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.Volume LIII, Number 39
LEGION FLOAT IS READY
FOR CONVENTION PARADE
Word has been received that the
peach float of the Frederick Withoft
Post, American Legion, is ready to
enter the parade of the American Le¬
gion’s national convention, which con¬
venes in Boston next Tuesday, Sep¬
tember 24. This float is a mammoth
peach eight feet in diameter and eight
feet high, including the stem and
leaves. This peach will be of the col¬
or of the Elberta variety and is built
on a truck chassis ornamented with
the American Legion seals and colors,
with the wording “Peach County” on
each side and end.
On the float will be four Fort Val¬
ley ladies giving away real peaches
to the spectators.
The float will also be adorned with
a beautiful ail silk United States flag
with embroidered stars and a blue silk
American Legion banner with gold
leaf lettering.
The ladies riding on the float will
be Misses Kathleen Spear, Uldine
'Cannon, Gwen Reed and Mrs. T. A.
Jones. They will wear blue Legion
capes with red, white and blue lin¬
ing, Legion caps and white dresses.
It is estimated that it will require
12 hours, from 9 a. m. till 9 p. m., to
complete the line of march.
The sponsors of the peach float are
J. W. Pearkon, W. T. Pearson, D. C.
Strother, J. D. Duke, O. E. Pearson,
E. L. Duke, J. W. Woolfolk, G. Wil¬
lard Pearson, J. Russell Pearson, J.
A. L. Wilson, A. J. Evans, A. J. Ev¬
ans, Jr., J. E. Davidson, Wright &
Solomon, J. H. Baird and R. L. March
man, Jr.
T. A. Jones and his committee have
devoted a great deal of time and ef¬
fort to working out plans and details
for the float and also in obtaining
sponsors to defray the expense in¬
volved. Leading-Ill the parade vffl!
be the Poppy Float, on which the Le¬
gion’s famous “Poppy Lady”, Miss
Moina Michael of Athens, will ride.
She was credited with originating
Poppy day. The national committee
promised the attractive Peach float
second place only to the Poppy float.
Other floats will be entered by Savan¬
nah, Macon, Brooks county, Albany
and others.
The local representatives expect to
leave on the Legion Special out of
Atlanta at 12:50 Saturday, arriving in
Boston at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Upon arriving in Boston they will go
to Tremont Temple Baptist church
to hear Dr. Jasper C. Massee in a
special service, which has been ar¬
ranged by the Legion’s Committee on
Americanism. Dr. Massee is a na¬
tive of Marshallville and this service
will be of especial interest to the
Georgia delegates.
On return from Boston the Legion
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Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, ivhere Nature smiles her brightest.
Special will stop one day for
ance at the World’s Fair in New
and will arrive in Atlanta on
day, the 28th, at 1:50 p. m.
In addition to the ladies who
ride the float, T. A. Jones, Mr.
Mrs. William Khoury, E. C.
son and Houser Davidson expect
attend the convention.
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CHOSEN SENATOR
E. L. Harrison, of Musella,
nominated in last Wedensday’s pri¬
mary to represent the 23rd senatorial
district in the Georgia General As
sembly for 1941-42. The district is
composed of Peach, Taylor, Houston
and Crawford counties. Under the
rotation plan this was Crawford coun¬
ty’s time to furnish the senator for
the district.
Mr, Harrison has served in the Gen¬
eral Assembly several terms as repre¬
sentative for Crawford county.
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At 47th Convention
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 17.
Attorney General Ellis Arnall, who is
judge advocate general of the United
Confederate Veterans, extolled the
courage and sacrifices of the Confed
erate soldier in the principal address
today at the 47th annual state re
union of the gray veterans.
“The southern hero of the 60’s had
no government on which to lean and
depend,” Arnall said. “The only gov
ernment left to him was one that
peded and harrassed him on every r
hand and at every turn, yet he grew
strong by self-reliance, determination
and bard work. His example might
well be a stinging lesson to us today.
“He believed in principles and
ideals, was willing to sacrifice and
suffer, to loyally stand by them and
them. In these perilous mod¬
times, we have need for more of
kind of courage and thdt kind of
Mrs. Charles Tillman, past presi¬
of the Georgia division, United
of the Confederacy, and
Wooten, area commander of
Georgia division, Sons of Confed
Veterans, were other speakers
the program for the second day
the convention.
The veterans will hold their final
of the three-day parley to
morning at which time offic
will be elected.
and sprays.
, told the growth of his
| He of
, pany, how it has gradually expanded
into a business selling arsenicals foi .
j the control of cotton and peach insects
throughout the southeast. His talk
1 showed that this industry has a very
i definite economic value to this
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llp U11 was P i<htn <t , , J -V _ >
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Frank Vinson, program chairman. .
R. P. Swan, ’ president, 1 ’ reported 1 that
•plans , for „ the county fair . .
: are progress*
nicely, . . and _ that , the _ .
ting * premium 1
i :would , , be . issued .
soon.
Legion Entertains
With Ladies Night n
The Frederick Withoft post of the
American Legion meets tonight at
7:30 at the Woman’s club house and
| will entertain their ladies with a fried
chicken supper. The program com
m it tee has promised an interesting
program,
Fire Department
Answers Perry Call
The Fort Valley fire department re-, |
sponded to a call from Perry Monday
night when six business buildings
were destroyed by fire, with losses |
estimated at $25,000.
Bloodworth’s warehouse, the Stock¬ |
er Ford agency, the Southern Cafe
and Moody’s garage were destroyed,
and the Princess theater badly dam¬
aged.
lhe lire started about < p. m. and
was brought under control about 9:15 I
fire (eastern department. time) by the fort Valley J
TWO PEACH COUNTY
BOYS JOIN MARINES J '
Charles F. Bowman, son of Edward
J. Bowman, Fort Valley, and Claude
M. Harper, son of Mrs. Julia Harper,
Byron, enlisted in the U. S. Marines
at the municipal auditorium in Macon
last week. Both young men were
transferred to Marine Barracks, Par
ris Island, S. C., for recruit training, j
ATAHT to Play
at Peach Theatre
The Peach theatre announces that
the special attraction, “All This and J
ley Thursday Too”, and is booked Friday, for October Fort Val-j 10
11 .
Due to the length of this attraction
it will be necessary to give two per
daily. Matinee will start
at 3:15 and the night show
8 o’clock.
There will be no advance in prices
this Bette Davis and Charles Boy- j
starring attraction. 9-19-lt.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1910
PEACH COUNTY
VOTE TOTALS
The total vote given the various
candidates in the Democratic primary
of last week by voters in Peach coun
ty is given below,
j For Governor—Abit Nix, 28; Co
lumbus Roberts, 470; Eugene Tal
madge, 514.
For Secretary of State—Jesse S.
Hall, 484; John B. Wilson, 603.
For State Treasurer—Pat Avery,
107; Geo. B. Hamilton, 466; Tom
Wisdom, 480.
For Attorney General—Ellis G.
Arnall.
For Comptroller General—Downing
Musgrove, 497; Homer C. Parker, 569.
For State Superintendent of Schools
—M. D. Collins, 839; .Harvey C. Cutts,
250.
For Public Service Commissioner—
Chappell, 533; H. B. Smith, 92;
J U <1 P. Wilhoit, 460.
For Public Service Commissioner—
Walter R. McDonald.
For Commissioner of Labor—Ben
T. Huiet.
For Commissioner of Agriculture—
James Doss Cook, 47; James I. Hicks,
550; Arthur D. Jones, 91; Tom Linder,
184; Hamilton Ralls, 149; Guy Stone,
55.
For State Prison . and Parole Com
rmssioner—George Y. Harrell, 235;
, __ ^ ^ P.' (Bill)' , „
' die D. Tucker, ' 22 W.
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For Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court—Chas. S. Reid. ,
For Associate Justice of the Su¬
U. S. Allocates 3
Million Dollars to
Georgia S for Roads
ATLANTA.—The Public Roads Ad
ministration in Washington has just
announced allocation to Georgia of
j more than $3,000,800 in federal-aid
. highway funds for 1942-43 fiscal
'
j year . T he ra0 ney will be available by
j December it was said,
The state must match $2,509,000
'set aside for regular federal-aid roads
and $439,000 designated for secondary
roads. A total of $489,000 of federal
funds has been set aside for grade
crossings, in which no state match¬
ing is required.
Construction of 3,100 miles of ac
j cess roads to military reservations
throughout the country and an ini
j j provement program for 75,000 miles
of important highways also is
at a cost of $197,000,000 of federal
moneys'.
Liipfert Speaks to
Junior Chain her
The Fort Valley Junior Chamber of
Commerce had the pleasure of hearing
\y m j Liipfert talk interestingly of
the , insecticide .. . . industry , . at , their meet- .
Tuesday night. He discussed r the *v
mg
industry in a general way and then
went into his subject specifically con
the J. W. Woolfolk Company, I
local , , manufacturers , , of „ insecticides . ., t
preme Court—Warren Griee, 783; T.
Grady Head, 310.
j For Judge of Court” of
B. C. Gardner.
For Judge of Court of
Hu * h MacInt y r ®'
j For Judge of Court of Appeals
I. H. Sutton.
Eor Representative. far Congress
from the ; Third Congressional Dis
trict . . . of . Georgia—Stephen ~ Pace,
i For Judge ot r the a Superior n Courts , .
of Macon Circuit— .. A. « M. ,, (Phil) /nl An- .
derson, . h ,, AO 02; „ Lari , ... W. Butler, Ki ia 19; . ^ L.
P. Johnston, 15; A. C. Riley, 493.
For Solicitor General of the Ma
con Circuit—Charles II. Garrett.
For Representative in the General
Assembly from Peach County—W. D.
Aultman, 636; Melrose Lamar, 489.
PRESENTMENTS
OF GRAND JURY
We, the Grand Jury, chosen and
sworn for the September, 1940, term
of Peach Superior Court, make these
our presentments.
We have carefully- considered all
brought to our attention. We
have examined 33 bills, finding 20
True b ;y s and 7 bii[ s .
The committee appointed to inspect
roads and bridges reports them to be
in good conditon.
The committee appointed to inspect
examine the public buildings of
the county reports them to be well
kept and in good condition.
The committee apointed to inspect
macb j ner y and property of the
unb y re p„rts these to be in good
f . ori< { j tion.
xj,e committee appointed to exam
ine the books and records of the
county have examined those of the
the County Manager, ’fax Col
Justice of the Peace, and the
School Superintendent, They
these to appear neat, well-kept
in good condition.
We find the following taxes to be
. $ 6,832.56
8,192.48 !
10,981.27
20,982.79
22,993.26
31,915.00
$101,697.36
We recommend the Sheriff to begin
back taxes at the earliest
and to issue levies against
Mr. J. D. Duke, W. M.
and C, A. Irby were appoint
as a committee of three to follow
this request and to report to the
Grand Jury the progress made.
We recommend that the Ordinary
license tax where beer is sold
the county outside of incorporated
of the county.
We wish to thank Judge Malcolm
Jones, Solicitor Garrett, Sheriff
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\County Agent
Treatment Of Crain
To Control Diseases
The county agricultural extension
agent, R. P. Swan, this week recom¬
mended seed treatment as a practi¬
cal and economical method for con¬
trol of seed borne grain diseases on
wheat, oats, rye, and barley.
“The disease organisms, which are
carried on the outside of the seed,
cause such diseases as scab, seedling
blight, and smut ailment of wheat,
oats and rye, and stripe, black loose “
smut, covered smut, and seedling
blight of barley,” the agent said.
“Losses from seed-borne diseases
are influenced by the amount of dis¬
ease organisms caried on the covering
of the seed, as well as weather con¬
ditions,” he declared. “Treating of
seed grains, in the majority of eases,
repays through increase in yield the
very small expenditure in time and
money involved. ■»
Mr. Swan advised the use of an
organic mercuric dust for treatment
of seed grain at the rate of one-half
ounce per bushel of seed, and for oats
only, a very cheap and easy method
is the application of a formaldehyde
solution to the grain with a hand
spray gun.
“Seed grains may be treated at any
convenient time prior'to planting and
then stored until ready for use, or
the seed may be treated and used
immediately,” he said. For detailed
information, contact the local county
extension agent, or write the Ex¬
tension plant pathologist, Tifton,
Georgia.
TEXAN ELECTED
HOUSE SPEAKER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Sam
Rayburn, 58-year-old Texas Demo¬
crat, was elected speakor of the House
of Representatives by acclamation
Monday while the body of his prede¬
cessor, the late William B. Bankhead
of Alabama, lay in state at the foot
of the House rostrum.
Members of a Democratic confer¬
ence held just before the election said
there was no discussion regarding
filling the majority leadership which
Rayburn is vacating and some ex¬
pressed belief that nothing would be
done about it immediately.
Representative Boland of Pennsyl¬
vania, the Democratic whip, told
newsmen, however, he would be a can¬
didate for the floor leadership and ex¬
pressed the opinion that the party
should caucus soon after the funeral
to decide the matter.
Tennessee’s Democratic representa¬
tives in Congress decided Monday tu
support Representative Jere Cooper
dean of the delegation, for majority
leader.
Rayburn’s nomination was offered
by Representative McCormack, Demo
crat, Massachusetts. A voice vote
gave him the office, for which there
was no Republican competition, under
an informal agreement with the mi
nority leader, Representative Martin,
Republican, Massachusetts,
McCormack explained that the task
of selecting a new speaker now was
“necessary in order that the House
could continue to function.”
Rayburn was escorted to the ros
trum where the oath of, office was
administered by Representative Sa
bath, Democrat, Illinois.
Delays Adjournment
The sudden death of Speaker Bank
head forced congressional leaders
MLonday to discard well-formulated
plans for adjournment by the coming
week-end.
The .three-day House recess to per¬
mit members to attend Bankhead’s fu¬
neral at Jasper, Ala., necessarily de¬
ferred the" start of action on the
$ 2 , 000 , 000,000 defense appropriations
measure which contains the funds to
meet conscription costs.
Although the incentive of speedy
adjournment was removed, the Sen¬
ate opened the week end with a drive
to clear its legislative calendar. Meet¬
ing an hour earlier than usual the
planned to resume consider¬
of the complicated excess profits
tax legislation, with debate limited
to 30 minutes.
Experience does take dreadfully
high school-wages, but he teaches like
no other.—Carlyle.
250 Claims Handled
By Macon SS Office
More than 250 claims for old-age
and survivors insurance monthly pay
ments have been filed at the Social
Security Board’s Macon office
January 1 , 1940 to September 1, 1940,
says R. E. Haines, manager. These
payments range from $10.00 to $73.20
a month.
The Social Security Board has certi
fied over 100,000 claims for payments,
totaling more than $40,000,000 to re
tired workers, their wives, children,
widows and orphans. Payments are !
being made at the rate of $2,500,000
a month, Mr. Haines stated.
Payments under the Federal Old
Age and Survivors Insurance provi
sions of the Social Security Act are
payable not only to the wage-earner
when he retires at the age of 65 and
his wife at the age of 65 but to his
children under 18 years of age, pro¬
vided they are regularly attending
school, to widows and orphans of de¬
ceased wage-earners, and in many
cases to dependent parents where
there is no widow or child entitled
to monthly payments. If there are
no relatives entitled to monthly bene¬
fits or a lump-sum payment, whoever
paid the funeral expenses may be en¬
titled to a lump-sum not to exceed
six times the monthly benefit the
deceased wage-earner was entitled to
the time of his death. More than ,
100 claims for lump-sum payments
have been filed at the Macon office.
PAIR RAISES
14 CHICKS IN TROUP
LaGRANGE, Ga. The first report
chukors successfully hatching and
a brood in the wild of Georgia
made this week by Wildlife Rang¬
A. Me. Smith.
Smith said that a pair of chukors
the land of Frank Hutchinson, in
County near the Chattahoochee
has been seen several times
that the young birds are over
Efforts to establish this Asiatic
as a game bird in this state
generally met with failure.
Experience is retrospect knowledge,
Ballou.
52 YEARS OF
SERVICE
Only newspaper in the heart
of one of America’s
rich agricultural
sections.
HOME DEFENSE
UNIT FORMED
Unit No. 100 of the State Defense
Corps, which will include citizens of
Peach county in its personnel, was or¬
ganized Monday night by Captain C.
Hall at a meeting held at the court
house.
Members of the unit registered and
were fingerprinted by two members
of the highway patrol from Perry.
About forty members were present
and received identification and mem¬
bership cards.
I The Home Defense Corps is being
organized with units in each county
which will function in cases of emer¬
gency in place of the national guard,
which has now become a part of the
U. S. army.
Ryburn G. Clay is state commander,
and Major Sam A. Nunn heads the
12th district, of which Peach county
is a part.
Services in Repaired
A uditorium Sunday
Rev. L. E. Williams announces
services will be held in the newly
decorated Methodist church audito¬
rium Sunday morning and night.
The light fixtures have been worked
over, the walls painted and the over¬
head ceiling covered with texstone,
and will be most attractive after a
thorough clean up before Sunday.
Whiting Makes
“Hole-in-One 99
h. M. Whiting , . achieved , that high
estate to which all golfers aspire on
Monday when he made a “hole-in-one”
on number 8 hole of the local
ionise.
Sinclair Frederick _ made one of the
lucky shots fast year. Dr. W. 1,
Nance made the first one on the Fort
Valley course several years ago.
In his proclamation Mr. Roosevelt
called upon “the governors of the sev¬
eral states and the Board of Commis¬
sioners of the District of Columbia,
to provide suitable and sufficient
places of registration within their re
spective jurisdiction and to provide
suitable and necessary registration
boards to effect such registration.”
The. time and places of registration
in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
will be fixed in subsequent proclama
tions, Mr. Roosevelt said.
In addition to the district and state
officials, he also called upon “all local
election officials and other patriotic
citizens to offer their services arf
members of the Boards of Registra¬
tion.”
The President said that the regis
tration on Wednesday, October 16,
would be between the hours of 7 a. m.
and 9 p. m. (local time).
“Expected to Report”
O 11 that day, he declared, every
male citizen between 21 and 35, inclu¬
sive, “will be expected to report” to
a neighborhood precinct to fill out a
registration card and a registration
certificate.
The certificate which will thereupon
be issued to the individual, Mr. Roose¬
velt continued, will be carried by him
/1 as a testimonial to his acceptance of
the fundamental obligation of citizen¬
ship. ’ ’
The registration card, he explained,
will be forwarded to the county clerk
or a similar official and delivered by
• 1 * nl local selective service
board. These boards, consisting of
three men each, appointed by the
President on recommendation of state
governors, will be set. up in more than
6,000 communities.
Then when the states notify the na¬
tional director of selective service that
local boards have completed their
work, the Chief Executive said, “a
national drawing by lot will determine
order of priority of the registrants
each local board area.”
The priority established by the
Mr. Roosevelt added, will
determine the order in which draft
will be mailed to the
in each community. Upon
of these questionnaires the!
will enter on the question
“pertinent facts” to be used ift
making final classifications of the
according to the qualifica
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$1.50 Per Year in Advance
DRAFT BILL IS
SIGNED; OCT. 16
DAY TO REGISTER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1C.—Presi¬
dent Roosevelt signed into law Mon¬
day the nation’s first peacetime draft;
bill and immediately issued a proc¬
lamation requiring the registration
October 16 of 16,500,000 men 21
through 35 years old.
The President signed the historic!
measure at 2:08 p. m., C. S. T., in
the long rectangular White House
cabinet room, in the presence of Chair¬
men Sheppard, Democrat, Texas, and
May, Democrat, Kentucky, of the Sen¬
ate and House Military Committees
and of Secretary of War Stimson and
Genera] George C. Marshall, Army
chief of staff.
In a statement issued at the time!
of the signing, the President said thati
America has adopted selective service
in time of peace, and in doing so, has*
broadened and enriched our basic con¬
cept of citizenship.”
“Beside the clear Democratic ideals
of equal rights, equal privileges and
equal opportunities,” the President
said, “we have set forth the underly¬
ing other duties, obligations and re¬
sponsibilities of equal service.
Not “Uncharted" Trail
• • In thus providing for national de¬
fense, we have not carved a new and
uncharted trail in the history of our
Democratic institutions. On the con¬
trary, we have merely reasserted an
old and accepted principle of Demo¬
cratic government.”
.. The militia system, the self¬
armed citizenry with the obligation
of military service incumbent upon
ve ,. y free man> has its root in the
d common , the Chief Execu ,
tjve continued
„ It waR brought to the corltinent by
foi. fathe. =. It .as an accepted
in8titution in co l onia! days. At the
tfme of the adoption of the federal
comtitution> nine of the 13 statea ex .
p]jcjt]y proyided for lljnversal serv ice
in their basic laws.”