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HOUSTON HOWE JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBYC. HODGES. Editor.
Official Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry.
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For every house is builded by
some man; but he that built all
things is God. Hebrews 3:3.
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In some people selfishness is
closer to the top than it is in
others.
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The latest thing in men’s cloth
ing; is women.
The modern locker plant is
rapidly taking the place, of the
smoke house as a storage place
for farm meat.
Did you ever stop to think that
most of the things we have been
asked to do to aid in the war ef
fort are things we should do
even though a war was not in
progress. We are asked to save
our money by investing it in
bonds, obviously a sensible and
wise thing to do at any time.
We are asked to save waste fats,
waste paper, gasoline and auto
mobile tires. We are asked to
use up and wear out the things
we have before buying new
things. All wise and sensible
things to do. There is no reason
for regarding the saving pro
gram as a hardship or a sacrifice.
It is the thing common sense
teaches should always be done.
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Now is the time to do your
Christmas shopping for gifts
that are to be sent to men in the
service overseas. It requires
thought and careful selection to
get suitable gifts for the man in
the service. It should be held in
mind that most of his wants are
supplied by the army and if he is
on the move he cannot carry
much extra weight with him.
The best plan is to find out in ad
vance what is most desired. This
will often times depend upon the
branch of service the man is in
and where he is located. And
finally pack whatever is sent se
curely. Just imagine that it in
going to get the roughest treat
ment imaginable. The package
is going to be subjected ‘to great
weight and pressure and is going
to be thrown around a Miai deal
before it finally reaches it desti
nation. Remember vhat«ver is
sent it is important that it ar
rive in good condition so pack it
carefully.
Did you ever stop to think that
much of this world’s history is
given over to the squelching of
men like Hitler, Tojo, Napoleon,
the Kaiser, Atilla, ihe Hun and
the like? They have been the
enemies of peace and the enemies
of civilization in the ages in
which they lived. It is they and
their idealogies that have from
time to time consumed the re
sources of civilization and de
voured its best manpower. Civi
lization has in each instance tri
umphed and put them down and
in each instance has had to go
back and bind up ils wounds and
repair the ravages of the destroy
er. It is thrilling to contem
plate what might be the status
of the world today had it not
been subjected to the drain upon
its vital resources that crushing
such destroyers has cost. We
spend so much time recouping
our losses that we do not have
the opportunity to build upon
the resources that we ha v e
earned and saved and built up
during the intervals of peace.
In our opinion th e greatest
tiling that lies ahead of mankind
is to learn to live together in
) eac i. W hen we do learn to
live together in peace we can be
gin to build upon our accumulat
ed resources instead of forever
building upon the ruins caused by
the wasteful ravages of war.
-jjuPiUt jMpROVED JJ i
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDOUIST. D D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for September 3
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Connell of Religious Education; used by
permission.
SAUL REJECTED
LESSON TEXT—I Samuel 15:10-23.
GOLDEN TEXT—Because thou hast re
jected the word of the Lord, he hath also
rejected thee from being king.—l Samuel
15;23.
Moral failure is a direct result of
disobedience to God’s law. He es-
I tablished the moral order in the
| universe. His is the only right
way, and the man who does not walk
in God’s way is wrong no matter
how successful he may seem to be
at the moment.
After a brief period of success,
Saul sinned by intruding into the
priests office at Gilgal (I Sam. 13:
10-14). This was soon followed by
his disobedience in the battle with
Amalek (I Sam. 15:1-9). This 1
brought final judgment from the
Lord, and Saul stood revealed as
I. A Self-Willed Backslider (vv.
10, 11).
"Turned back from following"
God means just one thing, that is,
turned back to self-will. These two
principles, which are mutually ex
clusive, rule all actions of man—it
is either God’s will, or self-will.
Saul, who had every opportunity
to make good as Israel's first king,
1 lost out completely, and so turned
away from God that God had to turn
■ away from him, which is the thought
expressed by "repenteth" (v. 11).
11. A Lying Hypocrite (w. 12, 13).
Knowing that he had done just the
■ j opposite, Saul puts on his best "Sun
day-go-to-church" manner and pro
fessed to be very pious, and com
pletely obedient (v. 13). 'One mar
-1 vels at his temerity, but not so much
1 so when one thinks of those in the
■ | church who put on the same kind of
i 1 a "front” to cover a worldly, self
[ centered life.
Nothing hurts the cause of Christ
more than the nervy hypocrites who
deny by their lives before the com
munity the thing for which the
* church stands. By the way, are you
1 a hypocrite, you who read these
lines? If so, flee to God in repent
-1 ance. You are in bad company.
111. A Proved Deceiver (vv. 14,
; is).
The difficulty with falsehood is
that ultimately the truth comes to
light. With Saul it came quickly, for
the sheep which ho said were dead
were alive enough to bleat at just
the right time. The deceit of Saul
thus was proved in the very instant
i of his false declaration of innocency.
“Be sure your sin will find you
out” (Num. 32:23) is not just a re
ligious theory, it Is God’s word. “He
that covereth his sins shall not pros
per; but whoso confesseth and for
saketh them shall have mercy”
(Prov. 28:13).
IV. A Proud Disobcyer (vv. 16-
19).
Now Saul had to stand before
Samuel and hear the words of God’s
, condemnation. He had to face his
own life and see there the ground
of the judgment of the Lord. He
was reminded of the day of his
humble dependence on the Lord,
which had brought him exaltation to
the highest place in Israel.
To be small in one's own eyes is
, be groat in the eyes of the Lord.
He is looking for the acceptable sac
rifice of a humble heart (Ps. 51:17-
Isa. 57:15).
| The tumult and the shouting dies;
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice.
An humble and a contrite heart;
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet.
Lest we forget, lest we forget I
—KIPLING.
V. An Argumentative Evader (vv.
20. 21).
Once set in the way of dlsobedl
, cnce, there seems to he no limit to
' the bold stubbornness of man. In
stead of breaking down in contrition
and confession, Saul tried to face the
matier down by further argument
and tricky evasion.
“I have obeyed,” said he, "but
tiie people." Who was king? Did
the people obey Saul, or Saul the peo
ple? There is nothing honest about
laying your sins over on another.'
I How often people do itl
• Notice also that Saul became very
religious again. If anything had
been done that seemed wrong, it
was with a good purpose; they were
going to "sacrifice to Jehovah.”
"The sacrifices and ceremonies of
religion are to aid and promote
obedience, not to be a substitute.
Disobedience can never be made a
virtue, even though attended by a
thousand sacrifices” (Stanley).
VI, A Rebellious Reject (vv. 22
23).
"To obey is better than sacrifice."
Oh. that we njight learn well that
lesson which God through Samuel
tried to teach to Saul. We need to
recognize that giving to the church,
or working for the church, is not
enough if there Is not obedience to
God; and with us that obedience
must be the recognition of Christ as
saviour and Lord.
Lip service, half obedience, a will
ingness to make sacrifices were not
acceptable in the case of Saul. Be
sure they are infinitely less accept
able to God in this day when we
have His Son who wants to be our
Saviour and to give us the enabling
grace to obey His will.
HOUSTON COUNTY TAX LEVY FOR YEAR 1944
The Tax Receiver having filed his digest for the year 1944, the
Court proceeded to levy a county tax for the year 1944.
The aggregate value of the property of Houston County on the
digest of 1944 is $3,408,324.00.
It was thereupon ordered that a tax of fifteen mills be levied
upon all the taxable property of Houston County, on the digest and
not on the digest, for all the several county purposes for which the
law authorizes and directs county authorities to levy taxes (not in
cluding educational purposes) for the year 1944, said tax to be
1 levied for and divided among the several county purposes as
specified below.
The Alternative Road Law embraced in Sections 95-801 to
95-811, inclusive, of the Code of 1933, being operative in Houston
County; It was ordered that a tax of four-tenths of one percent,
or lour mills, be levied upon all the taxable property of Houston
j County, on the digest and not on the digest, for a road fund to be
used tor working and maintaining the public roads of Houston
County.
It was furtherer ordered that an additional tax of eleven mills
be levied upon all the taxable property of Houston County, on the
• digest and not on the digest, for all the other several county pur
poses for which the law authorizes and directs county authorities
to levy taxes; said tax of eleven mills to be levied for and divided
among the several county purposes as follows:
Ist. To pay the legal indebtedness
of the County due and to be
come due and past due $3.00 per $l,OOO or 3.00 Mills
2nd. To build and repair court
houses and jails, bridges and
ferries, and other public im
provements $3.00 per $l,OOO or 3.00 Mills
3rd. To pay sheriffs, jailers and
other officers fees that they
may be legally entitled to out
of the county ..$l.OO per $l,OOO or 1.00 Mill
4th. To pay coroners all fees that
may be due for holding in
quests .05 per $l,OOO or .05 Mill
sth. To pay the expenses of the
county for bailiffs at court, non
resident witnesses in criminal
cases, servant hire, stationery,
fuel and the like $l.OO per $l,OOO or 1.00 Mill
6th. To pay jurors a per diem com
pensation $l.OO per $l,OOO or 1.00 Mill
7th. To pay expenses incurred in
supporting the poor of the
county, and as otherwise pre
scribed by the Code $1,25 per $l,OOO or 1.25 Mills
Bth, To pay any other lawful
charge against the county .70 per $l,OOO or .70 Mill
Total $ll,OO per $l,OOO or 11.00 Mills
The Board of Education of Houston County having recom
mended the following County wide tax for a public school fund for
the year 1944:
It was ordered that a special school tax of five-tenths of one
per cent, or five mills be levied upon all the taxable property of
I Houston County, on the digest and not on the digest to supple
|ment the public school fund apportioned to Houston County by the
State of Georgia.
PERRY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of Perry Consolidated School District
having recommended the levy of the following taxes on the pro
perty of said district for the year 1944 for a public school fund.
It was ordered that said taxes be levied as follows:
To pay interest and provide a sinking fund to pay
$85,000 of school bonds... 5 Mills
To supplement the State public school fund receiv
ed for said district.. 5 Mills
Total 10 Mills
CENTERVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of the Centerville School District hav
ing recommended the following tax for a public school fund for
said district for the year 1944: It was ordered that a special
school tax of l*ve mills be levied upon all the taxable property of
said district to supplement the State public school fund received
for said district.
BONAIRE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of Bonaire Consolidated School Dis
trict having recommended the following tax for a public school
fund for said district for the year 1944: It was ordered that a
special school tax of five mills be levied upon all the taxable pro
perty of said district to supplement the State public school fund
received for said district.
HAYNEVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of Haynevffle Consolidated School Dis
trict having recommended the following tax for a public school
fund for said district for the year 1944: It was ordered that a
special school tax of five mills be levied upon all the taxable pro
perty of said district to supplement the State public school fund
received for said district.
ELKO CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of the Elko Con-olidated School Dis
trict having recommended the following tax for a public school
fund for said district for the year 1944; It was ordered that a
special school tax of five mills be levied upon all the taxable pro
perty of said district to supplement the State public school fund
received for said district,
HENDERSON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of Henderson Consolidated School Dis
trict having recommended the following tax for a public school
fund for said district for the year 1944: It was ordered that a
special school tax of five mills be levied upon all the taxable pro
perly of said district to supplement the State public school fund
received for said district.
GROVANIA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Trustees of the Grovania Consolidated School
District having recommended the following tax for a public schoo
fund for said district for the year 1944: It was ordered that a
special school tax of five mills be levied upon all the taxable pro
perty of said district to supplement the State public school fund
received for said district.
BYRON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Tiuslees of the Byron Consolidated School Dis
trict having rt cimmended the following tax for a public school
fund for said district for the year 1944: It was ordered that said
taxes be levied as follows: To pay interest and provide a sinking
I fund to retire school tends, .2 Mills.
Georgia, Houston County.
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true ex
tract from the Minutes of the C< unty Commissioners of Roads and
' Revenue of Houston County in session August 1, 1944.
Witness my official signature and the seal of said Commission
ers this 3rd day of August, 1944.
C. E. BRUNSON,
Clerk County Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of Houston County, Ga.
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Walking Cultivators, Mowing Machines,
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Many other items expected soon.
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