The Home journal. (Perry, Houston County, GA.) 1901-1924, December 27, 1923, Image 2

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i'}-:' ;■ ■ Physicians everywhere recommend it. \ ’ ■ [HH SBIESSSfSm THE HOME JOURNAL Price $1.50 A Year. In Advance Published Every Thursday Morning Offlciitl Organ of Houston County JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES Thursday, Dko. 27. POLLYANNA COLYUM Hello folks. If you are too gentle folks will call you a brute the first time you are even firm* GEORGIA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW It's a oase of genuine love, thinks Bill if he keeps his eye on the girl instead of the taxi meter. Thetb’s a grocer in my old home town, says Bill., who has oarroty hair, a cauli flower far, radish cheeks, a turn up nose, and a 7 ]/i bean. All work and no play makes jack. , ., GIVE US CHECKERS It may bo a great game But still we think We’ll leave Mali Jongg To the Heathen Gliink, A bird in tbe hand costs average sportsman a dollar. the Once a woman was deeply dis tressed. The other day she dropped her baby while rolling a cigarette. Putting off an easy thing, aptly says Bill, makes it hard and put ting off a hard thing makes it ini* possible. Whan the family goes out every evening, sqys Bill yod can't blame tlip furnace for doing likewise. Heavy suppers produce light sleepers. Bill tells of a man . who shucks coi*h so fast he has to ride a bi cycle to keep up with himself. He says that with his bicycle he can easily shuck one hundred bushels of popcorn a day But, of course, J he can’t work at all if tbe field is too muddy for his bicycle. Too many people, thinks Bill will give three cheors for- some thing they won’t give anything clso for. Never judge a man by the r tie he is wearing. Oftimes he rather wear it and have J feelings hurt than to hi? feelings. Parlors: None mere, but wo have Undertaking Billiard. Beau fy Soft Drink Tonsorial Sun Hotel Church. at home these: Prayer is often just begging foi* what you oughtn’t to haver. L. J. Spence, traffic director of Southern Pacifio, after an extend ed trip through the west, says: “My contact with men of affairs in different parts of the country and a general survey of conditions justify a prediction of continued prosperity, which would be greatly stimulated by a sub stantial reduction of income taxes during the approaching session of Congress aud by reasonable assur ance that there will be no radical legislation to undermine the fun damentals upon Which the em ployment and prosperity of all classes of people depend.” Atlanta—New English Avenue public school under construction her*. Athens—-New Dupree building under construction Covington—Central rai 1 r o a d making extensive improvements to local depot. Amerieus—New Andersonville Consolidated High School com pleted at a cost of $12,000. Albany—Plans being made for erection of $100,000 office build ing. Newnan—Local Bank and Trust Company declares six per cent dividend. Hawkinsville-—Local Cold Stor* age company buys loeal creamery plant. Atlanta—Work on new Big Bethel A- M. E. church resumed. Amerieus—New Shipp Indus trial School for negroes completed Augusta—New $200,000 YMC A and West End “Y” building to be built. Atlanta—$10,000,000 University planned for poor boys aud girls here. Augusta—Contract to be let for constriction work on new wood Hospital here at a cost of $000,000. Savannah—New St. T h o m a s Church completed- Atlanta—Coca Cola Company declares quarterly dividend. Jackson—Butts county ships 119 Cars of pimento peppers this season as compared with- 25 cars last year. Valdosta—Establi s li m e n t of new Junior College for boys con sidered. Atlanta—Local Coal and Ice Corporation declare 25 per eent dividend. Amerieus—Cayo Andrews com pany organize* to carry on general construction business here. Geological Survey says average daily production of electricity by public utility power plants for August was 150,200,000 kilowatt hours- Atlanta—Piedmont Operating ’Many takes lease on Piedmont nvolving $160,000 yearly, an Cotton Association l estimate of cotton " 000 bales, itbern Ra i 1 w a y to runk lino to Binning- jia. . S'. S. West Virginia jrful fighting craft in „ takes to water in near e will be propelled by v/00 horsepower General Eltoviic iuduction motors, 12 feet in diameter, weighing 62 tons,and among largest ever built. Power that would be sufficient to supply a city of 100,000 population will be derived from these motors. Savaunah Morning News be lieves that less frequent sessions would tend to lower taxes, and Mil Live' After Plunging 110 Feet' Florence, Ala.—David Price, a negro: imployee on Wilson dam, described low it felt to fall 110 feet perpen- ltcularly and land on one’s head on lolid rock. Price was hurtled through .ipace. Fellow workmen expected to 3nd him dead when they' reached the fiver bed. They were surprised to Ind that he not only dfd not lose con- busi nasV ,cl0UBneBB from the fall but talked! 1 ’atlonally while being carried to a! irst aid station. Surgeons said he lad a fractured skull but was resting! veil and would probably recover. i Slant Oak Play* Role Decreed To It; Nyack, N. Y.—A. superstition has; sxisted in the family of Martin Fin- ten that a giant oak standing in front, if the FInken farmhouse would some; lay bring a mishap to the family, lecently the tree crashed down on 3arry Finken, eldest Bon, and killed lim. The oak, moss-covered and gnarl-i id with age, leaned dangerously to ward the house. After the gales of die last few nights Harry Finken do-! ;ermined to end both, superstition and ree, was attacking the trunk with an! ixe when the tree fell on him. )' ) OOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUOOOOCO | ADVERTISEMENT ; of I ,.. w.'lL, I New shipment or Art Squares | Some very beautiful i New line of grass rugs ever time. Wood finished iron beds, Good line of Mattresses a * >everyone. You are invited to look over W. B. Si £00 Live* Lost In Columbian ’Quake Quito, Ecuador.—More than 200 persons were killed in ! the earthquake shock which caused severe damagd in the Ipiales region!’on the Colom- blan-Ecuadorlan frontier, according to latest dispatches received from the ’quake area. Damage is more ex tensive than at first reported, many frontier towns in both countries be ing badly shaken. The shock was es pecially severe at Tulcan City. Both Colombian Red Ctobb are rushing re- the Ecuadorian Red Cross and th* lief units to the devastated area. GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. Night Phone No. 22. Day Phbne No. 8, PSRRY GA. ' IH lumber wanted Three Men Are Held For Bomb Plot Philadelphia.—Police are holding throe men suspected of being Impli- coted In the bomb explosions at the Spanish and Italian consulates. The Authorities admit, however, they do not believe any of the men were dl- jrectly responsible for the explosion * Which damaged the buildings hour Len- 1 th0 conBUl ates, slightly Injured : than a score of persons and shat the glass of windows In the nelknooi hoods where they occurred. Suspicion cents on a group of six men, who. ,were seen with suspicious packages. A snake was discovered in tbe wiugs at a Paris theater. Bill says the poor reptile probably thought! it had fonnd its way back to the tllat biennial sessions would make garden of Eden. [for greater efficiency, that Georgia ,, 'is suffering from “to much legis - John, is everything shut up Mure, for the night.” j “Undoubtedly prosperity pre- Every thing else, dear. ’ J vails in the south,” says Presi dent Faifrax Harrison of tbe 1 Southern Railway Company. The Southern is handling more traffic the hunter waiting for him, Make a mousetrap better your neighbor and you will nllypur neighbor’s rats. than catch than ever before, handling it smoothly and without congestion, and at lower average freight rates , (than have'been obtained for sev eral years. In the first eight months of 1923 the Southern’s like freight revenues were $70,022,040 as compared with $55,635,052 for Certainly—come out at night the same period of 1922. Passen- and disappear in the morning.” ger revenues increased from $19,- * 513,802 to $22,239,660. Bill thiiks being president real- -— — 111 ’*■ &.fgreMTft JMf Acetylene Welding at coal pile is going to last all winter. ' M sLendon Auto Co THE LUMINARJES “You women,ought to be stars in the,live* of ns men.” Mayor And 24 Tlfflnltes Are Indicted Toledo, Ohio.—Mayor Adolph Un ger, of Tiffin, Ohio, and twenty-four other residents of Tiffin were indict ed by the federal grand Jury on the charge of conspiracy to vidlate the national dry law. The indictment rei cites a list of 42 alleged overt acts! Unger, Eugene Grimes and Charles* Bare, are charged with having formed 1 ; a “partnership” at Unger’s suggestion to “go into the bootlegging buslnes,’' and Uner is said to have promised} l,o protect the business of the partner ship by prosecuting other violators. Kellogg Confirmed As Ambassador Washington.—After a contest in ex ecutive session, the nomination of Frank B. Kellogg, former United States senator from Minnesota, to he ambassador to Great Britain, has been confirmed by the senate. Both of the Farmer-Labor senators, John son and Ships team and several others are understood to have argued against their confirmation. They lost their Eight, however, on a roll call vote. Kollog' will sail for Great Britain early iii the beginning of the new year to assume his duties. Senator Johnson Will Enter Race Pierre, South Dakota.—Senator Hi- *am Johnson will file as a candidate for the nomination as president at the Murch state-wide primary. This has been, made Jmown by John Suther land, attorney of this city, and promi v nent Republican, who received a tele gram from Johnson giving him power of attorney and asking him to file Johnson's name'* on the minority Re publican ticket in South Dakota. It is ccncseded that Senator Johnson will run a strong race in this state, where he is well known. Columbus.—A coal car of a work train of the Central of Georgia rail, pad was turned over at the crossing of the Seaboard and Central near Hurtsboro, Ala., recently, when struck by a passenger train of the Seaboard, according to .officials of the Centra! of Georgia here. No one .was injured and the damage was slight, looal of ficials stated. WW buy Rough Boards and Framing eith- er green or dry; also clear boards green- Best prices pajid and cash. 1 Macon, Georgia, and tell us i you have to offer. ARNETT LUMBER CO MACON, GEORGIA ; i , MOTHER! Fletcher^ Castoria is a harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, .Teething Drops “ and Soothing Syrups, . prepared ic relieve Infants in arms and Children all Constipation iWind Colic Flatulency * To Sweeten Stomach: Diarrhea Regulate Bowels : ^ M Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest, arid Natural Sleep without Opiates To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of '< proven directions on each package.' Mother And Girl Found ’In Ashes Jefferson.—Lured from their home by a fictitious note purporting to be 3igncd by a relative, waylaid on the journey, slain, the bodies stripped, carried to an abandoned farm house In the country, and the house set aflame to wipe out all trace of crime such Is the theory upon which posses of aroused citizens are sweep ing Jackson and adjoining counties In search of the alleged slayers of ! Mrs. Mag Sipions, 40, and her daugh- ! ter, Uzxle, 14, whose partially cre mated bodies were found In the ashesj To Start the New Year Right By Paying Your Subscription ETfflMHBi'iriliu II