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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1943 ESTABLISHED 1870
SUPERIOR COURT TO
CONVENE NEXT WEEK
Houston Superior Court will
convene for the regular Decern
ber session on Monday, Dec. 6.
The civil cases will be disposed
of first. The calendar contains
22 cases all set for trial on Mon
day. Judge Malcolm D. Jones
will preside during the first week
of court. .*
The Gra'nd Jury will also be
in session and has 34 warrants
prepared for its consideration.
The following are the Grand
Jurors and Traverse Jurors who
will serve the first week of court:
Grand Jurors —S. L. Evans, R,
T. Tuggle, L.S. Hays, Doyle Mc-
Elhenny, W. D. Henson, J. F.
Bonner, Robert E. Horton (Per
ry), L. H. Gilbert, Thomas D.
Mason, Jr., L. M. NeSmith,
Richard W. Jones, W. L. Ren
froe, George E. Perdue, Walter
W. Boler, I. M. Langston, Hugh
Lawson, A. W. Pratt, J.W. Ker
sey, C. A. McCraven, J. Frank
Rosier, B. H. Newberry, H. V.
bramblett, W. E.- Vinson, Jr.,
J. T. Overton, E. E. Bateman,
C. E. Pyles. H. W. Huff, R. E.
Dunbar, M. G. Edwards, Sr.
Traverse Jurors. First Week
P. M. Wade, J. B. Calhoun, El
mer Wolfe, E. S. Loggins, An
drew J. Parker, A. E. Woodard,
Claude H. Pannell, Claude E.
Andrew, T. C. Rogers, C. L.
Kersey, W. G. Riley, Charles E.
Davis, Jr., E. N. Byrd, Geo. B.
Weils, W. B. Brannon, Nathan
W. Gilbert, Glenn A. Lewis. A.
W. Dahlberg, J. E. Scott, Em
mit Akin, Roy L. Bloodworth,
Cecil Moody, W. C. Huggins, R.
E. Jackson, F. L. Hammock, W.
W. Gray (Lower Town), Lewis
Harper, C. A. Boswell, Sr., Hen
ry Rose, L. B. Moody, Sr.. Clar
ence L. Holt, W. G. Ethridge.
life ROSINS CUT-OFF
ROAD GETS APPROVAL
A cut-off highway south of
Kathleen has been approved by
the Public Roads Administration
at Washington, according to Maj.
E. B. Boynton, area engineer of
the Macon area of the U. S. En
gineers.
The cut-off will run from Kath
leen to a point on U. S. Route
341, approximately two miles
northwest of Clinchfield.
Major Boyton said that a field
survey of the five-and-one-half
mile link had already been com
pleted by the state highway de
partment and that the depart
ment is now preparing to ask for
bids for construction of the
road.
Request for construction o fthe
road, to be used as a military ac
cess highway, was presented by
Robins Field authorities through
military channels, he said, add
ing that not only will employees
benefit, but much mileage will be
saved by military transports and
trucks going south from the de
pot. The new link will elimi
nate the present route through
Perry.
PrlliE CEMENT PLANT
EMPLOYES NEW CHEMIST
Walter I. Nunnelee Jr. of At
lanta has recently joined the
Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Cor
poration organization at Clinch
field. He is working in the lab
oratory, hqving taken the place
of G. F. Thomson who resigned.
Mr. Nunnelee comes to the
plant from Southern States Ce
ment Co., Rockmart, Ga. where
he has been employed for the
past two years. He is a grad
uate chemical engineer of Geor
gia Tech of the class of 1940.
He is living at the home of
Mrs. J. R. Hunt in Perry.
COTTON REPORT
__Census report shows that 2, •
558 bales of cotton were ginned j
in Houston county from the crop j
of 1943 prior to Nov. 14 as com-1
prred with 3,677 bales for the i
orop of 1942. I
Keep on Backing the Attack
with your purchases of WAR
% BONDS. Give War Cor.ds ;
Jfg for Christmas,
CITY ELECTION TO
BE HELD TUESDAY
1 A city election will be held
next Tuesday, Dec. 7, for the
j purpose of electing a mayor and
three councilmen for a two-year
term. There is no opposition
j tor any of the places.
5 Mayor Sam A, Nunn who has
served four years, or two terms,
3 H office, is a candidate to suc
. ceed himself.
Alton Hardy is running for
; Councilman to succeed Dr. H. P.
3 Dobbins who declined to run as
he spends most of his time away
j from Perry.
j The other two councilmen who
. will succeed themselves in office
are Joe Beddingfield and Geo.
Francis Nunn.
Mr. Hardy is a young business
man, being owner of two Purol
Company stations in Perry. He
is a deacon of the Perry Baptist
; church and son of Mr. and Mrs.
, T. F. Hardy, Sr. of Perry. This
. is his first time to seek public
office.
. Mr. Beddingfield, proprietor of,
Houston Drug Co., has served
three terms as councilman. Mr.
Nunn, partner of G. C. Nunn
and Son, has served one term as
councilman.
: DOUGLAS TOUNSLEY DIES
Charlton Douglass Tousley, 38>
secretary-treasurer of the Al
bany Herald died Saturday at his
home in Albany after a lengthy
i illness.
He was born in Atlanta, Ga.
Sept. 16, 1905, and graduated in
journalism from Mercer Univer- :
sity at Macon in January, 1924.;
He immediately joined the Al
i bany Herald as a reporter and
served on the paper until his
death.
Tounsley was promoted to city
editor and worked in that post
until 1934 when he entered the
business office. He became sec
retary-treasurer of the paper
, about a year later.
He was active in many civic
, enterprises and was secretary of
the hospital authority for Albany
and Dougherty county. He was
also instrumental in obtaining
, federal aid for a new $400,000
hospital in Albany. Its construc
tion is nearly complete.
Tounsley also established the
Herald’s 1,000 watt radio sta
| tion, VVALB, in 1941.
’ Funeral services were heldj
Sunday afternoon.
Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. S. S. Tounsley, of Albany;
his widow, the former Mary
, Mercer Jackson, of Augusta: a
| son, Douglass, and a brother,
Fred Touusley, of Albany.
Mr. Tounsley spent his boy
hood days in Perry and graduat
ed from Perry High school. His
father, the late Sam Tounsley,
was a native of Perry and a
member uf one of the pioneer
families of this town.
I Mr. Tounsley had many friends
in Perry who are griev ed over
his passing.
BASKETBALL GAME
PERRY HIGH
vs.
BYRON HIGH
Fri. Dec. 3, 8 P. M.
PERRY COURT
1
Give him a Crisp WAR
BOND for a CHRISTMAS
I present to be remembered. Aijr'
Keep on BACKING THE AT- /fit. |
TACK. _
! You can eat your cake and
have it, too—if you invest
your CHRISTMAS savings
in WAR BONDS. Keep on m,
i BACKING THE ATTACK. M
J’44 CONSERVATION PROGRAM
i PLANNED TO AID WAR EFFORT
I
L.W. Tabor, county AAA com
mitteeman, announced this week
the 1944 conservation practices
program for Georgia, which, he
said, “is designed to keep Geor
-1 gia farm land producing the max
imum of food, feed and fiber for
the war program.”
Mr. Tabor said that in plan- 1
■ ning the program, each practice
was measured by these stand
i dards: (a) Will it contribute to
increased production? (b) Will
the returns be immediate and
• substantial? (c) Is is easily un
; derstandable and is performance
practical for farmers? and (d)
Can it be easily and effectively
i administered?
Practices which did not meet
these standards were eliminated,
he said. Among the discontinued
practices were those yielding
chiefly long-term results or re
quiring materials or seed so
limited in supply that little addi
tional performance could be ob
tained. Examples are forest tree
planting; direct seed payments
(seed harvesting practices were
i substituted); and application of
jpotash.
“The new program has been
so streamlined that Triple-A far
mer-committeemen can adminis
ter it without undue loss of time
from their farms,” Mr. Tabor
said.
Farmers will be paid, as in the
past, according to the extent to
which they carry out the prac
tices.
In explaining how farmers can
earn conservation payments in
1944, Mr. Tabor said that the
program is divided into “limit
ed” and “unlimited” practices.
Under the “limited” practices,
payments can be earned to the
1 extent of one dollar for each acre
of cropland on the farm, plus one
i dollar for each acre of commer
cial orchards (including young
and bearing tung orchards) on
the farm in 1943. For example,
if the farm contains 40 acres of
cropland and 10 acres of orchard,
a total of $5O could be earned by
carrying out “limited” practices.
The “limited” practices are as
follows:
Applying superphosphate or'
basic slag to a full seeding of
annual, perennial, or biennial
grasses, permanent pastures and
summer legumes (except soy
beans for beans and all peanuts),
i Payment will approximate the!
cost of this material.
Applying ground limestone.
Payment will approximate the
cost of this material.
Establishing a satisfactory cov
er of winter legumes seeded in
the fall of 1943, $2.50 per acre.
Establishing a satisfactory cov
er crop of winter legumes and
small grain mixtures seeded in
the fall of 1943, $2.00 per acre.
Establishing a satisfactory cov
er of small grain seeded in the
fall of 1943, $1.50 per acre. (No
payment when harvested and
threshed for grain.)
Establishing a satisfactory
cover of summer legumes, to be
left on land or turned under,
$1.50 per acre.
Establishing a satisfactory
growth of spring-seeded annual
lespedeza, $1.50 per acre.
Construction and stabilization
of standard, main and lateral
ditches for the drainage of agri
cultural land, eight cents per cu
bic, not to exceed $3.00 per 100
linear feet.
Renovation (by disking) of
perennial legumes and grasses,
j 75 cents per acre.
Seeding winter legumes in the
fall of 1944. For full seeding,
payment is $1.50 per acre.
For “unlimited” practices,pay
! ments will be made to the extent
•Ito which the practices are carri
ledout. The list of these prac
j tices is as follows:
Establishing a permanet vege
tative cover of kudzu, $6.00 per
:acre.
I ' Construction of standard ter
i races for which proper outlets
!are provided, $l.OO per 100 linear
I feet.
I Establishment of permanent
vegetative waterways, $lO.OO
I per acre.
Establishing (for the first time
lin 1943) a contour farming sys
tem, 75 cents per acre.
Establishing a stand of lespe
deza serica for the prevention of
water erosion, $6.00 per acre.
1 Clearing, cleaning up and pre-
FARMERS 10 BE GIVEN AID
IN FILiNS '43 TAX RETURNS
In order to be of maximum as
sistance to taxpayers, the Col
lector of Internal Revenue has
arranged to have a representa
tive of the Internal Revenue De
partment at the Perry Post Of
fice on Dec. 9-10-11 for the pur
jpose of assisting taxpayers es
ipecially farmers with returns.
In general, all farmers with
gross incomes for 1943 of over
$024.00 are required to file a
declaration of estimated income
and victory tax on or before De
cember 15, 1943. Farmers who
are single or not living with
spouse are required to file if they
have a gross income of over
$500.00. Severe penalties are
provided by law for failure to
file returns and pay the tax due
on or before Dec. 15, 1943.
Farmers must include in their
returns all income from sales of
farm produce, such as peaches,
watermelons, peanuts, cotton,
corn, potatoes,tobacco, hogs, cattle
chickens, eggs, and all other pro
ducts produced on the farm, as
well as amounts received from
the Agricultural Department or
others in the form of rents, pari
ty payments, etc. All profits
from the sales of farm lands,
timber, firewood, pulp wood,
cross ties, and turpentine rights
constitute-farm income and must
be reported.
When requesting assistance,
the taxpayers should furnish a
complete statement of all trans
actions during the year.
RATIONING REMINDERS
Sugar
Nov. I—Stamp 29 in War Ra
tion Book 4 good for 5 lbs. of
sugar and remains valid thru
Jan. 15, 1944.
Gasoline
Nov. 9—No. 8 coupons in “A”
' books become effective and must
last through Feb. 8.
Fuel Oil
Jan. 3, 1944 —Period 1 coupons
valid through this date.
Shoes
Stamp No. 18 valid for one pair
jof shoes for indefinite period.
; Stamp lon “airplane” sheet in
Book 3 valid for one pair Nov. 1.
Meats and Fats
Dec. 4—Brown Stamps G, H,
J, K expire.
Brown Stamp L valid Nov. 21
to Jan. 1.
Processed Foods
The green stamps of the new
War Ration Book 4 will be used
to buy canned fruits and vege
tables beginning November 1.
The first series of green stamps
—A, B and C—will be valid from
November 1 through Dec’ 20.
Get S 4 for $3 out of your
CHRISTMAS savings in- |p|
i vest in WAR BONDS. Keep j W'
on BACKING THE ATTACK.
paring for the establishment of
permanent pasture, $5.00 per
acre. (To qualify, such land
must be sodded or seeded within
the program year.)
Establishing a stand of Ber
muda grass by seeding, $6.50 per
acre.
Establishing pastures by seed
ing adapted pasture legumes or
pasture grasses, and reseeding
established pasture, (Payment
will be made for each pound of
prescribed pasture grasses or le
gumes seeded.) Some of these
recommended grasses are Ber
muda, carpet and Dallis; some
recommended legumes are white
Dutch clover, hop clover and
Kobe lespedeza.
Mowing of permanent pas
tures, 50 cents per acre per mow
ing, not to exceed three mowings.
Construction of a dam for a
farm pond. Payment is 15 cents
per cubic yard of material moved
and used in construction of the
dam for the first 2,000 yards.and
ilO cents per cubic yard thereaf
ter.
Harvesting the following le
gume and grass seeds: Annual
lespedeza, sericea lespedeza, cro
talaria, vetch, all clovers, blue
lupine, Dallis grass,carpet grass,
millet and Sudan grass. Pay
ment is $3.50 per acre. Maximum
acreage eligible for payment on
any farm is 25 acres.
COUNTY ELECTION
. BEING HELD DEC. 2\
M |
The Houston County Demo-'
■ cratic Primary Election is being
• Weld today (Thurs. Dec. 2) to
; elect county officers for a four
• year term beginning Jan, 1,1945.
There is opposition for only
one office, county school super
intendent. The incumbent,F.M.
Greene, is opposed by S. W. Hick
son, former county school super
i intendent.
Polls opened at 9 a. m. and
i will close at 7p. m. at all pre
; cincts in the county. The county
■ Democratic Executive committee
) is in charge of this election.
There are 1100 qualified voters
r in the county.
! WITH THE HOUSTON
! SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
! Soil Conservation Service
A, C. Pritchett began con
. struction of terraces on his farm
. last week. A new method of
i constructing terraces was used
in building these terraces and it
■ proved to be very satisfactory.
Kudzu will be planted in the
i water disposal area in February.
Mr. Pritchett also plans to es
tablish other areas in kudzu to
be used for hay and temporary
, grazing.
According to the 1944 AAA
Program beginning January 1,
for establishing soil conservation
practices, there is no limit to
payments for building terraces,
j seeding pastures, planting kud
jzu and establishing a number of
j other soil conservation practices.
! These payments are in addition
I to the regular soil conservation
j payments of the AAA. Fo r
j those who are interested in do
ling some of this work. come by
my office any Saturday during
the next several weeks and 1
will explain this payment to you
in detail. This is certainly an
. I opportunity that we should not
' I miss out on, to get some of these
practices established. You will
j get paid for your services and at
; the same time get these practi
j ces established that will be of
great benefit to your land.
,j Plans have been made to hold
a terracing demonstration on the
farm of W. W. Gray at 2:30
CWT. Wednesday, Dec. 8. Also
along with the terracing there
will be a demonstration on pre
paring land and planting kudzu.
All farmers are invited to attend
this demonstration.
SMALL ORCHARDS PAY
i
“An orchard of pproxirnately I
one acre will supply a family of j
J five with fruit for atin during.
1 the growing seasons, the sur
pluses for canning and drying,”
’ County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks, said this week
He pointed out that small home
orchards on Houston county
farms can be made to furnish the
family with an abundance of
. fresh fruit if it is properly cared |
r for,
' Mr. Middlebrooks advised se-
I lecting a well-drained location
for the orchard, and the use of
1 liberal amounts of stable manure
and commercial fertilizer. Cover
’ crops should also be used during!
the early growing period of the]
orchard.
’ “Planting of trees and vines!
should be done in the northern
’ half of the state from late No-]
; vember until late March,” he
continued, “and from December
until late Februery in the south
' ern or coastal plain area. Plant- [
ing should be done immediately
\ after the plants are received.” j
j The county agent said that itj
1 is best to use water around the!
plants when setting, and the
area around trees and vines]
should be left from one to two
‘ inches lower than the surround-1
• ing area until spring cultivation, i
| Details on developing an orchard]
Lean be secured from Mr. Middle-1
j I brooks or from the Extension!
Service office in Athens.
’ j
FDR dc,pd: i
Every worker
should increase the
[ amount of bonds he ■VB
i or she is buying.
NUNN NAMED HEAD
! STATE GUARD GROUP
(
Under the recent re-organiza
tion of the Georgia State Guard,
Major Sam A. Nunn of Perry
was promoted to Lieutenant-
Colonel and assigned to com
mand the 12th Battalion which
replaces the 12th District. Be
fore the re-organization, Lt. Col.
Nunn with .the rank of Major
was in command of the 12th Dis
trict which comprised the coun
ties of Houston, Peach, Wilcox,
Bleckley, Pulaski, Dooly, and
Crisp. Under the new setmp,
Macon county has been added to
the seven counties mentioned
above to form the 12th Battalion.
Under the Battalion form of
division, Capt. F. M. Houser of
Perry has been assigned Adju
tant of the 12th Battalion. Capt.
Houser was appointed Adjutant
of the 12th district by Gov. Tal
madge in 1941 and served in this
capacity until the re-organization
this fall.
Lt. Col Nunn was appointed
commander of the old 12th dis
trict by Gov. E. D. Rivers in
1940 when the Guard was or
ganized as the State Defense
Corps.
The special order promoting
Lt. Col. Nunn from Major was
effective Nov. 26 and places of
ficer Nunn second in rank in the
battalion set-up. Lt. Col. Scott
Candler of Decatur is the highest
ranking battalion officer.
Col. K. W. Collins is the state
commander and Major A. R.
Rousey is the adjutant.
The Perry Unit of the Houston
County Guards is headed by
Capt. Horace E. Evans and Ist
Lieut. A. M. Anderson.
IS. ANNA L. BONNER HIES
Mrs. Anna L. Bonner, 60, died
at her home in Perry Wednes
day afternoon, Nov. 24, after a
long illness. She was born in
Logansport, Ind., but had lived
in Perry for a number of years.
Funeral services were held at
11 a. m, Friday at the Tucker
Funeral hotne with the Rev. ,1.
E. Sampley officiating. Burial
was in the Perry cemetery.
Mrs. Bonner is survived by a
sister, Mrs. Ella Bonner, Perry,
and a brother, Robert L. Brier,
Dayton, Ohio; three nieces and
three nephews including J. F.
Bonner of Perry.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
land 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i
i
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. rn.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
7:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
i to all services.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor,
!
BASKETBALL GAME
PERRY HIGH
vs.
BYRON HIGH
Fri. Dec. 3, 8 P. M.
j PERRY COURT
jKEEP OM
WETH WHO BONOS
j
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