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HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951
Hair Flowers, Skeleton
Leaves Featured at Fair
Fine arts occupied a prominent
place in the exhibits of the Hous
ton County Fair held Oct. 1 and
2, 1879, according to a report
in the Home Journal.
Miss Jennie Lee Brown of Fort
Valley entered eight beautiful
pictures and Miss Foy Johnson of
Perry 10 crayon drawings which
attracted much admiration. J. B.
Cofield exhibited three cases of
fine photographs, Mrs. P. W.
Johnson a splendid oil painting,
Miss Annie Smith two very hand
some pictures—one landscape and
one flower piece.
Other meritorious displays
were made in this section by Mrs.
C. C. Duncan and Miss Eufaula
Marshall.
12-Year-Old Exhibitor
Mrs. P. W. Johnson exhibited
cases of shell work, hair flowers
and skeleton leaves which were
“simply exquisite.” Miss Florine
Culler exhibited a case of hair
flowers that showed skill and
taste in one so young—only 12.
The flower displays were arrang
ed by Mrs. H. M. Holtzclaw, Mrs.
George H. White and Mrs. T. M.
Killen.
In the Home Industry depart
ment Mrs. J. L. Houser entered
199 distinct articles, among them
41 kinds of preserves, 46 kinds of
jellies, 19 cordials, 28 kinds of
pickles, 22 kinds of jam and
many other articles. Mrs. W. L.
Grice entered 126 articles, the
fruits of several months.
Mrs, M. W. Havis made a beau
.Mful display of 83 varieties of
vine. Among other displays were
those of Mrs. F. M. King, Mrs.
D. H. Culler, Miss K. V. Cater,
Mrs. F. M. Houser, ,Mrs. M. C.
Hook, Mrs. F. C. Etheridge, Mrs.
J. H. Hose, Miss Lizzie Kunz,
Mrs. T. M. Killen, Mrs. C. N.
Rountree, ,Mrs. J. G. Davis, Mrs.
Ever Since The “Model T”
There's Been A POR’D In Your Future
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MOODY BROTHERS, Cecil, right, and Wilson, operate the mod
ern Ford Agency in the building pictured at the left. The dealer
ship of the Moodys has kepi pace with the evergrowing population
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of Perry and Houston county. Moody Motor Co. also operates a
* big service department, used car lot and service station.
You Can Pay MORE But You Can’t Buy Better Than FORD
MOODY MOTOR COMPANY
PHONES 40 & 60 - 1032 BALL ST.
PERRY, GEORGIA
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S. Bunn, Mrs. P. C. Smith, Mrs.
Wm. Brunson, and Mrs. C. C.
Duncan.
In ladies’ handiwork displays
were by Mrs. G. H. White, Mrs.
W. H. Norwood, Miss Durant,
Mrs. Cobb of Macon, Miss Lila
Whitehurst and others.
Farm Displays
In the Agriculture Department
Judge C. N. Rountree had 150 dif
ferent articles of farm produce,
including 14 bales of forage of
different kinds, Dr. M. W. Havis,
Judge Hose, Mrs. A. Marshall,
S. L. Speight, C. A. Thompson,
R. M. Davis, and others made
large exhibits.
The district Banner was won by
the Lower Town District though
the Upper 14th made a strong
contest of it. The display of
poultry was large and included
entries by J. H. Talton and oth
ers. Horses and cattle were also
a feature of the farm exhibits,
exhibitors including W. F. Mc-
Gehee, John Martin and Colonel
U. M. Gunn.
Gallic Brunson’s pets—a sheep,
cats, dogs, fowls, etc., comprising
a happy family—attracted uni
versal admiration. The Earnest
Workers refreshment stand was
well patronized.
The paper praised the energy
and zeal of those who labored for
weeks, nights and days, for the
success of the fair under the
leadership of the worthy presi
dent, Dr. M. W. Havis.
OLD PICNIC GROUNDS
Two famous recreation and pic
nic grounds used by thousands in
the early days of the county—
Beach Haven and Idle Wylde—
have disappeared. Houston Lake,
Lake Joy and Vinson Valley are
three of the most popular picnic
and recreation spots in the coun
ty now.
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THE OLD PERRY RIFLES was an outstanding military organization in Georgia, and this picture
taken about 1905, shows a larg» but informal group of the peacetime soldiers. Left to right,
first man unidentified, Homer Chapman, Harris Neal, Carey B. Andrew Sr., unidentified, Hugh
Lawson, unidentified, Otis Kegg, unidentified, Barney Schilling (Confederate veteran), Russell
Edwards, George C. Nunn, Emory Riley, Robert L. Marchman, Miller Edwards, Sr., Stanley
Aylor, Alfred Todd and unidentified man. This picture furnished by Mrs. J. P. Duggan.
State Senators
Back To 1882
Are Listed
State Senators who have repre
sented Houston county, some of
them elected from other counties
in a rotation system in the sena
torial district, comprise an illus
trious list of predecessors to
State Sen. Mayo Davis of Perry,
who now represents this district
and is also jMayor of Perry.
Those who served as state sen
ators in the 1800 s are John Keen
er, David W, Mann, William
Wellborn, Walter S. Campbell,
Abner Wimberly, Howell Cobb,
James Dean, Arthur A. Morgan,
Hugh Lawson, James M. Kelley,
James Holmes, William H. Rudd,
Stephen Castellow, James Hold
erness, John A. Hunter, Wil
liam B. Bryan, Edmund J. Mc-
Gehee, William H. Matthews,
Samuel D. Killen, W. L. Grice,
T. J. Simmons, William Jackson
Anderson, William A. Matthews,
J. H. Anderson, William Ruther
ford, John Fielding Troutman,
D. A. Smith, R. D. Smith, J. F.
Sykes, J. J. McCants, B. W. San
ford, J. M. Culpepper, S. S.
Monk, C. C. Gray and Walter
Eugene Steed.
Senators Since 1900
In the 1900 s there have been
A. J. Johnson, Henry A. Mat
thews, C. C. Robert
Lee Dickey, T. V. Fagan, William
Franklin Weaver, J. M. Weaver,
Robert C. LeSueur, Joseph Elijah
Davidson, G. C. Smith, Milton
Bradford Cass, Francis Marion
Greene, J. P. Duncan, J. W.
Bloodworth and Mayo Davis, the
last four from Perry.
tSome of the others named
above resided in other counties
of the senatorial district. From
1847 until 1852, inclusive, Hous
ton and Macon counties compos
ed one senatorial district; and
after 1861, Houston with Taylor
and Crawford, then the new
Peach county, comprised a sen
atorial district. More recently,
Houston is with Bibb and Twiggs
in its senatorial district.
Hayneville Baptist Helped
Foundl*Atlanta Churches
First church established in-
Houston county was no doubt the
Hayneville Baptist church, con
stituted Oct. 9, 1824, according to
an “Historical Sketch of Houston
County Baptists” compiled jand
published in 1923 by Dr. Walter
M. Lee, then pastor of the First
Baptist church of Cochran,
As one of the earliest and
strongest supporters of the Geor
gia Baptist convention and its
project, the Hayneville church
had a leading part in founding
of First Baptist church of Atlan
ta and other churches as early as
1846.
As early as 1816 there was a
request sent from a body of be
lievers near the settlement which
became Perry to old Ramah
church of Wilkinson county for
aid in the organization of a
church, but the first constituted
church of which he had records
was at Hayneville.
Most Members Slaves
“When the old settlers below
Hawkinsville,” wrote Dr. Lee,
“were cutting in the Ocmulgee
swamp the immense pines which
furnished the timbers of Ger
many’s incipient Navy, the Wim
berley brothers of the Hayneville
district were scouring with their
hounds the thick swamps hunting
for deer, foxes, bears and wild
cats.
“Members of the Hayneville
church were financially inde
pendent and very liberal. Among
the Godly ministers whose voices
have echoed within the walls of
old Hayneville are Z. H. Gordon,
A. T. Holmes, Wilson Conner,
C. A. Tharp, James Perryman,
Robert Fleming, and S. W. Dur
ham.
“Membership prior to the Civil
War consisted largely of slaves,
there being in 1862, 39 white
members and 102 colored mem
bers,” Dr. Lee wrote.
CAVES, MOUNDS
MARK FORMER
INDIAN HAUNTS
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This area was criss-crossed
with Indian trails when the first
white settlers came and for many
years afterwards —and the South
west section of Houston county
has several mounds and a cave
that were used by the Indians.
Leading from Cow-e-tah Talla
hassee, later known as Coweta
Town in Muscogee County, was
once an important trail called
“Indian Path.” It branched at
old Am-put-tan-e Creek near Co
lumbus. One branch of this trail
ran in a north easterly direction
to Wafford in Habersham County.
branch ran through
the lands now known as Harris
and Talbot Counties, crossing the
Flint River at the intersection of
Crawford, Taylor, and Macon
Counties, passing through Hous
ton and Fort Valley, leading out
to the old Indian Agency on the
Flint in Crawford County, thence
to Fort Hawkins and Cross Keys
in Bibb County, thence through
Jones County, ending at Mil
ledgeville.
Where the town of Montezuma
now is was an old trading post,
and was a popular Indian gather
ing place from 1798 to 1814. It
was known as the Timpoochee
Barnard settlement. The old
Barnard Path passed through Ft.
Valley.
Famed Spring
The highway now used be
tween Hawkinsville and Grovan
ia was an original Indian trail
from the Ocmulgee to the Thron
ateeska. This was a very popular
trail used by the Indians on their
hunting trips from river to river.
There was a spring on the
Hawkinsville trail fa med by the
Indians for its medicinal proper
ties. The Indians in large com
panies would camp near it. Long
after they had left this country
for the Florida Everglades, the
sick and diseased among them
would return to this spring to be
cured;
On the farm of Mrs. Becky
Till, one of the first settlers,
was a hill from which the Indians
secured clay for making pipes.
On the farm of Mr. Wm. Davis,
father of Mr. Manning Davis, one
of Houston’s oldest citizens was
a cave and underground passage,
with an outlet near Montezuma.
The Indians used this cave. On
the same place can be found In
dian mounds.
There were many trading posts
in Houston and adjoining coun
ties and the trails were travelled
extensively. Our splendid high
ways today mark the pathways
of these rude trails.
COUNTY'S WOMEN
PUT PUSH BEHIND
MEMORIAL FUND
A land without monument is
a land without history—a country
without history is a country with
; out fame” declared the official
resolution of the reunion of'
Houston Confederate Veterans
passed on July 20, 1895, when it
was voted to ask the ladies of the
county to help in securing a fund
for the erection of the Confeder
ate monument.
We determined to unveil a
monument at our next annual
meeting to the success of the
principles which we held dearer
than life,” read the resolution
published in the Aug. 8, 1895 is
sue of The Home Journal.
“Though defeated, by our ef
forts, those principles still live—
and knowing the futility of such
an undertaking without woman’s
aid, we now ask you to give us
that aid which knows no defeat,
that support which scoffs at dan
ger and that help which none but
women can give, and success will
be assured.
And posterity for generations
to come can point with pride to
the granite shaft dedicated to the
patriotic sons of Houston moth
ers.”
Then followed a long list of
ladies appointed to the fund-rais
mg committee in all districts of
the county.
first hotel
The first hotel in Perry was
kept by Bentley Outlaw and then
by F. W. Jobson who also estab
lished the first tailoring shop.