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VOL.LXVIX. No. 41.
CONSTRUCTION of
(ARRACKS TO BEGIN
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p atro l Headquarters to Stay 1
Here. Road Construction
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Construction work on barracks <
to be headquarters for Patrol i
District No. 7 of Georgia will be
cin next Monday, according to 1
I p Etheridge, chairman of the
local committee in charge. i
The building is to be erected i
on the west side of lower Carroll
street in Perry on a lot donated
for the purpose by the City of ;
Parry. The barracks will be a ,
brick, one story structure con
taining an office, a gun room, a
sitting' room, three bed rooms,
and two baths
The cost will be approximately ;
«4,000. The county has con- (
tributed $1,500 and the state de
partment of Public Safety, $2,000.
J5OO will be raised by public sub
scriptions in Perry. _
The Perry Kiwanis club spon
sored the building of the barracks
here. Mr. Etheridge represents
the Kiwanis club in this building i
project. Other members of the i
ouiiding committee are G. C.
Nunn of the city council and T, ;
L, Warren of the board of coun
ty commissioners.
The contract has been let to
the Murray Lumber Co. of Fort
Valley. A. J. Clay of this firm :
will be the contractor in charge.
Patrol headquarters are now
located in the home owned by
Mrs. B. C. Holtzclaw on Swift
street.
Road Construction
Construction work on widen- 1
ing the bridge over Big Indian 1
creek and the approaches to :
this bridge was begun last week (
by E. M. Beckham of Perry, the <
contractor. •
The bridge and the street ap- :
proaches will be sixty feet wide :
including sidewalks and will ex- J
tend from the city street paving
north of the railroad to a point
just south of the bridge.
The project includes the widen
ing of the fill approaching the
bridge, besides the actual work
on the bridge itself, concrete (
paving, and the placing of drain- (
age sewer pipe. It is expected ,
to be completed in ninety days. :
PERRY POST OFFICE
BUILDING IMPROVED
The interior of the Perry Post
Office is being re-modeled and
renovated. New fixtures and
new mail boxes are to be install
ed, according to O. A. King,
postmaster.
E. M. Beckham, owner of the
building which houses the Post
Office, was recently awarded a
ten-year lease by the govern
ment.
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
Lee S. Trimble, executive sec
retary of the Macon Chamber of i
Commerce, was the speaker at
Tuesday’s luncheon meeting of
the Perry Kiwanis Club. “Com
petition carried to extreme
brings destruction but co-oper
ation can accomplish almost any
thing,’’ the speaker said.
W- K. Whipple, vice-president,
presided. Mr. Whipple, who is
acting president since Sam A.
Vnn, president, asked to be re
lieved of active duty several
Weeks ago, called a director’s
feting for Thursday night. Mr.
n hippie announced that he
would present four important]
Projects for consideration at that!
time. ]
visitors included Chas. H.’
Carrett, solicitor general of the'
Macon circuit, and a Mr. Aiken
of Mt. Vernon, Ind.
HOUSER PROMOTED
Captain H. Parks Houser of
ne C. S. Army Infantry was
fecently promoted to this rank
°m a first lieutenancy. Capt.
JS er -a graduate of West Point
Academy, is the son of
F. Houser of Perry. He
?* l fj l3 family are stationed at
nboanga, Phillipine Islands.
e was Miss Georgia Ruth
twr 13 °* Perr y an d they have
beo r g e OUng S ° nS ’ Parks Jr> and
Houston Home Journal
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
NAMED BY GOVERNOR
I
Dr. H. E. Evans, Perry physi
cian, Monday was named medi- 1
cal adviser for selective service ]
for Houston county.
The appointment, made by |
Gov. E. D. Rivers, was the first j
of the draft personnel for Hous- j
ton county to be announced. (
Members of the county draft
board were named Tuesday as
follows: M. C. Edwards of Per- fi
ry; C. L. Kersey of Bonaire; and j
C. E. Pyles of Elko. The board (
will elect a secretary. (
Sheriff C. C. Pierce has been <
appointed appeals adviser. All ]
appointments were made by Gov. ]
Rivers,
The board will begin to fane- |
tion immediately following com- |
pletion of the registration. The
members will receive no remun- j
eration. (
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Methodists Plan Fourth
Quarterly Conference i
The Fourth Quarterly Confer- j
ence of the Perry Methodist
church will be held at the church
next Wednesday night, Oct. 23, i
at 7:30 o’clock.
Much important business will (
be transacted in this conference. .
Reports from all departments of j
the church will be given, and .
several of these will be annual }
reports. Officials of the church
for the new year will be nomi- <
nated and elected. \
Encouraging progress has been ]
made in the church’s work this <
year. The pastor and stewards j
of the church are setting Sun-
day, Oct. 27 as Victory Sunday,
at which time they would like to j
clear up all financial obligations ,
of the church for this business !
year. The help of all members j
and friends is asked toward the
accomplishment of this worthy j
goal. j
BAPTIST W.M.S. HONOR
THEIR OLDEST MEMBER :
Mrs. C. E. Brunson, president
of the Baptist W. M, S. and her i
daughter, Mrs. Tom Cater, hon
ored Mrs. G. S. Riley, the oldest
member of the local society, at i
an informal tea at th« close of the
October general meeting held :
Monday afternoon at the church, i
This affair was inspired by i
the birthday anniversary of :
the honoree, which occurs this 1
month. Mrs. Riley was present- j
ed a gift from the W. M. S. by
Mrs. Brunson, who read, in the
presentation, an original poem
by Mrs. J. L. Gallemore.
Miss Martha Cooper was the
leader of the monthly study, the
•theme being “Stewardship.”
“Tithes and Offerings” was dis
cussed by Mesdames J. P. Dug
gan, J. A. Beddingfield, Henry
Matthews, Eugene Livingston,
E. P. Staples, C. F, Cooper,
and D. H. Smith. Merryl Hun
nicutt and Betty Boler, C. A.s,
gave a skit, “Our Debtless De
inomination.” Mrs. Hugh Law
son was in charge of the devo
tional period.
Plans were made for the
week’s School of Missions to be
conducted here by a group of
foreign missionaries, from Octo
ber 27--Nov. 4.
This nominating committee
! was appointed: Mesdames C. F.
Cooper, E. W. Traylor, and
Mayo Davis.
Mrs. Joe Logue conducted the
monthly meeting of the Sunbeam
Band.
ICOOPER ETHERIDGE
1 ON RICHMOND PAPER
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Friends of Mr. Cooper Ether
idge will be interested to learn
that he has gone to Richmond,
Va. to accept a position on the
•staff of the Times-Dispatch.
j Mr. Etheridge, a son of Mr. and
: 1 Mrs. J. P. Etheridge of Perry,
; | has been a member of the edito
: rial department of the Macon
Telegraph for the past four years.
COTTON REPORT
Census report shows that 3,-
' 685 bales of cotton were ginned
in Houston county from the crop
, of 1940 prior to Oct. 1 as com-
I pared with 4,566 bales for the
I crop of 1939.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
FALL FARM WORK
OUTLINED BY AGENT
County Agricultural Agent W.
T. Middlebrooks this week out
lined suggestions for agronomy
work on the farm during Octo
ber, November, and December.
He listed a number of jobs and
practices which, he said, farm- j
ers do well to carry out this sea
son. j 1
Mr. Middlebrooks advised the
sowing of oats, wheat, and barley 1
for grain production. These
crops, he said, will add greatly
to the production of foodstuff, 1
Sowing of rye was also recom
mended for grain and soil im
provement. This crop is the
most winter hardy of small
grain and makes fair growths on
poor land
Asa supplement to spring feed,
the county agent said small
grain-winter legume mixtures
sown in the fall are excellent for
hay in the springtime when old
hay is getting scarce and less
palatable. Small grain winter
lecrume mixtures will also pro
vide good spring grazing for
livestock.
“Sowing of winter legumes-
Austrian winter peas, vetch,
and crimson clover-is a good
practice to follow. “Harvesting
of lespedeza seed is another im
portant job, since the acreage of
this crop is rapidly expanding
and more and more seed are
needed.
“Late harvesting and poor
storage methods are major caus
es of damage to the corn crop,”
he continued, and for these rea
sons, corn should be harvested
when dry and stored for protec
tion against weevils and rats.
“Fall and winter is the time
to select land, and prepare it for
sowing permanent pasture. Most
any good upland soil that will
grow crops or is capable of im
provement will make upland
pasture. The best pasture land,
however, is that near streams
and ponds.
“Another job now is the im
provement of established per
manent pasture. A large acre
age of established permanent
pasture is unproductive because
of trees, bushes, weeds, excess
water, rock, the lack of plant
food, poor stands of grass and
legumes, and eroded soil.”
Mr. Middlebrooks advised
farmers to select and store plant
ing seed. He says planting seed
used on the average two horse
farm have a value of between
$9O and $lOO. The county agent
also emphasized the storage of
hay, in order to protect the quali
ty of the feed.
“The greatest need of our
soil is to get it in condition to
produce profitable crops,” the
agent declared, “and there is no
better way to do this than to
build up the phosphate and lime
content to a point where the best
growths of legumes can be ob
tained. Phosphate and lime,
where needed, and legumes are
great teammates in soil improve
ment.” A largk number of
farmers have secured phosphate
and ground limestone on Grant
of Aid furnished by A. A. A,
Why not begin now and lime 5
acres each year with 200 pounds
of limestone per acre? Liming
one acre will cost $2.75 delivered
at your farm and will earn $3
for its application on A. A. A.
payments.
RED CROSS WORKER
TO SPEAK HERE T ODAY
Mrs. Ernest Black of Macon,
head of the Production depart
ment of the Macon Red Cross
Chapter, will speak to the Aux
iliary to the Robert D. Collins
Post of the American Legion, in
Perry, this afternoon (Thursday)
at the Legion Home.
The auxiliary meeting will
! begin at 3 o’clock with the presi
dent, Mrs. Hollis Kezar, presid
ing. After the business and
regular program, Mrs, Black
will speak on Red Cross produc
! tion work.
The Macon Red Cross has
many members in Berry who are
interested in its work.
I Sixty years ago three out of
'jevery four farmers owned the
■ land they cultivated. Today
1 nearly half are tenants or share
croppers.
PRESENTMENTS OF
COUNTY GRAND JURY
To the Hon. A. M. Anderson, I
Judge Houston Superior Court:
We the Grand Jurors sworn'
for the October Term, 1940, of
Houston Superior Court hereby
make the following report of our
[labors and recommendations:
We have had for our consid
eration 79 bills of indictment and
have returned 72 true bills and 7 !
no bills.
We have appointed the follow
ing Notaries Public and Ex-Ofli- <
cio Justices of the Peace: 541 i
District, J. H. Clark; 500 Dis
trict, W, H. Talton.
Through our committees we
have inspected the books of the
following county officials: Coun- :
ty Commissioners, Mrs. J. R.
Hunt, County Treas.; S.W. Hick- ;
son, Co. School Supt,; Miss Sal- i
lie Frank Thompson, Welfare •
Dept.; C. C. Pierce, Sheriff; J.L. ■
Hodges, Ordinary; M. E. Akin,
Tax Collector; H, T. Gilbert,
Clerk. We find the books and
offices of these officials neatly
and correctly kept.
Miss Sallie Frank Thompson
makes this report of the Welfare
Department; Old Age Assis-i
tance, 173; Blind, 8; Aid to De
pendent Children Families, 17;
Children, 40.
The County School Superinten-.
dent makes the report that the
total indebtedness of Houston
County Board of Education is
$2,750.00 less than it was a year
ago.
The committee to inspect the
Jail, find it neatly kept and in
[good shape.
! The committee inspecting the
Public Works Camp make the
following report on its findings:
2 Tractors, 3 Road Machines,
1 No. 11 Auto Patrol, 3 Road
Plows, 3 Trucks, 1 Automobile,
1 Concrete Mixer, 3 Concrete
Pipe Forms forB-24-36 in. Pipe,
1 Set Road Tools, 2 Mules, 3
Cows, 15 Hogs. We find the
grounds and property in good
condition.
We make the following rec
ommendations: 1. That the
vault space in the Clerk’s Office
be made adequate to take care of
valuable records. Also to make
more Office space for the carry
ing on of the regular routine of
business in the Clerk’s Office.
2. That the salaries of Jurors
and Bailiffs remain $2.00 per
day.
We have ordered the following
bills to be paid: To H.T. Gilbert,
Clerk of Superior Court, for is
suing 320 subpoenas at fifteen
cents each, $48.00. To C. C.
Pierce, Sheriff, for serving 320
subpoenas at fifty cents each,
$160.00
We wish to extend our thanks
and appreciation to the Hon. A.
M. Anderson, Judge, and Hon.
Chas. H. Garrett, Solicitor Gen
eral, for their courteous treat
ment and advice.
We order that these present
ments be published in the Hous
ton Home Journal at a cost not
to exceed $lO.OO.
Respectfully submitted,
P. M. Beckham, W. W. Gray,
Lucius Mitchell, H. A. Tucker,
D. E. Corder, C. H. Gray, Max
Moore, J. H. Williamson, J. S.
Childs. O. B. Edmundson, Frank |
C. Moody, B. H. Edwards, D. C.
Wright, A. B. Ramage, F. G.
Daniel, Pete Henderson, R. W.
Gilbert, J. F. Bonner, K. A. An
derson, Luther Mosteller, clerk;
C. F. Cooper, foreman.
Georgia, Houston County.
In the Superior Court of Hous
ton County; Let the above and
foregoing General Presentments
of the Grand Jury at the regular
October Term, 1940, of said
Court be received and recorded
as provided by law and published
’ as therein recommended.
This October 9, 1940.
A. M. Anderson,
Judge S. C. M. C.
Chas. H. Garrett, Sol.-Gen,
Georgia, Houston County.
This is to certify that the
I above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the General
‘ Presentments of the Grand Jury
of Houston County, as presented
. at the October Term, 1940 of
1 Houston Superior Court, and re
' corded upon the Minutes of said
Court.
Witness my official signature
f and the seal of this office.
i This 10th day of October, 1940.
] H. T. Gilbert, Clerk,
Superior Court Houston
i County, Georgia.
REGISTRATION HELD
OVER U.S. WEDNESDAY
!
Uncle Sam started a historic,
five-year conscription program
i Wednesday designed to give the
United States a trained army re
serve of nearly 5,000,000 by 1945,
Georgia Draft Director is Marion
Williamson.
It is estimated that 436,000
Georgians between the ages of
21 and 35 years registered Wed
nesday. Twenty-five thousand
school teachers and civic minded
citizens gave their services to
carry out the registration.
In Houston county. County
School Supt. S. W. Hickson was
in charge of the registration.
Assisting him were the school
superintendents, the school
teachers, the local American Le
gion post, the A. A. A., the
county agent’s office, the soil
conservation service, and the
county welfare board.
Houston Superior Court
Tries Criminal Cases
The criminal session of Hous
ton Superior Court convened
Monday morning with Judge A.
M. Anderson presiding and Chas.
H. Garrett, solicitor-general act
ing for the state.
Most of the ninety cases on
the calendar have been disposed
of by pleas. Court will probably
adjourn Thursday afternoon.
The trial of Nathaniel Walker,
J. A. Bumford, and James E.
Carpenter, negroes, charged
with obstructing a railroad track
was in progress Wednesday. A.
T. Walden, negro attorney of At
lanta, represented the defend
ants.
i George Holt, negro, plead guil
ty of manslaughter Monday and
was sentenced to seven years in
the penitentiary. Carlton Dur
ham, negro, plead guilty to a
murder charge and was given a
life sentence.
Clinchfield Services
Begin Monday, Oct. 21
Special evangelistic services
will be held in the Clinchfield
Presbyterian church beginning
Monday evening, Oct. 21 at 7:3U.
Services will be held each eve
ning, excepting Saturday, dur
ing the week.
The Rev. Frederick C. Debele,
Jr., of Bessemer City, N. C.,
will bring the messages.
The public is cordially invited
to worship with us in the servi
ces.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
H.C. WINN IN SERVICE
Perry friends of Capt Henry
C. Winn of the U. S. National
guard will be interested to learn
that he has been called into ac
tive duty and is now stationed at
Fort Jackson, S. C. Capt. Winnl
is the son of Mrs. Mamie G.
Winn of Perry.
Two Thanksgiving Days
There will be two Thanksgiv
jingdays in 1940 with 31 states
observing November 21 and 16
states sticking to the traditional
last Thursday which is Novem
ber 28, a poll of governors shows,
Wisconsin is undec-kled.
Georgia will observe Novem
ber 21, the day set by the Presi
dent. Other states in that group
are: Alabama, Arizona, Califor
nia, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New
j Mexico, New York, North Dako
| ta, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina,
i Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washing
ton, Wyoming and probably
j Kentucky and West Virginia,
j The states whose governors
> will proclaim November 28 as
1 1 Thanksgiving day include: Ar
il kansas, Connecticut, Florida,
' lowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,
[Nevada, New Hampshire, North
;j Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylva
. I nia, Rhode Island, South Dako
-1 ta, Tennessee, Vermont and
i probably Maine.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Perry Garden club will
i meet at American Legion Home
1 Friday at 3:30 p. m.
ESTABLISHED 1870
HEALTH CLINIC TO
BE HERE OCT. 21-22
Healthmobile of Legion to
Visit Houston Schools
The Healthmobile of the Geor
gia Department of the American
Legion will visit the schools of
Houston county next Monday
and Tuesday, Oct. 21--22. Free
small pox vaccination, diphtheria
immunization, and typhoid vac
cination will be given to both
children and adults who desire
any of these treatments. Chil
dren must have the written con
sent of their parents before any
vaccination is given. Parents
or guardians must accompany
child when serum to prevent dip
theria is given.
The Healthomobile will visit
county schools, both white and
colored, all day Monday and
Tuesday morning. It will be in
Perry Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Hollis Kezar, Mrs. J. B,
Calhoun, and Mrs. B. H. An
drew Jr. of the local Legion
Auxiliary will assist in conduct
ing this health clinic which is
sponsored in Houston by the
Robert D. Collins Post of the
American Legion and its Aux
iliary.
The “40 & 8”, subdivision of
the Legion, carry on this health
work in Georgia counties that
have no public health program.
The “40 & 8” have the co-opera
tion of the state board of Health
in this work.
Objectives of the “Forty and
Eight” Free Health Clinic are:
1 Immunization of every
child at age of one year against
diphtheria, and testing for immu
nity.
2 Vaccinate children against
small-pox with the complete
eradication of this disease as the
ultimate goal.
3 Inoculation against typhoid
fever until there are as few
cases of typhoid among the citi
zens of today and tomorrow as
there were among the soldiers in
1917-18.
4 Development of a complete
preventative and curative pro
gram for pneumonia.
5 A longer life for every per
son suffering from “heart
trouble.”
Through Medical Inspection of
School Children,
a. Every child with 20-20
vision.
b. The detection and correc
tion of remedial defects of chil
dren at an early age.
c. Detection and elimination
of the “White Plague” (Tuber
culosis)
A complete understanding and
cooperation between the laymen,
the doctor, the medical associa
tions, the public health depart
ments and its divisions.
Protection and prevention of
children against disease and ill
ness, dissemination of the knowl
edge that sickness is unneces
sary, that it is usually the result
of neglect and that a sick child
is not only a subject for sympa
thy but is a public liability and
source of infection for others.
A realization that an intelli
gent defense against disease
promotes our National defense.
BONAIRE P.T.A. MEETS
The PTA of Bonaire High
school met Friday at the school
and planned a Halloween carni
val for Oct. 25. The Rev. Roy
Gardner of Perry was speaker.
Chairmen appointed for the
year were: Program, Griff Per
ry; library, Miss Hall; publicity.
Miss Eunice Hunt; lunch room,
Mrs. J. S. Childs: gradernothers,
Mrs. Chester Edwards; social,
Mrs, E. C. Leverett; member
ship, Mrs. Angus Woodland; fi
nance, Miss Moore.
Hallowe’en Carnival
I The grammar school children
’ will present a Hallowe’en pro
gram, Oct. 25, beginning at 8 p.
m, in the school auditorium.
Immediately after the program,
1 the side shows and various other
attractions will be open. There
will be plenty of fun and enter
tainment for all ages.
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NOTICE
All 1939 City Taxes must be
1 paid immediately by order of
2 the Mayor and Council.
W. F. Norwood, Clerk.
