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.
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To Help Win The War
WAR NEEDS MONEY!
It will cost money to defeat'
the Axis Powers. Your Govern
ment calls on YOU to help NOW
Buy defense bonds or stamps
today. Buy them every day, it
you can. But buy them on a
regular basis.
Bonds costas little as $18.75.
Stamps come as low as 10 cents.
Defense bonds and stamps can
be bought at all banks and post
offices, and stamps can also be
purchased at local stores.
The Houston Home Journal
urges its readers to support their
government with their dollars.
NOT LIKELY
It was guest night in the mess,
and the Irish colonel was telling an
exciting story of an encounter with
n wounded elephant which charged
at him and bore him to the ground.
At the critical moment an orderly
entered to say the colonel was
wanted on the telephone.
He was absent for some minutes,
and on his return had forgotten
which of his favorite stories he had ■
been telling.
“What happened, colonel?” asked
one of the guests. “You were tell- |
ing us of your dangerous situation.” ■
"Oh, I kissed her,” said the colo- I
nel airily. “She simply couldn’t re- ■
sist me, and we dined together that
evening. Her husband never knew.”
DIPLOMACY
PS
"John, if we were both young and
single again would you want me to
be your wife?”
“Now, my dear, what’s the use
trying to start a quarrel just as we
have settled down to enjoy a quiet
evening,”
No Miracle
Anxious to impress on his class
what a miracle was, the master
asked one boy:
“If you saw a man fall from the
top of the highest building you know,
land on the pavement, get up and
walk away, what would you call it?”
The boy knitted his brow in
thought, but did not reply. So the
master tried again:
“Suppose you saw him do the
same thing half a dozen times in an
hour, what would you call it?”
“Habit!" exclaimed the youngster
triumphantly.
Not Used To It
Dolcini (from the city)—Say, your
father’s getting pretty well along in
years, isn’t he?
Si—Yep, Pa’s past 80.
Dolcini—Health good?
Si—Well, not so good right now.
For some time he’s been claimin’
he ain’t feelin’ himself.
Dolcini—What seems to be his
trouble?
Si—l don't know exactly. But I
think farming don’t agree with him
any more.
FQ^DEFENSE
BUY
/HON D S
(j Mlm AND STAMPS
AMERICA ON GUARDI
Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Department’s Defense
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original "Minute
Man” statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester Frt .ck Defense
Ponds and Stamps, on sale at your
I auk or post oflice, are a vital part
of America's defense preparations.
Current |
Wit A?
SUSPECT
Mrs. Blank had a burglary re
cently. When the news got about,
a neighbor called on her in great
excitement.
“I saw one of the burglars!” she
declared. “He was standing just
I inside the gate, and kept peeping
out at the road and then glancing
| back at the house. He was evident
ly keeping watch for the ones in
side.”
Mrs. Blank was all agog.
“What was he like?” she in
quired.
“He was a little man, very shab
bily dressed. I couldn’t see his face.
He had an old battered hat pulled
down over it. He was a fellow
you’d feel suspicious about at
once.”
“What time was this?” asked
Mrs. Blank.
“Just after eleven.”
Mrs. Blank stiffened.
“That was Mr. Blank,” she said.
SKATING SONG
|
A stout man, fat and forty.
Was trying hard to skate,
To show that he was sporty
And strictly up-to-date,
And as he cut an angle,
Although ho tried his best,
His feet got in a tangle
And you can guess the rest.
After Thought
A chorus girl introduced her
1 young man to another chorus girl,
with the result that he transferred
his affections. The aggrieved girl
| gave her rival a piece of her mind
i in a letter, which read;
“You Heartless Creature You
knew very well we had been going
I about together for six months. Wait
till I lay my hands on you, you
good-for-nothing bleached blonde.
I I’ll scratch your face, pull out your
j hair, and throw acid on you. Yours
truly, C N .
“P.S.—Please excuse pencil.”
White Elephants
In a town where everything is up
; to date and the people are always
I planning some new scheme, a shock
! ing thing happened. One of the pop
ular society women announced a
i “White Elephant Party.” Every
guest was to bring something that
she could not find any use for, and
yet too good to throw away. The
i party would have been a great suc
j cess but for the unlooked-for de
velopment which broke it up. Eleven
of the nineteen women brought their
husbands.
Or a Quandary
The sergeant raged as his squad
i of recruits turned left when they
should have turned right and vice
versa. Private Higgins was the
greatest offender, and the sergeant,
going up to him, bawled in his ear:
“Haven’t you ever drilled before
| in your life?”
“Yes, sergeant," replied Higgins.
| “I once drilled for three years.”
“Oh, indeed . . . and where?"
| snapped the sergeant.
“In a quarry," grinned Higgins.
ENTERTAINING
j
“The new dances certainly pro
vide everybody with occupation.”
“That's right. If you don’t dance
them, you can at least abuse them.”
Nothing But
"Uncle Jim, a kiss can’t be any
thing but a kiss, can it?”
“No. my boy, of course not.”
“Well, when sister kissed her beau
the other night I heard him say it
was Heaven.”
Or Did She?
Hubby—Darling, did you take a
dollar bill out of my right-hand
pants pocket last night?
Wifey—Certainly not. Mavbe you
don’t know it, but there’s a hole in
that pocket.
NOTICE
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
It has always been our practice to serve you
with promptness but in view of the shortage
in rubber we are forced to curtail our deliv
eries, to conserve our truck tires.
We will make three deliveries daily, one at
9 A. M., one at 11 A. M., and one at 6 P. M.
Please bear with us until the present emer
gency is over. We thank you for the business
you have given us during the past 30 years.
J. W. Bloodworth
Phone 94 : Delivery Service ; Ferry, Ga.
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CAPTAIN’S INSPECTION ON BOARD ONE
OF THE U.S. NAVY’S “COVERED WAGONS”
Members of the crew of the air-
craft carrier U. S, S. SARATOGA
are pictured as they line up for Cap-
tain s inspection. Aircraft carriers in
the U. S. Navy are called “covered
wagons’* because their miniature
half-acre airfields serve as the top-
side decks for their hangars beneath
and form the largest covered decks
of any type ship in the Navy.
At the present time the U. S. Navy
has six carriers in operation from
any one of whose decks as many as
seventy-four planes can be launched
in eighteen minutes and can be
NAVY COURTMEN PRACTICE
BASKETBALL ON SHIPBOARD
Perfect physical fitness is re-
quired of sailors in the U. S. Navy
end Naval Reserve. Excellent ath-
Ictic facilities are provided both
r float and ashore.
Pictured above are bluejackets
on the aircraft tender U.S.S.
Wright holding basketball prac-
tic? on shipboard. Almost every
shin in the U. S. Navy has,its own
basketball team. Rivalry among
landed in slightly more than twice
this time. In spite of their great
height and length, these carriers are
officially credited with designed
speeds oi from 29 to 34 knots, which
is nearly that of the destroyers,
With new Navy ships of all de
scriptions being launched at the rate
of at least one every ten days, the
Navy and Naval Reserve need men
and offer opportunities for any quali
fied young man to receive free spe
cialized training worth hundreds of
dollars while receiving excellent pay
from the first day of enlistment.
the crows of the various crafts
runs high. In addition to basket
hall—football, baseball, boxing,
bowling, wrestling and tennis all
rank high as sports with Uncle
I Sam’s sailors. Organized intra
fleet competitions are held for most
sports. Trophies and individual
awards usually are presented to
the championship winning teams
and players, __ _
CLASSIFIED ADS
For Sale-One Duo-Therm Oil
Burning Heater complete with
5 gallon tank and mat. Practical
ly new. Will sell for half price.
R. E. Brown, Perry, Ga.
For Rent—Three rooms and
kitchenette.
Miss Lula Hurst, Perry, Ga.
Rooms for Rent —Three fur
nished rooms, hot water and
electric refrigerator. Apply
Mrs. W. A. Curtis,
2:5 Phone 196, Perry, Ga.
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For Rent—Two brick store
buildings on Jernaghan street.
Would remodel for lease. Apply
Miss Martha Cooper,
Perry, Ga.
For Sale—One Building Lot in
Old Field. On paved highway.
; Price reasonable.
F. M. Greene Sr.
Perry, Ga.
For Rent—One new, five-room
house. Apply H. E. Gordon,
Perry, Ga.
For Sale —Just received anoth
'er big shipment of the famous
Hickory one and two horse farm
wagons. Built with lecust wood
hubs good for 100 years,
I Merritt & Anderson Bros. Co.
1:29 Hawkinsville, Ga.
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
Audits - Systems - Income Tax
~QU9CK
Symptoms cf Distress Arising from
STOMACH ULCERS
due to EXCESS ACID
FreeßookTellsof HomeTroatmentthat
Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing
Over ono million bottles of the WILLARD
TREATMENT have been sold for rebel of
symptoms ol distress arisin:; from Stomacii
and Duodenal Ulcers due to Excess Acid—
Poor Digestion, Sour or Upset Stomach,
Gassiness, Heartburn, Sleeplessness, etc.,
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Ask for “Willard’s Message" which fully
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HOUSTON DRUG CO.
LEGAL SALE OF LAND
GEORGIA.—Houston County:
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a security deed dat
; ed August 1, 1941 given by T. A.
Ward and Owens Barnes to R. R.
Pratt, recorded in Book 41, folio
395. Clerk’s Office, Houston Su
perior Court, which security deed
was properly transferred to J.
M. Hirsch on October 24, 1941,
and duly transferred by J. M.
Hirsch to the undersigned on
December 2, 1941, there will be
sold at public outcry to the high
est bidder for cash, on the first
Tuesday in February 1942, be
tween the legal hours of sale, be
fore the courthouse door in Hous
ton County, Georgia, the follow
ing described property:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the Fifth
Land District of Houston Countv,
Georgia, being a City lot in the
Wellston Addition, the subdivis
ion of R. R. Pratt, the said sub
division lying contiguous to and
just out of the town of Wellston
as laid out by Macon Construe
tion Company. Said lot being
known as lot No. 6in Block No.
4 of said R. R. Pratt subdivision,
according to plat of same made
Iby H. D. Cutter, C. E., on July
j 12, 1941, and recorded in Map
Book 1, page 315, Clerk’s Office,
Houston Superior Court, reference
oeing made to said plat for a
more complete description.
Default having occurred in the
payment of said note due Novem
ber 1, 1941, the power of sale
contained in said security deed
has become operative.
The property will be sold, pro
ceeds distributed, deed made in
compliance with the terms of
said security deed.
MRS. NELLIE WARD.
Carl L. Beard, Attorney.
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ORDINARY’S CITATIONS
GEORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY.
J. E. Carswell. Administrate*-
of the estate of R. L. Edmund
son, deceased, having applied for
letters of dismission from his ad
ministration; this is therefore to
notify all persons concerned to
show cause, if any they can, why
his petition should not be grant
ed at the Court of Ordinary cn
first Monday in February, 1942.
This January 4. 1942/
John L. Hodges, Ordinary.
‘Hoolock’
The Hoolock gobim of Assam, In
dia, is named for its cry of “Hoo
lock.”
DISSOLUTION NOTICE^
Georgia, Houston County
To the Superior Court of Hnm,
ton County: oas>
The petition of Houston Dr.
| Company * Georgia Corpora,*
respectfully shows: n
(1)
That your petitioner, jjcmtn
Drug Company, was duly .S
legally incorporated by order
judgment of the Superior Court
20 H iy32 to " Col,nty &|,ter “ i >0
(2)
Your petitioner desires to sur
render its charter and franchise
as a corporation to the State and
1 further desires that it be disolv
ed as a corporation.
(3)
Your petitioner shows to th P
court that at a meeting of th
stockholders of Houston iw
Company, duly called f or the
purpose, a resolution was adorn
ed by the affirmative vote 0 f the
owners of all the capital stock
jof your petitioner, resolving that
: the corporation shall surrender
! its charter and franchises to the
State and be dissolved as a cor
poration. A certified copy 0 {
said resolution is hereto attach
ed, same being marked exhibit
WHEREAS your petitioner
prays that the surrender of its
charter and its franchises to be
approved by this court and that
an order and degree be passed
dissolving your petitioner as a
corporation.
S. A. NUNN,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Georgia, Houston County.
Before me an officer of said
state and county duly authorized
by law to administer oaths, per
sonally appeared J. A. Bedding
field, who being first duly sworn,
deposes and on oath says;
That he is president of Hous
ton Drug Company and is a
stockholder in said corporation:
that the facts set out in the
- above and foregoing petition are
1 true.
J. A. BEDDINGFIELD.
Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me this 31st day of Decem
ber, 1941,
F. M. HOUSER,
N. P. Houston County, Georgia.
My-commission expires Decem
ber 30. 1943.
Georgia, Houston County.
I, S. L. Norwood, Secretary
and Treasurer, of Houston Drug
Company, a Georgia Corporation
do hereby certifiy that at a meet
ing of the Stockholders of Hous
ton Drug Company, called for
the purpose, held in Perry, Geor
gia at lour o’clock p. m., Jan
uary 31, 1941, the following res
olution was unanimously adopted,
“Resolved that Houston Drug
Company surrender its charter
and franchises to the State and
be dissolved as a corporation.
I “Resolved further that the
, officers of the corporation take
i the necessary steps to carry out
this resolution.
I further certify that all of the
outstanding stock was represent
ed in person at said meeting of
stockholders and that the above
and foregoing resolution was du
ly adopted by the affirmative
| vote of all the stockholders of
! said corporation.
I further certify that the
above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the resolu
i tion adopted as same appears on
' the minutes of the corporation.
S. L. NORWOOD,
Secretary & Treasurer.
Georgia, Houston County.
The above and foregoing peti
tion of Houston Company to sur
-1 render its charter and franchises
and be dissolved as a corporation
being presented to me, it is or
■ dered that a hearing on said pe
tition be had before me at the
! Court House in Perry, Houston
County, Georgia at 9 o’clock a.
m. on the 31st day of January,
1942: it is further ordered that
said petition and this order shall
be filed in the office of the Clerk
of Houston Superior Court: it '*
further ordered that a copy ol
said petition and this order W
published once a week for lo ur
weeks, next preceeding the date
of the hearing on said petition,
said publication to be in th e
newspaper wherein sheriff’s sales
| for and in Houston County are
published: the expense of suen
publication is to be paid by P etl *
tioner, ,
At Chambers this Ist day 0
January. 1942.
A. JVi. ANDERSON.
J. S. C. M. C.
Origin of Sabotage
The word “sabotage,” much in
news, is from the French “sabo
a wooden shoe. In its origin®
terpretation, the meaning c2 ‘ g
from the practice of throwing
wooden shoe into the machinery
i order to stop
