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SPECIAL SCHOOL
ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to the lack of room at the up
town grammar school building, we are
forced to have a DOUBLE SESSION for
the FIRST, SECOND and THIRD
grades, until at such time when we can
complete a new building to house the ov
erflow which has occurred in our lower
grades.
This means that the TOWN children
in these grades will come to school at 8
o’clock and stay until 11:30 or 12 o’clock
and the RURAL children (bus) will
come at 11:30 and stay until 3 o’clock.
The above is a necessity, and cannot
be avoided. I hope the parents will un
derstand our situation and will work
with us on the above until such time as
we can have another building, which will
be in the very near future.
School will open on Sept. 1, and at
this time all pupils will report. On the
following Monday, Sept. 4, we will go
into the above DOUBLE SESSION.
FRANK G. DILLARD, Supt.
LIFE AFTER DEATH; BE OF
GOOD CHEER
By Flavil Hall.
Having recently gathered for The Sum
merville News’ readers some items of
human interest concerning the life of
Helen Keller, I wish to supplement that
with the following quotation and com
ment by her:
“Only a little while now, and we shall
be again together, and with us those oth
er noble and well-beloved souls gone be
fore. I am sure I shall meet you and
them; that you and I shall talk of a
thousand things, and of that unforget
table day and of all that followed it;
and that we shall clearly see that all
were parts of an infinite plan which was
wholly wise and good.” Richard Maurice
Buck said that in his “Dedication of
Cosmic Consciousness.” More and more
it seems to me touching and beautiful
that wise men, scholarly men, are so
splendidly sure of this continuation of
life after death. If those who know so
much, and are so wise, can be so certain,
who are we to doubt? —Helen Keller.
The instincts of the lower animals are
almost unerring and reliable for guid
ance. This being true, can it be candidly
thought that the noblest instinct of man,
emboldening him to seek “for a city” be
yond earthly life “which hath foundations
whose Builder and Architect is God” —
can it be thought that this leads to
nothing but a mountain of vapor? Who
is prepared to answer affirmatively?
We are told of the South Sea sailors
capturing a large tortoise off the coast
of St. Helena. A storm arose just before
they reached England and the tortoise
was among the objects thrown overboard,
but it had been tagged, and some ■weeks
afterwards it was found on its native
bench of St. Helena, several thousand
miles from where he was cast overboard.
Such intuition, with so much certainty of
realizing what is sought, being so mani
fest in the lower things, can the faith
and hope of life beyond, attending the
highest intuition of the highest order of
beings be all a delusion, leading to noth
ing real? How pitiable is the man who
claims to be able to answer, “Yes !”
But, after all, for knowledge of the
way to shining bliss, instead of wretch
edness beyond, we are shut up to God’s
revelation. In the New Testament we
have the testimony of witnesses, who
sealed it with their blood, that Jesus, the
Christ, came in by the door of prophecy
and rose from the dead, proving himself
to be the Son of God and the Messiah
long foretold. By he passion he “became
the author of eternal salvation unto all
them that obey him,” (Heb. 5:8, 0). To
those w’ho accept Him in living faith
and serve Him. He says, “Because I
live, ye shall live also.”
Let parents then honor Him with fer
vency. in manifestation of faith and hope
in Him, and let them exert all their
energies in striving to lead their chil
dren in the same pathway, so that in
separations, to meet no more in the flesh,
we may have the glad hope that “only a
little while now, and we shall be again
together” in the eternal kingdom with our
triumphant and glorified King. ,
CARD OF THANKS.
I want to thank the good people of
Lyerly Methodist church for the nice
box which they donated to me a few
days ago. I’ll never forget these good
people, should they ever have the mis
fortcne of being a shut-in. May God
bless them in just such away.
MRS. EARL MILLER.
THIRD TERM.
Various labor unions continue to fa
vor a third term for the president but,
so far, no word comes from Mr. Roose
velt as to his intentions next year. Opin
ion is divided on the subject.
They Learn from
Southern Women
Touring Reporters, now conduct
ing a Query among women of the
South and West, report remark
able agreement as to the benefits
secured by users of CARDUI.
Os the 1297 users who were
asked; “Were you helped by
CARDUI?” 1206—0 r 93 out of
every 100 —answered “Yes.”
The word of users everywhere is
given to show how CARDUI helps
to improve appetite and digestion,
and thus build up physical resist
ance. In this way it also works to
relieve the headaches, nervous
ness, depression, that attend func
tional dysmenorrhea due to malnu
trition. Have you tried CARDUI ?
IN MEMORY OF MAX FOWLER,
Accidents, folks, will happen
No matter where we are,
i But this one seems so dreadful,
i Max was burned beneath his car.
! Oh, how sad ; it's heart rending
To think we all have to part;
With a love we seem to treasure,
It stabs a bleeding heart.
Poor dear mother, God be with you
Until your work on earth is done,
And maybe you can meet up yonder
With naught a sorrow; no, not one.
Father dear, oh, what a pity
To give up this son his life now in
bloom
To be cut down to die there and wither
in a car,
All in blazes this dear boy met his
doom.
He was a friend of my husband, and
neighbor;
They lived at Suibligna when only a boy
But since he’d grown up he was still in
his memory
Always a warm greeting, his face lit
with joy.
We’ll find our lives are all mixed with
sadness;
Sometimes it is sunshine, sometimes
it is rain ;
Yes, mothers and fathers can sympa
thize with you,
But time alone can heal such a pain.
I know just how you feel this morning,
On your tender hearts you'll carry a
load,
While on your mind there'll always be
a picture
Os the horrible death Max met in the
road.
Remember our life is never all sunshine,
Neither our hearts are all free from
pain,
And all I can say to these broken-heart
ed parents is
God be with you until you meet again.
MRS. ARTHUR HIX,
Summerville, Ga., Route 4.
NOT GROWING OLD.
“They say that I am growing old,
I’ve heard them tell it times untold,
In language plain and bold —
But I'm not growing old.
This frail old shell in whih I dwell
Is growing old, I know full well —
But I am not the shell.
What if my hair is turning gray?
Gray hairs are honorabe, they say.
What if my eyesight’s growing dim?
I still can see to follow Him
Who sacrificed His life for me
Upon the Cross of Calvary.
What should I care if Time’s old plough
Has left is furrows on my brow?
Another house, not made with hand,
Awaits me in the Glory Land.
What though I falter in my walk?
What though my tongue refuses to talk?
I still can tread the Narrow Way,
I still can watch, and praise and pray.
My hearing may not be as keen
As in the past it may have been,
Still, I can hear my Savior say
In whispers soft, “This is the way.”
The outward man, do what I can
To lengthen out his life’s short span,
Shall perish, and return to dust,
As everything in nature must.
The inward man, the Scriptures say,
Is growing stronger every day.
Then how can I be growing old
When safe within my Sagior's fold?
’Ere long my soul shall fly away,
And leave this tenement of clay.
This robe of flesh I’ll drop and rise
To seize the ‘everlasting prize’—
And prove that I’m not growing old.”
—Exchange.
BERRYTON
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stephenson and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Don Groce
and children spent the week-end with
relatives in Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kinsey and daugh
ter spent the week-end with Mrs. Mar
shall Freeman.
Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Wallace were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Dendy.
Mr. and Mrs. .Tames Hudson and chil
dren spent the week-end in Birmingham.
Mrs. Fannie Cox returned home Sun
day after a two weeks’ visit with her
son in Birimingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Potts and chil
dren were week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Pink Umhreys.
Charlie Hardy spent the week-end in
New Orleans.
J. W., C. C., Amos and Robert
Marshall spent Sunday with relatives in
Guntersville, Ala.
Jack Roberts underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the Summerville hos
pital Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Lynn and daugh
ters attended church in Trion Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Ash were visit
ing relatives here Sunday.
Rev. C. T. Pratt baptized seventeen
here Sunday.
Rev. Theodore. Wallace baptized a num
ber of new members here Sunday.
Miss Louise Lynn spent Sunday aft
ernoon with Misses Ocie and Sybil Jones
in Dry Valley.
Flavis Ash upent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dye in Dry
Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bryson and fami
ly. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Anglin, Asbury
Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson
and many others, of Trion, attended the
baptizing here Sunday.
Jessie Pratt and Johnny Burnett, ra
dio artists of WJBY. played and sang
several good numbers here Sunday, after
which they motored to Attalla, Ala.,
where they are engaged in a revival
meeting at the Church of God,
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939
Guernseys Sold To
Riegeldale Farm
The Trion company-Riegeldale farm, of
Trion, have recently purchased the fol
lowing registered Guernsey cows, accord
ing to the American Guernsey Cattle
club, Peterborough, N. H.
Maywick’s Lona 566662, from Henry
W. Leeds, of Westville, N. J.; Friend
ship V. C. Itchen 522748, from estate of
A. A. Thompson, of Uniontown, Pa.;
Franchester Secret 487082, from Chester
C. Bolton, of South Euclid, Ohio.
TWO ORPHAN CHILDREN.
(By Mrs. Earl Miller.)
Once there w r as a little boy and a lit
tle girl. Their parents were killed in a
car wreck, and they were left alone with
out friends or relatives. They stayed with
a family not far from their home for
awhile—they were not able to keep them
for they had a large family of their own
Finally, an old widow woman many
miles away heard of these children, and
came for them and promised them a good
home.
She was just as kind to them as could
be for awhile, then she began to be cross
and ugly to the children. The little boy
was only 10 years old and had to take a
large ax into the woods every day and
cut wood and carry in his arms to the
house besides other heavy work.
His little sister rvas 8 and had to make
beds, wash dishes, mop floors, gather
eggs and hoe in the flower and vegetable
gardens.
This old lady was not wealthy, hut
had plenty, and was too stingy to even
eat enough. So the poor little children
were made slaves, and went hungry. They
were not allowed to go to school but
were taught at home by the old lady p.t
night.
One day while the little boy was in
the woods he made up his mind to run
away, and run away he did!
No one ever heard from him and the
old lady was very angry, and put out a
large reward for the boy. But he was
never found. The old lady became more
stricter on the little girl. As she grew
older, she had more and more work to
do, and was not allowed to have girl or
boy friends, or even go to Sunday school.
So she grew into a beautiful young
lady and was very lonely with the old
woman. Sometimes there would be young
girls come to see her, but she was not
allowed to entertain them alone; the old
woman was always around, “afered the
girls would tell her girl something she
didn’t need to know.”
One day the old woman was going to
town on business and would be gone un
til night, and gave the girl enough work
for a half-dozen girls to do. The girl
worked all morning as fast as she could.
All at once she happened to think that
this was her birthday—she was 21. She
decided to bake a small cake and pick
enough strawberries for dinner. After
dinner she walked off down to the spring
a short distance below the house. It was
nice and cool there —she would read and
rest for a couple of hours and then hurry
on with the load of work that must be
done.
Very suddenly she heard a buzzing
sound in the distance; the sound became
nearer and nearer until at last she knew
it was an airplane. It buzzed around for
awhile, getting lower, and finally landed
in the nearby pasture.
The girl was very much excited, and
hardly knew what to do, as she had v
er seen a plane before. At last, she saw
two young men coming out to the spring.
They were very handsome and well dress
ed, and the girl was getting nervous for
she had never been allowed to be near
any young men and she could never
imagine why these men were here, and
whom they were looking for.
They spoke very kindly and one of
them sat down on the bench beside the
girl and asked her name and where she
lived. She told him her name and said
her home was yonder among the large
cedar trees. He asked her if her family
were at home. She told him briefly she
had no family except an old lady whom
she had made her home with for years.
The girl got up and started to the house.
She had no desire to be with these
strange men any longer.
The young man who did the talking
and was more interested in the girl than
the other asked, “Will the old lady be
home soon?”
She told him she didn’t know and be
gan to run and cry, for she was fright
ened almost to death.
The man caught her and held her fast
and said : “Look here, little sister. Don't
you know me? I am your long-lost
brother. I said the day I ran away from
that old witch that I would come after
you some day. So let’s get going.”
DEATHS
Mrs. Nancy J. Parker.
Mrs. Nancy J. Parker, 69, died Fri
day, Aug. 11, at 1 p.m. after a several
days’ illness. She is survived by three
sons, Pledger Parker, of Trion ; Fletcher,
of Berryton, and Fred, of Perennial
Springs ; one daughter, Mrs. Chllie Stew
art, of Perennial Springs. Seventeen
grandchildren also survived.
She had been a resident of Chattooga
county for fifty years.
Funeral services were held at Peren
nial Springs Baptist church Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the
Rev. Floyd Higgins. Interment was in
he churchyard cemetery, with Trion De
partment store in charge.
S. A. Payne.
S. A. Payne, age 56, died at an early
hour Sunday evening, Aug. 13. He was a
valued employe of the Trion company for
several years. He is survived by his w r ife
and three daughters. Funeral services
were conducted at Trion Baptist church
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the
Rev. E. B. Shivers. Interment in Trion
cemetery. Trion Department store in
Charge.
SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE
All Summer Merchandise reduced to clear the way for new Fall
and Winter Goods. Buy now while these money-saving prices prevail.
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Men’s Wash Pants Regular 15c 9c
Some sanforized shrunk |
I'i ''' Ladies’Sheer
U SUMMER DRESSES
A special at sl.l9 —now only /XI /
—"77 89° each W \ i
Fast-Color Q H As k 'A
POLO SHIRTS Pre-shrunk; fast-color ti
Regular 25c, now _ 25c Special at Children’s Voile &
Dress Flowers __ .. _ 19c Organdy Dresses
Boys’ Sport Shirts All Men > s 25c FAST COLORS
Regular 49c, now Summer Ties 19c Re ° ular 59c * 9c
d9c CHILDREN’S RAYON
Girls’ Knit Sport Shirts 59c “? 49c 0 . on “PARTY DRESSES’'
Regular 39c, now _ 29c Bathing Suits ___ _ . «>9c Regular 89c 69c
FISHER’S 10c STORE
“WHY PAY MORE” SUMMERVILLE, GA.
Education, Please!
"BETTER EDUCATION FOR GEOR
GIA MOVEMENT”
(By Ralph L. Ramsey, Director)
NATIONAL EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION REPORT
Teachers and laymen interested in the
status of teachers in rural communities
have had a fine 127-page report on such
conditions published by the National Ed
ucation association. For the next several
weeks, the writer will take the liberty
of using the study as a basis for com
ment. (“Teachers in Rural Communities,”
National Education Association, Wash
ington, D. C., Price 50c.)
GOD MADE THE COUNTRY
MAN MADE THE TOWN
The farm is the best home of man.
Sharing most of the advantages of the
open country is the small town. Both
are good places in which to rear a fami
ly. From farm and village homes have
come many of our great national leaders.
George Washington and Thomas Jeffer
son were farmers. Abraham Lincoln never
lived in a large city until he went to the
nation’s capitol as president.
WHEN ALL WERE IN THE
COUNTRY
Naturally enough, in our early history,
most of our great men and women came
from the country, because nearly every
body lived there. When the people of the
United States were first counted by the
federal government in 1790, less than
four out of a hundred lived in the city!
In the whole nation, there were only six
cities with more than 8,000 inhabitants.
But for a hundred and fifty years that
picture has been changing. People have
been leaving the farms to work in fac
tories and offices. Now one-half of the
people in the United States live in cities.
IAN EVEN BREAK FOR THE
COUNTRY CHILD
Today, country and city are both eon
; tributing men and women of distinction
to the national life. But the city has the
advantage. The concentration of wealth
in centers of population makes possible
superior cultural opportunities for young
people. It is my personal hope that full
educational opportunities may be extend
ed to small communities, enriching still
further the natural advantages enjoyed
by boys and girls who live close to the
soil.
There is no reason why these opportun
ities should not be extended to the coun
try if the people—especially the people
of farm and village—w 7 ish to have them.
But the city also has a stake in the
country schools. There will likely always
be a movement from the country to the
city. There are not enough children born
in the city to replace their parents. Ci
ties must be renewed from the farm*
where families hve more children. It is
clear that the kind of schooling rural
young people have is important to city
dwellers as well as to those who live in
small towns or on farms.
RURAL CHILDREN NEED
FRIENDLY RURAL TEACHERS
Many rural teachers are here today
and gone tomorrow. They do not remain
long enough in one school or school sys
tem to know the people well or to feel
that they “belong.’Tt is hard to see how
a teacher can do much toward the ah
! vancement of a community until the peo
ple'think of him as a neighbor who has
the same interest in local matters that
i they have. A teacher’s influence on the
j lives and characters of young people iu
j creases with long and friendly aequain
-1 tance.
j Rural schools, generally, do not enjoy
such long continued service from a teach
er. The average teacher in small towns
stays in one position only a little more
than three years and then moves on to
live as a comparative stranger in anoth
-1 er community for a brief time. In Geor
gia. tenure in small towns averages a lit
tle less than two years.
REASONS
The situation is particularly bad in
one-room rural schools. One reason why
teachers do not become permanent resi
dents of the districts they serve is that
, they do not have satisfactory homes
j there. Too, one would not expect to find
Imany of the unmarried teachers owning
tomes. However, a single teacher must
have suitable living quarters. She may
canvass in vain every home in the com
munity and then be forced to another
village or to another school district for
a boarding house. In those sections in
which the trustees force the teachers to
live in the community, even though the
facilities are not adequate, the teachers
are necessarily unhappy—and as soon as
they can they leave. Throughout Georgia
we havq an annual migration of teach
ers that reaches stupendous proportions
-—all living on hope that the next place
will be better than the last. But the
chances are 10 to 1 that the teacher will
not be able to do any better, for those
who are happy stay where they are. The
problem is a serious one.
300-POUND sea cow.
OAK ORCHARD, Del. —Sighting a
300-pound sea cow. feeding in shallow
water. Wilson Baker and his companions
clubbed the mammal in the head with
oars and towed it ashore.
> TAXES.
Considerable study will be given to the
possibility of broadening the personal in
come tax base and reducing exemptions
in order to bring in an estimated $135,-
000,000 additional revenue.
PRAISES CO-OPS.
Suggesting a “stronger bridge” between
democracy and capital through the medi
um of “making our corporations more
democratic.” Secretary Wallace praises
the example of agricultural co-operatives.
FOR RESULTS, USE THE
NEWS WANT AD COLUMN,
State Employes
Are Given Raise
ATLANTA. —Nine executive employes
of the state highway department received
salary increases ranging from $25 to $75
a month last week on orders of Gov. E.
I). Rivers.
Most were restorations of pay r cuts
made in April, when the governor dis
charged a large number of highway em
ployes.
The executive order, however, did not
restore a $l5O a month cut in the salary
of Highway Chairman W. L. Miller.
TRION THEATER
Thursday
GIFT NIGHT! This week $22.50 is
being offered 1 Be sure you're here to get
the money if your name is called.
“NEXT TIME I MARRY”
Faced with loss of an inheritance un
less she gets an American husband, but
in love with a Count, a girl marries a
WI’A worker. Plenty of comedy and
laughs galore. Starring Lucille Ball,
James Ellison and Lee Bowman.
Short Subjects: ‘‘Good Skates” and
“Mechs Illustrations” No. 2.
Friday
“SOME LIKE IT HOT”
Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel.
Gene Krupa, Rufe Davis, Bernard Ne
dell. Here’s your money’s worth. Torrid
swing music, a flowing measure of laughs
and an appetizing garnishment of ro
mance. Gene Krupa and his hep cats hit
the top in entertainment.
Short Subjects: Pictorial No. 5.
Serial: “Wild Bill Hickok.”
Saturday
“ARIZONA LEGION”
George O'Brien, Laraine .Johnson,
Carlye Moore. Chill Wills. He' risked his
honor, his reputation and hfs love for a
girl, to rid Arizona of maurauding ban
dits. It’s packed with thrills and action.
“ROOKIE COP”
Tim Holt, Janet Shaw, Virginia Weid
ler. Robert E. Keane. A rookie cop and
his dog make crime history. Tim Holt
shows his superiors how important a dog
is in criminal detection. Boys if you
want to grow up to be cops, you’d bet
ter see this.
News of the Day and comedy.
Monday and Tuesday
“CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY”
Edward G. Robinson, Paul Lukas.
Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Henry
O’Neill, Lya Lys, Dorothy 'Tree. At last,
this much-discussed picture is ready for
you. This attraction is as alive and as
arresting as today’s newspaper headline
of which, in fact, it is definitely a part.
Mho is behind the nazi ring in America.
This startling picture tells.
W ednesday-Thursday
“MILLION-DOLL.4R LEGS”
Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald
P'Connon, Jackie Coogan, Dorothea Ivent,