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fishing in their own pond near their residence gives a measure of satisfaction to Mr. W.
A. Jarrell and his family. There are a number of similar ponds in Taylor county and many
more are now under construction.
Soil Conservation Service Technicians
Glad To Help Farmers In Planning And
Building Fish Ponds on Their Farms
The above photo is typical of
the farm fish ponds that are be
ginning to dot Taylor county.
A little over a year ago Mr. VV.
A. Jarrell decided that to have a
more complete conservation on his
farm he needd a farm fish pond
With the assistance of the Soil
Conservation Service and AAA
farm fish pond program, Mr. Jar
rell now has an excellent fish
pond of approximately three acres
which is a source of pleasure and
food to his family and friends.
The supervisors of the Middle
Western Ocmulgee River Soil
Conservation District realize that
to make the best use of every acre
is the foundation of a sound farm
conservation program. They rec
ommend this and also furnish
technical assistance to the farm
er in the construction of his pond
and assist him in securing fish for
stocking pond.
Where a suitable site for a farm
fish pond exists, no better use can
be made of such land than to de
velop it for the production of an
ample supply of fish for the farm
family.
Fresh fish taken at any time
from a readily accessible farm
pond can form an important part
of the country diet. Hundreds of
farms of Taylor county have suit
able fish pond sites which, if
properly developed and managed
by farmers would provide both
pleasure and profitable returns to
farm people.
The Initial Stock of Fidh
The initial stock of fish, both
the kind and number, greatly in
fluences th.e success of a fish
pond. A successful fish pond
should provide good fishing with
in a year after it is stocked and
with proper care will continue to
do so year after year.
Bream, such as the blue gill, and
large-mouth bass are recommend
ed for farm ponds because this
combination is the simplest to
manage and will yield the most
pounds of usable fish. Some land-
owners like to include catfish,
crappie, and other kinds, but ex
perience has shown that mixing
these species with bream and
bass seldom improves the fishing.
Mr. Jarrell’s pond is stocked
with bream and bass approximate
ly a year old. Bream weighing al
most a half pound and bass of
approximately a year old- Bream
weighing almost a half pound and
bass of approximately a pound
have been caught out of this
pond.
Athletes Foot Itch
NOT HARD TO KILL
IN ONE HOUR
If not pleased, your 35c back at any
drug store. TE-OL, a STRONG fungi
cide, contains 90 per cnet alcohol. IT
PENETRATES. Reaches More germs to
KILL the Itch. Today at Porters
Pharmacy. Butler, Ga.
Georgia Peanut Crop
Is Now Threatened by
’Worst Invasion' of Worms
Moultrie, Aug. 25—Down in Col
quitt, one of the largest peanut
producing counties in the Georgia
belt, tractors equipped with lights
are being operated on a 24-hour
schedule.
During the day they are pulling
plows which lift Spanish peanut
vines from two rows at a time. At
night they are drawing machines
in fields of the runner variety and
dusting six rows as they pound
over the flat land at a speed of
10 to 12 miles an hour.
Cryolite is being used in the
hope of checking the worst inva
sion of peanut wodms ever seen in
th South Georgia producing area.
The use of 12 to 15 pounds an acre
has been rcommended by the ex
perts, but according to J. R- Me-
Corkle and several other growers
in the Moultrie area, that quanti
ty is not effective.
McCorkle has dusted a 20-acre
field of runner peanuts the second
time, using 20 pounds. Last Tues
day a plane sprayed 15 pounds of
Cryolite an acre on McCorkle’s pea
nuts, but the worms were killed in
only a “few small spots,” he said.
The pilot did a good job, the
farmer explained, bui aciaed “the
worms are either tougher this year
than they have been in former
seasons, or the poison is less po-
1 tent.” He based his opinion, he
said, on the experience of a neigh
bor who put 15 pounds of Cryolite
an acre with a dusting machine
with only “negligible results.”
McCorkle said a better job of
dusting can be done at night than
during the day, since the leaves
of the peanut vines are damp. The
cost of dusting is $1 an acre, but
the grower buys his own poison. A
tractor and a six-row dusting ma
chine can spray 100 acres in a
night, McCorkle said.
If heavier use of Cryolite does
not bring the worm under control,
a large number of farmers will
use DDT or calcium arsenate, de
spite the fact that this probably
, will result in the loss of the hay.
i They point out that the hay sells
fer only $14 a ton, while runner
' peanuts are worth about $160. As
| a matter of fact, unless the worms
I are brought under control, there
will be neither hay nor nuts. Tests
have shown that when DDT is
used on a couple of rows, by the
time the next two are reached the
worms on the vines of the first
will have died, W W. Hodges of
the County Agent’s office, said.
KNITTING COMPANY
BUYS NEW PROPERTY
Over Billion Dollars
Has Been Paid Vets
Who Are Unemployed
Washington, Aug. 25—Unem
ployment payments to veterans
under the “52-to” program passed
the $1,000,GOO,000 mark in July, the
Veterans Administration announc
es.
Payments in July amounted to
$135,546,855—an average of about
$34,000,000 a week—to increase to
$1,063,920,144 total payments made
since the program began in Sep
tember, 1944-
VA estimated that it will be
rjeessary to provide 3,000,000 jobsi
in the second half of 1946 to elimi
nate unemployment among vet
erans About 2,500,000 jobs would
be needed to bring the rate of un
employment among veteran to
that of non-veterans.
Since the readjustment allow
ance program went into effect—
$20 a week for a minimum of 52
weeks—some 4,900,000 veterans or
40 percent of the total number of
World War II veterans have ap
plied for allowances.
The average duration of a vet
eran’s stay on tht roils, VA said
is about 10 weeks. About half of
the claimants, it added, receive
benefits for less than 8 weeks.
In July, 1,720,270 were on VA’s
rolls, of these, VA estimated, one
million had been continuously on
the rolls for less than 10 weeks
and 1,450,000 for less than 20
weeks. This would leave approxi
mately 250,000, or one our oi every
seven, in the 20-or-more-weeks
classification.
The comparative unemployment
rate among veterans and other
males in the labor force has been
declining since the period of mass
demobilization but the veteran un
employment rate still is three
times that for other males, VA
said.
Reunion After 2(
Years Brings Mother
And Daughter Together
Macon, Aug. 24—After 26 years
of separation, a mother in France
and her daughter in Macon will
soon be reunited-
It is a fairy-tale story linking
World War I and World War II
that has come true now for Mrs.
J. P. Cheney of Macon.
A native of France, Mrs. Cheney
fell in love with an American sol
dier from Macon during World
War, I, married him, and crossed
the Atlantic Ocean to a new
home in Macon.
She has lived here ever since.
Her mother, still in Paris, corre
sponded regularly until the be
ginning of World War II. Then
things went wrong. No communi- :
cations. Paris fell. Mrs. Cheney j
could get no word from her old i
home at all, and was not even!
sure her mother had lived through
the bombings and battles.
When Camp Wheeler opened at
Macon Mrs- Cheney became a
hostess at the Macon Recreation
Center and confided her worries
to a little GI—“Don’t worry,” the
soldier told her, “when I get to
Paris I’ll find your mother for
you—and a year later, he did it.
By Mother’s Day Mrs. Cheney
had received a letter saying her
mother was safe and in good
health, still in Paris and anxious
to hear from the daughter in
America.
This year, with the war over,
Mrs. Cheney started seeking per
mission to visit her old home. And
now, in the second half of the
fairy tale that permission has
been granted. She will sail Sept,
from New York on the SS John
Ericson and will land at Le Havre
in time to reach Paris for her
mother’s 75th birthday celebration
The person who will take Mrs.
Cheney from Le Havre to Paris for
this first reunion after a quarter
of a century will be—yes, you
guessed it; the same GI who found
her mother during the war. He has
risen from a Camp Wheeler pri
vate to the rank of captain and is
now stationed at Le Havre, where
Mrs. Cheney will land when she
reaches Europe next month
NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
THE ARMY HAS A
GOOD JOB FOR YOU!
NON-COMMISSIONED GRADES NOW OFFERED
TO FORMER ARMY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALISTS
C^od jobs in non-commissioned grades are being
offered now by the Regular Army to qualified former servicemen!
Veterans discharged on or after May 12, 1945, who enlist
or reenlisl for 3 years may be enlisted in the non-commissioned
grade for which qualified, provided this grade is not higher
than that held at time of discharge, and provided that at least 6
months of former service was in one of 400 designated military
occupational specialties in which enlistment is now desired.
Important, interesting jobs are open in hundreds of skills
and trades in the Army, with splendid training and educational
advantages! These are in addition to free food, housing, cloth
ing, medical and dental care, low-cost insurance.
There’s adventure, travel, education, a secure and profitable
future in this vital, realistic profession. Get full details at your
nearest Army Recruiting Station.
7 ★
Highlights of Regular Army Enlistments
The body of a 73-year-old man
found in the Chattahoochee river
Friday morning has been identi
fied as that oif Lon Rackley. He
was identified by his daughter,
Mrs. Ethel Franklin.
1. Enlistments for l'/a, 2 or 3
years. ( 1-yeai enlistments permitted
for men now in the Army with 6 or
more months of service.)
2. Enlistment age from 18 to 34
years inclusive (17 with parents'
consent) except for men now in the
Army, who may reenlist at any age,
and former service men depending
on length of service.
3. A reenlistment bonus of $50
for each year of active service since
such bonus was last paid, or since
last entry into service, provided
reenlistment is within 3 months
after last honorable discharge.
4. A furlough for men who re
enlist within 20 days. Full details of
other furlough privileges can be ob
tained from Recruiting Officers.
5. Mustering-out pay (based upon
length of service) to all men who
are discharged to reenlist.
6. Option to retire at half pay
for the rest of your life after 20
years' service — increasing to three-
quarters pay after 30 years’ service.
All previous active federal military
service counts toward retirement.
7. GI Bill of Rights benefits aa-
tured for men who enlist on or before
October 5, 1946.
8. Choice of branch of service
and overseas theater (of those still
open) on 3-year enlistments.
NEW PAY SCALE
In Addition to Clothing, Food,
Lodging, Medical and Dontal
Caro.
★
In addition to pay shown at
right: 20% Increase for Service
Overseas. 50% If Member of
Flying or Glider Crews. 5% In
crease in Pay for Each 3 Years
of Service.
Listen to "Warriors of Peace,”
‘‘Voice of fixe Army," ‘‘Proudly
We Hail,” Mark Warnow's Army
Show, “Sound Off," ‘‘Harry Wia-
mer Sports Review," and "Spot-
light Bands" on your radio.
MONTHLY
RETIREMENT
Storting INCOME AFTER:
■ass Pay
Per 20 Years' 30 Taors*
Master Sergeant Mo " th Service Service
or First Sergeant £165.00 £107.25 £185.63
Technical Sergeant
135.00
87.75
151.8ft
Staff Sergeant .
115.00
74.75
129.3ft
Sergeant ....
100.00
65.00
112.50
Corporal . . .
90.00
58.50
101.23
Private First Clan .
80.00
52.00
90.00
Private ....
75.00
48.75
84.38
enlist now at your nearest Army Recruiting Station and "Make It a Mllllonl"
305 P. 0. Building Columbus, 6a.
WALKER’S
Grocery & Market
Matches
6 Boxes
1911 ANTO, 7JJC0 MILES BACK
OF IT. STEAMS INTO ATLANTA
PIANO TUNING
c. W. SMITH
Phone 497-W Thomaston, Ga.
SALES & SERVICE
209 E. Gordon Street
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28—Two be
spectacled Harvard students rode
through Atlanta yesterday morn
ing on the last lap of an 8,000-
mile journey. On their course
through town, they attracted a
good bit of attention—in fact, they
stopped traffic most of the time.
The lads, John Bacon, 23, of
Wellesley Hills, Mass-, and Robert
Merriam, 22, of Edgewood R. I.,
were driving a 1911 Locomobile
auto.
The car, with its ancient brass-
work gleaming and its 36-year-old
engine humming , made the trip
from Boston to Hollywood and back
to Atlanta—7,000 miles, including
stretches of desert and mountains.
“Sometimes we went as fast as
70 miles an hour,” said Bacon, “and
often passed the new cars on the
road.”
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Talbotton, Ga., Aug. 26—The
long-unoccupied factory building
formerly used by Southern Cotton
Oil Corporation was acquired Sat
urday by Foreman Dismukes, Co
lumbus, and his associates, and
work of remodeling started imme
diately to house the Talbotton
Knitting Company. I
The Knitting mills located here
several moths ago, and owners
found labor conditions so satisfac
tory that they purchased the larg
er quarters and plan to triple their
operations in the new space be
fore Jan. 1. I
PLENTY
BEEF and PORK
THIS WEEK
Griffin, Aug. 26—Approximately
800 Crompton-Highland mills em
ployes returned to their jobs Mon
day, thus ending a strike which
was called by the Textile Workers
Union of America (CIO) on April
18.
Officials of the union said that
their demands had not been met,
but that in view of a National La
bor Relations Board order Satur
day ordering the mills to “cease
and desist” from refusing to bar
gain collectively the workers were
ordered back to their machines.
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