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a MAJOR
in the FOOD FRONT
Long recognized as one of the three essential plant
(.:>ods, potash has moved up to the front line in America's
J ood front. Years of official experimental work have
•"{■early demonstrated that ample supplies and reserves
of potash must bo available in the soil to insure large
yields of good quality crops.
Such production is now vitally important to maintain
>m armed as well as civilian forces. The American
■’otush Industry has been developed, expanded, and is
'row geared to take the place demanded of it by the
TJationral emergency.
AMERICAN POTASH INSTITUTE
,i» '•* .Sixteenth St.. N. W WaUiin({ion. D. C.
IT’S NO MILI TARY SECRET
There are many ways to lose a war. A reckless lack
•or regard for the rights of a fellow citizen rates a top
,olace among a long list of don’ts. Whereever you
tirade you will find your merchant’s stock of merchan
dise short of many hitherto essential items. You can
io yourself and the merchants a good turn by accept
ing many worthwhile substitutes. Hut there is no
■&bstitutc for honest and fair dealing and experience,
' hat’s why you will like to trade with
J. W. Bloodworth
S?%ione 94 : Delivery Service : Perry, Ga.
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NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY
Kelly and Plumb AXES, Poultry Feeders and
Founts, Myles Salt Block for Animals, Horse
Collars, Bridles, Lines, Hames, Collar Pads,
Traces, Singletrees, Doubletrees, etc.
Impair Parts for Machinery including
Chattanooga Plough Line.
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 500 PERRY, GA.
LEGAL BLANK FORMS
BLANK MORTGAGES, BILL OF SALE,
PROMISSORY NOTES, RETAIN TITLE
NOTES, and Various Other Forms
FOR SALE AT
HOME JOURNAL OFFICE
O' PAYS TO READ OUR
ADVERTISEMENTS
i Changing Family's Food
Habits Up to Housewife
Families may be able to turn on
> the electric light at home and en
joy the benefits of its illumination
without understanding the science of
electrical energy, but they can not
plan healthful meals unless they un
derstand to some degree the scien
tific facts behind good nutrition.
The coming of the draft with
its revelation that many young men
were undernourished was the head
line news necessary to show Ameri
can citizens that the nation’s nu
tritionists and doctors knew what
they were talking about when they
said that American families needed
to revise some of their eating habits.
To this end, the national nutrition
program is of concern to every man,
woman and child, and it carries re
sponsibilities to all of us because
we are still living in a democracy
that allows us to choose from a
wide variety of foods what we shall
eat.
Even with agriculturists, econo
mists, physicians, public health au
thorities, food processors, research
workers and educators all working
together to perfect the type of meals
which are served at the dining ta
ble, the last steps must be taken by
the housewife and her family and
there must be a willingness on their
part to change food habits and
tastes.
The most important responsibility
of the homemaker who chooses, pre
pares and serves the food for her
family is the responsibility of put
ting into practice the results of the
many years of experimentation and
experience that have gone into the
study of the relationship of food to
health.
Formerly, Druggists Sold
Coffee by the Ounce Only
American coffee drinkers, faced
with weaker brews, smaller cups
and fewer of them, may be cheered
to know that their favorite bever
age was not always sold over the
grocer’s counter in pound lots.
Before coffee gained its world
wide popularity, says a bulletin
from the National Geographic So
ciety, cautious pharmacists doled it
out by the ounce “for medicinal
purposes only.”
Since the days when the first early
Mohammedans were forbidden wine
and took to sipping concoctions
made from the coffee bean in order
I to keep awake during their long re
i ligious ceremonies, coffee has been
1 acclaimed and disclaimed.
In Cairo, after its introduction
there in the early 1500 s, its use was
forbidden because it was considered
intoxicating. All places storing or
using the “seditious berry” were or
dered burned.
During the reign of Charles 11,
coffee houses in London were or
dered closed because they not only
brewed a fine cup of coffee, but po
litical unrest as well.
First Tuesday After First Monday
National election day was fixed by
act of congress in 1845. Several cir
cumstances made it advisable.
Previously each state fixed its own
election day within 34 days of the
meeting of the electors (in accord
ance with act of congress, 1792). All
the states elected in November, but
the dates varied and this lack of
uniformity led to grave conse
quences. In contiguous states “re
peating” was so easy it became
common. Popular demand for re
form led to the 1845 law.
In the frontier country it often was
necessary for voters to set out the
preceding day in order to reach the
| polls in time to vote, so it was de
sirable to have a day intervene be
tween Sunday and election day.
Tuesday was chosen, but the first
Tuesday was excluded since occa
sionally it coincided with the first
of the month, making it inconvenient
for business men. The second Tues
day could fall as late as the 14th,
leaving only 22 days between elec
tion day and the meeting of electors
on the first Wednesday in December.
The first Tuesday after the first Mon
day placed the date not later than
November 8 and always about 30
days before the meeting of the elec
tors. That Tuesday still is retained,
although the time of the meeting of
the electors since has been changed.
Compounds Save Fuel
Chinks around windows and win
dow panes and cracks and open
joints in walls and around doors and
windows are in the front line of fuel
wasters. An easy and inexpensive
way to effect an important saving
in fuel is to fill these openings with
putty or glazing or caulking com
pounds, depending upon the kind of
opening. Putty and glazing com
pounds are especially suitable for
use with window glass, while caulk
ing compounds, which may be ap
plied either with a gun, collapsible
tube, or with a putty knife, are
made especially for the larger open- I
ings elsewhere in the structure of
the house.
Dramatic Climate, Scenery
In relatively small Tunisia, cli
mate and scenery also vary dramat
ically. There are broad stretches of
green, wooded hills, fine pastures and
wheat fields, as well as bleak table
lands, rock deserts, salt marshes
and depressions. Fertile palm
framed oases follow sterile sand
dunes, and in the heart of the moun- 1
tain country irrigated valleys lead
toward productive plains along the .
shore where miles of olive trees ex
tend. j
ANNOUNCEMENT
®||r | We take pleasure in announcing that Carleton C
W ' f Pierce, former sheriff of Houston County for ig
years '. is now associated with us in our business.
m He will be glad to meet all his friends at our
WAREHOUSE.
- g f The same friendly greeting, courteous considera
jjsk k. tion, an d efficient service will be rendered by Mr.
Pierce in a business capacity as in the public
C. C. PIERCE
We also want to announce our purchase of the Corn Shellinr
Plant and Red Trucks of J. P. Etheridge, and are now in po
sition to buy Corn in any quantity.
Inasmuch as ■ erti-izer will be short this year, we suggest that
you see us soon for your Fertilizer Needs.
We are in positi n to make deliveries on any type Fertilizer,
See us for prices on Velvet Beans, or other Farm Products you
have to sell.
DAVIS WAREHOUSE
MAYO DAVIS C . C. PIERCE
PHONE 87 PERRY, GA.
—TTMMriMrMmMMMUIIIIIIIMIMi 111 I 111
Mo-m
“Sausages for breakfast! Sau
sages for breakfast! I can smell
’em!’’ Small Joe came tumbling
downstairs fastening the belt of his
shorts as he came. He made a bee
line for the kitchen. Pop was al
ready sitting at the table, reading
the paper, while Mom held the han
dle of the frying-pan over the stove.
Small Joe came close and sniffed
the delicious smoke, wriggling all
over with early-morning joy.
“Better be thankful for them while
you can still get them.” One glance
at Mom’s face told small Joe this
was one of her tight-lipped days.
“Not a drop of coffee in the house,
and no sugar left to put in it if there
was. Some war!” Small Joe kept
still.
“Letter for you, son,” Pop said in
his quiet voice. Small Joe made a
leap for his place at table. There
it was, a private personal letter for
him alone, propped against his milk
glass.
“Hey, Pop! It’s from brother!”
Small Joe was pulling the envelope
r apart and diving
{Va into the contents.
“Hey, look what
jf, he sent me.” He
m Passed over an
oblong of thick,
-i Z' crinkly paper
while he leaned
over the sheet of
—writing-paper.
“A twenty-five
dollar War Bond,” Pop said slowly.
Mom turned and looked at it over
Pop’s shoulder* with the frying-pan
in her hand.
“Listen what he says. ‘How are
you doing, kid? Hurry and grow up
so you can help me slap the Japs.
Aren’t you most big enough to get
into the Army? Here’s something
for you in your name. Let’s the
whole family gang up and help to
win this war.’ ”
Pop and Mom were silent. But
small Joe didn’t notice that. He
was full of his letter and his War
Bond.
“Gee, Pop, in six years I could
get into the Army, couldn’t I, Pop?
Gee, Pop, I want to be a soldier
like brother and fight in this war.
Gee, isn’t that bond nifty? Look, it
was issued in Honolulu. It’s mine.”
But Pop was looking at Mom and
Mom was looking at Pop. There
were tears in Mom’s eyes. She
shook her head sharply. Pep
reached out and patted her hand
gently.
“Well, can’t let our soldier boy
beat us to buying War Bonds, can
we, old lady?” was all he said.
She shook her head again. “I
guess if he can give up his job and
. . . and go off to war I can do some
fighting back at home,” she said
in a queer voice. Small Joe looked
up at her in surprise. She saw him
looking at her and spoke sharply.
“Well, Joe. We’re about ready to
eat. Say grace.”
Small Joe folded his hands and
bent his head as he had been taught.
“Oh Lord, we thank thee for this
food and all thy bountiful gifts . .
“Amen,” Pop said. I
“Amen,” Mom said. ‘Now eat I
your good sausages.”
(Story from an actual report in j
the files of the Treasury Depart
ment.)
• • *
Amen: Say yes. Take your change
in War Stamps. The least you can
do is the most you can buy in War
Bondi. U. S. Treasury Department
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OUR NEW YEAR MESSAGE
This is no time for the usual Happy New Year wishes. It is
a time, rather, for a prayer to God to give us strength and
courage to grit our teeth, put our shoulder to the wheel, and
devoutly resolve to shoulder burdens, make sacrifices, do
whatever is demanded of us to win this war.
Thus we may ho e for a restoration of “our way of life” with
a feeling of assurance that the suffering people of this world
will be freed from domination and depression.
We pledge you our very best efforts and whole-hearted help
in getting supplies necessary to make your 1943 crop.
It will be necessary to do without many things that you have
been getting on account of scarcity. But we will have some
Implements, Fertilizer, Soda, Seed, Feed and
Supplies, and good supply of parts and repairs.
Come to see us and we will do everything possible to keep
you operating.
See us when you have anything to sell and need farm supplies.
Expect car of Calcium Arsenate this week. We greatly ap
preciate your trade and friendship.
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
ANY SIZE
VULCANIZED
With NEW Equipment !
Also Official Government
Tire Inspection
AT THE
SINCLAIR STATION
t
Phone 137 Perry, Ga.
ONLY THE BEST IN
Diamonds, Watches, China, Silverwear, Glassv/are
and a complete line of Jewelry
See our complete line of Wedding Invitations,
Announcements and Visiting Cards
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing a Specialty
KERNAGHAN, Inc.
411 Cherry St. JEWELERS Macon. 4a.
