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YOL. LXXI. No. 32. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870
PROJECTS APPROVED I
FOR PERRY & COUNTY
City To Get Sewerage Sys
tem; County More Paving
The approval of a $lOO,OOO
jr ra nt for a sewerage system for
Perry has been given by the
Federal Government, according
to Major R. S. Altmayer, public
relations office of the Wellston
Air Depot, who spoke Tuesday
to the Perry Kiwanis club.
It could not be determined
whether the city of Perry had
received official notice of this
grant of federal aid, due to the
fact that Mayor Sara A. Nunn
is out of town on maneuvers with
the state guard this week. The
city voted $30,000 in bonds, last
August, to be applied on a sew
erage system. The city applied
at that time for federal aid to
the amount of $lOO,OOO to be
used in building a sewer system
and treatment plant and laying
several water mains. War con
ditions delayed the approval al
most a year. After Perry was
placed in the Defense Area and
it was proved that the building
of a sewerage system here was
essential to the war effort, the
government favorably consider
ed this grant.
Other Projects Approved
Major Altmayer stated that
the unpaved link of road between
Perry and Wellston would be
paved, as government aid for
this paving had been approved.
A four-lane paved highway be
tween Macon and Wellston will
be built, according to the Major.
The Wellston Air Depot is the
largest of its kind in the world
and one of four in the United
States, the army officer said.
Housing facilities for Wellston
and Perry were also discussed.
Major Altmayer expressed ap
preciation for the co-operation
shown by Perry and Houston
county citizens to officials of the
Wellston Air Depot,
C. P. Gray, program chmn.,
introduced Major Altmayer.
J. P. Etheridge, president, pre
sided.
Blood Bank
Announcement was made that
30 percent of the Kiwanis club
members had agreed to donate
their blood for the establishment
)f a Blood Bank.
FIRST COTTON BALE
The first bale of cotton this
season was ginned in Perry by
he Davis Warehouse ginnery
Monday. The cotton was grown
mMayo Davis’ farm at Cro
atia, Ga. and weighed 533 lbs.
Mr. Davis, owner and operator
d Davis Warehouse, said he
'ought the cotton from himself
t 25c per lb.
This date, Aug. 3 (Monday),
8 the second earliest date any
otton has ever been ginned in
buston county. Th e earliest
ate according to records was
My 31. The next ginning date
n record is Aug. 5.
NOTICE
The Robert D. Collins Post of
he American Legion and its
auxiliary are sponsoring the
election of old phonograph rec
rc *s. The committee in charge
| Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, Mrs. B.
‘•Andrew Jr,, and Mrs. A. P.
hippie. Please notify a mem
er of this committee if you
ave any old records. Five new
can be made out of one
M ?ne, it is said. Children of
will assist in this
Election,
NOTICE
A new Telephone Directory
B l9 e Printed soon. Subscribers
‘unng a change in listing
t,0 c u ß call 9,000.
Southeastern Telephone Co.
Perry, Ga.
NEW WAREHOUSE
£• G Nunn & Son are having
"I by 100 ft. warehouse built
■Jernaghan street for a Pea-,
r storage house. 1
I WELLSTON GETS NEW |
j NAME, WARNER ROBINS;
The town of Wellston in Hous-i
ton county, for more than 50 i
years a country village but now
a bustling war center, Tuesday
officially received a new name —
Warner Robins.
Officials of the Wellston Air
Depot anddounced Tuesday that
the Wellston railroad station now
bore the new name and that the
post office department had ap
proved the new name, effective
Sept. 1.
The name was chosen by army
officials when they began con
struction of a gigantic “model
village” there. It honors the
late Brig. Gen. Augustine War
ner Robbins, former chief of the
material division of the army and
assistant chief of the air corps.
RATIONING IMP REPORT
An incomplete list of Gasoline
Ration Forms issued in Houston
county is as follows:
A books, 3,465; D books, 7;
B books, 372; C books, 1,358.
Service Books for Trucks:
S-l books, 284; S-2 books, 175.
Books for Non-Highway Uses;
R books, 67; E books, 56.
The following tires, tubes and
recap certificates were issued
during the month of July;
Passenger car tires, 8.
Obsolete tires, 9
Grade II tires, 4
Passenger car tubes, 64
Truck & Tractor tubes. 49
Truck & Tractor tires, 50
Truck & Tractor Recaps, 59
Passenger Recaps, 210
Tire and tube report for week
beginning July 27, 1942;
Passenger Car Tires & Tubes:
Tires Tubes
W. T. Hill 1
Andrew O’Neal 2
H. S. Kezar 11
W. D. Greene 2
C. J. Bedford 2
E. N. Watson 4
C. D. Jones 2
H. E. Smith 1
Emmett Newsome 1
J. F. Jones 1
Dr. A. G. Hendrick 1
Grade II Passenger Tires:
W. T. Hill 1
Houston County 1
Willie J. Flowers 1
Freeman Cabero 1
Truck Tires & Tubes:
W. V. Brannen 11
J. C. Hardy & Son 2
Z. H. Williams 2
W. W. Woolfolk 1
Claussen-Lawrence Con. Co, 6
J. N. Buff 3 1
John Monaghan, Inc, 2 1
Maule Industries 3
Passenger Car Recaps;
Truck Recaps:
W. M. Smith 1
Geo. C. Nunn & Son 5
E. L. Langston 1
H. E. Lewis 2
T. L. Warren 2
J. O. Mims 3
Claussen-Lawrence Con. Co. 12
Z. H. Williams 2
Joe Stalnaker 4
G. E. Perdue Jr. 2
Leonard J. Jones 1
W. A. Deroe 3
R. J. Mason 2
Floyd H. Tabor 1
C. J. Bedfore 2
G. H. Miller 2
Emmett Newsome 2
Wm. J. Holloway 3
O. L. Hall 2
Jesse W. Ivey 4
J. Lawrence Hunt 3
G. W. Smith 4
Ral Jim Fruit Farm 6
C. A. Boswell 1
LANDLORDS MOST REGISTER |
I
The Defense Rental Office urg-1
es Landlords to register rental j
property in this county accord
ing to law. The Perry office has
had few registrations. Those
who rent property must register 1
by Aug. 8 (Saturday) with the 1
government representative atj
the Court House, or be forced to,
go to Macon to register.
Under Federal Law, all rental
properties must be registered.
| Severe penalties may be im
posed for failure to abide with
I this regulation. All those who
1 rent dwelling properties in Hous
ton county should avail them
-1 selves of the convenience afford
-1 ed them in Perry this week.
careless matches aid the Axis
I | j
PREVENT FOREST FIRES!
! 1
Georgia farmers and forest j
landowners, who ordinarily suf
fer heavy losses from forest
fires, face an even greater dan- j
ger from this menace during j
wartime, according to the Agri
cultural Extension Service.
Careless people started 170,000:
fires in forests and farm wood
lands last year and the loss was
enough to buy two flying fort
resses a day. This year we have
the usual dangers from careless
fires plus wartime dangers such!
as bombs, arspnists, labor short-'
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
SEEN FOR GA. CORK
Another great industry is in
the offing for Georgia. It is the
cork industry. Cork grown in
our state soon may be used in
lifebelts for soldiers, sailors and
marines, as well as in the stop
pers of your medicine bottles.
The preliminary step to insure
future bumper cork crops for
Georgia was taken last week at
the Fruitland Nurseries at Au
gusta when an important experi
ment was made. For the first
time in the South, a young cork
tree was stripped. Normally,'
cork oaks are about 20 years old j
before they are ready to yield
cork, but this one, which has at
tained a remarkable size, is only
12 years old.
This experiment, which was
introduced in California, comes
as a result of the cessation of
cork imports from Spain, Portu
gal and North Africa, where it
•formerlly has been grown. Most
of this country’s cork supply is
exhausted, and there is no satis
factory substitute for the vital
substance, it is said. In face of
this situation, 250 young cork
trees were planted in Georgia at
an experiment station near Spar
ta. Acorns and young seedlings
I in a quantity of about 15,000 will
be distributed next year, it was
pointed out.
NEW OPA RULING
Tire rationing rules have been
revised by OPA to prevent beer,
soft drinks and other “unessen
tial” trucks from getting new or
recapped tires after July 28, an
announcement this week states.
Also cut from the eligibility
list were privately-operated
j trucks carrying alcoholic bever
lages, tobacco, and other “luxury
•goods.”
I This move, which follows se
-1 vere criticism of tire privileges
j for beer and liquor trucks, was
I necessitated OPM said, by “in
creasing evidence that quotas
will not provide for the needs of
1 all those on present eligibility
I JJgts, 9 9
Under the newly narrowed eli
-1 gibility list, only trucks engaged
jin services “essential to tbe war
! efforts or to the public nealth
and safety” will be entitled t 6
new tires or re-caps.
Nearly 11 billion pounds of
fats and oils were used in the
United States during 1941. Of
th is amount 7 billion pounds were
eaten.
j age, and the increased tempo of
j war work.
i The millihns of feet of timber
[destroyed by fire is needed for
i war homes, army barracks, ship
yards, and other war uses. Most
jof the equipment destroyed by
•fire cannot now be replaced.
Millions of hours of manpower
required to put out last year’s
forest and farm woodland fires
are needed this year to produce
[food, tanks, planes, and ships
(for victory.
MARKETING HOGS
Georgia farmers have respond
ed to the Food for Victory drive
to the tune of 157,000 more pigs
in 1942. With this increase, the
majority of which will go to
market during the peak market
ing season from November 15 to
March 1, the packers of Georgia
will be loaded beyond their fa
cilities.
This bottleneck will cause a
backing up of hogs on the farm
and probably a decrease in price.
The biggest thing farmers can
do to break this processing bot
tleneck is to spread out hog
I marketing dates over a longer
• period.
Farmers can do this by full
feeding spring pigs in order to
get them to market early before
the rush. This practice will also
probably bring the farmer more
money, since prices are usually
higher in late summer and early
fall.
When crops are being hogged
off, it is economical to full-feed
protein supplement. Tankage,
as the only source of protein,
runs the cost up. The cost of
protein supplement can be re
duced by mixing 100 pounds
tankage,2oo pounds peanut meal,
and 100 pounds cottonseed meal.
Feeding a protein supplement
makes the hogs gain faster and
more economically.
Georgia feeds are low in min
eral content and hogs need it. A
good mineral mixture for hogs
and other livestock is equal parts
of steamed bone meal, ground
limestone, and common salt.
By getting hogs in the fields
as soon as possible and feeding
protein supplement and mineral
supplement it is possible to
avoid marketing during the peak
season of December, January
and February.
W. E. Pace, Jr.,
Extension Swine Specialist.
I
Meats, egg yolks, and green j
leaves are the foods most often \
accented in lists of iron-rich I
foods.
A good pasture provides the
cheapest feed for the family
milk cow on Georgia farms.
Good stock means more econo
mical production and better
quality meat.
Careful management is the
key to hog profits on Georgia
■farms,
II
f Safety measures on the farm
rare defense measures for the
j nation.
SALVAGE CAMPAIGN
UNDERWAY IN AUGUST
!
j Special emphasis is being giv
en during the month of August
jto the National Salvage Cam
i paign. In Houston county, the
week of Aug.2o-27 has been des
ignated as Salvage Week by the
county Salvage committee of
which C. P. Gray is chairman.
Saturday, Aug. 22, has been
named as the special day for
farmers to bring in scrap metals
of qll kinds.
A National Advertising cam
paign to impress the importance
of this salvage collection was
1 begun this week to continue
through Aug. 20 in the local
paper. Watch for these adver
tisements and read them; then
co-operate in every way in this
Salvage campaign.
Remember that junk makes
fighting weapons. One old disc
will provide scrap steel needed
for 210 semi-automatic light car
bines. One old plow point will
help make 100 75 mm. armor
piercing projectiles. One old
shovel will help make 4 hand
grenades.
Materials to be collected in
Houston county are: Scrap iron
land steel, other metals of all
kinds, old rubber, rags, rnanila
rope, burlap bags, waste cooking
fats.
CHANCE IN AM REGULATIONS
Cotton farmers who overplant
ed their 1942 allotments by not
more than three acres or three
percent, whichever is larger, will
not be considered as “knowingly
overplanted,” according to a
change in regulations announced
this week by S. E. Statham of
Sumter county, State AAA chair
man
“This means,” Mr. Statham
said, “that it will not be neces
sary for farmers to dispose of
these small excess acreages of
cotton in order to receive at least
partial conservation payments.
These farms will also be eligible
for full government loans on
their entire cotton production.”
Mr. Statham pointed out that
this change in no way affects
marketing quota regulations or
other provisions concerning pay
ments and deductions under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram.
“The provision which refers to
the plowing up of excess cotton
acreage often has been misun
derstood,” Mr. Statham declar
ed. “As a matter of fact, the
farmer has not been asked to de
stroy growing cotton since 1933.
However, he is given the jirivi-l
lege of doing so in order to bring 1
his acreage within his allotment
and thus realize the full bene
fits of the farm program.
“Farmers who have overplant
ed their allotments are using
their land, labor, and materials
to produce excess cotton which
is not needed at the present time.
Now that the nation is at war, it
is not only a patriotic duty but it
is good business for every farm
er to use that land in excess of
his allotment for producing the
commodities for which there is
the greatest need, such as oil
crops, poultry and dairy pro
ducts, and pork and beef.
“For farmers who plow up ex
cess cotton acreage to come with
lin their cotton allotments, it is
j still early enough to plant cow
peas or some other late summer
crop,” Mr. Statham said. “In
this way, the land and fertilizer
can still be used to good advan
tage,” he added.
Stack poles for peanuts should
be set 18 to 24 inches in the soil
!as per recommendations of the
[Agricultural Extension Service.
j -
Early picking of peanuts has a
tendency to cause shriveling of
the nuts and molding in storage.
Farming is a war-time indus
try, the same as the manufac
ture of armaments and muni
tions.
Cement Self-Sanitizing
A cement floor-surfacing material
, 1 has been developed which is self
sanitizing without the use of disin
fectants. With no treatment other
than occasional washings, the
cement prevents the growth of
molds on its surface and suppresses
1 trvany bacteria*
WELLSiN GETS NEW
SCHOOL BUILDING
Houston Schools To Open
Sept. 14; Trustee Election
A $99,300 school building and
equipment has been approved
for Wellston by the Federal Gov
ernment. F. M. Greene, school
superintendent of Houston coun
ty, received official approval of
this school project Wednesday.
The Bonaire school project in
cluding painting, equipment,etc.
has also been approved by the
Federal Government. Work be
gan this week on these improve
ments and additions at the Bon
aire school.
School Opening Date
The white schools in Houston
county and the Perry Training
School (colored) will open Mon
day, Sept. 14, it was decided
Tuesday at the meeting of the
county board of Education,There
will be two holidays for Thanks
giving (Nov. 26-27). The Christ
mas holidays will begin Dec. 18
and last for two weeks, until
I Jan. 4, 1943.
The colored schools in the
county, which operate seven
months, will open Monday, Oct.
12, and have the same holidays
as the nine months schools.
Trustee Election
Saturday, Aug. 29, 1942, was
set by the county board as the
, date for the election of school
trustees. Trustees whose terms
have expired are:
Perry School —J. P. Etheridge,
, H. P. Dobbins, G. W. Hicks, and
Geo. C. Nunn,
Bonaire—C. B. Watson, C. L.
Kersey, and H. C. Talton.
Centerville—H. H. Watson
and W. N. Johnson.
Hayneville —L. M. McCormick
and U. H. Daniel.
Grovania—S. J. Ellis and C.E,
Pyles.
Elko- Dillard Gray and J. E.
Eason.
Henderson —J. H. Langley and
B. H. Newberry.
“PLANE WATCHERS’ ’GET
VACATION IN PERRY
The branch of the Air Warn
ing Service having to do with
watching for and reporting of
airplanes to the army has been
discontinued temporarily in
Berry.
Men and women faithfully per
formed this duty during June
, and July here. It was thought
I that it could be discontinued here
for awhile after this two month’s
experience.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
During the month of August,
the pastor, Rev. J. E. Sampley,
will be on his vacation. Follow
ing is the schedule of services:
Sunday, Aug. 9—Supt. A. C.
Durden of the Methodist Or
phans’ Home. Macon, will be in
charge at the 11:30 a. m. hour.
A quartette of children from the
orphanage will sing. There will
be no evening service.
Sunday, Aug. 16—Methodists
will worship with the other
1 churches of the town.
Sunday, Aug. 23—Rev. Geo.E,
Clary, presiding elder of the Ma
i con district, will preach at 11:30
' a. m. and 9 p. m.
Sunday, Aug. 30—No preach
ing service.
No Wednesday night services
will be held during August.
Church School every Sunday
as usual at 10:15 a. m.
Young People’s service every
Sunday at 8:15 p. m.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENT
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 8:30.
J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
More Thefts on Coast
The rate of auto thefts in the Pa
cific coast states is about double that
i to tht rest of the nation. t
