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VOL. LXXII. No. 53. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 7. 1943 ESTABLISHED 1870
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
i FOR CHINA RELIEF
I The local committee of United
■China Relief Inc. was organized
pdonday with Mrs. G. C. Nunn,
lone-time missionary to China, as
and Claude E. An
drew, treasurer,
I The steering committee con-
Aists of Mayor S. A. Nunn, 0. A.
ting, commander Amer. Legion;
Mayo Davis, pres, Kiwanis club;
Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr., pres. Le
gion Auxiliary; Mrs. L. H. Gil
bert, pres. Sorosis club; and E.
P. Staples, supt. Perry school.
| The committee launched a cam
paign Tuesday, Jan. 5 to extend
through Jan,ls for United China
Relief. Perry and Houston
county are asked to respond
(with money gifts to provide
[food, shelter and medical sup
plies, as well as for child wel-|
[fare and reconstruction, for the
Chinese people who are our al
llies in this global war.
[ These gifts of the various com
fcnunities of America will be pre
sented to Madame Chiang Kai
Khek while she is in America as
fa New Year’s Gift for her peo
[ple.
1 Appeals are to be made in
iPerry at church services and or
ganization meetings and through
the press, letters, movie, and
Ipersonal solicitations,
I The speakers committee con
sists of S. A. Nunn, and Mrs. L.
H. Gilbert. The publicity com
tnittee is Mrs. J. L. Hodges, Mrs.
ptV. K. Whipple and Rhett Mi
lam. The advisory committee is
Mayor Nunn, Rev. J. A. Ivey,
Rev. J. E. Sampley, and Rev. M.
sD. Agerton.
Mrs. G. C. Nunn, chirm, says:
■ ‘Get China on your mind. Think
of her as our ally with her six
fighting men, her in
domitable spirit, her vast re
sources, her strategic position;
she is a bulwark against the tyr
rany that would enslave us all.”
MRS. D. M. JOHNSON DIES
Mrs. Celia Rycroft Johnson, 54,
wife of D. M. Johnson, died un
expectedly at her home in Per
ry Saturday afternoon. She was
born in Pulaski county, near
Hawkinsville, but had lived here
for many years.
She is survived by her hus
band; one daughter, Miss Margie
Gardner: two sisters, Mrs. E. T.
McKinney, Macon, and Mrs. E.
W. Brewer, Fitzgerald, two
brothers, Charles Rycroft, Haw
kinsville, and Wade Rycroft, of
[Macon.
I Funeral services were con
ducted at the Tucker Funeral
home chapel at 3p. m. Monday
[with the Rev. M. D. Agerton as
sisted by the Rev. James A. Ivey,
officiating. Burial was in the
: Perry cemetery.
LAWYERS SURPASS
WAR BOND QUOTA
Sparked by record breaking
sales in many of the smaller
counties of the state, the Geor
gia Bar Association’s $6,000,000
December War Bond campaign
today was over the top with
more than a million dollars in
sales to spare, it was disclosed
yesterday.
Georgians purchased $7,007,-
700 worth of Series E bonds
through December 30, and final
(figures for the month are ex-
Ipected to raise this total to ap
proximately $7,500,000, said E.
■Smythe Gambrell, of Atlanta,
fchairman of the Georgia Bar As
fcociation’s War Bond campaign.
I Much of the credit for the
Quota-shattering record is due
Bie smaller counties of the state,
■nany of them having quadrupled
®eir established quotas for the
•°nth, Gambrell said.
WARNING!
m
1 Because there have been so
•»any mad dogs in and around
■erry in the past few days, all
■ogs must be kept in pen or
.chained at home.
B Any dog caught on the streets
Jfi) Perry between Jan, 4 and
*eb. 1 will be killed.
■ The above order was issued by
■he Mayor and Council of Perry,
Ba. on Jan. 4.
Houston Home Journal
’FARM BUREAU HEAD
j MAKES SPEECH HERE
H. L. Wingate, state presi
dent Ga. Farm Bureau, discussed
the Pace Peanut Bill, the cotton
program, and other matters of
interest Friday night when he
spoke to 125 farmers and farm
wives at the Perry school audi
torium. Paschal Muse, presi
dent Houston County Chapter
Farm Bureau, presided. F’loyd
Tabor, vice-president of state
bureau, introduced Mr. Wingate.
The Pace Bill recommends one
price for peanuts and purchase
of all the crop by the govern
ment with $136 per ton as a min
imum price.
Mr, Wingate urged the plant
ing of long staple cotton, at least
1 inch staple.
He said the AAA would re
quire the planting of 90 per cent
of allotment and not allow di
! version of cotton acreage except
to war crops such as peanuts or
soybeans for oil.
The speaker recommended an
increase in livestock, both cows
and hogs. He said the labor
situation would become even
'more acute and serious.
6. L. SLOGDMB PASSES AWAY
J George Lunny Slocumb, 70,
’ life-long resident of Houston
county, died at his home at
Kathleen early Thursday. Mr.
Slocumb was a merchant at
Kathleen for many years.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Susie Marshhurn; a
son, G. L. Slocumb, Macon; one
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Walton,
Tilton; two brothers, G. C. of
'Bonaire and J. I. of Douglas;
three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Talton,
Bonaire; Mrs. Margaret Taylor,
Macon; Mrs. Pope Taylor, Pope’s
Ferry.
Funeral services were held in
the Watson-Whipple chapel at 3
p. m. Friday with the Rev. James
Mcßae, Macon and the Rev.
I James Ivey, Perry Baptist
church, officiating.
Pallbearers were L. B. Sasser,
H. C. Talton, Leon Watson. S.
T, Bryan, C. E. Andrew, and
Bill Carithers, Fort Valley.
Interment was in Evergreen
cemetery, Perry.
BAPTIST HOUR SERIES
TO BE HEARD ON W.S.B.
The third annual Baptist Hour
series of radio sermons at 8:30
. EWT each Sunday morning was
begun Sunday, Jan. 3, with Dr.
Geo. W. Truitt, Dallas, Texas, as
speaker.
The Baptist Hour for 1943, ac
cording to S. F. Lowe, chairman
of the Radio Committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention, will
' consist of thirteen sermons by
outstanding Southern Baptist
pastors and leaders. These will
be delivered from January 3
through March 28 over an inde
- pendent network of 35 stations
in 16 southern states, on the
general theme, ‘‘American
; Christians amid World Crises.”
Station WSB, Atlanta, will car
. ry the entire series,
1 January speakers include; Jan
-1 uary 10, Dr. R, C. Campbell, pas
-1 tor of the First Baptist Church,
; Columbia, S. C.; January 17, Dr.
E. D. Head, president of South
western Baptist Theological Sem
inary, Fort Worth, Texas; Jan
-1 uary 24, Dr. O. T. Binkley, Pro
fessor of Religion, Wake Forest
College, Wake Forest, N. C. Jan
uary 31, Dr, Frances P. Gaines,
president of Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va.
s FILL S TAMP ALBUMS
i During the month of January
- Georgians who have partially
filled War Savings stamp al
bums are urged to complete
the albums so that they can be
converted into War Bonds,
, Sparked by the slogan, ‘‘A
Half-Filled Stamp Album is Like
a Half. Equipped Soldier” the
January stamp album clearance
i program is expected to com-j
| plete several thousand stamp
books which are now stuck away
■ or hidden in bureau drawers, be
hind mantel clocks and in the
[large carry all pocketbooks of
1 housewives.
Appeal For China Relief
* Funds Made By Chmn.
The Far East Is not so far now. [
China is our Ally, with her six
million fighting men, her in
domitable spirit, her vast re
sources, her strategic position,
she is a bulwark against the
tyrany that would enslave us all.
China Needs Us—-and We
Need China. China is not only
cities and coast line and rivers,
but tires and tin and tungsten.
China is industry with factories
in caves, air-raid shelters, huts
or tents; China is the Good
Earth with farms above and
riches stored beneath; China is
People, hundreds of millions of
them; People like us who do not
want their freedom tampered
with.
They are big-hearted, gener
ous in spirit, patient, enduring,
slow to anger, but they mean to
maintain their grand old country
and their liberty. It is this Chi
na that is our Ally in a war in
which she has been engaged for
five years.
You do not need reminding of
their tragedies; five million have
perished, fifty million are home
less refugees, needing every
thing, but 250 million free Chi
nese are determined to carry on
no matter where they are or
what must be done.
The hungry need food, the
homeless need shelter, the sick
and suffering need medicine.
These things our gifts of money
can provide. They do not ask
for courage. That they have
demonstrated in quantities
enough for all to draw strength
from.
In 1918 when China was called
on to help the U. S. War Work
Fund, her quota was $lOO,OOO.
She met it multiplied by 14,send
ing $1,425,000.
i What a sample of friendship!
Now Is The Time To
Help China
, The United China Relief is
trying to complete a gift of One
Million Dollars to present to
Madame Chaing Kai Shek be
fore she leaves this country.
This community in January
! 1941, two years ago raised an
offering of $6O for this cause.
Nothing has been dune as a com
munity since then. Let us mul
tiply that gift many times for
our splendid Ally today. China
makes much of the New Year,
which they will celebrate in
about a month. May we not
take our gracious Christmas
, spirit of giving and send to our
I oriental friends a New Year’s
Gift worthy of our appreciation
of them and tneir help as cPm
, rades-in-arms.
Madame Chaing Kai Shek,
lovingly called ‘The Madonna
of Millions”, thanks Americans
, for their help through United
j China Relief, She says, “It is
, another demonstration of the
. profound friendship of the
I American and Chinese people.”
I Explaining this friendship she
said, ‘‘We had many things in
common such as; our love of
[ freedom; our respect for the in
[ dividual, our desire for peace,
our abhorrence of Imperialism,
our concern for the wtak and
downtrodden.” Your efforts to
help us give us renewed confi
dence and good cheer. Together
we shall not fail to achieve Vic
tory.”
Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Chmn.
Local United China Relief
NOTICE
Bids on a Building to be used
, for a Post Office at Warner Rob
l ins, Ga. (Wellston) will be re
ceived by the government until
Jan. 20. Specifications and oth
er information may be obtained
from Postmaster C. B. (Boss)
Watson of Warner Robins. The
government desires to lease a
r new building for use as a Post
r Office at Warner Robins, Ga.
; FOOD GOALS
Food goals for 1943 call for all
• the milk we can produce, more
1 meat and eggs, more feed grains
! for increased livestock produc
tion, more poultry to supplement
■four supply of other meats, more
1 essential vegetables, more oil
crops, and more long staple cot- j
ton. Because of labor shortages
and scarce supplies farmers are
asked to produce less wheat, and |
less short staple cotton.
War Damage Insurance
Offered By Goverment |
; l
i War Damage Insurance to pro-j
tect you against financial ruin ini
the event of enemy attack has I
been made available to you, at a
reasonable cost, by the War
Damage Corporation, an agency
of the United States Govern
ment. Ordinary business pru
dence would seem to demand
that you give careful considera
tion to this type of emergency
protection in order to determine
whether or not you can afford to i
gamble with your own financial
solvency by being without it.
On December 13, 1941, follow
ing this country’s declarations of
war, the Federal Government,
through the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, announced
the establishment of a one hun
dred million dollar war damage
fund to meet the immediate de
mands for this kind of protec
tion which arose throughout the
United States and possessions
following Pearl Harbor. Subse
quently this fund was increased
to one billion dollars, the sole
purpose being to provide tempo
rary war damage protection for
everyone, pending the time that
a permanent system of war dam
age insurance could be put into
operation.
Fire insurance policies never
have included protection against
loss caused by invasion or mili
tary power and it was rather
generally felt that it would be
unsound for private insurance
i carriers to undertake to furnish
i protection against these war
time perils. The reserves of
private insurance carriers have
been built up over a great many
years to guarantee the security
of the protection these companies
have sold. To expose these re
serves to catastrophic loss which
might result from invasion or
bombardment might make these
insurance carriers unable to
meet their obligations to their
1 millions of policy holders
! throughout the nation, thereby
' undermining our entire credit
structure at a time when a strong
system of credit was most neces
sary. On the other hand, policy
holders who were relying upon
private insurance carriers for fi
nancial protection against war
damage losses might conceivably
face financial ruin should losses
prove too great for private in
surance carriers to bear. These
were several of the reasons
j prompting our Government to
provide protection against these
'perils which present such great
[catastrophe possibilities,
j Accordingly, there was created
Iby an act of Congress the War
j Damage Corporation with a capi
tal of one billion dollars and with
| authority to provide protection
■ against direct physical loss of or
damage to described property
“which may result from enemy
attack including any action tak
en by the military, naval or air
forces of the United States in
resisting enemy attack.” The
free insurance which had been
furnished by the Government
i ceased at midnight of the last
day of June, and the War Dam
age Corporation began opera
tions on July 1, 1942.
1 The purchase of war damage!
insurance is not compulsory. It
is offered by the War Damage
Corporation through the estab
lished facilities of the fire insur
ance business which has co
operated closely with the Gov
ernment in all the details in
volved in planning for this ven
ture. The fire insurance indus
try is performing these services
. as a contribution to the war ef
fort and there is no profit to any
[lone writing this form of insur
iance, it being intended that the
(allowances granted to those en-j
| gaged in merchandising war!
, [damage insurance will be suf-[
jficignt only to cover out-of-pock
et expenses. Thus war damage
(insurance is not a profit-making
(venture. It is nothing more or
[less than a sound business propo
sition offered to owners of real
' and personal property at a rea
sonable cost.
It is believed that every pro
(perty-owner will wish to con
sider these new hazards with
I which he is faced as a result of
present world-wide conflict, and;
, whether or not he decides to!
purchase war damage insurance,
heat least should be familiar
! with the details of this plan
! which is designed for his pro
AGRICULTURAL GROUP
TO MEET HERE JAN. 9
Vhat the people in Houston
county can do to improve agri-
Icultural conditions is the objec
tive of the organized mass meet
ing at the Houston Courthouse
Saturday January 9, at 2 p. m.
under auspices of the County Ag
ricultural Council.
This meeting will be held si
multaneously with similar meet
ings in every county in Georgia,
thus joining the hands of all
. friends of agriculture throughout
the State in a gigantic determi
| nation to harness the resources
of Georgia farms and revitalize
agriculture.
Out of the meeting will be
fashioned a program of activity
designed (1) To help produce
food and feed on the farms in
sufficient quantity, (2) To pro
vide suitable and needed pro
cessing facilities, and (3) To di
rect this food to the markets.
Farmers and business people
are urged to attend.
G. C. HARRISON PASSES
i
Grover Cleveland Harrison,
Grovania farmer and former
rural mail carrier, died at his
home early Thursday. He wag a
life long resident of Houston
county. He was a member of
the Grovania Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Thelma Walton,
three sons, W. C., Harold and
Charles, Grovania; five daugh
ters, Mrs. E. H. Odom, Biloxi,
Miss.,and Misses Laura Frances,
Florence, Frieda and Jane, Gro
vania: three sisters, Mrs. R. L.
Marshall, Elko; Mrs. Annie L.
Meadows, Perry; Mrs. Carrie
Gaulding, Jacksonville, Fla.
Funeral services were held
at 4:30 p. m. Friday at the Wat
son-Whipple Funeral Home in
Perry with Rev. Gordon King of
Elko officiating. Interment was
in Evergreen cemetery, Perry.
Pallbearers were: C.E, Pyles,
L. M. McCormick, L. M. Ne-
Smith, Doyle McElhenny, John
Williamson, J. A, Beddingfield,
V. B. Abrams, and B. H. Odom,
Montezuma.
Honorary pallbearers were:
F. M. Culler, T. C. Rogers, J.W.
Perdue, C. K. Watson, J. E.
Eason, H, S. Kezar, J. H. Clark,
J. B. Hunt Sr., and 0. A. King.
IT’S PATRIOTIC TO
IMPROVE PASTURES
Since the war has increased]
the demand for livestock and,
livestock products, and since
pasture is one of the best and
cheapest sources of livestock
feed, the grazing capacity of
Houston county pastures should
be increased in every way possi
sible, County Agent W. T. Mid
dlebrooks, said this week.
Liming, fertilizing, and proper
grazing are things that every
Houston farmer can do to im
prove pastures. Poor pastures
that do not have enough clover
or lespedeza can be renovated by
discing, fertilizing and seeding
to more productive grasses and
legumes.
Select a good pieceof land, or
make an area good and plant to
pasture. Low, fertile, moist land
makes the best pasture but good
pastures can be made on fertile
upland.
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.
! Making arrangements for seed
jis another important problem
j right now in pasture improve
[ment. One of the problems in
pasture development has been
the scarcity and high price ol
seed. Farmers planning to build
or improve pastures should get in
contact with their seedman soon.
In conclusion, Mr. Middle
brooks said “Prepare the soil
well, lime if necessary,phosphate
and sow or set to plants adapted
to this county. Lespedeza,white
clover, hop clover, Dallis grass,
Bermuda grass, and carpet
j grass.
tection. An inquiry of any es
tablished agent or broker wijj
bring complete informatio
without obligation of any kind. n
SCHOOL BUS ROUTES
LIMITED BY 0. D. T.
As a part of the total war ef
fort the Federal Government
through the Office of Defense
Transportation has set up defi
nite wartime policies for the
operation of all school buses and
has ruled that use of buses for
sports events, such as basketball
will not be authorized this
winter
Stressing the fact that pupil
transportation is absolutely es
sential to the operation of Hous
ton county’s schools, County Su
perintendent F, M. Greene said
Guy Kelcey, regional director of
01) T’s local transport division,
had authorized a 12-point policy
for conserving buses in Georgia’s
159 county school systems.
Among other things the poli
cies specify that transportation
will be provided only for individ
uals who would have to walk
more than two miles to school or
at least one mile and a half to
reach the main school bus route
and that bus stops will be spaced
from one-eighth to one-quarter
mile apart, except for crippled
children.
Dr, M. D. Collins, state school
superintendent, said that he had
been notified by the ODT that
“only iupon the submission of
demonstrated proof that the
conservation policies have been
carried out will school buses be
allowed to have gasoline, tires
and spare parts after Feb. 1.”
elimination of all unnecessary
mileage, including side t
the cooperation of school officials
and bus operators in arranging
for the use of school buses in es
sential war worker transporta
tion are strongly recommended
by the ODT.
Recent state school reports
show that 46 per cent of all white
children attending school last
year were transported and that
2,879 buses were used daily in
doing this job. At the present
and probably for the duration of
the war new buses will not be
available for school use.
In halting the use of school
buses for athletic events, Joseph
B. Eastman, national ODT di
rector, said that “no longer can
each community look upon its
school bus as something to be
used at will for its own exclu
sive benefit.” He added that
each school bus has become a
precious Jink in the nation’s
transportation system, some
thing to be carefully conserved
tor the benefit of the entire com
, munity.”
i The people of Houston county
I are just as patriotic as other
jGeorginas and the people of the
nation. The parents and their
children affected in this county
will gladly cooperate in this war
time measure.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS *
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:00 o'clock —Meeting of
teachers and officers of the Sun
day School.
Friday evening, 8:00 o’clock
—The Board of Deacons will meet
at the Pastorium,
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
J, A. Ivey, Pastor.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rev. G. E. Clary, district su
perintendent, will preach here
next Sunday, 8 p. m.
Church School-10;15 a. m.
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
and 8 p, m.
Young People’s Service. 7:15
p. rn.
Rev. J. E, Sampley, Pastor.
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PRESBYTERIAN 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,
i Rev. M. D. Agerton, Pastor,
