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NEWS FOR THE HOME-MAKER By MILDRED HENRY. Home Demonstration Agent. FLOOR AND WOOD FINISHES Opportunities for making floors more beautiful with inexpensive, durable fin ishes are practically unlimited. With good tools, good materials, under proper conditions, and with a reasonable amount of judgment, the refinishing of floors at home can be done with excellent results. First of all, the floor should be made as tight, level, and smooth as possible. It may need to be sandpapered and if very splintery it should be planed with a hand plane or electric planing machine. Take a nail set and draw out or drive below the surface all nails and tacks which stick out above the surface. Clean the floor with hot soapsuds, rinsing with clear water. If much old paint or var nish is on the floor that could not be removed by sandpapering, a caustic soda or household lye solution may be used to remove the old finish. After it is allow ed to dry thoroughly the floor should be sandpapered. Commercial varnish and paint removers may be bought but are more expensive. Any ink stains or other dark spots remaining on the floor may in many cases be bleached out with a solution made by dissolving one tablespoon oxalic acid in one cup hot water. This is a poisonous liquid and must be carefully handled. It should be spread on the stained spots and allowed to sitand overnight. Next morn ing, remove all traces of acid or it will injure your finish. When the floor is thoroughly dry, it may be stained, varnished, oiled or paint ed as though it were a new floor. With oak floors, if a varnish or waxed finish is desired, a good commercial paste wood filler should be first applied following the directions coming with the filler. Maple, pine and other non-porous woods do not need such treatment, and. in fact, will not absorb some kinds of fillers. According to the kind of wood, the wear that the floor is subjected to. and one’s own taste, there are several finishes which are possible with these floors. Each finish has its advantages and dis advantages. so choose the one which seems to suit the particular floor. A good antique finish can be made by mixing two-thirds gallon boi’ linseed oil. one-third gallon turpentine, and 2 ounces of japan drier. This is a very in expensive finish but gives a beautiful mellow glow to old or new wood. This formula was used to finish the dining room floor in a 100-year-old house last year and the results were very satisfac tory. The old-fashioned wide board floors were rather splintery and covered with many coats of paint. The paint was re moved with household lye solution, sand papered. and the cracks filled with a home-made crack filler after the nails which wdre above the surface were pulled or driven in. The boiled linseed oil was boiled in a double boiler and removed from the stove, then the turpentine and japan drier stirred in and the mixture was applied to the floor while it was still hot. using a new paint brush. When this finish had dried overnight, a coat of home-made wax was applied and polished into the floor. The following formula for home-made floor wax was used : 14 - pound bees wax. 1 pound parrafin. % pint raw linseed oil and 114 pints turpentine. Melt the bees wax and parrafin. re move from stove and add the linseed oil and turpentine, stirring the mixture vig orously. After it becomes the consistenev of lard, the wax may be applied with a brush or old woolen cloth to the floor. It nsuaNy takes two coats of wax and two polishings to make a good finish. Wax may be applied directly on stain ed. or varnished woods or on the natural unfinished wood itself. Success in waxing floors lies in applying wax in thin coats and rubbing it a groat deal. One pound of wax will cover 250 square feet of floor. The wax should be applied to floor NOTICE WE HAVE FOR SALE : North Carolina Grown O-Too- Tan Seed, at bushel .... $3.35 Mammoth Yellow Soy .... $1.75 Tokes $1.65 ALL NO. 1 SEED WYATT HARDWARE CO. MENLO. GA. Hps! -V j CROWN BOTTLING CO. ROME, GA, Phonfl 2046 and allowed to harden overnight, then polished lengthwise of the grain with a weighted brush. A soiled waxed floor can be easily cleaned by rubbing with a cloth satu rated with turpentine or gasoline. If wa ter turns a waxed floor white, these water spots may be quickly removed by rubbing a little more wax and polishing thoroughly. Legal Notices; SALE ENDER POWER. GEORGIA, Chattooga County: Because of default under the terms and provisions of the deed to secure debt ex ecuted by GEORGE F. JOHNSTON and HARVEY B. JOHNSTON to the Land Bank Commissioner, dated the 19th day of June. 1934, and recorded in the clerk’s office of the Chattooga County Superior Court in Book 20. Page 251. which deed, and the note and indebtedness secured thereby, are owned and held by Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, the under signed has declared the entire unpaid amount of the indebtedness secured by said deed due and payable, and, acting under the power of sale contained in said deed, for the purpose of paying said in debtedness, will, on the 6th day of June, 1939, during the legal hours of sale at the court house in said County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the lands described in said deid to-wit: One Hundred Fifty-One and Four Tenths acres of land, more or less, in Lots Numbers 317 and 296, in the Sixth District and Fourth Section of Chattoo ga County. Georgia, said land being now or formerly bounded on the North by lands of George Morton, Esquire. East by lands of Johnston and Trimble. Sontl by lands of Hix and Dawson, and West by lands of Dawson ; also "three Hundred Twenty acres of land, more or less, in Lots Numbers 294 and 295. in the Sixth District and Fourth Section of Chattoo ga County. Georgia, said land being now or formerly bounded on the North by lands of E. Y. Clements, East by lands of George Morton. Esq., South by land of Mrs. G. T. Dawson, and West by lands of Wright and Clements; both of said tracts of land being the same land de scribed in the security deed executed by George F. Johnston and Harvey B. John ston to the Land Bank Commissioner. June 19. 1934. and recorded in Book 20. Page 251. in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chattooga County Georgia, to the record of which deed ref erence is hereby made for a more particu lar description. Subject to first security deed dated June 19. 1934. executed by George F. Johnston and Harvey B. Johnston to The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, said se curity deed being recorded among the records for Chattooga County, Georgia. A deed will be executed to the purchas er as authorized by the aforementioned loan deed. This 10th day of May, 1939. FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION MOSES E. BRINSON, Attorney 4t-Junl COLD WEATHER RETARDS COTTON Cold weather for the past week or ten days has slowed the growth of cotton, and many farmers are showing concern over the appearance of their crops. This condition is not only local, but widely general over the southeast, according to reports reaching the weather bureau of the United States department of agricul ture. This loss of valuable growing time means, in many cases, a stunted plant— and insufficient, stalk or "weed” to carry a good load of bolls. A special release of the reader service department of the Arcadian Grower fur ther points out that crop delay at this time also increases the chances of serious weevil damage later on. "Under the circumstances,” the Grow er advises, “an extra side-dressing of ni trate of soda may be exceedingly bene ficial. "Cotton needs abundant nitrogen for best growth. Many experiment station tests indicate that cotton yields are de termined more by the available nitrogen supply than any other controllable soil fertility factor.” The Growers recommends an extra side-dressing of 75 to 100 pounds pet acre of Arcadian nitrate of soda to cot ton delayed by the recent cool weather. If the cotton has received no side-dress ing previous to this time, the application may well be increased to 125 to 150 pounds per acre. See Harold Glymph and Ray McNatt in the ten-round feature bout on the 30- round fight card at Tate arena Saturday night. IN MEMORY. On May 11th the death angel visited our home and took our loving wife, mo ther and sister, Mattie Tibbs, who was only 28 years old, and was loved by all who knew- her. She lehves a husband, 2 sons, 3 sisters and 2 brothers and a host of uncles and aunts and friends to mourn her death. Dear Mattie, we miss you, but we all know’ you are at rest where you will suffer no more heartaches and disap pointments. We wish to thank ebery one who help ed in any way during her sickness. We wish to thank Mr. Baker and Mr. Hill for their kindness and those who brought flowers and furnished cars, and Bro. Mcßae for his comforting words. —Writtdn by the famiy: Horace and Children, Berry Akins, Bill Akins, Mrs. Luther Anderson, Mrs. Carl Ever ett Mrs. John Campbell. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939 WITH THE STARS After Nelson Eddy finishes work in “Balalaika,” he and Jeanette MacDonald are scheduled to appear in a medieval story by Eugene Heltai entitled “Silent Knight” . . . Booth Tarkington's “Seventeen”, which was filmed as a silent picture several years ago, is to be re-made within a few weeks with Jackie Cooper and Betty Fields in the leading roles . . . Sixteen years ago Lon Chaney created the role of the hunchback in ‘“The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Today his son is being tested for the same role hi a re-make of the picture and will prob ably get the part . . . The Weaver brothers and Elviry have been signed for a musical picture by Re public . . . Joel McCrea. Ann Sheridan and Fred Mac Murray will head the cast in “Career Man.” Jeffery Lynn and Lya Lys W’ill appear in supporting roles . . . Metro has acquired screen rights to Erich Maria Remarque's forthcoming novel, “Heroes.” Mr. Remarque is the author of “All Quiet On tfie Western BIBLE QUESTIONS By THOMAS D. LYNN. In response to a special request I pub lish the following question : Q. Is water baptism essential to sal vation '! A. In answer to the above question, I can only give what the Bible teaches. Christ gave us an example, We should do as he did (John 13:15) He demand ed and received baptism of John in the river of Jordan, (Matt. 3:13-17) He commanded his disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (Matt. 28:19: Mark 11 :15,16.) When Paul and Silas prayed and the prison doors were open ed, the jailer asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved,” They said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved, and thy house . . . and he took them the samd hour of the night and washed their stripes; and was baptized. Acts 16:30-33 The essentials of salvation are princi pally in repentence and belief of the Gos pel. (See Romans 10:9), But there is one thing you must remember: if you have a spirit in you that is against the truth of God's Bible and its teachings, you are not worthy to receive baptism. If baptism isn’t necessary, why did Jesus demand baptism of John? Why did the early church and the apostles prac tice it? If is wasn’t necessary to be bap tized (by immersion) the Bible would not teach it. Although baptism doesn’t take away sin. (See I Pet. 3:21.) If your Jieart ELECTRIC RATES GO DOWN! PodhZot “FREE ELECTRICITY” Plan Boosts Savings \ IMMEDIATELY effective, beginning with meter readings of June 1, your residential electric rates take another drop—to the lowest point in all this Company’s history. Already Georgia is known from coast to coast for its cheap electricity. The Georgia homes we serve now buy their electricity at an average price of 2.9 cents a kilo watt hour, 30 per cent lower than the national average. . As a result, they are able to enjoy many electrical com forts and conveniences which the average American household cannot afford. NOW EVEN CHEAPER ELECTRICITY HAS ARRIVED! It will pay you to find out how 1939’s extra-low rate makes possible the electrical modernization of YOUR home. It is the same type of rate you have had for five years only BETTER because it is LOWER —so very much lower than the old one that it offers potential savings of $520,000 a year to our residential customers. In a nutshell, the new rate does these two things: (1) It offers you actual “FREE ELECTRICITY,” a certain number of kilowatt hours which you may use in addition to your established normal use without in creasing your hill one penny; and then (2) when your “free electricity” is used up, any additional electricity you may want for a new electric refrigerator, range, washing machine or some other home improvement “But,” You Ask, “How Does the New Rate Help ME?” Say, for example, your family has been paying (under the old rate) from $2.50 to $2.75 a month —for lights, iron, toaster, per colator, fan and maybe other small appli ances. Now under the new rate —you can add the electric refrigerator you’ve wanted, and the additional electricity to run it will cost only about 2(4 cents a day. Maybe you already have an electrical re frigerator but the hot weather has made you yearn for the coolness of electric cookery. Your monthly bill, under the old rate, has been about $4.15 a month, for example. Now under the new rate you can add the electric range you want for a cost for elec tricity of about five cents a day and that’s economical cooking in anybody’s language. In other cases, the current cost for electric cookery goes as low as three cents a day for a good-sized family’s three square meals. Front” . . . W. S. Van Dyke is considered the speed director of Hollywood. A Class ‘A’ picture usually takes from thirty to for ty-five days to shoot but Mr. Van Dyke recently finished a Claudette Colbert- James Stewart feature in nineteen days. Lya Lys seems to be getting along. She will appear in the anti-nazi picture, “Ca reer Man,” as a sort of glamour girl spy. She is also slated for a part with Paul Muni in “Beethoven” and with Errol Flynn in “Adventures of Don Juan” ... In "The Women” Norma Shearer has twenty-one changes of costume while Ros alind Russell has only nine. In the stage play the part played by Miss Russell called for a more fashionably dressed woman than that of Miss Shearer . . . George Brent was born with a Roman nose and only made good in the pitures after he had it operated upon . . . Bert. Wheeler and Marie Wilson seem to be doing so well in their current comedy, “Light Horse Harry,” that the studio is planning additional pictures in which they can work as a team . . . isn’t right there is no need to be im mersed because you won hl come out of the water just as you went in (a sinner). If this answer doesn’t suffice I shall be glad if you will call my attention to the question. MR. AND MRS. W. A. JACKSON CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jackson, of Hen egar. Ala., celebrated thtir 39th wedding anniversary Sunday, May 28, by giving a picnic at their home. All of their chil dren w?re present except Mrs. Jack Mur phy, of Long Beach. Cal., and all of Mrs. Jackson’s sisters were present ex cept Mrs. Ben Donaldson, of North Car olina. Many nice and useful gifts were pre sented to the couple. At noon, a picnic lunch was spread on the lawn. Guests for lunch numbered 53, with many more coming in the afternoon. May the couple have many more happy anniversaries. A GUEST. TO PERSONS OUT OF WORK, The News will run wants ads FREE OF CHARGE for one insertion, seeking employment. T. J. ESPY, JR. | !; Attorney-at-Law ;l !; Summerville, Georgia. ■ Office over McGinnis Drug Co. < MISS REAVIS HONORED AT BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE Miss Evelyn Reavis, of Summerville, was admitted last week into the Theta Chi Omega Honor society of Bessie Tift college, Forsyth, Ga., where she has just completed her sophomore year. Membership in this society is limited to outstanding students finishing two years of work with a high scholastic av erage, and also meeting very strict re quirements of character, general attitude, and interest and participation in college activities. Initiation took place during the recent commencement season. MRS. HARRY MARKS. MRS. A. D. SNOOTS SPEAK AT CLUB MEET One of the most enjoyable events of the season was a picnic given by the Chattoogaville club. The picnic was given by the losing side of a recent con test. Miss Cora Jackson was responsible for the program. Mrs. Harry Marks made a very interesting and inspiring talk on rural-urban meeting which she had the pleasure of attending in Atlanta recently. Mrs. A. D. Snoots gave a very inter esting and educational talk on rural youth. The government is facing a very puzzling situation as to what is the wise thing to do to protect the youth of the rural communities and small towns. Ihose are just samples, based on averages. In ynur own case, the cost might vary a lit tle, up or down. But, in all cases, electricity is now so cheap, its cost can be measured in Donnie s-a-day. “Free Electricity” Means What It Says Under the new rate, you can make some increase in your use of electricity, without increasing your electric bill at all. In many instances, you can add small appliances, and vour allotment of "free electricity” will sup- GEORGIA POWER . COMPANY Getting Up Nights Backache 33 LEG PAINS - LOSS OF ENERGY - TIRED, fk LISTLESS - LAZY FEELING - BURNING WW PASSAGE - DIZZINESS - SWOLLEN ANKLES MhBBaKMF NERVOUSNESS May be caused by functional KIDNEY WEAKNESS " from inorganic causes Many times kidneys become stjiggish and need aid to filter and pass off acids and poisonous wastes. KIDANS is a long-popular formula indicated as a stimulant diuretic for <the kidneys and bladder. Thousands of sufferers: from sluggish kidneys have used KIDANS. Reports of pleasing results reach us regularly. If your kidneys need help to carry on their normal eliminative functions, fvrite for KIDANS today. Test'KIDANS on our guarantee of results or no cost. Two regular, full size boxes, only SI.OO. Send No Money Results or Money Bac\ Write today for two boxes KIDANS. Send no money with order. On ar rival deposit only SI.OO, plus postage with postman. Take one Lox accord ing to easy, simple directions. Then if you don't agree results are really wonderful, return the second, unused KIDANS and we will relund your full SI.OO. The risk is ours so don't wait but order today. II remittance edmes with order we pay all postage. THE KIDANS COMPANY. Dept 21, Georgia. comes to you at the LOVi EST rate in all our history. The “free electricity” plan was unheard-of in Georgia before 1934. When people learned how it actually worked, this morc-for-your-money plan started the big gest rush toward home improvement and modernization our state has ever known. Literally thousands of homes, where back-breaking drudgery was the rule five years ago, now have electric refrigerators, electric ranges, water heaters, water pumps, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, better lighting for young eyes and old. Other thousands now have electric service who couldn’t afford it at all five years ago. In these five years, the number of homes we serve has increased from 114,000 to 170,000. The number of rural homes ice serve has more than doubled. The average price per kilowatt hour in the homes on our lines has dropped from 5.16 cents to 2.9 cents —a decrease of 43 per cent. The average home we serve now employs over 70 per cent MORE electricity than it did five years ago —and pays LESS today for the larger amount than it did five years ago for the smaller! Brighter, pleasanter homes by the thousands, all over Georgia, are the tangible proofs of what the old rate accomplished. But now EVEN CHEAPER electricity has arrived! “Free Electricity” is again available to our customers for the using. Now no family need deny itself the electrical improvements it so long has wished for. Find out how the new rate wild benefit you. Begin using your “Free Electricity” TODAY! F. H. A. LOANS 80 Pct. and 90 Pct. You Build —Summerville Grows HALE REALTY CO. ROME. GEORGIA INSURANCE I TRANSFERS YOUR RISK a <; : Beulah Shropshire “ Summerville, Ga. ;> Doctor —Now go home and relax. Patient —But, doctor, I can’t. We have antique furniture. Jp A A SALVE ■ relieves VW COLDS Salve. Nose Drops P rlCe Liquid, Tablets 10c & 25c ply all of the current you need to run them. But you don’t have to buy new appliances m order to get this benefit. You can have more lighting, or put into use appliances that have been laid on the shelf, or merely enjoy the pc.ee o f min(l of not quarreling with the children about “Turn off the light.” For example - - The smallest “package” of tree Electricity we are offering is two kilowatt hours, and that is enough electricity to run a good-sized electric fan for forty hours. So, turn on the fan —die cool breezes are on us this time!