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VOLUME 43.
MILK FLOWN into the Lampasas, Texas, disaster I
area in the wake of a flash flood is distributed to
children by Lampasas County Civil Defense Chair- [
I FARM NEWS
; BY M. K. JACKSON
[ County Agent
Two of the easiest and most re
liable guides to use in feeding
grain to cows are the physical
condition of the animals and the
way they are holding up in pro
duction.
Good pasture and other graz
ing crops will naturaly lower the
rate of grain feeding, and so low
er the cost of production. The
demand for milk is always a guide
to tell whether heavy feeding is
wise.
If your pasture is not in tip-top
shape, clipping weeds and tough
grass will greatly improve it.
And if you want to stimulate
growth and step up the nutrients
in the plants, fertilize the graz
ing areas.
Those summer management
practices involve a little labor.
But, another vital practice dur
ing hot weather is seeing that
cows have plenty of good, clean
water. And that usually does
not mean a lot of extra work for
the dairyman. How much is
enough, though? H. K. Welch
Jr., dairyman for the Agricul
tural Extension Service, says
cows will drink 80 percent more
water in hot weather than they
will in moderate or cool weather.
And how much water does that
80 percent increase mean? Ac
cording to Welch, high-producing
cows will consume as much as
40 to 60 gallons of water a day
during hot weather. The hot
weather saps their energy just
as it does a human’s, and they
will not drink that much water- if
it is much trouble to get to it.
If they have to walk a long
way to find water, Or if there is
not an adequate supply of it pro
vided, it means lowered milk pro
duction.
We’ve had lots of days this sum
mer when the temperature climb
ed above 80 degrees. And that’s
the temperature at which milk
production begins to drop fast.
Above 80 degrees, milk produc
tion may go down as much at 50
percent. Welch estimates the
drop in production as anywhere
from 10 to 50 percent, depend
ing on how high the temperature
climbs. But, who wants even a
10 percent drop in production, if
it can be prevented?
It doesn’t take much money
and it doesn’t require much time,
to construct some kind of cheap,
open-air shelter in the pasture
where there are not plenty of
shade trees.
Animal as well as human ap
petites suffer when the weather
is hot. For that reason, cows
will graze more in the cool of
night than they will in the heat
of the day. Provide night pas
tures of good quality.
Things that are slight annoy
ances in cool weather become
greater irritations in hot weath
er. It’s a “must” for every dairy
man to check the fly population
in the barn and on the cows.
Spraying alone will not control
these pests. It is necessary to de
stroy the fly breeding places by
removing manure and by keep
ing stables and lots clean.
None of these suggestions for
providing cows with a more com
fortable living is hard to carry
out, but if any one is neglected,
it’s the dairyman as well ?as the
dairy animals that suffer losses.
Wheeler County Eagle
Wheeler Is Hopeful
Os Washington Aid
For Veterans Home
A Washington survey team has
just completed a requested in
spection of the State Veterans’
Home at Milledgeville, according
to an announcement by Pete
Wheeler, Director, State Depart
ment of Veterans Service.
“This is the latest of our nego
titations we have been conducting
with the Veterans Admisitration
and the Federal Comptroller Gen
eral in an effort to obtain Federal
Aid for the operation of the Vet
erans’ Home,” Wheeler said.
“The two gentlemen who have
just returned to Washington’,’
Wheeler continued, “Carl S.
McCarthy, Acting Director of
Homes and Dr. Leo V. Schneider,
Special Advisor to the Director
of Homes, made the last inspec
tion by request of myself and U.
S. Congressman Olin E. Teague,
Chairman of the House Veterans’
Affairs committee. The purpose
of their visit was to report to the
Central Office of the Veterans
Administration in Wasington the
result of their findings as to
whether the Veterans’ Home in
Milledgeville qualifies for pay
ment of Federal Aid to the State
of Georgia. Congressman Teague
inspected the installation last De
cember and recommended there
after that our Georgia installation
receive Federal Aid. I sincerely
hope that this last inspection will
culminate in victory for Geor
gia.”
Wheeler stated that some 400
veterans at the home now receive
financial aid from the state wel
fare department at an average
of about $3 to $4 a day.
If the two agencies approve
the home, the federal government
would pay half the cost of each
veteran up to S7OO annually,
Wheeler concluded.
Glenwood
Baptist Chruch
By George W. Fields Jr.
By action of the church a com
mittee has been appointed to
raise funds to pay off the last
thousand dollars owed on our
new building. We are thankful
that we have a completed educa
tional addition worth approxi
mately $40,000 and that it will
soon be debt free.
It shows what can be done when
the people have “a mind to work.”
Every dollar put into this build
ing is an investment not just in
brick and mortar, but in dives to
be fashioned after the image of
the Son of God.
Fall revival dates have been
set for September 22-29 with the
Rev. Homer Fussell of Tucker
preaching.
Sermons' scheduled for this
Sunday are “The Three Crosses
On Calvary” at 11 a. m. and “It
Takes More Than a Broom” at
8 p. m by the pastor.
Hear also Dr. McClain’s Bap
tist Hour Sermon, “Living In
Three Dimensions”, at 2:30 over
WVOP.
“I went with them to the house
of God. with the voice of joy and
praise, with a multitude that
kept holyday”.—Psalm 42: 4.
Employ all of the suggestions, and
they will work for you. in re
turning greater production and
greater profits.
man Joe Bozarth. The milk was the first in Lam
pasas in three days. Bozarth and many others were
trapped downtown during the flood. (FCDA Photo)
Senator George Dies
At Home In Vienna
After Long Illness
Former Senator Walter Frank
lin Goerge lost a six-week battle
with heart disease in Vienna,
having died at his home early
Sunday morning.
Georgia and the nation paid im
mediate and stirring tribute to
his statesmanship, which spanned
half a century, including 34 years
in the U. S. Senate.
Senator George, 79, retired from
the Senate in January and be
came President Eisenhower’s
special ambassador to NATO.
As the news of his death spread
messages of sympathy began
pouring into his home town from
the nation’s top leaders.
Funeral services were held at
4 p. m. Monday in the Vienna
Baptist Church, where he was a
member. The Rev. L. C. Cutts,
pastor, officiated along with the
Rev. W. E. Dennis, pastor of the
Methodist Church, and Dr. T. W.
Tippett, a former pastor.
Miss Norma Purvis
Attending Business
College In Macon
Miss Norma Purvis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Purvis of
Alamo, has enrolled in the Secre
tarial course at Crandall Busi
ness College in Macon.
Miss Purvis, a 1957 graduate
of Wheeler County High School,
is residing in Macon while at
tending the business college. She
is attending day classes and ex
pects to complete the course in
November.
Summer Revival
To Begin Aug. 11
At Beulah Church
The regular summer revival
will be held at Beulah Baptist
Church, August 11-16, with serv
ices each night at 8:30 o’clock.
Everyone is invited to attend.
The Rev. Raymond Chauncey of
Alamo will be the guest speaker.
The Rev. Jim Gunter is pastor of
the church.
Bake Sale
The Glenwood W. S. C. S. will
sponsor a Bake Sale Saturday,
August 10, and will also sell
hamburgers.
The proceeds of the sale will
go to help pay on the parsonage.
Please come and buy homemade
cakes and pies.
NOTICE
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of the following listed men
please notify Local Board 157,
Alamo Georgia:
Dewey S. Mercer Jr, or Junior
Dewey Mercer.
James Walter Henry
NOTICE
Effective immediately Local
Board 157, Alamo, Ga. will be
open only one and a half days a
week instead of two and a half
days as in the past. Office hours
will be:
Mondays — 8:00 a. m. to 5:00
p. m.
Tuesdays — 8:00 a. m. to 12:00
Noon.
A subscription to The Eagle is
a boost for Wheerel County.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1957
Ga. Towns, Cities
Cited For Theft
Progressive Acts
As most everybody knows, prog
ress must be maintained at the
local community level if Georgia
as a whole is to continue to move
forward. And that’s precisely
what is happening throughout the
state, according to Scott Candler,
secretary of the Georgia Depart
ment of Commerce, the state’s No.
1 agency for promoting indus
trialization.
As evidence of this, Candler
cited Georgia communities of all
sizes which recently have an
nounced industrial expansions of
one kind or another or various
other activities tending to im
prove Georgia’s over-all economy
through progressiveness at the
local level.
Among the latest such com
munities cited by the State Com
merce Department were these:
Albany, Alma, Americus, Ath
ens, Atlanta, Augusta, Bainbridge,
Blairsville, Bogart, Bonaire, Bow
don, Brunswick, Buena Vista, Bu
ford, Calhoun, Camilla, Carroll
ton, Cartersville, Chamblee, Chip
ley, Clarkesville, Claxton, Colum
bus, Commerce, Cumrhing.
Dalton, Dawson, Dawsonville,
Decatur, Doraville, Douglas, Dub
lin, East Point, Eatonton, Elber
ton, Franklin, Gainesville, Gib
son, Griffin. Homerville, Jackson,
Jefferson, LaFayette, Lawrence
ville, Mcßae, Macon, Manchester,
Marietta, Milledgeville, Monroe.
Perry, Quitman, Richland,
Rome, Sanderville, SavannaH,
Smyrna, Statesboro, Swainsboro.
Sylvester, Thomasville, Toccoa,
Trenton, Unadilla, Valdosta,
Warner Robins, Watkinsville,
Waycross, Waynesboro, West
Point, Whitesburg and Winder.
J. C. Wright Gins
First Bale of
1957 Cotton
The first bale of cotton to be
ginned this season '“was ginned
Tuesday and weighed 528 pounds.
The cotton was t^wn on the
farm of J. C. Wright near Glen
wood. Wright had the cotton
ginned at Hattaway’s Gin in Ala
mo. Market price for the cotton
was 34c, but the premium first
bale brought 40c.
School Bus Drivers
Asso. To Meet At
Jackson Lake
The annual convention of the
White Georgia School Bus Driv
ers Association will meet at the
FFA Camp at Jackson Lake near
Covington on August 15-16-17.
Governor Marvin Griffin,
T. V. Williams, Ben Wiggins,
Arthur J. Benson and Capt.
Eugene Thomas will be there
on Thursday, and on Friday
Lt. Gov. Ernest Vandiver and
Roger Lawson will be present.
Anyone in Georgia who makes
100 bushels of corn per acre is
eligible for the Agricultural Ex
tension Service’s 100 bushel Corn
Club, states J. R. Johnson, Ex
tension agronomist-project lead
er.
Grazing and Electrification Awards Presented
Top winners in the annual Future Farmers of America winter grazing and farm electrification
awards program receive cash prizes from J. B. Browder, sales manager and assistant to
the vice president in charge of sales, Georgia Power Company. The group includes Grady
Moon, Morgan County; Louis Owen, Gay; Fred Chance, Millen; John Hanks, LaGrange;
Gerald Chance, Millen; Chester Thomas, Madison; Bennie Gaskins, Willacoochee; Bobby
Moore, Valdosta; and Mr. Browder. Fred and Gerald Chance, Moore, and Hanks won
winter grazing awards. Gaskins, Moon, and Owen won farm electrification awards. Presenta
tion of the awards, sponsored jointly by Georgia Power Company and the State Department
of Education’s vocational agriculture department, was held at Lake Sinclair near Milledgeville.
ASC To Check
Cotton Ginners
And Buyers
Ginners and buyers of cotton
। must keep accurate records of all
. transactions with cotton farmers,
: according to John F. Bradley, Ad
■ ministrative Officer for the Geor
■ gia Agricultural Stabilization and
. Conservation State Committee.
ASC county personnel are now
. in the process of instructing cot
ton ginners and buyers on the
records they are required by law
' to keep. Later in the year ASC
personnel will check these rec
■ ords to see that they are being
: kept as required. Failure to keep
required records or make required
. reports to ASC will make any
■ person engaged in the business
: of purchasing cotton liable for
commission of a misdemeanor
• and, if convicted under this
• charge, they will be subject to a
fine of not more than SSOO for
■ each offense.
, Regulations require that each
• ginner shall keep as part of his
■ business records' a record show
■ ing with respect to each bale or
■ each lot of cotton ginned by him,
■ the date of ginning, the name of
the operator of the farm on which
, the cotton was produced, the
name of the producer of the cot
ton, the name and address of the
person who delivered the cotton
to the gin those cases where the
ginner has doubt as to the ac
curacy of the name of the farm
operator or producer of the cot
ton as furnished, the county and
state in which the farm on which
the cotton was produced is lo
cated, the gin bale number or
mark, the serial number of the
gin ticket, the gross weight of
each bale of cotton, and the kind
of bagging and ties used on each
bale, if other than jute.
Buyers of cotton are required
to keep as a part of or in addi
tion to the records maintained by
him in the conduct of his busi
ness, a record which shows with
respect to each bale of cotton
and each lot of cotton less than
a bale which is purchased by
him, the name and address of
the producer from whom the cot
ton was purchased, the date on
which the cotton was purchased,
the original gin bale number or
mark or other information show
ing the origin of the cotton, and
in the case of seed cotton pur
chased, the number of pounds of
seed cotton and the known or es
timated amount of lint in such
seed cotton, the number of pounds
of lint cotton in each bale, the
amount of penalty required to be
collected under the regulaitons ।
and the amount of penalty col-'
lected and the serial number of
the marketing card or marketing
certificate or a brief discription
of the loan document by which
the cotton was identified when
marketed. j
Buyers of cotton have the re
sponsiblity of collecting penalty
from the producer marketing the
cotton if penalty is due. Unless
the cotton is properly identified to
the buyer by means of marketing
card, a marketing certificate or
a loan document, the buyer must
collect or deduct the penalty on
all such unidentified cotton he
SINGLE COPY 5c
Lumber City Party
Enjoys Four Day
Ocean Cruise
It is vacation time again and
Miss Hallie C. Mitchell, Miss
Mary Alice Calhoun, Mrs. D. W.
Phillips, and Mrs. D. R. Wilcox,
I all of Lumber City, have recently
! enjoyed a delightful four day
I cruise which sailed from the
] tropical pprt of Miami to both
J ‘gay Havana and ‘quaint’ Nassau
' on the S. S. Evangeline.
They were photographed on the
S.un Deck before sailing time
They had the opportunity of
seeing the wonderful and historic
sights of ‘old’ and ‘new’ Havana,
( visiting such places as the Capi
: tol Building, the Prado ana a
cigar factory in fascinating Ha
, vana. On their list of musts in
Nassau was a visit to tropical
Paradise Beach, seeing the sights
of the quaint, old-world city while
' riding in a surrey through the
j winding .streets, and browsing
i through the many attractive Brit
j ish shops.
H. M. Manley
' Guest At
Eseeola Lodge
। LINEVILLE, N. C., July 30.—
| H. M. Manley was a guest of
< Eseeola Lodge last week. He
■ was a member of a party com
i posed of H. M. Roden, of Lyons;
|J. A. Crockett, J. W. Cullens. G.
-H. Gibson, C. E. Pierson, Her-
I bert Reiser, C. C. Somers, T. H.
Thompson, and A. B. Newton, of
Vidalia.
On Saturday guests of the
Lodge and residents of the sum
j mer colony joined in the frolics
’ of the Annual Fancy Dress Ball.
The theme of the ball was “The
. Seven Seas”.
: On Sunday night Harry Gar
। land, recent winner of a Ful
. bright Scholarship and frequent
■ performer with the N. C. Grass
Roots Opera, gave a song recital.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Cor
nelia Possart of New York City.
Scotland Baptist
Revival To
Begin Sunday
i
; Revival services will begin at
' the Scotland Baptist Church Au
gust 11, with services at 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m.
The visiting preacher will be
, The Rev. George Fields of Glen
; wood. The Rev. Carol Veatch is
i pastor. Everyone is invited to
attend.
purchases.
Mr. Bradley stated that buy
ers and processors can save them
selves “a lot of headaches” il
they keep the required records,
as checks of their records will be
made and they will be required
to bring up to date any incomplete
records and will be liable for the
full penalty on cotton purchased
which is not properly identified.
Buyers may contact their local
ASC county office if they have
any question on the required rec
ords.
Remember money spent at
home helps built your schools
NUMBER 16L
Put The Highest
Value On Freedom
Implores Griffin
Appearing as principal speaker*
at the Wihte County Centennial,
just held in Cleveland, Gov. Mar
vin Griffin appropriately enough
talked about freedom and what
it means to Georgians and other
Americans. Said he:
“Freedom was born in the
hearts and minds of men, who
valued it above everything ma
terial, even life itself. We in
America shall keep it only sa
long as we value it. We must
value it as we value the God wha
gave it to us, and without whom,
we can no more keep it than we
could keep the stream if we lost
the source.
“We must value it not only in
our high policy and legislation,
but in the routine doing and
thinking of our daily lives. It*
often has been said that in the
long run, people get the kind of
government they deserve.
“Let us who love America and
the great spiritual truths she
represents, who wish for the kind
of world where America can pur
sue her destiny to ever-ascend
ing platforms of greatness—pray
that there are enough of us who
truly deserve to be free.”
The Governor led up to his re
marks on freedom with a discus
sion of what’s going on today
in Washington. Gn that point he
said:
“Even though we are making
more progress today than ever
before in our history, we can re
flect but a moment to see that a
dire threat to this era of progress
is poised ominously like a dark
cloud on the horizon.
“I refer to the dastardly at.
tempt by the national adminis
tration in Washington which
would inflict upon our beloved.
Southland the most vicious and
devastating piece of legislation
ever to be presented in the Halls
of Congress.
“This* infamous and insidious
so-called civil rights bill repre
sents the greatest departure from
the feeling and thinking of our
founding fathers that this great
nation has ever experienced.
“The authors of this legislation
have discarded and abandoned
every theory of Constitutional
government which our forefath
ers and mine set down in black
and white in the U. S. Constitu
tion.
“Yet, as these erstwhile ‘libe
rals’ scheme with reckless aban
don to tamper with our heritage
of freedom, they have been ham
pered and thwarted at every turn
by individuals who have a real
concept of liberty.”
At this point Gov. Griffin paid
tribute to Georgians in Congress
by saying: “I would like to- take
this opportunity to express my
deep appreciation on behalf of the?
people of Georgia to the Georgia,
delegation to the Congress and to
Senators Richard B. Russell and*
Herman Talmadge for their mag.
nificent leadership in their ef
forts to defeat this ridiculous
piece of legislation.
“I speak for Georgians in every
walk of life when I pledge to the
valiant and courageous members
of Congress our whole-hearted
support of your actions in this
fight to preserve our Constitution
al form of government. We in:
Georgia have taken our stand;'
We are still capable of determin
ing for ourselves our own local
affairs.”
Revival To Begin
August 11th at
Sardis Baptist Church
Revival services will begin in
the Sardis Baptist Church Sun
day, August 11th, and continue
through August 16th. Services
will begin at 11:00 o’clock in the
morning and at 8:00 o’clock each:
evening.
The Rev. Harold Moore, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, in
Warner Robins will be guest:
speaker. The Rev. Mr. Moore is;
well known in this section, off
Georgia, having served as pastoK"
of the First Baptist Church, Hazle
hurst, for five years.
The music will be under the di
rection of the pastor, the Rev.
Raymond Walden. Cottage pray
er meetings are being held eaeis
night this week preparatory to
the revival services.
The public is invited to at
tend.