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VOL. 55; NO. 2
IMPORTANT
REVISIONS IN
BENEFIT ACT
Important revisions in the Geor
gia unemployment compensation
law became' effective April 1, thru
an act p'assed by the legislature
and signed into law by Gov. Tal
madge last week, Labor Commis
sioner Ben T. Huiet has announced.
The major change in the law
raises the maximum amount of
benefits payable to eligible work
ers from sls to $lB per week and
establishes a definite minimum of
$4 per week. A uniform duration of
benefits of sixteen full weeks for
all eligible claimants also is pro
vided.
Under the new law, workers will
be required to serve only one wait
ing period of two weeks in a bene
fit year, whereas under the old law
it was possible for a claimant to
serve as many as five waiting pe
riods, each of two weeks, in a ben
efit year.
A benefit table, by which work
ers may determine their weekly
benefit amount, provided they
know their earnings, is substituted
for the present complicated for
mula and all benefit checks will be
computed to the nearest dollar.
The new law also provides that
workers who quit their jobs without
good cause, or who are discharged
for misconduct in connection with
their work or who fail to accept
suitable employment may be pen
alized in both waiting period weeks
and loss of benefits. Under the old
law, additional waiting period
weeks were the only penalties.
A sliding tax scale for employers,
based on their employment records,
becomes effective next Jan. 1. Un
der this plan, the amount of contri
butions paid by an employer will
vary from 1 per cent, to 2.7 per
cent. In the interim, a continuing
committee provided for in the new
act will study and make recommen
dations to the commissioner and
advisory council concerning the
merit system.
Other important changes in the
law follow:
The commissioner is empowered
to adopt such regulations as may
be necessary to preserve for a pe
riod of three years the benefit
rights of individuals who have been
called, drafted or enlisted in any
branch of the military or naval
service or any organization affiliat
ed with the defense of the United
States since Jan. 1, 1941.
Contributions on individual sal
aries of over $3,000 annually are
exempted, the interest rate on past
due contributions is reduced to one
half per cent, per month and the
time limit for making application
for termination of coverage is ex
tended to March 31.
Contributions are made payable
on a basis of “wages paid” instead
of “wages payable” as set forth in
the present law.
The bureau of unemployment
compensation is authorized to
transfer approximately $3,000,000
collected from railroads and car
riers to the railroad retirement
board.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mrs. Willie Powell, of near Trion,
was honored by her daughters with
a birthday dinner Sunday, March
30, celebrating her forty-ninth
birthday. The honoree was show
ered with many beautiful gifts and
all reported a nice time and wished
her many more happy birthdays.
Those enjoying the happy event
were Mr. and Mrs. Porter Day and
children, of Menlo; Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Stoker and children, of Har
risburg; Mr. and Mrs. Artie Stoker
and son, of Harrisburg; Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis York, of Trion; Willie,
Evitt and Mildred Powell, all of
near Trion.
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“Heaven’s help is better than early rising."
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ora-D in<j $1,500,000,000 for bus-
iness loans. 1938.
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claimed at Munich, 1919.
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founded at Marietta, 1788.
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Chattooga Alumni U.
Os G. Invited To
Augusta April 11th
ATHENS, Ga.—Alumni of the
University of Georgia and Georgia
State Teachers college in Chattoo
ga county are invited to attend the
annual get-together at the Georgia
Education association convention
in Augusta on Friday, April 11.
The luncheon will be held at
12:30 at the Georgia Power audito
rium on Broad street opposite the
Confederate monument. Reserva
tions should be made through Dyar
Massey, director of public relations
at the university.
President Harmon W. Caldwell
and Walter D. Cocking, dean of the
college of education, will make
brief talks and movies of the Geor
gia-Georgia Tech football game will
bo shown.
ANDREW BLACK SELECTED
FOR INDUCTION IN CAMP
Andrew Lee Black (volunteer)
has been selected for induction by
the local board and will report to
this board at Summerville, Ga., at
9:30 a.m. on April 5, 1941, where
upon he shall be sent to an induc
tion station of the United States
army at Fort Benning, Columbus,
Georgia.
James Lamar Shropshire (2270 V
has been named as replacement.
POST DEFENSE PLANS
President Roosevelt submitted to
congress recommendations by the
national resources planning board
for a six-year public work program
to aid post-defense stabilization.
NEW LIBRARY
BOARD MEETS
A profitable meeting of the li
brary board was held March 27 at
the library. The city council, offi
cial sponsor of the library, has ap
pointed a new library board which
is already functioning successfully.
The new board is composed of:
Mrs. W. P. Selman, chairman; Har
vey Phillips, treasurer; Mrs. Chas.
Fink, Mrs. Harry McGinnis, Fred
Aldred and Miss Katharine Henry.
The results of the meeting were
encouraging. A board meeting will
be held the first Thursday in each
month. The treasurer’s report shows
that the library is on a sound foot
ing, with a bright financial future.
Our new mayor and council are
proving themselves library-minded.
Nothing will raise the ideals and
standards of our community as the
right kind of reading, only careful
ly chosen books are placed on our
shelves.
Mrs. Mary Adams, our librarian,
is keenly interested in her work
and does it in a masterly fashion,
but without some help and more
co-operation from the board and
the public it is impossible for her
to achieve the success she aspires.
Our new chairman, Mrs. W. P.
Selman, has some interesting ideas
she means to work out with the
Woman’s club, which, after all, ‘is
the foster parent of the library.
Many new and delightful books are
’ to be soon placed on our shelves.
’ The public has much to anticipate
‘ in the growth of our library.
KATHARINE HENRY,
Library Reporter.
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NEW PRODUCE
■ STORE OPENS HERE
l
Another proof of Summerville’s
- growth is in evidence today.
The housewives of Summerville
[ and vicinity will have an oppor
tunity to get quality, fresh fruits
’ and vegetables at the new Curb
Market, now open on North Com
merce street.
Angus Mo. -tin and L. C. Smith,
Jr., are the owners. Mr. Smith will
be in charge.oJ the store.
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
FOR DRIVERS’ EXAMS
Corpl. 1.. G. Bell, in charge of the
state patrol sub-station headquar
ters in Dalton last week announced
changes in schedules for safe dri
ver examinations for this district.
He said an examiner will be on
duty every week day at the station
in Dalton and Cartersville and here
every first and third Friday aft
ernoons from 1 to 5 o’clock.
These- schedules are- effective
now:
Ringgold, Catoosa county, every
Monday afternoon.
Trenton, Dade county, and Ross
ville, Walker county, every first and
third Tuesdays.
Chatsworth, Murray county, ev
ery second and fourth Wednesdays.
Trion, Chattooga county, first and
third Thursday mornings.
Chickamauga and La Fayette,
Walker county, second and fourth
1 Fridays,
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941
GARDEN CLUB
MET FRIDAY AT
HOME MRS. BAKER
On the afternoon of Friday, the
28th, Mrs. Edmond Baker and Mrs.
1 J. A. Beavers entertained twenty
’ one members of the Chattooga
' County Garden club at the home of
1 Mrs. Edmond Baker.
1 Each member answered the roll
call by telling the most interesting
“ thing they heard and saw at the
flower show lecture given at Short
-5 er college a few days previously.
The chairman of each commit
" tee gave a very encouraging report,
5 after which we judged the club’s
monthly flower show. Mrs. A. F.
McCurdy’s lovely bowl of pink hya
cinths won first place, followed by
; Mrs. Edmond Baker’s beautiful bowl
of jonquils as second.
1 The club voted to donate $lO to
the library for the purpose of help
ing to have it painted.
Mrs. F. W. Hall arranged a de
lightful program for the afternoon.
Miss Annie Pitts, Mrs. Charles
Cliett and Miss Eilenburg favored
us with musical numbers. Mrs. Cli
ett read a poem and Mrs. Marshall
Lowry discussed some notes on
spring gardening.
Following the program the host
esses served lovely refreshments
PREPARE FOR ”
A HOME SEED
SUPPLY—AGENT
Prepare for a home seed supply
vzas a suggestion of County Agri
cultural Agent O. P. Dawson this
week, in pointing out that the value
of planting seed for a well cropped
two-horse farm usually runs around
S9O to SIOO per year.
“Never has the need for an abun
dance of good planting seed been
more important,” he asserted. “This
is just as true for the usual crops
such as cotton and corn as it is for
other crops including cowpeas, oats,
soybeans, lespedeza, sorghum,
wheat and the like.
“Good seed of adapted varieties
produced and saved on the farm
for planting and some for sale is
good, insurance,” the county agent
continued. “It takes just as much
labor and other expenses to pro
duce a crop from poor seed as it
does from good seed; thus, the im
portance of using high quality
seed.”
In discussing saving of lespedeza
seed, Mr. Dawson pointed out that
areas of lespedeza should be left
level and as free of large stones as
possible. The land should be of fair
to good fertility and the crop should
be fertilized with phosphate ferti
lizer and lime applied, if needed.
Good dodder-free seed should be
planted, he said.
As for crimson clover, the agent
suggested that farmers save all seed
possible. He said the seed can be
saved by combining, cutting the
plants and separating the seed, or
by stripping.
’ “Vetch seed can be saved if grown
alone by allowing the vines to ma
ture and rot off at the ground and
raking them with a hay rake. The
seed are then threshed. If grown in’
combination with small grain crops, i
the seed are harvested with the
grain and can be separated with'
seed cleaner or spiral separator.”
INSECT CONTROL
For bean beetles, cabbage worms,
pickle worms, and many other in
-1 sects, here’s a rotenone dust for
mula suggested by the agricultural
! extension service. To make 100
■pounds of the dust, use twenty
■ pounds of 5 per cent, rotenone, fif
' teen pounds of dusting sulphur, ten
pounds of plain flour, and fifty
five pounds of talc or kaolin as
, base material.
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In selecting trees to be removed,
a person should consider cutting
out mature, diseased, crooked and
undesirable species.
’ Plow land to a medium depth,
' harrow thoroughly and list or bed
about one week before planting
time for sweet potatoes, suggests
' the agricultural extension service,
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1 CRIMSON CLOVER
Crimson clover can be utilized in
many ways, says E. D. Alexander,
, extension agronomist. Its first and
greatest value is its use as a soil
, conservation and improvement
crop. It is valuable for spring graz
ing, since it provides grazing at a
’ time when such pasturage is badly
1 needed. Also crimson clover can be
depended upon to produce seed.
Many serious diseases of dairy
I cows can be prevented by vaccina
tion or inoculation.
, Timber production is a farm land
i use to which many areas (?t Geor
gia are best adapted.
W.M.U. MEETING
TRION CHURCH
ON APRIL 11TH
The Chattooga annual W. M. U.
associational meeting will convene
with the Trion Baptist church Ap
ril 11 at 10 o’clock.
Theme: That thy ways may be
known.
10:00 A. M—Hymn, “Jesus Saves.”
Devotional, I am the way, John
: 1:40-42: Mrs. Laura Camp, Trion.
10:20—Recognition of visitors and
pastors. Greetings, Mrs. Allie Pal
mer. Response, Mrs. Steve Cloud.
10:30—“Making His Way Known
in Chattooga Association”; reports
of superintendent and district sec
retaries.
11:00—-“Making His Way Known
in the Local Society”, Miss Katha
rine Henry, Summerville.
11:15—“Making His Way Known
Among Our Young People,” Mrs.
W. G. Justice, Trion.
11:25—A Call for Volunteers, Mrs.
M. D. Short.
11:45—Hymn.
Announcements.
11:50—“That Thy Way May Be
Known Upon Earth”, Missionary
message: Miss Bonnie Jean Ray,
China.
Afternoon Session
I:3o—Hymn.
Devotional, “God’s Way.” Deut.
6:6-7: Miss Effie Leath, Menlo.
I:4s—Talk on Stewardship: “My
Creed As a Tither,” “If Southern
Baptist Should Tithe”: Mrs. R. A.
Harlow.
2:oo—Conference by state work
er.
2:3o—Report on committees:
Resolutions, Mrs. J. E. Baker,
chairman.
Time -& Place, Mrs. Brad High,
chairman.
Obituaries, Mrs. J. W. Parris,
chairman.
2:4o—“American Beauties,” play
let by Trion young women.
3:oo—lnstallation service.
Closing prayer.
ANNUAL MEETING W. M. U.
The forty-eighth annual meet
ing of Chattooga county W. M. U.
will be held with the First Baptist
church, Trion, Friday, April 11,
1941. Every W. M. U. of the county
should be well represented. As us
ual, each lady is asked to help with
lunch.—Minnie Justice, Secretary.
The young peoples’ organizations
of the W. M. U. of the county will
also meet with Trion church on
Thursday night, April 10, at 7:15.
HOME FOODS ARE BEST
The larger the family, the more
necessary it becomes to produce
and conserve an adequate food sup
ply for the farm home. Speaking in
general terms, a dollar’s worth of
home-produced and home-conserv
’ ed food yields a higher nutritive re
turn than a dollar spent to pur
i chase this food. Miss Katherine La-
I nier, extension food preservation
ist, says that foods which make an
important contribution to the diet
are foods that are produced on the
farm.
ORGANIZED GROUPS MAY
APPLY FOR FREE CLASSING
Dates for filing applications of
l organized cotton improvement
■ groups for free classification and
' market news services for cotton
grown in 1941 by these groups were
announced today by the agricultur
al marketing service through its
| Atlanta office for the states of
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South
Carolina, North Carolina and Vir
ginia.
Applications may be made by
any organized cotton improvement
group as soon as its members have
planted their cotton, but the appli
cation must be filed with the agri
cultural marketing service not la
ter than Aug. 1 for groups in Flor
ida, Georgia, South Carolina and
Alabama.
To allow for later planting in
North Carolina and Virginia, the
final date for filing is Aug. 15.
Groups should apply early so
they will receive instructions and
supplies in time to obtain classifi
cation of their early ginned cotton.
Groups residing in the above
named southeastern states can ob
tain instructions for making appli
cation and forms for applying by
addressing the Agricultural Mar
keting Service, 441 West Peachtree
street, N. E., Atlanta, Ga.
I ARGUMENT AHEAD•
The St. Lawrence Waterway and
Power project, now before congress
. in the form of an agreement be
' tween the United States and Can
:: ada, will arouse prolonged debate
■ and bitter discussion. A former pro
i posal in the form of a treaty, was
previously rejected by the senate.
fire is the greatest enemy of the
. forest, causing untold damage to
timber and young growth each
season.
Education Association
To Celebrate Its
75th Anniversary
When the Georgia Education as
sociation holds its annual conven
tion in Augusta April 10-12, it will
celebrate the seventy-fifth anni
versary of the organization of the
association. An interesting fact
connected with this meeting of the
asociation is that it will be meeting
in Augusta for the first time in
thirty-three years. The citizens and
educational forces of Augusta and
Richmond county are preparing to
honor the association on its seven
ty-fifth anniversary by the presen
tation of a pageant depicting the
growth and development of educa
tion. This will be the outstanding
spectacular number of the entire
convention program, and teachers
and laymen of counties and cities
within driving distance of Augusta
are urged to make their plans to
drive into Augusta on Thursday
evening, April 10, and witness the
presentation of this beautiful pag
eant.
Dr. Alexander J. Stoddard, super
intendent of schools in Philadel
phia, will speak on Friday morning
to this large assembly of teachers
on the subject, “Building an Amer
ican Discipline.”
Dr. Willis A. Sutton, superintend
ent of schools in Atlanta, and well
known throughout the nation as
an educational leader, will speak
on Friday morning on “Seventy
five Years of Progress,” following
which he will introduce Dr. Stod
dard.
The world-famous British author,
scientist and explorer, Sir Hubert
Wilkins, will speak on Saturday
morning on the subject, “Next
Steps Toward Civilization.”
CHATTOOGA
UNION TO MEET
The Chattooga Epworth League
union will meet at the Summerville
Methodist church next Monday at
7:45 p.m. Rev. Harry Wood, pastor
of La Fayette Methodist church,
will give the address.
George Gaines, president of the
union, invites the general public
and the Epworth leagues of the
county to hear this gifted speaker
Monday night.
SUBLIGNA 4 H CLUB MEETS
The Subligna 4-H club held its
regular meeting Tuesday, March
18. The meeting called to order by
thes president, Katherine Erwin.
The roll call and minutes read by
the secretary.
The program chairman, Mattie
Lee Richardson, gave a splendid
program. Those taking part: Wan
da Barclay, Agnes Cordle and Betty
Jean Styles.
A large number brought their
materials for the different clothing
requirements. The rest of the meet
ing was enjoyed cutting out our
garments.
At the close of the meeting an
interesting game was played.—Ed
na Plunkett, Reporter.
AGE DISTRIBUTION CHANGES
Since 1909, the age distribution of
the population of the United
States has undergone a fundamen
tal change. Improvement in recent
years of medical care, sanitation,
and other factors affecting health
has increased the number of chil
dren who reach maturity. During
■this same time, the birth rate has,
declined. In 1910, about 42 per
cent, of the population was under
20 years of age as compared with
35 per cent, in 1940.
PONTIAC CAMPAIGN
WENT OVER THE TOP
Pontiac Motor division’s sixty-day
sales campaign closed March 10 and
final returns just compiled show
that every one of the company’s
twenty-four zones and four regions
went over the top on new car sales,
according to D. U. Bathrick, gen
eral sales manager. Seventeen zones
and three regions exceeded quotas i
for used cars.
“Although we set the quotas so|
high when the campaign started in '
January that we thought only a
miracle would put us over the top,”
said Bathrick, “we finished with 122
per cent, of quota on new cars and
105.5 per cent, of quota on used
cars for the entire country.
“Os our four major territorial di
visions, the central region led the
others on new cars with 131.4 per
cent, of quota* while the midwest
region did the best used car job
with 113 per cent, of quota.
“Among the twenty-four zones in
the country, the Pontiac zone led
with 162 per cent, of quota on new
cars, while Kansas City was ahead
on used cars results with 149.7 per
cent, of quota.”
Two defense areas set up in Pa
cific: president signs bases bill.
'THE SECRET OF
HAPPINESS IN
MARRIED LIFE’
Next Sunday night the Rev. C.
C. Cliett, pastor of the Methodist
church, will preach on “The Secret
of Happiness in Married Life” or
“How to Be Happy Though Mar
: ried.” This is a sequel to the ser
mon delivered last Sunday night
1 on “Hen-Pecked Husbands and
Foolish Wives.”
•Mr. Cliett gave the unhappy side
of married life last Sunday night
and plans to give the happy side
next Sunday night. Large congre
gations are attending these special
services. The public, as well as the
members, is invited to attend all of
them.
Next Sunday night Mr. Cliett will
present four gifts. One gift to the
couple that has been married the
longest, one to the couple most re
cently married, one to the couple
with the most children present at
this service, and other for the
youngest grandmother present.
This will be the fourth of a se
ries of ten special sermons Mr.
Cliett is preaching on Sunday
nights in his church. Other serv
ices will be: April 13, Divine Heal
ing—ls It of God or Satan; April
20, The Funeral Service for the
Living Dead; April 27, Precious
Promise of Jesus; May 4, Spiritism
—Can the Living Communicate
With the Dead?; May 11, Is Ameri
ca Headed Toward Communism?;
May 18, A Sermon On a Raised
Window Shade.
' All sermons are based on Scrip
ture. The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
10:00 A. M.—Sunday school; M. L.
Fisher, superintendent.
11:00 A. M.—Preaching by the
pastor. x
7:00 P. M.—Epworth league.
7:30 P. M.—Sermon by the pas
tor, “The Secret of Happiness in
Married Life.”
EXPENDITURES OF
RAILWAYS IN 1940
LARGEST IN YEARS
ATLANTA. April 2 (GPS).—Rail
roads in Georgia and the rest of
the United States spent $429,147,000
for equipment ayd other improve
ments in 1940, largest capital ex
penditure since the $509,793,000
outlay in 1937, it was revealed by
Atlanta rail executives, after study
ing reports from the Association of
American Railroads. This was an
increase of $167,118,000 over simi
lar expenditures in 1939.
Os the total capital expenditures
made in 1940. $271,906,000 was for
locomotives and rolling stock and
$157,241,000 for roadway and struc
tures. Last year’s expenditure for
equipment was $138,518,000 above
1939, while roadway and structure
costs ran $28,600,000 higher than
in 1939.
DRAFTEES URGED TO TRAVEL
LIGHT’ FOR CONVENIENCE
“Travel light. Take nothing but
essentials. And you’ll save yourself
a lot of inconvenience.”
This is the advice given by Sion
B. Hawkins, state director of Se
lective Service, to men selected for
military training who are prepar
ing to leave for army induction
stations.
Director Hawkins said that one
suitcase should be sufficient to
carry everything a selectee would
need until he is outfitted by the
army—“change of underwear and
socks, shaving set including the
type of razor he is accustomed to
using, tooth brush and other toilet
articles, and things like these.”
“Put them all in one suitcase,”
he advised, “and do not take along
bags, boxes and loose articles, or
you only will be causing a lot of
inconvenience for yourself and
others while you are on your way
to the induction station and after
wards.”
Unnecessary articles taken to in
duction centers, together with any
prohibited by military regulations,
must be returned to his home by
the selectee at his own expense or
I otherwise disposed of, Director
1 Hawkins pointed out.
UTILIZING BORDERS
On most farms, the strip of land
around the cultivated fields do not
produce very much, since this area
is too close to woods and other bor
ders for the field crops to grow
successfully. Many farmers each
year plant this strip to lespedeza
and thereby utilize this land. Such
a practice provides cover and pro
tection for the borders, supplies
food for wildlife, and checks ero
sion from the cultivated areas.
TRANSPORTATION
The president has appointed a
three-man board to study and re
port on the adequacy of existing
rail, water and truck systems tg
carry the nation’s commerce