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VOL. LXVIX. No. 33.
HOUSTON SCHOOL
TERM OPENS SEPT. 16
Houston county schools will
o nen for the fall term on Sep
tember 16. Closing date for the
Christmas holidays will be De
cember 20, and the spring term
will begin on January 6.
Faculty of the Perry high
school will be superintendent, E.
p Staples; principal, Cohen
Walker: assistant principal, Mrs.
j 0. Coleman; high school fac
ulty,' Miss Ruby Pickens, Com
merce: Miss Opal Hughes, Macon;
Miss Elizabeth Setwart, Moul
trie; Miss Margaret Powell, Villa
Rica; Miss Frances Foster,Perry.
Miss Louise Rainey is libra
rian, Miss Willie Ryals will teach
music and Miss Ada Williams,
public school music.
In the grammar school Miss
Eva Borom will teach the sev
enth grade, Miss Evelyn Hunt
sixth grade, Miss Dorothy Jones;
fifth grade, Miss Phoebe Plarper;
fourth grade, Miss Aline Ryals,
third, Miss Mary Lee Greene,
second,and Miss Frances Couey,
first.
There are quite a number of
faculty changes in the county
schools. Several places have
not been filled yet. When teach
ers are elected and confirmed,
their names will be published.
Mrs. Irene Gregory will re
turn to Henderson as principal.
Her assistant is to be elected.
Miss Mary Houser Brown will
return to Grovania as principal.
Her assistant is to be named.
Both of Elko’s teachers will
resume their work in September;
Mrs. W, J. Boone, principal, and
Miss Mollie Lou Cason.
Geo. R. Hunt will be principal
of Centerville school again. Miss
Mildred Watson will return as
teacher for the 4th and sth
grades. Two other teachers are
to be elected.
C. L. Williams will begin his
13th year as superintendent of
Bonaire High school. The com
plete faculty of Bonaire will be
published later.
BAPTIST W.M.S,HONORS
MISS EMMA CURTIS
Miss Emma Curtis, who will
enter this fall the W. M. U.
Training School of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Ky., was compliment
ed with a miscellaneous shower,
by the local B. W. M. U. at the
general meeting held Monday
afternoon at the church. Mrs.
A. S. Gossett, in presenting the
gifts, spoke of Miss Curtis as a
"consecrated, faithful, and effi
cient worker for the Lord, one
who has served her church in.
many capacities.”
The program of the afternoon,
presented by Mrs. G. S. Riley,
centered around ‘The W. M, S.
Training School and Margaret
Fund.” The history and en
largement, as well as the spiritu
al foundations of the school were
discussed by Mesdames Riley, |
E. W. Traylor. J. M. Taylor, G.
E. Jordan, and H, T. Gilbert,
and Miss Curtis. Mrs. J. P.
Etheridge told of ‘‘The Mar
garet Fund”, a fund which is
u ;T d for the education of the
children of foreign missionaries
ln the home land.
Mrs. C. E. Brunson, president, j
presided during the business
session. Tuesday, Sept. 10, as
the date for a Mission
course.
Mrs. W. A. Curtis conducted a
eff'HKof the Sunbeam band
at this time.
>.orni's Wea'llues Wian
hie °t Hyderabad, who
0 00 ; 00 - 00 °.000 in gold, $2,000,000,-
Onn nnn' !ewe * s an( t an income of $50,-
ui:,?. 0 a year, is probobly tke
■ealthiest man in the world.
TVo i^ ng s liat t Bargain
SerT T kln S' s bad bargain,” as
EnelaT„/ arnes ® ra y of Southsea,
died .. ’ Use£ t to describe himself,
the J; cen tly. Gray, 102, served in
drawt y or years and kad
n » pension for 64 year*.
A t^i N °„ vel Din ner Table
ere cted ie ‘ feet diameter, was
at whirh n *u Wll ? dsor castle > England,
were enf th t e , Kn ights of the Garter
P«nse W®®** a t the king’s ex
n the Thirteenth century.
Houston Home Journal
| PERRY TO HAVE NEW |
TELEPHONE SYSTEM I
I
i Improvements have begun on
the building of the Southeastern
Telephone Company, preparatory
to installation of the new tele
phone system in Perry.
New equipment has been or
dered and probably will be in
stalled in about 90 days. The
company plans to spend $lB,OOO
in replacing the old magneto
system now in use with the com
mon battery system.
The Perry telephone exchange
is a branch of the Southeastern
Telephone Co. The local ex
change has 230 subscribers. Re
cently, the local manager, Mrs.
Eva L. Hawkins, and the line
man, Robert Morris, have con
tacted subscribers in order to as
certain the type of telephone
each person desired.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Sub
ject, ‘The House of Christian
Character.”
Epworth League now meets at
7:00 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:30 p. m.
A theme of interest will be dis
cussed by the pastor.
Prayer Service Wednesday
8:30 p. m.
Tne Board of Stewards will
meet on Tuesday evening, 8:30
o’clock.
Third Quarterly Conference
Thursday night, Aug. 22, 8:30
o’clock.
WOMEN LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
TO ELECT ROBERTS GOVERNOR
Georgia women long active in
civic and patriotic work through
out the state were announced
today as district chairman for
the Women’s Division of Roberts
for Governor Campaign Commit
tee at the same time with an
nouncement of the date for the
First District Women’s Rally for
Roberts in Statesboro Friday,
August 23.
Other district meetings are to
be held in rapid succession be
fore the primary September 11,
at which county chairman and
Roberts workers will meet to
plan a whirlwind conclusion to
the women’s part in the cam
paign.
Mrs, Columbus Roberts, wife
of the farmer-business man can
didate for Governor and herself
long prominent in church work
and a teacher of one of the
largest women’s Bible classes in
(Georgia, will be guest of honor
.at the Statesboro Rally.
District chairman for each
Congressional district were an
nounced by Mrs. J. A. Rollin
son, chairman of the Georgia
Women’s Division of the Demo
cratic party and state chairman
of the women’s division for Rob
erts.
i Mrs. Alva Davis of Perry was
named third district chairman.
FARMING AND DEFENSE
If the program of defense and
preparedness in this country is
to succeed, it must have the
full cooperation and support of
all groups, Director Walter S.
Brown, of the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service, believes.
“Not only must it include ships
and fortifications and tanks and
airplanes and guns and soldiers, ’ ’
I the Director points out, “but it
j must also include huge supplies
•of raw materials and adequate
{supplies of food and clothing for
lour armies and for our people
land feed for our livestock. It
jmust include soil conservation
and forest conservation. We
must not only store up grain in
lour barns but we must store up
] future crops and supplies in the
1 fertility of our soils.”
TAX NOTICE
Sheriff Pierce has positive in
struction to levy all tax execu
tions that are delinquent more
than two years. No exception
will be made in favor of any one.
By order of the Board of Hous
ton County Commissioners.
C. E. Brunson, Clerk.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 15, 1940
'TRAFFIC DEATHS
ON DECLINE HERE
By lowering its own traffic
death rate, Houston county con
tributed toward Ga.’ seven per
cent reduction in traffic accident
deaths this year, department of
Public Safety records show.
Sergeant L. K. Thomason,com
manding officer of the State Pa
trol district headquarters in Per
ry, Ga. said two persons were
killed in this county between
January and June 30 this year.
In the same period of 1939, five
traffic deaths were recorded.
Throughout the state the semi
annual rate dropped from 343 in
1939 to 319 this year. Major Lon
Sullivan, Public Safety commis
sioner, said. However, upward
trends were noted in the upper
southwest and southeast areas of
Georgia, Major Sullivan said.
Of the 319 fatalities this year,
99 were pedestrians, 28 of whom
were children. Further analy
sis reveals that 75 per cent of
the fatal victims were involved
in passenger car accidents, 22
per cent in truck or truck-trailer
mishaps and the remaining 3
per cent in bus, taxicab and
motorcycle accidents.
The Commissioner said also
that only 33 per cent of the fa
talities took place within the
incorporated city or town limits
and 67 per cent on the highways.
Speed, he explained, was the
principal contributing factor.
“For that reason, Troopers are
strictly enforcing the state speed
limit of 55 miles,” the Commis
sioner cautioned.
PERRY HAS ABUNDANT
& GOOD WATER SUPPLY
Adjustments have been made
on the treating system of the
Perry waterworks, which have
resulted in clearer water for the
city. There is no opportunity
for any contamination of the
water as it goes from the well
through the enclosed treating
plant to the tank reservoir with
out any exposure.
The water supply is abundant.
In fact, it is adequate supply for
a town of 25,000 population. The
pump is used only two to four
hours during a 24 hour period.
The city council will hold a
special meeting next Monday
night to purchase pipe for addi
tional water mains.
“YOUR TOWN’* TO SHOW
HERE AUGUST 16-17
“Your Town,” a stirring short
sound motion picture, coming
Friday and Saturday to the Prin
cess Theatre, Perry, unfolds the
epic story of America. A sleepy
little one-street hamlet becomes
a thriving modern community
that has everything.
What is the secret of this
magic? What motivating force
is behind this amazing develop
ment? These and numerous oth
er questions are answered as the
reel unwinds.
The film depicts the American
way of life, based on human
freedom, individual initative, in
ventive genius and the private
enterprise system. It was pro
duced by Audio Productions,
Inc., in collaboration with the
National Association of Manufac
turers.
‘‘Typhoon Feature”
“Tyhoon”, with Dorothy La
mour in a sarong and Robert
Preston in trunks as the stars,
will be the feature attraction at
the Princess Theatre Thurs. and
Fri. this week. A jungle fire
and a typhoon which wipes out
the fire and marauding natives
are features for “Typhoon,”
photographed in color by Para
mount.
i '
Miss Mildred Curtis of Meri
dian, Miss, and Mrs. Mary C.
Daniel and daughter, Charlotte,
of Albany, Ga. have returned to
their homes after a visit of ten
days with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Curtis and Miss Emma Curtis.
i
Ear as Microphone
From the scientist’s point of view
■ the ear is an imperfect microphone
which adds harmonics to the note*
it hears.
GA. DEFENSE CORPS
NAME COUNTY CAPTS.
Appointment of unit comman
ders, district 12, State Defense
'Corps, has been announced by
Col. Ryburn G. Clay, state com
mander, to Major Sam A. Nunn,
jdistrict commander.
I The appointments are as fol
lows: Eby Holtzclaw, Perry,
Captain Houston County; B.
W. Hendricks, Cochran, Capt.
Bleckley.; R. G. Lumsden, Vien
na, Capt. Dooly; W. N. Pate,
Hawkinsville, Capt. Pulaski; C.
Hall, Fort Valley, Capt. Peach;
Loyd Pass, Seville, Capt. Wil
oox; Guy V. Roberts, Cordele,
Capt. Crisp county.
Commander S. A. Nunn states
that he will call a meeting of the
county Captains at an early
date and work out details for se
lecting the twenty men in each
of the above seven counties to
form the local units.
The plan is to organize the
volunteer services of loyal citi
zens who are over 35 years of
age, of excellent character, in
good health and commonly recog
nized as being loyal and patriot
ic, so that should the necessity
arise, they will be prepared to
assist in the preservation of
peace and good order; protect vi
tal installations and public works;
keep the activities of aliens in
the State under close observa
tion. State Defense Corps will
quite naturally be co-ordinated
with National Defense for the
best interests of the State.
No reserve officers or members
of the National Guard will be
eligible for enlistment in the
Corps.
SANCTIFIED GROUP
END CAMP MEETING
The second annual camp meet
ing of Christ Sanctified Holy
Church came to a close Sunday
night with E. P. Miller of Skip
perton, Ga. preaching the final
sermon. Thirty-eight new mem
bers were received into the
church Sunday morning.
A young people’s meeting was
held Sunday afternoon with
about 100 young folks, most of
them under 20 years of age, at
tending. Services were held
three times daily last week.
Large crowds were in attendance
at every service.
At a business session, a board
of church Extension was elected
to serve two years. Those chosen
are: John W. Miller, Macon;
C. B. Riggs, Wilmington, N. C.;
Elliott Sullivan, Spartanburg,
S. C,; Frank Barker, Atlanta;
■ and L. C. Mills, Macon.
Miss Ruth Manning of Moul
trie and Miss Lena Gilliand of
Macon were elected secretaries
of the church.
Services will be held at the
Tabernacle every Sunday night
at 7:30 p.m. The public is in
vited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs, John Miller are
in charge of the church home
and farm, located nine miles
from Perry, on the Woolfolk
place, on the Macon road.
; METHODISTS TO HAVE
THIRD CONFERENCE
The third Quarterly Conferen
ce of the Perry Methodist church
will meet Thursday night, Aug.
• 22. 8:30 o’clock at the church,
with Rev. Silas Johnson, district
Superintendent, presiding.
; The general work of the
1 church for this quarter will be
: reviewed. Th e officials and
; membership of the church are
> urged to be present. After the
’ conference, a short social occa
• aion will be enjoyed,
- LOCAL BOYS ENLIST
Robert Hattaway, the son of
j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hattaway
of Perry, Rt. 2 and Robert J.
Stringfellow, the son of Mrs.
Claudie Thompson of Perry, Ga.
were enlisted in the U. S. Ma
rines at the Municipal Audito
rium, Macon, Ga., August 12th,
1940. The two young men will
be transferred to Marine Bar
racks, Parris Island, S. C., for
recruit training.
| STATEMENT SHOWS
| DECREASE IN DEBT
j The semi-annual financial
statement of the Houston county
I board of Commissioners, pub
lished in this issue, shows a re
duction of almost fifty per cent
in th e county’s indebtedness.
Outstanding or unpaid warrants
on July 1 this year amounted to
$15,524.21, as compared with
$33,882.04 unpaid warrants on
Jan. 1, 1940.
Warrants issued the first six
months of this year total $23,-
754.93, of which $13,000 was
spent on the convicts and for
road maintenance: $2,250 for
public welfare: $l,OOO for supe
rior court expenses; $l,OOO for
jail expenses; $940 for Court
House operations: $1,890 for
salaries; $1,265 for general ex
pense; and $1,450 for public
safety.
LOCAL ATHLETE INNITED
■TO TAKE PART IN CLINIC
The cream of the state’s gradu
ating prep school and high
school athletes have been skimm- ]
ed for the all-star North-South!
football and basketball games to j
be played at Georgia Tech, in
Atlanta, as a climax to the third
annual clinic of the Georgia
Athletic Coaches Association the
last week of this month.
The association announced 56
football and 20 basketball play
ers have been divided evenly
into North and South squads,
with eight additional grid nomi
nees as alternates in event some
players are unable to attend.
Each year the coaches’ clinic
is closed by all-star contests be
tween picked teams from the
North and South sectors of the
state. Only athletes from the
current year’s graduating class
are chosen to take part in this
great occasion.
The date of the basketball
game has been set for Thursday
night, August 29. in the Geor
gia Tech gymnasium. The foot
ball game will be played the fol
lowing night (Friday, August
30) on Grant Field.
Bobby Holtzclaw, last year’s
outstanding Perry High school
eager, will be in the running for
one of the positions on the
Southern All-Star basketball
team. Bobby has a splendid
athletic record at Perry High
and it is believed that he can be
counted on to well represent
Perry in the clinic.
GA. COTTON REPORT
Probable production of the
Georgia cotton crop was placed
Aug. 8, at 955,000 bales (500
gross weight) on the basis of
Aug. 1 prospects, as reported by
crop correspondents to the Crop
Reporting Board of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The;
conditon of the crop is reported
to be 73 percent of normal, or
, the same as was reported one
, year ago. The yield per acre is
placed at 232 pounds as compar
ed with a yield of 227 pounds
last year and 218 pounds for the
10-year (1929-38) period. Final
production in 1939 was 915,000
bales, while production for the
10-year (1929-38) period averag
' ed 1,175,000 bales.
I Acreage estimated for harvest
this season is 1,976,000 acres
after making allowance for av
-1 erage abandonment from the
1,994,000 acres estimated inculti
vation on July 1. This is 2,4 per
■ cent larger than the acreage
harvested last season.
l| PEANUT CONFERENCE
! |
;l A conference of peanut grow
ers and others interested in the
peanut industry will be held in
Washington on August 15 to dis
cuss the peanut surplus removal
program for the 1940 crop, C. G.
- Garner, marketing specialist for
the Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion service, reports. Operating
' policies of the program also will
' be discussed. The meeting is
' open to all interested in the
‘ i peanut industry.
Lisle Is ‘Smooth’ Cotton
Lisle is the term used to designate
" fine, smooth, two-ply cotton tighgjr
and singed. . _
ESTABLISHED 1870
COUNTY FARM TOUR
PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Atyout forty people joined in a
Houston County Farm Tour
held last Thursday, August 8.
The tour was planned so that as
many as possible of the patches
in the County Corn and Cotton
Contest could be visited.
Judging from the general dis
cussions every one participating
in the tour enjoyed it immensely.
The contestants in both cotton
and corn will have keen compe
tition, in fact there are about a
half dozen in each corn and cot
ton so close that at this time an
unbiased person would have con
siderable trouble in saying who
had the best. Several people
ventured to make estimates,
some as high as 10G bushels of
corn and ILi bales of cotton per
acre on choice patches.
The peanut crop seems to be
spotted, nearly all have plenty
of vine, but some parts of fields
are quite short of peanuts on
the vine.
As a whole Houston County
has an excellent corn crop. The
, cotton crop has a g< o 1 weed, but
I the fruit is widely icittered and
far apart on the stalk. Present
I outlook is that the cotton crop
will be slightly short of last
year’s crop.
Recent rain and wind has
blown down corn over the entire
county. If this results in a loss
which is very likely in late corn,
some of the contestants will not
come up to expectation before
this storm occurred.
It was noted with interest
that quite a number of the bus
iness men of Perry participated
in the tour and enjoyed it very
much,
H. W. Hall served the tour
with a dutch barbecue dinner at
Houston Lake at noon. About
30 percent of those on the tour
ate so much barbecue they could
not take the afternoon round.
A number of farms visited are
cooperating with the Soil Con
servation District work and the
high points of this work were
pointed out by J. M. Gibert and
jack Miller, technicians with C.
C. C. Camp.
The pure-bred herd of Here
ford cows of S. A. Nunn creat
ed a considerable amount of com
ment and attention, especially
the cowboy and pony used to
corral the cows so that they
could be seen.
W. T. Middlebrooks,
County Agent.
800 JOBS TO BE OPEN
Approximately 800 jobs in the
Public Welfare Department of
the State will be open to com
petitive examinations in the
near future, it was announced
today by S. E. Hamrick, super
visor of Examinations. Appli
cations to take examinations
must be made by present em
ployees as well as by new appli
cants on or before September 4.
Several general administrative
positions and numerous profes
sional jobs in the Public Assis
tance Department are to be fill
ed, it Was said. In addition
there will be open to competition
jobs in finance and accounting,
statistics, clerical and steno
graphic work.
R. R. TAXES IN HOUSTON
The taxes assessed against the
railroads in Houston county in
1939 were as follows:
State $1,909.58
County-wide taxes 5,728.75
Local school dist. taxes 2,425.63
Municipal taxes
Perry 171.43
171.43
Total $12,144.98
BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There wiil be no preaching
’•services at the Perry Baptist
; church until the first Sunday in
September. The pastor, Rev. J.
A. Ivey, is on his vacation. He
will spend a part of the time at
Ridgecrest, N. C.
Sunday School—10:15 a, m.
Sunday.
