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■GEORGIANS IfIED LEADERS ■jUSINESS V At i a nt:.n- and six other Geor i„,n selected among the - fl f , , most business lead s' 111 ’ annual polling by Dixie lfl ai ■^ eiS Magazine. ■ .. f Lee, Editor and Found ■j' .. magazine, listed the At ■ Hal Dumas, President of ■dans as 1 „ _ , ■ thern Bell Telephone & Tele- Company; C. B. McManus, ■ of Georgia Power Com- B^‘. Fran k H. Neely. Board Chair WT B o ard Chairman, Robert & tpany: P° bert w - Woodruff ■Trnian of the Executive Com ■ The Coca-Cola Company; ■, c E Woolman, President of Kjta Air Lines. 1...... : Georgians: Cason Callaway, of the Callaway Farm ■L an d former head of Callaway Ei of Blue Springs Farm, Hamil- E, Robert W- Groves, President of Ejchan Shipping Company, Sa- Eaiah: Thomas M. Johnson, Presi |ht 0 f Johnson, Space, Lane & Ifnmpany. Savannah; William Mur | Board Chairman, Citizens & ■Southern National Bank, Savannah; ■falter F. Graefe, President of Po- Lna Products Company, Griffin; Ld C. N- Martin, Sr., of East Point, ■publisher of Atlanta’s Suburban Re iser, named as typical of weekly Ecwspaper publishers. 14 MILLION BALE ■COTTON CROP SEEN i THIS YEAR I WASHINGTON. The Agricul ■sre Department reported last Fri- Ijv 26,380,000 acres of cotton were ■1 cultivation on July 1. This is an ■rrease of 14.2% over a year ago. I No forecast on production was ■gven and none will be made until (jest month. But the crop would be ■tbout 14,770,000 bales of 500 pounds Ifioss weight if the yield per acre (quailed the five-year (1944-48) wage of 269 pounds. At last year’s field of 311 pounds to the acre, the top would be 16,490,000 bales. Production last year was 14,868,- M bales compared with a ten-year wage of 12,014,000 bales. The acreage planted to cotton last jear whs 23,110,000 acres compared *ith 22,015,000 for the 10-year av erage. The Department had set a planting goal of 21,984,000 acres for fius year's crop. The big acreage indicated by the Sport forshadowed anew cotton turplus and a return in 1950 to pre *rar acreage allotments and market *B Quotas to hold down production. In Georgia, where considerable knd was shifted from peanuts to cotton, a 14% increase was reported. The Department said the crop is Jonerally than average in all States hcept Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. In Texas, thd crop has ®ade very good progress, although eav y rains in the high and low Pkins made considerable replant ®f> necessary. CLYDE LANGFORD granite and marble company PHONE 400 Commerce, Georgia °eal with the Man that Owns and makes them himself. 25 YEARS experience deal at home save difference Modernize Heating System This Summer, Experts Say Summer is the best time to mod ernize the heating system, says the Plumbing and Heating Industries bureau. Tile summer of 1949 is the ideal time for the overhauling of heat ing plants because all types of heat ing materials and equipment are now available and labor is in bet ter supply. Thousands of heating systems, winch survived the war years, are now due for either a thorough-go ing overhauling or replacement of essential items. There is hardly any phase of home modernization which will bring such an immediate re turn in economy and comfort as the improvement of the heating sys tem. The significant progress which has been made by the heating in dustry in recent years is another reason for viewing older systems critically in the light of new devel opments in boilers, radiators, con vectors, oil burners, stokers, and gas conversion burners, all of which are now in plentiful supply. Also in plentiful supply is the baseboard heating system which is enjoying general popularity as one of the newest and most interesting developments in heating. New con trols are available, both the in door and outdoor type, which pro vide precise regulation of tempera ture for the utmost in fuel economy and comfort. Heart of the heating system is the boiler. The replacement of many old boilers with modern units designed for the particular fuel to be burned is advisable. Mew Cap Lamp far Miners Assures Dependable Light Development of a crop Irrnp for miners which gives 25 per cent more light than ever before avail able from a cap lamp, has resulted from years of work by scientists of General Electric company, Cleveland; Thomas A. Edison, Inc., West Orange, New Jersey; and the Mine Safety Appliances company, Pittsburgh. This cap lamp has been tested and approved by the U. S. bureau of mines. A direct descendant of the origi nal miner’s electric safety l3inp in vented in 1915 by Thomas A. Edi son, it uses for the first time in any cap lamp a four-cell battery de sign without any appreciable change in size compared with the preceding three-cell model. It has 100 times more illuminating inten sity than Edison’s first model. The additional cell provides greater wattage and assures a maximum amount of dependable light during an entire working shift. Although the Edison lamp was Invented originally to improve safety in mines by eliminating open flames in gaseous atmos pheres, many design changes have been made during the past 34 years. Today, the lighting ability of the lamps has been so increased that they are used extensively in metal mines and other non-explo sive areas, as well as in gassy coal mines, to provide better illumina tion. Weed Control for Potatoes Cyanamid holds more promise for weed control with potatoes than various forms of 2,4-D, the popular weed-killing chemical. Tests at Pennsylvania’s agricultural experi ment station the past two years indicate that cyanamid not only gives good weed control but also provides nitrogen to the growing crop later in the season. Prof. J. Stanley Cobb, in charge of the ex periments at Penn. State, reports that granular cynamid was used as a pre-emergence application, placed in a band about a foot wide down the row, at the rate of 400 pounds. This is the equivalent of 1200 pounds If the entire acre was cov ered, Professor Cobb explained. His tests showed that use of cyana mid boosted the yield of potatoes by 100 bushels per acre as well as controlling grass and bread-leafed weeds. Finishes Aid Auto Makers A development of great value to the manufacturers of automobiles has been the perfection of a meth od by which wood tones and wood designs are pre-printed on a large flat metal sheet before fabrication into Instrument boards, moldings, and parts for interior trim. Great simplification, time - savings and avoidance of much handwork are thus achieved. First, the primer and ground coat are applied. Next comes the printing of the graining of wood tone design. Third, the ap plication of the final glaze coat of lacquer. 0 Invented Self-Starter Thanks to Charles F. Kettering women qre no longer dependent on male muscles to start the car when they wish to go motoring. It was Kettering who invented the self starter. Before then it frequently happened that milady wrecked her careful grooming and her temper by trying to start the car herselL Kettering was the 6? Uant who settled that problem for aU women for all time. Today she merely presses her foot a & a ' ns * a smal/pedal or presses a button with her finger. The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia Sights In Arizona The petrified forest is situated just 10 miles south of U. S. highway 66, near Holbrook, in northeaistern Arizona. Within a few miles of Flagstaff in north central Arizona are Sunset Crater national monu ment, Walnut Canyon national mon ument, Waputki Rational monument and picturesque Oak Creek canyon. The town of Williams, also located en U. S. highway 66,, is the gate way to one of the most popular attractions in the nation—the Grand canyon. Each year thousands of people from all parts of the coun try and many foreign lands journey to the Grand canyon to view this breathtaking spectacle. Overfire Jets Abate Smoke Improvement in furnace per formance and smoke abatement have been shown on all types of stoker-fired and hand-fired furn aces by the use of overfire jets, William S. Major, development en gineer for Bituminous Coal Re search, Inc., Pittsburgh, reported in a fuels session of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He said maximum benefits from jets are most likely to occur on spreader-stoker fired furnaces. The use of jets has not only been effec tive in substantially reducing smoke density, Mr. Major de clared, but it has increased boiler and furnace efficiency, reduced soot and slag deposits on boiler and economizer surfaces, reduced both the quantity and carbon con tent of the cinder carryover, shortened the flame and reduced the final temperatures when sur faces are of the same degree of cleanliness and enabled furnaces to operate with slightly lower ex cess air without unbumed com bustible gases. New Finishes in Textiles Fabrics are appearing on the market today which offer the con sumer value, durability and high fashion never before available in the history of textiles. It can be ex pected that these new fabrics will be available in increasing quantities during 1949. These fabrics are the result of new developments, ad vances and discoveries in the art of “finishing.” For example, it is not only possible to obtain wash able colors; but, finishes and fab ric qualities which are equally dur able through washings. I&iPSS - - • ilia,. Ford overdrive^S^^ .Aik. ||| lH as well as in thd surging smoothness it adds to your ride. In Overdrive your J|D imp- 9 engine speed drops 30% while car spead remains unchanged. The resulting savings of up to 15% in gas plus the savings in oil, epgir.e life, and repairs C -■ more than repay the original cost. But more important is the quieter, effort* |B Mg ■ less r 'de, the flexibility and power response you get. And it’s controlled by || | yowr toe P assin B in a flash ... and a smoother, more relaxing Jefferson Motor Company go Lee Street JeEferwn, G. ■ THE FASHION ACADEMY COLD MEDAL AS THE "FASHION CAR OF THE YUK"-~^ STATE REPORTS STUDENT DROP IS ABOUT 200 The University System of Georgia has 200 fewer students this Summer than it did last Summer, the Board of Regents reported. Total enrollment for the 16 units for the Summer Quarter is 13,603, as compared with 13,805 last Sum mer. Registration in the senior white colleges showed an increase of 178. Junior colleges lost 183, and Negro schools dropped 197. There are 5,851 veterans this Sum mer, as compared with 6,540 last year. Non-veterans increased from 7,265 to 7,752. PEELING TOMATOES To peel tomatoes for canning, place them in a wire basket and dip them into a pan of boiling water until their skins blister and slip off. This usually takes about one-half minute, but you can judge your time by the way the peeling slips. One of history’s greatest under water demolitions was the blasting of the nine-acre Flood Rock, near Long Island Sound, in 1858. Aaron Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel because the lat ter said he had a “despicable” opin ion of Burr. The United States Weather Bu reau reported more than 10,000,000 different local weather observations during 1948, according to the Brit annica. Book of the Year. DR. H. B. NUNNALLY RETURNS TO MONROE Dr. Harry B. Nunnally, for some time chief resident surgeon at the Knickerbocker Hospital, New York, has returned to Monroe where he will enter private practice in Aug ust Dr. Nunnally, son of the late Dr. Nunnally and Mrs. Nunnally, is re siding with his grandmother, Mrs. W. H. Nunnally. It is understood that anew doc tors building will probably be erected within Monroe this fall and that Dr. Nunnally, along with sev eral other Monroe physicians, will have offices there. ESSAY CONTEST Last Spring, the Dallas, Ga., Ser vice Club sponsored an Essay Con test among high school children. They invited the youngsters to tell the old folks (in 1,000 woras or less) what could be done to improve Dallas to make it a Champion Home Town. The Contest was divided in to two groups—the Junior-Senior Division and the Sophomore-Fresh man Division. Prizes were $5.00 first, $3.00 second, $2.00 third, in each group. Approximately 200 es says were submitted—eye-openers, all! The Dallas New Era published, in full, the essays of all winners. The Old Well Spring at Bath, England, has hischarged in 150 years enough solids to create an excava tion six feet wide, three feet high, and nine miles long, yet its water seems perfectly clear. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949 GEORGIA PRODUCES $8,469,460.00 OF FARM EQUIPMENT Georgia during 1948 produced farm machines and other farm equipment valued at $8,469,460, a figure 64% greater than the $5,148,- 049 worth of such machinery and equipment produced in the State during 1947, C. Parker Persons, Re gional Director in Atlanta for the U. S. Department of Commerce, re ported this week. By this 1948 pro duction figure, Georgia took the 1947 lead away from North Caro lina. NEW VENTURE FOR FUTURE FARMERS Seven Future Farmers in East man have discovered anew “money crop”—gladioli. Last Spring the young farmers planted 12,000 bulbs and 21,000 bulblets, which they purchased with borrowed money. Their combined sales amounted to 500 dozen glads at an average of $1.50 per dozen to florists in Eastman, Dublin and oth er nearby towns. All but one of the boys made enough profit to pay his expenses. Any money they make next year will be clear profit. The lad, who failed to make a profit, lost 500 bulbs because of insects. The Idler, published in 1758, stat ed that “the trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improve ment,” according to the Encyclo paedia Britannica.