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Thursday, August 26, 1948
Talmadge’s Platform
In order that our readers may I
better understand our editorial |
policy in support of Herman Tal
madge for governor, we print (in
part) the platform upon which
he is running:
education
I promise that if I am elected
your governor, I will see to it i
that Georgia teacher’s salaries
are placed on a parity with those i
in neighboring states. From |
there we must work toward our |
long sought goal of providing as I
good educational
for our boys and girls in Geor
gia as in any other state in the
Union.
LABOR
Capital and labor must work,
together as a team. I want to see I
every man have a job, a home
and a good living, with the op
portunity to advance in salary,;
wages and responsibility.
FARMERS
Farmer’s markets must be ex
oanded and improved. Since la
bor and capital are organized, it
is incumbent upon us (farmers)
to organize in order that our
voices may be heard in Wash
ington and Atlanta. If I am elect
ed governor of Georgia, the farm
er will ever have a staunch friend
in the governor’s chair.
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
AND COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM
I believe that local self-gov
ernment is the most efficient;
form of government on earth.
The county unit system of the I
state protects us from political
machines that are maintained in
many of the states of this Un
ion. It gives representation to j
the rural sections of this state |
and cities of Georgia. I will pre- ;
serve, maintain and protect the I
county unit system of this state. I
HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
The protection of the health
of all our people is one of the i
most important things that our
government can promote. The
eleemosynary institutions of this
state that care for.our mentally
deficient, infirm, deaf. dumb,
blind and tubercular patients
should be adequately financed
and efficiently operated. Thou
sands of people with tuberculosis
are dying in attics, cellars and
barren homes while 1,745 beds
remain vacant in the tubercu
losis sanitarium in Rome. Pa
tients at Battey Hospital should
have adequate medical treat
ment, good food, clothing, beds
and care.
ROADS
When the present administra
tion took office, highway main
tenance, repairs and construc
tion ceased for a period of about
one year. Sixty million dollars
was hoarded to construct politi
cal roads in an election year.
Throughout last winter, it was
iiecessary to close our schools be
cause school buses could not
travel our rural roads. Our farm
ers could not get their crops to
market because the roads were
neglected. In many instances,
rural and mail carriers were un
able to deliver the mail because
the roads were impassable. If
elected governor, I shall strive to
see that every road in the state
over which school buses run and
rural mail carriers travel is
hard-surfaced and made a per
manent and all-weather road.
ECONOMY
The present administration has I
collected $107,000,000.00 in taxes
during the last fiscal year. This
is the largest sum of money that
has ever been collected in the
history of Georgia. Notwith
standing this fact, essential serv-
We want to thank the people in Northwest
Georgia and Northeast Alabama for making our
sale at Rome a success. We appreciate your busi
ness.
We have found after four sales that our born
space is not large enough to handle the increas
ing volume of livestock brought in for sale and
we are enlarging our born.
Bring your stock to our soles on Fridays. We
will get you the top market prices. We want to
make Rome one of the best cattle and hog mar
kets in the south.
A white-faced calf will be given away at our
sole on Friday, August 27th.
Ragsdale-Lawhorn
Commission Co.
D. F. Ellis, Manager
• ices to the people have been neg
i lected and a horde of 2,500 new
j political state employees have
been appointed by the acting
governor. The sole duty of these
political employees is to work for
the election of the present Act
-1 ing Governor, spreading rumors
' and engaging in pernicious po
litical activity. Those thousands
j of employees that the state does
i not need will be removed from
I the state payroll. Waste, extrava
l gance and graft in this state
j snail be a thing of the past.
TAXATION
Federal and state taxes are
entirely too high. They are op
| pressive and burdensome for the
| people to bear. We must exercise
rigid economy and reduce the
tax burden on the shoulders of
the people wherever we can. I
; have never believed in a sales
tax. I do not believe in a sales
tax. If in providing additional
i services for the people of this
i state, it should be found that
additional taxes are necessary,
this fact shall be submitted to
. the people in the form of a ref
erendum to let them determine
whether or not they desire to pay
additional taxes for additional
services.
VETERANS
If elected governor of Georgia,
I shall ask the General Assembly
to maintain and strengthen the
present system of free business
! licenses, and grant an honorary
driver’s license for life to every
' honorably discharged veteran
who served in the armed forces
If elected governor, 50 per cent
■ of all the appointments to office
I that I make will be from the vet
' erans of our state. The veterans
lof Georgia can depend on my
aid, co-operation and assistance
' at all times.
PENSIONS
I Thousands of people in Geor
gia are entitled to old age pen
sions who are not receiving them
and many receiving it are get
ting a mere pittance whicn
should be substantially increased.
When elected governor, I shall
work toward the goal that every
eligible old person in this state
who makes application receives a
pension substantial enough to
support himself and family.
STATES’ RIGHTS
I The so-called Civil Rights or
anti-segregation program would
destroy every vestige of states’
, r.ghts. It would destroy the indi
| virtual liberty of our people. It
would destroy our segregation
l laws and our way of life. Segre-
I gation is best for the white man
land it is best for the colored
| man. If elected governor, I will
I do all within my power to help
defeat the passage of this op-
I pressive, communistic, ant i-
Southern legislation. If elected
governor, the pattern of segre
gation shall be maintained at all
hazards in accordance with the
law.
PEOPLES’ GOVERNMENT
Never before in the history of
Georgia have we seen a group of
discredited politicians seize con-
I trol of the office of the Chief Ex
ecutive and force him to dismiss
from office even his closest
friends and political associates
for the purpose of appointing
stooges to office who will do me
I bidding of discredited politicians.
If 1 am elected governor, there
will be no deputy governor in any
of Georgia’s counties. All of the
I people of our state will be wel
come at the governor’s office
and the mansion. Their problems
will be heard with an attentive
ear. I will execute the duties of
the office with the best judgment
of which I am capable, neither
looking up to any man nor down
on any man.
I regard a campaign platform
as a contract with the people of
our state. This contract should
be carried out in the same man
ner as a note at the bank should
be paid when due.
If I am elected your governor
on this platform with the aid of
the people of Georgia, the Gen
eral Assembly or our state and
the guidance of Almighty God, I
shall strive to see that every
plank is carried out.—HERMAN
TALMADGE.
EIGHT LOCAL MEN
AT CAMP LEJEUNE
More than 180 reserve marines
from Floyd, Polk and Chattooga
Counties began their two-week
active duty last Monday morning
at Camp Lejeune, N. C.
Members of this organization
from Summerville include the
following: Rufus Pruitt, James
Lee, Jimmy Bush, Benny Perry.
L. D. McCary, Robert Bowman,
Evan Bowman and Ed Phillips.
Capt. Malcolm Thomas, for
merly of Summerville, is the bat
talion commander.
The Reserve unit, which has
headquarters in Rome, started
off in traditional Marine style by
falling out with carbine for an
hour of close order drill. Later
they were divided into sections
for instruction according to their
rank and duty.
The Rome Marines are H & S
Battery and A Battery, Third 105
MM Howitzer Battalion, one of
the largest reserve Marine Bat
tallions in the United States. All
members of the battalion are
from Georgia, two units from
Rome, one from Decatur and an
other from Augusta. Captain
James M. Thomas, U. S. M. C. R..
of Rome, is commanding officer
of the H & S and A Battery.
The unit was officially called
together Saturday morning for
active duty, and departed from
Rome on that day. Officers and
men traveled in air-conditioned j
Pullman coaches. The trip took
approximately 24 hours from de
parture.
Upon arrival at the camp,
which is located at the mouth
of the famed New River which
flows throughout the entire
state of North Carolina, the men
hiked from the train to their
brick barracks located near the
beach of the river. After prepar
iing their barracks for the night
I the units visited the camp’s open
l air theatre which is a great at
i traction to the military person
| nel stationed there. One of the
i latest film releases was pre-view
• ed at the movie and a large ma
j jority of the Romans w-ere amaz
ied at the large amphi-theatre
Reveille sounded at 5:45 on Mon
day morning and at 7 o’clock,
when breakfast was served.
After breakfast, the men clean
ed the quarters and prepared for
the day’s work ahead of them.
Close order drills, training class
es, band rehearsal and many
other activities kept the men oc
cupied most of the day. and
ready for the cooling showers in
the spacious barracks when the
work was finished.
Lusty appetites have oeen
whetted from the brisk exer
cise in the invigorating sunny
sea breezes, but the Marine
Corps has taken care of that in
the camp mess halls where tables
are piled high with steaming hot
food, well prepared and under
rigid inspection.
Nothing has been sacrificed to
make the men comfortable dur
ing their stay in camp. Every fa
cility has been provided for the
men. Recreation and leisure to
stroll the huge campsite, head
quarters for the Second Marine
Division. The new men have tak
en to military discipline like
amphibious ducks to New River,
and is providing new thrills for
those who have had no previous
military' experience. Training is
under the supervision of season
ed veterans of the Marine Corps,
the Army and Naval Reserve ex
service personnel.
All of the men are in high
spirits and morale is running
better than average for so large
of a group of men undergoing a
new experience in military train
ing. The large scale operation of
the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
has proved fascinating to all of
the personnel connected with the
Tnird Battalion.
A number of other units from
over the United States are under
training at Camp LeJeune at this
time, and the men in the outfits
are busy making new acquaint
ances, while some of the veterans
were surprised to find some of
their ex-service buddies at the
camp, many of whom saw duty
together during the recent war.
Food preservation specialists
have found that figs freeze well
and retain their fresh flavor to
a large extent.
Regular oiling of moving parts
will make mechanical equipment
last longer and work more
smoothly, say Extension Service
engineers.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
WINGATE SAYS
FARMER HAS
PRBDUCTION WORRIES
MACON Ga.—“ Many city folks
tend to picture the farmer now
adays as a fellow with bumper
income and few production wor
ries,” according to H. L. Wingate,
president of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation.
The Georgia farm leader noted
that “an entirely different pic
ture is given in a report just is
sued by the U. S. Department of ]
Agriculture, which shows that
farmers’ income has been some- ■
what greater while at the same I
time production costs have in
creased more than the gross
income.”
Cost of hired labor, he added,
so far this year has jumped more
than 5 per cent above 1947, “and
this,” the GFBF executive added,
“is not given any consideration in
figuring parity on farm commod
ities.” Farm machinery, building
materials, fertilizer and other
supplies have shown a gradual
but steady climb.
The net result, according to
Mr. Wingate, is that farmers’ net
income so far this year will fall
below last year, even though
cash receipts are higher.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration, the president states, is
endeavoring to contribute to the
welfare of all groups by securing
the enactment of legislation that
will insure a fair price for farm
commodities. The organization is
likewise interested in defeating
measures designed to reduce
parity prices or to lower the sup
port price to a point where the
farmer faces disastrous condi
tions when his products reach
the market place.
I)i this connection, Mr. Win
gate pointed to the activity of
the organization in opposing the
Aiken so-called long-range farm
bill. This measure, he says, when
in full effect will cost Georgia
farmers “a minimum of 100 mil
lion dollars annually, and that
means a bankrupt agriculture.”
To be specific, the Farm Bu
reau leader said the new pro
gram, effective Jan. 1, 1950, will
lower parity on cotton from ap
proximately 31 cents per pound
to 24 cents. With the support
price as low as 60 per cent of
parity, “it means the cotton
farmer may sell his commodity
i for 14.40 cents.”
Peanuts, which is a major crop
iin Georgia, can sell as low as
i SIOB per ton, compared to more
than $215 for the 1948 produc-
' t.ion.
, “The Aiken Bill,” Mr. Wingate
, added, “must be amended if we
are to have a sound agricultural
, program, and I know of no better
way to insure a change in this
measure than a strengthened
Farm Bureau in every county in
Georgia
READIN' ABOUT
WRITIN'
Do you. rememner the little
verse by Carolyn Wells:
They borrow books they will not
buy,
They have no ethics or relig
ions;
1 wish some kind Burbankian guy
Could cross my books with
homing pigeons.
Ot course libraries want peo
ple to borrow books instead of
buying all of tnem, but we do so
often wish for “some kind Bur
bankian guy.” It is all right to
borrow books and keep them
longer than the 2 weeks stamp
ed in them, many people do and
then come in to say they want to
pay the little fine .it’s frequently
worth it to keep the book as long
as necessary. The ones who need
to borrow books with wings on
them are the readers who forget
how many other people would
like to read the very books they
have so carelessly stuck on a
i shelf or in a trunk and never re
turned to the library. Look
i around at your house. Any 11-
i brary book, even if it doesn’t be
' long to your local library, can be
i turned in here and will be sent
to the library from whence it
came. (Don’t you love that lit
erary touch, “from whence it
came.”)
In this connection I would like
to make a special plea to the
person who picked up a sack of
four books Saturday a week ago.
You must have thought they
were your groceries, but they
were someone else’s books. She
left them for a minute while she
bought a loaf of bread and when
she returned back the sack was
gone. This borrower is very trou
bled about the books and will
greatly appreciate your return
ing them to the library or the
Summerville Cash Store where
you found them. One of these
was “Unconquered.” a book this
borrower had been waiting weeks
to get and one which quite a few
other people have asked for, a
brand new $3 book.
The Cicero Cleghorns gave
three big boxes of books to the
library a few weeks ago. They
gave them in a truly unselfish
spirit, too. We talked it over be
fore they brought them to us
and agreed that if this library
had copies of anything they gave
us we could put them where they
would do the most good. There
is an encyclopedia, for instance,
and we have the Britannica in
the library, so we do not need
another. We thought some school
in the county might be glad to
get this older one. The same will
be true of some of the fiction
and classics. However there are
some good books in Georgia his
tory that we particularly need
and many others. We are most
thankful to the Cleghorns for
this gift.
We might write many words
of wisdom, we might actually
achieve the erudite and charm
ing column tha*- this should be
(might I said) but nothing will
bring as many people to the li
brary as this simple sentence:
There is a new Perry Mason.
“The Case of the Lonely Heir
ess.”
WANT ADS
FOR SALE
Small dwelling and one acre
acre land and 700 concrete
blocks on the town branch on
east side of Congress Street. Nice
place to build home. Price, S9OO.
New 4-room dwelling with acre
ground, hardwood floors, on
east side Congress Street, across
branch from Congress Street.
Price $3,500.
New 5 rooms and complete bath
with lot 300 by 175. Corner Kel
ley and Taylor Streets in Bitting
Subdivision. Price $6,600.
Well constructed dwelling, five
rooms, No. 1 pine floors, elec
tricity, good well water and half
acre lot. Also butane stove and
heaters installed which cost
$632. Located near corner of Dry
Valley Road and County Farm
Road, 2y 2 miles west of town.
Price $3,000 with one half cash
and balance S3O per month.
New dwelling and 16 acres land
on paved Lyerly Road below
Lyerly with 16 acres land. Price
$2,000. with S6OO cash and bal
ance SSO per month.
Farms F or Sale
58-acre farm one quarter mile
off Holland Road, 6 miles from
Summerville and 2 miles from
Lyerly; 6-room dwelling, barn, 2
cribs and smokehouse; 2 acres
in orchard; 34 acres now in cul
tivation; plenty wood, $2,500.
118 acre farm, one dwelling and
barn; 40 to 60 acres in culti
vation. electricity, on school bus
and mail routes: 2i/ z miles north
of Subligna on Dalton Road,
near Bethlehem Church. $3,500.
Lots
3- lot on paved Menlo High
way. Also good well on lot,
ready to build. This side of Rac
coon Creek. Price S6OO.
Pretty lots in Bitting Subdivision,
close in town, SIOO.
Farrar Real Estate Agency
109 N. Commerce St.
FOR SALE
4- 6 acres, Lyerly Road.
4- on Lyerly Road.
5- two acres, near Berry
ton.
4-room, bath, in Bitting Div.
sroom house, with garage apart
ment in back, South Com
merce.
3-room, in Harlow Division.
Two 4-room in Harlow Div.
HOLLIS AGENCY
Summerville Phone 97
FOR SALE: 5-piece dinette suite.
Reasonable. W. M. Whaley,
Summerville, phone 116-J.
FOR SALE: One 4-room house
and bath, two screened-in
porches, hot water heater, bu
tane cook stove, two butane
beaters, built-in cabinets, asbes
tos siding, is underpinned and
insulated. Built on two lots. Pos
session immediately. George Ba
ker, Summerville.
FOR SALE: One two-horse mow
ing machine. Good as new, $75.
Roy Baker.
WANTED to trade house I am
renting in the Maxey Sub-di
vision for a smaller house near
er highway. My house is new,
five rooms and bath, and rents
for S3O. See me at home from 9
to 6 p. m. Chris McSherry.
WHOLESALE COAL YARD—
Trucks loaded by machines.
Parker-Barnes Coal. Co., South
St. Elmo. Chattanooga, near the
Georgia State line. Phone 3-1513.
Bt/10-14
FOR SALE: 1 piano, $65; 1 girls’
bicycle, $17.50. B. D. Gore, 602
East Bellah Avenue.
FOR SALE: Drive-in case, known
as Snow White Case. The own
er will sell building lots with or
without fixtures. This location is
Ideal for most any type of busi
ness. Will give terms, and will
accept a good auto in transac
tion. Place is doing good busi
ness now and is within city on
leading highway. If interested I
can offer you choice of three
houses of residence. Write, wire
or contact O. A. Mathis, Summer
ville, Ga. 7-7:30 a. m., phone 18.
2t/9-2
ELECTRIC STOVE
Westinghouse electri&'cook stove,
guaranteed to be in good con
dition. Can be seen at Echols
Appliance Co. Mrs. B. W. Farrar,
109 N. Commerce St.
FOR RENT: Unfurnished 2-room
apartment, couple only. No
children. See Mrs. J. F. Whise
nant, Lyerly.
FOR SALE: Recleaned seed oats,
recleaned crimson clover seed
and baled hay. Leroy Massey,
Menlo, Ga.
SEE us for pasture grasses, clov
ers, rye, vetch, alfalfa, peas
and fertilizers. Farmers Supply
Store. Phone 178-L.
FOR SALE: A 5 & 10c store in
West Rome. A cash business
with an assured income. For de
tails, write J. C. Tyson, 701 Ave
nue A, Rome, Ga. 2t/8-26
WANTED TO BUY: Saw timber
in any quantity. Phone or write
L. W. Evans, 334 i Broad Street,
Rome. Phone 7701. 3t/9-2
VERNON UPHOLSTERING Shop.
We upholster furniture and do
refinishing work. All work guar
anteed. We have refinished fur
niture for sale. See us at West
SQUARE DANCING
THE HANGER
EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
*
Music by Hoppy Lumpkin Family
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
Music by Southern Swing Beys
C. & S. Furniture Co.
We Buy and Sell New and Used Furniture
Specials Thursday, Friday and Saturday
1 3-Piece Bedroom Suite .. $99 50
1 3-Piece Bedroom Suite $69 50
1 Large Chifforobe $39.50
1 Large Dresser $17.50
Studio Couches $14.50 Up
Occasional Chair $9.95
1 Rocker $7.50
1 Dining Room Suite $49.50
Bed Springs $9.95
Iron Beds $3.95
Baby Stroller $4.95
Oil Stoves (5 Burner) Table Top $24.50
Radio $14.95
Phone 263-J, South Commerce St., Summerville
Next to J. D. Hill Funeral Home
Chapman Bros.
Lyerly, Ga.
Building Materials for Prompt
Delivery
Asbestos Siding • Sheetrock
Roofing • Doors • Windows
Framing and Lumber All Kinds
Pennville, Route 2, Summerville.
Ga. 4t/8-26
WANTED—To drill water wells,
anywhere, any depth. Modern
machinery, ouick service. All
kinds of pumps furnished and
installed. Call or write W. M
Kittle Box 132, Ringgold Ga
ASBESTOS siding and roofing.
Call or write. Free estimates.
Monthly terms. Marshall Roof-
Avenue. Rome, Ga. Phone 9767.
ing Supply Co., 214 N. Second
ts
ASBESTOS siding and roofing,
rock wool, insulation. Call or
write. Free estimates. Monthly
terms. Marshall Roofing and
Supply Co., 214 N. Second Ave
nue, Rome. ts
PIANOS FOR' SALE: New high
class Wurlitzer Spinet pianos,
$495 and up. Also reconditioned
student pianos, $125 and up See
at Baskette Piano Company, 515
Broad Street, Rome, or see our
local representative, Wilburn
Hudson, P. O. Box 397, Summer
ville. Small down payment, easy
terms. ts
WANTED to make long-term
farm loans through Federal
Land Bank. Loans made to pay
farm mortgages, new buildings,
farm equipment, etc. If interest
ed, see T. W. Price, secretary and
treasurer National Farm Loan
Association at the ordinary’s of
fice in Summerville each Thurs
day morn’ g. 2-21-49