human nature has ever been the
same in this respect, and that some
few do adopt a happier philosophy:
Sure, this world is full of trouble,
I ain’t said it ain't.
Lord: we’ve had enough and double
Reason for complaint.
Rain and storm have ocme to fret me
Skies were often gray;
Thorns and brambles have beset me,
On the road—but say
Ain’t it fine today?
What’s the use of always weepin’
Makin’ trouble last?
What’s the use of always keepin’
Thinkin’ of the past?
Each must have his tribulation,
Water with his wine.
Life, it ain’t no celebration.
Trouble? I’ve had mine—
But today is fine.
It’s today that I’m a-livin’,
Not a month ago.
Havin’, losin’, taking’, givin’,
As time wills it so.
Yesterday, a cloud of sorrow
Fell across the way;
It may rain again tomorrow,
It may rain—but say
Ain’t it fine today?
Do you remember the two comic
strip characters called Happy Hooli
gan and Gloomy Gus? Poor old Hap
py was always living in hope, while
Gloomy saw nothing in sight but an
untertaker.
The business world is full of peo
ple just like that, and no matter
how well trained we may be, each
one of us is liable at times to lose
our emotional balance and become
one of these characters or the other.
That both are wrong in their out
look on life is apparent when one
stops to reason a bit.
If life and business were such that
we all became convinced that every
thing was rosy, we would spend most
of our time on golf links or taking
vacations and letting things run
along by themselves—into the grave
yard!
If, on the other hand, we awoke
each morning with a fear of bank
ruptcy and a thought that the coun
try was going to the dogs, we would
be so jittery that we might soon
bring about that actual condition.
Remember 1932?
Let us be thankful that the aver
age American, whether in business
or not, is a pretty sane individual,
and does not let his emotions swing
him off balance every time there is
a war scare, a fall in the stock mar
ket or a week of rain to slow up
sales.
The coming year looks good. The
fundamentals are good, and when
the end of the year rolls around we
believe it will show better results for j
1938 than we experienced in 1937,
which was a long way from being a
bad year.
THOROBREDS DON’T CRY!
Mrs. W. J. Keith, a prominent and
beloved resident of Lyerly, died Wed
nesday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m., at the
family residence. She was 75 years
of age.
Surviving Mrs. Keith are two sons,
L. J. and W. 8., of Rome; five daugh
ters, Mrs. Lizzie Walker, Mrs. H. L.
Smith and Mrs. W. J. Rawlls, of Ly
erly; Mrs. F. L. Battles, of Trion, and
Mrs. J. A. Love, of Montevallo, Ala.,
besides other relatives and friends.
The funeral services were conduct- ,
ed Thursday at the residence, Dr. B. !
F. Shamblin officiating. Interment in
Mt. Bethel cemetery at Broom town, |
Ala. Paul Weems Funeral home in
charge;
OFF ON A RAMBLE. I
On last Wednesday morning, May
25, a party of ladies and gentlemen
from this place and vicinity, equipped
with lunch baskets filled to the han
dles, bags of corn and oats and bun
dles of fodder, valises filled with, I
have no idea what all, sundry um
brellas, parasols, veils and with an
occasional paper of pins, and other
articles too numerous to mention,
started on a three days’ jaunt to the
falls of Little River on Lookout
mountain. Excepting the heat, which
was oppressive, and the dust, which
as the girls say, was “horrid," ev
erything was auspicious for a pleas
ant trip. The girls, clad in something
which they called “mountain clothes,”
never looked better, and were as
merry as so many larks. The boys—
well, they are not much to brag on
when speaking of looks; but—on this
occasion they did the best they could,
and looked as if they were willing
to do better.
Leaving Summerville about 6 o’-
clock, we reached the pleasant vil
lage of Alpine about 9. Here we halt
ed for a short time to get some wa
ter and rest. While here, a certain
young friend of the village came to
our party, which produced a just
barely noticeable flutter among the
feminine element, re-arranging
“bangs" and “come-along, boys”, (we
believe that is what they call them),
placing hats a trifle more jauntily,
etc. Thence our eyes were turned to
the blue-clad summit of the moun
tain, that rose in solemn awe and
grandeur before us, and with the
hope of much pleasure in gamboling
o’er their rugged nooks, carpeted in
nature’s verdure, with elastic steps
her Alpine heights were made.
The ladies who walked up to the
mountain brow had cheeks tinged to
Vermillion hues which no amount of
lily white or vinegar could rob of
their health-giving color. After rest
ing here for awhile, our next place
of rest was at Ellison’s spring, near
the Falls, where dinner was served
after coffee was made.
Here we took a long rest, and felt
very much refreshed for the pro
gramme of the afternoon, which was
to take a casual view of the falls,
and drive out to Mr. Mason’s, two
miles north of there.
Previous arrangement having been
made, we were cordially welcomed to
a home of opulence, which taste and
culture has made exquisitely lovely
and beautiful—and we will just drop
a paragraph here and say: We have
no doubt that the crowd spent mo
ments while there and gathered in the
epitome of their lives episodes, upon
which memory in after year will re
turn and delight to linger. One would
be much surprised to come suddenly
upon this imposing building out, as
it is sometimes termed, in the waste
and wilds of the mountain, but here
the hand of industry with the vulgar
axe has entered the forest, the sol
emn haunts of the midnight owl and
laid low her towering oaks, and upon
an eligible site stands a handsome
residence, with Gothic room, which
would grace the leading streets of
any metropolis. But aside from this,
the kindness with which the stran
ger is met by the inmates melts his
heart to tenderness and to joy.
The crowd spent part of two aft
ernoons and two nights here, and the
parlor presented a gay and festive
scene, the organ continually flutter
ing to the breeze, under the pressure
of tender and skillful hands; its
sweet strains of music, which we
were glad to see so much enjoyed by
j the family and several gentlemen
[ from some of the northern states,
who are boarding there.
The second day we made a visit to
the Falls and rock houses, and stay
ed until all were satisfied, but after
dinner was served under a nice shade
and a short rest indulged in, and we
suppose a few love-speeches made,
we returned to our stopping place for
the night. No sooner had the young
ladies reached their rooms than they
began, anew, a frolic among them
' selves that evinced a spirit full of
life and without a shadow of care.
Among the girls, the two younger
ones were noticeable for the gay man
ner in which they enjoyed life, one
a Tennessee jewel and the other a
Chattooga pearl, who, with their pu
erile innocence and simplicity and
we may say lovely faces, weave a
golden web around the hearts of all
with whom they come in contact, and
we could but wish that their lives
may ever be as bright and sunny as
now.
Some few weeks since we wrote a
sketch descriptive of the Falls, and
though it was meagre, we deem it
out of place to dwell further upon
them here, yet there is much for the
pen to tell and language to describe.
We left next morning for home,
stopping at Berry’s Spring for rest
and dinner, and just as the sun was
sinking behind the western hills the
journey was completed; and memory
led to brood over the events then of
the past. We can point to this trip
as one of the bright stars in the
canopy of pleasure’s tinsel skies, and
they who glide down the silvery
stream of time on gondolas wreath
ed with pleasure’s jeweled flowers
might have gladly, for awhile, an
chored there.
Jurors have been drawn to appear
at that time, those from Chattooga
county being as follows.
Frank H. Sims, Summerville; Os
car D. Wyatt, Menlo.
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938
THEY SAY
By HUBERT DODD
“A prophet is one who sees the
moment in its eternal setting.”—Dr.
Rufus Jones, mystic preacher of the
Friends church.
People are so cramped by time and
space that they see short! They are
not prophets. A prophet sees long.
He sees the “plus” that belongs to
the moment —the “plus” that belongs
to everything. And the “plus” is al
ways the biggest. A moment lost or
a moment wisely used is of great
significance. It affects me and oth
ers not for a mere sixty seconds, but
forever. How large is a moment to
the prophet’s eye! How large is an
event, a person, a word, a thought, an
act, to a prophet
A prophet, then, is not merely one
who is telling of a moment to come,
but one who is packing the moment
that is with eternal values. The pro
phets of the world have always been
those who served abundantly and
well their generation. By thus serv
ing the “present day” they said and
did things which had meaning for ev
ery day.
People who “compass land and sea,”
searching for a word about some fu
ture day, and at the same time are
indifferent to the present day, will
not have the long vision. Their view
will be short and rather meaningless.
We need prophets in our world,
Not to foretell what shall be,
But to tell forth what is—
Men to live and serve their best.
Who can see a moment clear,
Or an event, or a word, or a waif, —
Each as important as Eternity,—
Has caught the prophet’s spell.
When a prophet dies a halo
Lingers round his brow and we think
Prophets were but shall be no more
And there’s no prophecy now.
But it need not be the last
If men will but live now to show
How great a moment is, or a word,
A deed, or a soul, in Eternity’s light!
Singing at Perennial Springs
There will be an all day singing at
Perennial Springs Baptist church
next Sunday, April 24. All singers
and tho public are cordially invited
to attend. There will be special quar
tets. At the close of the singing, at
4 o’clock, there will be a baptismal
service.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Ballenger and
Charlotte Ballenger and Mrs. Tom
Gore attended the funeral of the ten
who were drowned more than a week
ago at Jasper. There were more than
5,000 attended the funeral and more
than 2,000 visited the place of the
disaster. T. H. Gore attended the
Presbytery in Marietta Tuesday and
Wednesday. Also visited his brother,
W. R. Gore, in Atlanta. Mrs. Tom
Gore visited in Rome Tuesday and
attended field day exercises. B. E.
High and family spent Sunday in the
home of G. D. Morton. Little Jean
Morton is indisposed with measles
at this writing. T. M. Ballenger con
tinues to improve.
FOR SAL7—Good work mare, weight
over 1,000 pounds. She has good
qualities in every way. Will sell
for cash or credit. —J. T. Clark,
Menlo, Ga.
Healthy-minded religion held need
of the world to end strife, in sermon
of Rabbi Stern.
Oil expropriations in Mexico pre
cipitate situation likely to test our
“good neighbor” policy.
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New 5 & 10c Store
To Open Saturday
'Shackleford’s 5 & 10c store, Sum
merville’s newest, will open their
doors to the public Saturday morning
at 9 o’clock. .
The new store, formerly occupied
by the Hammond’s 5 & 10c store, has
been completely remodeled.
The new variety store carries a
page ad elsewhere in this issue, of
fering many bargains at real savings.
The public is cordially invited to
visit this new store and inspect their
complete line of variety merchandise.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The public library has just receiv
ed a shipment of new and interesting
books which everyone is invited to
read free of charge, except for just
a few which are still on the rental
shelf, and may be read for only 2
cents per day. We feel sure that you
would just love to read these new
books, especially:
Malissa Starke, written by one of!
our southern authors, Annulet An- J
drews. This remarkable novel brings j
to you one of the most vivid heoines j
that have graced fiction in a long j
time—Melissa (“Mel”) Starke. It j
brings as well a memorable picture J
of Georgia in the transitional years j
immediately following the Civil war. j
The author herself lived through the j
period she writes about. The book
tells of “Mel’s” own life, of the in- j
termingled dramas of vast network
of relatives and friends. This is an
almost startling recreation of the
past—and an unforgettable creation
of a character.
Another good book is Amorella, by |
Grace Livingston Hill. Readers of the
nearly 2,000,000 copies of Mrs. Hill’s
delightful novels will welcome this j
latest romance.
As the story opens Amorella is left ;
alone in the house with no one but J
Hannah, the servant. After the un- j
timely death of her father. It was no
run for her to hear a man’s respon- J
sibility, dispose of furniture and en
tertain sympathetic neighbors. So the j
day Uncle Enoch’s invitation came, j
was an important one for Amorella. j
She was to make his house her home, j
But life at Uncle Enoch’s wasn’t all j
it was “cracked up to be.” Then j
George came, his ardent passion com- J
pletely sweeping her off her feet, j
and before long she was wearing an j
enormous engagement ring. Butj
somehow George was different. Amo- j
rella wondered if he was the wrong
one for her. Then Russell Garrison
made an appearance. The very way j
he looked at her, the very things he |
said showed his love for her. Will it |
be George or Russell ? Find out for j
yourself by reading “Amorella.”
We have so many good books that j
it’s impossible for us to tell you
something about each of these in the
paper, but come over to the library
and select one for yourself.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 12:15 a.m.—l
p,m. te 3:45 p.m.
ROYAL Theater
PROGRAM:
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
.SHIRLEY TEMPLE in
"Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm”
MATINEE THURSDAY AT 2:30.
You’d never know the old farm
now that a streamlined Radio Cen
ter’s moved in—with the newest dance
tunes and the latest in laughs and
romance! Six song hits and a medley
of Shirley’s famous hits of the past
(she sings them again.)
Also Selected Shorts and News.
SATURDAY ONLY:
CHARLES STARRETT in
"Cattle Raiders”
Rhythm Rides the Range! As rust
lers race for doom —in a bullet-spat
tered song fest of the thrill-filled
West! With Donald Grayson, the
sing sensation; Iris Meredith and
Sons of the Pioneers.
Also Serial and Selected Shorts.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
"Walking Down
Broadway”
With Claire Trevor, Phyllis Brooks,
Leah Ray, Dixie Dunbar, Michael
Whalen. Tom Beck.
A picture as brightly exciting as
Broadway itself—as teeming with
heart-catching drama as its shadowy
side streets!
Also Shorts and News of the Day.
Extra! Monday Night 'Only—10:00
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MIDNITE SPOOK SHOW MONDAY
NIGHT ONLY AT 10:00:
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
FARMERS & MERCHANTS
BANK
At close of business December 31, 1937, as called for
by the Superintendent of Hanks.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts $153,546.43 $91*854.54
Government Bonds 187 ’oiroG
Other Bonds i*
County Warrants 10,703.78 4,647.15
Cash on Hand and Due from
Approved Depositories 261,478.33 196,876.67
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures 7,060.00 7,060.00
Other Real Estate 2,990.00 3,240.00
Checks for Clearing 2,639.28
Other Resources |626.b7
TOTAL $639,212.26 $507,208.20
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock $ 25,000.00 $ 25.000,00
Surplus 8,000.00 5,500.00
Undivided Profits 8,012.40 6,444.80
Reserves _ 1,428.07 620.00
Deposits 1— - 596,771.79 469,643.40
TOTAL $639,212.26 $507,208.20
AVAILABLE CASH:
Cash on Hand and Due from
Approved Depositories —5261,478.33 $196,876.67
Government Bonds 187,519.24 187,519.24
TOTAL $448,997.57 $384,395.91
DEPOSITS:
Demand Deposits $449,642.09 $361,339.81
Time Deposits 147,129.70 108,303.59
TOTAL $596,771.79 $469,643.40
Note: Loans and Discounts $153,546.43; of this amount, $54,-
141.01 are Commodity Credit Cotton Loans and they are as
liquid as Government Bonds.
British millers buy twenty-four
shiploads of wheat on official plea
to lay in war stocks.
SAVE MONEY-Buy Watkins Fly Spray
Buy your Fly Spray needs from your Watkins Dealer and you
will save money. Watkins Fly Spray goes further than heavy
oil base sprays and really does the business. When you knock
flies down with Watkins Fly Spray they stay down. It has a high
killing-power and is clean and odorless. You can use it m the
barn or milk-house and it will not taint the milk.
There is another use for it. Use it in the house without fear
of staining curtains, rugs or draperies. There is no need of buy
ing an expensive household spray when you have Watkins Fly
Spray on hand.
I’ll be seeing you soon to take your order for this effective,
economical Spray and to tell you about the other bargains I
have on household products. You will save money by waiting
for my call.
N. B. DANIEL, MENLO, GA.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE
RAILROADS
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The railroads are one of the most important supporters
of the public school system. Railroad taxes pay for educa
tion of one million, six hundred thousand school children
each year. In many school districts the railroads pay more
in taxes than do all other taxpayers combined. The rail
roads of Georgia pay nearly seven hundred thousand dol
lars each year in school taxes. What hurts the railroads
hurts the schools, and what helps the railroads helps the
schools. When railroad business is bad and they have to
suspend or postpone tax payments, the school year must
often be shortened and facilities curtailed.
School teachers, parent-teacher associations, individual
parents and anyone else interested in the schools can help
keep them open by patronizing the railroads. School teach
ers travel frequently—to summer schools, to conventions,
to vacation centers. Frequent meeting of educational or
parent-teachers associations are held —for instance, the
National Education Association of the United States will
meet in New York June 26-30, with members and dele
gates coming from all over the United States. Individual
parents are often in position to send business over the
railroads—freight shipments perhaps, or perhaps passen
ger business on personal or business trips of themselves
or friends. School children themselves frequently can use
the railroads going to or from schools or colleges.
Any school teacher, any delegate to an educational .con
vention, any parent of a school child is helping himself as
well as the railroads and the schools when through giving
business to the railroads he strengthens their ability to
support the public school system through their taxes*
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Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
H. D. POLLARD, Receiver.
Savannah, Ga., April 19, 1938.
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Hopkins tells senate committee all
needy employables should get jobs,
with direct relief banned.