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VOL. LXX. No, 13. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1941 ESTABLISHED 1870
MATHER retards
GEORGIA’S CROPS
ie heavy rains of March,
which followed a January-* eb
uary marked deficiency in rain
all have greatly benefitted the
Iving and seeded crops in
Georgia- according to the Agn
cultural Marketing Service. How
ever slightly lower than season
! temperatures continued in
most commercial areas. Recent
:! ins have improved cabbage
rendition, but the lettuce area
received only slight showers and
is in need of additional moisture.
Planting of snap beans in gen
eral and some planting of water
melons, cantaloupe, and cucum
bers is reported in the extreme
south partion ot the state.
Asparagus
Cold weather continues to de
lay asparagus growth but cutting
has started and should reach ap
preciable volume by late March.
It has been reported that an as
paragus cannery will open up at
Marshallville and this packing
plant is expected to operate
throughout the Georgia cutting
season. Due to distance from a
cannery market most of the
state’s asparagus has heretofore
gone to fresh markets. The U.
S. Agricultural Marketing Ser
vice reports that asparagus pro
duction in Georgia is indicated to
be 51,000 crates from 1,700
acres. While the acreage is
about 6 percent less than the
1,800 of 1940 the expected pro
duction of 51,000 crates is 34 per
cent above last year’s small crop
of 38,000 crates,
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m
Union Worship service in Church
Auditorium.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Baptism and Reception of Chil
dren into the Membership of the
Church. Message by the pastor.
Epworth League for Inter
mediate and Senior ages meets at
6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Our
Church Members are letting the
attendance drop to low in these
evening services. Won’t you
come both Sunday morning and
night?
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:00 o’clock. There will
be a Union Prayer Service at the
Methodist church, which will be
led by Rev. James Ivey.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor. I
garden club meets
Officers were elected by the
Perry Garden club Friday after
noon at its March meeting at the
Legion Home. They are; Mrs.
CC. Nunn, president; Mrs. W. i
CTalton, vice-president; Mrs.
Phil Anderson, secty.; Mrs. Mayo
Davis, treasurer.
Or. H. Cochran of the U. S.
government experiment station
at - Griffin, was the speaker. He
fi poke on Dahlia Culture and Ar
pngement, using slides to illus
fate his talk. He said that tu-j
ers suitable to the soil and cli
!nate should be planted for good
nosults in Dahlia growing. Mrs.
vochran assisted her husband in
. .owing the slides. They were
reduced by Mrs. Lewis Tabor.
Gizes for special arrange-
M?V n P' tch ers went to (1),
v;;fr Lawler for Pussy
'Wlovv and (2) Mrs. W. F. Nor-
W’v Flowering Quince. Mrs.
n , Marshall Jr. received hon
v%, e mention for an “Easter
JJ. net arrangement.
members present were
How W. Hickson and Mrs,
Iv! * c T ?Fvans Jr. Visitors were
Schnell ' * der Mrs. Gucius
dpl / S 'G : E Jordan was named
convor s to dle , state Garden club
vannaK tl ’° n, A Which meets in Sa-
Hannah m April.
SheffT were Mrs. C. I.
Mrs fC “ rs ‘ G- McLendon,
0, ri reema P Cabero, Mrs. C.
Mrs 1 r^ rs> Grew Harris,
Thom.; U Harris - Mrs. L. K.
Leach n ’ and Mrs - Ghas.
I AAA ISSUES WARNING
J ABOUT PRACTICES
!: r
; farmers were warned this
week regarding certain irregular
practices which, if adopted, will
. result in the loss of 1941 parity
• and conservation payments under
i the AAA farm program,
i T. R. Breedlove, administra
tive officer of the AAA, said that
landlords or operators who fail to
report properly to the AAA of
, hcials, the interest of their ten
; ants or sharecroppers in their
i cotton or other crops, will for
, felt their entire parity and con
servation payments.
In addition, Mr. Breedlove as
serted that landlords or operators
who employ schemes or devices
such as side agreements, assign*
; ments, or other methods to ob
tain the conservation or parity
payments to which the tenant or
sharecropper is entitled will for
’ felt their government payments.
Each person who shares in the
cotton crop on the farm is en
titled to AAA payments under
provisions of the farm program,
; the administrative officer ex
; plained. The same rule applies
; to persons entitled to share
■ in other crops for which allot
[ ments are established, including
| tobacco, peanuts, and commer
! cial vegetables, he said.
PRODUCERS URGED TO
I STAY WITHIN ACREAGE
: There are three outstanding
reasons every Georgia cotton
farmer should plant within his
1 acreage allotment this year, ac
cording to T. R. Breedlove, ad
ministrative officer in charge of
the
“Under the 1941 AAA pro
gram, farmers who plant less
than the smaller of their 1941
allotments or their 1940 measur
ed acreage will receive cotton
stamps at the rate of 10 cents a
pound on their normal yield,” he
says.
“In addition, it will be neces
sary for those farmers in the
state who plant more than their
cotton allotments to pay the cost
of measuring any cotton which
they may destroy in order to
bring their acreages within their
allotments,” Mr. Breedlove con
tinued. “In the past this ex
pense has been borne by the
county association, which means
that all farmers in the county
who received payments paid it.”
The state AAA official points
out the excessive cost to the
farmer of his efforts and materi
■ al in growing the cotton which is
later disposed of. In 1940, ap
proximately 32,000 farm operat
ors disposed of 35,000 acres of
cotton in order to bring their cot
-1 ton acreages within their allot
ments. If the effort necessary
to plant and cultivate this cotton
had been put to some worthwhile
use, these 32,000 farmers would
have been a half million dollars
richer today, he added.
Mr. Breedlove estimates that
1 it would mean about one and one
i fourth to one and one-half mil
lion dollars to the 30-odd thous
and farmers in the state who
overplanted their cotton acreage
last year and disposed of the ex
cess if they participated to the
fullest extent in the cotton stamp
plan this year instead of over
planting as they did last year.
BOOK CLUB MEETS
The Book club met Wednesday
, afternoon last week at the home
of the president, Mrs. A. P.
I Whipple, with Mrs. G. B. An
j drew and Miss Olga Thurmond
- i as co-hostesses.
A review of “Land Below the
’ Wind” by Agnes Keith was
I given by Mrs. T. D. Mason Sr.
.j “I Married Adventure” by Osa
Johnson was reviewed by Mrs. J.
>|B. Calhoun. .
i The Book committee for 1941-
»i 42 was named as follows: Mrs. S.
iIA. Nunn, Mrs. J. M. Gooden,
[Mrs. S. W. Hickson, Mrs. D, M.
I j Ryle, and Miss Martha Cooper.
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I Houston county grown beef
, ■ from calves displayed in the rat
, I Calf Show will be on sale in Per
!ry this weekend. Houston coun
ty bought the champion calf,and
beef from it will be sold at Mas
, jsey’s Market Friday and batur- j
Hay.
J PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
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Library Club
> Friday the Library club ef
• fectively carried out the Saint
1 Patrick Day theme in a party
held in the school library. After
an interesting program on Saint
Patrick, in which Billy Wilkin
son, Herbert Walton, and Dallas
Ryle took part, the club was
1 served delicious refreshments
that carried out the Saint Patrick
idea. Mrs. D. M. Ryle assisted
the club in its entertainment.
Tri-Hi-Y-Club
The Perry Tri-Hi-Y club is
sponsoring a “Good Citizenship
, Contest” in Grammar school and
! i [l High school. The classes will
be responsible for the cleanliness
and order of their rooms. The
! contest will last for four weeks.
, Judges will observe the general
appearance of the rooms, and the
winning class will be given a half
, holiday. The Tri-Hi-Y will give
' a weiner roast to the winners.
Mary Ann Riley, Reporter.
Dramatic Club
The Dramatic club will present
; four one-act plays Tuesday
> night, April 1, at 8 o’clock, at
- the Perry High Auditorium. The
; plays, two comedies and two dra
■ mas, will be judged; and the
best will be carried to the Dis
trict Meet to compete for district
honors. The comedies are
“Orvill’s Big Date, ” and “The
Dormitory Dub”; the dramas are
“Triumph in Ashes,” and “Win
ter Sunset.” The public is in
< vited to attend. There will be
I no admission charge.
Drill Squad
Friday night, March 21, the
• Drill Squad sponsored a show
featuring Lippincott, the Magi
cian. The proceeds from the en
, tertainment will be used to pay
for the uniforms for the squad.
Chapel Program
i Rev. Robert F, Boyd address
i ed the student body in assembly
; Friday. The subject of his talk
was “Attitudes of Youth Toward
■ God.”
Perry F. F. A. Chapter
’ The F. F. A, Basketball team
J has had a most successful season
1 this year, winning 13 out of 16
[ games played. One of the three
games they lost was to Byron,
the two other to the Masonic
' Hame of Macon. This year’s
‘ team includes Roy Johnson, Al
| ton Tucker, Walter Johnson, Law
| ton Daniels, Durward Wilson,
Glen Johnson, Clarence Shur
’ ling, Eugene Lashley, Emmette
! Cater, Edgar Bateman, and Wil
liam Hill.
; Alton Tucker, Reporter.
’ OLO AGE PENSIONERS’ NOTICE
“It is not necessary for an Old
1 Age Pensioner or any other re
■ cipient of assistance from the
! State Welfare Department to
1 take out any insurance from any
salesman,” B. S. Miller, di
rector of the State Department
of Public Welfare, stated today.
Mr. Miller pointed out that it has
come to his attention that insur
-1 ance salesmen were attempting
! to intimidate and coerce pension
ers by stating that unless they
! took out insurance their pension
1 would be stopped. Mr. Miller
stated that any such statement
was false and should be immed
iately reported to the County
Welfare Office or directly to him
and that he would take action on
any case reported to him.
Mr. Miller said, “I cannot
i think of anything worse than
preying on these old people in
such a manner and I am going to
, stop it by prosecution of the
guilty parties if necessary.”
; SERVICE GUILD MEETS
i
The Service Guild met last
Thursday evening at the home
• of Mrs. John L. Hodges, coun
sellor, with Miss Gladys Pickard
and Miss Polly Bullard as co
hostesses.
Miss Allene Ryals brought a
! devotional message on Love.f
i Miss Ryals and Miss Margaret
' Powell sang a duet, accompanied!
by Miss Willie Ryals, pianist,]
Miss Thelma Bickley, president,'
j presided. i
! Miss Pickard, Miss Gertrude
Frederick, and Miss Jack Bul
lard arranged contests for the
1 social hour. An Irish theme in
I FOOD FOR DEMOCRACIES
With reports from abroad indi
cating a more serious food situa
tion in Belgium, increased inter
est in the appeal of the National
Committee on Food for the Small
Democracies for the millions of
people facing hunger and pesti
lence in war ravaged Europe, is
developing daily. Thousands of
Americans are endorsing this ef
fort to find away to bring relief.
In Washington, on March 17,
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Dem
ocrat of Colorado, predicted in a
speech in the Senate that the
I casualties from starvation will
exceed the casualties from bat
tle unless Great Britain relaxes
her blockade to permit food to
go to Europe. During this year,
he said, as many as 37,000,000
Europeans face starvation as a
result of the most barbarous
thing that has ever happened on
this earth. He predicted that
there would be millions of stunt
ed and deformed children unless
something is done to relieve the
situation.
Eighty-four of the most promi
nent religious leaders in the
United States have signed a
joint statement supporting the
plan proposed by ex-President
Herbert Hoover. Expressing a
belief that it is a Christian duty
to feed the starving in the small
democracies of Europe, with
their 37 million people: that the
future of Europe can not be built
on starved, diseased people with
minds and emotions charged with
hate, that the Hoover plan, if
accepted, safeguards the interest
of Great Britain and contributes
nothing to Germany and in the
interest of humanity and mercy it
is worth taking chances that
seem to exist for the sake of the
millions now starving. Desira
bility, practicability, a proved
leader, sympathy, and compas
sion say, Let us make the at
tempt. Every section of the
country is represented among
the clergymen, who include: Dr.
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Bishop
James E. Freeman, Dr. John R.
Mott, Dr. Ralph W. Sockman,
Dr. Ernest F. Tittle, Dr, Paul
Scherer, Bishop Ralph S. Cush
man, and Dr. Dan Poling.
General John J. Pershing who
well understands the problems
involved and Admiral William V.
Pratt, who long commanded the
United States fleet, favor this
plan of relief.
In brief the plan is as follows;
That an initial experiment be
made in Belgium to test whether
these people can be saved with
out military advantage to either
side; That the test comprise
feeding through Soup Kitchens,
where the people come to get
their food, and that at first 1,-
GUU,OOU adults and 2,GU0,000 chil
dren be fed; That the German
government agree there is to be
no requisition of imported or of
native food; Both governments
are to give these Relief Ships im
munity from attack: That the
whole Relief operations be under
the direct supervision of a Neu
tral Organization, such as the
American Red Cross or t h e
American Friends Service Com
mittee. If the Germans seize any
of the food or violated any of
the guarantees, the entire work j
would be called off. The small
Democracies would pay for this
food with financial credits which
they have in this country and I
their own ships would carry it. 1
What is needed now is that our
country should prevail on Great
Britain and Germany to give this
or a similar plan of Relief a
chance. If you favor this or a
similar plan for giving these dis
tressed peoples of Belgium and
the other small Democracies
help, write the National Commit
tee on Food for the Small De-i
mocracies, 420 Lexington Ave.,|
New York, N. Y, No financial I
help is asked.
We, the undersigned local com
mittee, endorse the plan and
hope that it may be given a trial.
Roy Gardner,
Jas. A. Ivey,
E. P. Newhard,
Robert F. Boyd.
keeping with St. Patrick’s Day
'which was observed last week
was used in the contests in which
Miss Ann Gordy and Miss Pow-:
ell excelled.
A green and white color note
prevailed in the decorations and
refreshments. Eighteen we r e
present. I
| WORKERS ASKED TO j
REGISTER AT ONCE'
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An appeal to workers through-1
| out Georgia to register at once I
with the nearest State employ-j
]ment office was issued today by
Hon, Ben T, Huiet,Commissioner
of the State Department of La-!
bor.
He said that by April 15 the
Georgia State Employment Ser
vice hopes to find out exactly
how many workers in the state
are available for jobs or training
in occupations needed by defense
industries and other types of
business now expanding. “This
registration is being conducted
on a Nation-wide scale,” he ex
plained, ‘‘as part of the national
defense program and is designed
not only to get the unemployed
back to work as quickly as pos
sible, but also to insure that, as
soon as workers are needed in
defense production they can be
reached without delay.”
Mr. Huiet said that the Geor
gia State Employment Service,as
well as the employment service
of every other state has been
asked by the Federal Govern
ment to push this registration as
i a means of speeding up produc
tion of defense materials and
also to insure that other types of
business will not suffer for lack
of workers. He pointed out that
all state employment services are
affiliated with the United States
Employment Service which has
been designated as the official
agency to supply workers for de
fense production.
Dr. CRAWFORD W.LONG
TO BE HONORED AGAIN
ATHENS, Ga. —As the state
of Georgia honors Dr. Crawford
W. Long on the 99th anniversary
of his discovery of the use of
ether as an anesthetic, another
distinguished surgeon will speak
at the University of Georgia on
Crawford W. Long Day, Mon
day, March 31.
Dr, Alfred Blalock, native
Georgian whose recent appoint
ment as professor of surgery at
the Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine and surgeon-in-chief at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital is ,
but another distinction in his
brilliant career, will deliver the
address at the annual exercises
on the campus of the state uni
versity.
The careers of the two dis '
tinguished surgeons are parallel (
through college days and if Dr.
Blalock’s career continues at its ,
present tempo, he may become j
even more famous than the sur
geon of a century ago.
Crawford Long was born ini,
Danielsville, Ga , in 1815, grad- 1,
uated from the University Geor-i
gia (then Franklin College) at |
the age of 20 and from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania School of (
Medicine at the age of 24. Dr. (
Blalock, a native of Culloden,
Ga., graduated from the state
university at 19 and from Johns!
Hopkins at 23. ,
Dr. Long’s epic discovery of
the use of ether as an anesthetic
actually took place on March 30,
1842, but inasmuch as that date
falls on Sunday this year, the
1 University is holding its cere
monies on the 31st. March 30 is
observed annually as Doctor’s 1
Day. the special day to show ap- -
preciation of the family doctor. {
Dr. Blalock is at present pro- i
fessor of surgery at the Vander
bilt School of Medicine. He was 1
recently awarded the research <
medal of the Southern Medical '
Association for his research in
blood circulation and shock.
Through extensive st u d i e s
over more than 12 years, Dr.
Blalock has established that i
| blood plasma—the liquid part of
Ithe blood from which the red
i cells have been removed is the
best treatment for shock. He is
now one of the leaders in the
shipment of plasma to England.
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- j
nesday Evening 8:00.
j To each and all of these ser
vices the public is cordially in
vited. A hearty welcome awaits
you.
1 J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
i ADJOURNS SESSION
i Georgia’s history-making 1941
general asembly at the stroke of
midnight Saturday adjourned
I sine die its 70-day session after
I Governor Talmadge appeared be
fore a joint session of the senate
and house and expressed appre
ciation for 100 per cent co-op
eration by the legislators in put
ting through legislation vital to
his program.
It was a history-making ses
sion in that the senators and rep
resentatives granted almost un
precedented powers to the Gov
ernor, giving him complete con
trol over the budget.
Senate President Redwine and
House Speaker Evans issued
state ments agreeing that
“this has been a session of
achievement for the administra
tion.’’ Redwine added “the peo
ple already are beginning to feel
the effect of the efficiency and
economy put in operation by the
Governor with the help of these
new laws and soon they will feel
full force of the benefits.”
Written on the legislative rec
ord was the defeat of the highly
controversial pipe line bill, an is
sue that kept bobbing up so often
the legislators began to refer to
it as the “cat with nine lives.”
They had reorganized many
departments in the state govern
ment, slashed the salaries of
elected officials and worked gen
erally toward a more economical
administration of state affairs.
In the guise of progress on na
tional defense projects, they had
taken a few pot shots at labor
unions, passing measures to pre
vent the imposition of high initi
ation fees on defense projects
and to cut down on the number
of strikes. However, they sup
ported labor by killing a bill to
incorporate labor unions.
The sharpest division in both
houses came on the pipe line
question,which both sides fought
to the bitter end. Lined up
against each other in this fight
were the pipe line proponents
and the railroad supporters.
Governor Talmadge had no
quarrel with the legislature as
the hour of adjournment ap
proached. He had gotten vir
tually everything he had asked
without many changes. He had
gaiued the power to wield the
big stick over many state and
county officials.
The legislature also helped him
sweep out the remaining vestiges
of the preceding regime’s pet
laws. Examples of this were
bills abolishing the State Radio
Commission, State Board of Pen
al Corrections and Contractors’
Licensing Boards, all created in
the rule of Rivers.
Another Talmadge must,a new
drivers’ license bill cutting the
cost of permits issued to wives
and children in a family group,
was pushed across easily and
thus nailed down a plank in the
Governor’s campaign platform.
AUXILIARY MEETS
Mrs. E. C. Pullen of Cordele
was speaker at the Auxiliary to
the Robert D. Collins post of the
American Legion. Mrs. J, M.
Gooden,community service chair
man, was in charge.
Mrs. B. H. Andrew Jr. and
Mrs. J. B, Calhoun were appoint
ed to be in charge of emergency
volunteer registration.
The president, Mrs. Hollis Ke
zar, appointed Mrs. Max Moore,
Mrs. J. M. Gooden, and Mrs. L.
F. Cater as a nominating com
mittee.
hostesses were Mrs. W. G. Ri
ley, Mrs, P. M. Satterfield, Mrs.
C. E. McLendon, Mr s. Grady
Janiel, and Mrs. Otis King.
Members of the Auxiliary en
tertained the post at a supper
Friday night, March 14. S. A.
Nunn was speaker.
The committee in charge of
arrangements included Mrs. G.
W. Rhodes, Mrs. A. P. Whipple,
Mrs. J. M. Gooden, Mrs. W. E.
Marshall, and Mrs. Max Moore.
Geo. C. Nunn and Son, Case
dealers, had their annual ma
chinery demonstration and bar
becue dinner Wednesday. About
300 farmers and other friends
from Houston and adjoining
'counties attended.
