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VOL. 60; NO. 26
Arnall Outlines
Political Faith
In Dramatic Talk
More Georgians than have ever
listened to a state-wide broad
cast upon state affairs heard
Gov. Ellis Arnall outline his po
lical ci;eed in a solemn report
to the public and the voters last
Saturday, according to surveys of
listeners.
Dramatically, the popular chief
executive discussed the reforms
that have made history in Geor
gia in the past three years and
asserted: “Good government is
under attack. The professional
political parasites are at work.
But they will be defeated in this i
campaign as they were in the
last. You have the right to vote
for and support whom you de
sire. I, as a citizen of this state,
likewise have the right to sup
port whom I believe will make
Georgia the best chief executive.
I am not voting for an ex-gov
ernor. I am voting for the nextl
governor.”
Reviewing the condition of
Georgia when he took office,
Governor Arnall lashed at “10
years of personal government”
that had preceded, asserting they
had left Georgia’s public affairs
“in disrepute and disorder.”
“The state schools, colleges
and institutions were wrecked;
public services were neglected;
pardon rackets flourished; the
state debt had grown so large
that bankruptcy seemed certain,”
the governor said. “The good
reputation of Georgia had been
destroyed. Scandals and rumors
of corruption were rampant, and
our people were held up to ridi
cule and contempt.”
Governor Arnall pointed to the
debt-free condition of Georgia,
the vastly greater support to the
schools, old-age pensions, public
health and agriculture in his ad
ministration than in any prede
cessor’s. He outlined the greatly
expanded highway program now
under way. His greatest pride, he
declared, was in the basic re
forms, however: the new state
constitution, penal reforms, elim
ination of the pardon racket,
abolition of the poll tax, and es
tablishment of the soldiers’ vot
ing system. He pointed out that
a previous governor had barred
men in service from voting in
1942, when he was a candidate
but that Georgia had the most
successful service vote statute in
the country.
Concluding his address, Gov
ernor Arnall urged the people of
the state to have continuing
faith in themselves and in Geor
gia. He said:
“Let us have faith in our state,
in its good earth, rich with the
tradition of freedom and good
will; in its people, who have sur
mounted countless obstacles to
attain today an opportunity for
the good things of life; in our
selves, that we can do what is re
quired of us as patriots, as citi
zens, as Georgians, to make our
state the kind of Georgia in
which our sons and daughters
shall dwell in happiness and
contentment, and of which they
will ever be justly proud.
SERVICES AT BERRYTON
METHODIST CHURCH JUNE 30
There will be services at the
Berryton Methodist Church on
Sunday, June 30, the pastor, the
Rev. Shelton E. Adams, has an
nounced.
1. When was the first atomic
bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
2. Where is Trieste?
3. Are all seats in Congress in
volved in the 1946 election?
4. Who was the first U. S. chief
justice?
5. Who was President when the
Sherman anti-trust act was
passed?
6. How often is a Supreme
Court opinion unanimous?
7. When King Humbert left It
aly he ended the rule of the
House of Savoy. How long had it
lasted?
8. What Brazilian “army” has
dis appeared?
9. Did the Mosley League of
the Hindu Congress accept the
British plan for Indian inde
pendence?
10. Are chairmen of commit
tees in the Senate always based
on seniority?
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FAMOUS SONS VIE FOR SENATE . . . Will Rogers Jr., left,
son of the famous humorist, who received the senatorial Demo
cratic nomination from California. Sen. William F. Knowland,
son of publisher of Oakland Tribune, who received Republican
nomination to oppose Rogers at the election.
Out-of-State Industries Are Now
Seeking Georgia Sites, Products
Out -of - state industries not
only are continuing to seek lo
cations in Georgia, but they also
are trying to buy Georgia prod
ucts, it was revealed in the cur
rent Industrial Newsletter put
out by the Georgia agricultural
and industrial development
board’s industry panel, under the
direction of W. C. Cram, Jr.
An Ohio wood products cor
poration is looking for addition
al timber holdings in this sec
tion, a New York engineering and
supply concern is seeking quan
tity lots of gumwood and pop
lar discs, an Illinois oil products
firm is looking for corn and pea
nut oils and peanut fatty acid,
and a Wisconsin company is in
terested in buying Georgia-made
wines.
At the same time, Director
Cram said, several factories are
attempting to locate in Georgia
An Illinois candy manufacturer
needs a building of 50,000 square
feet or more, a new textile
weaving company is seeking a
minimum 30,000 square foot
building, and a shirt manufac
turing concern wants to estab
lish three additional plants in
Georgia if it can locate buildings
with 20,000 to 30,000 square feet
of space.
Almost in answer to some of
the foregoing requirements comes
word to the A. I. D. board’s in
dustry panel in Atlanta that Rut
ledge, Ga., has a building with
16,000 square feet; Statesboro has
one with 43,000 square feet, and
Valdosta has one with 41,000
square feet. Two of them have a
sidetrack or spur track, it was
reported.
Meanwhile, Georgia capital is
helping to push the state’s indus
tries, with new enterprises
springing up from the mountains
to the coast. There are, to men
tion only a few of Georgia’s lat
est entries in the field of manu
facturing, a play-yard equip
ment factory at Brunswick, a
plastic plant in Cornelia, a fur
niture factory in Douglas, a brick
company in Moultrie, and a kao
lin corporation in Sandersville.
Also new small processing plants
and chenille product factories
continue to be reported to Mr.
Cram’s office each month, he
said.
Rome V. A. Office
Made 2,664 Personal
Contacts During May
The veterans administration
handled a total of 2,664 personal
contacts with veterans and vet
erans’ dependents in the Rome
VA office during May, Mr. Dun
can, sub-regional manager, dis
closed this week.
A total of 51,527 interviews
were handled in the state’s re
gional office at Atlanta, the
eight sub-regional offices and 24
contact offices last month.
All Georgia counties are now
being served by contact repre
sentatives in the state’s 39 es
tablished contact centers, Mr
Duncan pointed out.
He said the prime objective of
the Rome sub-regional office is
to promote the prompt and effi
cient processing and adjudica
tion of claims by advising and
counseling with claimants, bene
ficiaries and other individuals.
In addition to personal con
tacts, the Rome office handled
807 telephone inquiries, prepar
ed 354 applications for veterans
and veterans’ dependents during
May, Mr. Duncan added.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946
General Bradley
Lauds Cheatham
For Vet Program
In a visit to Georgia last week,
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, veterans’
administration, paid high tribute
to Georgia’s veterans’ aid pro
gram, calling it “one of the most
progressive in the country.”
He also lauded C. Arthur
Cheatham, state veterans’ serv
ice director, for his accomplish
ments and his efforts to coordi
nate the state and Federal veter
ans’ program by special trips to
Washington and otherwise.
The statements w ere made to
reporters for the Columbus news
papers who covered the famous
combat general’s trip to Fort
Benning for an infantry school
conference.
Upon being apprised of Gener
al Bradley’s tributes, Director
Cheatham said:
“I am very grateful indeed to
the general. It isn’t often a Fed
eral officer will make a public
statement in favor of a state of
ficer or state program.
“However, the accomplish
ments of the state veterans’ pro
gram are not mine so much as
they are the veterans’ service
board’s and the manager’s and
staff’s.
“All statements to the contrary
notwithstanding, the department
of veterans’ service has done an
outstanding job in the face of
frequently difficult circum
stances. I am satisfied the de
partment has filled and will con
tinue to fill a vital role in the
lives of our ex-servicemen.
“I am sure that, in the final
analysis, they will be as cogni
zant as General Bradley, of the
magnitude and scope of our job.
And if they are, all of us will be
satis l ied that our task has had
its rewarcL”
County Farm Bureau
To Meet on July 5
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Chattooga County Farm
Bureau was supposed to have
been held in May, but due to the
bad weather and the farmers be
ing busy with their crops it was
postponed to a later date.
Friday night, July 5, at 8:30
o’clock is the date now set for
the meeting, and it is believed it
will be convenient for the farm
ers. The meeting is to be held in
the court house.
'Know Georgia Better’ Campaign Spreading Fast;
To Benefit Every Community in State of Georgia
The “Know Georgia Better”
campaign is spreading like wild
fire. It is catching on because
the program is designed to bene
fit every community in the state,
both large and small.
In a letter addressed to “My ,
Fellow Georgians,” appearing on
the front of an attractive four
page folder explaining the pur
pose of the campaign which will
last through August, Gov. Ellis
Arnall says:
“The purposes of this effort
are several. First, if we can get
Georgians well acquainted with
the wonders of their own state,
it will create the Georgia spirit
County Garden
Club Members
Visit Nurseries
On Thursday afternoon, June
20, the Chattooga County Garden
Club went on a most interesting
and memorable pilgrimage,
which, with other delightful fea
tures, occupied the entire after
noon and evening. The destina
tion was Clint McDade's Orchid
Nurseries on Signal Mountain,
near Chattanooga. These nur
series, housed in numerous large
hothouses, are attracting much
attention just now. They have
recently been gi en much news
. publicity in some of our large
daiiy papers because of the ship
ments from England of thou
sands of orchid plants to these
| nurseries- Many have been im
ported also from Belgium and
South America, and the nurseries
are being enlarged to house many
more shipments of orchid plants
±rom these countries.
The garden club from Chattoo
ga County had received special
permission to visit these famous
nurseries. So, on the arrival of
the club by special bus, they were
cordially welcomed and given a
guide to conduct them through
the nurseries. They were escort
ed through the numerous hot
houses which show the plants,
both the imported and hybrid
varieties, in their different stages
of growth. They were given an
opportunity to see the seed as
they are prepared for germina
tion in a gelatinous fluid; next,
as several tiny plants are seen
together in very small pots; then,
as they are separated and plant
ed singly in small pots; and so
on, as they are cultivated until
they reach their maturity. These
plants, the club members were
toid, require usually seven years
for flowering. At this season of
the year, not many of the plants
are in bloom, but there were
enough to afford these Chattoo
ga garden tourists an opportunity
to view many choice and gor
-1 geous orchids An full bloom. It
was a wonderful treat for these
flower lovers to see growing
these beautiful marvels of the
flower world. This will always re
' main to these 20-odd members of
the Chattooga Garden Club and
1 their guests an unforgettable ex
perience.
• On the return trip from Signal
Mountain, the garden party stop
ped by a well-known restaurant
■ where they were served chicken
■ basket dinners for which this
! restaurant is famous. A time of
‘ singing and happy felowship on
1 the bus back to Summerville
concluded this never-to-be-for
gotten garden pilgrimage.
[ SULLIVAN TO TELL
GOVERNOR’S RACE
POLL TOTAL ON 4TH
An element of the unexpected
■ has been injected into Georgia’s
spectacular campaign for gover-
1 nor- A poll of the counties, made
■ under careful conditions by a
- man familiar with such methods
■ will be revealed to Georgians or
• July 4, almost two weeks before
1 the balloting.
Lon Sullivan, former Athens
publisher and former head of the
department of public safety, has
been conducting such a poll ir
Georgia. The results are in. The
sampling, he believes, has beer
; so careful that it leaves no doubt
as to the outcome of the actual
> voting on July 17.
. On the Fourth of July, at 9 p.
. m., over Station WSB, Sullivan
; will reveal the result of the tab
ulation and endeavor to predict
i how Georgia counties will go in
the hotly contested battle.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parker were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Par
ker and family Sunday.
so essential to progress. Second,
it will make new friends while
renewing old friendships. Third,
it will pay off financially as we
learn to sell Georgia to the thou
sands of travelers who traverse
our highways each year. There
are still other values to be count
ed, but when we improve our fi
nancial status, add to our happi
ness and broaden our interests,
the virtue of the program will be
evident, and the effort justified.
“It is my hope that you will
make it a point to visit all parts
of Georgia during the next three
months and that you will take
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NAVY CURTAILING PACIFIC BASE PROGRAM . . . Pinched
by lack of personnel and scarcity of funds the navy now plans
on maintaining only Guam and Saipan outside of Hawaii as a
fully operational base. Wake, Ulithi, Palmyra, Iwa, Johnston
and Canton have been cut from the list of required bases.
Legend at top, left, indicates the status planned for the islands
by the U. S. navy.
Highway Board Approves and
Praises Gov. Arnall’s Road Plan
Like so many of his other acts,
Gov. Ellis-Arnall’s plan for giv
ing Georgia better roads is being
widely acclaimed. His proposal to
spend $2,255,250 for road projects
financed 100 per cent by the
state, in addition to the $32,000,-
000 Federal-state matching pro
gram, has received the approval
and commendation of the state
highway commission.
The $2,255,250, set aside for a
maintenance and construction
program financed entirely by the
state, was not saved to match
Federal lunds because the Fed
eral road money already has been
matched completely through the
end of the fiscal year, June 30, it
was pointed out. This is the first
time in Georgia’s history that
the state highway department
has had sufficient funds to
match every Federal road dollar
available.
The commission, in broadening
the authority of State Highway
Director George T. McDonald and
the governor to place new state
financed road construction thru-
Gospel Services to
Begin Sunday at
Church of Christ
Beginning Sunday, June 30, at
the new Church of Christ on
South Commerce St., a series of
gospel sermons by W. A. Black,
a well-known minister of the
Church of Christ, of Gadsden,
Ala., will begin.
These services will continue for
two weeks, services beginning at
8 o’clock each evening. You are
urged to attend each of these
services.
The new building isn’t entirely
completed but we will be down
there Sunday, June 30.
Isa. 1:18: Come, now, and let
us reason together, saith the
Lord.
Pennville W. H. D.
Club Met June 7
The Pennville W. H. D. Club
met Friday, June 7, at the home
of Mrs. Leon Petitt. Miss Parish
gave a demonstration on making
lamp shades and showed posters
on the correct lights and shades.
Donations were made to the
Food-for-Peace campaign. Plans
were made for the club picnic in
July. Delicious refreshments were
served by the hos*" c ®.
, I note of what you see and learn.
1 We want to know what you find
, that is worthy of praise and also
any defects that you think can
and should be corrected.”
Sponsored by the state agricul
tural and industrial development
board, the “Know Georgia Bet
ter” campaign is under the direc
tion of Lee S. Trimble, director of
, the board’s trade, commerce and
i business panel, with headquar
■ ters at 20 Ivy St., SE, Atlanta 3,
1 Ga. Principal operation of the
i campaign is exchange visits
- among civic • clubs and other
i groups throughout the state.
out the stare, praised Governor
Arnall, as director of the budget,
and State Auditor B. E. Thrash
er, Jr., as assistant director, for
their “enterprise, economy and i
thrift” in matching all Federal i
road funds. This was contained j
in one of four resolutions it j
passed.
“The director of the highway
department has charge of build
ing roads and he is doing a splen
did job,” commented Governor
.Arnall. “The roads are being let
according tj the needs and merit,
and nearly every county is get
ting a project.”
Fifty per cent of this year’s
$32,000,000 highway program, fi
nanced by both state and Fed
eral Government funds on a 50-
50 basis, already has been start
ed and contracts on the other
half are being let rapidly, Com
mission Chairman Steve C. Tate
said. And so today, unlike yes
teryears, Georgia is paying cash
to build her roads instead of do
ing it on credit, Governor Arnall
said.
USES Representative
Here on July 3rd
Instead of July 4th
Due to the fact that Thursday,
July 4, is a legal holiday, the
United States Employment Serv
ice representative may be con
tacted at the court house herd
Wednesday, July 3, according to
a statement made by M. A. N.
Patton, manager of the Rome of
fice of USES. Applicants may
also contact the Rome office at
522 Broad St, between 8:30 and
5 o’clock Monday through Fri
day for information concerning
these and other job openings.
The assortment of job oppor
tunities in Chattooga County are
practically the same as last week;
also, the number of openings are
about the same. They are for la
borers for highway and housing
construction, experienced hosiery
mill workers and trainees, coun
ter men, waitresses and cooks for
the eating establishments, che
nille and sewing machine opera
tors and some experienced tex
tile workers.
Openings on file In the Rome
office for work in Rome and vi
cinity include general office
clerks, typists, stenographers, au
tomobile mechanics, female
cooks, laundry workers, experi
enced textile workers and train
ees for rayon yarn manufacture,
chiefly females; numerous con
struction laborers, an experienc
ed ticket agent, insurance sales
men, maids, housekeepers and
yardmen, loopers, knitting ma
chine operators and fixers, saw
mill workers and loggers, foundry
laborers, shakeouts, molders and
mounters as well as an assort
ment of chenille and sewing ma
chine operators.
JAMES CLOWDIS APPOINTED
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
OF SIX DeKALB SCHOOLS
James Clowdis. son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Clowdis, of this county,
has been appointed district su
perintendent of the six schools
in the southwest DeKalb School
District by the DeKalb County
board of education. Mr. Clowdis
finished Berry College in Janu
ary of 1940.
(Circulates in Best
Section of Northwest
Georgia. ; ■
$1.50 A YEAR
Two Boy Scouts
Receive Eagle
Badges Friday
The Chattooga district court of
honor was held on Friday night,
June 21, at which time the Eagle
Badge was presented to Scouts
Lewis Reynolds and Robert
Campbell, of Troop 38, Trion.
The Eagle rank is the highest
rank in scouting and Scouts
Reynolds and Carqpbell are the
first scouts in Chattooga County
to obtain this rank, there being
only 11 Eagle Scouts in the en
tire district. It has often been
said that the knowledge gained
from the study required to be
come an Eagle Scout is equiva
lent to a two-year college educa
tion.
Other awards presented were:
One life badge, four star badges,
four first-class badges, two sec
ond-clas badges and 94 merit
badges.
The attendance badge was won
by Troop 7 of Summerville, and
in the inspection of scouts, Lewis
Reynolds and Robert Campbell
tied for first place; Scouts Carl
Williams and Mac Hankins tied
for second place, and Scout Rob
ert Pettyjohn won third place.
The following members of the
court were present: The Rev.
Harry Foster, W. H. Clark, W- S.
James, the Rev. Leroy Obert, W.
E. Reid, A. G. Dunson and C. H.
Westin.
Chattooga Boys and
Girls of Year Are
Guests at Banquet
Jack Poole, of Summerville;
Miss Ruby Langston, of Trion;
Ralph Chamblee, of Menlo, and
Miss Lucile Gilstrap, of Subligna,
who were selected as the boys of
the year and girls of the year of
Chattooga County, were invited
to attend the first annual boy
girl of the year banquet in Atlan
ta yesterday, Lon Sullivan, di
rector of the Georgia Citizens
Council, said this week. »
Morgan Blake, chairman of the
junior citizenship section of the
Georgia Citizens Council, presid
ed and Gov. Ellis Arnall was the
principal speaker and presented
each boy and girl with a certifi
cate of recognition.
Atlanta’s woman of the year,
Mrs. Mamie K. Taylor, who is
head of the home service depart
ment of the Georgia Power Co.,
was hostess on a sightseeing tour
and at a luncheon given by the
power company for each boy and
girl.
Forty-odd communities thru
out the state have adopted this
plan promoted only since last fall
by Mr. Blake and the members of
his section of the council.
“We believe more emphasis
should be placed on community
service—service to church, school
and youth service. The incentive
for juvenile achievement is more
important than discussion of
juvenile delinquency,’ Mr. Blake
said.
State Draws on
War Savings to
Meet Expenses
During the current fiscal year,
which ends June 30. funds paid
out by Georgia’s state govern
ment will exceed money taken
in by approximately seven mil
lion dollars, causing the state to
draw on its war savings, accord
' ing to Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr.
However, the accumulated sur
plus is adequate to meet the ex
tra demands, but as result these
reserves will be cut to two and'
a half million dollars, he said.
Receipts for the present fiscal
year will total approximately
$79,348,036, while budgetary al
lotments require $83,046,694. Up
on order of Governor Arnall,
three million dollars of the re
ceipts must be set aside for pay
ment to the school teachers of a
50 per cent bonus, which reduces
the year’s income to about 76
million dollars.
The savings resulted from sus
pension of highway work during
the war on account of Federal
Government restrictions as to
use of materials, etc.
Expenditures for the fiscal
year include: Education, $21,-
968,000; highways, $26,636,240:
grants to counties for mainten
ance of secondary roads, $4,817,-
013; university system, $4,400,000;
public welfare department bene
fits, $5,810,981; institutions, $5,-
720.384, and all other operations
$13,594,075.