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ROBERT L. DUKE,
Editor and Publisher.
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A. G. JONES Superintendent
Entered at the postoffice in Griffin,
Georgia, as second-class mail matter.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Reasonable and will be furnished upon
application.
WEEKLY? Per Year $1.50
Griffin, Ga.. Nov. 8, 1918
Editor Mangum observes that those
hospitals which succeeded in getting
whiskey with which to treat influen
za cases ha*, e been doing the biggest
business.
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General Pershing says the V. M. C.
A. and other war work institutions
are the most valuable assets he has
in France. If we don’t stick to Per
shing and his men m this coming
drive we are not til to call ourselves
patriotic citizens.
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R. L. Johnson, who has been editor
of the Clarkesville Advertiser for
several years, announces he will sev
er his connection with that newspa
per to enter the services of Uncle
Sam. Mr. Johnson is a clever, affable
fellow, and an excellent newspaper
man who has the best wishes of his
/scores of friends over the State.
The death of Col. J. A. Thomas, of
JMacon, commander of the 121st In
fantry, Second Georgia Regiment,
was a great shock to his many friends
in Griffin and elsewhere. For thirty
three years Colonel Thomas was
prominent in the military life of
Georgia and he was universally be
loved by the citizens of this State.
Me died at sea on his way to France,
and never realized his fondest ambi
tion to lead his men over the top in
the big battles of the- war. Colonel I
Thomas’ death leaves Lieutenant-Col
onel William ii. Beck, of Griffin, in
command of the regiment until a
permanent commander is selected, and
the News and Sun trusts Colonel
Beck wilb be elevated to the higher
position. He is eminently qualified
by his ability and long military ex
perience for the position and would
render faithful and efficient service.
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WAR AND RELIGKH S UNITY.
A striking manifestation of the in
clination of the leaders of men to for
get all petty sectarian differencesand
make common cause for good is the
“United War Work Campaign’’ of
November II to 18, for which the Y.
M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the Na
tional Catholic War Council and the
K. of ('., the Jewish Welfare Board,
the War Camp Community Service,
the American Library Association and
the Salvation trniy are joining forc
es, says the Americus rimes-Record
<-r. The times of peace mat have left,
leisure and room for zealots to be
scrupulous about lines of demarca
tion between denominations. The 1
fires of war have burned away the
fence-rails. The landscape is cleared
of niapy obstruct ions. Man;, tilings,
are plainly seen in a clear, fresh sun
light which has power to dispel evei
the acrid smoke of battle.
In the "odium theolo.:Turn” <,f’’m
days when the world was not lighting
for its life, and hence men had spam
to grouf bitfery eloquent over doctrin
al minutiae', there were foolish ami
neediest battles among the gomj. Now
the tintg has come for the latter ut .
tedly to make their goodness valid
against' the serried forms of evil
rampant in the world -against the
jnonstrQUS and menacing shape of
militarism and against legem rm-.\
and moral perversion masquer,mi'"-
r
as culture.
The seven banded orgarizt.t mns
•whom this coming campaign tri ■
■will emerge from their corpora:t es-,
I fort as “‘members one of another,’
having reached a basis of under: l and
ling which their future endeavor can
I not ignore. They have realized the
strength of union, they have found
'the real delight of communal sympa
I thetic action, they have successfully
I tested the efficacy and economy of
pooling their effort—and they will not
return to the old expensive variance
that wasted time and money engen
dered friction. There is to be newly
and truly a United States in charity
as in politics. The common denomina
tion has been discovered once for al
ways. War work is accomplishing
what decades of peace talk could not
have attained.
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Next year men's straw hats are to
be greatly restricted in style ami va
riety by government, regulations. But
next June is soon enough for us to
be unhappy about it.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
There are several reasons, good
reasons, why you should shop early
at this particular season of the year.
They are reasons that appeal to
the selfish side of your nature, and
there are other reasons that should
appeal to. all that is tender and hu
man within you.
By shopping now, by buying your
Christmas purchases now, you will
have the opportunity of choosing from;
stocks that have not been picked
over. ,
You will have first choice in many
instances, and at any rate you will
have the privilege of inspecting full
assortments.
You are able to shop at your lei
sure, and to secure the eager and
undivided attention of the shop la
dies or men.
The prices, too, are calculated in
many instances to be more satisfac
tory. Then think of the men and w»-
men who serve you. Now they are
not overburdened. They have the
time to wait upon you, and they per
form their work with unmistakable
i zest. But when Christmas week
comes they will be nearly fagged out;
they will be harrassed by a thousand
worries; they will hardly be in the
proper mental state to give you ap
preciative attention. Os course, they
will do their best; they always do,
not because it is for their employers’
interests, but because it is their na
ture.
You have got to buy many articles
for Christmas. Some of them you ■
can purchase now as well as later.
Why not do it now?
Shop early!
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Between the 26th and 27th of Oc
tober we each conserved an hour.
What use did we make of it ? On that
depends the answer to the question
whether it deserved to be conserved.
MORE INTERESTED TH\N
F \RMERS.
The Valdosta Times says:
I "That agricultural eondit ions in t hat !
I portion of Georgia affected by the boll i
I weevil arc now hanging in the bal-|
ance, with a crisis facing every farm-1
or who has turned to the peanut as a!
'substitute crop for cotton, is the opin-'
ion of both farmer, banker and btisi- ;
ness man who have given to the mat
iter thought and careful considera-l
tion."
It ;s true that the peanut situation]
fraught with danger. There is not!
only the present Imem ss depression;
growirg out of the disappointment!
about •he price, but there is the po<- I
sibil ty of many get: ing <i:<cour;'.•s’d I
with peanuts, ha-mi m. de their 'irst I
i experiment in a year when it was tin-]
usually expensive to raise them and I
; prepare them for market, am! then re-j
i reiving a price that they think - low |
er tl:ae. tile general food conditions of I
the country justifv.
Booming the price of peanuts is a
m.ittei that, erchants. bankers,
I boards of tram- ami all who have the
eomnurcial and agricultural interests
"f th< mi' ry at I•ai t should -et
themselves to.
WONDERFUL FIGURES.
The United States census bureau
reports that cotton ginned up to Oc
tober 18 amounted to 6,790,003 bales,!
las compared with 5,573,603 bales up j
| to the same date- last year and 7,303,-1
I 183 bales up to October 18, 1916.
These are wonderful figures, say-J
! the Industrial Index. The cotton crop!
j this year has been raised in the face!
'of a shortage in the supply of farm
' labor and despite the nr. ag< of the j
| weevil.
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| It is naturally gratifying to us here!
lin the Southeast that the builk of in-1
’, creased ginnings is in our own sec- ;
, tion.
I Georgia’s ginnings up to October!
18 were 1,277,736 bales, a full quar-,
j ter-million bales ahead of the gin-
Inings up to the corresponding date in
I 1917. Alabama had ginned 485,520
• i bales up to that date—as much, in
deed, as the entire crop has amounted
to in that State in some of these re
' cent boll weevil years.
Mississippi, which was so hard hit
by the weevil a few years ago, report-j
1 ed that it had ginned 583,961 bales up
to October 18.
South Carolina, with its 795,310
bales up to that date, has also made a
splendid record.
All this spells money real money;
I —and especially for the Southeast,!
, for the crop in the Southwest seems
I to be off’.
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The situation in Georgia, the lead
ing cotton producing State east of
the Mississippi river, illustrates the
tremendous value of the cotton crop'
I this year. Last year Georgia grew ;
I not quite two million bales of cotton, j
This year its production, as indicated 1
by ginnings up to the middle of Octo-1
her, will run at least two million bales:
and probably a little more than that.'
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These manufacturers of a bottle;
soft drink, the Chero-Coia Company,j
deserve commendation for a patrio-1
tic example. There is little use just;
now to advertise their drink, for the!
i
restrictions in the use of sugar limit |
production to an amount less than!
the demand, but these manufacturers
realize the necessity for keeping their
product in the public eye and they are;
using almost as much newspaper space j
as before (they have for several years'
been very liberal advertisers) and j
give their space to patriotic purposes.'
They boosted the Fourth Liberty Loan I
and now are advertising United War i
Work. .After the war is over, these!
people and their product will not be
forgotten.—Tifton Gazette.
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Two billion is what Belgium claims
has been burned and destroyed that
the Germans can replace. And as the
I Thomasville Times says, they ought
to b« made to as soon as the war is
over, for they can never make repara
tion for the crimes against civiliza
tion which they have committed.
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Why Take Caismei:
Dr. Thacher's Liver & Biood rupi
will do all that calomel will < ’<; anil |
without tire “after effects.”
Years* ago, when people v - ni'i.wi'q
| when the liver got lazy ami fail' Mo do
I its work or the stomach v cut of
condition, calomel wa-il m,. v.
I By ami by the us rsoU • i ici fmirid
that the “after effects’’ ol t:u-.n,g the
I drug were as bad and nwrc <•..• i v. i-me
I than the ailment for which ;l was
I taken.
| Dr. Timelier, in seeking a medicine I
to mke llie place ot caiomi'l —w>e that,
, would do all the good that calomel
■ would do, and y<' leave none of its evil
| ('fleets perfected Dr. Thacher’s L iver&
Blood Syrup. T his was in 1852, and
! each year siiiee Ims added to the Cunii
| dcnce e-f thus! who have used it.
Mi<sß i-io (Lower, of Chattanooga,
! i'enn., 1 ried caloniel. She was siitler
mgwith a very serious c ild and grippe
! and had n ■ appetite whatever. Alter
; the calomel fa :< T -he tried Dr. TTiaeh
, er’s Liver A lllood Syiup. She felt
j i>etter alter taking three doses and she
: soon got entuely well. “I think Dr.
l Tbache: 's Li.erand Blood Syrup is a
iwcmleriul mixlicine,” she said, ‘'and I ,
| am very thankful 1 tried it."
For nearly threequarters of a pontury
' this sterling preparation has Been an
■’“old stand-bv ’ in thousands of homes :
■ in treating rheumatism, dyspepsia, in
! digestion and other stomach and liver
I complaints. Itis a powerful tonic and 1
| blood purifier ami can be used w ith
th? utmost confidence.
Write Thaeher Medicine Uo.. t ’hat-
I tanoega. Tenn, for a copy of “ i haeher s
I Family Doctor," a book giving cause,
! symptoms and treatment of 47 com
mon diseases.
Dr. Thacher’s Liverand Blood Syrup
for sale by dealers in medicines every
where.
Sold by Brooks’ Drug Store ‘
OH, JOI, WE M NOW
«[ GH OLD CUE
Persons Racing Taste for Sweets De-!
lighted at Increase in Amount of
Sugar Per Month.
■ ATLANTA, Nov. 2. — Persons hav
i mg a taste for sweet coffee will wel-1
’ come the announcement by Dr. An-!
1 drew M. Soule, federal food adminis
-1 trator for Georgia, that the regula
; tions have been fixed to allow three
i pounds of sugar per person per month
in household use, and to allow the
same basis of distribution in the res-!
! taurants and hotels. The latter base
! their sugar ration on three pounds for
| each ninety meals served. Their re- i
. ports of meals served are regularly
checked by the Food Administration
and they are allowed to use only the
quantity of sugar corresponding to ,
the number of meals. The change in ,
; the regulations is made possible.'
states Dr. Soule, by the rapid man.;
facture of sugar from the new cane
crop as well as by the surplus accu
mulated through the people’s cheerful
observance of economy for the past
several months.
Airs. W. W. Irvine, from Camp Han
cock, N. J., is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Scott.
HEALTH TATjK
SPANISH INFLUENZA OR GRIP
BY DR. LEE H. SMITH.
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An oid enemy is with us again, and
whether we fight a German or a germ,
we must put up a good fight, and not be
afraid. The inlluenza runs a very brief
course when the patient is careful, and
; if we keep the system in good condition
and throw off tne poisons which tend to
accumulate within our bodies, we can
' escape the disease. Remember these
three C’s—a clean mouth, a clean skin,
and clean bowels. To carry off poisons
from the system and keep the bowels
' loose, daily doses of a pleasant laxative
should be taken. Such a one is made
; of May-apple, leaves of aloe, root of
jalap, and called Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
; Pellets. Hot lemonade should be used
freely if attacked by a cold, and the
' patient should be put to bed after a hot
mustard foot-bath.
! To prevent the attack of bronchitis or
! pneumonia and to control the pain,
! Anuric tablets should be obtained at the
! drug store, and one given every two
hours, v itii lemonade. The Anuric tab
lets were first discovered by Dr. Pierce,
and, as they flush the bladder and
cleanse the kidneys, they carry away
much of the poisons and the uric acid.
It is important that broths, milk, but
! tern.ilk, ice-cream and simple diet
I be given regularly to strengthen the sys-
I tern and increase the vital resistance.
! The fever is diminished by the use of the
Anuric tablets, but in addition, the fore
i head, arms and hands may be bathed
with water I tepid ) in which a table
! spoonful of salaratus has been dissolved
in a quart. After an attack of grip or
pneumonia to build up and strengthen
the system, obtain at the drug store a
good iron tonic, called ” Jrontic” Tab
lets, or that well known herbal tonic,
Dr. Fierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.
All Fertilizer
Materials
Complete Guano
Acid Phosphate
Tankage
Potash
Bags
Your Business Solicited
[DOUGLAS BOYD
Manufacturers Agent and
Dealer.
112 Solomon St. Griffin, Ga.
PHONE 296
LAND FOR SALE.
An ideal farm of VO acres of land,
about 25 in eity limits of Milner:
fronts Central railroad and national
highway; good land; lies well; in high
state of cultivation; five thousand
dollars worth of improvements; con
venient to school and churches; good
neighbors; healthy location. If you
are looking for a home this will
please you. Sixteen thousand dollars
or 45 acres, with good house, at eight
thousand dollars. Terms. Owner, J.
S. Hale, Milner. Ga. C-I
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Ugh! Calomel Sickens; Salivates!
Please Try Dodsorfs Liver Tone
! lam sincere! My medicine does not upset liver
and bowels so you lose a day’s work.
I Calomel loses you a <lav! Aon I
j know whaf calomel is. It's mer
cury; quicksilver. Caloniel is dan
gerous. It crashes in4o sour bile
like dynamite, cramping and sick
ening vou. Calomel attacks the
' bones and should never be put into
1 your system.
AViicti you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out and
1 believe you need a dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your i
Q R. S.
Music Rolls
Over 500 Selections of the Very Best
Just Received.
! “Smiles,”
A big hit—today it is the most popular song in America and
a record-breaking seller as a piayer-roll.
Here is a new one by the same composer
“You Don't Know”
A strikingly original lyric
A wonderful melody
Played by the composer exclusively for Q. R. S. player roils.
Everybody says ‘‘Smiles” is a great fox trot but you
don’t know that “You Don’t Know” is greater. 'This is cer
! tain to be a big hit and enjoy a large sale.
Every player owner will want this roll.
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MEN’S SHOES
Dry Feet Will Ward off Colds
Men who have to keep going should protect their feet
from dampness with a pair of Jt hnston eV Alurphey’s or just
Wright Shoes - all colors and styles.
! Castile & Drake Shoe Co.
FAMILY FEF.T FITTERS.
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it will clear your path io the goal SUCCESS
MERCHANTS & PLANTERS BANK
Griffin, Ga.
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I druggist sells for n few n '.ygr
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone, which
is entirely vegetable and pleasant to
take and is a perfect substitute for
calomel. It is guaranteed to start
your liver without stirring you up
inside, and can not salivate.
Don’t take calomel' It makes you
sick file next day ; it loses you a (lav's
work. Dodson’s Liver I one straight
ens vou right up and you feel great
I Give it to the children as well