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SHOP AND MAIL NOW
One of the important features in
the Shop Early, Mail Early cam- |
paign, which id being pnt on,
0 lrou^hout the country hy the
Font Office Department, in the
proper addressing aad seearely
wrapping of Christmas package?.
\V hen you wrap your Christmas:
packages, wrap them securely, put
four address in the upper left
corner, no, if by any chance, it
should go astray, it cau be return- |
ed to you and not sent to the
dead letter office* The good folks
of our community last year helped
tt bring joy and happiness to
huad reds of thousuuds of postmen
and clerks. Let a do our shopping
?arly and mailing early again this
year, so ? hat wo may again enable
the postmen and the post office
clerks to eat their Christmas
dinucrs home with tkeir families
and at the same time assure our
selves of having our Christinas
presents delivered to our friends
in order that they may ho opened
on Clirisauins morning.
HOUSTON CROP REPORT
With an estimated increase of
thirty por ceni in the acreage of
cotton planted, Houston County
had ginned eleven thousand and
sixty seven bales prior to Decem
ber the 1st 11)24 as compared to
nix thousand live hundred and
forty-seven bales to corresponding
date last year. This practically
completes the crop of 1924 as khere
is only a few more scattering bales
to bo ginned.
With a splei d d melon crop, a
good oorn crop etc. business
conditions have improved quite a
bit and business men in general
ara looking forward to 1925 with
a spirit af determination that
hasn't, been manifested iu several
years.
M. C. Watson.
I HATE
P The fellow who gets up at 5 a.
in. jumps into a tub of ice water,
?teams and blows for half an honr
and then jumps back into bed und
#ays, "Boy, ain't il great!"'
1 he follow who tries to make up
with his girl only a week after
4bii6tmas~-(he should wail two
weeks.)
The guy who meets me on tile
street and hollers- "Wha d'ye
know, old man?"
The bird who is always telling
aboiv Vie good stuff he got before
prohibition.
The fellow who thinks that
?diting a college magaziae is "good
experience." I
The rube who changes the
phonograph needle every time he
flays a recsrd.
Tiie girl who says that she had
jifr fmir bobbed because it was
failift? out. 1
Ths fellow who does not agree
with me,
"Getting Even"
A grent dent of "getting oven" linn
At last to molt down Into Just
grumbling.
Japan Leads in Divorces
In proportion to population, Japan !
loads all other countries in the num
ber of divorces.
Necessary
Losing one's temper is. of course,
reprehensible, hut It Is the last resort
In convincing some natures that you
want to he let alone.
Modern News
Country el t irons now don't have to
gather around tho stove In the cro
<ery to discuss public questions. They '
get nil that In thoir newspapers and
? grent denl more.
The Real Evil
Oomes n preacher with the rows
?hot the reason there are no divorces
tn heaven is because there nre no
lawyers up there.?Pulletln.
? ?
His Mistake
Walter -"How did you order your
beef, ?ir?" Omfflelgh?"I'errnnnll?,
eonfound you! 1 suppose 1 oucht to
have ordered It by mall two weeks in
advance "?Cleveland Plain I ?enter.
PAGEANT CHRISTMAS NIGHT AT
6APTIST CHURCH
A Christmas pageant will be
given al the Baptist church Christ
mas evening at 8 o'clock by all
the churches of Perry.
The story of the Christ child
will be told ib paatoinine and song
bringing to our miads the greatest
gift of God to man.
A free will offering will be re
ceived for the Sunday scheol rooms
now under construction ?t the
Baptist church, aud gifts for the
needy our coinmuuity will be glad
ly taken.
Mr. G. C. Naan, Mr. J. R. Fudge
and Mr, L. C. Howard will dis
tribute the ttlfts to the poor from
the three Sunday schools.
Committee.
SCHOOL NEWS
Perry High played a de::ble
lieader with Cochran High at
Cochran last Friday Bight and
won both gainer, by one point each.
Alas, the tims is about to ar
rive when Perry High will be de
scried for the whole amount of
two weeks. School closes Friday,
December 19; for the Christmas
holidays and opens again Monday,
Jauuary 5, 1925; (much to our
sorrow.) Of course, we are all
thrilled over the long-looked-for
holidays.A
i This is the meath for the Sopho
I mors.fJunior issue of the "<*laroon
and Gold." The little Freshmen
and the dignified Seniois seem a
little worried. No doubt this issue
will cause them to spend a few
sleepless nights.
liow wonderful it musk be to
ride areund in a closed car for a
week before school closes and see
others working hard trying to
acquire a little knowledge!
Well, of the two evils, "mumps"
or school, most of us will choose
the latter. S. M- T.
BUSINESS BOOM COMING!
For menlhs the aigns have point
ed to a revival of business that
would approach 'boom" pro
portions, ami now the "business
boom'1 is here, according to busi
ness leaders and experts here who
make a study of conditions.
" 1 he nation-wide business re
vival now on hna much to justify
it and niueh reason for continuing
indefinitely," said Frank Hcmpf
stead, Atlanta busirfis counsellor
and probably ene of the best in
formed men in the Sonth en busi
ness conditions. "The year 1925
should be America's best for
business," declared Mr. Hemp
stead.
The indications aro that the
awakened business activity now so
pronounced in the last, and which
is rapidly spreading and already
is felt in Atlanta and othar South
ern cities.is according to Mr.Hcmp
stead, a substantial business re
vival, accompanied by a sub
stantial industrial revival, and
that it will last. It is a "boom"
ouly of the inflated kind, that is
likely to be punctured when the
excitement wears off, Mr. Hemp
stead says.
Th? nation, according to the be
lief of conservative and observant
financiers and business meu, based
on reports received here, is on
eve of the greatest busiuess and
industrial activity it has not seen
for a number of years. Optimism
appears general, and as Atlanta
bn<?ines* men show, where there is
optimism there is something to
justify it.
BASKET BALL TEAMS ENTERTAINED
After the basket ball games
played at Cocbian by l'erry and
Cochran teams last Friday night,
Miss Mary Bailey entertained t ho
Perry teams at her home.
Interest ing games were played
and sandwiehes ?ud puneh were
served.
AUNT LIZZIE ANN'S
CHRISTMAS LETTER
OW, If Aunt Lizzie Ann had
only written for Christmas, the
family agreed ag they sat
around the bif fir? that blazed upon
the open hearth, everything would
have been Just perfect. As it was,
things were awfully nice and everyone
was having such a good time, but
Aunt Lizzie Ann's Christmas letter
hod failed to come?the first miss
since they all remembered?and its
absence cast a little cloud over them,
try as they would to hide It.
Aunt Lizzie Ann had always written
the dearest Christmas letter?gifts
she had none to send since Uncle Kd
died several years ago?hut always
there had been that wonderful letter,
that breathed so deep the very spirit
of Christmas that It had almost be
come a part of the very time Itself for
the Dermott family. And although
none of the family had yet framed the
thought that Aunt Lizzie Ann must bo
III, or something dreadful must have
happened. It lay heavy upon them all
So when George announced that he
was going down to the telegraph oftice
to wire they all agreed that It was the
best thing to do.
A soft, powdery snow was falling
as he opened the door to step without.
Hp had been gone only a short time
when a shout from him brought them
all to the doorway. And there, with
the snowflukes falling around her, was
the dearest little old lady, laden with
bundles, which George tried In vain
no help her with.
"It's Aunt Lizzie Ann!" they all
cried In unison. And sure enough It
was Aunt Lizzie Ann. coming tills
year herself instead of sending her
usual letter, and she had the dearest
and loveliest gifts for them all.
And when the excitement of her
coming had died down and they all sat
around the blazing logs again, Aunt
Lizzie Ann explained how she had
been able to come. Uncle Ed had
taken out an endowment policy for her
several years ago; it had now ma
tured and she was free to do the
things she had wanted to for so long.
"You have been giving to me for so
many years," she said, "it makes me
feel real good to be able to make
some return at last."
But the family assured her In all
sincerity that It was she who had
given the most to them always?for
her wonderful Christmas letter had
helped them more than they could
ever tell her.?Katherlne Edelman.
(?. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.)
THE "SANTA SACK"
GAME FOR KIDDIES
ANTA CLAUS is a real problem
to some mothers. Shall theil"
children he told the troth about
Santa Claus, or shall they think of
him as sliding down the chimney with
reindeer and sleigh? This idea may
help some mother who is puzzled over
this question:
Before our little folks were old
enough to understand about the exist
ence of Santa Claus, whenever we
sew a picture of the Jolly old man,
we called him Sunny, or Smiling
Santa, because he looked happy. And
he looked happy because he was good
and kind to everyone. So when the
children quarreled or pouted we would
try to have them smile and look jolly,
like Santa, whose picture we had
among others we referred to, as moral
or myth pictures.
As the children grow to understand
more fully the meaning of the Chrlst
mnstide we played n game, "Santa
sack," which meant that If they al
lowed each other or their playmates
to play with their toys or gave them
of their apples or cookies, they were
playing Santa Claus, because Santa
Claus was unselfish and divided what
ever he had from his sack.
Sometimes when thpir playmates
came, we would say, "You'll want to
play 'Santa Sack.' and away they
would skip to distribute tlieir toys like
Santa. They delighted to play and
be called Santa when they ran er
rands. smiled or did something kind.
Santa was a make-helleve creature,
as characters In poems which we
read to them, such as "The Raggedy
Man," "Children's Hour," "Jack
Sprat," "Hiawatha." Anyone who
gave a gift at any time of year was
a Santa. And whenever Santa Claus
distributed gifts at school or at any
public place, they were delighted that
someone was playing Santa as they
played "bear." "doctor" or "teacher"
In the home with their little friends.
For anyone who Is unselfish, kind and
cheerful Is to them a Santa Claus to
someone else.
As they grew older the Santa sack
was woven Into a lesson story with
the thought that each of us has some
thing in smiles, kind words and deeds
to give to another all the time. For
the real Santa enve much?all he
had?from his sack of treasures In
Bethlehem long ago! So Santa Clans
means unselfishness. cheerfulness,
kindness?many thincs that are worth
while to our children. ? Gertrude
Walton.
(?. 1924. Wf?t?rB Kew?>??#r Vnloa.)
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by
Using Our
Sayings Department
We Pay Four Per Cent
Quarterly
Houston Banking Co.,
"Bank of Service"
PERRY, , GEORGIA.
RIES & ARMSTRONG
RELIABLE GOODS ONLY
Phone 836
315 Third Street Macon, Ga.
Don't Throw Money
Away
Buy useful Christmas Presents
Buckeye Incubators, Buckeye
Brooders, Kelly Axes and
Handles, Pruning Shears,
Lard Cans, Salt for Meat,
Plows and Plow Gear, Wagon
Harness, Gas Engines, Wagon
Lines.
PURINA FEEDS
Startena, Baby Chick Feed,
Laying Mash, Scratch Feed,
Cow Chow, Pig Chow, Horse
and Mule Feed, and numerous
other useful gifts.
Come to see us and get some
thing useful.
GEO. C. NUNN,
THE HUSTLER
Phone 31 Perry, Ga. Opposite Depot