The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, September 01, 1955, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextBrantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. I, 1955 BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia CARL BROOME EDITOR and PUBLISHER Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879. Official Organ of Brantley County Patrol Plans Labor Day Safety Drive Georgia and the nation will soon observe Labor Day, a time to honor laboring people, but there is a certain type of labor that occurs year after year that detracts from this honor, that of burying the dead and patching the injured. Colonel W. C. Dominy, Director of the Department of Public Safe ty, in reviewing Georgia’s past Labor Day experience and taking note of the current trend of in crease in traffic deaths and ac cidents, determines to put every available man in the Department on the highways during the com ing holiday weekend, and adds his plea to that of Governor Mar- vin Griffin that every law en forcement agency in the state go “all-out” to have a traffic death free period in honor of Labor. Colonel Dominy finds it hard to make a prediction as to what might happen traffic-wise since there are three trends on which Now at THE COUNTRY STORE LIMITED TIME J "The Illustrated ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE” SM43SOGK sf/M£oo • vOF VALUE The world’s newest encyclo- A pedia. 10 deluxe volumes. 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If the August increase pre vails, there will be a 49 percent increase to bring the deaths to 16, or if the past weekend ex perience of 167 percent increase prevails, there will be 29 killed. In simpler terms, Labor Day weekend could bring death to 12, 16 or as high as 29. It is obvious that the situation is extremely serious. According to Colonel Dominy, the past cam paigns for traffic safety have been not only through stricter law enforcement, but also through a direct appeal to the driving public. “Evidently these tactics have not produced the de sired results,” the State Patrol Director stated, “therefore, we are making an appeal to all local traffic law enforcement officers to join us in a very strict and all-out crusade for law enforce ment.’’ Every possible effort will be made to prosecute to the limit of the law all violators. Special Schools Are Open —Drive Carefully ATLANTA — Motorists were urged this week by the Georgia Motor Club (AAA) to be extra alert during the first days of school. These days are a danger period for children learning or relearning the rules of traffic safety. In its annual “School’s Open — Drive Carefully” campaign, the AAA Club reminds drivers that they are an important part of the team working to protect the lives of school children. Policemen, teachers, School Pa trol members, and parents co operate in training children to obey safety rules. Still, where youngsters are concerned, the un expected may happen any time. L. S. Langworthy, Safety Di rictor of the Georgia Motor Club, pointed out that no foolproof way to keep children from darting into traffic has been discovered. “When they do,” he said, “and an accident occurs, it may not be the automobile driver’s fault, but a man would have to be very cal loused to find any consolation in that fact after his car has run down a small child.’’ Two principal things that mo-, torists should do, according to Langworthy, are to obey special speed limits around schools and to watch closely for children who might run into the street at un expected places. attention will be given all those who speed, drink and drive, pass without sufficient-clearance, fol low too closely, and generally disregard traffic rules and regu lations. Hogs Are Called Mortgage Lifter In New Leaflet Hogs are called “Mortgage Lifters” in a leaflet written by Livestockman William Hays Jr. and former Livestockman Charles Bell Jr. of the Agricultural Ex tension Service, College of Agri culture. Pointing out that the 1954 Ge orgia pig crop totaled 2,637,000 head, the livestockmen said hog production is a major enterprise in Georgia because it fits well with the diversified agricultural economy of the state. The Extension Service is as sisting farmers in overcoming four outstanding problems, the specialists state. These are: Geor gia hogs, on the average, still sell for a lower price than hogs on the mid-western market; av erage number of pigs per litter is below the national average; feed efficiency needs to be im proved considerably; and disease and parasite losses are excessive. Through its educational pro gram Extension workers last year conducted 12 swine production schools for farmers. Over 1,000 farmers attended two statewide swine short courses teaching the latest developments in swine nu trition, breeding, and disease con trol. Because consumer demand has shifted towards preference for the leaner cuts of meat, Exten sion workers are placing empha sis on the selection of meat-type breeding stock and feeding prac tices designed to finish quality market hogs with a minimum of lard. Thirteen barrow shows dur ing the year was an important factor in stressing the value of quality meat-type hogs, the leaf let explains. Extension specialists also em phasized the use of protein sup plement, minerals, green grazing crops, and the newer antibiotics to increase efficiency of feed uti lization and to promote animal health. Establishment of mo^f 1 demon stration hog units in feach coun ty, the livestockmen say, are demonstrating the most practical and best feeding management practices for local conditions. Although the average of pigs raised per litter is increasing, di sease and parasites take a heavy toll in deaths, reduced gains, wasted feed, and unthrifty pigs. Last year county agents assisted over 90,000 farmers with swine disease and parasite problems. “The disease problem is com plicated by the widespread prac tice of purchasing feeder pigs. Producing feeder pigs from their own sows, farrowing on clean premises, and raising pigs on tem porary pastures, followed by hog ging-off fattening crops provides a practical approach to the prob lem,” the livestockmen state. They add that the use of newer cholera vaccines promise to elim inate cholera completely. The leaflet, “Hogs — Georgia’s Mortgage Lifter,” is being dis tributed by county and home demonstration agents. Improvement of Rural Mail Boxes Object of Drive On Monday, August 22, Gov ernor Marvin Griffin issued a proclamation setting aside the month of September for the “standardization of Rural Mail Boxes.” On hand for the official sign ing and release were: G. C. Barn hill, Glenwood, president of the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ Association; Carey Hilliard Rhine, director of publicity and member of the executive board: H. B. Dean, regional director, U. S. Post Office Department; Mr. Frank J. O’Hara, assistant region al director and T. G. Walker, state supervisor of Agricultural Education. The rural mail box improve ment campaign will get under way with the opening of school in September according to a joint statement issued by Messers Barnhill and Walters. Vocational Ag. teachers in 300 high schools and over 17,000 FFA boys will co-operate with rural patrons by assisting in the making of new and uniform mail box supports. “We are calling upon the civic organizations of our state,” Barn hill asserted, “to assist us by adopting our mail box improve ment program as a Community Betterment Project.” Not only will these new posts and supports facilitate more efficient mail ser vice for our rural patrons, but will remove from our roadsides thousands of obsolete and anti quated boxes and supports he added. Wingate Scores Republican 'Disregard for the Farmer' ROCK EAGLE — H. L. Win gate, Georgia Farm Bureau Fed eration President, last Thursday viewed the mass of modern farm and home machinery on display at the first annual Farm Festival here and told 1500 visitors, “As conditions are today the farmer can’t long continue to buy this, needed equipment.” “Farm prices have already de clined 25 percent while other groups have seen an increase in net profits, higher wages and higher earnings. With President Eisenhower’s economic advisors going about over the country talking about the farmer having returned to normal economic sta tus doesn’t sound good for the farmer nor the nation,” Wingate explained. The Georgia Farm Bureau lead er charged, “The national lead ership is disturbed and occupied with the thought that we are about to have a boom. They don’t know what they are talking a bout.” Wingate reported there’s never been a boom in the history of this country when the farm economy is as it is today. The farm head explained, “The administration’s flexible support price program for 1955 and 1956 will cost the nation’s wheat farm ers alone a $537 million dollar loss.” He described the loss for the farmer as the difference be tween 90% supports and 82 % percent for the 1955 wheat crop and 76 percent of parity for the 1956 crop. “Who has the program helped”, Wingate asked. Using wheat as an example he charged, “From 1947 through 1954 and 1955 the farmers wheat price declined 24 percent while the consumer was charged a 50 percent increase in the loaf of bread. The price of bread went from 1$ cents per loaf in 1947, to 16 cents per loaf in 1951, td 19 cents in 1954.” The Farm Bureau leader noted that the farmer had reduced his wheat acreage from 78 million acres to 55 million acres to re duce surpluses. Wingate explain ed, “We’re faced with organized groups not understanding the farmer’s problems who are inter ested in high profits, high wages, and low food costs.” The farm leader noted, “Farm production costs from 1947 through 1952 alone increased by Tax Books Now Open Dear Friends, The 1955 County Tax Books are now open. If any one wishes to pay their 1955 taxes now, we are ready to receive the payments. All delinquent taxpayers will please come in and see about your back taxes as the County needs the money. The longer the fifas stay here the more it runs into extra money and costs to you. So, please come in and take care of back taxes. Those of you who have a back tax on your car or truck will have to have these paid by Jan. 1, 1956, in order to be able to get a car tag. A law was passed Jan. 1, 1955, stating that the tax on cars and trucks must be paid before you can buy your 1956 tag. Please don’t wait until the last minute to pay these as you will have to have your tax receipt before you get your tag. So, please come in and get these at once. John M. Wilson TAX COMMISSIONER OF BRANTLEY COUNTY $6 billion. In spite of all the farmer could do his net income in this period declined $3.2 bil lion. The most serious farm com modity price declines have come since.’’ Wingate reinterated, “Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson has said 1% million farm families need to be moved off the farm.” He added, “We used to think plowing under pigs and corn was bad. When it comes to plowing under people, the administration is headed in the wrong direction/' “Right now there is a bill be fore Congress which if passed will lower the price of cotton five cents per pound. We have got to fight to- prevent it pass age,” Wingate noted. The Georgia Farm Bureau lead er called for a program of step ped-up research and promotion Butterick \' IV \ Printed M Pattern 7496-45* W Teen sizes 10 to 16 Middy jacket tops a slim square cut jumper. Both in one pattern. * J. W. BROOKER Dry Goods, Hardware and Building Material PHONE 2-2385 NAHUNTA, GA. Your Friend, to solve some of the marketing problems for farm commodities and added, “If farmers of this country will organize as other groups have done we can do something about the farmers plight. The farmer has got to keep up with this thing. We can’t sit back and not help the wheat farmer, the peanut farmer. All farmers have got to do this thing together.” “Our opposition decided they couldn’t beat us by hitting us head on. They are taking us one at a time,” he concluded. “Over $200,000 was raised to beat the peanut program. If we lose this program, the peanut farmer will be taking SIOO.OO per ton for pea nuts instead of the $220 to $240 per ton. We know what they are after. Our opposition is working day and night,” he concluded. The Georgia broiler industry has increased production from 500 thousand birds in 1935 to nearly 122 million valued at al most 94 million dollars in 1954.