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VOL. LXXV. No. 27. . PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870
Along About
NOW
FIRST WATERMELONS from
Houston county rode the tracks
for eastern markets this week.
The highest prices paid in years
were reported in Perry, where
the first cars brought sBoo.Other
melons brought around $450 a
car. Despite the high cost of
labor, Houston farmers are mak
ing a'good profit on their melons.
The farmers lose so many years,
they are due for several years of
good prices.
NEW VOTERS may not know
that under the Secret Australian
Ballot system used in Houston
county no one knows for whom
you voted.
BETTER MUSIC is coming
from the Methodist chimes since
they acquired some splendid rec
ords.
BIG PARADE Tuesday morn
ing heralded the opening of the
Vacation Bible School at the
Baptist Church.
FARMERS who have heard
Talmadge criticize the CIO were
surprised last w 7 eek when he said
at Dalton, “Ninety per cent of
the CIO members in Georgia will
vote for me in this election. They
know my attitude toward them
is the right one.” Dalton, of
course, is heavily unionized. The
CTO has said it would not sup
port any candidate “officially”
but it complained of Carmichael’s
union attitude recently, C. E.
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING
STATE OF GEORGIA
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
PERRY LOAN & SAVINGS BANK
* PERRY, GEORGIA
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JUNE 29, 1946
AS CALLED FOR BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS
C. E. ANDREW, President W. V. TUGGLE, Cashier
Dace of Charter, 1889 Date Began Business, 1889
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $ 494,286.65
State of Georgia and Municipal Bonds owned None
U. S. Government Securities owned 1,025,000.00
Other Stocks and Bonds owned None
Banking House and Lot 1.00
Furniture and Fixtures 1.00
Other Real Estate owned None
Cashiin Vault and amount due from approved
Reserve Agents 676,151.95
Checks for Clearing and Due from other Banks 23,341.15
Cash Items None
Overdrafts 265.19
Advances on Cotton and other Commodities None
Customers Liability on Letters of Credit and
Acceptances None
Profit and Loss None
Other Resources None i
TOTAL $2,219,046.94
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 25,000.00
Capital Notes None
Surplus Fund 27,500.00
Undivided Profits 61,876.26
Reserve Funds None
Due to Banks None
Dividends Unpaid None
Cashier’s Checks 4,805.53 _
Certified Checks None
Demand Deposits 1,987,515.64
Time Certificates of Deposits 19,050,00
Savings Deposits 54,307.81
Letters of Credit and Acceptances executed
for Customers None
Bills Payable None
Notes and Bills Rediscounted None
Other Liabilities 38,991.70
TOTAL $2,219,046.94
GEORGIA, Houston County. .
Personallyappeared before the undersigned, an officer au
thorized to administer oaths in said county W. V. Tuggle who,
on oath, says that he is the Cashier of the Perry Loan and
Savings Bank, and that the above and foregoing report of the
condition of said bank is true and correct. ,
W. V. TUGGLE, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2nd day of July, 1946.
AUBREY RAINEY, N. P. Ho. Co, Ga.
We, the undersigned directors of said bank, do certify that
we have carefully read said report and that the same is true
and correct according to the best of our information, knowl
edge and belief, and that the above signature of the Cashier
of said bank is the true and genuine signature of that officer.
This 2nd day of July, 1946.
C. E. ANDREW
CALVIN E. McLENDON,
Directors of said Bank.
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DR. R. PAUL CAUDILL,
Baptist Hour speaker for
Sunday morning, July 14, will
discuss the subject, Christian
Strategy for World Conquest,
as announced by the Radio
Committee of the Southern
Baptist Convention. Dr. Cau
dill is pastor of tha First Bap
tist Church of Memphis,Tenn.
The Baptist Hour will be
heard over WMAZ at 9 a. m.
MOODY-PIERCE
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moody of
Perry announce the engagement
of their daughter, Mary Carolyn,
to Edwin Smith Pierce, sen of
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Pierce, Sr.,
of Houston Lake. The wedding
will take place July 28 at the
Perry Baptist Church.
Perry-Elko Road to Be Paved by State
Four Teams
Tied at Top
Bobby Ivey’s club came back
Sunday and won the protested
game from Rubber Pierce’s nine,
7 to 6, but lost to Billy Bledsoe’s
climbing Lions. 17 to 12, in the
Perry Softball League. Four
teams are now tied for first
place.
The protested game was re
sumed in the seventh with Em
mette Cater on base for the Ivey
club. He came home on two
hits and Pierce was unable to
push a run across in his half of
the eighth.
In the other games Sunday.
Gene Smith, pitching for Ed
Thompson, held Clint Cooper’s
Rebels to four hits and won, 18
to 4, and Pierce defeated Ogle
tree, 11 to 9. Thompson’s club
hit safely 15 times and took ad
vantage of 5 errors. Holtzclaw
and Watts led the hitting with
three safeties for Thompson.
Panthers Outhit Foe
In the Pierce-Ogletree game,
Ogletree’s Panthers outhit
Pierce 16 to 12, Lewis, Gray and
Nipper collecting three hits each.
For Pierce, Daniels, Lashley,
Nunn and Pierce led the batting
parade.
The return of Lewis Bledsoe
and Tommy Marshall to the
Bledsoe lineup accounts for the
improvement in the Bledsoe
team. The two college boys hit
safely three times each Sunday
and played excellent defensive
games. Ed Pierce continues to
lead the Ivey men at bat, picking
up three safeties for five times
at bat.
The Standings
Won Lost
Ivey 2 1
Pierce 2 1
Bledsoe 2 1
Thompson 2 1
Ogletree 1 2
Cooper , 0 3
Games Sunday, July 14
2 p.m. Bledsoe-Thompson.
3 p.m. Cooper-Pierce.
4 p.m. Ogletree-Ivey.
SHOWER HONORS
MISS EDNA HEARD
Friday afternoon Mrs. George
R. Hunt and Mrs. Julius Heard
gave a miscellaneous shower foi
Miss Edna Heard at the .home of
Mrs. Julius Heard.
The living room was beautiful
ly decorated with yellow and
green flowers. In the dining
room, the table was covered with
a white satin cover, centered
with a large bowl of daisies.
After delicious refreshment?
were served, little Mary Hunt
presented the basket of lovely
gifts.
Those invited were: Mrs. Jim
Carney, Mrs. Frank Edwards,
Mrs. Walter Byrd, Mrs. Waller
Helms, Mrs. Paul Clark, Sr..
Mrs. Emstte Tucker, Mrs. Jim
Jones, Mrs. Estelle Client, Mrs.
Luther Kersey, Mrs. J. Helms,
Mrs. Mattie Hunt, Mrs. Tommy
Watson, Mrs. Robert Heard,Mrs.
I. V. Heard, Miss Ludie Glover
and Miss Mattie Ruth Heard.
Presbyterian Notice
Sunday School, Perry, 10:15
a. m.
Church Service, Perry, 11:30
a. m.
Sunday School, Clinchfreld, 3
p. m.
Church Service, Clinchfield, 8
p. m.
Rev. J. H. Mulholland, Pastor.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
Missionary Education, a Chris
tian Imperative, was the topic of
Monday’s meeting of the Bap
tist W.M.S.
Mrs. A. I. Foster had charge
of the program and Mrs. W. B,
Roberts presided. Taking part
in the discussion were Miss Eva
Borom, Mrs. J. P. Etheridge and
Mrs. Clark. Mrs. George S. Ri
ley led the devotional. The Sun
beams held a meeting under the
direction of Mrs. A. C. Watts
and Mrs. Alton Hardy.
BARNES JOINS
WATSON HERE
Having severed connections
with Memorial Chapel of Perry
and Macon, Gardner Watson an
nounces the association of James
O. Barnes, Jr., with him in his
business known as the Gardner
Watson Funeral Home, Perry,
and the Warner Robins Funeral
Home, Warner Robins.
- Mr. Barnes has been associat
ed with the funeral profession
for many years, having served
as managing director of the
Amer.icus Undertaking Co. He
received ins training in New
York City. He is licensed in
Georgia and New York. During
the war he was employed at
Warner Robins and resigned to
enter the funeral profession. He
and his wife and two children re
side at Warner Robins.
Mr. Watson and Mr. Barnes
will be agents for the Family
Fund Life Insurance Company
of Atlanta, owned and operated
by the funeral directors of
Georgia.
“Having recently been dis
charged from the armed ser
NO BLACK WAVE
Where is the terrible black
“block vote” that we have heard 1
' so much about in this campaign?
' The Negro vote apparently
will be no menace in Houston
county.
; Why is it that we do not have
the promised threat of a wave of
Negro voters in Houston county?
| The answer is simple.
Houston county has a Board of
.Registrars who have their feet
on the ground and who are per
forming a patriotic duty without
prejudice and according to the
laws of the State of Georgia.
Their’s is a thankless-job. They
are to be commended for the
manner in which they are handl
ing the purge of the registered
voters’ lists. They are applying
fairly the safeguards provided
by law.
Must Measure Up
The Home Journal, at the very
inception of this campaign, stated
that the general intelligence of
the Georgia voter should not be
lowered, and we slick by this
statement. We believe that the
- Board of Registrars has this in
mind when they disqualify peo
-1 pie, white or black, who fail to
1 measure up to the standards.
The Home Journal will not ad
mit however, that there exists a
• real threat from a race whose
I people interpret a paragraph in
the State Constitution as mean
ing “vegetables,” or answer
“food” when read a paragraph
-about the presentation of a bill
1 to the legislature. One Negro
1 who was read a paragraph in the
Constitution said it meant that,
1 “If you ain’t got no bad disease,
• you can vote for the governor.”
1 How can we admit that a race
• with a mentality so low can take
1 over our government here in the
- South? It can’t happen unless
> your legislature takes away the
• safeguards against allowing the
• mentally incompetent, the vast
1 majority of whom are among the
black people.
Still for Honesty
It appears now that six out of
. every seven Houston county
5 Negroes who registered will be
disqualified because of their in-
J ability to read or understand a
paragraph of the Constitution.
j The Home Journal believes that
- if they cannot measure up to the
5 standards set by law,they should
all be disqualified.
This newspaper is proud to be
among the 120 papers in the
state supporting the principles
of good government.
f We believe the race question
can be settled quietly by the peo
ple of Georgia without resorting
s to bayonet rule and illegal action.
t
a Miss Anne Saunders and Mr.
1 and Mrs. W. L. Smith of Atlan
‘ ta and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith
I and son, Eddie, Jr., of Cordele,
s spent the weekend here with
1 Mrs. L. C. Howard.
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GARDNER WATSON
vices and having had to rebuild
and plan for a permanent busi
ness, I would like to thank my
many friends for their past con
fidence and assure them under
my own name I will endeavor to
give them the best- and most
efficient service at my com
mand,” Mr. Watson said.
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Total of 3,857
Are Registered
Final figures for registration
for the July 17 primary showed
a total of 3,049 whites and 808
negroes on the books, it was
learned at the office of Tax Col
lector M. E. Akin,
The Board of Registrars is ex
amining the registration list at
present and expect to turn over
to the Secretary of State a list
of about 8,000 whites and 100
, negroes.
Here is a summary of the
white registration and the vot
• ing places for the primary:
District Whites Voting Place
Upper 5 175 Hattie
Lower 5 . VV. Robins
Upper 11 111 Bonaire
Lower 11 $8 Kathleen
Tenth 99,* Hunt Stors
12th 185 i? Hayneville
Old 13 105 Elko
New 13 68 Henderson
Up. Town 266 Perry
Lo. Town 809 Perry
I 14th 19 Perry
| The registration of Negroes
has not been classified according
to districts. _ ,
Polls will be open from 7 a. m.
1 to 6 p. m.
‘ PATRIOTIC P 'OGRAM
i GIVEN BY BROWNIES
Perry Browhfes met July 4 at
, the home of Brownie Martha
I Evans. A patriotic program was
} presented. Those taking part
, were: Laurie Anderson, solo;
Sylvia t Williamson, What the
’ Fourth* Means; Martha Evans,
1 Costume Dance.
, Brownies Betty Nunn, Lynn
' Hodge and Mary Katherine Dug
\ gan told of camp experiences at
' Martha Johnson. T bey sang
’ camp songs and presented skits
; they had learned at camp.
Following a parade through
; the business section of to/* n, re
treshmenfs were served by Mrs.
S. A. Nunn and Mrs. W. B.
Evans. Flags were given as
favors.
SENIOR GIRL SCOUTS
ORGANIZED HERE
i The Senior Girl Scouts were
I organized Friday with Mrs. W.
C. Walden as leader and Mrs.
, Gardner Watson as associate
, leader. All girls from 14 to 18
, years of age are invited to join
the Scouts.
The girls elected leaders as
. follows: Betty Anne Smith, pa
, trol leader; Mary Chapman, sec
’ retary; Mildred Greene, treasur
er; and Helen Davis, reporter.
’ Welcome Home
i Clarence R. Kite, Jr., RM3c,
, of Perry, received his honorable
i discharge from the Navy at
Jacksonville on July 5.
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Five Miles
On Program
Houston county will start work
soon on the Perry-Elko road,
under a county contract arrang
ed with the State Highway De
partment, it was announced by
the county commissioners after
signing of the contract here
Tuesday.
Director George T. McDonald
of the highway department has
approved a contract for $77,500
for grading, paving and con
struction of two small bridges.
Funds have been set aside for
the contract from the emergency
highway .fund established by
Gov. Arnall out of the State’s
surplus, after paying all existing
State debts and matching all
Federal funds.
The paving will extend five
miles toward Elko from Pig In
dian Bridge. This extends to
the Mt. Olive negro church.
Two Bridges
One of the bridges will be
over Flat creek, eliminating the
present dangerous bridge which
is on a curve, and the other will
be over a dry branch.
The State Highway Depart
ment said it has been concen
trating this year on projects for
which Federal aid can be obtain
ed, with special attention to ru
ral roads. However, Gov. Ar
nall found that after matching
the available Federal money, a
small surplus existed and this
has been made available to the
department for projects of an
emergency nature. It is being
applied, the road department
said, to construction that could
not be placed on the Federal Aid
program within a reasonable
time and that seemed urgently
needed.
“Georgia’s program for this
calendar year is the greatest
ever undertaken, in the State, or
in any Sduthern stater fo that
length of time,” Director Mc-
Donald said. “And it is an all
cash program.”
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Pav
ing of five miles on the Perry-
Elko road will be of tremendous
assistance to farmers in the Elko
area of the county, and will save
the county thousands of dollars
annually in maintenance costs.
The county commissioners have
said that this road was the most
expensive in the county.
Perry merchants also will bene
fit because the people of Elko
community will find it easier to
reach Perry than to do their
shopping in Unadilla. Hawkins
ville and Vienna.
Road Long Needed
Before the present publisher
: purchased The Home Journal,
this paper strongly urged in an
editorial on Feb. 21, 1946, the
paving of this important toad
first. We are gratified that it
can be done now, and at no cost
to the county whatsoever. Money
, for the rural post roads were not
touched.
Another paving job, the road
from the Houston Lake exten
sion to Centerville, has been con
sidered. The fact that it would
i be between two parallel high
ways. that are already paved,
the Macon-Perry road and the
Perry-Warner Robins road, may
have been considered in the de
cision to pave the Elko road first,
Che Centerville road should be
next in line for paving.
5 Legionnaires
Attend State Meet
Five members of the Robert
, D. Collins post of the American
Legion attended the Georgia
state convention of the veterans’
group at Savannah the firstlthree
days of this week.
Attending from Perry were
Commander-Elect A. M. (Phil)
Anderson, Dan L. Grant, Bar
nette J. Hunt, Jr., Fred Griggs
and H. E. Evans.
! Bacon Drippings
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