Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, March 02, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIII. No. 9. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870 Iweslevan college RALLIES TO BE HELD; w D Anderson of MaconJ Jsident of the Bibb Manufac-J Turing t Co., will speak at the; p U ;‘‘v Methodist church nextj .V Aov -it 11-30 a. m. in the in-l terest of the'Wesleyan College| Pnmnaign. Mr. Anderson is a Jo f Wesleyan All. th e churches of the two Georgia con wnces are placing t the needs of Wesleyan before their congrega tions next Sunday. _ . A state-wide campaign is be incr conducted between March, 115 to raise $600,000 to repur chase the college’s properties, which Were lost last March] through a foreclosure sale Two bishops and a number of educational leaders will head a o T oud of outstanding speakers at the educational rally of Metho dist forces in behalf of Wesleyan College at the Fort Valley Meth odist church next Thursday, March 9. .... , , The meeting will open at ten a m. and continue until mid-af ternoon. A group of Perry Meth odists and persons of other de-j ■ nominations who are interested ■in continuing Wesleyan College las a vital unit in Georgia’s pro ■ gram of Christian educution will ■ attend. The meeting will be for I the entire Macon District. Bishops John M. Moore and C. ■C. Selecman, Dean Hollis Edens ■of Emory Junior College, Val ■ dosta; Dr. Marvin Pittman, presi ■ dent, Georgia State Teachers ■ College, Statesboro; Ralph L. I Ramsey, secretary of the Geor ■ gia Education, Atlanta, assn.; ■ and Rev. G. E. Clary, secretary, ■ South Georgia Conference Board ■of Christian Education, will be ■ the speakers. Rev. Silas John ■ son, presiding elder, who is di ■ reeling the campaign in this dis ■ trict, will preside. 0 KIWANIS CLUB MEETS t Houston County School Super ■intendent S. W. Hickson was ■ the speaker at the weekly ■ luncheon meeting of the Pern ■ Kiwanis club. He discussed the ■situation facing the Houston ■county schools, and compared it ■to that of schools in other coun ■lies in Georgia. 1 1 Plans were made for the show ■ng of fat calves, by the 4-H ■club boys who have been spon sored by members of the Kiwa ■nis club. I The boys and their sponsors ■are; I Cullen Talton: C. E. Andrew, ■I. A. Beddingfield. ■ Walter Gray, Jr., : C. E. Mc ■Lendon, C. C. Pierce. Billie Giles: W. W. Wedding ■ton, A. C. Pritchett. ■ Nathan Gilbert: E. P. New ■hard, Max Moore. ■ Marvin Griffin: S. A. Nunn, ■John L. Hodges. ■ K. Stafford; J. L. Gallemore, ■W. C. Talton. ■ J. T. Lewis, Jr.,: W. S. Gray, Me C. Massee. ■. Har t o n Ferguson: G. W. ■L'odes, W. K. Whipple. virgril Heard: J. A. Ivey, W. ML_ Middlebrooks. H. lom Holloway: W.V. Tuggle, H' W - Hickson. ! H, T T mm ‘e Walker: C. P. Gray, H v -E. Beckham. ■ Wallace Moody: E.P. Staples, H ” Rooney. » Frank Giles; H. E. Evans, Houser. Hj calves will be shown in Hl'iV'l, on arc h 11, and prizes Hru , awar ded to the winners. , es W*ii then be entered ■ * the show in Macon, March W. I AUXILIARY MEETING ILS? 06 ," Tor the ensuing year t ® elected at the February genera! meeting of the Ladies’ |L “ a 7 to the Presbyterian It tu ’ Monday afternoon B'abn Cl V rck with Mrs. Lewis presiding! 10 retiring president ’ L * .^ re( T Thomson was elect- Li P f rBslci . e nt: Mrs. Robert Boyd, L ' pres ‘dent: and Mrs. Virgil p, ’ secretary and treasurer. additional shrubbery to chn «*ently planted on the “ u c ’h ground, was discussed. |FARMERS TO RECEIVE I | GOVERNMENT CHECKS I j 750 farmers of Houston county j who co-operated in the 1938 soil conservation program will re jeeive payments soon totaling ap ' proximately $llO,OOO. In addi- I tion to this amount a price ad justment payment amounting to j approximately $50,000 will be re ceived after it has been deter mined whether or not farmers plant within their 1939 crop acre age allotments. In co-operation with the 1938- 39 farm program three times as many winter cover crops have been planted this winter than ever before. Soil conservation payments ! will be made Houston farmers Iby the latter part of March, ac cording to W. T. Middlebrooks, county agent. PERSY HIGH ACTIVITIES The Perry Panthers were de feated Saturday night in the fi nals of the district tournament at Americus. Perry lost to the Chauncey team by the score of 25 to 18. The game was very j fast and the boys from Perry played exceptional hard and smart basketball throughout the entire tournament and the fans from Perry seemed to think the boys played all right. The team feels they have the best bunch of rooters in the world. During the tourney, Perry de feated Butler by the score of 35 to 20. Pitts was defeated by the score of 33 to 18. The Perry Panthers and Bon aire will play a series of games for the championship of Houston county. The winner will be given letters and a trophy. Much interest is being shown in these games. Dates will be announced next week. Warren Lee, Mgr, Honor Roll At a meeting of the faculty Monday afternoon it was decided to have a honor roll for each grade from the fourth grade thru the eleventh. Any student making at least a B in all sub jects will make the honor roll provided their conduct and be havior will warrant it. Many of the students have shown much interest in this new way of show ing recognition for good work done. This honor roll will be published in the Houston Home Journal after the end of each term. E. P. Staples. Boxing Team Organized A boxing team is being or ganized at Perry High school. About six boys have already ex pressed a desire to box some during the spring. Matches will be arranged with other schools in middle Georgia. Boys on the boxing team will be Dot Rough ton, Dever Chapman, Norliss Chapman, James Gregory and Edwin Pearce. Dot. Roughton. METHODIST CHURCH NEWS Worship Services—Sunday 11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Church School—Sunday j 10:15 a. m, I Young People’s Service—Sunday 6:30 p. m. Mid-week Service Wed. 7:30 p. m. Rev. Paul Muse, Pastor. I ; | VETS CHILDREN MEET ■ On Tuesday evening, Feb, 21, (the high school group of the i children of Houston County ; World War Veterans were enter tained at a supper at the Ameri can Legion Home. Games were .’enjoyed throughout the [evening. Mesdames G. W. Rhodes, J.M. Gooden, and L. M. Paul, Jr., di , rected this social. On Tuesday afternoon this ! week, Mesdames C. E, McLne ’ don, C. E. Andrew, and Hollis Kezar were in charge of the meeting of the pre-school and grammar school children, held at I the Home. II Advertising that pays—grows; advertising that grows—pays. 1 COMMISSION NAMED FOR PERRY LIBRARY The Perry Library, sponsored by the Kiwanis club, opened here Feb. 23, There are at present 201 volumes on hand, besides nine volumes on the pay shelf. Fifty-two cards have been sign ed, and there are 72 books out at present. Books may be with drawn for one week free of charge, and for 2c a day after the week. Books on the pay shelf are charged at the rate of 10c per week, payable in ad vance. The public is urged to co operate with the library, both in reading and using books, and in giving books to the library. Any donations will be called for and within the next few days a house to house canvass of the town will be made by the Book club and the Sorosis club. On Tuesday night a meeting of the general library committee, composed of the heads of the va rious civic organizations, a mem . her of city council, and a com mittee from the Kiwanis club, was held at the home of G, W. Rhodes. Members included Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, Mrs. E. W. Tray lor, C. C. Pierce, Mrs. J. B. Cal houn, Mrs. J, M. Gooden,Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks, E. P. N ew hard, J. A. Ivey, S. W. Hickson, C. E. Andrew, G. W. Rhodes, and a member of city council. From these, a Library commis sion was set up, composed of Rev. J. A. Ivey, chmn., C. E. Andrew, secty. and treas.; Mrs. J. M. Gooden, Mrs. W. T. Mid dlehrooks. Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, Mrs, E. W. Traylor, and a mem ber of council. The duties of this commission are to operate the library, col lect the money, choose the books. A ruling has been passed that no books shall be taken from the li brary without having cards sign ed by some member of the com mission, and that no child shall have a book without having card signed by his or her parents, and countersigned by a member of 1 the commission or a city official. ANNOUNCEMENT The circles of the Baptist W, M. S, will be held Monday at 3.30 p. ra. as follows: No. 1 with Mrs. J. A. Ivey with Mrs H. J. Matthews an co-hostess; No. 2 with Mrs. D. M. Ryle; and No. 3 with Mrs. A. I. Foster. DISSIPATED ENERGIES By PAUL MUSE How absurd to use a twelve inch cannon to shoot sparrows! Or to build a mighty locomo ' live and lay an adequate track to haul a one-ton load half a ; mile. One would say, Who would be so silly? And yet such would not be near so expensive, prodigal and absurd as the waste of high-powered, efficient human energies on mere trifles. It is even a pity to use up twelve i n c h personality on twenty two calibre jobs—as putting a man with bank-president capa city in the janitor’s job to sweep the floor. There is noth ing dishonorable about sweep ing floors, or in filling any humble place; but it is trage dy to squander fine abilities on lesser things. More wasteful and tragic still is to dissipate the rich po tentialities of human energies on matters that add nothing, or very little at best, to the worthwhile culture of human 1 personality. To be employed in little more than trifles is to develope character that is worth to the world little more 1 than a trifle, A man may be the best wrestler in the county. This would be some kind of distinc tion. But when he has put ev-j ![ery other man in the county ; “on the mat,” what good has he done .for his fellow man? One will gain quite a bit of ; | “first-page” notice if he chanc es to be the world’s “champ ion” in some particular field. 1 I But when all rivals have gone, down before his skill, when he 'has counted all his trophies ofj FAMOUS CHARACTER MAKES VISIT HERE Captain Jack Lloyd, 70 year old soldier of fortune, adven turer, veteran of many wars and revolutions, former Fron tiersman, Plainsman, Texas Ranger and character of the “Old West,” was a visitor in Perry for several hours Tues day. In many sections of the world they call him “Burning Daylight,” and the newspaper men who know him from Coast to Coast, have nicknamed him “The Headline Hunter De Luxe.” Perhaps some time Tuesday morning, you saw on the streets of the town an old man that had his hair tucked up under his hat, trimly shaped beard, cow hoots, western hat and typical western appear ance, well that was Captain Jack as he is better known, and he creates quite a bit of excitement as he travels the streets of any town in this sec tion of the country. The veteran, first tells you that he started oqt in life, on his own, when he was 7 years of age. When he was 5 years old he saw his own parents scalped by Indians in a massa cre attack on a covered wagon train of which he and his peo ple were members. During the younger days of his life, it was cow camps, gold camps, silver camps and just rough and tumble camps of any kind, but, the veteran tells you to day, he learned life from a different angle than the aver age “kid.” Just name a famous mining camp of the old days, from the Rio Grande to t h e Montana country and this aged grizzled veteran will spin you a story about the same. It was during the days of the great rush to the Alaskan country, when the cry of gold was heard round the world from the Yukon and Klondyke that Lloyd broke into the “limelight” of t h e world. It was after the many famous feats, mushing over unknown trails, discovering Dawson, and many other adventures in and around Dawson, Circle Ci ty and other camps of the (Continued to Back Page) victory, when he recalls all the “honors” that have come to him, what has he in it all to remind him that he has made the world better? Not only tine human ener gies, but think of the material substance many people squan der in such things, while they spend only the least fraction for the upbuild of society. ) Some of the busiest people in the world never accomplish anything much. They are by no means lazy, but they flit from one thing to another, nev er having a chance to center on anything in particular. They scatter their energies over so wide an area that little im pression is made anywhere. All of this is not to say that people should not take time for recreation. “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” But there are many ways open for recreation that will not cause one to waste noble pow ers on trivialities. This is al ways manifest in a world where God is waiting for men and women to unite with Him to build a better order of life. Most people are not guilty of what we call “great sins.” But there is perhaps no greater sin —that is in its damaging ef fect on Christian character — than the bent to squander time, energy, and means on minor things. There are few things, if any, that separate as many church members from Christ and a happy Christian 1 experience as this tendency. , While grosser sins slay their thousands, misspent energies | will slay its tens of thousands. DIST. WELFARE NURSE | , INJURED IN ACCIDENT; Mrs, Beulah R. Daniel district; welfare nurse for several Geor gia counties including Houston ■! was painfully injured last Thurs i day in a collision between her automobile and another car,three ; I miles north of Perry on U. S. ! highway 41. Mrs, Daniel is in a I Macon hospital suffering from I shock, bruises, and cuts about ! the eyes and mouth. An occupant of the second car, Miss Tommie Holloman, of Eat onton, was killed. The driver of the car, Gabe H. White, cousin of Miss Holloman, was placed in the Houston county jail on charges of being “drunk.” I Mrs. Daniel was enroute to her headquarters at Perry and the White car was headed north when the accident occurred about 9:30 a. m. BONAIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST Mrs. W. H. Talton and Miss Susie Watson visited relatives in ! Macon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. V.W. Collins and 'daughter, Dora Jean, Macon, were the guests of Mr, Jim Goins, Wellston, Saturday. Misses Lillian Kirtland and Lucile Goss were guests of Miss Ada Anthony, Macon, for the weekend. Miss Helen Childs was a visi tor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Howard last weekend. Miss Mary Ellen Stafford, By ron, was the guest of Miss Eve lyn Wheelus last weekend. Miss Ruby Cunningham, Lin colnton, is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Leon Wat son, Kathleen. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Slocumb, Kathleen, spent Sunday with their son, Mr. Leicester Slocumb, Macon, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wills and children were the guests of Mrs. Wills’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Leviton, of Fargo, for the week end. Mrs. Wills and children stayed over for a visit of several days. Mrs, Ben Vandergriff and daughter, Sandra, Miss Ardelle Sisson, and Mr. L. D. Vander griff returned to their home in Elizabeth, N, J. Friday after a three weeks’ visit with relatives in Jacksonville, Fla.and Bonaire. Miss Nettie Perdue and Mr. Henry Sutton, Abbeville, visited in the home of Mrs. W. B. Wills Sunday. | Friends of Mr. Claud Watson are glad to know that he is irn [proving after having been ill i with pneumonia. Mr, and Mrs. D. 0. Andrews J i and son, Jimmy, Eastman, were i spend-the-day guests of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Sisson, , in Bonaire, Sunday. I BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS The Baptist W. M. S. observed! , the annual season of prayer and I offering for Home Missions this week. T h e service on Wednesday [ evening at the church closed this season. Rev. J. A, Ivey talked on “Faith In Each Other,” and| Mrs. D. H. Smith gave the de-| votional. Circle No. 3, of which! Mrs. E. P. Staples is leader, sponsored this service On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. C. F. Cooper, leader of Circle N 0.2, planned and presented a pro gram on “Faith In The Holy i Spirit.” Those taking part were:! , Mesdames Mayo Davis, A. C. | Pritchett, H. T. Gilbert, Felix i Jones, T. F. Hardy, G. P. Hun j nicutt, Frank Moody, and D. M.! Kyle. The leader was in charge' of the devotional period Mrs, G. S. Riley presented the | program for Circle No, 1 Mon-1 day afternoon, introducing thej topic for the week “Forward Ini iFaith,” and having discussed 1 '“Seeing the Multitudes,” Mrs,! C. E. Brunson led the devotional j ! period. Those discussing the phases of | the subject were; Mesdames l Robert Bryant, H. J. Matthews, j E. M. Beckham, G. E. Jordan, Tom Cater, Charlie Logue, J. A.! Beddingfield, Cecil McCraven, J, M. Taylor, J. A. Ivey, W. E.! . Beckham, and Miss Martha Cooper. ' 'HOUSTON GROWERS | GET ALLOTMENTS All farm acreage allotments nave been mailed to producers for all farms in Houston county as they were operated in 1938, W. T. Middlebrooks, county agent announces. It will b e necessary to re-work allotments for farms that have been chang ed in size since 1938. Farms that represent exactly the same acre age in 1939 and in 1938 have al ready received final crop acreage allotments. New farms, those on which peanuts nor cotton have been grown in any one of the past three years have not received cotton and peanut acreage al lotments, but will do so at an early date. Acreage allotments for new farms will come from the state acreage reserve set aside for new farms. The following acreage allot ments have been issued Houston county farms on which cotton has been planted in the past three years. Cotton- 15,075 acres. Acre age allotments to new farms will be in addition to this amount. Peanuts—B,9oo acres. Acreage allotments to new farms will be in addition to this amount. Wheat—l,B37 acres to commer cial growers. 447 acres allotted to producers who plant more than eight acres of wheat but who sell less than 100 bushels annually. In addition to th e above, any producer may plant eight acres provided he does not sell more than 100 bushels. In order to give some idea as to how favorably acreage allot ments compare with previous years, the acreage of crops plant ed in Houston county in 1935, ac cording to the 1935 census report, is given; Cotton acreage planted in 1935—16,476. Cotton acreage allotted group 1 farms in 1939--15,075 acres. Group 2 farms (new farms) will very probably increase the acre age to the 1935 figure. Peanut acreage planted for all purposes in 1935—5,600 acres. Peanut acreage allotted group 1 farms in 1939—8,900 acres. Allotments to new farms and peanuts planted for hogs not counted in the above figures. Wheat acreage planted in 1935 —2,908 acres. Wheat acreage allotted to com mercial wheat farms in 1939—- 1,837 acres. Wheat acreage allotted to non commercial wheat farms in 1939 447 acres, (In addition any farm j may plant 8 acres provided not more than 100 bushels of wheat (is sold from any farm.) . A comparison shows that as a county, Houston plants now a larger acreage in all crops ex cept wheat. TRENCH SILOS NEEDED Any farmer in Houston county i who has as many as six or eight I head of cattle can use a trench silo to advantage, County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks, said this week in urging farmers in this section to plan to dig trench silos this year. j “Farmers in this area are daily | becoming more interested in live stock, particularly in beef and dairy cattle,” the county agent said “We can’t produce live stock profitably unless we have the feed. The advantages the trench silo offers as a means of storing good, cheap feed should ' result in a large number of silos j being dug in this county in 1939. i “Corn or sorghum stored in a (trench silo is available in its ! green state during the winter | months and supplies a feed al- I most equal to good grazing. It lis palatable and succulent and I plays an important part in keep i ing feed costs down. Silage can be produced and | stored at a cost as low as $2 a Iton, putting this feed in a class jby itself so far as quality and price are concerned. [ “Silage can be fed to the dairy herd, beef herd, growing heifers land, in a limited amount,to work 1 stock.” Farmers interested in digging | trench silos can get complete in ! formation on the comparatively ! simple process from the office of * the county agent.