HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUHY C. HODGES, Editor.
Official Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry.
Subscription, $1.50 per year.
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga., as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
PRAISE FOR CALF SHOW
Houston county boys made a
fine showing at the Fat Cattle
Exhibit in Macon this week. The
boys, their supervisors an d
.‘ponsors are to be congratulated
on the recognition received in
the contest in Macon.
The calf show held in Perry
Saturday was a decided success.
The Kiwanis club did a fine
piece of work in sponsoring the
Fat Calf Show here. It was
good to see the pride of the boys
in their calves and the interest of
p rjnls and friends in this pro
ject
The climate, pasturage possi
bilities, and water supply make
this section ideally su ted to th»
Jives tack industry. This indus
try affords a cash crop for farm
ers and help keep money in the
state.
It is believed by many that th<
future prosperity of Housto'
county lies in the development of
the livestock industry here. The
holding of fat cattle shows is a
good way to encourage and pr -
mote this development. Keep
up the good work. Let’s have
many more fine animals for ex
hibit at the next show!
IF THERE WERE NO PAPER
Ever stop to think how things
would be if there were no loca
newspaper?
How would we manage to get
along without being informed of
the many happenings to our
neighbors and friends over „tii
county?
Or without some medium tore
mind us of church services?
Or without being notified of
meetings of clubs and societies
to which we belong?
Or of what took place at meet
ings of clubs or societies which
we could not well attend?
Or being reminded of sessions
o' court and of having been sum
moned to serve on juries therein?
Or of the presence in the com
munity of far-away friends tha.
we might go to see them?
Or of good fortune or misfor
tune of those in whom we are in
terested that we might rejoice
with them or offer them consola
tion or aid?
Of the deaths of friends am
the time and place of their ob
sequies that we may pay them
last sad tributes ot respect or in
fer condolences to the bereaved’;
Or without a medium through
which churches, lodges, and so
cieties may extole Hie virtues o
deceased members?
Or without a vehicle to carry
thanks for kindnesses shown;) i
times of bereavem ml or seres-;
Or without a th msand and om
other services that a local pape
renders the community it serves;
While most of such service l
of a philanthropic nature a loca
paper cannot exist as an enfi el
philanthropic institution. Fact u
it is a business endeavor upor
which the publisher must depend
for funds to carry it on and ;
means of earning subsistence foi
himself and family.
Too many people don’t seem to
see it that way though, an d
most people fail to show appre
ciation for the many services it
renders them, and from no other
source can they obtain such set
vices.
If they did there would not be
so many people of a community
served by a local paper who fail
to give it any of the material
support that it must have to ren
der it able to serve them as it
does.
Too many people who profit or
are convinced by the services the
local paper renders them seem to
think it is a “free hoi sc” they
can ride as they will without con
tributing to its support. Too
many people (borrowers) show
no compunction to deadbeating
it out of the services it render^.
If the local paper did not suffer
from the acts of such people it
would be in shape to rendei
greater service; be more of a*
credit to the community it serves.
It is forced to render services in
proportion to the support and en
couragement given it.
The above applies not solely in
a particular case but to all local
newspapers.—Oglethorpe Echo,
Abundance
IT WAS a desert place and there
were five thousand to be led. A
lad had brought five loaves and
Iwo small fishes. But a disciple said
(John 6:9), "What are they among
so many?” How different was the
view taken by Christ Jesus! The dis
ciples’ thought was fearful and their
outlook limited. They saw a hungry
multitude. Jesus saw hungering
hearts; his thought was spiritual.
With supreme confidence In the afflu
ence of good he looked to heaven,
harmony, and gave thanks.
What a glorious proof was then
given that divine law Is ever operat
ing In human affairs! The Master
knew that supply Is primarily spir
itual, not material. In obedience to
divine law he turned away from
sense testimony and demonstrated
the truth of present abundance.
It is to be noted that in the dem
onstrations of Christ Jesus there was
no hint of Insufficiency or of incom
plete demonstration. The need was
always met. There was food left over
after the live thousand had been fed.
The impotent man was so com
pletely healed that he was able to
obey the command (John 5:8), “Hise,
take up thy bed, and walk,” At the
command of the Master, Lazarus
came forth from the tomb, "bound
hand and foot with graveclothes.”
And to those who stood by Jesus said
with authority (John 11:44), "Loose
him. and let him go." Thus every re
maining evidence of the claim of
death gave way before Jesus’ recog
nition, in Science, of the perfect man,
God's image and likeness. . . .
What is the human need? Food,
shelter, clothing, money these
arc legitimate human needs. The
Master promised his followers that
these necessary things should be
added to those who sought first "the
kingdom of God. and his righteous
ness" (Matthew 6:33). They were to
be added, but these things in them
selves do not constitute the funda
mental human need. Humanity needs
to understand God. There is need for
spiritual knowing, spiritual living—
for holiness. We need to labor to the
end that sin, greed, fear, envy, and
dishonesty will give place to hon
esty, unselfishness, purity, and love.
We need to know that, in reality, we
are God’s children, and that we are
held in the arms of everlasting Love.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer
and Founder of Christian Science, says
(Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures, p. 494), "Divine Love
always has met and always will meet
every human need.” We have only to
be obedient to divine law in order to
experience the fulfillment of this
promise. The need may be for pa
tience, strength, moral courage, hon
esty, confidence, or more kindness ,
and gentleness in our daily contacts.
Love supplies these needs. We can
turn to Him in full assurance that
the realization of Love overcomes
envy, greed, criticism, doubt, and
fear, which have no place in His
kingdom.
Lack of any good or needful thing
evidences error of belief. All lack
arises from the belief that life, sub
stance, ami intelligence are material,
hence circumscribed and limited.
Limitation Is always connected with
the belief In matter. We need to
acknowledge this fad and all that it
Implies. No amount Of material
goods will free us from the belief in
limitation. The remedy for lack,
want, and Insufficiency lies In gaining
the spiritual understanding of ever
present good.
The real man Is spiritual and per
fect, lie Is conscious only of limitless
good. Understanding this, one can
deny the material supposition of lack.
In denying luck and Insufficiency and
acknowledging the presence ot spir
itual abundance, the seeker Is con
forming to God's law—the law of
good, which Is ever operative and
available in human affairs.
So long as we look to matter for
our supply, we find lack. Jesus looked
away from the evidence of the senses
to Spirit, God, when he fed the five
thousand. The result was that there
was enough and to spare. When we
look primarily to a pay envelope, a
bank account, or any other material
thing for our supplyvcwe throw the
weight of our thinking op. the side
of limitation and lack; In managing
cur human affairs, honesty- demands
that we balance our budget; but we
cau claim persistently and joyously
that our real income is not material,
but spiritual. We can look away
from a limited sense of supply, and
thank God for the affluence of
good. . . . — The Christian Science
Monitor •
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Tobacco Seed Light
From 300,000 to 400,000 tobacco
seeds are required to weigh an
ounce.
Humpty Dumpty’s Tumble
Humpty Dumpty, a real baron,
tumbled from power in King John’s
time.
Coney Island in Ireland
Long before America was discov
ered there was a Coney Island in
Ireland. It is in Lough Neagh.
Boiling an Ostrich Egg
.It takes hours to hardboil an j
ostrich egg.
Seventy-three nations are represented !
among the students at Boston uuiver-'
slly.
Texas leads all other states In rail- ’
road mileage, having nearly 17,00(1 \
miles.
The cables supporting the San Fran- !
elsco-Oaklnnd bridge consist of 17,461
wires each.
The American sugar Industry In Ha.
wall is owned by 16,000 Individual
, stockholders. j
There Is little time difference be
tween spring arrival of male and fe
male robins and bluebirds.
The Hock of Gibraltar Is only 150
feet higher than the Empire State
building, rising 1,396 feet,
UPS AND DOWNS
Rubber balloons made in the
United States are popular in
Turkey.
United States Coast Guard fly
ing boats cruise an average of
100,000 miles a year.
The 20 Latin-American repub
lics have more miles of air lines
in regular operation than the
United States or Europe.
OPINIONS
“Silence is a virtue which en
dears man to man.”—Dean Inge.
“After-dinner spouting is a low
form of acting.”—lrvin Cobb.
“Happiness really is a state of
mind. It is intangible.”—Edna Fer
ber.
“No great achievement is possible
without persistent work.” Ber
trand Russell.
“Youth stands with this axiom:
nothing in the world is impossible.”
—Benito Mussolini,
“Instead of people thinking of mis
chief and politics, I say, why not let
them sing?” Mme. Schumann-
Heink.
“The ill-timed truth we might
have kept—who knows how sharp it
pierced and stung?”—Edward Row
land Sill.
“Happiness lies not in the mere
possession of money; it lies in the
Joy of achievement.”—Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
“Whenever the women of the
world really make up their minds to
put a period to war, they can do it.”
—John Ruskin.
PEN POINTS
Speaking of fireworks. David was
the original giant cracker.
We can often avoid a lot of worry
ing by having a poor memory.
Just because a man wears greasy
overalls is no sign he has a job
IT a woman wants soft, beautiful
' hands all she has to do is—nothing.
Few people are able to appreciate
a good thing until after they lose it.
Everybody loves a fat man—un
less he is sitting on a narrow bus
seat.
After they teach a baby to talk
they have to turn around and teach
him to keep quiet.
These days a man doesn’t hitch
his wagon to a star. He tries to
hitch a star to a swank car.
A man isn’t necessarily a high
liver just because he occupies the
attic room in a boarding house.
A friend is one who has to wait
for the return of a loan while others
are being paid off old debts.—
Los Angeles Times.
ODD STUNTS
Burma has outlawed the jumping
bean because its moth might men
ace timber.
A complete set of office furniture
of glass has been made for a ma
harajah of India.
A huge birdhouse in Prospect
park, Minneapolis, bears a sign
reading “For Wrent.”
Thirty babies, all boys, have been
born in one house in Szekesfehrvar,
Hungary, in the last three years.
Britain's Football association
blacklisted 100 men, mostly for chal
lenging the decisions of the referee.
More than 250 miners in South
Wales have deserted the coal fields
in the last three years to become
clergymen.
An Indian art student has en
graved portraits of King George V
and Queen Mary on a grain of rice
one-eighth of an inch long.
of ipJterest to women
Finland was the first country to
concede woman suffrage.
Of the 17,379 licensed airplane pi
lots in America 486 are women.
The girl scouts have a national
i membership of approximately 442 -
I 000.
Women are eligible to serve as
jurors in all state, county, federal
and municipal courts in New York
state.
, Ballot boxes were passed round In
I maternity hospitals in Russia to per
mit mothers to vote at the last
election.
Only one London girl in ninety
becomes a nurse, compared with
one in every twenty-four from coun
try districts.
For their progress in mechanical
plowing, members of Russia’s wom
en’s traetpr brigade havs been pr*-
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE---Two new tires
nd tubes, size 5.25-18. $15.00
•ash for all. C. H. Griffin,
Perry, Ga.
SALE—Several good
Stiles, Cheap. # ■.
Andrew Hardware Co.
Tonics Dtdrtt Help Bat
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SHERIFF’S SALE
Georgia, Houston County.
Will be sold before the court
house door, on the first Tuesday
in April, 1989, within the legal
hours of sale, the following pro
perty, to-wit:
One small iron safe, one type
writer table, one swivel chair,
one desk, one show case and con
tents, one display counter and
contents, one spring rack and
contents, two model A Ford cars,
one 1932 model A Ford Tudor car,
one auto washing machine, one
hydraulic lift, one motor test out
fit. one bin and glass, one chain
hoist, two steel work tables, one
battery charger, one reaming out
fit and fittings,one auto jack, one
motor stand, two Chevrolet autos,
one room of junk parts, one elec
tric fan, one box of Alimite fit
tings,one peach form and wring-1
er, one picture outfit, one desk,
iwo flood lights, one drinking
fount,one rubber battery jug, one
reconditioned motor,one reaming
stand, one 25-foot garden hose,
one fire extinguisher, two gables
of scrap iron, also one Neon
(Ford) electric sign.
Levied on and to be sold as the
property of L. P. Singleton and
found in his possession to satisfy
a fi. fa. from Houston Superior
Court in favor of Georgia Basket
and Lumber Company vs L. P.
Singleton.
'1 he above described property
being difficult and expensive to
transport, same can be seen and
inspected, and will be delivered
to purchaser at the garage and
junk shop operated by E.L. Bell
flowers in the City of Perry.
This March 8, 1939.
C. C. PIERCE, Sheriff.
TAX SALES
GEORGIA, Houston County.
Will be sold before the Court!
House door on the first Tuesday]
in Apr! l . 1939, within the legal l
hours of sale the following pro
perty, to-wit;
All that tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the
Twelfth District of Houston
County, Georgia, and being
thirty-five acres in the northeast
corner of land lot No. 30, and
bounded as follows: On the
north, south and east by the
Gammage place; and west by
lands formerly owned by R. T.
Daniel. Levied on as the pro
perty of the deferdant, Laura
Duhart, and found in her posses
sion to satisfy fi. fas. for State
and County taxes for the years
1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935, in fa
vor of Cornelius Scott, transferee.
This March 8, 1939.
C. C. PIERCE, Sheriff.
GOLD LEAF FLOUR
unexcelled for Biscuits, Cakes, and Pieo.
Never Be Caught Napping!
Always be prepared for dinner guests . . .
Fill your pantry shelves with our
CANNED GOODS.
Rely Upon Our Shortening
for thrifty cooking and better flavors.
W B SIMS
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES
PhoneS DELIVERY SERVICE Perry, Ga.
Cotton Planting Seed
Petty Toole Cotton Seed direct from Petty, per bu. $1.75
Coker’s No.loo Cotton Seed,l year from Coker, per bu.sl.oo
D. & P. L. Cotton Seed one year from Grower, per bu. $1 .50
FERTILIZER
CAL NITRO, per ton $34.00
We have anything you might need in Fertilizer
and Fertilizer Materials and at prices that will
save you money on every item.
We will trade Fertilizer for Cotton Seed,
Corn, Velvet Beans, Biloxi Beans or almost
anything that you may have.
Etheridge Bonded Warehouse
J. P. ETHERIDGE, Proprietor.
Phone 45 - - Perry, GaJ
FARM SUPPLIES
HORSE COLLARS, PADS, BACKBANDS,
HAMES, TRACES, PLOW LINES,
SINGLETREES, DOUBLETREES and Repairs
Chattanooga Plows and Parts
Genuine Repair Parts
Farmall Tractors and Equipment
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE SCO : PERRY, GA.
Expert Work, Sanitary Supplies and
Courteous Treatment Guaranteed
CITY BARBER SHOP
T. R. SUMMERS, Prop’r.
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Kernaghan-Goodman, Inc.
JEWELERS
CASH or CREDIT - SPECIAL DISCOUNTS
FOR CASH.
Contract Merchandise Excepted
Watch, Jewelry and Clock Repairing a Specialty.
411 Cherry St, Phone 836, Macon, Ga.
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25 Per Cent REDUCTION IN COACH FARES
Central of Georgia Railway now has bargain
fares in coaches every day.
VA CENTS PER MILE IN SOUTHEAST
You will enjoy Traveling by Train.
Air-conditioned, air-cooled steel Coaches.
Toilet facilities, free drinking cups, smoking
compartments, ladies’ lounge.
TRAVEL SAFELY AND IN COMFORT
Fares, Schedules and other information will be
cheerfully furnished by any agent of
CENTRAL of GEORGIA RAILWAY
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