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VOL. LXXV. No. 28. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ 0 H JRBI AY, JULY 18. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870
Three Teams
Remain Tied
Thompson defeated Bledsoe,
10 to 9, Pierce beat Cooper, 10 to
S, and Ivey won over Ogletree,lo
to 9, in Sunday’s games in the
Ferry Softball League.
Results of Sunday’s games
left thiee teams tied at the top—
Ivey, Pierce and Thompson. Each
has won three games and lost 1.
Bledsoe’s Lions appeared to
have Thompson under,
going into the last inning with a
9-3 lead, but the Thompsonites
hit their stride to score 7 runs in
that inning and overcome the
lead. Ed Thompson and Wilson
led the batting with three safe
ties each in 5 times at bat. For
Bledsoe, Gunter and B. Bledsoe
had 3 safeties each.
Peavy Leading Hitter
Pierce’s Tigers got off to a
good start in the first inning
with seven runs off four hits.
Cooper’s Rebels collected a total
of 15 hits but could not over
come the lead. J. B. Peavy was
the big gun for Cooper, with 4
hits out of 4 times up, including
a homer. Lasseter, W. Gray and
M. Brown got two each for
Cooper. For Pierce, L. Daniels,
N. Chapman and C. Pierce got
two hits each.
Ivey picked up three runs off
four hits in the last inning to
come from behind and defeat
Ogletree. Although M. Griffin
held the Ivey men to 9 hits while
his mates gathered 16 safeties,
the Ogletree Panthers could not
make their hits count. D. Whip
ple and Bobby Ivey were the
only Ivey {players to get more
than 1 hit. A. Skellie got a
homer in the fifth inning. For
Ogletree, Nipper was the string
man at the plate, marking up
four hits and four runs in five
times up. Deese, Watts, L, Bos
well, G. Gray and M. Griffin got
two hits each for the losers.
1 he Standings
Won Lost
Ivey 3 1
Pierce 3 1
Thompson 3 1
Bledsoe 2 2
Ogletree 1 3
Cooper 0 4
Games Sunday, July 14
2p. m. Pierce-Thompson.
3p. m. Cooper-Ivey.
4p. m. Bledsoe-Ogletree.
Donkey Baseball
Coming July 26
Donkey baseball, which has
delighted Perry fans in the past,
will return here for a one night
stand Friday, July 26, with a
game between a business men’s
team and a squad from the
Walter B. Whitten post of the
V. F. W.
The Perry Airport Diamond
will be lighted for the game,;
which begins at 8:30 p.m., it
was announced by the V, F. W.
committee in charge. Admission
will be 50c for adults and 35c
for children under 12 years old.
Methodist Activities
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
ioung People’s Service, 6:30
P. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
Internal Structure of
Spoon Worms Fantastic
Life seldom has manifested itself
m more fantastic form than in the
spoon worms. They are like ani
mated bags of liquid filled with a
loosely integrated conglomeration of
vital organs.
It is difficult to picture animal
Lie functioning in a more chaotic
milieu than inside these liquid-filled
nngs in which internal organs seem
“float around” without any fixed
Positions. Closer study, of course,
shows considerable organization of
the essential life processes.
Nearly every variety of spoon
worm is characterized by a long
Proboscis with which it gropes for
mod in the mud. Echiuroids are
<Hirrowers in mud or sand, where
they fashion more or less perma
«fnt tunnels. Occasionally, however,
they live under rocks or in mud
mled mollusk shells. Sometimes
hey occpy rock galleries excavat
ed by boring clams. Naturally they
ne very close to a purely vegeta
rwe existence.
r EUGENE TALMADGE
One of These Men Is The Next Governor of Georgia _
E. D. RIVERS
State Resumes
Road Building
ATLANTA, (GPS)-Like her
sister states, Georgia was forced
to curtail road-building during
the war because of Federal Gov
ernment restrictions on public
works projects.
Now, however, since those re
strictions have been removed,
Georgia today is carrying out
the most ambitious road pro
gram in the state’s history. By
the end of the year read work
costing $37,000,000 will be under
way in practically every county.
The full extent of Georgia’s
accelerated highway program
was realized last week when Gov.
Ellis Arnall announced a new
$2,000,000 road-building pro
gram in some 40 additional coun
ties to be financsd entirely out of
state funds. This is in addition
to the Governor’s previously an
nounced $2,255,250 state financ
ed program and the $32,000,000
federal state matching program.
State Highway Director Geo.
T. McDonald said all federal
funds allotted to Georgia for
joint construction of roads under
the federal-state program have
been matched. The director add
ed that this new project would
give Georgia more roads than
previously planned.
In announcing the newest road
project, which has been approv
ed by the State Highway Com
mission, Gov. Arnall said the
program was “to further assist
in getting the people of the state
‘out of the mud.’ ”
Ar«my Recruiters
Coming to Perry
An Army Mobile Recruiting
Unit will arrive here today for
an indefinite stay in Perry, Lt.
Curtis Cheney announced yes
terday.
The recruiting unit, which will
be in charge of Cpl. Rombrough.
will accept enlistments in the
regular Army and will give in
formation concerning new Army
pay scales.
The unit will be located in the
downtown sectiom
Peach and Melon
Shipments Lighter
The movement of peaches and
watermelons over the lines of
the Central of Georgia, which
serves Perry and other shipping
points in the fruit belt, show de
creases this year from 1945 ship
ments.
Through June 28, the peach
movement for 1946 shows 2,039
cars handled over the Central,
a decrease of 1,287 cars as com
pared with 3,138 up to June 28
of 1945.
The decreases are due to small
er crops in both cases.
Purchasing Power
From 1925 to 1934, the average
annual income per worker—in dol
lars of equal purchasing power-in
the United States was $1,381; in
Canada, $1,337; in the United King
dom, $1,069; in Australia, $980; in
Norway, $539; and in Mexico, $3OO.
Potato Seed
Use of certified potato seed is the
best insurance a farmer can have
against bacterial ring rot disease
of potatoes.
NUNN NAMED
HARVEY AGENT
George C. Nunn & Son has
been appointed local headquart
ers for the Harvey Red Hed
Hammer Mill and Kernolizer, a
corn sheller.
The Hammer Mill enables far
mers to grind their feed faster
and increase feed available for
dairy and meat production. Gov
ernment experiment stations say
that grinding grrins, roughage
and even soft corn increase feed
ing values 20 to 40 per cent.
Nunn’s now has the Harvey
Red Hed Hammer Mill and Ker
nolizer, the farm-size corn shell
er, in stock.
Along About
NOW
Being a weekly, The Home
Journal Was prepared for publi
cation before the election re
turns were complete and we did
not know who our next governor
will be.
We are glad the campaign is
over. Not because political cam
paigns are bad for the state, but
because BITTER campaigns are
bad for the state. The name
calling and mud slinging does
not promote the unity that Geor
gia needs to progress. We be
lieve that no candidate is as good
as he says he is and no candi
date is as bad as the opposition
claims he is. They are all hu
man.
The sooner we forget the bit
terness that has been engender
ed during the campaign, the
quicker will we get back into the
game of developing the state to
her fullest capacities.
We hope that no one will ever
be sorry that he voted for the
man who received his ballot.
We hope that no voter will find
it necessary in the future to de
ny th#t he supported his favorite
candidate of the moment. This,
however, has been commonplace
in recent Georgia elections. A
governor goes into office a hero
and comes out as a heel.
We hope that our future pri
maries, whether controlled by
law or controlled by the party,
will be fair and that the people
will have a real opportunity to
express tpemselves. If the will
of the people is submerged in
power politics, then we will have
lost our democracy right at home.
The Home Journal will lean
over backward to be fair to ?.!!
our politicians, as we have tried
to do during the campaign. But
if we do not agree, we expect to
exercise our right to say what we
think.
To the next governor of Geor
gia, congratulations and best
wishes for success. C. E.
Welcome Home
Ernest C. Padgett, S 2c, Route
2, Perry, received his honorable
discharge from the U. S. Navy
at Jacksonville, Fla., July 11.
Earl Marshall, S Ic, son of Mr. i
and Mrs. W. E. Marshall of Per- i
ry, has received his honorable
discharge from the Navy and
will enter college this fall.
Allen P. Whipple, son of Mrs.
A. P. Whipple of Perry, has re- i
ceived his honorable discharge
from the U. S. Navy.
■RATIO 41 TO 1
OVER NEGROES
As Houston countians went to
the polls yesterday in the first
Democratic primary in which
Negroes participated, Whites
outnumbered Negroes about
41 to 1.
A total of 3.114 individuals
qualified to vote. This number
includes 74 Negroes out of 808
registered. Fifty-five Whites
were disqualified for failure to
re-register and various other
reasons. The 734 Negroes were
disqualified for failure to meet
the minimum educational re
quirements.
The qualified list is about two
and a half times the usual num
ber of qualified voters. More than
2,500 are expected to cast ballots.
Warner Robins displaced Perry
as the heaviest voting precinct.
Warner Robins has 1,175 qualifi
ed as compared to Perry's 1,135.
The increased qualified list can
be attributed to 1) Abolishment
of poll tax; 2) Lowering of vot
ing age; 3) Increased population
in the county.
MAKE IT PLAIN
If this primary campaign has
taught us anything.it should have
presented a very clear lesson
that we muft have specific, clear
cut laws governing the qualifica
tion of voters and the duties and
authority of the Board of Regis
trars,
If such laws are not enacted it
is possible that the jobs on the
boards will be studiously avoid
ed. And the people can* hardly
blame a citizen for declining to
accept appointment to the board
because the state’s laws are not
clear enough to assure him that
he can follow the code without
fear of prosecution for a violation
he did not know he was commit
ting.
It has been reported that many
boards have simply done nothing
for fear of violating a law that
could not be interpreted with
any degree of accuracy. A do
nothing policy means that thous
ands of people who cannot mea
sure up to the generally accept
ed standards will be allowed
to vote.
The people of Georgia should
call on the legislature to enact
air-tight, clear cut laws to pro
tect the sanctity of the ballot
box. This should be done at the
very next session of the legisla
ture.
4-H CLUB CAMP
Negro 4-H club boys and girls
of Houston county will attend
the State Wild Life Camp at
Dublin, July 22 through July 27.
John Moody, negro county
agent of Houston county and
M. L. Toomer, home demonstra
tion agent, will be in charge of
the trip. A number of Wild
Life Scrapbooks have been made
to go on exhibit at the camp.
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Every week, the people
who use the Classified Ads
in The Home Journal sell
what they don’t need; buy
what they do need; find
what they lost; and locate
a job they need. We are
as near as your nearest
telephone. Call 35 for a
Classified Ad that pays off.
Vinson Favors
Altamaha Plan
i
Representative Carl Vinson of
Georgia, chairman of the House
naval affairs committee and one
of the most influential members
of Congress, has adopted the
Altamaha development program
as his No, 1 objective.
“I like to have an objective—
and see it accomplished,” he told
officials of the Altamaha De
velopment Association in a Ma
con conference last week. ‘‘We’ll
get this done,”
It was the first time leaders inf
the multi-million dollar develop
ment program had had an oppor
tunity to sit across the table
with Mr. Vinson and discuss
with him the progress already
made in the Altamaha basin,
looking toward ultimate approval
of the project by congress.
The congressman expressed
his pleasure in the Interest shown
‘‘by so many people in so many
counties” (including Houston)
along the banks of the Altamaha,
Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers.
‘‘This development program,"he
reiterated, ‘‘is not a Macon pro
gram alone, but one which will
benefit every county in the ba
sin, and I’m delighted to see
such fine work going on.”
Mr, Vinson summarized for
the Altamaha officials the exact
steps which must be taken by lo
cal sponsoring groups to win con
gressional approval of the pro
ject a year or more hence.
He emphasized the importance
of the commercial survey now
being made by the Knappen En
gineering Company o f New
York under contract from the
Altamaha Development Associa
tion.
Baptist Activities
It was almost like Christmas
on the campus oi the Georgia
Baptist Children’s Home this
week. There was excitement
everywhere. A generous family
in Atlanta sent to the Home a
beautiful thoroughbred poney
named Thunder.
It did not take many minutes
for the news to get around and
for the pony to be surrounded
by hundreds of little folk, eager
to touch his shining coat, or to
let him kiss their hands. He was
hugged and petted by everybody
that could get close enough. The
pony seemed as delighted as did
the children. When told that
nobody that weighed over 75
pounds could mount him, there
was a scurry to the scales, and
much concern on the part of
those who found the scales show-!
ing them weighing above 75j
pounds. What the Home will;
save by those going on a diet to,
reduce will probably pay for the
care of the pony!
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
, Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00
p. m.
Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
Presbyterian Notice
Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m.
Church Service,Perry, 11:30a.m.
Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3p.m.
Church Service.Clinchfield, Bp.m.
Rev. J. H. Mulholland, Pastor.
'Boll Weevil
jLoss Heavy
“Unless Georgia farmers put
up a real fight against the boll
weevilsj it is possible that the
weevils will do more serious dam
age to the cotton crop than they
have done for many years,” E.
C. Westbrook, cotton specialist
of the State Agricultural Exten
sion Service, declared this week.
The boll weevil situation in
Georgia is very serious, the cot
ton specialist pointed out. Ac
cording to figures from the U. S.
Department of Agriculture,there
is only about two-thirds as much
calcium arsenate available this
year as last year.
“801 l weevil population in the
southern half of the State the
first of July was about as high
as it normally is by the end of
July,” Mr. Westbrook reported.
“Weevil population throughout
most of the northern hale of the
State is extremely high.”
Cotton in most areas of the
northern part of the State is late,
the cotton specialist said. This
! cotton will be very vulnerable to
| weevil damage when the heavi
; est migration begins.
“Due to the large weevil pop
ulation and the fact that there
is a considerable amount of late
cotton, it will probably be neces
sary to do more late poisoning
this year than usual,” Mr, West
brook predicted.
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Beetle Invades
Houston County
Houston county is one of 17
counties where infestations of
the white fringed beetle have
been discovered by scouts of the
Georgia Bureau of Entomology.
\ The new outbreaks were trac
ed from sales of plants from
heavily infested nurseries in
Eort Valley and Macon,
To combat further spreud of
the beetle infestation, the state
bureau has arranged for DDT
spraying by aicplanes from the
I Macon area.
‘‘This is the most serious in
sect invasion since the boll wee
vil and can cause millions of dol
lars damage,” C. H. Alden, di
rector of entomology, said. Crops
attacked by the beetle include
peanuts, corn and all grasses, to
matoes, velvet beans and all
types of shrubbery.
Other counties besides Hous
ton where the beetles have been
found include Bibb, Peach,Craw
ford, Baldwin, Crisp, Washing
ton, Laurens, Dodge, Macon, De-
Kalb, Fulton, Troupe Upson*
Muscogee, Habersham and
Spalding.
Perry Boys Lead
In Baseball School
Perry boys dominated the two
all-star teams chosen from the
200 athletes enrolled in the Ma
con Baseball School last week.
Seven local boys were chosen
[on the two teams and took part
in a seven-inning game preced
ing the Macon-Columbus game
Friday night. They were Clin
ton Cooper, Jr., Lewis Bledsoe,
Richard Ogletree,Carlton Pierce,
Jr., Blue Calhoun and Bobby
Satterfield.
Carlton Pierce, Jr., was chos-r
en as the outstanding player for
the Tryon Terrors while a Coch
ran boy won tms honor for the
Hartness Hornets.
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j Ration Round-Up
! Sugar Stamp No. 49, good for
5 pounds, expires August 31.
Spare Stamp No. 9, good for 5
pounds of sugar for canning, ex
pires October 31, 1946.
Spare Stamp No. 10, good for
3 lbs. of sugar for canning, be
ginning July 1.
Housewives and others in
Georgia were urged to “hold on
to their ration books” hy OPA
Deputy District Director Richard
W. Florrid, who pointed out that
sugar is still being rationed.
Rationing was not governed by
the Price Control Act, which ex
pired June 30, but is covered by
the Second War Powers Act, Mr,
Florrid said.
