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WIDEN AND REPAVE
U. S. 41 IN HOUSTON
VOL. 80 No 28 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1931 ESTABLISHED 1870
Put Cotton |]
Under Loan. i'
Bureau Told ]
Houston county farmers were
advised last week by an official
of the Georgia Farm Bureau to ]
jut their cotton in the govern- '
ment loan and not to sell it until j
they get 40 cents a pound.
Wilson Still, director of re- 1 1
search for the GFBF, told mem- i
bers of the Houston chapter that i
cotton probably won’t bring more i
than 32 cents — the support price i
—soon after the 16 million bale <
crop hits the market in Septem- ]
ber. • |:
‘ Those who will, can get 401
cents a pound for their cotton," . i
Mr. Still said. “Put it in the loan, ! :
get the 32 cent support price and
before August 1 of next year you 1 1
can sell it at 40 cents. I
No Profit Under 40^
He said the farmer can’t make |
a decent profit if he sells for less
than 40 cents. The Georgia Farm
Bureau does not hesitate in rec
ommending that the cotton be put
in the loan and fyeld for sale|‘
later, he added.
Mr. Still reported that the 1
GFBF hopes to see soil conserva
tion payments continued at the
present level despite the fight of
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration to have the appropria
tions for this purpose reduced.-
The AFBF also is urging that one
year’s storage cost and insurance
be deducted before support prices
are paid. The Georgia group
strongly opposes this plan, Mr.
Still said, and hopes to have it
killed through the efforts of Geor
gia congressmen.
The farm bureau, on a nation
al basis, is fighting against con
trol of prices, Mr. Still declared,
contending that the only way to
curb inflation is to produce more
goods than there is money. The
law of supply and demand will
take care of the problem, he said.
OPS Attacked
He lashed out against the OPS,
which has hired 56,000 people
since Jan. 1, and yet has failed to
control inflation in any way.
Ladies of the Heard community
who served the supper included
Mrs. Jesse Mitchell, Mrs. Waller
Helms, Mrs. Haywood Murphy,
Mrs. W. G. McGee, Mrs. Walter
Byrd, Mrs. Paul Clark, Fannie
Heard, Martha Clark, Fay Clark,
Barbara Murphy and Sara Fran
ces McGee.
President James Johnson an
nouened that the annual farm bu
reau picnic will be held the first
Thursday in August and appoint
ed Mrs. Marvin Dorsett, presi
dent of the Associated Women of
the Farm Bureau, to handle the
plans for the picnic.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Fisher
were welcomed as new members
of the local chapter. Mr. Fisher
is the livestock manager at Hous
ton Hereford Farm. The new
assistant home demonstration
agent, Miss Brown, also was wel
comed by the group.
Perry Federal
Pays Dividend
The Perry Federal Savings & j
Loan Association is paying sll,-
000 in dividends to shareholders,
it was anonunced by F. M. Hous
er, secretary-treasurer.
The dividend covers a 6-months
period from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1951.
On Jan. 1, 1951, the association
paid a dividend amounting to
$10,700.
The company now has assets of |
ttore than $938,000.
FARMERS to visit i
EXPERIMENT STATION
Houston county farmers have
been invited to visit the state
experiment station at Griffin on
July 17, County Agent W. T.
Middlebrooks announced. He ask
ed that all farmers who would
'lke to go contact him by phone
or card. A free barbecue dinner
w HI be served and the experi
ment station officials must know
Low many will attend, he said.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Grantham
°f Norman Park visited their
daughter, Mrs. W. B. Mauldin
and sons, James and Bennett last
weekend.
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Junior Legion i
Title Game
Here Friday
Perry’s American Legion Jun
ior baseball team had its last op
portunity last night to stay in the
Third District-East tournament!
going on at Hickson Field.
They defeated Eastman, 10-7,
Tuesday night to stay in the dou
ble elimination meet. Hawkins
ville lost to Fitzgerald, 5-1, and
met Perry last night. The win
ner of last night’s game was
scheduled to meet Fitzgerald here
Friday night for the champion
ship.
Perry lost to Hawkinsville, 8 to ;
6, in the Monday nightcap. Er
rors cost the Perry lads the ball
game. Tolleson and Satterfield
hurled for Perry. A newcomer, j
Don Cole, caught Satterfield
well.
The class of the area, Fitzger
ald, easily trounced the Eastman
nine, sto 0. ,
Dorsetts Are
Saluted For
Achievements
Averages mean nothing to Mar
vin Dorsett.
When, in 1938, he began rent
ing the 205-acre farm which he
now owns in Houston County, the
law of averages was against the
house burning. But it did, and
most of the furniture with it.
Dorsett and his brothers had
just sold their father’s place.
Marvin came to the new farm
with SBOO.
Averages of the South’s agri
cultural history told him he could
make money growing cotton. He
lost the SBOO, and S3OO besides. A
large part of the crop was never
picked. 801 l weevils.
An average man would have
been discouraged, but Marvin
Dorsett is no average man.
Long Time Averages ,
Here are his averages over the
years: wheat, 30 bushels per
acre; oats, 51 bushels; cotton, 450
pounds lint; corn, 35 bushels;
peanuts, 1250 pounds, and sweet
potatoes, 125 bushels of No. I’s.
Compare them with the 1950
state averages: wheat 12.5 bu.;
oats, 27 bu.; cotton, 227 pounds;
corn, 16.5 bu.; peanuts, 900 lbs.;
and sweet potatoes, 90 bu.
All of Dorsett’s yields' are high
er than state averages. In some
instances, they are twice as high.
Reasons For Success
Why? Dorsett attributes his
success to cover crops, heavy fer
tilization and rotation. W. T.
Middlebrooks, Houston County
agent, backs him up and adds
two other contributing factors;
i good man and good land.
Dorsett’s farming operations
work like this. Wheat and oats
■ are harvested, and the land is
planted to soy beans. This way,
. he has two crops a year on the
same land. Blue lupine follows
the beans. This cover crop is
turned under and cotton, peanuts
or corn planted.
“I try to change crops at least
every three years,” Dorsett said,
“and I like to wait five years be
fore putting peanuts back on the
same land.”
Other than row crops and
grain, Dorsett depends upon hogs
for cash income. Up until a few
years ago he bought feeders but
now raises his own. He has a
purebred boar. In all, there are
about 45 hogs on the farm. Dor-.
sett says he will market about 25
No. I’s a year.
Stating that the Dorsetts are (
one of Houston County’s
standing farm families,. County,
Agent Middlebrooks pointed out
! that they were named the Master
j Farm Family of the county in
! 1950. '
Admitting that he could not
i have done it alone, Dorsett gives
1 a lot of credit to his wife and
three sons, Kemp, 14, Ralph, 11,
1 and Jimmy, five.
Miss Clancy McCaleb, home
1 demonstration agent, reports that
Mrs. Dorsett follows just as good
: practices in the home as Mr. Dor
! sett does on the farm.
1 sett, who is secretary of the Coun
ity Home Demonstration Council
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B. F. MOSTELLER
DIES AT HOME
Benjamin Franklin Mosteller,
79, retired post office clerk, died
at his home here Monday after a
long illness.
Mr. Mosteller was born in
Cherokee county, Ga., and was a
member of the Methodist Church,
and a Mason for the past 50 years.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, M. O. Mosteller of At
lanta and Luther and Lawrence
Mosteller of Perry; three broth
ers, B. A., and E. A. of Atlanta
and J. O. Mosteller of Greenville,
S. C. and one sister, Mrs. Lena
Goswick, Alpharetta.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Tuesday at the Gardner
Watson Funeral Home with buri
al in Evergreen cemetery.
Rev. H. H. Heisler, pastor of
the Perry Methodist church, and
Rev. Cecil Myers, pastor of the
Trinity church, Atlanta, offici
ated.
Pallbearers were Walter and
Hugh Goswick, Wilbur, Hoyt and
Angus Mosteller, Ford and Rob
ert Mosteller and George Wills.
Mr. Mosteller had lived in
Perry since 1919 and he and his
family are well known and be
loved here.
Mr. Mosteller is also survived
by two grandchildren, Larry and
Melba Mosteller.
Old Water Tank
Coming Down
There will soon be no trace of
the old water tank beside the
Methodist church block.
Workers for the Whitmire Tank
Co. of Jacksonville began dis
mantling it this week and it was
coming down even faster than
the new 200,000-gallon tank in
I Armory Grove went up about
two months ago.
The old 50,000-gallon contain
er, too small for growing Perry,
was sold to the Jacksonville firm
for $2,000.
City officials have not decided
whether to leave the triangle a
grassy park or pave over the en
tire plaza between the church
j and the Shell filling station.
and president of the Farm Bu
reau Associated Women, takes
j care of the home garden and an
! nually cans and freezes a home
supply of food.
Boys Busy
Ralph is a member of the Perry
junior 4-H club, working this
year on corn and pig projects.
Kemp belongs to the' Perry F.F.A.
chapter after having been a Four-
H’er four years.
Mrs. Dorsett points to 1946 as
the year she learned how to
properly manage her poultry
flock. Kemp had a poultry pro-
I ject that year and learned from
Middlebrooks how to take care of
hens. Mrs. Dorsett picked up the
knowledge from Kemp and she
says she now how to cull
her flock without killing her best
layers.
The Dorsetts got around tc
buying the farm in 1942. Thej
; bought the farm and built a nev
house through the Farmers Homt
Administration program. Thej
have 40 years to pay for it all
i but they had made so much pro
;! gress by this year that they wen
[ | asked to attend the Farm Familj
■ I Achievement Day at Athens ii
• 1 May to receive recognition for be
■ ing ahead of schedule. Only 8!
I families attended the meeting.
Bookmobile
Os Methodists
To Be Here
“The Circuit Rider,” seven-ton,
streamlined Bookmobile operated
by The Methodist Publishing
House and carrying a complete
sample stock of all types of mer
chandise handled by the firm,
will be in Perry on Tuesday,
July 17.
A special program, featuring a
religious film, will be given at
the Methodist Church, starting
at 8 p. m., it was announced by
the minister, the Rev. H. H.
Heisler. Following the program,
“The Circuit Rider” will be open
for inspection. “The Circuit Rid
er” will also be at the church on
Wednesday, July 17 from 10 a. m.
to 2 p. m.
Tailor-made by a firm of auto
mobile body-building specialists
in Wooster, Ohio, to accommo
date the wide variety of Publish
ing House stock, the bookstore
on wheels is a present day ver
sion of Methodism’s famous cir
cuit riders of the frontier days,
whose book - filled saddlebags
were known as the traveling li
braries of the day.
Variety of Books
Bookmobile stock includes the
books of all publishers for both
church and personal use—fiction,
books on recreation, biography,
current affairs, home building,
worship, child guidance, song
books and Bibles altarware,
communion sets, projectors, re
cords and record players, attend
ance cards, church and church
record systems, pins, pic
tures, and choir robes. No stock
will be sold directly from the
bookmobile, but the staff will
take orders for all items display
ed as well as those listed in the
catalogs which will be available
to visitors,
“The Circuit Rider” is visiting
towns in the Nashville branch
house territory, which includes
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Geor
gia, all this summer, byway of
introducing itself to the people of
this territory. The Publishing
House is, as far as is known, the
first publisher to bring its stock
to the people in this manner.
The bookmobile interior is con
structed with specially built clos
ets, counters, display cases, and
bookshelves to accommodate the
displays. The machine has its
own generator, is ventilated by
exhaust fans; heated in cold
weather by electric and gas heat
ers with thermostatic controls;
and lighted by fluorescent tubes.
Kiwanians Hear
Girls' Staters
Misses Betty Hartley and Beth
Daniel, two of the eight Perry
girls who attended Girls’ State in
Atlanta this summer, spoke to
the Perry Kiwanis Club Tuesdayj
The girls reported on their ac
tivities at the girls’ assembly and
expressed the hope that more
local girls would be able to go in
the future. The assembly is spon
sored by the American Legion.
They were introduced by Jube
Strother.
While Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Hull
of Charlotte, N. C., are on a va
cation trip to the North, their
1 children are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Holland of near Ft. Valley.
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More Than 300
Sign In Plant
Labor Survey
More than 300 white women in
the Perry area have signed up
for jobs in the event a nationally
known garment manufacturer de
cides to locate a plant in Perry,
E. W. Marshall, who is con
ducting a labor survey for the
Perry Development Asosciation,
gave the figure of 300 at the end
of the first week of the survey.
He said he expects to get more
than 1,500 prospective workers
for the plant.
The nationally known manu
facturer, whose name cannot be
used, has sent a representative
to Perry to look over the com
munity. He said he must have a
labor survey made before he can
make any recommendations to
the company about locating the
plant. It is known that the com
pany also is considering other
towns in Georgia,
Mr. Marshall reported that a
large number of those who have
signed applications have prior
experience as sewing machine op
erators. Many of them are from
Warner Robins, which is served
by busses. Mr. Marshall express
ed appreciation for the coopera
tion of the people of the commun
ity in the survey.
State Legion
Chiefs Install
Officers Here
The “top brass” in the Georgia
Department of the American
Legion will officiate Thursday
(tonight) as Commander Paul
Hardy and his staff of officials
of the Robert D. Collins Post of
Perry are officially installed.
Jimmy Powers of Macon, new
state commander; Hoyt Brown,
past state commander; and P. C.
Wise, Buena Vista, district com
mander, will be present.
The meeting will be held in the
Legion home. A fried chicken
supper will be served. “Be sure
to come and bring a buddy to in
sure a good turnout,” post offi
cials urge.
Docal post officers to be install
ed include, in addition to Com
mander Hardy, R. W. Rentz, first
vice commander; H. C. Arm
strong, second vice commander;
Jack Bradley, adujtant; Law
rence Mosteller, finance officer;
| Rev. John Pridgen, chaplain;
IC. A. Boswell Jr., sergeant at
arms; T. C. Rogers, historian;
Gardner Watson, service officer;
and Hubert Atfltman, judge ad
vocate.
Meeting Slaled
On Soil Health
The Farmers Club of the Ma
con Chamber of Commerce will
sponsor a SOIL HEALTH DAY
July 26 at Heard School on Rte.
No. 41 eight miles south of Ma
con.
Mobile laboratories will be fur
nished by the Extension Service
to run on the spot tests of soil
san p es brought in from this and
neighboring counties. People at
tending the meeting will have an
opportunity to actually go out in
nearby fields to take samples of
soils and plants and bring them
in for tests to be made immedi
ately. [
Dr. C. C. Murray, director of
the Extension Service and Exper
iment Stations, will speak, bring
ing out the tremendous need of
analysis of Georgia’s soils to
properly determine their fertility
requirements.
Dr. L. C. Olson, Soil Chemist
from the Experiment Station at
Griffin, will outline the correct
methods of taking samples and
describe the process of finding
out exactly what is in the soil an<i
what it needs to produce profit
ably.
The program will begin at 9
a. m. and will terminate with a
barbecue costing a dollar a plate
at 1 p. m.
Substantial prizes of fertilizer
and lime will be awarded to
those attending the meeting.
Perry is the Camellia City.
NEARLY EVERY HOME
HAS THE HOME JOURNAL
All Dogs Must Be Penned
Following Rabies Case
Grand Jurors
Meet July 30
April term grand jurors have
been recalled for service on Mon
day, July 30, Houston superior
court officials announced this
week.
Outstanding criminal warrants
will be presented to the grand
jury and the body will make its
final presentments at that time.
This grand jury was summoned
for last April but was delayed in
completing its work because of
the traffic death of Solicitor
Charles H. Garrett. In May, the
grand jury returned for duty and
worked two days, but did not
make its final presentments.
It is reported that the April
term jury will complete all crim
inal cases and it will not be
necessary to call a grand jury for
the August term which begins
Aug. 20.
The order to the grand jurors
was signed by A. H. Cotton, fore
man of the April grand jury, and
Tommie S. Hunt, clerk of the
court, on the order of Judges
Mallory Atkinson and A. M.
(Phil) Anderson.
Perry Scouts
To Be In Camp
All Next Week
Twelve Scouts and four Ex
plorer Scouts have enrolled for a
week at Camp Benjamin Haw
kins near Byron the week begin
ning July 15.
The group will meet at the
Hodges Scout Home at 2 p. m.
Sunday and Scoutmaster Allen
Whipple will lead the boys dur
ing the week’s camp.
Scouts signed up include Pear
sall Brown, Wesley Calhoun, Ed
Beckham, Edmund Duggan, Jim
mie Beatty, Sam Nunn, Joel Grif
fin, Horace Evans, Hamp Kick
lighter, Johnnie Mobley, Bobby
Horton and Joel Davis.
Explorer Scouts, whose lead
er is Jube Strother, include
Tommy Mobley, Billy Beckham,
Kenneth Whipple and Tom Webb.
Scoutmaster Whipple said the
meetings will be held each Tues
day night this summer at 7 p. m.
A program on outdoor life will be
given each week and the remain
ing time in Scout meetings will
be spent on helping Scouts pass
requirements and merit badges.
Sam Ryle has just become a
Tenderfoot Seoul:.
2nd Fight Card
Being Arranged
Three topnotch bouts are be
ing arranged by Promoter A1
Low and the American Legion
for the second summer fight card
at Hickson Fitld here July 27.
The main bout will be between
the celebrated Ralph Pearson of
Macon and Rocky Dixon of At
lanta. These boys weigh 150
pounds.
Perry’s Dot Roughton will
fight a four or six round bout
with an opponent yet to be se
lected. Dot weighs 160.
Luther Whitehurst, Perry Ne
gro who showed a lot of promise
in the first card here recently,
will be matched with a good Ne
gro fighter in a six-rounder.
BAPTIST CIRCLE MEETS
The Martha Ansley Cooper
Circle of the W. M. S. met at the
Baptist church on the night of
July 2. Mrs. Aurelia Evans, who
was in charge of the program,
carried out the theme of patrio
tism. Barbecue was served by
the hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Harper and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tuggle spent
Sunday in Auburn, Ala. with Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Pace and Judy
and Mrs. Bright Harper.
Warren B. Hodge, county com
missioner who suffered a stroke
several weeks ago, is reported to
be improving. He is in a wheel
chair part of the day at Macon
Hospital.
All dogs in Perry must be shut
up or tied with chains—not rope
—for 30 days, or until Aug, 8,
city officials have ordered, since
a dog believed to have been rabid
bit several dogs in Smoak subdi
vision and possibly elsewhere
Sunday night.
The dog was killed, but not
before he had bitten several oth
ers. Some dog owners had their
pets destroyed because they were
virtually certain that they had
been in the path of the rabid ani
mal Sunday night.
The rabid dog is believed to
have bitten many animals in the
Old Field section before ram
paging in Smoak subdivision. He
was killed by C. A. Jones.
State law requiring that all
dogs must be inoculated before
July 1 will be rigidly enforced,
officials said.
House-To-House Check
A veterinary representative of
the State Board of Health, the (
County Board of Health and the
city will make house-to-house
calls beginning today to check on
all dogs and inoculate all those
which have not had anti-rabies
treatment.
However, all animals, whether
they have been inoculated or not,
must remain shut-up or chained
until danger of an epidemic is
past, officials emphasized.
Any dogs found running at
large before Aug. 8 will be de
stroyed, they said.
Police Chief J. B. Hawkins is
sued a plea for the cooperation
of all dog owners in these meas
ures, to protect children of the
city as well as valuable and be
loved pets.
Dr. Felix Smith, veterinarian,
is cooperating with public offi
cials in measures to prevent any
further tragic outbreak of dread
rabies here.
Men In Service
Pfc. Charles Hicks, who is sta
tioned at Cocoa, Fla., spent the
weekend with his wife and other
relatives here. He returned Mon
day to Cocoa, which is a proving
ground for guided missiles.
Pete Carlisle of Perry is aboard
a U. S. Navy vessel cruising E.
Korean waters. He has been pro
moted from apprentice seaman to
full seaman.
Bledsoe To Attend
Vanderbilt Univ.
Charles Bledsoe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Bledsoe of Lawson
Drive, has been awarded a four
year scholarship to Vanderbilt
University.
Charles will report to Vander
bilt on Sept. 24. The scholarship
provides SSOO a year.
He has decided to study to be
a doctor.
The award was based on his
outstanding scholastic record at
Perry High School, where he was
graduated last May.
Baptist W.M.S.
Has Meeting, Picnic
The Baptist W. M. S. met at the
church Monday for the July pro
gram and business meeting. Mrs.
A. C. Pritchett presided.
An appeal for funds for Camp
Pinnacle was made by Mrs. J. P.
Duggan, community missions
chairman.
A program on “The Continuing
Price of Freedom” was presented
by Mrs. E. W. Traylor. Mrs. Al
ton Hardy assisted in the dis
cussion of this subject. Mrs. C. F.
Cooper gave the devotional mes
sage.
Mrs. D. N. Whiddon and Mrs.
R. M. Freeman were welcomed
as new members.
Mrs. Austin Taylor and Mrs.
K. R. Vance held a meeting of the
Sunbeams at the same time.
On Friday evening members of
the W. M. S. and their husbands
enjoyed a picnic at Beckham’s
Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carney of
Jacksonville, Fla. are visiting
Mrs. J. E. Carney.