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The Summerville News
VOL. 55; NO. 24
Farm Week Visitors
To Hear Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. Wickard will come to Athens
August 12 to address Georgians in
one of the top-flight features of
the College of Agriculture’s annual
Farm and Home Week. Dean Paul
W. Chapman, of the College of Ag
riculture, announced this week.
The secretary’s address will high
light a program marking formal
dedication of the Agricultural Ad
justment Administration’s new $50,-
000 state office building adjacent to
the college campus.
While Secretary Wickard’s sub
ject has not yet been revealed, T.
R. Breedlove, state administrative
officer of the AAA, said the theme
of the day will stress adjustments
in agriculture to meet changing
needs brought about by national
defense.
Secretary Wickard’s visit to Geor
gia will be his first, and one of the
few he has made into the deep
South since he succeeded the pres
ent vice-president, Henrv A. Wal
lace, as head of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Two important meetings are
scheduled for August 13—the state
nutrition program which is a part
of national defense activities, and
six awards to be made to Master
Farm Families in Georgia.
On August 14 the highlights of
Farm and Home Week will be farm
organization day, with programs
devoted to county farm bureau or
ganizations scheduled. On August,
15 the Sixth Annual Horse Show
will be held.
Tentative plans for the AAA ded
ication call for brief statements by
AAA’s national administrator, R. M.
Evans. Southern Regional AAA Di
rector Ivy W. Duggan, Dean Chap
man of the College of Agriculture,
and Senator Richard B. Russell.
They will precede Secretary Wick
ard, whose address is expected to
be broadcast at 11:30 a. m.
Formal presentation of the new
building has been set for 2:30 o’-
clock in the afternoon, preceded by
a 1 o’clock barbecue. Guests and
visitors will be conducted on tours
of the building during the remain
der of the afternoon.
Home-Coming At
Lyerly Baptist
LYERLY, Ga„ July 29.—“ Hom
ecoming Day” will be observed by
the Lyerly Baptist church on Sun
day, August 3, beginning a series of
evangelistic services. All former
members, pastors and friends of
the church are invited to come and
spend the day. A basket lunch will
be spread at noon.
Special music will be provided by
various musical groups of Chattoo
ga county. Included among the
speakers during the day will be
several former pastors of the
church.
The interior of the church has
recently been remodeled and new j
pews have been installed. Rev.
Charles Massey, pastor, will con
duct the evangelistic services dur
ing the week. The public is cor
dially invited to attend the services.
New Cotton
Farming Invention
ATLANTA, July 30.—(GPS) From
nearby Montgomery, Ala., comes
word that cotton farming may be
revolutionized by a war-born in
vention—a flame thrower. Captain
Price McLemore, who has been
called from his farm to Gunter
Field as a reserve officer, is the in
ventor. Already jets of 2,200 degree
flames are replacing cotton crop
pers on an expansive plantation,
and actually crops farmed in this
fashion apparently are farming
better than those in companion
fields cultivated in the traditional
way. The invention kills the grass;
seemingly doesn’t injure the cot
ton. Captain McLemore estimates
throwers he invented can be built
for one-mile plows at $lO each and
figures this type cultivation costs
only ten cents per acre. He built
a model himself for $5.
Home-Coming At
West Armuchee
Home-Coming and singing at
West Armuchee Pleasant Hill Meth
odist church on Aug. 3. Rev. L. B.
Harrell of Trion will start a series
of revival meetings on this date.
Plan now to attend this program
and remember dinner will be served
on the grounds.
Ray Tate and Louise White of
Berkley, Michigan, are visiting their
grandparents, Mr and Mrs. R. R
in Trion.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 194
DEFENSE CORPS
DRAW RIFLES
Lt. Burnette of the Rockmart
j Unit of the State Defense Corps
was the first officer in the 27th
District to actually draw rifle, bay
onets, scabbards and belts
Major Warren at State Headquar
ters advised over the phone this
morning that the following units
records were in one way or another
defective and that Commanders of
these units were urged to get their
records straightened out as soon as
possible for fear that they might
miss out entirely on rifles; Shan
non, Lindale, Calhoun, Cedartown
and Trion.
MAJOR MARK A. COOPER
Chattooga A
Wealthy County
Fine Progressive Schools, Splendid
Busy Mills, Fine Dairies and One
Os Nature’s Beauty Spots
We are blessed with a scenery be
vond compare, rivers, lakes, moun
tains, springs, busy mills with
thousands on their payroll. They
come from Gadsden, Alabama, La-
Fayette, Gore, Subligna, to work for
the steady upgrowth of our busi
ness. Our markets are full of love-
Iv peaches and apnles. berries, and
one of the finest dairies the South
can boast.
But we lack one thing!
A definite health protection plan.
Out of the 150 counties of the state
we and fifty-nine others do nothing
to protect our youth from epidem
ics of flu, malaria, typhoid (note the
open cesspool in the heart of Sum
merville business district), and last
but very surely a definite threat,
the polio epidemic running all thru
the eastern states and just begin
ning in Florida, Georgia and Ala
bama.
Doctors now know the first year
the paralysis cases are often light
and few but Jhe following year are
apt to be wide-spread and severe.
Let us not forget the command to
put first things first. Not charity,
not doles, but the care and nourish
ment and protection of health of
our citizens should come now. Let’s
have a real Board of Health, a vis
iting nurse to spot the cancer, the
malaria, the tubercular and polio
cases before they spread.
Let us not be possessed by things
but use these gifts to raise our fel
lowmen to better lives.
Throughout Georgia are two hun
dred fifty-seven polio cases. Eight
een more were guaranteed over
Sunday.
Since we have no means of de
fense to keep our own free from
disease, let us create the machinery
ninety other counties have to pro
tect thein children —a Board of
Health. A visiting nurse. This
nurse alone will cost five dollars a
day but if her presence in the coun
ty will save our children from be
ing dragged down by disease, will
she not be worth much more?
M. I. MARKS,
Chairman
P. T. A. Health Com.i
Plan? Progressing
For Editors’ Meet
ATLANTA, July 29.—(GPS) Plans
are going forward for the Georgia
Press Association’s 1941 convention
which will be held Aug. 21-23 at
Toccoa. Hotel Lake Louise will be
headquarters for the annual ses
sion. Program for the three-da”
meeting, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, now is in preparation and
details will be announced at a later
date.
Indications point to large attend
ance. The entire time w’ll be snent
at Toccoa, there being no divided
sesion this year. Last year part of
the convention was held in Macon
and part in Savannah. Otis Brum
by, of Marietta, vice-president, is
expected to be elevated to the pres
idency, and a new vice-president
elected to succeed him.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
AT MENLO
The series of revival services
sponsored by the Methodist and
Presbyterian churches of Menlo be
gin Sunday morning, Aug. 3. These
services will be held at the Meth
odist church. The Rev. John W.
Davis, Presbyterian minister of
Kingstree, S. C., will be the visiting
preacher. Several years ago Mr.
Davis preached here in a revival,
and from the reports of those who
heard him then, he is a splendid
speaker. We feel very fortunate in
having him with us again and would
like to extend to the public a most
cordial invitation to enjoy these
spiritual blessings with us. The
revival will continue at least thru
I the second Sunday, with two serv
i ices daily >
Cooperative Education
Campaign On Peaches
Plans for a public spirited co-op
erative effort to increase the con
sumption of fresh peaches during
the period of July 24th through
i July 30th, were announced today
by Carl G. Speh, area supervisor
i of the Surplus Marketing Admin
istration, U. S. Department of Ag
riculture.
He stated that the Georgia Asso
ciation of Peach Growers, the South
Carolina Peach Grot*ers Association
and the North Carolina Mutual
Peach Growers Society, who have
combined marketing efforts thru
the Georgia-Carolinas Peach Mar
keting Board, are among the co
onerating growers’ organizations.
The Food Trades Industry are also
cooperating with the United, States
Deoartment of Agriculture in this
effort to increase the home-con
sumption of fresh peaches and
make the best possible use of our
abundant peach crop.
“Fresh peaches in season are one
of the most popular fruit on the
American market,” he said. “This
year’s crop is believed to be the
finest and largest in manv years.
Fresh peaches are one of the most
important protective foods listed as
a “Blue Stamn Item” by the Secre
ary of Agriculture. It is the aim of
the Surplus Marketing Administra
tion to aid the growers, consumers
and industry of America by encour
aging increased consumption of
these needed commodities.”
He added that this cooperative
educational campaign will augment
the Food Stamp Plan under which
fresh peaches and, other basic health
protecting foods are available to
needy families bv means of Food
■'’tamps, at this time.
One of the aims of the campaign
will be to encourage home canning
and preserving. This is in accord
with the objectives of the National
Defense Conservation and Nutrition
program, which urges adequate
food supplies.
SACRED HARP SINGING
There will be an old Sacred Harp
singing at the court house on Aug.
10, 1941. We want everyone to at
tend. Bring a well filled basket
as dinner will be served on the
court house lawn.
BO 80, President.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE
OF POWER ARE LIFTED
ATLANTA. July 29.—A1l restric
tions on the use of electric power
in Georgia were lifted until Sep
tember 1 by the Georgia Power
Company Wednesday. It was stat
ed that increased stream flows
caused by heavy rains in Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee had re
moved, for the time being, the need
for curtailment of the use of power
which had been in effect for nearly
two months to aid National Defense
production.
C. A. Collier, vice-president in
charge of sales, stated that the lift
ing of restrictions is effective im
mediately. Industrial plants are
now free to resume their full sched
ule of operations and commercial
consumers can make unrestricted
use of store and window lighting
and restore their air conditioning,
elevator operation and other elec
trical services. Restrictions o n
street lighting, use of electricity for
night baseball, softball and bad
minton, and for residential uses
also are lifted.
However, Mr. Collier pointed to
the fact that it may be necessary to
resume some form of curtailment
after September 1, if August is a
very dry month and if the power
needs of the defense prosrram are
greatly increased. He therefore,
urged all consumers to use electric
ity prudently and economically and
to avoid waste, even though formal
restrictions had been removed.
The power situation was ex
plained as follows by Mr. Collier;
1. Power for aluminum produc
tion and other national defense re
quirements was given the right of
way during the recent period of
power shortage. Heavy rains thru
out the area, which began on July
4 and have continued intermittent
ly since then, have made it possible
to supply for the time being at least
all of the power needed by defense
industries without any curtailment
by non-defense industries and the
general public.
2. The Georgia Power Company’s
storage lakes are still abnormally
low for this time of year. Their wa
ter sterage is equivalent to approx
imately 75,000,000 koliwatt hours at
the present time, whereas under
normal circumstances the storage
Aluminum For
National Defense
Chattooga county has been called
upon to do its part in the collection
of aluminum for national defense
Each citizen is individually and
personally effected by our Nation’s
call for the collection of this alum
inum, in this way we are helping
to guarantee our right to Democ
racy and protection to the nations
who have been trodden upon by the
dictators.
Friday of this week the Boy
Scouts have been called upon to
make a house to house canvass to
secure aluminum for this defense
work. Each citizen is urged to
search the attics and bring out all
discarded aluminum which will be
received by the Boy Scouts.
There will be constructed on the
Courthouse square a large bin in
which to deposit this aluminum.
Should you desire to bring it in per
son, drop by and leave it in this
bin.
h At a later date we hope to extend
this drive to every home in the
county and we wish to fill this bin
to its capacity.
So, be prepared to meet the Boy
Scouts Friday with a friendly smile
and that old aluminum for the pro
tection of America.
Compensation Laws
To Be Discussed
Amendments to the State Unem
ployment Compensation Law will
be discussed at a public meeting at
the court house in Rome, Wednes
day. August 6, at 8 o’clock, Commis
sioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet has
announced.
Other meetings scheduled this
week, each to be held at the City
Hall at 8 p. m., were announced as
follows:
Cedartown, Thursday, Aug. 7.
LaFayette, Friday, Aug. 8.
Representatives of the Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation will
be present to explain the amend
ments and to answer any questions.
The meetings will be purely in
formational in nature and everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
New proceedings governing the
payment of benefits to partially un
employed workers will be discussed
in addition to the amendments, it
was announced.
would be about 130,000,000 kilowatt
hours at this season. It is import
ant to continue to conserve water
in the reservoirs, but with the high
stream flows the company believes
that it can supply the needs for
power for the time being from its
run-of-stream and steam - electric
generating plants without depleting
the reservoirs.
3. The second unit of Plant At
kinson, the Georgia Power Com
pany’s steam - electric generating
plant on the Chattahoochee river
near Atlanta, will be completed
about August 15, a month ahead of
schedule. The unit will add 1,500,-
000 kilowatt hours a day to the ca
pacity of the system and provide
further protection against a power
shortage.
“We are exceedingly grateful to
our customers and the whole pub
lic.” Mr. Collier said, “for the very
fine cooperation they have given in
this extraordinary situation. At a
time when everybody is talking
about the need for national unitv
Georgia people have given a demon
stration of unity in making patri
otic sacrifices in a serious emer
gency. We hope that things can
proceed on a normal basis after
September 1, but we are confident
that the public will again cooperate
if there is a need for further cur
tailment.”
The power company’s first an
nouncement that power reductions
would be necessary was published
on May 26 in the form of a joint ap
peal signed by the Tennessee Valley
Authority and other government
agencies and a group of power com
panies in this area. Since that time
there have been several modifica
tions of the program. These changes
were made as conditions changed,
Mr. Collier explained, the policy of
the company being to give the pub
lic just as full use of the electric
service as possible, consistent with
the needs of National Defense and
the safeguarding of Georgia’s pow
er supply.
Other Commonwealth and South
ern companies in the Southeast, the
Alabama, Mississippi, South Caro
lina and Gulf power companies, also
lifted restrictions on their custom
ers.
PARITY INCOME
ULTIMATE GOAL
Calling on every member of the
cotton industry in Summerville and
surrounding area to pledge anew his
xllegiance to the drive for cotton
markets, President Oscar Johnston
of the National Cotton Council said
today that thfe assurance parity
prices for cotton is only the begin
ning of the cotton farmer’s fight
for parity income.
“Only through the attainment of
parity consumption can the farmer
be assured that his income will be
on a par with that of other work
ers,” Mr. Johnston declared. “For
that reason we must not slacken for
a moment our efforts to increase
the consumption of American cot
ton products; rather, we must in
tensify and redouble those efforts.
“During that parity period, 1909 to
1914, the consumption of American,
cotton averaged nearly 13,500,000
bales. We must reach at least this
level of consumption to give us par
ity income. We must go far beyond
it if we are to achieve real prosper
ity for the Cotton Belt.
“The only way we can hope to
reach the parity consumption is
through a continuation of the pro
gram of advertising, scientific re
search, efforts to regain foreign
markets, and resistance to discrim
inatory legislation, which the cot
ton industry has carried on for the
past two years.
“In the end, it will avail us little
to have parity prices if cotton con
sumption is cut down. A parity
price means nothing unless we can
sell a sufficient number of pounds
of our product at that price to in
sure us a living wage and a decent
return for our efforts.
“That the cotton industry’s pro
gram to secure increased, consump
tion is aimed in the right direction
is proved by the gratifying results
which have been achieved thus far.
A gain of almost 2,500,00 bales in
domestic cotton consumption over
last year is already in sight.
“Again on the 1941 crop cotton
producers, ginners, warehousemen,
merchants, crusher and spinners
are being called upon to contribute
their pro rata share toward a con
tinuation of the con
sumption campaign on an expand
ed scales and for a program to re
gain our foreign markets at the
end of the war.
“As a cotton farmer speaking for
the producers, I call upon every
member of the six raw cotton inter
ests and every individual depend
ent upon cotton for a livelihood to
join us in our efforts to strengthen;
the program to attain parity con
sumpion.”
This Year’s Peach
Crop Good
Americans this year have the I
privilege of enjoyin* the finest and
largest peach crop in the last de
cade. Unlike war-torn Europe,|
America is not suffering from a i
shortage of needed foods—but is
suffering from under-consumption,
with more than 40 per cont of our
entire population actually under
nourished.
In making this statement. Mr.
Dennis Abney, chairman of the
Chattooga County Food Industrv
Committee, added that a coonera
tive public spirited educational
campaign sponsored by the Peach
Producing Industry and Food
Trades Industry in cooperation with
the U. S. Department of Agriculture j
is now underway to increase the
consumption of fresh peaches by
everyone.
During the period of Julv 24th
through July 30th all housewives in
this area and the South are urged;
to serve more fresh paeches, and to
preserve through home-canning an
adequate supplv for year-round use.
Mr. Abney said, “Very few peopl°
know the importance of peaches in
nutritional and dietary values. It,
is not generally known that peach
es are rich in valuable minerals, j
calcium, iron, phosphorus and po- :
tassium, needed to build bone struc
ture, protect the teeth, enrich the j
blood, regulate body functions, and
make clear complexion.
“The abundance of valuable food
factors in peaches, scientists say,
includes Vitamin A. which helps
growth and vitality and is nature’s
first line of defense against dis
eases of the nose, throat and lungs.
Vitamin B. needed for growth and
health, increases appetite, stimu
lates digestion and aids in protect
ing the body from nerve diseases:
Vitamin C, needed to keep the body
in good condition, aids in resistance
to infection and stimulates growth,
and Vitamin G, (b 2 vital to ner*e
tissues and maintenance of body
vigor, as well as helps to maintain
normal skin and complexion.”
Miss Jean Morton is spending this
week with relatives in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
$1.50 A YEAR
Report Os Vacation
Reading Club
Red Birds, Group 3
High School and Up
(D Bette Gamble, 25 books, over
the top; (2) Maxine Newsome, 23
books, over tne top; (3) Patsy Bar
ton, 20 books; (4) Joan Kellett, 16
1 books; <s> Albert Dalton, 9 books;
(6) Billy Penn Selman, 6 books; (7)
Hazel Hughes, 6 books; (8) Hassel
itine Burgner, 3 books; (9) Eugene
Taylor, 2 books; (10) Helen Toles, 1
book.
Blue Birds, Group 2
Grades 5,6, 7,
(1) Reuben Parham, 25 books—
over the top; (2) Ann Allen, 25
books, over the top; (31Bettie Sue
Gaylor, 25 books, over the top; (4)
Mary Ellen Selman, 25 books, over
I the top; (5) Reese Cleghorn, 25
i books, over the top; (6) Mollie Bo
gie, 25 books, over the top; (7) Ar
lene Woods, 21 books; (8> Emily
Parker, 16 books; (9) Lynn Gossett,
13 books; (10) Janice Vanture, 11
books; (11) Rose Nell Weems. 11
books; (12) Mary Sue Williams, 6
books; (13) Eugene Cook, 5 books;
(14) James McConnell, 5 books;
(15) Janita Tilman, 4 books; (16)
Annie Oglesby, 3 books; (17) Joan
Dorothy Ayers, 2 books; (18) Joan
Collins, 1 book; (19) Bettie Jean
Fulmer, 1 book.
Butterflies, Group 1. 4 & 5 Yrs.
(1) Carroll Patterson, 23 books;
(2) Benny Perry, 10 books; (3) Joe-
Lita Stanfield. 9 books; <4) Imogene
Browning, 5 books; (5) Ben Gossett,
2 books; (6) Flora Mae Floyd, 2
books.
Remember you have until Sep
tember to read your V. R. C. books.
We have so many beautiful ones
for you. Do come in and look them
over and let’ send in a good report
to the C. A. Library Commission in
Atlanta, showing them how much
we appreciate this opportunity they
are giving us to win certificates.
Winning a Gold-Star certificate is
an honor to be proud of.
Story-Hour Friday, 10 a. m.
Sihcerely your librarian,
MARY H. ADAMS
Vitamin Value of
Peaches Stressed
Tasty appetizing peaches ... so
good to eat and so good for you, will
be the central attraction on most
tables during the period of July 24
through July 30.
During this period the Georgia
: Carolina Peach Marketing Board,
and other organizations of the
Peach-Producing Industry, and the
Food Trades Industry of the South
are cooperating with the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture in a public
spirited campaign to increase con
sumption of fresh peaches by eve
ryone.
Mr. Dennis Abney, chairman of
the Chattooga County Food Indus
try Committee, pointed out that
while food is rationed in war-torn
Europe, we in America are faced
with a different but serious prob
lem.
“We are not eating enough of the
basic health-protecting foods of
which there is an abundance in this
country,” he said.. “More than 40
per cent of our people are actually
suffering- from mal-nutrition in this
land of plenty. And today, more
than ever before. America needs
strong, red-blooded men. women
and children.
“We have always relished peaches
and this delicious fruit now takes
a new rank as a healthful food.
“Recent vitamin research has re
vealed that peaches are rich in Vit
amins A. B. C and G (b 2 necessary
for good health.”
In urging all home-makers to eat
more peaches at this time, Carl G.
Speh, area supervisor of the Surplus
Marketing Administration, pointed
out that the National Defense Con
servation and Nutrition program
calls for more home canning and
preserving. Home-canned peaches
provide a splendid supply of basic
health-protecting foods, and a very
thrifty home food supply, too.
Notice To Members
Red Cross
All persons holding a SI.OO mem
bership to the Chattooga County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
are notified to be present at a re
organization meeting on Friday,
August 8. at 5 o’clock p. m. in the
Court Room at the Court House,
| Summerville, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Callahan and
Elwood Aldridge of Philadelphia,
Penn., are visiting the former’s sis
; ters, Mrs. Eva Cook, Mrs. O. L. Head
and Mr. Head.
Mrs. Archie Gaylor and daughter,
Bettye Sue, spent the week-end in
, Atlanta with Mrs. W. M. Ham
mond, Jr.