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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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Stale Lags in Industrial Research
A $5 million industrial research center
has just been established at the University
of Miami. A cooperative effort between the
university and private business, it will house
advanced scientific laboratories for up to 30
major firms. Near Ann Arbor, Mich., a zoned
Research Park conveniently located to De
troit airports is being developed by the Uni
versity of Michigan. The University of
Oklahoma has a 400-acre industrial park in
which it proposes to build and lease re
search facilities to industrial firms. Last
fall. Kentucky dedicated its "Kentucky
Spindietop Research Center and Park” in
which the state is building a $1 million re
search center. For some time now. North
Carolina has been promoting its “Research
A o Meal in Masco tv
“No Meat in Moscow". That was the
title of a recent editorial in the Muncie, In
diana, Star and it has so significant a
bearing on developments in this country
that Congressman Halleck read it into the
Congressional Record.
The editorial began by pointing out
that the proposed new farm law would
make it possible to put hogs or cattle, and
perhaps other livestock, under government
marketing orders and if that should
happen, free agriculture would be just about
through in this country. Then the Star
said: "An acute meat shortage has hit Mos
cow . . . The Government in Russia, oper
ating in accordance with the Communist
theory of national .planning, sets the
► amount of meat which Souet citizens need
to consume and wlttcli H^frfarijjfil are to
produce. An AP correspondcWt wfMmired
the state-run butcher shops in Moscow
J. D. HILL
FUNERAL HOME
SUMMERVILLE
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J D WHITE
Kunrr.il h i vice s tor ’ D White. GO :
Subhgni who died al 7 30 p.m Satuidix.
wnr held at 11 a.m Tuesday at thu ,
Subhgna Baptist Church The Rev. BUI> ,
JontM •>l fll i, 11 ci t InUinati! WU in Suh
h«na (Vmeteiy
J D. HILL FUNERAL HOME
DEBERRY INFANT
Funeral services fen Herbert Cleveland
Deßrnv. infant sou of Mi and Mis
Herbert Deßviry. who died at 4 40 -wi
Saturday, weiv held at 2 pm Sunday at
the ^ravusidt in West Hill Cemetery.
Trion, with the Rr\ W H. Dean off!
elating
J D HILL FUNERAL HOME
CHARLES WESSON
Funeral net vices for Charles iPrucrHi
We-sot. 4ft. who died at 4.30 p n> Wedhe*
day. weiv held at 330 p m Friday at
the ehapcl of J D Hill Funeral H um*
with the Rev Floyd Higgins and the
Rev Roget McDonald of fir mt mg Inter
ent was in the Summriville Cemetery
J D HILL FUNERAL HOME
MRS W A SCOGGINS
Funrial st i\h . , lot Mis W \ Seng
gim. H 5. Who died t the home of het
daughtet. Mi s V. C Maxex were held
at I 30 pm Piiday at the Subligna Bap
fiat Church The Hex HHh lones ..nd
the Re\ W F Conn officiated Intel
J. D HILL FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. W. A. Scoggins,
85, Passes Away
Mrs. W A Scoggins. 85, wife
of the late W A Scoggins who
preceded her in death April 4,
1959, died at the home of her
daughter. Mrs V. C. Maxey,
where she has made her home
lor a number of years
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mr> Hattie Roper, Mrs v
C Maxey of Summerville: three
sons. Elmer Scoggins of Lindon.
Ky . Jesse Scoggins and Julius
Scoggins, both of LaFayette. Ten
granddaughters, eight grand
sons. 26 great - grandchildren,
nieces and nephews also survive
Funerai services were con
ducted at the Subligna Haptist
Church Friday at 1 30 pm. with
Rev. Billy Jones and Rev W F
Conn officiating with burial in
the Subligna Cemetery
Active pallbearers were the fol
lowing grandsons R W Roper,
Waymon Roper. Donald Scog
gins, Dale Scoggins Sonny Scog
gins. Bobby Joe Maxey. Larry
Scoggins.
J D Hill Funeral Home was
wi charge.
The Summerville News
Is The Official Organ
Os Chattooga County
Address All Mall to
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
P. O. Box 310,
Summerville, Georgia
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Triangle," located close to facilities of Duke
University, University of North Carolina
and North Carolina State.
All this merely emphasizes the great
disadvantage Georgia suffers in the re
search phase of industrial development.
While other states are creating the
sort of environment and the physical facil
ities useful to the electronics, chemical and
metallurgical industries, luring their sci
entists — and most assuredly their new
plant installations — we are standing still.
Great long-range advantages would be
gained by Georgia with the establishment
of a top-rated Industrial Research Center.
So far, the state is only scratching the
surface in this respect.
J. F. DEMPSEY OF
ROME, KIN OF
COUNTIANS, DIES
Funeral services for J. F
iJim > Dempsey, of Rome, who
died Saturday, were held at 3
pm Monday at the Fifth Ave
nue Church in Rome The Rev.
Floyd Roebuck, pastor of the
Rome First Baptist Church, of
ficiated Interment was in the ,
(lid Armuchee Cemetery.
Mr Dempsey has several rela- I
fives in Chattooga County.
He was a native of Rome and
was a dairy farmer, cattle buyer
and businessman His wife. Mrs
Lilic (lames Dempsey, died Nov
11 1959.
Surviving are three sons.
Sproull. Dwyatt and Fred Demp
sey. all of Rome; eight grand
children; and one great-grand
child.
J. D. While, 60, Dies;
Rites Held Tuesday
J D. White. 60. resident of
Subligna. died Saturday at 7:30
p m
He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs Jack Berry, Atlanta:
two sons, James White. Rome,
and Jerry White. Subligna. two
sister s. Miss Eunice White.
Subligna. and Mrs Earl Duncan.
Route 1; one brother. Jess
White. Rome; two grandsons;
one granddaughter; several
nieces and nephews
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Subligna Baptist
Church, where he was a mem
ber. Tuesday at 11 am with the
Rev Billy Jones officiating
Burial was in Subligna ceme
tery
Active pallbearers were T R
Newman. Harold Scoggins. Wm
ford Duncan. Ross White. Jack
Berry, Billy Reece and Turner
Cordle
J D Hill Funeral Home was
in charge
Wesson Infant Buried
Little Christopher James Wes
son. infant son of Mr and Mrs
James A Wesson. Route 3. Sum
merville. died Thursday at 10 15
a m
Surviving besides his parents
are maternal grandparents. Mr
and Mrs Marvin Tucker. Route
3. Summerville paternal grand
parents. Mr and Mrs Robert
Wesson, Route 3. Summerville
Graveside services were held
at 6 00 o’clock in the Pennville
Cemetery with the Reverend E
H Carson officiating
Erwin Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangeemnta.
A Prize-Winning
Weekly Newspaper
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
failed to find a single scrap of fresh meat,
not even sausages. Canned meat from Bul
garia and dried fish were available.
“Meat could be bought in the central
market where the peasants bring produce
grown on their private plots of land. But
the peasants set their own prices in that
market, and chunks of beef including the
bone were being sold for 4.75 rubles per
kilogram, or more than $2 per pound. The
peasants were selling eggs for 16 cents
each . . .
“If an American farmer, or any Amer
ican Congressman wants to know how a
controlled agriculture operates, all he has
to do is look to Russia. Government con
trol of supply, which , . . the Communists
have in Russia, will bring meaUess dliyfiUo
Washington.
“The United States doesn’t need to
adopt any plan of this kind.”
ERWIN
FUNERAL HOME
SUMMERVILLE
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INFANT WESSON
Cii.ivc’itlc ices foi Chi iMopher
James Wesson, infant son of Mi .nd
Mis J.oms A Wesson. Summerville
Route 3. who died Thursda.v morning,
\\ <*rc held at (» pin Thursday in the
rennvtllr Cvmeletx The Res b II ('ar
son officiated
ERWIN FUNERAL HOME
MRS LULA McGRAW
Funeral services for Mis Lula Viola
McCraw. 7H. Summerville, who died in «
Rome hospit.il at 1145 pm Wednesd o.
wvie held at the Be» 1 \ ton Chui ch ot (; »d
at 2 pm Friday with the Rev W II
Swltt. the Re\ F'loyd Higgins md the
Ke\ Hob Patterson officiating Inter
ment was m the Hen vton. Cvmetei.y
ERWIN FUNERAL HOME
Charles Wesson
Funeral Services
At Summerville
Charles Prucell" Wesson, 45.
lifetime resident of Chattooga
County, dii'd Wednesday. July 5.
at 4 30 p m
Ue is survived by his wife. Mrs
Jacqueline Kellett Wesson; par
•:its. Mr and Mrs Hubert M
Wesson: three daughters. Misses
Linda Sue, Hazel Ruth .and
Rosemary ’Wesson: one son.
Marty Wesson, two brothers.
Troy Wesson and Herman Wes
son, all of Summerville
Funeral services were con
ducted from the Chapel of J D
Hill Funeral Home Friday at
3 30 pm with Rev Floyd Hig
gins and Rev Roger McDonald
officiating with burial in the
Summerville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Jack
Lawson. Shorty Lawson. Charlie
Jones. Buck Rich. J W Mar
shall. Paul Kinsey Boots Tucker:
honorary pallbearers: Johnny
Hutchins. Dallas Berry. John
Thomas. Sr. George Koonce.
Bud Warren. Paul Warren. Steve
Majors. R C Elsberry. Ed Bry
ant. Reuben Lyons. Paul White.
William Eilenburg. Carlton
Strange and Dewitt Youngblood
J D. Hill Funeral Home was
in charge.
Mortals will some day assert
their freedom in the name of
Almighty God.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SUMMERVILLE. GEORGIA
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BIG DUGOUT IN TRION— This is the
scene in The Plaza at Trion as excava
tions continue for the basement of the
SOCIAL NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cole
have returned to their home in
Laurel, Miss., after a visit with
relatives in Summerville and
LaFayette.
Mrs. Fred Stewart is spending
two weeks in Jacksonville, Fla.,
with her son, Edward Stewart,
Mrs. Stewart, and new daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Copeland
and son visited Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Beck in Collinsville, Ala.
last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Olney Meadows,
Sr., and Olney, Jr., are spending
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Wil- (
liam Nelson and family at Hilton !
Head Beach, S.C.
Hoyte Lecroy of Jacksonville,
Ala., spent the week-end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Lecroy.
Mrs. A A Webb, of Chicka
mauga. Mrs Doris Smith, of Au
gusta, and Miss Carol Wallis, of j
Chattanooga, were luncheon j
guests Monday of Mr and Mrs.
Henry McWhorter.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ray and
daughter, of Hialeah, Fla., are
spending this week with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Mc-
Graw. and Mr and Mrs. Frank
Ray. \ ■ -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGin
nis. of Atlanta, spent the fourth |
of July with their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Luell McGinnis.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fletcher
and sons, of Atlanta, are spend
ing a few days with Mrs. Fletch
ers mother. Mrs Henry Powell.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher plan to
move to Miami in the near
future.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ledford
are spending this week in Flor
ida.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Elgin and
Wanda Nell Hudson have re
turned from a weeks’ vacation
in Daytona Beach, Fla. Mrs. El
gin is spending this week at i
Jckvll Island
Mi s Bonnie Eleam and Joyce :
spent last week with Mr. and
Mrs M. W. Meadows in Powder :
Springs They spent the week- i
end in Carrollton with Mr. and
I Mrs. Allen Murrah.
Mrs. Lula McGraw,
78, Dies in Rome
Mrs. Lula Viola McGraw. 78. a
resident of Summerville, passed
away m a Rome hospital Wednes
day at 11 45 p.m. She was a life
long resi d e n t of Chattooga
County. Her husband. Walker
Wiley McGraw, proceeded her in
death in December, 1938.
Surviving are seven sons. Gor
don. Joe. Luther. Levi. Roland
and Ralph McGraw, all of Sum
merville. Clyde McGraw. Mem
phis, Tennessee; four daughters.
Mrs D W Searels. Mrs. J. W
Wooten and Mrs Archie Warren,
all of Spmmerville, and Mrs
Cora Youngblood. Toledo. Ohio
thirty-four grandchildren, forty
five great-grandchildren and a
number of nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services were held
from the Berryton Church ot
God. of which she was a mem
ber, at 2:00 o’clock Friday with
the Reverends W H Swift. Floyd
Higgins and Bob Patterson offi
ciating with burial in the Berry
ton Cemetery.
Grandsons were pallbearers.
Erwin Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
DEBERRY INFANT
RITES HELD SUNDAY
Little Herbert Cleveland De-
Berry. infant son of Mr and Mrs
Herbert Deßerry, died at 4 40
p m Saturday
He is survived by his parents
Mr and Mrs Herbert Deßerry
paternal grandmother. Mrs
Louise Deßerry; maternal
grandparents. Mr and Mrs Billy
Hankins, all of Trion.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p m Sunday from
the graveside in West Hill Ceme
tery. Trion, with Rev. W H
Dean officiating
J. D Hill Funeral Home was
, In charge. 4
cotton mill addition which will soon be
built. Above the basement, two floors
will be built.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Allison and
son have returned from a vaca
tion at Panama City, Fla.
Mrs. Gwynne Wheeling spent
several days in Atlanta with
Miss Gretna Kinsey, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Robinson, ।
of Lupton City, Tenn., were
guests Sunday of Mrs. Mamie
Robinson and Ruth.
Friends of Minister James
Watkins Jr. will be interested to
learn that he returned to his
home in Chattanooga Monday
I after a few days’ stay in the
: Chattooga County Hospital.
I Misses Mary Warren and Gret- [
j na Kinsey, of Atlanta, spent the
I week-end with their parents
| here.
Mr, and Mrs. Earl Nix, Mrs. i
1 B W. Smith, Mrs. Althea Drum- ‘
mond and Kathy were guests
; last Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Woods in Bremen. Mr.
I and Mrs. Garland Nix and chil
dren, of Rome, joined them.
Mrs. D. S. Peck, of Cave
! Spring, is spending this week
with Mrs. Charlie Harlow.
Thursday night guests of Mr.
I and Mrs. Ivron Bennett were ।
Mrs. Raymond Bell, Miss Myrtle
Bell, Mrs. Ervie Whitling arid I
fluughter. of Baltimore; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Edwards, of Trion, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Rutledge, of
Lyerly.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Morehead
Sr will leave Friday for a vaca
tion in Charlotte, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd
and daughter, Patricia, of
Hialeah, Fla., are spending a
few days this week with Mrs.
Charlie Harlow. Mrs. Harlow en
tertained with a luncheon
Wednesday in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd. Mrs. D. S. Peck and
Mrs. James Hawkins were guests. '
Mrs. Lottie Bennett, of Lyerly,l
spent last week with her son and i
wife,, Mr. and Mrs. Ivron Ben- 1
nett.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Morehead
Jr. have returned from a vaca- ■
tion in Savannah and Augusta.
Mrs. Sallie Broom and Mrs.
! Tom McCollum and Betsy, of |
Augusta, were guests Wednesday
night of Mr. and Mrs. Ivron
Bennett.
Out -of - town relatives and
j friends attending the funeral of 1
Charles Wesson were: Bob
Wooten and Howard Wesson.
Shannon: Lester Wesson. Pow
der Springs: Claude Wesson. At
lanta’: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wesson.
Macon: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kel
lett. Warner Robins: Mr. and
Mrs. Sewell Kellett. Mr. and
Mrs. Sewell Dendy. Mr and Mrs.
Jerry Ingram and Miss Lillie
Dendy. Rome: Mrs. Callie
Dendy and Mr and Mrs. Johnny
Dendy, LaFayette: Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Howard, Mr and Mrs.
Daffis Brooks. Chicago: Mrs.
Charley Coleman. Gordon and
Jimmy Gass. Henagar. Ala.
Mr and Mrs. Dallas Stinson,
of Centre. Ala . were Wednesday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Plunkett.
Mrs. Lillie Gentry, of Atlanta,
was guest last Tuesday of Mr
and Mrs R R Garrett and Mr.
and Mrs. T L. Hancock.
Mrs Otis Gorman has re
turned from a vacation in Falls
Church. Va. She was guest of
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wolford and
children.
21 Indicted
(Continued From Page D
■ bile (selling auto of Mrs George
Baggett Jr to L N Turpin);
Byron Childers alias Byron
Childress, forgery.; two cases
William Buddy White, burglary
of Mrs Kate Watson’s house:
Ilan Webster, escape; and one
party whose name was not re
vealed bv court officials because
the individual is still being
sought.
The no bills were as follows:
Billy Ray McGuire, abandon
ment Dan Neal, bastardy: Lloyd
Blackmon, shooting at another:
Venicious L Brown, larceny
from dwelling: Pauline Strick
land. burglary; Norman Bing-.
t ham, abandonment. j
looking Back
By MRS. ROY D. HARRIS
Hollandale, Fla.
I am a woman who grew up
j there in Chattooga County and
! Trion. I worked with Dr. L. A
Mallicoat and Dr. Medlin who
once was there. Also worked for
Dr. Hall. I am a nurse’s aide.
After I married, we moved
three miles above Trion in 1919
Before that I wrote a column
for The News as “News and
I Notes from Trion” back in
1915-18 and loved it.
Now I am a grandmother and
live in the sunshine state of
Florida. When we left there in
WM
Summerville police report the
office at Wilson Motor Co. car
lot was entered Monday night
but nothing was reported
missing.
Bothered by a bee in his car.
Harry Riley of Nashville. Tenn,
bumped into the parked vehicle
of Leroy Day on South Com
merce Street, Summerville, Mon
day, according to Summerville
police. No injuries were reported.
Reckless driving charges were
placed Tuesday against Charles
Winters. Menlo Route 1.
Frank McCutchins. 24 Broad
Street, Summerville, was booked
! for speeding Sunday, Summer
| ville Officers David Starkey and
I Bobby Plunkett reported.
| A Rome man, David W. Rice.
; was injured in an automobile
accident Saturday on North
! Commerce Street, according to
Summerville officers. He was
; carried by ambulance to Floyd
Hospital in Rome.
Troy Pope of Trion was booked
for reckless driving in connec
; tion with the wreck.
Raymond Williams of Sum
[ merville was booked by Officers
Charles Gayler and Bobby
| Plunkett Saturday on charges of
speeding.
Speeding charges were placed
■ Saturday against Thomas Lee
Perry. 6th Street. Summerville.
Charles W. Everett, Oak
Street. Summerville, was booked
for “scratching off” and speed
ing Saturday in Summerville,
police records show.
Officers Charles Gayler and
Bobby Plunkett booked Bradley
E. Hartline on “scratching off”
and speeding Saturday.
Speeding charges were placed
Saturday by Summerville police
again st Clifford Lee Boyd.
Menlo; Troye L. Wiley: and Eli
McConnell. Highland Avenue,
Summerville.
Billy Miller of Menlo was
booked by Summerville police
Saturday on charges of driving
under the influence and pos
sessing whiskey. Officers Charles
Gayler and Bobby Plunkett
made the case.
A Rome man. Charles Hines,
was booked Saturday by Sum
merville police on charges of
possessing non-taxpaid whiskey.
Mr and Mrs Fred Watkins
and children, of Griffin, were
week-end guests of relatives
here
Mr. and Mrs. Tom McDonald
and Tommy, and Mr and Mrs.
Frank Ward were guests last
week-end of Mr. and Mrs. O R
Richardson and Mr and Mrs
H W Whorton in Centre. Ala
While there they enjoyed an
outing at Lake Weiss.
Master David Bryan Myers, of
Akron. Ohio, accompanied by
Miss Marsha Davison, of Akron,
is spending two weeks with his
. grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Rob-.
, er'. Bohannoir.
1 YOUR CONGRESSMAN ■BK'l
A K, 11
(A JOHN W. DAVIS 1
In the first six months of the
Kennedy administration, one
fact of political life has become
firmly fixed in my min d.
namely, .the Democratic Con
gressmen from the southeastern
states hold the balance of power
in both chambers of the na
tional legislature.
With Southern help, no meas
ure proposed by the President
can fail; without it, none can
succeed.
This hard reality has in many
ways inured to the benefit of the
area of the old Confederacy, in
asmuch as none of the admin
istration wheelhorses can afford
to submit legislation for a vote
without making sure, first, that
1944 we went north to Akron,
Ohio.
I remember much of Chat
tooga County during the first
half of this century . . . how we
went to the fair when it was
held on the main street there in
front of the courthouse and
Cleghorn Store, and went by
wagon, the different farmers
furnishing the teams and
wagons—what a day!
My dad was Albert Lee Rag
land, married Lula Plaistine
Johnston back in the 1800’s. My
dad was 21 and mama was 16.
They had been school sweet
hearts for three or four years
there where the old Presbyterian
Church stands today below
Lyerly, Pleasant Grove. The
church those days was the
schoolhouse and church com
bined. Some of the big oak trees
are still standing that they
played under and did some of
their courting before they mar
ried. Mama’s people, the J. P.
Johnstons, went west just after
one of their sons died. His name
was Scott. He died of typhoid
fever. Just 18 years old. My
grandmother came down with
tuberculosis and the doctors
advised grandpa to go out west
where it was high and dry and
to feed her rock candy and
whiskey and see if it would help
her. But their life’s interest was
at hand, the home, the farm.
Can’t say how many acres, but
a number, all to be disposed of.
j. P. Johnston liad already
given five or six acres for the
Johnston Cemetery.
I remember Lyerly then as a
small country town with three
or four stores and a blacksmith
shop where the men had the
mules and horses shod. Remem
ber one family who drove a
surry with fringe on top with
two big black horses every Sun
day to Pleasant Grove for
church services. One man sticks
out very much in my mind, our
big uncle George Ragland who
was called “the squire”. In ether
words, the justice of the peace.
State Bank No. 64-1079
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
OF SUMMERVILLE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
At the Close of Business on June 3'o, 1961
ASSETS
1. Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items
in process of collection $1,080,279.84
2. United States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed 2,199.990.88
3. Obligations of States and political subdivisions _ 733.262.23
4. Other bonds, notes, and debentures 149,750.00
6. Loans and discounts 2.293,084.33
7. Bank premises owned $30,000.00, furniture and fix
tures $20,222.42 50.222.42
8. Real estate owned other than bank premises 22,500.00
12 TOTAL ASSETS $6,529,089.70
LIABILITES
13. Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and
corporations $3,426,606.67
14. Time and savings deposits of individuals, part-
nerships, and corporations 1,478,036.66
15. Deposits of United States Government (including
postal savings' 377.733.62
16. Deposits Os States and political subdivisions 564,541.59
18. Certified and officers’ checks, etc. 9,814.16
19. TOTAL DEPOSITS $5,856,732.70
(a। Total demand deposits 4.304,336 04
ib> Total time and savings deposits 1.552,396.66
23. Other liabilities 4,024.00
24. TOTAL LIABILITIES $5,860,756.70
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
25. Capital: lai Common stock, total par value
$200,000.00 200.000.00
26. Surplus 300.000.00
27. Undivided profits 98,851.61
28 Reserves <and retirement account for preferred
capital' 69,481.39
29. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 668.333 00
30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $6,529,089.70
I. D. L. McWhorter, President, of the above-named bank, do
solemnly affirm that this report of condition is trut and correct,
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Correct—Attest: D L. McWhorter
P. H. David )
F. A Justice » Directors
H M. McWhorter )
R. E. Surles )
State of Georgia, County of Chattooga, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Bth day of July, 1961, and
I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank.
Margaret M. Fulton. Notary Public
• SEAL? My commission expires April 30, 1963
THURSDAY, JULY 18. 1961
there’s nothing in the measure
that will offend the South, and
second, that at least some sec
tions of the South will benefit
from the passage of the legisla
tion.
This phenomenon is under
girded by the general principle
that, in the main, each member
of Congress conducts himself as
though he were the emissary
from a little country attending
a conclave of representatives of
other small countries (in the
form of Congressional districts)
blanketing the United States,
and his vote represents his con
sidered opinion of what effect a
legislative measure will have
upon his particular constituency.
For this reason, to me an allega
tion that a member of Congress
is guilty of “sectionalism” has
all the newsworthiness of ac
cusing a fish of having a ten
dency to swim.
The requirement of near-com
plete fidelity to the weal of his
constituents on the part of a
Congressman was designedly
woven into the fabric of our
government by the framers of
the Constitution, and, while the
system is often productive of
frustrations and delay, it is still
the fairest and most democratic
plan ever put into practice in
the history of mankind. Not the
least of the devices that bind a
member of the House of Repre
sentatives close to the thinking
of his people is the brevity of
his term of office, which is fixed
at two years.
Getting back to the impor
tance of the Southern bloc, I
feel no hesitancy in asserting
that not only has this group
affected greatly the form of all
the major pieces of legislation
of the Kennedy administration,
and in particular the wage and
housing bills, but it has pro
duced such side benefits to the
South as the President’s policy
of deliberately withholding any
civil rights legislation and of re
fraining from overt support of
the on-site picketing bill, which
is a counterattack on some of
the provisions of the memorable
Landrum-Griffin bill.
As I wrote last week. State
Department policy, as an
nounced by Under Secretary
George Ball, seems to fa^or a
liberal trade policy for the
United States, whether it
damages the textile industry or
not. To date some 39 Senators
and 124 House members, myself
included, have written President
Kennedy asking that this policy
be countermanded, and that
steps be taken at once to give
adequate protection to domestic
textiles. If such is not done, an
epic battle wil shape up in Con
gress next year on the question
of extending the nation’s cur
rent trade policy.