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VOL. LXXV. No. 3. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870
1946 AGRICULTURAL
OUTLOOK IN GA.GIVEN
“Georgia’s agriculture is ready I
to move forward in 1946 and in
the years to follow,’’ Director
Walter S. Brown, of the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service,
declared this week, in discussing
the State’s 1946 agricultural out
look.
Georgia farms and farm fam
ilies did a splendid job of pro
ducing for the war, Director
Brown said. Now they are turn
ing to the task of making such
adjustments as may become
necessary in formulating and
carrying out their plans and pro
grams for peacetime production
and better farm life.
“This year, 1946, will be one
of the most decisive periods in
Georgia’s agriculture and agri
cultural planning,’’ the Exten
sion leader asserted. “Plans that
individual farm families make
now and agricultural programs
and policies developed now may
set the pattern for agriculture in
the State for generations to
come.
“Agriculture must make a re- j
conversion—a change from the
all-out production for war to
efficient production for peace,”
the Extension Service director
said. “The era just concluded —
the age of invention and of pow
er machinery—was climaxed by
the development of atomic pow
er. The era we are entering
must be an age af planning.
Good sound planning will be re
quired on Georgia farms and by
agricultural agencies if the State
is to develop an agricultural pro
gram that will provide higher in
come for Georgia farm families
and will make for higher stand
ards of living and enriched rural
life.”
Farmers generally are in a
relatively good financial posi
tion, Mr. Brown pointed out, and
present indications are that 1946
will be another year of relatively
favorable farm prices and farm
income.
“Georgia farmers have been
called upon to produce to the
limit of their resources each year
since the outbreak of the war.
In spite of unprecedented short
ages of labor, equipment and
supplies, and other restrictions,
the farmers of the State produc
ed, in the aggregate, considerab
ly more in each year during the
war than in any year prior to the
war,” he disclosed. “Some of
their high wartime production
records are almost unbelieve
able.”
The drastic farm adjustments
required to reach the wartime
production goals were, for the
most part, just the speeding up
of farm trends and methods that
have been developing in the State
for many years, the Extension
Service leader explained. “Most
of the wartime adjustments were
steps in the right direction and
contributed toward a better bal
ance between agriculture and in
dustry in Georgia and toward a
more stable system of farming,
“The wartime agricultural ad
justments have contributed to
ward a better system of land use,
better balance between crop and
livestock enterprises, more uni
form distribution of productive
labor and greater diversity of
farm income sources,” he con
tinued. These adjustments have
made possible increased produc
tion per acre and per unit of man
labor and increased income per
person.
“In making their 1946 plans,
Georgia farm families should
strive to maintain the gains they
have made in recent years,” Mr.
Brown declared. “The inflation
threat continues and inflation is
almost certain to be followed by
deflation. Farm prices invari
ably fall faster and further than
prices of non-farm products
when deflation gets started.”
Farm families shou'd remem
ber that prices continued to rise
for two years after the end of
World War I—prices of land and
commodities continued to spiral
upward, farm mortgage debt
load increased heavily and specu
lation was rampant, he caution
ed. Such pitfalls must be watch
ed closely and avoided if we are
not to become involved in a repe
tition of the hardships and
tragedies that followed World
War I.
In many respects 1946, our
|kIWANIS SPONSORS |
! USED CLOTHING DRIVE'
I
j W. E. Beckham, president of !
the local Kiwanis club, announc
ed this week that the club has
agreed to sponsor the 1946 edi
tion of the National Used Cloth
ing Collection. Chairman of this
drive will be Prof, John Ether
edge, principal of the Perry
schools, and his first assistant is
Jas. A. Ivey, local Baptist minis
ter and vice president of the club
for 1946.
Collection of the used clothing
will be handled through the
schools of the county, and those
who have children attending
school are urged to send without
further solicitation all articles
of clothing which they wish to
contribute. Those persons not
having children in any of the
schools of the county can carry
their used clothing directly to
the schools or can contact the
authorities and make arrange
ments for bundles of clothing to
be picked up.
This is the second call of our
government for the donation of
our used clothing to help supply
the pitiful shortage of clothing in
the war-torn countries of the
world. Among the people of
many of the nations allied with
us in the great struggle just com
pleted, the need is every bit as
critical as in the conquered na
tions, So give and give gener
ously to this worthy cause.
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
Rev. Roy Snmpley, pastor of
Warner Robins Methodist church,
was the speaker at Tuesday’s
luncheon meeting of the Perry
Kiwanis club. Rev. Mr.Sampley,
son of Rev. J. E. Sampley, a
former Perry pastor, was a chap
lain in the U. S. Army for three
years.
The speaker talked on Youth
delinquency which was brought
on by the war and urged Kiwan
ians to keep up their work with
youth in an effort to prevent and
curb present trends,
Mr. and Mrs. M, E. Akin, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmitt Akin and
I daughter, Anna Katherine, spent
Sunday in Newnan.
Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Nunn spent
Tuesday and Wednesday at St.
Simons where Mr. Nunn was a
delegate to a confere ice to decide
on a meeting place for the an
nual conference meeting of South
Georgia Methodists.
Mr. Clifton Turk returned to
Perry Monday. He was in the
i U. S. Army 41 months and 31
i months of overseas service.
1 first full postwar year, will be
; comparable to 1919, the Exten-:
sion Service director pointed out.
The same underlying factors
which gave rise to inflation then
are present now —scarcity of
goods and an ample supply of
money, cash and credit, to bid
prices upward. There will be
constant pressure to push prices
higher until the supply of goods
which are Scarce can catch up
with the demand,
“The safe course for Georgia
farm families to take in 1946 will
be to {continue to reduce their
; debts, as they have in the past
! several years, and to build up
j reserves against the time when
I farm prices and farm income
may be on a lower level than
they are now,” Mr. Brown said.
Present indications are that
farm prices will average some
what lower in 1946 than in 1945,
Ihe revealed. “These price de
creases should be cushioned by
I the Stabilization Act of 1942,;
! which provides for the extension
1 !of price supports on most com-!
'modifies produced on Georgia
i farms. So, farmers in the State
! i are assured of relatively favor
’! able prices in 1946.”
I Production goals for the more
important farm commodities will
-jbe set up again this year, just as
.during the war years, the direc
tor disclosed. These goals, which
1 will be determined first on a na
t tional basis and then broken
‘ down by states and counties, will
‘ help individual farmers to make
sound plans in shifting from
'jwartime production to peacetime
: production. Preliminary recom
mended goals were considered
* and final production goals on a
state and county basis are being
r 1 released.
! BASKET-BALL SPOTLIGHT
By G. F. NUNN
j The Golden Panthers of Perry
High managed an even break in
the two games they played since
last writing, but ran the odds
into their column by taking in a
nice weekend road trip and a
fine dinner last Friday night at
the New Perry hotel.
Guests of C. E. Andrew on j
Friday evening, they enjoyed an
excellent meal and a gay time as
they speculated on the trip to
Canton in the company of Coach
Staples and C. C. Pierce. But
in Canton they ran into terriffic
opposition and bowed to that big,
rugged team by a score of 33-23.
This game was close and hard
fought until just four minutes
before the end, when Canton hit
the jackpot with three quick
field goals, and the Panthers
were done for.
Tuesday night of this week,
Eatonton came to town with a
team of huskies that looked able
to defend themselves in any
league. The Panthers got the
jump with a couple of quick
goals, but the Blues then settled
down to the grind, and tied the
score just before half time. But
with Cooper looping them from
the corners, and Pierce garner
ing his usual quota under the
basket, the locals finally subdued
the visitors by a score of 35-23.
Friday night the Green Wave
from Fort Valley rolls into town
and every fan in both towns
should be on hand for the fun.
MfisTbTIiBERLY^SSES
Mrs. Alice DeHaven Wimberly,
age 69, of Houston county, died
Sunday in Taylor Memorial hos
pital, Hawkinsville, following a
month’s illness. Death resulted
from pneumonia which followed
influenza.
Survivors include her husband.
E. H. Wimberly, of Hayneville
community: three sons, Harold,
Lee. and Major Charlton H.
Wimberly, all of Atlanta; two
daughters, Mrs. Guy Burns of
Charlotte, N, C. and Mrs. Grady
Poole of Atlanta; a sister, Mrs.
John R. Ellis, of Tulsa, Okla.;
and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in the Chapel
of Clark Funeral Home in Haw
kinsville. Interment was at
Grovania.
Mrs. Wimberly was a graduate
of Wesleyan College, Macon, and
a woman of unusual cultural and
mental attainments. She was
a writer of both prose and poet
ry. She possessed grace and
charm which made her outstand
ing in any group.
Mrs. Wimberly was active in
religious and civic groups in the
f Hayneville community. At one
time she was president of the P.
T. A. and of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Friends of Gene Ethridge will
i regret to know that he is at home
from North Georgia College,
Dahlonega, due to illness.
Mrs. A.T. Fountain Sr. has re
turned to her home in Hawkins
ville after a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. A. M. Kick
lighter, and family.
Mrs. G. C. Watson of Grovania
is a patient at Mercy Hospital,
Macon, Ga.
Major J. L. Riley Jr,, recently
of Fort Benning, Ga., visited his
mother, Mrs. J. L. Riley Sr,,
j Wednesday last week enroute to
I his new assignment as Aide-de
jCamp to Gen. Eddy of the Third
[Service Command at Fort Meade,
| Maryland.
i Mrs. Frank Moody has return
jed home from Orlando and Titus
uille, Fla. She was called there
lon account of the illness and
1 death of her sister, Mrs. J. C.
! Price.
j Among those from Perry at
j tending the Ballet Russe De
|Monte Carlo in Atlanta during
j the weekend were: Mr.and Mrs.
j Francis Nunn, Mr. and Mrs. Al
ston Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Mayo
I Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Beckham, and Mr. Arthur Cobb.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roper and
, son, Joel, moved Tuesday to Ma
; con where they will make their
home.
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By JACK C. MILLER,
Soil Conservationist
There seems to be several
“points of view” regarding Kud
zu. Some of our Conservation
farmers praise it to the high
heavens. Others take quite the
opposite view 7 and their condem
nation of Kudzu is long and
i loud. Guess the truth, as al
ways, lies somewhere between
these extreme opinions.
However, here are some facts
gleaned from hither and yon
about this controversial plant.
Well established Kudzu properly
managed gives complete erosion
control; furnishes two to four
tons of extra high quality hay
per acre, and provides abundant,
nutritious pasture for all kinds of
livestock. Kudzu is a perennial
legume. It holds soil, gives ex
cellent cover, adds humus and
nitrogen and conserves moisture.
It builds soil fertility and is one
of the best erosion control plants
known. It grows well on most
any soil type and on severely
eroded land if properly planted,
fertilized, cultivated (the Ist
year) and managed.
Some farmers regard Kudzu
as a pest. It is aggressive and
left alone will spread over a con
siderable area. However, it can
be held in place by proper cultu
ral methods. Others are posi
tive that there’s no way to get
rid of the plant when once es
tablished. Never-the-less it’s
quickly killed out by overgraz
ing. It can also be destroyed by
harrowing and plowing followed
by cropying to row crops such as
corn. Incidentally yields of four
crops of corn following Kudzu at
experimental stations and de
monstration farms in Alabama
averaged from 19 to 36 bushels
per acre increase in yield, follow
ing 4 year pld Kudzu turned
under.
Kudzu has been planted in con
siderable acreage by many Hous
ton county farmers cooperating
with the Soil Conservation Dis
trict. Hundreds of acres are
planned to be planted in the fu
ture. Qiiite a lot of old plant
ings, either were not properly
planted or managed or both and
consequently never became well
established. Most of this acre
age can be harrowed and ferti
lized and be brought into pro
duction. A lot of the well es
tablished stands of Kudzu have
not, as yet, been utilized for
either hay or pasture. Arrange
ments should be made to utilize
these acreages this coming sea
son. The crop is too valuable
and the need for high quality
hay and grazing too urgent to al
low it to go to waste.
Now is the time to prepare
land for planting Kudzu. If you
are interested in this crop and
desire more information about it
or assistance in securing plants,
etc., contact this office. You
should place your order for
plants at once.
Mr, “Buck” Tolleson came
home from the University of
Georgia and spent the weekend.
Mr. M. J. Tumbleston is spend
ing several weeks in Atlanta,
Mr, and Mrs. Russell Thomp
son of Columbia, Ala. are spend
ing several days with Mr. and
Mrs. A. C, Pritchett.
Mrs. Bessie Lee spent Sunday
and Monday in Waycross,
Tsc Dennis Andrews received
an honorable discharge from the
U. S. Army at Camp Gordon, Ga.
on Dec. 19 after 39 months in
the service including 14 months
in the European Theatre of Op
erations, His awards include 4
Battle Stars, the Bronze Star for
bravery, and the good conduct
medal. Mr. Andrews is at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Beulah
Andrews, at Kathleen.
Bowling Balls
Bowling balls have a core of live
rubber put in shape under 30,000
pounds pressure.
Millions In Mortgages
Lending institutions operating un
der the FHA insured mortgage pro
gram originated during 1940 a total
of $880,465,000 in small home mort
gages accepted for FHA insurance,
' Federal Housing Administrator Ab
ner H. Ferguson announced recently.
POLIO FUND DRIVE
UNDERWAY IN HOUSTON
I
J. P. Etheridge, chairman of
the Houston County March of
Dimes committee to raise funds
for the fight on infantile paraly
sis has announced that the ap
peal will be made between Jan.
14—31.
“Allpeople,” Mr, Etheridge
said, “have come to know that
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis is a necessary
and invaluable force in our na
tional life. We know how effec
tive it has been in epidemics of
polio, providing medical care and
treatment of poliomyelitis pa
tients, regardless of age, race,
creed or color.
“We realize that much of the
knowledge of the disease and its
treatment results from scientific
research made possible by the
National Foundation. lam sure
that everyone will contribute
more generously this year than
over before,”
As in former years, Mr. Ether
idge said, one-half of all the
money collected in the county
will remain here to finance the
hospitalization, care and treat
ment of local sufferers. The
other half goes to headquarters
of the National Foundation and
is used for continuing research,
education and emergency aid in
epidemics throughout the nation.
mldwoolen GARMENTS
By Annie C. Newton, H.|D. A.
Before discarding a wool skirt
that has begun to look worn and
shabby, consider the possibility
of giving it new lease on life by
turning it inside out, Annie C.
Newton. Houston county home
demonstration agent, suggested
this week.
Woolen goods and garments
still are scarce, so every effort
, should be made to get full wear
, from the clothes on hand. Very
; often the faded color, spots and
. wear that make a skirt look worn
. are only surface deep.
If the underside looks new and
, if the fabric, when held up to
r the light, shows no sign of wear
ing thin, the skirt which has
1 fabric alike on both sides is
. probably well worth the time it
. will take to reverse it, the home
. demonstration agent declared.
A skillful darn is the disguise
j for small holes, snags or worn
• places in woolen clothes, the
home agent pointed out. Using
j a fine needle and short thread
will help in making skillful darns,
i Long thread pulled back and
forth across a tear or hole tends
, to stretch the darn out of shape.
Use threads that blends with
i the material —preferably ravel
ings from the same cloth, or dull
finish thread of matching but
; slightly darker shade, the Ex
tension Service agent advised.
! After darning the right side of
. the material, steam press the
finished darn on the wrong side
and then brush the material on
the right side to lift the nap.
, Information and assistance in
• caring for, repairing and remak
ing woolen garments may be se
cured through the home demon
stration agent’s office.
Crossbred Cattle
Crossbred beef cattle produced by
1 combinations of both two and throe
breeds yielded slightly more beef
and profit per animal than compa
rable purebred stock, the USDA
found. The studies involved 275
steer and heifer calves, some of
which were crossbreds and others
! purebreds, used for comparison. The
calves of the two-way cross were the
i offspring of Shorthorn bulls and
i Hereford cows. The calves of the
three-way cross were sired by Aber
deen-Angus bulls bred to Shorthorn
. Hereford cows, the product of the
former cross. The records show
' that, in comparison with purebred
Herefords, these triple crosses
weighed more at weaning and at the
end of the feeding period, gained
more rapidly in the fcedlots, sold for
more per pound and per head, had a
higher dressing percentage and re
turned more per animal above feed
and marketing costs. The degree of
superiority was substantial in most
cases. During the first year the av
erage market return for the cross
bred steers was $14.14 greater than
for the average purebred steer and
for the second year it was $10.49
greater.
Chemistry Leads in Research
Chemical is the leading American
industry in scientific research.
SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS OUTLINED
43 monthly old age and survi
vors insurance benefits were in
force at the end of 1945 in Hous
ton county which is served by
the Macon office of the Social Se
curity Board, an increase of 22
over the number in force De
cember 31, 1944, W. Rogan Mor
rison, manager, said in a state
ment outlining some of the ac
tivities of his office during the
year.
Approximately $597.31 in
monthly benefits was awarded
during the year to men, women,
and children of Houston county,
Mr. Morrison said. This marked
an increase of about $250.16 over
the sum paid out in 1944.
The service area of the Macon
office includes Baldwin, Bibb,
Bleckley, Butts,Crawford,Dodge,
Hancock, Houston, Jasper, John
son, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Ma
con, Monroe. Peach, Pike, Pu
laski, Putnam, Spalding, Treut
len, Twiggs, Upson, Washing
ton, and Wilkinson. In this area
there are 2,632 beneficiaries
drawing approximately $34,331.-
56, an increase of $7,835.13 over
1944.
Mr. Morrison said that a mark
ed increase in the number of ap
plicants for old-age survivors in
surance benefits following the
end of the war had been antici
pated. Many persons who have
been eligible for benefits have
delayed filing in order to help
out in the war industries and
other important tasks. Their re
tirement in increasing numbers is
expected.
“I should like to pass on a
word of advice or caution to
those persons who are not forced
by advancing age to retire, but
;vho are beyond the age limit
and are giving the question
thoughtful consideration,” Mr.
Morrison said. “It is: Call at
the local office of the Social Se
curity Board. It may be advan
tageous for you to file your claim
at once. The people at the of
fice will help you. They will do
it gladly.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School—10:15 a. m.
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
loung People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
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BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
lam having calls daily from
people wanting to rent or share
crop. Would appreciate any land
owner having a farm or farms
for rent or need a share-cropper
to list same with this office, giv
ing particulars on what they
need. By this means I will be
able to help both get together.
W, T. Middlebrooks,
County Agent.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will meet Thursday night, Jan.
24, 7:30 p. m. at the home of
Miss Phoebe Harper,
CARD OF THANKS
To Whom It May Concern,
We, the members of the
George Washington Carver
Lodge No. 1121 wish to express
our sincere thanks for your do
nations given us for the helpless
children and old people of this
community at Christmas time.
Every one of them was happy to
receive gifts which were dis
tributed economically and with
deep appreciation.
May God bless you with a
prosperous New Year.
Radio nuows
In one Australian hospital, pa
tients with head or neck injuries are
supplied with a “radio” pillow.
Containing a very weak loudspeaker
the pillows are made of sponge rub
ber. -((t, -