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CIRCULATES IN THE
BEST SECTION OF
NORTH GEORGIA!
VOL. 52; NO. 37
Summerville Manufacturing
Co. Will Open Old Mill
A petition for a charter for the
Summerville Manufacturing company
has been filed with John S. Jones,
clerk of the Superior court of Chat
tooga county, by Morrow Chamber
lain and Paul S. Mathes, of Chatta
nooga, and J. M. Curran, Jr., of New
York.
The petitioners ask to be incorpo
rated for a term of thirty-five years, -
with the privilege of renewal at the
expiration of the time.
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by the corporation
is to build, maintain, lease or oper
ate manufacturing plants for the
processing of cotton and other tex
tile materials; to manufacture, pro
duce, buy, sell and-otherwise deal in
textiles and in all o.her materials,
raw or manufactured.
The capital stock of the corporation
will be $75,000, and the petitioners
ask for the privilege of increasing
the amount to any sum not exceed
ing $1,000,0(4), and the principal of
fice of the company is to be located
in Chattooga county.
The new company will operate the
old Summerville Cotton mills, and, it
is understood, plans are being made
to begin operations on or about Jan.
1, next.
This announcement is of much in
terest to the people of Summerville
and Chattooga county, and means
that many persons who were thrown
out of employment when the mill
was closed down several months ago
will be able to find jobs, and the pay
roll will be a great stimulant to Sum
merville business.
It is understood that vast improve
ments will be made in the mill and
in the mill village.
USE OF SEALS.
“Use Christmas Seals.” This ap
peal for wide use of the double-bar
red cross tuberculosis stamp is made
this week by the local committee in
an effort to obtain co-operation to
ward a record for the community.
The committee suggests the follow
ing ways of using the Seals:
On cards and packages to foreign
countries.
On Christmas packages and cards
mailed to any place in this country.
On correspondence cards to carry
Christmas messages.
On bridge tallies and place cards
at parties this month.
On church calendars.
On bills, business letters, bulletins,
lodge notices.
As Christmas tree decorations
worked out in special designs.
As part of a stamp collection.
On restaurant menus.
Christmas Seals make a beautiful
decoration. Teamed with millions of
others, they are making possible a
life-saving campaign that is saving
hundreds of thousands of lives.
NOTICE
J. H. Cook, state school supervisor,
and M. E. Thompson, state depart
ment of education, will address the
teachers of the county at their reg
ular meeting at the Gore High school,
Friday, Dec. 9, at 1:30 p.m. All
teachers are requested to attend.
KATHRYN HENLEY, C.S.S.
ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 6.—Marion
Baker, of Summerville, who gradu
ated from the University of Georgia
in the class of 1938, is now teaching
in the Dudley (Ga.) school system.
She secured her position through the
teacher placement bureau of the uni
versity. While in school she was a
member of the Homecon society and
the 4-H club. She attended West
Georgia college at Carrollton for two
years.
LIONS CLUB HONORS
INDIANS WITH BANQUET
(By Holland Martin)
Well, football season’s been over
ever since Thanksgiving and Sum
merville ended her season with a good
record, although we did not beat
Trion.
To top all this tffe Lions club gave
the boys a feast at the Riegeldale
tavern last Tuesday night, which was
something to feast your eyes on, too.
The banquest last Tuesday night
was the second one that the Lions
club has given us in the past two
years and we want to tell you how
much we appreciate their interest in
us. The speaker for the night was
the Lions district governor, Mr. Bar
ker. He gave a very interesting talk,
which was to the benefit of all.
The Lions ended the- feast with a
lion’s roar.
Since football is over, we swing
into basket ball.
Basket ball practice has been going
two weeks now, and the boys are
rounding into shape fast.
The boys are showing up good in
practice and we hope that they will
keep on showing up good the rest of
the season. We have eighteen boy
out now and I think that we should
get » team ©tft pf tMt
i’nmmewtUe Nms 6
Farming and Industry
To Be Better Balanced
ATLANTA, Dec. 6 (GPS).—Due to
this section’s distinct advantages, fu
ture industrial growth of the South
will bring about a better balance be
tween ag. iculture and industry, in
the opinion of Earle W. Dahlberg, in
charge of administering the wage
and hour leKv in the southeastern re
gion comprising five states.
An Atlantian who has been in
Washington because of his govern
ment duties, Mr. Dahlberg was in
Atlanta recently to deliver a speech
at the business symposium, sponsored
by the Southern States’ Industrial
council.
“The desired balance between ag
riculture and industry, however, will
do us no good if the balance is be
low the subsistence level,” he said.
“We don’t want a poverty-stricken
agriculture on one hand and a sweat
shop on the other.
‘,Southerners want more than a
choice between impoverishment on a
farm and misery in a factory. We
must plan now so that these new in
dustries which are moving into the
south shall make a real contribution
co our people and not simply extract
from them the riches which they
.hemselves create.
“The fair labor standards act guar
antees that in making and carrying
out such a plan, the people of each
tate shall be protected from ruinous
competition from other areas which
give no thought to the future, no con
sideration to even their own econom
ic good heal'h.”
Mr. Dahlberg pointed out that the
government has no desire to “crack
down” on business and industry, but
seeks co-operation in the
and enforcement of the new law.
Gore P.-T. A.
In the early fall the teachers of
Gore school entertained the parents
and friends at a social. This was to
bring about a better understanding
between teachers and parents and to
encourage the parents to visit their
children’s room and talk with the
teacher in charge.
The question of reorganizing the
P.-T.A. was discussed and decided in
the affirmative.
Mrs. Geo. D. Morton was elected
president; Mrs T. G. Ballenger, sec
retary, and Mrs. Henry Owings,
treasurer.
A week later, the first meeting
was held, with Mrs. Gardner, district
chairman, of Rome, as guest speaker.
Mrs. Gardner has been in the work
a long time and was well informed on
all the work of the Congress of Pat
ents and Teachers. She explained the
advantages of being affiliated with
the national organization and being
a part of this great work.
The dues are very small and there
were twenty-two who paid at the No
vember meeting, but you are cordial
ly invited to attend any and al
meetings whether you are a regula.
member or not.
It was voted to have the monthly
meetings Thursday night before each
second Sunday at 7 o’clock. If you
have not been attending these meet
ings, we urge you to come.. The so
cial hour is both pleasant and profit
able. The new building is well lighted
and heated and is ideal for such gath
erings.
Make your plans to come tonight,
Dec. 8, at 7 o’clock.—Lula Weesner,
Publicity Chairman.
Thirty-Four 4-H Club Girls
Attend Achievement Day
The 4-H club achievement day pro
gram was held at Summerville High
school auditorium Dec. 3. The meet
ing was opened by the girls singing
tlie club song. The following program
was given:
Devotional —Mattie Lou Edwards,
of Bolling club.
Reading—Emily Hollis, of Lyerly
club.
Skit—By Gore club.
Tap Dance —Peggy Crawford, of
Lyerly club.
The awards were then given by
Miss Lula Edwards. Miss Ediwards
gave an interesting talk on: Happi
ness, cheerfulness, courtesy, courage,
dependability.
'lhe meeting adjourned until 1 o’-
clock p.m.
After lunch the meeting was call
ed to order by Miss Henry for the
purpose of electing officers for the
4-H club council. Miss Edwards gave
a talk on the purpose of the council.
Then the officers were elected as
follows:
President, Alma Gaylor; first vice
president, Sara Scoggins; second vice
president, Charlotte Ballenger; sec,
retary and treasurer, May Jackson;
reporter, Sara Baker.
Th? meeting adjourned.-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938
NEWS AT A GLANCE
ABOUT PEOPLE AND
THINGS IN GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Dec. 6 (GPS).—Geor
gians aie urged by their chief exec
utive to respond generously to the
annual sale of Christmas Seals as a
means of raising funds to aid tuber
culosis sufferers. Gov. Rivers said:
“When you buy and use Christmas
Seals you are helping in the year
round battle against tuberculosis.
These penny stamps bring health and
happiness to thousands and protect
all homes from the dread disease. 1
ask every Georgian to share in this
worthwhile cause.”
The Atlanta Tuberculosis associa
tion alone provided treatment this
year for more than G,OOC> tuberculosis
patients in Fulton and DeKalb coun
ties who could not afford private
physicians. Forty doctors contributed
their services to the association in
this work. In your community, it is
the same —the fine work is being
carried on there, too. So do you part
by buying and using as many Christ
mas Seals as possible.
Paid to Your Order: Eight cents of
every dollar the American railroads
took in last year were promptly re
turned to the American people—in
taxes —to help support local, state
and federal governments. The rail
loads’ total tax bill was $326,000,000,
of which 31 per cent, went to the
public schools—enough to pay for the
education of about 1,300,000 children.
Every foot of railroad track is a tan
gible asset to your community—and
to America.
Gist Os the News: Georgia’s Uni
versity System has a total enroll
ment of 12,897 students, an increase
of 1,415 over the same period a year
ago. Largest enrollment was listed
at the University of Georgia at Ath
ens with 3,379, and Georgia Tech
second . . Jess D. Walton, well
known Atlanta huntsman, recently
killed a 230-pound buck during the
Pisgah hunt on the government’s
great North Carolina reserevation.
Live Stock Industry
For Gordon County
By J. F. Culpepper, Vice-President,
Coosa Valley Live Stock Producers’
Association.
Approximately sixty farmers from
Gordon, Bartow, Polk, Haralson,
Whitfield, Walker, Floyd and Chat
ooga counties were guests recently
>f Theo Stivers at his farm near
Come and organized “The Coosa Val
ey Live Stock Producers’ Associa
.on,” electing Mr. Stivers president
ind Wyatt Foster, of the Rome
chamber of Commerce, secretary.
The following directors were ap
oin.ed: Leon Lewis, Bartow; B. F.
fall, Walker; C. W. Smith Jr., Polk;
H. Baker, Chattooga; W. E. Mor
gan, Haralson; Theo Stivers, Floyd;
. F. Culpepper, Goidon, and D. C.
Wilder, Cherokee county, Alabama.
The county agents, including our
,wn county agent, Gordon H. Mc-
Jhee, have pledged their hearty co
peration in the movement.
At a subsequent meeting the direc
tors were requested Ho organize their
respective counties for the promotion
jf live stock growing.
The question arises: “Does the ec
onomic condition of Gordon county
farmers justify a fine and sustained
effort to promote their welfare? Let
every farmer answer. Our section is
unexcelled in the south for building
permanent pastures.
Per Capita Debt Os
State Shows Rise
Per Capita Cost Also On Increase —
Work Relief Kept Expenses Down.
A sharp rise in the operating costs
of state governments despite the fed
eral government’s work relief pro
grams is reported by the census bu
reau at Washington. Analysis of 15
states, recently completed, give a
good indication of the trend of state
government fiscal policies, officials
say.
in Georgia, the per capita cost was
8.07 in 1937 as compared to 6.60 in
1932, while the per capita debt rose
from 1.95 in 1932 to 7.61 in 1937.
The analysis showed that in 1937
the cost of operating the fifteen state
governments was 41.4 per cent, great
er than in 1932. The aggregate net
debt of these states increased 27.7
per cent, in the five years covered by
the study.
In. 1937 the total revenues of these
states was 70.9 per cent, greater than
in 1932. This increase was due in
large measure to the receipt of
grants-in-aid from the federal gov
ernment and from the collection of
unemployment compensation taxes.
Increase both in spending and in
come were reported by all states an
alyzed. However, this was not true
insofar as the rise in the aggregate
public debt was concerned. Nirje of
the states reported increases; five
reported decreases,
COUNTY BAPTISTS
CALLEB TO PRAYER
FOR REVIVAL JAN. I
The first day in 1939 is Sunday,
i The Georgia Baptist convention in re
cent session in Atlanta adopted this
day, Jan. 1, 1939, as a day for spe
| cial prayer in each of our 2,414
I churches for a statewide revival with
a goal of 40,000 new members won to
Christ, which is one soul to each
twelve church members.
The year 1938 was one of our best.
A great increase in conversions, as
sociation-wide, county-wide, city-wide
and local church campaigns with the
emphasis laid upon continuoTis peren
nial soul-winning brought remark
able results.
Dr. W. H. Faust, the secretary of
evangelism of the Georgia Baptist
convention, through the eighty-six
co-operating associations and their
evangelistic chairmen, seeks to enlist
the masses of our members in a real
worthy effort to win Georgia to
| Christ.
The purpose of the Day of Prayer i
in the Chattooga Baptist association
] is to increase the number of conver
sions and baptisms, to enlist personal i
( workers, to re-establish our family
; altars, to have one or more special
| evangelistic meetings in each local
I church over the state, to have a meet
ing in every unchurched community
over the state, to promote a co-op
erative spirit among the 502,868 Bap
tists in the state, to conserve the re
sults of such soul-winning efforts by
training and enlistment of all con
verts, to a definite New Testament
stewardship, to stress and emphasize
real Gospel preaching and teaching.
Our moderators, evangelistic chair
men, pastors, Sunday school super
intendents, B. T. U. directors, W. M.
U. officials, Brotherhood presidents
I and all workers should pray the Lord
I of the harvest to thrust forth labor
ers into his harvest field. Every
Baptist group in each local church
should have a definite program of
prayer for this day.
The Rev. J. C. Jackson is evange
listic chairman of the Chattooga
Baptist association. Will you not pray
and work for a minimum of one
soul saVed to every twelve members
in your church “AU these men re
sorted with one mind to prayer, to
gether with the women,” Acts i:l4.
“Georgia for Christ” is the slogan
for the great denomination in 1939.
Thanks.
J. C. JACKSON,
Evangelistic Chairman, Chattooga
Baptist Association.
F.F.A., Meeting Held
By BILL KING.
Friday night, Dec. 2, the Gore
chapter, Future Farmers of America,
held a regular meeting. Harold Sto
rey, president of the chapter, con
ducted the opening ceremonies.
Herbert McClain made a report on
the accomplishments of the collection
committee. The members of this com
mittee have done their work well up
to this date.
A finance committee was appoint
| ed which consisted of C. B. Fulton,
I Herbert McClain, Claude Dawson and
Sidney Gordon. It is up to this com
mittee to see that the chapter’s fi
nancial standing is up to par.
Roger Loui Hansard, chairman of
a committee to get a program for
the meeting, then took charge. The
program was short but interesting.
After the program, a permanent
| program committee was appointed.
On this committee were James Perry,
Roger Loui Hansard, Charles Hen
drix and Bill King.
It is the job of this committee to
I see that programs are prepared for
! meetings the remainder of his year.
A year in Future Farmer circles is
from Sept. 1 to Sept. 1.
The next meeting will be held Fri
day night, Dec. 16.
:■ The meeting closed with the official
I ceremony.
CHATTOOGAVILLE CLUB.
Chattoogaville club met Wednesday
|at the beautiful country home of
I Mrs. Henry Floyd. A useful demon
stration was given by Miss Henry on
canning chicken, backbone, barbecued
pork chops, tenderloin.
A very interesting program was
j sponsored by Mrs. Earl Gaylor.
Our next meeting will be held with
; Mrs. Earl Gaylor. We urge every
j woman or girl to attend these meet
ings who do not go to club else
j where.
With the co-operation of our new
and efficient president, Mrs. WiU
Gaylor, we are looking forward to a
very prosperous new year.
Our club has been one of the out
standing ones for the past three
years, and again this year won the
tree trip to Athens.
A social hour was enjoyed after
| which delicious refreshments were
i served by Mrs. Henry Floyd and Mrs,
1 Earl Gaylor,
Farmers Vote Saturday To
Establish Quotas For 1939
County Farmers Granted
19.8327 Per Cent. Crop
Land to Plant for Cotton
According to information feceiv
ed Wednesday, Chattooga county j
farmers have been granted 19.8327 ,
per cent, of crop land for the pur- '
pose of planting cotton for 1939.
Full information as to acreage
allotments are being mailed today
by the county agent.
“Ye Old School For
Boys” at Menlo Dec. 9
There will be presented at the new
auditorium in Menlo Friday evening,
Dec. 9, at 8 o’clock, “Ye Old School
For Boys.” In the desks will be many
boys that you will readily recognize.
Their various talents will be display
ed in songs, oratory ... or what
have you?
Below are the names of the pupils
of “Ye Old School For Boys” just
as they were taken from the teach
er’s roll book. (You will want to see
the teacher of these dear boys):
Yes Polk, Jess Tucker, Bob Wyatt,
Georgia Kling, Zen Taylor, Charlie
Lawless, Rex Wyatt, J. P. Agnew,
Watson Alexander, D. I. Rider, John
Thomas, Cicero Story, Henry Wyatt,
Scott Cleckler, Burr Polk, Jim Col
quitt, Kirk Laster, Jim Hall.
Ezra Willingham, Mitt Willingham,
Bert Willingham, Charlie Baker, Na
poleon Daniel, Charlie Wilson.
Jim Clark, Bill Majors, John
Laster, Felton Ballard, Bert Crane,
Harvey Copeland, Hillary Garvin and (
Ernest Kennedy and John Webster
(the twins).
There will be other features includ- |
ing: An original skit, invented and)
performed by H. H. Ferguson and R.
R. Harris; a high school girls’ chor
us; a pickaninny number; expert tap
dancing.
Admission, 10 and 25 cents; re
served seats, 35 cents. Call Martin’s
pharmacy, Menlo, for reserved seats.
Quartets at Subligna
The Summerville quartet will sing
next Sunday night, Dec. 11, at Sub
ligna schoolhouse at 6:45 o’clock. We
have also invited the Stephenson
quartet and the Armuchee trio to be
with us on this occasion, and will be
glad to have any other singers that
can come.
Everybody invited to come.
Summerville Quartet.
Home Demonstation Council.
Delegates from each of the home
demonstration clubs of the county [
met in Summerville Saturday, Dec.
3, at 2 p.m. for the purpose of or- |
ganizing a county council whose bus- i
iness it is to help Miss Henry in
planning programs for the clubs the
following year. They were assisted
in organizing by Miss Henry and Miss
Lula Edwards.
The following officers were elected:
Mrs. Robert Jackson, Lyerly, presi
dent; Mrs. R. P. Brison, Holland,
first vice-president; Mrs. Tom Bal
lenger, Gore, second vice-president;
Miss Annie Housch, Pennville, secre
tary; Mrs. Will Gaylor, Chattooga
ville, treasurer; Mrs. Arthur Kim
bell, Lyerly, Reporter. Other mem
bers of the executive committee are
as follows: Mrs. Henry Floyd, Chat
toogaville; Mrs. Tom Johnston, Sub
ligna, and Mrs. D. W. Copeland, of
Lyerly.
Singing At Berryton
Next Sunday, Dec. 11, is our reg
ular singing day at Berryton.
Several good quartets and other
good singers are expected. Come out
and help us to have a good singing.
Starts at 2 p.m.
Georgia Prisoners May
Get Christmas Paroles
Approximately 200 Georgia prison
er’s with good records may| get ten
day furloughs this Christmas with
homefolks.
Georgia officials said that they
are considering adoption of the plan
inaugurated by Gov. Bibb Graves,
of Alabama, to reward prisoners who
have good records and are regarded
as trust-worthy.
The plan contemplates the release
of from 150 to 200 prisoners, without
guards, a few days before Christmas,
I with orders to report back for duty i
or. Jan. 1. They must find means of |
! their town to get home and to re- ,
i turn to the prison or honor camp to
i which they are now assigned. The
state will not provide transportation
either way.
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Voting places in Chattooga coun
ty will be as follows:
Coldwater —Ratliff’s store.
Trion—Trion Department J;tore.
Teloga—Schoolhouse.
Dirttown—Schoolhouse.
Seminole—Paul Cook’s store.
Dirtseller—Regular polling place.
Alpine—Menlo Town hall.
Lyerly—Post Office.
Haywood—Ebenezer church.
Summerville—Courthouse.
Subiigna—White’s store.
The polls will open at 9 a.m. and
close at 5 p.m.
All cotton and flue-cured tobacco
producers in Georgia will have a
chance to vote for or against mar
keting quotas for these commodities
in the referendum to be held Satur
day, Dec. 10. All eligible farmers in
this county have been urged by offi
cials to cast their ballots. A large
vote is expected.
Marketing quotas for cotton and
flue-cured tobacco are provided for
in the agricultural adjustment act
of 1938, if approved by two-thirds of
the farmers --voting in the referen
dum. The vote on cotton and tobacco
will be held the same day, but the
question of whether quotas shall be
effective applies separately to each
commodity.
The voting will be conducted by
county committees of the AAA and
the necessary election mahinery has
been set up all over the state, ac
cording to Director Walter S. Brown,
of the Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
All farmers who produced cotton
or flue-cured tobacco in 1938 are
eligible to vote in the referendum.
Corporations, companies, firms or as
sociations that grew cotton or flue
cured tobacco in 1938 may cast one
vote each through an officer of the
concern, but voting by proxy will not
be allowed.
As the provisions of the new ad
justment act are not applicable to
long-staple cotton, producers of cot
ton of 1 1-2 inch staple or longer,
[ such as Sea Island cotton, will not
I be eligible to vote, unless they also
produced cotton of less than 1 1-2
inch staple in 1938.
The county committees have desig
nated convenient voting places in all
cotton and flue-cured .obacco-pro
ducing communities and have named
three loal farmers in each community
as the local referendum committee,
or election officers. The polls will be
opened not later than 9 a.m. on Dec.
10 and will be closed at 5 p.m. local
time. The community committees
will certify the results of the refer
endum to the county committee not
later than 8:36’ a.m. Monday, Dec. 12.
County results will be certified to
the state committee of the AAA and
the final official result of the refer
-1 endum will be announced in Washing
ton.
However, local committees are au
thorized to make unofficial announce
ments of the results in their commu
nities as soon as they tabulate the
votes. The unofficial county results
will be tabulated in Athens Satur
day night in co-operation with Geor
gia newspapers and press associa
tions.
The question to be voted on in the
cotton referendum will be “Do you
favor cotton marketing quotas for the
1939 crop?” Y similar question is
asked on the ’flue-cured tobacco bal
lot. The voter will indicate his decis
ion by marking the ballot “yes” or
“no.”
Under the adjustment act, cotton
marketing quotas are based on farm
acreage allotments. The marketing
quota of a farm, if quotas are ap
proved, will be the amount of cotton
produced on the acreage allotted to
the farm. The law provides that a
farmer may sell without penalty all
the cotton he produces on his acre
age allotment, but if he overplants
he will be required to pay a penalty
of 3 cents a pound on cotton market
ed in excess of his quota. If he over
plants he will not only lose his con
servation payment and his parity pay
ment on 1938 cotton, but he will not
be eligible for a government loan ex
cept on his excess cotton, and that
loan will be at a rate 40 per cent,
less than the rate allowed co-opera
tors on all their cotton.
Melodrama For the Cast.
“Your tour was not a great suc
cess, then,” said a friend to an un
successful stage manager.
“It was not,” admitted the stage
maanger. “When we played tragedy
I the box office receipts were a farce
and when we played farce they were
a tragedy.”
Helpmate.
Mr. Nutleigh—lt’s going to be one
grand battle of wits, I tell you.
; Mrs. Nutleigh—How hygye of you,
dear, to go unarmed.