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VOL. 60 NO. 31
Governor Offers
SIO,OOO Reward |
For Mob Slayers
Characterizing the mob slaying
of four Negroes in Walton Coun
ty last week as one of the worst
incidents ever to take place in
this state and a humiliation to
the decent citizens of Georgia,
Gov. Ellis Arnall, acting for the
state, has offered a reward of
SSOO each for evidence leading
to the arrest and conviction of
the guilty parties, or a total of
more than SIO,OOO.
The governor issued the fol
lowing statement:
“The decent people of Georgia
are humiliated about the mass
murder of four Negroes in Wal
ton County by an unknown mob
of some 20 desperadoes.
“As governor of Georgia, I am
o sering a reward to the full
limit of the law. Five hundred
dollars will be paid for evidence
leading to the arrest and convic
tion of each participant in the
massacre.
“These rewards will total more
than SIO,OOO. This lawless gang
must be arrested and brought to
justice.
“I am directing the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation to keep
its investigators in Walton Coun
ty until the guilty parties have
been identified and turned over
to law enforcement officers.
“This mass murder is one of
the worst incidents ever to take
place in our state. Tire killing of
innocent people is disgraceful
morally and legally.
“I am urging local law enforce
ment officials in Walton County
and all state agents to leave
nothing undone in ferreting out
the guilty patries.
'“Civilized people everywhere
will watch developments in con
nection with this heinous crime.”
Revival at Pleasant
Grove Baptist Aug. 17
Beginning Sunday and contin
uing through Saturday, Aug. 17,
revival and evangelistic services
will be held at the Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church, Gore. Ser
vices will be held every night ex
cept Monday beginning at 7:45.
The evangelist will be Rev. El
mer D. Piper, who is working un
der the sponsorship of the Fuller
Evangelistic Foundation. Rev. Pi
per has had wide experience both
as a pastor and evangelist, and
has been greatly used of God in
both fields. He is also known as
an outstanding singer, having a
rich tenor voice with which he
thrills his audiences with his solo
work. The Lord’s Day services as
follows: Sunday School at 10 a.
m.; morning worship at 11
’clock, Rev. E. D. Piper preach
ing. Evangelistic service at 7:45.
We covet the prayers and sup
port of all Christian people, and
urge your attendance as much
as possible.
Teachers Workshop
Closed July 19th
The workshop which was held
in Rome and sponsored by the
Floyd County board of educa
tion closed July 19.
Teachers attending from Chat
tooga County schools were Miss
Fay Busbin and Mrs. Andy Wil
liams, of Summerville; Mr.
Thankersley, of Gore; Miss May
me Smith, of Berryton; Miss Isia
Stancejl and Mesdames Ross
Thomas, Smiley Ray and Jean
Love, of Trion.
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON INCREASE . . . Increased produc
tion in automobiles and continued use of poorly-serviced ones
promise rapid increase in fatal accidents. Photo shows result
of slippery pavement. This photo was entered in Northwestern
university photograph contest by C. R. Hughes of Rochester,
N. Y., police department.
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WANTS TO GIVE AWAY TEN MILLION . . . John D. Rocke
feller, 111, grandson of the late American multimillionaire, is
shown, left, in London, where he arrived to study methods of
giving away $10,000,000 a year. The gifts will be made by the
Rockefeller foundation, world’s richest philanthropic organiza
tion. With Rockefeller is William Myers, another trustee of
the foundation.
Executive Committee
of Chamber to Meet
Tomorrow Nigh 1
The executive committee of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce will meet in the court
house at 8 p. m., Friday, Aug. 2,
B. W. Farrar, secretary, has an
nounced. The following members
of the executive committe are
asked to be present, as the cham
ber has important business to
discuss, stated Mr. Farrar:
H. L. Abrams, A. B. Hammond,
Hoyt Farmer, A. G. Dunson, C.
B. Akin, J. R. Jackson, Jr., E. C.
Pesterfield, J. G. Allen, J T. Mor
gan, Tom Cook and C. C. Brooks.
Four-Mile Baptists’
Home-Coming Set
For Next Sunday
The annual home-coming of
the Four-Mile Baptist Church
will be held Sunday, Aug. 4. An
interesting program has been
outlined for the day. One of the
special features of the day will
be old-time gospel singing. We
are looking forward to having
several visiting quartets with us.
Come and let us make this one of
the greatest home-comings we’ve
ever had.
You are also invited to the re
vival beginning at this church
beginning Sunday, Aug. 4, at 8
p m.
Arthur M. Strawn
Passes at Holland
Arthur Martin Strawn, 66, died
at his home in Holland Tuesday.
July 23, at 10:30 after a linger
ing illness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the New Hope (South)
Baptist Church Thursday, July
25, at 2 p. m. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ollie Barker Strawn; four sons,
T. H. and M. A. Strawn ,of Hol
land; A. B. and D. C. Strawn, of
Rome; two sisters and two broth
ers.
NOTICE
Aug. 10 is the day set to clean
Alpine Cemetery. Bring tools
and be there by 7:30 o’clock.
J. R. WYATT,
H. E. WYATT,
J. A. AGNEW,
Committee.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1946
Progress Being Made
By City in Acquiring
Power Franchise
Responding to occasional in
quiry relative to the progress to
ward control of the distribution
of electricity here by the City of
Summerville: Considering the
magnitude of the undertaking,
rapid progress has and is being
made toward acquiring control
and eventual ownership of the
distribution of electricity in the
City of Summerville by the City
of Summerville. The negotiations
toward granting of a franchise
indicate that the applicant for
such a franchise would contract
to pay the City of Summerville
10 per cent of the annual gross
receipts from the sale of elec
tricity; that the corporation
would bind itself to sell the dis
tribution system of electriciy to
the City of Summerville within
10 years after operations under
the franchise began at actual
cost plus 10 per cent.
Refer to needed revenue and
refer to the financial condition
'of LaFayette, Dalton, Calhoun
and Cartersville cities in the
Seventh Congressional District,
that operate their own distribu
tion system of electricity.
Directors of Farm
Bureau Met Saturday
•The directors of the Chattooga
County Farm Bureau met Satur
day, July 27, in the county agent
office at the court house here.
The purpose of the meeting was
to discuss and make plans for the
picnic which is to be held Aug.
9 at the fish hatchery.
Howard Baker, president, pre
sided and he appointed commit
tees to make preparation and the
meat, etc.
We are planning on having
the best picnic we have ever had.
and we are expecting a larger
number of people to be present.
Mr. Wingat, state farm bureau
president, will be our speaker
again this year, and we plan to
have two or thre other speakers
whose names will be announced
later.
V. F. W. to Meet
Tonight in Trion
The Mason-McCauley Post 6688
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
will meet tonight at the Trion
High School. All members are
urged to contact as many other
members as they can and make
this meeting one of the best at
tended so xar.
HERBERT C. DODD IN THE
DENVER GENERAL HOSPITAL
Pvt. Herbert C. Dodd, son of
Mr and Mrs John H. Dodd, of
Summerville, is now in the Fitz
simmons General Hospital, Den
ver, Colo. Pvt. Dodd entered the
army June 5, 1945, and took his
training at Camp Wheeler, Ga.
After he completed his training,
for shipment overseas. Pvt. Dodd
he reported to Camp Pickett, Va.,
has served 14 months in the arm
ed forces. He serve eight months
in Italy, five months with the
Second Base Post Office and
three months with the 3194th
Signal Service Co. He went into
the Army Hospital, Naples, Italy,
May 25, 1946, and returned to the
States July 2 for further treat
ment in the Fitzsimmons Gener
al Hospital.
Pvt. Dodd is improving rapid
ly and expects to be home by
Christmas of this year.
Farmers Should
Organize, Says
Gov. Arnall
ATLANTA, July 31 (GPS).—
Gov, Ellis Arnall, general recog
nized as Georgia’s most progres
sive chief executive, had a heart
to-heart talk with farmers of
his home district the other day,
and what he told them offers
good food for thought for farm
ers everywhere. Addressing the
Fourth District chapters of the
Georgia Farm Bureau in New
nan, he said:
“The way to bring about a bet
ter world is to start right here
in our own community and use
I our combined efforts, energies
‘ and intellect toward promoting
better conditions for our state
and our nation. Our principal in
dustry is agriculture and it is im
portant that farmers work to
gether to develop conditions that
are conducive to their welfare.’'
The governor urged the farm
ers and business men of his home
county (Coweta) to join the
Georgia Farm Bureau which, he
said, promotes the welfare of all.
He said his interest in the bu
reau was not for the warmer
alone, but for all men and wom
en, since agriculture was recog
nized as the most vital industry
in the nation, and by helping the
farmer we help all the people
who are dependent on agricul
ture.
Citing organized labor as an
example of what can be accom
plished by “joining and working
together to make themselves be
heard,” Gov. Arnall asserted that
the minority rule was the great
est threat to the welfare of the
nation today. He added:
“It is very difficult for the av
erage man, standing alone, to be
heard in the halls of our legisla
ture, and our government is
largely responsoble to certain vo
ciferous cliques the majority
are often not heard at all!”
Declaring that each person in
his respective sphere can do
many things to ’help the farmer,
the governor stressed the need
for preserving the soil, improv
ing marketing facilities and the
use of new and improved ma
chinery. He continued:
“Today, with good roads, good
schools, fast mail service and the
REA current, there is no reason
why farms should not be the best
places on earth on which to live.
Do not sit idly by, however, and
wait for miracles to happen. Ev
ery man, woman and child must
do his respective job well. The
future holds much promise, and
you can make of it what you
will.”
Pointing out that during his te
nure as governor of Georgia, his
constant aim has been to help the
people of this state attain great
er prosperity, happiness and
contentment, Governor Arnall
concluded by saying: “I want
Georgia to be a place where ag
riculture and industry will work
hand in glove to make a greater
state.”
Revival at Oak Hill
To Begin Sunday
Church begins Sunday, Aug. 4,
Services will begin at 11 o’clock
each morning and 8:15 each eve
ning. Vacation Bible School will
begin each morning at 9:30. A
school bus has been secured for
transportation to the church. So
let’s all be ready. We are going
to have a great week. Don’t miss
it. Good music. You are heartily
invited to attend every service.
SHELTON E. ADAMS.
PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY
CLEANING IS POSTPONED
Due to Wednesday’s rain, the
cleaning of the Pleasant Grove
Cemetery has been postponed un
til Tuesday, Aug. 6.
ARMY RECRUITING OFFICER
TO BE HERE TUESDAYS
A recruiting officer of the U.
S. Army will be here at the post
office on Tuesday of each week.
AMI CEMETERY TO BE
CLEANED AUGUST 3
All parties interested in Ami
Cemtery come early and bring
tools to clean cemetery Satur
day, Aug. 3.—Committee.
All parties interested in the
Alexander cemetery will please
send their donations to J. L. Al
exander or Bob Alexander by
Aug. 16.
NOTICE
Macedonia Cemetery will be
cleaned off Tuesday, Aug. 6. Ev
eryone is requested to come early
and bring suitable tools.
Auditor Calls on
State Agencies to
Continue Service
Since the July 17 state Demo
cratic primary, a bad case of jit
ters has been reported on Capi
tol Hill in Atlanta. In fact, it is
said to have almost reached the
epidemic stage.
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher,
Jr., said a number of state offi
cials had called him to ask whe
ther they should do this or that,
in view of the results of the re- |
cent election. The auditor, in a
letter to state agencies, urged all
state department heads to get
over their jitters and render ail
the services possible to the peo
ple of Georgia during the six
months intervening between
changes in the state administra
tion. Said he:
“I, as stated auditor, stand
ready and prepared to assist in
continuing the sound financial
program for Georgia which was
inaugurated after my promotion
to state auditor in January, 1941,
with the suggestion, assistance
and support of Governor Tal
madge.
“The sound financial program
has continued for the past three
and a half years under Gov. Ellis
Arnall, with improvements, in
cluding constitutional provisions
which were enacted. I have no
reason to anticipate that it will
not be continued for the next six
months by Governor Arnall and
thereafter by Governor Tal
madge.
“All state agencies are sincere
ly urged to continue their good
work and services for the people
of Georgia, and it is hoped that
the agencies in charge of the
functions of education, health,
welfare, state institutions and
veterans’ service will not, in the
next six months, falter in push
ing forward the expansion serv
ices which were authorized by
the January, 1946, session of the
general assembly.
“To falter now, as has been the
custom in previous years, be
tween the time of the nomina
tion and inauguration of a gov
ernor, would be a disservice to
the citizens of Georgia whom
we serve.”
Auditor Thrasher, who is as
sistant director of the state bud
get, also urged department heads
to be prepared to make reports
and recommendations to the gen
eral assembly in January.
John W. Harper
Dies in Tampa, Fla.
John William Harper, 53, died
suddenly at his hotel apartment
in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, July
25. Mr. Harper was born and
reared in Chattooga County. He
was the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Harper, highly es
teemed pioneer citizens of Chat
tooga County.
For a number of years, Mr.
Harper was associated in the
drug business with his uncle. Dr.
D. G. Elder, at Chickamauga. He
married Miss Maggie Rea Legg,
of Calhoun. Later he resided in
Atlanta, then in Florida where he
was connected with an awning
company.
His remains arrived in Sum
merville Saturday afternoon and
were placed in the Hill-Weems
Funeral Home where funeral ser
vices were held Sunday at 3:30
p. m. by the Rev. Ben C. Scar
borough.
Surviving are his widow, one
uncle. Dr. D. G. Elder, of Chick
amauga, and a number of cou
sins of Summerville and Chick
amauga. Pa'lbearers were David
Hall, Will Henry, Tom Elder,
Billy Allen, Wright Wheeler, Ev
erett Lunsford. Interment was
in the Henry cemetery.
1. When did the Potsdam con
ference begin?
2. Germany is divided into how
many zones of occupation?
3. When did Turkey become a
republic?
4. Did the British ration bread
during the war?
5. What is known as test baker?
6. What is it costing the U. S. to
“occupy” Germany?
7. What causes most of the
noise of airplanes?
8. Who is Carroll Reece?
9. What is the source and
mouth of the Danube?
10. Is any effort being made to
adopt a new calendar?
(See Answers on Another Page)
Summerville Recreational
Program To Start
The recreational program of Summerville will begin to
day under the direction of Miss Maryi Anne Hearon, assist
ed by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Akin.
Preacher-Scientist
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Dr. Irwin A. Moon, of Moody
Bible Institute extension staff,
seen above \a one of his “Ser
mons from Science” demonstra
tions, is the producer of the
sound-color film, “The God of
Creation,” sound motion picture
to be shown at the First Baptist
Church next Wednesday evening,
at 8 o’lock.
Vivid full-color scenes from as
tronomy and natural science are
featured in “The God of Crea
tion,” sound motion picture to be
j shown at the First Baptist
Church next Wednesday at 8 p.
m., according to the Rev. Ben C.
Scarborough, pastor. No admis
sion will be charged.
Produced in the West Coast
Laboratory of Moody Bible Insti-
I tute by Irwin A. Moon, Sc.D.,
“The God of Creation” is the sec
ond in a series of evangelistic
films. The first film, by Dr.
Moon, “They Live Forever,” had
a large showing in all parts of
the country.
In the opening section of “The
God of Creation,” the audience
takes a trip to the stars by means
of solar photographs taken thru
the giant 100-inch telescope of
Mount Wilson Observatory in
southern California, and views
complex gyrations of our own so
lar system.
Lapse-time photography is uti
lized to demonstrate the beau
ties of natural science. The illu
sion of flower buds developing
into full-bloom blossoms in a
few seconds is created through
this time - compressing photo
technique. The metamorphosis
of a caterpillar through the va
rious stages from worm to but
terily, and pollination of flow
ers are seen on the screen in full
color.
NOTICE
Will have a revival at Peren
nial Church starting the first
Sunday in August. We are glad
to take the opportunity of wel
coming each and every one to
come and be with us. Rev. Doc
Jones and Rev. Bill Patridge will
be preaching.
I We also wish to announce that
I all who are interested in Peren
nial Graveyard will p'ease meet
'here Friday, Aug. 9, to clean. All
that can. bring tools with them.
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MRS. IKE EXPERT GARDENER . . General of the Army
and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower are among the figures impor
tant in public life who have turned to gardening as a contribu
tion to the nation’s food conservation program. Mrs. Eisen
hower is shown inspecting her garden at Fort Myer, Vs. '
Circulates in Best
Section of Northwest
Georgia.
$1.50 A YEAR
• The program will include cre
ative and social activities: hand
icrafts, creative arts, music, dra
matics, hobbies, round-up activ
ities, nature study, recreational
reading, linguistic and mental
activities and co-recreational ac
tivities.
During the first month of op
eration, the program will be pri
marily for the smaller children
from ages 6 to 12. On Wednes
day and Thursday, from 9 o’clock
to 12 o’clock and from 2:30
o’clock to 4:30 o'clock, the new
equipment that has been pur
chased for the program will be
for use of the children who come
—reporting first at the gymnas
ium to check out equipment to be
used. Swings, horseshoe sets,
tennis nefs and an exercising
ladder have been purchased.
Later, as the program develops
more fully, classes in art, music
and drama will be held for the
I older group.
On Thursday night, a dance
will be held in Sturdivant Gym
nasium. The high school and col
lege groups are cordially invited,
and others who desire to come.
The dance will be from 8:30
o’clock to 11:30 o’clock. The first
dance will be tonight, with a rec
ord player to furnish the music.
This program is especially
planned for those lonely boys
and girls who, through no fault
of their own, have never learned
to play.
It is the function of the pro
gram to provide situations in
which the spirit of fair play, the
role of honesty, the trait of cour
age, the quality of perseverance,
the habit of stability and other
similar qualities will be applied
and tested.
The program will provide a
real play program in order that
there may be vigorous activity
for the physical development of
the child, together with the
teaching of skills and attitudes
in the use of leisure time.
To carry on this program, vol
unteers will be needed. If you are
especially talented or wish to
help in the program, feel free to
call the directors and offer your
assistance. This program is for
you and your child.
Mrs. Kirkland, 84,
Dies at Son’s Home
In Trion July 24
Mrs. Harriet Kirkland, 84, died
at the home of her son, H. A.
Kirkland, on Pine Street in Trion,
July 24 at an early hour.
She was a member of the Trion
Church of Christ, where services
were conducted July 25 at 230
p. m.. with Bro. A. H. Kennamer,
pastor of the church, officiating.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mae Dovie Landers. Trion; Mrs.
Mary Mason, Mrs. Minnie Bugg
and Mrs. Hettie Anderson, of
Summerville, and one son, H. A.
Kirkland, of Trion.
Grandsons served as pallbear
ers. Interment was in the Trion
Cemetery.
HOME-COMING
There will be a home-coming
at Chesterfield Church second
Sunday in August. Everybody is
1 invited to come.