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285 MEN LEAVE
FOR INDUCTION AT
FORT M’PHERSON
The following is a list of men
that left Chattooga county for in
duction at Fort McPherson, Ga., on
Nov. 19, 1943: ' .
Jimm>e Lee Sams (volunteer).
John Henry Hunter (volunteer).
James Veda Mosley (volunteer).
Gordon Lee Walters (volunteer).
Willard Fletcher Wilson (volun
teer).
James Paul Smith, Jr., (volun
teer).
Roland Rufus Hughes (volun
teer) .
Gordon Lee Suit' (volunteer).
Hershel Leon Lea (volunteer).
Johnny William Barrett (volun
teer).
Johnny William Barrett (volun
teer).
David R. L. Montgomery (volun
teer).
Fay Glenn Bynum (volunteer).
Joseph Palmer Alexander.
Benjamin Franklin Johnson.
Louis Olen Allmon.
Marvin Haskel Dodson.
Leßoy Eugene Baker.
Herman J. Eaton.
Charlie Lee Crawford.
Gordon Lee Cohen.
Oscar Osby.
Thomas Adland Bethune.
James Dewitt Cargle.
Robert Alexander Glenn.
Robert Edward Davis, Jr.
William Harvey Talley.
Clyde Eugene Kellett.
T. J. Coley.
Ray Frederick Junkins.
Clifford Rains.
Martin Davis Bartlett.
Robert Lewis Hendrix.
Thomas Ophel Maynor.
Carl Joseph Coulter.
James Austin Fountain.
Russel Lee Powell.
Harry Berry Barrett.
William George Woods.
John Everitt Crutchfield.
Wallie Rudecille Lively, Jr.
Robert Leon Williams.
Roy Ralph Kellett.
William Robert Dougherty.
Roy Glass.
John Frank Rickett.
Charlie Grady Shelton.
Faires Daniel Bramlett.
Dewey Franklin Colbert.
Julius Louis Watkins.
Elmer Menti Mitchell.
Ben Richard Fuller.
J. W. Smith.
Hiram Glen Walker.
Howard Griffin Parsons.
Archie Doster Housch.
John Louis Anderson.
Jim Bean.
Daniel Kelly Van Pelt.
Russell Brown.
Sam Hunter.
Burl Harvey Walker.
Ray Emory Alexander.
John Taylor Kirby.
Hugh Doss Burrage (transferred
to Chattanooga, Tenn.).
James Hobert Anderson.
Charles Leroy Johnson.
Shirley Jones.
Hubert H. Walker.
James Robert Herod.
J. D. Cooper.
Melford Stone Tomlin.
John Lewis Shields.
Fred Kimsey Summer.
William Acton Brown.
John Daniel Scott.
Jesse James Blackman.
Hoyt Jennings Bailey.
William Asberry Hamby.
Clifford Wesley Payne.
Lloyd Blackman.
Winifred Clarence Palmer.
Grady Landers.
Robert Crow.
Shaw Thomas Rosson.
George Olan Arnold.
Mack Henry Bean.
Thomas Andrew Jackson.
John William Pettyjohn.
J. D. Fowler.
Thomas William Tapp.
Woodrow Willie Collins.
David Landfold Hamby.
Furman Wilson Camp.
Charles Fletcher Cleghorn.
Ted Roosevelt Caufield.
James Daniel Elliott.
Fred Edward Slough.
Howard Nicholson.
Oscar Monroe Hunter.
John William Jackson.
Tom Watson Garner.
Ray Lively.
Robert Deforest Howell (trans
ferred to Douglas).
Horace Ansell Hamilton.
Roland Leroy Ward'aw (trans
ferred to Chattanooga).
John Pershing Eleam.
Max Price Reed.
H. C. Abernathy.
John Maxwell White.
Dorsey Watson Hawkins.
Homer William Atkins.
Grady Elbert Bridges.
Jim McSpadden.
Marvin John Mason.
John William Henderson.
Tass Maton.
Henry Gradv Hattaway (trans
ferred to Baltimore).
Joseph Griffett Brown.
Ivron David Bennett.
Ralph H. Sweatman.
Benjamin Franklin Vaughn.
George Douglas Baker.
Fay Hendrix.
Joshua Woodrow Tucker.
Augustus Andrew Dyer.
Clarence Almerine Simonds.
Robert Clyde Stiles.
Roy Horace Hurst.
Charlie William Cothran.
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VOL. 57; NO. 41.
1944 CONSERVATION
PROGRAM TO KEEP ,
FARM LAND PRODUCING
Charlie C. Brooks, Chattooga
county AAA administrative officer,
announced this week the 1944 con
servation practices program for
Georgia, which, he said, “is de
signed to keep Georgia farm land
producing the maximum of food,
feed and fiber for the war pro
gram.”
Mr. Brooks said that in planning
the program, each practice was
measured by these standards: (a)
Will it contribute to increased pro
duction? (b) Will the returns be
’mmediate and substantial? (c) Is
it easily understandable and is per
formance practical for farmers?
ind (d) Can it be easily and effec
tively administered?
Practices which did not meet
these standards were eliminated,
he said. Among the discontinued
practices were those yielding chief
ly long-term results or requiring
materials or seed so limited in sup
plv that little additional perform
ance could be obtained. Examples
are iorest tree planting; direct seed
payments (seed harvesting practices
were substituted); and application
of potash.
“The new program has been so
s'reamlined that Triple-A farmer
committeemen can administer it
without undue loss of time from
their own farms.” Mr. Brooks said.
Farmers will be paid, as in the
past, according to the extent to
which they carry out the practices.
In explaining how farmers can
earn conservation payments in
1944, Mr. Brooks said that the pro
gram is divided into “limited” and
“unlimited” practices. Under the
“limited” practices, payments can
be earned to the extent of one dol
lar for each acre of cropland on the
farm, plus one dollar for each acre
of commercial orchards on the
farm in 1943. For example, if the
farm contains 40 acres of cropland
and 10 acres of orchard, a total of
SSO could be earned by carrying out
“limited” practices. The “limited”
practices are as follows:
Applying superphosphate or basic
slag to a full seeding of annual,
perennial or biennial grasses, per
manent pastures and summer leg
umes (except soybeans for beans
and all peanuts). Payment will ap
proximate the cost of this ma
terial.
Applying ground limestone. Pay
ment will approximate the cost of
this material.
Establishing a satisfactory cover
of winter legumes seeded in the
fall of 1943, $2.50 per acre.
Establishing a satisfactory cover
of winter legumes and small grain 1
mixtures seeded in the fall of 1943,
$2.00 per acre.
Establishing a satisfactory cover 1
small grain seeded in the fall of j
1943, $1.50 per acre. No payment
when harvested and threshed for
grain.)
EstabPshing a satisfactory cover
of summer legumes, to be left on
land or turned under, $1.50 per
acre.
Establ.shing a satisfactory growth
of spring-seeded annual lespedeza,
$1.50 per acre.
Construction and stabilization of
standard, main and lateral ditches
for the drainage of agricultural
land, eight cents per cubic yard, not
to exceed $3.00 per 100 linear feet.
Renovation (by disking) of per
ennial legumes and grasses, 75
cents per acre.
Seeding winter legumes in *he
fall of 1944. For full seeding, pay
ment is $1.50 per acre.
For “unlimited” practices, pay
ments will be made to the extent
to which the practices are carried
out. The list of these practices is
as follows:
Establishing a permanent vegeta
tive cover of kudzu, $6.00 per acre.
Construction of standard terraces
for which proper outlets are pro
vided, SI.OO per 100 linear feet.
Establishment of permanent
vegetative waterways, SIO.OO per
acre.
establishing (for f>rst time in
1944) a contour farming system, 75
cents per acre. »
Estabhshing a stand of lespedeza
sericea for the prevention of water
erosion, $6.00 per acre.
Clearing, cleaning up and pre
paring for the establishment of
permanent pasture, $5.00 per acre.
(To qualify, such land must be
sodded or seeded within the pro
gram year.)
Establishing a stand of Bermuda
grass by seedmg, $6.00 per acre.
Establishing pastures by seeding
adapted pasture legumes or pas
ture grasses, and reseeding estab
lished pasture. (Payment will be
made tor each pound of prescribed
pasture grasses or legumes seeded)
Some of these recommended grasses
are Bermuda, carpet and Dallis;
some recommended legumes are
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1943.
TRION HOSPITAL IS
GOVERNMENT-APPROVED
Riegel Community Hospital, of
Trion, Ga., is one of the seventeen
hospitals that have qualified for
stale and federal aid, according to
a recent report, for the purpose of
j taking care of emergency maternity
1 cases and infant program. There
; are certain men in the armed serv
ices whose wives and children are
| eligible for hospital care under this
program at the expense of the state
and government.
Applications can be secured at
the Red Cross to be filled out by
the doctor and patient, then sent to
the State of Georgia Department of
Public Health to be okayed by them.
They will in turn inform the hos
pital to take care of this patient for
a limited number of days at the
health department’s expense.
The Riegel Community Hospital
was accepted by the State of Geor
gia Department of Public Health
and passed their rigid inspection
before it could be approved. There
fore, the hospital is as well equipped
hospital as there is in the State of
Georgia or it would have never met
the requirements. We feel it a very
fine thing to have a hospital like
that in a community to take care
of the people. It makes the em
ployees of the hospital feel proud
to work for a hospital like this.
The services have to be good be
fore the authorities would accept it.
TRION SOLDIER
MISSING IN ACTION
The war department today made
public the name of Pvt. Howard A.
Hampton, son of Mrs. Nancy J.
Hampton, of Trion. Ga., as among
those missing in action in the Med
iterranean area.
P ASTORS RETURNED TO
METHODIST CHURCHES
The people of Chattooga county
are indeed fortunate in having the
Nn r ‘h Georgia Conference of Meth
odist Churches return the Rev. W.
J. Culpepper to the Summerville
Church for another year, the Rev.
B. L. BeUs to Lyerly, the Rev. L. B.
Harrell to Trion and Rev. Eugene
Gilreath to Menlo.
COUNTV TO SELECT
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
The Chattooga County Board of
Education has called an election
for Saturday, Nov. 27, for the pur
pose of electing local school trus
tees for the various school districts
of the county.
The Summerville polls will be
open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the
special election to fill the unex
pired term of Leon Gamble, who
has moved to Rome.
Mr. Marshall Lowry, who is
running for this unexpired term,
and Mr. J. L. McGinnis, who is
running for the regular term, have
no opponents, and the voters are
asked to come out and give them
a large percentage of votes.
W. S. C. S. MEETS WITH
MRS. PAUL WEEMS
The W. S. C. S. met at the home
of Mrs. Paul Weems Monday after
noon and the following officers for
the new year were elected. Presi
dent, Mrs. C. C. Cleghorn; vice
president, Mrs. Paul Weems; treas
urer, Mrs. G. J. Boling; recording
secretary, Mrs. Frank Pittman;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Elmer
Smith; chairman literature and
Publications, Mrs. John Cleghorn;
Chairman Spiritual Life, Mrs. W.
L. Crouch; Chairman Supplies, Mrs.
R. R. Garrett. The nominating
committee were Mrs. Frank Pitt
man, Mrs. W. J. Culpepper and
Mrs. John Cleghorn. Mrs. W. J.
Culpepper will be the study leader.
Installation of officers will be held
at the church Sunday evening, Dec.
sth, 1943.
white Dutch clover, hop clover and
Kobe lespedeza.
Mowing of permanent pastures.
50 cents per acre per mowing, not
to exceed three mowings.
Construction of a dam for a farm
pond. Payment is 15 cents per
cubic yard of material moved and
used in construction of the dam for
the first 2,000 yards, and 10 cents
per cubic yard thereafter. Harv
esting the following legume and
grass seeds: Annual lespedeza, se
ricea lespedeza, crotalaria, vetch,
all clovers, blue lupine, Dallis grass
carpet grass, millet and Sudan
grass. Payment is $3:50 per acre.
Maximum acreage eligible for pay
ment on any farm is 25 acres.
WRITE MORE LETTERS
TO THE SERVICE MEN,
THEY HELP BUILD MORAL
Now, indeed, do patriotic Amer
icans owe a hailing and glowing
tribute to our men in the armed
forces, who in the midst of desper
ate conflict, implore earnestly for
those of us back here to have the
valor, the fortitude and the heroic
hearts necessary to carry on and
to preserve for them while they are
gone, the hallowed American tradi
tions for which they are so brave
ly giving their all.
Now, in view of this fact, will you
not write more letters to more of
your friends in the army, the navy
and the marines, the air corps who
are hungry to hear your sentiment
of sincerely good wishes while they
are making it possible to pass on
down the ages the most ennobling
heritage of man—freedom and se
curity. And, too, your letters will
prove to them to whom you may
write that you are thinking of them
in these trying days of troublous
anxiety which we hope is but a tem
porary phase of life which will soon
pass into a new American-like
global federation.
Chattoogan-to-Chattoogan with
more letters should be our 1943
yuletide resolve. This Christmas
more than ever before, write more
letters to the boys in service, not
just to one or two of the boys but
to all whom you are acquainted. It
is well to remember that regard
less to whom you may write in these
chaotic days, you are writing to
some mother’s son, that is in the
same fight for freedom.
Just a few days back I received
a card from one of my very close
friends, who recently was numbered
to our massel salvo group, and I
am withholding his name in quot
ing this friend’s exact words, “Dear
Friend, I am here for seventeen
weeks, then don’t know where
P’ease write me all the news, I
really would like to keep up with
Summerville. I will write you a
long letter as soon as I have time
Your friend.” This is an example
of how greatly your letters would
be appreciated by those friends of
yours in uniform. So, let us remem
ber our friends with more letters
this Christmas, for they are the
greatest of moral builders.
BISHOP TWINS
IN SERVICE
Roy and Ralph Bishop, twin sons
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bishop, of
Lyerly, are in the coast guard, sta
tioned in Delray Beach, Fla.
They joined on June 24, 1943. aft
er graduating from Lyerly High
School and preceding their transfer
month of October we only had an
tioned, first in St. Augustine, then
in Miami.
George E. Bishop, their brother
and chief warrant officer in para
chute division, is stationed some
where in Sicily.
UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE
The Summerville churches ob
served Thanksgiving with a union
service at the Presbyterian church
Thursday morning at 7:30. Spe
cial music was enjoyed. Rev. M.
D. Short and Rev. V/. J. Culpepper
assisted the Rev. Harry Foster m
special season’s of prayer and spe
cial talks of Thanksgiving.
Father of Five Soldiers Gives Plane
ini ■ I \
War worker Sam Kerr (right) who has five sons in the army, for
mally presented a Mustang P-51 plane to the army at the Detroit City
Airport on behalf of his fellow employees who made the engine and
bought the plane with 2V2 hours of labor each. Taking part in the cere
mony are (left to right): President Geo. T. Christopher, of Packard;
Lieut.-Col. Stanford Chester, who accepted the plane, and Capt. Carl
Brell, assigned to it as the pilot to take the “Sky Clipper into action.
MRS. J. H. SHUMATE.
ELECTED LIBRARIAN
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Chattooga County
Library, Mrs J H Shumate was
elected librarian.
Several matters of policy were
discussed and the hours were es
tablished as follows:
The library will be open from 9
( to 5 o’clock each day except Sat
-1 urday, when the hours will be 9 to
1 o’clock.
JANET L. FARRAR,
Chairman Chattooga County
Library
f, MDODD, AGE 79,
DIES AT HIS HOME
F. M. Dodd, 79, died at his home
near Summerville Wednesday, Nov.
17th. He is survived by three sons,
Grady, of Menlo; John and Frank,
of Summerville; four daughters
Mrs. Kate Norton, Mrs. Winnie
Tucker, Mrs. Cassie Norton and
Mrs. Drucilla Dooley, all of Sum
merville.
Funeral services were held from
the Four Mile Baptist church Sun
day afternoon, conducted by Rev.
Wrathburn Cash, Rev. Veatch, Rev.
Green, Rev. Nix, Rev. Rutledge and
Rev. Tucker. Interment was in the
Camp Ground cemetery.
Paul Weems Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
LET’S GET OUR CHILDREN
BACH IN SCHOOL
During the month of September
we enrolled 3,040 children in the
Chattooga County School System.
Out of this group we had an aver
age daily attendance of 2,665. This
means that during the month of
September 375 children were out
of school every day. During the
mont hos October we only had an
active enrollment of 2,994 with an
average daily attendance of 2,448,
meaning that for every day school
was in session there were 546 chil
dren at home.
This poor attendance was partly
caused by the children being in the
cotton fields. Now, however, that
the cotton is nearly all picked, par
ents, won’t you please see that your
children get back in school?
The state allots this county
teachers based on an average daily
attendance of one teacher for ev
ery 25 high school pupils and one
for every grammar school pupil.
Last month, according to the fig
ures shown above we lost 18 teach
ers because of poor attendance.
This hurts our county, because
the state would pay these 18 teach
ers approximately $1,500 per month
and give one-third that amount, or
SSOO above that to help in the op
eration of the schools, making a
loss to the county of $2,000 per
month.
More important to the county
than the money we lose is the fact
that these children staying out are
losing such a great part of the
things to which every American
child is entitled.
Let’s all co-operate and watch
our schools grow. You can help not
only by keeping your child in school
every day, but by showing, your
neighbor the value of keeping his
there too.
Katherine Clarkson, C.S.S.
INTERNAL REVENUE
COLLECTOR HERE
MONDAY, DEC. 6
A collector of Internal Revenue
will be at the Summerville postof
fice Monday, Dec. 6, 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. for the purpose of assist
ing taxpayers in the preparation of
their declaration of estimated in
come and victory tax returns for
1943.
On Dec. 7 at 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. they will be at Trion post
office.
Farmers must file declarations of
income and victory tax on or be
fore Dec. 15, 1943.
In general, all farmers with gross
incomes for 1943 of over $624.00 are
required to file a declaration of es
timated income and victory tax on
or before Dec. 15, 1943. Farmers
who are single or not living with
spouse are required to file if they
have a gross income of over $500.00.
Severe penalties are provided by
law for failure to file returns and
pay tax due on or before Dec. 15,
1943.
Farmers must include in their re
turns all income from sales of farm
produce, such as peaches, water
melons, peanuts, cotton, corn, pota
toes, tobacco, cattle, hogs, chickens,
eggs and all other products pro
duced on the farm, as well as
amounts received from the agri
cultural department or others in
the form of rents, parity payments,
etc. All profits from the sales of
farm lands, timber, firewood, pulp
wood, cross ties and turpentine
rights constitute farm income and
must be reported.
Permanent offices are maintain
ed in Rome for this section and a
representative will be available at
this office at any time between
8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Dec.
I, 1943, to December 15, 1943.
MUSIC STUDY CLUB
HOLDS MONTHLY MEET
Mrs. Henry McWhorter, Miss
Annie Pitts and Mrs. H. D. Brown
were hostesses to the Summerville
Music Study Club at “Brownwood”
for the November meeting. Mrs.
Elmer Smith called the meeting to
order at 3:30 o’clock, after which
the patriotic collect was read. Mrs.
J. R. Jackson, Jr., as program
chairman for the afternoon, direct
ed a program on Thanksgiving
music, giving in her introduction
of the subject the festivals that
come in November. The first two
American Thanksgivings were de
scribed by Elizabeth Jackson. A
poem by Greene entitled “Thanks
giving” was read by Mrs. Henry
McWhorter. Mrs. James R. Jack
son read Psalm 100, after which
the entire club sang “We Praise
Thee O God.” Mrs. C. A. Wyatt
acted as accompanist for the aft
ernoon and Miss Annie Pitts led the
songs. Mrs. H. D. Brown read
Towne’s poem, "Thanksgiving.”
The “Doxology” and “All Hail the
Power of Jesus’ Name” were the
next numbers sung by the club.
The members present named the
November musicians with their
birthdates and compositions. The
poem, “Withold No Thanks,” was
read by the program chairman.
Then the club sang "O For a Thou
sand Tongues to Sing.” The club
president extended a hearty wel
come to two new members, Mrs.
Harry Foster and Miss' Nell Fisher
and to Miss Dorothy Harlow, Mrs.
Walter Godwin, Jr., and Mrs. Will
Hinton, guests for the afternoon.
An enjoyable social hour followed
the program.
CHARLEYLGILBREATH
DIES AT HOME HERE
Charley Lee Gilbreath. 69. died at
home here Saturday night at 7
o’clock. Survivors are the widow;
three daughters, Mrs. Tom Arm
strong, Summerville; Mrs. Willie
Mullins, Berryton. Ga.; Mrs. John
Comer, Marietta, Ga.; six sons, Lee,
LaFayette, Ga.; John and Charles,
Summerville; Montie, United States
navy; Hugh, United States army,
and Willie Gilbreath, Fort Payne,
A4a.: two brothers, Tom and Hugh
Gilbreath, LaFayette; two sisters,
Mrs. R. D. Clark. LaFayette; Mrs.
Clark Fricks, LaFayette. Funeral
services were conducted at the Sec
ond Baptist church, LaFayette,
Monday at 11 a.m. } with the Rev.
Marvin Youngblood, E. L. Williams.
B. H. Howard and Malcolm Cordell
officiating. Pallbearers were Ennis
Gilbreath. Ralph Clark, Paul Day,
John Gray, John Gibson and Les
’ ter Frick. Interment was in Chat
tooga cemetery. Max Wallis &
Son, LaFayette, in charge of ar
j rangements.
$1.50 A YEAR