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HOME JOURNAL. FERRY. GA„ THURSDAY, JULY 26. 1951
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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The Only Paid-In-Advance Circulation, Direct Mall News
paper Published in Houston County 22,000 Population.
Published weekly at Perry, Ga.
C- COOPER ETHERIDGE
Editor and Publisher
Official Organ—Houston Coun
ty and City of Perry. Subscrip-
Cons: $2.50 per year in state;
$3.00 out of state; $1.50 for six
months. All subscriptions pay
EDITORIAL COMMENT
DEAD FOLKS VOTE
IN DODGE COUNTY
Houston county is fortunate in
not having the kind of political
machines that encourage fraud
ulent voting such as has been
seen in two South Georgia coun
ties—Telfair and Dodge.
Two weeks ago dead people
and men on foreign soil “voted”!
in a Dodge county election. In
one precinct there were more
votes cast than names on the
qualified list.
Could these Dodge countians
have got their cue from the
neighbors in Telfair, where dead
people were voting for Hrman
Talmadge in a fraudulent elec
tion three years ago?
Illegal voting is a matter to
joke about in some of these South |
Georgia precincts. The sacred
voting privilege is desecrated at
will. “We’ve been voting dead
people for years,” some of the
power crazed, crooked, grafting
politicians will laugh.
This is the same political phil
osophy that Roy Harris worships,
and even expressed in last week’s
Augusta Courier, his personal
political newspaper. The head
line, printed in red ink, pro
claims:
“TRUMAN MUST BE DE
FEAT!', 1) IN 1952 REGARDLESS
OF THE METHODS USED."
We might go along with Roy
on defeating Truman but we still
would like to see the democratic
vpting processes used to defeat
him. We believe that only the
legal, established election pro
cedures be used to defeat a can
didate whose service does not
merit election.
Roy is saying that it’s all
right to vote dead people, or vote
people several times, or stuff the
ballot box, or ouy votes, or
MUSE THEATRE
CLIFTON Wt3i
COMING SOON
GOOD FARMING
Depends on your good judgment
ond proper core of tools
Check your implements, tighten all bolts
regularly and adjust each tool for the job.
Use the right plow bottoms, sweeps or
shovels . . . we can supply “A-C” plow bot-
toms for every type of soil. Also moldboard
extensions, notched or smooth coulters,
jointers and a wide selection of cultivator
sweeps and shovels.
If you have a question, stop in and see us.
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TRACTOR COMPANY
Phone 292 Perry, Ga.
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steal votes—anything so long as
the opposition is defeated.
Roy actually believes that
whatever methods are necessary
also are justified to get his can
didate in Georgia elected.
M. E. Thompson tells us that
he asked Roy to admit that the
Talmadge crowd had “bought” 25
counties in the last state election.
“It wasn’t more than 15,” Mr.
Thompson quotes Roy as saying.
Georgia politics will be in bad
shape as long as a man like Roy
runs the state from Augusta thru
his boy, Herman Talmadge, in
the governor’s chair.
A CANNERY NEEDED
Houston countians are clamor
ing again for a community
j cannery in view of the tremend
ous fruit and vegetable crops in
this section.
What a canning season this
season would have been if we
had a cannery in Perry!
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks says there is hardly a day
that someone doesn’t call him
and ask for information about a
nearby cannery. The nearest one
we know anything about is at
Fort Valley, and it has about all
it can do.
Peaches by the thousands of
cans could have been put up and
the vegetable crop is unusually
good and heavy this year.
It would be a fine thing for the
Houston County Board of Educa
tion to consider the possibility of
putting in another canning plant
similar to the one the board and
the vocational agriculture plant
operated before the school build
ings were rearranged three years
ago. Most canneries we know
about are operated in connection
with the vocational agriculture
departments of the schools. We
realize that a cannery so operat
ed will cost the board some mon
ey each year, but those who
avail themselves of its facilities
will save on their ever-mounting
grocery bills.
Let’s have a cannery next year.
Advertising nee?n t cost. U
pays.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Dear Cooper:
Please save for me five copies
of the 80th Anniversary Edition
of the Home Journal.
I have enjoyed your splendid
edition, which carries me back
beyond my childhood and brings
to mind many that I remember,
Also what unique Bill Harrison
once said to me: “Yes, the Bible
is right—if anybody strikes you
on one cheek, turn the other.
Then the third lick is your’n.”
Thank you in advance for hold
ing the copies.
MRS. B. C. HOLTZCLAW,
Macon, Georgia.
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Dear Cooper:
My warmest congratulations
on the excellent job you and
Jimmy did with the 80th anni
versary edition. It is a jam-up
job and only the folks who have
worked on a newspaper realize
the long hours and hard work it
took to produce such a fine edi
tion.
SUE MYRICK
Associate Editor,
Macon Telegraph & News.
Dear Cooper:
I am enclosing a check to ex
tend my subscription. Needless
to say, I enjoy this weekly visit
with my old friends and neigh
bors in and around my old some
town.
I’d like to congratulate you
and Jim on your 80th anniver
sary edition. Best wishes for
your continued success.
Sincerely,
KATE M. MARTIN
(Mrs. J. D.)
Miami Shores, Fla,
Dear Cooper: |
Congratulations to you and
Jimmy on the 80th Anniversary
40-page Home Journal. It’s a
credit to Perry, Houston county
and the newspaper profession.
Best wishes for another pros- |
perous and progressive 80 years. I
Most cordially,
FOY EVANS
Warner Robins Sun.
Houston Home Journal,
I read about your special edi
tion in Atlanta Constitution, and j
know that I will enjoy reading j
about Houston County, and the I
old days there.
My mother was Durham Wim- 1
berly of Hayneville, daughter of J
John Rutherford Wimberly and
Eugenia Brown Wimberly, and
she married at Hayneville.
My father was John Wade
Marshall, who once operated a
store at Hayneville, and Demp
sey Brown was my great grand
father, and he was an early set- |
tier in Houston County.
I enclose check, and will thank
you to mail one copy to Mrs. C.
A. Bishop, Ashdown, Arkansas
and one copy to me, at 912 South
ADVERTISEMENT FOR RIDS j
Elementary School Building
Warner Robins, Ga.
for
Houston County Board of Educa
tion, Perry, Georgia
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals covering con
struction of an Elementary School
Building, Warner Robins, Ga., in
accordance with plans and speci
fications dated 23 June 1951, pre
pared by N. J. Pascullis, Archi
tect, Bankers Insurance Building,
Macon, Ga. will be received by
the Houston County Board of
Education, Courthouse, Perry,
Ga. until 2:00 P. M. E.S.T. Thurs
day, 23 August 1951, at which
time they will be opened and
read publicly.
In order to be considered bids
must be accompanied by a Bid
Bond in an amount equal to 5%
of the total bid, such bid secur
ity to become payable into funds
of Houston County Board of Ed
ucation as ascertained liquidated
damages upon failure of the bid
der to execute contract and furn
| ish performance and payment
bonds in approved form within
j fifteen (15) days after notice of
■ award. Corporations submitting
proposals shall be authorized to
j do business in the State of Geor
gia.
Drawings and specifications
may be obtained at the office of
I N. J. Pascullis, Architect, 609
Bankers Ins. Bldg., Macon, Ga.,
and will be issued to prospective
i bidders upon deposit of $50.00
per set. All plans and specifica
tions must be returned to the
, Architect and deposits will be re
funded in full upon receipt of
j plans and specifications in good
condition. 7/26 3t. ’
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By COOPER ETHERIDGE
BIG EDITION: We want to
thank everyone for the fine
things they said about our big
80th Anniversary edition. Your
comments were sincerely appre
ciated. We also realize that there
were many names and historical
events that we omitted. We cer
tainly did not mean to offend
anyone. We could have written
on and on and on to cover every
worthwhile event and mention
every citizen who contributed
heavily to this county. We ob
tained our information from the
best historical soucres that we
could find. We ask those who
feel that some historical data
and important names were omit
ted to please forgive us.
Hundreds have told us person
ally and written that they were
pleased with the edition. We ex
pect to be mailing them to form
er Houston countians for several
weeks. We are grateful for this
warm response to our efforts to
put out a creditable paper. When
we get to be 100 years old, we’ll
put out a bigger and better an
niversary edition.
Some comments about the An
niversary Edition:
I “It was an outstanding piece
of work and the people of the
county ought to appreciate it.”
—M. L. Silcox.
{ “The whole town is quiet this
j morning (Thursday); they’re all
reading that Home Journal.”
—Redding Talton Jr.
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'Tm still reading” (Sunday).
—Mrs. H. T. Gilbert.
“A wonderful edition; I’m glad
you could use the historical in
formation from the UDC files.”
Mrs. H. P. Dobbins.
“Ypu put out a fine paper.”
—J. A. Beddingfield.
“The anniversary edition show
ed the result of a lot of work.”
—Mrs. Mayo Davis.
v “I’m sending some copies to
South Georgia to show them how ,
i our paper at the crossroads of
Georgia looks.”
—A. M. Kicklighter.
Again, thank you all and the
many more who said nice things j
about the paper.
Several people called long dis
tance to make sure that extra
copies of the 80th anniversary
edition were reserved for them
or mailed to friends. One was
' mailed to London, England.
I It was mighty nice of Charles
Bledsoe, capably substituting for
the capable Jo Alice Moody on
her radio program, to mention j
the special edition and so gen-1
erously congratulate the editors.
We greatly ;<;preciate it.
— -■
Lee Street, Americus, Ga.
Mrs. Bishop was born in Hous
ton County, daughter of John
Rutherford Wimberly and Eu-1
genia Brown Wimberly, but was 1
moved to Arkansas with her pa-j
rents in 1887, when she was a j
baby. She is the last surviving 1
child of her parents. My Uncle j
Joseph Wible Wimberly died this 1
month in Hope, Arkansas.
Thanking you for your prompt i
attention, and with best wishes
for your prosperity and that of ,
Houston County, I am,
Yours truly,
WIBLE MARSHALL.
912 South Lee Street,
Americus, Georgia.
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD
MEETING TONIGHT
Regular monthly meeting of
the Baptist Brotherhood, men’s
organization of the church, will I
be held at 8 p. m. today, (Thurs- I
day), W. E. Beckham, president, 1
has announced. Instead of the
regular supper meeting, ice cream !
and cake will be served and the
program presented.
The Home Journal, the paper
with the NEWS.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
WASHING MACHINE for sale.
Thor wringer type, in good con
dition. $45. William E. Suber,
Davis Ave., Phone 425-J. It-p
FOR RENT: Modem furnished
Apartment for adults. Phone
112-L. It-c
FOR SALE: Large lots of wooded
area of Cater Sub Division. See
Miss Kathryn Cater or Phone No.
1. 7/26 ts-c.
FOR SALE—I 27 acres, two mod
ern homes, city conveniences,
other out-buildings. Complete
farm equipment, fencing, ferti
lizer. Six miles north on U. S.
41. Jos. Anglovar, RED No. 1,
Ft. Valley, Ga. It-p
Classified ads 2 cents a word.
Minimum charge 50 cents, first J
week, 25 cents each additional
week. Deadline 10 a. m. Wednes
day.
MOW YOUR LAWN?: Have pow
er lawn mower and will mow
your lawn. Call James E. How
ard, 133-L, Perry. It-c
FOR SALE—One used automatic
Bendix washing machine in ex
cellent condition. $125. Gilbert
Electric Co., Phone 175, Perry,
Ga. 7/i2 ts-c
FOR RENT—I room, twin beds,
use of house, to rent to 2 work
ing girls or couple. Mrs. O. C.
Whittington, 1309 Smoak Ave.,
Phone 339-L, Perry. 7/12 3t-p.
land CLEARING: We have the
equipment to clear land, build
fish ponds and other jobs of
earth moving. Reasonable prices.
Prompt service and satisfaction
guaranteed. Call 185. Hardy-
Stone Construction Co. 4/19 ts.
FISHING REELS & RODS re
paired cleaned and adjusted.
Houston Hardware Co., Perry,
Ga - 5/10 12t.
WISCONSIN ENGINES, 1 to 25
h. p. New and reconditioned.
Sales and service. At the One-
I sto P Farm Supply store; Geo. C.
Nunn & Son, Perry. tfc.
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I EXPERIENCE! I
Our Registered Pharmarcists have had
more hai 4J years experience in filling
p.e;crpi ns accurately.
le u.s fi vo »r next prescription!
KICKLIGHTER-AKIN DRUG CO.
The Drug Store
AT THE CROSSROADS OF GEORGIA
Phones 2 & 414 Perry, Ga.
Arriving Daily !
FALL CLOTHES
SWANSDOWN Coats and Suits
HENRY ROSENFELD Suits
GAY GIBSON Junior Dresses
FASHION MARK Misses Dresses
PEG PARMER Half Sizes
NARDIS of DALLAS
KABRO Sports Wear
McArthur, LVd.
Hats by GAGE, DOBBS and RHODES
Handbags by CODETTE
Beautiful Selection FALL FLOWERS I
THE VANITY SHOP I
PHONE 8 PERRY, GA.
FOR RENT: Furnished apartment
for couple or business girls.
Private entrance. Mrs. E. Holtz
claw. Ptione 14. Perry. It-ch
NURSERY— Children cared for
by day or hour while mothers
work, shopping, etc. Will also
care for them at night. Mrs. E. A.
Russ, 4th. house Lawson Drive,
Lawson subdivision, Phone 454-L,
Perry. 6/7 6t-p.
FOR SALE: Houses in Davis Sub
division, Perry. 3 bedrooms.
FHA & GI Loans. Will consider
smaller houses on trade. Contact
Houston Home Builders, Inc.,
Mayo Davis or Harry Griggs, Per
ry, Ga. 6/14 3t-p.
THREE PIANO BARGAINsTto
be sold in your neighborhood./
| One Small Spinet—One Slightly
uesd Spinet—One nice used Up
right to party who can make
small down payment and assume
small monthly payments. Write:
J. T. Dickson, Credit Dept. 52
Pryor St., -N. E. Atlanta. 7/12 4tc
FOR SALE: Camp site lots on
Flint River Inlet. Water is deep
and quiet. Lots are high and dry.
Delightful for rest and quiet.
Beautiful shade trees. Several
cabins already built. Located on
good road. Prices range from SSO
to S6OO. Contact Mr. Wiley at
Flintside, Ga. or write to owner
L. H. Dvorak 406 Professional
Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. 7/12 3tc
FOR SALE —3 tons new Hay, no
rain on it. Cheap. Also Allis-
Chaimers ROTARY HOE, prac
tically new. Cheap. J. H. Smith
at Shoe Shop, Perry. 6/7 tfc.
ELECTRIC MOTORS rewound
and repaired. Prompt attention
given all motors shipped or
brought to us. Brown-Hunter
Electric Co. 937 Montpelier Ave.,
Telephone 1143, Macon, Ga.
BUYING A NEW CAR? Save
'ip to $135.00 on Carrying
Charges & Insurance by using
State Farm Plan. Special con
tracts for farmers. Call F. M.
oreene, Jr., 105-J.
Whipple Cottage
Fire Extinguished
The cottage in the rear of the
home of Mrs. A. P. Whipple was
set afire when struck by light
ning last Saturday afternoon.
The lightning struck near a
window and the inside of the
house was burning when firemen
arrived during a heavy rain
storm. They put out the fire in
record time. No one was living
in the home at the time of the
fire.
BONAIRE POLIO CASE
Three polio cases are in the
Macon Hospital, including two
year-old Marion Cook of Bonaire
who was admitted last Thursday
A nine-year-old Mcßae lad and a
22-year-old Macon man are the
I others, officials told The Macon
Telegraph. .
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On Ga. Highway No. ?|
Between
Perry & Ft. Valley
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