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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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Politics ol n Parade
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Washington, D. C. — Another|
rolumn from the Nation’s Capi
tol where the writer has just
spent another week, and the
beautiful weather here this time
&as made up for the heavy snows
we plowed through in this city
back in February. Washington is
mighty pretty in the Spring, and
.many thousands of school chil
dren from throughout the coun
try pick a fine season to visit
and see the sights. Several groups
horn Georgia have already been
jbere, with a lot more to come
,*his month and next.
* * * *
Coming back from an Easter
holiday, our lawmakers have
buckled down to the daily grind
®f considering several thousand
bills and resolutions, most of
which, of course, will not be en
acted into law. Administration
measures from President Kenne
dy are occupying the full time
of both House and Senate now,
and will likely consume several
more weeks. The best informa
tion we have been able to gather
is that the President will get the
Ronald Ferguson of Dawson:
Georgia's farmer of the year
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ONE OF OUR rural customers, "Ronald Fergu
son of Dawson, has been named Georgia’s
Farmer of the Year for 1960 by the Georgia
Farmer magazine.
lie was given the honor “in recognition
of his outstanding progress in crops and
livestock production, in soil conservation and
for his contributions to his community.”
Mr. Ferguson is one of thousands* of rural
customers served directly by the Georgia
Power Company. He uses electricity to lighten
his chores and to increase production. Low
cost electric power assists him in everything
from brooding baby pigs to running the drill
press in his farm shop.
A rural engineer of the Georgia Power
Company worked with Mr. Ferguson in de
signing the farm's modern wiring system.
For 34 years company engineers have helped
farmers throughout the state to power-up
their farm operations.
Their services are available to you as well,
without cost or obligation. Just contact the
nearest Georgia Power Company office fqr
more information.
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/• serves directly 217,612 rural and
i farm customers wholly outside
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legislation he wants, in substan
tially the form submitted. For
instance, as we write this, the
Senate is considering the wage
and hour bill, and has killed prac
tically all amendments not want
ed by the administration. Before
this column is in print, this bill
will have passed and likely will
be in a Conference Committee to
resolve the differences with the
bill passed by the House.
♦ * ♦ *
Os the nine bills passed thus
far by the Senate, Senator Her
man Talmadge has voted for sev
en, notably aid to the unem
ployed, area redevelopment, and
the feed'grain program. The Sen
ator voted against the Wage and
Hour Bill, wholly because of the
proposed law’s violation of the
constitutional concept of the Fed
eral government’s role in inter
state commerce. He is of course,
fully in sympathy with the work
ing man’s need of a liveable wage
scale.
* * • *
The Senator voted, also, for
the bill providing additional Fed-
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
eral Judges in the various states.
This bill passed the House, also,
last Wednesday. Under it, Geor
gia will receive another District
Judge for the Northern District,
and the temporary judgeship at
Macon is made permanent. The
new law, also, makes provision
for an additional Judge of the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
All the talk up here is that this
appointment is likely to go to
Griffin Bell, of Atlanta, IF Geor
gia gets it. One of the other
states in the Fifth Circuit could
get the job, however, particularly
Florida or Mississippi.
Mr. Bell has the endorsement
of all the Georgia delegation, ex
cept one, plus, it is rumored, ten
tative White House approval.
Many, many Georgians have
written letters up here endors
ing Mr. Bell, who was co-chair
man of the Kennedy campaign
in Georgia last fall.
* * * *
The writer was wonderfully im
pressed last Wednesday morning
when Senator Talmadge invited
us to go with him to a Senate
“Prayer Breakfast”, which is
held each Wednesday. Fifteen or
twenty Senators, invariably in- 1
eluding Talmadge, meet for pray-'
er and discussion, led by seme
well known personage. The guest
speaker last week was David
Lawrence, the noted publisher
and columnist. After his talk on
Christian principles in govern
ment, each Senator present spoke
a few words along these lines.
It was most inspiring, and frank
ly, the knowledge that these law
makers are not leaving God out
of their lives makes one feel bet
ter abcut the future of our na
tion.
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The rumors we have been hear
ing in Georgia that Congressman
J. L. Pilcher will not seek re
election next year are, apparent
ly, completely unfounded. Mr.
Pilcher seems deeply dedicated to
the service of his Second District,
and is practically certain to re
main in Congress at least as long
as Kennedy stays in the White
House.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Congressman Elliott Hagan, of
the First District, is exerting
every effort to secure a research
grant to provide a cobalt machine
to treat cancer patients in his
District. If he is successful, the
Farm Loans
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Low Costs
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If interested see our representative, MR. SAM HINES
LEY at any of the locations listed below or contact your
local Title Attorney.
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FRIDAY MONDAY
AT 9:00 O'CLOCK A.M. AT 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M.
ORDINARY'S COUNTY AGENT'S
OFFICE OFFICE
EASTMAN, GEORGIA McRAE, GEORGIA
Address Correspondence to:
Georgia Agricultural Development Authority
1319 Citizens & Southern National Bank Building
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Telephone Jackson 5-0784
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The National Safety Council says: Be sure your wind
shield wiper blades and arms are in perfect condition.
You need one ounce of arm pressure for each inch of rub
ber blade length to sweep off rain or road spray, instead
of sliding over it and causing poor visibility.
machine will be at Savannah, to
serve patients in that section of
the state. There are only two in
Georgia now, in Atlanta and Au
gusta. There will be further in
formation made public shortly on
Mr. Hagan’s plans to help stamp
out cancer in the country.
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Congressman Robert Stephens,
of the Tenth District, has a great
pride in the State of Georgia,
and partly for that reason, voted
against the bill to aid depressed
areas. Mr. Stephens said that the
bill doesn’t list any depressed
areas in Georgia, and that we
don’t want to be placed in that
classification, anyway. The real
purpose behind the bill, he says,
is to try to stop industry from
coming South.
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Congresswoman Iris Blitch is
one of five outstanding Georgia
women who will be honored this
week at the convention of Geor
gia Women’s Clubs at Jekyll Is
land. Mrs. Blitch has been named
“outstanding woman in govern
ment”.
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Every Georgian we have seen
in Washington wants to know
the political situation in Geor
gia’s muddled gubernatorial pic
ture. There seems to be about as
much interest up here as at home.
AGRICULTURE IS BIG
BUSINESS
Agricultural industry employs
7% million workers on farms, 10
millions to store, transport, pro
cess and merchandise agricultural
products and 6 million to supply
farmers, says Extension Econo
mist S. J. Brannen at the Uni
versity of Georgia College of Ag
riculture. The investment in the
farming business exceeds 208-biL
lion dollars in the United States,
he reports.
Dr. George C. Paulk
Chiropractor
Mcßae, Ga.
Office Phone 6701
Residence Phone 6721
DocMAG
By The Medical Association
of Georgia
Sun's "Kiss"
Can Kill You
Now that summer’s here, prac
tically everybody is spending
more time in the sun. Sunshine
is good for us and we all admire
the healthy lock a bit of the
sun gives us. But we’re mighty
prone to get too much of a good
thing.
We forget, or maybe we don't
know, that too much sun is dan
gerous. It can cause a painful,
blotchy, itching sunburn. It can
produce sun poisoning or an al
lergic rash. It can aggravate an
existing illness. And it causes
premature aging and thickening
of the skin which frequently re
sults in skin cancers.
As we would expect, the ef
fects of too much sunshine are
seen most often in people in the
southern part of the United
States and in tropical climates.
But they’re seen in people any
। where who spend a lot of time
!in the sunshine. These include
farmers, sailors, laborers, and
policemen.
The human body protects it
self against the sun by a thick
ening and darkening of the skin
and by increased sweating. Ne
groes and other dark-skinned
people rarely have trouble with
too much sun but fair-skinned
and thin-skinned people should
beware. Especially susceptible to
the sun’s bright rays are those
who freckle and blister easily.
You might like to knew just
how the body tans itself. The
melanin or pigment in the skin
is first changed by oxygen to a
darker color. Then it moves up
ward toward the surface of the
skin. Then new pigment cells
form. The maximum tanning is
usually reached in about 19 days.
It takes about nine months for
the body to go back to its origi
nal color.
People who freckle can’t form
new pigment except in small
spots—and they are where the
freckles appear. These people are
short on pigment forming cells
and the shortage is an hereditary
factor related to the tendency
for red hair. The non-pigmented
areas—where the freckles aren’t
—are prone to excessive thick
ening and premature aging.
Sun poisoning, called photo
tbxicity, can occur in any of us.
It’s caused by chemical changes,
brought on by the sun’s rays,
deep down in the skin tissue. It
produces fever, vomiting, head
ache and general pains which
last for several days. Some peo
ple are allergic to the chemicals
released in the skin following
exposure to the sun and develop
hives and blisters.
People who already have cer
tain illnesses will get worse when
exposed to the sun. This is es
pecially true if the illness hap
pens to be one of several skin
diseases. There are several rare I
Tips on Touring
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Women': Travel Authority
Tire Core and Safety
We women aren’t supposed to be
good at figures, but here’s one sta
tistic t hat should make us take not ice:
In a recent check, it was discovered
that faulty tires were responsible for
19 per cent of all traffic fatalities due
to equipment failure.
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Protect yourself and your family
by following these ten tips on tire
care, passed on to me by Shell Oil
Company's automotive experts:
1. Keep your tire pressure st the
correct level. Check them in the
morning before any long trip. Never
underinflate purposely.
2. Have wheel alignment and bal
ance checked at least once a year.
3. Every few months have the tires
checked inside and out for damage
such as cuts, abrasions, uneven tread
wear, etc.
4. Have the tires rotated every
5,000 miles.
5. Never drive on slick, worn tires.
6. If you do a lot of turnpike
driving, buy special high-speed tires.
7. Save extra speed for passing.
S. Take it easy on rough roads.
9. Never ride the shoulder of the
road.
10. If you tend to rub the tires
against the curb when parking, have
metal feelers put on your car.
diseases which can actually be
caused by too much sun.
The best way to avoid the trou-!
bles the sun causes is to stay i ।
out of it. You should certainly;;
avoid overexposure. You can’t ‘.
depend on the lotions and pills. *
Among the tablets which hasten :
the growth of pigment cells, those ;
containing para - aminobenzoic ■
acid or its derivatives or benzo-'
phenones are the most effective, i
Oils, calamine lotion and other i ■
preparations help absorb or scat-1
ter the rays of the sun. |;
The new lotions for applying I;
an artificial tan offer no protec-1 ;
tion from sun burn or sun poison- ■'
ing.
Doc MAG says:
1. Unless you are dark skinned, s
excessive exposure to the sun or i i
to sun lamps may cause you to ।:
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"COWBOY TOWN”...
GEORGIA’S NEW FRONTIER
The wild west has come to Georgia!! Cowboy Town, near College
Park, is Georgia’s own rendition ot Tombstone Territory, offering fun
and excitement for boys and girls of all ages, as well as providing an
authentic education in western folklore.
Cowboy Town is located about 2 miles just off the 41 Expressway
south of Atlanta on Sullivan Road. Follow the cloverleaf road to the
Farmers Market, turning right at the bridge. A sign on the left indicates
the turnoff to a beautifully picturesque wooded lot and lake—your des
tination. The gates are open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.
until dark, and Sunday from 1 p.m. until dark. Admission is 25 cents.
An Indian village with 6 teepees is sighted first among the tall
pines. In front of the main tent a Cherokee Indian tells his story of the
old days and teaches the Indian sign language to the wide-eyed children
surrounding him. His squaw with her papoose is there also, selling
arrowheads, bows and arrows, and Indian jewelry to the visitors.
Close by, a shooting range provides a test in skill as everyone tries
his luck at shooting dummy cowboys with bows and arrows.
They’re giving away gold at Cowboy Town, too. A thorough inves
tigation of the gold mine near the Indian camp and samples of the
nuggets, containing real and fool’s gold, is proof enough that Cowboy
Town is truly unique.
A stagecoach is the only mode of transportation from the Indian
encampment around the lake into Cowboy Town. The rustic, wooden
buildings look as the West did a century ago—as if they had just been
transplanted in another part of the country.
The quadrangled buildings furnish enough amusement for an en
tire day. Children may have their pictures taken and placed on Wanted
Posters at the Photo Shop. Next door at the Cowboy Town Gazette,
they may stop in for the local newspaper which is always full of exciting
happenings around the cowboy community.
The old-fashioned Trading Post is just what the name implies. Old
toys may actually be traded in for new ones, plus a wide selection of
toys, games, guns and Confederate relics are on hand. Food for camp
ing may also be purchased from the Trading Post.
The Recreation Center, spacious enough for square dancing, is
available to civic and church groups, scout meetings and tenderfoot
campers. Even old-time movies are shown to interested groups. And
no charge for any of it!
After a rough morning of “riding the range,” the Saloon, complete
with swinging doors, offers relaxation and refreshment (soft drink re
freshment, that is). On each side of the Saloon are rooms for private
birthday parties. Just reservations—no charge—are all that is neces
sary for any child's birthday celebration. I
Should villainy occur in Cowboy Town, such as a stagecoach
robbery', the Saloon is the focal point of excitement. The bartender
quickly dons his judicial robes and appoints children who are in the
Saloon at that time to jury duty. If the culprit is found guilty he must
endure a few minutes “torture” in the town jail, as Marshall Bill play's
his guitar and sings.
At the barber shop, next door to the saloon, the young cow’boy
receives a free “shave” with his haircut. While waiting his turn he may
try his luck on the rifle shooting machines.
Stagecoach rides around the lake, riding the pony express, canoe
ing and fishing, picnicking around the area and campihg overnight in
the Indian Milage, covered wagons or in the recreation room—all are
added attractions in Cowboy Town. i
As the sun sets over the crossed graves atop Boot Hill, little cow
boys and cowgirls, some heading homeward, others beside flickering
campfires, dream of those long ago days when cowboys and Indians
roamed the western wilderness. (
Instead of watching cowboys and Indians fight it out on television
or in the movies, get into the action yourself, pardner. Join the other
“ranch hands ’ at Cowboy- Town for a real western adventure.
-by LAURA ANDERSON
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, IMI
suffer acute and chronic skin
troubles and other ailments.
2. You must depend on your
common sense to protect you
against too much sun. Lotions
and medicines won’t do the
whole job. The ideal protection
from the sun has yet to be de
veloped.
PLANTING SHRUBS
A major reason for generally
unhealthy condition cf shrubbery
is poor soil preparation, says Ex
tension Horticulturist Gerald
Smith at the University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture. Near
ly all soils in Georgia need the
incorporation of organic matter
before shrubs are planted. He
suggests working in some form
of organic matter with existing
soil prior to planting.