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VOL. 55; NO. 1
COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS TO BE
DEFERRED
Registrants who are candidates
for commissions in the army, navy
or marine corps, or those who
have applied for enlistment as fly
ing cadets in these services, may be
temporarily deferred from selective
service training pending action on
their applications by military au
thorities, Brigadier-General Lewis
B. Hershey, deputy director of se
lective service, announced today.
In a memorandus to state selec
tive service directors, General Her
shey said:
“It has come to the attention of
national headquarters that certain
registrants have been inducted who
were candidates for commissions in
the army, navy or marine corps, or
for enlistment as army flying ca
dets, navy aviation cadets or ma
rine corps aviation cadets. Where
induction has been followed by con
firmation of commission or enlist
ment, great confusion and many
administrative complications have
resulted.”
Pointing out that procedure for
commissioning men in the services,
or approving enlistment as flying
cadets, required considerable time
because of investigations and ex
aminations by army, navy or ma
rine corps authorities, General
Hershey called to attention that
men may be deferred from selective
service training if they are in prep
aration for a service necessary to
“the national health, safety or in
terest.”
Consequently, the general sug
gested that local boards give tem
porary deferments of not more than
sixty or ninety days to men seek
ing commission or enlistment pro
vided that proper authorities in the
army, navy or marine corps file
formal statement that the regis
trants’ applications are being con
sidered.
“If, after consideration, military
authorities reject an application,
the registrant should then be clas
sified in the same manner as any
other registrant eligible for select
ive service training,” Ganeral Her
shey said.
MARKETING ASSISTANCE
SAVES STATE FARMERS
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
A saving of one million dollars
for Georgia farmers was realized
last year through extension as
sistance in marketing and buying
of some nine million dollars worth
surplus farm products and neces
sary supplies, it was announced to
day.
Most of the marketing and pur
chasing was done through local
county associations set up by local
people with the assistance of coun
ty extension agents and marketing
specialists, according to L. I. Skin
ner, assistant extension director.
He said there are some eighty such
organizations in the state dealing
with the selling of surplus farm
products, handling terracing out
fits, purchasing fertilizer, seeds,
and other supplies.
Farmers in 1940 marketing sl,-
668,000 worth of live stock and
$1,837,000 in dairy products through
help of county agents. Truck grow
ers sold $1,500,000 worth of vege
tables under similar assistance,
most of them being assembled,
graded, and packaged by co-opera
tive associations.
Mr. Skinner called attention to a
canning project for corn, okra, and
tomatoes, in which farm families
canned some 30,000 containers of
the mixture. He also referred to the
cotton marketing improvement pro
gram started in Georgia last year
under which some 11,000 bales were
sffld at an increased value of over
$50,000.
AlMOAfi
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“Many go out for wool and come home
shorn."
MARCH
26 Japan resigned from
League of Nations, 1935.
27 $27,000,000 voted for navy
shore bases, 1935.
28— Senate passed govern
ment reorganization bill,
1938.
29 U. S. and Villa fought
minor skirmish, 1916.
30— American clipper com
/pojf pleted San Francisco-
*New Zealand flight, 1937.
'f, 31— U. S. Treasury building
burned, 1833.
®he SntnmerbilU Mete
Where there are two democ
racies you will find good
schools, good roads and social
service through public health
nurses, clinics and self-instruc
tion.
There are one million two
hundred thousand rats around
our surplus commodities build
ing at the ice plant. Four hun
dred people in Georgia died of
typhus fever last year.
Men Selected For
Induction April 1
The following named men .have
been selected for induction by the
local board, Selective Service. They
shall report to this board at Sum
merville, Ga., at 9:30 a.m. on Tues
day. April 1, 1941; whereupon they
shall be sent to an induction sta
tion of the United States army at
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga.:
Jesse Clark Browning (101-A),
Nathaniel Joseph Goodwin (399),
Archie Herman Warren (402), Ralph
Taylor Willingham (555), Archie
Lee Peek (556), Deed Henry Eller
(576), Melvin Thompson (591),
James William Starkey (616), Er
nest Spraggins (629), Robert Lee
Byars (632).
Replacement, Guy William Woods
(637).
MRS. MOSES BRINSON,
Local Board Clerk.
There is wisdom and economy in
producing sufficient vegetables and
fruits for an adequate supply to be
used fresh during the growing sea
son, and to produce a surplus for
canning which will supply the fam
ily needs during the winter season.;
Such a practice will save money
that would go to purchase these
products. A large quantity of fruits
and vegetables go to waste every
year or is sold at prices which re
turn little or no profit.
BY LAW
In urging United States attorneys
to be vigilant in prosecuting cases
involving sabotage, espionage, draft
evaders, etc., Atty.-Gen. Jackson
also insisted that prosecutors be on
guard against those who insist that
unconsitutonal acts are necessary
in the nation’s legal defense. He
says that America will be best de
fended by law enforcement offi
cials who respect government by
law.
GROWING OKRA
Okra may be planted in any lo
cality when cotton is planted. For
a supply for canning throughout
the season, two later plantings
should be made at six- and eight
week intervals. For continuous
bearing, pods must be removed
from plants before they harden too
much for canning or eating. Okra
will be ready for use in fifty to
sixty days from planting and will
bear until frost.
THE YOUTH CROP
Young people constitute the most
important product of American
farms. Fifty-one per cent of the
nation’s children are country born
and raised. Some eight million boys
and girls have taken part in 4-H
club work since it became nation
wide back in 1914. In Georgia to
day, there are more than 84,000
members enrolled in 4-H clubs.
These young people are seeding the
better things of life through actual
training and experience.
PART 3
By GEORGE PECK
In a previous editorial we stated
that the ultimate function of the
defense program would be to sink
the nation further into the slough
of depression unless certain pre
cautionary measures are taken
NOW.
There are those who believe that
at the end of the war or of the de
fense program, it is inevitable that
we will experience the severest and
longest depression of our entire
history. They point out that de
pressions have always followed in
the wake of war and that the one
to follow this present war will be
extremely acute because of the
highly unstable economic condi
tions that have prevailed in recent
years all over the world, including
the United States.
We believe this can be avoided.if
we maintain financial equilibrium
during this emergency and that we
shall be in a much stronger posi
tion at the end of the war than
will be the case if we permit an ex
tensive inflation of commodity
prices and a great increase of the
public debt.
One factor that has always made
for post-war depression has been
deflation with its paralyzing and
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1941
THE ECONOMICS OF OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM
'HEN-PECKED HUSBANDS’ AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH NEXT
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7:15 O’CLOCK
Rev. T. M. Luke Will Preach
At Morning Hour
An unusual type of sermon will
be preached at the Methodist
church next Sunday night by the
pastor, the Rev. C. C. Cliett. The
subject, “Hen-Pecked Husbands
and Foolish Wives,” is very sugges
. tive. The title not only arouses cur
riosity, but the fact that Mr. Cliett
will have some of the “hen-pecked
husbands” to sit on the front pew
is of equal interest. It is rumored
that some of our leading citizens
. will be the ones to make this con
. session. The public is invited to at
tend all of these special services,
as well as any other service held
by this church.
Singing at Berryton
There will be a singing at the
Methodist church at Berryton be
ginning at 7:30 p.m. eastern stand
ard time, Friday, March 28.
Several good quartets will be pres
ent. Many good song leaders have
promised to be here also.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
EXPORTS
Exports to British Empire coun
tries in January increased 12 per
cent, over December, but were off
set by declines in shipments to Ja
pan and Latin America, according
to the department of commerce.
In permanent pastures, lespedeza
i is sown on prepared land with the
[ grass mixture or ofter the Bermuda
i roots are set, according to special
ists of the agricultural extension
1 service.
NEW LAUNDRY AND DRY
CLEANING PLANT TO
OPEN MAY 15TH
R. D. (“Bob”) Davison announced
Wednesday that his new Chattoo
ga Steam Laundry and Dry Clean
ing plant will be ready for opera
tion on or about May 15. The new
plant will occupy the rock building
opposite Bob’s Auto service, and
will have approximately 3,000 feet
of floor space to accommodate all
i the modern equipment necessary
for fine work and fast service.
It is expected that employment
will be provided for about ten per
sons, including the manager. The
management will be in the hands
of a man of fifteen years experi
ence in this business. It is planned
to use only white assistants so that
patrons may expect a fine class of.
finished work turned out under\
strictly safe and sanitary condi
tions.
This will be the only laundry in
1 this vicinity equipped to handle
dry cleaning and will furnish peo
-1 pie of this section the best service
obtainable at lowest possible prices.
An opening feature will be dry
cleaning called for and delivered
at prevailing cash and carry prices
■ when accompanied by laundry. An
other feature will be one-day serv
. ice, when desired, at no extra cost,
i The building is now practically
; completed and installation of the
: boiler and engine will begin imme
diately.
Bob also announced that 800 feet
I of floor space has been assigned to
the government as a defense train-
•' ing school. This, however, will in
II no way interfere with work on the
I laundry.
devasting effect on free private
business enterprise. If we do not
permit inflation of prices during
this war period, then we will not
have to fear a resultant deflation
at the end of the war or of the de
fense program.
If we manage to balance the bud
get and hold the national debt to
somewhere near its present level,
this will greatly minimize the de
pressing effect of high taxes after
the war. But transcending all this,
we will have built up our morale
by having proved to ourselves that
we can maintain fiscal stability in
times of emergency. This would
give us confidence in our ability to
maintain financial equilibrium in
the future, come what may.
During this defense program,
there is bound to be some curtail
ment of production of certain
peace-time commodities. In addi
tion to this, there are large accum
ulated shortages resulting from ten
years of restricted capital expan
sion. The housing situation can not
be expected to improve during this
emergency and we will emerge with
a further shortage of homes. All
these shortages and many more,
too numerous to mention, must be
produced in the post-war period.
By jnaking prpmpt use qf new
The Rev. T. M. Luke, pastor of
the Lyerly Methodist church, will
I preach at 11 a.m. The pastor will
; be present.
: Services will be held as follows:
: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday school; M.
L. Fisher, Jr., superintendent.
11:00 A. M.—Preaching by the
■ Rev. T. M. Luke.
; 6:30 P. M.—Epworth league.
I 7:15 P. M.—“Hen-Pecked Hus
' bands and Foolish Wives,” by the
I pastor. This is eastern standard
; time.
The study course held each Sun
day evening is a most interesting
, series of lectures by the different
. members of the church. Everyone
invited.
DEATHS
Miss Edna Rae Dobbs
Miss Edna Rae Dobbs, 16, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Dobbs, died
at the home of her parents in Ly
erly Thursday, March 20. Besides
her parents she is survived by two
sisters, Misses Helen and Roberta
Dobbs, and one brother, Van Dobbs.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Lyerly Baptist church
Friday at 10 am. by the Rev. Floyd
Higgins. Interment at Walker’s
Chapel. Paul Weems Funeral home
in charge.
Smith T. Vines
Smith T. Vines, of Pennville, died
in Atlanta March 19 from injuries
received in a fall.
Mr. Vines is survived by his wife,
two daughters, Mildred and Annie
Ruth; four sons, J. T., Ancel, Hoyt
and Dewey, all of Pennville. One
brother and three sisters also sur
vive.
Funeral services were conducted
from South Summerville Baptist
church Saturday at 11 a.m. by the
Revs. Herbert Morgan, E. L. Wil
liams and Frank Waters. Interment
in Pennville cemetery. Paul Weems
Funeral home in charge.
Algia Gill Morgan
Algia Gill (“Dick”) Morgan died
Thursday, March 20, at the home of
his son, G. A. Morgan, near Gore.
Mr. Morgan is survived by his wife;
three sons, F. H., of Chattanooga;
W. 8., and G. A., of Gore; one
daughter, Mrs. Maude Snider, of
Chattanooga; one brother, W. S.
Morgan; one sister, Miss Georgia
Morgan, of Silver Hill.
Funeral services were conducted
from Pleasant Grove Baptist church
Saturday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Elie
Shores and the Rev. Steve Cloud.
Interment in adjoining cemetery.
Paul Weems Funeral home in
charge.
NOTICE
Please make your city tax re
turns by April 1.
CARL WILSON, Clerk.
SUBLIGNA F.F.A. CHAPTER
TO PRESENT PLAY
The Subligna F. F. A. chapter will
present a black-face travesty in
three spasmodic scenes, “The Or
der of the Boiled Owl,” in the Sub
ligna High school auditorium Fri
day night at 8 o’clock eastern
standard time. The proceeds will go
toward the finishing of the new
I woodwork shop. Come and laugh
I with us.—F. F. A. Reporter.
scientific discoveries and by contin
uously installing more efficient
plant and equipment, we should be
able, after the war, to produce at
lower cost than ever before. Europe
will be in a sad state physically, fi
mancially and morally, no matter
which side wins, but this country,
provided we are wise enough to
prevent inflation and hold down
the public debt, can confidently ex
pect to emerge from the debacle in
a strong international competitive
position.
What is needed is a national pro
gram which will co-ordinate the
present administrative agencies of
the government. No new agency
need be set up, but under the lead
ership of the president, team-work
can be effected. Only by this meth
od shall we be able to adjust na
tional consumption in the interests
of national defense, maintain fi
nancial stability, prevent serious
inflation of prices, carry through
the defense program, and mini
mize the difficulties of post-war re
adjustments. Congress should im
mediately pass the necessary legis
lation to launch such a program.
Prompt action—NOW—will prevent
an economic collapse when the war
is ended or the defense program
completed.
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.
Cotton Ginnings
Show Increase
The census report shows that
11,569 bales of cotton were ginned
in Chattooga county from the crop
of 1940 prior to March as compared
with 10,076 bales for the crop of
1939, according to Mrs. Rosa N.
Shumate, special agent.
HAROLD STOREY REPRESENTS
RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION AT
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
(Special to The News)
ATHENS, Ga.—Harold Storey, of
Armuchee, was among the students
representing the Voluntary Religi
ous association of the University of
Georgia at the annual state stu
dent leadership training retreat in
Milledgeville Saturday and Sunday,
March 22 and 23.
Purpose of the conference is to
train next year’s student officers
and leaders in the work of the
campus religious associations. E. L.
Secrest, director of the Voluntary
Religious association, and Miss Em
ma Stephens, assistant director,
spoke on the program.
Storey, a sophomore in the school
of commerce, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. I. Storey, and a member of
the VRA cabinet, Demosthenian
Literary society, and Alpha Tai
Omega social fraternity.
SENIOR PLAY AT MENLO
The senior play at the Menlo
school, “The Antics of Andrews,”
will be presented Thursday eve
ning, April 3, at 7 p.m. central
standard time, or 8 p.m., eastern
standard time.
Make your plans now to spend a
delightful evening with us on the
above date.
FOOD AND FEED
Sufficient production of food and
feed on the farm is the best way
for Georgia farmers to prepare for
any emergency that might arise, in
the opinion of Director Walter S.
Brown, of the agricultural exten
sion service. Foreign trade is dras
tically reduced for a while, at least.
And in view of that situation, farm
ers would do well to live at home
more than ever before by growing
every possible food and feed crop)
necessary for home consumption. |
New Plastic Passes Real Test
To Join U. S. Army of Employed
Eli * -
Here is a piece of “I'inylite” plastic taking its “fatigue” test. All
sorts of machines have been constructed to beat, tear, rub. break and
otherwise maltreat the new substance before it is turned into articles of
industry and commerce.
PLASTICS, because they are new
comers to the list of materials for
human use, have to pass examina
tions and tests that metals, woods,
and other substances seldom have to
undergo. The mysterious composi
tion of plastics makes each one of
them a question mark.
Each has to prove its ability to be
a useful performer in commerce, in
dustry or other fields before it is
released from the testing laboratory.
The photograph shows a piece of
••Vinylite” plastic—the most extra
ordinary of all the newcomers—
proving to chemists that it does not
get “tired” easily. In this fatigue
test strips of the plastic are twisted,
folded, then clamped by the ends
into pairs of vise-like plates. An at
tendant throws a switch whereupon
the steel clampg alternately come
together and ppparate. With each
ppen-and-shut, of the ma-
$1.50 A YEAR
S. S. CONVENTION
OF CHATTOOGA
ASSOCIATION
There will be a fifth Sunday Sun
day School convention of the Chat
tooga association at the Pleasant
Grove Baptist church Sunday,
March 30. The program will begin
at 10 a.m. and continue until 3:30
in the afternoon.
There will be many interesting
speakers on the various phases of
our Sunday school work of the as
sociation. The program will be in
charge of the Rev. Steve Cloud,
pastor of the Menlo Baptist church.
We will be very happy to have
each church in the association well
represented, especially the Sunday
school and the Baptist Training
union folks.
If possible, come and spend the
day; if not, come for either the
morning or afternoon session.
MADISON D. SHORT, SR.,
Vice-Moderator.
HOME ECONOMICS NEWS
(By Martha Robinson.)
Members of the home economics
classes of the Summerville High
school are contributing to a fund
known as the “Dish Fund.” The
dishes to be bought with the money
are to be used for banquets and
social activities given by this de
partment. Those who have contrib
uted are as follows:
Anita Divine, Joan Kellett, Mary
Rooper, Mary Troop, Mark K. John
son, Margie Ashworth, Louise
Tripp, Ava Johnson, Catherine
Green, Martha and Aline Broome,
Agnes Ashworth, E. J. Gilreath, Se
rena Wepf, Mary Meadows, Kath
erine Echols, Emma L. Perry, Lila
Smith, Mildred Pegg, Martha Rob
inson, Clarice Eilenburg, Virginia
Johnson, Dorothy Hill, Henrietta
Parker, Helen Dobbs, Frances
Thomas, Betty Hemphill, Betty
Alexander, Katherine Ramey, Shir
ley Eilenburg, Helen and Betty
Dyer, Catherine Johnson. Vera B.
Hemphill, Verna Lane, Grace Hill
Cohen, Betty Gamble, Jimmie Hud
son, Marion Sittin, Romie Edwards
and Dorothy Lutrell.
There are approximately forty
five or fifty class members who
will contribute.
A iaige number of outsiders have
contributed to this fund.
SHIPS
Survey of American shipping re
sources show 1,150 ships available,
with 7,078,000 gross tons, exclusive
of nine vessels of World war days.
The merchant fleet includes 357
ships of 2,271,149 tons in interna
tional trade, 349 tankers of 2,578,-
000 gross tons and 386 ships in do
mestic trade, with about 1,857,800
tons.
Quail eggs should never be held
longer than two weeks before set
ting.
chine the plastic is twisted and
folded still harder and also pressed
together and stretched. Yet thia
“Vinylite” plastic is so durable that
it stands up under 3,000,000 or more
of these wrenchings.
Other tests to determine the plas
tic’s resistance to tearing, abrasion,
light, oils, alkalis and acids, mois
ture, and temperature extremes, are
applied, one by one. The new plastic
passes these ordeals so successfully
that, in its various forms, it is be
coming increasingly in demand for
such widely different uses as cloth
ing, sound records, shoe material,
watch crystals, precision instru
ments, belts and suspenders, trim
ming for women's hats, bottle caps,
food containers, wood putty, and
even artificial flowers. Articles made
of it retain their shape and require
no care. Cleaning them is simplicity
itself—a with a damp cloth.