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CIRCULATE IN (BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 10 NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS IN GEORGIA SAYS RAILROAD AND MOTOR CAR RIER TAXES AS “DIFFERENT AS ELEPHANTS AND MICE.” ATLANTA. May 23 (GPS).—“If You Want Peace Write to Congress,” said a two-column headline over a front-page box feature appearing in a recent edition of the Atlanta Georgian, which is re printed herewith in full: “Write your congressmeln and senators and ask them respectfully but earnestly to adhere firmly to the Ameican historic policy of peace —-ask them to avoid en tangling alliances with any foreign na tion —ask them to insist on America keeiping free from foreign conflicts —ask them to support a proper constitutional amendment reposing the war-making pow er of this nation in the hands of the people of the nation, since they must make the sacrifice of blood and treasure to win the war and since they would lose the most in life and liberty if the war were lost. “Ask your congressmen and senators to give the people of America not so much the right to make war as the right to preserve the peace of America.” Elephants and Mice: “The tax pay ment of railroads and high motor carri ers are as different as elephants and mice,” declares the Association of Amer ican Railroads. “Railroad taxes of al most a million dollars a day are real taxes —used for the general support of government, including the public schools, the courts, police and fire protetion. . t So-called ‘taxes’ paid by the highway mo tor carriers are used, for the most part, to build and maintain the public high ways these vehicles use for private busi ness —in competition with the rail roads. Gist Os the News: Georgia’s oldest mayor is dead. He is Judge James E. Brown, mayor of Newnan for the past ten years and former head of the Newnan Herald for forty years. He was 85. . . . Flowerland, beautiful flower garden lo cated near Dunwoody, suburb of Atlanta, now can be seen in all its splendor. Dr. L. O. Fischer, the owner, invites the pub lic to visit the beautiful gardens with out cost . . . Mrs. Virginia Broyles Mor ris, 28, of Decatur, mother of two chil dren, will be among those graduating from the senior class at Agnes Scott college June 6 . . . Occupants of the Doctors’ building in Atlanta will attest that lightning does strike twice —even thrice —-in the same place. For the third consecutive time a bolt hit the northeast corner of the roof during a recent rain and electical storm. Nobody was hurt. New, Modern Edifice Replaces ‘Little Barn’ The rude shack so often referred to as the “Little Barn” in which the Church of God has worshipped for three years, has been replaced with a nice, large, modern church building. The new edifice is constructed of ce ment blocks and conveniently located on Highland avenue, just north of the cem etery. The new building is equipped with electric lights and there is some talk of a hydrant being installed. Shrubbery and flowers will be planted around thd church in the future. Everybody is cordially invited to at tend the services which will begin Sun day, June 4. Services were discontinued when the old building was torn down. T. D. Lynn, superintendent of the Sunday school, an nounces that the Sunday school will re open on Sunday, June 'll. An all-day service is planned for Sun day, June 4, the congregation will prob ably meet at the court house and form a parade and march to the church. About one thousand members of the Churches of God are expected to attend the open ing service. A crime is committed hi this land of liberty every 22 seconds. And it costs you .$lO a month to keep up the tariff. If you can not enforce! one law, it follows all laws are out. WHO KNOWS? 1. When did Russia and Germany sign a peace treaty after the World war? 2. What moving picture has grossed the most money? 3. Can a foreign-born citizen become president? 4. What is a cirrus cloud? 5. When did Charlemagne live? 6. Does the constitution contemplate the selection of a president on the basis of popular favor? 7. How many members has the united Methodist church? 8. Is soviet Russia building an ocean going navy? 9. Is the “cash and carry” provision of the neutrality act in effect? 10. How does the defense expenditures of the U. S. compare with those of Great Britain ? (See “The Answers” on Another Page.) She Snmntrruilh Kerns SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939 Jurors Drawn To Serve at City Court Below is a list of the jurors drawn to serve at the June, 1939, term of the City Court of Chattooga county. Court will convene at 9 o’clock Tuesday, June 6 : A. C. Clowdis, Cecil Davenport, W. G. Cook, H. C. Jones, M. A. Strawn, J. E. Hawkins, C. M. Bailey, Earl Gayler, J. R. Owings, J. E. Hardwick, Lurick Rag land, John M. Eilenburg, J. A. Drum mond. A. T. Powell, M. J. Hogg. William M. Jones, A. J. Dempsey, B. W. Reyn olds, F. H. Crisp. O. B. Millican, Ben White, J. M. Law rence, W. E. Scoggins, M. B. Carpenter, Lyle Johnson, Clovis Fisher, C. D. Bul man, Roy Gayler, M. A. J. Housch, R. E. Patrick, J. A. Thomas, G. C. Lane, Paul Cook. T. W. Manis, S. J. Ander son, F. M. Dodd. commencement ANNOUNCEMENTS Thursday night, May 25. at 7 ;30, the grammar school exercises will be held. Following is the program: Invocation —Rev. J. C. Jackson. Welcome —Mary Trippe, First Honor. Class Song—Class. Words by Mrs. John D. Taylor. Reading, “Pink Ramblers” —Rosalind Jackson. Introduction of Speaker —Rev. J. C. Jackson. Address —Rev. W. B. Underwood, Douglasville, Ga. Awarding diplomas and attendance cer tificates by Miss Maude Sewell, princi pal of the grammar school. Commencement Sunday, May 28 at 11 a.m. at high school auditorium : Processional —Senior Class. Doxology—Congregation. Invocation. Hymn, “Come Thou Almighty King” —-Congregation. Offeratory. Special Chorus, “Praise Ye Jehovah” —Choir. Scripture—Dr. I. A. White. Special Chorus, ‘.Ave Marie” —Choir. Baccalaureate Sermon Dr. I. A. White. Dr. I. A. White is a retired Baptist minister from Marietta. His specialty is dealing with the younger people and we are sure that he will bring a message that will be worthwhile to young high school graduates. Miss Annie Pitts is in charge with the music, assisted by Mrs. J. C. Jackson and Mrs. H. D. Brown, violinists. We hope the people of Summerville will come out to hear Dr. White’s talk to the high school graduates. Play at Menlo The Menlo Baseball club will present a negro minstrel, “Mandy Visits Lizzie,” Saturday night, May 27, at the Menlo gym. The proceeds will be used to pay expenses of baseball equipmeint for the team. MARINE SERVICE During June thirty-seven men will be accepted for enlistment in the United States Marine Corps from this area, of which Macon is headquarters, it has been announced by Major J. M. Tildsley, offi cer in charge. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 28; 64 to 14 inches in height; of good moral character; in excellent physical condition and with at least one year of high school education, or its equivalent. Full information concerning Enlistment may be had from the headquarters in Macon. Glymph and McNatt To Fight Saturday The second fight card of the season will bring together Harold Glyinph and Ray McNatt in the ten-round main event at Tate arena Saturday night, May 27. Glymiph, the best light-heavyweight in Atlanta and claimant to the Georgia ti tle, will have a fifteen-pound weight ad vantage over the popular local boy. How ever, McNatt says it will be in his own favor because the larger the target the easier to hit. Glyinph is known to be one of the hardest puncher (if not the hard est) who has ever shown here and any time he lands a solid blow it will be curtains for McNatt. McNatt agrees that he has one of the toughest fights of his career, but the writer, who has seen him in some ten battles here with such boys as Hippo Hipps (navy middleweight champion) ; Frankie Allen, Kid Moore head, Babe Austin, etc., believes that these boys will be evenly matched. Mc- Natt has developed a good right upper cut which he has used in his last three fights to win by knockouts, as follows: Red Lee, Picayune, Miss., in second; Chester Conklin, in fifth, and Bill Rob erts, Birmingham, in fourth, and he will use this punch in an effort to stop the experienced Atlanta boy at the quickest possible chance. At any rate, this will be a great fight and anyone who enjoys good boxing will A SPECIAL REPORT OF THE PENNVILLE FELLOWSHIP CLUB As to what it is, what it stands for, its purpose and what it has done. Someone has asked, “What is- the Fel owship club and who may become a mem ber?” Foi’ these and other similar rea sons is our motive toward writing this special report. What (he Fellowship Club Is and For What It Stands — The Fellowship club is an organiza tion originated by Dr. Bob Jones, which stands for absolute authority of the 1 Bi ble. The clubs’ creed is “I believe in the inspiration of the Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments; the creation of man by the direct act of God, the 1 incar nation and virgin birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, His identification as the Son of God. His vicarious atone ment for the sins of mankind by the shedding of his blood on the cross, the resurrection of His body from the tomb. His power to save men from sin, the new birth through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit and the gift of efc'rnal life by the grace of God.” The Pennville club was organized Aug. 6, 1937. by the Rev. Jimmy Parker and Rome Fellowship club. Our club started with fourteen members and now has twenty-one active members. The Fellowship club is made up of young Christian men and women, married and single, who pledge to read our Bible daily; go into secret prayetr twice daily, attend religious services regular and es pecially prayer meetings, attend every meeting of the club unless providentially hindered and speak to the lost when an opportunity occurs. Its Purpose. The purpose of the Fellowship club is that young people may get together for fellowship one with another, for a eloser walk with God, for better preparation as we go into Christian service and by do ing so we find pleasure which is sepa rated from the world. What the Fellowship Club Has Done We, as Fellowship members, have giv en our lives a living sacrifice for the cause of Christ. So doing, we have held regular weekly meetings since organized : have sent, regular monthly offerings to Bob Jones college to be used in foreign mission work; have contributed very willingly to the help in comfort of the sick shutins and needy in our communi ty and in some eases in other communi ties; we have also contributed to the support of radio services and other worthy purposes; have attended tw’o tri state rallys of Fellow’ship clubs, having had largest percentage attendance pres ent at last rally, which entitled us to a beautiful banner; have organized a Jun ior Fellowship club at Pennville; have presented one radio program, presented spiritual programs in different churches of this county and one in Walker coun ty ; the club has sponsored many preach ing services, with public attending, in cluding one two-week revival which re sulted with over a hundred conversions; we’re looking forward to a great revival with the Rev. T. Perry Brannon, director of Radio Revival, of Chattanooga, which will begin about Aug. 1. Everything done by the fellowship workers is done in the name of the Lord. We give God the glory and praise for what little we may accomplish. If at any time our band of workers can be of any help to you or your church don’t hestitate to call upon us.—Penn ville Fellowship Club. CLEAN THINGS UP. Friend (to stout person)—You should always get up from the (table hungry. Stout Person —I do better than that. I always leave the table empty. be entirely satisfied, no maltter who wins. In the eight-round semi-final, Leon Espy takes on Dick Swafford, of La Fay ette. Espy has won his last eleven fights —seven by knockouts, and will be in there Saturday night trying his b*st to keep his record intact, Floyd (They-Can’t-Beat-Me) Nations gets the top four-round spot against Johnny Dean, of Atlanta. Nations is training haixl this week and will be in tip-top shape for this fight. Ralph Ellis and Stiffy Brown will take care of one of the four-rounders, and two colored boys will mix it up in the other. M’NATT K. O.’S CONKLIN In one of the best fights your corre spondent has seen in a long time, Ray McNatt won by a knockout over Chester Conklin, of Atlanta, in the fifth round at Tate arena Saturday night, May 20. Conklin came out fast in the first round, lashing out lefts and rights to McNatt’s face. McNatt gave ground and then came back to give Conklin some of his own medicine and gain a draw in the initial round. It was apparent that this was to be a fight to be remembered because both boys were in there trying for a kill at the quickest possible chance. McNatt took the second round by opening up with a AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ARE IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE Elsewhere in this issue will be found sumamrized form notice of proposed amendments to the Georgia constitution which will be voted upon at the special elections on June 6. As a voter in a great democracy every citizen should read these proposed changes to the constitution over carefully, so that he can intelligently vote on them at the election. The right to be informed ahead of time on questions, and the right to vote on those questions, is the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship. This newspaper stands squarely on the proposition that matters of public inter est should be published in the newspapers so that people can be intelligently inform ed on the acts, the expenditures, and the work of public servants in governmental offices. HERE AND THERE 8 EGGS STOLEN; FINED SIOO. LONDON, Eng.—Reminders of sever ity of English Eighteenth and Nineteenth century- justice were produced when a 70-year-old egg dealer, William Bush, was found guilty of stealing eight eggs, worth 19 cents, from other egg sellers in Dorchester, South England. He was fined SIOO, with sls costs. RICH OVERNIGHT. HOUSTON, Tex.—H. M. Taylor, an old-time oil driller, who has known all the hardships and vagaries of the oil business, recently struck oil in the mid dle' of his tract of 3,000 acres and pros pects are that his holdings would bring around $20,000,000 on the preesnt mar ket. I is well is estimated to be capable of pi .during 30.000 barrels of crude oil a day, which is worth $1 a barrel. THOUGHTFUL MAN LOS ANGELES. —Sympathy for the short people who couldn’t see over the high fence surrounding new State garage being constructed caused Supt. F. O. Jacobson, official in charge, to bore holes in the fence “for the convenience of short ‘sidewalk superintendents.’ TOWN FIRES; MERCHANTS HIRE WESTON, W. Va. —When town fi nances forced the suspension of all po lice, merchants of this town chipped in and hired two night patrolmen to guard their property. FROST KILLS « ACRES COTTON Louis McGraw, farmer living near Berryton, thinking all danger of frost was over, planted his cotton seed. “Jack Frost” came along the other night and killed six acres of young plants. McGraw re-planted his cotton last week. COCKLE-BURR REMOVED FROM CHILD’S LUNG Nine-mouth-old Charles McClendon, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McClendon, of Albertsville, Ala., was reported doing well in Atlanta after removal of a coc klCburr from his right lung. The parents said the child swallowed the burr while playing on the floor re cently. A bronchoscope was used to re move the burr. NO. 1 FAMILY MAN TOKYO. —Oshiro Ishii. 84-year-old Japanese, has been acclaimed by the en tire nation as the ideal family man of that country. Ishii has ninety-three descendants. He lias seventeen living children, fifty-five grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. two-fisted attack, driving his opponent back to the ropes time and again. On numerous occasions, Conklin had to tie up Ray to keep from being kayortl. Conk lin took the third round by a very small margin. In the fourth, McNatt went down for no count but got two teeth driven back in the terrific slugging dur in the latter part of the round. It was Chester’s round by a good margin. It was easily noticeable that McNatt’s tJelmper was going to win or lose him the fight in the next two rounds. After an ex change of some ten or twelve hard blows, McNatt connected with a terrific left to the body and a right cross that caught Conklin above the right eye, opening a deep gash. Conklin, weakening from the strain of the hard fighting and loss of blood from the cut, tried to stay out of Ray’s reach but was caught close to the ropes where McNatt hammered away at the bad eye and he let go with an upper cut that Conklin could not get away from, so it was another knockout for McNatt. Floyd Nations and Tom Campbell fought to a draw. Leon Espy won by a knockout in the first, his twelfth -win in last twelve fights. Jabbing Foots and Cy Williams fought to a referee’s decision draw. Sales Tax Vote Is 12 For, 154 Against That the people of Chattooga county are overwhelmingly opposed to a sales tax is clearly shown in the final returns from the straw ballot which has been conducted by The News during the past ! two weeks. The total vote as tabulated at noon Wednesday shows the following results: For Sales Tax 12 Against Sales Tax 154 j A considerable amount of interest was ! shown in the voting during the last few days of the balloting, some sections of the county, and especially the northern part, voting approximately 90 per cent, again the proposed tax. The votes received by The News in the ; straw vote came from every class of peo ple and appears to indicate very clearly that the people generally are strongly against such a tax. And not only are I the voters against the proposed sales tax, | but many expressed themselves as being i opposed to having any new taxes forced upon them, and some voters expressed themselves as strongly favoring a de crease in all present taxes. The News was glad to give the citizens of Chattooga county an opportunity to express their views on this highly im- i portant question, and the interest taken by our readers is appreciated. ‘POPPY DAY’ WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 27 Summerville will observe “Poppy Day" i Saturday, May 27, it has been announc- i ed by Mrs. Leon Story and Mrs. Dono van Copeman, chairmen of the poppy committee of Chattooga county unit of the American Legion auxiliary. The unit i is hoping for the full co-operation of al! | individuals. Memorial poppies, to be worn in honor ! of the World war dead, will be made available to every one by “poppy girls” who will sell them on the streets Satur day afternoon. Poppy day is the day for personal trib- I ute to the men who lost their lives in the country’s service. It is a day when all can show that they still remember and honor the sacrifices made by those who [ defended America during the great war I crisis, and that they are carrying on for : America in time of peace. The poppy is a patriotic symbol which means honor for the dead and service for the living. The poppies are made by disabled World war veterans. Buy and wear a poppy Saturday, May 27, that symbol of patriotic sacrifice should awaken in all our hearts a deeper conception of our own duties to our country today and inspire us to give in peace the type of service the men who died among the poppies in France gave in time of war. The magazines of the country are ! quietly but thoroughly awake to the law- ! less element rampant in the world today. | There is no acknowledged God in Ger many. How terrible, we say I What about the 36,000,000 young people of these United States that never set their feet in a church of any kind in our country last year? BOY SCOUT MEETING. There will be a meeting at the Menlo gym Thursday night at 7:30. Freeman E. Self, scout executive, will speak. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Save Your Seed The amount of crimson clover seed j harvested within the next few’ weeks w’ill I largely determine the acreage of this I valuable winter legume which farmers of this section will plant next fall, ac cording to Jason O. Chandler, agronomist in the Chattooga county wdrk unit of the Coosa River Soil Conservation district. One of tlie principal reasons for the failure of farmers to plant more leg umes as cover cops in the past has been the cost of seed. To encourage develop ment of a complete vegetative program. Service technicians have sought to estab lish seed patches on every co-operating farm which would enable farmers to ex pand their acreage of various cover crops with a minimum outlay of cash. With crimson clover seed patches now established on nearly every farm, several methods may be used for harvesting the seed. One of the most effective methods is to mow’ the clover with an ordinary mower and later throw the cured clover on a poultry wire screen stretched over a wagon bed and beat out the seed with a pitchfork. Crimson clovdr seed are ripe enough to mow', Chandler explained, when two thirds to three-fourths of the seed heads will slip, that is, when the seed can be pulled easily from the seed stems. Fully ! ripe seed shatter easily when dry. Clover ! with seed inclined to shatter should be | handled only in the late aftdrnoon or early morning when the clover is damp with dew. County Agent Dawson, or soil conser vation servtice workers will be glad to explain other methods of harvesting crim son clover seed. Regardless of method used, it is important at this season to harvest all available crimson clover seed in order to have a supply on hand for fall planting, Chandler said. STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS. FARMERS AFFECTED BY LARGE GAIN OF U.S. FARM IMPORTS REVELATION OF HUGE INCREASE OVER 5-YEAR PERIOD MADE SOME TLME AGO. ATLANTA, May 23 (GPS).—Here | are some facts that should be brought to the attention of every farmer in Georgia and the rest of the United States. They are figures on United States im ports of competitive farm products in 1937 as compared with 1932. Revelation of the huge increase over the five-year period originally was made some time ago by Bertrand H. Snell, of New York, in the house of representatives, when he i said, "Mr. Speaker, my attention has just | been called to a comparison of imports of ! farm products for the year 1937. as con pared with the year of 1932, before the Roosevelt administration adopted the na tional policy of domestic-production con trol.” , These are official government figures : Item Unit 1932 Im. 1»37 Im. Corn Bu. 347,6p7 86,337,248 Wheat .... Bu. 10,026.000 17,434,837 Barley. Malt.lbs 52,532.636 317,243.456 Rye Bu. 87 .206,860 I Tapioca ... lbs 130,000,372 432,857,738 I Hay Tons 13,858 146.149 I Soybeans .. lbs 36,568,700 109,418.304 I Cottonseed Oil lbs 1,058.945 194,008,241 I Butter .... lbs 1,062,598 11,110,762 I Cattle .... Hd. 97,040 494,943 I Hogs lbs 34,155 16,555.218 Fresh Pork. lbs 1,657,500 20,876,569 Hams, Ba- con. etc., lbs 3.015,489 47,422,022 ■ Fresh Beef . lbs 796,594 4,665,558 Canned Beef lbs 24,793,497 88,087,133 ! Total Meat Products lbs 46,749,702 191,906,012 Eggs, in shell .... Doz. 243,784 520,189 Dried Yolks lbs 1,193,000 5,426,358 Frozen Yolks .... lbs 422,060 1,482,862 Egg Al- bumen . . lbs 1,275,790 2,844,073 Wool and Mohair .. lbs 58,097,521 326,034,700 | Dried Milk, lbs 59.620 2.924.157 I Hides lbs 188,013,286 312,035,407 Inedible Mo- lasses . Gals. 155.888.307 301.449.599 Commenting on the figures, Mr. Snell further said : “Just stop and consider for a minute how’ many acres of land it Would have taken to have produced these imported farm products, and how much more the income of the American farmer would have been if we had raised these additional amounts at home, instead of importing them from the foreign farmer.” Girl, 3, of Trion, Is Killed By Auto COLUMBUS, Ga., May 20—A visit to her grandmother ended tragically today when Virginia Sue Connally, 3-yeiar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Con nally, of Trion, died several hours after she had been struck by an automobile as she ran across the street. The child was knocked down in front of the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wood, this afternoon at 1 o’clock. She died at City hospital five hours later from a fractured skull and other injuries. Police Sergeant W. J. Grider, Jr., to night said the driver of the automobile was being held on a charge of reckless driving. Final decision on charges to be filed had not been reached, he said. Commencement Menu For the Colored School The 1939 commencement calendar for the Summerville Colored High school follows: Primary play, “The Golden Quest.” at school auditorium Thursday night, May 25. at 7:30. Elementary play, “Cinderella’s Recep tion,” and high school play, “Hands Up!” at high school auditorium Friday. May 26, at 7:30 p.m. General admission ; 10 cents. Baccalaureate exercises at New Hope M. E. church Sunday. May 28, at 3 p.m. Sermon will be preached by Rev. E. Gates, pastor of the church. Glass-Day exercises, elementary orator ical contest, high school oratorical con ! test; graduation play. “America’s Grad- I nates of Today.” Announcement of ora torical prizes—at school auditorium Monday, May 29. at 7:30 p.m. Admis sion 10 cents. Graduation exercises. Tuesday, May ’ 30, 8 p.m., at New Hope M. E. church. Address, Frank G. Dillard, superin tend -1 ent Summerville Public schools; award ing of prizes; presentation of certifi cates; miscellaneous; announcements. • The public is cordially invited to wit ! ness and enjoy the exercises. FOR RENT—DWELLING Five-room dwelling oh College street, ■ modern conveniences. See: B. W. Farrar, j Agent, 109 N. Commerce St., Phone 371. $1.50 A YEAS