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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXVIII. No. 7. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870
SALARY CUTS IN ALL
STATE UNITS ASKED
ATLANTA,— Georgia legisla
tors veered away from talk of
new revenue producing measures
this week to consider half a doz
en budget balancing proposals,
ranging from pay cuts for all
state employes to slicing in half
the present $2,000 homestead tax
exemption.
Several assemblymen indicated
a severe reaction in their home
towns against the one per cent,
gross income tax bill introduced
last week and a lesser reaction
against the four per cent, retail
sales tax.
Twin bills to cut state pay rolls
appeared in both houses. Sena
tor Gail of Sylvania sponsored a
senate measure to reduce sala
ries of $75 to $2OO a month by 10
per cent, and salaries over $2OO
a month by 15 per cent.
The bill makes no exceptions.
It also calls for a 10 per cent,
slash in present allowances for
automobile and traveling ex
penses, now ranging from five
to six cents per mile and from $5
per day for subsistence.
A state audit listed 1938 salar
ies and wages of $10,547,128.44
and traveling expenses at $865,-
275.35. In addition, under a se
parate heading of “governmental
cost— outlay ’ * the audit listed $l,-
637,750 salaries and $192,591.89
traveling expenses.
A flat 10 per cent, cut applied
against these totals would cur
tail state expenditures around
$1,324,274 annually.
A caustic attack on the pro
posed one per cent, gross income
tax has been launched by two
large business associations, the
Georgia Mercantile association
and the Georgia Automobile Deal
ers’ association, which flayed the
“gross income tax” as a mis
nomer for a “grossreceipts tax”;
predicted it would mean ruin for
little business men; cause more
unemployment and urged that
the administration put into prac
tice economies recommended by
the house investigating commit
tee,
GIRLS FORESEE SUCCESSFUL
CAMPAIGN FOR WESLEYAN
Wesleyan students attending a
college using rented property,
since all of the physical property
of the institution, including the
Wesleyan Conservatory grounds,
buildings, and equipment near
the heart of Macon, were sold at
public outcry before the Bibb
county courthouse almost a year
ago, sound a confident note of
victory as March 5, the time for
the beginning of the general
statewide campaign to repurchase
the property draws near.
They have gained this feeling
through association with the
Wesleyan administrative officials
and faculty, and the many friends
of the school who are giving of
their best talents and time to the
raising of this money and assur
ing the continuation of the
world’s oldest college for women
Leaders in the campaign,every
one who has a part in the work,
have talked with enough Geor
gians and know enough about i
Georgians to have confidence
that the friends of Christian ed
ucation in the state are not going
to let Wesleyan become some
thing of the past. With the gen
eral campaign beginning in Ma
con this week and with some
$135,000 already in hand in ad
vance gifts these leaders find
much ground for their confidence.
-Macon is expected to provide
$350,000 and the rest of the state
will be asked to supply the other
$350,000 needed.
Giving in Macon hasn’t been
confined to Methodists, although
Wesleyan is a Methodist institu
tion. In her student body eleven
different denominations are rep
resented, and people of all
churches are showing a desire to
have a part in assuring continua
tion of the college.
Wesleyan, they say. has meant
too much to Southern woman
hood and she is needed for the
1 hristian education of daughters
of the South in years to come.
Wesleyan students have gain
ed from her active friends a note
°t confidence. “Vincemus,” they
“We will conquer, success
| HOUSTON CHAPTER
| OF FARMERS TO MEET
The regular meeting of Hous
| ton County Chapter United Geor
gia Farmers will be held Thurs
day night, Feb. 16, at 8 o’clock
in the Ferry High School Audi
torium. Notices to this effect
have been sent to members by
Lewis Tabor, secty. and treas.
The purpose of this organiza
tion is to try to get recognition
from the administration and to
try to get them to work out the
farm program to better suit the
needs of farmers. As a step to
j ward obtaining this goal, the
United Georgia Farmers has
become affiliated with the Na
tional Farm Bureau. This bu
; reau is a farm ornanization
covering farmers in 39 Southern
States.
The speakers of the evening
i will be R. M. Stiles, president of
the state chapter, and K. G. Ar
nold, of the National Farm Bu-
I reau, who will tell more about
this organization and its func
tions.
SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF
DAB. CHAPTER CELEBRATED
The Gen. Daniel C. Stew
art chapter of the D. A. R.
observed its silver anniversary
!at the February meeting held
Wednesday afternoon last week
at the home of Mrs. George
! Jordan.
j Mrs. William Harrison High
! tower, Thornaston, state presi
dent of a D, A. R., was the
: guest speaker. Her talk on
| “The Duties of the D. A. R.
Chapter” was instructive as well
as intensely interesting. Mrs.
H. P, Dobbins, the local regent,
introduced the speaker. Com
pleting the program were two
vocal solos: “Dawn” by Pearl
C. Curren, rendered by Mrs.
j Virgil Bass and “The Star” by
Rogers, sung by Mrs. Joe Mitch
j ell, with Mrs. Mayo Davis play
jing the accompaniments.
Mrs. Jordan received the
guests at the front door. Other
| members of the chapter who as
| slated in receiving and entertain
ing were: Mesdames Dobbins,
jG. S. Riley, C. B. Andrew, E.W.
Traylor, W. B. Evans. H. T.j Gil
bert, H. T. Beall, L. M. Paui,
Tom Mobley, and L. M. Paul, Jr.
The Jordan home was effective
ly decorated. Silver was the
keynote of the dining room dec
orations and appointments. A
beautiful white three-tiered cake,
holding a silver wreath encir
cling each tier and holding 25
small white lighted tapers stood
between two five branched silver
candelabra holding white lighted
tapers to form the centerpiece
of the lace covered dining table.
Mrs. Riley poured coffee from a
handsome silver service at one
end of this table.
In the drawing room, small ar
rangements of lavendar violets
and white narcissi interspersed
the larger arrangements, which
included pink gladioli in a tall
pink vase and a bowl of pink
j snapdragons.
The living room held yellow
i and white flowers and the hall
! only white.
A dainty and delicious salad
! course was served. The cake
was presented to Mrs. High
tower.
The fifty present included Mrs.
- E. T. Nottingham,past regent of
Ths Thomasville chapter, a n dl
| members of the Marshallville, j
; Hawkinsville, and Fort Valley
1 chapters.
I BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I
; Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Sunday Preaching Services,
11:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed
nesday, 7:30 p. m.
The church welcomes you to
its services.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
will crown the campaign effort. ”1
All believe that Georgians who
are able to invest in the future
'through historic Wesleyan andi
those who must sacrifice to give
a little are going to do their
parts before March 15. J
TAXES—THE PEOPLE’S MONEY
By PAUL MUSE
Tax money belongs to the peo
ple. It comes out of their pocket.
It should be spent to the best in
terest of the people.
No one will dispute this. This
is one of the theories of govern
ment. The practice of govern
ment should be no less. There
are few problems more intricate
than the tax problem. Perhaps
no system of taxation will ever
be devised that will be altogether
free from inequalities. Such in
equalities growing out of defects
of human wisdom, will be felt
not only in unequal levies, but
also in the proportions of tax
money spent for various interests
of the people.
The “tax question” is upper
most in our state at present.
Georgia is in a “financial jam,”
while the governor and legisla
ture are in the jim jams” as to
the best way out of the jam. On
the face of things it looks like
the state---not all the people, but
those hired by the people to look
after such matters—has spent
without wisely reckoning its in
come.
The writer of this column does
not know much as to the best
tax measures, He would, how
ever, in the interest of the peo
ple and how their money is spent,
open one feature of the problem.
Xhe public school system of the
state is a victim of the present
money shortage. Money is be
ing borrowed with which to pay
teachers. By all means let them
be paid. If there is a class of
public servants who should bene
fit from preferred payments out
of the state treasury, it is the
teachers.
Such a policy should be insured
by some means, even if it should
be found necessary to change
our laws so as to divert tax mon
ey now allocated to other inter-
FOUNDERS’ DAY OBSERVED
The Perry P. T. A. met at the
school Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. G, W. Rhodes, the presi
dent, presiding.
Rev. Paul Muse spoke on “The
Moral Education of the Youth of
Today.”
The First Grade rhythm band
played two numbers, “The Bells
of St. Mary’s” and“ Small Fry,”
with Miss Willie Ryals playing
the accompaniment.
An effective candle lighting
ceremony marked the observance
of Founder’s Day, nonoring
Mesdames Alice M. Birney and
Phoebe Hurst, national founders,
and the present and past presi
dents of the Perry P. T. A.
Seven white candles in a grad
uated pyramid holder placed in
the center of the stage, were
lighted by Misses Leila DuPree,
Kathryn Lawson, Opal Hughes,
Evelyn Hunt, Alline ftyals,Eliza
beth Buff, and Margaret Powell,
for the seven lights of learning
which are: truth, obedience,
memory, beauty, power, imagi
nation, and aspiration.
Mrs. J. O. Coleman, program
chairman, gave a brief sketch on
“Founder’s Day.”
Mrs. W. K. Whipple, chairman
of the Ways and Means commit
tee, reported $43.58 made from
the Valentine carnival.
The First Grade won the at
tendance prize for having the
largest number of spoons and
dimes for the Home Economics
silver shower.
Mesdames T. D. Mason, Sr.,
jTom Cater, Helen Davis, and 0.
IG. Boler were hostesses at the
i social hour.
There was a larjge attendance
1 at the meeting.
FREE MOVIE FRIDAY
The public has a cordial invita
tion to see a free show, “Na
ture’s Magic,” at The Princess
Theatre, Perry, Friday afternoon,
at two o’clock. See Uncle Nat
chel and Sonny in the movies.
Visit the natural nitrate mine in
'Chile-—see where soda comes
I from. See how the vital ele
ments got into Chilean Nitrate of
Soda which your fertilizer dealer
and Chilean Nitrate Educational
: Bureau has provided for you. I
iThere will also be a film showing,
sanitary production of hogs. This
film was released by the State
1 Dept, of Education.
ests. Not only in Georgia, but
in nearly every other state, quite
a “howl” is raised whenever a
suggestion is offered to allocate a
larger proportion of taxes de
rived from gasoline and tag tax
to educational purposes. Th i s
objection says that the owners of
auto vehicles pay this tax and
that nothing should be allowed to
rob this class of tax payer of
good roads.
We have never been able to
see any reason for setting up
this class of tax-payer or the
highway department of a state
as a sort of ‘‘sacred cow.” Good
roads are good, and we will keep
on building them. But they are
not as important as good citizens.
A commonwealth that spends
more year by year on its roads
than on educating its youth can
scarcely hope to be progressive
in the best sense of the word.
Substantial roads are an impor
portant factor in developing the
agriculture of the state and in
the genera) welfare and culture
of its people. They can never be
worth as much to all such ends,
however, as citizens made more
and more substantial by better
and better educational advan
tages. All such comparisons are
needless. No kind of material
development can ever be as im
portant as the development of
personality. Educate a people
and they will see to it that roads
are built. It is not as true on
the other hand that if you give)
the people paved roads that they!
will see to it that they are an ed
ucated people. No one has any j
particular quarrel with our high-|
way department. Diversion of
funds should not be in favor of [
or unfavorable to any particular
department, but in the interest
of the chief needs of the people.
METHODIST CHURCH NEWS
A special series of Evangelis
tic Services will be held at the
Perry Methodist church April
2-12 with Rev, Silas Johnson,
presiding elder of the Macon dis
trict, as leader. Announcement
of these services was made by
Rev. Paul Muse, pastor, last
Sunday.
The first quarterly conference
of the year was held Wednesday
night last week at the Perry
church with the Elder presiding.
Rev. Mr. Johnson commended
Perry Methodists on the good re
ports made by the various de
partments of the church and be-)
cause conferencs askings for,
benevolences were accepted as I
usual. Attendance at the con
ference was good.
Rev. Mr. Muse will preach at
both services next Suuday.
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
In observance of St. Valentine’s
Day, a program combining senti
ment and humor v/as presented
at Tuesday’s luncheon meeting
of the Perry Kiwanis club by
Mrs. J. L. Hodges, who told of
the origin of the Day and some
of its ancient celebration.
‘‘Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life”
was sung by W. K, Whipple with
Miss Willie Ryals as pianist. Mrs.
Eric Staples gave two readings,
“That Old Sweetheart of Mine”
and ‘‘Does It Pay?” The club
sang several sentimental songs;
with W. T. Middlebrooks as
leader.
Affording much merriment
was the reading of comic valen-i
tines which were drawn from a!
box decorated for the occasion
with comics popular in the gay j
nineties. Each member was!
presented with a comic valen
tine.
Red and white nut baskets and
Valentine cards marked each
place. This same color note was
used in the floral decorations and|
in the menu.
The president, G. W. Rhodes,
announced that Lieut.-Governor
W. W. Walker of the 9th Dis- 1
trict Georgia Kiwanis, who re
sides in Eatonton, would be the
guest speaker of the Perry club;
at its next meeting, Feb. 21.
Be a positive, not a negative |
force in your town.—Advertise.
FARM GROUP TO MEET
IN PERRY FEB, 23-25
A farm planning short course
will be held in Perry Feb. 23-25,
according to County Agent W. T.
Middlebrooks, to be attended by
vocational teachers, county agri
cultural agents, and soil conser
vation service technicians from
about 12 nearby counties.
0. C. Aderhold will be mana
ger of the course. Classes will
be held, and those attending will
be taught by a staff of experts
organized by the heads of the
various departments represented.
Mr. Middlebrooks will be Agri
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion expert for the farm planning
course.
The Middle Western Soil Con
servation district, composed of
Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Macon,
Dooly, Houston, Pulaski and
Wilcox counties, will be repre
sented together with visitors
from several other counties.
About 75 people are expected to
attend.
BONAIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Bonaire boys’ basketball
team plays its first game in the
tournament at Oglethorpe to
night (Thursday) when they
jmeet the Unadilla team. The
Bonaire boys played two good
(games last week-end, winning a
; game from Abraham Baldwin’s
IB team by a score of 25-23, Fri
' day night, but losing to Chester
129-31 Saturday night. Both of
(these games were unusually
good.
Misses Elizabeth Chandler, An
nie Lou Mize and Lucile Goss
went to Cordele Saturday to at
tend the coachs’ meeting where
arrangements were made for the
girls’ basketball tournament for
the northern division of the third
district which is to be held in
Cordele February 27-March 3.
The Bonaire girls play Byrom
ville Tuesday night, February 28.
Mr. J, M. Gooden, State School
Supervisor, and Mr. S. W. Hick
son, County School Superinten
dent, were visitors in the Bon
aire High School Friday.
Mrs. J. V. Wallace and Miss
Beverly Wallace, of Macon, and
Mr. Vernon Wallace, of Monnt
Vernon, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs.E. C. Leverett.
Misses Betty Woodard and Isa
abel Youngblood visited Miss
Marion Holloman, of Wellston,
(during the week end.
, Mrs. Be n Vandigriff and
(daughter, Sandra, Miss Ardelle
Sisson, and Mr. L. D. Vandigriff
of Elizabeth. N. J.. have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sis
son of Bonaire. Mrs. Oswald
Andrews and son, Jimmie, of
Eastman, were guests for the
'week-end of Mr.and Mrs. Sisson.
Misses Ada Anthony, Lillian
Kirtland and Lucile Goss were
the week end guests of Miss
Grace Hayes last week-end.
Misses Mildred Watson and Hat
tie Laura Stalnaker spent Sun
day with Miss Hayes.
I Miss Joyce Barnes, of Ogle
thorpe Infirmary, Macon, visited
homefolks in Kathleen last week
end.
Miss Murl Wheeler is spending
this week with Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Tidwell in Macon.
Miss Martha Jean White of
Byron, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Hollomon, and Mr. Charlie
Young, of Macon, spent Sunday
with Mrs. 1. V. Heard and fam
| ily of Kathleen.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grant
land children, of Macon, visited
| Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Edwards,
j Sunday.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP
Miss Leila DuPree is the cap
tain of the Girl Scout troop that
iwas organized on Wednesday,
| February 1, under the auspices
of the Perry High school.Supt.E.
P. Staples is the leader of the
! council members, the others be
, ing Mrs. J. 0. Coleman and Miss
Evelyn Hunt,
j Tne eighteen girls were divid
' ed into three patrols.
The farm income in the United
States for 1938 is estimated at $7,-
>626,000,000.
jGA. TRAFFIC TOLL
1 816 DEAD IN YEAR
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Motor vehicle accidents took
816 lives, injured 28,560 people
and cost Georgians $36,720,000
in 1938, according to complete
and revised figures of the De
-1 partment of Public Safety.
The figures, released immedi
t ately after all accident reports
1 for December had been tabulated
show 128 less deaths, 4,480 less
1 injuries and $5,760,000 less eco
-1 nomic loss than in 1937. Twen
ty-three of the 128 lives “saved”
were school children going to
and from school. Eighty such
deaths were reported during 1938
as compared with 103 during
, 1937.
Estimates of the economic loss
were figured according to Na
tional Safety Council’s methods
and include doctor bills, hospital
1 bills, funerai expense, mainten
ance for crippled and wage loss
-1 es for injured as well as repairs.
September and October were
the “deadliest” months along
Georgia’s streets and highways
with 89 deaths and over 3,000
injuries being recorded for each
■'of these months.
“Safest’' month was July with
45 deaths, 1,575 injuries. Feb
ruary was second in this group
with 51 deaths, 1,785 injuries,
! and June third with 55 deaths,
■ 1,925 injuries.
The largest monthly decrease
■ was in December, 1937. Largest
monthly increase was September
when-19 more were killed than
i during September of the previ
ous year.
One hundred aud twenty eight
of the dead were of school age
but only eighty were actually en
route to or from school. None
of these deaths were recorded at
1 any school protected by school
boy patrolmen. Schools showing
decreases from previous years
had active school patrols installed
1 during the 1938 school season.
The department is formulating
i plans to intensify the drive for
establishment of schoolboy pa
trols in all Georgia schools.
Nearly 1,000 have been set up,
5 including over 5,000 uniformed
and commissioned boys.
This year twenty schoolboy
patrolmen who win in a contest
|to establish the “outstanding”
1 high school and grammar school
patrolmen in the State Patrol
■ districts will get a free trip to
the New York World’s fair.
BATTLE OF ATLANTA, FAMOUS
I IB PAINTING, MODERNIZED
i
( ATLANTA, Ga.— -One of the
bloodiest battles of the War Be
tween the Slates, in which Con
, federate valor and heroism reach
ed new heights, is being fought
! again—for ten hours per day.
Atlanta Cily Officials have re
opened to the public the huge
thiee dimensional presentation of
’lthe Battle of Atlanta which was
long lit between the forces of
Sherman and Hood on July 22,
18G4.
Modern Splendor has been add
ed to the 50-year old painting
I through the installation of the
latest type of theatrical lighting.
The modernized “battle” exhibit,
' immediately popular, is expected
I to be One of Georgia’s finest tour
ist attractions. Mayor William
|B. Hartsfield says it is the finest
i possession the City has, symboliz
: ing the heritage of Courage and
character which the Confederates
I handed down to present day
I Georgians,
-1 Visitors are expected at the ey-
I'clorama, in Grant Park, from
j throughout the world. The first
I paying Customer, when the mod
icruized painting was reopened for
j exhibit on January 11, was from
j far-off Oregon.
The new lighting effects bring
lout details in the huge picture
• I and give emphasis to details which
I have never been discernible be
;; fore.
,1
| PRESBYTERIAN NOTES
II
The Rev. R. F. Boyd of Colum
bia Seminary will preach at the
j Perry Presbyterian church next
'Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock.
1- Members of the church are urged
■ to be present and visitors are al
-1 ways welcome.
