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Thursday, February 3, 1949
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
D. T. ESPY Editor and Manager
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run at the rate of a cent a word.
BOYS
"Boys will be boys,” they
say.
But we’re sure you’ll agree
they’ll be better, friendlier,
happier boys if they’re in the
ranks of the Boy Scouts of
America. For 39 years, the Boy
Scouts have made an increas
ing contribution to a better
America through a well-plan
ned, up - to - date program to
meet boy’s interests.
It’s a program of adventure
that appeals to every boy,
when he knows about it. And
there’s the rub.
Many a boy of 12 or over
still needs to be informed of
the exciting activities of Scout
ing. Many a parent needs to
discover the values of Scout
ing for his boy. Many an adult
needs to find out the enjoy
ment to be derived from help
ing boys find themselves
through Scouting. Many a
civic institution should look
into the merits and advantages
of sponsoring a Troop of Boy
Scouts.
For these reasons we’re tak
ing the opportunity - during
Boy Scout Week-to fulfill our
obligation as an information
medium, by reminding you of
your responsibility to the boys
of America—the Men of To
morrow!
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Be slow to speak but quick to
hear for out of thy own mouth
will I judge thee.
When you write an article and
present it to the public to read
if you will lay it aside until .the
next day before it’s published
often you will thank heaven you
did so.
Most all hasty speech is only
confusion, men with good mo
tives can render no real service
to the public who gives hasty
expressions that comes into their
minds, like a cyclone it destroys
more than if never said.
Let patience have her perfect
work, is nearer to the divine
spirit of our Lord and Christ.
Most all hasty actions always
leaves the individuals life all
confused and powerless.
Before we take action take
time to reflect.
C. A. Dodd, Menlo.
Gems of Thought
HONESTY
Honesty is one part of elo
quence. We persuade others by
being in earnest ourselves.
Hazlitt
Be yourself, simple, honest,
and unpretending, an'd you will
enjoy through life the respect
and love of friends. —Sherman
Do your work, be honest, keep
your word, help when you can,
be fair.—J. P. Morgan
The withholding of truth is
sometimes worse deception than
a direct misstatement. Lord
Napier
Honesty of thought and speech
and written word is a jewel, and
they who curb prejudice and
seek honorably to know and
speak the truth are the only
builders of a better life. —John
Gladsworthy
Justice, honesty, cannot be ab
jured; their vitality involves Life,
calm, irresistible, eternal.
Mary Baker Eddy
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In The News Office
Correspondent of the week
Up Pennville way, we have a
fine little correspondent in the
person of Miss Lorene Israel,
who is one of the newest on our
staff.
She is a beautician and likes
! her work “fine.” She describes it
as "very interesting.”
"I took my training in Fort
■ Payne, Ala., and that was four
I years ago. I now work with Mr.
; and Mrs. Oscar Perry at the Star
Beauty Shop.”
So if any of you ladies want
your hair fixed right up by a
very charming young lady, you
| know where to go.
For pastime, Lorene likes to
| read and listen to the radio.
i "I like to see all the ball
j games, but enjoy baseball most,
J she says. “As a matter of fact, I
' like all sports and I enjoy see
! ing a movie now and then.”
Lorene attended two schools,
j Rodentown and Crossville, both
I in Alabama, finishing at Cross
i ville in 1944.
It’s hard to say what I like
most about the Summerville
News, because I like it all, says
cur Pennville correspondent.
“I would like for everyone to
see the nice improvements that
have been made in the News
office,” urges Lorene. “It really
doesn’t look the same.”
Your Congressman
Reports
By Henderson Lanham
NEW COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS
The new committee assign
ments have been made. I asked
for and got a place on the Com
mittee on Public Works. When
we begin to build post offices
and other federal buildings, and
as we continue to build power
and flood control dams, and oth
er water ways improvements, I
will be in position ot be of great
service to the Seventh District. I
am permitted to keep my place
on the Committee on Expendi
tures in the Executive Depart
ments. On this committee I am
now third in rank and seniority,
so fast has been the turn-over
in congressional representation
in the past two years.
S4D/2 BILLION BUDGET!
In his budget message on Con
gress, President Truman asked
for the expenditure during the
coming fiscal year of forty-one
and one-half billions of dollars
—a sum so large that it staggers
the imagination, so that we ac
cept it without undue alarm. If
that amount is appropriated by
the Congress, it will be the larg
est peace-time budget in history.
CAN WE AFFORD
ANOTHER WAY?
Os this outsize budget, more
than half is to pay for national
defense, and to continue aid to
Europe in the so-called Cold War
in which we have been engaged
with Russia since almost the day
the last war ended. In addition
to this amount for national de
fense and for foreign economic
aid, the President warns that
economic aid is not enough if we
expect to prevent the spread of
Russian might and Communism
throughout Western Europe. An
additional billion dollars may be
necessary to help Western Euro
pe. An additional billion dollars
may be necessary to help West
ern Europe to arm so as to re
sist Russian expansion.
LAST WAR PAID FOR
In addition to the sums men
tioned above for national de
fense and aid, both economic
and military, to Western Europe,
the budget contains approxi
mately six billion dollars for vet
terans’ benefits of all kinds. In
terest on the national debt of
some two hundred fifty billions
of dollars, amounts to five billion
dollars, in round figures. In
(How about taking her advice
and dropping in to see us soon?)
Thank you, Lorene, for being
our correspondent of the week
and for being such a nice one
all the time. You Pennville folks
keep behind Lorene and supply
hei’ with news so you can read
lots about your communtiy.
Folks, look on your News and
see just when it’s out. If it’s out
during February, it’d be a good
idea to renew right away so
you’ll be assured of getting
EVERY copy.
We’re sending out cards, and
we’d appreciate your returning
those cards when you come in
to renew. It’s a big help in keep
ing our records just so-so.
He just “couldn’t sleep with
out it.”
That’s what Mr. Robert L.
Parker has to say about the
News.
He didn’t get his copy last
Thursday as usual and so he
came by the office to see just
what the trouble was.
“I had to have my paper,” he
said. “I simply couldn’t sleep
without having read it.”
That’s real devotion to your
hometown newspaper, we say,
and in the same breath we say,
“it’s appreciated too.”
short, fully three fourths of the
entire budget goes to pay for
past wars and for defense
against future attack.
YET WE MUST KEEP STRONG
No peace yet. So, much as we
deplore the cost, we cannot drop
cur guard, but must keep our
armed forces ready for the at
tack that could come at any
time. Fortunately, it does not
seem now that any attack will
come soon.
NO APPEASEMENT BUT
A PROBE FOR PEACE
The appointment of Dean
Acheson to succeed General Mar
shall as Secretary of State,
means that our firm attitude to
ward Russia is to continue, with
out appeasement. At the same
time. Acheson will bring to the
problem of settling our differ
ences with Russia the lawyer’s
approach instead of the military
attitude. Who knows but that di
plomacy will succeed where the
big stick has not? We must keep
the big stick, but we need not
brandish it.
ONLY >4 OF BUDGET FOR
PEACEFUL PROJECTS
The cost of operating the three
branches of our government, and
of providing services to the
people, including a progressive
agricultural program, public
housing, aid to education and in
creased social security benefits,
not to mention the development
of our natural ’•esources, flood
control, and highway develop
ment, is actually less than one
fourth of the total budget. It is
therefore easy to see that if we
are to reduce substantially the
Federal Government’s expenses,
we must arrive at some peace
able settlement with Russia.
MANY INAUGURATION
VISITORS
The City of Washington is
“Putting the big pot in the little
one” as it prepares for the in
auguration. When this report is
received, President Truman and
Vice-President Barkley will have
taken the oath of office.
The city is crowded for the
festivities which will continue
for several days this week. Hotels
are full as far away as Baltimore
and Philadelphia, and thousands
of homes in the District and in
near by Alexandria, Arlington,
and the many neighboring
Maryland communities have
been thrown open to the visi
tors.
GEORGIA DELEGATION
ENTERTAINS TALMADGE
The ten Georgia Congressmen
and Senators George and Russell
joined in giving a lunch for Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge and his
party, here to attend the inaugu
ration. Senator George presided
and made a graceful speech in
troducing the Governor, who re
sponded in a happy mood. Form
er Congressman Hugh Peterson
this afternoon gave a reception
and party for the Governor and
other Georgians in Washington,
which I was privileged to attend.
VISITORS FROM THE
DISTRICT
At the time this report was
prepared the following visitors
from the District had come by
the office to see us: Mr. R. M.
Gaines, Jr., of Cartersville, Mr.
John Warr, of Rome, Mr. W. P.
Sprayberry, Marietta, Franklin
D. Rogers. Jr., of Dalton, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. “Hoot” Gibson, of
Smyrna, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sad
dle, of Douglasville, Mr. and Mrs.
Lamar R. Smith, of Douglasville,
Mr. R. T. Baughman also of
Douglasville, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Barrow of Rockmart, Mrs. S. J.
Nichols of Rockmart, Mr. Dave
Stewart, of Dalton, Mrs. George
Love, of Atlanta and Mr. Mark
M. Corneil us of Cedartown.
Production of farm machinery
in 1948 was the largest on rec
ord, exceeding the 1947 record
production by at least 15 per
cent.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
Fire Protection News
By George Bishop,
County Ranger
Since no fires were reported
last week that we can tell about,
today I want to suggest a few
things that individual landown
ers and farmers can do to keep
fire off their land and to stop
fires that start on their land.
Probably one of the best things
a landowner can do is to talk fire
protection in his community,
thereby letting everyone know
he doesn’t want his timber burn
ed. Most everyone will respect
such an attitude and be more
careful. Then a man can follow
this up by being careful and be
ing prepared to control any
burning he must do.
Last month a fellow was burn
ing off a pasture, which is not
generally considered a good
practice, the day after a rain. He
figured it was so wet the deep
grass would only singe over. But
the wind changed and the fire
roared thru a stand of pines,
almost killing trees forty feet
tall. You just can’t tell what a
fire will do when you strike the
match.
Another good thing is to have
some tools handy to start sup
pressing a fire when you see it
before the County Suppression
Unit arrives. Fire rakes, flaps
and back pumps can be obtain
ed at cost by contacting your
Ranger. Recently a man in Cobb
County saved his home from
burning with two back pumps he
had secured to use in suppress
ing wood fires on his land.
Also many landowners can
help decrease their loss from fire
by plowing or raking a few fire
breaks to tie in with natural
barriers, or to split up large
tracts so that a fire can be more
easily confined to *a small sec
tion. If these breaks are cleared
to the soil 6 feet wide they will
qualify for payment of 50c per
1000 linear feet from the Pro
duction and Marketing Admini
stration.
Dale Carnegie
ARTIST OVERCOMES
TREMENDOUS HANDICAP
If you are discouraged over
your lot, I hope the following
story will encourage and inspire
you. It is about a man on the
other side of the ocean, in
Czechoslovaki. His name is Carl
Fisher. During the latter days of
the war a bomb burst near him.
He was between forty and forty
five years old and he had been
successful in his line, a line in'
which his hands were essential
—drawing, caricaturing.
That bomb-bursting resulted
in his hands being injured be
yond use. He spent weeks in the
hospital, nerve - wracking, de
spondent weeks. Middle - aged,
how could he hope to start all
over again at some other work—
and give up the work he loved?
What could he do with his life,
anyway? And he had a wife and
a young son to support. If he
cculd only die! His wife could
re-marry, and there would be
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someone to care for her and his
child.
Then one day a friend came to
see him, another artist. Natural
ly their conversation ran to their
work, for artists tie up every
thing with their art. Said this
friend, “Raphael was so much
an artist he would have found
some way to paint though with
his toes.”
After the friend had gone, Carl
thought over that remark. He,
too, would find away, though
not with his- toes. He took his
lips and drew a picture. Not very
good. He drew another, and an
other, and another. Each one
showed a slight improvement
over the other, even though very
slight.
He worked for weeks, pain
staking practice, before he final
ly turned out some that the
critics said were “good.” But by
and by they prophesied that one
day Carl Fisher would be among
the best illustrators of Europe.
If you are discouraged, and
this doesn’t hearten you, there’s
something radically wrong with
ycur mental attitude, for the
chances are few who read this
have such a terrific handicap to
overcome as did Carl Fisher.
VETERANS CORNER
How to select training institu
tions and other questions vet
erans ask about benefits are re
ferred to the Veterans Admini
stration. The VA’s authoritative
replies are published in this col
umn by The Summerville News,
as as public service to our vet
erans.
Q: Who chooses the institution
or establishment in which a vet
eran trains?
A: For vocational rehabilita
tion training* under Public Law
16, VA selects the facility with
concurrence of tjie trainee. Un
der Public Law 346 (GI Bill), the
veteran chooses the training in
stitution, but may have the
guidance of VA if he desires it.
Q: Will Veterans Administra
tion accept collect telephone
calls from physicians who wish
to ascertain whether they will be
paid for emergency treatments
given veterans?
A: Yes.
Q: Does my converted Nation
al Service life Insurance have a
cash surrender Value?
A: Yes. All converted policies
have cash surrender values,
paid-up insurance and automa
tic extended term insurance
values, together with policy loan
provisions, effective after the
policy has been in force one full
year.
Q: Is VA pension, compensa
tion, or retirement pay reduced
during hospitalization for vet
erans who have dependents?
A: It is not, provided the nec
essary proof of relationship has
been established. Veterans
should make certain that such
proof is established promptly.
Any additional allowance or in
creased compensation for aid
and and attendance, however,
will be discontinued upon hospi
talization.
(Veterans wishing further in
formation about veterans’ bene-
fits may have their questions an
swered by writing the nearest VA
regional office.)
According to specialists, about
53 per cent of the total fats and
oils used in oleomargarine in
1947 was cottonseed oil.
For each 100 pullets desired in
fall laying flock, 250 to 300 baby
chicks should be started in the
spring.
Rheumatism
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