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VOL. LXVI. No. 4
SENATE CONFIRMS
GOVERNOR’S GROUP
farm meetings to
BE HELD IN HOUSTON;
Hodge-Podge
By R. HODGES
ESTABLISHED 1870
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All of Gov. E. D. Rivers’ ap
pointments were confirmed by
the senate Monday.
J. L. Gillis, of Soperton, was
named on the highway board to
succeed W.E. Wilburn, resigned.
W.L. Miller was made chairman.
Jack Smith, Macon, was made
chief engineer by the board.
Governor Rivers’ first twelve
days in office were very busy and
exciting ones.
Among the official acts of the
governor were the following:
Named Jack Stoddard Adju
tant General, in charge of mili
tary affairs of the state.
Swore in W. L. Miller of his
home town of Lakeland as High
way Board member to succeed
retiring Judge Max McRae, of
McRae.
Reappointed Attorney Marion
Smith, of Atlanta, who had been
ousted by Governor Talmadge.on
the Board of Regents.
Named Sam Askew acting di
rector of the Veterans’ Service
Office, following removal of A.L.
Henson, and two days later ap
pointed Pat Gillen, of Ashburn,
permanent director.
Appointed Judge J. B. Jones,
of Gainesville, a member of the
State Revenue Commission.
Named R. F. Burch to succeed
Herman Delaperriere as state
supervisor of purchases.
Swore in Sam Boykin, of Car
rollton, to be chief clerk and
special attorney general of the
Revenue Commission to succeed
John Andy Smith, of Talbotton.
Appointed R. E. Gormley state
superintendent of banks to suc
ceed John Beasley, Glennville,
resigned.
Named M. S. Yeomans, Deca
tur, state entomologist, succeed
ing J. H. Girardeau, resigned.
All of these and others were
included in the list approved by
the senate.
Most of one day was
spent in swearing in re-elected
department heads.
hew Feb. 6 !—2 ta|£XtaS£| ll . A tour! '* h , eadad *>“«>. d ™e
ty for the purposeof eXDtanZ'Ll? car . r ?£ entlj \ ™Pid speed
the changes made in the lSM” 0 *? the mam thuro wh-fare
Soil Conservotinn *£ 1937 °T our town, as most of them do
Conservation program, since we have no posted speed
County Agent W. T. Middle-
brooks invites all farmers in the
county to attend one of these
meetings on the date and time
stated in the schedule given be
low. o
Monday, Feb. 1
Centerville (Watson’s Store) 9
to 9:45 A. M.
Wellston 10 to 10:45 A. M.
Bonaire 11 to 11:45 A. M.
Kathleen 2 to 2:45 P. M.
Hunt’s Store 3 to 3:45 P. M.
Houston Lake 4 to 4:45 P. M.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Hayneville 9 to 9:45 A. M.
Grovania 10 to 10:45 A M
Elko 11 to 11:45 A. M.
Henderson 2 to 2:45 P. M.
Perry Courthouse 3:30 to 4*15
P. M.
FORMER PERRY RESIDENT,
GORDON ROGERS.SR. PASSES
DR. ELLIS TO PREACH
AT METHODIST CHURCH
I r^ r ' FHis, of Louisville,
■ ky. will preach at the Perry
■ Methodist church next Sunday,
■ Jan. 31, at 11:30 a. m. Dr. Ellis,
■ who is secretary of the church
■ Extension board, is one of the
■ outstanding preachers in Meth-
■ odism.
I d ^ r -FM’s is a special friend of
■ Rev. W. P. Blevins, Pe:r/ pas-
■ ot, and will be his guest during
l.f.^kend. If here Sunday
■ -'ght.Dr. Ellis will preach at the
■ evening service.
If public is cordially invited
I m hear him.
Gordon Rogers, Sr., native of
I erry and former resident, died
at his home in Miami, Fla. Fri
day night. His death was unex
pected though he had been in
bad health for several years.
Mr. Rogers, 52 years old, was
the son of Sam D. Rogers and
the late Mrs. Rogers. He was
associated in the drug business
in Perry with his uncle, Dr. R.
L. Cater, for a number of years.
About ten years ago, Mr. Rogers
moved to Miami, Fla., where he
owned and operated a drug busi
ness. He was a pharmacist.
His wife was the former Miss
Sue Wellons of Perry. Besides
his wife and his father, he is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
James Rodgers, of West Palm
Beach, Fla., and Miss Catherine
Rogers, of Miami; a son, Gordon
Rogers, Jr., also of Miami and
three grandchildren;one brother,
Cater Rogers, of Perry; one sis
ter, Miss Nell Rogers, of Roches
ter, N. Y.; two uncles, Dr. Ca
ter and L. F. Cater, of Perry;
and a number of cousins.
Mr. Rogers was a member of
the Methodist church. He was
regarded by all who knew him
as an upright and honorable man
who was loyal to his friends and
faithful to duty.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 10 a. m. with inter
ment in Miami.
Mr. and Mrs. Cater Rogers
left early Saturday morning for
Miami shortly after receiving the
death message. Mrs. Annie Wal
lace, sister of Mrs. Gordon Ro
gers, left Saturday night for Mi
ami to be present at the funeral.
. no ,
limit. When reaching the inter
section of Carroll and Jernighan
streets, he suddenly applied the
brakes and called to an old negio
m an standing at the corner of
the Court House Square asking:
Can you tell me the way to
i Perry?”
| Awestruck the old “darkey”
isaid: “Fore God, Boss, don’
[you know you’s in Perry?”
I (Yes, we need signs at the ci<y
limits on every highway lea “
into Perry. And above all we
need to enforce a speed limit
within the city limits.)
A placard reading: “Swim,
Bathe, and Cry in Comfort” is
attracting attention in the Perry
Beauty Shop. Women are sup
posed to enjoy doing all of these
things. N o mere man would
ever guess what that sign is ad
vertising, and far be it from us
to give away any of women’s
beauty secrets.
With t-he purpose of showing
the inefficacy of superstitious be
liefs, a certain article begins:
A rabbit foot never helped any
one but the rabbit.”
Sandra Davis, the three-year
old daughter of Martha Jordan
and ’Buddy” Davis “deserves
mention” again as she does so
many cute things.
It was announced at the Bap
tist Sunday School that there
would be a special program the
next Sunday and among other
numbers that Sandra would sing.
Hearing her name called, San-
dra. started down the aisle ex
plaining that she would practice
for the Sunday School then and
sing the following Sunday. Her
grandmother intervened, how
ever.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS > PERRY F s - andl.ass n.
HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT[ MAKES GOOD RECORD
We the Grand Jury drawn for
the January Term, Houston Su
perior Court, wish to make the
following Presentments:
We recommend that the Coun
ty Commissioners install the Aus
tralian Ballot System as recom
mended by the September Grand
Jury.
The Jail and Convict Camp
were inspected. Jail was in good
condition. We found 1 white and
16 colored prisoners. We found
the Convict Camp in good condi
tion with the following on hand:
Seven trucks, 1 motor grader, 1
i ,• - i dra k Hne, 1 Plymouth car, 1 Ball
Ifn „.^l^ agon K^er,2 Euclid wheelers.
3 road plows, 3 tractor?, 6 mules,
5 milch cows, 75 hogs, 5 convict
cages, 800 bu. corn, 29 convicts,
(7 misdemeanors, 22 felonies,)
3 paupers.
We find the Court House in
good condition, except floor in
Commissioners Office, which is in
very bad condition.
We tound it unnecessary to go
into the offices of county officials
as we understood an audit was to
be made as soon as term of court
is completed, which audit will be
published in the Houston Home
Journal.
We hereby approve and order
paid the bill of C. C. Pierce,
Sheriff, for serving 154 subpoe’
nas for Grand Jury at 50 cents
each, $77.00.
We hereby approve and order
paid the bill of H. T. Gilbert,
^ The stockholders of the Perry*
Federal Savings and Loan Asso
ciation met Wednesday after
noon, last week, and elected di
rectors, as follows:
For three year term, S. A.
Nunn, J. M. Tolleson, and L. M.
Houser; for two years, G C
Nunn and W. K. Whipple; for
one year, C. E. Andrew and
Max Moore.
The directors declared a 4 per
cent dividend in July and again
in January.
The association was organized
last March. Since.its beginning,
it has financed the building of
six houses in Perry tnd made
twelve loans.
T h e association’s statement
published last week showed total
assets to be $25,277.18.
RIVERS DELIVERS
ASSEMBLY MESSAGE
LARGE AMOUNT OF WINTER
LEGUMES PUNTED IN STATE
Hayneville in Houston county
was noted for the wealth and
culture of its citizenry in the
“olden days.” Mrs. E. H. Wim
berly has been requested to give
us some interesting stories about
Hayneville. The first of these
will be published next week.
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
GARDEN CLUB MEETS
IT J he Perry Garden club held its
|nS7.K me ? ing Friday after -
Btti? V he - home of Mrs. M. G.
V, Vlth Mrs. James Dug-
■^an and Mrs. W. C Talton aq
■co-hostc'-qips t u ‘ ia . r ? as
■ \]>q a' &cs ‘ v The president,
I A J ,eor; A Jordan, presided,
■in'- 7 a Saort business meet-
■ 3 A -m ; Program was presented
K‘ J t Martha Cooper, pro-
■K,V n - 1Pman > who announced
■ 'Car A ct °f the afternoon was
la V S,f'. Mrs - W. B.Evans
■ameiliaT vr ir!g U ac ts about the
Km, ■ discussed
■ ; v „ : ; L and exhibited a set
Prit c i5t belong T g t0 Mrs - Allen
■femes Vm 3 ¥. rs * Fnimett
■vatfon ofh 1 th;3 kmds and cul -
■oo;.,.F- ; her , .] a ponicas. Miss
■o11bV,.,'i‘ 'i n ex hibited japonicas
"errv V 0 " 1 ,^ gardens of
\er thirty different va-
BASKETBALL NEWS
Tuesday night Feb. 2 the
Perry Panthers will play Pitts
here in the local gymnasium at
8 :00 o’clock. This should be one
of the best pre-tournament
games. Pitts, Chauncey, and
Perry should be the most out
standing teams in the tourna
ment. The tournament will be
played in Pitts on the 17th, 18th,
19th, of February.
Friday night of next week
During the past month, a new
home has been completed and
several improvements in proper
ty have been made in Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fudge
have moved into their attractive
new bungalow, recently com
pleted, on Ball street.
The Tucker Funeral Home
was formally opened to the pub
lic with appropriate exercises
the first part of January.
The home of Mrs. Emma
Roquemore has been re-roofed
and painted white. It is most at
tractive in its new setting, fac
ing Swif street. The Standard
Oil Company is building a new
station on the former site of the
Roquemore home.
The A. C. Pritchetts had their
yard landscaped last fall and it
has gotten very pretty this year.
The front of the Moore Dry
Goods company’s building has
been painted and made more at
tractive with a new awning.
About two miles from Perry
on the Fort Valley road, Mr. and
Mrs. Paschal Muse are building
a lovely brick house which they
will occupy.
At Henderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Clerk, lor issuing 154 subpoenas
for Grand Jury at 15 cents each.
$23.10.
We have had for our considera
tion 35 bills and we have return
ed 30 true bills and 5 no bills.
We wish to extend our thanks
to His Honor, Judge Malcolm D.
Jones, Superior Court, and Hon.
Chas. H. Garrett, Solicitor Gen
eral, for every courtesy shown
to our body, and we order that
these presentments be published
one time in the Houston Home
Journal at a cost not to exceed
$10.00.
W. C. Watson, foreman; R. A.
Anderson, clerk; O. A. King, B.
H. Andrew. Floyd H. Tabor,’ E
E. Peed, R. E Jackson, J. P
St ilnaker, B. H. Edwards, E. F
Barfield, A. A. White, R. P
Walker, C. I. Ogletree, H. E.
Gordon, W. E. Andrews, R. M.
Logue, R. O, Davidson, G E
Perdue, W. H. Talton, D. S.
Marshall, S. B. Coleman.
Georgia, Houston County.
The foregoing report of the
Grand Jury ordered published as
therein recommended.
This Jan. 19, 1937.
Malcolm D. Jones,
J. S. C. M. C.
By the Court,
Chas. H. Garrett, Sol. Gen.
Georgia, Houston County.
This is to certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the General Present
ments of the Grand Jury, chosen
and sworn for the January Term,
1937, of Houston Supe rior Court.
Witness my Official Signature
and Seal of Office, this 21st day
of January, 1937.
H. T. Gilbert, Clerk Supe
rior Court Houston County Ga.
JOKES
Georgia farmers during the
last fall, for the first time in his*
tory, planted more than 4,000,000
pounds of winter legume seed to
improve the soil and produce
feed, reports from county agri
cultural agents compiled this
week by E. D. Alexander, ag
ronomist with the Agricultural
Extension Service, reveal.
That is 20 percent more winter
legume seed than was planted in
the state during the fall of 1935,
and more than twice as much as
was planted in 1931, Alexander
said. “The increase has been a
direct result of a desire of the
Georgia farmers to take better
care of the soil through a plan
ned system of soil conservation
and improvement and to insure
against a feed shortage by pro
ducing winter forage to supple
ment that produced in the sum-1
mer, ” he said. “Encouraged by
the Government’s agricultural
and soil conservation program,
farmers in the state are making
real progress toward improving
their soils,” he added.
The 4,000,000 pounds of winter
legume seed, the reports show,
were planted on 159,448 acres, of
which 37,906 acres were hairy
vetch, 92,025 acres were Aus
trian winter peas, 29,163 acres
were crimson clover a n d 354
acres were Monantha Vetch. The
county agents also indicated that
about 80 percent of the acreage
sown to these crops are to be
used for soil improvement, and
that about 2) percent was sown
with small grain tj furnish feed
for livestock.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Governor
Rivers first message to the Geor
gia General Assembly, covering
new taxes, social security,liquor,
1 a! post roads, schools and
other legislative subjects, was
delivered Wednesday.
The mid-week was chosen by
the Governor because of special
subjects already set in the House
for Monday and Tuesday, first
two days of the 60-day session.
Preliminary details of organi
zation for the session were dis
posed of in the 10-day assembly
that ended last week, and both
House and Senate were set to go
full speed ahead on the program
sponsored by the administration.
lhat the tax program, design-
ed to raise between 15 and 20
millions of dollars of additional
revenue to meet new services in
cluded in the Rivers platform,
will not have easy sailing is be
ing predicted freely.
l he tax and liquor questions
will bring the toughest battles of
the session.
Numerous tax proposals al
ready face the House, including
revision of the income tax law
and proposals for chain store,soft
drink and other taxes.
Others to be introduced in
clude a gross receipts tax bill
over which a stiff battle is ex
pected to rage.
KUDZU VINES GOOD
FOR EROSION CONTROL
GA. ASKED TO RAISE
WARM SPRINGS FUND
r f;V; ere on display,
est vev ': / Vas odered for the
lured f r L°°A Cover - Books se-
tenter A 1 tke Macon Garden
I £7 ere shown.
er ved atfh refres hmen
program he conclusi °n
Perry will play Chauncey m
P AP- das heaten Chaun- nenuerson, Mr. and Mrs
tw r,f^s season and havej Fred Langsto n and Miss Lessfe
oil cied defeat Horn them once.j Langston are having their home
Tuesday night the Panthers! painted and remodeled. It is the
defeaed Pitts in Pitts 33-29, j old McGehee place.
Pitts got off to an early start!
and at the end of the half Perry I NOTICE
was on the small end of a 23-14!
score. The Panthers staged a! All those who wish to make
omeback in the second half and
Merchant: “Listen,I wouldn’t
cash a check for my brother.”
Stranger: “Well, of course,
you know your family belter than
I do.”
“What, is the most pathetic pic
ture in the world?”
“A horse fly sitting on a radia
tor cap. ”
Wife: “You must remember
that money isn’t everything.”
Husband: “What’s the other
one per cent?”
ATLANTA, Ga. (GPS)—Geor
gia has been asked by President
Roosevelt to set an example for
the remainder of the country in ,
originating an endowment f o r [planting in these areas
the Warm Springs Foundation, J winter. Approximately
where children suffering from
infantile paralysis are treated.
Georgia’s quota is $100,000.
The Warm Springs Foundation
is dear to the heart of the Presi
dent. Himself a sufferer from
the ravages of the disease, he
recognizes the wonderful treat-
Kudzu vines, which have been
found to be very valuable for
controlling gullies and other
severely eroded areas, are going
to be a more familiar sight in
Georgia.
The Soil Conservation Service
[has allotted 1,325,000 kudzu
crowns for erosion-control plant
ings in demonstration and camp
areas in the state and these
demonstration plantings are ex
pected to result in widespread
use ot the vine for erosion con
trol.
Results of numerous plantings
of kudzu made throughout the
Southeast during the past two
years show conclusively that
both preparation and fertiliza
tion are necessary for satisfac
tory first-year growth, according
to R. Y. Bailey, regional agrono
mist for the Soil Conservation
service.
Although kudzu has been used
as a shade vine for porches and
uas grown along hedge rows and
in gullies for 25 years or more in
che Southeast, it has been used
.only to a limited extent as a cul
tivated plant, he points out.
More than 8,000,000 tree seed
lings have been allotted to Soil
Conservation demon-
stration areas and CCC camps
doing erosion control work in
^eorgia by the Soil Conserva
tion Service nursery section for
this
„ the
same number of trees was plant
ed in the project and camp areas
last winter.
in addition, more than 400,000
plants and shrubs have been al
lotted for wildlife development.
Wildlife plantings are made on
small areas such as the margins
refreshments were
of
in LHC OC q;uiiu nan tum i contributions for the flood suf-|
at the end of the game the score T ert ; rs the Mississippi Valley
was 27-27. An extra period waSi re ^*°n are requested to bring or! To provide Georgia with a $25,-
send same to the Perrv Post 995,599 highway program in the
i played and Perry outplayed the! sea d same to the Perry Post 995,599 highway program in the
Pitts clan and maintained a 33-! Gace where some representative nex t 18 months, the state will be
29 lead and the game ended with +v, '‘ T
1 this score.
a 33-j xciJicBcutauve “ ,u “ u,a , mo o«,ai
of the Legion or Auxiliary will called on to expend only $8,110,
Member of H n,e Ctl Convention
n J he constitutional
assembled in
pntlon »-h/‘ " ,c vonsntutional con-
r li0 ' ^ May fumbled In Columbus,
l°urn becirsL , 0 Were ff>r ced to ad
^■ ra which Ac ° f ilD eijideniic of chol-
■ i0 “ of the stat £ eplDS over sec-
ment afforded sufferers at the of woodlands, field borders, and
foundation. It is largely through in gullies where they serve the
his personal efforts that Warm louble purpose of controlling-
Springs has become the world | erosion and at the same time
canter for the treatment of those! providing food and cover for
disease Ve been stricken with the j ( l uail and other desirable species.
Georgia will not fail the Presi- *
dent who calls this state, “my!
other home.”
SAFETY SLOGANS
PERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Everett P. Moye, Minister.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11:30 a
Prayer Meeting!
:30 p. m.
m.
Friday night Perry goes to
Byron to play. Perry has defeat-
ed Byron once this year on the
local court.
Saturday at 8 p. m. Perry goes
to Bonaire to play.
Harris Rape
need is very great,
today.
Contribute
Friends of Mr. Henry Powell
will regret to learn of his illness.
receive it. The money will be! J4G of As own funds, records of j Rockett,'^/ze^th^Vmre 1 t^h’e
sent from the City of Perry to f. he United States bureau of pub- guests of Mr. and Mrs rlL
the National Red Cross to use in Lc roads in Washington show. Gray for the weekend
this flood stricken section. The, Allotment nf $5 9(i‘A 034 fnr ciar^ | —.
gia’s highway and grade-cross-{ We carry nationally adver-
mg program for this year gives tised merchandise--such as
this state a total of $17,884,853 Simmons, & Blue Ribbon Bed
in federal funds available for Springs, Mattresses, Studio
highway work this year and the Couches. Perry Furniture Co
first half of next year. j Phone 75.
j. y don’t have to be a mechan
ic to tell whether or not your
j brakes are working. Any car
‘driver can test his brakes.
Wednesday, j If you can’t see through your
windshield, don’t drive.
A good place to park your car
when the streets are icy and
slippery is at home in the garage.
Most accidents are caused by
some one being in too big a hur
ry. In nine cases out of ten hur
ry is unnecessary.
Miss Marie Tarvin spent the
weekend in Cataula with hersis-
ter, Mrs. Henry Thompson, and
iMr. Thompson.