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Churches
Presbyterian Church
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Meeting of congregation for call
ing a pastor at 11 a.m.
Wayside at 3 p.m.
Men’s meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Perennial Springs Church
Revival services will begin at Pe
rennial Springs Baptist church the
third Sunday in August. The preach
ing will be done by the pastor, Rev.
R. L. McElroy. The repair work on
the church—including stage, new
benches and covering—has been com
pleted and the church will be more
comfortable. Thursday, Aug. 11, will
be spent in clearing the church yard.
First Baptist Church
Sunday, Aug. 14:
Sunoay school at 9:45 a.m.; Duke
M. Espy in charge.
Morning worship at 11 a.m.
E. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p.m.
Evening service at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Fellowship
club.
Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m. the
members and friends of the First
Baptist church will have a basket
dinner in the new church which will
be practically complete at this time.
Revival Meeting
Revival meetings will begin at the
Ne»v iinuoch church tonight at 7:30.
The services will be held twice daily, '
at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The pas
tor, xtev. B. H. Howard, will conduct
the services. The public is invited to
attend.
Lyerly School Will
Open August 22 !
The Lyerly school will open Mon
day, August 22, at 9 a.m. Registra
tion and enrollment of pupils will
begin Friday, Aug. 19, at 9 a.m.
On Monday, Aug. 22, at the offi- '
cial opening of school, we expect to
have a speaker from the state de- j
partment. Each patron has a cordial
invitation to be with us at the open
ing.
A tuition fee of 75 cents a month
will be charged each grammar pupil
who does NOT live in this district.
Each child will pay $1.25 physical
education and library fee, which en
titles him to all benefits of library
and physical education equipment for
the whole year.
parents are urged to have
children enroll on Friday, Aug. 19,
at 9 a.m.
Cedar Driving Range
T. M. Booth has opened his new
Cedar Driving range, which is situ
ated just outside of the city limits
of Summerville on the Trion high
way. Many golfers and desired-to-be
golfers will doubtless try their hand
on Mr. Booth’s new field.
Chattooga F.F.A.’s
Place High Aug. 3
At a meeting of county school sup
erintendents and vocational agricul
tural teachers last Wednesday at Ma
rietta, Ga., it was announced that
the Roopville F.F.A. chapter of Car
roll county had won the district ni
trate of soda small grain demonstra
tion contest. Prof. J. A. Ariail, ad
visor for this chapter, received a
check for $25 to be used in any way
his boys like.
Second place in Northwest Georgia
district went to the Lyerly F.F.A.
chapter, and the Menlo chapter plac
ed third. Both these chapters are
supervised by Prof. J. N. Young.
“Our boys,” said Young, “did and ex
cellent job, and we are proud of
them. Competition was very keen,
and the fact we placed second and
third speaks well for our home chap
ters. Even though we were not for
tunate enough to win the contest this
year, still we obtained much valuable
information of use to farmers in
these communities.”
Chairman Gaines Pleads
For a Dry Legislature
The state primary of Sept. 14 will
be of the highest importance, so far
as the liquor situation in Georgia is
concerned. On that date the entire
membership of the legislature is to
be selected; and the governor as well.
In our Georgia scheme of things
the legislature controls, not the peo
ple themselves. The legislature can
ignore the recorded vote of the peo
ple if it chooses to do so; that is
what the last legislature did, as you
know. Though 113 counties had just
voted dry, and the state, as a whole,
had voted against repeal by a sub
stantial majority, yet the legislature
defied the people and legalized liq
uor in Georgia. Even quite a num
ber of representatives from dry
counties became MIS-representatives
of their own constituencies and vot
ed for liquor.
Therefore, the personnel of the
legislature becomes of the utmost
importance. The voters of the coun
ties have not forgotten how they
were betrayed. And these voters are
not going to elect' members who last
BnmmrritiUr News
VOL. 52; NO. 22
News At a Glance
About People,
Things In State
ATLANTA, Aug. 8 (GPS).
—Atlanta has just set a new
safety record which should be
the goal for every city, town
and cross-road in Georgia.
Thirty-five days passed with
out a fatal motor vehicle acci
dent ''C'*nrring in Atlanta. ’• hat w°s
an all-time record. It marked the
first time since records have been
kept by the police department—thir
teen years—that at least one person
was not killed within a calendar
month in a traffic accident in the
city.
| Need Rail Prosperity: “The public
is too prone to regard the railroad
industry as something in which it
has only a casual interest,” says F.
E. Williamson, president of the
New York Central system. “It rep
reesnts such a large segment of our
industrial life, however, that any ad
versity which affects it for any
length of time is bound to be trans
mitted to business generally. It is
definitely in the interest of every
body that the railroads should be
reasonably prosperous. It is definite
ly against the interests of everybody
when they are not.”
Gist of the News: The season of
sneezes has arrived. Thousands of
hay fever sufferers who sneeze at
pollen are preparing for the worst
part of the year for them—from
now until the middle or late part of
September, when the ragweed pollen
floats through the air .. . Fulton
county has 28.4 additional miles of
state highway, but no one seems to
know where. The added mileage is
designated as 28.3 miles on Route 41.
but state officials are puzzled by
this designation since State Route
41 does not touch Fulton county, run
ning from Newnan through Buena
Vista. ... A bale of coton describ
ed by its donors as the first of
Georgia’s 1938 crop was presented
to Gov. Rivers to help defray his re
election campaign expenses. It was
grown by L. R. Robinson, chairman
of the Seminole County Board of
Commissioners.
Rev. Gibson Resigns
To the regret of his many friends,
the Rev. George C. Gibson, pastor «f
the First Baptist church, of Trion,
offered his resignation as pastor last
Sunday. Rev. Gibson has served the
Trion church for the past four years.
His resignation will not become ef
fective until after the first Sunday
in October. Pastor Gibson has not
announced his plans for the future.
Menlo P-T. A.
Chicken Broil '
The annual chicken broil sponsor
ed by the Menlo Parent-Teacher as
sociation will be held at Menlo nark
Friday afternoon, Aug. 12, at 6 o’-
clock.
The public is urged to patronize
the organization and have supper
with us.
Adult plates, 35 cents; children’s
plates, 25 cents.
Johnson To Speak
L. M. Johnson, of Cartersville,
candidate for congress, will speak at
the courthouse in Summerville next
Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 4 p.m. The
public is invited to hear him.
year betrayed them, or members who
are likely to do so in the future.
Some time ago we said that this
question of liquor will make and un
make many a candidate for office
this fall; and it is going to do just
that thing.
We must militantly support and
triumphantly elect our dependable
friends.
Liquor, as we all knew would hap
pen. if flooding the entire state;
drunkenness and crime are increas
ing. This is proving true the nation
over. Liquor in Georgia is the Peo
ple’s Enemy No. I—as it is every
where.
It is no time to withdraw or re
treat. “Prohibition is coming back.”
The temperance forces are organiz
ing on a thousand fronts, and victory
is following victory.
We have a great dry constituency
in Georgia to start with. Let a dry
legislature be our first victory.
So, to the work.
W. W. GAINES, Chairman,
In Christian Index
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1938.
Opening of New First
Baptist Church Building
The Membership Is Called to Hold Their
First Services in the New Meeting House
On Wednesday, August 17th.
Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m., the
members and friends of the First
Baptist church will have a basket
dinner in the new church which will
be practically complete at this time.
After dinner, there will be an inspec
tion of the church.
Every member of the church is
cordially urged to be present as mat
ters of importance will be discussed.
The progress which has been
made on the new church has grati
fied everyone. The new building
which rises on the site of the old is
splendidly planned for every phase
>f church work. The Sunday school
building is the last word in educa
tional planning. Nothing has been
left out which the most up-to-date
Sunday school needs in its building.
r he graceful harmonious lines of
the church, its splendid materials,
ind its skilled construction give it
he beautiful simplicity which mark
ed the churches of Colonial America,
there is no form of church architec
ture more appropriate for the non
itualistic Protestant church in which
(reaching and teaching are the cen
ers of worship and service rather
than rubrics and litanies.
The church is appreciative of all
he members and friends whose gen
erosity has made this possible. Many
Tave showed a splendid spirit of sac
rifice and devotion in helping with
his great work.
However, everything of import
ance demands leadership. This has
been found in the board of deacons
who have acted as the financial com
mittee and in the building commitee
which consists of Dr. O. A. Selman,
Alpine Home-Coming
Sunday, August 14
There will be a home-coming at'
the Alpine church Sunday, Aug. 14.
Program:
Sunday school lesson at 10 a.m.,
taught by Judge Claude Porter.
Sermon at 11 a.m. by Rev. Charles
R. Bailey, former pastor of Menlo
and Alpine.
Lunch on the lawn at 12 noon. (Ev
erybody bring well-filled baskets.)
History of Alpine church at 1:45
o’clock p.m.
Open period at 2 p.m.
Any one who remembers interest
ing facts or incidents connected with
this historic ‘old church, will be giv-1
en an opportunity to make informal
talks at this time.
All members, both present and
past, and friends are cordially invit
ed to be present at this home-coming.
Committee in charge of arrange
ments—
WM. M. JACKSON
MRS. O. L. CLECKLER
J. P. AGNEW
HELEN WYATT
West Georgia College
Offers Scholarships
To State 4-H Members
West Georgia college at Carroll
ton has announced that'it will offer
sixteen “work scholarships” to en
terprising Georgia 4-H club members
for the ensuing school year.
G. V. Cunningham, state 4-H club
leader, announced in Athens this
week that the awards will be based
primarily on the applicant’s high
school record and his 4-H club ac
tivities. Eight boys and eight girls
will receive these scholarships, val-!
ued at $9 per month or $Bl for the
school year.
In order to qualify, Mr. Cunning
ham said, applicants must be in good
physical condition and must show a
definite financial need. They must
be in the senior class at high school
or have been a graduate within the
past two years, and must have satis
factorily completed 4-H club projects
for the past three years.
“It is very gratifying to note that
our Georgia colleges are recognizing
the outstanding work being done by
many of our club boys and girls,”
I Mr. Cunningham declared. “This is a
splendid opportunity for club mem
bers to obtain college traninig, when
otherwise it might be financially im
possible for them to attend college.”
The ,4-H leader said club members
interested in making application for
a “work scholarship” at West Geor
gia college should contact their coun
ty agricultural or home demonstra
tion agent.
i TWO rooms for rent. See Riley Par
ham, second house from Methodist
' church.
chairman; Robert Harlow and James
Jackson. All of these have co-operat
ed in a beautiful manifestation of
Christian spirit. The church has
been particularly blessed in its se
lection of a chairman to head both
the financial and building commit
tees. Due to his spirit of sacrificing
service, his unceasing labors, his
wise buying and his assistance, the
First Baptist Church of Summerville
has a plant that it could have built
in no other way. Several beautiful
tributes to his leadership have been
written already and all who are in
terested in the church can only join
with those who have thus expressed
their appreciation of splendid lead
ership’of Dr. Selman.
Too much credit cannot be given
to the workmen who, at a sacrifice,
have labored to build the church.
Like the men who built the temples
of old, they have been interested in
the fact that they have been building
a temple, rather than the remunera
tion from it. The work of Bro. N. S.
Rich deserves special commendation.
His skill and experience have made
it possible for the work to go on
without delay for lack of materials.
Many of his useful suggestions have
been incorporated into the building
and its usefulness and beauty have
en enhanced greatly as a result.
To all who have given, labored,
planned and prayed, the pastor de-'
sires to express his heartfelt appre
ciation and this not only to the
members but to those friends of oth
er churches and faiths who have so
graciously remembered the First
Baptist church in its hour of need.
Georgia Healthier
State, Rivers Shows
ATLANTA, Aug. .8 (GPS)—They
’re living longer ifi Georgia nowa
uavs.
Georgia’s death rate from all
causes has decreased 9.9 per cent, in
the last eighteen months as the re
sult of an expanded program of state
public health facilities, Gov. Ed Riv
ers declared in a recent speech in
Atlanta. Speaking on the health
phase of the administration’s pro- .
gram, Gov. Rivers reported a much ■
greater reduction in the death toll
from communicable disease.
He said typhoid fever has been re
duced 29.9 per cent, to The lowest
rate the state has ever had. Malaria
has been cut 62.1 per cent.; tu'ber
losis, 11.4 per cent.; diphtheria, 15
per cent.; scarlet fever, 40 per cent.;
infantile paralysis, 33.3 per cent.;
dysentery, 17.8 per cent., and pneu
monia, 21.3 per cent.
CEMETERY
NOTICES
BETHEL CEMETERY
Friday, Aug. 12, is the day set to
clean off Bethel cemetery. Men,
women and children are requested to
come and bring tools to work with; ;
also basket dinner. There will be ice
for tea. Neighbors and friends are
asked to help in this work.
GARRETT (GRAVEYARD
The Garrett graveyard will be
cleaned off next Saturday, Aug. 13.
All who are interested and who have
loved ones and friends buried here j
are requested to come and help clean
off the yard.
S C. CAMP GROUND
All who have relatives or friends
buried at the South Carolina Camp
Ground cemetery, and all who have
friends buried there and all who are
interested in the upkeep of the
graveyard are requested to meet at
the cemetery Aug. 19. Bring all the
tools that you will need.—Comm.
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Anyone interested in Chapel Hill
cemetery plase meet us there early
Saturday morning, Aug. 13, with
suitable tools for cleaning grounds.
—.Archie Housch.
New Store Front
The Summerville Bargain store,
Messrs. Lowery and Pesterfield man
agers, are making a helpful change
iin their store building. The entire
■ front will be re-arranged, with mod-
■ ern show windows and entrances.
This addition to the store will im
prove the appearance of the building
and will ifaake the store more com
modious.
PEAR TREE THINKS
IT IS SPRING TIME
FITZGERALD.—Pear blossoms
and ripe pears from the same tree
were brought into Fitzgerald last
! week by F. R. Justice, who stated
' that he found this freak of nature
I in the large pear orchard just east
of the city. This particular tree,
according to Justice, evidently had
an idea that the recent cool nights
j and rainy weather were indications
of spring, and were growing ac
| cordingly.
Weevil Damage
Tc Dixie Cotton
Worst In Years
ATLANTA, Aug. B.—The boll wee
vil, the enemy of Dixie’e cotton
I farms, is greatlly damaging the |
south’s cotton crop, aided by the al
j most continuous rains of the past I
I several weeks in many sections, ag- '
i iculture experts and crop reports
said today.
The little weevils like rain and
they grow rapidly when there is i
plenty of moisture, agriculturalists
said. In addition, crops are being '
damaged from too much rain.
In Georgia, the weevil “infestation ,
and damage to cotton has become ;
worse than at any other time during
the last few years,” the Georgia crop !
sruvey of the weather bureau said.
In Louisiana, rains are preventing
dusting the cotton fields with boll j
weevil poisoning, according to Harry
D. Wilson, commissioner of agricul- j
ture. Prospects for cotton in Louis
iana are not bright, he said.
Alabama has had unusually heavy 1
rainfall the last several weeks, caus- :
ing P. O. Davis, director of the ex- i
tension service at Auburn, to pre- I
diet an uncertain cotton, crop.
Thirty per cent, of the cotton crop
in Mississippi is renorted infested
with weevils while North and South
Carolina reported heavy infestations
of the weevil. Rains throughout Ar
kansas have also been reported.
7th District Supers,
Teachers To Meet
The Georgia Education association, '
under the direction of President W. .
J. Andrews and Executive Secretary j
Ralph L. Ramsey, will hold a district j
meeting of superintendents, both '
county and independent, at Carters
ville High school on Aug. 16, at 10 I
a.m. In addition to the superintend- j
ents, four or five representative |
teachers from each system will also
meet in a planning program for the
fall convention.
The three G. E. A. district vice
presidents which have been appoint- ]
ed for the Seventh district are: Miss ■
Ruth Williams, Ringgold; J. K. Head
den, Cartersville, and Charles E. I
Bell, Trion. These vice-presidents, i
together with the superintendents, 1
will plan the program for the fall >
! convention, and will also be in charge |
of the program when the Seventh
District convention is held in Romel
on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
Superintendents are urged to at
tend this planning meeting in Car- j
tersville on Aug. 16, and to bring
with them at least four or five
teachers from different sections of j
their system.
Never forget that public education 1
is the bulwark of democracy.
FOR SALE.
Model “A” Ford Coach. $35.
A. B. TAYLOR
President Roosevelt At
Barnesville Today
Arrangements for reception of
president Roosevelt in Barnesville,
where he comes to dedicate the local
rural electrification administration
project, have been completed. Walton
B. Smith, Jr., is chairman of the
committee to welcome the president,
with R. J. Woodlee, co-chairman.
Mayor J. A. Cason is chairman of
the reception committee. Mrs. Wal
ter B. Smith, Jr., is co-chairman of
this committee.
Emmett L. Cole, chairman of the
invitation committee, has invited ev
ery Georgian to attend this celebra
tion. Many of our local people are
in Barnesville today.
Every home in Barnesville is open
for the entertainment of the visitors
during this gala day.
Harold F. Clark, field representa
tive of the southeastern district of
the REA, directed the erection of the
mammoth electrical display in the
park adjoining the staudium where
teh dedicatorial ceremony is taking
place.
The president vzill leave for the
“Little White House” at Warm
Springs before returning to Wash
ington.
Railway Purchases
Show Big Decline
During 6 Months
ATLANTA, Aug. 8. Probably
never before in history did changes
in the railway situation within a sin-
I gle year produce such great adverse
| effects upon general business and
I employment in the United States as
the changes that have occurred with
in the last year, declares the Railway
Age.
“The recession, resulting in freight
loadings being 25 per cent, smaller
in th firset half of 1938 than in the
first half of 1937, was accompanied
I by an advance in wages that made
I them the highest in history,” the
I Railway Age says. “In consequence,
I net operating income—the amount of
I gross earnings left after paying op
erating expenses and taxes —(Jeclined
from $240,100,000 in the first five
months of 1937 to $45,300,000 in the
first five months of 1938, or 81 per
i cent. As the net operating income
; earned principally determines rail
| way buying from the manufacturing
i industry, there was a terrific decline
I in buying of equipment and materi
als in the first half of 1938.”
Purchases of equipment and ma
terials (exclusive of fuel) amounted
to $199,588,(00, it was pointed out.
j This compares with similar purchas
es of $44,503,000 in the first six
| months of 1937, a decline of $345,-
000,000, or 63 per cent. Orders for
| equipment declined fitom $171>,320,-
1 000, or 80 per cent. Orders for loco
: motives declined from 228 to 75; for
I freight cars from 45,090 to 8,024; for
I passenger cars from 456 to 107. The
value of materials received from
manufacturers declined from $371,-
183,000 to ’5164,282,000, or 56 per
cent.
Purchases of fuel, as well as many
other commodities, also declined in
the first half of 1938. Total purchas
es of equipment, materials and fuel
combined were $313,152,00(0, as com
pared with $690,091,000 in the first
half of 1937, a decline of $376,939,-
000, or 55 per cent.
Words of Appreciation
A few words thanking my friends
lof Summerville and surrounding
| towns and communities for their
| faithfulness in saving coupons. Also
j to those who have been so kind as
I to mail them.
The publication of these coupons
will be discontinued after Aug. 15,
but the contest will not be over un
til 6 o’clock Sept. 9. So if you have
any old Chattanooga papers from
i June 30 until Aug. 15 please clip
every coupon.
A 20 per cent, bonus will be given
) for all coupons mailed in before the
15th and smaller ones each follow
ing week.
Please remember to do this as we
I would like Summerville represented.
Thanks,
ELOISE CHEEK.
I .
Auction Sale Friday
Todd & Co.* of Rome, will have
their auction sale tomorrow (Friday)
of the property of Dr. Rudicil's, late
of this county. (See ads elsewhere
in this issue).
i This desirable property is well
situated and will doubtless be de
sired by many of our people.
Mr. Todd said, “The ad in The
I News had brought inquiries from
| several states.”
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
The Summerville - Trion Rotary
club, at its regular Wednesday meet
ing last week, was fortunate in hav
ing for its guest speaker, Porter
Carswell, of Waynesboro, Ga. Mr.
Carswell, the former president of the
Waynesboro Rotary club, was re
cently elected governor of all the
clubs in Georgia—forty-six in num
ber. At home in Burke county, he is
one of the largest producers of cot
ton in his section of the state and is
today living on the plantation which
was an original grant from the King
of England sometime before 1800.
Naturally, Mr. Carswell was inter
ested in the extensive plant at Trion
where cotton is manufactured into so
many fine materials and he was very
gracious in his praise of its com
pleteness as well as of the excellent
organization that controls its affairs.
The state fish hatchery was visit
ed and the interesting points of Sum
merville shown him.
On leaving he expressed himself
as being impressed with the beauty
and resources of our section of Geor
gia and stated his intention to visit
us again at his first opportunity.
$1.50 A YEAR