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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
Published at Alamo, Georgia, By
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
"FARM CHATS"
By M. K. JACKSON
Thrips In Cotton
It’s that time of year again
when we talk about cotton, insect
damage.
Thrips are usually the first in
sects to attack cotton. These in
sects are tiny, slender pests that
damage your cotton .by rasping
and sucking on the young, deve
loping leaves in the cotton bud.
When thrips attack a cotton
plant the plant becomes ragged
in appearance, and thrips also de
lay developing and fruiting of
Ihe cotton plant.
Thrips control is a part of the
early-season insect control pro
gram. In the early season insect
control you should apply your
<irst applications soon as the cot
ton is up to a stand.
Usually thrips can be control
led toy two light applications of
insecticides if the applications are
properly timed.
Contact me for more informa
tion on your cotton insect control
program for this year.
Sprayers After 2,4-D Usage
It is extremely difficult to clean
/ b sprayer that has been used with
2,4-D. It is suggested that sprayers
applying 2,4-D material NOT be
used for sensitive crops.
The chemical 2,4-D is used for
Weed control, and it is best if you
use a different sprayer when you
want to apply a different chemi-
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Hide it in a closet! Fit it neatly in your
kitchen! Living’s easy with a flameless
electric water heater
One of the nicest things about an electric
water heater is its flexibility. Because it’s
flameless, it needs no vent or flue. So you
can install it anywhere —at the point of
greatest hot water use for short-pipe-run
economy or in an out-of-the-way place to
save valuable floor space.
Quick-recovery electric water heaters
are fast, too. No wait, no worry. You
always have plenty of hot water for all
your household chores when you want it.
Now you can have electric water heating
and the other advantages of all-electric
living at the lowest price in our history.
Ask us about our total-electric rate.
Learn how you may save up to 20 per cent
on your whole electric bill.
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cal. This involves a little more
expense, but believe me, it’s worth
it.
The chemical may be removed
from your sprayer, if you just
l have to, but it really takes lots
of time, effort, and patience.
May I suggest that you only
use one sprayer for your 2,4-D
applications, and another one for
your other chemicals.
Beef Cattle Prospects
The current outlook for fed
beef is for improvement in prices
in the last half of this year. This
is the predicion of Paul Bunce,
Extension Market Information
Outlook Specialist.
Bunce explains that a too rapid
increase in prices of fed cattle
could set the stage for another
break in fed cattle prices next
year or in 1965.
Large supplies of fed beef will j
be forthcoming during the second
quarter of this year. (However, if
recent downward adjustments in
marketing margins continue, these
large supplies could move into
consumption without further ser
ious adjustments in fed cattle
prices. This depends on orderly
marketing during this period, in
cluding avoidance of feeding cat
tle to excess weights and heavy
bunching of marketings.
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Hoi Weather And
Concrete Mixing
Hot weather causes trouble [
when working with concrete. I
However, these difficulties can I
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
I be overcome with just a little ef
| fort.
Remember a few simple rules
and you will not experience any
difficulties in your concrete work.
Some of these rules are to keep
the temperature of fresh concrete
below 80 degrees F., if possible.
This can Ibe accomplished by
sprinkling aggregates, use of cool
water in the mix, and holding
mixing time to less than an hour.
Another point to remember,
too, is that the quantity of water
| used to cool aggregated must be
[ deducted from the total in the
(mix design.
Proper curing of concrete is
important, too. By simply keep
ing fresh concrete moist for six
or seven days it is possible to
double its strength. Protect fresh
| concrete from hot, dry wind, di
rect sunlight, and high tempera
tures by the use of plastic sheets,
wet straw, or burlap.
These are just a few points to
[ help you get strong, durable con
crete that will resist all weather
extremes.
। Accommodating Vacationers
j You can reap additional dollars
by accommodating vacationers.
You may just have the ideal
place for some family to spend
a vacation. There are more than
40,000 farm ponds in the state,
many of them are right here in
Wheeler County. These offer tre
mendous vacation opportunities if
ample services are provided.
If you have a cottage or remod
eled tenant house beside a lake,
river, farm pond or other ideal
locations, you might want to earn
some extra money by renting it
for a weekend, week or even
longer.
People will not know about it
unless you advertise it, so why
not check to see if you have an
ideal vacation locale on your
place, and then maybe fix it up,
and advertise it. It could mean
extra dollars to you.
This can be another important
aspect of the Rural Areas Devel-
Sen. Talmadge Warns Georgians To
Practice Self-Rule Government
State and local officials who
don’t make self-government work
“run the risk of being governed
from a afar which ultimately
could mean the end of our repub
lican form of government as we
know it,” declared Georgia’s U.S.
Senator Herman E. Talmadge.
Delivering the principal address
at the dedication of the new Clay
ton County Courthouse and Ad
ministration Building, just held
in Jonesboro, the Senator warned
against “the prevailing tendency
of local governments to relinquish
the responsibilities which go with
the rights guaranteed them by
the 9th and 10th Amendments.”
“So long as state and local gov
ernments continue to look to
Washington for handouts,” Tal
madge said, “they will see more
and more of their state and in
dividual rights eaten away. It
can only result in a stronger,
more centralized federal govern
ment while local governments
grow weaker and less responsive
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Sponsored by Ga Dept, of Commerce & Ga. Press Assn.
GEORGIA HERITAGE—The first steamboat to travel across
the Atlantic Ocean was a Georgia vessel which sailed from a
Georgia port. Built by the Savannah Steam Ship Company, the
Savannah was powered by pine-fueled steam engines and sail.
This ocean pioneer left Savannah on May 22, 1819, bound for
Liverpool. After two weeks under steam power, the detachable
iron paddle-wheels were hoisted on deck, and using its sails the
ship completed the voyage on June 20. After visiting Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, and Russia, the Savannah recrossed the ocean
to Georgia in 26 days, only 6 of which required full power by
'sails.
opment Work being carried on
in Wheeler County.
| Traveling
d Through Georgia
OLD WEST—TUCKER STYLE
By: Charles E. Hooper
A full week of festivities be
, i ginning May 25 is planned at
' j Tucker. And before these excit
: i ing activities begin, they passed
Ha new law to aid in the celebra
j tion. It’s the law now in Tucker
;{ that every man must grow a beard
■ i and wear Western clothing, and
: | anyone caught violating the law
> j will be fined. A new sheriff will
:be “elected” just to enforce the
[recent legislative action at Tuck
■er.
! From May 25 to June 1, “Tuck
■er Days” will be observed and
I there will be enough activities
■ in town that week to more than
| satisfy the most active and ener-
I getic of visitors. An old “Red
'Dog Saloon” will be in operation
complete with dancing girls and
a bar . . . they will serve root
1 beer. Customers can listen to
music from an old player piano.
A parade downtown will begin
the festivities . . . there will be
horses, covered wagons, decorat
ed antique automobiles, and
bands galore. Some type of spe
cial event is planned for each day
of the week.
Monday night — there’s a beau
ty pageant; Tuesday night —
there’s a square dance planned
for one end of town and a rock
and roll one at the other. On
Wednesday night, there’s a “Tall
Tales of Tucker Show”, profes
sional wrestling, and a midway
with concession stands through
out town. Then on the weekend,
a rodeo will be held both Friday
and Saturday night, featuring the
famous Foiwlkes group. And in
case you're afraid that there still
won’t toe enough activity, during
the entire week of the celebra-
to the people.”
Noting that next year the cost
of federal financial assistance
programs to state and local gov
ernments is expected to reach ap
proximately $10.4-billion, the for
mer Georgia governor declared:
“This federal aid, up from $2.7-
billion in 1954, will have almost
quadrupled, and the powers of
the federal government increased
accordingly.”
Sen. Talmadge challenged the
Georgia officials “to solve local
problems at the local level and
to stop thinking of the federal
government as a beneficient fi
nancial cure-all.”
The Senator congratulated the
citizens of Clayton County, re
portedly the fastest growing
county in population in Georgia,
on their new courthouse which
was built with funds from a $795,-
900 local bond issue. Said he:
“This courthouse symbolizes self
government functioning at its very
best.”
tion, a carnival will also be in
town.
Tucker is about 18 miles east
of Atlanta, and while you’re there
you should take advantage of the
opportunity of visiting the many
other attractions that are in the
area.
If you haven’t visited Stone
Mountain “since all the work be
gan’, you’ll be delighted at the
new alpine sky lift that’s now
in operation, the beautiful ante
bellum home that’s now com
pletely authentically furnished,
the ‘'wild” train ride on the “Gen
eral” around the base of the
mountain and a host of other fun
filled activities.
The new law in Tucker doesn’t
state that visitors have to grow
a beard and wear Western cloth
es. It’s only for the local citizen
ry. For a real live Western hoe
down, visit Tucker during their
celebration. It will be one that
you will certainly enjoy. Just ask
your local service station opera
tor to give you the best and most
direct route to Tucker. He’ll be
glad to assist you.
GOING UP IN SMOKE
The number of forest fires in
creased in Georgia in the first
quarter of 1963. March was the
smokiest month, with almost 2,-
300 fires. This is twice the num
ber reported in March, 1962. Ted
Walker, Extension forester at the
University of Georgia, says the
Georgia Forestry Commission and
forest industry fire fighters have
kept the size of the fires quite
small. Fires so far this year have
averaged only 5.5 acres.
A MAJOR THREAT
Fire is still a major threat to
Georgia’s forest resources. Ted
Walker, forester with the Coop
erative Extension Service, says
prevention is the only real an
swer. He adds that debris burn
ing is the number one cause of
forest fires.
When a man finds no peace
within himself, it is useless to
seek it elsewhere.—Anonymous
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Two new fastback hardtop models— the Mercury Marauder and Mercury
Marauder S-55 —go on sale at Mercury dealerships in early March as mid-year
additions to the Mercury series. The Marauder, above, has as standard equipment a
390 cubic-inch displacement V-8 engine. The Marauder S-55 features bucket seats
and console-mounted gear-shift. A 300 horsepower 390 CID V-8 engine and Multi
drive Merc-O-Matic also are standard on the S-55. Two optional high performance
427 CID V-8 engines also will be available as mid-year improvements on all Mercury
Marauders and Montereys. The two engines, designed for maximum performance
under the rigors of sustained high speed driving, will develop up to 425 horsepower,
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This is a wantsit*
(commonly called a modern want-ad machine)
It converts unused, unwanted and out-grown items about the house into good, old
fashioned money. Look about the house, list all those idle items which may now be
collecting only dust-place a want-ad in this newspaper and let them collect money
for you, for a change. Many people may be waiting eagerly for these items you
no longer want.
Incidentally, read the want-ads in this edition. They're loaded with bargains.
Put this wonderful little money making machine, the want-ad, to work for you.
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You folks looking for some
good buys in food; meats, gro
ceries, vegetables, frozen foods?
Well drop in at C & C Super
Market in Alamo. Fine spot is
tops. Look in their windows for
specials of week. . .
Going terrific is Alice's Case
in center of town. Fine spot open
for breakfast, lunch, dinner has
“All You Can Eat” policy for din
ner—WOW. . .
Most of the smart looking gals
are those who have their hair
done at Annice's Beauty Shop.
Top hair stylists in area work
here. Prices reasonable. . .
And speaking of top firms for
all your hardware, furniture, etc.
it’s Joiner Hardware & Furniture
and Joiner Discouni House in
Glenwood. Fine spot is author
ized dealer for General Electric.
Highest Prices Paid For Gum
At Filtered Rosin Products Co.
Naval Stores Supplies
Orin Towns-Alamo, Ga.
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1963
Evelyn Carroll
Recommends..,
> Also offers fine repairs. . .
With Mothers Day fast a;
1 proaching, how about remember
■ ing Mom with a box of cand
; from Glenwood Drug Co.
• Glenwood? Also all your othe
pharmacy items. . .
> Now switched over to Sunoc
i Gas is Clark Oil Co. in Gier
; wood. Same fine service as be
. fore. . .
Other recommended firms -
; The Tot ’N Jot Shop, Lyons; D:
• Glynn Johnson, Chiropractor, Me
. Rae; Thigpen’s Appliances, M.
: Rae; Merle Norman Cosmetic
Mcßae; Billie Owens Texaco, M<
Rae; Eugene Smith Jeweler.
Eastman; Weyman I. Montfor
, Tax Service and Public Accour
( tant, Dublin; Clements Use
Cars, Eastman. . .
McCorkle Cricket Farm, Mette: