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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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VOL. LXII. No. 46
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1932
ESTABLISHED 1870
thanksgiving to
BE OBSERVED HERE
LARGE CROWD SEEb
GRAY ROLL i EANUT
Election Bet Paid Off By
Churches G f p err y to Unite in County Republican Leader R x
PROGRAM IS GIVEN GEORGIA BAPTISTS
ON ARMISTICE DAY MEETING IN MACON
BIG LOjS REALIZED
IN GROVANIA FIRE
ELECTION RETURNS
FOR COUNTY, STATE
rcises Held at School; Ex-
Service Men Given upper
Service Thursday Night . ,
; Citizens from all over Hous-
„ .p, ton County gathered in Perry,
The churches ot i erry will Friday morning to see Chas. P. Armistice Day was fittingly
unite in a Thanksgiving service Gray> chairman of the Houston i observed in Perry and Houston
Thursday night Nov. 24 under County Republican executive | county Friday by the Robert D.
the leadership of Rev. E. Moye, comm ittee, roll a peanut with Collins 1 ost of the American Le-
Presbytenan pastor. 1 he set v-1 noge a 0 ff an election
Annual State Session
! Held This Week
----- * ,, ,, his nose to pay off an election
ice will be held at the Metno- bet made with w . K . Whipple,
dist church and will begin at Dem pcrat.
7:30 o'clock. „ I As the time, eleven o’clock,
Working with Rev. Mr. oye ; approached for this perform-
in arranging the program are ancGj Carroll street, Perry’s
Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Methodist, main thoroughfare, was
and J. P. Etheridge, Baptist. thronged with children and
Inasmuch as the Geoige g rownU ps. Automobiles and
Washington Bi-Centennial cele-1 p 60 pj e ki oc k ec i the street and
bration will be brought to zi traffic was diverted to another
close Thanksgiving Day, part street for nearly an hour,
of the program will be m honoi ]y[ r> Gray in a sportsman-like
of George Washington, the; manner rolled a Spanish pea-
first president of the United; nu £ with his nose up the side-
States. This celebration began wa jj^ a half block on Carroll
Feb. 22 with religious services• gt r e e t, at the appointed time,
over the nation and it is the de-j Gov . Roosevelt’s victory over
sire of the commission that 75,-, p res id e nt Hoover caused Mr.
000 churches participate in the Qray to have to perform this
feat
closing exercises.
The program here .will con
sist of musical numbers, read
ings, and short talks. The Per
ry Choral Union will be in
charge of the music.
The whole community is in
vited to attend this Thanksgiv
ing service.
FARM, FIELD AND FURROW
F. C. Chandler, County Agent.
The Outlook Conference
I spent, last week attending the
Southern Agricultural Outlook
Conference in Atlanta. At this
meeting there is gathered repr -
Isi-ntatives from all the cotton
igiowiug states and representative
ffrom the Washington office of the
'Bureau of Agricultural Ec-ono-
’miCS. All the factors bemiug un
pioduction and consumption of
the various crops grown in this
section are studied and from there
facts conclusions are arrived at os
to the effect on the ciops to la
produced in the future year.These
conclusions are arrived at in ex
ecutive session by the Outlook
Comnmtte alter all these facts
are weighed and their findings ot
•conclusions will then be formulat
ed and published. This material
be available to all who want
to study them befoie the first oi
the year
Since we are dependent on coUu
tries outside of out - own for the
■consumption of 50 per cent o<
more of our chief crop, cotton,
foreign cotmitions and relations
play a relatively large part in our
success or failure. Also since with
other crops except possibly pea
nuts and peaches We aie depen
dent on local markets for the con
suming of other crops that we
might grow heie and these mai-
kets are directly dependent on
the cotton market any factor el-
lecting foreign demand becomes
oi direct interest to all of us.
From what I could gather there
is nothing in the situation (hat
Would indicate an immediate
change upward of pi ices ot oui
agricultuial prices. Management
such as can work out the situa
tion from the standpoint of the
individual farmer is indicated.
There is nothing to indicate a
shift of acreage fiom one crop to
another i-eorgia has reduced
her cotton acreage to 30 per cent
of her total cultivated acreage
which is low enough until theie is
a drastic change in the genera
Situation. We will have to figure
on foreign competition in the pro
ductiOn of cotton and to meet this
situation we must produce a more
nearly uniform qmlity and staple
cotton than has been the case for
the past 10 to i5-years since the
boll weevil hit us. In considering
the improvement of the staple of
Our cotton length of staple is not
as big n factor as we often are
told as the production of a more
uniform length of staple.
Running From the Wolf
An Ottawa trapper says that an
able-bodied man can overtuke and cap
ture a wolf in eight hours, despite
the fact that most of the able-bodied
men we know would be running the
other way.
A toy elephant, emblematic
of the Republican party, was
strapped to Mr. Gray’s back. A
toy donkey, Democratic em
blem, was worn by Mr. Whip
ple.
After the peanut rolling, the
peanut was auctioned off. C. E.
Andrew bought it for $3 and
this amount was donated to
the poppy fund of the Legion
Auxiliary.
The elephant and donkey
were also sold by auction for
$1 each and the money given
to the Auxiliary. The purchas
ers were W. I. Greene and Lew
is Harper.
Before the peanut rolling be
gan, R. E. Brown, Perry attor
ney, made entertaining re
marks on the Democratic vic
tory in the general election.
EO. WELLONS, FORMER PERRY
MAN, DIES AT ATLANTA HOME
Edward S. WellOnS, former
Ferry mm, died at it is home in
Atlanta last Thursday morning,
tie had been ill since last March
when he sufferend a heart attack,
tie was 52 years of age.
Mr. Wellons was the son of
Mrs. N. C Wellons Of Perry and
the late Mr. Wellons. He was
born and reared here. He was in
the iusurauce business in Atlanta
for several years prior to h i s
death, tie was active in civic
■ flairs there aud held membership
n the Masonic lodge and in the
Oivitau club.
Funeral services were held Fii
lay afternoun at the home with
U v. a. J. Monorief officiating.
Interment was in Green woOo
Cemetery, Atlant
gion and its Auxiliary unit.
Exercises were held at th«
Perry school auditorium at 2
o’clock Friday afternoon with
sam a. Nunn, commander of the
local post, presiding. Rev. A. (J
baker, pastor Baptist Tabernacle,
Macon, and a VVoild War soldier
who served fourteen months
overseas, delivered the address
Basing h i s remarks on the
thought that the world War was
fought to end war and bring
peace on earth, Rev. Mr. Baker
gave five points in his argument
to show that the idea of World
Peace is growing in favor and
its ideal nearer attainment.
The reasons for advancement
of World Peace were outlined by
Mr. Baker as follows: (I).Dem
ocracy, the voice of the people
demanding; (2) Education, the
great channel of civilization; (3)
The cost of war in money, deaths
and wrecked lives; (4) The Di
vine Word that teaches “Glory
to God, Peace on earth. Good
w ill to Men. ’; (5) The Spirit of
Love that makes brothers of all
men.
The speaker was introduced by
his life-long friend, J.M. Gooden,
superintendent of the Perry
schools.
A violin solo,“Ave Maria”, was
artistically rendered by Mrs.
Chas. Harris with MLs Rosslyn
Paul as accompanist Variations
of ‘ Home, Sweet Home” was
the encore number played by
Mrs. Harris and Miss Paul.
Three choruses, reminiscent of
the World War period, were
sung by the school.
“Young Fellow, My Lad” was
a patriotic declamation given by
vir. Dan Dobbins.
The iuVoeaiiou was said by
Rev. It. H. Moieland, chaplain oi
the Post. The benediction was
pronounced by Rev. J. J. Size
more after the singing of Ameri
ca by the audience.
During the day, the Auxiliary
sold poppies to raise funds to use
for rehabilitation work. Twenty-
six dollars was realized.
The Auxiliary decorated the
graves of World War soldiers in
Evergreen cemetery Friday morn
ing.
That evening all ex-service men
were entertained by the Auxiliary
with a barbecue supper at the
Court House. After supper, th»
Legion held a meeting.
Reports from a regional meet
ing, held in Atlanta recently with
the national commander present,
were made by G. VN. Rhodes, F.
C. Chandler, aud C. S. Vance.Mi
Vance also m a d e a talk on
Americauiz it ion.
An interesting part of the meet
ing was when each l.egionaire
Til ■ Georgia Baptist Convention
whose constituency is compos, d of
the 427.874 members ol 2,4l0 Bap
tist. churches in this State, opened
its lllih annual session at Macon
i uesday to remain in session
Wednesday and Thursday.
lhe Fust Baptist church of Ma
con is the meeting place of the
convention, and Dr. .1. Ellis Sam
mons, pastor of the Vineville Bap
tist ChUiCh, MaCun, and president
of the convention, formally called
Two Store Buildings, Three
Being!Homes & Foodstuff Burned Democrats Win by Large Ma-
t jority in General Election
Fire that is believi d to have
started from sparks from a pass-1 . . ,
ing freight train, destroyed three 1 Final returns from the uem-rsl
houses and two store buildings in election, Nov. 8, in Houston eoun-
Grovania Saturday, i W* « ave (j0V - Boosevdt 461 votes
[UViillld ‘odluIUttji ! il) IF <)— C /"I
The first building discovered on and I res- Hoover <-7; San. George
fire was a frame store building
ouned by the 4. D. Marshall, Sr.,
estate. The flames spread quick
ly to another store building own-
id by J. E. arswell
R. H. Brown, of Grovania, was
using these buildings for
4ti(j votes and James Arn.
Republican opponent, 21. Only
4S!) votes were polled in the
count .
Houston county voted isi favor
of ail the ame ndments except No.
5 which provided for the creation
Mor-,
age. He had 70 tons of hay atidj°* another senatorial disi.net
35 tons of peanuts in the struc-1 Georgia. I his amendment was
the body to order at 2 o'clock' tures ’’ " ' ‘
—■ mg vvuc
urviving h.m are his wife; two to j d w jj ere he was wheu the Ar-
Ai.on l inistice was signed. Mrs. G. C.
Nunn told Of the celebration
daughters, Mrs. Alton Tribble,
,nd Miss Betty Wellons of Atlan
ta; Two sons, John w. and Ed
ward 8. Wellons, Jr., of Atlanta;
his mother, Mrs. N. C. Wellons Oi
Perry; five sister*, Miss Kan
Wellons of Perry; Mrs. E. C.
Leverette of Weltston; Mrs. J. V.
Wallace of New York city: Mrs. S«
G Rogers of Miami, Fla.; and
Mrs. J. B. Ililey of Uniontown,
da., and one brother, T. B. Wel
lons of Perry.
Snakss in Hibernation
Snakes seel; fissures among the
■rocks in which to hibernate during the
winter months. Although during this
period of inactivity they can stand
considerable cold, temperatures at or
below the freezing point are quite
| likely to kill them. They seem to have
an uncanny instinct of selecting their
winter shelters at points that will not
fall below the danger line in tem
perature.
in
Perry Nov. 11, fourteen years ago
S. A. Nunn presided over the
meeting.
The decorations for the audi
torium, stage and court house
were arranged bv Mrs. L. M
Paul, Sr., Mrs. L F. Cater, and
Mrs. C. E. Andrew.
The program committee was
.1 rs. T. C. Rogers, Mrs. C. E. An-
Irew, Mrs. D. H. Smith, J. M
Gooden, G. W. Rhodes, aud T. C.
Rogers.
The barbecue committee w a s
Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, Mrs. F. C.
Chaudier, Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr.,
aud Mis. J. E. Bonner.
Mrs. C. S. Vance, Auxiliary
president, and S. A. Nunn, Legion
commander, were general chair
men.
Tuesday afternoon.
The proposed program for ti e
convention was presented by Dr.
L. R Christie, of Atlanta, chair
man of the committee on order of
tiU'iness.
First On the program was the
rep >rt of the executive committee
which svas presented by James W.
Mer’itt, executive treasurer. This
ri port reviewt d the year’s wi>rk
**f the committee and presented
for adaption a proposed budget
or 1932. together with other tec
ommeudaiions. Dr. J. C. Wil
kinson, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, Athens is presit ent
of the executive committee.
The report of the piOmOtiOu
committee fur Georgia, which was
presented by Mr,Merritt, as chair-
,..an, set forth the activities in
connection wi h the denomina-
.ion’s cooperative program, t h c
simultaneous every member can
vass movement, and the Hod’S
Acre plait. At. this time one Of
the main Objectives before Geor
gia Baptists as well as befoie the
Baptists of the entiie south is the
every member canvass for financ
ing boih local church budgets anti
the missionary, benevolent and
educational euterpi ises Of the de
nomination.
Following a devotional service
led by Rev. H. T. Brookshire,
ptslOuOf the First Baptist Chinch,
Elberton, ihe evening session
Tuesday was devoted to the an
nual convention setmon given by
Dr. W. L. P.ckwrd, of Tifton.
Among the out of state visitors
on the Convention program are
l)r. Fred F. Brown, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Knoxville,
■ enn , and president of the South
ern Bap.ist Convention, and Dr.
T. Robertson, a member of the
faculty of the Southern Baptist
theological Seminary, Louisville,
Ivy.
The convention will receive re
ports Coveting all phases of the
work included in the denoutina
tion’s ctoperative program. The
reports on these agencies and in
stitutions have been or will be
presented as follows: Benevolen
ces including the Geoigia Baptist
Orphans’ Home, Lhe Georgia Bap
tist Hospital ami the relief aud
innuity bond, Kev. C. C. Kiser,
i-Viliam; state missions, Rev. K.D.
Hodges, Tennille; home missions,
Rev. Arthur Jackson, ,Savannah;
foreign missions, hr. John D.
Mell, Athens; education, Dr. A J.
Monerief, Decatur; Mercer Cen
tennial, Hugh M. Willet, Atlanta:
he Christian Index, Rev. J. J.
sizemore. Perry. Dr. O. P. Gil-
oert, Atlanta, is editor of the
hristiau Index.
Plans for the celebration of
Mercer University’s centennial in
1933 Will be announced to the
convention in a special report by
vlr. Willet.
Ul pcdUUlo HI LIIU oLXUL-i ^
All of this property was als > by the statu.
lost.
There was a high wind blowing
at the time just after noon and
embers were carried an eighth of
a mile away, igniting the roof of
the residence of G. W. .Smith.
1'his home burned.
From there the fire spread to
an empty house sain to be owned
by L. A. Shepard, of Macon, and
Mrs. G. W. Smith, and to a near
ly Negro house, both of which
were destroyed.
Several other buildings caught
fire, but volunteer file fighters
bent out the flames. In one of
these homes saved was a woman
with a two day-old babv. She
got out of bed and fled with her
baby, but was returned to the
building later.
There was no insurance on any
of the property destroyed except
the Smith home.
FARMER'S DOLLAR NOW WORTH
54 CENIS OF PRE-WAR VALLE
ATLATA.Ga. An estimate that
the farme - dollar today, meas
ured in purchasing power, is
worth only 54 c.-ms as com pared
■viih the pie-war value gives an
other factor in his Uttfavt lub.e
situation.
In other words, the low price at
which agricultural product» ate
Selling has reduced the purchasing
power of the fanner t> such an ex
tent. that n is now about half that
of a few ye is ago when I -rut
crops were selling at a high fig
ure, and for that, reason the iar-
mer is suffering more sefveiely
trom the depression that ma.y
others.
It is estimated ihat tne to al
value of farm products produced
n the United Siat.es this year is
less than five billion dollars in
contrast to sixteen billion s in
1919.
GET IN THE RIGH T PEN
JEFF DAVIS PASSES
he vote on amendment No 4
which provided for tlie classifica
tion ot intangible property for
taxation was in this touniy 360
lor and 104 against. This amend
ment was defeated in ilie state.
State’s Vote
In Georgia Gov. Roosevelt cur
ried 157 counties out, of the 159,
losing only low ns and Fannin, iu
north Georgia, to President
Hoover Roosevelt’s popular Vote
in the state went past the 200.000
mirk while Hoover received
slightly mote than 17,000 votes.
Senator George’s m ijoiity over
James W. Arnold was over lO to 1
■ n Tuesday’s election.
The amendment which ptovided
for assumption of office by state
officials in January instead of in
June had a ratio of eight to one.
N’ext in popularity were the
amendments for repayment to
counties of funds advanced for
state highways, and the one pro
viding that only the payment, of
i poll tax is necessary to permit a
citizen to vote. 'I hey were favor
ed four to one. Thousands of
of Georgians were disfranchised
this year because property taxes
had not been paid.
The ratio in favor of other
iinetidmeiiLs was:
lo abolish justice of peace
courts in Richmond county, 2 to 1.
To authoiize consolidation of
local school districts, 2 to 1.
To authorize school boards to
contract (or education, transporta
tion und care of children of school
3 to l.
i hrouglt passage of the consti-
mtioual amendment the youngest
governor in the nation—he is 35-*
will leave office in January and go
io Washington 10 succeed Senator
John S. Cohen, who succeeded the
late Senator W. -J. Harris.
The presidential aspirants of
Minor parlies got Ouly a scatter
ing vote, but detailed returns on
these races were available only in
a few counties. Of those W. D.
Upshaw, Prohibition candidate,
led with 380; Norman Thomas,
Socialist, had 24(i; and W. Z. Fos
ter, Commum«t, 8.
Democrats Win
Representative John Wood
(Democrat) Ninth disiiict, easily
efi-ated J. M. Johnson (Republi
can' 1 aud Lawrence Lewis (Prohi
bitionist). Representative Homer
Parker (Demociat), First defeat
ed E K. Overstnet, Jr., (Repub
lican); Representative M. C. Tar
ver (Democrat), Seventh, was
-wept in over opposition of Mrs.
independent). In
NOTICE CITY TAX PAYERS
Prolific Fi*k
It has been computed that a single
pair of codfish or eels, released in the
ocean at the beginning of the Chris
tian era, would have been able by now
to fill the oceans solid with living
fish, with enough individuals left over
to fill up all the lakes and flowing
streams. Oysters could do still better,
for in a few centuries they would fill
ud the oceans.
All property tax for the years
prior to 1932 paid by Dec. 15,
1932 will be relieved of all in
terest. This absolutely will
not be good after Dec. 15.
Come in and pay your taxes
and save this interest.
11:24 O. A. King,
City Clerk. !
Funeral services for Jeff Davis,
15, who died at his home in llen-
lerson Sunday morning were held
Monday afternoon at the home of
his brother, J. W. Davis, near
Henderson. The Services w e r e
conducted by Rev. J. J. Sanders,
pastor of the HendetSon Metho
dist church. Interment was in
Henderson cemetery.
Mr. Davis is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Nannie Davis and
• his brother, J. W. Davis.
I Mr. Davis was born and reared
I of Houston county aud spent most
| in his life there.
To our beloved and highly es
teemed Brother, < . P. Gray,
whom we love but think is in the
wrong pen:
To illustrate more plainly, we
are reminded of a story told by a
Primitive Baptist preacher. He
said "Bretherin and friends,
(speakingof the other denomina- j Rogina Ben-ou ...
tions), we love you but you are in rl, c eighth, Braswell Deen (Dento-
the wrong pen.” Saying once| Cra t) was an easy victor over II
there was a man died and left I J. Cat-swell (Republican). Other
two sons, a wise son and a fool-{representatives had t.o opposition,
ish son, and a flock of sheep. In j National Vote
the flock was one black sheeoj a free hand in directing tho
named Billy that ihe foolish son country was given President-elect
was very fond of. The wise son Koo.-eveli tv election of a house
divided the sheep, the large ones • 1 T ‘ -
in one pen and the small ones in
the other, with Billy the black
sheep in the pen with the small
sheep. He told his brother to go
down and take his choice of the
two pens of sheep.
The foolish brother went down
and saw Billy in the pen with
r.he small sheep, t-o he t-aid ‘ Bul
ly, I love you but you are in the
wrong pen.”
So we may say to you, ;et in
the right pen.
Signed
Your Democratic Friend.
Lasting Adobe Houses
Adobe houses have stood for hun
dreds of yeara. The secret of lon
gevity is a dry stone foundation.
t.hri e to one Democratic, und
senate controlled by bis parly, 59
to 36. This smashing victory
only emphasized the significance
of his never before attained elec-
toial vote of 472 to 59 for Presi
dent Hoover.
The sarr.e one-sided results
C tnte from the state elections in
which the Democrats elected 29
I governors and the Republic a rs
|only live.
COTTON REPORT
i Thf re wore 2,363 bales of cot-
i ton, counting round as half bales,
j giant din Houston county, from
Husbandly Trait. the CrOp Of 1932 Priorto NoV 1,
A robot which has been made In 19.52, as compared with o,78o bales
America can walk and carry articles ginned to Nov. 1, 1931.
and obeys the human voice. If it can
also wash up, sign checks, and use a
tlnopener It would seem that the per- Summing It Up
j feet husband has been evolved.—Lon-
i don Humorist.
Happiness Is an attitude, not a bank
account.