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r THE HOME JOURNAL . “I may be old-fashioned,” says Bill ‘but my idea of highbrow — ; is a person who says “corn on the Price $1.50 A Year. In Advance cob’ whee he means “Roas’n ears.” Published Every Thursday'Morning Official Organ of Houston County : The thing that dismays the | father is the suspicion that his son is doing the things he did at j that age. JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES I The good die yonng, Just as soon as home made brew begins to get good the owner kills it. GRANDJURY PRESENTMENT HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT OCTOBER TERM, 192? Thursday, Oct. 18. tbe followingjas our presentments for the term. By committee we i have examined tbe books of all of | A St. Louis wife says she will ’i,he court officials as well as all of foljow hubby until desert sands I the countys properties and the re grow cold. Not so romantic, says 1 ports from these committees are as follows: . . • Wo dnd the books of the Coun convicts, of wb icli two are w men, all in good health, except white man who is confined t camp from bullet wounds receive' while trying to escape. The “ teen mules at this camp arei , . , fairlv good condition. At We the <irand .Jurors chosen j ury at the April Term. 1923, I( f cate d near Elko, we an and sworn for the October lerm ot carr i e d with them a recomendatioto thirteen convicts in good Houston Superior Court, submit f ba fl the Solicitor-General of the ^j a0 thirteen mules in good worl the shape; Bill. He owes her $>4,000. A Perry youth taking bis first tv Treasurer to be correct and STUMS -atlykept; we lid that book. GENERAL OFFICES ,MEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES he doesn’t get to stay in bed long enough for the lamp chimney to cool eff. POLLYANNA COLYUM- MORE WORK THAN WIT It is as hard to keep up with the st yles as it is with the weather, wails, Bill. have been properly audited by a certified Public Accountant, we commend the Treasurer for his ef ficiency. We find the books of the tom- missioners of Hoads and Revenue to be properly kept and certified to by audits on the First of April each year, we find that this is the correct thing to do and heartily approve of this annual audit. We find from the Tax Col octors books that ha has collected dur- Ford doesn't claim to be a liter ary man, says Bill yet he turns out the tin best sellers. Miss Miller was having her first grade from a chart. She came to the sentence: "can you see me, mamma!” James’ she said, read that mg the second and third quarters sentence” James read perfectly aB g pec i a iT a x e sa tolal of $2931.60 . until he came to the word ''see” . aild the Tax collector holds re- | T don’t know that word” he oeipts showing that he has properly paid over these amounts to the It wouldn’t be so hard to pay the Third installment of the in come taxes if one could remember what becomes of the income, complains Bill. What If Wb Did Tell The Whole Truth! said. Why, James, think real hard. What are your eyes for! ‘‘now read,” said Miss Miller. Oh! “now I know, to look with” “oan you look me, mamma!” James readily read. The boys team is as follows: nomer Davis—center Louis Gilbert—Guard Louis Harper —Guard Alfred Edwards—Sub. Guard Wordna Gray—Forward ooleman Strother—Forward in proper authorities, we find numerous cases those subject to this class of tax have paid but have failed to register with Ordi nary as required to do by law: we also find Borne instances where they have registered but have not paid the tax; in a few cases we find those subjeot have neither registered or paid the tax. We recomend that these defaulters be warned that in the future bills will be made against them for law The most exciting event of the week was the collision of the foot ball with a window pane you may guess the results. A short time ago the editor of the paper jfrew tired of being oall- ed a liar, it is said, and announc ed that he would in the future bandied the truth only. His next issue contained the following item: "John Benia, the laziest man in town, made a trip to Beevil on Monday. “John Ooele, our groceryman, is doing a poor business. His store j half will be broken and we U dusty and dirty. How can he ex- slip back into the old rut. pent to do much! “The Rev Sty preached last Sophomore English class Sunday ou charity. The sermon was Studying nouns that could was punk I have a genitive, especially one “Dave Cranky died at his home j h ind called * certain signified ob- here Tuesday. The doctor gave it j ect8, JSHi Last week started the new mouth, and resolutions to do bet ter were made by scores. Half of them we have broken, already, and before the month is over the other wii) that moonshine killed him. “Miss Sylvia Rhodes and Sam Oollins were married Saturday at the Presbyterian parsonage. The bride is a very ordinary town girl, who doesn't know any more about oooking than a jack rabbit, and newer helped her mother three days in her life. She is not a beauty and has a gait like a duok Tbe groom ta an up-to-date loafer. He has been living off the old folks all his life and is not worth shucks.” Any newspaper man in t h o nation could turn his country up side down by publishing so small a portion as one-tenth of the things he knows and keeps under his hat. Miss Brannon asked a boy what they were studying. He said, “Signified nouns mam.” Miss Miller has had the girls who are trying for the basket ball team praoting in their suits, The team will be olected sometime this week, and will be announced next week, From the shadows Look toward the light And you'll say the corafeds Look all right. And speaking of bananas, the skin of one tied to each shoe sole is a great help in dancing to that tune (!) The best way to turn a gold ring to platinum is to put mercury on it, say some of the sonior physics pupils, who havo had mercury to change the glittering gold into a bright silver, Miss Bryan—“Tommy what is 13—7 -to!” Tommy: (what was more asleep thau awake, replied:) '“The Snow Fall,” The subject of their reading lesson. We find that several Justice of the Peace have failed to bring their books in for examination and urge that they be made to do so at the next term of the court, we find those that we examined to be iu regular order as far as we could tell, We find the books in tbe Ordi nary’s office to be well kept and the system used to be way above the average and we commend him for keeping all records where they can be so eaisly found. We find insufficient books and records iu the Sheriff’s office to make a complete report and reco mend that at the April Term that be be required to present in detail all ol his affairs for examination to the Grand Jury. After a through examination of the records in the Clerk’s Office we find the following deplorable conditions to exist: The Clerk’s Office has been criticised by the two Grand Juries next preceeding this one. At the Ootober Term, 1922, one year ago the Grand Jury, iu their present ments, oalled attention to the faot that important records in t h e Circuit bring contempt proceedings. ing cond ition. The camp is arrainBf. C H Hardison, predecessor and in sanitary condition. cleat thej at to against in office of the present Clerk, and j After a thorough examinatio against the present Clerk, for of a committee composed of their failure to do their duty in ent i r0 Grad Jury we find th the particulars specified; and that County jail to be inadequated i the Solicitor of the City Court g j ze aud altogether unsanitary an bring contempt proceedings against an un flt place to incarserati the present Clerk of the Superior human beings and we reoommen Court as Clerk of the City Court- that County Commissioners We are advised that no such pro- once bu i]d a new jail at a cost ceeding has been brought by the county, not to exceed 820,01 either prosecuting attorney. i an d especially urge that th We have looked into the state present walls as well as all othe of the records in the Clerk’s Office par ts of the jail be salvaged an and we find that, notwithstanding use d in the construction of thi the fact, that this is the third con- new j a n asfar as possible. W secutive Grand Jury that has in- f ur ther recomend that moder vestigated this matter and made san itary appliances be equippe recomandations touching it, the; throughout the building, work has not been brought up to | We commend the County Com date; on the contrary, we find the missiorars for the employmentc following deplorable condition a Certified Public Accountant an prevails in the office of the Clerk BU gg es t this practise be continue of the Superior Court and that of eacb year the City Gourtof Houston County; | We fix t he pa y 0 f Grand Jurors, 1st. That C. H. Hardison is Traverse Jurors and Balifs both oi chargable with .the fact thatno| t jj 0 g upe rior and City Court Minutes of the Superior Court have been recorded from June at 1st. 1920 to Jauuary 1st, 1921. 3rd, That C H Hardison is chargable with the fact that no Charter proceedings have been recorded from Jane 15th, 1917 to January 1st, 1921. 4th. ThatC. H. Hardison is chargable with the fact that no Final Record of the Superior Court has been made up from April Term. 1913 to January 1st, 1921. 5th, That H L Wasden, pres ent Clerk, is charagble with the fact that the minutes of the City Court during his term are still far in arrears. 6th. That H L Wasden is chargeable with the faot that no minutes of the Superior Court have been reoorded since October 1922. 7th. That H L Wasden is ohargebale with the faot that no Charter proceedings have been reoorded dnrLng his term of Office. 8. able with the fact that no final record of the Superior court has $2.00 per day. We find at tho County Farm, seven inmates, well care for.Tho farm being in splendi condition in every detail. We have had for consideratio (66) bill, of which we have 58 true bills and 8 no bills. We desire to thank the Hon. H. A. Matthews for his able and comprehensive charge to tbe Grand Jury, also for the courtesies shown us by Judge Malcolm D. : Jones. Wo especially desire to thank Sol. Ohas. H. Garrett for his untiring efforts in nur behalf and we commend him as an able and effieient officer. We recommend that these pre sentments be published in tbs Perry Home Journal and thi Leader Tribune of Fort Valley at cost not to exceed $10.00 < aoh. Respectfully Submitted. . G. F. Cooper, Foremar, E Holtz- daw, Clerk.—J D Duke, O J Bateman, J J Culler, L P Gray, W Wimberly, H •a L7“ 4 - e " * Oiprt?H O NeaI. O O Kent Gordan Wilcoxon, W A Strother, L C Howard, W D Murray, T F X“ r6COrd ' ddUri "‘ t W * term of Flournoy. M B Lee, J B c JswJli 1 W J Crawley, Ben BobeHson C B Watson. H A Tucker. The foregoing general present*, ments of the Grand Jury pf Hous- office 9th, That H. L. Wasden is ohargebale with the fact that the general index is several months in arrears. The keeping of these records up to date is an important aspect on ton County are hereby ordere spread upon the minutes of the duty of a Clerk of Court. The cour * a “A.5 ubl i®} , ? d r . a . 8 , citizens of the County have the recommended. 1 bis October 11th County have the right to expect that this jrork will be done by whoever holds tbe offico. We feol that we speak for the citizens. Important private and public rights stand or fall ac cording to these records and the Life is missing. ** A critic a ladder with rtimgs The Senior class is to have the pleasure of siudying “Mother Goose Rhymes’ * and “child’s Garden of Verses” in connection with literature, says Americans have lost their nerve. Has he noticed the entries in beauty contests! Eve had no laundry bill, Neither did Adam; Didn’t wear any clothes, Nobody had ’em, Nobedy did. Wish we could do that, Don’t you, ol’ kid! The sehool of experience doesn't grant any holidays, says Bill, In physics this question was asked: Why does an ocean Steam er draw more water after entering fresh water!” The answer was: The salt water is ‘condenser’ than fresh water, B, W, H, A, —FOR SALE—Abruzzi Seed Rye at $2.00 per bushel. Cali on me at home or at B H Andrew & Son C A Thurmond, Perry, Ga. FARMS FOR RENT The big problem before the coming generation is how to get a meal without using a can opner. I Several one and two horse farmr in high Btate of cultivation just out side the city limits of Haw- says Bill. Are ean openers to be ^* nsv ^ le » Good land, good abolished along with cork screws! I?/” 18 ®?! ?°° v d ^ ences * „ Inquires Bill, ( Merritt & Anderson Bros Co., 1 Hawkmsville, Ga. Clerk’s Office were not being kept fant that they are incomplete in up to date as the law contemplates the particulars designated must and requires and placed the re* be well known and must be re sponsibility for this condition up-| garded by every good citizen as a on C. H. Hardison, former Clerk. At the April Term, 1923, the Grand Jury went more fully into this matter and reported somewhat in detail the work that had been and was being nelected in this office. This report of the Grand Jury showed the following facts:- lst. That no minutes of the city Court of Houston County, the Clerk of which Court is also the Clerk of the Superior Court, had been recorded from June 1st, 1920 until the date of that report, with the exception of minutes from January 1st, 1921, through July 1921, criminal and ings. deplorable state of affairs. An officer of Court is the last person who ought to defy tho opinion of the citizenry as reflected by the recomend ations of the Grand Juries of the County. We know that the City Court of Houston County and the Superior Court ought to deal with these recalcitrant officers. 1923. Malcolm D. Jones, J. S. C. M. C., : # Chas. H. Garrett. Sol. Gen. Georgia Houston County, Hous ton Superior Court. I certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the presentments of Grand Jury for October 1923. Witness my hand and seal this” October 15th, 1923. H* L. Wasden, Clerk* NOTICE FOR SPECIAL ELECTION Georgia, Houston County In pursuance of an Act of the General j _ _ „ Assembly of the state of Georgia at thel ought to deal with them much more strictly than with ordinary citizens who may fail to accede to to the opinion of their fellow 2nd. That no minutes of the Superior Court bati been recorded either in criminal or civil proceed ings, from January 1st, 1920. the date of that report, with the ex* aeption of the minutes from Jan uary 1st. I92t through April, 1921 3rd. No Charter proceedings have been recorded since March 15th, 1917. v 4th- That no Final Record in the Superior Court had been made since 1913. 5th. That the General Index to deed books had not been kept since, 1922. Tbe Presentments of tbe Grand 1933, a special elec> ion is hereby called! to beheld ia said county on the 1st Wed-f nesday in December 1933 to determine: whether the qualified voters of saidcoun-\ .... , , , ty will vote to abolish or retain the City citizens, these men understand Court of Houston County, their duties, and know tbe im- At said election voters who wish to cast civil proceed- portance of their faithfully per- ballois for the abolishment of said forming them; they have sworn to court shal1 - hnvc written ~ or PL inted .there- on the words "Against City Court” and® do their duty and have certainly those who oppose the abolishment of been sufficiently warned to do the ®“id court shnli have written or printed work which they are hereby share on their balEota the words "For city ed with noeiectine Court , Ballots, tilly sheets, and blank eawun nogiecung. returns will be furnished to the election We inspected the convict camps managers. Witness my officiil signature and find them as follows:- The this October 15th, 1928. camp looated between Fort Valiev Eromett Houser Ordinary of Houston, * county. and Perry we find to be in a good sanitary condition. At this camp (there are seveteen convicts and three guards. These eonvicts are well cared for and in a —FOR SALE—Tbe W L Henry home on Maeon street with all healthy modern equipment. Apply to condition. We find eighteen mules A Smoak, Perry, Ga. all in good condition and enough —■ machinery in good condition to F O R 8 A L B—One seven earry on the work. At the camp rooni house. Well adapted foi located at Bonaire wa find sixteen two familial. Apply at this office# : • , ma