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Volume LII, Number 31
ENGLISHMAN ELECTED LEADER
OF BAPTIST WORLD
Election Comes As Surprise,
Days Ahead of Scheduled Time;
Dr. Newton Is Honored.
ATLANTA 'two July 9 6_In i
election held days before sched
uled, 10,000 Baptist messengers
terday unanimously elected Dr.
Henry Rushbrooke, of London and
world, as their president of the Bap
list World Alliance to succeed Dr.
George W. Truett, Lewis' of Dallas, Texas.
Dr W O of Paris France
was named general secretary to sue
ceed the venerable veteran, Dr. Rush
brooke Vs in that office
a special honor to Dr Louie I>
Newton, of Atlanta, largely for his
work in staging the huge Baptist con
gress here, the Baptists elected him
to the newly created position of sec
end honorary associate secretary. All
officers nominated Monday night by
the nominating committee were elect
ed.
The election was to have been held
Thursday at the business session of
the sixth congress but, because the
full list of nominees without opposi¬
tion was made public Tuesday morn¬
ing, officers of the alliance decided
unexpectedly to place the names of
Dr. Rushbrooke and the others before
the congress following the regular
Tuesday morning sessions at Ponce
de Leon park.
The crowd was taken by surprise,
because no announcement of the
change in election time had been
made.
Dr. Truett, presiding, introduced
Dr. Ellis Fuller, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Atlanta and secre¬
tary of the nominating committee,
when speeches of the morning were
done.
Dr. Fuller, reporting for the com¬
mittee, which Dr. L. R, Scarborough,
of Seminary Hill, Texas, headed, then
read the list of committee nomina¬
tions. The crowd was hushed, un¬
certain of what was going on.
But, to a man, they rose to their
feet when Dr. Truett called for a
standing vote on the slate as proposed
by Scarborough’s group.
Dr. Rushbrooke’s white-bearded
face wrinkled into a million smiles
as the crowd jerked to its feet to
name him the head of an alliance
with more than 12,000,000 members.
Dr. Truett introduced him as “Dr.
James Henry Rushbrooke, of London
and the world.”
Dr. Truett introduced also Dr. Lew¬
is, the new general secretary, who
has for 19 years represented Baptists
in Europe. He is an American from
Missouri.
Vice presidents: Dr. E .A. Frid
del, of Berkeley, Cal.; Dr. N. J. Nord¬
strom, of Stockholm, Sweden; Dr. C.
J. Tinsley, of Sidney, Australia; Dr.
H. Luckey, of Germany; Dr. L. R.
Scarborough, of Fort Worth, Texas;
Dr. L. K. Williams, of Chicago, and
Dr. S. U. Zau, of China. •
For treasurer: C. T. Le Quesne,
of London, England, for the east; and
Albert Matthews, lieutenant govern¬
or of Ontario, Canada, for the west.
Executive committees were also
elected.
In a speech delivered before the as¬
sembly Monday Dr. Rushbrooke said
that democracy is doomed to failure
unless two conditions—high standards
of character and knowledge—are sat¬
isfied. He accented a plea for relig¬
ious freedom with a call for action on
foreign "persecution” in his five-year
report as general secretary.
More than 6,000 Baptists heard him
declare that in a half dozen European
lands dictatorship had triumphed be¬
cause’ of the strength of group inter¬
ests and corruption—“in other words,
lack of character.”
“The other main factor favoring
dictatorship,” he said, “is lack of
knowledge; democracy fails through
want or distortion of information.
That is why a controlled and muzzled
press is a universal feature of totali¬
tarian and would-be totalitarian sys¬
tems.
“Above all, dictatorship in the po¬
litical sphere depends on isolation; the
country must be a separated unit, its
citizens preserved from contact with
the ideas of others. Not human, but
national or racial ends, are to be
served.
Dr. Rushbrooke asserted in his re¬
port, read Monday from a platform
behind which hung a large American
®he Jeaber-®rtbune
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
flag, that the most menacing of
omens” in the last five years was
i activity of secular and
I powers in “narrowing the bounds
IdwHy,” adding that in less than
of the European continent did relig
,
! BAPTISTS ^ HOLD REVIVAL \ * t , REE1
1 ATLANTA A July 2 1 .-Bankers
beggar f bruahed * lbow “ b f re
nesda >' as the rank and file ot At
^ anta s business world—thousands
them-massed together in an
r f> val "> eeting ' vltbm a throw
°* * lve the ” eart °* Atlanta.
’ Tbe Governor, the Mayor and count
less other di f ataries joined clerks
and stenographers, the poor and the
r,ch ln slnglng pralse to God in one
of ,ngs the eve1 mo ' f held unusual ,n tbe relig.ous Clt y °, f Atlanta
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a downtown meet.ng on Walton street
between Peaebtr f and Board streets -
held as part ol the Baptist World Al
liance program.
.Ninth General Session
The ninth general session of the
alliance opened earlier Wednesday in
Ponce de Leon park, the main feature
of the program being a report by a
special commission on “The Baptist
Contribution to Christian Unity.”
This was presented by Principal W.
Holms Coats of Glasgow, Scotland,
on behalf of Principal II. Wheeler
Robinson of Oxford, England, the
commission chairman.
Following the report came several
addresses by prominent churchmen
discussing various phases of church
activities and influence.
Friday Morning Session Will Be
at Auditorium
Frida# morningjs session of the
Baptist World Alliance will be held
in the City Auditorium, it was an
nounced Wednesday by Dr. Louie D.
Newton, chairman on local arrange
ments.
The general session Thursday morn
ing and all remaining night assemblies
will be at Ponce de Leon park.
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THOM I nU.HAS 4 S’ / Hlfi 4 f> \
NOTES
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Thirty-four girls and twenty-five
boys. Reading have, Club, enrolled It isn’t m the too “Rainbow late for
others to join as it will last until
eust 12 New children’s books have
been bought for this club.
The folowig gifts are appreciated:
Cup of Gold by Steinbeck—Miss
Merthyr Wilson.
Several juvenile books—T. A. Jones.
Magazines were presented by: Mes
dames John David Duke, W. G. Bris
endine, S. A. Frederick.
Georgia as Colony and State by
John and Martha Berry, by Byers,
have been purchased with some of the
money given by the Fort Valley Chap¬
ter D. A. R.
Thesei new books have been added
recently:
They Wanted to Live, by Roberts.
Demon Daughter, by Morrow.
William’s Room, by Rosman.
Next to Valour, by Jennings.
The Brandons, by Thirkell.
Inside Asia, by Gunther.
Address Unknown, by Taylor.
With Malice Toward All, by Tress
ler.
Best Short Stories 1939, by
en, ed.
World Book Encyclopedia, new edi
tion.
Program of Services
at Methodist Church
The following schedule of services
will be observed in the Fort Valley
Methodist church, beginning Sunday,
through August 9:
Sunday, July 30—11 a. m., George
B. Culpepper, Jr., will be the speaker;
7:30 p. m., the Young People’s Division
will have charge of the evening serv
ice.
Sunday, August 6-—11 a. m., C. L.
Shepard will he the speaker; 7:30 p.
m., the Evangelistic Club will be in
charge of the service, with A. L. Luce,
leader.
Prayer meetings: Wednesday, 7:30
p. m.—
July 26, Mrs. L. R. Prator, leader.
August 2, Miss Annette Shepard,
leader.
August 0, Mrs. V. L. Brown, leader,
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1939
Soil Conservation
Receives Em phasis
In 1910 AA A Plan
The proposed 1940 federal farm
program gives increased emphasis on
soil conservation and better opportuni
ties for Participation by small farm
ers, Homer S. Durden announced from
Athens this week.
Durden - statt ‘ administrative officer
of the AAA, who attended a recent
Washington conference where 1940
plans were outlined, this week told
how the proposed new program would
affect Georgia.
Recommendations adopted by the
conference will form the basis for the
drafting of specific provisions for the
1940 program, which will be issued
later.
“ Thy 1940 farm P rogram wdl «>n
next year almost the same as
it has been this year,” Durden said,
“Some important recommendations
have been nlade but ther e wil1 b ” 110
major changes in principles , or provi
j jsions.
“As in 1939, there will be two dif
ferent payments which farmers may
earn under the 1940 program. These
are the conservation payments, which
are contingent upon appropriation by
Congress, and the price adjustment
payments.”
j feeting An important recommendation af
soil conservation, which Dur¬
den said should help small farmers
take a greater part in the program,
| was that soil-building there be established allowance a of mini- $20
mum
per farm. Another important soil
conservation recommendation is one
that would allow farmers to earn up
to $30 per farm for tree planting, in
addition to the regular soil-building
allowance for the farm.
J recommended Durden said that the the conference grants-of-aid also
' program be continued in 1940
on a
basis similar in most respects to that
of 1939. Under this part of the pro
gram, farmers in some areas may
'receive lime, phosphate, and seeds for
the carrying out of soil-building prac
tices in lieu of payments. The distri
bution of these materials is to be tied
in, wherever practicable, with local
commercial channels,
It was also recommended that coun
ties in the commercial peanut-produc
ing area> which includes Georgia, hav-
300 acres or less of peanuts fol .
market may be exempted from the
commercial area provisions, as in
1939.
Farmers Eager to
Learn New Methods
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The appe¬
tite of Georgia farmers for the most
modern of scientific farming meth¬
ods has been whetted rather than
dulled by 10 years of stirring change
in the agricultural scene. This is re¬
vealed by the results of personal in¬
terviews with overt 32,000 farmers
throughout the nation. The National
Fertilizer Association, which con¬
ducted the nation-wide survey, dis¬
closes that 54 per cent of Georgia
farmers attended meetings and dem¬
onstrations conducted by county
agents. A gain of 30 per cent is
shown over the number who reported
attending meetings, in a similar sur¬
vey made by the association ten years
Trips to Georgia’s Experiment Sta¬
tion and its farmers and fields in
quest of better farming information
were made by more than 22 per cent
of the farmers, a figure which shows
an increase of 6 per cent over the
number who visited the Experiment
Station a decade ago.
That these visits to demonstrations
paid a cash return is testified to by
the fact that 82 per cent of those at¬
tending meetings reported that they
had received information of practical
value from them. That farmers use
the up-to-date methods that they learn
at these meetings is indicated by the
fact that 99 per cent reported that
they use fertilizer of some kind on
their fields.
Newspapers, magazines, and reli¬
able sources of farm information, both
public and private, are given a large
measure of credit for dramatizing and
presenting to the farmer the idea that
better farming pays. The State Ex¬
tension Service encourages and is
equipped to teach all comers the best
farming practices available.
LAW FAILS
.. GET IT S MAN
As Sheriff John Lee, Chief of
Police G. W. Cochran, Geo. I).
Anderson and Jack Lee were re¬
turning from an out-of-town trip
last Monday night they saw an
automobile parked by the side of
the road near the first woods on
the Macon highway.
Following the usual custom of
officers of the law to investigate
anything that looks the least bit
suspicious, they stopped and found
that one Johnnie Jones had
“treed” a mama pole-cat and four
pole-kittens and was trying to
catch the kittens. The officers
decided they would like to adopt
a pole-kitty for a pet also and
proceeded to help Mr. Jones in
his efforts to capture them.
But the pole-cats, besides being
offensive in other respects, have
no respect for the law, so ran off
into a sewer pipe that crosses the
highway.
The officers and Mr. Jones
spent some time trying to drive
the “eats” out by throwing rocks
and sand at them, even tried to
out gas them by building a
smudge fire in one end of ,the.
pipe, but the “cats” valiantly
stood their ground. As the stench
of battle greatly increased, the
men decided that it might be the
better part of valor to retire and
let mama pole-cat and her pole
kitties pursue happiness freely in
the wild state. So without any
regrets at failure to “get their
men” the officers and Mr. Jones
gave up and went home.
500 4-H CLUBBERS TO
MEET AT UNIVERSITY
FOR STATE COUNCI I
Georgia’s top-ranking 4-H club
and girls are all set for a week
play and study on the University
Georgia campus, as the sixth annu¬
conference of the state 4-11 council
in Athens August 7.
The conference each year meets in
with the annual Farm and
Week, August 7-12. Around 500
will be on hand for registra
Monday, August 7, at which time
annual report of the state council
will be given. Miss Elizabeth
of Savannah, Chatham
president of the conference,
preside.
Tuesday s program will be devoted
the third annual community ama¬
contest, in which teams from
counties, Sumter, Liberty, Cobb,
and Gwinnett, will present
hill-billy songs, tap and fancy
recitations, solos, quartets,
instrumental music, drama¬
and novelty numbers.
Immediately preceding the enter¬
contest, the council delegates
hear talks by L. E. Sullivan, di¬
Department of Public Safety,
and Mrs. Frank Dennis, Eat
The club boys and girls, along with
hundreds of Farm and Home
visitors, will attend a pageant
the history of the Georgia
Extension Service, which
year is celebrating its 25th anni¬
Wednesday’s program consists of
by Miss Fannie B. Shaw,
health department, Atlanta, and
Bernice Brown McCullar, Mil
memorial services to the
A. S. Bussey, assistant state 4-H
leader; and an entertainment pro¬
with Mike Benton, president of
Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, as
of ceremonies.
Addresses by Miss Elizabeth
Alabama 4-H club leader
Auburn, Ala., Ralph McGill,
editor of The Atlanta Con
Atlanta, and Miss Emily
director, Georgia Public
will feature the council meet
on Thursday.
Following talks by Dr. W. A. Sut¬
superintendent of Atlanta city
and Representative M. C.
of Dalton, on Friday, the dele¬
wil) visit points of interest in
and at the university.
A candle lighting ceremony and a
and masquerade party by the
members will bring the week’s
to a close on Friday night.
Pace Gives Figures
on Colton Imports
Entries Under New Deal Less Than
Half Under Hoover, Says Geor¬
gia Representative.
WASHINGTON, July 21.—Answer
ing charges of anti-New Deal spokes¬
men that imports of cotton into this
country under the Roosevelt admin¬
istration has greatly increased, Rep¬
resentative Stephen Pace, of Georgia,
has inserted in the Congressional Rec¬
ord a comprehensive analysis of the
cotton-import situation, which shows
that in 1929, under the Hoover ad¬
ministration, there was imported into
the United States 358,000 bales.
“At no time during the present
Democratic administration,” Mr. Pace,
newly-appointed member of the pow¬
erful house committee on agriculture,
said, “have the imports of cotton been
half that amount.”
Wallace’s Statement
He included in his remarks a letter
from Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace, a statement of why the
United States imports cotton, a list
of some of the importers, and a state¬
ment showing the imports from the
various foreign countries.
“You will note,” Secretary Wallace
wrote, “that imports of cotton from
1929 to 1939 are of almost insignifi¬
cant proportions when compared with
United States cotton exports, In
subsequent years, cotton imports have
been from 2. to 5 per cent as large as
cotton exports.
“It is also of interest that cotton
imports were regularly more than
twice as large during the period pri¬
or to 1930 as they have been since.
“Practically all of the cotton im¬
ported into the United States except
that imported from Mexico, either
differs in quality from American
grown cotton of which the domestic
supply is not great enough to meet
domestic needs.”
The secretary pointed out that a
partial list of United States manu
jfacturers cotton included who report .almost using exclusively, foreign
large firms in New York and the New
England states.
In 1929, Secretary Wallace said,
92,072 bales were imported from
Egypt, while in 1938 only 27,341 bales
j were imported. In 1929, 16,142 bales
j were imported from the United King
dom, while in 1938, no bales were i un
| JOBLESS INSURED IN
UEACII COUNTY PAID
Insured jobless workers in Peach
county were paid $38.87 in unemploy¬
ment compensation during the week
ending July 15, the Bureau of Unem¬
ployment Compensation has announc¬
ed. The number of payments was re¬
ported at 7.
Total payments to Georgia work¬
ers for the week amounted to $69,-
552.88 and were represented by
11,496 checks which went into 137 of
I | Georgia’s 159 counties,
j Workers residing in other states,
I but who earned their rights to unem¬
I ployment benefits in Georgia, received
| $3,737.66 to bring total disbursements
I of the week to $72,290.54.
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RED CROSS NURSE IS
STAR ONE-REEL MOVIE
“Footsteps,” an American Red Cross
documentary short, which opened yes¬
terday at the Peach theatre, on the
Thursday and Friday program, is a
memorable and dramatic picture.
“Footsteps,” acted entirely by stu¬
dents, nurses, doctors, patients, and
refugees from disasters, is a vivid
portrayal of the life and achievements
of t he Red Cross Nurse. It begins
w ith'* the student nurse’s training in
a great hospital and follows her in
the three courses she may take in de¬
vot j nfc her life to the cause of hu
man j ty under the Red Cross.
First, emergency service in times
of catastrophe—in war, in hurricanes,
floods, epidemics. Secondly, the Home
Hygiene Nurse training her communi¬
ty—elders and juniors—in the care of
the sick, the prevention of disease.
Lastly, the Public Health Nurse in
isolated sections where doctors, nurs¬
es and hospitals are scarce and where,
amid many hardships, she is a verit¬
able Angel of Mercy.
“Footsteps” was produced by the
51 YEARS OF
SERVICE
Only newspaper in the heart
of one of America’s
rich agricultural
sections.
HARRIS SPEAKS
TO
Kiwanians, at their weekly
last Friday at the Woman’s
house, had the pleasure of hearing W.
H. Harris give an extremely practical,
common sense analysis of the needs
of Fort Valley, Georgia and the na¬
tion. Mr. Harris was presented by
A. Melrose Lamar, program chairman.
One point particularly emphasized
by Mr. Harris, which would be a great
convenience, as well as an economic
advantage to this section and Taylor
county, is the building of a bridge
across the Flint river and construction
of a highway directly between Fort
Valley and Reynolds.
Much good work has already been
done on this project by Judge M. €.
Mosley, county manager, and J. E. Da¬
vidson, Peach county representative.
A survey of the proposed highway
was made by the highway department
earlier this year, giving encourage¬
ment to the hope that the highway
will be built.
Ira Sammons will present the pro¬
gram at this week’s luncheon.
LENDING BILL IS
BEFORE SENATE
Barkley Presses for Quick Action;
WPA Row Threatens Delay.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The Sen¬
ate began consideration of the admin¬
istration’s $2,490,000,000 lending bill
late Tuesday.
Senator Barkley, of Kentucky, the
Democratic leader, called up the
measure shortly after warning his
colleagues he would make no effort
toward adjournment of Congress until
it was acted upon.
A new turn in the controversy over
WPA wage scales, however, threaten-;
ed to hamper the administration’s
to obtain speedy Senate approv
al of legislation. ‘
Senator Murray (Democrat, Mon
tana) abandoned an attempt to have
Senate appropriations committee
a proposal to put the WPA
on a prevailing wage basis, He !
he would seek to attach the
as a rider to the lending bill.
WPA Provisions
In approving a WPA appropriation j
last month, Congress adopted a
requiring all persons on re-!
to work 130 hours a month for
same amount of money they had
previously with fewer hours
work. This meant abolition of the
wage for skilled workers
brought about numerous protest |
which provoked a warning j
President Roosevelt that work-1
could not strike against the gov- ,
Senator Adams (Democrat, Colora- j
said he thought the Senate would '
the new prevailing wage j
to the lending bill, Sen- j
Russell (Democrat, Georgia)
most southern senators would
it in its present form. Senator
(Democrat, Nevada), one
the authors, said he expected ad¬
opposition.
It was disclosed that the amendment
circumvent a “cost of living”
placed in the relief appro¬
bill by Russell and others.
provision requires that any dif¬
in WPA wage scales as be¬
one section of the country and
must not be greater than the
in the cost of living.
New England Protest
New England senators have pro¬
that this means lower wages
WPA workers in the north, be¬
under the terms of the bill, the
wage for the country before
30 must be maintained.
Announcing that he would support
McCarren Amendment, Senator
(Democrat, New York) said
thought that while a controversy
the WPA wage scale might de¬
passage of the lending bill, he did
think it would endanger its chanc¬
of Senate approval.
Night Sessions
Senator Barkley seeking to stir the
to a fast pre-adjournment pace,
that night sessions would
Wednesday. He urged senators
stay on the floor so that a majori
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J. Ganz Company. Milton J.
does an excellent job with the
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
Georgia Farmers
To Receive Over 33 1
Millions in Benefits
ATLANTA, July 24.—Senator Rus¬
sell, Democrat, Georgia, estimated
yesterday that federal appropriations
directly affecting agriculture in Geor¬
gia may approximate $33,000,000 in
the current fiscal year.
Russell said $8,400,000 would be
paid Georgia cotton producers as pari¬
ty payments and that the state’s
share of the $40,000,000 tenant pur¬
chase fund would be about $2,530,000,
while agricultural extension funds
would be $734,338.
The agricultural appropriation bill
for 1940 also allows Georgia $16,000,
000 for soil conservation payments.
The bill provides $177,522 for ex¬
periment stations in Georgia.
Georgia also would benefit among
other things through provisions of the
bill providing funds for research and
experimentation in the development
of suitable nursery stock and a study
of soils for the production of tung
trees.
The state’s quota under the program
for the removal of agricultural sur¬
pluses cannot be estimated because
the surpluses are not known, said
Russell, who is chairman of the sub¬
committee on agriculture of the sen¬
ate appropriations committee.
Time to Apply for
Free Cotton Classing
Applications for free cotton class
ing and market news service, inaugu
rated last season by the United States
Department of Agriculture, are being
filed in increasing volume at its At¬
lanta office for the 1939 season, ac
to Joe II. McLure, who is in
charge of the free classing work in
the southeastern area.
Samples of all cotton ginned from
an adopted variety of each approved
organization will be classed for grade
and staple length by government
classers. No charge is made for this
service which is intended to show
growers who are making an organized
effort to grow better cotton the mar
ket quality of each bale they produce.
In addition to the classing, growers
will be provided with market news re¬
ports quoting current prices for the
various grades and staple lengths.
According to Mr. McLure, 312 ap
plications from organized impruve
ment groups were approved for the
belt as a whole during the 1938
ginning season. Reports from exteri
sion workerg and other sources indi¬
cate that as many as 960 groups may
apply for the service for the 1939 gin
ning season. “Should funds allotted
for the 1939-40 season be insufficient
to supply the classing to all groups
applying,” he said, “applications will
be considered in the order in which
they are received after due allowance
is made for the difference in plant¬
ing dates over the cotton belt. Groups
desiring the service should make ap
plication at once.”
The deadline for filing applications
is September 1. “Early filing of ap¬
plications,” said Mr. McLure, “will
enable classing offices to prepare for
the increased volume of samples ex¬
pected from the 1939 crop.”
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PEACH
THEATRE
t
Saturday, July 29
JACK RANDALL in
’ WILD HORSE CANYON **
Owl Show— X 4
“CHASING DANGER” r
Monday, July 31
GEORGE RAFT in
u THE LADIES FROM s
KENTUCKY ril
Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2
CARY GRANT and JEAN
ARTHUR in,
“■ONLY ANGELS HAVE .
WINGS
Thursday and Friday, Aug. 3, 4
EROL FLYNN in i
“DODGE CITY” i
All Technicolor