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The Taylor County (Ga.) News, Friday, August 31, 1962
Practical Family Living
MATTRESS MATTERS
By AVA D. RODGERS
Extension Home Furnishings and Art Specialist
University dk.Otorgla College of Agriculture
Mattresses are an important
item in any nome furnishings
budget. But young and old, those
who buy them know far too little
about mattresses and springs.
Maybe this check list will help
you if you are in the market
for a new mattress.
Length should be at least six
or eight inches more than the
height of the person. The stand
ard length is 75 inches. Should
, ours be longer?
Width needed for an adult is
a minimum of 39 inches. A
double bed allows only 27 inches
per person, the same width as
a standard baby crib. Should
you choose twins beds or an
extra wide one?
Softness or firmness is an
Individual preference. Play
"Goldilocks” and actually lay
down on the bed to find the mat
tress "just right" for you.
You can’t Judge by sitting on
edge. A good mattress is firm
but resilient. It supports the
body evenly.
These are things one can
actually check when shopping
for a mattress. There are
other facts it is well to know
so you can interpret what the
salesman tells you.
springs are the backbone of
innerspring mattresses--not
the number of springs but the
gauge of wire and number of
turns put in a coil. In the coil
construction the ratio of the
top and bottom coils to the
center will influence the life
of the mattress. Although large
outer and small inner diameters
may feel nice and soft at first,
they are not durable. In a
six-turn or hour glass shaped
coil, the tip and bottom turns
provide resilience; the inner
turns afford firmness.
On top of the springs should
be several layers of padding.
The first one is usually of bur
lap and it sometimes has a wire
meshing woven through it. This
keeps the second layer, sisal,
from working down into the
spring unit. It is further cush
ioned with layers of felted cotton
and curled hair or other materi
al such as shredded or solid
sheets of foam—either synthe
tic or natural.
This whole unit or "sand
wich" is placed in a fabric
known as ticking. Ticking may
be tufted quilted or smooth.
Tufting is now more often done
with buttons than raw cotton
tufts and quilting is better look
ing and more comfortable.
Smooth finishes are best and
most easily judged.
In addition to the mattress,
box springs are ordinarily used
in our homes today. The bed
spring is really the foundation
on which you sleep. It supplies
about one-third of the total
resiliency when used with an
innerspring mattress and more
when used with solid types.
Coils of a box spring are
mounted on a wood or metal
base and covered with a cush
ion of several layers of padding
very much like the mattress
had. Ticking usually matches
the mattress, too. The springs
may be of the same number and
gauge as the mattress or they
may be made slightly firmer
where less resiliency is de
sired.
Mattress and springs usually
contain very similar materials
and the cost for each is similar.
A good mattress with normal
wear and care may be expected
to last 10 years. Is yours living
on borrowed time?
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A'SBURY McCANTS, Butler, Ga.
Company C Roster
From May, 1862
CMOPANY C. ROSTER, MAY,
1862
(ED. NOTE:
The following article was
copied from an Atlanta paper,
published about 90 or 95 years
ago.)
Roster of Company C, 59th
Regiment, Georgia Volunteers,
organized at Butler, Taylor
County, Georgia, May 4, 1862.
Captain W. H. Fickling was
never wounded and was pro
moted to major 59th Ga. Regt.
October, 1864.
First Lieutenant W. L. Wall
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
THE EDITOR
The Editor
Butler Herald
Well, it’s almost that time
again, Sept. 12, this year’s great
popularity contest. The tree
candidates of our county who are
running to represent you and 1,
the voters of Taylor County,
in the General Assembly.
Do they have a platform?
Have you heard the real issues
discussed by them? What are
their views on the reappor
tionment issue? The most im
portant legislation in Georgia
history since Reconstruction
days? Are they going to fol
low the lead of Ernie Vandiver,
Joe Underwood, the Mayor of
Atlanta or the governor of our
state, whoever that might be?
Or are they going to repre
sent the voters of Taylor Coun
ty and vote on this issue and
all others as the people of
Taylor County desire? Not
the people of Atlanta - but
the residents of Butler, Reyn
olds, Howard, Mauk, Taylor
Mill and all the other commu
nities of this county. After all,
the representative is elected
by the people of Taylor Coun
ty and the people of Taylor
County are entitled to be repre
sented as they so desire.
ALBERT F. GUINN
'Nazarene Youth
College Bound
The members ot the Naza
rene Church had a cook out
supper in the spacious back
yard of the Roy Bohlers on
Monday afternoon. The occa
sion was to honor Larry Al
in agren who will be leaving
soon for college. He will study
Pharmacy at the University of
Georgia at Albany. After sup
per the group presented him
with a number of useful gifts.
Other members of the church
who will attend college this
year are Miss Helen Bohler,
Macon Hospital School of Nurs
ing, Macon, Georgia; and Miss
Wilhelmina Neisler, Trevecca
Nazarene College, Nashville,
Tenn.
Sparky says:
If Rre Strikes
Your Home...
GIT OUT of the house the minute you discover it or smell
smoke!
ALWAYS be ready to use different escape routes from any
room in your house!
TIST doors before opening. If doors are hot, block them
with furniture or wet mattresses to keep out smoke and
gases. Get out another way!
NEVER jump from upper-story windows except as a last
resort! Wait for firemen.
HOLD your breath if you have to make a dash through
smoke and flame!
REMEMBER, the air is usually better near the floor in a
smoke-filled room!
CALL the fire department at once! They know how to fight
fire. Don’t waste your time or your life trying to fight
a fire, unless it’s so small you’re sure you can control it
with the right extinguisher.
DON’T ever go back to a burning building for any reason!
Smoke and fire gases from even the smallest fire can be
deadly.
GET medical treatment at once, if you’re burned
or exposed to fire and smoke! Seemingly minor
burns or smoke inhalation can have fatal results.
DON'T GIVE HUE » PLACE TO START!
Mi
Mh
Good housekeeping lesson to learn earlys
Only Electricity Provides
Flameless Water Heating
Modern mothers teach their daughters; The
more hot water you need, the more you need
a quick-recovery electric water heater.
It supplies gallons and gallons of hot water
without combustion. No by-products. No
fumes. No soot. No noise. No heat wasted up
a vent or flue. (Because there is no flue, your
electric water heater goes where you want it
—even in a clothes closet or under the stairs.)
The electric water heater has a long life.
Electric units work only when needed to heat
water. No continuous expenditure of energy,
no flame to deteriorate metal surfaces.
•Special rates can make the cost amazingly
low. Ask us how. Then make an electric
water heater your next step toward total-
electric living. You’ll be glad you did.
Auk how we eun pay up to $200 toward wiring
your home so you can live better electrically.
GEORGIA POWER COMPARY
NO
NEWS
ACCEPTED
AFTER
6 P.M.
TUESDAY
YOUNG PECAN TREES
Young pecan trees need a
lot of attention during their
first years after transplanting,
says Extension Horticulturist
R. L. Livingston. This fall
the owner should make sure the
tree receives about five gallons
of water every seven to ten days.
A good mulching of the tree
will help conserve moisture.
* * *
HOUSEWIFE HAS BIG CHOICE
Some supermarkets offer as
many as 5,000 different foods.
These items appear in various
degrees of preparation—fresh,
canned, frozen, concentrated,
dehydrated, ready-mixed,
ready-to-serve or in heat-and-
serve form, according to Ex
tension marketing specialists.
was wounded at Fussel’s Mill,
Va., June, 1864.
Second Lieutenant J. R. S,
White was never wounded.
Third Lieutenant W« T. Ell—
iston was killed accidentally at
Macon, Ga., June, 1862.
First Sergeant T. J. Wind
ham was wounded on the Wil-
wiamsburg Road, Va., October
1864; elected third lieutenat
June, 1862.
Second Lieutenant S. D.
Rogers died from sickness in
North Carolina, September,
1862.
Third Sergeant J. R. Hollis
was never wounded.
Fourth Sergeant Charles
Mulkey was wounded at Gettys
burg, July 3, 1863.
Fifth Sergeant Joseph Clark
was killed at the Wilderness,
May, 1864.
First Corporal H. H, Stur
divant was never wounded.
Second Corporal S. K. John
son was transferred to the Sixth
Georgia Regiment, September,
1863.
Third Corporal James
Garrett was kille at Gettys
burg, July 3, 1863.
Fourth Corporal J. J. Theus
was never wounded; captured
at Spottsylvania, May 1864; sent
to Fort Delaware prison, and
paroled March 1865.
Drew Amerson was killed at
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.
Jack Adams was killed at the
Wilderness, May 3, 1864.
Wm. Anderson was never
wounded.
M. C. Anthony was killed at
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.
Thos. Askew (butcher), was
never wounded.
A. M. Brooks was killed at
Knoxville, Tenn., February,
1864.
W. J. Byrd died from sick
ness at Macon, Ga., July 1862.
W. F. Brasington was never
v/ounded.
J. Bradley died from sick
ness at Drewy’s Bluff, Va.,
April 1863.
Zach Boothe was never
wounded.
W. S. Brewer was wounded
at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Carey Barfield (color bearer)
was wounded at Gettysburg, July
3, 1863.
Eli Bradley died from sick
ness at Richmond, Va., 1863.
H. H. Caldwell was never
wounded.
W. M. Coulter was wounded
at FunkStown, Md. , July, 1863.
Ed Coulter died from sick
ness at Petersburg, Va., April,
1865.
John Casy was never wond-
ed.
Monroe Duke was killed at’
Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
J. M. Duke was never
wounded.
J. T. Dixon was never wound
ed.
John Dixon died at Richmond,
Va., June, 1863.
Jacob Ellison was wound
ed at Ream’s Station, Va., Au
gust, 1864.
A. S. Fagin was never
wounded.
H. H. Giles was wounded at
Gettsburg, July 1863.
J. J. Harris was elected or
derly sergeant, May, 1863; nev
er wounded.
C. C. Hays was never woun
ded.
Elias Hortman was killed at
Bermuda Hundred, Va., August,
1864.
James Hortman was never
wounded.
H. H. Hill was never wound
ed.
Teague Hill was never wound
ed.
Roland Hudson was killed at
Gettysburg, July, 1863.
J. A. Hobbs died from sick
ness at Drewry’s Bluff, Va.,
1863.
Arch Hunter was never woun
ded.
J. L. Hudson was wounded at
Reams Station, Va., August,
1864.
L. Hobbs died from sickness
at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., in Feb
ruary, 1863.
Wiley Hunt was killed at Get
tysburg, July 3, 1863.
H. Hill was never wounded.
B. F. Ingram was wounded
at Wildelrness in May, 1864,
which caused his death.
Patrick Kennedy was killed
at Gettysburg in July, 1863.
J. H. McElmurray was never
wounded.
McGee
Georgia)
Bibb
(from
was never
(from Bibb
was never
Elijah
County,
wounded.
Job McGee
County, Georgia)
wounded.
R. S. Moore was never
wounded.
William Montgomery was
never wounded.
J. J. B. McCants died from
sickness at Richmond, Va., in
March 1863.
J. G. McCounts (teami. er)
was never wounded.
W. W. Nail was discharged in
1863.
John Peacock was discharged
in 1863.
Asa Peacock was never woun
ded.
J. Pope (from Box Springs,
Talbot county) was never woun
ded.
D. C. Parkswas neverwound-
ed.
Hiram Parks was never
wounded.
R. E. Pridgeon died from
sickness at Macon, Ga. injune,
1862.
J. Revel died in prison at
Ft. Delaware.
Tobe Revel was killed at
Deep Bottom, Va., in July, 1864.
G. A. Renfroe was never
wounded; discharged in March,
1863.
John Ritte (Frenchman from
Macon, Ga.)was never wounded.
T. W. Shiner was lied at
Wilderness, May, 1864.
H. G. Taunton was never
wounded.
Ed. Turner was never wound
ed.
W. H. Theus was killed at
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.
R. A. Theus was never
wounded.
T. B. Theus was never wound
ed.
A. R. Theus died from sL
ness at Richmond, Va., March
1864.
S. F. Theus was killed at
Spottsylvania, May, 1864.
J. A. Watson was never
wounded.
Coot Watson was never
wounded.
J. B. Windham was killed at
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.
James Windham died from
sickness at Richmond, Va.,
June,1863.
T. M, Windham was never
Wihdham was never
wounded.
Jere
wounded.
George Whatley died from
sickness December, 1862.
James Wainwright was
wounded at Funkstown, Md.,
July, 1863.
Daniel Worsham was never
wounded.
Willis Warren was never
wounded.
W. B. Watkins died from
sickness, Febrauary, 1863.
W. A. Williamson was never
wounded.
J. L Wilchar discharged at
Macon, Ga., 1862.
L. W. Wall died from sick
ness at Richmond, Va., March
1863.
Peter Wall was wounded at
Wilderness, May, 1864.
JOSHUA J. HARRIS
J. J. THEUS
T. B. THEUS
Brewer’s Building
Construction
For Free Estimates On:
New Buildings-Repairs-Extro Rooms
Septic Tanks—Roof Repairs-
New Roofs
CALL UN 2-3543
FLOYD A. BREWER, Owner
Rupert Georgia
MORTGAGE LOANS
TO PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND TO REFINANCE
• HOMES
• COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
• FARM HOMES
Anticipated Rate of Dividend AVz /o
Per Annum for Last Half of 1962
SECURITY FEDERAL SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
PERRY, GA.
Phone GA 9-1522
FT. VALLEY, GA.
Phone E25-E221
Malcolm Reese, Secty.-Treas.
William B. Skipworth, Jr.
Candidate
Superior Court Judge
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
SKIPWORTH has the Experience—
SKIPWORTH has Mature Judgment^*
SKIPWORTH has Human Understanding-
These Are The Qualifications You Should Leek Nr
WHEN YOU VOTE FOR JUDGE OF
THE SUPERIOR COURT SEPTEMBER 12th
VOTE FOR
WILLIAM B. SKIPWORTH Jr.
for Justice, Integrity, Understanding
(Paid Political Adv.J