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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIII. No. 12. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870 adjusted RATE FOR I AAA COTTON 1.6 C 18. i — | The price adjustment payment rate on cotton this year has been fixed at 1.6 cents per lb. The price adjustment payment rate on wheat will be 11 cents which fall with'n ranges previously announced, were established by the Secre tary of Agriculture in accordance with provisions of the Price Ad justment Act of 1938. In each case the rate applies to the nor mal yield of the farm acreage al lotment established for the crop under the 1939 Agricultural Con , I station program of the AAA, i provided the allotment is not' overplanted. ... | For example, on a farm with a j cotton allotment of 20 acres and j a normal yield of 200 pounds of | lint cotton per acre, the price j adjustment payment would ap-j ply to 20 by 200 pounds, or 4,000 pounds. At the rate of 1.6 cents per pound, this would give the farm a cotton price adjustment payment of $64. The price ad justment payments on wheat are j computed in the same way. The price adjustment pay-' ments, which are also known as “parity” or “subsidy” pay ments, are in addition - to and separate from the regular con servation payments under the Agricultural Conservation pro pram. The regular conservation payment on cotton will be com puted at the rate of 2 cents per pound on the normal yield of the cotton acreage allotment of a farm, provided the allotment is not knowingly overplanted. If the allotment is knowingly over planted, no conservation pay ments of any kind will be made on that farm. The conservation payments plus price adjustment payments will give total pay ments to cooperators on the nor mal yields of their 1939 allot ments, as follows: Cotton, 3.6 cents per pound; wheat, 28 cents per bushel. GARDEN CLUB ELECTS MRS. G.C.NUNN LEADER Mrs. G. C. Nunn was elected president of the Perry Garden club at the March meeting held Friday afternoon at the Ameri can Legion home. She succeeds Mrs. G. E. Jordan who served in this office three years. Other of ficers selected are; Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, vice-president: Mrs. Wordna Gray, treasurer; Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield, recording secretary; Mrs. L. H. Gilbert, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. W, C. Talton, reporter. Mrs. Nunn, retiring vice-pres ident, presided. Mrs. Jordan was named chair man of the spring flower show, t was decided to continue month ly meetings through June. Other items, of special interest, were annual reports and plans for a Pilgrimage to Macon gardens at an early date. Mrs. M. G. Edwards spoke on Aristocrats of the Flower World—lris,” Mrs. E. P. Staples gave an illustrated talk on! Lfdnnting F 1 o w e r Pictures.” I lamellia Reminders” was the! tppm of a talk by Mrs. W. B. | r van s* Mrs. R. E, Brown dis-j [month * ar d en Hints” for the | lea was served at the close of L, by the hostesses who L ere , : Mi ss Martha Cooper and I kvu ai ?-n dames Duggan, N. j Evans, and Pas-| I KIWANIS CLUB MEETS Lnpof Val] ey Club was the' |, est of the Perry Kiwanis Club | I'f m Uncheon meeting, j d- Avera, president of I | 9 . ’^ ltin g club was the princi- j His talk included a > |L P on Ladies” as well as ref- I pT es toKiwanian ideals. * on Hatcher introduced Mr. lnmJl. and Ashb - V McCord made f Hporoua remarks. Ivt-ro l nty Fort Valley members r ef e present. Lnc/q’n!! nf T rs - dohn Williamson plaript t’ o°^ n Thomas, went to u Un ,^ ay where they at-' |Jrs w?n blrthda y celebration of Sirs' t ‘Hyson’s grandmother, f ‘ Brooks. i LEGION ENTERTAINED 1 ON 20th ANNIVERSARY | I : The Auxiliary to the Robert D. ; Collins post of the American Le gion entertained the members of this post at a banquet last Thurs day evening at the Legion Home in celebration of the 20th anni versary of the American Legion, i Dr. Lee Evans, Tifton, the first commander, was master of ceremonies. In a clever manner, he told the highlights of the first years of the post, presented the past commanders and charter members attending. Mrs, J. B. Calhoun, unit president, intro duced Dr. Evans and made the address of welcome. Present Commander C. C. Pierce gave i the response. I The past presidents and char i ter members of the Auxiliary I were introduced by Mrs. A. P. j Whipple. j Mr. G. W. Rhodes talked on I the “American Legion and Its | Achievements;” Mr. S. A. Nunn 'on the “Robert D. Collins Post No. 24 and Its Achievements:” and Mrs. Whipple on “Robert D. Collins Unit and Its Achieve ments.” Mrs. J. M. Gooden sang “In Flanders Field,” accompanied !by Miss Roselyn Paul. Mr. Gooden gave the preamble to the constitution. Mr. Pierce accepted for the Le gion the birthday cake, present ed by Mrs. Calhoun. Songs of the World War period were sung and the Pledge to the Flag given by all. Blue and gold, the Legion’s colors, were effectively carried out in the clubhouse decorations, table appointments, birthday cake, four course dinner, and fa vors. Emperor daffodils, arrang led in deep blue bowls, and tall lighted golden tapers in candle labra were used in decorating. The favors were golden Easter eggs filled with mints and mints wrapped in blue cellophane, Mrs. C. E. Andrew was chair man of the dinner committee; Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr., program chairman, and Mrs, T. C. Rog ers, chairman of the table com mittee. These committees were assisted by the president and other members of the unit. Invitations were issued to 100. BOOK CLUB MEETS Mrs. C. B. Andrew and Miss Olga Thurmond were hostesses to the Wednesday Afternoon Book club at its March meeting last week at the home of Mrs. An drew. Mrs. S. L. Norwood. Jr., pro gram chairman, presented the program. The first number was a comparative study of “Deep Summer” and “Handsome Road,” novels by Gwen Bristow. “That Lonesome Road” was sung by Mrs. J. M, Gooden, who was accompanied by Miss Rose lyn Paul. Mrs. T. D. Mason,Sr. reviewed “The Yearling” by Marjorie K. Rawlings and Mrs, S. A. Nunn, “My Son, My Son” by Howard Spring. Mrs. Gooden, the president.ap nointed this committee to collect books for the Public Library: Mesdames Mason, S.W. Hickson, !L. M. Paul, Jr., C. H. Tucker, I and H, T, Gilbert. These were {named to complete the club’s I book committee; Miss Olga i Thurmond and Mesdames Paul land Mason. The hostesses were assisted by Mrs. R. E. Arline in serving a delicious salad course during the [social hour. FAMILIES HELPED 1 Announcement made today by |J. Paul Wilkes, district commod i ity supervisor whose headquart iers are at Macon, shows that last [month in Houston County 310 needy families with 1,072 indi viduals, received surplus com | modifies having a total value of '5812.75. Joan Thornton of Wellston is making her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Howard. 1 Mrs. J. M. Satterfield and sons. Harris and Bobby, arrived Tues day from Rockmont to spend the remainder of the week with Mr. Satterfield and with Mrs. Satter field’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. iG. W. Lee. PERMANENT SOLUTION NEEDED (Editorial) 1 Without passing an appropriation bill for the next two fiscal years or any revenue measure to meet the existent crisis in the schools, in the department of Public Welfare, and in other vital state agencies, the General Assembly concluded Saturday its regular 1939 session. In spite of this fact, the session was an important one. Sometimes things have to reach a crisis for citizens to become vitally interested in gov ernmental matters. So the session will prove of untold good if its failures bring about needed changes in our tax system and economy in government administration. Financial difficulties are nothing new for the state of Georgia but are, in fact, perpetual. Many plans have been tried in the past for the sake of expediency without bringing desired results. The condition is not to be remedied by temporary measures. A complete revision of our tax system is needed. The present system is inadequate to raise the required revenue. Since the state has enlarged its services to its citizens, the revenue need has increased considerably. The majority of the voters of Georgia asked for these services and have en dorsed twice at the polls the program of the present state ad ministration. There is only one way to pay lor these services and that is through taxation. Let’s forget politics and look at the situation in a dispassionate manner. There would exist a deficit in the state’s finances regard less of who was in the governor’s chair. The number of em ployees on the state payroll did not bring about this deficit. It has been estimated that less than one-half million dollars could be saved if every employee not necessary under our pres ent set-up should be discharged, and the state’s deficit is eight million dollars. There is more fault to be found with the system than with the administration of our state govern ment though economy may be needed there. In our opinion, three things are essential: (1) to elimi minate waste from government; (2) to determine actual needs; (3) to revise the entire tax structure. By waste, we mean wasted effort, wasted time, and duplication of duties from one agency to another. To determine the needs, a non partisian committee advised by one or more fiscal experts should be appointed. In the revision of the tax structure, we favor (1) the abandonment of the allocation system and the placing of all funds in the general treasury for distribution ac cording to needs; (2) the discarding of all ad valorem taxes to be replaced by a well-devised 2 per cent retail sales tax. An effort to remedy the present situation in Georgia should be undertaken as soon as the time seems propitious. It is up to the General Assembly to do something about Geor gia’s inadequate fiscal system. For the good of the state now and with consideration for its future welfare, the members of the General Assembly should put aside personal and political ambitions and convene in an extra session to seriously study the state’s affairs and to enact necessary measures. The people of Georgia are tired of politics. They want something permanent done to make our fiscal system meet the needs of increased governmental services such as support of the schools, eleemosynary institutions, the penal system, and the welfare department. PERRY HIGH ACTItfITIES I ADDITIONAL PERSONALS Saturday the scouts met at the Mr. Harrell Wimberly, of At agriculture building, loaded down lanta, spent the week-end with with food and full of good spirits, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. ready to set out on a brisk after- Wimberly, at their home near noon hike. The scout leader, Haynesville. Miss Du Free, and the troop were Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Floyd delighted to have with them one (the former Miss Ruby Holland of the best scouts, Miss Evelyn p eri -y) Miss Mildred Taylor and Hunt. After drinks down town, Mr. Graves, all of Cochran, visit the gay party headed toward ited Mr . and M rs. P. H. Holland their destination, ‘Paradise, a Sunday cabin owned by Bob Massee and Mr Mrs phe|an Andrews '■ A. Boswell which they built v j s j ted y r- and M rs> John An above the b a nks of the >ig - drews j n Montezuma, last Thurs dian Creek a few years ago, d After exploring the neighbor- 1 n hood the troop feasted. When Ml f ses Molly Lau Casson and the food and left-overs were dis- Carolyn Braswell accompanied posed of, a trail was blazed to- by friends, motored to Patterson ward civilization and home. How- Sunday for a dinner given in ever on the way back plans were honor of Miss Mary Love Lewis made for another delightful hike. aad M ' s ?, Margie Brewer who Catherine Hickson. leave Fr,da y for S. G. 1. C. „ * ~ i, M Miss Opal Hughes spent the Basketball News weekend in Cairo, Ga„ and Spring practice is still in pro- Carabel, Fla. gress. The first scrimmage of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tucker the practice was held Monday, spent Sunday in Fairfax, Ala., The graduating Panthers were wit h Mrs. C. L. Tucker, handed a lacing by their younger Mr. Joe Mitchell, who travels brothers by the score of 44 to 28. Qut 0 j Birmingham, Ala., spent Ihe next year s team put on a t^e wee i c . e nd here with his fam nice exhibition of long shots, for ■, the smaller boys were unable to y ' , „ . penetrate the defense of the Mr. Lawrence Mosteller spent larger boys. On offense Tolle- several days last week visiting son, Boswell and Tabor looked P oints in * londa. best. Holtzclaw played a jam up Mr. Eugene Marshall, student game on defense and was a ball of A. B, C., Tifton, spent the hawk in retrieving the ball off spring holidays at home, the back boards. Cawthon John- Billy Watts, Talbotton, will son, Clark and William Hunt spend from Thursday to Sunday played nice ball, but will do with Mr, and Mrs. J. L. Hodges, much better as they gain exper- Mr> an d Mrs. E. B. Wolfe and ience. Mr. Elmer Wolfe have moved to The Ninth grade girls won the their new home near Perry, basketball championship for the 0 a e I high school and there was much Mesdames T. C. Rogers, A. S. interest shown in the girls’ tour- Gossett, and J. L. Hodges and 1 lament Lieut. Col. C. P. Munday are Much interest is being shown spending today (Thursday) at jin diamond ball at the present. Waim Springs. Carl Clark, Manager. Mr. Jesse Thornton, of Wells- Hizh School Patrol ton, is critically ill in the Macon flign acnooi racrot hospital. Friends regret his con- The high school patrol at its t inued illness, i weekly meeting discussed some ~ , •!new aims for the patrol to un- Mrs. Coleman Strother and ' dertake. The patrol has been daughter, Marcie, are spending very active in loading and un- d f u yS m Savannah with i loading of the students, and in Mr. Strother. ,} helping the younger students ! across the highway, when they o ds. The patrol is a very active j have to cross the road to get to organization and a very popular . their homes. The patrol has done one at Perry high school. Prof. ] a nice job in directing traffic in Cohen Walker is faculty adviser, i the hall and with the play peri-[ John Hurst, Captain. MISS MARY TALTON OF ( BONAIRE PASSES AWAY j Miss Mary Talton died at her 1 residence at Bonaire at 8:30 a. m. Saturday, after having suffered a heart attack Friday afternoon. She had been in declining health for several weeks. Miss Talton was born at Bon aire, Dec. 24, 1865, and had lived there all her life. She was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are two brothers, H. E. Talton, Kathleen, and W. H. Talton, Bonaire; several nieces and nephews, including Henry Cullen Talton and Mrs. R. P. Walker, of Bonaire. Out-of-town relatives attend ing the funeral included these nieces and nephews: Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gillespie, Abbeville; Mr. and Mrs, John Launius,Ash burn; Mr. and Mrs. W. C.Talton, Perry; Mr. and Mrs. Redding Talton and sons, and Mrs. Mitt Culler Bryan, Kathleen. Her cousins, Miss Minnie Rice of Ma con, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hodges of Perry, were present. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at Bonaire at 3p. m. Sunday. The Rev. W. J. Erwin, pastor, officiated and burial was in Bonaire cemetery. Tribute was paid to her beau tiful Christian character by Rev. Mr. Erwin. Hymns were sung by Miss Willie Ryals, Miss Mar garet Powell, W. K. Whipple, and J. 0. Coleman, of Per*y, with Miss Lucile Goss as pianist. Pallbearers were A. R. Talton, W. C. Talton. H. C. Talton, R.P. Walker, C. W. Gillespie and J.R. Launius. The funeral was largely attend ed by friends from Wellston, Bonaire, Kathleen, Perry, and Macon. BONAIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS HEMS OF INTEREST Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blood worth, Marshallville, spent Sun day with Mr, and Mrs. L. L. Carter, Kathleen. Messrs. Angus Woodard,Thom as Sisson and Cullen Talton, stu dents of A. B. C., are spending the spring holidays at their homes in Kathleen and Bonaire. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mitchell, Cochran, visited Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Edwards, Sunday. Miss Ruby Cunningham, who has been spending some time with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Watson, returned to her home in Lincolnton, Saturday. Misses Grace and Camilla Sasser and Margaret Perdue, G. IS, C. W., Milledgeville, are spending the spring holidays at their homes in Bonaire. Miss Evelyn Wheelus, Kath leen, visited Miss Murl Wheelus ! in Macon, Saturday, i Mrs. Margaret Taylor, Tilton, i is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. W. H. Talton and ,'Mr. Talton. j Miss Nell Collins, Macon, spent the week-end with her sisters, Misses Madge and Rose Collins. Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Miller Jr. and Mr, C. L. Williams attended the wedding of Dr. Joe Williams 5 in Augusta last Wednesday. : Mrs, Tom Parker of Abbeville ■ and Mesdames G. E. Perdue Sr and G. E. Perdue Jr. compli : mented Miss Nettie Perdue with : a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. G. E. Perdue Sr., L Friday afternoon. Contests were ; enjoyed after which a salad coarse was served. The hostesses j were assisted in serving by Mrs. , J. K. Renfroe and Mrs. Edna Rogers. j Miss Lee Dunklin and Miss Minnie Rice of -Macon spent Sat } urday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Talton at Kathleen. . They came to attend the funera I of Miss Mary Talton on Sunday MISS BONNER DIES , | Funeral services for Miss Mary . j Bonner, who died in Milledge- I ville Saturday afternoon, were i held at the graveside in Perry at 1 4:30 p. m. Sunday. The Rev. ’| Paul Muse officiated. 1 ' Miss Bonner was born at Xenia, | Ohio, and had made her home in ■ Georgia for many years. She 3 had been a teacher of children at r I the state sanitarium for 20 years. . She was a member of the Meth .l odist church. | Pallbearers were H. T. Gilbert, 'GENERAL ASSEMBLY ! PASSES MINOR ACTS 1 ATLANTA, Ga.--Although shy on major legislation, the 1939 Georgia general assembly turned out a sizeable grist of secondary statutes. Virtually the only major mea sure adopted was that creating the state hospital authority, a three-man agency to direct con struction of a new state hospital for the insane at Milledgeville. Vested with authority to han dle the expansion project to cost more than $4,000,000 in RFC PWA-WPA cash, the board is composed of Chairman W. H. Freeman of Macon, Sheriff Sid Howell of Blakely and Ivan Al len, Jr , of Atlanta. Former Attorney-General M,J. Yeomans was selected as attor ney-director by the authority. He resigned as law department chief, to be succeeded by Ellis G. Ar nall of Newnan. One abolition passed by both houses would eliminate the post roads division of the state high way department and consolidate its function in the department. This act was vetoed by Gov. Rivers. Another measure affecting the highway department, providing for a total bond issue of approxi mately $8,000,000 in the next three years with which to match federal funds and increase state aid work, passed both branches and was signed by Gov. Rivers. Both houses also adopted a measure to give motor vehicle li cense plate fees to post roads work, an estimated $1,250,000 a year. The state highway patrol was granted an additional 80 men--- 120 to 200--by a bill which also hiked the cost of drivers’ license from 50 cents to $1 a year begin ning July 1. There were numerous efforts to change Georgia’s election laws but few changes actually made. The governor approved an act to make the penal laws covering general elections extend to the white primary ballotings. The assembly adopted and the governor signed a bill providing members of the Public Service Commission could be removed only by legislative impeachment. Previously, the governor was em powered to remove them. The marriage laws were amended in an effort to eliminate “child” unions. The change shifted from clerk of the superi or court to parents of the Tnarry ing parties the right to sue any ordinary violating provisions of issuing licenses. Georgia’s approximate 180 surviving Confederate veterans ■ had their pensions raised from $3O to $5O a month by a measure which also gave $5 a month to the dozen veterans living in the Confederate home here. . One new statute put on the books classifies producers of na val stores products as “farmers.” A constitutional amendment ! ratified by the people last Novem -11 ber 8 was put into effect by en > actment of a bill to allow coun ties.to levy a tax for medical as ; sistance and hospitalization of the indigent sick. Homestead and personalty ex > emptions also remained untouch ed as to amounts allowed but the ! homestead exemption was broad ened to apply to parsonages, pas toriums and manses occupied by ’ (Continued to Back Page) I LIBRARY NOTES »j A community measures the h value of its public library by the . (service it extends. The Perry ] Public Library is equipping a reading room as a further con- I venience for its patrons. A good | selection of magazines are on the I shelves and reference books are i gradually being added. I I Interested citizens are daily -Idonating fine books. Included ijin the non-fiction are: tj Life of Thomas Edison—Lea .|cock. | Life of Chas. Dickens—Miller. , i Natives Return- -Adamic. i[ R. F, D.-- Smart. i Mrs. J. L. Beavers, t Librarian. - W. B. Sims, T. C. Rogers, M. G. Edwards, G. C. Nunn, and S. L. , Norwood.