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DONALSONVILLE (GA.), NEWS
(Published By Donalsonville News, Inc.)
Entered as second class matter February 1, 1916 at post
)• fice m Donalsonville, Ga. under the act of March 3, 1879
E. C. (Billy) Smith, Jr. Editor (1946-51)
The Official Organ of
County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
‘phone 97 P. O. BOX 338 FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1956
Bo McLeod ... Editor
ACTIVE MEMBER:
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Not being in that small, select group of talented ‘experts’
who claim the power, the News does not understand the work
ings of the Acreage Reserve Program, or Soil Bank, as it is
more commonly called. As a matter of fact, we seriously doubt
that anyone, not the Congressmen who enacted it into law,
nor the Republicans who wrote and supported it, nor yet the
unfortunate agriculture workers who must attempt to trans
late its confusing wordage into practice, could with honesty
say they fully grasp the program and all it means, or seems
to mean.
With our confession of this lack of insight into the inner
mechanics of the Soil Bank program, it is only natural that
there should be parts' thereof to completely stymie us. One
such part is failure to understand the Republican administra
tion in its handling of the farm problem in general. We have
seen their lack of concern over the plight of farmers of the
South, and of small farmers all over the nation, and how they
successfully ignored their problems until toward the end of
the last session of congress before this fall’s national elec
tions. This alone satisfies us that Secretary Benson, President
Eisenhower and all the Republican leaders in Washington are
not at all concerned with whether a Seminole County farmer
succeeds in his farming operation, or whether he falls victim
to the rising cost of operation and falling prices at the market
places. Rather, the facts are indisputable of an attitude of
“good riddance” should the small farmer fail and disappear.
It may be suspected that we do not hold a great deal of
respect for the Eisenhower farm program, nor for his farm
leaders. This suspicion is certainly well founded and is, in
fact, very true. The entire GOP approach to the latest farm
legislation leaves us feeling that whatver alms they are toss
ing to the farmer is purely and totally politics, and is designed
and intended to get farmers’ votes. Any actual help to the
farmer is purely coincidental, and not a necessary feature of
the bill. Further, we would not be surprised if the Republi
cans, should they be successful in this and other farces and
win re-election in November, were to cancel the Acreage Re
serve program immediately thereafter and return again to
four years of no help for or interest in the nation’s farmers.
We approached the Soil Bank with the suspicions men
tioned above. We did not expect anything really helpful from
President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson. We were re
luctantly confident we would see things in the bill that would
further impress our distaste for the GOP’s “big, big business”
administration, and we found it.
Under the bill as we see it (and we caution again that
our interpretation of the thing is subject to being in error) we
find that it is a considerable help to the farmers of the West
and Mid-West, but far from the answer to the farmers of the
Southeast, of Georgia, and of Seminole County, our first con
cern. For the ones to profit most will be farmers of other
parts of the nation. Seminole farmers, who receive a large
portion of their income from the planting of peanuts, face
disappointment. The bill calls for payment for corn at 90
cents per bushel, ■which is 57 percent of the current effective
support for commercial corn. Wheat will receive a payment of
$1.20 per bushel, 58 percent of the current support price. Cot
ton will receive 15 cents per pound, 50 percent of the support
price. These crops are grown principally in the West and Mid-
West, where there is a contest over whether the farmers will
vote Republican or Democrat in November. In the South, pea
nuts will receive a payment of 3 cents per pound, 25 per cent
of the current effective support price. Thus we are re-con
vinced of an opinion we already held, that the program is
politics through and through. The wonder is in how the bill’s
political features could be so obvious. In most such cases the
true motive behind a bill is better hidden, but again we see
the feeling of contempt and lack of understanding held by
the President and his leaders.
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The Soil Bank Act and the other GOP actions, or inac
tion, toward the serious national farm problem emphasizes
and says “Amen” to candidate Adlai Stevenson’s quip about
Eisenhower’s decision to run for re-election.
Stevenson said that Eisenhower would have to run again,
because he could not afford to retire to his Gettysburg farm,
with Benson in Washington.
The very high office of President of the United States
deserves all the respect and deference we can show it. Like
wise, the occupant of that office must be shown all courtesy
and consideration, because of the office he holds.
However, during an election campaign, the very impor
tance of the high office of president demands that a “spade be
called a spade” and that no sentimental, impractical situation
exists that would forbid any undeserved criticism of the man
ner in which the president has conducted his administration.
By his entry into the race for re-election, Mr. Eisenhower has
laid himself open for honest accusation, and in no other way
could the truth be brought to the American people.
Those who would place Mir. Eisenhower on a pedestal,
far above the “dirt and filth” of politics, are seeking that
which is unattainable and unwanted.
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Jim Woodruff Reservoir
THE dream of Jim Woodruff has finally materialized.
For over forty years Mr. Woodruff visualized the dam
that now spreads across the Apalachicola River at the base
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to take care of the increase in the number of fish. Bass,
bream, crappie and catfish will be even more abundant
than in the past. There' is even a possibility that the big
striped bass will make his home in these waters.
There will also be an increase in revenue for the
vicinity. New businesses will spring up, such as bait
and tackle shops, motels and boating facilities. Many
of the tourists who have been going into Florida to fish
will find fishing and accommodations at the Jim Wood
ruff reservoir too good to turn down.
This is the first of three such reservoirs to be built on
the waters of the Chattahoochee River. The Buford Dam
is all but completed and should be filled about the same time
as Jim Woodruff. The Fort Gaines project has just begun
and should be completed in several years.
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Private Ponds
The question of fishing on someone’s private pond with
out a license comes up several times each week. In addition
to those who ask the question, there are a great many people
who go ahead and fish under the misconception that they
do not need a license.
The only ones who can fish on a private pond with
out a license are the owner, his immediate family and
his tenants.
If a pond owner invites his friends over for a day of
fishing, they are required to have a state fishing license. Os
course, its not the responsibility of the owner to check the
licenses, but it is a little embarrassing to have a wildlife
ranger catch several people on his pond without licenses.
Another thing that seems to be confusing to some
people is what constitutes a private pond. If a stream
flows through my property, it is not considered a pri
vate pond. The fact that I own the land does not
entitle me to stand on the bank and fish in such a
stream without a license. Or, if my neighbor builds a
pond on his property and extends part of it over into
my property, then neither of us owns a private pond.
As the law defines it, a private pond is “a body of water
being wholly on or within the lands of one title, where
the fish cannot go upstream or downstream to the lands
of another.”
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Pole and Line
The law concerning pole and line fishing is another one
that hasn’t reached a great many people. The present law
requires everyone between the ages of 16 and 65, to buy a
license whether he uses rod and reel, pole and line or any
other uevise for catching fish.
Life Membership Presented By Ladies
At a joint meeting of the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service and Wesleyan Service
Guild of the Methodist Church
Mrs. Earle Moseley was hon
ored by the WSCS with a life
membership.
This was done in apprecia
tion of “many years of loyal
service and devotion to the
woman’s society.”
Also honored by the WSG
for life memberships were
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of the Chattahoochee and Flint. It was
proper that it be named in his honor.
This great project will not only
provide navigation and power, but
will also provide one of the finest fish
ing sites in the country. The reservoir
will be filled and ready for fishing by
the spring of 1957. This body of water
will cover an area of 37,500 acres and
will have a shore line of 243 miles.
As the water rises over the fertile
lands, there will be new food from the soil
Mrs. Grady Richardson and
Mrs. Bill Brigham. Both have
served “untiringly through
the years to further the in
terest and work of the guild.”
Baby life memberships
were made in recognition of
parents who have done out
standing work by the Eula
Dickenson circle. These were
presented to Michael Richard
son, Carmen Lane and Loret
to Helms.
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