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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, SLSO per year,
Payable In Advance
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga., as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
FARM LABOR NEEDED
Uncle Sam has begged our
farmers to plant in greater acre
age than they have a ghost of a
chance to harvest without help.
The farmers are doing their
part. Indeed, they have always
done more than their part. They
have done their best. Now the
harvest is on them . . more
acres planted for the sake of
their soldier sons than they can
harvest, now that these sons are
soldiers and no longer on the
farms to help their hard-worked
dads.
The farmer’s wife is in the
fields, too, because she knows
her boy needs this food and
feed. And the farmer’s chil
dren. They aren’t playing now.
But they alone, for all they can
do and all they will try to do,
cannot win this desperate Battle
for Pood and Clothing the har
vesting of peanuts and cotton in
this section.
They must have reinforce
ments.
Men and women in towns and
cities must help. Boys and girls
must help too. Men and women,
and boys and girls, who are now
doing their part at other essen
tial war jobs, but who now must
really do their best and take on
an extra job while the Harvest
Battle is ranging across the state
of Georgia,
Peanuts and cotton are needed
in the war effort. They have
many uses. Will you help gauici
these important crops?
Enroll today in the Crop Corps
with W.T. MiddleDrooks, County
Agent.
PLEASE PASS THE SALT
Even if your food is well sea
soned, say "Please pass toe suit
these hot summer days if .un.
want to protect your health.
in extremely not weather th
body must work overtime pi
dueing profuse perspiration to
keep the body temperature nor
mal. Such perspiration cools the
body but at the same time r
moves large amounts 01 sa t
from the tissues. This loss of
salt is the chief cause of heal
exhaustion and neat cramps.
To prevent these in effects
from heat, increase your uaiiy
salt intake. Use more on your
food or take it with water a
level teaspoonful to a quart of
water, or a 15 grain tab.cl wit .
each glassful of water. Man i
industries keep a supply of salt
tablets by their drinking foun
tains and instruct employees who
work in high temperatures to
take a tablet with each glass of
water.
In order to help keep comfort
able on sultry summer days, re
duce the production of heat in
the body by eating light, easily
digested food in mo d e rat e
amounts, eating less protein
foods as meat and eggs, avoid
ing fat containing food and, if
possible, putting off hard muscu
lar exertion until the cooler part
of the day. Georgia’s Health.
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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 August 8
lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council o1 Religious Education; used by
permission,
GOD SHOWS HIS PEOPLE
THE WAY
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 13:17-22; 15-17-
22a.
GOLDEN TEXT—The Lord Is my strength
and song, and he Is become my salvation.—
j Exodus 15:2.
The destinies of the nations are
| in the hands of God. Warriors ore
1 mighty in battle, counselors are
quick to declare their wisdom, and
diplomats are clever in manip
u-1 lation of wealth and people. But
; when they have all exercised to the
| limit their ingenuity and power they
| have only succeeded in bringing us
t “blood, sweat and tears” as the por
-1 tion of all mankind.
Israel was about to be delivered
from the bondage of Egypt, and God
through His leader Moses was ready
to be their guide. Even so He guides
every believer in Christ. We may
learn three things from this lesson.
I. God Has a Plan (Exod. 13:
17-19).
There was a direct, easy road
along the coast of the Mediterranean
up to Canaan, but God with His pil
lar of cloud and fire did not lead
out in that way.
How strange that He should take
them by a longer, more difficult
way! Not at all. He knew the dan
ger of the easy way. It was there
that the warlike Philistines would be
j lying in ambush. Such immediate
| conflict would discourage Israel and
tempt them to return to the
fleshpots of Egypt. So He took them
the other way.
Note that God’s guidance for them
was one of intelligent planning, not
just impulse or chance. He knew
what to do, and He did it, for their
j good.
God has a plan, not only for the
, nations, but also for individuals, for
your life and mine. Let us find His
will for us, for it is good, acceptable
and perfect (Rom. 12:1. 2).
Note the honoring of the faith of
Joseph in God’s promise (v. 19).
The memory of his assurance was
: a blessing to his descendants, and
they honored it and him. What will
our descendants have to say about
our faith in God?
11. God Provides Guidance (Exod.
13:20-22).
God’s plan is made known to His
people as they follow Him step by
1 step. This moans that there must
be guidance, moment by moment,
if His plan is to be worked out. He
gives such guidance and it is only
when His children fail to follow it
j that the pattern of life becomes con
fused.
The field of divine guidance is one
in which Christians have widely di
vergent experiences. Some know the
sweet, unconfused daily experience
of God’s hand upon them, caring for
even the minor details (or are they
minor?) of life. Others have known
the directive power of God in some
life crisis, but not in the ordinary
affairs of life. Many, and perhaps
most, think of divine guidance as a
spiritual theory of which the preach
er talks, but know nothing of it
in their own lives.
What makes this great difference?
Faith—or the lack of it. Those who
trust God accept and receive His
i blessed leadership moment by mo
ment. It is as simple as that. Oth
ers reach out and take it when the
pressure of life makes them cast
themselves on God. Others simply
muddle along “doing their best,”
' which is not their best, for God is
not in it.
The pillar of cloud, which bc
| came luminous at night, was ideal
!; for the guidance of Israel. It pro
, j vided shade by day from the hot
sun, and a sure guide in the dark
-1 ness of the night.
1 111. God Gives Joyous Victory
; (Exod. 15:17-22a).
Israel soon came against the in
surmountable barrier (humanly
speaking) of the Red sea. Then
Pharaoh, regretting that he had re
leased them, came up after them—
an impossible situation, and the
j people began to borate Moses. This
I time he stood fast in his faith and
i said: “Stand still and see the salva
tion of Jehovah”—and it came!
Then followed the song of victori
ous joy, which Moses wrote and the
j people sang. Deliverance brings
joy, and forget it not, God is able
to deliver those who put their trust
in Him.
The application to our spiritual
lives is a blessed one. Sotting out
on God’s way does not mean that
one will not have trials. They come,
and quickly. We do not get farther
than our Red sea when the world
sees an opportunity to draw us back
and comes charging at us from the
rear, like Pharaoh. What to do?
Trust God, and He will drown the
Pharaoh who pursues you in the very
Red sea which is now your difficulty.
He will bring you through dryshod
if you count on Him.
Fearful, fretting, fussing Chris
tian, why not “stand still” and let
God work out your salvation. You
cannot bear the burdens of all the
world. He can, and will set you
free so that you too may go forward
lor Him,
LETTER TO EDITOR
. I Editor Home Journal
! Ferry, Georgia
j Dear Sir;
1 I would like to write a short
letter through our home paper
. commending the great American
farmer.
: At the present time I could
truthfully say without prejudice
that the great American farmer
j is and has been proven to be the
most patriotic of all time. For a
good many years the American
farmer produced cotton to cloth
the world at a loss to himself
and all those that backed him.
He clothed the city men and
i their families and went bare
" himself. The American farmer
or the farmers of the great
Southland produced cotton that
held the balance of trade in fa
vor of the United States for so
many years.
During the first World War,
the American farmers were ask
ed by their Government to in
crease production. This the
great American farmer did. He
produced or increased his pro
duction so much that a short'
while after the first World War, 1
the farmers were asked to re
duce their production. He had
made too much for so many
years that we had a great sur
plus. Th e American farmer
obeyed orders. He reduced his
acreage, he killed off or neglect
ed his livestock, thousands ofi
acres of land were laid out and 1
other thousands were started to!
timber. Ail this may have been;
for our good but the American
farmer did not question but
obeyed orders.
The past two years, we have
been called upon to increase or
double our production. This we
have tried to do. It has been 1
said that the great American i
farmer produced the world’s{
record crop in 1942. President
Roosevelt asked them to do this
and they never questioned, but
went ahead and produced.
The present year, 1943, found'
the American farmers with a se
| rious shortage of labor and
equipment. A great part of his
labor was in the Army and Na
vy, a great part has gone to war,
plants, seeking higher!
wages. Alter all the bad weath-]
sr and a late spring or planting 1
season, it is thought the present!
crops will equal or exceed last!
years, including livestock and
poultry.
'the American farmer has]
proven hio worth in the world’s!
greatest crisis. He is feeding j,
ai d clothing the greater part of j
ihe world. He is furnishing the ,
world’s greatest soldiers, the.
sons of the American farmer. ‘
both white and colored are],
known for their efficiency and
courage. The American farmer j
has played his part well when J
prices are high, he produced, his
crops; when prices are low, he ,
produces his crops; and takes
ihe loss lor his portion. He does ]
not strike when Jaws are passed!
gainst him, he obeys the law'. *
j He buys a larger part of Govern
ment, mums; ne helps the poor
city man. When the city man
gets in tough, he calls on the
American larmer. The farmer
■ s the only one that can feed or I
help in these times of distress, j
'the great American farmer is
up soon in the morning, works
late at night; he does not have
the eight hour system. He does
not have annual vacations but he
j keeps steadily on, day in and
day out. W hen the high salari
ed and short day working man
gets in tough, he seeks the tired
farmer. All classes of our peo
ple triy to hinder the American
larmer. So many politicians
have sought to destroy them.
Still they have emerged and sur
i vived every crisis, and today
j they hold the title as the great
est and most patriotic men of all
■ lines, the great American far
mers say little and do much.
They do not strut around and
make much noise. He performs.
Let us give the farmer, both
white and colored, due praise
and give them credit for build- 1
j ing a great America.
A subscriber.
Lawrence Bannister.
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NOTICE
A Permanent Registration
Book is being made for the Vot-
I ers of Houston County. Please
i come by my office as early as
j possible and register, in order
| that the book might be com
j pleted.
M. E. AKIN,
Tax Collector Houston County,
Ferry, Ga.
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
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METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m
! Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
i and 8:30 p. m.
j Young People’s Service, 7:15
; p. m.
Rev. J. E, Sampley, Pastor. I
MIDDLE GA. COLLEGE NEWS
All arrangements are being!
made to take care of civilian men
and women at Middle Georgia
College for the coming session,
w'hich will begin on September
20.
Young ladies will occupy the I
two dormitories that they occu-!
pied last year. Young men will i
be placed in town and at Inman’s 1
Court.
Every indication is that there !
will be a good attendance of
civilian students, in addition to
the Army Aviation cadets, who i
occupy the four boys’ dormi !
tories.
Parents have found that the
young men of the Cadet corps
sponsor many entertainments
and social functions, which add
not only to the social life of the
College, but also to the educa-j
I tional advancement of the stu
dents.
Faculty members will live with ;
the students, as usual, and will
enforce reasonable regulations.
The charges for civilian stu-!
dents will be $29.17 per month, 1
everything included. —Adv.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS '
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.1
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.!
Prayer Service Wednesday,
8:00 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. 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.
Pleaching Service, 8:30 p, m.
The public is cordially invited
to all these services.
Rev. M. D. Agerton, Pastor.
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UNITED STATES
WAR.
K OKD S
STAMPS
*l| i 9
WHEN MEN ARE FIGHTING
ALL OF US MUST BACK THEM UP I
Food and feed crops for fighting men are almost ready I
for harvest. Farmers need extra help to get the? e I
crops in. Here is your opportunity to contribute to I
the war effort-give a farm friend a boost, and, a t I
the same time, get paid for what you do. I
Join the Houston County Crop Corps now. Enroll at I
the county agent’s office. I
J. W. Bloodworth
Phone 94 Ferry, Ga
WORKING TOGETHER .
IMPORTANT IN PEACE
NECESSARY IN WAR
The benefits from getting all food and feed
crops harvested in good shape this year will
be far reaching. Not only is the food and
feed shortage here at home growing mere se
rious, but larger amounts of food are needed
to supply our armed forces and allies.
Farmers must have help with the harvest.
People from towns and cities are the only
i ones available.
You may not be able to carry a full load,
but whatever you do will be appreciated and
a great help. Join the Crop Corps!
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
HELP WITH THE HARVEST!
Fight on the farm front to back up our boys
on the battlefront. There are a dozen jobs
you can do on a Houston county farm during
the next few weeks. The farmers need you.
Join the Crop Corps today. See County Agent
W. T. Middlebrooks for particulars.
DAVIS WAREHOUSE
Phone 87 MAYO DAVIS, Prop’r. Perry, Ga.
THE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Announces the Appointment of
C. L. WILLIAMS
As Special Agent for Houston County
Mr. Williams for a number of years has been Princi
pal of the school at Bonaire, Georgia. Mr. Williams
will continue to make his home at Bonaire, Georgia,
but his office is at Warner Robins. Ga., where he is
associated with Mr. C. K. Watson of Watson and
Williams Insurance Agency.
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