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F. S. A. Families
Can Vegetables
Georgia’s IB,787 active FSA fam
ilies last year canned 4.594,224
quarts of fruits, vegetables and
meats, or an average of 216 quarts
per family, Miss Ruby Thompson,
associate state director of the Farm
Security Administration in charge
of home management, announces
from Athens.
The 1940 figure represents an
Increase of 1,335,376 quarts over
the 1939 total of 3,258,848, Miss
Thompson pointed out, and attri
butes the gain in food preservation
to purchase of more pressure cook
ers by FSA borrowers and increas
ed garden and truck crop acreage.
In addition to canning, the FSA
families turned their attention to
the drying of fruits and vegetables
with 1,843,806 pounds of vegeta
bles and 134,892 pounds of fruits
being dried and stored away for
future use.
According to Miss Thompson 7,-
871 families reached the family
canning plan last year, and 3.275
families reached the standard can
ning plan of 85 quarts per person,
the number arbitrarily set by the
Agricultural Extension Sendee.
Also, the associate director said,
there were 8,082 pressure cookers
purchased by FSA borrowers last
year which, together with the 6 ^-
136 families who already own one,
brings to 14.218 the number of
cookers among FSA families. Dur
ing 1940 FSA borrowers purchased
$100,443 worth of canning equip
* ment such as jars, lids, pots, pans,
and rubbers that were used direct
ly in their food preservation pro
gram.
Of the 1941 outlook, Miss
Thompson said, “Farm and home
plans reveal additional canning
equipment is being purchased this
year and families are buying gar
den seed cooperatively. I hope that
FSA families will qualify for the
AAA benefits in the gardening pro.
gram. Encouraging to me is the in
creased wheat acreage FSA bor
rowers are planting.
“Our home management super
visors are advocating the use of a
handmill for grinding whole-wheat
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FARM NOTES
CUCUMBER STRIPS—Peel cu
cumber and cut in half; remove
seeds and cut solid portion into
strips, Wrap in a damp cloth and
chill an hour before serving.
ONION RINGS—Select large,
mild onions. Cut in siices cross
wise and place in ice water. When
well chilled loosen rings with a
fork and drain well.
RADISH FANS Select fum,
rather large radishes. With a shai p
knife cut thin slices crosswise a -
most through the radish. Chill in :
lce water and as they chill the
slices spread, fan shaped.
RADISH ROSES—Select firm,
round radishes. Cut tops off leav
ing about 1 inch of stem on each.
Cut a thin slice from the root end.
With a sharp knife, cut uniform
thin strips of the red peel almost
through to the stems. Place radish
es in ice water; as they chill, the
peel will curl back like petals.
VEGETABLE GARNISHES
CARROT • STRAWS — Scrape
tender young carrots and cut in
quarters and then in smaller strips,
about three inches long. Place on
a plate, cover with damp cloth,
and chill for an hour before serv
ing.
Thinning experiments conducted
over a period of years show that
^ of ^ "with"two
Malks to
each hill, give the highest yields
on the better soils of Georgia.
During a century, 1840 to 1940,
the average fleece weights of
sheep sheared in the United States
increased from two pounds to
eight pounds.
Kudzu makes good quality hay
when cut at any time.
flour, peanut butter, and grits or
cereals from wheat and com, whicn
will contribute to better health for
the families. Also, a greater quan
tity of peanuts, peas and beans
will be harvested for family use,
and if the gardens are good this
year food preservation should
reach a new high for FSA families
in 1941.”
THE COVINGTON NEWS
M' ASHING! ON
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Some of those who heard Sidney
Hillman using figures to “prove” to
the House Judiciary Committee
that the defense industry strike
situation is “all right” wondered if
he knew the following story:
A social - minded newspaper
pud ii s b er decided to have a sta-1
mistical s tudy made of housing fa-{
c jjitjes in a large city to see how \
jj v j n g accomodations could be im
proved. He wired a statistician out
lining the study, offering $1,500 for
the job, and asking a telegraphed
reply, The statistician wired back:
“Offer aepepted. What do you I
want the figures to prove?”
Those who recalled that story
were not indicting all statisticians,
nor accusing Hillman of distorting
figures or of misinforming the j
committee.
Some of them remembered, at
the same time, that Hillman is still ]
drawing his salary as head of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
and that his statistician is Isedore
Lubin, who probably is as fair as
any other figure-fiddler in govern
ment service but who has worked
closely with labor for years and
now draws his pay from the De
partment of Labor.
The day Hillman testified that
labor had a “remarkable record”
20 defense industries were tied up j
by strikes. The day before there |
were only 18; the week before, 10 ;
and a month before only 6 . Some
thing caused the increase in num
bers. Hillman did not say What.
However strong his intention to
be honest, Hillman did a peculiar
thing with his figures, through
omission or oversight He showed
that the man-days of work lost in
defense industries in 1940 were on
ly a small percentage of man-days
worked.
But he didn’t tell the committee
how those percentages for 19401
compared with percentages for
1939. Nor did he say how many j
days of lost work the percentages
actually represented.
The committee was never able to
establish very clearly, either, what
effect the actual strikes had on re
lated industries. For example, the
day after Hillman testified, several
automobile companies who have
defense contracts prepared to shut ■
down because a strike kept anoth
er company from turning out ne
cessary automobile wheels.
New Washington Wisecrack:
“People used to talk about the
government's blank checks; now
they know they are blank notes, on
which money is paid out now and
will be collected (in taxes) later.
How much later? Much later.”
The first special investigation of
defense is about to begin. It is
under the chairmanship of Senator
Truman of Missouri, who com
lains that his state has not had its
share of defense business.
Doubtless government officers
who placed the contracts will ex
plain to Truman. But their private
explanation up to now is that there
just weren’t many plants in Mis
souri with equipment needed to
turn out tanks or airplanes or
bombs or rifles. Since it would take
too long to build them, the gov
ernment has placed its contracts
where the facilities already exist.
If Truman expects to find (he
doesn’t say that he does) evidence
of “profiteering” on defense con
tracts, he is in for a surprise too.
Assistant Secretary Patterson of
the War Department told a House
Military committee that profits on
his department's munitions pur
chases were far below permissable
maxima.
Now Rep. Vinson of Georgia tells
the House that the Navy has a
remarkable record in its Bureau of
Yards and Docks. In 1939, that
Bureau could grant fees amounting
U 10 per cent; in three contracts
totalling $54,900,000, the average
fee was 5.72 per cent. In 1940 the
law allowed 6 per cent, but $350,-
800,000 worth of contracts carried j
fees of only 4.57 per cent.
The Navy Bureau deserves com
mendation—and the men who
took the contr acts could hardly be
described as “profiteers.”
New Speed Record: The House
took only 16 minutes to pass 17 5
bills.
HOLtSE GROUP SAYS
Georgia will continue to go along
without legalized horse or dog !
racing if a House Judiciary Com- j
mittee's report is followed in the
final voting. The commitee voted,
16 7, bring in adverse 1
to to an
report. The proposed legislation
contains a “local option clause: J
would permit pari-mutuel betting,
and divide a portion of the revenue
among all counties, whether they
legalized racing or not.
Opponents described it as “an
other gambling bill,” while pro
ponents pointed to the premissive
nature of the bill and the local
option clause and read a telegram
from the president of the Senate
of Maryland, who was prevented
from coming to Atlanta because of
an automobile accident. He urged
favorable action. A large delega
tion of ministers joined members of
the House in opposing the measure, j
Spiritual
Meditations
A WEARY WORLD
Mulitudes today are trudging
along through life with broken
hearts, guilty consciences and bur
dened souls. It is a tired and wearv
world and sin is to blame. The
feet of those who transgress God’s
laws and commandments are tired
and weary, for “the way of trans
gressors i« hard.” (Prov. 13:15).
Millions serve sin and the devil
only to find that it worries and
wears life out, sending unknown
numbers to the grave and the
judgement ahead of time, for they
would live much longer if they
would serve and worship God. Oh,
the disappointments there are in
sin! The enemy offers many things
to entice men to follow him, but
his enticements only entangle and
ensnare the lives and souls of men.
They always lead wrong and end
at the wrong place. The devil has
nothing to offer that is worth
while. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Many of the things that he of
fers may appear good. It may glit
ter like gold, but it is counterfeit.
He only offers evil and the core
and heart of every evil thing, how
ever good it may seem, is corrupt.
It is never sound. As mankind run
after the evils of the world, trudge
the broad road to hell, or glide ov
er it as they sometimes do, It will j
ultimately bring on heartaches and
woe, remorse and disappointments
that are bitter, and worries that
tire the very heart, mind, soul and
spirit.
Yes, this is a weary world. There
are many things to meet and con- j
tend with: so many adverse condi- |
tions and circumstances that men
f ace ; so much that is unpleasant;
so many hard and perplexing prob
lems; so many foes to the body
and mind; so much to hurt us men
tally, morally and spiritually.
There is danger at every turn of
the road—even in every step.
Clouds gather and darkness pre
vails in the lives of millions of our
fellowbeings. Tempests rage and
billows roll. Burdens increase and
sighs are many. Life is a great
battle and it denends upon the side
we are on and for whom we are
fighting, as to the outcome and
t he reward,
It is great and sublime to be on
fhe right side. This, of course, is
to be on God's side. There’s victory
ahead. Life eternal awaits the
pilgrim of the cross, the soldier
0 f the cross of righteousness. There
is a home that is sweet and a
crown that is glorious at the end
of the way. The heavenly reward
is enough to inspire every Chris
tian on earth to war a good war
fare, to be true and faithful until
the last battle is fought and until
calls His soldiers home.
To be on the wrong side of life’s
devil’s side—is to be
the side of defeat here and
There is no glorious sue- i
and victory in wrong. It only !
heartaches, disappoint - 1
defeat and damnation, j
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GROWING UP . . . Recognize this
young lady? It’s Shirley Temple, in
new role as guest of honor at Cali
fornia Military Academy cotillion,
with Cadet Sergeant Thomas Spear,
rated handsomest of the school’s 225
boys, as her escort.
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MAGNESIUM FOR DEFENSE , . . Applying “know-how” acquired
in peacetime years, magnesium fabricating industry has gone into
high gear to meet sudden defense demand. Here’s typical scene
in American- Magnesium corporation plant at Cleveland. With its
castings output already stepped up to 20 times normal demand,
firm announced purchase of four new plant buildings at Bridge
port, Conn., for still further expansion.
Wrong will never bring anyone
out right. Then wrpnkdoer, sinner,
transgressor, why not turn to God?
This is your only hope. Haven’t you
had enough of evil and sin? Are
you not satisfied that it doesn’t
pay? Are not your feet weary and
is not your heart sick? If you are
tired of evil, sin and wickedness,
why not turn to Jesus? He says,
“Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and I wall
give you rest.” (Matt. 11:28). The
invitation is coupled with a glor
ious promise. The invitation is
“Come,” the promise is “Rest.”
Your part is to come to Him and
His part is to give you rest.
God has rest for the sinner who
will come and for the Christian
who will obey. A true Christian, as
he gives himself in service, may
get tired in the way, but not of the
way. The way heavenward is sweet
and blessed, but in bearing crosses,
fighting battles for right and
against wrong, enduring persecu
tion, going through tests and trials,
earnestly contending for the faith,
we get weary in our bodies, but
even then our soul can find a
sweet rest in Jesus. It is so sweet
and restful to sit at His precious
feet. He will comfort our poor
hearts and give rest to our souls.
He is a ‘very present help in trou
ble.” O weary world come to our
Christ! He will give you rest,
peace, joy and everlasting life.
Come while you have time and op
portunity. Tomorrow may be too
late.
Sunday Pleasures
Sunday amusement laws are
batting .500 so far in the Georgia
Legislature.
Following passage by both hous
es to legalize Sunday baseball and
football in At.anta, the Senate de
feated by a narrow margin a bill
to legalize the operation of motion
pictures Sunday _ , in • those .. com
on
mumties where 25 per cent of the
registered voters asked for such
operation through a, signed peti
tion. A roll call vote disclosed that
ten senators were absent and the
measure lacked only four ballots
P ass '
The successful Sunday amuse
ment measure, sponsored by the
Fulton delegation in the Honan.
provides for legalizing certain out
door amusements in counties of
more than 200,900 population be
tween the hours of 1 p. m. and 6
p, m. Baseball and football are
mentioned specifically in the mea
sure and there is a provision that
admission may be charged.
Sunday baseball has been played
in Atlanta for the past several
years, with a portion of the pro
eeeds going to charity. In fact, the
Atlanta Crackers have been im
proving the schedule each year
with more week-end games for the
benefit of out-of-town tans. For
instance, the schedule this year
calls for twenty-two Sunday
games, including ten Sunday dou
according to Earl
Mann, president. These, together \
ten Saturday games, give
baseball fans a total of I
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In the State)
4-H Work Yields
Fun and Profits
For Georgia Girl
Annie Frances Harris of Madi
son County, joined the local 4-H
club in November 1936 at the age
of ten, because she thought it was
a wise thin gto do. And today she
; Is glad of the fact, for during the
time she has won five medals, a
! gold watch, and over $66 in cash
| prizes on her club projects.
The first year she completed all
I the requirements in the clothing
I project and took first place in the
county style revue. That netted her
j a blue ribbon, a medal, and 75
[ j cents—a good start for a beginner, the
she figured. Then came sec
| ond cookery, year. home Annie improvement, Frances added gar
] dening and canning to her cloth
! ing project, and won prizes on all
: of them. Her clothing exhibit was
1 awarded first place of $5 at the
: state fair in Macon, and her excel
j lence in canning netted her a $30
second-place state prize.
Her third year was equally as
successful, although she didn’t win
quite as much prize money. During
the fourth year—that was 1940—
the number of times her projects
won places in county and district
fairs increased considerably. For
the last three years, she has taken
first in the clothing exhibit at the
state fair. Annie Frances was one
of the four girls who received gold
watches in the ast year’s gardening
and canning project.
This Madison county 4-H girl is
certain that the experience receiv
ed in her. projects will enable her
to become a better homemaker.
Then too, all that prize money has
meant much, not to mention the
leadership training she has receiv
i ed while holding offices in the
| local council. 4-H club and the she county has bal- 4-H
j At present a
I ance of $70 in the bank, which all
J goes to prove, Annie Frances as
j sorts, well that pleasant. 4-H work is profitable
as as
Tribute
Miss Florinda Jane Harvey
passed to her reward Tuesday
morning, Feb. 11th, 1941, at 6:00
o’clock following an illness of a
few days.
Miss Harvey was born and
I reared in the Rocky Plains com
I munity. She was in her 80th year,
and the daughter of the late James
Samuel Harvey and Mary Eliza
both Stewart Harvey, and grand
| daughter of the late J. S. Harvey
j and Jane Penny Aiken Harvey,
j Her father died during the war
j between the states and was buried
at Point Lookuot, Va. Miss Harvey
was the only child. Her mother
preceded her to the grave July 24,
1924. She united with Hopewell
Frebyterian church in her youth
and was a regular attendant on
services as long as her health per
mitted. She loved her Lord and
her Bible* was her daily compan
ion unil Several months ago her
eye J sight failed her. She was in
terested in the church and its work
until the end came. She was
loved and admired by all who
j knew her.
J She has received the welcome
from her Lord “well done, thou
good and faithful servant; enter
thou into the joys of thy Lord.”
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. The pastor, Rev. T. P. Hor
ger, conducted the service. Burial
was made in Hopewell cemetery,
Pall-bearers were: Messrs. Don
Weldon, Charles Fisher, J. F.
Hearn, John Stewart, Roy Stewart
and Harry Stewart.
We extend our heartfelt sympa
thy to her loved ones and com
mend them to Him who doeth al!
things well.
Rocky Plains Community.
thirty-two week-end games at
Ponce De Leon Park.
The The fight tight against against the tne Sunday aunmy ,
movie bill was led by Senate
, MeGehee, of Talbotton, who cried ;
QUt - agamst amending one of the
| „ Ten Commandments.” During his :
j tallc be was opposed by Senator j
g < j war{ i S) 0 f Valdosta, who argued
mov i es on Sunday “afforded j
entertainment for the poor man
and did not interfere with his
worship.” The present statute per
mits motion pict ures to operate on
^ ,, nlv w h Pn a ch7ty nortion of
goe. t.
PREPARING FOR POTATOES j
Plow land to a medium depth,
harrow thoroughly and list or bed
a week or so before planting time
for sweet potatoes, says Elmo
Ragsdale, Extension horticulturist.
The tops of these beds or lists
j should be smoothed off to destroy
germinating grass and weeds and
j sm(>0 th them for the planting
j slips a fertilizer analyzing
a k ou t 4 percent nitrogen, 8 or 9
percent phosphoric acid and 10 to
42 percent potash should be used
before planting at the rate of about
goo m goo pounds per acre. Plants
should be set about 14 to 16 inches
in the row, and rows should 1
be about 3 feet apart. Plans should
be watered if the '
as set, ground is
dry.
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HOPPE ON TOP . . . Willie
Hoppe, 53, who has been
winning billiard titles since
1906, shown with world
three-cushion trophy he won
in Chicago only few weeks
after being critically ill of
pneumonia. He beat Jake
Schaefer in final match.
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Stewart Says
i Is Doctoring Trade?
Trial of A. M. A.
May Settle Point
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Central Press
IS DOCTORING a trade, a pro
fession or a business 7
If it's a trade it appears that the
American Medical association, a
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isolation against monopolistic prac
tices doesn't apply to trade unions.
So, if the medicating and surgical
craft is a trade, the accused docs
can't very well be found guilty, be
cause the assumption is that the
A. M. A. is a union rather than a
professional or commercial organ
ization.
But if the docs are professionals
or businessmen, not mare skilled
laborers, and if it’s proved that
they really have tried to smother
j competition, then they're liable to
be socked under the Sherman act.
John Henry Lewin, as a special
assistant attorney general, is push
ing the prosecution for the federal
justice department, but the depart
ment launched the case at the be
hest of what's known as the Group
Health association. It's a co-oper
ative outfit created about three
years ago by a combination of fed
eral employes, with a view to get
ting themselves doctored at their
joint expense whenever they need
ed doctoring. The group's members
i ante regularly into a common pot
j and the docs are paid out of it.
j A. M. A. Versus G. H. A.
Prosecutor Lewin's story is that
the A, M. A., scenting prospective
competition, began fighting the
G. H. A. before it ever succeeded in
getting into full operation. Never
theless, the latter finally perfected
j j capital. itself and Also, opened when a clinic in the
a group mem
ber committed himself to the care
of a non-G. H. A. hospital he want
ed a G. H. A. doctor to attend him
! there.
Thereupon, says Prosecutor Lew
, in, A. M. A. docs began warning
| their kind of hospitals not to al
low G. H. A. docs on their premises,
Furthermore it’s charged that,
when a G. H. A. doc occasionally
j needed help or advice from some
A. M. A. specialist, the A. M. A.
practitioner sabotaged the patient
by delay or deliberate bungling.
The A. M. A.'* version is that its
docs don't like to associate with
the G. H. A.’s because the group’s
bunch are punk as doctors. It main
.tains further that the G. H. A. pian
j involves the socialisation of medi
| cine and surgery, and a decided
lowering of their present standard,
j R isn’t solely – Washington row,
j either. The A. M. A.’s scope is na
tl ° naI and th « G. H. A. is spreading
all over the country.
I The indicted physicians (yes, It’s
j R criminal trial, for conspiracy) in
cludes Genera] Manager Olin West
I of the American Medical associa
tion, Editor Morris Fishbein of its
official journal, and a lot of Chica
goans as well as Washingtonians,
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j Long Trial Foreseen
The trial’s due to take weeks in
| the District of Columbia court and
j after that the case will be appealed,
j of course.
To begin with, if the prosecu
j tions , successful, it will have to
j prove that the accused docs really
did conspire. Then, if they did, the
defense’s contention will be that
they didn't conspire to do anything
unlawful.
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A. M. A. , s business setup is
Standard like the
Oil company or some
SU£, h corporation. Perhaps they did
if they’re professionals; that issue
hasn't yet been ruled on. But they
* f they’re a trade union; not
Us L’oHfv J y l**- decision in pat what’s 0n
* known thc Hutcheson
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That was a ruckus between two l "°
rival unions of carpenlerg union
The aggrieved argued that
the other union had constituted irt
self a monopoly, in violation of
anti-restraint-of-trade legislation
Well, the supreme court held that
while suc h legislation is in the fed
eral statute book all right, it isn’t
appl ‘^ abl « to trad « un ‘°ns.
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The A Company basket-ball
4 team = at * Oxford, ^
fessor coached by Pro
W. A. Carlton defeated R !
Company last. Wednesday after- j
noon by the sc °re of 5 to 33 to
close the intra -mural program and !
to .
emerge the Champions for the
1941 season.
In the regular program of the
season each company i
games. The p ayed ei h ,
given below record of each team is
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Thursday, v
couple of its af
filiates, five of
its officers and
15 of its rank
and-file mem
bers, noiv on
trial in Wash
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charges of hav
ing violated the
Sherman anti
trust law, can’t
be convicted.
According to
the United
States supreme
court, with a
dissenting opin
ion or two,
Livingston //^
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