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State—County
And Local
Happenings
VOL. 52; NO. 8.
FORMER CIiATTOOOAN
IN FAR AWAY HAWAII
WRITES GOOD LETTER
Bunyan Atkins, Former Resi
dent, Writes of Conditions
In Honolulu.
3313 Maunaloa Ave.,
Honolulu, T. H.,
April 14, 1938.
Editor, The Summerville News.
Sir: Summerville is well represent
ed in Hawaii. Otis Cordle is here
again, patiently waiting for the ship
to deliver Edie and the children. J.
D. Howren, whose father works at
the cotton mills, has .been here three
years. Bunyan Atkins, whose name
will be familiar to a few persons in
Summerville, has lived in Hawaii five
years. Frank Atkins’ Bunyan’s young
est brother, is in Hawaii with the
fleet, aboard the cruiser Minneapo
lis. And George Rinehart and his wife
Thelma, nee Millican, have lived here
more than two years.
George and Thelma Rinehart are
from Gaylesville, Ala., but George
has friends and relatives in or near
Summerville. John Rush was his un
cle. Thelma is the daughter of Jeff
Millican, of Gaylesville. J. Robert
Henderson is her uncle. Another un
cle of George is Dr. Smith, of Chat
toogaville.
George Rinehart, J. D. Howren and
Bunyan Atkins are radio operators
at the naval radio station, Wailupe,
Oohu, T. H. They frequently have
served with or near one another
during their more than fifteen years
in the navy. George and Bunyan en
listed in the navy together, and J. D.
came a month later.
Bunyan and his wife, Lillian, whom
he married in California, came to
Hawaii in 1930, and moved into a
little house, which is situated in a
court. In the evening of the first day
a tall man came to their door and
knocked. Bunyan admitted him, and
the tall man smiled and said, “We
are your neighbors, and want to get
acquainted.”
The tall man’s name escaped' Bun
yan, but the tall man came later,
bringing his pretty wife, and they
invited Bunyan and his wife to. a
drive about the city. As they glided
along through the beautiful city of
Honolulu, Bunyan noted the Southern
accent in the tall man’s speech, and
said, “What part of the country are
you from?”
The tall man replied, “Georgia.”
And Bunyan said', “Have you ever
been around Summerville?”
The tall man replied, “I was born
and raised there.”
Then Bunyan fired questions at the
tall man, made him repeat his name.
His first name caused the' trouble.
Since leaving home Otis has be'en re
ehristened Joe Cordle, and some per
sons call him Cordell. The rest of the
conversation would fill a book. Bun
yan reminded Otis that they went to
school together at the old high school.
Otis walked from school with Nera
Bell Hanson, and Bunyan walked with
the postmaster’s daughter, whose
name he has forgotten.
It was not all clear to Otis. And
Edie said that he went to bed that
night repeating Bunyan’s name un
til he went to sleep. When Otis a
woke the next morning he saw the
light. He remembered Bunyan’s fath
er, W. H. Atkins, and his grand
father, who constable of Sum
merville.
There are many things to tell
about Honolulu, but the story of Ha
waii has been written better than I
tell, many times over. During my
nearly twenty years of rambling I
have met in Hawaii the friendliest
people this side of Georgia. There
are many Southerners living in Hon
olulu, and I frequently write articles
for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in
which I pay tribute to or great men
of the South. And I constantly de
fend “you all,” used in the plural,
pointing out that Shakespeare gave
us the word.
Insects are numerous in Hawaii,
but the mosquito has been almost
put out of existence. House flies are
rare indeed. There are no snakes.
Lizards are plentiful, but harmless.
There are no deadly poisonous in
sects. The centipede is feared, and
there are plenty of them, but their
sting is no worse than a bee sting.
Cats spit at one from every direc
tion, and dogs roam the streets like
an -invading army. Although it is
denied publicity, the Hawaiians still
relish'a fat puppy for their feasts.
One Hawaiian friend of mine, whom
J went to for information about their
eating dog, laughed and said, “Any
time you have a nice fat dog, bring
him to me.”
The Hawaiian feast consists first
o f p O j—poi is made fromfthe root of
the taro plant, which looks like a
turnip and tastes like an Irish pota
to. The root is cooked, boiled and
then pounded to the consistency of
gour dough. And poi tastes like sour
dough. Poi is the Hawaiian staff of
life, and away from the Islands they
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Summerville’s New Post Office Building
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Photo by Summerville Studio
Above is Summerville’s new and modern Post Office Building, now open to the
public. The official dedication of the new structure will be announced at a later date.
Hugh Howell Formerly
Enters Governor’s Race
ATLANTA, April 26 (GPS)—“I am
a candidate for governor!”
Thus declared Hugh Howell, for
mer state demostratic executive com
mittee chairman, in his first formal
announcement of candidacy in the
forthcoming gubernatorial campaign
made over radio station WSB.
The. major plank in his platform is
the “maintaining of the integrity of
county government,” which he says
“now is fast being destroyed in
Georgia.”
Mr. Howell’s candidacy is being
made despite the public opposition of
former Gov. Eugene Talmadge with
whom Mr. Howell was long allied.
Popularity Contest.
The “S” club of Summerville High
school is sponsoring a popularity
contest to select “Miss S. H. S.” The
contestants will be Misses Senior
Class, Junior Class, Sophomore Class
and Freshman Class. Who will be
“Miss S. H. S.?”
Vote will be a penny each and you
can leave your vote at the different
stores in town. Vote now.and help
select “Miss S. H. S.” Who will she
be ? There will be boxes for your vote
at McGinnis and Jackson Drug stores
beginning Monday, May 1.
Look in next week’s News for more
details and the girl who has the most
votes. Co-operate and support your
favorite girl.
crave it as much as I crave my corn
bread.
Next is the meat dish, which is
raw fish and roast pig—sometimes a
dog is substituted for the pig. They
roast the pig by digging a trench in
the ground, while at the same time
they heat rocks nearby. They wrap
the pig in palm leaves, put him in
the trench and cover him with the hot
rocks, and cover the rocks with earth.
When they dig the pig out he is nice
and tender, fit for any table.
And they have their vegetables,
which consist of seaweed —it tastes
like iodine —and taro leaves, cooked
like turnip greens. For dessert they
have cocoanut pudding, made entire
ly from cocoanut.
The luau (feast) is served on the
ground, picnic fashion, with a straw
mat for a table cloth. Knives and
forks and spoons have no place at
the luau. Simply dip your fingers in
to the poi bowl and twist them around
until you get a mouthful, and then
lick your fingers. It’s good if you
like it. I don’t.
Living in Hawaii is expensive. Most
of the land is used for raising pine
apple and sugar cane. Vegetables
thrive in this soil, but sugar cane
and pineapples bring more money. All
the butter and most of the eggs used
in Hawaii are shipped from Califor
nia. Butter costs 45 cents a pound
and eggs seldom are lower than 50c
a dozen. Sometimes the price of eggs
reaches a dollar or more a dozen.
I should like to hear from old
friends, and I feel safe in saying that
the other persons mentioned will re
ply to any letters sent to them.
Sincerely,
BUNYAN ATKINS.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938.
RDTARY CONFERENCE
IN ATLANTA MAY 819
Meeting - Will Mark 25th Anni
. versary of the Atlanta Rot
ary Club, First in State.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 24.—Forty
four Rotary clubs throughout Geor
gia will be represented at the three
day Rotary district conference,
which will be held in Atlanta, at the
Biltmore hotel, on May 8, 9 and 10.
The meeting will mark the twenty
fifth anniversary of the Atlanta club,
the first Rotary club organized in
Georgia. It will also mark the tenth
anniversary of the founding of the
Georgia Rotary district.
Howard See, president-elect of the
Atlanta Rotary club, and chairman
of the committee on arrangements,
oxpects an attendance of between six
and seven hundred delegates and
their wives.
In addition to the business meet
ings, there will be interesting social
xnd recreational features. These
events will include a garden paity
in the Biltmore terrace Sunday, May
8; a golf tournament for the men and
a garden tour for the ladies on
Monday afternoon, and the governor’s
dinner dance that night. T. T. Mol
nar, of Cuthbert, Ga., is district gov
ernor.
Among the out-of-state speakers
"•ho will appear on the program are
J. Murray Hill, of Louisville, Ky.,
representing Rotary International;
George V. Klimes, of Birmingham,
Ala., governor of his district, and
Edmund H. Harding, of Washington,
North Carolina.
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION.
The United States Civil Service
commission announces an open com
petitive examination for filling the
position of
FIREMAN-LABORER, $1,260 A Year
in the custodial service, post office
department, Summerville, Ga., for
which the receipt of applications
closes May 5, 1938, and applications
must be on file with the manager,
Fifth U. S. civil service district, new
Post Office Building, Atlanta, Ga., on
or before that date.
Applicants must have reached their
20th birthday but must not have
passed their 55th birthday on the
closing date for the receipt of appli
cations, except that these age limits
do not apply to persons granted
preference because of military or
naval service. They must show that
they have had at least six months of
experience in firing steam boilers or
locomotives with coal. Experience in
firing small home heating plants, or
logging, portable sawmill, or thresh
ing engines, will not be accepted.
Preferenece in appointment will be
given to bona fide patrons of the
Summerville, Ga., Post Office.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the sec
retary, Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, Post Office, Summerville,
Ga., or from the office of the man
ager, Fifth. U. S. Civil Service Dis
trict, New Post Office Building, At
lanta, Ga.
Dr. Melton Speaker
At May P.-TA. Meet
Dr. W. F. Melton, of Atlanta, will
be the speaker at the May meeting
of the loacl P.-T. A., at which time
he will talk on “The Child Is Father
Os the Man.” Dr. Melton, who is
president of the Writers’ club in At
lanta, is author, lecturer and critic,
and a former professor at Emory
and Oglethorpe universities. His wife,
who ft president of the Bums club
in Atlanta and a former president
of the Woman’s club, will accompany
him to Summervile and will probably
speak a few minutes “at random lit
eratum.” This is the last meeting of
the school year and will be a night
meeting so that the fathers may at
tend as well as the mothers. It will
be held in the high school auditorium
at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday, May 3.
The president, Mrs. Cordle, will pre
side, and the devotional will be led
by Rev. J. C. Jackson. All parents,
teachers and friends are cordially in
vited to attend this meeting.
Georgia Faces Danger
Os Additional Taxes
ATLANTA, April 27 (GPS).—It
is inevitable that Georgia eventually
will have either a gross income of
general sales tax unless the state
abandons its old-age pension plan and
social security program, Hughes
Spalding, prominent Atlanta attor
ney, declared recently at a meeting
of the College Park Thirty club.
Declaring that the present system
of taxation will not raise sufficient
revenue to meet the obligations plac
ed on the state by the last general
assembly, Mr. Spalding said he ex
pects a deficit of $3,000,000 or $4,-
000,000 at the end of the fiscal year.
Tho attorney pointed out that
about 6< per cent, of the state income
is allocated and cannot be diverted
to meet the new demands on the
state treasury.
Announcement.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the Georgia State Senate
to serve the Forty-Second Senatorial
district composed of the counties of
Chattooga, Floyd and Bartow, sub
ject to the Democratic state primary
of Sept. 14, 1938. Your support will
be highly appreciated.
MOSES E. BRINSON.
Commencement Schedule
For Lyerly High School
Below is the ocmmencement sched
ule for the Lyerly High school, which
begins Friday night, April 29:
Friday, April 29, 8 p.m., operetta.
Thursday, May 5, 7:30 p.m., Sen
ior play.
Friday, May 6, 8 p.m., Senior class
day exercises.
Sunday, May 8, 11 a.m., Commence
ment Sermon, by the Rev. David H.
Eobo, of Chattanooga.
Monday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., Gradu
ation exercises, with the Literary ad
dress by Judge Claude H. Porter, and
delivery of diplomas by John L. Pol
lock.
SINGERS TO MEET
HERE NEXT SUNDAY
COUNTY SINGING CONVENTION
EXPECTED TO DRAW A
LARGE CROWD.
Summerville will be host to the
spring meeting of the Chattooga
County Singing convention, which
will be held at the courthouse here
next Sunday, May 1.
Prominent singers and song leaders
from all parts of Chattooga and ad
joining counties, as well as from
parts of Alabama and Tennesee, will
be present, and some of the best
quartets in this section have been in
vited to attend the meeting, among
them being the Showalter quartet
from Dalton, the Thrift quartet from
Fort Payne, the Chevrolet quartet
from Cedartown, the Mcßrayer quar
tet from Rome and the Daniel quar
tet from Boaz, Ala.
Music lovers will be given a treat I
on Saturday night at 7:45, when the
Daniel quartet, of Boaz, Ala., will
appear in a concert at the courthouse.
This quartet is composed of John
Daniel, first tenor; Troy Daniel, sec
ond tenor; Wallace Fowler, baritone;
Carl Rains, bass, and Albert Wil
liams, accompanist, and represents!
James D. Vaughan, music publisher, |
of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. The quartet
has been heard by many in this sec
tion over radio station WJBY at
Gadsden, Ala., where a weekly con
cert has been given every Saturday.
DON GROCE, President.
Ga. Fat Cattle Show
Success In Atlanta
ATLANTA, April 27 (GPS).—
Georgia’s future farmers who attend
ed Atlanta’s third annual Fat Cattle
show, sponsored last week by the live
stock committee of the Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce, are richer by $21,-
977 as a result of the fine program.
Top price went to sixty-pound Gene
Marks, a 4-H club boy of Newton
county, whose 880-pound Georgia
bred steer brought 30 cents a pound,
or a total of $258. The youth receiv
ed the “grand champion” ribbon
award for this steer, whose name is
“Harvey.” The same steer took first
place in the 4-H club contest for ani
mals weighing more than 850 pounds
and won another first as best in the
“ Georgia-bred and Georgia-fed” con
test.
The “reserve champion” title for
second best steer in the show went to
the entry of Jack Weatherly, of
Bleckley county, another 4-H club
member with a Georgia-bred steer.
The same animal took first place in
the 4-H club “lightweight” contest
for steers of 725 pousds or less.
The sale, consisting of 150 sepa
rate transactions, was run off in ex
actly three hours flat, or an average
of neatly one sale a minute. “One of
the best shows ever held in Georgia,”
was the verdict of R. E. Davis, beef
cattle and sheep specialist with the
extension service of the state univer
sity system, who was matter of
ceremonies. . .
A Premier
Medium For
North Georgia
RAILROAD BUYING
THIS YEAR SHOWS
DRASTIC DECLINE
Purchases Only $72,757,000
Compared With $190,060,-
000 Same Period in ’37.
ATLANTA, April 26 (GPS).—A
decline of almost 60 per cent, in
railway purchases from the manu
facturing industry was shown during
January and February of this year,
it was revealed in the current issue
of the Railway Age. Purchases of
equipment and materials from manu
facturers during the first two months
were only $72,757,000 compared to
$190,060,000 during the same two
months in 1937.
The business recession and conse
quent reduction in railway earnings
were given as reasons for the drastic
decline. Orders for equipment were
only $6,795,000, compared to $83,475,-
000 in the first two months of 1937,
marking the smallest since 1935. Ma
terials received from manufacturers
amounted to $65,962,000, as compared
with 1937’s two-month total of $106,-
962,000. This also represented the
smallest buying since 1935.
Total purchases of equipment, ma
terials and fuel amounted to $119,-
187,000. This compared with $242,-
422,000 in January and February of
1937; with $124,850',000 in 1936; with
$93,672,000 in 1935; with $66,756,000
in 1933, and with $308,193,000 in
1929.
Operetta at South Summerville
‘Y’ Friday Night, April 29th
The public is cordially invited to
attend the operetta, “Over the Gar
den Wall,” which will be presented
at the South Summerville ‘Y’ by the
pupils of the South Summerville
school on Friday night, April 29, at
7:30. Admission 10 and 15 cents.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
(High School Auditorium.)
Sunday, May 1, 1938:
9:45 A. M. —Sunday school: Fol
lowing Vision With Service.
11 A. M.—Morning worship, “Tri
umph.”
7:30 P. M. —Evening service, “The
City of Destruction.”
Special music by the choir, the
quartet and by a duet will feature
the preaching services; the choir in
the morning and the quartet and the
duet at night.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., prayer meet
ing and choir practice.
Thursday, 7:30, Fellowship club.
The public will find a hearty wel
come at all of these services.
Troopers Bearing Down
On Improperly Lit Cars
ATLANTA (Speical).—The Geor
gia state patrol today called on all
service station and garage operators
to “check conditions of lights on all
cars just as you check the tires, oil
and water.”
In a letter, signed by Commission
er of Public Safety Phil Brewster,
the department enlisted the aid of
gaarge and filling station men in
“stopping fatal accident causes.”
“You can tell motorists,” the letter
said, “that one-eyed cars, no tail
light, dazzlihg out-of-focus lights and
no lights at all, caused 304 accidents
and twenty-four deaths during the
past three months in Georgia.”
Commissioner Brewster added that
troopers are urging motorist to car
ry an exta bulb and fuse for emer
gencies “and we expect to make this
a regulation very soon.”
He referred to the regulations and
rules he is to promulgate under which
the courts or commissioner may e
voke or suspend a driver’s license for
violations.
Asked further about the “extra
bulb-fuse” regulation, Brewster said
the board of public safety would
meet soon to nconsider these regu
lations and “I am going to urge the
requirement for extra bulb and fuse
i because this will enable those whose
' lights go out to fix them immediately
' without possibility of causing another
\ fatality before they get to a fixing
. place.”
The letter stated the troopers are
now concentrating on “improper
lights” and eypect to tackle anoth
er “fatal accident cause” next month
“and so on” until the five main causes
have been eliminated entirely.”
CONTEST.
The contest to find interesting
facts about Trion and vicinity before
1900 wil be open to all contestants
one week longer. Do not delay. Turn
your information in as soon as pos
sible. Any news will be acceptable.
We have not had anyone describe
parties, meetings and funerals, and
j those things are important. Write
what you know or can find out and
turn it in to the Trion Civic library
before next Sunday. The prizes will
be $5, $3 and $2.
$1.50 A YEAR