Ford Reduces
Price of New Line
In a press conference at Dear
born. Henry Ford II made the fol
lowing statement which reflects the
company decision on matters basic
ally important to the national econ
omy.
"Although more than one'million
our easterners are waiting for
delivery of their cars at present
priors, we arc immediately reducing
the price of every Ford car.—some
models as much as $5O.
"This is our “down payment’’
toward a continued high level of
production and employment in the
months ahead. W e believe the
‘shock treatment” of prompt action
is needed to halt the insane spiral
■of mounting costs and rising prices
and to restore a sound base
foe the hopeful period of post-war
production wo are now entering.
"Let me review briefly the con
siderations which have led us to
take this important step. The Ford
Sfcnor Company is in the mass pro
duction business. Mass production
depends upon large markets. It will
ronlinuc to succeed only if it can
produce more and more at lower
and lower cost so that more and
more people can buy. Large mar
k»<s begin to disappear when prices
rssr.
"The un-American spiral o f
FERTR^ER
Although Fertilizer is scarce this
year, we have obtained a good
stock for our customers.
GRINDING CORN
We are still paying the highest market prices
for Corn at our Sheller.
Davis Warehouse Co.
Phone 87 Perry, Ga.
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WEAR-EVER 4-QT.
PRESSURE COOKERS
Heating Pads - Electric Hot Plates
GI Cook Stoves - Electric Heaters
Bathroom Sets - Brass Knockers
Water Hose, any length or size
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 200 FERRY, GA.
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For FORD SERVICE
There’s No Place Like Home For
YOUR FORD
Thirds»pur future
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Moody Motor Co.
Phone 40 Perry, Ga.
mounting costs and rising prices |
has hurt everybody—some groups
more than others. Many have not 1
benefited from post-war wage in- 1
creases, but have had to share the
burden of resulting higher prices. I
families are unable to buy the
“Already, millions of American
things which, in normal times, make
up their standard of living. “In the
short view, we can see inflation.
In the long view, there is danger of
depression.
“The period since V-J Day has
been an unhappy and costly period
of reconversion to peacetime pro
duction. Ford Motor Company has
lost millions of dollars since V-J
Day, even after all tax adjustments.
But the crisis of this wild after
math of war seems to have been
passed. Our own production, though
still limited by material shortages,
is now steadier, productivity of our
employees, which hit a new low
during the period, seems to have
started its return to normal. Ford
Motor Company made a modest
profit for the last three months of
1946, and we intend to continue to
operate in the black,
“The American economy now
stands at a turning point. Mount
ing costs and rising prices have
warranted caution and hesitancy.
There is even general fear that
this dangerous, un-American cycle
cannot be corrected without an
economic recession. We think this
1 fear can be dispelled by common j
sense and action. And anong free i
' men that becomes an individual re-!
' sponsibility.
“The Ford Motor Company there-1
I fore proposes to accept its losses
since V-J Day as an item of the
cost of a great and victorious war.
We are closing our books on that
phase of our production history.
Wo have decided that now is the
time for us to make an investment
in the future. Because they must
build up depleted cash reserves or
because they are still losing money,
many businesses may not be able
to follow suit. But we hope that our
. supplies, our employees, and our
| other economic partners will back,
1 each to his own ability, our attempt
to return to the economic pattern
which has helped to make America
great—the principle that higher
wages and a higher standard of liv
ing for all depend upon lower costs
and lower prices through increas
ingly efficient large-scale product
ion. “we hope, as we move forward,
that we will be able to reduce
prices further,and that we will not
be forced to raise them again to
compensate for cost increases.”
SALE UNDER POWER IN
SECURITY DEED
GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY
Will be sold before the Court
house Door of Houston County
Georgia on Tuesday March 4, 1947
during the legal hours of sale to the
highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing property to-wit: “all that
tract or parcel of land situated, ly
ing and being in the Fifth Distridt
of Houston County, Georgia and is
part of the 390 acre tract owned by
Abner Stephens, Sr., deceased, late
of said Houston County and more
particularly described as follows:
Lot two (2) according to plat and
subdivision of said 390 acre tract
of record in the Clerk’s Office,
Houston Superior Court, and fully
descibed in a deed from fsom Ste
phens, Jr., Ella Lee Tolliver, Robt.
Augustus Stephens and Aurrie Ste
phens Hubbard, heirs at Law of said
Abner Stephens Sr,, in favor of Ab
ner Stephens, Jr., which said deed
is also of record in the Clerk’s Of
fice of Houston Superior Court, said \
tract of land hereby conveyed being
72.18 acres, according to said plat
and subdivision.
Said sale will be made by virture
of the power contained in a certain
security deed given by Abner Ste
phens to Aurrie Hubbard, recorded
in Book 37 folio 91, Clerk’s Office,
Houston Superior Court, and by
successive transfers duly trans
ferred to J. W. Ramsey, by trans
fers duly recorded in Books 37 folio
91, said Clerk’s Office.
Default having occured in the
payment of the indebtedness and
taxes secured thereby, the power of
sale has become operative. Said sale
will be conducted and the proceed
applied as provided in said security
deed and a conveyance made by the
undersigned to the purchaser (sub
ject to any and all unpaid tax deeds
and tax liens.
This 27th day of January 1947.
J. W. Ramsey
Bloodworlh and Bloodworth
Attys. for Plaintiff
Recent developments, particular
ly in connection with DDT, have
made insect pest control more ef
fective and practical, the Extension
Service points out.
THURS. & FRI., FEB. 6 & 7
John Garfield and Geraldine
j Fitzgerald in
I Nobody Lives Forever
SATURDAY. FEB. 8
KirbyJGrant in
Lawless Breed
Also
Lois Collier & Noah Berry, Jr. in
The Cat Creeps
SUNDAY, FEB. 9
Evelyn Keys & Keenan Wynn in
The 1 hrill Of Brazil
MON & TUES.. FEB. 10 & 11
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren
Bacall in
The Big Sleep
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 12
Johnny Weismuller and
Buster Crabbe in
Swamp Fire
Also
Rod Cameron in
Riders of the Santa Fe
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moodv Bible Institute of Chicago
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for February 9
Lesson subjects and Scripture tcxls se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education. u«ed hy
permission.
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND
LESSON TEXT—John 8.23-35, 56-58.
MEMORY SELECTION-1 am that bread
of life.—John 0:48.
Bread! The cry of the hungry
peoples of the world for bread has
reminded us anew that it is the 1
simple and elemental things of life
which are of most importance.
Bread, water, light—such things
man cannot do without. How signifi
cant then that our Lord declared
himself to be the bread of life
(John 6:35), the satisfying water
(John 4:14), and the light of the
world (John 8:12).
Our lesson does not deal with the
feeding of the five thousand, but the
story of that miracle of our Lord is
the background for the discourse on
the bread of life which is assigned
for our study. It is one of the most
delightfully simple, yet unfathom- 1
ably profound, portions of Scripture.!
The story of how our Lord multi
plied the loaves and fishes of a 1
small boy’s lunch and fed the multi-1
tude presents him as the Creator
and Sustainer of all things. The j
people having been fed, wanted to
take Jesus and make him their.
King (John 6:15), so he went over'
the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum. |
But he could not get away from
them, for they followed him thither.'
Meeting them he gave them the
instruction they so much needed as
he effectively contrasted the tem
poral and earthly with the eternal
and heavenly.
I. The Bread of Earth and the
Bread of Heaven (w. 25-27).
They sought Jesus not that they
might receive spiritual blessings,
but that their stomachs might be
filled (v. 26). It was not a high
motive, but an understandable one.
Hunger, or the fear of hunger,
threatens so many of the people of
this earth that one does not find
it in his heart to condemn them too
severely.
Yet it was a low motive and
one which caused them to entirely
miss the greatest and most blessed
provision of God for their every
need. The bread of this earth, bear
ing the imprint of a human maker,
would soon leave them hungry
again, and eventually they would
die. The bread of heaven, bearing
the seal of the Father (v. 27),
would soon satisfy them for all
eternity.
Note the folly of those who labor
for the reward which this world
can give, but who neglect their eter
nal welfare (v. 27). How foolish,
too, is the Christian who spends his
whole life and his talents in the
pursuit of money and invests little
or nothing of time or ability in the
service of God!
11. The Work of Men and the
Work of God (vv. 28-33).
Entangled as they were in earth
ly things and desires, they seemed
for a moment to reach out toward
the things of God. Jesus had been
talking about everlasting life and
the bread from heaven; they want
ed to know what they could do to
merit and receive it.
It is quite typical of man even to
this day that he thinks there must
be some way that he can come
through to eternal blessedness by
way of his own works. We shall
see how effectively Jesus dealt with
that folly!
The only work that man can do to
meet God’s first demands and in
herit eternal life is to believe
in Christ (v. 29). Men want to add
up works of penance, works of char
ity, deeds of righteousness, char
acter development, the observance
of religious traditions and cere
monies, the offering of prayers, and
so on without end. Jesus sweeps
aside all this with one brief word,
saying in effect, “It is not a ques
tion of do; it is a matter of believe.”
Works is not the answer to any
spiritual need, but faith in Christ.
We must trust God and believe in
the One whom he has sent; then
we are ready to go out and do
his will!
They (yes, and we too) must
now face the alternative
111. The Way of Death and the
Way of Life (vv. 34, 35, 56-58).
One could wish that the request
made in verse 34 could be taken at
face value, but the fact that they
later turned away and left the Lord
indicates that this was again a de-1
sire for physical bread. There was
probably a vague desire for eter
nal life, too, but not enough to make
them follow through with appropri
ate action. How much they were
like folk today who want the bene
fits of Christianity, but who will not
take up the cross.
There is here a bold contrast be
tween the things of this earth,
which, as we use them, perish (and,
alas, we perish with them), and
the things of God which are of eter
nal value and power.
Which shall it be, reader, for you?
Are you willing to go on day after
day on the way of death, or will
you today take Christ, who is the
way
HOME JOURNAL. Perry, Ga., Feb. 6, 1947
Who Wrote
Constitution?
Who wrote the Constitution of
Georgia? In view of the current po
litical situation, where the Con
stitution is being kicked about, we
thought you mght like to know
who wrote it.
The Act of March, 1943, provided
a commission to be made up as fol
lows:
1. The Governor (who was Ellis
Arnall).
2. The President of the Senate
1 (who was Frank Gross).
3. The Speaker of the House (who
was Roy V. Harris).
4. Five representatives to be ap
pointed by the speaker, Mr. Harris.
1 He appointed A. N. Durden, Fred
| Hand, J. W. Culpepper, Charles
| L. Gowen, J. Roy McCracken.
5. Three Senators to be appointed
by the president of the Senate. Mr.
Gross named David S. Atkinson,
David J. Arnold and Jeff A. Pope.
6. A justice of the Supreme
I Court, to be chosen by the court,
j The court chose Warren Grice.
I 7. A judge of the Court of Ap
j peals, to be chosen by the court.
8. The attorney general (who
I was T. Grady Head).
I The court chose Hugh J. Mclntyre,
j 9. The state auditor (who was B.
| E. Thrasher Jr.).
j 10. Two judges of the Superior
j Court, to be appointed by the gov
j ernor. Governor Arnall chose Judge
■ T. S. Candler and Judge Will R.
Smith.
11. Three members of the bar, to
be appointed by the governor, who
chose Hatton Lovejoy of LaGrange,
Frank Foley of Columbus and
James V. Carmichael of Marietta.
12. Three lay citizens, to be ap
pointed by the Governor, who chose
Mrs. Leonard Haas of Atlanta, R.
E. L. Majors of Claxton and Hamil
ton Holt of Macon.
Governor Arnall picked these
last mentioned eight members out
of 23, the General Assembly picked
1 five, Roy V. Harris picked five,
i CYCLE REPAIRING
W. G. ETHRIDGE
BARFIELD’S STORE PERRY, GA.
General and Specialized
WELDING and REPAIRING
All Makes Tractors, Internal Combustion
Engines and Farm Machinery
J. C. HELLER & SONS
1-4 Mile South, Perry, Ga., Hwy. 41
ATTENTION
ALL FARMERS
LIME NOW
This Is One Of The Most Important
Of All Minerals For Man Or Beast
Agriculture Authorities Say That On An
Average Houston County Farm Lands
Need One Ton For Each Acre Of Pasture
And Cropland.
Tests Have Shown Increase Of 600 to 800
Lbs. On Peanuts Plus Two Points In Grade
Also 185 Lbs. Increase Per Acre In Cotton.
HERES WHAT IT COSTS
COST OF LIME AND SPREADING PER TON $5.00
AAA PAYS NOW PER TON 2.50
NET COST TO YOU PER TON 2.50
Contact Your AAA Office—S. C. S. Man, County
Agent, Or Call Us
Davis Lime Co.
“For The Land Sake Use Lime”
Phone 87 Perry, Ga.
Frank Gross picked three, the c,
preme Court and Court of Ad-. '
each picked one.
Ga. School Patrol
Doing A Great Job
The symbol of school child Pro
tection is the alert Safety Scho i
Patrol members on duty rain
shine at street intersections nt
schools and riding on the fur
school buses. Their duties of help
ing safeguard the lives of sch oo >
children through the year 19.5
were faithfully carried out.
The license plate numbers of 143a
motor vehicles were reported b
school Patrolmen throughout W
state, as having violated the Geo-,
gia School Bus Stop Law. 1,280 j.
violation were registered in Good
gia, and 158 were out of state vehj.
cles.
The director of the Department
of Public Safety, praises the work
of the School Safety Patrolmen and
all School Officials for their un
tiring efforts in this important
phase of safety work. He also urges
that violations of the School Bus
Stop Law and recklessly driving i„
the vicinity of schools must cease
Good seed will pay its own way
according to specialists of the Ex’
tension Service. Poor seed is expen
sive despite its low purchase price,
Mechanization of a farm involves
more than just buying a tractor,
agricultural engineers of the Exten
sion Service declare.
CARPENTER
PLUMBER
GUNSMITH
E J. MAY
PERRY, GA.
