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mm ■ . ' m It THE HOME JOURNAL Pxice $1.50 A Year. In Advance Published Every Thursday Morning i Official Organ of Houston County JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES Thursday, Deo: 13. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES Statement Of The Ownership Management Circulation, Etc. Required By The Acs Of Congress Of August 24,1912 Of The Home Journal pub* Halted weekly at Perry Georgia for Ootober 1923. State of Georgia Gounty of Houston. Before me Notary.Public in and for the State and oounty aforesaid personally appeared Jno. L. Hodges, who having been duly ■worn according to law deposes and says that he is the Publisher of Tub Homo Journal and that ike following is, to the best of his knowiedged and belief, a trno Statement, of the ownership, man agement (and if a daily papor, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the ▲et of August 24,1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: I. That the names and addresses of the publisher,, editor, managing editor, and business managersare; Publisher Jno. L. Hodges Ferry Georgia, Editor Jno. H. Hodges Perry Georgia. Managing Editor Jno, L. Hodges Perry Georgia. ■ Business Manager Jno. L. Hodges Perry Georgia. 2 That'fho owner is: (If the publication is owned by an in* dividual his name and address, or if owned by more than one indi vidual the name and address of each, should bo given belew; if the publication is owned by a corpo* ration the name of the corporation and IhB namos and addresses of the stockholders owning or hold ing one per cent or more of the total aipodnt of stock should be be given.) Jno. H. Hodges Perry Georgia. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 ppr cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None. .Tiio. L. Hodges. , Sworn to and subscribed before me this lltkday of December 1923. J. W. Blood worth N. P. H O. G. My commission expires 1, 15th 1925. , »■ Cows kept in box stalls produce more milk and slightly more but ter fat than those kept in stanch ions, according to the United States Department of Agrieulture, but the slight increase in product does not balance the added ex pense for space, bedding and la bor, Box stalls are to be recom mended only when maximum pro duction is desired regardless of ex- pense, as in testing for cow records. GEORGIA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Industries buying heavily sup plies for Winter Emergencies — Little Unemployment and i n many lines actual shortage of Skilled Mechanics—According to United States Department of Labor Probably Less Unemployment this Winter than for Years Past. Atlanta—Southeastern texitle plants resume full-time operation. Hogansville—New mill building and village for Stark Mills Under construction here. Moultrie —Contract to be let for rebuilding road from this city to Mitchell county line. Atlanta—Contract to bo let for' paving Edgewood avenue from, Pryor street to Courtland streot j Southern Pe.ean Growers Co operative Association formed for marketing crops. Fitzgerald—New ore am e r y, hatchery and crate factory, begin business simultaneously at this point. POLLYANNA COLYUM— Jim: “How is your radio, Joe! Joe: “Why I got Italy so loud last night I could pick spaghetti off the aerial.” Pledge: Ethel is dying to get a neck lace from Jack this Christmas but she says she'd rather die than tell him.” Brother: “A case of suppressed desire, eh!’’ Why Doctors Snort (Prom Dr. Miles Almanac) I am a conductor on a street car and have been for a long time, starting in your city, Elkhart. 1 have beeu in Los Angeles, and am now in Spokane. Whenever I have i had an opportunity I have reeom- Lawronceville—Contract let for mended your Nervine to people paving road from this point to who got en my ear and who were Decatur. 1 evidently in a nervous state. Macon—New Second street Several people used it on my bridge over Central of Georgia recommendation. Two years ago Railway completed and opened to traffic. * Lyons-New Bridge planned to spanAltamaha river to connect this point and Baxley. BellviUe—Work under way on road from this point to Glenvilie. Milledgeville—A. J. Carr & Com pany to erect new grocery building Byrdn—New Methodist church nearing completion. Macon—’Contract let for erection of building costing $7,159, to house elty’a new raw water pnmp. Arlington—Work under way on new $20,000 school building for consolidated Rowena and Hillside aohool districts. Wadley—New bridge spanning Williamson creek completed. Atlanta—Building permits granted for two large apartments and power station with total value of $760,000. Savannah—New women's county detehtion home building nearing completion. Dairy industry in Georgia has yearly output valued at $700,000, an increase of $090,000 in three years. Louisville—Building boom in progress. Columbus—First Presbyterian church, First Baptist church and St. Luke's Methodist church to spend $75,000, $1000,000 and $50,000 respectively fo^hjrection of new buildings. • Cotton -consumption statistics for October were reassurings show iug that the country’s mill took 542.000 bales, as compared with 484.000 bales in the previous month and 534,000 bales in„ Oc** tober a year ago. Since the expert figures also were high and with private ginping reports being in terpreted as indieating a crop of less than 10,000,000 bales, cotton pribes resumed their advance and touched new heights at better than 35 cents a pound. Atlanta—During fiscal year end ing October 1 Georgia collected in stato 8918,252 through one-cent gasoline ta\\ Augusta—$20,000 additian to court house in oourse of construc tion. The Arlington velvet bean de veloped by the United States De partment of Agriculture is a new money ydu WHAT A BANK ACCOUNT MEANS It helps your eredit; it stimu lates your courage; it guards you against extravagance; it gives you confidence iu your judgment; it furnishes the best receipt for tlu* pay out; it creates business habits that wi(l increase' your savings; it protects you from personal injury at the hands of robbers; it enables yon to get' early variety which matures fully in the vioinity of Washington, D. G. It makes excellent growth -and gives added vigor to corn when grown with that crop. Thejghead during the productive years development of the variety should' 0 f your life; it provides you the bring velvet beans into general means to take advantage of a ® a s far north as the lat- ;good business proposition; it pro- itude of Washington, Cincinnati yides you with an accurate and and Kansas City. | consecutive record of all money ■ 1 ' ■ 1 paid out; it enables you to pay —F OR SAL E—Several fine your bills with checks and avoid Turkeys for sale, 35 eents per making change, and it brings you pound. Apply to J D Milam, Per- into contact with the best busi- ty, Ga., Ne. 3. ness in your community, X i ooooooooo ADVERTISEMENT OF W. B. SIMS New shipment or Art Squares and small Rugs. Some very beautiful eesigns. New line of grass rugs “Art Supreme” best quality ever handled. Wood .finished iron beds, very popular at this time. Good line of Mattresses that will please | everyone. | You are invited to look over these goods. | W. B. SIMS, § 8 GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. | § Night Phone No. 22. Day Phone No. 8, g | Rttsirc Ga. J OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQQCGOQOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOObo OOOOOOOOOOCO Miss Julia Madison got on my car in Los Angeles, I recommended Nervine to her. We corresponded and today she is my wife, and has completely recovered from St. Vitus danco from which she was suffering when I first met her. Mads Your Plans YrH Soon Merry Christmas will have flew, Upon its morry way. Then all we have to look for* ward to, Will be just Arbor Day* Home, says Bill, is the place where members of the family stop at intervals to change clothes. Twi Dickens You Don’t . "Did yon see Oliver Twist. Aunty!” “Hush, childt Yeu know I never attend those modern dances.” The fact that a man led his victorious college debating team d jesn’t do him a bit of good, when he gets into an argument with the girl he married. Bill thinks it’s more blessed to give than to have to ‘ think dp a speech of acceptance and thanks. One reason wby we like babies is because babies do not go around repeating.the smart things tbeiir father and mothers said.' , • • • • r * i i •. * •. : A single man imagines that it' takes two to start an argument. But a married ldan knows better. Truth in Advertising, is a very good idea. But, thank heaven, not many of our young men resemble the fasiqn plates in clothing ads. THE KINDLY NIGHT When I first saw her, Bathed in magic moonlight, " Her Beauty was as a star Thai shines in the night- Her hair like woven silver, Glitterin fair and bright, Her face so warm and tender. Ah, she was heavenly sight. My heart was filled with longing, For I loved her with all my might I saw her in the morning; Gawd! she was a fright! WHERE IT’S FOUD The long skirt is on the wane in Paris. It is chiefly on the bow- legged in America, adds Bill, meanly. Correct this sentence: Try this, rir, urged the clerk; “it will cure a col'd in twenty-four hours.” \ If you want to insure your houses against fire and cyclone, If you want to insure yaur car against fire and theft, If yen want to insure yourself against sickness and accident, If you want to insure your sales and profits againBt rain Phene 86 and let us sell you this protection which the u cut of life. H. P. HOUSER’S INSURANCE AGENCY Perry, Ga Phone 36 take* MOTHER! Fletcher’s Castciria is a, harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, orepared to relieve Infants in arms ‘ and. Cipidren all ages of Constipation iWind. Colic Flatulency To Sweeten Stomach . ' 'Diarrhea Regulate Bowels Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest, and Natural Sleep without Opiates ^ - To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Proven directions on each package; Physicians everywhere recommend it. ""T* ■ With the two branches of the Legislature appearantly hopeleesly deadlocked on the Lankford In come Tax Bill the extra session of the General Assembly is scheduled to come to a close Friday nigbt without accomplishing the pur pose for which it was called. Tax Reform. —Tborongh-bred Collie Dog.about 14 months old for sale or exchange for 'Possum Dog. R. M. Aultman, | Byron, ®a. f R. F. D. No. 1. PREPARE To Start the New Year / */- W' By Faying Your Subscription NOW INDISTINCT PRINT BWB&SeiniSaBa . • ' S ;</