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Three Houston County labors On Georgia Master farmers Roll
Brothers Are
Leaders In
Civic Affairs
Three Georgia faster Farmers
in the same family in the same
county is the record of the Tabor
family, a record of which all
Houston county is proud.
The late A. W. Tabor, whose
farm is now operated by his
youngest son, Ralph Tabor, about
six miles from Perry on the U. S.
Route 41 to Macon, was Georgia
Master Farmer in 1928.
Floyd Tabor, now vice pres
ident of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation and member of
Houston County School Board,
was chosen Georgia Master Farm
er of 1939.
Lewis Tabor, his brother and
now Houston County School Su
perintendent, was Georgia Mas
ter Farmer of 1947. Lewis Tabor’s
farm and home is also on U. S.
41 north, about 3 miles from
Perry.
Families Honored
They are all Master Farm
Families —and were so honored
by the agricultural and civic
leaders of the state when the
awards were made to them.
There are many in Houston
county who are sure that Ralph
Tabor will also win the Master
Farmer honor this time, on his
father’s acres which he has kept
in lush production.
And Allen Tabor, son of Mr.
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FLOYD TABOR is vice presi
dent of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation, a member of
the Houston County School
Board and a leader in other
agricultural and civic affairs of
the county and state. So is his
brother, Lewis Tabor, County
School Superintendent, and like
his late father, A. W. Tabor,
and brother, is a Georgia Mas
ter Farmer.
and Mrs. Floyd Tabor, headed the
Perry chapter of Future Farmers
of America during the last school
year and was an officer in the
State FFA while also winning
honors in the national organiza
tion.
Good Citizens
All of the Tabors are “all
round” farmers, but they are
probably best known nationally
for their peaches. They are among
the largest growers, packers and
shippers in Houston county.
The offices they hold in local
and state organizations is testi
mony to the fact that they are ac
ive good citizens of their county,
and in the forefront of progres
sive moves in civic and educa
tional life as well as in agricul
ture.
Mrs, Floyd Tabor is the former
Miss Sara Gilbert and Mrs. Lewis
Tabor the former ,Miss Laverne
Ramage. Their son, Wesley Ram
age Tabor is hlso active in the
Future Farmers of America.
VOLUNTEERS HELD
lOTH. RE UNION
The 10th. annual reunion of the
Beauregard Volunteers was held
at the residence of Gen. C. D.
Anderson near Fort Valley on
July 31, 1886, and the following
survivors were present:
J. M. Gray, W. G. Breene, L. P.
Sledge, C. G. Gray, J. S. Vinson,
U. M. Gunn, W. I. Shine, W. D.
Croom, R. W. Johnson, J. C.
Davidson, W. T. Sorrell, C. H.
Richardson, W. M. McDnoald,
J. A. Everett, I. N. Vinson and
C. D. Anderson. Dr. W. G. Greene
delivered the annual address.
OAK LAWN POST OFFICE
Petition to incorporate the Oak
Lawn Post Office en route from
Perry to Feagin was granted by
the post office department and
mail delivery three times a week
authorized in 1886.
The Home Journal, the paper
with the NEWS.
Instead of Mammy, Smokehouse,
There's Freezer and Cadillacs
iHow farm conditions in Hous
ton county change over the yean
—and perhaps run in cycles—is
indicated by this passage written
by a Houston historian several
years ago.
“Many of the large plantations
are cut into small farms. The
owner may still live in the bi A
house but most of the noble trees
that surrounded it are gone.
“Where is the gin house, that
necessary adjunct of every ante
bellum plantation?
“Where are the four and six
mule teams, with the driver as
tride one of the ‘hind mules? The
blacksmith shop that every plant
er used to have? The real smoke
house with the dirt floor where
hickory would be burned to
smoke the meat?
Bless Her!
“Where is the black Mammy—
God bless her memory!—with the
red bandanna? Where the old
fashioned carriage and Negro
driver?
“All these are gone—and gone
also is the quiet grace of the
mistress of that establishment,
and the courtly manners of the
master.
“The real plantation in Hous
ton is a thing of the past but it
has left a fragrant memory!”
That was written before Hous
ton farmers began again to build
large farms, with pastures for
livestock and rotated fields of a
variety of legumes, row crops and
orchards.
In the modern homes on these
modern plantations, there is still
the “quiet grace of the mistress”
and the progressive civic (lead
ership of the owner. And instead
of gin house, smokehouse and
carriage, there are now washing
machines, home freezers, televi
sion towers and Cadilacs.
Yes, times do change.
Slavery Made
Old Plantations
“Golden Era"
Backbone of the rich plantation
life of Houston and Middle Geor
gia from 1820 to 1860 was the
slavery system. It was Georgia’s
“golden period” from an econom
ic viewpoint.
iCotton was king. It brought
good prices. Its demand called
for more and more plantations.
The hard work, the fellihg of
trees, clearing new ground, split
ting fence rails was that of the
Negro.
It was the brawn of the black
man under the direction of the
brain of the white man that made
Middle Georgia blossom as the
rose.
There were few slaves that
were bought or sold and practic
ally none put upon the block and
knocked off to the highest bid
der. Occasionally a Negro man
wanted to marry a Negro woman
on a neighboring plantation and
if so, her owner would often
consent to sell her to the owner
of the man.
Training Given
The slaves rapidly multiplied.
They were inherited like other
property. They remained in Ohe
family and went from father to
son. In every home of wealth,
there were slaves trained to be
seamstresses, house maids, cooks,
carpenters, blacksmiths and car
riage drivers. They were all part
of really one big family and took
great pride in the family to which
they belonged.
It was bondage, it’s true; but
the servants were happy, much
attached to their owners, had
considerable real freedom, were
well cared for and in a better sit
uation than that in Africa. Own
ership of slaves carried duties
and responsibilities as well as
privilege.
It is significant that after a
few decades of servitude, under
the tutelage of Southern planters;
hordes who were so recently
savage in the jungles of Africa
were by the very people who so
loudly complained of the degra
dation and wickedness of slavery,
were deemed capable of citizen
ship in the American Republic,
and they made them citizens.
Where else in the history of the
world has such a thing happened?
What greater compliment was
ever paid a people than this that
was overwhelmingly given to the
Southern planters?
Not Natural
For Man To
Tell Trcth?
That must have been a pessi
mistic meeting of the Perry De
bating Society back in the 1850 s.
.After a lengthy debate, the
winning side was the one which
contended that “it is not natural
for man to tell the truth.”
This debating society was
among the earliest of the cultural
organizations which have always
been given an important place in
the life of Houston county and
Perry, along with its good
schools.
It was through the thoughtful
ness of the late Mrs. G. W. Killen
that three years of records of the
Perry Debating Society, founded
in Feb. 1851 were preserved.
Wide Range
An exceedingly wide range of
subjects was covered by the de
baters, including the nature of
man, the effects of civilization,
religion, politics, historical ev
ents, international law. govern
mental policy, etc.
On Feb. 8, 1853, the society de
cided that the adoption of Cuba
into the American Union would
not prove beneficial to the Am
erican people.
One meeting was reported en
tirely in rhyme.
The membership role of the so
ciety contained the following
names: J. H. Dunham, Pete S.
Humphries, J. L. Parker, J. C.
Gilbert, J. M. Giles, J. A. Prin
gle, S. H. J. Sistrunk, W. L.
Franks, W. F. Coolidge, John M.
Colby, George F. Cooper, N. C.
Thompson, Charles Heyward, S.
Rogers,* S. D. Killen, J. O. A.
Clark, J. L. Warren, F. A. Hill,
George S. Riley, Reuben Fitz
gerald, J. H. King and J. L. Birch.
Another literary group in Per
ry was the Perry Shakespearean
Club which held its first meet-
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SLAVES ATTENDED
CHURCHES
Negro slaves were members of
the same churches as their mas
ters before tne War Between the
States, were carried on the
church rolls and occupied special
pews, usually in the galleries. Af
ter the war, they withdrew from
the white churches and formed
congregations of their own.
HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951
CONGRATULATIONS j
and
BEST WISHES
ALWAYS
To The People of Perry
and Houston County
WE ARE PROUD AND GRATEFUL
THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN PERRY
FOR 25 YEARS.
NICK’S PLACE
CARROLL STREET
FREEMAN CABERO, Owner
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
CAMP ACTIVE IN 1897
In 1897, officers of Camp No.
880, United Confederate Veter
ans, were Commander Joseph
Palmer, Adjutant L. S. Tounsley,
Surgeon Dr. C. R. Mann, and
Chaplain J. D. Martin.
Comrades Palmer and W. S.
King were elected delegates to
attend the annual meeting to be
held at Nashville, Tenn., with
J. T. Walker and Mr. Tounsley as
alternates. There were 34 mem
bers of the camp enrolled.