HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBYC. HODGES. Editor.
Official Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry J
Subscription, $3.50 per year,
Payable In Advance
[ Subscriptions out of state of
Georgia. $2 per year,
payable in Advance.
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for Six months, $l.
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Second Class.
For God is my witness, whom
I serve with my spirit in the gos
pel of his Son, that without ceas
ing 1 make mention of you al
ways in my prayers. Romans
1:9.
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In view of the dwindling gaso
line supply in this country thi
long talked of motor that will
get 100 miles to the gallon be
comes more and more a most de
sirable objective.
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The story is told of an akward
recruit in a southern army cami
who when his captain ask him it
angry and impatient tones how
long he had been in the army
replied drearily, “All day, sir.”
Money invested in War Bond
today will do double duty. It
will buy planes anti guns and
tanks for the men at the fron,*j
today, and tomorrow' it will bin ■
fur the purchaser a new home, a
new piece of household equip
ment, a new car, an education
for a son or daughter, or securi
ty for old age. Cash put into
war bonds today will do double
duty.
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How many of us ever heard of
Saipan before the American forc
es in the South Pacific brought it
to the attention of the world by
their attack upon it and occupa
tion of it? The same thing is
true of many of the places in the
South Pacific that few of us have
heard of since our grade school
geography days. Saipan and
Tarawa, and the Giloerts and
the Marshalls and the Marianas!
along with Bataan are going to
have new meaning to this gen
eration.
On July 7, China entered the
eighth year of its battle against
the Jap aggressor. Being wholly
unprepared for war China was in
no shape to offer effective resis
tance against a well prepared
enemy. In seven years she has
lost her seven largest cities and
between SO and 90 percent of her
rail lines. In spite of the un
equal fight China is talking hope
fully of the day when toe war
shall be over and China can be
gin to build back again. “After
the war,” Dr, Sun i'at-sen, not
ed Chinese teacher •-md states
man says, “China will have to,
launch a gigantic program of re- |
construction which will absorb
all the energies of her people for
generations to come.” For a na
tion that has been ground for
seven years under the beel of
the most ruthless oppressor the
modern world has seen, this atti
tude and hope reveals a spirit of
optimism and courage that is
most inspiring.
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What the country needs is a
political party platform written
in language that the common
man and woman can understand.
The big task of those who get up
party platforms seems to he not
to write a platform that can be
understood, so much as to write
a platform that will mean every
thing to everybody, that wifi
permit a warping and twisting
to meet any opinion. A mo-tv
platform is supposed to define
the issues upon which a r
paign will be waged, but when
the platform is fuzzy and ob
scure and permits a nuiuoer ...
interpretations it is only natural
that there shall he arguinw an
bickering and uncertainity in the
campaign that follows \V mi
the country needs is party plat
forms that say wnat tuey .
and mean what they say.
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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 6
Lesson subjects and Scripture text* *e
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
POWER THROUGH SELF-DISCI
PLINE (TEMPERANCE LESSON)
LESSON TEXT—Proverbs 1:7-10; Jere
miah 35:5-10; I Corinthians 9:24-27; X Thes
salonlans 5:22.
GOLDEN TEXT—And every man that
strlveth for the mastery Is temperate In all
things.—l Corinthians 8;25.
Discipline that word doesn’t
sound exactly attractive, does it? It
makes us think of punishment for
: wrongdoing, when in reality it is a
! very helpful word which means
' teaching. Disciples learn, and thus
are disciplined, so that life becomes
safer, simpler, and more efficient.
When the Morro Castle caught
fire, there was time for everyone to
escape, but 134 out of the 500 on
board perished because they fought
each other. When the President
Coolidge sank in the South Seas 4,500
soldiers escaped alive. What made
the difference? Discipline, tl*.at’s all,
but it was enough.
There are many kinds of disci
pline, and all have their important
place in preparing men to live well
ordered and useful lives. The dis
ciplined life has power to meet trials
and temptations. We find in our les
son three kinds of discipline:
I. Home Discipline (Prov. 1:7-10).
The training received by the child
early in life from its parents is of
the utmost importance in forming
character. Children should learn the
true standards of life, and be held
to obedience to them if they are
later to walk in the right way.
It is here that they most effec
tively learn the danger of the use
of intoxicants and the importance
of keeping their bodies clean and
W strong for the service of God and
country.
I Some parents (possibly misled by
attractive, but false theories of edu
cation) think that the correction or
punishment of a child is not to be
permitted. They assume that they
are being kind to a child by not
limiting his development, or trying
to direct it. These are the people
who "curse their children with kind
ness,” which is in fact the greatest
of unkindness.
Only a fool (v. 7) will despise the
instruction of his parents, and only
a fool of a parent will fail to give
that training which is like “an orna
ment of grace” (v. 9) in the life of
the young man or woman.
But the discipline of the home
needs the support of
11. Social Discipline (Jer. 35:5-10).
The social order, which concerns
our relation to our fellow men. dis
| ciplines each of us. It makes many
and what sometimes seem burden
some demands of us in order that
we, as well as those around us, may
have the privilege of living ordered
and useful lives.
Wise is the man or woman who
draws from his fellowship with oth
ers that helpful training which gives
him stability and grace.
The Rechabites had made a vow
that they would not drink intoxi
cants, and as a tribe they stood by
that vow even when tested by Jere
miah. (Note that we say tested, not
tempted. He knew they would
stand.)
Fine family traditions have great
value in guiding and controlling
young people. We should, like the
good man Jonadab (v. 6), establish
a tradition of abstinence from in
toxicants which will make all of our
descendants say, "No one in our
I family ever drinks."
The training of home and of
I society has one great goal and that
is
111. Self-Discipline (I Cor. 9:24-27;
I Thess. 5:22).
In the life of every one of us there
should be that determined purpose
that life shall not be lived in care
less disorder, or be permitted to run
out at loose ends.
We are all running a race (v. 24),
and it is for us so to run that we
may achieve success. We cannot
run with uncertainty (v. 26), we
must know where we are going.
We are fighting a fight, and at
times it is a desperate, life-and
death struggle. We must not beat
the air (v. 26), but strike home the
telling blows which will bring vic
tory over our enemies, the world,
the flesh, and the devil.
To do this calls for training and
self-discipline. It means bringing the
body and its demands into sub
jection, The man who runs in a race
does not destroy his chances for
victory by using intoxicants, or other
detrimental things. Surely we who
run the race for Christ must be
even more determined that self shall
be disciplined for God’s glory.
The standard for the conduct of j
the Christian is higher than is com
monly supposed, for he withdraws
himself from "every form of evil."
The disciplined believer knows
that sin is sin—that what looks com
paratively innocent often w'ears a
false face covering real wickedness,
or it is the first step on a downward
path. To start on that way is to in
vite disaster. A striking example of
i this is the social drink—the fashion
able cocktail—the friendly glass.
Abstain is the word—"abstain from
every form of evil.”
HE DIDN’T SAT 'NO*
May—Did you ask father for his I
permission to marry me?
George—Yes, dear.
May—What did father say, yes
or no?
George—He didn’t absolutely re
fuse, but he made a very severe
condition.
May—What was it?
George—He said he would see me
hanged first.
COINCIDENCE
Jane—Well, no matter what you
think about Sam, there’s one thing
I’ll say for him.
Joan—What’s that?
Jane—You don’t notice his stutter
ing unless he talks!
Chief Loafer
Pat—Say, I hear the foreman fired
you?
Mike—You know what a foreman
is—he’s the one who stands around
and watches his men work.
Pat—What’s that got to do with it?
Mike—He got jealous of me. Peo
ple thought I was the foreman!
In This Corner!
Joe—What’s this I hear about your
having a fight with your wife and
making her come crawling to you on
; hef knees?
Bill—Yeah, she was on her knees
■ fill right, but what she said was,
| “Come on out from under that bed,
| you worm!”
Galloping Consumption
Jones (to Smith hopping along the
j street)—l thought you were ill!
j What’s the idea of jumping along
, the street like that?
Smith—l am sick, but my doctor
j told me to take my medicine three
days running and skip one!
Music Lover
Latecomer—What’s the orchestra
i playing now?
Neighbor The “Fifth Sympho
ny.”
Latecomer Good! I’ve missed
four of them already!
Home Front
Him (in the army)—And this is
I my gun.
Her—Tell me one thing, dear, is it
true that the harder you pull the
trigger the farther the bullet will go?
No Backtalk
First Pvt.—What was the sange
saying to you?
Second Pvt.—l dunno. I was so
busy saying yessir, I couldn’t hear
him!
Some Memory!
Jane—Why did you get fired from
the 5 and 10 store?
Joan—Because I couldn’t remem
ber the prices!
Ask the Boss
| Mr. White—You say you never
disagree with your wife?
Mr. Milkt%»t —Never. She goes her
j way and I go hers.
You’re All Wet!
Him—Darling, I’m knee deep in
| love with you.
Her—Okay, okay, I’ll put you on
my wading list.
IN THE ARMY
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Sarge—Why is it important not to
lose your head in battle?
Rookie—Well, if you did there
wouldn’t be any place to put your
helmet.
Servant Problem No. 999
Housewife—Mandy, you’ve left fin
gerprints all over the plates!
Mandy—Well, ma’am, dat done
show Ah ain’ got no guilty con
science!
Just a Dummy
Mrs. Brown—Everybody tells me 1
you have a model husband!
Mrs. Blue—Yeah, but he ain’t a |
working model! He’s just a blue- j
print!
No Hard Feeling
Office Boy—l’m sorry, but the boss
told me to tell you he’s not in.
Salesman—That’s okay with me. '
Just tell him I’ll wait!
Women’s Weakness
Wifey—Where can I put this so I 1
won’t forget it when 1 go out?
Hubby—Right in front of the mir- ;
rorl
No Change Yet
Harry—A hundred year* ago my
ancestors were perfect savages.
Jerry—You wouldn’t know it was
as long as that! j
Nobody Home
Nit—You don’t think I’m conceited
about my brains, do you?
Wit—No. I’m sure nothing of the
tort ever entered your head!
In the Army
Rookie—Who’s that guy over there
wearing the gas mask?
Sarge—Ssh! That’s the general, !
'and he hasn't any gas mask on*---*
'CLASSIFIED ADS
For Sale-One 9’ x 12’ all wool
'Rug, practically new’, with pad;
one wood Range, one Chifforobe, '
one milk safe, Pohne 209-J,
Perry, Ga.
For Sale —Jersey Milk Cow.
Fresh in with young calf. Apply
A. B. Ramage, Perry, Ga.
Lost —War Ration Book No. 3
with name, Andrew Jasper Shir
ley. Finder return to Rationing
Office, Perry, Ga.
LOST—Large Black Dog, blind
in one eye, answers to name of j
Joe, no collar on. Lost on Big i
Indian Creek last week. Reward ;
offered for any information about
this dog or his return. Contact
Jack Ellis, Grovania, Ga.
For Sale —One Mahogany J
Sofa with springs. Price rea
sonable. See
F. M. Houser, Perry, Ga.
Lost—Brown Chow Puppy
about 3 months old, named
Knox. Finder please te Gene
Ethridge, Perry, Ga. and receive
reward. ,
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MACON, GA.
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LAWN MOWER OWNERS
Lawn Mower;Parts.'are getting
harder to get.
BE WISE
Have your Mower reconditioned
now before present supply is
exhausted.
Hedge Shears, Weed Cutters,
Garden Tools, resharpened.
A. L. PARKS, Perry, Ga.
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
Audits - Systems - Income Tax
SEE
W. G. ETHRIDGE
For
Bicycle Repair Work
Barfield’s Grocery, Perry, Ga.
U-NEED-A TAXICAB
Operating from
NELL’S CAFE
Day Phone 215
Night Phone 201
Perry, Ga.
ORDINARY’S CITATIONS
GEORGIA. Houston County.
Mrs. Clara E. Gober, Adminis
tratrix of the Estate of John 0. i
T. Gober, deceased, having ap
plied for Letters of Dismission
from her Administration; this is
to notify all persons concerned,
Ito show cause, if any they can,
why her application should not
be granted at the Court of Ordi
nary on the first Monday in Au
gust next.
This July 3, 1944.
JOHN L. HODGES,
Ordinary.
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Great.
December Tops in Fatalities
The month of December has the
highest traffic-death rate of any I
month, according to statistics. I
Twenty persons are killed by traffic ■
| accidents every night in December \
I between the hours of six and eight.
During this month, five out of every
seven traffic deaths occur during
dusk or darkness and 44 per cent
of the victims are pedestrians.
IF IT'S FARM EQUIPMENT,
We Have It
JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF:
Peanut Harvesting Plows
(Can’t be beat for digging peanuts)
Walking Cultivators, Mowing Machines,
Hay Balers, Peanut Pickers, Wagons,
Harrows, and Manure Spreaders.
Many other items expected soon.
See us for your requirements.
We have Cotton Picking Sheets and Sacks,
Steelyards, Seed Forks, Scoops and Baskets.
WE BUY COT TON SEED—and pay highest
Market Prices.
j Come to see us and make our place your headquarters.
Geo. C. Nurm & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
Tires, Tires, Tires
Let us inspect your Tires and if you hold B
or C Ration we will help you get new ones.
We now have some
U. S. ROYAL TIRES
IN STOCK
We are also well equipped to Repair all Synthetic Tubes.
It’s easy. Valve Stems installed in just a few minutes.
New Tractor Tires in stock at all times at
GRAY’S Service Station
Day Phone 137—Night Phone; 170
PERRY, GA.
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MOPS, BROOMS, DUSTERS.
For Summertime Needs, we have FLIT, BLACK
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PHONE 200 PERRY, GA.
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