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CIRCULATES IN THE BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA! VOL. 52- NO. 36 PROGRAM FOR TAFT HIGHWAY MEETING AT CHIPLEY DEC. 2 Program for the Taft Highway meeting to be held at COC Camp Kim brough, Chipley, Ga., Dec. 2, at noon: 12 O’Clock, Noon—Meeting called to order by Mayor J. W. Caldwell, of Chipley, general chairman. Invocation —Rev. Gordon Brooks, Chipley Baptist church. Introductions—Frank Holder, Cin cinnati, executive vice-president, Taft Memorial highway. Words of Welcome —‘Roy Askew, president, Chipley Chamber of Com merce; F. G. Champion, chairman, Harris county board of commission ers; Col. J. B. Peavy, representing Hamilton; Capt. T. H. Sills, Camp Kimbi ough. Response—John M. Graham, Rome; W. E. Aycock, Moultrie; L. W. Mc- Pherson, Columbus; J. D. Hudson, La- Grange. Condition of the Road Through Georgia—Lawrence W. McPhaul, Doe run; Mayor T. R. Luck, Carrollton; Col. W. W. Mundy, Cedartown, and others. What Georgia is Doing About the Road—‘Hon. Herman H.'Watson, mem ber of the Georgia Highway board, to be introduced by Hon. Henry Kim brough. Address Hon. Emmett Owens, members of congress, Fourth district of Georgia. Short Talks By—George F. Singer, Columbus; Cason J. Callaway, Blue Springs farms, Hamilton; W. T. Ben nett, project manager, Pine Mountain valley; Gerald B. Saunders, Cataula; Mayor R. R. Marlin, Dawson; Turner Brice, Quitman; J. W. Bell, Richland; P. T. McCutchen, Franklin; Mayor Herbert Meeks, Bremen; W. E. Mor gan, Buchanan; W. H. Foster, Rome; Mayor W. C. Sturdivant, Summerville; Walter Graham, La Fayette; W. French Grubb, Chattanooga, and oth ers. Adjournment at 4 p.m. LYERLY TAKES TWO. Lyerly High school boys and girls won a double-header from Menlo High school boys and girls Tuesday night, the boys winning, 40 to 25, and the girls winning, 20 to 19. This gives Lyerly boys and girls three victories in the county high school league without a loss, having won from Gore and Subligna. The Lyerly and Menlo Independent teams will meet at Menlo Thursday night in a basket ball game. EXPORT OF ARMS. Licenses for the export of arms, ammunition and implements of war aggregated $4,080,810 in October, with Japan getting only $85,138 and China $1,949. RADIO. The $1,500,000,000 radio industry, young and powerful, will go under the microscope of the federal com munications commission, which is in vestigating practices alleged to exist through concentra tion of control of companies and net works. The financial relationships of the three nationwide networks will be studied. The National Broadcasting company, a subsidiary of the Radio Corporation of America, owns and operates twelve stations and supplies programs to 150 affiliated units. It will be a major factor in the inquiry which will also include the Columbia and Mutual broadcasting systems. During the last two years, member ship in dairy herd improvement as sociations in the United States has increased by more than B,OGO, and an additional 150,000 cows have been placed on test. 4-H Club Achievement Day to Be Held Dec. 3 The 4-H club of Chattooga county will hold the annual county rally Dec. 3 at 10:36; a.m. in the high school auditorium. The following pro gram will be presented by the club girls: 4-H Club Song—Club members. Scripture—Mattie Lou Edwards, Bolling 4-H club. 4-H Club Pledge. Reading—Emily Hollis, Lyerly club. Song—Menlo 4-H Club. “Meeting of Better City Campaign Committee” —Gore 4-H Club. Tap Dance—Peggy Crawford, Ly erly Club. Miss Lula Edwards, northwest dis trict agent, will present a medal to the most outstanding 4-H club girl of Chattooga county. This girl is se lected by her record during the past year. Others honors will be the awarding of the certificates of honor to the ten most worthy club members who have completed their four years of 4-H club work, and promotion pards. The public is most cordiftlly InvFM Snmnu'nnllr Nms 6 SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, Menlo P.-T.A. Looks Backward “Backward, turn backward, Oh, Time, in your flight; Make me a child again Just for tonight!” There is a tender yearning in every human heart to recapture a bit of the past—especially some of the pleas ant experiences. The Menlo P.-T. A. will sponsor a program on Friday evening, Dec. 9, designed to bring thrills of reminis cence to everybody with a past. In action again, prominent men of the community will re-live for the audience some of the incidents of “Ye Olde Village School.” On the stage will be fifteen or twenty “boys” whose grandchildren will sit gleefully in the audience and learn how grandpa did it. There will ‘be smiles—perhaps a tear now and then—as we follow the follies and trials of Bert and Joe and Ernest. But next week’s issue of The Sum merville News will carry a detailed announcement of this program. Probably names of the entire “skule” will be published. Watch for further notice. 2G6 PWA PROJECTS. TOTAL FOR GEORGIA ATLANTA, Nov. 29 (GPS).—The public works administration has an nounced from Washington, that it virtually had completed its 1938 pro gram, having allotted -723,895,474 in loans and grants for non-federal projects from $724,000,000 made available to it for that purpose. Georgia, with 206 approved proj ects, trailed only California, Minne sota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Georgia’s allotments, however, were tor comparatively small and inexpen sive projects. In all, the state was appropriated $9,809,127 in federal grants and loans, while her equitable share of the total funds on a basis of population and employment need was given as $14,118,000. The discrepancy, it was-* pointed out, was due to the failure of some Georgia municipalities to vote bonds to meet their share of the cost of the public improvements, and of laws to prevent government agencies from incurring heavy indebtedness. Os the federal funds earmarked for Georgia projects, $9,528,294 was in outright grants, and only $280,833 was loaned. The money will help fi nance a statewide construction pro gram to be completed at an estimat ed cost of $21,173,998. The Chattooga Public Library Above the little white office build ing on West Washington street, one can now see the following sign, The Chattooga Public Library. Open the door, there awaits you a pleasant welcome—Mrs. Cleghorn, the librar ian, is there to greet you and give you her service. You will find a warm, clean room, the walls freshly calca mined, the floor newly painted, shelves of ‘books, a heater, a desk, library table, drapery at the win dows. The rent for the building paid six months in advance. Who has the magic touch ? How did all this happen? This did not just happen, it represents the efforts of a group of people—a material illus tration of the forward-looking forces at work to make this a better county in which to live. Let us say with Horace Mann, “Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheat field.” Those who have contributed serv ice, funds and furniture to the library are: Harvey Phillips, G. C. Sublette, C. C. Cleghorn, James Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pless, Mrs. O. A. Selman, the county commissioners, the Stitch-and-Chatter club, the Woman’s club and interested citizens. To these the library extends sincerest thanks. With this accomplished, our future looks bright. We wish to begin to add new and recent books to our shelves, for, after all you know, a library is books. We feel that we cannot stress too strongly the need for promoting and developing interest in the free public library. No greater contribu tion can be made to the building of good citizenship than supplying of books, magazines and newspapers that will build character and furnish ideals for living. Mrs. Cleghorn has indeed put her shoulder to the wheel to make the library a success. Her service is vi tal and untiring. She is anticipating a story hour for the children and has other interesting ideas up her sleeve. Come, let’s help her make the library a center of civic pride. KATHARINE HENRY. The profitable dairy herd of today is the one that has sound health, is properly fed, and has the inheritance for high production. LOCALS AND LYERLY TO OPEN CAGE SEASON HERE SATURDAY NITE The local team meets the fast Ly erly team on Sturdivant floor Satur day night at 8 o’clock in the first basket ball game of the season. Sponsor Roy Alexander tells us that he has moulded together one of the best best teams to have ever represented Summerville. He has add ed some very excellent players to those left from last year’s winning team. These boys have been working out for the past several days and they are fast rounding into form. Next Saturday night the locals will again tangle with the boys from the lower part of Chattooga county, Ly erly, to again show the followers of the Summerville team that we have the better “five.” The Lyerly aggregation has just about the same personnel as last year. These boys have played a game or so already this season and they say they are ready to go. So if you are ready to see some fast action on the court, fail not, un der the penalty of regret, to see the opening game here next Saturday. In a four-cornered race for trus tees for two places on the board of trustees for the Summerville Con solidated school district, James R. Burgess was elected to fill the va cancy created when A. J. Eilenburg, who has been a member of the board for many years, did not seek re election. Leon Gamble was re-elected to the post he has filled since the resigna tion of B. W. Farrar about a year ago. The races for the two places were very “hot,” as there was opposition furnished by J. B. Garvin and J. A. Pullen. Mr. Burgess received 194 votes; Leon Gamble, 140 votes; Mr. Pullen, 88 votes, and Mr. Garvin, 36 votes. Two hundred and thirty votes were cast. Funeral Home Moved The Paul Weems Funeral home has been moved to the Jones residence on South Commerce street. This is a nice, commodious house and will make an attractive residential funeral home. Mr. Weems has made many improve ments which will add much beauty to this attractive place. Summerville is glad to boast of an up-to-date funeral home, and much credit goes to Mr. Weems for his suc cessful work and manner in which he serves his many friends. Singing At Berryton A singing will be held at the Ber ryton Baptist church Friday night, Dec. 2. The La Fayette “Four” will be present. Also others are expected. You are invited to come.—H. S. Smith. How Welfare Program Helps The Needy Blind ATLANTA, Nov. 26.—Although rural residents represented two-thirds of more than 1,100 Georgians receiv ing aid to needy blind in the first year of the Rivers administration’s welfare program, Director Lamar Murdaugh today described the plight of the family of a skilled urban ma chinist struck suddenly blind, and how that family is being helped by the state to find the road back to eco nomic secuiity. Murdaugh said the case of this par ticular citizen, although it is not gen eral as to detail, showns in graphic manner how one phase of the state welfare program operates in the words of the governor, “to stretch out a helping diand to an unfortunate individual who otherwise might sink deeper into misery.” Here is the story Murdaugh told: The day has been a busy one in a moderate-sized machine shop in a Georgia town. The man in charge has been working long hours in order to get out several promised jobs before closing time. He is finishing up his part of a job at the electrically-op erated saw. Possibly his attention is diverted for a moment, and in that unguarded moment a sharp sliver of steel imbeds itself in the workman’s eye. From this accident, an eye infection develops, resulting in necessary re moval of the injured eye and subse quent total loss of sight in the other. And so, a hitherto self-sustaining la borer suddenly finds himself faced with the problem of caring for a wife and five children, ranging in age from 7 to 18 years. Only source of revenue is from a daughter who works as a stenographer and only other immediate hope is that a son who finishes high in the THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1938. NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS IN GEORGIA ATLANTA, Nov. 29 (GPS).—An other 'thanksgiving has passed. Then comes Christmas. After that the New Year. As 1938 wanes every indication points toward better times. Merchants from all over Georgia are looking to 1938 Christmas buying to outstrip 1937 s brisk holiday trade. While re ports from cities and crossroads in dicate no “boom” expectations, the general tone is optimistic and buy ing preparations show business men are willing to gamble that the cash registers will ring lustily. Principal among the factors contributing to this confidence has been the impact of general business upswing which be gan in late summer and has gained momentum ever since. In Atlanta, Macon, Moultrie, Albany and many other Georgia points, optimism pre vails. And leading economists are looking beyond the Christmas shop ping season; they thing 1939 will see business continuing to hum. Five-Year Low: Financing by the railroads of the country in the first nine months of 1938 was the smallest for any similar period during the past five years. It amounted to $25,- 993,000, and was accomplished thru the sale of long-term bonds and notes; no short-term bonds and notes or new stock-issues being sold during the first three quarters. Os the total amount of railroad financing in this period, $15,993,000 represented new capital and $10,000,000 went for re funding purposes, according to fig ures from a report just issued by the Comemrcial and Financial Chronicle. In the first three quarters of 1937, such financing amounted to $334,463,- 000; in 1936 it stood at $721,293,000; in 1935, at $175,643,100, and in 1934 at $222,960,100 Gist Os the News: Henry L. Deese has geen ordered to move his Augus ta liquor store by Dec. 15, or lose his state license because his present lo cation was found to be fourteen yards too near a church. The store is eighty-six yards from a church by the nearest route of travel, and the law requires 100 yards distance . . . Gov. liiivers has administered oath of office to two of the three justices of the Georgia supreme court elected to begin full terms Jan. 1. They are Warren Grice, of Macon, and William H. Duckworth, of Cairo. To Recruit 21 Marines At Macon This Month The December quota of enlistments allotted to the U. S. Marine corps re cruiting station at Macon, headquar ters for this area, is twenty-one, Ma jor J. M. Tildsley, officer in charge, announced. Complete data on physical and men tal requirements for enlistment can be obtained by writing or visiting the Macon office. Application forms will be sent on request, it was stated. will be able to help carry the burden. For a time the wife attempts to run a boarding house but the venture fails when her health breaks under the strain. The case is brought to the atten tion of the welfare department and, after investigation, the man is pro vided with a pension and the fami ly receives help in other ways. Beginning in July, 1937, as part of the welfare program of the pres ent administration, the state for the first time in its history began paying pensions to the needy blind. There were, however, fewer applications for this type of state assistance than any other form, Murdaugh said. Os more than 1,100 pensions award ed in the first fiscal year of the law’s existence, the largest number of benefits were paid to persons between the ages of 50 and 69, a total of 534 having been aided. Os this number, 369 reside in rural areas, the state director explained, pointing out fur ther that in the same period, twenty two blind persons more than 80 years of age were assisted by the state government. Persons without employment or classified as unemployable led all others in receiving benefits in the form of pensions for the blind, Mur daugh said. A total of 441 persons in this classification were awarded assistance. Os this number 334 live in rural sections and 107 in urban areas. There were fewer office workers on the list of those receiving this type of pension than any other occupa tion, only eight being placed on the rolls. Next came semi-skilled work ess with ten beneficiaries and third were skilled workers in manufactur ing with eleven recipients, More men received pensions for blindness than women, the figures being 273 tq 168. Cases Set For Trial At December Court Below is a list of the cases set for trial at the December, 1938, term of city court of Chattooga county. These cases will be called and all other cases in city court of Chattooga ounty are subject to call at this term, term. V. L. Veatch (four cases), J. O. Wilson, George Barlow, Paul Byars, Sam Favor (two cases), Jim Barry, Turner Green (two cases). Jurors Drawn, to Serve At December Court J. T. Gamble, C. M. Tutton, R. P. Gaines, W. A. Hood, W. E. Murphy, Alfred Patrick, C. R. Lawless, Geo. W. Hendrix, J. L. Webster, E. C. Hayes, J. W. Parris, Rowland Hemp hill, Doyal Gayler, W. C. Wilson, L. F. Ballard, B. H. Hayes, J. J. Bennett, Sidney L. Hawkins. J. R. Wyatt, J. H. Dodd, P. B. White, C. H. Williams, R. R. Garrett, George E. Doster, Maxwell White, W. J. White, Jr., J. T. Holt, Gerald O’Barr, Z. O. Gilreath, W. H. Barron, H. G. Jolly, R. T. Baker, T. W. Book er, E. E. Martin, A. W. Vernon, J. R. Jackson, Jr. REVIVAL CLOSES AT IST BAPTIST CHURCH One of the most successful meet ings held in the First Baptist church in recent years was closed on Sunday night with the beautiful ordinance of baptism. In every way, it was a great meeting. The attendance kept up re markably despite outside attractions and inclement weather. There were twenty-one additions in the meeting and it is expected that many more will follow in the next year. The spirit of loyalty on the part of the congregation was beautiful indeed. The spirit of co-operation on the part of the other congregations in Summerville, together with the back ing of all the pastors, is deeply ap preciated by the church and the pas tor. As the meetings have come io a close, it is ’the' earnest desire df the pastor that every member of the church continue in that splendid and gracious loyalty which made the meetings such a success. Let us join hands and labor together in every way in whih the church and the king dom of God need us. To every one who assisted with the music and to all other who were able to help in any special way, the church and pastor desire to express their gratitude. The pastor is grateful to the W. M. S. for the bountiful pantry shower which was so acceptable. The services for Sunday will be as follows: 9:45 A. M.—Sunday school; Duke M. Espy, superintendent. 11 A. M.—Morning worship, “The Little Foxes Spoil the Grapes.” 6:15 P. M.—B. T. U.; Miss Whit worth in charge. 7:15 P. M.—Preaching service, “Are There Courageous Christians Any more ? ” Prayer meeting Wednesday eve ning at 7:15. Fellowship club Thursday evening at 7:15. NEW NICKEL. The new Jefferson nickels will soon be scattered throughout the country, showing the third president on one side and Monticello on the other. Last week about 11,000,600 coins were shipped to the Federal Reserve banks and distribution of the new coin be gan. For growing plants in the home, try to provide a place where they will have plenty of light, enough mois ture in the air, and good soil to grow in. Earl Beatty Receives Emory Varsity Letter (Special to The News.) ATLANTA, Nov. 29.—Earl Beatty, of Summerville, was awarded a var sity football letter at the conclusion of Emory university’s annual intra mural season, George Moye, director of athletics at Emory, has announced. Beatty was one of only two fresh men to be awarded varsity letters and is the third freshman in Emory’s his tory to win this distinction. He was a consistently brilliant performer at halfback on the freshman entry in Emory’s unique intramural league, in which four interclass teams compete in place of intercollegiate contests. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beatty, of Summerville, Beatty played at Darlington school, Rome, before en tering Emory this year. Coach Moye calls him “one of the best backfield prospects ever to bg seen at Emory.” Sixteen gridders. Including Beatty, were awarded letters at the end of the season, Moye said. PAGES THIS WEEK OF THE NEWS. $1.50 A YEAR EXTENSION DIRECTOR URGES ALL ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON QUOTAS Facts on the size of the present cotton surplus and the manner in which the Triple-A farm program is dealing with the cotton and tobacco problems are important to Georgia farmers in view of the approaching election on marketing quotas for 1939, Director Walter S. Brown, of the Georgia agricultural extension service, said in Athens this week. The quota election will be held on , Dec. 10, with marketing quotas in the ' case of each crop, to be continued for another year if approved by two thirds of the farmers voting. “Every Georgia cotton and tobacco farmer should vote in this important referendum,” Director Brown said. “In order to have a better under standing of the situation, a great many farmers are making a careful study of the factors involved. “They have learned, for example, that the present world supply of cot ; ton is about fifty-two million bales. ! This is the largest supply ever avail able in one season. “Our crop in the United States this year was held to a little over twelve million bales, due to the fact that most farmers co-operated in the farm program and planted within their allotments. However, it must be remembered that last year, without a control feature to the farm program, we produced approrimately nineteen million bales, the largest crop in his tory. “As a result, we had a record car ryover this year of around thirteen and one-half million bales, or an amount of cotton about equal to a j year’s needs for domestic use and ex ; port. In other words, when we start !ed harvesting the 1938 crop we al | ready had enough cotton on hand to ■ run us another year, without even taking the 1938 crop into consodiera- ' tion. ■ “In view of this situation, we are bound to have another big carryover next August. Lt is plain to see that if acreage is expanded and production increased, we would simply be filing more surplus cotton on top of the present enormous surplus-—and a Ng- i ger surplus would mean chapter cot i ton. “These facts indicate the urgent I need for a continuation of the agri | cultural conservation program, under | which we can continue to adjust ac reage in 1939.” Diretor Brown pointed out that [ quotas are provided as part of the present farm program to be used by i cotton and tobacco growers when the | surpluses get too big. Through the use of quotas, he said, farmers have I a chance to work together to protect their income and gradually reduce the supply to a reasonable level. “With quotas in effect, backed by a penalty on all cotton sold in excess jof the farm quota, co-operating | farmers have a curb on those who otherwise would be tempted to up set the program by overplanting,” Director Brown said. “The conserva tion part of the program will continue to operate regardless of the vote on quotas, but if quotas are voted down, the co-operators will have no way to hold those who want to expand their cotton acreage in line. “Furthermore, it is important to remember that if quotas are confin ed in 1939, the program provides au thority for a government loan on cot ton; but if quotas are rejected, no loan will be available to put a floor under the price.” The extension director urged all cotton producers to study the facts j carefully before the quota election. ■ He said it was especially important I for all farmers to indiate their wishes , by voting. AUTO FINANCE. The Ford and Chrysler Motor com- ■ panies have reformed their conduct j of automobile financing, under agree ment with the department of justice, | which has dropped anti-trust cases ! against them, conditioned upon the i successful prosecution of the charge against the General Motors corpora tion, which has not agreed upon ac ceptable reforms. The three large auto companies were indicted for un fair competition in forcing dealers to | use the services of their own financ ing subsidiaries. SUPREME COURT. With a vacancy on the supreme court, considerable speculation about the president’s nominee is being heard, especially in view of the re i cent election and the belief that the appointment will indicate a future ! trend as well as provide a test for | liberals and conservatives in congress. The president is not expected to nom inate anybody until congress con venes. Whether to treat or to fill tree ! cavities caused by decay, is a question i which often comes to tiff men in the l U. S. D. A.