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VOL. LXX. No. 11. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941 ESTABLISHED 1870
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IjSeason winner
I COUNTY CALF SHOW
I In Houston county’s third F.
11? A and 4 H Fat Cattle Show
■ held * Saturday in Perry, Jack
■ Eason’s black Angus steer was
■ declared the Grand Champion
■ and Billy Giles’ Hereford steer,
■ the Reserve Champion.
■ Classifications and winners
■ we re as follows:
■ Lightweight; Malcolm Rape,
■ t s f Walter Gray, 2nd; Frank
■ biles, 3rd; Lawton Daniel, 4th.
9 Heavyweight: Jack Eason,lst;
■ Hilly Giles, 2nd; Eugene Lashley,
■ 3rd; Jack Eason, 4th.
| Highest percentage of gam:
■ Clarence Shurling, Ist; Frank
■ G iles. 2nd; Malcolm Rape, 3rd;
Eugene Lashley, 4th.
■ The champion winners were
■ awarded $lO. In each of the
9 above classifications, there were
■ tur Prizes, $!0. $ 7 .50. $5, and
9 $2 50. All boys entering calves
H and not winning a prize received
9 one dollar each.
■ F, F. A. boys who entered
9 calves were Jack Eason, Walter
9 Gray, Durward Wilson, Eugene
9 Lashley, Cullen Talton, Billy
9 Giles, Malcolm Rape, Alton
9 Tucker, Kelly Hammock, Lawton
9 Daniel, and Clarence Shurling.
9 L. C. Walker is faculty adviser
9 for the F. F. A.
■ County Agent W. T, Middle-
I brooks had six 4 H club members
I entering calves. They were Do-
I ris Goetz, Nelson Goetz, Robert
■ Goetz, Frank Giles, Lindbergh
I Ferguson,and Chester Ferguson
I WEATHER FAVORABLE
I FOR PEACH CROP
I With a winter described as al-
I most ideal, Georgia peach grow-
H ers are looking forward to a fine
II spring-and the chances are,
|| they’ll get it.
I Abnormally cold weather, late
H in the season, “has placed the
El trees in a favorable position for
y normal development of blossoms
| and leaves, and in addition has
ff meant that in all probability the
I blossoming season will be a little
later than usual, with lessened
chances for frost and freeze in
jury to the crop,” says Dr. John
H. Weinberger in a report from
the U. S. peach laboratory in
fort Valley.
Though January closed with a
slight deficit in dormancy hours,
the abnormal cold of February
has made a big difference and up
to Feb. 25, a surplus of more]
than 100 hours has been recorded.
Hr. Weinberger said. The total
dormancy hours to that date is
I,
"Peach trees of all varieties in
the vicinity of Fort Valley, ex
cept Mayflower and one or two
others, commercially unimpor
tant, have now been exposed to
sufficient chilling weather to
Leak their rest period. Buds will
develop rapidly now with each
dawn of warm weather. Hiley
buds have been ready to develop
tor several weeks, and the recent
cold weather has served only to
retard the blossoming of this va
riety. On the other hand, blos
soming of the Early Rose varie
ty. which requires much more
chilling than the Hiley, has been
hastened by it. Even Mayflower
trees would suffer only slightly
rom prolonged dormancy, if the
Kb hours of chilling which are
normally due to occur between
now and the end of winter should
Kil to materialize.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The executive meeting of the
Methodist W.S.C.S. will be held
Monday, March 17, at 3:30 p. m.
d toe home of Mrs. Felton Nor
wood.
Hie Service Guild, organiza
■°n ot business and professional
vomen will meet Thursday,
Match 19, at the home of Mrs.
• ohn L. Hodges with Miss Gladys
1 ickard and Miss Polly Bullard
as co-hostesses,
JJ* Sorosis club will meet at
MOp m. at the home of Mrs.
Hugh Lawson.
Legion Auxiliary will meet
cnursday, March 20, at 3:30 p.m.
at the Legion Home.
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er notify p. Q. £ OX 124.
[BONAIRE TEAM WINS |
| GA. “C” CHAMPIONSHIP
'; I
I Athens won the class B cham
pionship and Bonaire the class C
title in the finals of the Georgia
State High School basketball
tournament in Athens Saturday.
| Athens triumphed in a spec
tacular game, 30 to 28, over
Clarkston of the fifth district,
winners of the class B title last
, year,
Bonaire, rallying in the last
half, won going away from Da
cula, 35 to 29.
Davidson and Perdue were
high scorers for Bonaire, racking
up 10 and 9 points, respectively.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10;15 a. m.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor, subject,
“Christian Perfection.” Special
music at both services.
Epworth League-6:30 p. m.
Sunday. Young people of Inter
mediate and Senior ages are in
vited to attend.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Sermon by the pastor, the last
message in the “Victory” series,
subject, “Getting the Best of
Self.”
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:00 o’clock. A talk on
Prayer.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible School each Sunday morn
ing 10:15.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship Service 8:00.
Baptist Training Union 6:45.
Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed
nesday Evening 8:00.
To each and all of these ser
vices the public is cordially in
vited. A hearty welcome awaits
you.
J. A. Ivey, Pastor,
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REFRAIN FROM USE
OF FIRE ON FARM
Refrain from using fire on the
farm as much as possible and by
all means be careful with the
necessary spring burning, lest
such fires should get out of con
trol and spread into adjoining
woods and other areas where un
told damage often results, Coun
ty Agricultural Agent W.T. Mid
dlebrooks suggested to Houston
county farmers this week.
Attention was called to the
fact by the county agent that
burning of weed and stubble
land results in the loss of much
.nitrogen and organic matter, and
and if piled the concentration, on
small spots, of phosphoric acid
, and potash.
“For example,the 3,000 pounds
of cotton stalks from a yield of
a bale of cotton per acre con
tains 36 pounds of nitrogen. This
amount of nitrogen is equal to
| the nitrogen contained in 225
pounds of nitrate of soda. The
corn stalks from an acre produc
ing 20 bushels of corn contains
about 16 pounds of nitrogen
which is contained in 100 pounds
. of nitrate of soda.”
, Mr. Middlebrooks explained
, I that in most instances there were
' a few gullies or eroded spots on
' the farm on which surplus stalks
and other residue could be dump
ed to great advantage, rather
than disposing of it by burning,
i'nis will help build up such
areas, he added.
■ 1 In addition to losses of organic
1 matter and fertilizing materials,
’the Extension agent stated that
. I uncontrolled fires on the farm
I often do great damage to timber,
j destroy borders and covers tor
I wildlife, burn farm buildings in
II many cases, and increase soil
! erosion through burning of pro-
Itective ground cover.
> j It is all right to use a little fire
11 in clearing new ground or other
j necessary work, but even in
l these cases, be sure that the fire
c is kept under control and not
given a chance to spread into
other areas, the agent added,
t
Mrs. A. M. Anderson Sr. has
returned from Birmingham, Ala.
where she spent several weeks,
- with her daughter, Mrs. Pearsall j
Brown, and family.
I Bundles For Britain
I Committee Named
Mrs. George E. Jordan, regent
of the D. A. R., has accepted
the chairmanship of the Bundles
for Britain committee for Hous
ton county. The Gen. Daniel C.
Stewart chapter of the D. A. R.
is sponsoring “Bundles for Bri
tain.” I
Mrs. E. W. Traylor has been'
named co-chairman and Mrs.,
VV. T. Middlebrooks chm n.
of knitting.
Barrels to hold bundles of used
clothing for the families of men
in the fighting services of Bri
tain will be placed in stores of
Perry Furniture Co. and Moore
Dry Goods Co. Local citizens
are requested to bring donations
of clothing to these places of
business.
Boxes for Britain will be placed
in the drug stores and cafes for
cash donations. Cash received
will be used to buy wool and
medical equipment. Flere’s what
money will buy:
lc buys a quinine tablet.
$1 buys 50 yds, of gauze ban
dage.
$5 buys the wool needed to
knit skull caps for soldiers to
wear under steel helmits, socks,
mittens, sweaters, scarfs, etc.
$lO buys a cot and covers.
$5O buys blood transfusion ap
paratus.
$l5O buys a portable surgical
kit.
$5OO buys a portable X-Ray.
All citizens of Houston county
are urged to assist Great Britain
in its hour of greatest need.
STATE FARMERS MUST
TURN TO FOOD CROPS
Calling attention to the fact
that cotton and tobacco were
last year responsible for nearly
half of Georgia’s cash farm in
come, Director V/alter S. Brown,
of the Agricultural Extension
Service, this week asserted that
state farmers must and are
rapidly turning to the production
of food and feed crops as a means
of filling the gap caused by loss
of export markets for cash crops.
Farmers in 1940 received $68,-
504.000 from cotton and tobacco,
$33,851,000 from livestock, $24,-
419.000 from government benefit
payments, and the remainder
from other crops sold, to make a
total cash farm income of $168,-
048,000, the director said, in
pointing out that a large part of
the income from these two cash
crops may be lost in foreign
markets. He added that large
supplies of cotton and tobacco
are accumulating, even though
farmers have given full support
to reduction programs.
In view of the reduced outlet
for cash crops, Director Brown
declared that an intensive cam
paign is being waged in Georgia
to boost the production of food
and feed crops, not only for 1941
but on a long-time basis. Present
world conditions warrant an in
crease in home produced pro
ducts for home consumption if
the best is expected to be deriv
ed from farming, he said.
“Meetings of farmers, county
and home Extension agents, to
gether with representatives ot
other agricultural agencies, are
being held throughout Georgia in
an effort to help farm families
produce larger supplies of the
home-needed crops, so that they
may live at-home more abund
antly this year and in future
years,” the Extention head ex
plained.
“xMost of the county program
planning committees in Georgia
have placed additional emphasis
on food production as one of
their principal recommendations
for farm families this year,” he
continued. ‘ ‘This marks one of
the greatest steps by farm peo
pie to acquire self-sufficiency on
the land.”
The director called attention
of farmers to the fact that pay
ments in cotton stamps will be
made available for voluntary re
duction of cotton acreage under
the 1941 AAA farm program,
thus providing additional acre
age for food and feed crops. He
also stated that farm families
would benefit by participating in
the food preservation plan allow
ing $3 for each cooperating fam
ily who meets the required pro
visions.
J Director Brown said that the
State News Briefs
Of Much Interest;
!
With the final payment lastj
week on 1938-1939 school teach- j
ers’ salaries and administrative'
expenses amounting to $3,921,-j
548.14, more than 20,000 teach
ers throughout the state were
made happy again. A few days
j previously Gov. Talmadge had
'signed a check to pay the teach
, ers $1,500,000 for February sal
aries and another check for $3,-
500,000 to retire the school debt
inherited from the Rivers ad
ministration. For the latter pay
ment the Governor made a new
loan of $3,000,000. The payment
was three years overdue and
hopes for collecting it had been
discarded more than once.
When March 1 rolled around
338,264 automobile tags had been
sold and an additional 100,000
applications were on hand, said
W. Wayne Walker, director of
the motor vehicle division in
Georgia. This total put the state
about 50,000 tags ahead of last
year. Mr. Walker said the un
answered applications for 1941
tags would be filled immediately
“now that the last-minute rush
at the windows has subsided.”
At the same time last year the
number of sales was 289,419.
A bill providing for a secret
ballot in any Georgia county
where the grand jury recom
mends it has been passed by
both houses of the State Legis
lature. The measure provides
for numbers on stubs to conform
to numbers on voting lists, but
the stub and number must be
torn off before the ballot is
placed in the box, unless the
vote is challenged at the time it
is cast. Then the number is left
on the ballot so it can be located
, if disallowed,
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR M. T. BEALL
Funeral services for Hal Tur
pin Beall Sr, were held Wednes
day p. m. last week at his home
at Houston Lake. Rev. Gordon
King conducted the services. Bu
rial was in Evergreen cemetery,
Perry.
Pallbearers were Gilham
Pierce, Abner Howard, Wendell
Whipple, A. C. Pritchett, Red
ding Talton and Claude Andrew.
Mr. Beall, age 65, died early
Tuesday morning, March 4, after
suffering a stroke several days
before then. He had been in
bad health for a number of years.
Mr. Beall had lived in Houston
county for 30 years. He was a
retired merchant. He was a
member of the Methodist church
and was a Spanish War veteran.
He is survived by his wife for
merly Miss Pearl Davis; one son,
Hal T. Beall Jr., Ocilla; three
daughters, Mrs. W. H. Tucker,
of Ocilla; Mrs. O L. Fallin, of
Morefield, W. Va.; and Mrs. Hor
ace Chambliss, of Ocilla, eight
grandchildren, three sisters,Mrs.
W. E. Morris of Monticello, Fla.,
and Mrs. Louis Canova of Green
Cove, Fla., Mrs. E J. Hardin,
New York City, and one brother,
C. R. Beall, Atlanta.
Among those from out-of-i
town attending the funeral were
all his children and his brother
from Atlanta, and Dr. and Mrs.
E. B. Davis of Byromville.
I
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Billy Beckham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Eugene Beckham, cele
brated his fifth birthday, which
was Tuesday, March 4, with a
delightful party Friday p. m. at
his home.
The circus idea was carried]
out in the refreshments. Th el
large birthday cake was emboss-j
ed with clown heads and animals'
decorated the individual cakes.
Favors were Easter rabbits.
Twenty little friends were in
vited to this affair.
Extension Service, through its
county and home demonstration
agents, is using every available
facility to encourage and assist
Georgia farmers to produce food
and feed in abundance during
1941, so that they will be more
economically secure, as well as
better prepared to meet any
emergency that may result from
world conditions.
|SCIENCE DECLARED
NATION’S DEFENSE
!
Dr. Sam Guy, professor of
chemistry at Emory University,
■ was the speaker at Tuesday’s
i luncheon meeting of the Perry
.'Kiwanis club. The part that ap
plied science is playing and must
play in our national defense was
discussed by Dr. Guy.
Modern warfare is science on a
rampage, the speaker said, as he
pointed out the destruction being
wrought by applied chemistry,
such as explosives, poison gas,
etc. Such warfare is not confin
ed to enlisted men, but women
>and children and all civilization
suffer from the horrors of science
as applied to 20th century war
fare, he reminded his listeners.
Scientific achievements stand
as our main defense and the
savior of our democracy, Dr. Guy
declared. Wars are really fought
and won in scientific research
laboratories. The best minds of
our nation should be trained to
research in every field of human
endeavor; for science is the real
preserver and real defender of
nations, he concluded.
W. K. Whipple, president, in
troduced the speaker.
Visitors present were A. F.
Fain, S. W. Hickson, Hugh Law
son, T.C.Rogers, Warren Hodge;
Wheeler Tolbert, Columbus; Dr.
Joe Allman, Macon.
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
Dramatic Club
Friday night the Perry High
Dramatic club presented their
first full-length play, a four-act
comedy, “Mary Anne’s Ro
mance.”
I The cast of the play included
Mary Paul, Bdly Boone, Mary
Anne Riley, Ralph Tabor, Mar
zelle Cawthon, Julian Cawthon,
Jack Wynne, Marianne Nunn,
Elizabeth Gibert, Mar v i n
Greene, and Gwendolyn Irby.
The members of the Dramatic
club wish to thank the public for
the interest and cooperation
shown the club this year.
Later in the season the club
will present several other pro
grams.
Chapel Program
Mrs. George C. Nunn gave an
enjoyable talk on “Attitudes ol
Youth Toward Home” Friday in
assembly. Her talk was one of a
series of lectures on “Attitudes
of Youth” sponsored by the Tri-
Hi-Y club. Carlene Ogletree,
president of the local club intro
duced Mrs. Nunn,
S. S. CLASS MEETS
The Susannah Wesley Class
held its March meeting at the
home of Mrs. S. A. Nunn with
Mesdames D. M. Stripling, F. M.
Houser, S. W, Hickson, and Vir
gil Dupree as co-hostesses on
Wednesday, March 5.
Mrs. Malcolm Dean, president,
brought the devotional, “Why
the Cross for Jesus?”
Mrs. Francis Nunn presented
the program which was on Early
Churches in America. Those tak
ing part were Mesdames Cohen
1 Walker, H. H. Averitt, and G.C.
Nunn.
The hostesses served a dainty
I salad course at the close of the
j meeting.
I
NOTICE
Applications to attend Citizens
Military Training Camps in 1941
are still being received at Head
quarters Fourth Corps Area.
These camps will not be held
■during the calendar year 1941.
’Application to attend these camps
] should not be made.
|
NOTICE
All persons indebted to the
1 late Dr. H. E. Evans are request
led to call at his former office in
the Perry Bank building between
,'now and April 1 and pay said in
’ debtedness or make arrange
| ments for settling same. Mrs.
; H. E. Evans will be at the office
| during this time.
; Mrs. C. E. Brunson left Wed
i nesday for Miami, Fla. to visit
- her daughters, Miss Elizabeth
i Brunson, and Mrs. J. T. Davis
and family.
HOUSTON BOYS WIN
PRIZES IN MACON
Boys from the Perry F. F. A.
chapter and Houston county 4 H
club entered the Macon Fat Cat
tle Show Monday for the third
successive year with fine results.
Jack Eason had the F. F. A.
Grand Champion of the show
and Walter Gray,Reserve F.F.A.
Champion of the show. •
Jack Eason’s calf won Reserve
Champion of the entire show
while the champion was shown
by Jack Weatherly of Cochran,
Ga. The champion and reserve
champion winners of the show
were each presented with a beau
tiful gold watch besides their
prize money.
The Houston county boys won
approximately $lOO.OO in prizes
in Macon.
In the F. F. A. lightweight,
Perry’s only entry, made by Cul
len Talton, won fourth place.
In the F.F. A. medium weight,
Perry won a place with all calves
shown except one. Walter Gray
won first place; Malcolm Rape,
second; Lawton Daniel, seventh;
and Clarence Shurling, eighth.
In the F. F. A. heavyweight,
Perry’s six entries won the first
five places and ninth place.
Jack Eason won first; Eugene
Lashley, second; Jack Eason,
third; Billy Giles, fourth; Alton
Tucker, fifth; Kelly Hammock,
ninth.
Perry F. F. A. members won
first place in county class of five
animals.
Frank Giles won fourth place
in the 4 H club medium weights
and-Robert Goetz, eighth place
in the 4 H club heavy weights,
The animals were sold Tuesday.
Second highest price paid was 20
cents per pound for a steer own
ed by Jack Eason. The animal
weighed 805 pounds and netted
$l6l. Houston county made the
purchase.
Reserve Champion for the
show, steer also owned by young
Eason, sold for 15.75 cents a
pound. It weighed 835 pounds
and brought in $127.18.
One of the largest animals sold
was the 1,030-pound steer owned
by Robert Goetz of Houston
county, which sold for 11 cents
per pound,
L. C. Walker, adviser of the
Perry F, F. A. chapter, stated
that he was pleased with the fine
showing made by his boys. Mr.
Walker said; “Each boy seemed
satisfied and more determined to
do even better next year. We
consider the fattening of calves
a very successful project and
I hope to continue to show the im
provement we’ve shown this
year.”
MISS CLARA HOWARD
SPEAKS TO WOMEN
Miss Clara Howard, missionary
to Korea for the past 18 years
who was recalled to the United
States by the mission board due
to war conditions in the Far
East, was the speaker at the
meeting of the Perry Methodist
W. S. C. S. Monday p. m. at the
church.
Dressed in Korean costume,
Miss Howard, daughter of R. H.
Howard of Kathleen, told of Ko
rean friends who have become
Christian leaders in their native
country. Such Christians as
these are carrying on courageous
ly in Korea, Miss Howard said.
Missionary dollars spent to edu
cate and train this type for
leadership as nurses, doctors,
preachers, teachers, Bible wo
men, and mothers in the home
has been well spent, she con
cluded.
Visitors present were Mrs. R.
1 H, Howard, Mrs. S.T. Bryan,and
Mrs. R. H. Talton of Kathleen.
Mrs. G. W. Hicks, president,
presided over the business ses
sion.
NOTICE
i The library will be closed
• Thursday, March 13, as the li
• brarian is attending an institute.
All books marked due March 13
; will be due Friday, March 14.
Edna Heard, Librarian.
Friends of Mr. H. J. Knight
t will regret to learn of his illness.
\ He is spending several weeks in
3 the Veterans’ Hospital in At
lanta.