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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, AUGUST 31. 1961-
The Butler Herald
Entered at Post Office in Butler
Georgia as mail matter of
Second Class
Chas. Ber.ns, Jr., Business Mgr
Chas. Benns, Jr., Managing Editoi
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
Phone: UN. 2-4485
County Agent
Stresses Importance
Of Lime to Soil
u o change acidity than lighter san
dier soil). 3. The acidity of the soil
and 4. The amount of organic mat
ter.
The only sure way to find out
the lime needs for a particular soil
and crop is to have a soil test
made. You may overlime if you
guess at how much you need. So
don’t guess, soil test for your lime
requirements.
For further information ask your
County Agent for Extension Cir
cular 455, “Lime, Your Key to Hid
den Profits."
Coastal Bermuda
Social Security
Office Reports
Revised Benefits
Peanut Harvesting
| Time Again Arrives
In Taylor County
I (Vernon Reddish, Co. Agent)
Thousands of people in the 11- peanut harvest time is here
county area served by the Colum- again
bus Social Security Office are di- Y ou can make a higher quality
rectly affected by the 1961 Social peanut for market and seed Dur-
Security Amendments. R. E. O’Neal poses by proper drying. Mowing
District Manager of the Columhus £ ff the tops Q f peanuts will help
office, announced that every effort them dry quicker and more uni-
was being made to reach these and f orm i y j n the windrow. When pea
the entire quarter-million Inhabi- nut vine growth is heavy and hay
tants in this territory. To help ex- is not saV ed, a rotary type week
plain the provisions of the law fol- and sta i k cutter should be used.
Acreage planted in Coastal Ber- jlowing is a representative group! In clipping, be sure to cut only
muda in Georgia has increased i questions and answers. For more tbe top one third of Spanish and
greatly in recent years. Perhaps detailed explanation or informa- 0 t be r bunch type peanuts and the
vou have some pasture land grow- Ition, O Neal asks that you j op one-half of runner varieties,
ing this grass. Here are some new ^ isit bis of * ice at Street ' This clipping will reduce the load
facts you may want to know about Columbus, or see the field repre- on the harvester whether picking
Coas J, Bermuda. sentative when he comes to your from the windrow or stacked pea-
Just as oil is necessary for top coa! Res eYr C h duri ng the past three town - nuts. But be sure that cutter blades
performance of a tractor engine, Rese Sout 5 ern Piedmont * A fleld representative visits the are sharPi and not cut more off the
lime is essential for top crop pro.: Experiment Station Athens, shows rourt , room Butler on the first t than recommended. Clipping
Hurtmn Hpre »rp rpasnns I^P 1 kju of ’ Coasta , Bermu . Tuesday in each month and at the more may seriously reduce shak-
da was most severe on plots that^Y Ha11 . ln Reynolds on the 3rd ing efficiency.
had received combinations of high *" each ™°" th ’ . When harvesting, cut the tap-
low potassium fer- I Q Do the recent changes in So- root of the neanut plant just be-
duction. Here are some reasons
why you should use lime for your
crops:
Lime corrects soilacidity. Liming
an acid soil is a must for the tilization
growth of legumes such as alfalfa.
Liming is necessary for highest
yields of most nonlegumes such as
cotton and corn.
Lime supplies plant nutrients.
All plants need calcium and mag
nesium for growth. On soils low in
one or both of these plant nutri
ents, the use of liming materials
containing these elements will in
crease per acre yields.
Lime makes other plant nutri
ents more available. Acid soils lock
up some plant nutrients, especially
phosphorus. Liming a strongly acid
soil will unlock these plant nutri
ents and make them more availa
ble to growing plants.
Lime promotes bacterial activity.
Bacteria are the life of a s oil. They
are responsible for breaking down
organic matter (such as corn and
cotton stalks) in the soil and also
making soil nitrogen more avail
able. Since most bacteria cannot
live in a very acid soil, liming acid
soils increases bacterial activity.
So you see lime is very import
ant for successful crop production.
The amount of lime to use will de
pen on several things: 1 The kind
of crop grown. 2. The type of soil
(heavy clay soils require more lime
cial Security have anything to do low thearea of nuts. To do this,
with hospital care? peanut digger blades should be
A. No. Hospital or medical care sharp and adjusted relatively flat,
benefits under Social Security are A du u blade, with too much
pitch will very likely drag peanuts
Q. I’m a widow 64 and have been from v j nes . The slight pitch and
3. Excessive nitrogen without'g etti "K Social Security checks since thickness of the b i ades will gen-
adequate potash over stimulates m Y husband died last year. Will grally lift and loseon soil around
the grass, making it more suscept-, m >’ monthl y che( * be more be- peanuts sufficiently for good me-
ible to winter injurv. Potash is ef- j ca use of t ^ l( I lew law ’ „„ ... . chanical shaking.
fective in hardening the plant ma- | A ’ Yes - Wldows over 62 Wl11 g et ; Under most conditions, shaking
terial This makes the grass more about lb Per cent more. The check and windrowing of peanuts is best
hard „. .you will get early in September accomplished with the overhead
4. Farmers should take soil sam- wdl be in the new amount. | type peanut shaker. With proper
pies to determine the potash level I Q; 1 ve been gett ‘ ng $33 a month. ad j ustment of blades and shaker,
in Coastal fields. Low potash con-l"' 1 * ge * a raise ’ . excessive soil and rocks in pea-
A. \es two groups will get high- nuts may he avo ided.
er benefits. You’re in one of the If dlgger blades are function-
groups. those who get the mini- ; ng properly, it is easy to adjust
mum benefits. The other group s b a ker height to permit ony a soil
includes women over 62 who are combing action of the teeth with-
getting widow's checks. Your out dra ggj n g shaker through the
to $40 a so jj Spread of the shaker conveyor
'month beginning with the check u , n j t should slightly exceed the for-
I you K e t in September. I ward speed of the machine.
Did you ever stop to think that . q. The paper said that those get- | Keep tFle windrowing rods ad-
this issue of The Herald represents ting the minimum benefit will get j us ted to form a loose, fluffy
about the hest investment that you j a raise. Who does this include? windrow about the width to suit
can make? A. Most workers who now get ^e combine to be used. Avoid ad-
I less than $40 a month will get an justments that leave a narrow
If the Government would get out increase. Most families who re- t w j sed windrow,
of business entirely, the loudest j ceive less than $60 a month will
complaints would come from so- also get an increase.
2. As the amount of nitrogen in
creased, winter kill caused pro
gressively more damage — par , changes
ticularly on plots that received no i no !: a part of these changes.
“ ‘ 3 . ,. H .. Q. I’m a widow 64 and ha\
potash fertilization ^
itrogen without
ntlmiilntnc’ H"iy
monthly check be more be-
' cause of the new law?
ditions can then be remedied with
high potash fertilizers such as
5-10-15 or 0-10-20.
There are people ready to ex
ercise control over others without “hecks will be raised
being able to control themselves.
Two Boys Rescued
Falling Into Well
Gloversville, N. Y. — Two little
brothers, 3 and 5, fell into a dry
25 foot well behind their rural
home Sunday. They were lassoed
by a state trooper and pulled to
safety two hours later.
The youngsters had lapsed i nto
unconsciousness when state police
arrived. Oxygen was pumped into
the hole and after 20 minutes the
boys revived and began to cry.
“They were scared to death, both
of them and they were covered
with dirt,” said a rescueworker,
“but otherwise they appeard in
good shape.”
After 42 Years,
Savannah Sister
Registers as Alien
Savannah, Ga. — After 42 years
in Savannah assigned to the Little
Sisters of the Poor nursing home,
Swiss Sister Amilie, 87, has regis
tered as an alien at the Customs
House with four other nuns who
serve in Savannah.
Oldest of the registrants was
Sisster Joseph, a Belgian, who is
91.
They are probably among the
oldest legal residents ever to regis
ter together in the U.S., said Im
migration Inspector Poole.
Miwniwnii
ANNOUNCEMENT
Change of Office Hours for the Summer
WEBB EYE CLINIC Fort Valley, Georgia
EVERY VISION SERVICE AT ONE OFFICE
JToors: 9 to 5, Daily; 8-12, Saturdays
Dr. Willis L Webb, Optometrist
Thomas L Webb, Optician
Phone: TA. 5-2621
Ft. Valley, Ga.
OUR FRATERNAL
LIFE PROTECTION
called big business.
Plucky Stevie Helps Science
Toward Answer to Arthritis
It is strongly' recommended that
the shaker-windrower be factory
Q. How soon can I put in for equipped or improvised with a
the increased checks?
A. You don’t have to make a
heavy drag bar to the rear of the
peanut shaker rack. This equip-
claim. Your check will be raised men t smooths the soil bed which
increase will contributes to less picking up
Stevie Vardol gives blood sample to laboratory ir.'.-J.
For plucky Stevie Vardol, 10, life much of the time is
just an unhappy succession of giving samples of his body
to science. 4
But Stevie, who would rather
be swimming and roller skat
ing in Minneapolis (if he only
could) than spending endless
hours in the Children’s Rheu
matic Clinic of the University
of Minnesota Medical School,
doesn't feel sorry for himself.
He knows he is doing a job that
must be done: that the doctors’
appraisal of the tissue samples
from his swollen knees, speci
mens of knee-joint fluid, and of
his blood may in time prevent
in other children the affliction
that befell him three painful
years ago.
Stevie has juvenile rheuma
toid arthritis in the knees,
hands, wrists.
Throughout the nation, an
other 30,000 Stevies — or their
small sisters—also suffer each
year from this excruciating dis
ease. With March of Dimes
funds, The National Founda
tion (which made possible de
velopment of the Salk polio
vaccine) is today supporting
the University of Minnesota's
Children’s Rheumatism Clinic
with a research grant. Other
arthritis research projects are
under way at the Rockefeller
Institute, at New York Univer
sity, the University of Buffalo
and at other famed scientific
I Institutions, all financed by the
March of Dimes.
Additionally, The National
Foundation has established
arthritis study centers at Co
lumbia University, the Univer
sity of Rochester (N. Y.), the
University of Texas at Dallas
and the University of Cali
fornia at San Francisco
The doctors confidently tell
Stevie they will solve the
enigma of rheumatoid arthritis
in time, and find a preventive,
given enough support. But they
don’t delude this valiant little
boy or his puzzled father and
mother who ask, despairingly,
“Why should this happen to us,
to Stevie?” The medical scien
tists look him squarely in the
eye and say, “We just can’t
promise we’ll make you well
again. But then again, perhaps
eventually we will."
Stevie’s stout answer is to
roll up his sleeve for another
ten oc’s of his blood (which
contains an abnormal protein,
a mark of his disease); or to
pull up his trouser leg to give
up another specimen of lubri- i
eating fluid from his knee.
In the laboratory, Stevie’s I
blood is compared painstaking
ly to normal blood in the inces- i
sant search for an answer to
what is wrong with Stevie and I
with the other 30,000 children.
Perhaps what is wrong is an
abnormal development of anti
bodies. Antibodies are the sub
stance that combat bacteria.
Then, samples of the connec- 1
tive tissue around his knees
are studied and photographed
under the giant electron micro- i
scope and compared to normal \
tissue.
Stevie doesn't cry although
his doctors say that the pain
he suffers at times beggars
description. He is not a "guinea
pig” in the full medical sense
of the term. But the resolute
and uncomplaining bearing of
this young gentleman of only
10 is evidence that he knows
he is a volunteer of the fight
against the nation’s No. 1 Crip-
pler—arthritis which, in one or
another form, strikes at 11 mil
lion Americans.
automatically. The ^ =
show up in the check you get ear- rock ^ and soil, ] ess damage to pea
ly in September. nuts, particularly where weather
Q. I heard they lowered the j s adv erse, and more uniformity in
qualifying age for men. Is this drying,
true?
A. Yes. Men can get retirement
A. xes. ivien can get inucmcm
checks at age 62. However, if you If
take your check before 65 it is re- j
duced. How much it will be re
duced depends on how many I
months you are under 65. For ex- j;
ample: If you take your retirement ||
checks starting with the month ||
you’re 62, they would be reduced 11
20 per cent. If yo’d have gotten I§
$100 a month at 65, you’d get $80;’
a month at 62.
Q. Suppose I retire at 62 and
start my Social Security checks. 11
understand I’ll get less than I
would if I waited til I was 65.1
Does my check get increased to,
the full amount when I get to be !
65? _ 1
A. No. you get the same reduced
amount the rest of your life. We
have to do this because you’d be
getting three extra years’ checks |
if you start at 62. 1
Q. I put in for retirement checks
last year but didn’t have quite
enough work credited to qualify. I
think I needed 12 quarters or
three years and I had only 10
quarters Social Security to my
credit. Does the new law do any
thing for me?
A. Yes. Put in a new claim right
away. The amount of work needed
to get benefits has been reduced.
You now need only 9 quarters to
get retirement checks.
Q. Has there been any change in
how much a retired worker can i
earn and still keep his Social Se
curity checks? I understand that if
you make over $1200 a year, you
lose all of your Social Security
checks.
A. Under the new law you can
make $1700 and lose only $250 of
your Social Security payments. If
you make $2100 you'll lose $650 in
Social Security payments.
Q. I get Social Security retire
ment payments and my wife gets
a wife’s benefit on my account.
The total is $140 a month. Suppose
I take a job that pays me $180 a
month ($2160 a year). Would we
I lose all our Social Security pay-
.ments for the year?
| A. No. You’d still get $970 from
Social Security.
Q. Is there any raise for those
who get disability checks?
A Only for disabled workers who
are getting less than $40 a month.
Q. I’ll be 65 next month. How
much time under Social Security
do I need to get retirement
checks?
A. A man who will be 65 any
time in 1961 will need two and a
half years. A woman would need
one and three-fourths years.
COSTS
OFFERS
LESS!
MORE!
. . . / will be happy to show you how
I can save you money on your life
insurance needs—
THOMAS E. TANTE, F.I.C.
District Manager
P. O. Box 101 Butler, Georgia
* Phone: UN 2-3195
•THE FAMILY FRATERNITY'*
v*
Woodmen Of the World
Omaha, Nebraska
The nation as a whole may face
the problem of too much income,
'but this worry does not yet afflict
the average American.
NOTICE
-TO
TAX PAYERS
OF TAYLOR COUNTY
The Tax Books are now open for collecting
State, County and County School Taxes.
Your promptness in paying same will be sin
cerely appreciated.
Respectfully Yours to Serve
C. H.
TAX COMMISSIONER
Taylor County, State of Georgia