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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXV. No. 12
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 193G
ESTABLISHED 1870
PERRY OFFICIALS TO
BE ELECTED APRIL 11
Perry citizens will elect a may
or and six aldermen on Saturday,
April 11. The officials chosen
will take office May 1 this year
and serve for two years. The
city’s charter provides that an
election shall be held the second
Saturday in April every two
years.
The present mayor, A. M. An
derson, has been in office for
only one term. It is presumed
that he will be a candidate for
re-election. Aldermen serving
with Mayor Anderson are: G.C.
Nunn, L. M. Paul, C. P. Gray,
H. T. Dean, B. H. Andrew, and
H. P. Dobbins.
Citizens eligible to vote are
those qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly in
the next general election and
whose residence within the city
limits has been at least ten days
prior to the city election. All resi
dents of Perry who voted in the
recent county Primary are eligi
ble to vote and others may quali
fy as May 4 is the last date to
qualify for voting in the General
Election, Nov. 4.
1936 is truly election year as city,
county, state, and national elec
tions are to take place this year.
The state Primary in Georgia is
held in September every two
years in accordance with the
state law. The governor, and
other state officials, judges, con
gressmen, and senators are nom
inated in the Primary and elect
ed in the General election, Nov.
4, when the president and the
vice-president of the United
States are chosen. The names
of all county officers nominated
in the county Primary will also
be placed on the General Elec
tion Ticket.
HIGHLIGHTS IN GEORGIA NEWS
VESPER SERVICES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH' —— 7
! A list of 25 Georgia banks re- A program of patriotic educa-
| named state depositories under tion to be conducted by the
Rev. Bunyan Collins, pastor of'Dov. Talmadge’s financial “die- Daughters of the American Rev-
Hawkinsville Baptist church will' tatorship” was announced Sat- olution was advocated in a reso-
be the speaker at the Vesper‘ ur day by Executive Secretary lution presented at the recent
services at 6:30 p. m. Sunday at Carlton Mobley. The governor state convention in Savannah,
the Perry Baptist church. by proclamation, cancelled all The resolution charged that “the
Rev. Mr. Collins has just re-1 state depositories some time ago minds of our youths are being
cently come to the Hawkinsville 1 and since that time has been poisoned in our schools, colleges
pastorate after serving the Law-j nam i n g those banks which have and universities” by subtle com-
renceville church for a number agreed to accept deposits and munistic propaganda,
of years. He is a graduate of Pay out funds on checks signed A , . T> ., .
Mercer University and an orator by de facto officers. Approval by 1 resident
of some distinction. He will
ROOSEVELT to be TALMADGE APPEALS
ENTRY IN PRIMARY
BHiRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
«ITEMS OF INTEREST
bring the Baptist people and
visiting friends a message that
will prove both interesting and
helpful.
Special music will be rendered
and the public is cordially invit
ed.
Sunday School — Sunday,
10:15 A. M., W. B. Roberts Su
perintendent.
Morning Worship — Sunday,
11:30 A. M.
Vesper Service, 6 30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting—Wed.8:00 p.m.
Rev. J. A. Ruffin, Pastor
P. H. S. AMITIES
Roose
velt of a PWA grant of $349,650
A statue to memorialize Craw-'covers the government’s part on
ford W. Long, famous Georgia! a $792,000 building program at
physician, who was first to em-j thirteen Georgia educational in
ploy the anesthetic properties of stitutions.
ether for a surgical operation
Miss Janet Worsham was guest
of Misses Susie and Josie Britt
Sunday.
Mr. W.B. Wills returned home
Sunday after an extended visit
with relatives in Florida.
Little Jimmy Andrews, of Per
ry, spent Sunday with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sis-
Lon, in Bonaire.
Miss Eva Bullard has returned
from Howell, Ga., where she has
been spending a week with rela
tives.
Miss Etta Lee Matthews spent tory class has just
Assembly
At assembly last week Eliza
beth Short, who recently played
at the Music Festival in Atlanta,
played the selection she used in
entering the contest. Ruth Ta
bor sang “Shipmates Forever.”
Hazel NeSmith led the devotion
al. Rebecca Grace introduced
the numbers on the program.
Baseball
Spring is here! We know it
by the number of baseball games
we see at recess at the school.
Boys and girls alike are enjoying
this favorite American sport.
Class teams have been organized
and the classes have already
played inter class games.
Another sign of spring is the
number of pupils playing mar
bles. Junior high school pupils
claim this as their favorite past
time.
About The School
Miss Jones’ fifth grade is study
ing birds. Pictures of birds are
posted on her bulletin boards.
Miss Borom’s sixth grade is
studying Georgia. They have
made maps and booklets of the
state. Attention has been called
to the products of this section.
Mr. Staples’ biology class has
a miniature garden growing in
the lab.
Miss Dillard’s American his-
completed a
will be unveiled at Danielsville,
March 30, in the presence of
Gov. Talmadge and members of
a special committee representing
the General Assembly.
As a result of a $1,300,000 al
lotment by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture to carry out
the work, the Cotton-Textile In
stitute has announced from New
York that millions of pounds of
cotton would be used in a nation
wide test of the practicability of
including cotton in highway con
struction.
There are 7,128 farms in Geor
gia equipped with rural electrici
ty, representing 2.8 per cent of
the the total number of farms in
the state, as of Dec. 31, 1935. ac
cording to results of a census
just announced.
MRS. CLARKE DIES
AT HOME IN PERRY
the weekend in Macon with her
sister, Miss Irene Matthews.
Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Summer-
ford and son, Jimmy, were
spend-the-day guests of Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Sasser Sunday.
Miss Ruth Fender spent last
Thursday night and Friday with
Miss Nell Watson,
The teachers spending the
weekend in their respective
homes were: Misses Natalie
Hughs, Still more ;Celeste Greene,
Perry; Lucile Goss, Byron; Ive-
lyn Smith, Bainbridge; Virginia
Dunaway, Washington; Carrie
Mae Williams, Lincolnton; and
Gertrude Hunt, Kathleen.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sasser and
family visited relatives in Ma
con Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Launnius
and daughter, Mary Katherine,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.
E- Talton in Kathleen for the
weekend.
^ Bonaire school was suspended
Friday on account of an epide
mic of Flu which is raging over
the county.
unit on the American Indian.
Many boys and girls have been
sick recently. Teachers and pu
pils sympathize with them.
OLIVER W. PURVIS DIES
early
with
night
acci
Oliver W.Purvis, who was em
ployed in the government’s
peach disease eradication work
in Houston county, died
Friday morning in Perry.
Mr. Purvis was stricken
a heart attack Thursday
following an automobile
dent in which his car was struck j
by a truck. Both the Purvis car I
and the truck were badly dam-:
aged. The accident occurred I
within the city limits on the Ma-i
con road. Mr. Purvis’ death re- j
suited from the heart attack, it
was said. After the accident,he j
| was carried to a local hotel whereI
! he had resided for two months!
during his stay in Perry.
there will be fewer
week than last.
He had been a lifelong resi
School patrons hope!dent of Ocilla and Irwdn county,
Mrs. G. Henry Clarke, promi
nent in religious affairs here for
many years,' died at her home at
4:15 p. m. Sunday after a long
illness.
Born in Crawford county, she
was the former Miss Josie Har
rison. She had lived in Perry
several years.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3:30 at the
Methodist church. Rev. W. P.
Blevins, pastor of the church,
officiated. Interment was in
Evergreen cemetery in Perry.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Clarke is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. C. C. Freeman, Perry,
and Mrs. Jack Ammons, Bonaire,
and a granddaughter, Martha
Freeman, of Perry.
Mrs. Clarke w r as a devout mem
ber of the Perry Methodist
church. She was a regular at
tendant upon its services until
recent months when her health
failed.
Mrs. Clarke was a devoted
member of the Woman’s Mis
sionary society.
Nothing higher can be said of
her than that she was truly a
Christian woman whose life was
lived in service for others.
A large number of relatives
and friends attended the funeral.
Among those from out-of-town
were:
Mrs. F. W. Poole and Mr. and
Mrs. B. A. Newberry, Hender
son; Mrs. L. D. Hamilton, Una-
dilla; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Winn,
Mrs. W. N. Clements, and Mrs.
J. E. Hicks, Lizella; Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Barnes and Mr. and
Mrs. Ell Harrison, Musella; Mrs.
Iva Barnes, Roberta; Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Clarke, Mrs. Sam Monk,
Mr. J. B. Monk, Mr. and Mrs
Harvey Clarke, Miss Josie
Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
Clarke, Marshailville; Mr. and
J Mrs. Clyde Allen and Mr. and
Mrs. Williams, Moran; Mrs. C C.
cases
CENTERVILLE P. T. A.
this|and is survived by his wife. He!Freeman, Sr., and Mr. A. M.
| was 54 years of age and a mem-1 Freeman, Waycross; Mr. and
ber of Brushy Creek Primitive j Mrs. J. E. Bledsoe, Mrs. Lester,
Baptist church where funeral y[j ss Allie Houser and Mr. and
services were held. : Mrg . R Anderson> Fort V al-
Seizure of cottonseed ship
ments from a Florida area in
fested with the pink boll worm
has prevented the pest from be
coming established in South
Georgia. Georgia has been free
from quarrantine for the pink
boll worm since last November.
Georgia remained legally dry
as the result of a decision hand
ed down last week by the State
Supreme Court, even though the
justices divided three and three
on the case in question. As a re
sult of the Supreme Court’s tie
vote the ruling of Judge G H.
Howard in Fulton Superior Court
remained in effect by operation
of law. Judge Howard had up
held validity of the statewide
referendum in which Georgia
citizens failed by 243 votes to re
peal the twenty-five-year o 1 d
“bone-dry” law.
PERRY P.T.A. MEETS
March
T. A.,
March
CASE IN MONEY ROW
WINDSTORM DOES
DAMAGE IN PERRY
Terriffic winds lashed Perry
and vicinity Monday night and
Tuesday blowing down trees and
unroofing several barns and
small buildings, according to re
ports.
An elm tree on Main street
was blown down on the power
lines and interfered with the
lighting system for a time. A
large tree near the Clinchfield
highway was blown across the
pavement. A Greyhound bus
in attempting to pass slipped
into a ditch, causing a delay of
over an hour in its schedule. No
one was injured.
The wind and rain seriously
interfered with Community Day
celebrations and barbecue plan
ned for Tuesday. The “Ama
teur Hour,” a feature of the en
tertainment planned for the oc
casion, was carried out Tuesday
evening at the school auditorium
with great success despite the
bad weather.
ATLANTA, Ga.—President
Roosevelt will be entered in a
presidential preference primary
in Georgia, if called, whether or
not Governor Eugene Talmadge
is a candidate.
This announcement w r as made
Monday by Marion Allen, Geor
gia campaign manager for the
president, following the call of
Chairman Hugh Howell for the
state Democratic executive com
mittee to meet April 15 to decide
the primary question.
Talmadge has said the Roose
velt forces were seeking to keep
him in Georgia and prevent fur
ther campaigning on his part.
Marion Allen, manager of the
Roosevelt campaign in Georgia,
issued a denial of the charges.
Talmadge is to speak from
Washington over a national radio
hookup (NBC) next Saturday
night in his first attack on the
New Deal since the state’s finan
cial situation has kept him at
his desk.
He has announced that he
plans then to tell the people of
the nation of the “invasion of
the sovereignty of state’s rights”
by the Washington administra
tion.
TO CONTROL CUTWORMS
Cutworms and plant lice will
soon be making their appearance
in gardens and orchards, and
County Agent W. T. Middle-
brooks this week sends farmers
some timely suggestions about
how to control these pests. He
passes along the recommenda
tions of Geo. H. Firor, horticul
turist with the State Agricultu-
turai Extension Service.
Firor says that distributing a
poison bran mash between the
rows is the most effective way
to kill cutworms. He recom
mends the following ingredients.
For making small quatities ol
the poison mash, he recommends
three pounds of coarse wheat
bran, three ounces Paris green
or white arsenate, one pint ol
molasses, one lemon and twe
quarts of water.
First, he says, thoroughly mix
the wheat bran and the Paris
green or arsenate. Grind tht
lemon in a meat chopper, rind
and all, and mix it with the mo
lasses and water. Then, poui
the dry mixture with the liquid
mixture and stir until you get ai
even mixture. Place small quan
cities ot this mixture a. me oast
of each plant or str jw .t in light
streams along the rows.
While cutworms cut the plant
off near the ground surface,plant; be necessary to warn people
Gov. Talmadge, operating the
state government under a finan
cial “dictatorship,” announced
he had carried an adverse de
cision affecting his administra
tion direct to the state supreme
court Tuesday.
A three-judge superior court
Saturday held by a two to
one decision that it had jurisdic
tion to go into the fiscal status
of Talmadge’s rule and also to de
cide whether De Facto Treasurer
J. B. Daniel or ousted Treasurer
George B. Hamilton is the legal
person to handle Georgia’s funds.
Appealing this case to the
state’s highest court has halted
further proceedings pending that
court’s decision. The “dicta
torship” faces another court
fight at LaGrange March 21,
seeking to tie-up Daniel from
paying out any state money.
Attacking the court decision,
Gov. Talmadge said he knew of
“no provisions by law for a ma
jority rule in the three judge
court.”
Judge John D. Humphreys held
the court had no jurisdiction and
that the question was one for the
general assembly. The other
two judges, E. E. Pomeroy and
Virlyn Moore, decided aguinst
Talmadge’s right to spend the
state’s money without an ap
propriation bill.
The case is being appealed on
two points: 1. Judge Hum
phries’ opinion is controlling as
the case was originally filed with
him. 2. The majority opinion
Is erroneous if the 3-judge court
is binding.
Talmadge contends it is the
duty of the governor to take
over activity of another branch
of the state government when
that branch fails to do its duty.
He took over financial control
Jan. 1 on that theory. Since
then he has ousted Treasurer
George B. Hamilton and Comp
troller General William B. Har
rison, who refused to sign treas
ury warrants to pay 1936 reve
nue without an appropriations
bill.
The 1935 general assembly
failed to enact an appropriations
measure.
The three Fulton county judg
es in deciding to go into Tal
madge’s right to run Georgia
without a legislative act, con
tinued to tie up $2,500,U00 of
state funds in three Atlanta
banks and one in Marietta.
SAFETY SLOGANS
It does not seem that it should
“Safety” was the subject of a
forceful and instructive talk
made by G. W. Rhodes, chair
man of the Houston County
Health Council, at the
meeting of the Perry P.
held Tuesday afternoon,
10, at the school.
The address emphasized the
importance of Perry parents and
teachers instilling the principles
of safety in the minds of the
children. But, Mr. Rhodes
pointed out that the safety move
ment is not only of local interest,
but is national and even world
wide in scope. “With 15,000
children under fifteen years of
age killed,and 60,000 permanent
ly disabled in the United States
during 1934, we cannot fail to
realize the necessity of this
movement.”
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. W. B Evans, chairman of
the program committee.
$2.00 will be given by the P.
T. A. to the school child writing
the best essay on “Safety.”
lice feed by sucking tne juio.
from the tender leaves a n c
stems of young plants or new
growth on trees. That causes
the plants to stop growing, and
the leaves to curl up.
Firor points out that to kill
plant lice you need some kind of
a spray that will kill the lice
when you spray it on them,
rather than a stomach poison.
He suggests sprays or dusts con
taining pyrethrum, rotenone or
nicotine sulphate.
Firor says, gardeners can make
a spray that will kill such soft'
about discovering the amount of
gas in their auto tank with a
match—yet every year a consid
erable number of people are in
jured in this way.
Silk soused up and down in
gasoline will generate enough
electricity to cause a spark suffi
cient to ignite the gasoline. If
you must clean silk get the non
inflamable cleaner.
Do not sit in a closed car wfith
the engine running. It is dan
gerous. Carbon monoxide gas
from a leaky exhaust may give
1 you a terriffic headache and pos-
bodied insects as plant lice by I sibly cause death.
mixing soap and water. You
will need to use about 2 ounces
of soap to each gallon of water.
A little soap solution also makes
a good spreader or slicker for
Mother sprays.
pre
little
METHODIST NOTES
|ley; Mr. and Mrs. Morris, and Miss Martha Cooper, the presi-
q ident, presided. She appointed
Mr. Cliff Clarke, Macon; and Mr.i^g following to nominate officers
and Mrs. Dent Harrison, I ath-'for the new year: Mrs Max
leen.
Church School-- 10:15 a. m.
Worship Services—S u n d a y,
A dinner for April 18 was
planned by the Centerville P. T.
A at the March meeting held
last week.
J he proceeds of a recent enter
tainment were donated to the — . _
school for a library fund and for, 11:30 a. m., and 7:00 p. m
Playground equipment for the .Young People’s Service 6:15 p.m.
primary grades Church Night—Wednesday,
The Mothers’’Study club un-:7:30p. m. I I wish to thank my friends for
her the supervision of Mrs. Dan-' Rev. A. W. Reese, presiding th e j r vo t e and support in elect-
le is, county health nurse, gave a elder of the Macon distnct, will
program on habits for children, preach at the 11:30 o clock ser-
A health clinic w r as also plan- vice Sunday morning,
ned. | Rev. W. P. Blevins, Pastor.
Most accidents could be
vented with the use of a
common sense.
More people have been killed
by automobiles in the past 15
years in America than were kill
ed in all the wars in which
i America participated in 159
1 years, from 1776 to 1935. Drive
{carefully.
If you have an accident, stop.
I wish to express my apprecia- l *] e names ad tde w ' t , ;es ^'
into the voters of Houston [ e , s and f ^ e Y our name and ad ‘
dress to the injured person.
CARD OF THANKS
in
tion
County for their support
recent county primary.
T. D. Mason.
CARD OF THANKS
ing me Coroner of Houston
County in the recent primary.
T. S. Chapman.
Moore, Mrs. C. C. Pierce, and
Mrs. J. M. Gooden.
The attendance prize was won
by the fifth grade. Mrs. J. O.
Coleman, Miss Louise Rainey,
and Mrs. Evans served refresh
ments during the social hour, fol
lowing the meeting.
Dishes Highly Valued
China plates ancl dishes are con
sidered objects of the highest value
in Ceram, an island of the Dutch East
Indies.
Sea Water f reezes
Sea water freezes at a lower tem
perature than fresh water.
Orange Classed as Berry
In the strictest sense the orange is
not a fruit. The botanist classes it as
a berry because the seed Is contained
within.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my friends for
their vote and support in my
race for County Commissioner in
the recent primary.
S. L. Noiwood.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Perry Garden club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Vernon
, Tuggle Friday at 4p. m.