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VOL. 55; NO. 23
BISHOP ARTHUR J.
MOORE COMING TO
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
The days of miracles are not over
The citizens of Chattooga county
will hear a modern miracle when
they hear Bishop Arthur J. Moore
preach next Sunday morning at
Oak Hill Methodist church. From
flagman on a railroad to a bishop
in the largest Protestant denom
ination in the world is the startling,
yet thrilling, experience of Arthur
J. Moore, who says that “It is by the
grace of God.”
Bishop Moore was born in south
Georgia, near Waycross. While in
his twenties he answered the call to
preach and immediately became
noted for his evangelistic successes.
His field widened rapidly in scope
until he had, preached in many of
the large churches in American
Methodism, His church called him
back to the pastorate where he
served Travis Park Methodist church
in San Antonia, Texas, and First
Methodist church in Birmingham,
Ala. It was while serving the First
Methodist church in Birmingham
that his church called him from
the pastorate into the bishopric.
As Bishop he has served the confer
ences in the West and .for seven
years as Missionary Bishop, having
charge of the entire field of Foreign
Missions. There is perhaps no man
in the religious field as well posted
on Europe and the East as Bishop
Moore. For the last year and a half
Bishop Moore has been the presid
ing bishop of the Atlanta area that
consists of three conferences, north
Georgia, south Georgia, and Flor
ida. Bishop Moore has four hon
orary D. D. degrees and three L. L.
D. degrees. It is also said that
Bishop Moore is one of the greatest
preachers of the entire world.
The occasion of Bishop Moore’s
visit to Chattooga county is the
dedication of Oak Hill Methodist
church next Sunday morning. He
will preach at eleven a. m. and ded
icate the church following the
preaching service. In the after
noon there will be a sermon by
Rev. W. D. Rowe and any other for
mer pastor will be given an oppor
tunity to speak.
Oak Hill church was organized in
1838 and until 1858 worshipped in a
log house. At that time a new
structure was built that was in con
stant use until last year when it
was torn down and a new, modern,
country church was built with Sun
day school plant. Rev. W. P. Rowe
was the pastor last year when the
present building was built and it
was largely due to his efforts that
it was accomplished. Rev. T. M.
Luke is the present pastor and com
pleted some of the necessary trim
mings and seating the church and
obtained Bishop Moore for this oc
casion.
NOTICE
To all persons interested in Lyerly
cemetery: You are requested to
meet there on Thursday, July 31, to
clean off same. Come prepared to
spend the day, as the cemetery has
not been cleaned off in two years.
Lets’ spend the day and clean it off
good. R. W. BAGLEY.
Chattooga Public
Library News
Group 3 H. School, Red Birds
I—Bette Gamble, 25 books, over
the top; (2) Patsy Barton, 20 books.
(3) Maxine Newson, 12 books; (4)
Joan Kellett, 11 books; (5) Albert
Dalton, 9 books; (6) Billy Penn Sel
man, 4 books; (7) Hasseltine Bur
ger, 3 books; (8) Hasel Hughes, 3
books; (9) Eugene Taylor, 2 books;
(10) Helen Toles, 1 book.
Group 2—5, 6,7, Grades:
Blue Birds
(1) Reuben Parham, 25 books,
over the top; (2) Ann Allen, 25
books, over the top; (3) Bettie Sue
Gaylor, 24 books; (4) Mollie Bogie,
20 books; (5) Arline Woods, 20
books; (6' Mary Ellen Selman, 18
books; (7) Reese Cleghorn, 16
books; (8) Emily Parker, 12 books;
(9) Lynn Gossett, 10 books; (10)
Rose Nell Weems, 9 books; (11) Jan
ice Vanture, 5 books; (12) James
McConnell, 5 books; (13) Fanita
Tilman, 4 books; (14) Eugene Cook.
5 books; (15) Dorothy Sue Ayers, 2
books; (16) Mary Sue Williams, 6
books; (17) Annie Oglesby, 3 books.
Group 1. Butterflies, 3, 4 Grade
(1) Carroll Patterson, 17 books;
(2) Benny Perry, 10 books; (3) Jo
Lita Stanfield, 9 books; (4) Imo
gene Browning, 5 books; (5) Bennie
Gossett, 2 books; (6) Flora Mae
Floyd, 2 books.
Story hour Friday, 10 a. m. Re
member you have until Sept. 1 to
read your book.
Sincerely your librarian,
Mary Hemphill Adams
Stnmncrtrillc Vdv<s
Rural Carriers Are
Authorized To Sell
Defense Stamps
Thirty-two thousand rural mail
carriers are now acting as agents in
the sale of Defense Savings Stamps,
• postal officials have informed the
L Treasury Department. Demand for
, the stamps in sparsely settled dis
' tricts caused the Post Office De-
J partment to authorize the carriers
i to act as salesmen.
> The stamps range in value from
. ten cents to five dollars. Purchas
ers are given albums in which they
! can be mounted. When filled, the
, albums may be exchanged for De
fense Savings Bonds.
Post Office officials recalled that,
rural mail carriers acted in similar j
, capacities in 1917 and 1918 selling I
War Savings Stamps.
Whereabouts of
Aden Wanted By
Selective Service Office
Will any one who knows the
whereabouts of any of the following
men listed here please notify the
Selective Service office at once:
James Clyde Gullatt, Mat Felter.
I. J. Shropshire, Dock Starling, No
nie Crowder, Thomas Wade Payne,
Harold H. Parker, James Franklin
Brown.
MRS. MOSE BRINSON,
Clerk.
SINGING NOTICE
Next Friday night we are having
a singing at Pennville, mostly quar
tet. We will have several male
quartets and also the ladies of P.
E. Quartet from LaFayette. If you
like singing don’t fail to be pres
ent. Pennville Class.
W. M. U. NOTICE
There will be an executive meet
ing of the W. M. U. Thursday after
noon, July 24, at 3 o’clock at the
First Baptist church in Summer
ville. Let all officers attend.
MINNIE JUSTICE,
Secretary.
Job Listings For
Government
Skilled Workers
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com-|
petitive examinations for the posi
tions of:
Rigger, $6.72, $7.20, $7.68 a day,
for filling vacancies in the U. S.
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.,
for which applications may be filed
with the Recorder, Labor Board. U.
S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.,
until further notice.
Helper, Pipefitter, $4.24, $4.72,
$5.20 a day, for filling vacancies in
the U. S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.
C., for which applications may be
filed with the Recorder, Labor
Board. U. S. Navy Yard, Charleston,
S. C., until further notice.
For all work in excess of forty
hours per week, employes will be
paid the overtime rate of time and
a half. 4
Aircraft Engine Mechanic, SI6BO
to $2040 a year, for filling vacancies
in the War Department, Brookley
Field, Mobile, Alabama, for which
applications may be filed with the
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Serv
ice Examiners, Brookley Field, Mo
bile, Alabama, until further notice.
Machinist, $6.56, $7.04, $7.52 a day,
for filling vacancies in the Augusta
Arsenal, Augusta, Ga., for which
applications may be filed with the
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Serv
ice Examiners, Augusta Arsenal,
Augusta, Georgia, until further no
tice.
Gas-Cutter and Burner, $6.08,
$6.56, $7.04 a day for filling vacan
cies in the United States Navy Yard,;
Craleston, S. C., until further no
tice.
Applicants must show that they
have had at least six months’ ex
perience in the occupation for
i which application is made.
Helper, Coppersmith with pay!
i rates of $4.00. $4.48, $4.96 a day
(Ocertime for all work required in
excess of forty hours per week, em
ployes will be paid the overtime
; rate of time and a half). Applica
. tions will be received until further'
,] notice. The necessary forms may!
1 be obtained from the Recorder, La- 1
i bor Board, U. S. Navy Yard, Charles-
• ton, S. C.
Full further information concern
ing these examinations and appli-
> cation forms may be obtained from
the Recorder, Labor Board, at the
; establishment where employment is
! desired; from the Secretary, Board
of U. S. Civil Service Evaminers,
• Post Office, at any first or second-
> class post office; or from the Man
ager, Fifth U. S. Civil Service Dis
trict, New Post Office Building, j
Atlanta, Georgia.
j
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORG:
STATE DEFENSE CORPS
DRILLED MONDAY NIGHT
Monday night at Summerville all
Chattooga county units, the Lyerly
unit under Lt. Hollis, the Menlo unit
under Lt. Edwards, the Summer
ville unit under Lt. Chapman, and
the Trion unit under acting Lt. Sap
pington, drilled together at Sum
merville under Capt. James Tedder,
County Commander.
The band of the Chattooga Coiln
ty battalion was present, and all
units were in uniform.
The drill was surprisingly good
throughout.
This drill also marked the first
appearance of a medical corps unit,
with nurses and ambulance and
j hospital tent, which gave a drill
1 and demonstration of first aid.
I The first rifles have been shipped
I out to units from the Armory in
] Atlanta. Requisitions are going in
from all State Defense Corps units,
and it is hoped that before very
long all units will be completely
armed with the U. S. rifle, model of
1917, commonly known as the En
field.
The issue includes rifle, bayonet,
bayonet scabbard and belt.
The inspecting officers from
Rome, who attended battalion drill'
at Summerville last night were: Ma
jor M. A. Cooper; Capt. Hoit S.
Brown, Comm Aiding Floyd County;
Lt. Wallace Grant and Lt. Frank
McCormick, Commanding the Rome I
unit and the Georgia Power unit,
respectively.
Tonight the Lindale unit, which 1
is being reorganized, is holding itsi
first meeting.
Mark A. Cooper, Major
Commanding District 27.
HEALTH CLINIC
It is almost time to be thinking
about school. In order for the child
to do his best work it is necessary
that he be in good health. There
fore, all parents are urged to see to
this. There may be some who need
fitting with glasses, while others
may need a general health exam
ination. All those who are entering
school for the first time must be
vaccinated against diptheria and
typhoid especially. Also, it would
be well for all students to be vac
cinated against smallpox. You may
make arrangements with your own
local doctor for this work. If there
should be any parent who feels like
I they are not able to have this work
| done, if you will take the matter up
; with one of the following ladies of
the P. T. A. she will be glad to make
arrangements to help you have this
work done. Committee: Mrs. Hall
Tyler, Mrs. Roland Hemphill, Mrs.
C. H. Elgin, Mrs. N. V. Dyer, Mrs.
Andrew Williams, Mrs. Herbert
Whitley.
Don’t forget that it will not be
long until school time and the soon
er you look after this the better it
will be for your child.
Cordially yours,
N. V. DYER, Supt.
Evangelistic Services
At Beersheba
The Rev. Russell F. Johnson wiH
be visiting minister for the Evan
gelistic services which will begin
There will be morning and evening
Sunday night, July 27, at 8 o’clock,
services through the following week.
Mr. Johnson was at Beersheba for
a special series of services several;
! years ago and we feel Very fortun-1
ate in having him with us again
j fhis year The public is most cor
dially invited to enjoy these serv
ices with us Mr. Johnson will
speak at the Menlo Presbyterian
church Sunday morning.
REV. D. E. BOOZER, ,
Minister.
Charles E. Turner Qualified
Sharpshooter at Coast
Artillery Camp
\ FT. BARRANCAS, FLA. Cadet
| Charles E. Turner of Summerville,
I Ga., qualified as sharpshooter in:
record fire with the .30 calibre
rifle and as expert with the .45 cal
ibre pistol as part of his training
at the annual R. O. T. C. Coast Ar
] tillery camp here.
For his excellent shooting, Cedet
1 Turner was awarded a medal at a
special parade July 14
The camp ended July 17 after
lasting six weeks. The last part of
the training program featured an
tiaircraft firing with the 3-inch
gun and .30 calibre machine gun
and searchlight practice.
Attendance at one of these camps
is necessary before a cadet can re
ceive a commission in the Officers’
Reserve Corps,
A student at Georgia Tech, Cadet,
I Turner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J
1 L. C. Turner of Summerville
A, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 194
SUMMERVILLE’S
DEAD MAN'S CURVE
That Summerville has within its
city limits, on its main street, a
| “Dead Man’s Curve” is a fact is be
ing told and retold by motorists
i passing through this progressive
little city daily, and the advertising
it is giving this place is not very!
favorable, to say the least.
Down on the lower end of Com
merce street, where the main Dixie
highway turns toward Rome and
Atlanta, at Trimble’s Service Sta
tion, some five or six automobile ]
and truck wrecks have occurred
during the past few months, and
the life of one woman was snuffed]
out in one of the wrecks, while sev
eral others have been seriously in
jured and in one or two instances
the parties involved in the mishaps
escaped with their lives and were
not seriously hurt.
Recently a large truck load of
soldiers overturned at this curve
and it is a wonder that the entire
load of men was not crushed be
neath the huge machine. A few
days later, a soldier was thrown
from his motorcycle at this point,
and still just a few days later a big
truck and trailer overturned at the
identical spot, the wrecked vehicle
crashing against a power pole and,
stopping upside down. How the
driver escaped with his life no one
is able to tell.
i The Georgia Power Company has
had to put up so many new poles
] at that point, due to the fact that
almost every time a wreck occurs
i he pole there is broken, that it de-
I cided to move the pole to a safer
location.
Following the wreck several
months ago in which an Indiana
woman was killed, the State High
way Department spent jprobably
SSO or SIOO to have a sign painted
in the street, which said “SLO.”
That sign was visible for less than
three days, and nothing further has
been done abou it, and the city au
thorities have apparently decided
that nothing can be done to remedy
the matter.
If the Highway Department and
the city of Summerville would co-!
operate and put up proper signs,
widen and slope the street the curve
could be made much safer. As it is
the road is perfectly level and once
a car starts skidding it is bound to
turn over. On most bad curves the
road is sloped or elevated on the
outside of the curve, but such is
not the case at this place.
It stands to reason that people
hearing of this death trap will be
come alarmed and will avoid the!
chance of coming through Sum
merville, and already it is being said
that the main highway will be re-j
routed on the east side of the rail-i
road, the right-of-way having al-]
ready been surveyed. This would
take practically all traffic off Com
merce street and the business hous
es would lose all the tourist trade.
If the authorities would act now,
fix the road and install a traffic
light or some other proper sign or
signal the change might at least
be delayed for a time.
Let’s get behind this important
matter and do something about it
while we can, because once the
highway is changed it will always be
changed; besides a life or lives
might be saved.
Now is the time to act! Don’t
wait for another wreck to happen,
because the next one may be the
worst of them all. L.C.S.
Report From Bureau
Os Unemployment
Compensation
Reviewing operations of the Bu
reau of Unemployment Compensa-j
tion of the State Department ofi
Labor for the first 8 months of 1941,
Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet
has reported an increase of 16 per
cent in placements of unemployed
workers in jobs and a drop of $762,-
500 in unemployment benefits over
the same period of 1940.
Jobs filled by local offices of the
Employment Service Division, he
said, totaled 52,445, or 7,253 more
than in the same period of last
year, while benefits paid by the
Unemployment Compensation Di
vision amounted to $1,414,937 as
compared to $2,177,437.
Increase in job placements, coin
cident with the drop in benefit
payments, was attributed to marked
business improvements arising from
national defense program. As
workers obtain employment or con
tinue at their regular work, Com
missioner Huiet said, the less de
mands are made upon the Un
employment Compensition Trust
Fund.
Significantly, placements made in
I private employment jumped 27 per
j cent, with a total of 49,473 reported
as compared to 38,964 in the same
United States
Civil Service
Examinations
A Job-Opportunity List is cur
rently published by the U. S. Civil,
Service Commission at semi-month
ly intervals showing the skilled
workers needed by government
I agencies for National Defense po
j sit ions.
This list, which contains concise
j information about those positions
for which qualified applicants have
i been especially difficult to locate,'
! carries the titles of over 50 differ-]
] ent positions, and is eagerly con
sulted at post offices and local of-;
I fices of the U. S. Employment Serv-;
i ice by machinists, tool-makers and
other skilled workers who want to
go to work for Uncle Sam.
The latest issue of this “United
States Civil Service Commission
Consolidated List”—as it is official- [
ly and completely called shows
that shore establishments of the
Navy, and arsenals, armories and
air depots of the War Department
need workers for such varied em
ployments as aircraft engine test
operators, instrument makers, lens
grinders, gage makers, gage check
ers, aircraft electricians, parachute
mechanics, ordnancemen, procure
ment inspectors, harness-machine
operators, ironworkers, tool-grind
ing machine operators, and bomb
sight mechanics.
Positions are now open at yards
and arsenals throughout the Unit
ed States at such varied locations
as Bremerton, Washington; Pensa
cola, Fla.; San Antonio, Texas;
Springfield, Mass.; and Dayton, O.
Over 100 qualified machinists are
needed at Watertown Arsenal, Mas
sachusetts; almost 200 lens grinders
could be employed immediately at
Frankford Arsenal, Penn.; 200 ship
fitters are being sought for the
yard at Bremerton, Wash., and over
150 aircraft sheet-metal workers
are needed at San Antonio, Texts.
Thru the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission and its local “rating exam
iners”, qualified workers for civilian
defense jobs in the skilled trades
of the War and Navy Departments
j are being picked from unemploy
j ment, part-time employment, and
employment in which no use is
made of basic skills. In locating
applicants, close cooperation is
maintained with the United States
Employment Service, and interested
persons may obtain assistance at
the Employment Service offices in
filing applications.
Written examinations are not giv
en for any Federal positions in
; skilled trades included in the Con
! solidated List, but applicants are
I “passed” on qualifying experience
and. training as shown in their no
! tarized applications. Application
i forms are available at any post of
fice. The forms, when properly
filled out and sworn to, are sent
to the Yard or Arsenal at which
employment is desired. The appli
cations are rated by boards of civil
service emaniners at the establish
| ment concerned, the applicants re
ceive direct notification of their
ratings and, if appointed, a tele
gram from the appointing officer
telling them when and where to ap
pear for their first day’s work in
“Democracy’s Arsenal.”
Otis Mathis At
Methodist Church
Next Sunday night at 7:45 o’clock
Rev. Otis Mathis, a local preacher
in the local Methodist church, will
preach in the Methodist church.
There will not be a preaching
service next Sunday morning as our
congregation will worship with Oak
Hill at their dedicatory service.
! period of 1940. The remaining
placements made by the offices
were on public work projects.
The active file of the Employment
Service, which carries the work his
tories of all persons who are ac-]
tively seeking work through em
ployment offices in Georgia, con
tained the names of 117,345 persons,
as compared to 174,208 at the end
of June last year.
Benefit payments for the six
months period, represented by 208,-
364 checks, brought the cumulative
total *to $9,097,732 sinoe the first
payment was made in January of
1939. The cumulative number of
benefit checks was reported at 1,-
433,637.
Indicative of the number of per
sons who received benefits, Com
missioner Huiet said 19,767 first
benefit payments were made by the
Unemployment Compensation di
vision.
■
Experiments have shown that
well-set pastures on good pasture
land, liberally fertilized and prop
. erly managed, will give 275 to 350
pounds of beef per acre.
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
AGAIN SELECTED FOR
TENANT FARM PROGRAM
Chattooga county has again been
J designated by Secretary Wickard
J as one of the counties in which the
Tenant Purchase program will op
| erate for the 1941-42 fiscal year. As
! provided in the Bankhead-Jones
Farm Tenant Act of 1937 the Fed
] eral Government has been making
I long-term loans to worthy tenants,
] share-croppers and farm laborers
| for purchase of family sibed farms.
John P. Jones, County RR Super
] visor, announced this week that
the local loan office at LaFayette,
Ga., is prepared to take applica
| tions for the Tenant Purchase pro
gram. Chattooga county families
I desiring to obtain a loan for pur
[ chase of a farm may secure appli
cation blanks by eoming to the lo
cal FSA office. Each applicant
that considers applying for one of
these loans must remember that,
should he be selected by the County
Committee, the land he wishes to
buy must be bought at reasonable
prices and must be capable of af
fording a good living for the family
and margin of profit necessary to
! meet loan repayments. Farm and
Home plans will be made out for
each farm, considering the availa
ble family labor and the production
possibilities of the farm to be
bought. No loan will be approved
where the farm and home plan
does not reveal sufficient probable
income to justify farm buildings
that will have to be erected or re
paired on the land.
It has been requested by the Re
gional office that each family who
has filed one of these application
forms prior to July 1, 1941, should
fill out a new one as many of these
old applications are two or three
years old and the financial, as well
as family, circumstances have
changed considerably in many
cases.
All applications made in this
county will be submitted to the lo
cal Tenant Purchase County Com
mittee, composed of three farmers
of this county, for their considera
tion. Approved loans will be cer
tified by this committee within the
limits of the funds available for
the present fiscal year’s program.
All farmers who have farms for
sale may list same with the local
FSA office.
The Tenant Purchase program
has been in operation in Chattooga
county for the past three years and
during this time loans have been
made to twenty-three farmers who
are now operating their own farms.
The Farm Bureau Federation will
meet Wednesday, July 30, at 3 o’-
clock (E.S.T.) at the Chattooga
county court house. All members
urged to be present.
Georgia Extension
Service Awarded
'Firsts’ in Nation
Judges of the American Associa
tion of Agricultural College Editors
selected the Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service for three “firsts”
in recognition of its service to
Georgia newspapers and farmers at
the annual convention of the asso
ciation held in Kingston, R. 1., last
week.
The three first places were made
to the Georgia Extension Service
for its printed annual report, the
syndicated news services to news
papers, and the short paragraph re
leases. Georgia was the only state
in the nation to take three first
j places and the only southern state
to receive No. 1 awards for agricul
tural editorial work.
First place recognition was made
] to the Georgia annual report cov
ering 1940 farm activities of the
; Extension Service in the state, while
the Georgia Farm News Service
which took top honor consists of
news and feature stories on agricul
tural activities. The service is is
sued to all daily and weekly news
papers and press associations in
the state. Likewise, the short par
agraph releases are sent to all
newspapers and press associations.
The Georgia Extension Editor’s
office serves as a central clearing
agency for information on federal
and federal-state agricultural ac
tivities of interest to farmers. Jack
Wooten is editor of the Extension
Service and J. Floyd Burrell is as
sistant.
Last year the Georgia Extension
: Service was awarded second place
■ j in the nation for its syndicated
news service, and two years ago. the
i i service was given first in the coun
try.
$1.50 A YEAR