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Over 500 Die
Violently
Over Holiday
Fireworks Peril Minimized But
Speeding Menace Goes On as 258
Lives Claimed in Motor Accidents.
The toll of America’s 'holiday
deaths —at least 515 died violently
celebrating the 162nd anniversary
of independence showed l Tuesday
the nation has practically eliminated
fireworks fatalities, but has failed
to quell the menace of the motor
car.
Only three persons were killed by
fireworks —all of the “’home-made”
variety. Motor crashes on packed
highways, however, claimed at least
258 lives, half of the entire number.
The rush for beaches and lake and
river resorts to escape immoderate
heat in some sections of the coun
try resulted in 139 drowniings.
Reports from forty-six states and
the District of Columbia also show
ed twenty-seven persons were shot
to death, twenty committed suicide,
eighteen were killed by trains and
fifty died in various mishaps, such
as falls, lightning and home acci
dents.
The toll of 515 was below that of
the Fourth of July week-end in 1937,
when 563 were killed, but more
than doubled the number for the
.Memorial day week-end —250.
Interest Created In
Tournament Here
The first Chattooga county tennis
tournament is now under way, in
what we hope to make an annual
affair. There are about twentyrtwo
’entries from Trion and Summerville.
Many of the young players are en
tered and a fast, exciting tournament
is promised.
In the opening match Tuesday
Charles Turner downed Dr. Buskin
after a hard match. All matches, un
less otherwise agreed, will be two
out of three sets.
The seedings are No. 1. Sam Cook,
of Trion; No. 2, Dr. Gray, also of
Trion; No. 3, Fred Eaves; No. 1,
Irwin Thomas; No. 5, Krazy Kat
Williams, of Trion; No. 6, Malcolm
Thomas; No. 7, J. L. Alexander, and
No. 8, William Cleghorn.
All of -the first round matches
will have been played by this aft
ernoon. They are being played on
the school court, so come out and
watch.*
Any one that wants to enter may
de so by seeing William Qleghorn or
H. Martin or by calling 369 by Fri
day.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank everyone for
their kindness and sympathy during
the illness and death of our husband
and father, and also for the beau
tiful flowers. We especially thank
Dr. H. D. Brown, Clarkson, Weems
and Wallis. May each one have just
such friends in times of sorrow is
our prayer.
MRS. D. A. HEMPHILL
AND CHILDREN
CONTINUOUS SURPRISE.
Clearfield, Ja.—Friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rishel, newlyweds,
gave them a surprise pantry shower
that continued to be surprising. All
of the labels had been removed
from the cans, and teh opening of
each was most surprising.
VALUABLE FIND.
Buriinggame, Calif.—When Jerry
Govia yolished a tarnished bracelet
he found two months before, it
sparkled so brightly he took it to a
jeweler. The bracelet which contain
ed 144 diamonds set in platinum, is
estimated to be worth more than
$1,500.
WEARS OLD TIE.
Richfield, Pa.—When Jacob Shel
lenberger celebrated his fifty-third
wedding anniversary, he wore the
same tie he had worn to his wed
ding. “A bit faded, but I’m proud of
it,” he declared.
o
Morton Reunion
At Gore Sunday
The Morton family held their an
nual reunion on Sunday, July 3, at
the beautiful new Gore school build
ing-
S. E. Jones gave some very inter
esting and entertaining reminescen
ces of his early experiences with the
Morton ancestors.
Col. Claude Porter gave an- enter
taining address. Irvine Ingham,
president of West Georgia college,
gave a very interesting history of
the Morton family from 1789, when
George Washington was president.
Prof. Sublette gave a short ad
dress, paying tribute to his Morton
neighbors and pupils.
Singing was also enjoyed, but the
moi enjoyable feature was the
bountiful dinner served in the cabin
at noon from well-filled baskets.
Abbut fifty were prasertit from
Oklshbma City, Okla.-; Chattanooga,
Tha, Atiaftto, Hbftia, GkrreUMfb
She Summeruille Neuts
VOL. 52; NO. 18
Plan Meeting
O£ Old People
Several members of the old peo
ples’ organization have talked to me
about the old people holding a rally
or get-together meeting during the
summer; therefore, I am calling a
meeting at the court house next Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o’clock, and re
questing that all interested persons
meet with us at this time, to discuss
matters of interest to the old-age
pensioners, and particularly to de
cide if we are to hold a rally during
the summer.’
Pldase remember the time: Satur
lay, July 9, at 2 p.m., upstairs in
court house.
C. N. WILSON, President.
Rivers Will Open
Campaign July 16
MACON, July s.—Gov. Rivers will
launch his campaign for re-election
it Cordele July 16.
Announcement Os his campaign
)lans came after he wals visited at
Macon by a delegation of Cordele
citizens who informed him elaborate
plans would be made to assemble
the largest political audience in the
history of Georgia at Cordele on
that date to hear his initial bid for
re-election.
When announcing his campaign
plans, Gov. Rivers issued the fol
low ing state ment:
“My duties as governor of the
state of Georgia naturally call for
my first and foremost attention, for,
after all, my record of performance
during this term of office is what
will determine the desires of the
ceople to have me carry on in the
completion of the program which
they elected me to put into effect.
“The press of these duties and
the enormous amount of personal
vork involved in getting for Georgia
our deserved portion of the federal
iundis within the limited time left
to secure them will not permit me
i o enter immediately into an ag
gressive speaking campaign. How
ever, I will make the formal open
of my campaign for re-election
to complete your state program at
Cordele, Ga., at 3 o’clock Saturday
afternoon, July 16.”
Celebration Planned
At Fort Mountain
The citizens of the Seventh and
Ninth congressional districts, com
prising the mountain counties of
North Georgia, are arranging a cel
ebration marking the reopening of
CCC work at Fort Mountain, the
state park, located in Murray coun
ty on the famous scienic highway
from Chatsworth to Ellijay.
This celebration will take place on
Friday, July 8. at 4 p.m. at the
top of Fort Mountain, which is now
reached by a forty-foot road, and
where there is room to park several
thousand cars.
Gov. Rivers has been invited to
make the principal speech of the oc
casion. Other invited guests will be
members of the state highway board,
congressional delegations and other
public officials of the mountain
councy.
Methodist Church
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Preaching morning and evening.
Morning, “Theology.”
Evening, “The True Glory of God.”
Important notice: Cur evening
service will be at 6:00 instead of
7:30. This schedule will prevail thru
months of July and August. Every
one in the community is cordially in
vited to attend.
G. G. RAMSEY, Pastor.
* .
Preaching Service
At Menlo, Cloudland and Beershe
ba Presbyterian churches Sunday,
July 10.
Rev. J. D. Cotts, of Fordyce, Ark.,
will preach at the Menlo Presbyter
ian church next Sunday at 11 a.m.
He will preach at Cloudland at 2:30
p.m. and at Beersheba at 7:30.
The public is invited to attend
these services.
CARD OF THANKS.
We want to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many expressions
of sympathy during the illness and
I death of our beloved husband and
j father. The love and kindness shown
us by so many during these dark
I hours were indeed comforting.
MRS. 0. J. ESPY & CHILDREN.
Summer Examinations
On Saturday, July 16, the sum
mer examinations will be given at
the high school building, beginning
at 8 o’clock in the morning and
closing at 12 o’clock noon.
All children, both in grammar
school and high school will please
report ob this day, as this will be
the only opportunity you Will have
W qualify in your failing studies
faf next year,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1938.
Cast Your Ballot For
Centennial (Queen
The final week for -nominations for
the “queen” of the National Chicka
mauga celebration from Sept. 16 to
25 began Monday with the promise
of a spirited contest to determine
feminine popularity.
Miss Eloise Cheek, of Summerville,
has been entered in the contest. Clip
the -coupons out of the three Chat
tanooga newspapers and cast your
ballot for M-iiss -Cheek. Boxes will be
placed at the two drug stores for
your ballots.
The interest in who shall be the
queen of the National Chickamauga
celebration continues to grow. Even
on the street corners one hears
snatches of conversation proving
that the queen is the subject.
Nominations will be closed in
Chattanooga at 6 p.m. next Monday.
Nominations for the “queen” mail
ed in the city wust bear a postmark
jf not later -than noon July 11. Nom
inations mailed from outside Chat
tanooga for “Miss Columbia” must
be postmarked no later than mid
night July 10.
First Baptist Church
Sunday, July 10, 1938:
-Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship at 11 a.m. “Bur
dens, Yokes, Rest.”
B.Y.P.U. at 6:30 p.m.
Evening service at 7:30 pjm. “You
Can’t Get Away With It!”
Wednesday -at 7:30 p.m. Prayer
meeting and choir practice.
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Fellowshij
club.
In the hot summer weather, mil
lions are seeking relief and rest.
Many go to the mountains where the
cooling breezes blow off ’of the pines
and bring rest and relief.
Others go to the sea shore where
the cool waters of the oeca-n bring
rest and relaxation.
There is a rest for which all of us
y. It is a rest of soul. We woulc
drop our burdens and our heavy
okes -and find rest. We can’t find
this by visiting a summer resort. We
find it by assuming our Christian
obligations and shouldering the yoke
of service. If you -seek rest, come to
the First Baptist church and find
where it may be had.
The church and the pastor extend
their deepest sympathy to the fam
ilies which have been bereaved dur
ing the past week.
The Rev. Harold Harlee addressed
the Fellowship club last Thursday
evening. He also -played selections on
the trombone and the accordion. The
Rev. Merrill Callaway also address
ed the club and assisted in the mu
sical program.
Chattooga Cow Makes
New Official Record
* -
Peterborough, N. H.—A new rec
ord, exceeding -uie average of the
Guernsey breed for her age and
lass, has just been completed by 2
1-2-year-old cow, Quail Roost Maj
esty Spot 4(9879, of Trion, Ga., test
'd, and owned by the Riegeldale
'arms, (the Trion Co.). Her official
record, supervised by the University
f Georgia and announced by the
American Guernsey Cattle club, is
10,247.9 pounds of milk and 512.1
rounds of butter fat in class F.
W. B. HAIR IS NEW B.
& L. SECRETARY
At a called meeting Tuesday aft
ernoon, the directors of the Chat
tooga County Building & Loan asso
ciation elected Dr. W. B. Hair, sec
retary and treasurer to succeed the
late Oscar J. Espy, who was secre
tary and treasurer since the organ
ization began in 1928.
All stockholders are requested to
make payments at office in Sum
merville-Trion hospital.
Labor experts assert -that only
200,000 workers gained by the wages
and hours law.
Picks Up Log With
22 Rattlesnakes
SYLVESTER.—AIbert Music will
be more careful this v hen he
picks up a log, liter a narrow es
cape last week, while working with
a gang under the direction cf War
den Deen near Adel. Music picked
up a hollow piece of wood, put it on
hi~ shoulder and was walking away
with it when the fellow workers no
ticed that a rattlesnake was trying
to reach Music from the hollow. The
snake's head was removed from Mu
sic by being in the end of the log
away from him. Music threw the log
down, thinking at first that the boys
were joking with him. Warden Deen
grabbed a stick and killed the rat
tier, which had twelve r attics iftfi
was five feet le>rt<. lib
tk mikes
shieldiflf work ftlM kOlti
DIES IN ATLANTA LAST THURSDAY
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OSCAR J. ESP*.
O. J. Espy, Editor of The
News. Dies Last Thursday
Fails to Survive Major Operation Performed at
the Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta —Funeral
Services Held Saturday at Presbyterian Church
BY L. C. SMITH.
“O. J. Espy, editor of The Sum-j
nerville News, is dead!”
This was the brief and sad mes-j
-.age received in Summerville lastj
Thursday afternoon and broadcast'
from radio stations during their
icwscast periods.
Oscar Joseph Espy died in the
Georgia Baptist hospital in Atlanta
jarly Thursday afternoon, June 30.
He underwent a major operation
here Monday and for a short time
It was thought he had a chance to
recover, but Thursday morning his
condition became extremely critical
ind the members of his family who
were not already at his bedside
were summoned, but the beloved
man had passed away before their
arrival.
Mr. Espy had been in declining
lealth for several months, but, true
o his characteristic life, he did not
five up hope and did not remain in
>ed. He finally consented to go to
Atlanta for a thorough examina
tion and operation, if such was con
sidered advisable by the specialists
here. His friends here anxiously
vwaited reports from his bedside
tnd during the days he was in the
hospital friends were constantly
’.■sking: “What is the latest news
rom Oscar?” and “Have you heard
rom Oscar today?”
Mr. Espy was born in Floyd coun
y, Georgia, Feb. 14, 1877, a son of
he Rev. David T. and Dorothy Eliz
beth Espy. He attended the pub
ic schools of Chattooga county and
it the age of 21 became an appren
ice in the office of the Trion Her
ild at Trion. Two years later he
ame to Summerville and accepted
job with the owners of T-he Sum
nerville News, one of the oldest
lapens in North Georgia. During
hese days of acquiring knowledge
n the art preservative, and at the
-ame time fitting himself for work
in the fourth estate, and notwith
standing his meager wage, he suc
eeded in saving a portion of his
warnings, and as time went on and
ipportunity presented -itself, he
-ought stock in the printing plant,
,’hich eventually terminated in The
lummerville News, today recog
lized as one of the outstanding
weeklies published in the state of
G«4r|r!»‘ Acquired full owner
-Mj Qi* in 1911. Ffom
!and talent were clearly shown in|
the issues of the paper, improved
ment after improvement being made|
until The News bore the stamp of|
one of the most modern and wide-|
awake weekly newspapers in the|
state. j
At the time of hi-s death, Mr.|
©spy was a member of the city|
council and was clerk of the cound
cil, a position he had held for sevd
eral terms. He was also a member|
of the board of trustees of the Sumd
merville school district and wasj
prominent in the activities of thej
First Baptist church, where he had|
been a member -since early manhood.|
Mr. Espy was a member of the|
Masonic order, Modern Mroodmen]
and Woodmen of the World and an|
honorary member of the Summerd
ville Civitan club and the Summerd
ville-Trion Rotary club. He wasj
secretary of the Chattooga Countyj
Fair association for nearly twenty|
years. Prominent in business life!
he was treasurer of the Chattooga|
County Building and Loan associa-j
tion. |
0. J. Espy was considered one of|
the wide-awake, public-spirited men|
of Summerville and Chattooga cound
ty. He was always liberal with|
pace in his newspaper and with his|
money in any movement which he|
believed would be beneficial to the|
upbuilding of the town, the coun-ty|
and citizenship. He was a friend|
to every good cause, a friend to|
every one in need or distress and!
broadly, a friend to every one, both|
white and colored. He seemingly]
lad no enemies or critics. |
Mr. Espy was married to Miss|
-owa Parham, daughter of the late|
dr. and Mrs. D. M. Parham, bed
loved citizens of Chattooga county!
Aho survives. To this union twelve|
■hildren were born, eleven of whom|
survive, the third child, Myrtle, bed
ng called to the great beyond when|
ut eleven months old.
The surviving children are Mrs.
George Verden, Mrs. Leon J. Gam
ble and Mrs. William Freeman, of
Summerville; Mrs. Robert King, of
Menlo; seven sons, Roy 8., of Penn
sylvania; David T. and Oscar Jos
eph, Jr., of Chattanooga; Willis
Bryant, D. M.,' George B. ahd Wobd
row. of SufhnlerVilD • two brothers,
tha feev. 3- pWO; es
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$1.50 A YEAR
IF.D.R. Demands
Enriching Dixie
To Build Up U.S.
Section’s Unbalanced ‘Can and
I Must Be Righted For Sake of Its
People, Nation,’ Says F.D.R.
j WASHINGTON, July 5.—-Presi
dent Roosevelt intimated today that
Lhe administration may make a new
| approach to the nation’s economic
[problems by attempting to find first
|i solution for those of the -south.
- He wrote a conference, of govern
|nent officials, businessmen and eco
| i-omists from thirteen southern
[states.
t “It is my conviction that the south
presents right now the nation’s No.
1 economic problem—the nation’s
problem, not merely the south’s, for
l.ve have an economic unbalance in
the nation as a whole, due to this
L-ery condition of the south.
j, “It is an unbalance that can and
[must be righted, for the sake of the
[south and of the nation.”
i Report Drafted.
In response to his request for a
[statement of economic conditions
|and a picture of the south in rela
|tion to the rest of the country—in
[order that “we may do something
about it” —the southerners and gov
ernment executives began drafting
a report.
1 Sitting around a huge table in a
green and gold conference room,
they discussed for inclusion in the
document such topics as economic
[resources, soil, water, housing, pop
[ulation, health, industries, labor and
[credit.
South’s Resources.
They gave first place in their de
liberations to the economic resour
ces of the south.
In general, some of the partici
|pants said, they accepted a govern
|ment-prepared statement listing a
[wealth of natural resources, a di
versity of climate and soil, a large
[population, along with a lack of ma
rch mery in the south “for converting
jits potentialities into riches ”
f The statement said that the south
Ihad 28 per cent, of he naio-n’s peo
ple but only 16 per cent of the tools
[with which people make their liv
ing, had more than half the coun
try’s farmers, but less than a fifth
|of the farm implements.
s- “Its potentialities have been neg
lected and its opportunities unreal
ized,” the statement went on.
“The paradox of our nation is that
Lhe south, which is one of our weal
thiest sections, is at the same time
|the poorest. It is wealthy in natural
[resources and advantages and poor
|in ownership and control of the
[money and credit resources necessary
|for their development and exchange,
j “As a result it must sit by and
[watch its plenty enjoyed by other
[sections -not so abundantly blessed
[by nature, but in control of the
|man-made machinery, of finance.”
Presbyterian Church
I Preaching by the Rev. Alton Glas
ure, who holds the important post
if chairman of Home Missions in
Famous Harlan county, Kentucky,
|and is a son-in-law of our good
Friend, O. L. Cleckler.
Preaching at 11 o’clock.
[ Sunday school at 9:45.
Wayside, 3 o’clock.
• Young People’s meeting at 7 p.m.
Chattanooga; four sisters, Mrs. E.
A. Robinson, of Fries, Va.; Mrs. S.
M. Wade, of Chattanooga; Mrs. C.
A. McConnell, of near Summerville,
ind Mrs. M. A. Treadwell, of Farm
prsville, La. He is also survived by
approximately twenty grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 11 o’clock at the
Summerville Presbyterian church,
ponducted by the Rev. J. C. Jackson,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
|>f Summerville. The message was
[brought by the Rev. J. G. Hunt, of
[Atlanta, former beloved associate in
| -usiness of the deceased, and prayer
| was offered by the Rev. G. G. Ram-
Ley, pastor of the Summerville Meth
| odist church. Burial was in the
[Summerville cemetery.
j The massive banks of beautiful
| 'loral offerings attested the high
Esteem in which Mr. Espy was held.
I The active pallbearers were J. G.
IXllen, Sam Wade, Jack Wade, T. J.
[Espy, Jr., John Frank McConnell
[ind Billy Allen. Honorary pallbear
|-rs were members of the Summer
rrille-Trion Rotary club.
Mr. Espy was truly a Christian
[gentleman, a faithful and devoted
[husband, a kind and loving father,
|a great lover of his grandchildren,
k provider and k luaoeaaful
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