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Johnson Urges Safety With
Guns In Field and Al Home
While new year's resolutions
are being made, it’s a good time
to make one about observing
safety rules with firearms —
inside and outside the home.
The suggestion comes from
G. I. Johnson, engineer, Agri
cultural Extension Service, Uni
versity of Georgia College o>
Agriculture, and chairman for
the Georgia Farm and Home
Safety Committee.
•‘Christmas presents for hun
dreds of men and boys ir
Georgia included new rifles and
guns of various types." Johnson
declared. “Unless they are a
ware of and practice good safe
ty rules, many needless injuries
and deaths will occur because
of carelessness or ignorance a
bout how to handle and use a
gun," pointed out Johnson.
A good motto to remember
where guns are concerned, he
said, is, “Treat every gun as if
it were loaded.” In hunting
deaths, records of the National
Rifle Association show, 45 per
cent of the cases result from
such causes as someone pulling
the trigger of an “unloaded”
gun or failing to make sure he
was not shooting at a person.
Poor judgement or poor control
is responsible, not accident, the
Association report says. Also,
shotgun blasts account for just
over half the hunting fatalities,
despite a shotgun’s shorter ef
fective range.
Firearms are as dangerous in
the home as they are outdoors,
Johnson stated. Half of all
deaths from firearms happen at
home. Estimates for 1956 show
a total of 2.200 firearm fatali
ties, and 1,100 of them happen-
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s ed in the home.
To prevent accidents with
j guns the National Rifle Asso
ciation, in its nationwide fire
. arms safety program, urges
( these simple rules for gun safe
. ty:
1. Always point the muzzle in
। a safe direction. Be sure of your
target.
2. The home is no place for
t loaded gun. It takes only
seconds to load a gun if you
iced it. Guns and ammunition
should be stored separately —
out of reach of children.
3. Cleaning should be done
without other people present.
When “showing off” the gun.
open the action, BE SURE it
isn’t loaded.
4. Always unload a gun be
ore putting it in the car. Wrap
or case it, if possible. Put the
gun in and take it out of the
car by the stock, not the muz
zle.
In The Field
1. Be sure gun and ammuni
tion are in good condition —
and right for each other.
2. Teach your children how
to handle a gun. Don’t make
them learn guns the hard way.
The “safety” should be ON and
the trigger finger OFF until
ready to fire.
3. Know your target and see
all of it before you fire. Un
load the gun when you stop, or
any time the footing is bad.
4. Use a club — not your
gun — to flush game.
5. Practice self control. Con
centrate on your companions in
stead of the game.
Above all, Johnson stressed,
think safety — there’s just no
substitute for it.
American Legion
Met Tuesday
The American Legion Post
Number 32 held their regular
monthly meeting at the Legion
Home on Tuesday night, Febru
ary 2nd.
After a hamburger supper en
joyed by the members and
guests, the meeting was opened
with prayer by the Post Chap
lain, the Rev. Carl Standard.
Commander Ty C. Cason
presided over the meeting. Dis
cussion of old business and new
business with special attention
to the coming events sponsored
by the Legion.
After discussion of the busi
ness, the State Commander of
the Disabled Veterans Bill Todd
and sth District Commander of
the Disabled American Veter
ans Tracy Joiner, both from
Atlanta, were introduced. Com
mander Bill Todd gave an in
spirational talk on the veterans
program.
The Rev. Carl Standard in
troduced Janet Loyd, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Loyd, who
entertained with a pantomime
act, which was very much en
joyed by the group.
After conclusion of the pro
gram, the meeting was ad
journed.
Coming events of the Le
gion: Legion’s Birthday cele
bration, 40th Birthday, to be
celebrated with the Auxiliary
on March 10th.
"The Typical Country Editor"
The American Press, which is a magazine of home
town newspapers, recently sought an answer to this
question: “What manner of man is the typical coun
try editor?”
Naturally, there are tremendous differences of be
lief and attitude among the thousands of men and
women who edit the grass-roots press. But, American
Press finds, certain things can be said. In its words:
“In general, their roots are firmly imbedded in the
America of a past era — an America which thrived
on such words as self-reliance and independence, and
they stubbornly resist all movements wherein social
groups might be benefited but at the expense of the
individual’s freedom.
“ ‘Mollycoddling’ by government is one of the pet
hates of the country editor. His heros are the found
ing fathers of our nation who believed in a minimum
amount of government and a maximum amount of in
dividual freedom. . . .
“He is a champion of free enterprise, and the freer
the better.”
In other words, the typical country editor believes
in the ideals that not only made this country great—
but maintained individual freedom and dignity along
with national greatness.
Georgia Farmers
Aim For Huge
Income Boost
ATHENS — Agriculture,
Georgia's biggest business, is
working toward an annual in
come increase of 400 million
dollars by 1965.
The story of this campaign is
told in the December issue of
The University of Georgia
Alumni Record.
Sam Burgess, Agricultural
Extension news editor, calls ag
riculture a “giant with a tre
mendous potential.” His article
tells how the University of
Georgia, through its College of
Agriculture. is providing lead
ership to farmers in every
county of the state to help
them meet the goal.
Burgess points out that the
University's county farm agents
and home demonstration agents
make up a trained corps of
off-campus professors backed
up by research at the Georgia
experiment stations and the
guidance of experiment stations
and the guidance of experts
stationed in Athens.
Dr. C. C. Murray, dean and
coordinator of the College of
Agriculture, admits that adding
400 million dollars to Georgia’s
annual farm income is a big
order, but he is confident the
job can be done in the six
years ahead. The Agricultural
Extension Service has recently
issued a booklet titled “What
Can Be Done,” in which Direc
tor W. A. Sutton suggests goals
in 22 areas of work.
Specific goals included in
the program include greater
per-acre yields of cotton, corn,
tobacco and peanuts, through
the use of modem methods.
Farmers are urged to produce
more of the feed they need for
the expanding poultry, dairy
and beef cattle industries. Pro-
Cotton Allotment Choice Should
Be Filed After Receiving Notice
Farm Operators should wait
until they receive notice about
price-support levels for the
1959 upland cotton crop before
they register their choice be-
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
tection and development of for
ests, elimination of destructive
insect pests, improved foo d
processing methods, better
marking practices and more in
tensive youth development pr o
grams are among other factors
in the program.
Sutton explains that some
counties will not want or need
to adopt all these goals, but
many counties will find the
suggested increases too conser
vative and will want to exceed
them.
The new State Extension
Program, Burgess points out, is
not really new in content or
approach. Actually, it is a re
aligning of previous goals in
the light of present-day facts
affecting agriculture and rural
life. Farm population is de
creasing, but modernization
and research are making it pos
sible for every farmer to pro
duce more. “This gives the
farmer an increasingly impor
tant role in society,” Burgess
explains, “for every person not
engaged in farming is entirely
dependent upon the farmer for
his food supply.”
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Solid vinyl gets its generic des
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proportion of vinyl chlorides
that go into its formulation.
In both rubber and solid vinyl
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through. Architects classifly
both rubber and solid vinyl
flooring as basic structural ma
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Games of the States
Alaska's statehood has set off
a boom in a new version of the
classic Game of the States
which bases competition on
trading the products of differ
ent states. The 1959 version in
cludes not only Alaska, but also
Hiwaii on a stand-by basis.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
| tween the (A) and (B) allot
ments for their farm. John F.
Bradley, Administrative Offi
cer of the State Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee, said today.
Operators already know what
the Choice (A) and (B) upland
cotton allotments are for their
farms, Bradley explained, since
this information was sent to
them before the December 15
referendum on marketing
quotas for the 1959 crop. How
| ever, the price-support level
: for the 1959 upland cotton crop
\ has not yet been determined,
although the law directs that
■ it may not be less than 80 per
। cent of parity in 1959 for farms
electing Choice (A) allotments.
This price-support level will
probably be announced by the
Secretary of Agriculture about
| the end of January, and soon
afterwards notices will be sent
I to operators of upland cotton
| farms, informing them of the
amount of the support availa
ble under both Choice (A) and
(B) farm allotments. The notice
will also state the deadline —
March 16, 1959 —by which
each operator must file his al
lotment choice at the County
ASC Office.
If the operator elects and
complies with his farm’s “reg
ular” Choice (A) allotment, his
1959 upland cotton crop will
be eligible for price support at
the full level available — not
less than 80 percent.
If he elects and complies
with the Choice (B) allotment
—which is 40 percent larger
than Choice (A) — his crop
will be eligible for support at
a level which is 15 percent of
I parity less than under Choice
(A).
Georgia Heart Assn. Lists
Resolutions To Safeguard Heart
Good resolutions for 1959
should begun with a determina
tion to let facts — rather than
worrisome fears — govern your
attitude towards heart disease,
it was pointed out today by
the Georgia Heart Association.
“If ycu have any doubt about
the condition of your heart,
consult your doctor,” said the
Association. “If he finds that
there is nothing wrong with
your heart and circulation,
needless anxiety can be elimi
nated. If a disorder is revealed,
suitable treatment can be un
dertaken immediately for the
patient's benefit.”
As a prelude to the 1959
Heart Fund Drive, which is to
be conducted throughout the
state during February, the As
sociation proposed that all citi
zens place these resolutions on
their New Year’s List:
1. To learn the facts about
the heart and its diseases, and
to avoid needless fears and
worry.
2. To shun self-diagnosis in
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favor of regular heart and
health checks by your own
physician.
3. To guard against excess
weight, remembering that ov
erweight overworks your
heart.
4. To get the sleep and rest
you med, because rest lightens
the work your heart has to do.
5. To keep fit by exercising
moderately and regularly.
6. To be alert to the dangers
of respiratory infections, often
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The Association noted that
hope and optimism are increas
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treatment, prevention and cure
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