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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Price $1.50 A Year, la Advance.
Published Kv??ry Thuntduy Morning
Official Organ of Hounton County
JOHN L. HODGHS, Editor.
Thursdat, January 1.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
By H. LUCIUS COOK
NEW YEAH ngaln?and inny
it renlly he u happy New
Year for you nil! For the most
part, however, we fear that like
ull other New Yeara that have
ever l<?*en, It will come in with 11
bang and go out with a bin,
with many worthy resolution?
made on the (list already broken
??n the second. Iiut why should
it?
Why not begin nnew, and like
the small hoy with the slate, rub
our sleeve over the errors we
have made, and really, truly be
gin nnew? Let us forgive nnd
forget the past and let us strive
earnestly and honestly for the
fulfillment of those dreams we
nil have dreamed. And If we
slip, as we are bound to do, let
uh not mnke It an occasion for
lapsing Into the old rut again,
but let iik persevere with new
vigor In the new day to live
down that old past?for is not
? ? cry day the beginning of a
New Year?
? ?. IfiM, We?l?rn Nrwapaper Union.)
A NEW YEAR RECIPE
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
Ingredients?
(Jood will. Happiness. Cheer.
Good resolutions. Unselfishness.
Appreciation of Re
st ralnt from gossip. Seeing good
In all. Looking for 1L rinding
it.
Diroctionc?
Take good will and happiness
and cheer and put them aside
until mixture Is ready. Mix
good resolutions and beat up
thoroughly. Tut in a generous
quantity of unselfishness. Blend
thoroughly together appreciation
of neighbors and restraint from
gossip. Add for seasoning n
heaping quantity of seelng-good
in-nli, looking for it, and finding
it. Add to mixture good will,
happiness and cheer.
The Result?
Will be u delicious and ac
ceptable and welcome New Year
dish, which, if properly watched,
will keep throughout the whole
year!
(0!). 1924. Weptern N?w?p*per Union.)
Another
Neu? I] ear
?tj KATWEK1NE EDELMAN
MAT a wonderful thing It Is
for humanity thnt ever so
often there la o New Yenr
?with not n single Boll or stnln on one
of Its pages! To each one of us It
firings new courage and vision, new
hope and fnlth In the future, new re
solves and desires to live better and
nobler lives than we have done In the
pnst. For all of us there Is a special
message In Its coming?a wonderful
promise In the things It must surely
liold?ior there are gifts without num
ber for each ono of us In Its waiting
arms: The hundreds of little pleas
urea that come to us through the
<lnys?dear, famlllnr little pleasures
that nil of us know, that are a part
of our very life, so closely are they
bound up with those we know and
love. Then there Is the Joy of striving,
of working, of accomplishing some
thing, and what a glorious, thrilling
Joy that 1b If we love our work. Al
loys before us the star of hope is
?blnlng, luring us on through the days
Ito new goals, to more difficult and
'.?harder paths. Then, for the few there
Is the fulfillment of their dreams, bat
there 1b ? doubt that this comes to
many of us, for Just aa aoon as the
peak that held our eye 1b reached,
another still higher looms before us.
And well It Is for the world that this
tis ao. for most of th* grant thing? that
?rocne to na here are accomplished by
?men who knew no cessation from
.working and striving -men to whom
??acb New Tear means bigger fields to
conquer, steeper paths to ciiwb. So
MimvKDwom jm.
ATTENTION ACCORDED THE EDUCATION
OF RURAL CHILDREN
The Division of Rural Educa
tion of t he Bureau of Education
of the Interior Department ha?
frequently called attention to the
growth in consideration given to
rural education by educational
' organizations as well as by the
public at large, l ime was when
tWe rural school was almost wholly
a practice field for young inex
perienced teachers. Deliberately
and with "malice aforethought'*
j they sought positions in rural
schools for a year or two as the
case might be, long enough and
ouly long enough to qualify for
positions iu towns and cities near
by, the latter wisely demanding
successful experience of applicants
for positions in their system-Signs
of charigiug conceptions are in
creasing in number and extent.
At a recent meeting of the State
Teachers1 Association of Missouri
held at Kansas City, the State
superintendent presen teci a State
program for education in Missouri
based primarily on the needs of
rural schools in that State which
was enthusiastically! received and
adopted as the Association's pro
gram, A largo part of the member
ship of this Association is made up
of teachers and school officers in
city school?. Should this program
go into e^ect, and signs point
strongly to that probability, rural
schools will be in a position to de
mand and secure teachers with as
high qualifications in education,
professional training, and success
ful experience as cities. The intent
of the program is more nearly te
equalize educational opportunity
for all of the children of the State
without regard to the places in
which they live.
Rural and urban children,so far
as education is concerned, are to
be considered of exnal importance
as individuals and as citizens, to
theStatoof Missouri, The plan
offered for accomplishing this end
has been carefully worked out and
| is based on a study of financial
ability and educational needs of
the various counties in the State.
NEW THINGS ARE "NEWS"
Every member of every family
in this community is interested in
the news of the day. And no items
are read with keener relish than
announcements of new things to
eat, to wear or to enjoy in the
home.
Yon have the goods and the de
sire to sell them. The readers of
the Houston Nome Journal have
the money and the desire to buy.
The connecting link is ADVER
TISING.
Give the people the pood news
of new things at advantageous
priues- They look to you for this
"store news" and will respond to
your messages. Let us show you
that
An Advertisement Is An In
vitation
My Ne Wear Prayer
From Mother'? Magazine
i m * not ask that either wealth or
fame
Hhall he my portion down life's
troubled way;
I only auk that there be given me
The needful strength for work from
day to day.
Just strength, that with the morn- ,
Ing's fresh. sweet dawn j
I may art??, and fully rested he, <
Renewed my mind and body so that I !
May do the waiting day's work
cheerily;
The strength to meet the fretting little
cares
And trials, so prone to vex, with
sunny smllo.
And grace to say the gentle, kindly
word
To those I love and patient be the
while;
The grace to let the hasty, angry tone
go by unheeded, and to ever be
80 strong that In confusion and dis
tress
I may be helpful, yet go quietly.
Beginning the New Year
The mnn who begin* the New Year
foolishly piny be reganletl ns J ust
?boat weak enotifli easily to acquire
the haMt.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
SUte of Georgia;
<'ounty of Houston, 8 S.:
Mra. J. J. Smith eta).
v?.
S. A. Nuun, Trustee.
Equitable petition for Purtition, & c.
To tne October Term, 1924. of the Su
perior Court of ??id CouBty.
Take Notic? that in pursuance o t an
Order mud? nod entered by the Honor
able M.Wcolm U. Joue-, Judge of said
Court, on the fifth day of December, 1924
the undersigned, as the duly appointed,
qualified and acting Commissioners in
said cauae, will, on Tuesday, the third
duy of February. 19*5, within the legal
hour* of sale, at tbe place? oi pnblic sale
hereinafter named, oiler for Kale and sell
ut public outcry to the highest and best
bidder for ca^h all aud singular the fol
lowing described real estate in said Order
referred to, situate in the Counties of
Houston and Dooly, said State to-wit:
All that tract of land situate in the
City of Unadilla, in I>ooly County, said
State, being ail of Blocks Nos. 35, 30,
and 43, and all of Fouith Avenue East
of Hudson ?Street, the 30 ft. o t Fifth
Avenue East of ilud?oii Mreet, the East
erly lineof Gregory Street, and all of the
streets aud alleys bet ween above-mention d
ed ?venues aud blocks, together with all
improvements ti.er on ?ud being land
formerly held b\ Mra. Heurietta iirannen
ui'der bond lor title troni K. E, Smith,
recorded iu Deed Book 21 folio 15 in the
office of ti e elerk of ihe Superior Court
of Dooly County, Georgia; also:
That tract of land lying and being in
the 3rd Land District of Dooly County,
Georgia, being the Wes' half of Lot No.
47 in said District containing 101% acres
more or less, ?ud known 'is the "Easter
Kinu Place"; aNo, all ol the following
described laud in the 13th District of
Houston Count?, Georgi ; to wit: Lot
of lund No ^->1 containing X02}? acres
mor? or less, fractional lot of land No.
252 containing *8 acres, m??re or less,
fractional lot of land No. ill containing
28 seres, iu> re or les*, fractional lot of
lard No. #10 toiitainirig 28 acres, more
more orkfs, 172J4 acres, more or lias,
of Lot No. 80 in the 13th Distiict of
Hoiiklon County, G? orgia> being all of
said lot except 30 acres, more or less,
lying en the "~outh part of said lot and
cut off from the remtinder of said lot by
an old road running immediately in front
of the old R. E. Smith dwelling house,
said road running from approximately
the Southwest corner of said lot in a
Northeasterly direction and passing im
mediately in freut of the old R.E. Smith
dwelling house, and continuing in a
Northeasterly direction nntil it inter
sects with the present county line road,
t hem e the line of said 30 acres, more or
loss, continues along the present county
line road froni the intersection of said
old road with the same to the East line of
said lot No. 80, also, fractional lot No.
253 containing 28 ac<es, more or less,
and lot No. 254 containing 170 acres,
more or less.
Said salesof said lands will be had be
foie the courthouse doors of said Counties
wherein tlie lands respectively arc situate
on said day of sale. I he successful bid
der or biddots are required tn deposit
ten per cent, of the bid, which will be
r t imed without deduction if not con
fit med. No. deed or transfer of title will
be made to purchaser until said sule has
been reported, and approved by, said
Judge. A report of said s?les will be
mndu to Slid Judge at his oflice ut Ma
con, Georgia, on or before Friday, Feb
ruary 6, 1925. Said lands will be exposed
to sale in parcels and in the aggregate.
The I-ast half of lot 2*>1 and tne
fractional lot No. 2~i2 in the IStli Dis
trict of Houston County, Georgio, are
encumbcred with a debt of approximate
ly $1,000.00 held by Title Guaranty &
Trust Co.. of Bridgeport, Conn.
Dated, December 20, 1924.
C. E. Brunson,
Roy B. Friedin,
A. U. Ware,
Commissioners as aforesaid.
LEGAL NOTICE
Mrs. J. B. Lucas Jr.
VH.
J. B. I.uoas Jr.
In Equity Alimony Etc. April Term
Houston Superior Court (1925).
The l>ef?nd<nt, J. B. Lucas Jr., is
hereby commanded and r quired to be
and appear *>t the n? xt term of the Su
perioi Court of Houston county, Georgia,
which said Term is the April, 1925, Term
of ?aid court, to answer the complaiul
in th? ab< ve named and stated case;
He is further required to show ca?Re,
if any he has or can, is said answer, why
the prayers contained in said petition in
said case should not be grunted and a
decree moulded in accordance therewith.
Witness the Honorable H. A. Mathews,
Judge of said court, This January 1, 1925
H. L. WASDEN
clerk Superior court Houston county,On?
?WANTED?Seed Peas. Brab
ham or Iron. Please quote price
and quantities. S, G. Coleman,
Waycros*, Ga.
?FOR SALE?Band made reed
flower baskets, fruit baskets, sew
ing baskets, coasters, serring
trays, sandwich trays, etc. Mail
orders filled. Mrs. C. M. Walker,
Bonaire, Bonaire, Ga., Route. 1.
Sweet Milk at Heard and
Evans Drug Stort.
New Years Greetings
Wishing you all many hap
py returns for the New
Year and thanking you for
the many favors you have
shown me.
W. B. SIMS,
GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING.
Night Phone No. 22. Day Phone No. 8,
Perry Ga.
NEU) 1JEAR MEMORIES
By MARy QUAHAM BONNUR
? w" said the New Year, "am so full of memories."
I "Ah, but how can that be?" asked the Old Year.
9 The Old Year was Just about to make his departure. The New Year was Just
arriving and there was no reason for the Old Year to stay around much longer.
But he lingered for a little while. He had so much to tell the New Year?
beautiful secrets the Years all have.
"I will explain to you," the New Year said. "I have Just arrived, ft is true.
But you know I have already heard people talking.
"They have talked of olden times, when it was the custom to make r*iu on
New Year's Day.
"They have talked of their childhoods, they have talked of happy, happy
New Years they have had.
"And when they talk about New Years?even though they don't exactly
mean me, I feel that these are my memories, too ? my New Year memories.
"It is so wonderful to be a New Year and yet fleet one has memories, too."
"Oh, I understand," said the Old Year. "For I felt that way, too, last New
Year's Day. But I must be off. Happy New Year, dear, new New Year with your
memories."
And the Old Year was gone. And the New Y?nr was starting off.
<?. 1124. W??tern N?w?pap?r C??on )
Only at th? Top
Some of our eastern visitor? seem
to have made up their minds at home
not to he Impressed by the wonderi
of California. A suspicious old lady
from New Jersey hnd literally "turned
up her noae" at everything sbe saw
in the stnte, but found it difficult In
the presence of the big tree? of the
Calaveras grove. However, ahe did
the beat she could. "Aren't tbey high I"
her niece exclaimed. "Only at the
top," said Um aid lady.
Spoiled the Dinner
An unexpected visit of nomc ret
stives throw a North side home Inta
a flurry la an attempt to produce ?
rery tempting dinner for the hungry
guests. Am the call tor dinner ram*
the smallest member of the family raa
to the dining room and seeing t ha
chicken, which was the crowning glory
of the feast, broke out with: "Oh*
mother, la that the chicken thst ha4
the broken legT'?Columbna Dlspatcfc