Newspaper Page Text
Thursday, March 26, 1953
The
Summerville News
D. T. ESPY, Editor and Manager
Subscription Rates:
Six Months $1.03
One Year $2.06
Published Every Thursday by
THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO.
♦
Entered at the Post Office at
Summerville, Ga., as Second-
Class Mail Matter.
Card of Thanks, In Memoriam
or any notice where there is a
charge will be run at the rate of
one cent a word.
The News will not be responsible
for errors in advertisements be
yond the cost of the ad.
A New Vision
On Monday evening when a
group of men representing every
phase of business, agriculture
and profession gathered at the
Court House for the purpose of
giving united support to one of
the oldest industries of the coun
ty, the dairy farms, to encourage
them to go forward to greater
growth and expansion with the
assurance there would be a mar
ket for their proudct, Chattooga
County experienced a new vision
that reaches far beyond present
expectations to generations yet
unborn.
Under the sponsorship of the
Summerville Retail Merchants, a
new plan for the future of our
county is developing. We have
long heard the plea for more
new industries and businesses in
our county and we have long
been overlooking the “four-leaf I
clover,” of making the most of I
what we have. As citizens, as,
business men, as professional
men, farmers, textile workers,
teachers or whatever our calling
we have thought our future de
velopment lay in bringing into
our county more manufacturing
plants and so forth. To most of
us the grass has been greener on
the other side of the fence, yet
all the while our future was here
in the green pastures of Alpine,
Teloga, Seminole, Silver Hill,
Lyerly and some on all over our
county. The green pastures of
cur dairy farmers.
Our dairy farmers and our fu
ture dairy farmers and we all
know now there will be many
future dairy farmers have had
all the odds in the books thrown
at them. We almost let them
perish because there was no
market for their milk, but not so
now for WE the people of Chat
tooga County have gone on rec
ord to promote, protect, and con
sume the milk of our own dairy
men.
We proudly hail the new vision
of our businessmen who are
proving that it is good business
to keep every business in our
county a going concern. We are
going forward, a united people
and nothing can stop us now.
Our green pastures will be cov
ered with dairy herds and that
million dollars that milk pro
ducers elsewhere have been re
ceiving will flow here in our own
county.
We are proud of our dairymen.
We are proud of our business
leaders.
We are proud of our people.
Letter to the Editor
Editor Summerville News
Dear Sir:
In going through some old
papers all yellow with age I ran j
across a poem which was written
by a Chattooga County man,
whom many will remember and
be appreciated by the News
readers.
Mr. Miller was a relative of the !
late Harry Murks and made his
home with that family He was a
very talented man whose very j
nature was kindness and known
by those who knew him best as I
Uncle Jim, long since gone to his
reward.
1 hope you can see fit to give
this space in your paper.
Very truly yours.
A. L. MURPHY
Gadsden, Ala.
LIFE'S PHANTOM SHIP
By James F. Miller
A phantom ship in days of yore
came sailing o'er the main.
And when it neared the waiting
shore
It put to sea again
And all who sail that phantom
ship.
Must bld the world farewell.
For when will end its ghostly
trip,
Its captain will not tell
We glide by youth's enchanted
shore
A gay and merry crew.
And cruise where pleasure
breakers roar.
Above the mild sea dew.
We cruise about in quest of gold.
When ghost come free on deck.
Where long the created billows
LANHAM’S tO
WEEKLY
LETTER It £
YOUR CONGRESSMAN REPORTS O 4®^
★ — —— ★
STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII
The only important measure
passed by the House during the
past week was the bill which
gives statehood to Hawaii. If the
Senate takes favorable action,
Hawaii will become the 49th
state of the Union; for President
Eisenhower has already called
for the passage of the bill and
will no doubt sign it.
The bill has been passed by the
House on two different occasions
only to die in the Senate. On
both these occasions I voted for
statehood for both Hawaii and
Alaska. There was very little de
bate on the subject in the House
• and the vote was rather one
; sided on each of the previous
considerations of the bill.
When it came before us last
week, I voted first to re-commit
the bill to the Committee which
reported it; and after this mo
tion was defeated, voted against
the admission of Hawaii asa
state. The reasons for my change
of heart about the matter were
several.
In the first place, the omission
of any call for the admission of
Alaska made it appear that the
purposes of the bill were so
obviously political that I could
not support it. Furthermore, the
debate disclosed that there are!
so many different races repre-:
sented in the population of I
Hawaii and the Communists so
strong that I feared its admis
sion would bring, not two more
Republican Senators, but two
men who might be Communist
sympathizers. Moreover, Harry,
Bridges, the Communist leader .
of the Seamen’s Union is so |
powerful in Hawaii that I dread
ed to open the door for his domi
nation of the country. In addi
tion to all these reasons, the ad
mission of Hawaii will mean the
loss of a representative in Con
gress, from Georgia or some
other state in the Union. It just
doesn't seem right that Hawaii,.
with its small population, 3,000
miles from the mainland of
America, should be treated as a
I state and given the tremendous
। influence its two Senators would
■ give it, if it becomes a state. We
( succeeded in amending the bill
I to reduce the representative in
the House from two, as originally
proposed, to one. Alaska is a part
■ of the North American Continent
| and its people more nearly like
out own, which in my opinion,
more nearly qualifies it for'state
hood, yet the Committees have
not even held hearings on its
admission.
POPULAR CONGRESSMAN
JOE BRYSON DIES
Members of Congress on both
sides were shocked and grieved
this past week at the sudden
death of Joe Bryson of South
Carolina, one of the most popu
lar members of the House. Joe
was only 60 years of age and I
looked much younger. He was al
ways friendly, jolly and withall
a Christian gentleman of the
highest type.
I recall that when we South
ern Congressmen were battling
to get fair treatment for the tex- i
tile and other industries in the
South. Joe made one of the
finest presentations of the case
for our Southern industry that I
heard during the lengthy hear
ings. Joe knew the textile indus
try from the inside out because,
as he testified, he had worked
as a mill hand in his youth.
Many members of Congress i
have died since I have been here
but I don't think I have yet
heard such glowing tributes paid
to any man as were spoken on |
the day after Joe's death. It Is *
the custom of the House to ad
—
roll,
Above some hapeless wreck.
We traversed many a watery !
blast,
Tossed on life's rolling tide,
And we are ail homeward bound
at last
With only hope as guide.
Dark is the way wild billows roll.
The waters wrath we see,
Life's sailors now infirm and old
Afrightened homeward flee.
And still we float the tide along.
Where fate our fortune bore,
And listen to some slrene song,
As millions have before.
Life's ship is laden fore and aft.
With sorrows, fears and
doubts.
As all who board that fated
craft.
Too late in life find out.
We pray for one last home bound
trip.
And weep and plead In vain,
For never shall life's phantom
ship.
Cast Anchor there again.
I journ out of respect to the de
j ceased member, after his col
j leagues have expressed their
। tributes to their dead colleagues.
। The custom was, of course, ob
served in this case.
Georgia Congressmen Enjoy
Dinner With Textile Leaders
It was my pleasure last week
; to attend a dinner given at the
Mayflower Hotel by representa
tives of the Georgia Textile As
sociation headed by Mr. Hertwig
of the Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany at Macon. From the 7th
District, Houston Jewell from the
Crystal Springs Bleachery at
i Chickamauga, was the district
representative at the dinner. It
was good to see Houston and
hear first hand from . Chicka
mauga and Walker County. Sen
ator George was present and
made an interesting and witty
speech about the Southern Tex
tile Industry. There was no long
winded oratory although several
members of the association and
some of the Congressmen made
brief and humorous remarks.
Eastern Textile Mills Again
Demand Negotiated Contracts
Previously in this report I'
have told you of the fight made,
last year to prevent the letting ,
of contracts by Government I
agencies to other than the low- ;
est bidder, in an effort to relieve
unemployment in certain sec
tions of the country, especially
In the textile industry in New
England. We were successful in
our fight to prevent this unsound
and unfair method of procure
ment. However, newspaper re
ports inducate that we must
fight the battle all over again.
These same New England inter
ests were joined by the labor
unions in fighting my efforts to !
get a tax write-off for the GE i
Company’s new plant at Rome. I
It was a long and rather bitter
fight. But to have refused this
tax write-off, would have been
so grossly unfair that the ad- I
ministrator of the program act- |
ed in our favor in spite of the 1
tremendous pressure put upon j
him by the Massachusetts Con- |
gressional delegation and James
Carey’s Electrical Workers Un
ion.
War Claims Commission Warns
of Approaching Deadline
Under Public Law 303, 82nd
Congress, 2nd Session, approved
April 9, 1952, the War Claims
Commission was given the man
date by the Congress to receive
and adjudicate claims from
American prisoners of war of
World War 11, or if deceased,
from their survivors, for a maxi
mum of 51.50 per day for each
day such veteran was subjected
to inhumane treatment and/or
forced labor in contravention to!
the provisions of the Geneva
Convention of 1929 Respecting :
the Treatment of Prisoners of
War. The deadline for filing
claims under this law is April 9.
1953. With this terminal date for
filing a little short of a month
away, the Commission is again
reminding all eligible persons
under the War Claims Act in the I
State who have not done so to j
file as soon as possible.
VISITORS
Recent visitors from the 7th
District have been: Robert L. i
Veal, Jr., of Rockmart; Mr. El- j
bert Forrester of Trenton; and
Mr. Gordon Lee Sullivan of
Rome.
Mixes Holidays
Hollywood. Caf.—Expected on
St. Patrick's Day, Shelley Win
ter's baby girl arrived instead on .
Valentine's Day. As a result, her |
daddy — Vittorio Oassman —
wasn't there to greet her upon
her arrival. The baby has been
named Victoria (for her fatheri.
Saves Baby From Python
Darwin. Australia — A mother
asleep in her camp-house on a
truck, felt her 3-months-old
baby girl's feet moving away
from her. Awakening, she felt a
big snake on her bed. At her
scream, her husband, Alex Scott
raced to the truck and, by the
beam of the flashlight, saw that
most of the baby's face was in
side the jaws of a python, which
was moving off the truck. Scott
hit the snake with a stick and it
freed the child. Later, it was
found curled inside a 44-gallon
drum. Other than huge fang
marks on its face, the baby was
unhurt.
How's This for Service?
Cleveland. O.— When you pul!
your car into Glen's Drive-in
Restaurant, you pick up a micro
phone and "phone” your order
inside While you wait, you re
lease a button and music comes
out of the mike. When you finish
eating, you put the tray on a
stand outside you car and drive
away. It's Just that simple.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
AHEAD
GEORGE S, BENSON
Prcsideul—Hanting CcHeyc
Searcy. Artaasar
GOOD MAN
FOR AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON—A short time
after Ezra Taft Benson had
taken the oath of office as Sec
retary of Agriculture, he called
together the key people whom
he’d personally appointed — 15
policy-making executives and a
few of their top aides. As they
sat down in a semi-circle front
ing the great walnut desk in the
Secretary’s spacious private of
fice, a mid-morning January
sun' illuminated the towering
white shaft of the Washington
Monument seen through the
windows to his left.
“It is my wish,” said Secre
tary Benson, “that as we meet
here—in this first staff confer
ence, and in those to come—we
open our meeting with a word of
prayer. If there is any objection
. . He didn’t finish; for his
staff, as if moved by a single im
pulse, rose quietly, heads bowed.
The Secretary rose and said a
short prayer, giving thanks and
beseeching God for guidance
This staff meeting prayer has
become a custom. It is char
acteristic of the new Agriculture
Department.
Wholesome Atmosphere
Several of Secretary Benson’s
immediate associates smoke, and
at the first meetings a few
cigars, a few cigarettes and a
pipe or two were in evidence. The
Secretary didn’t mind. But as
the character of the staff con
ference began to be felt by all.
the smoking stopped. “Smoking
just seemed out of harmony with
the atmosphere of our meet
ings,” a high official in the de
partment told me. “Everybody
sensed it, and we smokers espe
cially.”
As this column is written I’ve
just come from spending a day
in the sprawding graystone
building, just off the Mall, where
decisions are being made direct
ly affecting the long-range wel
fare of America’s 6.000.000 farm
families and indirectly affecting
the whole nation’s future. I talk
ed to a number of Mr. Benson’s
closest assistants and spent some
time with the Secretary himself.
I got a glimpse of the heart and
mind of the new Agriculture De
partment and an understanding
of the basic philosophy that will
shape its future farm programs..
What I saw and heard was good.
His Know-How Recognized
At 53, Secretary Benson is a
strapping six-footer, handsome,
vigorous. He speaks easily, forth
rightly. He’s a family man, with
four daughters and two sons. His
background and his capabilities
seem to equip him perfectly for
the Agriculture post. He grew up
on an Idaho farm and chose ag
riculture as a career. He spent
seven college years preparing—
at Utah State Agriculture Col
lege, Brigham Young University,
lowa State College, and the Uni
versity of California.
He has operated his own farm
but his farming know-how and
his grasp of the great universal
problems of American agricul
ture have constantly taken him'
away from his own acres. He's
served as county agent, exten
sion economist and marketing
specialist; and as professor
chairman of the Department of
Agricultural Economics and
Marketing at the University of
Idaho. He helped build the farm
er cooperative movement in
America, and served for years in
Washington as executive secre
tary of the National Council of
Farmer Cooperatives. During the
war President Roosevelt appoint- ;
ed him to the National Agricul
tural Advisory Committee. He
lias sp, nt sntticient time abroad
to acquaint him elf with the in
ternational problems of agrlcul- 1
t Ul<
A Dedirated Servant
After digging into his back-1
ground and visiting with him :
here in Washington, I'm con
vinced that Ezra Benson Is dedi
cated to <l> Increasing reliance
upon God in America, <2>
strengthening our Constitutional
government, <3> bettering life in
America for everybody, and <4»
Improving the living standards
and economic security on the
farms of America. He feels. I'm
sure, that his best contribution
to the nation's economic stability
would be to help strengthen self
reliance, thus halting the disease
of government handouts; to
work toward vastly improved |
farm marketing information and
facilities throughout the nation;
and to place the emphasis, in
Washington and throughout the
Agriculture Department setup,
on expanding and improving ag
ricultural research and educa
tion for the benefit of the peo
ple in the millions of all-sized
farms in America.
He has called in the farm
leaders from every sec Hon of
the country to help him formu
late programs based on this
thinking.
"Mr. Benson.” he said ns Iwas
leaving, “I have great faith in
the good horse-sense of the
American people. They want
sensible agricultural programs.
That’s what we will try to de
velop and offer to the nation.”
The American people, it seems
to me, can have faith in a man
who thinks and talks like that.
"Modern Miracle"
Philadelphia, Pa. — The Con
nelly Container Corporation
plant was almost destroyed by a
$1,000,000 fire in late January.
Five weeks later, the firm was
back in business—thanks to its
employees, half a dozen com
petitors, labor unions, banks,
machine manufacturers and
railroad executives—all of whom
went to bat for the stricken
company. The competitors sup
pliea Connelly with their own
paper boxes, with his firm’s
name printed on them, to keep
him in business during the in
terim. Workmen of 13 construc
tion labor unions worked around
the clock to put up a new fac
tory and friendly manufacturers
turned up with hard-to-get ma
chinery.
A. W. O. L. 7 Years
La Rochelle, France—A U. S.
Army private, who went a. w. o. 1.
in 1945 and lived near Paris for
seven years, has been sentenced
to life imprisonment for deser
tion. He is former Pvt. George C.
Risher, of Slickville, Pa., who told
a court-martial he deserted from
the 101st Airborne Division in
March, 1945, after being wound
ed in Holland in 1944.
Better be head of the yeoman
ry than the tail of the gentry.—
John Ray.
6
Fancy Fresh California Cello-Bag
CUCUMBERS.. 2 lbs. 25c CARROTS 1 lb. 10c
Calif. Sunkist Winesap
LEMONS doz. 25c APPLES _______ 2 lbs. 29c
HUNT'S "
PEACHES 27c
tXta (Aim in WEEN MEADOW DAIRY
TOMAiO SOUP — can 10c
COFFEE CREAM 26« 2 c Pt.
Sweetheart -
TOILET SOAP .. 4bars2sc . 3for2sc
Double "Q" Pink Kraft
SALMON tall can 49c MUSTARD ....6-oz, jar 10c
Cudahy's Rex Armour's
PURE LARD.... 4 lbs. 49c VIENNA SAUSAGE 2 cans 37c
*' ■' —■ — .1 1—
Ton y Wilson's
DOG F00D.... 4 cans 29c POTTED MEAT.. 4 cans 29c
MARKET SPECIALS
SPECIAL-Choice Beef ROIW Q R CUBE
CHUCK ROAST.... lb. 43c
Choice Beef 69c lb.—Sirloin 79c lb.
Market-Made Pure Mar-Gold or Sweet Sixteen
PORK SAUSAGE.... lb. 49c OLEOMARGARINE.. lb. 19c
Fresh Snapper Armour's Banner or Cudahy's Rex
FISH STEAK lb. 55c SLICED 8AC0N.... lb. 49c
WUN & wr
W MAH— V
%A, \ \x\
your
BANKING BN MAU!
It's quick . . . it’s convenient,.. it’s comfortable.
FARMERS A MERCHANTS BANK
Member F. D. I. C.