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VOL. 60 NO. 38
County’s Farm
Income Shows
Big Increase
Nearly doubling their annual
gross income in comparison with
1940, as reported by the U. S.
Bureau of Census, Chattooga
County farm families last year
produced crops and livestocks
with the record value of more
than $1,812,000.
This huge increase in farm
revenue has already created
heavy demand for general farm
improvements and for home re
modeling, according to a study
released by the Tile Council of
America. With every industry an
ticipating greater business in the
state than before the war, floor
and wall tile manufacturers
alone expect their sales here to
triple in the next few years.
“Increased sales of industrial
products mean in turn a new
level of prosperity for every lo
cal businessman and worker,”
said D. P. Forst, chairman of
the council’s residential con
struction committee.
The study shows that many
farm improvements were made
even during the war. Since 1940,
for example, the number of farm
homes reporting electric lights
here has increased from 282 to
391. Heavy demand for such
modernizing as installation of
running water, tiling of bath
rooms and improving kitchen
layouts has already resulted, ac
cording to Forst.
Forst also pointed out that
farmers in the county today have
100 more tractors than in 1940,
according to the bureau of cen
sus, and that the number of
trucks on farms has likewise in
creased substantially. “These
facts not only indicate the im
portance of the farm market but
also make it one which no busi
nessman or manufacturer can af
ford to overlook,” he said.
Glenn Loggins, 38,
Passes in Trion
Glenn Loggins, 38 years old,
died Thursday morning at the
Riegel Community Hospital. Mr
Loggins started working for the
old Trion Company Sept. 26, 1934,
and had a continuous work rec
ord which showed his loyal char
acter. He was employed in the
knitting department of the Dye
ing & Finishing Plant, and at the
time of his death was head fixer.
Glenn was well-liked by everyone
who knew him and the men he
worked for thought highly of
him.
Funeral services were held at
the Welcome Hill Baptist Church
with Rev. Gus Reed and Rev. M.
M. Youngblood officiating. Inter
ment was in the Trion Cemetery.
Glenn is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Idell Williams Log
gins; one daughter, Bobbie Jo;
three sons, Harlin, Levaughn and
Donald, all of Trion; his mother,
Mrs. J. W. Loggins; a sister, Mrs.
W. G. Bruce; three brothers,
Frank, Wheeler and Homer Log
gins, and several nieces and
nephews.
Active pallbearers were neph
ews, Joe, Elmer and Julian Log
gins; Roy, Ruel and Ray Bruce.
Honorary pallbearers were the
deacons of the Welcome Hill Bap
tist Church. x
Giant Southeastern World’s Fair
In Atlanta Sept. 27th to Oct. 6th
One of the five top carnivals of the nation, a giant display
of army weapons and action and giant fireworks displays
nightly will be among the features of the Southeastern
World’s Fair and National Industrial Exposition which
opens at Lakewood Park near Atlanta Sept. 27. The fair
will run through Oct. 6.
Endy Bros. Shows will be the
main midway attraction and will
feature “The Looper,” newest
riding device of the amusement
world, the first time it has been
shown in the South. In addition
to this new ride, the old stand
bys—the Whip, the Octopus, the
carousel, chairplanes, etc. all
will be back again in all their
glory, along with a first-class line
of show’s.
The gigantic army display, ar
ranged by the ground forces of
the U. S. Seventh Army with
headquarters in Atlanta, is ex
pected to be one of the top fea
tures of the 32nd Southeastern
World’s Fair. Tanks, big guns,
flame throwers, radar, assault
boats, jet - propelled fighter
planes, searchlights, balloon bar
rages and mines, all of which
had their part in defeating the
Germans and Japs, will be on ex
hibit
Win* Summer trilb Nms
Cases Disposed
Os in Superior
Court Recently
Cases tried at the September
term of Chattooga Superior
Court, which adjourned last
Thursday, are as follows.
In the case of W. L. McWhor
ter, charged with a felony, a ver
dict of guilty was found and he
received a fine of SSO or four
months.
Arthur Wilson, charged with
murder, was found guilty and
sentenced to one year. The case
was appealed.
James Shepherd, charged with
a felony, received a verdict of
guilty and was sentenced to one
year with recommendation be
punished for misdemeanor. Fined
$350 and costs.
Herman Parton, up for a felony,
pleaded guilty and was sentenc
ed four years.
A mistrial resulted in the case
of the State vs. R. L. Richardson,
who was charged with a felony.
Jack Boyd pleaded guilty to
a charge of forgery and was giv
en a three-year suspended sen
tence.
Clarance McDonald also plead
ed guilty to two cases of forgery,
receiving a sentence of six years.
Wallace McGuire, on a felony
charge, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to five years.
Divorces Granted
Theo F. Hancock from Ruby
Lee Hancock, Frances Housch
from Woodard Housch, Eva
Teems from Arnold Teems, Ruth
L. Rape from Parks Rape, Roy
Stephenson from June F. Ste
phenson, Elizabeth S. Brooks
from Rayford Brooks, John B.
Adams from: Bernice L. Adams,
Leila Marie Posey from Walter
T. Posey, Martha Peary from
Hugh T. Peary, Jr., James A.
Whitehead from Bonnie T. Whit
head.
Also, DeForest Warren from
Beatrice B. Warren, Ruby Clark
from James H. Clark, Thomas W.
Evans (disabilities removed),
Henry D. Littlejohn from Juanita
M. Littlejohn, Lessie Pirkle Mil
ler from Joseph William Miller,
Etta Abernathy Haggard from
Clarence Haggard, Roland R.
Hughes from Rose Dell Boyd
Hughes, John W. Marshall from
Gladys McArthur Marshall and
Herman D. Suit from Jewell B.
Suit.
District Youth Rally
To Be in Dalton
Methodist young people from
the Dalton district will meet at
the Dalton First Methodist
Church on Sunday afternoon,
Sept. 22, at 2:30, Eastern Time,
for a convocation follow-up ral
ly. This is one of a series of ral
lies being held in the North
Georgia conference on the theme,
' The Mission of the Church.”
Miss Allene Hudgins, director
of youth work for the North
Georgia conference, will be pres
ent and will introduce the youth
speakers.
Presiding at the rally will be
Miss Claire Jones, of Dalton,
president of the district Method
ist Youth Fellowship.
Imogene Saylors, secretary, and
Ruth Hawkins, recreation chair
man, both of Trion, are members
of the district youth council.
Many of these weapons are be
i ing shown to the public for the
I first time since wartime security
I prevented such displays until
| this. The exhibit will be between
; Gates 1 and 2 with army per
sonnel present to explain uses of
the various weapons.
The fireworks each night have
long been an outstanding con
tribution to the Southeastern
World’s Fair, but this year all
past efforts have been surpassed.
With the end of the war, large
stock of explosives were releas
ed to fireworks manufacturers
and the Southeastern Fair, with
a standing order on the books,
was among the first to obtain a
■ tremendous supply of the newest
’ in pyrotechnics.
The nightly displays are visible
from any point on the grounds,
but can be seen best from the
■ grandstand, since they originate
on the lakefront.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946
Presentments Os
The Grand Jury
Presentments of the Chattooga Superior Court Grand
Jury, September term, which adjourned last Thursday, to
gether with their findings and recommendations, are as fol
lows; *
Summerville, Ga.,
Sept. 12th, 1946.
Hon. C. H. Porter, Judge,
Rome Judicial Circuit:
Having completed our duties as
members of the grand jury of
Chattooga County for the Sep
tember term, 1946, we attach
hereto the reports of our several
committees together with our
findings and our recommenda
tions.
Within the short time allotted
to us, we could not act as audi
tors or as detectives of crime, in
auditing the books of the differ
ent offices of our county or in
ferreting the crime (if any) in
our county.
From the evidence submitted
to our body, we have no reasons
to believe that crime is on the
increase, or that there is any
alarming conditions in our coun
ty.
Many of our fine young men
have returned to our county aft
er having served their country in
their different spheres. Without
exception, they have returned
without any desire to take the
law within their hands, but they
are anxious to help continue the
prosperity which exists within
our county and within our state.
From reports which we have read
in the press, disgraceful condi
tions exist within our Southland. !
We do not believe that our gov-1
ernment has done too much for
our returning service men (re
gardless of any branch in which 1
they might have served), yet
knowing them and their fore
bears, we know that they are
law-abiding citizens ,and that
they do not desire any special
rights or privileges. We regret
that within our Southland that
it appears that Gls have seized
the reins of government and by
their actions there has been
bloodshed and loss of lives. We
fear that many of them have
been ill-advised.
To many, the charge of our
judge may seem to be a mere
formality, to be heard but not
to be acted upon; however, we
appreciate the forceful manner in
which Your Honor presented to
us the injustice done to our citi
zens and to the public in the pre
vailing custom of the more than
25 taxi operators and owners who
are monopolizing the streets of
Summerville in using the streets
for the parking of their cars.
We beg to advise that your
charge has borne fruit, in which
it has caused the mayor of Sum
merville to give this grand jury
the assurance that after Dec. 31
his city council will not issue li
cense to any one who desires to
operate a taxi and to monopolize
the public streets.
Acting upon the pleadings of
our present county school super
intendent in her report to the
grand jury at the February term
of this court that “we must get
more money for schools some
where,” our board of rords and
revenue acted within their pur
view by appointed tax equalizers
to fairly and justly equalize the
taxes within our county. This
equalization has resulted in mis
understandings and controversies
which will undoubtedly require
time to heal, as many of our cit
izens resorted to arbitrating their
differences with the tax equaliz
ers. This resulted in the rejection
of our tax digest as submitted
to the state authorities in At
lanta, and the entire rewriting
(or reworking) of the books of
our county, was necessary. Which
bears out the old adage that
there is no “popular tax.”
Our grand jury believes that it
is merely a question of time un
til the present highway between
Summerville and Trion will be a
“four-lane highway” due to the
heavy traffic, respectfully peti
tions the present State Highway
Patrol to more diligently (and
more often) patrol this present
highway due to the fact that
there is a constant congestion
of traffic between Summerville
and Trion.
There is a vacancy in the of
fice of N. P. and J. P. in Alpine
District, No. 968, due to the death
of the late Scott Cleckler. We
recommend that Mr. J. R. Wyatt
be appointed to fill this vacancy.
We are advised that $3 per day
is the maximum amount allowed
by law for paying jurors and
bailiffs. We do not think that
this amount is in keeping with
the dignity and responsibility of
these positions, hence we recom
mend to our representative in the
legislature that he introduce a
bill, making it statewide in its
nature, increasing the pay of ju
rors and bailiffs to $5 per day.
We are also advised that it is
our duty to fix the amount to be
paid to jurors and bailiffs for
the next year. We hereby fix this
amount at the maximum allow
ed.
In investigating the different
county offices and their records,
we invited the tax receiver of our
county, Mr. G. D. Erwin, and the
clerk of the board of roads and
revenue, Mr. R. M. Crawford, be
fore our body and questioned
them relatives to the assessment
of all property in our county. We
learned from Mr. Erwin that the
state authorities in Atlanta re
fused the assessment as made by
our county and its officials, and
raised all taxes within our coun
ty 86%, which necessitated the
rewriting and reworking of our
tax digest. We learned from Mr.
Crawford that prior to the year
1946 that the average annual cost
of the services rendered to our
county by the tax equalizers was
$149.70 per year. We understand
that the number of people em
ployed this year was 21 and that
the costs as presented by the tax
equalizers were in excess of $3,-
100.00, and that when all ac
counts are presented for pay
ment that the costs will probably
aggregate $3,500.00.
We are advised that the min
utes of the Board of Roads and
Revenue specifically stated that
the tax equalizers were to receive
$5 per day for their services ren
dered to the county. Ignoring
these nfnutes. the tax equalizers
are asking (and have presented
their accounts) for $lO per day
for their services. Almost without
exception, their accounts ren
dered are for services in excess
of 50 days, or for more than SSOO
for each man who served as a tax
equalizer. The clerk of the board
. states that these accounts as
i rendered have not been paid. We
believe that the amounts asked
i for these tax equalizers for their
■ services are excessive and should
;not be paid.
We have conferred with the
’ editor of The Summerville News
relative to the cost of publishing
j once each month the expendi
tures of the Board of Roads and
Revenue and he stated that even
if it was necessary for the county
to use an entire page of his pa
per, the cost would be only $35
per month. From the number of
checks issued, we do not believe
that the costs would exceed $lO
or possibly sls per month. We
recommend to the Board of
Roads and Revenues that they
have their monthly expenditures
published once each month in
The Summerville News.
Realizing that this is the last
term of court in which our able
and conscientious solicitor gen
eral, Hon. Henderson Lanham,
will appear in his role as solicitor
general, we wish to express our
appreciation of him and his serv
ices which he has rendered our
county. His promotion is a re
minder that responsibilities grav
itate to those who can shoulder
them. We regret his leaving us,
yet we desire to congratulate him
upon the higher honors to which
he has been called by even a
much larger clientele than which
he is now serving. We will alw’ays
feel honored by his return to
our county, even on a visit.
We recommend that the clerk
of this grand jury be paid for
three days’ extra work in prepar
ing, assembling and typing these
presentments.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in one is
sue of The Summerville News
and that the usual fee be paid
for same.
In taking our leave of the
court, we wish to thank your
honor for the able and inspiring
charge delivered to us on the day
of our convening. We appreciate
the advice given to us by our at
tentive solicitor general. Hon.
Henderson Lanham. Our bailiff,
Mr. C. P. Hamilton, has been
very attentive and has rendered
efficient and prompt service. To
all who have made our duties
(Continued on Pa<e Three)
Revival to Begin
At the Baptist
Church Sunday
Sunday, Sept. 22, will mark the
beginning of a week’s revival
meeting at the First Baptist
Church of Summerville, accord
ing to a recent announcement
made by the pastor, the Rev. Ben
C. Scarborough
The Rev. Harvey R. Mithell,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of Barnesville, Ga., will
be the preacher. The Rev. Mitch
ell comes highly recommended
both as a pastor and an evange
list by all who know him and
have heard him. His messages
promise to be both interesting
and inspiring.
Oik
REV. HARVEY R. MITCHELL
I
REV. BEN SCARBOROUGH
Services will be held twice
daily, each morning at 10 o’clock
and each evening at 8 o’clock
Mr. Scarborough, pastor of the
local church, will have charge of
the music. He will be assisted by
a large chorus choir under his
direction and the accompani
ment of two pianos played by
Miss Alma Zada Eilenburg and
Mrs. Duke M. Espy. The services
wvl feature singing of old fa
miliar hymns by the congrega
tion as well as special music by
the choir, smaller groups and so
loists. A cordial invitation is is
sued by the pastor and the peo
ple of the church to all who will
to attend these services. A wel
come and a blessing await you.
Funeral Services For
Bennie Craig Held
Last Thursday
Funeral services for Pvt. Ben
nie S. Craig, 21, Route 1, Trion,
who was accidentally killed near
Frankiort, Germany, on Aug. 6,
were held at 3 o’clock Thursday
a ternoon at the Trion Church
of Christ. Elder Sam Connally of
ficated. Interment was in the
, Trion Cemetery.
I Bennie Craig attended school in
Trion and entered the service in
I April, 1945, going overseas in
January, 1946.
A military guard escorted the
body from New York City and
military services were conducted
at the cemetery.
Bennie is survived by his wife,
Hazel Craig, and two sons, Lamar
3 years old, and Wayne, eight
months old; his mother and fath
er, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Craig, and
two brothers, George and Lee
Craig; three sisters, Mrs. Clinton
Crisp, Trion; Mrs. Ross Hopper,
Gadsden, Ala., and Mae Craig,
Providence, R. 1., and a foster
sister, Miss Barbara Craig, Trion.
Route 1.
Pallbearers were H. Hickman,
Berry Henderson, Gordon Suit,
Andrew Holcomb, Charley Good
son, G. H. Teems, Jack Living
ston, Carl Cargal and Dewey
Colbert.
Job Openings
In Chattooga
Are Varied
Job openings in Chattooga
County on order with the United
States Employment Service are
still of a varied nature, says M.
A. N. Patton, manager of the
Rome office of USES. They in
clude employment possibilities
for both male and female and
the types of work are in keeping
with the industrial and non-man
ufacturing structure of employ
ment in the county. There are
openings for sewing-machine op
erators, cooks, waiters and coun
termen; loopers and other hos
iery manufacturing occupations,
construction workers and numer
ous other orders on file.
“In Rome,” Mr. Patton con
tiued, “the orders on file include
social worker, librarian, occupa
tional therapist, instructor in
home economics, bookkeeper,
paint salesman (must have car),
salesman, auto accessories, insur
ance and furniture, etc.
“There are also on file in the
Rome office a large number of
job openings throughout the
state. At present, there is an ur
gent need for first class radio i
operators for several stations
over the state.”
A representative of the Rome !
office of USES is at the Chattoo
ga County Court House each
Thursday morning and will be
there to discuss any of the job
openings with applicants.
Marine Corps To
Terminate 2-Year
Enlistment Oct. 1
With volunteer enlistments
rapidly filling the marine corps’
peacetime quota of 100.000 en
listed men, marine corps head
quarters recently announced it
would terminate its two-year en
listment policy Oct. 1. After that
date, men desiring to enlist in
the corps will be compelled to do
so for three- or four-year pe- 1
riods.
In an interview with the local
marine recruiting officer, Ser- I
geant Andrew, he said: "The door
to the greatest opportunities of
fered anywhere in the world to
day is slowly closing. Many en
listees in recent months have
come into the corps for the two
year enlistment period to gain
access to the free college and
trade school benefits. I am sure
there are thousands of young
men who are still eyeing the
same opportunity. I certainly
hope these boys get this late in
formation.”
Men enlisting in the service
after Oct. 5 will lose the right to
the benefits of the GI bill. One
of the feature attractions of the
bill has been free college and i
trade school education. Under |
the GI bill, men who complete
two years of service in Uncle
Sam’s military forces are entitled
to three years of college or spe
cialized training with the Gov
ernment paying full tuition plus
$65 a month. Men who complete
three or four years’ service are
entitled to a full college educa- I
tion. This bill in the past eight;
months has been especially ap- i
pealing to young men who have ;
completed their high school edu- I
cation and who desire to further i
their education on specialized \
fields.
Sergeant Andrew, in making
comment about this day, said,
“We are expecting a rush busi
'ness at all marine recruiting of
ices. If it doesn’t happen, then
something is wrong with our
American youth.”
The marine corps recruiting
service in this section has its
main office in Rome. However,
for the benefit of men who can
not get transportation to that
city, a marine recruiter is located
at the Summerville post office ev
ery Monday morning.
Otis Mathis Opens
New Case Here
At the south end of the city
business section, by the railroad
trestle, Otis Mathis has opened
a new case. Strictly modern in
every respect, with the latest in
urniture and fixtures, it will be
known as the Snow White Case.
Old-fashioned pit-cooked bar
becue and Brunswick stew will be
featured items on the bill of fare,
also fried chicken and western
steaks. Regular meals will also
be served. Curb service will be
offered, with parking space for a
dozen cars.
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$1.50 A YEAR
Chattooga Bond
Sales for August
Set at $9,274
Chattooga County U. S. Sav
ings Bonds chairman, Harry Mc-
Ginnis, has received reports of
bond sales for August and for the
first eight months of this year.
Amount of sales for this county
in August were $9,274 and for the
first eight months of the year
$210,102. Other adjacent or com
parable counties are:
Walker: August sales. $25,887;
1946 sales to September, $356,036.
Gordon: August sales, $16,350;
1946 sales to September, $144,629.
Catoosa: August sales, $16,904;
1946 sales to September, $236,841.
Joseph G. Woodruff, state di
rector for Georgia, reported to
Mr. McGinnis, county chairman,
that he expected bond sales to
be higher in the fall months.
Reasons for expected increases
are high enrollment in indus
tries, one of the largest farm
crops going to market; intense
interest and participation in the
school savings program. Georgia
has one of the best school pro
grams in the Southern states.
They teach thrift habits through
stamp and bond sales in the
schools. Other factors are the
all-time high bank deposits in
Georgia, with approximately sl,-
700,000.000 on deposit, and the
general knowledge that U. S.
Savings Bonds are safe invest
ments.
Jackson P. Dick, chairman of
the state advisory committee,
hopes and believes that bond
sales in Georgia will reach $90,-
000,000 for the year 1946 and that
this county will reach a total of
$325,000.
American Legion To
Meet Friday Night
Chattooga County Post, No.
129, American Legion, will hold
its regular September meeting at
the Legion Hall Friday night, and
all ex-service men are invited to
attend, and it is the desire of the
officers of the organization that
all members be present.
The quota of this post is 200
members but with the large num
ber of service men that are now
in the county, it is believed that
the membership should be more
than double that number, and a
drive for new members is now
under way.
If you are an ex-service man,
either of World War I or 11, you
should become a member of this
great organization. Give the mat
ter your careful consideration
and your name to the list of
members.
“United, we won; divided, we
lose.”
Miss Tennie Brewer
Heads Lyerly Seniors
Officers were elected for the
year 1946-47 at a senior class
meeting of Lyerly High School
Friday, Sept. 6, as follows:
Tennie Jo Brewer, president;
Barbara Kimball, vice president;
, Claudia Floyd, secretary and
treasurer, and Dorothy Reynolds,
j reporter.
We have as our teacher. Miss
j Martha Douglas. Plans are get
j ting under way for a great year.
Mr. L. M. Alexander entertain
ed with a family dinner Sunday,
Sept. I’, in honor of her grand
daughter, Mrs. H. A. Seal, and
Mr. Seal, of Varnado, La., who
! are visiting relatives here and in
LaFayette. There were 25 guests
present.
1. What is the size of Greece?
2. How many people live in Ko
rea?
3. How long did it take to try
the 21 Nazi leaders at Nurem
berg?
4. Did Julius Caesar ever land
in England?
5. How long has King George,
of Greece, been in exile?
6. How many five-year plans
have been planned in Russia?
7. Who is called “Little Cae
sar?”
8. How many veterans have
been released?
9. How many local boards ad
minister the selective service
law?
10. Who is Beauford Jester?
(Answers on Inside Page)