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JOURNAL
VOL. LXIV. No. 51
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935
ESTABLISHED 1870
LOCAL PEOPLE HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
CHRISTMAS SERVICE j
METHODIST CHURCH
, A Christmas Carol service will
jbe given at the Perry Methodist
Otis King and church Sunday evening at 6
Wilson Martin [o’clock.
last Wednesday; The service is being planned
by the local church board of
Edacation of which
Nunn is chairman.
Mr. and Mrs
Mr. and Mrs
were injured
night when the King’s car,driven
by Mr. King, left the road and Christian
collided with a tree on Swift j Mrs. G. C.
street near the edge of town. [Other board members are Rev
Mrs. King, most severely in-' W. P Blevins, Supt. C. P. Gray,
jured of all, was taken to a Ma-.of the Sunday school, Miss Flo-
con hospital suffering from sev-'rine Rainey, young people’s
eral severe cuts about the face i dept.; Mrs. W. P. Blevins and
and a blow on the forehead. She!Mrs. A M. Anderson, children’s
is reported making progress dept; Mrs. J. M. Gooden and
toward recovery and is expected A. Al. Anderson, adult dept
to leave the hospital within the Each department will be repre
next few days. seated in the program.
Mr. King was injured about All of the blessed Christmas
the face and suffered bruises on ! themes will be brought in carols,
FARM, FIELD, AND FURROW
By W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS, County Agt.
SUMMARY OF EXTENSION) Assistance was rendered 21
ACTIVITIES IN HOUSTON [different farms in repairing;
COUNTY 1935 j farm machinery and supplying
Extension work was conduct-1 b + uildin f pla ! ls f ° r construction
ea in each of the 8 communi- i poultry
ties embracing the entire coun-l ° c ‘'’ an T d T nJ^? derS ‘
ty. Assistance was given Coun-l * f , , j1 + .
ty Agent by 55 project leaders; 37 £ ayS wa ® spent
and committeemen in conduct-this project. Hogs and cows
ing extension work throughout agalnst contag
the upper part of the body and
one or more fractured ribs. He
was able to be down town Mon
day for a time.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, who
were on the back seat of the car,
suffered painful but less serious
injuries about the body and
limbs.
The accident occurred as the
party was returning from Hous
ton Lake. The car struck a sand
rut and veered to one side, and
then, according to Mr. King, he
attempted to apply the brakes
and pressed down on the accele
rator instead, driving the car at
high speed into the tree. The
car was almost a total wreck
Another accident occurring Fri
day afternoon, Dec. 13, resulted
in injuries to Paul Smallwood, an
employee of the Ga. Limerock
Co. of Perry, and Bennie Hardy,
son of J. C. Hardy, a farmer of
Houston county. Miss Daisy Lee,
sisterinlaw of Mr. Smallwood, the
only other occupant of the car, re
ceived minor cuts and bruises.
The accident occurred 3 miles
from Perry on the Fort Valley
highway. Mr. Smallwood lost
control of his car, ran into the
ditch and turned over, throwing
Mr Hardy several feet from the
car, it is said. Both men are now
recovering nicely.
PERRY P.T.A. MEETS
The necessity of working for
the upbuilding of the home
community should be apparent
to everyone. The growth and
development of each one in the
community adds to the pros
perity of all. By helping your
neighbor, you help yourself,
and nothing contributes more
to human happiness than a
growing, prosperous and har
monious community where all
are willing to do their part.
You are a partner in your
community. If it grows and
thrives, you profit in hard dol
lars and cents. If its growth is
retarded and it goes back
wards, you lose. You and your
neighbors have the making or
breaking in your hands.
Do your share and there will
be no question as to the out
come. It means money for you
and for your family; it means
the same thing for your neigh
bors.
In other columns of this pa
per appear the names of your
“partners.” Our own business
men who have a great confi
dence in a great future here.
They must have, or they would
not back their faith in this
place with the investments
they have made, and pay heavy
taxes on those investments be
sides spending large sums each
year to maintain the establish
ments that stand before you, as
monuments of their implicit
confidence that the community
can and will make good.
This community richly de
serves the confidence of its
trade territory including Perry.
r fViP qtnrpti nf Perrv are at-
MISS MAGGIE GORDON Jtractively decorated for Christ-
Funeral services were held in ; mas and a variety of merchan-
Atlanta Saturday morning foridise suitable for gifts is dis-
Miss Maggie Gordon and inter-j played. Do your Christmas
mentwaS held in Evergreen cem-; shopping at these local stores
etery in Perry Saturday after- j who invite your patronage.
noonat3:30p. m. Miss Gordon; Co-operate in the Civic Loy-
made her home in Perry for a; a ] ty Campaign. Make it per-
number of years and was a teach-' m anent.
er in the local schools. For sev-j
eral years she has made her home I
in Atlanta. Miss Gordon was an The p erry Motor Co. has add-
aunt of Mrs. Morgan \ates and e( j two new men to their force.
Rupert Day of Macon, and Clyde Hal Beall> Jr<> has accepted the
and Miller Day of Perry. She p OS jti on as book-keeper and parts
was 83 years of age. man. He succeeds Oswald An-
The December meeting of the
Perry P. T. A. was held Tuesday
afternoon, Dec. 11, in the audi
torium of the school with Miss
Martha Cooper, the president,
presiding.
The splendid talk on “The
New Home” made by Mrs. G. S.
Riley was especially appropriate
with the thoughts of all centered
on home as the Christmas season
approaches. The story of “The
First Christmas” was beautiful
ly depicted by some pupils from
the fifth and sixth grades in a
playlet, directed by Miss Dorothy
Jones. Miss Willie Ryals pre
sented a group of pupils in a
band number, “A Song of Christ
mas,” and a vocal number, “The
Santa Claus Express,” sung by
four children from the primary
grades. Betty Jones made an
appealing talk on Christmas
Seals.
Mrs. T. R. Summers reported
from the Ways and Means com
mittee the purchase of five dozen
cups and plates for the Home
Economics department. Chairs;
and tables are to be secured for
this department in the near fu
ture.
The attendance prize was won
by the fifth grade.
Following the meeting dainty
refreshments were served in the
Home Economics rooms, Mrs. J.
M. Gooden and Miss Virginia
Oliver being in charge of the so
cial hour.
in solosand quartettes, in instru
mental interpretation, in legends
and readings, and finally in a
beautiful scene of the first
Christmas night.
Everyone is invited to attend
and help make the service all it
may mean to the church and
community.
All day Sunday the Metho
dists are to remember their Or
phans’ Home in Macon with
gifts of produce or money. All
members are requested to bring
fruits, nuts, candy, meat, flour,
lard, meal, potatoes, syrup, or
whatever they can to the church
to be sent to the orphans for
Christmas
The pastor, Rev. W. P. Blevins,
will preach at 11:30 a. m. There
will be no preaching service Sun
day night and no prayer meeting
Wednesday night next week Sun
day school is at 10:15 a. m. Come
and bring a gift for the Orphans’
Home!
WORK FOR BETTER
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
the county.
4-H CLUB
4-H Clubs were organized in
3 different Communities of the
County with an enrollment of
71 members. A total of 9 dif
ferent club projects was con
ducted by members, namely:
pig, corn, cotton, sheep, baby
on approximately
75 different farms. Approxi
mately 3000 animals were
treated. Approximately 50
calls were made to sick mules
and horses and treatment eith
er given or recommended.
A total of 149 farms visited
and 322 calls at office relative
to various phases of livestock
beef, poultry, garden, peanut,; industry,
and sweet potatoes. I AGRICULTURAL
CEREALS , ECONOMICS
A total of 7 days time was! A total of 18 days was spent
spent in assisting farmers of jin assisting with public prob-
County in production and mar-j lems, aiding farmers with farm
keting of corn, wheat and oats.
59 farm visits were made and
219 calls received at office rel
ative to cereal crops. Five far
mers participated in Corn-Hog
reduction contracts.
LEGUMES AND FORAGE
CROPS
A total of 58 days was spent
in aiding farmers with peanut
reduction A. A. A. program,
seeding lespedeza on Rural Re
habilitation Farms, and hand
ling Co-operative car lot order
for Austrian Winter Peas.
Thirty result demonstrations
on improving soil fertility were
conducted with Austrian Win
ter Peas.
Sixteen meetings were held
explaining the peanut program
to public and signing contracts,
five news stories published ; 164
farms visited; and 668 calls re
ceived at office. A total of 272
farms participated in peanut
reduction contacts.
COTTON,TOBACCO AND
PIMEMTO PEPPER
A total of 143 days was
spent in conducting A.A.A.
program on acreage control of
cotton and tobacco and assist
ing pepper growers of County.
Forty meetings were held in
the 8 communities of the Coun
ty explaining the different
phases of Cotton Control Pro
gram, 12 news stories pub
lished, 6 general circular let
ters explaining different phases
of control program were sent
out to co-operators, 352 farms
visited, 2,333 calls received at
office pertaining to cotton and
tobacco.
Seven hundred and five
farms co-operated in cottor.
acreage reduction, retiring r.
total of 7,957 acres of cottor
land from production of cot
ton. The two tobacco growers
signed acreage reduction con
tracts, retiring a total of 7
acres.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
A total of 5 days was spent
assisting farmers in combating
insects and diseases of fruits
and vegetables. 37 farm visits
were made encouraging pro
duction of fruits and vege
tables for canning and home
use, 16 calls at office.
FORESTRY AND AGRICUL
TURAL ENGINEERING
A total of 16 days was spent
on these two projects. An at
tempt was made to organize a
Timber Protective Organiza
tion. Approximately 12,000
acres of timbered land was
signed up, but after investiga
tion, it was found that we
could not operate unless 50,000
or more acres were signed up
so this project was abandoned
temporarily.
Early in the year a campaign
was begun to organize a Ter
racing organization in the
County. Two out of County
Tours were conducted in get
ting local people interested. In
October a method demonstra-
records and assisting individ
uals in planning their farm op
erations, and assisting farms in
securing finances' to produce a
crop. 115 farm visits were
made and 457 calls at office
received.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Total days devoted to ex
tension work in field 234
Total days in office 74
Total number of farm
visits made 964
Number of different
farms visited 368
Office calls 4225
Telephone calls 2420
News articles or stories
published 25
Individual letters written 1109
Number of different cir
cular letters prepared 14
Bulletins distributed 526
Adult training meetings
held 4
Attendance 34
Methods demonstrat i o n
meetings 96
Attendance 732
Meetings at result dem
onstrations 5
Attendance 135
[CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
A special Christmas program ■
will be presented at the Perry)
Baptist church next Sunday
night at 7:30 o’clock. The pio-
gram will consist of several,
special numbers and a pageant,
“The Shepherd’s Vision.” The
Sunday school is cooperating,and
will feature that phase of the
program e ititled, “White Gilts
tor cne King.” At this point in
the program all the departments
of the Sunday school will come
forward bearing their gifts
which are to be distributed to
the needy of the community on
the following Monday.
Tne Perry church, together
with the Houston Factory Bap
tist church, shipped on Dec. 4, a
carload of farm produce and
merchandise to the Georgia Bap
tist Orphans’ Home atHapeville.
This together with a cash offer
ing of $65.00 made a total amount
of $196.00 contributed to the
nome. Also Houston Factory
church made a cash contribution
which made the total from these
two churches something over
$200.00
Sunday School — Sunday,
10:15 A. M., W. B. Roberts Su
perintendent.
Morning Worship — Sunday,
11:30 A. M.
Baptist Training Union, 6:30
Prayer Meeting—Wed.7:30 p.m.
Deacons’ meeting after pray
er meeting.
Rev. J. A. Ruffin, Pastor
REPORT OF COUNTY
SCHOOL SUPT. EVANS
Out of county tours 3
Attendance 25
Other meetings of an ex-
tention nature 84
Attendance 3200
Miles traveled 13000
ELECTION NOTICE
December 20, 1935, 10 a. m.,
E. S. T.
Cotton Community Committee
men for 1936.
One Community Committee
and one Alternate to be elected
io serve for
Upper Town, Lower Town and
Fourteenth Voting place,Perr}
Courthouse.
Upper Fifth and Tenth,
ing place, Watson’s store.
Lower Fifth, Upper 11th
Lower 11th
ser’s store.
Twelfth,
ville.
Old 13th.
New 13th.
Jerson.
ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE
All 1935 Contract Signers.
ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE ON
COMMITTEES
No member of the Association
is eligible to serve as a County
or Community Committeeman il
GOOD DONE HERE BY
XMAS SEAL MONEY
Do you know that tuberculosis
is the leading cause of death be
tween the ages of 15 and 25?
The onslaught of this dreadful
disease on so many boys and
girls just as they are reaching
maturity can be combatted in
two ways: first, children must
be better equipped to build up
resistance; and second, their
physical health must be more
carefully checked at regular in
tervals.
Do you know that the money
made from the Christmas Seal
Sale by the Perry P.T. A. health
committee in 1934 was spent ac
cording to the above program?
Part of the proceeds paid for
milk for undernourished school
children and the remainder fot
Grays for a group of Houston
county boys and girls found by a
state tuberculosis worker to neeu
Reduced indebtedness of the
county board, all teachers’ sal
aries paid to date, repairs on
standing buildings, and erection
of two new buildings mark the
end of 1935 for the Houston
County Board of Education.
W. B. Evans, county school su
perintendent, in his report states
that the Houston citizens have
shown interest in all school ac
tivities and that all school dis
tricts have responded readily to
calls to improve the school pro
perty.
Tne indebtedness of the board
has been decreased about $500.00
already during the school year of
1935-1936. All teachers’ salaries
and current bills have been paid
to date.
At seven of the different coun
ty schools repairs have been
made. T.ie county board and
the local school districts shared
the expenses for these repairs
equally. The school building at
Centerville was painted inside
and out. At Elko the building
was repaired and painted inside.
Also at Elko a well was dug. The
building at Perry was treated
for termites. At the suggestion
of the county school board the
grounds of the Henderson school
were graded by the county con
victs. Among the negro schools
of the county the repairs includ
ed a well at Mt. Nebo and a new
roof at Sand Bed.Sanitary closets
were bought for all white schools
except Perry.
During the year 1935 a new
school building was completed at
Grovania. At the Perry colored
school a work shop was built
from the old school. The Slater-
Fund of the State Education De
partment appropriated $150.00
for the building and the colored
people of Perry in labor and
money furnished over $200.1)0,
having raised $50.00 at a Thanks
giving rally.
During the fall, work was be
gun on the left wing of the Bon
aire school building, the right
wing having been completed last
winter. T b e Federal govern
ment is helping with this build
ing. During the summer the
Bonaire community with the
help of the P. T. A. built an in
door basketball court
At a recent meeting the coun
ty board voted to appropriate
$50.00 toward the furnishing of
the newly built Home Economics
room. The Perry P. T. A. had
appropriated a like sum.
Mr. Evans announced that
three high school pupils of Hous
ton county are receiving aid un-
Vot
and
Voting place, Sas-
Voting place, Hay ne-
Voting place, Elko.
. /our heart to some home stricken
by tuberculosis.
Buy Christmas Seals!
P. H. S. ACTIVITIES
The Perry Panthers
won two
Voting place,Hen-{? am £ s ^e past week by defeat
ing Fort Valley in Fort Valley by
a score of 38-16 and Friday night
on the local court they defeated
Vienna 41 to 20.
Perry has shown great im
provement in these last games
and will continue to improve.
Perry will meet Americus on
such member (a) does not derive sZwrUheZm^'
the principal part of his income " 0me and Support the team -
directly from farming on the
farm(s) covered by con tract (s)
to which he is a party, or (b) is
Holding an elective or appointive
county, state or federal office, or
(c) has been, within the past
year, or becomes a candidate fot
this medical attention. j
$1.00 worth of Christmas Seals | d e 'r the NaLonaf Youth^ATlm.inis-
aid end to end will reach from tration. Applications are in for
several others.
Miss Jesselyn Griggs was re-
cpntly elected to fill the place of
M ss Sarah Langston, resigned
at the Henderson school.
! All Houston county schools
close Dec. 20 and reopen Jan. 6,
1936.
LEGION & AUXIIIARyIeET
The members of the Robert D.
Collins post of the American Le
gion and the Auxiliary met at
the Perry school building Tues
day evening last week and en
joyed a spaghetti supper. Follow
ing the supper, each of these or
ganizations held their monthly
meeting separately.
T. C. Rogers, commander, pre
sided at the Legion meeting. He
appointed a committee to meet
with a committee from the Aux
iliary to decide whether to pur-
be used as a
D.A.R. CHAPTER MEETS
The December meeting of the
Gen. Daniel E. Stewart chapter
. . . ,of the D. A. R. was held Wee- chase a house to
an elective or appointive county, Jnesday afternoon last week at club house or to build one for
state or federal office, or (d) is f the home of Mrs. J. P. Cooper this purpose. This committee
openly and aggressively opposed with Mrs. W. B. Evans as host- consists of Max Moore C E
tn the essential nrnvisinns nf tbp. ess> Mrs> L M p au j ( j r>( the Andrew, and J. M. Tolleson, and
The Perry Post Office will
closed Christmas Day, except .
receive and transmit mail. There man at the local Ford
will be no window service. Perry Motor.company.
elected are requested to report
,,, . , , | at Counts Agent’s office Satur-
tion was held on terracing land d 1() 0 , clock a Dec. 21
with power equipment at; algo 1935 County Committeemen
which time sufficient interest j e ii^jUl e to serve in 1936, for the
was shown by local people to j p Ur p 0 se of eleeting’ County Com-
drews who will go to Macon,Jan. acres of land signed ;m ittee for 1936.
1, to be book-keeper for the R. ; U P- A terracing committee was
be A. McCord company, Macon. [appointed and a Caterpillar; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hodges will
to Marion Hayes is the new sales- Diesel 40 tractor and No. 2 spend Wednesday and Thursday
Agricultural Adjustment Act, j regent, presided,
the amendments thereto, and or a beautiful story of Christmas
the Administrative Rulings is | was told by Mrs. G. S. Riley,
sued thereunder, as they apply • The Ritual was conducted by
to cotton. i Mrs. L. M. Paul, Sr. Tt was
Community Committeemen voted to send gifts to the only
agency, Terracer was purchased and next week with relatives in Tal-
. work begun on October 31st. button.
two Daughters of the American
Revolution living, Miss Sarah
Poole and Mrs. Mary Newsom.
They are sisters whose home is
in Gibson, Ga.
the one from the Auxiliary of
Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, Jr, Mrs.
Frank Bonner, and Mrs. J. M.
Gooden.
In the Auxiliary meeting, pre
sided over by Mrs. Calhoun,
plans were made for helping
families in need at Christinas
time. This project will be car
ried out by the members of the
Welfare committee who are:
Interesting facts about thejMrs. Max Moore, Mrs. Cecil
Christmas Seal were told by'Armstrong, Mrs. W. G. Riley
Betty Jones. and Mrs. W. J. Boone. Those
The hostess was assisted in en- appointed from the Legion to
tertaining and serving the de
lightful refreshments by her sis
ter, Miss Martha Cooper.
assist in this work are: J. M.
Gooden, Edra Winn, and B. H.
Andrew, Jr.