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CIRCULATE IN BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 32 NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUT STATE EVENTS ((By Gilreath Press Syndicate.) ATLANTA, Oct. 25.—Life on Georgia highways is becoming safer. A 53 per cent, decrease in Georgia’s traffic fatalities was shown in September this year, ■compared with the correspond ing month in 1938, according to statistics of the department of public safety. This is the .greatest monthly reduction since the department was es tablished two years ago, accord ing to Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan, During September, forty-two persons were killed in traffic accidents, compared with ninety in the same month a year ago. A reduction of 108 in the num ber of deaths during the first nine months of this year also was reported, the comparative figures being 488 and 596. In the nine-month period in 1937, 565 persons were fatally in jured on Georgia highways. Interpreting the saving in human life into terms of mon ey, Commissioner Sullivan said “the reduction meant a saving to Georgia of $7,560,000 over 1937 and $4,860,000 over 1938.” He said he based his estimate on the National Safety council’s method of computing. The com missioner gave most of the cred it for the saving of human life and prevention of injuries to the drivers and pedestrians. STEPPING OUT: The sig nal is a green light. The order is to pull the speeding throttle and continue straight ahead at top speed. That is what Ameri ca’s railroads are doing. They are pouring more than SBO-, 000,000 into their property to keep the nation’s trade and travel moving. How much this means in jobs is incalcuable. Contracts are scattered over a wide range of industries, much of the repair work can be done by crews maintained by individ ual lines, and the steel mills, sources of new rail, are rolling at capacity. Contracts for sup plies and work placed during September amounted to SBO,- 000,000, according to the Rail way Age. New building and modernization programs, many of which will not be completed until next year, more than equal that figure. That’s what an upsurge in business can do; it enables the railroads to take their right place in leading this country back to prosperity. GIST OF THE NEWS: At lanta has another month to her credit without a traffic fatality. More than thirty days have passed without a fatal accident being reported within the city limits. During the summer months city had 78 consecutive -days without a traffic fatality . . . The other day bank clear ings in Atlanta set a new high record with the day’s receipts reaching $21,600,000 . . . Car rollton now has the youngest mayor the city has ever had. He is Stewart Martin, 26. icimin Following is a list of cases tried in the city court for week of Oct. 23; T. J. Espy, Jr., city judge: Marvin Hunter Drunken ness; plea of guilty. Fined $7 or twenty days. Snowball Parker—Drunken ness; plea of guilty. Fined $8 or twenty-five days. Lon Ed Doster—Drunken ness; plea of guilty. Fined $7 or twenty days. Elgin Moon Drunkenness; plea of guilty. Fined $8.50 or twenty days. John Martin —Drunkenness; plea of guilty. Fined $7 of twenty days. Snowball Parker—Drunken ness; plea of guilty. Fined sl2 or thirty days. Ernest Wooten Drunken ness; plea of guilty. Fined $8.50 or thirty days. She News New Legion Home To Be Dedicated On November 11 The American Legion home, located on West Washington avenue, near the county jail, is nearing completion and will be dedicated on Nov. 11. J. R. Teddar, adjutant Amer can Legion past, No. 129, wants all legionnaires to get in touch with him or mail their address to him so they can have part in the dedication arrangements. Dr. W. B. Dillard Dies In Atlanta Following Illness Dr. W. B. Dillard, 74, retir ed minister of the North Geor gia conference, died at his home in Atlanta on Saturday night, Oct. 14, following an extended illness. Dr. Dillard was the fai thei’ of Supt. Frank Dillard of the Summerville schools. Funeral services were held at First church, Athens, on Mon day. Rev. H. C. Emory, Cov ington, officiated and was as sisted by Rev. George Acree, Athens, and Rev. George L. King, Monroe. Burial was in Oconee Hill cemetery at Ath ens. A native of Oglethorpe coun ty, Dr. Dillard joined the North Georgia conference in 1887. Durng a long career in the pas torate he served churches in Rome, Augusta, LaGrange, El lijay. Young Harris, Dahlone ga,, Rockmart, Norcross, Mon roe, Monticello, Carrollton, Ox ford, Elberton, Covipgton, and he also served as presiding el der of the Rome and Marietta districts. STATE PAniOLMHr CITE 928 BRiVEiv At least 928 drivers of this state patrol district learned through experience last month that the department of public safety’s ban against violating rules of the road is no joke. Troopers made 262 arrests and issued warnings to 720 drivers by “clipping” holes in their licenses for violations, Sergt. H. B. Henderson, com mander of the Cartersville headquarters, Georgia state pa trol, said: Counties in this district in clude Catoosa, Carroll, Whit field, Murray, Walker, Chat tooga, Gordon, Gilmer, Pickens Floyd, Bartow, Polk, Cobb, Harolson, Paulding, Douglas, Cherokee and Dade. In the previous month troop ers made only 184 arrests and issued 605 warnings. “The stricter enforcement speaks for itself,” the sergeant declared.” Last month Georgia had 42 traffic fatalities as com pared to 90 for September 1938 or a 52 per cent reduction. The saving of that many lives is worth strict enforcement and troopers are under order to bear down on these speeders, drinking drivers, road hogs ana drivers who fail to stop for school busses or who pass other vehicles on hills and curves.’ Speed caused 118 arrests and driving while under the influ ence of intoxicating drinks was responsible for 32. Drivers without licenses also caused 63 arrests. Throughout the state more stringent enforcement was the order of the day also and troopers arrested a total of 1,684 drivers last month, as compared to 1,152 in August and 759 in July. They issued 6,338 warning tickets in Sep tember, or twice as many as they gave in August and three times as many as in July. The sergeant said the de partment of public safety is following up conviction of drunk driving charges with revocation of the driver’s li cense for six months and that two “clips” or warning tickets for a similar offense result in 80-day-license susupension. Persistent Cops OMAHA, Neb. Seventeen years ago H. F. Thornton told police that his gold watch had been stolen. Recently, the watch was found in a pawn shop. Now police are looking for Thornton. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1939 PROGRAM FOR FIFTH SUNDAY MEET OCT. 29 Below is the program for the Fifth Sunday meeting at Spring Creek Baptist church on Oct. 29th: Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.; lesson taught to whole school. Announcements by pastor of Spring Creek church. Sermon at 11 a.m. by pastor. Special music at 1 p.m. by Summerville Fellowship club. Announcements of Orphans’ home work by A. J. Eilenburg. Address on Orphans’ home at 1:30 by Rev. Rutland, of Rome. “What Is the Gospel; It’s Re lation to Salvation; Its Rela tion to the Church?” Ten min ute talks, led by Rev. E. B. Shivers. “What is the Relation of the Church to the Gospel-—-Its Place In Salvation?” Ten minute talks led by Rev. D. Maffett. SEEKIFTDEirAID FOR FARM MARKETING ATLANTA, Oct. 25 (CNS). —Columbus Roberts, state com nissioner of agriculture, is seeking a grant of $75,000 from she United States department of agriculture, to supplement funds provided by the state for the operations of the bureau of markets. Grants of this nature, discretionary w’ith Secretary Henry Wallace, became avail able recently. • If the grant is obtained, the funds will be used to provide additional field men in the bu reau of markets, to assist farm ers in finding markets for their crops. The effective work of the bureau of markets during the past melon season was an ex ample of what can be accom plished in this way, but state funds have not been adequate to maintain more than a skele ton force in the field. Commissioner Roberts is con tinuing his efforts to obtain the erection of an adequate state farmers market in Atlanta, as a nucleus for a real marke. -ystem througnout Georgia, ana v’ill confer again soon with ex ecutives of the public works ad ministration. If an extra session jf the assembly is held this, year, passage of the enabling act for a market authority vould permit an early begin ning on the work of erecting the market, a self-liquidating project. ELECTRIC SHOCK BARBECUED COWS CARTERSVILLE. lt isn’t often that a farmer gets a big aow barbecued free of charge, but who wants his favorite milk cows cooked I That is what happened to Dee Bagwell’s three prize Jersey milk cows not long go when they came in contact with a high-powered electric line w’hich a falling limb from a tree had caused to fall on Bagwell’s property One curious cow seeing the wire fall strutted over to investigate, and was quickly electrocuted. The other two animals also marveling at such a strange oc curence, met their death in the same manner. It was not until after all three cows were killed that Mrs. Bagwell finally got in touch with a Cassville elec trician who turned off the cur rent. CAFE’S CUSTOMERS ARE ASKED TO DINE WITH CAPITAL ‘W’ TOCCOA The typographi cal error made in a story in last week’s Record could have caused a very tragic occurence had the county officials not been very broad-minded. It seems that the story was an in vitation intending to invite pa trons,to dine at John’s Quick Lunch while in Toccoa, but an entirely different meaning was gotten when dine was spelled with a “W.” NOTICE TO VOTERS OF CHAnOOGA COUNTY Due to the vacancy which has recently occurred in the office of tax receiver of said county because of the death of the Hon. Dempo Dalton, notice is hereby given to the voters of Chattooga county, Georgia, that an election is hereby called to be held on the 28th day of No vember, 1939, for the purpose of selecting the person to fill the vacancy in the office of tax recever for said county for the unexpired terip of the sad Hon. Dempo Dalton. All candidates for said office must qualify with the ordinary at least five days before tne date of the election. Polls will be opened at the courthouse promptly at 7 a.m. and will be closed promptly at 6 p.m. At the precincts, polls will be opened at 8 a.m. and will be closed at 3 p.m. This 25th day of Oct., 1939. H. A. ROSS, Ordinary. Chattooga County, Ga. RAILWAY TAX BILL MILLION PER DA' ATLANTA, Oct. 25 (GPS). —Suppose you had to pay a tax bill of $1,000,000 a day? Well that’s what Class I railroads of the United States are doing They paid in taxes to the va rious federal, state and local governments 40.41 cents out of each dollar of net earnings in 1938, the highest ratio for any year since 1920, according to statistics of the Association of American Railroads, just made public in Atlanta. In 1937 they paid 31.10 cents per dollar and in 1936, 28.52 cents. Out of each dollar of operat ing revenue, the railroads in 1938 paid in taxes 9.5 cents, the greatest amount for any year on record. In 1937 they paid 7.8 cents and in 1936 it was 7.9 cents. Railway taxes now average nearly $1,000,000 a day, it was shown. Total taxes paid in 1938 to federal, state and local govern ments by Class I railroads and heir non-operating common carrier subsidiaries amounted to $343,193,790, the greatest amount for any year since 1930 when their tax bill amounted to $350,042,367. Railway taxes in 1938 were an increase of ?13,782,836, compared with 1937 and an increase of $20,- 802,158 compared with 1936. Os the total amount of taxes paid in 1938, $264,934,917 or 77.2 per cent, went to state and local governments and $77,422,- 886 was paid to the federal gov ernment. The amount of taxes paid to the state and local gov ernments by these carriers in 1938 was an increase of $12,- 633,651, compared with 1937 and an increase of $37,668,455 compared with 1936. WHO KNOWS? 1. How many residents of this country were born in the Brit ish Isles? 2. What is the population of Finland ? 3. Did Greece and Turkey ex change “minorities?” 4. What present U. S. senator voted aganst war in 1917? 5. What rank does James .Roosevelt hold in the Marine corps? 6. How many copies of Hit ler’s “Mein Kampf” have been sold? 7. How many American na tions speak Spanish? 8. What was the “Sick Man of Europe?” 9. What is the average selling price of automobiles? 10. When does the 30-cents an-hour wage become effective in interstate industry? Costly Nap. INDIANAPOLIS.— Falling asleep while driving his car, Henry Ferger was rudely awa’; ened when the automobile wrecked three cars and almost demolished a tavern and a filL ing station. Fair Prize Winners Will Be Published Next Week - - The News will publish in Our next issue all prize winners of the fair and also winners in the! school and athletic events. - ( BOUNTY FAIR CLOSES A SUCCESSFUL YEAR The thirty-third annual Chat tooga County fair, which closed Saturday night, was one of the most successful ever held. Rome day Friday drew a good crowd. The Rome High school band paraded through town and to the fair grounds, where they gave a concert. The live stock and farm ex hibits were exceptionally good .his year. No figures were available as to attendance, but Thursday night, Friday and Friday night ?nd Saturday nights the mid way was thronged with fun seekers. SOUTHEAST LEADS IN SLUM CLEARANCE J ATLANTA, Ocf. 25 (GPS). —The Southeast is taking the ead in the federal government’s i slum clearance and rehousing j program, according to Jacob Crane* assistant admisistrator i of tne United States housing authority, whd was one of the speakers at the regional , con ference of housing admiiiistra-, tion and management, held re- i cently in Atlanta. Os the 107 USHA projects j now under construction about half are located in the South east from Maryland to Florida, he said. Mr. Crane declared 65,- 000 new homes for poor fami lies are being constructed this year through the USHA, but, “measured against the great need for low-income housing in this country, this record repre sents only a meagre start.” The three-day conference, the first of its kind ever held in the United States, was opened by Charles F. Palmer, chairman of the Atlanta Housing authority, which is supervising Atlanta’s $18,000,000 slum clearance and lowi-cost housing program. Gov. .Rivers, another speaker at the important conference, said: “Over one-half of the ur ban homes in the south are sub standard, which means we have 1,500,000 dwelling units which constitute threats to the health, safety and morals of our citi zens who are living in houses. If we build 75,000 dwelling unf its per year we will solve our housing problem within twenty years. Such a program will mean steady employment for 130,000 men.” STRAW STACK INCREASE YIELD WINTER LEGUME- Straw stacks which have been ■ retained rather than burned by farmers can now be used to protect and increase yields of winter legumes, such as crim- ■ son and hop clover, according to Arthur S. Booth, Chattooga county work unit technician of the soil conservation service. ; After being clean cultivated ‘ during the summer, many fields that produced crops of crimson - or hop clover and were harvest i ed for seed last spring have re seeded to clover from the spring • crop. Mulching these fields with straw’ or old hay will help to I conserve moisture and protect the young clovet seedlings from > the cold. Where farmers are planning - to sow crimson or hop clover - patches, Booth points out fur ther, straw or old manure that is fairly well rotted should be disced into the seedbed. A small r quantity of the manure should be mixed with the inoculated ’ seed. This will add much need e ed organic matter to the soil II and will increase the effective- - i ness of good inoculation wher the seed is planted. STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS. $1.50 A YEAR LOCAL SCHOOL GRADES TO BROADCAST FRIDAY On Friday morning, Oct. 27, fifty Summerville school chil dren will present a thirty-min ute radio program at station WRGA. The program will begin at 10:15 a.m. and continue until 10:45 a.m. The chorus will include chil dren from the third through the seventh grades, under the direction of Mrs. John D. Tay lor, teacher of public school music. The program will be as fol lows : Georgia Official Song—Entire group. . “Little Sir Echo” Third grade. Grahm’s Lullaby Fourth grade. “Pickaninny Sandman’ • —- June Hays and Hazel Hughes, assisted by Sixth grade. “Keep On Hopin’ ” —Fifth grade. . “Swing Low’, Sweet Chariot —Entire group. Lord’s Prayer—Sixth grade. God Bless America —Entire group. > FALL OATS AND AVOID CORN SHORTAGE Farmers in this section w’ho face a probable shortage of i corn this season because of un favorable weather, can sow fall oats and thereby avoid having to buy feed next spring, accord ing to Arthur S. Booth, Chat ■ tooga county w’ork unit techni cian of the* soil conservation. service, Irt the sowing of fall oats,- maximum protection against erosion can be secured by set ting up a strip rotation, it is pointed out. A desirable strip rotation can be established by sowing each third terrace in terval to oats and following the oats with lespedeza or some other summer legume. The two intervening terrace intervals cans be planted to winter leg umes, followed by row crops. This will provide a two-year rotation on terrace intervals de voted to row crops. Upon completion of the ro tation, according to Booth, the grain strip can be moved either up or down hill, again using each third terrace interval for grain and summer legumes. Where machinery is used for harvesting grain, two or more terrace intervals may be used and the same rotation put into effect. Such rotations provide for maximum use of legumes for soil building. Steals From Prison Garden. LINCOLN, Neb. Someone with a guilty conscience recent ly sent tw’o one-dollar bills to Joseph O’Grady, warden of the Nebraska penitentiary, with the following note: “Please eccept b he money for watermelons and vegetables stolen,” from the prison garden, of all places. Fairfax, Okla. —Complaining of his head hurting after he ran into Coach Lynn Yarbrought at a football practice. Frank Ha mon, 13, died shortly thereaft- • er at a local hospital. HOT DOG OKEH. ATLANTA, Oct. 25 (GPS). 1 —Uncle Sam’s experts have > given the hot dog, that Ameri l can delicacy consumed by mil- - lions of people each year, a - clean bill of health, according r to a report by Dr. Morris Fish i bein. At one time the frankfur ) ter was suspected of harboring t trichinae, parasites which infest i bad pork and cause serious in testinal disorder in man. To r check this, the U. S. depait r ment of agriculture recently - conducted a study of frankfur t ters from 195 federally insnect e ed meat-packing plants in thir -1 ty cities. The study showed d that 99 per cent, of the frank d furters contained no trichinae [- at all. In the remaining 1 per il cent, a few parasites were j- found, but all of these were n dead and incapable of causing ! disease.