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' making addl
- B ,nd c extensions, alterations, or
‘Movements, In Us Water Works
Sm, and acquiring the neces-
S property therefor; and (b)
f Roving repairing, purchasing.
, / and constructing Incin-
S„,“ or cremnlorle. for the <U
erß_, of garbage, refuse and waste
f its Sanitary Department, and
)y ,dring the necessary property
ffefor either or both, may. from
Re to time issue Interest bear
revenue certificates to be paid
RTplv out of the revenues derived
RTm Water or Sanitary service
Rnrces respectively, and to pro
vide for the payment of said rev
"Re certificates by setting aside
in special funds to be known as
nviter Works Department Reve-
Fun d’ and ‘Sanitary Depart
" Revenue Fund.’ a sufficient
sum not to exceed ten (10%) per
rpntuin of the annual charges, fees
«nd taxes received from the water
«nd sanitary service charges re
spectively, to retire the certifi
cates Said percentages shall be
Msed upon the total annual re
reints from each of said services
for the year previous to the issue.”
AN ACT—No. 366
To amend Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph 1 of the Constitution by
addins the following:
And except that the Board of Ed
ucation of Fulton County. In this
State, shall, and is hereby re
tired to, assume and pay, with
out any election, and without re
gard to any debt limitation, and
as its own obligation, the school
bonds of the City of East Point,
outstanding on the date this
amendment is ratified; and the
principal and interest, according
to the provisions of such bonds and
their interest coupons, of Mayor
and Council of the City of College
park, outstanding on the date this
amendment is ratified, said College
park School Bonds being of date
March 1, 1926, aggregating Sixty
five Thousand Dollars principal,
and bearing interest from their
date at five per centum. The tax
levying authorities of Fulton Coun
ty shall levy upon the property sub
ject to taxation in the territory of
aaid county outside the corpor
ate limits of the City of Atlanta,
such tax as may be necessary to
provide a sinking fund for the re
tirement of said bonds and for pay
ing the principal thereof and the
interest thereon.”
AN ACT—No. 340
To amend Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph 1 of the Constitution to
add the following:
“And except that the Town of
Bowdon in Carroll County, Geor
gia, for its present or future bond
ed indebtedness may issue serial
refunding bonds not In excess of
the legally authorized outstanding
unpaid bonded Indebtedness, which
Includes principal and interest, for
the purpose of refunding and re
tiring any bonded indebtedness for
said Town of Bowdon municipal
ity and provide for the assessment
and collection of an annual tax
sufficient in amount to pay the
principal and interest of said- re
funding bonds as they shall fall
due; the proceeds of such refund
ing bonds that may be Issued as
herein provided to be used exclu
sively for the purpose of paying
and retiring said bonded Indebted
ness that is due, or that may be
come due, and unpaid on any fu
ture bonded indebtedness and pro
vided further that said refunding
bonds shall be issued only when
authorized by a vote of the gov
erning body of the Town of Bow
don and then shall be validated as
is provided by law.”
******
NOW, THEREFORE, I, E. D.
Kivers, Governor of said State, do
issue this my proclamation hereby
declaring that the proposed fore
going Amendments to the Constitu
tion are submitted, for ratification
er rejection, to the voters of the
State qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly at
the General Election to be held on
Tuesday, June 6, 1939.
E. D. RIVERS,
Governor.
Ey the Governor;
JOHN R. WILSON,
Secretary of State,
HOUSTON HOI JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
KUBY C. HODGES, Editor.
Uncial Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry.
Subscription, $1.50 per year,
-ntered at the Post Office in
err y, Ga., as Mail Matter of
- _Second Class.
GoorpiRij INAR CITATION
- or gia, Houston County.
nf n’ Gilbert, Administrator
i u tat ? of John R - Neil.de
tn -ru ~v ing applied for leave
- R re al estate and per
p„.‘, Property belonging to said
w.R, x ’ nis is to notify all per
if fl ß C T erned ’ to show cause,
tinn ( an, why his applica-
n - ot granted at the
Mnnri ° .Ordinary on the First
Th‘ ay M lnJunene xt.
1 his May 1, 1939.
JOHN L. HODGES,
Geor gia, Houston County.
St t) j
for nr,'. h> orom having applied
hti-M manen t letters of admin-
G R,‘ 0n on the estate of Mrs.D,
hotifv n’ deceas ed; this is to
■show. Persons concerned to
hj s ar 'J'| Se ’ if a ny they can,why
grantiJFl loo s hould not be
on the« at f w 6 Court of Ordinary
Tri - or “day in June,next.
tmsMay 5, 1939.
f-.. JOHN L. HODGES,
Ordinary.
PERSONAL MENTION I
Mr. and Mrs. James King and 1
son, James V, Coatsville, Pa,
visited their aunt, Mrs. Mattie
K. Smith, on her farm near Per
ry, Tuesday, May 23.
Mrs. H. T. Beall spent last
week in Ocilla with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Hubert Tucker, and
family. While there she attend
ed the graduation of her grand
daughter, Miss Dorothy Tucker,
from high school.
Miss Jean Houser, Columbia,
S. C., was with her parents, Mr. ,
and Mrs. Sam Houser, from Sat
urday until Tuesday,
Mrs. S. L. L. Norwood, Jr.,
and son spent the weekend in
Forsyth with relatives. Mr. Nor
wood spent Sunday there.
Mrs. H. P. Houser spent sev
eral days last week in Fort Val
ley with her sister, Mrs. W. B.
Norton.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Anderson
and little daughters, Angela and
Laura Killen, Atlanta, were with
his mother, Mrs. A. M. Ander
son, from Monday through
Thursday last week.
Mrs. Felix Jewett, Clinton,Ga.,
and Mrs. Dennis Greene, Gray,
Ga., were guests of Mrs, A. M.
Anderson last Thursday.
Mrs. S. T. Borom and son,
Robert, Macon, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Roberts from
Tuesday through Friday last
week.
Miss Eva Borom and Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Roberts spent Sun
day in Thomaston with Mr. and
Mrs. Paul McLarity.
Mrs. Lamar Mullis and daughA
ter, Marlene, Gadsden, Ala.,
spent the weekend with Dr. and
Mrs. C. F. Cooper.
Among those attending the
funeral of Mr. W, B. Norton in
Fort Valley Saturday morning
were: Mrs. H. P', Houser, Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Houser, Misses
Louise and Leonora Houser, Mrs.
G, C. Nunn, Mrs. E. I. Holmes,
Miss Margaret Holmes, Mrs. A.
S. Gossett, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert,
Mrs. C. B Andrew, Mrs. Claud
Andrew, and Mrs. W.C. Jones.
Miss Dorothy Jones who teach
es at Fitzgerald, Ga., is at home
for the summer vacation,
Mrs. W. T. Williams returned
to her home in Sycamore Wed
nesday after a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. E. F. Barfield,
and Mr. Barfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beddingfield
and daughter, Joye, visited his
brother, Mr. Edgar Beddingfield,
in a Dublin hospital Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Colvard, Ma
con. spent Sunday here with his
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parker and
daughter, Shirley, and Mr, and
Mrs, Henry B. Sutton, Abbe
ville, spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Per
due, at Bonaire.
Mrs. F. W. Farmer, Mrs. C.B.
Jones, Mrs. Cubbedge Snow, Ma
con, spent Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs, L. F. Cater.
Betty Gooden and Joyce Tolle
son have been named two of the
ten pages to serve at the conven
tion of the Georgia department,
American Legion, to be held m
Atlanta June 20, 21, & 22. This
is quite an honor for these two
young girls as well as one for the
Robert D. Collins Post and its
Auxiliary. Betty is the daugh
ter of Legionnaire Jim Gooden
and Joyce’s father is Legion
naire Meade Tolleson.
Cater Snow, Macon, spent
Tuesday with Sandra Davis in
the home of Sandra’s grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Jordan.^
r Perry friends will be interest
ed to learn that Joe Gilbeit, Jr.
graduated last Thursday night
from the Junior High school of
1 Jacksonville, Fla. On this occa
sion Joe was presented the D. A
, R. Good Citizenship medal and
the U. D. C. History medal, i his
young man is the grandson 0
’ Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Gilbert of
• Perry and visits here every sum
! mer.
; The Idle Hour club was enter-
I tained Tuesday p. m., May 23,by
’ Mrs. Edward Mason at her
i home.
. Mrs. L. R. Eden went to At
: lanta Wednesday to visit rela
tives several days.
Mrs. D. M. Ryle and son, Dal
’lias returned Wednesday from
' i Marietta where they spent the
II months of April and May with
1 her mother, Mrs. Annie Watson.
' Mrs. Watson came to Perry with
( : her daughter to visit for several
( weeks.
Mr. Marion Brown spent Mon
-1 day and Tuesday at his home
• here. Mr. Brown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Brown., will
graduate from Emory University
■ Law School next Monday.
[BOOK CLUB'S BARDEN PARTY
HELD AT MRU E.JORDAN’S
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book club held its annual garden
party last Thursday afternoon in
the attractive garden of Mrs.
George Jordan.
Receiving at the entrance to
the garden was Mrs. L R. Eden.,
Receiving with Mrs Jordan were i
the club officers: Mrs. A. P.)
Whipple, president; Mrs. J. M.l
Gooden, vice-president: Mrs. W. 1
T. Middlebrooks, secty. and
treas ; Mrs. T. D. Mason, Sr., I
historian; Miss Louise Rainey,'
librarian. 1
Serving punch were Miss’
Elizabeth Buff and Miss Mary
Lee Greene.
Serving sandwiches were Mrs.
H. T. Gilbert and Miss Louise
Rainey who were co-hostesses
with Mrs. Jordan and Miss
Greene on this occasion.
Mrs. G. S. Riley and Mrs. L,
C. Davis assisted in serving the
ice course. The ices were serv
ed in colored tinsel wrapped cups
with pastel shaded flowers plac
ed in the center of each, giving
the effect of a flower pot with a
growing blossom. The cakes and
sandwiches were also in pastel
shades.
The refreshment table was
flanked with stands of pink and
blue larkspur and the punch ta
ble held dainty nosegays of flow
ers in pastel shades.
Sixty guests called between
six and seven o’clock.
Miss Eleanor Muse, junior of
college, is at home
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Paul Muse, for the summer.
Mrs. E. K. Brazelton, Wash
ington, D. C., arrived Wednes
day for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. H. P. Houser.
Those from Houston county at
tending the meeting of the Ru
ral Mail Carriers’ association of
the third district in Americus
Tuesday were; Messrs T. C.
Rogers, F. M. Culler, J. B.Hunt,
and Lawrence Mosteller, Mr.and
Mrs. Hollis Kezar, Mrs. E. 1.
Holmes, Miss Margaret Holmes,
and Mr. J. H, Clarke.
Mrs. Eliza C. Massee and her
son, Mr. Billy Massee, spent
Wednesday last week in Atlanta.
HaoMt—
ELECTRIC RATES GO DOWN!
Popular “FREE ELECTRICITY ” Plan Boosts Savings
IMMEDIATELY effective, beginning with meter comes to you at llie LOWEST rate in all our history,
readings of June 1, your residential electric rates Tho “f rC( . electricity” plan was unheard-of in Georgia
take another drop —to the lowest point in all this before 1934. When people learned how it actually
Company’s history. worked, this inore-for-your-money plan started the big*
_ . , . . . gest rush toward home improvement and modernization
Already Georgia is known rom coast to coast or its our B i a i c has ever known. Literally thousands of homes,
cheap electricity. The Georgia homes we serve now huy where back-breaking drudgery was the rule five years
their electricity at an aveiagc price o . tents a .10 ago, now have electric refrigerators, electric ranges,
watt hour, 30 per cent lower than the national average. waler , ieaterg< water pumpB? vacU(im deaners, washing
As a result, they arc able to enjoy many electrical com- machines, better lighting for young eyes and old. Other
forts and conveniences which the average American thousands now have electric service who couldn’t afford
lyntsehold cannot afford. jt al a jj p lve y earB a^o j n these five years, the number
ivT/'vtvr n/VAI rur ADTTJ? of homes we serve lias increased from 114,000 to 170,000.
JNUW EV En CUE At Ely. The number of rural homes we serve has more than
ELECTRICITY HAS ARRIVED ! doubled. The average price per kilowatt hour in the
It will pay you to find out how 1939’s extra-low rate homeB on <> ur lines has dropped from 5.16 cents to 2.9
makes possible the electrical modernization of YOUR cents-a decrease of 43 per cent. Ihe average home we
home. It is the same type of rale you have had for five B ? rvc over 70 P cr sent5 ent ele f l
years-only BETTER because it is LOWER —so very 11 an . n ' hd fivc y ear , s and pays LESS today for
much lower than the old one that it offers potential lhe ,ar f r amoUilt than y eare ago for the
savings of $520,000 a year to our residential customers. srna (;r '
In a nutshell, the new rale does these two things: Brighter, pleasanter homes by the thousands, all over
(1) It offers you actual “FREE ELECTRICITY,” a Georgia, arc the tangible proofs of what the old rate
certain number of kilowJ.lt hours which you may use accomplished. But now EVEN CHEAPER electricity
in addition to your established normal use without in- has arrived! “Free Electricity” is again available to our
creasing your bill one penny; and then (2) when your customers for the using. Now no family need deny itself
“free electricity” is used up, any additional electricity the electrical improvements it so long has wished for,
you may want for a new electric refrigerator, range. Find out how the new rate will benefit you. Begin using
washing machine or some other home improvement your “Free Electricity ” TODAY!
“But,” You Ask, “How Does the New Rate Help ME?”
Say, for example, your family has been Those are just samples, based on averages. ply all of the current you need to run them,
paying (under the old rate) from £2.50 to In your own rase, the cost might vary a lit- Hut you don’t have to huy new appliances
$2.75 a month —for lights, iron, toaster, per- tie, up or down. Hut, in all eases, electricity in order to get this benefit. You can have
colator, fan and maybe other small appli- is now so cheap, its cost can he measured in more lighting, or put into use appliances
anccs. Now under the new rate you can pennies-a-day. that have been laid on the shelf, or merely
add the electric refrigerator you’ve wanted, , . enjoy the peace of mind of not quarreling
and the additional electricity to run it will “f rec Electricity ’ with the children about “Turn off the light.”
<o.-t only about 2/< hi. ls a day. Means IE hat It Says For example The smallest “package” of
. lit. , . i Under the new rate, you ran make some ,V* * Electricity wc are offering is two
Maybe you already have, an electrical re- increoge in your we tt f electricity, without kilowatt hours, and that is enough electricity
fngerator hut the hot weather has made you i nrreag i n g your electric bill at all. In many *° rlln a Kood-sized electric fan for forty
vearn for the coolness o <k rw too < rj. instances, you can add small appliances, and hours. So, turn on the fan the cool breezes
Your monthly bill, under the old rate, has allotment of “free electricity” will sup- are on us this time!
been about $4.15 a month, for example. Now 1—
under the new rate you can add the
electric range you want for a cost for elec- —— __
tricity of about fivc cents a day and that’s T Tj T T TT II T"fr
economical cooking in anybody’s language. JLj £v \J X JtA JT WTj IV
In other cases, the current cost for electric _
rookery goes as low as three cents a day for 'R if
a good-sized family’s three square meals. Jfc rX Jk AaXvl
JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET UNIQUE
AFFAIR; OTHER PARTIES FOR SENIORS
The annual Junior-Senior ban
quet of the Perry High school
was a most unique and delight
ful affair, which was given Fri
day evening at the American 1
Legion Home. The sign, “High
Hatter Club,” displayed on a
, large black top hat under a spot
i light on the porch indicated that
a cabaret setting was within the
I banquet hall.
I The black and white “colors”
of the junior class were carried
lout in the favors, programs,
'menus, place cards, and wall and 1
'ceiling decorations. Th e pink ;
'and green colors of the seniors
were used in the floral decora-i
tions of the tables.
The favors, miniature black
silk high hats, were presented
each guest by the “cigarette
girl,” Orietta Lashley. Each of
the program, menu, and place
cards, had a tiny sketch of a
walking cane and top hat. A
figurine of a man in evening at
tire was the prop for each place
card. (
The walls had alternate draw
ings of hats and canes. Stream- j
ers of black and white crepe
paper were suspended from the
ceiling across the length of the
room in diagonal fashion.
The tables were arranged in
horse-shoe shape to provide a 1
central stage for the floor show
which included musical numbers
by Wm. Hunt, Bobby Holtzclaw, :
and Roy Mayo with Miss Evelyn 1
Hunt as accompanist; song,
Charlotte Livingstone; tap danc-1
ing, Jack Wynne and Peggy I
Ridgeway; vocal duet, Evelyn
Bernstein and Helen Gray.
Faculty imitations were given .
by Roy Mayo, George Brown, 1
Bobby Holtzclaw, Dorothy Giles, j
Louise Peed, and Pauline Jones.
Buddy Tolleson imitated Pres.
Roosevelt in a skit. I
Miss Elizabeth Stewart was
general chmn. of the banquet.
Mrs. J. A. Grubb was chmn. of
the menu.
The iruescs included the mem- 1
bers of the two classes, the fac
ulty of the school, and Mr. and I
Mrs. S. W. Hickson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Gooden, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Evans, Mr. J. 0. Cole
man, Mr. Wordna Gray, Mrs. j
Cohen Walker, and Mrs. E. P. ■
I ill II
Staples. Mrs. Walker and Mrs.
Staples assisted in the arrange
ments for the affair.
I Faculty Party
i The faculty of the Perry school t
honored the senior class with a
party Monday evening, May 22,
at the home of Supt. and Mrs.E.
P. Staples. The decorations and
refreshments featured the class
colors, pink and green. Roses,
larkspur, and gladioli were used.
A lovely ice course was served.
I Games were played and a
scavenger hunt enjoyed.
I The hosts who assisted in en
, tertaining throughout the evening
I were Supt. and Mrs. Staples,Mr.
I Cohen Walker, Mr. J. W. Wil
liams, Mrs. J. 0. Coleman, Mrs.
Wordna Gray, Misses Elizabeth
Stewart, Leila DuPree, Opal
Hughes, Louise Moore, Margaret
Powell, Louise Houser, Louise
Rainey, Willie Ryals. Allene Ry
als, Eva Borum, Elizabeth Buff,
Mary Lee Greene, Catharine
I Lawson, Evelyn Hunt, a n d
' Phoebe Harper. Miss Rainey
1 and Miss Houser served punch.
I The guests included the sen
iors and Mrs. Cohen Walker, Mr.
J. 0. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. S.
I W. Hickson, and Mr. and Mrs.
' W. B. Evans.
i Monday, May 29, the seniors
had a picnic and a swim at Hous
ton Lake with Mr. and Mrs. Co
: hen Walker as chaperones.
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| References. Miss Hortense Mc
-1 Lester, Union Dry Goods Co.,
i Macon, Ga.
j For Rent, Four room house,
lights,one mile from Perry. $8 per
month H. E. Gordon, Phone 1203. j
Found-Yale lock key and|
house key on school grounds in
Perry. Owner may get same by
| applying to Mrs. Joe Mitchell,
Perry, Ga.
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