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HOUSTON HOI JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBY C. HODGES, Editor.
Official Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry.
Subscription, s].so per year.
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga., as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
OH, SANTA?
j Christmas Stockings
Once Feminine Trick
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christ
mas to American boys and girls
without a visit from St. Nick.
According to history, St. Nicholas
in real life was the Archbishop of
Myra and lived during the Fourth
century. In the Middle Ages, he
makes his first traditional appear
ance in the legends of the North
land.
One legend concerns St. Nicholas
eve, which originally was celebrat
ed on the sixth of December. Young
ladies, it seems, would hang up their
stockings in hopes that St. Nicholas
would fill them with dowries. After i
a time, St. Nick and the stocking
hanging custom was incorporated
into the celebration of Christmas. i
Another legend says that on
Christmas eve the spirit of St. Nich
olas rode across the land on a great 1
white horse followed by the hosts
of innocents slain in Bethlehem by
the order of Herod. Children of the
Northland filled their wooden shoes
with oats for the Saint's horse and
set them outside of the door; in the
morning, providing the children had
been good, the oats were gone and
the shoes were filled with nuts and
apples.
Eventually, the boys and younger
children, the wives and husbands,
and even the grandparents, decided
the girls were getting too much the
best of things; so, they all joined
the International Society of Stock
ing-hangers.
i Our ancestors brought St. Nick to
America, where he has grown round
and fat and jovial, traded his great
'white horse for eight magic rein
deer, and his pack bulged bigger
and bigger.
This year Santa’s pack may be
minus a few luxury products and
mechanical gadgets, but that doesn't
matter as long as there are mamma
dolls, sleds and drums and picture
books; toys for the children.
For the Soldier
Are you wondering what to send
to your friends and members of
your family who are serving with
the armed forces? A lot depends
on where they are stationed. But
there arc some tilings all service
men want, and here they are:
House slippers Tooth brushes
Wrist watches Tooth paste
Handkerchiefs Sewing kits
Pocket knives Clothes brushes
Scrap books Metal polish
Tan shoe polish Fountain pens
Nall flies Postage stamps
Soap Lighters
('Support our Bors"fif^
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chlcaeo.
(Released by Western Newspaper Unton.)
Lesson for December 20
Lesson aubjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT—Luke 2:8-20.
GOLDEN TEXT—Thou shall call hi* name
Jesus: for he shall save his people from
their sins.—Matthew 1:21.
How shall we keep Christmas this
year of our Lord 1942? That is a
question which is pressed home to
all of us by trying circumstances,
growing wickedness—yes, by count
less things which try to tell us that
i there just is not any use to try to
keep Christmas as usual this year.
Well, then let’s make it unusual!
Let’s have it more genuinely Christ
mas-like than ever. That’s what we
and this weary world need. The
way to do it is to make this more
than ever a Christmas centering in
Christ. Doing that will mean that
this year we will
I. Keep Christmas With Joy (vv.
8-10).
“Merry Christmas” may sound a
little flat and empty this year, for
there may be little to create merri
ment. “We wish you happiness at
Christmas!” will probably not fit
very well, because happiness de
pends on what happens—and a good
many of the wrong kind of things
have happened to most (perhaps all)
of us.
But joy—that is quite another mat
ter. We do not tire of the reminder
that joy is something which God
gives in the heart and which goes
so far down into the depths of man’s
soul that the surface tempests of
life cannot disturb it. Remember
Paul who was “sorrowful” on the
surface “yet ever rejoicing” in
heart (II Cor. 6:10).
The ground of our Christmas joy
is the good tidings of Christ’s com
ing. That has always been the real
heart of Christmas joy, but often it
has been obscured by tinsel and
trimmings. This year let’s get back
to essentials.
And let it be said that this does
not mean that we are going to omit
I ah the precious little customs and
pleasantries which have had their in
-1 nocent part in making this-a holiday
j season. No indeed; let us have
them all, or as many as we can,
but make the heart of it all Chris
tian joy.
11. Keep Christmas With Assur
ance (vv. 11-14).
With so many other things (many
of which we had foolishly regarded
as permanent and sure) failing us,
it is a delight to have something
sure to tie to, and we have it this
I Christmas. Christ the Saviour has
I come!
Not only do we know that He was
born, lo these many years ago, as
the Babe in the manger in Bethle
hem town, but we know that He still
lives! He was born, died for our
sins, was raised for our justification,
ever lives to intercede for us, and
He is one day to come again. The
i evidence for all this is plentiful
and satisfying, and gives us abun
dant ground for the keeping of
Christmas even this year in assur
ance.
This thought leads us to our third
point. We have joy and assurance
in order that we may
HI. Keep Christmas As a Testi
mony (vv. 15-20).
Having found the Christ, the shep
herds “made known abroad” (v. 17)
the good news. They returned
“glorifying and praising God” (v.
20).
They, too, lived in a time of great
darkness. They were part of the
I people of whom the prophet said:
j “The people that walked in dark
ness have seen a great light: they
I that dwell in the land of the shadow
1 of death, upon them hath the light
j shined” (Isa. 9:2). That light was
j Christ, the “light of the world.”
There could be no more appro
priate time to testify to the world,
whose lights have failed, that we
keep Christmas because it tells of
i the coming into this world of the
unfailing Light, the One who said
! of Himself: “I am the light of the
world” (John 9:5).
Some day. if Christ should tarry,
the world will return to a measure
of sanity. One of the realities it
will face is that the temporal and
material is transitory, that a de-
I pendence on them is certain to dis
appoint. The spiritual and the eter
nal will then have new opportunity
to commend itself to the hearts of
men. That is why we want to keep
| Christmas this year as a ringing,
j joyous testimony to our Lord and
| Saviour Jesus Christ.
The writer of these notes does not
often hear from his readers, scat
tered all over the continent (yes,
and in foreign lands), but he counts
them all as his friends. He pray*
i for them, and counts it a joy to
j serve them through these lessons.
’ So, since they are his friends, he
says to every one of them who sees
[ these lines; “May God make this
a blessed Christmas. Through the
j clouds of trying circumstances may
you see His face. Above the noisy
' clamor of this world may you hear
the angel’s song. And may the joy
of the Lord fill your soul this Christ
mas Day!”
LEGAL SALE
GEORGIA, Houston County.
Hollis S. Kezar, as Guardian of
Sarah Louise Kezar, gives notice
that he will apply to the Honor
able Malcolm D. Jones, Judge of
the Superior Courts of the Ma
con Circuit, at 11 o’clock a. m.,
on the 21st. day of December,
1942,at Macon, Georgia, and (or)
on such other date or place as he
may designate, to sell the follow
ing property of his ward’s estate:
All the timber on the lands
known as the Faulkner place,
near Henderson, Houston Coun
ty, Georgia: said lands all lying
in one body and containing 277)4
acres, more or less, consisting of
177)4 acres of lot No. 240, and
the East half of lot No. 239, con
taining 100 acres, more or less,
all in the Old 14th. Land District,
now the New 13th. Land Dis
trict: the said interest of the
ward to be sold, being an undi
vided cne-halt interest in said
timber, and re-invest the pro
ceeds, because of the small in
come of said ward’s property
sought to be sold.
This 7th day of November, 1942.
Hollis S. Kezar,
As Guardian of Sarah
Louise Kezar, a minor.
ORDINARY’S CITATIONS
GEORGIA, —Houston County:
L. H. Gilbert, Administrator
of the estate of W. B. Sims, de
ceased, having applied lor Let-j
ters ul Dismission Irom his ad-;
ministration; this is to notify all
persons concerned to show cause, I
if any they can, why his applica-J
lion should not be granted, at!
the Court of Ordinary on the
Monday in January, 1943. i
This December 7, 1942.
John L. Hodges, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Houston County.
W. Lewis Broun, Administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. Pauline
Newman Brown, deceased hav
ing applied for leave to sell all
the land belonging to said estate;;
this is therefore to notify all per
sons concerned, to show cause,
if any they can, why his applies. I
tion should not be granted at the
Court of Ordinary on the first'
Monday in January, 1943.
This December 7, 1942.
JOHN L. HODGES.'
Ordinary. }
Georgia, Houston County;
R. L. Woolfolk, administrator
of me estate ot W. E. Woolfolk,
deceased, having applied for
leave to sell all the land belong
ing to said estate; this is there
fore to notify all persons con
cerned, to show cause, if any
they can, why his application
should not be granted at the
Court of Ordinary on the first
Monday in January, 1943.
Tms i, 1942.
JOHN L. HODGES,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA. Houston County.
Mrs. Mattie S. Woolfolk hav
ing appiied for Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of Dr,
J. W. Story, deceased; this is
therefore to notify all persons
concerned to show cause, if any
they '“&n, why her application
should not be granted at the
Court of Ordinary on the first
Monday in January, 1943.
This December 7, 1942.
John L. Hodges, Ordinary.
Notice To Debtors And
Creditors
Georgia, Houston County.
All cieunors oi me estate of
Mrs. Pauline Newman Brown,
late of Houston County, Georgia,
now deceased, are hereby notifi
ed to render in their claims or
demands against said estate to
the undersigned according to
law; and all persons indebted to
said estate are hereby notified to
make immediate payment to me.
W. LEWIS BROWN.
Administrator of the Estate of
Mrs. Pauline Newman Brown.
P. 0. Aodiess
Perry. Ga. 1:28
Notice To Debtors And
Credi tors
Jeorgia. Houston County.
Ah crtuitois of the estate of
N. A. Gretr, formerly of Hous
-on County. Georgia, now de
based, aie hereby notified to
ender in their claifns or demands
igainst said estate to the under
igned according to law; and all
eisons indebted to said estat
re htieby notified to make im
liediaie payment to me.
K. L. GREER,
Administrator with the Will
annexed ol the Estate of N. A.
Greer, Deceased.
P. 0. Address
y 444 Broadway,
Macon, Ga, 1:28
LEGAL SALE OF LAND
GEORGIA. Houston County.
Under and by virtue of an
order of the Ordinary of said
State and County, granted at
the December Term, 1942, of
said Ordinary’s Court, the un
dersigned Executors of the Will
of J. H. Davis, deceased, will
sell at public outcry on the first
Tuesday in January, 1943, before
the courthouse door of said Coun
ty between the legal hours of
sale, to the highest and best
bidder for cash, the following
described land of said J. H. Da
vis, deceased, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
situated, lying and being in the
10th District of Houston County,
Georgia, being a portion of lot
of land No. 140 in said District
on the west side of said lot,
bounded on the north by public
road; on the east by lands of J.
H. Davis & Son; on the south by
the south line of lot No. 140; and
on the west by land of G. T.
Pierce and lands of Estate of
Primus Killen; said tract of land
having such shapes, metes,
bounds, courses and distances
as are shown on plat of survey
I of same made by Rhodes Sewell,
County Surveyor; a copy of said
plat being recorded in Map Book
I, page 341, Clerk’s Office, Hous
ton Superior Court; said tract of
land containing 103.6 acres.
Also, a one-half undivided in
terest in that tract or parcel of
land situated, lying and being in
i the 10th District of Houston
I County, Georgia, being a por
tion of lot of land No. 141 in said
'District and being in the north
| west portion of said lot, contain
ing 42.86 acres; bounded on the
'north by the north line of said
lot No. 141; on the east by lands
| of J. H. Davis and Son; on the
south and southeast by the Per
ry and Houston Lake public road;
land on the west by lands of G.T.
Pierce and lands of Mrs. N. C.
Wellons; said tract of land hav-;
ing such shapes, metes, bounds,
courses and distances as are
' shown on plat of survey of same
made by Rhodes Sewell, County
; surveyor, a copy of said plat be
ing recorded in Map Book l.page
341, Clerk’s Office, Houston Su-
I penor Court.
This 7th day of December, 1942.
J. A. DAVIS,
E. B. DAVIS,
Executors of the Will of
J. H. Davis.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
GEORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY.
By virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Houston
County, Georgia, passed at the
December Term, 1942,the under
signed administrator will, for
the purpose of paying debts and
distribution, sell at public outcry
to the highest bidder for cash,
before the door of the Houston
county courthouse in Perry,Geor
gia within the legal hours for
sales on the first Tuesday in
January 1943, the following de
scribed property of the estate of
Sarah J. Felder, deceased,lo-wit;
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the Thirteenth
(13) District of Houston County,
Georgia, known and distinguish
ed in said District by the num
bers Two Hundred and Nine
(209) and Two Hundred and
Twelve (212), containing Four
Hundred and Five (405) acres,
more or less. Being the same
property described in warranty
deed from Franklin C. Houser to
William McDonald Felder, trus
tee, recorded in book Z, folio 56,
Houston Superior Court, dated
January 6, 1894.
Terms, Cash.
SAMUEL L. FELDER.
As Administrator of the Estate
of Sarah J. Felder, deceased.
405 Carling Ave., Macon, Ga.
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PHONE 500 PERRY, GA.
Systematic Savings
Pay Big Dividends
At our current rate of 4%, $lO per month on
a Savings Account, will return you as follows;
!2 Years $1,933.60
15 Years 2,598.23
20 Years 3,907.40
PERRY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
Accounts by Mail Solicited. Write Us.
Perry, Georgia.
. _
We Want To Buy
Farm Products Of All Kinds
Bring us your Corn, Hay, (both Peanut and
Peavine) Velvet Beans, Pecans, Peanuts, Cot
ton Seed, Soy Beans, Oats, Wheat, Rye, Cane
Syrup, and other products which you have
for sale. Will give highest market prices
at all times.
We now have active market on Chickens of
all Aypes. Bring us your Hens, Roosters and
Fryers for highest market prices.
Due to freezing order are unable to sell cer
tain new implements, but have a good line
of used machines, both Tractors and Tractor
drawn implements that we oan sell.
Let’s work together to win this war, and if necessary
to use used machines; let’s use them and like it.
Always glad to have you come in and look over what we
have. We appreciate your trade.
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
Farmers, Take Notice!
If you expect to have meat to eat another year, this is
one time you will have to kill your own.
Remember, you don’t take any risk when you
take your Meat to the
Unadilla Cold Storage Co’s Plant
At Unadilla, Ga.
They guarantee to cure your meat so it will
stay cured, and to take care of it just as it
should be cared for, and invite you to come
and see for yourself just what they mean
when they make such a statement.
And when you take your Meat, you can take along your
Sausage Meat also, and grind it on their Big Power
Driven Mill, at no cost at all to you.
TIRES
ANY SIZE
VULCANIZED
With NEW Equipment
Also Official Government
Tire Inspection
AT THE
j SINCLAIR STATION
1 Phone 137 Perry, Ga.
