Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 30, 1942, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI Houston Home Journal BVQk PEHRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870 iiiOTIC RALLY TO I SUNDAY NIGHT Bond Pledge Canvass To Be ■ Launched In County Ha county-wide Patriotic Rally Bill be held next Sunday night, i at 8:30 p. m. at the Per- B-l'Ih'o! auditorium for the pur- B-e of promoting the Bond ■ Canvass in Perry and Bouston county next week. At Bb meeting, other phases of pa- B and defense work will be Besented briefly. ■e P. Newhard, executive BJrman County War Savings ■atf, will preside, Hamilton Biii; of Macon will be the princi- speaker. ■ihe Boy Scouts will have their Blast Presentation ceremony. B.L Whipple is arranging mu- Bal numbers. Bp P- Staples, chmn. Civilian Bfense Committee and Mrs. Bhn L- Hodges, chmn. Woman’s Bvision, will outline briefly the Btivities and plans of the Com- Bttee. ■The Houston County Unit of Be State Guards will be repre- Bnted on the program by Major BmA. Nunn, commander of B>b hist. ■At the order of the Treasury ■ept. the War Savings Staff will ■miner, a house-to-house pledge ■mass in Perry May 4-10. The ■edge committee, or “Minute ■en”, includes C. E. Andrew, ■.E. Beckham, J. A. Bedding- Kid, J. P. Etheridge, and F. M. ■user. ■lewis Tabor, chmn. County A. ■i. Committee and War Board, ■ directing the rural canvass in Houston county. Pie is being as ■led by all the agricultural ■endes in the county. ■Houston county’s quota for ■ay is $3,200, which is almost ■uble the county’s average ■onthly sale of $1,183. MED PEOPLE HAVE I CIVILIAN DEFENSE RALLY ■The colored people of Plouston Bunty held a Defense Rally, Bpril 22, at the Perry Training ■tool in New Hope. Principal ■ D. Redmond presided. ■James Williams, head of Men’s ■vision, told of precautions to Ike in case of an air raid and ■cussed farm work. Ruby ■arpe.chmn. Women’s division, ■ked on child health work.nurs ■. gardening, and conservation. ■ lian Johnson, chmn. Nutrition, ■ked on the relation of diet to ■ith and urged the planting of ■ ct ory Gardens and the canning ■ vegetables this summer. ■ Emphasis was placed on the ■jying of stamps and bonds. ■Committees on Gardens, Sew ■?. First Aid, Nursing, and ■m Work were appointed. |A First Aid course has been ■•npleted. A Nutrition course ■as begun Monday night at 8:30. |fhe men are being given train-; Bui defense work every Tues r- v night at the school in New |°Po. 36 are in the class. I Annie Booth O’neal, Secty. [ BE CAREFUL ■ Luring the spring and summer, i e s often become uncontrollable ■ y® farm. Extreme care °uld be exercised when using eln order that no damage be t^e woodland areas or Jdingg on the farm. Carless ■ sis one of the biggest causes nr e losses, says the Extension irvice. TRACTOR SAFETY A tractor up-set may cost a J °r a life so don’t forget • oVer turning is four times as )n ij w hen tractor speed is p.,i, •. Specialists of the Ag irm Ura Extension Service urge i hcn fcrS SL ’ r * to go slowi ° ng roUgh ground or 1 ilia’s livestock industry | Beln^ Rains during 1941, on qf 8 Agricultural Exten-i i e pointing out that aacntjonaj income resulted in 1 Uer rural living. I (MAY 2. LAST DAY TO QUALIFY TO VOTE IN *42 r . Georgia voters must register on or before May 2 in order tc ; participate in this fall’s primary and general elections, according to a recent ruling of Attorney General Ellis Arnall. 1 Arnall pointed out that the , Georgia election law permits citi . zens to pay their poll taxes and . register up to a date six months ] prior to the general election, \ which occurs this year on No t vember 3, making May 2 the last . day for registration. 2 Any person qualified to vote in the general election is also eligi -2 ble to vote in any primary to se g Let candidates for the general 2 election, he explained. This . year’s state primary falls on September 9. r The Perry Kiwanis club has been conducting a campaign in ‘ Houston county to get local citi zens to qualify to vote in this 2 year's elections. M. E. Akin, tax collector, has j notified each person by card 3 about his poll tax. ‘ GIVE IB NAVY RELIeTfUNO ” Houston county’s quota for the - Navy Relief Fund was act at $500.00. $347.00 of this amount !has been raised to date with sev I j eral communities still to be heard i from and several contributions not counted. It looks from this that the goal is in sight. If anyone has not made a contribution and would like to do so,please bring or send it to C. E. Andrew at the bank or to W. K. Whipple, or to any member of the committee recent ly published by Saturday night of this week. County after county is going over the top in the drive. Let’s not Jet our help in this matter be either too little or too late. Let’s back up our Navy 100% and show them that we are proud of the way they are doing the job by doing our part here at home. GA. LOSES TEACHERS Time was when Georgia’s turn over of school teachers was 300 to 400 a year. That was a nor mal year. During the past year Georgia has lost well over 3,000. The cause: (1) The war. (2) Low salary scale in the state school system. (3) Higher pay in other jobs, including other state school systems. What’s to be done about it? Nobody seems to really know, but the Georgia Education Associa-j tion has as its major goals (1) a| 25 per cent increase in teachers’ salaries, (2) a retirement pay! plan and (3) federal aid for state schools. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church School--10:15 a. m Morning Worship 11:30 a. m. | Youth Fellowship for Inter-j mediate-Senior ages meets 7:00 p. m, Sunday. Prayer Service Wednesday night, 7:30 o’clock. Evening Worship Service 8:00. The public is cordially invited to all services. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Bible School each Sunday morn- 1 ing 10:15. Morning Worship Service 11:30.! Sermon by the pastor. Baptist Training Union 7 p.m. Evening Worship 8:30 p. m. I Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed- i nesday Evening 8:00. J. A. Ivey, Pastor, 1 i More Thefts on Coast The rate of auto thefts in the Pa- j cific coast states is about double that , in the rest of the nation. . j Cement Self-Sanitizing A cement floor-surfacing material i has been developed which is self- j sanitizing without the use of disin fectants. With no treatment other j than occasional washings, the j cement prevents the growth of j molds on its surface and suppresses j many bacteria, „ I ~ J DSS-817 O Prom Washington News . . Following the example of the i Minute Men of Concord and Lex -1 ington, Modern Minute Men and Women of Houston County are 1 organizing to do their bit in the - “Pledge Plan” campaign begin ning with May 1 and ending on I May 10, it was announced today by E. P. Newhard, executive chairman of the County Defense Savings Staff. “This campaign to obtain the solem pledges of the citizens of Perry and Houston county is as important as the determination of our workers for all-out pro duction and of our military or ganizations to maintain our lines RURAL SECTIONS PLEDGE TO BOY BONOS AND STAMPS A resounding rap on the farm house door this week will official ly inaugurate Uncle Sam’s call on agriculture to buy War Sav ings Stamps and Bonds to back the nation's far-flung war effort. Volunteer workers enlisted from the ranks of the Agricultu ral Adjustment Agency and oth er member units of the USDA War Board will take the field May 1 through May 9 and,during |a thoroughgoing canvass of rural j areas, will ask every farm resi dent to sign a pledge to buy War (Savings Stamps or Bonds regu larly. No stamps or bond will be sold by the volunteer workers, and no orders will be taken. Every per son, regardless of position, will be urged to sign up to invest reg ularly, ‘Tn Houston county,” AAA chairman L. W. Tabor said this i week, “we hope that every per- Ison will sign a purchase pledge, no matter how small the amount. Every man, every woman, every boy or girl, will be given the op portunity to share in America. “Our farmers already are do ing a magnificent job in food and feed production —the greatest in ! their history—and they’ve con tributed, too, by disposing of the scrap metal that lay on their farms. Now they will have a new opportunity to support the war cause. “I wish I could impress on j every person that this is not I merely a war for boys in armed • forces. Industry is doing a job, (and doing it well, and the task j for agriculture is not one whit i less important. We on the home I front hold in our hand the suc cess or failure of the armed fore les of industry. Without food, (and without the support of our (War Savings Stamp purchases jean provide, they would fail. 'That’s a truth we should keep (always before our minds.” The rural stamp and bond pledge sign-up will go hand in ! hand with a similar drive to be [conducted byU. S. Treasury De partment representatives in ur ban areas of 100 or more popula- I tion. During the May 1-9 period, and by the close of a May 10-12 ' clean-up period, it is expected 'every person will have been con e of communication and defense,” - declared Mr. Newhard. ‘‘The 1 first line of victory is on the e home front, and the first line on e the home front is for all out pro • duction and all out cooperation i with our government.” f Civic, farm, patriotic and ser s vice organizations, churches, b schools, lodges and individual citizens will play a part in the 3 campaign, and it is planned to f contact every resident of the 3 county in a systematic house to i house canvass so that everyone - will hear the vital message of the - Defense Savings Bond and Stamp 3 Pledge Plan. ’~rniTmsE news > 99 men enrolled for training in . defense work Tuesday night at a . meeting at the Legion Home, ac -1 cording to E, P. Staples, chmn. . Civilian Defense Committee. ■ The next meeting will be held ' at the Perry school auditorium I Tuesday, May 5, 8:30 p. m. Any . citizen who has not registered . for civilian defense may do so L next Tuesday night. j The training is being directed r by troopers from the Patrol head i quarters. [ increase in syrup I PRODUCTION ASKED 1 i In view of the shortage of mo il lasses and an uncertain outlook ■:for next year, County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks this week urged J farmers to make an effort to pro -5 duce at least a part of the syrup ■ which they will need lor mopp ing cotton during 1942. “Many Georgia farmers are having difficulty in obtaining mo • lasses to be used for mixing with calcium arsenate to mop cotton for boll weevil control,” the I agent declared. ‘‘Not only arej 1 molasses difficult to obtain but | • also they are much higher in I 1 price compared with previous ’ years. It may be even more dif ■ ficult to obtain molasses during ■ 1942.” Mr. Middlebrooks pointed out i that most any kind of syrup can - be used for mopping cotton. In north Georgia, he said, farmers can plant an extra patch of sor-1 ghum and in south Georgia they } ■ can plant either sorghum or sug-j ! ar cane. ‘‘Sorghum and cane can be I planted up until the last of May,” l the county agent explained.‘‘Thel better the land is,the more syrup | 1 will be produced per acre. Ap-i plications of complete fertilizer) will also help to produce yield.” j ) tac ted. All pledges will be wholly vol-; untary, Chairman Tabor pointed; out. ‘‘Let’s heed that rap on the i farmhouse door,” he urged. ■ “It’ll be Uncle Sam calling. ■ Lend him a hand.” | WHEAT FARMERS VOTE I ON QUOTAS SATURDAY j Wheat farmers of the nation will go to the polls Saturday, l May 2, to vote in a referendum jon wheat marketing quotas for ■ this year. R. W. Huey, county AAA administrative officer, re minded Houston countians this week. Farmers who plant 15 or more acres to wheat, and whose acre age normally produces 200 or more bushels, will be eligible to vote, he said. Mr. Huey, in discussing the forthcoming ballot, pointed to the tremendous wheat supply now on hand and in prospect 1,520,000.000 bushels in the United States, Canada, Argenti na and Australia. This, he said, is nearly twice the amount on hand two years ago. Chairman L. W. Tabor, of the AAA county committee, urged eligible farmers to vote “in order to insure continued fair prices, orderly marketing, and more ef fective acreage adjustment.” Growers, he said, should check with the county AAA office on their voting eligibility and for j information on the location of polling places. Bolling places will open by 9:00 o’clock and re main open until 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon. CyiTIIfATION OF KUDZU Much of the success in getting a good growth of kudzu depends on proper care during the first growing season according to W. V. Bass, asst. Soil Conservation ist, Houston County Unit of the , Soil Conservation Service. , Growth of young kudzu plants , will be seriously retarded if they have to compete with other veg , etation during the first spring ; and summer. Clean cultivation is therefore extremely important throughout the entire first grow ing season. Proper cultivation includes suf ficient plowing along the rows to control vegetation, to keep the soil well broken and to keep the vines dragged back to a relative ly narrow strip along each row, as well as hoeing weeds anu grass out of the rows, if neces sary. Such system of cultivation will result in a thick stand of plants along the rows by keeping the surface of the soil in good condi tion for vines to take root at the joints and develop new crowns, boil thrown on tne runners by the plow also induces root forma tion. Where cotton or corn has been planted in the noddles between the rows of ku izu, cultivation of the row crops will control weeds and keep the soil in good condition for establishment of kudzu plants. Synthetic Plastics Chemists count at least 14 major types of synthetic plastics now used in human apparel. Largest National Cemetery Custer Battlefield in Montana is the largest national cemetery, al though more soldiers are buried in Arlington. Radio Pillows In one Australian hospital, pa | tients with head or neck injuries arc supplied with a “radio” pillow. Containing a very weak loudspeaker the pillows are made of sponge rub ber. j Study Sun From Peak I A mountain workshop for study of I the; secrets of the sun has been es- I tablished on the slopes of Fremont j pass, 11,513 feet up, in the Colorado | Rockies, near Climax, Colo. It is I the only one of its kind in the West j ern hemisphere and its completion I is the culmination of six years work, i The observatory is expected to give ( scientists their best information on j disturbances of the sun. Skunk in Hero Hole The lowly unpopular skunk has j been hailed as the new woodland ’ hero of the land by the American j Wildlife institute. Grub worms were 1 harboring on the New York con servation department’s Saratoga Nursery, world’s largest forest tree j production plant. Along came the ' skunk and found himself over- | whelmed with a delicious plenty of j the things he holds best in life. | And grub worms make a tasty mor- ( sel for skunks. . 'sugar rationing , TO START TUESDAY 1 Conasmers Must Register At r Schools Ma} r 4-5-6-7 5 Sugar rationing will start Tuesday, May 5, Price Adminis ! trator Leon Henderson announc • ed Wednesday, warning that the • government would “hit chislers, ) and hit them hard and fast.” Final details for the registra ' tion of household consumers at • all schools May 4-7, inclusive, were made public in a formal ra tioning order which provides half -a pound of sugar a week for each .person. One adult from each family in i Houston county may apply at the nearest school for war ration ! books for every adult and child in the family. The hours for • registration at every white and negro school in the county will be from 2:30 until 7:00 p. m. on May 4,5, 6, and 7. Those in the : school buildings at 7:00 o’clock i p, m. will be registered but oth • ers will be required to wait un til the following day to register. i The individual book of stamps • will work this way: The first i stamp will authorize its holder to buy one pound of sugar in the period May 5-16: the second will be valid for May 17-30 period ;the third for May 31-June 13 and the fourth, June 14-27. The amount r allowed for each stamp will be 5 announced later. : MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS ; MADE Bl JUDGE O.T. GOWER ’ In a Confederate Memorial ■ Day address here Sunday, Judge > O. T. Gower of Cordele said that J greed, passion, and selfishness : actuate all wars and that a fail ■ I ure to understand and evaluate the Prince of Peace and his ■ teachings bring about war. > Judge Gower said that the J principle of State’s Rights for ; which the South fought in the ■ War between the States was le gal and right. Slavery was an 1 incident and not the cause of the • war, he continued. The queenly womanhood and princely man -1 hood of the old South have left > us a priceless heritage—the love ■ of God, of fellow man, and of country. We should dedicate ! ourselves to worship at their shrine and honor anew these no ble men and women of the Con ■ federacy. We should walk in I their footsteps with devotion to (duty and subordination of self i that we may more fully under stand the Fatherhood of God and i practice the brotherhood of man, the speaker concluded. Judge A. M. Anderson intro duced Judge Gower. Hon. J. P. Etheridge presided, Carleton Pierce, winner of the ; U. D, C. Essay Contest, read his essay on Southern Women in Na tional Defense. Mrs. W. V. Bass sang “Beau tiful Dreamer”, and G. F. Nunn, W, K. Whipple, J. O. Coleman, and Dr, R. P. Shepard sang “Sweet and Low.” Mrs. Mayo Davis was accompanist. Mrs. G. E. Jordan presented the speaker with a gift from the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, sponsors of the program. The Baptist church where the exercises were held was decorat ed with red, white, and blue flowers and flags. 1,450 men between 45-65 regis tered in Houston county Monday. It is estimated that half of these registration cards will be sent to draft boards outside Houston since many workmen of the Wellston project are temporary residents of this county. Mortality from malaria, ty phoid fever and several other diseases largely has been elimi nated in Georgia through ad vances in medical science and public health practices, Dr. T. F. !Abercrombie, director of the | State Health Department, reveal- Sed in his annual report. Deaths 'in Georgia last year totaled 31,- 579, a decrease of 2.9 per cent ! from the previous year, while 67,785 births, an increase of 4.1 per cent, were recorded.