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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIII. No. 80. SOIL CONSERVATION! jlf HASIZED BV AAA| r ' Th e proposed 1940 federal farm; urogram gives increased empha- JL on soil conservation and bet- L opportunities for participa- L bv small farmers, Homer S. Durden announced from Athens this week. . . Durden, state administrative officer of the AAA, who attend-) pH a recent Washington confer-; g nce where 1940 plans were out lined, this week told how the, proposed new program would af-1 feet Georgia. Recommendations adopted by the conference will form the ba sis for the drafting of specific provisions for the 1940 program, which will be issued later. "The 1940 farm program will continue next year almost the same as it has been this year,” Durden said. “Some important recommendations have been made but there will be no major changes in principles or provis ions. , , "As in 1939, there will be two different payments which farm ers may earn under the 1940 program. These are the conser vation payments, which are con tingent upon an appropriation by Congress, and the price ad justment payments.” An important recommendation affecting soil conservation, which Durden said should help small farmers take a greater part in the program, was that there be established a minimum soil building allowance of $2O per farm. Another important soil conservation recommendation is one that would allow farmers to earn up to $3O per acre for tree planting, in addition to the regu lar soil building allowance for the farm. Durden said the conference also recommended that the grant of aid program be continued in 1940 on a basis similar in most respects to that of 1939. Under this part of the program, farmers in some areas may receive lime, phosphate, and seeds for the carrying out of soil-building practices in lieu of payments. The distribution of these materials is to be tied in, wherever practica ble, with local commercial chan nels. It was also recommended that counties in the commercial pea nut producing area, which in cludes Georgia, having 300 acres or less of peanuts for market may be exempted from the com mercial area provisions as in 1939. ADDITIONAL PERSONALS Mr. David Crockett returned Sunday from Sea Island, Ga. where he spent a week. Mr, Harry Brown has been the guest of Mr. Billy Massee for the past ten days. Mrs. Sam Nunn entertained her Bridge club at her home luesday afternoon. Mrs. H. T. Beall came home luesday from a visit to he r| daughter, Mrs. Hubert Tucker, ln Ocilla. Mrs. Tucker and daughter, Dorothy, accompanied Mrs. Beall and will visit here fori several days, blaine Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Moore, underwent a tonsil operation Tuesday at a i lOS Pital. Elaine’s friends vni be glad to learn that she is recovering nicely. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Gilbert) the weekend in Atlantal I™ and Mrs. A. M. (Phil) I Anderson and attended the meet-1 Sc? Baptist World A1 ’' Mrs. L. E. McLester returned! uesday from West Palm Beach, I ja. where she spent several i onths with her son, Mr. Lee ‘Chester, and his family. Miss) T, or . , nse McLester. Macon,spent uesday here with her mother. f.% S ' Mayo Davis left Sunday tives °^ an ’ Aa ” re ‘ a ' Mm and Mrs. Cooper Ether u.;r Wl }i spend the weekend ro ? .err parents in Perry en- T t( ? Macon from St. Si hpin . and where they have n spending two weeks. I VAGRANTS By PAUL MUSE l j We may call them tramps, | vagabonds, idle loafers. They j are people who are healthy and able to work, but who drift and beg and live off the sweat and toil of others. They consume but never produce. They take but never give. They are dead- I heads, deadweights and dead- I beats, a bui’den on the communi |ty wherever they chance to be. [There are people like this every where. They are what they are through some tragic defect in | character, for it is at the base of character that the trouble lies— able to support themselves, but holding out a beggar’s hand, sponging on others. Frequently it is a problem to know what to do for and with this class. Some who appear in this roll are not professional beg gars, but unfortunates, hard hit and down and out under un toward circumstances. We hesi tate to refuse aid to any such lest we turn down some worthy person. The majority of this drifting class, however, are just drifting, doing nothing, living off of others. Their motto is, “The world owes me a living,” while they feel under no obliga tion to the world. There is another class of va grant. This class is not of the absolutely worthless kind, like those described. They work, make their own living, and are not a burden on the community where they chance to live. But their service is almost self ser vice. In the realm of moral ob ligation to help God keep the world going they are as vagrant as the tramp described above. They do nothing to preserve and carry on the high things and purposes for which Christ lived and died. In the matter of help ing support the worthy charities and other interests of the Church they do nothing. Or if you get them “in a corner” about such things, they “get by” by giving just as little as possible. The idea of sacrifice for the cause of Christ is as foreign to them as the idea of life on another planet. If the church and its institutions depended upon these such there would be no church. Yet these people “live and move and have their being in God.” They sponge on God. Moral vagrants that they are, they hold out beggar hands to take all that God has to give, but are never moved by good im pulses to give God anything. More for cold drinks than to help answer Christ’s charge, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every crea ture.” More for tobacco than to Christian Education. More for rouge and the like than to the support of the orphans. More for extravagant pleasures and luxuries than for the Kingdom of God. ELKO CHARGE NOTES The Third Quarterly confer ence for the Elko charge will be held at the Grovania Methodist church, Friday, Aug. 11. The District Superintendent, Rev. Silas Johnson, of Macon, will preach at the eleven o’clock hour ! that morning and the business I session will be held in the after noon. All members are urged to be present and visitors are welcome. Revival services at Andrew Chapel Methodist church will be gin Sunday morning, Aug. 6, at 11:30. Rev. Silas Johnson, Ma icon, district superintendent, will Ido the preaching. Services dur 'ing the week at 11 a. m. and 8:30 Jp. rn. Every one invited to at itend. „ Rev. W. J. Erwin, Pastor. I BARBECUE DINNER Mr. and Mrs.Z.D.Sharp of Ma con were hosts at a delightful I barbecue dinner Saturday at (noon at ther attractive summer home near Houston Lake. The seventy-five men present were friends of Mr. Sharp from Ma con, Perry, Kathleen, and Hous ton Lake. Mr. Watt Rainey has accepted a position in Hawkinsville, Ga. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1939 HIGHLIGHTS IN GEORGIA NEWS Georgia led all peanut produc ing states this year both in acre age and amount of increase over 1938. The state’s 1939 acreage was reported at 746,000 acres, compared with 691,000 acres last year, An increase of $65,181.88 in the collection of federal taxes in Georgia during the fiscal year ending June 30 was reported by Marion H. Allen, U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue. The year’s collections totaled $33,728,656.35 in the state, compared with $33,- 464.47 for the preceding twelve months. Word comes from Washing ton’s Bureau of Agricultural Economics that there is a good demand for Georgia honey. The total state peach crop is estimated at 5,524,000 bushels as compared with the 1938 crop of 5,320,000 bushels. Georgia tobacco shows heavy expansion in acreage, the in crease amounting to 19 percent —105,200 acres as compared with ' 88,200 last year. Plans are going forward for the fifty-third annual convention of the Georgia Press Association, to be held at Calhoun August 23- 26, and approximately 150 per , sons are expected to attend, ac cording to officials of the asso , ciation. For the first five months of - 1939 Georgia exports amounted to $6,839,956, compared with ■ a total of $6,480,204 for the ! same period last year. Imports ; during the period dropped from $4,703,695 to $3,-373,440. The July crop report issued by TENANT FARMERS MAY APPLY FOR U. S. LOANS Congress of the United States . has passed a bill known as the , Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act,) which appropriated certain mon ies to be used for the purpose of J making loans to farm tenants for j the purchase of land. Under this Act $25,000,000 was ; appropriated, to be used daring the fiscal year 1938-39. From this appropriation there are 11 farms in Houston county. These funds have been increased , from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 for the fiscal year 1939-40. | There will be a limited number of Houston county farmers who ( will receive loans from this fund during the fiscal year. Every [ tenant in Houston county, who is interested in owning land has an , opportunity to make application . for a loan. As stated above, „ there will be a limited number ' who receive benefits of this Act j during the fiscal year, but with ■ an increased appropriation from year to year, more people will have an opportunity to make such a loan. The fact that one makes ap plication does not mean that he will receive a loan; but it is a ■ fact if one fails to make applica tion, he certainly will not receive -a loan; therefore, every farm * tenant, who is interested in own ing a farm, should make applica -1 tion. Application blanks may be se -1 cured from the local Farm Su pervisor and from the County Agent’s office or by requesting s same from the office of the Farm Security Administration office, Fort Valley, Ga. All applications should be mail - ed to Harley W. Jones, Unit • Farm Supervisor, Fort Valley,Ga. ( VESPER SERVICE The Men’s Bible class was in charge of the program at the Vesper service at the Methodist church, Sunday evening. Talks were made by G. W. Rhodes and Rev, Paul Muse. Mrs. W. V. Bass sang a solo with Miss Jean j ) Brown as pianist. ; The Susannah Wesley class ; will present a program next Sun day evening at 7;30. Mrs. G. C. ; Nunn is teacher and Mrs. E. F, ’ Barfield, president of this class. Mr. and Mrs, B. H. Andrew, Jr. have as their guests her mother, Mrs. V. C. Hobbs, Haw [ kkinsville, and her sister, Mrs. 'R. P. Hearn, Orlando, Fla. the Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture shows the 1939 total crop acreage in Georgia is about the same as the acreage last year. The increas ed tobacco and peanut acreage is the principal change from the 1938 acreage reflected by this report. A new high peak was reached in the number of job placements made during June by the Geor gia State employment Service, it was reported. Almost 175,000 Georgians availed themselves of the facilities of the organization in that month. Atlanta’s fighting spirit has not diminished. On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Bat tle of Atlanta, the city last week won a decisive victory in the new Civil War provoked by the film ing of “Gone With the Wind.” The war department of Selznick International Studios assured the Atlanta forces that the world premiere of Margaret Mitchell’s story will be held in Atlanta,even if California has to be given back to Mexico. It all started when rumors were heard that New York, instead of Atlanta, would get the premiere. A report by t h e Interstate Commerce Commission puts the total of grade crossing fatalities for the last full year at 1,517, which was 358 fewer than in 1937, or a decline of more than 22 per cent. What accounts for the improvement? More careful driving, which has reduced street and highway accidents of all kinds, was one factor. Another and a highly important one was progress in the elimination of grade crossings. 13 NATIONAL FORESTS OF SOUTH DEVELOPED The thirteen National Forests of the South, containing nine i million acres of government own ! ed mountain and forest land, are 1 being developed so that all of I their resources, not just their ! natural beauty, will serve the : public. Mile after mile of forest covered slopes and plains stand as monuments to the forest fire fighting effectiveness of the thousands of CCC enrollees led by state and federal forest of ficers, Steel lookout towers atop a hundred peaks are the points of vantage from which fire guards keep constant vigil to protect the National Forests— the public’s forests---from their arch enemy—FlßE! Water is one of the most im portant natural resources. Forest covered slopes give rise to rivu iets that join to make creeks, that flow together to form rivers,that produce water power, bear com merce, and, in so many ways, contribute to the well being of mankind. Many cities are de pendent upon the regulated flow of water from forested areas for their domestic supply. Mature timber in National For ests is sold for use by local wood using industries. Forest rangers mark the trees that may be cut. A crop of young trees is always present. Selective logging is the term applied to this method of timber harvest. More than $600,- 000 worth of ripe timber was sold from Southern National For ests during the past year. The receipts were deposited in the U. S. Treasury, but a total of 35 percent of this amount and a like percent of all gross receipts from National Forests is return ed to the counties within which the forests are located tube used for public schools, roads and bridges. Wildlife is an important forest resource and within National Forests there is carried forward a game and fish conservation and propagation program. As areas become satisfactorily stocked, public hunting and fishing is al- J lowed. Administered by the U. S.For est Service, the National Forests differ from other areas of public land in that all natural resources are developed to be utilized by, and for the benefit of, the pub-j lie. Picnic areas, camp sites, j trails, roads, and lakes round out the National Forest program of the “greatest good for the largest number.” GARDEN GOSSIP By HUBERT B. OWENS j ’ Within the last decade the; Federal Government has lent considerable financial and techni cal assistance in the development of state parks and recreational areas in Georgia. At present we have eight state parks which are well distributed throughout the state, and the Forest Service has similar projects in various stages of development. In the years to come these parks with their beautiful scenery and recreation al facilities are destined to play an ever increasing role in the life of the people. The Andersonville Memorial Association, recently organized, should be of much interest to Georgians in view of the fact that it is seeking to enlist the participation of the Government in creating a unique type of park at Andersonville, Ga. It was* there during The War Between the States the Confederacy main tained a military prison, the scene of direst hardships and wretchedness. Some fourteen ; thousand Union Prisoners died 1 and were buried there. This brought forth raging abuse from the North and passionate de- 1 fense from the South. For many years the United States Government has main tained a national cemetery and park on this prison site. Some of the monuments which were erected b y various northern states in memory of their dead display inscriptions prompted more by after-war hatred than by actual historical fact. Those , familiar with the true story of the Andersonville prison realize the inaccuracy of some of the markers and its damaging effect on the South. They have long felt the need of some corrective markers giving a true statement. Thus after due contemplation and discussion on the part of many citizens in that section of 1 the state the Andersonville Me -1 morial Association came into be ing. This organization has dis ! tributed bulletins saying it is re questing the federal government to set up some markers, to be ; determined upon by an authentic - historical commission, to tell not only the true story of the An dersonville prison but also the background of the story, and 1 proposing that these markers be framed by a memorial garden of * heroic quality, as fine as any 1 garden in America, ' The group which is forwarding ’ this worthwhile project is indeed to be congratulated. Such a de velopment would not only be an appropriate memorial to the An dersonville of the Sixties but also a living symbol of peace and unification which now exists be ; tween the states. Andersonville, ■ • located about half way between Americus and Oglethorpe,is well , blest with good climate and soil for the growing of azaleas, ca mellias, magnolias and otherout standing ornamental trees and shrubs. It is a few miles south of the beautiful Fort Valley-Mon tezuma peach section. Such al memorial and garden on this pleasant middle Georgia highway will be an attraction in which we 1 can take great pride, LIBRARY NOTES For your summer reading a va riety of novels by popular au thors have been acquired. In cluded in this list are: Baldwin-Twenty-Four Hours a Day. Bower-Shadow Mountain. Brand--! Want You Myself. j Hancock-Nurse in White. HilL-Homing. } Norris-Bricks Without Straw. Pedler-No Armour Against Fate. Van Dine-Gracie Allen Mur-j der Case. There is also an added supply] of juvenile books. The children; are delighted with four little | chairs and a table donated for | them. Library hours Ip. m toj 6 p. m. Verneice Beavers, Librarian. Mrs.W.H. Walters and daugh ter, Emma Sue, Tifton, are vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ,!G. L. Slocumb, at Kathleen. ) Mrs. Stewart Bryan, of Kath ‘ileen, left Sunday for Chicago, ! 111. to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. L. i iDunn. ESTABLISHED 1870 {AGRICULTURE DEPT. I OF GA. DEBT FREE ( For the first time in years, the State Department of Agriculture is free of debt, has money on hand and can discount all its bills. The condition is in sharp contrast to conditions two and a half years ago when Columbus Roberts took the oath of office as Commissioner of Agriculture and found that debts of the depart ment totalled $82,509.29. Most of these obligations were incurred in. establishing the Farm Market System, which then earned virtually nominal profits, Since that date, Commissioner Roberts has paid off the debts in full. $52,509.29 came from sav ings effected within the Depart ment. $31,000 came from a re fund of part of the Department's contribution to the Stabilization Fund, In addition, the Department of Agriculture now receives, for the first time in many years, no grant from the general fund, but operates exclusively upon fees for services performed, a re markable example of the appli cation of business methods to public affairs. FARMERS URGED TO ORDER LEGUME SEED With an increased use of win ter legume seed predicted for Georgia, County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks this week advised Houston county farmers to place orders early for seed they desire to obtain under the new grant of-aid plan of the Agricultural Conservation Program. Under the grant-of-aid plan, farmers may receive winter le gume seed without any outlay of cash, excepting handling charges after delivery in the county. De ductions for the seed will be made from Class II payments next year, and in this way farm ers may.receive benefits of soil building practices before paying for them. Last year 14 Georgia counties inaugurated the grant-of-aid plan for winter legume seed with tremendous success. These coun ties ordered 1,011,000 pounds of Austrian winter peas and vetch seed as grant-of-aid, and indi cated they could use more if ob* tained on the same basis. County Agent Middlebrooks said out of Georgia’s 159 coun ties, the 14 sharing in the grant ff aid project last year had 33 oercent of the total increase which occurred in the state, or approximately 1-11 of the coun ties experienced 1-3 of the gain [m increased winter legume seed plantings. “In 1938 Georgia farmers qualified for approximately $2,- 000,000 in payments for perform ing soil-building practices under the Agricultural Conservation program,” he said. “This year 20 percent more cash is expected ito be earned by them and, of course, additional land will bene fit from the adoption of soil con serving practices.” A recent survey of 93 Georgia counties indicated they could use 7,646,200 pounds of winter le gume seed under the grant-of aid, To avoid any delay in de livery of the seed, local farmers are being asked to place their orders promptly with the county agent. BAPTIST CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday Preaching Services, 111:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. [ Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed | nesday, 8:30 p. m. Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. The church welcomes you to | its services. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. ! PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Perry Church Sunday School-10:15 a. m. Worship Service-11:30 a. m. Clinchficld Sunday School-3:00 p. m. Worship Service-8;30 p. m. Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor. Carlton Pierce, Jr. spent sev eral days this week with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Baird, in Macon.