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Thursday, July 3, 1947
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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WORLD WAR 111 AHEAD?
There is no occasion for pessimism, because
the human race makes progress despite its er
rors, but the United States shows every sign of
following the same course that it adopted after
World War I and that means, in our opinion, that
World War 111 is apt to arrive in season.
During warfare the people of the country are
very quick to understand the interdependence
of mankind. They know that hostile airplanes
might drop bombs on them and that defeat in
war would bring about enemy occupation, with
all the destruction of property and liberties that
one can imagine.
When the war ends, however, the pressure of
public opinion for decisive .intelligent 'action
departs with the smell of gunpowder. The people,
individually and collectively, go back to the
greedy pursuit of wealth. The innate selfishness
of human beings again directs individuals.
Wars seldom originate overnight. They simmer
and stew for years while the combatants get
ready for the test of might. There are signs and
portents. There are lures that entice power-mad
leaders of nations that have eyes upon the
wealth of other areas. When these areas, through
the stupidity o ftheir people, permit their de
fenses to become weak the stage is set for a ma
jor march of plunder and the war shortly gets
under way.
We do not believe that the United States can
continue to be the world’s richest nation, and the
envy of mankind, without inviting attack unless
we are willing to be prepared for war. If we are
strong, and strong enough, no other nation will
attack us, regardless of the rich booty that may
be obtained through victorious warfare. If we
are weak, and rich, the danger increases in pro
portion to the disparity between our prepared
ness and our wealth.
Let’s see what the United States is doing to
day? Are we, as a nation, intelligently proceed
ing to establish conditions in the world condu
cive to peace? We are afraid not. The world is
badly shattered, with its productive facilities
devastated and its people, by and large, suffer
ing. Nearly every nation is in the throes of some
kind of scarcity but the United States, they un
derstand, is breaking records for national in
come.
The need of the world is for trade, the oppor
tunity to barter goods and services for goods and
services. The struggling, suffering people of oth
er lands have things that we can use but they
cannot sell them freely to the people with the
money to buy. There are tariffs, lack of cur
rency. import quotas and, restrictions tfiat limit
their markets. As their misery increases so will
their discontent grow and the day will come, un
less we are wise, that the smoldering unrest will
break the bounds of order and flame into fire.
We speak boastfully of our system of private
capitalism. We say that there is a struggle in the
world between Communism and our way of eco
nomic Jiving. We suggest that other peoples will
have to accept our system if they want to ex
perience the same material wealth that we en
joy. However, we do nothing that makes it easier
for teh peoples that suffer from privations to
get some of the material comforts that we pro
duce in abundance and we cling to the ancient
superstition that the more gold we can amass,
the greater will be our power.
Just as Woodrow Wilson predicted World War
11, in the event that the League of Nations
failed, so any half-baked prophet can predict an
other conflict unless the United Nations organ
ization proves workable. It cannot be a success
upon resolutions, however smart and logical the
wording appears. It can only succeed if it bene
fits the world, not this country alone. We want
peace, we say, but the other people of the earth
must have a stake in the maintenance of peace
if they are to care about it.
Take up almost any country on the globe, ex
cept the comparatively unimportant populations
that have been spared the ravages of war. What'
is their condition? It is simply this: That the |
people are fighting a desperate battle to re-es
tablish a shattered economy, with their stand
ards of living depending entirely upon the out
come. Moreover, they are facing difficulties that
are not entirely their own and without the pow
er, by themselves, to insure the success of their
struggle.
From whence cometh their help? Only from
the United States, and the coterie of nations in
our orbit, if it comes at all. Whether assistance
is extended depends upon the people of the U. S.
and their decisions in the crucial issues that af
fect the prosperity of the whole world. At the
present time, despite kind words, there is not
much evidence that hope can be soundly based
upon our decisions.
There are people in the world who do not wish
to see the present difficulties dissolved. This
group probably includes the Communists who see
a chance of spreading their system amid the dis
order, suffering and unrest of a dissatisfied, dis-
gruntled world. Unfortunately, there are also a
few misanthropists who take the view that the
people of the earth are being punished for their
sins and hence that the Almighty, in His good
time, will bring about good out of the hell that
is brewing.
FRANCO TO BE KING
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who has ruled
Spain as a dictator for some time, is moving to
secure something of a legal status. The Cortes,
which is the Spanish parliament, recently passed
a bill making him practically King of Spain, with
the right to choose his successor.
The Cortes, it should be pointed out, is com
posed almost exclusively of members directly ap
pointed by Franco or by those holding positions
dependent upon his favors. Those appointed by
Franco can be removed at any time and the oth
ers have ex-officio memberships which would
end if Franco removed them from office.
The president of the Cortes declared for a “tra
ditional monarchy,” declaring that Spain pinned
her faith in a “Catholic and Social monarchy.”
He declared that other systems of government
had failed, and that the restoration of the mon
archial system in Spain implied no change in
present policies.
The situation in Spain is somewhat compli
cated, with the opposition to Franco at present
badly divided. Even the monarchists, who were
behind Don Juan, include a group that has turn
ed against him since he refused to compromise
with Franco as the price of regaining the throne.
The government is expected to order an election
as soon as arrangements can be made, believing
that the new regime will be approved with a
minimum of official pressure.
“WE ARE RIGHT”; OTHERS STARVE
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who commanded
our soldiers in Europe, says that World War II
and the price this country paid was the penalty
for years of indifference when we stripped our
selves of the strength necessary to have security
and take the leadership for peace.
The general points out that “without Ameri
can aid, guidance and leadership, there is im
mediate danger of social, political and economic
chaos among hundreds of millions” of people. As
the chief of staff puts it: "We are rich in food
stuffs; one day distant by plane are millions who
starve. We are wealthy in finance; nations, sound
at the core, are imperilled by bankruptcy. We are
possessed of economic skills and industrial know
how; whole continents await developments.”
Almost every American will agree with the
1 statements of the general and even applaud his
I assertion that this country intends “to continue
' the firm championship of those who seek to lead
. their own lives in peace. However, it will take ♦
more than lip service to implement the program
outlined by the general and it is not yet clearly
j established that the people of the United States
are ready to make any short-range sacrifice in
I order to acquire a long-range benefit.
In other words, the United States, in its own
behalf, must assist a struggling world to get rid
of the effects of the war. The short-range sacri
fice is to spare some of our extra cash and extra
goods. The long-range benefits that will accrue,
in the opinion of most experts, is a well-ordered
world, in which people can gradually raise their
standards of living and live in peace.
TITO’S IDEA
Marshal Tito, of Yugoslavia, wants a union of
“free Balkan peoples” by which he means the
people of his country, Bulgaria and Albania. “No
body has the right to hinder us,” he says.
Regarding the claim of his country for part of
Austria, which the United Nations is not disposed
to recognize, the dictator admits that Yugoslavia
will “submit to decisions” because it is a member
of the United Nations, but, he adds, “that does
not mean acceding to such a decision forever.
DOUBLE TAXATION
There will be a great drive in the near future
to eliminate “double taxation” by which the ex
perts mean the taxing of the profits of corpora
tions when distributed as dividends to individ
uals.
It should not be overlooked that, in the eyes
of the law, a corporation is considered a person
with a separate identity. Corporations enjoy some
powers, including a form of permanency, that
do not belong to individuals. They also provide
other advantages for the stockholders.
An argument can be made, of course, for the
elimination of "double taxation” but, for that
matter, an argument can be made for extending
the benefits of tax reduction to persons in the i
lower income brackets. After all, it is just a mat
ter of what the majority in control of Congress
wishes to do.
SAYS AIR-GAS CAUSES DISEASE
Small quantities of a highly active gas in the
air, according to Dr. Manfred Curry, of Chicago,
exert a marked influence on the body and the
medical men believes that the supply or lack of
supply of the gas causes some of the ills that
baffle human beings.
The gas is a rare form of oxygen, in which four
or five atoms combine, being similar to azone
and having a strong oxidizing effect. Too little
aran, says the doctor, favors the outbreak of in
fections diseases, such as sinus trouble and pneu
monia. Too much of the gas causes asmodic at
tacks o fmigraine, asthma, angina pectoris,
epilepsy and embolism.
The theory of the doctor naturally attracts at
tention because if what he says is true a for
ward step has been made in connection with
epidemics of some types and in the treatment of
diseases, such as migraine, which have hitherto ■
baffled medical men.
People who play the stock market usually play
out.
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Religion is the art of regulating your own life,
not that of others.
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People who laugh at June brides are not hav
ing their last laugh.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
Glancing Back
Over the Years
(From The Summerville News of
Thursday, May 8, 1913)
Mr. A. B. Rainey made a busi
ness trip to Chattanooga Mon
day.
Mrs. J. H. Thomas, of Trion,
was in town Saturday.
Mr. H. C. Gilbert, of near Ly
erly, was among the visitors in
town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hale, of
Rome, were visiting relatives
here Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Martha Bitting has re
turned from an extended visit
to friends and relatives in Ma
con and Dalton.
Mrs. J. H. Shumate left Thurs
day to spend a few weeks in Co
lumbia, S. C., with her parents,'
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Farmer.
Miss Jennie Johnson spent lasL
week in Menlo, visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. J. S. Majors.
Miss Mary Hardin was out of
school during the first of the
week on account of illness.
Misses Nell Humphries and
Fannie McWhorter and Messrs.
E. C. Lee and Rowland Henry
were visiting Miss Grace King
Sunday at her home in Shackel
ton.
Miss Kate Bolling spent the
: week-end in Chattanooga.
Mrs. Jeff L. Johnson was in
I town Monday from Subligna.
Mr. A. S. Hinton made a busi
ness trip to Chattanooga Mon
day.
Misses Minnie and Kathryn
Henry were shopping in Chatta
i nooga Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Neal moved
to Berryton Tuesday. They have
many friends in town who re
gret their departure.
Mr. S. M. Baker, of Menlo, was
in town Monday morning, en
route to Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Thompson
and children, of Trion, spent
Saturday and Sunday with the
family of Judge J. P. Johnston.
Mrs. J. S. Cleghorn, Mrs. Mary
Starling and Mrs. Robert Jones
motored to LaFayette Sunday
afternoon and returned in the
evening.
Mr. W. B. Anderson was here
Monday.
Miss Kate Bolling spent Mon
day in Lyerly.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Majors, of
Menlo, have been receiving con
gratulations since April 16 on ac
count of the addition of a daugh
ter to their home circle, who will
be known as Miss Kathryn Jean
ie Majors.
LYERLY LOCALS
Rev. I. S. Leonard, of LaFa
yette, filled his appointment here
Sunday.
Miss Lillyan Echols spent Fri- i
day in Rome.
Mr. R. I. F. Smith spent Mon- ■
day in Summerville.
Miss Jessie Rose spent the ;
week-end with relatives in Chat- |
tanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Barker are
visiting in Holland this week.
Mr. R. E. Echols spent Satur-!
day in Chattanooga.
Mr. Archie Hill was in Sumr
merville Monday.
Miss Lucille Pollock has re
turned from a week’s stay witi
relatives in Chattanooga.
Mrs. Joe T. Bryant and chil
dren are on an extended visit to
relatives here.
Rev. and Mrs. N. A. Parsons
were visiting in Chatioogaviile
Monday.
MENLO LOCALS
We are having some good old
summer time at last. Farmers
are all about through planting.
From what I can find out, there
is a large cotton crop being
planted, and is needing rain to
make it come up.
W. H. Farr, of Lyerly, was in
Menlo Thursday morning.
Prof. Ransom has been out of
town for a few days, viewing the
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country.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruby Lee moved
back to Chattanooga last week.
Mrs. Tennie Hooks returned to
her home at Leesburg, Ala., last
I Saturday after spending several
days here with relatives.
E. J. Polk made a business
| trip to Chattanooga last Satur
day.
J. M. Bankston, of Jamestown,
, Ala., was in Menlo Saturday
and Sunday.
H. E. Thomas and Z. T. Taylor
carried a nice lot of cattle to
Chattanooga last week.
The first carload of strawber
ries was shipped from this place
last Saturday.
Judge Bellah and Col. C. D.
Rivers attended justice court
here Saturday.
Mrs. L. F. Ballard is visiting!
relatives at Leesburg, Ala., this
i week.
i J. JT. Arp made a business trip
i to LaFayette last week.
I C. C. Bass and Mr. Arnold, of
Rome, were in Menlo last Wed
nesday.
Oscar Pledger, of Chattanoo
' ga, visited relatives here last
week.
J. S. Baker is in Chattanooga
for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Cleckler
are visiting at Acworth for a
few days.
Mrs. C. C. Story left Wednes
day for the Lock and Dam, near
Chattanooga.
James Etheridge, of Chatta
nooga, visited his parents here
Saturday and Sunday.
New School Buildings
Nearing Completion
Two new barracks to house
class rooms for the Summerville
School children are being built
adjacent to the high school foot
ball field, Supt. C B. Akin an
nounced recently. The new build
ings. which will contain six
rooms, will probably be complet-*
ed within the next two weeks.
One will contain rooms for the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades.
The barracks, which were
brought here from Fort Ogle
: thorpe, were donated to the
school system. They are of the
CCC type, and Mr. Akin evaluat
ed them at approximately $6,000.
With the addition of this new
space, it will no longer be nec
essary for Summerville students
i to attend classes at Gore School
or at the YMCA building in
South Summerville.
TRION
Shows Daily—Open)
12:45 p. m. Monday, open 6:301
p m. Saturday, open 12 noon
LAST TIME THURSDAY:
"THE SECRET HEART"
FRIDAY, JULY 4:
'KING OF WILD HORSES'
With Preston Foster and Gail
Patrick
Serial: “Jessie James Rides
Again”
Short: Rubber River
SATURDAY, JULY 5
DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM:
'WEST OF DODGE CITY'
With Charles Starrett and
Smiley Burnette
—AIso—
"BETTY CO-ED"
With Jean Porter and William
Mason
MONDAY & TUESDAY,
JULY 7 & 8:
"THE SHOW-OFF"
With Red Skelton and Marilyn .
Maxwell
Short: Uncle Tom’s Cabana
Also: Latest News
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY,
JULY 9 & 10:
(In Technicolor)
"THE SHOCKING MISS
PILGRIM"
With
Betty Grable and Dick Haynies:
Short: Island Fling
Also: Latest News
PORT AUTHORITY
WILL SEEK LOAN
Long-range development of
| Georgia’s seaports was promised
■ by the Georgia State Port Au-
I thority when it announced that
; a $15,000,000 Federal loan would
' be sought this fall to stimulate
I port activity.
In a meeting attended by Act
ing Gov. M. E. Thompson, the
! body agreed to float a bond is
; sue, if necessary, to guarantee
■ the loan which will be sought
j through the RFC. Capital im
provements at Savannah and
Brunswick, it is believed, would
prove adequate to provide addi
tional revenue great enough to
J i etire the interest and principal
J on a loan of that amount.
UNUSUAL RECORD
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. The
j chamber of commerce of this
| self-styled “air-conditioned city ’
agreed that pretty girls in shoris
will ladle out ice-cold lemonade
to all comers when the tempera
ture goes above 90 degrees. They
j have had to pay off only three
: times since the offer was made
! 13 years ago.
DAV AI theater
I\\Z I /tllu Summerville
THURSDAY & FRIDAY: Box Of
fice opens at 5:45 p. m. Satur
day: Shows continuous from
1 P. M.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
: Richard Martin as “Don Coyote”
I • and Frances Rafferty
in
"THE ADVENTURES OF
DON COYOTE"
In Beautiful Cine Color
Also: Short Subjects, “MOVIE
LAND MAGIC,” and “HISS
and YELL”
SATURDAY:
SUNSET CARSON
in
"OREGON TRAIL"
With Peggy Newton and
John Merton
—Also—
Final Chapter
"Jungle Raiders"
and Short Subject:
“CIRCUS BAND”
JOOGA-S
PHONE 201
Week-days; Continuous from 1
P M Saturday: Continuous
from 10:30 A. M
THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone
in
"LOVE LAUGHS AT
ANDY HARDY"
Also: News and “March of Time,”
“Th& Russians Nobody Knows”
SATURDAY:
William Boyd as Hopalong
Cassidy in
"UNEXPECTED GUEST"
With Andy Clyde
Also: Chapter 5, “HOP HARRI
GAN” and Cartoon 'Bacall to
Arms”
SATURDAY NITE, LATE SHOW
10:30 P. M.:
Ron Randell and Anita Louise:
in
"BULLDOG DRUMMOND
AT BAY'
Also: Short Subject, Art Mooney
and Orchestra
MONDAY & TUESDAY:
Jeanne Crain, Alan Young in |
"MARGIE"
lln Technicolor)
Also: News and Short Subject:
“FINN FEATHERS”
WEDNESDAY:
"SHADOW OF A
WOMAN"
Starring Helmut Dantine and
Andrea King
Also: Short Subjects
WANT ADS
vVANTED—To drill water wells,
anywhere, any depth. Modern
machinery, auick service All
kinds of pumps furnished and
installed Call or write W. M.
Kittle Box 132. Ringgold. Ga
BARGAINS in repossessed pi
anos. Write Jones Piano Co.,
615 Shorter Ave., Rome, Ga.
Bt/7-17
‘DO IT NOW”—Buy your winter
supply of coal early; avoid the
•ush and possibility of not get
ting coal when you need it. We
are prepared to make prompt
ielivery. Kentucky coal nut,
egg and lump. Correct weight
guaranteed. “Your Favorite Coal
Dealer. Phone 77, the Summer
ville Lumber and Coal Co. ts
DIAL 5581—SLIP COVERS FOR
FURNITURE. Call Fricks Fur
niture Shop for first class up
holstering. Studio couches, $32
up. Complete line of slip covers,
and furniture upholstery ma
terial in stock. Quick service.
Call us for estimates and sam
ples. Fricks Furniture Shop, 1003
Avenue C. Dial 5581. Rome. ts
FARMALL B tractor for sale,
with turning plow, planter and
cultivators. Cheap for quick sale.
See Bob Gamble. ts
FOR SALE One five - room
house with bath, but bath not
complete. Four lots with the
house. See L C. Martin, Union
Street.
LOST—Thursday, around Sum
merville, ladies’ handbag con
taining valuable papers and
terminal leave bond. If found,
please leave at News Office.
FOR SALE
4-room house. 28 acres of land,
barn and out-building, near
Penn Bridge, $1,900, for quick
• sale.
3- house, 15 acres of land.
Good farm that has GI loan on
j it that can be changed to an
other GI.
: I have some good 3,4, 5 and 6-
room houses, also building lots.
HOLLIS REAL ESTATE & INS.
j Summerville Phone 97
FOR SALE
4- dwelling, almost new;
I weatherboarded and ceiled;
two porches, electricity, outbuild
ings; large lot. 300 feet by 250
; feet, on Menlo paved highway in
Harlow Subdivision. For quick
sale. $2,650
Farrar Rea) Estate Agency
109- N. Commerce St
FOR SALE
j 4-room new dwelling with mod
ern conveniences, in town, cor-
\ ner Congress and Springs streets.
$3,900.
Farrar Real Estate Agency-
109 N. Commerce St.
FOR SALE
Small dwelling on South Com
merce Street, with conven
iences. Will make couple a good
home. Pric| $1,400.
Farrar Real Estate Agency
109 N. Commerce St.
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
In rhe* Superior Court of Chat
tooga County, Georgia—Sep
tember Term. 1947.
MRS. NELLIE BUTTRAM KEY
vs. FRANK EARL KEY.
GEORGIA. Chattooga County;
I To the Defendant in the Above
Stated Case:
You are hereby commanded to
' be and appear at the next term
of the superior court of Chat
tooga County. Georgia, to be held
on the second Monday in Sep
tember, 1947, to answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff named in
the caption, in plaintiff’s suit
against you for divorce.
Witness the Honorable C. H.
Porter, Judge of said court.
This 27th day of June, 1947.
JOHN S. JONES.
Clerk. Chattooga Superior Court
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