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HERE N
THERE
The Trion Red Sox and the V.
F. Wheeler and Giants, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., will meet Sun
day, June 27, at the -Trion park,
it has been announced.
John T. Stubbs, Summerville
Postmaster, attended the Nation
al Association of Postmasters
this week in Savaimah.
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persons interested in the
Ami Cemetery are asked to meet
there on Saturday, June 26, to
assist in cleaning it.
The total sale at the Coosa
Valley Livestock Sale on Wed
nesday, June 16, was $33,068.32,
with 60 buyers and 126 sellers ex
changing 420 cattle, 39 hogs, five
pigs and one mule.
Hogs were $15.75 to $25 cwt.;
calves, $8 to $26 cwt.; bulls, $15.50
to $26 cwt.; slaughter cows, sl3
to $23.50 cwt.; dairy type heifers,
$15.50 to $23 cwt.; springers, $76
to SIBB per hd.
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The P.-T. A. Cook Books have
arrived, it has been announced
by’ Mrs. L. C. Smith, P.-T. A. pres
ident.
They will be sold at the movie
box office, she stated, for sl.
Only 100 are available.
The County Executive Board
of the Women’s Missionary Un
ion, First Baptist Church, will
meet at 3:30 p. m. Saturday, at
the home of Mrs. Duke Espy.
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arrested by city police
during the past week are as fol
lows: Deforest Hogg, disorderly
conduct; A. P. Nix, re-arrest for
failure to appear at trial; B. F.
Clayton, disorderly conduct; L.
D. Pless, disorderly conduct.
Marriage licenses were issued
to the following recently by
County Ordinary J. W. King: Ira
T. Hawkins and Maybelline
Spray berry; James R. Bennett
and Gennie Lou Seers; William
L. Reynolds and Juanita Brown;
Herman G. Hamby and Willie
Mae Powell; Cecil B. Bricker and
Marvorine Towry; Paul Dyer and
Doris Kilgore; Jack Gormany
and Flora Hulgan; Stanley Havel
and Frances Vitner.
Gold Star
Buttons to Be
Available
“Gold Star Lapel Buttons will
be available after July 1. accord
ing to information received from
the Armed Forc.es,” states C. Ar
thur Cheatham, director. State
Department of Veterans Service.
The 80th Congress established
by public law Gold Star Lapel
Buttons for members of the fam
ilies of our heroes who gave
their lives in World Wai - 11. These
lapel buttons are available, with
out cost to the widow, widower,
and to each of the parents in
cluding mother, father, stepmo
ther, stepfather or mother
through adoption and father
through adoption. The child,
children, stepchild, brother, sis
ter, half brother, and half sister
are entitled to wear these Gold
Star Lapel Buttons at their own
expense.
The cost of these Gold Star
Lapel Buttons are $1.50 each
which includes the cost of manu
facturing, engraving, packing,
and C. O. D. charges. All buttons
sold to this group are sent C.O.D.
National Military Establish
ment Form No. 3 will be used as
the application for the Gold Star
Lapel Buttons. A small supply of
these forms will be mailed to
each field office in a /ew days.
Requirements for additional
forms should be made by requi
sition. Persons eligible for the
Gold Star Lapel Buttons should
submit applications as follows:
If the deceased was a member
of the Army or Air Forces, to The
Adjutant General, Department of
the Army, Washington 25, D. C.
If the deceased was a member
of the Navy, to the Chief of Na
val Personnel, (Attention: Pers.
10), Washington 25, D. C.
If the deceased was a member
of the Marine Corps, to The
Commandant, U. S. Marine
Corps, Washington 25, D. C.
If the deceased was a member
of the Coast Guard, to The Com
mandant, U. S. Coast Guard,
Washington 25, D. C.
Due to the fact that each but
ton will be engraved with the
initials of the recipient and that
appropriate entries regarding the
insurance of the button must be
made on the records of the de
ceased personnel concerned, dis
tribution of the buttons will be
made only upon receipt of indi
vidual application. These buttons
will NOT be distributed locally.
Siimmrririllr Nms
VOL. 63; NO. 25
NEW FORD BUILDING HAS
FORMAL OPENING FRIDAY
Approximately 3,000 persons
visited the new. ultra-modern
Hair Motor Company building in
Summerville at open house on
Friday, June 18, when the revo
lutionary 1949 Ford was display
ed for the first time.
Climaxing the presentation of
the $50,000 building and the new
automobile to the public, several
hundred persons gathered at the
building in the late afternoon
and witnessed the unveiling of a
portrait of Robert Kimbel, con
tractor for the building.
Fred Aired, manager, highly
commended Mr. Kimbel for his
“excellent co-operation,” stating
that “if every person were like
Mr. Kimbell we wouldn’t need
locks for our doors and we would !
not need to put our money in
'banks for safe keeping.”
lhe portrait will hang in Mr.
Alred’s office, it was stated.
Willis James, Mayor of Sum
merville, welcomed the out-of
towners and congratulated Mr.
Aired on the recently completed
brick building, which ’has been
described as the most complete
in this section of the country.
Chamber of Commerce Presi
dent Moses E. Brinson expressed
his appreciation of the addition
of the modern building, and
stated that the Chamber of Com-,
merce is “proud” to have such
public spirited citizens in the city I
as Mr. Aired.
“This structure is not only a !
credit to Summerville, but also ;
to all of North Georgia,” U. S.
Highway 27 Director J. L. Hen
derson told the group.
Mr. Aired then introduced the
employes, who are as follows:
Carlton Allen, sales; Roland
Hemphill and James Rice, parts
department; Mrs. J. T. Morgan,
bookkeeper.
H. L. Murphy, manager service
department; Howard Nicholson,
Lee Gilbert, Faye Clifton, and R.
L. Byars, servicemen; Willis
Payne, body man.
“Doc” Shropshire, mechanic
helper; Milford Landers, lubrica
tor, and James Foster, custodian,
all colored.
The office quarters and auto
parts section of the building are
pine paneled, presenting a pic
ture of efficiency as well as at
tractiveness.
The rear of the building has
the latest equipment for servic
ing automobiles, according to Mr.
Aired, with five grease racks and
a wheel alignment rack. There
are 10,000 square feet in the en- i
tire building.
Three of the new Fords were |
placed in the display area in the
front section of the building, in
order that visitors might get a
closer view.
The management received
many congratulatory telegrams
as well as many flowers from
business firms both in Summer
ville and out of town.
BRYANT DISCUSSED
FOR BIG-TIME BALL
Indications are that a local
boy, Jack Bryant, player with
the Lyerly baseball team, will be
Class B baseball in the near fu
ture.
Bryant, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Bryant, of Lyerly, was ap
proached last week at the eighth
inning of the Lyerly-Summerville
game by a scout for the Cleve
land Indians, American League
baseball club, who stated that he
would be interested in discussing
a contract with the young ball
player. He stated that possibly
he would be used in Class B ball.
He collected three doubles, a
single and a walk in his five trips
to the plate in the game, and in
the Lyerly-Chickamauga game
on Sunday, he collected a triple
with the bases loaded and two
singles.
Restaurant Grading Ordinance
Assured by Commissioners
The passing of an ordinance
calling for the grading of eating
establishments in Chattooga
County is virtually guaranteed,
according to John Davis, Clerk
of the Board of Commissioners.
The newly organized local pub
lic health department has called
upon the commissioners to pass
this ordinance in order that they
can proceed with the grading
and carrying out similar plans of
sanitation in the county.
M. Schubert, of the State De
partment of Public Health, is
scheduled to meet with the group
on July 19, at w’hich time it is
hoped the ordinance will be
passed.
Mr. Schubert, together with W.
M. Kemp, local sanitarian of the
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. >AY / JUNE 24, 1948
3 War Dead
On Way Home
The remains of three Chat- '
tooga County soldiers killed over
seas are on the way home, ac- j
cording to information received 1
this week by their families.
They are Pvt. Clarence E. Mit
chell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manti
Mitchell, of Summerville; Pvt.
Thomas W. Stowe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Stowe, of Summer
ville, Route 3; and Pfc. James
Luther Shamblin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Shamblin.
; Pvt. Mitchell, who was killed
in the Normandy invasion on
June 11, 1944, will be buried at
the Summerville Cemetery. He is
survived by five sisters and six
brothers, in addition to his par
ents.
Interment for Pvt. Stowe will
take place in the Trion Ceme
tery. Killed on June 12, 1944, in
the Normandy invasion, he is
survived by four brothers and
one sister in addition to his par
ents.
Pvt. Shamblin, killed in the
Normandy invasion on June 9,
1944, will be buried at the Na
| tional Cemetery, Marietta.
MRS. YOUNG DIES IN
[ HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
Mrs. Trixie Eu 1 a Gilreath
Young, 48, of Trion, died Wed
nesday, June 16, in Huntsville,
Ala.
Mrs. Young is survived by her
husband, Mr. Jim Young, of
Trion; two daughters, Mrs. Da
phine Collins and Miss Earline
Young, both of Huntsville; one
sister, Mrs. A. W. Hicks, of Trion;
two brothers, Pat Gilreath and
Hall Gilreath, both of Trion. Mrs.
Young is also survived by a num
ber of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on
Friday, June 18, at 2 p. m. from
the Trion Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mr. Sexton officiating.
Interment in the Macedonia
Cemetery, with the J. D. Hill Fu
neral Home of Summerville, in
charge.
Pallbearers were Ernest Lacey,
Milton Housch, C. D. Haygood,
L. C. Tripp, Leßoy Day and Rob
ert Schultz.
WILL STORY
SPEAKS TO ROTARY
CLUB WEDNESDAY
The Farm Bureau is a service
organization to help principally
the farmer and his family, but
by so doing the whole communi
ty is benefitted.
That is the statement made
yesterday by W. M. Storey, of
Teloga, director of the State
Farm Bureau Federation, who
addressed the Summerville-Trio a
Rotary Club at its weekly meet
ing at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
“The three chief objectives of
the Bureau are as follows: 1. Help
farm family spiritually; 2. Help
farm family educationally; and
3. Influence legislation which
will benefit the farmer financial
ly,” according to the speaker.
He asked the question: “Aren’t
farmers entitled to bath tubs
and such conveniences?”
According to Mr. Storey, 40 per
cent of the farm families in this
county belong to the organiza
tion and many more are needed.
Mr. Storey was presented by
J. B. Butler, who was in charge
of the program.
Those visiting yesterday’s
meeting included George Gigson,
of Rome; W. B. Farrar, of Chica
go, Ill.; E. J. Rudart, of Rome;
Walter T. McArthur, of Atlanta,
and A. L. Wrighter, of Griffin.
public health department, has
met with the city officials, who
expressed approval of the plan.
Thtey also have discussed the
plan with the Rotary Club, the
Summerville Lions Club, and the
Chattooga Garden Club.
According to Mr. Schubert,
these organizations also appeared
in favor of the program.
Lunch Rooms Graded
One of the first steps taken by
the department has been to
grade the school lunch rooms in
this county.
Three were given Class C grad
ings, while one was Class B.
Those in the lower grading still
have some work to do, however,
Mr. Schubert stated, and it is
hoped they will have this com
pleted by the opening of school.
STORES CLOSE
All business houses in Sum
merville, with the possible ex
ception of the drug stores and
service stations, will be closed
all day July 5, in observance of
Independence Day, July 4,
which falls on Sunday, this
year.
LYERLY TOPS IN
GA.-ALA. BASEBALL
LEAGUE GAMES
The Lyerly baseball team won
ever Chickamauga Saturday by a
score of 7 to 6 and defeated the
same team Sunday, 10 to 3.
This puts the Lyerly team in
first place in the Georgia-Ala
bama League.
Fort Payne comes to Lyerly
Saturday and Lyerly goes there
Sunday.
Lyerly has won 7 and lost 6
league games.
CHURCH BELLS TO
RING HERITAGE
OF FREEDOM
An invitation to churches of
all faiths throughout the nation
to observe Sunday, the Fourth of
July, as a day of rededication to
our American heritage of free
dom by the ringing of church
bells and special sermons and
prayers, was extended today by
■ ihe American Heritage Founda-
I tion through Thomas D’Arcy
| Brophy, president.
The Foundation is a non-par
tisan, non-contr'Wersial organi
i zation established for the pur-
I pose of sponsoring a year of re-
I dedication to our American Her
. itage, including the year-long
' tour of the Freedom Train. Its
i aim is to help raise the level of
active citizenship.
The Foundation urges all
; churches to ring their bells
from 9:55 to 10 a. m. on the
Fourth of July as a special an
niversary chiming commemo
rating the ringing of the Lib
i erty Bell in 1776, and to de
vote sermons that day to the
freedoms we enjoy in this
country, Mr. Brophy explained.
Leaders of all faiths have al
ready indicated wholehearted
endorsement of the plan, he
said.
"We of the American Heritage
Foundation believe that this
year, when Independence Day
fails upon Sunday, all Ameri
cans of every faith and creed
have a particularly fitting op
portunity to give a striking dem
onstration of faith in God and
country,” Mr. Brophy stated.
“This year of the Freedom
Train tour with the most cher
ished documents of our history
has been a year of rededication
for millions of Americans to our
great heritage of freedom. This
is a year when we are realizing
anew the meaning and value of
j cur free way of life, and the duty
of all Americans to protect and
I strengthen our freedom through
| conscientious observance of our
obligations as citizens.
“Let this be a day of national
■ prayer for peace, for freedom,
. and for rededication to our
j ideals.”
Mysterious Prowler
Baffles Officers Here
The mysterious appearance and
j disappearance of a prowler in
I the vicinity east of Menlo has
! law officers and the family of a
Mr. Johnson, near Garvin’s peach
farm, baffled.
According to Sheriff A. H.
(Tiny) Glenn, Mr. Johnson has
reported that “a man with whis
kers and an army rifle and pis
tol” has been coming into his
home at night and also at va
rious times in the day, stating
that “the law won’t ever get a
hold of me.”
Mr. Johnson said he’d never
seen the man before, the sheriff
said, and he’d always been alone
until Tuesday night, when again
“visited” them accompanied by
a smaller man.
In ap investigation through
out the woods of that area on
Wednesday. Sheriff Glenn said
that he and the Highway Patrol
officers failed to find any evi
dence of the man. However, he
stated, someone reported that a
man fitting this description is
staying with someone at Menlo.
“At first we thought it was a
prank by someone,” the sheriff
said, “but now we believe it may
bo more than that and we in
tend to continue investigating.”
No one other than Mr. John
son has reported being disturbed
by such a person, he said.
E. L. Bethune V.
Dies Suddenly
On Highway
Elvies Lomax Bethune, 33, of
Lyerly, died suddenly Thursday,
June 17, near Menlo while en
route to Henegar, Ala., to visit
his parents.
Mr. Bethune is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mary Brooks Bethune;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Bethune, of Henegar, Ala.; three
daughters, Vivian, Betty Sue,
Mary Joyce, all of Lyerly; four
sons, Arvies, Darwyn Lee, Don
Orbie and Larry, of Lyerly; six
sisters, Mrs. Addie Holland, Pis
gah, Ala.; Mrs. Herbert Akins,
Miss Nellie Ruth Bethune, Miss
Willa Dean Bethune, Miss Ber
nice Bethune, all of Henegar, and
Mrs. Warren G. Broyles, Trion;
tv.’o brothers, Lester and R. B.
Bethune, of Henegar.
Services were held at the
Pleasant View Church, near Hen
egar, Ala., on June 19, with the
Rev. O T. Perry officiating. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery. The J. D. Hill Funeral Home
of Summerville was in charge of
arrangements.
LOCAL BUS STATION TO
OPEN THURSDAY; JULY 1
The newly-completed brick bus
station in Summerville will open
on July 1, according to Harry
Lee McGinnis, manager.
The 30-by-60 structure is com
plete with the most modern rest
rooms in North Georgia, accord
ing to Mr. McGinnis. It also will
have a luncheon counter, where
short orders and sandwiches will
be available. Magazines also will
Federal Witnesses Victims
In Gower’s Second Raid
In the second surprise raid on
alleged bootleggers in Chattooga
County, Solicitor-General E. J.
‘Sandy) Clower and agents of
the State Revenue Department
Thursday raided Bishop and
George Koonce and Earl Bram
lett, three persons who testified
against Sheriff A. H. (Tiny*
Glenn in his recent trial by a
Federal Court in which he was
found guilty of violating Federal
liquor laws.
The sheriff had previously
charged that Clower had not
raided any bootleggers who test
ified aaginst him in the trial.
821 WAR DEAD
PASSED THROUGH GEN.
DISTRIBUTION DEPOT
The remains of some 821 Geor
gians who were killed overseas
during World War II have passed
! through the Army’s General Dis
tribution Depot at Conley, so far,
in the Government’s program for
i the return and final burial of
I America’s heroes.
This was disclosed by Lt.-Col.
John H. Pruitt, of the Army
Graves Registration Division in a
letter to C. Arthur Cheatham, di
rector of the State Department
of Veterans Service, in which he
warmly commended the State’s
participation in the complex and
difficult program.
It was estimated, Col. Pruitt
says, “that the Atlanta Distribu
tion Center would receive ap
proximately 10,000 remains for
delivery to next of kin in Ala
bama, Florida and Georgia. To
date we have received about
2,700 remains at this center, of
which 821 were Georgians who
made the supreme sacrifice.
Subsequent shipments are sched-
I uled to arrive in the United
States every two or three weeks
throughout the remainder of the
year and well into 1949.
“From this, you can readily
see that our mission has only be
gun; for the program, as you
know, is world-wide in scope and
the task which lies ahead of us
is still gigantic.”
Commenting on the State’s as
sistance, Col. Pruitt said: “The
success of our operations here
has been aided by the efficiency
of your State Service Officers. I
am confident that the public in
general and the families of de
ceased veterans of Georgia, in
particular, will long remember
the sympathetic assistance they
are receiving from your depart
ment.”
Retail Merchants
Organize for
“Action” Here
B. P. W. C. TO BE ’
ORGANIZED HERE
Persons interested in the or-
I ganization of a local Business
j and Professional Women’s Club
will meet at John’s Place at 7:30
p. m. Wednesday, June 30, at
which time Mamie Taylor,
I president of the Georgia Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
| Club, will address the group.
This announcement was made
recently by Mrs. Raymond Dan
iel, Executive Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, which is
promoting the idea of such a club
in this county.
be sold, it was stated.
Charles McGinnis will be in
charge of the luncheon counter,
and Mrs. Harry Lee McGinnis
will be the ticket agent.
Present plans call for having
the station open every day from
6 a. m. to 12 midnight.
Present bus station facilities
are located in the McGinnis Drug
Store.
i Only a small quantity of liquor
t was reported taken in the second
raid, however sufficient evidence
' was found to produce arrests of
f the three. They were later re- |
> leased under SI,OOO bonds.
I The Solicitor General said, he I
. had made these raids as the re
[ suit of “tip-offs” by several i
Chattooga County citizens.
i Only beer was found at George ,
; Koonce’s home, reports disclosed,
I and only quart jars with a small
quantity of corn whiskey was ,
’ found at the Bramlett home. A
, small amount of whiskey was re
. ported found at the Bishop
Koonce home.
SUMMERVILLE TAKES
ONE OUT OF THREE
WITH FORT PAYNE
■
Out of three games with Fort
Payne, Ala., during the week
end. Summerville took one, that’
being on Saturday afternoon. All
games were played at Fort Payne.
’ Johnny Nelson pitcher a seven- ■
1 hitter in Saturday’s game, which
. W’as won by Summerville with a |
score of 9-2. Paul Silvers led the
’ hitting attack with four for five,
■ including a double. Nelson had
f two for five.
Summerville bowed to Fort
. Payne with the close score of 4-3
r in the first game. Roy Pogue
L starred on the mound, with the
lead on the field by Nelson. Three
of Fort Payne’s runs were un
'■ earned.
* The score on the second game '
was 8-4. with Fort Payne taking
the lead. Sewell Cash pitched.
The Summerville team will i
| meet Chickamauga at Summer
i ville at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. .
ATTENTION ADVERTISERS
Beginning next week, the
deadline for receiving adver
tising copy will be 4 p. m. Tues
day instead of Wednesday
noon, as was the previous
deadline. i
Thompson Cannot Remove
Sheriff at Present-Cook
Atty.-Gen. Eugene Cook ruled'
Tuesday that Acting Governor ,
M. E. Thompson had no author!- i
ty to remove Chattooga County I
Sheriff A. H. (Tiny) Glenn from
office until after final adjudica-|
tion of the sheriff’s appeal of his ’■
U. S. conspiracy convictions or
until “proper grand jury action.” ;
Thompson had stated that he I
would oust the aged Glenn “if he ;
had the power.” The statement 1
on behalf of the Governor fol- .
lowed the sentencing of the sher- j
iff to 18 months for conspiring I
in illicit w’hiskey deals. He is ap- I
1900
CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
■ In an enthusiastic meeting ori
I Tuesday morning at the court
house in Summerville, the Sum
merville Retail Merchants Asso
ciation was organized, with Rod-
: man K. Eubanks, manager of
Chattooga Mercantile Company,
’i elected president.
The meeting ana the organi
zation climaxed recent efforts on
behalf of the Chamber of Com
merce and the merchants to pro
mote closer co-operation in the
rapidly-growing city. It is the
first formal organization of such
a group here.
Eugene Rackley, of Rackley’s,
Inc., local dry goods store, was
chosen vice-president, while Mrs.
Raymund Daniel, Executive Sec
retary of the Chamber of Com
merce, was elected Secretary and
Treasurer.
The meeting was opened by J.
L. Henderson, Chamber of Com
merce Secretary, who explained
the functions of the organiza
tion and disclosed plans for the
setting up of units of the Chat
tooga County Chamber of Com
merce in the various towns Th
the county. He explained that
rhe Retail Merchants Association
would be the Summerville unit,
■ while other towns could organ
i ize their unit on a similar basis
j if they desired.
Mr. Eubanks presided following
1 his election as president.
Stating that he is a newcomer
I to the city. Mr. Eubanks said He
sees great possibilities here, and
| that Summerv’’ 1 - a good busi
. ness town.
Meet Monday
All merchants and business
men, both of large businesses
and the smallest, are invited to
j the meeting scheduled for 8 p. m.
Monday, June 28 at the court
house, at which time three mem
bers of the Rome Retail Mer
chants Association will be pres
i ent.
Albert Fahy, charter member
'of the Rome Association; Oscar
Borochoff, secretary, and Fred
I Higgins, president, are to attend
1 Monday night's meeting, accord
ing to the Chamber of Com
| merce.
The by-laws will be adopted at
! this meeting and plans for an
i immediate program will be made.
“This organization is designed
|to benefit every businessman in
Summerville,” according to Mrs.
' Daniel. Secretary-Treasurer, who
! states that one of the objectives
of the Association is to make
Summerville the center of this
i business area.
“Let’s ALL come out and make
j this meeting a huge success,”
j she says.
No Arrest in Connection
With Cab Driver's Robbery
No arrest has yet been made
in connection with the robbery
and automobile theft of G. L.
Pendergrass. Summerville taxi
driver, according to Sheriff A. H.
(Tiny; Glenn.
Pendergrass was robbed of ap
proximately S9O in money and of
his cab on Monday, June 14, by
an armed robber, whom he pick
; ed up at the Summerville Man
ufacturing Company and carried
to a point on Little Sand Moun
tain, near Gore. At this point,
! the passenger pulled a gun on
the cab driver and made him
hand over his wallet and get out
•I of the automobile.
The cab was recovered Thurs
oay afternoon a short distance
from where it was taken from
; Mr. Pendergrass. Owned by Mr.
I Ferry, it was believed undamag
’ ed, according to officers.
pealing the case to the Court of
Appeals.
Declaring that Glenn had
. “made a mockery of the laws,”
; Sol.-Gen. E. J. (Sandy) Clower
. had appealed fo~ a special ses
i sion of the Chattooga County
' Grand Jury to remove the sher
iff.
However. Judge Claude H. Por
i ter, of the Rome Circuit, Superior
Court, stated that a special ses
i sion probably would not be called
because farmers in the county
j were busy at present and busi
j ness of the circuit w-as heavy at
the present.