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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXV. No. 1
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936
ESTABLISHED 1870
qualification of
VOTERS OUTLINED
Yeomans Tells How To Be
Able To Vote In 1936
MRS. S.W.HICKSON, Sr.
PASSES SUDDENLY
A ruling from the Attorney-
general of Georgia, M. J. Yeo
mans, warned the citizens of
Houston county that they must
pay their 1S35 poll taxes and all
back poll taxes to qualify to vote
in the coming elections this year.
Women, particularly interest
ed in qualifications to vote, were
informed that they must pay
their 1935 poll taxes, and such
back poll taxes as they owe.
If a woman has not been a
voter, however, no back taxes
are charged against her. She
must, however, pay this year’s
tax and sign the registration
book. Otherwise her name will
not be placed on the voter’s list.
The ruling said that those who
thus qualify themselves to vote
in the coming general election
will be qualified to vote in any
primary held to nominate officers
as candidates in that general
election.
Under that ruling all voters
who participate in the county
primary this spring must qualify
to vote by paying 1935 poll taxes
and becoming properly register
ed.
Further information given out
by Atty-Gen. Y^eomans was:
“Poll taxes are levied as of
January 1 each year and become
past due December 20 of each
year.
“Male citizens are not liable
for poll taxes for the year in
which they become 21 years of
age unless they become 21 on
January 1. They are liable for
poll taxes for each succeeding
year until they are 60 years of
age, including the year in which
they become 60 years of age.
“Female citizens are not liable
for poll taxes until they register
and then are not liable for poll
taxes for the year in which they
register, unless they register on
January 1 They are liable for
poll taxes each succeeding year
until they become 60 years of
age, including the year in which
they become 60 years of age.
“The payment of poll taxes
for 1936 is not a necessary quali
fication to entitle one to vote in
the primaries and general elec
tion of 1936, as poll taxes for
1936 will not be due until after-
December 20, 1936.
“Female citizens after having
once registered cannot have their
names stricken from the regis
tration list as they could before
1928. Once registered they re
main registered and subject to
to the payment of poll taxes as
provided by law and may be
come disqualified to vote for fail
ure to pay poll taxes when and
as due.
“Any citizen, male or female,
who will be 21 years of age on or
before November 3, 1936, may
register and vote in the primary
and general election of 1936.”
HAYNEVILLE P. T. A.
Mrs. S. W. Hickson, Sr , died
Friday morning, Dec. 27, at the
home of her son, Dr. M. L.Hick
son, in Fort Valley, after a brief
illness. Mrs. Hickson was before
her marriage Miss Susie Battle,
of Bainbridge. She was 70 years
of age.
Mrs. Hickson had resided in
Houston county for a number of
years. Her husband who passed
away about two years ago was
a prominent planter of this
county. Her son, S. W. Hick
son, Jr., who lives near Perry, is
chairman of the county board of
Education.
The deceased was a devoted
member of the Perry Methodist
church for many years.
Besides these two sons, Dr.
Hickson and S. W. Hickson, Jr.,
she is survived by five grand
children, M. L., Mary Louise,
Glenn, Catherine, and S. W.
Hickson, III; niece, Miss Marion
! Matthews, Atlanta; sister, Mrs.
| W. P. Cox, of Savannah;brother,
! M. L. Battle, Moultrie.
Funeral services were held at
i Mrs. Hickson’s home near Perry
! at 11 o’clock Saturday morning.
| Interment followed in the Perry
j cemetery. Rev. J. H. * House,
pastor of the Fort Valley Metho
dist church, officiated,
Pallbearers were: M. G. Ed
wards, W. B. Sims, S. L. Nor
wood, Jr., Perry; Dr. W. L.
Nance, A. C. Riley, Dr. R. C.
Smisson, Fort Valley.
PERRY RELATIVES ATiEND
HAWKINSVILLE FUNERALS
COTTON COMMUNITY CTATF RFRT UrlPFTl
COMMITTEEMEN, 1936. ^ wjJfl S(JM
The Cotton Community corn-J
mitteemen for 1936 were elected Last
Dec. 20 by the 1935 contract
signers under the AAA.
Those chosen are:
G. W. Hicks for Upper Town,
Lower Town, and 14th districts.
M. H. Stubbs, Lower 5th, Up
per 11th, Lower 11th.
J. E. Andrews, New 13th.
J. T. Lewis, Old 13th.
Candidates in the Upper Fifth
and Tenth districts tied. Anoth
er election to fill this place will
be held at an early date. No
names were given out in the
outcome of the first election.
The Community committee
men elected met at the county
agent’s office Dec. 21 and elect
ed the following County commit
tee for 1936:
A. L. Sasser, chmn; C. B. Wat
son, D. H. Daniel.
Campaign Promise Of
Gov. I almadge Fulfilled
FARMS IN GEORGIA SHOW
IMPROVED CONDITIONS
HIGHLIGHTS IN GEORGIA NEWS
Among those from Perry at
tending the funeral of Mrs. Hen
ry Garner, of Atlanta, in Haw-
kinsville Sunday afternoon, Dec.
22, were: Dr. and Mrs. R. L.
Cater, Mr J, P. Duncan, Mrs.
Eliza Masses, Messrs. Billy
Bob Cater Massee, Mrs.
Cater, Mrs. Drew Harris,
and Mrs. Cater Rogers, Mr.
Mrs. J. L. Hodges, and Mr.
Georgia is credited by the Na
tional Department of Agricul
ture with leading all the other
states in 1935 on one of the most
significant points of farm pro
gress. The combined yield
acre of her principal crops
and
Tom
Mr.
and
and
The following Christmas pro
gram was beautifully rendered
at the December meeting of the
Hayneville P. T. A , Thursday
afternoon, Dec. 19.
The Lord’s Prayer.
Song.
Roll called and minutes read.
Remarks—Mrs. E. H. Wim
berly, president.
Reading, “The Origin of Christ
mas Customs”—Miss Tarvin.
Reading, “Let Us Keep Christ
mas”—Mrs. W D. Ingram.
Song—“Holy Night.”
Reading, “There Is A Santa
Claus”—Miss Hazel Gray.
t “The Story of the Christ
Child” (in verse)—Nine chil
dren.
Character Song, “A Lullaby”
—Doris Hamsley.
Mrs. E. H. Wimberly, Mrs.W.
R. Jones, and Mrs. W. H,Nobles,
co-hostesses, served ambrosia,
cake, and coffee.
The favors carrying out the
Christmas motif w T ere furnished
by pupils of the school.
Reporter.
New and Used Furniture.
Easy Terms.
Perry Furniture Co.
Mrs. Sam Nunn. These same
friends and relatives attended
the funeral of Mr. Duncan Pate,
of Los Angeles, Calif., in Haw-
kinsville Saturday morning, Dec.
28.
Mrs. Garner was Miss Lila
Pate of Hawkinsville. She died
Saturday morning after an ill
ness of nearly four weeks leav
ing an infant daughter. Other
survivors are her husband, her
mother, Mrs. Rol Pate; four
brothers. Mr. Duncan Pate,'
another brother, died Saturday
from a heart attack after hear
ing of his sister’s death. He was
at his home in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Garner and Mr. Pate
were the niece and nephew of
Mrs. R. L. Cater and Mr. J. P.
Duncan, and had visited in Per
ry many times.
Mrs. Eliza Massee and her
uncle, Mrs. J. P. Duncan, at
tended the funeral of their
cousin, Miss Mary Hogg, daugh-
tes of Mrs. Agnes Brown Hogg
and the late Bradley Hogg, in
j Hawkinsville Sunday afternoon,
| Dec. 22. Miss Hogg was killed
in an automobile accident Friday
| night, Dec. 20.
Miss Evelyn Jones, adopted
(daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
! Anderson of Hawkinsville, was
I killed in the same wreck. A
double funeral was held for these
j young women, both members of
; the freshman class at G.S.C.W.
BISHOP W. A. CANDLER
TO PREACH HERE JAN. 12
Bishop Warren A. Candler, of
Atlanta, will preach at the Per
ry Methodist church at 11:30 a.
m. Sunday, Jan. 12. The occa
sion is to be a Home-coming Day
; for members and former mem
bers of the church. Fuller de
tails will be given next week.
DORSETT INJURED
Monday afternoon, Dec. 23,
Marvin Dorsett suffered arm
and leg fractures and head in
juries when an oil truck over
turned on the Macon road,. 10
miles north of Perry, and killed
the driver, Jesse M. Epps, of
Macon.
twenty-nine and six-tenths per
cent above her average for ten-
year period 1921-1930, whereas
for the country as a whole the
increase was one and seven-
tenths.
Out of a total of five million,
two hundred and eighty-six
thousand dollars advanced to
Georgia farmers to finance the
production of crops, with future
crops or live stock as the sole
security, four million nine hun
dred and thirty-eight thousand
dollars has been repaid, accord
ing to a report released concern
ing the Georgia Production
Credit Assoeiations.
Georgia and the rest of the
country will observe the birth
day anniversary of Andrew Jack-
son with Jackson Day dinners on
Jan. 8—the annual rally of the
Democratic faithful.
Georgia now has an allotment
cf 333,000 bushels of tax exempt
potatoes, under the Irish potato
control section of the Agricultu
ral Adjustment Administration.
A tax of three-fourths cent a
pound is to be imposed on all po
tatoes marked in excess of the
allotment.
Gasoline taxes for 1935 ran to
a total of $15,766,185.96 in Geor
gia, which was an increase of
$1,461,593.57 over 1934.
South Georgia farmers are
seeding their tobacco beds for
the 1936 season. A Fitzgerald
cotton mill is reported to have
sold millions of yards of tobacco
cloth to cover the beds in that
section of the state.
Adjutant General L i n d 1 e y
Camp has announced that the
National Guard Association has
presented to PWA officials a
plan for immediate action on a
per( rnillion-dollar armory program in
was Georgia.
WOODS RESTOCKED
WITH SEEDLINCS
ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia
woodlands have been restocked
with 3,500,000 seedling pines, in
black walnuts and black locusts
during the past year.
B. M. Lufburrow, state fore
caster, said this distribution is
more than double that of last
year and that another increase is
expected next year.
He said the Forestry Depart
ment's stock of slash pine, wal
nut and locust is exhausted and
that the only seedlings remain
ing for distribution are 463,000
long leaf and 850,000 loblolly
pines. These were grown at the
Albany nursery.
PAINT for All Purposes.
Houston Hardware Co.
Ceremonies which are to in
clude unveiling of a marble bust
of Miss Martha Berry are plann
ed in observance of the thirty-
fourth anniversary of the Berry
schools, at Mount Berry, Jan. 13.
Forty-four million trees, the
south’s part in the Federal Gov
ernment’s huge program to re
forest the nation, will be planted
during 1936, Joseph C. Kircher,
regional director of the U. S.
Forest Service, in Atlanta, has
disclosed. The trees, mostly
slash, short and long leaf pine,
will be planted in the eleven
southern states of this region,in
cluding Georgia.
J. C. Brockman, University of
Georgia chemistry professor,pre
dicts “sooner or later” the papei
industry will move to the South.
This of all years should be the
year not to burn the woods anil
pastures, forestry experts have
pointed out. The reason is that
a bumper pine seed crop, whicl
occurs about every seven years,
is maturing in the South. It h
said to be the best crop in 15
years, and billions of pine seed
ling will result.
Georgia’s $3 autor, obile tagf
went on sale “as usuai ' at the
Capitol this morning, January 2
The $3 tag was sold at the direct
order of the Governor for the
years 1933, 1934 and 1935. The
1936 tag, maintained at the same
price, will be the first of the
plates issued under permanent
legislative provision, the General i Athens, declares that
ATLANTA, Ga.—Increased
farm land values, a widespread
diversification of ciops and
specialization in long-staple cot
ton are revealed in reports from
various section? of Georgia,
According to a survey by E. C.
Westbrook, cotton specialist of
the State College of Agriculture,
16,666 Georgia farmers this year
grew 100,UU0 bales of long-staple
cotton on 250,000 acres planted
in 108 communitiesjin 52counties.
Premiums on the long-staple lint
averaged $S an acre, or a total
of $1,500,000 over and above the
average cotton price in this state.
Harry L. Brown, director of
extension for the State College
of Agriculture, told a group of
bankers in Athens that Georgia
farmers not only are “making a
living” but are “making money
at the same time.” Mr. Brown
said: “While the income o 1
Georgia farmers has tripled dur
ing the past three years the
state has also become more near
ly self-sustaining than in many
years.”
Increased land values are in
dicated in the report of Lowndes
County Agent H. E. Miller who
estimates that the AAA pro
grams have added $1,000,000 to
tarm values in his county alone
since 1933. He declared the
farming outlook in Lowndes
county the origniest ne has eve.
Known.
Further diversification wa.
urged b y John M. Graham,
president of the National City
dank ol Rome, who declared
cnat rural prosperity is depen
dent upon farmers “living at
noine” and getting away from
one-crop production.
“At no time within my knowl
edge has the South been farm
ing in a way as sound as today,”
said Mr. Graham. He called on
credit agencies of the South to
get together with a common un
derstanding that credit cannot
safely be extended except to
farmers “living at home.”
The Georgia Crop reporting
Service, according to an Asso
ciated Press dispatch from
Georgia’s
Assembly of last year having 11935 cotton crop will show the
voted its authorization. greatest per-acre yield since
1914, with the exception of 1933.
CHARLES ANDREW WINS'
IN RADIO CONTEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Charles Andrew, son of
and Mrs. C. B. Andrew,
named a winner in voice of
Macon Radio District of the
lanta Journal School of the
auditions. Mr. Andrew, a
ior of Perry High school,
I The weather in this section
Mr. [during the holidays has been un-
v '^ s 'usually cold. It snowed Dec. 22
thHbut melted by the next day. The
At-j weather last week was fair and
Air j very cold with rain Saturday. It
sen-1 has been cloudy and extremely
sanp [cold this week.
“I Love Thee” by Greig over] The northern half of Georgia
station WMAZ. 'has been covered since Sunday
He will compete over the At- with sleet and ice which has
lanta Journal Radio s t a t i o n caused considerable damage in
WSB next June ior a f r e e .Atlanta and above there and de
scholarship and a tree trip to Jayed traffic and business opera-
Radio City. tions.
ATLANTA, Ga.—An order
for application of all unspent ap
propriations for 19J4 to wipe ouc
Georgia’s current indebtedness
for tne first time in more tha n a
century was issued by Govern r
Talmadge several days ago.
L'almadge’s order said the
state had $1,651,8i9 in 1934 ap
propriations which reverted to
the general treasury July 1 this
year, and from other sources.
The lloating debt was created
by appropriations made in ex
cess of the state’s revenue by
past legislatures. This practice
was ended by the general assem
bly during tne administration of
Richard B. Russell, Jr., through
an act to hold the governor re
sponsible tor holding th/e budget
under revenues.
Under this law Governor Tal-
madge lias scaled the state de
partments this year to 80 per
cent of allotments appropriated
to them by the legislature.
By previous payments on the
current debt, Governor Talmadge
had reduced it from $7,023,853
when he took offiee in Jan, 1/
1933, to a sum within the revel
ed balance he applied to cancel
the remaining obligation.
All remaining claims against
the state are self-amortizing
througn legislative act. T hey
include $4,187,000 in funded
bonds payable at $100,000 per
year; non-interest allocations for
repayment of counties for road
construction, about $23,000,000;
and pledged rentals of the state
railway, about $2,000,000.
Approximate amounts of cur
rent debts to which the 1934
fund will be applied as follows:
$1,225,000 to common schools;
$145,000 to state institutions,and
the remainder to the board of
regents, thus erasing all debts
from the books.
Bart of the amount went to
the common school fund on bal
ance due for appropriations prior
to 1932. The remainder was
paid on the Barrett-Rogers funds
ior 1930-31.
As he pushed the order across
his desk, Governor Talmadge
said: “1 am fulfilling my last
campaign pledge a year early.
Daymenc of state debts was
about the only issue in the last
campaign.”
TOM WOODARD PASSES
News reached here Monday
afternoon of the sudden death of
Mr. Tom Woodard at his home
in Rome, Ga., that morning. He
was a brother of Miss Ann
Woodard and a step-son of Mrs.
Betty Woodard, of Perry.Among
the other survivors are his wife
and an eight year old son,
Charles.
Due to weather conditions at
Rome funeral arrangements had
not been completed. Funeral and
interment are both to be
Rome, relatives were notified.
in
MRS. MATTIE RAPE DIES
Mrs. Mattie Reynolds Rape
died at her home near Center
ville, Dec. 23. Funeral services
were held at the Hattie Baptist
church, Centerville at 2 p. m.
Dec. 24. Elder Will Green and
Elder Harvey Daley officiated
arid interment; was in Centerville
cemetery.
MRS. GUENTHER DIES
Medicated
with ingredients of
Vicks VapoRub
Vicks Cough Drop
Friends of Mr.F.Guenther,Jr.,
of Nazareth, Penn., will regret
to learn of the death of his wife
which occurred suddenly Friday
in Kingsport, Tenn., where they
were visiting their son. Mr.Guen
ther was the first superintendent
of the Penn-Dixie Cement plant
in this county and made his home
in Perry for several months. The
Guenthers were guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. N. Y.
Geyer, former residents of Per-
Misses June Parker, Sue ry, when Mrs. Guenther suffered
Wright and Charlotte Daniel, ofj a heart attack which brought on
Fort Valley spent Friday with j her death in a short while after
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Curtis. [being moved to a hospital.
Ruth Rowland sper.t last weik
in Fort Valley.