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DAVID T. ESPY, Editor and Publisher
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AVOIDING AND CURING COLDS
We would not discourage those who think
they have discovered a cure for the common
cold, but, so far as science is concerned,
there is not yet any vaccine or serum that
will prevent an individual from, at some
time of other, -‘catching cold.”
About the best defense for the individual,
anxious to prevent colds, is to avoid those
who have a cold, dress warmly and avoid be
coming chilled or wet, eat properly, get
enough fresh air, exercise and rest.
Os course, the above rules constitute
sound advice, whether one wants to dodge
a coM or not. They represent common-sense
applied to the job of living well. The advice
will tend to prevent one from getting sick
ness of any kind. About all that it will not
help prevent is an accident, or the unex-
ON FOOD PRICES
In case you are wondering whether the
price of food will be going up or down in
1957, the latest expert opinion is that it
will go up slightly. Although there is a dif
ference of opinion among executives in the
food industry, few believe prices will go
down.
A number believe prices will remain
steady in 1957. increasing only little and
that as a result of wages and taxes. Another
group believes that food prices are sure to
go up, since prices of other commodities
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looking at Washington . . .
Benson's Farm Program
The Commodity Credit Cor
poration recently issued a report
which showed that Government
losses in operating the price
support farm program during the
Eisenhower Administration have
been greater than the total
losses during the preceding
twenty years of Federal aid pro
grams. In fact, the Eisenhower
Administration’s losses ha v e
been about three times greater
than the losses for the preced
ing twenty years.
Os course, the argument be
tween Republicans and Demo
crats at this time is whether
huge surpluses, piled up dur
ing Democratic administrations,
have caused the heavy expendi
tures in the last four years, or
whether it has been the agricul
tural policies of Secretary Ben
son. who favors flexible price
supports and whose programs
have seen farm prices reduced
in the last few years.
The Administration philosophy
is that there is little chance that
agricultural prices will return to
normal, or a high level, as long
as huge farm surpluses exist.
However, under Democratic ad
ministrations, the rigid price
support formula was used and
prices were pegged at a higher
percentage of parity.
In recent days. Secretary of
Agriculture Benson has an
nounced a further lowering of
the price support level, and this
has brought protests from a
number of senators and con
gressmen from agricultural
states. However, the action is ex
pected to reduce the amount of
money needed to support the ag
ricultural program by about
$200,000 000
The worst feature about agri
cultural developments in recent
years. In our opinion, Is the fact
that farm profits have been
shrinking, while the United
States has been spending more
and more money, trying to get
rid of surpluses As yet. the sums
of money expended to reduce
the surpluses have not seemed to
have hud much effect on farm
prices.
LOWER FARM PROPS
The Secretary of Agriculture
recently announced that sup
ports for cotton, oats, barley, rye,
grain, and sorghums, soybeans,
flaxseed and cotton seed were
being reduced Props under dairy
products were continued us at
present.
The new schedule sets sup
ports for cotton at about 77"! of
the current parity price, com
pared to KO'i In the 1050 support
program While this action does
not necessarily mean that farm
income will be reduced. In our
opinion such a result Is almost
inevitable.
The Secretary’s theory is that
lower supports will not neces
sarily make private sources pay
less for the crops, although we
do not believe this theory works
pected visit of an unwelcome relative.
The average person is apt to overlook the
possible serious consequences of the ordi
nary cold. If taken in hand, a slight cold
may not be dangerous but, if neglected, it
can develop into a more serious malady. The
experts suggest, if you get a cold:
(1) Don’t hesitate to take plenty of rest
and, if at all possible, stay in bed.
(2)Eat rather lightly and drink plenty of
fluids.
(3) Avoid mingling in crowds and, as
nearly as possible, stay in an even tempera
ture. By keeping away from others, you
also protect them from your cold,
(4) If the cold continues and you develop
fever, call your doctor. There may be some
other cause for the fever.
have continued to spiral and since wage in
creases are to be expected in 1957.
In 1956, food prices rose .7 of one per
cent over the level of 1955. This is a very
moderate increase in comparison with the
price increases registered in other fields.
Therefore, food prices actually did not
keep pace with the general rise in preies in
1956 and face no immediate adjustment.
However, some think they may rise slightly
in coming months.
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out in practice—especially as
long as we have surplus crops on
hand.
The Secretary noted that the
support levels could be reinvesti
gated and changed again if the
situation warranted later in the
year. However, the farmer is in
need of whatever relief he can
get in his present tight economic
squeeze and we do not believe
the lower support prices can be
effected without hurting at least
some of the farmers affected by
them.
WOULD FORCE
BALANCED BUDGET
Senator Styles Bridges, New
Hampshire Republican, and Sen
ator Strom Thurmond. South
Carolina Democrat, and other
senators, have introduced a reso
lution which would require the
President and Congress to bal
ance the budget each year. The
resolution would make it the re
sponsibility of Congress to see
that appropriations during the
year are not larger than ex
penditures.
If this turned out to be the
case, because of erroneous reve
nue predictions, it would be up
to Congress to straighten up the
budget books the following year.
Quite a number of states already
operate on this principle and
they have been able to stay out
of debt as a result of it. In fact,
those states which have con
stitution requiring a balanced
budget are generally in better
financial shape than the U. S.
Government.
Os course, in times of emer
gency. the resolution would not
be interpreted to rule out de
ter..,' expenditures. In such
times, emergency spending is
recognized as necessary. In
peacetime years, the resolution
would require the Federal Gov
ernment to operate in the black,
and we think this would be a
good thing for the taxpayers of
this country.
IKE GETS A TURK
While President Elsenhower
may be slowing down in some
categories, he seems to be hold
ing his own In the world of golf
and hunting In fact, only re
cently he killed a twenty-two
pound wild turkey, a game bird
which is extremely hard to hit
and which few hunters now
bag The wild turkey Is not very
populous in the country’s woods
these days and is very timid and
therefore easily frightened away
from human beings.
The one killed by President
Eisenhower Is said to be one of
the largest wild turkeys bagged
in Routh Georgia in some time,
and was killed by the President
while hunting near Thomasville,
Georgia, on one of the planta
tions in that area.
About the only contributor to
this event probably not awed by
the fact that the President was
gaining a bag was the turkey.
We imagine that, as he was shot,
the bullet from the Presidential ,
gun felt just like any other;
bullet. Nevertheless, the turkey
had the honor of being killed by
the President of the United
States, and this is a real honor
as far as turkeys, or anything j
else, is concerned.
The President is evidently a i
good shot, for he consistently'
kills quail when he hunts around
Thomasville, and this is not the
easiest of hunting accomplish
ments, either, especially for one
who hunts as infrequently as the
President.
In summary. Mr. Eisenhower I
must be rated as a pretty good
hunter and sportsman, and ।
pretty good with shotgun and
rifle, or else he could not con-|
sistently bring in the game he i
has been bagging in South Geor
gia.
COMMUNISTS IN THE
UNITED STATES
The chairman of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac
tivities told Congress recently
that 200.000 persons in the
United States are now serving
as Communist spies, saboteurs or
propagandists
He mentioned that this figure |
was the equivalent of about:
twenty Soviet combat divisions.'
The chairman. Representative
Francis E. Walker, Pennsylvania I
Democrat, submitted the annual |
report of the committee.
The committee report this I
year shows that a number of
Communists have become dis
enchanted with the Communist!
Party in the last year and they
proved a very valuable source of
Information. However, it was
stated that the hard core of the
Communist Party remained as
active as ever in this country
and that they were being helped
by many Americans who. un
knowingly, repeated and swal
lowed Coimnum t propaganda
Some of the conclusions
n .'-m d by the committee are
most interesting. For example,
. the committee reports that a big
campaign of political subversion,
designed to paralyze this coun
try's defense and security pro
gram, is now continuing at a
major pace. The committee also
reports that one philanthropic
foundation, the Fund for the
Republic, inane grams that could
give "aid and comfort" to the
Russians.
Another thing the committee
reported, which every American
citizen should be aware of, is
. that Communist cells had been
located, as of several years back,
in the Railroad Retirement and
Social Security Boards, the
I Rural Electrification Adminis
tration and the Labor Depart
ment. The committee also re
ported that the activities of the
' "Save Our Sons" committee, dur
ing the Korean War. were
"treasonable.”
While we do not endorse
, v< rvthing the Walter commit
tee has done, or will do, we think
THE SEAniFRYn IF NEWS
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pERIM TALMOGi!
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Reports From
WASHINGTON
TWO CONCLUSIONS FROM
the debate over the so-called i
Eisenhower Doctrine for the Mid- ■
die East are inescapable: (1) the i
United States has no definite for
eign policy and (2) this nation
would find it manifestly impossible
to fulfill all of its unilateral mill- ;
tary agreements at any given
time.
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Diplomacy
which substi
tutes words for
wisdom and dol
lars for deeds 1
and measures
its successes in
terms of the
I sums of money
1 given away and
nHHKRBk fgf. ~.a given «vv «j aim
the number of miles traveled by
the Secretary of State is both
shallow and dangerous. It is shal
low because it serves to confirm in 1
foreign minds the Communist
propaganda pitch about American
materialism and hypocrisy and it
is dangerous because it tends to
lull Americans into a false sense
of complacency and invincibility.
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THE MIDDLE EASTERN Res- 1
olution, coupled with the previ
ously-adopted declaration pledging ;
the integrity of Formosa, creates
an untenable military situation
for this country. The two commit
ments together obligate the United
States to oppose aggression by the
world's two greatest powers, So
viet Russia and Red China, at op
posite ends of the globe and to do
it without allies.
(Not prepared or printed at govtrnmant Mpanw)
Scouts Get Merit Badges
At Chattooga District Court
The Chattooga District Boy
Scouts of America Court of I
Honor was held at the Menlo
High School Gymnasium on I
Thursday night, February 21, 1
with James D. Simmons presid
ing. The Court was opened by
Troop 102 of Menlo after which
an Inspection of Scouts was con
ducted with Jerry Prince of
Troop 7 winning first place, Al
vin Greene of Troop 101 winning
second place and Hilton Greene
of Troop 101 winning third place.
Troop 7 won first place in the
count for attendance pointe,
Troop 101 second place, Troop 71
third place and Trocp 102 fourth
place.
The following merit badges
and advancements were pre
sented to Troop 7: Kelley Hud
son. Second Class Budge and
Merit Budge in Basketry: Pete
Boney, First Class Badge and
Merit Budge in Reading; Sum
Jones, First Class Badge and
Merit Budge in Poultry; Mike
Buker, First Class Badge; Handy
Taylor. First Cluss Badge; Jack
Taylor. First Class Badge and
Merit Badge In Art; Maurice
Smith. Merit Badges In Life
Saving, Swimming. Public
Health.
The following merit badges
and advancements were pre
sented to Troop 71: Olney Mead
ows. Second Class Badge and
Merit Badges in Citizenship in
it has a vital role to play in the
Congress of the United States
and hope It will continue to ac
tively fight for this country's
safety, security and future.
THE NEED IS GREAT-GIVE!
The gravity of such a situation
is obvious when one attempts to
visualize the consequences of si
multaneous Russian and Chinese
moves against the Middle East and
Formosa. The United States would
be forced either to launch an
atomic war which could mean the
end of civilization or to stand
branded before the free world as
a bombastic bluff.
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THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS are
fraught with fiscal dangers equally
as serious as the physical threat of
the military phases. With this na
tion’s economy in jeopardy from
inflation it is foolish to contem
plate ‘-blank cheek” spending of
hundreds of millions of dollars to
bolster a section of the world
which has the earth’s richest oil
deposits and, but for the greed and
despotism of its absolute poten
tates, could be enjoying a standard
of living rivaling our own.
I do not favor giving the Execu
tive Department a free hand to
parcel out foreign aid or to commit
American troops to wage diploma
tic wars such as the Korean con
flict. Neither do 1 favor any com
mitment of American soldiers
under the command of the United
Nations without specific approval
by Congress.
To tie the hands of Congress to
make or declare war or to prevent
it from appropriating funds ac
cording to need is to court disaster.
Home and Scholarship; Dennis
। Cox. Merit Badge in Stamp Col-1
1 lecting.
Merit badges and advance-1
ments were presented to Troop
101 and were as follows: Billy
Clark. Second Class Badge;
David Langston. Second Class
Badge; Donald Hartline, Merit
Badges In Farm Layout, Dog i
Care, Citizenship in Community.!
Life: Robert Hartline, Merit
Badges in Plumbing. Farm Lay
out, Dog Care; Terry Witt. Merit
Budges In Farm Layout, Fire
manship. Bookbinding; Lynn
Crider. Merit Badge in Reading;
Richard Thomas. Merit Badges
In Dog Care. Reading; Alvin
Greene. Merit Budges in Farm
Home and Its Planning, Read
ing, Bookbinding.
Hilton Greene—Merit Badges
In Farm Home and Its Planning
Home Repairs, Art; Tommy
Hankins. Merit Budge in Art;
| Harold Bryan. Merit Badges in
Reading. Bookbinding; Ronnie
I .ini' .tun M in Hudi'.i' iu Book
binding. Firemanshlp. Reading.
Merit budges and advance
ment'. were on • nt> <1 io Troop
102 and were as follows: Robert
Yarbrough, Merit Badges in
Hiking. Bugling, Cooking: Tay
lor Adams, Merit Badges in
Camping, Citizenship in Home,
Personal Fitness; Steve Majors,
Merit Badges in Safety. Camp
| Ing. Firemanshlp
The Court was closed by Troop
102
Former President Harry Tru
man recently said a strong de
fense is more important to this
1 country than a balanced budget.
NOTICE
The ladies of the First Bap
tist Church will observe the
Annie Armstrong Home Mis
sion program at ten o'clock
Friday, March Ist. Each lady
is asked to bring a covered
dish.
$35,000 HATCHERY
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and the erection of new ponds
which will double the hatchery’s
output.
Thus there will be ample fin
gerlings for distribution in the
Chattooga river north of Trion,
and in the creeks at Armuchee
and Subligna, among other fa
vorite fishing places.
The money for the project will
come out of general funds and
charged against the State Game
and Fish Department.
Recently, Resident Manager
Bussey’s house has been remod
eled. There are spacious grounds
for picnics at the hatchery , a
popular spring and summer rec
reation spot.
The 7th Congressional district,
including 14 counties and 23 rep
resentatives and five senators,
has been getting many progres
sive things from the State Ad
ministration, and a lot of the
credit is due to the work of the
legislative committee, of which
Rep. James Floyd is president.
Sen. Fred Bentley, Cobb, is vice
president, and Rep. Bob Scog
gins, Floyd, is secretary and
treasurer.
This committee, now function
ing in the fourth year, meets
every two to three months the
year around. The next meeting
will be held the latter part of
March at Dalton.
The purpose of 7th Congres
sional district legislative com
mittee get-togethers is to meet
and know one another and the
problems better, and to improve
conditions in the whole district.
In addition to consideration
for improved roads and other
matters, including the enlarged
local fish hatchery, these com
mittee meetings have enabled
the 7th district representatives
and senators to get better com
mittee assignments in the legis
lature.
PESTERFIELD, JONES
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prove, in the long run, to be
self-supporting.
There are many details to be
worked out. The assurance of a
dog pound comes as welcome
news to everyone, and especially
to Tom Fox of the County Health
Department who has worried
about the hazards of stray dogs
for some time.
Five persons were bitten, in
cluding two young children, last
week, and it has not been estab
lished whether or not the dogs
were rabid. It is suspected that
they were. Since there could not
be any assurance, one of the dogs
having been killed, and the other
disappearing, the victims were
given antl-rablcs shots. This is
not a pleasant treatment at any
age. and sometimes it works an
ill effect on the patients.
All Chattooga County citizens
will benefit from the prompt ac
tion of City and County In this
matter. Mayor Pesterfleld and
Commissioner Jones acted with
all haste in their zeal to protect
the health and welfare of the
citizens. Such interest is to be
highly commended It would be
well to remember that these two
public-spirited officials will pro
vide the first dog pound In the
history of Chattooga County.
Thnt is a landmark of progress,
and full credit is due them.
The Soviets say they have cx
। cecded their 1056 economic plan
. by nearly eleven per cent. How
lever. they admit some "serious
1 shortcomings."
SUMMERVILLE
DIRECTORY
BUSINESS - PROFESSIONAL - SERVICES
Marks Aulo Sales
If you need a good used
car or auto parts, see us.
Good Trades * Easy Terms
Ph. 383 Summerville
TOOGA GRILL
BEN MAXWELL, Owner
Old Fashion Pit BAR-B-Q
AU Kinds Sandwiches
Short Orders • Soups
BAGLEY'S
Standard Service
All Standard Products
—We Specialize in—
Polishing
Washing - Greasing
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DR. H. M. BALLENGER
CHIROPRACTOR
Summerville Hotel Bldg. Hours
9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Each Day
Except Wednesday. Phone 497
JO 7^l
WE COME PROMPTLY!
to make TV Repairs
Guaranteed Workmanship
Phone 198 Day—Pennville
2283 Night
Giles Supply Store
Commerce Street
YOUR WATCH NEEDS
* Cleaning and Oiling-
* Any New Parts
* Crystal, Band or Strap
BRING TO
JOE HAMMOND
4 W. Washington St.
Summerville, Ga.
L. G. HAWTHORNE
WELL DRILLER
Phone LA 6-8274
LEESBURG, ALA.
All Work Guaranteed
DR MARLIN PAYNE
OPTOMETRIST
Summerville Hctel Bldg.
HOURS: 9 A-M. to 5:30 P.M.
Each Pay Except Tuesday
Trion Personnel Office
Tuesdays Only
TRY NEWS
WANT ADS
STEPHEN'S
Machine Shop
Welding & Lathe Work —
Milling Machine Work —
General Repair — Farm
Machinery — Saw Mills —
Well Pumps — Auto Parts
and Accessories — Shell
Oil Products
MENLO HIGHWAY
PHONE 262
« ft (M dm
LUWWIGRCE
| I FACTOR COMPANY
PHONE 3000 1300 etMf &OMF &A
THURSDAY, FFRRUART 28,1957
Dr. G. K. Mac Vane
Naturopath — Physiotherapy
720 Gault Avenue, N. W,
Fort Payne, Ala.
Ft. Payne Phone 445
Menlo Phone 462
Practicing at Menlo
Thursdays 9 a. m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday Afternoons
Look — Look
Glow Boy Gas Heaters Going
at Cost, As Long As They Last.
Making Room for New Models.
Pipe Cut and Threaded to
Order. Free Estimate on All
Gas Jobs.
Payne Calhoun
SALES AND SERVICE
24 a Miles North of Summer
ville, 2‘ 2 Miles South of Trion
on Highway 27.
PHONE 180-M
THE ATTIC SHOP
Next to Park Theatre
Phone 2236
WE BUY AND SELL
GOOD USFD FURNITURE
GENE JUNKINS
THOUSANDS
Os wall paper patterns to
select from. Free instruc
tions for do -it - yourself
hanging.
HALLS
Decorating
SHOP
Next to Georgia Power
VAN PELT'S
Appliance Center
Ph. 437 — Summerville
“Where Your Business
Is Appreciated”
FOR
PHILCO — GIBSON
RCA — SPEED QUEEN
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
If you have Real Estate for
sale list it with us. If you
want to buy Real Estate, we
will be glad to locate it for
you.
John Paul Jones
Phone 336 — Summerville
Dr. Emory Bowen
Chiropractor Physician
OFFICE HOURS
Daily 9-12, 1-6—Sunday 9-10
Saturday by appointment only
Phone 388
Federal and State In
come Tax Made Reason
able
HENRY POWELL
Office Next Door to Summer
ville Hotel
Day Phone 497 Night 18