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» . I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death. n VOLUME LVIV— NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT Talmadge Promises Roads and Hospitals If Elected , In to Voters of Peach Former Governor Eugene Talmadge bitterly attacked his opponents in the governor’s race, declaring that, “within one year there will be Ne- ' gro policemen on the streets of Ma¬ con if Carmichael is elected,” in his speech at the court house here yes¬ terday. Sam M. Mathews, local attorney, presided over the meeting and prior to Mr. Talmadge’s address spoke on his behalf, Mr. Mathews denied that Talmadge is responsible for in¬ jecting the racial issue into the pres¬ ent campaign, stating that repeal of Georgia’s poll tax and the Primus King case are responsible, lic charged James Carmichael with in¬ tent to destroy the county unit sys¬ tem by his advocacy of a reduction in state senators and representa¬ tives. Quoting from a statement made by Carmichael and which ap¬ peared in the June 27th Leader Tribune that “no one can produce any evidence whatsoever that I ever tried to reduce the number of coun¬ ties or that I ever tried to do any¬ thing to destroy or change the County Unit System,” Mr. Mathews stated his belief that reduction of county representatives was intended to destroy the county unit system. He also charged that the two Atlan¬ ta daily newspapers wanted to con¬ trol Georgia. George B. Culpepper, Jr., another prominent Fort Valley attorney, in troduced Mr. Talmadge. In his in troduction he stated that “a man from Ohio who bought an Atlanta news paper is seeking to tell people in Georgia how to run their affairs.” Mr. Talmadge opened his address with an attack upon E. D, Rivers, He said that Rivers claimed credit for the free school books for which he, Talmadge, was responsible. Itiv ers’ campaign slogan, “free school books in Georgia,” should be changed to, “free teachers in Georgia,” he said. The speaker then elaboi'ated upon his platform of good roads, veteran’s opportunities, old-age pen sions, and a hospital fund for Geor gia. I will now make the wildest FIGHT TO CONTROL BEETLE UNDER WAY Plant quarantines have been es¬ tablished in 8 middle Georgia coun¬ ties by the State Bureau of Ento¬ mology in an effort to control a new infestation of the white-fringed bee¬ tle, according to C. H. Alden, state director of entomology. First found on May 10 in Dodge county on a farm near Eastman, the tiny gray striped beetle has since been found in orchards, nurseries and farms in Bibb, Peach, Houston, Ma¬ con, Crawford, Muscogee and Troup counties. In early June, when the in¬ sect was discovered here, it had killed a young peach orchard near a nursery found to be filled with the beetle. Among the spots quarantined are Robins Field and Camp Wheeler. According to Mr. AMen, the Army has cooperated by spraying their en¬ tire infected installations with DDT and by strictly observing the quar antine. Other infestations have been found at the Navy Hospital at Dublin and at Georgia State College for W’omen at Milledgeville. The Department of Agriculture has furnished Mr. Alden’s staff with an airplane which will be used to spray DDT on infested areas. The plane will be used mainly in the Ma con and Fort Valley districts. Mr. Alden has consulted with Army of¬ ficials and representatives of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine to establish a joint fed¬ eral and state quarantine controlling both interstate and intrastate com¬ mercial shipments from nurseries and orchards already attacked by the beetle. “This is the most serious insect to invade Georgia since the boll wee¬ vil came in and if not checked will cause millions of dollars damage to Georgia’s cotton growers,' Mr. Al den said. He pointed out that cot¬ ton growers in Alabama had to go out of business when it was first discovered there in 1937. Other Georgia money-making crops on menu of the white-fringed are: peanuts, corn and all tomatoes, velvet beans and all of shrubbery. Federal and state have been engaged in combatting beetle throughout this section it first appeared last month. ®he geabetr-Stribnne Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH, Houston. Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. PARCEL POST DELIVERY FOR VORT VALLE} 7 After a recent survey made by Louis L. Brown, acting postmaster, the request for establishment of par¬ cel post delivery to patrons of the city was approved by the Post Office Department and this new service was established July 5. All patrons receiving mail by city carrier will have their parcels delivered to their homes. This new service does not apply to patrons who receive their mail through a rented box. Heretofore it was necessary for the carriers to leave notices and pa¬ trons had to call at the post office for their parcels. Patrons will be relieved of the necessity of calling the post office concerning parcel post packages as they will be delivered promptly each day except Sundays 1 and holidays. It is expected this additional service will increase the volume of fourth class mail for the Fort Valley post office. _ C. V. Peterson Pledges Fraternity Pete Peterson pledged Sigma Al pha Epsilon, University of Georgia fraternity, recently. With him at the University where he is studying pharmacy . • his • wife, ... formerly Miss is Louise r Avera. i . SUNDAY TABERNACLE SERVICES POSTPONED Both morning and evening ser vices on Sunday, July 14, at the P’ort Valley Evangelistic Tabernacle, will be omitted because of the polio quar¬ antine for young people. This will give the adults the opportunity to attend the camp services at the Tay lor County Campground near But : ler. Transportation will he made avail¬ able by calling J. A. Roquemore, | phone 121-W, or Talmadge Hinson. pborle ir,oo-W. j — .. .............. W s ■ I PS ■ you ever heard,” he said. “Without raising taxes I will com¬ every through highway in this in every county in Georgia. Every road traveled by school buses be hard-surfaced.” The speak¬ er said that he wanted to see a Hos¬ pital Fund of one million dollars for next five years to provide for hospitals. In reviewing benefits Talmadge said the state had "eceived under his past administrations, be cited his three-dollar motor vehicle tag. D, Duke, Fort Valley peach grow¬ er, told him in Atlanta, he said, that the low cost of truck tags had enabled him to save thousands of dollars during peach season because he felt that he could buy and keep more trucks to move peaches. Talmadge ridiculed Carmichael’s platform of “good government” with the statement that nobody ever ran on a platform of “bad government.” Basing his main appeal for votes on the issue of white supremacy, Talmadge declared that his oppo nents had no wish to preserve this tradition, and that “within a year there will be Negro policemen on the streets of Macon if Carmichael is elected.’ He said his advice to Negroes is, “Don’t try to vote.” In his speech here Mr. Talmadge added two planks to his already ex tensive platform, a state Veterinary Surgery College, and every sheriff in Georgia on the payroll of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The latter, he said, would effectively combat crime waves by the fact that it would increase a sheriff’s income. In spite of the extreme heat, a pacity crowd was present to hear the ex-goverpor’s plea for support in his campaign. Carmichael Asks for United Georgia on Eve of Votin or Urging the people of Georgia to unite to destroy factional strife, disunity, and machine politics in the interest of good, honest and ser¬ viceable government, James V. Car¬ michael renewed his pledge to “serve Georgia as well as I can, with fair¬ ness to every section and to every citizen, without favoritism that might prove costly to our people in wasting their tax money.” Refusing to take cognizance of the whispering campaign to which the Talmadge forces have resorted in desperation, or of the vitriolic and noisy attacks by former Governor Eurith Rivers, Jimmie Carmichael devoted his radio speech on Saturday to a frank discussion of Georgia’s financial problems. He did not com¬ ment upon promises of the ex-Gover nors, each of whom is making his fifth race for the office, to spend more than four times the present revenues of the State annually, but gave his attention to bis own plat¬ form pledges of a balanced budget, efficient services and a debt-free Georgia. “The people of our State are en¬ titled to the best services, most eco¬ nomically administered, that their tax dollars will buy. I will see that the State’s money is spent wisely arid not wastefully. There will be no roads built of shoddy materials. There will be no unneeded, obsolete and worthless books bought with money needed for teachers’ salaries,” he declared. Curtis Jones Discharged Curtis B. Jones, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. Lytle Jones, was discharged from the Army at Fort Bragg, N. C., on May 2. He entered the Army in November 1943 and was inducted at Fort McPherson. After training at Camp Shelby, Miss., he was sent overseas with the 65th Infantry Di vision and was assigned to the Third Army. Stationed near Metz, France, for some time, he participated in the attack on the Siegfried Line. He went overseas in December 1944. After a visit to his parents Mr. Jones will return to Eastman re-enter business. (The following common-sense bulle¬ tin is reproduced by The Leader Tribune with the hope that it will contribute to calm application of practical consideration and attention in a situation where hysteria can be of no real benefit.) Whal to do IF POLIO STRIKES If infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis) breaks out in your community, follow these suggestions. AVOID NEW CONTACTS. Try not to mingle with REMEMBER. Carry on your normal activities. crowds unnecessarily.. (Schools and other gather¬ Infantile paralysis cannot be prevented but few of ing places, however, may remain open.) those stricken develop serious illness and, with good WATCH THESE SYMPTOMS, Headache, unex- care, the majority will make a satisfactory recov¬ plained fever, a cold, even upset stomach may be ery. the first symptoms of infantile paralysis. DON’T WORRY ABOUT EXPENSE. If polio CALL your doctor immediately if any of these strikes, get in touch with the Chapter of the Na¬ symptoms appear. Expert medical care may help tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis close to prevent crippling. your home. QUICK ACTION OFTEN PREVENTS CRIPPLING June through September is the danger period when these simple rules should be followed. DON’T GET OVERTIRED, Extreme fatigue HELP keep your community clean. Waste and ex¬ makes you an easier victim. posed garbage may be sources of infection. AVOID CHILLS, Don’t stay too long in cold DON’T SWIM in polluted waters. water. AVOID KEEP CLEAN. Wash your hands before eating. removal of tonsils or adenoids prior to and Keep flies and other insects away from food. during polio epidemic season. There is no known cure for infantile paralysis. Year-round services provided by the National Foun¬ Good medical care will prevent or correct some de¬ dation Chapters, in cooperation with local health formities. But in every fourth or fifth case there authorities will be permanent paralysis that cannot be over¬ include: come. Do not believe those who for one reason or Hospitalization, transportation, care and treat another promise to cure these eases. Be guided by merit of polio patients. sound medical advice. Your doctor, your health officer and your county Purchase of artificial respirators (iron lungs), j Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile orthopedic appliances and other special equipment. Paralysis will do everything in their power to see to it that your community is ready to meet an epi¬ Payment of fees, of physicians, nurses, physical demic. therapists and other professional personnel. These Services Are Made Possible Through Your 1 Contributions to the March of Dimes , May, J946 , Publication No. 51 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y. FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1046 Resignation of Homer Avera From Executive Committee Homer J. Avera, prominent Fort Valley druggist and civic leader. Wednesday morning resigned as a member of the Peach County cratic Executive Committee. Other than his letter of resignation which, is published by his pern ssion, Mr. Avera had no comment to make con¬ cerning his resignation. Written July 10, and addressed to Lon Duckworth, Chairman Georgia Democratic Executive Committee, and D. W. Wells, Chairman’Peach County Democratic Executive Committee, the full content of Mr. Avera’s letter is as follows: “Gentlemen: The Atlanta Constitution of July 9th, carries a news item in which Mr. Duckworth states that in the case of the resignation of Mr. Geo. Miller, chairman of the Ware County Deni ocratic Executive Committee, is in order and necessary, otherwise every member of the County Committee would be responsible for any acts which might be interpreted as gaily depriving Negroes of their r 'F htf to v °te. Under the law the com " littee would be r esponsible, even > f the act * wen ' 00lm :ltted b * the rd of Registrars * „ Therefore, as member , of the 1 a _ Peach County Democratic , Executive Committee, I T , hereby , '.resign . as a ’ * ® member, , this day , July . , 10th, , , 1946. ’ HOMER J. T AVERA.” . „ ,, Mr. Avera , has served , on „ the Coun- _ ty „ Executive ,. Committee „ ... for ,. several , and although ... , , he has years never sought the , office ... was elected , . , by P °Th d> 6 The editor rt of f Th The Leader-Tribune 1 i t -i has been informed that 700 challenges for Negro votes have been filed with Chairman Wells. W. A. Williams, city councilman, stated that Mr. Wells told him that these challenges were on file in his office. Mr, Wil¬ liams also states that the 700 chal¬ lenges bear the signature, “C. E. McGee by C. W. Walton.” POLIO EPIDEMIC BRINGS YOUTH QUARANTINE Meeting last Saturday at the court house with a representative from the j State Board of Health, the Peach j County Board of Health ruled that j due to the polio outbreak now con sidered of epidemic proportions lo cally, all children under sixteen years of age in this county must be placed under quarantine regulations until further notice. Five cases have been reported in Peach county. In an effort to prevent the spread of the disease the board states that all children must remain in their homes, and grounds actually a part of the property on which the home is located. There must be no visiting among children of quarantine age, no parties, nor will they be allowed to attend churches, motion picture houses, or swimming pools, in Peach county or elsewhere, The only ex ceptions to these regulations will be necessary visits to doctors or den lists. I , Present at last Saturday’s meeting were Dr. R. C. Smisson, B. A. Young, i county ordinary, and Ernest Ander j I son> superintendent of county schools, a „ numbers of the Board of Health, Al Rocke, manager of the Peach Theatre, and Peach county physi tians. Signing c . . the ,, quarantine regula- , turns . m - addition ,. to the members , of the ,, County Board of Health were the f iollowing ,, , • doctors: , , T Dr. . R. C. Smis son, Dr. J. , B. ,, Kay, .. Dr. „ J. , E. „ Has¬ ,, lam, , Dr. n , Dan Nathan, .. ,, Dr. ,, M. L. , Hickson and Dr. Frank Vinson, Parents are requested to cooperat e with the Board of Health by strict compliance with the above t j ons Tom Harris Out of Navv Tom Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Harris, was separated from the Naval service at the Naval Per sonnel Separation Center, Jackson ville, Fla., on July 5. $2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE Who Is Going To Be Who’s the next governor—it all depends on the speaker. A general, if unofficial, poll of local voters brings out the amazing fact that Georgia is headed for a joint gover norship — Jimmy Carmichael and Eugene Talmadge. Supporters of both candidates claim an overwhelm ing victory. It looks like Rivers and O’Kelley are out of the running in Peach county. Carmichael backers will tel! you that their candidate is going in on a tidal wave of votes coming from all over the state. They give him close to 100 counties. They are definitely claiming Peach county for Carmi¬ chael. Talmadge supporters are just as fervent in their declarations that “Ole Gene” is going back into office. And they too, claim close to 100 counties, including Peach. Says a Talmadge fan, “Yea, they took off OPA but we’ll get it back. They’re scared of Ole Gene . . . sending all our food to those people when we need it . . . yea, we sure need Old Gene. Roosevelt’s to blame for the whole thing.” From a great many women (the women voters do seem to favor Gar¬ michael) you’ll hear something like this, “I'm voting for Carmichael. I like his platform and I believe he will give us the kind of state gov¬ ernment we ought to have.” And they always talk about the cows . . . “cows belong in pastures, not on the lawn of the Governor’s Mansion.” “One hundred and eleven counties for Talmadge,” is what several of his friends in Fort Valley have to say about the chances of their can¬ didate. “Talmadge makes promises and keeps them.” Put all the opinions together and here’s the result — “Carmichael is too young . . . Talmadge is too old . . . Carmichael will ruin the state . . . elect Talmadge and Georgia will be ruined ■ • . Carmichael is going to be elected, the people are for him • • • Gene is coming back ... I w °uldn t vote for Talmadge to save him . . . Whatever Ole Gene does is ■ all right, I’m with him . . . Talmadge is a riot raiser . . . Carmichael is up to no good.” Who’s going to be Georgia’s next governor ? Well, you take it up from here . Joe Luce Discharged From Naval Service | Joe Luce, so nof Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Luce, was discharged from the Naval service at San Pedro Naval Personnel Separation Center on June . 18, and is now at home. j 1944 Luce while entered the Navy in July a student at Asbury Col¬ i lege. He attended Aviation Ord¬ nance School at Memphis, Aerial G u n ners school and Operational Training in Florida. He was last stationed at the Naval Air Station in San Diego. At the time of his discharge he held the grade of AOM 3-c. j Capt. Irby Now in I I Regular Army BOCA RATON FIELD, FLA. — Appointment of Capt. John J. Irby, i Air Corps Reserve, of Fort Valley, | Ga., to the regular U. S. Army has been announced here by Brig. Gen. j Winslow eral, Boca C. Raton Morse, Commanding Gen¬ I Army Air Field. Now assistant adjutant here, Capt, , Irby has accepted a commission as i. a first lieutenant, subject to confir i mation by the Senate. | He entered service July 28, 1940, | and was trained at Fort Jackson, S. j C., Pope Field, N. C., and in Texas. He saw duty overseas in Panama and later in the European Theater I of Operations, where he was a troop ! carrier pilot, participating in 17 missions. | Capt. Irby took part in campaigns ' in Normandy, Northern France, and in Central Germany. He wears the Air Medal with two clusters and the European Theater ribbon with six battle stars. His father, C. A. Irby, resides at Fort Valley, Ga. George Culpepper Speaker At Perry Kiwanis Club George B. Culpepper, Jr., was guest of honor at the meeting of the I Perry Kiwanis club on Tuesday, when he addressed the members of I th< i c ub \. Jn addition . to the membership the club, a number of visitors were present to hear Mr. Culpepper. Next Governor? REYNOLDS - FORT VALLEY ROAD WORK ORDERED BEGIN AT ONCE State Highway Director George McDonald has announced that will be started on the grading, and base for the paving the Reynolds-Fort Valley road, Highway 96, immediately. Ap¬ for the transfer of $50,000 the highway emergency fund, from the surplus left in State Treasury after all State had been retired and the Fed¬ fund available matched, has been from Governor Ellis Ar Work will start late this The immediate contract for two and a half miles of the “The State Highway Department operating on a wholly cash ba ; the first time in history,” Di¬ George McDonald reports. a contract is let, the to pay for it is set aside. will be no delay in completing project, therefore, and there will no delay in paying the contrac¬ or the county for the work.. In way we expect to pr vide a max¬ construction program for less In fact, this yc r’s program Georgia is the greatest ever un¬ in our state or and South¬ ern stale in a single calendar year. And we are proud that it is an all¬ cash program.” The State Highway Department has been concentrating this year on projects for which Federal aid could be obtained, with special attention to rural highways. However, Gov¬ ernor Arnall found that after match¬ ing all Federal money available, a small surplus remained. This is be¬ ing used for projects regarded as of an emergency nature, which were ur¬ gently needed but which were not immediately eligible for Federal par¬ ticipation. On these only State funds will be used. The rapidity with which Georgia was able to resume road building when war-time restrictions were re¬ moved was due to the policy of the State Highway Department in con¬ tinuing its plan-making during the war. Imemediately materials be¬ came available and restrictions were lifted, Georgia submitted its pro¬ gram to the Federal Bureau of Pub¬ lic Roads and became one of the first states in the nation to resume construction. Talmadge Claims CIO Support in Governors Race Confidently asserting that 90 per cent of the members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) will vote for him in the primary on July 17th, former Governor Eugene Talmadge spoke to a large group in North Georgia’s heavily industrial¬ ized and tightly unionized area at Gainesville on Independence Day. The CIO, which through its Politi¬ cal Action Committee (CIO-PAC) P has been very active in Georgia and threatened to unseat Congressmen Malcolm Tarver and Stephen Pace for a pro-farm attitude, may hold the balance of power in some coun¬ ties, observers believe. “Ninety per cent of the CIO mem bers in Georgia will vote for me in this election, Mr. Talmadge declar¬ ed at a Dalton meeting, heavily at¬ tended by CIO members, They know my attitude toward them is the right one.” Charles Gilman, head of CIO in Georgia, on the other hand, said that the organization would support no candidate “officially, 1 soon after a CIO union had made an onslaught upon Candidate James V. Carmi¬ chael. However, Gilman admitted that he had conferred with Herman Talmadge, co-manager with James Page of his father’s campaign, about the race and that the younger Tal¬ madge had asked for his support. Hostility of the CIO leadership to the Carmichael candidacy had been anticipated by some observers, but it was generally believed that ! they would prefer to support former Governor Rivers than Mr Talmadge j ! The m 'ght. collapse be attributable of the Rivers campaign, to the shift of the labor organization to Talmadge, as the stronger of Carmichael s op ponents. is. Those who sacri¬ fice liberty for securi¬ ty are likely to lose both.