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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
Published Fridays
Official Organ of Wheeler County
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice in Alamo,
Georgia, under Act of March 3, 1879
Published at Alamo, Ga., by
EAGLE PUBLISHING CO.
Mackie A. Simpson
Editors and Owners
William H. Sightier
Subscription Rates
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Six Months, Outside Wheeler County $1.50
GOLDEN GLEAMS
Pictures in Winter scenery are nearly as common as
moonlights, and are usually executed by the same order
of artists, that is to say, the most incapable—John
Ruskin.
Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its
tail. —Montenegrin Proverb.
Every mile is two in Winter. —George Herbert.
The nakedness and asperity of the wintry world al
ways fills the beholder with pensive and profound as
tonishment. —Samuel Johnson.
He that passeth a Winter’s day escapes an enemy.
John Ray.
t
From Winter, plague and pestilence, good Lord, de
liver me! —Thomas Nashe.
President Truman's Memoirs
Former President Harry Truman has reportedly
sold his memoirs for about $600,000 to a prominent
weekly magazine. The memoirs will cover Mr. Tru
man’s entire service in Washington, including his stay
in the Senate and as Vice President.
The edge has been taken off the Truman memories,
to some extent, by recent books which quoted many of
his oyicial papers and correspondence. These publica
tions came out in 1952, as the President was winding up
his tenure in the White House and caused a mild sen
sation in many quarters.
However, the tendency of the former President to
speak out frankly will still be a great attraction to the
average American, who likes to read blunt words, whe
ther or not he agrees with them. Mr. Truman esti
mates it will be at least two years before his memoirs
can be published and feels that, by that time, he will
be able to speak more fully on subjects pertaining to
his role in relation to world affairs.
After the memoirs appear in the magazine, they
will be published in book form. We look forward to
the Truman memoirs with no little interest, since the
former President’s utterances are always spiced with
sharp assertions and, quite often, surprising statements.
No doubt, his memoirs will make surprising, and often
controversial, reading and we suspect they will be very
widely read.
On Wonder Cures
From time to time, the average citizen is confront
ed with reports that some herb doctor, or wizzard of
the arts, has cured cancer, polio or some serious heart
diseases with a new or simple method. It is surpris
ing how many Americans fall for these reports and
seek out the so-called wizzard and pay large sums of
money for miracle treatments.
The worst part of this susceptibility is that it some
times prevents those taken in from being cured at all.
Hope for some mysterious, simple cure has often led to
postponement in seeking a specialist, who could have
cured the disease if he had caught it in time. Not
caught in time, the disease often proves fatal.
Those seriously sick should seek a thoroughly ac
credited doctor, or a specialist in the field concerned.
There are no miracle cures, and no miracle-makes.
The ignorant patient who lets himself believe in such
is ruining his health or his pocketbook, or both.
Two Boys Saved From Train
Two four-year-old boys wandered down the rail
road tracks near their homes recently and, finally, sat
down exhausted between the rails. As they played
happily, a passenger train bore down on them from
the. North.
Luckily, Engineer James Pattera saw the tots in
time and managed to stop his train before overrunning
them. Not knowing to whom they belonged, he took
them on board the train and proceeded to the next
station. At the station, he turned them over to police.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
The fathers of the two boys were finally located.
They picked up the two tots that evening. We call at
tention to this unusual incident as away to point out
that, in most cases, trains do not stop for young child
ren on the railroad tracks, mainly because they are
not seen in time. Yet, each year, the parents of many
tots allow them to wander off onto the railroad tracks
uncared for.
The parents of the two boys mentioned above are
luckier than most and fathers and mothers are re
minded that the train usually isn’t able to stop, even
for junior.
BIBLE VERSE TO STUDY
“Beat your plowshares into words, and your prun
inghooks into spears.”
1. Who was the author of the above command?
2. To whom was he speaking?
3. Where may this statement be found?
4. Where may this command in reverse, be found?
ANSWERS TO BIBLE VERSE
1. The prophet Joel.
2. The Children of Israel.
3. Joel 3: 10.
4. Isaiah 2: 4.
Grain Inspection
For CCC Loans Now
Possible In Georgia
Farmers of Tattnall coun
ty may now secure grain in
spection in Georgia for Com
modity Credit Corporation
loans through a new grain
inspection laboratory at the
University of Georgia’s Col
lege of Agriculture.
These CCC loans are av
ailable through the County
PMA committees.
Through efforts of the
Production and Marketing
Administration and the Col
lege of Agriculture, the grain
inspection laboratory will
enable farmers to have U. S.
grades assigned to grain
more rapidly than has prev
iously been possible when
samples were sent to Birm
ingham or Mobile, Ala.
Dr. R. A. Brown, assistant
professor of agronomy at the
University, has received a
license to grade corn and
oats and will be in charge of
the laboratory in Conner
Hall. Dr. Brown will obtain
a license for wheat grading
prior to harvest time.
All grades must be graded
by a licensed federal inspec
tor before PMA loans can be
made.
Georgia Ranks
Tenth In Certified
Tree Acreage
Georgia holds tenth place
in the nation in certified
Tree Farm acreage, James C.
McClellan, chief forester,
American Forest Products
Industries, reported today.
The state, which surpassed
the million mark in Tree
Farm acreage for the first
time last year, ranked ninth
in the nation in acreage add
ed in 1952.
Georgia now has 1,008,151
acres of tax-paying wood
land, representing 62 differ
ent units, certified in the
Tree Farm program.
The Georgia Tree Farm
program was launched in
October, 1948. The Georgia
Forestry Commission and the
Georgia Forestry Assn., in
cooperation with the South
ern Pine Assn., sponsor the
program.
Private forestland owners
may qualify for Tree Farm
certification by managing
their property for the con
tinuing production of useful
wood crops.
American Forest Products
Industries, Washington, D. C.
spokesman for America’s
lumber, pulp and paper and
other wood-processing in
dustries, coordinates the pro
gram nationally. Since 1941
the program has spread to
35 different states, where a
total of 4,209 woodland own
ers are now practicing wise
management on 27,672,228
acres of crop-producing for
estland.
Swine Growers
Short Course
Is Announced
Georgia farmers and agri
cultural workers will have
an opportunity to learn the
latest developments in swine
production when the Univer
sity of Georgia holds its se
cond annual Swine Growers’
Day in Athens, March 12.
Dean Paul W. Chapman of
the College of Agriculture
will welcome delegates to the
campus following registra
tion at 9 a. m. in Hardman
Hall.
A. E. Cullison, chairman of
the University’s animal hus
bandry department who is in
charge of arrangements for
Swine Growers’ Day, has an
nounced the following lead
ers and topics for the short
course program.
H. D. Wallace, of the Uni
versity of Florida’s animal
husbandry department, at
Gainesville, Fla., will discuss
Latest Developments in An
tibotics, Surfactants, Arsen
icals, and 812 for Swine
Feeding at the morning ses
sion. Also at the morning
session, Factors Affecting the
Select Your Projects..
In a few more days spring will arrive officially and
that’s the signal for spring cleaning. It’s also a good
time to get your Champion Home Town Program off
to a flying start.
This is the time of year when most folks are full
of enthusiasm for living and are willing to do that
little bit of extra work for the community. Be pre
pared to take advantage of this seasonal burst of
energy. Complete the survey of your community’s
needs as soon as possible. Select your Champion
Home Town projects and assign the various jobs.
Then you 11 find plenty of willing hands to help carry
out ihose projects along with the spring cleaning.
GEORGIA POWER
Price of Hogs will be consid
ered by F. M. Simpson, of
the department of agricul
tural economics, Clemson
Agricultural College, Clem
son, S. C.., who formerly was
associated with the agricul
tural research department of
Swift and Company.
A film “The Open Door
to Greater Hog Profits,” will
also be shown in the morn
ing. A question and answer
session on topics considered
at this session will be led by
R. O. Williams, livestock
specialist of the Agricultural
Extension Service, Tifton.
After lunch, C. E. Bell, Jr.,
livestock specialist of the Ag
ricultural Extension Service,
Athens, will discuss New De
velopments in Swine Equip-
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ment. Pig Hatcheries and
Milk Substitutes will then be
considered by R- E. Sewell,
assistant professor of animal
husbandry, College of Agri
culture, Athens. Next E. P.
Warren, associate professor
of animal husbandry, Col
lege of Agriculture, Athens,
will speak on the Production
Registry — What it is and
What It Means to the Swine
Producer.
Questions and answers on
afternoon topics will be led
by B. L. Southwell, animal
husbandman, Georgia Coas
tal Plain Experiment Stat
ion, Tifton.
The Swine Growers’ Day
program will adjourn follow
ing a tour of the University
Swine farm.