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Volume LII, Number 22
SENIORS TO GRADUATE MONDAY EVENING; SCHOOLS CLOSE JUNE 3
C( IMMENCEMENT SERMON
BY DR. TIPPER SUNDAY
Superintendent J. F. Lambert has announced the program tor the gradu¬
ating exercises for the senior class of the Fort \ alley high school, which
Jakes place Monday evening, May 29. with Dr, Aquila Chamlee delivering
the address to the graduates. i
Fort Valley schools will close on Friday, June 3. The senior graduation
s set for Monday night so that the senior class could spent the last week
of school on their trip to Washington, I). C.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON SI Mm
The commencement sermon will be delivered Sunday morning at the
Methodist church. Dr. Kerr Bnvce Tupper, of Mercer University, will deliver
the sermon. The program, with Rev. M. D. Reed presiding, will he as follows:
PRELUDE Hymn of Thanks Mallard
PROCESSIONAL—1 Will Lift Up Mine Eyes to the Hills.
INVOCATION Rev. M. D. Heed
RESPONSE The Choir
HYMN—Holy, Holy, Holy.
SCRIPTURE Rev. \\. ( '. Sistar
PRAYER Rev. W. C. Sistar
OFFERTORY •Caroletta—Groton.
ANTHEM -Come Let Is Worship The Choir ,
SERMON KERR BOYCE TIPPER. 1). I)., LL. 1)
HYMN—Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name.
BENEDICTION - Rev. J. E. Sampley
RESPONSE The Choir
RECESSIONAL—I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes to the Hills.
SENIOR GRAIM ATI ON PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL Grand March from Aida
INVOCATION Rev. M. D. Reed
SALUTATORY Margaret .. , ,,____ Vance
Gwen .. „ Reed ,
READING
READING Della Kilgo
MUSIC Nell .. ,, Snow
ADDRESS DR V CHAMI '
Kathryn ,, Rice ■
VALEDICTORY .
DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS 1. I-. ,, r lournoy
CLASS SONG Senior Class
BENEDICTION Rev. J. E. Sampley
SENIOR CLASS ROLL
25 Girls; Sarah A Inarm, Hazel
ley. Beulah Bassett, Maurine
Opal Crook, Nell Culpepper,
Duke, Harriett Flournoy,
Hartley, Ruth Hamlin, La Verne
son, Sylvia Jones, Della Kilgo,
Liipfert, Dorothy Mathews,
Anne Minyard, Carolyn Murphy,
da Pearson, Gwen Reed, Kathryn
Florrie Scofill, Mercedes Sloan,
Snow, Margaret Vance, Ruby
18 Boys: Charles Alford, Walter
derson, Harold Avera, George
rick, Clinton Bush, Wiley
David Green, R. T. Hancock,
Hatchett, J. C. Holcomb,
Hunnicutt, Blakely Jordan,
Luce, Billy Mathews, John
Henry Summer, Daniel Walton,
sel Young.
Home is the dearest spot on
and it should be the center, though
the boundary, of the
ry Baker Eddy.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH , Houston. Macon and Cranford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest
E. C. Patterson Is
Elected Again as
Legion Leader
At a meeting of the Frederick With
oft Post of the American Legion, held
last Friday night, E. C. Patterson,
who is the present commander, and
several other officers were re-elected
for another year.
The past year has been one of out¬
standing achievement for the local
post, particularly in building up its
membership to a very high percentage
of all ex-service men in this vicinity.
Officers elected for the new year
are: E. C. Patterson, commander; L.
L. Brown, vice commander; William
Khoury, adjutant; W. H. Hopkins,
service officer; T. A. Jones, finance
officer; Dr. M. L. Hickson, sergeant
at arms; John Beeland, chaplain; H.
F. Holland, publicity reporter.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939
METHODISTS
DISTRICT HOLD
MEETING
The Macon District Conference
| held at the Fort Valley
t church on Wednesday with Rev.
1 Johnson, district superintendent,
siding. Rev. Will Rogers,
of Macon, gave the devotional.
From ten until eleven o’clock
designated as laymen’s hour and
featured by mt >ssages from
Roberts, C. L. Shepard and Charles
A. Britton, Jr., delegates to the re
cent uniting conference in
City, who spoke particularly on the
Place of the Laymen in the
Church.
J. Guy Jackson of Macon was re
elected district lay leader, and J. C.
Sheehan of Macon and J. T. Bush of
Toomsboro were renamed associate
lay leaders of the district.
At the afternoon s< ion Dr. T. D.
Ellis, Louisville, Ky., chairman of the
Wesleyan board of trustees, discussed
Wesleyan’s financial status and Dr.
Dice Anderson, president and Dr. W.
I 1 ’. Qui.llian, general secretary of the
Board of Christian Education, spoke
briefly on the same topic.
Rev. Charles A. Jackson, Jr., pastor
of Centenary , church , in Maeori, was
named , conference secretary, . and , Dr. „
Samuel Scoter, Vinevillc church, ’ read
report on the , General State ol the
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Church, which included activities ...
on
missions, ’ church literature, laymen’s
work, Christian education and , other ,
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At the quarterly conference of the
local church held Wednesday evening,
C. L. Shepard was elected delegate to
the last annual conference of the M.
E. Church, South, and the first annu¬
al conference of the Methodist church.
PLANS ARE MADE
BY U. S. 41 CROUP
VALDOSTA, May 20. The advcr
Using and budget committee the
U. S. No. 41 Association, met here
today at Hotel Daniel Ashley and
adopted a program for the coming
year.
Those attending were W. G. Bris
endine, Fort Valley; H. A. Wheeling,
Cordele; Trenton O. Collins,
Springs, P’la.; Mrs. Henrietta Carlise,
Griffin; Horace Caldwell and Christie
Summers, both of Valdosta.
Two hundred thousand strip maps
are to be ordered for the year,
cry on Sept. 1. Mr. Brisendine pre
seated a drawing of a proposed type
of roadside signboard of such a type
not heretofore used on highway
vertising, which was adopted and no
more paper boards are to be used.
The signs are to be used at a point
north of Nashville, Tenn., continuing
to Barnesville, and as far south in
Florida as Tampa.
This program is to be presented to
the highway association meeting to be
held in this city June 15, at which
time every point on the highway is
to be represented. The committee re¬
ported that after paying all its bills
for the past season’s advertising a
small balance was left, the budget for
the coming year was placed $4,200.
Shepard to Address
Median n in Tattmdl
The District League of Stewards of
Savannah district of the Methodist
church will meet on Tuesday, the 31st,
at the Tattnall County Camp Ground
near Reidsviile. T. H. Guerry, lay
leader of the district, announces that
among the speakers will be Dr. Harry
Denman, secretary of the General
Commission on Evangelism, and C.
L. Shepard, conference lay leader of
the South Georgia Conference.
CALLED MEETING OF
FORT VALLEY LODGE
There will be a called communica¬
tion of Fort Valley Lodge No. 110 F.
and A. M. on Tuesday night,
30, 8 o’clock, for the purpose of con¬
ferring the Master’s Degree.
A. J. CULPEPPER. W. M.
T. M. ANTHOINE, See.
| RE-ELECTION of
<>| TEACHERS
J. F. Lambert, superintendent of
the Fort Valley schools, announces
that the Board of Education has re
elected all of the present corps of
teachers for the next term, which is
to be considered as a splendid reeog
| nition of their faithful, effective serv¬
ice, ; which has reflected high credit on
Fort Valley's schools and themselves.
Names of Teachers and Their
Respective Grades
i First grade Miss Mattie Luck and
Miss Willie Mosley.
Second grade—Miss Frances Ar¬
rington and Miss Emily Shepard.
I Third grade—Miss Louise MeCowen
and Mrs. Lawton Culpepper.
Fourth grade—Miss Ruth Richard¬
son and Miss Lula Ree Ethridge.
Fifth grade—Miss Marion Horne
I and Mrs. Neil Dover.
Sixth grade—Miss Bessie Anderson
and Miss Louise Powell.
Seventh grade—Miss Sarah Lowe
and Miss Gladys Hall.
Superintendent-—J. F. Lambert.
Science and principal John T.
Clark,
Commercial—W. E. Colley.
Manual training— G. R. Venues.
History—-Miss Carolyn Russell.
Mathematics—Miss Inez Walton.
French and English Miss. Nellie
1 Richardson.
j English—Miss Thelma Wilson.
! Home economies—Miss Ollie John¬
son and Miss Clara Campbell.
Latin—Miss Frances Bryant.
Piano—Horace Rundell.
Speech- Miss Norma Boyer.
Librarian—Miss Gena Riley.
CONSTITUTIONAL
SUMMARIES \ ARE
IN TODAYS ISSUE
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found in summarized form notice of
proposed amendments to the Georgia
constitution which will be voted upon
at the special elections on June. 6.
As a voter in a great democracy,
every citizen should read these pro
posed changes to the constitution over
carefully, so that he can intelligently
vote on them at the election.
| The right to be informed ahead of
time on questions, and the right to
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vote on those questions, is the differ
I ence between a democracy and a dic¬
tutorship.
This newspaper stands squarely
on the proposition that matters of
j public interest should be published in
the. newspapers so that people can be
! intelligently informed on the acts, the
J expenditures, and the work of public.
j servants in governmental offices,
Nunn Speaker at
K i t ranis Meet ing
The Fort Valley Kiwanis G'Rib heard
Sam Nunn, of Perry, discuss the in¬
ternational situation last Friday at
its weekly luncheon. Presented by Dr.
J. E. Hasiam, program chairman, Mr.
Nunn spoke of the insidious efforts
to build up a war psychology in the
United States to insure our inter¬
meddling with European affairs and
being called upon to expend life and
wealth to settle nothing of importance
to American civilization.
The program this week will be pre¬
sented by Harris Hafer.
Scholarship Won
Ily Roht. Jordan
At a meeting of the Vanderbilt Uni¬
versity committee on scholarships and
student loans, Monday, May 22, the
Mitchell scholarships for the academic
year 1939-40 were awarded The
Thomas E. Mitchell education fund, in
addition to providing student loans to¬
taling $1,000 a year, has made pos¬
sible the establishment of scholarships
for students who are residents of the
state of Georgia. Robert G. Jordan,
of Fort Valley, was awarded one of 20
scholarships of $250 each from this
fund for the session of 1939-40 to
J Georgia students.
BAPTISTS ELECT
OR. A.
VICE
Dr. Aquila Chamlee was
vice president of the Southern
Convention, which was in session
week in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Chamlee has been a leader in
Baptist affairs for many years,
his many friends here and
out the state are happy to know
he was so highly honored at the
homa meeting.
Rev. M. D. Reed, pastor of the
Valley Baptist church, also
the convention.
COUNCIL ELECTS
M. F.
M. Felton Hatcher was elected
city council, at a meeting last
to fill the vacancy on that body
by the death of H. C. Fagan.
Harris Hafer was made chairman
the police committee, position former¬
ly held by Mr. Fagan.
PEANUT PLANT
TOR MONTEZUMA
MONTEZUMA, Ga„ May
tional industry and Georgia
ture formed a close partnership
day, with the announcement of
establishment of a $100,000
shelling plant in Macon county,
tween Montezuma and Oglethorpe.
The plant will be built by the
ger Grocery and Baking Co.,
of 3,900 retail stores in the
and south.
When coihpleted the plant will
and process between three and
hundred thousand dollars worth
Georgia peanuts a year for
tion and sale over the nation. It
provide farmers of this vicinity
an assured, cash-on-the-barrel
ket for one of their most
crops, and employ between 50 and 60
persons.
6,000-Ton Plant
The plans today call for a plant
with a capacity of 6,000 tons of pea¬
nuts annually, with possibility of
later expansion as the company’s vol¬
ume of peanut products grows. A
water tower and office building have
been built and work is now proceeding
on the foundations for the main plant.
An innovation in peanut shelling plant
construction will be three 75-feet re
inforced concrete silos, 60 feet in di¬
ameter for peanut storage. Proper
storing of the peanuts, it was said will
enable the plant to operate from 25
to 35 weeks a year.
Details of the new industry and
possibilities of future expansion were
explained by Albert II. Morrill, Kro¬
ger president, at a barbecue this af¬
ternoon given by the Montezuma Ki
wanis Club. Morrill stressed closer
relationship between the farmer and
the consumer of his products as the
most logical solution to farm prob¬
lems.
391 Families Get
Surplus Products
Surplus commodities distributed last
month by the commodity division of
the state department of public wel¬
fare in Peach county had a total value
of $2,413.02. There were 391 fami¬
lies with 1307 persons who were served
through the facilities of this division,
all of whom had been certified by the
county department of welfare as not
being able to purchase needed quan¬
tities of foods.
WPA Worker Is Bitten;
Snake Is Found—
AUGUSTA, May 23.—To Wyman
Kitchens, WPA worker, this is
WPA joke.
When a snake bit Kitchens at
on a drainage project, fellow
men brought him to Augusta
treatment, then returned to the
to try to ascertain what kind of
tile had bitten him.
Thirty feet away, they found
snake—dead.
GEORGIA
$17,820,000 IN
Meetings to Explain
1939 Soil Program
Announced by
Meetings for the purpose of
plaining the 1939 soil
program are scheduled by 7 R. P.
county agent, to be held Friday
noon and Saturday morning.
A meeting for white farmers
be held in the court house at Fort
ley Friday afternoon, May 26, at
o’clock. A similar meeting for
farmers will be held at the
place Saturday morning, May 27,
10:30 a. m. The purpose of
meetings is to show each farmer
the soil conservation program
work on his farm, Payments and
alties will be discussed.
Mr. Swan states that it is
that every farmer know how the
soil conservation program works
order that he may adapt it to his
dividual farm in order that the
gram may serve the farmer to
best interest.
It is hoped that all farmers
attend these meetings.
PEACHES I
C. H. Sammons, agent for Central
of Georgia Railway, announces
that to date only three cars of
have been shipped from this
this year. Two ears on local
for loading today.
To the same date last year
j had been shipped from this station 64
ears.
I J Three truckloads and some
ed shipments arrived in New
| from Georgia yesterday and one
each was reported on that
i from South and North Carolina.
J On the northern market,
I els of 2 1-4 inch Mayflowers
$2; two-inch, $1.75; 1 3-4 inch, $1.37
$1.50; 1 3-4 inch Mountain Rose,
$1.62%; 1 5-8 inch, $1.37%.
ELECTRICITY ON
PEACH REA LINES
REYNOLDS, May 19. Project
Manager James I). Cooke of the Tay
|] or County Electric Membership Cor
\ p or ation announced yesterady that 250
J miles of rural lines in Peach and
Houston counties will be energized
today.
The lines serve Bonaire, Wellston
and Kathleen communities of Hous¬
ton county and include all construction
north of Perry and south by Byron.
Lines to be located in Peach county,
Manager Cooke said, are nearing com¬
pletion and as soon as construction
is completed they will be energized.
“Two crews are installing meters
on residences where inspection of wir¬
ing has been approved and members
of the co-operative are advised that
prior to making installations of these
meters a favorable certificate of in¬
spection must have been approved,”
Mr. Cooke said.
“Mr. W. H. Liggett of Jlawkins
ville has been appointed inspector for
the fire underwriters and the corpo¬
ration and applications for inspection
may be made to him direct. The in¬
spection of the wiring of the premises
is the assurance to the property owner
that his wiring is safe and ready for
current and is required by the Rural
Electrification Administration as a
protection to the consumer.”
The main office of the corporation
is situated in Reynolds.
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OFF TO WASHINGTON 16
To the community at large the Class of ’39
expresses grateful appreciation for the loyal support - >
given its trip to Washington.
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HENRY SUMMER, Class President.
THELMA WILSON, Class Sponsor.
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TO RECEIVE
PROGRAM
Virtually All of State’s Allotment In¬
cluded in AAA Plan; Other
Benefits Are Allowable.
ATHENS, Ga„ May 23.—Georgia’s
cotton farmers will receive approxi¬
mately $17,820,000 for participating
in the cotton program of the Agricul¬
tural Adujstment Administration this
year, officials of that organization
said here yesterday.
Approximately 93 per cent of Geor¬
gia’s total allotment, or about 2,126.
000 acres, will be included in the pro¬
gram. More than 105,000 farms -e
listed as receiving allotments.
Homer S. Durden, state administra¬
tive officer of the AAA, discussed the
program.
He estimated that approximately 94
per cent of all cotton acreage in the
south will be in compl anee with the
program. The total national cotton
allotment for 1939 was approximately
27Va million acres, which is about 6‘a
million acres under the average acre¬
age for the past 10 years.
Two Kinds of aPyments
Under the 1939 program, two kinds
of payments will be made on cotton,
Durden explained, conservation and
price-adjustment.
Georgia producers are expected to
receive approximately $9,900,000 for
compliance with allotments and ap¬
proximately $7,920,000 under the price
adjustment plan, making the total of
$17,820,000 for participation.
“The conservation payment rate is
2 cents a pound on the farm cotton
acreage allotment,” officials said.
For example, if a farmer with a
normal yield of 200 pounds per acre
and an allotment of 20 acres complies
with provisions of the program, his
payment will be 2 cents a pound on
4,000 pounds (20 times 200) or $80.
“In case the cotton allotment is
knowingly overplanted in 1939, the
farmer will not receive a conserva¬
tion payment of any kind.
Price-Adjustment Benefit
“A cotton price-adjustment pay¬
ment of 1.6 cents a pound for 1939
is provided in addition to the conser¬
vation payment. This payment will
be made on the normal yield of each
acre in the cotton acreage allotment
of a farm, provided the allotment is
not overplanted.
For example, if a farm has a cot¬
ton allotment of 20 acres and a normal
allotment is not overplanted, the price
yield of 200 pounds per acre, and the
adjustment payment will be 20 times
200 times 1,6 cents, or $64.
“Price adjustment payments will be
distributed this fa’J, after compliance
with acreage allotments has been
checked. Conservation payments,
which will include payments on tobac¬
co, peanuts and other crops and for
carrying out. soil building practices,
as will as the cotton payment, will be
distributed early in 1940.
“With the marketing quotas in ef¬
fect, cotton sold from this year’s crop
in excess of a producer's quota will
be subject to a penalty of 3 cents a
pound, to be collected for the govern¬
ment by the buyer. The penalty on
excess marketing of penalty cotton
carried over from 1938 will be 2 cents
a pound.
“The cotton marketing quota of a
farm is the normal or actual produc¬
tion of the farm’s cotton acreage al¬
lotment, whichever is greater, plus
the amount of any carry-over cotton
which would not have been subject
to penalty if marketed in 1938. Mar¬
keting quotas are not applicable to
cotton with a staple length of IV2
inches or more, such as Trye-type Sea
Island cotton.”