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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXII. No. 47
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932
ESTABLISHED 1870
5 fjVF UNION SERVICE TO
BE HELD TO-NIGHT
Rev. W. F. Smith Sent
Local M. E. Church
Churches To Have
giv’ng Program
Thanks- i
In the ministerial appointments
for the South Georgia Methodist
c..nfeience announced Sunday by
UishopJohn M. Moore at the con-
cluding session of the annual
meeting in Albany, Rev. W. F.
Smith was appointed to Perry
from Quitman where he has
served four years
Rev. Herbert Ethridge w h o
has been pastor of the Perry
church for three years was sent
to Dawson.
Rev. Leland Moore was ’•e-
turr.ed to the Macon district, as
presiding elder for the thiid year
and his fifth consecutive year in
the cabinet. He had served two
years in the Columbus district
before coming to Macon.
The Elko circuit, the only cir
cuit in Houston county,was givei
Rev. C. B. Ware for its pastoi
another year. Rev. R. H. More
land, Elko pastor for two years,
i-was sent to the Wrightsville cir-
feuit.
Bishop John M. Moore opened
the conference Wednesday night
last week with a call to members
[of the Methodist Episcopal
(Church, South, 10 accept respon
sibility for guiding the world
bright in period of distress.
l 'We must face these condi
tions because nobody else will
face them,” he said.
‘‘We are charged with that
great spiritual power, not de
pendent on trade conditions
[which cannot be worked out it
ia laboratory, and which is not
{subject to the mandates of a po-
llitieal party. The church todaj
[is the most influential factor it
[American life and when it as
[serts itself in the spirit of true
religion the world will listen.’’
The conference pledged utiani
OuS support to a $1,250,000 caui-
aign for “preservation” of Wes-
eyan college at Macon.
The Conference Board of Chris
jtian Education recommended par -
tieipation in a drive beginning
Dec. 4 as necessary for mainten
ance of the school—the oldest
[chartered girls’ school in thi
world, and the delegates voter
[full support to the campaign.
The school, speakers said, need:
pi,000,000 to paj off bonded in
Idebtednoss and §250,000 to Can
[for floating debts.
I Uncompromising demand fo
[continuance of piohibiiion and
Id ore effective enforcement w a s
■nade Saturday by the conference.
I The report of the Oonferenet
oard of Temperance and Soeia
service setting forth those pohciei
*as adopted with a resolution say-
ng ‘‘we give our Support to th'
'wans, the measures and the mei
vho seek to strengthen prohibi
ion.”
The ponference needed the cd
ice of presiding elders that an it.
leased financial program would
liave a bad psychological effect
[imd turned thumbs down on ;
gger yearly budget Saturday.
A substitute for the budget
card’s proposal was adopted, fix-
ug ilia 1933 budget at $152,501),
jthe same as last year.
J. J. LANGSTON DIES
The churches of Perry will
unite in a Thanksgiving service
this Thursday night under
the leadership of Rev. E. Moye,
Presbyterian pastor. The serv
ice will be held at the Metho
dist church and will begin at
7 :30 o’clock.
Working with Rev. Mr. Moye
in arranging the program are
Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Methodist,
and J. P. Etheridge, Baptist.
Inasmuch as the George
Washington Bi-Centennial cele
bration will be brought to a
close Thanksgiving Day, part
of the program will be in honor
of George Washington,
The program will be as fol
lows :
Processional-“Rejoice, Give
Thanks and Sing’’, Choral Union.
“Praise God from Whom all
Blessings Flow”, Congregation.
Invocation -Rev. J. J.Sizemore.
Hymn,646--“Come, Ye Thank
ful People, Come”.
Besponsive Reading-Ps. 103.
Pra\er-Kev. E. Moye.
Bi-centennial Chorus-J u n i o r
Glee Club.
Address- Thanksgiving Day in
American History, A. M. Ander
son.
Hy mn-America.
Reading -Whittier’s “Harvest
Hymn”, Miss Chloe Trayior.
Anthem-“Come, Sound H i s
Praise Abroad.”
Scripture Reading and Devo
tional .Message, l!ev. E. Moye.
Vocal Duet--W.K. Whipple and
Francis Nunn.
Benediction-Rev. T. M. Chris
tian.
The whole community is in
vited to attend this Thanksgiv
ing service.
FARM, FIELD AND FURROW
.Tames .TefiYrsOn Langston, 70
ied at the home of his son, E. B
-ungstou. near Henderson, Tues
day night, Nov. 15, after an ex
tended illness. He was born h
Jasper county, moving to this lo
'aiiiy abtut 35 years ago.
He is survived by one daughter.
Mrs. E. P. Hodges, of Cocoa. Fia.
R-tid two sons, C. IT, and E. 1C, of
lender son; one brother, 1. M.. o
Tender son, and two sisters, Mis.
ohn Herrington, of Jackson, ant
Jrs Alonzo Griffin, of Macon.
Funeral services were held a'
tome of his son, E. 1C Langston
t Wednesday at 2 p. nr., vitl
interment in Henderson cemeteo
ITev. J. J. Sanders, pastor of th<
Ieuderson Methodist church, wa
in charge.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Davis had
=J 3 their guests Monday evening
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Spencer and
Awo children. Eugene and Bobbie.
GOVERNMENT CLOTH JUPTKK BIS NOT
received in perry ^y 0 R MERGER PLAN
Welfare Board Gives Infor
mation on Distribution
/jH, LET me linger by my fireside embers—■
^ Thanksgiving is no day for idle roving,
Old friends, old days, old songs, my heart remembers,
Are gathered to my side for hours of loving.
I take life’s book and turn its yellow pages,
Before the firelight glow' / natch them brighten.
Old faces of old friends of outgrown ages,
Through windows, with me, watch the brown earth
whiten.
T SEE old homesteads with their snoivy thatches,
-*• And from huge chimneys grayish smoke ascending.
I hear the welcome sound of lifting latches.
I feel the warm handclasps of hands befriending.
Oh, faces of the past, when life teas living,
Come, gather ’round this board and lift your voices
Again, as yore, in one long, glad Thanksgiving,
In ivhich the heart of youth and age rejoices!
—Fred Keller Dix.
Committee to Study
tional System
Edi
The Perry Community Wi lfaie
Board has received 4,000 yds. of With adoption of a conservative
government cloth to be distrihuf P 'licy toward educational in-ti ti
ed among the needy of Houston Hons, and expressing advocacy of
county. The board has commit-jextended governmental regulation,
tees in each community to assist of industry, the Georgia Baptist
in this work, and ihey will ap- convention adjourned its lllth
predate the co operation of every anniversary session in Macon
citizen. j Thursday.
The central committee of the Opposition to modification, re
board has given out the follow- submission or repeal of the 18th
ing information for the disiribu- amendment was expressed in uc-
© by Western Newspaper Union
NOT MUCH POMP
AT THAT FIRST
PILGRIM FEAST
F. C. Chandler, County Agent.
Butchering And Curing Meat
A good cure of meat depends on
proper preparation for butchering
irid following through with proper
butchering, chilling the carcass
and cuttiug the meat.
24 hours before butchering the
iOgg should be placed in a close
non wiih plenty of clean water to
drink but all feed withheld.Stick-
ng is the better method of
ail' chering rather than stunning
md then sticking. In sticking tin
apery and vein in the throat
should be severed and not stick
ing the heart, this insures proper
bleeding. After scraping and
net ning. remove the entrials, t e
rror the head, fist out the leai
fat, then split the hog down the
oaekboue with a saw leaving th'
-kin over Shoulders to hold tin
2areass together. Chill the car
eaSs thoroughly before cutting.
After chilling cut into parts
sprinkle lightly with salt and lay
■ut with flesh side down ovei
light to start drainage. Apply
•ure and pack in curing box flesh
side up placing the larger pieces,
joints, hams and shoulders, oi
the bottom. Cure at temperatuit
of 36 to 40 degrees Fareuheit.
It is a mistake to Salt down
m-at before it is thoroughly chill
d since this condition retards
at her than hastens chilling anu
causes bone sour to set up.
I will be glad to demenstrah
riethods of cutting on application.
good curing mixture is 8 pound;
•alt, 2 pounds sugar-prefeiably
irown, 2 ounces saltpeter, and 2
mnees ground red pepper. This
amount is sufficient for 100 pound;
green meat.
Terracing
“A Deed to the Land Will Not
Hold the Soil.” This is the title
if a skit put on via radio WSB
Tuesday of this week by three
Henry county (Ga.) 4-H c 1 u L
boys. The theme of this skit is
to hold the soil by preventing the
washing off of soil by proper ter
racing. The terrace recommend
ed for this section is the Broad
Base Variable Grade terrace,
Manghum Terrace, or the modified
form of combination drain and
terrace, callc-d in Alabama the
Nicholls terrace. November and
December are the best months for
ON EVERY Thanks
giving with Its hus
tle, happy family
gatherings and sub- j
sequent chntterlngs, |
there comes a lull j
In the activities o£ j
the day. Conversa- |
tion lags. Thoughts turn back to pre- j
vious Thanksgivings.
I<et us Cum uur thoughts buuih fur- j
tlier than our own experiences. Rack \
indeed to the first Thanksgiving in i
America and there watch the prep
aration of this first feast, so different j
from our own. It will give us a close
feeling of kinship with these prede
cessors of ours, these early American
homemakers. And it will bring a
deeper appreciation of the day, Helen
Robertson writes, In the Detroit Free
Press.
First Thanksgiving Feast.
The picture of that first Thanksgiv
ing feast celebrated in Plymouth on
tlie thirteenth day of December, 1621,
is a striking one. Imagine the block
house standing out stark and alone in
the great wilderness. Its rough walls,
crude furniture and huge fireplaces—
the Thanksgiving table of long narrow
boards, perhaps not more than three
feet wide, supported at either end by
trestles.
If this first Thanksgiving feast was
served In dishes, they were made of
square blocks of wood abput ten to
twelve inches square and three to four
inches deep, hollowed down into a sort
of bowl. Nor was there one of these
keys were roasted in the open, the
remainder of the feast being cooked
in huge pots nnd kettles of copper
hanging from the “lug pole” in the
center of the fireplace which occupied
the greater part of one side of the
room.
After this first Thanksgiving, many
followed, several being celebrated in
one year. We of today wonder at
tion of this government cloth:
All applications must he recom
mended and signed by some re- ments were opposed, and
liable person, stating reason lor
need of help, number in family,
ages of children, whether boys or
girls, how many each, and place
of living.
This will be looked into and
cloth delivered to home by com
mittee.
Positively no verbal or per
sonal application will be con
sidered.
All recommendations must be
mailed to chmn. of Community
Welfare Board in whatever dis
trict applicant lives.
(Signed)
Chmn. Com. Welfare Board,
Central Committee.
FIRE DAMAGES STORE
OF SHORT AND HARPER
trenchers, for so they were called, for
each person. Usually two children or
a man and wife ate from one trench
er. Mprks were almost unknown, in
fact the first fork was introduced by
Governor Winthrop in Boston twelve
years later. There were spoons, how
ever, and drinking cups and “noggins”
which were a sort of mug with a han
dle. These were passed from hand to
hand and lip to lip around the board.
No Holiday for Women.
The first Thanksgiving celebration
lasted several days rather than just
one. It was a time of recreation and
games—for the men at least. One can
not imagine four women and the few
young girls having much time for rec
reation when they must prepare the
food for 121 men, 91 of whom were
Indians with an unbounded capacity
for gorging. And this for several
days!
Doubtless the deer and great tur-
construction of these terraces.The
equipment required for the con
struction i«: Terracing level and
rule cards which are available to
the farmers of the county. The
drag can be built on any farm in
30 minutes time at a total outlay
for lumber, nails, bolts and blade
for $1.00 or less.
To get the terraces properly
built will require two to three
their courage to hold Thanksgiving
feasts when there seems to have been
so little to be thankful for.
In the mind of the I’uritan, Christ
mas and its celebration was nothing
short of idolatry. This was the day
to be spent in religious service. Ilut
Thanksgiving was the day of family
reunion and feasting.
Eightser.tb Century Thanks.
The next Thanksgiving celebrations
of which we read are those which re
quired days and even weeks of prep
aration. We read the description of
one table, which surely must have
groaned under its weight of delicious
ness.
“On one end of the table was the
big roast turkey and on the other a
goose and two pigeon pastries. There
was abundance of vegetables.” Bo-
sides these there were huge chines of
roast pork and venison. ,,
And still the same letter bemoans
the fact that they were unable to have
roast beef because of the scarcity due
to the war! 'Hie letter finishes with
this paragraph:
“Our mince pies were good, though
we had to use dried cherries instead
of raisins and venison instead of beef.
The pumpkin pies, apple tarts, and big
Indian puddings lacked for nothing
save appetite by the time we got
around to them.” Do you wonder?
Setting Day Aside.
The celebration of a certain day
for Thanksgiving was not universal
until 1S04 when President Lincoln is
sued a proclamation appointing the
fourth Thursday in November with
a view of having a day kept there
after annually without interruption.
The President’s assassination the next
year almost caused a suspension of
his own rule until President Johnson
appointed the last Thursday in Novem
ber.
Nevertheless it is “ye oyster
stewed,” “turtle,” corn and pumpkin
which were served in the Pilgrim days
that still play the leading roles in our
Thanksgiving menus of today. And
just as in those early years, it is stil!
a day of family gatherings and feast
ing. So while the Thanksgiving cele
brations conform with the dictates of
our day there stii! remain shades and
shadows of the past which enrich it
and make it the happier.
Fire discovered in the rear of
the store of .short and Harper
shortly after seven o’clock Sun-
Jay morning resulted in con
siderable damage to the building,
fixtures and stock before the
(lames were arrested
The stock of merchandise and
some of the fixtures were re
moved - !>y the spectators who
volunteered their services, huta
large part of the stock was
destroyed by fire and water.
The building was damaged to
the extent of several hundred
dollars and valuable store and
office equipment were destroyed.
The damage to building and
contents were only partially
covered by insurance.
It is understood that, the busi
ness of the firm will be resumed
just as soon as insurance adjust
ments can he made and repairs
to the building made.
W, M. S. MEETING
The Methodist Woman's Mis
Sionary society held a progian,
meeting at the church Monday
afternoon with the Claia Howard
circle in charge.
Mrs. W. C. Jones, circle leader,
ave the devotional on “Finding
tod in Christ.” A poem, “Our
Christ,” was read by Mrs. Minnii
Couey.
A report of the work of tin
China Missionary society in 11)33
vas made by Mrs, J. L. I lodges
Missionary items fioin several for-
ign and home fields were give)
>y Mrs. G. C. Nunn.
A vocal solo was rendered by
Miss Lu ale Ryals.
ANNOUNCEMENT
lion of the convention in its cloS-
ing session, competitive arma*
pictures
depicting crime and morality were
censured.
Crowding a day’s work into one
long session, the Baptists finished,
their convention about 2 o’clock
a ter rejecting all the radical pro
posals which had been advanced
as inescapable.
l he proposal to appoint a com
mittee to investigate merger of
Bessie Tift college and Mercer
univeisity was discarded in favor
of a compromise offered by Dr.
Ryland Knight, Atlanta, that a
committee he appointed ‘ ... to
consider the eutire educational
program of Georgia Baptists and
report to the 1933 convention,
shall not change th? present status
it being understood that their re
port of any school prior lo June
1, 1934.”
This amendment to the educa
tion committee’s recommendation
was accepted on the busis that it
would leave Bessie Tift and Mercer
on solid footing for two years,per
mitting them to proceed with pre-
grams to secure endowments and
raise standardization; and would
at the same time provide for the
complete investigation Of advis
able changes in the educational
system.
'the committee on time, place
and preacher reported that next
rear’s convention will be held on
Nov. 14-16 and Rev. John S.
A ilder. Savannah, will he the
preacher. The place will be se
lected by the executive committee
of the convention at a later date.
I)r. J.E. Sammons, pastor of
the Vineville Baptist church, was
re-elected president of the Geor
gia Baptist convention for another
year by acclamation at the open
ing of the annual session in the
First Baptist church Tuesday
me rning last week.
Dr. R. D. Ragsdale, veteran
secretary of the convention, also
was re-elected unanimously. Rev.
Spencer B. King, Blakeley, was
re-dected treasurer.
The following were elected vice
presidents: Rev. John S. Wilder,
Savannah; Rev. L. A. Henderson,
Columbus; ltev. Henry T. Brook-
shirt, Elbcrton, and Rev. R. D.
Hodges, Teuuiile.
_ • |
MANY FAMILIES ARE
RETURNING TO FARM
In keeping with the plans of the
Perry Loan & Savings Bank to at
all times decrease the expense in
curred upoii their customers, they
■sish to announce that on and af
ter November 15, 1932 they will
not make the usual Service Charge
oi small accounts as has been tin
practice for the past two years.
[’his does not mean that they wil
•liminatc the exchange charges
that are now in effect.
This Service Charge is being
eliminated so aS to enable small
depositors to use their checking I them were
years after which tune they are
set permanently. First year, lay
Out and Construct; 2nd year, re
pair and build higher; 3rd year,
complete the job and after this
the terraces will be in condition
to cultivate over and use any type
of farm machinery across.
account more freely and to expand
the use of checks in paying hiiL
md for cash transactions that can
he paid by check rathrr than the
actual tiausfer of cash.
Roy I.eCraw, chairman of the
Forward Georgia committee of the
Atlanta Chamber, of Commerce,
which with Mayor Key inaugurat
ed the movement, stated last week
that there are now 400 farms
registered at the Chamber by far
mers, who will supply teams for
cultivation on a share basis.
The whole project for transferr
ing the families back to the farms
and maintaining them until a Ciop
is raised costs from fifty to seven
ty-five dollars per family, the cost
varying with the size of the fam
ily and the location to which they
are sent,. Mr. LcCraw said.
A goal of 1,000 to ],5O0 families
back to the farm with a fund of
*50,OuO to $74,000, lias been set
by th“ Committee for the Coming
twelve months.
Mr. LeCraw said that s : xty
families have already been return-
d to farms and that fifty-two of
now self-supporiing.
Dr. J. W. Johnson, Registered
Optometrist, Atlanta, Ga , will be
at our store one day, Nov. 30.
All work guaranteed by us.
City Pharmacy, Perry, Ga.
I te said that all had fomierly
I been receiving aid from Atlanta
! charities.. He said that the 50,-
000 abandoned Georgia f a rm s
were represented among Atlanta’s
45,000 persons now on its charity
lists.
The families are not merely
dumped on the farms, but mea
sures are adopted whereby they
can be sustained until their crops
begin to yield.