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VOL. 65; NO. 31
CITY REJECTS BEER
PROPOSAL SATURDAY
In a “loud” voice Saturday,
the residents of Summerville de
clared they did not want beer
.sold within the city.
Results of the beer referen
dum showed 444 voting against
the issuance of licenses, while
192 voted for the measure.
The results, more than two
to one against, were even more
pronounced than had been pre
dicted by opponents of the ef
fort to have the beverage sold
here. Both sides worked fever
ishly, each distributing a large
quantity of literature and do
voting newspaper space and
radio time toward securing
votes.
The referendum was called
after Fred Thomas had present
ed a petition to the City Council
asking that licenses be issued
for the sale of beer, and the
Council, with one member ab
sent had deadlocked.
Pastors throughout the coun
ty bitterly fought the measure
from their pulpits and over
radio broadcasts.
Mr. Gaylor Honored
On 80th Birthday
W. H.' Gaylor, of Summerville.
Route 1, was given a birthday
dinner at his home on his 80th
birthday, July 17.
Those attending were: Mrs. W.
H. Gaylor, Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Gaylor and family, of
Lyerly; Mr. and Mrs. Elisha
Henderson and family, Max
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thomas
and children, Mrs. Lillie Gaylor,
of Summerville; Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Gaylor and Mrs. Reece,
of Lyerly; Harold Battles and
Sam Story, also of Lyerly.
Chattooga Tops
In Savings Loan
Chattooga County stands at
the top in the Seventh District
opportunity Loan, having 117.3
per cent of the goal, it was dis
closed this week by Hrary Lee
McGinnis, Chairman.
The goal was $63,000, how
ever $73,875 in E bonds have
been bought.
Following up is Murray Coun
ty with 115.9 per cent of the
goal, which was $20,000.
Walker County attained 43.6
per cent of a $120,000 goal, while
Floyd attained 91.5 of a $210,-
000 goal.
Lyerly Methodists
Plan Revival
A revival series will begin
Sunday and Vacation Bible
School will commence Monday at
the Lyerly Methodist Church, it
was disclosed this week by the
Rev. M H. Smith. Pastor.
Revival services will be held at
11 a. m. and 8 p. m„ with the
Bible School beginning at 9 and
continuing until 11 a. m. daily.
The Rev. Mr. Smith stated
that he expects the revival to
continue through July 31.
-HERE ’N THERE-
The Seventh District Royal
Arch Convention will be held
in Calhoun beginning at 10 a.
m. Wednesday, August 3.
All Royal Arch Masons are in
vited to see the degrees put on.
"If you have been passed on
to receive these degrees, please
be present and receive them."
urged Ted H. Martin. Secretary.
Trion Chapter No. 19.
A double-concert will be held
at the courthouse at 8:15 p. m
Saturday. July 23, featuring the
Harmony Boys, of Summerville,
and th,e Statesman Quartet,
with Hovle Lister, of Atlanta.
Miss Florence Flanagan, of
Summerville, has enrolled for
the summer school session at
130-year-old Centre College In
Danville. Ky. The session is to
end on Aug. 13.
Miss Flanagan Ls the daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. James W.
Flanagan, 109 Commerce Street,
Summerville.
The annual homecoming at
the East Armuchee Baptist
Church will be held Sunday.
July 31.
The regular communication of
Irion Lodge 100 F and A M
will be held at 7:30 p. m Mon
day.
All qualified Maxons are in
vited.
^itmmFruilk fas
Legisltaure Meets
In Extra Session to
Raise S2O Million
The Georgia General Assembly
convened in extra session at the
State Capitol Monday in answer
to a call by Governor Herman
Talmadge to raise $21,500,000 ad
ditional revenue for expanded
services to the people, notably
in education, health and welfare
and highways.
In an address to a joint session
of House and Senate on Mon
day, the Governor outlined the
program of temporary taxation
he is advocating. Bills to carry
out this program were immedi
ately introduced in the House.
These measures call for adding
1 cent to the gasoline tax; 2
cents to the beer tax; 2y 2 cents
to the corporation income levy;
and 2 cents to the cigarette and
cigar tax.
Revenue - raising bills intro
duced, in addition to those
sponsored by the administra
tion, include measures for a
sales tax, a 3% tax on bus tick
ets, a tax on soft drinks, a tax
on steel shipped into Georgia,
and a mileage tax on trucks
weighing over 1^ tons.
The Governor proposed that
the new revenue be allocated as
follows: Teachers’ salaries—s3,-
600,000 School equalization fund
— $5,000,000; teachers’ retire
ment fund —$400,000: Battey TB
Hospital—sl,ooo,ooo; Welfare De
partment for public assistance —
$5,000,000; highways—ss,ooo,ooo;
University System — $1,000,000;
and state mental institutions —
$500,000.
Drive For Clothes
Launched Here
The Summerville First Baptist
Church again has launched a
drive' to secure othing to send
overseas, and they urge the
people in this county to cooper
ate by contributing to the drive.
Men’s suits are the great im
mediate need, it was stated,
however any clothing is most
welcome.
“Your former generosity has
kept warm the bodies and cheer
ed the hearts of many of our
str i c ken overseas neighbors,”
Miss Katherine Henry said this
week. “This is a strong weapon
with which to fight Commu
nism.”
Donations may be sent to the
church where they will be pack
ed and sent to the shipping cen
ter at New Orleans.
Those having no way to get
clothes to the church may call
Mrs. Claude Bagley, Mrs. Duke
Espy or Miss Henry.
Fans Added at
Memorial Home
A square dance will be held
from 9-12 Friday night at the
Memorial Home.
H. M. Smallen and band will
play.
A concession stand will be
open and electric fans have been
। installed for the comfort of pa-
I trons.
A home-coming will be held at
। the Ebenezer Baptist Church in
■ Hay Wood Valley. Sunday. Aug. 7.
; Lunch will be served on the
ground at the noon hour.
Everyone, especially singers, is
invited.
A singing school will begin
Monday at the Chelsea Baptist
Church, where, the Rev. Virgil
Blalock is pastor.
Will Sparks, of Jamestown,
Ala., will conduct the school.
Classes will begin promptly al
1 8 a, m. and everyone is invited.
Warren Beal will conduct a
। Vacation Bible School at Silver
Hill at 9 a. m. Monday. July 25.
The classes will end each day
at 11 a. m
Children ages three to 14 are
invited.
An evangelistic sei vice will be
1 held each night.
Joe Williams, young son of
Mr. and Mrs Frank Williams, of
P<nnvllle, suffered a broken
I collar bone last week in a fall
I from the "Flying Jenny" on a
playground there
He has been released from the
hospital and is Improving.
The State Trooper* will be In
Summerville, Friday. August 5,
for the purpose of issuing driv
er's licenses
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949
FRAZIER, BAPTIST
PASTOR, RESIGNS
The Rev. Ira C. Frazier re
signed Tuesday night in a
called meeting, as pastor of the
First Baptist Church, of Sum
merville. The Rev. Mr. Frazier
and family came to Summerville
in May, 1948. During this period
102 have been added to the
church membership, 62 coming
by baptism. The church audi
torium and educational build
ing have been redecorated both
inside and outside, and the
church has added a set of
chimes and a nine-foot Baldwin
Concert Grand piano to its fa
cilities. It has made the largest
contributions for home and
world-wide causes during this
period, than any other like per
iod in its history.
The Rev. Mr. Frazier has ac
cepted the pastorate of the City
View Baptist Church, Knox
ville, Tenn. They will move to
the new field about the first
week in August. City View Bapt
ist Church has a membership of
over 650 and educational facili
ties of more than fifty rooms.
They have a new 34-room edu
cational building and a pastor’s
study. The church auditorium
has a seating capacity of 600.
Chattooga Praised
For Passing Goal
In Cancer Drive
Special commendation has
come to Chattooga County for
its achievement in raising more
than one and half times its
goal in the campaign for funds
to fight cancer.
Mrs. James Burgess, County
Commander for the American
Cancer Society was cited for
the achievement by State Cam
paign Chairman Rutherford L.
Ellis of Atlanta.
“The unselfish work done by
Mrs. Burgess and her workers,
in the face of many difficulties,
was outstanding,” Ellis said. “I
congratulate them.
“They — and the people of
Chattooga County—have shown
a spirit of generosity and serv
ice that cannot be praised too
highly.”
Funds raised here will be used
to finance cancer research; to
carry out a program of public
education which doctors say can
substantially increase the num
ber of persons cured of cancer,
and to provide increased serv
ices to cancer pateints.
Infant Maxwell
Little James Terry Maxwell,
age three days, died in a Chat
tanooga hospital at 12:25 p. m.
Monday.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maxwell, of
Trion; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Wheeler Loggins, of
Trion, and Mrs. J. M. Maxwell,
of Summerville.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the graveside in
Trion Cemetery' at 2 p. m. Tues
day with the Rev. Frank Craton
officiating. The J. D. Hill Funer
al Home in charge of arrange
ments.
801 l Weevils Expected Here;
Control Methods Disclosed
County Agent J B Butler this
! week emphasized the need for
I farmers to be on the lookout
1 for boll weevils as it is expected
I that north Georgia will be hard
est hit in 20 years.
Mr. Butler released the fol
lowing information relative to
1 the poisoning and control of
cotton insects. He urges farmers
to clip this information for fur
ther reference.
1. Benzene Hexachloride (BH
C»- A mixture containing 3 per
cent gamma Isoine, 5 per cent
DDT. in either 40 per cent good
dusting sulfer or any other suit
able neutral or slightly acid
diluent.
Use at least 10 pounds of dust
per acre for all applications.
This mixture controls all cotton
Insects except red spider. With
sulfer, red spider is held fairly
under control. Where bollworm
Is a problem Increase rate to 15
pounds.
2. Chlorinated Camphene
(Toxaphene)—A mixture con
taining 20 per cent chlorinated
camphen either in good dusting
sulfer 40 per cent suitable nue
tral or slightly acid diluent.
Use nt 10 to 15 pounds per
acre per applllcation. This mix
ture will usually control all In
sects (red spider if sulfer is
used). However, if honeydew
from lice appears apply mixture
Five Arrested For
Driving Without
Drivers License
Five persons were cited last
week for driving without a li
cense.
They were: W. H. Caldwell,
James Mann, James L. Massey,
Junior Phillips and Pleas Ed
wards.
Dewey Lee Lively was arrest
ed July 13 on two charges of
passing worthless checks.
The following were arrested
for being drunk: Carl Burton,
Robert Headrick, Calvin John
son and Benjamin Echols
Thomas Plunkett and Charles
Woodall were arrested for reck
less driving, and Clyde Keith
was lodged in jail on a charge
of indulging in fornification.
Raymond A. Baker was arrest
ed for driving under the in
fluence of alcohol, while Frank
Willingham and Charles A.
Langston were held for possess
ing whiskey. Mack Purcell was
arrested for transporting and
possessing whiskey.
Mrs. Daniel Honored
By Business Club
Mrs. Raymund Daniel, Chat
tooga County Health Clerk and
organizer of the Summerville
Business and Professional Wo
man’s Club, was named chair
man of the Health and Safety
Committee of the Georgia Fed
eration of Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs by the
State President, Mrs. Helen K.
Smothers, of Columbus, Satur
day. „
The Executive Board of the
State Federation will hold it’s
annual meeting in Rome. Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday of
this week. The sessions will be
held at Shorter College.
Mrs Paul Weems, immediate
past president of the Summer
ville Club, has been appointed
by Miss Beulah Shropshire as
the official delegate to the
Board meeting. Mrs. Daniel as
state chairman of the Health
and Safety Committee, will pre
side over her committee which
will draft the program and goal
of this committee for the local
clubs throughout the state.
Approximately 125 b us in ess
and professional women from
throughout the state will attend
this meeting at which time the
state chairman will submit their
programs of work. These pro
grams when approved by the
state board will be presented to
the local clubs of the state as
a guide for making their com
munities better places in which
to live and work.
Menlo, Gore Canning
Plants Close Tuesday
The canning plants at Menlo
and Gore will be closed on Tues
day, July 26, because of an im
portant meeting which all vo
cational agriculture teachers
must attend, it was announced
this week.
The plants, however, will be
open on Wednesday, July 27.
No. 1 as recommended.
3. Calcuim Arsenate 1 per
cent Nicotine or 1 per cent Ro
tenSne—Use at rates of not less
ilian 6 pounds per acre for first
two applications. Other appli
cations use 8 to 12 pounds per
acre. This material will control
ball weevils and keep down
louse population, but will not
knock out heavy Infestations of
I lice. If honeydew from lice ap
। pears use mixture NO. 1.
Where calcium arsenate is
। used and cotton falls to square
properly, cotton flea-hopper is
probably present. If small blast
ed squares are apparent use 12
pounds per acre of either mix
ture (1) or <2>.
NOTE: Any of these mater
ials arc satisfactory. The choice
will depend upon cost and
availability in the local mar
ket or person 1 preference.
Method and Timing
of Application
METHOD: At present dusting
only is recommended. Hand
gun, traction or tractor op
esated dusters, or airplane dust
ing arc all satisfactory if well
done.
TIMING—(I) Per-Squarc ap
plications of dust should be used
only in spots where consider
able bud damage is noted. If
thrips are present use either
mixture 111 or <2l. This will
Lamar Love, 21,
Killed Wednesday
In Auto Accident
Lamar C. (Tumpy) Love,
21, of the U. S. Army stationed
at Camp Campbell, Ky., for
merly of Trion, was killed
Wednesday in a vehicle acci
dent near Beachgrove, Tenn.
The information was re
ceived late Wednesday by his
wife, Mrs. Nina Newsome Love,
of Trion.
Other details of the accident
and death were not imme
diately available.
Love attended the Trion
High School and was popular
in athletic circles there. He
spent two years in the IT. S.
Army in Japan.
In addition to his wife,
whom he married April 9, 1949
he is survived by his grand
mother, Mrs. Cordia Green
wood, of Trion, with whom he
made his home; and two
brothers, including L. C. Love,
of Trion.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home, of
Summerville, will be in charge
of arrangements.
MRS. J. T CLARK
SUCCUMBS AT HOME
Mrs. Ethel Rattray Clark. 67,
of Menlo, died at her residence
at 1 a. m. Thursday.
Mrs. Clark was preceded in
death by her husband, the late
J. T. Clark. Sr., Feb. 6. 1946.
Survivors include two sons, J.
T. Clark, Jr., and Milton Clark,
both of Menlo; one sister, Mrs.
Charles M. Jager, Bessemer, Ala;
one brother, H. M. Rattray,
Gadsden, Ala. Three grandchil
dren and a number of nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Menlo Baptist Church
of which she was a member, at
3 p. m. Friday, with the Rev.
J. Pat Brock, the Rev. S. K.
Dodson and Rev. W. E. Purcell
officiating. Interment was in the
family lot in Alpine Cemetery
Active pallbearers were: Mack
Agnew, Jim Barry, Paul Mc-
Whorter, Charles Jager, Fred
Rattray and Bob Rattray.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Henry McWhorter, Charlie
Wyatt, Ralph Chamblee, Sr., O.
L. Cleckler, Zem Taylor, Earnest
Kennedy, J. P. Agnew. Burr
Pope, Bob McWhorter and Jim
Estes. The J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Negro Library
Group to Meet
Here Tonight
Progress of the $2,000 drive
for a Negro Library here will be
determined at a meeting at 8
o’clock this evening at the New
Bethel Baptist Church.
All officers and solicitors are
urged to be present to make a
full report on the campaign.
Names of contributors will be
published and broadcast, it was
stated.
not control weevils after squar
ing commences.
(2) After Squaring Begins
Examine fields before bloom. If
flared squares are easily round
dusting should be commenced
immediately. One applllcation
of any of the above materials
should be used to check this
early weevil damage. Normally
first brood damage will com
mence about 12 days after first
blooms appear in the field. Here
the regular dusting schedule
commences.
(3) First Brood Protection—
First Dust: 12 days after first
bloom is seen. Second Dust: 5
to 7 days pfter first dust. Third
Dust: 5 to 7 days after second
dust.
(4i Migrating Brood Protec
tion — Fourth Dust: 12 days
after the third dusting (See 3
above). Later Dusts: Apply dust
every 3 to 5 days thereafter un
til all bolls likely to open are 30
days old.
NOTE: Any dust not washed
off within 24 hours may be con
sidered an effective applica
tion. If washed off earlier, re
dust.
For highest yields of ootton
these recommendations should
be followed to completion Do
not stop too early.
BOLLWORM — As soon as
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Authority Not Named;
Registrars Discussed
At the regular meeting of the County Commissioners held
Monday, a Hospital Authority was not appointed. This was the
second meeting held by the Board since the passage of a SIIO,OOO
hospital bond issue on May 28.
DRAFT BOARD
HAS AFW HOUKS
The Selective Service Office
will be open from 1 to 5 p. m.,
Tuesday through Friday, begin
ning Tuesday, July 26, it was
1 announced this week by Mae
' Earl Strange, Clerk.
All boys becoming 18 years of
age are required to register
within five days after their
birthday and should do so be
tween these hours.
I
Stills Found By
Sheriff in County
A 55-gallon still was found
early Monday morning approxi
mately a half mile east of the
Robert Hurley home on Lookout
Mountian by Federal Revenue
Officer Joe Burton, Deputy Ed
mond Kerce and Sheriff Reuben
Lyons.
The still was not in operation
and no one was arrested, how
ever approximately six gallons
of mash and beer were at the
site, the sheriff said.
Another 55-gallon still was cut
recently at the corner of Chat
tooga County, Walker County
and the Alabama state lines
south of the old Coulter place
on Lookout Mountain.
The still, where four barrels
of beer were found, was said to
be in Chattooga County. It was
located by Sheriff Lyons, mem
bers of the DeKalk County, Ala.
sheriff’s force and Sheriff W F.
Harmon, of LaFayette.
Co. Home Owners
Have Repair Job
Repair expenditures on Chat
tooga county’s non-farm homes
will total an estimated $327,000
during 1949 and will serve as an
important factor in keeping both
labor and business activity at
high levels, according to a re
port just released by the Tile
Council of America.
“Practically every trade in the
community will benefit this
year from home repair expendi
tures,” declared A. T. Winters
gill, chairman of the Council’s
residential construction commit
tee. Such work, he pointed out,
is a vital stabilizing influence
throughout the building trades.
Painting and redecorating will
I account for about $39 of every
SIOO to be spent in the South
on home repairs, the report re
vealed. Roofing repairs will take
$25 to S3O, and work with stone,
glass and clay tile about $6.
Carpentry repairs will require
approximately $5 of the theore
tic SIOO, and installation of
showers, tiling of bathrooms and
replacement of plumbing will
account for another $4 Miscel
laneous work will take the bal
ance of the SIOO. according to
the report.
‘•Production of such materials
as finished hardwood flooring,
day tile for baths and kitchens
and cement reached all-time
highs in 1948 and 1949 output of
products for construction prom
ises to be more than ample for
pair," Mr. Wintersgill declared.
Most materials are available
today in a much wider range
than at any time since the war.
he pointed out. Clay tile manu
facturers, for instance, have
added scores of new hues to
color lines In recent months, he
said.
Expenditures throughout the
United States on home repairs
will total between $2,500,000,000
and $3,100,000,000 In 1949. the
Tile Council estimated.
Magazine Racket
Misuses Boys Town
Citizens of Chattooga County
were warned to beware of any
magazine solicitors identifying
themselves as having any con
nection whatsoever with Boys
Town. Nebraska.
Father Nicholas H Wegner
Director, said that a magazine
racket misusing the name of
Boys Town is being carried on
in various communities t-hough
out the United States without
knowledge or sanction.
Persons approached by mem
bers of the magazine racket
were urged to notify the police
department an proper investiga
tion could be made.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
No mention of the Authority
was made in the minutes of the
I meeting, however Dr. W. B.
[Hair, Vice Chairman of the
Board, said that the Authority
was discussed “some.” He was
the only member available for
comment Wednesday.
When asked why no action
was taken, Dr. Hair said that a
full Board wasn’t there and that
most of the time was taken up
lin deciding and setting taxes
: concerning the hospital. G. A.
Kling, of Menlo, was absent.
John Davis, Clerk of the Board
also was absent. Other members
[include R. C. Floyd, of Lyerly,
[Homer Gordon, of Gore, Dr.
i Hair, of Summerville, and Arthur
[ Justice, of Trion. Mose Brinson,
[ County Attorney, also attended.
Registrars
A statement from the Board
[of Registrars was presented at
[ the meeting, and, according to
I the minutes, the county attorney
was instructed to ask this Board
[to recess until the Superior
Court had passed on same.
A. B. McCurdy. Chairman of
the Board of Registrars, said
। yesterday that he had been in
I conference with Mr. Brinson and
i that they were seeking to “com
[ promise.”
Mr. Brinson is out of town,
[however he expects to be back
in town for a called meeting of
the Commissioners Saturday
morning, Mr. McCurdy said.
“The County wants to cut to
; one man, where we now have
three, however, that’s impossi
ble,” Mr. McCurday said. “We
have made plans to go out in the
precincts so that it’ll be easier
for the people to re-register, and
the law says that one man must
be at the headquarters at all
times. Therefore it would be
impossible for one man to
handle the work.”
Mr. McCurdy said that the
Board of Registrars expects to
be called before the Commission
ers Saturday morning for a dis
cussion of the issue
Registrars include Mr. Mc-
Curdy, James (Sloppy l Floyd
and R P. Brison.
Tarver Addresses
Rotary Club Here
Judge M. C. Tarver, of Dalton,
in his talk to Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club Wednesday em
phasized that the duty of Ro
tarians as community leaders
was to make themselves heard
in public matters and to be in
strumental in forming local
public opinion which in turn
would be heard in Washington.
The speaker expressed as his
first fear for this country that
■of economic collapse, caused by
tremendous government spend
ing at a time when national in
come and tax income is drop
ping.
Mr. Tarver spoke briefly on
the mechanics of National Bud
get forming, and concluded with
a statement that “many wit
nesses were summoned before
the appropriations committee
but not one ever appeared from
among tax payers.”
The speaker warned "that the
; trend is toward communism.
More and more people are oe
; coming dependent on the gov
ernment instead of government
being dependent on the people
When governments relieves men
of responsibility it takes their
freedom with it.”
If the spirit of America is to
be preserved leaders must de
velop a public opinion, in that
direction and forward that pub
lic opinion to Washington.
Judge Tarver closed his re
marks with a brief reference to
the Marshall Plan and labor
legislation.
Re-Register At
Trion, July 25-26
Chattooga Countlanx may re
gister to vote at the Trion De
partment Store on Monday or
Tuesday, July 25-26, it was an
nounced this week by the Board
ol Registrars, who said a branch
office will be located there.
The office at the courthouse
, In Summerville will remain open
however the Trion office lx be
ing arranged for the conven
ience of those in that area.
Anyone wishing to vote in
future elections will have to re-
I register In order to do so.