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WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE Volume LIV, Number 20 GOVERNOR TALMADGE HERE FRIDAY A number of prominent people in educational and political circles are expected to be present when Governor Eugene Talmadge comes to the Fort Valley State College to deliver the principal address at a memorial serv ice in honor of the late William Merida Hubbard, founder and long-time pres ident of the State Teachers and Ag ricultural College at Forsyth, now j merged with the Negro college here. I The exercises will be held in the college auditorium, and school Dr. H. states' M. j Bond, president of the that ample accommodations will be j provided for all white people who will come. The program will begin at 2:30 o’clock. The circumstances surrounding the Governor’s visit are of interest. Early in February, knowing that the vener¬ able educator was in feeble health, and wishing to make a gesture to him in recognition of long years of service in Forsyth, Governor Talmadge agreed to be the honor guest at the services originally scheduled to be a celebration. After the death of Pro fessor Hubbard, who unfortunately did not live to see this crowning rec¬ ognition, the program was made a memorial service. The deceased educator was ac¬ quainted with most of the men who stood high in Georgia public life during the past several decades, and was well liked by them. Hoke Smtih, Tom Watson and others were his friends and recognized him as such. The memorial service will be con¬ cluded with the dedication f ths ... cently erected farm self-support units, built by students, in honor of the deceased educator. Motorcade to Escort the Governor A motorcade will form in the center of town to accompany the Gov¬ ernor out to the school. All persons with cars who desire to join the mo¬ torcade are requested to communicate with Chief of Police G. W. Cochran, who will have charge of these ar¬ rangements. Governor Talmadge will be the guest of A. J. Evans and Geo. B. Cul¬ pepper, Jr., while here, and will be 1 entertained at luncheon at the home of Mr. Evans. G. M. C. President Is Kitvanis Speaker By R. A. HALL Colonel J. H. Jenkins, president of Georgia Military College, assured Ki wanians last Friday that whatever, the present grave world conditions < called for, the young men coming through G. M. C. were, as far as hu¬ manly possible, preparing to meet them. He related the splendid work and from this ' record of one young man 1 locality who is working his way through G. M. C. Colonel Jenkins was the guest of Kiwanian M. D. Reed 1 C. P. Strong, a new member, was officially welcomed into the club by Leland Miller. J. W. Robinson and George Wheat¬ on were chosen delegates and Harry Pittman and Raymond Hall alternates 4 to represent the club at the interna¬ tional convention to be held in Atlanta , in June. Red Saunders, secretary, Chas. Hall president, Andrew Clark and Ben Neal of the Montezuma Kiwanis Club were visitors. I i Sistar Called by j Atlanta Church : j ; ATLANTA, May 6.—The Rev. Wi I liam C. Sistar, pastor of the ConyeA Presbyterian Church since January, 1940, has accepted a call to the Geor- j gia Avenue Presbyterian Church. He will succeed the late Dr. Robert Ivey. A graduate of Presbyterian College, j Clinton, S. C., and Columbia Theologi cal Seminary, Decatur, Mr. Sistar was pastor of the Fort Valley church for six years before going to Conyers. 1 «» Ceafcer-Sxtbune Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH , Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. BIG INCREASE POSTAL SALES Stamp stock sales at the Fort Val- j i ey pos t office during the month of April 1941 showed an increase of 31 per cent over the sales during Jones.j April 1940, states Postmaster John H. Sales for the first three months of the year had shown a minor frac tional increase over the same period j n 1940 . The total sales for 1940, however, had broken all previous reC0 rds for the local post office, Thus, with the great increase in April, the sales for 1941 are now giving promise of again breaking all previous records. Stale to Sell Ha go Surplus Etpi ipm ent ATLANTA, May 7.—Used highway machinery valued at between $4,000, 000 and $5,000,000 will be auctioned off by the State Highway Depart- j ment under orders issued yesterday by Governor Talmadge. W. E. Wilburn, chairman of the State Highway Board, said no date had been set for the auctions, but that the highway equipment would be sold to Georgia counties and to con¬ tractors or others who wished to buy it. It will be sold at various points throughout the state. Wilburn said most of the machinery was purchased during the Rivers ad¬ ministration and was more than the state needed. He said some of the machinery, consisting of trucks, trac¬ tors and other such equipment, was in need of repair. To Pay Off Debt The Governor instructed the high¬ way chairman to round up the sur¬ plus and prepare to sell it to the highest bidder. Wilburn said the highway depart¬ ment would not purchase new ma¬ chinery in its place but would use the money to pay off the equipment debts accumulated during the Rivers admin¬ istration. A sale of excess farm machinery, most of (which was bought last year, was set for May 10 at Reidsville by C. C. McKnight, state superintendent of farms. More Hand Labor The Governor’s plan is to get away too much mechanized farming 011 tile P rison farms and return to hand labor 80 as t0 keup the conv,cts busy - Farm machinery advertised for the May 10 sale follows: Three riding cultivators, 16 walk mg cultivators, three tillers, eight 10 complete sets of cultivat ors and equipment, three complete' sets of planters and equipment, two Farmall tractors, two disc hanows 18 plows. Former Resident DlOS , Altiem'llS . IU Mrs. Willie Manning Dykes, who lived here for a number of years, passed away at the home of her daughter Mrs. W. M. Sloan, in Amer . 1CUS Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Dykes was born in Elko but most of her life in Albany, to which place the body was carried for interment. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. D. Reed of the Fort Valley Baptist church, and Dr. Lucius Pol hill of the Amerieus Baptist church, Mrs. Dykes is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Sloan of Amerieus and Mrs. Adrian Owens of Birmingham, Ala. Her grandchildren are Mrs. W. E. Lipsey of Albany, Miss Helen Jean Sloan and Billy j Sloan of Amerieus, and Doris and Wesley Owens of Birmingham. Five brothers also survive: Lawrence Man ing and B. T. Manning of Leesburg, Lester Manning of Tampa, Fla., Clayton Manning of Sylvester and Clinton Manning of Moultrie. FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941 URGE OWNERS TO NUMBER HOUSES After several weeks of working in spare time, the city street depart* ment has marked all streets, stencil ing the names in black over a yellow background on the street curb, and on wooden signs where there is no curb. The civic improvement committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, which has sponsored the street mark ing, now urges each home owner or resident to see that his house is nuni bered so that numbers will be plainly visible from the street. Where the correct number is not 1 known the city clerk or the local in | surance agenies are in position to furnish the correct number. Georgia’s Debt hird . Lot vest I Georgia ranks third from the tom of the list in state and local per capita, a table released this week by the Bureau of the Census reveals, Georgia’s combined state and local debt is only $48.39 per capita as con¬ trasted with New York, with the highest gross per capita debt set at $391.91. Kentucky and Wisconsin are the only states whose people bear less burden of governmental debt. Louisiana has the greatest state debt alone—$81 per person—due, ac¬ cording to the survey, to a program of road building construction. Ne¬ braska has the lowest state debt, 55, cents per capita. Georgia, with a state debt of $8.70, ranks 35th in this classification. - $4,463,000 IN BENEFITS LAID TO Genr ..... llfe -durance .. , ,, « m them fan,.lies received an * Kate of $4,41)3,000 in death benefits from life . . the c insurance companies ' in first quarter of „ this ,, . year, the , _ Institute . , 1 J of Life Insurance announced today, * These payments made o,2du _ were on ‘ . 1 P° lclts ’ | Of these benefit payments, the bulk which went to workers and their families, $3,386,000 was in settlement of ordinary policies, $432,000 in pay rnents on group insurance certificates and $645,000 in claims on industrial policies. “The influence of these payments goes beyond the immediate families j who receive them,” Holgar J. Johnson, president of the Institute, stated, “for j ! a find lai'ge their part of these into channels funds eventually of local way trade and business. The flows of such funds thus is a stabilizing influence in the business life of every com I munity, as well as a financial support to the direct recipients of the bene ' fits.” For the nation as a whole, death benefit payments during the three months of this year amounted to $266,393,000. In addition, living policyholders received $402,380,000 from matured endowments, disability payments, annuity payments, surren¬ der values, and policy dividends. Payments on matured endowments, marking the successful completion "1 savings-proteetion plans over periods J ! in to 25 the majority amounted of cases to of $50,272,000 from 10 years, on ordinary policies and $22,150,000 on : industrial policies, a total of ; 000. Indicating the continued improve j murl t in family finances nationwide, e emergency use of cash surrender values showed a decline of mately 12 per cent from the 1940 rate, the March total being considerably lower than in February. Cakes for Mother's Day The senior class will sponsor a sale of home baked cakes at the old pic¬ ture show Saturday, May 10. Make your choice from dozens of fresh, at¬ tractive cakes of all kinds. Mothers will appreciate the gift; the senior class, your patronage and interest in its class trip. 5-8-lt. es if spending does not exceed his 1 estimate, however. FAVORS FOUR YEAR TERM ATLANTA, Ga, •Support for the proposed amendment to Georgias Constitution establishing four-year terms for the governor and other state house officers will be rallied by the Committee for Economy and Ef ficiency in Government, it was an¬ nounced here by Judge Frank E. Ga brels, ordinary of Habersham county, who is serving as chairman of the newly organized committee. Judge Gabrels said the committee will seek to enlighten the public on a number of facts connected with the length of terms of the governor and other state house officers, in the be¬ lief that the best interests of the state will be served by eliminating the bi¬ ennial political campaign that sadly disrupts Georgia's affairs and tends to retard business. “Governor Talmadge already has given excellent reasons for the adop¬ tion of the four-year term based prin¬ cipally on his own discovery that un¬ der the two-year term the governor and other state house officers are continually under pressure for re election so that the business of the state does not* get the full attention it deserves,” Judge Gabrels pointed out. The Committee on Economy and Ef ficiency in Government, believing that the best interests of the state will be served by eliminating the biennial po¬ litical campaigns that sadly disrupt Georgia’s affairs and tend to retard business, has made a study of the four-year .. term amendment, , . and dur- , ln mg the ,, remaining • • weeks , v,* before , the election ,' . will seek , to , acquaint ,, • , the people , with facts f connected i with , ;u, 41 the , length ,, of terms of the governor and i other state house officers. One significant fact already noted by the committee, by comparing with Georgia’s sister southern states, is that only one state in this region retains the obsolete two-year gov ernor’s term. This is Tennessee, where exists much the same political atmosphere and biennial uncertainty as is found in Georgia. Other southern states, many noted for their progressive governments, have exactly the same plan as is proposed in the amendment to Gear gia’s state constitution on which the will vote on June 3. Southern states with four-year terms with a it of one term for the governor, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Lou isiana, Mississippi, North Carolina Virginia. Other states near Georgia which have four-year terms, without restriction as to the maxi¬ mum terms allowed by the constitu¬ are Maryland, South Carolina West Virginia. iy 0 Additional Taxes Planned by Treasury WASHINGTON, May 6. - Secretary Morgenthau said yesterday the Treas ury “at the present time” was ning no additional tax requests above the $3,500,000,000 Of new taxes recent ly proposed to congress. Morgenthau made his comment at a press conference, in reply to tions about whether the tax program would be enlarged if federal expendi tures in the next fiscal year substan tially exceed the $19,000,000,000 he forecasts. At the time Morgenthau asked for the $3,500,000,000 new tax¬ es, he said that amount was needed on top of present taxes so that federal revenues would amount to two-thirds of expenditures. Referring to the fact that other federal officials have estimated next year’s expenditures as high as $24, 006,000,000, Morgenthau said: “I hope I am wrong and that we are able to spend much more, but I still stand by my estimate of $19,000, 000 , 000 .” He declined to answer a question whether he would retain his two thirds formula and ask additional tax- COX PREDICTS U. S. W ILL BEGIN CONVOYS SOON WASHINGTON, May 5.—. A flat predict i on that the United States will resort to convoys to get supplies to ; beleaguered Britain was heard in the ! house today. “Of course we are going to convoy, and convoy right away,” said Repre j sentative Cox, Democrat, Georgia, “We have voted billions of credit j f ()| . Q rea t Britain, We have promised j support to the limit of our capacity, | if it happens that we can’t fulfill our promises short of convoys what are you going to do? Willkie Assailed Representative Fish, Republican, New York, declared that convoys ! meant war. He assailed Wendell L. Willkie because, he said, Willkie had 1 ! “come out for convoys and thus re j pudiated every statement he made to tho American people.” Thu housc WHS debating at the time a kill empowering the President to j take formal possession of foreign ships idle in American ports and put them to use . When the convoy ques tion was raised, Representative Sa bath, Democrat, Illinois, supporter of the bill, arose to remark that nothing in it provided for convoys. Sabath said the bill would help “keep us out of war. | But Fish said it would permit trans fer of German and Italian vessels to Great Britain and thereby ‘eonstitute an act of war.” “If we were in the war we would have the right to seize German and Italian ships in our ports and use them to our best advantage,” he said. Ahead of Congress "The bill unamended would permit us to take German and Italian vessels | and transfer nation. them to This Great would Britain, an enemy con stitute the grossest breach of interna tional law in history.” Meanwhile Chairman Vinson, Demo <’«**> Georgia, of the House Naval j Committee, declared that if convoys | were needed to get United States war material to England, “Let’s have con | voys.” - p j lu Q eol .g] ari sa j d j„ an interview th American people wanted to whatevei . 8teps we ,. ( . necesgary i make this country's aid to England i ff 6C ( i e ; ve „ The people are far ahead of con _ gress,” he asserted. “They have been ahead of congress since 1939 on this j world situation.” He said Great Britain was not I downed by any means and would not I be if the United States took all neces sa ry steps to get supplies across" the Atlantic. “The American people are willing to spend seven billion dollars to aid England,” he said, “but don’t want to see this country’s material go to Davy Jones’ locker, 11 say that if convoys are needed, let’s have convoys.” --- Prizes A warded itl TB Poster Contest In order to enlighten children on | dread disease of tuberculosis, a |poster contest has been sponsored in the p each county schools by the Tu foerculosis Association of Peach coun j y> which Mrs. E. J. Say well is chairman. Cash prices were ed (^,j s to pupils having the best posters in the high school, junior high and grammar grades. In the high school, first prize was j won by a pupil of the ninth grade of Byron school. Margaret Bragg of Fort Valley won second, and a pu | pll of the Byron eighth grade won honorable mention. In the junior ; llt ,j n „ high school, Doris Cadenhoad won first; Ruby Joyner, second; and Bob¬ by Jones, third. These were Fort Valley pupils. In the grammar grades, first place was won by Edward Mullis, of Valley and second and third by By¬ ron students. Notice to Voters It will be necessary for those who wish to vote in the election June 3 to have their 1940 poll tax paid May 13. 5-8-lt. T. E. THARPE, T. C. CRIMINAL WEEK IS CALLED OFF Judge A. M. Anderson has an¬ nounced that he has called off the criminal session of Peach superior court next week. He said that he wag following this course because of the fact that there are no indicted cases to be tried and also farmers are so busy with their work at this season of the year. Judge Malcolm D. Jones opened the civil session Monday morning, hear ln P several uncontested divorce cases and the usual run of minor litigation, I - Harvest Lespedeza Seed for Farm Use With little extra expense, enough lespedeza seed can usually be saved for farm use, County Agent R. P. Swan said this week. J The seed of the common Kobe harvest- and j Tennessee 76 varieties can be ( ed by cutting the plants when the seeds are mature, with a regular mow ing machine and a lespedeza seed pan 1 attached to the cutter bar, the county j agent explained. He said a good portion of the seed will shatter and be caught in the seed pan. Those re maining on the plants can be saved by taking the plants up while damp and threshing either with a regular grain thresher or by beating out with forks or sticks, A good amount of lespedeza seed can be saved by collecting shattered | seed on a close floor from plants cut late and stored for hay. Seed can also be collected from hay jacks arranged so as to catch the shattered seed, Korean lespedeza seed, however, are not harvested with a seed pan. The plants should be cut when the seed are mature and threshed as suggested for the other varieties. The seed of all varieties can be harvested with com bines now on the market and this is ! proving to be a popular method of harvesting lespedeza seed. | cleaned, In using Mr. seed Swan that said, have should not been be care (aken that troublesome weeds are not spread to other fields. Seed should not be grazed, he asserted. MUKL MORE tbW ECUS IH RY GIVING HENS MORE FEED, AGENT SAYS Plenty of feed for farm poultry flocks means more eggs, and more help assure ample supplies for this country, Great Britain, and other 1 countries resisting aggression, County Agent R. P. Swan said this week. Keeping the mash hoppers full, he said, in one way farm men and farm women can help in national defense, Prices are good, and the Depart of Agriculture will support the market at an average of about 22 cents, Chicago basis, for the next 2 years, he pointed out. Feed supplies are abundant. Commercial poultry men already are feeding their flocks to get the most possible eggs, so that extra eggs must come from special feeding of farm hens. “Feed plenty of mash, either home mixed or commercial, and all the grain the hens will clean up at night,” he said. “Keep fresh, clean water where the hens can get it easily at all times. Wet mash is an excellent appetizer. It should be fed in a crumbly state, once started, must be kept up. Extra eggs will pay for the additional work. Eggs are an ideal means of turning Ever-Normal Granary reserves of corn and wheat into defense foods, the agent pointed out. Production can be maintained by better feeding. Powdered or dried eggs keep well and take little storage or shipping space in proportion to their food value. A case of 30 dozen eggs dries down to about 10 pounds. “Give the hens all they’ll eat this Spring,” Mr. Swan said. “Don’t make them rustle for their feed. Feeding for more eggs in a real opportunity for farm men and women to aid de¬ fense and add to their incomes.” Success does not. consist of not making blunders . . . but in not mlik ing the same ones twice. Is a musician made by his teacher? makes himself a musician by practicing what he was taught.—Mary Baker Eddy. 53 YEARS OF SERVICE Only newspaper in the heart of one of America’s rich agricultural sections. $1.50 Per Year in Advance FORT VALLEY DEBATERS WIN STATE TITLE Fort Valley high school’s two de¬ bating teams are state champions, winning favorable decisions at the state literary contests held in Athens last week, for which they received individual medals. The affirmative team, composed of Betty Thames and Cornelia Morgan, won two out three decisions. The negative team, composed of Mary Lil j Han Culpepper unanimous and decisions. Harry Singletary, won The subject of the debate was Re¬ solved: That the Power of the Federal [Government Should Be Increased. The golf team, composed of Jimmy Duke, Everett Johnson, Russall Ed ’ wards and Levi Barfield won second j place in the state contest. Boys Wanted for CCC Enrollment The Georgia CCC selection service announces an enrollment for all eli¬ gible junior white boys to be held May 29. All Georg a youths between the ages of 17 and 23%, in need of employment, have been out of camp three months of longer, and who have not served in the CCC for over 18 months are urged to see their local county welfare director in their re¬ spective counties and file their appli¬ cation for enrollment in the CCC. To boys unable to attend college or find immediate employment on grad¬ uating from high schools, the CCC offers valuable training in many fields of industry, such as mechanics, radio, construction work, woodcraft and office management. Such CCC gradu¬ ates are being taken in by industry as fast as they can be turned out, with the demand exceeding »‘i» supply in instances, ! For boys from families of moder ate 01 . we p to do circumstances, whose parents are not in need of the mont h j allotment checks, the CCC will de th - g moncy to their personal ac count> ] eav ing it until the end of their enrollment. At the end of the two-year maximum enrollment the CCC graduate will find that he has a tidy sum of $528.00 in which he may start in business for himself ox use in any manner he sees fit. REGISTRANTS ASKED TO MAKE SELVES FIT Calling upon all registrants to “make yourself fit for service,” Na¬ tional Headquarters, Selective Service System, today announced it planned general distribution of an educational pamphlet concerning standard physi¬ cal requirements of the Army and suggestions for correction of remedia¬ ble defects. Distribution of the pamphlet will be in connection with the Selective Service System’s program for pre habiJitation of registrants which sug¬ gests that registrants consult their personal physicians and dentists prior to their examination by local board examiners and have remediable dis¬ orders corrected to fit them fox military service. The prehabilitation program is being worked out at Selective Service Headquarters in cooperation with its Medical Advisory Council and officials of the American Medical Association and is expected to reduce the percent¬ ages of registrants now rejected by local board examiners as physically unfit for general training. The pamphlet, which is being pre¬ pared for distribution by local boards to the men registered for service, contains the following foreword: “Making yourself fit for service is probably a very simple procedure. At most it involves but three steps. “(1) Learn the minimum physical requirements as laid down by Selective Service Regulations. “(2) Consult your family doctor ox dentist, one or both, if you discover or suspect that you fall short of what is demanded of you. “(3) Follow their advice; let them put you back into good condition if arrangements can be made on a mutually satisfactory basis—if not, let them direct you to the nearest clinic, hospital, or social service (Continued on back page) ■;