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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBY 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.
Some speakers select a subject
to speak on; then speak far off
the subject,
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If you didn’t actually see them
you’d think some women had
two mouths and one ear.
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None of the “ideal husbands”
seem to ever have been married.
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Some people wake up and find
themselves famous; others re
main out nights and become no
torious.
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HUSH! It takes two to argue,
and only one to end it. . . . so
why waste one perfectly good
person ?
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The difficulty in being poor is
in trying to save, and buying as
much as the rich do, at the same
time.
After all is said and done many
people keep on saying and doing.
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Truth is not only stranger
than fiction but is also a stranger
to many people.
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The man who has more busi
ness than he can tend to seldom
has time to attend to anyone
else’s.
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One thing that can be quickly
homebrewed is t-ouble,
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It’s not so much that you fail
ed, but whether or not you are
content with failure.
Putting the shoulder to the
wheel will keep the back from
the wall.
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Don't 1e t postponement be
your hitching-post.
Want Ads cover and disco/tt
a multitude of needs.
Want Ads—The little fellow
with the big pulling power.
We’re proud of the big things
our little Want Ads do.
Half Hidden Tax
Local governments in the United
Slates raise 52.5 per cent of their
revenues through indirect tax meth
ods, a survey by the National Con
sumers Tax commission shows.
Napoleonic Caskets
At the second burial of Napoleon,
four caskets were used. The outer
was of zinc, the next of mahogany,
then came a casket of lead enclos
ing one of ebony.
Bookstores Frefer Men
Men make better bookstore brows
ers than women, according to To
ronto booksellers. Women are often
handicapped by purses or parcels.
High Texas Birth Rate
The birth rate in Texas is higher
than that for the United States as
a whole, University of Texas social
scientists report.
American Sugar Consumption
Americans consume more than
200 million pounds of sugar each
year in ice cream, ices and sher
bets.
U. S. Motor Vehicles
There were nearly 30,000,000
motor vehicles registered in the
U. S. at the end of last year.
Sturgeon Disappearing
Overfishing has resulted in the dis
appearance of the sturgeon from
many U. S. rivers.
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time means ad
vancing the clock by one hour dur
ing the summer.
Synthctie Pig Bristles
A new synthetic material is re
placing pig’s bristles for tooth
brushes.
Chinchilla Fur Coats
It takes from 120 to 140 of 8 by 10
inch chinchilla pells to make a fur
coat.
American Greeting Cards
Americans buy $60,000,000 worth
ci greeting cards yearly.
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THE CHRISTIAN’S CONFESSION
OF FAITH
I.ESSON TEXT— Matthew 16.1 J-24,
COI.DEN TEXT—'Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.—Matthew 16:18.
Many outstanding miracles hod
been performed by our Lord during
His ministry in Galilee, and now
as that period of His earthly work
was drawing to a close He went with
the disciples north into the great
heathen center, Caesarea Philippi.
Here He asked them life’s greatest
question, "What think ye of the
Christ?” and Peter, blessed of God
with true utterance, became the in
strument for that confession of
Christ upon which He could found
His Church. Then there came from
His blessed lips the prophecy of His
death and resurrection which would
make it possible for all who believe
to become the sons of God and mem
bers of that Church.
I. The Question —Who is the Son
of Man? (vv. 13-17).
The question of Christ was general
at first, and in the answer we find
that the peope of our Lord’s own
day had a very high opinion of
Him. They saw in Him the com
bined merits of the outstanding char
acters of their generation. They
knew that He was no ordinary indi
vidual. He had made a striking
impression on His own age, as in
deed He has on every age of human
history.
Observe carefully that such a con
fession of Christ is not sufficient.
It is not enough to acknowledge
Him as the great teacher, the per
fect example, or the way-shower.
To deny His divinity, to take from
Him His place as Son of the living
God is to make of Him an impostor
and a fraud.
The personal question which fol
lows, “Whom say ye that I am?"
is the supremely important question
from which no man can escape.
Neutrality is impossible. Whatever
we do or fail to do declares our
position. "What think ye of Christ?”
is the touchstone which determines
character, condition and destiny.
Peter by the grace of God had
come to the place where he recog
nized the one with whom he was
having blessed fellowship in service
as the Messiah, the Anointed One,
the Son of the living God. We too
should be so responsive to the guid
ance and control of the Holy Spirit
that He may be able to teach us
spiritual truth, which flesh and blood
can never reveal.
11. The Church—lts True Founda
«lon (vv. 18-20),
Christ, the Son of the living God,
is the rock upon which the Church
is built. The confession by Peter
of this fact is in response to the
question of Christ, "Whom say ye
that I am?" and hence clearly re
lates to Christ, not to Peter, or to
anything in Peter’s personality. He
was indeed blessed in his confes
sion of Christ, but it is Christ who is
the rock upon which the powerful
and glorious Church is founded.
It follows without possibility of de
nial that only that organization which
truly represents Jesus as the Christ,
the Son of the living God, has any
right to call itself a church. Count
less are the groups calling them
selves churches which are nothing
but social or intellectual clubs with
possibly a slightly religious flavor,
for they deny the deity of Christ.
Why are they not honest enough to
take their proper names and their
rightful places in the community?
Is it because they wish to have the
financial support of God’s people
and bear the good name of the
Church?
111. The Cross—for Christ and
for Me (vv. 21-24).
The shadow of the cross falls
across (he little gathering of disci
ples as the Lord tells (hem of His
impending death on the cross. Note
that He rightly coupled with the
fact of His death the truth of the
resurrection, which gives it true
meaning and which carries us be
yond the darkness of Calvary to the
light and beauty of Easter morning.
Peter who had a moment before
spoken for God, now becomes the
mouthpiece of the devil. From con
fessing his Lord, Peter turned to
tempting Him to avoid the cross.
That he "meant well” does not ex
cuse Peter’s folly, nor does it ex
cuse the blundering though well
meaning misdirections which many
are giving to the souls of men in
our day. Had Jesus yielded to the
solicitation of the Evil One through
Peter, there would never have been
any redemption from sin wrought
out on Calvary’s cross.
But we observe in verse 24 that
there is a cross for the Christian
as well as for Christ, Obviously
we can never bear His cross. He
alone could do that, but we are to
lake up our own cross and deny
ourselves and follow Him. Self on
the cross—Christ on the throne—
■uch is the secret of real disciple
•hip,
j Inventor of ‘Death Ray*
Will Not Reveal Secret
It is possible that "death rays"
may some day be used as an awful
weapon of war, but Dr. Antonio Lon
goria, wealthy Cleveland, Ohio, sci
entist and inventor, who in 1923
perfected a "death ray" apparatus,
will have nothing to do with recreat
ing such a machine.
This Dr. Longoria made plain In a
recent interview. He recounted that
his apparatus had killed pigeons on
the wing at four miles, and that he
then destroyed the machine because
of its danger.
“It's quite possible that someone
may stumble across the particular
electric wave I used," Dr. Longoria
said. “I found it accidentally my
self, and I certainly am not proud
of the discovery. The machine
killed small animals, and it could
kill human beings just as easily.
"The ray lies in one of the unex
plored frequency bands in the vicin
ity of the X-ray. It kills painlessly,
without burning, by changing the
blood to a useless substance—as
light changes silver salts in photog
raphy. But I don’t like to talk about
it, because it could wreck civiliza
tion. I’ll have nothing to do with it.
My hands will be clean."
Dr. Longoria said he first demon
strated his ray while working in
California on a colored motion pic
ture process, showing a group of
scientists that the ray could kill rab
bits even when the animals were
encased in a thick-walled aluminum
case.
Later, in Cleveland, he demon
strated that the ray would kill
pigeons, he added.
"I could assemble such a machine
again," Dr. Longoria said, "but I
never shall. 1 have no drawings.
The plans are in my head alone.
My inventions have brought me
wealth. I am interested now only
\ in doing something to help civiliza
tion, which seems to be going back
ward instead of ahead."
Dickens’ Manuscript Is
Purchased by American
The autographed manuscript of
Charles Dickens' "The Life of Our
Lord,” which he wrote exclusively
for his children in 1846, was sold re
cently for £1,400 ($6,552) to Philip H.
Rosenbach, of Philadelphia, after a
bidding duel in a London auction
room. Rosenbach outbid Mrs.
Gladys Storey, author of "Dickens
and Daughter," who said she was
"terribly annoyed" because she had
intended to purchase the script for
the British museum.
The manuscript has been a pos
session of the Dickens family for
93 years, and was offered for sate
by Lady Dickens, widow of Sir Hcn
i ry Fielding Dickens, the eighth of
! the author’s 10 children. Sir Henry
| was bom three years after his fa
| ther had devoted a summer vaca
] tion at Lausanne, Switzerland, to
penning the narrative so that his
children might have « simple and
straightforward story of Christ.
After Sir Henry’s death in 1933,
his widow accepted an offer for seri
al reproduction of the work in many
newspapers throughout the world,
and it was translated into 13 lan
guages. The manuscript fills 46
closely written quarto pages in 10
chapters, and will be brought to
New York.
Champion Ship Models
Twenty-six-year-old John Stanley
Warren of New London, Conn.,
claims the world’s championship for
making ship models, with 67 to his
credit, 55 of which were completed
in 1936. A New York widow of a
sea captain and export ship mod
eler started him on his career in
1932 by giving him her husband's
books on the subject. His 1936 rec
ord left him with doctor’s orders to
stop the work or risk seriously im
pairing his eyesight. A long rest
and he is back at his work again.
In 1936 he often made a model a
week, and averaged five a month.
"But it takes system," he said, "like
everything else. I map each model
nut on paper, make my own blue
prints, and then follow them
closely."
Oklahoma Invaders
Two boys on one horse heard a
lot of shooting out on an Oklahoma
hilltop. They galloped the horse
down a ravine and out into the line
of fire of a dozen barking 37-milli
meter guns. The firing was part of
maneuvers of the second battalion
of the 160th field Artillery, National
Guard. Soldiers stopped firing when
they saw the mounted “invaders,"
but not before a few shots whistled
close to the scared boys. The boys,
about 12 years old, and dressed in
overalls, said they lived on a near
by farm. They would not give their
names because they feared their fa
ther would "tan our hides."
Tradition of Kites
According to tradition, kites ware
invented by Archytas of Tarentum
four centuries before Christ, but they
, have been used by savage tribes of
i Asia from time immemorial, and
kite-flying has been a national pas
time of the Chinese, Japanese and
other East Indians. The origin of
kite-flying is obscure, but it is gen
erally ascribed to religion. The Ko
reans attribute its origin to a gen
eral, who many hundred years ago,
inspirited his troops by sending up
a kite with a lantern attached. The
soldiers believed it to be a new
, star and the sign of divine help.
Scientist Explains Effect
Of Freezing on Cancer
Embryonic cells thrive best at
temperature from 101 degrees to 103
degrees, with 95 degrees as a crit
ical temperature for their vitality,
while any temperature below 90 de
grees will stop their activity.
These laboratory findings, with the
possibility of amazing application of
these principles to the treatment of
carcinoma, which is composed of
cells, has been reported by Dr. Law
rence W. Smith, professor of pathol
ogy, Temple university, Philadel
phia.
"The laboratory results in this
field of research are, thus far, not
conclusive enough to warrant any
statement that nearly freezing, or
‘hibernating,’ cancer will effect per
manent cure,” Dr. Smith said.
"We have discovered nothing new
in these experiments, except to es
tablish certain limits of temperature
outside of which—either above or
below—embryonic and carcinoma
cells cease their activity. We have
found that we can conduct these ex
periments with safety on patients.
"It has been known for many
years that continued cold some de
grees below normal body tempera
ture slows up all physiological ac
tivity, We have merely applied the
known fact to the embryonic cells of
chicks, and, later, to cancer in hu
man beings, for the purpose, first of
determining what are the maximum
and minimum temperature limits
for the vitality of these cells, and,
second, to find out as nearly as pos
sible to what extent hibernating
treatment may be applied without
danger to the human body.
"While we have secured, thus far,
some very interesting and rather
promising results, it would be a
great mistake to jump to the con
clusion that we have discovered any
new and effective treatment of can
cer. We do not know, as yet, wheth
er a tumor checked in its growth
and malignancy by the ‘freezing’
process may some time later re
sume Its activity.”
Lightweight Helium Has
Little Commercial Value
Practical commercial utility of
the "lightweight" helium discovered
in the air by University of Califor
nia scientists remains extremely
doubtful, the scientists have report
ed.
Dr. Luis W. Alvarez, assistant
professor of physics, who, with Rob
ert Cornog, graduate student from
Denver, detected submicroscopic
quantities of the lightweight helium
in ordinary air, reported the dis
covery is considered important to
the science of physics, but its pos
sible use in commercial form, such
as in lighter than air craft, is very
much in doubt.
Reason why the commercial util
ity of lightweight helium is extreme
ly doubtful is that no method has
yet been devised to extract any type
of helium from the air in usable
commercial quantities.
The scientists made their discov
ery with the aid of the university’s
225-ton atom smashing cyclotron.
The United States has a monop
oly on heavy helium which has a
lifting power 92.3 per cent that of
hydrogen, the lightest known gas.
President McKinley’s Gavel
The last of the famous McKinley
gavels now rests in the Smithsonian
institution in Washington. The gav
el, the sixtieth to be turned from
the porch of President William Mc-
Kinley’s former home in Canton,
Ohio, was made from the last bit
of wood from the porch. It was of
fered to the Smithsonian institution
by the Canton Chamber of Com
merce, and was accepted by J. E.
Graf, associate director of the mu
seum. The first of the 60 gavels
was presented to Henry P. Fletcher,
former chairman of the Republican
national committee, at the 1936 Re
publican convention in Cleveland.
Since then gavels have been re
ceived by Vice President John N.
Garner, Speaker William B. Bank
head, Alf M. Landon and other po
litical and industrial leaders.
Noteworthy Haircut
While this haircut does not rank in
historical importance with that De
lilah gave Samson, it is neverthe
less noteworthy because it brought
two people into police court, cost
them $25 each. Vernon Swan left a
Milwaukee barber shop proud of the
artistic job that had been done on
his hair, wended to a near-by tavern
to submit the trim to critical in
spection of his friends. Oscar Meyer
took full cognizance of the haircut,
deliberated thoughtfully, gave this
verdict: "Lousy.” There was bed
lam in the barroom which ended
with both men in court and Swan
with three artistic stitches embroid
ered in his newly shorn scalp.
Wild and Tame Doe
A doe deer raised by the A. H.
Kellogg family on their ranch near
Yakima, Wash., is so tame it enters
the Kellogg house. The deer, named
Babe, was found three years ago by
Kellogg’s children when it was a
fawn. It apparently had been aban
doned by its mother and was near
starvation. The children took it
home and nursed it with cow milk
until it became strong again. When I
it became older the Kelloggs turned
it loose in the hills. But although it
ranges miles into the timber, the
deer usually appears at the ranch
house in the evening at milking
time, seeking some fresh milk. ,
j POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
I For County School Supt.
To the Voters of Houston
County:
I hereby announce for the of
fice of School Superintendent of
Houston County, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Dem
ocratic Primary of Feb. 15. Your
vote and support will be greatly
appreciated.
Respectfully,
S. W. HICKSON.
To the Voters of Houston
County:
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Coun
ty Superintendent of Schools for
Houston County, subject to the
rules of the Democratic Primary
of February 15, 1940. If nomi
nated and elected, I will give the
position the very best services of
which I am capable. I shall
greatly appreciate the support
and votes of the citizens of
Houston County.
Very respectfully,
F. M GREENE.
For Tax Receiver
To the voters of Houston Coun
ty: I hereby announce for re
election to the office of Tax Re
ceiver of Houston County, subject
to the rules and regulations of
the Democratic County Primary
on Feb. 15, 1940. Your vote and
support will be greatly appreci
ated.
E. W. MARSHALL.
To the Citizens of Houston
County:
1 hereby announce my candi
dacy for the office of Tax Re
ceiver of Houston County sub
ject to the rules of the County
Democratic Primary of Feb. 15,
! 1940, Your vote and support
are solicited and will be deeply
appreciated.
H. P. DOBBINS.
For Tax Collector
To the Voters of Houston
County:
I hereby announce for re-elec
tion to the Office of Tax Collec
tor of Houston County, subject
to the rules and regulations of
the Democratic Primary of Feb
ruary 15, 1940. Your vote and
support will be greatly appre
ciated. Respectfully,
M. E. AKIN.
For Sheriff
To the Voters of Houston I
County: }
I hereby announce myself ai
candidate for the Office of Sher
iff of Houston County, subject tol
the rules and regulations of the
Democratic Primary of February
15, 1940. Your vote and influ
ence will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
C. C. PIERCE.
For Clerk of
Superior Court
I hereby announce for re-elec
tion to the office of Clerk of Su
perior Court of Houston County,
subject to the rules of the Demo
cratic Primary of Feb. 15. Your
vote will be deeply appreciated.
H. T. GILBERT.
1
For Ordinary
I hereby announce for re-elec
tion to the office of Ordinary of
Houston County, subject to the
rules of the Democratic County
Primary of Feb. 15. Your vote
and support will be greatly ap
preciated.
JOHN L. HODGES.
For County Commissioner
I hereby announce for re-eleo
tion to the office of County Com
missioner of Houston County,
subject to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic Primary
of Feb. 1940. Your vote will be
appreciated.
A. L. SASSER.
I hereby announce for re-elec
tion to the office of County Com
missioner of Houston County,
subject to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic County
Primary of Feb. 15, 1940. Your
vote will be appreciated.
W. D. KERSEY.
I hereby announce for re-elec
tion to the office of County Com
missioner of Houston County,
to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic County
Primary of Feb 15, 1940. Your
vote will be appreciated.
J. A. DAVIS.
CLASSIFIED ADS
For Sale-One used Spinette
Piano, near Perry. Ga. For
particulars write F. W. Rehfeld
Piano Co., 128 Merritt Ave
Macon, Ga. ”
For Sale—Several oil burner
heaters in good condition. Apply
Perry Court, Perry, Ga.
For Sale—Used Ford Tudor
Sedan. Marion Houser,
Masonic Bldg., Perry, Ga.
For Rent—4 room apartment.
Apply W, R, Walton,
Phone No. 4, Perry, Ga.
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HOUSTON DRUG CO.
Phone 52 Perry, Ga.
PRINCESS
THEATRE
A Martin & Thompson Theatre
TED MUNSON, Mgr.
program
THURSDAY, Jan. 4
FRIDAY, Jan. 5
“MARX BROS, at the CIRCUS”
Also March of Time No. 5
SATURDAY, Jan. 6
Roy Rogers in
“SOUTHWARD HO”
Last chapter Kit Carson
Also Cartoon Comedy
Late Show
Jane Wyman & Dick Foran
“PRIVATE DETECTIVE”
MONDAY & TUESDAY i
Jan. 8 & 9
Gary C )oper & Ray Milland
“BEAU GESTE”
Musical Comedy Short
“Boy Meets Joy”
s
WEDNESDAY Jan. 10
Ann Southern & Franchot Tone
“FAST and FURIOUS”
Musical Comedy Short
“Slapsie MaxieV
Jackson Day Chairman
HiSßv liwlKi HH ?
MAJOR CLARK HOWELL
Editor and publisher of the Atlanta
Constitution, who has accepted the
chairmanship for Georgia of the
state-wide Jackson Day Dinner, to
be held in Atlanta, January 8, 1940.
He announced the keynote of the
dinner will bo party harmony and
urged the support of all loyal
democrats.
Meaning of Name Alva
The name Alva, of Latin origin,
means “white or fair,” and is thus
best suited to blonds, writes Flor
ence A, Cowles in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. It is borne by both
men and women, though the former
nearly monopolize it, and has sev
eral forms—Albin, Albion, Alvar
and possibly Alban, although one
authority says the last means
“dawn of day.” Alvan and Alvin,
however, are of different (Teutonic)
origin and mean “beloved by all."
Alver (Latin) is given the meaning
“all truth,” by one authority. There
is also Alvah, which sounds exactly
like Alva, but is Hebrew and means
“iniquity," thus being undesirable
as a name.