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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXVIII. No. 32.
funeral held here
for DR.R.L.CATER, JR.
Dr. Robert Lee Cater, Jr. died j
Tuesday morning of a heart at
at his office in Greensboro,
C. He had been in ill health
for several months.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 4 p. m. at the
home of his parents, Dr. and
Mrs R. L. Cater, Sr., in Perry.
Conducting the services were
p e v J. A. Ivey, Baptist pastor;
Rev K. F. Boyd, Presbyterian
oast’or, and Rev. Paul Muse,
Methodist pastor. Burial was in
the family lot in Evergreen ceme
tery here.
Dr. Cater was 44 years of age,
having been born in Perry Jan.
7 1895. He graduated in 1915
from Emory Medical school and
served his internship in Atlanta,
Boston and New York. He had
practiced medicine half of his
lifetime. For several years he
had specialized in pediatrics in
Macon. He was recognized as
one of the leading doctors of the
state in this line and had a large
practice in middle and south
Georgia. . .
After moving to Greensboro in
1932, he specialized in the treat
ment of allergic diseases and
was most successsul.
He was a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity and Alpha Kap
pa Kappa medical fraternity. He
was a member of the Presbyte
rian church in Greensboro, N.C.
Dr. Cater possessed a brilliant
mind, a genial nature, and a!
charitable spirit. His kindness
and generosity endeared him to
many people. He had many de
voted friends.
Surviving are his wife, who
was Miss Ellen Rideout, Macon;
his parents; a daughter, Miss
Stella Duncan Cater, and a son,
Emmett Willis Cater, both of
Macon: two brothers, Dr. C. D.
Cater, Greensboro, and Tom J.
Cater, Perry; two sisters, Miss
Catherine Cater, and Mrs. Wil
liam Massee, Perry; several
nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were T. J.
Cater of Macon; Dr. C. D. Cater
of Greensboro, N. C.; T. C. Rog
ers, Thomas J. Cater, W. C.
Massee and R. C. Massee of
Perry.
Honorary pallbearers were
McKibben Lane, Walter Grace
and Dr. J. C. Anderson of Ma
con; Dr. Warren A. Coleman of
Eastman; J.V. Wallace of Mount
Vernon; John L. Hodges, T. D.
Mason, and S. A. Nunn of Per
ry, and J. P. Pate of Dublin.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives and friends attending the
funeral were: Mrs. R. L.Cater,
Jr,, Dr. C. D. Cater, and Mr.
John Peake, Greensboro, N. C.;
Miss Stella Cater, Emmett Cater,
Mrs. Louise Cater, Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Cater, Mrs. F. W. Farmer,
Macon; Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Cater, Quitman; Mrs. Rol Pate
and Mrs. J. P. Pate, Dublin;Mrs.
N. A. Jelks, Mr. Bob Brown,
and Mrs. W. N. Pate, Hawkins
ville; Mrs. C. C. Duncan, Atlan
ta; Mrs. W F. Bennett, Mrs, J.
S. Cole, Miss Irma Willis, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Grace, Dr. and
Mrs. J. C. Anderson, Macon;
Mrs. Leila Tounsley and Mr.
Douglas Tounsley, Albany; Mr,
and Mrs. Lurton Massee, Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Taylor, Mar
shallville; Mrs. R. H. Hardeman,
Mac Hardeman, Macon; Dr. W i
A- Coleman, Eastman; Vernon
>' allace, Mt, Vernon, Ga.
ELKO CHARGE NOTES
I he third quarterly conference
ill be held at Grovania Friday,
Aug. 11. Rev. Silas Johnson,
Macon Dist. Supt, will preach at j
Ha. m. and conduct the con-!
ference after lunch.
, Revival services began at An-1
drew Chaptl Sunday with finej
attendance. Mrs. G. C, Nunn;
■‘■Poke at the morning service, j
Rev, Silas Johnson preached !
bunday night and is preaching:
twice daily this week, at 11 a.m.
and 8:30 p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry Church
Sunday School-10:15 a. m.
Worship Service-11 ;30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sunday School-3:00 p. rn.
Worship Service-8:30 p. m.
Rtv. R. F. Boyd, Pastor,
|FIRST COTTON BALE
j IN HOUSTON GINNED
j The first bale of this season’s
cotton grown in Houston county
| was ginned Tuesday morning by
Etheridge’s Gin. The cotton was
grown by G. E. Blackmon of
Henderson and was graded as
medium, 1 in. staple. The bale
weighed 565 lbs. and sold for 10c
per lb.
G. C. Harrison, of Grovania,
who brought in the first cotton
bale in 1938, came in about an
hour later than Mr. Blackmon
Tuesday morning with a bale to
be ginned that weighed 560 lbs.
The Smith and Burney gin at
Klondike in Houston county had
the first bale of cotton brought
to their gin Friday but it was
cotton grown in Pulaski, it was
reported.
The first open cotton brought
to the Home Journal office was
that grown by Paschal Muse and
brought in last Thursday, Aug. 3
BAPTIST WOULD ALLIANCE
By J. A. IVEY
People, people, people every
where you turned, stepped, or
looked, there were people, and
from all parts of the world.
One of the speakers in the
early part of the program paused
to comment on the fact that it
was a rather unusual experience
and not altogether in keeping
with her wishes to be a half mile
from her audience. The thought
came to me, “Don’t bother about
that, lady, come with me and I’ll
take you where you can get too
near to your audience if the
question of numbers or lack of
numbers is bothering you.
I All of this goes to say that the
6th session of the Baptist World
Alliance was the largest religious
gathering in our country so far
as the records are able to tell.
The above fact did not pass
without leaving a profound im
pression upon those who attend
ed the meeting and beheld the
multitude that gathered there
saying to the world by the fact
of their presence, “Religion is
worthwhile.” The world is in
terested in Christ and His Gos
pel message. See for yourself,
we are here and many of us have
paid the price of great inconven
ience and effort to tell the story,
(for there were many who stood
for hours to hear and see.)
The meeting was truly great
in many ways.
It was great in its world out
reach: all but two nations of
the world being represented and
these from five continents.
It was great in the spirit
which permeated and dominated
the entire Congress, that of
brotherhood. The peoples of the
world separated by geographical,
racial and other lines of demarc
ation, seemed to entirely forget
that there were or had ever been
any differences'. These sixty _or
more thousands were one in mind
and spirit; one brotherhood
united in a common faith, hav
ing one Lord and a mutual task.
To these forces which make for
unity rather than those that
make for differences, they gave
themselves during these days.
It was great in that afforded a
glorious opportunity for soul in
spiration. From the time the
great parade began in downtown
Atlanta with its one hundred and
twenty five thousands of specta
tors and the many who made up
the parading forces, people from
all parts of the world, some in
native garb, others not march
ing to the lead of drums and
bugles resounding with heart
lifting hymns of spiritual in
tent, and singing of these (Holy,
■Holy, Holy,” “All Hail The
iPower of Jesus Name”) in fifty
j three different tongues, or to the
| tremendous sight of a half-hun
dred thousands of reborn souls;
! gathering in one place with one |
'accord, singing one great rnes-j
'gage, and on to the last session
j of the Congress which was hard
ily less attended than the first,
jour souls were lifted to the
heights of God and our hearts
j melted to tears. It was great in
I its power to inspire.
It was great in its message—a
message which might well be
summed up in one sentence.
‘‘More than twelve millions ofi
people the world over, worship
ping one Lord, having one faith,
of one Baptism, united in a mu-
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1989
i F.H. TABOR, YOUNGEST MASTER FARMER
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FLOYD H. TABOR
Floyd H. Tabor, 29-year-old
farmer of Houston county, has
two distinctions: He is the
youngest Master Farmer ever
selected in Georgia and is the
first son of a Georgia Master
Farmer to receive the same
coveted honor.
Twelve years ago, A. W. Ta
bor, of Peach county, was nam
ed as one of the Master Farmers
of Georgia. Little did Floyd, his
17-year-old son, realize at the
time that some day he would re
ceive the same honor. He did,
though, when the judges named
him as one of four Master Farm
ers in the state in 1939.
Tabor forsook h i s pre-med
course at Emory University in
1928 to assist his father. It was
spring, peaches were ripening
and competent help was needed.
Young Floyd did not return to
school. He remained on the
farm.
Then came 1932. Floyd Tabor
had reached the age of maturity
and had definitely made up his
mind to continue farming. Dur
ing the same year he struck out
on his own, and among other
things planted his first orchard.
Today there is not a happier
family in Georgia than the Floyd
Tabors. Mrs. Tabor is as much
interested in the farm as the
Master Farmer, himself. She
was Miss Sara Gilbert, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. H. Gil
bert. Her father and brothers
are successful farmers. The Ta
bors have two children, Allen W.,
6, and Sylvia, 3.
Tabor owns 350 acres of land
and rents an additional 50 acres.
Though a peach specialist, he
shows an excellent diversity of
crops for cash income. His oth
er major farm enterprises in
clude cotton, hogs, and pimento
peppers He also receives some
income from vegetables, poultry
and small grain.
Tabor has 115 acres in both old
and new peach orchards and also
has ten acres in pecan orchards.
Last year, he planted 40 acres in
tual task of saving the world for
Christ ”
There were many who chal
lenged our hearts with great
messages, but suffice to say that
the keynote of the whole session
was sounded by Dr. Geo. W.
Truett, president of the Alliance,
during the past five years and
through this session, in his mes
sage to the Congress on Sunday
afternoon, a message which I
hope every Christian heart of
the Baptist fold, and others, will
read, It is worth it a hundred
times over.
The reports of the Congress
reveal the fact that there are
more than twelve millions of
members of the Missionary Bap
tist Church the world over. A
tremendous host of soldiers bear
ing the banner of Christ, faith
fully and loyally as the case may
or may not be. Of this number
some seven millions live in the
Southland, the heart of Baptist
numbers and strength, as well as
missionary endeavor. This fact
places a tremendous responsibili
ty upon this great throng:the re
sponsibility of the majority.
Eleven millions of this great
'host are English speaking peo
ples, bringing the English speak
ling world, so far as Baptists are
| concerned, face to face with the
;solemn responsibility of taking
the Gospel of Christ to all the
world.
It was a great meeting, great
ly enjoyed by all attending. The
hearts of the Baptist people were
j lifted up, greatly encouraged and
knit together in the common task
of world evangelization for
Christ our Lord. I wish you
cotton and averaged about 300
pounds of lint to the acre. His
corn average in 1938 was 35
bushels to the acre. His wheat
yield ranges from 28 to 30 bush
els to the acre. He also averag
es 50 bushels of oats to the acre.
Tabor plants around 20 acres
of pimento peppers, which he
grows under contract. He raises
hogs for home use and also de
rives some farm income from
them. He has 50 grade Poland
China and Duroc Jerseys, in
cluding five brood sows from
which he normally gets two lit
ers each per year.
There are eight mules on the
Tabor farm, and also two grade
dairy cows. At present the fam
ily has 50 purebred Rhode Island
1 Red and Barred Rock hens,
i Tabor is a great believer in le
- games that help to enrich the
’ soil and furnish feed for his
! hogs. He plants 35 acres in Aus
‘ trian peas for winter cover
' crop. Fifteen acres are planted
in soybeans to be used for hog
■ feed and seed. Six acres are
■ planted in lespedeza for a sum
i mer pasture. Twenty-five acres
1 of velvet beans are interplanted
: to furnish additional feed for the
hogs. He plants 35 acres of cow
peas as a summer crop, and also
uses this legume in his orchards.
The Tabors live at home. In
addition to the chickens and
hogs consumed for family use,
they have a home garden and a
home orchard. Mrs. Tabor cans
the surplus vegetables and fruits.
The Tabors’ home is an ideal
1 place in which to live. The fam
ily has electricity and many mod
ern electrical appliances. The
' house is well screened, and there
is plenty of shade around the
residence.
Tabor takes a great deal of in
terest in community affairs. He
played an important part in
bringing rural electrification into
the community, and is now on
the Board of Directors of the
Houston County Rural Electrifi
cation Administration. He is
chairman of the Farm Security
Administration’s county commit
tee and is a former member of
the Triple-A community commit
tee. He is a charter member of
the United Georgia Farmers and
is also former vice-president and
president of his county chapter.
He also cooperates with County
; Agent W. T, Midnlebrooks in
putting on farm demonstrations.
Mr. Tabor served as President
of “United Georgia Farmers”
• organization of Houston County
1 in 1938 and recently has been ap
pointed as member of County
Board of Education, and is a
member Tenant Purchase Com
• mittee under the Farm Security
Administration for Houston
1 county.
‘ DR. G. B. FOOTE GETS
ARMY APPOINTMENT
i Dr. George B. Foote,dentist in
Perry for the last four years, will
leave soon for Fort Barancas,
1 Pensacola, Fla., where he will
become first lieutenant in the
r dental corps of the U. S. Army.
Dr. Foote came to Perry from
■ Atlanta. His practice will be
1 taken over by Dr. Robert Shep
-1 herd of South Pines, N. C.
Dr. Foote’s appointment came
• as result of competitive examina
; tions held in Washington last
f February.
LEGISLATURE TO MEET
r
: The Georgia General Assembly
i will be called to meet September
L lin an effort to provide funds
5 for the schools, Governor Rivers
t announced Saturday night.
. I “Most of the schools of Georgia
. j will open September 1,” he said
■ “The Legislature will meet at
■ the same time in an effort to
. Ikeep them open. I will issue the
. call as soon as I return from a
. much needed vacation.”
;|
i The general meeting of the
Baptist W, M. S. will be held at
. the church next Monday at 4
; | P. m.
1 might have had the thrilling ex
c perience of being a witness to all
f that transpired, then you would
i have known and only then.
PENN-DIXIE TEAM TO
PLAY GAME SERIES
)
* The Penn-Dixie Baseball team
} with a great winning stride won
the last half championship of
Middle Georgia League. After
losing the first two games of the
second half, they were present
ed with new uniforms by Mr.
John A. Miller, pres, of Penn-
Dixie Cement Corp., and E. P.
Newhard, supt. of the Clinch
field plant.
They have won every game
since, ending regular season with
a winning streak of twelve
games. While some scores were
close, in the twelve games, they
scored 162 runs on 198 hits for
an average of 12}4 runs and
hits per game.
Now they enter into a series
with Willingham Mills team of
Macon, first half winners, for
the championship of the Middle
Georgia League. The series will
begin at Lanier Field, Macon,
Saturday at 4p. m. Games will
be played each Saturday and
Sunday until one team wins 4
out of 7 games. A small admis
sion will be charged to defray
traveling expenses.
’" GARDEN GOSSIP
By HUBERT B. OWENS
A recent publication which will
undoubtedly prove beneficial to
garden-minded Americans is
“The Gardener’s Travel Book”
by Edward I. Farrington, It is
an illustrated volume of three
hundred ninety pages which tells
where to find the most interest
ing points of horticultural in
terests in every state in the Un
ion and in every section of every
state as well as the Canadian
provinces.
This seems to be the first at
tempt at a national guide book
on gardens, landscape parks,
garden pilgrimages, fi ow e r
shows, fruit blossom festivals
and the like. A chapter is de
voted to each state with the
towns possessing gardens, parks
or arboretums which may be vis
ited listed in alphabetical order.
Although some travelers may
desire more detailed information
concerning some states, the
book nevertheless represents a
storehouse of information. The
main body of the book is devoted
to accounts of the principal
points of interest and the notable
trees in the United States and
Canada. Th e appendix deals
with information concerning vis
iting foreign gardens; visiting
American gardens; municipal and
other public rose gardens;gardens
open to memoera ui tne Ameri
can Rose Society; gardens open
to members of the American
Rock Garden Society; a list of all
the United States National
Parks; the National Parks of
Canada; important State Parks;a
list of Arboretums and Botanical
Gardens; and a list of suggestive
I readings.
In the chapter on Georgia men
-1 tion is made of the annual Pil
grimage of the Garden Club of i
Georgia; the peach orchards in
■ central Georgia;the pecan groves
in the vicinity of Albany; the
i “tree that owns itself” in Ath
: ens; private and public gardens
in Atlanta; Augusta’s Camellia
Show; the water garden in Santo
Domingo State Park near Bruns
wick; the annual flower shows
. held in Columbus, Macon and
Thomasville; and Bonaventure
Cemetery, Victory Drive, and
Wormsloe at Savannah.
This volume would be helpful
to individuals interested in see
ing gardens and parks who are!
driving to the New York or San I
• Francisco Fairs from Georgia, j
; I also recommend its addition to
; the shelf of the Garden Club
library.
This week 1 received a booklet I
entitled “Conservation Guide”!
. which was compiled and publish
ed by the Conservation Commit-1
i i tee of the Garden Club of Ameri-1
ilea, 598 Madison Avenue, New;
| York. It includes the most com- j
1 prehensive list of source material;
I on conservation offering sugges
: tions and programs to conserva-1
, ■ tion chairmen of Garden Clubs
: which has come to my attention. |
j The subject is covered in three
■phases: Education, Planning i
Jand Preservation.
[ The meaning and scope of
1 Planning as it effects our nation
| (Continued to Page Three) j
ESTABLISHED 1870
j 4 MASTER FARMERS
I NAMED IN GEORGIA
i
Four Georgia farmers who
have made outstanding progress
with a well-balanced, live-at
home farm program, Wednesday
were designated as Master Farm
ers of 1939 in a special program
at the University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture in Athens.
They are: John H. Brannen,
of Bullock county: J. E. Con well,
of Hart county: W. Holloway
Norris, of Pike county; and
Floyd H. Tabor, of Houston
county. They join the “honor
roll" of 44 other Master Farm
ers selected in previous years.
The 29 year-old Tabor is the
youngest Master Farmer ever
selected. Ho also holds the dis
tinction of being the only son of
a Master Farmer to be so honor
ed. His father, A. W. Tabor, of
Peach county, won the award in
1927.
The four outstanding families
were chosen for their achieve
ments in farm and home living.
The movement is sponsored
jointly by The Progressive Farm
er, southern agricultural publi
cation; the Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service; and the Col
lege of Agriculture.
The 1939 Master Farmers were
introduced to the several thous
and visitors here for Farm and
Home Week by Extension Di
rector Walter S. Brown, who
called attention to their pro
gress, before presenting them
with framed certificates.
On behalf of The Progressive
Farmer, Managing Editor Alex
ander Nunn gave each Master
Farmer a plaque, emblematic of
successful farming and home
making by the entire family.
The program was presided
over by Dean Paul W. Chapman,
of the College of Agriculture.
Director Brown praised the
efforts of the Master Farmers,
pointing out that they are good
business men, as well as out
standing farmers. He said they
have taken an active part in the
civic and religious life of their
respective communities, and
the best advantage for their
children.
METHODIST US. MEETING
The Methodist Woman’s Mis
sionary Society held its August
business meeting at the church
m Monday afternoon, Aug. 7,
with the president, Mrs. L. M.
Paul, Jr., presiding.
Mrs. G. W. Hicks announced
that there would be a recreation
hour for the children of the Jun
• ior and Primary departments
held each Wednesday afternoon
at the church until school starts.
Circles will meet next Monday
afternoon at 4:30 as follows: No.
1 in the church auditorium with
Mrs. W. W. Martin, Mrs. Ogle
tree and Mrs. Colvard as host
esses; No. 2, with Mrs. Homer
Chapman; and No. 3 in Mr.
Nunn’s classroom at the church,
with Mrs. J. L. Beavers and
Mrs. S.W. Hickson as hostesses.
M. R. TUCKER PASSES
Funeral services for M. R,
Tucker, peach grower who died
at his residence, Perry, Route 1,
early Sunday after a long illness,
were held at the Thorpe Memo
rial church at 3p. m. Monday,
The Rev. H. H. Mosely, Rev. B.
A. Long and Rev. G. R. Hunt
j officiated and burial was in
1 Byron.
j Pallbearers were S. W. Hardi-
Ison, C. L. Sledge, F. E. White,
|A. A. White, E. S. Bryant, and
j W. S. Howard.
Mr. Tucker had made his home
1 near Perry for 30 years and was
iamemoerof and a deacon of
| the Thorpe Memorial church dur
■ ing that period of time.
Mr. Tucker was born in Bibb
j county, Sept. 16, 1872, the son
jof Steve Tucker and Mrs. Kath
lerine Folinder Tucker,
i Surviving are his wife, the
'former Miss Mattie Jones; two
'sons, E. F. Tucker and Grady
j Tucker of Byron, and 11 grand
children.
Friends of Mr. Sam Rogers
! will regret to learn of his illness.
