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VOLUME 51
Dublin Geis
$2.8 Million
Carpel Plant
Mohasco Industries, Inc., an
nounced Friday that it will con
struct a new tufted carpet manu
facturing plant in Dublin at an
initial expenditure of $2.8 mil
lion.
Company officials said that
ground will be broken on the
new plant within 30 days. Pro
duction is expected to begin by
the end of 1965. The plant will
e rplo; 160 persons initially.
Officials had indicated that the
initial expenditure was only part
tor the large Dublin plant, Don
N. Lamb, chairman of the Dublin
Chamber of Commerce Industrial
Development Committee, said.
The new plant will be con
structed on a site east of the riv
er in Laurens County and will oc
cupy n area of 166.000 square
The new industry is being built
< part of a $6.5 million company
capital Improvement program dur
ing 1965. The company manufact
ure- carpets and other home fur
nishings.
Herbert L. Shuttleworth 11,
president of Mohasco. said that
the continuing market expansion
for tufted products led to the com
pany’s decision to add to its facil
ities.
William' Andre, former general
manager of Mohasco’s plant in
Laurens. S. C., will be the general
manager of the new plant.
The new Georgia facility is one
of 17 plants owned by the com
pany in Mississippi, North Caro
lina. South Carolina, Pennsylvan
ia. New York and New Jersey.
The company is the manufactur
er of such nationally known n:me s
as Mohawk Carpet and Barca
lounger reclining chairs.
A special Rotary Club luncheon
was held ^Friday at the Dublin
Country Club to announce the
construction of the plant.
Relationship Os
Logging To
Multiple Use
By A. G. STEEDLEY
U. S. Forest Service
The term “Multiple Use” means
many things to many people. The
term confuses many people with
“Diversified Use.” The only dif
ference the writer can distinguish
is multiple use applies generally
to the forest whereas diversified
use applies to the utilization of
the trees themselves. In this area
we use trees for gum production
ahead of cutting for pulpwood,
sawtimber and poles. Generally
the trees are used for product that
brings greatest revenue. Multiple
use of our forest, we consider not
only growing wood products but
also consider grazing, water, wild
life, and recreation. The esthetic
value of our forests -are becoming
more valuable every year be
cause of industrial people wish
ing to get away from the noise
of machines and offices.
The type of logging practiced
by landowners is related to mul
tiple use. Logging viewed by the
general public is difficult to eval
uate because of not knowing some
thing of the management plan.
Loggers themselves become con
fused. They prepare for clear-cut
ting a tract by use of heavy equip
ment. When this same equipment
is used in selective cutting, with
no care exercised to protect trees
not included in the contract, there
is quite an objection from the
landowner. When trees not in
cluded in the contract are dam
aged legal experts would advise
a settlement in court. The aver
age landowner is hesitant because
of the cost of court, not knowing
the verdict of a jury, and its ef
fect on future timber sales. Many
times the logger is aware of these
facts and takes advantage of the
situation.
Forest owners, buyers of wood ;
products and the general public j
have come a long way toward at
taining the utopia of common in-1
terest in multiple use. Perhaps)
more effetcing communication of I
a well developed timber manage
ment plan would help greatly.
When the plan is well known by
all concerned and good woods
supervision is applied there is
hardly any criticism.
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Wheeler County 4-H'ers Win At Rock Eagle
These are the first place winners at Southcentral District
Project Achievement from Wheeler County (left to right):
Claire Smith. Cloverleaf Forestry; Nathan Rowe, Cloverleaf
Forestry; Justine Clarke, Cloverleaf Frozen Foods; (back row)
j Tommy Fulford, Cloverleaf Agronomy; County Agent M. K. '
j Jackson; Ra Meguiar, Senior Electric, and Willie Leggitt, I
! Home Demonstration Agent.
I. F. Elton Os Alamo
Dies In Telfair
County Hospital
Funeral services were held Sat- (
I urday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of!
the Harris & Smith Funeral Home j
for Isaac Franklin Elton, 75, a :
highly esteemed resident of (
Wheeler County for 65 yesrs, who |
died last Thursday morning in the I
Telfair County Hospital where he :
had been a patient only one day. -
Services were conducted by the I
Rev. J. F. Little, of Jefferson-
I ville, assisted by the Rev. E. B. j
I Reaves, of Cochran, and burial
( was in the Scotland Cemetery.
I Mr. Elton w s born in Wash-
I ington County on April 2, 1890,
I the son of John J. and Annie
Vickers Elton. He was a member
of Pilgrim Home Primitive Bap-,
tist Church in Dodge County, and
had held the office of Justice of
the Peace of ‘he Spring Hill Dis
trict for the past 50 years. He
i was a member of the Wheeler
County Welfare Board and the
Wheeler County Board of Educa
tion.
Survivors include his wife: sev
en daughters. Mrs. Lamar P. El
ton, of Umatilla, Fla.; Mrs. T. L.
Dixon and Miss Eloise Elton, of
Alamo; Mrs. Ferrell Whatley, of
Mcßae R-l: Mrs. Arthur E. Tuck
er, cf Tavares, Fla.; Mrs. Major
(Harris and Mrs. Ottis Moon, of
(Scotland; four sons, J. T. Elton'
(and Jares F. Elion, of Alamo;
jV;rgil L. Elton, of Orlar.do, Fla.
। and William B. Elton, of Mcßae;
119 grardchilfren; one great-grand
| child; two brothers. J. B. Elton
| and J. O. Eiton, of. Hazlehurst
land two skiers, Mrs. J. C. M r
| tin and Mrs. R. L. Thomas, of Al
! amo.
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VINCENT P. McCAULEY
Vincent P. McCauley, Columbus
I attorney, will head 1966 fund
I campaigns of the Americm Red
; Cross in Georgia.
McCauley and vice chairmen he .
| is appointing will help the state’s
150 chapters which will either [
conduct independent campaigns
nex: March or participate in unit
ed campaigns, Paul M. Moore of
| Atlanta, Southeastern Area man
! ager, has announced.
I The new state chrirman is a
I member of the board of directors .
| of the Muscogee County Ref Cross [
| Chapter. He was a state surd vice (
I chairman for 1965 campaigns.
Funds raised will be used for
(disaster preparedness and relief, ;
military personnel welfare, blood,
safety, health, youth, hospital and 1
other services, Moore said. ,
McCauley was named to the ,
state post by Robert W. Sarnoff
of New York City, national fund .
co-chairman. 1
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
All Car Dealers
Must Now Apply
Safety Stickers
Under Georgia’s revised motor !
^vehicle inspection law, effective!
| July 1, all new and used car deal-1
ers who sell at retail must havej
! the vehicles pre-inspected and the!
■ safety sticker placed on the wind-j
; shield prior to delivery to the pur-!
chaser.
This phase of the law. as a-i
mended by the last Legislature, i
was pointed out by Capt. E. D.
Mink, supervisor of the Georgia 1
Department of Public Safety’s'
Motor Vehicle Inspection Div.
i “Under the amended law,” he ■
explained, “it is within the right
of any prospective purchaser of
any new or used vehicle to de
mand that the seller have it pre- -
inspected and the proper safety
sticker appear thereon.”
At the same time, Capt. Mink 1
reminded car owners that all ve- i
hides must be inspected before;
October 31, 1965. He urged them
not to wait until the deadline for !
the inspection since this will cause i
a jam at the inspection stations,;
resulting in working a hardship
on both the motoring public and!
the inspection station personnel.
The Inspection fee is $1.25.
Motorists have 30 days in which
t have the necessary repairs'
made as recommended by the in-;
spection station. The repair work
may be done by anyone the cad
owner selects. The safety stickers
sre valid for a full year from the
date it is issued, plus any addi
i tional days from the specific date
to the end of that particular
month. ।
"Moving Ahead" Is
Theme For Social
Services Workshop
The Ninth Annual Workshop
■ for Social Workers of the State
and County Departments of Fam
ily and Chldren Services were
held in Athens at the Georgia
Center for Continuing Education ’
June 28-30. The general thence of ;
thi Workshop, sponsored by the
Georgia County Dirtctors Assoc
iation, were “Moving Ahead in ’
Family and Children Services.”
Miss M ry Collier, President of
Georgia County Directors Assoc- i
iation. presided. One of the out- ,
standing events was a Workshop
for County Board Members con
ducted by Laurence Taylor, Vice!
President of Hillsdale College,,
Michigan, Authority on Leader- ;
ship Development. Mrs. Bruce
Schaefer, State Director of Fam
ily and Children Services, was'
guest speaker at the luncheon for 1
County Board members Monday.
Miss Vocille M. Pratt, Consul- ■
tant, Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare, Washington,
D. C., conducted a Workshop on !
Policy Planning. There were also
nine other workshops conducted '
by outstanding leaders in the
field of social work. Judge Mary
H. Kohler of New York gave the
closing address.
Staff members attending from.
Wheeler Countv were Gwendolyn!'
B. Cox. director, and Mary D.
Dixon. Public Welfare Worker.
"Keep Wheeler County Green'
Wheeler Couniy
Included In Head
Star! Project
Even though the final bell has
rung for the 1964-65 school term,
■ the campuses of the Wheeler
County schools are active this
summer.
Project Head Start is keeping
the pre-schoolers busy. This pro
gram is underway at the Wheel
er County Elementary, Glenwood
Elementary, and Wheeler County
Training Elementary. It is design
ed to prepare both the teacher and
1 the pupil for a more progressive
regular school term.
There are 125 children and 16
i employees involved in the Head
Start Project and will boost the
economy by $23,161.
For the primary, grades, first
through third, a teacher has been
i allocated by the State Department
: of Education for a summer read
। ing program for seven weeks in
June and July. This program is
designed to enrich the reading a
bility of primaries.
■ At the Wheeler County High
School, summer courses are being
| taught in English, history, math
■ and algebra, science and typing.
A number of students from other
’school systems are enrolled in
I these courses.
Another economy boost is the
$90,441 Neighborhood Youth Corp.
There are 150 students enployed
plus 18 teachers and supervisors.
The students work six hours per
I day at various jobs in the county
(and attend classes two hours per
day in the area of study they need
the most help in.
With these programs of work
and study, there arc few idle stu
dents in Wheeler County this
i summer,
Dean Campaigns
Against Nudist
Colony In State
State Sen. Roscoe Dean Jr., of
i Jesup, said he plans to introduce
'a bill in the next session of the
(General Assembly aimed at out
j Jawing the establishment or main
; tenance of a nudist colony in
; Georgia.
And he is attempting to line up
■ a strong ally — the churches. The
Sixth District senator appeared 1
'before the North Georgia Metho
j dist Conference, held recently in
Atlanta, and urged the conference!
members, as well as all churches,
and church organizations in Geor- 1
gia, to lend their support and to
: solicit the support of their elected
'representatives for the passage of
'his proposed legislation.
Speaking of the “immoral ef
fects of organized nudism,” Dean
reminded the group that many
states have taken such action and
i quoted from a recently-passed
Tennessee law banning nudist col
onies. In seeking support of simi
dar legislation in Georgia, he is'
[presenting a resolution which says!
[in part: “The human body itself
1 is not obscene, but the deliberate
display of nakedness in public is
morally undesirable.”
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
The following patients were ad
mitted to the Telfair County Hos
pital during the past week: Mar
vin McLeod, Mr- Jimmy White,
Mrs. C. L. Lowery, Mrs. W. L.
Bowen Jr. and Mrs, Willie Moon,
of Mcßae; Sharon Knowles and
Mrs. Ann Jones, of Mcßae R-2;
: J. R. Polk, Frank Elton, and Mrs.
L. E. Tanner, of Alamo; H. G.
Samples ar.d W. H. Thomas, of
Alamo R-2; C. G. Studstill, of
Eastman; Mrs. James Kemp, of
Eastman R-l; Mrs. Linda Ann!
Huttoe, of Eastman R-4; Mrs. Nel
lie Fail, of Rincon; Mrs. Betty Sue
Graham and Preston Hembree, of
Helena; Mrs. Clayton Spires, of
Milan; Mrs. Claudia Selph, of Mi-
'lan R-2; Keith Miller, of Macon;’
'C. E. Yawn, of Chauncey; Mrs.
Mamie White, Neal Mercer and
■S. E. Holland, of Lumber City;
Martin McCloon, of Denton; Mrs.
A. E. Hughes, Mrs. Martha Lou
Bowen and W. H. Clark, of Glen
'wood; Jacequeline Lee Pope, of
West Palm Beach, Fla.; Eddie
Battle and Dolphus Mullis, of
i Chauncey; Fannie Bellamy, of
Jacksonville; Lula Culver and in-,
j fant son, of Glenwood R-l; Emma
Thoras and Ruby Studstill, of
j Eastman, and Beatrice McKinnon, ,
of Rhine.
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1965
| Hazlehurst Man Held In Shooting
Death Os Wife’s Escort June 24
X young Jef.f Davis County man was shot to death early last
(Thursday morning and the husband of the woman he was escorting
I is being held in the county jail on a charge of murder.
Wheeler Co. Official
To Assist Group On
Rural Education
Wheeler County School Super
intendent William S. Clark will
'■ be one of the three Georgia rep
| resentatives meeting Monday in ’
i Atlanta with representatives of I
j other states on the Southern Ac- I
jereditatioh of Colleges and Highl
: Schools.
Clark will assist the group in
I studying and making recommen-1
dations on the problems confront- ■
! ing rural education.
He was selected for this posi-1
! tion on the recommendation of. Dr. [ :
Claude Purcell, State School Sup-i
--j erintendent. ;
Clark took office as Wheeler’s i
I school head in January of this:
[year. Under his direction Wheeler j|
I became one of the first systems in j ■
I Georgia to be approved for such |;
[ federal projects as Head Start and I (
' Neighborhool Youth Corp.
Clark completed his graduate :
work at Peabody College in Nash- ;
ville, Tenn. ;
Huge Still Found
In Dodge County
One of the largest illicit whisky j'
(stills ever found in Georgia was;
(destroyed Monday night by. state):
land federal revenue agents in I:
। Dodge County.
Agents destroyed a 12,800 gal-1
| lon capacity still, 3,000 pounds of
j crude sugar, and 224 gallons of)
illegal whiskey, plus other equip-1
i ment.
| The still was located near the : .
1 I Laurens County line less than a
[hunderd yards off Highway 117. ,
i Water for the still came from j
[a pump at a house trailer set up I
j in front of. a barn where the still 1 1
| was located. I,
I A 24-year-old Dodge County[
' man was arrested by officers.
Pvt. David L. Smith
Completes Radio
Operator Course
FORT JACKSON, S. C. (AHT-)
NC) — Army Pvt. David L. I
Smith, son of Mr. nd Mrs. R. S. ।
Smith, Glenwood R-l, completed j
an intermediate speed radio op-1
erator course at Fort Jackson, S. >
C„ June 24.
During the course Smith re
(ceived instruction in basic radio
’and electrical theory and was al
so taught the international Morse
Code.
The 22-year-old soldier enter
ed s he Army in January 1965 and
completed basic training at Fort
!Jackson.
He was graduated from Wheel
!er County’ High School in 1965.
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Look Out For The Kiddies
The streets and byways are bustling with happy young
sters at play. Children are often careless about running into
the road without a thought of danger. It is your obligation to
watch for these uninhibited “out of school” children.
SINGLE COPY 5c
Sheriff Marcus Hall said James
P. Ray, 25 ,was shot about 1:30
a.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
: Jimmy Bryant. The home is just
i outside the city limits of. Hazle
| hurst, near the golf course.
Ray, married and the father of
a child, was dead on arrival at
the Duncan Memorial Hospital,
[in Hazlehurst. He had been shot
I once in the left chest, apparently
1 with a .22 caliber weapon,
A weapon has not been located,
'Sheriff Hall said late last Thurs
: day.
Sheriff Hall, who investigated
: with deputies and Georgia Bureau
' of Investigation Agent W. C. (Bill)
Parker of Baxley, said statements
and evidence indicated that Ray
was shot as he and Mrs. Bryant
arrived at the Bryant home.
The sheriff said his investiga
tion disclosed that Bryant. 25, had
been separated from his wife, and
that he had been living in Vidalia
recently. The Bryants have a
child.
The sheriff said that apparently
Bryant was in the home when
Ray and Mrs. Bryant returned at
the early-morning hour.
Evidence and statements from
some of those involved, the sher
iff said, indicate that Ray was
shot as he entered the home, stag
gered back out of the house into
the yard and to an automobile in
which he had been riding.
In the automobile, awaiting
Ray, were Howard Ray and Mrs.
Frances Williams, Sheriff Hall
|said.
Sheriff Hall said that Mrs.
' BryatTt dasTibd from the house to
I the automobile, and that the two
(couples sped away to the hospi
-1 tai, about a mile and a half away.
James Ray was dead on arrival.
Hospital Patients
The following patients were in
the Wheeler County Hospital the
week of June 21:
Mrs. Christine Thompson, Ailey.
Mrs. Clara Stewart, Glenwood.
Mis. Velma Jeanette Butts, Mt.
Vernon.
Mrs. Emma L. Bracewell, Mt.
Vernon.
Mrs. Carol Dye and infant son,
Ailey.
Jim Henry Mercer, Glenwood.
Bennie Morris, Mt. Vernon.
James A. Barlow, Mt. Vernon.
Hubert Lumley, Glenwood.
Ed Mathis, Alamo.
Ricky Jackson, Soperton.
Bobby Horne, Mt. Vernon.
Wilburn Edge, Alamo.
Larry Allen Windham, Glen- j
wood.
Colored
Mildred Jackson, Mt. Vernon.
Ernest Wiggs, Ailey.
Roy Lee Mackey, Glenwood.
Curtis. Hayes, Alamo.
Elsie C. Troupe, Ailey.
Joe Dansler, Vidalia.
t ; The sheriff said that Bryant ap
g parently did not know that Hajr
i had been fatally wounded, and re
l turned to Vidalia. He was ar—
® ■ rested in Vidalia by police there:
about 3:25 a.m., and returned
Hazlehurst, Sheriff Hall said.
i Hall said he arrived at thes;
' I scene of the shooting about 2
a.m. He’said that by 6 a.m. a -
I brother of the slain man had!.:
1 ; sworn out a warrant charging. l ",
’ I murder. The warrant was issued.
by Justice of the Peace Warren,':
| Williams.
! Coroner Robert Miles said aE.:>
'■ j inquest was held and an autopsy
* i was performed by Dr, Larry B.
I Howard of the Georgia Crime
; Laboratory and Dr. Ben Goldman.
1 ) a local physician. Miles said he
)! did not yet have a report to make ■
s । of the findings.
\ : Sheriff Hall said that Bryant
1 had not made a confession but
neither had he denied the shoot--
’ ‘ ing upon questioning. He said he
I had not had an opportunity .t«r
1 j question Bryant fully.
1 The sheriff said that so far the
3 1 statements of those involved fit
[the sam e pattern except that.
’ ; there is some conflict in the state—
-11 ments about what actually occur-
1 ! red at the moment of confrontal
- tion by the two young men just.
‘ । before Ray was shot.
Ray was a salesman-delivery
5 1 trucker for a tobacco products dis
': tributor serving the area.
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1 A Mere 209,982
I Voters Went To
Polls In June
I A mere 209,982 Georgians went.
. I to the polls in the June 16 special.
3 : general election for members at"
3 j the reapportioned House of Rep
resentatives. The turnout ■was.;::
even smaller than had been ex-
| pected, Secretary of. State Ben W.
■ (Fortson Jr. said in announcing,.
, the official returns.
The tabulations showed that. ..
I more voters went to the polls rEi?
’ the first primary May 5 than in
’ j the June election to decide be
j tween Democratic and Repubii-
. (can candidates. The May 5 vote;
was 213,774 and only 49,642 voted,
I in the May 14 runoff primary.
A huge percentage of the June:
I voting, Secretary Fortson said.
i was in seven counties — Fulton.,
; DeKalb, Muscogee, Chatham,
I Cobb, Richmond and Bibb. The
i total vote in those counties was..
162.355. Fulton and DeKalb Coun
ties cast 102,166 votes, nearly half
of the state-wide total.
Mrs. Hollis Johnson
Receives Grant-in-Aid
i Mrs. Hollis Johnson, librarian at.
the Wheeler County High School'!'
has received a grant-in-aid from
the State Department of. Educa
tion to study this summer at
George Peabody College for
Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. She
will attend the Library School
and work for a master of Lib- ■
■ rary Science Degree.
Anne and Laura Johnson have
been accepted to attend the Pea
body Demonstration School where
in addition to the regular curri
culum, opportunities are provid
ed in art, music and physical ed-
I ucation.
Memorial Service Is
[ Held Monday For The
Late Preston Rawlins
A short but impressive memory
ial service for the late Prestons;
Rawlins was held in the court;;
room of the Telfair County Court.
House Monday morning after ■
Judge J. B. O’Connor had called
the June Term of Telfair Superior::
Court to order.
E. Herman Warnock, local at
torney, conducted the service witte
timely remarks pertaining to the;
life of Mr. Rawlins and his dedi
cation to his profession.
Mrs. Rawlins, Mr. and Mrs..
Nickey Rawlins and a number of
relatives and friends were pres
ent.
Wife to husband at party"
“Here comes the man I turned
down to marry you . . . Quit look
ing so miserable . . . act like
you’re happy.”
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