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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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PROFITS AND PRICES UP
Let’s check up a bit on the price situation,
now that governmental controls have been re
moved at the instigation of those who assured
us that full production would supply ample goods
at reasonable prices.
There can be little doubt that the price struc
ture is almost entirely in the hands of business
men. Industry and business have the initiative
and the opportunity to put into effect price cuts
which the experts assert is the greatest economic
need of the country.
Financial news reports give every indication
that big industries have enjoyed profits, making
price reductions not only possible, but impera
tive. Prices are up, wages are up, production is
up and profits are up. The spiral will wreck mass
production economy.
We should not overlook the fact that the fig
ures show that the savings of individuals in 1946
were 50 per cent lower than in 1945 and, in fact,
the lowest since 1941. This means that purchas
ing power is declining despite almost full em
ployment and that the market needs a shot in
the arm to stimulate distribution.
The financial sections of the larger newspa
pers report new highs in corporation earnings
with profits after taxes in 1946 being generally
and unusually large. The trend seems to be on
the upgrade, with rates of profits during the
last quarter of 1946 higher than during the pre
ceding quarters. If this continues, and it probab
ly will unless business reduces prices, the profits
for this year will touch the peak.
The President has suggested that business vol
untarily reduce prices. Some leaders, the Ford
and International Harvester Companies, have
taken the lead in making reductions. Despite the
advice of economic experts, however, there
seems to be little contagion in their example.
CHURCH LEADERS TO MEET
Religious leaders from Europe, Asia, North
America and Central America, representing the
Protestant and Orthodox Churches, will hold a
meeting in this country during the latter part of
April. The assembly is expected to be., the most
representative group of non-Roman Catholic dig
nitaries ever to convene in the U. S.
They belong to the provisional committee of
the World Council of Churches and will discuss
its relationship to other world-wide bodies, in
creased participation of younger churches in
Asia and Africa and the relief and reconstruc
tion program of the churches. Among other mat
ters arrangements will be made for the Coun
cil’s first world assembly, scheduled to be held
in Holland in August of next year.
Whether the work of the Council in future
years will tend to develop a unity among the
churches represented is an interesting subject of
current speculation. If it functions effectively,
in connection with selected subjects, there will
be a tendency toward enlarging the scope of its
program.
DANGEROUS DYNAMITE
A newspaper story tells of the death of a widow
and the injury of three children by the explo
sion of several sticks of dynamite in her farm
house in another state.
It seems that one of her sons had stored dyna
mite in the cellar and was in the act of attempt
ing to detonate a cap for the purpose of blow
ing out tree stumps.
Analyzing the incident, one is impressed by
the chances taken by the man who, of course,
had no idea that there would be an explosion.
Nevertheless, it is about time for everybody to
recognize that dynamite is dangerous and that
no one should handle it carelessly or take
chances that endanger other people.
We doubt if many readers of The Summerville
News make a habit of storing dynamite over
night in their homes, but, just in case, we call
attention to the incident reported.
The deep quiet prevailing throughout the na
tion is caused by commencement orators going
into seclusion for the preparation of notable
orations.
HELP FIGHT CANCER
The American Cancer Society is conducting
a nation-wide drive for $12,000,000 for the pur
pose of developing the war against this dread di
sease.
The sum is not large in view of the imperative
necessity of making greater progress in the
treatment of this disease. So far, it is largely a
matter of surgery and radiation theropy, but
great strides have been made in detecting tu
mors in the early stage and in teaching the peo
ple the importance of consulting a physician
when suspicious lumps and growths appear.
We suggest that if the reader has not made
a contribution to this fund that he, or she, give
it immediate consideration. There is another
point to be considered in connection with the
drive to promote better health. Nobody knows
when making a gift but that the gift itself will
develop the means through which the life of the
giver, or a close relative, may be saved. This
should make it easier for all of us to contrib
ute liberally.
HORRIBLE CONFESSION
A 12-line newspaper story tells us that Rudolf
Hess, former German commandant at a concen
tration camp, admits full responsibility for “put
ting more than 4,000,000 prisoners to death in
gas chambers.”
This is a horrible confession for an individual
to make, either individually or on behalf of a
government in which he served. The enormity of
the offense appalls the mind and even now, de
spite all revelations and confessions, it is diffi
cult to believe that any regime could have been
so brutal.
GOOD NEIGHBOR IN PRACTICE
During the war, the navy acquired a 10,000-
kilowatt railway-mounted generator to provide
emergency power in any critical area. The train
cqst $1,125,000 and one car, containing the giant
turbines, is 90 feet long.
Recently, the Mexican Government approached
the United States for assistance in relieving an
electrical shortage which seriously affected tex
tile and essential industries in several Mexican
states. President Truman directed that the pow
er-train be leased to the Mexican Government
and it is now a demonstration of the Good Nei
ghbor policy, furnishing electric power for the
Mexican people.
AIR LINES WANT MORE
Under the Civil Aeronautics Law, according to
Sen. Clyde M. Reed, of Kansas, the Postoffice
Department is required to pay air mail carriers
enough so that the air mail rate, plus other reve
nue such as carrying passengers and freight, as
sures them a profit.
The senator pointed out that some of the air
lines claim that they are losing money carrying
the air mail and that the “Government may be
stuck for from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 in claims.
One wonders why the Government should
guarantee a profit to air mail-carriers. This looks
like putting the Government into business to pay
deficits and keeping it out of business so far as
the distribution of possible profits is concerned.
WANT A HELICOPTER?
Something of a new era in flying is promised
by Horace T. Penecost, president of a Seattle,
Wash., company, which is planning to build heli
copters for the masses.
The new machine will cost, according to pres
lent plans, about the same as an improved mo
’ torcycle. Without conventional body, landing
gear or instruments, the small neiicopter will
fly straight up or down, forward, sideways or
backward; hover motionless above the ground
or make a safe “windmill” landing in case of en
gine failure.
The machine will land or take off on a cleared
[area as little as 30 feet square. It will be de
signed for flight performances at a maximum
limit of about 90 miles an hour. Its range will be
limited in keeping with the average operator’s
fatigue.
Os course, this does not mean that millions of
Americans will immediately buy helicopters but
the chances are that many of our younger gen
eration will take to the air in the same way that
their fathers and grandfathers took to automo
biles.
CAN HOTELS BE SAFE?
The Winecoff Hotel disaster in Atlanta a few
months ago, when 120 persons were fatally
burned, caused a surging wave of concern
throughout Chattooga County as people began
to wonder what would happen if other hotels had
similar fires.
Public opinion, horrified by the tragic scenes
in Atlanta, was aroused but seems to have set
tled down again. Meanwhile, officials are con
tinuing their study of the Winecoff fire and
planning regulations that might prevent a repe
j tition of the fire.
A report recently released in New York em
phasized the need of adequate exit facilities, fire
barriers, vents to relieve high-temperature pres
sures which produce flash-fire effects and re
strictions on combustible finishes and decora
tions.
Freshly applied paint, in the opinion of the
investigators, was a decided contribution to the
“rapid, torch-like” spread of the flames in the
Atlanta hotel, but the report points out that the
fire did not pass through partitions, floors or
ceilings, nor spread by heat-transmission through
partitiens or other fire-resistant barriers.
The committee makes certain recommenda
tions in regard to hotel construction, including
the desirability of sprinkler and standpipe. It
finds difficult an explanation for a fire of such
magnitude and rapid spread from the amount
of combustible contents and trim in the struc
ture and suspects the presence of “volatile, in
flammable fumes” from the paint, coupled with
the physical arrangement of corridors and stair
ways which could not have been “improved upon
[as a means of fire communication from floor
' to floor.”
i We call attention to the substance of the re
port in order that there may be some renewed
public interest in the problem of security for
persons using hotels everywhere. The safety of
people, living in Chattooga County may depend
upon the safety of hotels in distant cities and
[ the safety of transients here may depend upon
what is done locally in connection with public
places where people sleep.
There is no reasonable prospect of avoiding
fires in hotels. The issue then resolves itself into
[ methods to quickly discover fires, speedily begin
the fight on the flames and in providing ade
quate exits for those endangered. Inspection, au
tomatic alarms, sprinkler systems and exits that
are easily accessible and safe to use can cut
down the danger to guests.
The Russians, we suspect, do not like liberty
as practiced in the U. S. A.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: SUMMERVILLE, GA.
Glancing Back
Over the Years
(From The Summerville News of
Thursday, May 29, 1913)
FRANK INDICTED FOR
PHAGAN MURDER
Leo M. Frank, superintendent
of the National Pencil Factory in
the basement of which the slain
body of Mary Phagan was found
in early morning of Sunday,
April 27, stands formally charged
with her death.
A grand jury indictment, a
true bill charging that he killed
Mary Phagan, was returned by
the Fulton County grand jurors
at 12:23 Saturday afternoon.
Less than 10 minutes earlier
the jury had gone into execu
tive session and Solicitor Dorsey,
who had been conducting the
examination of witnesses, had
left the room. In the interval
the jury reached its verdict and
each of the jurors signed his
name to the formal document
upon which Frank will be ar
raigned on the charge of mur
der.
LOCALS
Miss Ruth Selman of Doug
lasville, is visiting Miss Velma
Elder.
Mr. Walter B. Shaw spent Fri
day in town.
Miss Kate Bolling visited her
friends in Lyerly Sunday.
Dr. B. F. Stark and Mr. J. D.
Trotter were here from Lyerly
Friday.
Mr. Horace Tallent of Trion
was visiting frie/icls in town on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Self of
Gore were week-end guests of
Mrs. McCollum.
Mrs. C. P. Neal has been ill
during the past week, but is im
proving.
Miss Mamie McCollum who has
been visiting near Gore, return
ed Saturday.
Miss Maude Calhoun and Miss
Clarisa Kendrick were in town
Sunday.
Little Miss Ava Wheeler of
Berryton is spending this week
here with relatives.
Miss Sara Echols spent Satur
j day in Chattanooga and was vis
iting Mrs. Julia Hawkins Sunday.
Rev. M. A. C. Bennett will I
preach at the Chelsea Baptist
Church on the second Sunday in
i June.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Kellett of
.Chickamauga spent the week
. end here with Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Neal.
Prof. John W. Stipe was in
Chattanooga Monday in the in
terest of the Summerville School.
Mrs. T. A. Bartenfield has re
turned from a visit to relatives
' in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elder and
son, Master Gilbert, of Venita,
Okla., are visiting in Chattooga
and were guests of Mrs. Alice
i Elder the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry and
son, William Thomas, of Lake
City, Fla., arrived Sunday and
are guests of Mr. T. P. Henry.
Dr. James W. Bryant arrived
Sunday from an extended visit
to Globe, Ariz., and spent the
day here with his mother, Mrs.
E. Bryant.
Mr. Henry Cook and Miss Kate
Parham, of Perennial Springs,
were united in marriage last
Sunday, Rev. T. J. Espy officiat
ing.
Miss Ruth Espy returned Tues
day from Forsyth and will spend
I her vacation here with her
| mother, Mrs. D. T. Espy.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Buck
; alew and little son, Robert, spent
I Saturday night and Sunday in
LaFayette.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bowman
I are the proud parents of a pret
ty little daughter who came re
cently to brighten their home.
R. P. Gaines is attending the
grand Lodge I. O. D. F., in Sa-
j vannah this week.
S. L. Grogan spent Sunday in
I Rome.
Walter Busbin, of Early, was
a visitor here Saturday night.
Louis McConkey of Gadsden
i was a guest of friends here on
Monday.
W. R. Moss and Russell Kel
lett, of Oklahoma, are visiting
! friends and relatives here this
week.
Mrs. Hendrix of Pennville,
spent the week-end here with
her daughter, Mrs. John Bow
man.
Mr. Horn continues ill from an
attack of measles.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. League and
Mrs. W. L. Pullen delightfully en
tertained their mother, Mrs.
I.ucy J. League, and a large num
ber of guests Sunday in honor of
Mrs. L. J. League’s 83rd birth
day.
LYERLY LOCALS
Miss Leila Mai Echols spent
Sunday in Chattanooga.
Dr. J. W. Bryant who has been
in Arizona for his health, re
turned home Sunday much im
proved to the delight of his
many friends.
Miss Ava Glenn of Summer
-1 /ille was the guest of Miss Jessie
Rose Sunday.
Misses Cleo and Louise Bryant
are visiting in Chattanooga this
week.
Apple Blossom Time
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Pearls of Great Price
Someone admiring the lovely
clean teeth of Bill Nye, famous
humorist, inquired how he man
aged to keep them so white.
“Oh, that’s easy,” the humor
ist replied. “All teeth will remain
white if they are properly taken
care of. Os course, I never drink
hot drinks, always brush my
11 Announces Details of
$20,000,000 Price Reductions
Details of the recently announced International
Harvester policy of making price reductions g|
to save users of our products approximately |
$20,000,000 a year have now been worked out. |;
We have reduced prices on 163 models. These
cover 12 basic models of farm tractors, 123
basic models of farm machines, 16 basic models
of industrial tractors and engines, and 12 mod
els of motor trucks, as well as certain motor fl
truck attachments. The new lower prices are §
effective as of March 10,1947. • _
These reductions were made not because of
any decline in demand, but because we believe fl
nothing is more important to this country than fl
to lower the prices of the goods people buy. !
While prices have not been changed on all fl
products, we have made reductions wherever fl
possible, in the amounts possible. Prices of |
many of our most popular products have been g
substantially lowered.
Altogether, more than half of the company’s
customers will be benefited by the reductions,
which range from 1 % to 23.8 % and from $2.50
to S3OO per item, based on list prices, F. 0.8.
Chicago.
Since the people have demanded that the
government withdraw from price control in
peacetime, the responsibility to keep prices in
check is back where it should be—in the hands
of business and industry. The business outlook
makes it possible for us to move toward the
goal of lower prices, and we have felt a duty
to act as promptly as possible.
Our ability to maintain these lower prices
will depend on the supply and price of materials
we buy from others and on uninterrupted pro
duction at reasonable wage levels.
The prices listed here carry out our an
nounced policy that “Any price is too high if
it can be reduced.”
25 More Types of Products
Plows —52 models reduced from $9.00 to $20.00
(3% to 10.7%).
Cultivators —13 basic models reduced $5.00 to SIO.OO
(4.5% to 7.4%).
Listers and Middlebusters—7 models reduced $5.00 in
each case (2.8% to 4%).
Com Planters —4 basic models reduced $5.00 in each
case (3% to 4.8%).
i Grain Drills—ll models reduced $14.25 to $20.00
(4.4% to 6.3%).
Mowers —2 basic models reduced $4.00 and $11.50
(2.5% and 5%).
Sweep Rake—l model reduced $5.00 (5.5%).
Pickup Hay Baler—l model reduced $75.00 (4.1%).
Self-Propelled Combine—l basic model reduced $122.50
(3.4%).
INTERNATIONAL
teeth morning and evening, also
avoid all acids whatever, and,
although I am 40 years old, my
teeth are as good as ever.”
“And that is all you do to pre
serve your teeth, is it?” asked the
other.
“Yes, sir,” replied Bill, “that’s
all—barring, perhaps, the fact
that I put them in a glass of
soft water each night!”
Thursday, April 17, 1947
Ripping
“Verily, I’ll cut the traitor into
shreds with my rusty sword.”
“Ripping, ripping by Jove.”
Sure of Quality
Customer: Do you give a guar
antee with this hair restorer?
Barber: Guarantee, sir? Why
we give a comb!
FARM TRACTORS
12 Models
Reduced $lO to $134 (up to 10.6%)
lijjhga MOTOR TRUCKS
12 Models
Reduced SSO to S3OO (1.9% to 3.6%)
FARM MACHINES
123 Models
Reduced $2.50 to $122.50
(1.9% to 23.8%)
MlUa INDUSTRIAL TRACTORS
(Crawler)- 4 Models
Reduced $35 to SSO (1.0% to 1.6%)
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Ensilage Cutters—3 models reduced $22.75 in each
case (4.8% to 7.1%).
Ensilage Harvester —1 model reduced $33.75 (3.9%).
Hammer Mills—2 models reduced $5.00 in each case
(1.9% and 3%).
Lime Spreader—l basic model reduced $2.50 (4.9%).
Power Loader —1 model reduced $25.50 (8.9%).
Manure Spreader—l model reduced $13.00 (3.5%).
Milker Units—2 models reduced $12.00 and $17.00
(14.4% and 18.4%).
Milker Vacuum Pumps—2 models reduced $17.00 in each
case (11.5% and 19.6%).
Portable Milker Vacuum Pumps—2 models reduced $17.00
in each case (11.3% and 11.7%).
Stainless Steel Milker Pails—2 models reduced $5.00 and
SIO.OO (18.5% and 23.8%).
Cream Separators—4 models reduced $13.25 in each
case (8% to 10.4%).
Tractor Trailer —1 basic model reduced $12.75 (5.5%).
Milk Coolers —5 models reduced SB.OO to SIB.OO (1.9%
to 4.3%).
Industrial Tractors (Wheel)—4 basic models reduced
$19.00 to $56.00 (1% to 3.4%).
Industrial Power Units 8 models reduced from SIO.OO
to $150.00 (2.3% to 11.4%).
Motor Truck Attachments—7 items reduced from $6.25
to $268.00, including a change in specifications on
two items.
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