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VOL. 60; NO. 4.
Arnall Outlines
New Policies To
State Assembly
Gov. Ellis Arnall urged a program
of expanded state services, reported
that Georgia was debt-free for the
first time in more than 100 years,
and boldly faced the “second-term
issue” by telling the assembly in
his message that if the “term
amendment” were adopted, he
would seek re-election.'
At the close of his message, de
voted chiefly to state finances and
to the program of institutional
building, better school and health
services, and increased payments
to old-age pensioners and depend
ent children, the governor said:
“There is one final matter. That
is the question of the right of the
people to re-elect their chief exec
utive. The incumbent governor is
the only person in Georgia, above
the age of thirty, and not convict
ed of crime, who cannot be chosen
by the people to serve as Chief Exec
utive of our state. This provision
of law restricting the people in
their right of election is undemo
cratic. If the general assembly sub
mits legislation to remove this re
striction, I will be a candidate. If
elected, I will serve. If the people
don’t want me to serve, it is their
right to say so.”
Debt-Free Georgia
The governor reported that all the
state’s iloating debt had been paid,
that reserves in the treasury had
been established to retire the en
tire bonded debt, which would be
called immediately, that other re
serves had been set up to meet all
highway expenditures for this year,
and that a cash surplus of $591,230
remained in the treasury, the first
surplus in the history of Georgia.
“This debt-free condition offers
Georgia the opportunity to start
fresh, without a burden of interest
and retirement charges, to outline
a long-range program for the devel
opment of needed services to our
citizens,” he said. “It also offers
an opportunity to keep watch over
the state treasury. The people can
see plainly from the state auditor’s
quarterly balance sheets precisely
the condition of our government.
Alibis will be unavailing.”
“But a debt-free state is also an
invitation to the unscrupulous,”
Gov. Arnall warned. “A solvent
treasury has been a temptation to
looters in time past in more than
one state. This is especially true
in a period when there must be a
rapid expansion of services and a
considerable program of public
works. The greedy, the corrupt,
will be always with us in such
times. Any relaxation of vigilance
in watching state expenditures will
be an invitation for them to in
vade Georgia.”
“Any relaxation of our admirable
budgetary system will result in ca
lamity for our state and the undo
ing of all our work to institute busi
ness control and economy, in the
creation of a new load of debt, and
in the undermining of good govern
ment throughout our state,” the
governor said in defending Geor
gia’s budget system, nationally rec
ognized as the most progressive in
the country.
New Public Services
Informing the assembly that, as
a result of the future absence of
debt charges from the budget and
increased revenues from warehouses
revenues and excises, about $lO
- annually would be available
for public services, Gov. Arnall rec
ommended the program presented
to a series of legislative conferences
by the governor, Senate President
Frank Gross and Speaker Harris.
He urged that the budget bureau
be authorized to use the new funds
as follows:
One million, five hundred thou
sand dollars for an additional
month’s salary to teachers, bring
ing them to a 12-month guaranteed
basis. z
One million dollars for textbooks
and school libraries, a $600,000 in
crease.
One million, five hundred thou
sand dollars to the health depart
ment, to co-operate with counties
in setting up public health units
and to train personnel for county
agencies.
One million dollars to expand fa
cilities for the tubercular and to
operate any hospital acquired by
the state. (A large army facility
in Rome may be leased soon).
One million, five hundred thou
sand dollars to provide for the ex
pansion of facilities, new person
nel, food and clothing for inmates
of Georgia institutions.
Two million dollars to establish
an annual improvement and build
ing fund for colleges and elemosy
nary institutions.
One million dollars to match an
other $1,000,000 of federal funds to
aid id-age pensioners, dependent
children, the blind and crippled
children.
Also $5,790,512.58 for additional
highways between now and June
B’ummrrnillr Nms
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946.
State Chairman
Os War Finance
Praises Newspapers
ATLANTA. Jan. 16 (Special).—
Praising Georgia’s newspapers, and
weekly press in particular, for the
all-out support which he said con
tributed immeasurably to the suc
cess of the just-completed Victory
Loan, Jackson P. Dick, state chair
man of the War Finance Commit
tee, disclosed that Georgia achieved
101.6% of her $28,000,000 E Bond
quota. He said that Georgia led the
entire nation in percentage of sales
above quotas for all types of Vic
tory Bonds—percentage of an $85,-
000,000 quota.
Mr. Dick declared success of the
campaign “to finish the job” was
an outstanding achievement by
Georgia’s entire population and a
proud addition to the state’s war
record.
He disclosed a telegram from
Robert Coyne, national field direc
tor, which said in part: “Your work
and that of your associates, cou
pled with the patriotic support of
the people of Georgia, reflect Amer
ica’s determination to meet the
grave responsibilities imposed by
the war and to establish a firm and
solid foundation on which to build
a future of peace.”
Gov. Ellis Arnall made the fol
lowing statement:
“On behalf of the state of Geor
gia and all of its citizens whom
he so faithfully and successfully
served as state chairman of the
War Finance Committee, I wish to
express my gratitude to Jackson P.
Dick and the host of patriotic Geor
gians under his leadership who have
just reported an over-quota com
pletion of the Victory loan. Espe
cially for success in the all-impor
tant E Bond category.
“The Victory loan was a measure
of our thanksgiving to the service
men and women from our own
hearths qnd red hills who saved
us from enslavement. It is with
deserving pride that we can look
upon our record and to the man who
guided our sometimes-faltering ef
forts to make it. Jackson Dick and
his colleagues throughout the state
well merit every expression of hon
or at the command of a free peo
ple who have fulfilled another life
size war assignment under leader
ship which has enriched the great
traditions of a great state.”
Tourist Trade Control
Laws in the Making
Georgia is coming definitely to
realize that a great new industry
or “crop,” as some call it, is at its
doorstep, begging to be taken in.
This refers to the highly profitable
tourist trade—the feeding, housing
and otherwise providing for the
ladies and gentlemen from other
sections who go traveling down
Florida way and pass through Geor
gia—all too speedily in the past.
But to “set up house” for an in
dustry or to plant a crop, certain
preparations have to be made, and
Georgia never has done this as re
gards the tourist. For to some or
many, he has been just a curiosity
—something adrift from afar with
out much tangible meaning.
But now that he is getting recog
nition in Georgia (and getting in
creasingly anxious to come and see
qs—even to spend his money with
us), plans for the necessary laws
to regulate the way and manner in
which the tourist is accommodated
are now being considered by the
tourist section of the State Agri
cultural and Industrial Board. Lee
Trimble, director of the tourist
panel, is conducting conferences
with public and civic officials from
over the state in his offices at 33
Hunter St., SW, across from the
state capitol building. Those who
have ideas on the subject are invit
ed to present them.
The proposed laws would bring
about stricter regulation of hotels,
tourist courts and other agencies
having to do with the tourist. Judge
R. A McGraw, assistant attorney
general, is sitting in on these talks
to draft necessary statutes.
“We are planning legislation,”
said Trimble, “to implement both
local and state authority in the
control of places that appeal to
tourists. In particular, we wish
laws that will enable the proper
authority to have control of the
rights of way along the state high
way and to license and regulate the
businesses that spring up along
these highways.
30, 1946, and $11,581,025 annually
thereafter to match federal high
way grants was recommended.
The governor also directed atten
tion to enabling legislation for
home rule, school trustees, a merit
system, a constitutional highway
board and a constitutional board of
health. He announced he would
veto any additional tax measure.
Public Health Unit
Project Endorsed
By Interested Group
A small but interested group of
citizens, guests of the P.-T. A. after
hearing Dr. H. M. Graning, assist
ant director of the Division of Local
Health Organization, of Atlanta,
went on record as endorsing a proj
ect to secure a public health unit
for Chattooga county.
Dr. Graning, introduced by Dr. H.
D. Brown, county doctor, stressed
the primary need of such a project
—the interest of the people must
be aroused and their desire for-such
a project be made known to the
Health Department of the State.
He told of the functions of the per
sonnel of such a project, the good
derived from their work by the citi
zens served, and the measures to
be taken by a county to secure such
a unit.
After the main address, an open
forum was held, and many ques
tions were clarified for the group,
who went on record as urgently en
dorsing the project, and promising
to work toward securing such a unit
for Chattooga county. Rev. W. J.
Culpepper, pastoi - of the local
Methodist church, was made chair
man of a local committee to put
over this project, and to be aided
by Dr. R. N. Little, local physician,
and by Mr. Gene Rackley, member
of the local Board of Education.
All sections of the county were
urged to elect a similar committee,
through some organization, to work
with the local committee.
Mrs. Clarkson, superintendent of
county schools, presented to the
group a detailed account of the
amount of, and sources of taxes
for the county schools and appealed
to the group as interested citizens
and patrons of the school, to work
or the legislative program adopted
by the representative assembly of
the G. E. A., and stressed the urg
ent need of an increase in teachers’
salaries, and forthrightly stated
that without federal funds, which
will not be available next year,
Chattooga county school doors can
' not open. It was voted that tele-
I grams be sent to Representatives
' Cook and Ramey asking their full
j support for the legislative program
I of the G.« E. A.
The work of Mrs. Kenneth Par
! ker, retiring president of the local
I P.-T. A., who moves away this
month, was commended by Mrs.
Paul Weems, and a rising vote of
thanks by the group was given Mrs.
Parker for her civic-minded en
deavors.
Punch, open-faced sandwiches,
cookies and nuts were served at
the close of the meeting.
H. G. Doster Passes
In Rome Hospital;
Was Resident of Lyerly
H. G. Doster, who formerly re
sided in Lyerly, Ga., passed away
in a Rome hospital Tuesday after
noon at 2:30. He had been in ill
health for some time but became
criticall ill about 3 weeks ago.
For several years Mr. Doster had
made his home in Rome, where he
was very prominent in business
circles.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from the First Baptist church,
Rome, with Dr. Bunyan Stevens
officiating. Interment in Myrtle
Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Elizabeth Dobbins, of
Royston, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. A.
T. Neal, of Greensboro, N. C.; Mrs.
W. T. Leggett, of Rocky Mount, N.
C.; Mrs. L. H. Strickland, of Bris
tol, Tenn., and one brother, A. E.
Doster, Jr., of Seattle, Wash.
Youth For Christ
Courthouse Saturday
The program for the Youth for
Christ at the courthouse Saturday,
Jan. 19, 1946, 7:30 p.m. follows:
Speaker—Prof. Herbert Hoover.
Instrumental Music Johnny
Scripps.
Reading—Helen Langford.
Duet—Rev. and Mrs. Ben C. Scar
borough.
Pianist—Miss Katherine Joe Day.
Soloist—Mrs. John Bankson.
Trion Girls’ Chorus.
Congregational singing and
choruses.—S. L. Walker, Secretary.
Robert E. Davison
At Dentistry School
St. Louis, Mo.—Among the 3741
students enrolled in the day divi
sions of Washington University
this semester is Robert E. Davison,
Box 193, Summerville, Ga., a sopho
more in the School of Dentistry.
Davison is a graduate of the Sum
merville High school.
Nation Wide Drive
Started to Collect
Clothes for War Victims
A nation-wide drive to collect dis
carded clothing for the ragged,
starving victims of the war has
been launched. This drive will con
tinue through January. Then the
clothing will be immediately pre
pared for shipment to these needv
ones.
All of us no doubt have gar
ments that we are anxious to give
to help save a life, and that is just
what the giving of these clothes
will mean. All clothing must be
clean, either washed or dry cleaneq.
Summer clothing also can be used
as the people of the Philippines
are included. Please bring all the
clothing to the Red Cross rooms
to be packed. Mrs. Rice Morgan
and her committee of women will
supervise the packing, assisted by
Rev. Culpepper and his committee.
We hope the people of Chattooga
will respond in their accustomed
unseLish manner to make this
drive a great success. We are our
brother’s keeper. The military vic
tory has been won. It is up to each
of us to keep the peace. A starv
ing ragged Europe could overthrow
the peace.
Summerville Plays
Lyerly High Friday
Every one at Lyerly is expecting
the best ball game of the season
Friday night, when the Summer
ville boys meet the Lyerly boys in
their second game of basket ball.
In the first game, which was
played between them at Summer
ville, the host team led the way
through about three-quarters; how
ever, they had just finished play
ing football and now they are
greatly improved. It is possible
they may lead all the way to vic
tory and be the first team in the
county to defeat the Lyerly boys
or. their own court in the past two
seasons of regular play. The Ly
erly boys are determined to hold
up the old red and white to the
last again and they are also an
improved team.
The Lyerly team expects to win
a hard game over Summerville Fri
day and another tough one over
Gore next Friday. If they can car
ry out their plans, they will have
defeated every team in the county.
Come out and see the best games
of the season Friday and next
Friday week.
Annie Mae Voyles Dies
At Her Home Here
Mrs. Annie Mae Voyles, born in
Bartow County, Georgia May 7,
1894, died at her home in Summer
ville Tuesday morning, January 15,
at 9:45. Funeral services were con
ducted from the Church of God at
Dickeyville near Trion by Rev.
Johnston, the pastor, Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30. Surviving Mrs.
Voyles: father, Mr. Rufus Hackett,
of Cartersville, Ga.; two sons, Rob
ert Padgett and Emmett Voyles, of
Summerville; one brother, Felton
Hackett, of Calhoun, Ga. A num
ber of nieces and nephews. Inter
ment in the Summerville cemetery.
Mrs. Georgia A. Suggs
Passes At Her Home
Mrs. Georgia Alexander Suggs,
age 75, died at her home, Route 2,
Summerville, Friday, Jan. 11, at
8:25 a.m. Preceded in death by her
mother, Mrs. Amanda Goodrum
Alexander. 101, whose funeral serv
ices were held January 6. Survived
by two nephews, John and Clifford
Bowman; 5 great nephews. Funeral
services were held Sunday at 11
am. at the Pennville Tabernacle.
Revs. Harold Cochran and Howard
Finster officiating. Interment in
the Alexander cemetery. Pallbear
ers were Luke Thomas, Jeff Hen
derson, Clyde Erwin, Fletcher Wil
son, Clara Rush and J. C. Tucker.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN JAN. 21
AT S. TRION CHURCH OF GOD
1 Rev. Davis Rodgers and his gospel
crew will be in charge of revival
services which will begin Jan. 21
at the Church of God, South Trion.
Good singing. Special music, duets,
trios, quartets. Old-time Holy Ghost
messages preached by Brother
Rodgers and his sister. All Christ
tian workers are welcome to come
and help us get souls saved, sancti
fied and filled with heaven’s holy
ghost. Come one, come all, you’re
welcome. Services will begin each
evening at 7:30 o’clock.—J. V. John
son. Pastor.
Social Security
Benefits Show
Marked Increase
1,575 monthly old-age and sur
vivors insurance benefits were in
force at the end of 1945 in the area
served by the Rome office of the
Social Security Board, an increase
of 439 over the number in force on
December 31, 1944, N. Farris Vaden,
manager, said today in a statement
of the activities of the office dur
ing the year.
In giving his estimates, which
are subject to minor revision, Mr.
Vaden said that the increase over
the year in benefits in force
amounted to 29 per cent. The in
crease in 1944 was 16 per cent.
The increase in benefits in force
by quarter in the year that saw
the end of the war in Europe and
that against Japan were approxi
mately 128 for the first quarter, 80
for the second, 134 for the third,
and 97 for the fourth, which was
the only full quarter of the year
during which the United States was
not at war.
Approximately $240,507.71 in
monthly benefits was awarded dur
ing the year to men, women and
children of this area, Mr. Vaden
said. This marked an increase of
about $60,173.81 over the total sum
paid out in 1944.
The service area of the Rome of
fice includes Bartow, Chattooga, i
Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding !
and Polk counties.
The number in the different
classes of beneficiaries and the
monthly benefit amounts received
during the year were approximate
ly as follows:
Retired workers, aged 65 or over,
492, $10,201.30.
Wives, 65 or over, of retired work
ers, 129, $1,306.68.
Widows with young children, 207,
$3,347.29.
Children of deceased or retired
workers, 684, $6,888.17.
Aged widows of workers, 52, $3,-
347.29.
Aged dependent parents of de
ceased workers who left no widow
or child under 18, 11, sllß.Ol.
Mr. Vaden said that a marked
increase in the number of appli
cants for old-age and survivors in
surance benefits following the end
of the war had been anticipated.
Many persons who have been eli
gible for benefits have delayed fil
ing in order to help out in the war
industries and other important
tasks. Their retirement in increas
ing numbers is expected.
“I should like to pass on a word
of advice or caution to these per
sons who are not forced by ad
vancing age to retire, but who are
beyond the age limit and are giv
ing the question thoughtful consid
eration,” Mr. Vaden said. “It is:
Call at the local office of the So
cial Security Board. It may be ad
vantageous for you to file your
claim at once. The people at the
office can help you. They will do
it gladly.”
Mr. Vaden added that all holders
of social security account cards
should guard them well.
“People who have earned consid
erable wage credits in covered em
ployment during the war and who
are now returning to household du
ties, to school, or to other pursuits,
may feel that the card is no longer
of value to them,” he said. “In many
cases that will not be true. Many
of these persons may return to
covered employment in the near
future, whether they now contem
plate that action or not. The social
security card identifies the account
to which all past wages earned by
the worker in covered employment
have been credited and to which
future wages will be credited. It
may represent an insurance policy
to dependents of the wage earner
in event of tragedy.”
FIRST QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
OF MENLO METHODIST CIRCUIT
TO MEET WITH BETHEL CHURCH
The first quarterly conference for
the Menlo Methodist circuit will be
held at the Bethel Methodist church
at Gore, Ga., Sunday morning.
Jan. 20.
Morning Program
10— Sunday school.
11— Preaching.
12— -Dinner.
1:30 p.m.—Conference.
Evening Program
6:4s—Youth Fellowship
7:3o—Preaching.
Pastor—Rev. J. L. Caldwell.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING AT
SOUTH SUMMERVILLE BAPTIST
The Chattooga Baptist Associa
tional Sunday School meeting will
be held with the South Summer
ville Baptist church on Tuesday,
Jan. 22, at 7 p.m.
Every pastor. Sunday school su
perintendent, Sunday school teach
er and all members have a very
special invitation to attend these
services.
Women’s Committee
Begins Work on Drive
For Polio Funds
Mrs. Emmett Clarkson, as chair
man of the Women’s Committee for
the drive for funds for infantile
paralysis, reports the following
women working with her in the va
rious areas of the county: Cloud
land, Mrs. Amos Green and Mrs.
Myrtle Ruth Willingham; Gore,
Miss Francis Barron; Subligna, Mrs.
T. W. Manis; Lyerly, Mrs. W. B.
Keith and Mrs. Francis Jackson;
Chattoogaville, Mrs. Paul Cook;
Welcome Hill, Mrs. Earl Duncan
and Mrs. G. W. Cameron; Menlo,
Mrs. Charlie Wyatt; Summerville,
Mrs. Bob McWhorter, Mrs. Frank
Prince, Mrs. Paul Weems, Mrs.
Dwight Henderson and Mrs. How
ard Pless.
These women began their work
Monday and will continue the
drive through Friday, Jan. 25.
If you have not as yet made your
contribution to this worthy cause
won’t you go to see one of the above
members and do your part at once
to help make some child well again?
Don’t forget that every time you
help someone else you help your
self. Give generously and see how
much better it makes you feel.
Farm Bureau Leads
Fight Against Placing
Ceiling on 1946 Cotton
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration is leading the fight in this
state in opposition to the proposal
of OPA Chief Chester Bowles to
place a ceiling price on the 1946
crop of cotton. Joining the GFBF
in protesting this move are both
Senators Walter F. George and
Richard B. Russell; the entire con
gressional delegation. Gov. Ellis Ar
nall, members of the legislature and
prominent leaders in every section
of the state.
H. L. Wingate, president of the
GFBF, wired OPA Administrator
Bowles this week outlining the po-
I sition of this organization with re
i gard to the proposal, and stated
; that “I have supported OPA in the
■ past, but if this is going to be your
policy to control prices where there
are surpluses, so far as I am con
cerned the functions of OPA should
be terminated.”
“It has been definitely shown,”
Mr. Wingate said, “that a $3 shirt
contains less than 15 cents worth
of cotton, based on today’s price,
and even if the ceiling on the 1946
crop was placed at 15 cents per
pound the reduction in cost of
wearing apparel made exclusively
of cotton would be infinitesimal.”
The GFBF executive pointed out
that “there is no questioning the
fact that we have a tremendous
surplus of cotton in the United
States, and the idea of placing a
ceiling on this commodity under
these circumstances is ridiculous
and absurd.
Mr. Wingate met with members
of the general assembly in Atlanta
on Monday at the opening session
of the adjourned term and told the
legislators that “I consider a ceil
ing price on cotton an outrage and
a definite discrimination against
the cotton producer.”
Wood Burners
Being Arrested
By Fire Patrol
Throughout the state in the past
six months, the district wardens of
the Forest Fire Patrol, Georgia De
partment of Forestry, have been
very active in the field in fire in
vestigation. During this period, 24
prosecutions were made. Os this
number, seven persons were convict
ed and given fines ranging from
court costs and six months proba
tion up to five months in a county
work camp. The other 17 cases are
pending court trial.
Wardens are urging landowners
and others to be extremely careful
with outdoor fires to prevent their
spread to woodlands during the
months of January, February and
March, recognized as Georgia’s fire
months. Persons burning fieldsand
“new ground” should obey the for
est-fire laws by notifying adjacent
landowners and controlling the
fires, thereby avoiding prosecution.
Georgia’s forest fire wardens will
be especially busy during these fire
months to apprehend forest-fire
law violators, but will still be able
and willing to assist landowners
with their individual fire problems.
Landowners wishing to report fires
or needing assistance should call
or write the district warden at the
nearest district office of the Geor
gia Department of Forestry.
These offices are located in Cal
houn, Gainesville, Washington, Ma
con, Newnan, Statesboro, Waycross,
Butler and Camilla. .
1.50 A YEAR