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[he 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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Fortson Appointed
Secretary of State
Wilkes County Representative Takes
Over High Office, Succeeding
the Late John B. Wilson
Rep. Benjamin W. Fortson, Jr.,
of Wilkes County, who since 1939
has been an active member of ei
ther the house or senate of the
state legislature, was this week ap
pointed Secretary of State to suc
ceed the late John B. Wilson.
Taking over the office immedi
ately, Fortson began a rapid execu
tion of work that had piled up on
the Secretary of State’s desk during
the last week.
The Wilkes countian, who had
served four years in the state sen
ate and was on his fourth in the
house, attracted state-wide atten
tion by his brilliant leadership in
behalf of legislative resolutions to
amend the constitution to permit a
governor to succeed himself.
Originating the succession move
ment, which was successful each
time it came up in the senate, he
led the fight in the house and
twice came within a small number
of votes of securing the requisite
two-thirds. The campaigns were
hard fought and required the ut
most of energy and determination
on part of its leaders.
Fortson is the son of the late
B. W. Fortson, Sr., who up to the
time of his death a few months
ago was court reporter for the Geor
gia appellate courts. Born at Tig- I
nail, Wilker County, on Dec. 19, |
1904, he moved with his family early
in life to Calhoun County, where
he attended the Arlington Public
Schools. He then was a student at |
Emory Acamedy (Oxford) one year,:
Starke’s College three years and j
Georgia Tech one year, taking a
business course. For his outstand- (
ing athletic record, he was award
ed a “T” at Tech, where he was ,
light-heavyweight boxing cham- (
pion. ,
Going to work for the Citizens’
National Bank in Washington, |
Wilkes County, in 1923, he was ,
transferred in 1925 to the Atlanta (
and Lowry Bank in Atlanta, but ,
two years later returned to his ,
home town as cashier of the Wash- ,
ington Loan and Banking Co.
In 1929, he was hurt in an auto- I
mobile accident, which paralyzed (
his legs. Although his doctors told (
him he would be bedridden the
rest of his life, an indomitable will
and courage caused him to leave
his bed in 1931 and by means of a
rolling chair resume an active life. '
Now he goes wherever he desires ,
over the state and is an active
member of the legislative investi- ,
gating committee which has been ■
making a tour of the state’s insti- ,
tutions. ,
He was married in 1926 to Miss ,
Mary Cade, of Washingtonn, Ga., ’
and they have one daughter, Miss ,
Ann McNeill Fortson.
Fortson is a steward in the Meth- '
odist Church, member of the Ki
wanis Club, treasurer of a Red
Cross chapter and secretary-treas
urer of the Washington Board of ;
Education. In the legislature, he |
was chairman of the house sanita
tion and hygiene committee and
chairman of the University of Geor
gia committee in the senate. In
offering for the assembly, he never j
had opposition.
BASKETBALL SATURDAY NIGHT
The Cleveland, Tenn., All-Star
team will play Lyerly Independents
in Lyerly Saturday night at 8:30.
Public cordially invited.
Pearl Harbor, T. H.—T/5 Ray
mond Baker, of Summerville, Ga.,
is one of 893 Army veterans return
ing to the States for discharge
aboard the S. S. Marshall Victory,
which left Yokohama, Japan, Feb.
10, and was scheduled to arrive in
Seattle about Feb. 22.
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ARNALL’S LAST YEAR
FINDS TREASURY OF
STATE IN BLACK
When history is written and his
torians begin to take stock of the
last year of the Ellis Arnall ad
ministration, they will find that it
opened with total cash assets in
the large amount of approximate
ly forty-eight million dollars in the
state treasury.
This caused State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher, Jr., in presenting his
statement of financial conditions
as of Dec. 31, 1945, to comment as
follows:
“For the first time since 1938,
the state of Georgia has sufficient
cash reserves to liquidate every
commitment made by the state, to
date, whether currently due, or
maturing at a future date.
“The state has on several occa
sions had sufficient cash to liq
uidate its current bills payable, but
has never before had reserves to
apply in full payment of bonds,
etc., maturing at a future date.
Very few governmental agencies
consider bonded debt in making
statements of their financial con
dition, thus placing Georgia in a
very unique position.
“The state also has, for the first
time to my knowledge, cash reserves
to match all federal aid funds ac
crued to the state for highway
purposes and not utilized in the
past years.
“In 1938 the first bonded debt
of the state was incurred to build
the state railroad, and since that
date we have paid more than five
times the principal in interest.
“The state rocked along very well,
living within its income, until 1921
when it was decreed that services
be given the people in anticipation
of future revenue, and in this year,
five years of the W. & A. Railroad
rentals were discounted at a cost
to the state of $402,413.79. In 1926,
1931 and 1938 these rentals were
again discounted and the total cost
or all the discounts was $3,063,-
684.28. The largest item of debt
was the assumption in 1931 of the
$26,667,909.30 debts of the various
counties of the state incurred by
highway construction.
“By the bonded debt, by dis
counting rentals, by the assumption
of county debts, by the establish
ment of the hospital authority, by
buying prisons on a lease rental
basis, and by anticipating future
income for construction,
the state by Dec. 31, 1940, had an
[ accumulation of debts which
reached the highest peak of $53,-
170,146.09. These obligations were |
composed of $14,528,866.31 in past- ■
due debts for which there was no '
cash to pay and $38,641,279.78 in
obligations having future maturing
dates.
“As it was necessary that action
be taken to place Georgia in a
stronger iinancial position, the gen
eral assembly in January, 1941, and
in 1943 enacted legislation to aid
the a’dministration in correcting the
state’s financial condition.
v ßy December, 1942, the $14,528,-
866.31 cash deficit had been over
come and there was $7,619,494.57
cash on hand in excess of the cur
rent obligations, which together
with the $2,546,720.00 cash in sink
ing fund, reduced the state’s net
liability on the $38,641,279.78 fu
ture payable obligations, down to
$25,795,415.81.
“This Dec. 31, 1945, the state
stands in the enviable position of
having a current cash surplus of
$591,230.09, which together with the
sinking fund reserves of $21,304,-
580.45, will completely liquidate all
obligations now outstanding against
the state whether due today, next
year or five years from now, and
still have a current surplus of $591,- i
230.09.”
The annual mother-daughter and I
father-son banquet, sponsored by
the Future Homemakers and Fu
ture Farmers of America, was held
in the Gore High School lunchroom
Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The program
and meal were thoroughly enjoyed
by the 101 attending the occasion.
Howard Owings read the first six
verses of Proverbs 22, after which
Rev. E. A. Piper, pastor of the Pleas
ant Grove Baptist church, led the
group in prayer.
To officially open the program
the FHA and FFA proceeded with
their opening ceremonies. Speaking
in behalf of the FHA, Martha
Speer, president, gave the audience
a warm welcome. Billy Speer, pres
ident of the FFA, spoke in behalf
of his chapter to extend a hearty
welcome to the visitors and friends.
To keep the ball rolling, jokes were
supplies by Jim Jones, Willard Hen
drix, Daniel Johns and Fermon
Owens.
As soon as the jokes were com
pleted, She girls served the delicious
meal, consisting of cocktail, baked
■ dorf salad, party peas, cranberry
i dorf salar, party peas, cranberry
| sauce, ice cream, cookies and cof
j fee.
: After the meal was finished G.
W. Smith, agriculture teacher, an-
I nounced the chapter winner in the
j “Food for Victory” contest, spon
sored by Sears, Roebuck & Co. He
informed the audience that Dan
iel Johns, winner, would have the
ihonor of attending the State FFA
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1946.
banquet at the Henry Grady hotel
in Atlanta, Feb. 15, where he re
ceived a cash prize of $35 for his
accomplishments.
Mr. Tankersley, principal, intro
duced Mr. Rogers, of the State De
partment of Education, who made
a few brief remarks about what he
has found in the Chattooga coun
ty school system.
“The Farmers’ Quartet,” com
posed of Lawrence Rench, Max Coo
per, Hugh Murdock and Eugene Al
dred, rendered a few numbers to
bring the program to a thrilling
climax.
SUGGESTIONS MADE
TO SAVE TIME OF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Believing much valuable time can
■be saved in sessions of the state
legislature, House Clerk P. T. Mc-
Cutcheon, Jr., has made three sug
gestions to eliminate illegal and
unconstitutional bills before they
get as far as the hoppers and help
clutter them up.
Many of the more than one thou
sand measures introduced at every
session are not properly drawn, nor
even typewritten, said McCutcheon,
himself a lawyer and an official of
the General Assembly for 25 years.
His suggestions are:
1. A legislative committee to be
created to pass on all measures as
to form, validity and constitution
ality before being introduced or im
mediately thereafter.
2. Rooms to be set aside for
meetings of committees rather than
the present system by which the
standing committees gather in hud
dles around chairmen’s desks or in
a corner of the house and senate
chambers.
3. Printing be authorized imme
diately after introduction of all
general bills in lieu of the current
system of distributing mimeo
graphed copies of bills on members'
desks on the day the measures are
scheduled for consideration.
“About 40 per cent of the meas
ures are not checked for errors, am
biguities and conflicts with exist
ing laws,” he asserted, and a com
mittee could save the whole legis
lature’s time and possibly avoid
later necessary legal action in many
cases.”
PENNVILLE GOSPEL
TABERNACLE *
Floyd L. Crowe, Pastor
Sunday School—10:00 A.M. Supt.
Mr. Clara Rush (classes for all
ages).
Morning Worship—ll:oo.
Young People’s Service 6:45
p.m. President, Mr. Seay Tribble;
Junior President, Mrs. Walter
King).
Evening Worship—7:3o.
Prayer Meeting Thursday night
—7:30.
Everyone welcome.
DELAYED BIRTH CERTIFICATES
Notice is hereby given that Beu
lah Elizabeth West did on Feb. 21,
1946 file her petition to the Court
of Ordinary of Chattooga County
to set time and place of birth.
Notice is hereby given that James
William West did on Feb. 21, 1946,
file his petition to the Court of
Ordinary of Chattooga County to
set time and place of birth.
Notice is hereby given that Rob
ert Lee Lively did on Feb. 23, 1946
ile his petition to the Court of
Ordinary of Chattooga County to
set time and place of birth.
FOR SALE—Three houses. —O. H.
Perry.
FOR SALE—Two 5-room houses. —
H. A. Powell.
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WANT ADS
WANTED —To drill water wells
anywhere, any depth. Modern
machinery, quick service; all
kinds* of pumps furnished and
installed. Call or write W. M.
Kittle. Box 132, Ringgold, Ga.
FOR SALE
Large east-front lots, facing
paved Lyerly highway, just be
low cotton mill. Take your
choice. Terms if desired. Lo
cated in the Burnham-Farrar
Subdivision.
FARRAR REAL ESTATE AGENCY
109 N. Commerce St.
FOR SALE—Concrete blocks, all
sizes, delivered. Sam Favor,
Phone 145, Summerville, Ga.
FRESH candled and selected eggs
from large healthy hens—Phone
189, Carlton L. Wheeler. 4t
FOR MOVING and hauling. Tinney
Transfer Co. Insurance carried.
See Pat Tinney, 2 miles north of
Trion. 2t
FOR SALE—Western style saddle
and bridle, excellent condition. —
A. B. Hammond, Berryton, Ga.
FOR SALE
Practically new 5-room dwell
ing and bathroom, outhouses
and about 3 acres land. Pretty
shrubbery. On Lyerly highway,
about 2 miles south of town.
This dwelling going at pre-war
price, $2,500.00.
FARM
80-acre farm, new dwelling,
some timber; good land; about
3 miles northwest of Lyerly.
$2,750.00.
FARRAR REAL ESTATE AGENCY
109 N. Commerce St.
FOR SALE —1941 Lincoln-Zephyr in
good shape; has good tires.—Har
old White, Menlo, Ga.
LQST— Lady’s wrist watch Friday
morning. Finder please return to
Amy Jo Gurley, next house to
Judge Rivers.
FOR SALE—Two large lots with
good four-room house, large
screened back porch, electricity,
city water in house. Good well,
smokehouse, chicken lot, fruit
trees. See me after 5:30 p.m.—
Mrs. W. C. Jones, Bellah Sub
division.
FOR SALE—Eight-room house, bath
and 2-room apt; 18 acres land,
with running water, well, cistern,
city water; across street from
school building.—J. G. Toles, Ly
erly, Ga. 4t
FOR SALE —Fresh dressed broilers
on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. Call or see Paul Crouch for
immediate delivery. Delivery alive
if preferred.
FOR SALE Bedroom suite, twin
beds, chest of drawers, vanity
and dresser. See Dillard Bailey,
Pennville, back of Dry Cleaners.
CROP FOR RENT—On halves, good
level land. Jack Fitzpatrick,
Broomtown, Ala.
FOR SALE Home-raised young
mule, weighs about 1100 pounds.
See J. D. Pledger.
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Daugherty Lee Chandler vs. Nel
lie Stephenson Chandler.
Suit for Divorce—Chattooga Su
perior Court—May Term, 1946.
To the defendant, Nellie Stephen
son Chandler, you are hereby com
manded to be and appear at the
next term of the Superior Court of
Chattooga County, Georgia, to an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff
mentioned in the caption in his
suit against you for divorce.
Witness the Honorable Claude H.
Porter, Judge of said Court.
JNO. S. JONES,
Clerk Superior Court
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Spring is here, let’s fix those bicycles, now is the time
to do it so they will be ready when warm weather comes, I;
Bicycle chain guards, chrome
Bicycle chain guards, black <1
Bicycle handle bars I;
Plastic handle bar grips
Bicycle light for handle bars ;;
Chrome luggage carriers ;■
Bicycle chains, single and twin roller ”
Good heavy kick stands
Fender flaps with jewels
Set of bicycle tools ■>
24” and 26” bicycle tires and tubes. ■!
We have all sizes of bicycle bearings and nearly all ;>
the parts for Morrow, Mussel or Elgin and New Depar- <!
ture brakes. !;
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expecting another shipment of bicycles in a few days. Be !;
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a Southern farmer would today be
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Handicapped by shortages of la
bor and machinery, he produced
record yields of food and farm
crops in the critical war years
when they were needed most! He
did this by working harder and
longer—and by care of machinery
which could not be replaced.
Peace has come —but new trac
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