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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 ai Alamo, Georgia, By
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GWENDOLYN B. COX Editor and Publisher
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
i iBAI
The New Case For E Bonds
Much attention has been given recently to the useful
ness of various money market instruments for various pur
poses. The many elements of risk, yield, stability and the like
-have come in for microscopic scrutiny — and in some cases,
high enthusiasm in the selling.
In the midst of what can be described in some cases only
as faddism, the plain old Treasury E Bonds have been over
looked. And that is too bad.
For while the E Bond offers nothing like the glamor of:
some of the other money market instruments, for some per
sonal investors it makes very good sense indeed Nobody has
been making much fuss about these bonds — but many bank- j
ers concerned with the personal investment portfolios of
their customers are finding it wise to recommend these bonds i
for their consideration.
In his column for The American Benker, Broadwall Stone I
recently pointed out some of the advantages of E Bonds un-1
der certain conditions. The yield, for example, is more at
tractive than the 3%% rate which is advertised, because of
a law permitting the investor to defer payment of income tax
on accrued interest until the bond reaches maturity. In every
other situation, the investor has to pay taxes on yield asl
earned, and cannot let it lie untouched to compound at a
faster rate.
Also, the yield is guaranteed. While there is no prospect
in sight of any decline in present interest rates for other in
vestments, still nobody has promised that they will hold to
their present levels, which are the highest in several decades,
Mr. Stone points out.
E Bond yields also are exempt from state and local taxes
—- an especially attractive feature at a time when the tax
load in these categories is expected to increase. And Federal
taxes are deferrable. The bonds can be bought during peak
earning years, and their income taxed during years of lower
earnings — at a lower tax rate. In effect, a kind of quasi
exempt status for the earnings from these bonds can be
achieved.
Too often, banks discuss E Bonds almost apologetically,
out of a sense of duty. What is now becoming apparent, as
shifts in the tax burden are taking place, is that the less glam
orous but solid qualities of these bonds are getting to be more
iipporiant. In many cases, investment in E Bonds can be
recommended not just out of a sense of obligation, or even
on the basis of safety alone — but rather, in a large and grow
ing number of cases, as the smartest place for the individual
investor to place a substantial part of his money.
FEED WINTER LAWNS
Now is a good time of the year
.to fertilize cool weather lawn
grasses such as fescue, bluegrass,
snd the bent grasses. P. J. Ber
geaux, Cooperative Extension Ser
vice agronomist, recommends 25
to 30 pounds of fertilizer per
1,000 squart feet. Uuse 6-12-12,
5-10-15, or 10-10-10.
Highest Prices Paid For Gum
At Filtered Rosin Products Co.
Naval Stores Supplies
Orin Towns - Alamo, Ga.
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ON CHILD CARE
Children are able to accept al
most any of. the human emotions
in parents but a “phony” one, ac
cording to Miss Audrey Morgan,
head of the Extension Service
family life department. “Instead
of trying to be perfect parents,”
she says, “it is more important to
strive to be better people.”
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
"FARM CHATS"
By M. K. JACKSON
! LIME HISTORY ON
SOIL TEST SHEETS
Have you ever wondered why
it's important that you state the
lime history of your field on the
soil test information sheet?
It is essential that past liming
history of the field being tested
be known before accurate lime
' recommendations can be made.
The reason is that it takes from
two to three months for lime to
become available in a soil in suf
ficient quantities so appreciably
change soil pH values.
Therefore, if lime had been ap
plied a short time prior to taking
a soil sample, soil analysis prob
ably could not detect any change
in soil pH.
So, make sure of the past time
history when filling out the in
formation sheets.
IDENTIFICATION ON CATTLE
It is important that you iden
tify each cow in your herd.
You must know which animals
are paying their way, and which |
are not, soby identification of ■
• each animal you can readily tell!
| which ones are money makers for i
I you.
You may identify cows by three
; ways. One is the branding meth-I
I od. another is the neck chain
। method, and the third is the plas- ;
I tic ear tag method.
, The ear tag is probably the
(most economical, but sometimes
* tags become hard to read because
j of hair growth in the ears.
The neck chain method is the
most expensive, and it is painless
for the animal. However, there
is a possibility that the animal will
loose the tag. or the chain could
get caught in something.
The hot iron or liquid brand
method is the most practical, but
you may have to do some clip
ping when the animal’s hair be
comes long in the winter time.
Whichever method you use,
identify each animal. It will pay
you.
METHYL BROMIDE AS
A GRAIN FUMIGANT
Methyl bromide can be bought
in a one-pound pressurized can,
and may be used for a fumigant
in your stored grain.
Remember that extreme cau
tion should be taken in the use
of this material because of its high
toxicity to warm-blooded animals.
Too, the bins must be air tight
when using methyl bromide. You
may add to the effectiveness of
this fumigant by installing recir
culation fans.
You will need to use two pounds
of methyl bromide per 1000 cubic
feet for shelled corn and oats.
For sorghum, use three pounds
per 1000 feet.
RAISING DAIRY CATTLE
If you are raising your own
dairy herd replacements, you must
constantly keep in mind that it
takes daily care and management
for the calves to turn into out
standing cows.
In well-managed dairy herds,
a 100 per cent replacement calf
, crop is often experienced from
three to five years without the
■ loss of a single calf. Under ex
tremely poor management con
ditions, only two out of three
calves are raised.
Make sure you have a good calf
raising operation on your dairy
farm. It will pay you in the long
run.
| While shortness of breath may
j be a sign of heart disease, there
are many other problems that can
cause this system. Miss Lucile
Higginbotham, health specialist
with the Extension Service, ad
. vises seeting a physician.
Sponsored by Ga. Dept, of Industry and Trade & Ga. Press *ssn.
GEORGIA HERITAGE—An important city in Middle Georgia
is Macon, whose origins date back to 1806 when Fort Hawkins
was established on the Ocmulgee as an outpost on the CreeK
Indian frontier. With the removal of the Indians, settlement
expanded across the river in company with the rapid growth
of the community. In 1822 Thomas Tatum built a cabin on the
west bank of the Ocumulgee, and others followed soon. Bibb
County, named for a Virginia doctor who served in Congress
1813-16 and was governor of the Alabama Territory, was
founded by the Georgia General Assembly in 1822. The county
seat, Macon, was established in the following year. Many early
settlers were North Carolinians, possibly explaining the nam
ing of the town for Nathaniel Macon, prominent inhabitant
of that state who was long-time president of the U. S. Senate.
Macon grew as its citizens capitalized on the growing value of
the cotton crop. Macon’s warehouses bulged with this product,
for the city’s strategic location on the river, and later as an
important railroad junction, brought both produce and money
into the city’s commerce. During the Civil War it was an im
portant provisioning center and was known as “the Smoke
House of the Confederacy.”
Strong America More Vital Than
Ever Says Sen. Herman Talmadge
Stressing that “the recent shake
' up in the Kremlin and Red China’s
I explosion of an atomic bomb un
jderscore the necessity of a firm
I U. S. foreign policy backed up by
■ a strong and ready defense es
tablishment,’’ U. S. Sen. Herman
j E. Talmadge says America “must
। make it clear in no uncertain
| terms that we will protect our
i national security at all times and
defend our interests whenever and
wherever they are challenged.”
Addressing the fall meeting of
the Georgia Motor Trucking As
sociation, held recently in Atlan
ta, the Senator declared:
“The American people must not
let the trials and tribulations of
these troubled times and the pros
pect of an uncertain future weak
en their determination to turn
back the threat of Communism.
“We must not lose sight of the
fact that our survival as a nation
and a free people is the most im
portant issue confronting us to
day. Nothing must full us into
complacency or into falsely oe
lieving that the Soviet Union’s
; long-range plans are any differ
ent today than they were a year
ago, two years ago when Soviet
ballistic missiles were sneaked in
to Cuba, or during the terroristic
regime of Joseph Stalin.
“We must not be taken in by
' side-stepping, back-stepping or
‘live-and-let-liVe’ overtures. Their
aim is the same. History clearly
i shows that accommodation and
appeasement, and a vacillating
foreign policy only invite aggres
sion and the further spread of
■ communistic enslavement.”
Referring to the outster of
Khrushchev last month, Sen. Tel
; madge asserted that “his fall from
I power should really have come
as no surprise to no one. This was
strictly in keeping with Soviet
policy to use someone so long as
it is in their interests to do so and
' furthers their goal of world dom
ination. A long line of deposed
leaders, broken treaties and com
munistic treachery of every’ sort
bear testimony of this fact.”
Turning to a discussion of the
domestic situation, the former
Georgia governor emphasized that
. “it is of the utmost importance
that we remain economically and
morally strong within if we are
to be able to withstand the men-
I ace from without.’’ He called for
. renewed emphasis on the need
; for curtainment of all non-essen-
I tial federal spending which bring
multi-billion dollar deficits each
: year and plunges the country
i deeper and deeper into debt.
Sen. Talmadge said “our dan
gerously low gold reserve, the
continuing deficit in the United
States’ balance of payments and
the national debt of some $315-
biliion are just some of the rea
sons why our federal government
must return to the sound princi
ples of conservative fiscal poli
cies.”
Pledging to continue working
for a tightening of the federal bud
get, he added: “We cannot go on
year after year spending more
money than we have. If we do, it
will ultimately mean inflation,
chaos and bankruptcy. We must
reappraise the expenditures of
our federal government, both at
home and abroad.”
A OHSWIS
Fred Andrews Gets
S. Sergeant Promotion
i GOOSE BAY. Canada — Fred
, Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs.
I James Andrews of 614 E. Broad
St., Lyons, has been promoted to
j staff sergeant in the U. S. Air
, Force at Goose AB, Canada.
Sergeant Andrews is a commun
-1 ications center specialist in a unit
that supports the Air Force Com
munications Service mission of
maintaining communications for
| control of global Air Force opera
i tions.
The sergeant attended Lyons
Industrial High School. His wife,
Katie, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Williams of Glenwood.
Weather Outlook
30-Day Period
The Thirty Day Agricultural
Weather Outlook for the month
of November for South Georgia,
Southeast Alabama and North
west Florida issued by the Weath
er Bureau Advisory Agricultural
ex uuxcau .nuvxauxy zigiicurvuic*.
Meteorologist, Tifton. November
2:
Temperatures during Novem
ber are expected to average near
normal over all of the Tri-State
Agricultural Area except the ex
treme southeastern portion of
Georgia where temperatures will
be below normal. Daily mean
temperatures are expected to
average between 55 and 62 de
grees. Maximum temperatures
will average 66 and 75 degrees
with afternoon temperatures
reaching 80 degrees or higher on
4 or 5 days. Daily minimum tem
peratures will average between
44 and 45 degrees with tempera
tures fall below 40 degrees on 4
or 5 mornings. Temperatures of
32 degrees or less are expected
to occur on one or two mornings
in all but coastal areas during
November.
Sunshine during November will
average about 70 per cent of pos
sible with two or three periods
of extended cloudiness.
School Dropout
Problem Must Be
Solved — Talmadge
; The high dropout rate on the
i state’s schools “continues to be
lone of the most critical problems
in Georgia education today,”
i Georgia’s U. S. Sen. Herman Tal
madge told the student body and
guests at a recent gathering at
Fort Valley High School, spon
sored by the Fort Valley Woman’s
Club. Said the senator:
“Despite the great educational
strides we have made in the state
in recent years, Georgia still has
one of the highest dropout rates
in the nation. The state’s children
will be far from complete as long
as half of them never finish
■ school.”
Urging that state and commun
ity organizations intensify their
efforts to alleviate this problem,
the Senator and former Georgia
governor said:
“We must take whatever steps
necessary to increase the holding
power of our schools. The state
will never realize its full potential
so long as this deplorable situa
tion exists. Last June, there were
graduated from our high schools
approximately 41,000 boys and
'girls. But this was only about
lone-half the number of children
j who began their schooling 12
years ago. What about those who
dropped out along the way’
“The dropcut problem, in terms
; of wasted human resources, means
I that for approximately every 50
;high school graduates, there are
!50 other inadequately educated
I young men and women struggling
|to make their way in a complex
| society which more than ever de
j mands a fully trained mind and
I body.
“Here is talent and resources
i lost to the state which in all too
i many cases can never be regain
। ed. Here are citizens who are
i never able to fully contribute to
their communities, or to find eco
nomic security for themselves.”
Declaring that the responsibil
' ity for the future of the state and
nation is in the hands of today’s
• young people, Sen. Talmadge
| said:
। “I know of no better way to
i equip them to meet the future
। than to Insure their adequate edu
cation. This should be the con
j cern of everyone, not just educa-
I tors and the state government.
I Most of all, it should be the con
icem of our young people who
i have everything to gain from ed-
I ucation and much to lose if they
i do not get it.”
Dividend Declared
By Farm Credit Co-op
At a recent meeting of the
i Board of Directors of the Federal
j Land Bank Association of Swains
i boro a dividend was declared of
I three per cent on stock outstand
ing held by its farmer members
las of December 31. 1964, accord-
I ing to an announcement by E. O.
| McKinney, manager of the asso-
I ciation.
“The Association is a part of
■ the nationwide farmer-owned co
operative Federal Land Bank Sys
• tern and all savings, after pay
. ment of operating expenses and
i providing necessary reserves, are
i returned to borrower-sharehold
! ers in the form of a dividend.’’ Mr.
McKinney says. On June 30. as
; sets of the Association are more
than $466,000 of which $307,000
| is invested in the capital stock of
; The Federal Land Bank of Coi
। umbia. The Columbia Land Bank
iis one of the 12 banks in the sys
tem which were chartered in 1917.
The Federal Land Bank Asso
ciation of Swainsboro handles all
loans for the Federal Land Bank
lof Columbia in the counties of
. Emanuel. Screven. Jenkins. Cand
jler, Tattnall, Toombs, Montgom
| ery and Wheeler, and the amount
। of loans serviced by the Associa
tion total more than $5,190,000 as
iof June 30, 1964, Mr. McKinney
• reported.
! Directors of the SwainesborO
j Association are J. Henry Howard,
’ president, Sylvania; Elmo D. Rich.
! vice president, Swainsboro; Fate
DeLoach, Metter; Willis McLain,
I Lyons, and Ben Franklin Jr., of
' Millen.
The principle office of the As
! sociation is located in Mitchell
' Building, Swainsboro, with con
tact points in other counties.
RABIES IN BATS
Rabies should be suspected in
’' any bat which exhibits abnormal
behavior, warns Dr. Charles N.
Dobbins, head of the Extension
Service veterinary department.
Abnormal behavior would be fly
ing about in the daytime and at
tacking other animals. Dr. Dob
bins says such bats should be
1 avoided.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1964
By the Medical Association
of Georgia
Intestinal Obstruction
Is Cause Os Much
Serious Illness
Few of us stop to think how
; important proper elimination is
to the human body. But when
something goes wrong with this
usually very efficient system, we
. realize its great importance to
our well being.
When food and intestinal sec
‘ retions will not pass through the
bowel in the normal way, we say
! the intestines are obstructed.
When this happens, the condition
deserves prompt medical aten
! tion.
The intestines may be obstruct
ed for any of many reasons. In
the past, such obstruction was
usually caused by a hernia. Now,
however, hernias are usually re
: paired before they block the in
testines and intestinal obstruction
. from this cause is much less fre
quent. One of the commoner,
j causes of intestinal obstruction
' today is the development of a
| tumor or cancerous growth in the
I intestinal region. Probably the
most common cause, howere. is
j adhesions, or abnormal joining
!of tissues.
An obstruction of the intestine
' may be partial or complete. If the
i intestine is only partly obstructed,
; the patient’s symptoms will no'
| be as severe as they would be i:
|it were totally obstructed. The
j physician will have more time to
search for the cause. If obstruc
tion is complete, however, treat
ment must be begun ever though
the exact cause is not known.
Where the obstruction occurs
influences the symptoms the pa
tient develops and the treatment
he receives. If the obstruction oc
curs in the small bowel, the pa
tient is usually much more acute
ly ill than if it occurs in the large
bo-wel or colon. Obstruction in the
small bowel usually requires
more urgent treatment.
Why is intestinal obstruction
so serious? The most important
reason is that when the intestines
are obstructed the patient loses
j body fluids and the valuable com
। ponents of those fluids at a rapid
I rate. Another reason is that the
obstruction may disturb or shut
off the blood supply to a portion
of the intestine. When this oc
cures, the patient may become
• desperately ill in a very short
I time.
Patients with intestinal ob
struction usually must be treated
! in the hospital. This is true even
i if the obstruction is only partial.
The useual treatment is for fluids
to be given intravenously to re
place those being lost by the body.
I These patients frequently require
i blood transfusions. It is usually
I necessary to keep the patient’s
I stomach empty by means of a
i small tube leading through the
nose to the stomach. Drugs are
usually given to prevent infec
tion. These measures may be suf
ficient to get the patient over the
acute phase of the illness.
Sometimes, however, surgery is
■ necessary almost immediately,
i The surgeon tries to relieve both
’ the acute obstruction and its
' cause. This isn’t always possible,
j however, and an operation to re
i move or correct the cause may
■ have to be performed later.
Treatment for intestinal ob
| struction has greatly improved
| in recent years because of refine
ments in medical and surgical
■ remedies. The condition is still a
serious one, but the patient’s
chances of successful treatment
now are much improved.
Doc Mag Says: An obstructed
I intestine is a problem deserving
- prompt treatment since its ef
| sects can be serious in a very short
i time. Imporved methods of treat
' ment, both medical and surgical,
have greatly increased the pa
j tient’s chances for prompt relief.
New Arrivals
Diane Clark
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Clark of
' Glenwood announce the birth of
; a daughter, Diane, in the Telfair
County Hospital on November 6.
; Mrs. Clark is the former Miss
. Glenda Faye Rogers, of Wheeler
i County.
When he’s 20, a man wants to
■ save the world. When he’s 40, he
I just wants to save part of his pay.