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Thursday, January 19, 1950
BETHLEHEM NEWS
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
D. T. ESPY, Editor and Manager
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.50
Six Months
Published Every Thursday by
THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered at the Post Office at Summerville,
Ga., as Second-Class Mail Matter.
Card of Thanks, In Memortam or any
iiotioe where there is a charge will be
ran at the rate of one cent a word.
BETHLEHEM NEWS
The Rev. Bennie Bowman filled
his appointment at the Church
Sunday and Sunday night.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bennie
Bowman were dinner guests of
Park Theatre
1 Mile South of Trion, Ga.
Plenty of Parking Space
WHERE YOU GET THE
MOST ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THE LEAST PRICE
Phone 0-1742
Admission: Adults 30c
Children 14c
Thur>dav and Friday
Jan. 19-20
Double Feature
Open 6:15 P. M.
She’s exciting . . . She's
breathtaking . . . She’s the
world’s most exciting bru
nette . Hunt Stromberg ■
presents . Jane Russell, '
Louis Hayward, in—
•YOUNG WIDOW”
—And—
Shooting . . Looting . Lov- |
ing . . .
“THE MAN FROM TEXAS”
With James Craig. Lynn Bari.
Johnnie Jonhons
Latest Park News
Saturday, Jan, 21
One Day Only
Double Feature
Open 1 P. M.
Elyse Knox. Edward Norris.
Robert Shayne, in—
“FORGOTTEN WOMAN"
—PIus—
“RENEGADES OF SONORA"
With Allan ‘ Rocky" Lane
Chapter 10 “King of the
Rocket Men”—Cartoon
Sunday and Monday-
Jan. 22-23
Open 2 P. M. Sunday—6:ls
Monday-
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
“MEET THE KILLER"
With Boris Karloff
Paramount News—Comedy
Tuesday and Wednesday
Jan. 24-25
Open 6:15 Mnoday
Robert Mitchum. Janet Leigh.
Wendell Corey, in—
"HOLIDAY AFFAIR"
Selected Short Subjects
Tooya Theatre
Summerville, Ga.
Week-Days-Continuous from
1:00 P M. Saturday—
Continuous from 10:30 A. M
Thursday and Friday
Jan. 19-20
I
M-G-M presents
WALTER PIDGEON
ETHEL BARRYMORE
PETER LAWFORD
B JANET LEIGH
ANGELA LANSBURY
CWSt II
Also News
Saturday Jan. 21
Johnny Mack Brown and Max
Terhune in—
“WESTERN RENEGADES"
Also Chapter 10 "G-Men Nevet
Forget" and Cartoon
Saturday Night Late Show
10:30 P. M.
Tom Brown Audrey Long, Grant•
Withers. In—
"DUKE OF CHICAGO"
Alao Short Subjects
Monday and Tuesday
Jan 23-24
M*) LINDA DARNELL JR
TT CELESTE HOLM aibi
JA CHARIES COBURN
1 M HVHNSUT >OHNSOH|^
Abo News and Short Subject*
Wednesday. Jan. 25
John Carroll. Adele Mara. Thom - j
ax Gomez Barton Mac Lane.
Grant Withers, In —
“ANGEL IN EXILE"
Also Short Subject*
Mr. and Mrs. Zebby Smith Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Shields Grigsby
had as their guests Sunday, Mr.
I and Mrs. Junior Grigsby, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Grigsby and Anne, of
Airport Road, and Mr. and Mrs.
, Harold Gilstrap.
Friends of Miss Lucile Gil
will be interested to know that
she has accepted a job as teach
er at Mt. Berry College, Rome.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Tuder
and children, Charles and Mel
vin, of Dry Creek, visited Mr.
’ and Mrs. Marvin Grigsby, Mae
and Sallie Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Warnock
and son, of Rome, spent Friday
night with Mr and Mrs. Wil
burn Roper and Charleen.
[ Mrs. Grady Jackson, Gene and
, i Bettie Sue, were in Summerville
on business Saturday.
Clara Allmon spent Saturday
night with her aunt. Mr. and
i Mrs. Willard Underwood, of Dry
Creek.
Charles Tuder spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Ramsey and Sarah.
Mrs. Lena Johnston is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Delaney Scog
gins. Bud and Arthur; Willie
Smith, Fred Townsell and Sallie
Grigsby visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Jettyjohn and Menafay Wed
nesday.
Marvin and Martha Grigsby at
tended the cattle sale in Rome
Wednesday.
Mrs. Lula Mae Warnock is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Rube Allmon
were in LaFayette Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tate spent
Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Tate at Subligna.
Mrs. Grady Jackson and
daughter. Bettie Sue, visited her
. brother. Lon Ramsey and family
at Pennville Friday night.
Betite Sue Jackson visited Sa
rah Ramsey last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Townsell
and Janice moved to the Robert
Story farm Monday.
Francis Tuder, of Dry Creek,
spent last week with her sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Townsell and
Janice.
J. E. Pettyjohn made a business
• trip to LaFaFyette Tuesday.
Gene Jackson visited in Ring
gold last Sunday.
Tom Watson Elsberry visited
at East Armuchee over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin and
Shirley, visited her sister. Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Richardson and
Francis Saturday night.
Larry and Linda Gail Scog
gins, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Scoggins, have influen
za.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tate were
in LaFayette Monday.
Daisy Allmon spent Sunday
night with her aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Tuder. Charles and
Melvin, on Dry Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Griffith. 1
of East Armuchee. attended ser
vices at Bethlehem Sunday.
Bobbie Jo Maxey, of Haywood,
and Gene Jackson visited at
Ringgold Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Allmon
and daughter, of Trion, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Rube Allmon and
family Sunday.
Friends of Mrs. Edna Wil
liams will be sorry to learn of |
her serious illness in Erlanger
Hospital in Chattanooga, and:
that she will undergo an opera
tion next Thursday. She is the
mother of the pastor's wife. Mrs
Louise Bowman and has visited
at the church and community
several times. She is wished a
speedy recovery.
There was not any singing at
Bethlehem Sunday afternoon
due to so much illness in the
community.
Charlotte Warnock visited
Nona Scoggins Sunday and at
tended services at Bethlehem.
Ralph Madden, Sarah and Al
len, of Rome. Mr. and Mrs. J. W
Pettyjohn and Shirley, of Trion,
TRION THEATRE
Continuous Shows Dally—Open
12:45 P M—Monday Open 6:30
P M—Saturday Open 12:00
Noon
Last Time Thursday
"THAT FORSYTE WOMAN"
Friday, January 20
“I, JANE DOE"
With Ruth Hussey and John
। Carrol *
Short—Jewel of the Baltic
Fifteenth Chapter of "Conge
Bill" Serial
Saturday, January 21
Double Feature Program
“RIM OF THE CANYON”
With Gene Autry and “Cham
pion"
j “MAKE RELIEVE BALLROOM"
With Ruth Warrick and Jerome
Courtland
Monday and Tuesday •
Jan. 23-24
"ADAM'S RIB
With Spencer Tracy and Kath
arine Hepburn
Short—We Can Dream. Can’t
• We?
Also Latest News
Shows at I 00. 3 26. 5.52. X IX
Wednesday and Thursday
Jan. 25-26
“THE RED DANUBE"
With Walter Pidgeon and Ethel
Barrymore
Short—White Magic
Also Latest News
Shows at 1:00, 3:11, 5:22 7:33
Special License Tax
For the Year 1950
' SECTION A: The following an
nual business license taxes are
• hereby imposed on all persons,
firms or corporations of any
character or description engaged
in the following businesses with
in the corporate limits of the
City of Summerville.
SECTION B: That the follow
‘ ing taxes shall be payable for
the calendar year and shall be
paid to the city treasurer on or
before March 1, 1950. or 10 per
• cent penalty collected.
SECTION C: Payment shall be
for the calendar year.
I SECTION D: A: persons, firms
. or corporations violating the ;
provisions of Sections B, C, of I
. these ordinances shall be pun
-1 ished by fine.
SPECIAL LICENSE TAX FOR
THE YEAR 1950
It is hereby ordered that the
following license taxes be levied '
and collected for the year 1950.
Agents for sale of patent
rights, agricultural im
plements and road ma
chinery by transient par
ties $ 50.00
Automobile agencies or
garages, storing, selling
or repairing machines 50.00 |
Automatic player phono-
graph, each machine 40.00 i
Automobile repair shops
: not in connection with
auto sales agency 25.00
Banks or bankers 50.00
Loan offices 50.00
Barber shops, per chair 5.00
Bill posters, each poster 5.00
Right of city council used
to restrict placing of new
posters. Must obtain city
council permission for
new signs.
Boot and shoe shops where
machinery is used 10.00 J
Bottling works for soft
drinks or mineral water
or delivery of their prod-
were guests of J. E. Pettyjohn
and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Under
wood and Kenneth, of Dick’s
Creek, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Rube Allmon and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Tuder,
Charles and Melvin, of Dry
Creek, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Ramsey and fam
ily and Mrs. Joe Grigsby.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bennie;
Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. Billy)
Tate and Brenda, Mr. and Mrs. I
Zebby Smith were guests of Mr.!
and Mrs. Earl Tate and Wayne
at Subligna Sunday.
Luther Lumpkin is seriously ill
at the home of his son, Mr. and
Mrs. Morgan Lumpkin, near
Rock Springs.
Billy Bowman and Clark Car
penter were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. S. O. Grigsby Sunday.
Mrs. Grady Jackson and Bet
tie Sue were guests Saturday
night of Menafay Pettyjohn, who
has influenza.
SPRING (REEK NEWS;
I'
By Betty Hines
An invitation is extended to
those who don't attend church
elsewhere to attend at the
Spring Creek Baptist Church.
Sunda School begins at 10 a. m.
Sunday evening services begin
at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday night
services are held at 7:30 p. m. 1
every Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Wilson
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Wilson and family were
Mr and Mrs. A. J. Pettyjohn,
• Louise Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Frank Palmour
and Charlotte Anne, spent the
week-end with Misses Beatrice •
and Ruth Moss.
Mrs. A. H. Reece spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs Johnny'
Reece.
Mrs. Ester Lewis, of Chatta-;
nooga, spent the week-end with I
her son, the Rev. Frank Lewis.
and Mrs. Lewis and children.
Mr and Mrs. A. J. ettyjohn.
Ellagene and Ronald, visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Greene and Mrs.
Marion Cooper and Max Sun
day.
Misses Joyce Wooten and
Betty and Barbara Hines visited
Mrs Mackie Tate Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Melton Wilson.
Shirley and Max. and Mr. and
Arthur Wilson and family were
visiting Mr. and Mrs Willie
Reece, Perry and Judy. Satur
day.
> Lamar Buttram spent Satur
• day night with Charles Hines.
Mr, and Mrs Frank Palmour
and Charlotte Anne, of Penn
ville, attended church Sunday
at the Spring Creek Church.
Mrs, Ross Wooten, Faye, Vel
ma and Joyce, and Irene Cope
land were visiting Mrs. Elia Pet
tvjohn Sunday. Mrs Pettyjohn Is
Hi at her home.
I Mr and Mrs. Fred League and
children were visiting the Rev
and Mrs Frank Lewis and chil
dren Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Gene Fowler were
In Chattanooga Sunday.
Miss Ava Nel) Gentry spent the
day with Mlm Mary Sue Mitchel)
Sunday in Menlo.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
uct 50.00
All parties delivering min
eral water 25.00
Transient shows of any
description or nature,
from SIOO.OO to $500.00
in the discretion of the
mayor for each per
formance
Transient dealers in rub
ber balloons, eac., per
day 10.00
Express companies 25.00
On all telegraph offices
| for business in city 10.00
All merchants and In
dividuals selling any kind
I of fireworks, firecrackers,
Roman candles and all
i ether kinds of fireworks,
each stand 100.00 J
Cotton buyers, any per
• son, firm or corporation
engaged in business of
buying and shipping cot
ton for exports or manu
| facturing purposes or
representing exporter or
cotton mill 10.00 (
Non-resident retail mer
chants or other persons
soliciting orders for mer
chandise within the city
limits shall pay the same
■ special tax as local mer
chants, per year 50.00'
All insurance companies,
writing life, health, acci
dent, fire and bond or
ether kinds, per year 25.00 j
i Buyers and sellers of cot
ton seed not connected
■ with the gin 10.00
Coal or wood dealers, de
livering same in the city
limits 50.00 ।
Wood dealers only 10.00 •
Dealers selling or deliver
ing lumber, brick, lime
and other building sup
plies 50.00
Real estate dealers 25.00
Radio dealers 10.00
Radio repair shop 10.00
All persons operating dairy
routes, selling dairy prod
ucts, wholesale or retail,
within the corporate lim
its of said city 25.00
Laundries in the city lim
its and those coming
into and operating in the
city from other places
in Chattooga County 50.00
Laundries, laundry agents
and laundry trucks com
ing into and operating in
the city from other places
cutside the city and
Chattooga County 100.00
Self-service laundryette 50.00
Used furniture dealers 25.00
Blacksmithing 10.00
• All parties soliciting, sell
j ing or delivering printing
I matter of any description
■ In c 1 uding commercial
I printing matter, legal
blanks, blank books, cat
alogs, etc. 10.00
Beauty parlors 25.00
All agents selling or de
livering for mail order
houses 10.00
Used car dealers 50.00
Auto upholstery, making
and sale of seat covers 25.00
All parties selling or de
livering merchandise of
any description within
the corporate limits of
the city (each license cov
ers one business location
only) 50.00
Dry cleaners in the city
limits and operating from
other parts of Chattooga
county 25.00
Dry cleaning trucks op
erating from other places
outside Chattooga coun
ty, coming into and do
ing business in the city
limits 100.00'
Electrical work, appli
ances. supplies 25.00
Ginners for ginning cot-
ton 35 00
Restaurants 50.00
Short orders 25.00
Ice houses, agencies or
dealers 50.00
Junk dealers 10.00
Merchants, trades, factors
| those engaged in selling
i goods, products or mer
chandise at retail 50.00
Meat markets separate or
। in grocery store where
meat Is cut 50.00
I Package meat for retail 10.00
Merry-go-round, per week 25 00
Photographers (resident) 5.00
Printing offices for news-
papers 50.00
Job printing offices 25.00
Publishing offices. City of
Summerville or Chat
tooga County 50.00
Job printing City ot Sum
merville or Chattooga
County 25.00
Non-resident job printing 10000
Non-resident publishers 10000
Shooting galleries 100 00
Mules, sales stables 75 00
Street peddlers, per day 50 N
(However, no peddlers of
any nature will be allow
ed on Commerce street
from Cleghnrn bridge to
Mnrtln street or on Wash
ington street from Cen
tral of Georgia depot to
Commerce St. and there
will be 25 feet reserved
from each corner as a
safety measure) Provid
ed the license fee shall
not apply to farmers of
Chattooga county sell
ing their own home
relsed product*.
Fruit dealers, etc., on
street*. being fruit
। brought in outside of
Chattooga County, per
day 50.00
Funeral homes not in con
nection with other busi
ness 75.00
Telephone exchange or of-
fice . 50.00
Watchmakers or repairers 15.00
Jewelry stores whether
with other store or sep
arate 50.00
Any and all persons who
sell or deliver soft drinks
within the corporate lim
its by wagon or other
। conveyance 50.00
Delivery of coal, oil or
i gasoline or Butane gas
’ or other gases, also motor
' or lubricating oils or oth
er conveyance within the
corporate limits of the
I City of Summerville 50.00
Sale of gas appliances 50.00
All trucks for public haul
ing, operating in the city
limits 15.00
• Moving picture shows 100.00
For the sale at auction of
mules and horses, per
day 25.00
Pool tables, per year,
ground floor only (re
striction) 100.00
All peddlers oi medicines,
stock powders, liniments,
; extras, like goods and
• commodities 10.00
All trucks or other ve
hicles selling or delivering
fresh or cured meats of
any kind and in any
quantities, wholesale or
retail 50.00 •
Shoe shine stands 7.50 '
Each rolling store (each
car or truck) 100.00
All taxicabs or jitneys
hauling or soliciting pas
senders for hire, liability
and property damage,
5-10-5, per car 50.00 •
(According to ordinance
passed Dec .13, 1949).
All non-residents residing
or sending to this city
stock of goods, any de
scription whatsoever to
tc be sold at auction by a
licensed auctioneer or
elsewhere in the city
shall pay the sum of 50.00
All residents or non-resi
dents of said city bring
ing, sending or shipping
in railroad cars, trucks,
watermelons, cantaloupes
or other fruits or vege
tables of any kind what
soever and sold to other
than merchants shall pay
the sum of per day 10.00
(This shall not apply to
farmers with home grown
products).
Dealers in produce sold
from trucks, automobiles,
wagons or other vehicles
of transportation sold at
wholesale or retail to
merchants (only this does
not include from railroad
cars on sidetrack in
city).
Billboards erected in city
limits to be used for prof
it from said boards: for
each board located 1b
city 10.00
All trucks, automobiles or
other methods of trans
portation delivering bak
ery products 50.00|
All trucks, automobiles or
other methods of trans
portation delivering pea
i nuts, candy, confections,
tobaccos, cigars and oth
er like products 10 00
All trucks, automobiles or
ether methods of trans
portation delivering cof
fee, tea, etc. 25.00 j
Pin ball machines 10 00
iPenny peanut vending
machines, per year 2.50 ;
Jewelry trucks or individ-
SELECT USED CARS
Visit Our Lot Today for a Good Clean Used Car at a Reas
onable Price.
'47 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor
(8), maroon, heater, wsw
tires, new seat covers.
2'41 Chevrolet Fordor Sedans,
black, good condition.
'4l Ford Tudor (8), black, ra
dio and heater. A good
buy.
'4l Ford Fordor Sedan (8),
gray, new paint, new seat
covers.
'4O Ford Standard Tudor (85)
block, heater, new up
holstery and seat covers.
THESE CARS ARE ALL PRICED TO FIT YOUR POCKETBOOK. SO DON'T
FAIL TO COME BY AND SELECT YOURS TODAY. WE ARE ALWAYS
READY TO GIVE YOU THE BEST AND MOST COURTEOUS SERVICE
POSSIBLE.
Hair Motor Co, Inc.
"Your Friendly Ford Dealer"
Phone 68 Corner Commerce ond Rome Blvd.
uals selling either for
cash or on installment
> plan, payable Semi-ah-
nually in advance 25.00 i
Tractors and farm im-
) plements 50.00 j
Skating rink 50.00 i
• Bowling alley 50.00 1
) Tire recapping 35.00
Plumbers’ license 10.00
Plumbing and supplies 25.00
I Washing machines 25.00
Electrician license 10.00
Hosiery mills 100.00
Cotton mills 100.00
| Rug mill 50.00
• • Radio station home own-
I ed and operated . 25.00
Remote station 15.00
I Hotels 25.00
Motels 10.00
Tourist home 10.00
Welding and Radiator
• Suop 25.00
i Body. Fender and Paint
| Shop 25.00
Any business or occupation
i • not mentioned in discretion of
1 mayor.
All special taxes must be paid
Iby March 1, 1950 in order to
11 avoid penalty or fine.
A special printed form will be
I furnished upon payment of spe
cial tax and this license must be
posted in a conspicuous place in
each business house.
All citizens residing in the
; City of Summerville or owning
! property in said city must make
return of their ad valorem prop
; erty to the Board of Tax Asses
sors by April 1, 1950.
BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SUMMERVILLE GA
REMINGTON RAND
PORTABLE
TYPEWRITERS
NOW AVAILABLE AT
FULLER
Jewelry Co.
$7050 ondup
W plus tax
I v
Convenient Terms
—Authorized Dealer—
FULLER
Jewelry Co.
■ Tooga Theatre Building Summerville
'47 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor
(8), Tucson tan, radio,
heater, new seat covers,
spotlight.
'4O Ford Deluxe Tudor (85)
black, good condition.
'39 Buick Fordor Sedan. A
real bargain.
2-'37 Ford Tudors (85) black.
I good—l not so good.
'47 Ford Vi-ton Pick-Up (8-
cyl.) green, heater, new
rubber. Excellent condi
tion.
NEITHER CAN WE
Oculist — "Can you read the
। third line?”
Patient—“ Sure, C. W. D. K. I’m
nb good at pronouncing it, but
I think he was left tackle at
Notre Dame last year.
Our Big
S-A-L-E
Will Continue Through
SATURDAY, JAN. 21
We Have Many New Items,
So Come In and See Us
RACKLEY'S, INC.
WE CANT
SELLAS
FAST AS Wl
BUT ALMOST^
FARRAR REAL ESTATE
AGENCY
109 N. Commerce St.
Phone 41 Summerville, Ga.