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CIRCULATE IN BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 37 GOAL OF SIOO MORE FARM CAPITA INCOME A goal of an extra SIOO per capita for each- farm home in Georgia, or SSOO extra income each year for an average family of five, is set forth in the November citi zens' fact-finding movement bulletin is sued recently. The pamphlet, which is one of a series put out on the basis of Georgia citizens reasoning together to solve their prob lems, takes up the question of agriculture, with Dean Paul NV. Chapman, of the Un iversity of Georgia College of Agricul ture, serving as chairman in the prepara tion of the study. A county farm program is offered by the experts, who joined with Dean Chap man in issuing the report, as the solution to the agricultural problem. “The ideal procedure in developing such a program would be for each organ ization in the citizens fact-finding move ment to appoint one person to serve on a county committee charged with the re sponsibility for carrying out the sugges tions made concerning the farm pro gram.” The November pamphlet is of more than ordinary interest, and should be in the hands of every citizen interested in Georgia’s problems. Copies of this and future publications can be secured by writing the Citizens' Fact-Finding Move ment in the Forsyth building, Atlanta. No charge is made.' Dean Chapman and his committee has taken up the agricultural problem and its solution from ten angles: low per capi ta farm income; living at home; eroded and impoverished soil; the one-crop sys tem ; landlord-tenant relations; inade quate markets; low yields per acre; lack of pastures and roughage ; land resources not fully used, and lack of functioning farm organizations. Each subject is brief ly but carefully covered, with practical suggestions offered for improving present conditions. Georgia citizens are urged to think through the problems with the ex perts and offer additional suggestions. COTTONGINNINGS Census report shows that 8.866 bales of cotton were ginned in Chattooga coun ty from the crop of 1969. prior to Nov. 14, as compared with 6,664 bales for the crop of 1937, according to Mrs. Rosa N. Shumate, special agent. RATHER INDEFINITE < VALPARAISO, Ind. —Asking a clerk to look up her marriage license certifi cate, a woman told him she was married in 1938 but couldn’t remember the man’s name or the exact date. It was some time during August and the man’s first name was Eddie, she said. There was no rec ord on file. TOO FLIMSY. PHILADELPHIA. —Proving his claim that the costume of a show girl was too flimsy, a detective making the charge folded the costume and squeezed it into a match-box. BLAST WRECKS BUILDING. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—When Richard Steele, 19, elevator operator, struck a match to look for some coins he had lost in the basement of a sixteen-story office building, gas which had accumulated in the basement ignited, literally lifting the building from its foundations. Sixteen persons were injured. OWNER JOINS PICKETS. * ST. LOUIS. —Although a part owner of the business, Charles C. Gauba.ts, vice president of a cleaning estab’ishment joined a picket line in front of the place, who were demanding higher wages. BLAST EXPOSES MORE GOLD. DAHLONEGA, Ga„ A dynamite blast set off the the benefit of newsreel cameramen, exposed another vein of gold in the 110-year-old Calhoun mine where Major Graham C. Dugas recently struck gold. The vein is about twelve inches long and an inch wide and is estimated to assay about $160,000 a ton, if there is that much in the vein. SHOOTS FAMILT; KILLS SELF. SCARBORO, Me. —Rather than leave his wife and two children alone to “face it,” William R. Rowe, roadside restau rant owner, shot and killed them in an oil-sprayed shed and after setting the shed on fire, shot and killed himself. In ill health, Rowe was facing heavy financial difficulties, which probably accounted for his act. President says flaw in new destroyers has been corrected. Roosevelt not to name Butler succees sor before January. Lamont urges IT. S. to keep out of war and prepare for peace. Dewey will open his campaign in Min nepolis about Dec. 6. Gain in shipments to Latin America lifts October export trade. Italians are urged to speed up the self sufficient program. Republicans see success in plan to keep convention “open.” Program of the AAA is seen putting a floor under farm prices. x Snmnwnnllp Xinns DALTON DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS Below is a list of the appointments of the Dalton district, Methodist conference, made in Atlanta Saturday: J. S. ThrailkHl, District Superintendent. Adairsville, T. C. Ford; Calhoun, NV. H. Gardner; Calhoun circuit, 11. T. Gar rett; Cartersville, NV. G. Crawley ; East Cartersville, H. L. Cochran ; Chatsworth- Eton, J. B. Godfrey; Chickamauga, M. Elrod ; Dalton, First church, Irby Hen derson ; Dalton, Hamilton street, John Maxwell; Fairmount, H. F. Lawhorn; Kensington, Marvin Warwick ; Kingston, H. L. Gurley; La Fayette Station, E. C. Dowey; La Fayette circuit, Grady Live ly ; Lyerly, W. P. Rowe; Menlo circuit, Henry Norris; New Eeliota, C. B. Jones; Newnan Springs, Frank Crawley; Ring gold, M. M. Brackman ; Stilesboro, J. F. Rollins; Spring Place, Loran Parker; Subligna, G.'D. Erwin (S) ; Sugar Val ley, A. S. Ulm; Summerville, C. C. Cliett; Trion, L. P. Harrell; Tunnel Hill, NV. F. Bailey (S) ; Varnell, R. A. Neal; White, E. D. Carlock; NVallaceville, NV. J. Atha; Morris Street, J. L. Black. District missionary secretary, NV. H. Gardner TEACHERS ARE BADLY DEMORALIZED-ALLMAN GAINESVILLE, Ga„ Nov. 28 (GPS). —J. I. Allman, director of administration of the state department of education, be lieves “Georgia’s greatest need today is a stabilized educational program success fully financed. Speaking recently before the Gaines ville Kiwanis club, Mr. Allman said the state’s teachers are “thoroughly demoral ized” and many are going into other fields and thereby reducing the system’s efficiency. He said there were more pu pils per teacher in 1939 than ever before. “No red-blooded, patriotic citizen can expect this condition to continue,” he said. “We can never hold up the proper ideal of citizenship as long as we follow this present system. We want to plead with business leaders to join forces in helping school authorities put over any intelligent program that will bring re lief.” BIRTHDAY BALLS. More than 1,000 innovations, includ ing dances, parties and entertainments, are expected to feature the celebration of th4 president's fifty-eighth birthday, on Jan. 30, 1940. which will be used as th< occasion to collect funds to combat infan tile paralysis. The funds raised will be divided equally between the Nationa 1 Foundation for Infantile Paralysis am' local organizations expending the money under the direction of permanent chap ters of the organization. deaths" ” Ben Hill Henderson, Jr. Ben Hill Henderson, Jr., 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Henderson died at the home of his parents in Jack sonville, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 23, after a ten-year illness. The remains arrived in Summerville Saturday, Nov. 25, and were carried to the home of J. E. Owings on Little Sand mountain. Besides his par ents, he is survived by three sister. Funeral services were conducted from Sand Mountain Chapel Sunday at 10 a.m. by Rev. Willie Conn. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Paul Weems Fu neral home in charge. T. J. banner. T. J. Farmer. 85, died at his home near Summerville, Sunday, Nov. 25. after a lingering illness. He -is survived by two sons. T. J., of Lyerly; D. V„ of Rome; one daughter, Mfs. Lillie Little, of Ber ryton. Funeral services were conducted from Chapel Hill church Monday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. B. H. Howard. Inter ment in adjoining cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral Home in charge. Jimmy Pegg Reynolds. Jimmy Pegg Reynolds, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Reynolds, of Ber ryton, died in a local hospital Sunday at 9 p.m. Besides his parents, he is survived by his paternal grandparents, Mr and and Mrs. T. B. Reynolds, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Pegg, all of Berryton. Funeral services were conducted from Paul NN ee.ms Funeral home Monday at. 3 p.m., by the Rev. Rowe. Interment in Summerville ceme tery. Paul NVeems I uneral home in charge. Jemima Eugenia Murray. Jemima Eugenia Murray, 65, well known resident of Chattooga county, died at her home near Menlo Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. after a brief illness. She is sur vived by three brothers, Robert and Hen ry, of near Menlo, and John, of NValker county; two nephews. Paul and J. R.; two neices, Irene and Lorene. Funeral services will be conducted from Wood Station church Thursday at 11 a.m. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral home in charge. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1939 NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUT STATE EVENTS (By Gilreath Press Syndicate.) ATLANTA, Nov. 28. t—ls 1929’s boom returning? Maybe! But on a much more substantial footing, according to financial experts around Atlanta. They said busi ness, zooming upward throughout Geor gia and the rest of the nation at a clip unequalled by most industries since 1929, is preparing for the biggest year-end ; trading spree since pre-depression days. , The total income for the year in At lanta will be up approximately 10 per cent, and the income for Georgia would , he almost as high, they estimate. Divi dends and bonuses, distributed by many Georgia firms at the end of the year, are expected to top last year's $50,000,000 by i quite a bit. Money is flowing in larger quantities and with regularity into the j pockets of the man who buys—the worker. The nation’s Christmas purse, it is es timated, will be the fattest in many years, | An increase of at least 10 per cent, is an ticipated. The money, moreover, will cov- ( er more purchases than in many years | because retail prices generally are mod erately lower. So there you have it. It ( looks like good times are here again. STILL THE BIGGEST: “Railroads ' I ; are still our most important single factor in employment and the heavy goods in- ’ dustry,” declared Jesse H. Jones, chair man of the Reconstruction Finance cor poration. “Increase in wages and the cost of supplies of all character, together with provisions for social security and rail way pensions, have got the railroads up against a blank wall.” GIST OF THE NEWS: Area mana- 1 gers for the taking of the 1940 census in 1 Georgia are O. T. Ray, of Atlanta, and T. L. Smith, of Albany. Ray will make his,office in Atlanta, with R. M. Cobb, , 1 of Atlanta, as his assistant, and Smith | will have his office in Macon, with E. J. Peacock, of Macon, as his assistant. The offices will be opened early in December. . . . State-wide organizations with more than 400 units and thousand’s of members have joined forces to provide at least. $lO ! | worth of extra work before Christmas for , , every unemployed person in Georgia. The s plan, called a “blackout of unemploy- < inent,” has been adopted as a program ( by the Georgia American Legion. Pat Gil- j len, who suggested the idea, is state chair- | man . . . Ryburn G. Clay, former presi dent of the Fulton National bank, At- , lanta, has been named a member of the , federal advisory council for the Sixth . federal reserve district . . . The democ- , racy of America will not lie preserved on . the battlefields of Europe, but on the 5 "home front,” and then only if it is per- ] mitted to function freely,” is the opinion f Wendell L. NVillkie, president of the , 'ommonwealth & Southern company, , ■arent company of the Georgia Power ( ■rnnpany, who was in Atlanta last week. ( t GEORGIA FARMS USING : MORE ELECTRIC POWER 1 J Georgia farms are becoming more and t more electrified. ( The Georgia Public Service commis sion, in a survey of farm electrification, disclosed an eight-fold increase in rural power lines since 1936, and a five-fold ! ■ advance in farm consumption of electric | < energy. , | i Most of it. says the commission, has ( been in the form of federally financed co-operative membership association, set . up since advent of the Rural Electrifica tion administration four years ago. These serve 34,230 customers. There were 1.996 miles of rural power : lines Jan. 1. 1936. all maintained by the s Georgia Power company. These, the com- > mission estimates, distributed approxi mately 10,060,000 kilowatt hours annu- , ally in power. ( Today, the survey discloses, there are . 15,690 miles of lines of which 11.322 are j owned l>y co-operatives and 4.368 by Georgia Power. In addition, there are < 1.185 miles under construction, another : 1.897 miles approved by the REA and ready for work, and 1.760 miles more sought in pending applications. Power , consumption on existing lines is calculat ed by the commission at approximately 53.000,000 kilowatt hours annually. i WHO KNOWS? 1. How many war ships have the al lies that are fast enough to catch Ger many’s pocket battleships? 2. NVas the entire Bible written at the ' same time? ' < 3. Is there any law in the United States to compel an individual to observe Thanksgiving day? ( 4. Do all parts of the United States , lielong to the same geologic age? 5. Does the Spanish government sup port the Catholic church? 6. On which side did Bulgaria fight in ■ the World war? 7. What is the meaning of the “most • favored nation” clause? 8. Is the president of the United States elected by popular vote? 9. What law permits courts to declare ■ statutes unconstitutional on the grounds of “unreasonableness?” 10. Are judges elected by popular vote ’ anywhere in the United States? (See “The Answers' on another rage.) PRODUCTION OF FOOD AND FEED INCREASED Chattooga county cotton farmers are producing more food and feed for home use on farms where needed by partici pating in the agricultural conservation program, County Agent O. P. Dawson said, in reminding that the referendum on marketing quotas for 1940 will be held Dec. 9. The agent said these farmers, encour aged by the program, have carried out conservation practices which have im proved their soil. Resulting increased yields have lowered their production costs, he added. “The national average yield of cot ton for the ten-year period ending in 1932 was 170 pounds an acre,” Mr. Dawson pointed out. “For the period 1933-38, when agricultural conservation programs were in effect, the average yield was 212 pounds—an increase of 42 pounds an acre. “Some of this increase came about because of conservation and soil-build ing practices, the use of better land for cotton, and because of better seed and better cultivation.” Mr. Dawson declared that since re duction of cotton acreage had been ac companied by large increases in the acreage of soil-conserving crops, corre spondingly large amounts of food and feed had been made available for home use on cotton farms. He cited, byway of illustration, the fact -that in 1938 the acreage of soil-conserving crops in the principal cotton states was roughly live times that of 1930. In addition, thousands of acres have been protected by such practices as ter racing, strip-cropping and contour ridg ing, he added. TERRACES ONE ARM NEED MAINTENANCE Good terraces must be maintained to keep them in first-class condition, no mat ter how well they are laid out and con structed, Ooiinty Agent O. P. Dawson said this week, in urging Chattooga county farmers to take advantage of the first opportunity to make repairs on their terraces. “Terrace maintenance is a job which can be done almost any time during the year, but which is often neglected,” the agent pointed out, “It is easy to put off repairing or ‘plowing up’ terraces, and as a result, they are still in need of re pair when planting time for another crop rolls around. Mr. Dawson called attention to reasons why many terraces are not kept in good [ condition. The farmer may have a crop on the land, it may be too dry or too wet, or there may not be time, hee added, and then, in the rush of preparing land for spring planting, the terraces are given the customary “lick and a promise. “There is always some soil-washing be tween terraces,” he said. “The movement of soil is greatest on cultivated fields and is accelerated during periods of heavy rainfall. This is where well-maintained terraces play the important part of checking erosion. “A terrace of correct grade will make ‘running water walk’ and leaves the soil in the field,” the agent continued, “while one with sufficient fall to keep the ter race channel gleaned out will soon wash the topsoil away. “Proper plowing will aid in maintain ing terraces, but usually it is not suffi cient except on well-maintained, old-es tablished terraces. It is advisable to use a drag pan for filling in low places and strengthening weak spots in the terrace ridge.” For good points on proper plowing and maintenance of terraces, as well as dis cussions on improper procedures in keep ing terraces fit, Mr. Dawson advised farmers to secure a copy of extension cir cular 260, entitled “Terrace Mainten ance,” which has recently been revised. For more complete information on lay ing out and building terraces, he recom mended Bulletin 394, “Terracing Farm Land in Georgia.” Both publications may be secured from the county agricultural agent, or by writ ing to the Georgia Extension Service, Athens, Ga. CHATTOOGA VILLE NV.H.D. CLUB MEETS The Ohattoogaville Woman’s Home Demonstration club met Thursday aft ernoon, Nov. 23, at the home of Mrs. Smith Floyd. Eighteen members were present. The meeting was called to order to elect new officers for the coming year. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Henry Floyd; vice president, Miss Tee Ragland ; secretary, Mrs. Smith Floyd; reporter, Mrs. Earl Gaylor; program committee, Mrs) NV. A. Gaylor, Mrs. L. A. Ragland and Mrs. J. F. Fleming. An interesting talk was given by Miss Henry on the placing of shrubbery around our homes Games were played by all members. Delicious refreshments were served by the. hostess, assisted by Mrs. Henry Floyd. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Henry Floyd on Dec. 14. RESULTS OF ELECTION FOR TA X RECEIVER In the special election for tax receiver of Chattooga county held Tuesday, Nov. 28, for the unexpired term of Dempo Dalton, deceased, which expires Dec. 31, 1940, Mrs. Dempo Dalton, the only can didate in the race, received the following votes by districts : Alpine District 25 Coldwater District 17 Dirtseller District 8 Dirttown District 15 Haywood District 3 Lyerly District 18 Seminole District 16 Subligna District 10 Summerville District 43 Teloga District 3 Trion District 35 Total 193 GARDEN CLUB TO GIVE BAZAAR DEC. 9 The Chattooga County Garden club will have a bazaar at the American Legion home Saturday Dec. 9. Come and buy your Christmas gifts. Many attractive items will be on sale. Also sandwiches and tea. CHRISTMAS PROGR AM BY GRAMMAR GRADES On Friday night, Dec. 15, at the high school auditorium, the children of the el ementary grades will present their Christ mas program. Every room, including those in the South Summerville school, will be represented, and there will l>e about sixty children in tne entire per formance. The program will be the climax to four months of hard work in the public school music department, headed by Mrs. John D. Taylor. NVatch for further announcements next week. UNEMPLOYED RECEIVE $1,105 WEEK NOV. 18 Unemployed workers in Chattooga county were paid $1,105.11 in benefits by the bureau of unemployment compensa tion during the week ending Nov. 18, 1939, it was announced today. Number of payments was reported at 168. Total payments to Georgia workers that week amounted to $53,909.11, rep resented by 8.345 cheeks which went into 121 counties of the state. Four hundred and thirty-five pay ments for $3,726.77 to workers in other states who previously had established wage credits in Georgia, brought the total to $57.635.88. Number and amount of checks mailed by the bureau ranged from one check for $1.24 in Harris county to 2,419 checks for $18,103.97 in 'the Atlanta area (Fulton and DeKalb counties). WITH THE CHURCHES SUMMERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHI RUH (J. G. Kirckhoff, Pastor.) “Where is your faith?” Is is centered in ourselves or in Him? NVhy do we so frequently fail? How is it that we so of ten find ourselves defeated rather than victorious? NVhy do our heads hang low when they should l>e lifted up in praise and thanksgiving? The answer to all this is found in Matt. 17 :20, “Because of your unbelief, herein lies the reason why so many believers are burdened with undue anxiety, occupied with their trials and difficulties, continually worrying over the little things of life. If our faith is cen tered in ourselves, we shall inevitably fail, but if it is well-grounded in Him, we shall rise triumphantly over the stormy seas of our trying circumstances. Sunday Services: Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.; D. L. Mc- NVhorter, superintendent. Morning worship service at 11 o’clock. NVayside Sunday school at 2 p.m. Pioneer league at 6:15 p.m. Evening preaching service at 7:15. SUBLIGNA 4-H CLUB The regular meeting of the 4-H club of Subligna High school was called to order by its president, Katherine Erwin, on Nov. 21. The business of the club was attended to, then the chairman of the program committee took charge. After the program the meeting was then turned over to our home demonstration agent, Miss Henry, and we continued our study of “bedroom arrangement.” The club .was dismissed! wit|i the club pledge.—-Martha Self, Reporter. GETS REPLIES «*. The house committee investigating the national labor relations board is receiv ing voluminous correspondence in re sponse to questionnaires recently sent out by mail. The queries were sent to ev erybody connected with the thousands of Cases that have come up before the board. Many of them are taking the trouble to give their views as requested. STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS. $1.50 A YEAR AAA MEETINGS NOV. 29 THROUGH DEC. 5 The meetings scheduled below’ are for the purpose of discussing the 1940 AAA program and the election of community committeemen. Every farmer should be interested in this and should turn out to one of these meetings. Coldwater —Holland’s Store, Nov. 29, 9. a. m. Seminole —Paul Cook’s Store, Nov. 29, 2 p. m. Lyerly—-Lyerly .schoolhouse, Nov. 30, 9 a. m. Alpine—-Menlo schoolhouse. Nov. 30, 2 p.m. Dirttown —Gore schoolhouse, Dec. 1, 9 a. m. Subligna—Subligna schoolhouse, Dec. 1, 2 pjn. Dirtseller —'Pine Grove schoolhouse, Dec. 2, 9 a.m. Teloga—Teloga schoolhouse, Dec. 2, 2 p. m. Haywood—Ebenezer church, Dec. 4, 9 a. m. Trion—Trion schoolhouse, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. Summerville Courthouse, Dec. 5, 2 p.m. DEFICIT LEADS TO CRUSHING DEBTS ATLANTA, Nov. 28 (CNS).—An an nual deficit in the revenue receipts of Georgia, amounting to between seven and eight million dollars is creating an an nual increase in the state’s floating debt of approximately $4,006,000, and building simultaneously a condition that will re quire sudden and expensive readjustments almost as costly. The difference between the floating debt increase and the actual deficit is represented by the state obligations re pudiated each year. These consist chiefly of approprietions for the university sys tem, the eleemosynary institutions and the pension system, which instead of ex panding as was expected has been curtail ed each month in some degree until fed eral assistance to the program has been threatened with suspension. School Deficit. One principal item of ‘floating debt’ in curred each year is the unpaid balance due the schools. Nominally, thisis tinguished at the end of the i-ear thru ' the ‘grandfather clause,’ through which Georgia forces its creditors to take what ever is offered in the way of settlement.. However, the debt of the schools is not disposed of that easily. Local units, such as county boards and independent dis trict boards, have incurred debts legally in anticipation of state payment. Rec ognizing this, the assembly of 1939 “re affirmed’ the school appropration. NVhile this possibly does not make it wholly a legal obligation of the state, it establishes full payment of all approprations to the common schools as a fundamental policy. Cause of Deficit. There are various incidental factors in the creation of the deficit each year. Os course, the, major cause is the inflexible, inadequate and obsolete state tax system, which will not produce enough money to balance the budget. One secondary cause, however, deserves attention. That is the practice, initiated in 1921 and continued in one form or an other ever since, of anticipating revenues in one way or another. A practical analogy will serve for il lustration : If a man with a monthly in come of $l5O has a monthly expenditure of $206. and ‘balances his budget’ by as signing SSO of some future month’s pay check, it is obvious that when that month comes around his income will be SIOO and his expenditures still S2OO. In the end. of course, he becomes hopelessly in solvent and is compelled to go into the banruptcy courts. Georgia has been doing precisely the same thing; $540,000 of the state's an nual revenue, for ten years to come, has been ‘assigned to creditors’ through the sale of NN’estem & Atlantic warrants. The money was spent, however, in a single year. In that way deficit pyramids every season. The same thing is true of the malt bev erage tax, which has been pledged to the payment of the bill for free textbooks. The books were vitally needed, but ap parently we shall be paying for them aft er they have been worn out. , Debt Must Be Paid. Georgia now owes, in primary bonded obligations, ‘indebtedness certificates’ of the highway department, penal board and hospital authority, legitimate floating debt and illegal debts which must lie paid to the schools a little over $50,000,000. In addition, annually the state defaults on part of its promise to the university, the health department, the pensioners. This sso,ooo,ooo—and i,t will be fifty four million when this fiscal year ends — will have to be paid some day. It can be paid only through taxation. F. D. R. LIBRARY. In laying the cornerstone of the build ing which is to house the private papers of his public life. President Roosevelt decorated the structure to “ “the spirit of peace.” He expressed the hope that by the spring of 1941, the manuscripts, let ters, pictures and models and other data will be ready for public inspection and use.