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Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
VOLUME LIX
A S. C.
FARM WHEAT ALLOTMENTS
MAILED TO GROWERS
Wheat growers of Dade Coun¬
ty received their 1960 acreage
'allotments through the mail
last week, Grady McKaig, Chair,
man of the county- Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee, announced today.
There is a total of 27
with 1960 wheat acreage allot¬
ments in the county having a
combined acreage of 104.9 acres.
/These allotments were mailed
so farmers will have them in ad¬
vance of the July 23 referen¬
dum, at which growers through¬
out the country will decide
whether to market their 1960
wheat under the same quota
system that has been in effect
for several years.
The 1960 farm allotment will
ibe about the same in most cases
as it was last year. The repres¬
ents the individual farm’s share
of the national wheat allotment,
which will continue next year
at the minimum of 55 million
acres permitted by law.
If marketing quotas go into
effect for the 1960 wheat crop
as a result of two-thirds ap¬
proval in the coming referen¬
dum, the allotment becomes a
factor in determining compli¬
ance with marketing quotas.
The farmer who keeps within
his allotment may market his
entire wheat production with¬
out penalty. The farmer who is
over his allotment will ordinar¬
ily be subject to a penalty on
the normal production of his
excess acres.
An exception to this general
rule is that any farmer may
produce up to 15 acres of wheat
without penalty. Also, a farmer
with an allotment of less than
30 acres may apply for a feed
wheat exemption and, if it is
approved, may produce up to 30
acres of wheat to be used on the
farm where grown.
The farmer who complies with
his whest allotment is eligible
for price support, either with or
without marketing quotas in
effect. The acreage allotment is
also a factor in Soil Bank com¬
pliance and the determination
of future wheat allotments .
Compliance with the allot¬
ment is required of any farmer
participating in Conservation
Reserve of the Soil Bank. The
farmer who exceeds his allot¬
ment, produces more than 15
acres of wheat and is not parti¬
cipating in the feed wheat pro¬
gram is ineligible for Conser¬
vation Reserve payments.
For purposes of establishing
future allotments, the farmer
who complies with his 1960
wheat allotment receives credit
for his full wheat base and thus
gets credit for the acreage div¬
erted from wheat. The farmer
who exceeds his allotment re¬
ceives no credit for the diverted
acreage unless he stores his ex¬
cess wheat under marketing
quota regulations or delivers it
to the government.
Any farmer who has questions
about his I960 wheat allotment
should take them up with the
staff of the county office
soon as possible after the
ment is received, Chairman Mc-
Saig said.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY* JULY 16, 1959
I Most of Acreage For Tomato Project
Planted This Week Assn Members
Members of the Dade
Tomato Growers Association
busy this week
thousands of little green
in the beginning of the
ifirst marketing project.
Approximately 78 acres have
been signed up in what
well be a new cash
for farmers here, according
L. C. Adams, who is both
agent and
of the organization. Col.
One of the club members,
D. E. Morrison, is using a two-
row transplanter, planning
use 20 acres or more for the pro¬
ject, while some are using
transplanters and others simply
a stick and their bare hands.
The county agent said other
Comstock Probation
May Be Revoked
Confesses To Ga.
Power Robbery
James H. Comstock of Wild¬
wood, Rt. 1 is being held without
bail as a result of his
of the Georgia Power robbery
several months ago.
previously with robbing Hay-
good’s Grocery on Lookout
on June 24, 1958, he was
a five to ten-year
sentence.
A hearing has been set
July 24 to determine whether
not his probation will be revok-
ed, according to Sheriff Allison
°
Blevins
Comstock pled guilty to the
Haygood burglary, but his
panion, Ben Page, stood trial,
receiving a penitentiary
tence of from five to ten years.
At that time, Comstock was or-
dered to pay damages and losses
in addition to the probation
sentence.
According to Sheriff Blevins,
Comstock had been worrying
about about the tne break-in oreaK.-m at at Georgia uwi&ta
Power and “just decided to get
jt off his chest.” Following his
surrender to the sheriff, he took
officers to a spot below the tele-
phone office where he had
thrown the change trays from
the power office. The trays had
been found shortly after the
robbery, the sheriff said.
Baptist County-Wide
Tent Revival. July 20
The first tent revival of its,
kind for all Baptist Chruches of,
Dade County will begin July 20 (
and continue through Aug.
Featuring special singing from
all these churches under the,
direction of Charles Helton,
choir director from Fort, Oglet¬
horpe, the event will take place
on the Masonic grounds in Tren
(ton each night at 8 p. m.
Rev. Raymond Carrol of At¬
lanta will be the evangelist.
Two planning meetings have
been set for pastors, with one
tc be held Thursday, July 16 at
7:30 p. m. at the Trenton Bap¬
tist Church. On Saturday, the
tent will be put up with the
working to start at ten a. m.
and on Sunday afternoon choir
practice will be held at 2:30
p. m. at Calvary Baptist Church.
The public is invited to at¬
tend all revival meetings.
tomato growers who are
ed in signing up for the
j gram may get office information from
either his or one of the
members. W. H. Pullen is club
president with Ewell Brown as
vice-president.
Grader Secured
In a meeting held Monday
night in the courthouse, the as¬
sociation heard a committee re¬
port on a recent visit with Phil
Campbell, Commissioner of Agri
culture. It was announced that
a tomato grader had been se¬
cured from the State Dept, of
Agriculture and that final ar¬
rangements to also secure a lo¬
cation for a packing shed and
the grading machine would be
made by the following mem¬
bers: Ewell Brown, Hardie Price
and Harold Moore.
The feasibility of following
fertilizer and spray programs
was discussed during the meet¬
ing and it was agreed that
growers would be visited
ly by the county agent and
other members of the associa¬
tion with the idea of exchang¬
ing ideas of good practice.
It is believed that if
take advantages of this new
portunity, the enterprise can
developed to add many
ands of dollars to local
incomes.
IT S ALL A MATTER
OF TASTE
We were quite intrigued this
week by the difference in the
taste of hard and soft wa ^ er -
Probably this difference
would not have been noticed
I in the winter, but soft water
is worth a try in hot weather,
It’s all done with a filtering
system, they say. We just
| never knew we would enjoy
plain water before.
Summer Activities
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Members of the Garden Club
have been quite active this
mer planning an early fall
flower show and carrying on the
regular monthly meetings.
During the May meeting, the
club toured the garden of Mrs.
Clint McDade as the guests of
the East Chattanooga Garden
Club and also Holsum Bakery,
where Mrs. Boyd Chapman gave
a most interesting talk. Mrs. W.
Brock was appointed at this
time to take charge of the local
club’s participation in Times
Flower Day, which was held
12. Hostesses for this meet-
ing were Mesdames A. J.
and D. M. Raulston.
Mrs. M. J .Hale was hostess
for the June meeting, which was
the occasion for presenting the
annual horticulture and ar-
rangement sweepstakes awards,
Mrs. N. H. Hutchison scored in
both classes, winning first in
horticulture and second in ar-
rangements, while Mrs. Hale
placed first in arrangements j
and third in horticulture. Mes-
dames H. F. Allison and Roy
McBryar were awarded third
places in horticulture with Mrs.
A. L. Dyer receiving second in
arrangements.
One of the most entertain-
ing programs of the year was
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Published Weekly—Since 1901
Bank of Dade Lists Miliicn in Resources
President George H. Harrison
of the Bank of Dade has ample
reason t0 look s ° pleased this
week - The news has just bee n
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“ OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRfNGTH =?
D. E. Morrison, SCD Supervisor
By: Fred Brackin
SCS Conservationist
HOWDY . . .I’m Fred Brackin,
the fellow you may have seen
bouncing around on a green
government pickup lately. Sorry
I haven’t yet had the opportun¬
ity of meeting all of you, but
the many I have met have been
very nice. However, Don’t be
hurt if I can’t remember your
name the second time we meet,
for, after all, there are seven
thousand of you and only one
of me. Anyhow, I look forward
to meeting all of you and work¬
ing with you. My wife has al¬
ready fallen in love with your
beautiful mountains.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.....
From the business standpoint of
Soil & Water Conservation,
which largely means land use, I
see several things now that *per-
haps you do not see and that
I shall lose sight of in time. The
amount of farming being done,
and especially on Sand Mount
ain, was a big surprise. That al-
most all of the land is qulti-
vated on the contour and most
of it is terraced speaks well of
your farming methods. A great
deal of land is in grass and,
trees, whch is again wise land
use. I have seen a great many
beautiful cattle, but having
come from the state’s largest
broiler producing county, I miss
the broiler houses and the bet-1
ter growth of grass which chic-
ken litter makes possible on pas |
tures. We need to improve our
pasture maintenance program.
A great many acres of the coun-
ty are growing trees, but I was
that so few acres
. are growing timber-there is a
difference.
Maybe someone will lead the
way in improving our woodland'
situation with more hardwood
control. more thinning of cull
trees in pine stands, and more
tree planting on acres now prod
U€ing little or noth ing. The
great interest in pond building
is surprising, and already there
are at least three under con¬
struction; but more about that
dext ... ..i ir f e ‘ AU ... m . all „ > T 1 see a
beautiful county, with an ex¬
pressed interest in wise land use
and the possibility of improving
0nd “P andlI >6 these Practices.
INTENT OF THIS COLUMN-
From time to time, on an ir-
regular basis as events and Mrs.
Morrison permit, I shall attempt
to use this method of informing
landowners of the progress
other landowners are making in
conservation. Perhaps I shall
n °t ramble so badly in the fu-
ture, and shall certainly at-
tempt to steer clear of essays,
niy opinions, etc. My purpose
shall be only to promote any-
thing which promotes conscr-
vation.
If you have read this far, I
thank you for the opportunity
of working in your county, and
look forward to serving each of
you.
NUMBER 27
leleased that the total resources
of the three-and one-half year-
old bank now exceeds one mil¬
lion dollars.
For a counuty of this size, this
indication of growth is pheno-
menal, according to those in the
banking business.
“I had no idea the bank’s
growth would reach this pro-
portion so soon, “Mr. Harrison
said Monday. “It’s very gratify¬
ing.”
From a business demanding
only two employees at its onset,
the work of the bank now re¬
quires six full-time employees.
‘ We don’t eat much idle bread
around here,” the genial bank
president laughed.
Since the bank was first or¬
ganized, the many changes that
have taken place in the county
testify to the fact that the Bank
of Dade is a bank with vision.
Bulldlng for the future
supplying home and business
loans has speeded up the wheels
of progress considerably. The
number of savings accounts has
also increased
Four months ago, Edward
Wilkie, a young man on his way
up in banking . came to the
c0 unty to lend much needed
support as a vice-president,
Well-experienced and potential
]y valuable to several other
banks who sought his services.
bank is fortunate in secur-
lng the . _ services of ........ Mr. Wilkie, .
a h * fin and e contribution ? • I'f* to are the ™ aking com -
f unlt f ^ llfe as wel1 as to the
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Other employees are Ray-
mond M,. Morrison, Cashier;
Mesdames Martin Nethery and
J twe11 McBryar, also Charles
Meeks, clerks,
Bank directors are as foilows.
D. T. Brown, Geo. H. Harrison,
Jules A. Case, Col. D. E. Morri-
and R. S. Townsend.
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r Tatum of the Trenton
Pb°ne Co. said this week
‘ a P hones h” 6 been in-
in with "? e the ” ew remainder Home Com- to
set sometime in the near
The phones have been put in
far away as the brow over¬
Egypt’s Hollow, he said.
Court of Honor
28 at Sand Mtn.
A Boy Scout Court of Honor
be held July 28 at the Sand
Methodist Church, it
been announced. Jerry Gar¬
is scoutmaster with Tommy
as senior assistant and
Goodwin as junior assis¬
scoutmaster.
Water
Reached
A tentative agreement was
reached last week by the ac¬
quisition committee concern¬
ing the prq|psed Dade County
Water System.
A full agreement may be
expected in the near future.