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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VQL. LXXI. No. 39. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1942 ' ESTABLISHED 1870 jtOODWORTH GIVEN SENATE NOMINATION • ■ ■ - 4 X ::9H j. W. BLOODWORTH \ convention of the 23rd Sena torial district was held in Perry Friday for the purpose of de claring Hon. J. W. Bloodworth, the Democratic nominee for state senator from the 23rd district composed of Houston, Peach, Crawford, and Taylor counties. Mr. Bloodworth was victorious in the recent Primary Election. Representatives from the counties were as follows; Craw ford— R. L. Dickey and E. S. Harrison, Taylor—E. H. Joiner and J. H. Neisler, Peach —A. C. Riley and Sam M. Mathews, Houston—J. P. Etheridge and J, Alva Davis. Mr. Mathews, former state senator, made the nominating speech, which was seconded by all present with appropriate re marks praising and congratulat- Mr, Bloodworth, Mr. Bloodworth accepted the nomination with pledges of service to the district, state, and nation. The convention voted that Tay lor county would choose the next senator under the rotation sys tem, and that candidates would run only in Taylor county. Mr. Bloodworth entertained the delegates at dinner at the New Perry Hotel following the convention, Mr. Bloodworth Mr. Blcodworth is a promi nent citizen and lawyer of Per ry. He operates a large mer cantile business and has farming interests. Although a native of Jones county, he has lived in Perry for 31 years, having come here as principal of the Perry School. After his graduation from Mercer University in 1905, Mr. Bloodworth taught school for nine years, having taught in Roberta and Reynolds before coming to Perry. Mr. Bloodworth was trustee of the Perry school for 14 years and chairman of the board of trustees Jon 8 years. VVhile he was head ofthe school board, the new, “nick building was erected. , Mr. Bloodworth was a mem ber of city council for several years and was city clerk and treasurer for 5 years when he nrst came to Perry. He was solicitor of the City tourt for a term. ,ihe new senator is a member H the Houston County Unit of "eState Guards. During World , ar I, he was food administra te for Houston county, Mr. Bloodworth is a member Mhe Perry Kiwanis club,a Bap ls|v a Mason, and a Shriner. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Va ‘ker of Roberta. They have daughters, Mrs, Helen Da l's and Mrs. Tom Mobley, and nree grandchildren, Helen Da ■s, lorn Mobley Jr., and John Mobley. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Perry Sabbath School, 10:15 a. m. teaching Service, 11:30 a. m. ClinchfTeld Sabbath School, 3:00 p. m. Reaching Service, 8:30 p. m. Uy e Public is cordially invited Ja, ‘ these services. ev - M. D. Agerton, Pastor. ,Jbe Sunbeams will meet at s ' t ,e church Saturday afternoon o’clock for state mission k°gram. | CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEWS j The Civilian Defense organi-i zation of Houston county will : hold meetings next week for the! first time in several months. Chmn. E. P. Staples has called the men to a meeting on Tues day night, Sept. 29, at 8:30 p. m. in the Perry school auditorium. Matters of great importance are to be discussed. All men, who are not members of the State Guard, are eligible to be members of Civilian De fense. The organization needs the men of this community. Come to Tuesday’s meeting and join CD if you are not already a member. Women To Meet The Women’s Division of Civil ian Defense will meet Friday, Oct. 2, at 4p, m. at the Legion Home. This is the second meet ing the women have had this yearand it is most important that all women attend. Mrs. John L. Hodges, chmn. urges the women of Perry and Houston county to attend this meeting on Oct. 2. , GARDNER WATSON GIVEN WRITE-OP IN NEWSPAPER > The Warner Robins Beacon is the name of the new newspaper 5 which is published every Friday ■ by the Robins Field Welfare As sociation of Warner Robins, Ga. • (Wellston) for the employees of Warner Robins Field and the Wellston Air Depot. The first I issue which came out last week is a credit to its publishers and : to Ben F. Chatfield, editor and : general manager. r The Beacon is an 8-page tab ■ loid size paper. It contains articles on the ac i tivities of the Welfare Associa- I I elation including rec r ea t i o n, sports, election of executive board, war bond sales, and per sonals; on military affairs fur ; nished by Major M. S. Altmayer, public relations officer; on aero I repair; on engineering school and special classes in progress. 1 Gardner Watson ; Of special interest is a story announcing the appointment of Gardner Watson as iocal repre sentative of the Fickling-Walker Real Estate company of Macon. Mr. Watson, a native of Wells* ton, returned to his birthplace in : June. He is the son of Mrs. Ma t: tie J. Watson of Wellston and i has one brother, James Watson, i of the U. S. Navy. Mr. Watson has been in the funeral business since he was 18 i years old and is now a partner in the Watson-Whipple F’unerali • Homes of Perry and Warner i Robins. He was with Burghard | : of Macon first and later with Hart’s Mortuary where he work : ed for 10 years. Then he was 1 connected with a Greenville, S. ! C. funeral home for seven years. 1 While in Greenville, he was ac tive in civic work, serving as president of the. Exchange club • and Junior Chamber of Com- I merce. He was chairman, also, j 1 of the Red Cross Roll Call and i Community Chest. Just before returning to _ his native county, Mr. Watson was Virginia representative for the • Carolina Casket Co. On June 14, he was married to Miss Laura Mae Draper of Blackstone, Va. At present, Mr. and Mrs. Watson are living in Perry but they plan to move to Warner Robins at an early date. RATIONING BOARD REPORT All holders of B& C gasoline ration books are advised to apply I for a renewal 30 days before the expiration date of present ration. BAmsTfiNNOONCEMENTO Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday night, 8:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to all services. J. A. Ivey, Pastor, NOTICE i City Tax Books are now open ■ I for payment of 1942 Taxes. Pay I early and save penalty. W. F. Norwood, Clerk City of Perry. I “IS YOURS A V-HOME?” TO BE ASKED PERRY CITIZENS BY AIR WARDENS Sometime after October l.your ; air raid warden will come to ask i you five questions. Your warden will ask you, in ] effect, whether your home is i ready for war. | And he will ask you also, inb effect, if you are able to recog-j nize ihe enemy —no matter what his disguise. j The enemy may be off our s coast in a submarine. He may be in a long-distance bomber s with charts of our target areas, j He may be among us as a sabo- j teur and rumor-monger. He is in every town and every home in , America, disguised as waste, in- ( efficiency, disunity, insecurity, ill-health, plotting to weaken the , home front and thereby to weak en also the production front and \ fighting front —to decrease the ( total striking power of this Na- , tion. In this war, a home, like a bat- ) tleship, must be ready itself for ; action, and every person in the home must take his battle sta- , tion. This is not only important: it is necessary—if we are to win. ’ Your answers are important because the only way to win this ( war is to be ready to fight the 1 enemy wherever and however I he appears. And now the enemy ] is here! Your warden is coming ■ to ask you if you are prepared. Here —in advance of his com ing—is your personal check-list. Test yourself and your prepa rations. If you can answer! honestly “yes” to the five ques-| tions below, your home is doing its assigned part to overthrow Fascism and slavery and hasten the return of freedom and de cency. And for homes like yours the United States Government has established a special recogni tion —a V Home Award of Merit, which your local Civilian Defense Council, through your air raid warden, will be prepared to give you, and which you will be en titled to display in your window to tell all the.world that you are in this fight! Question I. Does your home follow the instructions of its air raid warden, in order to protect life and property against attack by air? (a) Have you ever talked over with your air raid warden the protective measures necessary in your community? (b) If your warden has told you to make blackout prepara tions, haye you made your home light-proof? A candle can be seen for miles from an airplane. (c) Have you blacked out (quarters in which you can live and cook, if necessary, and I which have toilet facilities? (d) If your warden advised it, have you made preparations to fight fire-bombs? (e) Have you cleared out all readily inflammable material from your attic, basement and closets? And do you know how to attack a bomb if one falls in your house? (f) Do you know what to do jin case someone in your house is injured in an air raid? In every home at least one person should take a course in First Aid. (g) Finally, does every person in your home know what to do when he hears the air raid warning? Question 11. Does your home conserve food, clothing, trans portation and health, in order to hasten an unceasing flow of war materials to our men at the front? (a) Are you conserving by { using nourishing, staple foods, rather than expensive delicacies? | (b) Are you keeping clothes mended promptly, in order that small tears or breaks will not grow larger? Wearing simple, [durable clothes whenever possi ble? Using electrical appliances I with care, cleaning and oiling ihousehold machinery? | (c) Are you sharing your car 1 Are you walking more than you 1 did before the war? Are you 1 (traveling no more than neces sary? * (d) Are you eating wisely/ Are you getting enough sleep? (Are you exercising in the open air? Are you consulting your . doctor at least once a year and , your dentist twice a year? Have all members of your family been immunized against smallpox and any other diseases for which your doctor may suggest immu nization? Question 111. Does your home salvage essential mate rials, in order that they may be converted t o immediate war uses? Uncle Sam needs: Old Rubber—to make new rub ber for planes, tanks, battle ships. Scrap Metal—to make the steel, aluminum, brass, copper, lead, tin parts of guns, planes, i tanks, ships. Old Rags—to make wiping j rags for war industries, and for construction work. Kitchen Fats and Greases to make explosives. Paper—to make new paper board for shipping munitions and other supplies to our fighting men. Uucle Sam needs these. You have some of them. Are you saving them to give? Question IV. Does your home refuse to spread rumors designed to divide our nation? When you hear a piece of news j or gossip, always ask two ques-j tions before you pass it on: Can] you prove it? Is it something that the enemy might be glad to know? If it’s a secret, keep it. If it’s a rumor, bruy it. Question V. Is your home buying War Savings Stamps and Bonds regularly? | How much are you willing to pay to be able to lead the kind of life you believe in? How much is freedom worth? How much will it cost to insure a de cent chance for your children? It will cost whatever victory costs, for we cannot have free dom or opportunity without win nining this war. Therefore, every stamp, every bond you buy is an investment in America’s future. If the United Nations lose this war, your money will not buy back the freedom you will have lost. If we win the war, your money will come back to you as a nestegg for happy years. Meanwhile, your War Savings Stamps and Bonds will help to pay for the war and pre vent inflation. EMERGENCY CROP LOANS AVAILABLE TO FARMERS Emergency crop loans for 1943 are now available to farmers in Houston county, and applications for these loans are now being re ceived at Court House, T. S. Hunt’s office, by C. G. Hayes, field supervisor, of the Emergen cy Crop and Feed Loan Section of the Farm Credit Administra tion. The early opening of the loan program in Houston county is part of a plan recently an nounced by the F’arm Credit Ad ministration, whereby emergen cy crop loans are being made available to assist farmers to comply with the program advo cated by the Extension Service, Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration, and County War Boards, which urges the planting of fall cover crops, soil building and soil conserving crops to reduce the effects of the anticipated shortage of fertilizer for the 1943 crop year. These loans will be made as in the past to farmers whose cash requirements are relatively small and who are unable to ob tain from other sources, includ ing production credit assieia tions, loans in amounts sufficient to meet their needs. As in former years, the loans will be made to meet the appli cant's necessary cash needs in preparing for and producing his 1943 crops. Mr. Hayes pointed out that eligible farmers desir ing to do so might apply now for loans to take care of their crop production needs for the entire 1943 season. Loans may include immediate advances to the bor rower to meet his cash require ments this fall; such as, for the planting of cover crops, soil building or soil conserving crops. Mr. Hayes also said that the balance of the approved amounl of the loan will be disbursed when the borrower needs it te finance his spring crops. Inter Imethodist announcements ,i ! Promotion Day exercises will [beheld by the Church School next Sunday. I The Church School collection for the Orphans’ Home in Ma con amounted to $5O last Sunday. Perry Methodists are invited to attend a conference at Mul berry St, Church, Macon, next Monday, Sept. 28. Bishop Ar thur Moore will preach at 11:30 a. m. On the same day the Wo man’s Society of Christian Ser vice will have its district meet ing which will begin at 10 a, m. Next Wednesday night, Sept. 30, the Men’s Bible class will be tin charge of the Prayer Service. The Susannah Wesley class will conduct the Wednesday night service, Oct. 7, Church School-10:15 a. m. Church Services, 11:30 a. m., and 8 p. ni. Young People’s Service. 7:15 p. m. Rev. J. E, Sampley, Pastor. DETAILS OF MACHINERY RATIONING EXPLAINED i I ( “Freezing” of all farm ma- j Ichinery in the hands of dealers ( by order of the U.S. Department , of Agriculture was described ; this week as“necessary to insure fair distribution of available ; equipment,” by T. R. Breedlove, | chairman of the State U.S.D.A. | War Board, and State Adminis trative Officer of the AAA. New farm machinery and 1 equipment will be rationed in Georgia through a county ration ing committee composed of the AAA county chairman and two I representative farmers to be se lected by the County U.S.D.A. War Board in each county, ac ■ cording to Breedlove. The following machinery may be sold only to persons having a rationing certificate issued by * the county rationing' committee: j Combines, disc harrows, beet 1 lifters, beet loaders, feed grind -1 era, corn pickers, fertilizer ! spreaders, grain drills, hay bal : ers, train elevators, lime spread ers, manure spreaders, m i1 k ’ coolers, milking machines, pick ' up balers, potato diggers, snred ' ders, and tractors. F’arm machinery in this classi fication is scarce, and especially needed to meet current agricul tural needs, Breedlove said. ' Items somewhat less scarce ' may be sold upon certification by the farmer to tne dealer tnat it j is required to meet current agri , cultural needs. 'dins includes! , most of the oiner Imm equip ' rnent and machinery. Another group wnich is ex empt from any form of ration ’ ing control includes hoes, rakes, , forks, scythes, shovels and all hand operated and one and two > horse drawn farm machinery and T equipment not included in the rationed group. Tnere are no restrictions on the sale or transfer of used farm 3 machinery, equipment, or repair \ parts. Lewis Tabor is AAA county chairman of Houston county, arm will serve on the rationing eom mitee with two farmers in the I county. i a KIWANIS CLUB MEETS \ I Joe Moore, business man of 5 Milledgeville, was speaker at Tuesday’s luncheon meeting of ' the Perry Kiwanis club. His subject was “The Good Samari tan.” Mr, Moore was introduc ed by Rev. J. A. Ivey. The club is entertaining two J boys of the Perry High senior l |class each week. Albert Skellie jJr. and Walter Gray Jr. were i guests this week. *i J. P. Etheridge, president,pre j! j sided. i| NOTICE Starting Friday, Sept. 25, the r City will collect garbage only one ;j |day each week. The city is tak ing this means to conserve tires e jand gasoline. W. F. Norwood, Clerk. e jest at the rate of 4 percent will >1 be charged only during the pe >• riod the borrower actually has e use of the funds, t F'armers who obtain loans for d the production of cash crops are ° required to give as security a '- first lien on the crops financed. ARNALL ASKS AMITY AT STATE MEETING Jfii^ L ■ j^^HnSSHp^ ELLIS ARNALL ATLANTA. Ga. —Attorney General Ellis Arnall, whose nom ination as Georgia’s next Gov ernor has been confirmed by official returns from all counties announced by the Democratic State Executive Committee,urges all his friends to attend the Democratic state convention in Macon October 7, which he de sires to be “a harmonious gath ering.” Said he: “I am anxious for all of us to forget the vigor of the cam paign. The scars of the cam paign should be healed rapidly and all Georgians should unite for the common welfare of our state. lam not mad with any one, but am grateful for the nomination |as Georgia’s first four-year term Governor. 1 pledge to the people that I will be Governor of all the people of this state and I ask the coopera tion, help and support of all Georgians irrespective of how they voted in the primary.” Chairman James S. Peters, of the state Democratic executive committee, said Mr. Arnall would name the delegates from 8 ( J counties which he carried in the primary, while Governor Talmadge, the defeated candi date, would select those from 69 counties in which he was vic torious. Each will have the privilege of naming one delegate each from Evans County, where they split the popular vote equal ly- Popular votes accorded Mr.Ar ' nail in the official count totalled 174,756, while Governor Tal madge received 128,394. In re ceiving 261 unit votes, or 55 more than were required for his nomination as Governor, the at torney general had a popular vote majority of 46,362 and a county unit vote majority of 112. After the official returns were announced, Governor Talmadge stated that he had decided not to contest the outcome of the primary. LIBRARY NOTES At no time in history has Washington, D. C. been as im portant as it is today. Never have we so greatly needed to know what is going on there, W. M. Kiplinger, in his extraor ninary book. “Washington Is Like That, ” brings forth cold hard facts,life by day and night, public and private. It is fasci nating reading and contains such a wealth of material no Ameri can should miss it. Gertrude Atherton has long been recognized as one of our greatest novelists. A new book by her is a literary event. “The Horn of Life,” is a story of the 1920’5. The adjustments youth had to make to meet the changes caused by the first World War. It is a timely theme and San Francisco is the background. Leading national favorites in the library are: Field—And Now Tomorrow. ■ Chevalier—Driven Woman. Maugham —Hour Before Dawn. Steen—Sun is My Undoing. Bromfield—Uuntil the Day Breaks. Library hours: 1:30 p. m. to ; 6:30 p. m. Monday, Thursday, i and Saturday. Verniece Beavers, Librarian.