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VQLLXX. No. 24. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1941 ESTABLISHED 1870
Snty merchants,
lUVE MASS MEETING
‘-SJSStf of HOU stll
>*"ubeldbyW. T. Mid
County Agent, an d
fTor’e chairman of Cotton
Committee, at Court
ge'/hursday evening at S:3O
*! f k The following business
. of Houston county were
voted at this meeting;
Awards-- Harper Co., Moore
„ £d S Co.. Sol Bernstein,
)r \t McCormick. Crockett's 10c
i W. Blood worth, Geo. C.
J. wie ’ ir’son H. C. Talton, Red-
Kialton,’ Edra Wynne, and
H. Clark.
1 n Young discussed the re
ientsfor qualifying each
Schant for accepting cotton
£nps and procedure for ae-
Sling and disposing of these
£np s through accepted trade
Lands. Anyone else who de
ns lo qualify may do so by
tting his desire be known to
S e Houston County Cotton In
dustry Committee, Max Moore,
Jairman, or W.T. Middlebrooks,
County Agent. .
Stamps will no doubt begin to
be issued around July 1 to 15.
j R all probability farmers of
Houston county will receive from
12,000 to $lB,OOO worth of these
’otton Stamps and may use
them anywhere they find a mer
chant qualified to receive these
stamps, but can only be used for
purchase of 100% cotton manu
lactured goods.
FARMERS urged to
WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL
Intensive war on the boll wee
vil through mopping and dusting
of cotton was urged this week by
County Agricultural Agent W.T,
Middlebrooks as a means of mak
ing more and better cotton to
the acre.
The agent points out that a
large number of farmers have
mopped their cotton with the
1-1-1 mixture recommended by
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. This mixture consists of
one pound calcium arsenate, one
gallon black strap molasses and
one gallon of water. Materials
are mixed thoroughly and kept
agitated while the mopping is in
progress.
“ft is recommended that only
enough of the sweetened poison
be mixed at a time. If the mix
ture is allowed to stand for more
than 24 hours it will ferment and
cause burning of the cotton,
"Unless the boll weevil is
causing damage to the bud there
is no advantage in applying poi
son to the cotton until just be
fore squares form,” Mr. Middle
brooks asserted. ‘‘Damage to
tbe bud by the weevil can be
very easily determined. If the
weevil is sucking the cotton buds
the buds will turn a dark brown
and almost black color. When
this condition is observed the in-
i Ury can T e very quickly stopped
hy mopping the cotton with v the
sweetened poison.
, After cotton reaches some
Slze an d is fruiting freely, better
results can he obtained by using
calcium arsenate in the dust
°rm. If weevils have punctured
-‘iuares they will usually flare,
Urn yellow and drop to the
pays to p * c E up t^ie
iy fallen punctured squares.
. weevil makes two types
punctures in squares. One is
ceamg puncture where the
J* >n the square is not
is mi °y er ‘ The other puncture
the a^e the female weevil for
tu pur P° se of depositing eggs.
lhe egg puncture is sealed.”
Jr M a r J nd M r?- J- P. Etheridge
afe vi d v 0n \ Jlm ’ Tampa, Fla.
enm m lng Etheridge’s par
idge’gf;- «d Mrs. J. P. Ether
ceiveHS^ ett o^° nes ’ ,°f Perry, re
from tv, Secretarial Diploma
Cv?l Geor * ia State College
ttcises k', n | i 1, the graduating ex
c-5 r » W.
and \t;J r, rs ‘ E. E. Andrew,
ed thf- ? Uor pthy Jones attend
cne exercises.
dens oV) dd L' e ou Martin, stu-
* 6r Wi°e * S at h ° me
| STATE PLANNING FOR
j KIWANIS CONVENTION
i L ‘ x f y one Georgia Kiwa n i s
clubs, under the direction of Dis
trict Governor Jimmy Carmi
chael, of Marietta, will present
a new high in Southern hospi
tality to 6,000 visiting Kiwanians
at the International Convention
scheduled for Atlanta June 15
through 19, Joseph S. Shaw,
General Convention chairman,
revealed this week.
E rom the moment the visitors
cross Georgia boundaries, they
will be met, welcomed and en
tertained in traditional Georgia
manner. First to greet the in
coming guests will be Kiwanians
posted at Information Booths lo
cated on all principal highways
leading to Atlanta. Then, to
continue the welcome, each of
the 61 clubs and 1,250 Georgia
Kiwanians in attendance have
been assigned to a definite visit
ing district to see that the guests
receive every possible attention.
Many sections of the State are
planning to receive the visitors
in pre-convention and post-con
vention vacation tours to historic
shrines and points of interest.
Local civic leaders consider this
Convention, which will bring to
gether people from all parts of
the United States and Canada, |
an excellent opportunity to win
friends for the State of Georgia!
as an ideal vacation land.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School--10:15 a. m l
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.!
Dr. Atticus VVebb, a member of I
the Central Texas Methodist!
Conference and Field Represen
tative of the National Anti-Sa
loon League will preach. Dr. i
Webb is acting Superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League in Flori
da, and is also working in Geor
gia. He will be introduced by
C.P. Gray, who will be in charge
of the service.
Epworth League for Inter
mediate and Senior ages meets at
6:30 p. m. Miss Vonceil Sum
mers and Miss Mary Paul who
have been delegates of the
church at the Young People’s
Assembly in Macon this week
will give talks on the Assembly.
All young people and those in
terested in young people’s work
of the church are invited to at
tend.
The evening worship will be a
Union service at the Baptist
church, 8 o’clock, Rev. James
Ivey, preaching. Rev. Roy
Gardner is absent in Revival ser
vices in Chauncey, and cordially
invites his congregation to at
tend the Union service.
Vacation Church School for
children will open at the Metho
dist church Monday morning,
June 16.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:00 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor.
i MOLESTERS ENTER SERVICE
, Robert L. McLester, Jr., a
I Palm Beach high school star ath
lete for the past three years, will
join his father, Postmaster R. L.
McLester, in active military ser
vice next month.
! R. L. McLester is a former
I resident of Perry. His parents
were the late Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
, McLester. His son visited in
! Perry a greac deal during his
! boyhood. T . .
The younger McLester, one ol
; the sturdiest linemen of recent
II high school football elevens, has
• applied for enlistment in the
(United States Marine Corps and
is scheduled to be sent to Savan
jnah, Ga., headquarters of the
I organization June 15.
-1 His trip to Savannah, where
• 1 final examinations for Marine
’ j Corps service are conducted, will
• i follow by two weeks the entry ot
| the senior McLester, an Army
! Reserve officer, into active ser
-1! V1 Saturday is to be the final day
' of Mr. McLester’s duties as post-
I master of West Palm Beach unti
’ I the present emergency is ended.
’ He will leave Sunday for fort
‘ McPherson, Ga.
I The postmaster already ha s
. 1 signed papers necessary to the
J application of his son, a senior
this year at high school,
|DIPLOMAS AWARDED
TO PERRY SENIORS
Judge A.M. Anderson address
ed the seniors of Perry High
School at graduation exercises
held Friday night at the school
auditorium.
Judge Anderson advised the
graduates to “go forward with
their feet on the grouhd and
their head in the rarified atmos
phere of their ideals, to make
the most of their abilities, to be
lieve in themselves, to have per
sistence and courage, to have a
religious faith, and to work to
pay their way in life.”
Diplomas were awarded to the
thirty-five seniors by J. P.Ether
idge, chmn. board of Trustees.
Supt. E. P. Staples made fare
well and congratulatory remarks
to the class.
Gifts were presented to the
high school teachers from the
class by Marvin Greene, presi
dent.
The D. A. R. Citizenship Med
als were presented by Mrs. G. E,
Jordan,regent, to Marvin Greene
and Marzelle Cawthon. Vonceil
Summers received the D. A. R.
award for the highest mark in
| American History.
Elizabeth Gibert was awarded
a $l,OOO scholarship to Brenau
■College, which she won in a com
petitive examination.
STONE MI. MEMORIAL
WILL BE COMPLETED
| It looks now as if long delayed,
much talked of Stone Mountain
memorial is finally going to be
come a reality. Plans for the
completion of the memorial and
■ the conversion of the mammouth
monolith into a state park were
announced in Washington last
week. At the same time it was
disclosed that Julian Harris, well
known Georgia sculptor, has
been selected to conclude the
sculptured portrayals of Lee,
, I Jackson, and other heroes of the
' Confederacy on the face of the
, mountain.
, The enterprise, the announce
ment said, will involve an ex
penditure of $2,500,000 or more,
of which $671,000 will be paid
tor title to the mountain in fee
simple. This will pass to the
State Park Authority. The au
thority will exercise options on
the 2,250 acres embracing the
tract upon which the mountain is
I situated, the Venable heirs to re
ceive $650,000 for 1,700 acres
and the heirs of Lindsey Hop
, kins to be paid $21,000 for 550
acres. The cost of the sculptural
work is estimated at $350,000,
and the conversion of the entire
tract into a beautiful park, en
circled by a magnificent boule
vard, will represent an expendi
, ture of more than $1,500,000, it
was pointed out. The project
[ will be financed through the Re
construction Finance Corpora
tion.
Mrs. Bright Harper, Mr. Bob
Harper, and Miss Phoebe Harper
have moved into their home on
( Evergreen street.
I Agricultural scientists are ex
perimenting with a method of
“pasturizing” soils with electri
city to eradicate pests and weed
’seeds. A temperature of 140 de
• grees fahrenheit has been found
sufficient to kill all important
disease organisms and most
; weak seeds.
Because of rust, much farm
j machinery isn’t given a chance
’to wear out. A machine shed,
j paint, and grease will pay for
themselves in a short time.
GOOD EATS
k
i HOME-MADE ICE CREAM
! COLD DRINKS
■ SANDWICHES
WEINERS
REGULAR MEALS
■! SHORT ORDERS |
[ | SIZZLING STEAKS
■j COUNTRY HAM
REAL PIT BARBECUE
; LEE’S ALL AMERICAN CAFE
J Perry, Ga.
STATE PEACH CROP
ESTIMATE GIVEN
I
With the peach season at hand,
the Georgia Peach Growers’ Ex
change estimates that the Geor
gia peach crop this year will be
12,885 carloads. The estimate
divides the number of cars by
varieties as follows;
Elbertas, 6,950 cars; Hileys,
4,350 cars; Red Birds and Early
Rose, 585; early yellow varieties,
465; Uneedas, 235; Georgia
Belles, 210; Mountain Rose, 90.
The report said the Mountain
Rose variety will be the first on
the market, followed by Uneed
as, Red Birds and Early Rose,
Hileys, Georgia Bells, with El
bertas last to ripen.
“The Georgia commercial peach
growers, almost without excep
tion, have done a better thinning
job this year than ever before,”
the report went on to sa y.
“Everything possible has been
done to insure good quality, and
while the prevailing drouth may
reduce the size of the fruit some
what, the eating and carrying
qualities should be exceptionally
good.”
WASHINGTON. D. C.-T h e
1941 peach crop apparently will
be the largest since 1931,
The agriculture department re
ported Tuesday that the condi
tion of the crop on June 1 indi
cated production of 66,102,000
bushels. In 1940 it was 54,430,-
000.
A heavy national production
was forecast despite continued
dry weather during May in
Southern states, where 5 per
cent was trimmed off the May 1
production estimate. The crop of!
10 Southern states was placed at
20,840,000 bushels, 6,984,000
j above last year. It was said
prospects declined during May in
all these states except North
Carolina and Arkansas.
Among 1941 predictions and
1940 production figures were:
Georgia 5,159,000 bushels for
1941 against 4,216,000 for 1940.
REGISTRATION TO BE
HELD BY DRAFT BOARD
Registration on July 1 of young
men eligible for military train
ing but not heretofore registered
will be conducted solely by Se
lective Service local boards in
their headquarters or in public
places designated by them, Na
tional headquarters, Selective
Service System, has announced.
Although on October 16, 1940,
the first registration day, many
persons and organizations out
side the Selective Service Sys
tem assisted in the task of en
rolling more than 16,000,000 po
tential trainees, National Head
quarters is certain that the sec
ond registration can be conduct
ed satisfactorily by the System
itself.
Local boards which were in a
state of organization on October
16 are now functioning in a rou
tine manner and should be able
to register the 750,000 young
men who have become 21 years
old since October 16 and are oth
erwise eligible for registration,
General Lewis B. Hershey, dep
uty director, said.
Mr. Richard Talton, student of
Abraham Baldwin College at
Tifton, is at home for the sum
mer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Andrew
and Miss Dorothy Jones spent
Tuesday in Atlanta.
Billy Watts of Talbotton spent
the weekend with his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Hodges.
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
chapter of the U. D. C. met
June 3 at the home of the presi
dent, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert. Miss
Norine Swanson and Mrs. C. S.
Gurr were hostesses.
Out-of-town teachers of the
I Perry High school have gone to
their homes for the summer;
Miss Nell Warren to Hawkins-
(ville; Miss Opal Hughes to Ma
con; Miss Ruby Pickens to Com
■ merce; Miss Mary Lee Greene to
Gray; Misses Willie and Allene
' Ryals to Eastman.
Mrs. Foote Bronson of Eaton
| ton is visiting her sister, Mrs.D.
H. Cooper.
[EXCESS COTTON TO
| DRAW MORE PENALTIES
i -
: Penalties on marketing exces
ses of cotton have been increas
ed in proportion to advanced
market prices, Houston county
farmers were reminded this week
by W. T. Middlebrooks, county
Extension agent.
“Cotton prices have advanced
steadily in recent weeks,” the
agent points out. “Under the
terms of recently enacted parity
legislation, grow’ers who planted
within their allotments may ex
pect to receive a net, return ap
proximating full parity for the
first time in years. The new
loan rate of 85 percent of parity
is figured at close to 13.5 cents.
This, together with parity and
conservation payments totaling
about 2.75 cents, should bring
the cotton grower’s total return
to above 16 cents a pound.”
On the other hand, he said, the
farmer who exceeded his allotted
cotton acreage will not gain the
full benefit of the loan program,
since he may receive loans on
cotton produced in excess of his
quota, at only 60 percent of the
rate allowed the cooperating
i grower. When he takes his cot
ton out of loan, or if he sells his
cotton without putting it in the
loan, he must pay a penalty of
at least half the full loan rate.
SAVE STRAW FOB CUTTLE
Because of the drought in all
parts of the state, the feed situa
tion for livestock may be critical,
thus farmers are urged to save
all the straw from the grain
crop now being harvested. While
| straw is not a high quality rough
jage, it will be badly needed if
hay and pasture are short.
Where grain has been harvest
ed with a combine the straw has
not been injured and it can be
raked and saved by baling or
stacking. This, of course, should 1
be done before rains set in. If
grain has been cut with a binder
'land threshed, saving the straw
will not be as difficult as it is
probably already in piles.
Indications are that dairy and
livestock prices will continue to
be at a profitable level through
the year. However, if the dry
weather causes a feed shortage
in the southeast, it win mean
higher prices for bought feed
and less profit to livestock own
i ers. So we need to save every
. bite of roughage of any kind
. that we can.
. Already pastures are dry and
brown with little grazing in them
and it will taXe a little time fori
- them to reco/er woen rain!
. comes, Cattle will loose flesh)
. and go down in production unless]
. they are given additional feed.
. The straw may ini part of this
. need right now and if not need
ed now it will certainly be need
.ed next winter. We may face
i a real feed emergency unless we
do all we can to save whatever
i feed is available now and all
• through the summer. —Frank W.
. Fitch, Extension Dairyman.
i _____________________________________
E. M. FULLER DIES
*
, The body of E. M. Fuller, a
- resident of Perry and Port Val
ley a good many years ago, was
j brought to Perry Wednesday af-
I ternoon, June 4, for service at
f the graveside in Evergreen ceme
t tery at 4 o’clock. He died in
• Birmingham, Ala., Monday.
Mr. Fuller was depot agent for
j the Central of Ca, Kwy. in Per
£ ry about thirty years ago.
Surviving are his wife, a
daughter, Mrs. E. W. McCombs
: of Birmingham and five sons,
I!Charles Fuller of Albany; Milton
.[Fuller, Robert Fuller and Edwin
[Fuller of Florida and Julian Ful-
Mer of Atlanta.
M Pallbearers were H. T. Gil
‘jbert, Sam Nunn and George
J i Nunn of Perry, and W. R. Ecl
• | wards, J. H. Edwards and John
| Vance of Fort Valley. The Rev.
J Roy Gardner, pastor of the Per
jury Methodist church, officiated.
J PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry Church
[ Sunday School-10:15 a. m.
“ Worship Service-ll:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sunday School--3:00 p, m.
, Worship Service-8:00 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
MANY AGRICULTURAL
CHANGES IN STATE
Thirty years, from 1910 to 1940,
have witnessed numerous chang
es in Georgia’s agricultural crops
and livestock as well as drastic
trends in farm populations, Di
rector Walter S. Brown, of the
Agricultural Extension Service,
reported this week.
Highlighting the 30-year de
velopments is the increased farm
production of feeds for livestock,
Mr. Brown says, in pointing out
that farmers are today growing
five times more hay than in 1910.
The present acreage of hay
stands at 900,259 acres or an
average of .84 acres per head cf
horses, mules, and cattle. This
compares with only 228,642
acres or .17 acres per animal 30
years ago.
Director Brown declared that
farmers have realized the neces
sity for more home-grown feeds
and are producing larger quanti
ties of all feed crops. He said
also that even though hay-con
suming livestock have decreased
from 1,339,998 in 1910 to 1,154,-
832 in 1940. that the quality of
Georgia’s livestock has doubled
due mainly to better feeding and
breeding practices.
However, the Extension di
rector explains that workstock
decreases have made way for
lots of tractor-drawn equipment
since 1910, even though the
number of mules have actually
increased. Thirty years ago,
there were 118,583 horses and
294,985 mules on Georgia farms.
Now there are 35,469 horses and
319,006 mules.
Although cotton acreage in the
state has sagged from 4,883,304
to about 2,000,000 acres during
the 30-year period, practically all
of the other crops have experi
enced acreage increases. Notice
able increases occurred with
wheat, oats, tobacco, barley,
|sweet potatoes, and the hay
[crops. Brown called attention to
j the fact that farmers grew six
1 percent more cotton on 25 per
cent less acres during the period
1936-40 than in the preceding de
cade.
Brown said these crop acreage
changes clearly indicate that
while people are growing less
cotton they are devoting greater
acreages to the production of
food and feed crops on the farm.
He states that even larger acre
ages of these crops are being
planted by Georgia farmers this
year in view of the needed pro
duction for national defense.
, In the way of farm population
| trends, significant is the fact
, that less than 58 percent of
j farms were operated by white
farmers in 1910, compared with
nearly 73 percent in 1940, the
Extension director declared.
Likewise, reverse changes have
occurred in the percent of negro
farmers, the percentage drop
ping from 42 to 27.
Director Brown explained the
decrease in negro farmers as be
ing mainly due to the large flow
of negroes to the cities and pub
lic works while, at the same
time, the percentage of whites
leaving the farm has not been so
great. The flock of farm people
migrating to other industries has
thus been largely responsible for
the decline in owners and ten
ants, he added.
In the 30 year period,full farm
owners have decreased from
88,768 to 76,103, while part own
ers and managers showed slight
decline in numbers. However,
during the past ten years, full
owner-operators have increased
to some extent, but the number
of tenant-operators has continu
ed to decline.
The number of tenants has
fallen from 216,954 in 1920 (the
earliest figure available) to 129,-
850 last year. Similarly, the
number of farms in Georgia has
declined considerably, there be
ing only 216,033 according to the
1940 census compared with 291,-
027 in 1910.
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.
I J. A. Ivey, Pastor,