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Education, Please!
“BETTER EDUCATION FOR GEOR
GIA MOVEMENT"
(By Ralph L. Ramsey, Director)
Glorified Youth.
On Oct. 12, in many sections of the
United States, there is celebrated the dis
covery of America by Columbus. In Geor
gia, this occasion is not recognized as a
state holiday. We have not yet fallen into
the habit of laying off work on every
possible occasion. However, when there
is something that does demand general
celebration, we are not adverse to pay
ing our respects in an appropriate fash
ion.
This year, for the first time. Georgia
on this day will celebrate, not the dis
covery of America by one man, but the
discovery of democracy by 60.000 citi
zens. In short, we shall glorify the com
ing of age of young men and women to
whom in the past we have paid no at
tention.
We shall examine false Americanism
not by the calling of names or intoler
ance. but by using for our democracy the
idealism of our sons and daughters. In
the past, this idealism has gone to waste.
We have allowed it to be roped in by
unscrupulous politicians. Our sons have
followed for want of a good reason not
to do so. Before these political Pied Pi
ers take our young citizens through the
door in the mountain to an unknown po
litical fate, we are determined to play
a different tune —the tune that will lead
them to the virtues of honest thinking,
responsible government, courageous vot
ing, and God-fearing citizenry.
Dictators.
Perhaps there is something good about
the dictators. Certainly we should exam
ine their methods to see how they so
quickly consolidated a country with han
hazard government and peoples with
widely divergent interests. We can quick
ly discard their methods of intimidations,
because as an initial step this is dliffer
cult if not impossible to do. Hitler, Mus
solini. and Stalin rode into “office” not
by the use of force, but by winning the
people over. They didn't use bullets.
They used the weapon of education. True
it is that it was distorted “education."
but it was education just the same. The
result of their system was that all three
men have made powerful countries out of
international weaklings. They pointed
out the abuses in the system and arous
ed a firce patriotism—aroused it by us
ing all the tricks of showmanship at their
command. Egotists themselves, they ap
pealed to the egotism of their citizens.
The dictators instructed their very young
est as to the type of citizenship they ex
pected—and what would be “best” for
their system of government. It comes
from their educational methods. In fact,
♦ heir educational methods succeed in
spite of the rottenness of their leader
ship and their violation of the recogniz
ed decencies.
Citizenship Day.
In a recent meeting, the Steering Com
mittee of the Better Education for Geor
gia Movement voted to sponsor an an
nual citizenship day—on the date above
mentioned. The movement will organize
a -state-wide celebration. The governor
will be asked to issue a proclamation to
this effect. It is hoped that President
Roosevelt will address all our groups
from the White House. Georgia will be
first in the Union to celebrate the day
on a state-wide basis.
The hope is that every community
from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light will
have patriotic exercises to commemorate
this coming of age. An essay contest will
likely be sponsored. Parades, community
fireworks. fish frys, barbecues, speeches,
editorials, and every other means will be
used to make the occasion memorable.
Handbooks will likely be issued in which
there are listed the rights, duties, and
obligations which they have inherited
during the past year. Certificates of citi
zenship, probably signed by local lead
ers, will certify the new station in life
at which they have arrived.
News-Week.
As News-Week pointed out several
weeks ago. a native American’s advance
to the full rights of citizenship is as au
tomatic as time. He reaches his 21st
birthday and, willy-nilly, becomes a full
fledged voter, duty-bound to help govern
his city, county, state and nation. He
needn’t even take the simple oath of al
legiance demanded of naturalized aliens.
HOLC Borrowers In
Ga. Repay $7,364,000
ATLANTA, June 13 (GPS).— Georgia
borrowers had repaid $7,346,000, or 21.3
per cent, of their total principal indebt
edness to the Home Owners’ Loan cor
poration, as of April 30, 1939. according
to officials figures received from Wash
ington. Collections during March were
113.5 per cent, of billings and in April
were 96.2 per cent.
A total survey of $1,457,000 has been
paid by 721 Georgia borrowers to settle
their accounts in full, officials said. To
day, 10,512 others are current or less
than three months in arrears, while 1.-
128 more are in liquidating class, mean
ing that they not only are meeting all
current bills but, in addition, are mak
ing regular monthly payments on their
arrearages.
“This means that we know have 11,640 :
accounts in Georgia in a satisfactory J
condition, representing borrowers who
clearly are on their way to debt-free
home ownership,” board officials said.
“There are 1,575 other borrowers who
are making adjustment payments suffi
cient to keep their accounts active and
who are being given every assistance in
their effort to rehabilitate themselves.”
The HOLC now owns 786 homes in
Georgia. It has sold 646 others. Os the
homes it owns, and which are available
to yield income, 85.7 per cent, are rented.]
Rental collections in March were 100 per
cent, of billings. The HOLC refinanced
14,850 Georgia home owners to the ex
tent of $33,664,632 prior to the close of
its lending period June 12, 1936.
Try a News Want Ad—they get big
results!
Department of commerce reports that
farmers had a gross income in 1938 of
$9,220,000,000.
WORLD’S SAFEST SHIP INSULATED
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The new SS Panama, called by ex
perts, the safest ship in the world,
is a streamlined, sea going queen.
insulation, which is an indispens
able part of every modern house,
has recently been adopted by naval
an- itects to give added safety and
comfort to deluxe passenger liners.
One of the first of such insulat
ed liners the SS Panama, called
the safest ship in the world —ar-
rived in New York recently fresh
from her builders’ yards in Quincy,
Mass
The insulation tn the Panama
has been used exactly as it is used
in 'louse construction. Outside walls
and ceilings of its staterooms are
filled with mineral wool, a fluffy,
fibrous insulation made from blown
minerals It was selected because
of its stability under the moist air
conditions, that prevail at sea and
because of its resistance to settling
and packing under consent move
ment The engine room is also pro
tected with mineral wool to keep
its heat and noise from discomfort
ing passengers
The Panama is fireproof, smoke
proof and sinkproof. It is the first
aP fireproof ship to be built accord
ing 'o the new specifications of the
Bureau of Marte Inspection and
Navigation which were adopted fol
lowing the tragic loss of the Mono
Castle Because of their stringency,
new American ships will lead the
world in safetv at sea provisions.
The Panama was designed ioint
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TRION THEATER
Wednesday
"NEVER SA Y DIE"
Martha Raye, Bob Hope. Ernie Cos
sart, Alan Mowbray. Gale Sondergaard.
Andy Devine. Fugitives from fortune
hunters, but they wouldn’t say die. Thir
ty days to live, so Bob marries Martha
—and the fun begins. Short subjects: Ve
netian Moonlight and Dude Ranch.
Thursday
"Grade Allen Murder Case"
Gyacie Allen, Warren William, Kent
Taylor, Ellen Drew, Jerome Cowan, Ju
dith Barrett, Donald Macßride. At first
thought, the combination of Gracie and
Philo Vance would seem as incompatible
as gin and a beer chaser, but the result
is a highly ludicrous laughfest. Short
subjects: Viking Trail and Land of Inca
Memories.
Friday
"PACIFIC LINER"
Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, Wen
dy Barrie, Alan Hale. Barry Fitzgerald,
Cyrus Kendall. This Maritime melodrama
carries a full cargo of red-blooded, he
man entertainment and can safely be
tabbed as one of the best efforts of the
season. Short subjects: Music Through
Years and Love and Curses.
Saturday
"LAW OF THE TEXAN"
Buck Jones. Dorothy Fay, Kenneth
Harlan, Don Douglas. Buck and Silver
—riding the range in an action-loaded
yarn.
"FEDERAL MAN HUNT"
Robert Livingston, June Travis, John
Gallaudet, Ben Welden. The unending
battle of the law against the lawless. The
story and life of an escaped convict.
Monday and Tuesday
"ICE FOLLIES"
Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew
Ayres, Lewis Stone, Lionel Stander.
1939’s Great Ziegfeld of the Ice. A new
glory for the screen. Joan has a role more
suitable than any of her latest. There
are technicolor scenes.
Wednesday and Thursday
"LOVE AFFAIR"
Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer. A couple
break their engagement and agree at the
end of six months.
Page Pappy Yokum!
Turnip Weighs 9 Lbs
WAYCROSS. —Dan Cowart, of Fair
fax, is undoubtedly a good farmer, be
cause who has ever before heard of any
body growing a nine-pound turnip? The
(op was a cluster of rich leaves, some of
which measured 24 inches in length. A
pumber of fine turnip specimens have
been exhibited in this section during the
spring, but this one tops them all.
Wouldn’t Papa Yokum love living
down in Fairfax?
BREAKS NECK.
LA SALLE, Ill.—When a pain in her
neck continued for three weeks after she
had stumbled over a pile of wood in her
basement, Mrs. Albert Karl went to a
doctor, who told her she had broken her
neck.
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$lB5 FISHED FROM RIVER.
STRATTON. Neb.—Two years after
losing her purse containing $lB5 in Re
publican river, when her automobile was
plunged down from a bridge when it col
lapsed during a rainstorm. Mrs. W. B.
Hall regained the purse. It was found by
three boys 150 yards from the bridge.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939
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Capt. Erik Eriksen,
shown with some of
the marine safety de
vices that help make
the Panama sink-
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■ and fireproof.
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tect, and Raymond Loewy, indus
trial designer. Walls, floors, ceil
ings. doors and even furniture are
made of incombustible materials,
which, with the steei hull and frame
provide no ready tinder for fire.
The mineral wool nsulation, which
is the only insulation ever to re
ceive a fire rating by the National
Bureau of Standards, is not only
firenroof hut also nrovonts the
ANSWER TO BIBLE QUESTIONS.
In the issue of The News for June 1.
in the column ‘Bible Questions’ conduct
ed by Thomas D. Lynn, someone asked
the question, ‘ls water baptism essential
to salvation?’ The answer given left the
impression that water baptism was not
only essential but absolutely necessary
for salvation. I did not ask the question
but Mr. Lynn did not realize that he was
telling me (anil probably many others in
the same condition) that my daddy was
in hell, because I don’t believe a sou!
can enter the Kingdom of Heaven with
out salvation, and dad was never baptized
with water.
Nearly six years ago when my con
science convicted me and the Holy Ghost
reproved and convinced me of my sins
(John 16:8) and I was brought to re
pentance and died (spiritually) a/ the
foot of the cross. (How can a person be
born again unless he dies spiritually?)
Then I was raised by the power of God.
a babe in Christ!! Then the ones that
I had looked to for help (chiefly preach
ers) began to tell me (unknowingly to
them) that my dad was in hell. And Je
sus said, 'lnasmuch as ye did it unto the
least of these, thou hast done it unto
me.’ It broke my heart for I was just a
little tot, reckoning from the second birth.
I would pray and cry and read the Bi
ble when others slept and the spirit of
Christ would come and speak peace and
comfort to me in regard to the salvation
of dad (Matt. 7:13-23; 8:5-13; Mark
3:21-35; Luke 13:23-30). I was con
vinced that dad had trusted in something
greater than water baptism (Micah 7:5;
Jer. 9:4 ; 17 :5 ; Matt. 3 :11; Prov. 14 :12 ;
28:25.26; 3:5). Do I then condemn wa
ter baptism? No, but so many are de
pending upon that to a great extent for
salvation. Jesus was baptized by John,
but let us consider some of the more im
portant things Jesus taught. For example.
Jesus said, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind . . . and thy
neighbor as thyself’ (Matt. 22:34-40).
He also commanded us to love one anoth
er as He loved us (John 13:34.35) and
many other important commands.
Friends, will you consider these ques
tions : How many have been baptized
with the baptism of John and have failed
to reach the baptism of Jesus? (Matt.
3:11). How many today are contending
over their water baptism? (I Cor. 1 :11-
31). How many are trusting in man.
ministers, pastors, forms of baptisms, etc.,
for salvation? How many are seeking
to enter heaven by something except by
the life, death and resurrection of Jesus
and what are they in the sight of God?
(John 10). Shall we not work out our
own salvation with fear and trembling?
How many are following Jesus literally
but not spiritually? Did the twelve fol
low Jesus spiritually before His death?
Why did they forsake Him and flee?
Was Judas baptized with water? How
are we to know literally (or was He
speaking literally?) the church that Je
sus spoke of in Matt. 16:18?
CARL VERNON.
Summerville, Ga.
President Roosevelt cads on the world
to join in moral rearmament.
Jesse Jones is reported picked by Pres
ident Roosevelt to head new federal lend
ing agency.
THE ANSWERS
1. For 1937, 3,309,753.
2. Yes; about $700,000,009 a year.
3. One-third.
4. Construction of two is about to
begin.
5. Assistant Secretary of State.
6. 3,100.
7. Estimate for June, $375,000,000.
8. 11,400.000 bales.
9. After the 1917 Russian revolution.
10. Nine.
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This typical house has had its outside wall strip
ped down to the studs to show its insulation in
place This heat shield will keep it ten to fifteen
degrees cooler than outdoors during the hottest
-part of the summer, and warmer in winter.
spread of fire through walls, ceil
ings and air ducts. <
The Panama is the first of three
sister ships The two others, the
Ancon and the Cristobal, are now
under construction in the Fore Riv
er yards of the Bethlehem Steel
Company. Costing $4,000,000 each
to build, they are 493 feet in length
and 64 feet in beam. They will
have a ton «need of 19 knots
WAR MATERIAL.
Congress has passed the bill to author
ize the purchase, in the next four years,
of $100,960,900 worth of “essential war
materials” to be stored in this country in
order to avoid any possible shortage in
an emergency. Strategic materials would
be imported and a small sum is to be
used to finance domestic production.
While no materials are listed it is as
sumed that a large part of the money
would be used to buy rubber and tin,
which are not produced in the United
States.
Outside walls and celling
of this stateroom are fully
insulated with mineral wool
to keep it comfortably cool.
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The Summerville News
Walker County Rehabilitation
Farmer Makes Record of More
Than Bale of Cotton to Acre
LA FAYETTE, Ga. —An average of
better than a bale of cotton to the acre
is the enviable record of James J. Davis,
Walker county rehabilitation farmer.
He produced more r than fourteen bales
last year on 13.8 acres, and that’s good
farming in any language. His total pro
ducing was 7,091 pounds of lint cotton,
or an average yield of 514 pounds phr
acre. The 1938 state average yield was
199 pounds an acre.
Davis is one of the ninety farmers
who received aid from the government
through the farm security administra
tion’s rural rehabilitation program last
year.
The Walker county farm supervisors,
Talmadge R. Tucker and James H. Mos
ley, attribute Davis’ success to the fact
rhat he follows a diversified farm pro
gram and takes care of his land. This
past winter, for instance, he planted sev
enteen acres to cover crops, including
crimson clover, oats, rye and barley.
By turning this green matter back into
thy ground, he helps to replace valuable
plant food, after having protected the
soil from the elements during the winter.
He is also terracing his farm just as
rapidly as possible and these efforts are
beginning to show up.
The quality of the cotton grown on the
Davis farm is above the average, too. as
shown by the fact that he received an
average price of better than 9 cents a
pound for his main cash crop. With a
return of $645 from his cotton, he boost
ed his cash income on the 160-acre tract
to more than SI,OOO in 1938.
Because Davis has proved he is a good
farmer, “Uncle Sam” this year is giving
him an opportunity to buy the farm he
has been renting. Through the tenant
purchase program now in operation in
seventy Georgia counties, he borrowed
$4,800 from the government to buy the
farm and make necessary repairs. He has
forty years to repay this sum at 3 per
cent, interest.and his annual payment
will be less than his rent has been.
Over in another part of the county is
the Grady Pilgrim family, which also
has made remarkable progress under the
FSA program. The Pilgrims repaid more
than was due on their rehabilitation loan
LEAVE TO SELL REAL ESTATE
GEORGIA. Chattooga County.
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that W. C.
Christian, as administrator of ('. M.
Christian, deceased, having applied to
me for petition for leave to sell the real
estate of said O. M. Christian, deceased:
and that an order was made thereon at
the June term, 1939, for citation, and
that, citation issue; all the heirs at law
last fall. and. in the meantime, made a
comfortable living on the farm.
Mrs. Pilgrim, the industrious home
maker in this family, canned 524 quarts
of fruits, meats and vegetables during
the year, which is considerably above the
recognized standard of 340 quarts annu
ally for a family of four. Under the ex
pert guidance of Mrs. Lucy M. Hope,
county home management supervisor, she
expects to do even better this year.
Now, both the Davis and Pilgrim fam
ilies have been on the rehabilitation pro
gram for several years. But not far away
is another dramatic story of an uphill
battle.
Located on good land and not fearing
hard work. James H. Smallwood had al
ways been known as a successful farmer.
But this spring, things just didn’t look
so good. He produced plenty of food and
feed in 1938. but he realized that his
mules were not in good enough shape to
make a crop, and he was very short of
cash.
So he appealed to the farm security
administration for assistance. His appli
cation was acted upon favorably by the
county FSA committee, and he was loan
ed $375 to buy a pair of good, young
mules. $62 for fertilizer, $25 for seed,
and $96 more to pay off some old debts
and insure medical care for his family
during the coming year.
Smallwood is one of sixty families in
Walker county accepted for the rehabili
tation program this year. In all, there
are now 145 low-income farm families on
the FSA program in this county. They
have been loaned a total of $30,700 to
buy equipment, live stock, fertilizer and
other necessities this spring.
The ninety families receiving farm se
curity assistance last year borrowed $lB,-
000. Although only $11,500 was due the
first year, these families have already re
paid more than $13,000 —and the money
4s still coming in.
It’s difficult to measure the progress
these people are making. Most of them
were in the throes of despair when the
farm security administration stepped in
to. give them a helping hand. Their pos
sessions were meager and their future
was dim.
Today, they are materially much better
off. But what is more important, there
is hope. They have a chance, and they
are moving forward.
and creditors of the said C. M. Christian,
deceased, will take notice that I will
pass upon said application at the July
term. 1919. of the court of ordinary of
Chattooga county, and that unless cause
is shown to the contrary, at said time
said leave will be granted. This June 5,
1939. 4t.Tun29
H. A. ROSS, Ordinary.