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Volumn 37.
Crop Improvement
Association Meet
Macon, Feb. 15-16
The sixth annual meeting of the
Georgia Crop Improvement Associa
tion will get under way at 9:30 a. m.
Fdbraury 15, at Macon with an ad
dress, “How the Agricultural Pro
gram of the University Affects the
Georgia Crop Improvement Associa
tion,’’ by Dr. C. C. Murray, dean and
director of the College of Agricul
ture.
The program, which will close at
4:00 p. m. February 16, will feature
more than a score of outstanding
speakers and will include group dis
cussions on “Small Seeded Legumes
and Grasses,” “Cereals — Corn and
Small Grains,” “Colton and Tobac
co,” and “Horticulture —Watermel
ons. Sweet Potatoes and Okra” ac
cording to Hugh A. Inglis, Extension
Service agronomist in charge of seed
certification.
Presiding at the group sessions will
be, respectively, D. E. Nalley, Cum
ming; Robert A. Hill, Alamo; J. H.
Turner, Titon; and H. Gt Ballard,
Moultrie.
A tentative list of speakers in
cludes Dr. O. C. Aderhold, president,
University of Georgia; W. S. Brown,
associate director, Extension Service;
G. H. King, associate director, Ex
periment Stations; and Hugh Striplin,
seed director, Georgia Department of
Agriculture.
H. W. Wellhausen, president, In
ternational Crop Improvement As
sociation will be toastmaster for the
annual banquet and program at 7:00
p. m. February 15.
The final day of the event, Feb- j
ruary 16, will be devoted to the G. i
C. I. A. directors annual meeting,'
with W. B. Sexton, present presi
dent of the Association, presiding.
This session will include a report on
cooperative tests, installation of new
officers and directors, and official ac
tion on new varieties, certification
standards, members and seed plants.
Isaac Etheridge,
Glenwood Citizen,
Dies Sunday Morning
Funeral services were held at
White Springs Church Monday for
Isaac Etheridge, 55, farmer and car
penter, who died at his home in
Glenwood early Sunday morning.
He was a native of Wheeler County.
Besides his wife he is survived by
one son, John B. Etheridge of Macon;;
two daughters, Mrs. Allman Petty of ’
Glenwood and Mrs. Wayne NeSmith
of Macon; one step son, Edgar Elliott ।
of the Horseshoe Bend' Farm; two :
step daughters, Mrs. Truman Ne-
Smith and Mrs. Oscar Anderson of
Macon. He is also survived by five
brothers, George, and Alvin of:
Glenwood, Gil Etheridge of near
Dublin, Dave of Eastman, Andrew i
of Cochran. There are a number of
grandchildren.
The Rev. H. L. Avery of Macon,
lifelong friend of the family, con-'’
ducted the funeral services with I
Simmons Funeral Home of Soperton
in charge of arrangements.
Extension Service
Visual Department
Commended By USDA
The Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service film library ranks first
in the nation among those serving
adult rural populotion with U. S. De
partment of Agriculture films, ac- ’
cording to a USDA report.
The report continued that Geor
gia’s total distribution of USDA films
is exceeded only by three libraries
among the 72 cooperating with the,
Department, and that these three re
ceive about 99 percent of their book- I
ings from both rural and urban
■schools.
J. Aubrey Smith, Extension Serv- j
ice editor, is in charge of visual edu
cation for the Extension Service in i
Georgia. In a letter to Smith from j
James E. Alford, assistant to the,
chief of distribution, USDA Motion
Pictur Service, it was pointed out
that Georgia’s average showings per
print for 1950 indicated a 2® percent
increase over the 1949 fiscal year.
“We view this latter achievement;
with as much interest as the statisti
cal rating of your library,” the letter
said. •
Alfrd’s letter continued that “con- |
gratulations are in order fob you and ;
your library for the fine job being i
'performed in the dissemination of:
agricultural information to the farm- .
ers and future farmers of Georgia.”
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all about your county’s affairs. h
Wheeler County Eagle
Thirty-One Farmers
Will Be Recognized
At Peanut Meeting
Thirty-one Georgia farmers quali
, lied in 1950 for the Ton-Per-Acre
Peanut Club, and they will receive
: Keys and be feted with a luncheon
।at the organization’s first annual
.neeting in Tifton, January 11, an
' nounced E. B. Alexander, J. B. Pres
ton and J. R. Johnson, Extension
Service agronomists.
The program will get under way
. at 10:30 a. m. with a tour of the
Coastal Plain Experiment Station.
Dr. Frank P. King, resident director
:of the Station, will be in charge.
Following dinner at. the American
Legion home in Tifton, Walter S.
Brown, associate director, Georgia
Extension Service, will preside at a
program featuring talks by Kenneth
Treanor, Extension economist; A. J.
Singletary, Blakely Peanut Com
pany; Homer G. Ray, Jr., chairman
of the board, National Peanut Coun
i cil; and W. H. Brooks, Brooks County
: peanut producer.
j Treanor’s subject will be “Peanuts
, are not ’Peanuts’,” Singletary’s “The
' Job of Producing a Ton of Peanuts
ion an Acre,” Ray’s “Purposes and
; Results of the Award,” and Moore’s
; “How T Produced a Ton of Pea
j nuts Per Acre.”
Director Brown, along with Alex
| ander, Preston and Johnson, will
. award the keys and certificates at
| 2:00 p. m.
। Following this there will be brief
; remarks by Dr. C. C. Murray, dean
land director. College of Agriculture:
; George H. King, associate director,
' Experiment Stations; W. L. Paullin,
j general manager, Columbian Peanut
I Company; E. 'J. Young, executive
: vice-president, Dawson Cotton Oil
Company: S. G. Maddox, president.
: Farmer.^ Gin and Warehouse Com
pany; H. G. Richey, district manager,
The Southern Cotton Oil Company;
Walter A. Richards, president Tom
Huston Company; and Roy E. Par
- rish executive vice-president, Geor
gia Peanut Company. ,
Organized to increase the per acre
yield of peanuts and to give recog
nition to farmers who have demon
: strated that the use of recommended
! practices will result in higher yields,
; the Ton-Per-Acre Peanut Club pro
! gram is conducted by the Georgia
i Extension Service and sponsored by
, the following organizations: Blakely
Peanut Company, Columbian Pea
nut Company. Farmers Gin and
Warehouse Company, Georgia Peanut
i Company, Southern Cotton Oil Com
pany, Stevens Industries and Tom
Huston Peanut Compony.
Don’t Be Victimized
By Fake “Salesmen”
Barrett Warns Vets
Georgia ’veterans and their de
| pendents are warned to be espccial
. ly careful before subscribing to any
1 veterans publications which explains
'' their rights and benefits, William K.
Barrett, director of the State De
partment Service, warned today.
Barrett revealed that Georgia vete
i rans have subscribed to such publi-
I cations and have never received a
। single copy.
, The ‘magazine salesman” usually
operates by telling a veteran about
| some benefit that no veteran is en
i titled to, and then telling the pros
fective victim that he does not know
his rights and benefits and needs
their publication to brush up on his
! rights. After the “salesman” gets
the veterans money that is usually
i the last heard from him.
You can get any of your rights
I and benefits explained to you free of
charge by contacting pr writing your
, nearest Veterans Service Office, Bar-_
: rettt stated.
; If you want to subscribe to a pub
-1 Hcation that will give you accurate
information on your rights and bene
i its, you can obtain a full year’s sub-
I scription to such a publication by
[ merely paying your dues in a nation-
I al veterans organization, Barrett said.
Miss Clyde Holmes
Begins Training As
Missionary To Africa
Miss Clyde Holmes, formerly of
Alamo, now of Greenville, S. C., will
Ockeechobee," Fla. Were called to Co
lumbia, S. C. January 23 to prepare
for missionary work in Sudan, Afri
ca. Her many friends bid her God
speed in the undertaking.
Proteing supplements tor hogs in
। elude tankage, fishmeal, cottonseed
meal, peanut seal, soybean meal and
• skimmilk.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, January 5, 1951
General Assembly
Convenes Monday
For 1951 Session
Georgia’s General Assembly con
venes next Monday for the 1951 Ses-j
sion with tax revision the major
problem to be faced by the legisla-.
tors.
Governor Talmadge has urged a
revision of Georgia’s Tax system and
has stated that he believes a sales'
tax “our only resort". The Gover
nor emphasized that he has always
been against such a tax, but that it
seems a dire necessity now.
Most branches of state government
have expanded programs of services
to the people which they expect to
finance through the new tax pro
gram. This is particularly true of
education, highways, welfare and
public health.
Tax experts, however, have pointed ;
out that any sales tax enacted could i
inot produce sufficient revenue the
first year of operation to enable the
new programs to be put into effect
fully. It is expected that the new
appropriations bill will allocate the
new money on a pro rata basis.
Other administration legislation ■
will concern itself with the election
laws, a new university hospital at
Augusta, more doctors for the state j
and various other campaign promises
of the Governor.
Fred Hand, of Pelham, is slated to
become Speaker of the House with
out opposition, with other adminis- ’
tration leaders holding the same posts !
they hold at present.
In the Senate, Lieut.-Governor S.:
Marvin Griffin serves by law as;
President. Senator H. Grady Rawls,
of Albany, is expected to become ad
ministration floor leader.
1951 To Bring New
Ga. Laws; New Term
For Gov. Talmadge
With the country gearing itself to
an all-out defence program, one'
wonders what 1951 will be tikey wfi
body really knows; not even the
wisest. But one thing is certain—
Georgians and Americans every
where, whether on the battlefield or
on the home front will tighten their
belts and get at the job at hand. The
new year probably will be unlike
anything you have seen since the
early days of World War 11. Your
every day living will undergo dras
tic changes.
For one thing, you’ll be paying
more taxes, both federal and state.
Here in Georgia you will be called
upon to pay a three per cent sales
tax. At least, that’s high up on the
agenda of the General Assembly
which convenes January 8. And it
is a pretty safe bet that it will be
enacted during the current session.
Many other new state laws likewise
are expected to be passed that will
?hange—and perhaps improve—con
ditions in Georgia.
The new year also will see Gov. j
German Talmadge inaugurated for a i
lew four-year term. Many Geor- i
pans think the young chief execu
ive has accomplished much during
the 23 months he served out the un
expired term of his father, the late
Eugene Talmadge. Some others see
nothing good in anything he does.
Nevertheless, the present Governor
is beginning a new term in office I
which could, during the next four'
years, bring more prosperity to Geor
gia and its people.
Governor Urges Navy
And Air Strength To !
Halt U. S. Invasion
Governor Herman Talmadge last
week called for the “quickest possible
mobolization” of American military
strength, but warned that the United
States “cannot police, feed or clothe
the world.”
“There’s no way on earth Ameri
can military forces can proceed to the
four corners of the globe and put ’
down every incident”, he said.
“If we try to protect the whole
world we will just bankrupt our;
country and kill our young men”.
He declared that a Rusisan victory
vould put civilization back 1,000
years, but took the position that
there is no way on earth to defeat
the forces of communism in a land
-ampai-gn.
The Governor said that the com
nunist forces could throw a billion
men into battle “almost overnight.” ,
The Governor emphasized that the :
r avy and Air Force should fee built :
. n to prevent any military invasion:
>f our own land. I
Use Eagle Classified ads.
Oconee Tractor Co.
Named A Winner In
Nationwide Contest
>■ Oconee Tractor Co., of Mcßae,
' Ford Tractor and Dearborn Farm
equipment dealer, has been named a
■ ! winner in a recent nation-wide dem
jronstration contest, according to an
‘: announcement by the Ford Tractor
“distributor in Jacksonville, Fla.
The contest was sponsored by
Dearborn Motors Corporation. Birm
ingham, Michigan. All Ford Tractor
(dealers in the entire United States
[participated in the contest, but
Oconee Tractor Company was com
' peting directly with the dealers in
j Florida and 46 counties in South
! Georgia. The contest lasted during
■ I the months of October and Novem
i ber.
I The dealers in the Jacksonville
: area had an established quota to
; equal or exceed. Actually, accord
ing to the Distributor’s announce
ment, J. H. Perdue, manager of the
dealership surpassed his quota con- i
? siderably, making one of the best j
. records in the Southeast.
The contest award consisted of a
I handsomely designed gold tie-pin to
:| each participant as well as special!
: recognition in the form of a beauti- ।
j fully engraved achievement certifi
j cate presented by the Jacksonville j
i Distributor and Dearborn Motors.
4-H County Council
। Awards Plaques
Telfair County 4-H Council offi
i cers met Thursday, December 21st, to
[ discuss and make plans for the 1951
4-H Club program.
County Council officers for 1951 ;
are: Charles Jones, President; Mil
dred Parrish, Girls Vice President;
Bobby Davis, Boys Vice-President; 1
Sarah Jones, Secretary-Treasurer;
Mary Jones, Reporter; Jackie Jones,
Songleader; and Colan Beasley, Pro
, I gram Chairman. The officers were ;
’ elected by 4-H Club members
throughout the county to formulate
and carry out the 4-H Club program
on a county-wide plan.
The Council selected three business
concerns to receive 4-H Plaques as
a token of appreciation for what they
had done to promote and assist 4-H
Club activities and 4-H Club mem
bers in Telfair County. Those select
ed were Mcßae Processing-Supply
Company, Peninsular-Lurton Com
pany, and Telfair-Wheeler Feed and
Seed Company.
The Council would also like to 1
thank all other business concerns I
and individuals for their support and
assistance in club work.
Side Payments To
Home Builders By
Vets Are Illegal
Veterans who are planning to pur- !
j chase homes with the aid of a gov- !
i ernment loan were warned today by
i William K. Barrett, Director of the 1
State Department of Veterans Serv- j
ice, that “side payments” to builders
were strictly illegal, and should not
be made under any circumstances. ■
Barrett said such side payments— !'
usually made for the purpose of evad- ,
■ ing prohibition against sales to vete- (
■ rans in excess of appraised “reason- .
able value” —are a direct violation ■
of law and subject offender to pos- .
■ sible Federal prosecution. .
In spite of repeated warnings, I ■
cases continue to come to light
wherein veterans have been induced '
to pay the builder or seller an
I amount over and above the sale price s
shown on the loan report submitted <
to the Veterans Administration, and j
upon which the Government loan j
guarantee is based.
Veterans who knowingly conspire ]
to evade the law by making such ]
side payments risk loss of their rights 1
under all veterans’ laws. In addition, j
all parties involved are liable to .
prosecution under Federal Law, Bar
rett stated. j
Any lender who submits a loan to
the Veterans Administration for;,
guaranty while possessing knowledge {
of a side payment in connection with !
the sale—even though the payment j
was made to a third party other than (
the lender—may be suspended from I (
further participation in the GI loan j
program. In addition, the Veterans ,
Administration guaranty issued in
connection with the transaction may i
be invalidated.
In cases where there is any reason ,
for doubt, Barrett suggests that .
i lenders obtain a signed statement (
I from the veteran purhaser that he ■ .
is making no payment to anyone in
exess of the dislosed purchase price.
Single Copy 10c
Extension Worker
Suggests Use Os
Ten Guideposts
Suggesting ten Guideposts for farm
families in Georgia to follow in 1951,
Kenneth Treanor, Agricultural Ex
’ tension Service economist, said this
■ week that careful planning of farm
and home operations is likely to be
of first importance in the new year.
Treanor believes that farm fami
lies will be wise to include the fol
lowing in setting up their programs
for the next year ,
(1) Try to produce high per acre
crop yields.
(2) Arrange for all fertilizers and
insecticides early this season.
(3) Plan an adequate food and
feed production program.
i (4) Anticipate and make arrange
■ ments for necessary credit, and keep
records on the farm business.
(5) Use land, equipment, and la
bor fully and as nearly as possible
’ throughout the year.
i (8) Distributes farm income
i throughout the year as nearly as
| parcticable.
i (7) Obtain income.'from both crops
and livestock.
I (8) Buy carefully when making
i purchases, and incur as little new
! debt as possible .
(9) Produce to capacity this year.
Everything we can make will be
needed.
(10) Take advantage of all gov
ernment farm program aids.
Cotton Is King
In 1950, Cron
Report Reveals
Cotton was king 'in 1950 as far as
! cash crop values go Aco.-rding to a
i Georgia Crop Repot tin;; Service dla
i gram showing distribution of last
year s crop vaiues in percentage of
i total value, “white gold” recorded a
: 27.3 percent. Its nearest competitor
,: was corn, with 19.8 percent. This
was followed by peanuts with 17.7
percent and tobacco wifK 12.1 percent.
Ranging from 2.7 percent to 6.5
percent of the 1950 total crop value
in Georgia were truck crops, hay,
Irish and sweet potatoes, fruits and
I nuts, oats and wheat, and other crops'.
The total value of crops produced
in the state in 1950 ran to $418,905,- I
000. This is 12 percent above the
1949 figure of $374,804,000. The Crop ■
Reporting Service pointed out that I
most of the increase wos due to ad- ।
I vance in the general price level rath- I
[ ar than larger production,
Production of lupine and crimson ’
I -lover seed set new records, however,!
| and the 1950 corn crop was exceeded
' only by the record production in ’49.'
! and the pecan crop was topped only j
Iby the 1948 production. Most other |
I crops showed a decrease from 1949 ■
I production, with the peach crop down '
52 percent and the lespedeza crop j
I smaller by 49 percent.
1 Peanuts ranked second among cash I
I crop vaules with 573,958,000 worth ,
■ nroduced. Tobacco followed this |
j with a value of $50,664,000. and 6om
! mercial truck crops and pecans were
j next in order. The report added that.
Georgia led the nation in production 1
of peanuts, pecans, velvet beans and
, lupine seed.
Corn outflanked all other food and
feed crops with a value of $82,899,-
000.
Plentiful Foods ।
List Given For
January Buyers
Consumers will have ample food
stocks to draw on in January, the U.
S. Department of Agriculture’s list
ing of plentiful foods for the month
indicates.
Featured foods of the sizable
list of plentifuls are fryers, sweet
potatoes, and pork. The sweet po- ;
tato crop is 10 percent larger than
last season, and markets should have
adequate supplies.
Production of fryers and broilers
is expected to run higher than in
January a year ago, and plentiful
supplies of pork have resulted from
this year’s spring- pig crop.
Fruits and vegetables on the list,
in addition to sweet potatoes, in- ।
elude apples, oranges, grapefruit, I
cranberries, onions spinach, sauer
kraut, and Irish potatooes. On citrus,
severe freezes in the major citrus
producing areas could lessen sup
plies appreciably.
Honey should be plentiful in Jan
uary, and other protein foods, in
addition to those already noted, in
clude cottage cheese, peanut butter,.
; and fish. i
Use Eagle Classified ads.
Pfc. James C. Rix
j Awarded Bronze Star
Medal In Korea
> WITH THE FIRST CAVALRY DI
. V T DN IN KOREA.—An Alamo,
■ Ge.vgi::, scklier, Private First Class
1 James C. Rix, has been awarded the
E ■ St ■ Medal post humously for
: heoric action against the enemy while
serving with the First Cavalry Di
vision in Korea.
Pfc. Ri?:, son of Mrs. George D.
Collins of Route No. 1, Alamo, earned
the award while serving with the 7th
U. S. Cavalry Regiment at Waegwan,
Korea, shortly after United Nations
broke from the Taegu perimeter to
begin their dash up the Korean pen
insula.
According to the aiccompanylng
citation, Pfc. Rix acted as a rear
guard for his entire platoon when
they were forced to withdraw from
their positions due to an intense ene
my barrage. Throughout the action,
he constantly exposed himself to hos
tile fire in order that other troops
could withdraw to safety.
The citation accompanying his
■ posthumous award read:
“Private First Class James C. Rix
Infantry, United States Army, while
। a mem'Ber of Company E, 7th Cavalry
< Regiment, Ist Cavalry Division, for
’ heroism in action against the enemy
ion .18 September 1950 nearWaegwan,
Korea. While attacking a heavily
: defended enemy held hill position,
I Private Rix’s company came under
and was forced to withdraw by a
■ devastating enemy barrage of motar
iand small arms fire. Realizing that
,e withdrawal of one platoon was
rendered extremely hazardous due
i to their close contact with the enemy,
’^vt. Ri?r. volunteered to remain be
-1 behind and provide covering fire.
Disregarding his own safety, he
moved through the enemy fire, to a
position where effective fire could
| be directed upon the enemy. Re
. I mair.ing m this exposed area, he con
, tinued to fire covering support with
, machine gun until the platoon was
: safely ont of the danger area. His
i' selfless epurage and conspicibus de
,, rotion to duty under enemy fire en
! rbled his platoon to safely extricate
itself from a hazardous position with
out a single casualty.
His heroic action reflects great
! credit upon himself and the military
! service.”
: Ogeechee Wildlife
District Formed
BY FRANK STEINBREUGGE
In Atlanta Journal
Although I admit my tardiness in
discussing its formation, I want to
| express satisfaction over the creation
I of a new district of the State Game
‘ md Fish Commission.
It is the Ogecchee District with
. headquarters in Vidalia. Fourteen
.cunties, exclusive of coastal coun-
■ ties-, of Southeast Georgia are includ
i'ed in the district.
I Vidalia is the home of James F.
Darby one of the leading members
r<f the baartl of directors of the game
: and Fish Commission.
G. M. Joiner will serve as chief
‘ if the new district.
O1 the 14 counties Laurens and
! Effingham have not yet been sup-
I plied, with a ranger, but these duties
will be handled in the interim by W.
,J. Hutchinson, who will also serve
Johnson and Truetlin counties, and
S. L. Currie, who will also serve
I Emanuel and Bulloch counties.
W. 0. Purser Resting
More Comfortably
In Atlanta Hospital
, Word reaches us as we go to press
■ that W. O. Purser is beginning to
i rest more comfortably than he had
• since undergoing a head operation
Tuesday at Crawford W. Long Hos
pital ip Atlanta.
Wie Coming
Subscriptions Must
! Be Paid To Keep
Attention is called to subscri
bers w^o have been notified of
expiration of their subscription.
Please renew at once. In the
future we will only send out
notices one during the current
month. At the end of each month
We will appreciate your re
newal and cooperation as we •
cannot abuse postal regulation*
by keeping delinquent sub- ,
scribers on our mailing list.
‘ we will have to remove delin
quent subscribers. I
Number 35.