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CIRCULATE IN BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 1 LOCAL MILL RESUMES WORK WEDNESDAY MORNING 2 Changes Made To City Charter CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL TO PAY ENTRANCE FEE In order to clear up certain rumors that have been going around, I am sub mitting the bill that was passed while the legislature was in session concerning the city of Summerville. You may see from this bill that only two minor changes were made in our city charter, namely (1) To require any can didate for mayor to pay an entrance fee of $lO and any candidate for city coun cil to pay a fee of $5. This was done in order to help defray the expenses of the city elections held every year; (2) To relieve all residents of the city from hav ing to register every year, after a citizen has registered once then he or she need not register again less his or her name has been stricken from the registration book for cause; (3) To clarify the man ner of qualification by each candidate. Heretofore, a candidate has not been sure whether he should qualify with the ordi nary or the mayor. SENATOR MOSES E. BRINSON. An exact copy of the bill, as passed, is I set out below: A BILL. To be entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Summerville so as to provide for the announcements of candidates for office as mayor or as members of the city council; so as to provide a registration fee to be paid by candidates; to also provide for the reg istration and qualification of voters of the city of Summerville; to further pro vide for a board of registrars to purge the list of registered voters in the city of Summerville; th.il flection 10 of the act approved Aug. 16, 190!) (Ga. L. 1909, page 1360-1380, inclusive.) be stricken and a new section: substituted in lieu thereof; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GEN ' ERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA. AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SAME : SECTION 1. That the charter of the city of Summerville be and the same is herebey amended as follows: All candidates for office as mayor or as a member of the city council of the city of Summerville shall file with the secretary of the city of Summerville a written notice of their intentions to be come candidates for sueh offices at least fifteen days before the date of election, said notice to be given the secretary by noon on or before the 15th day previous to the election, which notice shall be en tered upon the records of the city on r book to be kept by the secretary for sai< purpose, provided, however, that all can didates upon registering shall pay to the secretary of the city of Summerville the following sums: Candidates for mayor, $10.00; candidates for members of city - council, $5.00, and no candidate shall be placed upon the ticket or be eligible for election unless he has registereel and paid the fees herein provided. The sums received from candidates shall be depos ited by the secretary of the city of Sum merville and kept in a separate account to be used in defraying the expenses of tlje election. SECTION 2. Be it further enacted that Section 10 of the act approved Aug. 16, 1909, (Ga. L. 1909, pages 1366-1380, in clusive,) be and the same is hereby re pealed and the following inserted in lieu of said Section 10: “Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the secre tary of the city of Summerville shall keep a book of registered voters of the city of Summerville and every bona fide resident of the city of Summerville who is entitled to register and vote for members of the general assembly shall have the right to register with the city clerk of Summer ville at any time up until thirty days previous to the next election for city of- and that after a voter has regis tered it shall not be necessary for him to register again unless the voter’s name has been stricken from the list by the board of registrars hereinafter created.” SECTION 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that at the first meeting in January of each year the mayor and board of aidermen shall select two freeholders who are citizens of Sum merville to serve with the secretary of the city as a board of registrars. The duty of this board shall be to go over and purge the voters’ list of the city of Sum merville twenty days before each election, striking therefrom the names of all per sons not legally entitled to vote in the same manner that voters’ lists of the counties are now revised by the boards of registrars of the counties. It shall be the duty of the board of registrars to complete their work at least ten days be- Snmnwrmlk Nms 67,XX, 98, and 19—or How To Get a College Education STILLWATER, Okla —The drug store clerk’s system of using num bers in place of words for the sake of rapid conversation has been adopted by the O’Coliegian, Okla homa A. & M. college student news paper. The angry editor who wants to say “go chase yourself” merely yells “sixty-seven.” A reporter leaving on his run calls out the number “six ty? A double-crosser is *XX,’ a dis repuatable bum ‘ninety-eight’ and a big shot ‘nineteen? * * TAXES TAKE 9 CENTS OF RAILROAD DOLLAR ATLANTA, March 21 (GPS).—Out of each revenue dollar received, the rail roads pay approrimately 9 cents in taxes to local, state and national governments, whereas highway carriers pay but 4% cents and water transportation only 2 cents, it was brought out by D. B. Rob ertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, in a recent address before the annual eco nomic conference at Rollins college. "So far as the railroads are concerned, they not only suffered from low traffic volume, but from depressed freight rates affecting a substantial portion of their traffic,” Mr. Robertson said. “We found public regulation complex and unequal. The forms of transport, other than by rail, had enjoyed for years an amazing governmental favoritism. “We found that while the railroads were paying 9 cents out of their revenue dollar for taxes, the highway regulated carriers were paying but 4%, and wa ter transportation but 2 cents out of each revenue dollar,” continued Mr. Rob ertson, who is a member of the commit tee of six composed equally of railroad presidents and railroad labor executives, which recently made its report to the president of the United States. “Moreover,” the speaker said, “it was costing the railroads for the maintenance and capital charges of their highway an additional 25 cents out of every revenue dollar, while the other forms of trans port received their right-of-way without cost. In other words, railroads had a dis advantage amounting to 29% cents per revenue dollar against their highway competitors. Regulation, taxation and subsidies were found surprisingly un equal. “After a full examination of the wide range of data and surveys placed before the committee, were resolved that the only possible opportunity to approach a solu tion was by adopting a policy of ‘a fair field for all and special favors for none of the various modes of transportation’.” Cotton Ginning Report Census report shows that 7,430 bales of cotton were ginned in Chattooga county from the crop of 1938, prior to March 1, as compared with 12,136 bales for the crop of 1937, according to Mrs. Rosa N. Shumate, special agent. Nothing that the government can do will prove a substitute for the effort of the individual. fore the election. SECTION 4. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in con flict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. County Ends Forest Fire Protection With Good Record The only successful attempt to con trol forest fires in Chattooga county came to an end the last day of Febru ary, just passed, by order from T. P. Hursey, district forester. Mr. Hursey’s action was based on a county board de cision to discontinue financial support of the work in co-operation with the state. Since this has been the only successful work of this nature done in this county, the district forester is very eager that the people know the exact date that the work was discontinued so they won’t be expecting help from patrolmen when there aren’t any to help. This was the third time protection work was tried in the county, and the first two efforts were such bad failures that they really amounted to “wasted money.” The last work was started after Mr, Hursey came SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 NEWS AT A GLANCE ADOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS IN GEORGIA GEORGIA OVER BILLION-DOLLAR MARK—TOTAL WEALTH $1,044,000,000. ATLANTA, March 22. (GPS).—ln dustrially, Georgia now is well over the mark as a billion-dollar state, it was revealed in the latest reports from the U. 8. census of manufacturers for 1937, and just made public by Ivan Allen, chairman of the industrial bureau of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The state had a manufactured proluction of $708,000,000, a farm production of $323,- 000,000 and a mineral output of $13,- 000,000, the total wealth produced amounting to $1,044,000,000 for that year. The census for the entire state cov ered 2,875 plants, employing 159,496 wage earners, total wages $110,501,344, cost of materials, fuel, electricity and the like, $439,145,132, valued of prod ucts manufactured $708,652,241 and a value added by manufature of $269,507,- 109. While Georgia primarily is known as an agricultural state, the above figures show that the value of its manufactured products are over twice that of the farm products. This large industrial activity furnishes most of the tax money which supports our governmental institutions, Mr. Allen said. Products of Atlanta’s manufacturing industries in 1937 were valued at $152,704,389, representing the highest such figure in the history of the city. Truly Remarkable —“The remarkable part of the railroad situation isn’t that the lines are facing the severest crisis in their history, but that they have managed to survive at. all during the past eighteen years—much less progress and develop as they have done,” de clares the Grafton (N. D.) News. “Gov ernment has ‘monkeyed’ with them in every phase of operation, has taken over the role of management, and has placed almost every conceivable barrier in the way of fair earnings The fruits of years of such a policy are apparent to day, with railroad revenues decreasing anl costs rising.” Gist of the News —For the purpose of encouraging wider usage of products made or grown in Georgia, the first an nual Georgia exposition, sponsored by the Atlanta Federation of Women’s Clubs, will be held at the Atlanta city auditorium May 15-20 “How Edu- cation Can Best Serve the Economic and Social Needs of Rural and Urban Georgia” will be the theme of the sev enty-fourth annual convention of the Georgia Education Association, opening in Atlanta Marh 23 Over 800 WPA teachers have been added during the past thirty days, bringing the number to 1,500 who are engaged in the drive to eliminate illiteray in Georgia. . . . Hape ville has decided to remain dry. In a recent election, the drys polled 416 votes to the w’ets’ 87. Editorial Oddities —“Efficiency sys tems are' those that allow the boss to get off for golfing,” declares the Pike County Journal at Zebulon. . . . The Darien Gazette says: “The world needs a big war —a war on intolerance aftd selfishness.” . . . The Alma Times de cides: “All work and no play makes the Jack.” . . . The Waycross Georgian dis covers : “Some girls mistake love for liver trouble.” . . . The Douglas County Sen tinel at Douglasville gives this alviee: “If you must break a record —make it one of the neighbors—or at least, don’t try to break ,any on our highways.” . . . The Pelham Journal has this to say: “Maybe you did win your argument but you lost a friend much more valuable.” . . . The Rossville Open Gate declares: “An intelligent person rarely suspects that he has discovered an idea.” to the North Georgia forest district. Mr. Hursey wishes to express his ap preciation to all the people who have helped the patrolmen put over their work, and to the county board that help ed make county-wide county-financed fire control a success in Georgia. He stated that the county financed plan started in North Georgia, and that Chattooga county was one of the counties which started this movement that is still spread ing all over the state. Since the North Georgia counties began this type of fire control, many south Georgia counties have followed suit Mr. Hursey regretted sadly that one of the old “beginner and stand-by counties” dropped out. He is not discouraged, however, and is looking forward to working again in the county in the future years. FARMERS ORGANIZE FOR ONE-VARIETY COTTON COMMUNITY PURPOSE OR ORGANIZATION IS TO GET FARMERS TO GROW THE VARIETY ADOPTED. The farmers of Lyerly, Seminole, Dirt seller and a portion of Coldwater dis tricts met at Lyerly March 15 and or ganized a one-variety community. The of ficers elected were J. E. Hawkins, presi dent ; C. C. Brooks, vice-president, and J. W. Chapman, secretary. The variety adopted was D. & P. L. The purpose of this organization is to get as many farmers as possible to grow the variety adopted, so that the commun ity will have a more uniform staple and grade of cotton. By doing this they can demand a small premium. This organiza tion makes it possible to get the cotton classed free by a certified grader. Mr. Chapman, who is a ginner in this community, agrees to co-oporeate in ev ery way, even to the extent of buying pure seed and selling them at cost, not charging anything for hauling and hand ling, and keep them pure by ginning this variety only in one gin. To get these seed you must put in your order at once as we can buy a limited amount only and no one wants to buy these seed and have some left over. Every farmer growing this variety of cotton automatically becomes a member of the association. THERE ARE NO DUES OR EXPENSES. A second meeting of this organization is called for Friday. March 24. If you are interested at all, be sure and come. Meeting time and place is Lyerly school house at 2 o’clock. You may place your order for seed with Mr. Chapman or the county agent. Farmers in other communities wanting these seed, place your order with the county agent. Forms For Free Cotton Classing Now Ready Forms for making request for the free classing of cotton of their 1939 crops are available to one-variety com munities and other cotton improvement groups at the Atlanta classing office of the division of cotton marketing, Joe H. McLure, who is in charge of the office, announced today. Representatives of any cotton im provement group may obtain sets of these application forms by applying to the bureau’s office. The address is 520 New Postoffice building, Atlanta, Ga. Group applications may be filed any time after members have planted their cotton, but early applications will be given preference after allowance is made for the different dates of planting over the cotton belt. Mr. McLure calls attention to the prospect that applications for the free classing may come in from as many as 900 to 1,000 cotton improvement groups this year, compared with the 312 for the past season, the first year of the service. “Early filling of applications,” he said, “will help the classing offices organize for the larger volume of work expected this year and assure growers that their groups will be among the first considered for approval.” No applica tions will be accepted later than Sept. 1. The bureau will supply free cotton market news service again this year to supplement the free classing for the im provement groups. With thiis service, the groups can have the markets posted several times each day on bulletin boards placed at local gins or other points accessible to their members. The idea that financial difficulties will prevent the Japanese from building a larger fleet is like the idea that lack of money would force Germany to surren der in 1915. Last July, Chattooga county ranked fifth in the results obtained in the five protected counties in North Georgia. From July up until the time protection service was suspended by the county board. Chattooga county had risen to first place. The people of Chattooga county should be proud of the fact that their county was top-Ainking at its close. This great progra.m was due to one man’s efforts — B. F. Gr/gsby. He covered bis district fires and ibout half of the ones in the west district. You should be proud of him. County fire control system comparison for month of February t Miles Traveied—-Floyd, 1,533; Bartow. 1,128: Cherokee, 1480 (two cars; Chat tooga, 870. Number of Fires—Floyd, 10; Bartow, Rivers Signs Bill To Put Peaches On Auto Plates A peach on every plate will be Georgia’s slogan in 1940 when it distributes its auto licenses. With a stroke of his pen yester day. Gov. Rivers made law a bill authorizing the state revenue com missioner to order the design of a peach embossed on one corner of next year’s license plates. The fruit Ls to be in natural colors, while be neath the numerals will be the phrase “The Peach State.” The Georgia Junior Cliamber of Commerce sponsored the measure. LAWMAKERS HOME, BUT FOR HOW LONG ATLANTA, March 21 (GPS).—The gentlemen often referred to as Georgia’s lawmakers have left Capitol Hill in At lanta and gone to their respective homes —but how long will they remain there? Because of failure to pass many of the proposed major bills during the regular session, which lasted seventy days from Jan. 9, another extra session looms Inci dentally, remember the last VERY extra ordinary session? It ended about the middle of February, 1938, after lasting eighty-three days and eighty-three nights, and cost the taxpayers over $300,000. Anent the session just closed, here are some of the things that took place with in the dignified walls of the general as sembly : A friend and a foe of the sales tax measure drew blood in a free-swinging brawl on the floor of the house. Repre sentative IV. H. Lovett, of Laurens coun ty, suffered a cut face that bled profuse ly, and Representative H. L. Lanham, of Floyd county, dislocated a finger, in a wild melee in which fully twenty leg islators who tried to stop the battling pair were punched and shoved around. The two pugilistic members later shook hands, okly after Speaker Roy Harris, pounding vainly for order, threatened, "I will call out the National Guard if this thing is not stopped.” In a subse quent vote the tax measure was defeat ed, 103 to 89. Taking official cognizance of the com bative situation in the lower house, sev eral senators petitioned President John B. Spivey to “leave the doors of the sen ate open so we can get out if a fight starts over here.” To which President Spivey replied: “You senators need not be alarmed. We are not going to have any fights in this body. We all love each other.” The house economy investigating com mittee had to halt its work with its job still incomplete. The five-man group has recommended measures to effect saving of over a million and a half dollars. Bills were introduced which would cut the legislators’ pay from $7 to $3 per day and reduce the traveling expense from 10 cents to 5 cents per mile. They did not pass. A constitutional amendment was intro duced that would remove the state capi tal from Atlanta to the town of Mitchell, a small community near Gibson, in Glas cock county. It was not approved. Representative Allen was sued by L. W. (“Chip”) Robert, Jr., secretary of the democratic national commiteee, for $50,000 on charges of alleged slander. The suit was withdrawn. Speaker Roy Harris admonished “drunken members of the house,” and warned them he would enforce rules pro hibiting drinking while the house is in session. Other things happened while the Geor gia general assembly was in session, such as passing a few minor bills, but you get the general idea, don’t you? 10: Cherokee, 14; Chattooga, 3. Acres Burned —Floyd, 51; Bartow, 51.5; Cherokee, 475; Chattooga, 9. Average Acres Per Fire —Floyd, 5.1; Bartow, 5.15; Cherokee, 33:92; Chat tooga, 3. Damage—Floyd, ssl; Bartow, ssl; Cherokee, $958; Chattooga. S7B. Average Time to Extinguish Fires — Floyd. 2 hours 10 minutes; Bartow, 52.5 minutes; Cherokee, 2 hours 16 minutes; Chattooga,, 1 hour 30 minutes. Number of Contacts Made by Chief Ranger—Floyd. 231; Bartow. 104; Cher okee, 117; Chattooga, 308. Number of Talks—Floyd, 0; Bartow, 0; Cherokee, 1; Chattooga, 0. Number of Schools Visited—Floyd, 4; Bartow, 12; Cherokee. 1; Chattooga, «. Talks in Schools—Floyd, 2; Bartow, 6; Cherokee, 1; Chattooga, 8. STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS. $1.50 A YEAR MILL STARTING UP UNDER NEW NAME NEW LEADERSHIP The familiar sound of the whistle at the cotton mills at 7 o’c 1o c k Wednesday morning brought to the people of Sum merville the realization that the mill was to start operations again, after having been closed down since last August. The mill is starting up under a new name and under the lead ership of new capitalists, the style of the new concern being the Sum merville Manufacturing company. Hugh Given, of Rome, is president; J. M. Cur ran, of New York, vice-president; D. J. Barry, of New York, vice-president; James Curran, secretary and treasurer, and Frank C. Pittman, superintendent. It is understood that operations will begin with one shift throughout the mill, and that full production will probably be started within about a month, or as soon as possible. When full production is reached it is estimated that approximately 350 people will be given employment in the mill. E. P. HAWKINS LOCATED IN OLD BOTTLING PLANT E. P. Hawkins, of Murphy, N. C., is another addition to our city. He is lo cated in the old bottling plant. Mr. Haw kins is engaged in the manufacturing of shuttle block, used in cotton mills. We welcome Mr. Hawkins to our city. M. L. FISHER PURCHASES SHACKLEFORD’S 5-10 c STORE M. L. Fisher, Jr., of Carrollton, has purchased the Shackleford 5 & 10c store here. Mr. Fisher will be in charge of the store. The News and the people of Summer ville welcome Mr. Fisher to our city. MISS BOLING IN RECITAL. The Fine Arts department of La- Grange college presented a recital in the college auditorium on Monday evening, March 13. Among those taking part was Miss Rachel Boling. . Miss Boling chose for her piano selection “Russian Romance” by Rubenstein. Miss Boling is a member of the sophomore class at LaGrange college. Executives of W.M.U. Meet at Trion April 4 The executives of the Woman’s Mis sionary union of the county will meet with Trion Baptist church on April 4 at 2 o’clock. All ladies are invited and urged to attend this meeting, as plans are to be made at this time for our an nual meeting, which will be held with Lyerly Baptist church on April 11. AU secretaries are asked to either bring or send their yearly (1938) report to this meeting in order for me to be able to make my report at the annual meeting. MINNIE JUSTICE, Secretary. Erosion-Control Plan Solves Wood Problem The complete erosion-control program which farmers are carrying out in the Coosa River Soil Conservation district is helping farmers to solve their wood prob lems as well as their feed problems, ac cording to Carl F. Bohleber, area for ester. Just as the increased use of close-grow ing hay crops and improvements of pas tures to control erosion has simplified the feed problem, better woodland manage ment is helping farmers to get the most effective return from their woodland. Instead of the old practice of clear cutting a portion of their woods each year to get fuel wood, farm lumber and posts, farmers are protecting their land and improving their timber stand at the same time by selective cuttings. The removal of diseased, slow-growing, and misshapen trees for fuel and farm lumber promotes the more rapid growth of straight, healthy trees for a future timber crop, he explained. Protection from damage by fire and grazing main tains a protective ground cover, and in sures the establishment of a fuU stand of trees. Many farmers are planting small areas of black locust trees on their farms to provide a supply of durable fence posts for future use. This will eventually elim inate the necessity for frequent replace ment of fence posts and wiU thus conserve both time and timber on the farm. AU erosion-control practices tend to provide a better farm program by reduc ing the outlay of cash for farm needs that can adequately be met at home, Bohleber pointed out.