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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.
HUNGRY FOR SPRING
I’ve had enough of winter
I’m hungry for spring.
Just too many gray days,
Will Nature not bring
Those warm sunny blue days,
With birds on the wing.
And green things a’growing?
I’m hungry for spring.
To find a wee violet,
The first daffodil,
Some lovely blue hyacinths;
To climb the old hill
With pine needles laden,
To rest there— and sing,
And seek for wild flowers,
I’m sighing for spring.
To work in my garden,
To dig in the soil,
To plant seed, to water,
To be tired from toil,
Then lazy awhile, and
Dream in a awing,
I'm ready for sunshine, and
Flowers and spring.
I know I should think of
The need of our earth.
For coldness and quiet
Before her re-birth;
But I’m of a mood now
To hurry the thing,
I’m weary of winter.
I’m starving for spring!
B. H. N.
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Origin of Neckerchief
The sailor’s neckerchief was orig
inally worn as an article in which
tobacco and other small personal
things could be kept. It was also
used for -a sling when a man broke
his arm and had several other uses.
It finally became a decorative part
c f the uniform. Formerly the neck
erchiefs were in various colors, but
jitter the death of Nelson the use of
black was standardized. u
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Denn of The Moody Blbl« Institute
of ChlcnKo.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.l
Lesson for February 25
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Relliilous Education; used by
permission.
STEWARDS IN THE KINGDOM
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 25:14 27.
GOLDEN TEXT—WeII done, thou good
and faithful servant.—Matthew 25:21.
Christ is coming again! This is
the message of Matthew 24 and 25,
which is the background for the les
son of today. Here we also learn
of the end of the age. To many it
seems that the time cannot be long
before that great and fateful day
breaks upon this chaos which we
call civilization. These two chap
ters contain much important pro
phetic truth, but in studying our les
son we must limit ourselves to the
one fact that when Christ does come
■gain we shall be called to give sn
account of our stewardship.
Men are prone to think of their
life as something accidental. They
are here and they seem to have cer
tain abilities and opportunities
which they may moke use of or not
as they choose, and then when the
time comes, they expect to leave
this world, in which they have
sought primarily for pleasure and
ease, and go out into eternity with
out any special responsibility. That
theory of life was undoubtedly pre
pared by the devil and is promoted
by him for the purpose of destroy
ing the souls of men.
1. Christ Makes Men Stewards
of Ills Goods (vv. 14-18).
All men are stewards, for tt is
evident that our Losd has given to
each one of us ability and oppor
tunity to serve Him. The unbeliever
who entirely rejects or ignores His
responsibility before God will have
to answer for His failure to follow
and serve Christ. So will the pro
fessing Christian who denies his pro
fession by his works have to answer
for his hypocrisy. Every true Chris
tian likewise must stand before the
judgment seat of Christ and be
judged for the work he has done
in the flesh.
The Lord has committed to each
man responsibility according to his
ability. God is not unreasonable.
He does not demand that which is
beyond our capacity. He gives to
each one the amount of His goods
which that man is able to make use
of, and then it becomes his respon
sibility to use those goods diligently
and faithfully.
11. Christ Will Return for a Stew
ardship Accounting (v. 19).
Life is far from a meaningless
existence without responsibility and
ultimate accountability. Christ is
coming again, we know not when,
but we know that He is coming and
that He may come today. What
answer will you and I give Him
when He asks us to account for the
goods He has left in our care?
Well aware are we that there are
those who scoff at the thought of
Christ’s return. The Bible told cen
turies in advance that we should
expect such an attitude of unbelief,
and it also told why men scoff at
this truth, namely, because they are
“walking after their own lusts” and
arc “willingly ignorant” of God’s
Word (see II Peter 3:3-9),
What a solemn indictment that is!
Let us see that it does not apply to
us. Let us rather be among those
who are “looking for that blessed
hope, and the glorious appeying of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ” (Titus 2:13). In preparation
for that day let us obey His admoni
tion, "Occupy till I come” (Luke
19:13), that we may not stand
ashamed in His presence in that
day.
111. Faithfulness Brings Reward,
Unfaithfulness Results in Judgment
(vv. 20-27).
The man who because of special
ability had received five talents had
a great opportunity to serve his
lord, and he did so with courage
and fidelity. So also did the man
who because of lesser natural en
dowments received two talents.
Both made the most of their oppor
tunities and were equally faithful,
and also received equal rewards.
We shall not be judged on the basis
of the greatness or the limitation
of our opportunities, but rather by
the use we make of them. That
fact should encourage the one who
is by circumstance or calling con
fined to a limited field, while it
should solemnize and stir to greater
faithfulness the one w r ho has been
given great opportunity. Observe
that the reward for doing one’s work
■well Is not retirement and a pen
sion, but more work (v. 21).
What about the man with the one
talent? Apparently he yielded to
the ever-present temptation to be
hurt because he did not receive as
much as the others (vv. 24-26). In
stead of appreciating the kindness
of his lord in not burdening him
with more goods than he was able
to care for, and doing what he could
with what he had, he hid the talent
in the ground and went about his
own business. Such rebellion and
carelessness naturally brought forth
the reproof of the master and judg
ment (see vv. 29, 30).
As You Reap
“Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap. He that soweth
■ sparingly shall also reap sparingly.”
POTASH SUPPLIES
ARE ADEQUATE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—lt has
been officially announced that there
is no danger of a shortage of pot
ash fertilizers during the coming
season. This comes as welcome and
reassuring news to thousands of
farmers, agricultural officials, and
fertilizer men. Ever since the war
broke out in Europe, they had been
asking, “Will there be enough pot
ash fertilizer this year?’’
The critical scarcity of potash
and skyrocketing of its price during
the World War are still fresh in
many minds. Prior thereto potash
had to be imported from European
countries. For a period during the
World War it was almost impossi
ble to get any potash for fertilizer.
Yields and quality of crops suffered
from lack of this important plant
food, and it became impossible to
farm some soils that were espe
cially deficient in potash.
Today, the situation is very dif
ferent, there now being several
sources of American production.
Even before the World War, some
work had been done to locate pot
ash in this country. Deposits were
found in several western States,
those at Searles Lake, California,
being particularly important, and
efforts to develop these were re
doubled when the material became
so scarce. After the war, the search
continued, leading to the establish
ment on a permanent basis of the
industry in Californio and the de
velopment of a potash industry in
New Mexico.
In recent years the production of
the California company and two
companies in New Mexico has sup
plied a large share of American
potash requirements. These com
panies arc working their plants at
full capacity, and their production
added to imported stocks assures
farmers of all the potash they need
during the coming year. These
plants are capable of further ex
pansion to take care of all Amer
ican needs. Deposits already being
worked can take care of immediate
needs, ar.d reserves known to exist
are extensive enough to last for
many years to come.
The potash deposit in California
consists of a porous crystalline
mass which is permeated by a dense
alkaline brine. This brine is pumped
out and put through a refinery
which takes cut impurities and
turns out a pure, high-grade muri
ate of potash. The deposits in New
Mexico are in the form of salt beds
about a thousand feet below the
surface of the ground. Potash salts
in a pure state are similar in ap
pearance to ordinary table salt, and,
in fact, this is the principal impur
ity in the potash deposits. These
salts are blasted loose and taken
to the surface, where they are sent
through a refinery. The product
from these plants also io a very
high grade of muriate of potash.
Some of the raw salt is sold by the
mines without refining, and this
comes on the market as manure !
salts. Recently some of the com
panies have begun the manufacture
of sulphate of potash, a form
needed on some of the specialty
crops such as tobacco.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
Clarence E. Brunson, Jr., vs
Mrs. Ellen S. Brunson.
Libel for Divorce in Superior
Court of Houston County, Geor
gia, April Term, 1940.
To Mrs. Ellen S. Brunson, de
fendant in said matter:
You are hereby commanded to
be and appear at the next term
of the Superior Court of Houston
County, Georgia, to answer the
complaint of the Plaintiff men
tioned in the caption in his libel
against you for divorce.
Witness the Hon. Malcolm D.
Jones, Judge of said Court.
This the 20th day of Feb. 1940.
H. T. Gilbert, Clerk of
Houston Superior Court.
KIDNEY
WEAKNESS "‘is
Also for Functional Symptoms of
BLADDER TROUBLES!
Take HDANS now and rslisre suffering
and discomfort* of Backache and Log Pains
—Froguent, Scanty and Burning Passage —
Unnatural Odor Loss of Energy Head
aches, Disjciness. Nervousness —caused by
functional Sidney and Bladder Disorders.
KIDANS is n safe remedy. Activates
healthy functioning of kidneys and blad
der. Work speedily. Taken as directed,
swift results will follow. Your money
back if KIDANS fail to brim* relief. Take
KIDANS now. Relieve present discomforts
and disorders and avoid serious complica
tions which may follow. Thousands report
ploasini* results. So should you or the
trial costs nothing:.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!
Deposit $l.OO with your druggist for two
boxes of KIDANS. Use one box. if not
entirely satisfied with RESULTS, return
other box to the same druggist and your
money wiP be refunded. Start KIPANS
Kidney Relief today. KIDANS is sold by
leading Druggists Everywhere. Adv.
Braddock’s Burial Place
General Braddock was wounded
about seven miles from Fort Du
quesne (now Pittsburgh). His actu
al death occurred at Great Mead
ows, about 60 or CO miles from
the battlefield. The body was bur
• ied in the middle of the highway.
In 1823 laborers rifled the grave
and stole some of the bones. What
remained were buried at the foot of
a broad-spreading oak, about a mile
west of Fort Necessity. i
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA, Houston County.
Will be sold before the Court
House door on the first Tuesday
in March 1940, within the legal
hours of sale the following pro
perty to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
situated and being on the public
road leading from Perry, Geoi
gia to Hawkinsville, Georgia,and
containing ten (10) acres, more
or less, together with all im
provements thereon. Said tract
of land bounded on the north and
east by lands of the Isaac More
land Estate; South by lands of
R. W. Everett and lands of E.E.
Peed; and west by lands known
as the G. T. Brown lands. The
above described tract of land be
ing a part of land lot No. 14 in
the Twelfth District of Houston
County, Georgia.
Levied on and to be sold as the
property of R. W, Harrison tc
satisfy a fi fa from Justice Court
542 Dist. G. M. in favor of Geo.
C. Nunn vsR. W. Harrison.
Tenant in possession notified.
This February 6, 1940.
Also, at the same time and
place, all that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in the
Eleventh District of Houston
County. Georgia, and being all
of land lots Nos. 246 and 258,and
parts of land lots Nos, 260, 259
and 245. Said lots and parts of
lots containing six hundred (600)
cres, more or less.
Levied on and to be sold as the
property of the defendant Emma
Pope Dieckman to satisfy tax fi
fas for the years 1933, 1934,
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939.
Tenant in posession notified.
This February 6, 1940.
Also at the same time and
place, all that certain lot or par
cel of land situated and being in
the Upper Town District of
Houston County, Georgia, and
in the town of New Hope,bound
ed as follows: On the north by
an alley and lot of Robert Walk
er; East by lands of Rhody Jef
ferson ;South by lands of Ben and
Fannie Laidler; and West by Big
Indian Creek. Said tract of land
containing 4 acres, more or less.
Levied on and to be sold as the
property of the Estate of Dennis
Jones to satisfy tax fi fas in fa
vor of Lena Jones, transferee,
for the years 1933, 1934, 1935,
and 1936.
This Feb. 7, 1940.
C. C. PIERCE, Sheriff.
ORDINARY’S CITATION
GEORGIA, —Houston County;
Whereas, Warren B. Pledge,
administrator of the Estate of
T. C. Hodge, deceased, has filed
his petition for discharge as ad
ministrator of said estate as pro
vided by the Code of Georgia, all
persons concerned are required
to show cause at the March Term
of the Court of Ordinary of said
County against the granting of
the discharge.
This PYbruary 4. 1940.
JOHN L. HODGES,
Ordinary.
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IT WILL COST YOU NO MORE AND BY DOING THIS
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contributing to a better newspaper. When you aid your local news
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HELP US SERVE THE INTERESTS OF
PERRY AND HOUSTON COUNTY
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General view of REA Farm Equipment Tour which will come to this community aoon.
To Be At Reynolds March 25-26
PLANTING COTTON SEED
We are specializing this year on COKER’S COT
TON SEED for our experience at the gin and in
sampling the cotton has convinced us that up to
this time, no cotton has come out that will equal
the yield and staple that these cottons will;
Cocker’s 4 in 1 Guaranteed one year from Coker per bu. $1
Coker's No. 5 Guaranteed one year from Coker per bu. $1
These SEED have been recleaned by us and
treated with 2 per cent CERESAN.
We have anything in FERTILIZERS that you
may need including BASIC SLAG, NITRATE of
SODA, CAL NITRO, MURIATE of POTASH,
and COTTON SEED MEAL.
Give Us Your Seed and Fertilizer Business.
The RED TRUCKS Are Still RED And READY
Etheridge Bonded Warehouse
J. P. ETHERIDGE, Proprietor.
Phone 45 - - Perry, Ga.
WE ARE READY
FOR SPRING PLANTING WITH
Garden Seed, Fertilizer, Garden Tools, Early Corn,
and Irish Potatoes.
FOR FARM EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS
Tractors, Harrows, Plows, Planters, Cultivators,
Weeders, Power and Horsedrawn Equipment.
Best line of Avery Planters, Fertilizer Distributors,
One and Two Horse Cultivators, Disk and Drag Har
rows, Small Tractors, with full equipment for Plant
ing, Cultivating, and Plowing.
SOME GOOD MULES and HORSES
We want Peavine Hay, Velvet Beans, Corn, Soy Beans,
and Peas. We will Trade, Buy, and Sell.
SEE US FOR
Fertilizer, Soda, and Fertilizer Materials.
G. C. NUNN & SON
Phone 31 CASE DEALER Perry, Ga.
