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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,
Payable In Advance
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga.. as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
Farmers Back
December Plea
For War Ccnds
Joe G. Woocruif Herds
Grass-Rocts Campaign in
Georgia Next Month
A triple-barrelled drive to cell War
Eonds In Georg a in December—one a
Erass-roots plan t») Increase Bond by
buying Georgia fanners, another urg
ing business firms to pay their Christ
mas bonuses in Bonds and a third ask
ing the public to give Bonds ns Christ
mas presents—has been mobilized.
The three-way campaign Is an
nounced by Charles A. Stair, Slat*
Chairman for War Bond activity, and
is In line with Secretary Morgan
tliau's policy of year-round promotion
of Bond sales with special emphasis
from month to month on some partic
ular sector of American life.
The farm campaign will he directed
by Joe O. Woodruff, one of Georgia’s
best-known agricultural executives,
who has Joined Chairman Stair’s staff
as Farm Division director after long
service with the Federal Farm Se
curity Administration and the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service.
Many thousands of dollars in bo
nuses will be awarded employees of
Industrial corporations, financial in
stitutions and the rank and (lie of
business enterprises in December. As
a curb to Inflation and as a profltahls
Investment habit, Secretary Mongan
than hopes to pipe off a substantial
amount of this vast and dangerous
reeervolr of cash from the pockets of
well-paid workers.
The Treasury Department has cre
ated a colorful Christmas envelope
as a Bond container, designed by «
noted artist and depicting a typical
Vuletlde scene. The envelope Is util
itarian as well as attractive amt will
he available through all bond issuing
agencies.
The banking division, the school
division, the field division and the
women’s division of the State bond
organization will actively cooperate
In forwarding the urban and rural
phases of the December drive.
In November, Georgia’s American
Legion shouldered the burden of the
State’s $11,000,000 Bond quota and un
der the militant leadership of Quimhy
Melton, Editor of the Griffin News
and 82nd Division veteran of World
War 1, launched a whirlwind cam
paign, featured by a successful mil
!lon-dollar-a-duy drive with statewide
victory celebrations on Armistice Day.
•Complete returns from the Legion
campaign had not been reported by
tlie Federal Reserve Bank as this is
sue went to press.
Mr. Woodruff, director of the farm
drive, a native of Walton County,
Georgia, assumed his post ns Farm
Division director of War Bond activity
in the state after being transferred
under civil service from the Farm Se
curity Administration, where ha had
surved for the past six years ns chief
of the FSA tenant purchases program
In Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
A graduate of the University of
Georgia, he first served as county
agricultural agent in Savannah, help
ing found the livestock shows there
which spread over the southeast, later
being engaged in the testing of the
TVA phosphates as assistant district
•gent of the Georgia Extension Serv
ice.
An agricultural advisory committee
appointed by Mr. Stair to support
Mr. Woodruff’s December War Bond
drive among Georgia farmers ' In
cludes;
Floyd C. Newton, Madison, and Rob
ert A. Stllea, Cartersvllle, leading mas
ter farmers; Walter S. Brown, direc
tor, agricultural extension service;
Tom Linder, commissioner of agricul
ture; H. L. Wlnegate, Pelham, farmer
and president of the Georgia Farm
Bureau; Edgar C. Young, state direc
tor. Farm Security Administration;
Claude H. Booker, chairman, agricul
tural committee, Georgia Bankers As
sociation; T. R. Breedlove, adminis
trative officer. Agricultural Adjust
ment Agency; Harry L. Brown, gen
eral agent, Farm Credit Administra
tion; Mr, D. Mobley, director, voca
tional education; and T. L. Asbury,
co-ordinator, Soil Conservation Serv
ice.
Announcement of the campaign by
five 'of its leaders will he broadcast
December Ist by all Georgia radio
stations In conjunction with • late
wide farm rallies.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool L-csson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Reason for December 5
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se- I
lotted and copyrighted by International (
Council of Religious Education: used by
permission.
THE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 20:17; Luke 12:
13-25.
GOLDEN TEXT—Thou shall not covet
. . . anything that is thy neighbor's.—
Exodus 20:17.
The Ten Commandments (the last
one of which we study today) are
characterized by their brevity, their
comprehensive touch with all of
life, and fidelity to the right. But
they are also unique apd, different
from all other laws in that they
reach into the inner recesses of a
man’s heart, a realm where only
God can judge and act.
This last commandment (against
covetousness) emphasizes that point,
for it does not expressly require or
forbid any act, but deals with the
motive of man’s action. Man can
judge another man’s acts, but he
cannot judge his motives, desires, or
thoughts. God must do that.
But man can, by the grace of God,
control his motives; and hence vv*
have this commandment and its in
terpretation.
I. The Sin—Covetousness (Ex.
20:17).
It may be a surprise to many to
learn that coveting—or desiring what
belongs to another—is a sin. It has
become one of the “respectable
sins’’ accepted in the best circles
and practiced by many church peo
ple.
As a matter of fact, this sin un
derlies all the other sins against
which the commandments speak. He
who has a love for money and an
evil desire to have his neighbor’s
possessions will hate, lie, steal,
cheat, kill, in fact, as Dr. Morgan
says, “The whole realm of human
interrelations is disorganized and
broken up by the dishonoring of tire
tenth commandment.”
If you have become a lover of
money, or one who longs to have
what your friends own, beware. You
are in real danger.
11. The Result A Ruined Life
(Luke 12: 13-21).
To have such a spirit makes a
man greedy (v, 13), callous and
selfish (vv. 17-19), and foolish (v. 20),
both regarding this life and that
which is to come.
The yardstick of success in the
world—for an individual, an organi
zation, or a nation; yes. even for
many a church—is the possession of
wealth, or property, or other
“things,” Write it in large letters
on the hearts and minds of our boys
and girls, “A man’s life consisteth
not in the abundance of the things
which he possessed!” (v, 15).
The one who was known to his
friends (and to himself) as “a rich
man” (v. 16), but whom God knew
as a "fool” (v. 20), had more than
he could use for himself. He had
to build new and bigger barns, and
could not see the “barns” that were
already prepared, for, ns Ambrose
says, "Thou hast barns—the bosoms
of the needy, the houses of widows,
the mouths of orphans and infants.”
He was a fool who loved money for
himself. One wonders what he had
to say for himself when that very
night he was called into the pres
ence of God to give an account of
his stewardship (v. 20). If you are
similarly situated and have the
same attitude, what will you say in
that day?
An important point which we
must note is that Jesus expressly
repudiated the connecting of His
name with the so-called "social gos
pel” in His reply (v. 14).
HI. The Cure—Trust in God (Luke
12:22-25).
Because covetousness destroys the
best in life, we ought to shun it like
poison. The best antidote (or cure)
if we have been poisoned by it is
to go all-out in our trust and con
fidence in God,
We who are children of God arc
to take no anxious thought for the
morrow. This does not forbid prop
er preparation and forethought, but
it does rule out fretful anxiety. The
reasons are very clear and cogent.
First of all, while food and cloth
ing are important, they are not of
first importance. The vital thing is
that one have life. Otherwise things
•re useless (v. 23). We must keep
our sense of proportion, of relative
values.
Then too, God is the One who must
care for every one of us. And He
does care for us! Why not trust
Him? He cares for all creation;
I can He not care for you? If then
you trust the all-powerful One, what
occasion is there for worry, or cov
i etousness?
And finally comes the devastating
| argument. Worry never accom
plished anything. Anxiety does not
help anyone, anytime, anywhere. Sa
why be anxious?
It is clear then that a desire for
that which belongs to others is a
sin which destroys man’s happiness
and usefulness. It is needless—as
is all anxiety—because only God can
provide, and He will provide if we
trust Him.
Life becomes simple, pleasant, use
ful, confident, yes, really Christian,
when we get our eyes off things and
on the Lord.
CLASSIFIED ADS
Lost —Ration Book No. 3 with
name, Lula Wimberly. Finder
return to Rationing Office, Per
ry. Ga.
Lost —Dark red mare Mule,
with halter on, 5 years old. Find
er notify Sol Gray, Hayneville,
Ga., Route 1.
Lost —War Ration Book No. 3
with name, T. J. Toomer. Finder
return to Rationing Office, Per
ry, Ga.
Lost—4 Ration Books 4 with
names, Philip M. Coons, Phili>
H. Coons. Suzanne Coons, For
ces L. Baker. Finder please
noti Phii • Coons, Warner
Rob , a.
For Rent—T w o Furnished
Apar merits, w < baths and two
kitche ‘ "r c wift St. Apply
Mrs. W. K. Couch, Phone 78,
Talbotton, Ga.
!
For Sale —Two Poland China!
Sows and 14 Pigs. Apply C. J. (
East, Route 2, Perry, Ga.
SEE
W. G. E HRIDGE
For
Bicycle Repair Work
Rogers Store > nty, Ga.
U-NFF) TAMCAB
Operating from
NELL'S CAFE
Day Phone 215
Night Phone 201
Perry, Ga.
I
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
Audits - Systems - Income Tax
LEGAL SALE OF LAND
Georgia, Houston County;
Bv virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Houston
County, there will he sold a
public outcry, on the first Tues
day in December, 1913, before
the court house door in Perry, !
Georgia, during the le>al hours I
of sale to the highest bidder for,
cash, the following iani to-wit: j
All that tract or pare ;1 of land |
situated. Iving and being in the)
13th District of Houston county,
Georgia, and in land lot No. 59
in said district and being tract
No. 1 according to plat and map
of said land made by Rhodes
Sewell, Surveyor, on November
4, 1943 and containing 21.69
acres and having such shapes,
metes and bounds as will appear
on said map as of reco *d. Also
I. acres of land situated, lying
and being in the 13th District of
Houston county and being known
us tract No. 2 according to map
and plat of same made by Rhodes
Sewell on November 4, 1943.
Also a town lot located at the
intersection of the lowe; Perry
and Hawkinsville public road
and the Dixie Highway at Clinch
field, in the 13th District of
Houston County, Georgia, and in
land lot No. 59 of said district.
Said lot fronting 50 feet, more or
less, on the Dixie Highway and
running back west even width a
distance of 210 feet. Bounded
on the north by Feed’s st)re lot;
south by the Perry ani lower
road; east by Dixie High way and
west by the Brantley est tie.
This the Bth day of No;. 1943.
R. L. Woolf .Ik,
Administrator Esta e of
W. F. Wool 1 oik, De eased.
J. W. Bloodworth, Atty.
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TAX NOTICE
Houston County Tax Books are
now open for payment of 1943
taxes. Pay on or before Dec.2o,
1943 and avoid penalty.
M, E. AKIN, Tax Collector
12;15 Houston County, Ga.
WORTH SEEING
A backwoodsman heard that the j
job of watchman at a single-line
railroad crossing was vacant.
"You’ll have to undergo a strict j
examination,” the man in charge ;
said when he applied for the job.
"Ask me anything!” said the ap-i
plicant.
"All right. Supposing you are at
the crossing and two trains are com
ing along from opposite directions,
what would you do?”
"I’d blow my whistle,”
"Supposing your whistle was out
of order?”
"I’d always wear a red shirt, and
I’d take it off and flag the trains.”
"Let’s say this happened at
night.”
"Then I’d swing my lantern.”
"But suppose you had no oil for
your lantern.”
“In that case I’d call my sister.”
"Your sister? What for?”
“I’d just say to her: ‘Come on
down, sis, and see the goldarndest
wreck you ever saw in all your
lifel' ”
ARMY FUN
Sarge—Any of you rookies know
anything about shorthand?
Voice in the Back—Sure, I do.
Sarge—Okay. Report to the kitch
en. The cook says he’s short hand
ed on dish washers.
In the Name of the Lord
Smith—What was all that swear
ing 1 heard when I went by your
house on the way to church this
morning?
Blue—That was grandpa. He was
late for church and couldn’t find
his hymn book.
Early to Bed .
Mrs. Brown These modern
daughters! I maintain you just have
to keep them under strict control!
Mrs. Jones—Yes, indeed! There’s
my Margaret only 15 ,and many a
time I have to send her to bed
without any breakfast!
Tit for Tat
Thin—Well, then, how about giv
ing me enough for a crust of bread?
Fat—Sorry.
Thin—lf I had your dough, I
wouldn’t worry about a crust.
Fat—lf I had your crust, I
wouldn't worry about dough!
Giggle Water
Druggist—And what, sonny, can I
do for you?
Junior—My mother told me she
wanted a bottle of good-natured al
cohol.
NO SYMPATHY
I
Hubby—l suppose you’re pretty
mad because I came home with this
black eye last night?
Lovey—Not at all, dear. When
you came home last night you didn’t
have that black eye!
Let Dad Do It!
Mr. Jones —I want two pillow
cases.
Clerk—And what size?
Mr. Jones—My wife didn’t say. I
wear a seven hat if that would help,
but 1 don’t know about her head
sizel
Whoa There!
Joe— l have a leading part in a i
new play.
Bill—Yeh. Who’s your leading
lady?
Joe—l haven’t one. I lead a horse
on the stage.
Cop This One!
Bill What’s the difference be
tween a floorwalker and a police- ,
man? >
Will—With one the customer is al- ;
ways right, and the other he’s al- j
ways wrong! i
Poor Imitation
Brown—Did you reprimand your
! youngster for mimicking me?
Blue—Yes, I told him to stop act
ing like a fool.
No Training Yet
Dad—l don't like the way that
( rookie kisses you, Mabel.
Mabel—Give him a chance, Dad.
| He’s just a beginner!
Love’s Sweet Song
Sis—Can you tell me how love
starts and ends?
Sister—Sure, love starts when you
[ sink in his arms, and it ends with
| your arms in the sink!
No Hope!
Jones—What a swell looking nurse
; you’ve got.
Smith—ls she? I hadn’t noticed.
Jones—Gee, I had no idea you
were that sick!
j
Manner of Speaking
Firefly One—Put out that light!
This is supposed to be a blackout!
Firefly Too—l can’t help it. When
you gotta glow, you gotta glowl
GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS
Toys for the children include Wagons, Swings,
Rocking Horses, Aeroplanes, Train Sets.
For the Lady of the House, we have Vases, Candy
Dishes, Juice Servers, Pyrex Sets, Crystal Water
Sets, Nut Bowl Sets, and many other attractive
and useful Items.
Shop Early and Mail Early this year!
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 500 PERRY, GA.
GOOD EATS
FOR NOW and CHRISTMAS
CANDIES - RAISINS - NUTS
Fruits including Oranges, Grapefruit, Apples, Bananas.
Gold Leaf Flour including Cake Flour.
Buy Christmas Goodies Early This Year.
J. W. Bloodworth
Phone 94 Perry, Ga.
WE WANT TO BUY
PECANS
All Varieties, Grades, Sizes and Types.
Highest market prices paid on delivery.
NO WAITING.
We also want Hay, Peanut and Peavine, any
quantity, Peas, Peanuts, Cotton Seed, Soy &
Velvet Beans, Cane Syrup, Shelled Corn.
We have a good stock of Oats, Wheat, Barley & Rye.
Get in touch with us—-it will pay you.
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
CORN
Our SHELLING PLANT is operat
ing regularly. We are paying
Highest Prices for large or small
lots of CORN. See us for Prices.
Our Cotton Gin is running daily. Good
Ginning is important.
DAVIS WAREHOUSE
Phone 87 MAYO DAVIS, Prop’r. Perrs', Ga.
DO YOU KNOW
How EASY it would be to
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Perry, Georgia.
ONLY THE BEST IN
Diamonds, Watches, China, Silverwear, Glassware
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.
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