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County Cotton
Record Given
Cotton ginnings in Chattooga
county reached a high figure in
1914, when 15,196 bales were
grown.
These and other cotton facts in
the county, state and United States
have just been made public by
Commissioner of Agriculture, Co
lumbus Roberts.
The figures, compiled by Stiles
A. Martin, statistician of the de
partment, show the ginnings by
counties for 41 years, from 1&99-
1939.
High tide in cotton growing in
the state was reached in 1911 when
2,769,000 bales were grown, and
high acreage was in 1914 when 5,-
157,000 acres were planted; high
yield was 270 pounds of lint to the
acre in 1937 and highest lint in
come was $296,827,000 for the 1919
crop, highest average price was
35.8 cents a pound received in 1919.
The figures show that Burke
county was the leading cotton pro
ducing county in the state during
the 41 years, the high record be
ing 70,877 bales grown in 1918.
Ommission of years means gin
ning figures were not made public
for these years.
The record taken from the cen
sus reports for 500 pound bales for
this county is given below:
Aver.
Price Chat-
Year Per Lb. tooga
1899 7.2 6,451
1900 9.5 6,119
1901 7.2 6,917
1902 8.2 5.564
, 1903 10.7 6,028
. 1904 9.4 9,044
1905 10.9 8,377
1906 9.8 7,724
1907 10.6 8,989
1908 8.7 10,634
1909 14.2 7,524
1910 14.2 8,492
1911 8.9 14.439
1912 12.4 9,841
1913 12.8 12,811
1914 6.9 15,196
1915 11.4 11,305
1916 19.9 8.606
1917 28.8 8,249
1918 27.5 10.484
1919 35.8 11,741
1920 15.3 6.022
1921 ....16.6 4.167
1922 23.9 3,158
, 1923 ' 1.32.0 3.180
1924 22.4 . 6,489
1925 , 19.0 8,462
1926 11.1 10,575
1927 .'.19.4 9,258
1928 18.2 9.030 ,
1929 15.8 11,170
1930 9.3 9,390
1931 :. 5.7 9,460
1932 . 5.8 7,660
J 933 9.4 7,750
11)34 :12.1 j 5,690
- 1935 .....'. L..L.11.1' 6,230
1936 12.5 7,600
1937 2. 8.7 11.630
1938 8.7 6,890
1939 9.4 7,387
QUAIL EGGS RECLAIMED
FROM SNAKE; HATCHED
UNDER BANTAM CHICKEN
A junior wildlife ranger from
Cobb county reported that he had
taken quail eggs from a chicken
snake and hatched them under a
bantam hen.
The youth said that he killed a
chicken snake which had swallow
ed 14 quail eggs. Three of the eggs
were not broken, so he placed them
under a bantam hen, along with
some chicken eggs and successfully
hatched them.
“The chicks didn’t live though,”
he declared. They must have been
bruised when I beat on the snake.”
MRS. BELL ENTERTAINS
Mrs. Charles E. Bell entertained
with a lovely bridge party Monday
evening at her home in Trion, hon
oring Mrs. Betty Williams, of Bir
mingham. The invited guests
• were Mesdames Williams, O. A.
Selman, B. W. Farrar, A. A. Little,
Will Hinton, Sonny Elgin and Miss
Mary Penn.
np—/►-A
“We always like those who admire us."
AUGUST
. 6— Mickey Cochrane, Tiger
manager, fired. 1938.
7— Congress appropriated
f jS) $5,000.000 for Will Rogers
memorial. 1937.
<2*—- B— Japanese troops occu-
pied Peiping, 1937.
" 7 9— Fulton's steamship "Cler-
x ■ < mont" given final test,
*- 1807.
10 — Missouri admitted to the
Union. 1821.
11— Russia-Latvia peace con-
,<!=—». eluded, 1920.
r 12—Hugo Black, Alabama,
gntf l nominated to Supreme
I - Court, 1937.
The Summerville News
VOLUME 54; NO. 21
Professor Bell To
Preach at Menlo
Prof. C. E. Bell, of Trion, will fill
the pulpit in Menlo for Rev. D. E.
Boozer Sunday morning, Aug. 11.
The people of Menlo are always
glad to hear Mr. Bell. The Pres
byterians will call off their eve
ning service and attend the re
vival beginning Sunday night at
the Baptist church.
NOTICE
Thursday Aug. 15, has been set
as the date for the election of offi
cers and directors of the Chattooga
County Fair Association for this
year. This election will be held at
the courthouse at 3 o’clock. We
urge business men, farmers and the
ladies of the county who have so
kindly helped us and those who
are willing to do so to be present.
—O. P. Dawson, President.
Watch It Grow
We wish to express our appre
ciation to Betty Gamble, Mrs. Bill
Greene, Catherine Greene, Sara
John Riley, Mrs. Mallicoat and
Mrs. Paul Weems for coming to
our rescue on the project last week.
These interested people came out
and helped the workers who K had
more than they could do.
We enjoyed the visitors to the
project and extend to you an invi
tation to come again and ask that
you tell your neighbor about the
work the WPA and P.-T. A. are do
ing. Some of the visitors were
Supt. Dyer, Mrs. Ben Neal, Mrs.
Willis James, Mrs. Joe Wood, James
Smith and Miss Florence Fisher.
Also Miss Mary Cary, the WPA su
pervisor. She had two new work
ers assigned to the project, Mrs. F.
B. Gaines and Mrs. Carolyn M.
Marks.
Besides the work done in the
gardens this week ending Aug. 3,
we canned 261 quarts beans, 2>/ 2
quarts beets, 11 quarts apples, soup
mixture, 7 quarts; okra, 4y 2 quarts,
totaling 287 quarts, grand total for
all 867 quarts.
Donated by Mrs. H. L. McGinnis,
jars, 121 quarts, 22 gallons, 76 pints,
130 % pints. At a later date we are
going to publish names of all who
donated jars.
The, WPA has fulfilled their
promises. Now P.-T. A. its up to
you ( tcr wake up and get to work.
It’s part of the school program, it’s
for youi - children. Is there a bet
ter cause to support?
TWO MOCCASINS LOSE
IN FIGHT OVER FROG
Hines Wood, of Canton, reveals
one of nature’s curious struggles
in which two snakes were involved
and both of them lost.
Wood said that he was attracted
to a fight in the edge of his fish
pond when water continued to boil
near a big stump. A ringside seat
revealed two large cotton mouth
moccasins fighting over a bullfrog.
One had swallowed the head and
'the other the frog’s legs. They met
and neither would release its grip.
The Canton man ended this
stalemate by killing the snakes
with a long stick. He reached down
to toss the frog into a nearby
brush. But when he touched it,
the frog turned loose a croak and
broadjumped 15 feet into the pond.
MRS. JOHN B. WHISNANT, JR.,
ENTERTAINED
A delightful tea was given in
Rome Wednesday, complimentary
to Mrs. John B. Whisnant, Jr., of
this place, and Mrs. Richard Mar
shal, of Talledega, Ala., by their
mother, Mrs. William J. Shaw, of
Rome.
WHO KNOWS?
1. What is the shortest distance
between Cuba and the United
States?
2. When will the next president
i of the United States be inaugurat
ed?
3. How old is Wendell Willkie?
4. Where and how long is the
Burma Road?
5 What European government
I recently broke off diplomatic rela
tions with a South American re
public because of objections to its
government.
6. What United States senator
recently gave a party to 20,000
boys and girls?
7. Name the last French king
and the time of his reign?
8. What are two defensive posts
maintained at Pearl Harbor in
Hawaii?
9. How does the population of
the U. S. comoare with that of the
other republics in this hemis
phere?
10. When was the British Isles
last successfully invaded?
See Answers Inside
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940
Misses Cheek, M'Conkey
Tie for z Spirit of Summerville*
Wednesday at noon voting for
the “Spirit of Summerville” closed.
Boxes were collected and votes were
counted by Mayor Boling, Fred Al
-1 dred and C. D. Pullen, who found
Miss Eloise Cheek and Miss Dot
McConkey tied with 279 votes each.
There will be a “run-off” of these
two contestants starting this morn
ing and continuing until next
Wednesday at noon. Every person
in the city of Summerville or on
Summerville rural route may vote.
No new candidates may be nomi
nated.
Boxes and tickets will again be
placed in McGinnis and Jackson
drug stores and voting will close
Wednesday, Aug. 14, at noon. The
winner to be announced in next
week’s News. Tickets will be avail
able at 8 o’clock this morning
(Thursday).
Personal News
Os Interest Here
Mr .and Mrs. Otis Cordle and
sons, of Charleston, S. C., are vis
iting relatives here for several
days.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Claude Bagley is entertain
ing the Stitch and Chatter club to
day (Thursday).
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Burgess have
returned home from a several days
vacation at Norris dam.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Eula Beatty, of Coaling,
Ala., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. E.
Beatty.
* * * *
Circles of the Presbyterian aux
iliary will meet Monday afternoon
at 3 o’clock in the following homes.
Circle No. 1, Mrs. James Hawkins;
No. 2, Mrs. J. O. Meadows; No. 3,
Mrs. C. C. Fink at Hair’s cabin.
* * * *
Business women’s circle will meet
Tuesday evening at the picnic 1
grounds of the Trion Tavern for a '
picnic supper followed by their!
regular meeting.
* * * *
Miss Frances Clarkson, of La- ;
Fayete, was the week-end guest of
Miss Fay Morton.
* * ♦ *
Miss Drucilla Sizemore had as
her guest last week Miss Kathrine
Mayer, of Chattanooga and Oolte
wah. Miss Mayer will also be a
participant in the Chickamauga
dam celebration.
* * ♦ «
Judge Ross it at home to his l
friends in the Cleghorn home after
being in the Morgan home for ten
years.
* * * *
Mrs. Judy Morrow, of Chatta- I
nooga. is nursing at the local hos
pital for several weeks.
* * * *
Mrs. Opal Teague, of Jamestown,
Ala., is a patient at the local hos
pital this week.
* * * »
Miss Jacqueline Marshal, of Au
gusta, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Taylor this week.
* * * *
Miss Jacqueline Rich returned
Saturday from a month’s visit with ■
Miss Adelaide Houston, of Atlanta. :
Miss Rich accompanied Mr. and i
Mrs. Franklin Houston and Miss
Houston on a motor trip to Sea
Island, Savannah and points in
Florida.
* * * *
Miss Hariett Whisnant was
luncheon guest of Miss Jacqueline
Rich on Sunday.
“BANANA CORN”
PUZZLES FARMER
WARM SPRINGS.—Banana or
corn? Mr. O. A. Riehle, of this
city, discovered a corn stalk re
cently containing almost two dozen
ears, resembling closely a stalk of
“monkey-fruit.” To add to Mr.
Riehle’s bewilderment, the “cor
nanas” had long, flowing silks,
many times longer than the aver
age.
ELBERTON.—Corn flakes and !
oak meal from the same ear. Such I
is a future possibility if Clarence
Booth can explain a recent vege- '
table phenomenon. The Elberton
linotype operator bought some |
“roasting ears” from a local store
recently, and upon investigation•
found that he had oats as well as
corn. One ear had several well
informed grains of oats, husks and
all, growing along with the grains
of corn.
■
EXECUTIVE BOARD P.-T. A.
. MEETS WITH MRS. GARRETT
The executive board of the
Summerville Parent-Teacher asso-
■ ciation met Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. Reuben Garrett.
' Mrs. Harry Marks presided. The
need of sinks in the Home Ec de
partment was told by Mrs. H. L.
McGinnis.
Plans for the membership drive
and the canning project were dis
cussed. More cans and wood are
'needed for the canning. We have
867 quarts ready for the lunch
room next term and many more
beans, peas, tomatoes and soup
mixtures are to be canned. Also
Irish and sweet potatoes are to be
'gathered.
' We hope all your P.-T. A. mem
bers will rally to this worthy cause.
' Visit the canning project and
’see what you can do to help and
see how the work is carried on.
Supt. N. V. Dyer explained his
plans for lunch room management
for next year, and told of the plans
for a new building to be erected
soon.
’ We have our piano payments
down to S2O and plan to get this
off by Oct. 1.
The hostess served delicious
punch to Supt. and > Mrs. N. V.
| Dyer, Mesdames Marks, H. L. Mc
j Ginnis, Paul Weems, D. T. Espy and
Miss Delia Weesner.
WILLIAM TAFT BELL DIES
ABOARD U.S.S. PHOENIX
The remains of William Taft
Bell, who died aboard the U. S. S.
Phoenix, on July Bth at sea, reach
ed here on August Ist.
Mr. BelJ, who was 31 years of
age, was the son of Mr. Lou Bell,
of Chattoogaville. Besides his fa
ther, he is survived by several
brothers and sisters.
The funeral services were con
ducted on Friday, Aug. 2, Revs. D.
Maffett and Perry Brannon, of
Chattanooga, officiating, at the
Sardis Baptist church.
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge.
PENNVILLE CEMETERY
CLEANING
On Friday, Aug. 9th, we are
' cleaning our cemetery. We want
' every one interested in or out of
; the community to help us. If you
can’t come please send a hand or
donation to help share expenses.—
Committee.
MENLO NEWS
Mr. J. E. Kennedy, Mrs. John
Kennedy, Mrs. May King, Mrs.
/Watson Alexander and Miss Mag
Leath were in Loop, Ala., Sunday.
1 Mrs. George Leath and family
'from Oak, visited Misses Effie and
Mag Leath Tuesday.
Mis Olene Watson attended the I
wedding of Miss Dorothy Holland
Thursday.
Mrs. E. M. Jennings and Miss
Myrtle Jennings and Mrs. Ralph
Chamble spent Monday in Chatta
nooga.
I Mrs. Tennie Hooks, of Rome,
j spent last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Felt Ballard.
Mr. Arnold Ballard and Miss
Sara Majors were married last
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton Hammond
I and Miss Edna Perry are spending
■ this week in Summerville.
Mrs. O. L. Cleckler is spending
this week in Chattanooga.
Mr. Walter Kennedy and family,
of Chattanooga, spent Wednesday
with Mrs. J. A. Kennedy.
Mrs. Henry Day has returned
. from Macon.
Mrs. Minnie Parham, of Cloud- !
land, is spending the week with
Mrs. Rob King.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas and
family were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Daniel were
visiting in Blanche Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Francis and son, Ce- j
cil, are visiting in Chickamauga.
Miss Reita Thomas was guest of j
Miss Frankie Echols, of Perennial,
last Thursday night.
Mrs. Rob King and children, |
Mrs. O. J. Espy and Woodrow Espy
I spent Tuesday at Cloudland.
Mrs. Henry Day, Mrs. Lottie Ma
jors, Mrs. Alfred Day and children I
spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
; King.
Miss Mildred Copeland came ,
■home from the Trion hospital ■
I-Monday.
Mrs. Minnie Vandenburg, of Bir
mingham, is here visiting Mrs. H.
C. Copeland and family.
Miss June Wyatt is visiting Miss ■
'Betty Story in Summerville,
Chattooga County
Tennis Tournament
11
The B. B. H. Club will sponsor a
j county tennis tournament on the
Trion courts starting Monday
’ night, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. The
matches will be composed of men’s
■ doubles, men’s singles, ladies’ sin
gles, ladies’ doubles and mixed
j doubles.
Entrance fee will be 25c per per-
I son per match.
| Any city in Chattooga county is
I eligible. For further information
call “Spud” Hughes Hill at the Y.
M. C. A. Phone 53.
CHATTOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dear Readers—We are anxious
for all the books to be returned to
the library that were borrowed in
June, as we wish to clear our file
for August. We will appreciate
greatly for your looking through
your library and book shelves to
see if by chance you have any. The
books are in good shape for read
ing, so we are looking for you to :
pay us a visit and supply your,
selves with books. Mrs. Mary
Adams will be here Friday and '
Saturday p.m. (12 to 5) to meet the
V. R. C. girls and boys. Don’t dis
appoint her.—Annie Tucker, Li
brarian.
Roland Hayes to Sing
Roland Hayes, the world’s most !
famous tenor, will appear in a J
song recital at the white school
auditorium, Summervile, Ga., at 8
o’clock Monday night, August 12.
He will be accompanied by Regi
nald Boardman, the world’s most
famous pianist. There will be spe
cial seats for white - people. Unre
served seats are 75c, reserved seats ■
sl. Buy dollar tickets now, and get j
the seats you want. Among those
from whom tickets may be pur- I
chased are the local druggists, the
county school superintendent and
the principal of the Summerville
colored school.
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MISS SHAW BECOMES BRIDE
OF JOHN B. WHISNANT, JR.
Miss Patricia Newell Shaw,
daughter of Mrs. William J. Shaw
and the late Dr. Shaw, of Rome,
and John Black Whisnant, Jr., of
this place, were married Friday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in the I
First Presbyterian church in Rome, ■
the pastor. Rev. John W. Melton,
officiating in the presence of the j
immediate families.
Mrs. Richard Marshal, sister of |
the bride, of Talledega, Ala., was |
matron of honor. Patricia Ann
Marshal, niece of the bride, was
flower girl. John B. Whisnant,
father of the groom, served as best
man.
The bride was beautiful in an
ivory satin gown with basque bod
ice and full skirt. She carried a
bouquet of Bride roses, showered
with lilies of the valley. Mrs. Mar
shal wore pale blue embroidered
batiste and carried pink delphi
! nium and shasta daisies. The lit
tle flower girl wore pink ruffled
organdie over pink satin and car
ried a pink tulle basket of rose
petals.
Dale Stone, organist, was in
charge of the nuptial music. Mrs.
Shaw entertained at her home on
River avenue for the two families I
immediately after the ceremony. :
Col. and Mrs. Eugene Taylor and
Miss Adeline Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Whisnant and Miss Harriett Whis- '
nant, of Summerville and Mr. and ■
Mrs. Wilford Caulkins, of Chatta
nooga, were attendants at this ,
wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Whisnant left for
a wedding trip to the Smoky moun
i tains. The bride traveled in navy
j crepe sheer and blue accessories.
They arrived here Wednesday
; and are at home to their friends
at their apartment in the Whis- ,
nant home.
MRS. CHARLES P. DEAN
DIES EARLY WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Stella Winston Dean died at
the family residence Wednesday at
5 a.m. after a brief illness.
Mrs. Dean has made many
! friends here during the several
j years of her residence here, as she
j assisted in operating the Dean case
1 adjacent to the hospital.
Surviving Mrs. Dean are her
| husband, C. P. Dean; two daugh-
I ters, Mrs. Margie Hartline, of this
place, and Mrs. Pauline Thompson,
of Birmingham, Ala.; one son,
' Curtis Dean, also of Summerville.
The funeral services will be at
II o’clock Thursday at the First
Baptist church. Revs. M. D. Short
I and Herbert Morgan officiating.
Interment at Fort Payne, Ala.
j with Paul Weems Funeral Home in
'charge of arrangements.
Services to Be Held
At Walnut Grove
The annual series of evangelis
tic services will be held at Walnut
Grove Presbyterian church, Chat
toogaville, Aug. 11-17. Mr. John
. Lester Edwards, of Menlo, Ga., will
■be the speaker. Mr. Edwards is a
■ candidate for the Christian min
' istry under the care of Cherokee
Presbytery, and is at present a
student at the Bob Jones college,
Cleveland, Tenn.
The people of this church have
come to love Mr. Edwards and are
! keenly anticipating his coming for
j this series of services.
The singing will be led by the
! pastor, the Rev. Addison A. Tal
bot, Jr.
Everyone is most cordially in
vited to join in these meetings.
There will be an evening service
each night at 7:30 o’clock, and a
| morning service every morning ex-
■ cept Saturday, at 10 o’clock.
SUMMERVILLE TO PLAY
DIXIE HERE SUNDAY
LADIES ADMITTED FREE
•——-•
The Summerville and Dixie
teams of the Mid-South league will
meet on the local field Sunday at
3 p.m. in the semi-final league
game of the season.
Sunday will be the first ladies’
day of the season, and a large
- crowd of the feminine fans are ex
pected to attend.
Summerville still has an excel
| lent chance to finish in the first
division and deserve a lot of credit
for a pick-up team competing in
a league against hired teams. So
• come on you fans in big numbers
and pull this team out of the red.
SUMMERVILLE WINS TWO;
BUCK RICH GOES ALL THE
WAY IN BOTH GAMES
The Summerville team of the
fast Mid-South league won both
their games over the week-end.
Defeating the strong Standard
j nine, of Chattanooga, Saturday,
5-3, as Buck Rich, local firebailer,
allowed only 6 hits and struck out
ten. He also hit a home run over
| the right center fence which
proved to be the winning marker.
Rich also pitched Sunday’s 10-
inning thriller, defeating the Hard
wick nine, of Cleveland, 9-8, as
Ace Drummond and Jim Mosely
I doubled after two were out in the
I extra frame.
Four-Note Singers
To Meet August 11
Old-time singers will meet at the
courthouse here Sunday, Aug. 11,
’ for the annual meeting of the
Sacred Harp singing convention,
with President Bobo, of Ringgold,
| presiding.
Old four-note singers are ex
pected to be here from Alabama,
Georgia and Tennessee, some
prominent singers being expected
to come from Chattanooga, Gads
den and Atlanta. The singing will
begin promptly at 9 a.m. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
J. E. Gass and M. M. Wooten
were appointed as a committee to
arrange for the singing.
TVA ELECTRIC LINES
SERVING CUSTOMERS
■
On Aug. 2 electricity was turned
on the new TVA line down Dry val
' ley to the intersection of Summer
i ville-Menlo highway and Berryton
j road and on to the fish hatchery,
i About 40 rural families are enjoy
: ing the conveniences made possi
ble by electricity in their homes.
This is certainly a step forward
in the progress on the farms of to
day.
DRUCILLA SIZEMORE HONORED
BY M.G.M. FOR CELEBRATION
Out of a selection of eighty-two
! subjects, Miss Drucilla Sizemore
was selected as one of eight to
serve as a model for publicity il
lustrations in connection with the
Tennessee Valley celebration to be
held in Chattanooga on Labor day
week-end.
While film stars Clark Gable and
Robert Taylor viewed the pictures,
selections were made by Judges
William Grady, talent department
head, and Fred Dotig, casting di
rector for M. G. M.
METHODIST CHURCH
Chas. C. Cliett, Pastor
10 A.M.—Sunday school, Dr. E.
R. Buskin, superintendent.
11 A.M.—Preaching by pastor.
6:4s—Epworth League.
6:4s—Junior League.
7:30 P.M.—Regular evening serv
ices. ,
$1.50 A YEAR