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VOL. LXVIII. No. 39. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870
METHODISTS PLAN
FOR LOYALTY MONTH
October will be observed as
Church Loyalty Month by Perry
Methodists along with other
churches of the Macon district.
The Church Loyalty program
which begins next Sunday, Oct.
1 is to bo a cultural campaign
for laymen, stressing church at
tendance and interest rather than
church finances and was planned
by the laymen.
Rev. Paul Muse, Perry pastor,
urged members to attend church
during October, at the morning
service last Sunday. He request
ed the classes of the Church
School to assist in getting their
members to attend preaching
m services at 11:30 a. m. and at 8
p. m, every Sunday during Oc
tober, G. C. Nunn, charge lay
leader, also urged Perry Metho
dists to co-operate in the obser
vance of October as Loyalty
Month,
Rev. W. J. Erwin, Methodist
pastor at Elko, will preach at
the Ferry church next Sunday,
both morning and evening. Rev.
Mr. Erwin will occupy the pulpit
here while the pastor, Rev. Paul
Muse, preaches at Grovania.
Rally Day will be observed in
the Church Schools as well as at
the preaching services next Sun
day, Oct. 1. The classes will as
semble in the main auditorium
for a Promotion Day program,
being arranged by Mrs. G. W.
Hicks, before the class period.
A good attendance is urged by
Supt. C, P. Gray.
Plans for the observance of
October as Church Loyalty
Month were made by the laymen
of the Macon district at a meet
ing last Thursday night at Vine
ville Methodist church. There
are 17,000 Methodists in the Ma
con district and 400 of them are
in Perry. The lay leaders un
der the direction of J. Guy Jack
son, district leader, have planned
this church attendance campaign
to get all members interested in
the preaching services in the
church.
W.M.U. DISTRICT RALLY
TO BE HELD HERE OCT. 3
The Second District W. M. U.
Rally will be held at the Perry
baptist church next Tuesday,
Oct, 3, beginning at 2:30 p. m.
Mrs. W. B. Roberts, dist. secty.,
is arranging the program.
Mrs. Geo. Fiske, Macon, supt.
of the Rehoboth Ass’n,, will be
the main speaker. Other asso
ciational officers will be present.
MRS. F.W. POOLE DIES
Mrs. Onie Harrison Poole, 63,
died at her home at Henderson
at 4;30 p. m. Tuesday. She had
been in declining health for a
year. She was the widow of F.
W. Pcole.
She was born at Lizella, but
I ad lived most of her life in this
section.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. C, L. Morphew, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. B, H. New
berry, Henderson, and Mrs. L.
p- Hamilton, Unadilla; one
brother, L. Harrison of Musella;
tvyo sisters, Mrs. Charlie Wynne,
Lizella; Mrs. W. M. Barnes, Mu
seila and three grandchildren. I
,Funeral services were held at
i tne Henderson Methodist church
at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday. Burial
was in the church yard.
baptist church
announcements!
Sunday Preaching Services,;
H;3O a. m. 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
us services.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry Church
Sunday School-10:15 a. m.
Worship Service-ll:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sunday School-3:00 p. m.
Worship Service--8:30 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor,
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
ELKO CHURCHES MAP
OCTOBER SERVICES
j The month of October has been
H 3Bl f] lat i ec * as Loyalty month in
the Methodist churches of the
Macon District.
All the churches on the Elko
Circuit are cooperating in this
program. Services will be held
in each church every Sunday
morning during the month of
October, with the exception of
those Sundays on which Baptist
services are held in the commu
nities. Speakers for these ser
vices are being provided by the
District Board of Lay Activities.
The schedule of services and
speakers are as follows;
Andrew Chapel
Ist Sunday, McCrory;2nd Sun
day, The Pastor; 4th Sunday,
Dorsey; sth Sunday, Toole.
Bonaire
Ist Sunday, Culpepper; 2nd
Sunday, Sheehan; 3rd Sunday,
The Pastor: sth Sunday, Berg
dorff.
Elko
Ist Sunday, Wilson: 3rd Sun
day, G. Jackson; 4th Sunday,The
Pastor: sth Sunday, Grady.
Grovania
Ist Sunday, Revival begins
with Rev. Paul Muse preaching:
2nd Sunday, Nunn; 3rd Sunday,
Wilson; 4th Sunday, Belmont:
sth Sunday, Dorsey.
GROVANIA REVTVAIT
TO BEGIN OCTOBER 1
Revival services at the Gro
vania Methodist church will be
gin Sunday morning, Oct. 1, at
11:30 o’clock. The services will
continue throughout the week
\ with services each night at 8
o’clock. Rev. Paul Muse, pastor
of the Perry Methodist church,
will do the preaching during this
revival. Everyone is invited to
attend.
LIBRARY NOTES
The popularity of a book is
judged by its sales. National
best sellers are:
Grapes of Wrath—Steinbeck.
Next to Valour—Jennings.
All This and Heaven, Too—
Field.
Wickford Point—Marquand.
The Brandons-'Thirkell.
Historical novels of the South
are popular here. “And Tell of
Time,’’ by Laura Krey and
“Blackberry Winter,” by Evelyn
Hanna, are favorites.
Miss Emily Woodward is
known to many in this communi
ty w'hich makes her book es
pecially interesting. “Empire,
Georgia Today in Pictures and
Paragraphs,” isahandsqme
book and pictures Georgia in all
its varied aspects.
Library hours 9 a.m. to 6 p .m.
Verneice Beavers, Librarian.
LEGION AUXILIARY
HAS SEPT. MEETING
A business session featured
the September meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary held
last Thursday afternoon in the
1 Legion Home. Mrs. Hollis Ke
zar, the president, was in the
chair. The hostesses were Mes
dames Max Moore, E. V. Peed,
D. H. Smith, and T. R. Sum
mers. . r .
Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr., Ameri
canism and National Defense
chairman, presented plans for a
Citizenship program, honoring
Perry Youths who have become
21 during the past year, to be
observed on Oct. 12, with Colum
| bus day. . , ,
1 Mrs. B. PL Andrew, jr., Jun
ior Activity chairman of t h e
lyoqnger group of veteran’s
1 children, announced that these
children will be entertained in
the Home on the first Tuesday
afternoon of each month. Mrs.
, Q. W. Rhodes, chairman of the
older group, reported on the re
cent social and said a permanent
date for the meeting of this
group will be decided at a latei
! date. Committee chairmen were
named and plans for the year s
work discussed.
Mrs. J. M. Gooden gave an in
teresting account of the State
convention held in Atlanta in
June.
During the social hour an at
tractive ice course was served by
the hostesses.
GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS
ABOLISHING CONVICT CAMP
To the Hon. Malcolm D. Jones,
Judge, and the Hon. A. M. An
derson, Judge:
We, the Grand Jurors sworn
for the September Term of Su
perior Court of Houston County,
hereby make this report of our
labors and our recommendations.
We have had for our consid
eration 47 bills of indictment and
have returned 39 true bills and 8
no bills.
We have appointed the follow
ing Notaries Public and Ex-Offi
ciq Justices of Peace: 970 Dis
trict, A. R. Talton; 527 District,
J. M. Hunt.
Through our committees we
have inspected the county books,
the county jail, and the chain
gang and as far as we know
they are all in good shape.
Mr. S. W. Hickson, the County
School Supt, made a report be
fore this body for the County
Board of Education and we find
they are doing all they can in
their power to curtail expenses
and have reduced the outstand
ing indebtedness, to some ex
tent.
We make the following recom
mendations:
(1) The Chain Gang be abol
ished and the roads worked with
free labor.
(2) That the vault space in
the clerk’s office be made ade
quate to take care of valuable
records.
(3) That the salaries of ju
rors and bailiffs remain the same;
namely, $2.00 per day.
We have ordered the following
bills to be paid;
To H. T. Gilbert, Clerk of Su
perior Court, for issuing 166
subpoenas at 15cts. each, $34.90.
To C. C. Pierce, Sheriff, for
serving 166 subpoenas at 50 cts.
each, $83.00.
We extend our thanks and ap
preciation to the Hon. Malcolm
D. Jones and Hon. A. M. Ander
son, Judges, and the Hon. Chas.
H. Garrett, Solicitor General, for
their courteous treatment and
advice.;
We order that these present
ments be published in the Hous
ton Home Journal at a cost not
to exceed $lO.OO.
Respt. submitted,
R. L. Mathews, foreman; H.E.
Marshall, R. E, Ogletree, R. E.
Jackson, R. E. Dunbar, Jr., R.
P. Walker, T. D. Mason, C. 1.
Ogletree, J. C. Mathews, J, L.
Davis. W. W. Gray, E. F. Bar
field, W. C. Talton, G. W. Hicks,
A. W. White, Geo. T. Hunt, J.
W. Byrd, J. J. Rogers, C. B.
Harper, T. R, Carter, C. H.Hor
ton, W. R. Jones, Louis Harper,
Georgia, Houston County.
In the Superior Court of said
county: Let the above and fore
going presentments be received
and recorded as provided by law
and published as therein recom
mended.
This 21st day of Sept. 1939.
Malcolm D. Jones,
J. S C. M. C.
Chas. H. Garrett,
Solicitor General.
This is to certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the General Pre
sentments of the Grand Jury of
Houston County as presented at
the September Term, 1939, of
Houston Superior Court and re
corded upon tbe minutes of said
Court.
Witness my official signature
and seal of this office. This 23rd
day of September, 1939.
H. T. Gilbert, Clerk.
S. C. Ho. Co., Ga.
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
tor Houston County, Ga.
Application for Hunting, Fish
ing and Trappers Licenses may
be found at the Perry Post Office
- and at Hardware Stores in
Perry.
Farmers used over 9,000,000
pounds of seed in carrying out
pasture improvement practices
under the 1938 Triple-A farm
program.
PARENT-TEACHER WEEK TO
BE OBSERVED IN GA. OCT, 1-7
By MARTHA COOPER
The first week in October has
been set aside as Parent-Teacher
Week in Georgia by Governor E.
D. Rivers. Th e proclamation
designating the week of October
1-7 as P. T. A, Week calls atten
tion to the important part the
Georgia Congress of Parent
Teacher plays in the training of
the school boys and girls and
also urges the people of the state
to give special consideration to
the work and ideals of the con
gress.
Back in 1919, upstairs in the
chapel of the old school building
of Perry, in the welcoming ad
dress at the opening of school
Superintendent J. M. Gooden ex
pressed a desire for a School Im
provement club to interest the
parents in the school and to pro
vide certain needs of the school.
A group of ladies remained after
the exercises at his request and
organized a club which later
affiliated with the national or
ganization known as the P.T. A.
Mrs. J, P. Cooper was elected
president and held the office for
over six years. While she was
president the school district vot
ed bonds for a new building. The
local P. T. A. received credit for
the overwhelming victory, only
one vote being cast against the
issue.
The presidents of the Perry P.
T. A. have been as follows: Mrs.
J, P. Cooper, Mrs. P. H. Skellie,
Mrs. C. D. Cooper, Mrs. H. P,
Dobbins, Mrs. Alva Davis, Mrs.
G. W. Rhodes, Mrs. H.D. Gordy,
Miss Martha Cooper and Mrs. T,
R, Summers. Mrs. G. W. Rhodes
is tbe present president.
Among the many projects ac
complished by the local P. T. A.
are: purchase of stage scenery,
equipping a science laboratory,
beginning a school library, erect
ing playground equipment,
equipping a home economics lab
oratory, beautifying the school
grounds, helping underprivileg
ed children, purchasing needed
materials for the home rooms,
and many, many other things.
At present the P. T. A. is buy
ing a piano for the school stage.
The national Congress of Par
ent-Teacher Association is the
result of a dream of a Georgia
woman, Alice Birney (Mrs, T. W.
Birney) of Marietta, Georgia, In
1895 a group of Atlanta women
adopted her plan and in 1897 the
National Congress of Mothers
became an established fact. Like
its symbol the oak tree it grew
greatly and soon became the
Congress of the Parent and the
Teacher.
The P.-T. A. stands four
square for the child mentally,
morally, physically, and spirit
ually. Its objects are: to pro
mote the welfare of children and
youth in home, school, church,
and community, to raise stand
ards of home life, and to secure;
adequate laws for the care and
protection of children and youth.
The slogan for the P.-T, A. this
year is, Invest in Childhood and
Youth with a Parent-Teacher
Membership.
Governor Rivers has called on
the citizens of Georgia to stand
by the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion and its program. Every citi
zen should respond to this appeal
and remember P. T. A. Week.
So doing he or she “will help to
make better schools, better
homes and hence a better com
monwealth.”
NOTICE
Motion made and adopted that
the city proceed immediately to
collect all delinquent taxes: that
' tax payers be notified that all
' city taxes up to and including
' 1937 taxes must be paid in full
I by October 15, and that Fi. Fas.
be levied immediately after Oc
tober 15 for all such taxes not
paid by that date. That 1938
taxes must be paid in full be De
cember 1 and executions will be
.'levied immediately thereafter
for all such taxes due.
, By Mayor and Council
City of Perry.
Felton Norwood. Clerk. 1
NOTICE
)
City Tax Books are now open
; for payment of 1939 Taxes. Pay
i taxes by Oct. 15 and save penalty.
Felton Norwood, C, & T.
HOUSTON TEACHERS
TO ORGANIZE MONDAY
The Houston County Educa
tional Association will be or
ganized next Monday, Oct, 2, at
the Bonaire school at a meeting
to be held at sp. m. S.W.Hick
son, county school supt., called
the teachers to a preliminary
meeting at the Perry school re
cently to make plans for the or
ganization.
A nominating committee com
posed of Mrs. J, 0. Coleman,
Perry; Miss Mary Houser Brown,
Grovania; Miss Mildred Watson,
Centerville and Miss Gertrude
Watson of Bonaire, will bring a
report on officers selected for the
association.
The meetings arc scheduled to
be held monthly at the schools in
the county. The program for
the first meeting will be ar
ranged by Miss Frances Couey
and Miss Evelyn Hunt, of the
Perry school.
SUPERIOR COURT IN
SESSION THIS WEEK
The Criminal Session of Hous
ton Superior Court convened'
Monday morning with Judge A.
M. Anderson presiding. No cas
es were tried by jury on Monday
but a large number of pleas in
misdemeanor cases were taken,
W. H. White pled guilty of in
voluntary manslaughter and was
sentenced to pay a fine of $250
or serve 12 months on the chain
gang. This case grew out of the
wreck of an automobile in which
Miss Tommie Holleman was kill
ed, White the driver, being un
der the influence of liquor at the
time, it was alleged.
Three misdemeanor cases were
tried by jury on Tuesday. The
court was still in session Wed
nesday.
Judge Malcolm Jones will pre
side in the trial of several cases
in which Judge Anderson is dis
qualified by reason of his con
nection with the cases as attor
ney, prior to his ascendency to
the judgeship,
SCHOOL BOYS NAME
PATROLMAN GROUP
The members of the Junior
and Senior classes of Perry High
had Patrolman Mayes to give
them an interesting talk on
“Safety for School Children,”
recently. Two school Patrolmen
wese selected for each bus and
eight boys were selected fo r
school ground Patrolmen. These
boys will serve for about one
half of the term and then other
boys will take over their duty.
Those selected at this meeting
were: School Ground Patrolmen,
John Hurst, Buddy Tolleson, Bob
by Holtzclaw, George Brown,
Courtney Mason. Nathan Gil
bert, Raymond Hammock, and
W. H. Carlisle.
School Bus Patrolmen—Brad
dock’s Bus: Carson Henderson
and Joe Andrews; Bronson’s
Bus: Billy Boone and Robert
Pyles; Jones' Bus, Ralph Ta
bor and Harmon Knight; Scar
borough’s Bus: James Williams
and Fred Johnson; Hicks’ Bus:
Worth Bryant an d Colquitt
Brantley: Peed’s Bus; James
Gregory.
HOUSTON TAMERS
PLANT WINTER PEAS
Houston county farmers have
bought for planting during the
past week 120,000 pounds of
Austrian winter peas and 20,000
pounds of hairy vetch, County
Agent W.T, Middlebrooks stated
Indications are that still more
will be bought, in cooperation
with the soil building program
outlined by the AAA.
Parity payments amounting to
$28,000 have already been re
ceived in this county, and ap
proximately $20,000 more is ex
pected.
COTTON REPORT
Census report shows that 3,137
bales of cotton were ginned in
Houston county from the crop of
1939 prior to Sept. 16 as com
pared with 2,768 bales from the
crop of 1938.
BAPTISTS INSTALL
OFFICERS, WORKERS
General officers and workers of
the Perry Baptist Church and
Sunday School, who were elected
Wednesday night last week at
the annual church conference to
serve from Oct, 1, 1939 to Oct.
I, 1940, were installed Sunday
morning by Rev. J. A. Ivey, pas
tor, at the church service.
The Perry Baptists are bring
ing their year’s work to a close
this week with services at the
church each evening. Dr, Aquila
Chamblee, Fort Valley, is preach
ing on Stewardship each hight.
A Fellowship Supper for the en
i tire church membership at 6:45
tonight (Thursday) will end the
series of services. Rev. Mr.lvey
began this Stewardship Revival
Sunday with sermons on Stew
ardship in the morning and on
Prayer in the evening. Promotion
Day was observed in the Sunday
school with a special program.
Church Officers
The church officers installed
Sunday are J. A. Beddingfield,
clerk; W.E. Beckham, treasurer:
Hugh Lawson, treas. Building
Fund; J. P. Etheridge, music di
rector; Mrs. Mayo Davis, pianist.
V. B. Hay was installed as a
now deacon, and Harris Rape,
Edward Warren, Charlie Logue,
Durward Wilson, and Emmett
Aiken, as junior deacons.
Committee on Church Proper
ty: T. L. Warren, W, A.Curtis,
C. 0. Grimes, Mrs. E. M. Beck
ham, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, and
Mrs. C. E. Brunson.
Promotion Committee: D. M.
Ryle, W.B. Roberts, W. E.Beck
ham, J. P. Etheridge and Hugh
Lawson.
Ushering Committee- E. W.
Traylor, Harris Rape, T. F. Har
dy, Jr.. Alton Hardy, V.B. Hay,
James McKinley, and Emmett
Aiken,
Sunday School Workers
J. M. Gooden, supt.; Miss Eye
i lyn Hunt, pianist; Mrs. J. P.
Etheridge, asso. pianist; Hugh
Lawson, secty. and treas.; Chas.
Logue, asst, secty. and treas.;
J, P. Etheridge, music director.
Adult Dept.: J. P. Etheridge,
supt.; Mrs. Grace Boler, secty.:
Miss E. Hunt, pianist; J. M.
Gooden, E. W, Traylor, Mrs. C.
E. Brunson, and Mrs. A. S. Cos
sett, teachers.
Young People: Miss Ada Wil
liams, supt. and pianist; Miss
Ella Belle Lasseter, secty.; Mrs.
C. F. Cooper, teacher.
Intermediate Dept.: Mrs. E.
P. Staples, supt.; Mrs. Felix
iJones, secty.; Miss Marion
JCrubb, pianist; Miss Martha
Cooper and Mrs. V. B. Hay,
■ \ teachers,
Juniors: Mrs. W. B. Roberts,
supt. and teacher; Mrs. Tom Ca
ter. secty. and pianist; Mrs. A.
C. Pritchett, Mrs. J. L. Galle
more, Miss Opal Hughes, Miss
Nell Warren, Miss Louise Moore,
teachers.
Primary Dept.: Miss Frances
s j Foster, supt., pianist and teach
t er; Miss Orita Lashley, secty.;
. Miss Eva Borom and Mrs. Chas.
. Logue. teachers.
s Beginners: Mrs. V. B. Hay,
: supt.; Mrs. Henry Parker,secty.;
I Mrs. P. M. Satterfield and Mrs.
3 Hay, teachers.
Cradle Roll: Mrs. H. T. Gil
bert, supt, and teacher; Mrs.
Etheridge, pianist; Mrs. W. A.
Curtis and Mrs. J. A. Bedding-
field, teachers.
Home Dept: Mrs. E.M. Beck
ham.
, At the September meeting of
' j the Deacons, J. P. Etheridge
; was elected chmn. to succeed D.
j|M. Rvle, who resigned.
'( -
.jCASTELLAWS HOLD
|j REUNION SUNDAY
The nineteenth annual reunion
’ | of the Castellaw family was held
’ j Sunday at the old home place of
’jStephen Henry Castellaw, near
Wellston. The home is now oc
cupied by the family of Mr. Bar
nette Holloman.
Guests carried basket dinners
J which were spread beneath oak
i trees near the home.
More than 125 Castellaw de
scendants from Macon, Atlanta,
j Locust Grove, Americus, Cuth
jbert and other cities attended.