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CIRCULATE IN BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 9 NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUT PEOPLE ANO THINGS IN GEORGIA FORMER LEGION COMMANDER AD VISES UNITED STATES TO STAY OUT OF WAR. ATLANTA, May 16 (GPS). —Stay out of war! That advice was given the United States by Frank N. Belgrano, former commander of the American Le gion, in an interview given out recently in Atlanta. The former national com mander, whose home is in San Francis co, emphasized that he was speaking as a private citizen, and not for the legion. He urged that persons who speak for the United States, from the president down, refrain from meddling in foreign affairs, but devote their energy to the develop ment of a strong national defense. He said in part: ‘'The United States could afford to let Europe slap our face a couple of times before we take off our coats and go to war. The cost of war is too great in human life and suffering; and while the democracies, with their vast natural re sources, eventually would whip the dic tators with their vast armies, neither side would really win. Just look at the last war. Our president then was going to ‘keep America out of war,’ but when he began talking and dickering in foreign affairs, what was the result?” Tax A’ictims: “States, counties and ci ties levy taxes on the railroads which are greater and greater each year.” declares Senator Harry S. Truman, of Missouri. “Railroads have been the victims of every tax racket known to the country. Pay ment of these taxes is a real financial burden, even to the most prosperous roads. Before the problem can be com pletely met, the city, county and state governments will have to correct this sit uation and show a proper co-operative spirit if we are to save our greatest system of transportation.” Gist Os the News: There was a25 per cent, decrease in the number of speeding cases on Georgia’s highways during April. A total of 183 cases was recorded last month, compared with an average of 250. The decrease was at tributed to the new 55-mile-au-hour speed limit. The former limit was 40 miles an hour .. . Charlie Yates, British ama teur golf champion, now abroad defending his title, has belen elected a director of the Atlanta Athletic club . . . An esti mated total of 20,000 men, women and children bowled regularly during the sea son now drawing to a close on the At lanta alleys, an increase of 20 per cent, over last year. Crop Insurance Plan Is Offered Farmers The agricultural department has sub mitted to congress a plan for cotton crop insurance designed to protect the nation’s 2,500,000 cotton farmers from losses caused by weather, insects and plant diseases. “Crop failures occur practically every year in one part or another of the cot ton belt,” the depatment said. “As a con sequence, farmers who experience these crop losses have little or no income on which to live.” Farmers 'taking out insurance would pay premiums in cotton or its cash equivalent and would collect indemnities in cotton or its cash equivalent. Farmers could get policies assuring them crops up to either 50 or 75 per cent, of aver age yields for their farms. “Cotton crop insurance is not a solu tion to all the cotton farmers’ problems, for many are world-wide in their scope,” the report said. “It would, however, make a substantial contribution towards the so lution of the problems that ard caused by extreme variations in crop production:” Based on Crop Loss Experience. A farmer’s premium would be based in part on the crop-loss experience of his farm and in part on the crop-loss experi ence of his county. Thus each farm would have a separate premium rate. Insurance premiums received in cash would be con verted into cotton and carried along with premiums paid in cotton as a reserve from which losses would be paid. The report gave an example to explain the method of determining a farm's premium. A farm with an average yield of 138 pounds per acre during the five years prior to the crof> insured would he subject to a premium of 15.4 pounds per acre, assuming the farm crop loss dur ing those five years averaged 14.2 pounds nd the county loss 16.8. This farm would be assured a yield of 104 pounds per acre —that is. 75 per cent, of the average yield. Benefit Ball Game For Jim Moseley On Wednesday, May 24, the local ball team will play Menlo in a benefit game for Jim Moseley, who broke his ankle in a game in LaFayette. The game will start at 4 o’clock. Mr. Moseley was one of the best play ers on the team and will be missed. All proceeds of the game will go to Mr. Moseley. A large crowd is expected to. attend. alw S’ltnirnmnUr Xi'ins SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939 Two-In-One Chick Born At Edison EDlSON.—Freaks come and go, but Horace Sheppard, of this city, believes he has all comers beat when it comes to freak chickens. The other morning a four-legged, two-headed chick was hatched on his ! farm and was still alive five days la ter. There is a fully developed head at each end of the chicken’s body with an extra pair of legs under the extra head. The chick is a White Rock and appar ently is as healthy as others in the flock. Rome Motorcade To Pasr. Through City Wednesday, May 24 A huge motorcade, headed by the Rome I High school band and displaying badges, j banners and hatbands advertising the city of Rome, will leave Rome next Wednesday morning, May 24, and will proe«H to the new DeSoto State park, near Mentone, on top of Lookout moun tain, where the dedication ceremonies will be held. The motorcade will pass through Sum merville, Menlo, Cloudland and Mentone, and the high school band will stop here for a brief concert at the courthouse. Citizens of Summerville and Chattooga county who wish to participate in the celebration are requested to join the mo torcade here and go to the scene of the festivities on the mountain. The new park is described as “Ala bama's Greatest Scenic Panorama” and is located on top of Lookout mountain, five miles south of Mentone and ten miles northeast of Fort Payne, being close to the Georgia line. The dedicatory ceremonies will be it tended by delegations from many sur rounding cities, with prominent speakers and with an abundance of music, it is stated. There also will be a huge barbe cue complimentary to the visitors. There are 4,649 acres in the new park. HERE AND THERE MAYOR WELCOMES NOTABLES NEW YORK.—Mayor P*. H. LaGuar dia held two receptions on May 2, at the newly established city hall at the World's fair, one for Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark, and the other for Bnig.-Gen. Vladimir Kok kinaki and Maj. Makhail Gordienko, the two Russian aviators whose attempted non-stop flight from Moscow to New York ended in a crash in Canada. YOUNG GIRI. FOILS KIDNAPING ATTEMPT ANDOVER, Mass. —With a courage beyond her years, Charlotte Leaud, age 12, daughter of a Boston wool manufac turer, foiled the kidnap attempt of an unidentified motorist who faced her into his car in North Andover. Only slightly bruised, the child was pushed from the automobile by her would-be kidnaper on a road leading to ward the main Boston-to-Portland high way. Charlotte said she believed she had inflicted telltale scratches on her ab ductor’s face. Charlotte and a schoolmate, Joan Sweeney, also 12, were bicycling near their home when the kidnaper’s car eas ed to a halt a few feet away and the driver invited them to “take a ride with me.” Both girls refused and were pedaling away when the motorist leaped out, caught up with Charlotte and dragged her into his machine. MOTHER GETS LIFE IN STEPSON’S DEATH MILWAUKEE, Wis. —Mrs. Anna Lou ise Sullivan, 50, the mothdr of seven children, began a life sentence on May 6, on her plea of guilty to the poison murder of her stepson. Mi's. Sullivan ad mitted the killing of James Sullivan, 18, as well as her former husband, Fred Rickleffs, 35. She was also said to have admitted dropping poison into the food of her present husband, Michael Sullivan, and two of his children by a former marri age. All three are seriously ill. THOROUGHLY JINXED REDMOND, Ore.—Dean Von Matre submitted his name for Redmond's most unlucky man. A fire broke out in his cleaning establishment and virtually de stroyed the plant with several dozen suits and dresses. Later he was fined $5 and assessed $2.50 in costs when his car ran over a fire hose. The fire was the blaze that destroyed his own shop. What’s more, he wasn’t driving his ear at the time. HAUNTED MAN SURRENDERS CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —Remorseful and haunted by fear of capture as he wandered across the eastern United States, a 25-year-old negro surrendered himself to Patrolman R. L. Parker and told of killing his brother-in-law in a suburb of Birmingham two years ago. “I want to give up and get it all over with.” Grady Long, of Edgewater. Ala., a coal mining community near Birming ham, told the officer. - He said he killed David Cade, his sis ter’s husband, in a fight in Augudt, 1937. Long waived evtradition and asked to be sent to Birmingham to stand trial. FAIR ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICIALS At a meeting held this week the Chat tooga County Fair association elected the following officers and directors for 1939 : President, O. I’. Dawson; vice-presi den,t J. L. McGinnis; secretary and treasurer, Homer Woods; assistant sec retary, Miss Julia Stevenson; home dem onstration and 4-H club department, Miss Mildred Henry. Directors—John A. Agnew, Trion ; W. O. Sturdivant, Summerville; O. L. Cleck ler, Menlo; J. L. Blair, Lyerly. Ladies’ Department—Mrs. J. L. Mc- Ginnis, Mrs. Paul Weems and Mrs. T. J. Espy, Sr. The fair this year wil be held a week earlier than last year—Oct. 19, 20, 21. To Erect Park On Taylor Hill The purchase of three acres of ]and on top of Taylor’s hill, just south of the city reservoir, in Northwest Summerville, by the city, has been announced. It is stated that the land will be converted into a civic park. The site is ideally located to ffive a splendid view of the en tire city of Summerville and may be appropriately called the Summerville Scenic park. A community house may be erected in the park at a later date, it was stated. The News will give other de tails of this development as soon as plans are completed. Head Urges Tighter Collection of Taxes ATLANTA, May 16 (GPS).—State Revenue Commisisoner T. Grady Head has suggested to the house economy com mittee ways and means of increasing the state’s revenues—by adding larger pay ments to the already heavily taxed citi zens of Georgia. He claims state revenues could be increased by approximately $3,- 500.000 a year through tightening of the tax collection laws and their enforce ment. The principal source of possible revenue expansion, he said, would be created by repeal of the state law permitting fed eral income tax reductions from the state income tax returns. He estimated this repeal, if enacted, would yield about $2,- ■■,. L. Super-Highway System Will Not Solve Our Traffic Problems. Says Road Bureau The project for trans-continental sup er-highways, which has been under dis cussion for several years, does not meet with the approval of the bureau of public roads which says the system would not be adequate to meet traffic needs and in addition the traffic would not be suffi cient to pay for the highways through any reasonable schedule of tolls. In contrast, the bureau says the traf fic problem of the nation lies principally in and around our large cities. Conse quently, construction of a special system of direct inter-regional highways, with all necessary connections through and around cities, is recommended. Existing main highways would be utilized in large part to make up a 26,700-mile system. >— The bureau reports that traffic maps show that 90 per cent, of the traffic on main highways near the entrances to large cities is bound to or from points in the cities themselves and cannot be rout ed around with by-passes. Consequently, emphasis is placed upon the need for ex press highways through cities. The study just completed by the bu reau of public roads was made at the request of congress. It estimated the cost of six trans-continental toll highways at $2,899,800,000. or an average of $202.- 270 a mile. On the basis of traffic studies, and a toll charge of 1 cent per vehicle mile for passenger vehicles and of 3.5 cents for trucks and buses, the bureau concludes that tolls would not cover even half the cost of such a system of super-highways. Os course, this does not conclusively dispose of the proposal to construct sup er-highways. With the exception of a few roads and some bridges, the present high way system of the nation has not been financed by tolls. It is not to be expected that future highway construction will be financed by any system of tolls. A new avenue for assistance in con structing highways is included in the bu reau’s report, suggesting that there be created a “federal land authority,” capi talized adequately and with authority to issue its own securities which could ac quire. hold, sell and Itpse land in con- BARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW HELD MAY I2TH The Chattooga County Garden club held its annual flowtr show last Friday, May 12, at the Farmers & Merchants bank. The Home Economics class of the Summerville High school, presided at the punch table. Many beautiful flowers were displayed and the following prizes awarded : Iris—Best single specimen, Mrs. Mack Agnew; best three, one variety, Mrs. Mack Aghew; best six, different varie ties, Mrs. Mack Agnew. Roses—Best single speciman, Mrs. T. J. Espy; best three, one variety. Ruby Beavers; best six, different varieties. Mrs. C. A. Wyatt. Garden Flowers—Most attractive ar rangoe.mnt in a high container, Mrs. Quarles : most attractive arrangement i:i a low container. Mrs. Penn Selman. Lilies—Most attractive arrangement, Mrs. Joe Beavers. Peonies —Bost display. Mrs. Fred Hall. Wild Flowers Prettiest collection, Mrs. Howard Pless. Miniature Arrangements Mrs. Mc- Ginnis. Miniature Gardens—Mrs. M. M. Allen. Snapdragons—Best collection, Evelyn Pledger. Bubble Bowls—Mrs. W. B. Hair. Flowering Shrubs—Most attractive ar rangement, Mrs. Homer Edge. Shadow Boxes—Miss Mary Penn. Evelyn Pledger won the sweepstakes prize on her bowl of snapdragons. The judges for the flowers were from La Fayette. Braswell Deen. To Speak Here May 19 Ou Friday, May 19. Mr. Braswell Deen, director of the State Department of Public Welfare, will address the citi zens of Chattooga county at the court house at 10 a.m. Mr. Deen is anxious for the public to be present and par tiularly wants the members of the County Welfare Board and members of the Board of Commissioners, together with other county and city officials. 000,000 annually. Another $1,000,000 could be gained annually by closer attention to collection of delinquent income taxes, he asserted. He proposed that his office be allowed to retain 10 per cent, of delinquent tax collections to enable his office to employ sufficient men for this purpose. At pres ent, the revenue retains 1 per cent, of all revenues collected. nection with all forms of public improve ments. The idea is that by careful man agement and handling of land, the gov ernment could earn enough to pay an important portion of the cost of improve ments. In submitting the report to congress, the president called special attention to the principle of “excess-taking” of land for highways, saying that if it is adopt ed. the ultimate cost of a national system of highways will be greatly reduced. The idea is that when the government gets ready to construct a super-highway, it should condemn a strip of land much wider than that to be used by the high way. Then it could sell or rdnit the prop erty on each side to private interests when its value had been enhanced by the construction of the highway. The super-highway system would con sist of 14,336 milete of highways. The na tional system of inter-regional highways, suggested by the bureau, would consist of 26,700 miles. The report includes a map showing the proposed system. De scriptions of the highways in the pro posed system would require too much space for this column, but it is based, apparently, upon the necessity of concen trating upon the highway traffic problem in and about large city areas, where most congestion occurs. In fact, the bureau thinks that the task of the future is to build express highways through the cities where the bulk of the nation’s unemploy ed are found and that the solution of the traffic problem may provide work for a program to employ vast amounts of fu ture WPA labor. Readers should not attach too much emphasis upon the route proposed in any system of highways. Os course, it. will be impossible to locate such a system in a wiay to give every community one of the main highways. The idea seems to be that any system will include the develop ment of existing highway facilities so that feeder-lines will enable practically all citizens to take advantage of the im proved highways. The suggestion that considerable improvement can be made in our highway system in the interest of national defense is advanced and will probably have some weight at this time when practically every official is "nation al-defense” Conscious. I TO PREACH SUNDAY AT SOUTH SUMMERVILLE CHURCH 1 [ x. J If fl The Rev. H< rbert Morgan, well known evangelist of Chattanooga, Tenn.. who will preach at South Summerv iile church Sunday, May 21st. Everyone is welcome. Nation’s Relief Roll To Be Cut By 900,000 While congress goes to work on Presi dent Roosevelt’s request for . $1.763,000,- 000 to finance federal relief in the fiscal year which begins July 1, the WPA an j nouneed plans to reduce relief rolls by 900,000 persons this summer to compen sate for the reduced relief budget. The sum asked by the president is a third less than that for the fiscal year 183839. Os the total appropriation for the new year, $1,477,000,000 is earmarked for the WPA and the rest for the national youth administration and the farm security ad ministration. No specific grant was asked i for the public works administration, and senators immediately said they would seek to insert public works funds in the grant. Members of congress generally approv ed the sum asked by the administration, and it appeared that the money would be granted without much controversy, but argument was certain on how it was to be spent. In his relief budget message the presi dent indicated he favored unrestricted use of relief funds by the government, but at least three proposals are pending in congress for controlling spending. One would allocate federal money to the states in ratio to relief needs and population, with the states being required to supply at least one-third of all relief monies; a second would turn relief ad ministraltion over to the individual states, and a third would have congress deter mine relief grants to the states with a federal administrator supervising all re i lief projects. FHA To Continue ATLANTA, May 16 (GPS).—Pros- I pective Georgia homebuilders whose plans have been delayed because fate of Fed eral Housing administration legislation was uncertain, may now proceed, assur ed of full GHA co-operation, it was re vealed by R. E. Matheson, state director. “In my opinion,” Mr. Matheson said, “the major features of legislation under Title 2, which covers insurance on new and existing construction, will be pre served and the amount of insurance which may be outstanding at. any time will be increased from three to four mil lion dollars. FOR', RELIEF. The conference of mayors continues to advocate the continuance of relief by the federal government because the cities say they are unable to shoulder the bur den. While opposing the proposal that relief be turned over to the states, some of them appear concerned over the in creasing deficit and suggest a pay-as-you- I go plan. | Closing Exercises Os Gore High School The closing exercises of Gore High school will begin this week, May 19, with the seniors presenting a three-act com edy, "Aunt Tille Comes To Town.” Saturday evening. May 20, Senior j class exercises. i Sunday morning May 21, at'lo o’clock, j Union Sunday school in the school au ditorium, followed by the baccalaureate at 11 o’clock, given by Dr. Warren G. Cutts, pastor of the First Baptist church, ; Calhoun, Ga. Tuesday evening. May 23, graduating exercises. Miss Sara Scoggins will give rhe salutatory, and Harold Storey the valedictory. Dr. D. E. Reynolds will give the ad dress to the graduating class. County Superintendent Miss Kathryn Henley will present the diplomas to the seniors. All evening programs begin at 8 o’clock STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS. EVERY CITIZEN HAS STAKE IN RAILWAYS, DECLARES EDITORIAL SAYS NATIONAL ECONOMIC LIFE I AFFECTED BY PROSPERITY OF RAILROADS. ATLANTA, May 16 (GPS). —If you i are a farmer, a worker, a manufacturer, a parent or a taxpayer, then you have a : stake in the railroads of this country, declares a recent editorial in the Daven ! port (Iowa) Democrat and Leader, copy of which has just been received in At lanta. The editorial, header! "Your Stake in Railroads,” follows : “The railroad problem has long been ■ in the headlines. But it hasn’t been there just because the public is interested in i the personal troubles of the railroads. It I has been there because of the fact that { every phase of our national economic life j is affected direc'tly or indirectly by rail road prosperity and depression. “Are you a worker? Then it's very I likely that the continued existence of an I expanding railroad industry is vital to | your job—'the lines spend more than a i billion a year for supplies, and hundreds of different kinds of businesses get the orders. Are you a farmer? Then you look to the railroads for quick, safe transport of perishables to distant markets. The i increased speed and efficiency of freight transportation by rail has made it pos sible for the orange raisdr of California to sell his crop in New York, and an darly vegetable grower in the South to sell his produce in the middle west. “Are you a manufacturer? Then you , may look to some railroad or other for i orders—and you certainly look to the in | dustry for the efficient service that will j carry your products to a buyer thousands of miles away at a reasonable cost. “Are you a parent with children in school? The railroad industry is one of the largest payers of school taxes in this country—taxes which would have to be made up by higher levies on all other property if the lines went bankrupt, or were socialized. “Are you a taxpayer? Again, you have I a vital interest in the railroads, which are assessed tremendous sums annually Iby all units of government, and pay a I good share of the taxes which keep gov ernment services of all kinds going. “So it goes, throughout our eco nomic society. All the railroads ask is a fair break with their competitors. And giving them that fair break would mean a better break for worker, manufactur er, farmer, investor —all of us.” Cotton Regulations For Year Disclosed The 1939-40 cotton marketing quota regulations, which include an increase in the penalty rate of excess sales and several minor administrative changes, have been announced by the agricultural adjustment administration. The provide for collection of a penalty of 3 cents per pound on cot ton from this year’s crop sold in excess of the marketing quota, and 2 cents per pound on excess sales of penalty cotton carried over from last year. The petnalty on all excess marketings last year was 2 cents per pound. While most of the new regulations were substantially similar to those in. ef fect for the 1938-39 season, they provid ed for blue marketing cards this year in addition to white and red to be issued for “carry-over penalty cotton” held by a producer. In addition, the AAA announced “it has been found necessary” to require gin- ■ ners and buyers to report on all seed cot ton purchases, and cotton ginned for a producer in less than bale loits” in order that penalties may be determined cor rectly. Mule Amputates Farmer’s Thumb SPARTA.—Farmers have the worst I luck! And we are sure that Eugene Foster. negro farmer who lives near i Sparta, is certain that his luck is of the poorest kind. The other afternoon he was brought into town for medical treatment of a thumbless hand. It seems that he has a very tempermental mule. So much so, in fact, that if things do not go his way he does something about it. When Foster aroused his teniperment he just I calmly bit his thumb, making a dean amputation. This is the first instance that we have known a mule to do such a thing, and no doubt, Foster will let the mule have his way in the future. TO VOTE ON WAR. With the conclusion of public hearing on the neutrality act, interest has shift ed towards the revival of the war refer . endum amendment. Public hearings before a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee began last week and a number of witnesses are expected to be heard. $1.50 A YEAH