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‘Possession’ —o Poem.
Streptomycin Opens.
Juniors Get Quota.
Silver Springs Shrine.
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POSSESSION
(From “Her Book”)
By RAYMUND DANIEL
Such a scene we will not again
behold
The promonade of which we
were a part—
Os kings and queens, a prince
and dukes and lords—
The very soul of England’s royal
heart.
And all these and more besides
are ours still to keep.
Then rejoice with exceeding joy '
—and do not weep.
II
We will not see again the glori- ;
ous sight
Os a sun that sank behind the
Alpine peaks,
And dyed the valley every kind
of hue,
As with a heaven glow it lifts up
earth and sparks—
And all these and more besides
are our still to keep—
Then rejoice with exceeding joy
—and do not weep.
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We may never see the good our
deeds will do
Or know the friend who brought
us to this place,
But we’ll see our act bloom into
radiant joy,
And when we see our friend, will
know his sac
And all these and more besides
are ours still to keep—
Then rejoice with exceeding joy
and do not weep.
IV
All these are ours from large to
small
And none can take them from
our hearts.
Grieve not, mourn not; the years
change not—
Nor do they take from us one
sligtest part
For all others and more besides
are ours to keep—
Then rejoice with exceeding joy
—and do not weep.
“LEST WE FORGET”
Remember to wear a poppy
May 30. It will be your tribute
if you do. Don’t fail to remem
ber. Remember, some died for
you.
•WHAT’S MOST
DEVASTATING”
If there be four yes, even
five things to which Lyerly’s
Janies (Jim) Hollis be devoted,
they are (1) his home; (2) his
friends; (3) his church; (4) his
work; (5) his fishing. As a
churchman he stands like a tall
tree on a high hill. He is a good
citizen. He is one of the best
rural route men in the mail serv
ice. As a fisherman he is with
out a peer. When his work per
mits, he will slip away and fish.
It is said all the fish tremble
at the name Hollis. A friend said
recently a look of disconsola
tion (good word) on the general
ly happy face of Mr. Hollis. Ask
ed as to the cause, Mr. Hollis re
plied: “The rain has about ruin
ed me. The church attendance is
off; the garden work is set back;
the roads have tied up or de
layed the mail. But worst of all,
the fishing has been shot to
pieces. That’s what most devas
tating.”
STREPTOMYCIN OPENS
The campaign to raise $75,000
in two weeks’ time for the Strep
tomycin Fund is on. It is the
“last hope” for some sufferers
with tuberculosis. It is for needy
patients at Battey State Hos
pital. The fund, which began on
May 11, will provide financial as
sistance for indigent patients for
whom physicians recommend the
costly drug which costs $4 per
day per patient. Dr. Rufus F.
Payne, superintendent of the
hospital, said, “Tuberculosis is
a human, not a satisfied prob
lem.” Contributions are to be
sent to “Streptomycin Fund, care
Georgia Tuberculosis Association,
Atlanta, Ga.
JUNIORS GET QUOTA
Chattooga County Red Cross
is to be commended for com
pleting its production for the
school year. Local help has been
given as follows; Making and
buying cjpthes for children; pay
ing for i aool lunches; procur
ing morefxirst-aid supplies in the
schools. It has been invaluable
in the hospital program.
SILVER SPRINGS SHRINE
The Silver Springs Primative
Baptist Church, 10 miles west of
Rom§, still stands as a shrine for
worship and for hallowed mem
ories. Ths church was establish
ed Apri l 1803, and the same
old pew benches and other
equipment are used. In the rear
is the old,* is well as new graves,
dating from the year of organi
zation until the present time.
(See Page Five)
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VOL, 61 NO. 21
SHERIFF A. H. GLENN
INDICTED BY FEDERAL
GRAND JURY IN ROME
Charged with Conspiring
To Avoid Payment of
Liquor Taxes
A. H. “Tiny” Glenn, sheriff of
Chattooga County, was indicted
by the Federal grand jury in ses
sion in Rome on a charge of con
spiring to avoid the payment of
taxes on liquor to the United
States Government.
The indictment alleged trans
actions with a very large num
ber of citizens of this county and
averred that Mr. Glenn had re
ceived payments of money and |
whisky from them on various
dates and in return had refrain
ed from arresting them, had
agreed to notify them if and I
when the revenue agents of the
Government should appear in
this locality, and further that |
he had entered into a conspira
cy with them aimed toward I
avoiding the payment of Fed-;
eral taxes on the whisky.
The Federal grand jury met(
in Rome on Monday in the regu- I
lar May session of the U. S. Dis- |
trict Court of the Northern Dis- i
trict of Georgia, Rome Circuit,
with Honorable Marvin Under
wood as presiding judge.
Approximately 50 witnesses
were summoned from Chattooga
County to appear before the
grand jury and give testimony
again Sheriff Glenn. Testimony
of many of the witnesses neces
sarily involved implicating them
selves since the transaction in
volved the selling of whisky by
some of the witnesses. In the
event Mr. Glenn is not tried at
the present session of the Rome
district court the case will in
the natural course of events
stand for trial next November.
The indictment follows:
In the District Court of the
United States for the Northern
District of Georgia—Rome Di
vision.
United States of America vs.
Alexander H. Glenn, also known
as Tiny Glenn; Edd Knight; and
General Gordon Hartline, also
known as Jack Hartline.
No. 3565 Conspiracy to vio
late the Internal Revenue Laws
I of the United States—Section 88,
Title 18. U.S.C.A.
The Grand Jury Charges:
That heretofore, to wit, begin
ning on or about January 1, 1945,
and down to the date of the re
turn and finding of this indict
ment, in the Rome Division of
the Northern District of Geor
gia. ALEXANDER H. GLENN,
also known as Tiny Glenn; EDD
KNIGHT; and GENERAL GOR
DON HARTLINE, also known as
Jack Hartline, herein charged as
defendants in this indictment
and hereinaiter sometimes des
ignated as defendants, in the
Rome- Division and the Atlanta
Division of the Northern District
of Georgia and in the Northern
District of Alabama, did know
ingly, wilfully, unlawfully, cor
ruptly, fraudulently, surrepti
tiously and feloniously conspire,
combine, confederate, agree and
and have a tacit understanding
together with each other and
with Earl Bunyan Bramlett, Da
vid Allen Koonce, Bishop B.
Koonce, John H. Marshal, Julian
Russell Barnes, Robert B. Siffels,
Rufus Franklin Spain. John Dor
sey Sanford. Robert Dairl Price,
I Tom Parham, George W. Teems,
'i. G. Teems, Wilburn Rinehart,
1 Katie McGuire, Raymond Gen
j try, Ben Gentry, Russell H. Cav
!in and Esley J. Bradley, who
j are charged as co-conspirators
| in th’s indictment but not as de-
I fendants, to defraud the United
I States of its rightful and just
| revenue and to commit certain
offenses against the criminal
laws of the United States per
taining to the taxation, regula
tion and control regarding the
ma n u facture, transportation,
I possession, sale and distribution
( of distilled spirits, to wit, whis
key, that is to say:
(a) To unlawfully, wilfully
and knowingly possess, control,
and to have in possession, cus
tody and under control stills and
distilling apparatuses for the
production of spirituous liquors,
set up without having the same
registered as required by law;
(b> To unlawfully, wilfully
and knowingly engage in and
carry on the business of distill
ers of spirituous liquors with in
tent to defraud the United
States of the tax imposed on the
spirits distilled by said defend
ants and co-conspirators;
(c) Also to unlawfully, wilful
ly and knowingly possess, sell,
transport and cause to be pos
sessed, sold and transported cer
tain nontaxpaid distilled spirits
in containers on which there
(See Page Ten)
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947
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OCCUPATION MEDAL . . . Pre
sentation of World War n occu
pation medals took place daring
army week to army personnel
who qualify as occupation troops.
The silk ribbon is composed of a
white strips, a black band, a rad
band and a white stripe. About
the sise of a half dollar, the face
of the brense medal shows the
Remagen bridge ever the Bhino
with two guard towers.
COUNTY BOARD LIVES
LIST OF EXPENSES
FOR MARCH, 1947
Officials Say April Expert
ditures Were Heaviest
in Several Years
Pursuant to an act of the Geor
gia Legislature approved by Gov.
M. E. Thompson on March 26,
1947, the Chattooga County
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues has begun
1 publishing a monthly statement
lof expenditures. This statement
which appears following the May
meeting of the county board ap
pears elsewhere in this issue of
‘ The Summerville News.
County officials explained that
1 the expenditures for the montlj
•of April were the heaviest in sev
eral years due to the replace
' ment of road machinery which
' became worn out during the war
years. Until very recently this
type of equipment has been un
i available and it has been prac
’ i tically impossible to obtain re
-1 placement parts for the large
' machines.
In an interview with The Sum
merville News reporter it was
' pointed out that the expenses
for March were $7,842.35; Feb
ruary $8,293.05, during which
’ month the February superior
court was held; and for Jan
' uary during which month SB,OOO
in bonds were retired and the
annual premium on the bonded
indebtedness paid, was $20,-
225.10.
The act of the Legislature was
the result of a bill (HB No. 378)
introduced by Rep. H. G. Ramey,
Chattooga County legislator, a*-
[ the recent session of the Legis
lature. It provides that the board
[ “shall make up each month a
. i statement showing the amount
’of expenditures made from each
’ ! county fund for the previous
| month and shall publish Said
’i statement of expenditures in the
! county paper wherein legal ad
vertisements are run or before
'! the courthouse door of said
.! county.”
i Contributors Announced
For Streptomycin Fund
1 Mrs. J. H. Newman announces
the following contributions to
the Streptomycin Fund to date:
Montgomery Knitting Mill, $25;
Montgomery Knitting Mill em
ployees, $189.50; Joe Pullen. $1;
Lowry’s Department Store, $5;
Farmers and Merchants Bank,
$25; Daniel Lee McWhorter, sls;
Chattooga Mercantile, $10; Mrs.
Raymond Daniel, $5; R. N. Trib
ble, $1; E. D. Ballenger, $1; E
C. Powell, $2.
Robert D. Trimble, $2; J. M.
Matthews, $1; Thomas G. Bal
lenger, $1; Mary B. Weems, $1;
Bob Smithson, $1; Ruby Moseley,
$1; T. A. Cook, $1; O. C. Mahan,
$1; J. T. Whitaker, $1.10; Don
Groce, $1; J. R. Tedder, $1; E. M.
Rackley, $1; A. L. Alexander, $1;
H. L. McGinnis, $1; Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Farrar, $5.
Sandra Jean Elrod
Graveside services for Sandra
Jean Elrod, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Elrod,
were held at the Summerville
Cemetery Sunday at 10 a. m.,
with Rev. W. H. Dean officiating.
Hill-Weems Funeral Home in
charge.
34 GET DIPLOMAS
FROM TRION HIGH
SCHOOL MONDAY
Trion Devotes Past Week<
End to 1947 Graduat
ing Class
This past week-end has been
a week devoted entirely to the
1947 graduating class of the
Trion High School, with bac
calaureate services being held
Sunday evening at the Commu
nity Center Auditorium and the
commencement exercises being
held Monday evening at the
same place.
Thirty-four seniors graduated
from the Trion High School in
the 1947 class.
The baccalaureate services
opened with the processional.
Music was furnished by Miss
Monica Pennington at the pi
ano, accompanied by Miss Jes
sie Burton and J. P. Adderhold,
violinists. They played Mendels
sohn’s “Priest’s March.” The con
gregation, led by Prof. Harring
ton, joined in singing “Come (
(Thou Almighty King,” after
which Brother Floyd O. Parker
gave the Invocation.
The Trion High School Glee
Club, under the direction of Miss
Jessie Burton, sang two songs,
“My God and I,” by Sergi, and
“Praise Ye the Father,” by Gou
nod-Riegger.
Rev. S. L. Walker, pastor of
the Trion First Baptist Church,
( read the Scripture, which was
! taken from the First Psalm. The
High School Sextette then fa
vored the audience with a num
ber, “The Lord Is My Shepherd.”
The sextette is also under the
direction of Miss Jessie Burton.
Rev. S. L. Walker delivered the
sermon and spoke on the “Gait
■of Life.” The various gaits of
( which he spoke were the Gait
jof Purpose, Gait of Principle,
I Gait of Prosperity and Gait of
! Promotion, urging the members
jof this class of 1947 to set their
■ goal and to abide by the laws of
'God. It was an exceedingly in
spirational sermon.
Rev. J. L. Langford gave the
benediction after which Miss
Monica Pennington, at the piano,
■ accompanied by Miss Burton and
Mr. J. P. Adderhold, violinists,
played the recessional.
The seniors, in their caps and
gowns, brought back many hap
ipy memories to those who had
i gone through the same ceremony
years ago.
I The usherettes, dressed in their
■ beautiful evening gowns, were
Betty Cooper, Lois McCamy, Sue
Stowe, Frances Wacaster, Betty
Woodward and Doris Arden,
members of the junior class.
Graduation Exercises
The graduation exercises were
held Monday evening at the
Community Center Auditorium
in the same setting as the bac
calaureate services. Graduation
. exercises opened with the pro-
(See Page Three)
J. G. Toles Dies at Rome
Home Monday, May 17
Mr. J. G. Toles died at his
• home in Rome, Monday morning,
?May 17, after a lingering illness.
I The funeral was held at First
( Baptist Church in Rome Tuesday
at 3 p. m., with interment in the
Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
The Toles family formerly re
sided in Lyerly for many years
and have many friends here who
deeply sympathize with them in
1 their loss.
Surviving are his wife and
four daughters. Mrs. C. B. Al
len, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Bob
Mann, Misses Ethel and Eva
Toles, of Rome; three sons,
Earl, Hugh and Elwyn, of Rome,
and several grandchildren.
Reuben Nelson Lee
Funeral services for Reuben
Nelson Lee, 20, who was killed on
a motorcycle Friday night at
10:20, were conducted from the
Summerville Church of God on
Sunday afternoon with Rev. Joe
Flowers and Rev. W. T. Waits of
ficiating.
He is survived by parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry B. Lee; two sis
ters, Betty and Joyce Lee, of
Summerville.
Nelson would have graduated
with the 1947 class of Summer
ville High School. He was dis
charged from the U. S. Navy on
June 2, 1946, where he served
22 months; 11 in the Pacific.
Interment was in the Sum
merville Cemetery. Hill-Weems
Funeral Home in charge.
“Wear a V. F. W. Buddy Poppy
on Memorial Day.”
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HONOR GRADUATES Summerville High honor graduates are
, left. Betty Alexander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Alex
ander, valedictorian; center, Mary Espy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Espy, and, right, Katherine Phillips, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Philips, who tied for salutatorian.
Vets Warned Against
False Hope of Raising
Sugar Allocations
Veterans who operate sugar
using businesses were warned to
day against the false hope of
raising their allocations by mov
ing to other sugar-rationing
areas.
A. D. Simpson, Jr., regional
executive of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s sugar ra
tioning administration, said new
regulations will apply in such
cases, and that in some cases it
would be to a veteran’s disad
vantage to make such a move.
These regulations, he said, will
apply in such cases:
1. Veterans’ establishments
which move into an area which
has a larger sugai - base for com
parable establishments than in
the original location will not re
ceive an increase to match the
allowance of comparable estab
lishments in the new location.
2. Veterans’ establishments
which move into an area where
the sugar base for comparable
establishments is less than that
in the original location will have
their sugar rations reduced to
match those of comparable es
tablishments in the new area.
Under the new regulations,
which Simpson said became ef
fective May 20, veterans who in
tend to move a stigar-using es
tablishment to a new area should
furnish this information in writ
ing to the nearest sugar ration
ing administration branch office
and request transfer of ration
evidence.
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y/ poppy POPPY
I IN FLANDERS FIELDS
U By' Lt. Col. John McCrae -
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow rl
j; Between the crosses row on row, 19
I That mark our place; and in the sky
’ The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
i Scarce heard amid the guns below. 9
We are the dead. Short days ago 11
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, jl
Loved and were loved, and now we Ke
In Flanders Fields. J
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you. from failing hands, we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith wjth us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Renders Reids.
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★ Wear a V. F. W. Buddy Poppy on Memorial Day
Revival to Begin June 1
At Trion Church of Christ
There will be a series of gospel
meeting beginning June 1 at the
Church of Christ in Trion, con
ducted by W. A. Black of Ala
bama City. Ala.
You are invited to hear him
each evening at 8 o’clock.
There will be good congrega
tional singing. Make your plans
now to attend this meeting. You
are welcome!
j “Wear aV.F. W. Buddy Poppy
on Memorial Day.”
Two Chattoogans Enlist
In U. S. Marine Corps
Billy Hoke Smith, 17, son of
(Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith,
Route 1, Trion, and Thomas Ma
rion Littlejohn, 17, son of Mr.
1 and Mrs. Charlie R. Littlejohn,
i Trion, Route 4, enlisted in the
(marine on May 4 for three years.
They were transferred to Par
ris Island recruit depot where
they will undergo 10 weeks of
basic training, then a 10-day fur
lough and at the finish of boot
training they will select one of
several vocations.
Young meh between ages of
17 and 28 can enlist in the ma
rines for three years and com
plete high school while in the
service or learn a good trade.
“Honor the Dead by Helping
the Living—Buy a V. F. W. Bud
dy Poppy.”
“Wear a V. F. W. Buddy Popp:
on Memorial Day.”
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
GRADUATION EXERCISE
OF SUMMERVILLE HIGH
HELD TUESDAY NIGHT
39 Seniors Get Diplomas
At Services Held At
Ist Baptist Church
Commencement exercises for
: Summerville High School were
held Tuesday night at the First
Baptist Church. Salutatorians
were Mary Espy and Katherine
Phillips; valedictorian was Bet
'ty Alexander. Others speakers
were Mary Housch, Ada M. Duff
■ and Wylene Perry, in order of
their four-year scholastic aver
j ages.
Class night was held at Stur
i divant Gymnasium on Monday
night; 105 grammar school stu
! dents also were given certificates
of promotion to high school by
the principal, Mrs. John Stubbs.
Sunday, Rev. Rex Turner de
livered the baccalaureate sermon
at the First Baptist Church.
Mr. A. F. McCurdy, chairman
of the board, presented diplomas
to the following seniors:
Betty Alexander, Johnnie Al
lison, Johnnie Argo, Sarah Arn
old, Eddie Ashe, Jim Berry, Ada
Margaret Duff, Freddie Elrod,
Mary Espy, Florence Flanagan.
Wanda Fletcher, Opal Gass, Al
bert Gilbreath, Deforest Gil
reath, Maidell Hemphill, Mary
Housch, Billy Hurley, Magalene
Jones, Bertha Kellett, Robert
Lane, Marlene Lanier, Elizabeth
Martin, Margaret Meadows,
Freddy McCurdy, Charlotte
Moore, Frances Palmour, George
Parker, William Parker, Eugene
Pearson, Martha Perry, Wylene
Perry, Kathryn Phillips, Kath
rine Shropshire, Dottie- Stan
field, Charles Tribble, Glenna
(Waters, Ann Williams, Mary Sue
Williams, Walter Williams.
( Supt. C. B. Akin presented di
plomas to the following veterans
qualified through G. E. D. tests:
Dennis M. Cox, Harvey M. Hutch
ins, Durward L. Petitt, Joe Frank
Thomason and Eddie Wooten.
Veterans Ray Olan Howell, Ed
win C. Murdock, Charles A. Ott,
James W. Wilson and C. A. Ste
phens qualified and diplomas
have been ordered for them.
Principal Brooke Pierce pre
sented a diploma posthumously
to Miss Betty Lee, sister of Nel
son Lee, who was killed in a mo
torcycle accident last Friday
night. Mr. Pierce also presented
■ the class awards; Betty Alex
ander received awards for high-
I est scholastic rating, a year’s
I scholarship to Georgia State Col
lege for Women. Highest four-
■ year English average, four-year
Home Economics average and a
year’s subscription to Readers
Digest; Mary Espy, scholarship
to GSCW and Home Economics
award for clothing renovation;
Katherine Phillips, a scholarship
to GSCW. highest four-year
math average, Girl of the Year
, award and athletic award; Mary
Housch, four-year perfect at-
■ tendance and Home Economics
award; Freddie Elrod, Home Ec
onomics award for food projects;
Florence Flanagan, Home Eco
nomics award in designing; Jack
icash and Garland Nix, athletic
I awards.
j Miss Grade Lee Kelly was sen
ior class sponsor. Junior mar
shals were Barbara Bridgeman,
Leona Tripp, Jack Reese and
Harry Foster. Class mascots
were Jamie Ann Hughes and
Middleton M. Allen 111.
1. Is Russia co-operating in
the International Bank for Re
construction and Development?
2. What European government
recently dropped its Commu
nists ministers?
3. How many veterans have
;exhausted their unemployment
! benefits?
4. Why are married couples
in some states permitted to di-
i vide their income for Federal tax
i purposes? •
5. Has farm production per
(worker increased?
6. How do U. S. exports and
i imports compare?
7. Are corporation taxes high
er in Canada than in this coun
try?
8. What happened to the idea
of stockpiling strategic war ma
terials, not available in this
country?
9. How many soldiers are un
der arms today?
10. What large American city
recently had a smallpox scare?
(See Answers on Inside)