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VOL. LXXIII. No. 5, PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870
13TH WAR BOND DIST.
LEADS STATE IN JAN.
The 13th War Bond district of
Georgia stood first among the
state’s districts in January in the
percentage of bonds bought on
their quotas in the Fourth War
Loan Drive. E. P. Newhard, of
Perry, district chairman, was
gratified Tuesday when he re
ceived the report from the state
headquarters showing that the
13th district had bought $614,693
of bonds, which was 39 per cent
of its $1,573,400 quota and the
largest quota per cent in the
state. The district has ten coun
ties of which Houston is one.
The state of Georgia as a whole
bought 17.3 per cent or $22,284,-
472 of a $129,000,000 quota dur
ing the first month of the 4th
War Loan.
Houston county bought 57 per
cent of its $342,800 quota, or
$197,062 of bonds in January.
Houston has the largest quota in
the 13th bond district. The
4th War Loan drive continues
through February.
Corporation Purchases
The Houston county quota in
the Fourth War Loan Drive is
nearer fulfillment today due to
the subscription of $1,600 by
Standard Oil Company (Ky.).
B. H. Andrew, the Company’s
local Agent at Perry, entered the
subscription for Standard Oil,
and received expressions of ap
preciation from J. P. Etheridge,
chairman.
Mr. Andrew, well known in
this commnnity, stated that the
action of the Standard Oil Com
pany was taken as an expression
of the genuine interest of the or
ganization in the success of the
Fourth War Loan in Houston
county and in the state of
Georgia.
Other corporations buying
bonds in Houston county during
the 4th War Loan Drive are: 1
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp, $15,-
OOO; Georgia Power Co. —$5,000;
Central of Ga. Rwy. —$5,000.
KUDZU MELTS NEED
FOR PERENNIAL CROP
Kudzu can be used for hay and
grazing and is one of the best
crops known for conserving and
improving the soil, County Agent
W.T. Middlebrooks declared this
week, It is useful in gully con
trol, and even though its main
use so far has been on eroded
steep land, good returns can be
obtained if planted on better
land. I
This crop has been grown inj
Houston county for a number of
years and in increasing acreages
recently, seems to meet the coun
ty’s need for a general purpose
perennial crop more nearly than
any tried, Mr. Middlebrooks de
clared.
The Extension Service agent
cited results at the Coastal Plain ;
experiment station, where 254
pounds of beef per acre have
been produced over an 8-year pe
riod, and farmers have reported
2to 3 tons of hay per acre on
good land. Increases in yields of
corn following kudzu is evidence
of its soil improvement value.
“Flans should be made now
for planting this important
crop,” Mr. Middlebrooks con
tinued. “At least 500 healthy
crowns should be secured for
each acre to be planted in late
winter after danger of freezing
has passed. If the land can be
plowed it should be prepared
about as for corn and the crowns
set in furrows about 25 feet
apart and feet in the row.
“If manure is available, two
to four 2-horse wagon loads
should be applied in the furrow
along with 200 to 300 pounds of
18 to 20 percent superphosphate
or its equivalent. This should be
done well in advance of setting
the crowns.”
Detailed planting and culti
vating instructions can be secur
ed from Mr. Middlebrooks or Mr.
L. I. Skinner, with Soil Conser
vation Service.
BASKETBALL GAME
PERRY HIGH
vs.
FORT VALLEY HI
Fri., Feb. 4, 8 P. M.
PERRY COURT
WASTE PAPER NEEDED;
COLLECTION FEB. 8-9
I
Waste paper will be collected'
again in Perry next Tuesday and
Wednesday, Feb. B—9. in the af-|
ternoons by the seventh grade of i
the Perry school.
Ten days ago, this grade col
lected 3,790 lbs, of waste paper
which was carried to Macon by
trucks of Davis Warehouse for
use in the war effort.
Paper tops the list of war ma
terials which are critically short.
Paper is needed for small con
tainers, bomb rings, instrument
boards, and plane wingtips. Pa
per is needed to make or wrap
over 700,000 articles used by our
fighting men today on every bat
tlefront.
To meet this challenge two
million extra tons of waste paper
are needed this year. Save all
your waste paper such as old
newspapers, magazines and
books, cardboard boxes, paper
wrappings, envelopes, etc. Flat
ten and tie up in bundles about
12 inches high. “Save a bundle
a week” and help to save some
boy’s life.
Have your waste paper bundles
ready and on the porch when thei
seventh grade boys and girls
come for it next Tuesday and
Wednesday.
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
Homer Stubbs and Sam Fergu
son of Wellston, both coopera
tors of the district, had terrace!
lines run on their farms last j
week. Construction of terraces;
and kudzu planting in water-)
ways will begin very soon. Mr. 1
Ferguson has a little over 28,000 !
feet of terraces to build and Mr. j
Stubbs has around 8,000 feet. !
T, L. Warren and Clifford
'Grimes began digging kudzu j
crowns last week for sale here in
the county through the AAA I
purchase order program. I might!
say that they are putting out 1
some of the best crowns I have
ever seen.
Roy Bloodworth had 2,500 kud
zu crowns delivered to him last
week and E. F. Collins received
500. Planting of these crowns
was begun immediately upon ar
rival. The importance of plant
ing kudzu crowns immediately
after you have received them
cannot be stressed too much.
W. W. Gray has nearly com
pleted construction of R. H.
Howard’s terraces. As soon as
i the low places are filled in and
1 the ends opened up the terraces
will be completed.
MARINE RECRUITER
TO VISIT PERRY
Staff Sergeant Elizabeth M.
Olsen, of the U. S. Marine Corps
! Women’s Reserve will visit our
town for the purpose of inter
viewing girls interested in join
ing this glorious Corps.
Any one desiring information
concerning the MCWR (Marine
Corps Women’s Reserve) may
contact Sgt. Olsen at the Post
Office on Feb. 11, 1944, where
she will be glad to give you any
literature or applications, etc.
You may also contact the near
est Marine Recruiting Office ask
ing that literature be sent you.
Write care of Sgt. Olsen, Marine
Recruiting Office, Bibb Building,
Macon, Ga., for full particulars.
For girls between the ages of
20 and 36—don’t let this oppor
tunity to serve your country pass
you by. To make good as a Ma
rine is to prove yourself qualified
to rank with America’s finest
womanhood. There is a place
for every woman who has the
necessary character and courage,
MUCH TIMBER NEEDED
More than 31 billion board feet
of timber are needed in 1943
from the U. S. forests to supply
forest products needed for war
materials and essential civilian
uses. Every foot of timber need
lessly burned reduces the supply
available for war and for the re
construction days of the coming
peace.
Indians in mexico
There are approximately 8,000,000
Indians in Mexico, constituting two
fifths of the total population.
P. H. S. ACTIVITIES
I -
I
j Perry defeated Thomaston Fri
I day night by the score of 83 to
19. Skellie was high point man
I with 28 points and the entire
team played good on defense.
Perry will play the big game
of the year Friday night, Feb. 4, *
when they meet the boys from
Fort Valley. Fort Valley has
one of the best teams in the
state and the district champion
ship will in all probability be be
tween them and Perry.
Perry will play Tech High of
Atlanta in Perry Friday, Feb,ll.
Championship Games
The championship will be de
cided this year for the “B”
schools by a series of play off
games rather than a tournament.
In the play off Perry meets Cor
dele in a two out of three game
series the week of February 15.
The first game will be played in
Perry, the second in Cordele and
if a third is necessary it will be
played in Perry. Fort Valley
will play Cuthbert the same
week and the winner of this se
ries will meet the winner of the
Perry and Cordele fracas, the
first of the final series will be
[played in either Cordele or Per-
Iry, the second in either Cuthbert
jor Fort Valley and if a third
game is necessary it will be
played in either Cordele or Per
ry. If the dope bucket is not
overturned the final games will
be played between Perry and
Fort Valley and what a series
that should make.
War Bonds
Perry Hi students did a fine
job in raising $123.45 for the In
fantile Paralysis fund,
j Post Master Otis King has
: agreed to go to the school to sell
I stamps and bonds every Friday
[morning between 9 an d 10
o’clock and the students have
j set their goal to have at least
■90% of the student body buying
, bonds and stamps each week.
The Perry-Scope
| The staff of the Perry-Scope,
I the school paper, has purchased
j for the school a new mimeo
i graph machine.
j The members of the staff had a
[party Friday night at the Legion
Hume following the basketball
game.
GOO D PASTURE ASSET
TO FARM, AGENT SAYS
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks declared this week that a
good permanent pasture is an
asset to any farm. This pasture
must be made on well-suited
land, using well-adapted nutri
tious plants and good amounts of
fertilizer. Seed or plants must
be sown or planted properly, he
said.
“Rich, moist lowland makes
the best pasture,” he continued,
“but upland can be made into
good pasture if the soil is fer
tile.”
The Extension Service agent
recommended Dallis grass, Ber
muda grass, lespedeza and white
clover for lowlands and Bermu
da, lespedeza and hop clover for
! uplands. On sandy soils of south
Georgia carpet grass can be used
land in the mountains Herd’s
grass, blue grass and orchard
grass.
I “Fertilizer usually pays even
|on fertile soil and lime is essen
tial in most cases,” Mr. Middle
brooks said. “Amounts and
kind of fertilizer and amounts of
limestone will vary,” The coun
ty agent can give detailed infor
mation on pasture work.
Preparing land for pastures
will include the removal of trees
and other vegetation with the
exception of enough shade, and
[ ithe preparation of the soil, Mr.
[ J Middlebrooks pointed out. “Soil
| should be prepared by discing or
| scootering and working: into a
[good seedbed by harrowing. Seed
j should be sown evenly, covered
i lightly and the area rolled if pos
sible. If sodding with Bermuda
[grass, the root stocks should be
,i planted in furrows and covered 2
j to 3 inches deep.”
NOTICE
• i The City of Perry is now re
ceiving tax returns for 1944. It
is important that you make a re
turn in order that your property
may be correctly assessed.
H. D. PALMER.
2:24 City Clerk.
RATIONING REMINDERS
Beginning February 1, local
War Price and Rationing Boards
are allowed to issue, from avail
able gasoline allotments, rations
to motorists who face “personal
necessity” emergencies not al
ready, covered by the regulations,
OPA has announced.
“It does not mean,” E. A
Thornwell, District OPA Direc
tor said, “that there is any more
gasoline available for rationing,
nor can such ‘hardship’ rations
to be used for business pur
poses.
Monthly‘quotas will be assign
ed to each county by the nation
al OPA office, and local boards
will be required to stay within
their quotas for that purpose.
Gasoline
No. 8 coupons in “A” books
expire Feb. 8.
Shoes
Stamp No. 18 valid for one pair
of shoes for indefinite period.
Stamp lon “airplane” slieet in
Book 3 valid for one pair Nov. 1
Retail shoe stores have been
given an extra week—through
February s—to make ration-free
sales of certain slow-moving and
“novelty” types (({women’s
shoes at $8 per pair or less.
Stores had previously been grant
ed a two-week period, January
17 through 29, for ratiou-free
sales.
Meats and Fats
Brown Stamps V and W (Book
8) expire February 26.
Brown X (Book 3) valid Feb.
6, expires Feb. 26,
Red startups A-8 through M-8
(Book 4) (10 points each or a
total of 120 points) valid indefi
nitely to purchase pork from far
mers only. Not from retail
stores.
Processed Foods
Feb. l-=-Green stamps K, L
and Min War Ration Book 4
valid thru Mch. 20. These are
the last green stamps on the
page, and also the last green
■stamps that consumers will use
for the time being.
Feb.27—The new blue stamps,
to be used with ration tokens,
come into use. Between Febru
ary 27 when the blue stamps be
come valid and March 20 when
the old green stamps run out,
customers may use both sets of
stamps for a single purchase.
Tokens will be given in change
for both colors of stamps. Green
stamps will continue to have the
same point value as at present—
8, 5, 2 and 1 points; the new blue
stamps will have a uniform point
value of ten.
Since the green stamps expire
long before the blue, consumers
are advised to spend their green
stamps first. After March 20,
processed foods will be bought
with blue stamps and blue tokens.
Fuel Oil
Fuel oil coupons for periods 4
and 5, good for 10 gallons each,
became vaiid January»2s. These
are the last coupons for the cur
rent heating year, and the oil ob
tained with these coupons wili
have to last through Sept. 30.
The current shortage of kero
sene in Carolinas, Florida and
Georgia is due primarily to in
creased military demands for
aviation gasoline. Because of
modern refining processes, thers
is less kerosene available from a
barrel of crude oil after 100 oc
tane, high test gas has been tak
en from it.
“In other words,” on OPA
statement said, “the kerosene
you might be using has gone to
war and in its higher degree of
refinement, may be flying over
Berlin or New Guinea at this
moment.”
Kerosene, OPA explained, is
probably the most used fuel for
heating, lighting and cooking in
these states, due to a large ne
gro and rural population.
Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 30 in Book 4
will be good for five pounds thru
March 31.
CARD OF APPRECIATION
This is to express appreciation
for the loyalty of my friends dur
ing the twenty years that I was
agent for Idle Hour Nurseries,
Macon, Ga. Upon my retire
ment from this agency, I want
to thank each and every one of
you again for your patronage.
Mrs. Mamie G. Winn,
(PERRY CONTRIBUTES
I TO PARALYSIS FUND
I
$700.00 has been contributed
1 by Perry citizens to the Infantile
Paralysis Fund, according to
Rev. J. A. Ivey, county chair
man. Reports from the other
communities in the county and
from the Warner Robins theatre
have not been received yet.
The Perry school gave $123.45
to this “March of Dimes” drive
tq raise money to treat victims of
infantile paralysis and to be used
for research into the cause and
cure of this disease. The Perry
theatre raised $170.67 from its
patrons. Over $4OO was collect
ed by Mr. Ivey through personal
solicitation.
The chairman expressed ap
preciation for the fine response
of the Perry people.
It is hoped that the county’s
contribution will reach $l,OOO
when others have reported. $7OO
is the largest amount ever given
by the county to this cause.
BOY SCOUT WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED
Boy Scout Week begins Tues
day, Feb. 8, and continues
through Monday, Feb. 14.
Boy Scout Week marks the
34th anniversary of the founding
of the Movement in America.
Since Feb. 8, 1910, more than
11.400.000 men and boys have
been actively identified with
Scouting. The present-day ac
tive enrollment is in excess of
1.575.000 Scouts, Cubs and adult
volunteer leaders.
1 The birthday will be observed
in every city and town in the na
tion and in hundreds of villages
and hamlets as well.
1 In Perry, E. P. Staples, new
Scout leader, is making plans for
the observance of Boy Scout
Week.
[
| NOTICE
i A representative of the Inter-
I nal Revenue Service, U.S. Treas
ury Dept., will be in Perry Feb.
21 through Feb. 25 at the Post
Office for the purpose of assist
. ing taxpayers in preparation of
. their 1943 income and Victory
i Tax returns.
Office hours will be 9 a. m. to
5 p. m.
All single persons must file a
[ return for 1943 if tneir gross in
i come is $500.00 or more. Every
; married person is required to file
if his or her income is in excess
; of $624.00 or if the combined in
; come of husband and wife is I
$1,200.00 or more. Every single
; or married person who was liable
5 for a tax on 1942 income must
i file a return for 1943 regardless
, of the amount of income in 1943.
t Taxpayers requesting assis
, tance of a Depuiy Collector in
preparation of returns must be
. able to readily furnish the fol
-1 lowing information:
’ 1. A record of all income re
' ceived in 1943.
2. An itemized statement of all
j deductions they wish to claim on
the return, such as taxes, inter
est, contributions, etc.
j 3, The total amount of tax lia
bility reported on his 1942 return.
‘ 4. The total amount of income
[I and victory tax withheld by em
ployers during 1943.
’ 5. The total amount of all pay
-1 ments made on 1942 liability.
6. The amount of tax paid on
declaration of income and victory
tax returns filed in 1943.
I METHODIST ANNOONOEMENTS
r Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
3 and 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m
3 Young People’s Service, 6:30
r p. m.
1 Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOONOEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:15 a, m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
j 7:30 p. m.
Training Union, 6;30 p. m.
i Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
j NOTICE
, February 15, 1944, is the dead
• line for paying 1944 City License,
t Please pay promptly and avoid a
I penalty.
H. D. PALMER,
2:10 City Clerk.
GEORGIA RICH IN
I VITAL WAR MINERALS
(
During the year just closed,
the State Department of Mines
has placed special emphasis on
investigations over the state
which appear to offer the great
est opportunity for developing
and producing strategic and
critical minerals necessary to the
war effort, according to announ
cement by Captain Garland Fey*
tan, director of the department.
Among the minerals investi
gated in this connection were as
bestos, bauxite, beryl, chromite,
copper, corundum, coal,graphite,
iron ores, kyanite, limestone,
magnesium minerals, manganese,
mica, petroleum, rock wool, sil
lirnanite and talic. Of this list
coal, bauxite, beryl, copper chro
mite, corundum, manganese ores,
book mica, petroleum and stlili
manite are considered of critical
or strategic importance in con
nection with the prosecution of
the war.
Probably the most noteworthy
accomplishment during the year
so far as war minerals are con
cerned, said Captain, is the com
pletion of a field survey of our
strategic mica deposits and the
publication of the results of this
study as a regular bulletin of the
Georgia Geological Survey. This
survey definitely indicates the
existence in Georgia of at least
25 and probably from 25 to 50 po
tentially-important deposits of
high-grade strategic mica. In
asmuch as mica is at this time
the Number One critical mineral
for war purposes, it is felt that
this investigation was most time
ly, and it will result in Georgia
furnishing a much greater per
centage of this critical mineral
than otherwise would have
been possible. Th e Tennessee
Valley Authority cooperated both
in the field of investigations and
in the cost of publication.
T h e Department cooperated
with the U. S. Bureau of Mines
in prospecting and drilling for
bauxite. The majority of this
exploration took place in Sumter,
Stewart and Wilkinson counties.
Results of this drilling already
have shown appreciable new de
posits of high grade bauxite, and
altogether of all grades of alumi
num-bearing clays more than
thirteen million tons have been
estimated.
In addition to the foregoing,
the U. S. Bureau of Mines has
cooperated by conducting explor
atory field work on deposits of
chromite and beryl in Troup
county, corundum in Towns and
Raburn counties, manganese in
the Cartersville district, and iron
ores in Bartow, Cobb, Floyd,
Green, Lumpkin, Polk and Talia
.ferro counties. Early in 1943
Georgia was shipping iron ores
at the rate of more than half a
million tons per year. Within
recent months the smelters have
increased their specifications for
iron content, with the result that
this figure has dropped below the
half million mark but shipments
1 are still being made at the rate
lof more than 300,000 tons per
year.
The iron ore explorations are
placing special emphasis on the
search for iron ores of sufficient
purity to be utilized as the raw
materiajs for manufacturing
sponge iron. Arrangement has
i! been made to make trial ship
ments of ores deemed suitable to
a demonstration pilot plant which
is located at Daisy, Tennessee.
, The importance of sponge iron
I may be understood when it is
pointed out that it can be used as
a substitute for iron and steel
I scrap in Uie open-hearth process
j to c making steel.
'\ A special appropriation has
[ oeen voted by Congress to be
sp ;nt in 2tj states, including
j Georgia, to investigate iron ores.
| Georgia’s share of this appro-
J priation is $47,500.
—
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appre
ciation and heartfelt thanks for
the many floral offerings, kind
* deeds, and words of sympathy,
during the illness and death of
■ our husband and dear father.
, May God’s richest blessings be
i showered upon each of you, is
our prayer.
Mrs. H. A. Tucker
* and Family.
