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fOLUME 69
SUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, .NOVEMBER 2. 1944
NUMBER 1
Taylor County Farmers Urged To Plant Winter Cover Crop on Peanut Land
ALVIN CHILDREE
AWARDED BRONZE
STAR IN FRANCE
Reynolds Sergeant Cited for Heroic
Service While on Foreign Battle
Field.
With U. S. Forces in France—
First Sergeant Alvin D. Childree,
son of Mr. David Childree of R. 3,
Reynolds, has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for heroic serv
ice on the field of battle while
serving with the 2nd Armored Di
vision in France.
During the week following the
big push at St. Lo on July 25, Sgt.
Childree was of invaluable aid to
the company ir. forming replace
ment tank crews, returning re
paired tanks to the front line,
bringing supplies and rations to
the company—all this while un
der continuous shelling from ene
my artillery and machine gun
fire.
The citation stated: “ ... At
all times Sgt. Childree displayed
superior qualities of initiative,
good judgment, leadership and de-
votoin to duty. He was constantly
on the alert to keep the maximum
number of tanks and crews in the
field and his efforts and example
contributed to the efficiency of the
unit in the operations against the
enemy. His actions reflect great
credit upon himself and the mili
tary service.”
Baby Show, Amateur
Contest Sponsored by Girls
Athletic Club Is Success
The Business Girls Athletic Club
wishes to thank every person who
took part in any way to make the
Baby Show and Amateur Contest
a splendid success. We want to es
pecially thank Dr. L. R. Dean for
the generous act of relinquishing
his Theater without any charge
whatsoever. We need more citizens
in our town like our good friend
“Doc. ”
Some are not aware of the pur
pose of the Club. At the present
we are endeavoring to raise funds
to build a gym. Some think we
should wait until after the war but
we feel that something is needed
right now for the youth of our
county. It is our duty, us older
citizens, to help these children
build sounder bodies physically as
well as developing their minds by
making better sportsmen of them.
We know that we have a long
hard road ahead of us but as the
old saying goes ‘‘Rome wasn't
built in a day.”
We wish to state the amount
brought in by the contestants of
the Baby Show totaled $243.99.
Master Billy Gray, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Gray, was crowned
the most popular baby and award
ed a cup. Billy brought in $65.65.
Honorable mention goes to Caro
lyn Seagraves and Lyn Mitchell
who brought in $53.06 and $34.88
respectively. The votes were count
ed by Mrs. Wynelle Amos and the
results handed to the Master of
Ceremonies C. C. Stone, just be
fore presentation of the cup to the
winner.
We don’t know whether vve
should call the winners of the
Amateur Contest amateurs or not,
35 they all were really great. The
Dunn Brothers walked off with
fiist prize of $5 and a caramel
oolce for doing the hula hula.
Frances Rustin was second place
winner for doing her version of
Carmen Miranda. Her prize was
and a smaller cake. Mr. R. L.
Burns was third place winner of
$2 and a box of home-made can_
dy. If you think he can't dance—
We ll, you should have seen him.
He most graciously donated his
cash prize to the Club, thank you,
Mr. Burns.
These winners were picked by
Hie applause of the public which
w as timed by a stop clock.
ihe entire occasion was a great
success and every member of the
Club desires again to say ‘‘thanks
a million”' and that comes from
Hie bottom of our heart.
—Business Girls Athl. Club.
ISAAC DREIZIN AWARDED
COMMISSION AS ENSIGN
IN U. S. NAVAL RESERVE
HITLER YOUNG MAN IS ONE OF
1.350 MEN TO RECEIVE HIS COM
MISSION AT THESE IMPRESSIVE
EXERCISES.
Midshipman Isaac Dreizin, son
of Mr .and Mrs. O. Dreizin of this
city, was among 1,350 men com
missioned as Ensigns, U. S. Naval
Reserve, in ceremonies held Oct. 26
in the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, New York. The group was
the 20th class to be graduated from
this oldest and largest Naval Re
serve Officer’s School, and brings
the total number of graduates
from the New York School to more
than 17,000.
Principal speaker at the cere
mony was Commodore John K.
Richards, USN, former command
ing officer of the school, and now
Commander, Naval Reserve Officer
i Training Center. The officer’s
oath was administered by Captain
Charles D. Edmunds, USN, Com
manding Officer of the Midship
men’s School.
Taylor County Farmers
Save on Fertilizer Bill
By Planting Cover Crops
(J. V. Dupree)
More and more farmers of Tay
lor county are realizing the im
portance of planting winter cover
crops. More acres every year are
sown in legumes, for the farmers
have found that these cover
crops save huge fertilizer bills by
enriching the soil and prevent soil
from washing away during the
winter months.
It is most important that every
farmer should plant cover crops
where peanuts have been harvest
ed. Peanut land, unless followed
by cover crops is easily washed
away or blown away by strong
winds while the soil is dry. Where
peanuts are harvested the land is
left barren and for this reason a
cover crop of Blue Lupine, Au
stralian peas, or some other le
gume is most essential.
Not only do cover crops prevent
soil from washing away during
the winter months, but they are
money-makers and money-savers
in the way they build up the land
and reduce fertilizer costs. Peanuts
corn or cotton planted on land that
has been seeded with cover crops
usually produces 25 to 50 per cent
more at harvest time. Not as much
fertilizer is needed either on land
that has been sown with a legume.
The time to plant winter cover
crops is from Oct. 1, to Nov 15.
Farm experts recommend the use
of 400 pounds of superphosphate
or the same amount of mixed
fertilizer to provide sufficient
growth next spring for turning un
der or seed harvest. Then with
spring planting the land is ready
to produce a second crop.
Seed may be s ecured through
the AAA office and charged
against .1945 payment.
Roberta Citizens to Hold
Bond Election Nov. 20
Roberta, Oct. 31—The citizens of
Roberta have been requested by
Mayor D. J. McCrary and the
board of aldermen to cast their
vote on Nov. 20 to determine
whethe or not the city will have
a deep well drilled to furnish an
adequate water supply, and to
purchase and install water mains.
It will incur an indebtedness of
$10,000.
During the extreme dry seasons
of summer and fall, Roberta’s
throe wells have failed to meet
the demand for water, so it is ur
gent, Mayor McCrary said, to do
something to insure plenty of
water right away.
Composing the city’s board ol
aldermen are J.' H. Hicks, Homer
Bankston, W. F. Andrews, F. E.
Bentley and O. C. Cochran; George
O. Miller is clerk.
FARM FOR SALE
Sixty acres of good farming land
on Judson Highway about three
miles from Milner and National
Highway. Write,
B. Wood, Box 74, Milner, Ga.
SOUTH GEORGIA
CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD IN MACON
Annual Conference Will Begin
Tuesday at Mulberry Street
Methodist Church.
Macon, Oct. 30—Approximately 300
Methodists will attend a laymen's
dinner in the banquet hall of the
Bibb Manufacturing Company,
Nov. 9 at the third day of the
South Georgia annual conference
in Macon.
Dr. Norman V. Peale, pastor of
the Marble Collegiate church, New
York City and Dr. Walter Blassm-
game, conference lay leader, Moul
trie, will speak at the dinner. The
only minister to be present will be
Bishop Arthur J. Moore’s cabinet
and those with official responsi
bilities, as it was impossible to
obtain a banquet hall large
enough to accomodate both laity
and ministry, the local committee
stated.
The full program of the confer
ence, to begin Tuesday at Mulber
ry Street Methodist church, will
be presented by Bishop Moore and
a committee for Methodism’s Cru
sade for Christ. «.
Statistical secretaries from each
of the eight districts will meet at
Macon Wednesday to prepare the
statistical report for the year’s op
eration of the 230 pastoral charges.
The reports will be presented to
the conference at its opening ses
sion on the following Tuesday af
ternoon. This will be the first time
in history that the statistical sec
retaries have met so early for com
piling their reports, according to
Rev. Roy Bond, Ellaville, who is
in charge of this work.
One member of the conference
who has been in connectional work
for 11 years, Rev. C. W. Curry, at
present superintendent of the
Warren Candler Memorial hos
pital, will return to the pastorate
at this session. This move, it has
been announced, is to be made the
wish of Mr. Curry, under whose
leadership the hospital’s service
to Savannah and that section of
Georgia is said to have multiplied
several times. A recent achieve
ment under his direction was the
addition of a new wing for 41
beds at a cost of $120,000. In appre
ciation of Mr. Curry’s service the
hospital board, meeting last week,
elected him to membership on the
board of trustees.
Reservations for the 500 dele
gates and pastors coming to Ma
con for the conference are being
made in hotels and in private
homes through conference officers
at Mulberry Street church. Ac
comodations will be provided for
all who have business at the con
ference, the committee stated.
The conference, first “between
Sundays” meeting in modern times
is expected to complete its work by
mid-afternoon Friday so that all
preachers may return to their pas
torates for Sunday services. Those
assigned to new pastorates will
move during the following week.
Son of Americus School
Teacher Is Fatally Hurt
When Hit ty Auto
Collumbus, Oct. 26—G. W. Mc
Collum, Seaboard Airline railway
employe, was being held Thursday
night by Americus police on a
traffic charge, following the
death of A. E. Fulton Jr., 8 John
N. Worthy, chief of police, report
ed.
Police reported that Earl was
traveling east on a bicycle and the
car driven by McCollum was go
ing south, when the accident oc
curred at the intersection of Bur-
low Street and Jackson Avenue
Thursday afternono.
The youth was dead by the time
he reached the hospital, police
said.
Arthur Earl was the son of
Prof. A. E. Fulton Sr., mathematic
teacher at Georgia Southwestern
college. The Fulton family recent
ly arrived in Americus from Coch
ran, Ga., where Prof. Fulton was
connected with Middle Georgia
College.
Injured In France
(Pfc. Weaver (Jack) Guy)
Pfc. Jack Guy, brother of Mrs.
Eugene Bone of this city, sustain
ed the loss of right leg and in
juries to left leg while serving in
the invasion in France July 13.
Pfc. Guy has been transferred to
the United States and is now un
der treatment at the Lawson Gen
eral Hospital, Atlanta. Pfc. Guy
has been in the army about two
years and was overseas only a few
months before he was injured.
Farm Security Families
Find Winter Cover Crops
Pay Big Dividends
(R. L. Burns)
We believe that the Farm Se
curity families of Taylor County
have set a record in seeding winter
cover crops.
Last fall when farm plans were
made, these families set as a goal
six’acres of winter cover c?ops per
farm or plant all peanut land to
a cover crop. To date this goal
has been obtained and surpassed.
Ninety per cent of the farmers
have planted a total of 16,000-lbs.
of Blue Lupine, 2,000 pounds of
Austrian Winter Peas, 2,400 pounds
of Common Vetch and 100 pounds
of Crimson Clover seed. The Vetch
was planted in combination with
oats. Approximately 8,000 pounds
of the Blue Lupine was planted on
peanut land before the nuts were
dug. This method of seeding prov
ed very satisfactory in that a great,
deal • of very valuable time was
saved. The balncea of the Lupine
seed was planted after the peanuts
were dug ancj either harrowed in
with a weeder or drag harrow.
Farmers of the county realize the
value of winter cover crops now
more than ever before since so
many peanuts are being grown I
and taken off the land. They have !
also realized a greater yield per
acre from crops that follow winter
legumes. Last fall Mr. John Byrd
planted 300 pounds of winter peas
on land that had been producing
approximately 10 bushels of corn
per acre. These peas were followed
with corn this year and Mr. Byrd
states that the yield will be prac_
tically doubled. Mr. Byrd also
said that his goal for seeding cov
er crops this year will be, “Plant
every seed I can get.”
A few of the farmers that have
planted 10 or more acres to win
ter legume crops are: John Byrd,
Johnnie Wainwright, B. E. Cox,
Wesley Cox, Gervis Morrell, J. O.
Carpenter, Roy Eubanks, Mrs. Lucy
larris, Gordon, Albert and Felton
Blaxton, John Ray and V. A.
Bailey.
The following colored clients
have planted 15 or more acres of
cover crops: Arthur Pope, Jerry
Gibson, Clem Wilehar, Sid New-
some, J. B. Troutman, Mack Mont-
ford, Handy Wallace, Simon Gray
and Lorinza Walker.
Every tenant purchase borrower
in the county is taking advantage
of the AAA and Soil Conservation
programs in that all the seed and
fertilizer has been secured through
the AAA and the Soil Conserva- i
tion Tech, has developed a plan
for each of the farms.
Mrs. Maggie Beall
Is Now Improving
The many friends of Mrs. Mag
gie Beall will be glad to know
that she has been moved from a
Columbus hospital to her home
where she is gradually improving.
MRS. J. T. PARKER DIES
SUDDENLY AT GENEVA
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD AT
GENEVA BAPTIST CHURCH YES
TERDAY, 3. M., WITH REV. E. H.
DUNN OFFICIATING.
Relatives and friends here were
saddened by the announcement
of the death of Mrs. Susie Monroe
Parker, which occurred at her
home at Geneva about five o’clock
Tuesday morning. Although in de
clining health for about two years
her passing is said to have been
sudden, supposedly from a heart
attack.
Mrs. Parker, who was born and
reared in Talbot county, was the
daughter of the late Mr. W. R. and
Mrs. Lee Roy Moore. She was in
the 69th year of her age. Mrs.
Parker had been a member of the
Geneva Baptist church since ear
ly childhood and had always
taken part in religious and social
activities of her community.
Mrs. Parker was the step-mother
of Mrs. J. M. Rustin of this city
with whom she frequently visited
while in normal health. Besides
her husband she is survived by
the following near relatives: Mr.
M. D. Moore, brother, Geneva;Mrs.
Mary L. Sanders, niece, Sacramen
to, Calif.; Mrs. J. L. Cato, niece,
Geneva; Mrs. Harry L. Chandler,
great niece, Columbus; Robert
Sanders, great nephew, Sacramen
to, Calif.
Funeral services for the deceased
conducted by Rev. E. H. Dunn,
were held at the Geneva Baptist
church yesterday afternoon at 3
o’clock with the following as pall
bearers: Acting: Gaston Cook, C.A.
Ligon, Jesse Parker, J. C. Ligon,
Dana Butt and O. L. Miller; hon
orary: M. M. Cook, J. E. Tillman.
V. V. Willis, J. J. Greene, E. j3.
Cook an^l J. M. Rustin.
Mr. John M. Brady
Is Granted Hearing for
New Trial by Judge Fort
Columbus, Nov. 1—Judge T.
Hicks Fort Monday granted a mo
tion for a new trial, and set Dec.
12 as the date for the hearing, in
the case of John M. Brady,
Marion county rural mail carrier
under sentence to be electrocuted
January 5 for the fatal shooting
of his wife.
Motion was filed in Muscogee
Superior court by Brady's counsel,
Attorneys Ed Wohlwender and
Joseph Ray, of Columbus, and J.
M. Rogers of Buena Vista.
A verdict of guilty was returned
against Brady Oct. 25 in Marion
county superior court. He was
charged with the murder last
August 2 of - his bride of three
months, Mrs. Lula Davis Brady.
At the trial, no witnesses ap
peared for the defense, but the ac
cused claimed that he loved his
wife and only meant to frighten
her. She grabbed the gun from
him, he said, and the charge went
into her neck. He also stated that
he had been drinking and that he
had had an argument with his
wife. He maintained, however,that
the killing was unpremeditated.
The defendant’s two children by
a former marriage, aged 15 and 13
testified as state’s witnesses at
the trial.
Mr. Brady was taken to the
Muscogee county jail in Columbus
Tuesday for safe keeping accord
ing to Marion county officers.
A Note of Thanks
The undersigned agricultural
technical workers wish to thank
the business men and firms for
their interest in and help through
their advertising in making this
issue of The Herald possible in
promoting a bigger and better
winter cover crop campaign in this
county.
ROY F. JONES,
County Administrative Officer
ROBERT L. BURNS,
Farm Security Administration
J. V. DUPREE,
Co. Soil Conservation Service
LOST OR STRAYED
One black hound dog with white
legs and brown spots over each
eye. Finder please notify,
Wesley Cox, Butler, Rte. 2.
GREEN ACRE PLAN
HELPS PUT FOOD
BACK INTO LAND
Winter Cover Crop* Proves of
Great Value in Many Different
Ways.
By W. J. Butler,
Former Member of Supervisors,
Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation
During the past few years Tay
lor county farmers have planted
more peanuts than ever before.
When harvested, there is no other
row crop in the South as hard on
the land as peanuts. Everything
on the land is removed exposing
the soil to the scorching sun of
early fall and to torrential rains,
which remove precious topsoil and
leave ugly gullies. Maintaining
the fertility of this land is becom
ing more and of a problem every
year.
Now is the time to cover every
possible acre of peanut land with
a winter cover crop. You will not
only be protecting your land from
erosion during the coming winter
months, but you will be preparing
it fo rgreater yields next year. De
cide now to plant Austrian winter
peas, vetch Blue Lupine, or oats
this fall rather than waiting until
December or next year to make a
decision when it will be too late.
Prepare now to “green up” our
fields for this winter and styow
that we can do our part in im
proving our land.
Although there is a great need
for a much larger acreage of win
ter legumes in this county, there
has been a gradual increase in
the planting of winter legumes
during the past few years, not
only in this county, but in all
other counties of the Middle Wes
tern Ocmulgee River Soil Conser
vation district which consists of
Taylor, Crawford, Bibb, Peach.
Macon, Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski and
Houston counties.
Five years ago the Supervisors
of the Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District
were furnished 150 pounds of a
new winter legume, “Blue Lupine”
for experimental purposes. Fifty
pounds of this seed were distribut
ed to each of three counties. The
results obtained in one county
were a total failure,'but fair re
sults were obtained in the other
two counties and a few seed were
harvested. Since that time the
planting of Blue Lupine has
spread to most of the counties In
the district, and last spring 1,000,-
000 pounds of seed were harvested
which were valued at $60,000.
While Blue Lupine has been
used mainly for seed production
since it was introduced, it is as
good a soil builder as the other
winter legumes and now a large
supply of seed has been secured,
more and more acres will be used
for soil buildiiig.
Adopt a "Green Acre Plan” on
your farm, but don’t forget the
other Soil Conservation practices
that can be established during the
late fall and winter. Make your
plans now for building terraces,
planting kudzu and pine seedlings
seeding pastures, and any of the
other Soil Conservation practices
that are applicable to your farm.
Taylor County Leads »
District In War Bond
Sales During October
Ordinary J. R. Lunsford, Coun
ty Chairman of War Bond sales,
has received notice that this coun
ty led in the sale of E, F and G
Bonds in the 15th district of
Georgia during the month of Oc
tober, Taylor’s sales being 147
per cent.
Jasper county came second in
the district with sales of 109 per
cent. Third in the district was
Pike county with sales of 100 per
cent.
Chairman Lunsford as well as
every citizen in the county takes
pride in the splendid showing
made in the county.
Col. Lunsford stated that he was
confident the county would far
exceed its quota in the Sixth War
Bond Drive which begin Nov. 20
This county’s quota has not yet
been announced.