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BY L. C. SMITH
MINERAL SURVEY FOR COUNTY
SHOULD PROVE VERY
PROFITABLE
Announcement in last week’s
News that a survey of the minerals
in Chattooga county had been dis
cussed at a recent meeting of the
county -commissioners and that
such a survey might be made
should be of great interest to the
citizens of this county.
It was stated that a crew of at
least twenty men for a period of
three or four years, or perhaps
longer, would be employed, a prob
able increase in valuation of many
pieces of property in Chattooga
county and the probable develop
ment of various mineral deposits
throughout the county should
cause every county official and
every citizen within its borders to
co-operate with the state authori
ties in carrying out the survey.
The county will be required to
furnish one truck, the gas and oil
to operate it, and office space for
the personnel of the survey, it was
stated. The proper authorities
should be glad to provide all this,
since the chances are that it will
be money well spent, money that
will come back to the county in
the form of additional taxes
brought about by the increased
valuation of much lan3 which now
is bringing practically no revenue
to the county. Iron ore is found
mostly on the mountains and poor
hills and such land is returned for
taxation at a mere trifle.
In our recent article we stated
that coal is being mined on a small
scale and that although the iron
mines had been abandoned, there
were still much iron in the county,
in fact, the best ore was still buried
deep underneath the soils. That
fact is true and we are extremely
glad to know that some efforts are
to be made to determine the ex
tent of the undeveloped veins in
the county. It appears to us that
there was never a more opportune
time than right now to reopen
these mines and put the ore on
the market. The world’s demand
for iron is ever increasing and will
continue to increase. The auto
mobile industry, the largest indus
try in the world, uses millions of
tons of iron annually, and with
war threatening every nation in
the world the need for more iron
is to be expected. Chattooga coun
ty should be able to furnish a
large amount of this iron.
We merely mentioned iron and
coal in our former articles, but
these are not the only minerals to
be found in Chattooga county. We
also have aluminum (bauxite),
manganese, copper, lead, fire clay,
lime and various other minerals in
smaller proportions.
- If you do not believe that every
mountain and hill in Chattooga
county contains some kind of min
eral, just walk down into a ditch
where the water has uncovered
some of the rocks, pick them up
and examine them. Practically
every one of them will show traces
of iron, copper, aluminm or other
mineral And frequently outcrop
pings of the various minerals are to
be found lying on top of the ground.
Many of our forefathers, pioneer
settlers of this county, spent much
of their time digging and prospect
ing for minerals. They spent many
and many a pleasant day (and la
borous days) trying to find the
vein of ore that would make them
rich. In some instances this work
of our forefathers brought results,
but in others the work was given
up as hopeless. But we still be
lieve that with modern methods of
locating and mining minerals much
can be and will be found in Chat
tooga counity.
So sure were many of our old
landowners that there were val
uable minerals on their property
that they retained the mineral
rights when the property was sold.
You would be surprised to see how
many deeds are on record at the
courthouse, showing that all min
eral rights are reserved.
Let’s get behind this proposed
mineral survey and find out for a
certainty the true value of our
hidden wealth.
WATCH IT GROW
Since our last report and the
nice rains we had the workers have
done some canning and are more
hopeful about the late garden.
Vegetable soup, 64 quarts; ap
ples, 7 quarts; peas, 20 quarts; to
mato soup, 26 quarts; okra, 12
quarts; tomato juice, 14 quarts;
beets, 1 quart; total, 144 quarts,
grand total of 1,344.
We still need your support. Par
ents, let’s get behind this worthy
cause.—Mrs. H. L. McGinnis.
Miss Mary Ruth Davis, of At
lanta, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Davis for the week-end.
She summer tri Ik
VOLUME 54; NO. 24
Mrs. Annie Mahan
Died Early Friday
Mrs. Annie Blair Mahan, widow
of the late David Mahan, died at
the family residence on South
Commerce street after a lingering
illness of several months, at 4
o’clock Friday morning, Aug. 30.
Mrs. Mahan has resided in this
county since her marriage, about
thirty-five years ago.
She was an active and loyal
member of the Baptist church
since early childhood.
She was a good wife and mother
and a Christian neighbor. Her
husband and one daughter’s death
preteded hers by several years.
The survivors are an only son,
Blair, and a devoted daughter,
Miss Aline Mahan, with whom the
beloved deceased resided, and one
grandchild, all of Summerville.
The funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the
South Summerville Baptist church,
Rev. E. L. Williams, of Chattanoo
ga, and Rev. Herbert Morgan of
ficiating in the presence of many
sad friends and relatives.
Interment at Perennial with
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge.
DEATHS
Little Caroline Carter
Little Caroline Carter, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Carter, of Summerville, died Wed
nesday, August 28, at 4 am. Funerai
services were conducted from the
graveside in Pennville cemetery
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
by Rev. E. B. Shivers Arrange
ments by Trion Department Store.
Mr. A. P. Hammitt
Mr. A. P. Hammitt died Thursday
at the family residence near Cloud
land. He was 61 years of age.
Mr. Hammitt resided on Lookout
mountain all of his life. He is a
nephew of Miss Hammitt, of Sum
merville.
Surviving Mr. Hammitt are his
widow, two brothers, A. M., of Chat
tanooga, and W. D. Hammitt, of
Ensley, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Kate
Culberson and Mrs. Annie Pitts, of
Lookout mountain.
The funeral services were held
at the residence Saturday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. Interment in
Bankhead cemetery, with Paul
Weems Funeral Home in charge.
With the Churches
METHODIST CHURCH
10:00 A.M.—Sunday school, Dr.
E. R. Buskin, superintendent
11:00 A.M.—Sermon by Rev. T.
J. Espy, Sr.
6:30 P.M.—Epworth League.
6:30 P.M.—Junior League.
7:15 to 8:00 P.M.—Evening Serv
ice. Preaching by the pastor.
Dr Buskin has served us well and
is liked by young and old alike.
The church and Sunday school feel
the great loss in losing Dr .Buskin
and his family. We wish them well
as they go to their new home in
Brunswick, Ga. Our presence at
Sunday school is the best way we
can show him our appreciation for
his splendid and unselfish labors
in our church and Sunday school.
SUMMERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
J. G. Kirckhoff, Pastor
The Defense Our Nation Needs
In these days of outward pre
paredness, the increase of man
power, of land, sea and air power
we might forget the need of inner
power, the power that comes with
faith in God.
The wise man said, “Righteous
ness exalteth a nation but sin is a
reproach to any people.”
Men are defeated in life because
of dishonest, untruthfulness, im
morality and drunkenness and
armies are defeated for the same
reason. A sinful people is a weak
people. A righteous people, a peo
ple of character, is a strong people.
Therefore the defense our nation
needs is not alone more guns,
more ships and more airplanes but
more honesty, truthfulness, purity
of body and mind, sobriety and
faith in God.
“God is our refuge and strength
a very present help in trouble.”
Sunday Services
9:45 A.M.—Sunday school, Mr. D.
L. McWhorter, superintendent.
11 A.M.—Morning worship.
2 P.M.—Sunday school at Way
side.
6 P.M. Fellowship hour of
Leagues.
7:30 P.M.—Evening worship.
Miss Mabel Aldred left Wednes
| day for a few days visit in Cedar
town before leaving to teach in
South Carolina,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940.
Hamilton Tames
Lions at Regular
Meeting Tuesday
At a joint meeting of the Sum
merville and Trion Lions clubs last
Tuesday evening at the Tavern at
Trion, the Rev. Kenneth Hamilton,
pastor of South Broad Presbyter
ian church, of Rome, Ga.. gave a
lecture on national defense that
held the Lions spellbound.
Even though the Lions expected
Dr. Bascom Anthony, who was un
avoidably kept away, they were not
in the least disappointed in hear
ing Mr. Hamilton. His message
was clear, definite, thoughtful and
inspirational. His approach was
different and his thought opposite
to much of the teachings we have
heard on war from the ministers.
Mr. Hamilton will be welcomed
back at anytime as he gave, what
is thought by many of the Lions, to
be our best speech thus far for the
year.
THE WOMAN’S SOCIETY
OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE
MET MONDAY AFTERNOON
The W. M. C. S. met Monday
evening at 7 o’clock at the Meth
odist church. Rev. C. C. Cliett pre
sided.
The nominating committee se
lected the following officers: Mrs.
Rice Morgan, president; Mrs. S. W.
Morton’, vice-president; Mrs. Paul
Weems, recording secretary; Mrs.
W. L. Crouch, coresponding secre
tary; Mrs. G. J. Boling, treasurer;
Mrs. Walton Broome, superintend
ent of missionary education and
service; Mrs. G. W. Dickerson, su
perintendent of social relations
and local work; Miss Mabel Crouch,
counsel of young people; Mrs. Mar
shal Lowery, superintendent of
children’s work; Mrs. C. Cleghorn,
seretary of student work; Mrs. M.
M. Allen, secretary of literature
and publications; Mrs. Reuben
Garrett, secretary of supplies.
The officers were installed. The
regular meeting days were voted to
be Monday afternoon, after second
and third Sundays of each month.
S. P. PITTMAN AT MENLO
Mr. S. P. Pittman, of David Lips
comb college, Nashville, Tenn., be
gins a week’s meeting with the
Church of Christ at Menlo, Ga.,
Sept. Sth, at 11 o’clock a.m. Every
one who reads this is especially in
vited to attend this meeting.
Mr. Pittman needs no introduc
tion to a large majority of the peo
ple in Chattooga county, having
held meetings in nearly every
church and being a college man
and very fine singer too. We are
expecting a nice hearing for him.
Synopsis Summervill
At Great Lakes of Sc
Miss Cheek, “spirit” of Summer
ville, and her attendants, Misses
Martha A. Rich, Helen Espy, Har
riett Whisnant and Eugenia Lang
ston, returned Monday night after
a rushed week-end of activities in
Chattanooga at G. L. O. S. cele
bration.
After registration at hotel and
municipal auditorium then the
rush began. In opening there was
a tea given for Spirits and Cotton
Belles at the home of Miss Mildred
Moon, Spirit of Chattanooga. This
was greatly enjoyed, meeting rep
resentatives of various cities and
states.
At the same time there was a re
ception given for attendants of
various cities by Miss Zella Arm
strong at the Patten hotel.
Upon returning to town the rep
resentatives witnessed the intro
duction of the governors of the
states and other outstanding speak
ers.
Friday night the cities’ represen
tatives attended the Cotton Ball,
presenting the south’s loveliest
debutantes and being invited par
ticipated in the grand march fol
lowing the belles.
Saturday morning was the pre
paredness parade of soldiers, mili
tary equipment and maneuvers,
also in the afternoon the beautiful
decorated floats of states and cities.
Saturday night the states and
cities were presented individually
at the “Water Lily” or “Lady of
I Lake Ball.” The ballroom was
beautifully decorated with flags,
water lilies and greenery. In the
cente rof the ballroom was a lily
pool with Mrs. J. L. Hutcheson, Jr.,
Lady of the Lake, and Ted Hedges.
Neo-Neptune.
The cities were announced and
Spirits called, then the Spirit and
Rev. Espy and
Dr. Anthony At
Methodist Church
It was with regret that Dr. Bas
com Anthony was called from
Clayton, Ga., to Macon, Ga., to
conduct the funeral of a close
friend. He has wired us that he
will be in Rome, Ga., next Sunday
and with us here in Summerville
next Wednesday night.
Rev. T. J. Espy, Sr., has accepted
an invitation and will preach at
the Methodist church next Sunday
at 11:00 a.m. The many friends
of Mr. Espy will avail themselves of
the opportunity to hear this good
man, splendid preacher, and for
mer citizen of Summerville.
Mr. Espy is at present pastor of
the First Baptist church in Talla
poosa, Ga., where he has the sit
uation in hand and doing a con
structive program.
SUMMERVILLE SCHOOLS
OPENED MONDAY, SEPT. 2
Summerville schools opened
Monday morning with many new
members in the faculty and with
more pupils than space, around
803 students. Arrangements are
trying to be made to care for the
crowded conditions in the schoqls.
Revs. Short, Kirckhoff and Cliett
made short addresses. Supt. Dyer,
Mr. J. R. Burgess and Miss Kath
ryn Henley also spoke. Miss Rosa
Cole introduced the teachers.
Since Supt. Dyer came here and
took charge of our school system,
many improvements have been
made in the library, in Home Ec
department and the Commercial
department.
Work has started on a separate
lunch room, to be ready Oct. 1 for
use.
Everyone feels that we have an
excellent faculty this year and if
the patrons will co-operate in ev
ery possible way, Summerville
should have the best year yet in
its school history.
The high enrollment is for the
high school with 176; for gram
mar school, 506; for South Sum
merville grammar school, 74; at
the “Y” Building, 69.
The enrollment at the negro
school has not been completed.
“CHRIST AND CONSCRIPTION"
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
The most momentous question in
America today is preparedness.
Rev. Chas. Cliett, pastor of the
Methodist church, will discuss war
and its various phases Sunday
night at his church. He will pre
sent the Christian viewpoint on
conscription of men and materials
and should Christians fight for
their country. Service will begin
at 7:15 p.m.
e’s Representation
>nth Celebration
attendants carrying various col
ored water lilies walked to the lake
and threw the lilies in, then bowed
to the lady of the lake. On enter
ing the auditorium the second time
with all of the girls dates dressed
in white double filed around the
ball room making a complete cir
cle and fell in the grand march
then started dancing. Motion pic
tures were being made during all
this for news reels.
Sunday the girls attended the
patriotic services at the churches
and later the events at the lake.
Some of these were the speed boat
regatta and hydroplane races. At
5:30 Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hutcheson,
Jr., entertained with a barbecue at
their home at Happy Valley farms
for Spirits, attendants, belles and
other distinguished guests. This
was followed by the horse show.
Extra attractions were the army
horses in jumping and hurdling.
Monday morning everyone was
delighted to see the president of
the United States. Summerville
was to be in the processional and
have outstanding part in dedica
tion exercises, but owing to rear
rangement of time of president’s
arrival this was called off.
Monday all day were happenings
at lake. Everyone enjoyed the
negro spirituals, aquaplanes, speed
boats races, decorated flotilla and
airplane stunts. Monday night
were the floats of states and cities
gorgeously decorated again and
appeared differently being lighted
—also the added attraction of
marching units.
Miss Cheek expresses her appre
ciation to the committees, differ
ent clubs, city and surrounding
district who made this pleasant
event possible for she and her at
tendants.
C. W. Maxey Sells
Royal Theater
Mr. C. W. Maxey, who has oper
ated the Royal theater here for the |
past nineteen years, has sold the |
business to Messrs. J. S. Tankers- j
ley and H. M. Hampton, of Ellijay, I
Ga.
Mr. James Crouch will be the .
manager of the theater for the new
owners.
The new owners will have two
complete shows four nights each
week, starting at 6:30 and on Sat- j
urday will show continuously from
1:30 until 11. Starting Oct. 1 shows
will be given six nights each week, I
including Saturdays.
Mr. Maxey, the former owner,
has gone for an extended stay in ■
Texas.
News At a Glance
About People and
Things in Georgia
ATLANTA, Sept. 4 (GPS)—Cash
farm income in Georgia and seven
South Atlantic states showed a I
gain during the first half of 1940, 1
compared with the corresponding i
period last year. The six-month >
gain, not including government
payments, totaled $2,184,000. The
1940 total was $265,175,000, com
pared with $262,991,000 in 1939’s
first half. The income for the same
period in 1938 was $278,718,000.
This report, made public in i
Washington by the Bureau of Ag- |
ricultural Economics, showed, how
ever, including government pay
ments the farmers received $302,-
512,000 in the first half of 1938, ;
$314,188,000 in and $308,657,- i
000 in 1940. States included in the
South Atlantic section were Geor
gia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, j
West Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Florida
For the six-month period, not
including government payments,
Georgia’s income was $32,318,000 in
1940, $30,460,000 in 1939, and $36,-
910,000 in 1938. Government pay
ments were $7,595,000 in 1940, $6,- I
621,000 in 1939, and $7,541,000 in
1938.
Would Be a Drain—“lt is not be
cause of any desire to save any- I
body’s speculative investment that '
congress is considering legislation
to aid the railroads, but because of
the undeniable fact that if we do '
not have a system of privately- j
owned railroads able to make its
own way we most certainly will
have government-owned railroads
that may be a perpetual drain on
the nation’s resources,” declares
the Hartford (Conn.) Times. “The
pending legislation has been be- I
fore congress for many months; it I
has been carefully considered and I
broadly discussed. Were it to pass
tomorrow there could be no sup
portable complaint that it has i
been hastily enacted.”
Gist of the News—State officials I
were unable to explain it, but nev
ertheless state gasoline collections
unexpectedly dropped $68,000 dur- ■
ing August, as compared with July
collections. No plausible explana
tion was given for the decline as i
July, for which collections were
made in August, is one day longer
than the month of June, repre
sented by the July collections. Col- .
ections in August for July sales
were $1,892,013.31, compared with
$1,960,8775.19 in July for June
sales.
MR. CARL WILSON
IS NEW CITY CLERK
Mr. Dewitt Pullen, who has serv
ed as city clerk for the past year
and a half, has accepted a job
with the federal government in
the NYA division and his head
quarters will be Atlanta. “Dutchy”
has many friends here who regret
that he is leaving town.
Mr. Carl Wilson has accepted
the city clerk job to succeed Mr.
Pullen.
PERSONAL NEWS
OF INTEREST HERE
Mrs. J. R. Baker, of Tupelo, Miss.,
is visiting her niece, Mrs. A. A. Lit
tle.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Beatrice Hemphill is at
home with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pul
len.
♦ * ♦ *
Mrs. J. C. Johnson and son. Billy,
are guests today (Thursday) of
Mrs. Ed Harris in Rome.
* * * *
Mrs W. H. Moffat, of long Is
land, N. Y., is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Booth.
♦ ♦ * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Flanigan and
children spent the week-end in
Chattanooga.
$1.50 A YEAR
High Repayment
Record by People
In Chattooga County
Farmers and tenants in Chat
tooga county have set a splendid
record in the repayment of emer
gency crop and feed loans, accord
ing to a statement from the Farm
Credit Administration of Colum
bia, S. C.
Over the years, farmers in this
county have borrowed $185,000 of
emergency crop and feed loan
funds and have repaid more than
91 per cent of the money.
The loans are made primarily to
farmers who have no other source
of credit. The average size loan in
this county is about $95. The fed
eral government provided the first
such loans as an emergency meas
ure during the World war; and
they have been made regularly
since 1931, although in smaller vol
ume for the past few years.
Gov. A. G. Black, of the Farm
Credit Administration, recently cit
ed the repayment record on crop
loans as “an outstanding example
of the integrity and responsibility
of the small farmer in the south.
“A great majority of the borrow
ers have well repaid the confidence
placed in them by congress in ap
propriating funds for these loans,”
he stated. “The emergency crop
loans have helped many farmers
make a living when no other credit
was available. Further than that,
many farmers who obtained these
loans built a reputation for paying
their debts and this has been
worth a good deal to them. Thou
sands are now regularly obtaining
credit as needed from the produc
tion credit associations, which were
established in 1933 and now pro
vide a permanent source of credit
for crop and livestock production
in the southern states.
“It is no accident,” Gov. Black
continued, “that the 200 produc
tion credit ‘associations in the
south have a larger concentration
of members than any other sec
tion of the country and a very en
viable repayment performance.”
CHAOTIC WORLD DEMANDS
LEADERS FROM BUSINESS
STRATUM, URGES PITKIN
“If there was ever a time in the
last million years when we needed
leaders, it is now, now when there
is chaos about us,” challenges Wal
ter B. Pitkin, distinguished author,
educator and analyst of our times,
writing in the current Rotarian
magazine. “If ever we bring order
out of that chaos, it will be through
leadership—large and small—com
ing from the business and profes
sional stratum of our population.”
“There’s a challenge to the busi
ness and professional men of our
planet,” Dr. Pitkin asserts. “There’s
a job to do. The world is on fire.
You can’t put it out with an eight
hour day. You can’t put it out by
reading books on the nature of
combustion. You can’t put it out
by debating all night whether it is
better to pour water on it or to
throw sand on it or to cover it
with wet blankets. Great business
men of the Old World once sat at
their desks, twiddling thumbs and
musing over the sad state of af
fairs. Where are they now? Ask
the wind. Great statesmen delayed
in the hope of finding some easy
way out of their worries. Where
are they now? Once again I sug
gest: ask the wind.”
To the thousands of small-town
businessmen who ask “How can I
help?” Author Pitkin says: “The
answer reduced to its lowest terms
runs thus: Liberty, like charity,
begins at home. Stay home and
work from there outward . . Where
do you live? Rio de Janeiro, you
say? Or Hartford, Wisconsin?
Sorry, but that’s the wrong ad
dress. You live in the world. Old
frontiers are going down in
flames. All of us are citizens of
the world, not by choice and plan
ning, but by default . . . The need
is urgent for men in small commu
nities and large who are experts
and can lead wisely.”
How become a leader? “Give
! something to live for . . . plan far
ahead!” Dr. Pitkin declares. “That
iis primary advice for any man
who would lead his fellows. But
there is more to this matter of
leadership, much more. Here are
six things leaders, especially those
in politics and government, must
do: (1) perceive current trends;
(2) evaluate these trends and take
a definite position toward them,
drawing up a program of action;
(3) persuade many people to ac
cept this program: (4) organize
all such people to the end of put
ting this program over; (5) deal
with opponents effectively during
th campaign to put it over; (6) ad
minister the program after it has
(been adopted.”