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BUILDING
A CITY
HERE
Volume L1V, Number 18
FARMERS URGED
TO ORGANIZE
SECURE RIGHTS
Speaking to a group of farmers
and business men Tuesday night in
the court house, H, L. Winant
Pelham, chairman of the orgainzation
committee of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation, declared that the
solution of the farmers' problems lies
in organization.
He showed by logical reasoning and
statements of fact how labor and in¬
dustry, by being organized, have
risen to an unprecedented economic
position because they are powerful
through their organizations to com¬
mand the respect of Congress and
secure for themselves the laws that
guarantee to them the things which
they desire.
It was brought out that at the
present time agriculture enjoys
75 per cent parity, while labor en¬
joys 200 per cent and industry 150
per cent. This he attributed to the
difference in agricultural commodity
prices and the amount of goods that
a dollar will buy now as compared to
the parity period of 1909 to 1914,
which is about 60 per cent as much
and with farm commodity prices
slightly lower now than then.
In discussing the protection that is
given industry he pointed out that a
popular make of mowing machine
for which a Texas farmer, living
near the Mexican border would have
to pay about $1.25, would sell acrqss
the line in Mexico for about $75, which
would still be at a profit to the man¬
ufacturer.
Another thing, he said, which ad¬
versely affects the economic position
of the southern farmers is the differ
ential in freight rates, which it is
estimated have taken enough money
from thc-Yeuth in additional fr igti.
rates as compared with those of the
East to pay for every railroad and all
rolling stock in the United States.
Mr. Winant said that it was diffi
cult for Congress to do anything for
the agricultural industry in the South
ueeause it is impossible to know what
to do when only individuals can be
dealt with, but with all the farmers
organized as a group, their wishes |
could be made known, so that it would
be reasonable to believe that farmers
could have themselves placed on an
equal footing with the other two big
organized groups—industry and labor,
In the course of his talk, Mr. Win
ant paid high tribute to Stephen Pace,'
third district congressman, as one
who has done noble work for the cause
of agriculture.
Plans were made to hold another
meeting Thursday night, May 1, at
which time it is hoped that all the
farmers of this county will be pres
ent.
FOUR MEN GO
TO U. S. ARMY
__ I
Two Fort Valley men, Ell'is Clark,
who has been connected with FSA
office here for several months, and j
J. J. Camp, teller at the Bank of Fort
Valley, left Tuesday for Fort Benning
for army service.
Mable Roberson J. D. Johnson, ‘
and
two Byron Negroes will leave Mon
day for Fort Benning. Two more
Negroes will go on May 9. j ,
E. D. LAV END AR '
BURIED MON DA )
Funeral services were held Tues¬
day morning for E. D. Lavendar, age
66, at the chapel of the McCord and !
Company. Rev. M. I>. Reed offieiat- 1
ed and interment was in Oaklawn 1
cemetery.
He had resided here for about 17
years and was a retired farmer. j
Survivors include bis widow; three
daughters. Mrs. T. W. Lee, Unadilla,
Mrs. L. L. Rogers, Mrs. Henry W.
Braswell, Fort Valley; five sons, J.
W. and F. D. Lavendar of Miami, E.
D. Lavendar, Jr., Thomaston, A. C.
Lavendar, Hawkinsviile, Lewis Lav-j
endar, Fort Valley; four sisters, Mrs.'
L. Hatfield, Milledgevilie, Mrs. J. M.
Sanders, Mrs. N. Nelson, Macon, Mrs.
Walter Dennard, Gordon; five broth
ers, John L. Lavendar, Sam Lavendar
of Gordon, Tommie Lavendar, Mur- I
ray county, Kentucky, Rufus and G.
D. Lavendar, Fort Valley. I
aha fieuhet-flttihune
Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH , Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, nhere Nature smiles her brightest.
IVIN
Miss Mary Lillian Culpepper
Harry Singletary, representing
negative side and Misses
-ph ames and Cornelia Morgan,
senting the affirmative, won by
mous vote at the district meet held
Cordele last Friday and Saturday,
w j]j debate in the state meet to
] K .] ( j j n Athens, The subject for
bate was “Resolved that the
government should be given
power.”
i Several other places
were won
Fort Valley contestants.
Miss Emily Jeanes won first
as best actress in the play contest.
Miss Helen Sackellares won
Phice in music.
' Miss Claudia Woodall was
second best in the speech contest,
Bobby Marchman won third place
declamation.
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St(d>ili~C Pe(lUUt
G roivin or AAA Says
Expansion of peanut production
beyond normal needs, climaxed by a
record-breaking crop in 1940, resulted
in the recent legislation providing
marketing quotas on peanuts, accord¬
ing to R. P. Swan, county agent.
The new legislation provides that
a loan or diversion program, or both,
must be offered if marketing quotas
approved by producers. Similarly,
the provisions prohibit the use of
these price-supporting measures when
growers reject quotas. A referendum
on a marketing quota for the 1941,
1942 and 1943 crops will be held Sat
Ulday ’ April 2G.
Mr. Swan pointed out that latest
estimates show that the 1940 peanut
grown for market amounted to
a hout 825,000 tons, harvested from
1,907,000 acres, The largest previous
acreage picked and threshed wa the
1,859,000 acre-crop in 1939 and the
largest previous production was 652,
900 tons in 1938.
Both acreage and production have
been expanding more or less regularly
for the past eight years and farmers
soon realized they were growing more
peanuts than they could dispose of
to the edible trade at satisfactory
prices, he said. This led to the use of
excess peanuts fqr crushing into oil.
However, peanuts for oil usually
brought lower prices than those sold
for shelling.
To compensate the farmer for this
difference in price, the government
] laK financed a diversion program each
year since 1934, except in 1936.
der this plan, the peanut farmer
could deliver his peanuts to one of the
peanut cooperative associations and
receive the market price for edible !
peanuts. The cooperative in turn,
sold the excess peanuts for oil, and
the government paid them the dif
between the two prices.
“The peanut diversion program i
worked pretty well until last year, | j
the cost to the government ex-
810,000,000 or more than
the cost for any previous year,”
Mr. Swan said. As a result, some i
of stabilizing the marketing
peanuts has become necessary.” j
Ail farmers who shared in the pro- j
of a 1940 crop of peanuts picked
threshed by mechanical means are ,
to vote in the referendum. I
|
II. Davis j
Dies in 110USl |
Oil ;
PERRY, April 23.— Mrs. J. H. Da
Sr., 86, formerly Sadie Elizabeth
died at her Houston Lake
home this morning. She was the
of Dr. R. C. and Eliza Ann
She had lived in Houston
all her life. She was married j
years last November. She had j
an invalid for about a year, se-1
ill several days. i
Survivors are her husband; one
Mrs. H. T. Beall, Perry;
sons, J. A. Davis of Perry, and
E. B. Davis of Byromville, Ga.;
grand children and eight great
Funeral services will be Thursday
at 3 o’clock at the home.
will be in Evergreen cemetery,
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1911
Fanners Will Vote
on Peanut Quotas
Saturday , April 26
Under recently approved
tion peanut growers will be permitted
to adjust marketings of peanuts
line with demand and continue to pro
tect prices for their peanuts.
Before marketing quotas are in ef¬
fect it will be necessary for two
thirds or more of the peanut growers
voting in the referendum to approve
quotas.
The law provides that a loan or di¬
version program, or both, shall be of¬
fered if quotas are approved, If
more than one-third of the peanut
growers do not approve marketing
quotas the law prohibits a peanut
loan or a diversion program on pea¬
nuts.
The marketing quota for each farm
will be the actual production on the
allotted acreage established for the
farm under the A. C. P. program.
Peanuts marketed in excess of the
quota will be subject to a penalty of
Jc per pound, but payment of this
penalty will not be required if the
excess peanuts are delivered to
cies designated by the Secretary of
Agriculture and sold for crushing for
oil.
Any producer who shared in the
proceeds of a 1940 peanut crop which
was picked or threshed by mechani¬
cal means is eligible to vote. This
includes owners, tenants and share¬
croppers. Peanut marketing quotas
will be in effect for the crops produced
in 1941, 1942 and 1943 if approved by
two-thirds of the peanut growers vot
ing in the referendum,
The places for voting in the refer¬
endum in Peach county are as follows:
Fort Valley—court house.
Powers;, iWe Adams* store.
Lakoview Aultman’s store.
Byron -Vinson’s Pharmacy.
Polls will open at 9:00 o’clock a. m.
and close at 5.00 o’clock p. m.
Every peanut producer will vote in
his own district or one designated for
his district.
Girl Scout Council
Plans for 3 Troops
The Fort Valley Girl Scout Coun¬
cil met at the court house Monday
afternoon, April 21. The meeting was
called to order by the commissioner,
Mrs. C. Hall.
W. A, Wood gave a financial report. |
Mrs. Hall gave the members pres-|
ent literature recently received from
national headquarters in New York.
The need for leaders was discussed
and plans were laid to have three
troops start next September.
The council hopes to have at least
membcr t0 take a leaders’ train
ing course at Camp Juliette Low near
Chattanooga during the summer.
Calvin Johnson Wins
Trip to Washington
Calvin Johnson, member of the high
school patrol, has been awarded the
trip to Washington, D. G., which was
offered by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and paid for jointly by that
group and the Kiwanis Club.
Calvin will join a group of other
patrolman and members of
the Georgia State Patrol in Atlanta ■
to leave there on May 7 for Wash
ington and return on May 11.
The award was made on the basis
of citizenship, patrol duties and stud
les > tbe winner having an A rating
in all three.
Pugea Methodist n t Presen ted
at Church
A religious pageant, the title of |
which was “The Challenge of the
Cross”, was presented' at the Method
ist church Sunday evening, with mem
bers of the Presbyterian and Meth¬
odist churches taking part.
Those taking part were Misses Ma
ry Lillian Culpepepr, Semone Bas
sett, Louise Almon, Betty Jean Coad
and Billy Lee Garrett, Cecil Beeiand,
Bobby Marchman, Gordon Mathews,
Rev. James Coad directed the pageant,
Music was furnished by the choir
and Miss Mildred Burden.
‘Knights of Ml,lick'
Play at Dawson
Uy K. A. HAI L
A bevy of Fort Valley knights of
1 y le niblick, armed with heavily laden
1)ags of war e lwbs, hied themselves
f | own j„to the wiregrass section of
Georgia ] ast Thursday and
home the bacon.
Competing in the Dawson
Club’s one-day golf tournament
W. G. Brisendine, winner of the sev¬
enth flight; George Wheaton, winnei .
of the third flight; Everett Johnson,
winner of the fifth flight, and “Mis
sissippi” Clark, who lost due to a
penalty of one hole called for feel¬
ing the green with his hand.
The golfers brought back some very
■
nice trophies as evidence of their
prowess acquired in negotiating oui .
Sown Pine Needles course, which had
a golf celebrity testing its difficult
terrain Monday,
Ralph Kennedy, of the celebrated
i 0 ] t j Wingfoot course, New York,
| chalked up Pine Needles course as
I number 111 on his Georgia courses
I itinerary. Mr. Kennedy, who is per
j Hups the only man who has played
four different golf courses in four dif
j f ( >rent states in the same day, placed
Fort Valley’s course number 2,009 on
his list of different courses played in
North and South America. He has a
certified score card for every one of
the 2,009 courses locked in a New
York bank vault, and is saving histor
ic old St. Andrew’s course in Seot
land for his 2500th course, if the
Nazis are not on the course at that
time.
State Farmers to
Receive Benefits
From Army Buying
ATLANTA, April 21.—Uncle
has started his grocery shopping on
a big scale in Atlanta. Purchase
perishable farm produce for use in
Army camps through a central pur¬
chasing agency in the Quartermaster
Corps already has gotten under- way,
and plans are being worked out to
give Georgia farmers the full benefit
of this market for their products.
Under the system, the Army is ac¬
cepting bids for specific lots of pro¬
duce from commission merchants,
brokers or farm co-operatives to
supply the needs at Army camps.
Since the quantities needed are us
uad ^ mom than individual farmers
can supply, efforts are being made
to use farmers’ markets and co-opera
organizations to bring together
enough produce so that bids can be
made.
In charge of this work in the Atlan
ta area is • Second ,, i,* Lieutenant t John T u m M.
Fain, ,. of Atlanta, who . buys . produce ,
Camp r , McCellan, r , ,, at , Anniston, . . , Ala., ,,
and , Camp ,. VVneeler, at Macon. Bills, ,
for , small ,, supplies .. usually ,, will ... be . I
asked , . three ,, days , . advance, . while ... I
m
... on , larger quantities .... will require , • |
notices, ,. , he said. Among , items
be purchased . , through , .. his 1
onions, potatoes, cabbage, , , . beans,' |
, lettuce ,. , and , other J similar . vege -1 i
Lieutenant to purchase Fain said its produce the Army from is j
I
in the areas where the camps
located, provided high-quality
in sufficient volume is pro¬
Army purchasing offices at
and Columbus are buying
for camps in those areas
similar plans, j
WILLIAM DIXON
DIES SUDDENLY
William Dixon, age 69, died sudden¬
Saturday afternoon, suffering a
attack.
Funeral services were held Monday
the home in Sunset Park with Rev.
A. Ivey of Perry officiating. In¬
was in Marshaliville.
Survivors are his widow; three
Mrs. Donald Smith, Perry,
J. S. Eubanks, Macon, Mrs. T.
Kelly, West Point, Ga.; four sons,
C. Dixon, U. S. Navy, M. G. Dixon,
S. C., L. E. Dixon, Thom¬
J. E. Dixon, Perry; two sisters,
S. L. Hand, Bainbridge, Mrs.
Knight, Fort Valley; three
Clay Boyd Dixon, Dixon, Bainbridge. Burke Dixon J
Sunday Designated
Church School Rally
Day for Methodists
I Sunday has been designated as
church school rally day at the Fort
.Valley Methodist church in an effort
to promote interest in and emphasize
the value of Christian education.
George H. Wheaton, superintendent
0 *' * be church school, with the assist¬
ance of the pastor and other church
school workers, has a short program
to be held in tho church auditorium
j Sunday morning, beginning at 9:45
o’clock. All departments will assem
ble in the auditorium for the pro
gram.
It is the desire of the church school
0l *’ cers and teachers that every
member of every class be present and
to invite their friends and neighbors
who do not attend a Sunday school.
11 ill man Would
Seize Plants in
Extreme Cases
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Sidney
Hillman, associate director of the
Office of Production Management,
testified Monday that “if it becomes
necessary”, he would favor the Gov
eminent taking over and operating
defense plants in which production
ba< l been stopped by strikes,
At the same time, however, he told
the Senate Committee investigating
the defense program that he did not
think such action necessary now and
that no other legislation was needed
to deal with strikes.
He urged, instead, that Government
efforts to obtain “co-operation” be¬
tween labor and management be con¬
tinued.
He cautioned that the Government
strike-bound should be authorized defense to plant take only over “in a|
j
ai1 emergency and “if there is no
other way”.
He said he believed “we are going
into an era of eveir greater collabora¬
tion between management and labor.
We have got today a spirit of
co-operation.” !
Hillman said that he regarded it
very unfortunate” that a few laboi .
disputes which had led to work stop¬
pages had attracted public attention
while many disputes which were t
settled amicably, went unnoticed.
“If people are led to believe that
there are groups of labor that don’t
co-operate,” he said, “it undermines
national defense. It undermines the
morale of the people.”
Need for Speed Cited
Hillman declared that “most people
don’t realize how urgent it is for
speedy , action and , that , “in 24 hours,
‘ *
it something , should , ,, , happen, all „ the ,
1
. ol , labor , would ,, be , gone.” , He , did
gams
elaborate but apparently f referred
to 4 the effect , on , labor , of , the , loss of
democratic , form , of government,
Labor, , , he said, .. “knows ... what at
is
stake , , „ and , has so much at stake
in
defense , , program „ that , any failure ...
1 would hit labor harder, if that ,
’, is
possible, than it would hit . other
The nation’s greatest asset in the
present emergency is “co-operation,”
said. and added:
“With co-operation, we can outdo
outbuild any totalitarian system
on coercion.”
In response to questions, he said be
that there was “no justifica
whatever for any jurisdictional
within labor. ■
Opposes “Cooling Off”
He expressed confidence in the
of the National Mediation Board
a means of settling and prevent¬
strikes and said he opposed legis¬ |
to require a “cooling off” pe¬
in labor disputes.
Legislation, he declared, “ought not
be tried while co-operation works
—and I believe it will work.”
He said strikes “are becoming less
than more numerous.”
He said that defense strikes were
shorter in their duration
at present, outside of the coal
there are “only about 15,000
on strike in the whole range
national defense.”
All men are endowed by their
with inalienable rights; among)
are lffe, liberty, and the pursuit
happiness.—Jefferson.
WINNERS U. D. C
AWARDS NAMED
Winners in the U. D. C. essay con¬
test were announced at the Memorial
program held this morning at the
high school auditorium, at which C.
L. Shepard was the speaker.
Winners of the awards in high
school were Valeria Brown, first
place; Tom Harris, honorable mention.
In the grammar school first place
went to Betty Wood; honorable men¬
tion to Betty Underwood.
Following the program at the high j
school, a luncheon was given at the
Woman’s club house.
T. A. Monk Puts on
Interesting Program
T. A. Monk, program chairman for
last Friday, presented a novel and in¬
teresting program for the Kiwanis
Club. Mr. Monk called on various!
members of the club to tell how they
got started in their present respective
occupations.
Kiwanians who told of these experi¬
ences were Mr. Monk, Rev. James
Coad, D. 0. Lane, John A. Houser,
T. A. McCord and M. C. Mosley.
Fort Valley Man
Is Radio Speaker
L. S. Miller, who has for some
months been connected with the Blue
Bird Body Co., took part on a ques¬
tion and answer program yesterday
afternoon on station WBML, Macon,
beginning at 6:30.
The subject of the discussion be
tween Mr. Miller and S. A. Kelly, of
the Georgia State Employment Serv¬
ice, Macon, was The Defense Prob
lem and the Tool Industry in Relation
to that Problem.
Navy Pictures to Be
Shown by Lt. Jones
Lieutenant Stanley Jones, in charge
of the U. S. Navy recruiting office
Macon, will show a free movie at
the Legion home here on Thursday
night, March 1, of the U. S. Navy in
Action, showing the efficiency of sub¬ |
marines, battle ships, destroyers, dive
etc. The movie will be free 1
everyone interested is invited. ^
Came I' to Conduct
Meth odist Ser rice
-- I
Rev. and Mrs. Earl R. Gainer, from
Berar, Central Province, India, )
parents of Gerald Garner, who j
been in service for nearly 40
in India, are spending this week |
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vance. Mr. j
has more recently been chair
of the Christian and Missionary
work.
Mr. Garner will have charge of the ’
night service at the Methodist
J. Ford Buried at
Benevolence Ch arch
Funeral services for J. J. Ford were
last Friday morning at Benevo¬
Baptist church near Zenith,
Rev. Irvin L. Bishop, pastor of
Roberta Methodist Church, offi¬ ;
Interment was in the church !
with the grave service in | ,
of members of the Fort Valley
Lodge, of which he was a j
Mr. Ford was a retired section fore- 1
of the Southern Railway and
lived in the Zenith community for
years.
Civil, SERVICE JOBS
The United States Civil Service
announces examinations
the following positions;
Helper, Shipfitter.
Automotive Spare Parts Expert,
Social worker.
Assistant curator (mammals).
Regional agent and special agent in
and industrial education.
Inspector of coal.
Machinist at Augusta arsenal.
For further information see G. L.
at local post office.
53 YEARS OF
SERVICE
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of one of America’s
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sections.
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LEGIONNAIRES
ENTERTAIN AT
HOUSEWARMING
The Frederick Withoft Post of tho
American Legion formally opened
their newly completed legion home
last Thursday night, entertaining two
hundred guests with a barbecue sup¬
per.
The fine new house was beautifully
decorated with dogwood and wygelia
blossoms and the tables were very at¬
tractive with their decorations of red,
P'nh ar >d lavender verbena.
After the most delightful supper of
barbecue and bruns^ick stew, served
Bj. C. * he Patterson, k? M of post the Legion commander, Auxiliary, wel¬
comed the visitors and expressed ap¬
preciation to the contributors to the
building fund, who were guests on
that occasion.
Among the distinguished guests
present were Hoyt Wimpy of Thom
asville, state commander, Hoyt Brown
of Macon, immediate past command¬
er, Lt. Stanley Jones of Macon, state
adjutant, J. W. Crockett of Unadilla,
area commander, each making short
talks.
Hoyt Brown paid tribute to the
memory of Frederick Withoft, the
only man in the service who lost his
life in the World War, and for whom
the local post is named.
F. W. Withoft, father of Frederick
Withoft, was present and made an im¬
pressive talk.
The handsome new Legion home,
valued at $8,500, was dedicated to
God and country.
The building committee was com
of II. V. Williams, chairman, C.
H. Aim on, T. A. Jones and W. A.
Williams.
Parity Payments
Announeed This
Week by Wickard
Rates for parity payment to be
to farmers who plant within
AAA acrra * c allotments for
wheat, and tobacco have been
from Washington by Sec¬
of Agriculture Claude R.
As announced by Wickard, the rates
Cotton 1.38 cents per pound,
10 centk per bushel, flue-cured
0.6 cents per pound, fire-cured
0.2 cents per pound, cigar
and cigar binder tobacco (not
types 41 and 45) 0.7 cents
pound.
The payments will be made from
appropriated by Congress
t year. These payments are de
to help boost farm income
rom the basic crops toward the ad
goal of “parity or
exchange value” to farm prod
Secretary of Agriculttfre Wickard
that these payments will
divided as follows: Cotton $88,
wheat $57,300,000, flue-cured
$3,700,000, fire-cured tobacco
cigar filler and binder
$600,000. The remainder of
$212,000,000 will go to corn and
payments and administrative ex¬
The parity payments will be based
the normal yield of each farmer’s
allotment.
In addition to the parity payments,
who coperate with the AAA
r0 8T arn will receive soil conserva
011 payments in 1941 at the follow
» rates: Cotton 07 cents P er P 0UIld -
8 cents per bushel, flue-cured
0.8 cents per pound, fire-cured
3 ’ 5 cents per P° und > and c « ar
and binder tobacco 0.8 cents per
un( ^
Secretary Wickard said that the
parity rates would be applied to
four per cent more cotton pro¬
because of an increase in a
yield of cotton in the last few
He also called attention to the
that no parity payments were
on tobacco last year.
BANK HOLIDAY
The Bank of Fort Valley will be
Monday, April 28, for a holi¬
instead of closing on Saturday,
Day. This will be done in
to give bank customers service
the day it will be needed most.