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fr 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? SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS Please enter my subscription tp The Taylor County News. Enclosed Is $ for years subscription. NAME ADDRESS CITY • SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS $3 A YEAR WANT TO BUY All kinds of rattlesnakes, bull, goph er, rat, king, coral, cotton mouth moc casins, rainbow and indigo snakes. Must be alive 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