Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, August 18, 1944, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWHEELER COUNTY TAX LEVY FOR 1944 After a tabulation and considera tion of the legitimate expense of said County of Wheeler for the year 1944 and an estimate of the expense of the County for the balance of the year and to take care of the legally and properly accumulated expense and indebtedness, we find that it will take and require a tax levy on all of the taxable property of said county in the amount of Five ($5.00) Dollars on the thousand of the taxable proper ty of the County. It is therefore ordered that a tax levy for the year 1944 on all of the taxable property in said county for county purposes, current expense and accumulated indebtedness against said county be and the same is hereby levied (exclusive of School Tax) in the amount of Five ($5.00) Dollars on each thousand dollars worth of property in said county subject to taxation, said amount to be divided as follows: General Welfare 3 Mills Sheriff - -1% Mills Coroner % Mills TWO —Wheeler Co. Eagle Open Jury Expense - % Mills The Board of Education of Wheeler County in session this date recom mend the following levy be made for educational purposes for the year 1944 on all taxable property in said county. County Wide five mills or $5.00 per thousand. Local Maintenance Bonds Total or Dist. Mills: Mjjls per M Alamo 5 6 $ll.OO Glenwood 5 5.00 Graham 5 5.00 Shiloh 5 8 13.00 Springhill 4 4.00 Scotland 5 5.00 Union 5 5 10.00 per thousand Further ordered that when said funds have been collected by the Tax Commissioner of said County that the same be properly disbursed to the Treasurers of the respective districts bonded to receive same. Also, that the county wide school funds be immediately paid to the Superintendent of County Schools and County Tax funds be immediately paid to the County Treasurer of said County, as provided by law. So ordered in open court, this Ist day of August, 1944. R G PERDUE Commissioner, Roads & Revenues Wheeler County, Georgia. ALMA LEE MORRISON Clerk, to Commissioner The first crossing of the English Channel by air was in 1909. Pay Your Subecription — * — I Ml® Rowland Burmtan J The helicopter is a type of air craft that has received consider able publicity during the last two years. Contrary to general opinion, it is a device that has been known and experimented with by aero nautical engineers for at least thirty years. ^s^ECHfNICALLY ROTATED AIRFOILS i In some instances it is similar to the autogiro, primarily in that it has a large rotor, or blades, which act as airfoils and provide the lift. Motion forward, back <ward, sideways, etc., is controlled by changing the pitch of the rotor blades. The chief respect in which it differs from the airplane and autogiro is that it does not have the conventional type of propeller or airscrew to pull it through the air, and the airfoils, or lifting blades, are mechanically revolved for flight. ) The helicopter has advantages over the airplane and autogiro in that it can ascend and descend vci lically, or it can hover at a fixed point in the air. Warning to the ones who have telephones in their homes, The telephone is perfectly safe dur ing an electrical storm if it not in use, but do not use it, for it is dangerous when in use. Alamo Telephone Company WEATHER ^ATTIRED a p SHOWERS, w.™ FRESH \ ^Ms-^ \ Mgrr affair f® stay i fat*. s' JR! * Today almost 25 per cent of the world’s silver output goes into pro duction of the airpiano engine boar* ingf , Texture Important in Person’s Pick of Clothes Texture is one of the factors that many women do not consider in the selection of their clothes and many times it is the most important con sideration for certain individuals. Texture is related to the “feel” and substance of the fabric—wheth er it is smooth or rough, hard or soft, filipy or bulky. Texture varia tions give softness and beauty to colors otherwise difficult to wear, take the gloom from black, the glare from white and often are the most significant quality possessed by any object, whether fabric, wood, metal or any other substance. Women who have definite femi nine characteristics, gentleness of manner, are mild, quiet, often im pulsive and warmhearted should se lect materials which have charac teristics of softness, such as soft woolens and soft crepes that drape nicely, ginghams and chambrays, sheer textures, soft taffetas and failles and similar fabrics without too much weight. The type of individual who is forceful, has a good deal of drive, strength of character, vitality and who is interested in many activities should choose the more firmly wov en fabrics that are pliable and sleek looking or have a smooth surface. Some examples of these are the worsteds, men’s wear suitings, twills, tweeds, broadcloths, moires and bengalines. Heavy failles, slip per satins, piques, sharkskins and heavy dress linens can also be worn by this type of woman. See Dental Lavatories In Postwar Bathroom Many postwar bathrooms will be equipped with dental lavatories, says the plumbing and heating industries bureau in calling atten tion to the many desirable features of this fixture. The dental lavatory was con sistently gaining favor in prewar homes because of its hygienic ad vantages, the bureau points out. By providing a place for brushing the teeth and gargling, the dental lava tory helps to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. The installation of a dental lava tory, furthermore, enables a bath room to accommodate more traffic and thus increases the utility of the room with but little additional space requirements. Dental lavatories vary in size from 12 x 12, and 13 x 14, to 16 x 15. Made of sanitary, easy to clean, and lustrous vitreous china, the den tal lavatory adds beauty to the bath room. The fixture is hung from the wall, is usually equipped with an integral shelf at the back, has a flushing rim, and is made without a drain plug. Good Pasture Good pasture for growing pigs gives the swine grower two advan tages* In the first place, it encour ages sanitation, getting the pigs out of the filthy hog lots onto clean ground where they will have a better chance "to avoid disease. In the sec ond place, pasture can save a lot of the grain and protein feeds which are so scarce this year. An acre of good legume pasture such as al falfa can save 2,000 pounds of grain and 500 pounds of protein supple ment. A good plan is to set aside a portion of the good-stand alfalfa or clover field for the pigs. Brome and timothy mixtures with legumes are also excellent. Where no estab lished pasture is available rape seeded alone will supply the green feed that can do so much to cut down the feed cost of growing out the spring pig crop. The best plan is to make provisions a year ahead for hog pasture so that a good leg ume stand will be available in a convenient place where the pigs have not run for several years. State Department Before 1924 there was no foreign service of the United States as such; there were distinct and separate dip lomatic and consular services. Since that date the two are combined with the personnel sometimes assigned to one branch and sometimes to the other. Classified foreign service of ficers, exclusive of chiefs of mis sions, ambassadors and ministers, normally number in excess of 700, and hold both diplomatic and con sular commissions. Personnel for the classified foreign service is selected after passing a three days written examination. This is followed by an oral examina tion. In one normal year 727 took the written examination, 105 sur vived to take the oral test, and 33 were eventually placed on the eligible list. Follow Instructions Directions on dye packages should be followed carefully when prepar ing the dye. To prepare the dye, dissolve it in hot water—soft water is desirable. Then strain the dissolved dye through double cheesecloth placed' in a strainer. Be sure to use the proper amount of dye for weight of material. Measure the dye with a teaspoon before it is dissolved. Add enough water to cover the material. Test color with a sample of the material. Hold the color to the light to see it as it will appear when drys or .press sample with a hot iron. If the color is too light, add a little dye. If it js too dark, re move some of the liquid and add more water to the dyebath. Wheeler Cuunty Eagle August, 18, 1944 ENLISTMENT .CAMPAIGN FOR BREWTON-PARKER Brewton-Parker Junior College, Mt. Vernon, has already begun an enlistment campaign in the eighteen Associations which owns this school, to raise $250,000.00, and things are on the move at the college. Two dor mitories are undergoing a thorough remodeling job and the interior is being redecorated. This building will be as good as new when school opens September sth. Money is now in hand to complete the boys new dormitory, when labor and material are available. There is also, some funds available to begin the girls new dormitory. Applications are coming in and Dr. Robinson, the President, feels quite certain that the enrollment will be much better than that of last, year. Able teachers are being added to the faculty and the teaching force will be equal to any Jonior College work, anywhere. On August. 22nd, S. B. Burkhalter, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, has called a special meeting at 2:30 P. M., EWT. All Trustees, Mode rators, Pastors, and interested lay men of the following Associations are asked to be present: Consola tion, Daniell, Dodge County, Ebe neexer, Kilpatrick, Laurens County, Middle, Mount Vernon, New Sun buv, Ogeechee River, Okefenokee, Piedmont, Pulaski, Bleckley, Reho beth, Smyrna, Tattnall-Evans, Tel fair, Washington. It is hoped at that time to work out a five-year plan which will enable us to erect new buildings and to endow for the fu ture. NEW BULLETIN ON HOME CANNING IS NOW AVAILABLE The latest information on pre serving vegetables, fruits and meats and on making marmalades, pickles and relishes is now available in a revised canning bulletin which can be obtained from home demonstra tion agents in most Georgia counties. The bulletin, published by the Ag ricultural Extension Service, has a natural color cover and was prepar ed by Miss Katherine Lanier, food preservation specialist. “The Guide in Canning,” Bulle tin 478, also offers information on the family canning budget, storing the food supply, equipment needed for successful canning, methods of processing, operation of pressure cookers, the use of the boiling water bath and steps in canning. It describes the canning of aspara gus, beans, beets, carrots, corn, greens, kraut, okra, peas, pimento pepper, tomatoes, soup mixture, squash, apples, berries, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries, fruit juices, jams, jellies, beef, pork, and chicken in addition to the various pickles and relishes. It can be obtained from home demonstration agents or from the Extension Service in Athens. Farm Briefs By J. P. Carmichael Acting Extension Editor 0 SMALL GRAIN Last years’ experience has taught us the value of small grain for grain, E. D. Alexander, agronomist for the Extension Service, points out. Plans should be made early for sowing these crops. Every farm wherever possible should have small grain of one kind or another in its program. This will reduce the amount cf row crops and make a feed and soil conservation program possible. Ar rangements should be made for good seed of adapted varieties, fertilizer, and machinery and labor to get the crops planted when and as they should be. SOYS RISE ON MERITS One of the wonders of American agriculture has been the rapid rise of the soybean which is proving to be one of our most flexible crops. In 1925 the total acreage in this coun try was 1,782,000 and by 1943 it had increased more than eight fold, to a crop of 14,762,000 acres. The merits back of this sudden rise, ac cording to crop specialists, are the seed has a ready market for oil, feed and various industrial purposes, the plant is especially popular in the Corn Belt as pasture, green manure, hay, or as a seed crop where clover, alfalfa, or grain crops have failed to survive the winter. MORE MILK And ss for getting more milk from fewer cows, that can be easily done in tome herd* by getting rid of «®ws All time Record in Fund Raising Appeal Announcing that the American people had contributed an all-time record of $10,973,491 to the 1944 Fund-Raising Appeal of The Na tional Foundation for Infantile Para lysis, Basil O’Connor, Foundation president, declared last night that these donations will permit an expan sion of the war against the children’s enemy on the home front. With epidemics or serio - .s out breaks now taking their toll in twelve of the states of the. nation, Mr. O’Connor pointed out that the number of cases reported is already higher than that for the comparable period last year when the county suffered its third worst epidemic. Mr. O’Connor said the National Foundation would now be able to add more epidemic fighters and ad ditional equipment for emergency aid and, at the same time, continue its relentless fight to learn how to prevent and cure the disease. “Funds from the 1944 March of Dimes,” he continued, “will permit the National Foundation not only to expand its aid to those who are stricken but also to open up new fronts of research which someday will pierce the defense of this di sease and permit us to prevent it. “Already 1,460,000 dimes arc at work in the state of North Carolina where representatives of the National Foundation work day and night with state and local authorities to provide emergency aid, professional workers and equipment to meet the epidemic situation.” Dimes and dollars contributed by Americans also are at work in Ken tucky, New York, Louisiana, Penn sylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, Mississippi and Indiana where there are serious or threatening outbreaks, he added. “We have no way of knowing how far the danger will spread, nor how many homes will suffer tragedy be fore this year’s epidemic subsides,” whined Mr. O’Connor, adding “but we do know that we have never be fore been so well equipped to meet the ravages of infantile paralysis as we are this year.” This year’s donations alnjost doubl ed the former record of $5,527,590 set in 1943, Mr. O’Connor said, aim the total comprised millions of small donations indicating that “almost every person in this country has had some part in creating the means of carrying’ on this mighty crusade. “From Army and Navy bases half way around the world came dona tions from the brave fighters In our Armed Services,” said Mr. O’Connor, which he considers “a mandate to us here at home not to neglect the fight against this home-front enemy while they are battling our foes abroad.” Mr. O’Connor praised the coopera tion of the film industry, movie pa trons, the sports world, the press, 1 radio, war workers, school children, labor, industry and “Mr. and Mrs. America in every conceivable sta tion of life who aided in this vital movement.” One-half of the funds raised each January through the celebrations of the President’s Birthday is retained by the 3,000 county Chapters for aid to those stricken with poliomyelitis; the other half goes to the National Foundation for its program of re search, epidemic aid and education. that are loafers, Frank W. Fitch, dairyman for the Georgia Extension Service, says. For there are lazy | cows, cows that use too much of their feed to put on weight and in stead of milking well up to calving time—get tired and are dry three or four months. This kind of cow is never profitable and the feed it eats should go to the others that are doing the best job. Feed is the biggest item of cost with dairy rows. BRITONS EAT MORE POTATOES Wartime Britain is growing and eating more potatoes than it ever did in peace. Last year British far mers grew nearly twice as many acres (the acreage was up 90 per cent above the three years before ,the war), and the per capita con sumption increased about 45 per cent. The difference in the per centages reflects the fact that pota toes grown at home are taking the place of potatoes and other foods formerly imported. POULTRY LICE Losses due to poultry lice run into millions of dollars in the United States each year, H. W. Bennett, poultryman for the Extension Ser vice, points out. Almost all poultry flocks are contaminated with this parasite where they have not been treated in the last few months. Small flocks are bothered by this in sect more than are large flocks due to the fact that the tada In these IB looking If AHEAD GEORGE S. BENSON I 'rcsidentvfarding Co lleye MSfcMHNk Searcy, ^rkansat A Small Industry Strawberries classify as luxuries. If they are absolutely essential to anything but strawberry shortcake, I don’t know what it is. Few lower animals will touch them. Apparent ly they were erbated for the enjoy ment of mankind. Their food value seems quite incidental to the pleas ure they afford some people and the hives they cause to erupt pn others. Strawberries however have be come a-primary economic factor in the lives of a/ few thousand people and a good many of them are my neighbors here in White County, Arkansas. Strawberries to us ara what celery is to Kalamazoo or cheese to Roquefort. What this little industry has experienced in the last three years under cut-and-dried economy is set forth very plainly in the figures below: The Strawberry Crop White County 1944 1943 1942 Acres in Berries. .4,000 7,500 12,000 Crates per Acre.. 15 45 70 Price per Crate... .$7.80 $5.50 $1.50 Remember the .story of Sinbad the Sailor and the Old Man of the Sea? Well—blows White County has sus tained at the hand of the OPA sug gest what Sinbad endured from the OMS. Large industries like Avia tion, Petroleum and Textiles touch a larger number of people in a more vital way but the little ones are not exempt from the effects of official tampering. And there are many little ones. Strawberries arc extremely per ishable; the season is very short and early. People in the business are prepared for inevitable “off years” when crops are damaged by weather conditions but they are al most obliged to have their occasional seasons of rich rtturn in order to keep the wolf from the door during the lean years. The 1943 season was about average in acreage and yield per acre. Worse Than Frost The only recent year of promising pay-off was 1942. Everything looked hopeful including the weather. Acre age was large and so was the yield. But in April the government’s newly installed food rationing department did some warming-up maneuvers on sugar. The sugar shortage was bogus but there was a lot of hubbub about it and the effect was real; White County farmers lost out, thus: Price to the grower that year was $1.50 for -a case' of 24 quarts, h wouldn’t pay for picking and pack ing. The fruit was flhe but*the buy ers were afraid because they'had ne reason to believe Mi's. Housewife would be able to set sugar on her table at any price. Processing firms, Banners and jam makers, took what they could handle and the rest (most of the crop) rotted in the field be fore the sugar shortage fa'ble was debunked. Discouragement Comes If the entire crop might have been sold at the ridiculously low figure of $1.50 a crate. White County would have received $1,260,000 for it, and gone in the red. In 1943, however, it was the consumer who paid dear ly. Discouraged Arkansas growers set out 37%% less land and pro duced 35% less per acre. The farm er’s price trebled but gross return 4o the copnty was still under $2,000,000 for the season. The 1944 season is hardly worth counting. Last summer and fall were dry and the labor shortage at plant-setting time cut the county’s gross strawberry revenue below half a million dollars and next year’s hopes are drooping. Farmers fee) pretty certain, after the fourth con secutive disappointment, that either drouth, man-power shortage, late foost or bureaucratic price-fixing will finally ruin them. Sea water can be made drinktxbl by adding silver oxide, and tartaric or citric acid. Wiiiys V builds the 9 ■ economical Jeep /Light Truck / Pauenger Car if Light Tractor if Power Plant flocks receive less attention than those in large flocks. There are seven different types of lice that arc commonly found on chickens. Peo ple often confuse mites with lice. They are different id that mites suck the blood while lice have chew ing mouth parts. Mites leave the bodies of the chickens in the day while lice stay on the bodies of the birds continuously. It is more than 12 miles vertical distance from the lowest depth of the ocean te the highest peak of land, > Protection Essential for Young Vine Plants Gardeners who grow cucumbers, squash, melons or pumpkins may expect trouble from bacterial wilt and powdery mildew. These dis eases affect plants of all ages, but protection of the young plants is essential. To be successful, controls must be applied before the diseases ap pear. In bacterial wilt, the leaves at the base of the stem wilt first, but the wilting progresses rapidly out to the tip. The entire shoot soon dies. In powdery mildew, a white mealy growth appears on both sur faces of the leaves, and causes them to wither and die. To control bacterial wilt, and to partly control powdery mildew, use a dust containing 5 'to 7 per cent of a "fixed-copper” fungicide, to which is added 10 per cert calcium ar senate, 10 per cent wheat flour, and the balance of talc. Applications should begin as soon as the plants appear above ground and must be repeated within three or four days, and then every week as long as the plants are growing or until the fruit is nearly ready to harvest. If the combination dust does not keep Ke mildew under con trol add about 20 per cent of dusting sulphur to the mixture. This should be applied lightly, and only long enough to'control mildew, since vine crops are sensitive to sulphur. So. American Guavas Make a Delicious Spread Guavas, sometimes known as gua yaba, flourish throughout tropical America and have been introduced successfully in India and South Af rica. A factory was recently built in South Africa to dehydrate the fruit and convert it into a powder used in supplementing the diet of British soldiers. On this continent, the fruit has been a favorite for centuries with the natives of other American re publics. Spread on bread or crack ers, or served as a dessert with cheese, it is an inevitable part of a well-planned meal anywhere in Spanish America. The manufacture of guava jellies and jams is an important industry in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and other American countries. Brazil alone has more than 400 small fac tories producing guava jellies for the domestic market, and a United States company has established a plant in Mexico to quick-freeze guava pulp for use in the United States in the manufacture of ice cream and ices. Painted Stars Important Prior to this war, the identifying emblem on U. S. military planes was a white star painted on a cir cular blue background, with a red disc in its center. After Pearl Har bor to avoid confusion with the Jap anese Insignia—a flaming red disc— eur government ordered the remov-’ al of the red spot in the heart of our emblem. Later, in the European theater of war, it developed that our combat crews under some con-' ditions and at long range could not easily distinguish the star from the German cross. So the U. S. in signia was redesigned to include white horizontal stripes on each side of the star, and all was enclosed within a narrow red border. Last September, because the red paint was making the emblem look Jap like again, the border was changed' to blue. This points up the fact that pigmented paints for identi fication are no less important than those for structural protection and camouflage. Edible Leaves Collards are popular in the south,, but when grown in the northern! states are usually harvested in the fall after.tfiey have been frosted. Kale, which is popular in Europe, -la a decorative plant, bearing fringed leaves; and there are varieties with! colored leaves. The garden type i« gray green, and has a flavor augs gesting broccoli. Seed can be sown as soon as the soil has been pre-: pared, and the plants will grow; well all summer. Dwarf and talk vfirieties are available, the dwarf bping more popular in small gar*' dens. If kale is wanted for a fall crop only,‘the seed may be sown about June 15 and the plants thinned out or transplanted to sjand two feet 1 apart. Aphids apd cabbage worms attack the leaves and must be fought with dust or spray. i Soybean Meal University of Illinois specialists found that soybean meal was a poor substitute for animal proteins In chick rations unless inorganic phos phorus was added to the ration. It seemed that the chick could not make good use of the phosphorus In the soybean meal If'alfalfa meal made from field-cured alfalfa hay and an adequate source of vitamin D are added to the ration, the chick can make use of the phosphorus in the soybean meal, thereby curing its fault as a chick feed. The alfalfa or grass provides the enzymes nec essary to make the phosphorus us able by the cftick. The enzyme re sponsible for improving the utiliza tion of phosphorus in seeds (phy-, tase) ip present in soybeans but is destroyed by the heat treatment dur ing processing. The enzyme in field- 1 cured alfalfa hay is also destroyed* during commercial dehydration, aa^ cording U> the specialists.