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VOL. 60; NO. 6.
Central of Georgia
Planning to Install
Diesel Streamliners
A program for expansion and im
provement of freight and passen
ger services, including diesel-pow
ered, streamlined passenger trains,
was reported by John D. McCart
ney, assistant to the trustee of the
Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany. The railway’s development
program, initiated several years
ago, is in line with the industrial
and agricultural expansion fore
seen throughout the southeast, ac
cording to Mr. McCartney.
“Plans have been developed for
decided improvements in our serv
ices,” he stated, “particularly in the
handling of merchandise and for
the operation of the last word in
streamlined, diesel-powered passen
ger trains between Columbus and
Atlanta, and between Savannah and
Atlanta, which trains we expect to
have in operation in the near fu
ture.
“The streamlined passenger cars,”
Mr. McCartney continued, “will em
brace many improvements in the
way of lighting, decoration and
travel comfort not offered by the
equipment now in service, all of
which was built before the war.
During war years, many new ac
cessories and conveniences, and
more modern designs were devel
oped.”
Each train is to have a 2,000-
horsepower diesel locomotive and
four coaches; a combination seat
and baggage coach, two coaches
with individual reclining seats, and
a tavern-observation lounge car.
The latter will be equipped to serve
soft drinks and light meals.
Progress Made in 1945
Under the Central of Georgia im
provement program, automatic
block signals on the Birmingham
district with spring switches at the
ends of passing tracks, power
switches at several locations, three
new steel bridges and 70 track
miles of new rail were installed
during 1945.
“Two 1,000 - horsepower diesel
switch engines and eight baggage,
express and mail cars were also re
ceived during the year,” added Mr.
McCartney. “Eight 2,000-horsepow
er diesel road locomotives and 14
streamlined passenger cars are now
on order, with delivery promised
early in 1946.”
Commenting on condition of lo
comotives and cars now under the
ownership of the Central of Geor
gia Railway Company, Mr. McCart
ney reported only 5.8% of all loco
motives unserviceable, as compared
with 6.8% for all railroads in the
country; and only 1% of freight
cars unserviceable, as compared
with the national average of 4.1%.
Agricultural Staff Expanded
The Central of Georgia Railway
Company is also expanding the
services of its agricultural and in
dustrial development staffs. A for
ester and an agronomist have re
cently been added. Said Mr. Mc-
Cartney:
“With a completely balanced field
staff, the agricultural development
department is now more fully or
ganized than ever to co-opeerate
with individuals and organizations
for the improvement of agriculture
and forestry conditions in the south
and is working hand-in-hand with
the experienced and expanded per
sonnel of the industrial department
to locate in the southeast those
classes of industry most suitable to
our territory.”
In connection with the rise of
industry in the south, Mr. McCart
ney reported that 115 new indus
tries located on the Central of
Georgia Railway lines in 1945, and
at least 30 others materially ex
panded during the year.
Rise in Industry Seen
“it is expected,” Mr. McCartney
continued, “that many more new
plants will be brought to the south
east. The inquiries we have had
from every part of the United
States about our section and its
possibilities lead to the belief that
the progress achieved in 1945 will
not only be continued, but aug
mented.”
A continuing high volume of
railway traffic is expected in line
with this industrial expansion of
the south, according to this Cen
tral of Georgia Railway official.
“It is worth remembering,” Mr.
McCartney added, “that through
out the war, railroads provided 97
per cent of the transportation for
military personnel traveling on duty
and carried over 90 per cent of
all military freight. Those high
percentages may not continue, but
the railroads will certainly remain
a major transportation agency.”
It is expected that Pullman serv
ice between Atlanta and Savannah
will be resumed by March 1.
lyerly mason news
The Masons convene for their
regular meeting Saturday at 7:30
p. m ._W. P. Lovett, W. M.
iatmmmnllf News
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1946.
Arnall Will Help
People to Elect a
Good Governor
“I believe the people of Georgia
will now choose a governor for
themselves and I am going to help
them.”
Thus declared Gov. Ellis Arnall
following failure of the guberna
torial succession amendment to re
ceive the required two-thirds vote
in the house, where it lacked eleven
of the necessary number after pass
ing the senate by 36 to 13.
“Although the general assembly
by a large majority voted for the
elective right of the people,” Gov.
Arnall asserted, “a willful minority
has prevented the people from de
ciding the issue. The people of
Georgia will be grateful to the
senators and representatives who
were not afraid to trust them. The
fight of the newspapers, the school
teachers, veterans and outspoken
citizens who wanted the people to
have the democratic right of free
choice as to whom should be gov
ernor, was magnificent.
“The opposition was based on the
knowledge that the people, if given
the chance, would adopt the con
stitutional amendment and would
ovfrwhelmingly re-elect no gover
nor.
“It will be possible for the peo
ple to elect them a good governor;
I believe the people will do that.
It is my plan to schedule a series
of radio talks to the people of Geor
gia about some things that ought
to be discussed for their benefit.
“I appreciate the senators, repre
sentatives and friends who stood
up for the right of the people.
“There remain eleven months of
the term to which the people elect
ed me. I want those months to
,:ount in value to Georgia.
“We have lost a battle, but not
the war.”
Arnall added that he intended to
do all he could “to repay the peo
ple of Georgia for their goodness
to me.”
The succession amendment was
passed in the senate early in the
session, but held in the house until
near the end. In the house, it was
opposed by a formidable coalition
composed of Speaker Roy Harris, of
Richmond, on his own behalf; John
Wesley Culpepper, of Fayette, act
ing lor iormer Gov. Eugene Tal
madge, and John W. Greer, pur
chasing agent in the highway de
partment under the Rivers admin
istration, representing the forces
of former Gov. Rivers.
Speaker Harris and Representa
tive Culpepper spoke against the
amendment, with Ben Fortson, of
Wilkes, and Walter Harrison, of
Jenkins, defending it.
More than 125 daily and weekly
newspapers in Georgia had in
dorsed the amendment. Speaker
Harris was critical of the state
press for its attitude, and former
Gov. Talmadge, in a series of arti
cles in his personal publication, de
nounced the newspaper support of
the Arnall administration.
Teachers Can Now
Vacation in Cool
Blue Mountains
Milledgeville, Jan. 30.—Teachers
in Chattooga County and surround
ing areas have been interested to
learn recently that the Georgia
State College for Women in Mil
ledgeville will make it possible for
them to vacation in cool blue
mountains and study for college
credit at the same time during the
coming summer. A workshop for
elementary and high school teach
ers, scheduled for July 24 to Aug.
28, will be held at GSCW’s beauti
ful mountain retreat, Camp Ray,
on Lake Burton, President Guy H.
Wells announced this week.
A campus workship in elemen
tary and secondary education will
also be held in Milledgeville at the
college itself from June 17 to July
23. Both workshops will provide
for college credit for men and wom
en and will be under the general
supervision of Dr. Harry A. Little,
chairman of GSCW’s division of
teacher education, Dr. Wells said.
Only 100 teachers will be accept
ed for the campus workshop, and
60 for the mountain camp.
A staff of the nation’s ablest ad
ministrators and experts in various
fields of education will be assem
bled for both groups, and this staff
will be supplemented during the
summer by interesting visitors in
all phases of teacher education.
“We are happy to be able to serve
the teachers of this state by mak
ing it possible for them to spend
their summer in happy and educa
tional experiences,” President Wells
said. The GSCW president has
spent his life teaching, is a former
superintendent of various Georgia
schools, and knows-ttje problems of
Georgia teachers first hand.
Doings of City Council
At Meeting Monday
Night, Jan. 28th
At the meeting of the mayor and
council Monday night a committee
composed of Miss Beulah Shrop
shire, B. W. Farrar, Will Cochran
and Jack Bryant was appointed to
help in forming a building code
and assisting the council in restric
tions and zoning buildings in the
city.
R. D. Davison and Hugh Riley
were appointed as registrars.
The council has purchased a car
of cold mix to f patch holes in the
asphalt roads in the city limits and
just as soon as the car arrives work
will start immediately on this much
needed work.
Jim Allen was elected to the po
lice force Monday night, making 4
policemen on duty.
Join the Marines
And See the World
Nearly every young man has an
ambition. He would like to travel,
is fond of sport, desires to improve
himself through education, or would
like to branch out in some new field
where he can enjoy life and at the
same time feel that he is getting
ahead in the world.
Marines travel to the four cor
ners of the earth. They . are in
China, Japan, Alaska, the Hawai
ian Islands, Guam, Panama, etc.
They serve aboard the capitol ships
of the navy throughout the seven
seas.
We have a splendid correspond
ence school where you may obtain,
free of charge, an excellent educa
tion, our school has several thou
sand students who are preparing
themselves for positions of respon
sibility and trust.
Nowhere is there a better oppor
tunity for sport and athletics than
in the Marine corps. Basketball,
baseball, football, swimming, box
ing, field athletics and water
sports are a part of the Marine
corps life. The Marines play every
outdoor and indoor game, and play
them well.
The pay of a Marine increases
as he becomes qualified for the
higher ranks, or learns to make
himself useful in some special duty.
Opportunities for advancement are
awaiting any young man with am
bition. After 20 years of service
you can transfer to the Marine
corps reserve and receive an an
nuity for life.
This is merely an outline of
what the marine corps offers to
gether with it’s many interesting
duties. Any fairly robust Ameri
can citizen not married, between
the ages of 17 and 25, inclusive, who
is of normal physique to both
height and weight, has a good
chance to qualify.
Further information can be ob
tained from the two Marine re
cruiting sergeants stationed in the
Post Office, Room 211, Rome, Ga.
Gas Tax Now Exempt
On Farm Machinery
Atlanta, Jan. 28 (GPSI. —Gov.
Ellis Arnall has signed into law the
bill exempting farm gasoline from
5 cents of the state’s 6 cents tax.
Under the measure passed by the
state legislature, the exemption be
comes effective March 1, and farm
ers are required to purchase tractor
gasoline in lots of 25 gallons each
in order to get the exemption.
In his message to the general as
sembly, Gov. Arnall recommended
that a bill be passed allowing farm
ers this exemption. At that time
he said: “If we are to mechanize
the farm, it is important that we
make proper provision for refund
of a part of the gasoline tax to
farm tractor users.”
Red Cross Chapter
Meets, Elects
Officers for 1946
The Chattooga County chapter of
the American Red Cross met at the
Red Cross room at 2:30, Jan. 28.
The following officers were elected:
President—Mose Brinson.
Vice-President—Dr. Berlon Lov
ingood.
Recording Secretary—H. R. Fos
ter.
Treasurer—Harvey Phillips.
Secretary Home Service—J. A.
McCurdy.
Secretary—Mrs. Martha Eleam
Chairman of 1946 Red Cross Drive
—J. R. Burgess.
Others on committees remain un
changed. with the exception of Rev.
Ben C. Scarbrough, who was elect
ed chairman of publicity commit
tee in place of Rev. W. J. Culpepper.
Board of directors consist of B. W.
Farrar and J. T. Morgan.
Tinker Planning
Fire Control Over
Whole State
The prospect of funds for forest
fire control for all the counties of
Georgia instead of just one-fourth
is contained in plans of the State
Forestry Department as announced
by Director J. M. Tinker.
Tinker is so planning on the as
sumption that the Federal Govern
ment’s allotment of $177,469 for
fire control for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1946, will be available
also for the fiscal year June 30,
1947.
He said the 40 counties now re
ceiving the allotment are now given
intensive protection, while the re
mainder of the state has practical
ly no protection. The wider dis
tribution will roughly amount to
three-fourths of 1 cent per acre for
each acre in the county. Matched
by an equal amount by the county,
li/ 2 cents per acre wiil be provided
for forest fire control in the coun
ty. Although this will not be ade
quate for a program including sup
pression, it will support a fairly ef
fective law-enforcement and edu
cational program, if all counties
participate, Tinker asserted.
The state allotment to the de
partment for all purposes is $125,-
000, which will go to maintain the
Herty Laboratory at Savannah, do
ing research work in the manufac
ture of paper; to maintain the nine
district offices, the fire-equipment
research project at Baxley, the At
lanta office, a management and
marketing service for the state, a
veterans’ placement service, two
nurseries, and service to Soil Con
servation districts.
Counties interested in spending
three-iourths of a cent per acre to
get air patrol, law enforcement and
an educational program, beginning
July 1, 1946, should notify J. M.
Tinker, director of the Department
of Forestry, 435 State Capitol, At
lanta, by April 1, 1946.
Should adequate additional funds
be available from federal, state or
county sources, suppression can be
added to supplement the detection,
law-enforcement and educational
program advocated, Tinker stated.
However, to give each county in
tensive protection, an adequately
financed suppression program will
cost at least 6 cents per acre more
or $1,250,000 more for the state.
With state appropriation to the de
partment at $125,000 and federal
allotment to the department at
$177,469, a program requiring an
additional $1,250,000 seems lar off,
he added.
“This department believes that
the money now available can best
be spent for law enforcement and
education, using the airplane for
detection, so it is advocating the
change to give each county its pro
rata share of federal and state
money allotted to the department,"
Tinker explained.
Three Scholarships
Awarded in Georgia
For Physical Therapy
Atlanta, Jan. 26.—Preparing for
possible polio epidemics, 338 phys
ical therapy scholarships, including
three in Georgia, were awarded in
1945, it was disclosed today by Free
man Strickland, state chairman oi
the current “March of Dimes” ap
peal.
Mr. Freeman said that the scho
larships were one phase of a broad
program designed to aid present
sufferers and ultimately conquer
the disease—all financed by volun
tary contributions in the annual ap
peals made by the National Found
ation for Infantile Paralysis.
“The need is still acute,” Mr.
Strickland said. “In the treatment
of infantile paralysis alone the
demand for such skilled personnel
far exceeds the supply.”
The Georgia awards, he said,
were made to:
Miss Ileana Wright, Athens, who
is registered at the D. T. Watson
school, Leetsdale, Penn.; Mrs. Hazel
R. Stephens, Warm Springs, Ga.,
registered at Stanford University,
California, and Miss Dorothy Fu
gitt, Atlanta, registered at the
Richmond Professional Institution,
Richmond, Va.
The awards went to residents of
42 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and South American.
InFant Son Os
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wade
Dies January 29th
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Wade died January 29. Sur
vived by his parents, grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis O. Wade and
Mr. and Mrs. Lo Johnson.
Funeral services were conducted
from the graveside of the Johnson
cemetery Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Methodist Missionary
To Speak at Menlo
Presbyterian Church
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Reeves will
be at the Menlo Presbyterian church
next Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2:30 p.m.,
as guests of the auxiliary. You are
cordially invited to come and
bring your neighbor.
Since at this season all the
churches are interested in the mis
sion in Africa, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves
will tell of their work and expe
riences there. Mr. Reeves is a busi
ness man in Calhoun, and preaches
at the Nellie Peters Methodist
chapel, south of Calhoun. He, his
wife and three sons are so inter
ested in the work in Africa that
they are making plans to return
and take up their work again.
We are sure each of you will en
joy seeing and hearing Mr. and
Mrs. Reeves.—Reporter.
Sallie Emma West, 75,
Dies At Her Home
Saturday, Jan. 26
Mrs. Sallie Emma West, age 75,
wife of John Inmon West, died at
her home, Summerville Route 4,
Saturday, Jan. 26, at an early hour.
Besides her husband she is survived
by three sons: Grover C. West, Sub
ligna; John Hugh West, of Val
dosta; Earnest R. West, of Atlan
ta; two daughters, Mrs. Virgie
Blythe and Mrs. Ellen Hooper, of
Fort Worth, Texas; 15 grandchil
dren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday at 3 p.m. from the Union
Methodist Church at Subligna, with
the Rev. George Erwin officiating.
Interment in the Trion cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Messrs . Tom
Johnston, F. H. Mills, Frank Daw
son, Buck Dawson, Steve Hix, Mr.
Pettijohn and Mr. Scoggins.
Brady Mell Wood Dies
At Home of Parents
Brady Mell Woods, age 5. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Will C. Woods, died
at his home, Lyerly, Route 1, Jan.
25, at 7:45 p.m. Survived by two
sisters, Toni and Sue Woods, oth
er relatives and friends. Funeral
services were held Sunday after
noon from the' Lyerly Baptist
church at 2:30 with the Rev. Rush
officiating. Interment in the Ly
erly cemetery. Pallbearers were:
Dan Brooks, Gene Gravely, Joe
Raglr/.d and Paul Waters.
West Summerville
W. H. D. Club Meets
The West Summerville W. H. D.
Club, which was to have met with
Mrs. J. R. Burgess, but owing to
iPness in her home, was held with
Mrs. W. L. Crouch Thursday after
noon, January 24, and in the ab
sence of the oresident, Miss Dodd,
Mrs. R. R. Garrett presided. After
the devotional and business part of
the meeting, Miss Parish told of
the seven goals for the county, to
be attained in 1946. One which is
of much importance, that of es
tablishing a county health depart
ment, all the goals are of much in
terest, but health comes first. Miss
Parish demonstrated with picture
slides how we might improve farms
and beautify our homes with flow
er gardens, showing some of the
value of thoroughbred stock, and
poultry, and after the program, a
social hour was enjoyed, with de
licious refreshments being served
—Reporter.
Loan Insurance for Vets
Given State Approval
Loans under the GI Bill of Rights
as qualified investments for insur
ance companies have been approved
by the state insurance department.
The requirement in the statutes
of the state that insurance loans
be limited to 66 2-3 per cent of the
value of the real estate caused the
question to be raised, with the fol
lowing ruling issued by Comptrol
ler General Homer Parker:
“Whereas, the United States serv
icemen’s readjustment act of 1944
guarantees that a returning vet
eran will have, under specified con
ditions, support of and guarantee
by the Veterans’ Administration in
the acquisition of a house, busi
ness, etc., to the maximum of $4,-
000.
“Therefore, it is hereby ruled that
mortgage loans as referred to above
with a balance of 66 2-3 per cent
of the value of real estate pledged
as a first lien of security exclusive
of the guarantee by the Veterans’
Administration of the United States
government are qualified.
Dempsey D. Wade, 75,
Dies Suddenly Monday
Funeral Tuesday P. M.
Dempsey D. Wade, age 75, died
suddendy at his home here Mon
day, just before noon. Mr. Wade
was born in Trion and had lived
in Chattooga county all his life.
He was a good Christian citizen
and neighbor and a member of the
Summerville Methodist church. He
will be greatly missed by a host of
friends.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida
Stowe Wade, a son, Carlton Wade,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Summerville Methodist
church Tuesday at 3 p.m., with his
pastor, Rev. W. J. Culpepper, Rev.
Ben C. Scarborough, Rev. H. R.
Foster and Rev. J. A. Smith offi
ciating. Active pallbearers: Harry
Smith, Clyde Westbrooks, Bob
Smithson, L. C. Stowe, Claude Bag
ley, Jr., Griffin Pledger. Honorary
pallbearers: D. M. Hill, I. M. Hen
derson, Jim McGinnis, Henry Clark,
Gordon Allen, J. R. Jackson, Tom
Cook, Claude Bagley, Sr., L. R. Mc-
Conkey, Sr., F. M. Fisher, Rice Mor
gan, James Crouch, Harry McGin
nis and Luther Smith, Jr. Inter
ment in the Summerville ceme
tery.
Outlook at Lyerly
Bright for New Year
BY 11. L. ABRAMS, City Clerk.
An outlook for a year of even
greater progress and development
follows the recent election of city
officials by Lyerly voters, who
named R. W. Bagley mayor for the
fourth time. The following were
elected members of city council: C.
H. Williams, Robert Kimble, Gene
Graveley, Richard Gilliland and A.
L. Martin. The council re-elected
H. L. Abrams as city clerk for the
third time.
Dan Brooks was elected for the
third year as marshal.
The township has made many
advances under the administration
of Mayor Bagley, who has served
three years.
Practically all taxes have been
paid in.
The new hosiery mills are ex
pected to be running soon at full
capacity and the city officials have
inaugurated co-operation with in
dustrial concerns. The mills will
pay a minimum wage of 42 cents
to train knitters and loopers. Other
industries will be interested.
Among the improvements planned
for the coming year are those of
streets, sewage system, street lights
and other features necessary to a
city’s growth.
Additional paved streets are also
planned and particular attention is
being given to the question of city
sewage. Efforts will be made to
fill the need of a city hall and city
court quarters. Never in the his
tory, of the municipality have there
been less taxes out. There is over
$2,400 in the city treasury.
The town has adopted the slogan
of -Let’s All Pull Together.”
Lyerly Plays Menlo
Friday Night, Feb. 1
The county champions are play
ing Menlo at Lyerly Friday night.
Feb. 1. This will be a good game,
but the home team should win it
if there are no alibis.
The Menlo girls defeated the Ly
erly girls in their last game, but
Lyerly expects to do better this
time. The girls’ game should be
well worth the money.
The Principals’ Association is to
meet Thursday, at which time plans
for the county tournament will
probably be made.
The district tournament for boys
will be at Rossville and the tourna
ment for girls will be held at La-
Fay ette.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT
Pleasant Grove Baptist. Rev. E.
A. Piper, pastor. Lord’s Day serv
ices as follows: Sunday school at
10 a.m.; morning worship at 11 a.m.
Sermon theme, “The Mighty Mo
tive for Christian Service.”
B. T. U. at 6:3®. Evening serv
ice at 7:15. Sermon theme, “The
Greatness of God’s Love.” The pas
tor would like to see as many mem
bers present as possible. The pub
lic in general is invited to all serv
ices. “Come thou with us and we
will do thee good.”
Cotton Ginning Report
Census report shows that 6,122
bales of cotton w’ere ginned in
Chattooga County from the crop of
1945 prior to Jan. 16, 1946, as com
pared with 6.031 bales for the crop
of 1944. according to Rosa F. Shu
mate, Special Agent.
1.50 A YEAR