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I HERE N
i THERE
The tower clock on the court
house will not be overhauled at
> the present, according to action
taken by the county commis
sioners at a meeting here Mon
day.
A clock service corporation had I
agreed to put it in condition for j
$1,862, and for S6OO additional;
they would install electrcity.
City police have arrested ten
men within the past week on a
disorderly conduct charge.
They were Edward Windle, E
George Johnson, J. C. Browning,
Earl Carter, V. M. Mathis, Otis
Millican, Willie Trammell, Elgin
Moon, E. W. Watkins and Robert
\ Bramlett.
Those apprehended within the ;
past week by members of the !
sheriff’s office include Charley
. Murdock, felony; W. L. McWhor
ter Jr., two cases, felony and mis- ■
demeanor; Judson Cromer, Jr.,
misdemeanor; Grady Hix, misde
meanor; Edward A. Cagle, mis
dameanor.
Hix and McWhorter remain in
jail.
The school bonds recently
voted in for Chattooga county
were validated Monday morning,
County School Superintendent C.
B. Akin has disclosed.
Robert L. Shamblin and Co
lumbus B. Fulton, both of Sum
merville, have been inducted by
the University of Georgia chap
ter of Scabbard and Blade, na
tional honorary society for out
standing students in military
science.
SOIL CONSERVATION
NEWS
BY VV. M. PUTNEY
The Bankets Award to farmers
. doing outstanding soil conserva
tion work in the Coosa river sod
conservation district will be held
at Rome on Feb. 23. The meet
ing will begin at 3:30 p.m., fol
lowed by a banquet at 6:00 p.m.
The awards will be made to
farmers in Bartow, Chattooga,
Dade and Floyd counties who are
co-operating with the Coosa river
soil conservation district. The
farmers given the awards have
completed a minimum of 90 per
cent of the conservation prac
tices planned on their farms.
The practices included on these
farms are a water disposal sys
tem that includes terracing and
drainage ditches, pasture im
provement, which includes clear
ing, fertilizing and seeding,
planting perennials, which in
cludes sericca. alfa’fa and kudzu
and a crop rotation that will
build the soil and furnish suf
ficient feed for the livestock on
the farm.
The farmers who are receiving
this award in Chattooga county
are as follows: Roy G. Silk, Wil
liam T. Tallent, Claude H. Ratliff,
John B. Scott, Mrs. Thomas
Stubbs Weems, the Trion com
pany and Gaylor and Cook.
D. L. McWhorter of the Farm
ers and Merchants bank, of Sum
merville, is sponsoring the
awards and banquet for the
farmers of Chattooga county.
The banks in the other counties
will sponsor the awards for their
counties.
Despite the snow and ice, a
good crowd attended the month
ly meeting of the Chattooga
Couny Wild Life and Conserva
tion club at Lyerly Monday
night.
George Bishop, county forest
ranger, was present and showec
movies.
A committee, headed by Jin
Tedder, of Summervile, was ap
pointed to contact land owner
in the county and get them t
co-operate in the two-year no
hunting program which will en
able the state to restock qua}
For their co-operation the clt»l
will issue a one-year membershl
to land owners.
Herman Hall was appoints
chairman of a committee to ii-j
vestigate the sites suitable, fori
community fish pond which wl
be stocked by the state and wl
be available to all members f
the club.
A county wide
drive was launched and a goabf
500 members set. The membr
ship has been steadily climbig
since the club was organized fie
month ago and interest in ae
project is mounting steadily.
Schools Continue Here
Despite Muddy Roads
Although several countidin
the state were forced to ose
their schools because of iniis
sable, muddy roads, the Chabo
ga county schools . went aas
usual last week, C. B. Akin, dun
ty school superintendent, sited.
Most of the busses made heir
regular routes, however, a few
were forced to detour.
Jsninimrrmlk fas
VOL 63; NO. 7
Candidates Out
Campaigning in
Nice Weather
With the beautiful spring-like
weather giving them a go-signal
as well as considerable encour
agement, the county candidates
were spending a great deal of
time campaigning throughout
the county this week.
With the qualification deadline
already past, candidates were
certain of no more opposition.
They got in earnest to the busi
ness of handshaking, kissing
babies and handing out cards for
these last three weeks before the
election on March 10.
Many officials predict a record
vote, provided the weather is
favorable, and a great deal of
interest is centered around the
sheriff and tax collector's race.
The deadline for registration
to vote is Feb. 28, and all those
eligible to vote are urged to reg
ister prior to ths time.
Final Report On
March of Dimes
Chattooga countians contrib
uted $4,338 08 to the 1948 March
of Dimes drive, W. B. Simmons,
chairman, has disclosed.
This amount more than dou
bles the amount raised in last
year’s campaign, Mr. Simmons
said.
Fifty percent of the funds
i raised remain in the state, while
i the other half are sent to the
! national foundation for research
J work on polio.
The communities and the
amount they contributed are
listed as follows:
Trion $2,274.90
Dickeyville 193.29
Summerville . 1,443.49
Menlo 86.70
Berryton 97.97
Lyerly 207.13
Gore 32.00
Vfenlo Seniors Sponsor
Bex Supper Feb. 25
A box supper will be held at
the Menlo gymnasium at 7:30
p.n. Wednesday, Feb. 25.
This affair is sponsored by the
seiior class at Menlo High school
aid all candidates are especially
irvited.
Christ or Communism for
Russia, Local Lions Told
It is either Christ or Communism for Russia.
That's the belief of Dr. Fred Lemon, native Russian,
pow Chaplain of Battey State Hospital, Rome, who ad
iressed the Summerville Lions Club Tuesday evening at the
Riegel dale Tavern. Trion.
“The preaching of the Evan
gelical faith (name Russians give
Baptists) prior to the czarist re
gime has left it’s mark,” the for- '
iner army chaplain said, “and
■today there are 5,000,000 mem
jbers of the Baptist church in
• Russia.”
1 The speaker pointed out that
Protestantism is making head
way in the soviet union, and
that religion is the “only hope”
they have.
Dr. Lomon was born in Rus
sia, where his grandfather was a
Baptist missionary. When the
czarist form of government came |
into power in 1914, all “foreign- j
ers” had to leave.
The speaker’s grandfather
went into Siberia where he con
tinued to preach among those:
who had had to leave Russia.
However his son «nd grandson,!
young Fred Lomon, returned to
England.
He left England for Canada
and later came on to the United
States.
“At the time the czar was in
power there was a 60 per cent
illiteracy,” Dr. Lomon said,.
“while today there is only 10
per cent.”
The speaker explained that the
Russians had been extremely,
religious, making an annual trip .
to the Russian Holy City where I,
they placed their earnings in !
front of what they believed were !
the real-life bodies of the Apos- ■,
ties and the Virgin Mary, who :
were supposed to have been mi- >
raculously preserved through the i
ages. !:
“When the communists took i
over in 1917, they went into
monstaries and brought out
these ‘saints,’ which were no
more than dummies filled with
wax and sawdust.
‘The Russian people cried out
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1948
TRION BOWS TO S ’VILLE;
INDIANS STILL IN TOURNEY
The Summerville Indians made I
it 8 in a row over Trion in the!
past two years Feb. 13 as the i
girls fought to a 17-15 victory
over the Blue and White lassies
of Trion.
The boys, winners of 16 out of
18 games this season glided to a !
37-17 win over the Bulldogs.
Leading the girls, Pat Teddar:
hit for 9 and Kathryn Koonse
put the game on ice when she |
hit for 2 points with 30 seconds I
to play in all she accounted for
8 to complete the girls scoring.
Leading the boys in the mas
sacre or scalping was Sewell
Cash, who hit for 12. Jimmy
Bush hit for 8, Fletcher 5, Nix 4,
B. Bush 2, Williams 2, Moore
head and Dacus 1. J. Williams I,'
to complete the scoring as the
Governor Offers SSOO Reward
For Delivery of Brown Murderer
In official proclamation last week, Gov. M. E. Thomp
son offered a SSOO reward by the state for the apprehension
and delivery of those responsible for the murder of Mrs.
Laura Katherine Brown, 20, who was killed on July 26,
1347. in Summerville.
Announcement of the reward
which is the maximum the state
can offer by law, followed a
recommendation by the Chattoo
ga grand jury that the solicitor
general, E. J. Clower, request the
governor to offer a maximum re
ward for the killer or killers.
The proclamation read as fol
lows:
“Whereas official information
has been received at this depart
ment (executive) that person or
persons unknown did murder one
Mrs. Laura Katherine Brown, on
or about July 26, 1947, in Chat
tooga county said person or per
sons escaped and are fugitives
from justice and whereas the
malignity of the crime and the
promise of justice require that
said person or persons be
brought to trial for offenses for
which they stand charged, it is
therefore ordered that the sec
retary of state record and pub
lish this proclamation offering a
reward of SSOO for the apprehen-
that if this were religion they
wanted no part of it.
“Manv lost all belief in God,
and said there is no God, no re
ligion.”
Dr. Lomon stated that he be
lieved the only hope for the Jew
ish remanent in Europe is the
establishment of a Jewish state
in Palestine.
“There would be alive today
5,000,000 more Jews if we had ;
prevailed on the British not to |
destroy but to open the doors
into Palestine,” he said.
Giving some statistical figures
on the soviet union, Dr. Lomon ;
said there are 200,000,000 people. ■
with 159 nationalities, speaking
168 tongues. The area of the
■ country itself is two and one
half times as large as that of the
‘ United States, and the birth rate
is the highest of any European
country today.
“Although few of us realize it,”
the speaker said, “there are two
parties in Russia. There is the
bolshevik, the majority, and the
minshevik, minority. Only the
bolshevik is allowed to enter,
candidates into political cam-,
paigns, therefore, th c v remain in I
power.”
The speaker pointed out that j
the soviet union says it’s form j
of government has many advan- j
tages over the capitalistic form.
“However, what I can’t under
stand,” he said, “is the fact that
while employed in Connecticut,
I saw groups of American-com
munists go to Russia to live. I j
also saw these same people re- .
turn within a few years, and they
informed us that things just
aren’t as rosy as pictured by
those who urged them to go.”
Dr. Lomon said that the only
hope of the world is for the
United States to maintain the
[ Indians went on the warpath to
j win their final game, a grand
i finale to a very successful sea
son.
Seventh District Tourney
Playing at Rossville in the 7th
district meet Monday night, the
j Indians were victorious oyer
Pleasant Grove by a score of 36-
125.
Getting off to a slow start, the
Indians rallied in the fourth
| quarter to win their initial game.
Although Herman Fletcher
played none in the third quarter
and only 4 minutes in the 4th he
consistently hit to pace the In
dians with 16 points before he
fouled out with 4 minutes to
play. Garland Nix and J. Bush
hit for 7, Sewell Cash 5, Williams
Ito to account for the Indians
points.
I sion and delivery of the said un
i known person or persons to the
sheriff of Chattooga county with
evidence sufficient to convict.
“This eleventh day of Febru
ary, 1948.
M. E. Thompsor Governor.”
Solicitor-General Clower stat
; ed that his office, in cooperation
■ with the Georgia bureau of in
vestigation, is continuing to
probe the mystery, and that an
other character involved is still
( being sought by these agencies.
Mrs. Brown, who was a bride
' of approximately three months,
' occupied the bedroom in which
| she was slain, with her sister-in
law, Mrs. Alfred Freeman. Three
children also were in the room
at the time, one of which occu
‘ pied the bed w; Ji Mrs. Brown,
j Mr. Freeman and Mr. Brown
were working the third shift at
a Trion mill at the time.
At the age of 14, Mrs. Brown
had married Willard Stevenson
Jin Alabama. They had been di
vorced for five years.
greatest strength possible and
not to let Russia know just what
war weapons we may have.
In conclusion the speaker de
clared that “unless we support
I the Marshall plan and come to
I the aid of western Europe, Rus
sia will gather these countries
1 under her wings.”
Dr. Lomon was introduced by
T. J. Espy, Jr., who was associ
' ated with him in school at Mer
; cer university. Curtis Meacham
was program chairman for the
evening, and Eugene Rackley,
first vice-president, presided in
the absence of Herbert Gilker
son, president.
Two new members, Hill Ham
mond and Walter Neville, Jr.,
i were inducted into the club by
Mr. Espy. Mr. Hammond is a
local florist, while Mr. Neville is
| the assistant county agent. Jack
Stephens was unanimously elect
ed to serve as tailtwister for the
club.
F'rsger-Printing Aids
In Catching Burglar
In the first case in Chattooga
county where a person was
caught by use of finger-printing,
Max Hurley was apprehended
[ Tuesday morning for breaking
[ into Hamby’s store, in Summer
ville.
Police Officer Jim Allen, who
is in charge of the finger-print
ing department of the local po
lice force, has had training in
this sort of work and it is be- ,
i lieved that this system will be- '
come quite effective. in locating
[ persons charged with crime.
Apparently no goods were tak
len from the store, Mr. Allen
I said, and no case has yet been
i made against the lad.
Deputy Master Robert F. Kim
bell will confer the fellowship
degree at the regular communi
cation of Lyerly lodge of Masons
at 7:30 o’clock tonight.
Health Plan to
Be Discussed
By TB Group
The TB committee of Chattoo
ga county will sponsor a lunch
eon Friday at which time va
rious state health and TB of
ficials will discuss a public health
program for the county. The
scene of the luncheon will be
Riegeldale tavern at 12 o’clock
noon.
Those who will discuss this
program include Dr. Guy Luns
ford, of the public health de
partment; Dr. W. D. Cagle, com
missioner of health, Battey State
hospital, Rome; Dr. Dan Bow
doin, of the state board of
health; L. L. Young, executive
secretary, Georgia Tuberculosis
association, and Miss Hurst, who
also is connected with the Geor
gia Tuberculosis association.
A discussion of the possibility
of a mobile unit, providing for
X-rays, will be held. In addi
tion, the group will discuss the
Ellis health law and how a pub
lic health program could be set
1 1 up in Chattooga county.
I Other guests will include the
'Chattooga county tuberculosis
• j committee, the Chattooga Coun
.l ly Medical association; J. B.
Butler, county agricultural
■ agent: F. A. Justice, chairman of
, >the board of roads and revenue,
and members of the public wel
fare department.
Sewerage Deal
Straightened
According to unofficial action
on the part of the city council
and the Summerville Manufac
turing company, the matter of
the installation of sewerage has
been cleared up.
The group has not had a regu
lar meeting since Feb. 6, how
i ever a conference of city and
I company officials was held last
I Wednesday evening.
Present plans call for the in
stallation of sewerage in the cot
; ton mill houses within the city
’ limit. Water rates will be at the
rate of $2 each house, per month,
in addition to the flat rate of
I $175, which the mill has been
paying per month for water.
A meter is to be installed on
the rug mill and the amount of
water used by this concern will
i be paid in addition to the above.
It is estimated that this will
bring an additiOxlal S6O or S7O
per month.
Applications for a loan has
been made, which will bring 20
or 30 thousand dollars to be used
in installing more sewers
throughout the city.
Dissatsfaction had arisen
among various residents who felt
that their wards were not get
' ting the proper share of sewer
' age. while other wards were get
ting more than their share.
Congratulations
From White House
Sent to 4-H Clubs
; The president has sent a mes
sage to the 4-H clubs of the
United States as they plan to
celebrate National 4-H club
week, March 1 to 7.
j Here are the contents of his
letter:
“You are to be congratulated
on the theme chosen for this
; year’s national 4-H club week,
i March 1 to 7, ‘Creating better
■ homes today for a more respon
j sible citizenship tomorrow.’ It
! is a message that is deep-rooted
I in the American way of life.
“In the family circle we learn
> by daily experience that liberty
| carries with it some essential
obligations that such of us must
respect if we are to insure har
monious family living. In a
highly scientific age like ours,
this concept is one that should
extent beyond the family into
the larger community and the
human society of which all of
us are a part. I hope you will
succeed in your goal of reaching
every rural boy and girl with
I your message.”
Harry Truman,
j President of the United States.
Byerly Independents
To Meet Andrews
The Lyerly independent basket
ball club will meet the O. B. An
drews team of Chattanooga.
Tenn., at 8:15 o’clock tonight on
the Lyerly court, it has been
disclosed by Coach Harris EEd
wards.
Coach Edwards stated that the
guest team is the leading group
in the industrial league of that
Tennessee city.
HIGHWAY PAVING
PROJECTS SLATED
FOR RURAL ROADS
Good news for rural commu-
■ j nities has come in the form of an
■ ; announcement by State Highway
■ Director John Beasley that
i school bus and mail route roads
-; in Georgia will soon be given an
-I inexpensive light paving to “get
L I the state out of the mud.” His
j statement followed the closing of
5 many country schools through
■! out the state because rainfall the
■ past 30 days had made the dirt
'' roads impassable.
J I He described the proposed pro
’: gram as “strictly a surface treat
ment operation” and said that
- paving would be laid on existing
3 roadbeds without grading them.
} Asserting that many unpaved
" roads in the state are not under
: the jurisdiction of his depart
s ment, he pointed out that the
r state was being blamed for poor
roads, in many cases, where, ac-
- tually, the roads involved be
longed entirely to the counties.
*• i “There are 78,300 miles of
roads which are not on the state
e system,” he observed. “There are
s 15,000 miles that are and 9,000
’ of these are already paved. We
! ‘ are speeding up our program to
1 get the remaining 6,000 miles
f graded and paved with federal
! ’ assistance.
To finance the quick paving of
rural roads, he said, the state
highway board has allocated an
additional $1,000,000. This, com
bined with an extra $500,000 ap
propriated to buy new highway
equipment. brings Georgia’s
. highway maintenance and build
ing fund to an all-time high.
! On Feb. 27, Beasley said, a fur
-1 ther spur to highway develop
’ ment will be provided when pav
, ing contracts will be let in the
amount of $4,500,000. This will
be the biggest contract-letting
. project in the entire history of
I the state.
Rotary Club
* Hears Engineers
o
f Charles A. Jackson, construc
-1 lion engineer on the Allatoona
dam at Cartersville, was the
“ guest speaker at the weekly
meeting of the Summerville-
Trion Rotary club Wednesday.
j, The group held their luncheon at
L the Riegeldale tavern.
| The speaker gave basic facts |
, concerning the dam and he then
answered questions from the
I : club members concerning the
, project.
“Flood control is the major ob
-1 jective for building the dam
t with power generation as a sec
_ ondary motive” Mr. Jackson
pointed out.
He estimated the cost at be
tween 25 and 35 million dollars
and completion is expected about
August, 1949.
The speaker said that a large
recreation plant went with the
project. Various points of shore
i line of lake are to be open to the
public for picnicing and an area
j also is to be set aside for scouts.
’' Introduced by Dr. H. C. Hardin
e ' Mr. Jackson is himself a Rota
-5 rian.
3 ' Visitors include Grand M. Set
tup, of Ohio, and Joe Clay, of
3 Cartersville. Both men are mem
j bers of the Rotary club.
Most Grocers Cut
Commodity Prices
i
A survey Wednesday indicated
'that most Summerville grocery
■ | stores had cut prices consider- |
• ably on meats, lard and flour, as
i a result of the commodity mar
ket slump.
Cheese is the only commodity
reported to have advanced in
price. Canned goods, canned a
year in advance, all remained
steady.
Bacon was down in some cases
as much as 14 cents a pound, and
pork chop prices had slumped as
much as 10 cents per pound
Cured meats ranged from 6 to 10
j cents decrease per pound. Lard
was generally down about 20
cents per four-pound cartoons,
while sugar ranged down about
5 cents for 5-pound bags Flour
I decreaseds were 10 to 15 cents
per 25 pounds.
Poultry and horse feeds were
• j down from 25 to 30 cents per 100
1 pounds.
I ;
LEGION TO MEET
' The American Legion Post 129
’ will meet at 7:30 o’clock tonight
at the Legion Hall in Summer
ville.
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department
$1.50 A YEAR
Homer Gordon
Defeats Hix As
Commissioner
Homer C. Gordon was elected
commssioner of road district No.
5. defeating his only opponent,
W. A. Hix by a majority of 116
votes. Mr. Gordon received 344
i votes, while 228 were cast for Mr.
Hix.
The men were candidates to
fill the unexpired term of H. B.
Hix, who died recently. The
term will expire Dec. 31, 1950.
Voting by precincts was as fol
lows:
Dirttown
Gordon 255
' Hix MT
Subligna
' Gordon 69
Hix 74
Haywood
Gordon 20
Hix 7
Election managers were: L. W.
Mitchell, Dirttown; R. R. Jen
nings. Subligna, and G. W. Jor
dan. Haywood.
Justice of Peace
Election Saturday
The election for Justice of the
■ Peace will be held from 7 a.m. to
6 p.m. Saturday, it has been dis
! closed by A. L. Strange.
Approximately 2,200 are eligi
ble to vote in this election, which
is being held to fill the vacancy
created by the death of T. C.
Brown.
Those having qualified include
T. M. Booth, L. F. McGraw, S. W
Favor. Sr., and Willie F. John
| son.
Floyd Cowntians
Two Veteran Officials
Two veteran county officers
failed to regain their positions in
the Floyd county Democratic
primary which was neld Tuesday.
Glmore Johnson defeated
Mark Horton, incumbent, and
Luke Lamb, taxi operator, to be
come Democratic candidate for
the next sheriff of Floyd county.
J. L. I r, P p,_ L>i .l p rk of
court, lost to Melvin Owens.
Tom Clemons was re-elected
tax collector by a land-slide vote
over Dan Rush.
J. W. Davis defeated John
Scarborough for coroner.
The so-called “good govern
ment ticket” for commissioners
I defeated the so-called “square
i deal ticket.” Members of the
' winning ticket were N. N. Burnes
Jr., C. G. Kirklano. Joe Hawkins,
C. N. Powers and Seab N. What
ley.
Carl Griffin, incumbent, de
feated his one opponent, ames
F. (Lefty) Murdock to maintain
his office for ordinary.
Chastine Parker, solicitor city
court: C. O. Wa’den, treasurer,
John Warr school superinten
dent, and Jake Storey, tax re
ceiver had no opposition
Maynor Bound Over
On Manslaughter Charge
Thomas O. Maynor was
charged with manslaughter, it
being reduced to a misdemeanor
in a preliminary hearing Wed
nesday by Judge C D. Riv rs.
Maynor had previo sly been
charged with assault and at
; tempt to murder Claud Evans,
iO-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Evans, of Subligna, who
died of shotgun wounds allegedly
inflicted by Maynor at his
home.
The case was bound over to
the next term of Superior court,
and the defendant is out on a
SSOO bond.
Pastors School to Be
Held in LaFayette
The department of evangelism
of the Georgia Baptist convenr
tion, through Secretary H. C.
Whitener, announces a Bible
conference and pastors' school
to be held in the Second Baptist
church, LaFayette, March 1-4.
The faculty for this school
will consist of the Rev. F. J. Hen
drix and Dr. R. T. Russell of the
department of evangelism, and
the Rev. Harry V. Smith, former
pastor of the Forsyth Baptist
church, now at Mercer univer
sity.
Through the hospitality of the
Coosa Baptist association, the
Second Baptist church of La-
Fayette. in co-operation with the
department of evangelism, full
entertainment will be provided
for all pastors who attend the
school. Those planning to spend
the nights in LaFayette should
notify the host pastor, the Rev.
M. M. Youngblood, and arrange
ments will be made.