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CIRCULATE IN iBEST SECTION OF NORTH GEORGIA. VOL. 53; NO. 50 NEWS AT A GLANCE ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS IN GEORGIA MISS MARTHA BERRY HONORED FOB HUMANITARIAN WORK BY VARIETY CLUBS OF NATION- (By Gilreath Press Spndicate.) ATLANTA, Feb, 28. —Let's turn back the time thirty-eight years. The place was a log cabin up in ililie mountains of Northwest Georgia. A young, unmarried woman gathered about her a few poor boys and girls of the section. She taught them Bible stories and imiprewsed upon tliem the importance of (cleanliness and decency and kindliness. It was new to the children, but they loved it. The young woman’s Sunday school grew and site started others, after which she opened four-day schools in scattered country dis tricts. That was ithint.y-e.ight years ago. Today, Miss Martha Berry, the young school mistress, is over 70 years old. The school she started in a remote log cabin now has an annual enrollment of more than 1,200 and a waiting list of 5.000. Now There are over 125 buildings on i campus of 25,(XX) acres at Mounjt Berry, near Rome. Ten thousand poor boys and girls from California to Maine, and from Brazil to New Guinea, have entered the “Gate of Opportunity,” wljich Miss Berry named the entrance pillars of her schools. Notv they are honoring Miss Martha Berry again for the wonderful work she has done through 'the years. She is to re ceive the second annual humanitarian award given by the Variety -Clubs of America, a citation for the “most out standing achievements for human welfare within the year 1939 and a 'silver plaque of the intrinsic value of SI,OOO. The pres entation will be made in person at the annual meeting of the Variety cinibs in Dallas, Tex., April 19. A deserving rec ognition of a great Georgian. STILL PARAMOUNT: ‘"Railroads still constitute our main line of transpor tation and, despite all highway and me chanical improvements, freight trains re main paramount as servants of business,” declares the Tulsa (Okla.) World. "This condition requires that railroads, govern mental units and the customers of rail roads get together on some equitable schedule. Tire sooner this is done the bet ter it will be for all parties.” GIST OF THE NEWS: Georgia’s share of a $14,039,268 National Youth administration fund for supplying jobs to college and graduate students this year is $282,615, providing jobs for 2,094 stu dents in this state . . . Last Sunday was the twenty-first birthday of the gasoline tax. Its birthplace was Oregon and since then motorists have paid more than nine billion dollars in such taxes . . . Tourist trade in Georgia last year w’as 7 per cent, higher than in 1968 and 12 per cent, more than 1937 . . . Georgia’s exports in 1939 totaled $23,178,586, compared with $19,- 961,909 in 1938, a gain of $3,216,677. while imports in 1939 and 1938, respec tively, were $10,056,435 and $12,138,506, a decrease of $2,082,071. WITH THE CHURCHES SUMMERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (J. G. Kirchhoff, Pastor.) The morning sermon topic in our church loyalty program series is a very timely one, “Christ, the PriiHce of Peace.” The evening topic deals with the important question of divorce. What did Christ teach concerning it? Divorce is one of the great problems of the American home to day and we would urge our entire mem bership to be present. Sunday Services Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship at 11 o’clock, “Christ, the Prince of Peace.” Wayside Sunday school at 2 p.m. Fellowship hour a(t 5 :45 p.m. Meeting of all leagues at 6:15 pun. Evening service, "Till Death Do Us Part,” at 7 :15 o’clock. BERRYTON BAPTIST CHURCH. ’(Theodore Wallace, Pastor.) Sunday school at 10 a.m.; Ott Ratliff, superintendent. Preaching service at 11 a.m.; message by the Rev. Frank Waters. Evening w’orship at 7 o’clock ; message by the pastor. Sermon topic, “Are You Wearing the Wedding Garmen?” Matt. 22:12. Every one has a cordial invitation to visit our church. METHODIST CHURCH (Chas. C. Cliett, Pastor.) Sunday school at 10 a.m.; Dr. E. R. Buskin, superintendent. Sermon by the pastor at 11 a.m. Epworth league at 6:30 p.m.; Jose phine Crouch, leader. Ladies’ night, sermon by the pastor at 7 :15 o’clock. Prayer service and choir practice at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Byrd party maps a trek 1,000 miles east of the Bay of Whales. Suma indicates Japan will drop pres sure for new U. S. treaty. Smtrnmnlk Nms SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 FISHING LICENSES GO ON SALE MARCH IST The division of wild life has announc ed that fishing licenses will go on sale March 1. The resident state license costs $1.25 and the state non-resident costs $5.25. These licenses must be ordered from the state department of revenue in Atlanta. Application blanks will l>e plac ed in post offices and other convenient plaices. Listed below are some of the regula tions pertaining to fishing. Fishing season in the counties of Ca toosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White and Whit field is from April 1 to Nov. 15, inclusive. Any person fishing in the county of his legal residence, using worms or cut bait, hook and line is not required to have a license. Any person under 16,years of age is not required to have a license to fish in Georgia. Any person over 16 years of age, using reel and rod, artificial bait, live bait or live minnows, must have a license to fish in Georgia unless he is fishing in his own private pond or on his owm property. Anyone w'ho owns land with a pond or lake upon it may fish in that body of wa ter without license. All others fishing in said lake or pond must comply with the license law, unless he comes under one oi Che aforementioned laws which gives him exemption. It is illegal to seine, net, gig fish, grab ble for fish, fish baskets, poison fish, or to kill fish by the use of explosives or fire arms in any of the fresh waters of Geor gia. (These violations occur most fre quently, and this law will be rigidly en forced in the future.) Penalty for violation of any of the fish ing laws is $25 to S2OO and costs of count, or work on public works not than than thirty nor more than ninety days. Penalty for using explosives or poisons for killing fish is SIOO to SI,OOO and costs of court, or not less than .three months nor more than tw’elve months on public works or in jail. J. D. FOSTER, Wildlife Ranger. RESIDENTIOJEMOF NYA AT WEST GEORGIA Serving Chattooga county and the west ern part of Georgia is the resident proj ect operated by the national youth ad ministration for Georgia at West Georgi: college, Carrollton. This is one of twelv such training centers operated by th< NYA in this state. The Carrollton projeldt is filling a vita need in the West Georgia college pro gram of training young people for a lif' on the farm. The Rosenwald foundation is interested in 'the Carrollton 51 colleg* from the standpoint of rural education and co-operates with the NYA resident: project in providing instruction for th benefit of boys and girls assigned to tint project. Vocational courses available for NYA youths at 'this project are home econom ics, power machine sewing, vocational agriculture, carpentry and cabinet work, and photography. To be eligible for the West Georgia project, youths must be high school graduates between 18 and 24 years of age, inclusive, who are out-of-school am unemployed. The major objective is to obtain one year of vocational training ii. order to be belter equipped for gainful employment and community life as wen as to explore possibilities in several fields before making a permanent occupations choice. The NYA area supervisor for Chat tooga county is Kelly Williams, located at Wilkerson building, Rome, Ga. Lyerly W. H. D. Club Met February 21st The Lyerly Woman’s Home Demon stration club met Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the club room. The meeting was opened by singing "Georgia Land.” A ways and means committee, compos ed of Mrs. Harold Bishop, Mrs. Earl Mar tin and Miss Iris Alexander, was appoint ed by the president, Mrs. Arthur Kimbell, who presided over the business meeting. Mrs. P. B. White and Mrs. H. L. Smith had charge of a very interesting program on the “Life of George Washington.” Miss Henry discussed’ "Ways to Im prove Our Kitchens.” Iris Alexander had charge of the rec reation, after which refreshments were served. —Repo rt er. Committee Appointed To Receive Donations For New Car For the Rev. Morgan The News has been requested to an nounce that a committee composed of Os car Fletcher, committee hairman, of Sum merville, and John Kellett, of Trion, will receive donations for the purchase of a new automobile for Rev. Herbert Morgan, pastor of the South Summerville Baptist church. Rev. Morgan has practically worn out his automobile in work in this com munity, and, especially during the recent cold spell, driving over our bad country roads, CASES TO BE TRIED IN CITY COURT MAR. 4 Below is a list of the criminal cases to be tried Monday, March 4, alt the city count of Chattooga county, which will 'convene at 9 o’clock : The State vs.: T. L. Helton, Stewart Jones, J. R. Clowdis, Frank Edgeworth, John Ben Taylor, Julius Watkins and W. R. Live ly alias Dub Lively, Jim Smith, Homer Self, John Lister, Grady Ledford, Ray ford Hamby, Max Gentry, Gordon James Hawkins, William Lively, C. F. Lowery, Raymond T. Langley, Elbert Lee Ham by, Alfred Donald Akers, James Teems, Herman McLendon. V. L. Veatch (two cases), Ethel Ashworth, David Ludy, Cfe cil Croy, Myrtle Booker, J. G. Teems (two cases), C. T. Pratt, Raymond Gentry. The above cases are set for trial Mon day, March 4. Any other cases in city court of Chattooga county not listed above are subject to trial at this time. J. R. ROSSER, Sol ici-tor-Genera 1. UNEMPLOYED RECEIVE $25.56 WEEK FEB. 10 Unemployed workers in Chaittooga county were paid $25.56 in benefits by the bureau of unemployment compensation during the week ending Feb. 17, 1940, it was announced today. Number of pay ments was reported at 4. Total payments to Georgia workers thbt week amounted to $75,051.30, rep resented by 12,254 cheeks which went into 108 counties of the state. Five hundred ten payments for $4,- 566.54 to workers in other states who previously had established wage credi) s in Georgia, brought the total to $79,- 617.84. Number and amount of checks mailed by the bureau ranged from one check for $2.62 in Liberty county to 2,940 checks for $22 577.95 in the Atlanta area (Ful ton and DeKalb counities. Your Social Security Account No. Record “Workers should give employers the exact name and number as it appears on their social security card,” declared Knox Smartt, field office manager of the social ■security board at Rome. "This is neees •ary,’” hie said, "in keeping their wage ecord account with the social security ■ ward straight.” If your wages are re ported by your employer by a name other han that which airpears on your card, or if there is a transposition of a number on .he eaiid, or any other inaccuracy on the part -of. your employer in reporting your vages to the bureau of internal revenue you may have some trouble in establish ng your wage record account upon which s based your monthly insurance pay ments. “if you have married since securing a social security card and are now working under your married name instead of the name appearing on your social security •ard, you should notify my office in the West building, Rome, Ga., so that we may make the necessary changes in our rec ords,” he said. Many single girls have made the mistake of getting new numbers upon marriage. Under no circumstances should this be done. The number original ly assigned to you is assigned for life no matter how many times you marry or change your name, according to Mr. Smartt. Application forms for seteluring social security account number cards may now be secured from any employment service agency or from any postmaster. All appli cations for account numbers in this ter ritory should be sent to the social securi ty board at Rome, Ga., which serves the counties of Bartow, Gordon, Chattooga. Floyd, Polk, Haralson and Paulding. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank each and every one for their help during the sickness and death of our son and brother. May you all have just such friends in your sad hours is the prayer of J. Y. Allmon and Family. WHO KNOWS? 1. Who said, “Everybody talks about the weather? 2. How old is Adolf Hitler? 3. What is Harvard’s endowment? 4. How much scrap iron and steel were shipped from the U. S. to Japan in 1939? 5. Who wrote, “Laugh and the world laughs with you, etc?” 6. What is the treaty of Brest-Litovsk? 7. Whait material assistance has been given Finland by the U. S. since its in vasion by Russia? 8. Who are considered the world’s best dressed women by Paris couturiers? 9. Who was appointed by the republi cans to succeed the late Senator Borah on the senate foreign relations committee. 10. Who is president of newly-formed Polish council? (see “The Angers” pn Atfothtr JURORS DRAWN FOR MARCH TERM COURT Below is a list of the jurors drawn to serve at the March term, 1040, of the city court of Chattooga county, which will convene at 9 a.m. Monday, March 4 : J. L. Flowers G. L. Ragland _ H. F. Barron D. R. Henderson D. F. Martin C. B. Haygood V. G. Martin A. D. Elliott Otis Gorman T. H. Cordle E. W. Martin W. E. Murphy tiebtt Parris I. S. Brewer J. R. Jackson, Jr. R. D. Martin Charles Hardy A. P. Christopher C. D. Bulman Jolui Kellett M. M. Willingham G. T. Harmon Andy Thomas U. E. Day W. E. Ratliff Claude T. Hix Richard Dye G. O. Atkins F. M. Dodd Joe E. Eleam C. P. Hamilton R. L. Murray John M. Ayers George J. Day Mack Agnew R C. McNabb A. I). Hall W. C. Godwin J. L. Bynum W. W. Stancel DEATHS Dr. M. N. Wood. Dr. M. N. Wood, formerly of Menlo, died at 4 pan. Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, “Mrs. W. P. Davis, of Florence, S. C., with whom he was writing at the time. For the past seven years he had l>een in declining health and had to give up the practice of medicine. Since that time he and Mrs. Wood had Ik n living with their children. Much of the time they had spent with Mrs. T. B. Carroll, of Valdosta, and M. E. Wood, of Baxley. Dr. Wood was nearly 75 years of age, having been born July 29, 1865, near Ball Ground, Cherokee county. Georgia. He was married to Miss Ida Joseph! n< Hendrix May 5, 1887. To this union were bom five sons and four daughters. One son, Fred C., died in infancy; one daugh ter. Miss Pearl Wood, a beloved teacher in the Florence, S. C., city schools, died Jan. 11 of this year. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. T. B. Carroll, of Valdosta ; Mrs. R. N. Pharr, of Orange. N. J.; Mrs W. P. Davis, of Florence; M. E. Wood, of Bax ley ; H. L. Wood, of Savannah; Paul N. "Wood, of Hartsville, S. C., and W. H. Woocj, of Memphis, Tenn. -Dr. Wood graduated from Georgia un iversity School of Medicine, Augusta, in 1888, and had carried on an active prac tice in his profession until ill health forc ed his retirement. At that time he was living in Menlo. Only one sister, Mrs. C. T. Nelson, of Florence, survives; five mothers and two sisters having preeed him in death. He also has eight grand children and one great-grandchild. Dr. "Wood led a long and useful life. Besides his wide practice of medicine for a number of years, he was chairman of the board of trustees of the Menlo High school, and a member of the board of deacons in the Baptist church there. He has many relatives and friends through out the state who will mourn his passing. Funeral services were held from the First Baptist church, of Florence, Tues day morning at 11 o’clock with Dr. Al exander, the pastor, in charge. Interment in Florence in Mount Hope cemetery. W. F. Wofford. Funeral services for W. F. Wofford, well-known citizen of Chattooga county, who died in the local hospital Wednesday, Feb. 21, were held at at the South Sum merville Baptist church Friday at 1 p.m. coinluctied by the pastor, the Rev. Her bert Morgan, and 'the Rev. E. L. Wil liams, of Chattanooga. Mr. Wofford united with the Baptist church at Menlo at the age of 18. He was very active in church work and religious circles where he placed his whole heart aind got so match joy out of it. He will be greatly missed in the community. The large crowd attending the funeral and thy beautiful flow’ers were mute evidence of friends and loved ones. He is survived by his wife, three sons, seven daughters, three brothers, five sis ters, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Paail Weems Funeral home in charge. W. A. Allman. W. A. Allman, of near Lyerly, died at his home Monday, Feb. 19, after a ling ering illness. He is survived by his fath er, J. Y. Allman/three brothers, Sam. of Lyerly; Cliarles, of Americus, and Joe, of Walker county; two sisters, Miss Ruth and Alice Allman, of Lyerly. Funeral sen-ices were conducted from Pennville church Wednesday at 2 p.m. by the Rev, Rowe. Interment in Penn ville cemetery. Mrs. Ethel Blackman. Mrs. Ethel Blackman, 38, died at her home south of Berryton Friday at 6 p.m. She is survived by her husband, J. H. Blackman ; four sons, Lloyd v L. D., Ed ward and John, all of home. Funeral sen-ices were conducted from the Berryton Church of God Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. by Rev. Toller. Inter ment in Berryton cemetery. Paul Weems Funeral home in charge. Betty Faye Metier. Betty Faye Metier, the 6-year-tid daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Metier, died kt the home of her parents Feb, 16 LYERLY WINS SEVENTH DISTRICT CAGE MEET The Lyerly High school basket ball team won the Seventh district tourna ment Saturday night at La Fayette by defeating Fairmount, 32 to 31. Fair mount was in front all the way until one minute before the game ended, when Willard Jackson shot a field goal to put Lyerly in front to make the score, 32 to 31, which lead they held until the end of the game. The score at the half wais 14 to 12 in favor of Fairmount. Four minutes before the game ended Fairmount had an 8-point lead but Lyerly put on a drive that saw them score 12 points. Line-ups: Lyerly (32) Fairmount (31) Edwards (5) . ...F Mcßee (4) Busbin (4) F Bennett Bishop (9) C Lacey (7) Millican (4) G Darnell (8) Jackson (11) . ...G Legg (12) Substitute : Fairmount —Fuqua. In the other games before the finals, Lyerly defeated Sonoraville, Gore and Hiram in ithe order named. Lyerly (36) Sonoraville (11) Edwards (7) F Mclntyre Busbin (10) F Jones (2) Bishop (6) C Butler (5) Millican (8) G Moore (3) Jackson (5) G Roberts (1) Substitutions: Lyerly—Rowe, Byars, Smith. Lyerly (37) Gore (2») Byars (6) F Hawkins (5) Smith (2) F Hunter (4) Mount C King (8) Floyd G Storey (6) Rowe (4) G Peterson (2) Substitutions : Gore —Perry (4). Lyer ly—Edwards (4), Busbin (5), Bishop (8), Millican (6), Jackson (2). Lyerly (55) Hiram (22) Erlwards (14) . ...F A. House (1) Busbin (3) F Brooks (V; Bishop (14) C H. House (8) Millican (12) . ...G Gorham Jackson (10) . ...G Mitchell Substitutions: Lyerly—Byars, Rowe. Hiraim—Dailies', Taylor, Clouts (2), Shipp (2). During the regular season the Lyerly High school boys won eighteen out of nineteen games played. Results of the games are as follows: Lyerly, 58; Menlo, 17. Lyerly, 46; Hiram, 20. Lyerly, 22; Sonoraville, 19. Lyerly, 33; Gore, 13. Lyerly, 33; Cohutta. 18. Lyerly, 36; La Fayette, 23. Lyerly, 77; Subligna, 26. Lyerly, 53; Trion, 13. Lyerly, 46; Menlo, 18. Lyerly, 47; Hiram, 26. Lyerly, 44 ; Centre, 17. Lyerly, 121; Subligna, 12. Lyerly, 48; Summerville, 24. Lyerly, 36; Soddy-Daisy, 39. Lyerly, 65; Trion, 12. Lyerly, 17; Cohutta, 15. Lyerly, 44; La Fayette. 31. Lyerly, 66; Sonoraville, 26. Lyerly, 59; Summerville, 11. Census To Give J 5 Persons Employment Applications are now Ireing received for Ithe positions of census enumerators for the census of population and agricul ture .in April. Compensation for this work will be on a piece price basis. There will be approximately fifteen persons used in Chattooga county. All persons interested should write Maddox J. Hale, district supervisor, Dalton, Ga. Selection will be made by examinations to be given about the middle of March. Get your applica tion in before it is too late. Dr. Collins Presides Over Annual Meeting Os School Officials ATLANTA, Feb. 27 (CNS). —Dr. M. D. Collins, Georgia's state school super intendent, is attending the sessions of the Association of State School Superintend ents, which is being held at Jefferson, Mo. Tire sessions will be held in the ex ecutive mansion there, where the school leaders will be the guests of Gov. Lloyd Stark. Sessions of the National Education as sociation are being held in St. Louis this week. The superintendents hold their meeting at the same time, and Gov. Stark invited Dr. Collins, who is president of the organization, in recognition of his re markable work in eradicating adult illit eracy, Ito hold the sessions of the state school heads at the Missouri capital city. MUSIC CLUB TO MEET MARCH 6. Miss Eloise Cheek, Miss Ovtile Thom as and Mrs. R. N. Little will be hostesses to the Summerville Federated Music club at the Riegtidale tavern Wednesday, Mar. 6, at 3:30 p.m. United Georgia Farmers To Meet A meeting of the United Georgia Farm ers will be held at the courthouse Satur day, March 2, at 2 o'clock. All members are urged to come and bring as many other farmers as possible, after a long illness. Besides her parents, she is survived by six sisters. Funeral services were conducted from the South Summerville. Baptist church | Sunday, Feb. 18. by the Rev. Herbert Morgan. Interment in Berryton cemetery. Paul Weems Jhiucral home in charge. STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS. $1.50 A YEAK ARNALL UPHOLDS DEER INDUSTRY’S ‘CLEAN UP’DRIVE RULES PROGRAM IN “PUBLIC IN TEREST”—FOUR PLACES IN SPALDING PADLOCKED. ATLANTA. Feb. 27 (Special).—The “clean up or elose up” program of the Brewers and Beer Distributors Commit tee of Georgia is legal and valid and “will be beneficial to the public interest and the welfare of our state,” Attorney-General Ellis A. Arnall ruled Saturday in an opin ion handed down at the request of T. Grady Head, Georgia revenue commis sioner. Mr. Arnall’s ruling came at the climax of a week of activity which saw four Spalding county retail beer outlets padlocked, three of them on evidence ob tained by investigators of the beer com mittee and turned over to Solicitor-Gen eral W. H. Connor, of the Griffin circuit, by Judge John S. Wood, state director of the eommi'ttiee. “In my opinion,” said Mr. Arnall, “the creation of the Brewers and Beer Dis tributors Committee of Georgia for the purpose of refusing to sell beer to flag rant law violating outlets and ito ask for revocation of license at such outlets, will be beneficial to the public interest and the welfare of our state. “The aims of -the Brewers and Beer Distributors Committee of Georgia ,to combine for the purjiose of policing their own industry and eliminate undesirable elements within the industry, do not con flict with Georgia laws and are legal and valid.” The Spalding county action, which was based on charges of selling whisky ille gally, and other counts, followed special presentments by the grand jury condemn ing the open operation of "hot spots” aft er four high school students had been sus pended for appearing aft school in an in toxicated condition. Immediately following issuance of the padlock order, the Spalding county com missioners revoked the beer licenses which had been issued to three of the places. Judge Wood, who was joined in his ac tion againsit the three outlets by Revenue Commissioner Head and Guy D. Buice, principal of the Spalding County High school, reiterated today that he has no quarrel with law-abiding retail outlets, and that action will be taken only against those operators who persist in breaking the law. REV. PRATT TO CONDUCT CHURCH OF GOD REVIVAL It is announlced that Rev. C. T. Pratt, of Dalton, will preach at the Oliurch of God of the Union Assembly at Trion Sat urday night and -Sunday. The suibje * for Sunday morning to be “Was There a Peo ple Before Adam and Eve?” Rev. Pratt will conduct a series of services at the Church of God of the Un ion Assembly at Summerville beginning Sunday at 7 :30 p.m. The public is cordi ally invited to attend each of the services. THOMAS D. LYNN, C. C. CHATTOOGAVILLE W.H.D. CLUB The Cha-ttoogaville Woman's Home Demonstration dub met Feb. 22 at the home of Mrs. Lula Floyd. Ten members and three visitors were present. Two new memiliers were enrolled. Mrs. Henry Floyd, the president, pre sided over the meeting. After calling the meeting to order, the roll was called and minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. After the business session, a most interesting program was present ed, the subject being “Historical Events of George Washington and Abraham Lin coln.” Due to the road conditions and car trouble, Miss Henry was unabe to attend the meeting. The subject of the meeting was “Kitchen Improvement.” A brief dis cussion was led by -the club members con cerning this subject. During the social hour delicious re freshments were served by the hostess. The March meeting is to be held with Mrs. Will Gaylor.—Reporter. Georgia. Food Sales Total $110,000,000 In Year, Estimated ATIxAN'f'A, Feb. 27 (CNS).—Food purchases through retailers in Georgia to talled approximately $110,000,060 in 1938. a sflight decrease from 1937 when food sales totalled twelve million more. The 1938 figure, however, was above that for 1935 and 1936. Complete figures upon Georgia retail food purchases will not be available until publication of annual stud ies by the bureau of census, whose latest issued report covered 1937. In a study based «pon the 1937 figures, the Co-Operative Food Distributors of America, a fact-finding organization for grocers, placed the average individual ex pense annually for food in Georgia—ex clusive of that grown at home or purchas ed direct from the farmer —at $35.21. SINGING NOTICE. Next Sunday afternoon is regular sing ing time at Pennville. We are expecting several good quartets and singers. Come and help us have a good ringing,—Penn- ville Class,