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CIRCULATES IN THE
BEST SECTION OF
NORTH GEORGIA!
VOL. 52; NO. 33
NEWS AT A GLANCE
ABOUT PEOPLE AND
THINGS IN STATE
EXPERIENCED BUSINESS MEN
AMONG MOST ENTHUSIASTIC
BOOSTERS OF AGRICULTURE...
ATLANTA, Nov. 7 (GPS).—On the
subject, “Toward Farm Prosperity,”
the Athens Times, weekly newspaper
owned and published by C. Gilbert
Roberson, said editorially: “Experi
enced business men have been among
the most enthusiastic boosters of ag
ricultural marketing co-operation on
a sound, profit-making, conservative,
common-sense basis. This is a logi
cal attitude. For business, large and
small, knows the virtue of progres
sive co-operation, and has long prac
ticed it. Furthermore, from the local
point of view, prosperous agriculture
means more prosperous business, es
pecially in the smaller communities
of the nation. The farmer who gets
a profitable price for his crop is the
farmer who makes a good customer
for commercial establishments of all
kinds. And marketing co-operation,
as the record proves, leads to farm
prosperity.
The Keystone: “Even those who
are not directly connected with the '
railroad business know that without ’
reasonably prosperous railroads we j
can have no enduring and satisfac
tory national prosperity,” declares J.
J. Pelley, president of the Associa
tion of American Railroads. “This is
so because of the widespread hold
ings of railroad securities by indi
viduals and institutions. It is so be
cause of the community interest in
railroad tax payments and the inter
est of other industries in railroad
purchasing power. And it is so for
an even more important reason—-the ,
absolutely fundamental necessity to
this country of low-cost, reliable and
efficient rail service.”
Gist Os the News: Wages in Geor- |
gia are not below the minimum of j.
sll per week set by the wage-hour
law. The average wage paid workers i
in Georgia factories during last Aug
ust was $13.71, records show
The week of Nov. 13-19 has been
proclaimed by Gov. Rivers as Book
week in Georgia . . . The Garland s
Tobins, of Zebulon, have a very rare
dog, belonging to the Chinese Crest
ed breed. The canine’s name is Judy,
and she bleaches to blonde in winter
and becomes a brunette in summer ..
Georgia Tech students gathered un
der one roof last week for the first
time in ten years. Some 2,800 of them
assembled in their new $150,000 au
ditorium-gymnasium, as part of the
school’s fiftieth anniversary pro
gram . . . Residential consumers of
electricity in Atlanta, Macon and Au
gusta last year paid the lowest
monthly bills of Georgia cities over
50,C00 population, figures show.
Citizen’s Library
Conference to Be In
Rome November 15
Miss Sally Akin, president of the
Georgia Library association, has an
nounced that there will be a citizen s
library conference in Rome, at the
Carnegie Library auditorium, on
Tuesday, Nov. 15.
While this is the first citizen s li
brary conference to be held in this
part of the state it is one of several
which have taken place in other sec
tions of the state. The object of the
■conferences is indicated in the naine,
Citizen’s Library Conference, that is,
the arousing of interest on the part
of the public in the expansion of li
brary service. This meeting will give
citizens of the Seventh Congression
al district who are interested m the
promotion of reading and the exten
sion of culture in their section an op
portunity to line up with the forces
planning improvement of library
service in the district.
Registration for the meeting will
open at 9:30 Tuesday morning at the
Carnegie Library in Rome. The meet
ing will be formally opened at 10:30
by a welcome address from W altei
Cothran, past president of the Geor
gia Bankers’ association, Rome. Dr.
Mathilde Parlett, chairman, library
committee; Shorter college, Rome,
will outline the purposes and value
of citizen’s library conferences, and
Miss Sally M. Akin, president of the
Georgia Library association, will dis
cuss Georgia’s present library status,
and will give the association’s plans
for library development.
Georgia’s library needs will be pre
sented by representatives speaking
for various groups.
A luncheon at the Greystone hotel
will follow the morning meeting at
which time the librarians attending
will be introduced.
The afternoon session will attempt
to answer the challenge of the morn
ing session by presenting methods by
which the needs can be met.
The conference is expected to as
semble a large delegation of interest
ed citizens from the counties and
towns located in the Seventh district.
Yue can still get The News until
Nov. 15 for $1 a year!
The Summerville News
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1938.
20-Pound Bob Cat
Killed At Cochran
COCHRAN.—Residents in the vi
cinity of Cochran are beginning to
wonder if they are really becoming
civilized! Richard and Raymond
Purser were proudly exhibiting a
twenty-pound bob cat the other
morning which they had captured
the night before.
The cat was estimated to be 7 or
8 years old and had been seen a
number of times by residents in the
vicinity. It was caught in Big
Branch near Tully Jones’ place
about five miles from Cochran. It
was necessary to shoot the cat
twice before the dogs would close
in on it.
surplus agriculturT
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
TO NEEDY FAMILIES
WELFARE DEPARTMENT DIS
TRIBUTES $2,995.83 IN COM
MODITIES IN SEPTEMBER.
According to a report released to
day by Leroy H. Tolbert, district
commodity supervisor, surplus com
modities distributed by the state de
! partment of public welfare ito needy
families in Chattooga county during
September had a ‘total value of $2,-
995.83.
The Federal Surplus Commodities
corporation purchasing machine is
operated by experienced commodity
marketing specialists who have little
respect for lost motions and who are
prepared to go after surpluses with
much vigor. They are accustomed to
showing no preference for any par
ticular commodities and a large sur
! plus of any agricultural product is
subject to their reducing treatment.
It is important to point out that
the Federal Surplus Commodities cor
poration makes purchases only when
| there is a large price depressing sur-
Lplus. Usually puchases are made only
in carlot quantities, and it is custo
mary for no attempt to be made to
buy small amounts. Occasionally,
j when the Federal Surplus Commodi
ties corporation announces purchase
plans for a commodity, the psycholo
gical effect of the announcement is
I so great on the commercial market
I that the price promptly advances
from a bewildering low to a fair
level, making it unnecessary for pur
chases to be actually made.
Purchased surpluses are given to
the state department of public wel
fare by the FSCC for distribution to
hungry families who cannot buy sus
taining foods. Surplus foods cost the
state nothing.
SIX FROM COUNTY
DRAWN FOR U.S. COURT
The United States district court
for the Rome division of the northern
district of Georgia will be held in
Rome on Nov. 21, 1938. Jurors have
been drawn from Chattooga county
as follows:
George L. Watson, Menlo; Ernest
White, Menlo; Thomas B. Cummings,
Summerville;. John H. Thomas, Men
lo; Rufus Brison, Holland (grand
jury); James C. Gray, Trion (grand
jury).
It is expected that criminal cases
will be disposed of early in the week,
and such civil business as can be
heard during the remainder of the
week; bust the greater part of the
civil cases will probably be continu
ed till January at which time a spe
cial term will be held.
hucFroadprocram
TO AID FARMERS
ATLANTA (GPS).—Farmers of
Georgia will have an opportunity to
supplement their incomes by renting
equipment and selling their personal
services to the WPA in carrying out
the huge road-building program that
has been launched throughout the
state, it was announced by R. L. Mc-
Dougall, chief WPA construction en
gineer for Georgia.
At a recent conference between Mr.
McDougall, Congressman Emmett
Owens, of Griffin, and Clem Wright,
assistant state highway engineer, ar
rangements were completed.
“So far as funds are available”
Mr. McDougall said, “the WPA will
co-operate to the fullest extent in em
ploying farmers and using their
■ equipment in the road program.”
Many of the road-building proj
' ects will be located in the rural sec
tions where farmers may use their
I teams, wagons and other equipment
; to supplement machinery Os the state
highway department, he said. The
program is starting in south Georgia
and will move northward as farmers
finish gathering their crops, thus
I giving employment during the winter
1 month*.
INDIANS TRAMPLE
ROCKMART, 13 TO 7,
LAST THURSDAY
ROCKMART RALLIES IN THE
THIRD QUARTER, BUT SUM
MERVILLE TAKES GAME.
By HOLLAND MARTIN.
It seems, after a bad start at the
beginning of the season, that the
Summerville Indians have gone on a
winning spree and intend to keep it
up. To prove this, they took Rock
mart last Thursday night to the
tune of 13 to 7.
Both teams played hand football,
but Summerville came out on the up
per end.
Summerville’s touchdowns came in
the second quarter when they got the
ball on their own 45-yard line. Dalton
gained 11 yards around right end.
Then Tallent gained 7 over center.
Bohannon lost 3 yards on a reverse,
but Dalton made it up with a 4-yard
gain around end.
Rockmart was over-anxious on the
next play and was off side which
gave Summerville 5 yards more and a
iirst down, Tallent gained 1 over
center, but Tallent was stopped at
.he line of scrimmage on the next
play. Again Tallent had the ball and
gained 4 yards. Then Tallent made a
smashing 13-yard gain, which gave
Summerville another first down. Dal
.on was given the ball on the next
play but he lost a yard. Tallent lost ■
a yard on the next play but gained 4
yards on the following. Then he gain
ed 8 yards to Rockmart’s 2-yard line.
Tallent bucked the line and went
over for the first touchdown of the
game. Tallent made the extra point
over center.
Baines kicked to Rockmart’s 27-
yard line and the ball was carried
sack to the 44 by Fuller, of Rock
mart. On the fourth down, Rockmart
kicked the ball out of bounds on the
30-yard line. Dalton gained 4 yards
around end and Tallent picked up 3
yards on the next play.
Headrick made a beautiful quick
kick that was downed on Rockmart’s
3-yard line by Barnes.
Rockmart kicked out of danger to
the 30-yard line. Reavis fumbled but
Bagley recovered for a 2-yard gain.
On the next play, Tallent gained two.
Tallent gained 5 over center. Again
he ball was given to Tallent who
made a beautiful 11-yard gain. Tal
.ent gained 7 more over center. Then
vent over on an off-tackle play for
mother touchdown. On the extra
mint, Dalton passed to Bohannon bn
he pass was incomplete.
When the half ended the score
/as Summerville, 13; Rockmart, 0.
Rockmart’s score came along in the
hird quarter when Headrick kicked
o Rockmart’s 43-yard line. The ball
vas brought back by Johnson to the
.8. Davenport passed to Johnson who
vent over for the score. Fuller, of
Rockmart, bucked center for the ex
ra point.
When the game ended the score
was Summerville, 13; Rockmart, 7.
Tallent, it seems, was the spear
read of the attack. He played a great
?ame and carried that ball for plen
y of yardage.
In the backfield, Dalton also play
ed a great game, and so did Bohan
non and Denson. Reavis, although he
did not play the whole game, played
some real football.
Our ends, Headrick and Cooper,
played a good game. Wilson and El
rod, at tackle, really opened the holes.
Bagley and Lipham played a hot
game and were in on almost every
play. Hankins, at center, really show
ed his stuff.
This is Tallent’s and Elrod’s first
year of football, and I just want to
say that Coach Farmer has done
some great work on both of them.
What the coach hasn’t done has been
made up by the team and their free
advice. The going has been pretty
tough over on the practice field and
the ability to “take it” and a fight
ing spirit is about the only thinjg that
has kept them out. The efforts of
Coach Farmer were rewarded last
Thursday night wherf both Elrod and
Tallent played their best game of
the season.
Summerville Rockmart
Barnes E Ullman
Wilson T Nettles
Bagley G Hulsey
Hankins C Holiday
Lipham G Head
Elrod T .. .. Davis
Headrick (c)—E J. Ezzell
Dalton Q Irwin
Bohannon R.H__ . Davenport
Denson <L.H (c) Johnson
Tallent F Hammond
Coaches: Farmer, Summerville;
Hal Clemmons, Rockmart. Officials:
Referee, Roy Alexander; umpire,
Leon Gamble; head linesman, How
ard Bohannon; field judge, Howard
McAbee.
Substitutions: Summerville, Cooper,
Reavis, Sims; Rockmart, Fuller,
Matthews, Hill.
Touchdowns: Summerville, Tallent,
2 off tackle; point after touchdown,
Tallent, line buck. Rockmart, John-
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
OIL MEN ORGANIZE
HERE LAST WEEK
GROUP AFFILIATED W ITH
GEORGIA PETROLEUM INDUS
TRIES COMMITTEE.
Wholesale and retail oil dealers
: and their employes of Summerville
and Chattooga county met at the
courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 2,
and perfected the organization of the
Chattooga County Petroleum Indus
tries committee.
The local group is affiliated with
the Georgia Petroleum Industries
committee, which is the state asso
ciation of oil men with local organi
zations in each of the 159 counties. It
was explained that the chief purpose
and main objective of the organiza
tion would be to secure fair and
equitable taxes and legislation for
Georgia motorists and those engaged
in supplying their needs. It is a non
cost co-operative group, functioning
on a non-partisan and-political basis.
The officers are as follows:
County chairman, G. J. Boling,
Standard, Summerville; county first
vice-chairman, C. R. Greer, Texaco,
Trion; county vice-chairman, Charlie
A. Wyatt, Texaco, Menlo; county sec
retary, R. N. Trimble, Sinclair, Sum
merville.
Legislative (Sub) Committee:
Chairman, C. R. Greer, Texaco,
Trion; vice-chairman, Gordon Cohen,
Gulf, Summerville; secretary, J. B.
Garvin, Texaco, Summerville; R. A.
Hemphill, Standard, Summerville; R.
S. MsWhoiter, Sinclair, Summerville.
Local Afairs (Sub) Committee:
Chairman, Charlie A. Wyatt, Tex
aco, Menlo; vice-chairman, W. S. Sit
ton, Amoco, Summerville; secretary,
W. H. Barron, Standard, Summer
ville; Hugh Atkins, Texaco, Trion;
T. M. Weems, Shell, Lyerly; P. A.
Morgan, Woco-Pep, Summerville R.
F. D.; T. D. Ballenger, Standard,
Gore.
Public Relations (Sub) Committee:
Chairman, R. N. Trimble, Sinclair,
Summerville; vice-chairman, W. F.
Aldred, Ford, Summerville; secretary,
H. G. Ramey, Gulf, Summerville R
F. D.; Gordon Hicks, Standard, Trion;
Clyde Harlow, Woco-Pep, Summer
ville.
The executive and membership
committee is composed of the county
officers, and the chairman, vice
chairman and secretary of each sub
committee.
Neil W. Printup, Atlanta, secretary
>f the state organization, assisted
the local group and addressed the
meeting.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, it is reliable reported
the federal tax structure is to be
thoroughly revamped, with the aim
of establishing a permanent tax pol
icy, and
WHEREAS, the national congress
in the near future will be considering
he various schedules to be included
m the new tax bill, and
WHEREAS, the federal gasoline,
lubricating oil and other special mo
torist taxes were originally imposed
■ as temporary, emergecy nuisance lev
i ies with the definite agreement or
I promise they would last only during
the emergency, and
WHEREAS, these special motorist
taxes imposed by the federal govern
ment add unnecessarily to the already
excessive burden the motorists of
I Georgia are asked to pay,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED, that this situation be call-
J ed to the attention of our two United
| States senators and our congressman
from this district and they be asked
to vote and work for the immediate
and permanent elimination of these
i burdensome levies in order that the
i federal government may keep its
i pledge; and, also withdraw from this
hitherto exclusive state tax field.
CHATTOOGA COUNTY PE
TROLEUM INDUSTRIES
COMMITTEE
: Attest: G. J. Boling, Chairman.
R. N. Trimble, Secretary.
Emory Newspaper Has
Own Foreign Reporter
ATLANTA. —First college weekly
: in America to have its own European
I correspondent is the distinction claim
ed by the Emory Wheel, student
newspaper at Emory university.
Last week the Wheel printed the
first of a series of uncensored stories
from Gaeta, Italy, by Claud Nel
son, Jr., of Decatur, associate editor
of the Wheel, who is at present study
ing abroad.
Ed Brennan, of Millen, editor of
, the Wheel, said that Nelson’s articles,
describing politics and conditions in
Europe, will be a regular feature.
j son, on. pass; point after touchdown,
Fuller, an. line buck.
Score by periods: .
Summerville 013 0 C—l 3
Rockmart 0 0 7 0— 7
Standing to date: Summerville has
four out of five game* in the Sev*
1 enth district.
AGNEW DEFEATS CLARK
IN COMMISSIONER RACE
Wants To Hear His Own
Funeral; Coffin Ready
STATESBORO.—If “Uncle Joe”
Fordham, of Bulloch county, suc
ceeds in finding a willing preach
er, he will hear his own funeral
sermon. Eighty years old on March
18 of this year, Uncle Joe had his
coffin built’to fit in 1926. When the
coffin was completed. Uncle Joe
dressed up and got in the box to
have his picture made, “just as I
would look when I’m dead.”
In 1936 he had another picture
made, this time standing before the
coffin. “If I can get a preacher
who will preach my funeral before
I die, I want to set up and hear
him. I want them to sing, ‘When
I’m Gone’,” he says.
The “real” funeral may have to
wait, however, as Uncle Joe comes
from a long-lived family. An aunt
lived to be 102 and an uncle to 101
years of age. His father died when
a mere boy—only 80 years old.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Sunday, Nov. 13, will see the open
ing of the first series of meetings to
be held in the new church, Which re
places the one which was burned dur
ing the last revival.
By unanimous vote of the congre
gation, present on Nov. 6, it was de
cided to begin a series of revival
meetings beginning on Sunday, Nov.
13. These meetings will be marked
by strong gospel messages centering
in the Lord Jesus Christ and Him
crucified.
There will be special music and a
splendid choir. The new auditorium
lends itself admirably to the singing
of the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The singing will be a blessing
untold.
The church requests that the mem
bers be much in prayer as we enter
these meetings. All Christians in
Summerville and Chattooga county
are invited to join in prayer that this
meeting may be an awakening force
in this community. Your prayers will
be appreciated. We trust that the
good work started in the recent re
vivals in the other churches of the
town will be taken up and that the
whole community will take Christi
anity seriously.
A cordial invitation is given to-the
public to attend all of these meet-1
ings. If you sorrow, you will find
comfort. If you are a straying, de
feated Christian, you will be turned
toward Home and into a victorious
life. If misfortune or sin has made
you bitter, your soul shall be turned
to sweetness. If you long to serve
Jesus, here is your opportunity. If
you are lost, here you will see the way
of salvation and will find peace and
a new beginning.
While the pastor reserves the right
to change any subject, the following
are the themes of the messages which
will be presented during the meet
ings:
Sunday, Nov. 13, 11 A. M.—“ The
Confession and the Prayer We Need.”
Sunday, Nov. 13, 7:15 P. M.—“ Tell
Us of the Night.”
Monday, Nov. 14, 7:15 P. M.—
“Wake Up, Sleepyheads!”
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:15 P. M.—“ The
Boy Who Came Back to the Farm.”
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 7:15 P. M.—
“The World’s Greatest Industry,
Working On Short Time.”
Thursday, Nov. 17, 7:15 P. M.—
“Can There Be Sinners In Summer
ville?”
Friday, Nov. 18, 7:15 P. M.—“ Can
You Lift Yourself By Your Boot
straps ? ”
Sunday, Nov. 20, 11 A. M.—“ Heed
Conscience Now or Remorse Will Get
Your Afterwhile.”
Sunday, Nov. 20, 7:15 P. M.—“ The
Terror of God’s Measuring Line.”
Monday, Nov. 21, 7:15 P. M.—“A
Death Sentence.”
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 7:15 P. M.—
“Wanted, A Lawyer!”
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 7:15 P. M.—
“Recommended To the Mercy of the
Court.”
Thursday, Nov. 24, 7:15 P. M. —“A
Black Man Turned White.”
Friday, Nov. 25, 7:15 P. M.—“ The
Kingdom of Beginning Again.’
Sunday, Nov. 27, 11 A. M.—“At
Last, Peace On Earth!
Sunday, Nov. 27, 715 P. M.—“ Let’s
Go Home.”
Hundreds of highly specialized
tools used in various hobbycrafts,
such as wodd carving and miniature
train making, will be on exhibit at
the 1939 California World’s air.
8 PAGES THIS
WEEK OF
THE NEWS.
$1.50 A YEAB
Unusually Light Vote
Polled Tuesday.
In the election held Tuesday, Nov.
8, G. W. Agnew defeated J. T. Clark
for commissioner from Road District
No. 3. The vote was George W. Ag
new, 335; J. T. Clark, 161.
The vote was unusually small, only
about 840 voters going to the polls.
The official returns of the election
held Tuesday follow:
For County Commissioner, Dist. No. 3
Alpine:
G. W. Agnew 238
J. T. Clark 121
Teloga:
G. W. Agnew 67
J. T. Clark 12
Dirtseller:
G. W. Agnew 30
J. T. Clark 28
Totals:
G. W. Agnew 335
J. T. Clark 161
For County Commissioners:
Road District No. 2 (Trion) —F. A.
Justice received 104 votes.
District No. 1 (Summerville)—C.
S. Fowler receiver 121 votes.
District No. 4 (Lyerly, Seminole
and Coldwater) —John B. Vaughn re
ceived 85 votes.
District No. 5 (Dirttown, Subligna,
and Haywood)—H. B. Hix received
70 votes.
For Representative General As
sembly—T. A. Cook received 828
votes.
For State Senator From 42nd Dis
trict —Moses E. Brinson received 829
votes.
For United States Senator —Walter
F. George received 831 votes.
For Governor —E. D. Rivers re
ceived 804 votes.
For Secretary of State —John B.
Wilson received 819 votes.
For Attorney-General—M. J. Yeo
mans received 817 votes.
For Treasurer of State —George B.
Hamilton received 815 votes.
For Comptroller-General—W. B.
Harrison received 817 votes.
For State Superintendent of Schools
•—M. D. Collins received 829 votes.
For Judge Superior Couitt, Rome
Circuit —Claude H. Porter received
826 votes.
For Representative in the 76th Con
gress of the United States—M. C.
Tarver received 836 votes.
All twenty-three of the constitu
tional amendments carried in the
county.
Legion Auxiliary Unit
Organized Oct. 20
An American Legion auxiliary unit
for Post No. 129 was organized on
Oct. 20.
When we invite the mother, wife,
sister or daughter of a legionnaire to
become a member of the auixiliary
we want her to know definitely what
we are offering. You can hear all
about it Saturday evening, Nov. 12,
at Dr. Hair’s cabin at 7:30 o’clock.
The department of Georgia presi
dent and Seventh district leader will
be there to give interesting talks.
All eligible ladies getting their
membership cards within the next
week will be charter members of the
new unit.
Be sure to be present.
WHO KNOWS?
1. Is the production of full-fash
ioned hosiery increasing in the Unit
ed States?
2. Have light-weight, streamlined
trains been profitable?
3. How do merchandise exports
and imports of the U.S. compare?
4. Do lunar eclipses always occur
at full moon,
5. When will be a total eclipse of
the sun, visible in the United States.
6. Has Great Britain officially rec
ognized Germany’s right to a domi
nant position in Central and South
eastern Europe?
7. What causes the friction be
tween Arabs and Jews in Palestine?
8. What was the size of Germany’s
pre-war colonial empire ?
9. What are the highest and low
est figures for WPA workers?
10. How does the naval and air
strength of the twenty-one republics
in this hemisphere compare with
that of the United States?
See ‘The Answer’ On Another Page.
Holiday Notice.
The undersigned banks will ob
! serve Armistice day, Friday, Nov. 11,
j 1938, and will transact no business
! on that date:
Farmers & Merchant! Bank
i Bank of Trion.