VOL. LXVIX. No. 47.
annual red cross
roll call begun
The Annual Roll Call of the
American Red Cross began Nov.
11 to continue through Nov. 30.
E. P. Newhard and G.W.Rhodes
are co-chairman of this annual
Red Cross membership drive for
Houston county.
Mr. Newhard said Tuesday
that the local response to this
Call has exceeded any past rec
ord. The response of the em
ployees of the Penn-Dixie Ce
ment plant at Clinchfield will be
100 per cent, Mr. Newhard said.
Workers are: Mrs. 0. A. King,
Mrs, Donald Smith,Mrs. Wordna
Gray, Mrs. J. A. Bedding-field,
Mrs. E. P. Staples. Miss Evelyn
Hunt, Miss Martha Cooper, Mrs.
F. M. Houser, Mrs.L. M.Houser,
Mrs. W. K. Whipple, Mrs. A. M.
Anderson, Miss Frances Couey,
Miss Allene Ryals, Miss Mar
garet Holmes, and Tri-Hi-Y club
of Perry High school.
During the past year, the
American Red Cross transform
ed membership dollars into aid
for 75,000 victims of 106 floods,
fires, storms and other disasters
. . assistance to 150,000 Ameri
can war veterans or their fami
lies, and 40,000 men of the Ar
my, Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard ... one million
visits by Red Cross public health
nurses to the sick . . . first aid
stations at 2,886 strategic points
on the nation's highways . . .
training of 94,000 more life sav
ers and first aid instruction for
354,000 more persons . . courses
in home care of the sick for 62,-
000 women and girls ...one'
million garments and seven mil
lion surgical dressings produced;
by 350,000 volunteer women for]
use at home and abroad ... di
rection for more than 8,000,000
members of the American Junior
Red Cross in serving their com
munities with helpful projects
and conducting international cor
respondence . . . friendly aid to
thousands of sufferers from the
terrors of war in foreign lands.
Enrollment in the American
Red Cross is almost imperative
this year. Never before have
the American people been in
greater need of their Red Cross
than they are today with world
conditions as they are.
Houston county members of
the Red Cross are affiliated with
the Macon chapter. Enroll today!
GARDEN CLUB MEETS
Five new members were wel
comed into the Perry Garden)
club at the November meeting)
held Friday at the Legion Home. I
They are: Mrs, Hugh Lawson, |
Mrs. P. W. Walton, Mrs. Wesley.
Calhoun, Mrs. T. F. Hardy, Mrs.
Alton Hardy. The names of Mrs.
Otis King, Mrs. D. M. Stripling,
and Mrs. J. M. Gibert were pre
sented for membership. Mrs.W.
C. Huggins was a visitor.
Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield told of
the district meeting of Garden
clubs held in Hawkinsville onj
Nov. 2. She called special at
tention to Mrs. George Nunn’s
beautiful impromptu response to
the welcome address. Mrs.Nunn,
Mrs. Beddingfield, Mrs. George
Jordan and Mrs. W. C. Talton
were delegates to the convention.
An interesting feature of the
meeting was a sale of second!
hand containers. Members con
tributed old vases marking sale
prices on each one.
An original, fall poem was
read by Mrs. Geo. Nunn. The
program was presented by Mrs.
Floyd Tabor. Mrs. Geo. Riley j
discussed the Care of House]
Plants; Mrs. C. C. Pierce gave]
reminders for November in Geor
gia Gardens; Mrs, E. W. Tray
lor talked about Nut Trees for
the Home Plat,
In the exhibit of Chrysanthe
mums, Mrs. W. C. Talton receiv
ed the trophy for first place and
honorable mention was given to
Mrs. Geo. Riley and Mrs. H. T.
Gilbert.
The Thanksgiving motif was
carried out in the refreshments.
Hostesses were: Mrs. James
Huggan, Mrs. Lewis Tabor, Mrs.
E P. Staples, Mrs. Cohen
talker, Mrs. W. E. Marshall,
and Mrs. Avery Lee.
al u e of Georgia-produced
truck crops exceeded three mil
lion dollars in 1939.
Houston Home Journal
I Notice of City Election
I Notice of City Election
[! Notice is hereby given that
I;there will be an election on Tues
day, December 3. 1940. to fill the
, places of three Councilmen
whose terms expire on December
31, 1940.
Under the City Charter any
person desiring to offer for one
of said places as Councilman must
file a written notice of his inten
tion to offer for election and the
office for which he is offering, at
least ten days before said elec
tion. Such candidate must, at
the time of filing such intention
to offer for election, pay to the
City Clerk the sum of One
Dollar.
The Councilmen whose terms
expire December 31, 1940, are
L. M. Paul, B. H. Andrew, and
W. V. Tuggle.
This 20th day of November,
1940.
Felton Norwood,
City Clerk.
BflPTIsfwiSJQ OBSERVE
SEASON Of PRAYER OEC.2-6
The Baptist W. M. S. will ob
serve the Lottie Moon Christmas
Season of Prayer and Offering
the first week in December.
The first program will be given
Monday, Dec. 2, 3 p. m., at the
Circle meetings. Th e second
program will be presented at the
church Wednesday, Dec. 4, at
7:30 p. m. Services will be held
at the church Thursday and Fri
day, Dec. 5-6, at 3 p. m.
Mrs. W. B. Evans, chairman
mission study, will arrange these
' programs.
Circle names drawn at the gen
jeral meeting are given below;
| No. I—Mesdames1 —Mesdames Hugh Law
•son, E. M. Beckham, W.E. Beck
ham, D. W. Bledsoe. W. C. Tal
ton, D. M, Ryle, L. M, NeSmith,
Plenry Mathews, P. C. Hardy,
A. C. Cobb, R. L. Cater, Grady
Daniel, J, P. Etheridge, H. E.
Gordon, Jewett Tucker, J. A.
Davis, G. P. Hunnicutt, Henry
Parker, Price Satterfield, W. B.
Evans, A. S. Gossett, C. E.
Brunson, S. T. Hurst, Gene
Livingston, and W.G. Etheridge;
Misses Lula Hurst and Eva
Borom, and Katherine Cater.
No. 2 —Mesdames W. B. Rob
erts, John Williamson, Charlie
Logue, Donald Smith, J.A. Ivey,
J. F. Roser, G. S. Riley, G. E.
Jordan, E. P. Staples, Tommie
Hunt, Frank Moody, Bennie
Hardy, W. A. Curtis, V. B. Hay.
T. F. Hardy, Guy Mathews, A,
C. Pritchett, Mayo Davis, C. I.
Shelton, T.L. Warren, Hobbs,
|H. K. Thomason, Erin String-
I fellow, T. M. Evans, Mamie
1 Winn, Howard Peyton, and W.
IH. Whitten, and Miss Martha
■ Cooper.
No. 3—-Mesdames E. W. Tray
lor, Robt. Morris, H. T. Gilbert,
James Duggan, R. F. Brantley,
Paul Massey, Cecil McCraven,
A. I. Foster, Joe Beddingfield,
O. A. King, Wesley Calhoun,
C. F. Cooper, W. H. Whitten,
J. L. Gallemore, W. B. Phillips.
I Tom t Cater, Vaugh Bramblett,
O. G. Boler, Cecil Moody, Helen
Davis, W, E. Johnson, Alton
Hardy, Clifford Grimes, Essie
Garrett, Charlie Hudson. Greer,
J, B. Taylor, and A. C. Watts.
SOROSIS CLUB MEETS
The Sorosis club met Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. F.
M, Houser, with Mrs. J. A. Ivey
as co-hostess.
A study of Georgia industries
[ was presented by Mrs. W. T.
jMiddiebrooks. Mrs. Warren
Hodge presented a paper on Ag
riculture in Georgia and Mrs. S.
A. Nunn discussed Dr. Herty.
The club voted to collect toys
and give fruit for the needy at
j Christmas this year. Mrs. A.M.
i Anderson and Mrs. Albert Skel
ij lie were appointed to look after
1 the collection of the toys.
I
> 1
. i Conservation of Georgia’s for
i est land is of utmost importance
. in order to protect the state’s
i natural resources.
The bird dog and his master
1 returned to the woods for action
■ this week for the first time since
last March.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1940
'LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE
VARIED HOBBIES
National Hobby Week is being
observed this year from Nov. 21-
28. There are so many "weeks”
of various kinds that not much
attention is paid to them any
more. However, since this is
the first time special attention
has been called to hobbies, it
may be interesting and amusing
to discuss them.
A hobby is a favorite pursuit
aside from one’s chief occupa
tion or business;one’s particular,
favorite pastime, the dictionary
says.
There are many kinds of hob
bies just as there are many peo
ple with varied temperaments.
Fishing, hunting, golfing, col
lecting stamps or other articles
are perhaps the most common
hobbies.
Many men and some women
like fishing. One of the most
ardent fishermen in Perry is J.
M. Gooden, who is a lover of
nearly all sports. Mr. Gooden is
quite skilled as a fisherman as
his assortment of stuffed fish
heads attest. The largest fish
he ever caught in Houston coun
ty was a 12>£ lb. Rock Bass. Mr.
Gooden has won several prizes of
fishing equipment for his suc
cess as a fisherman. These he
has added to his already large
supply of rods and reels, etc.
Other devotees of fishing are
D. M. Ryle, L. M. Paul, and
Rev. J. A. Ivey. Among the
women, Mrs. Ed Beckham is con
sidered an expert fisherman.
E. P. Staples is another all
’round sportsman. Being a
basket-ball coach, Supt. Staples
is naturally fond of this game
but he likes to play golf, hunt,
and fish, too.
Several men in Perry have
golf as their hobby. The most
regular players are Harry Palm
er, Mayo Davis, J. P. Etheridge,
Phil Anderson, M. G. Edwards,
T. C. Rogers, E. P. Staples, and
Fred Thomson.
Hunting game has always been
one of the chief sports of Perry
men. Expert hunters are Dr.R.
L. Cater, Billy Massee, T. D.
Mason, Sr., S. L. Norwood, Geo.
B. Wells, and Tom Mobley.
Many people enjoy sports as
spectators instead of as partici
pants. Sometimes they are for
mer participants of sports such
as baseball. Lovers of this game
are Dr. R. L. Cater, C. E. An
drew, C. C. Pierce. Freeman Ca
bero, Homer Chapman, J. M.
Satterfield, and others.
Playing checkers is the hobby
of W. A. Curtis whose chief op
ponents are Dr. J. R. Sims and
Tom Wellons.
J. J. Rooney has a hobby that
brings much pleasure and hap
piness to others—growing flow
ers. Horticulture is the hobby
of many women including Mrs.
W. C. Talton, Mrs. Eugene Beck
ham, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, Mrs.E.
W. Traylor, Mrs. A. E. Barnes,
Mrs. G. E. Jordan, Mrs. G. C.
Nunn, Mrs. A. H. Lawler, and
Mrs. C. E. Andrew, but it is un
usual for a man. Mr. Rooney is
proficient in growing flowers and
especially roses.
Collecting certain objects is
the hobby of Miss Martha Coop
er who has a varied collection of
china dogs, dolls of all nation
alities, and after dinner coffee
cups and spoons. He r sister,
Mrs. W. B. Evans, collects pitch
ers of all kinds.
A number of Perry people col
lect antiques as a past-time.
Those who have a variety of an
tique collections are: Mrs. C. E.
McLendon, Eugene Beckham, Ar
thur Cobb, Mrs. G. E. Jordan,
Mrs. W. C. Massee, Mrs. B. H.
Andrew Jr.,Mrs. A.C. Pritchett,
and Mrs. R. A. Anderson.
i
Clarence Murray Dies
Clarence Murray, age 41, of
■ Atlanta, formerly of Perry, was
buried here Sunday in Evergreen
I cemetery. Rev. Roy Gardner of
| Perry conducted the services. He
. I was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
,j E. Murray of Atlanta and the
5 1 nephew of Mr. A. B. Murray of
I Perry.
Good pasturage is the one es
■'sential in livestock production
i ‘ that Georgia farmers cannot af
: I ford to overlook, the Extension
> Service points out.
1941 AAA PROGRAM !
l| AIDS conservation!
A new provision of the AAa!
Farm Program,designed to speed
up soil conservation and bring
about a more permanent and sta
ble agriculture, has been adopted
jfor 1941. according to County
I Agent, W. T. Middlebrooks.
; The new provision, adopted at
the suggestion of AAA farmer
committeemen, specifies that a
minimum acreage be devoted to
erosion-resisting and soil-con
serving crops. Under the 1940
program, each farmer was limit
ed as to the amount of soil-de
pleting crops he could grow and
still receive full payment.
Under the new provision. Hous
ton county farmers who fail to
; grow one acre of erosion-resist
i ing and soil-conserving crops for
each five acres of cropland dur
i ring the 1941 program year, will
receive a deduction in their AAA
conservation payments amount
ing to $5.00 for each acre by
which the minimum soil-conserv
ing acreage is not reached.
For example, the operator of a
farm with 50 acres of cropland
would need to grow 10 acres of
soil-conserving crops, in order to
to avoid a deduction in his AAA
payment. If he grew only five
acres of such crops, he would
have $25 deducted from his pay
ment.
The farmer may select any of
the following crops to meet his
minimum soil-conserving require
ments; lespedeza, kudzu. alfal
fa, approved pasture mixtures,
crotalaria, cowpeas, sweet clov
er, velvet beans, winter legumes,
soybeans from which no seed
are harvested b y mechanical
means, and forest trees. Small
grains, such as oats, barley and
rye, also count: (1) if they are
used as a nurse crop for lespede
za or sweet clover and the nurse
crop is cut green for hay, (2) if
they are seeded in a mixture
containing at least 25 percent by
weight of winter legume seed
and harvested for hay, (3) if
they are grazed and not harvest
ed for grain or hay, (4) if they
are used as a green manure crop.
Volunteer crops will qualify,
where a good growth is attained,
i but interplanted summer legum
es will not qualify.
Winter cover crops planted in
i the fall of 1940 will qualify, but
i not those planted in the fall of
■ 1941 will count toward meeting
the 1941 soil-conserving require
ment.
The new soil-conserving mini
mum acreage provision applies
only to farms having a cotton.
I tobacco, peanut, wheat, or pota
to allotment.
“The new provision,” Mr.Mid
dlebrooks said, “is designed to
encourage soil conservation by
farmers and to place their farm
ing system on a more permanent
basis. At the same time, it will
encourage production of food and
feed crops for home consump
tion."
AUXILIARY MEETS
I
’ The Legion Auxiliary met last
i Thursday p. m. at the Legion
Home with Mrs. C. C. Pierce,
vice-president, presiding. Hostess
es were Mrs. J. F. Bonner, Mrs.
S. A. Nunn, Mrs. 11. E. Gordon,
and Mrs. C. E. Holt.
Mrs. J. F. Bonner, chmn. Me
morial committee, was in charge
of the program. Mrs. T. C.
Rogers read “The Unknown Sol
dier.”
775 vaccines were reported as
given to colored and white chil
dren when the Healthmobilej
visited Houston county recently.!
Mrs. J. M. Gooden was ap-i
pointed to represent the Auxili-j
ary on the City Beautification
committee.
[• It was voted to send Christ
, mas boxes to the Veteran’s Hos-I
’ pital at Augusta.
p The following committee was!
j named for the Legion Christmas
Tree: Mrs. E 1. Holmes, Mrs.
iJ. B. Calhoun, and Mrs. T. C.
f Rogers.
The committee on presents for
the Junior Group is as follows:
‘ Mrs, G. W. Rhodes, Mrs. J. M.
] Gooden, Mrs. W. G. Riley, Mrs.
B. H. Andrew Jr., and Mrs. A.
P. Whipple.
| Hunting Season Opens
i
The quail season opened Wed
nesday in 141 counties, making it
unanimous in the state, as 18
southeast Georgia counties open
led November 1. However, there
has been little hunting, accord
ing to wildlife rangers, who said
that warm weather and snakes
have kept the hunters and dogs
out of the woods. Others, the
Wildlife Division reported, have
refrained from shooting birds
that have not reached maturity.
Ideal weather conditions, cold
weather coming on top of rain,
are promised for early season
i shooters. Added to this is a crop
of quail that has been described
as “the finest of 10 years” in
practically every county in the
state.
The bag limit of quail is 15 a
day, or 30 a week. Only two
turkeys a season are allowed to
be taken. The season on these
two fine game birds extends
through March 1.
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
Perry defeated Fort Valley
Friday night 17-15 and Chauncey
36-9, Tuesday night in two in
teresting basket-ball games.
Eighth Grade News
The eighth grade elected two
officers at a class meeting last
Thursday. Billy Lee was named
president and Billy Etheridge,
vice-president. A letter was
read from Miss Ruby Pickens,
teacher, thanking the class for a
basket of fruit sent her while
she was ill. Miss Pickens is at
her home in Commerce, Ga. re
cuperating and hopes to return
to her work here next week.
The Eighth Grade girls cele
brated Thanksgiving with a par
ty in their home room on Thurs
day. The entire party carried
out the idea of Thanksgiving.
A delightful program consisting
of games and contests was pre-'
sented by the program commit
tee. Refreshments were enjoy
ed afterward. Several teachers
were present at the affair.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a, m
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
The pastor brings his first mes
sage in his second year of minis
try here on the theme, “T h e
Greatest Thing in the World.”
Epworth League-6:30 p. m.
Sunday.
Evening Worship 7:30 p, m.
Sermon by the pastor, subject,
“The Reality of the Friendship!
of Jesus.”
Prayer Service, Wednesday
night, 7:30 p, m. The series of
talks on “These Twelve” will be
continued.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor.
MAYO-HUMPHREY
Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers
Humphrey, of McLaurin, Miss.,
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Helen, to Roy Mayo,of
Perry, Ga., who is with the Med
ical Dept, of the U. S. Army,
Camp Shelby, Miss. The wed
ding took place, Oct. 23. in Pur
vis, Miss. The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Mayo of
Perry.
MARSHALL-CAWTHON
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wimbush
Marshall, of Perry, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Leila Carolyn, to Mr. James
Thomas Cawthon, of Perry. The
| wedding will take place on Sun
|day, Dec. 1, at the bride’s home,
i No cards.
I
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Preaching service each Sunday
| morning 11:30 and each Sunday
evening 7:30 o’clock.
Midweek Prayer service each
Wednesday evening 7:30 o’clock.
J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
A well-balanced program of
farming, combined with assis
tance from local agricultural
workers, is necessary to make
farm living a real success.
Hunting Season Opens
ESTABLISHED 1870
MARKETING QUOTA
EASES WAR EFFECT
Cotton farmers of the United
States are better prepared
through the marketing quota
provisions of the AAA Farm Pro
gram to protect themselves from
effects of the European war to
day than they were during the
World War, declares W. T. Mid
dlebrooks, County Extension
Agent.
“Through the adjustment pro
visions of the program and
marketing quotas, farmers have
the means to keep the supplies of
cotton in line with demand —■
something they did not have in
1914,” Mr. Middlebrooks says.
“As a result of being unable to
work cooperatively in adjusting
production, farmers learned then
what happened when cotton was
thrown on an oversupplied
market.
“In 1914-15 the war weakened
demand for a large American
crop and caused the price to
drop from about 12 cents to 6 1 /i
cents. In contrast to this, since
the European war broke out in
1939, the farm price of cotton,
supported by loans, has actually
increased slightly despite a large
supply.
“Cotton marketing quotas and
acreage allotments are the farm
ers’ tools for adjusting the sup
ply of cotton to be placed on the
market,” the county agent
states. “During the World War
the laws of economics worked
against the cotton farmer. But
now farmers can, through the
Farm Program, do their own ad
justing and place on the market
that amount of cotton which can
be sold for a reasonable price.”
With exports of American cot
ton reduced as a result of the
present war and other factors,
farmers are facing a serious situ
ation, he points out. Despite the
expected increase in domestic
consumption, estimated to be 8
million or more bales this sea
son, less than one-half of the 25
million bale world supply of
American cotton will be used
this year.
World consumption of Ameri
can cotton since 1932 has been
equal to or well above production
in every year except 1937, ac
cording to Mr. Middlebrooks.
That year when there was no
adjustment program in effect a
bumper crop of 19,000,000 bales
was produced. This large crop
brought the surplus back to the
1933 levels, nullifying the work
of 4 years of cotton-supply ad
justment. The 1937 crop has
1 been responsible for the exces
sive supplies since that time.
Houston county farmers will
vote, along with other cotton
farmers of the Nation, on De
cember 7 on whether or not they
want marketing quotas to be in
effect on the 1941 crop. A fa
vorable vote of two-thirds is
necessary before quotas will be
operative.
D. A. R. MEETING
The Gen. Daniel Stewart chap
ter of the I). A. R. met Wednes
day, Nov. 13, with Mrs. J. N.
Buff at Elko. The regent, Mrs.
G. E. Jordan, presided. It was
decided to name the local schol
arship fund begun by the chap
ter, the Corinne Gilbert Fund as
a memorial to Mrs. C. E. Gil
bert, organizing regent of the
chapter.
The program was as follows:
“First Continental Congress,”
Mrs. Carey Andrew;“Wm. Brad
ford, Famous American,” Mrs.
H. T. Gilbert: “The Real Origin
of Thanksgiving,” Mrs. Jordan;
Vocal duets, Mrs. E. W. Traylor
and Miss Norine Swanson accom
panied by Miss Willie Ryals, pi
anist.
Mrs. Buff was assisted in en
tertaining during the social hour
by her sister, Mrs. J. D. Grace.
r „
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
i j
Perry Church
Sunday School-10:15 a. m.
Worship Service-ll:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
1 Sunday School--3:00 p, m.
3 Worship Service--8;00 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
