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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXVIX. No. 36. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1940 ESTABLISHED 1870 TALMADGE CARRIES HOUSTON; VOTES ON OTHERS GIVEN Houston county went for for nl er Gov, Eugene Talmadge in Wednesday’s state primary by 53 votes. Talmadge received 473 votes to Columbus Roberts’ 420 ar.d Abit Nix’s 12 votes. Talmadge carried seven out of nine precincts. The Perry precinct went for Roberts by *l9 votes. Talmadge receiving 216 to Roberts 235 and flj x 6. Elko also went to Rob erts with 45 to 21 for Talmadge and one for Nix. Talmadge carried Bonaire 26- 17, VVellston 45-32, Heard 29-22, Henderson 22-17, Hayneville 26- 4, Hattie 59-13, Kathleen 28-15. Gray Wins Legislative Race Rivaling in interest the gov ernor’s and the judgeship races was the race for county repre sentative in the state legisla ture. W. W. Gray won over Dr. H. P. Dobbins by 12 votes, the total county vote being 471 for Gray to 459 for Dobbins. John B. Wilson, sect, of state, carried Houston, receiving 635 votes to 290 for Jesse Hall. Tom Wisdom, candidate for state treasurer, won over Geo. B. Hamilton, incumbent, in this county. The vote was Wisdom 465 to Hamilton 388. In the race for commissioner of agriculture, James I. Hicks carried the county, receiving 513 votes to 186 for Ralls, 156 for Linder, 29 for Stone, 28 for Cook, and 22 for Jones. Judge Warren Grice carried the county by a large majority. His vote was 832 to 92 for Head. For state prison and parole commissioner, Arlie D. Tucker received 424 votes, Roy Mann 295, Harrell 120, White 6i, Mitch ell 30. Allen Chappell carried the county for public service com missioner. The vote was Chap pell 469, Wilhoit 270, Smith 103. Homer C. Parker carried Houston county for comptroller general. The vote was 474 for Parker to 444 for Downing Mus grove. Dr. M. D. Collins, state school supt., won by a large majority over his opponent, Harvey Cutts. The vote was Collins 753, Cutts 175. There was opposition in only one district for county commit teemen, the Old 13th. The three named were; J. PI. Clark, 53 votes; J. D. Means, 52; J. E. Eason, 43. Houston county delegates to! the state convention whichj meets in Macon, Oct. 2, were] named by the Executive commit- ■ tee. They are: F. M. Greene, 5. A. Nunn, S. L. Norwood, A. B. Ramage, Paschal Muse, Jack Ammons, A. R. Talton, R. F. Scarborough, W. B. Young, D H. Daniel, J. T. Lewis,-W. E. Andrews, Mrs. John L. Hodges, Mrs. Clyde Gurr, Mrs. E. F. Tharpe, Mrs. Will Gilbert. METHODIST WOMEN TO ORGANIZE NEW GROUP An important and historic meeting is to be held next Mon day at 4p. m, at the Perry Methodist church. The charter meeting of The Woman’s Society °f Christian Service, the new name for the Woman’s Mission ary Society, will be held with the Pastor, Rev. Roy Gardner m charge. This change in the woman's work was brought about by the merger of the three 'jcanehes of Methodism. . Hdicers will be named and an impressive program presented. Members will be enrolled and a ove offering to count on pledges pde the W. M. S. this year will 08 taken. Ml \v. M. S. members and all • omen members of the church dI ’ 8 invited to attend. Srio! C ,* larte . r meeting of the i u , Georgia Conference will held Friday, Sept. 27, at , zgerald with Bishop Arthur ‘ Vl °ore as speaker. operating the public astern in Georgia during "is > S - S -M year ended June 30 Per pupil, compared per pupil i n pjsg. | ANDERSON ELECTED | JUDGE BY LARGE VOTE i 1 [i Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson i°f Ferry, seeking election to the I unexpired term of Judge W. A. I McClellan, won an easy victory | over three opponents in Wednes- i day’s primary election. He car ried all four counties comprising I the Macon judicial court circuit. ! In Houston county the vote was: Anderson, 873; E. P. John ;. ston, 40; A. C. Riley, 10; Earl • Butler, 10. In Bibb county, Judge Ander ’ son received 3,940 votes, John ; ston, 2,322; Butler, 1,680; Riley, 1 134. ‘ Crawford county reported 525 for Anderson, 104 for Riley, 56 for Butler, and 24 for Johnston. In Peach county the vote was; Anderson 602, Riley 493, Butler ! 19, Johnston 15. The Fort Val ley precinct gave Anderson 429 to 437 for Riley. METHODIST MfIUMENIS Church School-10:15 a. m. Worship Services--ll:30 a. m, and Bp. m. Sermons by Pastor, ; Epworth League-6:30 p. m. Next Sunday is Orphans’ Horae 1 Day in the Church School. Sat- 1 urday is Work Day for the Or- ■ phans’ Home. Everyone has 1 been requested by C. P. Gray, 1 school Supt. to contribute liber- - ally to this worthy cause. < The Men’s Bible Class has on 1 an attendance contest. Last Sun- 1 day there were 54 present and aH larger number is expected next ’ Sunday, the closing day of the i contest. 1 The Susannah Wesley Class will have a barbecue supper at < Houston Lake next Tuesday I night, Sept. 17. Husbands of the members are invited. Wednesday Service—B p. m. MOTORISTS REMINDED OF SCHOOL BUS LAW Opening of schools in Houston ; county brought moiorists a re minder today of the law requir- * ing them to atop for school buses 1 parked on streets or highways to , discharge or take on children. Major Lon Sallivan, public ‘ safety commissioner, said the law has been in effect for years \ hut that many motorists appar- ‘ ently are unfamiliar with it. Troopers last term made cases 1 against a number of drivers who failed to observe it and school ; children themselves reported more than 3,000 violators. I Major Sullivan said no action was taken against motorists on J first report by the children oth er than the Department of Pub lic Safety mailed letters to them quoting the law and asking their co-operation in the future._ One motorist who failed to stop struck a 10-year old girl. He said he was ignorant of the law. | Major Sullivan said it applies to drivers who meet, overtake or approach from a side road a bus parked to admit or discharge > children. Motorists also must remain stopped until the school vehicle has resumed its course. ‘l The Commissioner also urged ’I Houston county school officials r j to begin organization of their school patrols. He said Trooper | R. L. Crawford from the State Patrol headquarters in Perry will work with schools of this 1 district in training Patrolmen and in carrying on their safety : I education work among children. 4 il : SUNBEAMS MEET I 4 >1 The Sunbeams held their I!monthly meeting at the Baptist 1 Church Monday p. m. Mrs. W. 1J A. Curtis and Mrs. Chas. Logue Hare leaders. Jo Alice Moody is i president and Ann Ivey, treas urer. 1| Carolyn Moody gave a talk on t'Missionaries. Twenty-three "'members were present. 1 At the close of meeting, re-, 'freshments were served. J ’ Teacher’s salaries in Ga. cost| j $27.18 per pupil in 1939, com par-, l ed with $28.60 per pupil in 1938. 1 'F. F. A. BOYS GET BEEF CALVES FOR FAT CALF SHOW The F. F. A. members have again gotten their calves in preparation for the Houston county show and the Macon show and sale which will he held in March 1941. Eleven hoys have twelve white-face Hereford steers and one boy has two Black Angus Steers. Other boys will probably get Black Angus steers in the next few days. The Here ford steers were bought from S. A. Nunn while the Black Angus steers were purchased from Mr. Richardson. Those boys getting steers and the number are: One Hereford Steer Alton Tucker, Cullen Talton, Clarence Shurling, Eugene Lash ley, Durvvard Wilson, Lawton Daniel, Billy Giles. Frank Giles, Kelly Hammock, Malcolm Rape. Two Hereford Steers—Walter Gray. Two Black Angus Stcers-Jack Eason. Each boy is going out with the intention of having the Grand Champien of the county show. In 1939 the Grand Cham pion of the county was fed out by Walter Gray, Jr. while the 1940 Grand Champion was fed out by Eugene Lashle.v, Jr, As far as observers can tell each boy has a chance to be the win ner so everyone is going out to win. The lot of calves this year are better than any that the boys have ever had. The F. F. A. appreciates the co-operation that everyone has given these hoys. TALMADGE WINNER IN STATE PRIMARY Almost complete unofficial re turns from Georgia’s 150 coun ties in Wednesday’s Democratic primary, swept former Governor Eugene Talmadge to apparent victory and a third term as chief executive of Georgia. Talmadge piled up a popular vote of 138,030 for a county-unit vote of 344, far beyond the required majority of 206. Columbus Roberts, his nearest opponent, had a popular vote of 85,532 and a county unit of 54. Abit Nix, Athens attorney, conceded the election shortly before midnight after tabulations showed him trailing the ticket with 32,679 popular and 12 unit votes. It was the second time he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomi nation. In 1932 he was runner up to Talmadge, polling 78,588 popular votes for 94 county units. Talmadge carried 135 of Geor gia’s 159 counties, while Roberts carried 20 and Nix four, on the basis of unofficial returns from 1,437 of the state’s 1,720 pre cincts. In other slate-house races, John B. Wilson, secty. of State, had a long lead over Jesse S. Hall.M.D. Collins, stale supt. of schools, was far ahead of Harvey C. Cutts. For state treasurer, incumbent Geo. B. Hamilton was Calling Tom Wisdom in early returns. Downing MuSgrovo, recently ap pointed comptroller general, was behind Homer C. Parker. Warren Grice, incumbent jus tice of the supreme court, trailed Grady Head, his opponent. Allen Chappell was leading Jud P. Wilhoit, incumbent, for pub lic service commissioner. In a six-man race for commis sioner of agriculture, Tom Linder had an early lead with Hicks, Stone, and 'tails, neck and neck, behind him. Cook and Jones were greatly in arrears. “GOD BLESS AMERICA” Irving Berlin wrote it. Kate Smith introduced it to the world over the radio. Now Georgia is j adopting it as its official school | song. The song is “God bless America.” i State Superintendent M. D. j Collins lias written county and city school superintendents 'throughout Georgia that pupils be taught the words. Copies are ! being sent to every [school. Citi izeusbip and patriotism will be FARMERS REMINDED OF CLOSING DATE ' IN AAA PRACTICES 3 Farmers of Houston county i were reminded this week by i County Agent W. T. Middle- 11 brooks that November 30 is the 1 closing date for carrying out soil : building practices under the 1940 1 AAA farm program. : This seems, he explains, that 1 farmers participating in the ; AAA program, must complete ■ soil-building practices by No-i vember 30 if they expect to re > ceive credit on this year’s pro gram. Farmers of Houston county 1 continued this year to carry out a broad program of soil-building practices, and by so doing made a substantial contribution to the Nation’s agricultural prepared ness, Mr. Middlebrooks said. “We are vitally concerned to day with strengthening the de , fense of our Nation,” he stated. In this regard, vve are fortunate in that we have an abundance of food and liber now, and our! farms are capable of producing , plenty for future use. The AAA conservation program has given us the opportunity to overhaul and improve our ‘farm factories' ’ until now they are able to sup ply any anticipated require ments.” Among the most important soil-improving practices carried out this year on Houston county , farms have been the following:! , Cowpeas following grain, and cowpeas, velvet beans and soy , beans interplanted in corn. At I ' least 60 per cent of all farms eli-l gible for AAA payments have not! earned enough soil-building units to receive maximum payments. This shorlage of soil-building practices may still he earned by planting a sufficient acreage to Austrian winter peas, vetch or mixtures of these with small grain for hay and grazing crops. : These seed are on hand now which may be secured on Grant ; of-Aid from government and will require no expenditure of 1 money to get them now. The 1 payment will be deducted from your 1940 AAA payment which will come in early spring of 1941 Also 20 per cent acid phosphate ; may be secured the same way for assuring a better growth with your winter cover crops. Early planting, thorough in oculation, fertilization, proper 1 planting of seed, are essential : factors in successful growth of Austrian peas, vetch, crimson clover, and other winter cover : crops. ! BAPTIST W. M. S. HAS MISSION STUDY DAY 1 The Baptist W. M. S. had an all day Mission Study at the church Tuesday. “Stewardship | in the Life of Youth” was the book taught at this time by Mrs. Luther Bloodworth of Macon, On Monday the September general meeting was held at the! ; church, with Mrs. C. E. Brun : son, the president, presiding. It was decided to observe state ! mission day on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Mrs. W. B. Evans, Mission Study chairman will he in charge ( of this program for this season of prayer and study. Members brought gifts of pre serves, etc. for the Ga. Baptist Hospital. The afternoon’s topic of dis | cussion, “To The Jew First” was led by Mrs. J,- L. Gallemore. 1 Others taking part were: Mes-j ’ dames W. B. Roberts, W. C. I Talton, W. E. Beckham and A. j C. Cobb, and Miss Emma Curtis, j I Emmett Cater has returned 1 . from Macon where he spent the I summer with his mother, MrsJ 3 L. W. Cater. Jj Mrs. A. P. Whipple and sons, j Allen and Derry 1, are spending | several days in Cochran with' 1 relatives. s ________________________ g j stressed in Georgia classrooms . throughout the ensuing year, Dr. b Collins said. [soil conservation I LEADERS MEET HEREI 1 , | 1 A meeting of all men in the j ([Middle Western Ocmulgee river (jsoil conservation district, who iare connected with the soil con servation service,was held at the school house in Perry Monday. Meeting with them was the ( board of supervisors of the dis- i trict, composed of S. W. Hick- 1 son, Perry, chairman; A. C. 1 Richardson, Montezuma; Thomas I A. Cook, Hawkinsville; B. T. | Welch, Rochelle, and W. E. Yin- 1 son, Bibb county. The meeting was for the pur- 1 ipose of discussing ways and ( means of putting soil conserva ( tion practices into effect during c the fall months. There is more ( work to be done than at any e time since the service began c operation. By staging demon- t strations in communities more can be accomplished than by working on individual farms. H. s G. Dasher, Tifton, in charge of P the work in South Georgia and / T. L. Asbury, state co-ordinator, P were principal speakers. \ PLANT GRAIN AND LEGUME i MIXTURES FOR GRAZING 1 t Small grain-winter legume - c mixtures sown on good land £ early in the fall afford late win ter and spring grazing or spring hay which is badly needed on most farms, County Extension [ Agent W. T. Middlebrooks said j I this week, in urging Houston j | County farmers to plant such s mixtures this season, j, “In addition to the forage pro duced, these crops will protect j the soil from erosion and help c reduce the row crop acreage usually planted to corn,” the agent explained. “Such land can then be used for production of summer crops such as cow peas, soybeans, or lespedeza. (J “For best results, small grain- winter legume mixtures should be planted on well-prepared good land,” he continued. “An ap- t plication of manure or 200 to ( 400 pounds of a good cotton fer- ~ tilizer, depending on the fertility a of the soil, should be used if the -j previous crop was not highly j fertilized.” c Mr. Middlebrooks said grain- | legume mixtures should be sown in Sept, and certainly not later g than the middle of October. j “A good mixture for hay is c two to two and a half bushels ol £ oats and 10 pounds of vetch or 15 pounds of Austrian winter , peas,” . For grazing or winter tempo | t rary pasture mixture, use two to two and a half times the j, amount of seed recommended g for hay and add or substitute [ rye if considered desirable, the county agent asserted. Rye is £ more winter hardy than oats and should constitute a good t portion of the small grain in the-'j mixture if oats are subject to ' winter killing. i LAND FOR SALE MAY J BE LISTED WITH F,S.A. t I Any farm owner with land for sale in Houston county may list it with the Farm Security Ad- * ministration in Perry at F. S. A. Office. Such listings, it was ex plained by William H, Jones, Jr., county F S A supervisor, are being accepted in connection with the FS A tenant purchase program. This program provides for 1 loans to a limited number of r farm tenants and laborers for c the purchase of family-sized c j farms. The loans are made on I the basis of 40 years at three per f I cent interest. While each appli- 1 j cant must locace his own farm, 1 '•the ESA is accepting listings 1 I from prospective sellers to assist t tenants in locating suitable 1 1 farms. t It was emphasized by Mr. Jones, that acceptance of listings 1 lon the part of the FSA does < I not constitute any assurance that ( | such farms will be sold. The j I only purpose is to assist prospec- 1 live buyer and seller to get in touch with each other. , Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rainey|( and daughter, Derrildene. of : Cordele, spent Sunday with his i mother, Mrs. M. M. Rainey. ( 1 ■HMHMWUhtMMMMV iW HOUSTON SCHOOLS I OPEN FALL TERM MONDAT.SEPT. 16 The white schools of Houston county will open next Monday, Sept. 16. Opening exercises will be held at the Perry school with Mayor S. A. Nunn as speaker. Supt. E. P. Staples invites all patrons and friends of the school to attend. Additions to the faculties are: Perry, Miss Elizabeth Anthony of Macon, commercial course; Centerville, Miss Camilla Sasser of Bonaire and Miss Margaret Carpenter of Hepzibah; Hender son. Miss Connie Martin of of Barney: Grovania, Miss Hat tie Lou Willis of Grovania. The Bonaire faculty is: C, L. Williams, superintendent; high school, L. G. Perry, Macon; Miss Martha Stoner, Elberton; Miss Annelle Hall, Athens, and Miss Mary Moore of Norwood, who will teach home economics. Miss Eleanor Timmerman of Macon, first grade; Miss Ger trude Hunt of Kathleen, second grade; Miss Eunice Hunt of Kathleen, third and fourth grades; Miss Mary Leverett of Wellston fourth and fifth grades and Miss Irma Willis of Walden, sixth and seventh grades. Bus drivers for Houston coun ty schools will be H. G. Brad dock, J. T. Lewis, E. F. Bronson, E. E. Peed, W. M. Jones, L. E. Hicks, R. G. Scarborough, W. E. Rape, Robert Heard, J. H. Wat son, G. E, Perdue and W. A. Farr. STATE CENSUS SHOWS LARGER POPULATION Georgia’s 1940 census total is placed at 3,119,953, an increase of 211,447 or 7.3 per cent over the stote’s 2,908,506 in the 1930 population census. The count revealed the urban trend within the state. The 19 Georgia cities with 10,000 or more persons gained from Thom asville’s 6.7 per cent to Albany’s 31.1. Atlanta, with 302,538 per sons-the fifth largest state capital in the nation —advanced 11.9 per cent. Of Georgia’s 159 counties, 100 showed increases. County fig ures ran from Lincoln’s 10.3 per cent decrease to Cnattahoochee’s 69.9 per cent gain. The latter county is the site of Fort Pen ning. the Army’s infantry school and one of the most important concentration points. That Georgia’s growth has kept, pace with the nation’s is seen by census figures for the last 150 years. In 1790 Geor gia’s population was placed at 82,548 and it ranked thirteenth nationally. In the 1930 census this state ranked fourteenth. The 1940 population ranking has not been made ; Here’s how Georgia has grown in the last 150 years: 1790—82,- 548; 1800- 162,686; 1810-252- 433; 1820 -340.989; 1830-516,- 823; 1840-691,392; 1850-906,- 185; 1860-1,057,286; 1870-1.- 184,109; 1880-1.542,180; 1890 - 1,837,353; 1900-2.216,331; 1910 -2,609,121; 1920-2,895,832; 1930 - 2,908,506; 1940-3,119,953. “ ' ’ i TRUSTEE ELECTION A Trustee Election will be held Saturday, Sept. 21 at Bo naire, Grovania, Elko, and Hen derson to fill the unexpired term of four trustees who resigned. Those whose places are to be filled are: J. W. Perdue, Bonaire; E. F. Bronson, Grovania; J. T. Lewis, Elko; J, E. Andrews, Henderson. The last three nam ed resigned because they are bus drivers and ineligible under the law to be trustees. Polls will open at all four of these precincts at 9 a, m. and close at 4p. m. Those qualified to vote in the state primary and general election are eligible to vote in this Trustee Election. Cooper Etheridge of the Ma con Telegraph staff was guest speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Perry Kiwanis club Tuesday.