_ Houston Home Journal
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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i sturdily built for comfort and
) long wear in choice of attractive
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