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VOL. LXVIII. No. 10.
I FORUMS DISCUSSED
BY MISS WOODWARD
Miss Emily Woodward, direc
tor of Public Forums for the
State of Georgia, was the princi
pal speaker at Tuesday’s lunch
eon meeting of the Perry Kiwan-
IS ‘These forums are not a prop
aganda movement and are non
political,” Miss Woodward said.
“Their purpose is to help main
tain a democracy where citizens
can express their opinions freely
and to show that citizenship car
ries obligations as well as priv
ileges,” she stated.
“Ignorance, lack of informa
tion, and misinformation are
dangers to free citizenship,” the
speaker said. ‘‘The duty of free
citizenship is to become informed
on governmental matters and to
help solve public problems,” she
said. , 1 , ...
Forums conducted by Miss
Woodward are designed ‘‘to en
courage free speech that is pru
dent, thoughtful and temperate,
and not demogogic.”
Miss Woodward was introduced
as a woman who has achieved
distinction as a newspaper editor,
a feature writer, an author, and
a lecturer, by Mrs. J. L. Hodges.
G. W. Rhodes, president of the
Kiwanis Club, stated that he
would bring the matter of spon
soring a forum for Houston coun
ty before the directors at an
early date.
Members were urged to attend
the calf show, sponsored by the
club, in Perry, March 11.
PASTURES VALUABLE IN
GA. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
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Pointing out the growing trend
toward better pastures on Geor
gia farms, County Agent W. T.
Middlebrooks said this week that
a good permanent pasture is al
most essential to the profitable
production of livestock in Hous
ton county.
‘Tt is hard for a farmer to ap
preciate the real value of a good
pasture until he has one of his
own,” Mr. Middlebrooks said.
“Experiments have shown that
it costs four times less to pro
duce livestock and livestock pro£
ducts on grazing crops than on
feed produced and fed in the dry
lot.
“Under the federal farm pro
gram, farmers can earn their
soil-building payments by seed
ing permanent pastures, among
other things. This has been of
considerable aid in getting more
pastures started in Houston
county. In addition, the impor
tance of grass in a well develop
ed farm program is being stress
ed by the people who are now
working out agricultural develop
ment programs for the various
counties in the state.
“The best pasture land is usu
ally located on streams and in
areas that are low and moist, but
good pastures can be made on
upland soil if the land contains a
good amount of plant food and
organic matter. It is a mistaken j
idea that pastures can be made]
on poor land, without the aid of |
additional plant food and organic
matter.”
The county agent said an ex
cellent pasture can be established I
m Houston county by planting aj
mixture of lespedeza, dallisj
grass, white clover, Ber-j
muda grass, and carpet grass.
~ Tor best results,” Mr. Mid j
d-ebrooks added, “the soil should
have a loose surfiace and a firm |
sub-surface a t planting time. |
i° m e areas may be planted after :
clearing with little soil prepaia-j
don, while others may require!
Plowing or discing. Upland soil
pi . usually require plowing. ;
f l°wing should be done so as to
maye the top soil on the surface.
An application of 300 to 400
pounds of superphosophate or its j
equivalent in other phosphate
fertilizers is necessary for best
results. The best seeding dates;
will vnry from Feb. 15 to March
Id.”
j
Mr. R. T. Colvard, Mr. and
- r ivP°y Colvard, Charlie Joe
jk f ranees Colvard spent Sun
ln Opelika, Ala. with rela
tives.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
i WESLEYAN CAMPAIGN
j UNDERWAY IN STATE
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| Perry and Houston county are
j taking an active part in'lhe
state-wide campaign to re-pur
> | chase Wesleyan College from its
bond-holders by March 15.
The drive got underway Sun
day morning with a talk at the
Perry Methodist church by W.D.
: Anderson of Macon, trustee of
! Wesleyan. The pastor, Rev. Paul
j Muse, spoke on The Intangible
Assets of Wesleyan College at
the evening hour.
Methodist committees with
Mrs, Sam Nunn as general
■ chmn., are busy this week so
liciting funds from church mem-
I bers.
j The Wesleyan club of Perry is
'planning a party Friday night at
8 o’clock at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Jordan for the bene
fit of the college. Wesleyan
Conservatory girls will present a
musical program.
The three churches of Perry
! will have a union service Sunday
at 7:30 p. m. at the [Methodist
church in the interest of the
Wesleyan Campaign. Reports
will be made by the alumnae and
•church workers.
PERRY HMlie
Spring basket ball is moving
along nicely now and prospects
look bright for next year, with
Leroy Boswell, Bobby Holtzclaw
and Ralph Tabor as a nucleus and
such promising players as Julian
Cawthon, Buddy Tolleson, Bill
Day and William Hunt to pick
from, all of them having had
some experience in actual games.
Fred Johnson, who is six feet
seven inches tall and weighs 215
pounds, is being given a lot of
special attention with the hopes
that he will develop into a pivot
man. Everyone seems to think
that he will make a lot of pro
gress before the season is over
next year. Some visualize him as
being one of the best in the state
before he leaves Perry school.
The series of games to be
played with Bonaire will begin
Tuesday night, March 21, and
last until one team has won two
games. The winner of this se
ries will be crowned champion of
Houston county and receive a
trophy. All of the games will be
played in Perry.
Warrren Lee, (Mgr.)
The boxing team will box the
team from Macon Y. M. C. A. in
the near future. It will be a re
turn match. The officials want a
match with Perry boys in Macon
when they have their parents’
night. Dot Roughton (Mgr.)
Much interest has been shown
in the honor roll here at school
and several students have shown
a revived interest and the list
will appear in the Home Journal
next week.
The girls’ basket ball tourna
ment will run this week and
next. There will be ten games
played. The ninth grade has
been picked as favorites to win.
All of the girls are taking it very
seriously.
BUREAU OF UNEMPLOYMENT
| CfIiiPENSAIION PAYS 129.000
j A. VV. White, Clay Brown, and
jT. F. Hardy, all of Perry, have
jeach recently qualified as an em
ployer under the Georgia Un
| employment Compensation Act.
Each firm employs 8 workers,
j who, if and when they lose their
j jobs through no fault of their
; own and meet legal requirements,
j will be entitled to benefit pay
ments from the Unemployment
• Compensation Trust Fund,
j The Bureau of Unemployment
1 Compensation last week paid
j $50,744 94 in benefits, both total j
and partial, to unemployed Geor
gia workers, Commissioner of
Labor Ben T. Huiet, announced.
It was an increase of $5,159.45
over the week before and brought
the cumulative total to $169,-,
864.32. I
Number of payments issued)
was reported at 9,007 to bring
the total to 28,852.
1 Fhe report showed disposition!
during the week of 13,324 claims, j
representing 2,889 initial and 10,-,
1 435 continued.
Claims pending were reported
at 8,382, representing 1,559 ini-,
tial and 6,823 continued. J
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1939
INTANGIBLE PROPERTIES OF WESLEYAN
; By PAUL MUSE
The Methodists of Georgia are
? engaged in a campaign to re
* deem Wesleyan College. Unfor
■ seen developments arising out of
5 the financial depression that
gripped the entire country be
ginning in 1929 led up to the loss
1 of the college properties to the
. Methodist church—developments
with which everyone should be
familiar by this time.
1 Not only ate the Methodists of
; Georgia concerned. People of all
denominations, along with manyl
who are not affiliated with any I
church, are interested and arel
lending aid in this effort. It is a!
most worthwhile enterprise—the!
saving of the properties of Wes-|
1 leyan College representing an in
■ vestment of $2,500,000. Many'
are saying that failure to redeem!
this magnificent institution un-!
der the existing offer of the!
bond holders would cast a serious j
reflection on the people of Geor-j
gia, especially upon the Metho
dists of the state
; Without doubt failure would do ■
this. Nor would the loss of $2,-
500,000 in tangible properties be
the chief loss. Indifference of
the people of Georgia toward
this particular phase of the mat
ter while casting a reflection,
would not be near so serious a
reflection as a quiesence that!
■ loses sight of the INTANGIHI/Ej
properties of Wesleyan. Here isj
an appraisement that can neverl
THE ANSWER TO WESLEYAN’S CRISIS
By Stella Duncan Cater
Our thoughts open memory’s
door to welcome hosts of alumnae
who have attended Wesleyan
from Houston county and re
turned to make its worth while
history.
So many friends there are, that
one marvels that a crisis should
ever hover over this great old in
stitution. But crises come as
tests of individuals, nations—of
all Institutions. It is not so
much what, when or where, but
how we meet them and for the
answer to Wesleyan’s crisis, we
must look in the hearts of the
people. Find there the glorious
memories which inspire--the sac
rifice and effort with which it
must be met courageously and
passed valiantly.
It was said many years ago
that “The device on moldering
escutcheon may determine the
natural destinies of a whole peo
ple, and a new reading of the
crabbed hand-writing of some
old Charter may (if authenticat
ed) turn the trembling balance
in the fate of millions.”
The escutcheon of Wesleyan;
College, emblazoned with all the
emblems which filled it for war
fare in the cause of education,
has never known the mold of
the years, but has been burnished
like gold by the sunshine of their
fulfilments. It is not for this
generation to cover this device
with the dust of indifference, the
calumny of doubt, the welter of
selfishness, and be the first to
tarnish all that it stands for in
the mighty cause of spiritual,
mental and moral progress. We
will not forget that Wesleyan’s
shield, worn over our hearts,
holds the motto which has its
part in determining the destinies
of the world. The “reading of
the handwriting” of Wesleyan’s
Charter stirred the hearts of a
METHODIST US. MEETING
The March business meeting
of the Methodist W. M. S. was
held at the church Monday after
noon. Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr.,
j president, was elected delegate
[ to the conference to be held in
| Cordele April 4 6. Mrs. W. T.
; Middlebrooks was named alter
nate.
An executive meeting was an
nounced for the fourth Monday
jin March, to be held at the home
of Mrs, Vernon Tuggle, with
Mrs. B. H. Andrew, Jr., Mrs.
[ Albert Skellie and Mrs. W. T.
iMiddlebrooks as co-hostesses.
Circles will meet at 3:30 next
Monday afternoon as follows:
I No. 1 with Mrs. A. P. Whipple,
j with Mrs. C. G. Harris as co
hostess; No. 2 with Mrs. S. A.
j Nunn with Mrs. G. F. Nunn as
co-hostess; No. 3, with Mrs. W.
jK. Whipple with Misses Willie
) and Aline Ryals as co-hostesses.
: be measured in mere dollars and
cents. The loss of an institution
of the nature of W’esleyan Col
lege to the cultural life of the
people served by it will always
be far more disastrous than any
financial loss involved. Tangible
values may be duplicated if lost,
but moral and spiritual are far
I more elusive and and not as
j easily duplicated.
I Yet they are not easily seen.
There are many who are in
(stantly struck with the idea of
I the loss of two or three million
j DOLLARS worth of property,
jlt is possible for them to walk
oyer the property and see it. How
(different with surpassing intan
j gible values. It may not be as
! readily seen. It cannot be caught
| within Lhe compass of the com
! mon measuring instruments of
j men.
j It is right at this point, how
j ever, that all lasting values are
found. It is just here that we
j find those powers, and the un
folding and developing of such
powers, that give by their magic
touch all worthwhile value that
may reside in the tangible world.
Any man or woman in Georgia
who has been successful in ac
cumulating an abundance of tan
gible property and value has an
(opportunity to aid Wesleyan Col
j lege and thus transmute his or
j her holdings into an intangible
(and eternal asset.
3 people in some of the most tur
; bulent, war wrecked days of our
i country, when Poverty stalked
■ its homes (and possibly many did
: have to go barefoot and were not
ashamed of it,) wearing the
need of it as a badge of honor,
1 while the-spirit of unrest swept
thro’ every department of its
i life, the South was stirred to a
I yet greater realization of the i
• need of education for its young
, women. And Wesleyan’s door
; stayed open and she grew and
i prospered.
! We do not need a “new read
; ing” of this old Charter, we have
a living illustration of it in its
: alumnae. So powerfully have
I they interpreted its rights that
the “trembling balance in the
> fate of millions” desiring the
; j best of life thro a Christian edu
cation, .“will turn,” the crisis
I will be passed and Wesleyan Col-
I'lege for Women become an as
jsured asset for all time. Its
! Charter has been “authenticat
ed” in the home, the world of
I Science and Art, the Press, the I
| Business World, by those who
i have put the stamp of its effect(
jon their lives, and Houston coun- 1
ty is proud that she is so well
represented in every field.
Touched by all the dear, sweet
memories of Wesleyan days, we
i are friends walking together in
a garden of fairest dreams,tread-!
ing the paths bordered with the
forget-me-nots of the ages,
II breathing the fragrance of the
; flowers of hope and love, led on
i by a Vision of the Life Beautiful
j which has its fulfilment in the
; life beyond the stars. This
Vision will guide the coming
/generation thro’ the open door
I way of a Greater Wesleyan,made
a “dream come true” by earnest
prayer and strong united effort
for our Wesleyan of today.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
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Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rannels,
who are enroute to their home in
Three Churches, \V. Va., from a
two months’ trip to Cuba and
Florida, are spending several
days with their niece, Mrs. G.W.
Rhodes, and Mr. Rhodes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Greene
and daughter, Patricia Van, of
Claxton, visited friends here
Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Bryan and daugh
ter, Tommie Ann, spent the
weekend in Hahira with Mrs.
Bryan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse D, Scruggs. Mr. Bryan
joined them on Sunday,
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1 Who’s Crazy Now? You’ll find l
out March 17.
Who’s Crazy Now? You’ll find
out March 17. ;
MRS. BEAVERS NAMED
PERRY LIBRARIAN
Mrs, John L, Beavers, of Per-;
ry, has been chosen librarian of
i the Perry Public Library which
was opened Feb. 23 under the
sponsorship of the Perry Kiwa
nis club and with support of the
City of Perry and the W. P. A,
Mrs. Beavers began her duties
Tuesday this week. She is well
qualified for the place, having
had five years experience in pub
lic library work in Peoria, 111.
She graduated with an A. B. de
gree from Bradley College in
Peoria.
Miss Edna Batchelor, of Perry,
is the assistant librarian.
Library hours are from 9 a, m.
to 6p. m. The library is located
upstairs in the Anderson build
ing.
There are over 200 volumes in
the library now. The demand
for books is greater than the
supply. Donations of books are
requested by the librarian, the
commission, and the sponsors,
SONAIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWS ITEMS JFJNTERESf
The girls’-basket ball team of
Bonaire high school entered the
tournament of the northern di
vision of the third district in
Cordele February 27 to March 3.
! They were victorious in their
first three games winning against
Byromville 42-10, Ashburn 32-23
and Rebecca 20-14, but they were
eliminated in the finals by the
Byron sextet.
Bonaire girls won a trophy as
second place in the tournament.
This is the only time in the his
tory of the school that the girls
have ever won a tournament
game.
Martha Honea, of Bonaire, was
ma de captain of the all-star
tournament team, and Margaret
i Johnson was also a member of
[the first six.
I Miss Carolyn Howard, Wells
ton, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. B. W. Bozeman.
Mr. James Stubbs visited Mr.
Clint Watson, Macon, during the
weekend.
Miss Abbie Gillespie, Abbe
ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Ta[ton, Kathleen, during the
weekend.
Mrs. Gordon Wilcoxin and Mrs.
Jim Scarborough, Wellston, Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Scarborough,
Macon, Mr.and Mrs. Houser Mar
shall, Macon, Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Tabor, Byron, and Mrs. J. B
Hunt, Kathleen, were spend-the
jday guests of Mr, and Mrs. J.W.
1 Perdue Sunday.
I Miss Ada Anthony attended
| the wedding of her brother, Mr.
Thomas E. Anthony, in Center
ville Saturday.
Charles Williams is spending
several days with his aunt, Mrs.
John Miller, Jr.
Miss Vivola Smith was the
;guestof Misses Lillian Kirtland
and Lucile Goss Sunday at the
home of Mrs. W. H. Talton.
Mr. T. S. Hunt, Miss Susie
Watson and Mrs. W. B. Wills'
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
J. F. Hunt.
Miss Annie Lou Mize motored
to Ashland, Ga. Friday where
she visited homefolks for Hie
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Argo, At-1
lanta, spent last weekend with I
Mrs. Argo’s parents, Mr. and |
Mrs. S. H. Sasser.
Miss Elizabeth Chandler spent
the weekend at her home in Mil j
ledgeville,
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U. D. C. MELTING
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“Charleston” was the topic of'
discussion at the "March meeting j
of the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan |
chapter of the U. D. C. held
Tuesday afternoon at the home;
of Mrs. G. E. Jordan.
Mrs. H. P. Dobbins introduced i
i the program with the “History!
of Charleston.” Mrs, Jordan!
talked on “Magnolia and Middle-j
ton Gardens” and Miss Norine!
Swanson told of “Interesting,
J Building in Charleston.”
Mrs. E. W. Traylor, the presi-!
(dent, was in charge of the busi
1 ness session.
The hostess was assisted by
I her mother, Mrs. G. S. Riley, in
serving a salad course at the
(close.
ESTABLISHED 1870
HOUSTON SCHOOLS
I MAY HAVE TO CLOSE
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The schools 0/ Houston county
i will have to close by April 1 un
| less money to pay the teachers is
provided by the state. Georgia
has given only three and one
half months of the seven months’
support the state promised the
schools.
Houston county teachers voted
at a meeting last Friday to con
tinue teaching until the general
assembly adjourned whether
funds for their payment were
provided or not. Some method
of financing the schools will
probably be found by the legis
lators within the next few days,
it is thought.
The county teachers have been
paid with district school funds,in
lieu of state aid, up to Feb. 24
except Henderson and Hayne
ville teachers who were paid to
1 Feb. 15, and Bonaire teachers
who are due Jan. and Feb. sal
aries.
There is no district money
available right now for the pay
ment of teachers, according to
S. W. Hickson, county school su
perintendent.
Houston county is paying a
, larger proportion of local funds
per pupil than the county is re
ceiving from the state, as com
pared with counties of the same
population, Mr. Hickson says. He
will attempte to change this sit
uation at an early date.
MELON GROWERS TO ELECT
MARKETING COMMITIEE
Watermelon growers in Hous
ton county will meet Saturday,
March 11, to select a delegate
who will represent this county at
a district meeting which will be
held at Dublin at 10:00 a, m.
(EST) Wednesday, March 15, for
the purpose of electing producer
members for the Watermelon
Control Board for the 1939 sea
son.
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks said the meeting in Hous
ton county will be held at Court
House beginning at 10 o’clock.
Similar meetings will be held
in every commercial watermelon
growing county in Georgia, Di
rector Walter S. Brown of the
Agricultural Extension Service,
has informed the county agent.
At each county meeting the
growers present will elect a del
egate and an alternate to attend
the district meeting for the pur
pose of voting on grower-mem
bers for the Control Committee.
Each county delegate will have
as many votes at the district
. meeting as the number of grow
ers voting at the county meet
ing, The term of office of the
present Control Board will expire
the first Monday in April, The
new Board must be selected by
the middle of March.
The delegate at each of the
district meetings—Tifton for the
j lower south Georgia district, and
1 Dublin for the upper south Geor
gia district—will select at least
four watermelon growers whose
principal business in 1938 was
other than shipping melons. From
these four the Secretary of Ag
j riculture will name one as a
j member of the Control Commit
! tee and one alternate to repre
sent the growers in each of the
I Georgia districts,
j Georgia will have five mem-
I bers on the Control Committee
of twelve. The two members se-
I lected from these named at the
j above meetings; two selected by
[ the shippers, and one selected by
> the Sowego Melon Producers’
I Association, will make up the
1 membership representing Geor
gia.
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BAPTIST CHURCH
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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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.
Who’s Crazy Now? You’ll find
'out March 17,
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