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THE HOME JOURNAL Price, $1.50 A Year, In Advance Published Every Thursday Morning. PROSPERITY PRODUCTION. Official Organ of Houston Oounty, JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES, Perry, Thursday, Sep. 15. There would be fewer murders if people were prohibited from carrying pistols. U O " Pessimsism is said to prevail in discussion of the coining disarma ment conference at Washington City. - -O —■— 1 So long as “picketing” by strik ers is legal, it will be practically impossible to prevent disorder from following a strike of union labor ers. “Fatty” Arbuckle, the comedy favorite in moving picture circles is a prisoner under the charge of murder. He is charged with kill ing a woman at Sail Francisco, Oal. Newspaper reports indicate that murder is increasing at an alarming rate. Some people say, however, that newspaper reports put the evil-minded in a shooting mood. The flood last week at San Antanio, Texas, killed 250 or more people, and the property land is estimated to be at least $2,500,000 in value. The appointment of Henry Lincoln Johnson the negro Geor gia member of |ho republican national committee, has been rejected by the Senate as oppointee fo r the position as Recorder of Doeds in the District of Columbia. 11 is also reported that ho has been paralized. Miss Stella Aiken, the first young woman ,in Savannah to be come a lawyer, is spoken of as probably to become Judge of the Municipal Court of that city to succeed the present Magistrate, Judge G. J. Orr, Jr. It is an undonirablo fact that man can’t shoot unless he has at hand somethiug to shoot with. Therefore people should not be permitted to go armed. They could not go arouned armed with a shooting weapon if it was un lawful to manufacture and sell weapons. Macon, Ga., is expected to be come the first Georgia city to elect a woman alderman. Mrs. Charles C. Harold is a candidate for al derman in the Third Ward.She is on the ticket on which Mr. Luther Williams is tire candidate for may or Mr. Ben J Dasher, a resident of Perry in his boyhood is also a candidate for aldermen on this ticket. Senator Underwood of Alaba ma is the Democratic member of the Industrial Disarmament Con ference to assemble in Washington City next November. There will be four U. S. Delegates to that conference. The other three ap~* ppinted are Secretary of Styte Hughes. Ex-Senator Root of Ndw York ft and Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts. President Harding did well. A fight to the finish between the railroad workmen and the railroad owners is bound to come on the wages question, and the quicker it comes the better it will be. The wages are too high'as well as 'are freight rates. The government admits the freight rates cannot be reduced,in justice to the railroads, I until the wages are" reduced. The government should take a position fior justice and maintain it. , Prosperity is a production as much as cotton is a product. Prosperity grows, but it must be planted and cultivated. The throe chief element of pros perity are business sense, determ ined energy and thrift. The lack of either of these ele ments is a serious hindrance to prosperity. The definition of prosperity is very elastic,and should notbo given a narrow interpretation. What might be called prosperity by one man would be the lack of positive want, by another would be termed mere existence. Many really pros men do not so define their con ditions. If the income of a man is reason ably certain to be above his living expenses, is a moderately prosper ous man. But most men do not term them selves prosperous unless the assur ed income is enough to afford a liberal amount of luxuries in ac cord with their desires. The attainment of prosperity is not assured until the person in business sells continuously more than he buys. The man who inherits enough to live comfortably without earn ing more, may be termed prosper ous but he is not prospering in his living eosts more than the in terest on his inheritance. Many persons inheriting wealth have been reduced to poverty by the lack of’thrift and energy. The man who does not-earn any thing.^ constantly in . danger of poverty. More than any. other class the business man must depend upon business-sense, energy and thrift for success. Extravagance should be shunned as a viper. Ambition has in many instances carried men to prosperity and on to affluence. Such attainment is only reached when the primary el e merits of prosperity are used liber ally. When not thus used ambi tion is the sure road to disappoint ment and failure, if not to con stant poverty. The one greatest injunction to the seeker for prosperity is easy to say, “Be s uj-e that your assets, be they what they may,. are plways greater thapfyour liabilities.’’ Be the avocation, trade, propo sition or calling whot it may, each man seeking prosperity is both buyer and seller. If you buy more than you sell, prosperity will pass by on the oth er side. There may be exception to the rule, but the man: who wisely obeys the rule will attain prosperity. 44 Thought dpad In Pacific Wreck San Francisco, Calif.—Forty - four men, officers and crew of the Canadian government freighter, Canadian Import er, are now thought to have gone to a watery grave. When the American steamer Cordova- J eft the. Importer, Au gust 25, after a tow" had been offered and declined, Captain Blsset and thir ty-two members of the crew refused to desert the waterlogged and disabled ship. In addition to those on board the freighter, two officers and nine men had left the ship in a lifeboat the day before in an effort to secure help when, the wireless went out of com mission. Probing Ku Klux Klan In Chicago Chicago.—Federal investigation of the Ku Klux Klan has been started iQ. Chicago by John V. Clinnin, assist ant United States district attorney, he announces. Numerous complaints have been coming to his office siuce the or ganization of a branch of the klan In- Chicago three weoks ago, Colonel Clinnin said. Allegations that the klan i3 opposed jto public policy, that it makes no accounting of the money it collects, that it melees a profit .on its regalia and, therefore, is a corpora tion operating for profit and that law less acts have be^p ascribed to per sons acting in the guise of the klan will form the basis of'the investiga tion, according to Clinnin. Ohio Concern Buys Quitman- Mills Quitman.—/The Western Reserve Cotton. Mills company, df Kent. Ohio, have bought the Quitman* Cotton mills: This was announced in a tele gram'to The. Quitmt&r-Free Press, signed by_D. M. Mason, general man ager of the Kent concern. Represent atives of the company wgj be in Quit- man soon to take over the mills and begin operations. —Photo by Francis Price. The front entrance to the mammotl steel ancUconcrete Liberal Arts Build log at the Southeastern Fair, when the exhibits of the Woman’s Depart ment are held. The great expos! tion this year will- be held Octobe 13th to 22nd. SEND FOR A PREMIUM LtSl The 1921 Catalog is Full of Intores to All, and Will Be Mailed to You Free. The annual premium list of thi Southeastern Fair always contaim. something of Interest to every om who keeps up with the progress a the times. One may be had free bj writing to R. M. Striplin, Secretary. Box 1006, Atlanta, Ga., and It will bi mailed promptly. NATIONAL HOG AND CATTLE SHOW —Photo by FranolS Prioe. One of the various types of pure-brei cattle which will be judged by con testants In the International Clut Stock Judging Contest, at the 8outh eastern Fair, Atlanta, October 13-22 Auto Polo Every Day and Night Auto Polo, the exciting sport that it put on at the Southeastern Fair, Octa her 13-22, will be a feature every daj and night. The contest, which is wagel between two teams on Ford cars, es pecially made for Auto Polo, Is on< that holds the grand stand breathleso from start to finish. The cars turj over, lose wheels and collide in t manner that puts pep into the perform ance from start to finish. AUTO SHOW WILL BRINS AR RAY OF NEW CARS All That’s New in Automotive | EWorld to Find Its Place in Great Southeastern Fair Show. TRUCKS COMING, TOO. Students of Freight and Traffic Problems Will Find This De partment Interesting. Atlanta, Ga.—The automotive world is going to send its best to the South* eastern Fair this season. For the pasi (four years the automobile has been (playing an increasingly important pari jin the exhibits at the Southeastern iFair. The great progress made by ;the automobile, and the tremendous increase in the use of them by the (American public, has made the auto mobile shows of recent years a com mon center of interest for everyone who visits the great Southeastern. Ex •.position. In 1921 the. opportunity to see every type of automotive carrier, from the .finest pleasure cars to the most pow. erful .trucks, will be presented. It will : be an opportunity to study the devel; opments of the automotive world, an< j they have been numerous during thi [ past year. j city court. Houston city court continues this week with a big calendar of oriminal cases and a number of civil cases brought over from last week yet to be tried. Up toWendes- day morning 30 cases had been disposed of. Of the ten cases tried by juries, two were found guilly and 8 not guilty. There were 9 pleas of guilty and 11 cases were nol prossed. A great many of the cases were for violating the piohi* bition Jaw. Thursday will be devoted to the trial of civil cases and it is proba ble that the court will not adjourn until Friday afternoon. ATTEND HIGHWAY MEETING THURSDAY. A delegation of about 10 repre senting the National Highway will visit Perry on the afternoon of Sept. 15th arriving about 2 p. m. for a short star. In this body will be Oounty commissiohers, city Manager of Tifton, the President and Secre tary of this association and others who wish to talk to the people along the lines of looking after the tourists travel this season via the National Highway. - Our citizens should be vitally interested in our highways and in maintaining tourists traffic over the National Highway. The peo ple of Perry and community are urged to attend this important meeting. The Perry Band will fur nish music.—W. E. Swanson, J. P. Ethridge, H. P. Houser, En“ tertaiinhent committee. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY COURSE PROM PARTY Avery lovely compliment to Miss Mary Frances Lane, 0 f Americus and Miss Everett, of Ft. Valley, was the prom party witli which Miss Aurelia Cooper enter tained about 100 guests, at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs J. P. Cooper. Miss Cooper was never lovilier’ wearing an evening frock of rose taffeta* Miss Everott’s dainty dress was of lavender organdie and Lane very handsome in blue satin. The Cooper’s beautiful home was adorned with a profusion of flowers. Old fashioned zinnias, roses, daisies, golden glow, and others blossoms being artistically arranged in French Baskets, hand some jardiniers, and dinty wall vases, In the dining room a color motif of yellow prevailed. The stately table s had for its center- pieco the lovely punch bowl which was presided over by Misses Martha and Emily Martin. The guests were received at the door by Mrs R* L. Marchinan, and Jas. D. Martin Jr., In the hall were Mrs Carey Andrew and Mrs J. M. Gooden. Others assisting in entertaining were: Mdms* J. P. Cooper, U* F* Copper, L. F. Cater, R. L. Cater, Lucile Cooper, J. P. Ethridge, W. C. Powell, and Miss Matt Tharpe. Promenading on the spacious lawn afiorded much pleasure, dur ing the evening. it a late horn- an ice course, followed by white and yellow Mints and salted nuts was served by a bevy youug girls, Misses Martha Cooper Frances Cooper. Emily, Addie Kate, Jane, and Tattee Martin. X 4IP&.:. Beginning last Monday' night Sept. 5, Mrs O. M. Gerald of Thompson Ga , who is sent out by the State Board of the Baptist Denomination in the interest of Sunday Sclieol work, held a very enjoyable class, studying the Normal Manual adopted by South' ern Baptist Convention. Mrs Gerald is a very forceful, attractive teacher. Her talks were a great spiritual suplift in our church. The attendance at the classes was very good, and there were many who enjoyed her talks, who did not take,the examination- There were 13 who completed the course at this time- Now there are 14 who will hold diplPmas when tho papers have been passed upon. We are glad that tho class was a success making another start toward the attainment of an a No 1 school that is the Superintendent and 50 percent of teachers having completed this course* X Death Car Occupants Are Bound Over Savannah.-rHolding that an auto- mobile may be in certain circumstan ces construed as a weapon calculated to produce death, the recorder here recently bound over Jone Edmundson, colored, to the superior court for in voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Dr. Max Stein, an optometrist, of Columbia, S. C., a visitor here who died from injuries received when he was struck by a car driven by Ed mundson. Weeks Gets Reports On Ford Offer Washington.—Reports by expert en gineers furnishing statistics of the operation of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate plant and dams under the pro posal submitted by Henry Ford have been received by Secretary Weeks and are being carefully studied by him before he invites Mr. Ford here for a conference. BRIDGE PARTY Miss Jane Cater was a charming hostess Wednesday afternoon where she entertained, at bridge in honor of Mrs Frampton Farmer of Macon. The game was played in tho spacious living room and panlor which was aglow with bright flow ers. The players were Mrs Farmer, Mrs. E-W. Traylor, Mrs J. D- Martin, Jr., Misses Norine Swan son, Clifford Holtzclaw. Noll Brun son, Julia Mobly, Ruth Gilbert, Arelia Copper, Mattie Chapman, Cinderella Cooper and Kathryn Cater. Later, at the conclusion of the game, Mrs W. L. Orr and Mrs. H. P. Dobbins came for tea, a do- lightful frozen salad witb sand- wsohes and tea was served. X AYERA-REYNOLDS -1 Towns Deserted As Forests Burn St. Paul, Minn.—Two towns—White Pine and Salona—have, been abandon ed because ol’ forest fires. Aa a pre caution against loss of life it may be come necessary to abandon McGrath, Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow report ed to : bis office in the capital recently. He declared his reports indicated the situation was growing more serious. Four hundred and fifty additional na tional guardsmen entrained at St. Paul, left recently for the fire zone in Aitken .county, . .—- The wedding of Miss Ellen Clyde Avera to Mr John Lee Reynolds was solemnized Sunday afternoon at the home of tho bride’s jjparents Mr and Mrs William Avera near Bonaire, tho ceremony being performed by the Rev, M. Talton of Bonaire- The bride was charmingly gowned in white satin, the decora tions at the home were pot plants and cut flowers from the home flower garden. The bridal pair have a host of friends throughout the county who extend to them their hearty congratulations and wish for them a long happy and 1 prosperous life. Immediately after the cenmony Mr and Mrs Reynolds left for their future home at Wellston Ga., Only a few friends and relatives of the couple witnessed the cerimony. A Friend —Owing to typogrophi- cal - v error in the Bond I Election notice of last week, the ! election for Water and Light} J Extention Bonds has been post- ‘ poped to October- 17 tb, The cor rected notice appeals in this I week’s issue and continues until the date of the election. 666 breaks a cMd quicker than fc n J!