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NATION A L EDITORIAL
Thanksgiving
(Beprinied from the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Nov., 1964)
Three hundred forty-three years ago a small number of
grateful Pilgrims assembled in prayerful tribute to God for
an abundant first harvest. That occasion marked the launch
ing of a meaningful custom which has become one of our
Nation’s most cherished holidays—Thanksgiving Day.
In 1621, the Pilgrim Fathers were bound by spiritual
unity and love of and faith in the Supreme Being. Their}
special observance of thanks was a testimonial to their be-}
lief that God, in His omnipotent wisdom, looked with favor I
on their quest for a land where freedom’s blessings flow. In
this humble and devout setting, the true meaning of Thanks
giving was born.
Today, America is free and strong —a monument to the
hopes and ideals of the Pilgims. It stands as the greatest
fortress of brotherhood in the history of man. Conceived un
der God, our country represents a people whose progress has •
been blessed with divine guidance and whose history is rich ■
with evidence of His power and glory. We have emerged ;
triumphant from devasting world wars. Our scientific
achievements stagger the imagination. Our standard of liv
ing surpasses all expectations. Truly, the goodness and mercy
of God have been with us.
Regrettably, too many Americans no longer care about
religious ideals and heritage. To some, our country is a fan
tasyland filled with complimentary handouts of rights and
■freedom without obligations. With patent indifference, they
shirk the mere suggestion of individual responsibility. Their
purpose in life is lost in moral lethargy, self-indulgence, and
neglect of duty.
Time and experience have proved our Constitution to
be the greatest document for freedom ever drawn by man.
This instrument of self-government is a reality envisioned
by our Founding Fathers who were dedicated to the ideal
that man is superior to the State. It embodies the fundament
al principle of liberty which is dearer than life, the precept
that men shall live as equals under government by law, not
by men.
Law and order are pillars of democracy on which our
safety and welfare rest. Without law and order, oui society
would falter and be destroyed. Law enforcement, as the main
line of resistance against all enemies of our heritage, may in
deed be proud of its contributions to the growth of a Nation
founded on mutual trust, understanding, and faith in God.
On this Thanksgiving, we should lift our hearts in humble
thanks for this special privilege and pledge to uphold our
noble cause to promote tolerance, to preserve the rule of law,
and to protect and strengthen our God-given ideals and faith
in freedom.
We Americans must never lose sight of the fact that our
power, wealth, and happiness come directly or indirectly
•from our belief in God. Let us commemorate Thanksgiving
by refurbishing our religious ideals. And as we meet the
forces throughout the world which seek to destroy our way
of life, let us find strength in the Biblical quotation, ' 11 Goa
be for us, who can be against us?”
’ JOHN EDGAR HOOVER. Director
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"FARM CHATS"
By M. K. JACKSON
TERMS USED IN
1 SOIL TESTING
| On your soil test recommenda
tion sheets you have probably no
ticed some terms that you were
not too sure just what they meant.
Today, let’s examine a few of
; them.
First, the term pH. This term
gives the degree of soil acidity or
alkalinity. This is important in
determing if the soil needs lim
ing.
Soil texture is another term
you will see on the sheet.
This refers to the amount of
sand, silt, clay, and organic mat
ter that is in the soil sample. This
too, is important in determining
■ the lime requirements of the soil.
It takes more lime for clay loam
. than loamy said soil if you have
to raise the pH level.
FUMIGATION OF
STORED GRAIN
Fumigation of stored grain is
the only way of killing grain pests
that infested the kernels before
the grain was harvested. It is best
if this fumigation is done within
two weeks after it is placed in
storage.
There is one precaution that I
would like to ask that you care
, fully consider. That is to never
i stay inside the bin while apply
ing fumigant, unless you are pro
tected by a gas mask approved by
the U. S. Bureau of Mines for the
r type fumigant you are using.
J Os course, you want to follow
> all directions when using a fumi
r gant on your stored grain. Don’t
1 I forget, too, about having inspec
tions at least once a month.
' } HEAT FOR THE
[FARROWING HOUSE
If that farrowing house is in
I use this winter you will certainly
need some kind of heat. This is
true, too, during cool, damp
nights of summer. Those pigs
need to have more warmth pro
vided than they can provide for
themselves.
In most cases, you may use a
250 watt heat lamp. It is a good
idea to place this approximately
I 20 to 22 inches from the floor.
This is a good height for winter
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time as well as for those damp,:
chilly nights in the summer!
months.
If the house is tight enough, [
heat lamps will supply a suffi-'
cient amount of heat for the pigs.:
Remember that management of
a farrowing house and adequate >
care of the baby pigs are essen-;
tial in order for you to make a '
profit in the swine operation. J
GRAIN DRYING BY FAN
WITH UNHEATED AIR
If you are drying your stored
grain with a fan that uses un
heated air, there are certain
things that must be kept in mind.
If the fan is controlled manual
ly you should run the fan con-,
tinously until the wettest layer
is down io 15 per cent moisture
; content.
Then operate the fan on good
। drying days from 11 a.m. to 5
■ p.m. until the wettest layer is
down to 12 per cent moisture con
tent.
During long periods of rainy
weather when the grain moisture
content is medium to high, you
should operate the fan two or
three times a day. This operation
should be 15 minutes or more each
time.
For more information on drying
stored grain, contact me.
Daniel E. Rowland
Os Austell Is
Buried Saturday
Funeral services were held in
Shiloh Methodist Church Satur
day at 3 p.m. for Daniel E. Row
land, 72, of Austell, who died last
Thursday. The Rev. James Moore
officiated, and burial was in the
Shiloh Cemetery with Thomas
Funeral Home of Hazlehurst in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rowland was a nativp of
Wheeler County, but had ''made
i his home in Austell for several
• years.
’ Survivors include his wife, the
’ former Miss Mary Sears; two
’ daughters, Mrs. Mary Webb of
■ Mableton and Mrs. Leona Par
r sons of Miami, Fla.; a son, Daniel
F. Rowland, of Marietta; two
4 brothers, O. C. Rowland, of Canal
Point. Fla.; O. A. Rowland, of At
lanta, and one sister, Mrs. Vivian
:■ Mimbs, of Brunswick.
(J. S. Senator Herman Talmadge [
Warns Qi New Attempt To Gag Senate!
Georgia’s U. S. Senator Her
man E. Talmadge, who dedicated- }
!y believes in the integrity and j
traditions of the Senate, warns
that “the disciples of gag rule and
power politics once again are pre
• paring to launch an all-out at
} tack on the U. S. Senate when
I Congress reconvenes in January.”
( Said he:
“Every two years, with each
I new session of Congress, the Sen-.
: ate is faced with an assault on its
( rules and procedures, and notice
| already has been served that when
i the 89th Congress begins, the bat
' tie will be joined again.”
Addressing a recent meeting of
the Marietta Kiwanis Club, Sen.
Talmadge asserted that “in addi
i tion to attacking the integrity and
I traditions of the Senate, it a
mounts in the final analysis to an
attempt to change our form of
government, and for no better
reason than political expediency.’’
Severely criticizing “those who
preach the doctrine that the Sen
ate is archaic, obsolete and brok
j en down,” the Georgia junior sen
| ato rsaid “what these self-styled
: reformers really mean is that the
| Senate doesn’t always do their
j bidding.” Then he went on to
' say t
i “It is more than passing
} strange that some members of the
i Senate are its worst critics. They i
' spend much of their time saying ■
■ what a backward body they were !
! elected to serve in, disregarding(
i the fact that the Senate, with its I
' intricate and proven rules and :
i procedures, has served this coun
j try well for almost 200 years.
I “To lay the foundation for the
next biennial battle, there were
I introducted in the closing days of
i the last session of Congress 27
; major proposals to completely
(change the standing rules of the
i Senate. The disposition of these
proposals could well be among
the most important business to
come before us next year. There
adoption could bring disaster to
the Senate’s time-honored com
mittee system, and freedom of de
• bate which would be virtually
abolished.
“Besides charging that the Sen
i ale obstructs the demoncratic pro
, cess, which is so preposterous as
; to require no rebuttal, it is argued
that the Senate doesn’t respond
to dictates of the executive branch
in the enactment of proposed ad
. ministrative legislation.
“I contend that it is the role of
• the Senate to act, and not just to
react. It is not the purpose of the
Senate to docilely do whatever it
is told. We would abdicate our
constitutional responsibilities as
representatives of the people and
Highway Patrol
Cites Causes Os
Traffic Deaths
What are the direct causes of :
i most of the fatal traffic accidents •
• occuring in Georgia and when do (
• most of them occur?
t Answers to those questions are ;
? j given by the Georgia Department
:; of Public Safety’s Accident Re
; ! porting Division in an anlysis of};
i [ the 881 traffic fatalities recorded
I during the first nine months of .
f (1964. The report, released by Col.
?[ H. Lowell Conner, director, gives .
i j this breakdown:
“Ran Off Road” was the No. 1
; : cause listed. Os the total, 227 per-1
> ' sons died of injuries sustained i
f! when the cars in which they were I
- j riding ran off the road.
11 Collisions between cars took a 1
51 heavy toll. Head-on collisions |,
j jsnuffed out the lives of 137 per-}
I sons, while other motor vehicle j
’ । collisions resulted in 163 fatalities [
i over the state. Pedestrians killed ।
inumbered 132.
Other causes resulting in the
t death of 25 or more persons were:
j Overturned vehicles on the road, i
137; failure to yield the right-of-[
; way, 36; cars colliding with fixed
I objects. 36; losing control of cars
: and overturning, 25, and train
i car collisions, 25.
Saturdays were the worst days
[of the week for fatal accidents,
I claiming 237 of the 881 victims
I during the 9-month period. Sun
jdays were the second worst days
’ when 150 lives were claimed.
The other days of the week and
I the number of traffic fatalities re
! corded for each went like this:
[Fridays, 129; Wednesdays, 102;
Mondays, 98; Tuesdays, 83; and
! Thursdays, 82.
What is the most deadly time
for driving? The report disclosed
that the highest number of deaths |
in a one-hour period occurred be
। tween 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.. and i
most deaths in a 3-hour period
occured between 3 p.m. and 6
= P- m -
I sovereign states io allow the Sen- ’ <
j ate to be a rubber stamp.
“Instead of considering the sur- i
rende ro fits authority and inde- 1
■ pendence, the Senate, and the en- :
tire Congress as well, should con- <
cern itself with exerting more of
its constitutional powers in order
to protect the people against po- <
litical power plays.”
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Retirement Home
For Aging Citizens
To Open In February
Another retirement home for (
Georgia’s senior citizens will open
near Emory University in early
i February.
Wesley Woods, the multi-mil
lion retirement center being de
veloped by The Methodist Church,
will open with a near-capacity (
guest register, according to Scott (
Houston, executive administrator i
of the facility. Mr. Houston said j
no founders fees are required and
that guests pay only a monthly i
charge for living in Wesley
Woods. The fee will include all
services of the residence such as
housng, food, and entertainment.
Mr. Houston said Wesley Woods
will be the south’s most modern
retirement center. In addition to I
utilizing tasteful decor and fur-!
i nishings, the residence will in-'
I elude numerous safety factors de-1
(signed for the aging. Units are I
; still available and applications are i
i being taken from persons through- j
I out Georgia by Mr. Houston’s of-:
: fice in Atlanta.
Also under construction on i
Clifton Road is a multi-story nurs-1
ing home which will be located |
adjacent to the residence. The j
nursing home, expected to open;
before the end of 1965, will pro-1
vide intensive nursing care for;
' persons who are not ambulatory. ।
. The residence is restricted to per-:
■ sons aged 62 and above who are
i physically mobile.
; David N. Thomas, Atlanta, was j
I recently appointed business man-1
i ager of Wesley Woods, Inc., to:
co-ordinate general business ac- j
tivities of the center. He is a form- j
er Atlanta businessman.
Promotion of the organization
is being carried on through Wes
ley Woods Auxiliary, a group of
■ women interested in Georgia’s I
problems in aging. Newly elected!
! officers are as follows: President,}
। Mrs. Rembert Sisson; President- j
I Elect, Mrs. Virlyn Moore; Vice I
i President, Mrs. J. W. Royal; Sec-!
1 ! retary, Mrs. W. B. Stubbs, and .
■ Treasurer, Mrs. Wilber Glenn.
Soviet Shake-Up
Poses New Threat
To Nation—Cocke
“Recent developments have
demonstrated that the millenium
of peace has not yet dawned.
There continues to exist an over
riding need for American tactical
preparedness and strategic sup
eriority.”
Thus declared Earle Cocke Jr.,
a former national commander of
the American Legion, in a recent
report to the Legion’s National
Security Committee.
“At this time,” he said, “the
Chinese atomic bomb has largely
political but not yet real military
significance. Nevertheless, this
new communist capability further
weakens the U. S. position in
Vietnam.
“Within a few years, the Chi
nese wil Ihave a considerable
number of nuclear weapons and i
in due time they will acquire re
quisite delivery systems. Their
hold over Asia has been strength
ened.
“The position of India, Japan,
Formosa and Malaysia has been
weakened. Moreover, the over
throw of Khrushchev, in all like
lihood, signifies a turn toward re
conciliation between Moscow and
Peking.”
Cocke warned: “Thus, the dan
ger in which the U. S. finds itself
is growing. Unless our defense
policies are put on a realistic bas
is, there will be more rather than
less trouble.”
MILK FLOW SLOW?
The Georgia dairyman often
finds it hard to maintain his usual
rate of milk production in the late
summer and early fall. Extension
Service Dairyman W. H. McKin
ney says the slump is caused pri
marily by the cows not getting
enough food after pasture crops
become old, dried up, and. tough.
Every day in the Unived States
i nearly 25,000 families move from
one locality to another, according
I to Miss Audrey Morgan, head of
the family life department, Uni
versity of Georgia Extension Ser
vice.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1964
FHA Rural Housing
Loan Program
Families living in small rura.
communities and in rural areas,
even though not engaged in farm
ing may now be eligible for th-?
housing loans made by the Farm
ers Home Administration, accord
ing to Wayne Howell, the agency’s
county supervisor for Telfair and
Wheeler Counties.
The Housing Act of 1961 broad
ened the eligibility require.rent
for rural housing loans. As a re
sult owners of non-farm tracts ::i
rural areas and in small rural
communities of not more than
2,500, as well as farmers may bi
eligible for this type of credit.
Housing loans are made for the
construction, repair, and remodel
ing of dwellings and essential
farm buildings and to provide wa
ter for farmstead and household
use.
In addition to major construc
tion, funds are available to mod
ernize homes — add bathroom-,
central heating, modern kitchens,
and other home improvements, a
well as to enlarge and remodel
farm service buildings and put
i related facilities such as paved
feedlots, yard fences, and drive
ways.
The interest rate is 4 per cent
per year on the unpaid balance ■:
the loan. Loans may be schedule ■
. for repayment over periods up :
133 years.
( The proposed housing must
i adequate to meet the famii
(needs yet modest in size and c?
। sign.
To be eligible an applicant me
[ own a farm or a housing site :
la rural area; be without dece.. .
i safe and sanitary housing; be ? -
[able to obtain the needed creJi:
I from other sources; and be with-
I out sufficient resources to p ?
} vide the necessary housing on hi -
i own account. He must also hav
| or be able to obtain sufficient ii:
i come to meet payments on exisi
i ing debts, take care of his other
1 expenses, and make the payment
lon the proposed loan.
I The local county supervisor o:
i the Farmers Home Administration
! will review building plans and ir.-
j spect the housing construction a
j it progresses in order to make cer
( tain that the borrower obtains
sound and acceptable construc
tion.
Farmers who need to enlarge or
develop their farming operati;/ •
j in order to obtain enough income
[ to pay for housing loans may ob
। tain farm enlargement and de
[ velopment loans and farm man
। agement help from the Farmer
’ Home Administration.
। Further information on rural
| housing loans may be obtained
i the county office of the Farmers
; Home Administration located at
j Mcßae or at the part-time office
located in Alamo on Friday
mornings.
Women Give Sanders
Data On How To
Solve Problems
Long an advocate of women
taking an active role in govern
mental affairs, Gov. Carl E. Sand
ers repeatedly has encouraged
Georgia's fair sex to give him ad
vice and counsel in running the
state government. The other day
he got what he’s been asking for
— and in a big way, too.
The 112 females comprising the
year-old Governor’s Commissic.
on the Status of Women handed
him their preliminary report. Act
ually, it was four reports with
recommendations for improve-
I ment in the areas of employment,
education and counseling, home
and community, and laws.
The commission, headed by Mr?.
Mamie Taylor of Atlanta, said ■
final report would be made be
fore the General Assembly con
venes in January.
In accepting the report from
the commission he set up little
i over a year ago, Gov. Sanders
i told the members:
“It is, of course, the responsi
; bility of the political leadership
of the state to vigorously support
any diligent and careful study of
our problems, to examine the pro
posed solutions with care, and
i then to endorse and to work for
} the passage of those proposals
that are useful and beneficial to
the state.
“I accept my responsibility to
study your recommendations with
! care and to bring them to the at
: ■ tention of the public and the ap
} propriate agencies of the state
i government. You have a similar
| responsibility in taking them to
I the people in every* way possible
and in urging the various agencies
: to give them careful considera
tion.”
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