Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, January 13, 1944, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOWE 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. ONLY WORTHY REMAIN FREE As the calendar heralds 1944. i grim predictions of allied politi cal and military leaders rank! foremost in the minds of all peo ple. Nineteen-hundred forty- ( four is the year of decision. It is the year of total war and de struction, death and suffering. It may well be the year of mili tary victory thanks to the cour age of our fighting men and the American production miracle. Armament production in the United States has reached stag gering proportions. In Novem ber, every five minutes saw the birth of one new complete plane. The month’s total was 8,789, of which 1,000 were heavy bombers. More than 150,000 war planes have been built since the start of hostilities. Nineteen million tons of mer chant shins were launched in 1948, compared to 1,1(58,000 tons in 1941. Naval and shipbuilding h a s outstriped the imaginations of the wildest dreamers. About a dozen aircraft carriers wen turned out in November alone. Warship tonnage in 1941 was 2,- 182.000. Out of the ashes of Pearl Harbor it rose to 5,000,000 tons in 1948, a colossus bent on the destruction of Japanese ag gression and Nazi tyranny. Tanks, guns and supplies are being produced in unbelievable quantities. These things were ma le possi ble by the productive genius < free enterprise, in th hands oi 10.000. American men a u u their companions in arms, the are America’s answer to t n ■ warped leaders of Europe a n b Japan who have challenged ou freedom. But we have no cause to re joice. Tens of thousands of our men must die in 1944 to meet; the challenge of me dictator Usual year-end speech-makin and editorial phrase-making a, out of place. Ihe people wer told when the war started tha they would have to make sac in fices. They were told that thi was total war And, yet, oth than those who have given in men, no one has so far mad iota of real sacrifice. It hu »t the cards for such a couditi continue. Sometime in the not-to lant future we, at home, r ing to find out what total means, even though we ma, I never feel the imp »cl of aim on our cities. A pretty good indicat o o how we are going to find o o ••■n be seen in the gusts of bitter controversy sweeping thro the land over strikes, taxis, sub sidies and inflation. e> the prelude to the storm. When it hits in full fury, me tesi our love of freedom will be upo us. No person in this nation can ever shut from his mind the aw ful vision of the last days of 1943 in which 1,000 marines las dead on the beaches of one littl South Pacific island Those mm died for the right to he free. We at home have yet to prove worthy of the freedom for which they died. Industrial News Re view. Shoes Go Military Women’s shoe styles are goin, military. Most of the 40,000 shoe, on exhibit at the annual convention of the Middle Atlantic shoe retailors in Philadelphia showed a distinct military influence, and stylists say the trend will be around for a while. H. C. Johnson, representative of Be loit (Wis.) manufacturer, declared that the predominance of tan col ors with brass buckles and straps would be in effect for the next three years. IMP RQ VE D Ji UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson Bv HABOI.D I. LUNDQUIST. D D. Of . 1 " Mondy Bible Institute of Chtra.-o. Helc.iS(d by Wcsti-rn Newspaper Uncn. Lesson for January 13 I.essun subjects and Scripture texts Re* lerir 1 and copyrighted by InlernatJoi 1 Council of Religious Education; uacd bv permission JESUS ANSWERS IMS’ CRITICS LESSON TEXT-Mark 2:23-3:«. GOLDEN TEXT Rln'.srri are ye. when men shall revile you. and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake—Matthew 5:11 Criticism and opposition was the constant lot of our Lord as He gave Himself in His labor of love for man kind. It follows His disciples to this j day, for men seem to have not only j ingratitude, but an evil spirit which rewards kindness with hard words j and unjust accusation, j The scribes and Pharisees had al ; ready found ground for their com plaint, for He had eaten “with pub licans and sinners’* (2:16). The fact that He went there to win Matthew and to heal the sinsick (2:17) made no difference. Then they wanted to know why His disciples did not ob serve a fast (2:18) in the solemn way they should. How could they, when the Lord was in their midst? They were joyful. In our lesson we find these hating, watching enemies of our Lord’s showing their bitterness in two ways. I. Open Accusation (2:23-28). They got at Him this time through His beloved disciples. It was the indirect approach so often used by cowardly people who want to hurt someone, but who dare not face him squarely. They spread evil reports or unkind criticism about a loved one, and thus wound the one they hate. Their accusation was, however, in a sense a direct one. They claimed that He was the one who had per mitted His disciples to violate the Sabbath law by plucking and rub bing the ears of corn to prepare them to be eaten. In other words, He had allowed them to do a secular thing on a sacred day and thus to violate the holiness of the Sabbath. What they did was not wrong, but they did it on the wrong day, said these critics. Jesus met the charge by reaffirm ing the high viewpoint of God con cerning man. We have lowered our conception of man’s position, while at tlie same lime exalting his unde pendable judgment. Everything that concerns man is sacred in the sight of God. Hunger is natural, God made man that way. He gets hungry on the Sabbath day, so he must have food on that day. The Sabbath was made to serve him, and he must not be harmed or hin dered by his servant. Now, someone will say: “That means I can do what I like on the Sabbath—or the Lord’s Day.” No, it does not. What you need is right. What you desire may not be. You are more than an animal, so you must have more than physical rest and recreation on Sunday. You are more than a mental being, hence you need more than culture-read ing, music or friendship on that day. You are a spiritual being and must have fellowship with God. See how nicely it all balances up when we go God’s way. Then noth ing that concerns us is common or secular. It is ail sacred. I 11. Silent Hatred (3:1-6). Open criticism is bad, but it be j comes worse when it is hidden in the heart of a watching man (v. 2), one who looks for his opportunity to strike. The scene is a most dramatic one. Jesus came into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as was His cus tom. (By the way, is it your cus tom to go to church on Sunday?) “In that synagogue was a man with a withered hand. Here occurs one of those incidental things, which are so full of beauty in these narratives. Seeking to find accusation against Him, His enemies nevertheless all unconsciously paid Him a supreme compliment. They associated Him immediately, not with the chief seat of the synagogue, but with the most needy man in the crowd.” “They watched Him” (v. 2). The air was full of silent, malicious, cun ning hatred. Jesus faced them with an alternative so high, so holy and exacting that they dared not speak. He pointed out that we either do good or harm, heal or kill, by our response to ■ human need. It can not be ignored. What would they do with it? Keep their strict man made regulations, or hondr God by helping a needy one on the Sabbath? They dared not answer. Then He healed the man. He did not touch him. He did not do any work, except a miraculous healing. But it was enough. The Herodians and the Pharisees, who hated each other, now became friends because they both hated Jesus. What an awful picture of what may be in the human heart, even in the Lord’s house on the day of wor ship. What was in your heart when you last went into the church? Love and a desire for the good of your neighbor, or hatred and malice? Here again our Lord declared the dignity of man in the plan of God, and placed his need above the keep ing of a day. We are too little in terested in the help we can give, and too fearful of the criticism of others. 4 th IVar Hond Campaign 7ext Week in Ca. Voh , jCr''r Organization Tackles Big Joh Of Rallying Citizens Behind $ 129,000,000 Purchases Amer’ca’a Fourth War Loan cam-1 paign and the part the people of Georgia are expected to play in it are synopsized in the. following para graphs: When January IS-February 15, 1C 11. National Gcal—sl4,ooo,ooo,ooo. Georgia's Share—ol29,ooo,ooo. Purpose—To enlist the support of the American people in paying for the war, shortening the war, saving | American lives, curbing inflation, and ! insuring post-war security for every body. Slogan—Let’s ALL Back the At tack! Emblem P.cd, White and Blue | Shield bearing legend, “I Bought I EXTRA Bonds!” Georgia Quota —Te he bought by Individuals: $37,000,000 in E bonds, known as “The People’s Bonds”; $B,- 000,000 in F and G bonds; $25,000,000 in other securities; making a total of $70,000,000 to bo bought by individ uals. Corporations, $50,000,000. Grand 1 total, $120,000,000, Campaigners—A standing army of | volunteer citizens in all of Georgia’s i 150 Counties. Many of these public- | I spirited men and women have served | in the three previous national cam- I paigns in addition to rendering year- I round service. Direction—This campaign and year round war bond work is directed by a dollar-a-year State Chairman, head ing the Georgia War Finance Com- , miltee, a branch of the War Finance | Division, United States Treasury. STAFF The State Chairman is supported by a State Advisory Com mittee of ten representative Gcor gians, a large group of State Division Chairmen representing all phases of | Georgia life, both groups serving as j volunteers; and a professional staff . f.erving full time under Civil Service as U. S. Treasury specialists in educa tion, agriculture, industry, finance, women’s affairs, community life and publicity. State Headquarters—l2o2 Citizens and Southern Building, Atlanta, Ga., JAckson 2225, Districts—Georgia is divided into 16 War Bond Districts, each headed by a volunteer District Chairman and Vice-Chairman, Thirteenth District Chairmen and Quotas In tbe Thirteenth District, of which E. I'. Ncv’hnrd, Perry, is chairman, arc the following county chairmen and quotas: Bleckley, .1. E. Cook, Cochran, $B-1,500; Crisp Buy T. Cobb, Cordele, $280,100; Dodge, W. C. Rozer, Eastman, $154,400; Dooly, L. N. BONDS OVER AM * * * f„'i r Sr“a”fwLS: Home of Freedom ton stands Crawford's bronze statue of Free dom, symbol of the freedom and liberty our government has guar- Bj 1 *" j anteed to immigrant jjfrL £■ and native citizen alike, since the founding of ;•/$. the Republic. ’ln l ' le ca P' ta^s of con- quered Europe freedom —» and liberty are hollow, mocking words __ _ , _ mouthed by jackal pup- ELcep iamerica Free; pets nice Mussert, Qms t-b - ling. Laval, Degrelle Boy wear Bonds or Laurel. [ BONDS OVER AMERICA ** « ihSTp.’S , S E wS- P!oneer Woman couver, Washington, beneath a heroic statue _ dedicated to the pioneer <?vV »- women who came with ' N ~SaSS^3,..<^v their husbands and chil- >?! '* dren into the North west country, newly f 1 War gnjaA •„ opened after the Lewis and Clark expedition. “i There is little cause for m ‘ ' n occupied Tx Europe and even the ‘ ’m children have little - 'A v stomach for play. Mil lions have been or phaned by Nazi guns or labor camps; all are Prepare for Peace; Bay War Bonds ,0 ,heir *** Inmans in mcxico There are approximately 8,000,000 Indians in Mexico, constituting two , fifths of the total population. Counties All of Georgia’s I.l® Counties maintain a permanent War Bond organization headed by a vol unteer County Chairman, supported by whatever divisional chairmen and committee workers the size and na ture of his county require in further ing the buying of W’ar Bonds by all the people of the county. Bond Agencies—War Bonds may be bought at banks, postoffices, savings and loan companies and many stores, theaters, radio stations and other spe cial issuing agencies authorized by the Treasury. Many factories and business concerns maintain payroll savings plans by which workers buy bonds throughout the year through regular doductions from their wages. Quotas —Every County in Georgia has been assigned a definite quota. No County will be recorded as hav ing reached its quota unless its peo ple buy the required amount of bonds in all classifications. The policy of the campaign will be to break these County quotas down into smaller | quotas applying to communities, firms 1 and individuals. j Georgia’s Record—Georgia exceed ed its total quota in the Third War ' Loan campaign last September but bought only $30,700,000 of its $37,- 000,000 E Bond quota—B3%. Georgia bought only $0,000,000 worth of F and G Bonds in September, whereas the present quota for these bonds is $3,- 000,000. County Records—Georgia’s agricul- I tural counties surpassed their indus t rial neighbors in E-Bond buying in September; 139 largely rural and farm counties averaged buying 110% . of their E Bond quotas, whereas the 1 20 largest industrial counties aver aged buying only 70%. | The Job—The January 18-February 115 job facing Georgians, therefore, is I emphatically harder than the appar ently successful job in September. A deficit of some $3,300,000 in E Bonds, which are bought principally in $25 denominations; an increase of $2,000,000 in F and G Bonds, and a heavier proportion of the types of | bonds bought by corporations must I be sold by the workers—and bought j by the people—if Georgia is to dis charge the responsibility assigned by Uncle Sam as her share of the na -1 tion’s wartime financing burdea. Mobley, Vienna, $126,700; Houston, C. E. Andrew, Perry, $342,800; Jeff Davis, J. B. Mills, Hazlehurst, $Bl,- 300; Peach, T, Ashby McCord, Fort Valley, $185,400; Pulaski, P. G. Heard, Hawkinsville, $96,700; Telfair, J. M. Cook, Mcßae, $175,800; Wilcox, C. W. Gillespie, Abbeville, $39,700. First Blood Bank Hospital blood banks were started in this country in 1935 at the Cook County hospital in Chicago. 'SWm « { il| c/^^ psss£Nmii/£^r/ foft//£saf£gfa l/rrL£ TfMPORA A Y Iw SAFETYO£S£m#£/M£fi l/*£*Ty*o*SAf£7K Those who fail to wholeheartedly help In the war effort, too, deserve not the liberty and safety for which our hoys are fighting. Back them up to the fullest by BLYING WAR BONDS regularly. Barfield Furniture Co. NEW AND USED FURNITURE Cash Or Terms Phone 154 Perry, Ga. , a— Times I ! mve I fl ,]] Once this was the symbol of a Drug \A J Store. Time changes many 'hings hut to us, this same principle fields true today, as of old: “COMPOUNDING PRESCRIPTIONS VITII j THE UTMOST CARE IS THE MOST IM PORTANT SINGLE THING IN OUR BUSINESS.” U-, Ik Depend on US For ACCURATE Prescriptions HOUSTON DRUG COMPANY Walgreen Agency Drug Store Phone 52 Perry, Ga — ■ ~ '■ "1 ] It’s the Quality of leadership S| j s| ct) _ I that Leaders || j Atlnnlir rampant, -4* AllmU. nr(n.rfp DO YOU KNOW How EASY it would be to . Buy or Re-finance a HOME with Our Plan? FULL DETAILS GIVEN .... WITH NO OBLIGATION PERRY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIAiIOH Accounts by Mail Solicited. Write Us. Perry, Georgia. —JILL tJ 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. 411 Cherry St. JEWELERS Macon, Ga. LEGAL BLANK FORMS BLANK MORTGAGES, BILL OF SALE, PROMISSORY NOTES, RETAIN TITLE NOTES, and Various Other Forms FOR SALE AT ‘ HOME JOURNAL OFFICE