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VOLUME 57
Report Os The
County Agent
By David H. Williams
Start Right
Start this year’s vegetable
crops and gardens off right —
use the best seed available.
Beware of so-called “bar
gain” seed. They may prove
to be anything but a bargain.
Mixed varieties, diseases, in
sects, low germination and
weeds are some of the prob
lems that go along with in
ferior seed.
Quality seed can -- and
often do —mean the difference
between a crop failure and a
successful crop.
To have an ample supply of
good seed, it is a good idea
to order early from a reliable
dealer.
Be sure to select varieties
adapted to your area and wea
ther conditions. Good seed
in one part of the county are
not necessarily good seed in
another part.
Fruit Trees
Just about every year we
have several Wheeler County
homeowners to plant fruit
trees around their yard, and
later many of these people
call to ask why their trees
are dying or are not producing.
Chances are they did a poor
job of transplanting. Proper
transplanting is the first step
to success in growing fruit
trees.
One common mistake is a
transplant hole that is too
small. It should be large
enough to accommodate the
roots without crowding.
Overfertilization is another
problem. The hole should be
refilled with topsoil and not
more tlian one-fourth pound
of 6-12-12 fertilizer added.
And be sure that the roots
are covered with soil before
the fertilizer is put down.
Never let fertilizer come in
direct contact with the roots.
Weed Control
Thanks to herbicides, weed
control in orchards andaround
fruit trees in the yard is a
lot easier now than it used to
be. Using chemicals to keep
down weeds and grasses not
only is lighter work; it is
also better than cultivation
because there is less likeli
hood of damaging the plant’s
root system.
Chemicals for weed control
in small areas are not ex
pensive. Neither are they hard
to use.
Preemergence materials
(used before weeds and
grasses come up) should be
bought now. Postemergence
chemicals may be obtained
later.
Our office has a circular
that gives recommended herb
icides for different kinds of
fruit and vegetable crops. It
also gives suggested rates
and times of application, and
tells which weeds are con
trolled by which chemical.
Billboard Law
Enforcement
Hits Phase 2
ATLANTA (PRN) - With a
city of “Timberrr,” and a few
deft strokes from a power saw,
a State Highway Department
crew on January 3rd, felled
the first illegal billboard to
come down under
second-phase enforcement of
Georgia’s new outdoor
advertising law.
The second enforcement
phase consists of signs, with or
without permits, erected in
violation of the new law.
The first enforcement
phase, concerning smaller signs
on trees, natural features, or
impermanent structures, is
well under way across the
state, according to Highway
officials.
Another, later, phase will
concern signs erected legally
under the 1967 advertising
law, but made illegal by the
new legislation. That group
contains signs the Highway
Department will have to buy
from the owners. The
purchases can’t be made until
federal funds are made
available.
Wheeler County Eagle
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Sylvania, Ga. Such a smile could only be inspired by grandson G. Elliott Hagan, 111, who is seeing
American soil for the first time since he was bom in Germany last February 13. Nicknamed “Eric”,
the baby and Mrs. Elliott Hagan, Jr. returned January 6 from Germany where Lt. Elliott Hagan, Jr.
is serving with the U.S. Anny. He returns January 20 for discharge. These developments brought
one comment from father and grandfather. Congressman G. Elliott Hagan: “I can’t think of a
more perfect way to start out a New Year.” (PRN)
Dodge Holds 2 Slaying Suspects
Dodge County Sheriff Jack
son Jones announced the ar
rest of two men who have been
charged in connection with
the brutal slaying of John
Wheeler County
Forest Ranger
Warns Os Fire
Wheeler Countians were re
minded by Edward Richard
son, ranger, Wheeler County
Forestry Unit, to take special
notice of woodland conser
vation laws.
Among legislation presently
in effect is the notification to
burn law, Richardson said.
Persons planning to burn
brush or other flammable ma
terial must notify their local
county forestry unit as to
time and place of burning.
Richardson emphasized that
failure to do so constitutes a
misdemeanor, and may result
in prosecution.
“This is the time of year
when most landowners clean
up their yards and fields,”
the ranger pointed out, “and
improper burning can touch
off a disastrous forest fire.”
He explained that the law
makes it a felony' for a person
to set fire willfully to
another’s land, or to allow a
fire cm his land to bum adja
cent property owned by some
one else.
“Care should be used with
any source of fire,” Richard
son added.
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HIGHWAY CREWMEN Raymond Anderson. Kenneth Dutton,
and Charlie Clark work to remove remnants of the first
billboard to fall under phase two enforcement of Georgia’s new
outdoor advertising law. The sign was erected without a permit
along 1-75 in Bartow County. (PRN)
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Henry Smith, 45, on April
4, 1970.
The accused are Jim Bob
"Sapp, 24, of Gainesville, and
James Nelson, 20, of Dublin.
The 21-month-old murder
was solved because of infor
mation supplied by a police
informer, Sheriff Jones said.
According to the result of
investigation by Jernes and
agents of the Georgia Bureau
of Information (GBI), the two
white men near Helena picked
up Smith, a black who lived
in Eastman.
Later, the three of them
“got into an argument” and
Smith was killed. His body
NOTICE OF
ELECTION
There will be an election
held on Tuesday, February 1,
1972, for the purpose of elec
ting a member of Wheeler
County Board of Education
from McArthur District.
To qualify, a person must
be a free holder, at least 30
years of age, good moral
character, qualified and
registered to vote for mem
ber of General Assembly, have
lived in Wheeler County five
years immediately proceeding
this election, and also be a
resident of McArthur District.
Qualifying time closes 12:00
a.m., January 18, 1972.
The vote will be county
wide. Polls opening at 7:00
a.m. and closing at 7:00 p.m.
T. Clyde Fulford, Ordinary
Wheeler County
with its throat cut was found
at a drive-in park four miles
north of Chauncey.
The informer provided in
formation to GBI Capt. Henry
Walden and agent Harold
Moorlan of Dublin who, in
turn, passed it along to Lt.
H. M. Spurlin and Hugh
Conner of Mcßae.
Sapp was arrested by police
in Gainesville, and the
Laurens County Sheriff’s De
partment took Nelson into cus
tody. Both are confined in
the Dodge County Jail.
Help Prevent
Forest Fires
Have you ever thought of
how vitally forest fires effect
you? You do not have to own
a single acre of forest land
to feel this effect. The result
of fire damage to the forest
and its products is manifold.
The direct loss to tree grow
th, wood-using industries,
payrolls, and taxes extend into
the millions of dollars an
nually. There are numerous
intangible losses about as
great but difficult toappraise.
Forest fires take their toll
in destroying the recreational
and aesthetic values of wooded
acres. Uncontrolled and dis
astrous forest fires cause
great losses in hunting and
fishing values, improper flow
of water, and soil erosion.
Fire is often followed by se
vere attacks of insects and
disease or wind-thrown caus
ing enormous additional
losses. This waste supports
no one and is inexcusable,
particularly since all forest
products are so necessary to
both regional and national
economy.
In view of the value and
investments involved, there
can be no question of the
necessity for everyone to help
prevent forest fires.
Wheeler Health
Dept. To Hold
Screening Test
The Wheeler County Health
Department will be giving the
Diabetic Screening test and
the Tuberculin Skin test on
Monday, January 24th, from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Please eat a good hardy
meal and come to the Health
Department in two hours.
What is most needed for
learning is a humble mind.
-Confucius.
FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 1972
Senator Talmadge Hails Release
Os funds for Rffl Loan Program
Food For
Thought
by
Richard G. Aultman
Modern man’s escape from
the gravitational pull of the
earth and his walks on the
moon are feats and adventures
which were undreamed of only
100 years ago. If those people
were projected forward in
time into the present they
could scarcely believe that
man could fly to the moon.
For us such an event is nearly
commonplace.
Men can escape this pol
luted earth and live In higher
and cleaner levels. They can
rise above the strife and dis
cord which binds and shackles
the human race. They can
venture out hundreds of miles
in space and view the earth
and witness its beauty against
the background of endless
darkness. This view is not
possible for us here who are
earthbound in this lower level
of living.
And yet in our jubilation
over space adventures into
new frontiers perhaps we’ve
overlooked a very important
point — now new laws were
made to get us there. Men
are on the moon because of
obedience to laws already in
existence. Perhaps laws were
discovered which were not'
known before but they were
not new, they have always
been operative in the orderly
functioning of the universe.
Man has simply used them,
obeyed them, in venturing out
to new levels of living in
space.
This same principle is also
true regarding the spiritual
laws of life. The Christian
can rise to new and higher
levels of living, not by dis
covering new spiritual laws,
but by obedience to those al
ready in existence. There are
people who are saying they
don’t believe it’s God’s will
that man go to the moon. I
won’t argue that point but we
can know what God’s will is
regarding our spiritual con
dition.
Paul wrote to the Thessa
lonian Church saying, ’Thia
is the will of God, even your
sanctification, that you should
abstain from fornication.” 0
Thess. 4:3). The specific ref
erence here is tosexual clean
ness and purity. However,
sanctification is an all in
clusive word and embraces
the whole of life for Paul
says a few verses later, “For
God has not called us unto
uncleanness but unto holi
ness.” God’s purpose then is
to make man holy.
And the net result of obedi
ence to God’s will in this
matter is living in the higher
and cleaner level of holiness.
And the level beneath this is
uncleanness. This unclean
ness is the carnal level
characterized by envy, jeal
ously, divisions, resentment,
unforgiving spirits, strife,
etc. (I Cor. 3).
Thank God Christians don’t
have to live on this lower
level. The Bible says Jesus
suffered without the gate that
He might sanctify the people
with His own blood. (Heb.
13:12). Many fine Christians
desperately want to be freed
from captivity to this lower
level but don’t believe that
release is possible. There
are other Christians who can
witness to an experience of
grace that has lifted them
out of this lower level.
There are some people who
don’t believe man has ever
been to the moon, they have
told me so. But yet there is
an ever increasing number
of persons who can say, ‘T
know for sure for I’ve been
there.”
Wheeler County
Ministerial Association
In announcing the release of
an additional $lO9-million by
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture for the Rural Electri
fication loan program, U. S.
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge,
chairman of the Senate Agri
culture Committee, com
mended the action. Said he:
“This additional funding
will help alleviate loan re
quirements of financially
hard-pressed rural electri
fication systems in Georgia
and throughout the United
Vets Parents
May Be In For
More Benefits
A number of veterans ’ par
ents receiving dependency and
indemnity compensation (DIC)
benefits may be eligible for an
additional monthly' allowance
of 55 dollars.
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler said,
“Recent changes in the law
provide for an ’aid and attend
ance’ allowance of 55 dollars
per month for a dependent
parent drawing DIC or death
compensation if the parent
is a patient in a nursing home
or is so nearly helpless or
blind as to require the regular
aid and attendance of another
person.”
Changes in the law also
increased income limitations
for parents; Wheeler said,
“The new bill has completely
altered the income and pay
ment structure for dependency
and indemnity compensation
being paid to parents of ser
vicemen who die in service
or of veterans who die of
service-connected causes.”
The new limitations on in
come are $2600 for one sur
viving parent and S3BOO for
two surviving parents living
together. For two parents not
living together, the limitation
is $2600 for each parent.
“Because of these changes
in the law,” said Wheeler,
“some parents, previously
denied DIC benefits by the
VA, may now be eligible for
such benefits.” Pointing out
that the new laws and regula
tions are “lengthy and de
tailed,” Wheeler said he ad
vises anyone wanting complete
information to contact any of
fice of the Georgia Department
of Veterans Service.
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PRESS INSTITUTE SPEAKER - Alabama Governor George
Wallace will be a featured speaker at the 44th annual Georgia
Press Institute at the Georgia Center in Athens, February 24-26.
Governor Wallace is scheduled to address the group at 1 p.m.,
the 24th. The annual event is sponsored by Georgia Press
Association and the Grady School of Journalism, University of
Georgia. (PRN)
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States. I hope funding of the
full amount approved by Con
gress will be soon forthcom
ing.”
Release of the additional
$lO9-million, as directed by
President Richard M. Nixon,
was made public by Secretary
of Agriculture Earl L. Butz.
It will supplement the $329-
million in funding under which
REA has been operating since
the present fiscal year began
July 1, bringing the current
total for the Rural Electric
program to $438-million.
This is still $lO7-million
short of the total of $545-
million approved by Congress
for this fiscal year, Sen. Tal
madge pointed out.
"The Rural Electrification
program, since it was estab
lished in 1935, has been one
of the most successful fed
eral, state and local pro
grams,” the Georgia senior
senator said.
“It lias been a vital force
in the development of agri
cultural communities and
small towns and in attracting
job-creating industry in rural
areas,” he declared, adding
that locally-owned electric
membership corporations
have an outstanding record
in repaying REA loans.
The administration has
withheld full funding of the
REA loan program this fiscal
year because of other
budgetary demands. However,
Emerson Buys
Hazelhurst Firm
Soundlock, Inc., Hazlehurst
industrial firm, has been ac
quired by Emerson Electric
Co., of St. Louis, Mo.
The merger has already
become effective. Claude P.
Cook, Soundlock founder,
chairman of the board and
chief executive, said Sound
lock will now be operated as
Soundlock Division of Emer
son Electric.
Richard Barnett of Atlanta
will continue as president and
operating manager of Sound
lock, Cook said.
Emerson will soon begin
an expansion project at Sound
lock, with both the local fa
cilities and line of products
increased, Cook said. The ex
pansion will also require addi
tional employees.
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Sen. Talmadge said rural
electrification should be given
“priority status” and funds
released for the program at
the earliest possible time.
Heart Os 6a.
Finds Many Jobs
For Unemployed
Unemployed Registrants
are being placed in job
vacancies at a very fast pace
in the Heart of Georgia Area,
according to C. J. Broome,
Executive Director of the
Heart of Georgia Community
Action Council, Inc. Broome
said that 141 registrants had
been hired or placed in train
ing positions as of the week
ending January 7. These,
registrants are expected to
earn an estimated annual pay
roll of $424,655.00.
An Unemployed Regis
tration was conducted in the
12-county area served by the
CAP Agency on October 28-
30. Results of that registra
tion showed 3,934 persons out
of work. As an interim fol
low-up, the Council, in co
operation with the Georgia
Department of Labor, initiated
a Manpower Resources De
velopment Program. The aim
of this program was to can
vass business firms for job
opportunities in the Heart at
Georgia area and to place
as many registrants in these
vacancies as possible.
Broome advised that the suc
cess achieved thus fhr has
been encouraging and future
opportunities for placement
of Unemployed Registrants
look promising.
Many of the Registrants are
considered hard-core unem
ployed who lack the skills
and training needed to fill the
job vacancies. The Heart of
Georgia CAC is exploring
ways and means of developing
training opportunities for
these individuals. The Georgia
Department of Labor is au
thorized to enter into training
programs with local business
firms and industries on a con
tract basis under the Man
power Development and
Training Act. Any employer
interested in obtaining infor
mation on the JOBS Optional
Program should contact the
Georgia Department of Labor
Office serving their area.
Broome credited the Labor
Department efforts for the
establishment of several
training programs in the area
which have resulted in the
placement of many of the Un
employed Registrants.
The counties served by the
Heart of Georgia Community
Action Council, Inc., are
Bleckley, Dodge, Houston,
Laurens, Montgomery, Peach,
Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen,
Twiggs, Wheeler and Wilcox.
Employers in these counties
who have an immediate or
projected need for employees
are encouraged to contact the
nearest Labor Department Of
fice or the County Neighbor
hood Service Center Director.
Deadline For W-2
Forms Is Jan. 31
The deadline for employers
to give employees their 1971
W-2 Forms is Monday, Jan.
31, B. Javan Garner, the local
Internal Revenue Service
representative said.
The form should show earn
ings, income tax withheld, and
social security information.
A W-2 from each employer
has to be filedby the employee
with his income tax return.
Therefore, it is important that
employers furnish W-2’s to
their employees by the date
required to permit timely
preparation and filing of the
employees’ tax returns.
A penalty may be charged
an employer for each late
W-2 he sends out.