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The Summerville News
SUMMERVILLE, GA.
(0. J. ESPY, Editor-Manager, 1911-38.)
Official Organ of Chattooga County.
DAVID T. ESPY, Editor & Manager.
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One Year $1.50
Six Months 75
Three Months 50
Published Every Thursday by
THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO.
Entered at the Postoffice at Summerville,
Ga., as Second-Class Mail Matter.
Some men take their work incidentally.
Never try to find out what people think
of you; you might find out.
Most any individual is a good citizen
when dividends are being paid.
One accident will often elid a worthy
life ; you might as well be careful.
The general welfare is about to be lost
in the scuffle for private advantages.
The person who can forget is better off
than the person who always remembers.
Human interests govern most of our
conclusions and control most of our
thoughts.
Hitler and Mussolini preach warfare;
one day they may get more than they
can enjoy.
Economy in affairs of state depends
upon a strong-willed executive who does
n’t need votes right away.
When get-rich-quick schemes boom
you can take it for granted that an eco
nomic collapse is on the way.
Peaceful policies may prevent war but
once the fighting begins a nation must
rely upon its fighting arms.
It might be just as well if we think
of the king and queen as two human be
ings trying to make good in a difficult
occupation.
Memorial Day : When dead heroes have
their graves decorated by living comrades
who enjoy the liberality of a grateful
republic. x
When the government helps a poor
ddvil, be he farmer or laborer, it is pa
tenalism; whe nthe same government sub
sidizes a business enterprise it is attrib
uted to smart executive leadership.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pesterfield were
Visiting relatives in Madisonville Tenn..
Wednesday.
"Wearing Os The Poppy”
”Tis not to flaunt our service,
Or in prid'd of days of war,
But a sacred memorial token
Os comrades gone before.
In legions red like crimson,
On the fields of France they grew,
With the Wind Flower and Forget-Me-
Not,
Our own Red, White and Blue.
Every crossroad, town and city
Will honor each year the brave,
Who lie enslaved on beds of pain
And who sleep in a soldier’s grave.
’Tis not to flaunt our service,
But an emblem, a Legion tie,
Os service for God and Country,
Lest Comrades faith might die.
—Frank J. Schneller,
Wisconsin Dept. Com., 1928.
THE ANSWERS
In 1918.
2. “Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs.”
3. No.
4. Very high, feathery or lacelike
clouds, usually of minute ice particles.
5. 742-814.
6. No.
7. About 8.000,(XX).
8. References to it are made by soviet
orators but definite information is not
available.
9. No; it expired May 1.
10. They are about one-half as much.
WANT ADS
WANTED —To drill water wells any
where, any depth. Modern machinery,
quick service; all kinds of pumps fur
nished and installed. Call or write W.
M. Kittle, Box 132, Ringgold, Ga.
RE-ROOFING —We sell Bird Roofs ap
plied. Job complete, and guaranteed.
Phone or write us for free estimates.
Terms may be arranged. Bird Roof
ing Store, Second Ave., Rome, Ga.,
Phone 2324. ts
LOST —Lady’s black purse in town last
Saturday afternoon, containing driver’s
license, having the name of Mrs. J. F.
Mayes and $7 in money. Reward of
fered.
SEE W. W. SCOGGINS FOR POTATO
SLIPS. 2tJunl
FOR RENT—DWELLING.
Five-room dwelling on College street,
modern conveniences. See: B. W. Farrar,
Agent, 109 N. Commerce St., Phone 371.
FOR SALE—Young hens, Rhode Island
Reds —thoroughbred—lsc lb; 12 hens
with rooster for 810. Also have some
young Anyone interested see
me at once.—D. F. Hale. South Sum
merville, near Gilreath store.
Letter To the Editor
Senator Brinson Replies
Dear Mr. Editor:
I note with very much interest your
editorial in a recent issue of The Sum
merville News in regard to my stand on
the sales tax. I also note the poll you
are taking in which you ask a straw
vote on the question : "I do favor a sales
tax’ or T do not favor a salefe tax , you
will note that I have enclosed my vote
with the question answered that I DO
NOT favor a sales tax and I am sure
that no one favors a sales tax. We aw
all fed up on any other kind of tax for
that matter, but why don’t you put the
question to the people like this: “Had
you rather the old-age pensions go up
paid ; the schools close and fail to reopen
next year; the insane be returned to the
counties to remain in the common jail;
the homestead exemption be taken off, or
else had you rather vote for a sales tax,”
what would you say? It did not take me
long to answer the question. We must
raise the money in some way to pay these
obligations and the sales tax is our onb
solution as I see it.
If I had near relatives who were un
fortunate and helpless like most of the
old people now drawing pensions, I would
not favor taking money away from ray
family to help them, but let me tell you,
sir. I would certainly be found raking
and scraping, trying to get the money to
help them and I would help with every
eent I could got. Most of the old people
that the state is trying to help are those
who have relatives not able to help them.
Any old person can tell you that we
young people of today live a life of lux
ury compared with the hardships and
struggles they suffered ; their opportuni
ties were very few while ours of today
are numerous and yet the majority of
those so bitterly opposed to some means
of raising money to help the old people
are the young people who are now en
joying the easy living brought about by
the struggles and sacrifices of our old
people.
I believe in being fair and broad-mind
ed about the situation we are in today
in Georgia. It wasn’t my fault what was
spent before this; I had nothing to do
with what previously took place in the
running of our government and neither
did you. but I do know that today the
State has no money to pay these obliga
tions to the poor, the blind, the old age
and the schools and by fighting the sales
tax we are keeping those poor unfortun
ate people from getting their small bit
to live off of because the appropriation
can not and will not be financed by econ
omizing now.
Let me assure the people of my dis
trict that I am certainly not in favor of
voting any tax that will be allocated to
overhead expense and I would fight to
the last ditch before I would allow any
additional tax money to be allocated to
overhead expenses and salaries of office
holders in the State Capitol, but I will
vote for a small sales tax, without any
exemption and to be allocated to the
schools, the old-age pensions, and the
public welfare and to refund our counties.
If we are going to help our old people
and have the right kind of schools and
teachers we must haye revenue. We can
not support a program of homestehd ex
emption, except by impairing the finances
of the counties or by giving the counties
a refund from the treasury of the state.
We cannot finance a school program of a
full seven-month term, with free text
books upon the beer and wine tax, the
liquor tax and the poll tax, the only
funds that the schools are certain to get.
(And let me say here that we can never
hope to regain prohibition of liquors and
beer so long as they can say the tax on
such commodities are going to help
schools.)
We cannot finance a broad program of
assistance to the needy, aged, to depend
ent children and to the blind by passing
the hat around the street corners.
I am sure, Mr. Editor, that the people
of our county are willing to make rea
sonable concessions to save the credit
and honor of our state and insure its
future. No large manufacturing concern
will think of moving into a state that
is bankrupt. And the existing mills will
move out of a state that is bankrupt.
You say no mills favor additional tax
ation, had you stopped to think that
there are forty-one other states in which
people pay more taxes to the state gov
ernment than is the case with Georgia.
There are only six states where people
pay less taxes than we do. There art
mills in all forty-one of the other states
and they are proud of their state.
Under the federal law, our state will
lose $12,000,000 federal money unless we
raise state funds to match federal funds.
This money is in Washington for us and
a large portion of the money is set up
for old-age pensions ; the other portion is
for roads. Chattooga county will get back
$4 for every $1 they pay in to the state
if a sales tax is passed.
There is 33 per cent, of the people of
Georgia paying 97.2 pet cent, of the
taxes of the state; 66 per cent, of the
people the paying only 3 per cent, of the
taxes. The land owners are paying the
most of the taxes to run the state.
I am striving and working every day
to please the majority of the people of
Chattooga county and about the time I
think I am doing the right thing and
satisfying the majority of the people and
representing them in the right way. some
criticism crops out at places least tk
pected.
We have the foundation laid for a bet
ter life in Georgia. Legislation in the
past decade has given us a highway sys
tem, a health department, homestead ex
emption. seven-month schools, free school
books and a public assistance program,
but we cannot finance homestead exemp
tion by stealing money from the coun
ties. We cannot finance a school system
by looting the highway funds. We can-
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939
not finance old-age pensions and grants
to dependent children by robbing the
schools, and so long as we rely upon a
system of haggling and squabbling over
the few dollars that we have instead of
going out and getting more to meet, the
costs of these services that the people de
mand, we are going to finance none of
them adequately and will always be dis
appointed in the result and at odds with
ourselves.
Georgia is a state richer than any
other state in the south in natural re
sources, yet thousands of men and wom
en of our state leave Georgia annually
because they cannot find opportunity
here.
On every front in our battle for a
greater Georgia we can make more rapid
progress once the vexing problem of fi
nance has been solved.
Y’ours very truly,
MOSES E. BRINSON,
Senator 42nd District
Editor, The News
Dear Sir:
In the general election to be held June
6 the whole state will vote in a three
cornered race for solicitor-general of the
Brunswick circuit. One of the candidates
for this office is M. E. Wood. I aih afraid
that a great many of the people of the
county will not know that this is Gene
Wood, son of Dr. Wood, wro was bom
and reared in Menlo of this county, and
as I am sure that most of the voters of
Chattooga county will welcome an op
portunity to help an old Chattooga coun
ty boy along. I shall thank you to call
this fact to their attention through the
columns of your paper.
Yours very truly,
0. L. CLECKLEiR.
With the Churches
MENLO GROUP PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES
“Were the whole realm of nature mdne,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.”
SERVICES FOR MAY 28:
Menlo:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Morning service at 11 o’clock ; sermon
subject, “The Present Day.”
Pioneer league at 6:45 p.m.
Evening service, at 7:30, will be held
at Alpine.
Alpine:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Young People’s league at 6:30 p.m.
Bible School commencement at 7:30
o’clock p.m.
Beersheba:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Young People’s league at’ 7:30 p.m.;
Miss Hudson will continue a study of
John.
Cloudland:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Young People’s league at 6 p.m.
BETHEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(A. A. Talbot, Pastor.)
Sunday, May 28, 1939:
Sunday school at 10 o’clock.
Morning worship at 11 o’clock.
Evening worship at 7 o’clock.
Preaching at Silver Hill at 2:30 p.m.
You are invited to attend all these
services.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9 :45 a.m.
There will be no service at the 11-
o’clock hour because of the commence
ment sermon which will be preached at
the high school by the Rev. I. A. White.
D.D., of Marietta, formerly the pastor
of the First Baptist church, of Marietta.
The membership of the church has been
invited by the high school to attend this
service.
Training union at 6:30 p.m.
Evening service at 7:30.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, at 7 :30.
Fellowship club, Thursday, at 7 :30.
METHODIST CHURCH
Church school at 9:45 a.m.; Dr. E. R.
Buskin, superintendent.
No preaching Sunday morning on ac
count of commencement service at school.
Regular preaching service Sunday eve
ning at 7 :30.
We are expecting a good attendance at
the evening service. Some important an
nouncements to be made 1 .
HOLLAND NEWS.
Mrs. Tom High is spending this week
with her daughter, Mrs. R. P. Brison.
Miss Eva Worsham and Miss Helen
Worsham are on the sick list with in
fluenza at present.
Mrs. E. L. Worsham and Frank Wor
sham were guests of homefolks Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Heriidon, Baby
Sylvia and Miss Mary Herndon were
guests of R. L. Holland’s family Sunday.
E. A. Smith is ill we are sorry to say.
Mrs. R. A. White was guest Thursday
of Mrs. C. H. White.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack 'Westbrook were
guests of (the latter’s parents Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Holland left Sunday for
a tour of Europe. We wish her a pleas
ant voyage.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Strawn spent this
past week in Turner’s Bend.
Miss Miriam Holland has returned
from a very pleasant two weeks’ visit in
Fort Knox, Ky. She was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Clark, and attended
the Kentucky Derby while there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith visited E. A.
Smith, who is very ill, last week.
Miss Violet Phillips is on an extended
visit with her sister, Mrs. Wallace Hol
land.
Miss Miriam Holland left Saturday to
visit relatives in Rome and to attend the
commencement exercises at Model school.
She is also planning to visit Carrollton
before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Green have
moved to Rome.
Jim White, Sr., is on the sick list at
present.
MENLO NEWS
Mrs. G. S. Holland and Miss Dorothy
Holland of Holland, attended the gradu
ating exercises here Friday night.
Miss Arlene Fowler, of Gadsden, Ala.,
spent the week-end here with relatives.
Mrs. G. E. Martin is very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell 'Willingham and
family, of Berryton, spent Sunday here
with the former’s parents.
Harvey Vanpelt, Mr. J. W. Holland
and son, Harvey, of Coosa; Mrs. Dan
Smith, of Holland ; Mrs. Arthur Wheeler,
of Berryton; Mr. and Mrs. Otis and
Oscar Rogers of Gore, were here to at
tend the graduating exercises.
Vance Story, of Trion, spent the week
end here with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Agnew and Archie,
and Mrs. Lee Ratliff spent Sunday in
Gadsden with Mrs. R. Fowler.
Miss Sara "Majors is visiting her broth
er in Atlanta.
Herman White: is very sick at this time.
Miss Peggy Willingram is here visiting
her grandparents.
Mrs. Ed Herndon of Walhalla. S. C.,
is here visiting Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Platt.
Holland Thomas is spending the week
at Gore with his aunt.
Mrs. Mary Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Cook and son, of Fort Payne, Ala.,
were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jim Agnew
during the week-end.
John Nelson, Tom Nelson and Miss
Frankie Nelson, of Little River, were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Longley Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Otis Ratliff, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Hutchins, Charles Ratliff,
of Berryton ; Mrs. Roy Baket, Mrs. Rip
Eilenburg, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Caldwell
were visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ma
jors Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Ratliff left for her home in
Amarillo, Tex., Wednesday and W. E.
Ratliff returned home with her for an
extended visit.
Miss Juanita Crane has returned from
a visit in Rome.
Albert Dodd, of Atlanta, and Harry
Dodd, <of Chattanooga, are here visiting
their mother, Mrs. S. G. Dodd.
Mr. and Mrs. Nell Taylor and family
spent Sunday in Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ferguson left
for York, S. C., Sunday.
Miss Kathrine Rogers left for her
home in south Georgia Monday moning.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henry and Mrs.
Ida Henry, Mrs. Deed Rich. Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Camp and daughter visited Mr. and
Mrs. P. A. Brooks Sunday.
Mrs. Tim Pickle spent Monday with
Mrs. Henry Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cleckler spent
Sunday night and Monday in Chatta
nooga.
Little Malcolm Kling happened to the
misfortune to gelt his leg broken.
Mrs. John Leath and children, of Ar
muehee, are visiting her parents.
George Cleckler spent last week in Ar
muchee with his sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Buell Smith spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Smith.
Mrs. Mae Baker and family, of Trion,
were visiting relatives here Sunday.
Roland Harris was dinner guest of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Clark, Jr., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas and fam
ily were visiting relatives in Rome Sun
day.
Miss Betty Magill left for her home in
’hattanooga Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Griffith spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wil
lingham.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Snow and Junior
spent Sunday in Rome with relatives.
Miss Ruth Parris has come home from
the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Chappelear and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Lawless.
Miss Laura Jo Taylor spent Friday
night with Miss Elsie Smith.
Charlie Lawless, Henry Lawless and
Howard Baker were in Birmingham Tues
day on business.
Rev. and Mrs. Al Flazure, of Hazard,
Ky., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Cleckler.
Mrs. May King, of Atlanta, is visiting
her mother. Mi's. John Kennedy.
Miss Annelle Tucker spent last week
in Cleveland with her brother.
The D.B.V.S. is in progress at Alpine
church undter the direction of Miss
Pearl Hudson and Miss Helen Wyatt. •
Mrs. A. P. Stephenson and Mrs. Burt
Milligan, of Chattanooga, spent the
weekend here with their father.
H. E. Wyatt has been confined to his
bed for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chamblee and
family, Albert Estes, Henry Chappeelear
and Mrs. Madge Hawkins spent Sunday
in Chattanooga.
E. S. Hammonds of Atlanta, spent
the week-end here with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. McLeod were
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun
Myers in Walker county.
Headache, Bad Breath
May Be Your Warning
The sea’s thrilling S. 0. S. means
“Help is needed now!” And, so do
most of those headaches, that bil
iousness, coated tongue, or bad
breath which are often signs of
constipation.
To disregard these symptoms may
bring on a host of other discom
forts from sluggish bowels: sour
stomach, belching, loss of appetite.
See how much better you feel the
day after taking spicy, all vege
table BLACK-DRAUGHT. By
simple directions, it acts gently,
cleanses promptly, thoroughly.
Its principal ingredient is an in
testinal tonic-laxative; imparts
tone to lazy bowel muscles. Next
time try BLACK-DRAUGHT!
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cent, of our new business comes
to us through the influence of our
present customers. We feel that
I this fact is evidence of our desire
and . ability to render a helpful
service. We are deeply apprecia- |
five of the good will of our many
customers who recommend us to
| others. , |
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That Reardon couple’s at it again—
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ALTERCATIONS!
Also Selected Shorts and News Reel
SATURDAY:
The Three Mesquiteers in
"“Pal® Os the Saddle”
Also Comedy—Serial and Donald Duck
Cartoon.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY:
Peter Lorre in
“Mr. Moto in Danger
Island”
Moto embarks on his strangest crime
adventure in this picture!
Also Shorts and News Reel
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if fire ruined it? Have you really enough
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Mrs. Marshall Lowery and daughter,
Jane, are spending this week with rela
tives in Manchester, Tenn.
FREE
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NOTICE
Dr. H. B.
I
Heywood
Dentist
Has moved fredn
215 1-2 Broad St. to
313 1-2 Broad St.
ROME, GA.