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HOUSTON.HOME JOURNAL
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher . DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE ESTABLISHED 187?
VOL. LV. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, OA.., THURSDAY, APRIL 16. 1925 No. 16
GRAND JURY IN SESSION,
COURT AOJURNS UNTIL APR. 27
The Houston Superior Court
assembled here Monday, but ow
ing to the absence of Solicitor
Garrett adjourned until Monday
April 27th. when the April Term
will be resumed. A number of
criminal cases, as well as civil
Cases left over from the first week
of Court will be taken up -it that
time.
The Grand Jury was in session
Thursday to resume their session,
Solicitor General Garrett being
present to present the warrants
there warrents for consideration,
he having sufficiently recovered
from illness to permit his presence
here. Thirty five warrants have
been prepared for the Grand Jury's
consideration.
Jurors drawn for the criminal
session will serve the Court during
its adjourned session of April 27th.
MRS. R. L. .BAIRD DIES AT
GROVANIA
Mrs. Sallie Baird, age 50, wife of
ft. L. Baird died at her home at
Grovania last Thursday April 9th
after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home at 10 o'clock Friday
morning, Rev. H. K. McGregor of
the Methodist Charch officiating.
The body was carried to Macon
and laid to rest in Rose Hill ceme
tery there Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Baird, who beforo her
marriage was Miss Sallie Kemtz.was
born and reared in Houston Coun
ty. She was prominently identified
with the Church and social life of
her community taking an active
part in the work of the Methodist
Church of which she has been a
member practically all her life.
She is survived by a devoted
fcusband Ihree sons and two daugh
ters. Messrs Robert, Layman and
BUiott Baird of Macon, Miss Ireue
Baird of Grovania and Mrs. C. C.
Pierce of Perry.
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TO CELEBRATE
OPENING NEW SCHOOL
The Parent-Teacher Association
is arranging a May festival for the
first day of May, to celebrate the
formal opening of the new school
building.
A day of pleasure and entertain
ment la planned. Among other
things will be the crowning of the
May Queen, May pole dances
dances of the flowers, elves, rabbits
and grasshoppers, and athletic
stunts by the boy?.
This should be an occasion of
great joy to all who aro interested
in the school and community aud
every one is invited to come,
bringing with them a lunch.
Let's all make Friday, May first
a day of rejoicing !!
P. T. A. CONVENTION
IN SESSION AT MACON
The twelfth annual convention
of the Georgia division of the
National Congress of Parent and
Teacher is in session in Macon
this week, the opening session he*
ing on Tuesday afternoon.
The National President Mrs. A.
F, Reeve is present , and ad
d ressed thecon vention.Georgiafeels
that she has an especial claim on
Mrs. Reeve, because her great
uncle,Abraham Baldwin, a Geor
gia man, the first president and
founder of the University of Geor
gia. He also was the senator from
Georgia in the First Congress and
the man who oast the deciding
vote for the Constitution.
Other well known speakers, in
terested in various forms of child
welfare work, are present.
Many pleasant social affairs have
been given for the entertain-!
ment aud pleasure of the guests.|
Among those attending from
Perry are Miss Mary Lee Greene,
Mrs. P. H, Skellie, Mrs. L. F.
Cater, Mrs. G. ?. Nunn, Mrs. W,
L. Orr and Mrs. J. P. Cooper.
R. H. CONNELL DEAD
R. H, Connell, 55. died at his
home near here Monday afternoon
and was buried in Evergreen Cene
tery Tuesday morniDg. He is sur
vived by his wife; one daughter.
Mrs. John Amerson, of Atlanta;
one brother, W. E. Connel), of
Perry, and two sisters. Miss Mamie
Conuell and Mrs. G. P. Parks, of
Byromville, Oa.. and several
nephews and nieces in different
partsof the Slate. He was original-,
ly from Reynolds, Ga., and has
been a resident of Houston for
about thirty-five years.
Tncreass the Beauty
and Value of Your
Farm andHome'20%
(Averax? increase due to fltnlinp,
reported by real estate dealers.)
The planting of a few fruit and ornamental
trees will quickly increase the value of your
borne in accordance with tlie percentage quoted
At small cost you. may hare pecsn. persimmon
and fig tress that will soon yield a profit.
Rotes, flowering shrubs and vines are icer.
pensivp. They add beauty and valu? to th?
Dome and pleasure t? the owner.
Everything needed to beautify your hotn?
grounds and gardea i? listed in oar new il
lustrated catalogue, it will be Bailed fre*
M request. Writ? for it today.
GRIFF ING'S
INTERSTATE NURSERIES
Florid?
NEW OWNER OF TELEPHONE
PliNT KILLS SELF
H. A. Bond, recent purehae?r of
the Houston Telephoue Plant at
Perry she t himself at his home at
Roberta early last Friday. He died
a few hours later.
Mr. Bond was a well known and
prosperous business man of Ro
berta aud was known to a number
of business men here. He was the
owner of the telephone plant at
Reynolds and Culloden besides the
one at Perry. Ill health and busi
ness worry is said to have been the
cause of his aot, although financial
ly he is said to have been iu good
shape.
It is not known what disposition
will be made of the telephone
plant but it is understood for the
present it will be operated as be
fore under local management as
here to-fore but under direction of
the administrator of the estate.
NEW GIN FOR PERRY
Realizing the need Perry Ware
bouse Company is going to put in
a new, absolutely modern gin[out
fit consisting of 4 seventy saw gin?
in addition to their present plant
thereby doubling their capacity.
They are now investigating the
most modern machinery from all
makers and will install only the
best iu the market. The present
building is large enough to in
stall the new outfit and this will
make a compact efficient plant for
the ginning of the cotton in thi6
part of the couuty.
Announcements will be made
later and the public will be invit
ed to inspect this new plant .of
which we will all be proud.
BARFIELD'S STORE AGAIN BURGLARIZED
Fer the second time since Jan
uary 1st the store and market of
B- P. Barfield & Co. was burglariz
ed last Tuesday night. The thieves
went in at the back door, effecting
the entrance by prizing out a large
staple with which the door was
barred. An ax with which the
breaking was done was found in
market.
The amount of groceries and
other things taken is not definitely
known but several pounds o f
meat, an overcoat and a watch
were missing from the market
Tuesday morning.
MRS. JOKES' PICTURES
ON SHOW IN ATLANTA
Mrs. Nell Choate Jones, daugh
ter of the late James D. and Cor
nelia Roquemore Choate, of Perry.
Ga., a nationally known art'st of
New York City, is in Atlanta for
the Southern States Art League
exhibition at the Baltimore Hotel.
In the exhibit are three exquisite
landscapes of her own.
Mrs. Jones1 works to be seen here
consist of ' House in Sunlight."
"Purple Twilight" and "Meadow
Bloom.*1 They are part of an ex
hibition recently put on in New
Yerk, by Mrs. Jones and her bus
band, lagene Arthur Jones, wbieh
attracted m a eh fsrerable com
aent by critics.?-Ex.
?FOR SALE?Tool? Ootten |?W
?4 Ear Corn. Apply A. F.
dmith ft Boa, Perry, G?.
We Have Just Completed
OUR NEW
FERTILIZER PLANT
And equipped it with the Latest and Most
Modern Machinery.
We are better prepared than ever to take care
OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
Write, Phone or Wire Us for prices on com
plete Fertilizers or any grade of Fertilizer Ma
terials for Home Mixing.
"It's What's IN The Bag That COUNTS."
HEARD BROTHERS.
Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers.
MACON, - GEORGIA
Three months of the new year are passed .Spring is here,
we have enjoyed an excellent business?there is a rea
son, we carry a full line of Hardware, Tools, Cutlery,
Enameled Ware, Crockery, Galvanized Tabs, Well Buck
ets, Water Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers and other things
too numerous to mention, and our prices are
always right.
Our stock of Groceries is complete and our pricrs are 10
per cent cheaper than our closest competitors. Trade
with us and save money. Follow the crowds and yow
will not go wrong.
J. W. BL00DW0RTH,
PHONE No. 94.
The Busy Big Store. Perry, Ga.
We Are Now In The
Paint Business
We ha^e just received a stock of Lucas Paints and
Varnishes which is a recognized standard in the
paint industry. We sell at standard Prices and
guarantee the quality to be as good as any standard
house paint on the market.
It is now within the reach of all to have their hous
es painted, saving the w^ar and tear of the weather
and at the same time making beautiful the home.
We will furnish paint, pay the painter, and allow
you to pay same on installment plan. Twenty per
cent down and the balance in 10 equal monthly
payments. See us at once for details and get your
painting done during the Spring as this i? the time
to get a better job.
Perry Warehouse Co.
Money to Loan
ob Farm Lands in Houston County at Low Rate of
Interes, H you want msaey quick, writ? or call
KATCHER.TURPIN CO.,
235 Mulberry St. Macon, Georgia