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VOL. 57; NO. 8.
Special FBI Agent Lee
In Rome April 9 to
Interview Applicants
Special Agent Robert E. Lee, a
representative of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation, will be in
Rome, Ga., Friday, April 9, 1943,
and will interview female appli
cants for immediate employment
with the FBI in Washington, D. C.
These positions are clerical posi
tions and pay an entrance salary of
$1440 per annum with unlimited
opportunity for advancement. Ap
plicants for these positions must
be high school graduates, of good
character, and good physical con
dition and 18 years of age or
more.
Mr. F. R. Hammack, special agent
in charge of the Atlanta office of
the Fedreal Bureau of Investiga
tion. states that Mr. Lee will in
terview applicants for these cleri
cal positions because of a necessi
tated increase in personnel of the
Bureau in connection with the im
portant national defense work be
ing done by the FBI at this time.
All those who wish to assist in
the war effort through employ
ment with the FBI are urged to
apply to Mr. Lee between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Room
211, Postoffice Building, Rome Ga.
Applicants should bring with
them a recent photograph, approx
imately 3x5 to insert on their ap
plications.
PENNVILLE W. H. D. CLUB
Our club met with Miss Minnie
Justice on April 2 with 14 members
present. We opened our program
by singing America. Mrs. Henry
led us in prayer and Scripture
reading by Mrs. Logan. After the
roll call the minutes were read
and approved. Miss Parish’s dem
onstration was cream cheese and
she gave out leaflets on making
cream cheese. We enjoyed having
Mrs. Edwards as a visitor in our
club and we also hope she can be
with us again. We also enjoyed
some contests. A salad course and
coffee were served by the hostess.
—Reporter.
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Conservation News
BY JOHN K. THOMAS, JR.
Soil Conservation Service
Mr. W. W. Cook, Lyerly, Ga., has
just completed the construction of
terraces on approximately 30 acres
of land. These terraces were con
structed with a small farm trac
tor and disc tiller. Mr. Cook has
not yet opened the ends, and
filled in the low places, but will do
that job as well as plow out the
terrace channels in the very near
future.
Actually, terraces were not con
structed on the entire 30 acres, but
probably a few more than 30 acres
will be affected as the result of the
terraces. Approximately 15 acres
of this land affected is good, high
ly productive bottom land. In pre
vious years, Mr. Cook has lost sev
eral crops of corn on this land, due
to the amount of water and soil
that went over it from the hills
above. Since he has constructed
terraces on the steeper part, Mr.
Cook does not believe the water
will bother him any more on the
particular field.
The steeper portion of this field
is very severely eroded. In fact, all
the top-soil has been removed by
sheet erosion, and gullies have be
gun to form. Some of them al
ready are so large it is impossible
to cross them with tillage imple
ments. Mr. Cook says that the
gullies are a thing of the past now,
because he knows the terraces will
help to stop so much erosion.
Mr. Cook plans to set up a strip
rotation on the steeper portion of
this 30 acres this spring, consist
ing of cotton and lespedeza. The
lespedeza will be turned under this
fall and a winter legume planted
in its place. “By following such a
procedure,” Mr. Cook said, “I will
soon be able to restore this land to
a state of high productivity.”
PLAY AT LYERLY HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 8 O’CLOCK
On Tuesday evening, April 13, at
8 o’clock the senior class of Lyerly
High School will present a play en
titled “Marrying Margaret.”
It is a three-act, farce-comedy
in which two younger sisters try
to marry off an old maidish, man
hating older sister. They finally
succeed, but oh, the trials and trib
ulations they have to go through
before they do.
The play is chuck full of humor
ous situations and sparkling lines.
If you want to enjoy an evening
of hilariously clean fun, one that
will take your mind completely off
“war worries,” and other kinds of
worries, just come out to Lyerly
School Auditorium next Tuesday
night.
Admission will be 11c and 22c.
She jhvmmertoilte KLetos
Local Garden Club
Are 100 Per Cetit
Victory Gardeners
The members of the Chattooga
County Garden Club have signed
up 100% as Victory gardeners, and
have gone on record as favoring
the Victory garden program which
is being promoted throughout our
country. The February and March
programs of the club were devoted
to the topic of Victory gardening.
These were both interesting and
stimulating.
Several members of the club at
tended the garden school con
ducted in Rome recently under the
direction of the agricultural de
partment of the University of
Georgia and the Garden Club of
Georgia. The club has a Victory
garden committee as one of its
tand ng committees this year.
Mrs. Roy Thomas, Mrs. J. L. Mc-
Ginnis, Mrs. Andrew Williams and
Mrs. Wilson J. Culpepper constitute
this committee. Through this
committee the club, in co-operation
with the Summerville school, is
attempting to enroll all of the ele
mentary school pupils as Victory
garden members. The club plans
to offer certain awards to those
children who make outstanding
records as Victory gardeners. In
line with this program certain
members of the club recently vis
ited the school with the purpose of
promoting this cause and as a con
sequence many of the pupils
p’edged co-operation.
Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard is calling for 16,000,000 Victory
gardens this year and Chattooga
county should have its proportion
of these. Food is an absolutely es
sential weapon of war and every
American should whole-heartedly
strive to produce all that he can of
this material. All parents are re
spectfully urged to encourage and
aid their children in efforts to
carry through this program.
West Summerville
S'.H.D. Club Meets
The West Summerville W. H. D.
club met March 26 at the home of
Mrs. William Woods “with the
thought for the month, anything
worth doing, is worth doing well.”
Minutes of last meeting were read
and approved, and roll called. Mrs.
Crouch led the devotional, using as
her Scripture the 13th chapter of
Ist Cor., called the love chapter
and prayer. And in the absence of
Miss Parish, Mrs. W. J. Culpepper
met with us and gave a most inter
esting talk on nutrition. Also Vic
tory gardening was discussed, not
as a fad, but as a necessity, that
everyone be properly fed, and that
those who have more space help
to raise vegetables to help sup
ply those, who have not the soil in
which to raise a garden. After
which Mrs. Woods served delicious
refreshments.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
MEET TODAY AND FRIDAY
The LaFayette and Chickamau
ga Presbyterian churches will be
hostess to the 36th annual meet
ing of the Woman’s Auxiliary of
the Cherokee Presbytery today
(Thursday) and Friday. Members
of the local auxiliary who will at
tend are:
Mesdames W. B. Hair, J. B. Whis
nant, H. C. Wilson, R. W. Ransom,
D. P. Henley, Henry McWhorter,
Homer Edge, J. L. McGinnis, L. C.
Turner, J. A. Beavers, R. D. Jones,
Will Hinton, A. A. Little, B. W. Far
rar, O .A. Selman, Misses Lois Mc-
Whorter, Mary Penn, Pearl Farrar
and Mary Thompson.
NOTICE
The quarterly Baptist Training
Union Rally will be held at Sum
merville First Baptist church Sun
day, April 11, at 2:30 o’clock. All
members are urged to be present.
Guest speaker will be Rev. L. L.
Hurley, of Rome, Ga.—Director.
P.-T. A. TO MEET
The Summerville P.-T. A. will
meet Tuesday, April 13 at 3:45 in
Miss Hacker’s room in the Gram
mar school building. Mrs. Harry
McGinnis, of the Home Economic
department will have charge of the
program. All members and friends
of the school are urged to be pres
ent.
Among those from Summerville
who are attending the North Geor
gia conference of the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service conven
ing in Atlanta this week are Mrs.
C. C. Cleghorn, Mrs. Paul Weems,
Mrs. Wilson J. Culpepper and Rev.
Wilson J. Culpepper.
Pvt. Clyde W. Tucker, of Camp
Sibert, Ala., was the week-end
guest of his mother, Mrs. Alice
Tucker and relatives in Berryton,
Ga.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943.
Clifford Austin Brown
Dies in Rome Hospital
Clifford Austin Brown, 18, died
in a Rome hospital Sunday, April
4, after a short illness. “Ken,” as
he was affectionately called, was a
member of the Sophomore class at
Summerville High and a valued
football player of the school. He
is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Brown; 6 brothers, Ar
ville, Max, Haroldean, Carl Hugh,
of Summerville; Ralph, of the U.
5. army, and James T., of the U. S.
navy; three sisters, Mrs. Cheal Lan
caster and Mrs. J. C. Peace, of La-
Fayette, and Miss Sybil Brown, of
Summerville. Funeral services were
conducted from South Summer
ville Baptist church Monday by
Rev. Herbert Morgan, Rev. Wrath
burn Cash and Prof. N. V. Dyer.
Classmates were pallbearers and
flower girls. Interment in Sum
merville cemetery. Paul Weems
Funeral Home in charge.
Old-Time Revival
At Menlo Baptist
An old-time revival will begin at
Menlo Baptist church Monday
night, April 12. Service each eve
ning at 7:30 o’clock.
We are urging the people to at
+<md this revival. Our purpose is
to lead the lost to Christ. The hope
this world is to get back to
God.
“Whosoever will let him come.”
This revival will be conducted by
the Rev. Herbert Morgan, pastor
of South Summerville Baptist
church.
B. W. M. U. RALLY WILL BE
HELD AT LYERLY BAPTIST
CHURCH THURSDAY, APRIL 15
The young people’s rally of Chat
tooga County Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Unions will be held at
the Lyerly Baptist Church, on
Thursday evening, April lit, at 8
o’clock. The program will be in
charge of Mrs. John Rose, of Ly
erly, associational young people’s
leader.
Hvmn —.“All Hail the Power.”
Welcome.
Response—Jean Cordle.
Hymn—“ More Like the Master.”
Devotional —by Y. W. A. member
of Trion
Prayer
Special music by Trion G. A.
girls.
Special announcement by Sum
merville R. A. boy.
Address by Miss Turner.
Demonstration how Sunbeams
grow, by Lyerly Sunbeams.
Hymn—“ We’ve a Story to Tell
the Nations.”
Missionary address by Miss Pearl
Todd.
We urge all the churches in the
association to be well represented.
Why? You will have the oppor
tunity to hear one of our greatest
missionaries to China, who was for
some time a war prisoner of the
Japanese.
PVT. WILLIAM G. COOK
ARRIVES SAFELY OVERSEAS
Friends and relatives of Pvt.
William (Bill) G. Cook will be in
terested to know that a letter came
from him last week saying he had
arrived safely overseas and was
then in Africa. He enlisted in the
army August 7, 1942, and is the
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Cook, of Lyerly, Route 2.
NOTICE
B. W. M. U. will meet April Irt
with Lyerly Baptist church. Each
lady is asked to bring a dish to
help with lunch.
FIGHTING FRENCHMEN
I- J - • 1
A French light tank brigade is inspected by United Nations’ officers
prior to its joining American and British troops in Tunisia.
W. W. Scoggins, 89,
Dies Here Saturday
William Wiley Scoggins, 89,
pioneer native of Chattooga coun
ty, died early Saturday, April 3, at
the local hospital following a
short illness.
His wife, who was Miss Susie
Bagwell, preceded him in death
years.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon from the Pennville
Baptist Tabernacle by Rev. Climer,
of Rome, and Rev. Sweeney, of
Trion. Interment in Pennville
cemetery.
Survivors include three sons,
John Austin, of Summerville;
James Arthur, of Rockmart, Ga.,
and Green Berry Scoggins, of At
lanta; 6 daughters, Mrs. Frank
Shropshire, Mrs. Walter Godwin,
Mrs. Arthur Perry and Mrs. W. E.
Dunaway, of Summerville; Mrs.
Jonah Salmon, of Armuchee, Ga.,
?nd Mrs. Will Campbell, of At
nta.
John C. Cavin, Menlo,
Promoted to Captain
Camp Chaffee, Ark., April 7.
(Special)—John C. Cavin, of Men
lo, Ga., who is in the 47th Armored
Regiment, 14th Armored Division,
has been promoted from first lieu
tenant to captain according to the
division public relations office.
Capt. Cavin was educated at
Menlo High school and Presbyter
ian college, later he was employed
by the Trion company, Trion, Ga.
Capt. Cavin received his original
commission from R. O. T. C. on
May 17, 1938. He was assigned to
active duty at Fort Knox, Ky.,
Jan. 24, 1942, and reported at Camp
Chaffee Oct. 10, 1942.
War Certificate Will Be
Awarded Farm Families
War duty in the field, in pasture
and in poultry yard will be recog
nized on completion of the 1943
farm mobilization drive, when
County USDA War Boards will
award certificates of Farm War
Service to farm families who have
enlisted for home front duty.
Certificates of Farm War Serv
ice will signify that a family has
enlisted in all-out farm war pro
duction. The 11-14 inch certifi
cates will bear the signature of
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard and the chairman of the
County USDA War Board.
“This certificate,” said T. R.
Breedlove, chairman of the State
USDA War Board this week, “is a
simple word of appreciation and
encouragement to the fighting
units of the food front—the na
tion’s farm families. On the long,
hard work of these families, on
their ingenuity in overcoming ev
ery handicap imposed by total war,
will depend to a considerable meas
ure the outcome of the war.
“Our farm operators and their
families had begun to convert their
production to crops which would
aid the forces fighting the axis
even before Pearl Harbor. For
three years in a row now they have
broken all production records with
emphasis on the war-needed crops
and meats.
“This year, food production goals
of many commodities have been
set still higher. Even with the
shortage of labor, machinery and
transportation, if weather is gen
erally favorable, our farm families
will reach their goals and break
[production records once more."
Farmers Can Sell
Meat But Must Collect
Stamps, Get Permit
County Agent O. P. Dawson
pointed out this week that he
wished to make it clear to each
farmer that he can sell meat and
butter, although he will have to
go to the trouble of collecting
stamps and getting permits for the
slaughter of meat to be sold. The
county agent also pointed out that
it is the patriotic duty of every
farmer, whether small or large, who
has been selling meat and butter
in small quantities heretofore not
to stop this just because of the so
to-speak red tape or the extra
trouble it may give him. It is not
the purpose of the OPA regulations
to curtail production in any form,
and these foods are needed by the
civilians of our community. The
agent stated that although we think
sometimes we are being put to a
’ot of extra trouble, and some peo
ple may have a desire to stop mar
keting these foods rather than go
to the trouble of collecting stamps,
turn them in, etc. In this case ev
ery person should give a thought
and consider the trouble, as well
as the dangers, that our boys are
going through who have gone to
the armed forces.
Below you will find listed the
necessary things which are re
required to be done by farmers in
order to sell the products men
tioned :
1. —To sell butter it is not neces
sary to have a permit, but you
must collect the stamps if sold to
individuals, and if sold to stores
it is not necessary to collect the
stamps until April 10. After this
date you must collect stamps wher
ever sold.
2. —The farmer must have a
slaughter permit in order to
slaughter meat for sale. This per
mit can be received from the Triple
A administrative officer upon ask
ing for same.
3. —He must place his permit
number on each wholesale cut un
less he sells his meat direct to the
consumer, in which case a tag will
do.
4. —ls he sells at wholesale, he
should use the OPA wholesale
point chart for the period in order
to determine the number of points
to collect.
5. If he sells at retail, he should
use the OPA retail point chart to
determine the number of points to
collect.
6. —For each month during which
any sales are made, he must file
with the local War Price and Ra
tioning Board a prescribed report
together with the points collected.
7. —He must grade all beef, veal,
lamb and mutton and place the
grade on each wholesale cut.
8. He must comply with OPA
ceiling prices.
Time to Renew
Driver’s Licenses
The Department of Public Safety
announces the beginning of the
1943-44 driver’s license renewal
period, beginning April 10 through
June 30, 1943, according to Mr. C. A.
Williams, executive officer.
All persons required to have a
driver’s license are urged to apply
before midnight, June 30th, at
which time the present license ex
pires and will automatically be
come invalid. The public is re
auested to co-operate with the de
partment by applying early in order
that all operators may be licensed
by July Ist. Fees for licenses will
be the same as last year, namely,
chauffeurs, $2.00; operators SI.OO
for the family head, 50c for the
spouse and 25c for each dependent
child 16 years of age or above. Ap
plicants qualifying as family heads
are urged to list on the affidavit
stub all persons in his household
who will be qualified for licenses by
or before June 30, 1944.
Application forms are now being
distributed and may be obtained
at all patrol stations and public
places, such as courthouses, filling
stations, et cetera.
PLEASANT GROVE
BAPTIST CHURCH
All members are requested to be
present Sunday, April 11, at 10
o’clock for purpose of calling a pas
tor.—Committee.
Not Much Speeding Now
A year ago cars whipped along at
average speeds of 47 miles an hour.
A recent check-up shows that we
are now observing the 35-mile lim
it—almost. . . . The average today
is 37 miles per hour.
OPA announces it has straight
ened out the price inequalities
which have been diverting some
fresh vegetables, such as peas,
snap beans and cabbage, away from
southern markets to states where
the price ceilings were higher.
Merchants to Close
At Wednesday Noon
Starting Next Week
Beginning next Wednesday, April
14, the following merchants and
business men of Summerville here
by agree to close at 12 o’clock noon
each Wednesday and continuing
through Sept. 29. This is for the
purpose of merchants and em
ployees planting and working their
victory gardens to aid in the war
effort.
Western Auto, A. F. Williams &
Sons, N. T. Brown , A. & T. Gro
cery, Mary Penn Shop, U. S. 5c and
10c Store, The Famous Store, Tut
ton’s Auto Parts Store, Summer
ville Seed and Feed Store, O. H.
Perry, Lowry’s Dept. Store, Rack
ley’s, W. W. Mac Co, Georgia Power
company, Turner’s Beauty and
Barber shop, Espy, Lanham & Par
ker, Tom D. Willingham, Summer
ville Cash Store, W. H. Hartline,
Mrs. Lambert, Roland Henry, Serv
ice Dry Cleaners, Chattooga Mer
cantile Co., Nickel-Saver Food
Store, I. M. Henderson, Summer
ville Flour and Seed Co, Summer
ville Insurance Agency, Service
Barber shop, Farmers and Mer
chants Bank, Summerville Studios,
Pesterfield’s, Summerville Dry
Cleaners, Joe Hammonds, Home
Stores.
FSA Families
Plan Increase in
Food Production
The farm security program In
Chattooga county is helping farm
families to live at home. This is
being accomplished by producing
adequate food and feed for home
consumption and at the same time
striving to improve the health and
living standards of the families.
The 1942 annual report shows 135
out of 155 families report the fol
lowing:
31,222 quarts canned vegetables.
20,048 quarts canned fruits.
2,989 quarts canned meats.
3,940 bushels sweet potatoes.
2,661 bushels Irish potatoes.
2,388 gallons syrup.
5,640 pounds beans and peas,
dried.
7,504 hens.
64,051 pouds meat cured.
10,752 pounds lard.
260 cows.
The farm and home supervisors
visit these families and assist
them with making their farm and
home plans each year. In the plans
made for 1943, each family planned
a large increase over last year.
There are 105 families now on the
program who have pressure cook
ers. Each family is urged to plan
to can 100 quarts per person in the
family, and to have plenty of eggs,
milk, good year round garden,
dried peas, beans, home grown
meal, flour, syrup and meat.
One hundred families have al
ready bought garden seed pack
ages, which included seed enough
for a year round garden.
5,050 baby chicks have been de
livered to these families to date.
Every family needs at least a flock
of 50 hens for home use.
271 more milch cows and heifers
are being purchased by these fami
lies, where they can provide for
them, 105 brood sows are now own
ed by the families.
The Chattooga County Group
Medical Association, made up of
FSA families, provides for hospi
talization, drugs and treatments.
Many boys from these families
are now on the battlefront. The
families have accepted the chal
lenge to produce extra food to
help feed these soldiers and you
can count on them to do their part.
BETHEL, WALNUT GROVE WILL
HEAR SEMINARY STUDENT
Mr. Jack Fisher, senior student
at Columbia Seminary, will preach
next Sunday at the Bethel and
Walnut Grove Presbyterian church
es. The Bethel service will be at
11:00 a.m. and the Walnut Grove
service at 3:00 p.m. The members
of these churches are urged to be
present at the services.
Representatives of the Sardis
church in Floyd county will attend
the service at Walnut Grove.
WOMAN’S SOCIETY CHRISTIAN
SERVICE LYERLY METHODIST
HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Lyerly Metho
dist Church held its monthly meet
ing Tuesday night, March 30, in
the home of Mrs. Robert Stallings,
with the president, Mrs. B. L. Betts,
presiding.
Mrs. R. W. Bagley conducted the
devotional, after which an inter
esting program was given.
Misses Betty Lou James and Sara
Hickman assisted the hostess in
serving delicious refreshments.
$1.50 A YEAR