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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXIII. No. 39
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1933
ESTABLISHED 1870
SUNDAY IMPORTANT agricultural GA.ASKS ROOSEVELT U.S. FUNDS TO KEEP highway board FEDERAL APPROVAL
DAY AT M.E. CHURCH N£WS 0F1NTEREST FOR FEDERAL AIDi GA. SCHOOLS OPEN LET ! C0NTOA " rs DUE ON ROAD PLANS
Rail}' Day to bi Held; Wes
leyan President to Speak
Next Sunday will be an un
usually important day for the
Methodists of Perry. In the
Sunday School the annual fall
Rally Day will be observed.
Supt. A. M. Anderson is urging
every class to have every en
rolled member present and ev
ery new member possible there
next Sunday.
Equally important is the fact
that Dr. Dice R. Anderson,
president of Wesleyan College,
will speak at the morning
church service which begins at
11:30 o’clock.
During the illness of the pas
tor, Rev. W. F. Smith, preach
ers and speakers from nearby
towns have occupied the pulpit
at the local Methodist church.
The pastor has made a plea to
the congregation to attend the
church services.
One of the Macon pastors
will preach at the night service
next Sunday. A large attend
ance is urged at both services
next Sunday.
The fourth and last quarter
ly conference of the church
will be held Thursday, October
12, at 8 p.m. at the church.
Rev. Leland Moore, presiding
elder of the Macon district, has
notified all members of the
quarterly conference to be
present with their reports.
PATRIOTIC LEADERS PLAN
BI-CENTENNIAL PROGRAM
Representatives from the pa
triotic organizations of Perry met
Monday night at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Traylor and
decided to sponsor a Georgia Bi
centennial celebration in Hous
ton county this fall.
Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, county
historian, was chosen general
chairman and the following com
mittee was selected to assist her:
Mrs. L. M. Paul, Sr.. Mrs. E.W.
Travlor, Mrs. Tern Cater. Mrs.
C. B. Andrew. Mrs. F.C. Chand
ler, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun. Mrs. W.
B. Evans, Mrs. H. D. Gordy.Mr.
S. A. Nunn. Mr. G. W. Rhodes.
Mr. T. C. Rogers, and Mr. H. P.
Houser.
Complete plans for this pro
gram will be announced at an
early date.
VICTORY PROGRAM
AT ANDREW CHAPEL
Houston county farmers re
cently sold 85 pigs to the govern
ment through the White Provis
ion company of Atlanta. Nearly
twice this number of pigs were
listed with the county agent but
were not bought by the govern
ment as the quota had already
been reached. Houston farmers
realized a little over $300 from
this sale.
85 of the 248 qualified farmers
of Houston county have received
cotton checks from the govern
ment. These 85 farmers receiv
ed $14,355. Around $21,000 is
still due farmers of this county
for destroying cotton. Govern
ment checks will no doubt be re
ceived by these farmers at an
early date.
County Agent Fanning reports
that the farmers of Houston are
pleased with the outcome of the
peanut crop. Though the crop is
not as large as last year, the
quality is very good and the price
is up.
SUPERIOR COURT
ADJOURNED FRIDAY
The October term of Hous
ton Superior Court came to a
close late Friday afternoon af
ter completing a long calendar
of criminal and misdemeanor
cases. The last three days of
the week were unusually busy
ones for the court and the most
important cases tried by jury
were disposed of during that
period.
Willie J. Smith, negro, was
found guilty of the murder of
Willie Everett, negro, and sen
tenced to life imprisonment. It
is understood that his attorneys
will appeal the case.
L. B. West, negro, charged
with the murder of Samson
Keen, negro, pled guilty to
man-slaughter and was sen
tenced to serve from 2 to 3
years in the penitentiary.
Virgil Bell. Bennie Wilkins.
J. D. Smith, Dudley Jones and
Man Leonard, negroes, pled
guilty to stealing brass and
iron from the Penn-Dixie Com
pany and each one was sen
tenced to 12 months in the
chain gang. Evidence showed
that they disposed of several
thousand pounds of valuable
metal machine parts belonging
to the Company.
There were six convictions
for burglary during the session.
Ape* Learn to U»e Coin*
to Buy at Slot Machine*
One of the latest hits of knowledge
Public Works Cash Refused
State by Ickes
ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia has
taken its case for approximately
$100,000,000 from the public
works fund direct to President
Roosevelt to overcome the ruling
of Public Works Administrator
Ickes that the state’s constitu
tional limitations make it impos
sible to advance such funds to
this state.
The Georgia advisory board is
waiting an answer to the tele
grams sent to the president. He
is the only hope of securing this
state’s share of the public works
fund.
Lawyers representing the Geoi -
gia board saw Secretary Ickes
and the public works administra
tion in Washington. They weie
told that no funds could be allo
cated to this state because of the
state constitutional provision
prohibiting any city or county
from incurring indebtedness of
more than seven per cent of
their taxable property values.
The state cannot incur indebted
ness except for the purpose of
putting down rebellion or repel -
ing invasion and temporarily in
anticipation of uncollected taxes.
FOUR HOUSTON BOYS
SELECTED FOR C. C. C.
The Houston County Relief
Committee Saturday selected
the following young men to
join the Reforestration Camps:
William McKinley, Perry; Sla
ton Bryant, Grovania; Houser
Manhall and Hugh Morris
Wellston. These young men
will probably be called to re
port for duty at camp some
where in the South at an early
date.
The government office of the
C. C. C. in Atlanta ordered the
local committee to select four
young men to take the places
of those who did not re-enlist
by September 30.
W. L. STRIBLING DIES
MACON, Ga.—William Law
rence (Young) Stribling, heavy
weight boxer and one of Geor
gia’s best known citizens, died
Tuesday from injuries received
Sunday when his motorcycle and
an automobile collided. He was
28.
He lost his left foot in the ac
cident and his pelvis was erush-
dP. Physicians attributed his
death to complications arising
from internal injuries.
Jack iKa Giant Killer
10,000 Teachers To Get Jobs
in State Campaign
ATLANTA. Ga.-The federal
government Saturday agreed to
advance all funds necessary for
keeping the common schools of
Georgia open this year for a full
term, the first time in several
years, and to provide funds for
teachers and books for classes
intended to wipe out illiteracy
and for a program of child and
adult vocational education.
It was estimated that the
grants to the common schools
would provide employment for
10,000 additional teachers and
that to balance the program
would care for 8,000 more, 5,000
in the campaign to eradicate il
literacy and the remainder teach
ing child and adult vocational ed
ucation.
The funds are to be provided
through the Georgia relief com
mission and Harry L. Hopkins,
director of emergency relief.
Georgia is the first state in the
Union to obtain funds to pay
salaries of school teachers or to
share in such a way the educa
tional provisions of the emergen
cy relief program.
Dr. M. D. Collins, state super
intendent of schools, said Satur
day that the relief program
would mean that all of the com
mon schools of the state and the
schools in cities of less than 2,-
500 persons would keep open for
a full length term, the terms to
equal those of 1931.
Under the program thousands
of unemployed teachers are to be
put to work at once and addition
al thousands of dollars will be
used in carrying out the program
to wipe out illiteracy and in the
child and adult vocational train
ing classes.
In announcing completion of
the program, Dr. Collins said un
employed teachers should apply
to their county school superin
tendents for appointments and to
furnish these superintendents
with all information concerning
their ability and give speck 1
reference to the need for the em
ployment. The teachers are ex
pected to be paid a minimum of
>12.50 a week, although no net
scale of pay has been determined
upon, the relief commission hav
ing the authority to fix the sal
aries of teachers at any figure
it sees fit.
Dr. Collins said he was in
structing the various county
school superintends of the state
co file immediately with him a
report showing the exact status
of the institutions under their di
rection and to report how long
the schools could remain open un
der the funds on hand.
COLLECTOR’S COINS
FROM THE HOARDERS
The first of the Victory Month
programs on ,the Elko Charge
will be held at Andrew Chapel
next Sunday morning at 11:15.
The program will consist in part
of Four-Minute Addressses by
Mrs. R. H. Brown of Grovania,
Mr. R. H. Howard of Kathleen,
and Mr. Alfred Duck of Ameri-
eus; individual reports on all
Edgewood Plan projects; a
resume of the year’s work; and
an address by Mr. T. M. Fur-
low, District Lay Leader of
Americus District. The music is
in charge of Miss Doris Hall.
The object of these programs
is principally inspirational. We
will take stock and take courage,
but will not take a collection. We
trust, however, that all payments
possible on everything will be
made this week in order that
our report will sound the note of
victory on that front also.
Mr. Furlow is an able and in
spirational speaker. You will
want to hear him.
Rev. C. B. Ware, Pastor.
Under Civil Service
Appointment <*f postal service em
ployees Is no longer a matter of po
litical favor. Those who seek such
positions must undergo a civil service
examination, and selections are made
from those making the highest grades.
When one gets a job under civil serv
ice rules, 'he can be removed only for
cause, unless the job is entirely abol
ished.
that apes have proved themselves ca
pable of assimilating is the purchas
ing power of money and how to use
coins to obtain certain food delicacies
they enjoy from slot machines. Dr.
John B. Wolfe, National Research
Council Fellow, discovered the finan
cial aptitude of chimpanzees when he
carried on a number of experiments
with these animals in the Laboratories
of Comparative Psychobiology at Yale
under the direction of Dr. Robert M.
Yerkes.
Doctor Wolfe gave the chimpanzees
poker chips of various sizes in lieu of
money to be used In food-vending slot
machines. The animals learned to
reach for the food at the openings be
fore they could be persuaded to de
posit the coins necessary to get re
sults. But it wasn’t long before they
“got on" to this part of the perform
ance, and they even learned to distin
guish which type of coin would pur
chase the confections they liked best.
They also learned to hoard some of
their coins for future use insteud of
spending them all at once.
Films to Cross Borders Free
Moving picture films of educational
value are to cross European frontiers
free of duty as soon as the League of
Nations can complete International
agreements. Included are films pre
pared for occupational training, those
giving information on health and tech
nical research; also those describing
the league’s work.
Jack the giant killer and other sto
rles of the kind embody savage rem
iniscences of the border warfare be
tween the Saxon and the Gael.
Tke World a University
The world at large Is one’s unlver
slty, and all its men and women are
his tenchers, usually as Involuntarily
as he is their pupil.
Bibles in Many Languages
Bibles are circulated in Ceylon In j
2d different languages. English com- |
ing third on the list in point of num- j
bers.
Early Pewterers
Among the early pewterers of New
York at least three before 1.800 are
listed as makers of pewter toys.
Mushroom Intoxicating
Japan has a mushroom which will i
make the person who eats it exhibit I
all the symptoms of Intoxication.
Gospel of the Futura
The right to live, and the right to
live healthy, happy lives, is the gospel
of the future.
Tha Ermine Weasel
The ermine weasel is found In the
north of both the eastern and western
continents.
As hoarded money has been collected
at banks and at the United States
treasury, many odd and unusual coins
and notes have been reported. In fact,
says Literary Digest, some treasury
employees have suggested that it
might pay the government to sort
over its rare coins and notes for
the purpose of selling them to collec
tors, who in some cases would he very
glad to pay much more than the face
value for them. Certain rare gold and
silver coins might bring in several hun
dred dollars apiece. This matter is
brought up by a writer of a Wnshin
ton letter to the American Banker,
In which we read:
“A hank conservator working over
the hooks of an Ohio institution came
across one of the first silver dollars
ever coined by the United States. It
was returned to the mint. Bank ofli-
cials say it was deposited along with
other moneys, and is said to he worth
$15)9 in numismatic circles.
“One of the ‘strawberry sprig’ pen
nies has turned up. This penny was
minted in 175)3 and is noted as being
unusual due to the wreath of a straw
berry sprig over the date. It is listed
as Using worth over three hundred dol
lars among collectors.”
- I
1 o Labtl Parcels
A wooden match Is much better than
a pen for addressing parcels. It save*
the pen and makes the writing bolder
and clearer.—Exchange.
Ca-eparata
Remember the banana. Every time j
It leaves the bunch. It gets skinned.
Aicakal Fraaaaa and B-iU
Pure alcohol freezes at 202 degrees
F. below zero and boils at 173 degrees, !
President Tyler
President John Tyler was the sec
ond son of John Tyler, a former gov
ernor of Virginia, and Mary (Armi-
stead) Tyler. President Tyler left
three daughters and two sons.
Stare Windows Attract
Pedestrians passing store windows
stop to look at one out of every nine.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Contracts
were let Monday by the state
highway board for more than
$500,000 worth of paving and
bridge construction, and an
nouncement was made that no
major state-fund projects
would be let during the re-
nfainder of the year.
The chief project today was
for paving of 14.8 miles on the
Atlanta-Albany highway from
Thomaston to the Flint river.
This paving, which was let in
two contracts to speed up work
will cost more than $330,000.
The awards today were
made subject to approval of
the federal bureau of public
roads.
Chairman J. J. Mangham of
the highway board said the
state would supply about
$150,000 of the money for
these projects, and that no ma
jor state-fund projects would
be let during the rest of this
year because of extensive road
work under way throughout
the state with convict and state
highway department forces.
FARM. FIELD AND FURROW
■J. Wm. Fanning, County Agent.
TREATING SMALL GRAIN
SEED
There are considerable
amounts of grain lost each year
due to smut that affects the
grains of either oats or wheat.
Oats seem to be very much
more susceptible to the ravages
of smut in this state than does
wheat hut it’s mighty good in
surance to treat both before
planting.
With oats two methods are
recommended in treating. One
is what is known as the Wet
Formaldehyde Method. When
using this mix one pint of form
aldehyde with forty gallons of
water. This amount is sufficient
to treat around fifty bushels of
oats. The grain should be
spread on a tight floor and the
solution should be applied with
some kind of a sprinkler as the
oats are being shoveled from
one pile to another. The grain
should he thoroughly wet.
Shovel into one pile and cover
with canvas and allow to re
main at least two hours or over
night.
The other method is that of
mixing one pint of formalde
hyde with one pint of water.
Pour then into a quart sprayer.
Apply in a fine mist to the
grain as it is being shoveled
from one pile to another. One
quart of this mixture is suffi
cient to treat fifty bushels of
grain. After applying this mix
ture assemble the grain into a
pile, cover with sacks and al
low to remain for five hours or
over night.
For wheat the method com
monly used is that of using
Blue Stone. Dissolve one pound
of Blue Stone in 4 gallons of
water. This amount will treat
four bushels of grain. Spread
the grain in a thin layer on a
tight clean floor and sprinkle
thoroughly with the mixture.
Assemble the grain in a pile
and cover for two to three
hours.
The seed wheat may also be
poured into a container about
half full of a mixture composed
of one pint of formaldehyde to
forty gallons of water. Allow
the wheat to remain about ten
minutes. Stir well. Drain off so
lution and spread the grain to
dry.
Romantic “Fade-Cat”
A romantic disappearence of an Il
lustrious man occurred about 850 A. D.
when Wu Tao-tzu. greatest of all
Chinese painters, finished his famous
landscape on the wall of the Imperial
palace. At the unveiling before the
royal court, he opened a “door” in the
painting, stepped through It and was
never seen again.—-Collier's.
Two on Sam# Job
Father and mother needn’t argue
over which has the harder time in
rearing a large family. They both
have the harder time.
Preliminary Outline Passed
on Favorably by Officials
WASHINGTON. D. C.—T h e
Bureau of Public Roads Saturday
approved the preliminary outline
submitted l>y die Georgia High
way Department for expendirg
$1U,091,185 of federal funds al
lotted to Georgia from the $400,-
000,000 set aside for roads out of
the $3,300,000,000 public works
appropriation.
Quick approval is anticipated
because the federal engineers
were consulted by the State
Highway Board in Atlanta in
drawing up the program.
The preliminary outline ap
proved here Saturday shows that
50 per cent of the money will be
spent on federal highway system
projects, 27 per cent within the
municipal limits and 23 per cent
on secondary highways in the
state. The detailed program
lists the projects by name and
cost of each.
The money wi.l be spent in 123
counties in Georgia and the de
tailed program will describe the
individual projects in each coun
ty. There are some 250 of them.
These include roads to be sur
face treated, roads to be graded,
bridges to he built and similar
undertakings.
As soon as Washington ap
proves the detailed program the
Georgia Highway Board will call
for bids on projects which ate
ready. The money is to be spent
through a series of progressive
lettings and just as the projects
are ready. The expenditure of
the fund is expected to cover a
period of two years and provide
employment for many persons
now out of work. Lists of such
persons have been made by the
Georgia Re-Employment Commis
sion in anticipation of the pro
jects to come from the public
road program and other public
works money.
GEORGIANS PAY $10,000,000
IN GENERAL TAXES IN YEAR
ATL NNTA, (la. —With the two-
cent tax on bank checks alone
yielding #142,497, federal tax Col
lections in Georgia in the fiscal
year ending June 30 amounted to
approximately $10,000.U<)0, an in
crease of 47 per cent over the pte-
cecding j ear, the internal revenue
bureau has announced.
Pay incuts under the manufac-
urer’s excise tax, operative in
'933 for the first time, amounted
r.o S 1,185.052 and more than offset
a 14 per cent decline in in
come tax payments.
Income tax payments, despite
the decrease, continued to yield
i tie greatest revenue to the federal
Government, with total collections
>f #3,580,817.91, of which cor
poral ions paid #1.889.754.55.
Georgia ranked third among
the states in total payments on
telephone, telegraph, w lebssand
(•able taxes, with ihe sum of
#839.077. Only payments Of New
York and M ssouri exceeded those
of Georgia-
Amusement taxes in Georgia
amounted to $70,270, while total
eolleci ions on the does and initia-
i ion fees was $50,4(12. Safe de
posit, box holdeis paid in $lU,8(»5.
NEGRO SCHOOL OPENS
The Houston County Training
4c ool at Perry opened its fall
;> rm Moimay mon ing.
be < ther color* d schools in the
•ountv will open uu Monday
Oet. 23.
It is hoped that the parents and
others interested will have their
pupil- enter school the lirst day
Jud attend regularly.
H. P. Houser, C.S.S.H.C.
P*’» Pirc«nti(<
An nverage family, says the census
bureau, consists of 3.34 persons. The
.34 Is the one who bring home the
wage envelope and looks after the
heater.—Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin.