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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXVIII. No. 34.
HOUSTON TAX LEW !
SAME AS LAST YEAR
The 1939 tax digest as filed by
Tax Receiver E. W. Marshall
: hOW s the aggregate taxable val
;,p of Houston county property
,) be $2, 608, 902.00, which is $15,-
c 77 00 less than the 1938 valua
tioii of $2,624,479.00.
Upon this valuation, the coun
ty commissioners’ court has
levied the following county tax:
4 mills for road fund, 5 mills for
schools, 11 mills for other coun
ty purposes. These levies are
the same as last year.
In addition to the above 20
mills tax levy, the school dis
tricts levy the following
amounts: * Perry, 4 mills for
bonds and 5 mills supplemen
tary: Centerville, 5 mills; Bon
aire,’s mills; Hayneville, 4 mills;
Elko, 5 mills; Henderson, s mills;
Byron, 5 mills; Grovania, 5 mills.
The total county tax plus 5
mills state tax to be paid by each
district this year is as follows:
Perry, 34 mills; Centerville, 30
mills; Bonaire, 30 mills; Hayne
ville, 29 mills; Elko, 30 mills;
Henderson, 30 mills; Byron, 30
mills; Grovania, 30 mills.
METHODIST CHURCH NEWS
Rev. A. W. Quillian, Jr.,Coch
ran, will preach next Sunday at
11:30 a. m. in the absence of the
pastor.
The Workers’ Council with C.
P, Gray as chmn. will have
charge of the Vesper Service
next Sunday evening.
Church School—Sunday
10:15 a. m.
AN ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Perry
that from and after August 31,
1939, no person, firm, or corpora
tion shall sell or offer for sale,
milk or milk products in the City
of Perry, Georgia, without first
obtaining from the City Clerk a
permit from the City of Perry to
sell dairy products in the City of
Perry, Georgia. Such permit
shall be issued with the provision
that such person, firm, or cor
poration to whom such permit
shall be issued, shall comply with
the state and city laws and reg
ulations regarding the produc
tion, handling, and selling of
milk and dairy products.
Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid that such
permit shall contain a provision
that same may be revoked by the
Mayor and Council of the City
of Perry at any time for the vio
lation by the holder thereof, his
agents or employees, or failure to
comply with any state or city law
or regulation regarding the pro
duction, handling, and sale of
milk and dairy products.
Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid that any per
son, firm, or corporation selling,
or offering for sale in the City of
Perry , Georgia, any milk or
imlk products, without
hrst obtaining the permit herein
prescribed, shall be deemed guil
ty of a violation of this ordi
nance: apid any person, firm, or
corporation, after having obtain
ed such permit, who sells or of
ter.s tor sale in the City of Perry
or milk products, and who
m tho production, handling, or
*ch milk or milk pro
ducts, violates any state or city
aw or regulation regarding the
production and handling of milk
, dairy products shall be deem
ed guilty of a violation of this
ordinance.
Be it further ordained by the
‘minority aforesaid that any per
tror corporation violating
>s ordinance shall, upon con
jcUon, be punished as is pro
\ ded m the charter of the City
ot Perry.
k, e * ur ther ordained by the
thority aforesaid that nothing
l!| is ordinance shall apply to
M Person, firm, or corporation
■-■ung country butter; nor evap-
ated or condensed milk sold in
n -eti(ally sealed cans.
|! - -urther ordained by the
j 4 hority aforesaid that all or
‘■uauces and parts of ordinances
r ept°-i i herewith are hereby
j BONAIRE BAPTISTS
TO BEGIN REVIVAL
i
Revival services will begin
next Sunday, Aug. 27, at the
Bonaire Baptist church. Dr.
Aquila Chamblee, the pastor,
will do the preaching and Mr.
Tippet of Mt. Vernon will con
duct the singing.
The church building is now
being painted. Repairs and
improvements have been made
on the interior and exterior of
the building during the past few
months. Mrs. G. L. Slocumb
was chmn. of the committee
who raised funds for this work.
The building is greatly improved
in appearance.
The services beginning Sun
day will continue throughout
next week. The public is in
vited.
Dr. Chamblee is a former
president of Bessie Tift College
and an interesting speaker.
REASON BACK OF IRE EXCUSE
By PAUL MUSE
i
An excuse is a sorry substi
tute for reason. It is an indica
tion of an infirm mind or weak
character when one interposes
an excuse between himself and
what he knows he ought to do.
It is intellect incapable of distin
guishing an inconsistency, or
character so run down that it
has lost its sense of honor. Life
at its best is filled with defects,
and human nature’s most com
mon treatment of its ills is to
make excuses for them. The
remedy is as defective as the de
fects it seeks to cure. Excuses |
never cure anything. They are|
but clumsy efforts to cover up
the ailments of humanity
clumsy, because the more care
fully and tightly the covering is
made the more likely will irrita
tion and festering aggravate the
malady. To remedy our defect
we do not need the opiate of ex
cuse, but the keen, and at times
painful, probing of reason; and
then the treatment prescribed by
reason.
Perhaps about no other one
thing do people find easy, ready
made excuses, “right off the
bat,” as about the all-important
business of going to church.
Every person--at least every
person ot sound mind and fairly
good intentions—will agree that
the church, with its on-going, is
the most important factor in a
community; and that conscien
tious church attendance is about
the best service one can render to
self, family and country. Yet
there are those who, at one ir
rational blow, using an excuse
for a club, will demolish all their
fine Judgments in the matter.
And what a travesty! People
allow flimsy excuses that would
have no weight as hindrance in
business and social matters to
block the most essential things.
Such excuses are self-deceiv
ing falsehoods: they are the arti
fices of satan, by which he hopes
to destroy the soul’s integrity.
The excuse is never the hinder
ing cause. There is always a
I reason that employs an excuse
as a subterfuge in an effort to
square things with conscience.
Tne excuse maker would injure
character less by being honest
with himself. Let him just “own
up the corn” and admit that it is
lack of interest: or that a gospel
sermon makes his conscience un
comfortable, and that he is run
ning away from the voice of
God; or that his taste for things
religious has been perverted by
his taste for other things. “Bon
iest confession is good for the
isoul.”
I There is always a real reason j
; behind the excuse. Such rea
■ sons sound an alarm. T he y |
| nearly always uncover some
( weakness.
* ELKO CHARGE NOTES
Schedule of services for the,
Methodist churches of the Elko
charge is as follows: I
First Sunday—Grovania, 11:30,
a. m. and 8 p. m.
Second Sunday-Andrew Chap-1
'el, 11:30 a. m. and 8 p.m. |
j Third Sunday—Bonaire, 11:30
a. m. and 8 p.m. \
Fourth Sunday—Elko, ll:30j
a. m. and 8 p.m. .
Rev. W. J. Erwin, Pastor. 1
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939
HIGHLIGHTS IN GEORGIA NEWS
Georgia bank officials, land
lords, fertilizer dealers and oth
er creditors making advances to
farmers participating in the 1939
Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration, here is a message
from Homer S. Durden, state ad
ministrative officer of the AAA;
‘‘The final date for the partici
pating farmers to file assign
ment of payments for advance to
produce this year’s crop has been
set for October 31.”
Georgia crop prospects on Au
gust 1 showed an increase over|
last year for sweet and Irish po
tatoes, cotton, commercial ap- j
pies and pecans, but decreased
production was indicated for
practically all the other main!
crops. Percentage increases over 1
1938 are: sweet potatoes, 2.7
percent: Irish potatoes, 36.5 per
cent; cotton, 17.4 percent; com
mercial apples, 7.1 percent; and
pecans, 1.5 percent; while de
creases are; corn, 19 percent;
hay, 2.1 percent; tobacco, 1.4
percent, peanuts for picking and
threshing, 10.8 percent; and
peaches, 20.8 percent.
Probable production of the
Georgia cotton crop this year
should reach about 1,000,000
bales, according to August 1
prospects reported by crop cor
respondents to the Crop Report
ing Board of the United States
Department of Agriculture. Re
ported condition in percent of
normal was 73 percent, which
would indicate a yield of 235
pounds of lint cotton per acre.
Yield in 1938 was 203 pounds
and for the previous year 270,
with a ten year average of 212
pounds for the period 1928-1937.
Final production last season was
852.000 standard bales and 1,-
500.000 in 1937, while the ten
year average was 1,192,000 bales.
A total of 48,711 farm homes
and rural enterprises in Georgia
are enjoying the benefits of elec
tricity through the Rural Elec
trification Administration.
Georgia has become the owner
of the original permanent consti
tution of the Confederate States.
The document was purchased
last week by the Board of Re
gents of the University System
from Wymberly W. Deßenne, of
Savannah, tor $20,000, although
historians value it at $lOO,OOO.
TRUTH atari ADVERTISING
By CHARLES B. ROTH
A MAN NAMED CAXTON
YOU mey not remember ever
hearing the name of William
Caxton, but it was his life which
makes your life today comfortable.
He it was who introduced printing
into England. This was in 1476. The
introduction of printing has made
all progress possible.
It wasn’t until 1638 that America
had a printing press, this at Har
vard university, but
after that printing
grew, and newspa
pers sprang up, and IIFT
modern American I §
life began. W&W
The printing press
is the forerunner of WjEM
knowledge wherever
it is introduced. The MfeJK
printed word, even ipafpk : ■
to this day, has no
rival as a quick . , * *
means of dissemi- Charles Roth
nating vital facts
and ideas.
The newspaper of today is one of
the modern wonders of the world.
It is the broadest, quickest, most
flexible and most economical way of
getting a message into the minds
of the people.
Early in our national history,
manufacturers and merchants
sensed this power of the press. They
began using it to carry their ad
vertising facts and ideas into the
homes.
These early advertisers were
careful business men. The fact that
Kings of the Forest
Mahogany trees are giants of the
forest; they grow 150 feet in height
and range from 3 to 7 feet in di
ameter. The first Limbs may be 60
to 80 feet above the ground.
Cuba Once Was Cubanacan
Visitors to Havana learn that the
city was called San Cristobal de la
Habana when founded by Velasque*
in 1515. Cuba was named Cubana
can when Columbus first landed
there in 1492.
It will be kept in the library of
the University of Georgia at
Athens.
A little more than one-fifth of
Georgia’s state revenue last year
came from the Federal Govern
ment, which, it was further re
vealed, was slightly above the
average for the 48 state govern
ments. Federal aid to all the
states for 1938 amounted to
$662,500,000, or 19.7 per cent of
the total state revenues of $3,-
165,000,000. Largest items of
federal aid to states were $266,-
049.000 for social security and
$218,637,000 for highways.
In Georgia the Federal Gov
ernment paid $12,408,213, or 20.9
per cent of the total state reve
nues of $59,592,198. The princi
pal federal grants in Georgia
were $595,241 for vocational ed
ucation, $7,564,440 for highways,
$225,821 for unemployment com
pensation, $303,400 for public
health, $125,283 for child health
and maternity, $1,910,000 for
public welfare, $683,467 for ag
ricultural extension, $164,421 for
agricultural experiment stations
and $481,092 for PWA buildings.
The revenues from labor by the
WPA are not included in these
figures.
Uncle Sam made long-term
loans during the past fiscal year
to 389 Georgia farmers, most of
whom had never before owned
land, it was revealed by T. L.
Vansant, state director of the
Farm Security Administration.
Georgia’s livestock industry
during the last five years was
described as “phenomenal” by
Dr. Milton P, Jarnigan, head of
the University of Georgia’s De
partment of Animal Husbandry,
speaking on the recent “Farm
and Home Week” program at
Athens. Dr. Jarnigan added,
however, that the attainments
are still far short of the opportu
nities and needs. Georgia is pro
ducing only about 40 percent of
the milk which would be requir
ed to insure a healthful ration
for all her people, and there are
many thousands of farms which
have no cow. Conditions are
much the same in other branches
of animal husbandry. Large sums
of money are leaving the State
for the purchase of poultry and
beef products which should be
supplied at home.
the newspaper would complete the
educational process for their goods
wasn’t enough. It also had to do the
job at less cost than any other me
dium.
And they found, after many tri
als in different fields, that it did. It
got their message to prospective
buyers in a manner which was eco
nomical as well as effective.
Today this same condition is un
changed. Advertisers, using news
papers year in and year out, find it
the most profitable way in which to
tell their story to buyers.
The reason is simple. The news
paper is the great common denomi
nator of modern life. It reaches
practically every family. It has the
confidence of its readers. It stands
for everything which is right and
good and modern.
The advertisements in your news
paper are as much a part of its vi
tal importance as the editorial and
the news columns.
As a matter of fact, most readers
find it hard to tell what interests
them most—the commercial news,
which is called advertising and
which touches their lives every day,
or the general news, in news story,
editorial and cartoon.
They’re both valuable.
This man named Caxton was one
of the great benefactors of man
kind. He lighted the lamp—and it
is still burning bright, though cen
turies have fled since he lived.
(f?) Charles 13. Roth.
Wrote ‘Good-Bye Dolly Gray’
“Good-bye, Dolly Gray’’ was writ
ten in 1900, just after the war with
Spain, when relays of American
troops were starting off to put down
rebellion in the Philippines.
Angelo Redone
Leonardo da Vinci’s great fresco
of the “Last Supper” in the Sistine
chapel of the Vatican has been re
touched more than once; several
times the original nudes have had
garments painted about them. f
SCHOOL BUS ROUTES
REDUCED IN COUNTY
The number of school buses
transporting school children has
been reduced from sixteen to
eleven in Houston county by the
county board of Education. This
reduction was made by consoli
dating bus routes.
Buses discontinued are Perry,
two; Bonaire, two; Centerville,
one. These buses were removed
in the interest of economy and
upon request from the state de
partment of Education.
There have been several chang
es in the Perry and Bonaire fac
ulties and one at Henderson due
to resignation of teachers. Teac
hers elected by local trustees to
fill these vacancies will be pub
lished after their approval by
the county board.
S. D. ROGERS PASSES AWAY
Sam D. Rogers, age 84, passed
away Friday afternoon at the
home of his son, T. C. Rogers,
after an illness of several
months.
Mr. Rogers was born in Ameri
cus, Ga. July 29, 1855. He was
depot agent in Perry years ago
and was employed by the rail
road for a number of years. He
retired about 20 years ago.
Besides his son he is survived
by a daughter, Miss Nell Rogers,
Rochester, N. Y.; one brother,
E. A. Rogers, Seymour, Texas;
two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Runion,
Atlanta; Mrs. Annie Wilson,
Plains; three grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
5 p. m. Saturday at the Tucker
Funeral Home with Rev. Paul
Muse officiating and Rev. H. J.
Brooks, Plains, assisting.
Two hymns were sung by W.
K. Whipple, G. F. Nunn, Miss
Leonora Houser and M iss Caro
line Nunn with Mrs. G. C. Nunn
as pianist.
Pallbearers were: J.L.Hodges,
C. E. McLendon, C. C. Pierce,
B. H. Andrew, Jr., Lewis Hous
er, and C. E. Andrew.
Interment was in Evergreen
cemetery.
Out-of-town relatives an d
friends attending the funeral
were: hi s grandson, Gordon
Rogers, Jr., Miami, Fla,; sisters,
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Runion;
nephew, Mr. Jim Revere and
Mrs. Revere, Atlanta; niece,
Mrs. Carl Logan, Plains; Rev.
and Mrs. H. J Brooks, Plains;
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cater,Macon.
SWEET PUTAiO CORING
With sweet potato harvest time
at hand, County Agent W, T.
Middlebrooks this week suggest
ed a new and inexpensive meth
od of curing and storing pota
toes for Houston county grow
ers—that of using electricity.
“Although several methods are
used to cure the crop, the most
modern way is through the use
of electricity to heat the storage
house,” the agent said. “Con
trary to popular belief, establish
ed demonstrations show that the
use of electricity to preserve
sweet potatoes is comparatively
inexpensive.
“Reports from five electrically
heated houses, one of which is
located in Gordon county, show
[that an average of only 1.9 kilo-
I watt hours of electricity is re
quired to cure ajid store each
i bushel of potatoes for the season.
“At an average rate of three
cents per kilowatt hour for elec
tricity, the cost per bushel of
sweet potatoes would amount to
only a little more than three
cents,” the county agent con
tinued.
The experimental houses were
operated an average of 153 days,
thirteen days of which the tem
perature was kept at 85 degrees
for curing. Th e temperature
was kept at 55 degrees during
: the storage period of 140 days.
I “As a result, the shrinkage
loss was only 10 percent with an
average repack of 85 percent,”
'Mr. Middlebrooks explained.
To equip a sweet potato stor
age house for electric operation,
the false slatted floor is raised
eight inches by the use of 2” x
is” stringers on the finished
ESTABLISHED 1870
F. S. A.DIST. DIRECTOR
I SPEAKS TOKIWANfS
J. W. Burgess, Macon, dis
trict supervisor Farm Security
Administration, was the speaker
at the Perry Kiwanis club meet
ing Tuesday.
The projects of the F. S. A.
were discussed by Mr. Burgess.
These are Crop Production Loans
and Tenant Purchase Loans. The
F. S. A. lias made 126 loans in
Houston county under the Crop
Production division this year,the
speaker said. Eleven farms have
been purchased on long term
loans for tenant farmers in
Houston and six to ten more
farms are to be bought this year,
he stated.
Seventy-four per cent of the
farms of Houston are operated
by tenants and seventy per cent
of this number are negroes.
Guests of the club included
Peach-Houston F. S. A. super
visors, Harley W. Jones, W. H.
Jones, and Mrs. Inez Fagan, all
of Fort Valley; and Floyd W. Ta
bos, member of Houston F. S. A,
committee. Other members are
A. L Sasser and W. W. Gray.
G. W. Rhodes, president, pre
sided.
Beef Calves Bought
The purchase of twenty beef
calves Monday by the F. F. A.
club and 4-H club boys of Hous
ton was reported by Cohen
Walker, F. F. A. director. The
Kiwanis club is sponsoring this
project. Four other boys plan
to buy calves, Mr. Walker said.
These calves are to be fatten
ed and ready for display and sale
about six months from now, in
February or March.
W. T. Middlebrooks, 4 H di
rector, and Mr. Walker will ad
vise the boys as to the feeding
and care of the calves.
The Perry bank financed the
purchase of the calves. The Ki
wanis club will sponsor a Fat
Calf Show next spring when the
calves ate ready for sale.
LIBRARY NOTES
The library is proud of an au
tographed copy of “Who Killed
Aunt Maggie" by Medora Field
of Atlanta. This clever mystery
with a setting of an old planta
tion home near Atlanta is already
a universal favorite.
“Harlequin House," by Mar
jory Sharp is a gay novel with
unusual settings. It has the
same whimsical appeal as “The
Nut Meg Tree," A delightful
romance is “Homeward Bound,"
by Frances Parkson Keyes.
The children are requested to
turn in their note books so that
the certificates may be rewarded.
Library hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Verneice Beavers, Librarian.
COUNTY BENEFITS
Surplus commodities distribut
ed in Houston county during
July by the State Department of
Public Welfare reached 289 fam
ilies with items having a total
j value of $829.85,
Unemployment benefits
amounting to $856.64 were paid
to 45 unemployed men and wo
men in Houston county by the
Bureau of Unemployment Com
j pensation during the month of
jjuly, it was announced today.
! Payments for the state as a
I whole totaled $811,075.79 and
!we r e represented by 50,819
| checks.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Hodges left
Wednesday for Calhoun, Ga. to
[attend the annual meeting of the
iGa. Press Ass’n. They will
’'spend the weekend at Franklin,
IN. C. returning home Monday
'p. m.
1 floor. This permits the electric
j beaters to be installed under the
i false floor and thereby allows the
j cool air from the floor vetilators
i to mix well with the warm air in
j the house before contacting any
i of the potatoes.
j A 1,000-watt strip heater,
mounted on a home-made sheet
metal box is placed over each of
the floor ventilators. Then 500-
|watt strip heaters are uniformly
placed over the remaining floor
area. The temperature is con
trolled by an adjustable thermos
tat which maintains the tempera
ture within about two degrees of
its setting.