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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE ESTABLISHED 1870
VOL. LV.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 7. 1925
No. 19
RAILROAD TO BE BUILT
FROM PERRY TO CLINCHFIELD
Perry & Southeastern Railroad Applies
For Charter And Construction Work
Will Begtn Soon.
The announcement of plans for
the construction of a railroad from
Perry to Clinchfield given out this
week is received with a great deal
of interest by the people of this
town and section.
The plans which hare beftn ma
turing for several weeks contem
plate the const ruction of a rail
road approximately eight miles
in length from the city of Perry to
Clinchfield on the east side of the
Georgia Southern & Florida Rail
road, following for six miles, the
old road be?i of the former Haw
kinsville & Western Railroad, di
verging toward the east at the
C. C. Dunoxn farm.
The preliminary work ?f sur
veys and securing riijht-of-way is
H. P. HOUSER SELLS MERCANTILE
BUSINESS TO i. & WOLFF
Mr. H. P. Houser has sold his
mercantile bussiness to J. B. Wolff
of Sparta lia.. who personally
took charge of the business last
week
Mr. Houser retires from the
mercantile business after engaging
in that Hue for some 15years.dur
ing which time he has held a high
placw in the mercantile aotivities
of the city. He goes out of the
mer?autile business to become
Cashier of the Houston Banking
Co.
Mr. Wolff who succeeds Mr.
Houser it is understood will con
duct the business on the same
high plane and will carry an up-to
date stock of dry goods and
clothing at the Houser store on
Carroll Street.
Mr. Wolff is welcomed as a new
citizen and high class business
man in sur city.
BOLL WEEVIL MEETING I
The logical time to begin the
fight on the Boll Weevil is now at
hand. Owing to the mild winter
there is bound to be a heavy in
festation early this seasou so it
behooves every farmer to prepare
for the fight.
There will be a rally at the Ma
con Chamber of Commerce at 1*2
?'clock Saturday May 9th of the
farmers of Bibb and adjoining
counties'. Mr. IT. W, Tur?er, En
tomologist of the Central of Geor
gia Railway and Mr. C.O. Carpen
ter. Agricultural Agent of the 4th
National Bank, will be the princi
pal speakers. These gentlemen
have had years of experience in
fighting the boll weevil and it will
be worth your while to travel
many miles ?o hear them discuss
111 is subject.
The farmers of Houston coanty
are especially invited to attend
this meetinir.
W. G. Middlebrooks, Bibb
County Agricultural Agent.
Fewer Crimes in Prague
Prague.?There was a considerable
decrease in crime flaring tho last year
according to a report issued by the
police authorities. The Hfv, with a
population of TfMi.OOO, had only two
murder cases.
The report records an Increase In
street accidents, which is regarded as
wnly natural In consequence of the
rspld growth of Prague. Twenty
three were killed in automobile acci
dents.
bow just about completo and the
charter is being applied for. |
The new road will be incorporat-1
ed under the name and style of ,
Perry & Southeastern Railway Co!
and will be capitalized at $75,000.
The building of the road is already
assured and it is understood that
actual construction work will get
under way just as soon as the
charter is granted and other pre
leminaries disposed of.
The Perry & Southeastern Rail
road will furnish to the City of
Perry an outlet for freight and
passenger traffic to the South and
Southeast and a direct outlet west
for the Clinchfl^ld section and ad
ditional freight facilities for the
industrial development there.
The new road will mean much
I to this City and section and should
i mark the beginniug of a new era in
| a district where railroad facilities
| have been inadequate for the de
velopment of its natural resources.
MOTION FOR DOMESTICATION OF
CUNCHFIELD CEMENT CO. FILED
The Clinchfield Portland Ce
ment Corporation, of Kingsport,
Tenn., Wednesday morning in Su
perior Court, was granted a peti
tion of domestication in Georgia
of their charier granted in Virginia
in 1910.
The firm is chartered at a capi
tal of three million dollars. This
corporation has in course of erec
tion a plant for the manufacture
of cement at Clinchfield, about
seven miles southeast of Perry,
which will be completed in the
next month or six weeks.
The output of the plant will be
two thousand barrels of cement
per day, which will be increased
from time to tinie to 4,000 or 6,000
barrels a day.
H. P. HOUSERTO BE CASHIER
HOUSTON BANKING CO.
Mr, H. F. Houser has been
chosen to be cashier of the Hous
ton Banking Co on May 15, suc
ceeding Mr! i?. P. Crowell who
has resigned to engage in olher
lines,
Mr Houser has engaged in the
mercantile business here for many
years and his business training
stud his high standing here ad
mirably equip him for the new
position and his numerous friends
offer congratulations and best wish
es for success in his ne.v position.
Mr. Crowell who was a very
popular and efficient, cashier has
many friends who regret to see!
him retire from the bank, lie is
Tax Collector of Houston County I
and has other business connection!
in which he will engage in Perry. J
SOUTHERN STATION FOR CLINCHFIELD
Petition was filed with the Geor
gia Public Service Commission by
the Southern Railroad Friday ask
ing permission to discontinue the
station at Tivola, Ga.. and to es
tablish a station at Clinchfield.
more than a mile away.
The station at Tivola is a non
agency stop. At Clinchfield, the
petition shows, the Clinchfield
Portland Cement Company has
established a large plant, and an
agency station will be needed to
care for its business.
GEORGIA EDITORS RETURN
FROM DELIGHTFUL VOYAGE
Entertained At Savannah,New York And Oa
Board Steamship "City Of Chattanooga'
Members of the Georgia Press
Association, including newspaper
men and their ladies from all
sections of the state, representa
tives of allied industries and rail
road lines and officers of the Ocean
Steamship Co returned last Sun
day after a most delightful and
instructive trip to New York by
steamship. The trip was arranged
ia connection with the midwinter
meeting of the Georgia Press As
sociation held at Savannah.
Arriving ia Savannah April 25,
the party was entcriained at break
fast by the Savannah Morning
News and the Savannah Press and
at lunch by the Savannah Post of
the Americau Legion at Hotel
Savannah. Other courtesies ex
tended by tbe Savannah News
papers were favors extended the
ladies of the party, a toilet packet
from the Savannah Press and
baskets of flowers from the Sa
vannah Morning News.
The party left Savannah aboard
the steamship "City of Chattanoo
ga," of the Ocean Steamship Line
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon of
April 25th. The voyage was over
a tranquil sea and most enjoyable
a variety of entertainment being
provided all along the way, in
cluding a program in celebration
of Memorial day on Sunday, April
26th.
The steamer arrived at New
York at 6 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and the party went immediate
ly to the Hotel Waldorf?Astoria,
the headquarters for the Georgians
while in New York.
The round of entertainments in
cluded luncheon at tbe plant of
the Mergentbaler Linotype Co., in
Brooklyn and inspection of their
plant, entertainment by the Geor
gia Society at tbe Strand Roof
Cascade, a trip to the Stock Ex
change and Wall Street, a trip up
New York Harbor on a tug boat
through the couitesy of the Illi
nois Central Railroad, luncheon on
the Leviathan, the largest steam
ship in the world, guests of the
U. S. Shipping Board, dinner at
the Hotel McAlphin as guests of
tbe \merican Press Association,
luncheon at the plant of the:
American Type Founders Com
pany in Jersey Cily, midnight
lunch at the New York Times
Building and inspection of t heir I
mammoth publishing plant and va-'
rious sight seeing trips. et3.
The trip was made all the more
pleasant by the presence of Presi
dent L. A. Downs and wife of the
Ocean Steamship Co and his genial j
and efficient assistant Mr. J. I). [
McCartney and his charming wife,
together with other officials of the
steamship line, who contributed
largely to the success of the voyage
and the comfort and happiness of
the voyagers.
The party left New York aboard
the city of Chattanooga on Thurs
day afternoon and arrived at Sa
vannah last Sunday morning at
6 o'clock. After one of the most
enjoyable and instructive trips in
the history of the Georgia Press
Association.
Origin of Navel Oranges
Navel oranges, of which California
sends out 8,000,000 boxen a jear, were
Introduced Into the United State? from
Brazil by the D?'j>artinent ?f Agrlcul
ture In 1870. The first experimental
grove contained fewer than twenty
trees. One of the original two trees
brought here may be sren In Wash
ington, D. C.. still and the other 1?
exhibited In California.
WE ARE NOW IN POSITION TO MAKE
PROMPT SHIPMENT
Of All Orders For
High Grade Fertilizers
Either in car lots or less.
NITRATE OF SODA
$65.00 per ton (. o. b. our plant for cash.
Prices subject to changes made by
THE IMPORTERS.
"It's What's IN The Bag That COUNTS."
HEARD BROTHERS.
Manufacturers of High Grade Ferlilizsrs.
MACON, - GEORGIA
DONT BE DECEIVED
Our prices are always the lowest considering the
quality. We carry a full line of Hardware, Stoves,
Water Coolers, IceCream Freezers, Etc., at the lowest
i prices. Before you buy those new Shoes for your Ford
get our prices on Tires and Tubes.
We at all times carry a full line of Groceries and
Feed Stuff. It will be to your interest to buy from
J. W. BLOODWORTH,
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 wear 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 is the time
to get a better job.
Perry Warehouse Co,
MACON'S NEW MILLINERY SHOPPE
Invites you to Macon to inspect A New and Com
plete Showing of
Summer Hats
$7.50 to $25.00
EASTERDAY SHOPPE
359 THIRD STREET MACON, GA.
Next to Macon Shoe Company