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CIRCULATE IN (BEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 42 NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUTSTATE EVENTS (By Gilreath Press Syndicate.) ATLANTA, Jan. 3. —Georgians will keep more money in their pockets when the state’s producers properly sort, grade, package and present their prod ucts in the most, attractive manner and inform the rest of the nation about the existence and quality of their goods says a report by the Citizens’ Fact-Finding movementt. Dr. J. Edward Hedges and Harold G. Murphy, of Emory university’s econo mics department, made this report. They found four distinct ways in which Georgia’s net income—the sums re maining in Georgians’ pockets in any given periods—may be increased. These were: (1) Initiating production or increas ing the output of those goods in which the people of Georgia have a cost ad vantage over other producers. (2) In creasing the quality or marketabiity of those goods which Georgians offer for sale. (3) Carrying production through more advanced stages. (4) Financing and managing our own enterprises.” Teamwork —“Thanks to the inherent efficiency of railroads, the progressive ness and courage of railroad men, and the co-operation of shippers and re ceivers of freight, the American railroads have successfully met a sudden and un precedented demand for mass transpor tation.” declares the Association of American Railroads. “Thus, again, the railroads have demonstrated that they are absolutely necessary to the nation’s commerce and agriculture. Thus, again they have emphasized the need for a square deal in transportation regulation, taxation and subsidy.” Gist of the News —Sales of independ ent retailers in Georgia totaled $5,573.- 312 during November, an increase of 14.3 per cent over the same month of 1938. An increase of 13.1 per cent dur ing the first eleven months is reported over the corresponding period last year. “Gone With the Wind” was chosen by the Associated Press as the “movie of the month’ in December. . . Then, too, the GWTW celebration in Atlanta re cently was ranked as the No. 1 state news story of 1939 by editors of Geor gia’s AP newspapers. . . . Although the Atlanta Crackers finished in fourth place last season, oAy two games separated them from the pennant-winning Chat tanooga Lookouts. With the hope of climbing hack into first place in 1940. President Earl Mann asked Santa Claus for a pitcher, an outfielder and a second baseman, to be delivered by next spring. . . . Abit Nix, of Athens, is the new chairman of the managing committee of the state council of the Y.M.C.A. of Georgia. MANY QUAIL FOUND BURNED TO CRISP SYLVANIA, Ga. —Fires have wrought a heavy damage to wooded and hunting areas along the Ogeechee river and in the Briar creek area of Screven ounty, ac cording to Ranger A. B. Briscoe. The wild-life ranger reporter here this week that he had found quail and other birds “burned to a crisp” in parts of the county. Farmers were aided in their fire con trol by last week’s rainfall, but this came too late to save many tnousanus of acres from blazes, which were made uncontrol lable by the severe drought. BOYS TRAINING SCHOOL RAISE BOBWKITE QUAIL MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—Boys at the State Training school here will add quail raising to their list of projects this spring, it was learned here this week. Beginning with a brood stock of 100 to 150 pairs of birds, the training school will raise birds for restocking purposes in collaboration with the state wild-life division. •Under direction of C. E. Laßoy 100 of 150 laying pens already have been con structed Laßoy is an experienced man, having had several years experience at the state game farm near Atlanta. A brooder likewise is being built. The brooder will have a sun parlor, ventila tion system, concrete floor, 113 windows, a heater and fifty-six brooder pens. “Laying period for birds generally runs for twenty weeks.” Laßoy explain ed. “They start around April 1 and lay until September. After they are hatched, they are placed in brooders until they become 10 or 12 weeks old. Then they may be released.” Supt. Bill Ireland expects to make the game project a “pay-as-you-go” arrange ment, hoping to sell enough quail to clubs and individuals over the state to defray the costs of production and maintenance. Doves may be hunted until Jan. 31 in both the northern and southern zones of Georgia. he season on ducks and geese closed Georgia and the south Dec. 29. - cTlu> dmnutmnUr Xnm SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1940 OLD-AGE PAYMENTS BEGIN WITH 1040 Social security payments to retired workers, their aged wives, widows and orphans will begin with the new year, ac cording to Joseph R. Murphy, manager j of the Atlanta field office of the social : security board. The federal insurance pro gram got under way on Jan. 1, and the first monthly checks will be given to el igible workers and their dependents on Feb. 1 for the month of January. Mr. Murphy explained that a wage earner who is 65 may file a claim for monthly benefits, provided he has earned SSO or more in each of six calendar quar ters since Jan. 1, 1937, when the sys- I tem went into operation, and payments will start when he retires from work. The old-age and survivors insurance program under the social security act provides for payment of monthly benefits oeginning*in 1940, not only to the wage earner who retires after the age of 65, out under certain conditions, to the mem bers of his family. The three groups oi persons who may be entitled to benefits are: 1. Wage-earners 65 or more years old who decide to retire or who receive less hail sls per month in covered employ ment and who have sufficient wage cred its from jobs covered by the act; the wives of such workers if or when they are 65, or any children under 16, or 18 if attending school. 2. Widows at age 65 of wage-earners who died after Jan. 1, 1940; widows, re gardless of age, if there are young chil dren ; and dependent children themselves until age 16, or 18 if they are regularly attending sc-hool, may be entitled to ben efits. „ 3. Surviving parents of the wage-earn er, at age 65, if they were dependent on him at the time of his death and if he leaves no widow or child, may be entitled to benefits. Claims may be filed without charge at Mr. Murphy’s office at 321 Ten Forsyth Street building, Atlanta. farmToanmembers TO HOLD ANNUAL MEET Members of the Lookout National Farm Loan association will hold their annual meeting on Jan. 18, 1940, at the Farm ers & Merchants bank in Summerville, it is announced by J. A. Scoggins, presi dent. At this meeting complete and detailed reports of the association’s operations for the past year will be made by the sec retary-treasurer, T. W. Price, and the other officers. The meeting will also provide the mem bers with an opportunity to elect direc tors for the ensuing year. Presiding at the meeting will be J. A. Scoggins, president, who is also a mem ber of the board of directors. Other mem bers of the board are J. P. Agnew, T. P. Johnston, 11. M. Hawkins, and M. M, Allen. The Lookout National Farm Loan as sociation is a co-operative organization through which farmers obtain long-term arm loans from the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. Mr. Scoggins said that it was hoped that every member of the association would be present at the annual meeting. GASOLINE TAXHiTS A m HIGH MASH ATLANTppJfan. 3 (ONS) .—Georgia motorists jjisbd 354.850 151 gallons of gas in 1939 and paid $21,192,009.10 into the state treasury in that period. The figures represented an increase of $1,431,107.90 above the preceding year. The money was divided between the highway department, the counties and the schools of the state. Rag Request Result Runs Writers Ragged EASTMAN. The Eastman Times- Journal is making a frantic plea through its columns for Eastmanites to “please do not bring any more rags” to the news paper plant. Since inserting a small ad recently seeking old rags to wipe ma •hinery, the Journal offices have been de luged with enough cloths to “wipe the greater part of ‘Uncle Sam’s’ navy.” “Who said the people do not read adver tisements?” the Journal editor wants to know. BUSINESS. Reviewing the trend of business in the last twelve months. Secretary Hopkins, of the department of commerce, reports substantial gains in all branches of the national economy. He warns that while foreign trade might prove a stimulus in 1940. the prospects remain uncertatin and the outlook must be judged largely in the light of domestic conditions. The navy, it is said, has ordered fifty >r more giant, long-range, four-motored flying boats to patrol the Pacific and as sist the neutrality patrol in the Atlantic. The craft will have a range of five thou sand mies. GOVERNORS LAUNCH TEN-YEAR PROGRAM FOR GREATER DIXIE ATLANTA. —Participation of Georgia in the “Ten-Year Program” for a great er and richer Southland during the Nine teen Forties was proclaimed on New Year’s day by Gov. E. D. Rivers as southern governors joined in a concerted effort to advance the section’s standing among the states. The South-wide program will be direct ed by Clarence Poe, president and editor of the Progressive Farmer, as general chairman, under the southern governors’ conference, and a state chairman will be named by each of the chief executives. Gov. Rivers, assisted by Walter R. Mc- Donald, chairman of the Georgia Public Service commission, in launching the dec ide of progress in Georgia, is taking a leading part in promoting the presenta tion to the people of the South. Gov. Rivers, in his proclamation for Georgia, which is similar to those bein' issued in other southern states, pointed >ut “Georgia, in history, resources, needs and opportunities should play a basic and creative part in help! , to fulfill the abundant hopes of the Ten-Year Program for a balanced prosperity and the enrich ment of the life of all our people.” He said : “I, E. D. Rivers, governor of Georgia, in grateful recognition of the re mit victory for more equal transporta tion rates freighted with new hopes foi the South, and on this, the threshold of the new- day, the new year and the new decade of the Nineteen Forties, do here by proclaim for our people the participa tion of Georgia in the Ten-Year Program for a more intelligently poductive, more soundly balanced, more broadly humane and more deeply spiritual civilization in the state, the South, and the nation through our high adventure in creative co-operation toward the realization of the American dream ant the Kingdom of God.” Ten Points for Progress. The program will seek to balance the following points: 1. Money crops, including forestry, with food, feed and fertility crops; 2. All crops with live stock consistent with sound land use; 3. Production progress with marketing and transportation opportunity free of trade barriers; 4. Farms with factories ; 5. Laud, water and mineral resources with population needs; 6. Work with thrift and local invest ments ; 7. Owner prosperity w-ith w-orker pros perity ; 8. Increasing income with increasing iorne ownership; 9. Wealth with beauty and culture; 10. Economic gains with advances in uoral values and human welfare. Participants in the program will seek he conservation and development of the -outh’s natural, agricultural, industrial, ivic, cultural and spiritual resources iirough the voluntary co-ordination of al gencies of progress, private and public, local, state and regional. Gov. Rivers and his fellow executives .f southern states warned "that the pres ent crisis in southern ’money crops’ it legiected and ignored may bring us t> isaster.” CARELESS MOTORIST FORGETS THE WIFI ELBERTON. —One Elberton motorist is probably still explaining to his w-ife an incident that happened during the recent pre-Christmas shopping panic. His thoughts undoubtedly centered on things Yuletide, the man drove into a ser vice station with his wife and his mother and drove away some few minutes later with his mother and minus his mate, who had stepped into the rest room. It was only after he had driven through several blocks of heavy traffic that he realized he had forgotten his spouse, and the poor husband was seen, according to an ob server, getting an earful as he drove away, again, this time quite sure that the little woman was along. PAYMENTS BEGIN Millions of elderly wage-earners, in ev ery economic strata from ditch-digging to corporation executives, covered by the social security act, will be eligible for monthly payments this year if 65 or over and retired. The social security board has more than $47,500,000 old-age in surance accounts. During 1939, about 4.- 500.000 unemployed workers received un employment benefits amounting to over $425,000,000. In addition, more than 2,- 500.000 men, women and children receiv ed benefits under the provisions of the act to assist needy old people, needy bjin and dependent children. AIRCRAFT. American aircraft industries have re ceived contracts for four thousand or more airplanes in the last eighteen months and the expectation is that the British and French will double their order. Ap parently, the Allies expect considerable action in the air. POLIO FOUNDATION REPORTS ON AID FOR STATE CASES (By Georgia News Service.) Georgia’s share of the proceeds of last year’s celebration of the president’s birth day has enabled the Georgia state chap ter of the National Foundation of Infan tile Paralysis to aid eighty-six infantile paralysis cases in forty-seven counties, it was revealed Saturday as preparations for the 1940 birthday celebration neared completion. Georgia received half of the 1939 pro ceeds of the campaign in this state and will share similarly in the 1940 receipts ; the other half going to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to be used for research and emergency aid in pidemics of the malady that strikes thou sands of persons every year. The organization of Georgia counties for the 1940 celebration has almost beei ompleted, county and district commit tees having been set up in all parts of thi state. Other committees will be com pleted this week, headquarters of the Georgia committee announced. During 1939 the national foundation granted $130,219 for virus research to hirty-four hospitals, medical centers, and iniversities throughout the United States in an effort to find the cause of infantile paralysis (polio meyelitis) and $284,880 for research for the prevention and treat ment of after effects of infantile paraly sis. The foundation disbursed $40,483 for education and $8,389 for use in epidem ics. An additional $179,701 was granted out not disbursed in 19119. In combating epidemics, the foundation expended $7,650 in Georgia’s neighbor ing state, South Carolina illustrating how closely the work of the institution is re lated to this state. The national foundation was organized in January, 1938, and received all of the net proceeds from the committee for the celebration of the president’s birthday from celebrations held that year. Tremen dous demand for assistance for direct lo cal relief lead to the decision by the com mittee to leave in the various states a part of the money annually raised. “The jump in infantile paralysis cases for the first forty-nine weeks of 1939 to a total of 7,130 as against 1,705 for all of 1938, should convince us that no one can say what the demands in the future will be for local relief in communities such as your own, or for necessary and proper research and education,” Basil O’Connor, president of the national foun dation, said. Georgias celebration of the president’s birthday on Jan. 30 will include parties 4’ all types in every community in the state. Interest in the celebration has been growing from year to year as the message from the infantile paralysis drive has taken firm hold on Georgia and the 1940 celebrations are expected to be the most brilliant since the campaign began. Considerable attention has been drawn to infantile paralysis within the last sev eral years as the dreaded epidemic dis ease has blighted communities all over the mtion, and people have come to realize more and more the danger attendant upon the malady’s presence, as there is no known preventive or cure. Through the good work enabled by the proceeds of the elebrations, sponsors of the campaign are lopeful that some day in the near future hey will be able to check and control \he pread of the disease. seesbrighteTfuture FDR GEORGIA FARMER! ATLANTA, Jan. 3 (CNS).— Despite ihe fact that crop values in Georgia will be off slightly for 1939. due to unfavor able weather in the spring and summer last year, the basic outlook for agricul ture in this state is better than in many years, believes Columbus Roberts, state commisioner of agricuture. Expressing confidence that the chang ed methods of farming that came in the wake of the Roosevet administration’s farm aid policies will result in increased returns to the farmers of Georgia, Mr. Roberts predicted a better return for 1940 and succeeding years. “I definitely believe the turning point has been reached in Georgia farming and that from now on during the succeeding years better crops will be grown and the income of the farmer will gradually in crease,” he said. “This will be brought about by the changed method of farming being follow ed in Georgia and the South,” he contin ued. “I believe that if the soil saving methods adopted by the Roosevelt admin irtration are followed for the next ten years as they have been for the last four or five years, the Georgia and the South ern farming area will be completely re made.” Mr. Roberts, one of the most progres sive farmers in west Georgia, is an out standing authority on the relationship of dairying and live stock production to soil conservation. With the close of the waterfowl season only doves are left in the migTatory game bird list open to gunfire. The season on jaeksnipe went with that on ducks and geese. MRS. PERRY COUNTY WINNER ON GARDENS Mrs. .7. W. Perry, Silver Hill Home Demonstration club member, is chosen county winner of the “Best Year-Round Garden” contest. This contest was spon sored by the Summerville Lions club for the home demonstration club members as an incentive for more and better year round gardens. There were twenty-five club members who made plans for a year-round garden, and kept a garden record including veg etables planted, cost, production, and val ue of garden. Each realizing not less than $111.50 per family. Most of the vege tables produced are a source of the fam ily’s year-round food supply. Mrs. Perry’s net profit received from her garden total ed $228.05. Miss Annie Ruth Housch, Pennville Home Demonstration club member, plac 'd second with a net profit of $116.84, and Miss Cora Jackson, Chattoogaville Home Demonstration club member, third, with a net profit of $111.95. UNEMPLOYEDWORKERB GET $16.38 FOR WEEK Unemployed workers in Chattooga county were paid $16.38 in benefits by the bureau of unemployment compensa tion during the week ending Dee. 23, 1939. 't was announced today. Number of pay ments was reported at four. Total payments to Georgia workers that week amounted to $57,332.10, rep resented by 8,987 checks which went into 115 counties of the state. Five hundred three payments for $4,- 198.85 to workers in other states who previously had established wage credits in Georgia, brought the total to $61,- 530.95. Number and amount of checks mailed by the bureau ranged from one cheek for $5 in Oglethorpe county to 2,389 checks for $18,016.67 in the Atlanta area (Ful ton and DeKalb counties). GOREW.HD. UIJB MET DECEMBER 12 The Gore Woman’s Home Demonstra tion club met Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 12, in the home economics room. Beauti ful Christmas decorations were tasteful ly arranged, and the meeting was in the form of a Christmas party. We had as our guests the Subligna W. H. D. club. After a business meeting, a Christmas program was conducted by Mrs. R. 11. | Baker. Games were played and refresh ments were served. Miss Henry gave some interesting helps on Christmas decora tions for the home ; also on the most at tractive ways to wrap packages. There were twenty-two ladies present. MRS. GEO. D. MORTON, Rep. CHATIOOGAVILI.E W.H.D. CLUB MET DECEMBER 21 The Chattoogaville Woman’s Home Demonstration club met Thursday, Dec. 21, at the home of Mrs. Henry Floyd. | Fourteen members were present. The meeting was called to order by j tire new president, Mrs. Henry Floyd, j Hie secretary, Mrs. Smith Floyd, read the minutes of the last meeting. Each member answered the roll call by naming her favorite dish of food for Christmas, and giving the recipe for it. The devo tional was read by Mrs. Will Gaylor, and prayer by Mrs. L. A. Ragland. Christ mas carols were sung by the group. Miss Henry gave an interesting talk on Christmas decorations. There were sev eral demonstrations of decorations for tables, mantels, windows, doors, fruit baskets, bouquets, etc., which could be made at home. Refreshments were served by the host ess and Mrs. Smith Floyd. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Jim Fleming. WHO KNOWS? 1. When did the days begin to get longer? 2. Did the treaty of Versailes limit the size of German warships? 3. Was President Roosevelt a candi date for the vice-presidency? 4. How old is Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics? 5. When did Russia and Germany sign their mutual assistance pact? 6. Who wrote the song, “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair?” 7. When will the twenty-one Ameri can nations set up a permanent neutral ity committee? 8. Who commanded the French armies during the World war? 9. What island is inhabited by de scendants of the mutineers on S Bounty? *; 10. Where did the Wright brothers make their first airplane flight? ’ (See “The Answers” on Another Page.) STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPFENINGS. $1.50 A YEAK COUNTY LEADERS FOR POLIO DRIVE NAMED Gov. Rivers, who is state chairman of the Committee for the Celebration of the President’s Birthday, has announced ap ! pointed of M. E. Brinson to act as chair j man of the Chattooga county organiza tion to help raise funds to fight infantile paralysis. The appointment has been accepted and active work in the county for the staging of parties, athletic events, sales of buttons and othgr events, is actually under way. These leaders will organize each com munity so that every person in the coun ty may participate in the fight against infantile paralysis. "The state organization is shaping up rapidly,” said the governor, “and we ex pect this to be the greatest drive ever in the history of the cause.” EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE W.M.U. TO MEET The first meeting of the executive com mittee of the Chattooga Baptist associa tion W. M, U. will convene at the First Baptist church in Summerville Jan. 9, at 10 a.m. The devotional will be conducted by Mrs. James Jackson. The year-book will be taught in the morning hours, and we have secured a very efficient person to teach the book. Miss Maude Sewell, >f Summerville. The afternoon will be used for the executive session of the W. M. U. The meeting is for all the members of the Woman’s Missionary union, and their auxiliaries of the entire association. The officers of the association will submit their annual report for last year. All the pastors in the association are most cordially invited to attend. The custom is for each lady to bring a dish to help out with the lunch. MISS MINNIE JUSTICE, Sec. MRS. THOS. J. ESPY, Supt. WITH THECHURCHES METHODIST CHURCH. (Chas. C. Cliett, Pastor.) Sunday school at 10 a.m.; Dr. E. R. Buskin, superintendent. Holy communion at 11 a.m. Sermon by the pastor. Epworth league at 6:30 p.m.; Jose phine Crouch, president. Sermon by the pastor at 7 p.m.; sub ject, “Killing Preachers.” BASKET BALL. Lyerly will play the Dixie Spinners on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7 :30. Lyerly has won eight out of ten games and are expecting to give the Spinners a good game. Probable Lyerly line-up: G. Jackson, forward; Borders, for ward ; Millican, center; J. Jackson, guard; Baker or Morrison, guard. DEATHS Harvey Clarence Copeland. Harvey C. Copeland, 42, prominent citizen of Menlo, died at his home Sun day at 6 a.m., after a brief illness. He had been employed by the T. A. G. railroad for a number of years. Mr. Copeland is survived by his wife, one daughter, Miss Mildred Copeland, of Menlo; two sons, J. T. and Earl, of Menlo; three brothers and three sisters also survive. Funeral services were conducted from Menlo Baptist church Monday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Jimmy Parker and the Rev. D. A. Boozer. Interment in James town cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral home in charge. John W. Manning. John W. Manning, 81, died at his home near Summerville Thursday, Dec. 28, after a lingering illness. Mr. Manning is survived by three cousins, Lawson War ren, Deed Warren and Mrs. Charlie Gor die. Burial was in Bethel cemetery Fri day at 12 a.m. Paul Weems Funeral home in charge. Nathaniel Marion Kinsey. Nathaniel Marion Kinsey, 81, of Ber ryton, died at a Trion hospital Thurs day at 3 :30 a.m. Mr. Kinsey was a life long citizen of Chattooga county and has l>een employed by Berryton mills for many years. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Alexander, of Chattanooga; Mrs. Sallie Bishop and Mrs. Grady Marbut, of Berryton ; three sons, W. F., of La Fayette; Jesse, of Prescott, Ariz., and Walter, of Berryton. Funeral services were conducted from Berryton Church of God Friday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Theodore Wallace. In terment in Berryton cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral home in charge. Walter F. Clemmons. M’alter F. Clemmons. 47, 'World war veteran, formerly of Chattooga county, died at Port Arthur. Tex., Dec. 25. Mr. Clemmons is survived by two sisters. Mrs. D. P. Henley, of Summerville, and Mrs. Dabney Hardy, of Rome; one brother, Tom Clemmons, of Rome. Funeral services were conducted from the Summerville Presbyterian church Friday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. C. CL Cli ett. Interment in Summerville cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral home in charge.