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ididate Hamilton Ralls to Open
Headquarters in Atlanta
arge group of
from all sections of the
is the Upton Hotel in
, a t
Saturday morning to
^'campaign 15 candidate plans with for Ham- Com
-
Halls Agriculture.
net of
. meeting plans were
for the opening of Hamilton
, commissioner of Agri
Campaign headquarters to
a^lished at the Ansley Hotel
lanta Friday. August 9. Be -
at 8:30 "o'clock (daylight
i time) on the roof garden
! Ansley Hotel a Hamilton
dly will be of held Mr. when Ralls
eds of friends
..-ited and expected to at
A complete program of this
pi will be announced later,
the Thomaston meeting, Mr.
reviewed several of the
s :n his platform on which
running for Commissioner of
pjture in the September 11th
ra tic primary- Briefly they
fc follows:
adequate marketing system
Georgia farm products, that
live Georgia farmers an
e in his own home
he improvement and en
rent of such markets all
Q for!na
improved Market Bulletin
will be more beneficial to
inter* A Bulletin that will
f real news value to the
>rs as well as an advertising
■ exemption from taxes
ine, kerosene, etc., to be
on the farm for production
“These products, ’
es
[alls stated, “which are used
m machinery, do not
ie of the highways, and
n constitute a double tax
farmers are required also to
he tax on gasoline for the
I trucks to move their crops
the highways to market .”
tails pointed out that other
such as Louisiana, Texas,
isippi and Florida are now
tig out this gasoline tax ex
ra on farm machinery.
ndiy co-operation with
ance to the College of Agri
re and its extension services,
(ting the department a
[ency on which farmers may
at any time, with the full
ance that every assistance
I the law will be given as
ly a? possible. This depart
should, and will, be of real
:e to the farmers in the mar
e of their products.
Is meeting lasted for about
pour and thirty minutes.
Fne present returned to his
with inspiration and con
ice of victory on September
after discussing the cam
I ]of with the citizens state. from other sec
g qualifications and platform
t Ralls, candidate for Com
K. K. K.
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ighest ranking officer of the
'on
! " cott gave a very in
? v ik outlining the grow
,J ''Jan in recent years and
nmg the program of
m,
told the audience that the
” a ‘ not fighting parti
religion, any
sect, race, or or
;f cn. The Klan,” he said
Snting for the preservation
r American institutions” He
lned that the Klan ts par
r1 ?’ fighting all “isms” other
"Americanism.”
le delightful dinner, for the
p pder ni 'g was the prepared and serv
oale supervision of the
!r Girl Reserves.
4. Publish ers
Summer Edition
]*" . e ' 10u cau sness spd the *- be school sit—
“ ' Georgia Ed
n Association to break a long
““hed precedent and publish
3 which er u edltl0n of its GE Jour
appeared this week.
p answers of
Hates to gubernatorial
Slx Questions having
,r > school problems
"■ Jalmadge are
and Howell an
n P ' er ^ orrn Roberts and
replied rpr | .
to the questions in de
nth categorical answers.
as st a ed b y
,
andidate 6Xpressed
s wa s S most ex
f in the history
tras o 1
attributed conductJi to tul 1
0 campaign
gis Education Kv
Sizing I? r "1
the schools’ P n ‘, 1 ar
* 11 8 isterine snnm aPPr0X,mately " T
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Georgia Enterprise Est 1864 COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8; 1940
The Covington Star Est 1874
missioner of Agriculture, are
such as will have a most com
manding influence on the voters
of this state, more especially the
farmers, in the September pri-
1 mary.
Still in the prime of life and
with inexperience of more than
twenty successful years as a dirt
farmer, livestock raiser, poultry
and peach grower, Mr. Ralls 15 in
position to be of most valuable
1 service to the people of the state
! as their representative as occu
j pant of this one or if not the
j most important of all the state
] house offices.
During the depression years of
1921-22 which was being said
about the Turner county plan, or
“cow, hog and hen” program
which proved the salvation of the
farmers not only of Turner coun
ty but extending into the remotest
parts of the state. It was through
] Mr. Rail’s leadership as Agent of
| the State College of Agriculture
j that this life-saving program was
i established following which came
the establishment of a creamery
at Ashburn, a co-operative hatch
ery and poultry sale, auction
sales monthly of livestock in gen
eral, their success largely
I able to Mr. Ralls.
In addition to livestock, which
he raises to a very large extent.
and successfully so, Mr. Ralls
cultivates large acreages of cotton,
corn and general crops on his farm
m Troup county, near
ville, where he also operates one
of the largest peach orchards
1 that section of the state , his
principal crops being Georgia's
favorites—the Elberta and Hiley
Bells. His “Mounain Brand'
peaches are recognized in the
j markets as among the best in
quality and pack.
Mr. Ralls i s now Sales Manager
i for the West Georgia Farmers
1 Co-operative Association, on its
| livestock sales day, the first Tues
day of each month at the Hogan -
: ville stock yards. This association
j has just completed its first year
of operation and is recognized
one of the best farmer
i markets in the state.
Of the seven plank* in his plat
form, all based on the benefits he
hopes to accomplish for the farm
ers if and when elected, particular
attention and consideration of
our readers is invited to the third
paragraph of Mr. Ralls’ platform
which reads as follows::
“Efficient and fair administra
tion of all regulatory laws, (An
honest farmer, an honest mer
chant, and an honest manufac
turer cannot compete with a
crook who may be in the same
business, if he is not required to
obey the law, which they do vol
untarily.) New legislation that
will protect farmers against im
pure or adulterated seeds and
j other supplies.”
Conyers Youth
Wins Scholarship
Twenty-four rural Georgia high
school graduates have been award
ed $100 scholarships to the Uni
teisity nf Georgia College o{ ..
Agriculture, Dean Paul W. Chap
man announced today.
These awards were made
sible by Sears-Roebuck, of At
lanta. Winners were selected from
the list of applicants by the
help committee of the College of
Agriculture.
The list of winners follows:
James Marion Dennis, Jr„ Au
gusta; Willard P. Carson, Dalton;
Addison Way Barnes, Collidge;
Frank Denham, Eatonton,
M. Fountain, Jr., McIntyre; John
Paul Jones, Eastman;
Woodward. Stilson; Ellis
Jr., Macon; Henry G, Dickson,
.
Culvert on; Clifford Martin, Stil
son; Edward L. McConnell, Dem
orest; Dempsey Leach, Conyers,
Eugene Reese, Jakin; Robert Join
er, Stuckey; Roland
Gray; Charles McGee, Sparta;
Bob Robison, Alley; G. W. White,
Jr., Da'nielsville; Blakley; Odelle Seymour,
Rush Dye, Middleton,
Mi. on Thornton, College Park;
Edwin Brackett, Cohutta; Noel
Simpson, Milledgeville; and Ruark
Rexford, Woodville.
1941 Georgia Tags
A rp Oi/cunniHn* streamlined
Georgia s 1941 automobile tag
?06S streamlined. A recent pre
! vlfew revealed d 1S another bcen "
se plate advertls,ng “ the ac
with peach . , tha ,
State,” but a
does credit to the state’s
fruit. Numerals are yellow on a
1 wu ' background with the peach
1 in natural color.
Each ‘X’ Marks a Future Pilot for l ncle Sam
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The straps of their parachutes form an “X” pattern on the backs of these flying cadets at Randolph field,
Texas, the “West Point of the Air.” Each cross likewise marks another o{ the 7,000 pilots to be added yearly to
the expanding U. S. air corps. Several of the cadets are shown heading for their planes for their daily flight
training. Others are seated awaiting their turn to go aloft. A concentrated course of training is preparing
! these cadets for service in a minimum length of time.
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Brick Store
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our shores. He said we took our
liberty too much for granted like
the sunshine and rain and should
awake to the realization that we
must be prepared at the earliest
j possible time.
Brick Store is rich in history
, and older residents there often
tell of the civil war days and
Sherman’s march through Geor-j
gi a . Stories of how the Yankees;
camped in the heart of the little
community and enjoyed the “best
1 0 f what the natives had.” Few
suffered however from the in
vaders and those who might have
1 objected not there when
were
Sherman marched in.
The old inn. still standing, and
the well near the famous Brick
store are the subiect of numerous
! stories which have reached
da ii y papers more than once
Truly, Brick Stol-e was one of the
leading communities in the form
mg 0 f Newton County and this
j little community and nation has furnished of the
sta te many
leading citizens and most promi
nent men.
Crowd’s Gather
(Continued From Page One)
improvements recently made on
f be camp ground. Special seats
will be reserved for those at the
j services Sunday morning.
On Sunday, August 18 special
honor will be paid to the de
scendants of the founders of the
Camp Ground Seats will be re
served in the main section of the
Tabernacle for these honor guests.
At this service the Sacrament of
the Lord's Supper will be ad
ministered.
The services at Old Salem
Damp are held each year. In the
past 114 years those that have at
tended have gained much inspira
tion from the gospel messages
^ tbe intermingling with the
nthers presen t. It, i s interdenom
inational in character and the
public is urged to drive out to
j the Camp Ground and take part in
the services.
Services will be held each day
dur j ng the week at 11 o’clock in
the morning, 3 o'clock in the af
| ternoon and 8 o'clock each eve- will
j ntng. Noted Christian leaders
be on hand to participate in these
services.
Accommodations are still avail
able in the new hotel as well as
| other greatly improved
on the grounds . Regular at
tendants at Sa i em were greatly
j ? ised at the many
ments that have been made dur
{ the past year .
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A {mmI tliral 1 JNCWS \T
(Continued from Page One)
Supervisors of the Upper Ocmul
| gee River Soil handled Conservation^ by Mr. Dis- C.
trict and was
R. Bohannon, Project Supervisor.
The kudzu was about waist high
and was estimated to be yielding
about one and a half tons of hay
per acre. It handled easily with
the mower and raked beyond ex
pectations. The high spot of the
demonstration was a three-year- an'
old stand of Kudzu orl old
abandoned {iek} which was hea v
u J 8 uied and was out of culti va
Thp jeld of hay on this field
‘
i should two tons of hav per
•
acre, iceo and an Kudzu a j” , hay • «a j • jiche, rirher
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Rotary Club
Meeting Held
Thomas HaH Discussed Need ,
Better Roads in
State.
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The regular meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club was held
Tuesday noon at the Delaney Ho
tel with Guy Robinson presiding.
The meeting was opened with
the song, “America”, followed by
prayer led by Athol D. Cloud
Frank Comer of Porterdale, was
introduced as guest of Rev. Athol
Cloud. .
President Robinson then urged
the club to advertise the Softball
game Thursday night between
i the Rotary and Kiwanis. Efforts
1 are being made to raise enough
money before the season is over
to cover the loan made sometime
ago to secure lighting equipment
Thomas Hull, of the Citizen’s
Road League of Georgia, was then
introduced and made a most inter
esting talk on the deaths from ac
cidents from road hazards. He
urged the club and the people
Newton County to support the
movement to insist that all
way money be left to the building
of highways instead of being di
verted to every other source. He
discussed the need of better roads
for safety as well as to improve!
economic conditions in any area.
He also discussed briefly the 1
roads in this particular area and J
showed how they needed improv
tng j
The meeting was then adjourn
ed by President Guy Robinson.
Kiwanians Hear
Delegate Eady
At Regular Meet
Convention Delegate Gives
Interesting Report on
24th Session.
The Covington Kiwanis Club at
their regular weekly meeting at
the Delaney Hotel last Thursday
heard the report of the Club’s del
egate, Virgil Y. C. Eady, to the
Kiwanis International Convention.
Mr. Eady gave those present an
excellent report of the activities of
the 24th annual gathering, which
was held this year in Minneapolis,
Minn., on June 16.
Dr. Sidney Gates, program
chairman, was in charge of
pro gram. The singing, led bv Mr.
Eady , included two special citizen
ship numbers, “God Bless Amer
I ica - an d “America the
f ul .” Miss Fletcher Lou Lunsford
was pianist for the meeting.
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JaCrCSOtl C Olintl/ ,
Farm Tour Planned
Businessmen and farmers
get together on August 21 for a
county-wide farm tour in Jack
son countv. reports County Agen*
j 0 hn L .Anderson.
different farms will be visited to
? how new improvements in
county’s diversified
Among those to be visited will be
poultry farms, ’ peach orchards
cotton" farms, and livestock, to
^ e ther with pasture improvements
Mr Anderson says one farmer in
the county has been sowing crim
son clover on hi s bottom land for
a nurrb er of -vears and on the side
the
j increased yields resulting from
use of
Jesse Cowan Now
Real “Marine”
Writes Appeal Direct to the
President of United
States.
;
27-year-old Jesse Terrell Cowan. |
of Conyers, is grateful to Uncle
Sam, he is in the Marines.
The bewhiskered gent leman
went to a lot of trouble to get this
young man from Georgia who
wanted to join the Marines. Aft
er a great deal of correspondence
the two finally got together.
It was early in July that Cowan
decided he wanted to get in the
Marines or some form of military
service. Country boy that he is,
he didn’t know anything to do but
write to the President. He figured
that was the democratic way.
So he sat down and wrote Pre
sident Roosevelt a letter. It ran
something like this:
“Dear Mr. President: I have]
been j n your Civdlian Conservation
Corps 1 liked it pretty well there
jvj ow I want to get back in your
CCC camps or in the Marines. I
want to find a stationary place !
somewhere with the government.:
“Mr. President, I am not satis
fied on the outside world. I want
to be with a bunch of fellows like
you have in the CCC camps and
your Marine Corps. Mr. Presi
dent, I want to be prepared so
if anything should happen I
wouldn’t have to be trained. I j
wou ld prefer the Marines.” ;
The President was impressed
with the letter. It was immediate
ly referred to headquarters of the
United States Marine Corps, in
Washington.
The Marine Corps, anxious to.
get fresh, new recruits, wrote the
young man’s father. John Cowan ,
a letter and sent a copy to the re
cruiting office in Atlanta. As the
letters rolled through Uncle Sam’s
pos t office, young Cowan got
er and closer to what he wanted,
Finally he got some literature ex
plaining the setup of the Marines,
j Hp was over j oyed
But the final happy
came when Sergeant Carl Newnan
recrubrng officer, and Sergeant
John T ’ Pllcher ' hls assistant, went
out to Conyers to get Cowan.
They brought him in and told
him he would have t0 stand an
examination. But hie is not
worried - He beli eves he can pas*
,hat examination. The hard part
* s over ’ be tbinl<s > because Uncle
Sam put him in con,act with the
proper authorities.
Again the Marines have the sit
uation well in hand. Jesse Cowan,
little city.
District Report
(Continued From Page One;
duC e a crop of hay in the spring
earlier than oats,
i n this report Mr. Maxwell also
shows that kudzu and sericae les
pedeza are being used to establish
perennial stripes around slopes at
critical points. These stripes are
nf one 0 r more terrace
j n width and extend around the
: field • 'th or parallel to the ter
race . The purpose of these stripes
to check the movement of water
across the field when terraces
ab ove break or when heavy rains
occur.
These stripes, like the
ar eas serve a double purpose, that
0 f controlling and producing hay.
The Supervisors are trying to pro
duc e the farm’s hay supplies from
disposal areas and perennial
stripes and leave the annual les
pe dezas and other legumes such
as eowpeas, soybeans and clover
f 0 b e turned under for soil im
Pavement.
Th<? re P° rt a)sn shows ,hat ' ap '
proximately 100,006 tree seedlings
«« fnr reforestation on
farms having little or no wood
land. Strip cropping, regular ro
tation systems and pasture de
velopment are being stressed for
soil conservation practices and
also to supplement feed supplies.
Farm planning for conservation
measures and technical services
; n the establishing of practices
a re being furnished by the Soil
Conservation Service in full co
operation with County Agents
Ea rm Security workers and Voca
tional Teachers.
The Upper Ocmulgee River
District is composed of the
ing: Clayton County, Henry, Gwin
ne tt, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale,
Walton and the Phillips Militia
District of DeKalb County. ]
The Supervisors are: Mr. J. A.
Maxwell, Chairman, Newton Co
unity, Mr. A. L. Wooten. Clayton
County, Mr. C. H. Palmer, Gwin
nett County, Mr. R. O. Robert
son, DeKalb County and Mr. J. T j
Byrd, Walton County. . j
Chatterbox
(Continued From Page One)
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I and gracious and it 4 always a j
pleasure to see her ’ !
, . s ,
A ’ ’ n
May Harwe11 ’ of Manstield • • ■,
Twinkling eyes, lors of pep . . .
Mother of Dorothy Cook who was ]
a fj ne basket ball player on Mans- !
tie,cl 8 1 u team ' m Mrs r Look w
’ ’ ’
is the efficient president of the
Brick Store Club . . . and her cap
ab j e leadership is evidenced by
fbe wonderful " progress " of this ”
club e § leete . , „ 1 ls 11
• * ' -
. Aaron and daughter, Mrs. Parks i
I Darby Grandaughter Mrs. |
. . . . . .
Fe | ton Allen ' . . ' . ' who make three‘ ‘ j
.
] geneia 10 ns who are ac ne m e
f' lrcb C ^ b affall S ’ ’
.
: n n ’
°ParneU^President . M
H A of
Pine Grove Club and daughter
_ f , np 4 H n ,. b
member were sreetma friends
and in tha rnch : tn J eP t home we
rijH nnt t evF M rs Rov
Stewart and Mr* C D Jordan
who wprp in thp mi.n along with
other* Af ’thP who helped com-! to
n-aU-p ‘ thk nnp finest “ |
munities in the State . . . Mr. !
Whitehead has served as Master
bked b tb fr. and Mrs White- 1
^ ° -
head . . . and found that they like;
the Office Boy . . . are Georgia j
Crackers with lot s of tar on their
heels . ■ . for old Tar Heel State
has a small claim on us . . . now
we have saved the best until last | j
. . . our own Mrs. Homer Cook wgs
everywhere at the same time, it
seems . . . greetings old friends . . .
her sweet personality and that
contageous smile of hers, has won
her way into the hearts of all who
see her . . . She has been a won
derful Club worker in our Sect
ion and now holds a National
Vicc-Presidency of which her
friends are very proud . . . watch ]
her go right on to the top
Gosh! watch my rock pile grow
. . . in addition to the rocks Miss
Annie Lee Day is to give Me . . .
Dr. Tullie and Mrs. Smith are
giving me all I want . . . and the
Claude Upshaws tells me I can
have more from their farm ...
maybe we will gat a solid founda
tion after all . . . with these iron !
rocks ... we are so thrilled over
them . . . and we hope we can get
not only a pool but that outdoor j
oven soon ■ • • the " we Wl11 cele . "
bratp wlth a s,eak su P per • ’ '
unti tbpn ' • ■ v '’ e are enjoying the |
i lm 3 y fl ? wers us by Ha J"
,ie Sarah ’ he r a speedy,
1 [ eC 0 'U y ■ ’ ’. and th u ® tlov ' ers
1 ( '’ '‘■ v 1Ss , a £ e ” °, 1
’
; but before that steak
] ... we have
j supper let me tell you ... No. No!
I Here’s the boss and he says I’m
d reE * in ’ dre \ a fNG u? tead
of . s yEEP
p - s - — J ust as we go to press
have received a card from Mrs. J.
H. Woodruff at St. Joseph Hospi
; tal, in Atlanta, and are grieved
t0 know that she has had to un
I dergo a gall bladder operation - i
however, we are delighted to
know that she is doing nicely. She;
states that for the first time in
fifteen years she has missed an i
issue of the Covington News and
ask that we send it to her.
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Since 1929 cash farm income
from grains has remained below
‘ prewar average, except for the one
year 1937. and has been low rela
tively to the income from all farm j
products.
SECOND SECTION OF
YOUR COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
Number 31
Specimen Social Security Cards
Often Mistaken for Real Thing
Specimen social security ac
count cards placed in billfolds by
a manufacturer, to indicate the
space provided for the employee's
official card, have been mistaken
for the real thing by some em
ployes. according to Joseph R
Murphy, manager of the Social
Security Board office at Atlanta
He added that in the future sped
men cards used by this manufac
urer would not include a number
Mr. Murphy stated that the
Board recently found among em
ployers’ wage reports a number
of employees listed with the same
social security number—078-05
sued 1120. by This the numbe^iad Social Security been Board is
to a woman in Lockport, New
York. Upon investigation, the
Board learned that the other em
ployees who were using the num
ber had purchased billfolds con
taining specimen social security
Mills Demanding
Better Ginning
D. W. Brooks, cf Atlanta, gen
eral manager of the Georgia Cot
ton Producers Association, and a
member of the Georgia State
Wide Program for Better Ginned
Cotton committee, this week said
cotton mills are becoming more
technical each year and there is
a tendency to put a penalty on
rough-ginned cotton each season.
He said, unless ginning methods
are improved, penalties will be
far greater in the future than in
the past.
“it is, therefore, our opinion
that every effort should be made
by every farmer and ginner and
all agricultural agencies to im
mediately improve the quality of
ginning,” he declared. The cot
ton official further emphasized
the importance of Georgia gins
having up-to-date machinery
added: “We know that good gins
very often do a 'poor job because
the machinery is not properly ad
j justed, the gin runs too fast
because the vnner is
about ginning wet cotton.
| “We also believe that a good
gin engineer visiting all the gins,
instructing ginners in what has
proved t0 b e the best methods
of ginning and insisting that they
gin no cotton un]ess it is in the
proper condition will go a long
way towards solving the problem
of ginning.”
During the past season approx
imately 10 per cent of the cotton
preparation. Generally speaking
the farmer lost from $1.25 a bale
to as high as $10 and $15 a bale
because of poor ginning, which in
most cases were due to negligence
on the part of the farmer in car
”ing his cotton to the gin wheh
it was not dry.
“From information which we
have received recently from mills.
,he P ena,tie s for rough
cotton be even greater
com ' n g rb an last season and
therefo ™ d behooves every
to be rertain that his cotton is
thoroughly d,y before it is car
Ged to ,be g * n> *
Insurance Company Leads Fight
Against Deaths Due to Appendicitis
j To make the American
as free from appendicitis mortai
ity as medical science believes pos
sible is the aim of Dr. Donald B
Armstrong, third vice-president
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. But, he says, at the
preset!* time, the composite Amer
ican appendix is the “birthplace !
of 15.000 deaths a year.”
Deploring this high and largely
needless mortality, Dr. Armstrong
points out that these 15?000 deaths
could be reduced by at least 50
per cent through the observance " I
of a simple three-point rule, S 0
in case of a stomach-ache, which
may turn out to be an attack of j
appendicitis, he says to play safe
and _
CaJ] 1 doctor s '<
Remain quiet and apply an ice
ba S t0 tb e abdomen.
Retrain from taking a laxa
tive, food or medicine.
So important is this procedure
which. Dr. Armstrong stresses.
should be followed in every case
of abdominal pain, that it will be
brought to the attention of mil- I
lions of American families during
a nation-wide campaign against
appendictis in which the insur
ance company is participating. exper-! \
Based on sound medical
ience, the recommended procedure
is reinforced by studies made by
cards with this number printed
on them. Not realizing that each
employee must have a separate
number assigned t^ese the Social
Security Board, employees
! had reported the number on the
specimen card to their employers.
This situation was called to the
attention of the manufacturer of
the billfolds, Mr, Murphy said, and
he very gladly agreed to discon
tinue use of a number on the
specimen cards.
Mr. Murphy explained that the
employer is required to report
each employee’s account number
| when he reports his wages. This
j number is the one under which
' the Board keeps the employee’s
j wage record. To insure that his
wages are always correctly cred
ited to his account, each employee
' should be that his employer
sure
has the number assigned to him
i by the Social Security Board.
Rural Housing
Gets $1,500,000
Georgia’s rural housing program
is moving forward. With the al
location last week of $1,500,000 by
the Federal Government for the
construction of low-cost farm
dwellings in this state, Georgia’s
program for large-scale elimina
Hon sub-standard farm homes, :
became assured.
George B - Hamilton, chairman
of tbe Btate Housing Authority,
es ^ mated tbe new funds would
permlt construction of more than
frame dwellings, ranging
from three to five rooms each, for
renta * t0 low-income farm own
ers ’ tenants and sharecroppers at
a PP roximately $ 4 - 17 a month.
Allotment of $357,000 previous
* y was author * ze( * President
Roosevelt for a 200-unit rehousing
1 P ro i ect in rura l Thomas County,
1 Contract was let recently for the
mitial dwelUng 40 cost S1 ’ 350 ~
the first farm " slum clearance
. home to be built m the natlon
under federal a P°nsorshi P .
Rural housing in Georgia fol
l° ws the leadership set by At
lanta in the slum clearance field
several years ago when the city
obtained the first government
j bmIt low-cost in the housing United project States. Since ever
th< ?n an additional $16,000,000
slum clearance program has been
launched in Atlanta. Principal
': reason Georgia and Atlanta are
i re-ceiving “firsts” in the USHA’s
program is because of the leader
sili P Charles F. Palmer, for
mer chairman of the Atlanta
Housing Authority, who recently
was drafted by Uncle Sam as
federal housing co-ordination. He
has moved to Washington for the
gency.
Last week’s allotment represents
money diverted to rural rehousing
from funds previously earmarked
for urban slum clearance. The le
gislation, approved by the Senate
and now awaiting House vote.
would release about $150,000,000
additional for rural rehousing in
the nation, Mr. Hamilton said,
He said further he had written to
the Rural Housing Authorities in
130 Georgia counties, asking an
immediate survey of local needs,
health authorities. These defi
nitely prove that many deaths
from appendictis can be laid to
self-treatment, and that some of
these could be prevented if a doe
tor were called in time to provide
proper diagnosis and treatment.
The use of laxatives, Dr. Arm
strong says, has probably caused
more appendicitis deaths than
an J bb * n g else except delay in hav- J
' n ® an °P erat ion. A recent study
of appendicitis shows that:
When appendicitis patients
took no laxative, only 1 in 62 died. j
When appendicitis patients took
one laxative, 1 in 19 died; when 1
patients took more than one lax
ative, 1 in 19 died.
How serious is each day’s de
lay in hospitalzation an appen
dicitis patient in aiso shown by
the study. Among those patients
w ho went to the hospital at the
beginning of an attack of appen
dicitis, it was found that: Within
24 hours, only 1 in 61 died; within
48 hours, 1 in 24 died; within 72
hours, 1 in 17 died; after 72 hours,
1 in 13 died,
As one contribution to the na
tion-wide campaign against ap
pendicitis, the insurance company
is enlisted its thousands of field
representatives for the wide
spread d.stribution of the thrfee
point rule and other information
appendicitis.
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