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Georgia Leads
Ali Dixie States
in Bond Drive
Ranks Fourth In Nation In
Reaching $205,000,000
Total
With (500,000 Georgia school chil-
( j ell waging a militant October
c-mpaign and the state’s huge con
tingent of American Legionnaires
and auxiliaries mobilizing for an
! 11. out offensive in November,
Georgia has surged past the $205,-
000,000 mark in September’s Third
\\av Bond drive, ranking first in
pixi* and fourth throughout the
nation in over-subscribing its
quota.
QlilMBY MELTON
(griffin Editor, who heads Legion’s
November War Bond drive.
Fourteen of the state’s sixteen
bond districts and ninety-eight out
of 159 counties were already over
the top as Georgians bought bonds
at a clip representing 149% of a
$137,000,000 quota. Weary tabulat
ors forecast that final returns
would add another $5,000,000 to a
national over-subscription hovering
around the $18,500,000,000 level as
this report went to press.
Dade County Loads
The First District, with Lowndes
and Ware leading a twelve-county
South Georgia parade, ranked first
in Crackerland’s success story,
buying $8,601,302 worth of bonds
against a $3,706,600 quota for a
1; ty 232 percentage figure. The
Sixteenth district, Fulton and De-
Kalb counties, ran second, buying
nearly $114,000,000 worth, or
1777c. These were the only two
districts in which every county ex
ceeded its goal.
Tiny Dade county, at Georgia’s
extreme northwest mountain boun
dary, headed the county honor roll
with a rousing 800% response to a
$2,100 quota. Ben Hill, with 215%;
Brook s, 207%; Echols, 390%;
Lowndes, 360%; Banks, 490%;
Pickens, 240%; Coweta, 266%>;
Payette and Chattahoochee, 200%,;
Coweta, 266%; Quitman, 460%,
and Putnam, 248%, were other
county standouts.
First In Dixie
Only West Virginia, 1737c;
Maryland, 1667c, and Ohio, 154%,
topped Georgia, percentage-wise.
Georgia is leading all 48 states as
to individual bond purchases. Sis-
for states in Dixie trailed Geor-
gia s 1497c as follows: Florida,
130 f r ; Alabama, 127%; Tennessee,
1267; North Carolina and Vir-
ginia, 122%; South Carolina,
1217c; Mississippi, 1177c; Ken
tucky, 108%, and Louisiana, 107%.
Georgia’s showing on the all-
iniportant E bonds — the people’s
onds — was not as heartening,
however, in comparison with her
southern neighbors. Dixie’s Empire
State did no better than tie for
. Place with North Carolina
",ith ®6% of its E-bond quota, Mis
sissippi achieving 937<>; Tennessee,
1 ' % I Louisiana, 757c; Kentucky
and Alabama, 70%; South Caro
lina and Virginia, 63%, and Flor
ida, 62%.
a $ r Praises Georgians
This will stand as a magnifi-
cent patriotic triumph in Georgia
annals, ’ said Charles A. Stair, of
t anta, prominent telephone exec-
u ive serving as chairman of the
® ate s War Finance Committee,
0 directed the gigantic effort as
°ne of thousands of volunteer
oikers. “Most Georgians seemed
0 be either selling bonds or buy.
n S bonds, or both, and the combi-
il ion hit a big jackpot of loyalty
°n<f common-sense.
And this thing is going to go on
,? n lnu °usly, day after day, until
e Axis is smashed and our boys
onie home to a sound and prosper-
us America, made so by our peo-
p s wise investments in the safest
security on earth,” Chairman Stair
on nued, adding that he had high
Pc. improvement in E-bond
ui chases through the work of
anT^' 3 sc ^ 00 ^ children this month
be! Region’s drive in Novem-
r , Legion Gels Going
mrke Luke, of Ocilia, State
•°mmander °L the American Le-
" n > has announced the .appoint-
THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 21, 1943. 1 —
PAGE THREE
Reunion Prominent
Talbot-Taylor County
Families Gala Event
Fanners May Purchase
Needed Machinery For
Cultivating 1944 Crops
Can Openers Still
Have Plenty To Do
In County Kitchens
Descendants of John and Olive
Adams gathered at Mt. Zion
Church, Talbot County for their
9th annual reunion, Sept. 26.
All relatives feel very grateful
| to four of our kinsmen, the origi-
| nators of this reunion. Back in
| April 1935, Mrs. Ban A. McDaniel
! and her brother, Zack Adams met
I with the late Wm. C. Lumpkin
and his wife, Mrs. Susie Lumpkin
j to discuss the possibility of get-
I ting together all descendants of
j.lohn and Olive Adams, so, in
! September of that year their ef-
; forts together with others caused
, us to be blessed with a great
j Adams Reunion. Each year there
l is a greater love shown toward
each other in this family.
The attendance was not greatly
affected by conditions relating to
cur participation in the present
War. There were about 150 pres-
j ent.
A tribute of respect was paid to
j the deceased relatives, W. C.
j Lumpkin, who served as ehair-
! naan of this reunion since or
ganized; Charlie R. Cook and Wm
A. Blythe. Also to the life long
friend of this family, Mr. W. A.
Baldwin.
P. N. Adams of Talbotton was
elected chairman of this reunion.
A good portion of the program
| was dedicated to the relatives who
are now in the armed forces.
There are now twenty-six rela
tives of this big family in the
service. A letter in behalf of this
j family is being sent to each one.
| A star was placed on the Re-
1 union Banner for each one. Also
| a gold star was placed for Leon-
I ard Adams, Jr., grandson of John
! and Olive Adams, who was lost
j in service. His mother, Mrs. L. H.
Adams Sr., of Rupert, was present
She is the only Gold Star mother
in the Adams family.
Dr. Kitchens of Warm Springs,
gave an interesting talk, after
which all enjoyed a delightful
dinner.
Ruby Adams McCormick
Z. T. T. Adams.
ALLIED PRISONER
EXCHANGE BEGINS
WITH GERMANY
London, Oct. 18—The Foreign
Office said Monday night the re
turn of American and British dis
abled prisoners of war from Ger
many under an exchange is under
i way and the first parties are be
ing embarked at Goeteborg, Swe
den, for the voyage home.
The announcement said more
than 4,000 war prisoners from the
United States and the British Em-
pire, would be returned and a like
J number of Germans from prison
i camps in Britain,the United States
] and Canada would be sent back
to the fteich.
One group of disabled Germans
already has been transported in a
hospital ship from a British port
to Goeteborg.
Only 17 of the returning Allied
prisoners are Americans, the For
eign Office statement said, ex-
i plaining this was due to the rela-
I tively small number of U. S.
prisoners taken thus far in the
war by Germany.
For the benefit of farmers in
this county needing machinery
for their 1944 crops, Congressman
Stephen Pace releases for publi
cation the following letter recent
ly received from the War Food
Administration dealing with cer
tain items of farm machinery:
Honorable Stephen Pace
House of Representatives
Dear Steve:
This is in reply to your letter
regarding the need for two horse
walking cultivators, tractor culti
vators, and peanut plows in con
nection with the 1944 peanut
crop in your state.
WPB Limitation Order L-257,
effective July 1, 1943, provides for
the production of one row, walk
ing, two horse cultivators at 871
percent of the 1940 output, or 20-
000 implements. This represents a I
very large increase over last year,
when only 6,000 walking two
horse cultivators were authorized
for production. The row, tractor
mounted cultivators are authoriz
ed at 89 'percent of 1940, with
quotas totalling 105,150 machines.
Manufacturers of peanut diggers
are authorized to build 150 per
cent of their 1940 production of
these machines.
None of this equipment is ra
tioned this year. Manufacturers
may distribute without restric
tion all peanut diggers and 80
percent of their authorized pro
duction of cultivators. Twenty
percent of the total production of
cultivators will be subject to dis
tribution directives of the War
Food Administration. This na
tional reserve will enable us to
take care of emergency needs
which may arise in areas with
new or greatly increased war crop
acreages.
Two factors cause us to antici
pate much less difficulty with de
layed production and delivery
schedules this year. Whereas Or
der L-170, which governed the
1943 production of farm machin
ery, was not announced until Oc
tober of last year, the succeeding
Order L-257 was announced in
June, giving manufacturers a
time advantage of almost four
months. Furthermore, all manu
facturers are now operating under
the Controlled Materials Plan.
Production schedules are filed
with the WPB by months, and
controlled material orders for
each month are not issued beyond
the productive capacity of steel
mills and other supplies.
Inasmuch as no quotas w'ill be
established for cultivators, we
suggest that the farmers of your
section keep in close touch with
dealers, distributors, and manu
facturers’ representative in order
to obtain the cultivators needed
for use this fall and early next
spring.
Sincerely yours,
Marvin Jones, Administrator
Baptists In Twenty
Middle Ga. Counties Plan
Associational Meetings
Rationing has not emptied
shelves in Taylor county residents
of canned foods it was revealed
this week, a total of 72,684 cans
being used monthly, according to
A. H. Nugent, general sales man
ager o fthe American Can Co.
Mr. Nugent based his figures on
the government's compilation of
10,768 ration book holders in this
county and the statement by the
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics that the per capita con
sumption of canned goods so fai
this year is .225 cans a day. On
the basis of the average size pre
war can, approximately 17 5
pounds of pure metallic tin is re-
claimable for the w’ar effort from
these cans, he explained.
Men in service eat 8,000,000
cans of food a day and millions
of pounds of canned items are-
being shipped abroad for lend
lease, he said.
Many foods strange to Ameri
can palates are being packed in
cans for shipment overseas. One
of these is “Tushonka” for Rus
sian consumption, this product
being highly seasoned pork pack
ed in lard. Squid, a variety ot
octopus, is being canned for Ital
ian consumption. Canned foods
tor England are usually seasoned
quite differently to those intended
for American use, Mr. Nugent
said.
Farm Fires Cost
Ten Lives A Day
Co. Agent Says
Ten lives are lost in farm fires
every day in the United States
and a farm building catches fire
every 15 minutes, County Agent E
G. Blackwell pointed out this
week in stressing the importance
of fire prevention.
Because it was difficult even in
peacetime for organized fire-fight
ing help to reach the scene of a
farm fire in time to bring it under
control, and because of an acute
manpower shortage, farmers are
being urged by the Department of
Agriculture and the National Fire
Protection Association to make
their property as fire-safe as pos
sible.
Mr. Blackwell listed eight haz
ards that cause the majority of
farm fires and that can be elimi
nated. Every farmer should seek
out these hazards and lay plans
to do away with them, he de
clared. The hazards are:
Flamable roofs, defective heating
systems, electrical equipment,
matches and cigarettes, gasoline
and kerosene, rubbish, spontane
ous ignition of hay, and light
ning.
These are the principal hazards,
Mr. Blackwell continued, but
many farm fires arise from other
sources to take their, toll of lives
and property. Additional precau
tions to be taken to avoid fire on
the farm are: Never put a penny
in a fuse box; never run electric
cords under a run; protect fire
places with metal screens, and,
hang oil, paint or grease covered
rags in the open or bum imme
diately a few at atime.
“Jeep for Every farmer” after
the w'ar may soon pop up as a po-
I litical slogan.
ment of Quiniby Melton. Editor of
the Griffin News, and nationally
conspicuous Legionnaire, to head
the World War I organization’s
November campaign by some 30,-
000 veteran members and women
auxiliaries.
“We’re going to stage a benefi
cent blitzkrieg to reach our $10,-
000,000 objective in time to cele
brate another Georgia victory on
Armistice Day, November 11,” said
Mr. Melton. “We have a tough
chore ahead to beat last year's rec
ord, when Jackson Dick, of Atlan
ta, as State Commander, and Ed
gar Dunlap, of Gainesville, as
Campaign Chairman, beat their
$9,000,000 quota by $2,300,000—
but we’re going to do it, and do it
quicker.”
Chairman Melton has designated
Roy Harris, of Augusta; DeLacy
Allen, of Albany, and Scott Can
dler, of Decatur, as regional vice-
chairmen, and will appoint a leader
for the Savannah and Columbus
areas shortly.
Fifteenth District Record
’he Fifteenth District, in which
G. Lee, of Macon, is chairman,
ked ninth in the state. Follow-
is the county by county record,
first figure representing quota,
second figure, sales, with full
urns not yet reported:
5 i b b, $5,628,200 — $6,082,459;
tts, $182,600—$182,007; Craw-
d, $36,200—$22,432; Jasper,
2,500—$240,991; Jones, $69,600
165,883; Taylor, $110,900—$72,-
• Lamar, $254,900—$221,103;
nroe, $320,400-$377,823; Pike,
12,300—$151,778; Putnam, $73,-
> $183,477; Spalding, $865,600
>1,361,916; Upson, $569,700—
(5,208.
total quota, $8,456,700 \ total
M. $9,737,658; 1167#.
Macon, Oct. 19—Five Baptist As
sociations in Middle Georgia will
meet this week and next. Approx
imately 200 churches in more than
20 counties are members of the
associations scheduled to hold
their annual gatherings during
(he next 10 days.
The Houston association is to
meet with the Liberty church in
Dooly county Tuesday. The next
day, Wednesday, will find three
associations in session. These will
be Ebenezer at the Liberty church
in Wilkinson county, Friendship
with the Shiloh church in Sumter
county and the Daniel with the
Lyons church at Lyons. Tuesday
of the following week the Bethel
association is to meet with the Re-
hoboth church near Shellman.
Full programs have been ar
ranged by those in charge of the
affairs of the various groups. Re
ports on church membership, edu
cation, organization, evangelism
and benevolences are among the
subjects to be discussed.
Dr. Spright Dowell, president of
Mercer University at Macon, will
be among the speakers at the
Houston Association convention in
Dooly county.
13 MILLION YULE
PACKAGES SWAMP
GOTHAM POSTOFFICE
New York, Oct. 16—Postmaster
Albert Goldman reported 13,000,-
000 Christmas packages for Ameri
can soldiers overseas had arrived
at the New York postoffice last
midnight—the deadline for mail
ing holiday gifts to army men
and women abroad.
The packages have been pour
ing into New York for the past
month, and Goldman said he ex- j
pected at least 4,000,000 more to
arrive during the next four or five
days from other parts of the
country.
New Small Grain
Circular Is Offered
By County Agent
In calling attention to the need
[or small grains, County Agent E.
G. Blackwell said this week
that oats will be needed for
grain, grazing and hay; wheat
for grain; rye for grain and graz
ing, and barley for grain, grazing
and hay. One or more of these
crops are grown in all sections of
the state.
Small grains are playing an
important part in the war effort,
he pointed out, and will, if given
proper attention, be of major im
portance in furnishing food and
feed in normal and post-war per
iods.
With the small grain planting
season getting under way in this
county, Agent Blackwell announc
ed the publication of a new Geor
gia Extension Service circular
giving complete information on
grain crops most commonly grown
in this section.
E. D. Alexander, Service agrono
mist, Is author of the circular
which is entitled “Small Grains
in Georgia,” Mr. Blackwell said
that copies are being distributed
to farmers through his office and
through the State Extension Serv
ice office in Athens.
In addition to the food and feed
they furnish, grain crops give pro
tection and add organic matter to
the soil and can be used as sub
stitutes for corn or other crops
grown for food and feed.
PIANO TUNING
C. W. SMITH
SALES & SERVICE
209 E. Gordon Street
Phone 497-W Thnmaston, Gs
State School Conference
Held In Mflledgevflle
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 17—A
state-wide conference for extend
ed school service and nursery
school directors and supervisors
was held last week at Georgia
State College for Women and rec
ommended a second conference be
held at the college early in Jan
uary.
School supervisors representing
Atlanta, Fulton county, Ft. Valley
Carrollton, Rockmart, Macon,
Bibb county, Barnesville, Augusta,
Genola, Savannah, and Baldwin
county were present for the three-
day conference. In addition to the
supervisors, several Federal con
sultants from Washington and At
lanta, as well as state consultant*
were also present.
Planned by Dr. Henry Little;
head of th^ education department,
of the college, several members
of the college faculty assisted in
conducting the conference.
Also agreed upon by the confer
ence was the establishment of a
week's training program for nur
sery school teachers and super
visors to be held at Georgia State
College for Women in April, 19M.
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Mondays, Tuesdays
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more this season.
Respectfully
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L PAYNE, Butler, Ga.
From where I sit...
6t/ Joe Marsh
Pete Swanson was all steamed
up the other day. Seems some
body’d just been telling him how
much difference there is in freight
rates here in the South, and in
other parts of the country.
“That’s just plain discrimina
tion!” Pete snorted. And of
course he’s entirely right.
There are two things that
make people mighty mad, I’ve
noticed. One is discrimination
and the other is intolerance.
Neither fits the American idea
of liberty for the individual.
Take beer, for instance. Some
folks like a cool, refreshing beer
occasionally—some don’t.
y © BREWING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION • GEORGIA COMMITTEE
JUDGE JOHN STEVENS WOOD. State Dirscter. 5321URT OUML ATLANTA ^
But mostly those who don’t
care about it themselves have a
healthy respect for the rights of
those who do.
They’d no more question a
man’s right to enjoy a quiet, glass
of beer with a meal or among
friends, than they’d think of dy
ing to the moon!
From where I sit that’s ms
mighty good example of the tol
erance that’s a cornerstone of
this country.