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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870
VOL. L V11.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, OA., THURSDAY JANUARY C, 1927
No. 1
POWER LINE REACHES FIRRY
South Georgia Power Company Takes Over
City System For Operation. Connection
With High Tension Line Soon.
The high tension power line o*
the South Georgia Power Co. has
reached Perry and will be ready
to tie on to the city system in a
very short time. The lint*, which
has been in the process of erection
lor about GO days was brought
into the city over the route from
Marshallvillo last week. All poles,'
insulators, wires and all necessary ?
equipment along the line has been (
installed. The transformer sta-i
tion at Perry is now being erected >
and just as soon as this is com-:
pleted the line will be tied on to
the lighting system in the city.
This event is awaited with a great
deal of interest by the people of
the town and community.
In accordance with thecoutracti
between the city and the South
?Mjortria Power Company, entered'
into last summer, the South Geor- j
pia Power Co has owned the!
Perry lighting system for several i
months. Their operation of same
became effective on January 1st,
1927.
The South Georgia Power Co. is
now the owner and in actual
charge of the light and power busi
ness in the city and all transac
tions in connection with light and
power will be with the South Geor
gia Power Co. instead of the city
of Perry.
liy special arrangement with the
Power Company the Perry Veneer
Company will continue to supply
the electricity to the city, tempo
rarily, until the current from the
power line can bo turned on.
HOUSTON BANKING CO. ELECT
OFFICERS, DECLARE DIVIDEND
At a stock holder's meeting of
Houston Banking Company Wed
nesday afternoon, directors and of
ficers for 15)27 were elected. A div
idend of 8 per cent, was declared.
$1,000 was added to the surplus
fund and a substantial amount to
undivided profit.
"The best fiscal year for the
Houston Hanking Co- since i',119
was the past year", so stated S.
A. Nunn, president.
The directors elected the follow
ing officers: S. A. Nunn, president;
A. A. Smoak, vice-president; H.
T. Gilbert, cashier; W. V. Toggle
and Miss Floriue liainey, asst.
cashiers.
METHODIST TO HAVE
SOCIAL FRIDAY NIGHT
All the members of tho I'erry
Methodist Church have b e e n
invited to attend a business meet
ing and social at the church
Friday night, beginning at 7:30
o'clock.
The stewards and their Tvives
will act as hosts at the social, and
the stewards will also be in charge
of t he business.
Tills meeting will afford an
excellent opportunity for the
members to become better ac
quainted with their new pastor,
and also with the plans for the
year's work that wili be discussed.
LEGION TO MET TUESDAY
N!GHT JANUARY 18 i
The Robert. P. Collins Post of
the American Legion will meet at
the Houston County Court House
Tuesday night. January IS. at
7:-*0. Those who haven't paid I heir
dues are urged to do so before this
meeting.
The occasion will be a bird
supper and each member is
pnvilegcd to bring a lady.
E. L. Evans Commander.
?Cotton Seed M< al. sack $'1.4.3.
Cotton b'eed Hulls, sick 65c, at
T- D. Mason':;.
PERRY POST OFFICE
HAS GOOD YEAR
The postal receipts of the Perry
I'osl Office for I92G show a con
siderable increase over 192"), in
dicating a growth in business nnil
population in tliis section. The
stamp receipts for 192G amounted
to $.">,970.00. which exceeds 1925
receipts by $.'>0((. The money order
receipts for 1920 were $44,392 and
for 1923 were $44,147. The parcel
post income was also greater than
that of last year.
The stamp receipts were heaviest
in December, March, and Sep em
ber. For December they amounted
to $799.01, the largest amount of
stamps ever sold in one month in
the history of this post, office.
According to Postmaster Frederick
lionner, L lie stamp saies for March
and September are usually light,
but this year the sales for these
months were heavier than auj
other months except December. In
March the stamp receipts were
$58,5 and in September they were
S539.88.
The Perry Post Office has 147
small lock boexs, 30 large lock
boxes, and 5 extra large lock boxes.
The average number served daily
at the General Delivery is .'100.
The mail on the Perry routes
was heavier last year than the
pieced ing year. Route No. 3 was
consolidated recently with routes
No. 1 and No. 2. Route No. 1 is
now 37 miles long and has 150
boxes, which serve approximately
750 people. Cater Rogers is the
carrier on this route.
Route No. 2 is 44 miles long
and has 1G8 boxes, which servo
approximately 8iM|^people. Fred
Culler, the carrier on this route,
had served 21 years on November
1, 1926, as mail carrier on No. 2
route.
FARM COURSE BEING BROADCAST
ON WSB
The first radio farm short course
ever put on the air in the south
east, and one that will prove of
tremendous interest and value to
rural listeners throughout t h e
country is being broadcast over
VVSB every afternoon from 5;30 to
6 o'clock, with the exception of
Saturdays and Sundays, from
January 3 to 14, inclusive.
Meeting the cotton situation in
1927 through acreage reduction,
economical production, live stock
and food and feed crops, will be
emphasized in the short course.
Representatives of the experiment
stations in Georgia, Alabama,
South Carolina and IVnnessec, ag
rieultural editors and representa
tives of the soil improvement com
mittee, National Fertilizer Asso
ciation, and of the Scars-Roebuck
Agricultural Found a* i oh, under
whose auspices the prorgams w 11
be broadcast, will participate in
the series of discussions.
Farmers and others interested
may enroll in the short course by
making application to the Sears
Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
in Atlanta. Announcement is also
made that all students may re
ceive free copies of :>ll talks broad
cast and maj compete for agricul
tural text books to be awarded by
the Foundation for the best 25 ex
amination reports submitted on
the short course.
?N:iils.'all sizes, per lb. 5c at T
D. Mason's.
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- Kov. AllonCnlt* an'I infant
flauV ht??r. of Atl.en?. Ala. at il his
falbfr. I ?'r. Cutis? of Coppi rliill. ,
Timip l--ft Tii"-'! 'V ' t tli ir I ??mo?
aft??r . | ??inline >evei il *1 i\> i?i the
huaie tof M rs. S. T. Hm
? M r. atnl 1'-v il i > s Tucker, i
of Oci i' i ? i: r i lic i n f .i
?on, 5<1 : * .1 m. -'r.. Mrs
Tliekei, \v M K i(l
before r m .i ? *. a ? i - '' e
daimlitt'C of Aii. an I Mr- Hal
H? all. \
? Kerosene Oil, 5 a.i'*. $1.0<f at T.
D Maso,?'??
I
DEPOT STREET PAVING IN
PROGRESS
The paving work authorized by
the City Council several weeks
ago is now mulcr way; Tlie grad
ing work on the street be trail Mon
day and has been completed. The
limestone base is now beiug put
down and this part of the work
will probably be lin i shed by the
end of the week. The surfaeiug
of gravel and asphalt will be put I
down also without delay. It is ex-1
pee ted the whole job will be com
pleted within ten days.
Tlie work is being done by Mr.
E. M. Beckham and Mr. J. A. !>a
vis, contractors for the paving job
on the Perry?Macon highway,
now almost completed.
The depot street paving will bo
of the same kind used on the Ma
|con highway, eighteen feet wide
and will extend from tlie railroad
I depot t> Carroll streei.a distauco
of about 2000 feet. The street im
jPiovcment will be of great benefit
not only to the people who have
their places of business ou this
thoroughfare but to others
who make constant use of this par
ticular street. In fact this street
is used by almost every one of the
community and perhaps the heavi
est traffic of the city passes over it.
It is expected that the paving
work on this important street will
bo the fore runner of other paving
woik, to come when the
highway paving is extended south
from its present terminus through
t lie city.
BAPTIST CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School at 10:15 Sunday
morning.
Come and bring your ltible.
Morning service 11:30 A. M.
Night church service at 7:3'VP. M.
B. Y. P. U.meetingat G:\i6 p. m.
A. I. Poster Pastor.
| The Woman's Missionary Soch -
[ ty will meet with Mrs- George Ri
ley Monday afternoon, Jan. 10 th
| Mrs- G. F. Cooper will Jead the
i devotional. Important business
matters will be discussed and a
i full attendance is desired.
i METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School at 10:15 Sunday
morning.
Morninir Church service 11:30.
Senior Epworth League at 6:30
P. >i.
! Intermediate Epworth League
at 0:00 I\ M.
! Night church service 7:30.
I Mid-week service on Wednesday
night, at 7:30.
T. M. Christian Pastor.
Odd Quirk of Nature
in Recognizcd Genius
The annuls of literary forgery have
i no more pathetic instance than the
so-called llowiey poems of Thomas
i Chatterton. When Chatterton, perhaps
the most shining eN.impIe of precocity
to he found in iiter.iry history, was
twelve years old, lie conceived the
1 Idea of fabricating the literary relic?
i of a monk to wlium he gave the nam?
llowiey and whom he ascribed to the
Fifteenth century. l?y the time l.e
was seventeen he had aroused some
interest in the poems of Kowley but
not enough to satisfy his Imagination.
So he wrote to Horace Walpole, In
closing sonip pages of manuscript am'
Inferring lie had other papers (inn
poern?. Walpole wrote, asking to we
whntever donnncnts he might have
and Chatterton sent so many as to
arouse Walpole'? suspicion and cans;
him to rail in the poets, Mason and
Gray, They pronounced the poems n
forgery. Walpole, dispatched a letter
of admonition to t'hatterton. Three
monlhs later he returned the manu
scripts, which, with ?lic exception of
one poem, never saw print until after
Chatterton had taken his life in o
moment of despair. He was not yet
eighteen when he dle'1. So brilliant
so versatile was he that even those
contemporaries who condemne' 'dm
Cow? <'< d that in many re*pecta Ik vas
a gr? ter genius. Ily some queer q'*irh
of nature he had eliosen t" -ft the
impnster, where hf might wi.li every
prospect of renown lia\c produced his
work as his own.?Deorboru Independ
ent
PERRY HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
EDITED HY KXGMKH DEPARTMENT
Signs of life at Perry High
Sehnol became apparent on Mon
day. .lanuarv .'{, 1!)H7. It was on
t lint day that the doors of the
school were ofli.-iully opened for
the beginning of the spring term, i
1 lie faculty lias undergone two
change?; since the elose of the fall
session. llu> rtsigoaliou of Miss
Eddie Jieene. fourtirgrade teach" 1
or having taken effect Monday,
and i lie ns irriage of Miss Mattie
1.0 i Moats, sivih uide teacher, to1
Mi. Leigh', h a\ ing taken place
during i lie holidays. We are
g' "I th ai lhis splendid teacher has
not 1>" mi i ikeri from us by lic-r re
ce.it nuptials.
I lie Perry basket ball team will,
meet tli I uadilla quintet on the I
P 11 S c uri 1 i iday afternoon i
It is h .pi'd ih it we can christen I
our iii-vv iu loor basket hall couit.
on t riday night, January 14th. by
a gillie with CV hr:m High.
I he serving of delightful hot.
Iiii.rlii s at tht's hool-a feature be
gun scv Ma! w.-idx ?; ago by n com
1.1 ! * ?'?* 1 ? ?' I'. A.?has agiiiu ?
td. U l! , | ' :t ? ? iix u p;lrt of the
daj s i u! nr. At present the
menu is I ( ? va ied by the addi
tiou of o\s i? ..;ow and instant
poslum \> iih cr nil to the previous
list of hot cli icolate, vegetable
snap and bread. The results of
this altruistic attempt on the part
of t he (e u iifi s, st udents and mem
bers of t lu? lJ. l\ a. are mosl
gratifying.
METHODIST W. M. S. ELECT
OFFICERS EOR 1927
. At the January meeting of the
\\ OJQan'ti Missionary Society, held
at the Methodist Church, the
officers for the new year were
elected and t lie society was
divided into three circles, with
temporary leaders for each ap
pointed.
The officers are Mrs. G. C.
Nunu. president; Mrs. A. a.
Smoak, vice-president; Mrs. J. L
I lodges, recording secretary, Mrs.
M, G. Edwards, treasurer; Mrs.
II E. Evans, correspondiug secre
tary; Mrs. Harper Short. Voice
agent; Mrs. E F. Barfield, con
tingent fund; Mrs.Nathan Gilber t,
Supt. Publicity; Mrs. Carfeton
Pearcr, Supt. Suppli.es; M r s.
Henry Clarke, Supt. of Local
Work.
Mrs K rank IJonner was appoint
ed temporary leader for circle No.
1; Mrs. J. I,. (lodges, for circle
No. 2; and Mis. H. P. Houscr. for
circle \o.;?. I hese leaders will call
a meeting of their circles for next
Monday afternoon, and circk*
o Hi crs will be elected then and
plans made for the year's work.
Substantial Basis for
Mczt Common Beliefs
It is a fact proved by actual count
tliut n large number of persons pre
fer tlic risk of being run over throuuli
having stepped from a sidewalk into
the road, than to continue on the curb
If by so doing tlie.v are compelled to
pass under softie ladder which has
been erected against the side of a |
building.
This superstition that it Is unlucky
to pass beneath a ladder dates back
to the time when the bunging of ,
wrongdoers v. : :i very common oc- ?
currence. The n< tree was usually j
cliov? a. but wli :i towns sprung up
and trees were b-s available, a lad
der propped s:";iinst the wall made
t ho gibbet.
The plirase "not worth a cuss" which :
Is often applied to some person or
article, was formerly "not worth a
cress," writes Mr. f'haries I'Satt in
Popular Superstitions. The cypres
plen. lie says, related to nnsturtiut' .
which were a nuisance to gardeneri
beer use of their habit of scattering
seeds all over the place.
Tiie belief tint May Is an unlucky
motith for marriage Is due. he thinks.
In tiie fact that the Komans dedi
cated that month to old people. Which ;
H ereby suggests that young loyern !
i luid better take a back w;ut for a
time.
I- OK S \ !,K -'Iexns lier ni u ?1 ;i
miiou pl in's, by Mrs, J. II. Clark
lEiko. <Ja. i
ELKO NEWS
Mrs. F. W. Pool, of Flonderson,
and Mr. and Mrs. Newberry, of
Bllaville, Ga. spent Wednesday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Eubanks.
Mr. am! Mrs. I.eon 'i ay lor, Mrs.
.T. II. (iraee. Mrs. J. II. Clark and
Mr. Edwin Davis motored to Ma
con Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Quillian
and son of Tennille, Ga- spent the
pa*t week with Mr. and Mrs. E. I.
11 olmes.
Mis. K. B. Davis, of Byromvi'la
spent Wednesday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grace. I
Mrs. .1. I>. (Jrace and children
left I?'rid ay for their home in
Clearwater. Fla. after spending
two weeks wi.h her parents, Mr.
and Mis. W. II. Huff.
Mr. T. (). Teal is visiting his
sister, Mrs. J.T. Lewis.
Mrs. J. A. I! re en and son. James
of Clayton, (?a. sp^nt the past
wirk with Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Buff.
Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Marshall
spent'Sunday 111 Grovauia. with
relatives.
Mr. Charles Grace M irshall re
turned to Mercer 1'. iversity Moir
dav after spending the holidays
with his grandparents, Mr. and
M rs. J . II. Grace.
The store of C. E. and .T. L.
Eubanks wis burned Thursday
morning. Nothing was saved
from the building.
CENTERVILLE ITEMS
Mrs. W. Brantley, of Macon, is
the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Jj.
.1. Garvin.
Miss Sadie Stembridge. of M -
con. formerly of Ce.uterville, who
spent tho holidays in l.akeland,
Fla. p i^-t d tlnough Saturday en-|
route t > her home.
Mi-. Ray !ius ratumed t-o
resume his school work, having
spent Christmas w ith his parents
at, Commerce. 1
Miss Martha Tharp had as her
guest f >r the week end, Mi>s Sura
Ste in 1 > r dye, of Macon.
MNs Jewel Marvin has returned
from a visit Id ( '.mdele.
Mrs. W. Garvin, Misses Jewel
and Gladys Garvin and Mrs. Pearl
Aultmau nr. tyred to Macon Tues
day.
KATHLEEN NEWS
Mr. ami Mrs. YV. M. Hartley,
Jr. and baby daughter. Joyce of
Marshullville, <iu. spent lust week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. II.
YV. Hall.
Mr and Mrs. YYr. I). Kersey
spent last week with hid mother,
Mrs. C. A. Kersey.
Mr. and Mis. Carl Gillespie. of
DeSoto, G.!., and Mr. and M s.
John Launius. Ashburn, have ie
turned home after a visit 10 their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. 10
Tal 1011.
Little Hilly Talton eontinr.es
quite ill at t he home of his giand
parents, Mr. and Mr.-. H. 10.
Talton, to the regret of bis many
friend?.
Mr. Vlfrel Edwards has return
ed to da. 'l ech. School. Atlanta.
an<l JoKnie Mae Kd wards to
ih" Siate Normal School. Alliens,
after spending the holidays with
their parents, Mr. and Mr<, Jim
lOdw ards
Miss Dorothy Howard, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. K. II. Howard,
h is returned to Wcsie.yan College
for flu- spring senr ster.
Miss Frances Hall returned to
G. S. YV., iV! i i I c d 4 c v i 11 e. M<>n
day. after spending the ('hristmas
vaeation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. 11. \Y'. Hall.
Mis? Mary Alice Hunt, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. I' l-.ink Hunt, and
Miss i,ois Jone*, daughter of Mr.
and .Mrs. -Jim Jones, left Monday
for <?. S. C. YV., Milledgevillc,
after spending the holidays with
their parents.
1 >, essmaking ? Have your spring
sewing done early. Plain a n d
fancy sewing. Mrs. H. Bender,
111 Merest Hotel, ferry.(?a.
MRS. ALLEN CUTIS
IS DEATH VICTIM
i The deatb of Mrs. Allen Cutts,
wife of Hov. Allen Cults, D. D..
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Alliens. Alti., and daughter of
Mrs. S. T. Hurst, of Perry, oecur
rcd at Athens, Ala., last Thursday
morning. Death resulted from an
attack of pneumonia which lasted
only a few days.
The body was brought to Perry
Friday alternoon and carried lo
Mrs. Hurst's home. The funeral
was held at the Baptist Church
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock
and inteiinent at Evergreen ceme
tery followed. Dr. A, I. Foster,
pastor of the Perry Baptist Church
conducted the funeral and burial
services.
As Miss Hazel Hurst, prior *o
her man iage a few years ago, Mrs.
Cutts was well known and greatly
loved in Perry, where she was
born and reared to young woman
hood. She has many life loug
friends here who are deeply grieved
at her passing.
Following Itov, Cutts graduation
from Meroer University, he mar
ried Mrs. Cutts and they made?
their home one year in Hazelhurst,
Ga. where lie was pastor of tha
Baptist Church there. They then
lived iu Louisville, Ky. for two
years, where both attended the
Baptist Seminary and graduated
together.
Mrs. Cutts engaged actively in
all church work and was a great
help to her husband in his pastoral
work. By her lovely Christian,
character and wonderful charming
manner, sho endeared herself ti>
many people, wherever sho lived,
and was able thereby to exert &
marvelous influence for good over
those with whom she was associat
ed.
Surviving her are her husband,
a five months-old daughter, Sara
Hazel; her mother, one brother.
Sam T. Hurst, of Fort Valley, and
four sisters, Mrs. Alva Davis, Mis*
Lula Hurst, of Perry;Mrs. Thorntoa
Let-, of Parrot, and Mrs. Meui
McPhaul, of Doeran, Ga.
Among those who came here for
the funeral were Mr. Collinsworlh
Kendrick, of Athens, Ala., Rev.
Cutts, of Coperhill, Tenn., father
in-law of the deceased; Uev. and
Mrs. Lee Cutts, of Atlanta; Rev.
Warren Cutts, of Canton, Ga.,
Mr. Harvey Cutts, of Florida, and
i Mrs, Charlie Smith, of Moultrie,
Ca., brothers and sisters of Rev.
| Allen Cutts.
The funeral was largely attended
| by Perry people and a number
from Hazel hurst. Fort Valley,
Macon, Byromville, and other
places also attended. There ?asa
profusion of beautiful floral
offerings sent by friends and
relatives from several towns and
stat< s.
F. M. PARKER DEAD
F. M. Parker, 75 year? old died
at his homo noar Peri.v early last
Monday morning after an illness
of several months.
Kiiimt.iI services and bn i i.i 1
weie at Evergreen cemetery Tuts*
dn.v afiernoon at ;} o'clock'. Rev.
A. I. Foster officiating.
Mi. I'arker had been a resident
of Houston Comity all his life nnct
was a well known farmer, lie was
a member of Houston Fact cry*
j Baptist Church.
Surviving liiin ar?? three datJpb*
Iters and two sons:- Mr-, W. I).
1 Batchelor. of I*, s r> ; .Mrs. C. W.
I I'atclicJor. ol l,- t \ '!<?>: Mrs. .1.
Pender of I l ? ui.d Mcssis I)
;(}. and F. M. Par k< r Jr. of P<Tiy.
Sisters and brothers sntvniup;
; him are:Mrs. ?!. M. K. Baitie I'!. of!
| perry; Mrs. V liaifb'd, of
Fitzgerald; Mrs Hugh Gilli* o?
Helena, ami M--?ts S. V. and -I.
M. Parker of Perry, and Joi3
Parker of Haw kins ville.
I FOR HKNT?Six room residei ce
and pateh, just out of town'foe
i rent. Apply to Mi's. C. E. <?ilb< r<j
Pcirv, (ia.
FOK II FN T - Six room residence
i and patch. just out of town,
i Apply to Mrs. C. E. Gilbert
Perry, Ua,