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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WHEELER COUNTY
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Georgia, under Act of March 3, 1879
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NATI ONA L EDITORIAL
Politics oj m Parade
By Williams
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Sentiment among members of
the Georgia General Assembly
seems about equally divided a
mong those who want a tax ses
sion of the legislature, and those
who don’t. The Governor is re
ceiving advice from both sides,
"but has no intention of deciding
pro or con until he’s positive on
the amount of money which can
be saved through economy and
efficiency in government.
The State, of course, can op
erate on its present income and
stay in the black, if it were not
for annual increases in budget
items, such as the minimum
Foundation Program for Educa
tion and the ever-increasing
matching of Federal highway
funds.
One of the major problems fac
ing members of the legislature, if
a tax session becomes absolutely
necessary, is when it would be
likely to do the least damage in
sofar as getting re-elected is con
cerned. Some \^ant the session
this fall, figuring it would give
them nearly a year to overcome
any resentment in their home
counties, if they voted for new
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just installed at riant McManus, near Bruns
wick. It weighs almost a million pounds, yet is
built to the precise tolerances of a fine watch.
Under that sleek design is a generating capac
ity of 75,000 kilowatts, which exceeds the power
of all the work animals — horses and mules —
in Georgia.
The sls-million expansion of Plant McManus
is only a single step in our construction pro
gram. Since World War II we have spent nearly
half a billion dollars expanding and improving
the electrical facilities that serve you. We have
< ! almost tripled our generating capacity, more
than doubled our miles of power lines.
That kind of growth makes sure that you
have plenty of low-cost and dependable elec
tricity whenever and wherever you need it.
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taxes, while others want to wait
until after the 1960 primary in
September. Then, they would
have two years* to mend their
fences.
Governon Vandiver isn’t saying
when he will call a special session,
IF he calls one at all. But, best
guess is that it will be in the Fall
of this year.
One member of the Senate came
up last week with the thought
that additional taxes could be
avoided by the simple (?) expedi
ent of taking the liquor industry
away from private ownership and
operating State liquor stores.
This, he said, would be on a local
option basis, with a referendum
in each county automatically |
provided. The Senator estimates.
State owned liquor stores would I
produce at least $20,000,000 in ad-1
ditional revenue, besides putting
a stop to such things of past years
as “shakedowns” and “moonshine
funds”.
With this 20 million, he says,
along with the $25,000,000 the
State is expected to gain through
economy and more efficient tax
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
I collections, the State could meet
’ all its budget requirements.
I Biggest detriment to such a
[ plan, the Senator frankly admits,
■ would be the churches and the
bootleggers, combined to put
enough pressure on the legislature
to prevent the passage of such a
bill.
However, it would put into the
! State treasury the money which
[now goes into the pockets of a
i relatively few liquor wholesalers
[and retailers.
The Atlanta Constitution may
[consider itself “Sir Galahad on a
| great white charger”, but the
। people of Georgia are getting a
bit tired of glaring headlines on
trivial matters which never seem
to be quite what the headlines
promise. Quite a few people are
saying that Governor Vandiver
should sprinkle a little salt on
some of the Constitution’s rant
ings before swallowing them.
Persons who make such state
ments are not meaning that they
want to call a halt to the investi
gation of any stealing which
might have gone on in the pre
vious administration, but when
[ the Constitution rants and raves
for three weeks about Milledge
ville State Hospital, and then the
Governor’s Committee of doctors
fails to come up with one single
fact of real, honest-to-goodness
mis-management, dishonesty or
unethical practices of the State
Welfare Department in its opera
[ tion of the Hospital, people be
; gin to wonder about the Consti
! tution’s own ethics in all its “ex
[ posures.”
A great many people sincerely:
believe that Constitution Editor ■
Ralph McGill hates segregation,,
the county unit system and
Southern traditions’ so badly that,
he is willing to wreck Georgia'
just to keep the plaudits of the i
NAACP.
But, what McGill is actually [
doing is re-electing Marvin Gris- ’
fin Governor in 1962. The smartest'
political leaders in Georgia see
this as distinct possibility.
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Appointments to Governor Van- i
diver’s official staff are now being |
processed and mailed out. They [
have been slow in going, but pres-1
sure of administration affairs has i
prevented earlier handling.
Methodist minister Leon Smith, •
who has openly espoused Integra- j
tion in several sermons at his I
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Park Street Church in Atlanta,
and who two weeks ago permitted
a Negro girl to attend services
and take communion along with
whites is likely to be asked to re
sign by his parishoners. Church
members are extremely irritated
with Mr. Smith and have formed
a committee to take action. Smith,
incidentally, is a native of rural
Troup County and was reared in
Southern traditions, but has be
come so publicity crazy in recent
I years that he will lean to the
[ floor backward just to get his
name on the front page of the At
lanta Constitution.
Folks at the Capitol are laugh
ing about the prominent Georgia
physician-politician who went up
on the train to the Kentucky
Derby and became so inebriated
that he allowed himself to be
fleeced out of hundreds of dollars
in a dice game with a couple of
professional gamblers. Happened
right on the train.
Both Governor Ernest Vandiver
and Lieut.-Govern®' Garland
Byrd will be on the program of
the Georgia Consumer Finance
Association’s annual convention
in Savannah next week. This As
sociation of the larger “small
loan” companies has earned the
plaudits of all Georgians for the
success it has enjoyed in its fight
to eradicate the "loan shark” from
the Georgia lending business.
Since the Association began its
campaign with the passage of the
Industrial Loan Act, only three
members of the Association have
been cited for violation of ethical
standards of business, and two oj
the three violations were through
honest error.
MORE AND BETTER LABELS
How can a consumer help to
get better labels on piece goods?
Miss Avola Whitesell, clothing
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service, says better labels some
times result when a consumer j
asks a salesperson for a label. She
also suggests patronizing firms
which label merchandise. When
you find a helpful label, tell the
salesperson, the buyer and the
store manager about it.
We are now saving one life in
three from cancer, compared with
one in four a few years ago. But
the American Cancer Society says
one in two cancer cases could be I
saved.
Ford's 50 Millionth
Car to Retrace
Famous 1909 Race
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When Ford Motor Company’s
50 millionth car retraces the route
of the famous 1909 transconti
nental race, “retracing” is exactly
what it will be doing.
। The company’s “golden mile
stone” car will leave New York
on June 1 to re-enact the early
motoring marathon.
The 1959 revival will not be a
test of speed. It has been planned
so that the caravan will, insofar
as possible, visit each city along
the route on the same date as in
1909.
Simple though it may seem.
Ford researchers and planners for
the project encountered a labo
rious task in mapping an his
torically accurate route. Not only
has time buried the facts, but
the tremendous social and eco
nomic progress of the last 50
years has changed the American
landscape completely.
An authentic re-enactment has
required even more intense plan
ning, checking and re-checking
than went into staging the orig
inal race.
Many of the landmarks and
roads described in the automobile
guide prepared for the drivers in
1909 are now non-existent or re
named. So, Ford sought help from
some 200 newspapers coast-to
coast for clippings that would
help pin-point the exact, route.
Cooperation also was obtained
from state and local libraries and
historical associations.
Much like working a giant jig
saw puzzle, a replica of the
famous race route was re-estab
lished from the hundreds of news
paper stories and historical doc
uments, as well as. a vast array
of material from Ford Archives.
Bill Stroppe, well-known driv
er, started a pre-run of the route
April 29. His careful checking of
details for the tour of the 50
millionth car caravan will take
about 14 days.
What was a gruelling race for
the victories Model T in 1909
will be a leisurely tour for the
milestone 1959 Ford Galaxie, a
model representing 35 per cent
of all Ford car sales. The Ameri-'
can Automobile Association pro
vided Ford with point-to-point
strip maps for the route in only
22 minutes—with sight-seeing :
suggestions and accomodations ;
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thrown in for good measure.
To set the original race route
50 years ago M. Robert Guggen
heim, sponsor of the winner’s
trophy, scouted the country for a
year. Prior to the actual start, a
car went out to trace the route,
taking 66 days even while utiliz
ing a railroad flat car for part of
the trip.
The winning Model T that
“sped” off from the firing gun in
New York on June 1, 1909, en
countered no super-highways or
clover-leaf overpasses on the
4,106-mile coast-to-coast route.
There were hand-poled ferries in
stead of bridges for crossing some
of the rivers. In some stretches
west of Denver, there weren’t any
roads at all. The race cars just
took off across open country.
The guide prepared for the
racers in 1909 used more than
500 words to describe roads for
the 52 miles from South Bend,
Ind., to Chicago. Today, the AAA
describes it in fewer than 25
words.
The 1909 guide said that getting
from Baker, Ore., to Walla Walla,
Wash., could be done easily—in
seven to nine hours. The trip now
takes two hours. In fact, today’s
modern highways have shortened
the entire New York-to Seattle
journey by almost 400 miles.
The convenience with which
American motorists now travel
for business and pleasuer is one
of the many startling comparisons
of the past and present drama
tized by Ford’s plan to re-enact
the 1909 race.
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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1959
I Federal Employment
Opportunities
The Fifth U. S. Civil Service
Regional Office is accepting ap
plications for accountant and
auditor paying from $5985 to $8330
a year. Applications are also be
ing accepted for alphabetic and
numeric card punch operators,
bookkeeping machine operators,
addressing machine and grapho
type operators at $2960 to $3495
a year.
; Applicants for accountant and
। auditor will be graded on their
i experience, education and train
ing. However, a written test may
[be required for some applicants
who do not show the required ed
ucation or training. A written test
is required for the machine opera
i tor positions. The machine opera
i tor examinations will be of parti
i cular interest to high school grad
• uates as well as others since they
! may qualify for positions up to
I $3255 without experience.
Applications will be accepted in
these examinations until further
notice. Interested persons may get
application forms or information
as to where such forms are avail
able at any Post Office (except
Atlanta Post Office) or the Fifth
U. S. Civil Service Regional Of
fice, Peachtree-Baker Building,
275 Peachtree Street, N. E., At
lanta 3, Georgia.
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