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VOLUME 54
Gun Control Law
Set Time Limit
For Registration
The gun control Act of 1968,
just passed by congress and
signed into law by the president,
granst posssesors of machine guns,
deactivated war trophies (dewat),
sawed-off shotguns, sawed-off
rifles, bazookas, rockets, mortars,
bombs, mines, grenades, and sim
ilar destructive devices, thirty
(30) days grace to register these
weapons. Weapons previously
registered with the director, al
cohol and tobacco tax division
need not be re-registered.
Information furnished to effect
proper registration within the
specified period cannot be used
against the registrant in any crim
inal proceeding for a prior or
concurrent violation of the law.
To avoid criminal prosecution
for unlawful possession of these
weapons and destructive devices,
they must be registered with the
director, alcohol and tobacco tax
division, Washington, D. C„ dur
ing the period November 2
through December 1, 1968. Fail
ure to comply could result in [
criminal prosecution punishable
by a fine of up to SIO,OOO and z or
imprisonment of up to ten years.
Registration forms and infer-1
mation are available for possess- i
ors of these type weapons and[
destructive devices at all Internal
Revenue taxpayer contact offices I
and offices of the alcohol and to
bacco tax division.
Governor Sees
New Leadership
After Election
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, address
ing the Southern Shippers and
Motor Carriers Council's annual
meeting in Atlanta, had this to
say about the upcoming national
election:
"I am confident that the elec
tion in November of this year
will produce new leaders who
will apply a little common sense
to the running of our government.
The trend of liberalism has al
ready peaked and is now on the
decline.
“As I predicted more than 10
years ago, a wave of conservatism
is sweeping this country and con
servatives will have a very strong
influence on government for at
least the next decade.
“And I don’t have to tell you
that I'm all for that.”
Gov. Maddox has publicly en
dorsed the candidacy of George
C. Wallace for president.
Tri-County Egg And
Pullet Producers
Assoc. Meets Nov. 7
The regular monthly meeting
of the Tri-County Egg and Pullet
Producer’s Association will be
held on Thursday night, Novem
ber 7, at 7:30 p.m. at McGinty’s
Restaurant in Helena.
Frank Marshall, General Man
ager of Mutual Production Credit
Association, Dublin, will present
the program.
All commercial egg and pullet
producers are encouraged to at
tend this meeting.
GEA Leadership
Conference Held
A group of Georgia College at
Milledgeville students, including
the officers of the GC Student
Georgia Education Association
unit attended the Student
GEA Leadership Conference Oc
tober 25 and 26 at Rock Eagle
near Eatonton.
The Georgia College students
attending the gathering include:
Susan Aul, Conyers; Sandra
Ballard, LaGrange; Sandra Mc-
Cranie, Milan; Martha Pressley,
Canon; and Jan Wright. Milledge
ville.
Miss Maxine Wells, instructor
in education and the group’s fac
ulty advisor, also attended.
Looking for an ideal fall and
winter grazing crop? Cooperative
Extension Service agronomists at
the University of Georgia sug
gest you use rye. It now occu
pies more than 300,000 acres in
Georgia.
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ATHENS, Georgia—Congressman Phil Landrum (seated,
left) and State Treasurer Jack Ray (seated, right) received
awards “for outstanding service to the University of Geor
igia and higher education in the state” from the University
'of Georgia Chapter of Blue Key National Honor Fraternity
! Friday night (October 18). Senator Herman Talmadge
(seated, center), a former winner of the award, made the
। presentations at Blue Key’s annual Homecoming Banquet
jin Athens. Rullie Harris (standing, left) was general chair
iman of the banquet. John Gordon Jr- (standing, right) is
i president of the University Chapter of Blue Key.
Wiiliam S. Clark
Appointed To Serve
I
On Salary Committee
Wheeler County School Super
lintendent William S. Clark has
I been appointed by the State
[ Board of Education to serve as
i a member of the Professional
Salary Schedule Committee.
Clark is one of 16 educators
from across the state and the
| only one from the First District
'to serve on the committee. The
(State Board and the State De
j partment of Education will also
I be represented on the committee.
The group has as its purpose to
[study the existing salary sched
jule for teachers and other pro
jfessional personnel and make the
I recommendations they feel are
[desirable.
Gov. Proud Bui
Not Satisfied
With Expansion
j Gov. Lester G. Maddox, Geor
[gia's industry-minded chief ex
[ecutive, says he is “proud” but
I “not satisfied” with Georgia’s
i progress in industrial develop
’ ment.
“Some people were satisfied
'with the sls-million monthly av
i erage of industrial growth which
। your governor inherited when he
I “came into office in January,
11967,” he told the recent Gover
nor’s Conference on Industrial
[Development in Atlanta. “But
jyour governor was not satisfied
[with it.
“Some people are satisfied with
| the more than $lO-million month
' ly average we are now enjoying,
i I am proud of it, but I’m not
•satisfied with it.
| “I am proud that we gained
! over S7OO-million in new and ex-
Ipanded industry in the past 14-
i month period ended Aug. 31,
! 1968, which available figures in
: dicated to be approximately equal
Ito a 10-year period in the 1950’5,
[but I would be even prouder of
lsl-billion, wouldn’t you?”
After outlining in considerable
detail the urgent need for “stay
at home opportunities” for all
(Georgians, Maddox said “I am
talking to you about something
which should have been done 20
or 30 years ago.”
[ Pointing out that many areas of
Georgia are not prepared for in
dustry. the governor declared:
“This is a defect which this ad
ministration is trying to correct
and will continue to try to cor
rect. By providing more financial
and planning assistance to local
governments, by broadening their
tax base, by providing them with
1 the knowledge and the means to
make their localities attractive
to industry, we can move ahead
. . I sincerely believe that Geor
gians are willing to pay for prog- [
ress.”
Honey production in Georgia [
porting Service, this is a nine pe! I
cent increase over the previous ■
year.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
Talmadge Hails
New $lO-Million
Ag Research Lab
i U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
said the new $lO-million agricul
[ tural research laboratory in Ath
ens will “open even wider the
. gates of economic opportunity”
in Georgia and the Southeast.
Speaking at cornerstone cere
monies for the Department of Ag
, riculture’s Southeastern Agricul
; tural Research Laboratory, the
, Georgia senator, a ranking mem
ber of the Senate Agriculture
committee, called construction of
. the new regional lab “another
. great step forward toward full
development and utilization of
: our abundant farm products.”
Research at the laboratory will
seek the ways and the means for
improving farm production and
[ for developing new uses for farm
[ goods, Sen. Talmadge explained,
i adding that increased production,
processing and utilization also
' will provide more employment
: opportunities in rural areas and
small towns. He declared:
“The work done at this labora
tory will produce benefits for our
' [ state and her people that will
; reach into virtually every farm
and every home.
“We can envision expanded
markets for our agricultural
products that in turn will in
; crease farm income, and we can
• expect higher quality products on
the market that will give our
consumers a better value.
“We can see this laboratory
making significant contributions
to progress in Georgia, and the
Southeast, and to continued eco
nomic advancement of our re
gion.”
Sen. Talmadge highly praised
Georgia’s senior Sen. Richard B.
Russell for the major role he
played in securing construction
of the lab in Athens.
“Sen. Russell,” he said, “has
always been an outspoken cham
pion of agricultural research, and
[ what we need to remember and
|be grateful for is the fact that
[ except for the efforts of Sen.
I Russell, there would be no South
i eastern Research Laboratory in
[ Athens, Ga.
“He supported its development
over a long and difficult period
■| of time, he kept interest alive
| when it looked as though the fa
[ cility would never materialize,
and he fought for money to get
it off the drawing board and on
to the ground on which we stand
today,” Sen. Talmadge asserted.
MORE BEEF MONEY
There are three ways to make
more money from beef cattle in
Georgia, says Dr. Dan Daniel,
head of the Cooperative Exten
sion Service animal science de
! partment. These three ways are
| wean heavier calves, wean better
[ calves and wean more calves.
IT’S A FACT!
Troubles come through the
[things we let slip through our;
[ lips rather than those we let slip j
j through our fingers.
Price Suppori
Loan Program
Now Available
I
The rate at which farmers
make use of the price-support
I loan features of the voluntary!
wheat program is an important I
1 factor in the market price of j
j wheat, according to J. O. Perdue,;
I Chairman of the Agricultural;
j Stabilization and Conservation i
County Committee.
! He pointed out that 500 mil-'
lion bushels of 1968 and previous'
crop wheat are being held off the
! market under current loan, re- j
[ seal loan and in Government ■
.[ owned stocks at the end of Aug- ■
ust.
j “That’s a lot of wheat to be I
held off the market,” Mr. Perdue i
said. “It is almost a year's supply i
|of wheat for U. S. Consumers.” i
| About 200 million of the 500
[ million bushels isolated from the '
i market are 1968-crop wheat.,
i However, the traders and people [
|in the market had forecast that I
I by the end of August there would [
be 250 million bushels of 1968- j
■! crop wheat under loan.
The local farm program offic- j
■ ial believes that failure to reach
[ the level anticipated by the trade
I has pushed the price of wheat
> down below what it otherwise
would have been.
The rate at which wheat is
going under loan is an important
I factor in the market’s appraisal
, of the supply situation,” Mr. Per
'due said. “Farmers can improve
j their own situation by using the
[loan program. It helps them in
j two ways. Where wheat is sell
'ing below the price-support loan
lvalue it gives producers immed
[ iate guaranteed price above the
■ j current market. And I am con
'; vinced that the market prices
'will improve more quickly as lar
‘' ger quantities of wheat are put
under loan.”
Spirilual Decay
Destroyed Great
Nations - Maddox
, “America needs to remember
that the world is full of the ruins
[of once-great nations,” Gov. Les
i ter G. Maddox warned the other
evening in a speech to the Har- [
alson County Baptist Association I
j in Buchanan. The governor elab-[
j orated:
■ “Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Per- j
(sia, Greece, Rome and others rose
; to power only to decay and die ;
I when they lost their moral and j
I spiritual foundations.
“Edward Gibbon, in his monu
[ mental work, ‘The History of the I
। Decline and Fall of the Roman:
: Empire,’ puts moral and religious
decay among the chief reasons;
! for the fall of Rome. He men- j
jtions such factors as the increase:
iin divorce, undermining the sane-j
i tity of the home, the decay of
। religion, the mad craze for
pleasure, higher and higher j
[ taxes, free food and entertain
ment, gigantic armaments, graft
and nepotism, bureaucracy and
: luxury.”
Expressing the opinion that
“our nation now has the ear
marks of Rome before the fall,”
Gov. Maddox declared
“Our national government has j
’ moved us to the very brink of!
fiscal collapse, and through the
,programs of socialism and wel
j farism has brought our nation
only a step away from enslave-;
: ment and world communism.
“America cannot survive and
fulfill its God-appointed mission
without the spiritual power;
which brought America into be
ing. A revival is the only answer
to the crisis our nation faces in
1968 ... I am convinced that
a revival of that ‘good ol’ time re- j
i ligion ’in our land would do more
[to solve the problems facing our j
country than all the plans, pro
; grams and ideas of most of our
politicians.
“Communism and the other for
। ces seeking to destroy us—cannot ;
; prevail against a people who love,
' honor and serve God.”
Courtesy is the quality that
I keeps a woman smiling when a
j departing guest stands at the ■
open screen and lets the flies in
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1968 SINGLE COPY 5c
Grazing Will Be
Permitted On
Diverted Acres
Chairman J. O. Perdue of the j
[ Agricultural Stabilization and j
! Conservation County Committee j
; ■ today reminded farmers that:
। grazing will again be permitted;
on acres diverted under the cot-:
I ton, feed grain and wheat pro- [
:| grams starting October 1. This j
I grazing privilege does not apply j
jto land in the Conservation Re-[
[serve or the Cropland Adjustment i
j Program. Harvesting this acre- j
I age, however, is still prohibited
!on all participating farms for the j
1 rest of the year (except those
: specifically approved because of ;
[drought or other emergencies.)
Past experience has shown that |
[ a good many people in this area [
[are able to make good use of the i
[program provision allowing graz-I
[ ing,” the Chairman continued, j
i “and yet they can derive other
[economic benefits of the program!
I under which the land is diverted [
[from production.”
The Chairman said that any [
I farmers wanting to know par-'
jticular details about grazing di-'
i verted acres should contact their [
j local ASCS Office. “People there
। will be glad to clear up any ques- j
' tions you might have about this, j
'j or about any of the farm pro-1
• grams administered by ASCS,” [
1 Ihe commented.
Wheeler High FHA
Well Represented At i
Fall District Meeting !
■ I i
The Wheeler County High j
! Chapter of Future Homemakers I
[of America was well represented!
at the Fall District II Meeting in
, । Swainsboro on October 26. Ac
' companied by their advisor, Mrs.
. j Ruth C. Humphrey these mem-:
jbers attended: Kathy Pope, Paul-[
Jette Dixon, Patt Dyal, Gail
Tucker, Joyce Powell, Janice Ad-
I ams, and Brenda Clarke.
The theme of the meeting was!
[“Future Homemakers Speak Up j
! For Citizenship and Out For!
[Neighbors.” Doris Pope, Vice-[
[ President of District 11, presided,
[ over the meeting. Greeting from [
j the hostess Chapters were given.;
I The guest speaker was Honorable
[W. S. Stuckey. Jr. He urged us!
[to work happily and profitable;
: ! and try to prevent the problems
[that are causing the generation:
[gap between teens and adults.
The local president, Brenda ;
1 Clarke, represented our club in
[roll call. Then the girls who had |
(attended National FHA Conven-[
Ition in Miami last July presented j
(a skit entitled, “Flight Into Con-[
[ vention Land.” Five of the
[ Wheeler County members were [
[characters in the skit. Brenda at- j
(tended National Convention and [
'was given a regular part along ।
with the other twelve girls who;
[were delegates from District 11. j
[Additional girls were needed so
' Paulette, Patt, Janice, and Joyce
[accepted this responsibility.
Other skits concerning what a|
(nation is, and how citizenship is!
। a necessity the values of state;
i officers, and ideas for club proj- [
'ects were presented.
Dona Johnson, State President, j
gave a challenge—to make this,
year's Georgia Future Home-!
■makers the best ever. State Ad- i
visor, Mrs. J. Mac Barber, brought:
news from the state office. The [
meeting was adjourned after the
creed.
The Wheeler County High del
egates motored home feeling that
they had gained many new ideas
'to use in their local program ofi
work.
Brenda Clarke
Wheeler Co. High
Library Club Meets
The Wheeler County High
j School Library Club met Mon
day, October 28, for its regular
: monthly meeting with the presi- [
dent, Elaine Joiner, presiding.
Minnie Cannon gave an inspir-,
, ing devotion.
It was evident that vice-presi-;
: dent, Jonnette Rivers had made!
[careful plans as the program was;
i given. Several club members par-,
! ticipated in the program on Rob- (
ert Frost.
Wilma Sightier was unanimous
:ly elected as the new secretary
'during the business session.
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Georgia Farm Bureau Urges "Yes"
Vote For Amendments 19,18 And 4
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed- ]
i eration today urged a “yes” vote
।on proposed Const i t u t ional [
[amendments 19, 18, and 4 in the;
; general election November 5. p
[ William L. Lanier. President of ■
! the Georgia Farm Bureau Feder-;
ation, said that each of the i
; amendments involve the future ; i
[of agriculture, and declared that ।:
[ the amendments will help insure ; i
। future growth of the agricultural; ]
! economy and therefore the [ i
{growth of the state.
Proposed Amendment No. 19 ;i
: would amend the Georgia Con- j ‘
[ stitution to permit farmers the 11
I right to engage in self-help pro-;:
' grams of research, promotion and i i
; education of their commodities if; i
I they so desire. ; ’
| Already the producers of eight [ 1
different commodities have voted ; ।
[ |!
■Law, Order Rulesii
Apply To Every :
Citizen - Burson ‘
Col. R. H. Burson, director of J
[the Georgia Department of Pub-J
[ lie Safety, delivered a hard-hit*!
'ting speech the other day before;’
I the Brookwood Rotary Club in! !
Atlanta. His main theme: “Law/
; and Order.” Here are some of the'
[things he said:
| “The basic principle of law en- [
; forcement has been gradually l ,
[ eroded to the point where the i
right of the public to protection j
I both on our highways and in their [
homes has been clearly endan-,
! gered. The tremendous problems [
[ confronting us in traffic and in |
[ crime points up the fact that law [
[ enforcement has never been more j
■ important to each of us than it j
is today.”
Having stated that premise, [
: 1 Georgia’s top law enforcement of- [
1 ! ficer said:
“Law and order has become [
j perhaps the number one issue in |
this year's national elections, and ।
this term is being kicked all over '
the political field. We have even!
(witnessed some national officials
[ who have openly attacked the 1
[ term ‘law and order,’ attempting 1
to subvert its meaning to imply i'
; that anyone who refers to Taw' 1
[ and order’ is a racial extremist, i'
' “As a law enforcement officer P
I and as a citizen who is proud of 1 1
[his country—a country that hasp
। survived by its laws—l totally ■
[resent and reject this ridiculous P
' line of thinking, and I believe 1
every decent, rational person in 1
; America will be on my side.
“Law and order is not only fun- ■
; damental to our principle of gov
i ernment, but there is absolutely •
(no other term so clear in its !
[ meaning by which we can con- :
: tinue to live in the security that
;we have enjoyed since the begin- 1
[ning of our constitutional system^
[of government.” ,[
Col. Burson elaborated on that i
'assertion. Said he:
“Law and order means law and 1
[order, and we must all work to- :
[ gether to restore this doctrine a-
I mong all segments of our people. 1
[We must see to it that the lib- ।
■ eral thinking and toleration to- ।
[ward lawlessness is changed to 1
[rational thinking and the observ- <
; ance of all our laws. ;
j “We must remember that laws I
; made by common consent must s
[ not be torn down by individuals. I
,We must all realize in this land <
—whites, blacks, rich, poor —that
[we must observe the rules of law [ 1
[ and order if we are to continue 1 1
[ to live under the kind of govern-11
' ment left to us by our forefath- [ 1
, ers.” I *
Referring to the much-publi-; <
■ cized handling of law enforce- 1
[ ment during the recent Demo- 1
, cratic National Convention in
Chicago, Col. Burson said: i
“This is not police brutality. It t
[is the law. The law requires the '
: police to use whatever force is 1
I necessary to effect a lawful ar
; rest or to put down a threat to
the public peace.
“In Georgia, the State Patrol ’
has not and will not interfere 1
.with peaceful picketing or any i
other type of peaceful demonstra- 1
tion. However, whenever violence i
erupts we will meet force with i
[ force and I want everyone to un- :
1 derstand that.” 1
NUMBER 38
[to conduct programs of research;
[ promotion and education, and are:
[assessing themselves to finance
the programs. No taxpayer funds
i are involved.
Producers of peanuts, appiest,
i eggs, milk, sweet potatoes, tobac
co, cotton and peaches are eo»-
; ducting such programs. Proposed
[amendment 19 would permit far
mers to continue conducting such
programs on behalf of their const
modifies if they desire.
Studies have shown that each
dollar invested in agricultural! re
search returns to the economy
$24 to $25. Peanut farmers foe
several years have been invest
ing SBO,OOO annually in peanut
research in addition to a nation
wide promotion program. When
the peanut research-promotiw
program was placed in effect in
1961 — peanut grower gross fe
come increased from $63 milfioni
in Georgia to sll2 million in
1967. Producers of eight farm
commodities are carrying on such
work. Georgia today is the mu
tion’s number one peanut produc
ing state.
Amendment No. 4 would per
mit State Department of Educa
tion funds to be spent to supple
ment existing funds in the oper
ation of school lunchroom pre
gram. Studies have shown that
school children cannot learn and
remain alert when they are hun
gry and nutritionally starved! Yet
the nation today is one of a cobb
plex specialized society with
i premium on knowledge. Farm
. Bureau feels that the youth of
I today should not be penalized for
[ not having adequate lunches in
i the school.
Farmers Must Pay Far
Brucellosis Testing
Effective November 4
■
i Effective Monday, Nov. 4„
; farmers will have to pay for the
brucellosis testing of cattle at
[ livestock auction barns, accord
'ing to the Georgia Department al
[ Agriculture.
“The Federal government has l
withdrawn its financial supports
of this phase of our bruceHosnr
eradication program and the
State Department of Agriculture
does not have funds to continue
the program without Federal
help,” according to J. N. McDuf
fie, head of the Animal Indnstry
Division of the Department.
McDuffie added that Geargia
is so close to eradication of bru
cellosis, which can be transmitted,
from cattle to humans as undd
lant fever, that the state can not
afford to quit.
“We began our bruceSoad
eradication program during 1955.
and reached a modified-certiffed
status in 1959,” McDuffie said
“For the past nine years we have
maintained our modified-cerfifierf.
.status with little loss to cattle
men and practically no human
illness as we sought to complete
ly eradicate the disease. After aB
this time, effort and expense we
simply can’t quit now.”
Federal funds were withdrawn
unexpectedly Aug. 1 and the
State has borne all expense since
that time. McDuffie said Com
missioner of Agriculture Phid
Campbell will ask the next ses
sion of the Georgia Legislature
to provide necessary funds to re
sume the program as early as
posssible during the next calen
dar year.
In conducting the eradication,
program, the Federal government
paid public veterinarians to take
blood samples at sales bams and
the state paid for laboratory
analysis of the samples. The Fed
eral government also paid for on
the-farm testing of cattle by pub
lic veterinarians.
McDuffie said Federal veter
inarians will continue some ors
the-farm testing but farmers
would have to pay for testing at.
the sales barns.
EGG COLOR
Which has the best quality, a
white or brown egg? According
to Cooperative Service poultry
men at the University of Georgia,
the color of the' egg shell, brawn
or white, has no bearing on the
nutritive value of the egg. Egg
shell color is a breed characistic.
of the hen.