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
Subscriptions out of state of
Georgia. $2 per year,
payable in Advance.
Subscriptions, anywhere
for Six months, $l.
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga., as Mail Matter of
Second Class,
Farms to Face
Guarantee Cut
Government Support Price*
Will Be at Minimum as
I
- Fixed by Law.
WASHINGTON. Government
price guarantees to farmers will be
generally lower in 1946, it was dis
closed in an address by H. B. B.
Boyd, agriculture department price
director, to a conference of state
agricultural extension service offi
cials here.
Boyd told the meeting, called to
outline the department's 1946 farm
production program, that govern
ment support prices for most com
modities will be at the minimum au
thorized by law. This, except for
cotton, is 90 per cent of parity. In
the case of cottan, the law requires
support of 92.5 per cent.
During the war, prices of many
farm products were supported—by
means of government guarantees—
above parity levels in order to en
courage the greatest possible pro
duction.
(Parity is a theoretical price
deemed by the government to be
equally fair for producers and con
sumers. It is designed to give farm
commodities as much buying power,
in terms of non-farm goods and
services, ns they had in a favonable
base period, usually 19Q9-’14.)
Few Get Top Support.
Boyd said the only commodities
likely to be supported above the 90
per cent level next year are sugar
beets, sugar cane, flaxseed, soy
beans and dried beans. The pros
pective need for these commodities
is greater, he explained, than pro
duction a 90 per cent parity guar
antee likely would bring.
The fact that price supports for
most commodities will be lowered
from the 1945 level does not neces
sarily mean that farm prices will
drop to this level.
Undersecretary of Agriculture J.
B. Hutson told the conference he ex
pects domestic and foreign require
ments in 1946 to hold prices fairly
close to present levels. He added,
however, that 1946 farm production
goals calling for near wartime
levels of food production assume
that between 8 and 10 per cent of
tlie output will be exported.
Adds Warning Note.
But whether that amount actually
is shipped abroad will depend, he
said, upon funds made available for
foreign relief and extension of
American credits to Great Britain
and other countries wanting Ameri
can food. Should inadequate financial
arrangements be made, the result
might well be surpluses and prices
. depressed to support levels.
Looking beyond 1947, Hutson
said the United States, with a farm
productive plant capable of produc
ing 25 per cent more than before
the war, faces three possible farm
Programs: (1) expansion of domes
tic consumption to the level of
the increased production; (2) main
tenance of farm exports at wartime
levels; or (3) a system of rigid pro
duction controls.
“We want to avoid the control
program if at all possible,” he said.
Building Trades Warned
Of Illegal Wage,Boosts
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Stabilize- 1
tion Director John C. Collet said re- j
cently that the War Labor board
would act to halt illegal wage in- I
creases in the building and con
struction industry.
After conferences of the WLB's
wage stabilization unit and the con
struction industry’s wage adjust
ment board with Collet, the latter
said he had assurance that regula
tions governing wage payments
would be enforced. The WLB said
a natißn-wide checkup indicated un
stabilizing wage increases were be
ing given.
The penalty for unauthorized
wage payments lies in the bureau
of internal revenue, which can re
fuse to accept them ns deductible
items of cost in the employer’s tax
returns.
Round Robin
A round robin is a written peti
tion, memorial protest, or the like,
the signature to which are made in
a circle so as not to indicate who
siened it first.
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chcol Lesson
Bv HARQI.D L. LUNDQUIST. D D.
I Of Thr Moody Bible Institute of Chicaro.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for February 10
Lffuson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
A PEOPLE DISCIPLINED
Temperance Lesson
LESSON TEXT: Numbers 14:11-24.
MEMORY SELECTION: For whom the
Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father
the son In whom he dellghteth.—Proverbs
3 12.
Instruction, training and culture,
sometimes calling for the touch of
judgment or punishment, that the
lesson may be rightly learned —this
is the meaning of discipline.
It is a good word and speaks of
that which is much needed in a dis
ordered and dissolute world.
Our lesson tells of God's plan for
the discipline of the people of Is
rael in preparation for their entry
into the Promised Land. They were
not ready when God first brought
I them up to it, but through hard and
trying experiences they learned,
j They did not believe God, so they
i had to learn the hard way.
One wonders whether we will be |
j wiser than they. America is now in
the awful grasp of a postwar wave
of careless living, of moral disinte- |
gration and of awful dissipation. Al- '
coholic liquors flow in an un- J
controlled flood of destruction, j
Where is the moral fiber that made
America great?
I. There is a Limit to God’s
Patience (vv. 11, 12).
The background of our lesson is
the report of the spies who were
sent up into the land. All agreed
that it was a good land, but 10 of
them were afraid of its inhabitants.
Two of them, Joshua and Caleb,
urged the people to take God at his
word and go up to possess the land.
But the people rebelled and wanted
to turn back to the (leshpots of
Egypt.
God had been patient with the
people, but the time had come
when further patience ceased to be
a virtue and would only be indul
gence. Then judgment came—and
fast!
There is a limit to God’s patience
with a sinful people. It is almost
heartbreaking to think of the pos
sibility that America may all too
soon press its downward course to
the point where God says, It is
•nough.
11. There is Power in Intercessory
Prayer (vv. 13-19).
Moses stepped into the breach
and made a mighty and moving plea
for his people. He knew the power
of intercession and called on God
for mercy upon the people. He
pointed out that the honor of the
Lord was involved in bringing His
people into the land. He recognized
the guilt of the older members of
the nation hut asked for another
chance for the children. He based
his prayer on the known qualities
of God, his jir.tice and, above all,
his mercy.
Does not this strongly suggest the
importance of Christian people!
making their influence count in the
solution of social problems? Pray
er accomplishes more than this
world has ever conceived to be pos
sible. Praying people count with
God, and hence they count in the af
fairs of men.
More Christian people ought to
be deeply concerned about our
country’s liquor problem, and all
the physical, moral, social, political
and spiritual ills which are caused
by drink.
HI. There is Punishment for Un
belief (vv. 20-23).
The pardon of God for the people
as a whole did not overlook or wink
at the awful unbelief of those who
had rebelled against God.
He had not left them without a
strong basis for faith in him. Again
and again he had made known his
might in miraculous deliverances
during their days of travel from
Egypt. But they simply hardened
their hearts in unbelief.
Lack of faith in God is no little
offense against him. He has a right
to our unquestioning belief and im
mediate obedience. Somehow we
have come to regard it as a spe
cial favor toward God if we believe
him. when the fact is that unbelief
in such a God is definitely and ob
viously sin.
IV. There Is a Reward for Cour
! ageous Living (v. 24).
j Uod is looking for men of faith.
All through Scripture we find the
Lord coming magnificently to the
help and blessing of the one who
will believe him.
Caleb and Joshua were brought
into the land, preserved through all
i of Israel’s wandering, and kept in
vigor even to old age in order u
enjoy the promised possession (set
Josh. 1:6-9; 14:10-12).
Caleb is an example of what
courage, faith, self-control—yes, dis
cipline, can do for a man. We neet
men and women—yes, young met
and women with the spirit of Caleb
Social customs of our day encour
age self-indulgence. Drinking is on
the increase. Moral standards are
low and seem to be getting lower
What shall we do? Teach our
young men and women to have faith
in God and to discipline their lives
in accordance with his word, so
that they may be set free for cour-
I ageous and useful living.
FOR SALE
1,(06 acre farm located six
miles Southeast of Perry, Ga. in
Houston County, The buildings
consist of nine tenant houses and
nine barns in good condition. 1
There are six hundred and fifty
acres of cleared land. The soil
is gray pebbly and gray sandy
loam, level to gently rolling.
Five hundred acres of the clear
ed land have been reterraced.
Excellent land and location for
I large peach orchard.
Call or see
GEORGE E. AVERILL,
MONTEZUMA. GA.
ROOFING
SIDING
INSULATION
CONTRACTORS
i
j Through our many branch
warehouses we can give
prompt service anywhere in
Georgia.
Call or write for estimates
Phone 3121
GEORGIA ROOFING &
SUPPLY CO.
306 Oglethorpe St.
Macon. Ga.
BICYCLE REPAIRING
W. G. ETHRIDGE
BARFIELD’S GROCERY
Perry, i .toigia
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QUICK RELIEF. FROM
Symptoms of Distress /.rising from
STOMACH .ULCERS
DUE TO EXCLSS ACBD
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Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing
Ovor two million bottles of the WILLAR D
THE ATM ENT have been sold for relief of
symptoms of distress arising from Stomach
and Duodenal Ulcer* dun to Eices* Acid
Poor Olgection, Sour or Upset Stomachy
Gnulneti, Heartburn, Sleeplessness, etc
due to Excess Acid. Sold on 16 days’ trial V
Ask for ‘‘Willard’* Message" which fully
explains this treatment — fraa —at.
HOUSTON DRUG CO.
Phone 52 Perry, Ga.
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The language of the American In
dians abounds in 10 and 12-sylla- j
ble words. For instance, the Az- ,
tecs say “amatlacuilolitquitcatlaz- I
tlahulli” for postage stamp. Literal- |
ly, this incredible word means “pay
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on-which-something-is-written.
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GOODYEAR DELUXE TUBES
n 4,W 6.00x16 Are Ration Free, the s<^6s
•uL v i™ best tubes in America. O
piut tax t.CflxU ■
No Tire Certificate Needed Now
McLendon auto co.
i Phone 57 Perry, Ga.
CLASSIFIED ADS|
For Sale-Just received a ship*;
ment of Owensboro one horse)
wagons,
Merritt & Anderson Bros. Co., I
2:21 Hawkinsville, Ga. j
For Sale —Cow Lot Manure for
your flowers or garden. Best'
fertilizer known. $2.50 per full
load delivered.
Lawrence Bannister, Perry, Ga.
For Rent —Two Room Cot
i tage on U. S. H’way. 41, % mile
j south of Perry. See Mrs. Bon
'ner, Bonner’s Camp.
NOTlCE—Dependable Lady
desires work as companion or
will care for children evenings.
See Mrs. W. B. Mauldin at Bon
ner’s Camp, Perry, Ga.
Just Received—Radios, Hot
Plates, Irons, Heating Pads, and
Attic Fans. Let us install your
Attic Fan before summer.
Gilbert Electric Co.
Phone 175, Perry, Ga.
For Sale —Warm Morning Coal
Heater. Call 21, Mrs. W. B.
Evans, Perry, .Ga.
BABY CHlCKS—Starting Jan.
30, will have Baby Chicks for
sale every week; also custom
hatching (3c each egg.) Call or
see Louie M. Hartley, Perry.
Telephone Fort Valley 2705.
PLUMBING and ELECTRICAL
SERVICE —24 hours service
within radius of 25 miles of Per
ry. V/e specialize in House Wir
ing and Repair of all Electrical
Appliances.
Clark & “Shortie” Pennington I
2:7 Phone 174, Perry, Ga. |
For Sale—-6 qt. Electric Churn, 1
4 qt. Daisy Churn, Child’s Desk,
one upright Conover Piano.
Mrs. J.B. Calhoun, Phone 236-L,
Perry, Ga.
For Rent—3 Room Furnished
Apartment. Phone 2402 or see
Mrs. T. L. Warren, Perry, Ga.
NOTICE
lam back in town and ready
to do Carpenter Work again.
Addres Rufus Stombridge, Gen
eral Delivery, Perry, Ga.
NOTICE
8001-s are now open to receive
I returns on 1946 taxes and appli
-1 cations for exemptions. Law has
!hem changer 1 . Api 1 is the
| last date to make returns. There
i will be no Receivers’ Rounds
| this year.
i E. W. Marshall, T. R.
I
THE ROAD AHEAD
We have no ROAD MAPS of the future, but we have
FAITH in our country, our fellowman, and ourselves, so
let’s work and pray and hope for the best.
We have SODA, CAL-NITRO, and All
Kinds of Fertilizer.
It is now time to Soda Grain,
We have: Stalk Cutters, Plows, Springtooth
Harrows, Guano Distributors, and are expect
ing Walking and Riding Cultivators soon.
Also have One Horse and Tractor Drawn WEEDERS.
Just received: Several CORN BINDERS.
Start sowing Lespedeza in February. We have it.
We have Seed Corn, Irish Potatoes, Garden
Seed of all kinds, Melon and Cantaloupe Seed,
and Garden Tools.
Come to see us —We appreciate your business.
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
ELECTRICAL GOODS
Including Bridge Lamps, Floor Lamps, Flu
orescent Lights, Flood Lights, and Churns.
Other Items just received are BABY STROLLERS,
WASTE BASKETS, LETTER FILES, KNEELING
PAD for floor waxing, tall Crystal VASES, and
GAS LANTERNS.
Johnson and Old English Wax.
FARM AND HOME HARDWARE
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 200 PERRY, GA.
1 —.
If You Intend To Borrow
In Order To Buy Or Build
The PERRY FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSO
CIATION is ready and anxious to serve the people of
this vicinity. This Association operates in Macon,
Peach, Houston, and Pulaski Counties. Loans are made
on dwellings and business properties to be repaid by
the month. The interest charge is six per cent. We
have loaned to the people we serve more than $290,000.00.
Over $100,000.00 of this amount was for the construc
tion of new homes and business buildings, $125,000.00
was for the purchase of homes already constructed.
$65,000.00 was loaned to persons for refinancing exist
ing loans and for remodeling purposes.
If you intend to buy, build, or remodel your
home or business we invite you to come in
and talk to us.
S.EEYZZ2Z
ii federal Savings
L2jAND LOAN ASSOCIATION
PERRY, GEORGIA
S. A. NUNN, President F. M. HOUSER, Secty-lreas..
FEEDS OF ALL KINDS
For Chickens, Hogs, Cows, and Mules.
PLOW EQUIPMENT
Including Collars, Hames, Back-bands, Lines,
Traces, Clevis, and Bolts,
Garden and Field Seeds
J. W. Bloodworth
GROCERIES, HARDWARE and
FARM SUPPLIES
Phone 94 Perry, Ga.
