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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
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NATI ONA L EDITORIAL
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As predicted in last week’s
“Politics on Parade,” Dr. T. F.
Sellers, Director of the Georgia
Department of Public Health,
signed the contract between the
Health Department and the Vet
erans Home Commission within
three hours of the time Governor
Ernest Vandiver returned to his
office from the Governors’ Con
ference. The Governor held a dis
cussion with Dr. Sellers, Pete
Wheeler, Director of the Veterans
Service Department, and Hanry
Neal, Assistant Attorney-General
. . . and Dr. Sellers walked back
across the street to his own of
fice and signed the contract.
The many friends of popular
Jimmy Bentley, former Executive
Secretary of Herman Talmadge
when he was governor, will be
delighted to know that Jimmy has
thrown away his leg brace and is
walking about as well as ever.
Jimmy was hurt seriously about
two years ago when run over by
an automobile.
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The Jekyll Island Authority is
going into long range planning
fdr a mammoth sewerage system
at Jekyll. Septic tanks won’t do
the job when the water level is so
close to the top of the ground.
One of the top engineering firms
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ONE OF THE most alarming
aspects of ths unremitting agi
tation for force legislation in the
fieM of civil rights is the arro
gant contempt which its protag
ouiata display for the dear pro
visions of the Constitution of
. the United States.
outlaw the poll tax and to provide
for federal policing of the regis
tration of voters and the selection
of presidential electors. All are
areas which are left within the
authority of the individual states
by specific provisions of the Con
stitution and which have been
consistently and repeatedly held
within state jurisdiction by the
federal courts, including a Su
preme Court ruling as late as last
June upholding the right of the
State of North Carolina to require
a literacy test as a qualification
for voting.
• • •
HISTORY RECORDS that
these questions were the subject
of considerable debate at the Con
atitutional Convention of 1787
and the divergent views on them
were compromised by providing
in Paragraph 1, Section 2. Article
1 that voters should “have the
qualifications requisite for elec
tors of the most numerous branch
of the State Legislature" and in
Paragraph 1, Section 4. Article 1
that Congress may “make or al
ter” regulations governing the
“times, places and nanner of
holding elections for Senators and
Representatives.” The naming of
presidential electors was left ex
clusively to the states in Para
graph 2, Section 1. Article 11.
(not prepared or pmdta it government expense)
; | in the South is doing the planning.
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11 Rotary Clubs which need a top
, notch speaker, particularly on the
subject of Rotary, need look no
farther than Henry Neal, Assis
i tant Attorney General attached
■ to the Governor’s office. Last
; u’eek this’ writer heard Henry
make one of the best speeches it
has ever been our pleasure to
hear. He can really “lay it on the
line.”
United American Insurance Co.,
iof which Senator Herman Tal
mad ge, Lt.-Goveronr Garland
Byrd, Vets Service Director Pete
Wheeler, Congressman Jack
Flynt and other well known
Georgians are leading lights, will
soon absorb Universal American,
another Georgia insurance com
pany which hasn’t made the suc
cess that United has. Directors of
both companies have approved
the merger, and stockholders will
vote next month.
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j Lieut.-Governor Garland T.
. Byrd will address a joint session
of the Alabama General Assembly
’ sometime in September.
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Carl Sanders, of Augusta, is ac
; cepting a number of speaking en-
Alexander Hamilton, in one of
his Federalist Letters explaining
the new Constitution, pointed out
that the compromise provisions
on elections and voter qualifica
tions gave the Federal Govern
ment power to assure its preser
vation by fixing the times, places
and manner of holding elections
while, at the same time, reserving
to the states sufficient authority
to preserve their sovereignty by
prescribing the qualifications of
the voters.
The Senate’s most eminent
scholar on the subject, Senator A.
Willis Robertson of Virginia, sum
marizes the situation thusly:“The
right to vote comes from the
State. Once the right is granted,
the Federal' Government becomes
its protector.”
• • •
THOSE WHO WOULD have
Congress beat this dead horse
again base their contention on
two strained interpretations of
the Constitution: (1) that the
phrase “manner of holding elec
tions” extends to the conditions
under which voters are registered
and (2) that the guarantee to
each state of “a republican form
of government” carries With it the
implied power to legislate in the
field of voter qualifications.
If the first thesis were true,
Paragraph 1. Section 2. Article I
would be meaningless and, if the
second were correct, each of the
original 13 states which had rigid
voter qualication laws would have
been guilty of denying its citizens
a republican form of government.
Proof of the fallacy of their
position is the fact that in each
1 of the three instances in which
Congress has legislated in this
field it has been by the process of
“ constitutional amendment and the
' results are found in the 15th, 17th
and 19th Amendments.
There is a
case in point
in the amend
ments which
have been of
fered to pend
ing civil rights
bills to resur
rect the old
proposals to
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
gagements over Georgia, seeking,
it is said, to feel out the electorate
on the possibility of running for
Lieutenant-Governor in 1962.
Another potential candidate for
this office is William Trotter, Di
rector of the State Department of
Public Safety, whose homefolks in
Troup County are touting him
highly for the job.
Also, quite a few friends of
Peter Zack Geer, Gpvernor Van
diver’s Executive Secretary, are
said to be urging him to consider
making this race. Mr. Geer is one
of the most brilliant and capable
young politicians in Georgia and
would be a candidate to be
reckoned with if he decided to
run.
Pete Wheeler, Vets Service Di
rector, has turned down the job
of Regional Manager of the Vet
erans Administration of the Fed
eral government. Pete says he’d
never take a job under a Republi
can administration.
Volume 1, Number 1 of “Anchor
Age,” official publication of the
Georgia Ports Authority, ap
peared this month. It’s a slick
paper magazine containing news
about the State’s ports. Seems to
contain enough advertising to pay
for its publication.
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Prepared by
American Foundation
for Animal Health
Livestock authorities are giving
increasing attention, these days,
to a disease which causes reduced
gains in cattle and swine, cuts
milk production, and may cause
animals to lose their young.
The problem is known as “lep
tospirosis”, sometimes referred to
as “lepto”. Today it is costing our
farmers an estimated $110,000,000
per year in cattle production
alone, and is one of the prime
targets in the drive for National
Livestock Loss Prevention Year.
Loss of appetite and a drop In
milk may be sign of leptospirosis.
For the average farmer, the
disease is not easy to spot. It cuts
production, but does not cause
many deaths, so it can sneak up
on a herd and become entrenched
before the owner is aware of the
problem. Here are some of the
tell-tale signs one should watch
for: In cattle—loss of appetite,
depression, a sharp drop in milk
production, and sometimes thick,
yellow milk that may be tinged
with blood. In swine—lack of
appetite and scouring. Abortion
is the primary symptom of the
disease.
Leptospirosis is spread by car
rier animals. These animals dis
charge the disease organisms,
which then may be picked up by
healthy cattle dr swine from the
soil, feed, or equipment. Cattle
can spread the disease to swine,
and vice versa, thus complicating
the problem.
Even though cattle and swine
leptospirosis were discovered less
than 20 years ago, effective
measures for quick diagnosis by
blood test have been developed,
and several vaccines have been
developed with which veterinar
ians now are able to provide
immunity for healthy stock in
areas where the disease has been
a problem. It is important, also,
for the farmer to have new herd
replacements blood tested and
isolated from the home animals.
Leptospirosis can also be trans
mitted to human beings, another
reason for taking steps to eradi
cate it
Editorial
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pangs of birth, it proclaimed its
faith in God and has continued
that faith ever since. Under it, we
have prospered and grown strong
and, fittingly, throughout the
years there have been reaffirma
tions of this faith, as witnessed
by adoption of the motto, “In God
We Trust,” and inclusion of the
words “Under God” in the pledge
of allegiance to the flag.
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barely more than a tenth of its
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citizens had a religious affiliation,
whereas today 60 per cent are
i church members. Statistics also
1 i show that half the adult popula
! tion attends worship services reg
j ularly. Thus, it is clear we have
: come a long way in less than two
! centuries.
■ We are reminded by the nation
: wide Religion In American Life
! observance that there remains
■ room for even more spiritual
| growth. If we are to retain what
; God has bestowed on us in years
j past and add to our prosperity and
1 strength, we must take to heart
the Religion in American Life
call to “Find the strength for your
life . . . worship together this
week.”
It is just as important to re
member today, as our ancestors
remembered in past generations,
that “where the spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty.” Liberty is the
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nation’s cornerstone. When it
goes, all else worthwhile goes. To
keep it, and the things that flow
from it, we must remain close to
God.
For the important events ol
Wheeler County be sure to keep
The Eagle coming to your door.