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Volume L1I, Number 15
GOVERNOR HALTS ALL STATE AID
HIGHWAY JOBS, DISCHARGES 50
Reductions in Salaries Along
With Other Cuts Will Go to
Fund to Pay Teachers.
ATLANTA, April 5.—Citing
"emergency in fiscal affairs,”
ernor Rivers yesterday issued
tive orders stopping state aid
way projects, slashing the salary
Chairman W. L. Miller of the
way board, eliminating 50
and office workers and cutting
$750,000 from the $3,000,000 spent an¬
nually for maintenance work.
The chief executive ordered that
savings accruing from the
department and other
whose cuts are yet to be made,
placed to the credit of the stabiliza¬
tion fund, whence they shall go to
general fund for use chiefly by
common schools of the state.
Chairman Miller declined to com¬
ment on the order save to say that the
board had put into effect the reduc¬
tions directed by the Governor,
has been known for some time that the
alliance between Rivers anil Miller
not as close at it was when the chair
man took office two years ago.
$150 Salary Cut
Chairman Miller’s salary was re
duced from $600 a month to $450 a
month.
Governor Rivers listed the employes
to be dismissed in a separate letter to
the highway board. This letter he
declined to make public at this time.
“Those whose names have been
eliminated would not want them pub
iisbed, I do not believe.” the Govern¬
or said. If they were going for any
reason other than economy they would
be made public.”
It was learned lhat among those
stricken from the budget was assist¬
ant Chief Engineer W. E. Stanley, who
formerly was chief engineer. He wa -
drawing $400 a month.
Further Slashes
Salary reductions were ordered for
assistant Chief Engineer Clem Wright
and "for George Blount, chief main
tenarice engineer, W. B. Brantley,
the present chief engineer of the de
jiartment, was given a salary of $100
a month when named to the post sev
oral months ago. Attaches of the
Governor’s office pointed out that his
salary was reduced at that, time as
the post formerly paid $450 a month,
The Governor said lhat the work
being done by Stanley would be car
ried on by other engineers in Brant
ley’s office.
“Mr. Brantley and his other assist¬
ants can divide it,” Rivers said.
The Governor would make no esti¬
mate of the number of persons whose
salaries he reduced, lie added that he
had not finished with the budget and
that further cuts are coming.
"I merely sent the highway board
a letter instructing it to pul into ef¬
fect the economies already effected,"
he said. "I plan a further study of
the budget, item by item, and will
make additional change, before it is
finally approved.”
May Affect t . S. Funds
In his order stopping all state aid
highway projects, the Governor said
the letting scheduled for April
which includes several state aid
ects, would go on *as scheduled. The
order affects only lettings after April
21 .
Members of the highway board
would not speculate on whether or not
the executive orders would hinder the
state’s continued use of federal funds
although the Governor’s irden said
federal projects would not be affected.
Charles N. Snead, district federal
highway engineer, was in the city on
a routine business trip yesterday but
could not be contacted after the •x
eeutive order had been issued,
home observers contended that the
orders amounted to an out-and-out di
version of road funds an.flfuat federal
funds might be jeopardized.
Federal Projects
Governor River- specifically
that the department be permitted
advertise for letting state aid
ects in Wilkinson and Bryan court
ties, both of which arc carrying
federal arrangements.
Governor Rivers would not make
stimate of the total savings
about by his orders. He said
would wait until he had
aetion on the highway budget and
other budgets and obtain
from State Auditor Zack Arnold
®he geaber-®**lmne
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Cran ford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest,
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6. 1939
fore fixing the amounts to go into
the stabilization fund.
STATE FACES
LOSS OF U. S .
ROAD FUNDS
WASHINGTON, April 5.—Federal
highway officials said Wednesday
Georgia’s economy program would
subject the state to a danger of los¬
ing a major portion of its future ap¬
portionments of government road
funds.
All payments by the Bureau of Pub¬
lic Roads except those for grade cross¬
ing elimination require matching by
the states. Governor E. D. Rivers has
ordered a halt on all highway build¬
ing except that financed entirely by
the federal government.
The federal highway apportionment
law also provides that a penalty up j
to one-third be imposed upon any state j
{which diverts more motor vehicle rev- ■
|enue to non-highway purposes than
was diverted in 1934. The geofftWr large j
! program calls for diverting
{amounts of highway money to schools,
| welfare and other purposes.
On the diversion question, the state
j already has received a warning from
i Thomas H. McDonald, chief of the
Bureau of Public Roads. The penalty
was delayed pending action by the
legislature to restore the diverted
funds.
Road Bureau officials declined to
state specifically what might be the
result of Georgia’s “cut to the bone”
program, explaining its policy for
bade answering hypothetical qui “4
(ions..
“But the federal-aid program,” one
official said, “is a take it or leave it
proposition.”
Georgia's 1910 apportionment has
been set at $2,507,151 for .regular fed
era! aid, $370,073 for secondary 0) ;
j feeder roads, and $477,283 for grade
crossing elimination,
The amount of the penalty for di
of version, the state’s aside from refusal any to consideration match the j
j
funds, might lie as high as one-third
of the total apportionment. The
amount is discretionary with the sec
rdtary of agriculture,
These funds remain available to
the state for one year after the year
for which they are apportioned. They
are then paid out upon request from
the state, provided all rules, including
that of matching, are satisfied.
■ EASTER SERVICE
tr st. t sinuses
Bringing (he Lenten season to a
i dose, there will be a Good Friday
service at 7:30 Friday evening.
As is customary, Mr. Clem will give
1 a short talk on the Seven Last Words
j from the Cross. There will be appro*
| pi iate hymns and prayers for this
solemn service.
The only Easter day service will
i be early morning communion at 7:80. I
i Friends are most cordially invited
to attend.
I). W. M (41s Speaker
! it Masonic Services
{ W. Wells, 32nd degree Mason, !
I). a
will make the principal addre at ;
Maundy Thursday ceremonies, inelud
ing the mystic banquet, in the Mason
ic Temple in Macon at 8 o ’clock to- 1
!night. |
Wi <■ Master Philip S. Steed of Ma
eon. a 3rd degree Mason, will preside
■
and introduce Mr. Wells.
The ceremony will include the
| tinguishing of the •aodelabra lights
[of the Chapter ol Rose Croix, which
'have been burning since last Easter. {
j They will be relighted at 4 p. m. Eas
i ter Sunday. I
.services arc • mandatory for all Scot- ;
,
{tish Rite Masons, several the hundred of;
J whom are members of
chapter of the Rose Croix.
Ceremonies precede the annual
j spring reunion which begins Friday,;
; -May 12, and continues through ihuri
[day, the fourth June 8. through All of the the 82nd degrees inclusive from
will he conferred during this reunion
{under direction of 0. A. McAlister,
'’33rd degree'deputy of the supreme
council in Georgia.
SENATE PASSES
NEW BANKHEAD
SUBSIDY
WASHINGTON, April 3.—While
movement was launched in
to co-ordinate demands of
farm blocs for a general farm pro
gram for the nation, the Senate today
passed the first section of the Sen¬
ate cotton bloc’s domestic
program for the South’s No. I crop.
Acting with unexpected speed, the
upper branc hof Congress passed the
measure sponsored by Senator Bank
head, Democrat of Alabama, authoriz¬
ing sale of 2,000,000 of the 11,500,
000 bales of government loan cotton
to cotton farmers at 5 cents a pound
for resale on the domestic or foreign
markets.
The sale price of the cotton was
from 3 to 5 cents a pound by
in amendment sponsored by Senator
MeNary, Republican of Oregon, Sen
minority leader.
Bankhead reduced the program
from three million to two million bales
of the government loan cotton soon
after he called the measure up for
debate.
Adoption of the measure indicated
an absence of any serious opposition
to the cotton bloc’s program. The
sc Hate was now expected to turn to
the second section of the program
which provides a federqj “bounty”
payment, of 3 cents a pound to the
price of repossessed cotton when it, is
sold either on the foreign or domestic
markets.
DANIEL MARION
THOMPSON DIES
Funeral services for Daniel Marion
Thompson, 20, who died in an Atlan¬
ta hospital early Sunday morning af
ter a long, illness,, were held in the
Fold \alU* .Method^*, church. .Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. M.
Reed, pastor of the Fort, Valley
Baptist church, and Rev. W. L. Ander
son, pastor of the Roberta Baptist
church, officiate^ cemetery? interment was in
Oaklawn
He was born and reared at t he
Thompson home near Perry and was a
graduate of the Perry high school.
He was operator of a grocery store
at, Lee Pope at the time of his death.
Survivors include his widow, the
fonmer Miss Virgic Pearson; his pa¬
rents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Thompson,
Ferry; three sisters, Mrs. J. P. Kemp¬
er and Mrs. H. T. Wilder, Fort Valley,
and Mrs. A. T. Smith, Perry; three
brothers, M. E. Thompson, 11, V.
Thompson and R. 1,. Thompson, Jr.,
all of Perry.
Pallbearers were Hendrix Powell,
Sam Pell, Charles Crow, Paul Tucker,
Harry NeSmith and Jesse Brown.
Fort Valley Boys
Plan Boxing Curd
Twenty-four local high school box¬
ers, headed by the*four Cannon broth
ers, will fight in the Amerieus high
gymnasium Friday night, with
the 12 winners to box against Perry
here next week.
The elimination bouts start at 7:30
o’clock, include:
Billy Cannon vs. Norris Mullis at
pounds.
Billy Teese vs. Ear) Culpepper at
85 pounds.
Ralph Cannon vs. Jack Smith, at 80
Hugh Avera vs. Walter Sutton at
pounds.
Calvin Poole vs, Marion Anthoine
at 115 pounds.
EJib Grehin vs. Bill Rowell at 120
Calvin Jones vs, J. p. Teese at 135
Billie Mathews vs. Charlie Bellflow
at 140 pounds.
Wiley Ellington vs. Ellis Vaughn
at 155 pounds.
Bill Thames vs, J. W. Poole at 160
Buford Cannon, 130 pounds, and
Rudolph Cannon, recent winner of the
145-pounds novice class in the South¬
eastern Golden Gloves tournament.
meet unannounced opponents.
The conceptions of mortal, erring
thought must give way to the ideal of
all that is perfect and eternal.—Mary
Baker Eddy.
POLICE CAPTURE
I LIQUOR RUNNERS
Police officer Boisie Barfield ran
down two men in a 1935 model Chev¬
rolet coach Monday night near the
west end of College street whom he
suspected of running liquor, When
he got near them, the men stopped the
car and ran off, escaping in the dark¬
ness.
Officer Barfield found that the car
was loaded with five ten-gallon kegs,
one five-gallon keg and one five-gal¬
lon jug of bootleg liquor, which was
confiscated.
It was determined Tuesday morn
ng that the car belonged to Johnny
Hays, Negro, of Amerieus, who stated
to officers that he had loaned the car
to Charlie Turner, who was accom¬
panied by Watson Richardson, both
Negroes, who were said to be the ones
driving the car here Monday night.
All three were arrested and charged
with violation of the liquor laws.
iufoists in Pomli
Are Urged to Aid
In Traffic Surrey
A new phase of the statewide high¬
way and traffic survey being conduct¬
ed by the Division of Highway Plan¬
ning of the State Highway Board,
known as the blanket count, was
launched this week in Peach county,
it was announced the first of the week
at Atlanta headquarters by O. T. Ray,
(state director.
During the course of this survey,
which will be carried on at intersec¬
tions, principally on secondary and
local roads, and which will enable the
division to arrive at an annual daily
traffic average for roads of this type,
drivers of all classes of vehiedes will
be asked to stop for a few minutes at
the blanket count stations and give
.information as to their .vehicle’s place ’ I
of ownership and the origin and des-1
tination of the trip.
This is an important feature of the |
exhaustive survey we are conduct-
1 1111 v , said State Director Ray, and
we want, to urge the cooperation ot .
! Peach county motorists in helping us |
make the Georgia traffic picture as
complete as possible. We realize that
at times it will be inconvenient for a (
driver to stop and answer ques- ;
our |
lions, but the delay will be of short'
luration and he will have the satis- l
faction of knowing that be has done |
his part in aiding a survey which,
after all, is designed to help the users
of Georgia roads,”
Blanket count operations will be
carried on at total , ol , 14,000 inter- . .
a
sections in the state, and between 60
and 80 of these points ’ will be located
tn Peach , county. 1 he survey calls
tor one eight-hour . , , count, , , troin 8
, clock , . in . the , morning . until 4 o’clock
o
the , afternoon, „ at each of the Peach
in
county intersections selected. .... With .
trail being recorded , , and , drivers , . , be
ic
mg ” intervitwed at four % intersections
during* the , same period , of time each
day, the work in Peach county is
scheduled to be completed in from 15
to 20 working days. The blanket count
“work week” is of five days, Monday
through , rrida.v.
•
Mr. Jordan s Brother
Dies in Bartlesville
BARNKSVJLLE, March 29. Fun
neral services for William C.
05, merchant and undertaker who
[died at his home here Tuesday, were J
held today at the First Baptist church J
| here at 2:30 p. m. today.
■ The final rites were conducted by
> Rev. L. S. Williams. )
Mr. Jordan was a native of Pike
county but had lived in Bartlesville !
j 50 years. He was a deacon in the!
First Baptist church, and was a mem
her of the Knights of Pythias. He I
St ■rvod as a member of the city coun¬
cil a long number of years and was j |
the first treasurer of Lamar county.
Survivors include his widow; two |
daughters, Miss Emily Jordan, Barnes*
ville; Mrs. E. D. Fletcher of Millen,
Ga.; sisters, Mrs. Emmett Langford
and Miss Mary Jordan of Bartlesville;
brothers, Dr. J. R. Jordan, Perry, Ga.;
N. VV. Jordan. Fort Valley, and G. W.
Jordan, Thomson.
Too low they build who build be¬
neath the stars.—Young.
PEACH FARMERS
WIN PRIZES AT
FAT HOG
Peach county farmers won or, )
cent of the cash prizes offered
day at the Macon Fat Hog Show
sold the three highest priced lots
hogs in the show.
T. A. Monk, Fort Valley, entered
eleven head of hogs that were six
months old April 2, and won $40 in
prizes. E. M. Clapp, Byron, entered
twelve head of hogs that won $10 in
prizes. Rudolph Clapp, eleven year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Clapp,
entered the only 4-H club pig in the
show. Rudolph’s pig won a $3 prize
and sold for $7.40 per 100 lbs., the
highest price paid for any lot offered
for sale. The pig weighed 270 lbs.
and was between six and seven ntonths
old.
LIBRARY IS GIVEN
MANY NEW BOOKS
The Thomas Library is very appre¬
ciative of gifts and thanks those who
so kindly contributed the following:
Judson—The Pioneer Girl: the life
of Frances E. Willard, given by the
W. C. T. U.
Marks—A Tree Grown Straight,
given by Mrs. J. E. Davidson.
Gov. Treutlen Chapter, D. A. R.
a two-year subscription to their na¬
tional magazine and two volumes,
with index of the historical collec¬
tions of Georgia chapters of the D.
A. R.
Salley Stub entries to indents.
Books R-T, given by Miss Claudia
u P ( Pr K 1 -
Hygeia Magazine—Dr, blank Vin
son.
Mrs. Paul Murray sent a large bas¬
ket of books containing many
dard ones which have to be constantly
replaced.
Mrs. O. L. Me Waters gave a great
books in the name of the late
O. L. MeWaters.
Mrs. W. G. Brisendine brought a
shower of magazines, including Vogue,
House Beautiful and Town and Coun
try.
Mrs. J. II. Baird contributed num¬
bers of the Fortune, Life and others.
Mrs. O. F. Wbeeles presented several
popular magazines.
Mrs. W. O. Garrett, gave a collection
„ Time magazines.
The library is indebted to the Car
negie Endowment for International
for the following:
Angell.....-Peace with Dictators.
Streit—-Union Now.
Lewis- . Portraits from a Chinese ,,, . ,
Ferguson—Venezuela. , ,
rnl The following , .. those ,,
are among pur
chased:
Coward _ , ,, Present Indicative,
Bums.....1 he r Bright , ■ , . Land. , ,
.... Pilgrim—Bo ., ,, Great , ,, Man.
a
... Wentworth—Lonesome . Road, n .
T Emery—Millions , ...... for Marty. ,,
Provost—A , ... Man There ... Was.
Wilde- Best Known Works. ,,, .
Walpole--Fortitude.
yyjj son ’ Th ree- wheei i ng Through
^ '
Carnegie, ,, • Dale—Five . n . Minute ... . Biog- ...
raphies.
Zinsser--Rats, Lice and History.
Belloc—Napoleon.
Guedalla-—Wellington.
Hudson— The Purple Land.
London—Burning Daylight.
The following have been ordered:
Lips Savage Symphony.
Ludwig—-The Nile.
Berber- Peculiar Treasure.
Buck -The Patriot.
Corbett--- Far Down.
Chase- Dawn in Lyonesse.
Page The Tree of Liberty.
Wain Reaching for the Stars.
Bottome • Danger Signal.
Grey.....Knights of the Range.
Gregory Powder Smoke on Wan
dering River.
Bush -Case of the Green Felt Hat
Marquand- Wiekford Point.
Human improvement is from within
outwards.- Froude.
Truth is always present; it- only
needs to life the iron lids of the mind's
eye to read its oracles. Emerson.
The bigot, is like, the pupil of the
eye, the more light you put upon it,
the more it will contract.- -Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
CHANGE MADE
IN FARM
The following information was
ceived Wednesday by R. P.
county agent, from Congressman
phen Pace:
“The House this afternoon
a bill repealing paragraph 4 of
section (c) of Section 101 of the Farm
Act, which was the section that re¬
quired that farmers plant at least 80
per cent of their cotton acreage allot¬
ment or else be penalized on
benefit payments. The bill had al¬
ready passed the Senate and there¬
fore will become a law as soon as
signed by the President.
Mr. Swan advised that this provi¬
sion will become law when signed by
the President. He states that many
persons have expressed themselves as
not wanting to plant the full cotton al¬
lotment. Mr. Swan states that all
farmers will be advised later concern¬
ing I,he status of the bill.
This revision, however, in no way
affects penalties for over-planting.
KiIranians Hear
Rev . M. IK Reed
Ilj WM. SISTAFl
Pre sen ted by Jonas G. llillyer. Rev.
M. D. Reed, chairman of underprivi¬
leged child work of the Kiwanis Club,
spoke to the club on Personal Service
to Youth, citing many services the
club had rendered through giving fi¬
nancial aid, and showing the possibili¬
ties of the service by friendly guid¬
ance and companionship with those
who need just that kind of encourage¬
ment to help them attain serviceable
citizenship.
The program this week will he pre¬
sented by Ira Sammons.
Members of the local club have been
invited to attend a meeting of the
fifth division of Georgia Kiwanis at
Cordeie Friday evening.
Probers Will Ask
Governor to (ore
Econom y Report
ATLANTA, April 4. Governor
Rivers will be asked by the House of
Representatives economy committee
how many recommendations made
the investigators he has carried out by
executive order, the committee an
nouneed Monday afternoon.
Plans for the written request to the
Governor were made as the commit¬
tee resumed its probe (> f state depart
merits in a vigorous effort to reduce
alleged extravagance in the state gov¬
ernment.
The investigators wrote to the
Georgia Bankers’ Association offer
ing full co-operation in any investi
gation the bankers might undertake
into economy and fficiency in the
government, The letter also offered
full access to more than pages
of written testimony on file with the
committec, and use of all other rec
ords and information which the pro
bers are able to furnish.
The House economy group decided
to ask every state department to no¬
tify the committee what; has been
done about, the recommendations and
"how and when any action was taken.”
All heads of state departments,
whether s- not. recipients of recom¬
mendations !o stop waste in govern¬
ment, will be asked to report what
budgets have been reduced by Gov¬
ernor Rivers.
Before the committee launched into
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CLINIC TO BEGIN
OPERATION HERE
FRIDAY , APRIL 14
The City of Fort Valley and Peach
county clinic will begin operation on
Friday morning, April 1-1, at 10 o’clock
in the clinic room of the court house,
according to a statement from the
committee of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, sponsoring organization,
which has been working on the estab¬
lishment of the clinic.
Full information concerning the
clinic will be given any physician of
the county. They have clinic cards.
It is anticipated that at the next
meeting of city council an ordinance
will be passed requiring all food hand¬
lers and domestic servants to have a
certificate from this clinic.
The committee further states that
Dr. J. B. Kay of Byron will handle
cases for that section of the county.
It is hoped, that with the full co¬
operation of ail the citizens of the
county, that the health condition-will
be greatly improved through this valu¬
able work.
Spacing Important ■
To Increased Yield
Of Street Potatoes
Peach county farmers were advised
this week by County Agent R. P. Swan
that the spacing of plants in the row
and the time, of planting are the two
most important factors in sweet pota¬
to production.
Experiments with sweet potatoes
have shown that the time of setting
plants in the field and the spacing of
the plants in the row are factors which
determine, to u great extent, the qua¬
lity and size of the crop. So long as
the plants are of equal size and are
planted at the same time, there is lit¬
tle effect on the yields when plants
from the, fir-t, second, or third pull
-mhSnK - 6 .
April I to 15 in south Georgia and
April 15 to May 1 in north Georgia
the recommended planting dates
for sweet potatoes, the county agent
He said that early-set sweet pota
toes produce the best yields, accord¬
ing* to tests conducted by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture with three
-Nancy Hall, Porto Rico,
Big Stem Jersey, Each success
ive two-week delay in planting result*
ed in a lower yield of around 30 bush¬
els per acre of No. 1 glade and 50
bushels total yield. Late setting cut
the yield of No. 1 grade potatoes to
one-third that of early planting.
“When the plants were set 6, 9, 12
and 15 inches apart in rows 4 feet
wide, the total yields and No. 1 yields
differed little, but the number of
jumbo size increased with the thinner
plantings and the amount of No. 2’s
decreased. Spacings of 12 to 15 inch¬
es are considered best for production
of quality No. 1 sweet potatoes,” the
agent continued.
“Reports of low yields from second
and third pullings are probably a re¬
sult of late planting. Studies show
that first, second, and third pullings
showed about equal producing power
when planted under uniform condi¬
tions and at the same time, No dif
fere nee in productivity was noted in
the length of slips, provided all were
vigorous and sturdy stock."
Be always displeased at what thou
art, if thou desire to attain to what
thou art not; for where thou hast
pleased thyself,, there then abidest.—
Quarles.