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The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thurs., July 7, 1960
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published weekly at Perry, Georgia
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ORDINARY’S CITATION
State of Georgia, Houston County
Juanita May Satterfield having,
in proper form, applied to me for
Permanent Letters of Administra
tion on the estate of Frank E. Sat
terfield, late of said County, this
is to cite all and singular, the cre
ditors and next of kin of Frank E.
Satterfield, to be and appear at
my office within the time allowed
by law, and show cause, if any
they can, why permanent adminis
tration should not be granted to
Juanita May Satterfield on Frank
MR. FARMER!
iron Clay Peas - - - - $3.50 bushel
In lots of 50 bushels or more
$4.00 a bushel under 50-bushel lots
J. E. W. Soybeans • - - $3.00 bushel
Pelican Soybeans - - - $3.00 bushel
WE ALSO HAVE
Building Materials
For repairs, additions and new
construction
We have a full line of Building Materials and
also Carpenter's Accessories
Thompson Warehouse
JERNIGAN STREET PERRY
"We are happy about these
OT new services down at the
\jr k *%Af Perry loan and Savings Bank"
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
jilpyj SAFE
Take no chances with doc
■> vll eumenh and personal es
■ M'Tlfffacts that mean so much to
7you. Put them in a safe place. Rent a safety deposit box in
I Perry Loan and Savings Bank today. It's one way of knowing
always have the things you want!
DRIVE-UP WINDOW
||9 PARKING SPACE
"And we Bank by
PERRY LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
"SERVING THIS COMMUNITY FOR 17 YEARS"
E. Satterfield’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 4th day of July,
1960.
JOHN L. HODGES, Ordinary
4tc. 7-7.
This year chiffon is being treat
ed in a strict manner to make day
time dresses, as well as evening
dresses, points out Miss Peggy
Ott, clothing specialist, Agricultur
al Extension Service.
1 Rep. Herman Watson Explains Views j
On Court, Teacher Raises, Schools ;
Editor, Home Journal
In the June 2, 1960 issue of the
Houston Home Journal, there ap
pears an editorial entitled “Issues
in Coming Legislative Race will
be Court, Teachers and Schools”.
Therein you undertake to state
these “issues” and speculate upon
the position of each of the candi
dates thereon and then give your
views. You further observe that
“neither candidate has made a
statement of the issues and the
side he takes, but political obser
vers say that these things will be
. discussed by the candidates in
their political negotiations, whe
ther the issues come out in the
open or not.”
The purpose of this letter is not
to engage in any debate but to
correct certain possible implica
' lions and clarify other statements
made by you. My views seem not
- to have been correctly and fully
- represented to you by your politi
; cal observers, and I desire to state
positively and publically my posi
’ tion and views upon the three
" “issues” above mentioned and
which you discussed in the follow
■ ing order.
You describe the first as;
“1. Establishment of a city
court in Warner Robins, to try
civil cases without limitation and
criminal cases which develop in
side the city limits of Warner Ro
bins”.
On this issue you say that my
opponent favors it and I oppose it.
It is true that the bill proposed
is one for the establishment of a
court which is to be called the
City Court in Warner Robins, but
it does not as you seem to think
set up a court “to try civil cases
without limitation and criminal
cases which develop inside the
city limits of Warner Robins”. To
the contrary, the bill which I have
been called upon to introduce,
while it establishes a court to be
known as the “City Court of War
ner Robins”, provides that said
court shall “have jurisdiction with
in the limits of Houston County,
concurrent with the Superior
Court to try and dispose of all
Civil cases or proceedings of what
ever nature, “except those civil
cases which under the constitution
must be tried in the Superior
Court or other courts and also to
have criminal Jurisdiction over all
misdemeanor cases arising any
where in the county.”
It is true that in some civil cases
jurisdiction of the proposed court
is limited to $1500.00, but in per-
t
sonal injury cases and in cases s
involving property damage, juris
diction is given over all such cases t
j “without regard—to the amount of ,
damages sought”. The intended es- ,
feet of establishing a City Court as ,
proposed would be to take many j
civil cases now being tried by the j
j Superior Court and all misdemean- ]
or criminal cases to the new court ]
to be established. There would be ,
tremendous cost to the taxpayers
of Houston County for a new
courthouse. There would be large '
annual expenditures for addition
al and unnecessary court officers,
Judge, Solicitor, Clerk, Sheriff,
etc.
The present three Judges and
solicitor general and his assistants
together with the Ordinary and
Police courts of the cities of War
ner Robins, Perry and Centerville,
are presently handling these cases
and are able to continue to do so,
thus making unnecessary the bur
den of increased taxes which
would necessarily be imposed up
on the people to support the court
proposed.
I opposed such legislation at the
last session of the Legislature and
continue to oppose the spending of
the taxpayers’ money for the cre
ation of a court not justified. Fur
thermore, I have been advised by
a competent attorney that at the
very best such a court as proposed
would be of doubtful legality, and
that much confusion would likely
result.
It has been said that by those
who propose this court that it will
largely support itself through
fines collected and paid into the
County treasury. That is ridicu-1
lous, because the fines now being j
paid in such cases when tried in
the Superior court and Court of
Ordinary are presently going into
the County treasury. The only
source of revenue to offset the
thousands upon thousands of dol
lars which this court would cost
i the taxpayer is the money it would
derive from fines now going to the
City of Warner Robins, the City
of Perry and the City of Center
ville from State traffic cases tried
in the Police courts of those cities.
My mind has, however, been,
and is still, open to consider any
practical proposal which may be
necessary and justifiable to re
lieve any needs for a small claims
court of the nature of the civil
courts found to be necessary and
practical in some heavily popula
ted areas of the State. Before I
would be willing to sponsor legis
lation creating any new court in
Houston County, I would want the
need and the cost of such a court
to be fully justified after all the
facts have been carefully consider
ed by the people of Houston Coun
ty.
The next issue you raise is:
“2. Raise for School Teachers”.
In your editorial you stated that
it was reported that I am opposed
to a “thousand dollar across-the
board raise” for school teachers.
In order to make my position per
fectly clear, I call your attention
to the fact that, in my four years
in the Legislature I have voted for
three raises in school teachers’
salaries. 1 thnik the teachers are
still badly underpaid and that sal
ary raises for them should contin
ue until their salaries at least
! equal the national average, and I
| will not only support but will
sponsor all raises which the tax
payers of this County and State
can reasonably bear for this pur
pose. If funds for a SIOOO.OO, or
any such substantial rasie can be
made available, then length of
I service, merit and other qualifi
cations should be given considera
tion in increasing the pay to tea
chers, rather than an arbitrary,
across-the-board raise.
Finally you discuss:
“3. Closing of the Schools”.
The third issue discussed in
your editorial concerns the “de
claration of policy” signed by me
along with other Legislators of the
third district on the question of
integrating our public schools.
It is true that I have signed a
declaration of policy unalterably
opposing integration of any kind
anywhere in Georgia. I remain un
alterably opposed to integration in
any school anywhere in the State
of Georgia.
I believe that if all citizens who
express a belief in segregation will
stand and fight as hard to keep
our schools open and segregated
| as others are striving to integrate
i them or shut them down, we can
keep our schools open and segre-
I gated.
The best legal advise I can get is
that any closing of a school in At
lanta will have no effect on any
school in Houston County. The on
ly way a school in Houston Coun
ty can possibly be closed is by the
same sort of action by the same
sort of people who are trying to
ruin the pumlic schools in Atlanta
and the State of Georgia.
I do not want any school in
Georgia closed, and will fight to
prevent it. My stand is that we
must be determined enough to
prevent these people from wreck
ing any school, either by integra
ting it or closing it down.
With the above statements of
the facts, as I believe them to be,
and my position on the “issues”
posed in your editorial, I feel that
I have “come out in the open” and
made my views known. I will do
the same on any other “issue”. I
trust that my opponent will do the
same.
Nothing I have said is intended
to criticize you for taking a stand
upon these “issues”. I have not
quoted your views, as set forth in
your editorial, for it speaks for
itself. I simply wanted to make the
record and my position complete
ly clear. I respect your views and,
knowing you as I do, believe you
will respect mine.
I sincerely hope that my record
as Legislator will entitle me to an
endorsement term.
Sincerely,
R. HERMAN WATSON
Representative from
Houston County
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER IN SECURITY DEED (
Georgia, Houston County: 1
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in a certain
Security Deed executed by Her
bert F. Haywood, to Georgia Se- '
curities Investment Corporation,
dated July 9, 1959, and recorded i
in Deed Book 140, page 293, Hous
ton County Records, and later
transferred, assigned and convey
ed to North Side Savings Bank in
Deed Book 140, page 299, there ;
will be sold by North Side Savings
Bank at public outcry, before the
Court House in said State and
County, as Attorney in Fact for
the said maker of said deed on
the first Tuesday, in August, 1960,
during the legal hours of sale to
the highest bidder for cash, the
following property, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the Lower Fifth
Land District of Houston County,
Georgia, and in the City of War
l ner Robins, known and designed
jas Lot 3 in Block “K”, of Ignico
Park Subdivision, according to a
' plat of said subdivision made by
George C. Forester, Registered
Surveyor No. 759 on May 1, 1950,
a copy of said plat being of record
of Map Book 2, Page 329, Clerk’s
office, Houston Superior Court,
said plat and the record thereof
are hereby made a part of this
description by reference thereto,
and
ALSO: 1 30 gallon electric wa
ter heater; 1 oil space heater.
The debt secured by said loan
deed being in default, and the
holder having declared the bal
ance of the indebtedness due, this
sale will be made for the purpose
of paying the same, and the pro
ceeds thereof will be applied to
the payment of said indebtedness
and all charges and expenses in
connection with foreclosure, and
the balance, if any, to be applied
as provided by law.
The above property will be sold
as the property of Herbert F.
Haywood.
North Side Savings Bank,
Transferee, As Attorney in
Fact for Herbert F. Haywood
Douglas C. Lauderdale Jr.
1524 Healey Building
Atlanta, Georgia
Attorney at Law
4tc. 7-7.
Stay a safe distance behind the
car in front of you, advises Willis
Huston, engineer, Agricultural Ex
tension Service. This is one car
length for every ten miles per
hour of speed, he says.
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Gordon t. McCarthy
McCarthy Completes
His Basic Training
LACKLAND AFB, Tex. Air
man Gordon T. McCarthy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. McCarthy
of 417 Gordy St., Perry, Ga., has
completed his initial course of Air
Force basic military training here.
He has been selected to attend
the technical training course for
Aircraft Control and Warning
Operator at Keesler AFB, Miss.
Airman McCarthy attended Per
ry High School.
Basic airmen at Lackland are
selected for specialized training at
technical schools on the basis of
their interests and aptitudes. They
are reassigned to the school after
five weeks of basic training. At
the technical schools they are giv
en additional military training
along with the technical instruc
tions.
Upon completion of special tech
nical training at an Air Force
Technical Training Center, airmen
are assigned to operational units
of the USAF Aerospace Force.
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AFFIDAVIT OF OWNERSHIP
Georgia, Houston County
Personally appeared before me
M. H. Pruitt, 118 Demetree Sreet’
Warner Robins, Georgia and .Tack
Cates, 561 Marjorie Place, Macon
Georgia, who on oath deposes and
says that they are doing business
at 207 Watson Boulevard, Warner
Robins, Georgia, under the name
and style of Roughton & p ni ~t
New & Used Cars.
The business to be carried on is
buying and selling automobiles
and all other phases incident to
the automobile business.
This affidavit is made in ac
cordance with Section 106-301 et
seq. of the Georgia Code Annota
ted.
M. R. PRUITT
JACK CATES
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 30th day of June, 1960.
Notary Public, Georgia
State at Large
My Commission expires August
5, 1963.
Filed in office June 30, 1960
TOMMIE S. HUNT, Clerk
2tp. 7-7.
ANNOUNCING
OPENING OF
Mary Carter
Paint Store
Commercial Circle and
South Davis Drive
WARNER ROBINS
You Save on Paint
Every second quart
or gallon FREE
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