VOL. 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.
