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Volume LIV, Number 21
COMMENCEMENT
EVENTS OUTLINED
As the beginning of the end of
other school year approaches,
rangements are all made for
graduation of another class and
step forward for other grades.
Exercises accompanying the
of school will begin next week.
On Wednesday evening, May
grammar school music and
recital.
Thursday evening, May
girls . . , . recital
expression ^
by piano numbers.
Friday „ .. evening, . „ May ' nn 23 — f
school , . music and . expression . recital. ..
Sunday morning, • „ May 25, at ,
en o’clock, at the Methodist
the commencement sermon will
preached by Rev. James Coad.
On Monday evening, May 26,
dia Woodall will give her senior
pression recital, assisted by
Lillian Culpepper.
Tuesday morning, May 27, the
grade graduation exercises will
held in the school auditorium.
On Tuesday evening, May 27,
senior class graduation exercises
be held in the high school
Hon. James S. Peters Speaker
The speaker for the senior
ation program will be the Hon.
S. Peters, prominent banker of
Diversion of Entire
Aluminum Supply
By 1942 Expected
WASHINGTON, May 14.—The bill
empowering President Roosevelt to
take over foreign ships in American
ports and use them in the defense or
aid-to-Britarn program wgs approved
without major changes Monday by the
Senate commerce committee. Mean¬
while, as officials worked on other
aspects of the defense and plans, it
became apparent that many sacrifices
by American consumers were in pros¬
pect.
For one thing, William L. Batt, of
the Office of Production Management,
forecast that the nation’s entire alum
inum supply would be devoted to
itary needs by 1942.
Other defense officials said that a
second 20 per cent cut in automobile
production was a “distinct possibili
ty,” although “still in the pure specu
lation stage,” and that if a sharp up
swing occurred in defense
the manufacture of furnaces, refrig
erators and other household goods
might also be curtailed.
Before the senate committee okayed
the house-approved ship-seizure bill,
11 to 4, it defeated a move by
tors Vandenberg, Republican,
gan, and Clark, Democrat, Missouri,
to prohibit the transfer of any Axis
ships to Britain.
This amendment was defeated, 10
to 6, but its sponsors gave notice that
they would press for its adoption on
the senate floor when the measure
comes up for debate, probably late
this week. Senators Johnson,
lican, California, and Burton,
Jican, Ohio, joined Vandenberg and
Ciark in voting against the bill as
whole.
Thoxe voting for it were reported by
committee members to be Senators
Bailey, Caraway, Overton, Bilbo, Rad
eliffe, Pepper, Lee, Hill McNary and Mead, and j
Democrats, and Senators
Barbour, Republicans.
Senator Pepper - , Democrat, Flori- j
da, and the offices of Senators George, |
Democrat, Georgia, and Mead, Demo-:
crat, New Y'ork, reported their mail
was bringing demands for a declara- |
tion of war against Germany and It-!
aly, while Senator Wheeler, Demo¬
crat, Montana, said in an interview j
that the administration “apparently” |
was trying to induce Eire to enter 1
the war by promising “goods we could j |
not deliver. i
One Going to Fort
Benning Friday
The local Selective Service Office
reports that one person from this
county goes to the army this week.
Willie Daniel Wilder, Negro, RFD 3,
will go Friday to Fort Benning.
I
®he £eafrer-3tribnne
Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
Chester, Ga., also chairman of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
’ tee. I
The honor graduates are Mary Lil
lian second; Culpepper, Helen Cliett, first; third, Virginia and Collier, Meida j
Cleveland, fourth.
Other members of the graduating |
class are Joyce Adkins, Louise Almon,'
Ixhs Andrews, Florne Arrowsmith,
' Louise Avera, Jewell Britt, Helen Bry
ant, Margaret Butler, D x Lorell .. Coley, ~
Annelle Gassett, Virginia Greene, Ag- . T
nes Hudson, „ Hazel , Jackson, - i Emily f
Jeanes, T Wmcie . Johnson, T , „ Ruth Lee, T
L, Dolly Mathews, Anne . Matthews, M m. r,
nelia Morgan, Nettie Fay Nelson, j
Audrey Pickard, Nell Queen, Dorothy |
Singleton, Kathleen Carolyn Smisson, Corinne|
Snow, Spear, Frances
Claudia Woodall, Ruth Young, Rufus
Bowden, Bassett Brown, Millard 1
Brown, Edward Bussell, Rudolph Can¬ i
non, Buford Cannon, Harris Culpep¬ |
per, Frank Flowers, Lowell Hallman, j
Watson Hancock, Flem Hill, Calvin I
Jones, Linton Mathews, Billy Mar¬
shall, M. B. Rice, Jimmie Sackellares,
Harry Singletary, Louis E. Smisson,
James Smith.
A complete program of the gradua¬
tion exercises will appear in next
week’s issue of The Leader-Tribune.
Will Present Toni
Thumb Wedding
The senior class of the Fort Valley
high school will sponsor a Tom Thumb
wedding at the high school auditorium
( Friday evening at 8 o’clock for the
benefit of the Washington trip.
Miss Ernestine Bledsoe is general
j director of the wedding and Mrs. W.
i g White is pianist.
Virginia Pearle Brown will be the J
bride and Marvin Whiting the groom.
Bob Almon will act as preacher, Pat j
Swan as father of the bride, Phil
Mathews, best man; Nan Carithers,
maid of honor; Linda Clark, flower'
g ;,,j. gju Tharpe, ring bearer; Eliza-j j
b eth Shepard and Jo Beth Bartlett
wd j be tbe tra ; n bearers. The bride
wi!1 be Mary and Beth Math¬
ews, Penny Vinson, Ethelyne Parker,
Billie Anne Beckham and Betty Shill
ing Jordan. The groomsmen will be
Henry Harris, Bill Colley, Jimmy
Shepard Pearson, III Billy and Bobby Sanders, Snapp. Leighton Gladys j
Lambert will be the mother of the'
bride, Songs will be sung by
Fagan and Rudolph Mills,
Members of the first and second 1
grades will act as guests and ushers,
Charles Parham and Cecil Martin
will be ushers, and William Culpepper,
Nick Strickland, Oliver Snapp, Carol
Patterson, Beth Hatcher, Betty Jean
Teece, Betty Jones, Gene Sanders,
Dewey Jones, Jean Adams, Barbara
Robertson, Gladys Byrd, Frances Eng
bsh, Carolyn Bozeman, Betty Jean j
Boland, Winnie Hutto, June Capes,
Gene Bartlett, Harris Dyes, Joe Hop
kins, Martha Camp Lewis, George
Harris, Gladys Lambert, Charles;
SUvey, Lonnie Bellflowers, Vernon j
Bowden. James Jones, Joel Hobbs, he! J.
B. Cliett, Charles Barfield will
guests. i
There will be four choruses by j
members of the fourth and fifth !
grades, as follows:
1 Medley of national airs
2 A Pledge
Hawaiian Boat Song
3 Southern Memories
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
4 Happy Days.
Vivo Killed . Several
injured in Car Wreck \
Peach county s auto accident rec
ord took a nose dive Sunday afternoon
when several Negroes were injured
and two killed in a collision that oc¬
curred near the Mathews place on the
Houser’s mill road.
Two children, Phil and Lizzie Tay¬
lor were killed and another Margaret
Taylor was injured. Willie Taylor,
who was driving one of the cars, was
also injured.
Biddie Jones, who was driving the
other car, and his wife and another
woman w'ere injured. ,
FORT VALLEY, [‘EACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941
BIGGEST PEACH
CROP SINCE 1931
IS PREDICTED
\t ASHINGTON, D. C.—A southern
peach crop of 22,031,000 bushels, the
largest since 1931, is predicted for'
1941 by the Agriculture Department,
The department said the 10 southern
peach states had a production of 13,-
856,000 bushels in 1940 and an average
0 f 14,293,000 for the 10-year period
between 1930 and 1939.
Growing conditiolls for virtua lly all
the producing areas in the south wre
.. unusuaIly favorable » durf ng
Tf H was saw „ • i North r Carolina ,____, producers
ha h « a heavy ■<„„*» set and „ a u. light u “drop” ,, , ,,
was foiecast foi May. South 0 ., Carolina n
oichaids were leported , , to . , be m good ,
condition and ____ , the ,, Georgia n„ prospects .
were termed f avorab le.
The department said Alabama fruit
was sizin * wel1 ’ and an “ unusua,1- V
ood erop was predlcted for Missis
sippi. Arkansas growers had given
their orchards excellent care this year,
it said, and had a heavy set of fruit,
Good prospects also were reported for
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
Forecasts for 1941 and 1940 pro¬
duction, by states:
Georgia, 5,829,000 bushels in 1941
and 4,216,000 in 1940; South Carolina,
3.315.000 and 2,158,000; Arkansas 2,
964.000 and 2,040,000; North Carolina,
2.430.000 and 1,344,000; Texas, 2,410,
000 and 2,036,000; Alabama, 2,380,000
and 700,000.
Farmers ’ Problems
Aired by Linder
Speaking before the Agricultural
Committee of the House in Washing
ton last week, Tom Linder, Georgia
Commissioner of Agriculture, urged
Congress to do something income* about equa
the farmer’s with that
business and industry.
He declared that no other group
tolerate the unjust treatment
the farmer whose job it is
feed and clothe the nation.
“The farmer never goes on strike,”
'd the Commissioner, “he always
forward to a better day. Vari
high-pressure groups are demand- (
whatever their own selfish in
dictate. No one in authority i
call their hand and the farmer !
the innocent victim of this machine. !
“He had no part in creating it and
has no control over it. He merely
helpless in its way, appealing
those who created this vast machine
t® ke bim on board and not crush
to earth.” *
The Commissioner said that when I
exercised its power to
a controlled economy, it was
on it to see that business^
and agriculture were put on |
equitable basis.
ii During the so-called parity period
farmer was being robbed by the
of tariff laws out of 33 1-3
cent of his yearly crop,” Com¬
Linder told the Committee,
ft is obvious that in order to strike
real parity it is necessary to add
per cent to the farmer’s income
those so-called parity years,
“The only fair basis from which to
equalizing opportunities of the
under this controlled economy
to equalize the income of the farm
with the income of the non
population. Congress does not,
inquire what organized labor
capital were making in 1910 and
The wages of organized labor
inquired into a basis of the cost of
today—not the cost of living
1910.”
He suggested that Congress levy 1
tax on non-farm population and give
back to the farmer as an equitable
of that which class
has taken away from hini -
j
FOR RELEASE OF
COTTON REVISED
The Department of Agriculture an¬
that a change is being made
the instructions, and in Commodity ]
Corporation Cotton Form R, ’
the release of loan cotton to per- ,
one transfer of cotton “equities”
the person who makes the purchase
the producer. Previously, the
could not be transferred. The
is effective immediately. Of-i
(Continued on back page)
OATHS SIGNED BY
35 WPA WORKERS
Their fealty to the American gov¬
ernment and the American way of
life sworn to in signed statements,
thirty-five Peach countians this week
frill join in the nation-wide celebra
tion of “America at Work Week”.
i These thirty-five are on the rolls
of the Work Projects Administration
and to hold their position they signed
an oath that they are American citi
zens and are not members of any or
ganization the purpose of which is to
overthrow the American government.
' In the celebration the Work Proj
ects Administration ....... and , the local
sponsors have , arranged , to . throw the
. . the .,
various programs in county • open *
to , the .. public ,, from Mav ., 14 through
... May 21. The keynote of the eek
w ,
will be the observation of “I Am an
American Day” on Sunday, May 18*1
All through this week the sponsors
wll invite the public to see for
themselves the work which is being
Jon 6 this period of national emer
Sency to preserve the solidarity of
American homes and American fam
ilies.
Peach county has eight programs
maintained by local sponsors and the
community service division of WPA,
all of which are welcoming visitors.
These are the county records indexing,
real property identification, sewing
room, school lunch room, nursery
school, adult education, library and
commodity distribution.
All employees are being urged to
offer their services and participate in
the local celebration which will be
a part of the great national event “I
an American Day.”
While the program is particularly
designed for youths who have attained
their majority in the last year and
naturalized citizens, the State Depart
ment of Education has asked the su
perintendents of schools in the various
counties of the state to assume
responsibility of planning a program
i ,n Sunday. The Work Projects Ad
ministration of this area is offering to'
lend whatever assistance the superin
tendents may require of them.
LEWIS P, DUKE
DIES SUDDENLY
Funeral services for Lewis Patrick
Duke, 44, who died suddenly at his |
home in the Lakeview community on
May 6, were held at the Lisenby ,
eemetery in Peach county at 4 o’clock
last Friday afternoon, with Rev. E. j
M. Clapp, Byron minister, officiat-'
mg.
Pallbearers were Joseph Sledge,!
Ernest Rice, Jack Howard Albert
George Beach and T. J. Chil¬
Born April 10, 1897 in Taylor coun
Mr. Duke had farmed in Peach
for 28 years. He was a mem
of Tharpe Memorial Baptist
near Perry.
Surviving are his widow, the for¬
Miss Susie Howard; one son,
Fort Benning; two daughters,
and Anne, both of Fort Valley;
brothers, Smith Duke, Grand Rap
Mich., and Warren Duke, Elber
five sisters, Mrs. Ruth Simp
Woodruff, S. C.; Mrs. S. S. Ar- i
Mrs. R. H. Beach, Mrs. Mag-,
Muncy and Mrs. Otis Crawford,
of Macon,
to Hear
Convention Report i
j ’
Rev. M. D. Reed, who is attending
sessions of the Southern Baptist,
in Birmingham this week, (
give a report of the convention j
the Sunday morning service at the
Valley Baptist church.
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Stolen from
Packing House
Thieves, cutting the wire barriers
J. D. Duke’s new packing house in
Grove, to gain entry, stole, sev-1
electric motors valued at
hundred dollars Sunday night. |
of the motors were bolted
from and were of five. various Several horse small, pow-j
one to
were left.
SENA TE VOTES
85 PER CENT
CROP PARITY
WASHINGTON, May 15.—By a
top-heavy vote of 75 to 2, the Sen
atc Wednesday approved a measure
intended to put millions of dollars in
to tbe P ockets of farmers through
government loans pegging the price
' of cotton > wheat and corn.
The legislation, ordering govern¬
ment loans at 85 per cent of parity
prices, now goes to President Roose
velt and some congressional leaders
speculated on a possible veto.
A parity price, Senator Bankhead,
Democrat, Alabama, expalined, was
one that would give a farmer
same relative purchasing power he
had in the pre-war (1909-13) period
Bankhead said that the proposed
new loans would be 13.49 cents a
pound on cotton, 69.87 cents a bushel
"" ' am ct “ nks a bushel on
" 11 a ' f, l ' oasldeial,I - v abov, ‘
|us ii .ms, >.uik ic.K continued, but
mai u , pi nes o t u se crops had been
WASHINGTON, May 14. —The
House accepted Tuesday a compro¬
mise bill to require mandatory govern¬
ment loans of 85 per cent of parity
on basic farm crops this year.
The legislation, which now goes to
the Senate for expected quick approv
al, also would impose heavy penalties
for marketing of crops in excess of
quotas.
Chairman Fulmer, Democrat, South
Carolina, of the House Agriculture
Committee, said the new loan
gram—loans now can be made up to
75 per cent of parity—would cost the
. Treasury less than any other method
aiding the farmer.
Representative Hope, Republican,
Kansas, told the House that the new
would make unnecessary ,
$450,000,000 outright
tion for parity payments approved
by the Senate, The House voted for j
$212,000,000. The roll call j
vote on passage of the
measure was announced at 275 to 63.
PEACII GROWERS |
i
TO MEET MAY 20
Peach growers of Peach and sur
rounding counties are asked to meet,
in the courthouse at Fort Valley next,
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock to dis
cuss latest developments in plans for
marketing the 1941 crop, the largest
since 1931.
The Georgia Association of Peach
Growers has called the meeting and (
•'cpoi’ts will be given on activities to (
date, including the national sales con- i
f'erence held in Washington early this
week to formulate a coordinated sales
drive for peaches.
The Georgia Association of Peach
Growers organized this conference.
1-H Club Members
To Participate in
. . j ,, !
Livestock Contest
County Agricultural Agent, R. P.!
Swan, this week announced a meat |
contest for 4-H Club members,
state, sectional, and :
awards.
Mr. Swan Said club members en
in one or more meat animal
projects-—baby beef, pure-! ;
beef animal, market hog, breed- !
hog, and market or breeding sheep |
—are eligible to participate in this i
For national competition, j
must be between 14 and :
( y« ',oW ar s medals of age. will ^ be given county | |
and the state champion will
awarded a gold watch valued at
the agent asserted. Sectional
consist of four educational
to the 20th National 4-H Club
in Chicago next fall. The
awards are three agricultural
scholarships of $200.00 each.
The meat animal contest is spon
by a large Chicago packing
in cooperation with the 4-H
department of the Agricultural
Service.
—
We enjoy ourselves only in our
our doing; and our best doing i
our best enjoyment.—Jacobi.
PRESIDENT OF
FARM DUREAU BODY
Farmers and business men of Peach
county met at the American Legion
hall in Fort Valley Thursday evening,
May 8, to hear H. L. Wingate, of
Pelham, Georgia, speak in the interest
of Farm Organization, and to enjoy
delicious barbecue dinner and the
good fellowship that is always present
at such a delightful “get together”.
There were around 130 present. R.
P. Swan, Peach county farm
pre * ld l.
Mr ’ Wingate made , a very forceful
speech in fav01 ' of farm organization,
pointin * out that ‘ farmers must look
after their own affairs, and not ex
pect other groups to look out for
agriculture.” Others who spoke in
favor of organization were I). ■ C.
Strother, E. D. Leverette, M. F.
Hatcher, J. E. Davidson, E. L. Duke
and j{ Huckabee. It was the con
sensus 0 f opinion that the day of ;
individual effort and action for farm-
Court Gives Ruling
In Pipeline Case
An order that in effect permits the
State Highway Board to allow gaso
line P‘P e lines to be laid under Geor '
gia highways was issued last week
by the State Supreme Court. The
Highway Board has been prevented by
injunction from granting this right
pipeline companies,
The Supreme Court said the plain
tiffs who obtained the injunction
against the Highway Board had ob
tained the dismissal of the case in
the Lanier county superior court and
had asked that the case be dismissed
by the Supreme Court, where the case
now is pending on an appeal.
Attorney General Ellis Arnall, who
resisted the injunction, said that he
would not contest dismissal of the j
suit. “1 construe the proceedings to
that we have won the law case,
State Highway Board is, accord
inly, no longer under injunction or
prohibition.
The Supreme Court had instructed
that a copy of its order be sent to
counsel in the case and gave until
Wednesday, May 14, for cause to be
shown why suit should not be dis¬
missed. It bad been brought to the
superior court on a writ of error by
State Highway Board.
The court order does not mean that
companies have the right of
domain for which they con
unsuccessfully at the last ses
ison of the legislature, but simply that
Highway Board is free to consider
permits for the construction
gasoline pipelines under state liigh
Construction of a gasoline pipeline
Port St. Joe, Fla., through Geor¬
to Chattanooga, Tenn., passing
Peach county, was begun by
Southeastern Pipe Line Com
but its completion has been
by the failure of the company
obtain the right to lay pipe lines
state highways and railroad
The pipeline company still will have
power to go under railroad proper
However, another suit from Bibb
ty enjoining pipe lines compan
from constructing a pipeline i |
state highways even if the!
Board grants them permis-j
' lon j H pending in the court.
Th(> suit againgt tbe state solid-! Hjgh-
1Joard was brought by the
of the a la palm circuit in the name !
^ state ()J) pet ; tion of citizens.! i
injunction was obtained in the !
court on the grounds that the '
legislature alone had authority j j j
grant property rights in highways
that the Highway Board had no
jurisdiction. *
The attorney general, acting for the |
ruling, Board contending appealed among the lower other J
i
that the Highway Board may!
such rights at its discretion and
the solicitor general had no au
to bring suit in the name oi j
state against a state agency.
ruling by the Supreme Court is ’
A
to be imminent.
53 YEARS OF
SERVICE
Only newspaper in the heart
of one of America’s
rich agricultural
sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
ers has passed—that they must bo
united in effort and in purpose to
accomplish the goal toward which
farmers as a whole are working. It
was pointed out that their goal must
be parity' prices—to guarantee for
them a greater portion of the national
income,
The plan of organization of the
Georgia Farm Bureau was explained
by Mr. Wingate who gave the mem
bers of the audience an opportunity to
ask questions. It was decided to
organize a local chapter and the fol
lowin * officers were ek ’ cted: J- H -
Baird, president; T. A. Monk, vice
president; M. F. Hatcher, secretary
and treasurer.
Ten directors will be elected at the
next meeting, Friday night, May 16,
at the court house in Fort Valley.
Sixty-twofarmersjoinedtheGeor
gia Farm Bureau at the organization
meeting of the local chapter.
Jessie R. Gunn Will
Assist in Scout Work
Central Ga, Council
Boy .Scout work in Middle Georgia
made a stride forward this week with
the employing of Jessie R. Gunn as
an additional assistant Scout execu¬
tive of the Central Georgia Council.
A native of Vienna, Mr. Gunn re¬
ceived his A. B. degree at Berry Col¬
lege in 1934, and later did graduate
work at Mercer University. After
serving as social science instructor
and athletic coach in Heard county
high school, Franklin, Ga., Mr. Gunn
decided to enter the profession of
Scouting. He had received valuable
training as assistant scoutmaster in
Franklin.
Mr. Gunn attended the 72nd nation¬
al training school for Scout execu
fives in Mendham, New Jersey, where
took a 45-day course in scouting..
Although he will work generally
the council, Mr. Gunn will spe¬
in cubbing, leadership training
advancement. There are cub
in only eight communities out¬
of Macon, so that a great deal
be accomplished in this field of
scouting.
Working with V. Carl Sullivan,
executive, and Carroll Tinsley,
Mr. Gunn brings the scout¬
personnel to a force of three for
24 counties comprising the Cen¬
Georgia Council.
Will Go to
Peach Laboratory
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
bold its regular meeting tonight
the Woman’s club house for dinner,
which the members will go to
government peach laboratory on
Baird farm. Dr. John H. Wein¬
will show interesting movies
tell of the work that is being done
the laboratory.
Arrested for
Illegal Fishing
Seven Lamar and Upson county
learned through experience
week that their state wildlife
is keeping a keen lookout for
and other illegal fish¬
District Ranger Emory Harris of
apprehended the men and
destroyed a trap containing about
pounds of dead fish at the
of Potato creek on Flint river.
of the violators also had killed
bluebill ducks, a federal as Well
a state offense.
The ranger caught one fisherman
eight crappie, six bream and a
bass, taken from High
n s j n Monroe; four men who had
7 bream and six catfish they had
in Potato creek on posted
and two Lamar fishermen
had 2 0 bream and a cat they
in Ethridge’s pond,
All violators will be arraigned be-*
the next session of the grand