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The Lyerly Masonic lodge will
meet at 7:30 o’clock tonight at
the Lyerly lodge.
The Trion lodge will confer
the master Mason degree. Robert
Kimbell will be the acting mas
ter, in the absence of W. P.
Lovett, who is attending the
Georgia Education association
meeting.
Refreshments will be served
and all qualified brethren are in- J
vited to attend.
I
Chamber of Commerce officials
disclose that plans for various
progressive measures in the
county are working out “nicely.”
However, it is reported that the
membership drive is lagging
somewhat. The Chamber of
Commerce is county-wide, and
membership is sl2 annually.
Twenty-three persons were
apprehended by city police with
in the past week on disorderly
conduct charges.
Edward A. Everett was cited
for speeding.
Arrested included George W.
Marshall, Roosevelt Glover, Jim |
Perryhouse, L. P. Smithson, Pete f
Blackman, Douglas Floyd, James
Pierce, Marshall Plemmons, Er
nest Landrum, Willard Nally,
Walt C. Davis, Harper Black
mon, B. Petters, Frank Camp
bell, Dewey Landrum, Bobby
Browning, Lee Kellett, Hugh
Pickle, Howard McGraw, Jasper
Hudgins, Pete Simmons and
John Ashworth.
Six men were arrested within
the past week by county officers,
records at Sheriff A. H. (Tiny)
Glenn’s office reveal.
They are as follows: Edward
A. Everett, misdemeanor; Junior
Harrell, misdemeanor; Loyce
Hill, larceny; Junior McWhorter,
larceny from the house; John
Walker, misdemeanor and Roy
R. Williams, misdemeanor.
A total of 94 employers in
Georgia agreed to pay back
wages in the amount of $18,520
to 736 employees as a result of
inspections made under federal
wage and hour laws during the
last six months of 1947.
This was reported today by
Henry A. Huettner, Atlanta field
office supervisor, of the wage
and hour and public contracts
divisions, U. S. department of
labor. The payments were re
stitution for failure to comply
with the minimum wage and
overtime provisions of the wage
and hour law, which apply to
employees engaged in interstate
commerce or in the production!
of goods for interstate commerce
and the public contracts act,
which applies to government
contracts for more than |IO,OOO.
Calvin Stoker, son of Ada
Stoker, of Cloudland, who is at
present assigned at headquart
ers, Camp Rizal, Philippines
Ryukyus command in Manila,
has been recently promoted to
technician fourth grade, it was
announced by the public infor
mation office, Philrycom.
Entering the army on June 2,
1944, at Fort McPherson, T/4
Stoker departed for overseas as
signment in January, 1945
Coosa Valley livestock sales at
the weekly sale at Rome on
Wednesday, Feb. 25, were $38,-
975.90, with 60 buyers and 156
sellers exchanging 455 cattle, 87
hogs one goat and one horse.
Hogs were $13.50 to $23.25 cwt.;
calves $5-27.25; bulls, $14.40-
19.20; steers, $14.60-$25.75;
slaughter cows, sl2-$18; dairy
type heifers, $13.90-$19.50;
springers, S6B to $166 per head.
Mary Ellen Selman, daughter
of Mrs. W. P. Selman, of East
Washington street, Summerville,
has been accepted by the Ward-
Belmont school for girls in Nash
ville for the year 1948-49
Miss Selman, who will grad
uate from the Girls preparatory
school in Chattanooga, Tenn..
next June, will enter the college
freshman class at Ward-Belmont
on Sept. 7, 1948.
The executive committee of the
Chattooga County TB association
will meet on Monday, March 29,
to make plans for the coming
year, it was decided at a meet
ing of the board of directors
Tuesday afternoon-
REV. LEROY OBERT
ADDRESSES LIONS
“Our Responsibility to the
Young People,” was the subject
of an address given Tuesday eve
ning by the Rev. Leßoy Obert,
pastor of the Trion Presbyterian
church at the regular meeting of
the Summerville Lions club.
The group met at the tavern in
Trion.
The speaker pointed out that a
cub scout is one of the many ad
vantages we should offer our
young boys.
“The business and profession
al men should spend some time
each week trying to help our
community, rather than having
one or two shoulder the/ whole
thing,” the Rev. Mr. Obert said.
Fred Medders nad cnarge of
the evening’s program.
Jack Stephens and Frank Pen
ley were named delegates to at
tend the National Lions club con
vention this year.
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VOL. 65; NO. 9
Farm Bureau, Fair Association
Hold Joint Meeting
The Chattooga County Fail
association and the County
Farm Bureau had a joint meet
ing at the courthouse Friday
afternoon. Howard Baker, who
is president of both organiza
tions, presided.
The fair association re-elected
three directors, Harry Powell of
Trion, A. F. McCurry of Sum
merville and W. W. Cook of Ly
erly, to serve for the next three
year period.
Herbert Gilkerson, secretary
and treasurer, read the minutes
and reported that there were
ample funds to operate on until
next fall, when another fair will
be held.
Coarsey Speaks
Ralph Coarsey, manager of the
Riegeldale dairy and farms, ad
dressed the group at the farm
bureau meeting, which followed.
“There is nothing constant but
change,” he pointed out, “and
this certainly applies to farm
ing.”
He stated that certain types
of land are not adapted to cot
ton, but that this same land will
grow grass and livestock will
thrive on it.
The speaker disclosed that
since 1864 “we’ve been struggling
to get along. Our capital assets
have not yet got as high as they
were then.”
As an example of the proper
type of change in crops, Mr.
Coarsey stated that a section
with which he was familiar in
South Carolina once produced
indigo, but that it “faded out.”
Then they grew rice for a period
of time. Later, the rage was
long-staple cotton. The land was
Young Crash
Victim Dies
Funeral services for Marvin
Burks 14, who died Wednesday
night, Feb. 25, of injuries sus
tained earlier in the day when
his bicycle collided with an au
tomobile, were conducted at 2
p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at the Wel
come Hill Baptist church. The
Rev. Frank Craton officiated and
interment was in the Trion
cemetery.
In addition to his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Fred S. Burks of La-
Fayette, young Burks is survived
by three sisters, Shelby Jane,
Mary Helen and Phyllis Anne
Burks; four brothers, Ed Marlin,
Melvin Monroe, John L. and
George Leo, all of LaFayette.
The lad was injured on the
Menlo-LaFayette highway Wed
nesday morning when he di
rected his bicycle into the path
of an on-coming automobile In
an apparent effort to guide a dog
out of the highway. The auto
mobile was driven by John S
Knox Jr., who immediately
rushed the injured youth to the
Summerville hospital. He died
later in a Chattanooga, Tenn.,
hospital.
According to the sheriff’s of
fice, no charges have yet been
made against Mr. Knox.
Summerville Manufacturing Company
Continues Increase in Cotton Goods Output
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Chattooga County not only
raises cotton, but it also manu- t
factures goods from old “king
cotton.”
One such industry is the boom
ing Summerville Manufacturing :
Company, whose output has in
creased from 100,000 pounds to
170,000 pounds of finished goods
per week at the present. For J
this amount of finished goods, j
400 bales of cotton are required
per week, with approximately
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA,
kept productive of something, he
said.
“A man who will not adapt
himself to change is doomed to I
failure,” the speaker declared. !
I However, it was pointed out
I that the farmers individually
can’t make these changes with
jout help.
“That’s the purpose of the
state experiment Stations and the
Georgia Agricultural service,”
Mr. Coarsey said. “They do this
work for the farmers and litera
i ture is in abundance at the
! county agent’s office giving in
j formation which will be benefic
| ial to all of you.”
Mr. Coarsey said that “if we
are to keep our children on the
farms, we must offer them some i
conveniences, and to do this we
must produce something to ob
tain these conveniences with.” !
C. W. Jeffries, of the Georgia
State Employment service, spoke
briefly, offering the aid of his
, office in securing farm labor for
the local farmers. He stated
that a representative would be
at the courthouse each Thursday
and anyone interested may con
tact him at that time.
The 4-H boys and girls and
FFA boys will display their cat
tle in Summerville in April, and
the three organizations, fair as
sociation, fartn bureau and soil
conservation service, each con
tributed $25 to be given as prizes
to these boys and girls.
It was decided that the coun
ty-wide meetings would be semi
annually, with the next meeting
to be held the last Friday in
July., The community meetings
will coritinue to be held monthly.
Lyerly Seeks
Baseball Team
| Everyone interested in the
Lyerly baseball team is asked to
meet at the Lyerly high school
gymnasium Tuesday night,
March 9, at 8 p.m. for the pur
pose of electing team officials
; and organizing the team.
Harold Bishop owner of the
playing field used last year has
| given the team permission to use
! it .again this year.
As the team has no park, and
can’t charge admission to the
games, it depends on passing the
hat for its finances.
It was stated the following
men have made donations for
the support of the team: John
Jones, J. A. Scoggins, J. W. King,
James Floyd, Muley Hicks, W. H.
McCauley, A. H. Glenn Paul Mor
rison.
Several others have promised
their support and anyone else
wishing to help can send dona
tions or leave it in Jackson Bros,
store in Lyerly.
White Elephant Sale
At South Summerville
The South Summerville school
will sponsor a white elephant
sale at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Proceeds are to be used for
playground equipment. The pu-
500 employees operating the mill
I three shifts, six days a week.
Begun in 1903 as the Summer
ville Mills. Inc., with Eugene
Taylor as the first president, the
mill has undergone many changes
in appearance, as well as in per
sonnel and management. How
ever, it’s chief aim has been the
production of cotton goods. At
one time, cotton suits were made
there, however, now only “ducks”
sheeting and osnahurgs are
Dunson Heads
Executive Meet
Os Scouters
A. G. Dunson. member of the
executive board of the North
west Georgia council, Boy Scouts
of America, attended the meet
ing at the Greystone hotel on
Feb. 26. Council President Wilson
Hardy presided. The president
welcomed new officers of the
year.
Scout executive C. 11. Westin
introduced all members and told
of their position in the council.
After the report of the operat
ing committees, Herbert Stuck
ey, deputy regional executive of
the Boy Scouts from Atlanta,
gave a profile of the council by
use of charts.
At the conclusion, Mr. Stuckey
congratulated the council on its
growth.
President Wilson Hardy ap
pointed the following as chair
man of council committees:
Advancement Dr. Bunyan
Stephens.
Camping and Activities—Ellis
F. Hale
Finance—F. D. Hand.
Health and Safety—Dr. Robert
Norton.
Leadership Training—Dr. C. W.
Griffin.
Organization and Extension—
John Rooney.
Camp Sidney Dow—J. L. Sulz
bacher.
Inter-Racial Scouting—George
Home.
Senior Scouting—Pryor Fitts.
Cub Scouting—E. R. Fuller.
MISS SARAH A. LEAGUE
OF SUMMERVILLE DEAD
SUMMERVILLE, March 1—
Miss Sarah Ann League, 88, died
here Sunday after a prolonged
illness.
Miss League was a native of
Cleburne county, Alabama, but
had spent the greater part of
her life here and had been a
member of the Summerville Bap
tist church for 60 years.
Her parents wer t ;, the late Wil
liam J. and Lucy Jane League.
She is survived by several nieces
and nephews. Her brother, John
A. League, preceded her in death
only last week, dying at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Mich
ael Quinn, in Chattanooga.
Funeral services for Miss
League were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Summerville Baptist church by
the Rev. Fred Crisp of Chatta
nooga; assisted by the Rev. A. L.
Pullen.
Active pallbearers were Reu
ben Garrett, Waldo Reece, Frank
Penley, Curtis Meacham, Deed
Hale and Willie B. Clarkson. The
arrangements were in charge of
the J. D Hill funeral home.
pits and especially all candidates
are invited to attend.
1 manufactured.
The “ducks” are used chiefly
; for tents and awnings, while the
| osnaburgs are used in bags and
| various linings, it has been point
ed out.
No dying or other finishing of j
the materials is done at this j
plant.
The sprawling, brick-construct-;
ed mill and it’s 96 accompany
i ing white mill houses are located i
iin South Summerville, lying be- [
RAYMUND DANIEL,
NOTED NEWSMAN,
DIES HERE
Francis Raymund Daniel, 68,
well-known retired Georgia
newspaper man, died in a local
hospital at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Daniel was born in At
lanta on Sept. 12, 1880, son of the
late Martha Kathryn Wilkinson
Daniel and Dr. Francis Marion
I Daniel.
He was graduated from S.M.A.,
now known as Georgia Military
| academy, College Park, Alabama
I Polytechnic institute and South
| ern Military college.
A past grand master of Masons '
in Georgia, Mr. Daniel also had
! been a member of Yaarab temple
of Shriners.
Mr. Daniel was a newspaper
man in various metropolitan
centers from 1903 to 1905. He
j served as southeastern editor of
the Associated Press for one year
and from 1906 to 1913, he was
managing editor of the Atlanta
Journal. He also served a short
period as editor of the Valdosta
Times.
His noted career carried him
into the trade publication work
and he was formerly resident
vice-president in the insurance
field.
Mr. Daniel entered public rela
tions work in 1939 and was exec
utive secretary of industrial in
surers conference at the time of
his retirement in 1945.
He was a Spanish American
war veteran and also did confi
dential work for the U. S. gov
ernment during World War I.
Survivors include the widow,
the former Annie Mae Brock, of
Rome; two nephews, Royal Dan
j iel Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Mell Daniel, of New York; a
great-nephew, Royal Daniel 111
of Pittsburgh, Pa.; a sister-in
law, Edna Cain Daniel, of Quit
man; two cousins, Van W. Wil
kinson and Mrs. Margaret W.
Wager, of Atlanta.
Graveside services were held
at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the West
E. MONTGOMERY
DIES HERE
E. Montgomery, prominent
Chattooga County figure,
died yesterday afternoon fol-
I lowing an illness of several
weeks.
Funeral arrangements were
I incomplete when The News
went to press.
Mr. Montgomery, age 86,
was at one time superintend
ent of the Montgomery Knit
ting Mill, which was named
for him.
He is survived bv his wife,
the former Ida Gilbert.
J. C. CHAMBERS
DIES TUESDAY
James Clayton Chambers,
of Hall’s Valley, Trion, died
Tuesday afternoon at a local
hospital.
Funeral arrangements were
incomplete as the News went
to press.
tween ‘the Summerville-Lyerly
and Guuanerviile-Menlo high
ways an Fean street. They cover
approximately 30 acres.
Four ne w warehouses, each 50x
100 feet, were recently completed
at the western side of the build
ings. ,
The mill began operating in
1939 under the title of the Sum
merville Manufacturing Com -
pany, and Hugh Given, of Rome,
is the present President. J. M
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948
School Building
Program to Get
Underway ‘Soon’
The Chattooga County school
i building program will get under
way in the very near future,'
| County School Superintendent C.
B Akin disclosed yesterday
Plans and blue prints for the
two grammar school buildings at
Wildlife Club
Meets Monday
j The monthly meeting of the
[Chattooga county wildlife and
! conservation club will be held
I Monday evening March 8, at the
| Lyerly schoolhouse.
Dan Rainey, of the state
j game and fish department, will
meet with the club. Mr. Rainey
has been present at previous
| meetings and members report he j
is an interesting speaker. He will
j have plans for the club to follow I
in carrying out the program out
lined at the last meeting.
President W. H. Smith states
that a site has been selected for |
the club fish pond and it is ex
pected that work will be started
on the lake at an early date.
The committee has visited nu- j
merous places in the county_and i
inspected sites available for
such a lake. Chairman H. M.
Hall will make a detailed re
port on the lake at the meeting j
Monday night.
; The committee named to se-1
cure adequate acreage for a,
game reserve will make their re
port Monday night also, and it
i is understood that this commit
tee has been successful in getting
cooperation from land owners in
the county and the restocking
I program can begin at an early
date.
The drive for membership in
the club has met with success
and it is continuing. Membership
in the club is $2 per year and
may be secured by writing or
seeing W. H. Smith, president
Lyerly.
View Cemetery, Atlanta. Dr.
Dick Hall of Atlanta, and the
Rev. B. D. Ricke pastor of the
Lyerly Baptist church', officiated.
Paljbearers included Howard
Dobbs, D. L. Shannon, George R.
Rice, Hammond B. Smith, George
Spring, Roger Bell and George
Jones.
J. D. Hill funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Third Quanrerly
. Coifc-rence as Menlo
On Sunday, March 7, the third
quarterly meeting of the Menlo
i circuit will be held at the Meth
odist church in Menlo.
Preaching will be held in the
| morning by the new district
'superintendent, Dr. Peter Man
ning, after which dinner will be
served, and the business session
held in the afternoon. Every
one is cordially invited to come
' i to this service.
Curran and B. J. Barry, both of
New York, are Vice Presidents,
while J M. Curran, Jr., is Treas
urer.
A. G. Dunson is the General
Manager and he is assisted by
Willis James. Superintendent Mr.
Dunson has been associated with
the company since 1944.
Five overseers are located
throughout the mill, supervising
the work. They are as follows-
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We Have a 'TVlodernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAR
i Welcome Hill, Myers and Penn
• ville already are complete and
, on file in the office here,” he
said.
The bonds will be here within
■ the next few days, the School
- Superintendent stated, nd after
the proper signat; we been
:ai fixed the money wall ,e avail
! able for the building program.
Other plans will be completed
; as soon as possible,” Mr. Akin de
j dared, “and it is hoped that the
; entire program can get under
; way by mid-Summer.”
: j Thirty-five thousand dollars
i j will be set aside for each of the
[ j buildings at Welcome Hill, Myers
: I and Pennville, it was disclosed.
“Due to the high cost of ma
, terial and labor, the Board does
not feel that the limited funds
of $35,000 for each build : ng will
i be sufficient to acquire hiding
sites and complete the bi dings.”
Mr. Akin said. Howeve Penn
| ville already has the hiding
j site, and Welcome Hill an . Myers,
from all reports, will h ve suf
ficient funds raised loc illy for
their site.
! “As soon as this is dne and
the Board is notified, l ds will
be let for each of the twj build
j ings. It is hoped that each of
| these buildings will be ready for
! occupancy by the opening “date
of school next Fall.”
Record Vote
Seen Here
In Election
A record vote is predicted in
the Chattooga county Democrat
ic primary on Wednesday, March
10, regardless of “rain or shine,”
election officials state.
There are approximately 11,-
j 000 persons registered to vote,
I and it is expected that 700 or
800 votes will be cast.
A voter must vote at least once
, in a two-year period to keep his
1 name on the registration list, it
i.was pointed itherwiae he
. will have to re-register.
I The polls will open at 7 a.m.
. and close at 6 p.m., Democratic
;! executive Committee Chairman
; | T. J. Espy stated.
Eighteen candidates are seek-
I I ing the eight county offices, with
great interest being focused on
j the sheriff and tax collector’s
j race. In the event of a run-off,
it would be held on April 8.
Nomination in this primary us
ually assures the candidate of
j election to that office in the
,} general election in November.
. This is because of the lack of an
| other active party in this area.
> Secret Ballot
l The secret Australian ballot is
. to be used for the first time in a
> Chattooga county primary.
! In order that the public may
, understand the correct voting
» j procedure with this ballot, a
sample one is printed below.
The statement, “Scratch
name of ones for whom you do
not vote,” means that you draw
a line through the names of ev
eryone except those for whom
! you are voting.
Election officials caution vot
! ers against making a check
'mark or an “X.” stating that
| such ballots will not be counted.
In using the secret ballot, this
procedure should be followed:
After the ballot Ls handed you,
take it to booth and mark as
recommended above. Fold it, ex
cept for the perforated end of
I the of the ballot and take back
to registrar and show him the
registrar number of ballot, give
your name, tear off ballot at
perforation and drop folded part
into box, taking top part with
you.
OFFICIAL BALLOT
State of Georgia—Chattooga Co.
For Election March 10, 1948
Summerville Precinct
Scratch Name of Ones for Whom
You Do Not Vote
FOR SHERIFF
F. M. FISHER
A. H. GLENN
REUBEN A. LYONS
A. L. MARTIN
FOR CLERK
M. D. (MULEY) HIX
JOHN S. JONES
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
EMMETT CLARKSON
HERMAN G. COOK
JAMES (SLOPPY) FLOYD
J. A. SCOGGINS
FOR TAX RECEIVER
t GEORGE D. ERWIN
RAY VAN PELT
FOR ORDINARY
J. W. KING
i FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPT.
< C. B. AKIN
FOR CORONER
1 I. M. HENDERSON, SR.
, A. T. RAY
r ROOSEVEIT YOUNG
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR
J. B. STEPHENSON