HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL |
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher, j
RUBY C. HODGES. Editor.
Official OrfTan of Houston County j
and City of Perry.
Subscription, $1.50 per year.
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga., as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
The average person forms an
opinion by adding to a small
measure of information, a dash
of information and a large quan
lity of prejudice, shaking well
with emotion.
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The handwriting on the wall is
still sometimes prophetic of a
licking for Little Johnnie who
put it there.
A finishing school, according to
a local man, is a school that
when daughter completes the
course, dad is finished.
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People who travel along on a
bluff are riding for a fall.
Don’t be foolish; that “stop, i
look and listen”at railroad cross-'
mgs is not intended for the en- j
gineer.
Advertising is expensive to/
those who neglect it.
Main problem today seems to
be to get the airplanes into the
air while keeping cost of living
figures on the ground.
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Many a male will discover, in
the month of June, that there
are drafts more serious than the
selective service statute.
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He who blames others for hi
failures fools nobody but himself.
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Consider the postage stamp
it was licked at the beginning,
but itjgets there just the same.
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A Woman’s birthday, to a man,
is that day in the year wnen he
finds out, disastrously, that lie
forgot something.
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One of the best but hardest
things to remember is to forget
your troubles.
Divorce rate is on increase
Some of the suits being presoei
ought to be cleaned.
It’s a poor iisiieriiiaa w h o
can’t stretch a Ox-pound fish
into a ten-poundT after think
ing about it all night.
“Modest rents’’ seems to mean
that they have all Uten well
raised.
Good luck has a habit of al
ways butting in while a man is i
hard at work.
And speaking of dol ars re-1
minds us that a dollar is ih; only !
thing we know of that g> e- ,cist I
er after it is broken.
Compliments are like perfume
to be inhaled but not swal
lowed.
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Mind your manners, motorists.
It’s a serious social blunder to
crowd a patrol car off the road.
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Over-cutting an d repeated
burning h ive reduced the timlm
stand on na ly acres in Georgia
to an inferior quality.
Home-grow'n lespedeza seed is
one of tlie best guarantees a
farmer has against dodder and
other objectionable weeds.
Cotton, tobacco, and pemuts
are the three most important
cash crops in Georgia.
Many trees are cut for timbe'
liefore reaching a desirable stage
of maturity,
Georgia is now growing more
wood than is being harvested and
lost through m >rtahty.
The average Georgia farm in
T 940 consisted of 110 a res, of
which 17 acres were in woodland.
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PERFECT DESCRIPTION
The two counsel disputing a minor
point of law were arguing vigorous
ly in court. They had cited previous
cases to prove their points for more
I than a half hour, becoming more ex
cited as they argued.
At last they could no longer re
strain themselves.
“You’re an ass, sir!" shrieked
one.
“And you’re a liar, sir!” cried the
other.
The judge straightened up with
these remarks.
“Now that the counsel , have
identified each other," he said, !
“let us proceed to the disputed
points."
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Fowl Play
The newly wed salesman, accom
panied by his wife, entered the din
ing room of the hotel which he used
to frequent. His order included
roast chicken, but there was some
delay.
"Where’s my chicken?" he de
manded, somewhat irritably.
The.waiter replied in a husky un
dertone:
“Sorry, but if you mean the little
girl with blue eyes and fluffy hair,
' she doesn’t work here now!”
JUST MOSQUITO.
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J -A—
The Boarder—Look here! I must
not be disturbed at night. Why, last
night a rooster sat on the window
sill and flapped his wings for hours, j
Thf Farmer—Gosh, neighbor, that ;
wasn’t a rooster. Why, that was just |
a plain mosquito that got caught in 1
the window screen, that’s all.
Genesis of a Name
It may interest you to know that j
there lived a young man of the name
of McGandy. Whenever one of his j
statements was questioned he was (
in the habit of retorting: “I’ll bet
you me hat.” The simple folk in
the town soon got to calling him
"Me Hat McGandy.”
What It Meant to Him
"Mummy,” asked a little boy at |
a concert, at the end of the interval, (
“have the orchestra had something
to eat?”
“1 don't know,” said the mother, j
"I think they have," said the little j
; boy. "It says on the program, ‘Part
Two will be given by a fuller orches- |
tra.’ ”
Helpful Banker
“So the banker put you on your j
feet again?” “Yes.” "Did he give I
you another loan?" “No; he fore
closed on my car.”
Guess Again
“I see a great loss—the loss of
j your husband."
“Rut he has been dead five years.”
“Then you will lose your umbrel- i
| ’a-”
That's Right!
Joany, what is
; one-fifth of three-sixteenths?
Joany—l don’t know exactly, but
it isn’t enough to worry about.
The Whistlers
“Most of the men who whistle at
their work,” says a psychologist,
| “are big men." We can lick the
; little ones and make them stop.
EXPERIENCED SPEAKER
“He's an experienced after-dinner
speaker.”
“Worth hearing, eh?”
"Not necessarily. But he’s learned
how to pause for applause.”
That Dental Thrill
He—Did you ever run across a
, man who at the slightest touch
would cause you to thrill and trem
ble all over?
She—Yes, the dentist.
He Could Take It
Father—Yes, my boy, I’m a self
made man.
Son—Gee, pop, that’s what I ad
mire about you. ( You always take
the blame for everything.
PROOF IS LACKING
One morning a stranger stepped
out from a train at a busy midwest
ern town and walked quickly up the
street. After a block he met a man
who looked like a long-time resi
| dent.
“I beg your pardon,” the stranger
said. “Are you a resident of this
city?”
"Yes, I am,” was the immediate
reply. "I have lived here for about
fifty-odd years. What tan I do for
i you?”
"I want to find a criminal law
l yer,” the stranger explained. "Do
j you have one here?”
"Well,” the native replied reflec
; tively, "we think we have, but we
can’t prove it on hin\.”
ADVICE REVERSED
“Why is Swift so anxious to go in
to business?”
"He hasn’t been able to develop
any class in golf and it worries him.
He’s got to do something to get his
mind off the game.”
Fire With Fire
Amos—When yo ’all gwine pay
dat i«ote?
“Ah ain’t got no money now, but
Ah gwine pay just as soon as Ah
kin.”
“Dat don’t git me no nothin’,”
retorted Amos. "If you ’all don’t pay
me here an’ now, Ah gwine burn
up your old note; den where all you
gwine be at?”
“You better not! You better
not!” shouted Nat. “You just burn j
| dat note of mine and Ah’ll burn you
5 up wid a lawsuit.”
Ready, Aim—Fire!
Spie—What would you say if you
( saw me lined up before a firing
squad like the man we just saw in
! that movie?
Gal Friend—Fire!
In Time
Customer—l like the shoes but the
! soles are too thick.
Clerk —If that’s the only objection,
| ma’am, I assure you that it will
j wear away.
Athletic Underwear
Rufus—Some of your wash was
jumping all around on the line last
1 night.
Goofus—That was probably my
l athletic underwear.
WHO’S TALKING?
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“Father, Frank has something to
j say to you tonight.”
“Well, and what have you and
your mother decided I must tel!
; him?”
With the Times
Mistress—l forgot to put a stamp
on the letter, Ann, I hope you didn’t
j post it without.
Ann—Yes, I did, ma’am. I thought j
! you were economizing.
A Good Start
“How did your article on perpetual
motion turn out?”
“Oh, it was a great success. Ev
ery time 1 sent it out it came back
to me.”
Responsible
Caller —Who is the responsible
man in this firm?
Office Boy— l don’t know who the
responsible party is, but I’m the one
who always gets the blame.
Doorman
Upydyke—See that men down the
street? He makes a living tapping.
Stubblefield—Oh, a dancer, eh?
Upydyke—No, house-to-house sell- j
| ing.
Gonna Rain?
Beggar (pleadingly) I’ve seen
| better days, sir.
Dinocan—Sorry, but I have no
time to discuss the weather.
Belated Knowledge
Wife —Before we were married,
you told me that you were well off.
Husband—Yes, I know, but I
didn’t know then just how well off I
I really was.
Professional Jealousy
First Hobo (watching holiday
| crowds)—l hates holidays.
Second Hobo—Same here. Makes
yer feel common when nobody ain’t
| workin’!
Unusual
Warden—Ain’t yer asleep yet?
Ex-Burglar—No, it seems so fun
j ny to be lyin’ in bed in the middle
o’ the night.
Famous Last Words
“I smell gas down here. Gotta
* match?”
NOTICE
■ Notice of Election of Supervisors
to be Held for the Midale West
| ern Ocmulgee River Soil Conser
vation District.
To all qualified'votets- living on
lands within the boundaries of
the Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District
described as follows;
All that land lying within the
boundaries of Bibb, Crawford,
Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach,
Pulaski, Taylor and Wilcox coun
ties, excluding that land lying
within the City of Macon.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 28th day of June, 1941, be
tween the hours of 9:00 a. m.
and 4:00 o’clock p. m., an elec
tion will be held for the election
of three supervisors for the Mid
dle Western Ocmulgee River j
Soil Conservation District of the.
State of Georgia.
Voting places will be open ini
the Court House in the towns of 1
I Macon, Knoxville, Vienna, Perry,
Oglethorpe, Fort Valley, Haw
kinsville, Butler and Abbeville.
All persons qualified to vote in
a “general election” under the
Constitution of the State of
Georgia are eligible to vote in
the election for supervisors.
Only those persons residing
within the Middle Western Oc
mulgee River Soil Conservation
District will be eligible to vote in
the election for supervisors.
STATE SOIL CONSER
VATION COMMITTEE
By Irank C. Vvard,
Executive Secretary.
June 10, 1941.
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Good Intentions
Wont Make A
Lame Duck Fly!
But an Ad in The Home Jour
nal will stimulate any business.
The easiest, quickest and best
way to reach new customers is
through the Ad columns of
this newspaper. In no other
| way can so many people be
reached at such a small cost
and w’ith so little effort.
Get Wise—
ADVERTISE
HOME JOURNAL
Most of the erosion affecting
more than a billion acres of land
in the United States has taken
place within the last 100 years.
Exports of corn as grain from
the United States ordinarily
average about 1 percent of a nor
mal crop.
According to the 1940 census,
23,690,000 acres of the 37,670,-
000 acres of land in Georgia are
classed as farm land.
While income from the cotton
crop in Georgia has declined
drastically during recent years,
ihe income from this crop still
makes up about 40 percent of the
state's cash income.
Commercial acreage of impor
-1 tant truck crops in Georgia in
1940 was 51,000 acres.
For the last three years, the
cash farm income from livestock
and livestock products in Geor
gia has averaged over 24 percent
of the total cash farm income.
Pigeon bands, where the
birds have various toned whist
les or flutes attached to their
legs, producing “band music”
when they fly, are comparatively
common in Peking, China.
A Baltimore pharmacist has an
■unusual hobby of collecting pre
iscriptions from all over the
world He has 1,100 prescrip
tions from 100 countries.
There are nine states in Aus
tralia.
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A goat gives more milk in pro
portion to body weight than a
cow, “Crystal Helen” cham
pion nanny gave 4,219 pounds of
milk in 365 days.
Hook and line fishing is the
only legal way to catch fish in
Georgia, according to state fish
and game laws. It is strictly il
legal to seine, trap, poison, or;
dynamite fish and Wildlife Ran
gers are making an intense ef
lort to break up such practices.
One of the few places in the
United Statrs where the panther
can still be found is Floiida.
We Offer For Our Daily Trade
Choice Fresh Vegetables
■' Best Selected Fruits
Fresh Bread, Cakes
Select Staple Groceries.
For Prompt Delivery Call 8
W. B. SIMS
Phone 8 STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES Perry, Ca.
PAINT SUPPLIES
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because of its fine wearing qualities and finish.
Complete line of Outside, Inside, Floor, and Deck Paint;
Enamel, Flat, and Semi-Gloss finishes.
We have other paint supplies such as Linseed
Oil, Turpentine, Paint Remover, Shellac, and
Brushes of all sizes.
BUY NOW BEFORE PRICES ADVANCE!
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 500 PERRY, GA.
Calcium Arsenate
We have in stock Calcium Arse
nate for the control of 801 l Weevil
and will keep a full stock on hand
at all times.
The Corn Elevator will operate until June
15, so would like to have all the Corn you
wish to sell before that time.
J. P. ETHERIDGE
Phone 45 - Perry, Ga.
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.
NEWS and FACTS ... of Statewide Interest
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licnppoßT TO CIEAH 0 11
|f Resolution tiles Improved l'|
MEETING in Savannah recently,
a representative gathering of beer retailers declared
themselves “fully aware of the improved conditions
resulting from this Committee’s Clean Up or Close p
program—asserted that “this effort has won the respect
of the people of Georgia and the vast majority of retai
beer dealers in the state”—and pledged their complete
support to the Committee’s continued activity.
This Committee —and the law-abiding beer retailer—
ask your cooperation, too, in weeding out the comparam e
ly few disreputable “black sheep” who use their leg 3 ' '
licenses to mask disorder and undesirable conditions.
Do not patronize such places. If you buy beer, buy it
only from cleanly operated, orderly establishments.
BREWERS * BEER DISTRIBUTORS
JUDGE JOHN S. WOOD, State Director
529 Hurt Building • Atlanta, George
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