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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXVIX. No. 34. COUNTY TAX VALUES INCREASE IN 1940 Houston county tax values for 2040 show a gain of $23,786 over 1939 returns, according to re ports compiled in the office of £ \V, Marshall, county tax re ceiver. The aggregate value of nrooerty on the digest is $2,632,- 688 as compared with $2,608,902 in 1939. j Upon this valuation, the coun ty commissioners have levied the following county tax: 4 mills for road building, 5 mills for schools, 11 mills for other county purpo ses making a total of 20 mills. These levies are the same as last year. In addition to the above 20 mills tax levy,the school districts levy the following amounts: Per ry, 4 mills for school bonds and 5 mills school maintenance; Cen terville, 5 mills; Bonaire, 5 mills; Hayneville, 5 mills; Elko, smills; Henderson, 5 mills; Byron, 5 mills; Grovania, 5 mills. Including the state tax of 5 mills, the districts in Houston county will all pay a total tax of 30 mills except Perry which will be assessed 34 mills, due to the extra 4 mills school bond tax, All districts will pay the same as in 1939, except Hayneville which has had one mill school district tax added to her assess ment. The increase in tax valuation is due to the new buildings and homes in Perry. COUEY NAMED EDITOR Athens, Ga. James Couey of Athens and Perry, Georgia and a well known high school journalists in Georgia circles has recently been appointed ad vertising manager of the Geor gia ARCH, student monthly magazine, and thus becomes the first freshman in the history of the University of Georgia to as sume such a responsible position. James, whose successful edi torship of the Thumb Tack Tri bune, Athens High School paper, won for it the Southeastern “B” School Cup for the best paper in its class in the 'southeast, has been employed on the Athens Banner-Herald this summer and is to attend the University of Georgia on a partial scholar ship awarded him for his out standing high school work. He is the grandson of Mrs. Minnie Couey of Perry. ELEC T “-“-“ D.^CKER NASHVILLE, GEORGIA PAROLE AND PRISON COMMISSIONER (TO) succeed Judge G. A. Johns, retiring AND eliminate Pardon Racket in | e °rgia. Pledge to furnish press j onthly list of applicants for | emency. Pledge fair and impartial re ?tment to all prisoners. Rich 1 and poor alike. Former Speaker of House of Rep- | sentatives Member American B'on, Mason, Baptist, Democrat. I YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE deeply APPRECIATED übject to Democratic Primary ~ September 11. 1940 ffehistoric Lake City ir of a P re historic lake city AY 1,6 seen the waters near ■ neva > Switzerland. Glass Production . id Production of glass amounts ton, PPr J ° ximatel y 8.000,000 metric j.nnr n and U v alued at $800,000,000, Umo Xlmately a third of the total accounted for by the Units* Houston Home Journal PERRY LIBRARY HAS : CHILDREN READERS ; The Perry Public library has jbeen a popular place with the I school boys and girls during the I summer months. Jack Spears and Fred Thom i son have the record for the boys j reading the most books, and Joyce Andrew holds the record j for the girls. Reading certifi- I cates are given to children read | ing at least 10 books from a list selected by the librarian. These must include a certain number of non-fiction books. Girls and boys who will receive reading certificates are Fred Thomson, Joyce Andrew, El aine Moore, Jerry Cater, Bar bara Tolleson, Billy Debbins, Bobby Ivey, Jean Pierce, Caro line Moody, Anne Ivey, Bobby Satterfield, Olive Lee Thompson. Howard Peyton, Anne Batchelor, Beverly Spears, Mildred Greene, and Dallas Ryle, In addition to the reading cer tificates, three prizes are offered to children keeping the best notebooks on the books they read. The winners will be an nounced later. Mrs. J. L. Beavers is librarian and Miss Edna Batchelor, as sistant. ADOITIONAL PERSOMLS Miss Caroline Hodges of At lanta is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hodges. Mrs, Exa Tucker, Fairfax, Ala., is spending this week with Rev. and Mrs. C. H, Tucker. Mrs. Tucker and her guest vis ited Mrs C. R. Giles, Sr. in Sandersville Tuesday and Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ward left Sunday p. m. for Greenville, S. C. to join a party there Monday to motor through the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee this week. Miss Dorothy Rogers of Macon, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tucker. Miss Edna Batchelor has as her guests Mrs. J. W. Parker and baby son and Dorothy See, of Fort Valley. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Skellie and sons, Albert and Walter, and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey An derson spent Sunday in Zenith with Miss Parmalee Cheves. Miss Annie Kate Andrews of Roberta, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fudge. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hammock and family returned home Fri day after a week’s visit in the mountains of North Georgia and North Carolina. Mr, and Mrs. Cater Rogers, Mrs. R. L. Cater, and Mrs. Eli za C. Massee spent Sunday night and Monday in Atlanta to be with Miss Katharine Cater who underwent an operation Monday at Crawford W. Long hospital. Miss Cater has been a patient in this Atlanta hospital since last Thursday. Dr. R.L. Cater and Mr. Bob C. Massee spent Monday in Atlanta. Mr. Roy Ogletree, of Monti cello, spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Ogle tree. Mrs. W. B, Evans spent Mon day in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wilkinson }and children, Shirley and Billy, of Atlanta, spent the week-end [with her mother, Mrs. W. E. Swanson and sister, Miss Norine Swanson. Friends of Mrs. Swan 'son regret her continued illness. ! Billy Wilkinson is spending the j summer in Atlanta, 1 Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Amerson land daughter, Judy, of Miami, I Fla., spent Sunday night and [Monday with Mr and Mrs. Wil- Ibur Head. Navelle Hunt’s condition is re ! ported as somewhat better. This i little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Tommy Hunt, has been critically ill for several weeks. The friends of Mrs. E.M.Beck ham will regret to learn of her illness. She is at Oglethorpe In ; firmary, Macon. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 JTWO SOIL-BUILDING , BENEFITS AVAILABLE > —— ■ i m - Two soil-building payments are available to Houston County • farmers who sow Austrian Win- 1 ! ter peas this fall and turn under I a good stand and a good growth or leave them on the land, Sec retary to the Houston County,' AAA Committee, said this week. “The 1940 Agricultural Con -1 servation Program makes $1,501 available to each farmer seeding at least 30 pounds of Austrian Winter peas per acre. An addi tional $1.50 per acre will be avail able under the 1941 Program for turning under a good stand and a good growth secured from this year’s seeding, or by leaving them on the land,” he said. He explained that specifications for the seeding of Austrian peas require that the equivalent of 200 pounds of 16 percent su perphosphate be used with them unless the peas follow a crop previously well fertilized with a fertilizer carrying a high per centage of available phosphate. The farmers must seed at least 30 pounds of Austrian Winter peas per acre to qualify for the soil-building assistance available for seeding winter legumes. Mr. Middlebrooks said the best time to plant winter legumes is immediately following the first good rain after the middle of September. In all sections of the state they should be planted prior to November for the best results. The county office is now re ceiving requests for Austrian peas, 20 percent superphosphate and ground limestone as grants of aid under the AAA Farm Pro gram. This plan enables the farmers to receive these soil building materials in place of conservation payments. It has greatly stimulated their use in Houston County. Where Austrian peas, super phosphate and lime are received in car load lots with other coop erating farmers, the amount de ducted from payments is $4.90 for each 100 pounds of peas, $2.75 per ton for ground lime stone and $l5 per ton for phos phate, Houston County farmers will observe “Soil-Building Week” in Georgia. September 9 to 14. Mr. Middlebrooks said several orders of Austrian peas, lime and phosphate have been filed by farmers. These materials will help rebuild acres of poor land in this county. The friends of Mr. W. B. Sims will be glad to know that he is improving from an illness that has confined him to his home for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomas of Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. J. D Stembridge and Mrs. Gor don Scarbrough of Centerville were the guests of Mrs. J. M. Holloman Monday. Mrs. Tom Parker of Abbeville was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker and family Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parker will leave Sunday for a ten day va cation in the mountains. Their daughter, Shirley Paker, will be guest of June and Billy Parker and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Perdue of Bonaire, while her parents are away. Friends of Sue Wright regret to learn of her illness. Friends of Mrs. W. N. Boler are glad to know that she is recuperating nicely after several weeks of illness. Dr. C. D. Cater of Greens boro, N. C. is visiting his par ents, Dr. and Mrs, R. L. cater. BRADDOCK-BEDELL •I Mrs. W. J. Braddock of Hen jderson announce the marriage |of her daughter, Hazel, to Hal ’! Mannering Bedell of Miami, Fla.. 1 formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y. The wedding was solemnized July 27 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - Sweden’s Forest Acres There are 58,000,000 acres of for ests in Sweden. BETTER LIVESTOCK FESTIVAL SEPT. 2-3 EASTMAN, Ga. Georgia’s! growing movement to improve! production and marketing of fat cattle and hogs will be celebrat ed in a colorful manner for two full days, September 2nd 3rd, 'when the Georgia Better Live stock Festival is held at Eastman, Ga. in Dodge County. The festival, expected to be come an annual event, is being sponsored by committees from the Lions and Rotary Clubs, Junior Chamber of Commerce and American Legion of East man. It is emphasized that the affair is statewide in scope and that stock entries and parade float entries are invited from every county. The civic clubs and the county agent of Houston County are re quested to urge growers and breeders to participate in the festival by entering cattle and hogs in the individual grade and pure bred competition and also to enter a group of cattle in the County Grouu Sweepstakes, One of the biggest festival parades ever attempted in South Georgia will be a feature of the Labor Day program and the clubs and merchants of each county in this section are urged to build floats to compete for the cash prizes in the Parade of Floats, Nearly $5OO cash prizes will be paid at the festival for fat cattle and hogs, for the best floats, etc. A first prize of $52 will be paid the county entering the best group of cattle in the county sweepstakes. All candidates for governor have been invited to speak. East man will be decorated in gala fashion for the two days of the festival. Several bands will be present to provide music for the parade and for the public street dance to be held during the even ing on Labor Day, September 2nd. G. S. & F. R. R. SEEKS TO AID AGRICULTURE Vice-President F. H. Brown, Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, Macon, today announ ces the appointment of T. D. Juhan as General Agent of that company with headquarters at Adel, Ga., to become effective September 1. The G S & F Railway, a part of the Southern Railway System, is thus recognizing the vast po tentialities for an orderly agri cultural development in the south Georgia and north Florida territories it traverses for some 400 miles. Juhan, who is well qualified by many years of prac tical experience, will devote all of his time and energies to this class of work to the end that he may be helpful to those engaged in agricultural pursuits and that the railroad will render a greater service to the communities along its lines. YOUNG-LASSITER l Mr. and Mrs. Riley Young of Byron announce the marriage of their daughter, Christine Eliz abeth, to Aldine Lassiter of Perry, the wedding having taken place on July 7. WHAT’S NEW? In 20 years, it is estimated that Tokio will be the largest city in the world-- N.Y. next and London third. Radio keeps one abreast of fast-shifting world events. The modern 1941 radio brings all the news-when news-- artists-politics, etc. clearly and distinctly. Let US dem onstrate. MASSEE—BARFIELD RADIO SHOP Phone 154 Perry, Ga. Churchguing Record Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson, Marion, Ohio, leased an airplane and flew 190 miles to attend church services in Indianapolis, thereby, they believe, establishing a record ler churchgoers. | ROBERTS SUGGESTS I NEW HIGHWAY BOARD :! . . j Wiping the slate entirely clean jon the confusion and bickering of the state highway department 'and setting up a new highway board to function in the manner of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia is advocated by Columbus Roberts, candidate for governor. The board would be composed of ten members, one from each congressional district. This board would meet one or two days a month to decide matters of policy, approve plans and dis tribute funds, as between dis tricts and counties. The mem bers would be paid on a per diem basis, rather than big salaries. These members would elect, or the governor appoint, as the Legislature sees fit, a full-time executive to carry out the poli cies and orders of the Board of Regents. Four year terms, five expiring every two years, would keep a balance of experienced men always on the board. Mr. Roberts indicated that he would go along with the on any plan of se lection; however, he strongly recommends election of each member by the people of the district he is to represent, the same plan followed in electing members of Congress. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church School 10:15 a. m. The Men’s Class Campaign is arousing a great amount of in terest. Men who are not attend ing elsewhere are cordially in vited to attend the class. I In the worship services Sunday the pastor will speak on two of the great doctrines of the Bible. In the 11:30 hour Rev, Gard ner will preach on the subject-- “Sanctification through Faith in Christ,” based on Acts 26:18. In the 8:30 evening service he will preach on the theme— “Growthin Grace.” Rev. Gard der says, “These two doctrines do not contradict each other. They supplement one another. In practical Christian experience they also are to go together. Christians are to be sanctified or made holy through faith in Christ, and they are to grow in grace.” In the absence of Rev. Ivey, we cordially invite the members of the Baptist Church to worship with us Sunday. The members of the Methodist Church are urged to attend. McDowell produces FIRST HOUSTON BALE W. C. McDowell of Grovania Monday became the producer of the first bale of 1940 cotton in Houston county. He ginned a 473-pound bale at Etheridge’s ginnery and Ether idge’s warehouse paid 12 cents for the lint and $2O per ton for the seed. This was a premium price for the first bale. LASHLEY-STRONG Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lashley of Perry announce the marriage of their daughter, Orita, to 1 William Carey Strong of Fort Valley, the ceremony taking place on Aug. 20, 1939. | cutting ”ax. Experience of < Jal*n<xbf e ’ will be invaluable in solving Georgia’s soro problems See end hear TALMADCE when he visits your section and listen to WSB 8:30-9 P-M. (ESI) on Friday nights J English Language Sounds The English language has only M letters to represent 40 or more eounds. ESTABLISHED 1870 jPENN-DIXIE TEAM WINS CHAMPIONSHIP i The Penn Dixie-baseball club having won the regular season championship of the Middle Ga. League are now in the playotfs, as prescribed by the Shaughnes sy play-olf system. Saturday the local Cementers dropped a 13 to 3 decision to Juliette Millers, winners of the third place in the league. Sunday Penn-Dixie came back strong behind the six hit pitching of Hugh Braddock to win the game at Clinchfield by the score of 8 to 2. Cecil Howard starred at bat for the locals by having a perfect day, getting two triples, a double and a single. The Penn-Dixie club all even with Juliette travel there for the third game next Saturday, with the fourth game being played on the Clinchfield diamond on Sun day. Should both teams take one each of these games the fifth and deciding game will be played on the home grounds of the team benefitting by a tossed coin. In the other diyision of the playoffs, Willingham and Payne City stand all even, each with one victory. Willingham won second place ending the season three full games behind Penn- Dixie,and Payne City won fourth place, two games behind third place, Juliette. As this system of playoff goes, the first place winners are to play the third place winners,and the second place winners are to play the fourth place winners in a designated series. Winners of ihese two series are to meet in a deciding series for the cham pionship. A large group of fans are planning to follow the home boys to Juliette next Saturday, and the largest crowd of the season is expected for the fourth game in Clinchfield next Sunday. Regu lar season prices will prevail for this aeries. LIBRARY NOTES The most widely discussed books of recent months are: Days of Our Years, Van Passen; Escape, Vance; How Green Was MyValley,Llewellyn;How to Read a Book, Alder; I Married Adven ture. Johnson; The Nazarene, Asch; Wind, Sand and Stars, de Saint Exupery. These books which cover a wide variety of subjects are in the library. New novels: Chif fon Scarf, Eberhart; Juliet,lnc., Hauck; Take These Hands, Pat terson; There Is Always Love, Culver; Where There Is Love, Larrimore. Books by Ellis Credle are great favorites with the young read ers. “Down, Down the Moun tain” is the story of Hitty and ;her brother Frank who lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains. ‘‘Dancing Tom” by Elizabeth Coatsworth is more than an en tertaining story. It is a fine picture of pioneer life on the Mississippi. ‘‘LILLIAN RUSSELLL” IS SHOWING AT PRINCESS i The life and loves of Lillian Russell, belle of another gener ation, are brought to the screen by Alice Faye in a motion picture into which Darryl F. Zanuck has incorporated the wealth of ele ments out of which production experience spells entertainment —glamour, song, costume brill iance, famous names and places, and action. The adaptation of the autobi jgraphical material for a sup porting cast headed by Edward Arnold, Henry Fonda and Don Ameche, gives a basis for able performance of the parts of Dia mond Jim Brady, Alexander Moore, Edward Solomon, Tony Pastor and Jesse Lewisohn. The film narrative follows her 'career from her birth as Helen Leonard in Clinton, lowa, back . in Civil War days. ‘‘Lillian Russell” will be shown at the Princess Theatre, Perry, today and tomorrow, Aug. 22-23.