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Summerville Indians Vs. Central “B” Tonight at 8:00 O'clock HERE N THERE Summerville police arrested seven, persons for disorderly con duct and two for speeding dur ing the past week, police records reveal. Booked on the former charge were: Robert Gentry, Earmon A. White, Bill Reynolds, John Cloudis. O’Neal Taylor, George Baker and Frank Campbell, while J. B. Bagley and C. W. Woodall were cited for speeding. Further hearing on the appli cation of Georgia Power Com pany for authority to increase electric rates for residential, commercial and industrial serv ice, now assigned for hearing on September 20, has been post poned and reassigned for further hearing beginning at 10 a. m. Thursday, October 7, in Room 234 State Capitol, Atlanta, it has been announced. Taking advantage of the many benefits offered to men in the U. S. Army and U. S. Air Forces, three Chattooga Countians were among the 49 men enlisting through the Rome Recruiting Office in August. This brought to 321 the total enlistments this year. Chattooga Countians enlisting included; Gordon R. Bowman, Summerville Rt. 3, Raymond M. Alexander, Trion, Rt. 1, and Will iam F. Bishop, Lyerly, Rt. 1. Anyone interested in contact ing a recruiting sergeant may do so at the Summerville Post Offi ce any Wednesday. Carlton Clemmons, 24, of Sum merville, was arrested Sunday by Floyd Police and Sheriff’s of fices on a warrant charging him with forgery. The warrant was issued to G. W. Wilson and Reese Johnson. Clemmons wal lodged in the Floyd County jail to be held for SI,OOO bond. The Menlo Chapter, Future Homemakers of America, met Thursday afternoon, September 9, with Yvonne McCullough, President, presiding. Twenty-seven members were present. County Ordinary J. W. King’s office issued marrigae licenses to the following last week: John Davis Whitburn and Eunice Mc- Swain; H. G. Givens and Nell May; Herman Eugene Tucker and Hughbell Hamby; Calvin Young and Ella McColsh. Presbyterian Conference To Be Held Here The LaFaytte Group Confer ence of Cherokee Presbyterial, including eight churches in this District, will be held Thrusday, September 23, at the Summerville Presbyterian Church, according to Mrs. Wyatt Ransom, District Chairman. Registration will be from 9:30 to 10 a. m. A program featuring the “Pro gram of Progress’ has been plan ned, Mrs. Ransom said in urging a good attendance from each of the eight local auxiliaries. INDIANS RACK UP VICTORY OVER GAYLESVILLE, 45 TO 0 BY BILLY ESPY King Football was ushered in regally Friday night at Sturdi vant Field as the opening night crowd of approximately 2,000 saw the Summerville Indians roll over Gaylesville, Ala., 45-0. Joe Faye Dacus was easily the night’s outstanding offensive star as he ripped off runs of 12, 33 and 68 yards to tally 18 points and top the Class B Scoring in the state. Bobby Nix also showed up very well as his year’s experience on the reserves proved beneficial as he consistently plowed through the big Gaylesville line to rip off yard after yard and the small 135-pound halfback left the en tire Alabama team in his wake as he made a beautiful 51-yard touchdown run. Sewell Cash, making his initial appearance on the gridiron car ried the ball over the twin stripes the first time he got his hands on the ball. As usual, Jimmy Bush played a swell game, leading the Indians to their first victory from the quarterback spot, his alertness and dependable handing-off sent the newly - uniformed backs through the line again and again for substantial gains, Jimmy also Xiw VOL. 63, NO. 39 Brinson Addresses Business And Professional Woman's Club PLAYGROUNDS OR PAVED STREETS? Moses E. Brinson, Summerville attorney and president of the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Sum meville Business -and Proses ional Woman’s Club at their reg ular monthly meeting held Thursday evening in the Selman Cabin at Gore. In his opening remarks, Mr. Brinson, as President of the Chamber of Commerce, brought out that the club had been spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce and through its effects had been brought into full ma turity. He pointed out that the Club had a definite place in its community and added that throught the efforts and inter ests of this woman’s club that many ideas for civic betterment would come. Stressing the idea that it was the women of the community who dreamed of bet ter things for all; who forced the men into action and deed, the president of the Chamber of Charles Weesner 72, Dies Here Charles WiHian Weesner, 72, died at 11:45 a. m. Friday, Sep tember 10, in Summerville. He is survived by one son, the Rev. Charles A. Weesner, of In dianapolis, Ind.; four sisters. Miss Cordelia, Miss Margaret, Miss. Lula and Mrs. Susie Scott, all of Summerville; three broth ers, John D., of Summerville; Ben, of Choctaw, Ala., and W. C. of Fort Worth, Texas; one grand daughter. Miss Barbara Weesner, of Indianapolis. Funeral services were conduct ed by the Rev. Harry Foster at the J. D. Hill Funeral Home, Summerville at 4 p.m. Saturday September 11, with the last rites following at 10 a. m. Monday from Irvin Chapel of Shirley, Brothers Co., Inc., in Indiana polis, Ind., with the Rev. F. W. Weigann officiating. Interment was by his wife’s side in the family lot of Washington Ceme tery, Indianapolis. Griffin Pledger Is Added To Police Force Griffin Pledger has been named a member of the Sum merville Police Force, to assume duties on November 1, it has been disclosed. This will bring the number of men on the force to five, the others being Leroy Tucker, W. G. Tallent, Edmond Kerce and W. M. Whaley, chief. made some nice runs that helped the Indians roll up 6 first downs to Gaylesville’s one, which re sulted in a penalty. The Indian line looked except ionally well as returning letter men Grant Davison, Billy Flan agan, Eddie Newsome, Roy Lee Bagley, Ralph Stanley, “Ski” Donovits along with Bobby Pet tyjohn who is up from last year’s reserves, continually made hard, jarring tackles to hold the Alaba i ma backs to almost nothing in I the yards-gained-by reushing | column. Every player on the squad j played, with the exception of ■ Jimmy Williams, reserve half ; back, who was unable to dress ! because of injuries. Heading the i reserves were Bobby Bush, who I made a nice 12-yard touchdown j gallop, and also scored an extra I point, besides tossing a 15-yard ■ touchdown pass to Gene Woodall, freshman halfback, Buck Helton, who hails from down Berryton way, also played a brillant de fensive game from the backer up spot and was in on many tackles throughout the night. Other reserve linemen who played a bang-up ball game were, Ends Moorehead, Mathis, Shrop shire, Hardeman, Meacham, Strickland, and Bridgeman, SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1948 Commerce struck the keynote of his address when he said: “What do we want most— playgrounds for our kids or paved streets for our commu nity.” With this question as a central theme, the Summerville attorney told of the progress of the Cham ber of Commerce, it hopes and its aims. On the surface he said it would seem that little has been done, but underneath a progres sive program is being formulated and little by little there is being brought into the Chamber of Commerce office the information that outside industries and busi ness firms seek when inquiring about new localities for their in dustrial and business interests. “One of the first things that and industrialist or business man asks,’ said Mr. Brinson in ex plaining some of the things that are required of a community be fore industry or business will consider any given locality “is jst this. ‘What are your recrea tion facilities?’ ” Adding that these same men inquire about tax rates, water See Page Eight MARGARET RILEY, INFANT, DIES HERE Margaret Nell Riley, age one month, passed away at 2 a. m. Wednesday,, Sept. 8, She is Sur vived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Riley; two sisters, Maxine and Patsy; and grandfather, Tom Riley, all of Summerville. Funeral services were con ducted at the Welcome Hill Bap tist Church, at 11 A. M. Thurs day with the Rev. Frank Cray ton, pastor, officiating. Inter ment was in the Summerville Cemetery. J. R. Hill Funeral Home in charge. DR. HOLBROOK HOST TO MEDICAL SOCIETY Dr. Howell T*. Holbrook was host to the Chattooga County Medical Society which held it’s monthly meeting Tuesday even ing at John’s Place. The meeting was presided over by Dr. William U. Hyden, of Trion, president. Following the business session, Dr. R. N. Little and D. William T. Gist presented two interesting papers. 4-H POULTRY SHOW PLANNED FOR SEPT. 23 The local 4-H Poultry Show, sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company, will be held at 3:30 p. m. Thursday, September 23, in front of the Chattooga County courthouse, it has been disclosed. Ten 4-H’ers ir the County will displaj' their poultry, 12 chickens each, which will be auctioned to the highest bidder. Tackles Yancey, Moorhead, Argo. Guards Perkins Thomason, Teems, Glenn, and Moore. Cen ers Billy Donovits and Smallon. Reserve backs were: Bobby Bush, Buck Melton, Gene Wood all, and Strange, another new comer from Berryton. All in all, it is thought the In dians did a swell job and Sum merville should well be proud of them for they were right in there playing their hearts out right down to the final whistle. Tonight, the red and white clad Indians meet Coach Red Etter’s “B” team from Central High School of Chattanooga. “B” teams generally have some play ers that would do justice to any varsity, and our opinion of this game is that it will be a good one. Several of <he Indians have been viewing practice sessions from the sidelines this week due to injuries received in last week’s tilt, but should be ready’for rhe boys from Tennessee. Game time is set for 8 p. m., EST. Friday night. Trion opens their season as they play host to the McHenry Cardinals of Rome. McHenry is one game up on the the Bulldogs, that being a loss to a strong Carrollton team by the score of 33- 0. Kick-off time at Trion is also set for 8 p. m. RITES FOR CLARK, WAR DEAD, PLANNED FOR 2 P. M. TODAY - .5' T-5 WALLACE K. CLARK Tec-5 Wallace Rattray Clark, 33, another Chattooga County World War II dead, arrived in Summerville at noon Tuesday. Wallace, born and reared in Menlo, enlisted in the Army, January 21, 1943, and sailed for his overseas duty in September, 1943. He entered a government hospital in Paris, France, October 25 1944, and died with pneumonia, November 8, 1944. Wallace is survived by his wife Mrs. Frances Anderson Clark, of Atlanta; his mother, Mrs. J. T. Clark, Sr.; two brothers, J. T. and Milton; two nieces, Nell and Mary Ann Clark; one nephew, James Wallace Clark, all of Menlo. Funeral services will be con ducted at the Menlo Baptist church at 2 o’clock this after noon (Thursday), with the Rev’s. J. Pat Brock and S. K. Dodson officiating. Active pallbearers will be: R. E. Rogers, C. J. Gregar, J. D. Williams, F. T. Hagwood, C. W. Oanson and Cliff Blaylock Honorary pallbearers include S. T. Mosher, J. L. Bradfield, Joe S- Burkett, and Wallace’s class mates, Vance Story, Cui Cham blee, Claude Webster, Charles Fink, Emmett Clarkson and Arnold Ballard. Full military honors will be conferred by the American Graves Registration Squad, of Atlanta. Interment will be in the family lot of Alpine Cemetery near Menlo. The body will be at the home of Mrs. J. T. Clark, Sr., during the morning prior to the hour of funeral The J. D. Hill Funeral Home of Summerville in charge of arrangements. Chattooga Countians To Attend State 4-H Club Congress Miss Yvonne McCullough and Tom Hill Hutchins, both of Men lo, will be among the 165 Four- H Club district achievement win ners who will attend the State 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta, October 5-8, to compete for state honors and national trips in club j projects, it has been disclosed by | County Agent J. B. Butler. The Piedmont Hotel will be I headquarters for the three-day meeting, and the elimination contests will be held there Wed nesday until noon Thursday. k . X V -X • ' —••j,’** " ’ " I.S : * ’ ' I I « '.IS “ *III, *T WK is fl fl UK - ‘• i ■ B:S ■ -■ "n ... « W | . ([(y.I.JIJ II ,S 8 Jv J*,; * * >1 JX x Mw ’■* xjM i 3 ‘X fr As 1 IB CHATTOOGA COUNTY MAKINE 'RESERVES which attended two weeks’ training at Camp LeJeune, S. C., recently. Captain Malcolm Thomas is the Battalion Com mander. The boys attend regular drill practice once a week in Rome. Trion Meets McHenry For Season Opener Trion’s Blue and White Bull- | doge open the pigskin season j against the McHenry Team Fri- i day night. They opened up against the l same team last year at which time they were defeated by 12 points, the score being 18 to 6 in McHenry’s favor. McHenry opened up their sea ’ son last Friday night against Carrollton, and were defeated by Carrollton. It will be the first i game for Trion. TRION BULLDOGS Tenta ! tive line-up when paper went to press: LE, Nelson ,160 lbs.; LT Sprayberry, 180 lbs.; LG. Sims, 140 lbs.; C, Ak'ns, 160 lbs.; RG, Haygood, 175 lbs.; RT, Boyles, 200 lbs.; RE. Hankins, 155 or Worsham. 160,; QB. Young, 145 lbs.; LH, Greene, 140 lbs.; RH, Bohanan, 170 or Walker 180, and FB, Green at lbs. TRION ANNOUNCES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE The Trion football schedule has been announced by Coach William Brandon who states that of the 10 games scheduled, five will be on the home field. The schedule follows: Sept. 17: McHenry, here. Sept. 24: Dalton, there. Oct. 1: Ware Shoals, there. Oct. 8: Austell, here. Oct. 15: Model, there. Oct. 22: Lee High, there, Oct. 29: Lakeview, here. Nov. 5: Calhoun, here. Nov. 12: LaFayette, there. Nov. 19: Summerville, here. INFANT TALTON i Graveside services were held at | the Summerville cemetary on Aug. 27 for Claire Benita Talton, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lanford Talton Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. She was one of twin daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Talton at Polk County Hospital, Cedartown, on Aug. 25. Mrs. Talton will be remember edhere as Miss Maxine Neal daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Neal Fair Exhibit Livestock Must Be Tested—Butler Those planning to enter live stock in the Chattooga County Fair on October 13-16 must have I them tested for Bang’s Disease, (according to County Agent J. B. ’ Butler. The livestock will be tested during the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 2 Mr. Butler said, and all those 4-H’ers and farmers planning to enter livestock, are asked to notify him in order that he may go to their farms during that v»eek. Mr. Butler also urged anyone planning to enter any type of j exhibit to continue work on it and be sure to have in ready in time. STORES TO OPEN WED. AFTERNOONS Beginning October 6, the stores in Summerville will remain open on Wednesday afternoons, it has been disclosed by the Summer- ; ville Retail Merchants Bureau. CITY CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL ACTION IN FAVORING MFG. CO. Six Youngsters Confess Theft Six Summerville teen-age boys have confessed to the theft of approximately $350 in cash and goods over a period of several months and it is expected that a seventh boy will be arrested in the near future, according to Police Chief W. M. Whaley. Only two of the six remain in jail, the other four having been released under bonds of approxi mately S3OO each. The youngsters, who ages ; range from 10 to 18 years, have denied none of the charges, Chief Whaley said. They have confessed to burg lary at the following places dur ing the past few months: Scog gins Motor and Implement Com pan y , Alexander’s Grocery, Alien’s Hardware, Snow White Case, South Summerville School, Paul Holt’s Garage and James Hawkins’ home. Sales at Bonds Compared Here Much has been written about I the high cost of living and people saving less and digging into savings accounts in recent months. Harry McGinnis Comity Chairman has received some in teresting information from the state U.S. Sayings Bonds office about how of Bonds com pare in 1946 with peacetime pre vious years, 1946 and 1947. Scries E, F and G: Chattooga, 1948, 171,853; 1947, 1u9,369; 1946. 177,076. Walker, 1948, 323,063; 1947, 377,597; 1946, 282,129. Gordon, 1948, 95,973: 1947, 59,- i 739; 1946. 111,599. It will be observed in spite of higher living costs and higher prices as against increased in come among the citizens of our county and state that the actual 1 Bond sales record in many in stances compare favorably in the year 1948 with previous calendar years since the end of the war. And while this has happened, redemptions nationally, for the state and for most counties have materially declined from 1946 and people of counties generally are increasing their Savings Bond holdings and thus further insuring themselves against fu tureneeds. Mr. McGinnis, Chairman, calls on all citizens who have oppor tunity to do so to buy Bonds on the Payroll Savings Plan, and all self-employed to buy Bonds through their banks on the Bond-A-Month Plan. The Menlo Parent-Teacher As sociation will sponsor a Variety Program at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, September 30, at the gymnasium. $1.50 A YEAR A Rome attorney, representing a group of citizens of Summer ville Monday night charged the ' City of Summerville with illegal acts in connection with the in stallation of sewers and a water system in a number of houses ; outside the city limits in the ■ Summerville Manufacturing Co I mill village. [ This and other charges were i made by James Maddox of Mad i dox and Maddox, Rome, at a ; | meeting of the city council Mon- ; day night. , j Mayor Willis James, an offi- II cial of the manufacturing com . I pany, would make no statement I this week in connection with the ; ( action, however, City Attorney T > I J. Espy said that if the action on behalf of the city in supply ’ i ing water to the houses in the . mill village outside the city lim . | its is illegal, “it is also illegal in . j other instances where water is . I supplied to outlying districts.” Mr. Espy declared that court ( matters this week had prevented him from investigating the mat ; ter further. He was instructed I Monday night to issue a ruling ' on the questions involved. In addition to declaring that the city was acting illegally in i furnishing water and sewers to houses outside the city limits, Mr. Maddox stated that it was also illegal to charge the Sum merville Manufacturing Com pany a Hat water rate of $175 per month and a fiat $2 each for it's 96 mill fillage houses, while * the other residents of Summer ville were charged on a meter basis. Mr. Maddox also called atten tion to a rule of law which de clares that it is illegal “a mem ber oi a ciry council' to voce upon any question brought be fore the council, in which he is personally interested.” He point ed out that Major James is su perintendent of the Summerville Manufacturing Company, but that he did “not know whether he is a stockholder in this Com pany or not.” Excerpts from the attorney’s findings are printed belw: "The City of Summerville is in corporated by the Act of 1909, be ginning at page 1366. and in Section 20 at page 1377 the City is given the right and authority “they may maintain a system of water works, gas works, electric ' lights or other lighting plant, sewage and other utilities of like ' nature, and may prescribe and ' enforce all needful regulations in I respect to them.” We have been 1 j unable to find any other right or authority by which the City of Summerville may maintain a water works system or sewage. It will be readily seen that this section does not give the City of Summerville any rights outside of its corporate limits, and even if it did so, we are of the opinion that the City of Summerville could not maintain or give serv ice to users of water or main tain its sewage lines for the benefit of persons outside of its corporate limits. In this con nection see Mayor of Gainesville vs. Dunlap, et al. 147 Ga.. 344, also City of Cornelia vs. Wells, 181 Ga. 554. “In the case of Gainesville vs. Dunlap referred to above the su j preme court held: “As a general rule, a municipal corporation’s powers cease at municipal boundaries, and can not, without express authority granted in its charter, or neces sary legislative implication there in, be exercised beyond its lim i its. And where a municipality, in pursuance of charter powers as indicated in the first note, acquires a supply of water be yond the city limits and lays water mains from the city to the source of supply, it is ultra vires to engage in the business of sup plying water outside of the city to persons along the route.” “The ruling in the case of City of Cornelia vs. Wells is of simi lar purport and in that case the court held: “The court did not err in granting an injunction to re strain the city of Cornelia from carrying out its purpose to sell and furnish water to persons re siding without the limits of the city and within the limits of a neighboring municipality, and from applying the proceeds of I See Page Eight