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VOL. 55; NO. 4
SOUTH’S PLEA
GETS PLANNING
BOARD’S SUPPORT
ATLANTA, April 16 (GPS).—The
National Resources Planning board
in a. report made public in Atlanta,
declared the federal government
should give “serious consideration’’
to the placing of defense plants and
orders in the Southeast.
The board, in a statement out
lining a comprehensive regional de
velopment plan for the Southeast,
pointed out that industrialization
of this section would cause “far
reaching changes in the way of life
but emphasized that such new de
velopment must be made health.”
The defense program offers an
opportunity to increase industrial
capacity of the Southeast “without
injury to industrial areas else
where,” the report stated, recom
mending that local capital be used
as far as possible to finance new in
dustrial enterprises so that wealth
hereby created might remain in the
Southeast for further expansion.
Prepared by the Atlanta field of
fice of the board, the recommenda
tions for development of the South
east centered around a three-fold
program:
1. Changes in the use of the land
designed to conserve it by devoting
more attention to pasturage, forage
crops and live stock.
2. Vigorous industrial utilization
of the section’s raw materials and
resources in order to provide jobs
for an excess of labor on the farm
and to provide new uses for farm
products and national resources.
3. Expansion of state and local
governmental services—particular
ly schools, health programs and
roads—which, the report stated,
“must wait largely upon the attain
ment of a higher level of regional
income through agricultural ad
justments and industrial expan
sion.”
TREATING GARDEN SEED
As preparations for planting flo
wer gardens get under way, disease
prevention and contfol should be
considered.
Although disease may not be
present either in the seeds or in
the soil, treatment known to con
trol diseases in general should be
applied to the seed, according to
Roy A. Bowden, University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture horticul
turist.
For all seeds, Mr. Bowden rec
ommends red copper oxide treat
ment. This is applied by picking up
a little of the fine powder on the
end of a knife and dropping it into
the seed packet. The packet is then
shaken until the seed coat is cov
ered with the red powder.
The general seed treatment, while
excellent for almost all ordinary
flower seeds, is especially recom
mended for sweet peas, asters, zen
nias and marigolds.
For bulbs, Mr. Bowden recom
mends potassium permanganate.
This is mixed in the proportion of
one ounce to seven and one-half
gallons of water, and is placed in a
wooden, crockery, porcelain, or
agate container. A metal container
must not be used or a chemical re
action will take place. Soak bulbs
for thirty minutes and plant them
immediately, or let them dry and
plant later.
The bulb treatment, which is
non-poisonous, almost always stim
ulates root activity besides control
ling disease. It is especially bene
ficial to gladiolias, dahlia tubers,
iris rhizomes, calla lilies and other
common bulb or root crops.
Motor Truck Plays
Vital Role In National
Defense Work
“At no time in the history of this
country has the motor truck play
ed the vital role for which it is
destined in the spring of 1941.”
This is the statement of W. E. Fish,
manager, Chevrolet commercial car
department, whose organization,
through the more than 8,500 Chev
rolet dealers, has sold more than
1.000,000 trucks in the past six
years- . . .
This prediction is based upon two
factors now operating in the Amer
ican business scene, Mr. Fish said.
First is the normal advance in ac
tivity among commercial car users
k with the advent of spring. Second,
he said, is the increasing industrial
and manufacturing output induced
by national defense work.
“Spring is the season when all
truck users, from the farmer to the
retail deliveryman, review their
* transport equipment with an eye
toward doing a more effective job
in the new year. Designed to pro
mote efficiency and at the same
time lower costs are the sixty mod
els Chevrolet offers for 1941 on
nine different wheelbase lengths.
■ This wide variety of transport
equipment includes trucks for ev
ery business. There are commercial
cars especially adaptable to heavy
hauling needs; there are trucks de
signed specifically for coal dealers;
bakers; cleaners; department
stores; loggers; municipal services
such as fire department, street
cleaning, garbage removal, and
’ traffic signal servicing; farm serv
ice - milk transport; gasoline and
oil distribution; bottlers, and flor
ists. Virtually every 7 human need is
served by a Chevrolet truck.”
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1941
Dr. George Truett,
Baptist Leader, Will
Speak At Marietta
ATLANTA, April 15.—From the
town in which he made his first
appearance on the pulpit fifty-two
years ago, Dr. George W. Truett,
past president of the Baptist World
Alliance, will speak next Saturday
April 19, at Marietta.
Dr. Truett’s address will be car
ried by Radio Station WSB, Atlan
ta, from 3 to 3:30 p.m. on that date
When still a youngster, the now
famous minister delivered a sermon
in Marietta and he still remembers
how excited he was at the occasion
Since then, he has spoken in scores
of states and before hundreds of
thousands of people during the in
tervening half century.
Persons throughout Georgia who
know and love this famous religi
ous figure will be interested in
hearing his “home-coming” speech.
LOCAL SENIORS “GUESTS OF
A DAY” AT WESLEYAN COLLEGE
CAMPUS SATURDAY, APRIL 19
MACON, Ga., April 15. —High
school seniors of Summerville will
be “guests of a day” at annual dor
mitory day on the Wesleyan college
campus Saturday, April 19.
Summerville seniors will be ,
among several hundred high school
students who are expected to visit
the campus that day to participate
in an entertainment program and
become acquainted with the facul
ty, student body and college facil
ities.
Registration of the seniors will
begin at 9 o’clock Saturday. During
the morning the guests will play
tennis, golf, and badminton, swim,
ride horseback and hike.
Winners of three $l,lOO scholar
ships which were open to high
school seniors early in the year will
be announced by Dr. Dice R. An
derson. Wesleyan president, durin
the day.
An annual horse show in which
Wesleyan riding students will par
ticipiate will climax the afternoon’s
activities.
A musical entertainment is plan
ned for the evening.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to our many friends
for the kindness shown during the
recent illness and death of our be
loved daughter, Edna Rae.
We thank each and every one of
you for the efforts made to help
alleviate her suffering and pain
and for the beautiful floral offer
ings. May God’s richest blessings
abide with you all.
R. J. Dobbs and Family.
TREATING COTTON SEED
Use of 2 per cent. Ceresan in the
treatment of cotton seed will add
about 20 per cent, to the yield of
cotton, according to Dr. Julian Mil
ler, head of the department of plant
pathology at the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
Last year, he pointed out, about
half the farmers of Georgia used
this treatment. The cost is only
about 15 cents per acre, and Cere
san can be obtained from most
seed stores.
Plans for a simple treater, made
from a thirty-gallon oil drum, some
pipe, and two saw horses, are free
ly distributed by both seed com
panies and government agricultur
al agencies.
COUNTY AGENT SAYS
SPRING IS BEST TIME
TO CONTROL FLIES
Right now is the best time to do
some effective work towards con
; trolling flies, says County Agent O
P. Dawson. And, he adds, the best
> way to get rid of the pests is to kill
them before they hatch.
’ “The three kinds of flies that es
pecially affect the dairy farmer are
■ the stable fly, the horn fly, and the
common house fly,” the agent
points out. “The first two are ‘biting
flies’ that cause untold irritation to
the milking herd. This condition, of
course, causes much loss in milk
and even in flesh of the cows, and
often contributes to the summer
’ slump in milk production.
“House flies do not bite but are
’ filthy and contaminate everything
j they touch in the dairy and in the
[ home,” he continues. “It is almost
impossible to accurately estimate
[ the annual damage caused by flies
, —loss in human health and loss of
• milk, in dairy herds.”
> Flies can be so controlled that
, they will not eat up much of the
. dairy profits, Mr. Dawson says. He
k states that effective control of flies
’ begins with the first warm days in
t the spring. Flies breed in filth so
if the breeding places can be re
; moved early in the spring, the fight
- against flies is more than half won.
1 “The stable fly and the house fly
r breed, in manure in the barn or lot
- or in many cases in piles of rotten
; straw, spoiled silage or other mate
t rial where moisture and warmth
5 are present. A little time spent in
; a real clean-up of such material
I will do more good in fly control
- than all the sprays, fly traps or
I noisen bait that can be used later
- in the summer Os course, it is nec
s essary to keep these breeding places
cleaned up all summer.”
UNEMPLOYED IN
COUNTY GET
SI,BOO IN MARCH
Unemployment benefits amount
ing to $1,800.41 were paid to work
ers in Chattooga county under
terms of the state unemployment
compensation law in March, Com
missioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet
has announced. Number of checks
issued was reported at 287.
Payments for the state as a whole
totaled $232,341 and brought the
cumulative total to almost $8,500,-
000 since the benefit-payinv m
gram began in January of 1931. The
35.339 checks issued during the
month brought the cumulative to
tal to 1,337,467.
Placements of unemployed men
and women in jobs by local offices
of the Georgia state employment
service were reported at 6,968, a
slight decrease as compared with
the previous month.
Analysis of placements showed
6,677 were in private industry and
291 on public works projects. Four
thousand, three hundred and twen
ty-eight were reported as regular
jobs and 2,640 as temporary.
Active file of persons seeking em
ployment through the service num
bered 115,647.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
CONFERENCE APRIL 22-24
The second annual rural electri
fication conference for REA proj
ect managers and utilization spe
cialists of power companies and
REA co-operatives will be held at
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture April 22, 23, 24.
Concerned with “The Economi
cal Application of Electricity to
Georgia Farms,” the conference
will discuss all applications of elec
tricity to farm tasks. Special top
ics include: rural electrification
and national defense, growing
plants in electrically heated hot
beds, frozen food service for farm
ers, electric milk coolers, and cur
ing sweet potatoes by electric).
Experts from the USDA, TVA,
REA, the extension services of sev
eral states, and commercial com
panies will serve on the program
and advise Georgia rural electrifi
cation workers.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
THE LIVING DEAD
Sunday night funeral services
will be conducted for the living
dead. Who are these dead? Why are
they dead? Are you one of them?
The minister of the Methodist
church will answer these questions
in a most unusual service Sunday
night at 7:30. The public is invited.
Last year 35,000 persons were
killed, in traffic accidents in this
nation—B24 of them in Georgia.
The department of public safety
says speed too fast for conditions
was resnonsible for more than half
of those deaths.
NOTICE
The Rev. Obe Smiley, of Lyerly
is conducting a series of meetings
it a tent in Lyerly. The tent is just
at the back of R. W. Bagley’s store.
Several different preachers will be
there this week, including the Rev.
Brock, from the Church of God in
Berryton. Everybody is invited tc
attend.
Ancients believed that an elk put
his left hind foot to his left ear to
cure himself of falling sickness, so
they used the left hind leg of an
elk as a cure for epilepsy.
Soup made from crows is used in
Mexico as a cure for asthma.
Dictatorship & Religion
By GEORGE PECK.
A few weeks ago, in this column, we made the assertion that “Man
kind. Had Failed God.” We have heard from people of all religious faiths
located in all parts of America and not a single one of these has dis
puted that statement. It would seem that, at long last, our pen has fi
nally indicted something so uncontroversial that all have been forced to
agree with it.
Stranger still, not one single person has quarreled with the definition
of sound ethical religion given therein. At the risk of redundancy, with
your permission, we would like to repeat that definition. It went as fol
lows: “Sound ethical religion is any code of principles and rules of con
duct based on man’s recognition of God as the Supreme Being, the Au
thor of Life and Creator of all things—of God to whom we are account-
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able for the constructive use or de
structive abuse we make of our
lives—of God with whom we final
ly hope to be united in eternity as
a reward for making the proper use
of our lives—of God from whom we
may be forever separated as pun
ishment for failure to exploit our
opportunities.”
Some claim that when dictators
come through the door, religion
flies out the window, while others
contend that the process is revers
ed and that when religion flies out
the window, dictators come through
the door. This is very reminiscent
of the old bromide: “Which came
first, the chicken or the egg?”
At any rate, we know that dicta
tors can brook no interference.
Their subjects must have no other
gods before the dictators them
selves. There can be no free relig
ion, no free press which might deign
to criticize, there can be no free
dom of discussion, of thought, of
action, of opportunity, nor can
there be any'free enterprise fori
those two partners—capital and
labor. '
MRS. O. H. ELGIN
IS CHAIRMAN
CANCER CONTROL
Chattooga county’s interest in
cancer control, evidenced by the
[ enthusiasm now being shown in
t the campaign to raise funds to help
■ fight the dread disease is increas
h ing every year, according to Mrs.
3 Harrison Elgin, local chairman.
Chairman Mrs. Elgin, of Chat
tooga county, declares that the lo
cal campaign for funds is beinr
held this month, and urges every
s one to co-operate.
' Quoting Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
’ velt, wife of the president of the
United States, Chairman Mrs. El
gin says:
“One of the most encouraging de r
’ velopments of our time is the in
' terest men and women everywhere
are showing in health and the
steps that must be taken to pre
serve and protect it. This interest
is particularly significant today
. since national health is a vital
factor in national defense.
“A valuable method of maintain
ing and raising our health stand
ards is through the work of vol
untary organizations such as the
Women’s Field Army of the Ameri
can Society for the Control of Can
cer. In this unusual army the gen
eral public and physicians unite to
save lives from cancer. Anyone may
enlist and serve in the movement.
Each individual who does enroll in
the army is given information
about cancer and is urged to brinj
it to the attention of at least ten
other persons.
“The Women’s Field Army has
made a fine beginning. It deserves
the support of every man and wom
an in the country.”
Mrs. Roosevelt is honorary chair
man of the advisory board of the;
Women’s Field Army.
College Students Will
Be Assured of Army
Vacancies In Summer
Students of colleges and univer
sities who wish to volunteer this
summer for one year’s training un
der the Selective Training and Ser
vice act in order that they may be
ready to resume their collegiate ca
; reers in the autumn of 1942 may be
assured that there will be ample
1 vacancies for them in the army
: during the summer months.
; That is the gist of a statement
made this week by Sion B. Haw-
. kins, state director of Selective
Service.
, I Director Hawkins’ statement was
, based on information from nation
’ al headquarters of the Selective
: Service system which quoted the
. following letter received by na
’ tional headquarters from Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimson:
I “In reply to the inquiry concem
, ing the acceptance by the war de
. partment of students who may wish
to volunteer for training next sum
' i mer, the department is certain that
- there will be ample vacancies in
the army during the months of
‘ June, July, August and September
• to accommodate all students who
i desire to begin their service during
that period.”
Director Hawkins pointed out
that the one-year volunteer induc
; tions are made through the local
) Selective Service boards and that
> anyone wishing to volunteer for a
i year should present himself to his
local board. Three-year enlistments,
on the other hand, are under jur
i isdiction of regular army recruiting
officers.
It may seem to border on the ir
reverent, but it is nevertheless true
that there is a definite affinity be
tween religion and free enterprise,
else why are both automatically
banished when dictators come to
power? Dictators cannot survive if
they permit either to exist.
Jesus Christ, Himself, was a
staunch admirer and arden advo
cate of the free enterprise system.
His parable of the talents is an
eternal testimonial of that fact. He
who put his talents to work so that
they would increase and multiply,
Christ commended; he who did not
de sc, Christ admonished.
Thank God!, America’s churches
of all creeds are still open, free and
untrammeled, where Americans are
at liberty to worship when they
please and how they please. Let’s
use them—let’s get back to them.
For if we have learned one lesson
from the rapidly-moving and trag
ic events of the past few years, it
is: that dictators cannot work their
black magic in a nation, the citi
zenry of which is God-loving and
God-respecting.
Local Merchants To
Close Wednesdays At
Noon Starting May 7
The following merchants and
business houses have agreed to
close every Wednesday at 12, noon,
eastern standard time, beginning
May 7, and ending Sept. 24:
Western Auto Associate store, A
F. Williams & Sons, Home store,
Nicekl-Saver Food store, Summer
ville Bargain store, A. & T. Grocery
store, Mary Penn shop, C. C. Cleg
horn, U. S. 5 & 10c store, Tutton’s
Auto Parts store, Farmers & Mer
chants bank, Henry & Crawford,
Summerville Cash store, Fisher’s
10c store, Frazier’s Barber shop, C.
G. Gilreath Grocery, Mrs. C. G.
Gilreath Beauty shop.
Turner’s Barber & Beauty shop,
Star Barber & Beauty shop, Shrop
shire Beauty shop, Service Barber
shop, J. T. Hudgins Barber shop,
Eleam Radio service, Fletcher Ham
mond Watch repair, I. M. Hender
son, jeweler; Industrial Credit com
pany, Chattooga Mercantile com
pany, the Hale store, Echols Drj
Cleaning company, Georgia Powei
company.
Easter Sunrise Service
Impressive Affair
Summerville’s first Easter “sun
rise” service was most impressive
In the pure freshness of a new
day, the service was opened by the
Rev. Herbert Morgan in an appro
priate manner. As the roseate morn
changed into gold the sun burst
forth in glory while the audience
sang, “Christ Arose,” “Abide With
Me.” Prayers were offered by the
I Revs. Short and Cliett.
About seventy people attended
this service. Many of the graves
were decorated in honor of the
dead. We hope this sunrise service
becomes annual. Mrs. Bill Henry
planned and arranged the service.
Mrs. Henry is a native of Winston-
Salem, N. C., where the world re
nowned Easter service is held an
nually.
OLD-TIME TENT REVIVAL
IN PROGRESS ON TRION
SUMMERVILLE HIGHWAY
An old-time tent revival is now
going on between Summerville and
Trion, conducted by the Rev. Her
bert Morgan and the Rev. Cash.
The Rev. Morgan says the pur
pose of this revival is to get lost
souls saved. Everyone is welcome to
attend this revival.
“Whosoever will let him come.”
The department of public safety
says that accidents don’t “happen”
—they are caused. More caution
and greater courtesy will prevent
99 per cent, of them.
RENEWAL OF
DRIVER LICENSES
IS STARTED
The annual driver’s license re
newal period has opened and dri
vers may obtain application blanks
from all state patrol headquarters
and many public places.
Major John Goodwin, public
safety commissioner, said present
licenses expire in June except those
which were purchased for a two
year period last year.
The family driver’s license law,
enacted by the recent general as
sembly, is effective in this renewal
period, the commissioner said.
Under the new legislation de
pendent minors, who live with a
parent, may purchase a license for
25 cents and a spouse will have to
pay only 50 cents provided the hus
band (or wife, as the case may be)
holds a $1 license. Formerly all
drivers paid $1 each except bus and
truck drivers. Their licenses remain
$2 each.
Major Goodwin said application
blanks are available at sheriffs’ of
fices, police stations, and at many
filling stations and garages, in ad
dition to the nineteen district head
auarters of the state patrol and the
state headauarters in Atlanta.
He urged' drivers to make their
applications as soon as possible be
cause clerks at this time can issue
them immediately. Later, he point
ed out, the rush will be so heavy
that it will take considerably long
er for the applicant to receive it.
Atlanta Rifle Club To
Shoot on Rome Range
ROME, Ga.—-As an experiment,
the Atlanta Rifle club will hold ri
fle matches on the new outdoor
range here Sunday, April 20, at £
o’clock a.m.
These matches will be over what
' is known as the “DeWar” course—
twenty shots at fifty yards and
twenty shots at 100 yards.
There will be one match for iron
1 sights over this course, and one for
telescopic sights. Both these
matches will be re-entry matches
There will also be a match at
fifty feet for the state defens
' corps of this district in the after
noon.
Rifles for state defense corps will
be
$1.50 A YEAR
FARMERS VOTE
ON PEANUT ACT
APRIL 26TH, 1941
i Secretary of Agriculture Claude
1 1 R. Wickard has proclaimed market
-3 ing quotas on peanuts for the 1941
’ crop and called a referendum
> among peanuts growers for Satur
dav. April 26, T. R. Breedlove, state
1 AAA administrative officer for
. Georgia, announced this week.
The proclamation was provided
for by congress in a recent amend
ment to the agricultural adiust
; ment act of 1938. The national
quota for 1941 is the amount of
peanuts which will be harvested
; from the national acreage allot
ment. set by law at 1,610,000 acres.
This is the same as the peanut ac
reage allotment under the 1940 ag
ricultural conservation program.
The quota will remain in effect
only if approved by two-thirds or
more of the peanut farmers voting
in . ie referendum. The vote is for
a three-year period, affecting the
crop; of 1941, 1942 and 1943.
U. er the quota, a farmer who
plan' within his peanut acreage
allot,. nt may market all he pro
duces without penalty. Peanuts
marks d in excess of the farm
marke ig quota are subject to a
nenalt of 3 cents per pound. How
ever. p. ment of the penalty is not
require if the excess peanuts are
deliverer to an agency designated
for handling excess peanuts. In
this case, the farmer receives for
his excess peanuts the price for oil,
which usually is considerably low
er than the market price for" edible
peanuts.
Only those peanuts which are
nicked and threshed by mechanical
means are subject to marketing
quotas. This means that peanuts
hogged off or dug for hay do not
come under quotas. Also, quotas do
not apply to farmers on which the
measured peanut acreage is one
acre or less.
The act requires that if quotas
are not approved in the referendum,
no peanut loan or diversion pro
gram can be offered on the 1941
crop. If quotas are approved in the
referendum, farmers are assured of
a loan or diversion program, or
both, as a means of protecting pea
nut prices. The loan rate would be
between 50 and 75 per cent, of par
ity.
FARMERS CAN PLANT
PEANUTS FOR COTTON
UNDER AAA PROGRAM
An important change in the 1941
AAA program by which Georgia
farmers can substitute peanuts for
cotton was announced today by Er
nest Statham, of Cobb, Ga., chair
man of the AAA committee.
“The change will permit peanut
farmers to substitute peanuts for
cotton without affecting AAA pay
ments,’ said Statham. “Peanuts
which are substituted for cotton
however, will not be eligible for the
‘pegged’ price but will have to be
sold at oil prices. These excess pea
nuts will not affect the amount of
the conservation or parity pay
ments, neither will they affect the
farmer’s eligibility to receive cotton
stamps under the supplementary
cotton, program.”
Statham gave an example to show
how the change would work. A
farmer who has a twenty-acre pea
nut allotment and a twenty-acre
cotton allotment may plant his full
peanut allotment of twenty acres
and not be subject to marketing
quota penalties. In addition, if he
does not plant any cotton, he may
plant twenty acres more to peanuts
for oil. This would make a total of
forty acres in peanuts—twenty
acres to be produced for the edible
trade and twenty acres for oil pur
poses. If the farmer desired to plant
one-half of his cotton allotment or
ten acres, he could plant the other
ten acres of his cotton allotment in
peanuts for oil, making a total of
thirty acres in peanuts.
REWARD FOR STARTERS
OF FOREST FIRES
Activities of Farm Bureau
Chattooga county farm bureau
offers $25 reward for any person
caught and convicted of setting
fires to wooded areas, or starting
fires which spread through wood
ed areas in this county.
The president of the Chattooga
County Farm Federation bureau
' points out that the most important
legislation which we have ever had
is now in progress in Washington.
The legislation that is now propos
ed is to bring the price of cotton to
parity. This bill would place the
loan of cotton up to 85 per cent,
parity, conservation payments
amount to the other 15 per cent.
This bill is being supported by the
state farm bureau and also by the
federal farm bureau. The bill has
■> been introduced by Senator Bank
" head, of Alabama, and passed
r unanimously by the senate agricul
“ tural committee on March 25. This
bill has passed the senate and is
1 now before the house, and expec
. tation is that opposition here will
3 be rather strong. Mr. O’Neal, the
I president of the federal farm bu
‘ reau, is asking the support of local
~ bureaus in this matter. The local
bureaus are in turn asking the sup
t port of the farm people in this
county which means that they
. need stronger bureaus by havir._.
more members. Consider this legis-
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