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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.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
By J. C. SEYMOUR,
Secty. Ga. Press Ass’n.
As the people of the United
States prepare to observe Nation
al Newspaper Service Salute Oc
tober 1-8, they should stop to
consider their newspapers in
terms of Freedom of the Press.
Exactly what is this Freedom
of the Press?
Some seem to think it is a God
given right of a few special indi
viduals called “editors” to write
what they wish, and that it has
little to do with anyone else.
Nothing could be more ialse.
Freedom of the Press is only a
term for the very basis of De
mocracy. It is a part of the very
tirst Bill of Rights upon which
the people insisted before they
would agree to the Constitution
of the United States: “Congress
shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercises
thereof: or abridging the free
dom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people peace
ably to assemble, and to petition
the government for a redress of
grievances.” Every state con
stitution contains a similar pro
vision, that of Georgia’s reading:
“No law shall ever be passed to
curtail or restrain the liberty of
speech, or of the press; and any
person may speak, write, and
publish his sentiments on all sub
jects, being responsible for the
abuse of that liberty.”
Hardly surprising that the peo
ple of the various United States
should insist on those provisions,
for they contain the essential
elements of liberty which the
pioneer fathers sacrificed to
achieve. Without them, vvi
would no more have a democracy
than do countries like Germany,
Italy, and Russia.
Thomas Jefferson was once
quoted to the elfect that it hi
had to choose between a countn
with a king and free press, and
a country with democratic gov
eminent and a controlled press
he would choose the former,
James Madison said: “To the
Press alone, chequered as it h
with abuses, the world is indebt
ed for all the triumphs vvhici
have been gained by reason am.
humanity over error and opprgs
sion.” Said Blackstone: Iht
liberty of the Press is indeed es
sential 10 the nature of a I'rei
state. Every freeman has an
undoubted right to lay what
sentiments he pleases betore tin
public; to forbid this, is to de
stroy the freedom of the Pros
but if he publishes what is im
proper, mischievous, or illega
be must take the consequence
of his own temerity.”
Speech and writing are ditferea
in form only. We write onl\
what we sptak, and vice versa.
If you take away the freedom ol
writing, you lake away the right
of man to speak what he wishes.
And if you take away the right
of free speech, you take with it
the right of choosing and preach
ing one religion, the right of as
sembling in meetings, the right
to participate in govenment, the
right to petition for a redress of
grievances, the right to argue
one’s case in court, and every
other element of democracy.
Take away freedom of speech
and the press from the people,
and you leave slaves. In I act,
the first step of a dictator is to
silence or control the press, a id
to prohibit citizens from lit ely
speaking their thoughts. And
dictatorship cannot exist where
people are allowed to speak and
write what they think, without
hinderance.
There are those who scolf at
any danger of losing our free
dom of speech. They do so with
out realizing that freedom of ih 1
press is today being threatened.
Well-intentioned people remark,
“Such and such a newspaper
ought to be supressed.” or “A
newspaper shouldn’t be allowed
to print that.”
It is not my intention to vin
j! i.„ M i
(mous orator, I may despise what'i
some few newspapers publish, j
but I will defend, with my life
their right to publish it. News-1
papers, after all, are entirely de-j
pendent upon public support, j
and their financial revenue comes |
from circulation and advertising.
If any newspaper consistently
prints what the public does not 1
vvantor does not approve, it will |
lose its financial support and
another paper will rise to takei
its place
Hut suppose that someone
could be set up with powers to !
prohibit certain people from
speaking, or certain things from ;
being spoken or written. That!
was the situation in England
when the Pilgrim Fathers set j
sail for America, A king, act
ing probably in the way he felt
right, prohibited certain individ (
uals from worshiping the God of
their choice, from speaking and j
writing certain political thoughts.
Is there anyone now living to
whom you would care to desig
nate the power to tell you what
you could speak or write, or
what you could not speak or
write? Is there anyone now liv
ing to whom you would give the
power to tell you what church to
go to next Sunday, what candi
date to vote for, how to run your
own family, what to say to your
neighbors when you meet them
on the street? If so, you do not!
belong in this country, where
Democracy demands that each
man be allowed to speak his
thoughts without interference,
except for certain necessary pro
visions.
Remember, then, that when
freedom of the press is attacked, I
your personal liberty is attacked. |
Defend one, as you would the!
other, with your life, if needs 1
be. But do not permit this to
make you lax in your public duty:
if your newspaper makes an er-j
ror in fact or judgment, raise!
your voice in protest, and de
mand policies and statements
that are consistent with the best
in Democracy. But do not per
mit anyone to take away the
freedom of an editor to print
what he chooses—unless you are
willing to let a dictator tell youj
what you may or may not speak.
Freedom of the press and free
dom of speech are the same.
Houston county friends of Su
preme Court Judge Warren Grice
are gratified over his substantial
victory in the recent Democratic
Primary. Early returns indicat
e 1 his probable defeat by Grady
Head.
Judge Grice is a native of Per
ry and has many friends here.
NOTIC E OF SALE OF LAND
Georgia, Houston County:
Because of default in the pay
ment of the indebtedness secur
■(I by Deed to Secure Debt exe
■uieil by P. A. Tharpe to I). R.
Pearce, dated the fifth day of
September, 1931), and recorded in
the office of the Clerk of Superi
>r (’ourt of Houston County Sep-(
i,ember sth, 1939 in Book 49, j
Page 570, the undersigned D. R,
Pearce, pursuant to said deed j
aid the notes thereby secured,
aas declared the entire amount
>f said indebtedness due and
payable, and pursuant to the
Power of Sale contained in said
leed, will on the first, Tuesday
n October, 1940, during the le
j ml hours of sale, at the Court
; House door in said County, sell
at public outcry to the highest
adder for cash the property de
ni bed in said deed, to-wit;
All that tract of land, being a
part of land Lot No. 239 in the
New Thirteenth District of Hous
! ton County, Georgia, containing
five acres more or less, bound on
I the North by Schoolhouse lot
and Peddy lot, on the East by
j Sol Laidler lot, on the South by
■} Hodge and on the West by Per
ry and \ ienna public Road, with
j the buildings thereon.
Also thirteen and two fifths
1 acres, more or less, being part
of Lot No. 239 in said District
and County, bounded on the
North by Mrs. C. Pearce, on the
East by Mrs. Fannie Kezar, on
, the South by J. W. Hodge, and
on the West by the first above
1 described tract and J. W. Hodge
and being the property deeded
«| by S. J. Barron, Trustee and At
i torney in Fact to Chester Pearce,
on the 29th day of December,,
• 1923.
Said property will be sold and
the proceeds of said sale will be!
. applied to the payment of said
P indebtedness, the expense of
said sale and as provided i i said
deed, the undersigned will exe-J
• cute a deed to the purchaser at]
said sale as provided in the afore
mentioned deed to secure debt.
D K. Pearce as
Attorney in Fact
fnf P A Thornu
CLASSIFIED ADS
For Sale: Just received anoth
er carload of the famous one and
two horse hickory farm wagons,
with built in locus wood hub.
The only thing cheap about
these wagons is the price.
Merritt & Anderson Bros. Co.
[10:10 Hawkinsville, Ga.
For Sale--Simmons Youth Bed
and Linoleum Square, 9 x 12.
; Phone 304, Perry, Ga.
For Saie--All kinds dry wood.
Also truck for hire. Short or
i long distance hauling. Phone 218,
9:26 A. E. Thompson.
For Sale—Good Milk Cows.
Apply R. T. Wardlaw,
' 9:26 Kathleen, Ga.
For Rent---Furnished apart
ment, Electrically Equipped.
9:26 Phone 402, Perry, Ga.
FARMS FOR SALE
On Easy Terms
L. C. HOWARD PLACE
-400 acres, 4 Jz miles east from
Perry, and about three miles
from Houston Lake, near public
road leading from Houston Lake
to Clinchfield.
ANDERSON, SAM and CON
NIE WILSON PLACE—I2I.7
acres. 24 miles south from Ma
con, 6 miles northeast from Per
ry, on Macon-Tharpes Mill k
Perry Public Road.
For prices and terms, write
THE GA. LOAN & TRUST CO
'9:26 Macon, Ga.
ORDINARY’S CITATIONS
Georgia, Houston County.
Georgia, Houston County.
| Miss Lizzie M. Kunz having|
applied for Letters 'of Admin
istration on the estate of W.
Havis Kunz, deceased: this is
therefore to notify all persons
concerned, to show cause, if any
they can, why her application
should not be granted, at the
Court of Ordinary, on the first
1 Monday in October next.
This September 2, 1940.
John L. Hodges, :
Ordinary.
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