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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXIII. No. 41
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1933
ESTABLISHED 1870
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METHODISTS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
SHORT NEWS items CONGRESSMAN CASTELLOW
of LOCAL interest! FAVORS SHIFT IN PROCESS TAX
"checks'from Third District Representative Visits Perry; Speech At Cot-
171 Houston county
Last Quarterly Conference of had received cotton
the government up to Tuesday I ton Conference Advocates Changes In lax
morning. The total amount of i
1 money received in this county is
The fourth quarterly confer- $24,221.
ence of the Perry Methodist
J erry Church Held
church was held last Thursday
night at the church with Rev.
Leland Moore, presiding elder of
the Macon distr.ct, in the chair.
Church officers were elected as
follows:
Stewards —C. E. Andrew, L.F.
Cater, J. 0. Coleman, II. T.
Dean, M. G. Edwards, C.P.Gray,
H. P. Houser, G. W. Hicks, G.
C. Nunn, L. M. Paul, Jr., T.
The U. S. Census Bureau in
forms us that there were 4,072
i bales of cotton ginned in Hous
ton county from the crop of 1933,
prior to Oct. 1, 1933, as compar
ed with l,80y labs ginned to
Oct. 1, 1932.
Rogers, W. V. Tuggle, A. P
Whipple, apd A. C. Pritchett.
Recording Steward — C. E, An
drew.
District Steward —L. F. Cater.
Trustees— W. B. Sims, chmn.;
S. A. Nunn, J. C. Mathews, and
L. F. Cater.
Sunday School Supt,—A. M.
Anderson.
Secty. Church Conference —
Miss Florine Rainey.
Charge Lay Leader - S. A.
Nunn.
Chmn. Missionary Com.—Mrs.
G. C. Nunn.
Chmn. Stewardship Com.-C.
P. Gray.
Director Golden Cross - Mrs. J.
L. Hodges.
Pres. W. M. S.-Mrs. E
Wolfe.
Pres. Senior League - J.
Martin.
The Sunday school report
showed an average attendance for
the year of 162, the largest atten
dance to be 225, the average
collection $7.71, the total amount
raised $401.10,not including mon
ey spent by classes on the S. S.
rooms.
Houston county will celebrate
C. Georgia's Bi-centennial with a
Congressman B. T. Castellovv j cident to the increase. Not only
of the third district visited some j this, the tax so collected is not
of his friends in Perry Saturday, being applied as originally in
program Nov. 24, the county his
torian, Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, has
i announced. The schools of the
j county have been invited to take
part. The program will be pub-
! iished later.
B.
M.
COUNTY TEACHERS
HAVE MEETING HERE
The white teachers of Houston
Houston county will enter a
float in the Middle Georgia NRA
parade to be held in Macon the
afternoon of Oct. 26. Thirty-one
counties around Macon have
pledged floats for the parade.
Mayor W. E. Swanson is chair
man of Houston’s committee to
prepare a float. He has named
to assist him the following: J.
W. Fanning, H. T. Gilbert, J.W.
Bloodworth, Mrs. E. W. Traylor,
Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, Mrs. L. R.
Eden, and Mrs. T. C. Rogers.
MRS. SUSIE IMLETT DIES
Mrs. Susie Mallett, of Atlanta,
age 58, died Wednesday, Oct. 11,
at an Atlanta hospital after an
illness of several weeks. Mrs.
Mallett made her home in Perry
several years when she was a
young lady.
After a short service in At
lanta Friday morning, the body
was brought to Perry and funei-
al services held at the grave in
county held their first meeting! Evergreen cemetery Friday af-
this fall Saturday morning at the j ternoon _ r cv _ k. Dennis
3 erry school building. The prin
cipal address was delivered by
Dr. M. D. Collins, state school
superintendent, on Georgia’s Ed-
uctional Program. Supt. J. M.
Gooden spoke on School Citizen
ship to the entire group.
County Supt. H. P. Houser in
planning the program arranged
for the teachers to be divided in
to groups for a lecture and dis
cussion neriod.
Miss Mary Lee Gv eene led the
group of first to f fth grade teacl -
ers on the discussion topic:
Indoor Games and Playground
" Mrs". J. O. Coleman was leader}MISS RANKIN SPEAKS
of the high school and sixth and
seventh grade group. Supt. C.
L. Williams of Bonaire school
spoke on Current Topics in His
tory Courses and Principal E. P.
Staples of Perry school talked on
the Benefits of High School Ath
letics.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
and Rev. J. A. Ruffin officiated.
She is survived by two broth
ers and two sisters: W. B.Sims,
Perry; Dr. J. R. Sims, Barnes-
ville; Mrs. W. R. Benson, At
lanta; Mrs. J. O. Hunt, Macon;
and several nieces and nephews.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives and friends attending the
funeral were her sisters and the
following: Willoughby Sims,
Mrs. Nettie Carswell, Mrs.Laura
Seymour, J. H. Summers, Gro
ver Seymour, Mrs. Jim Jenkins,
Atlanta; Miss Annie Sims,Macon.
HERE ON WOLD PEACE
T lip B^ptLt VV. M. s. met a'
the chnrt h for its monthly meet
ing Monrtnv tiftt-rnoott. Oct 9.
Mrs. Allen Pritchett hart charge
o f the program, ’the topic fo-
stndv vaa “The Harvest of the
Worrt in S' lUh America.’’
Circle No. 3 put on a most in-
tetesting program. Those tak ini-
i a>-t were Misses Emma Curtis
and Chloe Tra' ior, Mrs. JaoH <?
Ouggan, Mrs. T<.m _ r _ a *! oast wars, Miss Rankin declared
i She urged her listeners to write
to their Congressman and Sena-
Resolutions advocating World
Peace were adopted by a body of
Perry church women Friday fol
lowing an address by Miss Jean
nette Rankin lecturer of the Na
tional Council for Prevention ol
War.
Miss Rafikin recited the Kel-
logg-Briand Treaty, which con
demns war, declares war illegal,
and agrees never to use it, anc
declared that public opinion can
enforce this treaty. “If it if
wrong to kill as individuals, it if
wrong to kill as a group ol
individuals,” she said,
i No nation has ever attacked
Although Mr. Castellow has rep
resented this district less than a
year, he has been appointed to one
of the major committees in Con
gress, the Foreign Affairs com
mittee. It is unusual for a new
congressman to be given an as
signment on a major committee
and Mr. Castellow’s appointment
is evidence that his ability has
already been recognized in Con
gress.
Congressman Castellow is vi
tally interested in agriculture as
this is the chief industry of his
district. He was one of the dele
gates to the recent Cotton con
ference in Washington, D. C.
and was one of fifteen selected
by the conference to confer with
President Roosevelt on the
South’s agricultural problems.
Mr. Castellow advocates a
shift in the burden of the pro
cess tax on cotton to the national
treasury.
The following is his speech in
its entirety as delivered to the
conference:
As I understand, the object
of this convention is primarily
to correct the disparity exist
ing between the prices received
by the cotton producers for
their commodities and the
prices they are required to pay
for necessities. The enhance
ment in price of those things
which the farmer must buy is
entirely out of proportion to the
increase in value of the prod
ucts of his labor. He not only
needs relief from this unbear
able and unjust situation, but
he needs it now! In my section
the cotton and seed are rapidly
passing from the .hands that
toiled in their production and
even now is too late for com
plete equity to be accom
plished.
While this convention seems
to be in perfect accord in the
opinion that expansion of the
currency would immediately
enahnee the price of all com
modities and thereby place the
producers in better position to
liquidate their obligations, this
alone is not the only relief
needed for, unless they can re
alize a net profit on their prod
ucts they would have nothing
with which to make a credit on
their indebtedness. Credits on
past obligations must necessa
rily be made from the net prof
its of the present or future. To
be sure, if cotton is selling for
40 cents per pound and the far
mer could have a bale clear as
profit he might receive a credit
therefrom of $200.00 on his
debt instead of a credit of less
than $50.00 as at present
prices. But if it cost him 41
cents per pound to produce
that cotton, he would have not
a single pound to place on that
debt. So, I therefore, contend
the farmer not only needs but
is entitled to more at this time
than a general advance in
prices. The detrimental dispar
ity must be corrected.
The handicap under which
the farmer has been forced to
the United States or declared wai ,
on them, yet the U. S. is spend-! labor for these many years is
ing a billion dollars yearly pre-1 the fact that he has been
I paring for war and paying fo:
anrt Mrs. Mayo Df<vi-
Dir-k Ry
Mrs. Felix Miishlmrn nrrt Mi
J. A. Ruffin S-ing a V eauiifnl due 1
a com panic J hv Miss Elizabeth
RrunSOn. MiS. Brunson had
ohm gp Of business.
Mrs. Alva Davis. Mission Sturty
chairman, Was present and nrgert
that everyone bn present at 2
o’clock on Oot 25, to study the
book sent out by the sectetaiy
Mrs. McM->hon.
Resolutions "-ore read on the
dt ath of Mrs. Curtis. Reporter.
BAPTIST ITEMS
[forced to sell in a competitive
5 market and to buy in a protect-
j ?d market. The object of the
I processing tax was primarily
intended to correct this very
'condition by giving to trie pro-
jducer the benefit of this tax
I levied upon the consumer. The
I producers of raw materials
I constitute a large percentage
, , . . , , j of the consuming public and as |
r ire of unknown oi igm destroy-, sucb have borne their part of a :
home of Claudei Fagin one i nro tective tariff levied upon
mile from Perry about 5 o clock, th for the benefU of the
We W d h"X dl d y =!' the flamesU-ufacturers So.. the
mg tax was devised for the
purpose of giving this unpro
tended—to increase the price
received for his cotton—but is
being used in reimbursing him
for the loss sustained in the ac
tual destruction of his property
in the production of which he
not only labored, but in most
instances incurred further in
debtedness. Property in the
form of cotton has been de
stroyed and I understand as
clearly as any that if the far
mer is reimbursed therefor the
burden must rest somewhere
and it does appear that, as us
ual, it has been placed upon
the shoulders least able to bear
it, for it seems that the amount
estimated as necessary to pay
for the destroyed cotton has
simply been deducted from the
price to be received from the
remainder of the crop. To af
ford the farmer real relief this
burden must be transferred
and the only logical place
would be to the common treas
ury which means the general
public, for a Government as
such has nothing. It has not a
single dollar to give any man,
or set of men, which it does not
take from some men or set of
men. In the physical world, it
is impossible to prize anything
u pwithout prizing something
down. It is likewise impossible
to prize up a single ounce more
than is prized down. So it is,
therefore, equally essential to
determine where the weight
will rest as where the lifting
shall be applied. This princi
ple equally true in Government
is, I fear, sometimes over
looked. In this particular in
stance it appears we have com
mitted the error of resting the
fulcrum on the very sill we
would prize up and to my mind
there is no cause for surprize
that its course has not been
definitely upward. For more
than a century cotton has main
tained the balance of trade in
our favor though the producers
thereof have received an inade
quate share of the benefit. As
was so well said recently by
the distinguished chairman of
this convention that if the mon
opoly in the production of this
most useful staple had been en
joyed by the people of the
North or East they would have
gotten far more profit out of
the seed than we have received
from both cotton and seed.
Is it, therefore, asking too
much that the burden of this
tax be transferred as suggest
ed? Our farmers have been
and are being called upon to
pay their part of tremendous
sums contributed to other caus
es of no direct benefit to them.
In my judgment, no better in
vestment could be made by our
Government than to assume
this obligation and for once
give a substantial benefit and
render a definite service to that
class of our citizenship which
has never failed our Govern
ment in a time of need and has
contributed possibly more than
any other to the stability of this
great Nation. If it is asking too
much, let’s not ask it—but. in
my opinion, it is not reauesting
a gift, but seeking a right!
TWO RESIGN STATE STATE CONVICTS
OFFICES AT REQUESI gy gQ ARD
ATLANTA, Ga. —Resignations . ’
of Arthur Lucas and Henry T. i Highway Dept. 1 akes Over
McIntosh, of Albany, from the! 5,000 Convicts to Work
Statj Board of Control, in com-)
pliance with the request of Gov
ernor Talmadge, were mailed
Friday, having been dispatched
Thursday f r o m Washington,
where the two board members
were engaged in negotiating for
Georgia’s share of the federal
public works fund. Mr. McIn
tosh is regional advisor for the
public works administration and
Mr. Lucas is a member of the
state public works advisory
board.
Both resignations, effective
November 1, were tendered in
response to a letter from Gov
ernor Talmadge demanding that
they quit their posts on the Board
of Control or sever their connec
tion with the public works ad
ministration. He based his de
mand on an opinion from Attor
ney General M. J. Yeomans that
they could not hold state and fed
eral positions simultaneously.
In his letter of resignation Mr.
Lucas pointed out that “able le
gal counsel” had previously as
sured him that “public service
which citizens have been asked
to render as members of public
works committees is not an office
in any legal sense,” not being an
office of emolument or profit.
Nevertheless, in deference to the
attorney general’s opinion and
because he “would be greatly
hindered” on the Board of Con
trol if surrounded by “unsympa
thetic conditions,” Mr. Lucas
tendered his resignation.
Mrs. William Healey, Atlanta
society woman, was named to
the State Board of Control Mon
day by Gov. Talmadge, her ap
pointment to be effective immed
iately, displacing Arthur Lucas.
FARM. FIELD AND FURROW
J. Wm. Fanning, County Agent.
tors in regard to the large ap
propriations made to the army
and navy by Congress.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
NUNN GETS PLACE
ON VETERANS’ BOARD
Next Sunday >s State Mission)
Day in the Baptist Sunday school.
It is also Rally Day. It is hoped!
that the attendance will be large.
had made such headway that
there was no hope of saving the
building. A small part of the
furniture was saved.
NOTICE
The colored teachers of
tected class a similar benefit.
But, what is the practical re
sult of its functioning? The
raising of prices to the consum
er logically reduces consump
- Hous
There will be no mid-week prayer ton county will have a meeting tion and, in addition thereto,
servi-eon account Of Revival at Saturday at 10 a. m. at the Per-, the farmer necessarily bears d.-
1’resby terian church. ry Training School. j rectly his part of the burden in-
WASIIINGTON, D. C.,Oct 15.
Additional alternate member*
of the special board approved b;
President Roosevelt to review
veterans’ claims in the Atlanta,
Ga., area were announced today
by General Frank T. Hines, ad
ministrator of veterans’ affairs.
The new’ alternates are Lee
Worsham, Atlanta; Guy Alford,
Swainsboro; Thorn T. *■» Flagler,
Atlanta; J. W. Powell, Newnan;
Samuel A. Nunn, Perry; Dr.
John L. Lewis. Louisville; Oscar
T. Peoples, Cartersville, and
George W. Hunt, Savannah.
Hcgs
Within the next few weeks ah
of our hog crop will be in the
fields making iheir own living by
harvesting their own crops, h
some instances fields have al
ready been cleaned and a few
hogs sold. Many people havt
inquired as to the status of the
hog market. This is rather :
lifficult. question to answer. Foi
;hat reason I am giving below
some information received Iron
;he government a few days ag<
relative to the hog situation fron
i national viewpoint.
A report in June showed a
oer cent increase in the spring
oig crop and an 8 per cent in
•rease in numbers of sows tc
farrow this fall. Since J u m
: t seems that very unfavorable
o reduction conditions have de
veloped. Also there have beer
slaughtered by the government
>,000,000 pigs all of which wil
result in smaller supplies of hog*
for slaughter during the new
marketing year than we were in
prospect earfer. Their report
makes the following statement:
“In view of the sharp curtail
ment in slaughter supplies of
the 7 months (Oct. 1, 1933, tc
Vlay 1, 1934) a rather substantial
advance in hog prices during
this period seems certain. When
this advance will take place, and
its extent, will depend consider
ably on how the marketings oi
the remainder of the spring pip
prop will be distributed.”
The report also makes the
;tatement that widespr ; j ac
Irought during the June to An
fust period has greatly reducer
feed supplies for t h e comrnj
vear in most of the hr*'-
n-oducing sections. The 1933
lorn crop is the third smallest ir
the last 35 years. The rel tion-
ship betw een hog and corn prices
for the last three months has-
been unfavorable and is likely to
result in a smaller 1933 fall pig
crop than it otherwise would
have been.
The dark side of the question
is that storage supplies of pork
and products are larger than they
were last year and those in pros-
' pect for being carried over into
j the next marketing year w’ill be
considerably above average.
Another discouraging feature is
[that foreign market demands are
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 14.—
Com]:Lite control of the state's
5000 convicts has been assumed
by the state highway department,
it was announced today. T !i e
change was made several w’eeks
ago but no details have been re
leased
All state convicts except those
required on the state farm at
Milledgeville and physical de
fectives have been transferred
to the road board f< r use in the
$10,000,000 road building pro
gram, it was learned.
The state highway system now
embraces some 8.580 miles of
which approximately 40 per cent
has been paved. Approved pro
jects have been received from
Washington, and bids will be
called for next week, Commis
sioner Max L. McRae stated to
day!
A completely paved route to
Savannah will be one of the first
projects to be completed, McRae
said, as a Contract will be let
Monday for the paving of the
last gap between Madison and
Ritonton. Work will also be be
gun on the highway from At
lanta fo .Macon. Rights of way
have been acquired on the last
unpaved stretches between Ma
con and Dublin and this ronte
from Atlanta to t h e Coastal
Highway will be rushed to com
pletion. Also work will be be
gun immediately on Route 3 from
Chattanooga to Florida,«ith con
tracts already let for paving near
Thomaston. East west Highways
are being given special attention.
Under the federal plan 122
Georgia counties will benefit from
the expenditure of the $10,000,-
000. McRae said.
l he state highway building
this week is crowded with dele
gates from all parts of Georgia.
Commissioner McRae estimates
that he sees 300 persons each
day. In order to do this he dic
tates his mail at night. McRae
is acting chairman while J. J.
Mangham is out of the state at a
convention of U. S. road chiefs
in Milwaukee.
ARMS CONFERENCE TO
TAKE WEEK’S RECESS
GENEVA.Oct. 16. - “T he Lea
gue of Nations covenant cannot
>e treated as a scrap of paper,”
Arthur Henderson, president of
c h e disarmament conference,
varned Germany today while
lelegates,downcast and despair-
ng, assembled and prepared to
idjourn the conference for at
east a week.
So despondent were European
lelegates after Germany’s wit'n-
Irawal from the conference and
,he League of Nations Saturday
hat Norman H. Davis, chief
United States delegate, alone
prevented indefinite adjournment
which would have meant the end
of the entire conference as it
5>resently is constituted.
Delegates looked to America
and Italy to approach Germany
if she is to be approached.
D. A. R. CHAPTER MEETS
The Gen. Daniel Stewart chap-
;er of the D. A. R. met last
Thursday afternoon with Mrs.H.
Beall. The regent, Mrs. F.C.
^handler, presided. Mrs. Alva
lavis was the program speaker,
v vocal duet was rendered by
Trs. J. M Gooden and Miss No-
•ine f wanson A social hour
.vas enjoyed after the program.
not showing much improvement.
The outlook is that exports of
hog products during 1933-34 wil!
-emain at the low levels of last
two years.
The above statements cover
the hog marketing situation as
best as I have been able to ob
tain it. Every person will have
to be his own judge as to what
to do but there is one thing that
most of us will profitably benefit
by next year and that is large
quantities of home cured hog
meat for use on the farm.