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CIRCULATES IN THE BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA! VOL. 52; NO. 30 J. L. Alexander, of Menlo, Withdraws As Commissioner Declines Nomination to Hold Government Position. New Board Member to Be Elected in General Election November Bth. A peculiar situation has arisen in Road District No. 3, which is com posed of Alpine, Dirtseller and Teloga militia districts, since the primary election was held on Sept. 14, at which time J. L. Alexander, of Menlo, was nominated as commis sioner from that district. Since Mr. Alexander is employed by the postoffice department as a substitute rural mail carrier he must under the rules of the postoffice de partment, resign as substitute car rier or decline the nomination for commissioner, and he has decided to retain his government position,! therefore, according to the statement of Mr. W. C. Sturdivant, chairman of the Chattooga County Democratic Executive committee, a commission er in that district will have to be elected in the general election to be held on Nov. 8, there being insuffi cient time to hold a primary elec tion for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the place. Mr. Sturdivant states that any person desiring to qualify as a can didate for member of the board of commissioners in District No. 3 should qualify before H. A. Ross, ordinary, at the courthouse in Sum merville fifteen days prior to the date of the general election. Both Mr. Alexander’s and Mr. Sturdivant’s notices regarding the situation follow: “Menlo, Ga., Oct. 14, 1938. “Hon. W. C. Sturdivant, Chairman, “Democratic Executive Committee oi Chattooga County, Georgia, “Summerville, Ga. “Dear Sir: “At the Democratic primary elec tion held on September 14 last I was nominated as the party candidate for membership on the Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenues from Road District No. 3, composed of Teloga, Alpine and Dirtseller militia districts. I have been ad vised, however, of a ruling by the federal postoffice authorities that if I am elected as a County Commis sioner that I must resign as substi tute rural mail carrier. In justice to myself and my family I cannot af ford to resign that position. “This is to advise you, therefore, that I must and do hereby decline to accept the nomination as a can didate for County Commissioner from the district aforesaid. At the time of my candidacy in the primary I did not know of any such rule or regulation by the postoffice authori ties or I would not have been a can didate in the primary, and it is need less to say that I regret the situa tion which has developed. “I am advising you of my declina tion of the nomination in order that the Democratic Executive committee can take whatever steps that may be necessary. “Very truly yours, “J. L. ALEXANDER.” NOTICE The attention of voters in Road District No. 3, composed of Teloga, Alpine and Dirtseller militia districts is direted to the above letter re ceived from Mr. J. L. Alexander. Due to postal regulations Mr. Alexander cannot accept the nomination of the democratic primary held September 14th, 1938. The postal regulations covering a substitute mail carrier were not known to Mr. Alexander at that time as otherwise he would not have been a candidate. Since there is insufficient time to hold a primary, the election of a member of the Chattooga County Board of Roads and Revenues must be held in the general election called for November Bth, 1938. Any per son desiring to qualify as a candi date for member of the Chattooga County Board of Roads and Reve nues in the above districts should qualify before the ordinary, H. A. Ross, at the courthouse in Summer ville, Georgia, fifteen days prior to said general election to be held on November Bth, 1938. W. C. STURDIVANT, Chairman, Chattooga County Demo cratic Executive Committee. Berryton 4-H Club The Berryton 4-H club held its meeting at the Berryton schoolhouse. Miss Henry showed us how to make candy, then we went home.—Sue Pegg, Reporter; Dixie Nelson, Presi dent. i Oi' Summer uilk Nms SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938. U. S. Allots $3,000,000 To Buy Peanuts (By Georgia News Service.) CAMILLA, Ga.—According to announcement by Roy Parrish, 3 million dollars has been made avail able for the purchase of peanuts through the Georgia-Florida-Ala bama Peanut association by the United States department of agri culture. “Additional funds will be avail able if needed,” Mr. Parrish, man ager of the association, stated. High Taxes Apparently Changing Travel Habits Are high automotive taxes, combin ed with unsettled economic conditions, changing the nation’s travel habit to the extent of transforming vacation motorists into “grasshopper tour ists?” That is one explanation of the in crease in intrastate highway travel and of the seeming decline in inter state touring reported to the Georgia Petroleum Industries committee and released by Neil W. Printup, secre tary. Local traffic has shown sub stantial gains in some sections. Re sorts adjacent to cities appear to be enjoying reasonably good, in some cases heavy, patronage. Yet other reports indicate that business at tourist camps and at rec reation resorts catering largely to long-distance motor travel is off 1C to 30 per cent., in some cases 40 per cent, and above. The volume of tour ist buying seems to be diminished as compared with previous years, with an observable curtailment in inter state touring. “The Texas Weekly” reports that a recent survey indicated a gain of 22 per cent, in the number of motor ing visitors to state parks. Gasoline consumption is revealed by authentic records'for the first seven months of 1938 to be not far below the corre sponding period of 1937. Bat then again there appears to be a decline in commercial vehicle operation. Evidently automotive tax costs are beginning to take effect, especially in view of unsatisfactory economic conditions. In normal years motor touring expenditures run around $5,- 000,000,000. That is a per capita av erage of just under S4O. But that per capita expenditure now is actu ally less than the average automotive tax bill, now larger than SSO annu ally. Since the 1929 depression automo tive taxes have steadily increased, chiefly through increases in gasoline taxes. Fifteen years ago the average annual gasoline tax per motor vehicle was about $5; now it is more than $30.00. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB OF GORE HIGH SCHOOL The Home Economics club of Gore High school held its first meeting Oct. 13 in the home economics de partment. The following officers were elected: President, Sara Scoggins; vice-presi dent, Shirley Bartlett; secretary, Mary McGuire; treasurer, Betty Jim Owings; reporter, Venice Cordle; cheer leader, Doris Williams; social committee, Annie Hendrix, chairman; Sara Baker, Dorothy Hendrix, Vir ginia Ramsey; program committee, Mattie Beth Cordle, chairman; Lou ise Perry, Mozelle Anderson,, Lesline Young; refreshment committee, Eve lyn Hendrix, chairman; Lola Mae Cargle, Pauline Christian, Tinnie Wil lingham; decoration committee, Vel ma Hix, chairman; Lydia Jean Wil lingham, Alice Johns, Margaret Aired. With the help of our instructor, Miss Hines, we hope to have a very successful year in home economics. VENICE CORDLE, Reporter. R. D. Davison Awarded Oldsmobile Dealership The Atlanta office of General Mo tors announced today that R. D. Da vison had been awarded a contract for Oldsmobile sales and service in this section to become effective im mediately. The 1939 line of Oldsmobile is complete with lowest prices for a car of this class in history. Mr. Davison advises that he will have one of the new models on dis play at Bob’s new service station Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the public in general is invited to see this big new car with economaster motor and individual coil springing on all four wheels. The local Olasmobile agency will be the only Oldsmobile dealer this side of Atlanta offering the extra low G,M-A‘C, financing plan News At a Glance About People, Things In State Five Hundred Thousand Peo ple Visited Southeastern Fair In Atlanta During Oct. 1-8. ATLANTA, Oct. 17 (GPS).—The most successful fair Atlanta has put on in five years has passed into his tory. The carnival train and the low ing herds and grunting pigs, making up the Southeastern fair and Nation al Live Stock show, have moved out of Lakewood park. Those who attend ed the eight-day attraction, however, still are talking about the big event. And there were some 500,000 per sons who passed through the turn stiles while the “Open For Business’ sign was out. Both President Mike Benton and Live Stock Director Tap Bennett were gratified at the suc cess of the first showing of the Live Stock show, the feature attraction of this year’s fair, and announced plans .or still greater emphasis in this de partment next year. Still Dropping: During the first seven months of 1938 railway pur chases of material, fuel and equip ment totaled approximately $355,- 328,000, compared with approximate ly $761,428,000 in the corresponding period in 1937, a reduction of $406,- 100,000, or 53 per cent., figures of the Railway Age revealed. The total was less than in any corresponding seven-month period since 1933. Pur chases of materials, exclusive of fuel, from manufacturers during the sev en-month period of 1938 totaled $191,196,000, compared with $435,- 790,000 in the same period last year. As compared with the corresponding period of 1929, railway buying of equipment and materials during the first seven months of this year show ed a decline of $595,143,000. Gist Os the News: Corn pone and biscuits are no longer a tradition in the southerner’s diet if the tastes of Emory university men are indicative, according to the observation of Mrs. S. S. Haynie, Emory cafeterian diet itian. They take the prosaic roll ev ery time, she said .. . Fulton Su perior Court Judge John D. Humph ries, in deciding whether a liquor store is too near a church, said the nrescribed mimium distance of 100 yards is to be measured, not “as the erow flies,” but by the nearest trav eled route . . . For the first time in ixty-six years there will be dancing n Atlanta high schools. The board i education, by a vote of four to ;wo, abrogated its venerable rule igainst social dancing, acting on rec mmendation of Dr. Willis A. Sutton, uperintendent. New Church To Be 3uilt at Summerville The members of the Church of God, of the union assembly, held a meeting here Monday for the pur pose of making plans for the erec tion of a new ch.urch building The new building will be erected on the lot located on Highland ave nue, where the old building now stands. The new building will be 34x45 feet and will be constructed of cement blocks. Rev. C. T. Pratt, of Dalton, assembly moderator, pre sided over the meeting. Work on the new building is expected to be gin very soon. Jones Named Head Veterans of Georgia (By Georgia News Service.) ATLANTA.—The forty-fifth an nual reunion of the Georgia division of the United Confederate Veterans ended here Friday after two days of colorful entertainment for the old soldiers who left vowing that they expect another reunion next year. General J. R. Jones, of Atlanta, was elected commanding general of the Georgia division. L. Thomas (Pat) Gillen, director of the Confed erate division of the state of Geor gia, and who acted as host on behalf of the retiring commander general, A. J. Harris, of McDonough, was el evated from lieutenant-colonel to ad jutant-general and chief of staff. A. J. Kerry was re-elected secretary treasurer. So carefully were arrangements made by Mr. Gillen that the reunion ended without a single mishap. He was aided in making plans by U.D.C. chapters and others. American Legion To Meet Tonight The regular meeting of the Amer ican Legion will be held at the Hair cabin Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. Judge Maddox will speak. AH legion naires and their wives are invited Refreshments will b~ served. Farm Prosperity Associations Being Formed Enlarged Incomes for Farm Families to Establish Self- Sufficiency Is Objective. ATLANTA, Oct. 17 (GPS)—Coun ty farm prosperity building associa tions are being formed in twenty-six counties in the immediate Atlanta trade area, as a part in a determined move of important Atlanta business and financial interests to advance the state’s agriculture. Meetings already have been held at Cummings, Forsyth, Covington, Con yers, McDonough, Gainesville, Dah lonega, Blairsville and Cleveland. They will continue in other counties until the program is completed. Enlarged incomes for farm fami lies, to establish greater self-suffi ciency are the objectives of the drive. The program calls for aiding the farmer: (1) To raise and improve the qual ity of live stock. (2) To diversify crops. (3) To halt soil erosion and build up land. (4) To “live at home,” in respect to foodstuff and stock feed. (5) Generally to develop new sources of farm income. This is in line with the program that has been advanced for some time by agricultural agents of rail roads operating in Georgia. A survey made recently by the A., B. & C. railroad, showed that farmers in eight counties in the heart of south Geor gia’s agricultural section, who have adopted modern methods, in carrying out modern ideas of farming and live stock raising, are meeting with suc cess. The plan of forming farm pros perity building associations is under the general diretion of Cully A. Cobb, chairman of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce live stock committee. Manv private enterprises are co-op erating. General Meeting Os Chattooga Association The first general meeting of the Chattooga association will meet with Poplar Springs churh Sunday, Oct. 30, at 1:30 p.m. Devotional will be led by D. B. Maffett, of Trion. “The Church: As It Is Related to Social Condition,” by J. C. Jackson, of Summerville. “The Church: As It Is Related to the State,” by T. J. Espy, Sr., of Summerville. A general discussion of the above questions. It is the desire of the executive committee that every church possible will be represented. These are Bap tist meetings and it is hoped that if you are a Baptist that you will give your support and influence to these meetings. I We hope to meet every member of : the local church in which the sev ! eral meetings of the year shall con vene. All good singers who will come can lend much help to the success of i these meetings. COMMITTEE. Indians to Play Dallas High Friday The Summerville Indians will play Dallas High Friday afternoon on the local high school field, beginning at 3 o’clock. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Summerville traveled to Dalton last Friday night to lose a hard-fought I battle, but Dalton was the superior ! team. | By the way, we have a treat for all you fans who haven’t seen us play this year. On Thursday night, Nov. i 3, we are going to play Rockmart under the lights at the Trion stadium. Admission 10 and 25 cents. All you I football fans come on out and see this J game. WHO KNOWS? 1. How many countries have had wars or revolts in the last twenty years ? 2. What is the cost of the raw cot ton in a $2 shirt? 3. How old is Secretary Hull? 4. Who is the “White House spokesman”? 5. Does the wage-hour law, which goes into effect Oct. 24, affect ag ricultural workers? 6. Did the British and French par i liaments approve the Munich agree , ment ? 7. Has the American labor party announced candidates in New York? 8. Have the taxable profits of cor , porations declined? 9. How does the price of wheat compare with the price in the spring of 1937? 10. What are the resources of the i Chase National bank, of New York? : See “Th? Answers” on another page. Chattooga County Fair To Open Next Thursday Morning Farmers Urged to Exhibit Live Stock, Etc., at Fair Fair time is most here again. Let’s keep our slogan of “Bigger and Better Each Year.” To do this requires the co-operation of all. If you have some good cattle or live stock of any kind, bring them and let the people see what you have. We have plenty of good agricul tural products in the county, and should have a good individual ex hibit. Look the premium list over, bring a good stalk of cotton, bale of hay, exhibit of corn, wheat, po tatoes, ham, eggs or any other product you may have. O. P. DAWSON, President, Chattooga County Fair. Gain of South Cited By Power Executive ATLANTA, Oct. 17 (GPS)—De claring that the south is not “the na tion’s No. 1 economic problem,” Pres ton S. Arkwright, president of the Georgia Power company, in a recent speech before the Atlanta Kiwanis club, said this section has made more economic progress since 1960 than any other section of the country. Mr. Arkwright attacked the desig nation, made in a recent report of a committee appointed by President Roosevelt, and charged that it was damaging “not because of facts it contained but because it is present ed as typical of the south’s own best thought.” “The report was turned in twenty days after the committee was ap pointed,” he said. “I doubt that it was prepared by southerners, and I am sure it is not representative of the thinking of the southern business man. There is much in the report that is true, but the picture it paints of southerners —incompetents living in a land of plenty—is not true. The picture also is false in that it tells all the bad things about the south and fails to mention the enormous progress we have made in improving them. “There is another obstacle, how ever, which we can do something about. That is the growth of the strange southern doctrine that we don’t want outside capital brought in. If this idea spreads it can do more to check our progress than most any thing else. “We all recognize that something must be done about the conditions de scribed in the report. The best thing we can do is to get more capital, get more industries into the south, wel come them into the south because of the new wealth they bring and treat them fairly after they get here.” Luell McGinnis To Manage New Station Bob’s new service station opens to morrow under the management of Luell McGinnis, formerly connected with Garvin’s Texaco station. Mr. McGinnis states that he will handle only first grade gasoline direct from the refinery of one of the major oil companies and always of the same high quality at saving prices. The new station is located just nortn of town and is both convenient and modern, affording complete serv ice with ample parking space and sanitary rest rooms. Mr. McGinnis is well known in Summerville and Chattooga county and will welcome his friends with the assurance that he will never betray their confidence by offering for sale any inferior product. It is generally reported that the new station will have the distributor ship for Cities Service gas and oils. COFFEE TO SPAIN. WASHINGTON. The American Red Cross announced its acceptance of the offer of more than 1,000,000 pounds of coffee by the Brazilian government for starving Spanish ci vilians. The coffee will be transport ed to Havre by the Maritime commis sion, where it will be sent overland to Spain to be distributed behind both insurgent and loyalist lines. DOCTOR DIES DURING OPERA TION. ERIE, Pa. —Stricken while operat ing on a woman patient, Dr. Frank B. Krimmel, .well known Erie sur geon, motioned to a colleague to take charge, staggered from the operating table and collapsed. He died a few minutes later while the operation coptinped - PAGES THIS I 1 w E E K OF THE NEWS. $1.50 A YEAR Home-Coming & Cen tennial Day Set For Friday, October 28. Large Premium List Offered —Cumberland Valley Shows (To Furnish Amusements. The annual Chattooga Coun ty fair will open next Thurs day morning at 9 o’clock at the fair grounds, and will run thru Saturday night. County Agent O. P. Dawson has given much of his time and effort to make a creditable showing in the farm and live stock departments and promise to be the best ever shown in this section of the state. The live stock industry in this county has made wonderful progress during the last few years and the fair officials are giving ev ery encouragement to the growth of this important industry by offering liberal premiums in these depart ments. Exhibits in all other depaitments promise to be as good or better than heretofore. The school programs promise to be even more interesting than last year and you are urged to attend both Thursday and Friday nights. The Cumberland Valley shows, as in the past several years, will furnish the amusements for the fair, with a larger and better show. Several new features have been added to the car nival, which consists of several dif ferent rides, shows, doll racks and many other clean concessions. Home-Coming Day. Home-Coming and Centennial day has been set for Friday, Oct. 28, which promises to be the biggest day of the fair. On this day, all former Chattoo gans are especially invited to attend the fair, and hundreds of former res ioents are expected to be present on Friday, Oct. 28. The school events will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, at 10 o’clock with the schools of Chattooga county par ticipating. This will be an interesting feature of the fair. Don’t miss this opportunity of see ing the wonderful progress being made by the people of Chattooga county as shown by the exhibits in all departments. You can’t afford to miss the fun. Be sure to attend all three days of the fair. Duckworth Takes Seat On Bench (By Georgia News Service.) ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia supreme court convened Monday with Asso ciate Justie W. H. Dukworth sitting for the first time. Justice Duckworth succeeded Associate Justice John B. Hutcheson, who resigned two months prior to expiration of his term. Among cases heard Monday was appeal for a new trial by Harvey Nelson, Waycross inkeeper, under death sentence for slaying his son in an alleged insurance plot. LYERLY P.-T. A. HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING The Lyerly Parent-Teacher asso ciation had its first monthly execu tive meeting at the home of Mrs. Tom Hardy Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. H. L. Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hollis, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Brodgen, Mrs. Little and the faculty of Lyerly High school were present. After the business session, Mrs. Hardy treated the body with tasty tidbits and coffee. In the interim the new faculty was properly initiated to the hospitality of their co-operative patrons. The next executive meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Burt Brog den. SIO,OOO TO CEMETERY. BERLIN, Md.—After bequeathing SIOO to a former housekeeper, Phillip A. Timmons, 86-year-old farmer, left the remainder of a SIO,OOO estate in trust for the upkeep of the Oak Hill Riverside cemetery. The interest is to be used for the “perpetual care, upkeep and improvement” of the grounds. TRUCK PAINTS BRIDGE. NEW YORK.—A sharp skid by a paint-loaded one-ton truck trailer caused it to overturn and gave the Manhattan end of the old Manhattan bridge a bright new coat of paint. Traffic was delayed for three hours while the trailer was being put back on its wheels and the bridge road way sanded