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Volume Lli, Number 33
FLOYD H.
MASTER
This Section Now Has Four of 18
Have Been Honored With
Master Farmer Award.
The people of this section are
ly gratified that Floyd H. Tabor,
year-old Houston county farmer,
named a Master Farmer in a
program at the University of
this week. In this honor he has
distinctions: He is the youngest
ter Farmer ever selected in
and is the first son of a Georgia
ter Farmer to receive the same covet¬
ed honor.
This makes four farmers in
immediate section who have achieved
this distinguished award—J. E. Da¬
vidson and A. W. Tabor, of Peach
county; John T. Miller, of Wellston in
Houston county; and Floyd Tabor,
whose address is Fort Valley, Route
1, although his farm is in Houston
county, just across the Peach county
line. It is a remarkable fact that out
of a total of 48 who have received
this honor Peach and Houston coui
ties are the homes of four of them.
Twelve years ago when A. W. Ta¬
bor was named as one of the Master
Farmers of Georgia, little did Floyd,
his 17-year-old son, realize at the time
that some day he would receive the
same honor.
Forsook Medicine for Farming
Mr. Tabor forsook his pre-med
course at Emory University in 1928
to assist his father. It was spring,
peaches were ripening and competent
help was needed. Young Floyd did
not return to school. He remained on
the farm.
Then came 1932. He had reached
the age of maturity and had definite¬
ly made up his mind to continue farm¬
ing. During that same year he struc'k
out on his own, and among other
things planted his first orchard.
Today there is not a happier family
in Georgia than the Floyd Tabors.
• Mrs. Tabor is as much interested in
the farm as the Master Farmer, him¬
self. The Tabors have two children,
Allen W., 6, and Sylvia, 3.
Mr. Tabor owns 350 acres of land
and rents an additional 50 acres.
Though a peach specialist, he shows
an excellent diversity of crops for
cash income. His other major farm
enterprises include cotton, hogs, and
pimento peppers# He also receives
some farm income from vegetables,
poultry and small grain.
He has 115 acres in both old and
new peach orchards and also has ten
acres in pecan orchards. Last year,
he planted 40 acres in cotton and av¬
eraged about 300 pounds of lint to the
acre. His corn average in 1938 was
35 bushels to the acre. His wheat
yield ranges from 28 to 30 bushels to
the acre. He also averages 50 bushels
of oats to the acre.
He plants around 20 acres of pimen¬
to peppers, which he grows under
contract. He raises hogs for hopie
use and also derives some farm income
from them. He has 50 high grade
Poland China and Duroc Jerseys, in¬
cluding five brood sows from which
he normally gets two litters each
per year.
There are eight mules on the Tabor
farm, and also two good dairy cows.
At present the family has 50 purebred
Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock
hens.
Mr. Tabor is a great believer in le¬
gumes that help to enrich his soil and
furnish feed for his hogs. He plants
35 acres in Austrian peas for a winter
cover crop. Fifteen acres are planted
in soybeans to be used for hog feed
and seed. Six acres are planted in
lespedeza for a summer pasture.
Twenty-five acres of velvet beans are
interplanted to furnish additional feed
for the hogs. He plants 35 acres of
cowpeas as a summer cover crop, and
also uses this legume in his orchards.
They live at home. In addition to
the chickens aud hogs consumed for
family use, they have a home garden
and a home orchard. Mrs. Tabor cans
the surplus vegetables and fruits.
Their home is an ideal place in
which to live. The family has elec¬
tricity and many modern electrical
appliances. The house is well-screened,
and there is plenty of shade around
the residence.
Mr. .Tabor takes a great deal of
interest in community affairs, He
played an important part in bringing
rural electrification into the commu¬
nity, and is now on the board of di-
®he
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
GIVEN
AWARD
rectors of the Taylor County Member¬
ship Corporation which serves Hous¬
ton county with electricity. He is
chairman of the Farm Security Ad¬
ministration’s county committee and
is a former member of the AAA com¬
munity committee. He is a charter
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farm demonstrations.
The other three Georgia farmers
receiving the awards this week were
John H. Brannen, of Bulloch county;
J. E. Conwell, of Hart county; W.
Holloway l^orris, of Pike county.
The selections were made by The
Progressive Farmer, in -cooperation
with the University of Georgia and
the Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
Plan Andersonville
Memorial Outlined
MONTEZUMA Ga., Aug. 2.—A
proposal for a “Garden of Peace” that
would herald to the world the exist
ence of “not only an America the
Beautiful, but an America the Unit¬
ed,” and so impressively that a mil¬
lion people would visit it annually was
outlined here today.
The speaker was Nelson M. Shipp,
editor of the Columbus Sunday Ledg¬
er-Enquirer and vice-president of the
Andersonville Memorial association.
Addressing the weekly luncheon of
the Montezuma Kiwanis club, he
called for a north-south peace memo
rial at Andersonville national eeme
tery-park that would become a shrine
of visitation for the school children!
ol the South as well as tourists from
the North.
The floral garden would be as fine
as anything in the nation and be cen¬ j
tered by a tower containing chimes, |
that would ring out at certain set pe¬
riods, and to be designated the j
“Chimes of Peace.”
In this garden also would be mark¬
ers which would relate the historic !
background of Andersonville war ;
prison, where over twelve thousand j !
federal prisoners died during the sec-J
tionai conflict. The Union soldiers
would be honored for having made a
definite contribution to the war, in
stead of b\;ing held up as martyrs to
an alleged southern cruelty, which
charges resulted, the speaker said,
“in the natural prejudices that fol¬
lowed the War Between the States.”
He continued:
“The way their death was explained
during the sixties served the purpose
of political expediency of that day.
But it no longer serves anybody in the
year 1939, so neither north nor south
should now have any of it. The great
est sufferers from the charges made
have been the federal prisoners them¬
selves who died at Andersonville.”
Option Secured
A twelve-month option has been se
cured by the Andersonville Memorial
association on some two hundred acres
of land adjoining the the cemetery
park, located ten miles south of here
and ten miles north of Americus. The
option committee is composed of Ed
M. McKenzie, or Montezuma, chair¬
man of the Macon county commission;
Columbus T. Harden, of Oglethorpe,
member of the county com¬
mission, and L. D. Slappey, prominent
Americus civic leader.
This committee, accompanied by Mr.
Dr. John D. Wade, president
the memorial association, and M rs.
spent the afternoon at Ander¬
going over the land under op¬
They were escorted over the
by Major Coats, who is in
of the national cemetery-park.
Club Approves
The Kiwanis luncheon at Montezu¬
voted unanimously its approval of
efforts of the memorial associa¬
headed by Dr. Wade and Mr.
Shipp.
The speaker was introduced by Me*
Perry, editor of the Montezu¬
Citizen-Georgian. Dr. Tom Ad¬
president of the club, presided.
were guests from Montezuma,
Marshallville, Fort Valley,
and other towns.
Brief is sorrow, and endless is joy.
FORT VALLEY. PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1989
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To 29-year old Floyd II. Tabor, of Houston county, has come the double honor of being the
youngest man ever give:: C tide of Master Farmer of Georgia and the only man in the state to follow
in his father’s footstep in winning the award. Young Tabor’s father, A. W. Tabor, of Peach county,
was a 1928 Master Farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Tabor are shown here (top, left) with their
children, Allen W. Tabor, and Sylvia, 3. Peaches are the main crop on the Tabor farm and here
the 1939 Master Farmer hands his son a few choice Elbertas. Although he has a 115-acre peach orchard
to rely his on for cash income, Master Farmer Tabor believes in living-at-home. The home-cured meat
from hogs (bottom, left) not needed on the farm is sold at premium prices to hotels and restaurants.
A lovely and completely modern home (bottom, right) adds to the joy of living for the Tabor family.
11,412MOO BALES
SEEN FOR 1939
73 Per Cent Normal Yield for Georgia
Expected to Produce a Million.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 The Ag
riculture Department forecast Tues¬
day a cotton crop of 11,412,000 bales
in its first estimate of this year’s
production.
This estimate of production in bales
of 500 pounds gross weight was based
on conditions as of August 1, and on
the area in cultivation July 1 adjusted
to abandonment. The cultivation area,
less the 10-year average abandonment
of acreage, was placed at 24,424,000
acres.
Last year 24,248,000 acres were
harvested to produce 11,943,000 bales,
in the ten years 1928-37, an av¬
of 34,984,000 acres were har¬
to produce an average of 13,
hales.
The condition of the crop August
1 was 74 per cent of a normal, com¬
with 78 a yea)' ago, and 70, the
average.
Indications are for a yield of 223.7
to the acre, compared with
pounds produced last year, and
pounds, the 10-year average.
Georgia Yield Higher
The Crop Reporting Board said
in the Carolinas and Georgia the
yields per acre this year
higher than in 1938, and also
the 10-year average. In Ala¬
and the states adjoining the
River, this year’s expected
were said to be less than the
yields of last year, but still above
10-year average. Yields in Ok¬
and Texas were indicated to
less than in 1938 and also less than
in the irrigated areas of the
western states, relatively high
were said to be in prospect this
The average yield for the United
forecast at 223.7 pounds per
would be 12.1 pounds less than
year’s record yield but 3.2 pounds
than the 10-year average.
Interpreting reported conditions in I
of probable yield per acre, the
made allowance, as iij the past,
probable loss due to boll weevils
the basis of reports received
August 1 concerning weevil
and activity. These reports i
the board said, that loss from I
source would be about average
the United States, but somewhat |
the than Mississippi average in River, the states except east in j
In the states west of the ;
less than average loss
indicated. j
Approximately 25,000 - pounds of j i
and shrub seed were collected !
Forest Service in the Plains 1
during the fall of 1938.
Price Adjustment
| Blanks on Cotton
| Received by
j County Agent R. P. Swan this
announced receipt of blank forms
which Peach county farmers partici
pating in the 1939 Agricultural Con
servation Program are' applying
price adjustment payments on
year’s crop.
j I The county agent said payments to
j the farmers will be made just as fast
j as ‘ the applications can be audited and
properly approved. The payments for
the entire state will amount to $8,
000 , 000 .
The price adjustment payment rate
on cotton has been fixed at 1.6 cents
for each pound of the established
normal yield on each acre of the 1939
cotton acreage allotment. The agent
said 59 Georgia counties have estab¬
lished their normal yield.
Mr. Swan pointed out that the price
adjustment payment, which is known
as a “parity” or subsidy payment, will
be made to cotton farmers whose
acreage planted to cotton this year
does not exceed the 1939 cotton acre
age allotment.
For example, he explained, on a
farm with a cotton allotment of 20
acres and a normal yield of 200
pounds of lint cotton per acre, the
price adjustment payment would ap¬
ply to 20 by 200 pounds, or 4,000
pounds. At the rate of 1.6 cents per
pound, this would give the farm a
cotton price adjustment payment of
$64.
The regular conservation payment
on cotton, which will be made at a
late)' date, will be computed at the
late of 2 cents per pound on the nor¬
mal yield of the cotton acreage allot¬
ted the farm, provided the allotment
is not overplanted. If the allotment
has been knowingly overplanted, no
conservation payment will be made or
if the allotment is exceeded at all—
knowingy or otherwise-—no price ad¬
payment wii be made.
Swan and 4-H Boys
'
tU . Athens Amt this ml • TF7 Week f
County Agent R. P. Swan and three
club boys will spend this week,
Athens during Farm and Home
During the week the state 4-H
leadership conference is in rep-1 ses -1
From two to four 4-H club
will attend from each the state county meeting. in the |
club from this (
4-H boys county
are attending are M. B. Rice,
Hardison, Jr., and Roger
Interesting and instructive meetings
been planned for farmers, farm
and boys and girls. It is hoped
as many farmers and their fam
will attend as is possible.
Trustees Select
Faculty at Byron
The board of trustees of Byron con¬
solidated school has elected Misses
Frances Tucker of Macon and Verna
Ducker of Columbia, S. C., to the
school faculty They will fill vacan
cies caused by resignations of Miss
Minnie Mae Grant of Leslie and Miss
Eleanor Anthony ol' Macon.
The faculty for the 1939-40 term
includes R. G. Grogan, Byron, super
jntendent' Elliot Roberts, Pinehurst,
princial; Miss Virginia Wilkerson of
Pointersville, Tenn., and Miss Don
Fay Adams of Cameron, Mo., high
school teachers; Miss Wilmer Cox of
Camilla, Miss Pearl Burnette of Cairo,
Miss Paula Frambo of Forsyth, Miss
Burma Murdock of Coffee Springs
Ala., Miss Mary Brent Smith of
Knoxville, Miss Verna Ducker of Co¬
lumbia, S. C., and Miss Frances Tuck¬
er of Macon, grammar school teachers.
Miss Cleo Trapnell of Metter will
teach home economics and Mrs. Wilma
Gray of Perry, tap dancing.
Suit Filed Against
South ern R a il t vay
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 3.—The
state of Georgia, the Georgia Pub¬
lic Service Commission and Fayette
county entered a civil suit yesterday
in United States District Court, seek¬
ing annulment of an order by the In¬
terstate Commerce Commission au¬
thorizing the Southern Railway to
abandon a part of the Atlanta-Fort
Valley line.
Named as defendants were the
United States, the Interstate Com¬
merce Commission and the Southern
Railway Company. The complainants
asked the court to set aside the ICC
order on the ground that the commis¬
sion is without jurisdiction to give
such an order.
The complainants contend the
Southern Railway sustained no loss
from its operation on that part of the
Atlanta-Fort Valley line, which ex¬
tends about 40 miles through Fulton,
Clayton, Fayette, Spalding and Pike
counties in Georgia.
HOMES IN GEORGIA
ENJOY BENEFITS OF REA
-
A total of 48,711 farm homes and
enterprises in Georgia are en
the benefits of electricity
the Rural Electrification Ad
Figures released by the REA in
Tuesday show that there
now 33 co-operative memberships
the state. These range from the
members who belong to the Crisp
Co-operative Corporation at
to the giant Hart County Elee
Membership Corporation at Hart
which has 3,525 subscribers.
2 BALES GINNED
ON WEDNESDAY
The first cotton of the season to
ginned here was two bales from J.
Duke’s Diamond Fruit farm,
Wednesday morning by R. L.
man & Co. Both bales graded
dling.
Mercer Student to
Conduct
A service of especial interest
young people will be held at the Bap¬
tist church Sunday. It will be con¬
ducted by the Rev. Glenn Morris, a
ministerial student at Mercer Univer¬
sity.
As a student pastor, Mr. Morris
serves the Baptist churches at Pitts
and at Junction City. He is a mem¬
ber of the B. S. U., Ministerial Asso¬
ciation, Life Service Band and the
Glee Club. He was recently elected
to serve as president of the student
body for in the in-coming year.
This service will be conducted at
the usual hour, eleven o’clock, but
there will be no evening service ex¬
cept for the B. T. U.
The pastor and his family are
away on vacation but will be back
for this special service Sunday the
thirteenth.
Macon Attorney to
Be Kitrail is Speaker
At the Kiwanis luncheon last Fri¬
day John H. Jones read an article by
J. B, Priestly, noted English author
and playwright, calling on England
to save herself from sham and snob¬
bery. The question was raised “Is
Great Britain in a state of decay?”
An interesting discussion of the i
question followed with A. C. Riley
supporting the affirmative side, and
Dr. John H. Weinberg :r, taking the
negative side.
Each, in his own inimitable style,
offered remarks of bright wit and
pungeht logic.
Geo. B. Culpepper, Jr., will have
charge of the program for Friday, i
and will have as the speaker General
H. D. Russell, prominent Macon at- i
torney, who will speak on the sub- j
ject of “Modern Warfare and Arma¬
ments.” •
R evi va I Con t in u es
III I.. IAAOI | r/inre/i l AUllltl
Rev. Call Wilson, four-square evan
gelist, continues services in the old
Congregational church this week, with
congregations gradually increasing in
size as interest in the meetings grows.
Mr. Wilson prophesies that God has
in store an old-time God-given revival
for Fort Valley.
He has announced his topics for the
for the remainder of the week
follows:
Thursday evening — How Near Is
Coming of Christ?
Friday—The Christian’s Greatest
Today.
Saturday—Will be dealing with one
the outstanding sins in the world
Sunday evening—Communism in
Mr. Wilson is a talented musician
will be playing his violin in 20
positions Sunday evening.
PEACH
THEATRE
Saturday, August 12
GENE AUTREY In
ON THE PRAIRIE’
OWL SHOW—
“SECRET SERVICE OF
THE AIR
Monday, August 11
BOB BURNS in
“I’M FROM MISSOURI
and Wednesday, Aug. 15, 16
BETTE DAVIS, GEO. BRENT in
“DARK VICTORY
and Friday, Aug. 17, 18
SHIRLEY TEMPLE in
“SUSANNAH OF
THE MOUNT IE S”
51 YEARS OF
SERVICE
Only newspaper in the heart
of one of America’s
rich agricultural
sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advanea
REPORT GIVEN
PEACH COUNTY
WELFARE WORK
The following report of the Peach
County Department of Public Welfare
is submitted for the fiscal year, July
J, 1938, through June 30, 1939:
158 cases (138 old age, 5 blind, 15
aid to dependent children) have re¬
ceived public assistance benefits to the
amount of $16,915.00.
23 public assistance cases have been
closed, 18 due to death of the recip¬
ient, 2 due to an allotment from CCC
coming into family group, one was
transferred to another county, one re¬
cipient moved out of the state and one
recipient was committed to the asy¬
lum.
51 public assistance cases were sus¬
pended due to lack of state funds,
leaving 83 old age, 5 blind and 13 aid
to dependent children, making a to¬
tal of 101 active cases as of June 30,
1939, receiving $945.00 per month.
35 cash relief cases have received
$721.01 for such items as food, rent,
medicine, hospitalization and burial;
$203.69 of this amount was collected
from private contributions. 14 cash
relief cases is the average per month,
receiving an average of $4.00 each
during the month.
387 cases were certified for surplus
commodities, including food and cloth¬
ing valued at $27,009.86.
14 boys were certified for CCC with
a yearly income from all boys in CCC
of $4,668.00 in Peach county.
31 youths were certified to NYA,
total benefits being $5,501.80.
315 adults have been certified to
WPA. At this time there are thirty
three women and eighty-four men em¬
ployed. Twenty women are working
in the WPA sewing room, having pro¬
duced for the year 10,701 garments,
including shirts,- pants, pajamas, cov¬
eralls, khaki jackets for men and boys,
dresses, slips, gowns, pajamas and
underwear for infants, girls and wom¬
en, als-o sixty-three stuffed toys*
These items having been distributed
monthly to families certified through
the Department of Public Welfare.
The approximate total benefits from
WPA have been $47,166.63.
Total benefits received from above
named programs amounts to $101,
982.30, all of which has gone for liv¬
ing expenses of residents of Peach
county.
59 out of town inquiries have been
investigated and answered.
13 child welfare cases have been
handled by the department, having
had the cooperation of Miss Marjorie
Bacon, child welfare consultant, Mrs.
Ruby Catou, psychiatrist with the
state Department of Public Welfare.
These cases involved mental tests,
placements, parole, court hearings,
home and community adjustments.
19 applications have been received
aid to crippled children, 13 of these
been taken to a clinic; 5 received
and satisfactory treat¬
for infantile paralysis, one
claw foot, one for osteomyelitis,
for bone cyst, and one for hare
4 applications for free cancer treat¬
have been received and cleared.
Apparently the community is con¬
that the Department of Public
is a definite resource, as,
time to time, we have been
upon to cooperate with the
board of education, city asso¬
charity, missionary groups of
various churches, P.-T. A. of By¬
as well as the civic clubs of Fort
the county manage)', sheriff,
and city police.
The Department of Public Welfare
two offices on the right and
of the main entrance to the court
Applications for all types of
are taken daily from 8:30
m. to 12:00 o’clock noon. -Sf
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. ETTA C. HOUSTON )
Director.
of John
Jones Confirmed
The president’s nomination of John
Jones for Fort Valley postmaster
confirmed by the Senate last
When planting kudzu, many farm¬
inter-plant kudzu with cotton and
during the first, and sometimes
second year.