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The Taylor County (Ga.) New*, Friday, September 7, 1962
Prices for the 1962 corn
crop will be supported at a min
imum of $1.31 per bushel in
Georgia, W. H. Booth, Chair
man, Georgia Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation
State Comn ittee, has announc
ed. This is 4 cents above the
support rate for the 1961-crop
com.
Booth said that the minimum
rate will not be reduced, but
may be increased if the final
1962-crop croen support price
determined on the basis of data
on Oct. 1 is higher than the
minimum price announced last
spring.
Booth stressed the im
portance of a full understanding
by growers of how the 1962
feed grain program affects
price supports for the crop.
"Corn producers who partici
pate in the 1962 feed grain pro
gram will be eligible for price
support on their 1962 produc
tion,” he declared, “but there
will be a limit on the amount
of corn from eligible farms that
can be put under support.
"The quantity for support will
be based on the farm's esti
mated per-acre yield, based on
the 1959-60 average, times the
1962 corn acreage as determin
ed by the ASC County Com
mittee.
"Producers of corn who do
not participate in the 1962 feed
grain program will not eligible
for support on the 1962 corn
crop.”
To be eligible for support,
corn also must have been pro
duced in 1962, must grade No.
3 or better or No. 4 because
of test weight only, must meet
certain moisture requirements,
and must be in adequate stor
age. The schedule of premiums
and discounts is unchanged from
the 1961 program.
As in the past, the price-
support program for 1962-crop
corn will be carried out through
farm - and warehouse-stored
loans and purchase agreements.
Loans will mature on July 31,
1963.
The Chairmen of the ASC
Committees elected in the re
cent election met on August
31, 1962 and elected the follow
ing persons to serve as the
1963 County Committee.
Mr. H. A. Sealy, Chairman
Mr. John S. Montgomery,
Vice-Chairman
Mr. Crum Shehee, Member
Mr. Robert F. Wilson, First
Alternate
The purpose of the ASC Coun
ty Committee is to direct the
asministration of the Federal
agriculture programs applica
ble to the county in accordance
with applicable laws, regula
tions, and official instructions.
This administration is accom
plished through Community
Committeemen and other per
sonnel responsible to the County
Committee.
CORRECTION
Miss Patricia AnnCooper and
Bruce Allen of Metter will wed
at the Butler Methodist Church
on September 16 at 3 p. m.
A reception will be held imme
diately following the ceremony.
No invitations will be issued but
friends and relatives of the
couple are invited to attend.
I may
save you up to
$125
on financing
and insuring
your next car
Ask me about the State
Farm BANK PLAN for fi
nancing new or used cars.
J. ED BELL
'State Farm Agent
Aero** from Post Office
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
LOOK AT THE
CRIMINAL RECORD
of the
GRAFTIN’ YEARS!
TRUE FACT: These are some of the Griffin Appointees or
employees fined or sentenced by the criminal courts of
Georgia.
J. W. BRINSON (former Director of State Parks) Charge:!
Conspiracy to defraud the State. Plea: Guilty. Case No.
77383, Fulton County. Sentence 2 to 20 years — suspended.
RALEIGH ROLLINS (former member State Board of Correc
tions). Charge: Conspiracy to defraud the State. Plea: Nolo
Contendere. Sentence: $5,000.00 fine and 3 years probation.
Case No. 77633, Fulton County.
J. WHITLEY WALDEN. Charge: Conspiracy with J. W.
Brinson to defraud the State. Case No. 77632, Fulton Coun
ty. Plea: Nolo Contendere. Sentence: $5,000.00 fine and 3
years probation.
MRS. MARJORIE MURPHEY (former Secretary in State Parks
Dept.) Charge: Embezzlement. Plea: Guilty. Sentence: 2
to 3 years, suspended.
W. C. MASSEE (former Asst. Supt. Purchases)
Sentenced 3 to 4 years probation.
JAMES B. McGREGOR (former sales tax official) Sentenced
2 to 20 years, reduced to 1 year — served 5 months.
JOSEPH W. RAY (former sales tax official) Sentenced to 1
year—served 5 months before parole.
W. E. COLEMAN (former sales tax official) Sentenced 6 to
7 years. Reduced to 2 to 3 years —served 8 months before
parole.
JIM JONES (former Revenue Dept, employee) Sentenced
to 14 years. Now on parole.
TRUE FACT: Cash Kick-backs on State Purchasing.
The following exoerpte are from an affidavit of W. C. Massee,
Assistant Supervisor of Purchases during 1956-1958, of record in
Office of the Governor of Georgia.
"GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY.
I, William C. Massee, who after being duly sworn depose
and state as follows:
“. . . In January of 1958 Mr. E. Thurston Brown brought
me a requisition from the Department of Public Welfare for
materials for certain metal buildings. Mr. Brown told me
that he had been to Mr. Shaw and that Mr. Shaw said
that I was to handle the transactions concerning metal
buildings from then on out.
• • . Brown stated to me that Shaw had told him that he
(Brown) had to pay 10% of the total purchase order in order
to get the business and that this 10% was to be split three
ways between Mr. Shaw, Marvin Griffin and myself.
... I sent out the invitations to bid to the three vendors
whom Mr. Brown had named and on January 24, 1958, after
receiving the bids, I issued a purchase order to Mr. J. A.
Reece, Cumberland Wonder Building Company, for $55,-
200.00. Mr. Brown then came by my office and I gave him
the vendor’s copy of this purchase order. He later came
back and handed me $5,500 cash in $20 bills, which was
10% of the purchase order. I took the $5,500.00 into Mr.
Shaw’s office, telling him that this was $5,500.00 and 10%
of the transaction from Thurston Brown. Mr. Shaw in turn
handed me back one-third of the $5,500.00. He said that he
would keep a third and that he was going to take the Gov
ernor his third.
... I issued a purchase order on March 27, 1958 to Mr.
J. A. Reece, Cumberland Wonder Building Company, in
the amount of $73,092.00. I gave the vendor’s copy of the
purchase order to Mr. Brown who in turn brought me $7,-
300.00 in cash in $20 bills as the 10% commission. I went
to Mr. Shaw and gave him $2,500.00 and told him I would
like to take the Governor his part of the money. Mr. Shaw
did not object to my doing this. I then went up to the
Governor’s office and there were a lot of people milling
around. I informed Governor Griffin that I would like to
see him in private.
He and I moved back into the men's room that Is directly
In back of the Governor's office. I told Governor Griffin that
here was $2,500.00 from Thurston Brown and handed him
the $2,500.00 in cash. Governor Griffin thanked me and I left
and went back downstairs.
TRUE FACT: Rigged Bids Cost Georgia Taxpayers Plenty
The following are a few items among thousands bought
each year in the operation of the State business and its
institutions:
Cost During Oriffin Cost During Vandiver
ITEM Administration Administration SAVINGS
Wheel Type Tractors $2245.00 $1242.00 $1003.00 each
Unbleached Sheeting .. .34 per yd. .24 ^ per yd. .095 per yd.
Plastic Sheeting 1.14 per yd. .32 per yd. .82 per yd.
Felt Bedroom Shoes .. 2.40 per pr. 1.49 per pr. .91 per pr.
Two Ton Flat Trucks 3378.90 2322.69 1056.21 each
State Patrol Uniforms 65.00 pr.
TRUE FACT: Broken Promises
While running for Governor during the summer of 1954
Griffin promised the people if he was elected Governor
there would be no tax increase.
Despite his promise one of Griffin's first acts after be
coming Governor was to call for a tax increase of over 60
millions of dollars a year.
When reminded of his promise to the people, Griffin’s reply
was that he did not care what he had said last summer.
TRUE FACT: Griffin Years Damaged Our Reputation
READER’S DIGEST, April 1960 - "NEVER IN GEOR
GIA’S HISTORY HAD SO MANY STOLEN SO MUCH.”
Said one embezzler — “Everybody around me was stealing
— big-shot officials and little people like me. So I stole, too..
* * #
WALL STREET JOURNAL, June 4, 1959-"Widespread
corruption in Georgia highlights costly problem. Charges
cite payments for non-floating boats and non-working work
ers.”
* * #
WE WILL NEVER know just how much the Griffin ad
ministration really damaged Georgia in its bid for new in
dustries and new jobs.
TRUE FACTS: What Roy Harris Really Thinks of Marvin Griffin
Roy Harris is now campaigning for Griffin, yet in the July 11
issue of his Augusta Courier he had this to say about his
"friend" ...
The story of Marvin Griffin prr lents a real tragedy . . .
the graft and corruption during his administration will
haunt him the rest of his days ... ft is hoped that Mar
vin Griffin won't run in 1962 ... Probably he thinks he should
be entitled to a second chance. We need leadership in Georgia
the next few years ... A man who has been smeared by his
first team, and his own cronies, will be a cripple. In this game,
we need a man with no crippling handicaps • • •
That’s what Roy Harris really thinks about Marvin.
We say - - Let’s not make the same mistake twice.
STATE FARM
MUTUAL
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