The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXIX.
DRAG THE ROADS.
HQ PAPER NEXT WEEK.
There will he no Issure of The
Henry County Weekly on the 17 h
instant.
It has long been the custom to
suspend one issue some time in
Jniy. As we hope to go with the
Bov Scouts on their summer
camp at Stone Mountain, We have
selected the 17th instant.
So only a few papers of the
17th will be issued, just to make
■he legal advertisements comply
With the law.
NOTICE
The Annual Sacred Harp Sing
ing, at Lebanon Church at Hamp
ton will be held July 19th, third
Sunday. Let everybody come
with well filled Baskets, of
course.
When the sun is high,
Drag the Roads.
When the cropsjare all laid by.
Drag the Roads.
In the fall and the spring,
When the birds begin sing,
Mind you! It’s the very thing—
Drag the Roads.
When there’s heavy loads to haul,
Drag the Roads.
When you go to make a call,
Drag the Roads.
Often on ttie way to town,
Should the grade be up or down,
Never falter! Never frown!
Drag the Roads.
When the farm work crowds apace.
Drag the Roads.
When you find a resting place,
Drag the Roads.
After all the heavy rains,
You can count up many gains.
If you’ll only take the pains,
Drag the Roads.
If your wife or daughter scolds,
Drag the Roads.
Fill up all the ugly holes,
Drag the Roads.
It will keep your temper sweet,
Horses sleek, and wagon neat,
Makes tricks that can’t be beat,
Drag the Roads.
Whether soil be sand or clay,
Drag the Roads.
You can find no better way,
Drag the Roads.
When too wet to run the plow,
Run the Drag and then see how
Pas-ers by w ll smile and bow —
Drag the Roads.
Get your neighbors on the job.
And Drag the Roads;
Some will fuss and some raise hob,
But Drag the Roads.
What if you do pay your tax
And you find that things go lax,
Settle down to solid fac^s,
And Drag the Roads.
—L. Dillon, Bedfo d City, Va.
Miss Jettie Sunn Hostess.
Miss Jettie Bunn was hostess to
her friends Tuesday afternoon in
honor of her guests, Mrs. Britt,
or Atlanta.
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Rev, W. T. Smith Will Hold
Revival at Bethany,
The pastor of Bethany church,
the Rev. H. V Auamson, has se
cured the services of the Rev. W.
T. Smith, of Decatur, to assist him
in a revival at that place, begin
ning on the third Sunday in Aug
ust.
He is one of the leading minis
ters of the State, is an old Henry
county boy, and the church is in
deed fortunate in securing the
services of uch an able man.
Little Misses Trellis and Pauline
Ingram have returned from n visit
at the home of Mr. Wayman Hoot
en in Beershebu district.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday july 17. m 4
I the chief difficulty.
Rules 2 and 3 deal with the most
satisfactory ways of repayment.
Underneath them both is the same
principal: The loan must be re
paid with the money it earns itself.
For example, if the money is used
to buy a machine that will last ten
years, the machine must earn
enough in that time to pay for
itself or it never will. The loan
therefore, should be entirely re
paid before the ten years are up or
the farmer will lose money on the
transaction, paying out interest
for no benefit in return. On the
other hand, if too eariv a date is
set for repayment, the machine
will not had sufficient op
portunity to make the requisite
money and the borrower may have
difficulty iu raising it elsewhere-
FIVE RULES FOR
BORROWING MONEY.
United States Department o f
Agriculture Gives Advice How
Not to Borrow Mousy.
Five rules designed to convince
farmers that there is no magic
about credit are s t down in
Farmers’ Bulletin 593 ‘How r to
Use Farm Credit,” which the
United States Department of Agri
culture has just published. Un
it's the farmer who is thinking of
borrowing money fully under
stands these rules and is willing
to be guided by them, the Govern
ment s advice to him is: don’t.
As it is, there are almost as many
farmers in this country who are
suffering from too much as from
too little credtt.
Of those rules the three most
important are:
1. Make sure that the purpose
for which the borrowed money
is to be used will produce a return
greater than needed to pay the
debt.
2. The length of time the debt is
to run should have a close relation
to the productive life of the im
provement for which the money
is borrowed.
3. Provision should be made in
long-time loans for the gradual
reduction of the principal.
The first rule is of course the
key to the wise use of credit. Be
tween borrowing money to spend
on one’s self and borrowing money
to buy equipment of some sort
with which to make more money
there is all the difference between
foil/ and foresight, extravagance
and thrift. If the money is bor
rowed for a wise purpose it will
produce enough to pay back
the principal and interest and
leave a fair margin of profit for
the borrower into the bargain. If
it is borrowed for a foolish pur
pose it will produce nothing and
consequently there will be nothing
with which to repay the loan.
From this point of view it matters
comparatively litt’e whether the
interest be high or low. It is the
repayment of the principal that is
MRS. CALVIN UPCHURCH
YIELDS TO DEATH
Excellent and Aged Locust
Grove Woman Died Monday
Morning,
Mrs. Calvin Upchurch died at
her home in Locust Grove Mon
day morning at 3 o’clock. She
bad received a sir,wee of paralysis
a week before and kever recover
ed from it.
Mrs. Upchurch was 76 years lof
age, and was an excellent Christ
ian woman. She possessed many
friends who mourn with the family
her departure.
The funeral and interment Vere
at Bethany Tuesday morning at
11 o’clock. She had been a mem
ber of this church since her girl
hood days. The Rev. 1. G,
Walker conducted the services.
Mrs. Upchurch is survived by
her husband, and two daughters;
Mrs. Duster McKinney and Mrs.
Lucy Jackson: one son, Mr. W. T.
Upchurch: one sister, Mrs. Lucin
da Nail, wife of Mr. Wiilis Nail:
and one brother, Mr. L. A. Daniel,
of Hampton.
Rule 3 provides for s. me form
of amortization, the system by
Which the principal is repaid in
.nslalhnc.iis so .ii.it i*.ie
the loan is continually diminish
ing and in consequence the in
terest charges also. Such a
system is quite feasible when the
loan is really productive, when it
returns to the borrower a definite
revenue each year. Tables show
ing the payments required to pay
off principal and interest in vary
ing periods of time are appended to'
the bulletin and are recommended
tothe serious consideration of
everyone who contemplates bor
rowing money. The bulletin
also advises the 1 farmer to secure
the lowest possible interest. At
first sight this Seems too obvious
to be worth mentioning. Of
course the interest should
be as small as possible. Every
body k ’ows that—except the
lender. But if other rules
are observed, if the borrower
manages his financiaiaffairs sound
ly, he will be surprised to find how
much easier it is to obtain favor
able t< rms. The right kind of
lender does not want to foreclose
mortgages; he wants his money
back with a fair profit, like any
other merchant. For money that
is borrowed wisely, for money
that is sure to be repaid, he
charges low interest.
This in fact is why the govern
ment has published these rules
for borro.vers. It is not so much
a matter of driving a shrewd bar
gain as it is of observing, a-few
fundamental principles which
alone can make credit a Wes', i g
and not a curse.
MT. CARMEL HAD SINGING
ON JULY FOURTH
fine Singing And Large Crowd
Enjoyed This Famous Annual
Event.
The annual fourth of July siog
ng tor 1914 was held Saturday at
the Mt. Carmel Methodist Proljst
ant church.
The meeting urns called to ord
er by Mr. H. W, Carmichael, the
retiring chairman.
The opening song was by Mr. J.
S. Barnett, with Miss Janie M tys
as organist. Then Mr. B. C. Bright
led in prayer.
Mr. WalttrThompson was elect
ed chairman, Mr. H. W. Carmi
chael Secretary. Messrs. J. S. Bar
nett, J. T. Mays, and Will Barnett
w'ere elected as the committee.
The first lesson was led by the
chairman, with Miss Essie Stan
field as organist. .
The other leaders and organists
respectively, were as follows:
Mr. W. I. Callaway, Miss Vera
Barnett.
Mr. I. W. Crumbley, Miss Mamie
Dickson.
Mr. Ed Coker, Mrs. Ed Coker.
Mr. A. G. Combs, Mr. Aldine
Combs.
Mr. Jessie Pendley, Miss Susie
Pendley.
Then there was prayer by the
Rev J. E. England, followed by
the noon recess.
In the afternbon beginiilg at
1: 30 o'clock, the following were
Mr. C. J. Dickson Miss Mamie
Dickson.
Mr. Aldine Combs, Miss Lorena
Combs.
Mr, Berry Wetherby, Mr. Mar
vin Foster.
Mr. George Barnett, Mr. Way
man Barnett.
RECESS
Mr. T.O. Callaway, Mrs. T. O.
Callaway.
Mr. A. G. Combs, Mr. Aldine
Combs.
Mr. F. E. Coker, Mr. Aldine
Combs.
Mr. J. S. Barnett, Mr Mirvin
Foster.
The meeting closed with prayer
by the chairman.
The singing was a perfect
success and was enj ).yed and
appreciated by a large company
of fine lovers of music.
H. W. Carmichael. Secretary.
BAPT3ST MEETINGS
BEGIN SUNDAY..
Rev. W. M. Murray, of Alabama,
Will Assist the Pastor, Kev.
J. M. Gilmore.
A series of meetings at the Mc-
Donough Baptist Church will be
gin next Sunday.
The regular m rning and even
ing services will be held Sunday.
At these services, the hours of
services during the week will be
announced.
On Monday the Rev. W. M. ‘
Murray, of Brewton, Alabama, will
arrive He will assist the Rev. J.
M. Gilmore in the meeting.
Mr. Murray is a strong and at
tractive preacher and our people
will hear him with pleasure.
SI 0# A YEAR
