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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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D. T. ESPY Editor and Manager
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Vote Against Polio
This Friday, January 14, marks
the opening of an 18-day parade
in Chattooga County—the 1949
March of Dimes of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis. In that little more than two
week period the American people
will write their own ticket
against infantile paralysis, which
in the past six years has stricken
more than 100,00 of our citizens.
One of the main facts to re
member about polio is that it is
not primarily a fatal disease.
Only about five to ten persons
out out of a hundred who con
tract it will die. And another fact
is that 5 per cent of those in
fected by polio recover complete
ly
Yet, today there remains a
drab overtone of darkness in the
infantile paralysis picture. When
polio strikes with paralytic force,
often many lengthy years of hos
pitalization and treatment com
prise the calendar of the dis
abled.
Aside from the victim’s pain
and suffering, there is also the
cold factual problem of doctor
and hospital bills. Not one family
in ten can afford to pay for full
or even partial care of a case
requiring more than nominal
hospital stay!
That’s where your March of
Dimes steps in to lighten the
dark outlook. Besides financing
recearch seeking the final an
swer of how to prevent and cure
polio, March of Dimes funds are
paying for the best available j
medical care and treatment ofi
polib patients throughout the,
nation . . . whether or not they |
were stricken in 1948 epidemics I
or in years gone by.
Yes, not one family in ten can
afford to pay when polio strikes. ■
But every family can contribute
to the March of Dimes. By so do
ing they help guarantee prompt |
and adequate aid to themselves i
and their neighbors should thel
disease attack them.
Remember the 1949 March of ,
Dimes, January 14-31. Join in j
that great parade. Every time I
you give a dime or dollar you
lend a mighty, helping hand.
tellers to the Editor
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Dear Sir:
As President of the Chattooga
County Tubersulosis Association.
I want to take this opportunity
to thank each and every person
in Chattooga County who help
ed to make our Tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Sale drive a suc
cess. It is a privilege and an
honor to work with people whose I
love for their fellowmen make I
them give freely of their time j
and monev in order that those |
loss fortunate than they may i
have a better chance for health
and happiness.
Last year the Tuberculosis As
sociation received SI,OOO from
their Christmas Seal Sale Drive.
This year, because of the in
creased need for assistance to
tubercular patients and their
families, we set our goal at $2,-
000. So far, we have received
$1,594.65 of the amount. Al
though we have not yet reached
our goal you have increased the
amount considerably over the
past year. I think the amount
increased because more of you
realized more than ever before
the need to give to this worthy j
cause.
I believe that all citizens in our
County would like to join me in
thanking Mrs. O. L. Cleckler for
the splendid work she did as
your Seal Sale chairman; Miss
Helen Toles, for her untiring
efforts as publicity chairman;
Miss Jewell Poole and Miss Ethel
Simmons, for making a success
of “Bangle Day” in the schools;
Miss Alma Zada Eilenburg and
her Girl Scouts for their sale of
Seals during the week before
Christmas; the Postmasters for
the assistance they gave in get
ting the letters out to you; the
local newspapers, picture shows
and radio stations for the pub
licity they gave; the Summer
ville Lions Club and the Surfl
merville-Trion Rotary Club for
their instigation of the sale of
bonds in the county; Mrs. Baker
Farrar, as Vice President of the
Club; Miss Wilma Pace and
every member of the Board of
Directors for the part they play
ed in making this Seal Sale a
success.
There are people in our county
today healthy and happy be
cause the money that you gave
last year helped them through a
time when they could not travel
alone.
If you have not sent in the
money for your Seals this year,
won’t you do so at once?
The members of the Chattooga
In The News Office
(correspondent of the week
We toast Mrs. J. A. Sentell, our
New Moon correspondent, this
week, and a genuine pleasure it
is too.
For several months now, Mrs.
Sentell has been faithfully sup
plying us with the news of that
little Alabama community, many
residents of which are our loyal
subscribers. In fact, there are
several sections of Alabama
which receive the News, and
we’re just pleased to have Mrs.
Sentell represent one of them.
“I have been reading the News
off and on over a period of years,
but have been a continous sub
scriber for the past six years,”
declares this fine New Moon rep
resentative. “I enjoy it so much
that I think I should feel lost
without it, because it keeps me
informed about friends and hap
penings here and there over a
wide territory.”
Mrs. Sentell, whose hobby is
piecing quilts and quilting, likes |
the news letters and became a I
correspondent “because I!
thought others would like to ■■
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County Tuberculosis Association !
join me in saying that we hope
that, somehow, because of the
money you gave, your new year,
as well as the ones you are help
may be brighter.
Mrs. J. E. Clarkson
President, Chattooga County
Tubercuolisis Association
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Gems of Thought
LIGHT
And God said, Let there be
light: and there was light.—
Genesis 1:3.
The light of nature, the light
of science, and the light of rea
son, are but as darkness, com
pared with the divine light
I which shines only from the word
of God.—John R. Lord.
, —o —o —
Lamps make oil-spots, and
I candles need snuffing; it is only
; the light of heaven that shines
i pure and leaves no stain.—
Goethe.
In darkness there is no choice.
It is light that enables us to see
| the differences between things;
' and it is Christ that gives us
light.—J. C. and A. W. Hare.
—o —o —
God is the fountain of light,
I and He illumines one’s way
when one is obedient.—Mary
Baker Eddy.
—o —o —
Walk in the light, and thou
shalt see
| Thy path, though thorny,
bright;
For God by grace shall dwell
with thee
And God Himself is Light.
—Bernard Barton
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Fruit lor Thought
j BY THE REV HARRY FOSTER,
Pastor Summerville Presbyterian
Church.
IMPROVEMENT
This is a word that all of us
are interested in, consciously or
unconsciously. Those who make
progress in life hold its. meaning
before life. It is a word that
preachers like because it enters
such a broad field that it is easy
to speak or write about and not
get off of the subject.
Nature has provided for us no
middle ground. It is either im
provement or retrogression. It
matters not how low our state
may be, if we can as we look
back see that we are making
j progress in the right direction.
We are proud of our nation
1 because we have been steadily
making progress. We are con
tinually making improvements
on things that we use, for in
stance, the automobile of many
years ago and one of today, the
highways of 10 years ago and
now.
Summerville is said to be to
’ day one of the best business
towns in northwest Georgia. It
is rather easy to see many of its
> marks of improvement.
We are glad to notice that our
. school is soon to have a much
needed auditorium. Our town
. has been greatly helped by im
. proving our water system. Many
’ will find it quite convenient in
. having the mail delivered to
their door.
We can though sometimes fool
ourselves. Just becoming larger
. and having more material things
, and better things does not nec
essarily mean that we are bet
ter people. One of the things
. we are striving after is the im
provement of human life. By
neglect our lives can grow grad
ually weaker. We can become a
puny creature in a world of
progress.
Some one has said, “the high
est interpretation of success is
this, that a man should, with a
due regard for the good of men
and the glory of God, make the
most of himself and his circum
stances.”
know about the happenings in
the New Moon area.”
“In fact,” she confides, “I like
the entire paper.”
(WE’LL take a bow on that
one. Thank you, and we hope we
can continue to give you a paper
that you and all the rest will like
Constructive criticism is always
welcome.)
Mrs. Sentell says that although
she is not at present a resident
of Chattooga County, she has re
sided in Menlo and Alpine for
several years of her life. For the
past 18 years, however, she has
lived a few miles across the
Alabama-Georgia line.
“I am 64 years old, live on a
farm and do all the work that
goes with farm life. I have a cow
and raise chickens and sell eggs
the year round.”
Mrs. Sentell is the mother of
three children, all of whom are
married, and she has eight grand
children.
Good luck to you, our fine New
; Moon writer, and we want you to
I keep on letting us know what’s
I going on in our “neighbor” state.
General Assembly
BY SID WILLIAMS
The Georgia General Assem
bly met last Monday for its 1949
session with a prospective
agenda of legislation which is
perhaps more important to
Georgians than any during the
last half century. Diminishing
income of the state, combined
with requests for increased
governmental services, present
thorny problems for the legisla
tors, problems which will re
quire close co-operation between
all branches of the state govern
ment. It is too early, yet, to
make any safe prediction as to
the extent of harmony which
will prevail in Capitol halls, but
thus far the Assembly and the
Governor are working fine to
gether.
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Chief official of the Senate is
popular Lieut. Gov. S. Marvin
Griffin, of Bainbridge, a news
paperman who is showing hith
erto unsuspected talents as a
parliamentarian and presiding
officer. Senator Spence Gray
son. of Savannah, was elected
president pro-tem; and George
Stewart, of Atlanta, was named
Secretary of the Senate.
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In the House veteran legisla
tor Fred Hand, of Pelham, was I
re-elected as Speaker, and •
George Smith, of Swainsboro,
was chosen as Speaker Pro-tem.
Clerk of the House will again be
the capable Joe Boone, of Irwin
ton.
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Talmadge leaders in the As
sembly quickly introduced meas
ures to carry out the Governor’s
platform. These exclude ex
tending the County Unit Sys
tem to general elections;
strengthening qualifications for
voters and a re-vitalized regis
tration system; a civil service
system within the State High
way Patrol, with death benefits
for dependents, plus a provision
for pensions after a reasonable
length of service; free drivers
licenses for all veterans of
World Wars I and II; and pro
visions for a $45,000,000 rural
hospital program over a 5-year
period.
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Apropos the bill to extend the
County Unit System to the gen
eral election in Georgia, Gov.
Talmadge has consistently pled
ged himself to uphold and de
fend the County Unit System,
and won many votes in last
summer’s Democratic Primary
by this attitude. This system
was upheld by the U. S. Supreme
Court about two years ago in a
case filed by a state employee in
a previous administration.
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The measure which provides
for the strengthening of qualifi
cations for voters and its com
panion bill to re-vitalize the reg
istration system does not set up
educational qualifications for
voters, but the test will turn on
i whether the applicant under
, stands the duties and obliga
; tions of citizenship.
Gov. Talmadge’s message to
i the Assembly, which was deliv
i ered in person, won hearty ac-
■ claim from the law-makers for
' its sound common sense and
i spirit of co-operation with the
> legislature. A number of Rep
resentatives who had opposed
I the Governor in last year’s pri
• mary commented favorably
; upon the program set forth in
■ the message and pledged thier
. support to it.
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Most colorful personality of
r the Assembly is influential Rep
. resentative Ales Boone, Sr., the
i gentleman from Wilkinson, who
f flavors his duties as editor of
the Wilkinson County News with
. a steady vitriolic barrage against
; those who oppose States Rights,
i but whose over-all good nature
i has made him thousands of
> friends throughout the state.
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Chief topics of conversation
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
among the legislators in the
Capitol and hotel lobbies are the
GEA Minimum Foundation Pro
gram, and the possibility of a
sales tax. No-one professes to
have the answer to either. Time
alone will tell. But Governor
Talmadge remains adamant in
his oft-reiterated pledge to sign
no tax measure that does noj in
clude a referendum.
Your Congressman
Reports
BY HENDERSON LANHAM
Eightieth Congress Ends
The late, but not lamented.
Republican-controlled Eightieth
Congress died with the old year.
I arrived in Washington in time
to attend the last session which
was held on the 31st day of De
cember, 1948. The session was
routine, the only thing of con
sequence done was to continue
for sixty days, the life of the so
called Hoover committee, which
was appointed to study the
present organization of the ex
ecut iv e and administrative
branch of the government and
recommend the steps to be tak
en to make it more efficient and
less expensive.
Efforts to Streamline
Government
It is reported that the Hoover
commission is prepared to make
many recommendations for
drastic changes in the executive
branches of the government. The
time has surely come for sim
plification and co-ordination in
this field.
The committee on expendi
tures in the Executive Depart
ment, of which I am a member,
and on which I now rank third
in seniority and standing, will
consider all legislative proposals
made by the Hoover commission,
which was created upon the rec
ommendation of our committee.
It is my hope that many of the
recommendations of the com
mission can be enacted into law,
as we cannot afford to allow the
cumbersome and wasteful set-up
to continue.
Eighty-First Congress Convenes
On Monday, January 3rd, the
new congress held its first ses
sion. Sam Rayburn of Texas,
was elected speaker, and John
McCormack of Massachusetts
was named the majority leader.
Percy Priest of Tennessee will be
the Democratic Whip, a position
once held by former Congress
man Ramspeck of Georgia.
Rules Committee Shorn of
Power
The Rules Committee, which
‘ has in the past held despotic
power over what legislation
reached the floor of the House
for action, was shorn of some
of its power during the first ses
sion of the new' congress. Here l
after, it will be impossible for
the Rules Committee to keep
legislation bottled up which a
majority of the House desires to
come up for a vote in the House.
Unless the Rules Committee acts
within twenty-one days to place
any bill favorably reported by a
standing committee of the house
upon the calendar for action,
the chairman of the standing
committee reporting such bill, if
he can get the recognition of
the Speaker for the purpose, may
call the bill up for a vote with
out regard to the Rules Com
mittee.
“State of the Union Is Good’’
So says the President of the
U. S. On January sth, 1949, at
1 p.m. President Truman ad
dressed a joint session of the
House and Senate on the State
of the Union. The first sen
tence of his speech was the
statement quoted in the head
ing above.
Mr. Truman got a warm and
cordial reception. However much
the members of Congress dis
agree with him on various parts
of his program, everyone, I be
lieve, has renewed respect for
Mr. Truman because of his fight
ing heart, and his refusal to be-
• come discouraged when all
. about him are dejected by events
and circumstances. So the Presi
. dent was given a standing ova
( tion when he first came into the
• House chamber, and again when
t he had finished his speech.
Most of you I am sure heard
. his speech, as it was broadcast
over four of the National net
works, or have read the gist of
) it. Consequently, I will not try
. to outline the various recom
. mendations he made. I want
r only to emphasize some of the
1 major recommendations, and
; the most significant statements.
In the first place, he empha
j sized the dangers of a depres
. sion to our national welfare, and
T made recommendations that he
1 thought would prevent a major
- depression. As he said, if our
capitalism is to survive, we
must learn to smooth out the
f bumps of what he calls “boom
. and bust,” and make it work for
the benefit of all our people, and
, not for a privileged few alone,
f In the second place, he em
j phasized the responsibility of
t America to lead the world to
' peace and stability.
He made it plain that we must
f not continue to operate in the
red, but must have a surplus of
income over expenditures, so as
( to have something to apply on
our national debt of two hun- j
dred and fifty billion dollars.
This means an increase in taxes,
possibly chiefly on corporate in
come.
The President renewed his de- ■
mand for Civil Rights legisla
tion, as well as for the repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act.
I have often made plain my
attitude on the Civil Rights is
sue, and my opposition to it has
not changed in the slightest. I
think the measures recommend
ed are an unwarranted invasion
of the rights of the states to '
regulate such matters. We are
making progress in the South in
the betterment of our racial
problems ,and the enactment of :
coercive legislation can only set ;
us back in our forward march
toward the solution of these ;
problems.
As far as the Taft-Hartley law ;
is concerned, I do not think it •
will be repealed until some bill ;
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has been eacted to give the
President real power to control
crippling nation wide strikes,
and to prevent jurisdictional
strikes and secondary boycotts.
There will, no doubt, be some
thing in the law to make unions
equally responsible for their con
tracts and commitments with
management.
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speech was a constructive and
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Ji fr° m where I sit... Joe Marsh
Andy Has A
"Two-Way Ticket"
Red Fowler was pretty mad when
,e found he couldn’t put up a
garage on his place over on Elm
Street without a building permit.
“It’s my property,” he was tell
ing us, over a friendly glass of
beer at Andy’s Garden Tavern. “I
ought to be able to do whatever I,
please with it.”
“Hold on,” says Andy. “That
permit protects you as much as
your neighbors. Like my license to
sell beer. It carries obligations I
have to live up to, but it also pro
tects me from other tavern keepers
v -;.o "ht give this business a bad
Copyright. 1949, United States Brewers Foundation
Thursday, January 13, 1949
strong message. In the realm
of social legislation, he asked
for more than he probably
should or will get, even from a
Democratic Congress.
To keep tapeworms out of your
: flock, keep down flies when the
chicks are young. Flies carry the
eggs of tapeworms. Grasshop
pers, earthworms, crickets and
; other insects also carry these
i eggs.
name.” Then Andy tells him how
through the Brewers’ Program of
Self-Regulation, the Brewing In
dustry .pooperates in maintaining
clean, wholesome surroundings for
the sale of beer and ale.
From where I sit, none of us
would want the right to do exactly
as he pleased without regard for
the rights of others, once the other
fellow started doing whatever he
pleased without regard for us.