Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, August 19, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXII. No. 33 What’s The Matter? By RUBY C. HODGES What’s the matter with us in p er ry and Houston county that we can’t realize the seriousness of the farm labor shortage? 300 additional workers are needed in I this county to harvest the pea- I nut and cotton crops. Appeals I have been made for weeks for I volunteer workers. To date less I than half a dozen people have I signified any intention of en- I listing in the Crop Corps to help I harvest crops. All over the state and over the I nation in rural counties like I Houston, town people, including I men, women, and children, are I rallying to this cause and volun- I tearing to help harvest crops so I vital to the war effort. In Geor- I gia alone, 10,500 workers have I been recruited for farm work. I i, OOO of this number are school I boys and girls. In other towns, I officials and merchants are lead ■ jng this movement to help the ■ farmer in this crisis. What’s ■ the matter with us in Perry? ■ The farm labor shortage is H much more acute here than in H some other areas because we are H in a defense area or war zone. ■ Many of our people, both white H and colored, are employed in war H work. B However, everyone has a stake ■in this farm labor problem. It Joes not require farm experience bB in pick cotton or shake peanuts. War workers are asked to give I their day off to farm work. Peo [ pie who work only eight hours a I day in industries or offices are I asked to work from two to four hours on the farm to help out in this emergency. Those who can’t work in the middle of the day can work from 6a. m. to 10 [ a. m. and from 5 p. m. to 7 p.m. I Those who have a half holiday every week can do farm work then. Business people could let I employees off one day a week for [ farm work. People can usually I find time for what they want I to do. This is a wonderful opportuni ty to render a patriotic service to the nation and at the same time help our farmer friends and | neighbors, who will pay all work | ers. The farmers planted large acreages in peanuts and cotton in I response to government appeals to aid the war effort. These crops are going to be lost unless gath ered, which means not only a I loss to the farmer but to the war I needs._ Nothing is more impor tant right now than harvesting these important ceops. What’s the matter with us? We need to wake up and realize the seriousness of this situation. I The prosperity of all of us is de pendent upon that of the farmer. He feeds us. He clothes us. He supplies food and clothing for our boys in the service and for our allies. He works 14 hours a day and gets comparatively I small renumeration. Let’s be as patriotic as the farmer and help our country by helping him during this harvest crisis. See your County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks today and join the btop Corps, regardless of how tew hours you can work. This movement needs moral support and endorsement, as well as phy sical labor. Lon’t delay! Enlist today! iSMBORT BURIED HERE" Mrs. Donald M. Bort, 32, for merly of Perry, died Saturday at her home in Jacksonville, Fla. Funeral services were held in Ferry Tuesday at 5 o’clock at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Agnes S. Marshall, with the Rev. J. A. fvey officiating. Interment was m the Perry cemetery. Mrs. Bort is survived by her husband, Donald M. Bort, and son, George A. Bort of Jackson jwle; father, R. L. Day Sr., and brother, R. L. Day Jr., both of Macon; stepfather, W. D. Mur ray. and a half brother, Walter Murray of Bronwood. Mrs. Bort was the grand daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Smoak. Among the out-of-town rela tes attending the funeral Tues day were: Mr. R. L. Day Sr., Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Day Jr., Mr. ami Mrs. Morgan Yates, Mr. and *} r s. _ Clyde Day, Miss Lucille Martin, and Mrs. Rosa Bennett, 01 Macon; Mr. Walter Marray, of Houston Home Journal HOUSTON’S TAX RATE REDUCED TWO MILLS i Houston county’s tax levy for . 1943 as prepared by the County , Commissioners, and now being I published, shows the levy for , county purposes to be 15 Mills as compared to 17 Mills last year , a reduction of 2 Mills. The coun . ty-wide school tax is 5 Mills, the same as last year. . All the school districts, except Byron, have a 5 Mill mainten , *nce ta x. Byron district has a 2 Mill tax to pay interest and re , tire school bonds, i The total county and school i tax paid by each district will be j as follows: ; Perry, 30; Centerville. Bon > aire, Hayneville, Elko, Hender . son, and Grovania, 25 Mills each; , Byron, 22 Mills. The state tax of 5 Mills will be added to the I above named county and school taxes. The tax digest shows the tax > able property in Houston county to be $2,989,394.00, an increase of $138,703.10 over last year. I SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT ' Four white men and seven ne : groes were inducted into the armed forces during July from ' Houston county. [ White men who entered the ! Army were Lawton L. Daniel ; and John M, Satterfield Jr., both : of Perry, and Jack Roberson, Wellston. Clarence C. Shurling [ of Clinchfield was taken into the ; Navy. Negroes taken into the Navy 1 were Otis Wright, Wellston; ] Howard H. Ragin, Perry; Delacy : Johnson, and Willie Smith Jr., both of Hawkinsville. Negroes 1 who entered the Army were Ter ris Davis, Kathleen; Willie J. ! Davis, Fort Valley: and John ; Richardson Jr., Bonaire. Ten white registrants will be ’ sent to the induction station at D Fort McPherson August 19, and 60 negroes will be sent to Fort ‘ Penning August 20. 1 NEWS FROM PARKS HOUSER 3 . The family of Major Parks ’ Houser who is a war prisoner of ’ the Japanese in the Philippine Islands received their first direct I communication from him Mon day since his internment. The r message was a form post card ’ and stated that he was well and , uninjured and in Prison Camp No. 1 in the Philippines. The Icard was headed “Imperial Japa nese Army” and came through the Japanese Red Cross. LIBRARY NOTES Highly praised by both press and radio is Walter Lippman’s >!“U. S. Foreign Policy.” This author, whose personal influence is tremendous, presents a sane view on international affairs both past and present. ; God is My Co-Pilot, by Co). Robert L. Scott, is a personal ; narrative of one of America’s , greatest pilots. Thrilling stones of heroic flying in the remote parts of the world make this one of the most noteworthy books of war aviation. Helen Topping Millers new; novel, “Hunter’s Moon, is de lightful mid-summer reading. A timely romance of modern life and marriage. . Nationally popular books m the library are: , „ Fiction— Douglas, The duMaurier, “Hungry Hil J; t Davenport,“Valley of Decision, j Saroyan, “Human j Tarkington, “Kate Fennigate. j Non-Fiction—Willkie, O n e. World;” Lippman “U. S. For eign Policy;” Fosdick, On Be ing a Real Person;’ Lawson,! “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo; , j White “Queens Die Proudly. Gaily illustrated picture books) with amusing stories have been ( added to the children s shelves, j Library hours: 1:30 p. rn. to 6:30 p. m. Monday, Thursday, Librarian. Bronwood: Mrs. Will Houser and Mr. Chas. Marshall Jr., Lake land, Fla.: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Long, Fort \ alley. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 19. 1943 I’ve got a home, too, Mister! Every extra bond you buy through the 1 Payroll Savings Plan will help me get baek to It. ‘'Figure it out your- j ’ self.” METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS There will be no preaching i services at the Perry Methodist church on Sundays, Aug. 22, and ; Aug. 29, while the pastor, Rev. t J. E. Sampley, is on vacation at I Lake Junaluska, N. C. No Wed t nesday night services are beinp held during July and August. Church School services will be held as usual, according to Chas. P. Gray, general superintendent. On Sunday, Sept. 5, Rev. G.E. Clary, of Macon, district super j intendent, will preach at the ’ morning service, 11:30 o’clock. , The pastor will return to his • pulpit on Sunday, Sept 12. ' The pastor’s son, Rev. Roy , Sampley, chaplain Army of the U. S.,preached Sunday morning. Two bulletin boards have been > erected recently on the church . grounds. i DRIVE UNDERWAY FOR RETURN OLD BOTTLES The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Com pany of Macon is starting an in tensive advertising campaign 1 throughout its territory in Mid -1 die Georgia to get every idle 1 Pepsi-Cola bottle back into the 1 hands of dealers. ! “Every bottle is needed, ac -1 cording to H. M. Johnson, head of the Macon Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company. “We are going after these idle deposit bottles that are on back porches, in kitchens, in 1 garages and other places around ! the homes of our customers," “To make it worth while to gather up these bottles, we are asking that they be returned to Uhe dealer from whom the Pepsi- Cola was bought. The two cents deposit on each bottle in good condition will be refunded. Thirteen empty bottles will give, you enough money to buy a War Savings Stamp. “The reason Pepsi-Cola bottles are so badly needed is that the I bottle manufacturers are turning jas much as possible to the man lufacture of glass containers,ased ito pack perishable foods for our [armed forces at home and abroad. ; “We urge the co-operation of [everyone in this effort." Perry, our neighbor county metropolis, has taken another progressive step, we are pleased to note. A contract was recent ly let by the city for a complete sewerage system at a cost of $72,350, being the lowest of 16 bids submitted. E. M. Beckham, Co., local contractors were suc cessful bidders and will begin work at an early date.—-The But ler Herald. i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENT!) : The pastor, Rev. J. A. Ivey, will be on his vacation for the next two weeks. There will be no preaching services at the Per ry Baptist church Sundays, Aug. 22 and 29. Sunday School will be held as usuaL . „ Gainer Bryant of Atlanta,state ! B. T. U. secretary, occupied the pulpit Sunday morning. WITH THE HOUSTON I SOIL CONSERVERS By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service Some farmers are becoming very interested in improving their pasture land. Several fel lows have dropped by the Soil Conservation Office to find out what kind of fertilizer their pas tures need; and when was the best time of the year to apply 1 these fertilizers. These ques tions pertaining to pasture de velopment and pasture improve ment are vitally important, es pecially now as farmers are try ing to grow out sufficient live i stock to meet the consumption , of war demands. Pastures should be and must be given as much attention as any other part of your farm. You cannot ex pect livestock to give their great est returns from an idle area, . called a pasture, just because it has a barbwire fence strung around it. Pasture sites should be carefully selected, and after , the selection is made they should be properly fertilized and man , aged. B. H. Newberry of Henderson is making excellent progress with the construction of his fish pond. t T. W. Hooks of Macon is in terested in building a pond on his farm. I believe the fish pond fever is spreading. REVIVAL SERVICES The Houston Factory Baptist church will begin a week’s Re vival Services Sunday, Aug. 22, at 11:30 a. m. The Rev. John S. Wimbish, evangelist, will preach and Don Van Hoozier, young concert pianist, will be in charge of music. Everyone is invited to attend. On Sunday, Aug. 22, at 3 p.m. there will be an ordination ser vice at the church. B. B. Ches tine is to be ordained to the min istry at this time. Rev. Stitt of the Warner Robins church will \officiate. . Mr. J. A. Grubb is on a trip to 1 Chattanooga and other points in : Tennessee. I HOUSTON SCHOOLS ji TO OPEN SEPT. 13' II All Houston county w h i te' schools and the negro school at Perry will open Sept. 13. All other negro schools will open Sept. 27. County Superintendent F. M. Greene has announced. T. R. Owens, superintendent of the Unadilla school for tne past two years, has been ap pointed superintendent of the Bonaire school, succeeding C. L. Williams, resigned. He will aid the trustees in selecting teachers for vacancies in the Bonaire and Warner Robins school faculties. The Bonairb school had 14 teachers and an enrollment of 500 last year. Twelve or more teachers will be employed in the new Warner Robins school. All former teachers through out the county were re-elected, but several have resigned. Every effort is being made to fill the vacancies, Mr. Greene said. SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS The Community Softball Lea gue moved into the final quarter of the schedule Sunday,and with the Bears as hot as the weather, there is now a tie for first place. After leading the league ever since the second half began, the Bulldogs faltered in their game with the Bears, and as a result, i the fast traveling Hardy-men 1 pulled into a tie with them for I the lead by whipping them 4-3 ; in the final game of Sunday’s I bill. It was a battle all the way, with the Bulldogs taking the ’ lead in the opening inning, being finally tied in the fourth, and with the Bears scoring the win ning tally in the sixth. Mgr. A. Hardy, Bear pitcher, marked up his fifth consecutive win in this . game, while Heller and Lasseter i for the Bears, and Staples for , the ’dogs were the batting stars. In the first game, the Tigers spotted the Bulldogs 7 runs in the first inning, and went on to lose . to them by a score of 8-0. The ; hits were rather evenly spaced, with the Bulldogs getting 6 to the Tigers 5, but seven walko and an error put the game away for the ’dogs in the first and af > ter that it was no contest. Lash ley, for the Tigers, hit safely three times to lead both teams at bat. The Bears took the first of ; their twin victory in the middle ; game, when they licked the Pan thers 5-2. The Panthers started I with a new lineup which looked ; good enough to win, but soon fell victims to their old hard i luck, and lost the game in the! seventh inning when the Bears combined two errors with a hit . and a misjudged fly to score foui runs. Each team scored four ■ hits, the Panthers being led by ■ E. Cater, with a triple and a sin . gle, and the Bears by Heller, i who made up for numerous er s rors in the field by smacking a i home run and a single. The combination of wins and losses now places the Bulldogs - and the Bears in a lie for the lead with the Panthers and the : Tigers hopelessly out of the run ; ning. Next Sunday’s games I find the Tigers opening against • the Bears and playing the Pan -1 thers in the last game, w-hile the • middle game will be between the! Bulldogs & the Panthers.-G.F.N I 1 ! ; COURT IN SESSION The adjourned term of Hous ' ton Superior Court co n v e n e d [ Monday, Aug. 16, with Judge A. ‘ M.Anderaon presiding. 51crim-| inal cases were on the calendai I set for trial on Monday, Tuesday, ! and Wednesday. [ Levi Bryant (colored) w a .*• i found guilty of rape and sen I • tenced to 3 to 5 years in the pen i itentiary. Rudolph Tharpe ant [ i Charlie Dismuke accused of mur- | i der, pled guilty of manslaught- } er. Tharpe was given 10 to 121 years, and Dismuke 7 to 10 years, j i The case of Sammy Lee Ken- 1 drick charged with murder was! continued to the December term, i The court was still in session ■ Wednesday afternoon and pro-! ; bably will not adjourn before | Thursday afternoon. Big Wheat Year 1 Canada’s wheat flour production in 1938 was the highest in eight jeara. _ , | ESTABLISHED 1870 ijoiiT^oFcoßPsT I LET SOLDIERS FIGHT I ATLANTA, Ga. —“Join the Crop Corps- Let Our Soldiers Fight” is the new slogan adopt ed by the Committee on Agri culture of the Georgia Press As sociation for its Harvest Cam paign now in progress. The new slogan was announc ed following word from Wash ington that soldiers might be permitted to break training for war to be sent to Harvest Labor Camps in certain Georgia coun ties where the harvest emergen cy is most critical. “Release of troops for harvest emergency service does not change in anyway the purpose of the Georgia Press Association in encouraging all-out civilian support in this grave emergen cy,” according to GPA state ment, "Not enough soldiers will be available to meet the need un less aided by all available civil ians. This work is being pre sented to the soldiers strictly as a voluntary proposition, to give them a chance to do double duty for victory if they wish. They will do civilian work, as well as military work, in order that they and their buddies overseas may have the precious food for free dom that is now threatened with rotting in the fields for want of enough civilian harvest hands to gather it. “Besides the practical help these boys will give, their volun teer work to save the ‘food to win the war and write the peace’ should be an unescapable chal lenge to all civilians to get out and try to do as good a job on the home and farm front as their sons and brothers in uni form are doing. “Military men say that there is an actual danger to the safety and lives of these soldiers in snatching them out of training at this critical time even for a few weeks. We are hoping that our farmers will ask for the ab solute minimum number of sol diers absolutely needed to make up the gap due to lack of civilian support and that this challenge will arouse civilians, especially people in the towns, to the grave [ emergency of the battle for food now on in Georgia.” MANY GEORGIA CROPS SHOW GAIN OVER ’42 Gains in the peanut, tobacco, hay, corn and potato crops over 1 last year have been forecast by the Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vice. Figures for indicated crops • this year, as compared with last, were given as follows; Peanuts —950,400,000 pounds for 1943, 627,690,000 pounds for 1942; 51 per cent gain. Tobac co- 65,529,000 pounds for 1943, 59.860.000 for 1942. Corn—4l,- 756.000 bushels for 1943, 39,160,- 000 for 1942. Pecans-22,400,- 1 000 pounds for 1943, 26,500,000 for 1942. Peaches—l,s93,ooo bushels for 1943, 6,177,000 for 1942. Wheat 2,255,000 bushels for 1943, 2,530,000 for 1942. Oats— -10.120.000 bushels for 1943, 10.- ' 152,000 for 1942. Hay-883,000 | tons in 1943, 809,000 in 1942. 1 Irish Potatoes— 2,275,000 bush els for 1943, 1,782,000 bushels for 1942. Cotton 855,000 bales for 1943, 862,000 for 1942. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE I Perry I Sabbith 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. t NOTICE All dogs must be inoculated immediately. Any dog found on the street after Sept. 1, 1943, without inoculation tag will be destroyed. H. D. Palmer, \ City Clerk.