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VOL. LXVIX. No. 31.
MAJOR LON SULLIVAN
SPEAKS TO KIWANIS
Major Lon Sullivan, director
of the Georgia Dept, of Public
Safety, made a forceful talk to
the Perry Kiwanis Club Tuesday
a t its luncheon meeting.
262 less lives were lost and
IL.OOO less persons injured in
Georgia motor vehicle accidents
j as t year than in the year 1936,
the year before the Department
of Safety began keeping records
of accident causes, Major Sulli
van said.
There were 56 million more
gallons of gasoline consumed and
65,000 more cars registered in
Georgia last year than in 1936
but still there were 262 less lives
lost and 11,000 less persons in
jured. And this year there has
been another decrease, seven
per cent, through the first six
months. For this decrease, the
speaker gave these reasons:
Because the drivers themselves
have begun to take a greater
interest in the common sense
rules to prevent deaths and in
juries; because in the year end
ing July 1, this year there were
8,232 convicted drunk drivers
temporarily taken off the road by
suspension of the drivers license;
because there were during the
same period 103 persistent vio
lators taken off the road by li
cense suspension; because during
the same one year period 144,-
315 persons had to stand the
safe driver examination for li
cense applicants and 8,513 of these
were failed and kept off the
roads. Because in the past three
years school patrolmen, county
police, city police, state troop
ers and every newspaper and
radio station in the state has
been fighting with us in this cru
sade to stop killings and injuries:
because 19,000 cases were made
for violations of the common
sense safety laws by State
Troopers; because over 100,-
000 drivers were given first
warning tickets; because human
life on the highways is becoming
more important in the average
driver’s mind than the right-of
way or the pace that thrills.
In other words, public senti
ment is being built up against
speeding, recklessness, drunken
driving, etc., he concluded,
through education on the subject
and impartial enforcement of the
state laws.
E. P. Newhard introduced the
speaker and S. A. Nunn, presi
dent, presided. Lieut. Bussey
of the state dept, of Safety and
several local troopers were vis
itors.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Church School 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Sermon subject, “The Shadow
of a Great Rock in a Weary
Land.” Rev. Roy Gardner says,
"This is a timely topic for our
day. The hearts of many people
are weary and distressed. They
need rest, renewal of strength,
and faith to carry on the bat
tle of life to ultimate vic
tory. Isaiah says that a man
shall be as the shadow of a
great rock in a weary land,’ and
thus illustrates the blessings of!
a Godly life upon other people.’!
Evening Worship 8:30 p. m.
Theme, “The Spirit of Man is
the Candle of the Lord.” Rev.
Gardner will point out the Light
ot God shone most brightly in
•Jesus Christ. He will discuss
■■everal men and women of Bib
heal times and of our own day, |
whose lives were so lighted by I
Ghnst, that they have shone asj
great candles of God.
Ihe pastor urges all members!
the Church to fill their places]
at each service Sunday.
Lpworth League meets at 6:30. j
grayer Service Wednesday!
p. m.
■ j
announcement
Jhe circles of the Baptist W.
will meet next Monday,!
: u Bust 5, as follows: No. 1, at
ph; m. at the home of Mrs. J. A.
with Mrs. Barney
‘hups as co-hostess; No. 2, at
f v p ' D^- a t the home of Mrs, D.
alVr e L dsoe: No - 3 at 4:30 p. m.
[I the home of Mrs. W. C. Tal-
Houston home Journal
fjCOUNTY FARM TOUR
J TO BE MADE AUGUST 8
lj TI *
; Houston farmers have not had
j a county farm tour for several
'.years. Due to quite a number of
; j farmers expressing themselves
11 as favorable to having one this
l year, a tour for next Thursday,
I Aug. 8, has been arranged by
County Agent, W. T. Middle
brooks.
The tour will leave from Per
ry at 9:30 a. m. visiting ap
proximately ten farms in lower
section of the county before
noon, and approximately 12
farms in upper section of the
county in the afternoon.
Plans are being made to have
a Dutch Barbecue dinner at
Houston Lake about 1 p. m. for
those participating in the tour.
Everyone interested in seeing
some good crops, 5 acre corn and
cotton contest patches, soil con
servation practices, terracing
being done by two different
methods, etc., are invited to
join the tour,
A committee of six men select
ed the farms to be visited and
the tour will be conducted by
Mr. Middlebrooks and J. M. Gi
bert, Jr., engineer, C. C. C.
I
SOIL CONSERVATION TO BE
EMPHASIZED BY AAA IN ’4l
Next year’s AAA farm pro
gram will continue emphasis on
soil conservation, give increased
opportunity for adapting the
program to fit individual farm
requirements and provide feat
ures that strengthen the Ever-
Normal Granary program of
abundance and production, S. E.
Statham, chairman of the state
AAA committee, said this week
on returning from the National
AAA Conference in Washington,
D. C., where recommendations
were presented for 1941 AAA
farm program.
It was pointed out at the con
ference that farmer recommen
dations for strengthening the
Ever Normal Granary and for
more conservation are important
contribution for the national de
fense, he explained.
Several new soil-building prac
tices have been recommended
which farmers may adopt, he
said. Expansion of the grant
of-aid plan under which farmers
receive advances of lime, super
phosphate and other materials
necessary for conservation,
against payments earned under
the program was endorsed. Spec
ial suggestions were outlined
for improving the handling and
storing of crops in the Ever-
I Normal Granary.
I Another important recommen
dation is one that would permit
farmers to earn part of their
payments only by carrying out
specified soil-building practices
which are more needed in a local
area.
The recomendations drafted at
the conference will form the ba
sis for drafting specific provis
ions ot the 1941 program, he
said. In general, it will follow
the same lines as the 1940 pro
gram.
State AAA committeemen,
representatives of the state ag
ricultural extension services,
and vocational agriculture peo
ple attended the conference.
From Georgia those who attend
were: Homer S. Durden, state
AAA administrator, T. R. Breed
love and Director of Extension
Walter S. Brown, both members
of the State AAA committee,
and Mr. Statham.
Mr. Statham participated in a
broadcast over the National
! Farm and Home Hour while in
[Washington, in which he told
j how Georgia farmers have im
i proved their soils under the ag
ricultural conservation program.
| This was part of a 3-day radio
1 series during which a commit
jteeman from every state report
ied on achievements of farmers
I under the 1940 program.
Mr. Statham and Mr. Brown
: were among a group of state rep
resentatives who met President
. Roosevelt at the White House
1 during the conference.
NOTICE
The Robert D. Collins Post of
the American Legion will not
meet next Tuesday, Aug. 6.
[ C. E. Andrew, Commander.
PERKY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1940
, Houston School Board Row
,i Is Settled By Compromise
li
• j A compromise settlement of
. Houston county’s school board
. controversy was effected July 25
in a decision rendered in superi
. or court by Judge Malcolm D,
, Jones of the Macon judicial cir
cuit.
Judge Jones found in favor of
four defendant members of the
. Houston board of education
whom four trustees of the Bon
• aire Consolidated school were
, seeking to oust on charges grow
ing out of the failure of the
, board to approve the election of
; C. L. Williams as superintendent
. of the Bonaire school.
Harmony Pledged
Since the issues involved have
been adjusted to the satisfact
ion of both parties, the judge’s
decision read in effect, the court
■ held for the defendants and as
-1 sessed the costs equally.
The board of education agreed
to re-elect Mr. Williams as su
perintendent of the Bonaire
school and passed a resolution
pledging harmony in conduct of
county school affairs.
Judge Jones withheld his de
cision at the time of the hearing
on the petition in June, asking
the two parties to try to reach
a compromise.
Plaintiffs were C. B. Watson,
Mrs, George Collins, C. L Kersey
and J. W. Perdue. They charg
ed “inefficiency, incapacity,
neglect of duty, and malfeasance
in office.”
The victorious defendants were
S. L. Norwood. Rabun Scar
borough, J. N. Buff and Floyd
Tabor.
The resolution adopted by the
board of Education is given in
full below;
Whereas: at a meeting of the
Board of Education of Houston
County held on the 18th day of
April 1940, at which the follow
ing members were present
to-wit: Rabun Scarborough, C B.
Watson, S. L. Norwood and Floyd
Tabor, the following action was
taken;
Motion was made and carried
that C. L. Williams not be re
elected as Superintendent of Bon
aire School for 1940-1941.
Whereas: four of the members
of the Board of Trustees of the
Bonaire Consolidated School Dis
trict filed their petition in Hous
ton Superior Court based upon a
petition signed by eighteen mem
bers of the grand jury of Hous
ton County drawn for the April
Term, 1940, of Houston Superi
or Court, which said petition
seeks to remove from their offi
cial position as members of the
Board of Education of Houston
County Rabun Scarborough, J. N
Buff, S. L. Norwood and Floyd
Tabor upon grounds of inefficien
cy, incapacity, general neglect
of duty and malfeasance in of
fice, based upon three specific
charges as in said petition set
out, and
Whereas; the said four named
persons filed their answer deny
ing their charges brought against
them, and
Whereas: the issue formed
upon the petition and answer
came on for hearing by Honor
able Malcolm D. Jones, one of
the Judges of the Superior Court
of Houston County, and a full
and exhaustive hearing was had,
and
Whereas: at the conclusion ol
the hearing the Court announc
ed that as to two of the specific
charges he found no justification
or warrant for the removal from
office of the named persons and
took occasion to commend the
four defendants for their faith
ful, efficient and competent ad
minstration of the school affairs
of Houston County, and
Whereas; the Court held that
the reasons given by the four
defendants for failure to re-elect
Mr. Charlie L. Williams as Su
perintendent of the Bonaire Con
solidated School District, the re
election having been recom
mended by the Board of Trus
tees of the District, were insuf
] ficient and the Court reprimand-;
ed the four named defendants
for their failure to follow the j
recommendations of the Trustees'
of the Bonaire School District]
. and stated that in the opinion of j
the Court such action on the part
| of the two defendants who vot-j
ed against the re-election of the.
' said Charles L. Williams was an
1 abuse of the power conferred
> upon the Board of Education of
• ' Houston County by the law, and
1 Whereas: the Court withheld
his judgment in the case, ex
j pressing the opinion that the dif
’•ferences between members of
i the Board of Education of Hous
ton County and the differences
between the Board of Education
of Houston County and the
Board of Trustees of the Bonaire
Consolidated School District
I could be much better maintained
and promoted by voluntary ac
tion on the part of the members
of the Board of Education of
Houston County than by judg
ment and decree in the case, and
the Court has withheld judgment
in the case pending such action
by the Board of Education of
Houston County, and
Whereas: pursuant to call, the
Board of Education of Houston
County is now in session at Per
ry, Georgia, and the following
members thereof are present, to
wit: Rabun Scarborough, Presi
dent; J. N. Buff, C. B. Watson,
S. L. Norwood and Floyd Tabor,
and
Whereas: the entire member
ship of the Board of Education
of Houston County sincerely de
sires to avoid friction, misunder
standing and controversy which
would in any way or manner
jeopardize the successful manage
ment and operation of all of
the schools of Houston County,
including the High School and
Grammar School of the Bonaire
Consolidated School District, and
Whereas: it is the genuine and
bona fide judgment and desire of I
each member of the Board of
Education of Houston County to
subordinate all personal feelings,
opinions and judgments to the
one objective of maintaining and
conducting all of the schools of
Houston County upon the most
efficient and successful basis of
operation possible, and
Whereas; it is the sincere and
bona fide desire, intention and
purpose of every member of the
Board of Education of Houston
County to comply fully with ev
ery requirement of the law and
to yield full respect and defer
ence to the views and opinions
of the Court, and
Whereas: pursuant to the sug
gesuons of the Court, negotia
tions have been conducted be
tween the Attorneys represent
ing the various interests involv
ed, seeking to accomplish an ad
justment predicated upon mutual
concessions, but such negotia
tions have failed, and
Whereas: it is the judgment
and opinion of the members of
the Board of Education of Hous
ton County that every consider
ation of private opinion and at
titude should yield to the pri
mary duty and responsibility
resting upon them as members
of this important official Board,-
It is thereupon unanimously
resolved by the Board of Educa
tion of Houston County as fol
lows;
1. The action of the Board on
the 18th day of April 1940, in de- j
dining and refusing to re-elect
Charles L. Williams as Superin
tendent of the Bonaire Consoli
dated School is hereby revoked,
annulled and rescinded.
2. The said Charles L. Will
iams is hereby elected Superin
tendent of the Bonaire Consoli
dated School for the school year
1940-41, and the County School
Superintendent is hereby in-;
structed to enter into a written!
contract with the said Charles L. j
Williams as is provided by law. j
3. This Board hereby records
its fixed, sincere and whole- j
hearted purpose to serve the i
educational interests of Houston’
County with all of the intelli-j
gence, loyalty, fidelity of which
each individual member is capa-!
ble; such service shall be render-1
| ed in a spirit of the utmost amity, I
goodwill and co-operation with!
all of the School Districts, Boards]
of Trustees, Superintendents!
1 and teachers, and a special effort]
shall be made to evidence such j
(co-operation with the Superin-1
tendents, faculty and Board of
Trustees of the Bonaire Consoli
dated School District.
4. The Superintendent, mem
bers of his faculty and the Board
|STATE DEFENSE CORPS
| ORGANIZATION RUSHED
J
'j Incorporation of the National
Guard unit into the national
[I defense system will leave home
•■defense work up to the various
: states, according to news re
leases. Each state will be call
* ed upon to organize state defense
■ corps to take over policing and
; defense work of vital public in
stillations ordinarilly assigned to
the National Guard.
Georgia is well in Uie fore
front of this movement, since
her state defense corps is in pro
cess of organization already.
This movement, with Col. Ry
burn G. Clay as state command
er, has progressed to where ap
pointments of commanders of
county units will be announced
shortly. S. A. Nunn of Perry
has been named commander of
the 12th district embracing
Houston, Peach, Dooly, Crisp,
Wilcox, Bleckley, and Pulaski
counties.
USE OF COTTON BM
CONTINUED, DUE TO PACE
i '
Largely due to the efforts of
Representative Stephen Pace, of
Americas, the use of cotton bag
ging for cotton bales will be con
tinued for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1941, according to the
Department of Agriculture. This
will make the use of cotton pos
sible in connection with this
year's cotton crop and provide
more time for the manufacture
and sale of the patterns. Con
tinuation does not change the
maximum quantity of 1,000,000
patterns called for under the
I program approved May 1, 1940.
All of this total has been allotted
to six manufacturers whose ap
plications to make the bagging
have been approved. At the first
of this year the Department
decided not to continue the
program but Congressman Pace
immediately conferred with
officials and secured approval for
carrying it on. He considers it
a very wise course since it offers
further use for cotton.
“Export for cotton is just
about gone,” said Mr. Pace.
“The fiscal year was compara
tively good, with domestic con
sumption up around 7>4 million
bales, and through the aid of
the export subsidy we sold
abroad about 6'/j million, giving
a total disposal of about 14 mill
ion bales. This year we hope to
continue domestic consumption
up to be 7 and 8 mil lon but out
foreign markets are gone. I
France, now taken over by Ger-1
many, usually took 700,090 bales;
Belgium 400,000; Holland was a
good customer as were the olhei
countries involved. With the
British blockade, shipments to
Italy-a large buyer--are off.
There is no one in Europe to
buy now except Great Britain,
and last year she put in a large 1
supply which they now have on
hand, and the preference given
to strictly war material cuts
down further sales. With our
exports gone the only thing left
to do is to work on increased
]use of cotton in the United
States.”
lof Trustees of the Bonaire Con
] solidated School District are
[jointly and severally invited to
present to this Board any repre
sentations or recommendations
they or any of them may desire
and prompt, courteous and im
partial consideration shall be
j given to such representations or
i recommendations.
| GEORGIA, Houston County.
I
i I, S. W. Hickson, Count}
[School Superintendent of Hous
I ton County, do hereby certify
j that the above and foregoing i
j a true, accurate and correct cop \
|of a resolution unanimously
adopted by the Board of Educa
i tion of Houston County in ses
i sion at Perry, Georgia, on July
j 24. 1940, at which all of the mem -
i bers of the Board of Education
I were present, to-wit: Rabun
Scarborough, J. N. Buff, C. B.
; Watson, S. L. Norwood and
j Floyd Tabor.
Witness my hand and official
signature on this the 24th day
of July, 1940.
S. W. Hickson,
County School Superintendent.
ESTABLISHED 1870
, CANDIDATES NAMED
, FOR STATE OFFICES
1
2 Entries for the Democratic
3 state primary on September 11
- have closed. The list of candi
- dates numbered 116, with a few
' just barely getting under the
I wire before it was too late.
Candidates who had qualified
> for the various state-wide offices
when the entries closed last week
• were:
! For Governor-Abit Nix, of
• Athens; Hugh Howell, of Atlan
ta; Columbus Roberts, of Colum
■ bus, and Eugene Talmadge, of
■ Mcßae.
; For Secretary of State-Jesse
Hall, of Atlanta, and John B.
Wilson, of Logansville,
For State Treasurer -George B
Hamilton, of Atlanta; Pat Avery,
of Atlanta, and Tom Wisdom, of
Chipley,
For Attorney G eneral-Ellis
Arnall, of Newnan.
For Comptroller General-
Downing Musgrove, of Homer
ville, and Homer C. Parker, of
Statesboro.
For State Superintendent of
Schools, M. D. Collins, of Fair
, burn, and Harvey C. Cutts, of
, Greenville.
For Georgia Public Service
Commission to succeed Walter R,
McUonald-Walter K. McDonald,
of Augusta, to succeed himself,
For Public Service Commission
to succeed Jud P. Wilhoit-Allen
Chappell, of Americus; H. B.
Smith, of Dahlonega, and Jud
P. Wilhoit, of Warrenton.
For Commissioner of Agricul
ture -James I. Hicks, of Ameri
cus; Hamilton Rawls, of Hogans
ville; Guy 0, Stone, of Glen
wood; James Doss Cook, of
Chula; Arthur D. Jones, of
Woobury, and Tom Linder.
For Commissioner of Labor —
Ben T. Huiet. of Atlanta.
For State Prison and Parole
Commissioner—Royal K. Mann,
of Atlanta: L. T. Mitchell, of
Clayton; Arlie D. Tucker, of
Nashville; William P. White, of
Atlanta, and George Harrell of
Lumpkin.
For Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of Georgia—Charles
S. Reid.
For Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court-Warren Grice,
of Macon, and T. Grady Head,
of Calhoun.
For Judge of the Georgia
Court of Appeals—Hugh Macln
tyre, of Thomasville.
For Judge of the Court of
Appeals—l. H. Sutton, of Clarks
ville.
For Judge of the Georgia Court
of Appeals for the unexpired
term of the late Judge John B.
Guerry-B, C. Gardner, of Ca
milla, incumbent.
LIBRARY NOTES
Helen Hull is recognized as an
American writer of distinction.
Her work is compared with that
of Willa Gather and Edith
Wharton. Like these famous
authors, her skill lies in charac
ter delineation.
Through the House Door, her
latest novel is the story of a
woman whose brilliant husband
loses his capacity to work. The
work of supporting the family
is thrown upon her. Helen Hul(
handles these themes with a
sympathetic understanding.
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations is
a collection of passages and phra
ses traced to their sources and
is the most famous of all books
of quotations. It is interesting
to read and indispensable as a
reference book.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
The general confidence and
steadfast friendship of constitu
ents toward a public servant are
his highest praise and greatest
reward. I arn deeply grateful
to the people of Georgia for my
j nomination as Attorney General
1 without opposition, and especial
ly do I desire to thank my Hous
j ton County friends for their in
terest and friendship,
i Faithfully yours,
ELLIS ARNALL.
Jack Camel is visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. M. Clemens
1 in Waycross.
