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VOL. 54; NO. 52
'SALUTE TO
CHATTOOGA’ TO
BE AIRED MAR. 22
Just about everybody in Chat
tooga county will be listening to
radio station WSB, Atlanta, on
Saturday night, March 22, at 7:30
p.m., central standard time, when
the special salute broadcast to this
county is presented over the south’s
oldest radio station.
This will be the same show that
is to be put on here Thursday night,
March 20, before an enthusiastic
audience of persons from all around
this section. The many satisfactory
comments of those present indicate
that the occasion will be highly
successful. This should add much
interest to the airing of this un
usual program.
Transcription equipment of the
latest type will be brought to Sum
merville by WSB, when it puts on
the show here tonight, and the re
corded activities will be heard over
the airwaves just as they are per
formed locally.
) It is hoped by WSB that pres
entation of this weekly series of
salute broadcasts to Georgia coun
ties will help to acquaint listeners
everywhere with, the many good
opportunities and advantages of
fered in different sections of the
state.
Following is the program for the
'"Salute to Chattooga County.”:
4. Trion High School band; Rus
sell Shriner, director.
-2. N. B. Murphy, vicerpresident,
Trion company.’
3. N. V. Dyer, superintendent,
Summerville school system.
4. M. D. Short, pastor, Summer
ville Baptist church.
5. Anne Williams, reader.
6. Mrs. John D. Taylor, soprano.
7. Miss Annie Pitts, soprano.
, 'k / Miss Eloise Cheek, contralto.
9. Summerville band, C. V. Hin
maji, director.
GORE W. H. D. CLUB MEETS
The Gdre Woman’s Home Dem
onstration club met Tuesday,
March 11, in the heme economic?
cottage.
Mrs. G. A. Morgan, president,
.presided. After the business ses
sion, a discussion on how to build
and operate a home-made lamp
type brooder 'with the least ex
pense, was discussed by the mem
bers.
'Miss Henry gave a demonstration
on making a cook book of plywood,
after which all the ladies made an
attractive book for their own use,
and exchanged many of their fa
vorite recipes.—Reporter.
Public Library
'pear Readers: I am again appeal
ing 4;o you for the return of over
due books. I am only advertising
books out of the library—and over--
due books in the month of Febru
ary. Many are out for January file
and the whole year of 1940. These
I will advertise later. I thank those
who have heeded and brought in
books last week. Please help me
strengthen the book shelves by
bringing in these overdue books.
Monday, March 24, is Library
Institute day. Therefore, the li
brary, will be closed. Bring the
books in Tuesday, March 25.
MARY HEMPHILL ADAMS,
Librarian.
CARD OF THANKS
■ We desire to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to every
one who extended kindnesses and
sympathy during our recent be
reavement;
Mrs. G. O. Alexander,
Young Alexander,
The Alexander Familv.
“Liars ought to have good memories."
MARCH .
19— New England floods
caused immense proper
ypfjT* ty damage. 1936.
» 20 — France protested Ger-
, WKF many breaking Ver-
» sailles pact. 1935.
21— Battle of Somme began.
1918 '
22 F. D. R. started on annual
fishing trip, 1936.
- 23— Aguinaldo, Philippine
leader, captured, 1901.
24— Coxey’s army started for
Washington, 1894.
< 25— Senate voted joial irives-
i tigation of TVA. 1938.
W*? 1 — i
She .Sntmttjerbille Mdm
All property derives its value
from mankind. Land, timber,
houses, schools, railroads, roads
have no value where there are
no people.
Therefore, the first duty of
our community is to take full
care of the people that give all
value to these properties.
Allow Legumes To
Make Good Growth
Prior To Turning
In view of the approaching time
to turn under cover crops, County
Extension Agent O. P. Dawson this
week suggested that farmers give
consideration to the amount of
growth being added to the soil and
also to the crops that follow win
ter legumes.
“Cover crops should be allowed to
make growth sufficient to give
maximum soil improvement, yet
offer as little hindrance as possible
to the crops that are planted after
them,” the agent explained.
"On the average, 6.000 to 10,000
pounds of green weight per acre
can be gotten in time to prepare
the land for summer crops,” he
continued. “This growth contains
nitrogen equivalent to 300 to 500
pounds of nitrate of soda and or
ganic matter equal to around two
to four tons of manure. These
amounts will add greatly to the
fertility of the soil and to the yield
of crops.
“Later turning can be practiced
for such crops as cowpeas, soy
beans, or other later-planted crops,
than for corn or cotton. However,
in any case, the winter legume
crops should be turned under in
time to decay thoroughly before
other crops are planted. This is
usually ten to twenty days after
the winter legumes have been turn
ed under.”
Another good rule, according to
Mr. Dawson, is to turn winter leg
ume at the stage when they can be
thoroughly covered by the imple
ments available on the farm. A
thorough discing before plowing
will help greatly in getting the
cover crop incorporated in the soil.
A farmer with a one-horse turning
plow will have difficulty, covering
a 6,000-pound growth, while a fel
low with a two-horse plow can eas
ily handle growths of 8,000 to 10,-
000 pounds per acre, and even
larger growths, if tractors are
available, he added.
The county agent, in summing up
suggestions for turning under
crops, said let the crop make suf
ficient growth to do the soil some
good and when the crop is turned
under, cover the vines completely
and allow sufficient time to elapse
between turning and planting for
the legume crop to decay thorough
ly. With good stands, growths of
six to ten inches high will usually
give sufficient amounts for turn
ing.
Late turning, incomplete cover
ing, and too early planting of sum
mer crops after turning of winter
legumes are the greatest causes of
worm damage and poor stands, the
extension agent, stated.
Do not forget to report to AAA
office before turning.
Meetings scheduled as follows for
discussions in detail the new
changes in the AAA program and
the necessity of raising more food
and feed for home use.
Dirtseller: Thursday afternoon,
March 20, 2 o’clock, Pine Grove
schoolhouse.
Haywood: Friday morning, March
21, 9 o’clock, Ebenezer church.
Subligna: Friday afternoon, Mar.
21, 2 o’clock, Subligna schoolhouse.
Gore: Friday evening, March 21,
7 o’clock, Gore schoolhouse.
Menlo: Monday afternoon, March
24, 2 o’clock, Menlo schoolhouse.
Seminole: Tuesday afternoon,
March 25, 2 o’clock, Presbyterian
THE ECONOMICS OF OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM
PART 2
By GEORGE PECK
Can we finance our defense pro
gram without further increasing
the national debt? Yes, we can if
we have the will to do it. Further
more, it is essential that we do sc
for our future financial and eco
nomic stability after the defense
program is completed.
How can we do this, despite the
fact that some Americans believe
our national debt will rise thirty
billion dollars in the next three
years? The answer is simple. Dur
ing the next three years, the level
of our national income, conserva
tively, should be over eighty-five
billion dollars per year or some 30
per cent, higher than the 1939 and
1940 incomes. This should accom
plish two things: (1) Large reduc
tions of outlays for relief and sub
sidies; <’2) provide a greater sum
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
Pairings for Tri-State
Basket Ball Tourney
At Lyerly This Week
Basket ball fans of this part of
the country will be treated to some
of the best basket ball of the year
at Lyerly this week-end.
Sixteen of the best teams in these
parts will tangle in the tri-state
tournament which begun last
night with four games. The first,
game one, at 7:30, between Silver
Bros, and Jacksonville; game 2, at
8:30 with the Calhoun Bears lock
ing claws with Avondale; game 3,
at 9:30, Spring Garden tied into
Peerless and at 10:30, game 4, Trion
met Centre. At press time The News
did not know of the outcome of
these games.
Tonight (Thursday) at 6:30, game
5, Menlo and Sand Rock; 7:30, game
6, Coosa and Fort Payne; 8:30,
game 7, Crawley and Shannon, and
9:30, game 8, Rome meets Lyerly.
Friday, beginning at 6:30 p.m.,
the winners of games 1 and 4 play
the 9th game; at 7:30, the winners
of the 2nd and 3rd meet in game
number 10 at 8:30. The winners of
games 6 and 7 tie up in game num
ber 11, and at 9:30 the winners of
games 5 and 8.
Saturday afternoon at 3:30 the
winners of games 9 and 12 meet in
the semi-finals; at 4:30 the winners
of games 10 and 11 meet.
Beginning at 7:30 Saturday night
a consolation game between the
losers in Saturday afternoon’s
games will raise the curtain to the
championship game.
Plan to see several of these games
this week-end.
FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTER
EXAMINATION
Receipt of applications to close
April 4. 1941.
The date for assembling of com
petitors will be stated in the ad
mission cards which will be mailed
to applicants after the close of re
ceipt of applications.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination, as a result of which it
is expected to make certification
to fill a contemplated vacancy in
the position of fourth class post
master at Berryton, Ga., and other
vacancies as they may occur at that
office, unless it shall be decided in j
the interest of the service to fill!
any vacancy by reinstatement. The,
examination will be held at Sum
merville, Ga. The compensation of
the postmaster at this office was
$685 for the last fiscal year.
Applicants must have reached
their twenty-first birthday but not!
their sixty-fifth birthady on the I
date of the close of receipt of ap- 1
plications.
Applicants must reside within
the territory supplied by the post
office for which the examination
is announced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who!
can comply with the requirements.
Application blanks, Form 9, and
full information concerning the re
quirements of the examination can
be secured from the postmaster at
the place of vacancy or from the,
United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. C.
Applications must be properly
executed and on file with the com
mission at Washington, D. C., prior
to the hour of closing business on’
the date specified at the head of
this announcement.
church.
Lyerly: Tuesday evening, March
25, 7 o’clock, Lyerly schoolhouse.
Teloga: Wednesday afternoon.
March 26, 2 o’clock, Teloga school
house.
Trion: Thursday afternoon, Mar.
27, 2 o’clock, Trion schoolhouse.
Summerville: Friday afternoon,
March 28, 2 o’clock, courthouse.
Holland: Monday afternoon, Mar.
31, 2 o’clock, Ratliff’s store.
upon which the federal government
can levy taxes.
Thus the cost of ordinary gov
ernment should go down while,
without increasing the tax rate,
government revenues should go up
Further, if non-military public
works are cut to a bare minimum
and rigid economy exercised in gov
ernment administration, an addi
tional two or three billion dollars
per year can be saved on the reg
ular budget.
Therefore, despite the vast sums
which will have to be spent on the
prosecution of the defense pro
gram, it is not impossible for us to
balance the national budget during
its progress.
This, on the face of it, would
look as though we are now oil the
way to permanent prosperity. But
are we? Let’s delve a little further,
into the matter—let's take a look
backstage. This prosperity is but
Home Demonstration
County Council
Met March Bth
The county council of the Wom
: an’s Home Demonstration club met
■ March 8 at the Summerville Ameri
can Legion hall. The president,
■ Mrs. Hinton Logan, presided over
the business session. The minutes
were read and approved. The topic
for the month was “National De
fense,” and “What We, As Farm
Families, Can Do to Help.”
Mr. Dawson and Miss Henry
showed a number of slides taken
of farms, homes and 4-H club work
of ’ the county and comments on
the improvement of each. The main
items brought out by Mr. Dawson
and Miss Henry were for each
family to grow enough food for our
own families and to preserve it and
how many jars of food each person
should have. Miss Henry told us of
the decrease of exports to foreign
lands and how it would lower our
incomes. Mrs. Hinton Logan gave
an article on nutrition which was
very interesting. Mrs. Grubb, food
preservation chairman, told us how
to prepare the meals, make them
attractive and appetizing; not to
have the same food day after day.
The Silver Hill club was hostess
for the social hour, which was en
joyed by all.
REPORTER.
Plans Being Made
For New Licenses
Drivers were advised by the de
partment of public safety today not
to apply for new licenses yet.
Major John Goodwin, commis
sioner, said numerous applications
and fees are coming into the de
partment every day, only to be re
turned to senders. He said the ex
act date for opening the renewal
period has not been set but that it
likely will come early in April. Reg
ular application forms, which the
driver must fill out, will be made
available when the opening date is
announced.
New legislation, enacted by the
current general assembly, will be
effective this renewal period. It
provides that minors who live with
a parent who has a driver’s license
I may secure theirs for 25 cents. Also
I a wife, or husband as the case may
! be, whose spouse already has a li
cense may obtain one for 50 cents.
Under the present setup each
driver, with the exception of chauf
feurs, pay $1 each. Chauffeurs pay
I $2 and will continue to do so un
der the new plan.
i
THE NINETY AND NINE AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday night a musical
drama, “The Ninety and Nine,” will
be put on at the Methodist church
i at 7:15 p.m. This should be a most
interesting and inspiring service.
■ There was a big crowd last Sun
day night when the subject was,
I “The Most Horrible Sin.” Mrs. Mor
! ton was given a beautiful picture
of our Christ for being the first to
■ guess what the sin is. Everybody
i welcome to all these services.
Sunday school at 10 a.m.; M. L.
Fisher, superintendent.
Preaching service 11 a.m., by the
pastor.
Epworth leagues at 6:30 p.m.
“The Ninety and Nine” at 7:15
o’clock p.m.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
SEEKING APPLICATIONS
The veterans administration is
seeking additional applications
(both white and colored) for en
rollment in the veterans’ contin
gent of the civilian conservation
corps.
The next regular enrollment is!
scheduled for April, 1941.
All veterans should be registered
with the nearest state employment t
temporary. It is true that any vast
program of public works or defense,
WHILE IT IS IN PROGRESS, acts
as a tonic to production and pro- I
vides as much employment as does
expansion in the field of free pri
vate capital enterprise.
But there is one outstanding dis-;
ference between these two when it
comes to ENDURING prosperity.
Free private capital enterprise is
self-sustaining while public enter
prise is not. In other words, private |
capital projects are expected to pay
for themselves, provide for their
own replacement, and at the same
time, yield tax revenues with which
to help carry on the expense of
government. Private enterprise puts
in while public enterprise is not.
In order words, private capital pro
jects are expected to pay for them
selves, provide for their own re
placement and at the same time,
yield tax revenues with which to
help carry on the expense of gov-
CHATTOOGA COUNTY FARM
BUREAU TO MEET MARCH 27
The Chattooga County Farm
Bureau will meet Thursday,
March 27, at 2 p.m. at the court
house.
Every member is urged to be
present with three new mem
bers with dues paid to you.
Important business will be
discussed, so be present.
Radio Transcription
At School Auditorium
Tonight at 7 P. M.
Hundreds of persons from all
over Chattooga county are expect
ed to come to Summerville tonight,
March 20, at 7 p.m., central stand
ard time, when a special salute
broadcast is presented here in the
high school auditorium by radio
station WSB, Atlanta. The show
will be free to the public.
A number of very good enter
tainers are expected to appear on
the show. All of them will be resi
dents of this county, making the
broadcast entirely a local perfor
mance. Auditions were held to se
lect talent for the show on Wed
nesday in the high school audito
rium.
Citizens from all over the coun
ty are co-operating to make this i
one of the best entertainments ever!
put on here. All persons who at
tend will get to take part in the
presentation, since the program
will be concluded with a mass sing
ing by the entire audience. Every
one is requested to arrive early, so
that necessary preliminary an
nouncements may be made before
the activities get under way.
Music, singing and other varied
features are included in the salute
broadcast. Brief talks will be made
by prominent local men and wom
en. Interesting facts about the
history and potentialities of Chat
tooga county are to be mentioned
on the half-hour salute.
Tonight WSB is to bring its
equipment here to transcribe the
entire program. Then on Saturday
night, March 22, at 7:30 p.m., cen
tral standard time, the show will
be heard over WSB.
Many persons who have never
seen a radio show will get to watch
WSB handle one with all of the la
test broadcasting equipment. No
efforts are being spared in making
this a presentation of the highest
calibre, and one of which the peo
ple of Chattooga county can be
proud. ,
This series of salute programs is
being sporsored by WSB to acquaint
persons everywhere with the ad
vantages to be found in Georgia.
Many sections of the state have
never had their true values ade
quately presented to the general
public, but it is expected that this
radio series will serve to remedy
that situation.
A SLICE OF AMERICA
When you buy life insurance, you
buy a cross section of America.
Last ,year, for instance, life in
surance invested more than $600,-
000,000 of its policy holders’ re
serves in the bonds of factories and
industrial plants. It invested gigan
tic sums in government bonds, and
in rural and urban mortgages.
Life insurance represents this
country. Its 60,000,000 policyhold
ers have a definite stake in this
country—in its industries and its
government. Their personal fu
tures depend directly on the fu
ture of the American system.—ln
dustrial News Bureau.
office before submitting their ap
plication for enrollment in the
ccc.
Application blanks may be ob
tained from the local postmaster.
ernment. Private enterprise puts in
while public enterprise takes out
of the public chest
Incidentally, the munitions and
supplies for our army, navy and aii
forces; the capital expended for
planes, battleships, government
owned yards and docks, naval bases
and army fortifications after com
pletion WILL NOT YIELD ONE
SINGLE DOLLAR OF TAX REV
ENUE.
We must pay for the defense pro
gram as it goes along for with it
we are not building a permanent
prosperity. In fact, in addition to
its huge cost, we will face large
annual charges for its upkeep.
However, useful the program may
be as a temporary stimulant to
business, its ultimate function will
be to sink us further into the
slough of depression—unless—cer
tain other things are done NOW 7 .
These will be discussed in a future
issue of this newspaper.
$1.50 A YEAR
File Sheets Early
Under New Cotton
Plan, Agent Says
Chattooga county cotton farm
operators who expect to take part
in the supplementary cotton pro
gram this year should file intention
sheets with the county AAA office
as soon as possible, O. P. Dawson,
county extension agent, announced
this week.
The supplementary program re
quires that all farmers who plan to
earn cotton stamps through volun
tary acreage reduction, be on rec
ord to this effect. They will sign a
form indicating the acreage they
expect to plant to cotton in 1941.
While only the operator of the
farm is required actually to sign
this intention sheet, he does so on
behalf of his tenants and share
croppers, as well as himself, Mr.
Dawson said. Intention sheets must
be on file in the county AAA office
not later than June 14. However,
the agent urged that farmers file
these sheets as soon as possible.
Under the supplementary cotton
program, a cotton farmer who is
interested in only one farm may
receive up to $25 in cotton stamps.
Operators of more than one farm,
or a landlard with more than one
tenant, may receive a maximum of
! SSO in stamps. Cotton stamps,
j which can be used to buy cotton
goods, will be issued on the basis
of 10 cents a pound on the normal
yield of the acreage reduced below
the 1941 allotment or 1940 meas
ured acreage, whichever is smaller.
Participation in the supplemen
tary program will not affect the
farm’s cotton allotment in future
years, except possibly in those few
cases where no cotton was planted
in either 1939 or 1940, he said. Nei
ther will the farmers’ conservation
and parity payments under the
1941 AAA program be affected.
In addition to receiving stamps
for cotton acreage reduction, the
participating farmer becomes eli
gible to earn a $3 payment for car
rying out an approved food produc
tion practice.
These forms may be filed in your
own community at the following
times and places:
March 20 and 21—All day at Pine
Grove school house.
March 21—All day at Ebenezer
church.
March 21 and 22—A1l day, Sub
ligna, White’s store, except Friday
afternoon during the meeting it
will be at the school.
March 21 and 22—A1l day, Gore
school, Dirttown district.
March 24 and 25—A1l day, Menlo
city hall, Alpine district, other than
Monday afternoon during the meet
ing it will be at the school.
March 25 and 26—A1l day Tues
day and Wednesday, Paul Cook’s
store, Seminole district, except
Tuesday afternoon during the
meeting at Presbyterian church.
March 25 and 26—A1l day at Ly
erly back of post office.
March 26 and 27—A1l day, Teloga
school house.
March 27 and 28 —All day, Trion
Department store, except during
the meeting Thursday afternoon at
school house.
March 28 and 29—A1l day, Sum
merville courthouse.
March 31 and April I—All day,
Ratliff’s store.
Simplified Accident
Report Forms Ready
With an eye toward helping dri
vers comply with the law, the de
partment of public safety has pre
pared a simplified accident report
form.
The old form requires drivers to
answer more than 150 questions
whereas the new one is boiled down
to about two dozen. The blanks
are available at state and district
state patrol headquarters and city
police and sheriffs’ offices.
The old forms still are available
and are preferred by the depart
ment because they give greater de
tails concerning the collision. But
experience has taught officials that
as a rule drivers “shied” from fill
ing out the lengthy and somewhat
complicated form. Rather than dis
courage them altogether from
sending in a form the department
is willing to compromise with the
simplified edition.
According to state law, all dri
vers involved in an accident which
results in a death, injury or as
much as SSO property damage are
required to make a written report
about it, if they are physically able
to do so. Even if a trooper or local
officer files a report the driver still
is required to do so. That’s because
the department wants on file an
official records of the driver’s ver
sion as to “how it happened.”
Failure to comply with the law
subjects the driver to a fine.