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Official Organ of Henry Countv.
McDonough, Ga., April 30, 1015
Ours.
The changing and broadening
or narrowing of the expressions
idieating possession is an inter
esting study.
History tells us much. Science
tdls us more, whether it is true or
r ot. But we are inclined to be
i eve in some measure the story ot
;t prehistoric era when men and
women were mere individuals and
each person a distinct entity,
neither regarding himself or re
garded by his fellows as a part of
she rest of the human life about
T.im.
This was a period when the
man looked up things as “mine.”
Even the wife, or mate, and chi!
dren were looked upon as mere
chattels belonging to the man.
It is not our purpose here to
trace the progress of that refine
ment of feeling in the man by
which he came to regard his mate
and offspring as something more
than mere beasts whom he must
feed in order to receive their la
bor, and at last looked upon them
as human beings.
We spoke of this because it was
in the family, in the home which
soon came with the family, where
possession changed and broaden
ed from “mine” to “ours.”
Even with this change there
was yet a far greater advance to
be made by humanity. The family
feeling must broaden to become
the community feeling or neigh
borhood, and the community spir
it must enlarge into the national
spirit and government, and then
tiie national spirit must widen into
the international, the world feel
ing. All of these but the last have
come to the heart of humanity
and we believe we can see the
coming of that.
But we would here enforce the
truth that man has grown and
broadened in spirit and in sympa
thy only as he has shown his atti
tude of ownership and proprietor
ship over things, only as he ceased
to speak of them as “mine” and
came to speak of them as “ours.”
As long as man sought to ac
quire for his own exclusive grati
fication, there could arise no great
poets or painters, for poets and
painters belong to all human kind
and all ages and the spirit of a de
sire to share their glorious concep
tions with their fellows formed a
large part of the inspiration which
brought forth such inspiration.
To-day men are born into the
age of the “ours” spirit and he
whose career is that of self-seek
ing, a faring apart from his fel
low humans, truly retrogrades to
the type of an earlier age instead
of advancing from his infancy.
Do you think of the great men
of history? They all shared their
true wealth, the wealth of their
with the world ’ and
freely gave.
The early disciples of our Savior
held all things in common. And
fie, the King all glorious, com
manding all wealth, claimed for
himself but a stone for a pillow.
And the spirit of world brother
hood will come to men only when
His saving blood becumes the pu
rifying fount to which all the
world’s weary wanderers shall
turn their footsteps and seek
cleansing for their souls, stared
by the suns and soiled by the dust
a' >ng tiie highways of sin, in
whit li ‘hey had so long walked.
Then shill come the time when
all things shall be ours because
w r e belong to all and shaie our
selves unu our goods with our
brother to the farthest end of tiie
world.
Who Runs the Paper?
In a neighboring county a cler
gyman took the editor of the local
paper to task because the editor
a cept-d a certain advertising con
tract. Tli ■ good man forgot that
for years that the editor had given
freely of his space to help tiie
church; had printed columns of
his notices of services, meetings,
suppers, entertainments and iec
tur *s, all free. In donating this
space tiie editor had given more
than the equivalent of cash. He
h id given publicity, and thus had
done more to support the church
a»d pay the minister’s salary than
any three members of the church
had done.
An editor has but two sources
of income, his subscription list and
his space. Yet, in this case, when
he sold his space he lost a subscri
ber. Of course, no one need sub
scribe to a paper unless lie wishes
t > do so, but no subscriber should
want to dictate to the editor as to
what he should publish. Many
editors will not accept certain lines
of advertising. Other editors can
not afford, perhaps, to be so inde
pendent. Business conditions of
ten govern tiiese matters.
A rich and prosperous Philadel
phia weekly of national circulation
for years declined the advertise
ments of cigarette manufacturers.
Business has fallen off lately tor
many of the big magazines. Now
tnat paper is accepting cigarette
advertising. Perln.ps the editor
needs tin money, and who shall
blame him it he sells his space .to
the American Tobacco Company ?
Collier’s luo, we hear, is Jetting
down ihe bars, just a little. That’s
all right. Let tiiem down a little
runner, as long as fakirs, a d
gratters and swindlers are kept
out. No one can run a paper to
please every one, be that big or
little. It is the editor’s paper and
il is his living. He is the one who
should judge what should and
should not be published in its col
umns. —Dallas New Era.
Inspect the Battle Fields.
Not by going to them, but by
bringing them to you.
We have secured a limited num
ber of copies of a 32 page War
Atlas of Europe, with detail maps
m colors of each country.
While our supply lasts, we
make you the following offers:
1. We will sell you the Atlas
for 25 cents. Postpaid for 27
cents. Stamps will be accepted.
2. To all who, by the payment
of not less tnan one dollar, pay up
their subscription to a date not
prior to January 1, 1916, we shall
give the Atlas tree. If you w-ish
it mailed, add 2 cents in money or
stamps for postage.
3. To all others, who make pay
ments on subscription in any
amount. wrn shall give the Atlas
for the additional sum of fifteen
cents. If to be mailed send 17
cents additional.
Be on time and secure this in
teresting and valuable w r ork of
information.
Offer no. 2 is good only to
those who send or bring the pay
ment to us and does not apply to
those to whom a collector has to
be sent.
Mrs. Willie Ham was the guest
of Mrs Annie Nolan Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Brown vir
ited Atlanta Friday.
Panama Pacific Exposition
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Opened February 20th Closes December 4th
Panama cpfifornia Fiction
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Opened January Ist Closes December 31
$72.00 Round Trip Fare $95.95
from McDonough via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Premier Carrier of the South
$72.00 applicable via Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Shreveport; returning via scan of any other direct
route. Not via Portland or Seattle.
$95.95 applicable via Chicago. S'. Louis, Memphis, Shreveport, relurnin r v.t same or any other direct
route. ONE WAY VIA PORTLAND —SEATTLE.
1 ickets on sale March Ist to November 30th, inclusive, Kinai retu ti limit three months from date
of sale, not to exceed December 31, 1915.
STOP-OVERS permitted at all points on going and return trip.
SIDE TRIPS may be made to San! * Fe, Pet Tied Forest Pl;m*.. Grand Canyon, Yosemite National
Park, Pike’s P-ak, Garden of the Gods (Lacier Vu on .1 Park, Pier points of interest. 1 REE SIDE
TRIP to SAN DIEGO, and Cailnornia Exposition from Los Angeles.
Through PullmaL S!eep : ~»g Curs to Ch cago, St. Louis, Kansas City and
Denver, making direct wornecu ms vv:.,i through cars for ilie Pacific Coast,
necessitating only u. e change of cars.
For complete information call on nearest agent, or address :
R. L. BAYLOR, D. P. A.
Atlanta, Ga. J. C. BEAM, A. G P. A.
Atlanta, Ga.
A GOOD ROOF LENGTHENS
THE LIFE OF YOUR BUILDING.
No roofing is superior to Galvanized Iron.
We have a car load of the best grade of Galvanized
Iron Roofing.
Let us ha /e your tarly orders.
Planters Warehouse & Lumber Company
McDonough, Ga.
Round About News.
Messrs. W. R Brown and T. W.
Jarrett spent Tuesday in McDon
ough.
Mesdames T. W. Jarrett and K.
W. Walden spent Tuesday with
Mrs. B. Y. White.
Misses Anne and Rosa Jarrett,
Man da and Kate Walden visited
Mr. and Mrs. Greene Jones Wed
nesday.
Mr. W. L. Pattillo spent Thurs
day with his sister, M s. John
Phillips.
Carolyn and Willie May Walden
spent Thursday with Mrs. B. Y.
White.
Mr. J. J. Askew and Mr. Greene
Jones spent Wednesday in Mc-
Donough.
Mr. J. R. Walden, of Atlanta,
spent the week-end with relatives
near here.
Mr. T. J. Flake and Mr. Tom
McKee spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Henry.
Mr. John Jones has returned
rrom a visit to her son. Mr. Dave
Miller, of near White House.
Misses Rosa Jarrett and Kate
Walden attended Sunday School
at Flat Rock Sunday.
Mrs. B. W. Walden visited Mrs
J. T. Mays Thursday.
PORTER
FERTILIZER COMPANY’S
Great Crop Producing
FERTILIZERS
FOR SALE BY
Henry County Supply Co.,
McDonough. Georgia.
Mr. Greene Jones, Jr , is in At
lanta for an operation. His many
friends hope he will soon return
improved.
Mr. Roy Crumbley and Mr. Ike
Selfridge were in our community
Friday evening. Fairy Fay.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Turner spent
Friday in Atlanta.
Miss Ruby Langston, of Atlanta,
was the attractive guest of Misses
Funice and Ida Lou Tarpley for
the week end and Memorial Da*-.,
