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Try Our Job t Printing > OL. 65; NO. 15 RIEGEL TEXTILE SALES INCREASE, PRESIDENT SAYS Riegel Textile Corporation, op erators of Riegel Mills at Trion, has reported sales of $57,450,589 and net profit of $4,879,752 in 1948, up slightly from 1947. Working capital at the end of 1948 was $11,679,077. Earnings per common share were. $11.50 in 1948—up 40 cents from 1947. After reserve for contingenices, per share earnnigs were $10.12 it was reported. The company paid regular dividends on $4 pre ferred stock and $3.50 per share on the common stock. President John L. Riegel, in his letter to stocxnolders, de scribed the shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market for textiles as the most significant develop ment of the year. Coming in the last few months of the year it offsets a gain of 12 per cent in sales and service for the first three-quarters. Irion Men Injured In Collision There Labem Bowling and J. L. Bowling, his son, were injured at 6 a. m. Thursday when the motor scooter they were riding was hit by a car driven by Dewey Williams. Both vehicles were driving south when the accident occurred at the city limits north of Trion. Bowling allegedly was making a left turn on the highway. He and his son were delivering papers. Mr. Bowling sustained a frac tured leg and extoriation bruises to elbow, arms, shoulder, ankle, and hip. His son, J. L. sustained bruises and scratches about the leg. Both were treated for shock at the Riegel Community Hos pital. « e *-<**■• i HERE 'N ; i THERE i 1 Corporal Claude M. Ricket, son of Mrs. Ruth Ricket, of Summerville, has recently been appointed as a recruiting N. C. O. for the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, a unit of the 24th Infantry Division. The famed 24th Infantry Di vision, formerly a part of the Hawaiian Department, better known as the “Victory” Division, now occupies the entire island of Kyushu, third largest, south ermost and most scenic of'the Japanese home islands. Ricket enlisted in the Regular Army in March, of 1948, and has been serving with the “Victory” Division, since May 1948. Arlene Woods, of Bremen, has been elected vice president of the Senior Class at Shorter Col lege in elections held March 23 at the college. Miss ’ Woods is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Woods, of Buchanan Street, Bremen, formerly of Summerville. She is a member of the Polymnian Society at Shorter. Private William J. Stiles, son of Fred W. Stiles, of Summer ville, is now serving with the 34th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the famous 24th Infantry “Victory” Division. Stiles is cur rently trying out for the “Big Green” baseball team, which is being organized to participate in the division level in the Far East Command. Private Stiles enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Benning, and arrived in Japan in De cember, 1948, after serving in Korea. Prior to enlistment, he attend ed the Trion High School. Trion Chapter O. E. S. No. 338 will install -new officers at 7:30 p. m. Monday, April 4. Newly elected officers are: Worthy matron, Mrs. Pauline Farmer; worthy Patron, Roy Bruce; matron, Mrs. Ivy McCollum; associate patron, Boyd De Witte; secretary, Mrs. Louise Chandler; treasurer, Mrs. Anna Hardy; conductress, Mrs. Margie Haygood; associate con ductress, Mrs. Foy Holt. All members, as well as a host of friends from different chap ters in Georgia and Alabama, are expected to be present ac cording to Mrs. Foy Holt, sec retary. Paul Simon, evangelist, and Frank Thomas, song leader, are to conduct a series of gospel meetings at the Lyerly Church of Christ, April 11-15. Services will be held daily at 7:30 p. m. Everyone is cordially invited. Bnmnwnnllf Nms Hr y ■ % t * wi j WF ■ sbcj '* KL K ~ '■ ? g BBMpsJE!' • , /, • I ; ®of i ®i- ; i Imi 1 « i ~i i It* *». - llf - ™•% ' jiamfejE ■ riBEaR -t£l 't. ‘ ; wajg JU r- gjMMEm - THE CHATTOOGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOME, which can be completed with approximately $5,000. The VFW and American Legion posts are asking their friends to help in raising this money. Gore FFA to Exhibit Gilts in Chain Show Five members of the Gore FFA chapter are busy preparing their hogs for the local Future Farmers of America—Sears Roe buck Pig Chain Show which will be held at Gore High School, at 10 a. m. Friday. April 1. Grover Smith, adviser of the chapter and teacher of voca tional agriculture, says five gilts will be exhibited. The boys ex hibiting the gilts will be: Sidney Cooper, Bobby Youngblood, Billy Joe Penion, Hoyt Martin Jr., and Doyle Jones. The boar, owned by Elmer Lee Johns, and the two best gilts in the local show will be carried to Rome Saturday, April 9. where they will compete with hogs from 14 other chapters for ribbons and cash prizes totaling S7OO. The cash awards are of fered by Sears-Roebuck Foun dation which originated the pig Chains for Future Farmers in this state in 1944. The third, fourth, and fifth place gilts in the local show will earn prizes of $5, $3, and $2. The top two qualify for the Rome event and are assured at least $lO in awards. Since prizes there Samuel Johnston Dies Suddenly Samuel Clyde Johnston, 58. died suddenly in Menlo, at 7:30 a. m. Monday. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wyatt Johnston; two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Lemmond, of Charlotte. N. C., and Mrs. A. W. Brown, of Miami, Fla.; one brother, William H. Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C. Six nieces also survive. Funeral services were con ducted at the Chapel of Douglas and Sing Funeral Home Char lotte, N. C.. Wednesday after noon with the Rev. W. B. Neill, and the Rev. J Walton Stewart officiating. Interment was in Robinson Presbytreian Church Cemetery. The remains left by train from Atlanta, at 10:40 p. m. Monday night for Charlotte. Mrs. Wilson, 19, Succumbs Monday Mrs. Virginia Louise Wilson, 19, died in a Rome hospital at 12:10 p. m. Monday after a lingering illness. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Alvarleen Lemmings, of Summerville Route 1. Funeral services were con ducted at the Wayside Baptist Church at 11 a. m. Saturday with the Rev. Clyde Parris of ficiating. Pallbearers were: Jack, K. C., Alfred, Kelly. Cicro and Earnest Brown. Interment was in Chapel Hill Cemetery. J. D. Hill Fun eral Home in charge. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949 are $22 for each of the 10 blue ribbon gilts, sls for the ten red ribbons winners and $lO for ten white ribbon animals. Judges for the local show will be: Jim McCoy, F.H.A. super visor; E. P. Lunsford, S. C. S. technician; and J. B. Butler, county agent. The Sears chain has been in operation in the Gore F. F. A. Chapter since 1945. It was start ed with the idea of bringing better swine into this communi ty and supplying a source of good breeding stock for Future Farmers and farmers in general Each year since its beginning five additional boys have re ceived gilts through the chain, making a total of 20 Future Farmers in this area who have owned chain hogs. On a state-wide basis, Sears chains are now active in 145 F. F. A. Chapters. Area shows like the one at Rome are also held a t Augusta, Macon, Athens, Savannah, Albany, Moultrie, Americus and Atlanta. Sears annually awards cash prizes of approximately $9,000 to the Future Farmers who ex hibit hogs in these events. Mrs. W. 5. Rawljion Dies in Chattanooga Mrs. Madeline McConnell Rawlston, the former Miss Madeline Hawkins, died in a Chattanooga hospital Sunday. Mrs. Rawlston was born and reared in Chattooga County, and was the daughter of the late W. D. Hawkins, of Lyerly Mrs. Rawlston had been a teacher in the city schools of Chattanooga for the past 2 7 years. She is survived by her hus band, W. S. Rawlston; daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Willett, Chat tanooga; step-mother, Mrs. W. D. Hawkins, Lyerly; five sisters, Miss Ferm Hawkins, Lyerly; Mrs. C. R. Graves, Akron, Ohio, Mrs. C. D. Robinson, Summer field, N. C., Mrs W. H. McNair, Rome, Mrs. E. H. Tilford, of Tennessee; four brothers, T. D. Hawkins, Shelbyville, Tenn., the Rev. Guy Hawkins, Morrison, Tenn., J. E. Hawkins, Ralph Hawkins and Wilburn Hawkins, all of Lyerly. Funeral services were held at the St. Elmo Methodist Church Monday with interment in Ma cedonia Cemetery in Chattooga County. NOTICE The fishing schedule in last week’s paper by The State Game and Fish Commission applies to the trout streams of the Game Management area of the Chat tahoochee National Park Forest only. Mrs. Nellie Bean, 76, Dies Sunday al Trion Mrs. Hettie L. Grimes Bean, 76, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Jace Broome, in Trion, at 11:45 a. m. Sunday af ter a lingering illness. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Shamblin Mc- Whorter, Mrs. Jess Lancaster and Mrs. Broome, all of Trion; four sons, Tom, of LaFayette, Jess and Jim, both of Trion, and Henry B°an, of Salem, West Va.; one brother, Rufus Grimes, of Trion. Twenty-eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were con ducted at the Trion Baptist Church, of which she was a member, at 3 p. m. Tuesday with the Rev. Gus Reid, the Rev. S. L. Walker and the Rev. A. N. White officiating. Active pallbearers were: Lewis McWhorter, Lee Lancaster, Rus sell Bean, Ray McWhorter, Wil liam Bean and Jack Williams. Honorary pallbearers were, James Brymer, Geter Hayes, Sabert Baker, Ted Maxwell, Dr. William U. Hyden, Walt Dalton, Earnest Sprayberry and Clar ence Landers. Interment was in Trion Ceme tery. J. D. Hill Funeral Home in Charge. Missionary io China To Address Youth The Woman’s Missionary Un ion of Chattooga County is sponsoring a county-wide Youth Meeting to be held at the First Baptist Church in Summerville this evening at 7:30 o’clock. Special music will be present ed by the Young People’s Choir of the host church under the di rection of Guy Walton. Miss Dorothy Brogden, of Lyerly, will render selections on the ma rimba . The main speaker for the evening is to be Miss Catherine Bryan, Missionary to China. She will show pictures of China and will display the native dress of the Chinese. Also speaking will be Miss Sara Stephens, State Young People’s Leader. All churches in the associa tion are urged to send a delega tion to represent their church. Irion Seniors Plan Spring Dante lor Tomorrow Niaht The Trion High School seniors will sponsor their spring dance at the Community Center Gym at 8 p. m. Friday, April 1. Roland Grey and his Orches tra, now consisting of ten mem bers, will provide music for the dancing. Extensive decorations are planned, with Carl Williams chairman of this committee. The dress is optional, formal or semi-formal. LOCAL VETERANS ASK HELP IN COMPLETING MEMORIAL HOME BAPTIST PASTORS URGE PUBLIC TO ATTEND REVIVALS Final details of the simultan eous revivals to begin in the I county next week were being J j made this week as the pastors of 15 local Baptist churches I ' worked together planning the : record-breaking series. A number of toe churches are | having cottage prayer services I this week in preparation for I the week-long revival of next , week. Baptist leaders said. The pasto - s and visiting (preachers are planning to have j a fellowship breakfast each , morning during the series, after i which a prayer meeting will be held. “You are urged to attend i'thdse meetings.” the Baptist I leaders said this week. “There is | one near you.” County Receives Sum From U. S. Chattooga County received $1,213.79 from the U: S. Govern ment in payment to the state of 25 per cent on receipts on the Chattahoochee Rational Forest. The state as a whole received $63,193 and it was distributed to the 20 counties in which the forest is located in proportion to the National Forest area in each County. There are 12,497 acres of forest in this county. In addition to these pay i ments, 10 per cent of the gross i receipts is returned to the for est each year for construction and repair of roads. This year the return for roads will be $25- 277. C. K. Spaulding, U. S. Super visor of the Chattahoochee Na tional Forest, in a simultaneous announcement states that, with the present system of forest fire protection and timber manage ment, returns to counties from National Forest earnings should increase These receipts include small collections on special land use permits, but are primarily de ■ rived from the sale of timber on I the stump. Mos+ of the land in ! the Southern National Forests : was at one thrm cut over and I was providing little timber rev venue. Supervisor Spaulding I stated that the U. S. Forest Ser \ vice protects the timber from fire and other destructive agen cies and has planted much of I the depleted acreage. Each year. ■ part of the timber growth is ! i sold and cut and a part is held ;to add to the timber growing , stock. U. S Supervisor Spaulding I said: “Os even greater impor i tance to the communities on and near the National Forests is the cont in u ally increasing amount of steady employment provided by toe private firms that cut and process the govern ment timber. One of the main objectives of the management lof the Chattahoochee National Forests is to provide a large-' ) scale, businesslike example of ; perpetual operation and stable /communities. x Timber, water, wildlife and recreation are all developed on the National For ests for the maximum benefit ito the people on a long-time basis.” In accordance with Georgia law, funds are equally divided between roads and schools. PEOPLE WON'T SIGN 'BLANK CHECK/ EUGENE COOK SAYS OF REFERENDUM Attorney General Eugene Cook said Tuesday that the people are going to defeat the expanded services program April 5, unless there is a defi nite tax program offered them. He said he believes it is too late for the state tax revision commission to call a meeting and make recommendations. “The people of Georgia are not going to sign a blank check for the Legislature to impose any sort of tax it wishes and in any amount,” Mr. Cook de clared. “An overall general sales tax is a lazy man’s way of rais ing money. What the people want, and the only thing they will vote for, is a general over hauling of our antiquated tax system. “I organized a tax advisory comittee in 1943 with the ap proval of former Gov. Ellis Arnall. We spent 18 months studying the state’s tax struc ture TRION YOUTH WINS APOLLO SCHOLARSHIP Billy Parker, son of Mr. and i Mrs. Joel C. Parker, Route 3, has accepted a S4OO scholarship j in the famed Appollo choir of I Dallas, Texas. He received the offer from Cho>r Director Cole j man Cooper after an audition ' in Birmingham, Ala., last week. Billy, a sixth grade student at Fortune Grammar School, La i Fayette, has been a voice stu dent of Mrs. R. L. Love there, j He and Mrs. Cooper, mother of I the choir director, left last week for Dallas, where he will begin training. He was the only Geor gia youth to try for audition. Billy’s scholarship i n c 1 u des formal education in grade school, private voice and choir lessons and choir training in ! Dallas. ; j The club’s spring tour will in- I elude a trip to the Great Lakes ! section, the West Coast and I through the Midwest. Billy will J return home in May for a va cation and later will join the ■ choir in their summer camp in I Santa Fe. N. M. [haitoofla Counilam Receive Seals Several thousand Chattooga Countians last week received their 1949 Easier Seals—an ap peal for help from the crippled children of Georgia. Archibald Farrar, Comn t y chairman of the Crippled Chil dren’s League, states that re sponse to the seal sale has been fairly good to date, and the co operation showr shows a great enthusiasm by everyone for this worthy cause. It is hoped that those receiving the seals who have not sent in their contribu i tion will do so promptly. Bunny Tag Week in the schools will be observed April 5-9 and ■ children contributing to the ! Drive through their individual classrooms will be given small Bunny Tags to wear on their lapels. A number of teachers will \ assist with this school drive and those in charge of their ! schools include, Mrs. Mack Agnew, Summerville; Mrs. An drew Williams, Jr., South Sum : merville; Miss Edna Perry, Men lo; Mrs. Mark Strawn, Lyerly: Miss Lula Weemer, Gore; Mrs. Ross Arden, Pennville; Miss Margaret Scoggins, Welmyer; Mrs. W. C. Carlton, Subligna; ‘ Miss Dorothy Alexander, Berry ! ton; Miss Kate Hemphill, Telo ga; and Mrs. Amos Greene, Cloudland. R. K. Eubanks is serving as head of the drive for Summer ville. Miss Mary Meadows will handle the drive at Berryton; A. J. Strickland, at Trion; Mrs. Janie King, Menlo; and B. L. Caldwell, Lyerly. Coin contain ers have been placed in the stores and mills throughout the county for individual contribu < tions. Mr. Farrar also states that | those persons who might have been overlooked and did not re ' ceive Easter Seals and wish to make a contribution may do so by contacting one of the per sons above named or by buying I the seals at his office. Have the heart-warming sat isfaction of knowing you have helped some crippled, needy i child to run and play—contri bute generously TODAY! “On Jan. 12, 1945, we recom mended that the general prop erty tax be left to the counties and that the state depend for all its revenue on two general sources: Salers or excise taxes, and income taxes. "We recommended that the multiplicity of license fees be eliminated and that contradic tions, ambiguites and inequities in our tax system be eliminated. We recommended that by streamlining the mechanics of collection to make them equal and broader, the state could realize $15,000,000 in additional revenue without imposing any new taxes. “At the time that recommen dation was made, the state’s in come was just $60,000,000. If $15,000,000 new money could have been raised on a $60,000,- 000 basis, the same system ought to raise $25,000,000 or $30,000,000 now, with a current revenue of $108,000,000.” Growing With Chattooga $1.50 A YEAR The Chattooga County Mem orial Home, being built in mem ory of those men from this county who sacrificed their lives in the two World Wars, is rapidly nearing completion. The building, which is to be the home of the Mason-Mc- Cauley Post 6688 Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Post 129, is located on a beautiful four - acre plot ap proximately two miles west of the Summerville-Trion highway, near Pennville. This land was formerly part of the J. A. Housch farm and was donated to the veterans’ organizations by Mr. Housch. The building ts a large and well-designed one, containing a large hall, which has almost 3,- 000 feet of floor space, a kitchen, offices, lounges and apartment for the caretaker. It is hoped that sufficient funds will be available to add a large lounge to the buiding, Mose Brinson, Building Chairman, declared. When completed, the building will be the meeting place of both the local VFW and Legion Posts and they plan to have social affairs there to which the general public will be invited. Plans are now being worked out whereby the various civic organizations of the county may use the building at their regular and special meetings. The veter ans organizations are extremely interested in the youth of the county and are planning to allow the “teen-age groups to use the building at regular intervals, it has been disclosed. The funds with which the Memorial Home was begun were given by members of the organi zations and their friends throughout the county and from surrounding counties. The beginning of construction on the building was delayed un til sufficient materials were available. A drive to raise funds was carried on in February, 1947, and hrough the generosity of 'the donors, approximately $17,000 was raised. At the present time it is thought that $5,000 will be needed to completely finish the building. present drive The Legion and VFW are con ducting a drive at the present to raise the balance needed to complete the Home. They are asking their friends to continue their support of the move to get the building com pleted and feel that they can count on them during the next few weeks to cooperate whole heartedly in their drive. If each of you will respond to this drive, the money should be available within the next 60 days and Chattooga County will soon have a beautiful Memorial dedicated to the memory those heroic young men from this county who did not return from the battlefields. 300 Gallon Slill Captured by Sheriff A 300 gallon “groundhog” type still was captured Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Reuben Lyons and Deputy Sheriff Ed mon Kerce. approximately three-fourths of a mile west of Sprite depot, located south of Holland. No arrests were made and the still was not in operation, Sheriff Lyons said. Local Seniors to Enter Essay Contes! Members of the Summerville High School senior English Class will write an essay on “Com munism’s Challenge to Our American Way of Life,” it was disclosed this week by Supt. J. Frank Harmon. Mr Harmon said he will choose the best essays for entrance in he American Legion Auxiliary’s essay contest on this subject. READ MUTT AND JEFF Your Favorite Comic Strip in Today's NEWS