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The Summerville News
Official Organ of Chattooga County
Summerville, Ga.
O. J. Espy, Editor-Manager, 1911-38
D. T. Espy Editor and Manager
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ARMISTICE DAY, 1943
As the nation honors its soldier
dead, especially those who died in
the first World War, let no Ameri
can regard their sacrifice in vain.
Brave men can do no more than
lay down their lives for their coun
try, which represents their people
and there is no justification what
ever for the thought that the pres
ent war proves that the heroic dead
wasted their lives.
The men who fought the war of
1917-18 successfully prevented the
defeat of the United States. They
saved their generation from the
evils of a Germanic victory, the na
ture of which is apparent to those
who have ever read the treaty of
Brest-Litovsk.
The troubles that beset the
world, after their success, were not
of their making. The fact that
foolish men, in a foolish world,
have not escaped another war is no
reflection upon the heroes who
died to defend democratic institu
tions and American freedom twen
ty-five years ago.
We are tired of the nonsense aobut
losing the last war. We did not
lose it. We won it decisively, mag
nificently. Those who fought its
battle have a right to be proud of
their contribution and to revere the
memory of departed comrades.
A nation owes its continued ex
istence to the sacrifice of those
who suffered and died on the bat
tlefields of France, and elsewhere,
in the first World War. It should
not forget the debt nor cease to
honor its faithful sons.
PLANE LOSSES NOT EXCESSIVE
On Oct. 24, 501 American air
planes attacked airfields in North
ern France, inflicting heavy dam
age, without the loss of a single
plane, according to Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson, who com
mented upon British and American
plane losses.
Mr. Stimson asserts that since the
beginning of operations by the
American Eighth Air Force, on
July, 1942, losses have averaged
less than 5 per cent. British losses,
he said, do not exceed this figure.
The public became somewhat ap
prehensive because of heavy losses
in specific raids, like that of the
British against Kassel, when forty
six planes were shot down, and the
American attack upon Schweinfurt,
when sixty bombers failed to re
turn.
FARMERS SHOULD BE SMART
The farm population of the
United States is about one-fourth
of the total population.
The income of this fourth of our
people is about one-tenth of the
total national income.
Obviously, agriculture is entitled
to a larger share of the national in
come. The only question that
arises in this connection is whether]
farmers shall jeopardize price con
trol, during the war, by insisting
upon increases, or wait until the
war ends.
While we are, and have been, sym
pathetic with the demands of agri
culture we do not think the farm
ers will profit by upsetting price
control measures that are in effect
in an effort to prevent runaway
inflation.
Our advice to farmers is to wait;
in the long run the delay will be
profitable.
GERMANY SHOULD BE COM
PELLED TO MAKE RESTITUTION
TO PEOPLES PLUNDERED AND
ENSLAVED
Nazi Germany has developed the
plunder of occupied countries into
an important economic asset and
exports from these countries are
giving considerable assistance in
prolonging the war.
War indemnities from Nazi-occu
pied countries are estimated at $4.-
800.000.000 a year by Dingle Foot,
parliamentary secretary of the Brit
ish ministry of economics.
In occupation costs and other
charges, the Germans are believed
to have secured more than $12,-
800,000,000. In addition, something
like $5,200,000,000 in exports have
been paid for in block marks, the
Nazi manipulated money.
The Nazi regime is not only ex
hausting the natural resources of
Germany, but it is systematically
depleting the wealth of all regions
under German control.
The extent to which this is un
derway is seen in the Swedish dis
patch which says that the Nazis
have started to requisition furni
ture and household goods from oc
cupied countries for the use of Ger
man bombed-out families.
This policy is in line with the
boast of Reichsmarshal Hermann
Goering that Germany would be
the last European nation to suffer
in this war. It is carried out with
out regard of the needs of other
peoples or their suffering.
The Germans do not hesitate to
transfer helpless peoples into a
form of slavery. Separated from
their homes and families, the help
less individuals are transported
into Germany to labor in produc
tion units and thus serve the inter
ests of the self-styled master race.
We Call attention to these facts
because when the war ends, the
question of reparations will inevit
ably arise. Every principle of jus
tice demands that the German peo
ple be compelled to return the plun
der and, when this is impossible
replace it.
Just as it has taken Germany
more than four years to exploit
the conquered nations and occu
pied areas, it may take them four
years or more to make restitution.
Regardless of how many years it
requires, or how many Germans
have to serve in labor battalions
full payment and complete restitu
tion must be required.
This does not express any policy
of revenge. In the main, it is not
inspired by any desire to punish
the German people. It is elemen
tary justice to compel thieves, when
possible, to return their loot. It is
an act of simple justice to the mil
lions who have been robbed by the
Nazi regime since the present war
began.
To require reparations, in cash
and in time, over a period of years
will go far to teach the German
people, as a nation, that freeboot
ing does not pay. Regardless of the
fact that there are good Germans
the nation, as a whole, supported
Hitler in his aggression, enjoyed
his successes and shared in his ill
gotten material gain.
The German nation used force in
the acquisition of its plunder and
by force, if necessary, it should be
required to compensate innocent
persons who have been the victims
of looting that was an accepted pol
icy of the Nazi regime.
We understand that when France
collapsed, the amount of the war
indemnity, as fixed by the Ger
mans, was set at the level of French
expenditures for war. Hitler as
sumed that if the French could
spend the money for war, they
could spend the same sum for
reparations.
The same logic applies to the
question of post-war reparations. If
Hitlerite Germany can expend its
men, material and money in a long
and costly war, there is no reason
why the German people cannot
make effective restitution in ac
cordance with elementary princi
ples of justice.
Conservation News
BY JOHN K. THOMAS. JR.
Soil Conservation Service
Any farmer in Chattooga county
who is interested in a soil conserva
tion and land-use program on his
farm should file an application im
mediately either with O. P. Daw
son, county agent, or me.
Chattooga county has thirteen
farmers who were awarded certifi
cates of merit by the bankers in the
Coosa River Soil Conservation dis
trict. These farmers are among
the sixty-two farmers co-operating
with the district program who have
done an outstanding job in soil con -
servation. Following the general
meeting on Thursday, Nov. 4, 1943
these farmers were “treated” to 8
sumptuous banquet. These farm
ers are to be congratulated on the
fine job they are doing, keep it up,
and encourage their neighbors to
do “conservation farming.”
The trailer-thresher owned by the
Chattooga County Soil Conserva
tion and Improvement association
is now running full time saving les
pedeza sericea, sorghum, peas and
various other seed. This thresher
is operating to help farmers whc
do not have access to a combine or
can not otherwise save their seed
Especially district co-operators,
and all other farmers who wish tc
secure the services of this machine
should contact Earnest Lee Pless, O
P. Dawson, Charlie Brooks or my
self.
The Soil Conservation and Im
provement association also has nine
slip scrapes and three Hinkle les
pedeza combines that are available
for use by district co-operators.
QUALIFIED
Employer—Yes I advertised for a
good strong boy. Think you can fill
the bill?
. Applicant—Well, I just finished
whipping 19 other applicants out
side the door.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1943
RIEGELDALE FARM COWS
SET HIGH RECORDS
Petersborough, N. H.—Riegeldale
Farm (The Trion Co.), Trion, Ga.,
has just completed a creditable ad
vanced register record of 10674.2
pounds of milk and 511.2 pounds of
butter fat on the SYa-year-old reg
istered Guernsey cow, Riegeldale
Dugald’s Symphony. Besides this
record, this cow produced a healthy
calf for her owner.
This record was supervised by the
University of Georgia and reported
to the American Guernsey Cattle
Club for approval and publication.
Symphony is a daughter of the
outstanding Guernsey sire, Doug
laston Lord Dugald, that has 15
sons and daughters in the perform
ance register of the American
THE ANSWERS
1. They were settled by Teutons
about 200 years ago.
2. They depend on height and
speed for safety and are without
guns.
3. One imposed on products made
and consumed within the country.
4. Glycerine for high explosives.
5. May 15, 1918, between Wash
ington and New York.
6. Yes, five years.
7. No; the constitution requires a
two-thirds vote.
8. Since May 10, 1940.
9. Yes; SSO a month.
10. Director of the Office of Eco
nomic Stabilization.
IN MEMORIAM
On Tuesday, May 5, 1942, an angel
came and bore the kind spirit of our
dear father, Thomas Milton Van
Pelt, away.
In his going we are made to say:
“Not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The reaper came that day
’Twas an agel visited the green
* earth
And took our father away.”
At the time of his death he was
in his 87th year, having been born
Aug. 6, 1855, thus he was a lad dur
ing the War Between the States.
In his early twenties he united
with Antioch Baptist church and
was baptized by Rev. D. T. Espy.
From that time on he was a loyal
church member. He attended church
services only a short time before
his death and was often heard to
ask about the services when he was
absent. His pastor always found a
welcome in his home.
In 1889 he married Miss Sallie
Thomas, who preceded him in death
in 1940. He often spoke of his go
ing and how he wanted to meet
mother in heaven along with all of
his children.
Father loved people and was
never too busy for a kind word tc
all his neighbors and friends. He
had no enemies and was blessed
with many friends—indeed, to
know him was to love him. He was
a good husband, a devoted father,
a citizen of the highest type and a
devout Christian.
And so, the things I want to re
member most about my father are
his strong Christian character, his
wonderful love and devotion to
mother and home, his kindness tc
everyone and that friendly smile.
“Oh, daddy dear, you cannot know
My depth of love for you.
It soars above the infinite heights
Os heaven’s deepest blue.
You’ve helped so many along the
way,
And caused new faith to grow,
You would always smile and kindly
say
“They’re God’s children you know.”
As I placed my hand in yours,
Oh, daddy dear,
The path was not so hard
For you made it so that I can get
A clearer glimpse of God.’
Why should we weep for those whc
‘ die,
They fall —their dust returns tc
dust;
Their souls shall live eternally
Within the mansions of the just.
They die to live—they sink to rise
They leave this wretcheed mortal
shore;
But bfighter suns and bluer skies
Shall smile on them forevermore.”
—(Tennyson).
By his devoted daughter,
MRS. ROBERT A. HARLOW
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V eterinarian
At home near Pennville school
Phone 721
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Guernsey Cattle Club.
Petersborough, N. H.—Riegeldale
Farm (The Trion Co.), Trion, Ga.,
has just completed a creditable ad
vanced register record of 10796.0
pounds of milk and 560.6 pounds of
butter fat on the 3-year-old regis
tered Guernsey sow, Riegeldale Mck
Bertha. Besides this record, this
cow produced a healthy calf lor her
owner.
SIMILIE
“As useless as a June bride’s
budget without an eraser.”
CLASSIFIED
FOR RENT—Desirable bedroom
furnished; also 2-room apart
ment. Myrtle’s Beauty Shop,
Phone 74.
FOR SALE—Three lots and four
room house. Rent pays sl6 per
month.—Mrs. J. F. Myers, Penn
ville.
FOR SALE Pigs and shoats,
Hampton Guina, White Chester
and Spotted Poland - China.—
Westbrooks & Kerr, near Penn
ville.
FOR SALE OR RENT—Fifty acre
creek bottom farm with running
water and lights, 8-room house,
8-stall barn, both with lights. In
good repair. Title clear. Sell
worth the money.—O. E. Sosebee,
LaFayette, Ga.
FOR SALE—Coon and possum dog.
Come and try them.—W. E. Mur
phy, Summerville Route 2.
SAUSAGE SEASON—If you want to
try some of my sausage give me
your order, Phone 324, or go to
Williams Store, Summerville, or
Berryton store.—J. R. Wyatt
Menlo, Ga.
FOR SALE—One good 1935 Stand
ard Chevrolet. Will sell reason
able. See Emmett Bramlett, R.
2, Summerville, Ga., near the Fish
Hatchery. •
FOR SALE OR TRADE—One 1935
model Ford; good mechanical
condition, five good tires, radio
and heater. See at my home any
time. —W. O. Willingham, Menlo
H. S. KING. TYPEWRITER EX
PET—AII makes repaired and re
built. Special repair representive
for Underwood and Remington
typewriters. Ribbons and carbon
for all makes. Room 208-210 West
Buildmg, Rome, Ga., Phone 3339
and 5236.
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Hog Feed $3.75
16 1-2 Per Cent Ilanquet
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International
<: Laying Mash $4.00
100 Lbs. International
sp ecia lLayings3.6s
Keep Your Layers
BUSY on the Nest $3.75
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contain the extra proteins of high quality, the minerals, ;• 18 Per Cent Quaker
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WOOD FOR SALE—We will deliver
only SIO.OO loads of wood. Cash
or credit. On account of scarcity
of labor we will be unable to split
our wood. People in Summerville
leave orders at News office.—Paul
Cook, Lyerly, Ga.
WE BUY used Ranges, Frigidaires
Ice Boxes and good Used Furni
ture—Hair Motor Co. tl
SEND HIM a box of nice stationery
Emblem of branch of service he’s
in engraved on fine paper; 50
sheets with plain envelopes to
• match at’ Summerville News Of
fice.
FOR SALE—Forty acres land in
Dirtseller district, near Perennial
joining Joe Roy Smith’s land on
north.—E. B. Bailey, Summer
ville Route 2.
THREE fine used pianos. Good as
new. Also one piano for balance
due. Write T. M. Jones, P. O. Box
282, Rome, Ga.
QUICK RELIEF FROM
Symptoms of Distress Arising from
STOMACH ULCERS
due to EXCESS ACID
Free BookTellsof Home Treatment that
Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing
Over two million bottles of the WILLARD
TREATMENT have been sold for relief of
symptoms of distress arising from Stomach
and Duodenal Ulcers due to Excess Acid-
Poor Digestion, Sour or Upset Stomach,
Gassiness, Heartburn, Sleeplessness, etc.,
due to Excess Acid. Sold on 15 days’ trial 1
Ask for “Willard’s Message” which fully
explains this treatment — free — at
Summerville —McGinnis Drug Co.
Lyerly—Doster Drug Co.
Trion—Trion Department Store