Georgia Historic Newspapers

    HOUSTON 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
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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.