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VOL. LXX. No. 48.
AAA COMMITTEEMEN
TO BE ELECTED SOON
Houston county farmers, work
ing amid a swelter of swift-mov
ing developments on the agricul
tural front, will move into the
new AAA program year Decem
ber 1 with one of the most im
portant of their annual tasks con
fronting them —the selection of
community and county commit
teemen, delegates and alternates.
“Right now, even in the midst
of the rush of the farm plan
sheet sign-up,” declared W. T.
Middlebrooks, secretary of the
Houston County Agricultural
Conservation Association, this
week, “there is a real need for
straight-thinking. In the days,
when war and the threat of war
imperil the future of all people,
it is of tremendous importance
that our farmers give careful
thought to their choice of the
men who are to lead them
through agriculture’s maze of
problems.”
Community elections will be
held at times and places to be
announced soon by Secretary
Middlebrooks. In each commu
nity in the county, farmer-mem- j
hers of the association will elect!
delegates and alternates to a
county convention, and members
and alternate members of the
community committee. The
county convention, in turn, will
elect members of the county ag
ricultural conservation commit
tee, in whose hands will rest the
responsibility of administering
the AAA program in the county.
“The agricultural conservation
program,” Secretary Mi d d 1 e
brooks asserted, “represents de
mocracy in its purest form. To
serve in these posts is an honor
every farmer should covet,and to
exercise franchise as a farmer
elector is an honor equally im
portant. It rests within the
power of farmers to select good
or poor leadership.
“In the perilous days that are
ahead, it is essential that we
have in these positions the best
of our agricultural minds. If the
farmers of Georgia could once
grasp the seriousness of the sit
uation confronting our country,
they would know that every red
blooded American must work
shoulder to shoulder to defend
democracy against the dangers
threatening it.”
Any person having an interest
in a farm, registered as a mem
ber of the county association,and
participating or cooperating in
the farm program will be eligi
ble to vote in the election of com
mitteemen, delegates, and al
ternates.
HUNTING LICENSES
ON SALE AT M.E. AKIN’S
Following his usual policy of
co-operating with Georgia sports
men when possible, State Wild
life Director Zack D. Cravey this i
week announced that hunting li
censes are available right at
home this year.
Mr. Cravey stated that M. E.
Akin has been designated as
agent for Houston county and
now has on hand an ample sup
ply of county and state hunting)
and fishing licenses as well as in- j
formation relative to the state
game laws.
The decision to sell licenses in
the various towns and cities over
the state was made by Mr. Cra
vey after numerous sportsmen
complained of the long delays ini
the past in obtaining licenses af-i
ter they had made application.!
The new system also saves the!
sportsmen the expense of post
age.
In announcing the new system!
of license sales, Mr. Cravey add-j
od that he wishes to express hisj
appreciation to the thousands of:
Georgia sportsmen who are co-1
pperating in such a fine manner]
in the state’s new program, i
Every indication points to a ban-;
ner year for the hunters. All (
forms of wildlife is said to bej
more plentiful this year than in
many seasons.
Mr. Cravey’s only request was
that each hunter abide by the
state laws, be a clean sportsman
°n all occasions, exercise utmost ;
Precaution with firearms and be
careful with fire.
Houston Home Journal
| CITY ELECTION TO
BE HELD DECEMBER 2
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j In the City Election to be held
next Tuesday, Dec. 2, to elect a
. mayor and three councilmen,
. Mayor Sam A. Nunn is opposed
. by James P. Etheridge Sr. The
> three candidates for councilmen
are unopposed. They are J. A.
. Beddingfield, and Dr. H. P. Dob
bins who are seeking re-election
• and G. Francis Nunn who is
running for the first time. G.C.
Nunn did not seek re-election.
S. A. Nunn has held the office
] of mayor for the past three
years. He is a lawyer and has
, farming interests. He is a form
j er legislator of this county.
, Mr. Etheridge is a warehouse
! man, being owner and operator
of Etheridge’s Warehouse and
. Ginnery. He served two terms
as Houston county representa
, tive in the General Assembly of
j Georgia.
, Due to the prominence of both
] candidates for mayor a large
• vote is predicted.
200 HOUSTON FAMILIES^
NEED CHRISTMAS CHEER
■
Did you know that in Houston
county there are two hundred
families whom Santa Claus will
overlook if somebody doesn’t do
something about it? On Christ
mas morning there will be empty
stockings at two hundred fire
sides if those of us who are more
fortunate don’t share our Christ
mas with others.
That sounds like a big order
for this community. Most of us
who year after year enjoy a well
laden Christmas tree, warm fire
sides, warm clothes, a full din
ner table find it hard to realize
that there can be so many needy
families so close home.
But the figures come from the
welfare office. They have been
carefully checked. There are
actually that many who need
food and clothing and toys and
Christmas cheer.
This year the Sorosis club has
volunteered to help coordinate
the work of filling these empty
stockings. But it is too big a
job for one club to undertake
alone, and it is one that many
organizations have been taking
part in for years and they will
want to continue.
Already a quantity of used toys
have been collected and are be
ing reconditioned for use in the
boxes. The Boy Scouts did a
good work in collecting these
toys. On December 16 the
Scouts will again be called into
service, and another house-to
house canvass will be made, this
time to collect food, clothing,
money, toys or anything that
•can be used in these Christmas
boxes.
A committee from out in the
county '.vill work with the Soro
sis club committee, both in so
liciting donations in their va
rious communities, and in pack
ing the boxes and distributing
them. All other organizations
'interested are urged to contact
the central committee, so that
the work will not be duplicated
in the case of any family, but
each organization contributing
will have full credit for the work
and contributions. Those who
j prefer to take care of one or
| more families may secure the
! names through the welfare of
fice.
Perry and Houston county nev
er fail to respond to a need when
it is presented. Christmas will
be happier for every one of us
if we come down on Christmas
morning with the knowledge
jthat there isn’t an empty stock
ling in Houston county. Our
(greatest pleasures are those«that
| are shared, and if we rise to the
; occasion we can really say this
I Christmas with Tiny Tim, “God
j Bless Us Every One.”
| PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry Church
Sunday School--10:15 a. m.
j Worship Service-11:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sunday School-3:00 p. m.
Worship Service-8:00 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
I Mr. and Mrs. Scott Walters
and children of East Point, Ga.
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Calhoun for the weekend.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1941
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! j KEYNOTES RED CROSS APPEAL
:* s / JOmkj
Frances Fedden. attractive Bronxville, N>. Y., jiptist’s model, is the 1941 Red
; Cross poster girl. Thousands of posters like the one pictured above have been
I distributed throughout the country calling attention to this year’s Roll Call
' membership appeal. Painted by Bradshaw Crandell, prominent New York ilius
i ’ trator, the poster carries a national defense theme, portraying the active part
! being taken by the Red Cross in serving the armed forces.
FARM DEFENSE PROGRAM
Improved farming methods in
Houston county, and higher
standards of living on the farm, j
are bound to be the result of the;
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture’s Farm Defense Program, j
said Walker L. Hawes, county;
farm supervisor of the Farm Se-!
curity Administration, today. |
“Farmers generally, large and
small, are pledging themselves
to raise more food and feed
stuffs,” Mr. Hawes said, “in
keeping with Secretary Wick
ard’s appeal.
“Since the average farmer,
particularly the farm family on
the FSA program, can’t ge t
more acres to cultivate, and
since there is a practical limit to
the added number of livestock to
be purchased at once, the thing
to do in fulfilling this pledge is to
increase yields, feed livestock i
for more weight and more pro
duction. This means better farm
ing. It may be that the in
creased emphasis on ‘Food for
Freedom’ will be the greatest
, boost for intelligent and pains
, taking farming we have ever
had in this county.”
As for the low-income farmers
who participate in the FSA pro
gram, Mr. Hawes said, the first
consideration will be the produc
‘ tion of more food for themselves,
and the learning how to use this
! food better for sake of health.
The next thing that the little
. farmer will be urged to do will
be to raise more feed for ad
i ditional livestock and poultrj
that he undertook to in
connection with FSA’s “Food
for Defense” program last May
and June. And these two things
will lead naturally to production
of more things to be marketed.
“It is on both the production
and marketing that the Farm
Security Administration will help
through encouraging county pur
chasing and marketing associa
tions,” he said. “This will be
the means for the low income
farmer to get the seed, fertilizer,
machinery and breeding stock
that he can’t get otherwise. And
this will be the means of com
manding bstter markets, because
he will be able to join hands
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
Perry High School defeated
the Fort Valley quintet for the
| second time this season on the
i Fort Valley court Friday night,
jby a score of 40-15. The Pan
] thers got off to an early lead and
; the score at the half was 12-5 in
! their favor. The last half turn
jed out to be a scoring melee for
Perry, with 13 field goals and
two foul goals. Th e scoring
points were as follows; Boswell,
20; Daniels, 2; Gray, 4; Johnson,
4. Wilson, 4; Skellie, 2; D. Chap
man, 5. Perry’s next home
game will be with Rochelle Fri
day night, Dec. 5.
The 9th grade girls wrote and
presented an interesting play,
, “Cast Your Ballot—Your Ticket
To Freedom” at the P. T. A.
, meeting Tuesday afternoon
About fifteen students took part.
The Junior Class is sponsoring
the Stamps-Baxter Quartet Thur.
night, Nov. 27, at 8 o’clock. The
admission is 15 and 30 cents.
Please come. —Adv.
with his neighbors to produce
enough to attract dependable
markets.
“Next comes our job of tying
the increased production to the
needs of the people, with the
idea that home plans are no less
important than farm plans.
“Not only the Farm Security
Administration but all other
agencies of the Department of
Agriculture have gone into this
program with the idea of build
ing agriculture on a sounder ba
sis —not to plow up vast areas
, that will be left to blow away
] after the emergency passes, as
happened in the last war, but to
, plan carefully. We’re all look
, ing to the long future after the
, emergency passes, when our new
. knowledge of how to grow more
• food will be turned to our own
: service and improvement.
: “We’re out to feed not only
: hungry people and livestock, but
I also the land itself, and to make
■J people more secure on the land
j 1 they till, whether they own it or
i [ merely rent it.”
|THREE CANDIDATES
| ANNOUNCE FOR CLERK
The announcements of three
candidates for clerk of court of
| Houston county are made in this
j week’s issue of the Home Jour
-1 nal. The candidates are Robert
E. Brown, Tommie S. Hunt, and
E. Whit Traylor.
The special election to fill the
unexpired term of the late H. T.
Gilbert will be held Tuesday,
Dec. 16, with Ordinary John L.
Hodges in charge with Justices
of the Peace assisting in the va
rious precints.
There is no time limit for a
candidate to qualify but in order
to have names on ballots and
other election papers, notice must
be made to Ordinary Hodges not
later than Dec. 5.
The same general rules will
apply in this special election as
in general elections.
AODITIONAI PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Garrett
spent the weekend in Atlanta.
Mr. Bob Harper is a patient at
Crawford W. Long hospital, At
lanta. Friends regret his illness.
The children of Legionnaires
were entertained at a party last
Thursday night at the Legion
Home.
Master Sgt. Huey Rutherford
and Mrs. Rutherford of Fort Mc-
Pherson and Miss Evelyn Smith
of Hapeville, Ga. were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Gordy last
Thursday. Mrs. Gordy spent
several days last week in Hape
ville.
Mrs. T. L. Bailey of Peoria,
111. is visiting Mrs. H. T. Gilbert
and other relatives.
Mr. J. M. Gooden attended the
convention of Teachers of Eng
lish in Atlanta last week.
Friends of Miss Fay Walker of
Bonaire will regret to learn of
her illness,
Mrs. Malcolm Dean spent the
weekend in Marshallville with
her brother, Mr. E. W, Oliver,
and his family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cauthon
announce the birtn of a daugh
ter, Patricia Ann, on Nov. 10.
Mrs. Cauthon was Miss Carolyn
Marshall before her marriage.
| The baby is the granddaughter
. of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Marshall
> and Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cauthon.
Mrs. Alva Adkisson of Rober
ta is visiting Mr. ami Mrs. Guy
1 Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wordna Gray
announce the birth of a daugh
' ter, Janet Alicia, u.i Wednesday, ,
1 Nov. 19. ivirs. Liiay was Mist]
Clyde Tabor. Tne baby’s grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Tabor and Mr. ami Mrs. Walter
W. Gray.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Gallemore
will have as tneir guests Thanks
giving Day Mrs. Clara Galle
-1 more, Mrs. C. B. Wall, and Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Gallemore of;
; Jeffersonville; Mrs. H. G. Wade
and daughter, Martha, Mrs. Hugh
Gray, Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Brown
and daughter, Martha, and Miss
Sara Gallemore, mi of Macon.
Mrs. Clara Gallemore and Mrs.
Wall spent Wednesday here also.
Dr. Aquila Charnbtee of Fort
Valley was guest speaker at the
Teachers’ and Workers’ Council
at the Baptist church Tuesday
! night. His inspirational mes
• sage was on Evangelism. W. E.
Beckham, S S. superintendent,
I presided. Refreshments were
: served during the social hour.
5 ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Baptist W. M. S. circles
■ will meet Monday at 3p. m. as
’!follows: No. 1, with Mrs. L. M.
> | NeSmith, Mrs. Gene Livingston
j co-hostess; No. 2, with Mrs. G.
iS. Riley, Mrs. V. B. Hay co
i hostess; No. 3, with Mrs. O. A.
King, Mrs.A.C. Watts cohostess.
1 The Susannah Wesley class of
* the Methodist Church School
■ will meet Wednesday, Dec. 3.
; 3:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
r G. C. Nunn.
1 The Methodist W. S. C. S. will
i meet Monday at 3:30 p. m. at
the church. Circle names will
j be drawn at this time. Members
t are urged to be present.
J LOST —Two bay mare mules,
1 weight about 1,500 lbs., from my
f farm near Perry,
i Freeman Cabero.
ESTABLISHED 1870
farmers'askedto
INCREASE PEANUTS
Farmers will find it good busi
ness to increase their acreage of
peanuts and soybeans next year,
according to L. W. Tabor, chair
man of the Houston County U.S.
D. A. Defense Board.
Based on current prices for
peanut oil and meal, farmers are
receiving much more for peanuts
for oil this year than they did
for all peanuts last year, he de
clared. Soybean prices, he add
ed, also have risen rapidly dur
ing the past year, and are now
double those of a year ago. In
fact, he said, soybean prices are
now at the highest level since
domestic production reached com
mercial proportions.
Georgia growers have been
asked to produce 590 acres of
peanuts for oil and 547,000 acres
of edible peanuts in 1942, com
pared with a total of 651,000
acres this year for all purposes.
They have also been asked to
step up soybean production about
8 3 percent.
Fair prices and increased de
mand are expected to continue
next year because of the in
creasingly important role the two
oils are playing in defense pro
duction, Mr. Tabor said. In
creased buying power and the
discovery of new uses for peanut
and soybean oils, he said, also
will tend to hold prices and con
sumption at new high levels.
Oil taken from peanuts and
soybeans has a wide variety of
uses, both in homes and factories.
Among the more common uses
are linoleum, cosmetics, cooking
oil, lard, and newspaper ink.
Soybean oil is being used in
creasingly as quick-drying agent
for paints, and as more soybean
oil is diverted to the paint indus
try, the shortage will have to be
made up with peanut oil.
Last spring, when the U. S.
Department of Agriculture called
for an increase in soybeans and
peanuts for oil, the AAA pro
gram was revised to encourage
this increase in production.
So, Mr. Tabor declared, if
Houston county farmers increase
their acreage, they will not only
be carrying their share of the in
creased production goals of the
Farm Defense Program, but will
be adding to their incomes.
HAYNEVILLE P. T. A.
ORGANIZES AGAIN
The November meeting of the
Hayneville P. T. A. was held
j Friday afternoon, Nov. 14, with
the following officers installed:
Mrs. D. H. Daniel, president;
Mrs. H. F. McCormick Jr., vice
pres.; Mrs. Linwocd McCormick,
treas.; Mrs. E. H. Wimberly,cor.
and rec. secty.; Mrs. Ruth Wal
ton, program chmn.
Mrs. Daniel read the scripture
lesson. Mrs. Walton presented
an interesting program featuring
pupils of the primary grade in
“A Thanksgiving Prayer;” a
poem, “Indian Children,” recit
ed by Alfred Akin; and “Nur
sery Rhymes,” by six children.
The treasurer reported pro
ceeds from the Carnival, held
Friday, Nov. 7, amounted to
$68.04.
It was decided to have the
Stamps-Baxter Quartette some
time in June, and a Daddy’s
Night program in the early
spring.
During the social hour Mrs.W.
H. Akin and Mrs. Mike Daniel,
hostesses, served a delicious sal
ad course, cookies and hot
chocolate.
Miss Myrtice Akin and Lolita
McCormick assisting in serving.
SERVICE GUILD MEETS
The Wesleyan Service Guild
met last Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. John L, Hodges.
In the absence of the president,
Miss Thelma Bickley, Mrs.
Hodges, the counselor, presided.
Miss Allene Ryals, vice-presi
dent, presented the program on
the Thanksgiving theme. Miss
Frances Couey brought an in
spiring devotional message.
Mrs. G. W. Hicks, president of
the Methodist Woman's Society
of Christian Service, told of the
Week of Prayer offering.
Mrs. S. P. Houser and Miss
Caroline Hodges assisted in serv
ing.
