Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 23, 1942, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON 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. A BIG JOB TO DO You know, weve got a big jol to do right here in Houston Coun ty. Our Government has set f quota for us in its War Saving Program. The amount of Wa Bonds and Stamps that we must buy is a lot bigger than what we have been buying. Now, we don’t want to fall down on this job while every other county in America equals and exceeds its <juota. Every citizen of this county must make up his mind to buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps to the limit in order to meet this quota set for us by the United States Government. Ten percent, fifteen percent, yes, and even twenty-five percent of our incomes must be used for the purchase of War Savings Bonds and Stamps, This isn't a two jiercent war, my friends. This is a total war that will take a good many billions of our dol lars. Now let’s get in there and show the rest of the United States that Houston County rec ognizes the needs of its govern ment. Buy War Savings Bonds ami Stamps to the limit, all you can possibly afford. Make your pledge now and double it every month hereafter until Houst n County goes over the top in this drive. GARDENING FOR VtGID If Make a garden profitable b using good soil, good sjed, good fertilizer, and controlling g o e insects and diseases. Plan to have a surplus of fruits and vegetables that can be canned and stored. Plant something in the garden every week during the year and you will have something to eat from the garden each week. Vegetables can ue grown in the garden for much less inau what it will cost to buy the and the quality and health value is much higher. In the summer garden it • well to plant beans (bushj p >1 . and lima), beets, collards, «c »r pepper, egg plant, okra, squash, tomatoes and Irish p tatoes. BORROWED SQUIO.J A dream girl is the kind t'i makes a man rave m hh si *e>' Many a man has to buckle down to make both ends meet. Maybe liberty is a gilt but iO one that can be token awav, too Some men tell 0 he of Mi whole cloth in spinning a yarn. The man who is uiw .> ium np fora fight can usually scratch up one. We are all in the same ho t It behooves everyone to dip in an oar and help. Another thing about the 111:1 who has a pend credit is that h is not all the time using it. You can change some thing with camoull «ge. but nothiiu else has the taste of soap except soup. “What is the shape of the world?” asks Robert L. Ripley. Our guess is that it is in a uev.j of a shape. With Donald Duck in the mo vies, it seems that we are turn ing from ham actors to quacks. Human nature is what mike the average man take hansel 1 more seriously than his friends. There are more people win will talk cents to you than ill os* who try to talk sense. Job had patience but we bet lu never attended a three-hour bin quet. A man can’t remain a gone egg for any long period unless he is hard-boiled. You don't have to tell the aver age man when it’s Easter. H< knows it from the clothing bills he receives. The honeymoon is over whet the bride accuses him of cirim more for his auto tb" 1 11 does h e r. —Greensboro Herald Journal. mulberry bush A guest left his hotel room early in the morning and took the ele vator to the ground floor. He then proceeded to the revolving door, en tered and spent the next two min utes going round and round with the door. “Just a minute, sir,” said the puz r zled hotel porter. "Do you realize you’ve been going round in this re volving door for several minutes? There seems little sense in it.” The guest said; “It's quite all ! right. I’m just taking a walk be fore breakfast to sharpen my appe tite.” “Why don't you walk down the street instead of galloping round in ’ I the revolving door?” suggested the j porter. The guest shook his head. “I can’t go too far,” he exclaimed. “I’m expecting a telephone call any minute!" MATTER OF TASTE L “That screeching of that soprano makes me weary.” “I thought you liked high bawls?” Simply Ripping “Are you the manager?” snapped the man who strode angrily into the laundry. “Then what about this week's washing?” “We’ve dispatched all orders, sir,” replied the manager soothingly; ; “may I remind you that we spe cialize in quick service?” “Quick service!” snorted the cus ; tomcr, as he produced a shirt with 1 half its tail missing. “Well, this 1 certainly looks as if you’ve been in a tearing hurry.” Nasty Man At a busy crossing, a bus had to pull up very sharply and a lorry behind humped into it. The lorry-driver jumped down, ’ ran to the front of the bus and told 1 the driver a lot of home-truths about his driving. When he stopped for want of breath the bus-driver leaned out of ; the window and said very quietly: “I thought you’d be a little cross!” Telepathy “Do you believe in mental telepa i thy?” “I have to when I see so many humorists thinking of the same joke at the same time.” Meouw! “You say you lead a regular dog’s f life?” , “Not a regular dog—no. It’s a little pup of my wife’s I take out airing every day.” I I Sister II Marie told me that she would be A sister that is all! 1 And so I take my socks to her To darn whenever I call. LOGICAL “Whom are they going to appoint ns policeman?” “Why, the Pinching Bug, of i course!" Up to Date > !Io talked of love in a cottage ! But she firmly answered: “No!” And his rival won by talking Of love in a bungalow. Penalty Hubby—Twenty-five dollars for a 1 spring hat. That’s a sin. ! Wifey—Never mind, dearest; the sin will he on my head. In-Laws "What is the evil of divorce and remarriage?” “The trouble of breaking in a ; new mother-in-law.” Number, Please Bette-—Now that we’re engaged, you’ll give me a ring, won’t you? Ed—Yes, certainly, dear. What’s your number? Day by Day Joany—Tell me, Robert, do they serve weak soup at your house? Robert I’ll say week in and week out. Hard Hit “Is he deeply in love?” “Yes, ho thinks all the girls on the magazine covers look like her.” Well “She says I’m one man in a thou sand.” “Rather small percentage, eh?" Diplomat Teacher—How old would a person ' be who was born in 1894? Johnny—Man or woman? (Acci)dental “How’d you lose your front teeth, dental operation?” “Nope. Accidental.” Modest (7) “Did anyone in your family ever make a brilliant marriage?” “Only my wife.” Current Wit I? HEADS YOU WIN The fewest was being shown to his bed in the haunted room by his ; host's faithful, but rather sinister ( looking, retainer. At the door of the room they paused. “B-b-by the way,” said the guest, j “has anything—er—unusual ever happened in connection with this 1 room?” ‘‘Not for over 50 years, sir,” said j the servant hollowly. ‘‘And what happened then?” ! asked the guest, with a sigh of re- I lief. i ‘‘A gentleman who spent the night here appeared at breakfast the next morning,” came the reply. , Not Having Any After examining his patient, a widow, the doctor smiled gently. ‘‘There’s nothing wrong with you, madam,” he said. “Your nerves are | a bit run down—you lead rather too lonely a life. Have you ever i thought of getting married again?” “Oh, doctor!” she beamed. “Is j this a proposal?” He held up a warning-off hand as he replied quickly; “A doctor prescribes medicine; he ! doesn’t take it.” GUESS AGAIN j f &T\ : x m!ROIJ “You have been tried by adver j sity, my friend?” “You’re wrong in the name, mis ter. It was Judge Green.” Old Haunts “Oh, doctor,” cried a wild-eyed man, “I’m dreadfully afflicted. The ghosts of my departed relatives come and perch on the tops of the fenceposts all round my garden when dusk is falling. I can look out | into the gloaming any evening and I see a couple of dozen spooks sitting I on top of the posts, waiting, waiting, j waiting! What shall I do?” “Sharpen the tops of the posts.” Happy Is She As she wailed for the car which would take her to the church the i bride heaved a sigh of satisfaction. I “Darling, I feel so happy,” she ! said to her bridesmaid. “Today I’m marrying the man I want." “Believe you me, my dear,” said the worldly wise bridesmaid, “to be perfectly happy a woman ought to marry the man somebody else , j wants.” Puff-Puff i The fat man was all bent over, ! struggling with something, and the curious old lady was watching him I intently. “Oh, so you’re tying your shoe,” i she said sweetly. Red in the face, he looked up in j disgust. “No, lady,” he snorted, “I'm j practicing Boy Scout knots.” Education “Frank told me last night that I was the prettiest girl he’d ever seen.” “Oh, that’s nothing, he said the j same to me a year ago.” “I know that, but as one grow's older one’s taste improves, you i know.” GYMNASTIC I “Doesn’t that Mrs. Tomkins cn ! amel her face?” “1 think so. I notice she has to 1 leave the room when she wants to | ; change her expression.” Truism i The man whose cash was swept away Was but a gambler, we are told, j While he who won, the thoughtless say, Was an investor, shrewd and bold. Advertising “Has the income tax made any [ I difference in your affairs?” Theatrical Star—Yes. I have had to make good to the government on j the salary my manager mentions in | , advertising. ! ‘Open Sesame’ and Farmer Gets Rain When Wanted Missouri farmers who, like their brothers throughout the land, are forced in time of drouth to depend upon old-fashioned prayer or the ex pensive and unpredictable efforts of a professional rainmaker, envy the ability of H. F. Eisenreich of St. Louis to get rain for his crops all summer, any time he wants it. Mr. Eisenreich carries on his agri cultural activities in an old railway tunnel on the outskirts of the city. Measuring 478 feet in length, 15 feet in width and 40 feet in height, the tunnel has only an entrance and an exit. This fact, together with Mr. Eisenreich’s working knowledge of some of the secrets of Mother Na ture, forms the basis for his unique and successful experiment in mush room culture With this in mind, Eisenreich boarded up entrance and exit, thus maintaining a constant temperature inside without the use of costly heating or cooling devices. He had checked the tunnel temperature and found that the average winter reading was 50 degrees, and in sum mer closer to 60. So, when he want ed rain, he merely opened the door. In rushed the war summer air, met the cool tunnel air, condensed, and from the solid rock came the expect ed steady drizzle. Eisenreich’s homemade “sprinkling system” was a success right from the start. Now, his large mushroom crop is planted, watered, raised, harvested and sold at a neat profit, without its owner being dependent on outside weather conditions. Convicts in State House Have Own Eating Signals Shaking a knife at someone across the table is not considered impolite in the lowa State penitentiary at Fort Madison. It merely means that the shaker wants the turnips. Silence is enforced in the prison dining room but the men have signs that signal their needs. Seated eight or nine at a long, nar row table, they pass their plates to the end, where waiters serve the food. The man on the end passes the filled plates back. He also sig nals the kind of food the waiters are bringing. When the end man beats the table with his spoon, his comrades know that fruit or dessert is on the way. The reason behind all these regu lations for table etiquette is the ban on talking by prisoners when they are eating—and the guards keep a sharp eye on the boys when they arc signaling their meal-time wants. Science Saves Holly If your sprig or wreath of holly held its leaves longer this Yule, credit it to science. If on the other hand, they dropped too soon, blame it on a “gas attack.” Dr. J. A. Milbrath, plant patholo gist, and Henry Hartman, horticul turalist at Oregon State college, dis covered that ethylene gas emanat ing from ripe fruit causes holly and similar plants to drop their leaves prematurely. Unfortunately much of the west ern holly is shipped to eastern and midwestern markets in refrigerator cars which also contain ripe fruit. Result—the leaves come tumbling down before St. Nick’s rendezvous. Dr. Milbrath and Hartman decided to do their bit to preserve the holi day spirit. They developed a hor mone spray which counteracts the ethylene and keeps holly green and fresh and well leafed. The treat ment also preserves holly which has been exposed to ripe fruit, excess moisture and even to illuminating gas which contains ethylene. Many Immune to Paralysis There is less than one chance in 1,000 for a city resident to get in fantile paralysis and the other 999 are immunized without knowing that they have picked up the in fection, said Dr. Louis J. Wolf, city health officer. “The past experience with out breaks of poliomyelitis reveals that the greatest number of cases usual ly occur in the latter part of Sep tember and October, thereafter de | dining rapidly. I “The risk of the city dwellers in , contracting this disease is certain i ly much less than one chance in j 1,000. The virus is not spread by i inanimate objects, but from person ! to person, probably chiefly healthy carriers and the 999 or more persons ! become immune in this way with | out ever showing any signs of symp toms of the process having taken place.” Farm Chemurgy No longer are farm products raised only for consumption in their old familiar forms. Chemists re port that 86 agricultural products supply 133 basic raw materials man ufactured into 240 different products which have more than 400 uses! Translated freely, farm chemurgy means putting chemistry and relat ed sciences to work in industry so as to benefit the farmer in particular and society in general. In less than a decade this new approach to utilizing farm surpluses has changed the agricultural aspecl of the South. Cotton has ceased to be the undisputed King. Soy beans and peanuts have become profitable crops; forest management achieve ments have convinced fanners tha their pine forests can be treated ; a reliable crop. i HOW IB KEEP LAWNS FERTILE j< 1 If yards must be cleaned, it is i best to brush them lightly to get - rid of coarse material and leave the blanket of clippings and leaves, on the ground, according to County Agent W. T. Middle brooks. I “When thinking of soil conser vation and soil improvement, we need to consider the lawn as well as the field,’’the Extension agent advised this week. He pointed out that many i Georgia lawns are seriously in jured each year by vigorous Tak ings given in the spring. Lawn i fertility needs to be saved, he ' said, and raking out all organic matter from around grass roots | destroys fertility. “It is advisable to clip grass often and leave the fine clippings 1 on the ground each time,” he ex- 1 plained, “Also, when the mow-; 1 er is set to leave the grass as j j i long as possible, weed growth j ‘ will be hindered. If the lawn j needs fertilizer, 10 pounds of . cottonseed meal and 3 pounds 1 superphosphate per 1,000 square ‘ feet will be enough. Cottonseed meal can be applied at any time. ! Commercial fertilizer should be | watered in after it is applied. “Although no farmer wants I Bermuda grass in his field, it is 1 one of the best grasses available j for Georgia lawns and pastures.” i Now is a good lime to plant Ber- 1 rnuda grass in the yard and the j deeper it is planted the better. * If a team and turning plow' is : used in planting Bermuda, drop j Bermuda in furrows and cover J completely. Next, harrow,;' smooth, and firm the soil. If fer j tilizer is broadcast before plow- 1 ing, the grass should be up in aj l few weeks and ready to mow. ’ ! LETTER FROM NEGRO FARMER!; j !: Editor Heme Journal C Dear Sir: Would like to write a short let- ! ter through our home town pa- ; per that it might serve a good cause. i Lawrence Bannister. Dear Uncle Sam: I laid all work aside Army Day and went to Macon, Georgia. I saw the great Army Day Parade. The most beautiful picture I have ever seen. It filled my heart i with joy to see the group of ne- i gro soldiers of the 16th Battalion |' of Comp Wheeler. Their perfect! marching w f as something to be admired by every one and the band played so well. After the ! parade was over I went to the ! camp, I w 7 as treated very fine by the white soldiers of the camp. They explained every question I asked them with cour tesy. After going through the : while soldiers’ part of the camp, I went through the colored sec tion and viewed the great 16th. : They are the finest specimen of; humanity with their perfect p : march. I would say that Hitler’s | goose step does not compare with ! their perfect marching. I want to say the American negroes have never failed you. They played their part in the! Revolution and Civil Wars. The negro soldiers charged San Juan | Hill with Theodore Roosevelt in ; i the Spanish-American War. The! American negro turned the tide 1 of battle in the first World War, [ i and they will do it again. The 11 American negro has produced < five World Champions, namely:!] Bishop L. H. Holsey, the world’s ! ■ greatest preacher; Dr. Booker T. i i Washington, the great educator ! who taught education of the 1 head, heart, and hand; Jack Johnson of his time, the greatest boxer; Eddie Tolan, the world’s greatest runner; Dr. George Washington Carver, the great chemist that has caused us to ( value the lowly peanut: and still we have Joe Louis, the present ; champion of the world, and he is 1 a great soldier. The negroes of America tunell- * ed the Hudson River in New 1 York. The American negro built * : the Georgia Southern and Flori- j da Railroad with picks and shov- j els and wheelbarrows. They have ■ made the Red Hills of Georgia ; grow wonderful crops. We have not failed you at home nor on the battle field. We are a part ' of this great America and we will do our part. We will fight i the battle. We will build the J camps and depots. We will grow' 1 the food. We will grow the cot- 1 j ton to make the clothes. We will t work anywheie and not strike s and after all is said and done I from our meager income we will j buy bonds for victory. i Lawrence Banister ] 1 Berry, Georgia. CLASSIFIED ADS Foi-Rent-BmUmKon co Ball and Commerce streets ably for cafe or other bus’in.' Apply Mrs. 0. B, Muse, esl. Phone 2403, Perry, Q a For Rent New five r o nr« house. Apply H. E. Gordon 4:23 Perry, ° G \ A. W. DAHLBERG Certified Public Accountant Perry, Georgia Audits - Systems - Income Tax LEGAL SALE OF LAND By virtue of the power con tained in a certain deed with power of sale to secure debt given by Perry Warehouse Com pany to the Fort Valiev Oil Com pany and recorded in deed book 41 page 61, Clerk’s Office Hous ton Superior Court, which deed was transferred to J. P. Ether idge, said transfer recorded in deed book 41 page 61 Clerk’s Of fice, will be sold before the court house door in Perry Georgia dur ing the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash, on Tues day, May sth, 1942, the follow ing property: “All that tractor parcel of land situated, lying and being in the City of Perry,Hous ton County Georgia and begin ning at the southeast corner of lot of Hardy Powell on Ball street and running in a southerly di rection along Ball street a dis tance of 60 feet. Thence in a westerly direction parallel with Hardy Powell south line to Jer nigan street, thence along Jer nighan street a distance of 60 feet more or less, to lot of Smith, Beckham & Warren; bounded on north by Smith, Beckham &War ren; and Hardy Powell, on the south by Mrs. Mary L.Fudgeand J. R. Fudge; east by Ball street and west by Jernighan street. Said land will be sold for the purpose of paying a certain debt as evidenced by two promissory notes for the principal sum of $750.00 each dated February 25, 1931 and due October 1, 1931, The said Ferry Warehouse Com pany having failed to pay said notes when due the whole debt becomes due and payable. The proceeds from said sale will be applied first to the payment of said debt and the interest on same and all taxes due and ail cost of this proceedings and the balance if any will be paid to the legal representatives of said Per ry Warehouse Company. A deed to the purchaser will be made by the undersigned, J. P. Etheridge, Transferee. J. W. Bloodworth, Attorney at-Law. SHERIFF’S SALE Georgia, Houston County. Will be sold before the Court House door, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues day in May, 1942, the following property, to-wit; I sofa, 1 mattress, 1 pair bed springs, 1 table, 1 bed room suit, consisting of bed, chest of draw ers, vanity, and vanity bench, 1 table, 1 breakfast suit, consist ing of 1 table and four chairs; 1 upholstered chair; 3 window shades; 1 blue rug, 9 x 12 feet; 1 pair pillows: 1 living room chair; 8 Venetian blinds; 1 nite table; 3 yards linoleum; 1 set of meliotone pottery; 1 chest of drawers. Levied on as the pro perty of the defendant, Carey B. Andrew Jr,, and found in his po session to satisfy an attachment from the Justice Court, 619 Disk G. M. Houston County Georgia. This March 18, 1942. C. C. PIERCE. Sheriff- ORDINARY’S CITATIONS GEORGIA, Houston County. I. B. Griffin, Guardian of Ira Bradford Griffin, Jr., minor, hav ing applied for Letters of B. 1S ] mission from his Guardianship, this is to notifiy all persons con cerned to show cause, if an - v they can, why his application should not be granted at the Court of Ordinary on the First .Monday in June, 1942. This April 6, 1942. JOHN L. HODGEs. Ordinary- Georgia, Houston County. Mrs. Ophelia K. Gurr, Admin istratrix of the estate of W -Ha vl * Kunz, deceased, having apP‘ ie for Letters of Dismission her administration; this is to no tify all persons concerned, show cause, if any they can.""- her application should not granted at the Court of O |U ' nary on the First Monday in - >la - * 1942. rt _ rrs JOHN L. HODGES- Onlmar)"