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An Old Newspaper
Of the New South
VOL. LXXV. No. 39
Along About
NOW
BIG EVENT last weekend in
Pecry was the opening of the
new Massee Furniture Co. in the
new building next to the post
office. Hundreds of people visit
ed the store on opening day
Saturday to see the latest styles
in home furnishings. The Mas
seys are to be congratulated on
establishing this modern store in
Perry.
EVERYONE wants to know
what kind of business is going to
take over the corner building va
cated dy the Masses. The man
who has it leased says he doesn’t
know yet what kind of business
will occupy this strategic spot.
' CONGRATULATIONS to W.
T. Middlebrooks for winning a
Distinguished Service Certificate
at the conference of county
agents and home demonstration
agents in Athens last week. He
has served the farmers of Hous
ton county well for 12 years.
FARMERS in the county now
have three contests to shoot at.
They are the Green Acres Con
test, the Pasture Contest and
the Macon Telegraph and News
Soil Conservation Contest. It
would be fine if Houston could
win first prizes in all the con
tests.
GROVANIA Community has
obtained almost enough money to
buy the old school building for a
community house and the suc
cess of this project is assured.
Mayo Davis and Vernon Tuggle
were drafted by the Grovania
citizens to manage the financial
campaign. The Grovania people
said everybody was very gen
erous.
FARM BUREAU of Houston
county is nearing the 600 goal.
The membership committee is
hitting the ball to end the cam
paign by Oct. 31.
THAT MAN who sells awnings
sold some to himself. When they
arrived to to put them up last
Saturday, they discovered they
had the awnings for another job.
So, he will have to stall himself
off for a while.
BAKERY being built by T. R.
Summers, Jr., hasstarted rising.
GEO. C. NUNN & SON are
receiving thousands of tons of
peanuts this week, the result of
the clear weather after a rainy
season,
THIS IS National Newspaper
Week, when papers all over the
country rededicate their pages
to building good communities.
This is our prime aim in Hous
ton. C. E.
Scout Troop 96
Does It Again
At a Board of Review 7 on Sept.
12. three boys in troop 96 in
Perry were promoted to Life
Scouts, making a total of five life
Scouts in Troop 96.
The three going up at the last
Board of review were, George
Havis. HoarceLee Matthews and
Billy Whipple.
There were 34 Merit Badges
swarded to the following boys.
Georgfi Davis, Conservation
and Athletics; Billy Whipple,
Swimining and Athletics: Rhett
Milam, Jr., Life Saving; Her
schel Thompson, Hog and pork
Production, and Personal Health;
Bobby Sutton, Life Saving and
Wood Carving; Hentz Houser,
Athletics; Allen Tabor, Pioneer
'ng; Paul Middlebrooks, Public
Health, Woodcarving and First
Aid.
A new member was added to
Tfpop 96 when 12 year old Allen
Williamaon son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. N. Williamson came into the
troop.
Congratulations to these New
Life Scouts on their accomplish
ments thus far and best wishes
L r them to gain the Top i n
Scouting, An Eagle Scout.
f oumal
GIN DAYS
We will gin cotton only on Fri-j
day and Saturday of each week]
until further notice.
J. H. Davis & Son
Davis Warehouse Co.
Anderson Named
To Jones' Bench
A. M. (Phil) Anderson of Per
ry, appointed judge of the Supe
rior Courts of the Macon Judicial
Circuit to fill the unexpired term
of Judge Malcolm D. Jones, was
sworn in by Governor Ellis Ar
nall at 3 p, m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Anderson and their three
daughters were present at the
ceremony.
Judge Jones resigned after 23
years on the bench and Governor
Arnall appointed Judge Anderson
Monday. Judge Anderson won
election in the July 17 primary
without opposition. He resigned
as presiding judge of the crimi
nal division of the court In 1942
to enter the Navy, from which
he was honorably discharged
oarly in 1946. Since his dis
cearge, he has practiced law in
Perry and Macon.
The good wishes of his friends
throughout the four counties of
the circuit go with Judge Ander
son upon his return to the bench.
Party Delgates
Named in County
The appointment of six dele
gates and six alternates to the
State Democratic Convention in
Macon Oct. 9 was announced by
J. P. Etheridge, chairman of the*
Houston County Democratic
Executive Committee.
Appointment of the delegates
was announced following con
ferences with Houston county
supporters of Gov. - Nominee Eu
gene Talmadge.
Delegates named were S. A.
Nunn, S.L. Norwood, Mrs. John
L. Hodges, Paschal Muse, R. F.
Scarborough, and £»*'.&, Pratt.
Alternates are Glea Gaay, A. W.
Pratt, Mrs. Eliza C. Massee, Eu
gene Lashley, Roy Gandy and J.
Meade Tolleson, Jr.
All delegates and alternates
will have an equal vote in the
convention.
Governor-Nominee Talmadge
carried Houston county by a
margin of almost 2 tol.
Macon Invites
Perry to Events .
A group of Macon men under
th e leadership o f Raymond
Broach will visit Perry Friday,
October 4, to extend to citizens
of this section an official invita
tion to Macon for two outstand
ing events during the next two
weeks.
First 'ff the two events will be
the appearance of Elmer Wheeler,
the Nation’s No. 1 salesman and
lecturer, and the second is the 91st
annual Georgia State Fair dur
ing the week of October 14.
Elmer Wheeler is appearing in
Macon under auspices of the Re
tail Merchants Bureau o f the
Chamber o f Commerce and
Henry Matthews, president of
the bureau, i s anxious that
“everysales person, every em
ployee of every hear
him speak on the topic. “Back
to Selling the Sizzle”.
“Our Merchants Bureau is as
suming that all of us need a little
brushing up ... a little polish
ing off. . , something in the na
ture of a refresher after the last
few strenuous years”, Mr. Mat
thews said, “and we want the
merchants and salespeople i n
Houston County to share this
opportunity with us. Elmer Whel
ler can re-waken our selling en
thusiam and give our salespeople
the pep and the punch necessary
to please our customers and sell
our merchandise whether it be
goods or service.
Members of the delegation
visiting here Friday will have
Free tickets to the Wheeler lec
ture and merchants desiripg.
them are asked to make their re
quest immediately to the Home
Journal office,
Siberia Vast
Siberia is almost twice as large
•a continental United States.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1946
Pace Here
For Speech
Perry must wait for a new
school building and post office at
least a year, Rep. Stephen Pace
of the Third Congressional Dis
trict said here last week.
Speaking before the Perry Ki
wanis Club, Rep. Pace said be
cause of high employment and
the scarcity of building materi
als, the post office building could
not be started for some time.
At present, he said, no federal
aid program for school construc
tion has been approved.
Saying that the health of the
South is one of our more serious
economic and social problems, he
called attention to the bill pro
viding for federal aid in building
hospitals. He said he is interest-j
ed in seeing a modern hospital
in every county in his district.
Airport Stressed
The increase in air travel and
air freight service prompts him
to recommend that all communi
ties in his district take advan
tage of the opportunity of fed
eral aid in enlarging their air
ports. He said action must be
taken quickly to qualify for fed
eral aid.
Turning to the agricultural
situation, tne congressman rec
ommended that farmers organize
themselves in the Farm Bureau
in order to protect themselves
against labor’s clamor for high
wages and cheap farm prices.
The farmers must unite to be in
a position to resist a movement
for low prices.
“The most important difficulty
today,” Rep. Pace said, “is that
k we can’t get a certain segment
of the population to work.”
(Mr. Pace has been“blacklisted”
by the CIO.)
Good Farm Prices
The legislator foresees goed
farm prices for “the next few
years,” primarily because the
government is expected to main
tain a high national income to
meet the demands of the federal
budget. He said the U. S. will
produce its biggest corn crop in
history this year and that sur
pluses of farm products may de
velop within the next year, but
that prices should remain good
for a few years.
Already peanut production has
almost reached the saturation
point and a surplus may develop
very soon unless farmers volun
tarily reduce their acreage. The
support price of 90 percent of
parity will be retained for two
years after the official end of the
war.
The cotton carryover of 7 mil
lion bales may be reduced to 3
million by next year, unless
farmers overplant this next year.
The Kiwanians cheered his
plea for maintaining a strong
Navy and his statement that
farmers must become as strong
as labor unions.
Rep, Pace was introduced by
Floyd Tab ?r, vice president of
the Georgia Farm Bureau, Alton
Hardy was program chairman.
Kicklighter Plans
To Attend Meeting
A. M. Kicklighter, proprietor
of the Rexall drugstore at Perry,
will go to Atlanta for the region
al convention of Rexall druggists
there October 8 and 9.
During the war years, a few
specialists worked on the rede
signing of drugstore fixtures and
equipment to prepare for the
postwar era of expansion. This
new equipment and new mer
chandizing ideas will be present
ed at the convention, Mr. Kick
lighter said.
Welcome Home
Kelly A. Hammock, Kathleen,
from the U. S. Army.
And Good Luck
Leroy Williamson, Rt. 3, For
Valley, and Franklin H. Scar
borough, Warner Robins, were
inducted into the U. S. Army
through the Perry Local Board
last week.
Bobby Spencer of Perry en
listed in the Air Corps at Fort
McPherson last week and is
awaiting assignment.
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More Pastures Like This Is Contest Aim
Prizes Offered
In Soil Contest
To create interest in .building
the soil and to promote the utili
zation of Triple-A payments a
vailable in Georgia, The Macon
Telegraph and News will award
$650 in prizes; $5OO to go to the
farmers who earn the highest
percentages above their soil
building allowances, and $l5O to
"go to farm youths for essays on
“What Soil Conservation Can Do
For My Community” .
The $5OO contest is open to
all farmers living in the 28 coun
ties which comprise the contest
area who earn their principal
livelihood on the farm,
Group 1 farmers are those
whose soil building allowance
totals $5O or less.
Group 2 farmers are those
whose soil building allowance is
more than $5O.
Prizes awarded in each group
will be: First, $125; second, $75;
third, $36, and fourth, $l5.
Work done in soil buildingdur
ing the year 1946 will be the
basis of the judgment; contest
ends January 1.
The 23 practices set forth by
Triple - A for which farmers re
ceive allowances will be consider
ed in the judging.
Strong Promoted ~
To Ist Lieutenant
Lt. William C. Strong, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Strong, Sr.,
of Perry was promoted to the
rank of first lieutenant on Sep
tember 4. 1946. according to the
public relations office at Roswell
Army Air Field, Roswell, N. M
Ll. Strong recently played an
important role as pilot of a C-54
Transport in the “Green Hornet”
Transport Unit in connecion
with Operation Crossroads. I t
was the duty of the “ Greene
Hornet” to carry personnel and
supplies from the United States
to Kwajalien and back. Without
their remarkable accomplish
ments, Operation Crossroads
would have been held up con
siderably
Lt. Strong made six trips as
pilot of these heavy loaded trans
ports from the U. S. to Kwa
jaiien and Eniwetok. Flying of
ten at night and even more of
ten “in the soup” (on instru
ments), Lt. Strong’s job was to
pilot his plane with its much
needed cargo across thousand
of miles of open water to a tiny
[ pinpoint of rock in the Pacific
ocean. His retun hops back to the
United States proved quite inter
esting at times, especially when
heavy storms and turbulence
were encountered.
Before entering the service,
Lt. Strong was employed by the
Shepard Construction Company,
Atlanta.
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Russian Zone in Reich
To Boost Food Rations
BERLlN.—Russian military gov-
I ernment announced an increase in
I food rations in the Russian occupa
i tion zone in Germany for persons
regarded as non-essential to indus-
I try.
Children, non-workers and white
collar workers receive an additional
1.76 ounces of bread daily and 53
ounces of potatoes monthly. Labor
ers and children also will receive
an increase of about 10 ounces
1 monthly in foodstuffs and the
remainder o“he population five
ounces. x
The present calory levels in the
t Russian zone were not announced.
Pasture Contest
Draws Interest
By JACK C. MILLER
County Conservationist
In connection with the pasture
contest sponsored by The Macon
Chamber of Commerce, the Ki
wanis Club and Houston County
Farm Bureau, let it be said that
interest is keen and it looks as
if we’ll have some outstanding
pastures to show off next spring.
It might be well now to con
sider a few points regarding
establishing permanent pastures.
First, the land should be Well
prepared and adequately limed
and fertilized. Second, it should
be seeded to the proper mixture
of grasses and clovers. Third, it
should be properly stocked and
should be mowed as needed to
control weeds, bushes, briars, etc.
The land should be cleared of
a1 1 obstacles such a s rocks,
stumps, etc that will hinder seed
ing and future mowing. The land
should be plowed and lime spread
and harrowed in this fall before
wet weather sets in.
Next February or early March,
the land can be harrowed, ferti
lizer applied, dragged smooth
with drag harrow and seeded to
grasses and clover. Where Ber
muda is planted it can be broad
cast and harrowed in along with
the fertilizer,
ln other words, clearing, lirn-
Tng’aruT' soil preparation should
be done this fall and winter.
Fertilizing and seeding should be
done in late February or March,
in order to best suit operations
to probable weather conditions.
Doing the right thing at the right
time is very important in success
fully establishing a pasture.
Griffin Assigned
As State Trooper
Marvin W. Griffin of Perry, a
veteran of two years service in
the U. S. Navy, reported to head
quarters of the Georgia State
Patrol Tuesday for assignment
as a trooper.
Captain Hugh Beatty of the
Patrol advised Griffin Saturday
chat his application had been
approved. Griffin is expected to
be assigned to the new station
being opened at Thomaston.
The new state trooper served
20 months in New Guinea. Upon
discharge early this year, h e
was a boatswain’s mate 2nd
class. While in the Nvay he was
assigned to shore patrol duty.
Cottonseed Price
Of $7O a Ton Seen
“An increase in the price of
cottonseed products has just been
announced in Washington,”
Georgia Farm Bureau President
H. L. Wingate stated this week
upon his return to Macon head
quarters after conferring with
government officials in the na
tional capitol.
“This,” he said, “should give
give our farmers not less than
$6B per ton for cottonseed with
prospects of reaching s7o.’’which
is the amount demanded by Farm
Bureau leaders from the cotton
growing states.
For the past several months,
the Farm Bureau leader has been
in constant touch with OPA and
Department of Agriculture of
ficials in Washington in an at
tempt to secure a boost in the
the price of oil and linters which,
he added, “has not been in line
with the price paid by* farmers
for other by-products of this
commodity, meal and hulls.”
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Movie Vote
Set Oct. 21
The citizens of Perry will vote
on Monday, October 21, to de
termine whether they want Sun
day motion pictures under the
sponsorship of the local post of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mayor G. F. Nunn and the
City Council set the date at their
last meeting and ordered ballots
printed for the approximately
600 qualified voters in the city.
Several weeks ago, the V. F
W. post petitioned the mayor,and
council for permission to show
Sunday movies at Perry to raise
money f»r charitable activities
planned by the post. The mayor
and council decided to allow the
people to vote on the question.
Ministers here have expressed
opposition to the move.
The veterans contemplate net
ting about $l5 per week from
the shows.
City Will Sponsor
National Guard Unit
The possibility of obtaining a
National Guard Unit for Houston
county, with headquarters in
Perry, appeared nearer reality
this week following city coun
cils decision to sponsor the unit.
Mayor G. F. Nunn appointed a
committee composed of W. V.
Tuggle, F. M. Houser and J. A.
Beddingfield to work with a com
mittee from the Robert D. Col
lins Post r, f the Legion in de
veloping plans for establishing
the unit heoe. The Legion com
mittee is composed of Wesley
Calhoun and J. M. Tolleson, Jr.
Adjutant General S. Marvin
Griffin has offered Perry a small
cannons unit of about 85 officers
and men.
Telephone Survey
Being Made Here
A survey to determine the need
for additional telephone service
began in Perry last week alter it
was announced that 117 com
panies in Georgia have been or
dered to show cause why they do
not expand and improve their
service.
Southeastern Telephone Com
pany, which serves Perry, is one
of the companies ordered to ap
pear before the Georgia Public
Service Commission in Atlanta
October 23.
Citing the fact that numerous
complaints have been received
from subscribers to local services
and the users of toll lines, the
“show cause” order sets forth
that there has been little, if any,
improvement in telephone ser
vice since the termination of the
war, and requires the companies
to explain why the handling of
toll calls should not be accelerat
ed, and why necessary rehabili
tation and enlargement of facili
ties should not be expedited.
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Dance-Barbecue
At Bonaire Gym
A square dance and barbecue
will be given at the Bonaire High
School gymnasium on Friday
night, October 11, under the
sponsorship of the Bonaire High
Athletic Association. Tickets to
the dance will be 40c for adults
and 20c for children and barbe
cue plates will be 75c. Come
and join the fun.
Ration Round-Up
Spare Stamp No. 51, good for
5 lbs. of Sugar, expiree Dec. 31.
Spare Stamps Nos. 9 and 10,
each good for 5 lbs. Canning
Sugar, expire Oct. 31.
Presbyterian Notice
Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m.
Church Service,Perry, 11:30a.m.
Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3p.m.
Church Service.Clinchfield, Bp.m.
Rev. J. H. Mulholland, Pastor.
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MOORE CLOSED SAT.
Moore Dry Goods Co. will be
closed part of Saturday for a
[holiday. The store will open at
15 p.m. Saturday.
