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USTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXV. No. 2
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1936
ESTABLISHED 1870
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Perry Methodists Urged
Attend Church Jan. 1 2
To
Bishop Warren A. Candler, of
Atlanta, well known Methodist
divine, will preach at the Perry
Methodist church Sunday at 11:30
a. m., upon invitation from the
pastor, Rev. W. P. Blevins, and
the board of stewards.
It was first planned to make
next Sunday a Home-coming oc
casion and invite all former mem-1
hers but it was decided that this
was not advisable. Former mem
bers will be welcome but thej
pastor and stewards are making
every effort to get the present
membership of the church to at
tend Sunday’s services.
Rev. Mr. Blevins is eager for
the entire membership of the
church to hear Bishop Candler.
In speaking Wednesday of the
importance of the occasion, Mr.
Blevins said:
“The visit of Bishop Candler
to Perry on next Sunday, Jan.
12, will be an occasion to all the
people who are in reach of the
Perry Methodist Church to hear
one of the outstanding preachers
of this generation. It might be
said that he has seldom had a su
perior in any generation of the
Christian era. Since in the very
nature of the course of human
events he will not be with us
again, his visit to us brings us
an opportunity that we can’t af
ford to pass up for any reason
whatsoever.
“Let’s give the Bishop a great
audience and make it one of the
memorable days in the experi
ence of Perry.”
( To^All Members of the Hous
ton County Democratic Execu
tive Committee:
A meeting of the Houston
County Democratic Executive
Committee is hereby called for
Saturday of this week, January
11th, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the
Court House, Perry, Georgia, for
the purpose of fixing a date for
the County Primary and t h e
transaction of any other business
which may come before said
Committee.
All members are urged to be
present.
S. A. Nunn, Chairman,
Houston County Demo
cratic Executive Com
mittee.
Newspaper Syndicate Gives
Some of Georgia’s Assets
Annual Message Rap
Budget Read Later
s roes;
VESPER SERVICES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
OFFICERS OF METHODIST
INSTALLED
fl
flu lit
The Methodist Woman’s Mis
sionary society held its first
I business meeting of the year at
the church Monday afternoon,
the new president, Mrs. Cater
Rogers, presiding.
The treasurer’s report showed
a total of $523.85 raised by the
suciety in 1935 for conference
and local work.
The following yearly cornmit-
| tees were appointed by the presi-
! dent:
Membership—Mrs. B. H. An
drew, Jr.. Mrs. L R. Eden,Mrs.
iN. W. H. Gilbert.
Interior of Church---Mrs. A.
M. Anderson, Sr., Mrs. S. L
^Norwood, Jr., Mrs.IT. P.Houser,
Mrs. 0. B. Muse.
Church Grounds—Mrs. C. E.
Andrew, Mrs. C. E. McLendon.
Finance-—Mrs. Vernon Tuggle,
Mrs. R. E. Brown, Mrs. J. B.
Calhoun, Mrs. T. R. Summers.
Reporter—Mrs. S. A. Nunn.
Among the recommendations
accepted from the Executive
Board were:
1. That our society send $420
t) conference for the year 1935.
2. That w r e have two meetings
a month beginning in February,
but that we have our program
meetings in the homes, and com
bine our business and Bible study J
at the church. .
1 he main feature of the pro- I
gram was the installation of offi |
cers by the pastor, Rev. W. P. I
Blevins. i
Vesper services which proved
so popular several months last
year are to be held this year dur
ing the winter months by the
Perry Baptist church. The ser
vices will begin at 6 p. m. each
Sunday. The young people of
the B. Y. P. U. will cocperate
with the adult members of the
church in programs at this ves
per hour.
Special music will be rendered
each time and out-of-town speak
ers will be heard from time to
time.
Rev. J. A. Ruffin, pastor, urges
all to attend, beginning next
Sunday at 6 p. m.
The Wednesday night hour
has been changed to 7:45 p. m.
Sunday School — Sunday,
10:15 A. M., W. B. Roberts Su
perintendent.
Morning Worship — Sunday,
11:30 A. M.
P. H. S. ACTIVITIES
recu-
has a
three
offset
Perry school began the new
year on Monday morning. Mr.
Gooden welcomed the students
back from their Christmas holi
days and he urged them to make
this their best year.
Quite a number of new stu
dents and graduates were seen
in the halls Monday. Members
of the student body and teachers
mingled together in the halls
and rooms.lt seemed that every
one ushered in the new year
with a smile.
Among the new members of
our student bo'iy are Junior
Strong, senior: E ise Bronson,
freshman; Louise i<loyd, seventh
grade; William Rogers, Clarence
Smoot, Jarrell Strong, fifth; Ma
rion Cooper, thiid; Bess Nunn
and Joyce Andrew, first.
Playing one of the best defen
sive games of the year, Perry
High Panthers defeated the
strong Dunlap-Peeler team of
Macon by the score of 17 to 14
during the holidays. Grimsley
led P. H. S. with 13 points.
Perry plays Chauncey on the
local court Friday night.
CARD OF THANKS
s. S. CLASS MEETS
I bhe January meeting of the
I Susannah Wesley Class of the'
I Methodist church was held Wed-!
r esday afternoon last week at i
I the home of Mrs. L. F. Cater, j
I Mesdames L. R. Eden, Vernon !
• u ggle, and Felton Norwoodj
■ were co-hostesses.
I Brayer was the subject of the (
■ devotional message brought by
■ Mrs.. L. M. Paul, Jr., the class
■ president, who presided.
Mexican Home Song” was
I pondered as a solo by Mrs. J. M
■ Gooden. Mrs. J. L. Beavers
;oad a New Year’s poem.Follow-
■ ag the program a game was
■ Mayed.
■ In the business session, plans;
I er «. e ^ r de for a P la y t0 be pre- !
| h e 0 n ed f or the benefit of the
■ ‘eating system in the church.
■ v\as voted to have a contin-
The family of Mrs. Annie Bos
well wishes to express apprecia
tion for the many acts of kind
ness shown them during her
illness and at the time of her
death.
WINDOW GLASS
Houston Hardware Co.
Red Cross Inner Spring Mat
tresses.
Perry Furniture Co.
gent fund for emergencies to be
raised by a monthly cash dona
tion from each member rather
than by raising money by other
means.
A dainty salad course was
served by the hostesses.
Newspaper Features, Inc., of
Atlanta, sent out the following
articie this week. It depicts such
an optimistic picture that it is be
ing^ published in part:
T undamentafly the financial
condition of the State govern
ment and of the people of Geor
gia is probably better than the
financial condition of the govern
ment and people of any other
State in the Union.
When the tax digests of Geor-
f ia were closed for the year 1935
by William B. Harrison, Comp
troller-General, they showed an
increase of twenty-one million
dollars over the year 1934. Tins
in the writer’s opinion was the
most significant and important
index of the turn of the tide, for
the reason that year by year for
the last four years the tax digests
of Georgia have shown an alarm
ing shrinkage. In other words,
the process of deflation has run
its cmirse and reached its low
ebb in Georgia, and now “the
patient ’ has passed the crisis
and is on the way back to
peration ar.d recovery.
The State of Georgia
bonded debt of less than
million dollars, and as an
against that debt it owns a rail
road, (The Western & Atlantic
from Atlanta to Chattanooga),
conservatively estimated to be
worth twenty-five million dollars.
In addition to the railroad, it
owns the public parks in practi
cally every town between Atlan
ta and Chattanooga.
In addition to the railroads and
the parks adjacent thereto, the
state of Georgia owns terminals
of great value in Atlanta and
Chattanooga, and owns institu
tions, educational and otherwise,
and various properties including
the Henry Grady Hotel, the
Henry Grady Building, the Red
Rock Building and the Georgia
Theatre, which are worth many
millions of dollars.
But the above are not all of the
assets of Georgia. Our State has
a highway system in which has
been invested in round figures
one hundred and fifty million
dollars, and there is outstanding
against it an indebtedness of
only twenty-six million dollars,
which the state owes to the coun
ties, and which the State will
commence to pay back from the
gasoline tax this year.
Georgia’s ad valorem tax rate
is among the lowest of the
States, and so likewise n Geor
gia's income tax rate. From the
standpoint of taxation, Georgia’s
is a most economical and agree
able State in which to live, in
comparison with all others of the
United States.
Georgia farmers in 1935 pro
duced crops to the value of $214,-
530,000. Rural Georgia has the
greatest buying power of any
btate in the Southeast. Georgia’s
white people aie ninety-nine per
cent American born, of Anglo
Saxon ancestry. They understand
their race problems better than
all of the experts sent down from
Washington. No trouble exists
between the white and coloreu
people of Georgia, or ever will,
unless stirred up by meddlers
and agitators sent into Georgia
for that deliberate purpose.
Georgia people, taken as a
whole, are prosperous, happy,
contented, and capable of gov
erning themselves.
These are pleasant thoughts
with which to begin the New
Year.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In
sharp language, President Roose
velt Friday night made his an-
Friday night the Perry Pan
thers are to play their ancient
rival, who is none other than
Chauncey, on Perry’s Court in
what promises to he an exciting
basketball game.
Chauncey this year boasts the
l . ,, I UUa.HLl Lilt?
nual message into a call upon . strongest team in the historv of
its school.
Perry High's team has made
wonderful improvement since the
first of the season and is fast de
veloping into a smooth working
aggregation. Come to the game
f riday at 8 p. m. and support
your local team.
E. P. Staples, Coach.
congress to protect the nation
against foreign autocrats bent
(upon war and against such auto-
|crats at home as seek to ‘‘gang
up on the people’s liberties.”
j Flanked with microphones
j which carried his words far past
| the 1,290 of Washington’s official
and social elite who jammed the
: brilliantly illuminated h ouse
chamber tor the extraordinary
joint session, the chief executive
demanded a “well ordered neu
trality” and an “adequate na
tional defense.”
Then, slashing at critcs of the
New Deal in a manner almost
unprecedented for an annual
message, the president denounc
ed what he called determined
groups—“entrenched greed”--
which he said were seeking to —
regain domination of the national L? r some time before her
government.
‘I commend to congress
harm Program of New Dea]
Declared Unconstitutional
MRS.ANNIE BOSWELL
DIES AT HOME HERE
that
we advance; that we we do not
retreat, ” he said.
Congress, formally opened at
noon amid some political tension
and with a promise of more par-
tisian fireworks to come, already
had started its skirmishing on
the headline issues of neutrality
and the soldiers’ bonus.
Budget Estimate
A treasury deficit exceeding
one billion dollars—without
counting unestimated new relief
costs—-was forecast to congress
by President Roosevelt Monday
for the next fiscal year.
Unprecedentedly, he withheld
a complete budget estimate on
how much the government would
spend in the 12 months beginning
July 1. For the present he list
ed $6,752,606,370 hut said later-
requests tor work-relief money
would be forthcoming.
Just now, Mr. Roosevelt fore
saw a debt at the end of the
1936-37 period of $31,351,638,737.
This would he an all-time high.
A national defense budget of
nearly a billion dollars—t h e
argest peace-time sum ever ask
ed for strictly military and naval
purposes was included by the
president.
H e estimated $937,791,961
would be required in the 1936-3'/
fiscal year for both the army ant,
the navy. A $193,000,000 in
crease over estimated 1936 ex
penditures would be devoted
largely to the acquisition of new
fighting ships, aircraft and per
sonnel in theyear staamg July 1
Mrs. Annie M. Boswell, 74,
died at her residence here at 9
o’clock Wednesday night last
week.
Mrs. Boswell was in bad health
— death.
She was the widow of J. F. B.
Boswell, merchant and cafe pro
prietor of Perry.
Funeral services were held at
3 o’clock Friday afternoon at her
home, conducted by Rev. J. A.
Ruffin, pastor of the Baptist
church,ot which she was a mem
ber. Interment was in Perry
cemetery.
Mrs. Boswell, a resident of
Perry for many years, is surviv
ed by four daughters and four
sons: Mrs. E. A. Spence, Mrs.
ILL. Daniel, of Carrolton;Misses
May and Lois Boswell, George
W. Boswell, Charles A Boswell,
of Perry; J. Y. Boswell, of Ma
con and W. H. Stevens, of Dora,
Ala. Two grandchildren also
survive her, Mrs. IT. J. Mat
thews, of Perry, and James Her
bert Boswell of Fort Benning.
80N/1IRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWS HEMS OF INTEREST
GEORGIA PAVES 924
MILES OF ROAD IN ’35
(Last Week’s Items)
Miss Ida Pearl Stalnaker spent
the weekend with her sister, Mrs.
Earl Adams, and Mr. Adams in
Kort Valley.
the college students visiting
their parents during Christmas
Holidays were: Messrs. 1J. B
Perdue, v\ iliiam Perdue and
Lloyd Newberry, Mercer; Misse.
Vlary Leverett, Mildred wation
rnd Grace Hayes, G. S. C. w.
\Ir. Billie Talton Emory Jr., ai
)xford; Mr. Erwin Bryan, ’(.a.
Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Launins-
and daughter, Mary Kathern e
visited Mr. and Mrs. H. E Tai-
ton during the holidays.
I he Bonaire teachers who vis
ited their
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The
Supreme Court Monday knocked
out another chief pillar of the
Roosevelt administration by hold
ing the AAA (Agricultural Ad
justment Act) to he unconstitu
tional.
thus the AAA follows the
NRA into the discard, and neces-
itates a vast revamping of the
administration’s whole program.
The court killed the NRA last
.Way in a sweeping decision that
was matched only by Monday’s.
The court’s decision in the
NRA case last May was unani
mous, but Monday the court di
vided 6 to 3. Justice Brandeis,
Btone and Cardoza dissenting
from the opinion, which was
read by Justice Owen J.Roberts.
The majority opinion was sup
ported by Chief Justice Hughes
and Associate Justice Mc-
Reynolds, Vandeventer, Butler
and Sutherland, in addition to
Justice Roberts.
1 he decision of the court was
so sweeping in character that
many lawyars who listened to
its rendition believed that when
ts full import is realized, it also
will consign to oblivion many
other acts of the seventy-fourtti
Congress since the Roosevelt ad
ministration took office.
T h e sweeping opinion also
doomed the amended AAA,
which was designed to cure the
defects of the earlier act. It in
validates 1,000 million dollars in
processing taxes.
The majority opinion held that
the action of Congress, in ratify
ing the original AAA processing
taxes, went beyond its authority.
Justice Harlan F. Stone de
livered the minority opinion in
which Justice Brandeis and Cor-
doza joined.
The majority opinion held that
the AAA, with its processing tax
on cotton in the Hoosac Mills
case, was a scheme to control
production of cotton. Congress,
the court held, has no such pow
er under the Constitution.
Acts of the Roosevelt adminis
tration believed to fall wichin
Lhe decision by inference include:
Bankhead cotton act, amended
AAA, Kerr tobacco act, Warren
Potato control act, Guffey coal
act.
i he decision may also affect
Ehtr ivoosevelt administration
nets.
The decision was so broad that
;ornt- lawyers considered it doubt
ful if Congress can re-enact a
;atisfactory substitute for the
AAA.
parents during thf.
n • , tt- i ^ . Past week were: Misses Celeste
?iay? 1 ~iL Hl f h . V ^ y . Board dur-i Greene, Perry: Virginia Duna-
ing 1935 placed under construe
tion and partly completed 924.6
miles of hard surfaced pavement
and 123.2 miles of earth and soil
work, according to W. Eugene
Wilburn, chairman of the hoard
In addition the Highway De
partment built four miles oi
Oridges, the most important ol
which was a span across the Oc-
mulgee River near Jackson.
way, Washington; Carrie Mae
Williams, Lineolnton; Ivelyn
Smith, Bainbridge; Natalie
Hughs, Stillmore; a n d Lu<-ile
Goss, Byron. Mr. C.L. Williams,
Lineolnton.
Miss Eva Bullard visited home-
folks in Howell last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. IT. Watson
Misses Sara Watson and Mar
garet Story and Messrs. Wilson
FINANCIAL SHAPE OF
STATE SCHOOLS FINE
Georgia school systems begin
the new year in the best financial
condition in their history, State
Superintendent of Schools M. D.
Collins said recently.
During 1935, the state contri
buted more than nine million
dollars and the federal govern
ment more than a million dollars
to the support of the schools,
more money than the system
ever before received in one year,
Mr. Collins said.
afp e&tate Spent H204,250.5z Roberts and Clint Watson spent
of its own money on highway Christmas day with Mr. O. C
work during the year and the aJ- Hancock in Atlanta.
eralTfnd 01 i * ,3 ’ 733>701 - 72 of fed ‘ Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Jenkins, of
teI „ S ’ ,, Macon, visited Mr. and Mrs. (j
lhe comparative small amount [w. Mills Christmas day.
duetoTh-Tan ^ 1^11 Ml ' m and Mrs> he ntley, of Ami-
Barfan nf PMhli? 4 ^ , lederalt y. spent Christmas with Mr.and
Bureau of Public roads tied up Mrs. John Perdue.
the use of federal road money in Mr. and xMrs. C. W Gillesnit
Georgia until late in 1935. | are vLiting relatives in Henriet.
__ _ I ta, N. C.
| Miss Etta Lee Matthews, "“of
J Kathleen, spent last weekend
j with Miss Josie Britt.
t-i •. Ti . . ,| Miss Louise Carter, of Tifton
Ah® V L Fn , t , Z Rau chenberg of spent the Christmas holidays
“’- d E reach a t the Per- with Miss Ruth Fender, of Kath-
ry Presbyterian church next deem
Sunday at 1 f :30 a. m., and atl m. r M 'i l c r\
t h e Clinchfield Presbyterian : v M ° 1 J /? bn . s ° n - of Quantieo,
church at 8 p. m. Sunday ®P ent Ghnstmas holid iys
uay. . wlth hls parentg) Mr ant j Mrs
|R N. Fender, of Kathleen.
c • ». , . _ . Mrs. Jerome Thompson and
Sewing Machine Needles, Oil son, Mr. E.J Thompson, are vis-
HOUSTON HARhWADr m iting Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Slo-
HUUSI ON HARDWARE CO. j C umb of Kathleen.
TALMADGE TO RON GEORGIA
WITHOUf APPROPRIATIONS
Presbyterian Notice
ATLANTA, Ga.---Governor Eu
gene Talmadge said Friday the
Georgia code gives him authority
to run the state without an ap
propriations act.
The constitution and statutes,
he said, provide allocations with
the force of appropriations to
many departments, and salaries
fixed by “makers of the law”are
payable without any further ado.
An unquotable authority sug
gested that operation of depart
ments for which there are no
allocations may be managed by
the governor’s authority to ‘‘sup
press riot and insurrection.”
this point would be invoked in
keeping the state’s 7,000 prison
ers in penal institutions, it was
suggested, and in maintaining
operation of the eleemosynary
institutions and other branches
of the government.
Apparently it would mean mar
tial law administraion of the
branches affected.
An opinion that absence of a
general appropriations act does
not affect payment of state sal
aries fixed by law was given by
Attorney General M. J. Yeo
mans Monday to Governor Tal
madge.
Living Room Suites, Coffee
Tables, Boston Rockers.
Perry Furniture Co.