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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXIII. No. 46 PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1933 ESTABLISHED 1870
E. L HOLMES SHOT COUNTY TO OBSERVE
FROM AMBUSH ON STATE’S BIRTHDAY
RURAL ROUTE
Mail Carrier Recovering;Twcj
Suspects Held In Houston
County Jail
Georgia Bi-centennial Pro
gram in Perry Nov. 24
BAPTIST LEADERS BRUNSWICK HOST
MEET ON TUESDAY j TO SOUTH GEORGIA
AT HISTORIC SITE METHODISTS’ MEET
Houston county will have its
observance of Georgia’s Bicen
tennial next Friday, Nov. 24,
at the Perry school auditorium,
Edward I. Holmes, well known with a historical program to be-
rural route carrier of Elko, was a t 2 o clock in the afternoon,
shot and seriously iniured last 1 he history of Georgia will be
Friday morning when he stopped presented in story form in three
to remove a log from the road I divisions with the Centerville,
placed there by a would-be as-, Bonaire, and Perry schools tak-
sassian. The shooting occurred m r fP art -
at a lonely point on the route The early history of the state,
near Grovania. from 1590-1*76, will be presented
As Mr. Holmes was bending! 111 a pageant by the Centerville
over to remove the timber, a school under the direction ol
charge of number six shot struck, Miss Gertrude Sic cu mb.
him in the face and right shoul- Revolutionary p e r l o d,
der, apparently coming from be- 1776-1800, will be given by the
hind a clump of bushes about 25 Bonaire school with Miss Lucile
or 30 feet away. I as a> director.
He was knocked to the ground Bhe pet lod from 1S00 to the
but arose immediately and sue- Pr ese J?t day will be presented by
ceeded in driving the car into;the Perry school, directed by
Grovania a few miles away. As Mr^,. W. B. Evans. M
be ente-pd the city bleeding pro- Hon. Warren Grice of Macon
fusely from the mouth in which will be the main speaker and will
Scenes of Organisation cf Selection of Delegates to
Church in Georgia
Revived by Parley
General Conference
Centers Interest
three teem had been blown out,
he was met by Robert Brown,
Grovania merchant and farmer
who took him to physicians in
Perry.
More than 60 shot were remov
ed from his face and shoulder,
but doctors say he will recover.
He is at his home in Elko.
Sheriff C. C. Pierce, is holding
for questioning Coot Poole and
James Taylor, Negroes who live
near the scene of the ambuscade
along the small country road by
the old Will Means place between
Elko and Grovania.
Recent developments have
caused the officers to suspect
another negro who has not yet
been apprehended.
Both Sheriff P erce and H. H.
Hudson, postal inspector, said
robbery was a possible motive,
explaining that the assailant may
have becom frigl tened away
when he saw’ the charge had not
killed Mr. Holmes.
{LICENSED HUNTERS ARE
FACING 61 PROSECUTION
talk principally on Houston coun
ty’s history.
Special music is being arrang
ed by a committee of Iqcal peo
ple.
Representatives of the patrotic
organizations of Perry planned
the program. Mrs. H. P. Dob
bins, county historian, is general
chairman.
Every citizen of the county is
invited to attend the exercises
at the Periy school next Fri
day. All former citizens of
Houston wdll be welcomed on this
occasion.
ARMISTICE DAY IS
OBSERVED HERE
State and county game war
dens have been instructed to en
force the game laws vigorously
this season and to prosecute
every one caught hunting with
out a license, State Game and
Fish Commissioner Peter S.Twit-
ty announced Saturday. More
licenses have already been sold
than for several years, the com-
The fifteenth anniversary of
Armistice Day was celebrated in
Perry with a progrnm at the
school Friday afternoon, a sup
per for ex-service men given by
the local Legion Auxiliary Fri
day night, the closing of business
houses Friday p. m. and a poppy
sale Saturday for the benefit of
disabled veterans.
The program Friday afternoon
was arranged by the Robert D.
Collins Post of the American Le
gion and its Auxiliary, headed
by Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rhodes.
The address was delivered by
Sam A. Nunn, past commander
of the local Post, and was ap
propriate to this commemoration
of the close of the World War.
The program was as follows:
Instrumental arrangement of
missioner said.
Mr. Tw’itty pointed out that
the 1933 legislature postponed
the opening of the quail hunting
season from November 15 to No
vember 20, although the deer
hunting season still opens on
November 15. The wild turkey .
bunting season also opens on the piano by Miss Roselyn
November 20. Commissioner Reading, In Flanders Field
Twitty stated that any one caught
hunting quail before November
20 will be prosecuted.
War Songs, concluded with Taps,
Miss Roselyn Paul.
Song, America the Beautiful.
Prayer, Rev. T. M. Christian.
Duet, (a) Lamplighting Time
in the Valley, (b) Till We Meet
Again, Mrs. J. M. Gooden, Miss
Norine Swanson, accompanied at
Paul.
Mr. M J. Daniel, of Grovania,
a few days ago di-playpd a sweet
potato Weigliirir 10 pounds, 9/4
inches in diameter and 29 inches i
in circumference.
Mr Daniel stated that lie pro-j
<inc< d 50 bushels from one quartet j
of an acre without fertilizer and j
that lie lias ni any specimen? j
weighing ftom 5 to 7 pounds pro- j
duoed ou this nat-li.
Mrs. W. B. Evans.
Commander Rhodes introduced
the speaker of the occasion, Col.
Sam A. Nunn.
Roll Call —Mr. T. C. Rogers.
Song, America.
Benediction, Kev. J. A. Ruffin.
AUGUSTA, Ga.-Baptist min
isters and laymen met here Tues
day for their annual convention
on the site where the Georgia
Baptist convention was organized j
112 years ago.
Dr. J. E. Sammons, pastor of
the Vineville Baptist Church inj
Macon and president of the con- j
jvention, called the first session!
to order in the First Baptist j
! Church at 2 p. m., Tuesday. The i
| outstanding reports were given
at the first day’s session, the re-i
port of the executive committeee |
and one by a special committes
appointed last year to make rec
ommendations concerning the I
convention’s future educational!
policy.
Institutions owned or affiliated I
with the Baptist convention are
Mercer University, Bessie Tift
College, Shorter College, Norman
Park Junior College and Brew-
ton Parker Institute.
The report of the executive
committee was presented by
James W. Merritt, executive sec
retary-treasurer. This report
recommended a budget and pro
gram for 1934. Mr. Merritt also
reported on work of the promo
tion committee, state missions
and association activities. J. C.
Wilkinson, of Athens, is presi
dent of the executive committee.
The promotion committee was
authorized by the 1932 conven
tion to set forward all phases of
the Baptist co-operative program.
Its work included a program of
information and education with
reference to missionary benevo
lence and educational causes.
The committee has devoted
special efforts toward the south-
w i d e debt-paying campaign,
which had a sqp’emental fea
ture of securing gifts of gold and
silver.
The promotion committee’s re
port also dealt with the God’s
acre plan. It is understood this
method of contributing to the
work of the church has spread
and is becoming an accepted
plan in churches with a large-
membership among farmers.
This year marks the centennial
of Mercer University and the
Christian Index, official organ of
the convention, and arrange
ments have been made to present
the educational work of the cqn-
vention and the report of the In
dex in the form of a “Century
of Progress” pageant. The pa
geant will present“General Ogle
thorpe and the Colonists, ” “Bap
tist Beginnings,” “The Chris
tian Index Moves to Georgia,”
“Mercer University Establish
ed,” and “Along the Trail of the
'Friendly Years.”
BAPTIST W.M.S. PLAN
FOR HOME COMING
8ECKHAIHAWLEB CO. GE1
DIG BRIDGE CONTRACT
Mr. and Mr®. E. M. Beckham
mid Mr. A. C. Cobb left Wednes
day for Oeala. Fh.. where they
will attend the Cobb-Beckham
wedding Thuisday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Mitchell
announce the birth of a son On
Nov. 5, to he called 1 h o m a s
Lewis.
Mr. Harrv Griggs spent t li e
Weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Gordon.
Mr. Eiicer.e Beckham left
Wedensday for Oeola. Fla. where
his manage to Miss Fauita Cobb
will take place Thursday a<t f -r-
rtoon at 5:30 o'clock in the First
Baptist church.
The Beckham-Lawler Construe-
!,ion <’<)., well kn.iWii local con-
.tractors, have been awarded a
d'lnttacc by the Georgia Highway
! Board to build a concrete badge
|on the Mcitae-ALmo highway
j just outside the city limits of Mc-
j Rae. This job includes a bridge
!)24 feet long and a culvert, cost
ing $35 0(»0 and is one of the ma-
jjbr bridge contracts teerntly let
by the Highway Department.
Actual Work will begin within
a few days. 125 working days
are allowed for completion, but
the job is expected to be finished
jin much shorter time, according
to announcement by the Beckham-
Lawler Company.
Women in the Lead ^
Women outnumber men in Washing
ton, D. C.
The W. M. S. of the Baptis*
church had their regular moulhh
meeting in the church Monday p.
m. MiS. H. W. Tray lor li a ri
charge of the program. T h e
topic for study Was ‘NStewards of
the Ward.” Mrs. J. P. Ether
idge led the devotional.
l'lat s were completed for Home
Coming Day which will be help
Nov. 2(i in an all da.v seivice at
the church. All firmer pastors
and members of the Cliuich arc
invited to cOme together for a
day of fellowship aud spiritual re
vival.
On Dec. 4 Circles No. 1 and 2
will'meet together at. the church
at 3:30.
On Dec. 6 an all day meeting
will be held at the Church with
the women Carrying out the Lot-
ie MoOn Christmas offeiing pro
gram.
Find Portrait of Queen
What Is believed to be a portrait
b.v Van Dyck of the heanMful Queen
Henrietta Marie, sister of Louis XIII
of France, was found in Geneva.
Beauty in Womu
"Beauty tin women Is exceptional.”
—Walter Stoneman, English photog
rapher.
BRUNSWICK. Ga.-Pastorial
appointments and election of del-!
egates to the general conference j
are holding major interest at the;
sixty-seventh annual session of ]
the South Georgia Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, which convened here
Wednesday night.
Three hundred ministers and
as many laymen are expected for
the conference which is being
held in the First Methodist!
Church. The church cabinet an
nually makes between 80 and 100
changes in assignments. It met
recently in Thomasville and con
sidered probable changes.
The conference will not an
nounce the appointments until
Bishop John N. Moore has made
final adjustments after the min
isters have been informed of
their appointments.
Eight clerical and eight lay
men delegates to the general con
ference next May in Jackson,
Miss., will be elected. In past
conferences, several ballots have
been required to name the dele
gates for this honor, regarded by
the church leaders as one of the
highest in the conference.
Bishop Moore, who has been
connected with both North and
South Georgia conferences for
the past four years, will be pre
siding over his last South Geor
gia Conference at this session, as
he will be re-assigned under
church custom.
The opening address was made
by the bishop Wednesday night
and the conference was formally
organized. Rev. W. F. Smith,
pastor of the Perry, has been the
secretary of the body for over 40
years. His staff assisting in the
work are Rev. T. R. Thomson,
C. W. Curry, G. N. Rainey and
J. A. Smith. Rev. B. B. Paf :
ford, is the statistical secretary,
and he selects a staff of from 18
to 20 to assist him in the assem
bling of oil the figures from the
charges of the conference to
make the final report at the end
of the session on work of all the
churches for the year.
HOME LOAN CORPORATION
BEGINS BOSINESS HERE
The note and deed to secure
debt have been signed and return
ed in the first Houston County
loan b.v the Home Owners’ Loan
Corporation. This corporation is
an organization set up by the gov
ernment to relieve distressed home
Owners. Local officials of tin
corporation were notified Tuesday
that the checks and bonds haVt
been issued.
This first loan is in the amount
of $1.178.52,. of this amoum
oftly $28.15 went for the the ex
penses of t he loan. including ap-
prasal fee, record ng fees, eta.
Two coats of Giade A paint, an
to be i)Ul on the applicant's house
r,he roof is to be repaired, new
(looting and sills for the front
porch, new steps erected. All this
work is done by the Home Own
ers’ Loan Corporation tbtough
local contractors. City, state and
county taxes through 1933 will
also b“ tiaid out of the pioeeids ol
this loan.
This loan of $1178.52 may b<
repaid in monthly instalments of
$> 32, Or in monthly installment?
of $L!)1 until June 1936 a ?: d
thereafter in monthly installment?
of 810.90. These payments in
clude principal and interest, tin
interest charged on the loan being
exactly 5 p* r cent.
Application may be filed with
either C.O. Pierce, Houston Coun
ty appraiser or A. M. Anderson.
Houston County Attorney. This
should be done immediately as the
district rppraisers are expected to
come to this county iu the near
future.
Come to the Fexall
Cent Sale.
One
NEW GA. HALL TO BE
PRESENTED NOV. 24
Occasion to be Marked By
Dinner to Roasevelt
The date for the dinner at
which Georgia Hall v ill be for
mally presented to the Warm
Springs Foundation through its
president and founder, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, has been set for
Friday, November 24, almost a
week after the President comes
home to the Little White House
on Pine Mountain.
This magnificent gift of the
people of his adopted state will
be presented to President Roose
velt at impressive ceremonies in
Georgia Hall itself, which will al
most be complete by the twenty-
fourth. according to Gator Wool-
ford, vice chairman of the Geor
gia Hall committee.
The President will have been
given ample time to rest from
his arduous duties of state after
his expected arrival at Warm
Springs on next Saturday night
after a bi-centennial address at
Savannah during the day.
Guests at the dinner will be re
galed with the singing of negre
spirituals by the Emory Glee
Club, famed far and wide as
“The South’s Sweetest Singers.”
Thus this world renowned or
ganization which has distinguish
ed inself in concerts before Lon
don, Paris, Glasgow,Amsterdam,
New York, and other cities of
Europe and America will sing
before the President af the Unit
ed States at his Dixie home in
Warm Springs.
Three hundred people will be
invited to the dinner. Invita
tions are being sent to county
chairmen of the Georgia Hall
campaign who set up organiza
tions and conducted active drives
for funds; those who were sub
stantial contributors to the fund,
and interested public officials.
The Emory Glee Club, in it-
sixteen years of existence, sang
before the late President Calvin
Coolidge, and Mrs. jCoolidge, in
Washington, in 1925; and inter
national fame was attained on its
first European tour in 1926 and
on its secand invasion of the
continent two years later.
Francis Nunn, of Ferry, will
be one of the twenty-four mem
bers of the Emory Glee Club t<
sing before President Rcoseveli
on this occasion.
FARMERS ADVL-ED
TO PLANT LEGUME?
ATHENS Gi, —A program foi
seeding vrrasses an legumes fot
erosion prevention and si il im
provement on acreage retire*
from production in connecti* n
with the Agricultural Adjust
ment administration's acrengt
reductions programs h :i s been
approved by tne Administration,
tarry L. is town, director of thi
Agricultural extension fur th<
University System of Georgia
has been advised.
Officials of the administration
feel that it is highly desirable
that growers protect the soil o,
these contracted areas f r o ri
eiosion and maintain their fer
tility.
To encourage s* ch a program,
the Agricultural Adjustment ad-
m nistration. through its replace
ment crops section has cooperat
ed with the Division of Forage
Crops and Diseasesof the United
states Department of Agricul
ture, in the preparation of infor
mation to enable farmers to make
successful sendings. A circulai
giving such information has in-
prepared and this, together vitl
detailed advice on the seedinj
mixtures best adapted to a fa
nner's own locality and soil max
be had from the Division of Pub
lic-itions and Placement. The
University of Georgia, Athens,
or from the county agricultural
agents.
Come to the Rexall One
Cent Sale.
Mr, P. A. Oaklev. of Toccoa, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. li. L.
Smith, aud Mr. Smith.
SAVANNAH PLANS
BIG WELCOME FOR
NATION’S LEADER
30,000 Expected to Hear
Roosevelt’s Bi-Centen
nial Address
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Arrange
ments have been made for more
than 30,000 people to see and
hear as President Roosevelt
makes an address here Novem
ber 18, climaxing Georgia's bi
centennial celebration.
Albert R. Rogers, director of
the bi-centennial commission,
made public the plans for Geor
gia’s greeting to the chief execu
tive Saturday, after going over
final details in Washington and
Savannah.
Weather permitting, the Presi
dent s address will be made in
the open-air stadium which seats
15.000 with space in the arena
for an equal number, and open
lands nearby where any overflow
may hear the address through
loudspeakers.
Should the weather be incle
ment the President will speak in
the auditoiinm, which seats 3,-
500. Rogers said the auditorium
would not be nearly adequate to
take care of the thousands who
will come here. •
i he President's special train
is due at 9:30 a. m. in the Union
Station where the Chatham Ar
tillery, under command of Major
Charles R. Peterson, will fire the
presidential salute of twenty-one
guns. The Georgia Hussars, un
der Captain A. Lester Hender
son, will l>e drawn up there to
serve as military escort to the
President.
The military unit, on the way
through the city to the stadium,
will precede the automobiles
bearing the President and his
party. Governor Eugene Tal-
madge, and representatives of
the Bi-centennial Commission
and the city of Savannah.
Mayor Gamble will preside and
will introduce Governor Tal-
madge, who is honorary presi
dent of the Bi-centennial Com
mission.
The governor will extend the
state’s welcome to the President.
Gordon Saussey, chairman of
the Savannah Bi-centennial Com
mission and secretary of the
State Commission, will welcome
.he chief executive on behalf of
.he city.
Pleasant A. Stovall, president
jf the Bi.centennial Commission
.vill introduce the President, who
s president of the honoray com-
nittce of the Bi-centennial com
mission.
At the conclusion of the Presi-
lent’s address he will be escort-
id to his automobile and as soon
is the others have been seated
.he party will drive to the sta
tion where the special train will
ie in readiness to depart immed-
ately for Warm Springs, the
[Resident’s Georgia home.
The Mother of Presidents
I’.oUi Ohio and Virginia ard referred
t<> as "the mother of Presidents.” The
name was applied to Ohio when three
nf her sons were elected to the Presi
dency In succession. These were
Grant, Hayes and Garfield. The oth-
- r Presidents horn in Ohio were Ben
jamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft and
Harding. Virginia gave Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, William
II. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor and Wilson.
Elephants Can Calculate
Elephants that have been broken In
to serve man frequently exhibit evi
dence of a high order of Intelligence.
In lifting a huge log on its tusks one
of these big animals will calculate the
center of gravity of the log very ac
curately, picking it up in such a way
that the two ends, often of unequal
diameter, will balance each other.
.Where Columbus Landed
On his first voyage to the New
World Columbus sighted land and dis
embarked on the Island called by the
Indians Guanahanl. Columbus named
the island San Salvador, but it is gen
erally Identified with Watllng island,
one of the Bahama group.
Marianne, Name for France
Marianne was the name by which
tlie French reactionaries designated
the republic in reference to the secret
society Marianne, formed to overthrow
the second empire. The principal
members of the organization were I.e-
dru-Itollin and MazzinL