WHEELER 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
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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
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Today almost 25 per cent of the
world’s silver output goes into pro
duction of the airpiano engine boar*
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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
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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
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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.
