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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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THOMPSON CITES
STATE'S RECORD
FOR FISCAL YEAR
Respite the failure of the 1947
legislature to pass revenue and
appropriation measures, the
state of Georgia has been able to
provide for substantially expand
ed public services and still
wound up the fiscal year with a
net surplus of well over $1,000,-
000. This was pointed out Tues
day by Acting Gov. Thompson
in his regular Georgia Radio
Network weekly broadcast in'
which he reviewed the annual !
state financial report just re
leased by State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher. Jr.
“The state is out of debt and
reserves cover every dollar out
standing,” the governor observed.
“Yet. Georgia’s budget is $40,-
000,000 more than it was four ■
years ago and our stare spent
more than $95,000,000 during the
past 12 months.”
The chief executive pointed to 1
increased allotments in several
state agencies such as $2,150.000|
for health (three times the
amount spent in 1945*; $35,500.- '
000 for education and increased
school teacher pay: $2,000,000 for
improvements and new buildings
for the university system: the
largest highway grants in the
state’s history and increases in |
the welfare department’s budget.i
“While total expenditures were j
a good deal less than the amount
which would have been provided
by the appropriations bill had it
passed,” he said, “we managed
to support every agency of the
state adequately. And this was.
done without any new tax.”
The governor credited econom
ical operation and a tightening
up on tax collections for the
good showing and referred to
Auditor Thrasher’s report as “the
best in the history of the state.”
“Georgia is moving forward
more rapidly. I believe, than any
other state in our nation.” he
concluded. “We have made it
true—and we are going to keep
it true—that ‘lt’s Great to Be a
Georgian!’ ”
FEDERAL HOSPITAL
GRANT FOR GEORGIA
MUST BE MATCHED'
Nearly $3,000,000 in Federal
funds has been alloted to Geor
gia for hospital construction, but
the state, local communities or
private citizens will have to raise
nearly $6,000,000 to “match” the
appropriation $2 per sl.
This was disclosed by John E.
Ransom, director of the division
of hospital planning of the state
department of public health,
who said the funds were made
available under the national Hill-
Burton Act. Since no state ap
propriations act was passed by
the legislature this year, no stare
money is available for “match
ing” the hospital fund.
Ransom declared that Georgia
is in need of some 6.000 addi
tional general hospital beds in
addition to its present number
-7,500. He explained that the
amount of the Federal allotment
was based upon population and
per capita income.
FOR SALE
1938 Chevrolet Tudor
1945 Ford Ferguson Tractor,
good condition.
Hair Motor Co.,lnc*
Sales FORD Service
We Buy and Sell Used Cars
TALMADGE APPROVAL
OF JEKYLL CITED;
SUIT IS DISMISSED
The taxpayer’s unit brought
by W. Herschel Lovett, of Dublin,
to enjoin the state’s parks au
thority from floating a bond is
sue to finance the purchase of
Jekyll Island for a state park
has been dismissed in Fulton Su
perior Court by Judge Bond Al
mand. Therefore, Atty.-Gen. Eu
gene Cook has announced, hear
ings on the condemnation pro
ceedings brought by the state
will be resumed in Glynn Su
perior Court. Brunswick, m
Sept. 8.
In the meantime, Acting Gov.
Thompson, in a speech before
the Civitan Club of Atlanta, dis
closed that the convention of
the millionaires’ island into a
park for all the people of the
state was endorsed by the late
Eugene Talmadge when he was !
governor-elect, by Herman, Tai- I
madge and by the Talmadge;
parks director, Jim Page.
The governor recalled that the
Georgia legislature, in 1945
passed a resolution authorizing
the acquiring of a beach park for
the state. The then Gov. Arnflll |
appointed a committee, headed
by the present governor, to in
vestigate possible sites. This com- i
mittee, after considerable in-1
vestigation, settled on Jekyll.
“The only opposition to the
purchase of the island,” the gov
ernor pointed out, “is now com
ing from the Talmadge newspa -
per. The Statesman, and from,
Herschel Lovett, a Talmadge
supporter—now that a Talmadge .
administration is not in office.
“In Savannah, in August, 1946,;
the late Eugene Talmadge en
dorsed this plan in a speech be
fore the Vocational Rehabilita
tion Conference. In a convexsa- ,
tion with me in Mcßae last De
cember. Mrs. Talmadge’s son ex
pressed himself in favor of the
idea and enlisted my help as
Peutenant governor-elect to hele |
put the program over. Jim Page,
the Talmadge parks director, was
quoted in newspaper interview.,
•is also endorsing the acquire- |
me it cf Jekyll "
Democratic Party
Opens Headquarters
State Treasurer George B.
Hamilton has announced the
opening, in Atlanta s Hotel Ans
ley, of permanent headquarters
for the Democratic party in
Georgia. Senate President Wil
liam Dean, of Conyers, will be m
charge. , ,
“We will operate these head
quarters and issue a monthly
party paper,” Hamilton said, in
the interest of the party as a
whole and not in behalf of any
faction of the party in Georgia.
Then he added, significantly,
■‘lf we do not stop our factional
fighting, we’ll wind up with the
two-party system in this state.
We must learn to work togethe .
THOMPSON SEES
PERIL IN MOVE
TO EASE GRANTS
Acting Gov. M. E. Thompson
views with alarm a tendency on
the part of several of the large
states to favor the cessation of
Federal grants-in-aid. In an in
formal address made at the an
nual convention of the Chero
kee Judicial Circuit Bar Asso
ciation at Lookout Mountain Ho
tel. the governor described the
trend as “disturbing” and criti
cized New York’s Republican
Gov. Tom Dewey who is advo
cating that the Federal Govern
ment “get out of the gasoline
business.”
“In Georgia,” Gov. Thompson
said, “we pay about $5,000,000 in
Federal gasoline taxes—and get
back about $11,000,000.”
Atty.-Gen. Eugene Cook, ac
companied by others, also at
tended the convention.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, SUMMERVILLE, GA.
Brighton Trounces
Summerville Twice
The Summerville Legionnaires
lost their seventh and eighth
games in the second half of Tex
’ tile League play last week when
Brighton triumphed twice, 8-7
, and 10-2.
After getting off to a 3-0 lead
. in the Saturday game, played
. here, Summerville fell behind
when Brighton rallied in the sev
. enth with five runs. In the
eighth, however, Summerville
tallied four times and again
went ahead.
Two more Brighton circuit
trips in the ninth tied the score,
and a walk with the bases loaded
in the 10th won the game for
Brighton.
John Lamonda, on the mound
for the Legionnaires, pitched a
scoreless game until the sev
j enth. In nine innings he gave up
12 hits, and his teammates rap
ppd out the same number off
; Roberts, Brighton hurler. Three
I errors were made by the losers.
Jim Cavin had three hits for
four trips to pace the Legion
aires.
In the Sunday game fans at'
Shannon saw their team have a
field day. scoring six runs in the
first inning as Jim Reid pitched
his first game for Summerville.
Abie Brock replaced Reid in the
first and pitched the rest of the
game, giving up six hits. John
Lamonda. playing first base, had
three of Summerville’s eight hits.
Saturday Box Score:
Summerville 201 000 040 o—7
Brighton 000 000 502 I—B
Sunday Box Score:
Summerville 000 001 010 — 2 :
Brighton 610 200 001 —10
Sluggers Victors Over
Trion Community Center
The Summerville Sluggers took ; .
a 10-inning affair from the Trion i.
Community Center team last;
Thursday. 4-3. with Pitcher Bil- :
ly Joe Gilmer limiting Trion to ,
four hits. B. Bush, Stanley, J. 1
Bush. Fletcher and Gilmer each
had one hit.
With the score knotted going
into the 10th, the junior Amer-
■ ican Legion team from Summer
ville led off with a hit, followed I
by three walks, one of jyhich
scored the winning run.
Bobby Nix, playing second for
I the Sluggers, drew five walks for
five trips to bat.
Two expert navy submarines to
; be ready in 1951.
Huge generator fires lightning ;
bolts at planes in tests.
Railroads to spend $20,000.-
000.000 for modernization before
1960
FAO chief says food accord
would lead to vital solutions.
Japan’s food crisis worse: ra
tion cut to 933 calories.
DOES SMOTHERING
GASSY STOMACH
MAKE YOU SUFFER
ON HOT DAYS?
If so. here is how you may get
blessed relief in freeing your
stomach from this annoying dis
tress. This is how it works: Ev
ery time food enters the stomach
a vital gastric juice must flow
rormrlly to break up certain;
particles of food; else they may;
ferment, causing a sour liquid I
and gas formation.
Sour food with acid gassy in- I
digestion often causes smother- i
ing gas pressure pains, restless;
sleep, weakness, loss of appetite |
and a morbid, fretful, nervous,!
touchy feeling.
To get real relief you must in- |
crease the flow of this vital gas
tric juice. Medical authorities
agree that when bitter herbs,
i such as are used in Scalf’s In
dian River Medicine, are taken *
in the mouth they stimulate the
flow of saliva, likewise this ex
cites the flow of the stomach
juicps. also creating a similar es-
the intestinal digestive
; juices.
Thousands of satisfied users of
■ Scalf’s Indian River Medicine
j over a period of 45 years ought
to be proof enough that Scalf’s
f is a splendid stomach tonic when
! used in non-organic stomach dis
's turbances.
Scalf’s Indian River Medicine
jhelps you to enjoy a better bal
anced diet containing necessary
1 food elements. So with a good
appetite to enjoy all kinds of
i needed nourishment and with
| better digestion to carry the
! most vital food elements to the
■ system, you should sleep better,
work better, play better, feel bet-
! ter, look better.
Don’t over-dose yourself with
loads of soda and other alka-
■ lizers to counter-act acids and
stomach gas when what you real
ty need is Scalf’s Indian River
; Medicine to perk up your appe
! tite and help you digest food for
body strength and repair. Don t
wait! Join the thousands and
thousands of happy people that
I Scalf’s has helped. Get a bottle
of Scalf’s Indian River Medicine
i from your druggist today. (Adv.)
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LANHAM'S Vrl
WEEKLY
LETTER
YOUR CONGRESSMAN REPORT!
SENATE RESTORES FUNDS
t LOR AGRICULTURE
’ The farmers of the nation owe
1 a debt of gratitude to Georgia’s
’ Sen. Russell for his successful
fight in the Senate to get re
l stored appropriations for agri
l culture which had been cut from
• the budget after a hard fight in
i tne Housr An . <nple appopria
tion for soil conservation for
' 1947 was finally agreed upon by
the conference committee be
tween House and Senate, and
$150,000,000 was set aside for
that program for 1948. The House
! had stricken from the appropria
! tion bill all money for the farm
tenant farm land purchase pro
gram. The conference committee
agreed upon $15,000,000. This
i program is administered by a
Georgian, Dillard Lasseter, ad
mittedly one of the best admin
istrators in Washington.
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SIXTY-FIVE MILLIONS
FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES
Sen. Russell who has always
been the chief sponsor in the
Senate of the school lunch pro
gram, was successful in getting |
the full $75,000,000 appropriation
adopted in the Senate, and as a
member of the conference com
mittee was able to hold the fig
ure at $65,000,000 instead of the
I $45,000,000 voted by the House.
This was a remarkable achieve
ment on the part of Georgia’s I
I junior senator, made possible;
i partly by the close vote in the,
i House when we at one time miss
ed getting the full $75,000,000 by
; the margin of only six votes. One!
has to come to Washington to
lealize the full stature of Sen.
Russell. I do not believe there is
a state in the Union that has
i two senators of such recognized
standing and ability as Sens.
George and Russell. Both are
“tops” and have co-operated
: wonderfully with me.
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FLOOD CONTROL APPRO
PRIATIONS RAISED BY
THE SENATE
Due to the most disastrous
i flood in many years in the val
leys of the Mississippi and Mis
souri Rivers, the President asked
for a huge appropriation for
flood control work on these riv
ers. Sen. Russell, who is on the
sub-committee which considers
these money bills, took advant
age of the desire of Republican
senators to appropriate $150,000.-
000 for flood control qn these
rivers to get additional funds for
all Georgia projects, including
$2,000,000 more for Allatoona
Dam. This bill was adopted yes
terday by the Senate, and should
go to a conference committee to
day or tomorrow for final ac
tion. I hope sincerely that the
senator will be able to hold at
least a large part of this addi
tion. as he will no doubt be a
member of the conference com
mittee. If he can hold the addi
tional appropriation to or above
the budget estimate of $70,300,-
000 it will be another 10-strike
; for Sen. Russell.
Summerville May Get
More Through Traffic
i Heavier traffic from Summer- ;
! ville to Trion on U. S. Highway i
I 27 was seen likely this week when;
:it was learned here that more
from Atlanta to Chatta
nooga may come through Sum
merville in the future. This is
due to the probable future pav
ing of 16 miles of unpaved road
’from Aragon to Rome.
Until now most through traf
fic has been rounted byway of
Dalton, with less of this traffic
going byway of Summerville
and Rome. However, if Georgia
Highway 101 from Aragon to
Rome were paved, this supposed
ly would route more traffic
through Dallas, Rockmart, Rome
and Summerville, since the high
way thro,ugh Dalton is currently
overloaded.
The proposed route would be a
little longer than the one through
Dalton, but there would be less
traffic on it.
Widening the Summerville-
Trion section of the highway was
seen a possibility if the Aragon
! Rome road is paved, since more
vehicles would be on this road
’ in the future.
Chattooga Boys and Girls
Win 4-H Awards in Athens
Julia Ann Garvin, a 15-year
; old 4-H Club girl, from this coun
ty, won first place in the yeast
bread division of the 4-H dis
trict project meet in Athens last
week. Being a district winner,
[ she will receive a free trip to the
state meet to be heia during the
Georgia 4-H Club Congress in
Atlanta. The girls who wins in
Atlanta will receive a free trip
HOUSE PASSES BILL
FOR SCHOOL AID
i
This week the House passed
what is known as the Landis bill
which would continue aid to
those schools whose enrollments
were increased heavily due to the
’ location of plants doing war
i work, which brought into the
communities concerned, a large
I influx of workers. This bill means
almost $1,000,000 to Georgia’s
schools and something over
$200,000 to the schools of the
Seventh District that have been
getting this aid from what was
commonly called Lanham funds.
It is hoped that the Senate will
find time to enact the legislation
before it adjourns on Saturday
of this week.
» » »
ADJOURNMENT EXPECTED
BY JULY 26
When this report is published,
Congress will no doubt have
been adjourned. It will be a
pleasure to get back to Georgia.
I will have offices in the Post Of
fice Building in Rome, and will
be there on Monday and Thurs
day of each week. The office will
be open every day, with a com
petent secretary in charge. I am
arranging a schedule for visiting
each county in the district for
the better part of one week. I am
making arrangements to open an
office for a time to be spent in
your county. Will announce the
dates and places as soon as alk
plans are worked out. I am ar
ranging this tour of the district
for the convenience of the peo
ple of the district. It will make it
unnecessary for them to come to
Rome to see me. Os course, I will
be happy to see you either in
Rome or in your own county,
whether you have business to
discuss or just come by to pass
the time o’day.
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NO SCHEDULED REPORTS
DURING VACATION PERIOD
After Congress adjourns, I plan
to write one report outlining just
what this first session of the
80th Congress has accomplished,
and just what it has failed to
do. After that, I do not plan a
weekly report since I will be see
ing you frequently. Next session
I plan to continue my reports.
If you think they are worth
| while, please write the editor of
your county paper, thanking him
for publishing them. I want to
i take this occasion to thank pub
licly the editors and owners of
the newspapers and the oper
ators and owners of the radio
! stations in the district who have
carried these reports. I appreci
ate it especially since I know how
I difficult it has been for the pa
pers to get sufficient newsprint.
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VISITORS SINCE LAST REPORT
I was glad to see and have
lunch in the House Restaurant
last week with John H. Ramsaur,
of Marietta. We were very glad
that Mr. Ramsaur came by to I
see us.
to the national 4-H Club Con-1
gress in Chicago.
Tom Hill Hutchins, a 16-year
old 4-H Club boys, won first!
place in the 4-H Club livestock
judging project. Tom Hill also
wins a free trip to the state 4-H
Club Congress in Atlanta and
will compete for the state live
stock judging championship.
The following boys and girls
from this county won blue
awards for excellence in the
projects they entered:
Yvonne McCullough, senior
dress revue; Edith Garvin, junior
dress revue; Patsy Chappelear
and James Mitchell, junior pub
lic speaking.
JUSTICE JENKINS
PLANS TO RETIRE;
FOUR SEEK POST
Chief Justice W. Frank Jen
kins, of the Georgia Supreme
Court? one of the dissenters in
the celebrated 5-2 governorship
decision last March, will retire
from the bench, Jan. 1, 1949,
when his present term expires.
Four members of the legal fra
ternity have announced their
candidacies for the elective of
fice thus to be vacated. They
are L. C. (Tiny) Groves, of Lin
colnton, present state welfare di
rector; Joe Quillman, Winder flt
torney; Judge Harold Hawkins,
of the Blue Ridge circuit, and
State Sen. J. B. Logan, of Homer.
Vacations are enjoyed in pros
pect and retrospect.
Beware of those people who
are always doing something for
your good.
A conservative is usually in
clined to believe that what one
has should be added to.
IS LICENSE LATE?
RECEIPT WILL DO
The state department of pub
lic safety, swamped by an un
precedented number of last
minute mail orders for 1947-48
drivers’ licenses, will not get
them all in the mail before Au
gust.
Maj. J. Q. Davis, director of the
department, has announced that
money order receipts showing
the holder has made proper ap
plication before June 30, last,
will protect those whose licenses
have been unduly delayed in de
livery.
NOTICE
A Rome Sewing Machine Exchange repre
sentative will be in Summerville Thursday, Aug. 7
Anyone desiring to have their machine re
paired fill in form below and mail to Rohie Sew
ing Machine Exchange, Rome, Ga., and we will
call at your home.
~
Rome Sewing Machine Exchange
J 216 Calhoun Ave. J
Rome, Ga. ,
| Name ?
‘ Street
: City Phone
j (Cut out and paste to penny postcard) |
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SPECIALS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday;
Home Grown Pole Beans, pound 10c •
Fresh Crowder Peas, pound 10c ;
Fresh Tender Corn, dozen 50c ;
White Thompson Seedless Grapes, pound 19c ;
3 Lb. Carton Armour's Pure Lard 63c '
1 Full Quart Bleach 10c ;
Half Galion Jar Tops White Syrup 49c !
Large Can Volley Lea Milk, can 10c !
Brooks Pork and Beans, Size 303, can 10c <
14 Ounce Bottle Catsup 19c ;
2 Boxes Shoe Polish (any color) 15c <
i
16 Ounce Jar (Little Bill) Peanut Butter 19c <
16 Ounce Jar Pure Apple Jelly 21c <
3 Cans Octagon Cleanser . 10c ;
Two 32 Oz. Jars Georgia Maid Dill Pickier 25c ;
Gallon Jars Mustard 40c ;
20 Oz. Jars Chocolate Syrup, 2 for 25c :
Phillip's Chicken Noodle Soup 10c )
Potted Meat, 4 for 25c )
No 2Vi Can Apricots 15c «
14 Oz. Can Sea Herring Fish 10c *
10 Oz. Bottle Spaghetti Sauce 10c ;
1 Pint Rubbing Alcohol 15c J
Mammy's Favorite Coffee, pound 19c ;
2 No. 2’/2 Cans Turnip Greens2sc ;
Clover Leaf Frozen Rolls 23c ;
1 Lb. Sunshine Krispy Crackers23c ;
Cigarettes, All Brands, Carton $1.65 ;
Rib Stew, pound3sc ;
Grade A T-Bone Steak, pound 73c !
Dressed Friers, pound 65c 3
Country Hams, Whole or Half, pound 60c «
Hoop Cheese, pound 49c •
Bacon Squares, pound 45c ;
Snmmervilie Cash I
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Phone 72 We Deliver ;
Thursday, July 31, 1947
CHILD CARE
STUDY ENDED
A two-year study of the ex
tent, quality and availability of
child-care in Georgia has just
been completed by a state com
mittee of physicians. Dr. W. Wil
lis Anderson, of Atlanta, chair
man of the group, has announced
that the results will go to the
American Academy of Pediatrics
to be integrated into a general
report of these conditions in 25
other states and the District of
Columbia. It is described as “the
first attempt on a nation-wide
scale by private physicians to
take stock of their own affaird.”