VOL. LXXII. No. 29
(SAFETY PROGRAM AT
IPENN-DIXIE MONDAY
I Employees of Pennsylvania-
B)ixie Cement Corp., at Clinch-
Beld, will re-dedicate their Safe
ly Trophy on Monday, July 26,at
Hi) a. m. C.W.T. The trophy has
Been re-awarded for having
Bvorked through the entire calen-
Bar year 1942 without a disabling
Becident. In this, the plant en
■oys the distinction of having
HbJen one of 24 cement plants in
■he United States and Canada
■hat worked safely every day in
■42 despite the stress and strain
Elf full speed war-time operation
Bf mills and quarries.
I Exercises will be held at the
Riant on Monday, July 26, at 10
■’clock, C.W.T. Employees and
■heir families will attend and a
Hordial invitation is also extend-
H to the people of Perry and
iliouston county.
11 It has been customary, in past
|||ears, to have a barbecue in con-
I Section with the re-dedicatiou.
I These affairs have always been
Anticipated, from year to year,
I frith a great deal of pleasure.
Ahis year, in view of war con-
I diiions, the employees voluntari-
agreed to dispense with the
Aia-hecue and through a resolu-
Hlfienof the local Union, request-
Ap that the Company donate a
■( i to the American Red Cross
the amount which would oth
■i-wise be appropriated for a
This has been ap
ved and the donation will be
I jfade a part of the re-dedication
AMr. Joh. Norvig, Gen’l Super-
Atcndent of Penn-Dixie,will par
itkipate in the program and a
I re; resentative of the Portland
■ Cement Association is expected
■to make the official re-award.
|Of er distinguished guests are
Apected. Mr. J. G. Lyles will
liieak for the employees during
Ae re-dedication exercises.
■The program will start prompt
ly at 10 a. m. and will be held in
pie of the plant buildings which
■ls been prepared for the ses-
Ision with comfortable seating ar-
Hngements.
B)1D you know . . . ?
■Twelve times as many green
I peas were produced in the U. S.
A 1941 as in 1918; 5 times as
■ many snap beans; and 8 times as
lunch asparagus.
Aißread is eaten by less than 40
of the entire human race.
of producing corn per
is about 30 percent less in ,
States than inj
■ Northeastern States, but 18 per-
Icei t higher than in the Dakotas.
yield per acre in pre
■ war Europe was about 25 busb
ies, compared to about a 15-bu-
average in the United States
Canada. But corn per acre
■Was 50 percent higher here than
produces 43 times as
■ niLch rice as the United States,
lndia 35 times as much.
55 percent of the land
U. S. borders is in farms,
less than half of that is re-
as available for crops.
■Japanese get less than 4 per-
A 1: l of their food energy from
and animal products, as
ico a pared to between 30 and 40
Accent in western Europe.
years ago, the Amazon
in South America was the
rubber-producing region
■°l the world.
Agricultural imports from
Ado to United States
74 percent higher in 1941
A llll in 1939, but our agricultural
■Ports to the same countries
wed a7l percent increase in
same years.
A^ n American aviator, lost in
Jungles and forced to eat a
for food, said it
te d like crabmeat.
Any excuse you can give for
not upping your payroll sav
*n?s will please Hitler, Hiro
■pi hito and puppet Mussolini.
I " ’
H Keeping the Vitamins
report that if you wrap
r -n vegetables in a damp cloth
before placing them in ice
A es - they will be kept rich in vita
" an d C. Otherwise, vitamini
with evaporation of moistu*«
A v ’vegetable. , . J
Houston Home Journal
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
There seems to be a great deal I
of interest being created over
the county by the use of annual
■ lespedeza in both pasture mix
; lures and small grain rotations.
Kobe, Korean and common les
pedezas are well adapted for
’ these purposes here in Houston
county. This fact is well demon
strated by the fine seed patch of'
Korean lespedeza Frank Rozarj
has on E. M. Beckham’s farm.
Another excellent seed patch of
Kobe lespedeza, consisting of
about 7 acres, may be seen on
A. W. Pratt’s farm. It’s right
on the Macon highway, so stop
and look at it in passing.
Robert Horton has a small
kudzu patch that he intends to
mow right away. Several other
farmers over the county have
kudzu fields and kudzu meadow
strips they intend to mow as
soon as they can get to it. If
kudzu is to be cut once during
the summer it is best to wait
until late in the summer to do
this. If it is to be cut twice, it
should be done in June and!
again in late summer.
We hope that some farmers!
will be interested in contracting
with the local AAA to sell their
kudzu crowns this winter, There
should be enough old kudzu
right here in the county to sup
ply the needs of the new areas
tu be planted in kudzu next
spring, without having to buy
any crowns outside the county.
Floyd Tabor says on a per acre
basis, he made more off his lu
pine seed than he did from
peaches.
extension service Items
The American soldier, who
consumes nearly a pound of meat
!a day, is the No. 1 meat-eater of
the world.
Forest fires last year burned
over 31,845,124 acres of U. S.
woodlands.
Each pig farrowed dead repre
sents the loss of 140 pounds of
feed.
Ask your county agent about
the wilted method of making
grass silage.
It’s time to vaccinate all pul
lets against sorehead.
Arrange now for seed of vetch,
Austrian peas and other winter
legumes.
A good terrace system.no mat
ter how well laid out and con
Istructed, must be maintained.
801 l weevils destroy annually
enough cotton to equip 3,000,000
fighting men.
Type, body capacity, constitu
tion, quality, mammary develop
ment and dairy temperament are
some of the important points to
consider with selecting a dairy
: cow.
Never has there been a time
when food loomed more impor
tant to this country. A ton a
year must go to each of our
soldiers. Millions of war plant
workers must be fed. As starv
ing countries are freed, food will
be our biggest weapon.
The process of learning farm
work is an humble one. City
workers on the farm for the
first time may have to watch and
ask and try to remember what
they see as well as what they are
told. If it is impossible to per
form a task correctly, ask more
questions and try again.
Potatoes are a highly nutritious
food and should be used to
the fullest extent while they are
plentiful. Farmers have done
their part in producing, it is nowj
up to consumers to do their part’
by utilizing the food produced.
Surveys show that there has |
been an increase in the number!
of beef cattle in Georgia. Since j
it has been an excellent season i
for pastures in most sections of!
the state, many cattle will be 1
fat and ready for the butcher j
this fall.
More than 4,500 town and city
people are now working on Geor-i
gia farms to help produce and
harvest 1943’s all-important food
! crops. Around 900 of this num
! her are boys and girls.
Chemistry Leads in Hesearch
Chemical is the leading American (
i industry in scientific research t
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1943
J BIG JOB AHEAD OF FARMER
IBy J. W. Fanning, State Farm
j Labor Supervisor, Georgia
Extension Service
J ATHENS, Ga. —Never has
there been a time when food
loomed more important to this
country. A ton a year must go
to each of our soldiers. Millions
of war plant workers must be
well fed, and they have the mon
ey to buy more food than they
did a few years ago. As starv
;i n g countries. North Africa.
Greece, France, Poland, and
many others, are freed, food
j will be our biggest weapon and a
major necessity. Here food
must help win the peace as well
as the war.
Last year farmers turned in
the largest food production on
record: 11 percent more than in
1941; 28 percent over the average
for 1935 to 1939; 42 percent more
than in 1918.
But crops don’t plant and har
vest themselves.
The number of persons work
ing on farms on March 1 was the
lowest for that month during the
last 19 years, for which monthly
figures are available; 682,000
! fewer workers than the average
jon March 1 from 1935 to 1939.
Thousands of skilled farm work
ers, as patriotic as any group,
have gone into the armed forces.
Even more have gone into war
plants for higher wages. Farmers
also have lost most of the miga
tory help they have depended on
in past rush harvest seasons.
Farmers and their families are
working harder and longer
hours, many of them 12 or more
hours a day. This did much to
solve the farm-labor problem last
year, but can’t alone make up
for the added labor needs this
year.
In spite of last year’s record
production and the shortage of
labor-saving farm machinery and
other essentials, farmers were
■ asked this year to produce more
food than last year’s record pro
duction. Although in most in
j stances farmers were able to
plant and cultivate these crops
without outside help, every
available person will be needed
for the harvesting season,
* CENTERVILLE NEWS
Mrs. T, C. Holt left Monday to
visit her son, Sgt. Edward Holt,
who is stationed at Ft. Dix, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Scar
borough have as their guests this
week his sisters, Mrs.lda Hauga
brook of Montezuma, Mrs. Car
rie Robertson and Mrs. Emma
Lewis of Macon.
Mrs, Minnie Cherry, Byron,
and Mrs. Earnest Storey spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Garvin.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seay have
returned to their home in Jack
sonville, Fla. after a week’s visit
with his mother and sister, Mrs.
Lucy Garvin and Mrs. Mark
Mathews.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Stafford
spent Sunday in Macon with Mrs.
Connell Stafford.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Leverett,
Macon, visited relatives in Cen
terville Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Holloman, Mr. and
Mrs. Avery Lee were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stembridge
Sunday p. m.
Friends of Mr. Ruben Leverett
will regret to know of his seri
ous illness.
Mrs. Glynn Scarborough and
Mrs. Lillian Argo were guests of
Mrs. H. H. Watson last week.
Mr, and Mrs. Kirby Duke and
children spent Monday in
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Blankin
ship and Mr. Jack Hamilton are
‘spending several days in Buford
'with homefolks.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batchelor
jwho had an apartment with Mr.
land Mrs. Gordon Scarborough
| have moved to Warner Robins
■where they have taken an apart-
I ment.
Myrtice and Vernice Remus,
Bath, S. C. are visiting their sis
| ter, Mrs. Lois Thurmond, and
; Mr. Thurmond.
Little Patsy Thurmond spent
'several days with her grand
mother in Augusta recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rambo
spent Monday in Macon,
Easter Day
Easter Senday falls over a period
of 35 days, ranging from March 22
t# _Ajpril 25.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
i
At the end of the first round of
play in the second half, it ap
pears that the Bulldogs are the
; team to beat for the pennant, as
they have won their first three
games very handily behind some
fine pitching by Mgr. Staples.
In fact, it is even being suggest
ed by the star first baseman of
j the ’dogs that their team be
'broken up in the interest of the
other teams, so that competition
may be more even throughout
the remainder of the season. But
this correspondent’s prediction,
after seeing the Tigers have to
fight off the rest of the pack
when they thought they had a
comfortable lead, is that the
Bulldogs will need all of their
talent to stay ahead.
Last Sunday’s games found
the Tigers and Panthers each
winning one and losing one, while
the Bulldogs won their only
start. In the first game, the Ti
gers proved to the Bears that
their upset victory the last game
of the first half was no fluke by
walloping them 13-3. The Ti
gers not only silenced the big
guns of the Bears, but did a lit
tle slugging in their own name,
and came up with twelve timely
hits off Mgr. Hardy, to hand him
his worse defeat of the season.
A. Braddock with two hits in as
many times up led the Tiger
hitting.
The second game was a case of
; too much Bulldog, and the Pan-
I thers went under to the tune of
5-1. The Bulldogs played a
'steady game all the way and
I were led at bat by their newest
lacquistion, Tom Cater, who hit
safely his first three times at
| bat, each time with men on base.
Mgr. Glea Gray for the Panthers,
drove in their only run in the
first inning with a line single to
■ center.
The third game saw the re
,; newal of the old feud between
;j the Tigers and Parlthers, and
again the faithful few fans were
'rewarded by a sizzling contest
which went ten innings before
the Panthers pushed over the
deciding tally. The Tigers open
ed with a new pitcher, Skinner,
who was very effective but got
into trouble when he lost his con
trol and walked the first two
men up in the fourth. The Pan
thers quickly converted these
i i and one hit into runs, and the
score was tied at 3 all. Thus it
remained till the last half of the
tenth wnen a hit and two infield
outs placed a man on second, and
Bob Massee came through with a
solid mash to center to score the
winning run.
The schedule for next Sunday
follows: Panthers vs. Bears at
( at 2:30; Tigers vs. Bulldogs next;
i Panthers vs. Tigers last.
HURST TRANSFERRED
Naval Aviation Cadet John
Hunter Hurst, of Perry, has
completed three months of phy
sical conditioning and ground
school work at the U. S. Navy
Pre-Flight School in Athens, Ga.
He has been ordered to the Na
val Air Station at Hutchinson,
Kan. to begin progressive flight
training preparatory to joining a
combat unit.
Cadet Hurst ranked among the
upper twenty percent of his
large class on an overall average
of military, athletic, and acade
mic work for the three months
pre-flight training.
He graduated from Perry
High School in 1340 and attended
the Georgia School of Technolo
gy, Atlanta, for two years. He
was transferred to Athens from
the CAA War Training Service
School, Salisbury, N. C.
DANIEL COMMISSIONED
Frank V. Daniel of Perry re
ceived his commission as 2nd
Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery
Corps upon successfully com
pleting the officer candidate
course at the Antiaircraft Artil
lery School, Camp Davis, N. C.,
on July 15.
The newly commissioned local
officer will take up his new du
ties in the Antiaircraft Artillery
after a short furlough. He is
the son of Mr.'"and Mrs. Felix
i Daniel of Perry, and is visiting
them now.
By Another Name
The state department first was
known as the department of foreign
rfaics. .taai- .r_.-
PRESS ASSOCIATION
HAS WAR TIME MEET
r ■ I
War problems on the home
> front held the attention of Geor
; gia editors when they gathered
> in Atlanta Friday and Saturday
for the 57th Annual Convention
of Georgia Press Association.
Reporting on problems on the
fighting front was Robert Mon
gin Brumby, of Marietta, who
i has recently returned from Gau
i dalcanal where he saw active
, service with American forces as
a war correspondent for Inter
national News Service. He warn
i ed that this war is going to be
a long and bitter one before final
i victory is achieved.
Another interesting speaker
was Eddie Gilmore, for the last
21 months Moscow correspondent
of the Associated Press. Mr.
i Gilmore painted an amazing pic
: ture of conditions in Russia, but
because of his many revelations
most of his speech was “off the
; record.’’
Other speakers included rep
resentatives of various govern
ment agencies in Atlanta, and
visiting editors from South Caro
lina and Michigan,
The welcome to the editors was
given by Mayor William B.Harts-'
i field, of Atlanta, and first guest
| speaker was Governor Ellis Ar
il nail who discussed affairs of
■ state.
Friday afternoon delegates to
the convention were guests of
honor at a reception given by
Governor and Mrs. A mail at the
, executive mansion. Saturday af
ternoon the group was taken to
IFort McPherson for “induction”
into the Army as guests of Colo
nel Clifford E. Early. During
■ this trip, guides explained the
various processes through which
: a civilian goes to become a sol
dier for Uncle Sam.
Otis A. Brumby, ‘of Marietta,
president of the association, pre
sided at the meeting.
R. E. L. Majors of the Claxton
Enterprise was elected president
; and Roy Emmet, editor of the
i Cedartown Standard, vice-presi
; dent, for another year. The two
new directors are Belmont Den
nis of Covington and Elliott Ha
, gan of Sylvania.
■ HERE’S HOW
‘ By W. T. M., County Agent
: Q. Is July a good time to start
baby chicks for fall?
A. Poultry specialist say July
, is not a good month for starting
: chicks. During ho I; summer
months baby chicks grow off
more slowly and are probably
, more subject to disease better 1
wait until September.
Q. How can 1 tell laying hens
from the non-layers?
A. Non-layers can be detect
ed by the yellow coloring or pig
ment in the shanks, beak, ear
lobes, eye ring and vent. Per
sistent setters and hens begin
ning to molt early are also poor
layers. Better cull them out.
Good layers will have large red
combs, bright eyes, better plum- 1
age, moist vent, good spread of j
pelvic bones, good appetite and a
general appearance of alertness.
Q. When should I vaccinate
young chickens to protect them
from fowl pox?
A. Young stock should be i
vaccinated against fowl pox be- ]
tween 8 and 16 weeks of age.
Q. In canning in glass, should
jars be turned upside down to
cool?
A. No, it is better to cool all
in an upright position.,
Q. What can Ido to keep Har
; lequin bugs from eating my cab-1
bage and collard leaves? The I
leaves look brown like they nau !
been scorched. '
A. Pick or brush off with a
whisk broom all the adults you \
can find and put them in a tin i
can of water coated with kero- j
sene. To kill immature bugs,
, which look like long-legged gray j
. spiders, dust frequently with ro- j
tenone dust or with a half andj
half mixture of cryolite and|
flour. If rotenone or cryolite;
cannot be had, calcium arsenate j
- may be substituted in the flour
j mixture. Look under the leaves
: for eggs and destroy them. You
r will have to work fast and con
stantly to get ahead of the Har
lequin bug, but it is worth it.
Fire Active Chemical Action
i Fire is an active chemical action (
i in which a fuel combines with
I (ncygen from the air.
ESTABLISHED IS7O
GENERAL ELECTION
IN GA. SET FOR AUG. 3
(
Tuesday, August 3, qualified
voters of Georgia will be called
upon to express their approval
or disapproval of twenty-eight
constitutional amendments —six-
teen of which are of general
state interest and twelve of local
application.
Since the twelve amendments
which are purely of a local na
ture have likely been approved
by the voters of the localities af
fected by their having their rep
resentatives introduce the
amendments there will be little
opposition to them.
As to the remaining sixteen
amendments which affect the en
tire state, all were approved
with little or no opposition by the
general assembly, with the pos
sible exception of the amend
ment to lower the voting age to
eighteen. This amendment, No,
5, is causing much controversy
over the state.
The sixteen amendments of
state-wide interest are:
1. Providing for a Board of
Regents of the University Sys
tem of Georgia.
2. Providing for a State
Board of Education.
3. To take from the Governor
all power to grant reprieves and
pardons, to commute penalties,
to remove disabilities imposed by
law, to remit any part of a sen
tence and to suspend sentences,
except as to suspension of death
sentences and sentences in trea
son cases; to provide a State
Board of Pardons and Paroles.
4. Providing that powers of
taxation be exercised by t h e
State through the General As
sembly and by counties and mu
nicipalities for paying pensions,
costs and benefits under a teach
ers’ retirement system.
5. Relating to the qualifica
tions of electors in this State, by
providing the age and qualifica
tions tor electors. (18 year old
citizens to be eligible to vote in
elections if this amendment is
adopted.)
0. To provide for payment of
benefits and other costs under
a Teachers’ Retirement System
of Georgia in accordance with
enactment of the General Assem
bly to be administered by a
Board of Trustees.
_7. Creating a Stale Game and
Fish Commission.
8. Providing that all civil
service bodies in Georgia shall
give equal preferences to vet
erans of all wars as are provided
by Federal Civil Service Laws.
9. Providing for the Public
Service Commission, its member
ship, election, qualification, terms
of office, powers and duties.
• 10. Providing for sessions of
the General Assembly.
11. Exempting from ad valo
rem and intangible taxes in
Georgia the common voting
stock of a subsidiary corporation
when at least 90 per cent thereof
is held by a Georgia corporation.
12. Fixing the compensation
jand mileage of members of the
General Assembly.
13. Providing how cases shall
be disposed of by the Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals
of Georgia.
14. Providing that any per
son who has been a resident of
I any U. S. Army post or military
reservation within Georgia for
one year may bring an action for
divorce in any county adjacent to
said Army post or military reser
vation.
15. Providing that revenue
anticipation obligations shall not
loe deemed debts of or to create
1 debts against the political sub
jdivisions issuing such obliga-
I uons.
10. Providing manner and
j method fur consolidation of local
j school districts.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this opportunity
■to thank all friends of Perry for
their kindness and many cards
and lovely flowers during my re
cent illness.
Jerry Drawdy.
tlf every man, woman and
child in the United States lays
i aside $lOO the aggregate will
be about $13,000,000,000 or the
amount the Treasury must
raise in its Second War Loan.
