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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs. Emma J. Brown
Funeral services for Mrs.
Emma J. Brown, 89, who died
Friday in the Dodge County
Hospital, were held Saturday
at 3:30 p.m. at the chapel at
Home Funeral Home in East
man. Burial was in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Mrs. Brown was a lifelong
resident of Dodge County and
was a member of the First
Baptist Church at Eastman.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Roy Haley of
Eatonton, Mrs. MaryS.Thomp
son, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs.
Ola B. Gamer of Eastman;
four sons, Horace Brown,
Forest Brown, both of Eastman,
L. Hort Brown of Perry, and
Love Brown of Jacksonville,
Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. C. L.
Jamieson of Eastman, Rte. 3,
Mrs. J. B. Barron of Rhine,
and Mrs. 0. A. Grant of Milan.
Idus Ryals
Funeral services for Idus
Alonzo Ryals, 71, who died
Saturday in the Colony Nursing
Home in Fitzgerald, were held
at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel
of Sammon’s Funeral Home.
Burial was in Beulah Cemetery
in Wheeler County.
Mr. Ryals was a native of
Wheeler County but lived in
Chicago 25 years before re
turning to Wheeler County' five
years ago. He was a retired
Politics oln Paradi
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Not since Pearl Harbor have
we seen the people of Georgia
so exercised over anything as
they are on the Calley affair.
All over the state, thousands of
peop'e are protesting to the
President, the Governor, the
state s Congressmen, and to the
news media.
As one prominent political
figure expressed to us last week,
it is not particularly for Cal
ley, himself, but because the
Army’s action in even trying
him, and preferring charges
against others, has badly damag
ed the morale of the military.
He said: “Don't you know that
the Communists are delighted at
the turn of events; nothing they
could have done has so hurt our
national defense as this".
Most people to whom we
have talked expect the Ca'ley
case to figure in next year's
presidential e'ection, with all
candidates, probably, making a
pardon for him a plank in their
platform. However, it is ex
pected that Nixon, himself, will
issue the pardon just before the
election, or perhaps several
months earlier.
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During the session of the
General Assembly, legislators
received decent treatment from
the Governor’s office, but since
then, several have told us, they
are getting the same co’d treat
ment as the general public. The
Governor, himself, is a warm,
outgoing person, but members
of his staff seem to feel that
they are in office "by divine
right", and that everybody ought
to, figuratively, take off their
shoes when coming in, plus bow
ing three times. This, of course,
does not include those in the
office who were retained from
previous administrations; they
have been in po'itics a long time
and know that taxpayers de
serve to be treated with the
acme of courtesy.
Legislators are, particularly,
sore about the Executive Sec
retary, Hamilton Jordan, refus
ing to answer phone calls, and
maybe, just maybe, returning
calls.
Too, anybody who wasn’t a
strong Carter supporter during
the campaign is just plain out
in the cold. Maybe these folks
(including the writer) don't de
serve any special treatment, but
we sure do deserve ordinary
courtesy.
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In line with the above, we
cite this happening last Friday.
We were checking on what had
happened to the bill passed by
the Assembly which reduced
the governor’s office parking
on the street around the Capitol
to three spaces. So, we went
to the office of the Assistant At-
1 steelworker. He was a mem
ber of Beulah Baptist Church.
Survivors include five sis
j ters, Mrs. Sally McCoy of Vi
dalia, Mrs. Mallory Purcell
at Savannah, Mrs. Dela Bright
f of Glenwood, Mrs. Leola Cox
of Pooler, and Miss Charlotte
j Ryals of Miami Beach, Fla.;
two brothers, Roy Ryals of
, Dry' Branch, and J. C. Ryals
I of Bartow.
Mrs. Reba
Griffin Thompson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Reba Griffin Thompson, 71, who
died Sunday in Washington
County Hospital, were held at
3 p.m. Monday in Toomsboro
Methodist Church. Burial was
in Ebenezer Cemetery.
Mrs. Thompson was a native
of Twiggs County but had lived
in Wilkinson County most of
her life. She was a member
of the Toomsboro Methodist
Church andthe Women’s Society
of Christian Service.
Survivors include her hus
band, Clarence Thompson of
Toomsboro; a daughter, Mrs.
George Miller of Cordele; five
sons, Wilbur Thompson of Au
gusta, Ray Thompson of Atlanta,
the Rev. Griffin Thompson of
Adrian, Guy Thompson of Ft.
Walton, Fla., and Jack Thomp
son of Toomsboro; four sisters, .
Mrs. T. J. Johnson of Cochran,
Mrs. Agnes Holmes of Mcßae,
Mrs. Johnnie Sanders of Jeffer
sonville, and Mrs. Marie Earles
torney-General attached to the
executive offices and asked Miss
Jane Conn about it. She said
she would have to check her
status sheet and please wait a
minute. We waited 10 minutes,
and finally the governor’s Press
Secretary, Jody Powell, walked
in to tell us that Carter had
vetoed this bill. Miss Conn,
obviously, had orders to notify
the executive offices upstairs
when somebody came in to in
qurre about such matters. Why,
since the young lady cou’d have
given us the information in two
minutes?
Incidentally, Mr. Powell said
that Carter vetoed the bill be
cause “in this administration the
secretaries work late and we
can’t have them walking two
or three blocks to their cars
after dark." This is a bunch of
hogwash.
Incidentally, we suggest that
1.t.-Gov. Maddox — to show
the difference between his at
titude and the Governor's —
take down the reserved parking
signs in that section set aside for
him.
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State Treasurer Bill Burson
is closing the check cashing
window in his office for several
reasons. One is that his own
employees are personally re
sponsible for making good any
bad checks they cash (one em
ployee had to pay out S6OO on
such checks), and, also, there
are two full service banks with
in two blocks, which state em
ployees can use.
However, he expects the Gen
eral Assembly to pass some sort
of legislation requiring him to
re-open the window. If so, he
will insist that they provide pro
tection for his emp'oyees, and an
appropriation to pay someone
for the job, since the Treasurer
has no money for the service.
We think Mr. Burson's posi
tion on this is both logical and
reasonable.
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During the latter part of this
month, state senatorial elections
are coming up to fill the posts
left by Senators Ford Spinks
and Billy Joe Abney. Spinks
was a Carter man, and Abney
for Maddox. The affiliation of
whomever gets elected cou'd
change the lineup in the Sen
ate from 26 votes for Maddox
to more or less.
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On last Thursday, Gov. Car
ter called a meeting of state de
partment heads and spent 30
minutes showing slides and ex
plaining his reorganization plan,
but several who were there told
us that they left without know
ing any more than when they
came.
of Madison, Ind.; two brothers,
Henry Griffin of Cochran, and
Luther Griffin of Dublin.
Williams Funeral Home of
Gordon was in charge of ar
rangements.
Murdock Lee
Lancaster
Funeral services for Mur
dock Lee Lancaster, 57, of
Milan, who died Thursday, April
1, at his residence following a
heart attack, were held Saturday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock from
the Antioch Baptist Church with
the Rev. Hobson Brown officiat
ing, assisted by the Rev. Harvey
Strickland.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were M. C.
Jones, Larry Kinchen, Carlton
Jones, Wilmer Cadwell, H.T.
Coleman and Charles Jones.
Mr. Lancaster was bom in
Telfair County on January 28,
.914 the son of Mrs. Mary
Cook Lancaster and the late
Edward Wright Lancaster. He
was married to the former
Elizabeth Jones on October 10,
1941 in Dodge County and was
a member of Antioch Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife;
one son, Ronald Lee Lancaster;
one daughter, Mrs. Melba Boy
kin; one grandchild; his mother,
Mrs. Mary C. Lancaster; one
brother, H. D. Lancaster; and
one sister, Mrs. E. C. Jones,
all of Milan.
George Thigpen
Funeral services for George
Thigpen, 53, who died in a
Savannah hospital Saturday
from injuries sustained in an
automobile accident, were held
at 3 p.m. Monday in ML Pisgah
Baptist Church with burial in
Braddy Cemetery.
Mr. Thigpen was a native of
Wheeler County but had lived
in Montgomery County 35years.
He was an employee of
Chickasha Mobile Homes.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ollie Whitaker Thigpen;
a son, Edward Thigpen of Mt..
Vernon; three brothers, Nelson
Thigpen of Mt. Vernon, William
B. Thigpen of Charleston,S.C.,
and Ray Thigpen of Dublin; six
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Mandy,
Mrs. Helen Kirby, Mrs. Kath
erine Hendrix, Mrs. Betty Par
ker, Mrs. Ruby Jones and Mrs.
Cleo Baker, all of Charleston,
S. C.
Murchison Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge.
Mrs. Hulda
Wooten Powell
Funeral services for Mrs.
Hulda Wooten Powell, 88. of
Telfair County, who died Thur
sday, April 1, in the Telfair
County Hospital following a
MAJOR LEGISLATIVE activity in the Senate has been virtu
ally nil. and committees have not yet begun to get down to serious
business. The Congress is off to its usual slow start.
The first several weeks of the new Congress were consumed by
extended debate over ill-advised proposals to weaken the rules of
the Senate. These attacks on Senate rules come every two years,
with the organization of each new Congress, and they result in a
great deal of wasted time and effort.
After last year when Congress met all year, taking only a brief
recess for Christmas, one would think that more of an effort would
be put forth to conduct legislative business at a more efficient and
speedy pace. 1 do not think there are very many members of
Congress, if any. who want to stay in Washington all year long.
Moreover. 1 for one know it would not be necessary if Congress
operated on a more business-like basis, met more often and longer,
and handled legislation with more dispatch.
1 HOPE THE SENATE will not become embroiled again this
year in debate over Vietnam that serves no useful purpose and
only complicates an already extremely difficult and frustrating
situation.
1 he American people have been torn apart by this war. and it
ill becomes the Senate to act in such away that more frustration
and division are created. 1 don’t know of any Senator who does
not want the United States to get out of Vietnam at the earliest
possible time, to bring our combat troops home along w ith Ameri
cans held prisoner of war. Every member ot the Senate is well
aware of the anger and intense concern ot the American people
about this war. 1 have increasingly been shocked that the United
States would allow itself to get involved in a prolonged war that it
won’t fight and won’t quit.
At the same time, we have only one President and, under the
Constitution, he is Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces. I
see nothing to be accomplished by repeated attempts to undermine
his authority.
1 do not believe the conduct of the war or the deployment of
United States troops, or battlefield perimeters, can be determined
from some senatorial committee room or even from the floor of
the Senate.
Every time such an effort is made, the enemy's position, in
Paris and in Southeast Asia is strengthened, and the day of United
States withdrawal pushed a little farther away.
brief illness, were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from
Dodges Chapel United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Eugene
Scott officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with HarrisandSmith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Stewards
of Dodges Chapel, Eschol
Powell, Will McEachin, Eld
ridge Jones, Roy Powell, W. D.
Powell, Chester Williams,
George Haymons, Gilbert
Powell and Nelson Powell.
Mrs. Powell was bom. in
Telfair County on January 14,
1883 the daughter of the late
William Melvin and Sadie Stud
still Wooten. She was married
to the late Walter Powell and
was a member of the Dodges
Chapel United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include one son,
Ellis W. Powell of Telfair Coun
ty; four daughters, Mrs. Vester
Silas of Avon Park, Fla., Mrs.
W. G. Hearn of Buford, S. C.,
Mrs. Mike Bantozi of Orlando,
Fla., and Mrs. Theom Powell
of Oceanside, Calif.; 11 grand
children; 20 great grand
children; three great-great
grandchildren; and two bro
thers, W. Z. Wooten of Mcßae,
and Saxton Wooten of Birming
ham, Alabama.
Floyd Lawrence
Cooley
Funeral services for Floyd
Lawrence Cooley, 76, who died
Monday morning in the V.A.
Hospital in Dublin, following a
long illness, were heldTuesday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from
Sandhill United Methodist
Church with the Rev. W. J.
Padgett officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Cooley was born in Put
nam County and was a resident
of Telfair County.
Survivors include several
cousins.
Mrs. Rebecca
Sei ph Hulett
Funeral services for Mrs.
Rebecca Selph Hulett, 82, of
Rt. 1, Milan, who died Tuesday
at her residence following a
long illness, were held Thurs
day afternoon, (today) at 2:00
o’clock from the Friendship
Baptist Church with tl.e Rev.
Pope Hulett officiating, assisted
by the Rev. J. H. Warnock of
Jesup.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
Mrs. Hulett was bom in Tel
fair County on January 25,1888
the daughter of the late Daniel
and Amanda McLeod Selph. She
was married to the late Luther
Hulett and was a member of
the Friendship Baptist Church..
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
Survivors include two sons,
Tobe Hulett and Daniel Hulett
of Milan; seven daughters, Mrs.
Isabell Davis, Mrs. Ethel Re
becca Hulett and Mrs. Minnie
Spires of Milan, Mrs. Lola
Mae Bowen of Jacksonville,
Mrs. Lucille Carnes of Macon,
Mrs. Juanita Bowen of Lawton,
Oklahoma, and Mrs. Mildred
Gunn at Thomaston; 27 grand
children; 14 great grandchil
dren; three sisters, Mrs. W. O.
Butler and Mrs. Earl Tharpe
of Milan, and Mrs. W. H. Yawn
of Mcßae; and two brothers,
Henry Selph and Dock Selph
of Mcßae.
Ernest R. Joyner
Ernest R. Joyner, 84, a for
mer resident of Helena, died
Saturday at the Evans Memorial
Hospital in Claxton.
The Telfair County native
was a member of the Claxton
Primitive Baptist Church and
a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mamie Joyner of Claxton;
two sisters, Mrs. Eddie Pugh
and Mrs. Boyd Bedenbaugh of
Prosperity, S. C., and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Monday at NeSmith
Funeral Home of Claxton. Inter
ment was in the Brewton Ceme
tery in Claxton.
Mrs. Lois
Maloy Boney
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lois Maloy Boney, 67, of Milan
and Jacksonville, Fla., who died
Saturday, April 3, in the Telfair
County Hospital following a
brief illness, were held Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from
the Bethel United Methodist
Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Charles Burdett of
ficiating, assisted by the Rev.
Harvey Strickland, pastor of
Milan United Methodist Church.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Tommy
Boney, Howard Boney, Jr.,
Chess Cravey, Joe C. Maloy,
Stuart Garrison and Benny
Moore.
Mrs. Boney was bom in Milan
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. Sitting amid a field of daffodils,
these youngsters are wondering where the Easter bunny will
hide 30.000 eggs for the Stone Mountain Park Easter Egg Hunt.
The event starts st 2 pra, April 11. A special 7-foot high
alking Easter bunny will be at the Park Easter weekend to offer
tips on how to find eggs. Sunrise services both atop Stone
Mountain and at its base begin at dawn Easter Sunday. (PRN)
Easter Sunrise Service
Atop Stone Mountain
STONE MOUNTAIN. (PRN)
— The annual Easter
Sunrise Service atop Georgia’s
Stone Mountain will begin at 6
a.m. this year, with a
simultaneous service
conducted for the first time at
the base of the mountain. In
the afternoon, “Stoney”, a
talking Easter rabbit, will be a
new’ attraction for youngsters
attending the annual Egg Hunt
at the Park.
Community ministers will
officiate at both
interdenominational sunrise
services, with area choirs
providing music for the
occasion.
Carillonneur Herbie Koch
will present thirty minute
Easter concerts preceding and
follow ing the services.
Park gates will open to the
public from. 4:30 - 7:30 a.m.,
free of charge. Torches will be
lighted along the walk-up trail
on December 14, 1904 the
daughter of Mrs. Maggie Cobb
Maloy and the late John Henry
Oakley Maloy. She was married
to Harry Boney on May 6, 1934
and was a member of the Milan
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her hus
band of Jacksonville, Fla.;
mother, Mrs. Maggie Maloy;
and one brother, Graham Maloy,
both of Milan,
Mrs. Roscoe Coleman
Dies Unexpectedly
Final rites were held in the
Scotland Cemetery Wednesday
afternoon for Mrs. Roscoe
Coleman of Hephzibah, the for
mer Mary Lee Wimberly' of
Scotland, who died unexpectedly
in an Augusta hospital Monday
of an apparent heart attack.
Mrs. Coleman was the only
daughter ofMrs.H.S. Wimberly
and the late Mr. Wimberly.
Funeral services were held
in Augusta, Wednesday morn
ing, a full account of which
will be published in the next
edition of The Enterprise.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
Do you want the best service
possible? Charles F. Hall,
Branch Manager, of the Dublin
Social Security Office states,
"The personnel of the Dublin
Office want you to have the
best service possible.
A step toward fast efficient
service is the use of the tele
phone. Most reports, questions,
and even claims can be handled
quickly and easily over the
phone, thus saving a trip to the
Social Security Office,” So, if
you want the best service pos
sible, pick up your phone and
call Dublin 272 - 534 7. The per
sonnel there will be glad to
assist you.
Or for those who wish to
come by the Dublin Social Se
curity Office, it is located at
114 East Johnson Street, and
the office hours are from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
A representative of this office
may be seen at the Courthouse
in Mcßae on Thursdays from
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and in
at 4:30 a.m„ and the skylift
will open at the same hour.
The Egg Hunt gets
underway’ at 2 p.m., with
30,000 eggs, furnished by the
Georgia Egg Commission,
hidden on the lawns and
wooded areas in front of
Memorial Hall.
Youngsters 3 - 9 will be
trying for over 200 prizes
Grand prizes of four bicycles
will go to children finding gold
plastic eggs. Other prizes will
be given for orange, green and
yellow eggs.
“Stoney”, the talking
rabbit, will be at the Park both
Saturday and Sunday
afternoons to entertain the
children.
Georgia dignataries at the
Park Sunday will be Tommy
Irvin, Commissioner of
Agriculture, and Roger
Mclntosh, with the Georgia
Egg Commission.
Alamo at the Department of
Welfare from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
on second Thursdays.
Q. I just turned 65 and ap
plied for Medicare last week.
I now find that I will have to
go to the hospital very soon.
What will happen if I do not
have my card before I am
admitted?
A. You will be covered just
as if you had your card. If
necessary, the hospital can call
the social security office to
verify your Medicare coverage.
Q. My husband, who is 53,
and our two sons operated our
farm until 6 months ago, when
my husband suffered a severe
stroke. He is now completely
paralyzed and cannot even
speak. My sons still operate
the farm and insist that their
father should receive the net
profits. If my husband takes
these profits, will he still be
entitled to monthly social se
curity disability benefits?
A. Yes. To receive monthly
social security disability bene
fits, your husband must be un
able to engage in substantial
gainful activity in the operation
erf the farm. The income he
receives does not affect his
eligibility for disability bene
fits. Call any social security
office for help in applying for
disability benefits.
Q. lam enrolledinbothparts
of Medicare. If I get a routine
physical checkup by my family
doctor every year, will Medi
care pay for it?
A. No. Routine physical
checkups are not covered under
Medicare.
Q. I haveworkedunderSocial
Security for 20 years. The base
salary which I pay social se
curity contributions seems to
go up every couple of years.
Why' is it necessary to keep
raising the amount of earnings
on which these contributions
are paid?
A. One of the objectives of
the social security program
is to provide monthly cash bene
fits that are related to the
workers previous level, of
earnings. To keep up with the
rise in the earnings level, the
contributions and benefit base
must be raised from time to
time.
If the base on which you pay
social security contributions
remained constant, more and
more workers would have earn
ings above the creditable
amount and their social security
insurance protection would re
late to a smaller and smaller
part of their full earnings.
Eventually, almost everyone
would collect a flat social se
curity- benefit completely un
related to actual earnings.
PCA Management
Conference Held
To keep abreast of the latest
trends in agriculture's credit
needs, Julian Murphy' of Dublin,
and W. C. Lowery of Mcßae,
of Mutual Production Credit
Association lave just returned
from Atlanta, where they at
tended a two-day Management
AAtrex
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KAISER
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
Hollis Johnson, Manager
Alamo, Georgia Phone 568-4691
Development Conference ac
cording to R. F. Marshall, gen
eral manager of the associ
ation.
The conference was con
ducted for assistant general
managers, branch office man
agers, and representatives of
PC As by the Federal Inter
mediate Credit Bank of Colum
bia, South Carolina, in
cooperation with Cavett Robert,
management consultant of
Phoenix, Arizona.
The Bank provides leader
ship, supervision and agricul
tural loan funds for 60 PCAs
which make agricultural loans
through 190 complete service
offices in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The PCAs serve over 52,000
farmers, growers and ranchers
with more than $675 million
cf short and intermediate-term
credit.
Subjects presented during the
conference included Your Role
on the PCA Management Team;
When Legal Advice is Needed;
Loan Analysis; Farm Records;
Management Leadership; Six
Principals of Human Engineer
ing and other current topics
cf interest.
Conference instructors in ad
dition to Mr. Robert included
R. A. Darr, president; J. C.
Moore, senior vice president;
J. Fred Taylor, Jr., vice presi
dent; John L. Marshall, vice
president and secretary; James
E. Wilson, vice president; C.
W. S. Home, vice president
and general counsel; and Tom
D. Nolen, director Electronic
Farm Records.
The farmer owned and ope
rated Mutual PCA serves Lau
rens, Johnson, Treutlen, Bleck
ley, Dodge and Telfair counties
and is extending $14,600,000
to 703 farmer-members in
these counties for their needs
for operatingandcapital invest
ment credit on an intermediate
term basis.
The association’s home office
is located in Dublin, and other
complete service offices are in
Eastman, and managed by
Franklin Davis; in Mcßae, and
managed by W. C. Lowery re
spectively.
Clyde D. Lann
Navy Airman Apprentice
Clyde D. Lann, husband of the
former Miss Jackie D. Hindman
cf Mcßae, was graduated from
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Hy draulics Course at the Naval
Air Technical Training Center,
Naval Air Station, Millington,
Tennessee.
MAJOR PRUNING
Major pruning of shrubs,
trees and hedges should be
completed before growth
begins in the spring. In South
Georgia, this means during
•early March. In the northern
half of the state, pruning the
latter part of March is recom
mended. The term “major
pruning.” according to Exten
sion horticulturists, refers to
cutting back misshaped and
overgrown plants rather se
verely. The job should already
be done in South Georgia, and
time is running out in North
Georgia.