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MEN IN THE WHITE SUlTS—Reactivated Ku Klux Klansmen, adults and children, stage
a demonstration in Birmingham, Ala. Climax of the meeting was a speech by Alvin
Horn, “grand dragon.”
KEEP A COLD, LIKE A SECRET,
AWAY FROM EVERYONE
Reprinted from Georgia Health
If you have a cold, someone
gave it to you. Unless you tuake ।
cover — behind a handkerchief '
when you sneeze; in bed after you
come down with a cold — you .
will give it to someone else. And
Unless the fellow sniffling and
coghin garound you is more con
siderat , you may even get a sec- |
ond cold practically on top of
your first one ... in other words, '
you umay have recovered from
ne type of cold virus, but there ;
are many other types around.
•Jher is no wonder drug or]
vaccine or shots that will cure '
colds, flu, or grippe. But we do ।
know that colds are caused by
tiny viruses passed from person I
to person. This fact means that
Americans may not necessarily
need to suffer the three colds a
year they average at present. You
can help to sabotage the common
cold, with just a few common
sense rules.
If you don’t have a cold —-
1. Stay away from persons who
do. Avoid using their towels,
cup. , d: inking glasses.
2. Wash your hands often — al
ways before handling food or eat
ing.
3. Avoid getting over tired
or wet or chilled. Eat a balanced
diet, and don’t over-eat. Make
sur you drink enough water.
And it’s also wise to get enough
fresh air and exercise.
If you do have a cold
1. Be good to yourself — and
to tohers! Go to bed or at least
stay hme from work or school.
You’ll be giving your bdy a
chanc to fight the cold, and
you’ll protect others from catch
ing your infection.
2. Cover your mouth and nose
sneeze spreads particles of mois
when you sneeze or cough. A
ture almost 20 set A cough
sprays them 12 to 15 feet. Talking
send.: particles eight feet. To keep
a cough or sneeze to yourself
or t oblow your nose, use paper
tissues and throw themaway af
ter each use. This puts just that
man more tiny viruses out of cir
culation.
3. Rest, eat sensibly, drink li
quids stay out of drafts and keep
warm.
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| 4. Don’t go oft half-cocked with
! home remedies. If the best minds
jin medicine don’t know a sure
cure for colds, its unlikely your
ic drink don’t help. Indiscrimi-
■ n;xt-door neighbor does. Alcohol
nate use of drugs — antibiotics,
for instance — can hide warning
I signals of more serious illnesses
i'or ■ an cause other and further ill
ness. Aspirin, antihistamines, ap
‘ proved nose drops are not cures,
but they may help you feel less
: miserable. Find out what your
I family physician r. commends.
I 5. Call your physician if you
Ina^e fever, chills, severe head
। ache pain in chest, ears, face or
cough up bloody or rust-colored
! material.
If you go to bed at the first
sign of a cold, you are. less likely
to develop complications of grip
pe or “fluu.” These illnesses start
like colds bpt usually bring with
in the chest, headaches and body
them fever, sore throat, soreness
aches. * Vaccines are now being
J 'vfli’-ed against the APC group
of viruses, named after the areas
•h'y 'fi et — Adenoids, Pharynx
throat's and Conjunctiva (eye
• m.'bonces). Call your phy
' if you have grippeor flu
mntoms, and follow his direc
'.ms.
ue influuenza is much less
<d spread epidemics. It seems
ommon. It usually comes in
much like grippe or flu, but is
usually more serious. There is
more of that “knocked out” feel
ing, recovery is often slower, and
chances of complications are
-metimes greater.
Science is chipping away at a
’,OOO-year-ld problem: the com
.on cold. But until science comes
,p with the cure, all of us can
mlp with our own generosity.
ail of us could just be generous
: >gh not to share our sneezes,
w emight .some day, before the
cure comes, start calling it the
‘uncommon cold.”
Hems on most street length
dresses should be 2 1-2 inches
wide, according to Miss Peggy
Ott, Extension clothing special
st.
The Teacher Thinks
BUSINESS EDUCATION
During the Colonial period,
some bookkeeping was taught in
the Latin grammar schools in ad
dition to arithmetic and penman
ship. In large cities, many pri
vate teachers taught bookkeeping
and penmanship. Otherwise, any
business training was on an ap
prenticeship basis; the bookkeep
er hired an assistant who learned
on the job.
After the Civil War, business
'x- anded rapidly; and bookkeep
ing became an important phase of
business management. Mort
bookeepers were needed than
could be trained under the slow
apprenticeship system. Thus, the
private business school came
into the picture bv providing
cours s in bookkeeping and pen
rr-mship. /W
When the typewriter was per
fected in the 1870 s and shorthand
became a more valuable skill,
*ho private business schools real
iv b'gan to flourish and expand.
The enrolment in the private
schools was largely masculine un
til the beginning of the twen
tieth century.
The nrivnte business schools
had a virtual monopoly in the
'mining of business studests in
"io period up to 1910. When pub
'• high school enrolments in
•• there was a demand that
•ocat^ral business training be
qf public expense in
roTd of parents having to pay tu
ition in private schools.
The early public high schools
.usiness courses were almost car
bon-copy duplicates of the pri
/ate-school offerings; The first
public school business teachers
were recruited from the private
chools. Naturally, the methods
md techniques were also import
ed from the tuition-collecting
chools.
The rap’d expansion of husi
iess after World War I, in the
mrly 19205, brought with it rapid
'evolopment of both public and
private business education. Typ
ng and stenographic courses
were the- most popular programs
jecause of the constantly increas
ing demand for typists and steno
graphers in ’■ ” incss, industry,
nd government.
Durin»>' tn session years in
the 19305, more attention was
□aid to the personal-use, social,
•nltural and general-education
values, because so few public
h’gh school graduates could find
lobs in business. Teachers were
happy to find some justification
contirv’"'’ the vocational
courses, even though the purposes
ad cb'-’ged. During this period
vnrwriting became a highly de
dred addition to the general ed
■mntional program, instead of be
ne limßed to vocational training.
’ r oday one business subject or
another is taught on almost ev
rv level of education — from
bo junior high school through
+ho graduate schools — in all
’■ ; nds of schn-J-. — private, pub
lic. or parochial. The largest en
rotments arc in the public sec
ondnrv schools, while the widest
range of sublets would probably
bn round in the collegiate schools
of business.
The prinem'd subjects taught in
'■ o hu-iro-;. program at present
a--'’- *v"o— r :fjne. shorthand, and
bookkeenme. followed close
’v b’' b^sic-business training and
business — ! thmetic. The analysis
-howo that since 1933-34 there
has been some relative loss in en
-olmont fry introduction to bus
in"^: a s ,: "ht decrease in the en
rolm n nt for business ar’thmetic,
bookkeeping,, and in most of the
Bleckley Superior Court Drops
Charges Against Commissioner Smith
COCHRAN—A Superior Court
Judge Saturday threw out four
indictments changing Bleckley
County Commissioner Ivy M.
Smith with wrongdoing in office.
he judge also dismis-ed two
other indictments accusing R. W.
Burke of Cochran of illegally pay
g ^uatn ^,<a2.50 in connection
.■.th county road work.
mi th immediately wired Gov.
Ernest Vandiver his resignation
Bhck!' y’s sole commissioner
f roads and revenues, effective
nd ay .IV ].
He told the governor he
thought such action was “in the
best interest of all concerned”
and that he had “nothing what
oever to hide." Smith said his.
future plans are indefinite.
Meanwhile, it could not be de
termined whether a special elec
‘ion would be called to fill the
last month of Smith’s unexpired
o-.v, or whether his successor
would be appointed by court or-
Alicie Jones, who defeated the
veteran commissioner in the Nov.
3 -ene^al election, assumes the
office of county commissioner in
January. Jones lost, to Smith by
about 159 vot s in the primary,
but qualified to run as an inde
npndent the last time.
There was some speculation
that Jones might beappointed and
*akc over as commissioner a
month early.
At a hearing here Saturday on
demurrers seeking to dismiss all
six indictments, Oconee Circuit
fudge John K. Whaley of Mcßae
ruled the statute of limitations
had run out on charges in them,
without going into the merits of
the indictments.
“I knew all along that I would
be vindicated and my name clear
ed,” Smith said following the
healing.
“I have undertaken to render
to the people of Bleckley County
for 12 years the best services of
>hich I am capable. Now that
ny name is cleared, I will give
consideration to an early an
louncement concerning my fu
ture plans.
“My main objective,” Smith
added, “has been to clear myself
and my family the good I have
iways made. I am delighted that
this has been accomplished.”
Two of the indictments against
Smith charged he “unlawfully”
received $2,000 on Aug. 11, 1955
and $752.50 on Feb. 17, 1956, from
Burke Grass Co. in connection
with county road work done by
that firm.
Both indcitmcnts against Burke
accused him of illegally paying
Smith the $2,752.50 on the same
dates and under the same cir
cumstances.
Smith also was accused in an
other indictment of “fraudently”
misusing county funds in the
basic business subjects. On the
'th' r hand, there has been a tre
mendous increase in the enrol
nent for typewriting.
This year at Jeff Davis High
->--ox’rr itpjv one-fdurth of the
’ent’, n the last four years of
' "h srhon! -.-e enrolled in type
vriting. Th ; s heavy enrolment
n-nbably due mainly due to the
?mrhasl« on t”pinp for “personal
" Ann-oximatelv 71 students |
ann taking bookkeeping 16 en- |
■nl’nd in shorthand, and 36 in of- |
oractm-. The majority of l
*he students enrolled in the lat
♦er three subjects are seniors in
h ; ph school.
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amount of $2,720.83 from Jan. 20,
1955 through Sept. 3, 1958, to pay
v*penscs for himself and others.
A fourth indictment charged
cuuuiuy commissioner “un
! lawfully and corruptly’ bought
; out of county funds four tires on
a credit card sale signed by him
ai, Bieckly County Rep. Ben
Jessup when the tires were not
purchased for the county.
A special grand jury session re
turned its indictments in early
November. It also sharply criti
citzed Smith in its presentments
for what it termed wrongdoing in
office, saying the county “is prac
tically . . . bankrupt’’ with a Sept.
30 deficit of $130,988.50 . . . caused
. in many instances by incompe
' tence in administration and mis
use of county funds by (county
commissioner) Ivy M. Smith . . .”
Demurrers wer efiled against
al isix indictments, four against
Smith and two against Burke,
last Nov. 16 on grounds they
were defective on their face.
Maron Attorney Denmark
Groover represented Smith and
Hawkinsville Attorney Roger
Lawson sepres nied Burke.
Season Opens For
Dave. Bob While
Georgia’s quail and dove season
got underway this week and the
outlook is bright in both depart
ments.
Large coveys of quail have been
■•eported in nearly every country
area where the bobwhites are
I usually found. Some farmers are
predicting this will be the best
year for quail.
The quail season opened Nov.
20 for a winter-long run that will
znd Feb. 25.
Also coming in the same day
vas rabbits for the same length
>f time.
Daily bag limit on quail is 12,
with a weekly limit of 30.
The dove season opened at
noon Wednesday, Nov. 23 ami v. ill
run through Jan. 14.
Dady bag limit on doves n 12
with u possespion I mit of 24.
Hunting hours for doves will be
noon to sun-set daily.
South Georgia hunters are ex
pecting an excxcllent second half
of the split season, with heavy
concentrations of doves reported
in many areas.
AMERICAN FARMERS
COMPARED WITH RUSSIANS
It American farmers were no
more efficient than those of the
Soviet Union, 22 1-2 million
Americans who now work in
manufacturing, construction, min
ing, the trades, transportation
and other non-farm business
would have to produce food,
clothing and forest products, ac
cording to United States Depart
ment of Agriculture reports.
Ts a child wakes promntly with
energy and an appetite for a good
breakfast, he likely has had
enough sleep, according to Miss
Audrey Morgan, head of the Ex
tw»inn Service family life de-
I nartment at the University of
I Geortria. On the other hand, if
I the child has to be prodded to get.
tin each mornirm and is played
out early in the day, he probably
neo''" more sleep.
ALAMO, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1960
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CURTAIN CALL—Nazism makes a brief and short-lived ap
pearance in Hollywood, Calif. Fred Joseph, 20, and Leonard
Holstein, 20, appear in a police station after they were
mobbed while demonstrating outside a theater. The youths,
who claim to be members of the American Nazi Party, were
protesting the appearance of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.,
engaged to actress May Britt.
A Walk in The Woods
By M. K. JACKSON
On most Georgia farms about
half the land is in woods. Geor
gia farmers and other landown
■rs sell almost $l5O million wortty
of wood products each year, and
.he wooa processing and manu
facturing plants add many more
nillion of dollars to Georgia’s in
come.
Wheeler County farmers are
row starting the seasonal job of
thinning, harvesting and planting
seedlings. Some of this work
can be a waste of time if not
done properly.
A study made recently by the
Georgia Forestry Commission
bowed that about 30 per cent
of the pine seedlings planted in
1960 failed to survive the first
ear A few simple precautions
•on Id help to get more of your
young trees to live.
Hope News
Mrs. Addie L.Childs and Pearl
Guillot, of Washington, D. C.,
.s spending a week with Mrs.
Cn.ids’ sister, Mrs. E. H. Sightier
Lnd hnr mother, Mrs. Annie L.
IWommack of Glenwood.
I Mr. and Mrs. Mack Oswald of
Marys, were week end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Baker
and son of Palatka, Fla., spent
the Thanksgiving holidays with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivey
Kii by.
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Carter
sp-mt the holidays with their par-'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Redd in
Savannah.
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Clark at
tended a birthday dinner Sunday
given in honor of Ossie Sears.
Mrs. J. B. Sumner and Mrs.
Ruby Richardson visited in Vi
dalia Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Dixon of
Mcßae visited Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Clark Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Faircloth
of Jacksonville, Fla., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Colon Hughes durirg
the week end.
Mrs. W. E. Adams and Mrs. i
Mary Lou Adams and son. of
Cbnrlott , Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Mritford, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie
ivr/-'Oiord andfamiliesof
Mcntford and families of Savan
nah ,visited Mr. and Mrs. V. W.
Montford during the holidays.
r ' ebb '■nmer with Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Clark en
B. R. Carter Tuesday night.
'"■-s. I. A. Carter has returned
home after a two week’s in Sa
vannah with her children.
Mr. and Mrs. Tippy Childs of
Washington, D.C., and Miss
Gladvs Wommack of Atlanta are
visiting Mrs. E. H. Sightier.
Remember: (1) Don’t let seed
. lings freeze in bundles; (2) Don’t
• let the roots dry out: (3) Plant
• seedlings at the proper depth; (4)
; Keep the roots straight when
I planting the Seedling in the
■ ground.
■ Probably more seedlings are
lost from shallow planting than
from any other -cause. If a por
tion of the root system is left
above ground, the seedling is
sure to die.
One thing you’ll want to be
sure to do is to get a firebreak
plowed or harrowed around the
old fields where the pines are to
be planted. It doesn’t take a very
hot fire to kill pine seedlings.
Some people feel that we are
planting too many trees. This is
not likely to be, the case with so
much of the nation depending on
the South for wood and wood
products. There are still many
acres of idle land in Georgia and
7Uite a bit in Jeff Davis County.
If this land is not needed for
farming, it should be planted in
pines. Idle land is a dead ex
pense. If the land is needed later
for crops or pasture, the trees
can be cut and sold.
Next week wC^l have our fi
nal article in the forestry series
nd we want to discuss the thin
ning of pine stands.
The average American ate 160.1
•j-'inds of moat in 1959, compared
with 127 pounds in 1939, aCcord
, ing to U. S. Department of Agri
culture records.
Farmer’s share of the food dol
lar in 1959 was 38 cents, accord
ing to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Mrs. A. L. Wommack and Miss
Gladys Wommack "visited Mrs.
Ethel Farmer in Jacksonville,
Fla., Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sightier
of Atlanta was called heme Tues
day due to th illness of hh fath
er, who is ill' in the VA Hof.yital
in Dublin, he hg^ been cn^d
।tn th ehosp.ital, & .week. Fr Is
wish him a speedy recovery.
Friends extend their deer st
sympathy to the relatives of M s.
Wynema Cl ments; who died
Tuesday after a brief illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Cappy Couey
and baby visited their parer ts,
Mr. and Mrs.-Ai L. fickle during
the week end.- ■ *
Mr. Hilton Smith, mailman of
Ft’. 1, Glenwood, and Donald
Kirby ran together on 19 High
way, near Lot’s Creek. Monday
morning due to’ # heavy fog,
completely demolishing both cars
in the crash, it was reported. No
one was seriously injured.