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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBY C. HODGES. Editor.
Official Orfran 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. j
A Good Example
An office boy dashed into his cm- j
ployer’s office and asked loudly if he
might go to the baseball game.
Startled, the employer looked up.
“That is no way to ask permission,”
he said. "Let me give you a lesson
in etiquette. I will go out and
act your part. You sit at my desk
and make believe you are the boss.”
The youngster sat down and the
man left the office. Presently he
knocked on the door. The boy told
him to come in.
The employer entered, noiselessly.
“I wonder, sir,” he asked, meekly,
“if you would be so kind as to let
me have the afternoon off? I want
very much to see a baseball game.”
The youngster looked up, grinning
broadly. ‘‘Why certainly!” he ex
claimed. “And here’s a dollar to
have some fun with!”
County Cork
Turning round a corner rather too
quickly, a taxi ran into a trades
man’s cart, upsetting it and scat
tering its contents all over the road.
Promptly a policeman appeared,
and began taking particulars.
“What’s your name?” he asked |
the taxi-driver.
“Michael O’Brien.”
“Indeed, and that’s my name, j
too! What part of Oireland do ye I
come from?”
“Cork.”
“Cork, is it? Sure, just wait you
there a bit while I go over and
charge that careless fellow with
backing into you.”
DOESN’T GET IT
“He speaks seven different lan- [
guages.”
“Yes, but nobody takes much in
terest to what he says in any of
them.”
As They Say
As a member of an amateur
dramatic company had fallen ill, a
substitute was sought at the last
moment. He had only six words to
say: “I see a sheet of flame,” and
he soon learned them.
When the night came, he was full
of confidence until he was actually
facing the audience. Then he lost
his nerve.
“I flee a shate," he began; “I
flee a sheet—l flay a shleet—l shay
—Oh, the blinking house is on fire!” |
Dog House
Heck—What were you and your
wife quarreling about?
Peck—Well, she said a certain girl
was beautiful, and I made the mis
take of agreeing with her.
Small Fry
“Sammy, tell mama that papa
he detained at the office tonight.”
“All right, pop, but I’ll hafter git
up a new one for you. Ma s gittin’
wise.”
Wise Words
There is some place
Where you will fit;
Go seek it out
And do your bit.
Age Limit
“Girls will be girls.”
“Yes, there seems to be no age
limit which applies to that descrip
tion.”
C-A-T
Said Billie, "Teacher is a boob,
And I am sure of that.
Today she asked me how to spell
A simple word like cat.”
Costly
Gladys—Was the bracelet Charlie
gave you set with precious stones?
Dorothy—Yes, precious few.
tlO% OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WAR BONDS
Feeding Goldfish
Feeding goldfish is quite simple.
They will eat everything within rea
son. The dry fish foods sold com
mercially are quite sufficient. They
appreciate a few garden worms,
however, or a few flies or other in
jects. In very large pools, a istiff
mash of oatmeal boiled with shred
ded liver and put into the pool in
Jumps once in a while is sufficient
to keep the fish in good shape.
1 -~~~IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. |
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.*
Lesson for September 13
Lennon eubject* and Scripture texte «e- I
letted and copyrighted by Internationi*
Council of Religloui Education; aeed by
j permiaelon.
JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY
LESSON TEXT —Genesis 37:23-36.
GOLDEN TEXT—Love envleth not —I Co-
I rlnthlans 13:4. R.V.
Does it pay to trust God? I* He
really concerned about the affairs
of men? Does He know the trials
and the heartaches of His children?
These are the crying questions of
today, and they find their answer
in God’s dealings with men of the
past. The story of Joseph has many
interesting and instructive phases,
but perhaps the most important just
now is the truth of our lesson, “The
Lord saith . . . them that honor
me I will honor.”
We first find Joseph as he learns
that
I. Jealousy Bears Bitter Fruit
(vv. 23-30).
Joseph was his father’s favorite [
and was shown that favoritism in !
many ways, but it was perhaps most
fully expressed in the coat of many
color«. This was a luxurious long
robe with sleeves, indicating that he
was a gentleman and not to do or- !
dinary work of one who wore the
sleeveless, knee-length tunic. His ;
brothers deeply resented this evi- I
dence of the father’s favor.
The dreams which Joseph rather
I innocently yet perhaps unwisely
told to his brothers and his honest
j report of their wicked behavior
fanned the flame of jealousy into a
I consuming fire which threatened his
j life. But God, through Joseph’s
| brother Judah and through the op
portunity they had to make money
out of selling him into slavery, kept
him for His own purposes.
May we not learn that the darkest
hour may be the time of God’s deep {
interest and directing power. The !
only way strong men can be devel- j
oped is by suffering hardness and |
trial. “God wants iron saints, and |
since there is no way of imparting j
iron to the moral nature than by ,
letting His people suffer, He lets
them suffer (Heb. 12:11)” (Meyer). 1
Parents should also learn here the
dangers of favoritism among chil
dren. It is one of the most destruc
i tive of evil influences that can enter
j a home. It hurts the child who is
| favored, alienates the other chil
dren, and it destroys confidence in
parents and respect for their author
ity. Let’s have none of it!
11. Deceit Attempts to Conceal
Sin (vv. 31-35).
One of the tragic things about sin
is that a wicked act does not stand 1
alone but leads into another sin to
cover the first. In the case of
Joseph’s brethren, their sin against i
him was covered by deceit. They !
lied to the father and maintained I
that lie for years, even though they
saw that their aged father was j
I brokenhearted. How callous sin I
makes the heart of a man!
Yet the very fact that they lied j
| to cover their sin indicates that they
[ were ashamed to admit that they
had fallen so low. James Strahan
well says: “Evil never dares to be
sincere. It always borrows the col
ors and wears the garb of inno
cence. It has a whole lifetime of
hard labor in keeping up appear
i ances. Hypocrisy is the tribute
which all bad men have to pay to
the ideal of goodness.”
111. God Overrules Evil for Good
(v. 30.
It was God’s plan that Joseph
should come to his greatest useful
i ness in his place of authority in
Egypt, so He directed the sale of
1 the young slave into the home of
j Potiphar, a leading officer of
Pharaoh.
The story of Joseph’s life in
Potiphar’s house is one of unusual
interest. Faithfulness to duty, loy
alty to God and truth led to shifting
experiences of imprisonment and of
j favor, but ultimately he came out
I into the place of leadership in the
j government of Egypt. In this place
God marvelously blessed and used
i him.
Since the matter of the relation
of men to government is so much
before us these days, it will be well
to note that Scripture holds a very
exalted view of the public servant.
Paul says we are to “be subject unto
j the higher powers. For there is no
i power but of God: the powers that
1 be are ordained of God” (Rom.
! 13:1). The Bible clearly teaches
; that every governmental agency
| and every public servant, from the
| policeman on the beat to the Presi
dent in the White House, is only per
mitted to exercise authority over his
fellowmen because God has or
dained that there should be such
government. Clear it is that every
right-thinking official of state and
nation should be humble, teachable,
discreet, and wise in the exercise of
his power, and God-fearing in the
discharge of his responsibility.
Our lesson provides unusual op»
portunity for the teaching of propes
family relationships, the right at»
titude toward government, as wel|
as the blessed assurance and con*
fidence which we may have whf
have intrusted our lives into tfyf
hands of God. irrun litr 1
Wit
u and iM
Hum WJ,
MIRAGE
It wa« his first fight, and in the
first round he had been badly
hammered. His second tried to
i cheer him up. In the next round
I it was even worse, but his second
| was not dismayed.
| “Go on, lad,” he said enthusi
astically: “you’re doing fine. He
never laid a glove on you.”
The novice was puzzled, so, as he
stood up for the third round, he
said;
“Keep your eye on the referee
this time. Someone’s hitting me!”
Pointed
After a searching cross-examina
tion, the little woman in the witness
box remained quite calm. At last
j the lawyer exclaimed;
“You say you had no education,
but you answered all my questions
smartly enough.”
“Yes, sir,” replied the witness
meekly; “but you don’t have to be
a scholar to answer silly questions.”
Retort
One woman who had fought her
way to a counter thought she wasn’t
1 receiving sufficient attention.
“If I were trying to match polite
! ness,” she snapped, staring at an
assistant, “I’d have a hard time in
j this shop.”
“Madam,” replied the assistant,
; “will you kindly let me see your
! sample?”
TWO’S A CROWD
“Sir, I have come to ask for the
hand of your daughter in marriage.”
"Which one—Jane or Helen?”
“Jane, sir."
“Do you make enough to support
I two?”
“But, sir, I only wish one.”
At a Distance
Summer is alluring
When it’s far away;
Homage it’s securing—
This we gladly pay.
But when it has come hot
And we feel the smart
Then we think it somewhat
Overdoes the part.
Preferred
Army Sergeant—Have you any
preference?
Draftee—Yes, sir.
Army Sergeant—What would you
like to be?
Draftee—An ex-service man with
a pension.
Compliment
Hubby (on hearing burglars in the
house)—Sh-h, dear. This is going
to be a battle of brains.
Wifey—How brave of you, dear, to
i fight unarmed.
Eloquent
“And what do you call it when
one woman is talking?”
“A monologue.”
"And when two women talk?”
"A cat-alogue.”
Smash Hit
Guppy—Was your bachelor party
a success?
Noowedd—Was it? We have to
postpone the wedding a whole week.
Unpremeditated
Naval Recruit Captain, what
shall I do if I get seasick?
Captain—Don’t you worry about
that. You’ll do it.
Hurrah!
Etaoin—l’m told you are expecting
a blessed event at your house soon.
Shrdlu—Yes, my mother-in-law is
going home for good.
RILLER-DILLER
“They say Tom is hard hit.”
“Shouldn’t wonder. Beth is a stun
ning girl.”
Pressure
Physician—Phew! I don’t see how
you managed to travel four mile*
back to camp with such a badly
sprained ankle.
Hiker—You would if you could see
the big bear I saw.
Prospects
Boogy—You look down-hearted, old
man. What are you worried about?
Woogy—My future.
Boogy—What makes your future
seem so Hopeless?
• Woogy—My past.
i Wegro Rhythm* Have an
Effect on American*
That Negro rhythms are having
| an effect on American mentality is
I suggested by Dr. Fritz Kunkel, au
thor and psychotherapist, late of Vi
enna, who, with three other foreign
psychologists, watched the reactions
of an audience of 1,200 of the stu
dents and faculty of the Los Angeles
campus of the University of Cali
fornia during a program of Voodoo
music and spirituals.
Their presence unknown to the au
dience, the five visitors noted on the
listeners’ part a synchronization of
breathing with the music, also per
ceptible body movements during
many of the numbers sung by the
Negro chorus.
“We perceive classical music with
[ ear and brain,” stated Dr. Kunkel.
I “In the case of the Negro music the
j whole body responds. The breath
' ing and the diaphragm function dif
! ferently. Young persons especially
j are affected by the African rhythms.
“If you watch an acrobat your
body instinctively repeats the move
-1 ments you see. The more musical
members of an audience are the
ones most affected, and what they
i hear produces some inner change.
It is not too much to say that over
a long period of time any population
might be affected in some undeter
mined way by hearing these synco
pated rhythms. I believe the ef
fects of such a program as that at
Royce hall remain for an hour or
: two with the average person.”
Dr. Kunkel said that music was
used by the ancients to cure kinds
of mental and nervous ailments,
j notably in classic Greece.
John Adams and Wife
First in White House i
The White House tenure of Presi
i dent John Adams and his wife, [
' Abigail, first occupants of the resi- |
dence, was less than four months. I
While Washington never lived in the
White House, his imprint is strong
1 upon it. He and Thomas Jefferson
i were the men who visualized a na
! tional "palace.”
When President John Adams and
j “his pinch-nosed spouse” arrived on
| that bleak November day in 1800,
| after having been lost in the wilder
ness of Maryland on the way, they
were confronted by a “building 160
feet long, bare as a bone and stand
j ing on the edge of a swamp,” a
! swamp that was not to be drained
for another 40 years, writes Clifford
F. Butcher in the Milwaukee Jour
nal.
“In it the brackish backwaters of
the drowsy Potomac mingled with
tidewater that rose and fell on the
impulses of an ocean 100 miles
away. The river sprawled through
reeds and marshes, and gave off all
the odors of decay.
There was no paving, no water
system and no drainage in the fed
eral district. Water was carried to
the house through an open board
trough from a nearby spring.
Romans Perfumed Baths
Lavendula vera belongs to the
family of Labiatae, growing wild on
the dry and sunny elevated loca
tions of France, Italy, Spain and
North Africa. The center of laven
der cultivation has been in the Al
pine region and southern Mediter
ranean coast of France, in England
and southern Russia. Before the
war France produced more than a
quarter of a million pounds of lav
ender oil per year.
The Romans are reported to have
perfumed their baths with lavender
and hence the name, for the Latin
word “lavare” means “to wash.”
The spikenard of the Bible is laven
der, the name being composed of
Nardus, a town in Syria, and spike.
There Is an old superstition in Tus
cany that lavender protects little
children from the famous evil eye.
In Norvh Africa there is a prevail
ing belief by Kabyle women that
the use of lavender will prevent
them from being mistreated by their
husbands.
Science of Chemurgy
Soapweed, also called bear grass,
but properly listed as yucca, may
become the source of materials for
quick-lather soap. The Indians in
Mexico and South America for cen
turies have cultivated some of tjie
varieties of this plant for its strong
fibei as well as for distilling alco
hol from its juice and making soap
from the roots.
There will be no shortage of the
cold-relieving drug, ephedrine, de
spite stoppage of supplies from Chi
na, according to Science Service.
The report indicates that a synthetic
ephedrine has been developed by
American chemists.
Electric refrigerators are sched
uled to have more than 50 plastic
parts in 1942, according to Dr. Wil
liam A. Hamor, associate director
of the Mellon Institute of Industrial
Research.
Feigned Visual Disability
Feigned blindness in one eye,
sometimes encountered in industrial
disability claims, can be detected
by several tests, according to the
Better Vision institute. One simple
method to uncover malingering is to
place a red glass before the good
eye and a green glass before the al
legedly blind eye. Then the subject
is directed to read rapidly numbers
and letters printed partly in red and
, I black on a card. If the red and
black characters are read equally
j well, then there is vision in both
eyes. Various types of lenses also
j are used to detect feigned visual
disabilities.
IN FOND MEMORY OF
FAY RICE WALKER
On October 25, 1919, Fay was
born and on July 16, 1942 she
passed from mortality unto im
mortality—into “The Land That
Is Fairer Than Day”, causing a
shadow to fall heavily on all who
knew her and leaving in her
home a void, sensed only by
those who were privileged to
enter into the charmed circle of
her family life.
The over-fiowing hearts of her
sorrowing loved ones though,
bow in humble acquiesence,
knowing she has been released
from great life-long affliction,
which she bore triumphantly to
the last.
At the age of twelve she unit
ed with the Methodist church
and delighted in attendance
upon all its services whenever
physically able.
She lived in an atmosphere of
love for all mankind—in many
ways evidencing a passion of
pure love for her fellow man;
which created in her, uncons
cious greatness, for she was in
spirit as gentle as the heart of a
child.
Her varied manifestations of
genial interest in life and with-al
possessing a keen sense of hu
mor, made her companionable to
old and young and al) ages deem
it a privilege to visit with her.
Many colored friends too de
lighted in ministering to her
needs, in appreciation of her
I kind considerations and atten-
I tions to them.
Among the outstanding trib-
I utes paid her noble spirit and
magnetic nature, while yet liv
ing, these linger especially with
me; —
A former pastor said to me,
that some-times when he felt up
set by discouraging conditions,
he would deliberately make a
visit to Fay, where he was sure
io lino nettied inspiration to
press forward at ail cdds.
And from a group of Bonaire
teachers this came to me;—On
learning that Fay was confined
to bed, they went to see her,
thinking to carry good cheer to
her bedside, but lo! they fully
agreed they had received morals
and inspiration from her for
their school room perplexities.
Of necessity Fay spent much
time in hospitals and it is not
strange that she was a favorite
with the entire attache of those
institutions, as she had been
with teachers and pupils
throughout her school life.
For the weeks prior to her
death, when conditions made it
inevitable to her and those
around her, that her passing was
just in the ofiing, the dear pre
cious child conversed with those
dearest to her about her transi
tion, with perfect composure and
resignation —e v e n calling by
name some with whom she
would soon be re-united and fi
nally planned her funeral in de
tail.
And so it is—as we shall look
through the misty years, recall
ing the sunny face; the glowing
eye; the engaging smile and
cherry words of our darling that
we shall feel as the poet has so
beautifully expreseed:—
“As thrills of long-hushed
tones Jive in the viol, so our
souls grow finer
With the keen vibrations from
the touch divine
Of nobler natures gone.”
And we who loved her best
will find her always present —
forever enthroned in our hearts
and lives.
Her aunt.
Mrs. Stewart Bryan.
Optical Illusion Causes Accident
Drivers who survive after crash
ig into the rear end of a slower
loving truck or automobile, usually
'cplain that they realized too late the
-al difference between their speed i
nd that of the vehicle ahead, ac- I
ording to the Automobile Club of
outhern California. According to
/e physicians, there is an optical
lusion which, especially at night,
lakes the car ahead seem to be
irther away and traveling faster i
.aan is actually the case. ]
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contained $l5. express S'
other papers, and identifi
card of owner, Willi am " c H at ««
Tong. Please return to .1 1
Box 157, Perry, Ga, Wn ".
For Rent-One room
furnished. Enquire at U
Bonner’s Camp,
A Mile S. on 41
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
Audits - Systems - Income Tax
NOTICE
City Tax Books are now o n P n
for payment of 1942 Taxes. p a !
early and save penalty,
W. F. Norwood, Clerk
City of Perry.
Petition For Divorce
Lewis Davis vs Elberta Davis
Petition for divorce, m Hous
ton Superior Court, October
Term, 1942.
To the defendant, Elberta Davis-
The plaintiff, Lewis Davis
having filed his petition for di
vorce against Elberta Davis, in
this Court, returnable to ’this
term of the Court, and it being
made to appear that Elberta Da
vis is not a resident of said
County, and also that she does
not reside within the State and
an order having been made for
service on her by publication,
this, therefore, is to notify you,
Elberta Davis, to be and appear
at the next term of Houston Su
perior Court to be he held on
the first Monday in October,
1942, then and there to answer
said complaint.
Witness the Honorable A. M.
Anderson, Judge of the Superior
Court. This Aug. 11, 1942.
Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk.
Petition For Divorce
Gussie May Coleman vs Levi
Coleman.
Petition for Divorce. In Hous
ton County Superior Court, Octo
ber Term, 1942.
To the defendant, Levi Cole
man.
The plaintiff, Gussie Mae Cole
man, having filed her petition for
divorce against, Levi Coleman, in
this court, returnable to this
term of the court, and it being
made to appear that Levi Cole-
Coleman is not a resident of said
county, and also that he does not
reside within the state, and an
order having been made for ser
vice on him, Levi Coleman, by
publication, this therefore is to
notify you, Levi Coleman, to be
and appear at the next term of
Houston County Superior Court
to be held on the first Monday in
October, 1942, then and there to
answer said complaint.
Witness the Honorable A. M.
Anderson,Judge of said Superior
Court. This 10th day of August,
1942.
Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk,
Superior Court of Houston
County, Georgia.
ORDINARY’S CITATIONS
GEORGIA. Houston County.
0. A. King, Guardian of Mau
rice White (Garrett), having ap
plied for Letters of Dismission
from his guardianship; this is
therefore to notify all persons
| concerned to show cause, if any
, they can, why his application
j should not be granted at the
(Court of Ordinary on the first
Monday in October next.
This September 7, 1942.
JOHN L. HODGES,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA. Houston County.
R. L. Greer having applied ?° r
Letters of Administration w' l
the Will Annexed on the esta
of N. A. Greer, deceased: this =
(therefore to notify all pc
concerned, to show 7 cause, it a
- can, why his apphcati
(should not be granted at
Court of Ordinary on the
Monday in October next
This September^
Ordinary-
Blue Jays as Valets
Blue jays sometimes act
ets” to deer. As the anima s
and browse, the jays go
removing the ticks that odopt*
deer. Strangely, each bird
one particular deer ior
"brush-offs.”
