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Volume LII, Number 41
KIWANIANS HEAR
JOHN HAMILTON ;
ELECT OFFICERS
Kiwanians, last Friday heard an
eloquent speech by the Honorable John
B. Hamilton, treasurer of the State
of Georgia, on a program which was
in charge of R. P. Swan, Mr. Hamil
ton was presented by W. G. Brisen
dine.
Mr. Hamilton spoke on the subject
of “This country’s responsibility to the
warring European nations.” He con¬
tended that, while it was the first duty
of this country to stay out of the
war, that this counry did have a defi¬
nite duty to perform in behalf of the
nations at war, and that was to pro
serve our own form of government
and all the principles for which it
stands so that we may assist in the
moral rehabilitation of Europe after
the war is over.
A committee presented nominations
for officers of the club for the new
year which were accepted and elected
as follows: President, S. M. Math¬
ews; vice president, Harris H. Hafer;
secretary, W. G. Brisendine; directors:
Dr. J. E. Haslam, Leighton Shepard,
Ira Sammons, T. A. Monk, R. A.
Hall, J. II. Weinberger. Their term
of office begins on January 1.
Several Kiwanians, with President
Homer J. Avera, will attend a district
Kiwanis meeting in Amerieus tonight.
Paper Pulp Mill
In South Sou "lit
SAVANNAH, Sept. 28. Establish
ment of a pulp mill in the South will
contribute to the development of the
resources of the region and will be a
guarantee against uncertain sources
of supply now facing northern con¬
verter mills as a result of the war sit¬
uation according to William F. Allen,
acting technical director of the Herty
Foundation laboratory here.
Allen pointed out that several Wis
consin mills dependent upon Swedish
spruce pulp are already facing the
uncertainty of that supply due to
hazards.
Adding to the hazard of
the pulp through the European war
zone has been the declaration of Can¬
ada making pulp conditional contra¬
band which prevents it from being
shipped to Montreal and thence to
Wisconsin by way of the Great Lakes,
Allen stated.
Canada’s action, Allen stated, will
make it necessary for pulp obtained
from Scandinavian countries to be
unloaded at Baltimore or other east¬
ern ports and shipped by rail to their
mid-western destination. This will
add $6 per ton to transportation costs
he said, and all will necessarily be
reflected in the increased cost of the
finished product.
This situation emphasizes the im
portance . of , building , up a domestic ,
supply which will provide an indepen
dent source of pulp and paper
uets for this country, Allen said, a
development <the Herty Foundation
laboratory has been advocating and
working toward for years.
Promises More Jobs
“Building up pulp mills in the South
to supply the existing converter mills
of the north ^viil provide more em¬
ployment in the South,” Allen said,
“and at the same time furnish more
definite employment in northern mills
than if they have to depend on the
present uncertain source of supply.
Both factors, he added, “work toward
betterment of national conditions.”
‘,‘All of this” he continued, “con¬
firms the soundness of the purposes
and policies of the Herty Foundation
laboratory. There is no question but
that further pursuance of this re¬
search and development is of import
not only to the South but to the na¬
tion as a whole economically and po¬
litically. Obtaining an independent
source of pulp and paper is a definite
step toward neutrality assurance.”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our apprecia¬
tion and thanks for, and will always
remember, the many acts of kindness
and expressions of sympathy which
came to us in our bereavement at the
recent loss of our son and brother.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hill and Family.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
CLASS ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
New officers of the Men’s Bible
class of the Methodist church were
installed last Sunday morning as fol¬
lows: President, F. B. Little; vice
president, A. C. Riley; secretary and
treasurer, L. M. Mills; assistant sec¬
retary and treasurer, Mrs. G. W.
Spear.
S. M. Mathews and George B. Cul¬
pepper, Jr., are the teachers, and will
alternate.
The following committees were ap¬
pointed: Attendance, A. L. Luce, J.
E. Broadrick, J. T. Neill, John A.
Houser, Dutch Hutto; program, Miss
Thelma Wilson, Mrs. Helen Woodall,
p. £, Houston; sick, R. Flournoy, Mrs.
T. M. Anthoine, Clinton Hutto; music,
H. M. Branham, W. M. Mathews, A.
L. Luce, Jack Seay; flowers, R. L.
Marchman.
Mrs. Chester Wilson is pianist.
Motorists \1 . '.I net/iii > • red j
Pit * CirtO ArlK Writton FT I II nil
Renorts I ' JeeideiltS '
ATLANTA.—The Department of
Public Safety today reminded Geor
gia motorists they themselves are re
quired by law to file accident reports.
Section six of the state safety act,
passed last March, provides that the
driver of any motor vehicle involved
in an accident on a public street or
highway to the extent of $50 in dam
ages or a personal injury must send
a written report of it to the Depart¬
ment of Public Safety within 24
hours.
Commission Lon Sdllivan said the
department has been lenient with mo
torists in enforcing this measure un
til it became generally known and
understood. He pointed out. however,
that half a year has elansed since it
became effective and thsJt strict en
forcemerit must now begin. Failure
t0 compl y is a misdemeanor, punish
abie b y a maximum fi ™ of S 100 a
maximum term of one year, or both.
Eve, y driver ’ s ,lcense maiIed last
summer or this fall has been accom
by a booklet of major provi
sions . of the safety act. Mr. Sullivan
said - drivel's who took time to read
their booklets learned then, if not be
fore, that Georgia had a compulsory
accident reporting law.
The purpose of the provision, the
Commissioner explained, is to provide
intelligent information on causes, lo¬
cation, types and other exact infor
mation relating to accidents. Such in-
1
he said, is necessary to
serve as a basis for the crusade to
prevent deat hs and “injuries on our
streets and highways.” The reports
are confidental, and are not to be
used as evidence in a court trial,
The law provides that in case the
driver himself is seriously injured any
passenger riding with him must send
the report to the , _ Department. , , „ Regu-
1 ] tion accident report forms will be
a
gen t on request to local law enforce
ment officers, coroners, sheriffs, or
other agencies. Hundreds of blanks
already have been distributed to
them as well as motorists.
Investigation of an accident by po¬
lice or other public officers does not
excuse persons involved from making
the required reports to the Depart¬
ment, the law also stipulates.
Information gathered through the
reports is to be tabulated and analyzed,
annually or at more frequent inter¬
vals and studied and published.
a Safety Belt” for
Americas Set
PANAMA CITY, Oct. 2 .—Delegates
to the inter-American consultation
conference, spurred by the sinking
the British freighter Clement by a
German raider off the Brazilian
tonight adopted the declaration
Panama which provides for a
belt” around the Americas to insulate
the western hemisphere against the
European war.
The declaration, which in
makes the Caribbean sea and the
of Mexico inland seas as far as
dangers are concerned, was
amidst great applause from the
gates of the 21 American republics.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939
Red Cross Leaders
Will Meet to Make
Plans for Roll Call
Faced with increased obligations
because of the war in Europe, Red
Cross leaders in Georgia will hold a
state conference in Macon on October
12 to strengthen local chapter organ¬
ization and to plan for the annual
roll call, November 11 to 30, it was
announced today by Dr. Frank Vinson,
chairman of the Fort Valley chapter.
The meeting will be held in the
Dempsey hotel, Macon, beginning at
10 o’clock. Abit Nix, state roll call
chairman will preside.
One of the principal speakers will
be William Carl Hunt of Washington,
D. C„ assistant manager of the east¬
ern area. James T. Nicholson, nation¬
al director of Junior Red Cross,
was to have spoken at the
sailed for Europe on Monday, October |
2, as a member of the special Red
Cross delegation to investigate
relief* problems in belligerent coun- '
j mission, tries. Other which members is the first of American the com-|
Red (boss body of its kind to
i abroad since the war started, include
Ernest J. Swift, vice chairman in
j charge of foreign operations of the
American Red Cross, and Wayne C.
j Taylor, former assistant secretary of
j the Uniu . d states treasury.
j Nationally, the Red Cross is gear
; mg its peacetime organization of
3700 chapters to aid war-torn Europe
jwjtp medical supplies and to assist
dn (q le repatriation of American citi
zens fleeing from danger zones.
Needs arising from the first four
.weeks of hostilities have resulted in
I the Red Cross setting up an emergen- |
■ of $50,000 to assist the Polish
cy fund
Red Cross j n immediate medical prob- and)
j ems The British Red Cross
!^"he Trvoneh Ned (v ( i« nid have ako hospital ,, x _
urgent for
stores and equipment, 1
Thp Red Cross chapters are en
gaged in a preliminary program for |
the production of hospital and refugee.
garments, and a limited number arc , I
engaged in the production of surgical .
dressings to be used in the war zone, i ;
j In response to the offer of assist
ance from the American Red Cross
through the International Red Cross
Societies in Geneva, the German Red
Cross Society acknowledged with ap
p rec j a tj on the offer of assistance, but
! stated that it did not have any special
needs to f 01 . mU i a t e .
Norman H. Davis, national Red
Cross chairman, has notified the Red
Cross chapters that the million addi¬
tional members which the Red Cross
had announced it would seek during
the Roll Call, November 11 to 30, l
would have to be increased greatly ■
and that goals assigned on the basis
of a million more members should be
I disregarded. He urged chapters to
give every man and woman the op¬
portunity to join the Red Cross during
the roll call, thus registering their
participation 1 1 in relief during the war
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PACE
ATTACKS “ISMS”
AMERICUS, Oct. 2.—Congressman
Pace, at home during recess
the special congressional session
the neutrality law, lashed
the foreign isms in the United
during the present European
“The influence of foreign isms
be wiped out promptly and
the congressman de¬
“This nation is honeycombed
groups and organiaztions pro¬
the cause of Communism,
and foreign spy systems.
allegiance is in Europe and they
a real menace to our national
They should never have
permitted to promote their false
dangerous doctrines, and certain
under existing conditions, they
be suppressed and prohibited.”
Representative Pace said that “we
improve our own defenses, on
on the seas, and in the air, and
prepared to defend ourselves in
ny emergency and repel any ene
or combination of powers. Cer
the matters of equipment and
coast defenses require early at
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ATLANTA, Oct. 4.—All 33 of
amendments to the state consti¬
ratified at the last June 6 elec¬
were under fire in the Georgia
Court Tuesday.
Among the amendments attacked
the one authorizing the issuance
$7,800,000 in state highway refund-1
bonds.
Governor Rivers and Attorney Gen- '
Ellis Arnall have just been ini
seeking to sell these bonds
the Reconstruction Finance Cor-! 1 ____
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The fact that a11 of the amendments I
un,ier fu ‘e was brought out m a
filed Tuesday morning in the j
of James L. Cartledge
city council f Augusta, which
argued last week.
Centered on Augusta
In the brief it was pointed out that
legality of the entire election was
although the suit was
primarily to prevent the city
Augusta from issuing $1,000,000
bonds to retire a deficit and a cur¬
indebtedness.
The petition charged that the elec
held and of in no Richmond legal effect” county and was| the J
held in Chatham county was
fraudulent and illegal. It also was
ontended that the statewide election
void and no expressive of the will
all the voters of the state because
election was held in the counties
Marion, Hart and Morgan.
Attorneys in the case pointed out
that the counties of Rich¬
and Chatham, interested in lo¬
bond issues, cast approximately
of the ballots cast in the
If the vote in these two
were thrown out, none of the
amendments would have
ratified:
Majority of 5,472
In the entire state the vote was
in favor of issuing the high¬
refunding bonds and 11,762
the issuance, or a majority ofl
i
In Richmond county there were
votes for the bond issue and 122
it.
In Chatham county the vote was]
for the bond issue and 174
it.
Therefore, if the vote in these two
should be thrown out by the
Court, the vote for the bondj
would be reduced approximately
and would be exceeded by the
against bonds.
The Supreme Court was asked to de
the case as quickly as possible, on
theory that the bond issues can
be sold until the authority of the
and counties to issue them has
adjudicated.
Strip-cropping is proving an ef¬
means of controlling erosion
many Georgia farms.
Physic, for the most part, is nothing
but the substitute of exercise and
Henry Ford Says
Disarmament Ma y
Be Result of War
DETROIT, Oct. 3.—Henry Ford,
long an advocate that “everything
turns out for the best,” said Tuesday
that he believed world disarmament
would come out of the present Euro¬
pean upheaval.
Complete and permanent conversion
of the world’s implements of war in¬
to plowshares long has been one of
Fold's most cherished .dreams.
He said in an interview Tuesday
that he had not changed his conviction
that there was something “phoney”
about the conflict on the Franco
German border.
“It has been ‘phoney" from the
start,” he said.
What Are They Fighting About?
“As a matter of fact,” Ford went
on, “what should they be fighting
about? Whom should they be
mg •>»
The huge Ford industrial empire's
76-year-old founder, who looks at least
10 years younger, expressed his views
as he swung a long lean leg over the
arm of a chapr in an office in his
Rouge plant administration building.
Ford long has boasted that he never
worries about anything. Tuesday he
said, “1 haven’t an axe to grind on
any subject.”
Ford reiterated his views on the
futility of war as a means of settling
any economic problem and indicated
he had given much study to the events
that led up (to the present situation
in Europe.
“The peoples of Europe,” he said,
have been regimented so long and so
severely that they have presented fer
tile soil for the seeds of the war
kmall group of individ
U als who profit financially from war.”
He added quickly, however, that the
average person knows too well the
horrors of war,” to want any part of
it.
“And,” he added, “no country can
a war if its people are not m a
hostile mood. Fortunately, a great
people know that no war ever .
anything.
“The war in Europe—what there
was of it. -is over,” Ford said, “and
chaos remains, It is a chaos out oi •
will come world disarmament ’
a thing that every honest-thinking
earnestly desires.”
Against Restricted Production
Ford, who believes there can be no
lasting prosperity based upon re
production, predicted a grow
re t uln to the land.
“That usually follows every war,” '
le said “Young men—at least those
enough to return physically
back from war to find
are no jobs. Naturally they i
to the soil.
“I hope to see the day when all
will be taxed heavily enough to
it into use.
“There need be no fear of over
production. There can be no such |
as over-production if you mea¬
production according to the needs
the earth’s peoples.”
Ford repeated his offer to “find a
for everything you can produce
the soil,” and added:
“.Some day I’m going to make an
body out of wheat.”
HAFER HEADS
SHEPARD CLASS
Officers for the new Sunday school
year of the Shepard Bible class of
the Methodist church filled their po¬
sitions last Sunday.
C. L. Shepard is teacher of the class
with the following officers: Harris
II. Hafer, president; Miss Annette
Shepard, vice president; Mrs. A. J.
Houser, Jr., secretary; J. VV. Brown,
treasurer; Miss Ruth Richardson, pi¬
anist.
Special programs are creating much
interest and are drawing a large at¬
tendance.
MORE MONEY FOR
FARM PAYMENTS
Additional price adjustment pay¬
ments were received today at. the of
fice <’ f the count y a £ ent < R - p - Swan -
to $3,296.74 for 55 Peach
county farms.
Checks received up to date are for
farms, lor 361 farmers, amount
' n £ *-° $36,106.98.
Children
Hear Safety Talk
George B. Culpepper, Jr., made a
talk to the school children at the high
gchool au ditorium Monday morning,
His ta]k was instructive along safety
]j neSj particular reference being made
to railway crossings, At the same
time he presented the children with
a large supply of blotters from the
Central of Georgia railway.
Hunting , Fishin a u
Licenses in 1940
May Cost Less
Georgia hunters and fishermen are
likely to be able to buy their licenses
for less money, next year, it was an
nounced this week by Charlie Elliott,
state director of wildlife.
Elliott said that by placing the sale
of licenses in the hands of the revenue
department instead would save from
$15,000 to $25,000 a year and the wild*
life division would make an effort to
pass the savings on to hunters and
fishermen.
The legislature sets the price of the
licenses, and it is Elliott’s idea to get
to reduce the price during the next
session.
Present cost of a state hunting li
cense is $3.25, and if the plan goes
through it will be reduced to $3. Fish¬
ing licenses will be reduced from $1.25
to $1, Elliott said.
The wildlife division is taking over
the sale of licenses at present, and
it in the hands of the revenue
department.
Elliott said he would also seek re
( ] U ction in the costs of out-of-state
hunting and fishing licenses. Special
weekly and 15-day permits would be
sold for much less than the present
license for visitors.
“I believe these licenses would at¬
tract a greater number of hunters and
fishermen to our state,” Elliott said.
(J. S. Still Recognizes
Polish Government
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. — The
United States refused Monday to
recognize the disappearance of Po¬
land which Secretary Hull termed “the
victim of force used as an instrument
of national policy.”
Hull said that “mere seizure of ter¬
ritory does not extinguish the legal
existence of a government.”
The United States, therefore, he
added, “continues to regard the gov¬
ernment of Poland as in existence, in
the constitution of Poland.”
The secretary of state read the
statement to his press conference.
He said this government would con¬
tinue to recognize Count Jerzy Po
tocki as Polish ambassador to Wash¬
ington, and that the American ambas
isador to Poland, Anthony Drexel Bid¬
dle, would remain near the Polish
[government, which has now come to
iParis.
A. merry heart doeth good like a
niedicine.—-Bible.
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WESLEYAN GIVEN
LARGE SU M BY
JAMES H. PORTER
Announcement of a $100,000.00 gift
to Wesleyan College, Macon, by James
It Porter, A^acon philanthropist and
trustee of the institution, was made
Saturday by the college authorities.
Mr. Porter’s unsolicited gift came
as a surprise to the college officials
and workers in the $600,000.00 cam¬
paign for the repurchase of the coll¬
ege properties according to Wm. D.
Anderson, Trustee in charge of the
nation wide campaign. “The gift is to
be used to establish a memorial to
his late wife Olive Swann Porter,”
said Mr. Anderson.
Mr. Porter is well known for hi.-?
many gifts to educational, religious
and charitable institutions. His bene¬
factions have been made without re¬
gard to denominational or racial lines.
Among the recipients of particular¬
ly large contributions are the Meth¬
odist, Baptist and Presbyterian
churches in Porterdale, Georgia, his
home town; the Baptist church at
Bibb City, near Columbus; the Mul¬
berry Methodist church at Macon, of
which he is a member; Mercer Uni¬
versity and the Georgia Baptist Coll¬
ege, a Negro institution of Macon.
He established the $150,000.00 O.
S. Porter student fund several years
ago as a memorial to his father. This
fund has already afforded educational
opportunities to over one hundred and
fifty young men and women.
When interviewed Mr. Porter ex¬
pressed the wish that his gift to
Wesleyan would stimulate others in¬
terested in this historical institution
and in the furtherance of Christian
education to come forward with sub¬
stantial contributions and complete
the $600,000.00 fund. This amount, of
which $150,000.00 is yet to be obtain¬
ed, is required to clear the institution
of debt and repurcha: e the properties
which were lost last year in a bond
foreclosure sale.
Dr. Dice R. Anderson, President of
Wesleyan College and Chairman of
the Wesleyan Campaign Committee,,
said, “Mr. Porter has done a magnifi¬
cent thing. His gift will bring joy to
students and faculty, as well as to
Trustees and the Alumnae of Wesley¬
an College. I am sure that other
generous friends will be inspired to
accept his challenge and respond with
substantial contributions so that the
properties of Wesleyan College may
be completely redeemed and this fine
old institution further strengthened
for its future work. With friends like
Mr. Porter backing her Wesleyan will
go forward to a brighter day.”
Plans for Winter
Should Be Made
With harvesting of crops being
completed rapidly, farmers in this sec¬
tion can begin making plans for early
planting of their winter cover crops
and thereby gain valuable time and
secure better results, according to J.
K. West, asistant soil conservationist,
of the Soil Conservation Service in
the district work unit at Fort Valley.
Winter legumes, when planted early
and properly inoculated, it is pointed
out, will make good growth before
cold weather comes and provide bet¬
ter protection against erosion. Le¬
gumes planted late will not make suf¬
ficient growth to provide protection
during the winter months when that
protection is needed most.
Farmers who plan to plant kudzu
later can now begin preparing the
land. Early preparation of seedbeds
for kudzu is of primary importance,
it was pointed out, as the broad flat
beds after plowing and adding manure
must be allowed to settle before they
can be planted.
This time of the year, it was fur¬
ther pointed out, is also an excellent
time to clean off pasture acres by
brushing and grubbing. All pasture
areas, according to West, should be
cut to a mowing surface so they can
be maintained properly.
Life in itself is neither good nor
evil, it is the scene of good or evil, as
you make it.—Montaigne.
The hog is the most efficient meat
producer, since only four to five
pounds of dry matter are required to
a pound of gain.