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VOL. LXVIIL No. 36- PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870
COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
OPEN NEXT MONDAVj
All of the white schools ofj
Houston county will open for the
fall term next Monday, Sept. 11.
One colored school. The Perry
Training School,will open on this
date also. The opening date for
all other colored schools has been
moved up to Oct. 9 from Sept. 25.
The white teachers of t h e
tounty are as follows:
Perry High
E. P. Staples, supt.; Cohen
Walker, principal; Miss Louise I
Eainey, librarian; Miss Willie
Avals, music; Miss Margaret
Powell, Miss Louise Moore, Miss
Opal Hughes, Miss Elizabeth
M Stewart, Mrs. J. 0. Coleman,
Miss Frances Foster, Miss Ruby
Pickens, Miss Nell Warren, high
sshool assistants. (New teach
ers are: Miss Foster, Perry;
Miss Pickens, Commerce; Miss
Warren, Hawkinsville )
Grammar School
Miss Frances Couey, firstjMiss
Mary Lee Greene, second; Miss
Phoebe Harper, third; Miss Al
lene Ryals, fourth; Miss Evelyn
Hunt, fifth; Miss Eva Borom,
sixth: Miss Ada Williams, re
medial work. (Miss Couey and
Miss Williams are new teachers.)
Bonaire High
C. L. Williams, supt.; L. G.
Perry, LaFayette, Ga., principal;
Miss Annie Lou Winn, Mcßae,
h, s. asst.; Miss Annie Lou Mize,
home economics. One teacher to
be supplied. (Mr. Perry and
Miss Winn are new teachers.)
Grammar grades- Misses Ce
leste Greene, Lillian Kirtland,
Grace Hayes, Gertrude Hunt,
and Mary Leverette,
Centerville
Geo. R. Hunt, principal, Miss
es Vivola Smith, Mildred Wat
son, and Jean Brown.
Elko
Mrs. W. J. Boone, principal;
Miss Mollie Lou Cason, asst.
Grovania
Miss Mary Houser Brown,
principal; Miss Phyllis Pyles,
asst, new teacher.
Henderson
Miss Bessie Langston, princi
pal; Miss Christine Hardison;
Byron, asst., new teacher.
Hayneville
Mrs. Irene Gregory, principal.
No assistant as sixth and seven
th grades have been transferred
to Perry,
Bus Drivers
The county school system will
have twelve buses operating this
year. Drivers are: J. T.Lewis,
Elko; Horace Braddock, Hender
son; E. E. Peed, Hayneville and
Perry; E. F. Bronson, Grovania
and Perry; Edwin Hicks and W.
M. Jones, Perry. Four buses
have been discontinued.
DRIVERS’ LICENSES
The last of 500,000 drivers li
censes, issued by the Georgia
Department of Public Safety,
was in the mails Sept. 1, Com
missioner Lon E. Sullivan has
announced.
He said the final batch includ
ed licenses for all applications
wade before the July 31 dead
line with the exception of about!
AOOO which were mailed but re-j
turned to the department “un
i claimed,” or those which con
tained errors.
Commissioner Sullivan said he
wished to thank in behalf of the
entire department drivers who
nave had to wait, some as long
as two months, for their permits.
METHODIST CHURCH HEWS
Worship Services—Sunday
11:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
I‘uyer meeting discontinued
nmil after September 15.
Church School—Sunday
10:15 a. m.
Hev. Paul Muse, Pastor.
CARD OF THANKS
our kindness and sympathy
* more deeply appreciated than
, y Wor d of thanks can ever
express.
Mr. W, W. Martin and
F amily.
| PENN-DIXIE WINS
| MID-GA. CHAMPIONSHIP
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i
j Penn-Dixie played for one big
inning at Clinchfield Sunday af
j ternoon and the seven runs the
home club scored in the fourth
was enough for a 7-3 triumph
over Willingham of Macon and
the Middle Georgia Baseball lea
gue championship.
The victory, pitched by Hugh
Braddock, who gave up nine hits,
made the playoff series final
count four games for Penn-Dixie
and two for Willingham.
Clinchfield lost to Willingham
Saturday p. m. in Macon. The
score was 9-6.
Willingham had captured the
first half championship in a play
off with Juliette, and Penn-Dixie
had swept through the second
half unchallenged.
m.m fflWflssEs
Mrs. W. W. Martin, 61, died
at her home here Friday after
noon after an illness of only a
few hours. She was the former
Miss Ida Idella Williams of
Adairsville.
Mrs. Martin had made her
home in Perry lor the past 18
years.
She is survived by her hus
band, W. W. Martin, night po
liceman; six sons, Dr, L. W.
Martin, Dr. H. W. Martin and
R. H. Martin,all of Sebring.Fla.;
Wilson W. Martin, Jr., J. M.
Martin and Allen Martin, all of
Perry; one daughter, Addie Lou
Martin, Perry;six grandchildren.
Leldon Jr., Betty,Calvin,Charles,
Caroline, and Mary Jane Martin,
Sebring, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs.
Annie Denning, Tampa; Mrs.
I Alice Bowman, Houston, Texas;
one brother, Arthur Williams of
Dutton, Ala. j
Funeral services were held in j
the Perry Methodist church at 3|
p. m. Sunday. The Rev. Paul
Muse officiated, assisted by the
Rev. James A. Ivey and Rev. R.
F. Boyd. Burial was in Ever
green cemetery.
A quartet composed of W. K,
Whipple, G. F. Nunn, Chas. An
drew, and J, O. Coleman sang
‘‘Beautiful Isle of Somewhere."
Chas. Andrew sang, ‘‘Garden of
Prayer" with Miss Jean Brown
as accompanist.
Mrs. Martin was a loyal mem
ber of the Perry Methodist
church, the Ladies’ Bible class,
and the Woman’s Missionary So
ciety. She was a faithful atten
dant at all meetings of the
groups.
Out-of town relatives attend
ing the funeral were: Mrs. L.
W. Martin, Betty and Leldon
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Martin, Dr. H. W. Martin, all of
Sebring, Fla.; Mrs. B. F.Martin,
Avon Park, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Sexton, Mrs. Lela Camp
bell, Mr. C. N. Sexton, all of
Adairsville, Ga.; Mrs. Annie L,
Denning, Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. C.
D, Wilson, Atlanta. Ga.
Among the out-of-town friends
present were: Miss Louise
Weaver and Mr. Brown Wimber
ly, Macon; Mr, and Mrs. Dent
Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Me
Daniel, Mr. Jack Lee, Mrs. S. E
Wilder, Miss Lucy Wilder, Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Wheeler, Mrs.
H. T. Wilder, Mrs. Emmie Hart
ley, Fort Valley.
A large number of Perry and
'and Henderson friends attended
the funeral.
Quietly and unassumingly Mrs.
Martin lived a consistent Chris
tian life. Cheerfully and faith
] fully she carried on life’s duties.
, The fine family she has reared
lis testimony of her devotion and
[zeal as a mother and a wife.
Truly a good woman in every
! sense of the word has gone to
‘her Heavenly reward. Her pas-
I sing is a loss to her family and
her church and a source of sor
row to her many friends.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry Church
Sunday School-10:15 a. m.
Worship Service-11:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sunday School-3:00 p. m.
Worship Service-8:30 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
■ Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tuggle
spent Sunday at Leesburg, Da.
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. J. Powell.
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED
BY PERRY LOAN & SAVINGS BANK
1
The Perry Loan and Savings'
Bank is observing its fiftieth!
anniversary as a chartered
bank of Georgia this month. *
On Thursday, Sept. 12, 1889, j
the Perry Loan and Savings
Bank was formally organized
at 10 a.m. at the Court House
in Perry under the terms of a
charter granted by the Geor
gia legislature that summer
and received the latter part of
August by the subscribers to
the capital stock of $25,000. j
On Sept. 26, 1889, the Home
Journal has the following ac
count:
EARLY HISTORY
“The organization of the
Perry Loan and Savings Bank
under a charter from the Ga.
legislature marks a new era in
the prosperity of Perry. The
charter is liberal and safe
alike for stock-holders and de
positors.”
“Directors are W. D, Day,
J. D. Martin, E. L. Dennard,
L. F. Cater, C. E. Gilbert, C. C.
Duncan, and C. F. Cooper,” 1
“Officers are E. L. Dennard, !
president; J. D. Martin, cash-!
ier.”
“The bank was organized
with 200 shares of stock sub
scribed, 25 per cent of which
in cash was paid in. The char
ter authorized a capital of 500
shares at $5O per share with
privilege of increasing to 1,000
shares by vote of the stock
holders.” |
“The bank building is now
in course of erection on Car
roll St. It is of brick with metal
roof and as near fire proof as
practicable. The safe is of the
(Hall pattern, fire proof, time
(lock, and all the most approv
-1 ed appointments. The vault
! will be strictly burglar proof,
and amply commodious and
convenient. ,
“Until the building is com
pleted, which will be about
Oct. 10, the business of the
bank will be conducted at the
store of Cashier Martin.
“The directors are men of
unimpeachable integrity, of|
high business character, and
they deservedly hold the con
fidence of all people. All
things considered, this institu- 1
tion starts out under flattering
auspices and with a certainty
of materially helping the town|
and being successful in every 1
phase of the business to be i
conducted. |
“For forty years, Perry has|
suffered for the lack of a bank.
There is no need to attempt aj
detailed recital of the many
benefits offered by a bank to
the business men of the town
wherein it is located. Suffice it
to say the Perry Loan and Sav
ings Bank will do its duty to
Perry and the surrounding
county.”
The building r e f e r r ed to
above is now occupied by W. \
50 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
(EDITORIAL)
In the issue of Dec. 12, 1889, The Homo Journal had this ed
itorial paragraph: “The increasing business of the Perry
Loan & Savings Bank proves conclusively that the establish
ing of that institution was an exceedingly wise movement.
Organized with Perry capital, controlled by Perry business
men, it should and will do valiant service in advancing the
material welfare of Perry while serving its patrons liberally
and justly. The institution is fully equipped to transact a bank
ing business in the fullest sense.”
Fifty years of successful operation have proven that the or
ganization of the Perry Loan and Savings Bank was indeed a
wise movement. The bank ha’s been a factor in the progress
and development of this section. It has been ably managed
and wisely directed throughout its entire history.
Much credit for its success is due Mr. L. F. Cater who was
cashier for 25 years and has been vice-president for 13 years.
C. E. Andrew has proven a worthy and able successor to Mr.
Cater as cashier. The selection of W. V. Tuggle for assistant
cashier when the Houston Banking company consolidated
with the Perry Bank in 1930 has proven a wise choice. The
bank is fortunate in its entire personnel. Miss Aubrey Rainey
and Malcolm Dean are not only efficient book-keepers but
gracious to the public as well.
It is a significant fact that the Bank has had only three
presidents and only three cashiers during its fifty years of or
i ganization. With Dr. K. L. Cater as president, and an able >
board of directors, the Bank is assured of a bright future.
The bank has had a marvelous grovvth in recent years and
now has the largest number of depositors in its history.
The Houston Home Journal extends congratulations and
best wishes to the Perry Loan & Savings Bank on this occa
sion. May this valuable institution have many more years of
successful operation! I
'C, Talton’s store. The bank
i was moved into the present
building in 1911.
1 First Bank Not Chartered
j For two years prior to the
organization of the Perry bank
under a state charter, the Per
ry Loan and Savings Bank was
operated without any stock
and with only $2,000 in depos
its. L. F. Cater was president
and the late J. D. Martin Sr.,
cashier of this institution. Mr.
j Cater and Mr. Martin solicited
subscriptions to capital stock
for the chartered bank. The
directors of the unorganized
bank adopted the charter on
Jan. 24, 1889, whi c h was
granted by the legislature that
year for the organized bank.
In 1888, with $2,000 only,
the bank sold exchange to the
amount of $35,425.50 besides
the loans made and exchange
bought. With no capital stock,
the bank earned a gross in
come of over 15 per cent and
paid a net dividend of 7 per
[cent on all deposits.
Bank Officers
1 The bank hash a d three
i presidents: the late E. L, Den
‘nard, the late Dr. C. R. Mann,
and Dr. K. L. Cater who has
served as president since Jan.
5, 1916.
The late F. M. Houser was
vice-president for many years.
L. F. Cater became vice-presi
dent in 1926 after serving as
i cashier since 1901.
The late J, D. Martin Sr.,
was cashier from 1889 to 1900.
C. E. Andrew, the present
cashier, was chosen for this of
fice on Jan. 6, 1926, after serv
ing as assistant cashier since
March 15, 1922, Mr. Andrew
became a director on March
17, 1925.
W. V. Tuggle became asst,
cashier on Dec. 12, 1930 when
the Houston Banking Company
consolidated with the Perry
Loan and Savings Bank. Mr.
Tuggle had been cashier of th«
Houston Banking Company.
Miss Aubrey Rainey has
j been a bookkeeper at the Per
ry bank since July 1917. Mal
colm Dean came to the bank
as book-keeper in Aug. 1935.
i Directors are R. L. Cater, L.
F. Cater, C. E. Andrew, T. C.
Rogers, C. E. McLendon, A. A.
Smoak, and Mrs. G. C. Nunn.
! There are thirty-eight stock
holders and 1,600 depositors,
j The last statement showed
the bank to be in sound finan
cial condition with resources
Totaling $346,293.80 and de
posits of $281,904.68.
Sam A. Nunn is attorney for
the bank. The late J. P. Dun
can was bank attorney and a di
rector for 28 years. In its early
history, the late Judge C. C.
Duncan was the bank’s attorney
and a director from the bank’s
organization until his death in
;1910.
8 NEW PATROLMEN AT
’ PERRY HEADQUARTERS
There are eiprht new men at
the State Patrol headquarters of
District 7in Perry. They are:
Corporal H. L. Beatty, Corporal
C. C. Smith, Trooper L. I). Dil
lingham, Trooper G. C. 1 logins,
Trooper B. L. Sentell, Trooper
E. P. Tyus, License Examiners
J. B. Farr and A. S. Reviere.
All of the men at the Perry
station have been retained here
except Corp. Thomas who was
promoted to Sgt. and transferr
ed to Washington, Ga.
The men already here when
the new force was sent are;
Sgt. Wood, Troopers Crawford,
Toler, Mayes, Cross, Farr, and
Burton.
Corp. Beatty and his family
are located at Mrs. G. S. Riley’s
home. Troopers Tyus has moved
his family here and Trooper J la
gins will move his later. The
other new men are not married.
p. Fslpening program
I
The opening program of the
Perry High school will be held
next Monday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.
•m. in the school auditorium.
Supt. E. P. Staples invites the
patrons and friends of the
school to attend.
J. M. Gooden, state school su
pervisor, and S. W. Hickson,
county school supt., will be the
speakers. Miss Willie Ryals will
be in charge of the music.
The school office is to be open
from 9a. m. to 12 noon this
Thursday and Friday, Sept, 7-8.
Juniors and Seniors are urged to
come to the office during these
hours and arrange their course
of study for the year.
METHODIST WIS. MEETING
The Methodist W. M. S. held
its September business meeting
at the church Monday afternoon,
Sept. 4, with the president, Mrs.
L. M. Paul, Jr., presiding.
Mrs. George Nunn told of some
interesting experiences of Miss
Mary Culler White during the
war in China.
Mrs. Minnie Couey brought the
devotional message on the sub
ject of prayer.
The circles will meet next
Monday ailernoun at four o’clock
as follows: No. 1, to be an
nounced later; No. 2, with Mrs
Felton Norwood: JSo. 3, with
Mrs. K. E. Brown.
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
Miss Susan Myrick. Macon
Telegraph feature writer whoj
served as technical adviser for.
filming Gone With the Wind,
told the Perry Kiwanis club
Tuesday that the picture follow
ed closely Margaret Mitchell’s
!book.
The picture is true to real
Southern traditions, Miss Myrick
said, and the players perfected
the Southern accent with ease.]
The actors are all well cast, she
, said.
Miss Blythe McKay, society
editor of the Macon Telegraph,
was also a guest of the club.
Miss Myrick was presented by
Mrs. J. L. Hodges.
G. W. Rhodes, president, an
nounced that the club would
raise $l5O in prizes for the Pat
Calf Show to be held in the early
spring.
SEWERAGE SURVEY
Work is progressing on the fil-j
tering system of the city water j
works department. The system j
should be completed at a very
early date.
A survey for a sewerage sys
tem for Perry is being made.
LEGION MEETING
The Robert D. Collins Post of]
| the American Legion had a sup-1
I per meeting Tuesday night at)
I the Legion Home, The new
j Commander, C. E. Andrew, pre-
I sided. Twenty-seven were pres
ent and an enthusiastic meeting
j was held.
iMiss Frances Muse and Mr.
| George Muse, Emory University,
;Ga., spent Sunday and Monday'
I with their parents, Rev. aud
1 Mrs. Paul Muse. I
WELFARE DEPT.GIVES
'i FACTS ABOUT W.P.A.
|
Through failure on our part to
inform the public, there is con
fusion in the minds of some of
our citizens as to the purpose of
WPA;on what basis VVPA ap
proves projects: and the part
the county welfare office plays as
a certifying agent for WPA.
There are three points vve
should like to attempt to clear
with regard to WPA.
1. That our office is not a
WPA office. We are permitted
to use WPA as one of our re
sources for taking care of fam
ilies which are certified as bring
in need of assistance and which
family includes an able-bodied
person who can earn that assis
tance. Our county welfare de
partment has been approved by
WPA as its certifying agent.
2. That WPA is for able
bodied, unemployed persons in
need of work in order that they
may be able to earn sufficient
wages to furnish the necessities
of life. It is not for temporarily
unemployed persons who have
sufficient income in the house
hold to provide these necessities
until they can get back into reg
ular employment.
3. That WPA is to be used as
a last resort after all efforts to
secure private employment have
been exhausted.
Below we are quoting some
questions and answers sent out
by Mr. F, C. Harrington, WPA
Administrator, Washington D.
C., for the purpose of informing
the American people about the
WPA program:
1. What is the WPA?
The Work Projects Adminis
tration is a Federal agency which
cooperates with state and local
governments in carrying out
needed public improvements and
services, in order to provide
work and wages for the needy
able-bodied unemployed. Th e
local governments plan and spon
sor the projects, and the WPA
helps to operate them.
2. What is a WPA project?
It is any useful public work on
which the Federal Government
and some tax-supported public
body have agreed to cooperate,
through the WPA, in order to
provide work for the needy un
employed. The project is a com
munity or state enterprise which
the WPA helps to carry out, the
completed project belongs to the
community or state.
3. Are WPA projects planned
locally or federally?
Ninety-five percent of all WPA
expenditures are for projects
planned by such local sponsors as
|city councils, county commis
jsioners, and boards of education,
.or state agencies. The arts pro
jects of the WPA are chief
among the few planned by the
Federal Government.
4. What is the sponsor of a
WPA project?
The sponsor of a WPA project
is a state, municipal or other
governmental agency which pro
poses that the WPA assist in
carrying out a local public im
provement or public service.
Plans and specifications for the
work are submitted by the spon
sor. The proposed work must
be one which the sponsor has le
gal authority to do. Since the
WPA must use its funds largely
! for wages, the sponsor must
agree to provide most of the ma
terials and equipment necessary.
The sponsor’s share of the total
cost of a project is corresponding
ly larger when the local improve
ment desired by the community
[requires large quantities of ma-
I tenal or equipment,
i 5. On what basis does the
WPA approve a proposed pro
ject?
There must be needy unem-
I ployed workers in the locality
I with the skills required for do
| ing the work. The project must
ibe on public property. It must
ibe socially useful. It must not
Ibe a part of the regular work of
1 the sponsoring agency, such as
should be wholly financed out of
its own regular funds. And
most of the Federal funds re
quested must be used for the
wages of project workers.
6. Who is eligible for WPA
employment?
Any American citizen, or oth
er person owing allegiance to
the United States, who is 18
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