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HOUSTON HUME JOURNAL l*rice #1.50 A Year, la Advance. Published Kvi-ry Thursday Morning Official Organ of Houston County JOHN L. HODGES, Editor. < ~ Thursday, Fkuruary 12. FEBRUARY 12 IS GEORGIA DAY Today, February I2th is Georgia Day,marking the li):jid anniversary ?t the founding of tlie state l>y ?General Oglethorpe. Georgian's have no reason to be 'Ashamed of i heir record and the record of their ancestor) during Che p.ist two centime?. In fact the achievements of hut* m>us and the ?develoment of her icsomces is a fact in which we (nay all be proud, llowevur wi li all Iter achieve ment i ho undeveloped rcMources of the state ue almost limitless and aie a challenge to every loyul citizen to make of Georgia the very best ? slate in the union. When every day in "Georgia Day" for every citizen this pos sibility will i ocenile a reality, A record of some of the ways in which < eorgia is preeminent, as compiled by .Vliss Mildred Ruth erford anil ??thci>, i.' is follows. Georgia the lirgt to rule rum from he colony, First to rule slavery from the clony. First in the United States to establish an orphans' asylum ? Ebenezer. First to send a schooner against the British in tlio American revo lution. First to legislate against the slave 11 ado. First to establish a state uni versity?Athens, in 1785. First lo have a Sunday school? John Wesley, a year before the birth of Robert Uaikes. to whom the Credit is usually accorded. First to have a pasaeuger rail way Augusta to Charleston* First to apply steam to navi gation. i'irst lo send a steamer across -the ocean?The Savannah. First in the world to have a woman's foreign missionary so ciety?at Athens, in 181'J. First to charter a woman's col ?^Vge? Wesley an. First woman in the world to re ceive a diploma?Mrs. Catherine H rawer. First to bestow degrees on wo men. Fir>t to have a sewing machine. First to discover ether anaes thesia?Dr. Crawford W. Long. First to send troops to the Con fedeiate service?the 0?lotharpe Light Infantry, of Savannah. First to celebrate memorial day. First to tunnel under the Hud son river?William MeAdoo. First, to cup trees for turpen itino Prof. Clias. Ilerty. First to diversify crops. First prize at St. Louis exposition. Hest peaches in the world. The greatest mountain of granite in the world?Stone Mountain. The most sublime waterfall in Jthe south?Tallulah. ?No other state had a Sidney Lanier. No other state had an "Uncle Remus." Additional Things. First Southern state to have a poet lauroate?Frank L. Stanton. Grier's Almanac was founded and printed in Georgia. Largest tobacco plantation in .the world is in Georgia. The Georgia railroad c o m vnission, organized in 1877, was the first in the history of the world, j The circular saw was invented j .by Mr- Cow in Georgia in 1895. [ There i? no other Okefenokee; dwtmp in Amorica. The United States has nine zones of climate; Georgia has eight of them. Georgia has the only Peach Blossom Festival and produces more peaches t han any other state. Largest deposit of kaoliu in the | ?world. Among the Missing What has become of the old fashioned novelist who could inspire the affoctlon of tils readers for at least 4>ne of his characters? POLLYANNA COLYUM Kuitfht of the Grip?Who is tho responsible man iu tbis store. B o j?I don't know who the re sponsible party is. but I am the ono who Kt'tH all the blame. Mr. Newly wed (at the dinner table) Dear what kind of pie is that? M r s. Newlywed? liliulmrb, darling:. M r. Nowlywed? But why did you make such a large onef Mi?. Newly wed?Because I couldn't get any shorter rhubarb. Marjorie, aged four, marched in to the grocery store to tell the uews " We've got a uew baby brother up at our house," she said. ''You don't tell ine!" said the grocer. "Is he going to staj 1" "I guess so, "Marjorie said, "Htf's got his things off." An Advertising Cow Little Jane was walking in the country with her mother. ''Graeiou?! What was that noise?"' exclaimed mother. "Oh, that's a cow mooning? trying 10 sell her nulk." s.iid Jane. Pleasures Not Forgotten T was at a wedding yesternight. A young man sat sedately, L asked him if he'd kissed the bride. He answered me, "Not lately." Some of the shyest girls are the most lovin' in the dark. "No man can kiss ray daughter and get away with it!" stormed her father. "But I'm not trying to get away," protested the suitor. "1 came back for more," Sign above dance floor: "Dancers please use'your feet." Think of it! Headline says:"Man accused of stealing llees from a policeman. Little girl (disturbed in her prayers by her teasing young brother) "Lord, parden me a minute while I kick Willie.'" The employee who aspires to be come master must master his job. "It should be no less than capital punishment for any sales person to preface or finish his oi lier remarks with 'girlie', declares Bill. "Environment effects a man," said the head of the department store. "Wefully understand that." "What's the trouble sir?" asked the salesman. "You have become rather harsh in files. We'll put you on soft soap for a while.'" liill says he knows another fel low who thinks daylight savings is a banking and trust company. Visitor: Will you be good enough to tell me the name of the pie.tue they're producing? Bystander: 1 don't know yet. What is it all about, then? I'm sure I can't say. Aren't you one of the directors? Lord, no! I'm the author, "Did you fall?" asked a man rushing to the rescue of a woman who slipped on the cement pave ment. "Oh, no," she said, "I just sat down here to see if I couldn't find some four leaf clovers.1' A dairy maid milked tbe pensive goat. And pouting, paused to mutter, "i wish, you brute, you'd turn to milk,'' And the animal turned to butt her. Vote for H. P. Houser for Treasurer. German Silver Combination of ropprr. nlrfctf nnd ^.'n<-, and sometimes a little Iron ami tin. makes Gcnnar silver. j TIME TO QUIT TRADING DOLLARS HASTINGS DECLARES THAT PRES ENT SOUTHERN FARM SYSTEM GETS US NOWHERE Atlanta. Ga.? (Special.)?"It's time for every Southern farmer who clings) to the all, or nearly all, cotton idea to do a lot of straight thinking before ho pitches his 1925 crop. Most of our cotton farmers are trading dollars and losing at that three years out of four," said H. G. Hastings, leading agricultural authority and Chairman of the Farm and Marketing Iiureau of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. "For the past two years Providence has stepped in and saved us from the results of our own folly. In 11)23 we planted thirty ? nine million acros ol cotton; in 1324 forty million acres In each of these years there was acre ago enough to have made, with even fair season conditions, sixteen to eigh? teen million hales and a ten-cent price or less with the inevitable farm smash that such price would bring." Provi-, donee cannot be depended on indefi ' nitely to bring unfavorable seasons j and cut down yield per acre. We | utepped up a couple of million bales i in 1924, and, by so doiiv?, the South has lost about threo hundred million j dollars that have come right out oJ I the farm pocket. "In spite of theso danger signals flying in every cotton state, plant ; are being made everywhere to in-; crease cotton acreage in 1925. Thi can only be done at the oxpoho of cutting down food and gr.iin acres, at a time when food and grain is hiyb and going higher every week. "I am no alarmist, but the present tendency, the intent to plant the whole ; face of the earth in. cotton this spring that is so evident gives me grave con cern. If the boll weevil or drought don't cut the 1925 crop, starvation low prices will get the cotton grower. The situation looks just as hazardous to me as in 1920, unless the craze for in creased cottoa acreage can be headed off somehow. Growing cotton and buying bread meat and grain is simply trading dol lar?., or worse. It never is profitable. Most years it's a losing game. There is only one way to safeguard 1925 ! Plan for and plant enough food, grain and forage acres to insure your family ar.d live stock fall food supply with out buying from store or feed dealer In this don't forget that a good bi? homo garden is a wonderful fooci source. With food and live stock amply provided for, a good living is insured, reganllesr, of cotton prices.' The Seal Of "EYE SIGHT SAFETY" Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted MACON OPTICAL CO., J. N. Kalish F. H. Johnson Maoon, Ga, Modern News Country citizens now don't have to gather around Hie stove In the gro cery to discuss public questions. They get all that in their newspapers and a great deal more. o ?? ? Wasted Allowances Tutor?"Of course, I admit your son Is extravagant. But you must make allowances. lie's young." The Father ?'"Tint's all right! Put the more al lowniires I mak j the quicker he spend? 'cm."?Stray Stories. Where Women Are Barred According to the census there are 3f> occupations of the total number of listed occupations In which no women are found, while there is but one oe rupnt^n that 13 without men. The last enumeration even listed 250 men as chambermaids and 11 men as nursemaids. Only one woman was listed as a butler. Vote for H. P. Houser for Treaturer. FURNITURE We are offering many useful articles in our Furniture Store that you will do well to look at when in Perry. GROCERIES Our s took is fresh and up-to-date. Buy once of us and you will be pleased with every purchase. W. B.SIMS, Two Stores GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. Night Phone No.2&. Daj Phone No. 8, Pekhy Ga. Big Reductions On broken lots of Shoes 500 pairs Mens, Womens and Chil drens Shoes and Slippers to be sacri ficed to make room for the New Spring Slippers which will arrive in a few days. Ii you are in need of Shoes and can be fitted in this lot, you can have your choice at about half price. Come in and look them over. W. E. SWANSON, PERRY, GA. TO THE VOTERS OF HOUSTON COUNTY I just want to announce to you that I am in the race for County Treasurer. As you know I was born in Houston, raised in Houston, and married in Houston. I have always tried to be a public spirited and patriotic citizen, and this is the first time I have ever ask for a County Office. I will appreciate your support and your influence and will promise my best service if elected. Yours very sincerely, HOUSTON P. HOUSER, FRESH FISH AND OYSTER S DAILY WE ARE PREPARED TO SERVE YOU BETTER THAN EVER W. II. & J. L. KUNZ, KUNiC BUILDING, PERRY, OA.