Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, December 10, 1942, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text_ Houston Home Journal VOL. LXXI. No. 50, === ~~ rtT^r " - ■'■■■' " — lJ=a PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870 CHRISTMASCANTATA TO BE GIVEN DEC. 13 Church Choirs to Present Pro gram at Baptist Church A program of Christmas mu sic will be given by the combin ed choirs of the Perry churches next Sunday night. Dec. 13, at 8 o’clock at the Perry Baptist church. Featuring the program will be the cantata, “The Christ mas Glory,” by E. K. Heyser. It is interesting to recall that this same cantata was presented in Perry in 1931 by the Perry Choral Union and later over ra dio station WMAZ in Macon. Besides the cantata, the pro gram will consist of other carols and hymns familiar to all. The public is invited to attend. G. F. Nunn is the choral di rector and Mrs. Mayo Davis, ac companist. The program follows: Organ Prelude—M rs. Mayo Davis. Processional — ‘0 Come, All Ye Faithful,” choir with congre gation joining in singing at sec ond verse. Invocation—Rev. J. E. Sampley. Congregational H y m n— “0 Little Town of Bethlehem.” Prayer-Rev. M. D. Agerton. Cantata Presentation GROUP I 1. “Arise, Shine,” Heyser— Choir 2. “Lo, How a Rrose,” Prae tonus —Choir 3. “Break Forth into Joy,” Handel—Miss Moore, Mr. Nunn and Choir. GROUP II 1. “Hail the Wondrous Strang er,” Heyser—Mrs. Joe Mitchell. 2. “The Bright Angelic Host,” Heyser —Choir 3. "It Came Upon the Mid night Clear,” Heyser—Dr. R. P. Shepard and Choir Offertory—Mrs. Mayo Davis at Organ. GROUP 111 1. “Sleep. Holy Babe.” Hey ser-Mrs. W. V. Bass. Miss Eve lyn Hunt, W. K. Whipple, G. F. Nunn. 2. “Joy to the World,”Heyser —Choir , 3. “Silent Night”—Choir Benediction —Rev. J. A, Ivey. Choral Amen. Organ Postlude —M rs. Mayo Davis. LIBRARY NOTES Libraries are taking an im portant part in helping to win the war Books aid morale and give valuable information. The Georgia State Library Commis sion reports that there is an in creasing demand for war infor mation. This organization is well equipped to meet this de mand and has offered to co operate with the Perry Public Library in providing our readers with not only this material but any reference work or books de sired. A loan of one hundred books, both adult and juvenile, will be immediately sent to us from the State Library in ordgr that our readers may have a greater variety of literature. Leading favorites: Fiction—D Chevalier, Drivin Woman; Douglas, The Robe; Ho bart, Cup and the Sword; Turn bull, Day Must Dawn; Aldrich, Lieutenant’s Lady; Keyes, Cres cent Carnival. Non-Fiction—Hargrove, See Here, Private Hargrove; Kiplin ger, Washington is Like That; Gunther, Inside Latin America. Library hours: 1:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m. Monday, Thursday, a ncl Saturday. Verniece Beavers, Librarian. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. ra. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday n >ght, 8:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited f° all services. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. NOTICE State and County Tax Books f°r Houston County are now Npen, Pay your 1942 tax before December 20, 1942, and save in terest and cost. M. E. AKIN, 12:17 Tax Collector. Christmas Seal Sale I For Houston Underway! CHRISTMAS I SEALS Protect Your Home from Tuberculotii Help fight our common enemy , tuberculosis —by buying Christmas Seals. Seal your let ters and packages with Christ mas Seals. 75 per cent of this fund stays in Houston county; 20 per cent in the state and five per cent goes to the National Tuber culosis Association. Approximately 36,000 civilians were killed in air-raids in Eng land from June, 1940 to April, 1941. During a comparable ten month period, tuberculosis took 51,000 lives in the United States. Christmas seal funds are our “home defense” against tuber culosis. During the period from 1937 to 1940 tuberculosis killed more Americans than were killed ini action, or died from wounds re ceived in action, during all the wars the United States has fought since 1776. The menace of tuberculosis is steadily reduc ed each year by Christmas Seal funds. In 1912 tuberculosis killed one person every three and one-half minutes. Today tuberculosis kills one person every eight and one-half minutes. Christmas Seal funds have helped in saving of lives that these figures repre sent. E. P. Staples, Chmn. E. P. Staples, supt. of Perry schools, is chairman of the Xmas Seal Sale this year in Houston county. The teachers and school children will assist Mr. Staples in this sale. Please respond to their appeal and buy Xmas Seals. RATIONING BOARD REPORT Fuel oil for heating purposes has been issued. Perry people are asked to call for their cou pon sheets. Coupons will be mailed to those who live outside of Perry. PASTURES NEEDED County Agent W. T. Middle brooks this week advised Hous ton county farmers to build up their pasture lands to help sup- j ply the necessary feed for ex panded production during the present war emergency. “Farmers lost a fine opportu nity in not having pastures ready for the emergency,” the agent explained, “but it will pay to es tablish grazing areas now for use later on during the emer gency and in the future. “The best time to prepare for pastures is during the fall and winter when other crop work is not so pressing. Clearing the land and preparing it for seed ing are winter jobs.” Do not select land already worn out from growing row crops and that damaged by washing. “Pastures,” he said, require fertility and moisture and both of these are associated with fertile land.” The agent concluded that mak ing arrangements for seed is another important job right now. One of the big problems in pas ture establishment has been the scarcity and high price of seed. He advised farmers planning to build pastures to get in touch with their county agent or seed man soon. Under the 1943 AAA program farmers will be paid $6 an acre for establishing permanent pas ture either by sodding seed ing or by seeding alone. Certain seeding specifications, of course, are set up for either practice. The 1943 program provides that a farmer may be paid for ail permanent pastures establish ed regardless of the amount of his farm production practice al lowance. For Christmas and all occa sions, we have lovely and appro priate GIFTWARE. Come in today and make your selection. Perry Furniture Co. [AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR ’42 IN HOUSTON REPORTED BY AGENTi I W. T. Middlebrooks, county agent, has just completed his annual report of extension ac tivities in co-operation with oth er federal agencies in Houston county. The report includes the follow ing: Soil Conservation and Im provement, Food and Feed Crops, 1 Livestock, Field Crops, Victory Volunteer Organization, and War Effort Activities. Reports on the first two of these topics are given below and the others will be published next week. Agricultural officials in Hous ton county are: Program Planning Committee —S. W. Hickson, chmn.; F. H. Tabor, A. L. Sasser, R. F. Scar borough, C. B. Watson, Warren B. Hodge, A. R. Talton, L. W. Tabor, W. N. Johnson, J. E. Ea son, C. E. Py[es, H. B. Gilbert, W. Gray. Technical Advisors W. C. Huggins, S. C. S.; R. E. Horton. F. S. A,; Annie C. Worley, F. S. A.; W. V. Bass, S. C. S ; L. C. j Walker, Vocational Agriculture; F. M. Greene, County School Supt.; E. W. Traylor, A. A. A.; W. T. Middlebrooks, Extension Work. Mr. Middlebrooks’ report fol lows: 1. Soil Conservation and Improvement The program of work on this project for the year 1942 was worked out with the assistance of the Program Planning Com mittee. This committee consist ed of the chairman of the nine Community Committees who were aided by the technical workers of all g o v e r n m e n t agencies in the county. Meetings were held in each community and all phases of agriculture dis cussed. Objectives for the year were: to get 150 farms to co operate with Soil Conservation District work; to get summer green manure crops on 20,000 acres; winter green manure crops on 10,000 acres, and rota tion of crops on every farm. Two educational meetings were planned and held in each of the nine communities of the county, at which time the Soil Conserva tion District work and A. A. A. benefits for soil conservation prctices were explained, along with other phases of the agricul tural program for the county. One circular letter on seeding winter cover crops was sent out to all farm operators. Community Leaders, Techni cal Workers of Soil Conservation Service and A. A. A. have all made a splendid contribution in assisting Extension Worker in getting the people to cooperate. ; Records show that to date 151 farms have signed up as co operators in Soil Conservation District Work and that 119 of these farms have been planned and a 5 year program of soil con servation work outlined and un |der way. The remaining 32 farms are inactive or in process of being worked up. Cooperating with A. A. A., the following materials have been distributed on farms in the coun ty: Acid phosphate, 417 tons; basic slag, 144 tons; ground ! limestone, 115 tons; Austrian Iwinter peas, 155,000 lbs.; Vetch, 25.000 ibs.; Jespedeza, 6,000 lbs. No definite figures are available 1 on the exact acreage planted to summer green manure crops, however, an estimate is as foi ! lows: 2,000 acres small grain turned under green; 7,500 acres ‘ cowpeas following small grain ‘-(harvested for seed; 1,000 acres soy beans following small grain; 5.000 acres velvet beans sown 1 ! broadcast; 500 acres lespedeza; ‘ {3,000 acres crotalaria. For win ter cover crops A. A. A. distri j bution of seed plus seed purchas ed privately indicate that about 16,150 acres have been seeded I this fall, this making a total of ! 125,150 acres as compared with ' | goal of 30,000 acres. ; Since there were only about 90.000 acres of land in cultiva ‘ I tion in the county, practically j one third of this acreage receiv ed a green manure crop. This together with approximately 1,500 acres of land terraced, 150 acres of waterways planted to I kudzu for future terracing, and j 'yO.OOO pine seedlings set in 1942,1 I , I means that our county is making' progress from the standpoint of ] conserving and improving our soil. Soil conservation and improve ment work has a good start and for next year this work must be : continued with special emphasis : on land use practices, such as 1 retiring worn out eroded fields and planting them to pine trees or kudzu. 2. Food and Feed Crops In view of the demands thati we anticipated would be made on I the farmers to help feed our Al-| lies as well as our own selves and 1 our Army, this was selected as I one of our major projects. The , Program Planning Committee, 1 composed of the chairman of each Community Committee and the entire Technical Force, rec ommended that an intensive ed ucational program be put on that would reach every farm family, advising them of the necessity for planting all the oil peanut acreage possible, and carrying out a food and feed program on their farms to adequately take care of their own needs and pro vide a surplus for an expansion in production of livestock and poultry, as well as food crops for sale. All farm families to plan for and produce surplus vegetables above their immedi ate needs for canning for year round use. A. Home Gardens and Can ning. Educational work was carried on in this project through 9 com munity meetings, County Farm Bureau Meetings, 4-H Club Meetings, personal contacts with! farm families by the entire tech nical force and by newspaper ar ticles, The recommendations of the Planning Committee were discussed with all farm groups contacted. One county wide canning dem onstration was held and attended by 24 farm wives from practical ly every section of the county. Canning information was fur nished 75 new families. It is estimated that 250 families in the county had home gardens this year who had not had them before. Canning for home use was increased from an estimated 50,000 quarts to 100,000 quarts of fruits and vegetables for home use. B. Corn. Corn is our most important feed crop for livestock and is used very extensively as food for our people. For past fifteen years, an effort has been made to increase the yield of corn. Phis has been increased from 8 bushels per acre to about 12 bushels per acre for a normal production. In 1942 our corn production for the entire county was off fully 30% due to ex treme drought throughout the maturing season. Our plan for improving our corn production is by improving the fertility of our land general ly planted to corn through plant ing legumes to be turned back into the soil, crop rotations and use of more commercial fertili zers. Eight farms were assisted in obtaining improved varieties of seed corn, 83 farms were as sisted in the use of fertilizers. There were 16 boys enrolled in 4 H club with corn projects. Twelve of these boys competed having a total of 24 acres with an average yield of 26 bushels per acre. Barley was planted for the first time as a feed crop on 28 farms. Twelve farms were as sisted in improving pastures by clearing and seeding. Sixteen' farms used fertilizer on pastures.! As a result of the increase in I acreage of food and feed crops and the increase in prices, our farmers are in position to feed out all their pigs to Number 1 hogs, instead of selling them as usual to truck buyers from North Georgia. Th e unusual amount of canned fruit and vege tables put up by farm families will assure them of a better diet ■ throughout the year and result lin a saving of both grocery and doctor bills. Through the medium of Vic tory Volunteer Organization, it !is anticipated that more farm [ families may be reached next I year. An effort will be made (Georgia Legion Passes I Quota In Bond Drive I i j Georgia Legionnaires during | November sold $10,203,142 in j War Bonds, exceeding the quota for the month by more than a million dollars, State Commander Jackson Dick, has disclosed. Houston county’s quota of $10,200 for November was over subscribed under the leadership of the Robert D. Collins Post with O. A. King, commander. 1 Legion Bond Chairman Edgar B. Dunlap expressed thanks to 1 the newspapers in the state for helping promote the bond sales. The December quota of $6,- 000,000 is being sponsored by the Georgia Bar Association, under the direction of John B. Harris, president, of Macon, and E. Smythe Gambrell, Atlanta, War Bond chairman for the month. PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES Basketball Perry Panthers defeated By ron last Friday night by the score of 23 to 20. The game was most exciting and the Byron boys really played the Perry Panthers off their feet for the the first quarter but after that period the Panthers seemed to have the better team. Howard for Byron was outstanding for his team, while Gray was the star for the winners. Perry will play Vienna Friday night, Dec. 11, at the Perry High Gym. Tuesday night,Dec. 15, the Panthers will play Mon tezuma at the Perry High Gym. MAJOR PARKS HOUSER IS PRISONER OF JAPS Major H. Parks Houser, U. S. Army, is a prisoner of war, ac cording to information received Tuesday by his family from the War department. Major Houser was assistant chief of staff on Gen. Wain wright’s Staff when Bataan was captured by the Japanese last spring. Major Houser is being held with other officers as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. Mrs. Parks Houser and their two sons, Parks and David, have been living in Perry at the home of Major Houser’s mother, Mrs. H. P. Houser, for the past year and a half. Friends join with the Houser family in rejoicing over the fact that this brave soldier is alive. C. CHAPMAN ELECTED C. C. Chapman was elected sheriff of Houston county in a special election held Tuesday. Mr. Chapman, deputy sheriff for the past 12 years, was elected without opposition. He will be sworn in Dec. 15 when the resig nation of Sheriff C. C. Pierce becomes effective. 211 votes were cast in Tues day's election, as follows: Bon aire, 13; Hayneville, 9; Hattie, 19; Elko, 11; Perry, 115; Kath leen, 11; Henderson, 10; Wells ton, 23. I I - ANOTHER REMINDER Subscriptions must be paid up in advance. Please mail us your check today, if you have not paid, or come by the office and pay. Thanks. The Editor. GUARD RAILS ON HWY. Guard rails have been placed ion the Macon highway within | the city limits and on the high -1 way nine miles north of Perry, i The state highway department I placed these rails as protective measures upon the insistence of j Mayor S. A. Nunn of Perry. NOTICE City Tax Books are now open , for payment of 1942 Taxes. Pay early and save penalty. W. F. Norwood, Clerk City of Perry. . j for more and better home gard ' ens, for the increasing of can 's ned fruits and vegetables from 1 100,000 quarts to 200,000 and to v promote a greater acreage to Meed crops for livestock. COTTON QUOTA VOTE SET FOR SATURDAY Cotton Situation Given As Growers Are To Vote Here are the facts regarding the cotton situation as growers prepare to vote Saturday, Dec. 12, in the sixth cotton marketing quota referendum; 1. The present world supply of American cotton is 24.2 mil lion running bales. The present supply of 23.5 million bales in the United States is the second largest on record,and is sufficient to meet our needs for almost two years. 2. During the marketing year 1941-42, we used 11 million run ning bales of American cotton — a new high record. Lack of suf ficient man-power and plant fa cilities in textile mills is expect ed to hold our consumption next season to about 11.4 million bales. 3. We had a carry-over of American cotton on August 1, 1942, of 10.5 million running bales. With domestic consump tion reaching a new high and exports remaining low, total dis appearance will probably be less than 1942’s indicated production of 13.1 million bales. As a re sult, there is expected to be even more cotton on hand August 1, 1943, than there was on August 1, 1942. 4. Despite large supplies, cot ton prices, supported by govern ment loans, are higher for the current crop than they have been in a number of years. 5. There is plenty of cotton. However, longer staples and bet ter grades are needed. Farmers generally should plant varieties of cotton in 1943 with longer staple than heretofore. If cotton marketing quotas are in effect in 1943: LOANS B. C. 1. Producers who plant with in, or unknowingly overplant, their cotton acreage allotments will be eligible for government loans on their entire cotton crop at the rate of 90 percent of pari ty. 2. Producers who knowingly overplant their cotton acreage allotments will not be eligible for government loans except on 1943 cotton in excess of their marketing quotas, and then only at 60 percent of the rate for oth er producers. PENALTIES B. C. 3. Producers who plant with in their cotton acreage allot ments can market without pen alty all cotton produced in 1943., 4. Producers who overplant their cotton acreage allotments will pay the marketing quota penalty on cotton marketed in excess of their marketing quota. If cotton marketing quotas are not in effect in 1943: 1. No restrictions will be im posed on the amount of cotton which may be marketed by any producer, regardless of the num ber of acres he plants. 2. No government cotton loans will be available on the 1943 crop. 3. It will be difficult to achieve a balance between cotton and the crops which are vital to the war effort. The 1943 marketing quota for a farm will be the cotton acre age allotment multiplied by the actual or normal yield, which ever is larger, plus any carry over cotton which could have been marketed without penalty in 1942. Marketing quotas have no ef fect on the cotton acreage allot ment or normal yield for any farm, nor on the rates of conser vation payments or parity pay ments, if available. (Continued To Back Page) PRESBYTER,AN NOTICE Perry Sabbath School, 10:15 a. m.. Preaching Service, 11:30 a. m. > Clinchfield Sabbath School, 3:00 p. m. Preaching Service, 8:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to all these services. Rev, M. D. Agerton, Pastor, Luxurious Lounge CHAIRS, i sturdily built for comfort and ) long wear in choice of attractive ) covers, are ideal Gifts. Perry Furniture Co.