Newspaper Page Text
‘Goat Man’ Draws Hundreds of Curious Chattoogans
The “goat man” has come and gone.
But he won’t soon be forgotten.
The colorful character with his ramshackle caravan and
goats spent most of the past week in Chattooga, drawing curious
crowds wherever he went.
He was traveling south along U.S. Highway 27. Over the
week-end, he camped on Highland Avenue.
The “goat man’s” real name is Chess McCartney and his
headquarters is the Free Thinking Christian Mission just outside
Jeffersonville.
But he has traveled over most of the nation during the past
28 years with his unusual outfit.
He sells picture postcards along the way and says he gives
all his income beyond necessities to the Jeffersonville mission. He
preaches at 4 p.m. every Sunday, he says, regardless of where he is.
Mr. McCartney also sells a booklet called “Presidential Hand
book”. In it, he explains why he decided not to run for the presi
dency in 1960 (“because I felt our country needed a younger
man”). Mr. McCartney said he is 63.
However, the “Goat Man” told The News last week that he
is on his way to Macon where he w'ill qualify to run as a presidential
candidate this year. Although he admired Mr. Kennedy, the “Goat
Man” says he is no fan of the new president.
His booklet also tells something of convention procedure, the
electoral college, the president’s oath, salaries of federal officials
and other similar information.
The “goat man” is a native of Keokuk County, lowa and was
4 f l936 er bef ° re beginning his jaunts about the country on July
He says he didn’t go to school a day but that he can read
14 Pages
Two Sections
VOLUME 79 —NUMBER 4
‘Stop Polio’ Drive
Scheduled Sunday
A massive, well-planned effort
to “Stop Polio” in Chattooga
County will be held Sunday
afternoon.
Sabin oral vaccine will be
available at some 26 locations
over the county, mostly in
schools and churches. The hours
are 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Every countian is urged to
take the Sabin vaccine, which
will be given on a lump of
sugar. Although it is suggested
that those taking it donate 25c,
Supply chairmen for all
local clinics are reminded to
pick up their supplies at "Polio
Central” no later than 10:30
a.m. Sunday.
And they are to return to
that location the supplies and
all donations after 5 p.m. Sun
day.
persons who cannot do so are
urged to take the vaccine any
way.
Leaders also stress that no
needle is involved and that
everyone age six weeks up
should have the immunization.
Two additional clinics will fol
low at six-week intervals.
The Chattooga County Par
ent-Teacher Council and the
Chattooga Medical Society are
the co-sponsors. The Chattooga
County Civil Defense unit and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary will assist.
Countless hours of work have
gone into the planning of the
"Stop Polio” campaign and
dozens of persons will be doing
volunteer service Sunday to
(Continued On Page 4)
Trion Adopts 1964
Budget of $228,000
The Town of Trion adopted
a $228,485 budget at the ■
initial meeing of the new
mayor and council Monday
night and the new mayor j 1
called for more efficiency in all; 1
departments.
The new officials were sworn J
in at a dinner meeting held at '
Riegeldale Tavern. Justice of
the Peace Tommy Langston ad- ;'
ministered the oath of office. Ah
candidates and retiring officials i <
were present for the dinner. ; <
J. C. Woods, a former council
man, is the new mayor. The :
councilmen are: S. A. Cook, J. 1
H. McKenzie, W. T Brown, Carl 1
Ragland and L. C. Dalton. Har- <
ry Hardeman will continue as re- ’
corder. 1
The 5228,485 budget includes <
$125,463 for schools, this part of 1
the budget having been adopted i
Locations,
Personnel
Announced
Locations and personnel
for the “Stop Polio” clinics
Sunday are listed below:
Berryton Baptist Church—
Thomas D. Peck, chairman,
Rev. Jimmy Bailey.
Pennville School—Pete Mattis,
chairman, Mrs. Jim Strickland,
supply chairman, Mrs. Rogers,
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Pete Mat
tis, Mrs. Bob Petitt, Mrs. Dallas
Lacey.
Four Mile Baptist C h u r c h—
Mrs. Benny Bullard, chairman,
Mrs. R. W. Patterson, Mrs. Bill
Dodd, Miss Phyllis Spain, Benny
Bullard.
Trion Elementary School —A.
J. Strickland, chairman, James
McKenzie, Mrs. Betty Freeman,
Mrs. Alene Baker, Mr. and Mrs.
MacMillan Myers, Mrs. Lydia
Thomas, Mrs. Georgia Moore, R.
H. Miller, Miss Ethel Simmons,
Mrs. Mary Cavin, Mrs. Dot
Rowlls, Miss Grace Hurtt, Mrs.
Grace Simmons, Mrs. Celeste
Florence, Mrs. Tommy Langston,
Mrs. Minnie Ethel Webster, Mrs.
Sadie Strickland, Mrs. Hazel
Baker.
Lyerly School—Lamar Parker,
chairman, Bert Brogdon, phar
macist, Mrs. Lamar Parker, Mrs.
Ralph Bishop, Mrs. J. D. Wees-
(Continued On Page 4)
earlier.
Plans were made to change
the meeting time of the council
to 6:30 p.m. on the third Thurs
days of each month. Meetings
are held in the town hall, for
merly The Trion Inn. It is now
being renovated into quarters for
the town, the police department,
the gas department and Boy
Scouts.
Mayor Woods called for more
efficiency “in all departments”
of the town and added:
“We want Town of Trion af
fairs conducted in such away
that, if we were ever called upon
to give an account of what our
expenses are that none of us
would be embarrassed. I feel
that we not only owe that to
ourselves as a city government
body but that we also owe it to
the citizens of Trion.”
^umwrtrtlk Nms
SRMA Membership
Drive Luder way
The annual membership drive of the Summerville Re
tail Merchants Assn, got underway Wednesday morning.
Dues were again set at $5 per year.
The new president, Donnie Espy, pointed out that there
are some 150 prospects. Membership last year was 72.
Djrectors of the Association wil j
Mr. Simmons
Honored at
Council Meet
A resolution “of enduring grat
itude and appreciation” to
Trion’s retiring mayor, W. B.
Simmons, was passed by the new
administration Monday night on
behalf of the citizenry.
Mr. Simmons is retiring after
having served as mayor of the
town since 1947.
It was noted that considera
tion of health had caused Mr.
Simmons to end his official du
ties.
“. . . he has shown the highest
devotion to duty, unfailing in
dustry and zeal in accomplishing
the many burdensome tasks of
his office, utmost consideration,
patience and compassion for the
needs of Trion’s people, and un
compromising dedication to the
highest principles of honesty,
fairness, integrity and justice,”
the resolution stated.
“The town of Trion and its
citizens have greatly benefitted
from the past 17 years of out
standing service by W. Burrell
Simmons as mayor of Trion and,
in recognition thereof, they do
wish to formally and publicly
acknowledge same and express
to him their great and abiding
appreciation . . . the Town of
Trion, acting by and through its
governing body, does hereby rec
ognize its indebtedness to W.
Burrell Simmons for his years of
exemplary service as its mayor
and does hereby declare to him
its deep and enduring gratitude
and appreciation...”
PLAN GROIP TO
ELECT OFFICERS
The election of officers will
highlight the monthly meeting
of the Chattooga-M u n ici p a 1
Planning Commission tonight.
The group will meet at 7:30
p.m. at the Georgia Power Com
pany.
J. T. Morgan is president.
t A w
i t Mair
HEHL- - j I f a* x lißml a®® %
■V u Jr . r ■
if
Ite Wj i " wMHS
ra, 'Ri7 wk W -<• t
EHHEHEHHEHHHHHHEEi _iiJHHHHnHHHHHHHIfIHI
‘GOAT MAN’ IN SUMMERVILLE
(See additional photo inside)
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FE BRUARY 6, 1964
solicit the memberships.
Plans also were made by the
SRMA directors to send a com
mittee to the City of Summerville
council meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Monday. A committee had been
requested by the city in order to
jointly discuss the best way of
handling magazine subscription
solicitors and “needy” solicitors.
In addition, the committee,
comprised of President Espy, J.
L. Salmon and Mrs. Billy Allen,
will discuss with the mayor and
council the possibility of contin
uing the free Saturday afternoon
parking program.
Mr. Espy reported that he had
sent telegrams to Rep. James H.
Floyd and State Sen. Joseph E.
Loggins requesting on behalf of
the SRMA that they vote against
removal of the vendors’ commis
sion on sales tax collections.
Data from the state capitol
this week disclosed that Rep.
Floyd voted against removal of
the commission and that Sen.
Loggins voted for its removal.
The House vote was 115 for,
73 against. The Senate vote was
34 for, 19 against.
Present for the February
SRMA director’s meeting were:
Ed Bryant, J. T. Morgan, Mrs.
Allen, Mr. Salmon, Jimmy Wood
ard, Harvey McCollum, Mr. Espy
and Henderson Ponder.
Loan for New Ga.
Glove Plant Okayed
Approval last week by the
Small Business Administration
of a loan has cleared the way for
construction of the new Georgia
Glove Co. plant at Lyerly.
The SBA loan is for $123,600
and the term is 15 years.
Construction is expected to be
gin as soon as the necessary pa
pers and funds arrive in Sum
merville, said a Georgia Glove
spokesman this week.
The new plant will be located
on a 10-acre site on the Lyerly-
Summerville Road just outside
Lyerly. It will be built by Bishop
and Busbin, Lyerly contractors.
The new plant, which will be
air conditioned, will cost about
Autopsy
Performed On
Hufstedler
An autopsy has been per
formed to determine the cause of
the death of Lester Hufstedler,
57, whose body was found early
Monday at his home in Summer
ville.
Coroner Roosevelt Young said
a report is expected within a
few days from the State Crime
Laboratory.
Mr. Hufstedler was born in
Walker County Nov. 22, 1907 but
had spent most of his life in
Chattooga County.
Surviving are his mother and
step-father, Mrs. Jess Reynolds
and Mr. Reynolds, Summerville
Route 2; one sister, Mrs. Mar
garet Thomas, Fort Payne, Ala.;
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Tuesday at the chaped of
Erwin Funeral Home. The Rev.
Jimmy Green officiated. Inter
ment was in Estell Cemetery,
Walker County.
Erwin Funeral Home was in
charge.
M. H. Purcell
To Head
Heart Fund
M. H. Purcell, Chattooga Coun
ty Agricultural Agent, will head
the 1964 Heart Fund drive in
Chattooga County, it was re
cently announced by State Heart
Fund Co-Chairman Peyton
Hawes and Richard H. Horsey.
The annual campaign which
supports the research, education
and community activities of the
Georgia Heart Association will
be conducted during February
which is designed as “Heart
Month.”
“We feel particularly fortu
nate that Mr. Purcell accepted
this appointment,” the Council
Chairman said, “because it as
sures the success of the drive
that is becoming increasingly
important to everyone. Diseases
of the heart and blood vessels
account for more than half of
all deaths and the effort to com-
<Continued On Page 6)
$155,000. It will be financed by
the Summerville Industrial De
velopment Corp, and leased to
the Georgia Glove concern. In
addition to the SBA loan, the
funds were raised through the
sale of debentures and through
a $12,360 loan from the Farmers
and Merchants Bank in Sum
merville.
Georgia Glove, which opened
operations in May, 1962, is now
located in an old warehouse
building in Lyerly and in a small
building on the Dry Valley Road
in Summerville. There are some
125 employes. Officials have an
nounced that the plant hopes to
(Continued On Page 6)
and write. His only child, a son, is college-educated, however, he
states.
“Chess,” as he is known among his family, said he has been
married three times. But he added that that was three times too
many.
The Good Book says there’ll be seven women for every man,”
he declares. “But someone else can have my other four,” he added.
How did he become “The Goat Man”?
Mr. McCartney says it all began back in the 1930’s when sev
eral misfortunes befell him. One was an accident. A tree fell across
his body, he was pronounced dead and was even sent to the morgue
declares Mr. McCartney in one of his booklets.
He was left “crippled, tired and worn out,” he says.
A decision had to be made at this time. Should I give up
and become a ward on the public or should I try to make my own
way? I decided to do what I could and so my life with the goats
began,” he states.
He says the goats have taught him a lot.
“They don’t, for example, care how I smell or how I look.
They tiust me and have faith in me and this is more than I can
say about a lot of people. During my years on the road I have
been leviled, cursed, beaten and shot at. I have been denied access
to public accommodations, but I have survived.”
Naturally, he drinks goat milk and he attributes his good
health to it. b
Some of the baby goats usually sleep with him in his “trailer”
when it s cold. He keeps the animals well fed, giving them dairy
feed and what grass they can get along the road.
But even he still smells them.
“When it rains, it gets 10 times worse,” he remarks.
I
ju 11
1 a ■ ■ ■ hkHl
COUNTY CD AUXILIARY POLICE
FORMED— Here are the members of the
Chattooga County civil defense auxiliary
police. They are (left to right) Bud
Tucker, Assistant Chief Charles Marks,
Jimmy Posey, Harold Scruggs, Frances
| Uncle Ned’s |
Notes I
I here that sum ov our “citi
zens" is already beginning to
badge our public officeholders,
as well as them that may run,
lor handouts in money or beer
or liguer.
It’s plain disgraceful for a
man to try to sell his vote.
And it’s fest as disgraceful fer
a man to try to buy votes.
I jest hope we’ll have the
type candidate who’ll have the
courage not to let the bums
git away with this sort of thing
this time.
Mrs. Crawford
Dies at 95
Mrs. R. M. Crawford, one of
Chattooga County’s oldest citi
zens, died at 8:15 p.m. Wednes
day, Jan. 29, at the age of 95.
She succumbed at her home
south of Lyerly.
Mrs. Crawford was the last
member of the first generation of
two of Chattooga County’s earli
est families, believed to be the
oldest citizen of Chattooga Coun
ty and was the oldest member
of the First Presybterian Church
of Summerville. She was pre
ceded in death by her husband,
R. M. Crawford, on February 16.
1950.
Survivors Include five daugh
ters, Misses Lurline and Louie
Crawford, both of Lyerly, Mrs.
Helen C. Scutt, Clearwater, Fla.,
Miss Allie Crawford, Salt Lake
City, Utah and Mrs. J. P. Mc-
Clellan, Summit, N. J.; one son,
Robert N. Crawford, Lyerly; five
grandaughters, s1 x grandsons
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday at 10:30 a m. from the
chapel of J. D. Hill Funeral Home
with the Rev. V/. E. Hotchkiss of
ficiating. Interment was in Ly
erly Cemetery.
Scruggs, Katherine Cody, George Sell,
Barney Sanders and Chief Bill Coker.
Not shown are three other members, Carl
Camp, Earl McConnell and C. T. (Red)
Styles.
County CD to
Get Building
A Chattooga County civil de
fense headquarters building will
be erected adjacent to the
Chattooga Health Department,
County CD Director W. E. (Bill)
Worsham announced Tuesday
night.
He told members of the county
CD that County Commissioner
John Jones had given the “green
light" for the project.
The county will give the site
and furnish the materials and
the CD men will erect the struc
ture. It will be a 25 x 50 foot
building and plans call for it to
be fenced so that CD materials
and equipment which cannot be
taken inside can be stored
safely.
The building will include of
fice space and a communica
tions room.
The announcement came at a
meeting of the county group
held at the courthouse.
Mr. Worsham also announced
plans for the CD to assist in the
“Stop Polio” campaign in Chat
tooga County Sunday. He asked
all members to meet at 10 am.
Sunday in front of the court
house for this project. They will
be assigned to posts throughout
the county.
Summerville News Begins
Two New Series This Week
The Summerville News this
week begins two new features,
both of which we believe you
will find informative and in
teresting.
One is “Your Income Tax,”
a series of articles which will
run between now and April 15,
the income tax filing deadline.
This week’s article may be
found on page 9.
The other new feature is
®A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1963
Better N ewspapes
Contest*
STEER AND
BARROW
SHOW SET
Plans are being made for a
county-wide steer and barrow
show in Summerville March 14.
It will be sponsored by a group
of civic clubs.
Prizes of S2O, sls and $lO will
be given in the two divisions of
the steer showings, Angus and
Hereford. In addition, a $5 award
will be given to every participant
and the grand champion will re
ceive a ton of feed while the
reserve grand champion will re
ceive a half ton.
In the barrow event, prizes of
sls, $lO and $5 will be given.
Each participant will receive $3.
And 500 pounds of feed will be
given the grand champion and
200 pounds will be given the re
serve grand champion.
M. H. Purcell has been named
treasurer of the show.
“Chattooga In 1913”. It is ex
cerpts from old newspapers
and the head will vary from
time to time—“Chattooga in
1914”, “Chattooga in 1912”, etc.
—depending on the newspaper
used. Turn to page 13 for the
first in this series.
This is a part of our con
tinuing effort to bring you the
best newspaper possible.
10c PER COPY