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PANEL ON COMMUNISM— Miss Fran
ces Johnston (left) curriculum director
for the Chattooga County schools,
stands with the panel which spoke on
communism Saturday at a meeting of
Chattooga County teachers. Panel
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VISITING SPEAKERS— Here are two of the visiting
speakers at the post-planning day held by Chattooga
County teachers Saturday at Summerville Elementary
School. They are Miss Verda Jimmerfield (left) di
rector of curriculum for Rome school, who spoke on
“Communism”, and Mrs. Ruby Crowe, social science
consultant, Fulton County schools, who spoke on
“Teaching Communism in Georgia Schools”. Mrs.
Crowe was Atlanta’s Woman of the Year” for 1962.
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Brooks, assistant principal of Chat
tooga High School; the Rev. Roger Mc-
Donald, pastor of the Summerville First
Baptist Church; Robert Shigley, princi
pal of Menlo Junior High School; and
Mrs. F. H. Boney, principal of Summer
ville Elementary School.
nism in their classes.
Mrs. Crowe also urged teach
ers of history not to go hur
riedly over the last pages of
their history books—the pages
which cover from 1900 on. This
is a most important era, she
said.
“Communism vs. American
ism” was the theme of a panel
of local speakers, including
George Brooks, assistant prin
cipal, Chattooga High School,
moderator; Robert Shigley,
principal of Menlo Junior High
School; the Rev. Roger McDon
ald, pastor, Summerville First
Baptist Church; and Mrs. F. H.
Boney, principal, Summerville
Elementary School.
Mr. Brooks gave a history of
communism; Mr. Shigley dis
cussed the government of Rus
sia; the Rev. Mr. McDonald, re
ligion under communism; and
Mrs. Boney, communism in
everyday life.
Here are some of the points
they brought out:
The minority, not the ma
jority, rules under communism.
The leaders, not elected offi
cials, write the laws.
The people are ruled, not by
the consent of the majority, but
often by fear, terror and force.
Non-conformists under com
munism are ousted, instead of
being given the right to be
heard, as is the case under de
mocracy.
The economy is planned, not
run through the competitive
process.
Any citizen can be jailed
under communism, but under
democracy he has the right of
the due process of law.
The American constitution is
short and flexible with only 29
articles. But the Russian con
stitution is long, with 147 ar
ticles, and rigid. Theirs cannot
be amended by the will of the
people as can ours.
Communism is dictatorship by
a political party.
Living under communism
would be intolerable to most of
us, accustomed as we are to
freedom. However, the people of
Russia haven’t known freedom
or plenty for generations and if
they can get enough food and
keep warm they are relatively
happy.
The idea of a classless society,
as proposed by Marx, has not
worked out that way. It boils
down to the idea that it’s who
controls things, not who owns
them, that matters and estab
lishes classes.
About 16 per cent of the Rus
sians live on collective farms;
about 50 per cent of the people
are unskilled; about 10 per cent
are in the upper class; and the
rest are skilled. About 30 to 40
per cent of the urban popula
tion is in the skilled class.
Those on the collective farms
live in a village of huts, served
Iby one to four wells, a duck
| pond where the women wash,
I perhaps electricity and the huts
(have a large clay stove in the
center. Livestock stay in the
rear of the house and a plot of
ground at the rear is used by
the individual family to grow
food for himself. He works on
the collective farm.
Most of the skilled live in a
I barracks type structure which
has about one room per family
( and is served by one kitchen per
( barracks and an outhouse. The
! house is empty most of the day
as the parents work and the
(children are in school or in a
(day nursery.
Mental disorders are high,
(probably partly because of the
lack of privacy and the prob
jlems which arise from the close
j living.
The higher skilled classes
live in apartments which may
have a community type kitchen
I and bath and one or two rooms
per family.
The higher classes, engineers,
military officers, authors, etc.,
may have homes or complete
apartments and may have serv
ants. They heartily support the
cultural pursuits such as the
(theatre and other arts.
The Rev. Mr McDonald called
j communism “the most treacher
ous challenge ever faced by
man”.
He said it strikes at the very
heart of religion. Communism
says there is no God and that
the only reality is matter. It
says there must be struggle be
tween the “haves" and “have
Floyd Angrily Denies Loggins
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build myself up to run for an
other county office, this is to
notify him and the people of
Chattooga County that my in
tention is to seek reelection to
this office and that is my only
intention.”
Loggins had stated last week
that he would not “lend his
services to any legislation which
is politically inspired.”
Loggins also mentioned that a
salary system might bankrupt
the county. In reply, Floyd said:
“If we put the officers on the
salaries proposed by Sen. Log
gins, then indeed the salary
schedule would bankrupt the
county.”
He said that some three years
ago Sen. Loggins, then a Chat
tooga representative, wanted
him to go along with him on a
bill to put the sheriff on a sal
ary.
“Here is what Mr. Loggins
proposed: Sheriff at a salary of
$12,500; chief deputy at $4,800;
two additional deputies at $3,600
each; a jailer, $3,000; clerk,
$3,000; cook, SISOO-SIBOO. This is
a total of $32,300. And still, the
county would have to furnish
the supplies, automobiles, etc. I
thought those were ridiculous
figures and refused to go along.
I told Mr. Loggins that if he
would get under SIO,OOO for the
sheriff I would talk to him on
it. But he wouldn’t come down.”
Floyd’s bill proposes an $8,500
salary for the sheriff, $3,600 for
a chief deputy, $2,400 for a
deputy-jailer-clerk and SISOO
-for a cook.
Floyd said Loggins then ap
proached him again in January,
1962 on the matter, wanting to
put the sheriff on $9,500, give
him a chief deputy at $4,800 and
two additional deputies at $3,600
each.
“But there would be a proviso
that if he didn’t hire one of the
last two deputies the sheriff
i could stick the $3,600 in his
■pocket on top of the $9,500. In
addition, there would be $3,000
for a jailer, $3,000 for a clerk
and SISOO-SIBOO for a cook. I
would not go along with these
ridiculous, outrageous, unrealis
tic figures.”
Suggested Survey
Floyd said he told Loggins
that if he were really interested
in setting up a salary system, he
should sit down and make a
survey and they could put all
the officers on a salary that
would be fair to both the tax
payers and office holders. “Mr.
Loggins said he didn’t want to
do this—all he wanted to do
was put the sheriff on a salary,”
said Rep. Floyd.
The Chattooga legislator re
vealed that he and Loggins had
trouble two years ago arriving
at a mutually agreeable salary
for the city court solicitor and
judge. He said Loggins wanted
high salaries for them.
“A few years back Sen. Log
gins didn’t hesitate to create a
new office for city court solici
tor. But he wanted to pay him
$5,500 (it is a part-time office)
and wanted to Increase the
judge’s salary (also a part-time
office) from $3,000 to $6,500.”
Floyd said he made a survey
and decided these figures were
completely out of line. He said
he agreed to pay the solicitor
only $4,200, instead of $5,500 as
proposed by Loggins, and that
he agreed to up the judge to
$4,800, instead of $6,500 as pro
posed by Loggins. The bills
passed with the Floyd figures.
“Senator Loggins didn’t hesi
tate to place the ordinary on a
salary of $6,000 and give him
part-time help at $1,200. And all
the other county officers, the
county commissioner, the coun-
Ity school superintendent, the
city court solicitor and judge,
the superior court judge and
solicitor, are all on a salary. The
bills I proposed would change
only four people and I am won
dering why the senator is in
terested only in putting the
sheriff on a salary and not in
cluding the rest when the ma
jority of the county officers are
already on a salary?”
nots”, that it is the will of his
tory that societies change and
that communism will Inevitably
win as a part of this evolution.
However, said the minister,
religion has not been stamped
out in Russia. Moscow has one
Baptist Church and it Is full
during the six services per week
which it can, by law, have. God
is not dead in Russia and He
is not dead in China, declared
[the youthful minister. Commu
nism cannot quench the rell
[ gious thirst of people, he stated.
During the afternoon, Indoor
games and folk games were the
[primary topics. Group leaders
were Mrs. Catherine Allen, La
mar Parker, Byron Eberhart,
teacher at Johnson High School
in Floyd County, Miss Omie
Wiley and Miss Maxine Palmour.
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Bartow Saved $71,000
Floyd said he was still of the
opinion that the salary system
he proposes would save the
people of the county at least
$40,000. \
“Bartow County, with Car
tersville as\ the county seat,
went to the salary system in
1961 and that county saved
$71,000 the first year. Now Bar
tow is a little larger than Chat
tooga. But take another county.
I noticed in h column in The
Summerville News a week or so
ago that Elbert County, which
is a little smaller; than Chat
tooga. saved nearly SIB,OOO a
year.”
“I’ve done what \ I think is
right and fair and just to the
taxpayers and to the office
holders,” said Rep. Floyd, “and
I feel like I’ve done my duty to
try and save the people money.
I have tried to estimate what
the county officers now make
on the fee system. Sen. Loggins
knows well and good exactly
what the sheriff makes because
he makes out the sheriff's in
come tax return,” declared
Floyd. “Three years ago, he
offered to show me the income
tax return of the sheriff but I
told them it was personal busi
ness and I had no right to look
at another person’s tax return.
But the sheriff and the other
office holders have been given
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POLICE BEAT
The night deposit box at th°
Farmers and Merchants Bank
was jammed Jan. 31 and a night
guard was put on duty to watch
it.
Ella Mae Bennett, colored, has
been charged by Summerville
police with possessing non-tax
paid whiskey.
Billy G. Jones, Menlo Route 1,
was charged with possessing
non-taxpaid whiskey Jan. 28 by
the opportunity of letting the
people know their income. And
they have declined.”
Floyd pointed out that after
the current recess, the legisla
ture will be in session for 33
days and that it would take only
three or four days for Sen. Log
gins to put the salary measures
through the Senate if he so de
sired.
“I suggest that if he really
wants to know what the people
think that he get out and talk
with them. He has had two
weeks at home and has had a
good opportunity to find out. I
would like to state that he and
1 have had only one real dis
agreement during the time we
have served together in the As
sembly, and Ihat has been on
the matter of salaries. He sim
ply wants them too high.”
The Summerville News, Thursday, February 7, 1963 ■
MOTOR SCOOTER
DRIVERS REMINDED
OF LAW ON LICENSE
Summerville Police Chief
Griffin Pledger reminded par
ents and youths with motor
scooters this week that drivers
of these vehicles must have a
driver’s license and that the
scooters must have a tag.
Only those age 16 may ob
tain such a license.
Summerville police.
Four possessing liquor cases
were filed in Chattooga City
Court Friday.
Named as defendants were:
Amos Casey, Clifford Curtis
Rackley, Charles M. Schrader
and Lee Brown.
Horace P. Hughes, Wayside
Community, Summerville Route
2, was charged Jan. 31 with dis
orderly conduct with an auto
mobile and speeding, Summer
ville police state.
Summerville police were noti
fied Saturday that Robert W.
Ward’s house at Martin and
Alexander Streets had been
broken into and a 40 gallon hot
water heater had been stolen.
In addition, considerable dam
age was done to the interior of
the house, it was stated.
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