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CIRCULATES IN THE BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA! VOL. 25; NO. 28. Mrs. Armour Speaks at W. C. T. U. Meeting Temperance Workers Organize Lo cal W. C. T. U., With Twenty-two Members—Officers Elected. Mrs. Mary Harris Armour address ed the women of Summerville at the Presbyterian church Wednesday, Sept. 29. Mrs. Armour is one of the national speakers of W.C.T.U. Her address was presented with all the fiery eloquence of a camp-meeting evangelist and with the fervor of a great soul dedicated to a great cause. Within the compass of one hour, she presented the evils of alcohol from the scientific as well as the moral and Christian points of view. The de structive work of liquor since the re peal of the Eighteenth amendment was presented. She also outlined the splendid work the W.C.T.U. is doing in educational work at the present time. The hopes of the future were painted in bright colors. Mrs. Armour was presented by the Rev. G. G. Ramsey, who introduced her as a great temperate leader, a great Christian, and a great Meth odist. The Rev. J. G. Kirchoff presided at the meeting. After the program was completed, the temperance workers immediately organized a local W.C.T.U. Twenty two women joined and all the officers were elected and the work was plac ed on a working basis at once. Mrs. Harry Marks was elected pres ident. Mrs. Reuben Garrett w’as chos en as vice-president at large. Mrs. John D. Taylor was elected as re cording secretary, and Mrs. Burton as corresponding secretary. Mrs. A. J. Eilenburg is the treasurer. The following were chosen as de nominational vice-president: Mrs. J. A. League, Mrs. Earl Beatty and Mrs. Rice Morgan. Mrs. Marks, the president, is grat ified at the interest of the women in the cause of temperance and is plan ning on a great program for the lo cal work in Summerville. SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER. The friends and neighbors of Uncle Joe Kellett gave him a surprise birth day dinner Sept. 17, honoring his seventy-first birthday. The beautiful cake was prepared by Mrs. C. T. Webb. Each one carried a well-filled bas ket and arrived at his home about 12 o’clock. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Webb and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Goodman and family, of Berryton, and C. L. Wynn. Skipper Rewarded. ATLANTA, Oct. 3 (GPS)—Paul j Richands, who, during his first year j as manager of the Atlanta Crack ers, piloted his team to a pennant, a victory in the post-season play-off | and in the Dixie series, has receiv-! ed his reward. President Earl Mann has re-signed him as manager for 1939. Retention of the lanky catcher as manager was no surprise, but the move was a popular one with At lanta and out-of-town fans. The brilliant young skipper’s home is in Waxahachie, Tex. Way Now Clear For Low Housing Plain ATLANTA. —Georgia's $16,000,000 slum clearnce and low-cost housing program can go forward now without interference. Constitutionality of the housing authorities and housing co-operative laws, passed at the last session of the Georgia General Assembly, have been upheld by the State Supreme Court. The decision means that seven Georgia cities in which housing au thorities have been set up and fed eral funds earmarked can begin im mediately their slum clearance proj ects, according to George B. Hamil ton, director of the state housing au thority. Actual construction will be gin as soon as preliminary work, such as selecting sites, is completed. Atlanta’s $9,000,000 is the largest allocation for slum clarance in the state. This will be matched with $900,000 put up by the Atlanta Hous ing Authority, of Which Charles F. Palmer, president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, is chairman. Other allocations made by the Unit ed States Housing Authority are: Augusta, $1,250,000; Athens, $270,- 000; Columbus $850,000; Macon, sl,- 250,000; Rome, $540,000 and Savan nah $2,700,000. The Supreme Court’s decision up held Judge A. L. Franklin of the Richmond County Superior Court, in dismissing a petition challenging con stitutionality of the acts. The ac tion was brought as a test case to determine the validity of the Georgia acts. Snnuiwrmllr Nms NEWS TO OFFER ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION BARGAIN The Summerville News will offer its annual subscription bargain during the Chattooga Fair. You can get The News for only SI.OO a year, pro vided you pay up all arrears and subscribe for one year in advance. This offer applies to new subscribers as well as old subscribers. If you live away from Chattooga and cannot at tend the fair, you may take advantage of this special offer by mailing in your subscription to The News. This offer will positively close Nov. 1. HUNTER, FISHERMAN CATCH ALLIGATORS ABBEVlLLE.—Alligators were the big game of the week, according to news stories from Abbeville and Lud- • owici. Norman Conley, one of the best fishermen near Abbeville, caught a seven-foot alligator on a limb line which was set near Poor Robin spring for catfish. It was stated that the hook was caught in a flank which suspended him in the water so that he could not get a foothold upon the ground when it would have been an easy task to break the line or hook. In Ludowici, R. S. Gordon prefer red to capture his alligators by track ing them down, instead of using the rod and reel. His ’gatorship, which was about five feet long, was track ed from a pond about a quarter of a mile from Gordon’s house to the gate leading into Gordon’s field. A yard dog was baying at the amphibian when Gordon found him. • 5 Million In Dividends Are Paid In Georgia ATLANTA, Oct. 3. (GPS)—A to tal of $5,897,155 in dividends is be ing paid out to shareholders of cor porations whose activties are cen tered largely in Atlanta and other sections of Georgia but whose op erations are, in some instances, in ternatonal in scope. The dividends, which started go ing out Oct. 1, represent the quarter ly distribution of profits. Thus, the total gives only a partial picture of the industrial and commereal situa tion in this section, since many cor poratons are on a semi-annual ba sis, paying their shareholders in July and January. The Nitrate of Soda demonstration plot conducted by the Lyerly chapter F. F. A. shows a marked difference where soda was used as a side dress er and where no soda was used. The plot is on the Holland and Lyerly highway on the farm now worked by Harris Edwards. The one guessing the closest to the yield will receive $2.00\ All farmers are asked to drop by and put in their guess soon, as no guesses will be accepted after Oct. stn. The plot is supervised by J. N. Young, Vocational Agricultural teach er of Lyerly High School. Cotton Patent Granted. ATLANTA, Oct, 3 (GPS)—A pat ent on a compress for shaping cot ton bales has been granted to Albert E. Elliot, of Atlanta, according to announcement from the United States patent office in Washington. Elliot, who filed his patent appli cation July 10, 1933, renewed the plea I on Jan. 26, 1938. He was awarded) the grant on the strength of seven new ideas in his invention. WANTED—Boarders, by day, week or month. Also meal boarders. — Mrs. O. J. Espy. Crane, Snake In Death Struggle QUITMAN. —An unwritten trag edy of wild life was found by W. A. Griffith, veteran fisherman who spends his time plying his rod and reel on the lake at Ocean Pond. Go ing to the lake for his accustomed fish the other day, he noticed that a large crane which usually was standing near his boat, always in the same place, was missing. A search revealed the crane, lying dead, near its accustomed place, and its bill was sticking into a large water moccasin, also dead. The two had apparently engaged in a death struggle, each killing the other. The crane probably succumb ed to poison from the reptile after the snake had been killed by the bill of the crane thrust into its body. ’ 5 SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938. CAN’T MAIL LETTERS IN EIRE ALARM BOXES ROME.—An attempt to mail a pos tal card in a fire alarm box put the Rome fire laddies on the run last week, and Rome may claim the dis tinction now of being a “metropolis.” Fire department officials said that a false alarm was set off on a Sun day afternoon at 12:51, apparently by some unidentified woman who bought some post cards at a local drugstore and tried to mail them in one of the city’s fire alarm boxes. Two com panies responded to the alarm, but when they arrived on the scene th< woman had left, very likely in some embarrassment. Criminal Cases Tried n Superior Court Criminal cases disposed of in Chat tooga superior court this week. The civil docket will be taken up today: Marvin Love—Two cases; verdict of guilty in each case. Mark Thompson—Verdict of guilty. Clyde Baker—Plea of guilty. J. W. Johnson—Plea of guilty. Milligan Roberts—Plea of guilty. Leonard Hutchins (two cases) — Plea of guilty. Paul Hunter—Plea of guilty. Idas Griffith—Verdict of guilty. James Ware—Plea of guilty. Bitty Teems—Plea of guilty. J. D. Phillips—Plea of guilty. Charlie Gossett—‘Plea of guilty. Clarence Booker—Verdict of guilty Arthur Webb —Plea of guilty. Johnnie Hutchins —Plea of guilty. Gordon Pangle—Plea of guilty. Lee Hawkins —Nol-prossed. Alfred Stewart —Verdict not guilty. Alfred Stewart —Verdict of guilty. Nap Richardson—Verdict not guil ty- W. D. Burrage—Plea of guilty. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. (J. G. Kirckhoff, Pastor) 9:45 A. M.—Sunday school. 11:00 A. M.—Morning worship and Communion service. 1:30 P. M.—The young people leave for rally at Dalton, which begins at 3 p.m. The second Pioneer Rally of Cher okee Presbytery will be held Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9, at 3 p.m. in Dal ton. All boys and girls in the Pres bytery between the ages of 11 and 15 a»e urged to attend. We will leave Summerville at 1:30 and are hoping for a good crowd from our church. Bring a picnic lunch; the Dalton young people will provide cookies and punch. Do not forget the installation serv ice the third Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Rev. J. C. Jackson, of Summerville, will give a word of welcome. Rep. John Melton, of First church, Rome, will preach. Rev. Taylor Morton, of La Fayette, will charge the people. Elder - Quinn McArver, from Sardis church, will charge the pastor. Thirty Georgians Are Listed In the Who’s Who Book ATLANTA. Thirty Georgians were among the 2,545 prominent Americans listed in “Who’s Who in America,” the 1938-39 edition of which was released this week. Margaret Mitchell, whose novel, 1 “Gone with the Wind,” sent her to a top spot in the writing fraternity, is singled out by the publishers as one of the nationally prominent per sons named in the 1938 group. Among the Georgians were the following Atlantians: Harold Bush-Brown, ar chitect; Ralph R. Byrnes, college dean; Walter C Carter, lawyer; Ry burn Clay, banker; Rufus E. Cdement university president; Mayor William B. Hartsfield; Clark Howell, editor; Judge William F. Jenkins, Frederick H. McDonald, construction engineer; Margaret Mitchell, author; Eurith D. Farmers Urged To Apply For FS A Loans Early Ample Funds Have Been Provided For Next Year’s Loan Require ments; Additional Funds Available. Farm families who desire federal aid to finance crop-making opera tinos next year are urged to make arrangements early, said Charles D. Sanders, rehabilitation supervisor in charge of the farm security admin istration office in Chattooga county. Ample funds have been provided for next year’s loan requirements of families who farmed with FSA as sistance this year, and additional funds are now available to allow more families to be aided. “An advice from our regional of fice in Montgomery, Ala., states that new families may be helped this year if applications are submitted in time to be handled. New applicants are urged to make arrangements be fore the rush season. The local of fice in the court house will be open every afternoon during this month except Saturdays between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to receive ap plications,” Mr. Sanders said. “Loans are ipade to finance pur chase of necessary farm supplies, live stock, seed, fertilizers, feed, tools and food. They are made to families who own or rent lands that are capable of producing a good liv ing and the additional earnings to repay loans. If the borrower is a tenant, it is required that he must have a written lease for the period of the loan.” Assistance is given the family in working out a practical plan of farm and home management. This plan, worked out by the borrower and the county rehabilitation supervisor, out lines the operations for the year bas ed on available farm labor and pro ductiveness of the soils to be culti vated. The plan provides for food for the family and feed for the stock so that the family can live at home and also produce a cash income to retire debts and buy more live stock and equipment, or other prac tical requirements. Plans To Redeem Wesleyan College Students at the country’s oldest college for women, Wesleyan, at Ma con, this week looked forward to “owning their own college again,” as terms for repurchasing the prop erty of the school from bondholders were announced. A statewide campaign to raise a half million dollars will be ini tiated soon by the century-old insti tution in an effort to redeem its buildings by December 1, 1940, when the final installment on $467,850, the purchase price, is due, according to Dr. Dice R. Anderson, president. Should the college succeed in raising the funds it would be free of financial burden for the first time since 1928. The college was offered for sale last March to the highest bidder af ter an extensive building campaign was interrupted by the depression years. The property was bought in by a committee of bondholders which recently agreed to terms by which the college is to repurchase its build ings over a two and one-half year period. Despite its financial difficulties of the past few years, the college has maintained its enrollment and kept its scholastic standing high. FOR SALE—Used brick, doors and flue cleats. Also three apartments for rent. —Myrtle’s Beauty Shoppe, Phone 404. Rivers, Governor of Georgia, James E. Warren, telephone executive. Other Georgians listed were: Con gressman Stephen Pace, Americus; Howell C. Erwin, Athens lawyer; Lansing B. Lee, Augusta attorney; O W Conger Bainbridge club woman Elmer Ransom, Augusta author; Mrs Roy R. Kracke, of Decatur, professor of pathology; Cullen B. Gosnell, pol itical science professor at Emory Un iversity; John M. Steadman, profes sor of English at Emory; Frederick L. Jones, James H. Porter and Kerr B. Tuppe, all of Macon; William J. Vereen, Moultrie; Thomas K. Graham of Oglethorpe University; Graham Wright, Rome; Josephe S. Bolten, John T. Burkhalter and Robert S. ope, all of Savannah, and Helen p. Longstreet, of Savannah Beach, NEW PASTOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH * ■1 -■' ■ r ' ■f * Jllh ‘ ' Jr' s i 1 .waia... J ; REV. J. G. KIRCKHOFF. NEW PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR ASSUMES DUTIES HERE The Rev. J. G. Kirckhoff, who was recently elected to the pastorate of the Summerville Presbyterian church, moved his family here from Calhoun last week and has assumed his duties as pastor. The manse has been completely ren ovated and nOw is one of the most attractive homes in the city. Mr. Kirckhoff succeeds the Rev. Sterling L. Hunter, who resigned as pastor of the church last fall to ac cept a call in Florida, since which time the church has been without a pastor. The Presbyterian congregation is to be commended in getting such a splendid pastor, and The News joins the people of Summerville in wel coming him to our city. » Collins Named Head State Red Cross Drive ATLANTA, Oct. 3 (GPS —Geor- gia’s superintendent of schools, Dr. M. D. Collins, has been appointed Georgia Roll Gall chairman for the Red Cross. Mrs. George D. Good man, member of the Atlanta chapter of the Red Cross and on the board of directors, ■will act as publicity, chairman. With the exception of Atlanta and Fulton county, the roll call for the state will be held from Nov. 11 to 24. The Red Cross was organized in Washington, D. C., in 1881, and dur ing its fifty-seven years of exist ence the flag has flown over every major disaster in the United States. The work of the Red Cross chap ter in Georgia is carried on each year through the efforts of the thou sands of volunteers who serve with out pay, and through money donated by the thousands who accept the in vitation to join. CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. Below is an itemized list of my campaign expense as a candidate for representative of Chattooga county in the primary election of Sept. 14, 1938: Entrance fee $ 50.00 Announcement in paper 10.00 Gas and oil 50.00 Miscellaneous 60.00 Total $170.00 T. A. COOK. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Sept. 27, 1938. JOHN S. JONES, Clerk, S. C. CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. The following expense was incur red in my recent race for state sen ator: Entrance fee $ 50.00 Announcement - 10.00 Pre-election announcement .... 5.00 To Trion band 5.00 Cards LOO Soft drinks -15 Paid for gas and oil 57.25 Total $135.00 All paid by self, except one pack of cards from friend. B. E. NEAL. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Oct. 4, 1938. H. A. ROSS, Ordinary. LIBRARY. Increase in circulation: Sept. 1-Sept. 15 138 Readers Sept. 15-Sept. 30 200 Readers “I want my mind to grow, So, to the library I will go.” Public Librarian. Uses Windmill To Put Out Fire BOWDON. —Time once was when fires in the country generally didn’t stop burning until they didn’t have anything else to burn. But that time is fading, at least it is in Car roll county. The home of R. D. Tis inger, Carrollton attorney, caught fire last week. The blaze had made considerable headway and did much damage before the Tisingers swung into action with a fire hose at tached to their windmill. The re sult was that the fire was extin guished before it could finish what it started out toYfo. BPAGES8 PAGES IN THIS WE E K’S ISSUE OF THE NEWS Rumors of Special Assembly Session Are Being Heard Appearance In Atlanta of House and Senate Leaders Give Certain Credibility To Rumors. ATLANTA, Oct. 3 (CNS)—'Geor gia solons may be called into anoth ier extraordinary session this winter 1 to deal with the problem of state fi i nances, rumors widely circulated ; thoughout Georgia reported during j the week. No comment on the rumors came from Gov. E. D. Rivers upon his ! return to the state capitol at the conclusion of a brief holiday that | followed his strenuous campaign for I re-election, but the appearance in I Atlanta of many administration house I and senate leaders during the week l gave a certain credibility to the ru ) mors. It was reported that tentative con -1 sideration was being given to sum moning the solons for a brief session ' in -November or even earlier to con sider the state’s growing need for fi nancing for the administration pro gram of expended state services to j the citizens. Increased needs for funds in the . department of public welfare, which I has pending many pension applica tions for which money is not avail j able, and to balance the school bud get, where there is a possibility that adequate funds for full payment may not develop were reportedly the rea sons behind the contemplated call for the session. The next regular session of the as sembly would convene in January, with a new personnel in the senate and many changes in the house mem bership, and it was believed that an emergency session might be necessary to clear away present fiscal worries and pave the way for a study of tax revision when the regular session met to grant appropriations for the next two years. Civil Service Examination Announced The United States civil service commission has announced an open competitive examination for the po sitions named below. Senior Stenographer, $1,620 a year; Junior Stenographer, $1,440 a year; Senior Typist, $1,440 a year; Junior Typist, $1,260 a year, for appointment in Washington, D. C., only. Appli cants must have reached their eight- I eenth birthday, but must not h#ve passed their fifty-third birthday. Closing dates for receipt of appli cations for this examination are: Oct. 3 from states east of Colorado, and Oct. 6 from Colorado and states westward. Full information may be obtained from the secretary of the United States civil service board of eyami ners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C. Boy Scout News The Boy Scouts will meet Friday night at 7 o’clock at the Baptist church. We are expecting several new members out this week. All those boys who have been attending the past meetings are asked to come Fri day night. Plan now to come. METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday school at 9:45; Dr. E. R. Buskin, superintendent. Preaching, morning, 11 a.m.; sub ject, “What the Church Does For the Individual.” Evening preaching service at 7:15 p.m.; subject, “Christianity’s Judg ment Seat.” Young Peoples’ service at 6:15. Prayer meeting Wednesday eve ning at 7:15. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday, Oct. 9, 1938: Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Duke M. Espy, superintendent. The lesson topic for Sunday is “Spiritual Wor ship.” Morning worship at 11 a.m.; “If A Man Die, Shall He Live Again?” The pastor is speaking on the above sub ject by special request. B. Y. P. U. at 6:15 pm. A great young people’s organization is being started and is beginning to function smoothly. Come out. Evening service at 7:15. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. Bring your New Testa ments. Fellowship club Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Varied program. Dr. Marion McH. Hull To Speak at W.M.S. On Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 1:30 p.m., the Subligna W.M.S. will have as its guest Dr. Marion McH. Hull, dean of the Atlanta Bible institute, who is known throughout the state for his radio talks on the Sunday School lesson. The W.M.S. is very anxious for all the Missionary societies of the county to avail themselves of this j opportunity to hear Dr. Hull, who will teach the Book of Solomon &t i this time. The public is most cordially invited to attend this meeting, which will be held at the Subligna Methodist church. “ v v ’ MRS. W. J. WHITE, JR., Secretary. $1.50 A YEAR