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Volumn 37.
Barnhill Attends
Safety Council
In Atlanta
GLENWOOD, Nov. 21.—Having re
cently attended the Citizens Safety
Council in Atlanta, as a representa
tive of the Georgia Rural Carriers
Association and serving in the Traf
fic Safety section of the meeting
some very dangerous facts were ex
posed, such as; in the United States
an average of 25,000 drivers are in
volved in accidents every day, of
these 100 are killed and 5,000 are
hospitalized. -In Georgia through
September of this year our traffic
death total was 23G greater than for
the same period last year. If this
trend continues, every third child
born today will suffer death or seri
ous injury before the completion of
the normal span of life. The cost in
money now runs to the staggering
sum of. fifty million each year in
Georgia, something must be done.
Our next session of the Legisla
ture will be offered a bill to set up
a Uniform Traffic Code for Gorgia.
Thirty three states have adopted this'
traffic code, this will help to train us'
as to better driving and when we
travel in other section of the coun
try there will not be confusion as to
regulations of the road. Let us hope
that amendments will be kept out of
the bill where they affect the bill as
to its usefulness.
It was recommended that 125 extra
Patrolmen be put on in 1951.
G. C. BARNHILL.
Wheeler County
High School News
The Wheeler County High School
basketball teams split even last Fri
day night with the Rhine High School
teams. Our girls team won their
second game of the season by a 25.-10
score, while cur boys lost 34-20. Our
girls were never behind in their con
test and held a slim lead for most
of the game but pulled away from
the Rhine girls in the third and fourth
quarters. Peggy Brown and Myra
Hughes did a swell job in the first
few minutes of the fourth quarter
of freezing the ball. The work of
ail three Wheeler County guards was
good. Conley played a 'good game
at forward for Rhine.
The boys contest started off as a
hair raiser with the two teams bat
tling on even terms until about the
beginning of the last quarter of play.
The Rhine boys pulled away from our
boys and were never headed. Both
of Wheeler County teams are im
proving with each game.
Both boys and girls teams have
dropped contests to the mighty Mc-
Rae teams, but our local girls team
opened the season with a win over
the Milan girls team 23-13. The next
game is with the strong Glenwood
teams next Wednesday, November
29th, at Mcßae.
Members of the 10th and 11th
grades saw an excellent moving pic
ture, ,‘The Crusaders” Monday dur
ing the activity period. The picture
was one of the best educational pic
tures shown so far this year. The
acting in this picture was excellent.
It showed the early European Chris
tians fighting the Saracens of Asia
trying to rescue the holy sepulcher
from them.
W. C. H. S. Reporter
Nineteen outstanding Georgia cot
ton growers are to receive prizes in
this year’s state five-acre cotton con
test.
FOUR DEPENDENTS ENTITLE RELEASE
FROM ARMED SERVICE IN SOME CASES
Certain Georgia citizens, who have
been called to active duty with the
United States armed forces, and who
have four or more dependents, may
seek immediate discharge, according
to W. K. Barrett Director, State De
partment of Veterans Service.
Various regulations governing the
release of such persons from the
Army, Navy or Marine Corps, are as
follows:
Enlisted men of the Army’s Or
ganized Reserve Corps who have been
ordered to active duty as individuals
and have four or more dependents
and are on active duty in the United
State may seek discharge. This policy
does not apply to enlisted men in
ducted with units of the Organized
Reserve Corps or National Guard.
Enlisted men who desire to be dis
charged under this plan must first
make a preliminary claim to his unit
commander, who will retain the sol
dier at the station concerned until the
Wheeler County Eagle
Mrs. Frankie H. Pope
Appointed Vital
Statistics Registrar
A change in State Vital Statistics
Registrar for the entire county of
Wheeler was announced today by
Georgia Department of Public Health
officials.
Mrs. Frankie H. Pope has been of
ficially commissioned as Local Regis
trar for the entire county of Wheel
er. The following Local Registrars
have recently resigned: W. O. Har
relson, N. T. Clark, Eugene McNair,
and W. W. Winham.
Mrs. Pope’s commission was effec
tive as of November 17, 1950.
Ton-Per-Acre
Peanut Growers
To Be Honored
Georgia farmers who produced a
ton or more of peanuts per acre in
1950 are to be honored at a luncheon
in Tifton, Jan. 11. and will be giv
en certificates and keys making them
charter members of the Georgia Ton-
Per-Acre Peanut Club for this year,
John Preston, Extension Service
agronomist, said this week.
Approximately 40 farmers are
scheduled to receive the recognition,
Preston stated, and their yields will
be around three times the state aver
age for the years 1939 to 1948. Aver
age yield for those years was 687
pounds of nuts per acre. The aver
age for this year, however is higher.
Georgia Crop reporting Service of
ficials say the indicated yield is 840
pounds per acre.
Preston called attention to the im
portance of demonstrating good prac
tices for growing this crop because of
the large acreage of peanuts in the
I state. Peanuts planted for picking
' and threshing this year totaled 670,-
000 acres.
j The Ton-Per-Acre program is
J sponsored by members of the peanut
j industry in Georgia and conducted by
( the Agricultural Extension Service
; through county agents who have
। charge of the program in various
counties.
, Sponsore are the Blakely Peanut
, Company, Blakely: Columbian Pea
: nut Company, Pelham; Farmers Gin
and Warehouse Company, Blakely;
[ Georgia Peanut Company, Moultrie:
Pelham Oil and Fertilizer Company,
Pelham; Southern Cotton Oil Com
pany, Atlanta; Dawson Cotton Oil
Company, Dawson; and Tom Huston
Peanut Company. Columbus.
A STATEMENT
There was an error in the P. T. A.
news of Alamo in last week’s issue,
which we wish to correct. The state
ment: “A deadline was set for the
Gymnasium to be under construction
by January Ist, 1952.” We plan to
have construction under way by
January of 1951 if possible. However,
we agreed to return money to those
demanding it by January Ist, 1952
(if no building had been started by
then.
MRS. E. J. FOSTER, Pesident
Alamo P. T. A.
Editor’s Note: The error referred
to above was not one of the
newspaper printers but one of the
reporter for the P. T. A. We hold
the original copy in our office
in Alamo for inspection by any
person interested to prove our
point.
Subscribe for The Eagle and know
all about your county’s affairs.
enlisted man has had a reasonable
opportunity to present a sworn affi
davit. The affidavit listing four or
more dependents is then presented
and the solider accepts a discharge
after the affidavits have been accept
ed as proof of dependency.
At the same time an enlisted re
servist is discharged from active
duty, he will be discharged from the
Organized Reserve Corps.
In the future, no enlisted member
of the Army Organized Reserve Corps
with four or more dependents will be
ordered to active duty without his
consent.
Orders already issued to reserv
ists in this category who have not
yet reported for duty will be rescind
ed.
Provisions for discharge under this
policy do not apply to personnel cn
active duty overseas.
Enlisted members of the Naval Re
serve who were voluntarily recalled
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, November 24, 1950.
PMA Chairman
Announces Farmer-
Committee Elections
PMA farmer-committee elections;
will be held in each of Wheeler Coun
ty’s six farm communities December (
14th, L. D. Currie chairman of the :
county PMA committee announced
today.
Voting will be by balloting at poll- I
ing places, and any farmer is eligible
to vote who is an owner, operator, ।
tenant .or sharecropper on a farm that(
is participating in any program ad
ministered during the current calen
dar year by the county and communi
ty PMA committees.
At each of these community elec- j
tions, farmers will vote for three i
farmers to serve as a community com
mittee during 1951 and a delegate to (
a county convention where a county ;
committee will be elected.
“This provision in farm legislation .
which gives farmers an opportunity;
to elect their fellow farmers to ad
minister farm programs is one of ।
| the most progressive steps in agri- (
cultural development in our times,” (
declares Mr. Currie. “Farmers of'
Wheeler County can demonstrate (
their support of this democratic way
of administration by voting when
elections are held in their communi-
i ties.
“Even though the farmers in some
communities may be perfectly sat
isfied with the administration of the
committeemen now in office, they,
should vote anyway. Failure to vote
may be interpreted as a lack on in- '
terest in the program and in the
j democratic method of operation.
“I believe the farmers of Wheeler .
County do want a say in who ad
ministers farm programs and the
way to show it is to get out and vote.”
Guy Stone Named
On Distinguished
Committee At Dawson
Guy O. Stone, of Glenwood, has
been named as a member of the Dis
tinguished Guest Committee for the
Homecoming of American Legion
National Commander Erle Cocke, Jr.,
in Dawson on Friday, November 24.
The invitation was extended by John
Brock of Adairsville, State Com
mander of the Legion and Chairman
| of the Distinguished Guests Commit
: tee.
More than 10,00 visitors are ex
: pected in Dawson for the big cele
| bration which will include a two
|mile long parade, a speech by Com
\ mander Cocke, the first Georgian ever
। to be elected National Commander of
ithe 3-million member Legion, a bar
' becue, and a show featuring several
I top Hollywood stars.
Hundreds of government, civic and
I Legion leaders from ail over the na
i tion will be in the peanut belt town
i for the day, with the celebration
starting at 11:00 a. m. with a recep- '
I tion at the local Legion Post home. :
New Executive Board
Elected For Better
Health Conference
At the second State-wide Better
| Health Conference which was held in
i Atlanta in connection with the ;
j Seventh Georgia Citizens Conference i
I Mrs. Shelley Davis of Atlanta was:
elected Chairman of the Executive
। Board, with Mrs. Fred Knight of
| Cartersville, Vice-Chairman.
Among board members elected was ■
T. D. Wooten, of Lumber City.
The Executive Board directs the:
program of the Health Division of
the Georgia Citizens Council which j
is developing Regional Better Health i
Conferences throughout the State. The |
purpose of these meetings is to stimu- i
late interest among citizens in state:
and local health problems. The next;
Regional Conference is to be held in
Swainsboro on January 17.
to active duty may now request re
lease to inactive duty or discharge
from the Naval service if they have
four or more dependents. The dead
line for filing requests with the Bu
reau of Naval Personnel via official
channels is J’anuary 1, 1951. Suspen- i
sion of recall of reservists in this j
category has already been instituted.
The Marine Corps will discharge,
upon request of individuals con
cerned, its enlisted reservists who
have four or more dependents.
Barrett stated that personnel of
field offices of the State Department
of Veterans Service will aid the de- (
pendents of any qualified Georgia
serviceman in securing his discharge. ‘
P. T. A. Council
Will Erect Sign
On Highway Soon
I The Wheeler County P. T. A. Coun-
I ci l is sponsoring a huge sign to be
Hplaced on the paved highway be
| tween Alamo and Glenwood around
j December 1. The highway sign will
i be erected in the interest of financing
‘the Minimum Foundation Program
for Education. Similar signs are be
( ing placed on highways all over the
(state.
I Just as did a similar sign last year,
i this new highway sign will picture
(some of Georgia's school children,
j Much publicity has been given during
I the past two years to the financing of
ithis new school program, and now
( the actual financing of this much
( needed program, seems assured by the
(General Assembly which convenes in
(January. It is suggested that all
j citizens of Wheeler County who are
. interested in the education of their
|choldren to speak to their representa-
I five and state senator encouraging
I them to vote for measures which
(will finance this expanded program
for education. Let’s not become
। overconfident and fail to get this pro
gram for our children. “Georgia’s
i Children Deserve The Best.”
J. D. TWEEDY, Chairman
Public Relations Commit
tee, Local GEA.
Peanut Growers
To Vote Dec. 14
In Referendum
i The Nation’s peanut growers will
' vote in a referendum on December
(14 to decide if they want to extend
(marketing quotas to the 1951, 1952
" and 1953 crops, the Georgia State Of
|fice of the Production and Marketing
। Administration in Athens said today,
i The last referendum was held in De-
Jc ember 1947 when nearly 90 percent
1 ■of the growers voting approved quotas
for the 1948 to 1950 period.
s The State PMA Committee also an
- nounced today that the Georgia
- state acreage allotment for the 1951
’ rrzanut crop is 585,638 acres. The
, j 1950 allotment was 701,400 acres.
• ' The Agricultural Adjustment Act
i of 1938 provides the authority for
■ ■ peanut growers to use marketing
i ; quotas—when approved by two
■ I thirds or more of those voting in a
! national referendum— to maintain a
j reasonable balance between supplies
I and requirements by apportioning the
■ available market for each year’s crop
on an equitable basis among the Na-
’i tion’s peanut farms, Mr. Breedlove,
’, State PMA Committee chairman ex-
I plains.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. j
Brannan on October 26, 1950 pro
claimed a 1951 national peanut
marketing quita of 650 thousand
; tons, conveted to an acreage basis
,by the use of the national average
; yield per acre, this represents a na
tional acreage allotment of 1,177,-
'lll7 acres. Georgia’s allotment of {
585,638 acres is the State’s share of
the 1951 national allotment, says Mr.
Breedlove.
The chairman points out that the
State acreage allotment will be ap- ■
portioned through county and com
! munity PMA committees among,
farms on which peanuts were grown ,
; in any of the three years 1948
I through 1950. The amount of the
: marketing quota for each farm is;
the actual production of the farm
acreage allotment.
“In general, this apportionment|
•is based on the peanut-acreage al- ,
■ lotment established for the farm in j
: 1950, which reflects the past acreage
of peanuts on the farm and the till
| able acreage available for the produc
tion of peanuts,” says Mr. Breedlove.
: “Each farm operator will be noti
i field by mail of the acreage allot
jment established for his farm prior
I to the referendum.”
Mr. Breedlove says that polling ।
places will be established in each
community in which peanuts are
grown, and that voting will be by ■
secret ballot. Any farmer engaged
in the production of peanuts in 1950 :
is eligible to vote in the referendum.
Results of the referendum, are de
termined on a national basis. If ap-
! proved, quotas will apply to all grow- |
I ers.
YOUTH ACCOMPLISHMENTS
For the past several years Georgia
4-H club boys and girls have com
pleted farm and home projects each
year valued at more than $10,000,000, 1
, according to state club leaders. Eigh
ty percent of the boys and girls com- ;
1 pleted one or more projects last year.
Single Copy 10c
Large Powerhouse
At Bartletts Ferry
To Cost $1,500,000
-! Excavation has begun for the foun
i (datic-ns for an enlarged powerhouse
- ( at the Bartletts Ferry hydroelectric
1 (project on the Chattahoochee River
1 (near Columbus, it was announced by
LC. B. McManus, president of the
i ( Georgia Power Co. A 20,090 kilo
- ( watt generator will be installed in
j i the powerhouse increasing the capaci.
Ity of this project from 45,000 to 65,-
, ' 000 kilowatts. This work will be
j done at a cost of nearly $1,500,000.
. ‘ The actual construction of the
’ power- house will be completed in
f April, 1951. Work will begin on the
r installation of the water wheels in
i April. The generator will be deliv
» ered in August and will go into ope
i ration in December. 1951.
1 Work has recently been completed
? (on a $1,500,000 project to strengthen
■ \ the dam at Bartletts Ferry and to
- increase the water capacity of the
>' reservoir in case of flood. Buttresses
i were added to the spillways of the
i dam and a new system of drains in
j stalled. The height of the walls of
■ ithe reservoir were increased by
; eight feet making it possible to in-
! crease the water capacity of the lake
i during floods by 68 percent.
The Bartletts Ferry projpect is a
j part of the company's widespread
• expansion and building program.
| Other projects under way include a
! 40,000 kilowatt hydroelectric plant at
j Furman Shoals near Milledgeville,
(two additional 100,000 kilowatt
| steam-electric generating units at
( Plant Yates near Newnan and a 40,-
1 000 kilowatt steam plant to be located
'i in the Brunswick area.
। —
Georgians To Attend
< National 4-H Meet:
Leader Champ Named
, Twenty-six Georgia 4-H club mem
bers, state champions in a wide va- ;
( riety of farming and homemaking
(projects, along with a number of 4-H
11, - _
L । leaders, Extension Service officials I
: and friends of the organization, are
(making plans this week to attend the
t 29th National 4-H Club Congress at j
_ I Chicago, November 25-December 2.
i Mrs. Martha Harrison and L. R. i
’I Dunson, assistant state 4-H club lead- (
ers in charge of arrangements for the
( Georgia delegation, have announced
(that at least one national winner will
(| accompany the group. A telegram
(from the National Congress headquar
‘ ters in Chicago where Georgia’s 4-H
(records are being judged against
those from all over the nation said
( that Joy Lewis, 18-!year>-old clUb
member from Ochlocknee, in Thom-
I as County, has been declared one of
eight national champions in leader-
| ship. Miss Lewis, whose award is
(the trip to Chicago, will represent
the southern states in 4-H leadership
। activity.
Judging of records in other proj
j ects is expected to continue until a I
(few days before the Congress gets (
under way.
The Georgia Group will meet in
(Atlanta at 5:00 p. m. November 25
and leave on the Georgian at 6:30
for Chicago. Congress headquarters
will be at the Stevens, the world’s
largest hotel.
( After registration Sunday morning,
church services in the afternoon will
launch the week-long program. A
I number of banquets sponsored by
(business organizations which finance
(various 4-H activities, are to be held
every day of the Congress. Also in-
UNIT VOTE FIGHT SHOWS TALMADGE
REAL FRIEND OF RURAL COUNTIES
Governor Harman Talmadge has i
emerged from the county unit amend- '
ment campaign as the champion of |
the rural counties in their fight to ,
retain a voice in state government.
Although the amendment was de
feated by virtue of the city vote,
the Governor has shown very clearly
i that he is the real friend of the small
counties of the state and a believer
in the integrity of the rural popula
-1 tion.
This example of Talmadge’s friend-
I ship for rural Georgia is but another
■ instance in a long line of demonstra
tions which he and his father, the
’ late Eugene Talmadge, have given of
i their determination to preserve the
I integrity and power of the smaller
I counties.
I In a statement released to the press,
' following the amendment’s defeat
I last week, the Governor indicated
that a further attempt will be made '
Dairy Specialist
Urges Earners To
Protect Animals
Georgia farmers who fail to watch
out for lice or grubs on dairy cows
may find milk production in their
herds cut 10 percent and their young
animals not growing off well, F. W.
Fitch, Agricutltural Extension Service
dairyman, warned this week.
“Lousy cows sometimes produce
10 percent less milk, and lousy heifers
don’t grow off well,” the dairy spe
cialist stated. “Yet it is so easy and
costs so little to treat animals for
lice.” Fitch suggested that this is
the time of year to pay particular
attention to this farm chore. The
use of one and one-half percent
methoxychlor as a spray is recom
mended control for lice.
The dairyman continued that.
“Grubs make cows uncomfortable, cut
winter milk production and cost the
owner money. Treating for grubs
during Dec ember, January and Feb
ruary will also reduce the number of
these pests for next year. Grubs can
be controlled by using one and one
half percent rotenone as a dust or five
percent rotenone powder in a power
spray.”
Stomach worms in dairy herds also
take a heavy toll each winter, Fitch
advised, although these parasites can
be controlled by spending much less
than the value of one heifer. When
stomach worms are present animals
eat well but do not gain weight, the
' coat is rough and dull and the ani
mals look and act sick.
Fitch recommended that dairy
cattle owners obtain a free copy of
Extension Service circular 351, “Con-
( trolling Livestock Pests” from local
i county agents. Recommended treat
!ments of lice, grubs and stomach
j worms are given in the publication.
Pfc. James Tony
Coleman, Glenwood,
Wounded In Korea
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Coleman, of
I Glenwood, were notified Monday
j night by .the ..war department that
( their son, Tony, had been slightly
wounded in Korea and is in a hos
j pita! is Tokyo, Japan. Tony entered
| the service in August, 1949, and was
among the first troops to engage in
the Korean crisis.
Alamo Chapter 0. E. S.
Host To Towns
Chapter Tuesday Night
The Alamo Chapter O. E. S. was
host to the Towns Chapter Tuesday
night at a joint practice meeting in
preparation of a visit from the Worthy
Grand Matron early in January. Ala
mo Chapter is invited to Towns this
Friday night and it is hoped as many
members as can will attend.
How To Be Happy
And Succeed
BY J. SEABORN WINN,
Milner, Ga.
Be glad,
Not sad!
Serene,
Not mean!
Have grit,
Don’t quit!
eluded will be a number of parties,
educational tours of the city, and as
sembly and business meetings.
Ito strengthen the unit system. He
' said:
! “It is apparent from incomplete re
turns that the county unit amend-
| ment has failed to pass. This was
caused by the fact that large coun
ties and block voters voted about
90 ( /< of their strength as against
about 30% total strength in rural
counties .
“An overwhelming number of
counties in Georgia voted for the
county unit system. Their will was
thwarted by the bloc vote in city
counties. This is the best argument
for the county unit system.
I am convinced that if the peo
ple of Georgia in the small counties
had turned out as heavily as the large
counties, the amendment would have
carried.
“I shall continue my fight to pre
serve the integrity of the small coun
ties of the state. The fight isn’t
' over. It has just begun.”
Number 29.