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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXVIII. No. 37. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870
accidents CAUSED i
BY RECKLESSNESSI
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Recklessness and driving while I
drinking caused more than half
the accidents troopers in this pa
trol district investigated last
month, figures at the Perry head
quarters of the State Department
of Public Safety show.
Recklessness or disregard for
others on the highway was re
sponsible for 42 per cent of the
accidents and drivers under the
influence of alcoholic beverages
were charged with 28 per cent of
them. j
Troopers found frequently that
speed and driving while drink-[
j n g were combined in one acci- j
dent and that at least 32 per I
cent of the arrests they made
were for exceeding the state’s
55-mile speed limit.
In addition to arrests they
“clipped” holes in 266 drivers’
licenses as warning for viola
tion-s. The majority of the
“clips” were for going around
curves, up hills or passing other
vehicles at too fast a rate, al
though not necessarily in excess
of the 55-mile limit. Faulty'
brakes, bad tires, improper!
lights and failure to give or ob-;
serve signals caused other!
“clips.”
Patrolmen aided 33 travelers in
distress, gave first aid to eight
accident victims and made cases
against 18 drivers who failed to
have licenses. Counties in this
district include Bibb, Bleckley,
Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly,!
Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Tel
fair, Twiggs, and Wilcox.
Throughout the state, troopers
“clipped” licenses of 3,860 driv
ers, made 1,153 arrests and in
vestigated 207 accidents which
caused an estimated $50,579
worth of property damage.
Sergeant R. E, Wood, in
charge of this headquarters,
cautioned troopers to be on the
alert especially for speeding,
drinking and reckless drivers.
A first conviction of driving un
der the influence of alcoholic
beverages carries six months li
cense revocation and a second j
“clip” for any other means 30-
day license suspension.
WILD LIFE RANGER
LOCATED IN HOUSTON
Ranger Alex Lunsford of the
Georgia Division of Wildlife, for
merly of Richland, Ga., is now
located at Elko in this county.
Ranger Lunsford works Houston,
Twiggs and Bibb counties.
Rangers have been instructed
recently in a sixteen day training
course at Atlanta to familiarize
them with the work they are
to do.
The object of the Game Rang
ers is not to see how many cases
they can make but to help sports
men have more sport, which can
be achieved by the proper pro
tection of the game.
Success of the Game Ranger
depends upon public support and}
cooperation.
Ranger Lunsford is ready to!
give his cooperation and support |
to every sportsman and farmer ;
in this section and will appreciate!
their assistance.
ELKO REVIVAL TO
BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY
Rev. L. E. Williams, pastor of
the First Street Methodist'
Church, Macon, will preach in |
the revival services at the Elko!
Methodist church, which begin}
Sunday night, Sept. 17, at 8j
o’clock.
Rev. Paul Muse, pastor of the 1
Perry Methodist church, will j
preach at the first services and
Rev. Williams will be present:
Monday night and continue}
preaching each morning at11 1
and each night at 8 o’clock. All
the people are invited to attend
the revival.
Miss Ardelle Sisson, Elizabeth,
N. J., and Miss Etta Lee Math-;
ews were the guests of iMr. and
Mrs. Bill Josey of Macon for the
weekend.
j PERRY SCHOOL HAS |
OPENING PROGRAM |
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j Opening exercises of the Per
ky High school were held Mon
i day morning at the school audi
torium with a large number of
patrons present.
Supt. E. P. Staples presided
and presented the speakers.
County School Supt. S. W. Hick
son, the principal speaker, asked
that Americanism in its true
sense be taught children this
year.
Rev. J. A. Ivey brought the
devotional message. Rev. Paul
i Muse and Rev. R. F. Boyd made
I brief remarks. AH of these Per
ky pastors welcomed the teach
i ers to the town and its churches.
I Mrs. G. W. Rhodes, president
of the P. T. A., brought greet
ings and expressions of co-opera
tion from this organization.
Mrs. Virgil Bass sang two so
los, accompanied by Miss Willie
Ryals.
The new teachers and a new
member of the county board of
Education, Floyd Tabor, were
presented.
All of the white schools in the
county and one colored, Perry
(Training school, opened for the
i fall term Monday.
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FARMERS TO PLANT
WINTER COVER CROPS
Houston couty farmers are
i busily making preparation to
plant Austrian winter peas,
vetch, and other cover crops,
in an effort to conserve and}
build up their soil.
E. D. Alexander, agronomist
for the Agricultural Extension
Service, this week declared
that Georgia farmers have
realized the value of these two
cover crops as a means of fert
ilizer, feed, and soil protection.
Alexander said that last
year Georgia farmers sowed
218,000 acres to Austrian peas
and 85,000 acres to vetch. The
Extension agronomist offered
the following information on
the two crops:
USE AS FERTILIZER At
the Coastal Plain Experiment
Station, Tifton, Ga., where a
0-10-4 fertilizer was used, the
increase of corn per acre over
a 12 year period has been 19
bushels for Austrian winter
peas and 15 bushels for vetch.
Farmers about over the state
have reported similar increas
es. These increases are due
largely to the nitrogen added
to the soil and the return of
the phosphate and potash used
by the legume crop in making
its growth. A good growth of
either of these crops when
turned under will add to the
soil nitrogen equivalent to 300
to 400 pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre.
USE AS FEED —lt is no
longer a good plan to depend
upon summer crops for the en
tire hay supply. A combina
| tion of vetch and small grain,
'such as oats, will give a good
! yield of hay in the spring that
j will supplement the forage
I supply at a time it is usually
I badly needed. When corn is
i short, vetch and oat hay is of-
Iten used to supplement the
grain. Hay yields of one to one
and one-half tons per acre are
common.
Possibly one of the best uses
of winter legume and small
grain combinations is for late
winter and spring grazing. A
'small acreage sown to a thick
[seeding of winter legumes and
'small grain will give excellent
1 grazing and be a means of sav
j ing a lot of stored forage,
i Areas for grazing should be
sown on rich land and fertiliz
ed liberally. Depending upon,
:the fertility of the land, the;
'fertilizer treatment and the |
I rate of seeding, one acre i
should give winter and spring
grazing for two to four ani
mals of average size.
USE AS SOIL PROTEC
TION-One of the problems in
Georgia is to increase the acre-,
age to close growing crops, i
Austrian winter peas or vetch
sown alone or in combination
. with small grain gives a cove?-
'FIFTY YEARS AGO
EVENTFUL ERA HERE
Fifty years ago. Perry and
Houston county had an unprece
dented year of growth and pros
perity. Many public improve
ments were made and public in
stitutions established in Perry in
1889, which was an eventful and
unusual year in many respects,
according to the files of T h e
Home Journal.
Briefly, some of these events
are given: (1) The Perry Loan
& Savings Bank was chartered.
(2) The Perry Public School
system was organized by au
thorization of the Ga. legisla
ture. (3) Streets lighted for
first time. Eleven street lamps
put up. (4) Three brick stores
and several new residences built.
(5) Broom Factory began opera
tion. (6) Building and Loan
Association organized. (7) Far
mers Alliance very active. (8)
Perry Library Association active.
(8) Bumper Peach crop sur
passed all previous crops. (9)
Mail Route between Perry and
Kathleen established. (10) Per
ry Rifles won first drill prize of
$5OO at Piedmont Exposition, At
lanta, and were given $165 by
city of Perry in appreciation.
(11) Perry entertained first Ga.
Reunion of the Southern Rights
Guards and Southern Rights Bat
tery. It took 100 lbs. of ice to
make iced tea for the banquet.
(12) First cotton bales wrapped
in cotton bagging shipped from
Perry.
The year 1889 was when the
famous Tom Woolfolk murder
| trial was held in Perry. The town
received considerable publicity
over the state from this trial
though the principal was from
Bibb county where the crime
was committed.
Of interest is the fact that
Hon. Jefferson Davis, only presi
dent of the Confederacy, died in
Dec. 1889. The Perry Armory
was draped in black to signify
I the mourning of the people.
Henry W. Grady, noted Georgia
orator and editor, died in 1889
and his death was mourned in
Perry.
Houston county crops were
abundant in 1889. Farmers were
successful because they operated
their farms upon business prin
ciples, according to The Home
Journal. Business was fine in
Perry. Houston was considered
one of the most prosperous coun
ties in the state.
The editor of the paper, the
late John H. Hodges, in editorials
that year made a fight against
the use of jute bagging and
urged the use of cotton bagging
for cotton bales, deplored the)
waste of timber, favored tariff j
for revenue only, advocated the
Australian Ballot System for
Houston county, criticised the
Georgia legislature severely,
urged farmers to diversify, to ro-j
tate crops, to be business-like in i
farm management, urged adop
tion of public school system, and
encouraged organization of Per
ry bank and all public improve
ments. These topics are named
to show that human beings re
main much the same though
“Time Marches On,” and that
more than fifty years are needed
to bring about some reforms.
COTTON REPORT
Census report shows that 1,077
bales of cotton were ginned in
Houston county from the crop
of 1939 prior to Sept. 1, as com
pared with 1,291 bales for the
crop of 1938.
age to the soil during winter
and spring months and reduc
es soil loss to a minimum. The]
crops also take up plant food
made available during winter|
and spring, a n d in this wayj
prevents losses by leaching.
[These crops, if properly placed
on terraces or in terrace inter
nals, will give protection to
Terraces in case of heavy rains.
There is a soil-building pay-,
ment of $1.50 per acre for,
seeding winter legumes at nor- 1
■mal rates under the Triple-A
farm program. This, of course,
depends upon the soil-building
allowance for the farm.
HOUSTON YOUTHS
RAISING CALVES
Under the supervision of W.T.
Middlebrooks, county agent, and
Cohen Walker, vocational agri
cultural teacher in Perry High
school, 27 Houston county FFA
and 4-H club boys are raising
calves this year for the fat cat
tle shows to be held in the early
spring.
Last year 12 boys entered
calves in the show. Such a good
showing was made by these boys
that the number has more than
doubled.
The Kiwanis club is sponsoring
the prizes for the show, and
seeks to raise approximately
$l5O in prizes. The boys will
show their calves in Perry on
the day before the fat calf show
in Macon, and will also show
their calves in the Macon show.
The boys entering the project
this year are Nelson Goetz, El
mer Goetz, Robert Goetz, Carter
Warren. Horton Ferguson,Frank
Giles, Billy Giles, Marvin Griffin,
Jack Eason, Lynette Eason, Wal
lace Moody (3 calves), Cullen
Talton, Eugene Lashley, Dudder
Tolleson, Worth Bryant. Bobby
Pyles, Eugene Pyles, Alton
Tucker, Tommy Holloway, Rich
ard Ogletree, Walter Gray (2
calves), Lawton Daniel, Worth
Bryant (2 calves).
VALUE OF GINNING
RECORDS IMPORTANT
County Agent W. J. Middle
brooks this week said records
of cotton production being
kept by ginners and buyers
and the promptness with
which they report to the coun
ty committee i n connection
with the Agricultural Conserv
ation Program are important
to all producers.
He pointed out that the fed
eral farm act requires the gin
ners and buyers to make peri
odic reports to the county com
mittee, and from these records
the amount of penalties are de
termined.
Most important, he said, the
ginners’ records are used to es
tablish the normal yield of cot
ton for each farm and will al
so provide information on cot
ton production for counties, in
cluding cross-county ginnings.
Prior to 1938, accurate re
cords were not available for
the cotton production of coun-1
ties, consequently the amount 1
of cotton p r od u c e d in one I
! county and ginned in another
■ county could not be accurately
’established. Mr. Middlebrooks
’said a accurate record is im
portant to the farmer as all
j farm payments on cotton are
determined on the yield estab-;
fished for each farm.
“The ginner should obtain
from his customer the farm se
rial number for the farm on
which the cotton has been pro
duced,” he said. “The serial
number can be obtained from
the margeting card and the
ginner must obtain it in order
to make a proper report.”
The buyers of seed cotton
are being required to report
all purchases of seed cotton,
including toll cotton, on a spe
cial form which is being pro
vided them.
The county agent explained
that a farmer may gin all the
cotton of his own production
without paying a penalty. “It’s
only when he sells beyond his
allotment that he has to pay
the penalty,” he said.
! CHAMPIONS IN SERIES
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j The Penn-Dixie Baseball club, i
Middle Georgia champions, will
play a three game seriese with a
selected all star team from the
South Georgia League on Sept.
17, 21, and 24.
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I Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Curtis
spent the weekend with Mr. P.
W. Skelton at Covington, Ga,
Mrs. W. A. Curtis is spending
this week with her mother, Mrs.
H, Roquemore, at Mansfield, Ga.
CCC CAMP AT LUMPKIN
TO BE MOVED TO PERRY
C.C.C. Camp SCS-10, now at
Lumpkin, will be located at
Perry about October 1 to serve
the Middle Western Ocmulgee
soil conservation district, ac
cording to To m L. Asbury,
state co-ordinator of the Soil
Sonservation Service.
Change in the location of
this camp is in accordance with
a new policy of the Soil Con
servation Service to move
camps after two years in one
location. Others will be trans
ferred later to locations in soil
conservation district or propos
ed districts.
Activities of camp enrollees,
who work under supervision of
Soil Conservation Service tech
nicians, include: gully control,
tree planting, construction of
terrace outlets, controlling for
est fires, planting wildlife
shrubs, surveying and staking
lines for terraces, contour fur
rows, and strip-cropping, and
other related activities involv
ed in the establishment of a
complete erosion-control pro
gram on cooperating farms.
COLLEGE GROUP LEAVING
A number of Perry boys and
girls will go to college this fall;
some as freshmen, some as
seniors. Miss Anna Grubb en-j
tered Shorter College, Rome,,
Monday, Sept. 11. Miss Eleanor
Muse returned to W T eslcyan Col
lege, Macon, Wednesday as a
senior.
Miss Betty Jones and Miss Ad
die Lou Martin will enter G. S.
C. W,, Milledgeville, Sept. 21.
Misses Ann Gordy, Mary Tug
gle, and Marjorie Walton will re
turn to G. S. C. W. Sept. 24 for
their second year. Miss Rebecca
Grace, Elko, will be a senior at
G. S. C. W. this fall.
Miss Carolyn Marshall will go
to G. S. W. C., Valdosta; and
Miss Hazel Gray and Willis Har
ison to Middle Ga. College, Coch
ran.
Powers Cooper Lawson will
enter the University of Ga.. Ath
ens, Sept. 24. Lee iVI. Paul ill,
will return to the University for
his second year, Robert Brown,
Grovania, who graduated from
Emory University last spring
will go to the U. of Ga. for a
special course of study. Eugene
Marshall who graduated from
,Abraham Baldwin, Tifton, will!
[enter the U. of Ga.
Norton Buff will return toi
Clemson College. S. C. Richard)
Talton and G. W. Hicks, Jr. will!
return to Abraham Baldwin Col-'
lege, Tifton. Miss Laura Nell J
Henderson will enter this school.
Miss Frances McLendon will
attend Kaigler Business School,
; Macon.
J. M. Martin is attending med
ical college in Augusta. Mr,
William Barfield will return to
G. T. C., Statesboro Sept. 25.
BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday Preaching Services,
11:30 a. rn. and 8:00 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed
nesday, 8:00 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
The church welcomes you to
its services.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
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PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE j
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Perry Church
Sunday School--10:15 a. m.
Worship Service--!! :30 a. m,
Clinchfield
Sunday School-3:00 p. m.
Worship Service--8:30 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
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TAX NOTICE
Houston County Tax Books for
1939 are now open. Please pay
your tax on or before December
20, 1939 and save interest and |
cost.
M. E, AKIN, Tax Collec- j
tor Houston County, Ga. I
I OBJECTIVES OF N.Y. A.
i GIVEN BY DIRECTOR
National Youth Administration
(NYA) is a valuable resource
which the Welfare Department
is permitted to use in giving part
time employment to young peo
ple between the ages of 18 and 25.
The objectives of the National
Youth Administration are:
1. To provide needy young
people with educational, recrea
tional training and opportunities.
2. To get as much as possible
of its appropriation into the
pockets of young people.
3. To stimulate the develop
ment of sociably desirable pro
jects and enterprises designed to
benefit youth generally.
NYA provides approximately
one third time employment for
out of school youths from low
income families who work on
projects established by the NYA
and who are paid at the prevail
ing hourly wage rate. In the se
lection and supervision of pro
jects, the NYA is placing major
emphasis upon opportunities for
education and vocational train
ing, preparing boys and girls to
assume their proper community
relationship and become self
supporting.
NYA has also established resi
dent training projects in con
junction with educational insti
tutions of the state. They serve
as work centers at which young
people may secure educational
training and practical work ex
perience leading to self mainten-.
Jance through private employment
and to a more satisfactory home
and family life.
During the fiscal year July 1,
1938 through June 30, 1939, the
welfare office received 58 appli
cations for NYA. Of this num
ber, 53 were certified as in need
of assistance.
At present, young people are
working as assistants in the
Perry School Superintendent's
Office, The Perry School Library,
The Welfare Office, The Voca
tional Education Department,
Perry School, The Bonaire School
Library.
There are eight young people
in Houston county attending
school at residential projects now.
Five of these young people are
at G. S. C. W., Milledgeville.Ga.,
and three at the State Teachers
and Agricultural College, For
syth, Ga.
During the fiscal year July 1,
1938 through June 30. 1939,
$909.98 was paid to boys and
girls in Houston county. This
does not include the amount
(spent on youths at residential
j projects.
METHODIST CHURCH NEWS
Next Sunday will be Orphans’
Home Day in the Church School.
A special program will be given
in the church auditorium at 10:30
a. m. following a brief class pe
i riod. Saturday is Work Day for
j the conference Orphanage at Ma
con. Children and adults are
asked to work that day and give
their earnings to the orphan’s
collection to be taken Sunday.
The Methodist Orphans’ Home,
J Macon, has no means of support
j outside of special offerings.
! Prayer meeting will be resum
ed Wednesday night, Sept. 20, at
Bp. m. The church service Sun
day evening is held at 8 p. m.,
also.
The Young People resumed
their meetings Sunday evening
jat 7 p. m. at the church.
The stewards held a monthly
jmeeling Tuesday night at the
(home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
[Andrew who entertained them
j with a dinner preceding the busi
l ness session.
Less than two months remains
{until the annual conference meets
[in Macon. The stewards are
[making plans to have the
I church’s finances in good shape
j before that time.
The W. M. S. Circles met Mon
day p m. The choir met Mon
day night at the church for a
practice.
Worship Services—Sunday
11:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
Mid-week Service
Wed. 8:30 p. m.
Church School—Sunday
10:15 a. m.
, Rev. Paul Muse, Pastor.