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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. • • 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. • • 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. • • 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. • • 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 See Page Eight 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. 1 WilW i '■ ' p s V.w t k., . IMb | jp ■K. 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.