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VOL. 60 NO. 37
Methodist W.
S. C. S. Met
Last Monday
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Summerville
Methodist Church held its
monthly meeting on Monday aft
ernoon, Sept. 9, at the home of
Mrs. R. R. Garrett. The meeting
was well attended and most in
teresting and inspiring. Mrs. R.
R. Pruitt, member of the Wesle
yan Guild of the Methodist
Church, was a welcome guest.
The regular members of the
W. S. C. S. present were as fol
lows: Mesdames John S Cleg
horn, C. C. Cleghorn, G. J. Bol
ing, Elmer Smith, W. L. Crouch,
Rice Morgan, W. J. Culpepper, H.
P. Alexander, M. M. Allen, Sr.,
Morton, R. R. Garrett. The pas
tor, the Rev. Wilson J. Culpepper,
was also present.
The president, Mrs. John S.
Cleghorn, called the meeting to
order and asked that Mrs. C. C.
Cleghorn lead the devotional,
the theme being “In Green Pas
tures.” The theme for the regular
program was “Methodists In the
Country,” and this was led by
Mrs. Elmer Smith. Both the de
votional and the program were
most helpful and challenging.
The business session was pre
sided over by Mrs. John S..Cleg
horn. Reports from the various
officers and committee chairmen
were called for and other impor
tant matters were attended to
The society is planning to have
an all-day mission study on “The
Cross Over Africa” at the church
on Oct. 10. Visiting instructors
will teach this book. Annual Week
of Prayer will be observed dur
ing the last week in October. The
October meeting of the W. S. C.
S. will meet at the home of Mrs.
C. C. Cleghorn.
The hostess, Mrs. Garrett, serv
ed refreshments.
Baptists Push Drive
For $3,500,000 for
War Hungry Relief
Southern Baptists are prepar
ed for a big September drive to
push to completion their cam
paign for $3,500,000 for relief and
rehabilitation of war and famine
ravaged areas of the world.
Dr. Duke K. McCall, executive
secretary of the Southern Bap
tist Convention executive com
mittee, through which all funds
are channeled, said the campaign
had reached 60 per cent of its
goal when a state-by-state check
was made recently. Already $2,-
133,374 has been received.
Florida was the first state to
reach and exceed its quota, re
porting $214,431 or 142 per cent
of its goal. Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona have reported pass
ing their goals with funds still
coming in. Arkansas and South
Carolina are not far behind.
Dr. James W. Merritt, execu
tive secretary of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, has an
nounced that a total of $206,-
124.72 has been recteived in his
office from churches of the state
through Aug. 31. This is 62 per
cent of the state goal.
Dr. Merritt poinns with Dr.
McCall in urging a careful glean
ing of the state for money yet
to be raised. Many churches, es
pecially in rural areas, have not
yet opportunity to contribute and
it is urged that ministers and
lay leaders see that the campaign
is presented to every congrega
tion in Georgia. It was also point
ed out that most churches which
took collections in the campaign
will want to contribute again
during September.
NEGRO FOUND SUNDAY
ON RAILROAD DIES
A. T. Moore, Negro, 21, was
found on the railroad Sunday
morning about 100 yards south
of the railroad crossing at the
north end of town with both legs
cut off below the knees. He was
discovered by Jeff McGuire, who
heard his cries for help about
7 a. m., and notified the authori
ties.
Moore was carried to the local
hospital and his Jegs treated but
died about 9 p. m. Sunday night.
Moore was employed as a laborer
on a waterworks project at Trion.
It is reported that a two-inch
gash was found on the back of
Moore’s head, which penetrated
his skull, and numerous bruises
on his arms.
HOME-COMING AT THE
PENNVILLE TABERNACLE
Everyone is invited to the home
coming at the Pennville Gospel
Tabernacle Sunday, Sept. 15
§mnmmnUp News
Scholarships May Be
Given Teachers in
I
Georgia Schools
A measure to provide a college
scholarship for one prospective
teacher from each county in the
state may be introduced in the
next session of the legislature,
according to State School Supt.
M. D. Collins, who said the plan
is under consideration as a so
lution in part to the present
teacher shortage in Georgia.
Awarding oi scholarships
would be limited to high school
students agreeing to teach four
years alter graduation from col
lege, with four-year scholarships
going each year to those students
showing highest merit. Estimat
ed cost would amount to approx
imately $300,000 annually.
Owing to increased enrollment
of 60,000 students through enact
ment of the compulsory school
attendance law, 200 new teachers
will be required this year, neces
sitating additional funds of from
$500,000 to $1,000,000, Dr. Collins
said.
He added that many school sys
tems in the state are inaugurat
ing a 12th grade financed thru
local funds, and that legislation
permitting the state to pay for
extra teachers and textbooks for
the additional grade will be
sought at the next session of the
general assembly.
Among schools who plan the
addition are Newnan, Athens,
Gainesville, Blakely, Plains and
Adel.
Baptist W.M.S.
Meets Monday
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist Church
will meet Monday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock in the dining room
of the church. Mrs. Claude Bag
ley will have charge of the pro
gram.
This is an important meeting
and a large attendance is urged.
Plans for the revival and for the
Day of Prayer for state missions
will be made.
Ralph Brown Makes
Good with Florida
Pro Baseball Team
Ralph “Country” Brown, son of
Squire Tom Brown, is making
good with the Tampa Smokers,
of the Florida International
Baseball League. In the final
games of the season on Sept. 4
and 5, the Tampa Smokers play
ed the Miami Beach Flamingoes,
with scores of 3 to 1 and 4 to 0.
Ralph is centerfielder with the
Smokers, and his batting aver
age for the season just ended is
.373. Mrs. Brown will be remem
bered here as Curtis Mae Bush,
and they were married while
Ralph was serving in the Army
Air Forces.
The final games were attended
by Squire T. C. Brown, wife and
son. Max; E. J. Bush, David
Koonce and “Lefty” Broome. The
party left Summerville on Sept.
3 and retured on the 6th.
Adult Reading Course
Is Being Offered
An adult reading course is be
.ng offered by the Cherokee Re
gional Library of LaFayette. This
course is to be given from Sep
tember, 1946, until May, 1947.
Anyone may read for credit. A
certificate will be given to those
who complete the course. A rec
ord of your reading must be kept
by you and also a record is to be
kept at the library from which
you borrow your books.
Books which you have read pre
viously will not count toward
,your certificate. Light love stor
ies, mysteries and westerns do
not count.
Books may be borrowed from
the library at LaFayette, the li
brary at Rossville, the library at
j Summerville and the bookmobile.
If you are unable to get to any
of these places, you may write
directly to the Cherokee Regional
Library, LaFayette, Ga., for books
and they will be mailed to you.
You may return these books to
the library by mail.
A total of eight books and two
plays complete the course. Any
one wishing to read more than
this number may do so. When
getting your first book, please
register for the course so that
library workers may know who
is taking the course.
We are asking that you do not
keep books which are on the list
more than a month, since we
will be unable to furnish books
to all readers if some of the
books are kept for a longer time.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1946
JIMMY HAS HIS FANS ... It was ladies day at Forbes field, Pitts
burgh. and this young lady, Jacquie Kuhn, 7, finds herself tongue-tied
and breathless as her idol, Jimmy Sewell, 8, autographs a book for her.
Jimmy is the son of the Pirates’ “blooper ball” pitcher. Rip SewelL
Augustus Wofford
Dies Here Monday
Augustus Martin Wofford, 48,
died at his home here Monday
at 3:55 p. m. Funeral services
were conducted from the Menlo
| Methodist Church Wednesday at
2 p .m., with the Rev. Hig
gins and the Rev. Mr. Caldwell
officiating. Interment was in the
Ami Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Romine Wofford; his
mother, Mrs. Thomas Wofford,
of Rome; four daughters, Mrs.
Lester Blevins, of Mentone, Ala.;
Mrs. Eugene Hawkins, of Rising
Fawn; Mrs. Wilburn Phillips, of
Rising Fawn, and Mrs. James
Haney, of Valley Head, Ala.; four
sons, Paul T. Wofford, of Oak
Ridge, Tenn.; Eugene T., Gordon
and Ronald Wofford, all of Sum
merville, and five sisters and i
three brothers.
U. S. Civil Service
Exams Announced
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission announces that applica
tions will be received until Sept
25, 1946, for the positions of oiler
(marine), 97 cents to $1.52 per
hour, and fireman (marine), 94
cents to $1.14 per hour.
Qualified persons between the
ages of 18 and 62, inclusive, are
urged to apply for the above ex
amination. The age limits are
waived for veterans entitled to
military preference.
These examinations are an
nounced to fill present and fu
ture vacancies in the Mobile,
Ala., Engineer District.
Certain specified experience is
required, information regarding
which may be obtained from the
executive secretary, Board of U.
S. Civil Service Examiners for
the Mobile, Ala., Engineer Dis
trict, U. S. Engineer Office, Mo
bile, Ala.
A toll of 15.750 killed and 540,-
000 injured in traffic accidents
in the first six months of this
year is reported by the National
Safety Council.
Preventable accidents take a
life every five and one-half min
utes, reports the National Safe
ty Council.
Beware the flames that flare
from flaws in flues!
BOTH MISS MICHIGAN ... Mrs. Florence Lenfesty, 45, right, waa
chosen the winner of the Detroit beauty contest in 1919. Since then
she married and raised a beautiful daughter, Ruth, left, who waa
crowned “Miss Michigan 1946,” in the same contest t7 years later.
Bookmobile Schedule
For Sept. 16-20th
The bookmobile will travel in
Chattooga County Sept. 16 thru
Sept. 20. Following is the sched
ule lor the schools:
Monday, Sept. 16. Teloga, Men
lo and Cloudland; Tuesday, Sept.
17, Gore and Subligna; Wednes
day, Sept. 18, Welcome Hill,
Pennville and Berry ton; Thurs
day! Sept. 19, Lyerly, and Friday,
Sept. 20, Summerville schools.
Schools will be visited and
stops will be made in the com
munities as has been the sched
ule in the past.
Please meet the bookmobile
and get your reading material.
If the bookmobile is not stopping
near your home, let us know and
a stop will be arranged for you.
! '
Polio Quarantine
Lifted in Georgia
I
The Georgia quarantine on in
| fantile paralysis which has been
j in effect several weeks on visitors
and travelers coming into this
state from Florida has been lift
ed. Dr. Dan Bowdoin, state epi
demiologist, has announced.
“We feel that the incidence of
polio in Florida has declined to
such a point that it is now safe
Ito remove the quarantine,” Dr.
j Bowdoin said.
“I don’t think, however, that it
| is yet safe enough to take chil
dren into that state,” he said.
MRS. MARY OWENS DIES
IN TRION SUNDAY
Mrs. Mary Magdalene Owens,
31, died at her home in Trion
Sunday at 2:45 a. m. after sev
eral weeks’ illness. Funeral serv
ices were conducted from the
First Baptist Church of Trion
Monday at 3 p. m., with the Revs.
S. L. Walker, pastor of the
church, and Lawrence Pinson,
of Cartersville, officiating. Inter
ment was in the Trion Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
Luther C. Owens; two sons, Har
old and Trammel Owens, of
Trion; her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Bailey, of Route 4. Summer
ville; one sister, Mrs. Mae Ever
ett, of Summerville; one brother,
Buel Bailey, of Summerville, and
! three half-sisters and five half
i brothers.
Defective or over-heated heat
ing equipment caused 60,000 fires
in 1944. Check that furnace be
fore winter comes, warns the
National Safety Council.
Plaintiffs Carry
County Unit
Case Higher
Having lost the first round in
the legal fight to nullify the
county unit system when a three
judge Federal tribunal recently
upheld the system by a unani
mous vote, thus denying petitions
for injunctions which would have
invalidated the July 17 state
Democratic primary, attorneys
for the plaintiffs immediately
began preparing appeals to the
U. S. Supreme Court.
To combat the appeals. Attor
ney General Eugene Cook invit
ed W. S. Mann, of Mcßae, per
sonal attorney for Gov.-Elect
Eugene Talmadge, and John
Dunaway, of Decatur, personal
attorney for Judge James C. Da
vis, to continue as special deputy ;
assistant attorneys general.
The suit seeking to nullify the
county unit system in guberna
torial primaries was brought by
Dr. Cullen B. Gosnell, of Emory j
University, and Mrs. Robert L.
Turman, former president of the
Atlanta League of Women oters.
j Judge Davis was involved in the j
court action, since a companion
suit sought to void the Fifth Dis
trict congressional primary in
which Representative Helen
Douglas Mankin received the
most popular votes and Judge
Davis the most county unit votes.
The three judges hearing the
case were Circuit Judge Samuel
A. Sibley and District Judges
Frank M. Scarlett and Louis W.
Strum.
Dr. David G. Elder,
Former Resident, Dies
CHICKAMAUGA, Sept. 7.—Dr.
David G. Elder, 81, practicing
physician here for more than 60
years, died at 4:30 o’clock this
afternoon at his Chickamauga
home.
Dr. Elder was born and reared
in Summerville, and came to
Chickamauga as a young man.
He was a member of Elizabeth
Lee Memorial Methodist Church
here and a members of Crawfish
Springs Lodge 300, F. & A. M.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Effie Mitchell Elder; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Tom Hunt and Mrs.
Burl F. Hall, both of Chfckamau
ga; son, J. G. Elder, Chickamau
ga; six grandchildren, Mrs. Jack
Robinson, Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. M.
K. Moore:, Lexington, Ky.; Misses
Betty Sue and Marjorie Elder,
Chickamauga; Dr. David Parks
Hall, Augusta, Ga.; Miss June
Hall, Chickamauga; two great
grandchildren, Johnnie and Bob
Robinson, Tampa.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m, Monday from the Eliza
| beth Lee Memorial Methodist
i Church. The Revs. C. E. Fite and
! R. W. Hawkins officiated. Inter-
I ment was in Chickamauga Ceme
tery.
Forest Fire Warning
Issued This Week
Although Georgia has not yet
officially entered the so-called
“fire season,” abnormally dry
weather during the last several
weeks throughout the state has
increased the potential danger of
forest fires. The state department
of forestry from its headquarters
in the state capitol, Atlanta, has
issued a warning to all landown
ers and tenant .farmers to take
special precautions from now on
to prevent destructive wood fires.
Georgians are reminded that
| burning of trash should be close-
Ily supervised so that the fire
does not spread into nearby un
derbrush. If pasture land must
jbe burned off, a “firebreak”
f should be plowed between the
field to be burned and any near
by woodland and the fire should j
be started late in the evening so
that night dew will assist in keep
ing the flames under control.
State Forester J. M. Tinker fur- i
j ther reminds Georgia citizens
; that uncontrolled woods fires
started by carelessness are a vio
lation of the law. The cost of sup- i
pressing such a fire by forestry j
department personnel can be
charged to the responsible per
sons.
REVIVAL AT THE ALPINE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Next Sunday night at 8 o’clock
a revival meeting will begin at
the Alpine Presbyterian Church
near Menlo. The Rev. J. F. Mer
rin, of Rockmart, is to do the
preaching. The public is cordial
ly welcome.
There will be preaching by the
pastor, the Rev. S. K. Dodson, in
the Cloudland Church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock.
State Revenue Collections Show
Gain of $1,769,257 for August
SWIMMING PRESIDENT... Like
his predecessor in office, President
Truman likes to swim. The warm
water off Bermuda was the scene
of this photo. His aquatic prowess
is hampered somewhat by his hav
ing to wear his spectacles in the
water.
FARM NOTES
By J. B. BUTLER
In talking with Geo. Kling the
other day, he said that lots of
farmers made a practice of
bringing their cotton to the gin
in an undry condition and it is
impossible to do a good job of
ginning with green or damp cot
ton. Below is what the cotton
j specialists have to say about car
rying green and damp cotton to
the gin. If the farmers take the
i advice of these specialists, I be
lieve it will mean several dollars
I more for each bale of cotton that
'you sell.
■ Figures compiled by cotton spe
cialists show that farmers in this
state may lose as much as $7 to
$35 per bale this year if their cot
ton is picked and ginned green
or damp. Cotton picked green or
damp and poorly ginned will
•probably cause the quality of the
I cotton to be reduced one to three
| grades.
Condition of the cotton when
it reaches the gin and the gin
ning are important factors in de
termining the quality of the
ginned cotton. The cotton grower
who delivers cotton to the gin in
good, dry condition and free of
i loreign matter and who has his
ginning done at a well-equipped,
efficiently operated gin will get
better returns for his cotton. The
farmer who delivers wet, damp
cotton to the gin and has .his gin
| ning done in a poorly equipped,
| inefficiently operated gin gets a
poor quality product which will
j sell for from $7 to $35 less per
: bale than carefully harvested
j and ginned cotton.
In order for a ginner to do a
I good job of ginning cotton, the
cotton must be dry and a loose
seed roll must be maintained
during the process of ginning.
* * *
Winter legumes are particular
ly valuable as a source of nitro
gen and organic matter. Undei
average conditions, it has been
found that an acre of winter leg
ume cover crops will take the
place of 100 to 500 pounds of ni
trate of soda.
Legumes in rotation with culti
vated crops serve a double pur
pose by increasing the fertility
, of the soil and, in turn, the crop
yield, and by protecting the soil
! from destructive erosion and loss
of moisture.
Winter cover crops are still one
of bur best ways to conserve soil
and add organic matter and ni
trogen. Crimson clover has toade
a rapid increase in North Geor
gia and the acreage will be lim
ited to our seed supply. Austrian
winter peas and vetch still have
their places.
In the beginning of our work
! with winter legumes, little ern
! phasis was given to fertilization,
other than that applied to pre
j ceding crops. When fertilizer was
recommended, rates were small.
In soil improvement, progress
will be slow if the soil improve
ment crop is not fed properly. On
some of our areas which are
known to be low in most of the
recommended plantfood elements
or, where soil tests indicate
these deficiencies, it would be a
good plan to supply needed
amounts, sow the winter cover
crops, and then utilize the resi
dual plantfood and that grown
in making soil efficient in pro
duction. Where lime and phos
phate are used, these elements
become part of the soil and losses
are very small. Potash is lost to
some extent. The' mineral ele
ments stimulate the growth of
the legume and consequently the
organic matter and nitrogen that
will be added to the soil. A little
nitrogen is lost when there is a
good growth.
Circulates in Best
> Section of Northwest
i Georgia. ;|
$1.50 A YEAR
★ Collections by the state reve
! nue department gained $1,769,257
| over the same month last year
during the month of August, ac
cording to M. E. Thompson, state
revenue commissioner.
Though this gain is less than
the $2,00,000 monthly increase
anticipated, it will not affect the
guaranteed increase of 50 per
cent in school teachers’ salaries
for the last four months of this
year, since that fund is already
I set up in the state treasury.
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher,
Jr., pointed out that while the
1 salary raise for- teachers is not
affected by the reduction of the
anticipated revenue gain, the
state must watch its expenses
. since it has started a spending
| program based on an expected
j gain of $2,000,000 monthly over
[ last year.
Collections during August,
1946, were $6,485,139 compared
to $4,715,8882 during August,
1945. Total collections for July
and August amounted to $12,216,-
914 this year, compared to SB,-
1 722,407 during the corresponding
months last year, a gain of $3,-
494.506.
Members Appointed
| To Various Georgia
Boards by Arnall
L -
Gov. Ellis Arnall has appoint
,! ed two new members to the state
> dental examiners. They are Dr.
W. W. Gravely, of Thomasville,
- who succeeds Dr. G. C. Hunter,
of LaGrange, and Dr. R. F. Sul
livan, of Savannah, who replaces
Dr. C. J. May, of Washington.
The appointments were recom
’ mended by the Georgia Dental
Association. Gravely’s term ex
’ pires in 1950 and Sullivan will
. serve until 1951.
j The governor appointed H.
, Talmadge Dobbs, Jr., of Atlanta,
' to succeed his father on the state
personnel board. Mr Dobbs,. Sr.,
recently drowned in a lake near
• I his summer home in Cobb Coun
"ty.
' j Governor Arnall also re-ap
' pointed the following members of
! other state boards:
J. Board of Health: Dr. J. G.
L Williams, of Fulton County, den
-3 tal member to serve until 1952,
1 and Dr. W. Kingman White, of
\ Chatham County, until 1952.
r Herty Foundation: Dave Tur
-3 ner, of Bulloch County, to serve
until 1950; George Bazemore, of
’ Ware County, until 1949, and
Charles Sanford, of Chatham
1 County, until 1951.
’ State Board of Medical Exam
“ iners; Dr. J. W. Palmer, Mont
jgomery County, until 1950; Dr.
a E. H. Anderson, Chatham Coun
e ty, until 1949, and Dr. Murdock
Equen, Fulton County, until 1950.
d Board of Examiners in Optom
etry: Dr. W. R. Gilbert, Spald
ing County, until 1949.
i Board of Registers for Proses -
~ | sional Engineers and Land Sur
-1 veyors: C. E. Layton, of Thomas
County, until 1951.
Governor Arnall named Albert
e Love, of Atlanta, as a member of
the state agricultural and indus
trial development board to suc
ceed W. N. Banks, of Grantville,
who recently resigned.
y
P REV. HOMER FLOYD TO
I
CONDUCT REVIVAL AT
WEST SUMMERVILLE
3 1 The Rev. Homer Floyd, of
1 j Mountain v iew, will conduct a
- revival meeting at West Summer
’ ; ville Baptist Church beginning
- Sept. 11. Everyone is cordially in
-ivited to attend these services.
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; 1. What is the population of
- Yugoslavia?
t J 2. Who is Herbert V. Evatt?
: 3. What is the modern name of
■ the Hellespont?
; 4. How many displaced persons
: are in the American zone in Ger
, many?
5. Does the British government
have a legal right to maintain
soldiers in Egypt?
6. What president appears on
the regular U. S. 3-cent stamp?
7. Is Spain eligible for member
: ship in the United Nations?
8. What was the peak strength
' of the army in the recent war?
9. Has Switzerland joined the
United Nations?
10. Do American interests own
; any of the petroleum reserves of
■ the Middle East?
(Answers on Inside Page)