VOL. LXXII. No. 31
■ARM LABOR NEED
MT IN HOUSTON
lleast 300 more harvest
* Hnds than are now in sight will
H needed to harvest Houston
Hunty’s war crops between Aug.
Kr inc i Nov. 1 it was reported to
■ by County Agent W. T. Mid-
He brooks. These crops are pea-
KU, cotton, and feed of all
of these crops are needed
-H the war effort. The peanut
H g many uses, as well as being
K important food crop. Cotton
precious fibers for uniforms
Kr i bandages and TNT and its
furnish oil, food, and feed.
feed crops are more valuable
Han ever,” County Agent Mid
idlebrooks said.
H'The Army is crying for more
Hod and feed; the lend-lease set
■ U ! is desperately concerned over
that there might not be
■lough supplies to keep Russia
Eid China in fighting shape long*
to hold the line until we
into full action. It will be a
BE me against humanity and a
in the back of our own
in service if we should fail
a single acre of the
now in the fields,” Mr.
said.
from over the state
Kmat people are getting out
iiarvest fields who never did
Kanl day’s labor in their lives.
the best news is that these
lvl, si"'ople, if they’ve got the
K me. make mighty good
(■farm hands after they’ve been at
9B it a few days and got toughened
H up to the work and to the sun.
■ [Town people in Houston coun
■ ty are just as patriotic as those
HI other sections. Men, women,
children, white and colored,
■ will want to have a part in win
■ fling this Harvest Battle in
■ Houston county. Victory de
■ pends on the co-operation given
I tJpe farmers by their fellow citi
■ aens in all walks of life.
■■Join the Crop Corps today!
I Enlist with County Agent Mid
■ 41ebrooks!
I SEWERAGE CONTRACT
|| LEI' TO E.M.BECKHAM
■■The contract for the construc
■ tion of a complete sewerage sys
■ tern for Perry was awarded Mon
■ day to E. M. Beckham Construc-
Co. of Perry. The bid of
HjP e local concern was $72,350,
lowest of the sixteen bids
Work will get underway
early date.
H CAMP MEETING
H, The annual camp meeting of
Holy church
Sunday to continue thru
Aug. 8.
HI Regular morning services are
held at 10 o’clock, after-
Bhoon services at 2 o’clock and
HP‘Sht services at 7:30 o’clock.
■I established in 1939, the camp-
has been in session reg-
each year. People from
the South and other
of the country attend
meetings,
the camp-ground is located ap
proximately 8 miles from Perry
U. S. Highway 41. The ex-
large tabernacle, with extra
Heating capacity, will provide for
■ll visitors.
HER AND JURY MEETING
H. The Grand Jury of Houston
Court, adjourned April
H7? rm > convened Wed n e s d a y,
■ Aug. 4). s. W. Hickson is
■oreman and L. W. Tabor, clerk.
The court will convene Mon
■* a y, Aug. 16, for the trial of
H r| minal cases. Several murder
B c , ase s are on the docket. Judge
BA- Anderson will preside,
■t-'xty-five warrants have been
■ssued.
I Chemistry Leads in Research
■ is the leading American
■ “’'•lustry in scientific research, \
Houston Home Journal
SMALL VOTE CAST IN
GENERAL ELECTION
All of the Amendments werel
favored by Houston county vot-i
ers except No. 5, which provides
for the voting of 18 year olds, in
-Tuesday's General Election of
Georgia. The vote was very
light and very little interest was
shown in the election. Only 142
votes were cast out of a qualified
list of over 700.
Polls were not opened at Bon- (
aire and Heard as the Justices of
the Peace at those precincts ,
could not secure election man
agers. Polls were open at War
ner Robins but no qualified voter I
applied to vote.
The vote by precincts was as
follows: Hayneville, 15; Elko,
17; Kathleen, 8; Hattie, 10; Per
ry, 84; Henderson, 8.
The vote on Amendment 5 was
67 for and 75 against. The vote
on other amendments of state
wide application follows;
No. 1, 88-48; No. 2, 91-47; No.
3, 94-44; No. 4, 102-40; No. 6,
99-38; No. 7, 88-47; No. 8, 89-48;
No. 9, 84-52; No. 10, 86-28; No.
11, 83-50; No. 12, 90-44; No. 13,
89-26; No. 14, 82-53; No. 15, 85-
49; No. 16, 93-44.
TRAFFIC DEATHS DECLINE
The latest figures from the
Department of Public Safety
show 191 Motor Vehicle Traffic
Deaths in Georgia for the first
six months of this year. This is
a reduction of 155 or 45% from
last years first six months’ figure
of 346 deaths. A month ago the
figures showed a decrease of
48%. Apparently Motor Vehi
cle Traffic Deaths reached the
lowest point then and are now
climbing again since multiple
deaths accidents are
increasing, due to more people
group riding. Several months
ago only one person was killed in
a fatal accident, now the records
show numbers of accidents in
which two or three persons have
been simultaneously killed. One
such accident killed six people.
The traffic violations that ap
pear most frequently in acci
dents are; exceeding the speed
limit, traveling too fast for road
conditions, and traveling astride,
or too near the center line. The
records also show that driving
while under the influence of in
toxicating beverages is increas
ing.
Do you know that accidents
can be prevented or greatly re
duced? Do you know that prac
tically all traffic accidents are
j caused by some improper action
l on the part of the driver? Have
you wondered why we have so
many traffic accidents and how
1 they can be stopped?
Major Charles A. Williams, di
rector of the Department of Pub
lic Safety believes we can great
ly reduce traffic deaths and acci
dents by Education, Engineer
ing, and Enforcement. The De
partment of Public Safety can go
a long way toward reducing
them, not alone, but with your
help and co-operation.
Here is how you may help,
Georgia has a compulsory Acci
dent Reporting Law that makes
it a misdemeanor, for any driver
of a motor vehicle involved in an
accident in which the TOTAL
property damage is $50.00 or
more or any person is killed or |
injured, to fail to forward a
written report of the accident
within 21 hours, to the Depart
ment of Public Safety, P. O. Box
1456, Atlanta, Georgia, on forms
available at the office of Sheriffs,
Chiefs of Police, and Patrol
Stations.
This law also provides that in-i
vestigation of an accident by any j
public officer does not excuse the j
driver from the duty of forward-,
ing his written report.
Should you be involved in any!
accident, whether you are atj
fault or not, your written report!
forwarded immediately will add
much to the store of facts on the!
causes, the places, the times and
the circumstances. The infor
mation in these reports is used
to help prevent similar mishaps
to you and your neighbors. With
out such definite knowledge your
traffic officers may unwittingly be
working diligently on the wrong j
violations and their efforts going |
for nothing toward reducing our
tragic and needless traffic death
• toll.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1943
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
i
| Sunday’s games in the Soft
ball League were rained out af
ter four innings of play in the
Bear-Tiger game. Up to that
time the Tigers were leading by
a score of 4-3 and the game
promised to be a “natural”, but
would have had to be played
through five innings to be called
a complete official game and con
sequently will have to be played
over in its entirety.
Thus the games for next Sun
day will follow the same sched
ule as they were to follow last
Sunday, with the Bears and Ti
gers meeting in the first game;
the Panthers and Bulldogs in the
second; and the Bears and Bull
dogs in the third. Those three
games will wind up the third
quarter and the standings of the
teams at that stage will appear
in next week’s paper.
It will be interesting to note
that the new regulations con
cerning player arguments and
umpire baiting, which the of
ficial committee clamped on Sun
day, appear to be proof against
further delays from arguments
and protests, thus helping to
speed the games up and make
them more interesting for play
ers and fans alike.
EXTENBIONJERVICE ITEMS
Farmers can obtain better
grades of cotton by picking soon
after it opens to prevent weath
er damage.
Hay worth $2O per ton can be
obtained from wild areas.
Every container that is salvag
ed for re-use aids the general
supply situation and the war ef
fort.
Conservation farming is the
guarantee that production will be
obtained and that it will con-1
tinue.
Often garments which do not!
present unusually difficult prob-1
lems can be dry cleaned at home.
Homemakers and farmers now
culling their laying flocks are ad.
vised to can them for winter use.
Even though high protein
feeds are scarce, using them to
give young animals a good start
will cause them to make better
use of feed when they are older.
Georgia farmers who have
timber to sell can render a real
service by cutting logs and de
livering them to the side of the
road.
When tomatoes shrink and
rise to the top of the jar after
being processed, they have been
overcooked or processed.
Research has shown that ade
quate amounts of minerals and
vitamins in the rations for vari
ous classes of farm animals can
prevent such ailments as night
blindness, creeps, goiter, rickets
and anemia.
Feed is fast becoming one of
the big problems in agriculture.
With rapid increases in live
stock numbers, together with
food prices, the demand for feed
has increased enormously.
With a strong demand and
need for eggs, it will pay to
move any of the hens still laying
in late July out of the laying
house into barracks. This is es
pecially advisable if the new pul
lets were hatched early so that
they are now of laying age.
Prevention of waste food, feed
and fiber is highly important this
year. To do this growers should
keep well informed on market
conditions, have necessary pack
ages ready, and arrange for la
bor before it is needed.
Experience obtained in cotton
! picking holidays last year and
jfrom help city boys and girls
| have given so far this year indi
cate that the following essential
rules will be of value to farmers
! using inexperienced farm help:
1 (1) Patience, (2) do not tell the
I new worker of difficulties in a
j way to make him wish he had
i never started on the job, (3)
i show the worker how to do the
job, (4) encourage the worker to
ask questions about the job, (5)
provide plenty of drinking water
and necessary rest periods, and
| (6) offer encouragement and
give credit for a job well done.
By Another Name
The state department first was
known as the department of foreign
1 jrffairs.
RATIONING REMINDERS
Effective on July 29, all trans
actions in coffee became ration
free. Dealers need send no more
coffee stamps to banks for de
posit since banks are being in
structed not to accept any more
coffee ration currency.
Sugar Stamp No. 14, which be
comes good for five pounds of
sugar on August 16, will be valid
for a six weeks’ period, just as
Stamp No. 13, now good.
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, VV all expire Aug, 31,
Red Coupons P thru S expire
July 31.
Oct. 31 —Shoe Stamp No. 18 in
Book I expires.
September 30 —Deadline for
tire inspections for holders of A
gasoline rations.
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.
j Aug. 15—Coupon 13 in Book I,
1 good for 5 lbs. sugar, expires.
How to Get Book Three
If you have not received your
Ration Book Three, you may
start trying to check on it.
Instructions have been issued
and arrangements made to take
care of applicants for Book
[Three. Questions and answers
below will give information
[about those Books Three, and
; the public is urged to read these
j carefully.
1. Applicant who states he
has never applied for Book Three
before.
He will be given a form R-129
to fill out and should make appli
cation between August 1 and
August 10.
2. You have sent in your ap
plication for Book Three but
have not received it.
Take along the stub from the
application yod sent in. You will
be asked to nil out form R-124,
giving thereon the number from
the stub of your previous appli
cation blank,
3. If one or more members of
your family was omitted from
the group and failed to get a ra
tion book three.
You will be asked to fill out a
form, listing only the names of
those in your family who did not
■ receive books three. The name
of the head of the family under
whose name the original applica
tion was filed must be given. Also
stub number must be given.
4. If you hold duplicate books.
Return the extra set of books
to the ration board office.
5. If you hold ration books
that carry mistakes, such as
. wrong initials, first name mis
spelled, etc.
The local ration board will
make corrections for you.
6. If you hold a ration book
three with too many sheets or
with jsheets missing.
Take these books to the local
board; new application forms will
be made out and new books
issued.
7. v If you have changed ad
dress during the period in which
books were being processed.
Make application to local board
and forms will be provided so
the books may be sent to you.
8. Transients moving to Geor
gia who did not get books before
leaving and transcients moving
1 to Georgia who applied for books
in another state.
The ration board will provide
form R-124 and a new form R
-129 and the ration books will be
forwarded to correct address.
9. Persons entering armed
forces after books were received.
Such books should be returned
to your local board.
10. Persons who have died
| since Books Three were sent to
I their address.
Some member of the family
should return such book to the
5 ration board.
| 11. Babies born since book
CANNING PLANT MAKES i
GOOD RECORD TO DATE'
1
31,000 pints of fruits and vege-i
tables have been canned at the!
Houston county canning plant
since operation began June 9, ac
cording to L. C. Walker, super
visor. Products from the vic
tory gardens in the county form
the bulk of the produce canned.
The plant is operating on the
same schedule; Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday for white peo
ple: Tuesday and Saturday for
colored. After the next two
weeks, the plant will operate only
one day for whites and one day
for colored.
Mrs. C. K. Cooper is instruc
tor now for whites and A. D.
Redmond for negroes.
The plant was sponsored by
: the Kiwanis club and the Sorosis
club of Perry.
HERE’S HOW
By W. T. M., County Agent
Q. In view of the feed situa
-1 tion, should I grow out some
baby chicks this fall?
A. If you have your own feed
and equipment you can safely
undertake to grow out enough
for home use. Home-grown
i grains ground into a mash, sup
plemented by buttermilk, will go
way toward feeding chick
jens. Table scraps also are val
uable. Every family should
make every effort to produce
feed for their own broods and
flocks. September is an excel
lent month to start fall broods of
chickjbuy from hatcheries which
. have some guarantee of livabili
r ty if possible.
| Q. I wish to store a bushel of
[! beans in my freezer-locker. How
, should I prepare them and how
many quarts may I expect to get
. from the bushel?
, A. Select tender beans, but
take them more mature than for
canning. Prepare as for can
ning. Steam them for 3 to 5
; minutes, pack quickly into paper
J cartons or glass fruit jars and
get them into freezing room.
I A glass jar should be filled only
. to within V/z inches from the
[ top -no liquid is added. If beans
are of good quality and free of
. spots you should get approxi
; mately 20 quarts from a bushel.
Q. How cah I keep my milk
. from turning sour so quickly in
j hot weather? *
A. First keep your dairy uten
i sils clean. Provide good utensils
. with smooth, rounded inside sur
face which can be easily washed
• and will not provide a lodging
i place for bacterial growth. Keep
. sterilized and sunned. Rinse off I
all milk with warm water, then
, scrub the inside surface with a
[ brush, hot water and washing
t soda. Rinse thoroughly and let
j stand in hot water for several
- minutes. Remove, invert on dry
. rack and let drain —do not dry
) with a towel. Be sure to cool
the milk quickly after milking
and hold it at a cold tempera
i ture.
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5 PRICE CEILINGS TO
’ BE PUT ON USED GOODS
1 •
Fifteen kinds of used durable
: goods will be brought under spe-[
’ cific price ceilings for the first)
time by a new OPA regulation,!
1 effective September 1, S. L. Nor-
I wood, chairman of the local War
> Price and Rationing Board, an
nounced today.
The regulation provides maxi
i mum prices, not only for used
goods, as it is, but sets pricing [
1 formulae for these items when[
• rebuilt, reconditioned or reno-i
vated.
Articles covered by the regu- j
J lation include: Used furniture, j
I bedding, stoves, floor coverings, j
j portable lamps and lamp shades,!
miscellaneous hardware items, I
J hand tools and hardware items j
- such as shovels, wheelbarrows, i
i hatchets and carpenters’ tools,!
baby carriages, musical instru-l
1 rnents (except pianos), commer-j
• cial kitchen equipment, beauty!
1 and barber shop furniture, store (
| and office fixtures and coin,
1 operated vending machines.
>1 —: —:
| was issued.
j Some member of family should
L apply at local board, taking evi
dence of correct address and
Pcopy of baby’s birth certificate. 1
ESTABLISHED 1870
iKIWANIS SPONSOR
TWO GOOD PROJECTS
The Perry Kiwanis club has
two projects underway during
the month of August—helping
farmers in Houston county har
vest their crops and co-operating
in recruiting young men for
aviation cadet training and air
corps enlisted reserve.
The club agreed to sponsor a
Crop Corps in Houston county,at
Tuesday’s luncheon meeting held
at the New Perry hotel. The
objectives of the Crop Corps, to
be composed of volunteer farm
workers, were outlined by Mrs.
Ruby C. Hodges, editor of the
Home Journal, in the absence of
W. T. Middlebrooks, county
agent.
The importance of the peanut
crop, the cotton crop, and all
food and feed crops to the war
elfort was emphasized by Mrs.
Hodges.
In response to their govern
ment’s plea, the farmers in this
county and throughout the na
tion have produced bumper crops
in spite of the farm labor short
age, and knowing when they
planted these crops that extra
help would be needed at harvest.
The farmer has done his part, it
is the patriotic duty of other
citizens to aid in gathering these
crops, Mrs. Hodges said.
Plans for recruiting farm la
bor from town people (to be paid
for their services by the farm
ers) will be worked out with
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks and presented by the
club next week.
Civil Air Patrol
The club voted two weeks ago
to sponsor the movement by the
Civil Air Patrol to procure 2,000
young men of Georgia for avia
tion cadet training aud the air
corps listed reserve. L. C. Walk
er, W. T. Middlebrooks, and A.
C. Pritchett are the committee
to promote the enlistment of
Houston county youths between
18 and 26 years of age for avia
tion cadet training and 17 and 18
year olds for the air corps enlist
ed reserve. Information on these
may be obtained from the com
mittee. The enlistment drive
continues through August 31.
This matter was presented to
the Perry club by Ben E. Adams
of Macon.
Last week’s speaker was C. L.
Shepard,attorney of Fort Valley,
who made a temperance talk.
Visitors at this week’s meet
ing were Dr. R. P. Shepard and
Rhodes Sewell.
I ’
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
I wonder how many of you
have noticed how the acreage of
crotalaria has increased here in
the county each year. Quite a
number of farmers have said
| that this crop is the coming sum
-1 mer legume to be used in con
nection with small grain rota
tions. These fellows prefer it to
cowpeas due to the fact that this
crop re-seeds itself, thus elimi
nating the cost of buying seed
land planting each year.
T. L. Warren has a fine
j field of crotalaria that was sown
in his grain, Frank Ragan,
on E. M. Beckham’s farm, had
about 110 acres that needed
building up very badly, so he
worked this area in crotalaria
and small grain rotation. He
| plans to keep this land sown in
| these crops for five or six years
ibefore putting a row crop on the
[land. This is certainly a fine
] conservation practice. I might
mention that his yield of oats in
j creased from ten to twelve bush
| els per acre in one year over pre
vious yields. Wonder what his
i yields will be five years from
I now?
Houser Gilbert has been cut
jting some of his kudzu for hay.
if heard him say the other day
[that his stock really goes for it.
j Most of Housor’s kudzu is serv
ing two purposes: as a water di
sposal area, and a fine source of
| hay.
tWar Bonds should mean
something more to you than
just “a good sound invest
ment.” Figure it out yourself.
