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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXIII. No. 45
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1933
ESTABLISHED 1870
RECOVERY PROGRAM ARMISflCE GAY PROGRAM TO HOG AND CORN TAX FARMERS URGED TO AlLANTIC-GULF CANAL HAS
MAKING PROGRESS 3E M ™ imi GO IN EFFECT NOV. 5 PRACTICE FORESTRY INTEREST OF ROOSEVELT
Roosevelt Encouraged by Re
ports; Exemptions Cited
Armistice Day exercises will Processing Tax on
be held at the Perry school audi-j ^ oq o
jtorium Friday afternoon at 2:15 Cts.; On Corn 2o Cts. tiu
o’clock, although Armistice Day,;
wtaoutwcthm n r _aI Nov ’ n ; conies on Saturday this ATLANTA, Ga.-Government
WASmNGTON.D.C. After the local observance of processing taxes on hogs and
a close study of chaits showing jthis occasion will be held on Fn-
increases in employment and to- afternoon,
tal wages now being paid, the The program is being sponsor-
Hogs 50 Pine Tree Plants Furnished
By Agricultural College
— A ■pFp't*
■ ■■- ~ ; processing
corn, whether in transit or in
storage, are in effect.
President believes the Recovery : e d by the RobertD. Collins Post 100 pornnis.^based ^on" the* live
weight; on corn it is 28 cents on
program is making commendable 0 f the American Legion of which
progress. Secretary of Labor w. Rhodes is commander.
Perkins reported that the average xhe Post’s Auxiliary is arrang-
hourly wage rose during October j n g S p ec j a { mus j c for the pro-
from 42 cents to 51 cents, while g ram> The public is invited to
the average hourly work week attend.
de mii ne n fr T 4 f 2t °5>S S NRA The principal speaker will be. tlull WIlwIIJItlls lt ao
Tbe President credits the NRA s am a. Nunn who recently re-i distributors and retailers desire,
with the increase in work wages I tired as commander of the local j n both the hog and corn pro-
and decrease m hours. T e a f*|post. Patriotic readings will be \ cessing taxes, such amounts as
each bushel of 56 pounds.
W. E. Page, collector of inter
nal revenue, said his office would
handle collections of the taxes,
and supply whatever informa
tion concerning it as packers,
RELIEF FOR HOME-OWNERS
PREDICTEO BT SEN. GEORGE
est chart shows the prices re-1 gj ven a ] so
ceived by farmers for their pro- Friday evening the Legion will
ducts have increased from the be entertained with a supper at
spring up to October 11_ trom an. tbe school building by the Aux-
index figure of 40 to 52, while. jjjary members,
the prices paid by farmers in- j
creased from the index figure 68!
to 77, or 3 points net in favor of
the farmer. These index figures
are based on the level of 1926 as
a parity of 100, the level which
represents the Administration’s
goal.
The Executive order of Octo
ber 23, 1933, exempting from the
provisions of the President’s Re
employment Agreement and
from approval codes certain em
ployers located in towns under
2,500 population applies only to
employers engaged in trades or
services of which the operations
are customarily confined to local
areas. It does not apply to those
ATLANTA, Ga.- Further Fed
eral relief for home-owners, both
urban and rural, will be one of
the first subjects considered by
Congress in the January session,
U. S. Senator Walter F. George
predicted during a visit here.
Amendments to the home loan
bank and farm financing bills,
^ designed to expand the operation
trades or "services in "which oper- of those two relief measures, will
ations ordinarily extend over a
relatively wide area and include
a number of communities. The
Executive order therefore does
not exempt from the provisions
of the president’s Reemployment
Agreement and from the pro
visions of any code those employ
ees engaged in selling at retail
such products as lumber, build
ing materials, building special
ties, builder’s supplies, and coal.
METHODIST W.M.S. NOTICE
be introduced and immediate
action probably will be taken,
Senator George said.
BOLL WEEVIL WARNING
The business meeting of thr
Woman’s Missionary society of
the Perry Methodist, church "a-
IwWl Monday p. m. at t*he church.
This mooting was well attended.
Week of Prayer will be observ
ed by the Woman’s Missionary
society of the Peny Methodist
church, as follows:
Mondav, Nov. 13. Each of (he
circles will have a joint program
of Bible Study and Retreat, at
their various places of meeting.
Homes to be announced later.
Wednesday. Nov. 15. at 3 p. m.
there will be held a lletieat foi
praver in tbe church.
Every member of the Mission
ary society is urged to be present.
Many Species of Crab
The waters or Puerto Rico produce
lCi! species of crab.
Give All, 1 ake All
“Industrial depression is tike war.
Some people give all and others take
all."--l ad.v Astor.
In Glass Containers
Wine improves in sealed bottles
when kept under proper conditions,
but whisky does not change or itn
prove when seated in glass containers
Life Like Christmas Tree
.Toil Tonkins says life is something
like a Christmas tree. It starts look
ing pretty much tlie same for every
body. The happiness it eventually
brings depends on yourself.
ATLANTA, Ga.—More plow
ing is in prospect for farmers
who plowed under their cotton in
the cotton acreage reduction
program last summer.
The department of agriculture
reports the cotton is beginning
to come up and is affording com
fortable if not luxurious winter
quarters for the boll weevil.
Another plowing under or
turning cattle in to graze is rec
ommended to eliminate the possi
bility of a bigger and better fed
crop of weevils next year.
INNOCULATE HOGS
ATLANTA.
Department of
Ga. —The State
Agriculture has
reminded Georgia farmers that
they have only until January 1
to innoculate iheir current pig
crops against cho’eri with serum
and virus purchased through the
department at reduced cost.
Under the department’s con
tract with the manufacturers the
serum and virus prices are great
ly reduced, but it ends January
1. Under the NRA code recent
ly adopted by the industry the
prices are increased.
are processed for use of the pro
ducer, his family or his employees
are exempt from the tax, where
an affidavit is made to that ef
fect.
Packing and distributing plants
will be required to take an in
ventory of their stocks, and an
inventory of retail stores must
be taken at the end of the thir
tieth day. following effective
date of the tax, which was No
vember 5.
PERRY BAPTIST CHURCH
James A. Ruffin, Minister.
Weekly Program
Sunday School 10:15 a. m., Mr.
W. B. Roberts, snpt.
Preaching 11:30 a. til.
General B. Y. P. U. 6:30 p. m.
Miss Lois Haley, director.
Senior. B. Y. P. U. 6:45 p, m
Miss Loube McKinley, pres.
lnteimediale B. Y. P. U. 6:45
p. rn., Miss Eva Borunt, sponsor.
Junior B. Y. I\ U. 6:45 p. m.
Miss Martha DnPree. sponsor.
Preaching 7:30 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Meeting
Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
A cordial welcome to all.
Big Game in Forest*
There is plenty of big game In the
woods, but the tough part about lt,
most hunters think. Is that It is nearly
all in the nntlonnl forests. Still it Is
encouraging to know that the big game
In these government retreats Is more
than holding its own. According to
figures Issued by the forest service,
“the nnnual game census” based on
estimates for the year 1932, there are
In the 148 national forests a total of
more than 1,103,000 big gume animals,
an estimated Increase of 40 per cent
since 1920. The greater part of the
big game in the western states Is to
be found In these national forests
where fully 75 per cent of the total
western big game range lies. The ani
mals Include nearly 950,000 deer, 5,000
grizzly bears, more than 50,000 black
and brown bears, eJk—about 00 in the
forests of the Kast and more than 100.-
000 In the West. There nre still near
ly 8,000 moose, 22,000 mountain goats
and 12,000 mountain sheep.
ATHENS, Ga. — “By practic
ing good forestry methods, the
farmers of the state of Georgia,
and of the South, can and should
make idle and submarginal lands
pay an income instead of being,
as they now are, a burden on the
rest of the farm.” Dupre Bar
rett, extension forester of the
Agricultural Extension service
of the University System said
Saturday.
In urging that the thousand of
acres of idle land brought about
by abandonment of farms and
recent acreage reduction cam
paigns of several crops, Mr. Bar
rett suggested the following fac
tors in the better practices of
forestry for the guidance of these
agriculturalists who desire to
realize a profit from their now
unused lands.
The School of Forestry of The
University of Georgia at Athens,
is offering desirable spac es of
nursery grown planting stock at
$1.50 per thousand, the actual
cost, packed and placed in the
express office for artificial re
forestation on the millions of
acres in Georgia which are in
need of attention. Detailed in
structions of planting will be
furnished, Mr. Barrett said, and
if the location warrants, he will
himself supervise the operation.
NOTICE
f
ATLANTA, Ga.—President
Roosevelt’s cordial interest in the
proposed Georgia-Florida ship
canal, to connect the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts, and the an
nouncement that the Public
Works Administration has au
thorized an immediate survey,
augurs happily for that great
and timely project, the Atlanta
Journal declares editorially.
Tjmel.v, because the construc
tion of this waterway would give
employment to twenty-six thous
and men for five years or more
apd would call for an outlay of
one hundred anti fifty million
dollars; such are the engineers’
e: t mates.
The canal, according to the
plan now considered, would he-
j gin at the mouth of the St. Mary’s
River, pass Folkston, Ga., pro
ceed to Jasper in Florida and
thence to the Gulf at the outlet
of the Aucilla River. The length
of the channel would be about
one hundred and sixty-six miles,
its width two hundred feet, so
[that sea-going vessels would be
j easily accomodated.
It would shorten the water dis
tance from the Atlantic to the
Gulf by not less than five hun
dred, perhaps by as much as
eight hundred miles. That ships
would pay a reasonable toll rath
er than make the long loop
around the Florida Peninsula is
self-evident;and thus the refund
ing of the Government’s outlay
would be provided.
PROHIBITION LAW
WILL BE REPEALED
Vote of 6 States Tuesday As
sures Defeat of Law
When Turtle* Suffocate
Fear that they may escape is not
the only reason that green turtles
are kept lying on their backs in the
! markets where they are sold alive,
I if tanks of water are not provided
| for them. The plastron of this turtle
1 Is not lirm like those of land forms,
I ' vhe !'. lt is Iyin " in an , UI, -j that come to people during a time of
I right position on a firm surface where ,enres-Mon
i part of its weight Is not supported by '
| surrounding water. Its Internal organs
| nre likely to become so compressed as
i to cause suffocation of the animal.
Life Insurance Problem*
Life Insurance records of last yenr
provide much food for thought. The
companies paid 84,200 death claims on
policies that had been in force less
than a year. This put them to an ex
pense of $55,800,000, although only one
premium had been collected on each
policy. It Is to he noted that one-
fourth of the 84,200 claims were for
deaths that occurred within three
months after the policies had been
taken out. Accidents are the chief
i cause of deaths during the first year
a policy Is In force, and principally
automobilenocldents. Pneumonia comes
next and heart disease Is third. This
last is accentuated by the troubles
There will be an a'l Jay meet
ing next Sunday, November 12.
at Pilgrim’s Rest Church, located
five miles wi st of Bouaire. Din
ner will he served on ihe grounds.
All arc cordially invited to attend.
We wish t> thank the members
of the Perry Presbyterian Church
for the use of their church while
Ours was under construction.
Pilgrim's Best Primitive
B iptist (JhUieh.
Old Women in Council
Among the Kikuyu of Africa there la
a council of old women in every dis
trict; they collect goats periodically to
present to the priests. They occasion
ally tine troublesome women, the line
usually being a goat.
United States’ Waterfront
The United States has 5,000 miles
of ocean coastline, 13,000 miles of nav
igable rivers and 3,700 miles of shore
line on navigable lakes. Twenty-eight
states are accessible to ocean-going
vessels.
ROOSEVELT PLANS
VISIT TO GEORGIA
A Heavy Drinker
Sugar cane drinks water copiously:
1,000 acres closely planted absorb as
much water as a city of human beings
occupying ten times the area, is the
lindlng of scientists.
Ca*t-Iron Road* Praised
Ronds made from cast-iron moldings,
which have passed severe tests in Eng
land, are said to he anti skid, ice-free
ami guaranteed to last twenty years
without repair.
Oversupply of Wisdom
“Maybe." said Uncle Elien, “we's
sufferin' fum overwisdom, wlf confu
sion caused by everybody tr.vin’ to ex
plain everything to everybody else.”
Overproduction
“Do man dat jes’ keeps n akin' prom
ises.” said Uncle Kben. “is bound to
find hisself one o' de worst sufferers
from what do.v calls overproduction.
Postmaster* Report Quarterly
Postmasters are charged with the
value of all postage stamps issued to
them, and are required to account for
all funds received in connection with
sale thereof to the public. At the close
of each quarter, the postmaster ren
ders a report, showing the amount of
funds received from the sale of post
age stamps during the designated pe
riod, together with the disposition of
the accumulated revenue.
Death claims are not
I paid if a policy holder commits sui-
j cide during the first year of a policy.
I As many as 2*0 people are killed daily
i who have taken out policies of life in-
| surance within a year.—Rock Island
I Argus.
Greenland Moving Westward
Greenland is moving westward
the rate of 20 yards a year according
to measurements made by an expedi
tion headed by Dr. Knut Rasmussen,
Copenhagen, which explored 12 500
miles of shore line on the south ast
coast.
Early Day Chewing Gum
The chewing gum industry dates
at i from about 1860, when an American
.inventor, while making an unsuccess-
I ful attempt to vulcanize the sap of the
sapola tree for a rubber substitute,
discovered similarity of chicle to
spruce and cherry gums, which hither
to had been the main chewing gums
known.
Snake* May Die of Snake-Bite
The old belief that venomous snakes
are Immune to their own bites and
. those of other poisonous reptiles may
have to be revised. H. K. Glo.vd. of
the University of Michigan, reeently
J told members of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Sci-
| ence through Science, its oflleial pub-
I ilcation, of a case he had observed In
which a rattlesnake had been killed
hy the bite of a cottonmouth moccasin.
Death occurred in about 73 hours.
Mammoth Tu»k* Valuable
Because of their liner texture and
distinctive “old ivory” pallor, the well
preserved tusks of the ancient hairy
mammoth are more valuable than ele
phant Ivory.
When in Blazing Room
Investigators find that the air In a
burning room Is best at three or four
feet from the floor for one or two
minutes, that in speeding to safety it
is wiser to stoop than to crawl.
Chinese Bronze Coins
Chinese bronze coins of about "(X)
B. C. were made in the shape of little
knives and oilier trade articles, thus
indicating that the coin was worth the
article represented.
Early Romans Knew Fish
Fish culture is not a new science,
having been practiced in the early
ages hy the Romans. It was first in
troduced into the United States about
1805.
jood-
Clairvoyant
"I don’t suppose you’ll kiss me
night, will ya, Gert?”
“My friend, with a guess as good
as that, you ought to play the ponies
i every day.”—Kansas City Star,
Happiness and Luck
Uncle Ah says he does not know
whether happy folks are lucky, or
lucky folks ure happy; but that hap
piness and luck go together.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Presi
dent Roosevelt informed Senator
George, of Georgia, last week
that he expected to attend the
Georgia bi-centennial celebration
at Savannah. The date of No
vember la was fixed.
It is the intention of tlje Presi
dent to remain in Savannah two
hours and speak during that
time and then go to his home ac
Warm Springs, Ga., for a visa
of two weeks, remaining over
Thanksgiving Day.
Want War; Want to Livo
There is a paradox in the Strang::
clinging of nations to the pagan insti
tution of war and the stoical disregard
of death whereas the strongest of ail
human impulses is the will to live.
Haw of Dog’s Eye
The haw of a dog’s eye is the rod
flesh that Is exposed between the nose
stop and the eyeball. It Is particu
larly noticeable in the St. Bernard,
Newfoundland and bloodhound.
California Flea High Jumper
If n man could jump as far in com
parison to his own weight as a Cali
fornia flea, he could reach the moon
in ten Jumps. This is the estimate
offered hy Science News Letter.
Ochre a Friable Clay
Ochre is a friable clay with an ad
mixture of Iron oxides, giving It a col
or varying from yellow to red. Ochre
Is used largely In the production of
paints.
Of the six states voting on the
prohibition question in Tuesday’s
election three have definitely de
clared in favor of the repeal of
the 18th Amendment, according
ing to the latest returns avail
able Wednesday morning. The
vote of these three, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Utah, brings the
total number of states voting for
repeal to 36, which is the num
ber necessary to eliminate the
18th Amendment from the Fed
eral Constitution.
North and South Carolina ap
peared to have settled definitely
into the dry column, the former
by a wide margin and the latter
by a vote that in late returns
was reduced to less than 2,000
majority. The vote in North
Carolina was overwhelmingly
dry, unofficial returns showing
more than two to one against re
peal.
Kentucky, the sixth state to
vote on repeal Tuesday, does not
count its votes until Wednesday
and no definite figures on this
election is available at this time.
In the three states voting wet,
the vote appears to be decisive.
In Ohio latest returns show more
than two to one for repeal; in
Pennsylvania about four to one,
and in Utah, where returns are
not nearly so complete, about
two to one.
With the thirty-six states vot
ing for repeal, there still re
mains the ratification of this vote
by the states at conventions. The
last of these thirty-six state con
ventions is called for December
6. After that date, and not be
fore, will the 18th Amendment
be officially and legally eleminat-
ed from the Constitution of the
United States.
The repeal of the 18th Amend
ment will not affect the prohibi
tion laws in the individual states.
OVANIA-ELKO W.M.S. MEETS
a delicious
The Lord’s
day’s pro-
Indian Name* Still in Use
Names given by tbe Indians to vari
ous rivers, towns and villages are still
In use, especially in Rhode Island.
Others may be found such as Monon-
gahela and Wappaeoma In West Vir
ginia and Voughloglieny and Alle
gheny In Pennsylvania, the last nafned
state being rich In German names.
Eastern New York is liberally supplied
with Dutch names, Louisiana with
French, and Florida and California
witli those of Spanish origin.
“G.iixibrinua”
“Gambrinus” was a mythical Flem
ish king who Is credited with being
the first brewer. His name is usually
derived from that of Jan Primus, John
I., the victorious Duke of Brabant,
who was president of the Brussels
Guild of Brewers, and his portrait,
with a foaming glass of ale In his hand,
had the place of honor in the guild
hail.
Applejack Prescribed
The oldest copy extant of a country
doctor's account book of 1728-1750 has
one entry where a barrel of cider was
prescribed for a patient.
American Citizens
By general consent, the term Amer
ican citizen is limited to those owing
allegiance to the United States of
America. From another point of view,
anyone residing in North or South
America could he called American, but
those outside of this country are al
ready distinguished by such names as
Canadian, Mexican, Chilean, Brazilian,
etc ' -
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The mission study class of tbe
Go'auia Elko W, M. S. met
Tuesday, Oct, 31, at ihe Elko
Methodist. church for an all day
tody < f the book, “Eastern Wo
men of Today and Tomorrow.”
Appropriate songs interspersed
«'ith the topics made ihe program
Jnjoyatbe us well as instructive.
Toote participating in the pro
gram were: Mrs. E. H. Wimbei-
Iv, Mrs. K. I. Holmes, Mrs. W. K.
Pieice, Mrs. Lee Marshall, Mrs.
Florence Riley, Mrs. A. S. Jones,
vlrs. Jake Eason, Mrs. W. E.
lackson, and Miss Ha/.el Brad-
lock.
At the noon hour
uneheoii was Served.
>raver concluded the
;r» m.
The regular monthly meeting
dor October was held at ihe home
>f Mrs. Lee Marshall, of Elko.
Mrs. Jake E isou gave an interest
ing devotional. Ihe meeting was
•vell attended.
Wediie-day afternoon. Nov. 8,
he regular business meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. Jake
Kason, of I'-lko. This meeting
was most important as tfie presi
dent, Mis. Brown,discussed plans
or the remainder of the year.
Friday. Nov. 10, at the (Jrova-
uia Methodist church the society
will observe a day of prayer. The
service will be conducted in rev-
ireuee with the hope of couvey-
ug a deepened spiritual exi er-
en< e to the women of the chinch.
The inllnence emanating fr< m
irn, who seeth in secret and
vhose ear is open to he ir the
tnyers arising from our hearts
ill be sweet and abiding.
Mrs. E. H. Wimberly,
Pub. 8upt.
Giant Grapevine
In (he Great Smoky mountains there
is a giant grapevine live feet in din»i-
eter at a point 12 inches above ground.
Pa’» Percentage
An average family, says the census
bureau, consists of 3.31 persons. The
.34 is the one who bring home the
wage envelope and looks after the
heater;—Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin.