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By RAYMUND DANIEL
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Mrs. Bagley ‘Crashes
Gate’
If All Big Things—
A ‘Horse on Ragland’
Kimbell’s Shirttail.
Can Call Brother Daddy
MRS. BAGLEY CRASHES GATE
The first “female of the spe
cies,” Mrs. Mattie Bagley, of Ly
erly, “to crash the gate” of Time
Copy has been recorded. On ac
count of her sweetness of char
acter and saintly life, she is the
first woman enrolled. So many
years young, Mrs. Bagley has
aided her husband, R. W. Bag
ley, along Life’s way. In addi
tion “to raising a passel of chil
lun,” Mrs. Bagley has helped
her husband in all of his work.
“When it gets dark,” says Mr.
Bagley, “she always comes to the
store to be with me.”
IF ALL BIG THINGS—
From Ben Ragland, of Chat
tooga County, comes these terse,
true and interesting lines:
If all the water was one big
river
And all the trees one great
tree
And all the axes one big axe
And all the men one big man
And if the one big man
Would use the great big axe
To cut the great big tree
And it fell in the great big
river—
It would make one great big
splash.
Verily, verily it would so do!
A HORSE ON RAGLAND
It is a good “horse story” Mr.
Ragland tells. It seems he or his
neighbor had a highly trained
horse that would do anything he
was told. One night when fox
hunting, Mr. Ragland and his
fellow hunters came “face to
face” with a cliff that had a
fall of 300 feet. Mr. Ragland
drove his horse forward over the
ravine—a drop of 300 feet. When
three feet Hom the bottom of
the ravine, Mr. Ragland called
“Whoa!” The horse stopped in
his fall and quietly descended
the remaining three feet. This
entitles Mr. Ragland a place
with the “Lyerly Rendezvous
es.”
KIMBELL’S SHIRT TAIL
The article should be entitled,
“Kimbell’s lack of a shirt tail.”
It all happened down at Ludo
wici, Ga., where popular “Bob”
Kimbell, of Lyerly, was on a
deer hunt. There is a rule that
when a shot is missed, the
“shooter” has his shirt tail cut
off. Kimbell had fired, and us
ually a fine shot, had MISSED!
All was silent and “Bob” thought
he had gotten by when “Snip,
snip!” came the song of the
shears and down came half of
the shirt tail. And it was COLD!
COULD CALL BRO. DADDY
The conversation was on the
similarity of the looks of “Gus”
Williams, farmer and civic lead
er and “Jake” Williams, post
mastes, at Lyerly brothers
Someone said that “Gus” and
“Jake” are twins. “Twins,” said
Gus. “I went to the doctor’s
house to get the dpctor the
night “Jake” was born. I could
be his daddy.” To which Jake
replied, “You mean granddad
dy”
J. A. Argo Passes
Away Nov. 25th
J. A. Argo, 75, died Nov. 25 aft
er a brief illness. Funeral serv
ices were conducted from the
First Baptist Church of Sum
merville Friday, Nov. 27, at 11
a. m., with the Rev. Ben C. Scar
borough officiating. Interment
was in the Mount Carmel Ceme
tery in Walker County. Hill-
Weems Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Surviving are two sons, Johnny
Argo, of Summerville, and Tom
Argo, of Columbus, Ga.; one
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Cordle, of
Cincinnati; two brothers, Bob
Argo, of Anniston, Ala., and Tom
Argo, of Gadsden, Ala.
• V. F. W. to Meet
In Trion Tonight
The Mason-McCauley Post, V.
F. W., will meet in the Trion
High School Auditorium tonight.
All members are asked to attend
this meeting.
ATTENTION
The Gore Community Cannery
will close Dec. 20. Anyone desir
ing to use the facilities of the
plant should make an appoint-,
ment immediately You may see
G. W. Smith, vocational teacher,
at Gore High Schodl, or call
Summerville 67.
Biunnwruilk Nms
VOL. 60 NO. 49
Legion Auxiliary
Needs Help o£
Local Women
Help of women of World War
II families to carry on the work
of the American Legion Auxil
iary for World War II veterans
is needed by Chattooga County
unit of the auxiliary, Mrs. Fred
Elrod, rehabilitation chairman,
stated this week as the unit con
tinued enrollment of members
for 1946.
“Welfare of disabled veterans
always has been a first interest of
the American Legion Auxiliary,”
said Mrs. Elrod. “They are the
comrades of our sons, husbands,
fathers and brothers, and they
have sacrificed health and
strength in defense of our coun
try. We feel it to be our respon
sibility co help them and their
families in every way we can.
“After the first World War,
the condition of the disabled was
deplorable The auxiliary worked
with the legion to secure ade
quate hospital care and just
compensation for them, and to
help them get started in life af
ter they were able to leave the
hospitals. This work for the dis
abled of World War I continued
to be a major activity of the
auxiliary, increasing as more
veterans became disabled as a
result of war service.
“Now we have the disabled
veterans of World War 11. more
than one millions of them, who
need the same type of aid. With
the help of the women of World
War II families who are now
coming into our organization, we
are expanding our rehabilitation
' program to include them all.
i The activity has strong appeal
I to these women and because of
. their closeness to the veterans
of this war, they can give to the
' work the understanding and
sympathy so necessary to its suc
cess.”
The Chattooga County unit of
the American Legion Auxiliary
is now inviting into its member
ship all mothers, wives, sisters
and daughters of World War II
veterans who have joined the
■ American Legion, those of per
sons who died in the service and
women who themselves are vet
erans of the war. The enrollment
of those eligible through World
War II is being continued as in
previous years.
New LaFayette Law
Firm is Formed
A new law partnership has
been formed in LaFayette and
will be known as Rosser & Mc-
Clure, successors to Rosser &
Rosser, which was composed of
the late James E. Rosser and his
son, J. Ralph Rosser.
The new firm of Rosser & Mc-
Clure is composed of J. Ralph
Rosser and Freeman C. McClure,
both natives of Walker County,
and who several years ago to
gether represented Walker Coun
ty in the Georgia Legislature. It
is a coincident that the mem
bers of the new firm discussed
practicing law together when
they were both students-at the
University of Georgia.
J. Ralph Rosser is a native of
Walker County, and son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ros
ser. He attended the public
schools of LaFayette, Riverside
Academy, University of Chatta
nooga and the University of
Georgia, where he received his
LL.B in 1923. He is a member of
the Walker County and Georgia
State Bar associations. He is a
member of the American Legion
and was a charter member of
Ross Graham Post. He has been
active in civic, social and fra
ternal affairs and was a charter
member of the LaFayette Rotary
Club.
Freeman C. McClure, a native
of Walker County, was born near
Villanow, son of Mrs. Charles
McClure, and was reared on a
arm in East Armuchee Valley,
and attended local rural schools
there. He taught in rural schools
in Walker County and was su
perintendent of the combined
! primary, elementary and high
schools at Lyerly before attend
ing the University of Georgia.
Cotton Ginnings in County
Far Under 1945 Crop
Census report shows that 2,-
689 bales of cotton were ginned
in Chattooga County from the
crop of 1946, prior to Nov 14, as
compared with 5,197 bales for
the crop of 1945, according to
Rosa Shumate, special agent.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1946
Clyde Stephenson
Hurt in Collision
Clyde Stephenson, manager of
the Hair Motor Company in La-
Fayette is now in the Summer
ville Hospital suffering from
shock and bruises received in
an automobile wreck in front of
the Riegeldale Tavern last Fri
day night.
Stephenson was badly shaken
up when his car overturned sev
eral times after colliding with a
car driven by Frank Battles. Ste
phenson said the accident occur
red about 7 p. m. at a side road
near the Tavern. He stated his
car collided with the one driven
by Battles, who was entering the
highway from a side road. Ste
•phenson’s car, a 1946 Ford, was
completely demolished and was
struck midway on one side. Ste-i
phenson was traveling south at
the time of the accident
Many Veterans
Return to Farm
As Owners
Southeastern farmers who put
on a uniform during the war
are returning to the land to farm
—but as owners and tenants
| instead of laborers, J. R. Dun
■ can, officer-in-charge of the VA
contact office at Rome, reported
this week.
Information supplied the VA
by the bureau of agricultural
economics of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture indicates
that 75 per cent of the south
eastern veterans who left the
farm have already returned to
farming. The same survey re
ports that only 7 per cent went
back as hired labor.
Two major VA programs are
making the job easier for for
mer farm hands who want to
manage their own farm.
Through a Government-guar
anteed loan, veterans get VA
help in buying a place of their
own. VA’s agricultural training
program offers specialized in
struction in farm management
and financial help through sub
sistence payments.
Conducted in cooperation with
the various state departments, of
education, the on-the-farm pro
gram has already attracted
more than 8,900 veterans in
Georgia, Alabama, South Caro
lina, Florida and Tennessee.
Veterans taking the farm
training course receive regular
classroom instruction by voca
tional agriculture teachers plus
specialized instruction on their
own farm.
Americanism Essay
Group Announced
j Mrs. Charles Harlow, president
| of the American Legion Auxili
ary to Chattooga County Post
129, announced the Americanism
committee as follows: Mrs. J. F.
Hawkins, chairman; Mrs. L. C.
Smith Jr., Mrs. R. N. Trimble,
Mrs. Fred Elrod, Mrs. N. B. Dan
iels and Mrs. Harry Foster.
The national executive com
mittee of the American Legion
Auxiliary selected “America’s
Contribution for a Permanent
Peace” as the subject for the
1947 Americanism essay con
test. This contest is sponsored
by the auxiliary each year. Es
say material will be furnished
pupils for study on “Permanent
Peace.”
Full details of the contest as
it progresses will appear in your
local paper.
Presence of Stormy Weather
Calls for Careful Driving
The presence of stormy weath
er calls for additional care on
the part of the driver. National
conservation bureau issues the
following precautions to Geor
gia drivers:
Keep Your Windshield Clear —
Be sure that you car is equipped
with a defroster and see that
your windshield wiper is in good
condition.
Drive Slowly—For in addition
to danger of meeting another
vehicle unexpectedly, there is
the danger of skidding on slip
pery pavements. Never forget
the chains.
Watch out for the pedestrian
with the umbrella; he may be
carrying it in such a position
that he is unable to see.
Rising 19.600 feet, Mount Coto
paxi in Ecuador, is the world’s
highest volcano.
Africa’s jungles conceal fero
cious beasts never seen by white
men.
Scout Activities
Are Discussed
At Meeting
Tuesday night a week ago, the
Boy Scout Chattooga District
Committee met at the Riegeldale
Tavern for their November
meeting.
Alter a dinner of baked chick
en, W. E. Reid, chairman, called
the meeting to order and asked
C. H. Westin, secretary, of Rome,
to read the minutes of the last
meeting.
The financial committee re
ported that the Chattooga Dis
trict had donated S2OO toward
improvements at Camp Sidney
Dew near Rome.
The troop committees and
scoutmaster were urged by their
chairman to renew their efforts
to make better progress in the
district.
The various members were
called on to report on the troops
in this district.
Troop No. 7 of Summerville
has not accomplished as much
as it had hoped to; however,
Willis James, chairman of Troop
7 committee, advised that their
troop had no activities to report
but hoped to make much better
progress later.
Troop No. 9 of Summerville,
the Rev. Harry Foster, chair
man, has no scoutmaster or as
sistant scoutmaster. Those boys
still interested attend the scout
meetings of Troop 7. The com
mittee has been trying to locate
a responsible person to act as
scoutmaster. The troop is in a
rather dormant state just now.
It was recommended that the
Chattooga District Committee
contact the Summerville Lions
Club and try to work out a so
lution to Troop 9.
Troop 38 of Trion, Rayford
Brooks, scoutmaster, reported
that the troop is in better shape
than it has been for some time.
The troop now has 25 members
and they are taking in members
right along. The troop attended
the Field Day held in Rome re
cently and won first place out
of 38 troops which attended the
Field Day. There is a need for
an assistant scoutmaster in this
troop.
Troop 101, Sam Cook, chair
man, reported that C. O. Wal
ker, recently appointed scout
master. was making a remark
able showing with this troop.
Charles Hankins is assistant
scoutmaster in Troop 101. Mr.
Walker is exceptionally qualified
for his new position as scout
master, having worked in scout
work in Columbus, Ga., before
coming to Trion.
Mr. Kleghorn, of Menlo, ad
vised that they were unable to
locate a scoutmaster for that
area but that it was hoped that
they would be able to locate a
scoutmaster within the very
near future.
Rev. Leroy Obert, of Trion, re
ported on the Cub Pack at Trion,
reporting that the pack was in
need of den mothers.
After the various reports, a
general discussion period was
held and it was agreed that the
next meeting of the Chattooga
District Committee would be 3
January 1947. 7 p. m. at the Rie
geldale Tavern,
Those attending the Chattoo
ga District Committee meeting
were Sadd Dalton, Mr. Kleghorn.
Pete Dunson, W. E. Reid, C. H.
Westin, Dr. H. C. Hardin, Rev.
Cochran, Rayford Brooks, Sam
Cook, Willis James, James Sim
mons, Rev. Leroy Obert, Rev.
Harry Foster and Dr. Lovingood.
Aly
1. How large is the reserve of
soft coal?
2. How much have living costs
increased since 1941?
3. What will happen on Jan.
3. 1947?
4. What is the Federal budget
for the present fiscal year?
5. How many trucks did the U.
S. send to Russia for war use?
6. How many wounded and
sick veterans live in hospitals?
7. What proportion of the
earth’s population, in normal
years, get enough food to main
tain reasonable health?
8. What is the meaning of “pro
tempore?”
9. Can you name the largest
ocean-going liner ever built in
the U. S.?
10. Has the British Labor Gov
ernment initiated a policy of na
tionalization?
(See Answers on Inside Page)
Chattooga Farm
Bureau Chapter
Has Meeting
At the regular meeting last
Friday of the Chattooga County
Farm Bureau, President Howard
Baker, opened the meeting and
asked the delegates who attend
ed the state meeting to give a
short report on what happened
at Macon. The reports were very
interesting and every farmer
present felt proud of the fact
that there are now 521 Farm
Bureau members in Chattooga
County. There farmers who be
long to the Farm Bureau are
helping more than most people
realize in bringing about farm
ing and living conditions on the
farm. There will always be a
few farmers who won’t join the
Farm Bureau because they don’t
\ke what other unions have
done and are doing, stated Mr.
Baker. He adds:
“I don’t believe there is one
farmer in Chattooga County in
accord with the union that go
after what they want by force.
That is not the method the Farm
Bureau takes. We as farmers
present our problems to our
Government through an organi
zation called the Farm Bureau
and, if our ideas of bettering
the farming situation is sound,
we get legislation passed to that
effect and if they are not, we
don’t. That is the only way our
Government will know our prob
lems and needs and »very farm
er should take a active part. It
is the only way that we as farm
ers will ever have an income on
the farm sufficient enough to
buy the essential things that we
need to raise our standard of
living up with people of other
professions.”
After the business part of the
meeting, several pictures were
shown on livestock and live
stock diseases. The different dis
eases and treatments were dis
cussed and every farm would
have gained a better knowledge
of the different livestock dis
eases had he been present.
Saturday night a meeting was
held at the Teloga School House.
County Agent J. B. Butler show
ed two good farm pictures and
gave a short talk on farm out
look. The pictures were very ed
ucational and the people at the
meeting set a date for another
meeting (Dec. 13 at 7 p. m.) to
discuss setting up a community
! Farm Bureau chapter.
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KOREAN REPRESENTATIVE . . .
Louise Yim, representing the Dem
ocratic Council of South Korea,
adds color to the occasion as she
makes her first visit to the United
Nations general assembly, New
York City.
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BABY CONGRESSMAN . . . Ex-
Capt. George W. Sarbacher, jr.,
27, Republican from the sth con
gressional district of Pennsylvania,
who will be the youngest member
of congress. He was one of the
winners in the Republican land
slide.
Mark A. Strawn
Seriously Injured
Mark A. Strawn, postmaster of
Holland and general manager of
Holland Brothers estate, was se
verely injured Tuesday after
noon while working in a combine.
He was beneath the machine
propping up a heavy bar which
I had loosened from its connec
tions when a heavy part of the
combine came loose suddenly
and fell with a terrific weight
on his head. He was deeply cut
about the face and on the top
of his head and knocked uncon
scious. There was no one with
him at the time of the accident
and he was found later by some
Negroes who were passing by. It
is not believed that he was there
alone very long or he might have
bled to death.
He was rushed to the Summer
ville-Trion Hospital, and Wed
nesday the hospital reported he
was much better.
The accident is regretted by
his many friends, who include
many of both races. The colored
know him affectionately as the
“boss man” or “Mr. Mark,” and
i the members of Lyerly Lodge
I respect him as their senior war
den. He is one of the outstand
ing business men of Chattooga
County.
| Tinker Warns State
Forest Fires Now
Peril Our Timber
Georgia is now in the midst of
one of its two annual forest fire
seasons. J. M. Tinker, director of
the state department of forestry,
urged special caution this week
in the use of fire in or near tim
bered areas. The burning of
brush or pastureland should be
carefully supervised, he said, and
special pains taken to prevent
the spread of the flames into
stands of trees.
“We have already had some
serious fires this fall.” Tinker
declared, “but on the whole, the
state is showing an improved at
i titude towards its forests. With
, state-wide forest fire protection,
which may be approved by the
legislature in January, we may
soon be able to reduce our yearly
$10,000,000 fire loss to a negligi
ble factor.”
Tinker warned again that both
the state highway patrol and
the Georgia Bureau of Investiga
tion were cooperating this sea
son with the department of for
estry in apprehending setters of
uncontrolled woods fires.
HS Tests for Vets
To Be Resumed
December 14
The next general education
development test for veterans
will be given on Saturday, Dec.
14, at 8 a. m. at the Boys High
School in Rome, according to H.
Q. Tucker, who will be in charge
of the tests.
Conducted by the state de
partment of education through
the cooperation of local school
authorities, the tests give veter
ans who did not graduate from
high school an opportunity to
obtain a diploma. They were
discontinued for a short time
and this is the first test in sev
eral months.
Mr. Tucker says that only res
idents of Georgia are qualified
to take the examinations. He
stated that unless a veteran de
siring to take the test notified
him before Dec. 14, he might not
I have a test paper for him. Mr.
Tucker may be reached at Boys
High School, telephone 5537.
The test requires a maximum
of eight hours. A $2.50 fee covers
all expenses.
JOE STANSELL TO GET
ARMY DISCHARGE
WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY
IN KOBE, JAPAN. A former
member of the 64th Field Artil
lery Battalion of the veteran
25th Infantry (Tropic Light
ning) Division of General Eich
elberger’s Eighth Army, now oc
cupying the Kobe area of Japan.
Pfc. Joe W. Stansell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Stansell, of Sum
merville, Ga., Route 3, has left
for the United States to be dis
charged under the army’s rede
ployment program.
Pfc. Stansell, a veteran of 12
months overseas service, entered
the army in May, 1945, at At
lanta, Ga., and received his
training at Camp Blanding be
fore leaving for overseas in No
vember, 1945. Before entering
the service he attended the Men
lo High School, Menlo. Ga.
We Have a Modernly i
Equipped Job Printing |
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
Jan. 15 Deadline
For Reporting
Soil Practices
“Come in and avoid the last
minute rush,” was the advice
given by T. P. Johnston, chair
man of the Chattooga County
AAA committee. Producers who
have completed all the soil-build
ing practices they intend to car
ry out this year should report
such practices to the county
AAA office as soon as possible,
according to Mr. Johnston, who
stated that Jan. 15, 1947, is the
deadline for reporting all* soil
building practices carried out
through Dec. 31, 1946. No’ AAA
payment can be made for prac
tices reported after Jan. 15.
According to Mr. Johnston, ap
plications lor payment will be
submitted to the state office in
the order that they are filed,
which means that producers who
have completed all the soil
building practices they intend to
carry out and report these prac
tices now can be paid much
sooner than those who wait un
; til the last minute.
Mr. Johnston called attention
to the following practices for
■ which assistance is on an acre
age basis. The acreage in these
■ practices should be measured
i and reported to the county of
i fice. Sales receipts must be fur
nished tor all purchased seed
(Used m carrying out the prac
tices (1) Good growth annual
lespedeza seeded in 1946 and not
cut for hay; (2) good growth cro
talaria seeded solid in 1946; (3)
good growth small grain not cut
for grain or hay; (4) good
growth summer legumes planted
solid and left on land or turned
under; (5) good growth kudzu
or lespedeza sericea established
in 1946; (6) harvesting legume
or grass seed; (7) clearing, mow
ing or sodding pasture to ber
muda grass, and (8,) planting
: forest trees.
Seeding of winter legumes and
pasture grasses and legumes is
paid for on a poundage of seed
basis. If seed was purchased,
sales receipts should be furnish
ed.
Credit for applying materials
such as phosphate, lime, potash
and mixed fertilizer to pasture
and legumes is on a poundage
basis. Sales receipts are needed
i for purchased materials.
Producers who received prior
approval and have constructed
terraces, dams or ditching should
notify the county office in order
that a representative may be
i sent to check these practices.
Practices carried out with seed,
materials or services furnished
i by AAA on purchase order should
also be reported, said Mr. John
; ston.
17-Month-Old Child
Scalded Saturday
Morris Quinton, the 17-month
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Johnson, of Pennville, was pain
fully scalded Saturday when he
overturned a kettle of hot wa
ter, which was being heated on
a small heater.
The child’s mother, who was
in the next room at the time of
the accident, quickly called a
neighbor, Eddie King, who rush
ed the child to the Trion Com
i munity Hospital. Mr. Johnson,
; who was working at the time of
the accident, was notifed by his
wife en route to the hospital.
Mr. Johnson said his son was
, saved from more serious burns
by a pair of overalls he was wear
! ing. The child received burns of
■ the left foot and leg
Young Wife Dies of
Burns Monday
Mrs. Flora Glass, age 21 and
wife of Howard Glass, died Mon
day afternoon from burns re
ceived about three hours earlier
at her home here. Mrs. Glass,
the former Flora Chambers, of
Centre. Ala., and Mr. Glass were
married only one month ago.
Mrs. Glass, who is reported to
have been ill, is thought to have
fainted and fell into an open
fireplace, igniting her robe. The
young woman was rushed to the
Summerville Hospital by a Hill-
Weems ambulance, where she
died about three hours later.
The body was placed in the
Hill-Weems Funeral Home, but
was later removed to Centre,
■where funeral services will be
held. Mrs. Glass was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Chambers, of Centre.