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VOL. LXVIX. No. 32.
HOUSTON FARM TOUR
TO BE HELD TO-DAY
r ver y farmer and business
man of Houston County are cor
jj-Hv invited to participate in a
farm tour of the county this
Thursday, August 8. The tour
will begin at 9:30 a, m.. leaving
from Ferry. .
This route or its proximity will
be followed:
Gilbert Bros., R. E. Jackson,
j E Eason, W. R. Richardson
(Poole Place),J. T. Lewis, E.
g Lewis, C. E. Pyles, W. G.
Gray.S. A. Nunn, Charlie White-
Barbecue Lunch at
Houston Lake about 1 p. m.
Leaving at 2 p. m. -L. B.
Moodv, Herman Watson, W. N.
Johnson, H. F. Rape,Cliff Shur
lev Dan Gunn, George E, Hatch
er/ Jr., Floyd Tabor, C. B.
Swearengen, B. H. Fretwell, L.
M. NeSmith, P. B. Horton. T.
L. Warren: back to Perry about
6:30 p. m.
You will see corn on this tour
that will produce 80 to 100 bush
els per acre and some cotton that
will be well up in the bale per
acre class barring boll weevil de
struction.
Begin making your plans now
to join this tour and see your
county. If you do not have a car
meet me at my office by 9 a. m.,
and we will get you a seat with
someone.
W. T. Middlebrooks,
County Agent,
iSsTWIS. MEETING
The Methodist W. M, S. met
at the church Monday p. m. The
president, Mrs. G. W. Hicks,
presided and brought the devo
tional message.
Circles will meet as follows:
No. 1, Monday at 4:30 p. m. with
Mrs, H. P, Chapman: No. 2,
same time, with Mrs. Vernon
Tuggle. No 3 will not meet un
til August 19.
Mrs. W. V. Tuggle had charge
of a spiritual life study.
BRIEF FARM NOTES
Georgia’s 1941 automobile tag
is stream-lined, A recent preview
revealed it is another license plate
advertising “the Peach State,”
but with a peach that does cred
it to the state’s delicious fruit.
Numerals are yellow on a blue
background with the peach in
natural color. Letters and nu
merals are spread with a special
paint that illuminates them at
night.
The number of farms served
by electricity in the United
States increased more than 98
percent from 1932 to 1938. Over
1.400.000 farms had available
electricity in 1938.
Georgia’s rural housing pro
gram is moving forward. With
the allocation last week of $l,-
500.000 by the Federal Govern
ment for the construction of low
cost farm dwellings in this state,
Georgia’s program for large
scale elimination of sub-standard
farm homes, became assured.
By employing proper methods
of conserving and developing
wildlife on Georgia farms, there
will be more useful birds to de
stroy harmful insects, more
animals and fish to supply meat
for the home table, and more
furs for the market.
Terraced pasture land conserves
lj °th water and soil.
kiwanis club meets
Perry Kiwanis Club had a
talk by Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pres
. tenan pastor, at the luncheon
meeting Tuesday. Rev. Mr. Boyd
xplained several seeming dis
crepancies in the Bible.
Bradley, of Montgom
,,.l ’ . a - twelve year old boy
f .u n ° r F 5 a member of a junior
o c |l 01r > sang several solos.
• A - Nunn, president, presid
frorn 3 .’ ee k has returned
her Un l wee L’s vacation with
van ,W. er ' Mr s. E. O. Sulli
nah Sullivan at Savan
n *nd Tybee Beach.
Houston Home Journal
/PERRY LIBRARY HAS
1 LARGE CIRCULATION
r : . 1
i The Perry Public Library had
the largest circulation in its his
i tory during the month of July.
. This circulation was 1,549 which
i was 75 per cent greater than a
s year ago.
The library has had a steady
; growth since its establishment in
February, 1939, as a joint City,
1 Kiwanis Club, and W. P. A.
project.
. The marvelous success of the
i library is due largely to the ef
forts of Mrs. J. L. Beavers, li
brarian, who is an experienced
and capable worker. Rev. J. A.
Ivey, chmn. of the Library board,
, has contributed a large part in
the progress of the library.
New book cases have been
added recently and new books
are received every week by the
library.
Among readers there is a grow
ing demand for non-fiction which
is an indication that the founda
tion for a better library is being
laid.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i ~
Church School 10:15 a. m.
The Men’s Class begins an At
tendance Campaign Sunday
morning. Men, not attending
elsewhere, are cordially invited
to attend.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Sub
ject--“ 0 be ye Reconciled to
God.”
Epworth League now meets at
7:00 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:30 p. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Sub
ject-“ The Godly People and
their God.”
Prayer Service Wed n e s day
8:30 p, m.
The last talk of the series
“ The Christian’s Secret of a
Happy Life.” Subject--“T h e
Life on Wings,”
HUNTER HURST HERE
First Lieut. Hunter Hurst of
the U. S. Marine Corps is here
for a three weeks’ visit while on
leave before being transferred to
Parris Island, S, C. He is with
his grand-mother, Mrs. S. T.
Hurst, here. He is also visitincr
in Fort Valley and Macon.
Lieutenant Hurst formerly
was stationed on the U. S. S.
New Mexico with base at San
Diego, Calif. He is a graduate
of Mercer University.
fIODITIDNAL PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pate Wim
berly of Atlanta, announce the
i birth of a son, Joe Pate Wimber
ly Jr., on Sunday, Aug. 4. Mrs,
Wimberly was Miss Jennie Lee
Duncan of Perry before her mar
riage.
Rev, J. A. Ivey will leave next
Tuesday on his vacation which
|he will spend in Hillcrest, N. C.
Miss Catherine Hickson left
Tuesday for Ocala, Fla. to visit
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewett Tucker
and family are on a trip to Flor
ida this week.
Dr. and Mrs. Allen Cutts and
daughter, Sarah Hazel, of Jack
sonville, Fla. are spending a few
days with Mrs. Sam Hurst.
Miss Jule Hurst of Charlotte,
| N. C. arrived Wednesday to visit
her grand-mother, Mrs. Hurst
and aunt, Mrs, Alva Davis and
s 1 Mr. Davis.
Sunbeams will meet at the
| Baptist Church Monday atsp. m.
( Miss Evelvn Hunt is visiting
j Mrs. Waller in Ocala, Fla.
l i Miss Evelyn Young, of Jack
sonville, Fla., is visiting rela
j I tives here and at Powersville.Ga.
. i Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Gray re-
I turned Wednesday from a trip to
• 1 Clayton, Ga. where they spent
'! several days last week and to
- j Ashland, Ala. and Montford,
.lAla. where they visited this
-1 week. They took a trip into the
! North Carolina mountains last
| week, also.
1 j Miss Betty Goss, of Atlanta,
i is the guest of Miss Hilda Gray.
- Miss Gray complimented her
- visitor with a picnic at Houston
[Lake Wednesday.
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUSTS, 1940
STOCKER EXPERT ON
EXPORT PROBLEMS
A. R. Stocker, Ford dealer of
Perry, has returned home from
a trip to the East, where he con
ferred with various export in
terests on Latin-American busi
ness problems. ,
Mr. Stocker is considered one
of the best informed men in the
United States on methods of
dealing with Spanish-speaking
peoples and his services were
demanded by various former as
sociates and by old business
friends, now that the South
American nations have develop
ed greater importance in Ameri
can business and diplomacy,
Mr. Stocker came to Culloden
in 1933, purchased the old Ruth
erford home which had belonged
to his mother’s people, and re
built it into a comfortable coun
try home. Last year he acquir
ed the Ford agency in Perry,
which he operates personally.
Upon his return, Mr. Stocker
said he had discussed various
export problems with friends
and old business associates and
that he had received suggestions
that he re-enter the internation
al business world so as to help
further the present policy of
cultivating new business rela
tionships with South American
countries.
Mr. Stocker’s background and
business training fit him for
strategic work in cultivating
good will of Spanish-speaking
peoples.
In school, he studied foreign
languages, specializing in Span
ish. His first real job was as
manager of a company in Mexi
co which sold hardware, mining
and agricultural implements.
He resigned that job to ac
cept a position with the Ford
Motor Company and because of
his knowledge of Spanish was
sent to Barcelona, Spain, where
he was assistant manager of the
Ford assembly plant for seven
years.
Leaving Spain to accept an as
signment as boss of a big new
Ford manufacturing plant in
Germany, he remained there un
til 1933, when the rapidly-chang
ing political picture in Germany
caused him to return to the
United States.
Before accepting an offer from
the United Aircraft, he came to
Middle Georgia and bought and
rebuilt the old Rutherford home
as “a sort of anchor for old age
and as a permanent home for
the family.”
United Aircraft Exports Cor
poration assigned him to its Lat
in-American interests and later
promoted him to a vice presi
dency. After three years with
United, he resigned to return to
the peace and quiet of his Mid
dle Georgia home, where he con
sidered plans for opening a busi
ness of his own. Those plans
developed into opening of the
Ford agency at Perry last year.
Mr. Stocker, on his trip East,
saw many of his old associates
in aviation as well as numerous
friends in Washington, and he is
considering further co-operation
with them.-Macon Telegraph.
Sweet potatoes are a source of
cash income for many Georgia
farmers.
Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Chrstian
of St. Marys, Ga. arrived Wed
nesday to visit here until Friday
when they will leave for Bre
vard, N. C, to spend several
weeks. His mother, Mrs. T. M.
Christian, and sister, Mrs. L. F.
Cater will accompany them to
Brevard where they will spend
some time.
Mrs. A. H. Lawler and Mrs.
L. R. Eden had as their guests
for the week-end Mr, and Mrs.
Julian Lee, Mrs. Nell Boland,
and Mrs. Lucille Nichols, of
Atlanta. Mr. Lawler and his
grandson, Mr, Pat Cartledge
came home from Jonesboro, Ga
for the week-end.
Sue Webb was given a lovely
birthday dinner Sunday by her
mother, Mrs. T. R Webb to
celebrate her twelfth birth an
niversary. After dinner the
guests went swimming. Those
present were Marilyn Hunnicutt,
Betty Boler, Jane Riley, Nan
Thompson, Rebecca Hunt, and
| Sue Webb.
’awardspresented
1 TO FOUR GEORGIANS
I
Athens, Ga.,—Four
were Wednesday awarded cer-|
'tificates of merits by the agricul
tural units of the University
Systems of Georgia for their
| outstanding services to the de
velopment of the state’s agricul
ture. The presentations were
made at a special program held
in connection with annual Farm'
and Home Week now in session
here.
They are Walter L. Graefe,
Griffin: H. G. Hastings, Atlanta:
H. A. Petty, Dawson, and K. M.
Stiles, Cartersville.
Each man was introduced by
an agricultural leader of Georgia,
Grafe being presented by H. P.
Stuckey, director of the Georgia
Experiment station; Hastings by
George King, president of Abra
ham Baldwin College; Petty by
B. L. Southwell, animal hus
bandman at the Coastal Plain Ex
periment Station, and Stiles by
WalterS. Brown, director of the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
The program was presided
over by Dean Paul W. Chapman,
of the College of Agriculture.
Grate’s outstanding contribu
tion to the state’s agriculture
has been to show, through prac
tical application, how agriculture
can be made to tie in or be coor
dinated with industry. He took
the pimiento, for instance -a
pepper formerly best known in
I Spain and developed an industry
j from a small canning shed. La
ter he enlarged the plant to in
clude such other products as
turnip greens, snap beans, lima
beans, asparagus and peaches,
thus providing a cash market for
many farmers throughout the
state.
The Griffin man has also as
sisted in securing information as
to the food value of the one-va
riety pimientos that his company
cans. Publication of the facts
concerning the findings of the
laboratory at the Griffin Exper
iment Station resulted in an in
creasing acreage in peppers to
Georgia farmers and additional
farm income to these growers.
In 1939 he was made president
of the National Canners Associ
ation. Today he is the largest
packer of pimientos in the world.
Hastings has always been an
advocate of livestock production,
live-at-home and every phase of
of better farming. He was one
of the first supporters of the4-H
club movement, offering cash
prizes and scholarships to short
courses at agricultural colleges.
Out of this work there developed
a state corn show which led to
the organization of the South
eastern Fair, of which he served
as president for five years.
For years Hastings was presi
dent of the Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce which had for
its purpose the creation of a
profitable system of farming for
the state. Last year, on the oc
casion of his 70th birthday, the
Georgia Vegetable Growers As
sociation presented him a silver
plate carrying the inscription
“in recognition of 50 years of
service in agricultural develop
ment.”
Petty has engaged extensive
ly in farming in Terrell county
for more than 40 years. His farm
is self-sustained and he grows]
sufficient food and feed to supply
the needs of his farm. He is
actively engaged in -the breeding
and production of both cattle and
hogs.
Since 1913 he has been breed
ing and improving, by the single
stalk selection method, a variety
of wilt-resistant cotton.
Petty was the first chairman of j
the Terrell County Agricultural
Board. He served for a number,
of years on the executive com
mittee of the Georgia Cotton
Growers Cooperative Associa
' tion. He was director of the
Georgia Agricultural Society for
six years. For many years he
has been president of the Terrell
County Sales Association, a co
, operative marketing organization
perfected by Terrell farmers for
the purpose of marketing live
’ stock and farm products. He
; has also held offices in city and
county governments.
Stiles was brought up on a farm
in Bartow county, practically
educated himself, began farming|
[SANCTIFIED CH U RCH
i GROUP HOLD MEETING
l!
The annual camp meeting of
the Sanctified Church of Christ
is being held this week at the
| new Tabernacle, six miles north
of Perry on the Macon highway.
The meeting began Saturday,
Aug. 3 and will continue until
Aug. 11.
People from nine states are
attending the services. A large
number of these church members
is staying in Perry this week at
tourist homes, camp, and court,
and eating at local cafes.
About a year and a half ago,
this religious group bought the
Woolfolk home and farm, near
Perry, for the purpose of .estab
lishing an old folks home and
building a church for their an
nual gatherings. The first meet
ing, held last August, was largely
attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are care
takers of the church and home.
The public is invited to attend
the church services,
TRAFFIC SAFETY MONTH
July went over with a bang as
Traffic Safety Month in Georgia,
according to reports received
thus far at the Department of
Public Safety.
Major Lon Sullivan, public
safety commissioner, said 35 fa
talities have been recorded for
July, just half the number which
took place in the same month
last summer. He said, however,
that “previous experience has
taught us we can expect 10 or
12 more deaths to be reported
than are available at the end of
the month.”
“But even if 10 or 12 more fa
talities are reported for last
month, there still will be a sub
stantial reduction over last July, ”
he said.
The 35 known deaths include
the seven which occurred in one
accident recently in Augusta,
the worst ever recorded in this
state.
The Commissioner said drivers
co operated “splendidly with the
Safety Month movement” and
said the press and radio played a
tremendous part in making it a
success.
“July 4 usually is the worst
day of the year from a stand
point of traffic deaths,” the Com
missioner said. “This year there
were only two as compared with
six last year. The whole holi
day week-end was a big improve
ment over last July 4 and help
ed considerably in cutting the
month toll,”
Major Sullivan urged drivers
and pedestrians to continue the
good record and reminded that
only extreme caution will pre
vent the record from exceeding
that of last August when 49
deaths occurred.
FIRST COTTON BOLL
John Overton found an open
cotton boll Sunday on the farm
of his father, J. T. Overton,
five miles from Perry. This is
the first one reported this season.
on his own as a cash tenant and
worked himself up to the point
where he became the operator of
a 400-acre place of his own.
In addition, Stiles has given
willingly of his time and money
in promoting the welfare of the
agricultural interests in his na
tive state with thought of im
proving living conditions among
farm people being uppermost in
his mind.
The Bartow county farmer is
! today president of the United
'Georgia Farmers, a member of
i the Farm Security Administra
tion committee of his county
since its beginning and now
chairman of the state FSA ad
visory committee. He is also
chairman of the agriculture com
mittee of the ten-year develop
ment program of Georgia and a
member of of the “Better Ginn
ed Cotton Program” committee.
He is a member of the state
AAA committee and holds affilia
tion with various other organi
i zations designed to improve ag
riculture, He has served as sec
retary of the Euharlee Farmers
Club in Bartow County, one of
the oldest community clubs in
the country.
ESTABLISHED 1870
, PENN-DIXIE GIVEN
6TH SAFETY TROPHY
t
J For the sixth time, the safety
i trophy of the Portland Cement
• Association was accepted Friday
by employees and officials of
I Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement
Corporation Plant No. 2 at
! Clinchfield. At this time a cele
-1 bration was held at the Clinch
i field plant to mark the I,oooth
• day operation without a loss time
accident.
The trophy was presented by
H D. Humphries, district en
gineer for the association, to H.
C. Armstrong, mill foreman at
the Clinchfield plant. Mr. Hum
phries called the safety record
“a typical American accomplish
ment” and said this is the only
country where life is ‘‘valued at
its true worth.”
Leads Other Plants
Johan Norvig, general super
intendent of Penn-Dixie, which
has eight plants in five states,
said “few plants in the nation
have achieved a record of 1,000
days without a loss-time acci
dent.”
, He recalled that the Clinch
field plant had almost won the
1,000 day recognition back in
• 1937 but a minor accident marr
ed the plant scorecard. Mr. Arm
, strong promised the efforts of
all 160 employes would continue
, to be directed toward bettering
! the present record,
i Sam Nunn Speaks
Mayor Sam A. Nunn of Perry,
! pointing to a report by a repre
• sentative of the U. S. bureau of
1 standards that Clinchfield-made
: cement is the best in the coun
try, said safety and efficiency
■ are responsible.
; “Safety is simply a matter of
■ avoiding unnecessary risks,”Mr.
’ Nunn said. Character and in
telligence of workers are neces
; sary for high safety record.
; E. P. Newhard, superinten
dent at Clinchfield, read a tele
j gram from John A. Miller, pres
ident of Penn-Dixie congratulat
? ing Clinchfield employes for the
5 record, which first won the PCA
I award back in 1933. Only year
in which the plant failed to win
. the recognition was in 1937.
More than 500 persons, in
cluding Perry and Houston coun
ty officials and other civic lead
ers, were served barbecue in a
wooded section back of the
plant.
WATERLOO BRIDGE TO
BE HERE AUG. 12-13
“Waterloo Bridge” will be
shown here Monday and Tues
day, Aug. 12-13, at the Princess
' Theatre.
1 The first Vivien Leigh vehicle
since “Cone With the Wind”
deals, as did the Robert E. Sher
wood play from which it de
rives, with the living and dying
! of a girl in wartime London who,
| believed her sweetheart killed in
1 battle, adopts “the world’s old
. est profession” as a means of
livelihood and then, following his
return and after preparing to
marry him without telling him
I how she’s been earning a living
during his absence, commits sui
cide. Though World War I is
the conflict pertained to, an im
, mediacy and timeliness of inter
ests is achieved by opening and
, closing sequences showing the
man in the case, played by Rob
ert Taylor, leaving London for
. service in World War 11.
ELKO CHARGE NO FES
i
Revival services are being held
at Andrew Chapel Methodist
churcli from Aug. 4-14. Rev.W.
R. Rustin, pastor, is being as
, sisted by three young ministers
in the singing and preaching.
Services will be held at Bonaire
beginning Aug. 25.
BONAIRE MEETING
j Revival services began at the
i Bonaire Baptist church Sunday
• | to continue throughout the week.
> Rev. Hamilton Daniels is preach
ing and J. B. Walker isleading
i the singing. Services are being
held at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m.
