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VOL. LXXIII. No. 35
CALL SOUNDED FOR
HELP TO SAVE CROPS
At least 200,000 non-farm peo
ple will be needed by Georgia
farmers to help harvest crops,
J. William Fanning, emergency
farm labor supervisor for the
Extension Service, declared this
week. Last year, 135,000 people
from cities, towns and villages
helped on Georgia farms.
Harvesting of Georgia’s larg
est peanut crop has begun, Mr.
Fanning said, pointing out that
the production of peanuts for
picking and threshing in 1944 is
indicated at 812,725,000 pounds,
or six percent larger than the
1943 production.
The peak of the harvest period
for peanuts in Georgia will come
during September, Mr. Fanning
declared, when thousands of ex
tra workers will be needed if the
crop is harvested satisfactorily
without loss. During this period
peanuts must be plowed up and
stacked on poles, where they can
, cure and be picked for market.
Farm people are working long
hours to save this valuable food,
but the losses of Spanish peanuts}
will be severe if the crop is not
harvested within ten days after
maturity, the farm labor super
visor pointed out. This means
that labor demands are usually
great during the harvest period.
“It is conservatively estimat
ed,” Mr. Fanning said, “that
250,000 people have left Georgia
farms in the past three years.
In addition to the number lost
from the farm, many thousands
commute daily to war industries.
Every indication is that there are
10 percent fewer workers on
farms this year than in 1943.”
He voiced a hope that people
in towns and villages will use
every half holiday they have to
help harvest crops. Town holi
days last year provided an op
portunity for thousands to help
with farm work. “School of
ficials cooperated in the finest
way by delaying opening of
schools and otherwise offering an
opportunity for school children
to help. This assistance will be
needed even more critically in
• 1944 than last year.
“The Army has cooperated by
supplying the services of ap
proximately the same number of
Prisoners of War as in 1943,”
Mr. Fanning said. “This assis
tance is greatly appreciated by
farmers and will be of tremen
dous benefit in saving the pea
nut crop. Prisoners of War,
however, will be only a small
part of the additional workers
needed to help harvest this
crop.”
In addition to the peanut crop,
the cotton fields of south Georgia
are white, he asserted and cot
ton is opening rapidly in the
northern part of the State,
To avoid damage to this crop,
it must be picked as quickly as
possible. “There simply is not
enough labor on the farms to
save both the peanut and cotton
crops without serious losses,” he
said, declaring “there is an ur
gent need for every available
worker to volunteer for the har
vesting of this crop. In north
Georgia, fields will be white in
two or three weeks, and co
operation will be needed in sav
ing this crop.”
Indications point to the fact
that weather conditions during
this harvest season will not be as
favorable as during 1943. The
more it rains, the greater will be
the need for workers to save the
cotton and peanut crops of
' Georgia.
“The farmers of this State
value the help which was given
by people from towns and vil
lages last year, and earnestly
hope that this same fine copera
tion will be extended again in
1944,” Mr. Fanning declared,
saying “the harvesting of crops
is war work, and every volunteer
will be needed.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The circles of the Baptist W.
M- S. will meet next Monday,
Sept. 4, at 4 p. m, as follows:
No. 1, Mrs. W.B. Roberts; No. 2,
Mrs. T. S. Hunt with Mrs. Henry
Bossier as co-hostess.
The Methodist W. S. C. S. will
m eet at the church at 4p. m.
Houston Home Journal
! SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
,j ByG. F. NUNN
I A wintry wind blowing across
(the diamond at the local park
• Sunday failed to chill the en
thusiasm of the players, and the
result was three fine ball games
for the fans to watch. The Eagles
tightened the race for the last
half pennant by whipping the
doughty Hawks 4-3 in a terriffic
battle in the opener, while the
Parrots bounced back off a five
game losing streak to take the
measure of the Owls in the first
game of a double-header 5-4 in
10 innings, but the tables were
turned as the Owls found the
range of Parrot pitching in the
second game and romped to a
5-3 win.
Continuing their fast, tight
play of a week ago, the Hawks
and Eagles put on another snap
py exhibition featuring the pitch
ing of Wilson and Beckham. The
Eagles started the scoring in the
fourth with one of the six walks
they obtained from Wilson and
two solid hits accounting for two
runs. They added another in
the fifth on another walk and hit
and pushed across their last in
} the seventh on a hit followed by
two walks and an infield out.
The Hawks kept hammering
away at Beckham with a run in
the 6th, 7th, and Bth but his
pitching skill came through each
time and with the help of the
fielding of his mates and staved
off the threats. The win gave
the Eagles two out of three for
this, the last series between the
two teams, and stamped this as
the most outstanding series of
the year from a standpoint of
close, hard play.
The first game of the double
bill found the Parrots back in
form after a five game slump,
and with Watts leading the way
with three hits and as many runs
they eked out a ten inning 5-4
victory over the rejuvenated
Owls. The Owls snapped back,
however, to take the second
game 5-3 and remain only one
game behind the Parrots in the
standings. The payoff blow in
this game came when Cooper Jr.
after fouling one along the left
field line with second and third
occupied, drove a long double
into left to score both runners.
Bob Massee, subbing in left for
the Owls, turned in the catch of
the season when with two men
on, W. Gray drove a ball almost
to the school drive in left. Off
with the crack of the bat, Mas
see raced at full speed with his
back to the diamond, and at the
last possible instant, threw up
his hand to stab the potential
homer. At the same time, Bob’s
young son (6 mos.) was enter
taining the bleacherites with his
antics in the lap of Clint Cooper
and Wm, Barfield.
Plans are moving forward for
the League Barbecue which will
be held at Houston Lake Thurs
day evening at 8 o’clock, and to
which are invited all players,
managers, directors and officials
of the league, together with their
wives or dates. Let everyone
plan to be there. (
As the teams move into the I
next to last series of the season
next Sunday, the schedule finds
the Parrots meeting their arch
rivals, the Eagles, in the single
game opener while the Owls
square off against the Hawks for
the twin battle. ’Tis said that
Mgr. Skellie will try his own!
pitching prowess against another
rookie, Lasseter of the Hawks.
This should be a sight to delight
the fans, but more especially it
should replenish the dwindling
funds of the League, as the um
i pires have strict orders to finej
any pitcher who argues with)
them. Those orders, together)
iwith the sale of drinks at the)
!games should boost the treasury]
'by at least forty dollars, evenj
] should these rival pitchers re-j
i|main in the box for only a few]
’ I innings each. So don’t miss the]
fun as the season draws toward]
its close.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
The pastor will preach at both
• services next Sunday.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,,
and 8:00 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 7:00
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 31. 1944
j I ~
War Bonds as Investment for Farmers
,} by Warren W. Hawley, Jr., President
New York State Farm Bureau Federation
TN CHECKING figures of the
A Farm Credit Administration, I
find that farmers are paying off
mortgages faster than at any oth
er period in the history of the Fed
eral Land Bank.
At the same time, farmers are
building up cash reserves, but the
wise investment of this money is
an extremely hard job for farm
ers to undertake. The temptation
is to try and obtain as high an
interest rate as possible.
Many of us see no reason why
we’should not get as much inter
est on our money now as we had
to pay the bank when we were
forced to borrow during the de
pression.
The answer is that today money
is cheap—“expanded”, as the
bankers express it. Therefore in
terest rates are low except in
very speculative securities. Nat
urally no farmer wants to risk
losing his hard earned cash.
We farmers know our own busi
ness and we can invest money in
it snfely because we understand
it. However, when we branch off
METHODIST YOUNG PEOPLE
PUN THREE NEW FEATURES
The officers of the Youth Fel
lowship under the leadership of
Miss Meriamme Rhodes have
been planning new features for
their fall and winter program of
work.
It is planned to develop a rec
reation room in the basement of
the church and to have more
personal effort put into the pro
grams and worship services. It is
hoped the Y.F. can work into the
serving of simple suppers, that
these various features may be
enjoyed by a larger group of
young people.
Another project will be caring
for young children during the
morning preaching service hour
in a nursery in the basement of
the church, that more parents
may be able to attend preaching.
This service will be free-—but the
group of girls listed below will be
available for caring for young
children in homes either after
noon or night at forty cents an
hour. Half of the money earn
ed will go to the Youth work and
half to the individual girl.
Those available for this work
are: Jean Pierce, phone No. 28;
Betty Gray, phone 121; Joan
Herndon, phone 168; Bess Nunn,
phone 29; Joyce Andrew, phone
168. Any other girls desiring to
help with this work are asked to,
call Joyce Andrew, chairman,
at 168.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Lt. Chas. Beavers, pilot of U.
S. Army Air Corps, and his
father, Mr. F. A. Beavers, of
Birmingham, Ala. will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Beavers Friday and Saturday.
ILL Beavers, nephew of J. L.
1 Beavers, has recently been
awarded the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and has completed 100
missions over Europe.
Miss Pearl Edwards leaves to
day (Thurs.) for her new assign
ment at Richmond, Va. after a
visit with relatives here. Miss
Edwards is a deaconess of The
Methodist church. She has
spent most of the past year
studying at Scarritt College,
Nashville, Tenn. For several
years she was head resident at
i Kingdom House, St. Louis, Mo.,
lone of the most important home
(missions of the Methodist church.
( Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tabor
j have received word that their
json, Pfc. Ralph Tabor has ar
rived safely in England.
Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Walker and
i son, Larry, left Tuesday for a
{visit to his parents, at Warthen,
|Ga. and a trip to Atlanta before
(returning home.
Mr. J. C. Mathews and his
daughter, Mrs. Eva Spencer, and
granddaughter, Sylvia Spencer,
spent Sunday at Pavo, Ga. with
relatives.
Mrs. Claud E. Andrew was
brought home Wednesday from
Oglethorpe Infirmary, Macon.
Friends will be glad to learn that
she is recuperating satisfactorily.
into other fields, especially the
highly technical field of invest
ments, most of us encounter sa'i
experiences.
In these days it is virtually im
possible for farmers to put their
surplus cash back into the farm.
War-time conditions prevent us
from repairing buildings, and buy
ing new machinery, automobiles,
trucks and other equipment we
must eventually have if we are
going to stay in business.
So the smart thing for
farmers to do is to invest their
surplus money in War Bonds
where it is as safe as a dollar
bill. These bonds increase in
value the longer they are held;
they can be cashed after sixty
days in case of need, and they
will provide a reserve for in
vestment after the war in the
business the farmers know
best—the business of farming.
I confidently predict that if
farmers will do this, the dawn of
peace will signalize a new day for
agriculture.
U. S. Treasury Department
CHILDREN NEED DENTAL
CARE BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS
How good are your child’s
teeth? Dr. T. F, Abercromie,
director of the State Health De
partment, urges parents to con
sider this question and to send
children to school free of dental
defects. It is a known fact,”
Dr. Abercrombie said, “that
practically all school age children
have tooth decay.” Any child
over two years of age. he ex
plained, is likely to have tooth
decay since about one-third of all
two year old children have cavi
ties in their teeth.
Care of the teeth should begin
early in life, preferably at the
age of two years, and examina
tions should be repeated regular
ly and frequently thereafter be
cause, said the health director,
“the most effective and economi
cal method of treating tooth de
cayis to have cavities filled during
the early stages of decay before
they develop far enough to cause
toothache or abscesses.” The
earlier the cavity is filled the
better the chance to save the
tooth and only a dentist can find
small cavities as some are reveal
only by X-ray, Dr. Abercrombie
said.
Whether or not your child has
been to a dentist earlier, the
health director urges that his
teeth be checked by a dentist be
fore he starts to school. “Special
attention should be given,” Dr.
Abercrombie explained, “to the
four permanent teeth that the
child gets at about six years of
age. Many parents mistake
these first permanent molar teeth
for baby teeth and allow them to
be lost through decay which is a
serious loss to any child.”
Numerous adults suffer from
the results of dental neglect dur
ing childhood, Dr. Abercrombie
said, in urging that Georgia chil
dren be given adequate tooth
protection.
There are many places in the
Bible where it states with reas
suring positiveness that the
wrong doing of a sinful man will
be forgiven, but there is no place
in the Bible where any hope is
held out for a lazy man.
Mrs. L. C. Walker and Mrs. T,
D. Mason Jr. spent Sunday with
Mrs. G. C. Lewis, the former
Miss Edna Barrow, at Barwick,
Ga,
Mrs. Stanley E. Smith and
baby daughter, Carol Lynn,came
home Monday from a Macon
hospital.
Miss Judy House of Atlanta
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Pierce several days last
week.
Mrs. Pearsall Brown and son,
Phil, are in Jacksonville, Fla. for
three weeks to be with Seaman
2c Pearsall Brown, U. S. Navy.
Sylvia Tabor and Cherry Wat
i son of Warner Robins are visit
ing Mrs. J. R. Hunt. Cynthia
Muse and Jo Alice Moody spent
: Tuesday with these visitors at
Mrs. Hunt’s.
RATIONING INFORMATION
A new simplified application
form to acquire new commercial
motor vehicles, designed to expe
dite action on applications, has
been adopted by the Office of
Defense Transportation, Joe F.
Pruett, ODT District Manager in
Macon, Ga., announced today.
The new form—ODT 663 —sup-
plements the older form WPB
663, Mr. Pruett explained. It
must be used on all applications
filed after August 31.
In filing the new form with
their ODT District office, appli
cants must enclose the original
and two copies, he emphasized.
Only two copies of supporting
evidence are necessary, however,
he said.
The ODT District Manager also
pointed out that on applications
for light and medium trucks or
truck-tractors (below 16,000
pounds gross vehicle weight),
with the exception of bus chassis,
it will not be necessary for appli
cants to show the make or model
designation. However, gross ve
hicle weight must be shown.
On applications for trucks over
16.000 pounds gross vehicle
weight it will be necessary to
show make, model, gross vehicle
weight, etc.; and certificates of
transfer issued for trucks over
16.000 pounds gross vehicle
weight will be applicable only to
make applied for.
The ODT official urged all per
sons filing applications to use the
new form as failure to do so will
result in unnecessary delays in
handling applications. Appli
cants may obtain copies of the
form from the ODT District Of
fice at 1113 Bankers Ins. Bldg.,
Macon, Ga.
Fuel Oil
Renewal applications for next
season’s fuel oil rations have
been mailed. As soon as cou
pons are received, fuel oil tanks
should be filled. Period 4 and 5
1 coupons for current season good
until Sept. 30. Period 1 coupons
for next year now valid.
Canning Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 40 good for
five pounds of canning sugar un
til February 28, 1945. Apply at
local board for supplemental ra
tions.
Meats and Fats
Red AB, thru Z 8 and A5 thru
D 5 (Book 4) valid at 10 points
each, for use with tokens, in
definite period.
Processed Foods
Blue A8 through F 5 (Book 4)
valid indefinitely at 10 points
each, for use with tokens.
Sugar
Sugar Stamps Nos. 30, 31, and
32 in Book 4 good for five pounds
each indefinitely. No. '33 be
comes valid for 5 lbs. of Sugar
Sept. 1.
Gasoline
No. 10 coupons in “A” books
expire Aug. 8.
i Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write his
license number and state in ad
vance on all gasoline coupons in
his possession.
Shoes
Stamps 1 and 2 on “airplane”
sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair
each indefinitely.
SCHOOL NOTICE
Perry Consolidated School will
open Monday, Sept, 11, at 9 a.m.
All juniors and seniors and first
grade pupils are urged to regis
ter Sept. 8 between 9a. m. and
1 p. m. in their respective class
rooms. All teachers will be in
their rooms on Sept. 8 and text
books will be issued during the
registration period.
Lt. Dan Grant will speak to
the students on opening day.
The public is invited to attend.
E. P. Staples, Supt.
NOTICE
The Perry Training School will
open Monday, Sept. 11. The
other colored schools in the coun
ty will open Monday, Sept. 25.
It is wonderful that strength
and boldness of purpose and
energy will come from the feel
ing that we are in the way of
duty.—John Foster.
ESTABLISHED 1870
|ga;s constitution
I NOW BEING REVISED
5 The commission appointed by
Governor Arnall to revise the
state’s G7-year-old constitution
i will meet again about the middle
of September. In its four day
session held recently it achieved
a great deal toward modernizing
- Georgia’s basic law.
1 One provision adopted would
prohibit the State from going
into debt. Urged by Arnall and
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher,
! Jr., this stipulation would make
it illegal for any State official to
pay out money or contract any
obligation not approved by the
State Budget Commission and
1 for which money was not already
1 available.
Another action was for aboli
-1 lion of the exemption of new in
dustries from local taxation for
five years. A clause was assert
• ed that present contracts would
not be effected during their life
■ time.
Rewritten were present pro
visions allowing a $2,000 exemp
; tion for real property to provide
) that no exemption be allowed on
' rea l estate unless actually and
l entirely occupied for residential
’ purposes.
3 Levy of a poll tax would be
) rendered optional and limited to
one dollar a year, and ruled out
■ was the section requiring such
3 proceeds to go exclusively for
1 educational purposes, under
i another provision approved.
Another would limit pensions
3 to Confederate widows to those
- who remain unmarried.
. The commission took action
also’to streamline judicial proce
dure so that the six members of
t the Court of Appeals would sit
» as a body instead of being divid
' ed into two courts of three each.
. Another provision would bar
- tax exemptions for trusts estab
j fished for charitable purposes
3 from which donors continued to
receive income.
School superintendents would
be appointed by school boards in
stead of elected, and nearly two
• thousand rural school districts
L abolished to eliminate overhead
expense and place schools on a
county-wide basis, under another
section.
, Acting on request of the Geor
-3 gia Education Association, the
. commission increased the maxi
mum county tax levy for school
purposes from ten to fifteen
mills, and stipulated that the
1 school tax must not be less than
! five mills nor more than fifteen.
The constitution now provides
for a five-mill county and five-
I mill district tax, but the revised
i document would abolish school
• districts and the creation of an
• additional independent school
systems.
! WOOD VITAL TO WAR EFFORT
i
, Wood along with other neces
sary weapons of war, has made
Allied successes possible, J. E.
, Phillips, forester of the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service,
declared this week, pointing out
that wood is one of the critical
war materials.
“For our troops to continue to
advance.it is necessary that they
have a continuous supply of wood
products,” the forrester assert
-1 ed. “Georgia farmers can have
a year-round war job by cutting
; their own sawlogs when they
. are not busy with other crops,”
1 Mr. Phillips said.
3 “We will also need a continu
, ous supply of wood products af
t ter the war,” Mr. Phillips con
> tinued, “and this supply depends
on how we treat our woods to
, day. Only the larger trees or
those in thick places should be
cut for sawlogs, leaving plenty
of healthy, fast-growing trees
for future crops.”
i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
: 8:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
