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By RAYMUND DANIEL
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Philosopher of Hills.
A Child’s Grace.
A Child's Friends.
White Plague Dread.
Wary of Cauliflower.
Great Youth Crime.
Os Small Stature.
Soft Tone of Voice.
Heavy-Built Figure.
PHILOSOPHER OF HILLS
Out on the Highway in the
Hills—it does not matter where
the highway is (it is in Chat
tooga County) lives a philoso
pher who helps and blesses those
whose lire he touches. He does
not want his name disclosed. It
aoes not need to be, for it is re
corded in the Book of Life. To
day, as these lines are written,
God. 1 just wish I could have
he does not regard his loe as an
enemy. “It is just about time to
go,” he says. “You see, I am 73
years of age and I am ready to.
go. I’ll be young there, for there
are no ages in the Kingdom of:
he is meeting his last foe, but
stayed longer to do more.” Life
is sweeter because we have tried
to imitate his form of saying
kind words and doing little acts
01 goodness to bless others. Good
luck and God bless you, old sol
dier!
A CHILD’S GRACE
Beautiful miniature blessings
before meals are being framed
and said by little children about
6 to 8 years of age. One that is
heard the most is:
“Thank Thee, God, for the world i
so sweet—
Thank Thee, God, for the food
we eat.
Thank Thee, God, for the birds
that sing—
Thank Thee, God, for every
thing.”
A CHILD'S FRIENDS
Proclamations are also being
issued by children of the young
er age that they have two i
friends. They say it reverently—
one is Jesus and the other is
Santa Claus. Asked for analyti
cal reason, they reply that Jesus
gives them sunshine and all that
nature affords, while Santa
Claus gives them toys. It is all
predicated on the fact that they
are good boys and girls.
WARY OF CAULIFLOWER
Summerville grocers are hold
ing their sides in laughter over
a fellow grocer who has “no
cauliflower for sale.”
It so happened a lady called
into the store to purchase cauli
ilower. The clerk politely told
her that they handled no “flour,
except standard brands.” Only it
was not a clerk but a proprietor
who had won a trip in a contest
for ability.
GREAT YOUTH CRIME
It is appalling when one reads
of the crime wave among the
youth of the United States. Os
the crimes committed, 56 per
cent are among the children be
aween the ages of 7 and 15. It
is cause for greatest danger.
OF SMAIL STATURE
Those who have seen John L.
Lewis know his characteristics,
but those who have not seen him
could hardly picture him as he
is.
SOFT TONE OF VOICE
There is no loud, flamboyant
tones to his voice, except on rar
est occasions. He seldom raises
his tone of voice, but does use
gestures, when speaking in pub
lic mostly.
HEAVY-BUILT FIGURE
Mr. Lewis is stocky and heavy
built. He is retiring and gener
ally has his appointments in
quiet places. Time Copy once
called on him in a hotel lobby
and Mr. Lewis was behind large
ferns. He speaks Latin fluently
and will quote many paragraphs.
NO. 1 DISEASE KILLER
A MONG YOUNG ADULTS
Tuberculosis is the No. 1 dis
ease killer among persons be
tween 15 and 35 years of age—
the vital, productive years when
young men and women are
building their homes and estab
lishing themselves in business.
Although tuberculosis is no re
specter of persons or age and
may strike anyone at any time,
it takes the lives of more young
« adults than any other disease.
INNOCENT AND GUILTY
BUFFALO. N. Y.—When Chief
Judge John D. Hillory asked a
defendant in city court on the
charge of possessing policy slips,
“Are you innocent or guilty?” he
was surprised to hear the man
reply, “I am Innocent but I
plead guilty ” The explanation
—his name was Innocent Riv
ers, 51, but he w'as guilty of the
charge.
Slw utile Netus
VOL. 60 NO. 50
Farm Bureau to
Push Plans for
"Right-to-Work;
Floyd H. Tabor, of Fort Valley,
first vice president of the Geor
gia Farm Bureau Federation,
stated today that members of
the legislative committee of the
organization would meet soon to
formulate plans for a “right-to
work” bill which he predicted
would be introduced at the Jan
uary session of the general as
sembly.
The G. F. B. F. oificial did not
indicate what part the Farm Bu
reau organization would take in
the matter. He did state, how
ever, that “our committee will
follow the instructions outlined
in the resolutions adopted at the
state convention in Macon last
month,” which received the en
thusiastic approval of more than
3,000 farmers present at the ses
sion.
The portion of the resolutions
to which Mr. Tabor made ref
erence stated, “We are much con
cerned over the many strikes
that have delayed production of
much-needed goods for the wel
fare of our people. We deplore
the apparent tendency toward
disregard of the rights and in
terest of the public wellare as
exemplified in many of the
strikes in our nation during the
past year. We urge our officers
o use every influence to assist
in the passage and enforcement
of fair and just labor laws, es
tablishe responsibility wherever
it rightfully belongs, to the end
that peace and harmony may
come to our nation.”
“We believe in the freedom
and right of any citizen of our
country to work when he desires
to do so . . . as guaranteed to
him under our constitution,” the
resolutions continued, pointing
to the need for an open shop in
Georgia in ordfer that farmers
and others may be able to accept
employment without being forc
ed to join a union or pay dues
io “a labor dictator.”
Two of the legislative com
mittee, H. L. Wingate, G. F. B.
I'., president, and R. L. P. Car
ter, member of the board of di
rectors ,are in San Francisco at
tending the convention of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion, and upon their return to
the state next week, Mr. Tabor
said a meeting of the group will
be held in Macon to “discuss this
very' important matter which is
so vital to the welfare of the peo
ple of Georgia.”
Increase in Fines
Urged by Spence
As Safety Measure
Reporting a 35 per cent in
crease in traffic fatalities in No
vember, Major W. E. Spence, di
rector of the department of pub
lic safety, declared Georgia’s
highways will not be made safer
by the “same old fines, because
they are not severe enough to
hurt.”
The 11 months death toll this
year has already passed the com
plete 1945 total. Spence estimat
ed 900 fatalities for 1946 as com
pared with 666 in 1945.
“Rigid enforcement of our
traffic laws, backed up by the
course,” he said, “would stop the
slaughter on the state’s high
ways.”
His statement coincided with
a similar plea by the Georgia
highway safety committee to so
licitors, judges and agencies for
cooperation “in the hope that
our mutual endeavor will keep
the spirit of Christmas undim
med by traffic tragedy.”
DOUBLE TROUBLE
CHICAGO.—It was bad enough
when a burglar broke into the
home of Benjamin Kolkey and
stole six suits of clothes, but it
was worse when he realized that
in the pocket of one of the suits
he had left S9BO in cash
A 150-pound man would weigh
25 pounds on the moon.
One cubic foot of air weighs
one ounce.
Glass substitute can be made
from potato starch.
Total surface area of the red
blood corpuscles in the average
human body equals about three
quarters of an acre.
The language of Burma was
135 different dialects.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1946
Sound Breeding
Necessary for
Top Dairy Herd
Building a sound breeding pro
gram is the most satisfactory
way to develop a good dairy herd
and to be certain of having suit
able replacements when they are
needed.
“Cows with the inherent abil
ity to produce large quantities
of milk from their feed are es
sential to efficient dairy opera
tion,” points out J. B. Butler,
county agent for Chattooga.
“Well-bred, high-producing cows
make a great deal more money
than low producers.
"Milk production depends part
ly on the cow’s family tree.” the
county agent continued. “Build
ing a sound program, making
full use of milk production rec
ords, other- good breeding prac
tices and selecting calves that
are well-fed and developed will
do much to insure high-produc
ing cows.
“Good proved sires offer the
most promise for herd improve
ment,” he declared. These may
be bulls used to head individual
herds or from service obtained
through cooperative bull associ
ation or artificial breeding or
ganization. The sons of good
proved sires out of good produc
ing cows afford the next best
opportunity for herd improve
ment.
“Be as careful in the selection
of the bull you use as you are
to plant improved seed for the
best cotton or corn crop. Well
bred, high-producing cows pro
duced in a sound breeding pro
gram will pay much more for the
reed they eat and the labor they
require than a herd of scrubs,”
Mr. Baker said.
Feed is an important factor in
obtaining good milk production
during the winter months, dai
rymen of the extension service
point out. Milk cows need plenty
of the right kinds of feed and
good care if they are to produce
well during cold weather.
Lyerly Wins Two
Basketball Games
The Lyerly Champions have
opened their home basketball
schedule by winning two close
games by the boys and winning
one and losing one by the girls.
The completely new team of
girls this year made a creditable
showing in their first home
game. They played hard to lose
to Summerville by about seven
points. In Tuesday night’s game
they showed a great improve
ment by winning over the Trion
team by a narrow margin. They
are expecting to give a little
competition yet in the basket
ball field.
The Champions won over Sum
merville in a hard game whicn
was played very fair by both
teams. The Summerville team
will be hard to beat later.
Tuesday night the Champions
won a rather easy decision over
Trion. The second team played
or a few minutes of the game
and made a close game of it in
the final score. The score end
ed 37-33 in lavor of Lyerly.
Lyerly travels to Menlo Friday
night where they are anticipat
ing a lot of competition.
Armuchee is to play in Lyerly
Wednesday night.
Lyerly Lodge To
Elect Officers
Lyerly Lodge will meet in a
called communication Saturday
night, Dec. 14, for the purpose
of electing officers for the ensu
ing year, according to W. P.
Lovett, worshipful master.
All members are asked to at
tend if possible. The M. M. de
gree will also be conferred, said
Mr. Lovett.
DANNY RICHARDSON
Funeral services for little Dan
ny Ray Richardson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leßoy Richardson, who
died in a Chattanooga hospital
early Monday morning, were
conducted from the Church of
God. east of Trion, Tuesday at
3 p. in. with the Rev. Paul Fow
ler and the Rev. R. F. Wilson
officiating. Besides his parents,
he is survived by one brother,
Donald Leßoy, of Trion, Route
1. Interment was in the Trion
Cemetery, with Hill-Weems Fu
neral Home in charge.
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TROUBLE BREWS OVER U. S. AIR BASES IN ICELAND . . .
Riots and strikes by Iceland trade unions are reported in the Reykjavik
area (1) of Iceland as the island’s parliament considers the agreement
under which the U. S. would use the American-built Keflavik field for
planes going and coming from Germany. How this field links with
Berlin is shown in the above map which also indicates the flying
distances and key landing places.
Mildred Johnson,
Lyerly, Injured In
Atlanta Hotel Fire
Miss Mildred Johnson, former
ly of Lyerly but who has been
working in Atlanta for the past
I three years, was one of the cas
' ualties in the Winecoff Hotel
fire in Atlanta early last Satur
day, in which 121 persons lost
their lives and scores of others
injured.
Miss Johnson, who is the 21-
| year-old daughter of Mr. and
■ Mrs. Johnny Johnson, of Lyerly,
was on the 6th floor of the hotel
when the lire broke out, and
made a desperate effort to es
cape by lowering herself to the
I fifth floor on a sheet. She had
j reached the, fifth floor when
someone jumping from that
floor knocked her loose from the
I sheet and dropping from there
to the street. She is suffering
i from a broken hip, two broken
ribs, a punctured lung and a par
tial paralysis of one side. Her
condition remains critical.
The parents of the injured
girl rushed to Atlanta when no
tified of the fire and Mrs. John
son remained at her daughter’s
bedside in Grady Hospital.
FARM NOTES
By J. B. BUTLER.
County Agent
Georgia farmers were warned
| .his week against using hybrid
seed corn not adapted to grow
ing conditions in this state. Ag
i ricultural extension service lead
| ers pointed out that experiment
! stations in the state recommend
Tennessee “10” and Tennessee
I 15 ’ hybrids for planting in
j North Georgia. The extension
1 leaders explained that seed deal
i ers in the middle west can offer
I wholesale lots of certified hybrid
! seed corn but that planting this
I corn will be unwise since it is
I not adapted to Georgia condi-
I tions.
The farmers that planted hy
brid corn here in the county this
| year are well pleased with the
' yield they had. Claude Ratliff,
down at Holland, produced 648
I bushels from an acre. He said
he believed that he would have
made 200 bushels per acre if it
had rained during the growing
season. I doubt if it would have
made that much but th? season
was unfavorable for a good yield.
Mr. Ratliif fertilized with 600
pounds of 68-6 per acre at plant
ing time and during the first
plowing, he side-dressed with
75 pounds of 50 per cent nitrate
potash and with 250 pounds of
nitrate of soda when the corn
was about knee high.
NIGHT DEPOSITORY ROBBED
HAZELTON. Pa.—Robbers, ap
parently familiar w’ith the fact
that the night-deposit vault of
the First National Bank of Haz
leton was not included in the
bank’s alarm system, recently
broke into the bank, jimmied
the night-deposit vault in the
basement and departed with an
estimated $25,000 to $30,000.
TH Treatment
Bed rest, preferably in a TB
(hospital, is the first requirement
jin treating TB. Treatment is
most successful when started in
J the early stages.
Health Department
Discloses Program
To Combat VD
Director T. F. Abercrombie, of
the state health department,
has disclosed the details of a
program to combat venereal dis
ease in Georgia, which has al
ready proved highly successful,
and which can be undertaken at
a cost the state can afford to
pay.
Citing the necessity of the
program, Dr. Abercrombie point
ed to four cities, Savannah. Co
lumbus, Macon and Augusta,
which together uncovered 24,237
cases of syphilis during one year.
In each oi these cities, through
all-out cooperation of civic or
ganizations, half the population
underwent a “mass blood-test
ing” plan, with the resulting
average of 11.25 per cent show
ing some form of syphilis.
These cases were referred to
their private physicians for
treatment, Dr. Abercrombie stat
ed, adding, however, that is such
were not possible, they could be
treated through other channels.
[They were told of the recently
opened medical facilities at Al
to, where “the effectiveness of
the penicillin rapid - therapy
treatment is dramatic.”
The health director asserted
that with the successful results
of mass testing in the cities, the
state health department is now
able to extend such a program
into the smaller communities
and counties, and that it is “anx
ious to make the facilities of the
state-operated medical center at
Alto available to anyone in Geor
gia who might be in need of
treatment.”
l W
1. How many persons are in
labor unions?
2. What industry is most de
pendent upon coal?
3. Have the Russians stopped
short-wave radio programs to all
nations?
4. Did members of the League
of Nations have the veto?
5. How many official Pearl
Harbor investigations have been
made?
6. What world area has the
highest population density?
7. What is the significance of
“Pandit” as used before the
name of Indians?
8. Is there any legal basis for
the move to unseat Senator Bil
bo?
9. Where is Grosvenor Square?
10. Where is the Sugar Bowl?
(See The Answers Inside)
TB TOLL EQUALS TOTAL
OF 40 OTHER DISEASES
A recently completed study re
vealed that of 600,000 deaths in
the United States from infec
tious and parasitic diseases from
1939 to 1943. 300,000 were caused
by tuberculosis. More than 40
other diseases caused the other
300.000 deaths.
REV. FRED CRISP TO
PREACH AT MENLO
Rev. Fred Crisp, of Chatta
nooga. will preach next Sunday,
Dec. 15, at the Menlo Baptist
Church.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Joins State Banks in Providing
Power Co* Credit o£ $2,600,000
State Officers
Will Now 7 Issue
Warning Slips
All state highway patrolmen,
state foresters and state fire [
wardens were issued books of
summonses this week lor use in |
the current forest fire prevention
campaign undertaken by the
Georgia department of forestry. I
It’s a brand-new kind of sum-1
mons, however. It requires the i
recipient to appear before the
court of posterity to answer to
the charge of endangering the i
state’s mighty timber resources. I
Actually merely a warning
ticket, the “summons” will be
served by state patrolmen on
motorists observed throwing
lighted cigarettes or cigars from I
their cars and by state forestry
o ficials upon those observed be
ing careless with the use of fire
in or near woodlands.
The ticket is signed jointly by
State Forestry Director J. M.
Tinker and Major W. E. Spence,
director of the state department i
of safety.
It is unique in this state and i
is part of the general drive by
the department of forestry to
point the need for a state-wide
forest fire protection system.
Tech, Georgia
Grid Receipts
Total $556,790
Football today is big business
in Georgia—as if you didn’t
know. In fact, football is a gilt
edged investment for both Geor- j
gia Tech and the University of ■
Georgia. It paid well in divi- •
dends in the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1946, as shown in a re-'
port filed by State Auditor B. E. j
Thrasher Jr.
The University of Georgial
spent $56,865 on student scholar
ships in 1946, most of which
were for football players, and
spent another $54,340 on the
game, aside irom the cost of
scholarships. Its total football
income was $291,179, the report
showed. At the same time, Geor
gia Tech spent $53,764 for schol
arships. and another $43,150 on
football, aside from scholarships,
and received, in returned for its
investment. $265 611 irom gate
receipts from football, the re
port further revealed.
Coach Wally Butts, of Geor
gia, received $14,746 in salary,
bonuses and concession and pro
gram proceeds, while Georgia
Tech’s Coach Bobby Dodd re
vived a salary of $8,400. Butts,
whose regular salary is $8,166,
received subsistence allowances
ci $1,749: a bonus of $1471 for
taking his team to the Oil Bowl; >
SI,BOO for Oil Bowl contingencies,
and $1,560 on sale of concessions
and programs. Butts serves both
as head coach at Georgia and as
athletic director of the school
while at Tech, Dodd serves as
head coach and former Coach
William A. Alexander serves as
athletic director at a salary of
$4,800 a year, it was explained.
County Garden Club
To Meet Dec. 19th
The regular monthly meet, ng |
a the Chattooga County Garden
Club will be held Dec. 19 at 8 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. O. G.
I Moorehead in Berryton, witn
Mrs. Joe Hayes as co-hostess.
This will be the Christmas meet
! ing and the time was changed
to 8 p. m. to enable every mem
ber to attend.
Don’t plan anything else for
; Thursday night, Dec. 19, because
■ if you do you are certain to miss
j a good time. Bring yourself and
a gift.
FREE INFORMATION
ON HUNTING, FISHING
The information and educa
tion division of the Georgia
state game and fish commission
will be happy to furnish any in
formation on hunting and fish
ing in Georgia, officials an
nounce.
Such may be obtained by writ
ing James H. George Jr., chief of
information and education, 412
State Capitol, Atlanta.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
‘Just two yeaio ago, the late
Mills B. Lane, then chairman of
me board oi' the Citizens &
Southern National Bank, made
the challenging statement that
the South had achieved “a new
type of economic independence”
in that its banks had grown in
deposits and resources to a point
where they were adequate to
meet any loan requirement or to
handle any financing, even of
the largest industrial unit.
Proof positive of this state
ment now comes through an an
nouncement from Mills B. Lane
Jr., president of the Citizens &
Soutnern, chat arrangements
have just been completed by his
bank to provide a credit of $2,-
600,000 for the Georgia Power
! Company, this money to be used
by the company for the pur
| chase of 197 tractless trolley
coaches, costing over $3,000,000.
The big significance of this fi
nancing arrangement rests in
the fact that 59 Georgia banks
will join with the Citizens &
Southern as participants in the
credit. The entire arrangement
was worked out by Wade H.
Wright, vice president of the
Georgia Power Company, and
Robert F. Adamson, vice presi
dent of the Citizens & Southern
i National Bank.
“The two principals in this
' credit arrangement have rather
proven the truth of their re
spective slogans,” said Mr.
Wright, “ours being ‘A Citizen
Wherever We Serve’ and the Cit
izens & Southern, ‘No Account
Too Large . . . None Too Small.’
We are delighted to know that
60 banks in as many communi
ties throughout Georgia will
have a part in this financing.
Thus, by indirection, we are put
ting community money to work
and giving it earning power
through a sound investment in a
sound Southern industrial enter
prise.”
Speaking for the Citizens &
Southern. Mr. Adamson said, “As
the banker’s bank of the South,
we have accepted the responsi
bility for mobilizing resources
i of Southern banks where major
credit is needed in the expansion
of Southern industry. This cred
it is only one of a number which
the South will need as it goes
ahead in its great program of
industrial development Today
there is ample money in the
South to handle such financing
needs. It is merely a matter of
establishing the soundness of
the credit and then arranging
for Southern banks to partici
pate in it in proportion to their
respective resources. This is the
kind of banking which will help
to build the South and put the
money of Southern people to
work Out of such cooperation
between banks and industry will
come more industry which in
turn will mean more employ
ment, more use of our natural
resources and a higher level of
, prosperity and earning power for
I people generally.”
The Farmers A, Merchants
Bank, of Summerville, is one of
i the 60 Georgia banks who will
participlate in the plan.
TB Kills 1 Person
Every 10 Minutes
Tuberculosis is killing 144
I Americans a day—killing at the
i rate of one person every 10 min
| u.es.
It kills nearly 55.000 Ameri
i cans a year, making it the sev
enth cause of death in this coun-
I try.
It is the fourth cause of death
among Negroes.
It kills more young men and
women from 15 to, 35 than any
other disease.
It kills as many people as all
other infectious and parasitic
diseases combined.
It kills seven times as many
unskilled workers as profession
al people, three times as many
skilled workers as professional
men and women.
It annually kills about 2.000
children under 10 years of age.
It cost the lives of two persons
for every three Americans kill
ed in combat in World War 11.
But TB can be controlled. A 75
per cent cut in death rate in 40
years proves this. The National
Tuberculosis Association and its
affiliates are engaged in a na
tionwide campaign to control it
completely.