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By RAYMUND DANIEL
Library Awaits Lyerly
Plan of Operation
Just Need Quarters
Holiness of History
Where Hacks Stood
Pungent Paragraphs
Thought for the W T eek
LIBRARY AWAITS LYERLY
Do you want the advantages
of a library for your family and
especially for your little folk?
You can have it all by any pro
gressive citizen of Lyerly giving
space in his home or place of
business for the housing and
checking in and out of the books
that will be distributed and
gathered by some one to act as
representative of the Bookmobile
Regional Library.
PLAN OF OPERATION
The Cherokee Regional Li
brary is made up of Walker,
Dade and Chattooga Counties,
with headquarters in LaFayette.
The Bookmobile comes once each
month—Thursdays being as
signed to Lyerly. Mrs. Maybelle
Stancell and Mrs. J. L. Henderson
are on the Lyerly automobile
which carry the books.
JUST NEED QUARTERS
Quarters for books and some
one to help assign the books are
needed. Citizens will get so much
for so little—just floor space and
the one that keeps the books
from going astray. The books'
can be kept out for a month. Full
instructions make the demands
easy. All asked of Lyerly is a
place for headquarters. There is
such an opportunity to provide
LIGHT and LIFE for ourselves
and for those coming on. If you
can and will, write or tell Miss
Maybelle Stansell, of Cherokee
Regional Library, LaFayette, Ga. ■
WANTED—Some one who will ]
HELP!
HOLINESS OF HISTORY
There is an -holiness of history j
in the story of the organization]
of the South Summerville Bap- 1
tist Church. News accounts telli
that the initial sessions were held
in Peppers’ Livery Stable, keep-]
ing in mind, perhaps, “that it ]
was a’ stable in which the Lord :
was born and not a beautiful
cathedral.”
WHERE HACKS STOPD
The Sunday School classes
met in the stable feed rooms,
which were along the sides of the
open shelter in the middle of the j
building where the hacks were j
kept. When it was time for
church the hacks were rolled
away and the former parking]
place was used as an auditorium. ]
GIVES FAMILY TO WORLD
The late Mrs. Ollie Broom,
aged 90, a former resident of j
Summeiville, who died at her]
daughter's home in Chattanoo- ;
ga, July 14, left 89 descendants.
Surviving her are four daugh- ;
ters, 36 grandchildren, 45 great
grandchildren and four great
great-grandchildren.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
A man is known by the phono
graph records that he plays.
Though we repent, will any
God give back the dear lost days
we might have made so fair.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
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sire, ,
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stray—
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the fire—
Thou knowest who hath made
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INVESTIGATE BROWN MURDER—Authorities investigating the death of Mrs. Laura
Katherine Brown are, left to right, Thos. J| Espy, assistant solicitor-general: Lt. W. C.
McLemore and Sgt. J A. Addyi, of the GBI, and Summerville Chief of Police Carl Han
kins. Deputy Sheriff A. L. Martin, also as-signed to the case, is not shown in this picture
(Chattanooga Times Staff Photo by Bob Espy).
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VOL. 61—NO. 30
Gunshot Wound Fatal to
Farmer; Joe Birres Held
After peacefully living together
for 18 years in the Coldwater
district of this Chattooga Coun
ty, two half-brothers were sep
arated by death last Thursday
afternoon. Clyde Gamble, 46, was
instantly killed when he received
; a fatal chest wound from a shot
gun fired at close range.
Joe Birres, 56, his half-broth
er, surrendered himself to county
officers immediately after the
accident and was lodged in the
Chattooga County jail.
The shooting occurred inside
the home of the two men. Mr.
Gamble, a farmer, hunter and
trapper, was struck in the chest
I and throat by the blast and died
I immediately.
' There being no eye-witnesses,
the coroner’s jury issued the fol
lowing statement:
“We, the coroner’s jury, sworn
and impaneled for the purpose of
investigating the death of Clyde
Gamble, find that the deceased
came to his death from a gun
shot wound. We recommend that
Joe Birres be held to the grand
jury in order that the cause of
the death may be further invest
igated.”
Cases Called For
Trial City Court
All the following cases will be
called for trial in city court,
, Chattooga County, Georgia, on
' Aug. 4, 1947:
Jess Keef (2 cases), John Keef
I<3 casesi. H. L. Kellett (1 case),
' Dock Moon, Forrest Mitchell, El
] gin Moon (2 cases), Alfred Mount
: William Leon Milam, Ray Mar
butt, C. C. Marshall, Calvin C.
Marshall, Freeman Woodall (two
cases), Frank White (two cases),
J. W. W’estbrooks, Katie Ruth
Westbrooks, Albert Wilbanks (2
cases), Eugene ebb, Lewis Wil
son. Arthur Wilson, Alfred T.
Nalley, Cleda Nelson, L. F. Mc-
Graw, Jeff McGuire (four cases.,
Katie McGuire (three cases).
James MsGmri, Marion C. Phil
lips 'three cases), Barney E.
Pogue, L. D. Pless (three cases),
D. C. Perry, Thomas Riley Par
ham, Kenneth Pelcher, A. D.
Potter
Clarence Hudgins (two cases),
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New Clinics Opened On
North Commerce Street
Completion of the new clinics
of Dr. Berlon Lovinggood and
Dr. R. N. Little, on North Com
merce Street, was announced this
week. Dr. Lovinggood was to oc
cupy his new office, known as
the Lovinggood Dental Clinic,
last Tuesday and Dr. Little was
to move into the Little Medical
Clinic today.
The new building, constructed
by Bryant and Sons Lumber Co ,
contains two separate divisions, ]
with a elinic in each. The build- ]
ing is jointly owned by the two;
doctors.
REV. W. M. STEELE NEW
PASTOR AT S. SUMMERVILLE
Rev. W. M. Steele, of Chatta-:
nooga, Tenn., has accepted the'
asturate of South Summerville
Baptist Church and will take up
-vurk here Sunday, Aug. 3.
B"Other Steele will move here
Wednesday. Let’s every’ member
be there Sunday morning to wel
come him as pastor of our
church.
The foregoing statement was
signed by J. H. Edge, foreman;
D. M. Hill, Donald Coojc, Lee
Copeland, R. C. Hughes, J. D.
Hill, H. D. Brown, M.D., and I. M.
Henderson, coroner.
The two men are reported to
have argued for some time before
the killing, and Birres, after leav
ing the home of a neighbor, al
legedly went to the home of an
other neighbor and borrowed
shells for his shotgun.
Birres stated that he returned
to his own home and later Gam
ble and a companion identified
as Clyde West arrived. The de
fendent said that both men were
armed with knives when he
fired his gun. “I fired in self
defense,” he insisted.
West, when questioned later,
denied that he and Gamble had
been armed, and added that he
had run when Birres fired. •
Birres waived a preliminary
hearing last Monday. His case
will be brought before the grand
jury when it convenes on the
second Monday in September.
Funeral services for the de
ceased Mr. Gamble were con
ducted Saturday in Alabama.
LYERLY BAPTISTS
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR HOMECOMING
Lyerly Baptists have complet
ed arrangements for the annual
Home-Coming Day next Sunday,
Aug. 3, and a special invitation
to former members and friends
of the church is givyn to attend
the home-coming, which every
year marks the beginning of the
summer revival.
Sunday School will be at the
usual hour of 10 a. m., with Lewis
Smith as superintendent. Fol
lowing Sunday School, preaching
service at 11 a. m., by a former
pastor, Rev. A. B. Dorough, who
served as chaplain and was cap
tain in World War 11. Lunch will
be served at the noon hour and
at 2 p. m. the congregation will
reassemble for song service and
presentation of stars from the
service flag to mothers or wives
of the former service men. At 3
p. m., the Rev. John G. Black,
pastor of the Lyerly Baptist
Church for 17 years from 1922
through 1937, will be the Speaker.
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Menlo 4-H Winners
Members of the Menlo 4-H
Clubs returning from Athens
brought their share of district I
awards. Fellow - members and
friends are congratulating the
following members:
Tom Hutchins, cattle judging,
first prize; Julia Ann Garvin,]
yeast bread, first prize; Edita
Garvin, junior dress revue, first;
prize; Yvonne McCullough, jun-]
tor dress revue, blue award:
Patsy Chappelear, public speak
ing, red award; James Mitchell,
public speaking, blue award.
Hazel Toles and Ruby Hall,
county winners in public speak- 1
ing and quick bread, respective- ]
ly. were unable to enter the dis
trict contest because of injuries]
received in an automobile acci- ]
dent.
Joyce Hamby, a master 4-H
member, who recently was!
warden a trip to Washington,]
D. C., was with the Menlo group ]
m Athens.
Much credit is due these win- ]
nen. the county leaders, and the!
local club advisors. Mrs. Garvin
ami Mrs King,—Faye Hurtt, I
resident, Menlo 4-H Club.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947
Mrs. G. D. Espy
Passes Away
Friday Night
By Katharine Henry
“Sunset and evening bell
And one clear call for me.”
Friday night, July 25, Mrs. Mag
Moyers Espy heard a clear call,
it was the call for her soul. She
was visiting in Lyerly, in the
home of one of her most beloved
friends. The day had been spent
most happily and she had re
tired at her usual hour. Around
12 o’clock she awakened her
friend, saying, “She was very
sick, to call her physician.”
While the call was being made
she al§o requested that her son
be notified. When her friend had
finished telephoning, she re
turned and found Mrs. Espy un
conscious. Her soul had gone to
its Redeemer before the arrival
of her son and physician.
Maggie Moyers was born May
7, 1876, in Summerville. She was
the daughter of G. J. Moyers and
Lilia Keith. She was the last
j member of the Moyers family.
Her three sisters and two broth
| ers proceeded her in death. At
| the age of 18, she was most hap
] pily married to George Espy,
whom she survived 13 years. Her
I devotion and love for him made
her life complete. After his go
ing, her life became a broken
circle. Relatives and friends re
joice with her that this circle
has again been made whole.
Maggie Moyers Espy was one
of those unforgettable charac
ters. Always full of pep and
talk, a favorite with her school
i mates, the fun and life of every
party, the tasks that she per
[ formed. She excelled in her
home, her flower garden, her
i knitting, her sewing were almost
without a flaw. She made a study
of antiques and had collected
some beautiful old pieces. In re
: membenng Mrs. Espy, one wiil
always connect with her an ex
quisite formal taste.
She was a Christian, a member
of the First Baptist Church. She
I attended worship service, when
physically able. Her faith was
strong. During World War I she
was chairman of Red Cross pro
duction in this country and per
formed its duties excellently.
During the lean years of the de
pression she was chosen the firsu
welfare director of Chattooga
County.
Her funeral was held at her
j home Sunday afternoon at 3
] o’clock. The Revs. Foster and
[Thomas Espy officiating. There
was a large attendan.ee of rela
’ lives and friends. Interment was
I in the local cemetery. Hill-Weems |
in charge.
BAPTIST W. M. U. RALLY
TO BE HELD WITH
TRION BAPTIST JULY 31
The Baptist W. M. U. District
Rally, to be held with Trion Bap- ]
] tist Church, Friday night. July
31, at 7:30 o’clock with Miss Mil
i dred Speer, Baptist Young Peo
* pie’s leader, presiding.
The program follows:
Opening congregational hymn,
I “Holy, Holy, Holy”; prayer, Mrs.
Joe Miscal; devotional, Psalm
! 34. Bobby Jo Wilson; greetings,
] Mrs. S. L. Walker; response, ]
I Miss Kathryn Henry; roll call]
! and award of banner, Mrs. Duke ]
j Espy; Let Us Exalt His Name in I
Song, Sunbeams, G. A.’s, R. A.’s,
Y. W. A.’s all join in singing their
lespective songs; Let Us Exalt
His Name Together in Our Homes
and Personal Lives, Clementine !
Grimes; Let Us Exast His Name
in Our Churches and Com
munities, Evelyn Cook; Trion Y.
W. A. quartet; When I Survey
the Wondrous Cross, chalk talk,
Mrs. Elizabeth Thaxton; hymn, ]
“Where He Leads Me I Will Fol
low”; benediction, Rev. Frank |
Craton. i
We hope to have a good rep
lesentation from every Baptist
church in the county; let us en
courage these young people in
the Lord’s work.
Funeral Servires For
Mrs. Mary L. Martin
Funeral services for Mrs, Mary
Lou Martin, wife of the late
Umphrey Posey Martin, were
conducted from the Trion Meth
odist Church Saturday afternoon
with Rev. J. A. Langford and Rev.
Leßoy Obert officiating.
Survived by four daughters,
Mrs. A. J. Flippo and Mrs. Hen-;
ry Hickman, Trion; Mrs. Arthur]
Frazier, Summerville; Mrs. W. |
F Grimes, Atlanta; two sons,,
Charlie, Trion, and H. 8., of Bes
semer, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Ar-1
thur Bobbitt. Murray Cross, Ala.:
26 grandchildren and 20 great-!
grandchildren. Interment in the
Trion Cemetery. Hill-Weems Fu
neral Home in charge.
Brown Slayer Still Sought;
‘No Nearer Solution’—Gßl
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VICTIM OF SATURDAY SLAYING
Shown here is Mrs. Laura Katherine Brown, who Sat
urday morning was the victim in the mysterious murder
which has temoprarily baffled local and state officers.
Negro Woman
Badly Wounded
By Husband
Chattooga County’s third ma
jor crime in one week occurred
at approximately 1 a. m. Mon
day when Chester Mae Hudgins.
30, Negro, was critically wound
ed by her husband, John Henry
Hudgins, near their home in Hol
j land.
The Negro woman, who was
i struck in the abdomen by a .22-
] caliber bullet, was taken to the ]
Summerville-Trion Hospital an.'! |
! her condition was described!
! Wednesday as “very serious.’ |
However, attendants reported i
] that she had undergone an op-.|
] eration and was better than ex- ]
I pected.
Her husband, who reported
himself to county officers, is be
ing held in the Chattooga Coun
ty jail. He told officers that he
had gotten home late Saturday
night, and, missing his wife, took
his dogs and began a search for
her. He said that he found her
[ about one mile from his home
with another man. After firing t
twice at the man. who ran, he ]
shot his wife, Hudgins said.
County investigators, who did ]
not reveal the name of the ac
cused man, had not found him
by Wednesday morning.
Interviewed at the hospital
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CLARKSON TAXI
STOLEN AND
RECOVERED MONDAY
Marion C. Phillips, of the Scott
Hill area near Gore, was being
held in the Chattooga County
jail Monday on charges of stcai-j
ing a car and drunken driving. ■
Phillips, after being carried home !
Monday in a taxi owned by Em
mett Clarkson and driven by La
mar Miller, snatched the keys
from the car and fled into his ]
home. When the taxi driver pur
sued him attempting to recover!
the keys. Phillips’ mother al- ]
legedly threatened him with. a i
gun.
Miller, who immediately left
the house, reported that he was;
pursued by Phillips’ brothers un
til he flagged down a passing
car and got in it. Miller said
Phillips had taken the taxi and
was driving away when he
three occupants of the car which
had given him a ride caught
him.
Phillips did not resist arrest.
Not having posted a S4OO bond,
he is being held in custody by i
i county authorities.
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Husband of the Victim
Shown above is William
Acton Brown. 26, Trion
textile employee, whose
wife, Mrs. Laura Kath
erine Brown, Avas brutally
murdered Saturday morn
ing at their home in the
Newton se tion of Sum
merville.
Hankins Re igns .Is
Police Chief; Whaley
Appointed Successor
Chief of Police Carl Hankins, I
who has served as head of the
Summerville Police Department
for a year and a half, Tuesday!
night submitted his resignation I
to the city council. Bill Whaley,
already on the force, was elected ;
to become chief effective Satur
day. Aug. 2, when Hankins will ]
leave.
The retiring chief became hea l ]
of the department in January, j
1946. Previously he had been a
member of the U. S. Army Mill-!
tary Police. He is to go to Atlan- :
ta. where he will accept a posi- ]
tion with the Ford Motor Com- j
pany.
Whaley also became a police-!
man in January, 1946.
The city council elected Tay
lor T. Toles of Menlo, to replace
Whaley as a regular city law en
forcement officer.
Coibart Charged With
Illegal Liquor Trade
County authorities arrested ]
Cecil (Cebo) Colbert, of Dickey
ville. Saturday* on charges of
selling beer without a license, ac
cording to Sheriff A. H. Glenn.
Colbert, operator of a billiard
parlor in Dickeyville, has been
released under S2OO bond. His
] preliminary trial is scheduled for
! Monday afternoon.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
By REESE CLEGHORN
By noon Wednesday investi
gating officers still had made no
arrest in the brutal slaying of
. pretty Mrs. Laura Catherine
Brown, 20, who was shot to death
J early Saturday morning in her
] bedroom at the corner of High
] land Avenue and Seventh Street
i in the Newtown section of Sum
' merville.
The young woman, who was an
employee of the Riegel Textile
Corporation, Trion Division, was
killed shortly after 1 a. m. in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Freeman, where she and her
husband, also a Trion employee,
lived. Investigators said that
there was no evidence of crim
inal assault of Mrs. Brown or
robbery of the house.
Mrs. Brown, the former Laura
] Catherine Abernathy, of James
! town, Ala., had been married to
I William Acton Brown, of Sum-
I merville, since April 26. She had
been married once before, at the
. age of 14, to Willard Stevenson,
also of Alabama, but had been
divorced for five years.
In the room with Mrs. Brown
at the time of her death were
10-year-old Geraldine Gray (a
sister of Mrs. Freeman), who was
in the same bed as the slain wo
man. Mrs. Freeman, and her two
sons, ages 5 and 2, who were in
another bed three feet away.
Mrs. Freeman stated that she
awoke and looked up to see a
“big man with a pistol in his
hand” standing over the fatally
wounded woman She said that
she screamed and he ran through
two more rooms to the rear door,
through which he disappeared.
She did not recall having heard
a shot and did not know what
had aroused her.
According to Mrs. Freeman,
who is a sister-in-law of the vic
tim. Mrs. Brown then rolled out
of bed, where she was helped to
her feet and carried toward the
front door of the house. Mrs.
Brown tried to say something,
but, because of the throat
wound, could not. She then col
lapsed.
There was only one occupant
of the house besides the ones
in the room of the murder. He
was 14-year-old Bobby Allen, of
Alabama, who was visiting Mrs.
Freeman.
Investigation of the kitchen,
through which the killer alleged
ly entered, showed that a window
screen had been removed and
the window opened. A cup of
coffee on a nearby table had
been overturned and a chair had
been pushed aside.
Lt. McLemore said this week
that it was almost certain that
.lie shooting was done inside the
house. He stated that there was
] no light in the room in which
! Mrs. Brown slept, but there was
] a light in an adjoining hall. The
i killer . evidently knew exactly
] where his victim slept, he added.
The coroner’s jury reported
] Saturday that the former textile
| worker had been stabbed to
I death, but further investigation
] in Cedar Bluff, Ala., where the
body was taken for burial, show
ed that a ,22-caliber bullet had
inflicted the wounds. The bul
let went through the right wrist,
then through the right side of
the neck and out the left side
into the left shoulder, where it
was found. The corotid artery
was pierced and death came in
stantly.
A ,22-caliber rifle, allegedly be
longing to Mr. Freeman, was
later removed from the house,
but officers would not reveal
whether or not it was the weap
on used in the killing. However,
it was learned early this w'eek
that investigators were still
searching for the gun used Sat
urday’ morning.
Lt. W. C. McLemore and Sgt.
J. A. Addy, of the Georgia Bu
leau of Investigation, were sum
moned to Summerville Saturday
morning to aid Chief of Police
Carl Hankins and Deputy Sher
iff A. L. Martin in investigating
the mysterious death of Mrs.
Brown.
Fingerprints were taken from
the window of the kitchen and
these were sent to Atlanta, where
they were studied. Results of
this examination were not an
nounced.
Mrs. Brown had been employed
at Trion until about three
months ago, when she was given
a leave of absente because of
pregnancy. She had been under
care of doctors of the Riegel
Community Hospital until her
death.
Her husband and Mr. Free
man, owner of the house where
] the crime was committed, were
working in Trion on the “grave-
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