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Volume LII, Number 42
STUDENT PATROL ORGANIZED TO
INSURE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN
State Highway Patrolman Organizes
Boys, Talks to School and Bus
Drivers on Subject of
Safety on Highways.
Last Thursday Trooper Mays, of
the State Highway Patrol, stationed
in Perry, spoke to the students, teach¬
ers and school bus drivers on the sub¬
ject of Safety on the Highways. In¬
cluded in his talk were the regulations
of highway traffic and the necessity
of observing these regulations.
After the general chapel exercises
the boys who were interested in the
organization of a student patrol were
asked to stay for further instructions.
G. W. Cochran, chief of police of
Fort Valley, and Trooper Mays or¬
ganized a student patrol to cooper¬
ate with the police and patrolmen to
insure the safety of the school chil¬
dren at the intersections of streets
and on the school buses that carry the
children to and from school. These
boys have been equipped with caps,
whistles, rain-coats and Sam Brown
belts, which have been made avail¬
able through the police department by
the liberal contributions of citizens
»f Fort Valley.
John T. Clarke, principal of the
high school, is in charge of this stu¬
dent patrol.
“On behalf of the schools I want
to say that we are very appreciative
of the efforts of Chief Cochran and
other citizens of Fort Valley who
have made possible the organization
of this patrol,” says Superintendent
J. F. Lambert. “We also appreciate
the assistance and co-operation of the
highway patrol. Now we are asking
the general public to co-operate with
these boys in trying to protect the
lives of the children of Peach county.
You are going to be asked to stop
and let the children pass on the
streets, or to stop for a school bus
to take on or put off children on the
highway. These are laws that so
many people forget or overlook. These
boys are on duty to remind you of
these regulations. Please give them
your cooperation for the safety of
your children.”
A student patrol will also be organ¬
ized in the Byron school within a few
days.
Fort Talley Boys
Enlist in Army
-
MACON, Ga., Oct. 11.—Fifteen en
listments in the U. S. Army during
the last two weeks ot September were
reported today by Sergeant William
P. Caskey, in charge of the U. S.
Army recruiting station in Macon.
Among those enlisted were Joel W.
Sanders, Fort Valley, 17th Ordnance
Company, and James G. White, Fort
Valley, 21st Engineers.
State Convention of
Kiwanis Oct, 15-17
Kiwanians of Georgia, their wives,
and invited guests are to make mer
ry, as well as work, during the three
days of a convention program at Sea
Island Beach, to be held Oct. 15,
17, according to announcement of the
district governor, Hamilton Holt, of
Macon.
Beginning with a golf match Sun¬
day afternoon and followed that even
ing by a short Kiwanis program and
entertainment headed by Forest Tray
lor and Faber Bollinger, an unusual
feature will be a mixture of music
and mirth with water in the famous
Sea Island swimming pool.
Other outstanding features for the
program of Monday and Tuesday are
addresses by Thomas O. Marshall,
of Americus, past district governor;
Mark Smith, Thomaston, Internation
al trustee; Pembroke Pope,
ton, past district governor; Dean
ens, Rome, past state governor; J. C.
Wardlaw, Atlanta; R. G. Daniel!, Met
ter, lieutenant governor; Paul Killian,
Brunswick, lieutenant governor.
Bennett O. Knudson, president of
Kiwanis International, and Roe Ful¬
kerson, internationally known edito¬
rial writer, are the invited guest
speakers to the Georgia district con¬
vention.
Happiness is not perfected until it
is shared.—Jane Porter.
®he £eafcer-®rtlmne
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
4.C. Riley Slated for
Lieu tenan t G o vernor
of Kiivanis Division
The Fort Valley Kiwanis Club has
the honor of having one of its mem¬
bers, A. C. Riley, a charter member
of the club, nominated for lieutenant
governor of the fifth division of Geor¬
gia Kiwanis. His election is expect¬
ed to follow at the state convention
to be held at Sea Island Sunday, Mon¬
day and Tuesday.
The nomination was made last
Thursday night at a division meeting
held in Americus. This meeting was
attended by the president of the Fort
Valley club, Homer J. Avers, W. G.
Brisendine, Rev. Wm. C. Sistar, Dr.
J. E. Haslam, W. E. Greene, T. A. Mc¬
Cord, R. A. Hall and Harris H. Hafer.
At the luncheon last Friday W. G.
Brisendine read i) report of the lufieh
room operated in the grammar school
building by the Study Club, The Ki
wanis Club makes a substantial con¬
tribution to its operation each year.
This report was followed by an im¬
pressive speech by Kiwanian A. C.
Riley on Why Go to Church.which was
very timely in view of the fact that
this month has been designated by the
club as go to church month and both,
the Baptist and Methodist churches,
are having attendance campaigns.
More Than 5,000
Miles of Georgia
Roads Are Pared
A TLA NT A, Oct. 11. A report on
highway construction in Georgia from
the year 1919 to 1939 was made pub¬
lic Monday by W. B. Brantley, state
highway engineer.
The report was prepared for the
annual meeting of the American As¬
sociation of State Highway Officials
to be held this week in Richmond, Va.,
which Mr, Brantley and other Georgia
highway officials will attend.
In 1919 the state highway system
covered 4,800 miles, while today it
contains 11,000 miles. During the
year 1919 the Highway Department
put under construction 170 miles of
paving, 675 miles of sand clay roads
and 35 miles of grading.
At the present time there are more
than 5,000 miles of hard surfaced
highways, 300 miles of light surfaced
highw-ays, 1,400 miles of graded roads
and 53 miles of bridges.
“In 1919 there really was no crying
need for a vast network of paved
roads, since there were only about
90,000 motor vehicles of all types
within the state,” Mr. Brantley said.
“Today, however, with nearly 500,000
passenger cars, trucks and busses
plying our roads daily the need is ob¬
vious, not only for additional paving,
but for scientific planning, so that
definite determination of where new
roads should be placed may be made
and selection of existing roads for re¬
construction or improvement made in
a logical manner. Data now being
gathered by our dmsion of highway
1 Panning in its statewide survey will
: provide the basis for future planning
of our highway program.
“The Motor Tag Department at the
State Capitol reports that registra
tions so far this year are greater than
for any previous year in the history
of the department and that by Janu
ary 1, 1940, at least 500,000 registered
vehicles will be on the roads of the
state. With this ever-increasing reg
istration, bringing as it does new and
more perplexing problems pertaining
to traffic-handling, the highway de¬
partment is striving to keep abreast.”
Of the $195,000,000 spent on con
struction during the last 20 years,
Federal Government, through its
Public Roads Administration, has con
tributed approximately $80,000,000,
Mr. Brantley said.
COTTON
A cotton ginning report from
Department of Commerce shows
3,741 bales of cotton were ginned
Peach county from the crop of
prior to Oct. 1, as compared
3,470 bales for the crop of 1938.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939
Perry Man Loses
Life in Disastrous
Fire Last Night
PERRY, Oct. 11.—Lewis M. Hous¬
er, about 30, prominent Perry busi
ness man, was killed and damages
totaling more than 810,000 resulted
from a fire which destroyed the Jerni
gan building here tonight.
Records compiled by the Agricul¬
tural Adjustment Administration farm
agent and the Perry public library
were lost in the blaze which broke
out about 9:30 p. m.
The building, a one-story brick
structure nearly a block in length,
was constructed last year by the Perry
Home Builders, corporation owned by
Mayor S. A. Nunn and L. M. Houser
and family.
Cause of the blaze was unknown,
but witnesses said it first originated
in the county agent’s office in the
rear of the building.
While the fire was gutting the rear,
Mr. Houser and C. A. Boswell, Jr.,
approached the front door to enter.
When the door was opened, the front
of the building collapsed upon the
two men.
Mr, Houser died shortly afterwards.
Mr. Boswell suffered several lacera¬
tions and bruises, hut his injuries were
not considered serious tonight.
The Fort Valley fire department
aided in fighting the conflagration,
which for a time threatened the en¬
tire town.
Mr. Houser was the son of Houston
P. Houser. He is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Eleanor Hen¬
derson, Ocilla; his mother, Mrs. H. P.
Houser; two brothers, Lt. Parks
Houser, U. S. Army, en route to a
post in the Philippines; Lt. Marion
Houser, stationed in South Carolina,
and one sister, M iss Leonora Houser,
Perry.
He has many other relatives in Mid¬
dle Georgia.
Funeral services had not been ar¬
ranged tonight.
DEATH CLAIMS
W. D. MURRAY
W. D. Murray, prominent citizen of
Fort Valley, died this morning at 7:20
o'clock in a Macon hospital following
an illness of several months.
He was 63 years old and was a
member of the Methodist chui'ch.
Survivors include his wife and five
daughters, Mrs. S. N. Brown, Miss
Ruby Murray and Mrs. John Duke,
Jr., of Fort Valley; Mrs. Howard
Green of Sylvester, and Mrs. C. B.
Grimes of Quitman; three sons, Max¬
well R. Murray and Paul Murray of
Fort Valley, and Mercer Murray of
Macon; and one sister, Mrs. S. B. Col¬
lins, of Tampa, Fla.
Funeral arrangements were incom¬
plete at the time of going to press.
N. A. BUSH OF
BYRON PASSES
N. Arthur Bush, retired rural mail
carrier died suddenly at his home in
Byron at 10:30 p. m. Saturday.
Mr. Bush was born in Houston
county Nov. 5, 1874, the son of D. B.
Bush arid Mrs. Eliazbdth Minchew
Bush, and had lived in and near By¬
ron all his life. He moved to Byron
in 1902 when he accepted a position
as rural mail carrier, which position
he held continuously until 1932, when
he was retired because of disability.
He was married twice, the first time
to Miss Annie Aikens of Houston
county, and following her death, to
Miss Annie Hammock, daughter of
Mr. arid Mrs. F. W. Hammock of Cul
loden.
Surviving are his wife; daughters,
Mrs. T. J. Harris, Mrs. Edward Brook
er, Jr., Homestead, Fla.; Mrs. Ralph
Adair of Macon; Misses Anne, Marion
and June Bush of Byron; and a son,
Arthur Bush, Jr., of Byron; four sis¬
ters, Mrs. A. F. Hartman, Marshali
ville; Mrs. F. E. White, Byron; Mrs.
W. N. Boler, Perry, and Mrs. D. M.
Birdsong, Montgomery, Ala.
Funeral services were held at the
Byron Methodist church at 11 a. m.
Sunday. Rev. Silas Johnson, superin¬
tendent of the M!acon district, Rex.
O. C. Cooper, pastor of the Ashburn
church, and Rev. h. M.
CTapp, Baptist minister, officiated, and
burial was in the Byron cemetery.
Ordination Service
for D. W. Wells
An ordination service will be held
at the Baptist church here on Wednes¬
day night, October 18, at which time
David Warner Wells will be ordained
as deacon to succeed F. W. Withoft
who has been elected deacon emeritus.
Rev. Lewis 11. Wright, pastor of
the Tattnall Square Baptist church in
Macon, will preach the sermon.
The service will be held at seven
o’clock and every one is invited to at¬
tend.
Economists Say
U. S. Is Entering
Recovery Period
Domestic Conditions Are Credited
Almost Equally with War; Ad¬
vise Against Overstocking.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—The nation’s
leading economists said today they
believe the United States is entering
a substantial business recovery period
which may last for some time.
While the war was said to have con¬
tributed to the upturn, healthy domes¬
tic business conditions were given al¬
most equal credit.
However, early peace in Europe,
more than half believed, might bring
about a temporary recession in Amer¬
ican business.
Majority Opfimistic
The views of 50 outstanding econ¬
omists, selected with due respect to
geographical location, political phi¬
losophy, and applied or theoretical
practice, were polled by the Associ¬
ated Press to obtain views of the
cause and probable duration of the
present upswing.
Analysis of 30 replies received
showed the majority optimistic for
the business future.
In contrast to previous such sym¬
posiums during the past few years,
the replies contained very few criti¬
cisms of the federal administration’s
attitude toward business.
A number said they noted a more
conciliatory attitude on the part of
business management, labor and gov¬
ernment.
A warning to business was sounded,
however, by many of the economists.
Discount War Buying
They said expected European buy¬
ing—-a psychological factor which
helped touch off the current upswing
—had not yet materialized, and that
when it did come, it was not likely to
be of the volume, nor the price levels,
of the 1915-1918 period.
Thus, they said, heavy inventory
accumulation made with the idea that
European war supplies buying would
raise price levels or delay deliveries,
might have been overdone in some
lines.
Some also warned that the govern¬
ment by some form of price control,
including possible higher taxes for
I national defense, might exercise a de¬
pressing effect on price rises.
However, some predicted the growth
of “boom psychology” and many said
that if not that, the psychology re¬
cently prevailing might sweep us into
a period in which, with vast idle cred¬
j it available, an upward price move¬
ment might start which government
would have difficulty in curbing.
W. T. Anderson to
Speak at College
It was announced at the Fort Val¬
ley State College yesterday that the
Honorable W. T. Anderson, editor of
the Macon Telegraph, would be the
vesper speaker on Sunday, October
15, in the college auditorium at 4:30
p. m.
Dr. J. W. Holley, president of the
Georgia Normal and Agricultural Col¬
lege at Albany, was the vesper speak¬
er on Oct. 8 . He gave a message of
moral and cultural outlook, stressing
the need for good moral values in
building homes for the future of the
race.
The vesper services at the college
are featuring a series of distinguished
leaders in the intellectual and cultural
life of the state.
Temperance is a bridle of gold; he
who uses it rightly is more like a god
than a man.—Burton.
Citizenship Program
Held at llinh w School
.
ByL egion, Auxiliary
A citizenship program was observed
at the high school auditorium this
morning, sponsored by the American
Legion and the Legion Auxiliary. S.
M. Mathews was the speaker and the
program was as follows:
Song—America—Audience.
Invocation—Rev. M. D. Reed.
Song—America the Beautiful.
Introduction of Speaker—E. C. Pat¬
terson, commander of the American
Legion Post No. 76.
Speaker—S. M. Mathews, "Citizen¬
ship.”
Song—Star Spangled Banner.
Reading—Ruby Lowe, “Columbus
Day.”
Benediction—Rev. J. E. Sampley.
SUNDAY MOVIES
RULED ILLEGAL
ATLANTA, Oct. 10.—-Operation of
motion picture theaters on Sunday in
Georgia is a violation of the state’s
blue laws even though the theaters
are operated for specific charities, the
Georgia Count of Appeals ruled Mon¬
day in upholding a decision of the
DeKalb County Superior Court.
The unanimous decision handed
down set out that theaters are oper¬
ated as a detached business from the
charities and therefore are not ex¬
empt from compliance with the pro¬
visions of the state’s Sabbath laws.
The decision came following the ap¬
peal of the Southern Theaters, Inc.,
operators of the Avondale Theater,
Avondale Estates, J. R. Haeger, M.
R. Brewster and C. H. Rogers, who
on November 4, 1938, were found
guilty of violating the Sabbath laws
by operating the theater on Sunday
and were fined $100 and costs each.
The defendants had pleaded they
were operating the theater on Sun¬
days for charity and that the gross
proceeds went to the treasurer of the
Scottish Rite Hospital for (.rippled
Children. The hospital, they set out,
reimbursed the theater for expenses
ol operating the theater on that day.
The rulinig set out a paragraph
from the state law:
“Any person who shall pursue his
business of the work of his ordinary
calling on the Lord’s day, works of
necessity or charity only excepted,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Same as Week Days
“Within the meaning of this section
the person himself must be engaged
in an act which is itself charitable, or
at least the enterprise for which he
works must itself be engaged in acts
which are themselves charitable, and
a detached business from which the
support is to be derived is not
as a charitable enterprise nor are the
operators or employes of the detached
business exempt,” the ruling set out.
The decision declared the theaters
were operated on Sundays the same
as they were on week days, and the
employes received the same amount of
pay they did on a week day.
In preparing the ruling, Judge
Hugh J. MacIntyre traced the history
of Sabbath observance in Georgia
from 1762, reporting from a similar
ruling handed clown by the late Chief
Justice Logan Bleckley.
Chief Justice Bleckley had said:
“Leisure is no less essential than
labor to the wellbeing of man. Short
intervals of leisure at stated periods
reduce wear and tear, promote health,
favor cleanliness, afford opportunity
for introspection and retrospection
and tend in a high degree to expedite
the thoughts and sympathies of the
people, enlarge their information and
elevate their morals.”
Some states, the ruling set out, per¬
mit the Sunday operation of theaters
for charity, but if the set-up under
which the Avondale theater was op¬
erated were applied to other business¬
es, all Decatur business concerns
could be in full operation on Sunday.
Operation of the theater, was that
of a detached business and the defend¬
ants were guilty of violating the state
law in that their activity was not a
work of charity or necessity.
“If the law is in any way unsatis¬
factory or unjust,” the ruling set out,
the remedy is by way of an appeal to
the legislature to modify or annul it
and not by appeal to the courts,
whose sole duty is to construe and
Sunday Rally Day
At Men's Bible Class
Rally day will be observed in the
Men’s Bible class of the Fort Valley
Methodist church on Sunday, Oct. 15.
A special program has been ar¬
ranged with a solo by Mrs. Rudolph
Mills, a reading by Miss Betty
Thames and the lesson by S. M. Math¬
ews.
All members are urged to be pres¬
ent and visitors are invited to help
make this a banner day for the class.
Be on hand at 9:45 a. m.
Now Is Time to
Control Borers
In Peach Trees
Suggestions for controlling peach
borers were offered Georgia peach
growers this week by Elmo Ragsdale,
of Athens, horticulturist for the Ag¬
ricultural Extension Service.
Mr. Ragsdale advised the use of
ethylene Bichloride emulsion, and
paradichlorobeazene, commonly known
as P-C benzene, to kill peach borers.
He said P-C benzene in the crystal¬
line form has been used for several
years in treating trees over four years
old to control peach borers. Ethylene
dichloride emulsion is used for trees
from one year old up to any age, he
added.
“Where P-C benzene has not been
applied to peach trees in north Geor¬
gia, it should be applied immediately,
if favorable results are to be expect¬
ed,” Ragsdale pointed out. “Begin¬
ning now, central and south Georgia
applications should be made up until
October 25. Four and five year old
trees should receive three-fourths
ounce per tree.”
Methods of preparing ethylene di
chloride emulsion and proper dosages
and strengths for young trees from
one year old up to any age have
worked out by Oliver I. Snapp, of the
U. S. Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine, I’ort Y alley, Ga.
1 he emulsion can be made at home in
50 per cent stock solution by follow
ing specific insti actions given by
1 Snapp in the Georgia Experiment
Station circular E-424.
i
Ethylene dichloride, ready for
can be bought from a number of man
ufacturers, Ragsdale stated. In most
cases, for small orchards and for
those growers not experienceddi in
mixing emulsions of this kind, it is
advisable to use the ready prepared
product, he said.
“Ethylene dichloride is applied
I either by spraying or pouring at the
base of the tree, while P-C benzene
| crystals are placed around the trees
about one inch from the bark,” Rags
; dale pointed out. “In the use of both
materials, several shovels full of dirt
' placed around the
are trees to prevent
loss of the fumigant,
Negroes Will Stage
44 Live at Home" Show
Negro farmers, farm wives, 4-H
club members and students of the
. will their th annual
county stage 2
Live at Home exhibition here Thurs¬
day, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2, 3,
and 4.
Two hundred different products and
articles will be put on display. The
exhibition will demonstrate tho ability
of Negro farmers to make and pro¬
duce things needed in the homes,
schools and farms.
Among the features of the event
will be a display of products that it
takes to supply one person for 12
months; ten fine mules from the
county; the county wide plain cake
contest; county wide agricultural
spelling contest; the Smith-Hughes
vocational agricultural exhibition; a
parade showing the progress made in
farm machinery; parade showing the
progress made in travel; educational
and agricultural mass meeting Fri¬
day, Nov. 3 with addresses by Mayor
A. C. Riley and Dr. Horace Mann
Bond, president of Fort Valley State
College; the awarding of cash and
prizes valued at $05, given by white
friends and business firms.
say what the legislature meant by
passing it. The jury was authorized
to find this beneficent statute had
been violated.”
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PEACH GROWERS'
GROUP PLANS TO
PUSH PROMOTION
Fort Valley Men Sign Agreements
For Next Season.
MACON, Oct. 7.-—Members of tho
advertising and merchandising com¬
mittee of the Georgia Association of
Peach Growers, comprising some of
the biggest names in the peach busi¬
ness, yesterday afternoon inaugurated
the association’s 1040 program with
a recommended assessment of two
cents per bushel.
The assessment will double that of
1939 and with a normal crop next
year will make available a larger sum
to be devoted to merchandising and
advertising activities.
Most enthusiastic in their praise of
the 1939 campaign, every committee¬
man present yesterday made his own
pledge for the 1940 crop.
Emmett Snellgrove, executive direc¬
tor of the association, said after the
meeting here that the following men
had signed new contracts:
D. C. Strother, J. II. Baird, W. T.
Pe,arson, Russell Pearson, Willard
Pearson, all of Fort Valley; R. L.
and W. M. Dickey, of Musella; C. R.
Walker of Griffin; Thomas J. Glover,
Newnan; C. W. Hood, Jr., Commerce;
Frank Jordan and Carter Matthews,
Talbotton.
Mr. Strother signed for himself and
the Fort Valley Oil Company, which
he heads.
Several members of the committee
were unavoidably absent from the
meeting, held in Hotel Dempsey, but
telephoned or otherwise communi¬
cated their complete co-operation, Mr,
Snellgrove announced.
A feature of the meeting was the
presence of Sturges Dorrance, adver¬
tising and merchandising counsellor
to the Georgia-Carolina Peach Mar¬
board, ( who . reported on the
wor ^ 0 f iy;pj arK i urged an expanded
program for next season.
Leaders anticipate that the North
South Carolina growers will also
, ^e approval to the two-cent per
| )Uls hel assessment and that the cam
p a jgj-) j a the three large southeastern
grates can be conducted simultaneous
j y j n 1940
Opportunity Awaits
During the 1939 season the threa
states filled requisitions for mors
than 65,000 pieces of multi-colored
point-of-sale display materials, used
throughout the East and Middle West
by chain and independent retailers,
and advertised in 38 large city news¬
papers in that territory, which em¬
braces the principal markets for
Georgia and Carolina peaches.
“We haven't even scratched tha
surface,” Mr. Dorrance said as ho
cited co-operation provided by whole¬
sale and retail distributors, chain
stores, and independents.
He cited as an example the large
cereal manufacturers who advertised
peaches with their respective break¬
fast foods to the extent of over $250,
000 , spent on magazines, newspapers,
posters, car cards, display materials,
etc. He added that already these
groups are making plans for much
more co-operative activity during the
1940 season and that some of the
largest Eastern and Middle Western
ice cream manufacturers would also
play a big part in the 1940 program.
Campaign Launched
Wilmer Dickey, president of the
Georgia Association of Peach Grow¬
ers, said the new campaign for tho
1940 advertising and merchandising
fund had begun officially with the
meeting and “we are going out now to
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Mercer, Auburn to
Play in Americus
Football fans of this section of
Georgia are promised a treat when
the freshmen elevens of Mercer and
Auburn clash in Americus on Friday
night, November 3. The game will be
sponsored by the Americus Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
This will be the first meeting of
the Mercer and Auburn freshmen in
several years, and both teams will be
pointed for this fray. The game will
be played under floodlights of tha
large Americus baseball park. Extra
seats are being built to take care of
the large crowd expected.