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Volume L1V, Number 16
EVANGELISTIC
SERVICES W ILL
CLOSE SUNDAY
The series of evangelistic services
which began Wednesday night of last
week at the Methodist church will con
tinue through this week and close
Sunday.
Monday night was Kiwanis night
with a large percentage of the mem
bers of the Kiwanis Club attending
and sitting together.
Tuesday night was ladies’ night.
Wednesday night was young
pie’s and Jaycee’s night.
The pastor, Rev. L. E. Williams,
been preaching some very inspiration
al evangelistic sermons to
congregations.
A special feature of the meetings
has been the spirited singing of gos¬
pel hymns by the leader, P. Shaffer
Rowland. The solos by the song lead
er have been greatly appreciated.
Services for the remainder of the
week will be as follows: Tonight and
Friday night at 8 o’clock, Friday
morning at 10 o'clock, with Miss
na McGhie leading the service.
ices Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
Sunday night at 8 o’clock.
Funds for Old-Age
Pens ion s Inc rea sed;
Other Items Slashed
ATLANTA, April 8. Governor Tal
madge Sunday increased the second
quarter budget for old age pensions
by more than $700,000 while at the
same time pruning $143,415 from the
allotments of 27 other state depart
ments.
The old age pension budget for the
second quarter of this year was boost¬
ed from $988,572, for the correspond¬
ing three-month period of last year,
to $1,720,000.
No statement from the Governor ac¬
companied the budget increase, but
State Auditor 1 B. E. Thrasher, Jr.,
S aid the staggering allotment, hike
was made possible by sharp curtail¬
ment all along the line in other de¬
partments.
Not yet acted on are financial rec¬
ommendations from the heads of the
large and expensive highway depart¬
ment, health department, Department
of Natural Resources, labor and edu¬
cation departments, and the Univer¬
sity System. They will be considered
the first of this week. Smaller bu
reaus will be studied this week also.
Curtailments over 1940 second quai¬
terly appropriations were nt ade in
such departments as agriculture, front
$95,592 to $67,982; purchasing, from
$31,044 to $15,756; revenue from
$237,783 to $198,325; and public wel¬
fare from $90,601 to $70,130.
Increases were given to the state
charity and welfare institutions, with
the Training School for Boys going
from $16,298 to $23,265; Academy for
the Blind, front $9,771 to $11,900, and
the Home for Mental Defectives, from
$20,330 to $21,000.
Other budgets were approved at:
Motor carrier division of the Pub¬
lic Service Commission, from $15,285
to $12,966; utility division of the Pub¬
lic Service Commission, from $14,568
to $13,605; entomology department,
from $28,140 to SI7,812; public safety
department, from $186,038 to $183,
967; treasury office, from $6,737 to
$5,550; law department, from $9,709
to $9,672; veterans' service, from
$6,720 to $6,313; Confederate pen
sions, from SI.974 to $1,978; fire mar
shal, Bureau of the Comptroller Gen¬
Office, from $2,972 to $2,550; ^
eral’s i
factory inspection board of the Labor
Department, from $5,531 to $6,155;
library commission, from $1,946 j
S^OOCP industrial board, from $28,047
to $22,483; •xamining boards of the
secretary of state’s office, from $22,-)
370 to $20,810; secretary of state’s
office, from $6,266 to $5,330; Train
mg School for Girls, from $9,417 to
$9,150; Confederate Soldiers’ Home,
from $3,207 to $2,955; School for the
Deaf, from $31,807 to $28,350; state
library, from $2,569 to 82,491; farm¬
ers’ market, from §29,324 to $6,795
(due to closing of the Atlanta market)
securities division of the secretary of
state’s office, from $3,665 to $4,010.
Earthworms are more than just
fishbait. They are of inestimable
value to plant growth.
She
Read widely by the people of progressive PEACII , Houston, Macon and Cran ford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
MOVE MADE TO
CURB RACKETS
In the last few hays Feet Valley,
like many other towns, has been visit
ed by people of every kind soliciting
funds from house to house, Some of
the causes should be helped, but many
0 f them are rackets and should not
be given any help at all by any one.
To do so is to foster and pass on to
other towns these same people,
The average person does not hav
time to investigate these people or
the cause they represent, and it is
easier to give a small amount of
money and forget it. Now is the time
r us to conserve everything we can
for the worthy causes. Many of these
people are seeking information and
the solicitation of funds as a
blind.
The business men of Fort Valley
feel that a thorough examination
should be made of every person or
causes for which funds are solicited,
for this purpose Mayor A. C. Riley,
chairman, H. H. Hafer, Thomas Ed
wards and Warner Wells have been
selected as a committee on investiga
These men have agreed to serve
a business men’s committee.
The object is not to restrain anyone
in their giving, but is for the protec
tion of the public against unscrupu
lous collectors and unworthy causes,
It is the desire of the committee
that everyone, business men, schools,
clubs, churches and private citizens
anyone asks aid for any cause, ase
cooperate with this committee. Any¬
one approached for such a solicitation
is requested to be sure that this com¬
mittee has passed on, the cause for
which the solicitation is made first.
The action of this committee does
not bind anyone except as they desire
to be bound.
Monk Buys Carload
of Purebred Cows
-
T A - Monk and 1. A, McCord at
tended the registered Hereford auc
tions on the Harris Ranch at Winona,
Mississippi on Tuesday of last,
Mr. Monk purchased a carload of
purebred Hereford cows, calves and
heifers, consisting of about 25 head, ■
which were unloaded here Friday and
carried to his stock farm.
Mr. Monk operates a farm of sever¬
al hundred acres about eight or nine
miles southwest of town near the
Flint river, specializing in beef cattle.
His farm is well equipped with barns
and pastures for this business.
Openings for Boys
At NY A Center
A rapid turnover caused by youth
workers leaving to accept private em¬
ployment has created 100 openings for
boys at the Chapman Springs resi¬
dent work center of the National j
Youth Administration, lqpated just
utside Atlanta, it has been announced
by NYA officials.
This project gives boys practical .. .
work experience in aviation and auto ‘
mechanics, radio, arc and acetylene!
welding, sheet metal, machine shdj), i
wood shop, electricity, foundry, forg-;
ing, plumbing and carpentry. AH of;
these fields are vitally important to
the national defense program, which
is opening up more, job opportunities
in these occupations.
The value of this work experience
is shown by the fact that more than
100 youths have left this pi eject in
the last few weeks to accept private | |
employment for which their woyk ex-j
had qualified them. Every: !
who has ever completed his period !
of work in the machine shop is now .
employed. Many youths have secured !
jobs after only a few' months at Chap- i
man Springs. All work is clone on a
production basis with standards com¬ j
parable to private industry. I
In addition to the work experience,
this NYA center offers a well-round¬
ed health, physical development, and
recreation program for the 180 boys
enrolled. Youths earn al! their ex¬
penses plus $10.00 each per month in
cash. All boys between the ages of
16 and 24, who are out of school and
unemployed, are eligible.
Peach county youths may apply to
Miss Mary Lowe, area director, at the
court house in Fort Valley.
FORT VALLEY, ‘EACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1911
Fanners Are Making
Much With
t*Uf chi C<l EilCSlOC h
Quality of Georgia’s livestock is
definitely being improved through
the use of purebred animals and
adoption of better management prae
^. tices, the results of which will add
several thousand dollars to the income
of livestock producers within a few
years, in the opinion of Director
Walter S. Brown, of the Agricultural
Extension Service.
Not only has breeding contributed
to an upward trend in quality of all
classes of livestock but also improved
feed practices and control of parasites
and diseases have aided materially
in boosting livestock production in
Georgia during the last few years
Particularly since 1930, Director
Brown said.
Agricultural Extension reports show
that 353 purebred dairy bulls and 758
high-grade heifers were placed with
Georgia farmers last year, This num
her compares with practically none
a decade ago. Milk production per
cow in the state has increased some
20 P er cent intf,e last u ' n y® ars > alui
'unproved breeding and feeding have
‘‘dually been responsible for this in
c ' rease > according to the Extension
director.
Further improvement in dairy cattle
is reflected by the increased winnings
in national events of Georgia cows and
herds during recent years, and this
has been due greatly to good breed¬
ing, Mr. Brown points out, in saying
that farmers have realized that better
breeding pays and today the benefits ’
being received through higher
quality and larger incomes.
As for beef cattle, he says more
phenominal growth has been made
since a decade ago than for dairying.
Some 2,240 purebred and high-grade
beef-type bulls and heifers were
secured by Georgia farmers last year,
and many livestockmen are building
UJ) n j ct , beef herds by use of pure
bred sires on native cows. According
to 10C01 -ds of 1940 cattle shows in the
gtate; jg 0 f the 16 grand champion
animals were home-raised,
t j lat Georgia-bred livestock is forging
a h e ad at present.
Likewise, . .. . the ,, , hog industry . . , bene
,, is
fitmg ..... through . use of . purebred , , stock, , ,
R
Director Brown „ declared. , . . Several „ .
thousand , , purebred , , hogs . have . been ,
secured by farmers and numbers ot
swine producers have made their
enterprise more profitable through
adoption of better feeding and control
measures for parasites and diseases.
A brighter outlook for hog growers
is in prospect for this year and Geor¬
gia farmers are expected to take full
advantage of the opportunity through
improved practice,s in production and
marketing.
Through assistance of the Extension
Service and other groups, some 500
sheep have been placed in Georgia
within the last year, in an effort to
revive that industry in this state.
Ltvestock production is destined to
places . withm the next .
go lew
if farmers continue to make use of j
purebred breeding stock and better .
management practices as they have |
done in the past decade, the Extension
director added,
Funeral for Emor y I
f / riles i .i fjt'/ rf eanesaay I / , |
Funeral services for Emory Giles,
w jj 0 died at his home near here in ;
Crawford county Tuesday morning, j
wert • held at Union 3 o’clock. church Elder Wednes- D. j
day afternoon at •
Y. Hicks of Roberta officiated.
Survivors . include his widow, one
daughter, Mrs. Daniel Walton, Fort
Valley; one son, Billy Giles, Fort I
Valley; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Net
tie Dorsey, Macon; Mrs. Raymond
Rigdon, Covington; Mrs. Calvin Math¬
ews, Fort Valley.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to acknowledge with sin¬
cere appreciation the many kindnesses
and beautiful floral offerings extend¬
ed to us during our recent bereave¬
ment.
MRS. EDWARD M. FAGAN
4-10-1tp. and Family.
DUKE DEFEATS
HAFER IN FINAL
GOLF MATCH
By R. A. HAM.
| Jimmie Duke, maintaining a
barrage of deadly pitching and
ting from the outset, last Tuesday
ifeated Harris Hafer 4-3 for
championship of the Pine
j beautiful Golf Club. drives Jimmie while pegged Harris out
; with his which,
difficulties woods,
j a ru ' e ar $ his long suit. He also
a row with his irons, still they per
’ si * tonU v refu “ d c ° me thr ° u * h fo1
-
j him. Meanwhile the bombardment
the green by Duke led to
concerning his knowledge of
Sam’s secret bomb sight.
The match was played on the
Needles course, which was
and built by W. G. Brisendine. It
laid out not only with the idea
giving the experts as well as the
bers a time test of golf, and as
it ranks high among those in this
tion, but it also was laid out with
eye toward making each hole
esque. In these respects a
measure of success lias been
The club house, of pioneer log
in design, rests on a brick
tion which houses the men’s
room, showers, etc., while the
floor is to be a cozy lounge
with ladies room adjoining.
windows bearing on a spacious
randa i will n front 4 - 4 - the 4 i number u a 9
affording i ■ a splendid ii i view of j* •
ing golfers w- and . their . struggles , , on ,,
final green, Mr. Brisendine
that the club house will be ready
use in the immediate future, and
definite plans are afoot for a
ming pool before the season opens.
Atlanta Man Is
Kitvanis Spea
Uy R. A. HAM,
Ralph Beach, ol Atlanta, spoke
Kiwanians Iriday, relating
' n K experiences of his while travel
widely in the interest of the Coca
Cola Company.
He was presented to the club by W.
G. Brisendine, club secretary and
treasurer.
J. F. Lambert, a new member, was
welcomed into the club. Other . .
visi
tors included . , . , T Don . S. „ Kelly, ,, Battle , ,,
Creek, Mich., C. P. Strong, and . P. ,,
. „
Fort Valley Man
Is Sales Leader
Interesting news about a former
Fort Valleyan, A. Hill Rigdon, comes
from Logan, West Virginia, where he
is a salesman for one of the country’s
leading tailoring companies.
Several other men from this com
munity are also connected with the
same company, among whom are Mr.
Rigdon’s brother, W. Irving Rigdon,
Thomas VV. Tharpc and Brown Riley.
Jt appears that there is keen compe
tition mong the salesmen and espe
cially the , from Georgia, „ , but , IIill
ones
Rigdon had first place in the number
of sales last year and is holding that
position so far this year.
A paragraph from the Logan Ban¬
ner of April 1 pays him a compliment,
as follows:
“The opening game at Cincinnati
may be two weeks off, but Hill Rig
,i oni that personable representative of
Storrs-Sehaefer Co., already is mak
ing- plans to get tickets for the hun
deeds of Logan countians who will
want to fee the opener.
“Hill is to Logan what Henderson
Peebles is to Charleston. Ambassa¬
dor of Goodwill No. 1.”
* "
f > lV TaX Bill ScCTl
Certain This Session
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5.—
There will be a tax bill enacted at
the present session of Congress, It
will aim to boost the income of the
Government by a billion and a half
or two billion dollars. This objective,
however, will be attained not by the
use. of a meat ax, or other method
likely to cause economic dislocations.
Conversations will be inaugurated,
shortly after the Easter holidays, by
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Talmadge Order
Tightens Hold on
State Spend in r> or
ATLANTA April 8. Governor
Talmadge in an executive order
terday tightened his grip on the finan
cial operation of state departments by
warning state employes they would
have to stay within their quarterly
j approved ty of having budgets their or salaries face the and necessi- travel
j ing expenses trimmed during the next
. quarter.
j Issuance of the executive order fol
I lowed his action in increasing the
i budget for old-age pensions more thah
§700,000 but at the same time cut
I ting $143,415 from the financial
I sheets of 27 other state departments
In a separate statement he empha
' j j bi declaration that the expenses
1 s ze( s
0 f stato government must be cut 50
j per cen t. Meanwhile, State Auditor
1 - B. — E. Thrasher, — Jr., over
was going
' budgets of the Education Department
I alK ] p r i son a nd Parole Board before
submitting them to the Governor.
The text of the Governor’s executive
order follows:
“Whereas: Under our new budget
system funds are very restricted in
use, making it absolutely necessary
that the entire personnel of the state
co-operate in holding expenses down
to a minimum, and
. , ...
'administration that ., . state .. oiti
every „ %
cial and employe become conscious e ot f
iu *’ '
fact that the funds , which . . , are
the ‘ en
I ! trusted to our care for expenditure
are for services to the people and
should be expended with even more
discretion than we use in expending
our personal funds, it is therefore
“Ordered: That in the event any
funds are expended or any obligation
is incurred which is in excess of the
items approved on the quarterly bud
gets, and if it is found that obliga
tions have been incurred by any agen
cy of the state which is not reflected
in ; the amount of accounts payable re¬
ported on the budget, the amount pro
v j ( j u( | f or salaries and travel in the
next q Uar t C r’s budget shall be reduced
; n sufficient amount to cover said ex
cesH expenditures or obligations in
curred, and it is further
Ordered: That each
| head make copies of this order and
j distribute same to each and
state employe.”
(d i tH' t> io Democrats
Lead Na tion ' In I he
Jackson Day Drive
Georgia Democrats showed their
loyalty to the Democratic Party at
the annual Jackson Day Dinner,
ur day, March 29, by contributing over
$27,000 for the Democratic fund, I,,
doing this Georgia led the nation in
its gift to the Party.
State Chairman, Ryburn G. Clay,
expressed himself as being highly
pleased over the results of the
campaign but added, “I am not sur
prised, however, for Georgians can
always be counted upon to do
part and a little more whenever they
are called on for concrete evidence of
their faith and confidence in the Party
of Old Hickory.
“This fine record we have just made
was made possible by the wonderful
cooperation of every loyal Democrat
all over the state. It proves
no matter how Georgia
may differ among themselves,
stand united when the national Party
calls.”
A true ■xample of a united front
among Georgia Democrats was shown
by the presence . for the second time
since the campaign started of Gov
!ernor Eugene Talmadge an ex
j Governor E. I). Rivers at the same
i gathering. Bitter political enemies in
state politics, they buried their dif
I ferences for the sake of the national
Democratic Party.
Each county was allotted a quota
to raise based on the white population
of the county—a quota of $25.00 per
thousand. More than fifty counties
exceeded the allotted amount.
Chairman Clay gave his sincere
thanks to all the Democrats of
gia for the great response rendered
these troubled times, remarking that
they, untiringly, always work for the
party of Andrew Jackson.
FASTER SERVICES
\AT ST. ANDREWS
Good Friday services will be held
Friday evening at St. Andrew’s Epis¬
copal church, at 8 o’clock. This is a
simple and solemn service of prayer
and meditative addresses in prepara
tion for Easter,
j On Easter morning at 8:15, there
w jjj | K , j\ ls f er music, celebrating the
jj 0 jy Communion, and sermon by the
m , t()l . At this time a beautiful new
I aItar hanging will be used for the first
j time. The special offering will go
toward retiring the church debt.
I The congregation will welcome all
visitors to both these services.
Fort Valley Players
In Final Contest
Fort Valley and Cordele were win¬
ners in the one-act play contest held
in Cordele last Friday and will repre
; sent the divisions at the district meet
at Cordele April 18.
Mary Lillian Culpepper, Emily
Jeanes, Bobby Marchman, Gordon
Mathews and Duke Lane were mem
i 1 bers of the cast of I Shall Be Wait
.
1 . mg.
Emily Jeanes was voted the best
actress and Gordon Mathews the sec¬
ond best actor in the division.
Reading and declamation contests
will be held m the high school audi
( tonum Monday afternoon _ at A 3 o’clock . .
^
to select , contestants for the district
I contests, which will be held in Cor
dele on Saturday, the 19th.
RllSineSS # Sc/lOOl to
OpC11 Here w • SoOll o
According to an announcement car
lied on the back page of this week’s
paper the Herrin Schools of Business
are making arrangements to open
here,
E. G. David, who is in charge of
1 organization here, says that adequate
quarters will be leased and enrollment
0 f students for day and night classes
will begin in about a week or
days,
Continuance of the school beyond
the first complete six months term,
be says, will depend upon the interest
support accorded the institution. |
The Herrin Schools of Business
come to Fort Valley with the endorse
! j ment of citizens prominent in tin; bus-■)
iness, professional and civic life of ■
North Georgia, Where these decade, schools Mr. J
have operated for over a
David states.
Courses will be conducted offering
a complete education in the three main
branches - bookkeeping, shorthand and
typing, with all the subjects usually
associated with them, including civil
service coaching. The graduation
standards are based on civil service
requirements.
Small classes and individual instruc¬
tion enables the Herrin Schools to
graduate their students within a six
month period, and to maintain an en¬
viable reputation for placing their
graduates in desirable positions, he
said.
TWO EIRE CALLS ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING
The fire department answered two
calls Wednesday morning. The first
was to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. 1
G. Brisendine where an oil heating |
furnace had gotten out of order. Some ;
smoke damage was done. i
A few minutes after the. truck had
returned to town a call from the The
J. W. Woolfolk Company sulphur 1
plant. Fire did a small, amount of
damage.
Uniform Quad Lair
For Entire State
ATLANTA......Open season on quail
is now uniform throughout Georgia,
it being from November 20 to March
1. Governor Talmadge signed a bill
to that effect last- week, which
changed a 1939 legislative act allow-
18 South Georgia counties 20 ex
tra days from November 1 to 20. The
nesting season in Georgia begins as j
early as May and may last as late as
‘
August.
53. YE.4 R.S OF
SERVICE
Only newspaper in the heart
of one of America’s
rich agricultural
sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
PLANNING GROUP
ADOPTS 5-POINT
FARM PROGRAM
The Peach county agricultural pro¬
gram planning committee chose the
following projects for emphasis dur¬
ing 1941:
1— —Live at home
2— Soil conservation and forestry
3— —Cotton improvement .
4— Systems of tenure
5— Rural health.
All agencies working with rural
families are stressing the above proj¬
ects this year. The live-at-home pro¬
gram has long been stressed by the
Georgia Agricultural Extension Serv¬
ice through its county agricultural
and home demonstration agents. Farm
security representatives in Peach
county are also stressing the live
at-home program. The rural healths
problem is closely related to the live
at-home project. All farm families*
are urged and encouraged to produce
adequate supplies of meats, fruits,
vegetables, wheat, etc., for home use.
They are further urged to save by
canning, storing, or otherwise preserv¬
ing adequate supplies of meats, fruits,
and vegetables for use during periods
when such fresh foods are not avail¬
able on the farm. Families are urged
to produce more milk, eggs, and leafy
vegetables. These foods are classed
as protective foods and are essential
in the diets of properly nourished
persons.
The supply of poultry and eggs is
inadequate on many farms in Peach
county.
Many families do not can any fruits,
vegetables or meats. Consequently,
the members of such families are of¬
ten lacking in these essential foods for
long periods of time. Many diseases
get started while bodies are not re
jeeiving the necessary vitamins and
minerals that milk, eggs, leafy vtge
tables and lean meats would supply,
Landlords could, and many of them
do, help the farm families on their
farms by planting a “plantation garu
en and allowing all families to use
vegetables. Turnips, collards, okra,
cabbage, beans, etc., could be produced
in larger quantities on a small acre
age. The county program planning
committee makes that recommenda
tion.
The system of tenure program deal*
with farm tenancy, It is felt that, if.’
tenant farmers (renters) could h&v«
leases for more than one year at a
time that they could afford to put
into effect a soil conservation pro
gram and do more work toward de
veloping long term leases. It is rec
ommended that the lease provide that
either party, the landlord or the ten
ant, notify the other party on or be¬
fore October 1 if the lease is not U>
be in effect the following year.
The soil conservation project is the
foundation upon which all other pro¬
grams must be developed. The local
soil conservation district, the county
extension agent, the AAA and farm
security representatives are all stress¬
ing soil conservation. Payments are
also made for year-round home gard¬
ens and for canning and otherwise
preserving fruits, vegetables, cereals,
etc.
In this period of national prepared¬
ness and national emergency every
farm must recognize its responsibility
to produce an adequate food and feed
supply, according to County Agent R.
P. Rwun,
The cotton improvement program
includes one-variety organization, seed
treatment, insect control, improved
cultural methods, proper fertilization,
proper handling and ginning and im¬
proved marketing practices.
Information along those lines will
be made available to all fartners.
The one-variety organization, with
eight members in 1940, has more than.
70 members now.
Farmers are urged to plant suffi¬
cient acreage to produce an adequate
supply of food and feed crops, and to
save the surplus. Follow improved
methods of producing cash crops.
Develop permanent pastures, plant
forest trees where needed and help
make Peach county’s agriculture well
balanced, profitable and self sustain
mg.
The following persons helped in de
veloping the county agricultural pro
gram: C. A. Vinson, chairman; Win.
J, Wilson, co-chairman; R. P. Swan,
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