Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, December 11, 1924, Image 7

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B. H. ANDREW & SON s We ?re prepared to supplv your needs in Plows, Plow Gear, Plow Repairs and u Plow Gear If you have some land that i6 hard to turn see us about the Chattanooga Slat Wing Plow We guarantee it to give absolute satisfaction in any kind of lands. B. H. Andrew & Son Perry, Georgia. "AT YOUR SERVICE" Ideal Christmas Gift A Subscription To Houston Home Journal Weekly Reminder of You Depth of a Flood ' During recent floods in Italy the ^vater was at times IK) feet deep In the Scalve ^alley. His Motive Wife?"I cannot understand, John, Why you always sit on the piano stool when we have company. Everyone knows you cnnnot play a note." Hus band?"I'm well aware of it, dear. Neither can anybody else when I am Sitting here." L. . The Swamp Angel The "Sw:unp Angel," was an eight Inch Parrel cannon, so-called by the federal soli tiers, that was used In the Biege of Charleston, S. C. It burst August 22, 1803, and was sent to Tren ton, N. J., where it now occuplea a granite base on the corner of Perry and Clinton streets. Where Women Are Barred . According 10 the census there are 35 occupations of the total number of listed occupations in which no women ere found, while there Is but one oc cupation that is without men. The last enumeration even listed 250 men as chambermaids and 11 men as nursemaids. Only one woman was i.sted as a butler. *0? ? ? ? - Era of Good Feelinc In American political history the two administrations of president Mon roe, up to the time of the campaign for his successor, 1817-1824, was known as the era of good feeling. There were practically no Issues and l)ut one party. Monroe being unani mously re-elected In 1820 except for ihe personal whim of one elector. ? ? I Mutt Pay Looting the public seems to have developed Into a national pastime but the guilty fall hard when Justice overtakes them. A man who steala from the treasury of his health is just as g -tlty as the fellow who dis honestly secures wealth and the In exorable laws of nature will mucli snore certainly run him down. A Money-Saver ; Engineers at the office of the Delta Ban age In Egypt did not wnnt to pay ft man to stay at the reservoir miles ?way Just to rend the gauge. They decided to make the water report tti #*n level by telephone. Now they Jflst take down the receiver and the number of the gauge reading is auto matically spoken to them. A float connected with the telephone does the trick. All Prices Reduced t Effective December Second, the Ford Motor Company announces new low prices on all Ford Cars. A reduction of twenty-five dollars on the Fordor and lower prices on all other types make Ford Cars even greater values than ever before. NEW PRICES Runabout $260.00 Touring Car $290.00 Coupe $520.00 Tudor Sedan $580.00 Fordor Sedan $660.00 Chassis $225.00 Truck Chassis $365.00 ALL PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT These are the lowest prices ever offered in the history of the Ford Motor Company. They create a new stand ard of value for motor car transportation. SEE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER Macon's Largest Furniture Store Order By Mail A Few of the Many Christmas Suggestions We Have in Our Store Table Lamps, Silk Shades. .$15.00 Console Tables . .$12.50 Mirrors .'..$7.50 Telephone Stands, with stool $6.50 Floor Lamps, New styles $22.50 Cedar Chests as low as $18.50 Tea Wagons, many styles, for $17.50 Our Stocks Complete Now WE PAY EXPRESS AND FREIGHT CHARGES A Few of the Many Christmas Suggestions We Have in Our Store Windsor Chairs $15.00 Library Tables as low as.. .$15.00 Smoking Stands as low as. . .$3.00 Morris Chairs $32.50 Boudoir Lamps as low as... . .'33.50 End Tables as low as S5.50 Reading Lamps $12.50 Sewing Cabinets as low as. .. ?8.50 [Mantel Clocks as low as. ...$11.50 Give Furni ture For Christmas JOHNSON 461-463 Second Stmt BROTHERS Mtcos, Gi.