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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXV. No. 16
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
ESTABLISHED 1870
OCAL U. D. C. PLANS P. H. S. ACIIVITIES BAPTIST REVIVAL
FOR MEMORIAL DAY
Rev. W. P- Blevins will make
the address at the Confederate
Memorial Day exercises to he
observed at Evergreen cemetery
Sunday afternoon. April 26. at
m ‘ Hon. J. P. Duncan will
of ceremonies and
introduce the speaker.
Mr C. W. Mathews, the only
surviving Houston county Con
federate veteran, and the six
■ nviving widows, will be paid
, Mute on this occasion.
The music will consist of old
ern songs and will be ar
ranged by Miss Norine Swanson,
Mr?. E. W. Traylor, and Miss
Willie Ryals.
Mrs. F. M. Greene is in charge
of decorating the Confederate
monument with Mesdames C. E.
McLendon, Clyde Gurr, and E.
VV. Traylor to assist her.
The flag committee consists of
Mesdames C. E. Brunson,Luther
Spears, and C. C. Pierce.
The members are to decorate
the graves assigned to them last
year.
In the event of inclement
weather, the exercises will be
held at the Baptist church.
These plans were made at the
meeting of Sgt. Clinton C. Dun
can chapter of the U. D. C. held
at the home of Miss Norine
Swanson Tuesday afternoon,
April 7. Mrs. E. F. Barfield,the
president, presided.
Southern Orators and States
men was the subject of the pro
gram arranged by Mrs. Traylor,
who gave a paper on “General
Wade Hampton of South Caroli
na.” Mrs. H. T. Gilbert gave
a reading, “The Gray Batallion.”
Plans are being made to mark
the spot in Houston county at
which Jefferson Davis spent the
night after being captured in
Irwinville. This place is near
the old George Feagin home
near Wellston.
Attractive and delicious re
freshments were served during
the social hour by the hostess.
CITY OFFICIALS ARE
RE-ELECTED SATURDAY
There was no opposition ticket
in the City Election held Satur
day so very little interest was
manifested.
The same mayor and council
who served the city of Perry the
past two years were re-elected.
Only forty-six votes were cast.
Perry’s officials are: Mayor
A. M. Anderson and Councilmen
G. C. Nunn, L. M. Paul, C. P.
Gray, H. P. Dobbins, B. H. An
drew and H. T. Dean.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The D. A. R. meeting which
was postponed last week on ac
count of the meeting at the
Methodist church, will be held
next week.
The Legion Auxiliary will meet
Thursday at 4 p. m at the home
cf Mrs. George B. Wells.
PERRY
THEATRE
V Martin & Thompson Theatre
$30 given Friday Night
Friday and Saturday
Tim McCoy in
ROARING GUNS
“The Miracle Rider”
Also a Cartoon
Monday and Tuesday
The Marx Brothers in
II NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Also a Cartoon
Wednesday and Thursday
Richard Arlen,
Charlotte Wynters in
THE GALLING OF OAN
MATTHEWS
Also a Colored Comedy
Also News
Senior Class Play
The Senior class play has beenj
selected. “Hearts and Gowns,”]
a musical comedy, was the one'
finally chosen. The roles have!
not yet been assigned, but the j
class has already begun work on i
the choruses. Miss Martha]
Cooper is coaching the play. The
date will be announced later.
Dormitory Day At Wesleyan
A number of the senior girls -
and one junior were at Wesleyan
college last weekend. Every
year the college invites girls to
spend the weekend there so that
they may enjoy real college life.
Womanless Wedding
One of the most entertaining
assembly programs of the year
was presented Monday morning
by the boys of the high school.
Students of the school were in
vited to witness the wedding of
Miss Ima Sapp (James Howard)
to Mr. Ura Crank (Johnnie Ful
ler). The preacher was J. C.
Davis.
Guests were introduced by
James Chandler and Frank Dan
iels, who were dressed as girls.
The guest list included the moth
er of the bride (Powers Lawson)
and the father(Aldene Lassiter),
the grandmother (Paul Davis)
and the grandfather (Norman
Parker), the old nurse (Dennis
Andrews), the jilted sweetheart
(William Barfield), and a num
ber of famous people. Andrew
Talton as Shirley Temple, Watt
Rainey as Clark Gable, Eugene
Marshall as Governor Talmadge,
W. E. Davis as President Roose
velt.
Pat Cartledge, dressed in a
black satin frock trmimed with
fur, played the wedding march.
Before the party entered,Charles
Andrew, wearing a printed chif
fon, sang “I Love You Truly.”
Then the bridesmaids entered,
Sam Spencer, Fred Fudge, and
Robert Greene. All were dress
ed in pastel evening dresses.
They entered with Hollis Kezar,
Rawlings Roughton, and Denver
Pickard.
Marvin Griffin, as maid of hon
or, entered alone wearing a
black chiffon and picture hat. He
carried an arm bouquet of roses.
Edwin Hicks, af the flower girl,
scattered rose leaves in the path
way of the bride. James, as
bride, entered alone. He wore a
black dress with a red sash. His
veil was held by Norton Buff and
Harris Rape, dressed in long
pink dresses. He was met at
the altar by the groom, Johnnie
Fuller, and his best man, Glynn
Lewis.
After much laughter and ap
plause, the party broke up.
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
PERRYP.T.A. ELECTS FARM, FIELD AND FURROW FISHERMEN URGED
OFFICERS TUESDAY ByW c~^ rooks j TO OBSERVE LAWS
METHODIST W.M.S. HAS
MEETING AT CHURCH
DR. L. R. CHRISTIE
Dr. Christie, pastor First Bap
tist Church, Tallahassee, Fla,
will be the guest preacher in a
special series of evangelistic ser
vices beginning Sunday night,
April 19, and continuing through
April 29 at the Perry Baptist
church. He will be assisted by
Mr. E. Powell Lee, assistant pas
tor of First Baptist church. Mi
ami, Fla., who will have charge
of the music and young people’s
work and conferences.
Dr. Christie has been a leader
among Georgia Baptists for
more than a quarter of a century
and was for several years presi
dent of the Home Mission Board,
and held responsible positions on
many other boards as well as
serving for a number of years
on the Board of Trustees of the
schools and colleges. He was
for a number of years pastor of
the historic, and strong old
Ponce DeLeon Baptist church
in Atlanta. Resigning that pas
torate, so that his congregation
might consolidate with the Sec
ond Baptist church, and thereby
make for a stronger and more
efficient work for the kingdom,
Dr. Christie went to the Fourth
Avenue Baptist Church, Louis
ville, Ky. He served there four
years, and was a favorite of the
Southern Seminary students—
always a friend to young preach
ers, he has been responsible for
placing more young men in de
sirable and congenial pastorates
in Georgia than possibly any
other pastor in the state.
Mr. Lee was assistant pastor
of the First Baptist Church,
Macon when Dr. William Russell
Owen was pastor, and taught
music and evangelism at Mer
cer, and was director of the
Glee Club for Greater Mercer.
He has had considerable experi
ence in the field of evangelism
and music, and promises ten
days of good wholesome gospel
singing. He is an accomplished
tenor soloist.
Services: Sunday 11:30 a. m.
and 8 p. m. (Except next Sun
day, April 19. There will be no
preaching in the morning at
11:30). Daily 10:30 a. m. and 8
p. m. (Except next Monday
morning, April 20. There will
be no preaching in tlie morning
at 10:30.) Sunday school Sun
day morning at 10:15.
Rev. J. A. Ruffin, pastor, in
vites the public to attend all ser-
The election of officers and a
report of the past year’s work
were special features of the
April meeting of the Perry P. T.
A. held Tuesday afternoon at
the school.
Mrs. T. R. Summers was elect
ed president: Mrs. L. M. Paul,
Jr., vice-president: Miss Eva Bo-
rom, secretary: and Mrs. H. D.
Gordy, treasurer. Mrs. Sum
mers succeeds Miss Martha
Cooper who has held this office
two years, the time of service
for P. T. A. presidents. In ac
cepting the office, the new presi
dent asked for and expressed
her confidence in the support of
the lhembers for the coming
year’s work.
The annual report made by
Miss Cooper was evidence of the
success accomplished by the or
ganization under her leadership.
All committees had been active
and some of the outstanding
work recorded in the report was
as follows: 199 members were
enrolled; the Grade Mothers,with
Mrs. W. C. Jones as chairman,
raised $250 with which room
equipment was bought and un
derprivileged children aided,
also fifteen parties given grades
by these mothers; $5013 was
cleared from the Christmas Seal
sale conducted by the health
committee, of which Mrs. G. W.
Rhodes is chairman, to be used
for the prevention and cure of
tuberculosis, and four clinics
held; the ways and means com
mittee, Mrs. Summers and Mrs.
E. V. Peed, chairmen, have re
cently made $385 for playground
equipment which will be placed
on the ground at an early date,
and in addition to this amount
have made $150 during the year,
$50 of which was added to $50
given by the county school board
for tables and chairs in Home
Economics department.
The program consisted of an
inspirational talk on
Homes” by Mrs. H. T. Gilbert.
The attendance prize was won
by the fifth grade.
Mrs. Summers and Mrs. Peed
presided at the punch bowl and
Miss Dorothy Jones passed cook
ies during the social period en
joyed at the close of the meet
ing.
ELECTRIC COOKING
SCHOOL, APRIL 21
Checks are being received on
cotton subsidy payments, which
is the difference between the
average spot market and 12c on
Bankhead Allotment to each cot
ton producer.
To-date we have sent off over
800 applications for this payment.
A total of 383 checks have been
received totaling $13,893.74 and
is being delivered to producers
as fast as they are received. The
total amount anticipated from
this payment for the county will
be approximately $3,500.00.
The total of Rental Payments
and Parity Payments for 1935
payments to Houston County
producers amounts to approxi
mately $60,000.00,of this amount
$58,000.00 lias been received and
$2,000.00 yet to be received.
This makes a total of $95,000.00
in cotton payments to farmers of
Houston county.
The 1935 peanut payment
amounted $14,150.53 all of which
has been received.
The 1935 Corn-Hog payment
will amount to $1,553.90, of this
amount only $1,200.00 has been
received to-date.
The 1935 Tobacco payment
amounted to approximately
$375.00.
The total of A. A.A. payments
to Houston county for 1935
amounted to $111,079.43.
BONAIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
The general meeting of the
W. M. S. for April was held at
the church Monday afternoon
with the president, Mrs. Cater
Rogers, presiding.
Highlights from the 56th an
nual meeting of the Woman’s
Missionary society of the South
Georgia conference, held in Dub
lin, Ga. last week, were given i
by Mrs. G. C. Nunn, conference
president; Mrs. J. L. Hodges,
Mrs.W. P. Blevins, and Mrs. Ro
gers.
The devotional was brought by j vices,
the president. Reports were
made by o iicers.
T,h e committee on church
grounds, hsaded by Mrs. C. E.
Andrew, reported additional
shrubbery planted. The com
mittee on church interior of!
which Mrs. A. M. Anderson,Sr., | .
is chairman, told of plans for! An Electric Range Cooking
improving the inside of the i Demonstration will be given at
church auditorium. (the Perry High school Tuesday,
Mrs. L. F. Cater announced a 1 April 21, at 3:15 p. m. W. W.
Silver Tea at the Parsonage, Weddington, local manager oi
Saturday, April 18 Mrs. E. B. i the Georgia Power company, in-
Wolfe, supt. of Bible and Mis-; vites all Perry women to attend,
sion study, announced that the Miss Ruth Tabor, home service
Home Mission study would be!supervisor, of Macon, Ga., as-
held Monday, April 27, at the, sisted by Miss Elizabeth Stewart,
church ; home economist, will conduct the
Announcements of circle meet- demonstration. Miss Tabor suc-
ings for next Monday at 4 p. m. cessfully conducted a cooking
were made as follows: Circle school in Macon recently.
No. 1 at the home of Mrs. C. G.
] Harris with Mrs. J. M. Gooden
and Mrs. Minnie Couey, joint
1 hostesses; Circle No. 2, at Mrs.
H. D. Gordy’s home; Circle No. 3
at the home of Mrs. T. R. Sum
mers with Mrs. T. D. Mason and
| Mrs. E. C. Britt, co-hostesses.
FARMERS SHOULD
TEST' COTTONSEED
Many South Georgia farmers
still have time to test and treat
their cotton seed before planting
and H W. Rankin, plant disease
specialist with the State Agricul
tural Extension Service, points
out that farmers who plant un
tested and untreated cotton seed
this year may be taking a step
in the dark as far as getting a
good stand of healthy plant is
concerned.
He explains that storms and
rainy weather at picking time
over South Georgia last fall has
caused many seed to be too
poor to plant, and that most of
the seed are loaded with the
molds that cause seed rot and
damping off of the young plants.
If the seed germinate poorly,
the farmer can plant enough
more to be sure of a good stand.
And, by treating the seed he can
kill the molds on them that would
lkely cause trouble later on.
Mr. Erwin Bryan, of Ga.Tech,
was at home in Kathleen for the
weekend.
Miss Fay Walker spent Satur
day night and Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Talton.
Miss Susie Daniel was the
guest of Miss Mary Elizabeth
Marshall in Wellston for the
weekend.
Miss Lois Bullard, of Howell,
“Better Ga., is spending some time with
relatives in Wellston.
Miss Natalie Hughs spent the
weekend in Stillmore with her
parents.
Miss Farise Sasser, a teacher
in Gray school, was the guest of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Sasser for the weekend.
Misses Nell Watson and Ruth
Fender were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Whittaker for the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Taylor
and son, Hansel, spent last week
in Macon.
Mrs. A. W. Pratt and little
son, Jerry Albert, have returned
to their home in Wellston from
the Oglethorpe Infirmary.
Mr. C. L. Williams spent the
weekend in Lincolnton.
Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Warren,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Warren,
Miss Madge Warren and Mr.Ray
Warren are with relatives in
Gainesville for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bray, of
Perry, visited relatives in Bon
aire Sunday.
T. S. Sweeney, game protec
tor in Peach and Houston coun
ties, hereby notifies the fisher
men in these counties that the
closed season for fishing in fresh
waters began Wednesday, April
15. to continue until June 1.
Under the Georgia law it is a
misdemeanor for any person to
fish in any of the fresh waters
of this state by hook or line or
any other means from April 15
to June 1, the spawning season.
The state has distributed 200,-
000 fish in the streams of Peach
and Houston counties during the
past few months. Fishermen
are urged to observe the closed
season law on fishing.
Mr. Sweeney says that he in
tends to prosecute all violators
of the law.
Zack D. Cravey, commissioner
of Game and Fish for the state
of Georgia, has this to say about
illegal methods of fishing at any
time:
Game protectors of the Depart
ment are concentrating every ef
fort on illegal fishing in order to
curb these violations.
Representatives of this De
partment have already removed
over 500 traps, baskets and nets
from Georgia waters this year.
These devices are not practical
from a conservation or sports
manship standpoint. They per
mit five per cent of the people to
remove over eighty-five per cent
of the fish.
Our hatcheries released 5.-
000,000 fish in the streams of
Georgia last year and it seems
thaQviolators are working over
time* placing traps and baskets
in these same streams trying to
rob our people of this fine sport.
Reports have reached this of
fice in regard to one establish
ment that is working night and
day building fish baskets.
It is illegal to place these fish
baskets in our streams, the law
should give this Department au
thority to confiscate them on
sight regardless of whether they
are in hardware stores, automo
biles or in streams. Possession
must t>e prima facie evidence of
guilt to give the Department suf-
ucient grounds on which to work.
It is in such measures as this
that we need the support of our
friends. Do your part in this
campaign Advise your legisla
tors of this condition and urge
heir support in sponsoring a bill
o stamp out these illegal prac
tices.
MR. AND MRS. ALLEN
ARE RECOVERING
Mr. and Mrs. John Allen of
Fort Valley who were both des
perately ill from pneumonia are
recovering nicely now. Mr. and
Mrs. Allen have many friends in
Perry who have been interested
in their condition throughout
their illness and are now delight
ed to know that they are recu
perating.
I Mr. Allen is a large peach
[grower and successful farmer of
1 Peach county. Mr. and Mrs.
1 Allen were King and Queen
! the Peach Festival one year.
Record YGld of Potatoe*
The bureau of plant industry says
that the record yield of potatoes was
made at Stockton, Calif., by the Zuck
erman brothers, with a yield of 1.155.S
bushels per acre.
Miss Bertha Garrison is at
home in Wellston after spending
several months in Fort Valley.
Mr. A. I. Means, who was a
victim in the Gainesville tornado
last week, is with homefolks in
Wellston recuperating from in
juries received in the tornado.
Miss Dorothy Barnes, of Ma
con, and Dr. Leonard Massen-
gale, of Cuthbert, spent the
weekend with Misses Rose and
Madge Collins.
Miss Louise Stubbs spent the
weekend with Misses Blanche
and Bertha Garrison.
An impressive Easter service!
was held at the Bonaire Metho-j
dist church Sunday. Rev. J. I. <
Summerford gave an inspira-|
tional sermon on The Resurrec- \
tion after which a Christening!
service was held.
Mrs. R. P. Walker entertained !
the primary department of the ]
Methodist S. S. and a few other ]
little friends at an Easter egg (
hunt Saturday afternoon. She
was assisted in entertaining by
Mrs. W.H. Talton. About twenty
little guests enjoyed this de-
of lightful affair.
] Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ozburn and
(family, of Macon, were spend-
1 | the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. V. E. Jackson and little .Jack Ammons Sunday.
Ison, .Virgil, Jr., of Elko, visited 1 Mrs. E. J. Thompson is visit-
her mother, Mrs. E. C. Britt,' ing her sister, Mrs. G. L. Slo-
^ during the weekend. jcumb, and Mr. Slocumb.
DANCING
Jacqueland School of Dane,
ing will begin first lesson in
a series of Tap Routines on
Thursday, April 16.
Primary Grades, 2:30 P. M.
Grammar and High School
Pupils, 3:30 p. rr.
Adult Classes, 3:30 P. M.
Prices $2.50 per month in.
; advance.
ANNOUNCING
ELECTRIC RANGE
COOKING
Demonstration
PERRY SCHOOL
Tuesday, April 21
3:15 P.M.
All Perry Women are cor
dially invited to attend.
GEORGIA POWER CO.
W. W. Weddington, Local Mgr.
Mrs. .1. C. Watts and son, Billy,
of Geneva, Ga., are visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. L. Hodges, and Mr.
Hodges for several days. Mr. W.
K. Couch, Sr., of Talbotton, is
spending the day (Thursday) with
his daughter, Mrs. Hodges.
Miss Susie Wheelus and Mr.
Mrs. H. C. Wheelus and family
spent Sunday in Macon with rel
atives.