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Broome for Georgia
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Save Georgias Rivers
From a Dirty Destiny
(From The Atlanta Constitution.)
Civilization, Georgia-style, is kind of peculiar.
There’s a bathtub in every home. Public swimming
pools are filled with cool, clear water. Parroted in some
way every day is the old proverb, “Cleanliness is next to
godliness.”
But Georgia’s streams are as dirty as any in the
country.
Georgia rivers that once sparkled in the sun now
reek with refuse; placid creeks are polluted up to the
branchheads; little streams that start from pure springs
trickle down to a dirty destiny.
The Flint, the Etowah, the Chattahoochee, the Och
lochnee—these are proud names of fallen rivers, once
virgin bodies of water prostituted and polluted by every
thing from pickle brine to tobacco juice.
The Georgia Fish and Game Commission has com
pleted an investigation of four major fish kills in the
state. From Rome to Moultrie the evidence was the same:
Fish died and are dying because of municipal and in
dustrial waste dumped into the. streams.
Somehow, and quickly, Georgia’s anti-pollution laws
must be strengthened. Perhaps the Fish and Game Com
mission could be empowered with the authority to issue
cease and desist orders to offending firms or individuals.
Freedom to
Advertise
“Another vicious invasion of
our dwindling freedoms was
chalked up last month when the
Bureau of Internal Revenue took
action to try to gag private in
dustry from using advertising to
fight government competition.”
Thus begins a long editorial in
The American Press, a monthly
magazine which speaks for the
weekly newspapers of this coun
try.
The ruling in question was that
advertising placed by electric
utility companies, and presenting
their side of the public-vs-pri
vate power controversy, could no
longer be deducted as business ex
pense for income purposes. Need
less to say, all the proponents of
socialized power greeted this act
with shouts of joy.
The American Press also says:
“We can’t think of a more Ameri
can way for business to battle
for its rights than to take its
case to the people by the use
of advertising space. Surely this
is more to be desired than secret,
behind - closed-doors lobbying,
which seems to be the alternative.
“It is our hope that the elec
tric companies will not only fight
this ruling in the tax courts but
will go a step further and use part
of their advertising space to ac
quaint the people with this at
tempt of the government to ‘gag*
them.
“Freedom to advertise is an im
portant part of freedom of the
press, and should be guarded with
equal care. It is, in many cases,
the one vehicle through which
business can ‘speak out in open
meeting’.”
This goes far beyond the fight
over who is to produce this coun
try’s electricity. If the tax pen
alty can be used to prevent any
man, any industry or any group
from stating his side of a case,
one of the most essential of the
freedoms supposedly guaranteed
by the Constitution is on' its
deathbed. And government bu
reaus, tax weapon at the ready,
will decide what can or cannot
be said in the advertising pages
of our newspapers and magazin
es.
NOW FOR ATHLETE’S FOOT
Use T-4-L liquid because it
gives you KERATOLYTIC ACT
ION. This process sloughs off and
dissolves affected outer skin. Ex
poses deepset infection to the kil
ling medication in T-4-L. Relieves
itching and burning, speeds heal
ing. Watch new, healthy skin ap
pear. If not pleased in 24 hours,
your 48c back at any drug store.
Also, use full strength for itchy,
sweaty feet, insect bites, poison
ivy. Get T-4-L FOOT POWDER
too—provides a film of antisep
tic protection. Now at Campbell’s
Drug Store,- Nahunta, Ga. 7-17
Home town businesses ap
preciate your patronage.
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C J. Broome Will Appreciate Your Vote and Support on September 10.
Proper Care Needed
For Best Naval
Stores Production
VALDOSTA — First opportun
ity to influence efficiency in
gum Naval Stores production be
gins with the management of the
timber stand many years before
it is ready to cup, according to
an announcement made recently
by John W. Cooper, Supervisor
of the Naval Stores Conserva
tion Program.
Trees, like other crops, must
have proper space to grow if
they are to make good gum pro
ducers, or if the maximum vol
ume of merchantable quality
pulpwood, logs, poles or piling is
to be produced.
Foresters find many land own
ers who have been so sold on con
servation that they are reluctant
to make a pulpwood thinning in
plantations as well as natural
stands. In both types of stands,
maximum production will be ob
tained only by making a series
of well selected thinnings to
maintain the rate of growth on
the highest quality stems.
Cooper compared timber pro
duction to rearing children by
pointing out that the time to
mold character and the future
value of a child to society is
when the child is young. The
same is true in producing the
highest value timber crops.
It should be easy for anyone
to recognize that the number of
tree stems per acre must be
gradually reduced as the size of
the tree increases to provide
space for adequate crown devel
opment.
Landowners are urged to seek
timber prescription advice in
treating their stands from NSCP
Area Foresters, Extension Fores
ters, Farm Foresters of the State
Forestry Commission, Industrial
Foresters or Consultant Foresters,
all of wham are qualified to help
the landowner make the maxi
mum possible returns from his
timber management.
YOUR HELP
NEEDED
The Brantley Enterprise,
like most newspapers, oper
ates on a rather tight sche
dule which is built around
deadlines that must be met.
This statement is made to
call attention to the fact
that all news copy, in order
to be assured of publication
must be in the Brantley En
terprise office not later than
Wednesday noon.
Hardly a week goes by
but that some news items are
received later than this. In
most cases extra effort is
made and the item gets in
the paper, but it works a
hardship on the staff, and it
often means night work.
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New Leaflet Will
Help Farmer to
Evaluate Cotton
Can you make Cotton Pay?
This question which Georgia
farmers today are facing more
seriously than ever before is the
No. 1 question in a series of 22
presented in a new Agricultural
Extension Service leaflet design
ed to help farmers evaluate the
place of cotton in their total
farm programs.
Copies of the new Extension
cotton leaflet are now available
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VANDIVER’S PLATFORM
on INDUSTRY
VANDIVER’S PLATFORM
on AGRICULTURE
VOTE for VANDIVER
for GOVERNOR
SEPTEMBER 10, DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
free from county agents’ offices,
according to Charles R. O’Kelley,
Extension county agricultural
leader.
D. L. Branyon, Extension cot
ton agronomist for the University
of Georgia College of Agricul
ture, who prepared the leaflet,
points out that .many Georgia
farmers depend upon cotton as
a source of cash farm income.
In recent years, however, cotton
growers have seen costs of equip
ment, labor, and other things
necessary to produce cotton in
crease steadily while the price of
cotton has remained about the
Lieutenant-Governor
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same.
Under prevailing conditions,
Branyon explains, the only way
to make a profit on cotton is to
improve efficiency and increase
yields. That this can be done is
proved each year by cotton grow
ers who qualify for the Georgia
Bale and a Half Cotton club.
Last year, for example, the
72 members of the Bale and A
Half Cotton Club averaged 820
pounds of lint cotton per acre
on 1,351 acres for an average
return on land, management and
equipment of $121.63 per acre.
This is better than three and a
half times the state average re-
“I pledge to sponsor the immediate creation of a suitable in
strumentality of the State to insure industrial plant loans up
to a reasonable percentage of the appraised value so as to in
duce new manufacturing firms to open in communities where
they are needed. Through the means of advertising and per
sonal solicitation I will bring to industry’s attention that it’s
good business to produce in Georgia.”
“I intend to bolster agriculture as a mainstay of Georgia econ
omy. I pledge to continue without letup the efforts of State
government to improve the productivity and diversification of
farms through better crop methods, research and demonstra
tion, marketing procedures and concerted efforts to make farm
life more attractive.”
turn per acre of $34.77.
Branyon reminds readers of
the cotton leaflet that someone
will continue to grow cotton for
the many cotton products de
manded by American families.
Efficiency will determine who
these cotton growers will be, he
declares.
Georgia Baptist
Associations Set
Annual Meet Dates
Georgia Baptists are making
plans to hold their annual assoc
iational meetings during the next
several weeks.
Between now and the first of
November, 94 district associations
will meet to hear reports of the
year’s work and plan for work
during the next year.
The associations in this area
will hold their meetings in Octo
ber.
The Piedmont Association will
meet on October 9-10. The first
day’s sessions will be held at
Mershon Baptist Church, and
the second day’s session will be
at Nahunta Baptist Church.
The Okefenokee Association
will meet on October 23-24 at
Deenwood Baptist Church in
Way cross.
