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V0L PEBBY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY. APRTL 5Q* io?? ~
? . No. 17
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
* On Monday, April 26, Memorial
jpay was observed throughout the
South by the lovers of our soldiers
%rho wore the gray* This day has
been set apart for this parpose
gnd all the graves of the Confed?
erate soldiers were decorated with
Confederate flags and wreaths.
As has been customary for a
number of years, the exercises
vere held in Evergreen cemetery.
Theie was an unusually good
program. Rev. J. B. Barnhill made
j tlie opening prayer, after which
the school children sang an old
familiar song, dear to the hearts
of all Southerners as it was Stone
wall Jackson's favorite?"How
Firm a Foundation". Col- J. P.
Duncan introduced the speaker
of the day, Hon. Felton Hatcher
of Macon.
Mr. Hatcher gave a splendid
address. He praised the South and
her heroes. He Raid that the
greatest leaders of the nation were
Southeners; take, for instance,
Washington, Jefferson, Monroe,
Andrew Jackson,, Woodrow Wil
son, and many others. Out of the
first five presidents of the United
States, four were Sontherners; out
of the first sixteen, ten were
Southeznars. He stated that the
South was not the first section of
the country to threaten secession.
In the early part of the nineteenth
century, the New England states
voted to secede when they heard
of the La. Purchase. Mr. Felton
told of the struggles of Lee and
Jaokson, who was Lee's right band;
of their efforts to save the
Confederacy with a handful of
hungry, tired soldier* who were
fighting against an army several
times their size; of Lee's final
surrender when he was completely
outnumbered. He said that
although we must never forget
the men in gray and the cause for
which they fought, we must all
Work together now for the greatest
nation on earth, the United States.
After a special musical number,
the prizes were delivered to the
winners of the essay contest, the
subject of whieh "The History of
the Five Confederate Flags". Miss
Martha Cooper, winner of the first
price, which was a five dollar gold
piece, read her paper. As a second
prize, Miss Clyde Tabor received
a Memorial coin.
Rev. J. E Barnhill gave the
benediction.
NOTICE
To the people of Perry, Georgia.
A petition is being circulatcd
amoig the voters of the City of
Perry to call an election to re
ject the contract recently entered
into between the city of Perry and
the Stone & Webster Company for
the sale of the poles and wires,
meters, eto. and the sales of cur
rent for lights and power to the
people of the City of Perry. Be
fore singing this petition, we ask
that yon look to the interest of
those who are circulating it and
we will appreciate it if yon will
confer witb ono of the undersigned
and ascertain the trne facts he
fore signing. Any one of the under
signed will tako pleasure in laying
the whole situation before any
voter interested, and wo feel thai
If you have ascertained the facts
that you will not sign the pe
tition.
C. B. Brunson, Mayor
J. H. 8hort
S. L. Norwood, Jr.
H, P. Dobbins,
J. P. Cooper
S. P. Crowell, City Clerk.
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?FOR S \LE-?A full breed light
Brafema K>oster. Phone 40.
MINSTREL MAKES BIG HIT
The Perry Minstrel Troope pat
on an nnnsually Rood entertain
ment Tuesday night at the school
auditorium under the auspices of
the P.-T. A. Mrs. P. H. Skellie,
who has always directed the Min
strela, showed her usual originali*
ty.
There were songs to please every
one, new peppy songs,sweet songs,;
and the old familiar tunes. The
jokes were clever and snappy. Mr
Pat Muse, as interlocutor, got good
results from his men. The end
men, Jim Gooden, Sam Crowell,
Ed Parks, Dick Riley,Holt Skellie,
| Jim Ooleman, Euie Holtzcl&w aud
1 Bill Swanson, kept up laughter in
the audiance. The circle compos
ed of Joe Pate Wimberly, Walter
Evans, Clint Cooper, Smoky Har
| per, Sandy Holmes,Pat Pattishall,!
I Emmett Rainey, Houston Houser.
and Stan Reis kept up a good
| cross Gre of jokes and each man
stood out separately.
The solo and ohorus work was
good. A special norabor was the
Charleston by Mr. Ries.
As an afterpiece there was a
wedding with the old time cake
walk around a big chocolate cake.
Musical numbers were also fur
nished by Ormond Skellie and a
chorus of sixteen high school girls:
Misses Martha Jordan, Clyde Ta
bor, Stella Duncan, Angress Sam
moas, Willie Dean Grace, Frances
Beall, Martha Cooper, Laura Gil
bert, Frances Hudson,Sue Thomp
son, Dorothy Jones,Louise Houser,
Frances Crowell, Lillian Brown,
Myrl Myers and Mrs. Ed Parks.
The numbers were very good.
Special mention must be made
of the pianists, Mrs. C. F. Cooper
and Mrs. M. G. Edwards.
The minstrel drew a full house
and a large sum was realized for
the P.-T. A.
J. M. GOODEN RE-ELECTED
At a recent meeting of the
Board, J. M. Gooden waa re-elect
ed Superintendent of the Perry
Consolidated School. The other
teachers will be elected at an early
meeting.
It is to bB hoped that Mr. Oood
en will come back to Perry,
for under him we have
had our school raised from a ten
grade school with six teachers to
an eleven grade school with four
teen teachers. The school has
recently been put on Gronp One of
the Accredited list. Tbe enroll
ment has increased from one hun
dred ten to five hundred
fifty. When he came here as prin
cipal in 1919. there was no school
library, no laboratory, no play
ground equipment, and no atten
tion given to athletics.
During his first year, a school
library was started. He also or
ganized tbe first basketball team
ever in Perry. He also asked
some ladies to organize a Parent
Teacher Association- This organi
zation has done much for the
I school. New studies have been
added to the school and now three
courses are offered. The schoo
now has a library valued at ap
proximately fourteen hundred dol
lars and a laboratory valued at
fivp hundred.
Mr. Gooden is not only interest
ed in the child in school but out.
He is anxious to build character.
Since he has been here, the boys
and girla have grown stronger
mentally, morally, and physically.
What he has done for this com
munity can hardly be summed up
on paper.
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?WANTED?Boy to learn print
ers' trade. Apply Houston Home
Journal.
ROBERT 0. COLLINS
POST ORGANIZED
Believing that t lie tirno had
me for the ex-service men ol
band th" ^"?slon county lo
bidrti? ""'"L" to*elh? ? their
buddies in other part? of tho
country have done, a group of
former soldiers and sailors met
lor the third time Monday night
at the courthouse to sign an ap
plication to the National Organiz
ation for a charter f..r a post of
the American Legion.
Organized just after the sign
ing of the Armistice, the Ameri
can Legion soon became a power
iul influence nationally and local
ly in the places where there
was service to be performed. The
American Legion is said to be the
only organization iucorporated by
a special act of Congress, and the
high ideals that brought about
this are best expired in tho pre
amble to the constitution of the
Legion, which follows:
"For God and country we as
sociate ourselves together for the!
following purposes; to uphold and
defend the Constitution of the
United States of America; to
maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate a one hundred per
cent Americanism; to preserve the
memories and incidents of our
association in the great war; to in
culcate a sense of individual obli
gation to the community, stato
and nation; to combat the auto
cracy of both the classes and the
masses; to make right the master
of might; to promote peace and
good will on earth; to safeguard
and trausinifc to posterity the
principles of justice, freedom and
flemoncracy; to consecrate and
sanctify our comradeship by our
devotion to mutual helpfullness."
On these high grounds the
Legion has build up a nation
wide organization that has devot
ed itself primarily to helping the
leas fortunate comrades and to
this end has assisted the govern
ment departments, particularly the
Veteran a Bureau, in the hospi
talization and rehabilitation of
hiin?ie?>,M8*rTice meaj ftnd ifc to
helped these same man, many of
whom were without means, to
obtain from the government
treatment and compensation that
red tape methods hold baek.
A call to the ex-service men in
and around Perry was issued sev
eral weeks ago by Col. Sam Nunn
and this very successful meeting
I8!? ttPPH?tion for
a charter is being sent off, and a
meeting has been called for Mon
day night, May 3rd, to elect
Post Commander and other ofli*
cers. All men and women who
tlhrun S Daval or mil?tary es
tablishments between April G
1917 and November 11/ 1918 are
eligible for membership, and are
cordially invited to be present at
this meeting.
The American Legion is a non
partisian organization, which does
no concern itself with anyone's
religion or party, but only wheth
er a given issue is conductive to
the public good. Its meetings are
not secret, and ?r0 open to the
discussion of matters relative to
the condition of ex-service men
especially those who were disbaled
during the war, or who have be
come so since. The officers of lo
cal Posts are at all time? willing
fn di"re",anii?n' t0 h"P ? budd^
Following the custon of honor
PmH P Who went we*v the
?2 V\ ?rr?,8to be known as
Robert D. Collins Post." Many
County citizens will re
/ i7,,?nt young man who
went to fiance with the Fortv
E?d D,visi0" didn't come
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 f. 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 Fertilizers.
Macon, - georgia
Peach Spraying Time
We want our friends to know that we again
have a complete line of Spray Materials for
peaches and can take care of their require
ments in any spray material needed.
We carry a line where you do not have to use
something you do not Want for we can give
you any kind of spray that you might want for
the purpose for which it is intended.
Give us your orders feeling assured that you
will get just the thing you want and that the
quality will be unquestioned.
Perry Warehouse Co.
PERRY, GEORGIA.
BUSINESS IS GOOD
Business is always good at this store. Watch the crowds
on Saturdays.
We are now prepared to meet the demands of our custo
mers with a full stock of Hardware. We have everything
that is carried in a First Class Hardware Store.
Our line of Feed Stuff is complete and the prices right,
i Our Grocery Stock is the best and we invite competition.
We appreciate your business and will guarantee out
prices to be the lowest in the city.
Start the new year right by giving us your trade and
you will save money.
J. W. BLOOD WORTH
"The Busy Big Store"
Perry, Ga., "The Magic City."
FARM LOANS
Detailed Information
Furnished Promptly
J. M. Cutler, Jr.
Ga. Casualty Bldg. Macon, Ga.