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VOL. LXXII. No. 30
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
SYSTEM TO BE USED
The Australian ballot system
l 0 t voting will be used in Hous
|ton county for the first time next
I Tuesday, Aug. 3, when the gen
|eral election of the state of Geor
lo-ia will be held.
I| c The Australian system differs
■ from the system used in the past
■in many respects. Every ballot
■is numbered and must be ac
■ counted for by election manag
ers. No voter is allowed to take
■a ballot from the place of voting.
I Each voter must enter a vot
ling booth at the polls after se
■curing an official ballot from the
■ managers. Only one person at a
■time is allowed in a voting booth.
■The voter marks out all amend
■ments or names for which he
■does not vote, as in other sys
tems of voting.
I If a voter spoils a ballot, he
■must not tear it up but return it
■and get another official ballot be
■foie voting. No voter is allowed
■to assist another voter in pre
■paring his ballot.
II Managers only are permitted
■to assist in the preparation of a
■ballot and then only in the case
■where a person is unable to pre
■are ballot because of physical
■disability or inability to read the
■English language. "Voter must
■take oath to this effect before re
{■ceii'ing help from managers.Two
must be present, one
Bb assist in marking the ballot
Bind one to witness same.
H If a voter decides not to vote
■fter entering polling place, he
■nust give up official ballot given
Him by managers and in no in
stance is he allowed to take of
■cial ballot from polls.
|| Electioneering inside the vot
■ng room is prohibited by law.
■<o person is allowed to be with
in ten feet of the voting booth
■xcept the voter who is in the
■ct of voting. Just as soon as
P person has voted, he must re
■ire from the voting place.
II Violation of any of these rules
k a misdemeanor punishable by
■aw as prescribed in Section
■i)6s of the Penal Code of 1910.
Bjfficial instructions to voters will
■e posted in each voting booth
■nd near polling places.
|l Polls will open at each of the
■ine precincts in Houston county
■ext Tuesday, Aug. 3, at seven
■?) a. m. and close at six (6)
■ -m, under a new law passed by
■the 1943 General Assembly,
■leretofore polls have closed at 3
■ m. in rural precincts in gen
■ral elections. Now polls will
Bemain open until 6 p. m, all
Biver the county.
B Election papers, booths, and
Bnstructions are being delivered
■his week by Ordinary John L.
■lodges in person to the Justices
■f the Peace in Houston county.
I LIBRARY NOTES
■ Reading for relaxation is one
■f the few pleasures than can be
■ojoyed in hot weather.
■| Booth Tarkington has again
■bitten a best seller. Ambitious,
■lever and wise is the character
■ e portrays in “Kate Fennigate.”
■'he influence a woman has upon
■he success of the men who come
■oto her life is the dominating
pote of the whole novel.
I Timely and entertaining is
flice Colver’s newest book, “The
flerrivales.” A well told story
p a happy and prosperous
{American family in wartime.
I ‘When Hearts Are Light
{Again” is Emile Loring at her
f e st. Sabotage and the F. B. I.
pip to form an intriguing plot
pill around the romance of a
pptain and a beautiful girl.
I Pilled with suspense and dra-
P a Is “Hungry Hill” by Daphne
pu Marnier, famous author of
I Rebecca”. The characters in
pis novel which cover five
Itormy generations are especially
fell done.
L Library hours: 1:30 p. m. to
P- m. Monday, Thursday,
r r) d Saturday.
\erniece Beavers, Librarian.
CVER THE TOP
vMjt for victory
I \la I with
' \T/'- USITED STATES WAR
W BONUS-STAMPS
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Houston Home Journal
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERSI
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
B. H. Newberry is beginning I
construction of a fish pond on his
farm just outside of Henderson,
A. W. Pratt, of Byron, intends
to begin construction of a pond
sometime late this fall, Both of
these follows have very nice lo
cations for farm fish ponds, and
should obtain profitable results
from them. They both plan to
teUilize their ponds, so they may
realize th e quickest possible
growth from the fish that are
to be stocked there. The fish
wilj be furnished and technical
assistance wi[l be provided by
the Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District.
Several farm fish ponds here
in the county have already been
constructed, stocked and ferti
lized. The farmers who have
stocked ponds are J. E. Eason,
Crier Hicks, E. M. Beckham and
Homer J. Walker. Fellows, I
hear there are a lot of fishermen
in the county, so you had better
keep a sharp lookout.
A meeting was held at King’s
Chapel last week with the color-1
ed Tenant Purchase Borrowers
of that community. The sub
ject of the discussion was soil
conservation practices as applied
to each individual farm.
I wonder how many of you
have seen the fine kudzu fields
and meadow strips displayed on
S. W. Hickson’s farm. He’s ex-1
pecting some excellent hay re
turns from these areas —a n d
he’ll get them, too.
softbalTleague news
. I
It would seem after Sunday’s!
games that the Bulldogs have'
dropped their smooth running!
machine into high gear and head-;
ed tor a last half pennant. With 1
Eric Staples still pitching excel-|
lent ball and with the rest of the ;
team hitting and fielding behind i
him, they edged out a 2-1 vie-!
tory ever the Tigers and now 1
lead the league with four vic
tories and no defeats. Should!
history repeat itself, however,
they are due for a spill soon, as
the whole league is now gunning
for them and the pressure is
definitely on. Remember how
close the Tigers came to blowing
an identical lead in the first half?
I do. Hugh Braddock returned
to the lineup for the ’dogs and
secured two hits to lead them at
bat, while T. Cater contributed
the fielding gem of the afternoon
| when he robbed Daniels of a sure
> hit by a beautiful one-hand catch
! j ust inside the first base line of a
i nard line smash.
In the first game, the Bears
had too much power for the Pan
thers and finally pounded out a
IU-6 victory in the longest drawn
out affair of the season. Max
) well pitched and hit the Bears to
i win with a double, triple, and
single, while Heller was a demon
on the base-paths and scored
three runs. The Panthers were
ahead in the first and fourth in
nings, but could not hold the
lead and were finally overcome
with a four hit assault by the|
Bears in the 7th.
The final game was another
fiery battle between the Panthers
and Tigers, and this time the j
Tigers turned the tables by com- j
ing from behind to lick their ri
vals 5-2. Through the seventh
inning the game had the ap
pearance of being like most of
the others these two teams have
played, with the Tigers getting
the hits and the Panthers getting
the iruns—the score being 2-U
Panthers with the leaders not
having a single hit. Butin the j
eighth the Tigers finally broke;-
loose when with two men out,'
they loaded the bases and Jack!
Wilson laced out a triple to clean}
the sacks and win his own game. /
The two ninth inning runs by the j
Tigers were superfluous as that
1 one blow licked the Panthers.;
For the Panthers, Satterfield got;
’ the lone hit with one out in the
I ninth, and B. Massee played a
; brilliant game afield as is his
' habit. „ ,
The schedule for next Sunday
is as follows: 1. Tigers vs.
Bears: 2, Panthers vs. Bulldogs;
3, Bears vs. Bulldogs.—G. F. N.
Tennessee Bounded
Tennessee is bounded by eighi
•tales.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943
[2B Amendments To Be
I Voted On August 3
•
Twenty-eight constitutional
j amendments will be submitted to
jto the voters of Georgia for con
sideration in next Tuesday’s gen
eral election. Sixteen of these
are of state-wide application,
while the remaining twelve are ,
of local importance.
Amendment No. 5 has caused 1
more controversy and met with'
more opposition than any of the
others. No, 5, if favored, would
give the right to vote to eighteen
year old citizens of Georgia.
Senator J. W. Blood worth and
Rep. W. W. Gray of Houston
county are opposed to this
amendment, No, 5, which would
put politics in the schools and
colleges of Georgia.
Amendments No. 1 and No. 2
are designed to take politics out
of the control boards of the Uni
versity System of Georgia and
the common schools of the state
by forbidding the Governor to be
a member of these boards. Va
cancies are to be filled by secret
vote of the remaining members
until the General Assembly
meets at which time the vacancy
!is filled by the Governor’s ap
pointment with senate confirma
tion.
Amendment No. 3 takes the
power to grant pardons, etc.
from the Governor and places
the power in a board.
Amendments No, 4 and No, 6
are companion measures that
| provide payment of pensions to
school teachers under a Teach-1
jer’s Retirement System to be,
administered by a hoard of!
Trustees. 1
No. 7 would create a State
Game and Fish Commission com
posed of 11 members to adminis
ter laws dealing with wild life,
j No, 8 provides that civil ser
i vice bodies in Georgia shall give j
j preference to veterans of all j
j wars.
The Georgia League of Women!
Voters is opposing this amend-;
■ ment giving several reasons, one ;
jof which is:
I “Veteran preference, the ar
bitrary addition of points to a
grade made on a merit examina
tion, is contrary to the basic
principle of civil service, which
provides that the best qualified
person be appointed to the job.
The accident of being in or out
of the Army, beine married to a
soldier or not, has nothing to do
with the qualifications for the
job and has no relation to the
ability of the applicant. There is
a crying need for efficient Gov
ernment. The best system yet
devised to secure good personnel
is a strong civil service system
which will attract the best quali
fied people to Government ser
vice —whether they are veterans
or not.”
No. 9 makes the Public Ser
vice Commissioners constitution
al officers, which would place
them beyond the power of the
legislature and make it difficult
to make any changes in this
body or its duties.
No. 10 and No. 12 are com
panion measures fixing the term
of the session of the General As
sembly at a total of seventy days
and the salary of members at
$6OO for the two year term and
limiting mileage payments to one
single payment. It abolishes the
jten day “organization session.”
No. 11 would exempt from ad
I valorem and intangible taxes the
common voting stock of a sub
sidiary corporation, at least 90%
of which is owned by a Georgia
corporation with its principal
place of business in this state.
Those opposing No. 11 say it is
special legislation benefitting
a small group only.
! No. 13 would prevent dismissal
!of a case by the Supreme Court
{or the Court of Appeals because
lof delay or error on the part of
the clerk of the trial court.
No. 14 would authorize soldiers
{stationed in Georgia for a year to
i secure divorces through state
i courts.
No. 15 provides a method for
; financing revenue producing pro
jects from the revenue such pro
jects bring in instead of by
creating debts to be paid from
general tax funds.
No. 16 provides a method of
consolidating school districts
where one has a bonded debt and
the other does not have bonds
-outstanding.
Resolution Adopted On
! Farm Labor Shortage
WHEREAS, Thousands of
young men from Georgia farms
are patriotically serving in the
Armed Forces, some of them
having made the supreme sacri
fice, and
I WHEREAS, The presence of
miany war industries located in
'our state has drawn heavily on
our farm manpower, and
WHEREAS, Those remaining
on farms have courageously
planted large acreages of crops
vital to a nation at war, and
WHEREAS, The farmers of
Georgia were urged by the War
Food Administration to plant
every possible acre with the as
surance that help would be
available for the harvest, and
WHEREAS, Progress made to
date is insufficient to meet the
demands even under the most
favorable conditions of weather
and other factors,- and
WHEREAS, These crops have
been designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture as war crops, the
loss of which would seriously im
pair our prosecution of the war;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Board
of Directors of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation representing
bona fide farmers in every - sec
tion of the State request and
strongly urge the Governor of
Georgia, members of the Gen
eral Assembly, State Board of
j Prisons and Parole, County Com
! missioners and Wardens make
javailable all convicts noton work
,emergency in nature for use in
harvesting farm crops especially
'cotton and peanuts; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Presi
dent of the United States, the
members of Congress from Geor
gia, all Executive Departments
|of the Federal Government, the
■Governor of Georgia and other
[state and county officials are
! hereby requested and urged to
I suspend all public works not vi
i tal to the war during harvesting
periods of these important crops,
and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of
this resolution be furnished to
the officials named herein and
copies given to the press.
Adopted by the Board of Di
rectors of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation in regular meet
ing at Macon, Georgia, this the
! thirteenth day of July, 1943.
H. L. Wingate,
President.
EXTENSION SERVICE HEWS
Many marketing and transpor
tation problems can be solved by
neighborhood cooperation.
Every American town is the
center of a big war plant —the
farms that surround it.
When perspiring freely, work
ers should plan to consume from
one-eighth to one fourth tea
spoon of salt for each glass of
drinking water.
It pays to save the topsoil—or
any part of it that is left.
Nothing is more important to
the war effort and to our domes
tic economy than a sound and
acceptable food production and
distribution program.
No program for food produc
tion can be successful unless it
has the support of the American
people.
Consumer income and the do
mestic demand for agricultural
products are expected to rise
further during the second half of
1943.
The general level of prices re
ceived by farmers rose three
points during the month ending
June 15.
Price paid by farmers, includ
ing interest and taxes, advanced
one point during the month end
ing June 15.
I
U.S.WAR BONDS
WHAT TO PLANT IN
GARDEN IN AUGUST'
I
Georgia gardeners can write ;
the third chapter in the victory
garden program, and help them
selves and the nation by having
a fall garden, Elmo Ragsdale,
horticulturist for the Agricultu
ral Extension Service, said this
week.
The specialist declared that
many things can be produced in
the fall garden that can be
stored, canned or dried, and that
this surplus may mean much in
the family food supply during
the winter months. A good fall
garden will also continue to sup
ply fresh vegetables into the fall
and winter months.
“Save seed from victory gard
ens,” Mr. Ragsdale advised, “and
can, store and dry the surplus.
Give the garden care and it will
give you food.”
Garden plantings for August,
recommended by the Extension
specialist, include: For Central
Georgia —Bush beans, lima beans,
beets, carrots, collards, sweet
corn, cucumber, onions, Bliss po
tatoes, spinach, squash,turnips.
RATIONING REMINDERS
The Rationing Office in Perry
will be open to the public from
9:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Em
ployees of the office will work
from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., ac
cording to new ruling from state
OPA office.
Aug. I—Blue Coupons R, S,
and T become valid and expire
Sept. 7. Blue Coupons N, P, Q
expire Aug. 7.
Aug. I—Red1 —Red Coupon U be
comes valid; Aug. 8, V becomes
valid; Aug. 15, W becomes valid;
T, U, V, W all expire Aug. 31.
Red Coupons P thru S expire
July 31.
Aug. 11—Coffee Coupon N 0.22
expires.
Oct. 31 —Shoe Stamp No. 18 in
Book 1 expires.
September 30—Deadline for
tire inspections for holders of A
gasoline rations.
July 21 —Gasoline coupon No.
5 expires; good for 3 gallons.
Canning Sugar
Stamps 15 and 16 have been
designated by the OPA as use
for canning sugar. Each stamp
is good for 5 lbs. per person and
remains valid from May 24 thru
Oct. 31.
Aug. 15 —Coupon 13 in Book 1,
good for 5 lbs. sugar, expires,
HERE'S HUW
By VV. T. M., Coumy Agent
Q. What is the situation withj
regard to the availability of sug
ar, coffee, and tea?
A. The Food Distribution Ad
ministration tells us that the
shipping situation has definitely
improved, but the future situa
tion with regard to sugar de
pends on war needs. Present
coffee stocks do not warrant com
plete elimination of all control 1
but the supply situation looks
favorable for some months to
come. Supplies of tea have im
proved and it seems probable
that there will be enough.
Q. If you cannot grow your
own vegetables, is it a good prac
tice to buy fresh vegetables to
can?
A. When the price of fresh
vegetables suitable for canning
reaches the point where you can
buy the fresh products at a price
comparable to the same quantity
of canned products.it would seem
a sound practice to buy up thej
surplus and fill your jars. You|
will be assured of food at little or i
no greater cost and you will nh|
have to spend your ration points, j
Q. What will remove mildew Vj
A. If the spot is fresh, try )
washing with soap and water
and exposing to hot sun. If thisi
does not remove it, cover with
lemon juice and salt and dry in
hot sun. For stubborn cases on
white fabrics, bleach with so
dium perborate or javelle water,
and sun.
Q. Why has so much stress
been placed on the production of
peanuts in the wartime agricul
tural program?
A. Beanuts have long been
valued as a soil-builder feed for
livestock, and for a good quality
of protein in the human diet.
Since oils from the Far East
ESTABLISHED 1870
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IpenFdixie safety
! TROPHY AWARDED
(
The Safety Trophy, originally
awarded to Pennsylvania-Dixie
Cement Corporation Plant No. 2
at Clinchfield in 1933, was re
awarded Monday, July 26, at ex
ercises held at the Plant.
} 1 he re-award was made by the
Portland Cement Association to
Plant No. 2 for having worked
through the entire calendar year
ut 19-12 without a disabling acci
dent.
A Safety Trophy is awarded
by the Portland Cement Ass’n,
every year to those plants which
operate during a calendar year
without a loss time accident.
I his year marks the eighth time
the trophy has been awarded to
Plant No. 2at Clinchfield. Only
twice during the past ten years
have the employees of Penn-
Dixie failed to receive this recog
nition. Injuries of a minor na
ture occurred daring those two
years.
This year the Clinchfield plant
is one of twenty-four cement
plants in the United States and
Canada to be awarded a Safety
Trophy.
The re-award to Penn-Dixie’s
Plant No. 2 was made by H. J,
McDargh, Southeastern Regional
Manager, Portland Cement Asso
ciation. Mr. McDargh was pre
sented by E. P. Newhard, super
intendent of the Plant, who pre
sided and made introductory re
marks, J. G. Lyles accepted the
Trophy for the employees.
Joh Noryig, general superin
tendent of Penn-Dixie Cement
Corp., brought greetings from
President John A. Miller and
Vice-president W. H. Cline, and
congratulated the employees of
the Clinchfield plant on their
achievement.
The main address was made by
Otis Hathcock, assistant general
council, Ga. Dept, of Labor. Mr,
Hathcock spoke on the impor
tance of safety work in industry.
He praised Penn-Dixie as a
pioneer in promoting safety in
Georgia.
In the past years it has been
the custom of Penn-Dixie in con
nection with the re-dedication of
the Trophy to have a barbecue.
Because of war conditions this
part of the celebration was omit
ted and in deference to the wish
es of the employees, the money
appropriated by the company for
this purpose was donated to the
American Red Cross. Mr. Nor
vig presented a check in the
amount of $250 to Roy I. Neal, of
Macon, chairman of the Bibb
County Chapter, American Red
Cross,with which Houston Coun
ty is affiliated.
( The exercises were held in the
machine shop which was decorat
ed with American flags and red,
white and blue bunting. About
250 employees, their families,and
friends were present for the re
award.
A young people’s group from
the Clinchfield Presbyterian
church, organized by Mrs. Joe
Davis, sang America and God
Bless America with Dr. R. P.
Shepard as leader and Miss Ma
rion Grubb as pianist.
The invocation was said by G.
W. Rhodes, chief chemist of
Plant No. 2, Penn-Dixie.
The general Safety committee
of the Plant is as follows:
E. P. Newhard, chairman; G.
W, Rhodes, vice-chairman; W.G.
Riley, secretary; C. E. Davis,Sr.,
D. S. Marshall, E, Holtzclaw, G.
P. Hunnicutt, H. C. Armstrong.
D. M. Ryle, D. W. Bledsoe, W.
A. Skellie, W. B. Roberts, J. M.
I Satterfield, T, J. Smith, H. A.
[Thompson, C. R. White, and J.
JW. Stubbs,
I , Don't snend your pay in
I competition with your neigh
| ySA hors for scarce civilian
I Uu goods. Save, America, and
j jjjw you will save America from
I black markets and runaway
1 inflation. Buy more Bonds every
j payday. How many bonds? Figure
I it out yourself.
| •
been cut off, the pri
mary object is oil. Peanuts con
, tain about 27 percent protein,
I nearly 50 percent fat, 17 to 25
percent carbohydrate. .They also
contain important minerals,phos
phorus, calcium and iron, and
are a good source of vitamin B.
