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CIRCULATE IN (BEST
SECTION OF NORTH
GEORGIA.
VOL. 53; NO. 28
Grand Jury Recommends Total Abolishment of Chain Gang
‘DIXIE FOLLIES’ TO
BE GIVEN SEPT. 30
ADMISSION WILL BE 15 AND 25c
AND PROCEEDS WILL GO TO
SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
Summerville “8” club present “Dixie
Follies” Saturday, Sept. 30, at 7:30, at
the high school auditorium.
The cast includes the following :
Part. I.
Kiddie Chorus by small children.
Part 11.
Interloutor —Andrew Williams.
End Men—Raymond Cooper. Edward
Hankins, R. B. Headrick, Marvin White.
Circle —Ben McCollum, W. G. Tallent,
Cecil Edwards, Julian Cooper, Harde
man Reavis, Marvin White.
Part 111.
“Gypsy Chorus”—Bette Broome, Betty
Rivers, Geraldine Hill, Dot Adams, Vir
ginia Newsome. Elsie Edwards.
Part IV.
Black Clouds —Tacoma Washington,
Washboard manipulator; Ophelia Wat
kins, cuticle hi-falootin’ leader of society,
Jane Yancey.
Part V—Specialties.
Part VI.
“ANIN - HER PA"
Pendleton Peppercorn—deaf old darky,
W. G. Tallent; Gustus Tyler, bashful
lover, Ben McCollum ; three sister, P'cilly
Ann, Pamely, Polly: Valerie Daton,
Edythe Allen, Jeanie Langston.
Part Vll—Grand Finale.
Miss Betty Hemphill is pianist. Miss
Kathleen Strickland, of the Strickland
Producing company, Jackson, Ga., is di
reting.
The benefit will be for Summerville
High school athletics.
Admission 15 and 25 cents. Make
plans to come out for an evening of real
blackface fun and entertainment.
NEW YORK SOUTHERNER
ENJOYS DIXIE EATING
SANDERSVILLE. William Roy
Hale, native of this city, has topped the
old “mountain to Mohamet” trick, and
has succeeded in transferring the South
land to New York City. The nostalgia
stricken Hale, having visions of southern
cooking he once enjoyed, has written for
prices of water-ground meal, Washington
county cane syrup, home-raised salted
side meat and other such delicacies, with
which to entertain his Yankee friends.
Pasture Demonstrations
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company gave to J. N. Young, vocation
al agriculture teacher of Lyerly High,
three and one-quarter tons of Bosie slag
to be used on pasture and winter cover
crop demonstrations. The demonstrations
will be made by members of the All-Day
and Evening classes.
The pasture demonstrations will he
treated with from six to eight hundred
pounds of basic slag per acre and the
cove crop demonstration will be treated
with four hundred pounds per acre.
The following persons have agreed to
run the demonstrations:
Pasture Demonstration —George Bish
op. George Reece, J. W. Floyd.
Oats and Vetch —Willard Jackson and
Bill Busbin.
Austrian Winter Peas —Billy Brooks,
Thomas Hogg, Elliot Mathis, C. W. Ray
and J. E. Jackson.
Crimson Clover —Frank Caldwell, Rob
ert Massey, Storey Edwards and Bill
Ragland.
The basic slag will be applied at an
early date to these plots and we want the
farmers of our community to watch them
until they are completed.
WILLARD JACKSON,
Reporter.
GOV. RIVERS PROMISES
TEACHERS $1,700,000 IN WEEK
Dr. M. D. Collins, state superintend
ent of schools, announced he has been
informed by the governor that $1,700,000
represented $1,500,000 due school teach
ers and $200,000 needed to carry on the
state’s part of the vocational training,
will be available in time to get the checks
in the mail this week.
WHO KNOWS?
1. What is a franc-tireur?
2. What are known as ersatiz mate
rials?
3. When did King Edward abdicate?
4. How many times has congress been
called in special session?
5. How old is General Pershing?
6. Have deportation charges against
Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader,
been dropped?
7. Does international law recognize
the British blockade of Germany as en
tirely legal?
8. When did Poland fight Russia?
9. Who ruled the Saar region before
a plebiscite returned the area to Ger
many?
10. What famous author is now gov
ernor-general of Canada?
(See “The Answers” on Another Page.)
€nuitnuTinllr Npuw
Hot Lunches Served
To School Children
During July the commodity division
of the state department of public wel
fare served 346 needy families in Chat
tooga county with surplus commodities
having a total value of $578.75.
With schools to open soon, school chil
dren in many counties will again receive
hot noon-dap lunches prepared largely
from surplus commodities. Last year 20,-
000 Georgia school children, 5,000 of
whom were located in Chatham (Savan
nah) county alone, ate nutritional
lunches every school day. School super
intendents, teachers, school bus drivers,
local health officers, the childrep them
selves and their parents have written
many letters telling of benefits derived
from the hot lunches. They vouch for in
creased weight, better attendance, im
provements in studies, health and dis
positions of the children.
Some school lunch projects are conduct
ed in cafeteria fashion, while with others
the children are served at their des®s or
at tables covered attrac. ’ely with oil
cloth. Usually school lunch projects are
conducted as'WPA projects sponsored bp
city or county governments or by local
civic organizations. Some projects are of
purely local administration and not op
erated as WPA projects. Lunch projects,
when certified by the county welfare de
partment, receive all available surplus
foods from the commodity division.
There are many counties in Georgia
that do not have school lunch projects.
Although there were 20,000 children par
ticipating last pear, by comparison with
neighboring states, there should be 125,-
000 school children in Georgia served
with daily hot lunches. This is more
than six times the number actually be
ing benefitted.
Indians Defeat Cedar
Bluff, Ala., Friday
By HILL BOHANNON.
The Summerville High Indians opened
their 1939 football season last Friday by
defeating Cedar Bluff, Ala., by the score
if 20 to 12. The Indians played brilliant
ly for the first half and into the third
quarter, scoring 20 points and holding
Cedar Bluff scoreless. But in the fourth
quarter, the opponents came back very
strong, running line plays and throwing
long and accurate passes, they scored 12
points before the Indians could bring
them to a halt.
The line-up :
Summerville Cedar Bluff
J. Cooper End Tucker
Rutherford Tackle Buschillon
G. Tallent Guard Summers
Hankins .Center Tidwell
White Guard Pruitt
Elrod Tackle Gossett
Headrick End Buschillon
Bohannon (C) ..Back Smith (C)
Brown Back Storey
R. Cooper Back Davis
W. Tallent Back Humphries
ROLAND HAYES SINGS
Don’t miss the song recital, a rare treat
from the most renowned Roland Hayes,
tenor, who will appear at the city audi-
I torium, Rome, at 8 o’clock Friday eve
ninig, Oct. 13, for the benefit of the Sum
! merville colored school, which is an ef
l fort to make additional room at the
I school, especially for home economics and
shop work to better prepare negro youth
j for their place in life.
| In Summerville, $1 reserved tickets
1 and 75c unreserved tickets can be pur
chased from the colored school, the drug
stores. Rev. Kirckhoff, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, and Rev. C. L.
Jones, pastor of the Hemphill A.M.E.
church. Special seats for white people.
The purchase of tickets at once will
be appreciated so that a last-minute rush
will be avoided, and so that Roland
Hayes’ guarantee can be sent to him by
Oct. 6, as demanded by him. —A Carter,
Principal.
MENLO GROUP PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES |
Services for Sunday, Oct. 1:
Menlo:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Young People’s league at 7 p.m. »
Alpine:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Young People’s league at 6:30 p.m.
Beersheba:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
' Worship service at 11 a.m.; message
I by the pastor.
Young People’s league at 7 p.m.
Cloudland:
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
| “Special Afternoon Service” at 3:30.
The Rev. John W. Melton, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, Rome, will be
I the speaker.
“Evangelistic Services” begin Sunday
night at 7 o’clock. Two services to be
held each day throughout the week. The
; morning servie will be held at the Cloud
land school house, while the night serv
lices are to be at the church. The public
| is most cordially welcomed to unite with
( us in these services.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939
JURORS DRAWN FOR
CITY COURT TERM
Below is a list of names drawn to serve
at the September term, 1939, of City
court of Chattooga county. Court will
convene Wednesday, Oct. 4 :
J. M. Brock Ross Eilenburg
Luell McGinnis Claude Baker
t n c<- C. L. Eleam
James D. Simmons ~ „ „. , „
M. C. Mitchell
F. B. Rich Oscar Rogers
John A. Ray M. R. Elrod
Allen W. Justice S. M. Price
J. P. Calhoun J. T. Allman
Tom Warnock Alfred Cash
J. L. Henderson O. E. Cook
W. B. Williams Willie B. Cagle
J. T. Arden Anderson Ellis
Theo Smith 'Walter Haygood
C. G. Lane E. L. Bishop
J. N. Taylor J. D. White Sr.
J. L. Walker Alfred Wood
J. C. Bartlett J. A. Drummond
C. R. Lawless R. O. Westbrooks
Geo. M. Mosley W. J. L. Mitehell
W. W. Cook Jno. S. Johnson
Scott Walters Fred Mitchell
Age Requirements
For Marines Changed
ATLANTA, Sept. 25 (Special).—The
age requirements for first enlistment in
the U. S. Marine corps has been changed
and now men are being accepted for
immediate enlistment from 18 to 30
years of age. Men with previous service
in the army, navy, coast guard or Ma
rine corps will be re-enlisted up to 35
years of age.
Former Marines who have not been
out of the service for more than four
years will be re-enlisted and reappointed
to the rank held on last discharge.
The Marine corps has established a
recruiting office in the Municipal audi
torium at Atlanta to handle enlistments
in this area, and in order to recruit a
larger number of men to bring the Ma
rine corps up to an additional strength
of 6,(XX) desired by the president.
Cotton Ginning Show
148-Bale Increase
Census report shows that 222 bales of
cotton were ginned in Chattooga county
from the crop of 1939 prior to Sept. 16,
as compared with seventp-four bales for
the crop of 1938, according to Mrs. Rosa
N. Shumate, special agent.
SUMMERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
(J. G. Kirckhoff, Pastor.)
The evangelistic services at the Pres
byterian church will continue through
Sunday evening. There will be no serv
ices Saturday morning or evening.
Only a few more days of the meeting
remain, so let us invite and bring those
we desie to hear the Word, praying that
men might be born again.
Fine crowds have been attending both
morning and evening services, but still
there are many that should come not as
yet attending. Let us, too, be about our
Father's business.
Sunday Services
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.; D. L. Mc-
Whorter. superintendent.
Morning worship service at 11 o'clock.
Wayside Chapel at 2 p.m.
Pioneer league at 6 ;15 p.m.
Closing services of Rev. John W. Mel
ton at 7 :15 p.m.
NOTICE.
Next Sunday afternoon is our regular
singing at Pennville. We hope to have
a large crowd and a good singing. We
have invited several good singers, and
are counting on having the Stephenson
and Summerville quartets with us. Ev
erybody invited.
PENNVILLE CLASS.
VVAR AT A GLANCE
Opposing forces gathering strength for the fight to repeal the arms embargo.
Germany rushes a million men to the western front as French pound main Ger
man Siegfried line.
Rumor is spread that Russia is ready to move against Estonia so as to make the
east Balkans a sphere of influence for the soviets.
Winston Churchill, Britain first lord of the admiralty, declared that the mighty
British fleet is defeating the U-boats. Churchill stated that the convoy system
was now in full operation and that merchant ships were being armed to fight off
submarines and airplanes.
Warsaw, although nearly completely destroyed by fire and shells, still holds out.
With ammunition nearly exhausted. Poish troops fighting hand-to-hand battles with
bayonets and knives.
Paris reports that a major nazi offensive is scheduled l to get under way Oct. 10.
Ditpatches from Norway report a naval battle, in which a large number of war
craft was engaged, took place off Norway’s southern coast Tuesday.
Germany reported ready to return her ambassador to the U.S. as a peace move.
Senator Walter F. George says he will aid in the fight for the repeal of the firms
embargo.
Cases to Be Tried
At the City Court
Below is a list of the cases to be tried
at the September term, 1939, of the City
Court of Chattooga county. Court con
venes at 9 o’clock Wednesday, Oct. 4.
All cases in said court not listed are sub
ject to trial.
Cases set for Wednesday, Oct. 4:
Henson Bynum, A. E. Roselle, Joe Gil
mer, Rich Mallicoat, Hoyt Bailey, Fannie
Burk, Mrs. Norman Burk (two eases),
Sam Favor (two cases), Norman Burk
(four cases), Stewart Jones W. D. Fow
ler, T. L. Helton, Ollie McGraw, C. T.
Pratt, Tom Henry, M. F. Mobbs, J. G.
Teems (tw r o cases), Irvin Simmons, Wil
liam Parker, Louis Smith, Dewey Cline,
John Culberson, J. R. Clowdis, Julius
Watkins and W. R. Lively, J. B. Allen,
Ethel Ashworth, Jim Ramsey (two
oases).
Cases set for Thursday, Oct. 5:
Bill Fowler, Arthur Wilson (two
cases), J. C. Browning, Howard Broom,
Charlie Cox, V. L. Veatch, David Ludy
(two cases), Russell Hunter, Mrs. Rus
sell Hunter, E. B. Dooly, Frank Edge
worth. Charlie Murdock, Bryant Espy,
Buster Burks, Myrtle Booker, Austin
Hurley.
Rome Gets a Live
Stock Sale Market
In harmony with the ever-growing in
terest in live stock in Northwest Geor
gia, Rome will have a weekly auction
sale, beginning about the middle of Octo
ber. The exact date will be announced
later.
Through the sale, farmers of this sec
tion will have an opportunity to sell to
the highest bidder all kinds of live stock.
With this method of selling, the farmer
with one calf gets the full value of his
animal just as does the one who sells a
carload.
Many will not only use the auction
sale for disposing of their live stock, but
through it they will purchase what they
want for replacement, such as Stocker
cows, heifers and sows, also feeder steers
and feeder pigs.
The sale will be held in connection
with Rome Provision company's new
abattoir and packing plant. Frank Mann,
prominent Rome business man, who is
head of the company, says that although
he expects to have buyers there from oth
er cities and towns, as well as local
buyers, he, himself, will be present dur
ing the_ sales to bid on the live stock
and he assures the farmers that they
will get the market price for all the ani
mals they sell.
BOY SCOUTS ENJOY BARBECUE
Dignity is not what you need —it’s an
appetite—when you attend a barbecue
like the one Robert Dan Davison gave
the Boy Scouts Sept. 20 at their new
cabin, which was in full spirit of his ap
preciation of the activity sponsored by
the Summerville Lions club, and I be
lieve I can speak for every one present,
that they enjoyed every minute of this
occasion.
Approximately two hundred people at
tended this event, which was in dedica
tion of the boys’ cabin, and at this time
the charter was presented to the Boy
Scout Troop No. 9.
I again say, thanks a lot, Mr. Davi
son, for your interest in this troop, and
the welfare of the boys which I am sure
will be long remembered.
W. E. TURNER Scoutmaster.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship at 11 o’clock, “Wells
of Salvation.”
B. T. U. at 6:15 p.m.
All other night services will be called
off for the duration of the revival at the
Presbyterian church.
Regrets Necessity for excessively
High Tax Rate Levied By Board
ARNALL RULES
AGAINST RIVERS
(By Georgia News Service.)
ATLANTA.—Stating that he could
“never compromise” in his duty as attor
ney-general of Georgia, even though “as
a friend and as a public official” he is
“desirous of upholding the governor,” At
torney-General Ellis Arnall handed down
an opinion last week that the grandfath
er clause in the state’s general appropria
tion bill cannot be applied to funds al-1
located to the highway department and .
state departments. This was contrary to
the governor's own opinion expressed in
his letter to the attorney-general asking
for a ruling.
The so-called grandfather clause is a
provision in the appropriations act re
ducing appropriations pro rata in case of
deficiencies in revenue. Gov. Rivers con
tended that this clause applied to those
departments supported from general
funds.
In concluding his opinion to the gov
ernor, Attorney-General Arnall said: “I
regret that I cannot agree with the con
struction that you (Gov. Rivers) would
place upon the law in this instance. As
a friend and as a public official desirous
of upholding the governor of this great
state, I am glad when I can conscienti
ous-ly support you views, but I can nev
er compromise with my duty as attorney
general—a duty to construe the law as I
honestly believe it to_be. I know that
you would never want me to be remiss
in this obligation.”
Capital observers were of the opinion
that this ruling would prevent the diver
sion of highway funds and might make
an extra session of the legislature nec
essary.
Cedartown Editor To
Head District Group
Roy Emmett, editor and publisher of
the Cedartown Standard, was unanimous
ly elected president of the Seventh Dis
trict Press association, at an organiza
tion meeting held at Cartersville Satur
day, Sept. 16.
W. R. Frier, of the Bartow Herald,
was elected vice-president, and E. P.
Hall, of the Walker County Messenger,
La Fayette, was chosen secretary and
treasurer.
Editors from various parts of the Sev
enth district attended the meeting, which
was presided over by M. L. Fleetwood,
publisher of the Cartersville Tribune-
News.
Ed Burch, of the Dalton Citizen; Hen
ry Nevil, of the Dalton News, and Ed
mund Hughes, of the Cobb County Times,
composed the nominating committee, se
lecting the first officers.
It was agreed that the president could
serve but one term, and that the next
meeting of the district group would
convene in Rome on the first Friday in
November.
Douai on Press Agents.
Ways and means to combat press
agent evils were discussed, and plans laid
to handle the matter in a practical man
ner, President Roy Emmett announced
as one of the features of the initial
meeting.
HOME ECONOMICS NEWS
Friends—Friendships.
Six ways to make people like you:
1. Become genuinely interested in
people.
2. Smile.
I 3. Remember that a man's name is to
him the sweetest and most important
sound in the English language.
4. Be a good listener.
5. Talk in terms of the other man’s
interests.
6. Make the other person feel import
ant and do it sincerely. Says Dale Car-
| negie. Characteristics of good friends,
are you one? Honesty, tactfulness, self
control, reliability, co-operation, kindness,
loyalty, tolerance, courage, industry, gen
erosity, cheerfulness, sincerity, punctual,
appreciation, sense of humor, congenial
ity.
Rev. Kirckhoff, of the Presbyterian
church, gave a very interesting and in
spiring talk on this subject. He gave the
evidences and power of true friends and
friendships by telling the story of Jon
athan and David, and of Ruth and Na
omi, all four being interesting biblical
characters.
His definitions:
A strong and habitual inclination be
tween two persons to promote the joy
and happiness of each other.
Friendship improves happiness and
abates misery by doubling our joy and
dividing our grief.
Let it creep gently to a height. If it
rushes to it, it may soon run itself out
of breath.—Sophomore Class.
STATE, COUNTY AND
LOCAL
HAPPENINGS.
$1.50 A YEAR
COUNTIES SUFFERING FROM LOSS
OF REVENUE IN THE EXEMP
TION OF TAXES.
Summerville, Ga., Sept. 18, 1939.
Hon. C. H. Porter, Judge,
Rome Judicial Circuit:
We, the Grand Jury selected and
sworn for the September, 1939, term of
Chattooga Superior Court, have, to the
best of our several abilities, thoroughly
investigated every case brought to our
attention, and w r e are pleased to advise
that we find very few serious infractions
of our laws. While many matters have
been brought to our attention which de
manded that we return true bills for
misdemeanors committed, however, in
very few instances has it been necessary
for use to cause to be returned true bills
on charges of a felony. We do not believe
that violators of our minor laws are to
be regarded as criminals on account of
their having violated our' minor laws,
but we believe that, in part, this is due
to the lack of thoughtful consideration of
the youth of our county.
Through our several committees we
have carefully investigated the different
institutions and the different branches of
our county government and are attaching
hereto the reports of our different com
mittees.
EXHIBIT “A” contains the report of
our committee investigating the books and
records of county officials.
EXHIBIT “B” contains the report of
the committee investigating the condition
of our courthouse and jail.
EXHIBIT “C” is a report from our
committee investigating the pauper farm
and convict camp.
EXHIBIT “D” is the report rendered
by our county depository.
We are conscious of the fact that the
two most unpopular subjects in the world
are war and taxes. We regret that many
of the nations of the worty are now
plunged headlong into a war which ap
parently was brought on by one man in
his desire for more territory. Out of this
war many of the peoples of our own land
are now suffering and will continue to
suffer by unscrupulous people profiteer
ing in the sale of the necessities of life,
as many merchants who had merchan
dise on their shelves and in their ware
houses advanced their prices of food
stuffs, in many instances as much as 50
per cent, within one week after foreign
nations began their warfare. We believe
that cases of this kind should be investi
gated by our federal government. We have
faith in an all-wise Providence to believe
that right and not might will prevail.
Our county, together with all other
counties of our state, is suffering from
the loss of revenue in the exemption of
taxes on home-owned property and house
hold and kitchen furniture. While thia
is a boon to small taxpayers, yet we be
lieve that the lawmakers of our state
should have, before exempting these
small taxpayers, levied or made some pro
visions of some other taxes or revenue
whereby the schools of our state would
not have to close their doors and deprive
the youth of our land of an education
or forced the school-teachers, poorly paid
as they are,., to teach on a credit not
knowing when or ever they will be paid
for their services.
We have thoroughly investigated the
financial condition of our county, and
while we deplore our present condition,
we do not accuse any of our officials of
mismanagement or of corruption. As we
believe that our present officials are do
ing all within their power to again place
our county on a firm financial basis. And
to that end we commend the Board of
Roads and Revenues in employing Mr.
R. M. Crawford as a full-time purchas
ing agent to supervise the buying of all
supplies and materials necessary for the
conduct of the county's business.
We believe that even the most humble
taxpayer of our county is entitled to the
full knowledge of the financial condition
of our county ; hence, the facts and fig
ures contained in this report are taken
from the audit of Chattooga County,
Georgia, made by Respess and Respess,
certified public accountants, Atlanta, Ga.,
and are from July 1. 1937, through Feb.
■ 28, 1939 or a period of twenty months:,
Revenues
j Ad valorem Taxes :
Digest, 1937 ....$65,885.03
Digest. 1938 .... 69.464.80 $135,349.83
Public Service Corporations:
Year 1937 $ 8.091.55
Year 1938 10.608.02 $ 18.699.57
Not on digest and
interest 343.67
Total ad valorem
taxes $154,393.07
Beer license .... 570.00
State Funds;
Gasoline tax ... .$23,897.14
Road construction
aid 39.481.63
W. & A. Rentals
Warrants . .. 7,632.04 71,010.81
Refunds and sun-
dries 832.26
Total Revenue .. . $226,800.14
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