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VOL. 55; NO. 3
LAWS AFFECTING
COUNTY PASSED
IN LEGISLATURE
Now that the legislature has ad
journed, The News decided that it
was about time to acquaint the
people of Chattooga county with
the new laws that have been pass
ed affecting the county. There
fore, the reporter of The News re
cently interview our member of the
house of representatives, Moses E.
Brinson, and we give you the fol
lowing :
First, in their importance, is the
enactment of the constitutional
amendment which was spon
sored by and in behalf of the pres
ent county board, so that the board
of commissioners of roads and rev
enue could retire, by issuing bonds,
all outstanding indebtedness in the
form of warrants heretofore issu
ed, thereby reducing the interest on
the outstanding indebtedness to 3
per cent, instead of the 7 per cent,
rate that they have been paying on
warrants for the past several years.
The constitutional amendment
allowing these funding bonds also
carries the provision that the coun
ty will retire all outstanding war
rants regardless of their age and
regardless of their amounts, and
after these warrants have been re
tired then the county will go on a
cash basis and thereafter they
shall issue no more warrants, and
there must be funds in the bank
to cover each and every check is
sued in the future or else no check
can be issued. It will be the duty of
the county board at the first meet
ing in January to determine what
they shall spend for the ensuing
year. They shall then make the levy
accordingly, and should the money
that is collected from taxes from
this levy give out then the board
must wait until the next year be
fore they will have any more money
to spend for county purposes.
It appears at this time, that the
levy, which has heretofore been 27
mills, will be reduced to at least 24
mills (which includes the levy for
retiring the bonds) and as the
bonds are paid off from year to
year the tax levy will gradually de
crease.
The second enactment in the re
cent legislature, in importance is
the revision of the City Court of
the county. This court was changed
from a grand jury city court to a
statutory city court, and from now
on the judge of the city court will
be elected by the people instead of
appointed by the ■ governor. The
next election for the judge will be
held at the next governor’s elec
tion in 1942. Our present judge, C.
D. Rivers, will hold the office of
judge until the next election.
' Some amendments were enacted
regarding the city of Summerville.
The most important of these are:
That the mayor and council shall
be elected on the first Saturday in
January for a term of two years.
However, it is expressly stipulated
in the amendment that this amend
ment shall not apply to the pres
ent term of office of the present
mayor and present members of
council, but this two-year term of
office shall apply on and after the
election held in January, 1942.
An amendment was enacted
whereby the mayor and council
men, before they shall be qualified
for election as such, must have
been a resident of the city of Sum
merville for a period of at least
twelve months prior to the date of
said election, and such candidate
or candidates must be qualified to
vote for members of the general
assembly. This means that any
candidate for mayor or councilman
must have paid all of his poll taxes
and must be registered to vote for
members of the general assembly.
The recorder was given the right
“ The more you stir it the worse it wiltbe.
APRIL
9— Minimum wage law held
Pj zti unconstitutional, 1923.
'lo— Letters patent issued to
the Virginia Company,
1606.
• J1 _ Senate yn p U t s postmas-
Sters under civil service,
1938.
• Aft 12—Wagner Act upheld by.
supreme court, 1937.
13— Thomas Jefferson, third
I President bom. 1743. _
- 14— President asked forseven
'JO billion dollar spend-lend
program. 1938- '
15— President Linegin asaas-
®lj£ jßmnwrtaUk SJete
Georgia Democrats
Lead Nation In
Jackson Day Drive
(By Georgia News Service.)
Georgia democrats showed their
loyalty to the Democratic party at
the annual Jackson day dinner Sat
urday, March 29, by contributing
over $27,000 for the democratic
fund. In doing this, Georgia led the
nation in its gift to the party.
State Chairman Ryburn G._ Clay
expressed himself as being highly
pleased over the results of the cam
paign, but added, “I am not sur
prised, however, for Georgians can
always be counted upon to do their
part and a little more whenever
they are called on for concrete ev
idence of their faith and confi
dence in the party of Old Hickory.
“This fine records we have just
made was made possible by the
wonderful co-operation of every
loyal democrat all over the state. It
proves that, no matter how Geor
gia democrats may differ among
themselves, they stand united when
the national party calls.”
A true example of a united front
among Georgia democrats was
shown by the presence, for the sec
ond time since the campaign start
ed of Gov. Eugene Talmadge and
exGov. E. D. Rivers at the same
gathering. Bitter political enemies
in state politics, they buried their
differences for the sake of the na
tional Democratic party. Each
county was allotted a quota to raise
based on the white population of
the county—a quota of $25 per
thousand. More than fifty counties
exceeded the allotted amount.
Chairman Clay gave his sincere
thanks to all the democrats of
Georgia for the great response ren
dered in these troubled times, re
marking that they, untiringly, al
ways work for the party of Andrew
Jackson.
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT
TRION CHURCH OF GOD
A revival of old-time power is now
in progress at the Church of God,
one mile south of Trion, with the
Rev. O. F. Eilenburg, Birmingham,
Ala., in charge. Good > music and
singing. The public is cordially in
vited. Service hours 7 p.m.
W. COBB DENNARD, Pastor.
In the United States, more than
a million farm women are enroll
ed in organized home demonstra- 1
tion clubs or groups.
to fine any person brought up be
fore his court not over the sum of
SIOO or imprisonment in the jail
for a period of ninety days. The old
law was that the recorder could
fine a person violating an ordi
nance of said city of Summerville
in the amount of SIOO but impris
onment for only thirty days.
'A new section was added to the
charter of the city of Summerville,
which reads as follows: “No loco
motive engine shall blow a steam
whistle within the city limits and
the speed of such trains shall not
be in excess of fifteen miles per
hour, except at railroad crossings,
where the speed shall not be in ex
cess of six miles per hour.” A vio
lation of this section shall consti
tute a misdemeanor and the of
fender, upon conviction, shall be
punished as for -a misdemeanor.
An amendment was also enacted
for the town of Menlo, allowing the
mayor and council to pave the
streets of said town, and to assess
the adjoining property owners for
the paving of said streets.
The News hopes that the local
legislation passed in the recent ses
sion meets with the approval of the i
citizens of the county.
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- Government Can Not Solve Problem or Poverty -
I
By GEORGE PECK.
Government for some time has
been trying unsuccessfully to solve
the problem of poverty. It really is
a paradox that here in the world’s
richest country, we should have a
poverty problem to solve. Neverthe
less, one exists and we would be
foolish to imitate the ostrich by
burying our heads in the sand and
pretending to ignore it.
Here in this land of equal oppor
tunity, one-third of our people is
ill-housed, - ill-fed and poorly
clothed. If memory serves us cor?
rectly, one of our outstanding ex
ecutives has described this minor
ity as the “submerged third.”
All decent citizens have sincere
sympathy for these less fortunate i
among us. But, we must not be
‘pollyanna’ in our efforts to correct
a bad situation for fear that in try-!
ing to effect a cure, we only sue- 1
ceed in making the patient worse;
—perhaps kill him.
Various schemes have been pro
posed -some even adopted Most- of!
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941
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.
3:6-7: Miss Effie Leath, Menlo.
I:4s—Talk on Stewardship: “My
Creed As a Tither,” ‘‘lf 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.
6 Men Selected For
Induction April 11
The following named men have
been selected for induction by this
board. They shall report to this lo
cal board at Summerville at 9:30
a.m. on April 11, whereupon they
j shall be sent to an induction sta
tion of the United States army at
Fort McPherson, Atlanta:
Nathaniel J. Goodwin (399-V),
Lowell Shropshire Hix (1073-V);
Hugh Taylor Henderson (601); Guy
Wilson Woods (667), Alfred Brown
(690), Lamar H. Mitchell (694).
The following men may be re
auired as replacements: James T.
McGuire (703), Otto Bryant May
nor (717).
EASTER CONTATA AT
SUBLIGNA APRIL 13
The S. W. A. Community Choir
will present an Easter contata Ap
ril 13 in Subligna Baptist church
at the morning preaching hour.
The contata will be directed by R.
R. Jennings; accompanist, Mrs. M.
E. Lausdall.
The public is cordially invited.
CONCERNING HOGS
Adoption of sanitary methods of
producing hogs and immunization
have proven to be the only practi
cal means of controlling internal
parasites and preventing disease,
accordng to agricultural extension
workers. Farmers would do well to
practice sanitary methods of man
agement and vaccinate hogs for
disease if they expect to receive the
largest income from their swine.
these have as their bases, the idea
of taking away from the “Haves”
and giving to the “Have-Nots.” Dr.
Ruth Alexander, nationally-known
lecturer and economist, very aptly
commented on this unwise proced
ure when she said: “Basically, there
are tragic inequalities in ability—
just as people are naturally en
dowed with differentials in eye
sight. We remedy visual defects as
much as we can, but we don’t take
eyesight from one who sees well
and give it to one who sees not so
well.” Such a procedure would pro
duce a nation of blind people.
Government can solve the prob
lem of poverty at a given time, for
a given time, and by methods which
i have never failed to destroy the
whole of society in the long run.
i These methods consist of the for
. cible transfer of capital from one
group (the great middle class) to
i another group (the peer). Such re-.
i distribution is based solely on the.
needs of the poor, and utterly dis
! regards their (jyptrlbution tfj the
LOCAL MUSIC
STUDY CLUB
MET APRIL 2
The April meeting of the Sum
merville Music Study club was held
at the Tavern on Wednesday aft
ernoon, April 2, at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs.
John S. Cleghorn and Mrs. O. P.
Dawson were hostesses for the aft
ernoon. The dining room was very
artistically decorated with white
and yellow daffodils for this occa
sion.
After Mrs. Burgess had called the
meeting to order, the club collect
was read in unison. During the bus
iness meeting, yearly reports were
summarized and plans were laid
for the ensuing year.
Miss Zerilda Peck, program chair
man for the afternoon, limited the
discussion of “Contemporary Com
posers” to those who are Georgians.
A sparkling introduction of the
subject paved the way for an inter
esting discussion of “Famous Geor
gia Songs” by Mrs. John D. Taylor.
This was followed by two lovely so
los, “Just a Wearying for You,”
sung by Miss Annie Pitts, and Er
nest Rogers’ “Forgiveness,” sung by
Mrs. Taylor. Miss Harwell gave a
splendid biographical sketch of
“Blind Tom,” after which Mrs.
Taylor played “A Glimpse of Scot
land,” by William Arno, a Decatur
composer. Pictures of contemporary
composers were displayed and at
tention was called to the work of
Mrs. Bonita Crowe. A discussion of
current musical events concluded
the program.
A friendly social hour was en
joyed af£er the program. Favors on
the tempting salad plate that was
served represented gay spring
chickens.
ALL DAY SERVICE AT TRION
CHURCH OF GOD SUNDAY
There will be an all-day service
at the Church of God, one mile
south of Trion, Easter Sunday, Ap
ril 13. The public is invited to at
tend and enjoy this service with us.
W. COBB DENNARD, Pastor.
Rural women and girls learn
much that is cultural as well as|
practical through home demonstra- i
tion work.
WAGE-HOUR DIVISION ASKS
INJUNCTION AGAINST
ROME CHENILLE LAUNDRY
ROME, Ga.—Complaint was filed
here today by the wage and hour
division, U. S. department of labor,
in United States district court,
against Horton’s Laundry, Inc.,
charging violations of the fair la
bor standards act (federal wage
and hour law) and asking for an
injunction to restrain the defend
ant from further violations of the
act.
The complaint charges the fol
lowing violations;
Minimum wage provisions.
Maximum hour and overtime pro
visions.
Textile wage order of the admin
istrator.
Apparel wage order of the ad
ministrator.
Shipment into interstate com
merce of goods produced in viola
tion of the act.
Record-keeping provisions
The division charges that the de
fendant is engaged in laundering
and dyeing for interstate commerce
chenille bedspreads, ocats, robes
and jackets and that approximate
ly twenty-two employes are en
gaged in such operations.
Ten present and former employes i
of the defendant already have filed
suit in federal court to recover un
paid back wages totaling more than
$7,000. If the employe suit is suc
cessful, the plaintiffs can recover
twice the amounts sued for, plus
attorney’s fees and court costs.
whole. History shows that the ulti
mate result of the uplift of the few
is to drag down the many.
This method does not recognize
the basic cause of poverty. It treats
the symptom rather than getting
at the cause. Karl Marx named pov
erty as the outstanding symptom
of the machine age. He overlooked
the fact that poverty has existed
continuously throughout human
history, long before the machine.
Today, it is most acute in countries
where machine production scarce
ly exists.
Poverty is not caused by wide
spread lack of opportunity, but ra
ther by wide-spread lact of ambi
tion. Reason compels us to admit
that poverty is largely the result
of specific weaknesses in human
nature. It is the effect’ of these
tragic inequalities for which na
ture is to blame —it is caused by
i lack of a driving will to succeed, by;
lack of persistence, and by unwill
ingness to make present sacrifices
for the sake of th* fnture.
Young Peoples’ Rally
At Trion Baptist
Church This Evening
The young people of the Chat
tooga association will hold their
annual rally Thursday evening at
7:30 o’clock at the Trion Baptist
church. Mrs. John Salley, of Trion,
will be in charge of the program, as
follows, which is to be given by
representatives of the different
churches in the association:
Hymn, “The King’s Business.”
Prayer.
Hymn. “We’ve a Story to Tell the
Nation,”
Devotional —Summerville.
Welcome —Trion.
Response—Summerville.
Special—Trion Glee club.
Talk on R. A. Work—Trion.
Special—Summerville Y. W. A.
Address by Miss Bonnie Jean Ray
missionary to China.
Hymn, ‘The Kingdom Is Coming.’
Benediction.
MARGARET WEESNER NAMED
TO DEAN’S LIST AT THE
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Miss Margaret tWeesner has been
named to the dean’s list at West
Georgia college, Carrollton, for the
winter quarter, according to an an
nouncement made this week by
Dean W. Fred Gunn.
To make the dean’s list at West
Georgia, a student must make an
average of 87 or above. Only thirty
nine students received this honor
for the winter quarter.
Miss Weesner is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weesner, of
Summerville.
MENLO 4-H CLUB
The Menlo 4-H club met in the
home-makers room March 27 with
twenty-five present. The meeting
was called to order by Miss Henry.
The girls cut out their aprons and
caps. The meeting was adjourned
by the club pledge.
HELEN POWELL, Reporter.
Singing at South
Summerville Sunday
This coming Sunday, April 13, is
the annual afternoon singing at
the South Summerville Baptist
church. We are expecting one of
the best singings ever to be held in
Summerville. We will have the fol
lowing quartets:
The Welcome Hill quartet, Dalton
quartet, Fort Payne “Four,” South
Summerville quartet.
We are expecting the choir from
the Second Baptist church in Fort
Payne. Also other good singers and
quartets from all over this section.
Come out and help us .make this a
great event. Singing starts prompt
ly at 2 o’clock, eastern time.
Singing At Berryton
There will be a singing at Berry
ton Baptist church Friday night,
April 11, at 8 p.m., eastern stand
ard time. Several quartets will be
present.
The public is cordially invited.
HOT SCHOOL LUNCHES
Many schools in Georgia are serv- ]
ing appetizing hot lunches to the 1
children. In most cases, the hot
meals cost only a nickel apiece and
many of the children bring food ;
i products from home to pay for the
' lunches. This is an economical way
of providing the young people—to
morrow’s leaders —with a whole- 1 ’
some “square” meal at noon, rath- ,
er than for the children to bring!
cold lunch packs to school.
1
Opportunity to meet people is one.,
great advantage of 4-H club work
]
Therefore, those better equipped
by nature should assume a meas
ure of responsibility for those suf
fering from voluntary or involun
tary poverty. Charity, however, put
on a permanent basis, destroys self
reliance, kills initiative, and under
mines individual responsibility.
The poor could not survive if left
alone. They either cannot or will
not make their own survival de
pendent on their own efforts. They
are forced to depend on the rela
tively strong. Destruction of these
relatively strong, in the long run,
penalizes the whole. Leadership is
a basic essential for the welfare of
all. If we, as a nation, are sub
merged by -excessive taxation or
die off at the top by a dispropor
tionate birth-rate, all will be re
duced to penury.
It is tragic but true that we can
not help the weak by destroying
' the strong—that government can-
I net effect a permansnt solution of
the problem of poverty by redis
! trlbuttag the
$1.50 A YEAR
WOMAN’S AUX.
OF CHEROKEE TO
MEET AT MENLO
The thirty-fourth annual meet
ing of the woman’s auxiliary to the
presbytery of Cherokee will meet at
the Menlo church on April 17 and
18. The meeting will be called to
order by the president, Mrs. John
Whisnant, at 2 p.m. on the after
noon of the 17th. The last session
will be held on the afternoon of
the 18th.
The speakers include the Rev. D.
E. Boozer, of Menlo; Mrs. R. G.
Womeldorf, of Lynchburg, Va., a
returned missionary to China; Dr.
Claude Pritchard, executive secre
tary of home missions; Mrs. George
Montgomery, of Marietta; Rev.
John Melton, of Rome, and Mrs. J.
W. McQueen, of Fort Benning, Ga.,
who will teach the Bible.
ATHENS, Ga., April 7.—Elton L.
Perry, of Summerville, and Lewis
McGarity, of this city, are repre
senting the Georgia state agricul
tural adjustment adminisitration
office at a conference of the south
ern region in Washington, D. C.,
this week. The purpose of the con
ference is to discuss the problems
of the agricultural program for the
coming year.
Mr. Perry is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Perry, of Chattooga coun
ty, and has been connected with
the AAA since his graduation from
the University of Georgia in 1937.
While at the university he was a
member of Phi Kappa Phi, national
honoary scholastic fraternity, and
Alpha Zeta, national agricultural
fraternity.
Mr. McGarity is a native of Ath
ens, and is at present state ac
countant.
4-H TEAM DEMONSTRATION
Team demonstrations on select
ed subjects provide valuable train
ing for 4-H club boys and girls. Two
members choose a subject—egg
marketing, for example—and they
prepare a demonstration which
they give at meetings and in con
tests. Not only does it help the
participating members but also the
people who see the demonstration
are materially benefitted. Team
demonstrations are conducted un
der supervision of the county or
home extension agent.
SERVICE DRY CLEANING PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE MONDAY
The Service Dry Cleaning com
pany was partially destroyed by
fire Monday morning. The blaze
was discovered shortly after the
plant opened early Monday and is
thought to have originated in the
boiler room.
Many of the articles of clothing
were removed from the building
undamaged, although some were
partially or completely burned. It is
thought that the machinery can
be repaired so as to be used again.
It is reported that the building is
to be replaced in the very near fu
ture.
REVIVAL AT WAYSIDE
The Rev. Wrathburn Cash, of
South Summerville, is holding a re
vival this week at Wayside Chapel.
Everyone is invited to come.
W. T. HENRY. S. S. Supt.
LIEUT-COL. HATCHER SPEAKS
TO LIONS TUESDAY NIGHT
Lieut-Col. H. Cliff Hatcher, of
Waynesboro, was the speaker at the
Summerville Lions club meeting at
the tavern last night. He is a rep
resentative of the state draft board.
While here, Mr. Hatcher was the
guest of an old friend, the Rev. C.
C. Cliett, at the Methodist parson
age.
Labor and capital could get along
better if there was more fair play
on each side.
PONTIAC FOUNDRY WORKS
18 HOURS DAY; CAPACITY
RECORDS BROKEN
Spurred by national defense work
and record-breaking sales the Pon
tiac Motor division foundry has
been operating at from 15 to 25 per
cent, above normal or rated capac
ity since last July, according to H.
J. Klingler, general manager of
the division.
“From July 8 through March 15
the foundry has poured 97.252 tons
of iron, a figure well ahead of last
year, when during the same period
46.604 tons were poured,” Klingler
said.
“To meet defense requirements
and our own production the foun
dry has been working eighteen
hours a day by alternating cupolas.
The Pontiac foundry is producing
motor blocks; oil pump bodies and
bearing caps destined for army use
in General Motors trucks. To date
in 1941 6,767 tons have been poured
for this purpose.
High day’s tonnage thus far is
829 tons and the daily average is
750 tons. Average last year was 520
tons.
Foundry employment has risen
from 1,22 A last year to 1,900. per
sons at tpn present time, Klingler
reported/