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State—County
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Happenings
VOL. 25; NO. 12.
RELIEF BENEFITS FOR
STATE REACH NEW
HIGH; COUNTY $7,359
Report of Lamar Murdaugh, Georgia
Director, Reveals Total Amount
ed to More Than $2,000,000
Last 10 Months.
ATLANTA, May 18.—The state
department of public welfare during
last month, the tenth month of op
eration of the public assistance pro
gram, reached a new high figure for
public welfare and relief benefits dis
tributed and certification of eligibles
for federal benefits, acocrding to an
nouncement made by Lamar Mur
daugh, state director, having paid
benefits and certified for receipt of
federal benefits resulting in distri
bution of $2,341,081.25, as compared
with $2,038,299.56 for the preceding
month of March.
Old-age pensions, aid to dependent
children and aid to the needy blind
were distributed to 41,752 recipients
at a total cost of $365,551.50. The
remainer of the monthly results pro
duced consisted of surplus commod
ities distributed amounting to $267,-
251.62, wages received by WPA work,
ers $1,439,643.19; and benefits re
ceived through the National Youth
Administration and the COG, all be
ing certified by the state welfare
department, in addition to general
relief furnished by the counties of
$44,724.94. The general relief, which
is a direct expense of the various
counties, is being automatically re
duced, the state and federal govern
ment taking over the individuals on
general relief as rapidly as is pos
sible.
Chattooga county received benefits
during the month as follows:
Old-age pensions and other
social security payments $2,056.00
Surplus commodities 1,229.02
WPA wages 3,145.56
CCC funds 700.00
General relief 228.75
TOTAL $7,359.33
The Chattooga county welfare de
partment is supervised by a local
board, the members of which are
Sam Cook, George D. Morton, R. W.
Bagley, Jim Lawrence and C. L.
Hale, and is under the direct charge
of Mrs. Onnie Ruth Hunter, county
welfare director.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday, May 29, 1938:
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. All
teachers and pupils are requested to
meet in their individual class rooms
at 9:45. There will be no assembly in
the auditorium due to the necessity
of making preparation for the com
mencement sermon. The classes will
close promptly at 10:30.
At the 11-o’cloc khour, the service
will be called off for the baccalau
reate sermon at the high school au
ditorium.
Junior and senior B. Y. P. U. at
6:30 p.m.
Evening service at 7:30: subject,
“Love In Four Dimensions.”
MISS MARY BALLARD HONORED
AT PENNVILLE.
One of the most pleasant social af
fairs honoring Miss Mary Ballard,
county home demonstration agent,
was a madeira shower given by the
home demonstration club of Penn
ville at the home of Mrs. E. L. Wor
sham, May 24.
Several interesting contests were
enjoyed throughout the evening and
the bride was showered with many
dainty gifts by little Miss Sue Housch.
The color scheme of pink and white
was carried out in flowers, favors
and refreshments, consisting of pink
and white cream and cake.
Those entertaining were Mesdames
Hinton Logan, E. L. Worsham, Clay
Stowe, Frank ScogginSj Lee Stowe,
Emmett Smith, Housch McAbee, A.
S. McAbee, John Henry, Roy Housch,
Jennille Hardy, Day and Miss Bertha
Holland.
SINGING AT BERRYTON.
The regular Friday night singing
will be held at the new Church of
God at Berryton at that time.
HUGH SMITH.
Gore Commencement
Starts Friday Night
’ The commencement at Gore school
will start with the senior play which
will be given Friday and Saturday
nights at 8 o’clock in the new audi
torium.
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, Un
ity Baptist church will have charge
of the Sunday school. At 11 o’clock,
Rev. G. G. Ramsey, of Summerville,
will preach the baccalaureate sermon
in the school auditorium.
The graduating exercises will be
held Monday evening at 8 o’clock,
with Supervisor J. H. Cook deliver
ing the address.
She Snmnwruillr New
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1938.
McWhorter Asks Re-
Election to Full Term
Matt L. McWhorter, who was nom
inated in the 1936 primary for only
a part or unexpired term as a mem
ber of the Georgia public service
commission, will seek endorsement
of his record of service and accom-
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My vjl
matt l. McWhorter
plishment in the September demo
cratic primary as a candidate to suc
ceed himself for the full term.
Mr. McWhorter was reared and
lived for most of his life in rural
Georgia, being a native of Ogle
thorpe county where he still main
tains his farming interests. He re
ceived his education at the Stephens,
Ga., Grammar school, Young Harris,
Gordon institute and the University
of Georgia. Along with his farming
activities, he engaged in the mer
cantile business, later in the real
estate business and for five years
prior to his election as a member of
the commission, he was connected
with the office of the state comptrol
ler where he creditably filled an im
portant post.
Mr. McWhorter has been honored
with the vice-chairmanship since
coming on the commission and is a
member of the important division in
charge of the administration of the
motor carrier law and the regulation
of that new form of transportation
and heads the recently created de
partment for the promotion of rural
electrification.
GEORGIANS URGED
TO TARE VACCINE
; FOR TYPHOID FEVER
(By Georgia News Service.-
ATLANTA.—The public relations
bureau of the Medical Association of
Georgia in a statement this week
called attention to the fact that ty
phoid fever is just as deadly as ever
once it is contracted, and urged Geor
gians to protect themselves against
the disease.
It was pointed out that typhoid
vaccine is a good protector against
the disease, is safe to use and that
every citizen, regardless of age,
should consult his family physician
and get the vaccine before real sum
mer begins. ’
MRS. BURNEY TO SPEAK
TO BAPTIST W. M. U.
Mrs. Frank Burney, of Waynes
boro, Ga., will speak at the Presby
terian church Friday, May 27, at 3
p.m. to the Baptist W.M.S. of Chat
tooga county. Mrs. Burney is the new
president of the Georgia Baptist
Women’s Missionary union.
All the members of the Women’s
Missionary societies, the Business
Women’s circles, the Y. W. A.’s, the
G. A.’s and R. A.’s throughout the
Chattooga association are invited to
hear her. Mrs. George Gibson, the
county superintendent, is very anx
ious that everyone take advantage of
this opportunity to hear and meet
Mrs. Burney. The pastors are invit
ed also.
Mrs. Burney is known to many in
this county as the sister-in-law of
Mrs. John Pollock, of Lyerly. She is
a very attractive speaker and has a
most charming and gracious person
ality. For many years, she has serv
ed as chairman of the Margaret fund
of the Southern Baptist W.M.U.
The ladies of other churches who
are interested in missionary work
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
Two More Stores To
Close Wednesday M.
Beginning Wednesday, June 1, our
stores will be closed on Wednesday
afternoons until Sept. 1:
B. H. Edmondson & Sons
J. G. Allen Hdw. Co.
GEORGIA VETERANS
PAY ENTRANCE FEE
FOR SENATOR GEORGE
Ex-Soldiers Express “Love and Es
teem” for Statesman in Formal
Announcement of His Can
didacy.
(By Georgia News Service.)
ATLANTA. Representatives of
veterans’ organizations of Georgia
went to the capitol building in a body
last week to pay the $350 entrance
fee for Senator Walter F. George,
who formally announced for re-elec
tion.
The money, which was turned over
to Charles Reid, chairman of the
state democratic executive commit
tee, and Mrs. Fred Stowe, secretary
of the committee, was contributed in
small amounts by a large number of
veterans over the state.
Acting as spokesman for the group,
Scott Candler, of Decatur, past com
mander of the American Legion, said:
“In behalf of Senator George I
wish to hand you his formal an
nouncement for re-election as United
States senator from Georgia. Sena
tor George has been a true friend of
all veterans and Cecil Hall will hand
you his entrance fee, paid by vete
rans of Georgia as a token of their
love and esteem for Senator Walter
F. George.”
JURORS TO SERVE AT
JUNE TERM OF COURT
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve at the June term,
1938, of City Court of Chattooga
County. Court to convene at 9 o’clock
a.m. Monday, June 6, 1938:
J. F. Pless, J. A. League, Roy T.
Orr, R. F. Palmer, R. P. Brison, D.
J. Kellett, J. M. Miller, R. L. White,
J. T. Clark, Jr., George W. Jordan,
P. H. Whitehead, J. I. Pollock, S. S.
Mills,, W. W. Stancel, J. F. Wilson,
R. N. Trimble.
D. W. Spraggins, Kelly Bulman, H.
F. Holcomb, L. M. Alexander, Henry
T. Hendrix, G. H. Crawford, George
M. Mosley, W. L. Ratliff, Frank Ag
new, W. G. Justice, W. R. Packer,
E. H. Franks, Robert W. King,
Harold Rose.
Charlie Echols, A. C. Packer, J. H.
Thomas, C. P. Martin, A. N. White,
Richard Dye.
Guernsey Bull Is
Sold To Crawford
Peterborough, N. H. —A purebred
Guernsey bull, Riegeldale Actor’s
Cavalier 253109, was sold recently by
the Trion Co.-Riegeldale farm, of
Trion, Ga., to R. M. Crawford, of
Lyerly, Ga., according to the Ameri
can Guernsey Cattle club, Peterbor
ough, N. H.
ROOMS FOR RENT—Several rooms
for rent in Rush house. —Mrs. V.
I. Taylor.
HIGHWAY DEATHS
DECREASE IN 1938
(By Georgia News Service.)
ATLANTA. —L. E. Sullivan, Geor
gia director of public safety, reveal
ed this week that the state’s crusade
against speeding and recklessness on
highways has resulted in decrease of
fatal accidents.
Georgia’s traffic fatalities from
January through April were 262, six
ty-four less than for the same period
in 1937. The majority of the accidents
were caused by speeding, which ac
counted for 131 deaths. Fifty-eight
were the result of reckless driving
and passing on curves; twenty-eight
from improper lighting; twenty driv
ing while drinking, and twenty-five
miscellaneous.
Based on mileage and gasoline
consumption, Georgia’s death rate
has been third in the nation during
the four years from 1934 to 1937.
Out of a national total of 39,743 per
sons killed in 1937, Georgia reported
1,096.
ROOMS FQR RENT—Several rooms
for rent in Rush house.—Mrs. V.
I. Taylor.
Baptist Sunday School
Convention Postponed
The Baptist Sunday School confen
, tion was to be held with the First
Baptist church, Summerville, next
Sunday. But the church building is
not completed, so the convention has
been postponed until a later date. The
churches in the association will be
notified when the meeting is to be
held.—H. M. Woods, Supt.
SEEKS RE-ELECTION
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WALTER F. GEORGE
U. S. Senator
Washington, D. C., May 21, 1938.
To the Democrats of Georgia:
As of this date I have filed formal notice of my candidacy
for renomination, subjetc to the democratic primary of Sept.
14th, next, for United States Senator.
I wish to express to the Democrats of Georgia profound ap
preciation of the confidence they have reposed in me, and to
say that I have to the best of my ability sought at all times to
justify that confidence. If again nominated by them, I shall be
equally diligent and appreciative.
In the course of the comling weeks, as opportunity and occas
ion may offer, I shall be glad to discuss the vital questions of
our time, and frankly to make known my views on all subjects
of concern to the people of Georgia.
Sincerely yours,
WALTER F. GEORGE.
Chattanooga Bondholders Move
To Take Over Summerville Mills
(Chattanooga Times.)
Three years’ litigation over the
Summerville Cotton mills, the larg
est industry at Summerville, Ga.,
moved toward a climax yesterday as
a compromise agreement went into
effect and holders of $400,000 in
bonds, largely owned in Chattanooga,
planned to foreclose and bid in the
property.
Judge C. H. Porter, of the superior
court of Chattooga county, sitting at
Summerville last Saturday, ordered
termination Aug. 16 of the indeter
minate lease under which the plant
is being operated, and transferred
possession of the property to Grover
C. Byars, trustee in bankruptcy, to
act in foreclosing the deed of trust
securing the bonds. The transfer of
possession to the trustee from Thom
as W. Bryan, of La Fayette, receiv
er, went into effect yesterday. The
majority of the general creditors and
the bondholders have agreed to the
sale of the property through fore
closure on the bonds, and Rowell C.
Stanton, United States referee in
bankruptcy at Rome, under whom
the trustee acts, has approved the
plan. Sale of the property at fore
closure is understood to be planned
to follow immediately the termina
tion of the lease, and the bondhold
ers are represented as intending to
bid in the property and pay for it by
surrendering the bonds.
The bondholders’ protective com
mittee is composed entirely of Chat
tanoogans, Morrow Chamberlain,
chairman; Paul S. Mathes, secretary;
Col. Richard H. Kimball, W. C. Car
tinhour and J. H. Davenport. The
Summerville Cotton mills, started in
1907, and with about 400 on the pay
roll, has been in bankruptcy since
May of 1935. Since then, the Taylor
interests at Summerville, which had
owned and operated the plant, have
operated the mills under lease.
The property upon which foreclos
ure is planned includes also the wa
ter works supplying the town of
Summerville.
In 1935 the bonds, issued in 1925,
went into default, and the bondhold
ers, hoping to aver bankruptcy, gave
the management a breathing spell in
which to seek refinancing of the
bonded debt. The ’’ondhilders formed
e Summerville Holding company,
which took possession of the proper
ty. E. S. Taylor, son of the late Jno.
D. Taylor, who for many years was
president of the mills, formed the
Summerville Mills, Inc., to lease the
property form the Summerville Hold
ing company, and continued opera
tion of the plant. A few months later,
three unsecured creditors filed an in
voluntary petition in bankruptcy
against the Summerville Cotton mills
in United States district court at
Rome. The referee in bankruptcy ap
pointed Mr. Byars trustee.
The trustee brought suit against
the Summerville Holding company
and the Summerville Mills, Inc., in
which he sought possession and con
trol of the property, contending that
these rights were vested in the trus
ee so long as the bonds were not
foreclosed. The outcome of the trus
tee’s suit was the appointment of
Mr. Bryan, clerk of the superior
court of Walker county, as receiver
for the mills. The receiver leased the
property to the Summerville Mills,
Inc., for an indeterminate period.
A year ago, a compromise was
made in a hearing before the refe
ree, providing that the bankruptcy
court should act in foreclosing the
deed of trust securing the bonds.
Some of the creditors, objecting to
the referee’s approval of the compro
mise, appealed to the United States
district court at Rome, which upheld
the referee. They carried their objec
tion to the United States circuit
court of appeals for the fifth cir
cuit, sitting in Atlanta, and there
again the compromise was upheld.
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CLOSING EXERCISES
OF THE SUMMERVILLE
SCHOOLS BEGIN 29H
Graduation Exercises Will Be Held
Monday Night At the High
School Auditorium.
Rev. S. H. Dixon, pastor of the’
East Rome Methodist' church, will
i preach for the seniors en Sunday,-
, May 29, at 11 o’clock, at the high'
[ school auditorium. Rev. Dixon was
recommended by the presiding elder
of the Rome district and by Dr.
Johnson, pastor of the First Metho
dist church in Rome. He will take
the place of Rev. Franklin Taylor,
who has accepted a call to Virginia,
and it was impossible for him to be
here.
There will be special music in
charge of Miss Annie Pitts, who has
arranged two specials, with voices
selected from the various choirs in
Summerville.
Graduation Exercises
Monday Night.
On Monday night, at the high
school auditorium at 8 o’clock, the
final exercises will be presented by
the senior class of the Summerville
High school. Miss Drucilla Sizemore
will be the salutatorian, and Miss
Dorothy Harlow, first honor gradu
ate, will be the valedictorian. Dr,
Charles E. Wood, rector of the St.
James Episcopal church, Marietta,
will be the principal speaker. The di
plomas will be awarded by L. C. Tur
ner, chairman of the board of edu
cation. Supt. Frank G. Dillard will
present the special awards to the
various members. The public is cor
dially invited to attend these exer
cises.
Grammar School Exercises
Friday, May 27th.
The grammar school, of Summer
ville public schools, will present their
closing exercises at the high school
auditorium on Friday, May 27, at 12
o’clock noon. At this time the mem
bers of the seventh grade will re
ceive their certificates, indicating
that they have completed their gram
mar school days and are ready to en
ter high school. The public is cordial
ly invited.
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; OF THE BLIND
The Works Progress Administra
tion of Georgia is conducting a state
wide survey of all blind persons in
Georgia. This survey is being made
at the request of the state depart
ment of public welfare. The purpose
of the survey is to locate every blind
person in the state of Georgia re
gardless of race, age, sex and finan
cial condition. It is necessary that
all blind persons be counted in or
der to get a composite picture of the
blind situation in Georgia.
The results of this survey will en
able the state department of public
welfare to plan and develop a perma
nent program for the blind.
Any one knowing the names and
addresses of blind persons will please
forward same to local welfare office
or to Ellis Echols, P. O. Box 306,
County Supervisor, Survey of the
Blind.
LOST —Between Rossville and Hol
land last Sunday, suitcase of Mrs.
J. A. Ratliff’s. Finder please noti
fy Clyde Stephenson at Hair Mo
tor Co., Summerville, Ga.
PREACHING SERVICE.
At Menlo, Cloudland and Beersheba.
Rev. W. K. Blake, of Springfield,
Ala., will preach at the Menlo. Pres
byterian church on next Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. He will preach
at Cloudland at 2:30 p.m. and at Be
ersheba at 7:30.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
NOTICE.
Next Sunday night, May 29, there
will be a singing at Pleasant Grove
Baptist church. We have invited sev
eral good singers, and we have the
promise of the Siitnmerville quartet,
a“so the Stephenson and Armuchee
quartets. We hope to have a good
crowd and several good singers. Ev
erybody invited. We will have plenty
of Stamps and Vaughn’s new song
books.
Senior Play at Gore
Friday and Saturday
“Look Me In the Eye,” a three-act
comedy with eleven rich characters,
will be given at Gore school Friday
evening, May 27, at 8 o’clock. The
same performance will be repeated
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. This
is a much better type play than the
usual run of plays and should prove
very entertaining to children and
grown-ups.
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