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VOL. 52; NO. 43
Fall Pig Crop in
Georgia in 1938
Showed Increase
The Georgia Crop Reporting Serv
ice announces that the estimated
number of sows farrowing pigs in
Georgia during the fall of 1938 is
162,000, or 25 per cent above the 130,-
000 estimated for the fall of 1937.
Number of pigs saved amounted tc
940,000, an increase of 23 per cent
over the 762,000 estimated for the
previous period.
Number of pigs per litter was low
er in 1938 which accounts for the
percentage increase in pigs being
slightly less than that shown foi
sows farrowing, it was stated.
Sows farrowing during the spring
of 1938 were estimated at 189,000 as
compared with 175,0fi0 in the spring
of 1937 —an increase of 8 per cent.
The resulting spring pig crop was
previous spring, this being a 10 per
1,115,000 against 1,010,000 for the
cent higher figure. For the entire
year the 1938 combined total of
spring and fall pigs of 2,0:55,000
shows a 16 per cent increase over
the 1937 total of 1,772,000. Breeding
intentions reported in December in
dicate about 217,000 sows to farrow
in the spring of 1939. This figure, if
realized, would be an increase of 15
per cent over 1938 spring farrowings
With the Churches
SUMMERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
J. G. Kirckhoff, Pastor
A point to be remembered in
criticizing the church.
It is right and proper that the
church in America and in the world
should be criticized, but this should
be remembered when it is valued,
that the main thing the church en
deavors to do cannot be seen or
exactly known. The* change that
Jesus Christ works in the life of a
man is not on the outside primarily,
but on the inside.
Everywhere Christian missions
have gone, they have been a recon
structive force, a force that operates
wjth lees noise than political and
economic forces, but that is, never
theless, the most persuasive and re
constructive of all forces. ,
Others effect changes in externals;
but this effects an internal trans
formation.
Sunday services:
9:45 A.M. —Sunday school, D. L.
McWhorter, super |tendent.
11 A.M.—Morning worship.
2 P.M.—Sunday school Wayside.
6:ls—Pioneers.
7:ls—Evening preaching -service.
METHODIST CHURCH
Church school, 9:45, Dr. E. R. Bus
kin, superintendent.
Preaching morning and evening.
Morning, 11. Subject, “The Equi
nox of the Spirit.”
Evening service at 7:00.
BETHEL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday, January 22, 1939.
10 O’clock—Sunday school.
11 O’clock —Morning worship.
6:30 —Evening worship.
Preaching service at Silver Hill
schoolhouse at 2:30 o’clock. You are
cordially invited to all these services.
SOUTH SUMMERVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH
E. L. Williams, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Wheeler Edwards, superintendent.
Preaching at 11 a.m. Subject, “A
Christians Bank and the Joy of
Drawing On It.”
Sunday evening services. B. Y. P.
U. at 6; preaching 7. Subject:
“What Christ Does For a Sinner.”
Prayer meetings Wednesday and
Saturday night 7:00.
Men’s Prayer meeting Friday
night, 7:00.
Come and worship with us if at
all possible.
We believe and preach the Bible
in the old-fashioned way.
BERRYTON BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Theodore Wallace, Pastor
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The first, second and fourth Sun
day.
Prayer meetings Wednesday and
Saturday nights at 7.
Public invited, come and worship
with us.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank all the people for
their kindness during the sickness
and death ,of our dear mother and
also Dr. Little for his faithful serv
ice. And we do thank the ones who
furnished cars and sent flowers and
also Bro. Amos Ledbetter for his
comforting words. May God’s rich
est blessings fall upon each and
every o n « is our prayer.—Mrs. M
D. Battles and family, Mrs. W. D
Cloudis and family, Mrs. Cain Poo
vey and family and Mrs Ben Hucka
t>ey. ■
Farmers will now set wji»t election
promises amount to.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939
Expenses of State
Departments Bared
The state of Georgia paid salaries
aggregating $12,184,577.58 to 8,177
persons during the 1937-38 fiscal
year, a report by State Auditor Zack
Arnold disclosed.
The survey included the names, po
sitions and salaries of 6,520 workers
in the state bureaus and depart
ments; 1,612 clerks, pages and door
keepers who served in the 1937-38
extra session of the legislature; 257
legislators, and 88 judges and other
employes of superior courts.
Arnold’s report, a 330-page tome,
attracted keen interest among sena
tors and representatives as the gen
eral assembly convened for its 1939
session. Under a law adopted in
1931, the auditor is required to pre
pare and submit a complete list of
all employes to each regular legisla
tive session.
7 iveling expenses for all depart
ments totaled $1,158,267.14, the re
port showed.
The university system, with 630
instructors and other employes in its
25 units, accounted for $3,506,908.25.
Largest number of employes were
listed for the state highway board,
which paid 1,709 workers a total of
$3,287,964.09. Traveling expenses for
this department amounted to $353,-
755.74.
The welfare department, with 1,187
employes in its administrative office
and seven institutions, paid out a
total of $909,896.53 in salaries and
$57,060.97 in traveling expenses.
Principal eleemosynary institution
operating under the welfare depart
ment is the Milledgeville state hos
pital for the insane, which employed
861 persons during the year at a cost
oi $537,323.43.
General offices of the welfare de
partment, which oversee distribution
of old age pensions, and payments to
dependent children and needy blind
paid 157 persons a total of $244,717,-
46, plus $50,989.03 in traveling costs
Administration of the state de
partment of labor and its divisions
cost the state $627,176.27 in salaries
and $22,544.47 in traveling expenses
for 2( 6 employes.
Ga. Forums Success;
New Program Started
ATLANTA, Jan. 18 (GPS)—Com
pleting the 1938 portion of its proj
ect with an outstanding record cf
public service, the Georgia stat
public forums has begun the new
year with renewed effort to present
the current economic and social prob
lems to the citizens of the state.
From the time the project began
on Oct. 1, until Dec. 31, a total of
151 forum meetings were held in
seventy community centers with a
total attendance of 21,803 persons,
according to Miss Emily Woodward,
director and leader of the project,
which is sponsored by the state de
partment of education and the fed
eral government, in co-operation
with Georgia’s leading colleges and
universities.
Ninety-four speakers now are
available for forum meetings.
Meat Eating in the
U. S. Increased
During Last Year
If you didn’t eat three and a half
pounds more meat in 1938 than you
did in 1937, then you didn’t get your
share.
The Institute of American Meat
Packers have estimated 1938 per
capita meat consumption in the
United States at 128 pounds, an in
crease of three and a half pounds
over 1937. But even at that, it was
36 pounds below the 20th century
peak established in 1908.
Increased meat eating, resulting
largely from bigger supplies at lower
prices to the consumer, is to con
tinue into the new year, according to
the livestock industry’s current out
look.
William Whitfield Woods, president
of the institute, said consumption in
1938 totaled approximately 16,500,-
000,000 pounds compared with 16,-
000,000,000 the previous year.
Bill Introduced To
Rid Roads of Cattle
ATLANTA, Jan. 17 (GPS)—The
movement to remove a serious traffic
hazard in Georgia by keeping live
stock off the highways has reached
the Georgia general assembly.
A bill, by Representatives Grice,
of Bibb, Harvey, of Upson, Camp
ell, of Newton, and Sabados, of
Dougerty, provides that livestock
found on public highways shall be
impounded and sold by the ordinary
of the county. Owners of such live
stock may be punished as for a mis
demeanor, in addition to losing their
stock, states the house measure.
Advocates of the movement have
pointed out that great loss of human
life has resulted from accidents at
tributable to cattle roaming at large
on the highways.
News at a Glance
About People and
Things in Georgia
ATLANTA, Jan. 18 (GPS) —On an
average, every man, woman and child
in Georgia paid $14.17 in state taxes
during the year ended June 30, 1938,
which was $3.84 more per person:
than during the previous fiscal year,;
according to figures contained in
State Auditor Zach Arnold’s report,;
recently made public. This increase!
raised the total state income to the
record-breaking figure of $41,199,-j
961.30. Other inome, including fed
eral grants, boosted the state re-'
ceipts to a total of $59,582,198.33 for |
the 12 months. The state auditor’s;
report showed increases in every
classification of taxes except poll
tax, which decreased slightly.
Furthermore, the national consum
ers’ tax commission, in a recent sur
vey, revealed that taxes paid by
Georgia residents have reached a]
point where they now are equal toj
an average of $149.24 annually fori
eveiy family in the state.
Decreases Loading of revenue
freight on the railroads of the
United States in 1938 totaled 30,-
468,544 cars, compared with 37,670,-1
464 in 1937, a loss of 7,201,920 cars j
or 19.1 per cent. Last year’s busi
ness was 33.6 per cent below 1930’S'
total of 45,877,974 cars. The great
est decreases shown in 1937, com
pared to 1937 were coal, 20.5 per
cent; coke, 45.9 per cent; forest prod
ucts, 22.4 per cent; ore, 61.7 per cent.
Grain and grain products were the
only products showing an increase, it
being 10 per cent.
Gist of the News—State highway
contracts awarded last year totaled
$8,300,000, of which $3,752,0C|0 was
provided by the federal government.
. . . The Georgia bar in Atlanta was
increased recently by fifteen as the
successful candidates in the Decem
ber 14 state bar examination were
admitted to practice by Superior
Court Judge Virlyn B. Moore. A
total of 21 passed the test out of a
class of 61, the successful candi
dates including two sons of lawyers
and two women. . . . Only 30 of the
state’s 159 counties had no electrifi
cation projects either completed or
under way at the end of 1938, a sur
vey of rural electrification develop
ment in Georgia revealed. . . .For
the purpose of meeting out-of-state
competiion, Georgia farmers are be
ng urged by the state bureau of
markets to form co-operatives and
place a large portion of their spring
and summer eggs in cold storage.
Editorial Oddities—“ Cows 0 n the
highways remind us of some motor
ists—they would rather die than give
up what they claim as their share
of her road,” says the Buford Adver
tiser. . The Covington News de
clares: “The things that make the
average woman accummulate junk are
desire and greed and a charge ac
ount.” . . . The Cochran Journal has
..his to say: “Most men call a space
a spade, until they happen to let it
drop on their toe.” . . .The Bowdon
Bulletin gives out this bit of phi
losophy: “He who makes two blades
of grass grow where but one grew
before is a wise man and will prove
a safe guide.” . .. .This good advice
comes from the Alma Times: “The
time to take care of your health is
when you have health.” . . . Says the
Telfair Enterprise at Mcßae: “Mar
riage is the only life sentence that is
never commuted for good behavior.”
Stockholders Meet
In Rome Feb. 9
The annual stockholders meeting
of the Lookout National Farm Loan
association is being called for 1C
a.m., Thursday, Feb. 9, 1939, at the
courthouse in Summerville, Ga>-
This meeting promises to be one
of the best and most interesting held
any time since the organization of
the association, and it is the wish
of the president, Mr. J. A. Scoggins,
that each member of this association
be present when the meeting is
called.
There will be several prominent
speakers from the Federal Land
Bank, of Columbia, at this meeting,
as well as the secretary-treasurer of
the association, Mr. T. W. Price, of
Dalton, Ga. Officers and directors
will be selected and elected for the
ensuing year, and such other busi
ness transacted as may properly
come before the body.
The present officers and directors
are J. A. Scoggins, president; D. P.
Henley, vice-president; T. W. Price,
secretary-treasurer, and H. M. Haw
kins, J. P. Agnew and T. P. John
ston, directors.
SINGING AT BERRYTON
The singing at Berryton will be
held each Friday night All singers 1
and quartets are invited.
Mrs. Hugh Echols, Mr. and Mrs.
Hoke Echols, Mrs. J. B. Garvin and
Ellis Echols attended the funeral of
Mrs. T. J. Tribble in Atlanta last
Sunday,
Freight Loading
Appears Brighter
On Railway Lines
ATLANTA, Jan. 18 (GPS)— For
the first time in a long while,
freight car loadings are expected to
show a gain. During the first quai
ter of 1939 they should be about 9.9
per cent above actual loadings in the
same period in 1938, according to
estimates compiled by the thirteen
shippers’ advisory boards, and just
made public by Atlanta railroad
executives.
On the basis of these estimates,
freight car loadings of the twenty
nine principal commodities will be
4,601,131 cars in the first quarter of
this year, compared with 4,185,676
actual car loadings for the same
commodities in the corresponding
quarter last year.
Estimated, loadings in the south
east for the first quarter are placed
at 503,809, compared with 487,024
actual cars in the same period last
year, an increase of 3.4 per cent. The
northwest is the only section ex
pected to show a decrease for the
quarter, a 2.8 per cent loss being
estimated.
Commodities expected to show the
laigest increase in freight car load
ings are: Automobiles, trucks and
parts, 54.8 per cent; iron and steel,
39.1 per cent; ore and concentrates,
29.7 per cent; brick and clay prod
ucts, 18.9 per cent; chemicals and
explosives, 15.2 per cent; coal and
coke, 13.8 per cent; lime and plas
ter, 10.9 per cent; lumber and forest
products, 9.9 per cent; paper, paper
board and prepared roofing, 9,3 per
cent, and citrus fruits, 8.3 per cent.
Loadings of cotton is expected to
show the largest decrease with 25.8
per cent. Other commodities ex
pected to show decreases are: Agri
cultural implements and vehicles
other than automobiles, 24..8 per
ceTf; cottonseed and products (ex
cept oil), 20.5 per cent; hay, straw
aid alfalfa, 20.1 per cent; grain, 9.1
per cent; potatoes, 8.2 per cent; fer
tilizer, 2.4 per cent, and machinery
and boilers, .4 per cent.
Budge-Vines Match
Coming to Georgia
ATLANTA, Jan. 18 (GPS) -Ar
rangements have been completed for
an exhibition match between J.
Donald Budge and Ellsworth Vines,
the world’s two greatest tennis play
ers, at the Atlanta city auditorium
Friday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m., it was an
nounced by Cody Laird, of the North
side Tennis club. There will be a
seating capacity of 4,537.
This will be the only appearance
in Georgia of the famous stars, who
are en route to the Pacific coast on
their winter tour. A three-hour pro
gram has been arranged for the At
lanta exhibition, including a two
out-of-three match between Budge
and Vines, a preliminary one-set
match between Bruce Barnes and
Dick Skeen, members of the troup,
and a 2 out of 3-set match with all
four players participating.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
•*
The annual membership meeting of
tie Farmers’ Co-Operative Insurance
association was held Tuesday morn
ing at the Rome Chamber of Com
merce. The secretary, John Nelms,
gave a complete report of the oPera
tion of the association and read the
annual statement which has been filed
with the state insurance department.
The local company is now one of
the largest in the state of Georgia
and reports more assets per thou
sand of insurance in force than any
other similar Georgia company. Dur
ing the past few years the growth of
the company has been steady.
The annual report shows total in
surance in force of $1,384,924.00 with
total assets of $30,096.56. Since 1932
the insurance in force has increased
more than 325 per cent, while the
assets have increased 400 per cent.
S. S. Johnson, president, presided.
Immediately following the mem
bership meeting the directors meet
ing was held. The following officers
were re-elected, S. S. Johnson, presi
dent; Homer Davis, vice-president;
John Nelms, secretary-treasurer.
Other directors attending were J. Ed
Camp, R. L. Holland, Julian Mont
gomery, W. T. Watters and O. P.
Willingham.
Holiday Notice
The undersigned banks will ob
serve Thursday, January 19th, as a
legal holiday and will transact no
business on that date.
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Bank of Trion
I want to thank the people for
their kindness and prayers offered
during the meeting which I held at
Four Mile and Silver Hill, where the
Lord blessed with many souls, my
prayers are for every one.
May the Lord bless this reading.
What the people over the world need
is to take Jesus as their pergonal
Savior,—Rev, Wrathburn Cash,
W.M.U. Holds First
Quarterly Meet
W. M. U. held their first quarterly
meet of new year Jan. 11, 1939.
The executives and members of
Chattooga county’s W. M. U. held
their first meeting of the year with
the first Baptist church in Sum
merville on Jan. 11, 1939. There
were quite a large number present.
The meeting was opened by the
superintendent, Mrs. Thomas J. Espy.
Song, “I Love to Tell the Story.”
Watch word for the year. “The
love of Christ constraineth us.”
Welcome by pastor, Rev. J. C.j
Jackson, also prayer.
Recognized pastors and Mrs. E.:
B. Shivers, of Trion Baptist church, i
Bro. Shivers responded by offering;
their services in any way in carry-!
ing on or rebuilding this work.
Devotional was given by Mrs. Duke
Espy, 2. Cor. 5-14. Using the watch-;
word as her theme with quite a num
ber of other Scriptures teaching usj
of the word of love and the love of
our Master for us. Many beautiful 1
thoughts were brought out and am
sure each enjoyed them.
Song, “A Little Bit of Love,” sung
by Miss Annie Pitts very beauti
fully.
Mrs. T. J. Espy expressed our
appreciation to Mrs. Duke Espy and!
spoke of the great need of Christ’s!
love in our county and am sure all l
see and feel that need.
The Year Book was taught by;
Mrs.. James Jackson, which I am
sure was enjoyed by all and each]
officer was given a greater insight
toward their duties and responsi-l
bilities and are more determined to
fill their place to the best of their;
ability.
Thanks were expressed here to
Mrs. Jackson for her service.
Prayer—Rev. E. B. Shivers.
Mrs. T. J. Espy expressed her
thanks for each society’s secretary;
in sending in their reports and:
thinks much is being done in county
to further the work of the Master.
Special Music—Mrs. Duke Espy,
Mrs. H. D. Brown and Mrs. J C. j
Jackson.
Prayer—Mrs. J. L. Pollock.
Noon.
Lunch was spread in basement of!
church. This was very generous, as!
each lady brought a dish and all en-:
joyed to fullest extent.
At this time Mrs. Jackson told
Mrs. Espy that we all wanted to;
show her some of the love that had;
been talked of and with this she!
presented her with a lovely shower
of groceries.
Song, “I Need Thee Every Hour.”
Devotional, Mrs. Jimmy Parker,!
and her theme, too, was the watch
word and many beautiful thoughts
were brought out in her talk and
asked each one to remember the!
words for the year and work to that
goal of saving souls by doing the
will of our Savior.
Prayer—Mrs. J. C. Jackson.
Reports from different divisions:
were given and each one are going
to try to do more in their divisions j
this year. Some are to put on spe
cial programs with home talent. j
Miss Efifie Leath, personal serv-;
ice, reported what had been done;
and asked each society not to forget;
the little things and especially to be
greatly concerned in soul winning.
Mrs. Robert Harlow was elected to
fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Jack
son in mission study.
Mrs. Pollock, chairman of Mar- j
garth fund, asked each member to
give a little more to help with all
phrases in this line.
Mrs. Jackson—Report from train
ing school and that each society had
met their proportionment on golden
Reports from all societies were
jubilee.
they had had a very successful year,
but not satisfied and were going
further this year. Summerville was
the only one that met the standard.
Treasurer Report—Mrs. McCon
nell asked those that had not sent in
for Pastor “B” salary to do so.
The annual meeting will be held
with Lyerly on April 11, 1939, and
each lady is asked to help with
lunch there, too.
Song, “Take My Life and Let It
Be,” by Miss Annie Pitts.
Prayer—Mrs. J. W. Parris.
No other business a motion was
moved and seconded.
Next meeting will be announced
later.
SINGING AT MENLO
. Every one is cordially invited to
attend the singing Sunday afternoon
2 p.m. at the Baptist church, Menlo,
Ga.
“CIGAR-DRUNK”
LYNN, Mass.—When Edward Cot
ton, 37, was seen waddling down the
street and finally collapsing, police
concluded he had had too much to
drink. However, it was found that
Cotton was the victim of Christmas
cigars, which were too strong for him.
The end of the world will find much
unfinished work waiting for “tomor
row.”
Turn idle time into dollars—-Ad
vertise,
$1.50 A YEAR
Auto Production
In 1939 Expected
To Be 3,500,000
Automobile production in the
United States is expected to ap
proach the 3,500,000 unit mark dur
ing 1939 by the Automobile Manu
facturers association. This would be
nearly one-third more cars than were
manufactured in 1938.
The association set production for
the calendar year of 1938 in the
United States and Canada at ap
proximately 2,635,000 passenger cars
and trucks, or 47 per cent below
1937, “reflecting the full effect of
the 1937-38 depression.”
The wholesale value of the 1938
output was estimated at $1,616,000,-
000, which included 22,110,000 pas
senger cars valued at $1,283,000,000
and 525,000 trucks at a wholesale
value of $333,000,000.
Parts, accessories, service equip
ment and replacements of parts and
tires were manufactured to an esti
mated yield of $980,C00,000 during
the year, the association reported.
The association said 492,000 motor
vehicles were sold abroad during the
year which, with tires and parts ex
ported from the United States and
Canada, were valued at $286,340,000.
Senator Russell
Calls On Georgia
To Aid Polio War
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 18.—
Every Georgian has been urged to
actively join the drive for funds
with which to fight infantile paralysis
by Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr.
In a letter to the state committee
for the celebration of the president’s
birthday, which is headed by Gov.
Rivers, Senator Russell said:
“We in Georgia have a peculiar
interest in this occasion, for it was
after receiving treatment at Warm
Springs that the president envisioned
this great drive to eliminate the
dread menace of poliomelitis.
“I am sure every citizen of Georgia
will want to have a part in this
undertaking, for Warm Springs is
certainly the, capital of forces en
gaged in this campaign and you
may count upon my whole-hearted
co-operation in every way within my
power.”
The drive for funds will come to
a close with parties and celebrations
on the president’s birthday, Jan. 30.
Every county in the state is or
ganized to see that every citizen has
an opportunity to contribute to this
cause. ,
GINNING NOTICE
Summerville Gin Company will
operate its gins every Saturday un
til further notice. One block from
depot.
WOMEN ROB MAN.
BALTIMORE, Md.—Approached by
two women, Peter Kottal was asked
for a match. As he handed over a
packet of matches, the women grab
bed him, threw him to the ground
and took $5 in cash from his pockets.
Ga. Baseball Fans
Can See DiMaggio
ATLANTA, Jan. 17. (GPS).—
Georgia baseball fans will have an
opportunity next spring of seeing
Joe DiMaggio and the rest of the
world champion New York Yankees
play at Ponce De Leon park. They
play the Brooklyn Dodgers April 19,
according to Earl Mann, president of
the Atlanta Crackers, who gave up a
playing date at Poncey Park in order
to give Georgia fans a glimpse of
the world series champs.
“It was the only way we could get
Joe DiMaggio here,” Mann said.
“They’re traveling together, those
two clubs, so we accepted their of
fer to play at Poncey.”
The Cracker exhibition schedule,
which you’ll want to paste on your
calendar, follows: April 1 and 2, Bos
ton Red Sox; April 3, 4 and 5, St.
Paul (Ameriacn Association); April
6, St. Louis Cardinals; April 8 and
j 9, Philadelphia Athletics; April 11
and 12, Detroit Tigers.
WHO KNOWS?
1. Where was Prof. Felix Frank
furter born ?
2. What is the estimated deficit of
! the government for the 1940 fiscal
1 year?
3. Where is Berchtesgaden ?
4. Was President Roosevelt’s mes
sage to congress broadcast in Ger
man or Italian?
5. Is Gen. John J. Pershing a Ma
son?
6. For what crime was Thomas J.
Mooney convicted?
7. When did “Matt” McGrath rep
resent the U. S. in Olympic games?
8. What is the distance from Guam
' to Japan?
9. What is the “People’s Tribune”
in Germany ?
Id What per cent, of government
expenditures is for national defense ?
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