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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
D. T. ESPY _ Editor and Manager
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THINK CAREFULLY
On Saturday the people of
Summerville will say whether
or not they want beer sold
within the city.
A person has much to con
sider before catsing his ballot
on that day and he should
carefully consider all angles
before making his choice.
The question is: Is there
beer in the county now? The
law says that*a person may
go into a wet county and get
as much as a case of Geor
gia tax-paid beer which is not '
ice cold and bring it into a dry
county, such as Chattooga and
drink it at his home.
A check on two establish,
ments which sell beer near the
county line discloses that a
total of 800 cases of beer was
sold to Chattooga Countians
last week. Those are only two
places. At a 50 cents tax on
each case, the city would re
ceive S4OO in revenue.
The other side must also be
considered, the moral side.
Almost everyone knows of some
habitual drunkard. It is likely
that this drunkard began his
habit by merely drinking a
few bottles of beer, perahps
while he was quite a young
man. There are persons who
can drink moderately, but
churches question this prac
tice. Should a man drink, at
all, even though he may do so
with moderation?
These and other questions
should be considered before
any citizen casts his ballot
Saturday.
Leflers Io Ihe Editor
Dear Mr. Espy:
I am sending a dollar. I am
in bed with heart failure and
so long as I live I will keep the
paper coming to me.
I can’t do anything at all,
so please send the paper as long
as the subscription lasts. It is
such a pleasure to read
The old-time people in the
old home place are a pleasure to
■think about in lonely hours.
Thanks for the paper. My
father was one of the first sub
scribers. Mr. Loomis was with
the Summerville Gazette. Joe
Cain bought the paper from the
Loomis’ and John went in with
him.
Claudia Gaines Berry
Waco, Texas
Dear Sir:
The citizens of Summerville
have been called upon agairf to
express at the polls, whether or
not we want beer sold in our
city legally.
Perhaps there are a few of our
younger voters who have never
known what it means to have
legally sold beverages, to pro
tect by law the most lawless
business on earth. Below is a
publication by one who know
| TJ. ESPY, JR. |
' ATTORNEY AT LAW !
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; onra over mcginxis dbvg co. ♦
LOOK
At The Savings at The
Kenoco Station
Regular Gas 24V1C
Tax Included
EHiyl 26 1 2 c
Tax Included
BENZOL, THE WORLD'S FINEST MOTOR FUEL
28’/jc
Tax Included
ONE TRY WILL CONVINCE YOU
North Commerce Street at the railroad
what such a business would do
for a community, its citizens
and to all of the institutions
that our community enjoys, for
the highest and best in growing
better citizens with characters
above reproach, higher ideals
and with Christian conscious
ness.
THE SONG OF THE BAR ROOM
By Thos. E. Watson
Alive, let us live. Where is yesterday?
Lost forever. Where is tomorrow? It may
never come. Today is here, within its
fleeting hours runs the only certainty
that you’ll ever know. Come! Eat, drink
and be merry, for tomorrow you die!
The chains of self-restraint are galling
—throw them off! The burden of duty is
grievous--fling it down! The cross of
responsibility is crushing. Live for the
now; live for the lust of living.
Drink! and forget dull care. Drink!
and ease the heartache. Drink! and
drown the passion for the unattainable.
See how men are drawn to me! My
lights blaze a brilliant welcome! I am
never too hot nor too cold. Mirrored
vanity smirks in my gilded reflectors;
and no one is ill at ease in my free-for
all club. No shrewdish wife can tongue
lash you here; no peeved child annoy you
with its cries. Leave to them the ugli
ness of your haggard home and come
unto me for comfort. Theirs the cold and
gloom and the lonely vigil—yours, the
warmth and glow and social joy.
Clink your glasses, men! Drink, again,
‘‘Here’s hoping,” 'Tis well to toast her
here, where begins the trail to the grave
of Hope. Be jolly! let the place ring with
laughter: relate the newest story—the
story that matches the nude pictures on
the wall. What's that.’ A dispute, angry
oaths, violent quarrel, the crash of over
turned chairs, the gleam of steel, the
flash of guns, the stream of lifeblood, the
goans of dying men.
Oh! well, it might have happened any
where. The hearts of mothers and fath
ers I wrench with pain; the souls of
wives I darken in woe. I smite the man
sion. and there are wounds that cold
cannot salve. The hut I invade. and
poverty sinks into deeper pits.
I sow and I till, and I reap where I
sow. and my harvest, what? —is men so
brutalized that all of humanity is lost,
save the physical shape—men reeking
with moral filth, stony of heart, bestial
in vice—men who hear the name of God
with wrathful stare of a burst of scorn
ful mirth; men who listen to the death
rattle of any victim of their greed of
lusts without a sign of pity.
And the women too! How can I fitly
। sing of the women of my harvest time?
Did you ever hear her laugh? It must
I be the favorite music of the damned. Did •
i you ever hear her ribald talk? The very i
sewers might shrink at bearing it away. '
Have you ever heard her libidinous songs? ]
Did you ever watch her eyes, those de
fient, mocking, hopeless, shameless eyes?
What warriors have I not vanquished?
What statesmen have I not laid low? How
I many Burns and Poe have I not dragged
i down from ethereal heights? How many
Sidney Carton have I not made to weep
! for a wasted life? How many times have
I caused the ermin to be drawn through
। the mud?
Strong am I—irresistably strong. Sam- [
scn-like. I strain at the foundations of
! character; and they came toppling down,
in irremediable ruin. I am the cancer,
beautiful to behold, and eating my re
morseless way into the vitals of the world,
to the cottage door and to the palace
gate. No respecter of persons. I gloat over
! richly garbed victims no more than over
the man of the blouse.
The church. I empty it; the jail, I fill
it; the gallows, I feed it. From me and my
blazing lights run straight the dark roads
to the slum, to the prison, to the bread
lines, to the madhouse, to the potters
fields.
I undo the work of the school. I cut the
ground from under law and order. I’m the
; seedbed of poverty, vice and crime. I'm the
leper who buys toleration and who has
i not to cry “Unclean.” I’m the licensed
ally of sin. I buy from the State the right
to lay dynamite under its foundations. For
। a price they give me the power to nullify
the work of lawmakers, magistrates and
rulers. For a handful of gold I am granted
letters of marque to sail every human sea
and prey upon its lifeboats.
Huge battleships they build. Casing them
triply with hardened steel; and huge guns
they mount on these floating ramparts,
until a file of dreadnaughts line the coast
—for what? To be ready for perils that
may never come, but I give them a pitiful
purse, and in return they issue to me the
lawful rights to unmask my batteries on
| every square; and my guns play upon hu
manity every day and night of every year.
And were my destroyers spread out over
the sea they would cover the face thereof.
Around that grief-bowed woman I throw
the weeds of widowhood—but I paid for the
chance to do it: and they who took my
money knew that I would do it.
To the lips of that desolate child I
brought the wail of the orphan—but I
bought the right to do it: and they who
sold me the right knew what would come
। of it.
Yes’ I inflamed the murderer; I mad
; dened the suicide; I made a brute of the
! husband; I made a diabolical hag out of
' the once beautiful girl; I made i criminal
out of the once promising boy: I replaced
sobriety and comfort by drunkenness and
| pauperism, but, don't blame me: blame
those from whom I purchased the legal
right to do it.
No Roman emporer ever dragged at his
I chariot wheels, on the day of his triumph,
i such multitudes of captives as grace my
trail. Tumerlane's marches of devastation
। were as naught besides my steady advance
over the conquered millions The Ceasers
and the Attliias come and go—comets
whose advent means death and destruction
। for a season; But I go on forever, and I
take my ghastly toll from all that comes
i to mill.
In civilization's ocean I am the builder
of the coral-reef on which the ship goes
down; of its citadel, I'm the traitor who
. lets the enemy in. of its progress. I’m the
; fetter and the clog; of its heaven. I’m the
hell.
No knowing persons could
l think of licensing such a place
in our fair city, to destroy all
that is worth while in the life
I of our people.
I My. earnest plea is for every
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.75
voter in Summerville to go to the
polls July 16, 1949, and show the
few who would want such de
struction, that we have higher
desires for our citizens, that we
want sober and moral people to
live with, and a fit place for
growing children with Christian
characters.
Yours for sobriety,
Thos. J. Espy, Sr.
THE STORK CLUB
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hammond
announce the birth of a son,
Stephen Gary, July 10, 1949. Mrs.
Hammonds is the former Miss
Joyce Morris.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Pettitt an
nounce the birth of a son, Vic
tor Marion, Jr., July 9, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Deßerry of
Menlo announce the birth of a
son, July 10, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gay
lor announce the birth of a
daughter, Marilyn Jean, July 9,
1949. Mrs. Gaylor is the former
Miss Ruth Kike.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Willing
ham announce the birth of a son, |
Walter Stephen, July 9, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wells an
nounce the birth of a son, July
10, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Bailey an
nounce the birth of a daugh
ter, Nan.cy Eugenia, July 9, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Alex
ander announce the birth of a
son, July 8, 1949, who has been
namew James Prentiss, 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Norton
announce the birth of a daugh
daughter, June 29, 1949, who has
named Faith Elaine.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Brown
announce the birth of a son, |
July 2, 1949, who has been named I
Lee Roy, Jr.
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Cancer Clinic
Opens Wednesday
In LaGrange
The 26-year old dream of a
Georgia doctor came true in
LaGrange.
The doctor is Dr. Enoch Calla
way, now president of the Medi
cal Association of Georgia and
head of the Georgia Division,
, American Cancer Society. His
' dream - come - true is the new
West Georgia Cancer Clinic of
City-County Hospital at La-
Grange.
Ultra-modern to the nth de
cree, the new clinic, insofar as
cancer treatment facilities are
concerned, will rival some multi-
I million dollar clinics in metro
i poiitan areas.
It was dedicated in impressive
ceremonies at 10:30 a. m. Wed
nesday. The dedication includ
ed scientific talks by three doc
tors widely noted in the field
of cancer control—Dr. Alton
Ochsner, of Ochsnre Clinic and
Tulane University in New Or
leans; Dr. Jack B. Trunnell, of
the Division of Clinical Investi
gation, Memorial Hospital, New
York; and Dr. R. L. Sanders of
the University or Tennessee Col
* lege of Medicine at Memphis.
The new clinic was conceived
back in 1923 when Dr. Calla
way, then a young surgeon not
long out of medical school and
Navy service during World War
• I, began on a small scale. It was
financed by private funds, some
i of them his own. The first year
: saw less than 20 patients. Can
। cer was considered by most
• people as a hopeless disease and
J almost all its victims waited un
[ til it was in an advanced stage
before they went for medical
treatment.
• But it grew and in 1937 be
; came one of Georgia’s first state
■ aid clinics. Wednesday it moved
. into its own building, equipped
, with up-to-the minute scientific
: apparatus. In its records are the
' । case histories of more than 5,-
000 patients and it is geared to
r ' handle between 250 and 300 new
I cases per year.
। The new clinic and equipment
I cost approximately $1 10,000.
[Funds for the erection of the
building were provided by the
I Callaway Foundation, and prl
| vate donors—once they learned
[ more money was needed — vol
unteered additional funds to buy
J the necessary equipment.
Dr. Callaway emphasized that
I the LaGrange clinic, although it
। Is new, offers cancer patients no
more comprehensive treatment
than is already available to
them in approved state - aid
clinics and private clinics in
their home areas.
"There are only three rec
ognized methods o f treating
cancer—surgery. X-ray. and ra
dium." he said. "All of the
clinics In Georgia are staffed
and equipped to apply those
treatments. We can't do any
thing more here.
"We simply outgrew our old
quarters and equipment. But,
, insofar as treatment Is con- 1
cerned. It will be the same —
surgery. X-ray and radium."
The LaGrange clinic will give.
West Georgia one of the most
, moder nos its type in the United
। States. It Is expected to serve
las a model for many others
| which probably will be built in
'.smlal communities in the next
few years as the fight on can
cer expands.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
LANHAM'S
WEEKLY
LETTER
YOUR CONGRESSMAN REPORTS
Chickamauga and Independence'
Day
At the invitation of George
McMillan, chairman of the pro
gram committee, I was the guest
of the Chickamauga Memorial
Post No. 217 of the American
Legion for its day-long celebra
tion of the 4th of July. Unfor- ;
tunately, I was not able to reach |
Chickamauga until afternoon,
and thereby missed the speech
of Maj. General Ernest Vandiver
Georgia’s Adjutant General.
I was fortunate to be present
for the splendid speech of Gov
ernor Talmadge, who recalled for
the assembled throng the lives of
some of America's outstanding
leaders, and their contributions
to the American Way of Life,
which he said was now threat
ened by Communism. He called
upon all to re-dedicate their
lives to the principles of justice,
freedom, self reliance, and free
terprise which had made Ameri
ca great in the past.
The speaking and barbecue
were held at the new Legion
Home which I had the pleasure
and privilege of helping the
members dedicate some eighteen
, months ago. The beautiful build-
Jing, situated in a shaded grove,
I was an ideal spot for the festi
vities. The speakers stand was
placed under the shade of the
trees and was cooled by the
vagrant breezes that were most
welcome on this typically hot
July day. I shall long remember
with pleasure the hospitality
and kindness extended to me by j
Commander Burl Hall, George
McMillan, and the members of
the Chickamauga Post of the
Legion.
Sagging Roofs-Sagging Spirits I
When I returned to Washing- i
I ton after my brief holiday spent
[in the District, I found the
• House meeting in its new quart
ers in the Ways and Means
Committee Room in the House
Office Building instead of the
regular House Chamber. Here
were placed four hundred and
more chairs in a space planned
for two hundred. Facilities for
newspaper men are poor and
only a limited number can be
accommodated. There is no room
for visitors at all.
The Senators are meeting in
the room which housed the Sen
ate until 1859 and later served
as the Supreme Court chamber.
It has no public galleries, no
facilities for spectators, and ac
commodations for only a few of
the several hundred accredited
newspapermen who regularly
report the proceedings. The
Senators themselves must be
[seated on a “first come first
[served” basis, and do not have
their accustomed desks to pound
[ upon.
Replacement of the sagging
House and Senate roofs was the
। reason for the shift to new
quarters, with the attendant
[sagging spirits of the members
' of the House and Senate who do
not relish the necessity of carry
ing on their work in such crowd
ed and inadequate rooms.
Senate Debates Atlanta Pact
Under the adverse conditions
I have just explained, the Sen
ate is debating one of the most
momentous questions of our time
—the ratification of the North
Atlantic Pact. The debate was
opened by Senator Connally,
chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, who was fol
by Senator Arthur Vandenburg,
the ranking Republican member
of the committee. Both made
| powerful pleas for ratification of
the pact, emphasizing that it
was a powerful instrument for
Peace. It is believed that ratifi
cation will come by a large ma
jority.
Anti-Trust Law* Weakened
The House has just passed a
bill already passed by the Sen
ate, which exempts from the
operation of the Anti - Trust
Laws, manufacturers who, with
out collusion, meet competitive
prices by absorbing freight on
their products. This is a pretty
well established practice, recent
| ly declared of doubtful Constitu
tionality by the Supreme Court,
i Clarification was in order al
right. and If that had been all
the bill contained it could have
been justified, though my own
opinion Is that the Supreme
i Court ruling could have meant
much to the South because In
i dustry would have been de
centralized and much of it
would have come to our section.
But the bill also nought to
amend the Robinson - Patman
Act. and the Clayton Act. there
by becoming a threat to small
business. We were successful In
eliminating these latter provis
ions. but the leadership on both
sides of the aisle openly stated
that, the deleted provisions
would be put back In the bill
when it reached a conference
committee. For these reasons I
voted against the bill. Personal
ly, I think that monopoly is as
great a danger to our capitalis
tic free- enterprise system as
Communism. Our Anti - Trust
Laws should be strengthened in
stead of weakened.
Visitors
Since my last report our guest
list has included Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Gammon, my friends
from Rockmart. They are visit
ing their four children located
in and around Washington.
GEORGIA PASSES
CANCER DRIVE GOAL
Georgia has reached and pass
ed its state-wide goal in the
cancer drive.
Rutherford Ellis, Atlanta real
estate and insurance executive,
who headed the drive in Geor
gia as State Campaign Chair
man for the American Cancer
Society, announced here today
that contributions total several
thousand dollars more than the
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LEMONS 33c
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VINEGAR 29c
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TOILET TISSUE 25c
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$164,000 minimum goal the so
cle ty ’ s national headquarters
asked Georgia to raise.
Campaign reports from many
counties still are incomplete,
Ellis added, and a number of
counties have not yet completed
their local drives. When all re
turns are in the state total is
expected to reach approximately
$200,000, the goal set by state
officials to finance an extensive
expansion program.
“The drive’s success,” Ellis de
clared, “first is a demonstration
of the public’s eagerness to con
tinue its financial support of the
American Cancer Society’s
steadily increasing effectiveness
in the fight to stop the prevent
able deaths cancer is causing;
and second, of the public service
rendered by the hundreds of un
selfish men and women who
gave their time and energy to
raise the money.
“Success means that the can
cer control effort here in Geor
gia can go on with undiminished
vigor.”
Most successful local drive in
the state was conducted in La
nier County, led by Mrs. E. D.
Rivers, of Lakeland, which rais
ed three and a half times the
county goal. Houston, headed by
Mrs. Byron Warren and Mrs.
Russell L. Johnson, was second
with nearly three times the goal,
and Towns, headed by Mrs. J.
Y. Denton, third with approxi
mately two and a half times its
goal.
Welfare is held citizen’s right
without impairing freedom.
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Austria will offer friendship
treaties to her neighbors.
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JELLO - „ 120 c
5 Pounds
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46-Oz. Can Hi-C Can
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Pint Jar JFG
MAYONNAISE 35c
Home Grown Lb.
TOMATOES 10c
All Fresh Vegetables in
Season al Reasonable Prices
Swift's Premium
VEAL STEAK
Round 89c; Sirloin 85c
. Porterhouse 79c
Swift's Wilson's or Cudahy's Lb.
TENDER PICNIC HAMS _ 59c
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MULLET FISH 35c
Thursday, July 14, 1949
Sweden maps bill to liberalize
status of non-Lutheran church
es.
Tolerance toward varying
opinion is vital, Conant says.
QUALITY AT ITS BEST
MADEf
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