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EARLY COUNTYNEWS
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Blakely, Georgia.
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Blakely, Ga., February 18, 1915.
The usual quietude prevails in
Mexico.
If prices continue soaring the sky
line will soon be painted with wheat.
If you want to cuss, why say “hell?”
Make it more emphatic and say,
“Oh, war!”
If Russia succeeds in seizing the
Turkish capital it will ba some jolt
for the chief gobbler.
Strange how popular the American
Hag is becoming with foreign na
tions. But will it last?
If it continues to whoop It up the
war may in time surpass in violence
even the traditional family jar.
The “jingoes” are having a good
time over the controversy going on
between the United States and Ger
many.
The Army and Navy Journal inti
mates that “Japan is feeling her
oats.” Why “intimate” a fact that is
quite evident?
When a fellow tells you that he
“wouldn’t be rich if he could,” it’s
a safe bet he is on a still hunt for
easy money.
“Church crowded to the doors Sun
day! Many people turned away!”
What a surprise such an announce
ment. would be.
Germany accuses Uncle Samuel
with favoring England, and England
accuses him of favoring Germany.
And still he sits on the fence of neu
trality.
Brush up your eye sight, boys.
Girls are to wear shoes laced on the
inside, and every lassie wiil expect
to have them duly inspected—from a
distance.
■Occasionally we hear of a thing
wearing breeches who beats his
■wife. History tells us the| same
pastime is in vogue among other
savage tribes.
& The world will be sending many
millions of dollars to America for
foodstuffs during the next year or
two. Are we preparing to reap our
own full share of this rich harvest?
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Judge Sam Adams is quoted as
saying that we must have two po
litical parties in Georgia. Wonder
whether the Judge will jine the Give
’Em-H — Rufe party or remain with
the Democrats. We agree with the
Albany Herald that two parties would
be better than two factious.
We ere beginning to wonder how
long the people of the United States
are going to stand for the courts
usurping the legislative privileges
through the so-called interpretation of
the Constitution. We have as much
respect for law as anybody, but
somehow or other our cranium just
won’t allow us to believe judges have
any right whatever to pass upon the
constitutionality of laws. It is a
privilege they have usurped.
WHY WE SHOULD HAVE GOOD
ROADS.
There are an abundance of rea
sons why we should nave good roads,
even under normal conditions.
But there are urgent reasons why
we should have them this year, when
conditions are expected to far sur
pass those of normal.
Our roads must be in condition for
prompt harvesting of the great
crops which the world is demanding
of America this year.
Experts in all lines of business
predict that 1913 will be the most
prosperous year in the history of
the United States.
President Wilson has publicly
warned the farmers of the country
that the task of feeding the world
will soon devolve upon us, and he
urges us to utilize every ounce of
energy and every foot of ground that
the supply may be equal to the tre
mendous demand for food.
Europe today is non-productive, yet
the people of those countries must
be fed. They must not starve. And
America is the only nation that is
equal to the gigantic ta3k.
And because this herculean task
falls upon the American larmer, it is
imperative that no act of ours ha
' left undone that may be productive
of greater or swifter results.
And herein lies the value of good
country roads.
Tremendous crops may be grown,
and harvested, but they must be
marketed in record time this year.
And without good roads this can
not be done.
The time is opportune for the peo
ple of this community to take up
this matter and see that prompt
measures are taken to insure the
best of roads in the country districts
before the time is at hand for the
moving of the great crops we are
asked to produce.
Horses and mules must draw this
produce to the shipping points, and
this is a matter requiring both time
and animal energy.
An animal possesses only a certain
amount of energy, beyond which it
may not be taxed, and when that
energy is exhausted it ceases to be
of the greatest value to its owner,
and future movements are retarded
because of its lost vitality.
If country roads are placed in the
best possible condition during the
spring and summer months, the fall
movement of crops will be accom
plished with greater ease and less
expense than heretofore. And ev
ery hour of time will be needed this
fall if the farmers heed the call of
the world and the warning of our
president.
Let us “up and be doing” here,
tnat we may contribute bountifully of
our substance when humanity turns
to us for bread.
Yes, Indeed.
One of the livest industrial clubs
in the State is the one in Quitman,
which seems to be doing everything
in its power to help the Brooks
county farmers. —Early County News.
That’s true, but it had an awful
time, even with the help of th Free
Press, raising one solitary, lonely
little shote last week. E. Y. C. please
w rite.—Macon Telegraph.
Pumpkins shipped from Kentucky
to Kenova, W. Va., have been selling
at SI.OO to $1.50. Investigation has
disclosed they were hollowed in the
middle, a bottle of liquor filling the
vacancy. Bro. Howell, surely this
does not explain Kelley’s well known
fondness for pumpkin pie.—Southwest
Georgian.
Some Canadians are having fits
lest Germans in the United States
pour across our northern border to
attack the “foe.” But we credit our
German-Americans with too much
common sense to undertake a move
of that sort. The United States looks
good to them, or they would hardly
be living in prosperity in our midst.
Had Used Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy for 20 Years.
“Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has
been used in my household for the
past wenty years. I began giving it
to my children when they were small.
As a quick relief for croup, whooping
cough and ordinary colds, it has no
equal. Being free from opium and
other harmful drugs, I never felt
afraid to give it to the children. I
have recommended it to a large
number of friends and neighbors, who
have used it and speak highly of it,”
writes Mrs. Mary Minke, Shortsville,
N. Y. Obtainable everywhere.—adv.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
THE FOOD SUPPLY AND THE
WAR.
Money is said to be the sinews of
war, but in the present great war
the outlook is that food will be a
more potent factor than money. All
of the belligerents, at least he more
important of them, have a plentiful
supply of money. England, France
and Germany still have excellent
credit. Austria’s financial resources
are by no means impaired, and Rus
sia, though she hasn’t an abundance
of ready cash, has immense resour
ces, says the Savannah News.
But in England and Germany the
food question is getting to be the
paramount one. In both • countries,
, and they are the chief belligerents,
the advancing price of bread is mak
ing the people restless and anxious.
In Germany the government has tak
en over all of the food supplies and
in a measure controls the price of
foodstuffs, but though she is able to
control the prices she isn’t in a po
sition to command an ample supply.
It was because Great Britain an
nounced a policy of cutting off her
food supply and starving her into sub
mission that she proclaimed the
waters around the British Isles a
part of the war zone. She wouldn’t
have done that if she were in a po
sition to command an ample supply
of food.
In the British Parliament the other,
day the food supply question was
the leading one under discussion.
The rise in the prices of articles of
food is bearing down hard upon the
poor classes. A labor leader 1n Par
liament, one of the most prominent,
served notice on the government that
the peace truce between labor and
capital couldn’t be continued unless
some relief were given to the work
ing classes. He pointed out that
the rise in prices was making it im
possible for workingmen to live upon
their wages.
France is doubtless self-supporting
and Russia has ample food supplies.
Serbia is hungry and crying out for
help and in Austria the bread line
has made its appearance.
England has the money with which
to buy food, but there is scarcity of
ships to transport it, and Germany
intends to make it harder for food
laden ships to land their cargoes in
English ports. And because of the
very great increase in the demand the
price of wheat in this country and
Argentina, the sources of supply, is
rising. It is already so high that the
price of a loaf of bread has advanced
from five to six cents.
Russia, of course, has plenty of
wheat, but it can not be marketed in
either Germany or England because
o. the closing of the Dardanelles.
Outside of Germany, England and
Austria, the food question hasn’t yet
received a great deal of attention. It
has scarcely been considered in its
connection with the war, but its im
portance as a factor in the war is
every day becoming more apparent.
May it not have more influence than
any other one thing in bringing the
war to an end?
As a matter of fact, it is this ques
tion of food that was at the bottom
of the notes sent by President Wil
son to the governments of Great
Britain and Germany. In its last
analysis there would have been no
occasion for the notes if Great Brit
ain and Germany were not striving
to starve each other into submission.
That policy led Germany to declare
the waters around the British Isles
a war zone and caused Great Britain
to make a too general use of our
flag. As necessary as money is for
the carrying on of war food is even
more necessary.
Prosperity is within reach of ev
ery one. But we must first reach.
IN FLOWERS TOWN.
Statements of Flowers Town Citizens
Are Always of Interest to Our
Readers.
To many of our readers the streets
of Flowers Town are almost as fa
miliar as those of our town town,
and we are naturally interested to
read of happenings there. The fol
lowing report from a well-known and
respected resident will be helpful to
numbers of men and women here in
Blakely.
Mrs. J. B. Grimsley, Flowers Town,
Blakely, says: “One of the family
found Doan’s Kidney Pills to be a
mighty good remedy for weak kid
neys and that they live up to repre
sentations. lam only too glad to
tell other kidney sufferers w T hat these
kidney pills have done in my family.”
Price, 50c, at all dealers Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’3 Kidney Pills —the same that
Mrs. Grimsley recommends. Foster-
Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Farm Loans at 6 Per Cent
On Easy Terms
Promptly Paid
We are again making farm loans at 6 per
cent on amounts above SIOOO, 7 per cent on
smaller amounts.
Loan may be repaid in sums of SIOO in
cluding the whole at any interest period.
Borrow money, hold you cotton and for
get the war.
ABERNATHY & CARTY
BLAKELY, - - - GEORGIA
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WALK ABOUT
Asd For Three Sommers Mrs. Vin
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any of Her Housework.
Pleasant Hill, N. C.—“l suffered for
three summers,” writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
1 had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about Could not do any of my
housework.
I also had dreadful pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, I
would have to give up and lie down,
until it wore off.
I was certainly in a dreadful state of
health, when I finally decided to try
Cardui. the woman’s tonic, and 1 firmly
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Good reliable men to sell the Singer
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team. Call on or write
H. A. LeMieu, Blakely, Ga.
P. O. Box 277. Office opposite Bank of Blakely.
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After I began taking Cardui, I was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re
lieved me entirely.
I fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, I felt like an
other person altogether.”
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
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Cardui makes for increased strength,
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Cardui has helped more than a million
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