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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 16, 1956
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RED PIG DRIVE -IN
AIR-CONDITIONED NAHUNTA, GA.
Worried about the Bermuda
grass? Plowing in dry weather or
plowing in winter and harrowing
the rootstocks out with a spring
tooth harrow are effectilve means
of control, jsay Extension specia
lists at the College of Agriculture.
HEAR
DEWEY
HAYES
OVER
RADIO STATIONS
WACL
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SATURDAY
12:30 P. M.
AUGUST 18
WAYX
MONDAY
. 10:15 A. M.
AUGUST 20
He’ll discuss the issues in
the Solicitor General’s
race.
DEWEY
HAYES
Candidate For
Solicitor General
Waycross x
Judicial Circuit
ACP Program
For Next Year
Is Announced
The 1957 national Agricultural
Conservation Program for cost
sharing with farmers carrying
out certain approved public- in
terest conservation practices has
been approved by the Secretary
of Agriculture, according to John
F. Bradley, state administrative
officer of the Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Com
mittee.
In making the announcement,
Bradley emphasized that “ACP”
is a continuing long-range pro
gram of conservation cost-sharing
and should not be confused with
the conservation programs en
acted into legislation this year.
The soil bank program and the
ACP are complementary, not
competing programs,” he said.
While the ACP for each suc
cessive year is called a “new”
program, actually it is a continu
ing program which has been in
operation for 20 years, the admin
istrative officer explained. How
ever, he continued, it carries a
“new” authorization for funds
each year, and revisions and ada
ptations are made annually to
meet current conservation pro
blems. Congress has authorized
$250 million for the 1957 ACP.
That authorization is in addition
to the $450 million authorized
under the conservation reserve
part of the soil bank.
Bradley said one of the more
important changes in the ACP
for 1957 is in the so-called “in
itial establishment” concept. This
concept has been retained, but for
1957 it will be possible to offer
cost-sharing for establishing or
improving permanent pastures
and permanent cover crops on
land where the cover was es
tablished or improved under a
previous program if the cover
has lasted for its normal life
span or has been damaged or
destroyed due to causes other
than lack of proper maintenance,
he explained. The 1957 ACP, like
the 1956 program, will not offer
cost-sharing for maintenance
measures.
A state ACP handbook, con
taining the practices for which
cost-sharing is available to far
mers and the specification which
such practices must meet in order
to be eligible for cost-sharing, is
developed annually by the State
Agriculural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee and the
heads of the other agricultural
agencies in the state, Bradley ex
plained. He said a meeting of the
agency heads will be held on
July 26 to formulate the state
handbook for 1957.
Following the announcement of
the state program, county ASC
committees and representatives of
the other agricultural agencies in
each county will develop the
county programs. These will spell
out the rates of cost-sharing ap
plicable to the performance of
j the approved practices on farms
l in the county.
Rail Crossing
Prove Hazard for
Some Motorists
CHICAGO — Some motorists
seem to insist on getting hurt!
Take those who are involved in
railroad grade crossing accidents,
for example.
Two out of five of these ac
cidents occur at crossings pro
tected by gates, lights, bells,
watchmen or a combination of
these, according to the 1956 edi
tion of the National Safety Coun
cil’s statistical yearbook, “Acci
dent Facts.”
What’s more, autos often run
into trains, and after dark it’s
a toss-up as to which will be hit
by which.
Home businesses invite
your patronage.
$60,000 Emmanuel Baptist Church
Building to Be Dedicated Sept. 2
Plans have been made by the Emmanuel Baptist
Chuhch, Blackshear, Ga., to dedicate its $60,00 building
on Sunday September 2 at 11:00 o’clock A. M. Bernard D.
King, Brotherhood Secretary of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention, will deliver the dedication address.
The Rev. A. J. Harper, pastor
of the Second Baptist Church,
Waycross, will conduct the corn
erstone ceremony after the ser
vice of dedication. The ladies
of the church will serve dinner.
The Emmanuel Church was
organized August 12, 1955, by a
group of 50 members from the
First Baptist Church. Ground was
broken for the building which
accommodates 300 on Labor Day
in 1953. The building committee
is composed of Alpha Dixon,
chairman, W. E. Jones, and Jack
Scott.
The building, equipment, and
grounds are valued at $60,000.
The church building was built
debt free and most of the work
was done by the men of the
church.
The church now has 178 mem
bers, 235 enrolled in the Sunday
School, 166 enrolled in the Train
ing Union, 26 enrolled in the
Brotherhood, 166 enrolled in the
Woman’s Missionary Union, and
45 enrolled in the choirs. The
church has adopted a SIO,OOO bud
get for 1956-57, ten per cent of
which will be given to the Coop
erative Program, the denomina
tion’s mission program.
Howard D. Blalock, pastor of
the church since its organiza
tion, extends a cordial invitation
to those who would like to attend
these dedication ceremonies.
Dixie 18 Corn
Gains Favor in
South Georgia
Sixty-five percent of the corn
planted in South Georgia this
year was the Dixie 18 variety
This is revealed in a seed
survey conducted by the College
of Agriculture Extension Serivce
through county agents in 61
counties.
Citing other results of the sur
vey, Extension Director W. A.
Sutton said 45 varieties and
hybrids were used by farmers
in the counties, but he added
that all but a small acreage was
planted with seven hybrids and
one open-pollinated variety.
Sutton said the information ob
tained by county agents showed
that 85 percent of the approxi
mately 2,000,000 acres of corn in
South Georgia was planted with
certified seed. Eighty percent of
the crop is hybrid.
Seven years ago hybrid made
up only 13 percent of the corn
in South Georgia
About two-thirds of the farmers
in the area said they planted
varieties recommended by their
county agent and College of
Agriculture experiment stations.
Dixie 18 is a yellow corn
developed at the Coastal Plain
Experiment Station a Tifton. It
is gaining favor with farmers in
the Coastal Plain and Southern
Piedmont areas throughout the
south. In addition to producing
large yields of good quality corn,
the variety also is resistent to
weevils and has a high shelling
percentage.
Agronomists believe the fact
that a large percent of the South
Georgia crop was planted to Dixie
18 last year accounts in part for
the state’s record yield of 22.5
bushels per acre.
Sutton said the quality of ex
periment station hybrid seed corn
has shown steady improvement.
TO SPEAK AUG. 22 — Former
Governor Herman E. Talmadge
who will speak at a South Geor
gia Farmers Celebration and a
Chamber of Commerce dinner in
Blackshear Wednesday, August
22.
Facts Given on
Social Security
For Farmers
Many farmers past 65 could
now draw social security benefits
if they fully understood their
rights under the law, O. L. Pope,
manager of the Waycross social
security office, said today.
In the following statement Mr.
Pope gives the facts on social
security for farmers up to date.
To draw monthly old-age insur
ance benefits, two years are re
quired after 1954 in which the
farmer had at least S4OO net farm
income to qualify, provided he
is 65 or older. Any farmer who
meets the age requirements and
who netted at least S4OO in 1955
may qualify for monthly benefits
as soon as he has grossed SBOO,
or had a net of at least S4OO
from his farm in 1956.. An ap
plication must be filed with the
Social Security Administration
before benefits are payable. If the
farmer is under age 72, there are
certain restrictions on the amount
he may earn. Farmers already
65 who made at least S4OO in
1955 and expect to earn as much
in 1956 should also inquire about
filing applications now. Survi
vors of a farmer who died in
April 1956 or later could qualify
if the farmer made S4OO or more
in 1955 and made as much in
1956 before his death. ■
Some self-employed farmers
who had net earninngs of at least
S4OO in 1955 have not filed tax
returns. Federal law requires
every farmer to file a tax return
if he had net earnings of S4OO
or more in any year beginning
after 1954. This is true whether
or not the farmer is required to
pay income tax. No social sec
urity credit is given to the far
mer for any year that he fails
to file a return. Tax returns in
cluding farm schedules must be
filed with the Director of Inter
nal Revenue. The farmer over
age 65 should keep a copy of his
return and a money order stub
or other evidence of filing the
return, as they will be request
ed by the social security office.
Any farmer who had at least
SBOO gross but failed to net S4OO
may exercise the option of re
porting one-half his gross by fil
ing a tax return, or by amend
inng one he has filed. This will
give him social security credit
for that year.
Tax returns for 1956 generally
cannot be filed until after the
end of the year. The Social Se
curity Administration, in paying
benefits, will accept a statement
from the farmer based on his
records as to the amount of his
farm income this year. At the
end of the year the farmer will
be required to file his 1956 tax
return and furnish the social se
curity office a copy and evidence
of having filed his returnn. The
widow of a deceased farmer who
dies after March 1956 may file a
tax return for her deceased hus
band if he dies before doing so.
Self - employed farmers in
clude renters, sharecroppers, and
those who farm their own land.
Any farmer who is uncertain
about how he is affected by soc
ial security is encouraged to call
at the nearest social security of
fice. If this is not convenient,
a social security representative
may be seen in the farmer’s com
munity. Tne postmaster in each
community has a schedule of
visits.
The Way cross social security of
fice is located at 307 Nichols St.
The mailing address is P. O. Box
756.
Active Campaign
^ing Made by
Braswell Deen Jr.
Braswell Deen Jr. of Alma,
candidate for Congress, is making
an active campaign and visiting
throughout the district each day.
He spoke this week in Wares
boro, Millwood, Dixie Union, Pat
terson, Towns, Scotland and Jack
sonville, Ga. On Thursday, Aug.
16, he will be in West Green to
speak at 3:00 P. M., in Denton at
5:00 P. M.; and on Friday, he
speaks in Graham at 5:00 P. M.,
Surrency at 7:00 P. M
His Saturday engagements in
clude a talk in Milan at 2:00
P. M., Lumber City at 4:00 P. M.,
Hazlehurst at 6:00 P. M. and
Baxley at 8:00 P. M.
Last week, Deen visited tobac
co warehouse in Waycross, Pear
son and Hahira, and spoke in
Irwinville, Mystic, Ambrose,
Broxton, Ocilla, Pearson, Douglas
and Nicholls.
Palmetto News
By Mrs. W. H. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Drury
and daughters, Carolyn and San
dra, of Jesup, Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Drury and daughters, Anne
and Harriett of Vidalia, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Middleton and chil
dren of Atkinson visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Jones and Mrs. S. C.
M. Drury Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Redick Thornton
and children and Mr. Louis Dow
ling of Waycross were week end
guests of Mrs. W. H. Jacobs.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rooks and
family were visitors in Waycross
on Saturday.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rooks, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Freeman, Mr.
S. B. Smith and J. F. Jones were
those from here visiting Mr. Cal
vin Drury in St. Vincent Hos
pital in Jacksonville last week
end. Mr. Drury was seriously in
jured on Monday of last week
when a tree fell on him, crush
ing his spine.
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Captain and Mrs. C. L. Butler
and family of Salvation Army in
Harlan, Ky., will arrive here on
August 27 to start a revival on
August 28 at Palmetto Outpost,
four miles north of Waynesville.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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Walter Gibson is spending
some time in Jacksonville with
his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Rooks.
Congresswoman
Reports on Bill
For Watersheds
Congresswoman Iris Blitch who
is attending the Democratic Na
tional Convention in Chicago in
formed friends here the the
President signed her Watersheds
Bill on August 7. Thanks to her
efforts, small watershed projects
for the conservation and protec
tion of farmlands may now be
established throughout the coun
try.
After two years of unceasing
effort, her bill has been desig
nated as Public Law 1018. Mrs.
Blitch stated her deep apprecia
tion for the backing she received
from leaders throughout the Bth
District, for the complete coop
eration of the Congressional Agri
culture Committee, and especially
to the Chairman of the Agricul
ture Subcommittee, the Honor
able W. R. Poage of Texas. Mrs.
Blitch is also appreciative of the
support she received from various
soil conservation groups in the
District and to Mr. Donald A.
Williams, Administrator of the
Conservation Soil Service, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Stating that it was difficult to
get the bill signed by the Presi
dent, Mrs. Blitch said copies of
the act will be made available
for distribution next week. Farm
ers and other groups who organ
ized water association can get low
interest rates on loans up to
$250,000 over a fifty year period.
This provision is aimed to bene
fit tobacco and cotton farmers
whose acreage allotments are too
small to justify expenditures for
irrigation.
Municipalities, recreation asso
ciations, sportsmen, and industry
are all eligible under Public Law
Law 1018 to make application
for participation in the use of
these water facilities.
Southern Bell
Lets Contract
On New Exchange
Contract for construction of a
new telephone building in Way
cross has been awarded by the
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany. Christian Construction
Company of Atlanta was award
ed the contract.
Ground-breaking ceremonies
were held recently when Mr.
Matt L. McWhorter, chairman of
the Public Service Commission,
turned the first shovelful of dirt
at the building site on Oak
Street near Pendleton.
Clearing at the new site began
August 6 and excavation work
is now in progress, manager
Smith said. The building is sch
eduled for completion during
April, 1957, and will house new
dial telephone facilities for Way
cross together with associated
equipment, as well as long dist
ance operating quarters. Ins
tallation of the equipment will
then require several months. The
structure is to be approximately
80 by 80 feet, two stories in
height, with a full basement.
Ga. Communities
To Elect ASC
Committeemen
The election of Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
committeemen will be held in 1,-
100 Georgia communities between
September 17 and September 21,
John F. Bradley, state adminis
trative officer of the ASC, said
this week.
Three committee members and
two alternates will be elected in
each community.
Bradley said the mail method
of voting will be used this year.
He pointed out that ballots will
be mailed to all known eligible
voters prior to the voting period.
He added that ballots also can
be obtained at county ASC offi
ces.
The state administrative officer
pointed out that ASC community
officers will be nominated by
nominating committees selected
by the county election board.
This board consists of the county
agent, county FHA and SCS rep
resentatives, and the president of
the county Farm Bureau. Nom
inations also may be made by pe
titions signed by ten or more far
mers. The ballots will provide
for write-in votes, too.
According to Bradley, any far
mer is eligible to vote who is par
ticipating or eligible to partici
pate in any of the ASC programs.
Following the local elections,
Bradley continued, the chairmen
of the community committees in
each county will meet in a coun
ty convention on September 27 to
elect a county committee. This
group also will consist of three
members and two alternates.
These county and community
ASC committeemen will admin
ister the Agricultural Conserva
tion program; the Allotment and
Marketing Quota programs on
cotton, peanuts, tobacco, and
wheat; the Soil Bank programs,
and the Price Support programs.
“These are farm programs pro
vided by the Congress to meet
the farm conservation and stabi
lization needs of our Nation’s ag
riculture, and they are adminis
tered by the farmers themselves,”
Bradley emphasized. “This is the
farmer’s opportunity to select the
men who will do these jobs for
the coming year. They are very
important to every farmer, and
every farmer should cast his bal
lot.”
The newly - elected committees
will take office October 1, 1956.
Jim Thomas Is Named
State President of FFA
Jim Thomas, 17-year-old senior at Patterson High
School, was unanimously elected president of the state
Future Farmers of America during the final day of the
28th annual meeting held at Lake Jackson Thursday,
August 9. —
Young Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Son Thomas, won the top
office to make the week one of
the most rewarding in his care
er. Monday night he won second
in the tri-state speaking contest
in competition with Alabama and
Florida.
Jim had entered the public
speaking contest for four years
and each year fell just a little
short of the top. This year he
exerted even a greater effort and
was just a few weeks ago named
state winner.
Being named state president
was the culmination of a life
long dream, he said shortly after
the election. He had always as
pired to holding a state office.
During the week he broke away
from numerous committee meet
ings to return to the interviews
which are conducted to determine
the new officers.
Jim didn’t know he had been
selected until his name was read
before the group. No opposition
was offered to his selection and
he won unanimous approval of
the nearly 400 delegated attend
ing the meeting.
. The new state president has
been in FFA work four years. He
is presently serving as president
of the Patterson chapter and has
dairy cattle along with his speak-
AUCTION
Tuesday, August 21, 1:00 P.M.—Collins, Georgia
100 REGISTED ANGUS—IS BULLS
56 Females—Cows with Calves—Bred & Open
Heifers.
A guaranteed Dispersal of the entire Bradley Fanns Herd
owned by Frank McCall.
Sale will be held at BRADLEY FARMS near COLLINS, GA.,
8 miles from Reidsville, 10 miles from Claxton. For catalogs,
contact George W. Gibson, Sale Manager, Phone 9050, Rome,
Georgia.
CLASSIFIED
ADS
TRUCK FOR SALE
1949 Chevrolet 1-2-ton pickup
truck for sale, $195. In good
running condition. Moody Bros
Furniture Company, Nahunta
Ga.
WAGON FOR SALE
One-horse wagon for sale, $25
See R. I. McDuffie, Route 1, Na.
hunta, 3 miles east of Hickox
B—l 6
SPENCER GIRDLES
Spencer girdles and brassieres.
Fitting guaranteed. Phone 2-2125
Mrs. Daisy Hunter, Waynesville’
Ga.
MAKE YOUR MOTOR
LAST LONGER
Use Premium X-100 motor oil.
It will not only make your motor
last longer but run better. Don’t
take chances with low grade mo
tor oil—use only Premium X-100.
Shell products give top satisfac
tion. Indian Swamp Service Sta
tion, Ty Raulerson, Manager. Na
hunta, Ga.
SKIN ITCH
HOW TO RELIEVE IT.
IN JUST 15 MINUTES,
If not pleased, your 40c back
at any drug store. Instant-drying
ITCH-ME-NOT deadens itch and
burning; kills germs ON CON.
TACT. Use day or night for ecze
ma, insect bites, foot itch, other
surface rashes. Now at Camp
bell’s Drug Store.
READ THIS ABOUT
ATHLETE’S FOOT
The writer of this ad had ath.
lete’s foot several years ago. Was
miserable with the pain of burn
ing and swelling. One bottle of
T-4-L Solution cleared it up. Now
I keep it on hand to use only
when my toes begin to itch. Have
never had the disease again. I
can’t promise that you who have
athlete’s foot will get my results
but there i§ a mighty fine chance.
In fact, the makers of T-4-L have
built a nice business on that
chance. Their records show that
repeat sales are far in the ma
jority. T-4-L is especially made
for, and is advertised only for
athlete’s foot, even tho’ it is good
for similar itches. Just give it a
try. Your 40c back at any drug
store if not completely pleased.
Today at Campbell’s Drug Store.
ing project. He is also a member
of the student council, football
and basketball teams and a mem
ber of the Beta Club.
Other officers to lead the 18,-
000-member organization for
1956-1957 were Benny Gaskins,
Atkinson County High chapter,
George Norman, Washington, and
Billy Denson, Summerville, vice
presidents; Wayion Cheney, Mor
gan, secretary; Danny Strickland,
Claxton, reporter; May lon Lon
don, Cornelia, treasurer.
The new officers were installed
at the final assembly meeting last
Thursday night.
Rural Areas Can
Be Dangerous If
Safety Overlooked
CHICAO .... Sometimes you’re
safer among the tall buildings
than in the tall corn.
The traffic death rate in urban
areas is less than half that of
rural areas, according to the 1956
edition of the National Safety
Council’s statistical yearbook,
“Accident Facts.”
The 1955 rural death rate was
more than eight per 100,000,000
miles of travel, while the city
death rate was less than four.
Night driving is considerably
more hazardous than day driving
in both urban and rural areas.
