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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
Official Organ of Chattooga County
Summerville, Georgia
O. J. ESPY Editor-Manager (1911-38'
D T. ESPY Editor and Manager
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DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ENDS
The end of the Selective Service Act, which
went into effect Sept. 16, 1940, recalls that it pro
vided the machinery by which 10.200,367 men
were inducted into the armed services of the,
nation.
That the Selective Service system provided a
democratic process for the call to arms and that i
it adequately met the nation’s needs is largely
due to the 184.325 volunteers. In every section
of the country, including Chattooga County,
these volunteers gave generously of their time
and. with few exceptions, met the high test in
volved in their important duties.
The process provided approximately twothirds.
of all the armed forces of the nation and it is '
important to remember that they were selected
by local boards through what President Truman
calls “the most democratic process ever created
for the purpose.”
Discontinuation of the act means that the
Army and Navy must maintain through recruit
ing their present authorized strength of a little
more than 1,500,000 men. Whether this hope
proves accurate can only be determined by what
happens in the future but. in view of the liberal
compensation now offered to the volunteers in
both services, there is some prospect of success.
The Selective Service Act was put through Con
gress' in the summer of 1940 and went into effect
about 13 months before Pearl Harbor. Luckily for
this nation, the intelligent action of Congress
made it possible for the United States to have j
some trained men and, what is more important,
the machinery available to speed induction into
service.
It is very important, we think, for the people
of Chattooga County to understand the demo
cratic processes involved in the Selective Service
Act. Local boards, with considerable power, and
with considerable responsibility and authority,
had to decide whether a man should stay at home
or go into service. The basic test was the value of
the individual. Naturally, some were more im
portant in the industrial processes, on the farms
and in other areas of service for civilian society.,
In marking the end of the act, we should not
lose sight of the fact that it may be necessary,
in the very near future, to resume the democratic
process of providing men for the armed forces.
This explains the decision of the Government to
retain the draft records, which contains the in
formation about 34,000.000 registrants, against
a possible emergency.
SAYS SEA MONSTERS EXIST
The age-old debate about sea monsters will be '
revived by a recent magazine article by Ivan T.
Sanderson in the Saturday Evening Post, which
initmates that skeptical scientists might as well
eat their words.
The author refers to descriptions of sea mon
sters that have been described during the past
150 years, saying that the accounts correspond
remarkably well. He reports that fairly close-up
views have been reported, one by a British sea
captain and his crew in 1917.
We do not know whether there are sea mon
sters or not, but we would be somewhat disap
pointed if anybody would come along and en
tirely discredit the stories that come to light
from time to time. Surely, there must be sea
monsters. There are every other kind.
DOWN A WEE BIT
Here’s a little bit of good news for the people
of Chattooga County.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that
the cost of living declined in February for the
second consecutive month, but the reduction
amounted to only two-tenths of one per cent.
The bureau reports that food prices are now
2.9 per cent below last November’s all-time high,
but clothing .prices went up for the 44th consecu
tive month, with women’s clothing advancing
sharply, and house furnishings also moving up
ward.
SURPLUS GOODS SCARCE
Dealers in surplus goods and hardware, bought
from the Government or from reconverted indus
tries, occupy a block in New York, according to
Creighton Peet, writing in This Week.
The variety of goods is great, reports the au
thor, from hunks of unmachined metals and plas
tics to optical gyroscopes and army mine detec
tors.
This in information to the people in smaller
areas, like Chattooga County, where there are
not many evidences that the sale of Government
surplus goods has been going on. The situation
is nothing like what followed World War I, when
there were enormous stocks of retail goods on
sale all over the nation.
CONSIDER THE DEAD
Rescuers removed more than 100 bodies from
an Illinois coal mine, following a blast which
trapped 125 dayshift workers 540-feet below the
surface.
This fact might be pondered when one hears
argument about the pay of coal miners. We
should not overlook the dangers that many of
these men face when they dig the coal that we
bum without thought of the lives lost in the
process.
You have read in the press the details of the
catastrophe which seems to have developed from
a gas explosion. You might even ask whether the
explosion could have been prevented by the in
stallation of more modern methods in connec
| tion with the mining operations.
NOT ABLE TO ACT'
“For more than a year,” declares Sen. Tom
Connally, of Texas, “efforts have been made to
establish an international police force under the
• United Nations, but no agreement has been
reached.” •
In addition, the Texan points out that the
United Nations has no authority to undertake
what the United States proposes to do for Greece
and Turkey. The organization, he declares, has
no funds and, if it had funds, it has no authority
to lend the money of contributing nations. In
addition, from a military aspect, the United Na
tions hasn’t a single dime or a single soldier to
meet a crisis anywhere in the world.
The Texas senator goes further to assert that
if the international military force was organized
and ready for action, the employment of the
force would be up to the Security Council. On this
I council, he adds, there has been registered ten I
times a veto on the decisions and actions of the 1
I council.
ATOMIC DEFENSE DELAYED
About a year after the end of the war, Con
gress passed atomic control legislation without
a single dissenting vote and, thereafter, the
President appointed the Civilian Atomic Energy
Commission.
We are not on the inside and have to depend
on what we read about the development of atomic
energy, but there seems to be a general idea that
the delay in the Senate in passing upon the nom
inations for the commission is a serious setback
to the work and that the United States is losing
valuable time in the race to keep ahead of the
world.
It should not be overlooked that the special
Senate Atomic Energy Committee, headed by
Sen. Hickenlooper, of lowa, approved the nom
inations for the commission with only a single
dissenting vote. Those fighting David E. Lilien
thal in the Senate seem to be successful in de
laying action. It is about time for the Senate to
take a vote on the matter of confirming the com
mission. so that scientists and industrialists will
know how to proceed.
IS THE BIG DEBT A DANGER?
The income of the Federal Government, it
seems, will be greater than expected for the pres
ent fiscal year which ends on June 30.
This news encourages those who demand a re
duction in taxes. For some strange reason it does
not seem to inspire those who believe that the
time to pay the national debt is when there is a
surplus income.
In view of the fact that Congress gave some
tax relief last year, mostly to corporations, it
would seem advisable to devote any cash sur
plus to trimming the $260,000,000,000 debt. This
is much more than the debt that caused so many
financial and business experts to predict, a few
| years ago, national insolvency.
What has become of all these experts? If a
national debt of $100,000,000,000 constituted a
threat to national security, some years ago, what
must be the peril of a debt more than two and
one half-times as much?
Can it be that the experts were only disturbed
about the way the Government was using its
money some years ago, that they were not wor
ried by the size of the indebtedness and that their
warnings represented nothing more than hokum.
Can it be that the temptation of tax reduction,
which might put money in their pockets, silences
the protests of the financial wizards.
Spring, it seems, has finally arrived and Na
! ture looks grand.
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No economy should destroy any necessary gov
ernmental function.
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It takes more than dreams to make a business
enterprise succeed.
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I Hope springs eternal, it is said, and this ex
l plains some courtships. |
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The quicker an unpleasant task is performed
the better for everybody.
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If sports writers tell us who will win the pen
nants it will be the first time.
There is too much argument about religion
and not enough actual practicing of religion.
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We hear a funny joke occasionally but what
the nation needs, perhaps is some serious con
i versation.
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, Education is a tremendous incentive toward
better living, but there is need for better edu
| cation, as well.
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We have an idea that price control limited
profits, which explains why the cost of living
j continues to rise.
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The drive to raise $12,000,000 for the fight
! against cancer should meet with a hearty re
sponse. What about you?
Freedom is a subject of debate in many lands
w’here the people have more freedom than they
know what to do with.
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The Summerville News is not the largest in
the world, but so far as Chattooga County is com
cerned, it fills a place that no other journal can
fill.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: SUMMERVILLE, GA.
Glancing Back
Over the Years
(From The Summerville News of
Thursday. April 10, 1913)
Robbers dynamited the vault
in the Bank of Commerce about
I o’clock Tuesday morning and
escaped with $2,800 in cash and
$625 in stamps. The vault was
blown, open with nitroglycerin
and the heavy explosion aroused
a number of citizens who rushed
out on the streets to investigate.
Deputy Sheriff Will Alexander
was among the first to reach the
scene. As he drew near the build
ing several shots rang out. He
was shot twice, once in the neck,
and once in the left arm. Mr.
Alexander had his pistol and al
though his arm was broken he
balanced the bloody member and
fired several shots into the rob
bers.
Mr. Steve Garrett was awak
ened by the shooting and started
to the scene, believing that a fire
had broken out. As he turned the
corner at Cleghorn Bros. Store
he was greeted with a volley of
bullets and ordered to run. He
was shot twice, once in the leg
just above the knee and in the
hand. He was carried to Rome
[Tuesday morning and placed in
| a hospital for treatment.
I Shortly after the explosions a
'number of people rushed out on
the streets but the robbers kept
up such a rain of bullets that
most of them hid behind trees
or hurried in their homes, for
fear they might be hit by some
of the leaden missils.
The robbers cut the telephone
cable in front of Hinton & Co.’s
Store and most of the telephones
in town were put out of business.
However, the long distance phone
was not cut, and a message was
sent to Perry Phipps in Chatta
nooga asking him to bring his
bloodhounds.
The dogs arrived here about 5
o’clock Tuesday morning from
Chattanooga and quickly took
the trail and followed it closely
to the river east of town where
it was lost. An effort was made
to strike the trail on the other
side of the river, but the robbers
had undoubtedly used something
to keep the dogs from trailing
them.
The search for the bandits was
continued all day Tuesday. Depu
ty Sheriff Smith and County
Warden James Penn came up
from Rome Tuesday afternoon
with three bloodhounds and
joined in the search. Sheriff Ca
tron and a posse from Walker
County also joined the searchers
in pursuit of the bandits.
The search was kept up until
about 8 o’clock Tuesday night,
when members of the posse be
came discouraged and aband
oned the pursuit.
Mr. Eugene Taylor made a
business trip to Rome Tuesday.
Messrs. Wiley Davis and J. H.
Thomas were here Tuesday from
Trion.
Messrs. J. M. Rose and H. J.
Agnew of Lyerly came to town
Tuesday.
Dr. F. W. Hall and Mi'. T. J.
Worsham were in town Tuesday
from Holland.
Mrs. C. D. Harper of Chelsea
spent Tuesday with the family
of Mr. J. W. Pitts.
Mr. W. F. Henry of Chelsea
was among the visitors here on
Tuesday from Chelsea.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins and
Mr. James Hawkins of Dry Val
ley were in town Tuesday.
Rev. M. A. C. Bennett will
preach at the Chelsea Baptist
Church next Sunday morning at
II o’clock.
The many friends of Miss Dru
cilla Pitts are gratified that her
condition is much improved dur
ing the past week.
j Memoers oi the local chapter
U. D. C., were delightfully enter
tained on Friday afternoon at
the home of the president, Mrs.
J. S. Cleghorn, after the business
1 of the meeting was finished.
Rev. J. C. Hardin will preach in
Wayside School House Sunday
I afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. W. L. Pullen spent last
Thursday and Friday in Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. League and
little Miss Eugenia League were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. O.
Chambers near Holland Sunday.
Mrs. Bee Ledbetter and chil
dren of LaFayette were visitors
here last week and this.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wade and
(little son, Carlton, spent Sunday
in Trion.
Rev. T. J. Tribble preached at
Berryton Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Tribble and
little daughters spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Echols at Perennial Springs
Little Robert Buckalew has
been quite sick for several days.
Little Calton Wade has been
leal sick since Sunday night
with tonsilitis.
The six new cottages erected
last in the mill town are about
completed and the new houses,
new streets and a general move
| for improvement are making our
little town very beautiful and
shows that spirit of progressive
ness which ever manifests itself
in the South Summerville citi
' zens.
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National Party
Demo Leader
Says Thompson
Recognizing Gov. M. E. Thomp
son as head of the Democratic
party of Georgia in his battle
against those who participated'
in the “November bolt,” the Na
tional Democratic Committee has
removed Edgar Dunlap, Tal
madge supporter, as chairman of
the Jefferson Day Committee,
and designated State Treasurer
George B. Hamilton to the place
on Mr. Thompson’s recommenda
tion.
The recognition of the Geor
gia chief executive as head of the
state party has- been forecast,
ever since the historic Supreme
Court decision that branded asl
unlawful the seizure of the ex-.
ecutive offices by Herman Tal
madge, after an illegal “elec-I
tion” by members of the legisla
! ture.
Spokesmen for the Harris-Tal
! madge-Peters machine, which
sought to legislate itslef into su
preme power through a repeal of
all primary laws, made sharp re
torts to the announcement by
Executive Director Gael Sullivan
and Treasurer George Gillion of
the National Committee. Said
Herman Talmadge: “We don’t
give a damn what Washington
thinks about it.”
Mr. Hamilton was recommend
ed for the post by Gov. Thomp
son, National Committeeman E.
D. Rivers and National Commit
teewoman Virginia Polhill Price.
Capitol observers expected a
lively political battle for control
of the state party. The Harris-
Talmadge-Peters group will be
assailed as “bolters” because of
J the candidacy of Herman Tal
madge against the Democratic
nominee for governor in 1946.
The announcement of nation
al party recognition for Gov.
(Thompson’s leadership, however,
(did much to obtain a rapid set
tlement of the controversy. Geor
gia has never “bolted” the Na
■ tional Democratic ticket, it was
(pointed out.
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Letter to The Editor:
The church is a necessity for
man’s spiritual need. It holds
out a hand to those who are dis
tressed in mind and hand that
no other- institute is able to of
fer. How hard it is to present the
gospel of Christ to men who nev
er show any alarm or need for
spiritual guidance, although we
know many at our elbow are
deeply distressed and most ready
to die.
When a man in travel loses ]
his way and never inquires for
information from those he con
tacts he grows more confused at
every step he takes while try
ing to find his way out. So with
a man who has lost his spiritual
life and comfort he must join
with others who show a quiet
peace of mind rather than to
try it alone.
Try the church for your infor
mation. Unite with others and
you will gain your footing much
quicker and far more satisfying.
God is better understood collec
tively than individually. Don’t
attempt the task all alone. Light
comes through a united effort
with others and not through a
separate individual effort.
When deeply distressed, go to
the right place for information.
C. A. DODD.
Menlo
GA. BAPTIST CHILDREN’S
HOME THANKS EDITORS
Our word from the Georgia
Baptist Children’s Home this
week is one of thanksgiving and
appreciation to the editors of the
weekly newspapers of Georgia
who have been gracious enough
to publish our news items from
week to week.
As a matter of statistics, the
Baptist Church membership in
Georgia is equal to the total
membership of all other denomi
nations put together. This is no
matter of boast with us, but one
of responsibility. We have dared
to send our news items to these
good papers because of our feel
ing that whatever is news to a
Baptist is news to a large num
ber of readers of weekly papers
in Georgia. But beyond and
Thursday April 10, 1947
No Major Change
In Operation of
Atlanta Sugar Office
There has been no major ma
terial change in operation of the
Atlanta branch sugar office since
transfer of sugar controls from
OPA-OCT to the department of
agriculture, E. Burns Brooks,
branch sugar director, said this
week.
With the closing of branch en
forcement offices in Miami.
Memphis and Raleigh, all sugar
enforcement activities have been
iransierred to the regional oi
fice in Atlanta, Brooks explain
ed, adding that controls would
continue to be strictly enforced
under the new, more centralized
set-up.
Sugar rationing regulations,
now under USDA, remain the
same for the present, the branch
of.icer declared. Spare Stamp
No. 11, validated April 1, will con
tinue to remain good for 10 lbs.
through Sept. 30, with another
stamp expected to be validated
for the same amount some time
before then, probably in July, he
said.
Consumers seeking ned sugar
ration books, for infants or dis
charged servicemen, or seeking
replacement of lost ration books,
should still write the Sugar
Branch Office, 449 West Peach
tree, Atlanta, for the appropri
ate application blanks. Such per
sons should be sure to state
whether they are seeking a new
or replacement books, Brooks
emphasized.
Wholesalers, retailers, indus
trial and institutional users will
continue to operate under the
same sugar regulations as here
; tofore, Brooks said.
; above that, and it is not in that
■spirit we have acted, we believe
that whatever is good for orphan
'children in our Baptist program
will also be helpful to orphan
children cared for by all denom
inations in the state.—J. L. Fort
ney, manager of Georgia Baptist
Children’s Home.