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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher. ;
RUBY C. HODGES. Editor.
Official Orpran 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.
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All religious sects are permit
ted to worship as they wish in
Turkey, and no religion is taught
in the schools,
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It is a mighty good thing some
limes that a man can’t be ar
rested for grumbling.
Another deadline is June 30,
which is the last day on which
state automobile drivers licenses
may be obtained without penalty.
No extension of time will bt
granted after that date, it wa
pointed out.
More than 20,000 Georgians
who have become 21 years of ag<
since October 16, 1940, will bt
required to register for selectivt
service at their nearest b o a r d
on July 1.
The largest “Trailer Town’’ in
the world is at Sarasota, Fla.,
where 30 acres of land are set
aside for the "town” and mod
ern conveniences added.
One of the curious hobbies of
the world, is that of collecting
spider webs. They are preserv
ed between panes of glass.
One of the most unusual ad
vertisements ever run was when
Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmet/i
left Yonkers, N. Y. and ran an
ad “Leaving Yonkers. 1 wish,
herewith to say goodbye to all
my friends.’’
A note “mailed in a o tile” h
the Brazos River in I'exas,reach
ed Milford, England, nine j
months later.*
A message set adnu >u a b)t
tie in the Sea of Okhotsk, travel
ed to Tierra del Fuego in exac
three years.
A sailor tossed a me. »..m in ;
bottle from a ship near • lonohili
and it was found on the west
coast of Africa seven years and :
one day later.
A message in.a lotiio uio| p■«
into the Missouri R ver at. For
Benton, Mont., win found on . |
beach near R *cif ’, Brazi , 4 |
months and 12 I>y ; * ■» t * •
The quickest delivery record
of a message mailed in a bottle
was the one tossed into me Gull
Stream off Miami, cm. an <1
found at Lochinvar, Scotland, J 8
days later.
The Glocester Leg Mo », whl
which tired business men can i
lax with their feet up at a con
fortable angle, was ttv* r'N" lf <>•
a hobby of a retired business
man.
To kill dandelions from t n «
lawn, insert a knife in the root
and press a9O to 102 grain tab
let of salt into the incision. Tm
scar will not he larger than >
quarter, and will soon be covered
with grass.
Erbil, Turkey, is said to be tin
oldest continuously inhabited city
in the world. It was known af
Arbela in the time of Alexandei
the Great.
The universal language for
physicians’ prescripumis is Lat
in, though pharmacists all ove>
the world am* m-he
lish as well as their native
tongue.
Shutters
Shutters often contribute much to
the appeal of homes of colonial or
other periodic design, if they are
authentic in style. Manufactured
aie now making shutters that con
form to the architectural rtyle of
all common period hoir.es. They
may be installed with funds ob
ained from qualified lending insti
tutions under the modernization
« iedit i lan of the Federal Housing
«e_ illustration.
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NEW SHOES ONLY
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Practical Lady—l want to buy a
pair of shoes, young man.
Polite Shoe Salesman—Yes, mad
-1 am. And what kind would you pre-
I fer?
Lady—l want them good and i
stout.
Clerk—Here is a strong shoe that !
will give excellent wear. It has |
been worn a lot this season—
Lady—Why, man, I don’t want any j
shoes that have been worn this sea
; son or any season. I want a brand j
new pair!
Life Saver
A member of a club had the habit
of partaking of his soup in a noisy
and boisterous fashion. The noise
upset the other members, but they
were too courteous to protest.
One day, however, when the of
fensive sounds were at fortissimo, I
a young and nerveless member
stride toward the culprit and said;
“May I help you?’’
“Help!’’ retorted the diner. “I
don’t need any help.’’
“Sorry, sir,” said the youngster. |
“I thought perhaps you might wish
to be dragged ashore.”
BIG PROFITS
Summer Boarder—What’s making
all that noise? Surely you are not
running a thrashing machine at this
j time of the year.
The Farmer —No, the boys are
1 figuring up the profits from our
i boarders on our new rapid calculat
! ing machine.
Wanted a Start
“Give me a start!” begged the
j auctioneer. “I have here a genuine
: Queen Anne sideboard, the only
piece of its kind known to the
| world. Give me a start!”
“Ten cents!” said some one oblig
ingly.
The auctioneer nearly fell from i
the x-ostrum. “I asked for a start,” j
he said contemptuously.
“Well, you got it, didn’t you?”
Real Husbandry
Sandy—Here’s a ticket to the ma- j
; gician’s show tonight, Maggie.
Maggie—Thank ye, Sandy.
Sandy—And Maggie, dear, when
he comes to that trick where he
takes a teaspoon o’ flour and one
egg and makes 20 omelets, watch
j very close.
Customer Is Right
Bride (buying stove) —Please, sir,
i I’d like a little oven.
Salesman (accommodatingly)—Ei
—pardon me; but not while youi
husband’s along.
Simple Matter
“Pardon me. hut docs this tram
stop at Tenth street?”
“Yes; watch me and get off at
the station before I do.”
“Thank you.”
Needs Pep
“You sold me a car two weeks
ago.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Tell me again all you said about
it then. I’m getting discouraged.”
IMPORTANT WORK
! “What are the principal activities
of the official position Jones occu
pies?”
“Those involved in holding on to
! it.”
Doctor Is Certain
Patient—Doctor, are you sure this
I is pneumonia? Sometimes doctors
! prescribe for pneumonia and the pa
tients die of something else.
M. D. (with dignity)—When I pre
■ scribe for pneumonia, you die of
! pneumonia.
Overhead Expenses
Husband (looking over household
accounts) —“What is this item of
$3 for overhead expenses?” Wife—
j “Oh, that’s a new umbrella I bought,
1 dear. I left my old one on a bus,”
STRONG CIGARS WANTED
The lady blushed deeply as she j
i walked furtively into the tobacco j
1 store.
Not at all surprised by seeing a
j woman in his establishment, the
owner approached and asked if he
could help her.
I “I—l would like to buy some ci
gars,” she petitioned appealingly in
! a soft voice. Quickly she added,
j ‘‘They’re not for me; I’m only buy
ing them for my husband.”
“Certainly, madam. And what
kind does he prefer?”
“The best. The very best you
have.”
“Yes, madam. Strong or medi
um?”
A little bolder now, she explained,
“The very strongest you’ve got. My
husband is always complaining that
some of his cigars break in his
i pocket.”
TOO EASY
Bert (bitterly)—l suppose you con
sider it quite a triumph to make a
fool of a man.
Bess—Why no. A triumph means
something accomplished that was
very difficult.
A Doctor’s Doctor
Father—You can ask a question 1
but make it short.
Small Son—Well, when a doctor
gets sick and another doctor doc
tors him, docs the doctor doing the
doctoring have to doctor the doc
tor the way the doctor being doc
tored wants to be doctored, or does
the doctor doing the doctoring of the
doctor doctor in his own way?
One Stay’s Enough
“Believe me, if my wife scolds me
for coming home late, I’m going to
tell her a thing or two.”
“Don’t do it! Tell her one thing j
and stick to it.”
Sad Regrets
“Don't talk to me about lawyers,
my dear. I’ve had so much trouble j
over the property that I sometimes
wish my husband hadn’t died!”
Hard Ride
Riding Instructor—Did you enjoy
your horseback ride?
Betty Co-ed—Sorta. But how can
anything full of hay be so hard?
He’s Sorry
Mother —Billie, sit down and tell
your little sister a story.
Billie—l can’t sit down, Mother.
; I just told Daddy a story.
Right There
Store Clerk—Here’s your pint of
linseed oil, little girl. Where’s the
| money? Little Girl—Please, sir, it’s
j in the bottom of the can.
MODERN VERITIES
“It’s a good idea when angry to j
count ten before you speak."
“True! Also when ‘touched’ to
count a thousand before you lend.”
Air Conditioned
Pa Horner Jasper, what the
dickens is this 60 on your report
card?
Jasper—l think that must be the I
temperature, sir!
Big Family
“How’s the wife, George?”
“She’s just had quinsy.”
“How many is that you’ve got
now?”
Mutual
“You couldn’t ride around in a
costly car like that if you paid your
honest debts as you should.”
“That’s so. I’m glad you look
at it the way I do.”
Eskimo Song
“Have you heard the new Eskimo
song?”
“No, what is it?”
“Freeze a jolly good fellow.”
Famous Last Words
“What makes the cow snort
and paw the ground like that? Let’s
climb over the fence and get a closer
'.00k.”
The New Age
Mariam—Mabel says she’s wildly
in love with her new car.
Christy—Just another case when
man is displaced by machinery.
Tliis Was the End
“Hand over my money? Try and
get it,”
CLASSIFIED ADSj
FOR RENT Co nvenieni:
ground floor office space. Apply |
Perry Loan & Savings Bank. '
For Sale—loo acres pood farm
land ten miles north of Perry,!
near the Dixie Highway. Apply
L. J. Horton, Macon, Da. 7:17
NOTICE
Notice of Election of Supervisors
to be Held for the Middle West
ern Ocmulgee River Soil Conser
vation District.
To all qualified voters 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, j
Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach,
Pulaski, Taylor and Wilcox coun-!
‘ties, excluding that land lying j
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
Soil Conservation District of the
State of Georgia.
Voting places will be open in
the Court House in the towns of
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 I
Georgia are eligible to vote in
the election for supervisors.
Only those persons residing
within the Middle Western Oc
rnulgee River Soil Conservation
District will be eligible to vote in
the election for supervisors.
STATE SOIL CONSER
VATION COMMITTEE 1
By Frank C. Ward,
Executive Secretary.
June 10, 1941.
Rodents Used in Nerve
Test by Psychologist;
Why do strong men sometimes,
“break down” when they get into a •
! tight spot, while jittery persons, who !
I rebel at trifles, are stoical when the j
going gets really rough?
Calvin S. Hall, Western Reserve
j university professor of psychology, i
believes he has found the answer in
eight generations of rats.
He bred them to produce two dis
tinct types—the nervous and the
calm. With every generation, off
spring of the nervous animals be
came more jittery than their ances- ;
tors. Offspring of the staid became
, more steady.
' Dr. Hall rigged up a compressed
air noisemaker, which emits a
sharp hiss. Applying it to 45 of the j
highly nervous rats, he found they [
became no more jittery. But when
45 of the calm rats heard the hiss-I
ing, they went into what appeared ]
to be epileptic fits. Some fell uncon- j
scious.
“This may mean that the more
neurotic animals and men release }
their pent-up feelings easily,” Dr. {
Hall says. “Among the more sta- j
ble, the accumulated tension piles
up in the brain. When the tension
1 becomes too great, a flow of un
governed impulses is let loose.”
Good Manners
They belong to the nicest crowd
1 in town —you can see from their
I poised, gracious manner.
Instead of plunging down the aisle
I with the girl following him, he cour
| teously asks where she’d like to sit,
then states her preference to the
usher. And she follows the usher
to the seats, while her beau fol
lows her. On leaving the theater,
too, she’ll go first up the aisle.
To know such little points, to date
and party without nervous moments
of doubt and hesitation — what a lot
1 it means to your poise and popular
ity. But easy to check up on eti
quette.
The next time a man takes you
out, remember he’s your host. Stop
j ping at a restaurant, let him choose
| the table with the aid of the head
waiter. And of course he’ll ask I
[ what you'd like to have and give
your order to the waiter.
If your beau takes you motoring,
it’s up to you to suggest going in
when you arrive home. For, again,
your beau as your host, wouldn’t
seem to wish to get rid of his guest.
Fossilized Camel Bones Found
Fossilized bones of a browsing
type of camel with a giraffe-like neck
which once roamed Oregon’s mio
cene forests have been unearthed ,
near Madras by California Institute
of Technology scientists.
The discovery was made in the
sedimentary beds of Jefferson coun-1
ty, only one mile from the heavily I
traveled Dalles-California highway.
Dr. Arthur Drescher, heading the
paleontologists, said the primeval
creature’s long neck made it pos
sible to graze from the tree leaves
in much the same fashion as the
modern giraffe.
The Madras field has also yielded
fossilized remnants of a three-toed
horse, about the size of a sheep.
We Offer For Our Daily Trade
Choice Fresh Vegetables
I
Best Selected Fruits
Fresh Bread, Cakes
Select Staple Groceries.
For Prompt Delivery Call 8
W. B. SIMS
Phone 8 STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES Perry, Qa.
PAINT SUPPLIES
BOATWRIGHT PAINT is our Featured Paint,
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.
SAVE THAT COTTON CROP
We have Calcium Arsenate, Molasses, Cotton Dust
er, Spray Machines, and all Necessary Equipment for
Dusting, Spraying, and Mopping Cotton.
It will pay you to SAVE THE CROP as Prices will
be good this Fall.
Bring Us Your OATS aad WHEAT, We will Pay
BEST MARKET PRICES.
See Us for Tractors. Plows, Harrows, and All
Farm Equipment. Now is the time to turn
your grain land. We have what it takes.
Several Young MULES and plenty of Gear, Plows,
Cultivators, and Farm Equipment,
We .Appreciate Your Trade
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
ACCOUNTS INSURED $5 T050
JC PER ....
** 0 ANNUM
Dividends Paid
Why Accept less on a SAFE Investment?
Start a Savings or Investment Account With Us
A Non-speculative, Non-fluctuating Insured Investment
LEGAL FOR TRUST FUNDS
PERRY FEDERAL SAVINGS S LOAN ASSOCIATION
Accounts by Mail Solicited. Write Us.
Perry, Georgia.
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.