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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 14. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. APRIL 6. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 RAINS CAUSE DELAY IN FARM OPERATIONS Farming operations in Houston county have been delayed and hampered by the heavy rains that fell during the past two weeks. Land which had already been prepared for spring planting has been badly washed and must be prepared again. Due to the la bor shortage, this is a serious matter. Corn planted early has been dadly damaged by the rain. The peach crop has been seriously af fected by the cold and rain. It is estimated that 50 per cent of the crop has been harvested by the weather, thus reducing the need of thinning. If the May drop is heavy, the crop will be small again this year. The farmers in the county are in better spirits this week due to the sunshine after weeks of con tinued rain. The farmers are carrying a heavy load attempt ing to meet production goals with an acute labor shortage. Before restrictions were put on employment, farm labor was hired by the hundreds by War ner Robins Air Depot, thus ac counting for the serious shortage in this section. WITH THE HOUSTON SOIL CONSERVERS By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service Construction of Mayo Davis’ fish pond was begun last week, but due to much rain, work had to be halted until the ground has dried out enough to operate heavy equipment. Construction will be resumed in a day or so. Terrace lines were surveyed on Clifford Grimes’ farm last week. He plans to build his terraces this week. To those who had terraces to break during all the heavy rains, be sure to repair these breaks immediately before it rains again. If this has not been done, well, you know what will happen. I think nearly everybody in this county has seen Mr. Bleck ley’s blue lupine, but those that haven’t it would certainly pay you to visit his farm and take a look at it.lt will show you a very good example of what can be ex pected from winter legumes that are planted early, and by early we mean the first of September. I had the pleasure of attend ing a district forestry meeting in Macon last Thursday. The meet ing was held for the purpose of organizing a program for the prevention of forest fires, I wish it could have been possible for every farmer in the county to attend. Paul Grooms, district forester for this area, gave some figures on this winter’s forest fires that were absolutely amaz ing. He stated that Houston county lost over 70 thousand dol lars from forest fires this past winter and spring, and from personal observation of burned areas this is certainly a conserva tive estimate. The time has cer tainly come when something must be done to prevent fi r e from destroying one of our most valuable resources —our forests. WAVE RECRUITER TO VISIT PERRY APR. 13 Louise Lunceford, specialist Recruiter of the Navy’s WAVES will visit Perry, Ga. April 13 from 9a. m. until 6 p. m, when she will be on duty in the Post Office Bldg, to talk with young women of this section who are interested in serving their coun try with the WAVES. Principal qualifications for ser vice include: Age, with enlisted personnel eligible from 20 to 36, and officer candidates from 20 to 50; health, which must be excel lent for either enlisted or officer personnel; education, with two years of high school required for enlisted and at least two years of college besides experience in the business world for officer candi dates; and no dependents under 18 years of age. The farmer should always keep in mind the importance of cut ting timber wisely. ONLY ONE CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE * J. W, Bloodworth, present! senator of the 23rd Georgia sen I atorial district, is unopposed fori representative of Houston coun- { ty in the next General Assembly. ’ Under the rotation system,Peach county will furnish the next sen ator for the 23 district composed of Houston, Peach, Crawford, ’ and Taylor counties. A.C. Riley 1 of Fort Valley is unopposed for senator. 1 W. W. Gray, present represen tative of Houston county, did not qualify for re-election. En ! tries closed at noon Saturday, i April 1. Mr. Gray, farmer and : lumberman, has been represen tative for four years. Mr. Bloodworth is a merchant and an attorney of Perry and has farming interests. ! Voters have until May 1 to qualify to vote in the state pri ! maty on July 4. In order to vote in the national election of Nov. 7, 1944, voters must qualify by May 1. PERRHfISBBBALL TEAM HONORED BY KIWANIS CLUB i The Perry Kiwanis club honor ed the Basketball team of Perry High school with a dinner-dance Friday night at the Legion Home, The committee in charge > of arrangements was Geo. Fran cis Nunn, Claud E. Andrew, Al ton Hardy, and Dr. J. L. Galle more. Guests included the members of the team, cheer leaders, and their dates, wives of the commit tee members, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Braddock, Mr. and Mrs. A.Brad dock, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Skel lie, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Staples, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walker, and the high school teachers. Mr. Staples is coach of the team snd also president of the Kiwanis club. Mr. Walker is i secretary of the club. The Brad docks and Mr. Skellie are ref i erees. The team members are Walter Skellie, Earl Marshall, Jack Wil son, Charlie Watts, Billy Ether idge, Otis Whitten, Frank Sat terfield, Lewis Bledsoe, Owen ; Burdette, Tommy Marshall, Jack Beavers, Charles Reeves, Gene . Etheridge, Billy Lee, and Dallas Ryle, manager. Cheer leaders are Betty Boler, , Barbara Whipple, Bess H. Nunn, Jerry Cater, Merry! Hunnicutt, Martha Ann Gordon, Annis Jean NeSmith, Lillie Brooks, and Jane Riley. LIBRARY NOTES Books, many of them and of a wide variety, are being added to the library. Among them are the latest novels. Helen Mac- Innes won acclaim with her book, “Assignment in Brittany.” i Her new story, “While Still We Live,” is a tale of espionage in Poland. Suspense is the keynote of Kay Boyle’s brilliant new story en titled, “Avalanche.” Mildred Walker has chosen Montana for the setting of her new book, “Winter Wheat.” Splendid entertainment is “Dra gonwyck,” by Qnya Seton. A great mansion on the Hudson is the locale for a thrilling plot. Mother is a collection of tri butes to mothers in poetry and prose. These selections were chosen by Louis M. Notkin from the world’s greatest literature. Library open every afternoon except Wednesday from 1:30 to 6:30 p. m. Verniece Beavers, Librarian. No. 1 FOOD i Milk should head the list ofj foods on the family food supply plan according to nutritionists of the Extension Service. Every child should have a quart a day I and adults should have not less than a pint. RED CROSS GOAL PASSED Houston county has passed its $5,000 quota for Red Cross War, Fund with $5,137.00 raised, ac cording to G. W. Rhodes, chair man. The month’s drive for the Red Cross came to a close April 1. A full report will be made by, Mr. Rhodes next week. 1 SOFTBALL LEAGUE OPENS SEASON APR. 9 i With a highly successful sea- Ison for 1943 already to its credit, the Community Softball League opens the 1944 season with three games on Sunday afternoon, April 9. Under the guidance of its new president, Alton Hardy, the league has gotten off to a good start with selection of man agers and division of available players among the four teams. Three former managers return to duty, W. A. Skellie, E. P. Staples, and Glea Gray, and the fourth, Francis Nunn, assumes the duties of former manager Alton Hardy, in an exchange of positions. The list of players was placed in the hands of each manager, and the resulting choice of teams gives a remark ably fair distribution of talent, with no team having a marked superiority and none decidedly weak. New names were chosen for the four teams, with Mgr. Skel lie leading the Owls, Mgr.Slaples the Hawks, Mgr. Gray the Par rots, and Mgr. Nunn the Eagles. Each manager chose his own i team name except Mgr. Gray, whose team name was unani mously selected by the other three managers. At first glance it would appear that the Owls have the edge in hitting strength with such noted sluggers as A. Hardy, A. Brad dock, P. C. Hardy, and Maxwell. In addition they have a fancy ar ray of high school talent led by Lewis Bledsoe and W. Skellie. The pitching edge seems to lie with the Hawks, led by Wilson and ably assisted by H. Chap man and Mgr. Staples. For long distance hitting the Hawks can rely on Lasseter, Evans and Da vis, each of whom packs power at the plate. The Parrots, whose leaders relied to such a large ex tent last year on talk, now find themselves outfitted with pro bably the best balanced team in the league. With such defen sive stars as W. Gray, Pierce and Reeves, they have coupled the power at bat of H. Braddock, Browning, Walker and Watts, with Walker shouldering the burden of the pitching duties. The Eagles chief boast is the speed on the bases of Heller and Bob Massee, who with E, Mar shall also furnish the batting strength for the team. Defen sively they seem set with B. Etheridge, Whitten and B. Bled soe, while the pitching duties rest chiefly upon Skinner and Morris. Thus each team has its strong points as well its weak ones, but looking at the picture as a whole, and assuming that each team will be able to field its full strength, this lowly scribe rates the teams as follows: the Parrots first, with an all-round balance of hitting and fielding which the others can’t quite match; the Owls second by vir tue of their tremeduous hitting power; the Hawks and Eagles in a dogfall for third, with either team capable of rising up to knock off one of the top teams with any kinds of breaks in their favor. The opening game Sunday at 12:30 features the Owls vs. the Parrots, followed by a double header between the Hawks artd Eagles. Each Sunday will fol low the same schedule, with a {single opening game followed by a double-header. The umpiring will again be handled by J. Sat terfield and H. Gray, assisted by C. E. Andrew and C. C. Pierce. Come out and see some good sport and good fun. —G. F. N. 3th WAR LOAN DRIVE | TO BEGIN ON JUNE 12 I The sth War Loan Drive will {start on June 12 and run to July 8. according to Henry Morgen- Ithau Jr., secretary of the Treas ury. The goal will be sixteen billion dollars of which six bil lion is to come from sales of Bonds to individuals. Charles A. Stair, state chmn. Ga. War Finance committee, will direct the drive in Georgia. J. P. Etheridge of Perry has accepted the chairmanship of the 13th War Bond district to succeed E. P. Newhard. A successor to Mr. Etheridge as chairman of Houston County War Finance {committee will be appointed at ‘an early date. ATKINSON NAMED • JUDGE OF CIRCUIT Mallory Atkinson, young Ma con attorney, has been appointed judge of Macon circuit’s crim inal division to succeed A. M. (Phil) Anderson who announced his resignation after having been on active duty with the Navy for . several weeks. Judge Anderson’s statement to i the press follows: I have on this 29th day of March 1944 submitted to the Governor my resignation as Judge of the Superior Courts of the i Macon Judicial Circuit, copy of ' such letter being attached hereto. By my resignation 1 am sur rendering an office which it has i been the great ambition of my ' life to have and to use for the • good of the people of Georgia. I have accepted what I consider 1 a still higher duty, —the duty to r serve my country in the present great emergency. Whatever happens, I shall ever be grateful to the people of my Circuit for the honors which they have conferred upon me and for their cooperation with me. , WAYS TO INCREASE CORN PRODUCTION ! Farmers must increase per I acre corn yields if they are to keep up with the rapidly de veloping livestock industry, County Agent W. T. Middle brooks declared this week. Ex periment stations,4-H club mem ; bers, and farmers throughout the State have shown this can be done. r With some improvement in ’ each operation in corn produc tion, Houston county farmers can , increase yields 3 bushels per j acre in 1944, he declared. If this ' can be done 12,000,000 extra j bushels can be produced, or the usual amount can be produced on , 2,888,000 acres leaving 1,100,000 acres to be used for soil improve j ment or other crops, j “To increase yields, more at tention must be given to soil se lection, improvement and prepa \ ration, good seed, varieties, fer ' tilization, planting methods, date > of planting, spacing, cultivation, [ disease and insect control, rota tions and harvesting,” the Ex . tension Service agent asserted. | Corn makes best growth on well-drained fertile loam soil. The soil should be kept improved , and prepared to give plants good | root range and anchorage and , hold moisture and plant food. Seed should be bright, well filled ' out and show no discoloring in grain or on cobs, and varieties ' adapted to the locality. , “The crop should be well sup ' plied with plant food and plant ed in warm soil when insect ; damage throughout the season is ; less and moisture conditions best. Plant in deep to moderate . ly deep furrows depending upon ; drainage and type of soil and , space the plants according to the ) moisture and plant food in the , soil,” the county agent advised. ! “Cultivate the crop rapidly to control weeds and grass, but do not injure plants by deep or late ; plowings. It should be stored for protection against weather, insect and animal injury. C.P.A. MAKES CHECK The O. P. A. made an emer gency check on posting and ceiling prices in the stores . throughout the nation during the month of March. Of th e thirty-nine grocery stores in Houston county, twelve were 100 per cent on posting and ceiling prices. They are as fol lows: Barfield’s Grocery, G. C. Nunn & Son, Rogers, Massee & Bramb lett, of Perry; Hattie Grocery, Centerville; Clark’s Cash Gro cery, Elko; Mrs. W. H. Giles, Elko; J, J. Ellis, Grovania; Wat son & Leverette, Warner Robins; and Louise Roberts, E.W. Young, Henry Irby, of Perry, colored operators. SOIL IMPROVEMENT Georgia farmers did a good job during 1943 in soil improvement and special crop production work. Permanent pasture improvement was stressed with around 95,000 acres beieg planted. | NEW PERRY HOTEL t I has new managers The New Perry Hotel was sold last week by J. J. Rooney to J. j C. Styles, J. Y. Green, and W. j C. Green of Athens. The hotel is being operated by Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Green under the same name, New Perry. Mr. Rooney, owner and opera tor of the New Perry for seven teen years, will continue to make his home in Perry where he has many friends. The excellent cuisine, good service, and gen eral atmosphere under the man agement of the Rooneys won for the hotel a wonderful reputation over the country and made it an asset for the town. Mr. R. D. Aultman who has been with the hotel as clerk for several years will remain under the new management. The new managers come to Perry well recommended and they will no doubt maintain the high standard set by the former owner. RATIONING REMINDERS Meats and Fats Red AB, thru J 8 (Book 4) valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens, indefinite date. Red KB, LB, and M 8 become valid April 9. Processed Foods Blue A8 through K 8 (Book 4) valid indefinitely at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Sugar Sugar Stamps No, 30 and No. 31 in Book 4 good for five pounds indefinitely. Canning Sugar Sugar for home canning will be made available at the same rate as last year and in much the same way. As in effect now, five pounds of canning sugar may be bought with sugar stamp 40 and the re mainder, a maximum of 20 lbs. per person, will be granted on application to the local board. In order to make it unneces sary to send ration books through the mail, OPA has arranged for the use of Spare stamp No. 37 as an identifying claim check. This stamp should be attached to the application form for each person applying for canning sugar. Gasoline No. 9 coupons in “A” books expire May 8. Shoes Stamp No. 18expires April 30, Another shoe stamp will become valid May 1. Stamp 1 on “airplane” sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair .indefi nitely. HIGHER PEANUT YIELD SOUGHT BY AGENT Every effort should be made to get higher yields of peanuts in order to save labor and materials and reduce the cost, County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks said! this week. The yield per acre for Georgia has increased in re cent years due to better cultural practices. ( “F o r best results, peanuts , should be planted on adapted i soils as fertile as possible and kept improved,” he continued. “The soil should be well prepar- , ed and weeds and grass kept ' out.” To do this, Mr. Middlebrooks recommended that the soil be well broken and surface vegeta- , tion placed deep enough not to interfere with planting and cul | tivation. Cover crops should bt I turned under 10 days to two} weeks before peanuts are plant ed. Well prepared soil will help! greatly in getting stands and in i cultivation. “Peanuts are not constant ini response to fertilizer,” he said,! but advised the use of 200 to 3001 pounds of fertilizer such as | 0-14-10, 2-12-6, or 200 to 300 pounds of 18 percent superphos-- phate and 40 to 50 pounds of mu riate of potash or their equiva- l lents per acre where preceding I crops have not been highly ferti- i lized. On acid soils, peanuts re- I spond to applications of lime or i materials containing lime and phosphate. Runner peanuts 1 give greatest response to lime.” < Mr. Middlebrooks stressed the , importance of using bright, well- 1 CRIMINAL COURT TO ! BE HELD NEXT WEEK ! The regular term of Houston Superior court convened Monday for the trial of civil cases. The calendar was disposed of by noon. The Grand Jury was organized with E. W. Traylor, foreman and H. G. Braddock, clerk, and com pleted their session Tuesday af ternoon, after returning 14 true bills and 2 no bills. H. C. Talton was elected by the Grand Jury to succeed C, B. Watson, and Floyd Tabor to suc ceed himself as members of the County Board of Education. Judge Mallory Atkinson, re cently appointed to succeed A. M. Anderson, resigned, will preside at the trial of criminal cases next week. The list of jurors follows: Traverse Jurors, Second Week A. O. Brown, B. W. Bozeman, Thomas J. Nipper. J. P. Risher, M. A. Stubbs, Sol Bernstein, A, R. Talton, Artemus Braddock, R. Gordon Scarborough, John J. Rogers, Mayo Davis, Arthur Farr, W, T. Hill, L. M. Harrison, C. L. Williams, J. P. Middle brooks, C. G. Harris, Wesley N. Johnson, F. M. Houser, Robert Morris, J. H. Langley, H. W. Huff, C. T. Kersey, W. J. Mc- Gee, (). A. King, James P, Dug gan, Walter W. Boler, L. M. Ne- Srnith, J. P. Flournoy, J. W. Mc- Lendon, M. E. Sisson, T. J. Tucker, W. L. Renfroe, Jerry Lashley, E. H. Cosey, H. W. Hall, J. G. Heard, J. M. Taylor, J. C. Leverett, Miller G. Ed wards, Chas. M. Watson, M. L. Woodruff, Elton Odum, A. B. Irby, Mavin Griffin (Kathleen), A. E. Woodard, W. C. Jones, George Gregor, Frank M. Ed wards, W. M. Langston, C. N. Cheek, H. S. Kezar, W. D. Hen son, L. B. Sasser, J. M. Satter field, W. I. Lewis, Aubrey Allen, F. L. Woodruff, F. W. Leverett, T. C. Rogers, L. A. Hardin, J.J. Foreman, Dan W. Bledsoe, H. E. Lewis, Geo. W. Ford, L. C. Wat son (Lll), Walter B. Williams, T. C. Mayo, N. F. McCommon, P. M.Satterfield, T.F. Hardy,Sr., A. W. Dahlberg, R. L. Mathews, C. A. Boswell, Jr., James M. Scarborough. M. J. Helms, Al bert W. Pratt, Paul Davis, J. E, Eason, S. J. Ellis, Felix Daniels, Henry Arnold, Luther Spears, Roy L. Davis, W. G. Stubbs, R. Harry Dumas, H. C. Armstrong, J. G. Blaney, Henry M. Powell, W. T. Flowers (Col.) M. C. Ja cobs, H. H. Watson, Geo. B. Wells, W. H. Thames, W. E. Rape, Sr., Geo. F. Collins, Bu ford E. Bailey, Claude H. Pan ned, Joe P. Stalnaker, C.H.Gray, Joe F, Andrews, Clint P. Hardy, .J. H. Sauls, E. M. Johnson, R. E, Ogletree, W. G. Riley, C. E. Hutto. METHODIST W.S.C.S. MEETING The Methodist W. S. C. S. had 'reports from the annual confer jence, which met in Macon last week, at the April meeting held Monday at the church. Those reporting were Mrs. G. C. Nunn, conference editor and historian and former president, and Mrs. G. W. Hicks, president of the Perry W. S. C. S. A program on China was pre sented by Mrs. S. L. Norwood, assisted by Mrs. M. G. Edwards, Mrs. J. M. Gooden, Mrs. L. C. Walker, and Mrs, G. C. Nunn. The Boys’ and Girls’ World club met at the church Monday p. rn. with Mrs. Frank King and Mrs. A. W. Dahlberg in charge. , t'nirty-six were present. I __________________ (IEIHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church Services, 11:30 a. m., and 8:00 p. m. Church School—10:15 a. m. Young People’s Service, 7:00 p. m. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. filled out, disease-free seed that have been well cleaned. Best results are obtained by use of hand-shelled seed, but machine shelled, if not unduly injured, will give good results if treated. Full information on peanut pro duction can be obtained from Mr. Middlebrooks’ office in the New Office Building.