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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.
HUNTING AND FIRES
The hunting season is just
about to get under way and
folks are about to wind up with
gathering crops. In other words,
now is the time of year when
more people have occasion to be
in and about the woods and
fields, and naturally it is the
time of year when there is likely
to be the most, woods fires. The
damage from burning woods in
Georgia runs into millions of
dollars every year, Herbert C.
Carruth, Extension forrester,
tells us. Last year it was the
most severe in ten years. So, let
me remind you to be careful
with matches when you go in
the woods. Most fires in wood
lands are started by people any
way, and they can be stopped by
people, too.
As in the past programs, the
objectives of the 1941 AAA farm
program are: First, to help
farmers get and maintain a
fair share of the national in
come; second, to protect the in
terests of consumers by provid
ing for ample supplies of food,
feed, fiber, and other agricultural
products at prices that are fair
to both consumers and pro
ducers; third, to guarantee, as
nearly as possible, continued
ample supplies of agricultuial
products by conserving and re-j
building national soil resources
through the adjustment of soil-!
depleting crop acreage and
widespread use of soil-building
practices;and fourth, to improve
the living conditions of farm
people by increasing the produc
tion of food and feed crops for
home use.
Since the Soil Conservation
Districts Law was approved in
March, 1937, there have been 19
Soil Conservation districts orga
nized in Georgia. The 19 dis
tricts include 22,093,158 acres of
land in 100 counties. This is ap
proximately two--thirds of the
land area of the state and nearly
two thirds of the counties. Ter
races have been planned for
176,038 acres of sloping land and
have already been built on 45,-
467 acres of this land. More ter
races will be built when disposal
areas for water from terraci
ends have been established. Con
tour strips of perennial vegeta
tion for checking the speed and
the erosive action of excess
rainfall on long slopes and ci iti
cal areas will take up 6,128 acres
when these strips have all been
planted. Rotations of contuin
strips of clean tilled row crop
with broadcast thic k - s ceded
crops have been planned foi
33,547 acres of rolling cultivated
land.
Though Georgia’s sweet pota
to crop is some1117 1 e per cent be
low the 10-year average, the
price for honestly graded Porto
Rican in the state in October
was the highest for several years,
according to C. G, Garner, mar
keting specialist for the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service.
Usually prices for sweet potatoes
are lower in October than any
other month in the year, but the
local price was good this year,
and the demand has been
strong. Of course, sweet potato
growers can profit by taking
precautions to dig and save as
much of the marketable sweets
as possible.
Although a large amount of
money is spent in cigarette ad
vertising, advertising creates
such a volume of sales that its
cost is only 1 2 cent per package.
Newspapers pay more than
$10,009,000 a year to only one
of the news gathering agencies,
to keep readers informed of cur
rent events.
'CLASSIFIED ADSj
FOR SALF, FARM: 1.2201
acres. 4 miles South Perry on!
paved U. S. 41, quantity saw !
mill timber and fair young
growth: good improvements: j
,electric power; varied soil types;
Jgood investment possibilities.
For prices and terms write KAY i
j TIPTON, MADISON, GA. 11:28
For Sale:—Just received anoth
er carload of the famous hickory
ifarm wagon, built in locust hubs,
going at the same old low price.
Merritt & Anderson Bros. Co.
11 ;14 Hawkinsville, Ga.
For Sale: All kinds of dry
wood; also coal. Truck for hire,
long or short distance hauling.
. Rhone 218.
10:31 A. E. Thompson,
FARMS FOR SALE
, i 2,047 Acres of Opportunity
“In Pulaski County, Georgia,
on improved road near Hawkins
ville, we offer 2,047 acres of un
usual opportunity. Approximate
ly 500 acres are cleared. The re
maining acreage consists of
woodsland from which merchant
able timber has been sold. Jm
j provements consist of a very at
tractive clubhouse, good resi
! dence, 2 barns and ample tenant
: houses. All buildings are in ex-j
- cellent repair. Electricity isi
! available. 15 springs, 2 creeks!
1 and a river make this very at
tractive from a livestock stand
point. Subject to increase with
out notice, the price is $lO,OOO,
or $4.88 per acre. Only 15 per
cent down payment required, j
The balance may be paid over a
; period of 15 years. Annual pay-1
, ments only $517.76 including in-:
i terest. This is a real opportuni-,
(ty. In a few years the timber!
alone should be worth the price'
!of the farm. Wire, write, tele
phone today!
“J. H. Pressley
20-22 Citizens Bank Bldg.
■1 Arnericus, Ga.
Phone No. 2064.”
11:14 j
TAX NOTICE
The books are now open for;
the payment of state and county
taxes for the year, 1940. Please
pay taxes on or before Dec. 20,
1940 and save interest and cost.
M. E. Akin, T C.
Houston County, Ga.
Development or Rice
Rice is ti development of a wild
plant native to India and parts o i
Australia.
Pillars of Wisdom
The seven pillars of wisdom are
first mentioned in the Bible, in the
Book of Proverbs, 9:1: "Wisdom
hath builded a house; she hath hewn
out her seven pillars.” The title
was originally applied by the author
to a book about seven cities. He
decided not to publish this early
book because he considered it im- ;
mature, but transferred the title as
a memento.
"afcly Posters Too Real
Col. John H. Skeggs, chief of the
California state highway traffic, has
1 ordered the removal of all card
board “children” that have been
placed at intersections to warn
motorists to be careful. Skeggs de
clared experience had demonstrat
ed they were "more of a menace
than a safeguard.” They were so
lifelike, he declared, that motorists i
nearly ran down live children while
trying to avoid the dummies.
Quebec’s Historic Carriages
Old as the city itself are the his
toric caleches or picturesque horse
! drawn carriages still to be found
1 throughout the Canadian city of
Quebec. Cabbies or “carters" were
’ not considered properly attired un
) less they wore 'an arrowed sash
• around their waists. These tradi
j tional sashes were made by the
“Habitants” wives after designs
t borrowed from old Indian days. 1
Modern generations, however, have
lost the art and the colorful sashes,
; made from sheep's wool colored by
vegetable dyes, are seldom seen
■ nowadays.
I
> Tuberculosis Control
Tuberculosis can be controlled
- and eventually eradicated only
, when persons who appear to be in
perfect health will submit to an
X-ray of the chest and have it in
terpreted by a physician, Dr. Thom
as Parran, surgeon general of the
( United States, said recently in a
- radio address. "Tuberculosis is one
5 of the few diseases that seldom
j show any symptoms until the body
I is losing its fight with the germs,"
’ | Dr. Parran said. "When symptoms
ido appear, in many cases health!
| is irretrievable and the germs may 1
1 have spread to other persons. Our
defense against this insidious char- I
acteristic of tuberculosis is to dis
’ cover its presence in the body be
fore symptoms appear. The search
J can be quick and infallible.”
' PUBLIC SALE OF LAND
I
Whereas on the 31st day of
December. 1935, W. F. Jordan,of;
i Houston County, Georgia, exe-1
icuted and delivered to Mrs. R.
D. Gray his promissory note for
Three Hundred Forty and 13-100
Dollars ($340.13) due NovmbeH
15, 1936, bearing interest after j
|date at eight per centum per an
num ( BVc) payable annually; and |
1 did co-incidently therewith exe
cute and deliver to the said Mrs.
K. D. Gray his deed to secure
debt with power of sale to the
land hereinafter described, sub- j
ject to prior deed to secure debt
to Land Bank Commissioner,
same being given to secure the
indebtedness represented by said:
note; deed being recorded in
j Book 37, page 577, Clerk’s office,
Houston Superior Court.
And Whereas, on the second
iday of November, 1940, the said
Mrs. R. D. Gray did transfer
said note and did likewise trans
fer and assign said deed to se
cure debt, together with the in
debtedness secured thereby and
the land described therein to
Paschal Muse:
And Whereas, the said deed to
secure debt provides that if said
debt so secured is not promptly
paid at maturity the grantee in
said deed, or her assigns, may
'sell the property described in
■said deed before the Court House
'door in the County of Houston.to
'the highest bidder for cash after
advertising the time, place, and
terms of said sale in the news
paper published in said county
of Houston once a week for four
weeks prior to said sale:
And Whereas, since the execu
tion of said note and said deed to
secure deed the said W. F. Jor
dan has died; and the said W. F.
'Jordan and the heirs at law of
;the said W. F. Jordan have fail
icdtopay the interest on said
note and have failed to pay the
principal of said note or any part
thereof:
Now, therefore, under and by
virtue of the power of sale con
tained in said deed to secure
debt the undersigned will sell be
' fore the Court House door to the
I highest bidder for cash during
I the legal hours of sale on the
; first Tuesday in December, 1940,
| which will be December 3, the
I following described land, to-wit:
“All that certain tract or par
cel of land containing 82.24
acres, being parts of lots six (6)
and twenty-seven (27) in the
Ninth (9th) Land District of
Houston County, Georgia;bound
ed north by the old Bright Harp
er Place and the Harkins lands;
on east by a place known as the
Mrs. Gilbert place; on south by
lands of Paschal Muse; and
on west by lands of the M. M.
Thompson Estate, Said tract be
ing more particularly described
according to a plat prepared' by
Rhodes Sewell, C. S., on Au
gust 29, 1933, which is recorded
in Map Book 1, page 248, in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
i Court of Houston County, Geor-
Igia. Subject only to a deed to
I secure debt in the principal
amount of $4OlOO executed oy
! said Jordan to the Land Bank
Commissioner in 1934 and State
and County Taxes.”
Said property will be sold sub
ject to a prior deed to secure
debt to said land executed by
said W. F. Jordan to Land Bank
Commissioner which deed to se
cure debt is recorded in the of
fice of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Houston County, Geor
gia,
Said land will also be sold sub
ject to all unpaid taxes due
thereon.
The said W. F. Jordan having
died since the execution of said
deed to secure debt, said land
will be sold as the property of
the said W. F. Jordan and of
the heirs at law of said W. F.
Jordan.
Deed will be executed to the
; purchaser as provided in said 1
.deed to secure debt and the pro
ceeds of said sale will be applied
jas provided in said deed to se
cure debt.
This the sth day of Novem-;
ber, 1940.
PASCHAL MUSE
S. A. Nunn, Attorney at
Law for Paschal Muse.
ORDINARY'S CITATIONS
Georgia, Houston County.
Mrs. Mattie R. King having
applied for Letters of Adminis
tration on the estate of Mrs, G.
M. Renfroe, deceased; this is
therefore to notify all persons
concerned, to show cause, if any
1 they can. why her application
| should not be granted at the
| Court of Ordinary on the first
Monday in December next.
This November 4. 1940.
JOHN L. HODGES,
Ordinary.
Currem
Witi?
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HuriKwTA
PASS!
Some officers were discussing an
Irishman, a private in their regi
ment, whom, it was alleged, no one
could frighten.
One decided he would try to “put
| the wind up” Patrick.
Arraying himself in all the fearful
and awesome habiliments of His
Satanic Majesty, he stealthily ap
proached Pat when the latter was
on sentry-go.
In response to the challenge:
“Who goes there?” he answered in
sepulchral tones: “The Devil.”
“Pass, Devil,” replied the sentry.
“You .know where to go!”
NATURALLY
-—i -
First Fish—How did the doctor
weigh the new baby at your house?
Second Fish—On our scales, of
course.
The New Home
The town council recently moved
a respectable family — father, moth
er, two daughters and a son—out of
a derelict cottage into a neat little
council house; two rooms and scul
lery downstairs, three bedrooms up.
A few weeks after the move, an of
ficial looked in to see that every
thing was all right. “Well, Mrs. X.,
all settled now? How do you like the
new quarters?”
“O, very comfortable indeed. We
like them fine. When are the up
stairs people moving in?”
Spoiled Her Record
Things had gone from bad to
worse and Mrs. Jones could stand
it no longer. So she gave the ser
vant notice.
“And don’t forget,” she wound up
her tirade, “when you came here
you had the audacity to say that
you’d worked only in the best-class
houses.”
As she paused for breath, the
maid replied coolly:
“Well, ma’am, I won’t ever be
able to say that again.”
Not in Her Line
The buxom wife had returned
from her shopping expedition in a
towering temper, and was pouring
out her troubles to her patient hus
band.
“That young assistant was intol
erably rude to me,” she declared.
“Was she, dear?”
“Yes. I asked for a coat which
would make me look slim and she
said she had served her apprentice
ship as a saleswoman, not as an
illusionist!”
Two of a Kind
Jimmie—Dad, why don’t more
hair grow on your head?
Dad (very bald) —Why doesn’t !
grass grow on a busy street?
Jimmie—lt must be because it ■
can’t push its way up through the
concrete.
Philanthropist
Hubby—Why are you putting on
the fine clothes, my dear, and the
diamonds?
Wifie—Oh, I’ve got to visit those
poor families that have appealed to
me for help. *
Cad!
"I have always had a presenti- j
ment,” she said, “that I should die
I young.”
| “Well, my dear,” remarked her
woman friend, “you didn’t,’after all,
i did you?”
JEALOUSY
Fat Lady Bug—Why, Miss Wasp,
your thin waist is out of style.
Miss Wasp—Nonsense, you’re jeal
ous.
Steward’s Hint
“Doesn’t this ship tip a great
deal?”
“Not that I’ve noticed, ma’am.
She leaves that to the passengers.”
—M-K-T magazine.
•:
Only One Day!
Texas now formally devotes a day
to the mother-in-law, which seems 1
1 like skimping the problem, j
5 '
VALUES
WORTH CHEERING!
At this season of the year, we all enjoy a good basket
ball game or a a good football game. Why not en
joy driving a good USED CAR?
This is the season to trade cars. We
have many wonderful values in Depend
able USED CARS and TRUCKS.
HERE ARE A FEW LISTED;
1939 DODGE 1938 DODGE
2 door Luxury Liner. Looks 4 Door Sedan. A late model
good. Runs good. A real car with good tires, rework
value in this car, ed motor, upholstery like
IAOA | . new and clean paint
1939 Chevrolet 1939 pi ,
Master Deluxe, 2 door sedan. 1 V 1 ly mOUt h
Tires good. Paint like new, 2 Door Sedan. Tip top con-
Splendid mech. condition, dition. Good radio. No tire
moo worries. Ready to go.
1938 DODGE nonr^
Yz Ton Pickup. Runs good. UL/jJLiL,
Clean. Tires good and ready y A Ton Stake, Tires good,
today. Paint good. A Bargain.
McLendon Auto Co.
Phone 57 Dodge & Plymouth Dealer Perry, Ga.
L"”” I” gfjisL- ii —naygj
Announcement
PauljMassey has purchased Shumate’s Meat Mar
ket, Located in Bramblett’s Grocery Store Perry, Ga.
Mr.[ Massey, who has operated this Market since
its opening, has built a reputation for handling high
grade meats. As owner, he will continue to handle
only the very best quality of meats.
Your patronage is appreciated.
MASSEY MEAT MARKET
ONLY THE BEST IN
Diamonds, Watches, China, Silverwear, Glassware
and a complete line of Jewelry
See our complete line of Wedding Invitations,
Announcements and Visiting Cards
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing a Specialty
KERNAGHAN, Inc.
411 Cherry St. JEWELERS Macon, Ga.
1940 Call for Red Cross Recruits
The 1940 Poster of The American Red Cross sounds the call to the nation to
serve humanity within the ranks of this crmy of mercy.
Annual Roll Call Begins
i Monday, Nov. 11
