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HERE ’N
THERE
Seven persons were booked for
disorderly conduct and one was
cited for speeding during the
past week.
William E. Baker was appre
hended for speeding and the fol
lowing were arrested for disor
derly conduct: Charles Mason, L.
L Cole, Leo D. Busby, Finn B.
Gladden, W. C. Dacus, Willie
Tillinam and John Martin.
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Ordinary John King’s office
issued marriage licenses to the
following last week: John P.
Scoggins, 20, and Hazel Petty
john, 17; James W. Jenkins, 42,
and Annea Ellington, 63; Henry
Oean, 55, and Sarah Johnson, 53; .
Alvin Tallent. 22, and Betty Sue
Campbell, 21; James Taymon, 24,
and Eunice Loyd Doran, 18.
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The total sales at the July 7
Coosa Valley Livestock Sale at
Rome was $26,970.16, when 47
buyers and 116 sellers exchanged
304 cattle, 76 hogs and one horse.
Hogs were sl9 to S2B cwt.;
calves, $5 to $26.75 cwt.; bulls,
$14.50 to $18.60 cwt.; slaughter
cows, $12.90 to $18.30 cwt.; dairy
type heifers, $13.90 to $20.75 cwt.,
and springers, $64 to $lB2 per hd.
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The Trion Red Sox will play
the Crow’s Nest of Chattanooga
at 8:15 p. m., Friday, July 16, at
the Trion ball park.
A. Walker will be on the hill
for Trion.
Saturday, July 17, at 3 p. m.,
there will be a big battle with
Collinsville, Ala.
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The Rev, Joe Young will preach
at New Hope (North) Sunday,
July 18. Everyone invited.
• •
Dr. Legh R. Scott, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
Rome, will conduct a revival se
ries at the Beersheba Presby
terian Church, beginning Sunday
evening, July 18, and continuing
through Friday, July 23, accord
ing to the Rev. S. K. Dodson, pas
tor.
Services will be held at 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m. each day, and the
public is cordially invited, ac
cording to the Rev. Mr. Dodson.
Mrs. Nunn, 37,
Dies July 7
Mrs. Gertiude Clardy Nunn,
37, of Trion, died at 12:30 p. m„
July 7, after a lingering illness.
She is survived by her husband,
Fulmer P. Nunn; parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Will Clardy; two broth
ers, Charlie P., of Fort Payne,
Ala., and Cleo 8., of Gadsden,
Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. J. B. Bell,
of Heqegar, Ala.; Mrs. Robert
Mallett, of Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Mrs. T. J. Eller, of Trion, and
Mrs. Barney Fallon, of Bronx,
N. Y.
Funeral srevices were conduct
ed at the Henegar Baptist
Church, July 8, with burial in;
the church cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge.
MENLO SCHOOL
BUILDING BEGUN
Grading on the area where the
new Menlo School building will
be constructed, was begun this
week, according to County school
officials.
The new school will be com
posed of 12 classrooms, a dining
room and kitchen, and will be of
concrete block and brick, ac
cording to A. M. Bryant, of Bry
ant and Sons Lumber Company,
contractors, who were awarded
the bid.
Mr. Bryant’s bid was $51,621.40,
and although only $50,000 was
set aside for the Menlo building,
it is expected that the extra
amount required will be raised
from the sale of the old school
building. The old building will
not be torn down until the new
one is completed, which is ex
pected to be the latter part of
Ramey Last to Announce
Representative Candidacy
Grady Ramey, incumbent, was
the third and final person to an
nounce his candidacy for Chat
tooga County representative to
the General Assembly. Mr. Ra
mey qualified late Friday after
noon. The closing date for quali
fication was noon, Saturday.
Bobby Cook and James (Slop
py) Floyd had previously an
nounced their candidacies.
Both young men, Cook and
Floyd, are World War II veter
ans, and Floyd was an unsuccess
ful candidate for tax collector in
the County Primary on March 10.
Ramey is serving his second
term as representative. He de
feated L. B. Harrell, Dickeyville
businessman, by a small majori
ty in a close race in the last
She £huiuiu>nnlk Nms
VOL. 63; NO. 28
POWER COMPANY REFUSES
CITY OFFER TO BUY
In the interest of the people
of the Summerville area, as well
as in its own interest, the Geor
gia Power Company, in a letter
presented to Mayor James Mon
day night, refused to accept City
of Summerville’s offer to pur
chase its City Distribution Sys
tem.
An exact copy of letter fol
lows:
July 12, 1948
Hon. W. S. James
Mayor, City of Summerville
Summerville, Georgia
Dear Mr. James:
Your letters of June 17 and
July 6, directed to the Georgia
Power Company, Executive De
partment, Atlanta, Georgia, have
been referred to me for reply.
You may recall that as early as
1946 there were suggestions made
by the City that the Georgia
Power Company sell its Summer
ville distribution system, and
that the Company very definitely
at the time expressed itself as
being unwilling to dismember its
plant and sell off any part or
parts of it.
Over a number of years the 1
Georgia Power Company has ac
quired and built up an electric
power producing and distributing
system covering the greater por
tion of the State of Georgia. It
has invested a great deal of mon
ey in acquiring, improving and
developing this system, and has
treated it and considered it at all
times as a single plant or enter
prise.
The rates are based by the
Company as well as by order of
the Public Service Commission,
on the state wide character of
tne plant, so that in the biggest
cities and in the smallest cities
and towns, and even in the rural
areas, the rates are equal for all
classes of customers, with no
discrimination in favor of or
against any.
To begin selling off a part or
parts of this system would tend
to dislocate and impair the whole
enterprise.
The Georgia Power Company
does not feel that, morally and
under any standard of fair play,
the City has a right to make any
such demand on it. We came to
the City in 1924 and applied for
a franchise. That franchise was
granted by the City Council. Aft
er that franchise was granted,
Tent Revival Planned
For Bellah Addition
A tent revival, conducted by
the Rev. Paul E. Goodner, will
be held in the Bellah Addition,
on Taylor Street (three blocks
from the Rome Highway), begin
ning Tuesday evening, July 20.
Young People’s Choir will meet
each evening at 7:30. followed by
an 8 o’clock song service, and
preaching at 8:30 p. m.
The public is invited to attend
these services, the Rev. Mr. Good
ner states.
ALL-STARS DEFEAT
LAFAYETTE TEAM
The Chattooga All-Stars de
feated the strong LaFayette
team in a thrilling baseball game
at Legion Field Sunday after
noon, by the score of 8 to 5.
The All-Stars will play the
Wheeler Giants, of Chattanooga,
here Sunday afternoon, the game
starting at 3:30 p. m. William
Philpot will be on the mound and
George Woods behind the plate
for the All-Stars in Sunday’s
game.
Reserved seats for white peo
ple.
campaign.
Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Cook, of Lyerly, and a native of
this county, graduated at Gordon
Military College, Barnesville, with
first honor before attending
Vanderbilt University for almost
two years. At this time he en
tered the U. S. Navy, where he
served for two years, a portion
of which time was spent in the
Pacific Theater.
An honor graduate at the Uni
versity of Alabama, young Cook
was a member of Phi Beta Kap
pa, honorary fraternity, ODK
honorary fraternity, Delta Kap
pa Epsilon and was captain of
the boxing team.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Legion, the VFW, and the
Wildlife Club.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1948
the Company bought out the ex
isting rundown and inadequate
distribution system, and paid a
substantial amount of money for ;
it, and have been operating it
for about twenty-four (24) years,;
for more than twenty years with- '
out any objection er claim that
it was not legally entitled to do
so.
After buying out the distribu
tion system, which was itself op- ;
erated under a franchise grant-!
ed by the City of Summerville,
the Company rebuilt the entire
distribution system, at a very
substantial cost, so as to be able I
to furnish the customers in that |
area the same high quality of |
electric service that was availa-’
ble in the largest cities.
The Company not only rebuilt
the whole distribution system
which it had bought, but has on
every occasion co-operated with I
the people of Summerville arid
with the City of Summerville in
extending and enlarging its fa
cilities and service, and has con
sistently improved the service to
keep step with the most modern
electric distribution practices.
As an example of the Com
pany’s cooperation with the City,
you may recall that some years
ago the main distribution system
was in the middle of the main
street of the City of Summer
ville and served customers by
lateral or service wires running
from this main line to each side
of the street. At the request of
the City, and at considerable ex
pense, this main line was entire
ly removed from the center of
the street, and was divided into
two lines serving each side of
the street from the rear.
As stated, this was done at
considerable cost and the City of
Summerville was not asked to
contribute to this cost, although I
it requested the improvement.
This policy of cooperation by |
the Georgia Power Company has *
been pursued consistently!
throughout the whole twenty-!
four (24) years. It has been con- ,
tinned in the face of the City’s ■
threats of competition and liti- |
gallon that have been pressed :
by the City for the last two i
years.
It is also true that up till two
or three years ago the City lim- i
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SUMMERVILLE GIVES
$774 TO CRUSADE
FOR CHILDREN
The total contributions of Sum
merville to the Crusade for Chil
dren was $775.15, according to a
report by Mrs. J. R. Burgess,
chairman, this week.
However, it is possible some
persons or groups turned in their
donations direct to the bank, it
was stated, and they have not
been listed.
Those contributing and their
amount are as follows: Business
establishments and personal con
tributions, $353.15; Garden Club.
$5; Junior Woman’s Club, $14.60;
Music Study Club, $18.24; Wesle
yan Service Guild, sl2; West
Summerville Home Demonstra
tion Club, $4.25; Georgia Rug
Mill, $61.77; Montgomery Knit
ting Mill, $110; Summerville
schools, $167.14; sponsorship of
Rangers Quartet, $29.
071,917 Paid
Local Farmers
On Soil Building
Six hundred and thirty-seven
Chattooga County farmers earn
ed $71,917.50 in carrying out va
rious soil-building practices in
the county in 1947, according to
County Administrative Officer C.
C. Brooks, who made the an
nouncement in connection with
“Conservation Week.”
Os this amount, $21,890 was
earned by the use of green ma
nure or cover crops; $19,222 was
for the use of phosphate applied
to pasture and summer and win
ter legumes; $10,323 for lime ap
plied to cropland and pasture;
$4,355 for construction of stand
ard terraces; $4,882 for seeding
pasture; $3,671 for building new
pasture fences; $1,774 for har
vesting legume seed; $1,483 for
seeding lespedeza serecia; $1,460
for clearing land for permanent
pasture.
The balance was earned for
mowing pastures, etc., it was
stated.
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RAID HARTLINE HERE Solicitor General Clower
and State Troopers Wehunt and Butler, who confis
cated 14 cases of stamped liquor and 1 5 cases of beer
in a chicken house at the General Gordon (Jack) Hart
lin home in a raid on July 5.
State Representative Pleased
At Food Ordinance Passage
A law is as good as the public
wants it to be enforced.
That was the statement of M.
Schubert, of the State Depart
ment of Health, who stooped
briefly in Summerville Monday
and learned that the City Coun
cil had passed the food ordin
ance.
Mr. Schubert said that the
State Health Department will be
co-operating with the local Pub-1
lie Health Department in en-1
forcing this ordinance, which I
calls for the inspection of all
eating establishments in the city,
and the grading after a year has
lapsed following inspection.
Clower and Maddox Seek
Solicitor-General Office
Only two persons had announc
ed they were seeking the office
of Solicitor General at noon Sat
urday, which was the deadline.
Seeking re-election to this of
fice is E. J. (Sandy) Clower, of
Floyd County, with whom there
are no running mates from Chat
tooga or Walker Counties.
W. T. Maddox, of Rome, is the
only other candidate, and his
running mates are John Davis,
of Chattooga County, and Paul
W. Painter, of Walker County.
It had been highly rumored
throughout the tri-county area
that a ticket composed of Mack
G. Hicks, of Floyd County, as
sisted by T. J. Espy, of Chattooga ■
County, and G. W. Langford, of
Walker County, would se6k the;
FINAL RITES HELD I
FOR PVT. CHAPMAN
Funeral srevices for Pvt. Bus-;
i ter Brown Chapman, who arriv- |
! ed for final burial rites Tuesday
I afternoon, were conducted at the
Mountain View Baptist Church
at 2 p. m. Wednesday, with the
Rev. Wrathburn Cash officiating
Full military honors were held
at the graveside by members of
American Legion Post 129 and
VFW 6688, Mason-McCauley Post.
Pvt. Chapman is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
M Chapman, of Trion; five sis
ters, Mrs. Minnie Hall, of Armu
chee; Mrs. Saville Haney, of Ce
dartown; Mrs. Louise Sizemore,
of Summerville; Mrs. Willie
Lamb and Mrs. Alice Hardin,
both of Trion; one brother, Eu
gene Chapman, of Summerville.
Pvt. Chapman entered service
in 1942, and was wounded in Bel
gium on Nov. 18, 1944, and died
later in England.
Interment was in the Trion
Cemetery. J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in charge.
MRS. DANIELS RESIGNS
C. OF C. POST
Mrs. Raymund Daniel has ten
dered her resignation as Execu
tive Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, although it has :
not been accepted by the Board
of Directors, according to Mose
E. Brinson, President.
In Mrs. Daniel’s letter of resig
nation, she stated she was resign
ing “for personal and general
health reasons,” and that it
would be effective Aug. 1.
Board Meeting
Mr. Brinson called a meeting
of the Board for 8 p. m. Friday,
July 16, to discuss this, as well as
several other matters, it was
stated.
The County Board of Com
missioners, which will meet on
Monday evening, July 19, is ex
pected to pass the ordinance also,
it has been disclosed.
The State Health representa
tive said that he feels sure the
people of this community will
co-operate and are pleased that
their officials have seen fit to
pass this ordinance.
He declared that this is just
1 the first step his department is
i taking to protect the public, and
I that other ordinances, such as
milk ordinances, sanitary waste
disposal, and sty and rat control
ordinances, will be introduced in
the future.
Solicitor General’s office. How
ever, these rumors failed to ma- :
terialize as Mr. Hicks an
nounced his candidacy for re
election to the General Assembly
from Floyd County.
Mr. Espy and Mr. Langford are
seeking no public office.
No one had announced to op
pose Congressman Henderson
Lanham, who will complete his
first term in office this year.
There had been recent rumors
to the effect that ex-Cnogress
man Malcolm Tarver, of Dalton,
would seek to oust Mr. Lanham,
by entering the race.
Also unopposed was Judge
Claude C. Pittman, of Carters
v’lle, State Senator for Floyd,
Chattooga and Bartow Coun
, ties.
Mrs. Adams Dies
Here Saturday
Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders Adams,
66, died at her home in Summer
ville, at 4:50 p. m. Saturday.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Summerville Methodist
Church at 2 p. m. Monday with
the Rev. I. C. Frazier and the
Rev. Alfred Pullen officiating.
Mrs.' Adams is survived by four
sons, Lt.-Col. Arthur A. Adams,
San Juan, Puerto Rico; James, of
Summerville; Clyde, of Great
Falls, S. C., and Buford, of New
berry, S. C.; three daughters,
I Mrs. Kate Moore and Mrs. Joe
Pullen, both of Summerville, and
Mrs. Raymond B. Nichols, of
Newberry, S. C.; two step-daugh
ters, Mrs. E. L. Williams, of At
lanta, and Mrs. Bill Howard, of
Baltimore, Md.; one sister, Mrs.
E. J. Wortham, Memphis. Tenn.
Thirteen grandchildren and one
great-grandchild also survive.
Mrs. Adams was a member of
the Cedartown Methodist Church
and interment was in the Green
wood Cemetery in Cedartown. J.
D. Hill Funeral Home in charge.
FIRST BAPTIST
BEING RENOVATED
The auditorium of the First
Baptist Church, Summerville, is
being completely renovated, in
cluding the installation of acous
| tic board, according to the Rev.
Ira Frazier, pastor.
Two thousand dollars is being
spent to redecorate the auditori
um, it was stated, and the work
should be completed by Satur
day.
In addition to the installation,
of acoustic board overhead, the
beams overhead and the entire
interior is being painted.
The Sunday School rooms will
be renovated gradually during
the next few months, the Rev.
Mr. Frazier said.
MEMORIAL HOME BEGUN
HERE THIS WEEK
After much hopeful planning and expressed interest in the proj
ect, the first steps in the actual construction of the VFW and
American Legion Memorial Home were begun this week.
Located on a picturesque hill on the J A. Housch farm, between
Trion and Summerville, the building will face east, overlooking a
gently sloping farm valley. Tall slender pines surround the build
ing site, and VFW and American Legion leaders state that as many
of these pines will be retained as possible.
(iARBAGEMEN QUIT
WHEN BID FOR
PAY RAISE REJECTED
The two garbagemen for the
City of Summerville, Mr. Haw
thorne and Mr. Bryan, quit their
jobs this week as a result of their
failure to get an increase in pay. 1
The city was without garbage
service for a half day.
According to Mayor Willis
James, two other men were em- |
ployed and their service will be j
retained “as long as they are sat- ;
isfactory.”
A Council meeting was called
Wednesday afternoon, at which I
time the Mayor explained the
situation and the group voted to |
retain permanently the two men
who had been employed “tempo
rarily,” immediately after Haw
thorne and Bryan quit.
According to the city clerk, the
men were paid $33 per week,
straight salary, for five and one
half days work. The two new em
ployes will work for the same sal
ary.
Two Local People
To Attend Library
Mrs. Baker Farrar, C. B. Akin,
of Summerville, and Miss Sara i
Maret, of LaFayette, re to at-;
tend a Library Conference today
(Thursday) and Frida} at Geor-I
gia State College for Women, i
Milledgeville.
Plans for better library service
for the state will be made
Representatives from each re
gional library, including one li- ;
brarian, one County school su- '
perintendent and on ■ board
member, will attend the Confer
ence.
PORTER CLOSES THREE
BUSINESSES AS 'NUISANCE’
Judge Claude H. Porter ordered ;
three Chattooga County busi
ness places closed last week as
as “public nuisances.” after the
state had introduced petitions to
that effect.
Establishments ordered pad
locked were: Veterans Case, own
ed by Fred Thomas, operated by
Brown Barnes, and located on U.
S. Highway 27, between Sum
merville and Trion; Toby’s Place,
operated by L. A. (Toby) Harris,
and located north of Trion, near
J. I. Pollock
Dies in Lyerly
James I. Pollock, 80, died at
his home in Lyerly at 11:15 p. m.
Wednesday, June 30. after a lin
gering illness.
Mr. Pollock, husband of Anna
Story, who celebrated their Gol
den wedding anniversary two
years ago, is also survived by two
daughters. Mrs. E. E. Martin, of
Summerville, and Mrs. J. C. Wil
liams. of Lyerly. Five grandchil
dren and one great-granddaugh
ter also survive.
Mr. Pollock, well-known re
tired business man, was in the
mercantile business known as J.
L. Pollock and Brother for 42
years in Lyerly. J. L. Pollock pre
ceded him in death four years
ago.
Mr. Pollock has been a member
of the Lyerly Baptist Church for
the past 27 years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the residence in Lyerly at
4 p. m., Friday, July 2. The Rev.'
B. D. Ricks, assisted by the Rev. i
Shelton Adams officiated. In
terment was in family lot of Ly- I
erly Cemetery. .
Active pallbearers were Webb!
Copeland, Bob Jones, George Sit
ton, Bob Kimbell, Jim Hollis and
Bert Brogdon.
Honorary pallbearers were Bob
Crawford, Dr. H. D. Brown, Bob
Bagley, J. S. Owings, R. C. Floyd,
T S. Weems, Will Smith, Walt
Smith, H. L. Smith, S. M. Steph
enson and R M. Crawford.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home of
Summerville in charge.
1900
CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
A graded road is being built to
the spot, which is now accessible
only through Mr. Housch’s pas
ture. The new road will follow
the pattern of the “Old Rocky
■ Hollow Road,” and will ascend
| the hill from the south.
The building itself will be com
posed of a 40x60 auditorium,
which will have a stage along the
north side. Living quarters, com
posed of three rooms for a care
taker, will be located on the
north side, and offices for the
i VFW and American Legion com
manders will be located at the
rear of the building. A kitchen is
J planned for the southwest cor-
■ ner, and it is hoped that when
; funds are available, a lounge will
| be added to the south side.
French doors will lead into the
| building from the veranda, which
i will extend across the front, sup
ported by four tall columns.
It is hoped that a large fire
place can be built at the south
end of the building at a later
date.
Two of the four acres on which
the Home, dedicated to the Chat
tooga County men who lost their
lives in service, will be located,
were given by Mr. Housch, and
the other two acres were bought
by the organizations.
Picnic tables and grills will be
placed beneath the pines south
I of the building, where members
I and their families may enjoy
| outings.
Mose Brinson is chairman of
! the, uilding committee, which is
, cor of both members from
the vr i and the American Le
| gion.
Although the group has only
' $16,000 to spend at the present,
1 they’ve decided to build as much
as possible with this amount. It
is expected that $30,000 will be
; needed to complete the project,
i and leaders state that any con
tribution either by individuals or
i groups will be greatly appreciat
ed.
; the LaFayette-Trion airport; and
Fee Wee’s Place, owned by Clar
ence (Pee Wee Minor, operated
by William Ryder, and located
north of Trion on U. S. Highway
27.
Similar petitions are pending
against three other operators,
whose businesses were raided.
A. D. Abney was authorized by
special permit from Judge Por
i ter to operate the place formerly
occupied by Mr. Harris. It will be
known as the Airport Case.
Trion Lions
Sponsor Contest
Soap Box Models
The Trion Lions Club is spon
soring a model building Soap
Box Derby contest. All boys rang-
I ing from the age of 9 through 14
' are eligible to enter this con
test.
The models to be built on scale
with the actual Soap Box models
1 are to be submitted to Mr. Har
t ry Hardeman at the Trion Com,-
| munity Center.
Prizes of $3 for first place, $2
I for second place, and $1 for third
place will be awarded. In addi
tion all boys submitting models
will be carried to Chattanooga
to witness the annual Soap Box
Derby contest held Wednesday,
July 28.
Serving on the committee from
the Trion Lions Club with Mr.
Hardeman are Rev. Leßoy Obert
and Carlis Buice.
All boys anticipating turning
in models are urged to be sure
and submit models to Mr. Harde
man before July 24.
SI,OOO Taken From
Gayler's Garage, Lyerly
Approximately SI,OOO in cash
was taken from the office of
Gayler’s Garage in Lyerly on
Tuesday night, July 6, according
to members of the Sheriff’s force,
when someone broke into the
building.
No one has been arrested in
connection with the burglary,
however, officers are “on the
trail,” it was stated.
The garage is operated by Earl
Gayler.