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U.LXX. No. 37.
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igIIITTEES NAMED:
■
9 Defense Savings Committee
°H'Houston County was organiz-
V] K r rridav for the purpose of pro
"Bl £ Defense Bond Sales. E.
Kevrhard was named execu
?®f(-hairman by the organizing
Wnittee composed of Mayor S.
Knn. 0. A. King. Dr. R. L.
, Eby Holtzclaw, Mrs. G.
S Bvunn. and Mrs. H. S. Kezar.
K- committee was named by
HrinnH. Allen, administrator
Hne Da Defense Savings Staff,
W o also appointed Mayor Nunn,
Horary chmn. for Houston
following committees have
appointed for Houston
Hanking and Finance; C. E.
i BXw, chmn.; Dr. R. L. Cater.
'Bce-chnin.: C. B. Watson, F. M.
I Haller. Max Moore, E. M. Beck-
H and Judge A. M. Anderson.
■ Education: E. P. St a p 1 es,
; C. L. Williams, vice-
I Hint)’.: Geo. K. Hunt, Miss Les
3HeLangston, Mrs. W. J Boone,
I HdMiss Mary Houser Brown,
Employees: C. C.
I,Bierce, chmn.; F. M. Greene,
nHite-chmn.: Mrs. E. F. Tharpe,
Sewell, Dr. H. P. Dob-
K. F. Scarborough, M. E.
H W. W. Gray (18th Dist.),
Sasser, J. N. Buff, and H.
.'H 1 Gorily-
G. Francis Nunn,
■ton.; J. Meade Tolleson, vice-
J. A. Grubb, A. C. Cobb,
WWilder, A. W. Pratt, and C.
{’Hi Gray.
Women’s Organizations: Mrs.
H.C. Nunn, chmn.; Mrs. George
Hrdan, vice-chmn.; Mrs. J, A.
3 H)avis, vice-chmn.; Mrs. B. H.
H'ewberry, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert,
s Hlrs. W, C. Talton, Mrs. Whit
Mrs. Walter Watson,
Martha Cooper, and Mrs.
■ B. Andrew, Sr,
Mfostmasters: Otis King,chmn.;
oHloilis S. Kezar, vice chmn.; J.
Clark, B, J. Hunt, and T.
jiff Rogers.
John M. Satterfield,
Hbn,; W. B. Roberts, vice-
Hbn.; J. C. Matthews, W. G.
Wiley, Walter Owens, W. A.Cur
i,H' S| an( f J- Taylor,
H Agriculture: Floyd H, Tabor,
W. T. Middlebrooks, vice
(Hdniiii.; Wilburn Renfroe, J. P.
Halnaker, Warren B. Hodge,
Houser B. Gilbert, S, L. Nor-
H W( i- Cohen Walker, S. W.Hick
’Bo3, Glea Gray, C. L. Kersey,
W W. Houser, A. R. Talton, and
E. Pyles.
f o r m a t i o n: Mrs. J.L.
chmn.; Rhett Milam,
H r » W. K. Whipple.
H Trade: Marion Houser, chair-
W. V. Tuggle, vice-chair-
W. Bloodworth, E. F.
Mrs. E. C. Massee, •
W' P ' Etheridge, Mrs. Mary R
Hfown. Cl El McLendon, W. E.
■Wham, E. Wynne, Sol Bern-
Hj e| n, H. C. Talton, and Cecil
■body.
H Service Club: W.K. Whipple,
B®"-; E- Holtzclaw, vice-chair-
BK : Mrs - G. P. Collins, Mrs. C.
Wr, afford . Mrs. Hollis Kezar,
■Uiarles Andrew, and W. C.
■«ssee.
H Local Headquarters; Mrs. J.
•HHalhoun, chmn.; Mrs. B. H,
■ "drew, Jr., vice-chmn.
| COTTON REPORT
■ Unsus report shows that 486
■n 83 °f cotton were ginned in
■,Jf ton county from the crop of
■ prior to Sept. 1 as compar-
H 1340 lth 260 * )a * es f° r the cro P
I
■ , Earliest Song
B, ‘ ie the earliest songs known i
l Com P pse< i on the death of Char- j
■ ~.a S ne in 813. It is still preserved i
I" , :e national library at Paris.
I , Sidewalk Traffic
B.| I C r c i )r , c hng to Collier’s, by mark- ;
B'l’aft; * ts sidewalks into three •
K. fanes, the inner for window j
■for ers £nc * loafers, the middle !
■trr« S • Wa^ers a n d the outer for i
I ’ e , :n a hurry, Louisburg, N. C., j
I Jjy a .t ion 2,182), has eliminated its
■ r traffic snarls.
I p *t Pays to Live
■o; i.f“ ° ne dollar paid to beneficiaries
■t- 'Assurance policies in the Unit
■ ates - two dollars are paid to
■ . \ Policyholders in dividends,
H; A ea endowments, discontinued
r °ceeds and annuity and dis-
I “v payments, declares Collier’s.
Houston Home Journal
| BAPTIST CHURCH TO |
j ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS
1
j. The Perry Baptist church has
invited seventy-five soldiers from
Lamp Wheeler to be its guests
next Sunday. The invitation has
been accepted in behalf of the
soldiers by Chaplain U. V. White
who will accompany them to
Perry.
These visitors will present a
program at the church at 2:30 p.
m. Sunday, beginning with an
organ concert. There will be
considerable musical talent
among the group. These musi
cians will take part in the wor
ship services at Sunday school
and at the morning church hour.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor, in
vites the public to attend the
2:30 p. m. program.
The soldiers will be entertain
ed in the homes of the Baptist
members.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School--10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
The pastor will bring the third
message on “Overcoming Faith”
speaking on “Faiths Supreme
Claim.”
The last of the series of Ves
per services will be held Sunday
night, 7 o’clock. The workers
and the children of the Children’s
Division of the Church School
will give the devotional, and the
pastor will bring a short appro
priate talk.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor.
New White Bread Retains
All Essential Vitamins
Here is an announcement that will
be of interest to the modern house
wife. A new kind of white bread
containing all the vitamins and
minerals of whole wheat. This is
an important step ahead in bolster
ing the national diet.
Since the British government, as
a public health measure, recently
ordered all bakers to use vitamin
flour for baking bread, public at
tention has again centered on the
much-discussed vitamin 81, and the
other vitamins and minerals natural
to whole wheat, usually eliminated
in milling white flour.
This new vitamin Bl bread, made
from the recently developed white
flour, retains all the essential vita
min 81, vitamin G, calcium and
iron of the original wheat. The flour
has been accepted by the Council
on Foods of the American Medical
Association, and the bread wrapper
carries the approved seal of accept
ance of the council.
In line with the majority of scien
tific and medical opinion, which pre
’ fers the restoration of natural vita
min contents to processed and pre
pared foods, the n£w kind of white
bread is described as being neither
medicated nor fortified, but as con
taining all the natural amounts of
vitamins and minerals of whole
wheat in the flour from which it
is made.
School authorities and nutrition
ists generally are indorsing the new
bread as being of importance ia
making available an adequate sup
ply of the vitamins to children to
whose health and growth they are
essential.
j Discovery of Artificial
Life Bears on Heredity
Life has been caused to develop
artificially in a surprising new way,
it was learned at California Institute
of Technology. Discoverer of the
new method that has a bearing on
heredity is a noted woman scien
tist, Dr. Ethel Browne Harvey of
| Princeton university,
j Fragments of sea-urchin eggs
j containing no nuclei, and thus no
I chromosomes, have been caused by
! entirely artificial means to develop
and multiply until, from one cell,
500 have been produced. In her lat
est research, Dr. Harvey explained,
I she has been able to develop this
! queer form of life to the point where
1 the freak sea-urchin creatures are
1 almost able to swim. Efforts to
j carry the development of mdividu
-1 als further by treating the unique
1 living forms with vitamins and hor
| mones have failed, she admitted.
I The Princeton woman s work
: proves that, contrary to previous
belief, a cell requires no nucleus to
be made to start dividing and so
multiplying into additional individu
als The former idea was that no
real development of a new individ
ual could occur without the aid of
bearers of heredity contained in the
parent nuclei.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1941
FARMERS URGED TO
SAVE ALL SEED IN’4l
Georgia farmers were urged
this week by the Agricultural
Extension Service to save all
seed possible this fall for plant
ing of next year’s crops, in view
of the tact that the value of
planting seed required on Geor
gia farms amounts to more than
annually.
Extension specialists declared
that the potential scarcity of
seed supplies for many farm
crops next year makes it im
portant that farmers harvest as
much seed as they can. Geor
gians are experiencing poor
yields this year with many crops
and thus this condition adds to
to the necessity of gathering
more seed, the Extension work
ers said.
Walter S. Brown, director of
the Extension Service, explained
that the value of planting seed
used on the average farm in
Georgia each year totals about
$lOO. Director Brown said most
farmers can easily keep this
amount in their pockets by har
vesting home-grown seed, and in
many cases, some may be gath
ered for sale. Also, the quality
of seed produced at home is
known and thus lessens chances
of infestation by obnoxious
weeds, he asserted.
Faced with shortage of lespe
deza seed, farmers were urged
by E. D. Alexander, Extension
agronomist, to use all available
means to save the seed of this
crop, which is now one of Geor
gia's most popular soil builders.
He said seed are expected to be
high next spring and farmers
who save seed for sale will likely
receive excellent prices for all
lespedeza seed gathered.
With ginning getting in full
swing throughout the state,
growers were asked by Exten
sion cotton specialists to make
arrangements to save a sufficient
quantity of high quality cotton
seed for the 1942 planting. Farm
ers in one-variety communities
and other individuals without
pure seed would profit by mak
ing arrangements for securing
good seed from their neighbors,
the officials pointed out.
The home garden, one of the
greatest contributors to national
defense and family health, was
also emphasized by the agricul
tural specialists. Elmo Rags
dale, Extension horticulturist,
declared that seed from most
garden crops can be saved with
little trouble and expense. He
said plenty of home-saved seed
is insurance against scarcity and
that if farm families have seeds,
chances for a better garden are
assured.
Officials stated that not all seed
required for the 1942 plantings,
especially of certain crops, could
be saved. They explained that
most seed from such crops as
Austrian winter peas and the
vetches cannot be saved success
fully in Georgia. However, the
Extension specialists asserted
that farmers would do well to
make arrangements as soon as
ppssible for needed winter le
gume and other cover crop seed.
Increased acreages in soil
building crops, as well as feeds
for livestock and poultry, are
anticipated, in view of the step
up in production called for under
the national defense program.
Reports also indicate farmers are
planning to produce more food
per acre this coming year.
Redbud Tree
The legend of the redbud tree is to
the effect that the redbud or Judas
tree once had white flowers, but that
when Judas hanged himself upon the
tree they turned pink with shame.
Tiny Insects
Some tiny insects can scarcely be
seen by the human eye at a distance
of a yard, but certain birds can
I see them from as far away as a hun
i dred yards.
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Mass Production
Eggs in mass production seems to
i be the aim of a chicken that helps .
; supply the table of Mrs. Emma
Phelps in Kingston. On two occa
i sions she has found three eggs in
j one—a completely formed egg in
shell within a shell, plus a third egg i
I —according to Mrs. Phelps’ report (
I to the Ain’t Nature Wonderful Ed
itor. The big eggs are laid by a
| Rhode Island Red chicken at Kings-
J ton.
BOLL WEEVIL LOSSES!
HEAVY SINCE 1916!
Georgia farmers have lost ani
estimated total of $616,863,000
through losses from boll weevils
since they first invaded the state
in 1916, according to information
from the Agricultural Extension
Service.
Greatest loss in yield was dur
ing 1920-23: the loss amounting
to 31 % in 1920; 45% in 1921,44%
in 1922, and 37% in 1923. The
greatest loss in value was in 1919
when cotton averaged 35.7 cents
per pound. The total loss that
year amounted to $81,000,000.
This was closely followed by 1922
when cotton sold for an average
of 23.7 cents per pound, the total
loss being $75,000,000.
The average loss in yield for
the years 1916 to 1940, inclusive,
amounted to 16 percent. Th e
lowest loss was in 1931 when the
crop was reduced by only 7 per
cent, and with the average price
only 5.83 cents, the total loss in
value was only $3,511,000, The
loss in value calculated by using
the percent reduction in yield for
each year and the value of the
crop for that year.
The loss in 1941 is the highest
for any year since 1923, and will
probably amount to one-third of
the crop, based on present esti
mate of yield, according to R, R.
Childs, cotton specialist of the
Agricultural Extension Service.
LET’S SAVE FOOD
The Secretary of Agriculture
is asking the cooperation of all
farm people and all farm commu
nities to make special effort to
insure full use of all food and
feed supplies produced. It is
pointed out that in the interest
|of national defense it is most de
| sirable that no food or feed
i which is produced this summer
I should be allowed to go to waste.
In nearly every locality sup
plies of vegetables, fruits, and
feed crops go to waste each year
because they are not gathered
and distributed for immediate
use or are stored or preserved.
Special service buildings, such as
smoke houses, sweet potato cur
ing houses, canning plants, meat
curing houses and others are
needed to save or process many
of the products.
Also there is need for the con
struction and maintenance of
adequate buildings to house the
livestock and increased quantities
of home-grown grain, forage,
and food supplies.
Farm people are urged to make
full use of the order catalogues
of farm building plans available
in the county agents’ and home
demonstration agents’ offices.
There is a selection of over 250
plans of all types of structures,
from farm houses to smoke hous
es. Plans, free of charge, may
be ordered by number from the
Agricultural Extension Service
.at Tifton or Athens.
G. 1. Johnson. Extension
Agricultural Engineer.
Sun Nearest Star
Being only 92,000,0'JC miles away, j
the sun is our nearest star. The near
est of the bodies we commonly call
stars and which are identical with
our own sun, is the star Proxima
Centauri, which is about 26,000,000,-
000,000 miles distant.
‘Read Bible’ Vernict
Charged and countercharged with
disorderly conduct as the result of
a backfence row, two Tulsa house
wives were sentenced to read the
Sermon on the Mount, “I am con
tinuing the case pending your good
behavior,” he told them. “Go home !
and get your Bibles.”
j
i
Cat Coincidence
For the department of remarkable |
coincidences: Officer E. K. O’Brien j
of the police records bureau in Wash- |
ington was scanning t'ne lost-and- i
found column of the newspaper. He j
found an ad about a missing tomcat |
named Teddy. O’Brien looked up I
to see a weary-looking cat walk into |
• the room. It was Teddy, giving !
himself up.
Change Temperature
To change a plus centigrade tem
perature to Fahrenheit, multiply it
by nine-fifths and add 32. If it is
a minus centigrade temperature,
multiply it by nine-fifths and sub
tract 32.
|PENN-DIXIE DEFEATS
CAMP WHEELER TEAM
The Penn-Dixie Baseball team
defeated the 14th Battallion team
j from Camp Wheeler. 5 to 4, Sun
iday afternoon on the Clinchfield
diamond. This was the first of
a three game series. The next
game will be played next Sunday
afternoon at 4p. m. at Clinch
field.
The Penn-Dixie team is clos
ing out a most successful season
of independent baseball. The
Byrornville team will honor Penn-
Dixie with a barbecue Thursday
afternoon in Byrornville after
i their final game in Byrornville.
About 200 soldiers followed
their team from Camp Wheeler
Sunday and many more are ex
pected next Sunday when the
Baptists of Perry are having
“Soldier Day” in Perry.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible School each Sunday morn
ing 10:15.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Sermon by the pastor.
Baptist Training Union 7 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed
nesday Evening 8:00.
J. A. Ivoy, Pastor.
U. D. C. MEETING
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
chapter of the U. D. C. met at
the home of Mrs. E. W. Traylor
for its September meeting Tues
day afternoon.
During the business session,
presided over by Mrs. H. T. Gil
bert, president, it was decided to
place markers on several un
marked graves of Confederate
veterans at Centerville and Wells
ton. Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. GE.
Jordan were appointed delegates
to the State convention to be
held in Savannah in October and
the National convention in No
vember Mrs. Traylor and Mrs.
B. H. Newberry were appointed
alternates, Mrs. E. P. Staples
and Mrs. Newberry were wel
comed as new members.
Miss Norine Swanson arranged
the program. It consisted of a
paper on “Virginia After th t
Reconstruction” by Mrs. Jordan;
a vocal duet, “Carry Me Back
to Old Virginny,” Mrs. Traylot
and Miss Swanson; and an arti
cle on “Columbus”, by Mrs. G.
S. Riley.
The hostess was assisted by
Mrs. Chas. S, Leech in serving
refreshments.
Age and Physical Fitness
Physical fitness declines rapidly
with years in young men of military
agei according to results of a study
by Dr. Samuel J. Kopetsky, colonel
and chief of the medical division of
the New York selective service or
ganization. There were 82,565 regis
trants in the group studied, of whom
37,329, or 45 per cent, were in the
age group 18 through 25; 25,900, or
31 per rent, in the 26 to 31 bracket,
and 19,336, or 24 per cent, 31 to 35.
In the youngest group 19 per cent
were found unfit for military serv
ice; in the middle group, 24 per
cent; and in the oldest group, 29
per cent. There was, therefore, a
1 50 per cent increase in defectives
accompanying a 10-year increase in
the age level. Those accepted com
prised 59, 48 and 46 per cent, re
spectively, of the ascending age
groups. Those placed in the de
ferred classification for partial mili
tary service were in these age
groups, 22, 28 and 40 per cent, re
spectively.
Owl-Faced Plane
An owl-faced plane of new design,
said to be incapable of spinning or
stalling, combines a variety of at
tractive features for private fliers.
Handled like the wheel of a car, a
{ control wheel steers the all-metal
] craft by operating its rudder and
i ailerons simultaneously. On the
| ground, the same control turns a
I nose wheel for taxiing. Transpar
| ent panels give all-around and over-
I head vision for and land-
I ings, and for keeping out of the
j way of other planes in the air. A
1 tricycle landing gear and special
i air-cushioned shock absorbers help
| to set down the two-seater machine
gently. Hydraulic wheel brakes
j bring it to a full stop within 200 feet,
so that any small field may serve
as a landing place.
Ttainarops lion i cnange
Snow may melt, and fall as rain,
but raindrops do not change to
snow, which condoles from water
vapors. _
ESTABLISHED 1870
(HOUSTON SCHOOLS
! WILL OPEN MONDAY
All the white schools of Hous
ton county will open next Mon
day, Sept. 15, for the fall term.
The Perry Training School for
colored will open next Monday,
also, and the other colored
schools will open October 13.
The Perry white school will
have opening day exercises from
10:30 a. m, to 11:15 a, m. in the
school auditorium. F. M.Greene
county school superintendent'
and Rev. J. A. Ivey will make
brief talks. Miss Willie Ryals,
music teacher, will be in charge
of music. Supt. E. P. Staples
invites all the friends and pat
rons of the school to be present
at these exercises marking the
beginning of the new school year.
The Perry school will open at
9a. m. Monday. Students are
to report to their home rooms to
register and to receive their
books and assignments.
Opening exercises at the Bon
aire High school are being plann
ed by Supt. C. L. Williams.
MANY SEEDLINGS TO
BE DISTRIBUTED SOON
The state Division of Forestry
announced that applications may
be made now for orders of pine,
black locust and black walnut
seedlings for fall delivery.
Walter Dyal,Forestry director,
■ said approximately 17,000,001)
will be available, at cost prices,
from the state’s nurseries in Al
bany and Dry Branch. He pre
dicted they should be ready for
i transplanting around Nov. 15 but
said the exact date will be an
i nounced later in the season.
Applications may be made di
rectly to the Division of Fores
i try, State Capital, or through
■ Agricultural Agents. A mini
mum of 500 seedlings may be
ordered at the time although
there is no maximum limit.
t
! BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The Baptist W. M. S. met at
the church Monday afternoon
with Mrs. C. E. Brunson, the
president, in the chair.
Mrs. J.L. Gallemore presented
the monthly program from Royal
Service on “Cooperation.” Those
who discussed topics on this sub
ject were: Mesdames E. W.
Traylor, C. F. Cooper, Tom Cat
er, and J. A. Beddingfield.
Mrs. Alton Hardy was in
charge of the devotional period,
jhe based her talk on Psalm 121
and read a poem. “Smiles.”
The annual season for State
, Missions and the W. J. Neal of
l r'ering will be observed at the
! church Wednesday, Sept. 24.
Mrs. Charlie Logue conducted
■ the Sunbeam meeting at the
1 church.
Cubs ‘Hitch-Hike’
During a quick getaway from dan
ger, polar bear cubs have been ofc>-
■ served “hitch-hiking” by grabbing
■ hold of their mother’s tail.
I
i
i Volume From Piano
, Where greater volume is desired
, from a piano, there should be no
, carpet under the instrument. This
. >s especially true of a grand, which
. gives off sound from the underside
, of its case. Conversely, in a small
, room a carpet under the piano will
, soften its tone and keep it from
being too loud.
'Temporary’ Job
When her father, a freight agent,
found himself short of help 51 years
ago, Miss Edith M. Durham took a
"temporary” job to help out. She
liked the work so well she re
mained in the office for more than
: half a century.
Glass Walls
Complete outside walls of a house
or other building can be built with
glass blocks, a new building materi
al. Made in various sizes, the blocks
are sealed, hollow and patterned so
that they pass light but are not
transparent. Their enclosed hollow
' centers insulate much more effec
| tively than do ordinary windows.
Defrosting
To defrost your mechanical re
frigerator quickly, turn the unit off,
empty the ice cubes out of the
trays, fill the trays with boiling wa
ter and replace trays in the super
freezer. You are able to defrost in
about 25 to 35 minutes by using this
method.
