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HERE N I THERE Dr. W. T. Gist will be out of town for two weeks beginning Tuesday, June 15. During this period Dr. J. J. Allen will be available to Dr. Gist’s patients. Dr. Gist will be back in his of fice on Wednesday, June 30. The Flower Judging School, sponsored by the Rome Federat ed Garden Clubs, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, with Mrs. Jesse Fort, of Griffin, and Mrs. Maud Jacobs, of Carrollton, Ky., conducting the classes. The school was held at the First Baptist Church Sun day School Annex. Many from towns surrounding Rome attended the school. A round and square opening dance will be held at the Hitch ing Post, Mentone, Ala., from 8 to 12 (CST), at which time the Smith Brothers Band, with How ard Kane at the piano, will fur nish the music. The Hitching Post is operated by the Smith Brothers. The dance spot has been com pletely renovated recently, ac cording to proprietors, who state that a large crowd is expected for the opening dance. The Ninth Annual Ram and Lamb Show and Sale at the Coosa Valley Livestock Barns, Rome, is to be held beginning at 10:30 a. m. today, according to J. O. Carden, director of develop ment. After the judging of regular exhibits, the sheep judging con test, which is open to everyone excepting County Agents and Vo cational Teachers, will be held. The lamb grading demonstra tion will follow at 11:45 a. m. The afternoon’s session will open with the sheep shearing demonstration at 2 p. m. and the ram and lamb auction will con clude the day’s events at 2:30 p m. Among the 1,600 students at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., who received degrees at commencement exercises at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday, June 8, in the Field House was Robert Earl Da vison, of Summerville, who was awarded the degree of doctor of dentistry. As of June 1, 1948, the U. S. Coast Guard instituted a pro gram of enlistments and re-en listments into the U. S. Coast Guard Reserve. Only former male members of the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve between the ages of 17 and 45 are eligible for enlistment or re-enlistment at this time. Former members of the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Re serve who desier enlistment at this time will be enlisted in an inactive status ofr a period of three years. Applicants will be enlisted in the same status as that held on discharge as regards rating, pay grade, etc. Interested personnel should apply at the nearest Coast Guard Recruiting Station. —o— licenses have been is sued to the following by Ordinary J. W. King: James Vaughn and Opal Helton, Bobby Lee Cook and Vinovi June Hayes; N. C. Morris and Faye Houter; Joe Manis and Alice Connell; Ray mond R. Thompson and Verg Pettit; Lester Oakes and Thelma Flipps. —o— Homeland Harmony Quar tet will present a concert at the Summerville Courthouse at 8 p.m. Saturday, it has been dis closed. The Trion Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, is sponsoring the appearance. R. D. Davison, of Summerville, has been awarded the contract to construct the two-classroom addition to the Summerville Col ored School and the four-class room addition to the Chattooga Training School, at Holland, ac cording to the County Board of Education. Davison’s low bids were $4,500 for the Summerville school, and $8,500 for the Holland School. EVENING BUSINESS SCHOOL OPENS HERE Evening classes will be con ducted at the recently organized Summerville Business School on Monday and Wednesday nights, according to Mrs .May Stover, commercial instructor. Hours will be from 6 to 10 p. m. at the Sum merville High School. The school is sponsored by the Chattooga County Board of Ed ucation and courses offered in clude typing, shorthand, book keeping, business English, spell ing and secretarial. Credit will be given on high school credits and a certificate will be awarded at the comple tion of courses, it was stated. Biuiunrnnllr Xiw VOL. 63; NO. 23 SHERIFF GETS 18 MONTHS MRS. ELLEN FREEMAN ARRESTED IN BROWN MURDER CASE HERE A preliminary hearing on the | case of Mrs. Ellen Brown Free- j man, 25, who was arrested last | Wednesday on a warrant charg ing her with the murder of her sister-in-law almost a year ago, has been set for 2 p. m. Thurs day, according to Sheriff A. H (Tiny) Glenn. Mrs. Freeman, who is held in connection with the murder of Mrs. Laura Katherine Brown here last July 26, was arrested at Hogansville, in Troup County, by Georgia Bureau of Investiga tion Agent C. B. Simmonds, and E. J. (Sandy) Clower, Solicitor-[ General of the Rome udicial Cir cuit. In a brief interview at the jail Over $2,000 Raised in Crusade Drive The Crusade for Children ; drive launched in Chattooga County the last week in May to taled over $2,000 from the latest[ ; reports. J. A. Byars, chairman of the, Trion community, announced ’that Trion contributed a total of $1,635.22, however all contribu [ tions have not yet been received. An estimated $350 has been re ceived in Summerville by Chair !man Mrs. J. R. Burgess; Jim Leath, Dickeyville chairman, $150; Jim Floyd, Pennville chair man, sll3, and more than SIOO from other areas. The drive is still in progress with several communities still not reported. A quota of $4,500 I was allotted as the Chattooga I County quota, and from reports listed above it is estimated that approximately half of the quota ; has been received. mks Josie Johnson DIES LAST SATURDAY j Mrs. Rosie Lee Gifford John- Ison, 56, died at her home, Route 3. Summerville, Saturday at 5 p. m„ after several months ill ness. She is survived by her hus- [ band, Mark E. Johnson; two daughters, Mrs. Edna Phillips, Miss Evelyn Johnson. Summer ville; three sons, Carl, J. 8., and John H. Johnson, all of Summer ville; seven grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conduct- • ed at the South Summerville Baptist Church Sunday at 4 p.m. with the Rev. E. L. Williams, of Chattanooga; the Rev. W. M. Steel, pastor, and the Rev. Floyd Higgins officiating. Interment in the Summerville Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home of | Summerville in charge. Mrs. Burton, 85, Dies at Trion Mrs. Jane (Grannie) Burton, I 85, died at a Trion hospital at I 3:15 p. m. Monday following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Burton, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Walter Elliott, of Summerville, had resided in this county for 15 years. She was born in DeKalb Coun- I ty, Alabama, on April 7, 1863, daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Victoria Palmour Sizemore. Mrs. Burton was an ac tive member of the Church of Christ, before she became ill. Survivors include two sons, Sam Burton, of Henegar, Ala., i and McKinley Burton, of Dut-| ton, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. I Ethel Hawkins, of Shannon, and [ Mrs. Elliott, of Summerville; one [niece, Mrs. Cindy Hass, of Shan jnon, and three nephews, Jess, [Levi and Bill Sizemore. Twenty four grandchildren, several great [grandchildren and a number of j great - great-grandchildren also I survive. Funeral services were held at 1 p. m. Wednesday at the Sum merville Church of Christ, with Andrew Pilgrim and W. A. Black officiating. Interment was in the Friendship Cemetery, Sand [Mountain, Ala. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1948 [Thursday, the accused woman I declared that “I haven’t done anything.” She declined to per mit a photographer to snap her picture. Wearing a faded blue cotton dress, the attractive blonde young woman was conversing with her husband in the jail cell. Solicitor-General Clower quot led Mrs. Freeman as saying an unidentified “big man” slew her sister-in-law between 1 and 2 a. m. while the two women were sleeping in a room in the Free man home with the three chil dren. Their husbands were at work in a mill at Trion. He also stated that they “hope” to make another arrest “before too long.” Trion Vacation Bible School Opens June 14 Daily Vacation Bible School [will begin at the First Presby [ terian church in Trion at 9 a.m. June 14. The Bible School is open to [ children of all denominations Ibetween the ages of 4 through 14. It will last two weeks with hours from 9 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. The Rev. Leßoy Obert, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will be director. Registration will be held at the Presbyterian Church from 9:30 a. m. til 10:30 a. m. Satur day, June 12. HYDEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY Dr. W. U. Hyden was elected president of the Chattooga Coun ty Medical Society Tuesday eve ning at the regular meeting of the group, which was held at I John’s Place. Dr. Hyden succeeds Dr. G. H. Little, who was host to i the group. Other officers elected were as follows: Dr. H. P. Holbrook, vice president; Dr. William T. Gist, secretary-treasurer; Dr. J. J. Al len, delegate to the Seventh Dis [ trict Medical Society. The group passed a resolution I declaring Dr. W. B. Hair an hon orary life member of the Society |and honoring him for his “many I years of unselfish service to suf [ sering humanity.” The meeting was opened with [ the invocation given by Dr. R N. Little, and during the busi ness session the Society decided to hold meetings regularly on the first Tuesday of each month. Two scientific papers were [read and discussed prior to the round-table discussion of recent advances in medicine. After the meeting the group adjourned to the home of Dr. G. H. Little, where entertainment and refreshments were provided. PUBLIC HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE TO MEET WITH GROUPS M. Schubert, of the State Board of Health, will be in Chat |tooga County next week for the I purpose of meeting with civic groups in the interest of pro moting a food sanitation pro gram in this county, according to |W. A. Kemp, local public health sanitarian. Mr. Schubert will meet with city officials on Monday, it was stated, and he will address the Summerville Lions Club at their i regular meeting at 7 p. m. Tues- I day, at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion, j He also is scheduled to meet with | the County Commissioners on [Monday, June 21, it was dis | closed. According to Mr. Kemp, an or dinance of the U. S. Public Health Service recommends that all public eating establishments be graded, and it is necessary that the County Board of Com missioners pass a local ordinance calling for this protective meas ure. The school lunch rooms also will be graded under the pro gram, it was stated. Mr. Kemp asks the public to co-operate by contacting their County Commissioners and urg ing passage of this ordinance. Raids Staged in County Saturday Bv State Patrol, Solicitor Clower Hartline Gets 15; Knight 18 Months Chattooga County Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn, 74, and Gilmer County Representative Edd Knight, were sentenced yester day to serve an 18-months’ pris on sentence for conspiracy to de fraud the Government and vio late Federal liquor laws, while their co-defendant. General Gor don (Jack) Hartline, of Summer ville, on the same charge, was given a 15-months' sentence. The trio was sentenced at 12:45 p. m. yesterday by Judge Robert Russell in Northwest Dis trict U. S. Federal Court at Rome. A motion to the judge for a new trial was turned down, how | ever, the case will be appealed to Appellate Court, New Orleans, La., it was learned. Glenn and Knight were placed under a $3,500 bond, while Hart line’s bond was $2,000. All three posted bond. They were found guilty by the Federal jury on May 21 after three hours deliberation. The jury was composed of 10 white men and two Negroes. County 4-H Winners Named Winners in the Chattooga County 4-H Project Contest were named Friday at the annual! County Elimination Contest held i this year at the dining room of I the First Baptist Church. All first place winners will at tend the district project meet ing at the University of Geor [gia, Athens, in July. Winners in the Public Speak ing Contest were as follows: Junior girls, Iris Toles, Menlo: junior boys, Cuye Morrison, of Lyerly; senior girls, Hazel Toles, Menlo; senior boys, James Mit chell, Menlo; Elaine Bullard, of j Lyerly, won second place in the | junior girls contest. Carlton Hawkins, of Gore, won | a trip to Athens on the forest fire prevention demonstration he presented at the meeting. Edith Garvin, of Menlo, won first place in the quick bread contest, while Yvonne McCul lough, also of Menlo, was first place winner in the yeast bread contest. Betty Jean Vaughn, of Berryton, won second place in the quick breads, and Julia Ann Garvin won second place in the yeast breads, with Sara Kling taking third place. In the dress revue, Yvonne McCullough and Edith Garvin were winners in the senior and 'junior revues, respectively. Other winners in the dress I revues were as follows: Second, 'senior, Julia Ann Garvin; third, [Hazel Toles; fourth, Sara Kling, | 'all of Menlo; second, junior, Bet- [ ty Jean Vaughn. Judges were Mrs. David Hen- [ j ley and Miss Willie Lee Powell. [ Other guests included Walter | Neville, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mor- | i rison, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Nor- ■ man Garvin and Mrs. B. E. Neal. I Miss Juanita Burkett, County I Demonstration Agent, was in charge of the contest. Winners were awarded prizes through the courtesy of local merchants. SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. DONA BULLARD Mrs. Dona Etta Bullard. 72, of Summerville, died in Trion at 7 p m. Monday. Mrs. Bullard is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Florence Adams and Mrs Earl Newsome, both of Summerville; one son, J. B Bullard, of Lyerly; one sister, Mrs. Carrie Morrison, of Lyerly; two brothers, Ben and Alex Rey nolds, of Summerville. Fifteen grandchildren and eight great- [ grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conduct- | ed at the Lyerly Baptist Church , at 3 p. m. Wednesday, with the I Rev. W. M. Steel and the Rev. B. D. Ricks officiating. Interment was in the Lyerly Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home of Sum- I merville in charge. Clower Calls for Glenn's Resignation; Answer Is ‘No’ The following is the speech de livered by Solicitor-General E. J. (Sandy) Clower on a Rome radio station at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday: I “Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends “As your Solicitor General, I ad dress these remarks particularly Ito the law-abiding citizens of Chattooga County. As you have perhaps already heard, your sheriff—the man whom you elected some three and one-half years ago to serve you in the en forcement of your laws, in the maintenance of law and order, in the investigation and prose cution of criminals, in the serv- I ice of the processes of your courts —was today sentenced in Fed eral Court, after having been convicted by twelve good men and true, for having conspired when bootleggers, distillers and racketeers in general to flout and defy the liquor laws of this State and nation. His actions made a mockery of the law, and created disrespect, rather than respect, for the law. In private conversation he once told me that the reason he was defeated for Sheriff in the last primary ■ was that when he was elected [ to his present term it was on a I platform containing a promise |to the people that he would rid the county of bootleggers and _____________ 4 —— Quail Raising Is Project in The County Several residents of Lyerly are participating in a wildlife proj ect by accepting quail eggs and letting their bantam hens hatch them, according to Walter Ne ville, Assistant County Agent. Three hundred quail eggs were I obtained from the State Game land Fish Commission and have j been distributed to the follow ing: Andy Brady, four hens; [Eobbie Vaughn, two hens; Mrs. Joe Reid, 11 hens; Billy Green, one hen; and Bobbie Woodall, one hen. After the quail are raised to a certain age, they will be placed on the restricted areas surround ing Lyerly. Mr. Neville explains that no hunting is allowed on these areas for two years and that during that period a good supply of [quail should be produced. The wildlife project is under the direction of the County I Agent’s office and the County [Wildlife and Conservation Club, of which W. H. Smith, of Lyerly, [ is president. BUSINESSWOMEN’S CLUB PROPOSED FOR THIS AREA Mrs. Mamie Taylor, president I of the Georgia Business and Pro i fessional Women’s Club, will imeet with local women here on Wednesday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. at John’s Place, to discuss the organization of a Summerville Business and Professional Wom en’s Club, according to Mrs. Ray mund Daniel, Executive Secre tary of the Chamber of Com merce, which is promoting the idea of such a club. All persons interested in aid ing in this organization are asked to contact Mrs. Daniel at Phone 239. to make reservations for the dinner meeting. Other projects proposed by the Chamber of Commerce include the formation of a Retail Mer chants Bureau, which will be discussed at the next meeting of the Commerce members. A co - operative advertising campaign for the merchants and | businessmen this summer also is being fostered by the group. The organization of a local Building Loan Association is be ing discussed throughout the I county and the Chamber of Com merce hopes to assist in this or ganization, Mrs. Daniel states. • [ moonshiners, and that he hadn’t . lived up to his promises. Anyone ) knowing the situation in Chat : I tooga County will certainly agree | with the Sheriff, at least in this 5 instance. “Not only has he failed to en ’ force the liquor laws of this f State, he has formed an unholy • and unlawful alliance with those ' whose everyday vocation is the i violation of them. How then can [ anyone longer haw the slightest - shred of confidence in him as a : law enforcement officer? How , ■ can anyone have respect for the - law, when the servants of the • people, chosen to enforce the ; law, show such deep contempt ■ for it as to violate it, and encour i age and blink at its violation, all i for a bribe. For these reasons I and many others, I now call ! upon the Sheriff to do one last decent act before he begins his ; sentence: RESIGN IMMEDIATE ; LY. Resign so that someone in II whom the people have expressed i their confidence may be placed : in this most important position; ' ■ resign so that justice and right j I may prevail over injustice and ’ [evil; resign so that the lives and I property of the citizens of your I I [ county may be properly protect - 1 ed by someone with a sense of II duty and responsibility to the I See Page Ten / Mr. England to Address Local Wildlife Club s i E. L. England, district soil . conservationist for eight North -1 [ west Georgia counties in the i Coosa River Soil Conservation . | District, will be the speaker at' the monthly meeting of the Chattooga County Wildlife and , J Conservation Club ■at 8 p. m > [ Monday at the Lyerly School i . Auditorium. ; Mr. England is anxious to have . as many farmers present as pos . [ sible as he will discuss the prob . lem of adequate feed for quail. An acre of bicolor has been 1 planted on the farm of Roy Rag -1 land, W. H. Smith, president ‘ stated, which will be distributed | to farms in the county without 3 cost this fall, and will provide i 5 'adequate winter food for quail, j The state has furnished 1 through the county agent more than 300 quail eggs for hatching 1 and there are now setting under r , bantam hens and will be released ' in pairs on the game preserve ’| when they are eight weeks old, i ’[Mr. Smith said. [ As has been customary at pre- 1 I vious meetings of the club, there I will be a movie on wildlife at: i Monday night’s meeting and the ■ I members, as well as the public. [ are urged to attend. Public Health Nurse To Be Employed Here A health nurse is expected to i [ be employed for the new Chat tooga County Public Health De | partment by July 1, according to I j Miss Elsie Crosby, of the State | Department of Health. The Chamber of Commerce [ has assisted Miss Crosby by ob- I taining residence for the nurse [ | and seeing that an automobile I will be available for her use. NOTICE : I By resolution of City Coun s cil, effective June 1, 1948. there will be a 50 cents per month ' charge on each sewer connec “ tion in the City of Summer- ■ j ville. Applications for sewer con : nections by the residents of the city of Summerville may be ; made in the same manner as I applications for the use of wa- ' < ter are made. Attention is directed to those I desiring to have sewer or wa- • ter connections that no such ; connection can be made law- • fully except under the direc- • tion of the City of Summer ville. 1835 CIRCULATION THIS WEEK $1.50 A YEAR Following the spectacular ra dio-commanded Georgia State Patrol raids on “dry” Chattooga County Saturday, and the sen ' fencing yesterday of Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn to 18 months in prison, Solicitor-General E. J. (Sandy) Clower called for the . resignation of Glenn as sheriff of Chattooga County. Sheriff Glenn, in a statement ■ to The News yesterday afternoon, ; declared emphatically that he would not resign. In a 15-minute radio broadcast over a Rome radio station early yesterday afternoon, the Solici tor-General called for Glenn’s resignation, stating that “his actions made a mockery of the law and created disrespect, rath er than respect for the law.” Clower said that the sheriff had not only failed to enforce the liquor laws of this state, but he had also “formed an unholy and unlawful alliance with those whose everyday vocation is the violation of them. How then can anyone longer have the slightest shred of confidence in him as a law enforcement officer?” The Solicitor General stated that he was asking Judge Claude H. Porter to call a grand jury into session “with the hope that some immediate relief for your situation can be worked out in i the event that Sheriff Glenn, conspirator or bootleggers, will not resign. There is away to re move him from office, in fact [two or three ways, and I intend [ to pursue both remedies if nec essary.” j “In closing, I want to com mend you for having elected a Isplendid young man and faith- I ful officer as your next sheriff. I hope to have the pleasure of working with Reuben Lyons on ' many other raids.” Lyons defeated Glenn by a big [majority in the March 10 Demo | cratic Primary. Glenn was third man in the race, with Frank Fisher taking second place. Clower also paid tribute to the Georgia State Patrol for their "splendid co-operation in this raid.” Bootleggers Raided A surprise attack on alleged oootlegging joints was launched Saturday by six cars of State Patrolmen from all over North Georgia, with Solicitor-General Clower personally assisting in the raids. Eleven different spots were searched, with 23 illegal slot ma chines, a large quantity of whis key, wine and beer being con (fiscated, and 12 persons being I arrested in connection with the alleged illegal operations. Solicitor-General Clower, who this week accused Glenn of fail ure to co-operate in the raids, stated that Glenn and his offi cers w’ere not notified of the "aids nor requested to partic ipate in them, however, that | when the loot was brought to the courthouse to be unloaded the [ Sheriff didn’t assign any depu : ties to assist in the unloading. “He suggested that we store it in a shack that could easily have been kicked in or out,” Clower ■ declared. After Clower’s statement that he’d had no co-operation from the aged Chattooga County Sher iff, Glenn stated it was a “lie.” The $4,000 worth of machines are stored in the Floyd County Courthouse, according to Mr. Clower, who states that he ex pects to take an ordinance from ithe judge “within a day or two” Ito destroy them. The whiskey, wine and beer was turned over to state revenue agents Tuesday, it was learned. Ralph James, of Chattanooga, Tenn., owmer of the slot ma [ chines, will plead guilty on Fri day, June 11. in Rome, accord ing to Solicitor-General Clower. “However.” he stated, “this will not relieve those operating them of their responsibility in the matter.” In reply to Glenn's charge that they didn’t get all of the whis key, Clower stated that he knew [it. and that “if anyone should know about it, Glenn certainly [should because he is a friend to practically all the bootleggers in the county.” He then challenged the 74- year-old sheriff “to get the rest of it and bring it down when he copies to Rome Wednesday (yes- See Page Ten