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AT JUNIOR FIRE MARSHAL CAMP—Georgia’s Third Annual Statewide Junior F«p
Marshall Conference, founded by Safety Fire Commissioner Zack D. Cravey and only such
assemblage of young fire officers held in the natiort, brought over 450 High School Students
io the FFA Camp at Lake Jackson last week. Shown with Commissioner Cravey are Wheel
er Countians, left to right: Wesley Hartley, Ted Morrison and Jimmy Fields.
FARM CHATS
By M. K. JACKSON
County Agent
Electricity On Farms
As many farms in the county
become modernized, more and
more electricity is being used.
But many of the wiring systems
in farm buildings and houses are
not well equipped to take care of
the extra load of electricity.
The improper installation of
electric equipment, careless use of
electrical apparatus and defective
power machines are making elec
tricity on the farm a greater
hazard.
For greater safety from electri
cal accidents you can:
1. Be: sure all electrical equip
ment is installed by a trained
eectrician and properly maintain
ed.
2. Be adequately protected in
case lightning strikes. Learn what
precautions to take during an
electrical storm.
3. Keep motors around the farm
clean and in proper working
order.
4. See that electrical appliances
are properly grounded and that
circuits are not overloaded.
5 . Have extinguishers for elec
trical fires handy and in working
condition at all times.
6. Above all, don’t take chances
with electricity.
Moisture for Pecans
During the next few weeks,
pecans will be filling with meat.
This is the time that ample mois
ture is extremely important for
pecan trees.
To help conserve moisture
pecan growers should destroy ex
cess growth of grasses and weeds
that are present in their orchards.
This can be done by mowing or
discing. If a disc or harrow is
used in the grove, it is important
that the soil not be disturbed
more than a depth of two»to three
inches. Any pecan roots disturbed
or damaged this time of year will
be harmful to nut quality.
Forest Insect Damage
In almost another week, it will ;
be September. This is usually one
of the worst months for forest
insect damage. This summer, for
est insects in Georgia have been
less active than during any of the
past five or six years. However,
landowners and home owners
should stay on guard against
forest insects, especially in Sep
tember.
The black turpentine beetle is
one insect that has caused con-;
siderable damage to pine trees in
Georgia. It not only attacks pines [
worked for turpentine, but will;
readily attack any species of pine
in Georgia. This beetle usually
attacks trees near the ground,
with the first attacks almost al
ways being below waist height.
One should watch for pitch tubes
that occur where the insect at
tacks the tree. These pitch tubes
caused by the turpentine beetle
are about the size of one’s thumb
and look somewhat like a wad of
bubble-gum.
Home owners who may be do-,
ing any type of ditch work or!
construction should be especially
on guard against attacks by the
turpentine beetle. When homes
are built, roots of trees are often:
cut and injured by heavy ma-i
Wheeler County Eagle
। chinery. This damage often brings
i attacks by the beetles.
If work is planned during which
I trees might be damaged, it is
usually a good idea to spray the
trees as a preventive measure. A
.■ one per cent solution of HBC in
1 water or fuel oil is recommended.
. Water should be used in the mix
s ture if the spray is to be applied
; to yard trees where fuel oil may
f injure grass or shrubbery.
Full details regarding the spray
f can be obtained at your county
f agents office.
Ground Cover
r Maybe you once tried to grow
grass on a steep shady' bank or
- terrace. If it grew it was hard to
mow. If it was in the shade and
- you planted one of the better
1 hybrid Bermudas, it's doub ful
- that it grew at all.
Often, ground covers such as
i Dward Periwinkle, English Ivy,
t Liriope or Mondo can be grown
i successfully on these slopes. They
are frequently used to create an
> attractive pattern in the landscape
J and as a cover for a bed of shrubs
’ or flowering trees. However, they
> are meant for slopes and shady
t areas. They just don’t do well in
open places where there is foot
• traffic and no shade.
r
Thinning Trees
> Crops will soon be harvested,
। and this is a good time to begin
; planning your thinning and other
: jobs in the woods. Many stands
, in the county could be improved
Mrs. J. L. Harris
Os Wheeler County
Dies In Cochran
Funeral services were held in
1 the White Springs Baptist Church
Wednesday at 3 p.m. for Mrs.
Jimmy L. Harris, 57, of Wheeler
■ County, who died at the Ebenezer
Home in Cochran Tuesday after
a long illness. The pastor, the Rev.
Olin S. Sizemore, officiated, as
sisted by the Rev. Henry Morris.
Pallbearers were T. H. Hardin,
Thomas Tarpley, Hollis Johnson,
Maurice Johnson, Oris Braswell
and Robert Hill.
Honorary pallbearers were John
McDaniel, Henry Johnson, Bill
Futrall, Clyde Fulford, J. C. Pope,
George R. Hartley, J. D. Peebles
and Hightower Gilder.
Mrs. Harris, the former Miss
Elizabeth Hattaway, was born in
Jackson county on July 30, 1902,
the daughter of the late Thomas
. A. and Naomi Boatwright Hatta
| way. She was married on Decem
j ber 23, 1925, and was a member;
;of the White Springs Baptist
I Church.
Survivors include her husband;
three sons, James T. Harris, of
Mobile, Ala.; Gene Harris and
Gerald Harris, of Glenwood R-2;
one daughter, Miss Betty Ann
Harris, of Glenwood R-2; three
grandchildren; eight brothers, G.
L. Hattaway, of Warner Robins;
Willie Hattaway, of Dothan, Ala.;
Jimmy Hattaway, of Alamo; Rob
bie Hattaway, of Milledgeville;
Aldron Hattaway, of Hazlehurst;
■ Elmer Hattaway, of St. Peters-[
| burg, Fla.; Vernon Hatta way, of i
i Fort Worth, Texas; Charlie Hat-j
: taway, of Waverly, Texas, and
one sister, Mrs. Ruby Windham,
of Miami, Fla.
Burial was in the church ceme
. tery with Harris & Smith Funeral
. Home in charge of arrangements.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1959
s through proper thinning. Trees
growing in a crowded condition
h do not maintain proper vigor for
s good growth, and trees of poor
e vigor are also subject to more
k damage from insects. Details on
a the proper selection of trees in
I. the thinning operation and other
- technique of doing the job are
1 available from the county agent’s
y office.
Oliver F. Avery
Receives Promotion
AMBERG, GERMANY—OIiver
F. Avery, 19, whose parents, Mr.
; and Mrs. James Millar, live at
r Glenwood R-2, recently was pro
j moted to private first class in
1 Germany, where he is a member
r of the 2nd. Armored Cavalry Reg
-1 iment’s 3rd. Battalion.
A driver in the battalion’s Com
s pany Hin Amberg, he entered the
, Army in November 1958 and ar
i rived in Europe last May.
' ! Avery is a 1958 graduate of
’ Glenwood High School.
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5 ' SOIL CONSERVATION
T, |
1 Soil Conservation
I By H. L. DAVIS
1 This is a black and white re
production of the 4-cent soil con
servation stamp now on sale at
the post office. The stamp, printed !
in three colors, went on sale in;
Rapid City, S. D., at the annual!
, meeting of the Soil Conservation;
L Society of America.
The stamp portrays a modern!
■ conservation farm, according to
H. L. Davis 1 . Grasses in the।
■ rolling pasture, foreground, pre-j
vent soil erosion and conserve!
miosture. Grazing is regulated to!
favor growth of the best forage
grasses.
A farm pond, lower right
provides water for domestic and
livestock use, for fire protection, i
for wildlife, and for recreation;
such as fishing, swimming and;
boating.
Contour stripcropping and ro-;
fating systems, left and right cen
ter include grasses and cultivated
crops in alternating bands. The
grasses strips catch and hold soil
that may move out of cultivated
strips during rainstorms, and they
increase moisture insoak.
Trees and shrubs control ero- ■
sion, provide a home for wildlife,;
and protect the farmstead from;
the hot winds of summer and the
cold winds of winter.
Conservation farming, as de
picted in the stamp gives as-!
surance of a plentiful supply of
food and other products of the
land for the seven-eights of people
who live in town, symbolized in
upper right.
Agricultural Extension Service
foresters report Georgia produced:
। about 20 per cent of the South’s
i pulpwood in 1957 and about 12
■ per cent of the total U. S. supply.
According to economists, Agri
cultural Extension Service, busi- !
ness created in assembling, pro- !
cessing, and distributing Georgia
farm products exceeds two billion !
dollars annually. j
1 1 Farm Census Field
Assistant For South
| Georgia Appointed
Appointment of Mrs. Halcyon
A. Bell, Shelman R-2, as a field
I assistant for the 1959 Census of
’ Agriculture was announced today
i by the Bureau of the Census, De
partment of Commerce.
1 ' Mrs. Bell will direct a force of
18 crew leaders and 278 census
( takers in 58 counties in southern
I Georgia. Counties in which Mrs.
Bell will supervise the farm cen
-1! sus this fall include Telfair.
Mrs. Bell will enter on duty
on September 21 and receive
several days of training which
will cover administrative proce
dures and other duties and respon
: sibilities connected with the job.
( She will be responsible for re
( cruiting the crew leaders who will
enter on duty on October 26. The
crew leaders will in turn be
( responsible for recruiting the
; census takers who will enter on
» duty on November 18.
1( The 1959 Census of Agriculture
s will collect information on the
( number and size of farms, acreage
: and harvest of crops, livestock
I production and inventories, se
lected farm facilities, selected
^(farm expenditures, farm values.
r and mortgage debt. Information
r ; will be published for counties,
~ states, and the nation.
Bill To Save
r । Cotton Acres
Is Approved
John P. Duncan, Jr., President,
i Georgia Farm Bureau Federation,
! today praised the new cotton law
| passed by Congress which will
। help retain cotton acreage allot-
r (mqnt in the Southeastern cotton
■ producing states.
t 1 The new law, awaiting the
. । President’s signature, provides
j that a farmer in 1960 must plant
. at least 75 per cent of his allot
ment (and each year thereafter)
। to retain his allotment history.
| Otherwise to s®23l a cotton
’ farmer’s allotment will be the
>
’, average of his 1960 allotment and
(his hctual planted acres, if 1960
planted acreage was less than 75
j per cent of his allotment.
Farmers .failing to plant at
least 75 per cent of their allot
ment, will have their unplanted
| acres equitably distributed by the
(County ASC Committee among
j formers in the county who in
| tend to stay in the cotton business.
( Under the new law, Duncan an-
I nounced, farmers can voluntarily
I release unwanted acreage and the
farmers in each respective county
would have first choice in taking
up the released acres. If no farmer
desires these acres they will in
turn be released to the state for |
redistribution to other counties.
' The counties voluntarily releasing
j acreage to the state will be given
(credit for having planted such
| acreage.
Duncan said the new law has
I been long sought by the Georgia
J Farm Bureau Federation to pre
\ serve acreage in the old predom
inantly cotton producing states.
“The new cotton measure will
aid in holding cotton acreages in;
the respective counties and state, j
and the long range effect will be j
|to protect all farmers whose in- (
। tentions are to stay in the cotton I
1 business,” he declared.
Consumer Installment
Credit Showing Large j
Increase In America
American businessmen can an- j
ticipate that consumer installment j
credit will double in ten years,
R. H. McKinnon, Executive Direc
tor of the Georgia Consumer Fi
(nance Association, told a lunch
( eon-meeting of the Atlanta Junior
(Chamber of Commerce last week.
He defined consumer credit as
j “personal credit,” that can be;
broken down into sales credit, (
( such as a person gets at a depart- (
(ment store, and “cash credit”, as
(when money is borrowed from a
(lending institution.
McKinnon said that in 19581
Georgia consumer finance com- [
(panies made a total of $l9O mil-I
( lion in loans to 794,000 borrowers. |
“All this credit business is a
(camparatively new phenomenon,”
the Atlanta finance man declared,
“Fiftyyears ago, people did very
little borrowing of this nature.”
He said that America’s exten- j
Isive use of personal credit is of j
major importance in creating the
vast market that keeps the wheels
of our mass production turning.
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Proper Cotton Harvest
Ups Grower Income
Farm Bureau Says
n I Proper harvesting of cotton can
d j increase grower returns up to S4O
f( per bale, Georgia Farm Bureau
y officials declared today in urging
- caution in both harvest and gin
operations.
fl John P. Duncan, Jr., Georgia
si Farm Bureau Federation Presi
n I dent explained that 98.6 per cent
s. I of Georgia’s cotton is planted un
-1 der Plan A, and therefore, prac
। tocally all cotton under the plan
y would probably go through a pur
e chase program and be sold on a
h government grade basis.
_ i “There can be up to 10 cents
_ j per pound difference for the same
, । cotton handled in different ways
. under this program,” Duncan ex
-111 plained to farmers. ’
e ■ The GFBF President advised
e ! growers to take care of cotton in
e I the field by letting it open good.
n I Green cotton is hard to gin with
i lots of knapping, he cautioned.
I “Don’t pick cotton while wet,” I
c I Duncan advised. “ Any damp cot- ■
ton should be spread where the i
g
sun can get to it.”
' Citing an example of price dis- J
j ference to growers of the same I
cotton properly harvested and |
” that improperly harvested, Dun- j
j can said, the white middling cot- i
’’ l ton with 1 1/16 inch .staple is I
. worth 36.33 cents per pound. “The I
same cotton improperly handled (
and graded spotted middling I
1 1/16 inch is worth only 28.43 (
cents per pound—which is S4O (
i per bale less than properly (
, | handled cotton,” he added.
> I Duncan said that out of approx-[
’ i imately 13,000 bales graded to i
11 date in the Atlanta and Augusta |
- ( classing stations—6o per cent has I
1 1 graded middling or better. As the j
i s’eason progresses it becomes more
-; important with weather condi
> tions that farmers give more at
-1I tention to proper handling, he
■ ; said.
1 1 Three factors go into grade of
! cotton and are:
1 ; (1) Color- farmers can contri
‘: bute by not letting cotton stay in
1 j the field too long and stain.
1 1 (2) Smoothness of cotton—up to
>' date gins and modern aquipment
; with experienced ginners can
■ i largely control smoothness.
• | (3) Foreign matter—can be rem.
11 edied by clean picking and mod
■ ern ginning. “Cotton is classed
; according to staple length, but
the above three grade factors de
termine grade,” Duncan said.
“Growers should get a govern
ment grade arid know the govern
ment purchase price on his cot
ton before selling,” Duncan said.
Growers can obtain free official
grading service on their cotton by
submittilng samples to the Agri
| cultural Marketing Service Cot
ton Division of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Grading of
fices are maintained in Atlanta
and Augusta.
Government purchase opera
tions on the 1959 crop cotton is
geared to reflect split grades, and
therefore growers may gain by
knowing the official split grades
of their cotton. The Georgia Farm j
Bureau Federation earlier had re-'
j quested that loan and purchase
j operations reflect split gradei
I values. :
Little Rock Camp
Meeting To Begin
On September 4
j The annual camp meeting at ‘
j the Little Rock Camp Ground in
j Wheeler County will begin Sep- i
' tember 4th at 8:00 p.m. and will
| continue through September 13th.!
The main speaker will be the j
Rev. W. M. Phillips Jr. of Odum. ;
The young people’s services will
be under the direction of Mrs.
Ruth Rogers of Tampa, Fla.
Everyone is invited.
; Sheriff Captures
60 Gallons Whiskey
Moscow Durden of Norristown ;
was apprehended Tuesday night
; about 11:00 o’clock driving a 1953 ;
j light grey Dodge automobile on
i highway 45, by Wheeler County j
। Sheriff Maurice Johnson, assisted
; by Chief of Police Burch Graham ,
of Alamo.
Durden is charged with posses
sing and transporting untax paid ;
whiskey. The car, loaded with 60 j
gallons of whiskey, was confiscat
ed and Durden was housed in the
Wheeler County jail.
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11 Man Who Faked
Death Reunited
With Wife
i Husky L. E. Pettis, once
> mourned as dead and later ar
i rested for abandonment, appeared
; today to be heading for a second
i honeymoon.
The 35-year-old. freckle-faced,
i j red headed machinery salesman
■ | from Asheboro, N. C., had a tear-!
.; ful reunion with his wife in the (
j Laurens County jail Sunday (
I night.
■ “It looked to me like they were I
( well on the way to another honey
, moon,” commented Sheriff Carlus I
( Gay who had just returned Pettis
I from Texas on charges of playing I
j dead and abandoning his wife and j
: four children.
Gaj' explained that he had (
brought the charges in behalf of j
the wife and children and would
I not object if they were dropped. ■
j He said all that is necess'ary to |
l wipe out the charges and free j
I Pettis for a new start in life is'
j for him to appear before Superior |
I Court Judge R. I. Stephens.
I Pettis disappeared on an Oconee i
i River fishing trip June 6 while i
। the family was visiting relatives ’
1 of his wife, the former Grace Ed-!
. wards of Dublin. His station I
| wagon, boat trailer and overturn- i
I ed boat were soon found.
I A massive search along the
j river and its lowlands lasted two
j weeks. Finally on Aug. 8, a min- j
I ister conducted memorial services |
' in Werden Chapel of the First I
(Methodist Church. His mother was]
( asked to the services but did not |
I attend.
j Less than a week later, Pettis ■:
I was arrested at the home of his I
I mother and brother at Irving, |
I Tex., near Dallis. He said he had i
I faked death “to get away from it (
2 j all” but regreted his rash act and
" : wanted to go back to his wife and
‘: family.
2 j The salesman was described by
Irving Police Chief C. J. Wirasnik
। as suffering from a “near nervous
i breakdown.”
The loyab Mrs. Pettis agreed
1 ! that her husband was “sick.” Her
; brother, Buford Edwards, quoted
5 her as saying that otherwise he
। would not have done what he did.
1 1 The sheriff said he understood
! the family planned to give him
' j whatever medical treatment his
’ j condition required. He added that;
1 j Mrs. Pettis and the children have :
been staying with her relatives |
during most of the time of j
her husband’s disappearance.
Campaign Underway
To Raise Dollars For
Democrats In Georgia
The annual statewide drive for
“Dollars for Democrats” has start
ed, and Democrats of Georgia are
। urged to contribute one dollar to
I the Party, Mrs. Marion Faircloth
! Baker, State Chairman of the
j drive, has announced.
j Mrs. Baker, prominent Savan
i nah Democrat, was appointed to
; the post by John Sammons Bell,
Chairman of the State Demo-
I cratic Executive Committee.
• I
Co-ordinating the campaign will:
be the Young Democratic Clubs of;
I Georgia, with Bill Richards, of.
I Marietta, as Co-Chairman of the j
Drive. His advisors are Mrs. Mar- |
I jorie Thurman, of Atlanta, and
; Mrs. Carolyn Page, of Savannah,i
i both prominent in YD work.
I
Mts. Baker said that the one
! dollar contributed will remain inl
Georgia, to be used by the State j
Party, if the contributor so de-
i sires. Otherwise, one-third will go ;
; to National Democratic readquar-;
ters.
Contributions can be mailed to
Mr. Richards at 112 Carnes Drive
in Marietta, or to Mrs. Thurman at!
; 1317 Atlanta Federal Savings
! Bldg., Atlanta.
Mrs. Baker urged all loyal
i Georgia Democrats to make the i
! one dollar contribution.
Last Rites Held For
I. R. Rogers
I Funeral services for James Rob
। ert Rogers, 89, of Okeechobee, Fla.
were held August 23 at the Yates ;
Funeral Chapel with Rev. M. M.
; Martin and Rev. Van Lightsey;
! officiating. Burial was in thel
; Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Rogers, a native of Wheeler •
County, died August 22 in the ‘
Okeechobee Hospital following a
i short illness. j
Survivors include three sons, J <
J. C. Rogers, S. M. Rogers and E. <
Regers, eight grandchildren, and ; (
four great grandchildren. 1
NUMBER 19.
SBOO Scholarship
Offered For Essay
On Conservation
For writing an essay on Soil and
' water conservation some Geor
gia high school student will be
awarded a little more than 53
j cents per word this fall, according
to E. H. Thomas, soil conserva
tionist, Agricultural Extension
Service, University of Georgia
, College of Agriculture.
| An SBOO scholarship for a four
| year tuition fund to an accredited
i Georgia college will be provided
by The Georgia Bankers Associ
ation for the best 1,500 word
essay on the subject, “Better Soil
And Water Conservation Through
Soil Conservation Districts.” The
[ contest is open to all white high
(school students in the eighth
(through the 12th grades. The win
ner must agree to maintain the
I minimum scholastic require-
I ments of the school he selects.
j The contest ends November fl
(and the winning essay in the
| county must be submitted to the
I local Soil Conservation District
■ Board of Supervisors by Novem--
iber 13. District winners’ essays
■ will be submitted to Tom G. Scott,
(Forsyth, president of the State
i Association of Soil Conservation
( District Supervisors, by November
I 21, and the state winner announc
|ed at the annual meeting of the
j State Association, Nov. 29-Dec. 1
I in Atlanta.
Thomas listed other rules of the
I contest:
1. Essay must not contain more
j than 1,500 words and must be
(written on only one side of the
paper and written with pen and
। ink or typed.
2. All essays must be written
i by the contestant.
3. A score card will be furnished
1 the contestant at a guide to use
11 in writing his essay. .
| 4. Essays will be identified by
r । code when submitted to county,
:: district, and state judges.
; ; On a state basis the contest is
| sponsored by The State Associa-
Lj tion of Soil Conservation Districts
• i and The Georgia Bankers Associ
[ । ation. County and district prizes
: j will be provided by local soil con
. | servation districts.
[ | Additional information about
| the contest may be obtained from
;! local county soil conservation
• supervisors.
: -
| Laurens Crash
jFatal To Two
Highway and traffic accidents
in Georgia claimed at least nine
lives by Sunday afternoon of a
hot August week end.
A spectacular crash six miles
south of Dublin Sunday reported*
ly brought death to two persons
and injured nine others.
Reports from the scene named*
the dead as Mrs. Thelma Hester,
40, and Mrs. Gladys Hester, 62,
both of Laurens’ County. Person#
injured in the two-car crash were
taken to nearby hospitals.
The Highway Patrol and police
identified dead in other accident#
as:
I Dr. Charles C. Benton, 40, %
Macon physician, who was killed'
Saturday when he lost control of
his auto on a curve north of Mas-
; con on Old River road.
Day W. Alexander, 47, of 45011
Briarcliff Rd., Chamblee, died
i Saturday after his car smashed
into a power pole in the 2000 block
, on Cheshire Bridge road.
Martha Dodd Kenerly, 35, of
; Church street in Rockmart, died
: Saturday when the car in which
; :?he was riding overturned several
i times near Manchester.
Wayne Miles Page of 1349 Con
nally Dr., East Point, was killed
Saturday morning in a spectacu
lar crash involving a truck and
two cars, the Patrol reported. A
; truck skidded, hitting the bridge
and striking the two cars. Young
Page was in one of the autos hit
by the skidding truck.
Two Southern Tech student#
died Saturday when their auto
struck a tree in Brookhaven.
They were identified as J. R.
Taffe, 21, of Cordele, and Law
rence O’Donnell, 28, of Sarasot^.
Florida.
Robert Lee Boone, 38, of 415
West Magnolia St., Fitgerald, suf
fered fatal injuries Sunday when
his car overturned south of Ro
chelle on Georgia 215.
Elevated flags should always
be available and be in place when
operating slow-moving machinery
on the highway, points out H. B.
Goolsby, engineer, Agricultural
Extension Service.