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There ARE Some Answers
Schools nowhere ever seem to have
enough money.
But the Chattooga County system is
in particularly dire straits right now.
The new board and superintendent,
appropriately, began an “economy” move
last week. They took a few steps. They can
be expected to take others as time goes on.
The system was already up to its neck
in debt, so to speak, when the state cut its
appropriation to the county by $44,000 last
September. At the same time, local taxes
brought in only SI,OOO more than usual.
When the system hired six unearned teach
ers last September, it. added more woe to the
situation. This alone is costing the schools
some $13,000 in added payroll.
The amount of money received from
the state doesn’t even meet the present
payroll, although it's supposed to cover
payroll and part of the maintenance and
operation expenses of the schools.
What’s the answer? Here are some pos
sible ones:
Continuation and further strength
ening of the austerity program. But this
is only a step in the right direction. It
Medical ('are tor the Aged
Chattooga County’s citizens over age
65 who need government help to pay for
their medical care will get it if the Georgia
General Assembly takes advantage of the
federal government’s matching program.
Gov. Vandiver has appointed a special
study committee to recommend the neces
sary enabling legislation.,,
Congress last year passed the Kerr-Mills
Bill which sets up a federal-state matching
program lor the indigent aged. Federal
funds will be forthcoming only if a state
passes legislation authorizing the matching
The Minister Speaks . . .
By THE REV. ROY GWALTNEY
Pastor, Trion Presbyterian Church
Across the desk of every busy
preacher comes a host of sug
gested books and articles that
promise to help him better
pr< <eh the Word of God Not so
numerous are those directed to
the pvi on in the pew suggesting
how to be a hearer ol those who
do the preaching.
In the New Testament, on the
other hand, the emphasis is not
so much upon preaching as upon
hearing "Taki" heed how you
hear.' Jesus told the crowds that
came to Hi in as He "went
through cities and villages
preaching and bringing the good
nm of tlie Kingdom of God”
Luke 8 1 and 18 And the Apos
tle James urged that those to
whom he wrote Be doers of the
Word, and not hearers only."
What are some of the respon
sibilities of those who listen to
the preaching of the Word? In
1739 tile famous evangelist,
George Whitfield, attempted to
answer tins question He pub
lished in that year a book in
which is a lengthy section on
"directions how to he a r ser
mons ' His advice Is as impor
tant for church-goers of today
as it was to those to whom it was
addressed over two centuries
ago. Here are some not all of
his directions on how to hear
"I direct . you to come to
hear them, not out of curiosity,
but from a sincere desire to know
“Not only to prepare your
hearts before vou hear but a Ist)
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Subli^na Hems *
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By Mrs. Ruby Jennings. Summerville, Route 4
Spend-the-night guests of Mr
and Mrs Hilly Recce and boy*
Fridaj night were Mr and Mrs
Ro White and boys
Mos Janet Teems spent u few
»da> last week in Atlanta, as
Mr and Mr Hilly Cluj
M: Hubert Dover and Roger
; • ! Thursday with Miss Ruby
Jennings.
Saturday night supper guests
' ’ nd Ml mi) Reece and
Mr and Mi R L
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give diligent heed to the things
that are spoken whilst you are
hearing."
“Not to entertain the least,
prejudice against the minister
or think of him more highly
than you ought to think."
"Miike a particular application
of everything that is delivered
to your own hearts."
"If you would receive a bless
ing from the Lord, when you
hear His Word preached, pray to
Him. both before, in and after
every sermon to endue your min
ister with power to speak and to
grant you a will and ability to
put in practice what he shall
shew forth from the Book of
God to be your duty "
The minister recognizes what
a tremendous responsibility is
his in preaching the Word of
God But the hearers also have
a responsibility that is no less
urgent Both speaker and hearer
need to take to heart the words
of the aged Apostle Paul to the
young man Timothy "Do your
best to present yourself to God
as one approved, a workman
who has no need to be ashamed,
rightly handling the Word of
truth ’’
Let us make as our prayer:
"Open my ears, that 1 may hear,
voices of truth Thou sendest
clear and while the wave notes
fall on my ear. everything false
will disappear Silently now I
wait for thee, ready my God.
Thy will to see. open my ears,
illumine me Spirit divine"
White
Mr and Mrs Arnold Parker
visited Mrs Mae Fail Luinsdell
and Miss Elva Lawrence Sunday
afternoon
Mrs Addie Scoggins. Annie
Vick and Reece, of Crystal
Springs, visited Mr and Mrs
1 C Scoggins and Frances Sun
day afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Hilly Reece and
boy visited Mr and Mrs W W
| Underwood and family at Lake-
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NATIONAL CD ITO RIAL
can’t solve the immense financial problems
facing the county schools.
Federal funds. They may be forthcom
ing next year. If so, they’d probably be only
for new buildings and teachers salaries.
A raise .in taxes here from 15 to 20
mills for maintenance and operation of the
schools. This could be done by the county
commissioner when he sets the rate later
this year.
Property re-evaluation. This is the real
answer to our school problems. The schools
stand to gain more than any other institu
tion in property re-evaluation. By having
an outside, professional firm come in and
re-evaluate property, everyone would pay I
his fair share of taxes. And surely no one
can object to that.
The immediate future doesn’t look good
for Chattooga County schools. They can be
expected to have to “tighten their belts"
more and more this year. They may have
to do without “unearned” teachers next fall
But, if proper planning is done and
there is a full understanding of the prob
lems, the long range view may be consid
erably brighter.
funds.
President-elect Kennedy has indicated
he will still seek a medical care program
tied to Social Security. Whether this will
get through the Congress remains to be
seen.
However, Georgia would be doing a
great service to her indigent aged if she
would take advantage of the present pro
visions.
We hope the General Assembly will see
fit to do this. We have neglected our aged
long enough.
WELMYER NEWS
By CLARA CLEVELAND
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cagle were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs.
Dan Wheeler in LaFayette.
Among those atteending the
Freed - Hardeman College ban
quet which was held in Chatta
nooga Monday evening were An
drew Pilgrim and Benny Spray
berry
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowman and
son have moved to their new
home at Scottsboro, Ala.
Mrs. Isabel Wallin, of LaFay
ette. only sister of Lucenda El
liotte, of this community, died
Sunday morning She was also
an aunt of Mrs. Andrew Pil
gram
Mrs Rob Bloodworth and Mrs.
Deed Lancaster are convalescing
from recent illness
Minister Bob Gray spoke at
the South Commerce St Church
of Christ in Summerville Tues
day evening. His subject was
Building Up the Church
Through Worship”.
Mrs Jun Short. Pamela and
Jimmy were spend the day
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Cagle Saturday.
Among those from tins section
attending the Lectureship at the
South Commerce St. Church of
Christ at Summerville were Mr.
and Mrs Montie Maddox. Mr.
and Mis Horace Serais. Misses
Mary Jo Logan. Hazel Carns,
and Munster Bob Gray and fam
ily
Mr and Mrs Ernest Locklear
have moved to this community.
PFC James M. Chambers left
Tuesday for his base. Fort Bliss.
El Paso. Texas, after spending
the holidays with his mother.
Mrs Gertrude Chambers.
view Sunday.
Mrs Roxie Mills. Emma. Rob
ert and Patricia, of Naomi, vis
ited Mr and Mrs Turner Cordle,
Gary and Brenda Sunday after
noon
Rev and Mrs. Clinton Brown
and sons were dinner guests
Sund.n ot Mr and Mn W W
Hix and family.
Mr and Mrs. Gordon Roper
and Bob Miss Exie Clements.
Misses Allene Jennings and
Aderinne Jones visited Mr and
Mrs Hubert Dover and family
Sunday
Miss Agnes Smith spent Sun
day with Miss Karen Jennings
Miss Sharon Jones spent Sun
day with Miss Linda Sue Wil
liams
Mr. and Mrs Frank Shields
and family visited Mr and Mrs
George Teems and family Sun
i day afternoon.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
Delicate Situation Handled
With Aplomb — and Aplenty
It was at the Sunday evening service of the Summerville
First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Roger McDonald, pastor, had informally men
tioned his nervousness at the morning service, which had been
broadcast by radio, and told of several pulpit blunders he or
other ministers had experienced.
Then came time for collection of the offering.
Members of the congregation began to get out their con
tributions. Ushers John Salley, Claude Bagley, Jr., James
Richie, Dennis Cox and Cordle Bagley walked forward. The
offertory prayer was prayed.
Claude Bagley reached, as he had so many times before,
to get the collection plates.
But they were gone. A quick, frantic glance told him the
plates weren’t anywhere around. Mr. Bagley decided the most
discreet thing would be for him to quietly go into the educa
tion assembly room and get some there. He left. A few min
utes later, he returned—plateless. After a hurried whispered
conference with the minister, one walked out one door and
the other out the other door.
A few minutes later, each entered through his respective
door, laden with collection plates.
However, Herman Weaver, sitting in the choir, had just
spotted the missing plates in the choir loft. Gathering them
up, he started toward the ushers just as the minister and Mr.
Bagley entered. AU three men. arms full of collection plates,
converged on the waiting ushers.
They didn't complain though. Better to have too many,
they agreed, wiping embarrassed brows, than to have none.
Storey Youngster Disappointed;
Thing' Found Is Not Space Ship
A space ship in Chattooga County?
That’s what Philip Sike Storey, four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Storey of Crystal Springs, thought
Saturday when he found a contraption near Little Sand
Mountain, reports The Rome News-Tribune.
But as it turned out, the
•‘ship’’ was a weather informa
tion gathering device sent aloft
from Redstone Arsenal at
Huntsville, Ala.
Young Philip, his grandfather,
S. I. Storey and his older broth
ers, Alan and Kenneth, were on
a bird hunting expedition when
they found the object.
Mr. Storey, concerned over the
explosive possibilities of the
object, stood at bay a few min
utes. But one of the hunting
dogs became entangled in the
parachute strings securing the
device and turned it over to re
veal the words, “Please Return
to Redstone Arsenal Building
7808. No Reward.”
Space-minded Philip insisted
the object might be radioactive
but, a call to Huntsville assured
the Storeys there was no dan
ger.
! Menlo Notes I
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( By Miss Lena Baker, Menlo, Georgia X
David Chamblee and friend,
Neil Knox, of Atlanta, were
, guests of the R. D. Chamblee’s
! the week-end, others to Sunday
। dinner were Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul
King.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lawrence
and son, Royce, are spending
this week in Tampa, Fla. with
relatives.
A number of friends and rela
tives from Gadsden, Jamestown,
Chattanooga. Rome. Trion. Sum
merville and Menlo attended
Mr. G. M. Moseley's funeral
service at J. D. Hill Funeral
Home last Wednesday afternoon
।He passed away on Monday at
Chattooga Hospital*. His wife is
still a patient there, but was
carried to the service. Mr Pat
terson officiated, the National
Funeral Home men were in
charge, interment at James
town Cemetery.
Miss Mary Odell and Charlie
Majors visited Miss Elsie Adams
in Chattoogaville last Sunday
afternoon. Miss Odell remained
for the night.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C Nappier, of
Chattanooga, were week guests
i of Lena and Gordon Baker, and
, attended the Welch-Ward wed
ding. Mr and Mrs. Bobby Sim
mons and daughter. Mr and
Mrs Richard Romine and Cindy
and Miss Jeanette Baker, of
Jacksonville College also were
home to attend
Several friends have visited
Mrs Moseley at the hospital the
past week, also Miss Reva Silk,
who sustained an accident to
her knee recently and is a pa
j tietit we wish all a speedy recov
ery, also Mt'S W D. Longley
who is a patient there and was
a former resident of Menlo
Supper guests Friday of Mrs.
Emma Parris. Patsy Snow and
Mrs Dovie Majors were: Mr
and Mrs Harry Parris and
I daughter of Jamestown. Dr and
Mrs D S Lawrence and chil
. dren
Pvt Carlton McClung left
Wednesday to report back at
Fort Jackson. SC having spent
14 day leave with his parents,
; the Roscoe McClungs and sister,
Burmah Nell
Little Robert Chasteen is in
Floyd Hospital for treatment,
best wishes for a speedy re
•overy.
Grady Chasteen returned to
Cordell. Ga Saturday making
home with son Max and family
it present. He spent the holi
inys here
Mrs O J Espy and son Wood
■ row. of Summerville, visited the
Robert Kings Sunday afternoon
Mr and Mrs A C Estes. Mr
and Mrs. Henry Day attended
(Singing at Fort Payne. Ala. Sun-
CAR DEMOLISHED IN
WRECK; NO INJURIES
A car was demolished but there
were no injuries Sunday after
noon when an automobile over
turned near Pennville.
The State Patrol said Frank
Dellinger, 28, Summerville Route
3, was the driver and only occu
pant. The accident occurred
when Dellinger applied his
brakes, skidded, hit a curb and
overturned.
Rev. Rollins Is
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hospitals; speakers for month
ly services at the Chattooga
Public Works Camp; and a min
ister to open each session of
court in Chattooga County with
prayer.
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Wofford
and J. D. Baker, of Smyrna. Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Goss enjoyed
dinner with the “Bud” Tuckers
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hall and
daughter Linda, of Summerville,
visited Mrs. Bessie Hall Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Spraggins
visited little Miss Barbara Miller
in Erlanger Hospital Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Martin, of
Lyerly, accompanied them. They
had supper with Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Spraggins in Ooltewah.
Tenn.
Miss Barbara Crowe is a pa
tient in Trion Hospital. Best
wishes to her.
Mrs. Claude Barry visited her
aunt, Miss Julia Peppers, in
Berryton Sunday afternoon.
Dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. O. L Cleckler were Mr.
and Mrs. Don Trent. Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Wm. King and Miss
Olene Watson The Cleckler's left
Monday afternoon for St.
Petersburg. Fla. having a call,
Dr Alton H. Glasure a son-in
law. being ill.
Mrs Jim Barry. Mesdames R
D Blalock. Martin Blalock and
daughter Janet spent last
Wednesday in Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs Z B Ham and
children, of Chattanoga, were
guests of the Henry Lawless the
week-end
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe McClung
and Burmah Nell had dinner
with his sister. Mrs. Levi Edge
and Mr Edge at Sand Rock. Ala.
Sunday.
Mrs Earl Copeland and Jan
ice. complimented Miss Jeanette
Baker, a bride-elect, Saturday
night, with a kitchen shower.
She was recipient of many use
ful and pretty gifts. Burmah
Nell McClung assisted Janice in
.scrying refreshments of dainty
sandwiches, angel cake, drinks
and nuts
Misses Gail Strickland and
Bobby Ann Petltt. of Summer
ville, spent Saturday night with
Miss Sue King and parents
Mrs. Martin Blalock and Janet,
of Mentone. Ala . spent Monday
with her parents, the Jim
Barrys
Three cheers and good wishes
go to Mrs Tennie B Hooks at
Carrollton, who passed her 90th
birthday on Jan flth She's been
i subscriber to the News several
vears and was a Menlo citizen
several times during her younger
days
Mrs Ethel Clarkson, of Sum
merville. was guest of Mrs. W
J Hammond and Miss Edna
Perry .he week-end
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Copeland
Planning Commission
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points made by Mr. Thomas:
Chattooga County may have
the services of a professional
planner (on a half-time basis)
by March.
Being on a planning commis
sion is not a glamorous job.
Members don’t get a lot of
thanks. But the work they do
pays off in the long run.
A planning commission will
not solve all the problems of a
community, but it can help solve
a lot of them.
The commission acts as an
advisory body to the county
commissioner and the municipal
governments.
The work of a planning com
mission is long-range. Few im
mediate results can be expected
Basic information, such as that
supplied by maps, must be
gathered first.
Planning can save county and
municipal governments money.
For instance, proper surveys
would indicate the areas of resi
dential growth and instead of
laying a water pipe to meet
needs, a municipality or county
could be advised of the antici
pated growth so that it could lay
a larger pipe.
J. W. King Jr. and John Bank
son, the Chattooga members of
the Coosa Valley Area planning
and Development Commission,
presided until the election of the
president.
In addition to members of the
Commission, several mayors and
councilmen from the various
municipalities attended the
meeting, which was held at the
Georgia Power Company offices.
Commission members attend
ing were: Mr. Lunsford, O. G.
Morehead Sr., O. L. Cleckler, Mr.
Morgan, Grover Jackson, Mr.
Thomas, Mr Ramey, Leroy
Massey. Bill Mitchell and Mr.
Strawn. Other members are J.
C. Woods and George Collette.
The members were appointed
by the four municipalities and
by Commissioner Jones.
Summerville Council
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the erection or repair of build
ings in the interest of fire
safety.
Leave the city limits the same
as they are now-—one airline
mile in all directions from the
center of the courthouse dome.
Require connection with sew
erage by property owners whose *
property abuts on streets having
sewer mains.
Give the city the right to con
demn private property for any
public purpose such as estab
lishing public streets, sidewalks,
parks and playgrounds, etc.
Give the city the right to lay
out and open new streets and;
alleys and close abandoned;
streets and alleys in the city |
and to change the grades.
Provide for the mayor and ।
council to issue a call for an
election on the charter no less I
than 30 days and no more than
45 days after it otherwise be
comes law. The election would ।
be held not less than 30 nor;
more than 45 days after the i
issuance of the call for the elec-1
tion.
Make no change in the tax
rate, setting it at the present
five mills for maintenance and
operation.
The city this week began ad
vertisement of its intention to
seek legislation providing for
the referendum.
FRANK PRICE NOW
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Army Specialist Four Frank
Price, whose wife. Betty, lives at
709 Congress Street, Summer
ville. recently was assigned to
the U. S. Army Garrison at
Carlisle Barracks. Pa.
A cook at the garrison, Spe
cialist Price entered the Army in
June 1958 and completed basic
training at Fort Benning.
The 21-year-old soldier at
tended Benton (Tenn.i High
School. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. James A Price. Route 1,
Benton. Before entering the
Army he was employed by the
Benton iTenn.) Telephone Com
pany.
Four most frequent causes of
farm fires are defective heating
equipment, faulty chimneys and
flues, defective and overloaded
electrical wiring and matches
and smoking, says Willis E
Huston, Extension engineer.
Visited the Frank Trammels at
Cloudland Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Harvey Griffith
and George visited the Herschel
Griffiths and Mrs. Hood in Tel
oga Sunday afternoon
Mrs Henry Lawless and Miss
Jeanette Baker spent Monday
in Chattanooga.
— ARTHRITIS! |
I have been wonderfully blessed
in being able to return to active
life after suffering from head to
foot with muscular soreness and
pain. Most all joints seemed af
fected According to medical
diagnosis. I had Rheumatoid
Arthritis. Rheumatism and Bur
sitis. For free information
write:
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SINCE LEARNING recently
that a collateral ancestor of mine
served in the United States Sen
ate more than a century ago, I
have been intrigued to And out
everything possible about him.
His name was Nathanial Pitcher
Tallmadge (spelled with two l’s)
of Poughkeep
sie, New York,
and he was a
member of the
Senate from
March 4, 1833,
until he was
appointed Gov
ernor of the
Wisconsin Ter-
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ritory by President John Tyler
on June 17, 1844. Upon learning
from the Library of Congress
that the only biographical data
about him available was the brief
sketch contained in the Biograph
ical Directory of the American
Congress, I requested the Legisla
tive Reference Service to prepare
a comprehensive account of his
life for me. The completed pre
sentation reveals him to have
been a quiet, scholarly conserva
tive Democrat who, when aroused,
could rise to heights of eloquence
which equaled that of such con
temporaries as Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and
Thomas Hart Benton.
* * *
THE GREATEST distinction
achieved by Senator Tallmadge
was as a defender of the right of
petition as guaranteed in the First
Amendment. He debated the sub
ject with John C. Calhoun on
more than one occasion when the
South Carolina Senator attempted
to prevent acceptance by the Sen
ate of petitions urging the aboli
tion of slavery.
In 1840 he rose to challenge
Calhoun’s assertion that the right
of petition was “among the least
Robbye Lee Hames
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I don’t guess there ever was anyone quite like Aunt Bid. I
certainly learned a lot from her, the time she came to stay be
cause we needed help.
I remember that I didn’t take Andy out much because I didn’t
have a play pen and he was just at the running stage. If you
turned your back he’d be half a mile away and I just didn’t feel
like chasing him. But Aunt Bid simply swept a big, clean circle
in the middle of the gravels, took off Andy’s shoes and placed
him on the swept place; then he stayed put because the rocks
hurt his feet.
She was always getting ideas about inventing something new,
like wrapping crepe paper around cotton seeds to see if they would
come up with colored cotton bolls, or making instant sassafras tea.
The cotton didn’t work out and she discovered that they already
had the tea made, only they called it root beer. I know some young
people now who laugh at the idea of digging up tree roots and
brewing tea from them, but they like to go by the drive-in for
root beer. Whatever name they call it, it tastes like medicine to
me.
Once Aunt Bid's hair looked so nice that I had to compliment
her. “It looks like you’ve just come from the beauty parlor,” I said.
“Thank you very much,” she said dryly, “I just cut it with
the pinking shears, washed it with cheer and rolled it up.”
She spent a lot of time sewing clothes for the children’s stuffed
animals, (she seemed to find their natural, store-bought state
indecent), and drinking great quantities of coffee, though she
refused the de-caffeinated kind we liked to keep, because, as she
said. "I happen to like caffein.” And she helped me make a slip
cover for a chair. I made a pair of shorts out of the material that
was left over. One day I was wearing these shorts and sitting in
the newly-covered chair when Aunt Bid said brightly, “Now I know
how you can get away from the kids when you want to rest
awhile; just get enough of that slip cover material to make you
a blouse and hat and when you sit down in that chair they won’t
be able to see you. The perfect camouflage.”
Aunt Bid never could abide those women who would entertain
anyone who would listen with a stitch by stitch account of their
operations. One afternoon two of her dearest friends insisted on
dragging the gory details of their sutures and hemorrhages and
what-not throughout long, still hours. Finally Aunt Bid could
stand it no longer and she casually mentioned her own operation.
"Why. Bid. I never knew you were operated on,” one of them
exclaimed.
“I did. but I never heard you say much about it." The other
one said, then, becoming curious, "How was it, anyway?"
“Oh,” Aunt Bid said casually, “There was nothing to it. They
put me on a table, pushed me into the operating room, cut me
open, tended to their business, sewed me up and I lived and got
all right."
Aunt Bid was going to find a job and stay around Menlo, but
I didn't really expect her to. She never has stayed in one place
long and I don’t blame her; her children are all grown and she
hasn’t any ties. So I wasn't surprised when she announced that
I was well and no longer needed her, so she was going to Michigan
and pick blueberries through the summer I hated to see her go,
but I kept remembering an old saying that seemed to be her
favorite: a rolling stone gathers no moss.
And after all, like Aunt Bid says, 'who wants to be mossy?’
SOCIAL NOTES
David Smith spent the week
end in Rome with his aunt. Mrs
Reginald Boyles, and Mr. Boyles
—o—o—o—
— and Mrs. Clifford Posey
and children attended the fu
neral of Mrs Posey - nice*,
Kathy, in Huntsville. Ala . Sun
day Kathy was the two-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Silas
Mitchell, formerly of Summer
ville
—o —o —o—
Mrs Sewell Glenn Elsberry Is
। ill at the Trion Hospital We
wish her a speedy recovery.
—O—o—o— .
Friends of Larry Dendy will be
I glad to know that he is improv-
Tmg at Baftey Hosp'ltaT'ln Rome
THTTRSDAY. JANUARY 12, 1961
important of all our political
rights.” According to the Con
gressional Globe, Senator Tall
madge maintained that right to
be a “matter of highest impor
tance . . . from the first struggle
of liberty in this country down to
the present time.” He reminded
Calhoun that New York condi
tioned its ratification of the Con
stitution upon the protection of
that right and declared that a
citizen “has a right to petition
even for that which Congress is
prohibited by the Constitution
from granting.”
* * *
THE NEW YORK Senator was
a leading exponent of a sound
national currency and credit sys
tem and fought schemes which he
thought to be inflationary or, as
he put it in opposing President
Van Buren’s Sub-Treasury Bill,
“calculated to bring the whole
power of the Government to the
footstool of the Executive.” He
interested himself particularly in
the abolishment of imprisonment
for debt and advocated tariffs
sufficiently high to protect Amer
ican labor from unfair foreign
competition.
Although an opponent of slav
ery, he believed in states’ rights
and declared before the Senate
that the states “must judge the
time and manner of abolishing it.”
In one of his debates with Cal
houn he asked a question which
present-day Senators from his
and other States outside the South
could ponder with profit: “What
patriot can wish to see the peace
of the Union disturbed by the in
vasion of rights secured by the
Constitution, and which should be
held inviolate as long as that
sacred instrument stands?”
(Kot printed at government expense)
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Elsberry and
children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Elsberry. Faye and R. C.
Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Duke were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Sweatman and children, Nick
and Bud.
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Joe Floyd is resting well after
undergoing surgery last week at
Floyd Hospital
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Those visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. L Kellett Tuesday were: Mr.
and Mrs. Deed Quinton. Mike
Posey. Levon Padgett and Mr.
and Mrs Eldon Wright Mr. Kel
lett is ill.