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The Summerville News, Thurs,, Mar, 16, 1972
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W.A. Fdwards and daugh
ters, Marie, Kay, Susan, and
Beth of Rome, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Ldwards Sunday
afternoon.
We extend get-well wishes
to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ed
wards.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dempsey
visited Mr and Mrs. J. D.
Fountain at Waterville Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Tucker
visited Mrs. flattie Anthony in
Memorial Hospital of Chatta
nooga Sunday
We send get-well wishes to
Mrs. Hattie Anthony.
Mrs. Bob Bell of Gaylesville
and Mrs. Louise Drake of Fort
Payne, Ala., visited Mr and
Mrs John Webster last Thurs
day.
Mrs Mamie Fowler and son,
George, of Mentone, Ala., and
Miss Arlene Fowler of Gads
den, Ala., visited Mrs. Fannie
Agnew Sunday.
Mrs. Carolyn Alexander and
Barry of Atlanta spent Sunday
with Mis Alexander’s parents,
Mr and Mis John Webster.
Masters Bill and Ben Holli
day of Rome spent the week
end with Mr and Mrs Henry
( happelear
We send get-well wishes to
James Goodrich in Chattooga
Hospital who suffered severe
burns while pouring gas in a
tractor while engine was run
ning Be careful tractor drivers.
Rodney Kettle spent the
weekend in Athens
Mrs Minnie Day of Oak
View Nursing Home visited her
son. Bud Day and Mrs. Day
Sunday.
Mrs Pax Smith and Mrs.
I annie Agnew visited relatives
at Adamsburg, Ala., Sunday
afternoon.
Friends of Miss Mary Dodd
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Menlo Notes
By Mrs. Elmer Sumner
Phone 734-2158
will be glad to know she has
moved to Oak View Nursing
Home, Summerville. She will
be glad for you to come by and
visit with her.
Mrs. Sidney Stager and son
of Athens are visiting Rev. and
Mrs. Leon Stager this week.
Mrs. Bob Dempsey visited
Mrs. Etta Brown and other
friends in Trion Hospital,
friends in Oak View Nursing
Horne Saturday.
The W S.C. S. met with
Misses Mittie and Claire Dodd
Tuesday night. Eleven ladies
were present and everyone en
loyed themselves very much.
Mrs. Jewel Ward served
delicious refreshments.
Mrs Wilburn Pickle and
Barbie accompanied Misses
Claire and Mittie Dodd to see
their brother, Tom Dodd, at
Memorial Hospital, Chatta
nooga, Monday.
Friends of Lorn Dodd will
be glad to know he is very
much improved and hopes to
come home soon We continue
to send him get-well wishes.
Mr and Mrs. Loy Espy and
Beverly spent Sunday with Mr
and Mrs Clyde Baker and
Perry of ( alhoun.
Mr. and Mrs. lari Money
and Randy and Mr. and Mrs
Bill Money and Barry visited
Renee Money in Henrietta
I gleston Hospital, Atlanta, Sat
urday evening
Mrs. Bob Dempsey and Mrs
Eva Webb visited Mis Mary
Dempsey of Summerville Sun
day.
Mrs J. I.ee Frye of Signal
Mountain, Tenn., spent a few
days last week with her
mother, Mrs J R Wyatt, and
Helen
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dempsey
visited Mrs. Dicie Hester and
Ethel Thursday afternoon.
I ittle Renee Money is much
better We continue to send her
get well wishes.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Crowe
visited Misses Mittie and Claire
Dodd one night last week
S A Dean entered Chat
tooga Hospital Tuesday for
tests We extend to him get
well wishes
Misses Mittie and Claire
Dodd attended the shower of
Miss Marie McWhorter at Sum
merville Presbyterian Church
Salurday
Mr and Mrs Bill Willingham
have moved from a rest home
MRS THELMA COOK NIX
Mrs. Thelma Cook Nix, 62,
of 300 Allen St., died Tuesday,
March 14, at 5 05 p.m. in a
Rome hospital. She was born
in Forsyth, Ga., on Feb. 17,
1910, daughter of the late C.
Edgar Cook and Dessie Anglin
Cook. She owned and operated
Nix Groceries for a number of
years. She was preceded in
death by a son, Lawrence Nix,
on Jan 21,1962
Surviving are her husband,
Arthur Nix, Cleveland, Ohio;
stepmother, Mrs. Charlsie M
Cook, Summerville; four
daughters, Mrs. Susan Rackley,
Kennesaw, Ga., Mrs. Helen
McArthur, Trion, Miss Patricia
Nix, Summerville, and Mrs.
Norma Tressler, Chester, Va.;
two sons, Wayne Nix, Cleve
land, and Edward Nix,
Rochester, N. Y.; two sisters,
Mrs. Edna Bates, Rome, Mrs.
Susie Howell, Summerville;
four brothers, Clarence E.
Cook Jr., N. E. Cook, Charles
I Cook, and Hubert H Cook,
all of Summerville. Eight
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, March 17, at 2 p.m.
from the chapel of J.D. Hill
Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Frank Lewis officiating. Inter
ment will be in Summerville
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
nephews. Mrs. Nix will be at
the J.D Hill Funeral Home
after 5 p.m. Thursday, where
the family will be from 7 until
9 p.m. Thursday evening.
J. I) Hill Funeral Home,
Inc. has charge of arrange
ments.
MRS GERTRUDE SMITH
Mrs. Gertrude A. Smith, a
resident of Boynton Beach,
Fla., died at 12:30 a m. Mon
day, March 13. She was pre
ceded in death by her husband,
O B Smith, in December,
1955.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. I T Cooper, Boynton
Beach; two sons, Anderson
Smith, Deerfield Beach, Fla.,
and Dwight Smith, Boynton
Beach; two sisters, Mrs. W A.
Mitchell, LaFayette, and Mrs.
R C. Floyd, Lyerly; five grand
children, and one great-grand-
m Rome to Oak View Nursing
Home
Congratulations to Ronald
Deberry and Ann Majors who
were married March 4. Ann is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edd Majors and the grand
daughter of Mrs. Dovie Majors
and the late Bill Majors Ron
ald is the son of Mrs. Louise
Stinson and the late Guye De-
Berry We wish Ronald and
Ann a long and happy life to
gether.
We send get-well wishes to
Mrs. Clarence Hill at Floyd
Hospital. Rome
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child.
Funeral services will be held
(today) Thursday, March 16, at
I 2 p.m. from the chapel of J . D.
Hill Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Johnny Bryant of
ficiating. Burial will be in
Lyerly Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
J.S. Taylor, W H. Smith Jr.,
Porter Jones, Bill Bryant, L. B.
Whisenant, and C. A. Norton.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home,
Inc., has charge of arrange
ments.
MRS ADDIE LOCKLEAR
Mrs. Addie M. Pruitt Lock
lear, 91, a resident of Trion,
died Wednesday, March 8, at
j 11:35 a.m. She was born in
Cherokee County, Ala., on
' December 19, 1880. She was
preceded in death by her
husband, Moses Lathan Lock
lear, on Feb. 6, 195 1;a daugh
ter, Ida Cruse, in 1956; and a
son, Ernest Locklear, on Dec.
11,1965. She was a member of
New Bethel Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daugh
ters, Mrs. John B. Gilreath,
Mrs. Howard Powell, and Mrs.
Laura Knox, all of Trion; five
sons, Frank Locklear, Dalton,
Felton Locklear, Atlanta,
Arnold Locklear, Gainesville,
Jack Locklear, Gadsden, Ala.,’
and Clyde Locklear, Valley
Head, Ala.; 31 grandchildren;
81 great-grandchildren; and 22
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Friday, March 10, at 2 p.m
from the New Bethel Baptist
Church with the Rev. A. N.
White, the Rev. Ross Williams,
and the Rev. W. H. Dean offi
ciating. Burial was in Trion
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were the
following grandsons: Carl
Locklear, Dennis Locklear,
Steve Locklear, Frank Bowers,
Terry Locklear, and Ben (Bud)
Locklear. Honorary pallbearers
were Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lawrence,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pilgram,
Mrs. Troy Smith, Porter
Durham, Manuel Hayes, Merdie
Reeves, and Buck Harris.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home,
Inc., had charge of arrange
ments.
MRS FLORA LEE BROWN
Mrs Flora Lee Mathis
Brown, 58, Route 3, Summer
ville, and a lifetime resident of
Chattooga County, died Tues
day, March 14, at 7:35 p.m. in
a Rome hospital.
She is survived by a daugh
ter, Mrs. Edna Dismukes, Balti
more, Md.; one son, Dennis
Brown, Atlanta; one grand
daughter; two grandsons
Funeral services will be held
Friday, March 17, at 11 a m.
from Little Sand Mountain
Chapel, with the Rev. Frank
Lewis and the Rev. L. C.
Wright officiating. Burial will
be m the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Houston Cargle, Roy Hawkins,
Oliver Cargle, Leonard Owens,
Max Cooper, and Eugene
Mathis.
J. D Hill Funeral Home has
charge of arrangements.
MRS HATTIE WARREN
Mrs Hattie B Warren, 83,
Route 2, Summerville, a life
long resident of Chattooga
County died at 6 40 a m. Sun
day, March 12. She was bom
June 22, 1888, daughter of the
late William G. Woods and
Elizabeth Cordle Woods. She
was preceded in death by her
husband, W. D. Warren, on
May 18, 1954, and by a
brother, George W. Woods, on
March 4, 1972. She was a
member of the Little Sand
Mtn Baptist Church
Surviving are four daugh
ters, Mrs. MJ. Owens,
Armuchee. Mrs. J. M Greene,
Route 7, Rome, Miss Louise
Warren, Miss Willie Mae
Warren, both of Summerville;
one son, J. D. "Jack” Warren,
Summerville, four grandchil
dren, 13 great-grandchildren,
nieces and nephews also
survive.
Funeral services were held
Monday. March 13, at 2 p.m.
from the chapel of J.D Hill
Funeral Home with the Rev
L.C. Wright and the Rev
Frank Lewis officiating Burial
was in Pleasant Grove Ceme
tery
The following nephews
served as pallbearers Henry
Woods. Glenn Moore. Vance
Patrick. Keifer Patrick. Celhe
Warren, and Uarlton Warren
J D Hill Funeral Home.
Inc., had charge of arrange
ments
COUNCIL AGENDA
(Continued from Page 1»
Union streets
Agreed that the entrance
gates should be kept locked at
Hu- kilv '* fillet plant
Prohibited water tieina
outside *ity limit* without
approval of the mayor and
council unless adequate prea-
MM can be maintained
Jim Roberson, rtpresenting
the First National Hank of
Chattooga County appeared
before the council to request
that a portion of the city's
deposits be placed in that
bank It was agreed that Mr
Roberson would meet with the
city clerk to work out a plan to
present to the council
An item to be placed on the
agenda tor the next meeting
concern* any city employee*
who nught offer tor a political
oMdl It was suggested that
any such employee must notify
hi* department head three
week* before qualifying It was
also suggested that potential
candidate* who work for the
city be required to take a leave
of absence dunng the pre
election period
EARLY HISTORY
(Continued from Page 1)
; introduction of industrial tools
and domestic animals
prompted the Indians to begin
a more extensive cultivation of
their lands. From this de
veloped better-built homes and
the ownership of farms.
Around each of these cabins
was a plot of ground for plant
ing beans and pumpkins, culti
vated by the Indian squaws and
young maidens. It was the
i custom in those days for
women to be seen and not
heard, and to make themselves
j useful instead of being engaged
in public activities.
As was the Indian custom,
| the men did the fishing, hunt
ing, and fighting, leaving the
| farm work to the women.
Except for corn, beans,
pumpkins, hickory nuts, wal
nuts, chestnuts, and chin
quepins all of which were
important staples of diet the
Indians had to rely on hunting
and fishing for food. Luckily
for them, the region was a
paradise for game animals. Bear
and deer were abundant here;
the raccoon was plentiful, feed
ing upon fruits and mussels;
and the o’possum hooked his
tail around the persimmon tree
nightly, in order that he might
I fatten upon this fruit.
In the present limits of
Chattooua Countv was located
a number ot Cherokee Indians
who grouped themselves in
I small villages. Broometown, in
the western part of the area,
was presided over by a chief
known to the white settlers as
The Broom. Another village
was near the present site of
Summerville, probably on land
later-owned by Will Hinton. It
was called Island Town, and
was presided over by Cabin
Smith. Another Cherokee set
tlement was Kahtah the pres
ent Dirttown.
There were other small
Indian villages located within
the present bounds of the
county, but there remain only
the sites where fragments of
Indian pottery, arrowheads,
stone knives, spearheads, and
other relics were later found.
It was about this time that a
half-breed by the name of
Sequoyah is believed to have
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lived a short time at Alpine,
while working on his Cherokee
alphabet. Since this subject has 4
been covered several times, we
will pass over the details of his
almost miraculous feat.
It is not known how many
Cherokee Indians were in this
area at this time but Sher
wood’s Gazetteer of 1837 indi
cates the Cherokee population
was increasing instead of de
creasing, as was the case of
many of the tribes surrounded
by white settlers in other areas.
The figures given in the
Gazetter list 13,000 Indians in
the entire Cherokee Nation;
147 white men and 73 white
women who had intermarried
with the Indians; and 1,277 j
slaves within the territory of
the Cherokee Nation, making a
total of 1 5,060.
The present area of Chat
tooga County was represented
in the Cherokee capital at New ■
Echota (near the present site of
Calhoun) as part of one of the
eight districts into which the
Cherokee Nation was divided.
Each district elected two mem- |
bers to a Commission (Senate)
and three to a Council (House
of Representatives). Members
received a daily stipend of
$2.50 for service on the Com
mission and $2.00 for service
on the Council. The supreme
judicial power was vested in j
three judges who also met on I
the second Monday in October.
Inferior judges and magistrates
were appointed throughout the
territory.
A history of the area would
be incomplete if it did not
relate something of the social
and economic life of the tribes
of the Cherokee Nation, when
few white men lived within the
present boundaries of Chat- !
tooga County.
The Indians were especially 1
fond of calico garments which
they were able to obtain from
traders who came into the
area and the men would buy |
extravagantly for the women, |
often getting enough of this !
brightly colored fabric for their
squaw to make them an odd
waistcoat.
Their clothes seldom ।
matched: buckskin or wool
trousers; squirrel skin hats; |
moccasins or discarded white
men’s shoes (and often bare
foot), and all the cheap jewelry
and trinkets they could afford.
The Indians became very
fond of liquor and tobacco.
The liquor was obtained from
stores owned by white men
that sold provisions in front
and contained a barroom, or
“doggery,” as it was called, in
the rear. To give the whole
thing dignity, it was called a
“grocery.” A screen separated’
the doggery from the front
until a state law compelled its
removal, in order to make
public the bar section of the |
“grocery.”
Property owned by the
Cherokees was held distinct by
husband and wife. Since
property was not vested in the
male, an Indian woman did not
forfeit the title to her stock or
other property when she mar
ried.
Many of the geographical
names in Chattooga County are
derived from the Cherokees.
But none of them may prop
erly be called Indian names,
since they are no more than
the white man’s version of the
sounds heard pronounced by
colonnade i
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the Cherokees.
Among these names are
Armuchee, Teloga, Chattooga,
Kahtah, and Kahte Kunteeske,
a plateau which extends into
Alabama. According to the late
Col. Rivers, the English transla
tion of the name of the moun
tain is Dirtseller. And by that
name it is now commonly
known.
(To be continued)
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