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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL I
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.
WHY GO TO CHURCH?
(This is a copy of a reply writ
ten by Rev. Roy Gardner to an
article by Mr. Charming Pollock)
in a recent issue of a well known
magazine. The title of Mr. Pol
lock’s article was “Why I Don’t,
Go To Church.”)
A minister went to a peniten-i
tiary to hold a service with its
inmates. He said, “If 1 can just;
help them forget for one hour 1
where they are, it will be worth!
while.” If Church services did
nothing but help people forget
for a time their problems and
humdrum existence, they would
merit attendance.
John Wesley often said, “I
gave them Christ. ” That is the
chief work of the minister and
Church. Many preachers are
earnestly seeking to have reality
in their services,that people may
know God is present and avail
able to meet their needs. Some
of us have come to to the end of
our sermons with every faculty
tingling with the feeling, This!
is the time when someone shall |
find Christ in the forgiveness of 1
sins, when heart needs shall be 1
met.” Many ministers in their
sermons are trying to apply
Christ’s principles to all areas of
daily life that their hearers may
have practical guidance. Most!
preachers were made out of
average laymen, and are familiar
with their problems. Few of us
are as much concerned about
eucharistic candles as about sor
did, unhealthy conditions under!
which many people live. Many!
preachers do have something to
say about Christ and Life each
Sunday, and are eager to say it.
Ministers give their hearers in
spiration and enthusiasm, with
which to tackle their problems
and fight their battles.
Real Churches are building
their members and constituents
into a fellowship of mutual in
terests, sympathy, and love. Two
Churches I served, one, a coun
try church, and the other, a city
church of more than live him
dred members, were the center
of life and interest for many peo
ple. The latter was the nearest
approach to one big Christian
family that I have known. Critics
fail to see this fellowship, foi
neither have they sought it, not
do they give themselves unsel '
fishly to it. Religion has it;- j
phases of solitary communiot I
with God in the grandeur of Na- j
lure. If men worshiped only it i
this way, and did not give them (
selves in regular fellowship to
their fellowmen, religion would
render small service to i ne wot k .
Through the Church they haw
both with God and man a fellow
ship, which flows forth in loviiq
service. The Church is builcbn
around the world in sympathy
and love a fellowship of kindred
spirits, which transcends bar- :
riers of prejudice, hate and war i
Should people go to church i
just to ‘get’ something, or to be |
entertained? They should get)
something,and the service should
be interesting. If they would
give themselves in anticipation,
faith, and participation, they)
would receive some benefit. A
lady said to me, “I always go to
Church, expecting to receive i
something, and I do.”
A man said he did not like the
Bible, giving as bis reason. ‘Be
cause it’s against my way of
life.’ As Church leaders we
must not only be against things'
we consider wrong, but by ser
mons, example, an d personal
contacts we must point to a bet
ter way of life in Christ.
Gather ye rose-buds while ye
may.
Old Time is still a flying.
And this same flower that smiles'
today.
To-morrow will be dying.
Herrick.
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Georgia's Turkey Flocks
More than 15,000 of Georgia's
250,000 farms now raise turkeys,
most of them in small flocks.
I CLASSIFIED ADS;
Will Pay Straight Salary $35
per week, man or woman with
auto, sell Egg Producer to Farm
ers. Eureka Mfg. Co., East St
i Louis, 111.
Why Pay More for Gas and
Oil when you can buy it for less
at Blackwell’s Stations? Sky
Chief Ethyl 19c, Fire Chief
17' jc, Indian 15 9-10 c, 5 quarts
Havatine, the best Oil for $l.OO,
6 quarts of Texas for $l.OO and
crank case drained free.
Blackwell’s Stations
Perry, Ga.
P l or Sale Any part of three
big carloads of sheet metal roof
ing, American wire fence, barb
wire,staples and nails, all bought
at the old low price.
Merritt & Anderson Bros. Co.
12:19 Hawkinsville, Ga.
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i For Sale or Rent—Two horse
farm. Apply I
Perry Loan & Savings Bank, j
Bring The Family
For Christmas Dinner!
Good cheer abounds at j
our Cafe all the year and 1
I
especially at Christmas. )
Fine, savory foods your 1
appetite has been anti- j
cipating await you here.
LEE’S ALL AMERICAN CAFE |
Perry, Ga,
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Diamond Back Rattler
The diamond back, most danger
] ous of rattlesnakes, attains a length
I of eight feet.
Hows on flats
Did you ever notice the tiny bow
that decorates the lining or inner
I band of most hats, both men’s and
women’s? Not so very long ago,
hats were made in only a few sizes
and a drawstring was inserted in
! the lining, which was tightened or
loosened to fit the head. The little
bow is a relic of that practice al
though its only purpose today is to
mark the back of the hat.
Opportunity Missed
A $lOO bill lay in a Main street
I gutter in Edwardsville for seven
! hours one day recently, overlooked
j by hundreds who walked by. Acci
dentally dropped by a local citizen ‘
j as he entered his automobile late
I in the afternoon, it was near mid
i night before he discovered the spot
where he had parked his car,
searched the gutter for a few mo-
I ments and found the bill. |
Homesickness, per
haps, had brought him
bock. Old Peter Johansen
buttoned his threadbare over
coat, blew warm breath on
his rough hands and jumped
to the ground. There was no
■ railroad detective to grab him
| for riding that freight train,
I because this was the day be
fore Christmas. All but the
homeless, like himself, seemed
busy preparing for the Day of Days.
Forty years, Peter reflected, since
he last set foot in Clark City. It had
been a year after the big earth
i quake; a year after all hell broke
loose, killing his parents and sis
ter as they sat at dinner in the little
house on Vine street.
Peter remembered: How he had
come hoihe late that evening; how
the earth began quivering like a
beast possessed; how he had
Peter stood alone for a long time
watching the star appear.
searched like a madman through
the ruins of that shock-wracked,
fire-swept bungalow. Then, as Clark
City began rebuilding, he had drift-
I ed off in a daze to roam up and down
the earth—a ne’er-do-well, a hobo!
But always he remembered Linda,
dear little sister Linda. In 40 years
i her memory always came back
I stronger than ever on Christmas
Eve, for it was then that they used
: to climb Lookout Hill hand-in-hand
at dusk, watching the evening star
rise in the heavens.
That, perhaps, was why he was
back this Christmas Eve.
“Almost dusk now,” he reflected,
trudging along Clark City’s busy
thoroughfare. Christmas crowds jos
tled him, for he was a hapless wan
| derer with no place to go.
No place to go? Not Peter! Soon
I he found his way to the old residen
tial district where Lookout Hill rose
like a sentinel.
“The same old hill,” he told him
self. “Little Linda! If you were only
here now to see your big brother!
No—thank God you’re not here, for
your big brother is ashamed of him
self! !”
At the crest Peter stood alone for
a long time, watching the star ap-
I pear as it had since that first night
' over Bethlehem. He didn’t notice
! the old lady until she spoke.
“Beautiful, that star, isn’t it?”
Peter fumbled with his grease
stained cap.
“Yes’m, it is. Especially from
Lookout Hill.”
“Many years ago,” she continued,
almost in a trance, “my little broth
er and I used to watch that star
rise in the heavens each Christmas
Eve, until—” (she wiped a tear
away)—“we were separated some
how during the big earthquake. He
was killed, they found out later.
“Each Christmas Eve efer since
I’ve come back here, just to remem
ber him. I hope he’s happy up there
in Heaven.”
Peter was staring at her, fairly
ready to shriek, for it was Linda!
No doubt about it, now!
He recognized the tilt of her nose,
unchanged by the years; the famil
iar ring of a voice that somehow
had failed to grow old. But he held
himself back, for Peter was
ashamed of himself.
She didn’t notice him shuffle off
I after awhile, for Linda was still
watching the star.
In the freight yards he found an
empty boxcar and bedded down un
der some straw in a corner. After
a while he felt the car move, and
somehow he was glad.
“Yes, it was Linda,” he sobbed
to himself, “but I just couldn’t tell
her. Thank God she's alive and
happy. And Thank God she re
members me on Christmas eve as
1 was, not as I am.”
I After awhile he fell asleep,
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Cakes Printed In Germany
A famous Christmas cake in Ger
many is Aachen Printen, from which
the English word “print” is derived.
! In the days before book-printing the
idea of imprint belonged to the bak
' ing business to express the making
of patterns in cakes. Many of these
j cakes have figures representing the
old gods Wotan and Thor.
Santa May Not Smoke Cigars
Santa Claus, perhaps, doesn’t
smoke—or he would be better in
i formed on the quality of cigars.
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r SO WHERE?
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A party of British soldiers, billeted
in a French village, met a French
man who was known to one of them,
j This soldier stopped and, desirous
! of displaying his command of the
language, s4td very audibly: “Oo
ay lee Casihb, Monshoo?”
The Frenchman rifrlisri'Wtth a vol
uble flow of his native tongue, with
many gestures. The soldier looked
askance. There was a pause, until
one of his pals butted in: “Well,
1 Bill, where is it?”
1 At which Bill, very red in the face,
- said: “You ’eard.”
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j ALACK AND ALAS!
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r | “Is Reggie’s failure to get the girl
i | he loves due to a lack of brains?”
I 1 “Yes—a lack and a lass!”
Time to Speak
Jones picked up a clever talking
parrot in a bird-shop and had it
sent home. The same day his wife
went out and ordered a chicken. She
told the cook to roast the bird for
dinner that night, and the cook
thought she meant the parrot.
When Jones found out, he explod
ed with rage.
“That parrot could speak nine lan
guages!” he told the cook.
And the cook caid, simply:
“Then why on earth didn’t it say
something?”
Just Like Nations
1 One day the landlord of a block of
flats called on one of his tenants, a
I young artist.
I “The rent of your rooms is six
; months behind,” he commenced,
’ j “but times being what they are, I
j don’t want to be hard on you. I’ll
i tell you what I propose to do. I’ll
, j meet you half-way—forget half the
c I debt. How about that?”
- I The tenant smiled gratefully.
i I “That’s fine!” he said. “And I’ll
! ; forget the other half.”
3 IMade Good
c i A man entered a local beer sa
-3 I loon.
1 “Will you give me a drink of wa
l ter?” he asked the barkeep. “Cer
" ! tainly sir,” replied the attendant
and set the glass down in front of
5 him.
The visitor drank it and asked,
■ “How much for that?”
' | “Nothing, sir, but what was the
idea?”
“Oh, only that I bet a fellow out
there I could get a free drink in
1 here.”
LOTS OF 'EM
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First Bug (in background)—That
■ fellow talks a lot and does little.
Second Bug—Sure, a humbug.
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The Right Answer
* “Patience and perseverance will
■ accomplish all things,” said the
r talkative man in the railway car
-5 riage. ,
: “Nonsense!” sniffed his fellow
‘ traveler. “Will patience and per
i severance enable you to carry wa
ter in a sieve?”
'■ “Certainly,” said the other. “Sim
' j ply by waiting patiently for the wa
? ; ter to freeze.”
: 1 Suited Her
■ 1 Brown arrived home in a bad tem-
I per.
» “Hang it, dinner not ready yet?”
* | he said to his wife. “I shall go out
; to a restaurant.”
* “Can’t you wait 10 minutes?”
5 asked his wife.
“Will it be ready then?”
“No, but I’ll be ready to come
1 with you.”
1 Holding Evidence
Visitor in county jail—What terri
r ble crime has this man committed?
1 Warden—He didn’t commit any
crime. He was going down the street
and saw one man shoot another, and
1 ; s held as a material witness.
* Visitor—And where is the man
■ who committed the murder?
3 | Warden—Oh, he’s out on bail.
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How Many Learn It?
Young Mother—Nurse, what is the
most difficult thing for a young
mother to learn?
Nurse—That other people have
1 perfect children, too.
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The Office Sage Says
Women may be wearing fewer
> clothes, but show us a married men
■ who can find more than two hooks in
i the clothes closet for his own use.
Some Crack
Student Dzudi—Yes, sir; I always
* harry my notes in my hat.
Professor Bjones—l see . _ '
3 knowledge in a nut shell.
FOOD FOR HOLIDAY THOUGHT
When families and friends get together for Christmas
they want plenty of good food.
We have all the delicasies you will want such as
appetizers, relishes, salad ingredients, home-made
cakes of all kinds including fruit cakes, cranberries,
as well as the usual line of staples.
For the Christmas stocking we have candy,
nuts, apples, oranges, bananas, raisins, etc.
W. B. SIMS
Phone 8 STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES Perry, Ga.
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SANTA SAYS
m? “Shop BLOODWORTH’S
» For Toys, Nuts, Candies,
JV Fruits, Fireworks for
I We have Wagon?, Velocipede?, Marbles, Balls, Harps,
Air Rifles, Knives, and Flash Lights.
For the heme \se suggest Gifts of Glass
ware and Aluminum Ware.
J. W. Bloodworth
Phone 94 : Delivery Service : Ferry, Ga.
NONE BETTER -V- If [Better FARM EQUIPMENT
Were Built, We Would Sell It.
Full Stock of—TRACTORS, PLOWS, HARROWS,
STALK CUTTERS, FEED MILLS; and GENERAL
FARM SUPPLIES.
Several Used TRACTORS at Bargains
Good used Hoise Drawn Equipment at right prices
Fifteen MULES to Move Quick
Plenty OATS, WHEAT, VETCH, RAPE
We Want to Buy—Peanut Hay, Corn, Cotton
Seed, Peas, Velvet Beans, 50/ Beans, and other
Farm Products.
See Us for--MEAT SALT, LARD CANS, SYRUP CANS,
SAUSAGE MILLS, and SEASONING.
COME IN AND LET’S TRADE
We Appreciate Your Business
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
When the Market Weakens,Others Quit —
I NEVER QUIT!
Bring in your Pecans
COOPER JONES
New Seed Grading Machine
You are Invited to see the work
which our New Seed Grading and
Recleaning Machine does.
It cleans, grades and treats with Ceresan
at one operation. We are recleaning and
grading wheat at this time and it is well
worth the small amount that we charge to
get your seed clean, pure and treated with
Ceresan for disease.
SEE THIS MACHINE IN OPERATION.
J. P. ETHERIDGE
Phone 45 - Perry, Ga.
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