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HERE N
THERE
Arthur S. King, seaman, first
class, USN, husband of Mrs.
Jesse King, of Route 2, Summer
ville, is participating in the am
phibious training exercises being
held on the Southern California
coast while serving aboard the
attack destroyer transport USS
Horace A. Bass.
The Rev. Wrathbum Cash will
speak at the 11 a.m. worship
service at the Wayside Chapel
Sunday.
The Junior Business Women’s
circle of the First Baptist church
will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. Cordle Bagley.
Hair farms of Summerville, re
cently sold two purebred Aber
deen-Angus bulls to Paul Mc-
Whorter, of Gaylesville; one bull
to J. B. Swift, of Atmore, Ala.,
and one cow to William Austin
Mullican, of Sparta, Tenn
Ben Fulton and Dill Ballenger,
both of Summerville, have been
initiated by the University of
Georgia Alpha Tau Omega fra
ternity.
Sales at the Coosa Valley Live
stock association totaled $42.-
201.97 at Wednesday’s sales on
Feb. 4.
Forty-seven buyers and 163
sellers exchanged 529 cattle, 108
hogs and 26 pigs.
Hogs were sls to $26 cwt.;
calves, $8.25 to $31.50 cwt.; bulls,
$13.70 to sl7 cwt.; steers, $14.25
to $17.75 cwt.; slaughter cows,
sl3 to $17.40 cwt.; dairy-type
heifers, sl3 to $18.50 cwt.;
springers, $53 to $lB6 per head.
The Lyerly lodge of Masons
will have a called communica
tion at 7:30 o’clock tonight when
the entered apprentice degree
will be conferred.
The Lyerly High school bas
ketball team will meet the Berry
schools team at 7:30 p.m. Friday
at Lyerly.
The Berryton school will spon
sor a pie supper at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Ber
ryton school building. All pro
ceeds will be used for the benefit
of the school, it has been re
vealed.
Everyone is invited to come out
and enjo"' ah even ng of fun and
help a good cause.
The Rev. Gibson Stanley, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., will preach
at the Pennville gospel taber
nacle at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday.
Fourteen persons were arrested
by city police officers last week
for breaking parking rules or
for disorderly conduct.
Arrested for disorderly conduct
were: Holis Smith, Henry Adams,
Willie Small, Barney Pogue,
Hoke Dunaway, Charlie T. Fos
ter, James Arthur Stephens, J.D.
McKnight, Mrs. James Stephens,
Bobby Watkins and Paul Hunter.
Cited for illegal parking were
Lee Blanish James Marks and
Gordon Swanson.
Saturday, Feb. 14, is the dead
line for qualification for Justice
of the Peace, it has been dis
closed by A. L. Strange, who will
hold the election on Feb. 21.
It is being held to elect a per
son to fill the vacancy created by
the death of T. C. Brown.
T. M. Booth, L. F. McGraw, S.
W. Favor, Sr., and Willie F.
Johnson have qualified to date
Three negroes were found
guilty of violating hunting laws'
last week and each was fined $5
by City Judge C. D. Rivers.
Robert L. Adams, who was
charged with using an unplug
ged repeater shotgun, plead not
guilty.
Pleading guilty to a charge
hunting without a license was
John Henry Anthony, while L. G.
Mosteller was found guilty of
using an unplugged shotgun.
Cpl. Harold Raymond Browii,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown,
Trion, and husband of Mrs. R.
R. Brown, Trion, is now at Mc-
Guire air force field, Fort Dix,
N. J., working as a P-80 mechan
ic with the 335th fighter squad
ron of the 4th fighter group.
The 335th is normally stationed
at Andrews Field, Washington,
D. C., but is here temporarily for
air-to-ground gunnery practice
Prior to entering the army on
Aug. 20, 1948, Private Brown at
tended Trion high school.
Dr. Berlon Lovingood, accom
panied by Mrs. Lovingood, left
Summerville Sunday for Chicago,
111., where they are attending the
Chicago mid-winter dental clinic.
More than 12,000 dentists from
all over the nation were ex
pected to attend.
The clinic continues through
today and Dr. and Mrs. Lovin
good will return Friday night.
His office will be open as usual
Saturday.
<shr SumminitU? smus
VOL. 63; NO. 6
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S
PECULIAR LOVE LETTER’
Perhaps there were no valen- 1
tines in Lincoln’s time, but that
did not keep the great man from |
letting his special girl know of
his love for her, even though he
never used the word “love.”
In fact, he proposed and did
not once mention the words
“marriage” or “love” in his let
ter of proposal.
But he did not marry the girl
to whom he wrote this most un
usual “love letter.”
She was Mary Owens, a young
and beautiful daughter of
wealth. In spite of herself she
was drawn to this tall, ungainly,
uncultured backwoodsman and
he, in turn, was greatly taken
with Mary’s charm and beauty,
the like of which he had never
knew before.
However, the romance was
strangely thwarted and he later
married Mary Todd.
The peculiar letter of proposal
to Mary Owens, as written by
Abraham Lincoln, whose birth
day we celebrate today, is print;-
ed below:
“Friend Mary:
“You will, no doubt, think it
rather strange that- I should
write you a letter on the same
day on which we parted; and I
can only account for it by sup
posing that seeing you lately
makes me think of you more
than usual, while at our late
meeting we had but few expres
sions of thought. You must
know that I can not see you, or
think of you with entire indif
ference; and yet it may be that
you are mistaken in regard to
what my real feelings toward
you are. If I knew you were not,
M. D. (MULEY) HIX
ANNOUNCES FOR
CLERK OF COURT
M. D. (Muley) Hix, car dealer,
announced his candidacy for
clerk of court shortly before the
aualifica f nn d"adline at noon
Saturday.
Mr. Hix’ entry into the race
bring the only opposition to John
S. Jones, incumbent.
The newly announced candi
date was born and raised near
Subligna and is the son of the
late Milton Hix, who was killed
during a strike at Trion.
He was in business north of
Trion for seven years until four
years ago when he became as
sociated with car dealing.
Mr. Hix lives north of Trion
at the present.
His qualification leaves only
three county office's uncontested,
that of surveyor, ordinary and
school superintendent.
The candidates for nomination
in the Democratic primary are
as follows :
Sheriff
Frank Fisher
A. H. (Tiny) Gienn
Reuben Lyons
A. L. (Ang) Martin
Tax Collector
Emmett Clarkson
Herman Cook
James (Sloppy) Floyd
J. A. Scoggins
Clerk of Suoerior Court
W. A. (Muley) Mix
John S. Jones
Ordinary
John King, incumbent
School Superintendent
C. B. Akin incumbent.
Tax Receiver
George D. Erwin
Ray Van Pelt
Coroner
I. M. Henderson
A. T. Ray
Roosevelt Young
Surveyor
J. B. Stephenson
L. H. Harris
Dies at Home
Funeral services for Lewis.
Venn/ Harris. 64. Summerville
w oute 2. who died at his home,
at 3 p.m. Wednesday, were con
ducted at the Berryton Church
God Fridav afternoon with the
Rev. Jeff Dale, the Rev. Russell
Lee and the Rev. Charlie Ed
wards officiating.
He is survived by wife, Mrs.
Fthvl Harris, Route 2, Summer
ville: two sons, Willard Frank
lin and Olin Gamer, of Chatta
nooga. Tenn.; two brothers,
Frank and Jim Harris, Charlotte,
N. C.; three sisters, Mrs. Julia
Neighbors, Rome Mrs. Mattie
Lou Hampton and Mrs. Ida Mat
thews, both of LaFayette. Inter
ment was in the Berryton ceme
tery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home
in charge.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1948
I should not trouble you with ]
this letter. Perhaps any other
man would know enough without
further information, but I con
sider it my peculiar right to
plead ignorance, and your
bounden duty to allow this. I
want in all cases to do right, and
more particularly so in all cases
with women. I want, at this
particular time, more than any
thing else, to do right with you,
and if I knew it would be doing
right, as I rather suspect it
would, to let you alone, I could
do it. And for the purpose of
making the matter as plain as
possible, I now say that you can
I now drop the subject, disrupt
I your thoughts (if you ever had
any) from me forever, and leave
this letter unanswered without
calling forth one accusing mur
mur from me—and I will even
go further and say that if it will
mean anything to your comfort
or peace of mind to do so, it is
my sincere wish that you should.
“Do not understand by this
that I wish to cut your acquaint
ance. I mean no such thing.
What I do wish is that our fur
ther acquaintance shall depend
upon yourself.
If such further acquaintance
would contribute nothing to your
happiness, I am sure it would not
to mine. If you feel yourself in
any degree bound to me, I am
now willing to release you, pro
viding you wish it; while, on the
other hand, I am willing and
even anxious to bind you faster
if I can be convinced that it will
in any considerable degree add
to your happiness. This indeed
is the whole question with me.
Nothing would make me more
miserable than to believe you
: miserable—nothing more happy
I than to know you were so.
| “In what I have now said, I
think I can not be misunder
stood; and to make myself un
derstood is the only object of
| this letter.
“If it suits you best to not an
swer this—farewell—a long life
and a merry one attend you. But
if you conclude to write back,
speak as plainly as I do. There
can be neither harm nor danger
in saying to me any thing: you
think, just in the manner you
think it.
My respects to your sister.
Your friend,
LINCOLN.”
Rites Held for
Miss Holbrooks
Funeral services for Sybil Imo
"Tene Holbrooks. 20. who rhed
i Friday a temoon were conducted
at the Mt. Olive Church Sunday
afternoon with the Rev. John
: Crowe officiating. She is sur
i vived by her parents, Mr. and
i Mrs. W. E. Holbrooks; five sis
i ter.', Mai— Ruth. Martha Sue and
Gladys Holbrooks, .Mrs. Helen
r :»v and Mrs. Mildred Ballenger,
all o :' Lookout, Ga.; one brother,
William Terrell Holbrook, also of
Lookout.
Interment was in the Mt. Olive
"emetery. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home, of Summerville, in charge.
TRUSTEES NAMED
FOR VARIOUS SCHOOLS
Trustees for the various
[schools of Chattooga county
have been appointed by the
Chattooga County Board of Edu
cation.
They are as follows:
Berryton —J. C. Edwards
Cloudland —Amos Green.
Gore—Homer Gordon.
Lyerly—Jules Vaughn.
Menlo—J. L. Webster.
Myers—J. C. Williams.
Pennville—Archie Housch.
Subligna—Dort Brown.
Summerville—M. R. Lowry,
Wyatt Ransom.
Teloga—C. E. Powell.
Welcome Hill—E. B. Buckalew. i
Dr. Lawmon, Native
Russian, to Address
Summerville Lions
Dr. Fred Lawmon, native of
Russia and present chaplain at
Battey State hospital, Rome, will
be the guest speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Summer- j
ville Lions club at 7 p.m. Tues
day at Riegeldale tavern, Trion.
Dr. Lawmon is expected to dis
cuss his experiences in Russia.
He is a graduate of Mercer
university and was a chaplain in
the army during World War II
having served in the Pacific
area.
Curtis Meacham is in charge
of next week’s program.
March of Dimes
Drive Doubles
That of 1947
A total of $4,207.40 has been
reported to date in the Chattoo
ga county March of Dimes drive,
Chairman W. B. Simmons de
clared.
The chairman stated that all
the various communities have i
not yet sent in reports. The do- !
nations thus far, however, have |
doubled those sent in last year’s j
drive.
Amounts for different commu
nities and the chairmen are list
ed as follows:
Summerville, $1,411, James
Jackson; Riegel Textile corpora
tion, Trion division, $2,273.90, C. j
L. McCartha, R. H. Dobbins and
Jimmie Byars; Lyerly $207, Rev.
jB. D. Ricks; Dickeyville $193, M.
jT. Varnell; Berryton, $87.50,
I Grady Moorehead; Gore, incom
-1 plete, with $35 donated by the
school, Grover Smith.
No complete report has been
given by the Menlo community,
headed by O. L. Cleckler.
EEW PRICE CUTS
IN GROCERIES
IN LOCAL STORES
Only one Summerville grocery
store reported any decrease in
grocery prices Wednesday as a ;
result of the market’s nose dive
this week.
Other stores, including a chain
store, reported no price cuts
“yet.” However, some did expect
decreases by the latter part of
the week, it was disclosed.
The store reporting cuts said
they were cutting bacon 7c a
pound; butter, sc; ham, 10c, and
lard, 5 or 6c.
j Flour also was off some, it was
stated.
City Mail Delivery To Begin
April 1, If City Cooperates
City mail delivery for Sum
merville is scheduled to begin on
April 1, provided the city co-op
] erates in repairing streets and
carrying out other such repairs,
jjohn T. Stubbs, postmaster, has
disclosed.
Mr. Stubbs continued, stating
that Willis James, mayor, has
assured him of the co-operation
of the city in securing this new
j delivery plan for Summerville.
All residents who have not al
j ready done so are asked to secure
numbers for their houses.
“The fact that we are sched
uled to receive mail delivery for
our city is due in a large meas
ure to the efforts of congress
man Henderson Lanham, wao
has personally assisted,” Post
master Stubbs said.
Wilson Cleared
Os Murder of
Hawkins, Negro
Arthur Wilson was found not
guilty of the murder of Willie
Hawkins, Negro, last week in his
trial during the February term
of Chattooga Superior court. In
a previous trial, he was found
guilty of manslaughter.
Although found guilty of per
jury, Willie Moore, Negro, made
a motion for a new trial. He was
sentenced to serve two years.
Roy Reynolds tried for felony
in two cases was cleared on one,
while he was found guilty of the
other and sentenced to serve
three months in jail.
Ray Megginson was acquitted
on a charge of pnssesing liquor.
Approximately 10 or 15 divorce
were granted in this term of Su
perior court, Clerk John S. Jones
stated.
NOTICE
The W. B. Williams listed in
last week’s News as being in
Chattooga county jail on a
charge of driving under the in
fluence of alcohol is not W. B.
Williams, of Summerville. The
person in jail is William Brad
ley Williams, of Alabama.
Infant Nation
Graveside services for Mary
Sue Nation. 3-day-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Nation,
were conducted frqm the Trion
cemetery Wednesday afternoon
with the Rev. S. L. Walker offi
ciating. J. D. Hill Funeral Home
in charge.
Change in Sewerage Plans
Repelled; Many Citizens
Protest at Council Meet
f New Look’ Response Varies
Here; Ankle-Length 'Out’
Chattooga county women are ]
split in their ideas concerning [
the “new look” tide which is ]
sweeping over the country today [
i But one thing seems certain— j
j they don’t want floor-sweeping !
skirts.
Now there are some people
who refuse to call the longer
i skirts, padded hips and all
around delicate feminine look
j “new.” Our grandmothers,_for
! instance, who can recall quite
; similiar styles of a good many
years ago say it is definitely “not
new.”
But new or not, it has both
foes and friends among the local
women.
There is Mrs. Rosa Shumate,
Chattooga county librarian who
calls it all “ridiculous.”
“I think a ‘happy-medium’
length is perfectly all right,” she
said. “I never wanted them up to
j the knees, but I certainly don’t
want them down to my ankles.”
The librarian says that as far
as she is concerned everyone
j else can have “civilization,” with
it’s new look, but that she’ll just
“go to the congo” and keep her
skirts at a moderate length.
Mrs. J. D. Hill, wife of the local
funeral director, on the other
hand says “frankly, I like ’em,
but I do hope they don’t get too!
long.”
Another business woman, Mrs. i
| John Echols, who assists her
I husband in an electric appliance
Chamber of Commerce
Holds Regular Meeting
The Chattooga Chamber of
Commerce met Wednesday at
the C. of C. office in Summer
ville, with President Mose Brin
son presiding.
Plans were discussed for de
veloping a pamphlet on Chattoo
ga county, initial plans of which
were made last week at a meet
ing of the publicity committee,
which is headed by B. W. Far
rar.
Organization of a Community
Chest was discussed and it is
hoped by members of the cham
ber that a rally can be arranged
in the near future, at which time
such a chest could be organized
LOCAL DOCTORS TO
ATTEND CANCER MEET
Georgia doctors will continue
to broaden their most concerted
effort to cut down the toll of
more than 2,500 deaths cancer is
causing in the state every year
with the third of a series of can
cer symposia at Dalton Thurs
day, Feb. 19.
Several local doctors will be
among the more than 100 doctors:
from nine counties who are ex
pected to attend the session ]
which is sponsored by the Can- i
cer commission of the Medical
Association of Georgia, the Geor
gia division of the American
Cancer society and the state de
partment of public health.
It will be held in the city hall
auditorium and will begin at 2
p.m. and close with a dinner at
6 p.m. at which the doctors will
be guests of the American Can- |
cer society.
Lyerly Basketeers
Hosts to Dolton Five
The Lyerly Basketball Inde- j
pendents will meet the Dalton j
hardwood team, of Dalton, at
8:15 p.m. Saturday.
The visiting team won the
first half championship of the
Dalton City league and boasts a
strong team, which should give
Lyerly a hard game.
NOTICE
Stores in Summerville will
close at 12 noon on Wednes
days, beginning March 3, it has
been announced by the Chat
tooga Chamber of Commerce.
business, admits she likes this
latest fashion.
“As a general rule, I like the
longer skirts, but if they were to
reach the floor, I don’t know how
well I’d like that. So many peo
j pie wore them too short pre
viously.”
Another style-conscious wom
an, Mrs. Genille Hardy, employed
at Trion as a secretary, says it’s
“just one of those things, I guess,
because we all like to stay in
1 style. I like them.”
Mrs. J. E. Kennedy, wife of a
Menlo rural mail carrier, is not
too enthusiastic about the “new
, look” for herself. However, she
' does like it for other people.
“It reminds me of the days
right after World War I when we
young girls stepped out in longer
skirts,” Mrs. Kennedy recalled.
“However, I couldn’t wear them
today and feel as dressed up as
I did then.”
Mrs. Bert Brogden, Lye > * 1 "
schoolteacher. Is another booster
of the current styles.
“I do like them, even though
I haven’t bought many so far,”
she said.
Equally as enthusiastic is an
other Lyerly resident, Mrs. L. T.
Spann, secretary for a Summer
ville attorney, who says she
“really” likes longer skirts.
“I think they’ll keep getting
longer until they almost sweep
the floor,” Mrs. Spann continued.
“However, I wouldn’t like them
that long.”
Always clothes-conscious, Mrs.
Spann admits that she, like a
great many other women, hasn’t
been quite able to keep up with
the new styles, but that she con
tinues dropping hemlines and
buying longer dresses.
Native Son
Is Kingsport
f Man of Year'
J. T. Parker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Parker Sr., of Summer
ville, was named “Man of the
Year” at Kingsport, Tenn, by the
Kingsport Junior Chamber of
Commerce last week.
Mr. Parker, an agent for the
National Life and Accident In
surance company, is a native of
Summerville, where his parents
are engaged in farming.
However, the newly-named
“man of the year” said he never
had any idea of following the
same trade. He has always liked
to travel and meet new people,
and as a youth he decided sales
work would offer him the best
opportunity. |
In preparation for his career
he attended Berry Vocational
schools, Rome, Clarksville A. and
M. and the Rabun Gap Nachoo
chee school, Rabun gap.
Mr. Parker was selected for the
Jaycee honor by a four-man
committee from a list of nomi
nations of Kingsport residents
between the ages of 21-35 and
won the Jaycee “distinguished
service key” for his contributions
to civic and community projects
during the past year.
He is married to the former
Evelyn Louise Holt, of Indian
Springs, and they have no chil
dren. Mrs. Parker still follows
her profession of teaching.
Rites Held for
B. M. Mathis
Funeral services for Benjamin
Moses Mathis, 86, who died at
his home, Armuchee Route 2,
were conducted at the Sand
Mountain Chapel Thursday aft
ernoon with the Rev. W. R.
Veatch and the Rev. Willie Conn
officiating. He is survived by
wife. Mrs. Lizzie Mathis: one
daughter. Mrs. Lucy Croft, of
Tampa, Fla.; one son. Ellis H.
Mathis, of Armuchee Route 2.
Nine grandchildren and 22 great
grandchildren also survive. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
t An effort by various Summer
ville citizens and city council
members to change the present
sewerage installation plan for
; the city was repelled Monday
night by Mayor Willis James at
the regular meeting of the city
council.
A group of residents of Ward 1
last week petitioned Ward 1
councilman, Otis Gorman to vote
to give Ward 1 a full one-fourth
of the sewers planned for the
city.
Residents of this ward, as well
as residents of other wards who
had been Informed their ward
; was not getting the full one
fourth share of sewerage, were
present at the meeting.
The mayor heard a protest by
small merchants, that they were
paying the same business license
fees as the largest stores on
Commerce street. After hearing
this protest, Mayor James told
the merchants their problem
would be discussed in the follow
ing “executive session.”
W. A. Bagley, resident of Ward
1, presented the clerk with a pe
tition and a letter asking that
each ward be given an equal
share of the sewerage, stating
that present plans call for an
unequal distribution, with the
] cotton mill village to receive
more than it’s share.
Mr. James Is an employe of
; the Summerville Manufacturing
; company, where the cotton mill
is located.
Moses Brinson, the company’s
attorney, was present and dis
cussed the matter, stating that
the mill had been of great bene
fit to the city as a whole.
Mr. Brinson maintained that
the mill was giving the city their
: water lines in the mill village
and also would start paying $2
per month, per house' on 96
houses for water as soon as the
sewers were installed. At the
present the mill pays $175 per
month for water, and $2 for the
1 96 houses would total $192 per
month, should sewers be in
! stalled throughout the village.
After discussing the matter for
several minutes, the mayor told
: the group of citizens they were
excused from the “executive
session,” during which time the
; sewerage system would be thor
] oughly discussed.
City Attorney T. J. Espy, after
an inquiry by the citizens, ruled
] that they could not be excluded
from the “executive meeting.”
It was decided that the fire
| truck would be allowed to answer
fires outside the city limit, pro
vided a charge of $25 each was
made.
A discussion concerning hav
] ing hogpens in the city was held,
after which which the council
voted a tie. James broke the tie
by voting for allowing hogpens
within the city limits, although
he stated that he would have to
appoint a committee to investi
gate and report to him. before
this was final.
Andrew Williams was elected
mayor pro-tem.
Other council members include
Dennis Cox, Leroy Alexander and
Otic Gorman.
G.E.A. to Hold
Important Meet
The Chattooga county local.
G.E.A. unit will hold an impor
tant meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 19, at the court house, it was
announced yesterday.
All teachers are urged to attend
and county board of education
trustees, P.-T. A. presidents,
school bus drivers and all inter
ested persons are cordially in
vited to attend, as matters of
vital interest to all concerned
will be discussed, it was disclosed.
Mrs. Wyatt Dies
At Age of 75
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
tha Frances M. Wyatt, 75, were
j conducted at the Menlo Meth
odist church Wednesday after
noon with Bro. Farris Baird and
the Rev. George D. Erwin of
ficiating.
She is survived by four broth
ers, John and Med Mobley, one
: sister. Mrs. Clayton, all of
Brown wood, Tex.
Mrs. Wyatt was the widow of
the late John Oliver Wyatt. In
terment was in the Alpine ceme
tery. J. D. Hill funeral home in
charge.