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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.
NOT MUCH
The amateur actors were rehears
ing.
Mrs. Jones was required to kiss
Mr. Smith, and as they arrived at
that particular incident Mrs. Smith
appeared.
“Oh,” exclaimed Mrs. Jones, “I
hope, dear, that you don’t mind my
kissing your husband like this?”
“Not at all, darling,” was the icy
reply. “I don’t mind in the least—
if he doesn’t.”
REASON ENOUGH
“What I like about Frank’s arti
cles is his wonderful power of con- ,
donsation.”
“He can’t help it. All of his work i
'is done in an uptown flat, where i
there isn’t room to spread out.”
To the Point
“You see, we have good streets, 1
excellent lighting and shipping facil
ities. Trade conditions are good.
We hope you wall locate here.”
“I dunno. Things look good. But
tell me this—”
“Well?”
, “What kind of a football team
ihave you?”
—
Definition
“Father,” asked Willie, “what is
/diplomacy?”
"Diplomacy, my boy,” answered
1 father, looking up from his news
paper, “can be defined as lying in
state.”
Non-Essential
“Going to have a new overcoat
this winter?”
"I thought I was, but my wife
decided yesterday that it is a non
essential.”
Cost of Living
“The cost of living is becoming
intolerable.”
“You may well say so. I can no
longer save enough out of my house
hold expense money to pay my
bridge debts.”
Legacy
Wifie—Not so fast, Dick, you’re
frightening your poor old aunt to
death in the back seat.
Hubby Calm yourself, dear,
there’s a handsome legacy coming
to me when she’s gone.
Profession
“Why do you wear your hair so
long?”
“Well, I'm in training for our var
sity eleven and, if I don’t make it,
I'm going to write poetry for the
college paper.”
Complaint
Dealer—The price has advanced, i
sir, on a drum of gasoline.
Customer (explosively)—Can you
beat it?
Funnybonc
“Has she any sense of humor?”
"1 don’t think so. She cup look 1
at her fall hat without laughing.”
Change Back?
The Tax Assessor—Can you toll
me what your husband is worth?
Lady of House—l don't know—but i
you can have him for two cents.
MOUSE TALK
"Were you wearing a new pair
of shoes last night?”
“No, that was me squeaking.”
Reckless
“So he is a reckless driver?”
“I’ll say he is! When the road
turns the same way as he does, it’s
just a coincidence.”
Rivalry
“Women are rivals when it comes
to clothes.”
"Yes, they’re always trying to out
strip one another.”
Tattle Tale
“I understand that Mrs. Bigg*
knows all the details of that latest
divorce scandal.”
“Is that so? I shall call on her
tomorrow.”
• ”IMPROVEDV|
UNIFORM INTERNATIONA
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Initltute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Ntwapaper Union.!
Lesson for January 3
Lesson subject* and Scripture text* se
lected and copyrighted by IntemaUonal
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE GLORY OF THE SON
OF GOD
LESSON TEXT—John I:M4.
GOLDEN TEXT—And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld
his glory, the glory a* of tha only begotten
of tha Father), full of grace and truth.
John 1:14.
A New Year! It brings a thrill
to our hearts, for even in this year
of our Lord 1943 we may look for
ward with expectancy to God’*
blessing upon us and be hopeful that
better things are ahead. Yet we do
so with a sense of sadness a* we
realize that our world is so far
from God, and with a deep feeling
of responsibility for our life and tes
timony in the coming months.
There could be no better way to
begin any year—and certainly not
this year—than by the study of
God’s Word. This should be done
in the home and in the church, but
may we suggest that this is an espe
cially good time to enter into the
fellowship of your local Sunday j
school.
Were we to select a Scripture por-
I lion with which to start the year we
1 could not find a finer one than the
j Gospel according to John.
The purpose of the Gospel is stat
ed in 20:31 as being “that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and that believing ye
might have life through His name.”
This first lesson of the series re-!
veals the glory of Christ.
I. In the Beginning—the Living
Word (vv. 1-3).
God reveals Himself to man. As
the word is the express image of
i the thought, so in an infinitely great
er sense Christ, the Living Word, is
the express image of God (see Heb.
i 1:1-3).
In “the beginning,” spoken of in
Genesis 1:1, Jesus Christ already
“was” (v. 1); and He not only “was
with God,” but He Himself “was
God.” He, the Living Word, the com
plete and final revelation of God as
both Creator and Redeemer, was
the infinite and eternal God. He
came to bring to man the reassur
ing message of God’s redeeming
j love.
The profound depth of these
verses is beyond the deepest think
er, but their glorious message of
j redemption is simple enough for the
1 understanding of the youngest child.
We may receive truth which we can
not fully understand and be blessed
i by it.
11. In the World—the True Light
j (vv. 4-11),
He is both the life and the light
of men. In fact, His life was the
light that shined (yes, and still
shines) in the darkness of this
world, revealing God’s love.
But the world did not receive the
light. His own world knew Him not
(v. 10). How tragic! Yet even deep
er is the hurt of verse 11—His own
people received Him not.
And it is so today. Nations re
fuse His light upon world problems
and try to fight them out. Class
hatred; capital against labor; the'
“have” against the “have not”; yes, |
even the bitter fightings between j
professed Christians, all bespeak the |
fact that the shining of the “true
light which lighteth every man” has
not been permitted to penetrate very
far into this dark world.
However, it has reached, by God’s
grace, into the hearts of believers,
j and there it has brought forth glori
ous results.
111. In the Believer—Power and
Glory (vv. 12-14).
Those who receive Christ are born
again. It is not a matter of “blood,”
that is, of family or heredity. Nor
is it "by the will of the flesh,” that
1 is, by natural instinct or develop
ment of an inherent divine spark.
And it is not by “the will of man,”
j for it does not come by human will
! power.
It is “of God,” a divine rebirth J
i which gives power in the life, and
authority to declare one’s self to i
be the child of God (v. 12). This is
all so clear and so altogether de
sirable for both time and eternity
that one wonders why all do not at
once turn to Christ as Saviour. Have
you?
The believer also sees in the Word
| which “was made flesh and dwelt
among us,” the glory of “the only
begotten of the Father.” All that
such an expression means we shall
not know until we reach eternity,
but that does not prevent the believ
er from beholding, by the eye of
faith, his glorious Saviour, the One
who is “full of grace and truth.”
John, the “man sent from God”
(v. 6), was a witness to the Light to
: the intent that men “might believe.”
We, too, are to be witnesses, and
j that includes every one of us who
knows Jesus Christ as Redeemer
j and Lord.
If we will all thus fulfill the re
i sponsibility and privilege which is
! ours, we may see in 1543 a real re-
I vival of spiritual life and power. No
j need is greater than that, and we
could render God and our fellow
men no greater service. This New
! Year’s Sunday is the right time to
j make a start. Shall we do it?
I ' DISASTROUS
The usual gossip was being en
Joyed over the back-garden fence.
“Did you hear about the how at
No. 17 last night?” said the lady
at No. 3.
“No; what was it?” asked her
neighbor at No. 5 eagerly.
“Well, she broke a chair over her
husband's head, but I hear she’s
very sorry for it now.”
“Pity she didn’t think before she
did it then.”
“Yes,” sighed No. 3; “it was one
of her best chairs.”
CONVOY
Mother—Mercy, how your ice
cream flies!
Jimmy—Well, mother, it’s carried
off by swallows, you know.
Avid Reader
Two women were comparing their
experiences of matrimony.
“Yes,” said the lady in pink, “I
owe much of my success and happi
ness during marriage to two books.
They have been a source of help
and inspiration lots of time.”
| “Two books!” exclaimed the one
I in blue. “Whatever were they?”
“Mother’s cook book and father’s
j check book,” was the calm reply.
I>ull (?)
“I suppose you find it rather dull
in the evenings,” said the sweet
young thing to the RAF pilot.
“Simply nothing to do at all,”
I sighed the pilot. “We just play
j darts, do the crossword puzzles in
j the evening papers, drop a few
I bombs on Hamburg, and go straight
to bed!”
Misspelled
The engineering student was
stumped in the examination by a
question concerning the bridging of
a river which ran over a rocky bed.
Finally in disgust he wrote:
“Damn the river and blast the bed.”
He got full credit with one point
deducted for bad spelling.
Waste of Time
“Your handwriting’s so indistinct
I can hardly read these poems of
yours. Why didn’t you type them
before bringing them to me?”
“Type ’em?” the would-be poet
gasped. "D’you think I’d waste my
time writing poetry if I could type?”
Aftermath
The summer left her in a mess;
Old Sol has placed her ’neath the
ban.
Now, when she’d wear a low-neck
dress,
She finds she can’t get off the
tan.
Postponed
Caller—And will you walk with
me as far as the bus stop, Tommy?
Tommy—l can’t.
Caller—Why not?
Tommy—Because we’re going to
have dinner as soon as you leave.
Thank You
An elderly maiden aunt received
i this note from her ten-year-old
j niece; "Dear Aunt Martha: Thank
| you for the nice present. I have al
i ways wanted a pincushion, although
| not very much.”
i BEAR MARKET
“Yes, sir, thirty years ago all the
land around here sold for five dollars
an acre."
“And what does it sell for now?”
“Taxes.”
It’s Simple
i “It is hard to be poor all the
i time.”
j "It may be for you, but for my
self, I find it the easiest thing in
the world.”
Slow Poke
“I hadn’t been talking to the fel
low for more than five minutes when
he called me an ass.”
“What caused the delay?”
Caught at It
“See that man? Everything he
I touches turns to gold.”
| “He’s lucky. Everything I touch,
| they make me put back.”
Squared
Harriet—Johnny sent me a dozen
| roses.
I Mabel—Fresh?
Harriet—A little, but his roses
squared things up.
Big Blow
Tom—l tore my handkerchief yes
’i terday.
Sam—That must have been an aw-
I ful blow.
i
Vulnerable
“I hear Jane married beneath
»I er- ”
I I “Yes; her husband plays a
j wretched game of bridge.”
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WUai you Huy With
WAR BONDS
I* *1
Save now to buy later, after the
War. That’s good common seese
because if you spend now, you help
to drive prices up for everything
you buy. Durable goods are scarce
so invest in War Bonds today and
do that house remodeling when Vic
tory is won.
S
If you have not done so, join s
Payroll Savings Plan at your
office or factory. If you are not in
vesting at least ten percent in War
Bonds, increase your regular deduc
tions on your Payroll Savings Plan.
Let’s “Top that ten percent.”
U. H. 'I rtajury Department
~k ★”
What y&u fliuj. With
WAR BONDS
[* *j
A pelorus, used by the Navy, is a
device which fits over the surface of
a compass to enable the operator
to take bearings on distant objects.
It has split hair sights, has been in
use for many years . . . and costs
approximately $125.
;
These instruments are essential
equipment to every American ship
which comes out of the shipyards.
■ With the scores of ships now being
completed each month, w r e need
many of these instruments. Your
purchase of War Bonds and Stamps
will help pay for them. Invest at
least ten percent of your income ev
ery payday in these interest bear
ing Government securities.
( U. S. Treasury Deportment j
Ancient Yule Customs
Still Live in England
Many ancient customs prevail in
England at Christmas, according to
present day records. One custom that
goes back to Saxon times is still ob
served at Okehampton, Devon. Here
a "market ” is held the Sunday after
Christmas at which a man may speak
to or kiss any girl who takes his fancy.
Mistletoe definitely is not necessary.
In the village of Cam on the day
after Christmas the poor are again re
membered. For, according to the will
of Margaret Trotman, one of Cam's
former citizens, any parishioner is en
titled to the gift of a loaf of bread.
Also, the first 50 widows who apply
are given money.
I Chinese Copy Custom
Chinese children start Christmas
day by folding their hands on aris
ing and wishing each other a good
day before opening a single gift.
The Chinese have adopted American
Christmas customs.
Kitty, Kitty
Elsie —Percy is such a prevaricat
ing flatterer.
Cora—Has he been telling you that
you were pretty?
Elsie—No; he said you were.
No Cigars?
“It’s a boy, sir,” said the nurse,
entering the professor’s study.
“Well, why bother me about it?”
replied the professor, “Isn't my
wife at home?”
Has an Alibi
Judge—Why did you commit a
second theft after you had been
acquitted of the first?
Prisoner—l had to pay my lawyer.
The Vigil
'Tis lone where ocean billows swell;
’Tis lone where breakers dash,
The keeper of the beach hotel
Is counting up his cash.
The Yokums say — $
Holy Smokes! We goiter git some
j cash someware’s so we kin put 10%
\ into War Bonds. Everybody's got ter
do that by New Y'ar's.
CLASSIFIED ADS
VVanted —Furnished apartment
for couple now living with me.
No children. Mrs. W. A,Curtis,
Phone 196,
Lost-One white OIC Shoat,
weight about 70 lbs. Return to
Tom Cater, Perry, Ga.
For Sale —Old Newspapers, in
5c bundles.
Home Journal Office.
ORDINARY’S CITATIONS
GEORGIA, —Houston County:
L. H. Gilbert. Administrator
of the estate of W. B. Sims, de
ceased, having applied for Let
ters of Dismission from his ad
ministration; this is to notify all
persons concerned to show cause,
if any they can, why his applica
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.
W. Lewis Brown, Administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. Pauline
Newman Brown, deceased hav-j
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 applica
tion should not be granted at the
Court of Ordinary on the first
Monday in January, 1943.
This December 7. 1912.
JOHN L. HODGES.
Ordinary.
j Georgia, Houston County;
i R. L. Woolfolk, administrator
of the estate of W. F. Woolfolk, j
i deceased, having applied fo rj
leave to sell all the land belong-]
ing to said estate; this is there-'
fore to notify all persons con-1
cerned, to show cause, if any ]
they can, why his application
should not be granted at the
Court of Ordinary onf the first
Monday in January, 1943.
This December 7, 1942.
JOHN L. HODGES.
Ordinary.
GEORGIA. Houston County.
Mrs. Mattie S. Woolfolk hav-!
ing applied for Letters of Ad-'
ministration on the estate of Dr, j
J. W. Story, deceased: this is
therefore to notify all persons;
concerned to show cause, if any!
they can, 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. I
Notice To Debtors And
Creditors
Georgia, Houston County.
All creditors of the 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
1 Mrs. Pauline Newman Brown.
P. 0. Address
Perry, Ga. 1:28
Notice To Debtors And
Creditors
Georgia. Houston County,
All creditors of the estate of
N. A. Greer, formerly of Hous
ton County. Georgia, nowj de
ceased, are hereby notified to
render in their claims or demands
against said estate to the under
signed according to law; and all
persons indebted to said estate
are hereby notified to make im
mediate payment to me.
R. L. GREER,
Administrator with the Will
annexed of the Estate of N. A.
Greer, Deceased.
P, 0. Address
2444 Broadway,
Macon, Ga. 1:28
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry
Sabbath School, 10:15 a. m.
Preaching Service. 11:30 a. m,
Clinchfield
Sabbath School, 3:00 p. m.
Preaching Service, 8:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to all these services,
i Rev. M. D. Agerton, Pastor,
LEGAL SALE OF LAND
GEORGIA. Houston County.
Under and by virtue of
order of the Ordinary 0 f JS
State and County, granted at
the Decemoer Term, 1942 of
said Ordinary’s Court, the"’ U n
dersigned Executors of the Win
of J. H. Davis, deceased, w ;i
sell at public outcry on the firs!
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
j 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
the 10th District of Houston
County, Georgia, being a por
tion of Jot 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
lof J, H. Davis and Son; on the
1 south and southeast by the Per
j ry and Houston Lake public road;
iand 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
-1 perior Court.
j This 7th day of December, 1942.
J. A. DAVIS,
E. B. DAVIS,
Executors of the Will of
J. H. Davis.
1 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
j 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,to-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 an d
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.
Sale Of Personal Property
GEORGIA, Houston County.
Under and by virtue of an
order of Hon. John L. Hodges,
Ordinary of Houston County,
Georgia, I will sell before the
Court House door of Houston
County during the legal hours of
sale on Tuesday, January 5,1943,
at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash the following
described personal property of
the estate of Mrs. Panline New
man Brown to-wit;
One 1938 Model Hudson Sedan
Automobile.
W. Lewis Brown,
Administrator Estate of
Mrs. Pauline Newman
Brown, Deceased.
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
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