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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1916)
The Henrv County Weekly J. A. FOUCHE. Editor. at the postoffice at Me Don rmjrh, Ga., as second-class mail matter. A-drertisinor Rates famished on appli cation. Official Or»ran of Henry County. M'Donough, Ga., Feb. 18, 1916 Life just flows along like a song In old Henry. Georgia’s Great Grain Game Grandly Gaining. Insults and pills are best swa! lowed without chewing. Five thousand candidates in Georgia running under full steam is enough to make it hot for the voter. Talking about prepardness, it would be a good idea for every body to prepare to pay their debts. v Funny old world, ain’t it? When you dun some people they get mad and pay you while oth ers —just get mad. The more we try to please some people the more they growl. In the future we will try to operate on strict business ideas and let the big guy that thinks he ought to be petted go to the dickens. Show that kind of a gink one courtesy and he never wants to deal with you any other way. — Griffin News. Wish Griffin’s weather prophet, Doc Snider, would tell us just how much moisture there will be in Georgia after May 1. —Way- cross Herald-Journal. Mr. Snider says there isn’t going to be any moisture then worth speaking of. Griffin News. Wrong this time, Doc, Savannah, Augusta and Grif fin is still in Georgia. An Arkansas paper recently in serted the following paragraph in fts local columns: “If the young man who was seen kissing his best girl last Sunday will sub scribe for this paper before next press day nothing more will be said about it.” The result was that the editor took in one thou sand new subscribers. Now, boys, The Weekly is open to that self-same proposition. The Monticello News is receiv ing some mighty nice fraternal congratulations upon the celebra tion of its 35th anniversary. And it deserves every good word that can be said. With its unsurpassed mechanical perfection, and edito rial ability, those bright Penn boys are giving Monticello a paper second to none, and if their peo ple are not proud of it they ought to be. Penns are mightier than swords —see? We’ve said it before, but we say it again, that we do not appre ciate as fully as we should the fact that feeding is more important than breeding. We’ve seen many a high-priced bull degenerate into a scrub through lack of feed and care, and this thing is going to continue until we realize that all the breeding in the world can never atone for poor feeding and poor management. An animal may be good, but it will remain so only so long as it is under “the eye of the master.” —Progressive Farmer. Fertilizer Problems. To give the latest reliable in formation about the potash situa tion a circular has been issued from the Department of Agricul tural Chemistry by Prof. W. A. Worsham, Jr. It reviews what has been done toward supplying the loss to this country of closed German potash mines, cautions against paying high prices for potash, indicates farming methods that will help develop the potash resources in the soil and indicates how some of the fertilizer of this sort may be supplied in cheaper combinations. Farmers are cautioned against being misled by dealers who are selling caustic soda as a substitute for potash. On account of the high price of phosphoric acid occasioned by the war, dealers in rock phosphate are pushing their products as never before in this State. A cir cular telling what the farmers may expect from the use of rock phosphate instead of acid has been issued by Prof. John R. Fain head of the Department of Agron omy of the college. Farmers who take his advice are not likely to be disappointed in results. Peanut Oil. Considerable interest has been developed in Southern Georgia concerning the possibilities of de veloping the neanut industry for its oil content. The college of Agriculture has been called upon by farmers, oil mill inn and in dustrial bureaus of railroads for information about varieties, cul ture, possible yields, value of pea nut cake and vines as feed. The college has been asked to advise definitely about the probable in* come from peanuts as a partial substitute for cotton in boll wee vill territory, with special refer ence to developing the oil indus try. To obtain fuller information abount the possibilities of the oil, Prof. John R. Fain has gone to centers where the oil is now being expressed to study the problem. From the farmer’s standpoint the question seems to be whether peanuts shall be harvested, cured and sold for oil, or whether it is more profitable to let hogs har vest them for the income they will produce in the form of \pork. Buy at Home. If you buy out of town and we buy out ot town and all our neighbors buy out of town what in the thunder will become of our town?” asked a citizen tne other day in discussing the value of the keep-money-at-home movement. He argued that if a man lives in a small town and gets his living there he ought to patronize the stores of that town rather than go off to some large town or city every time he wants to buy a new shirt. Probably there isn’t a town or city, either, anywhere which would deny the truth of the comment. —Dawson News. “Home is what you make it, and so is business,” truthfully says the Milltown News. 'The Walton Tribune brings Bunk Cooper to life and says he has been sprouting some more bunk. Editor Shackelford, of the Ogle thorpe Echo, with The Madison ian, thinks that the Democratic primary has served its day and generation in Georgia, and that it should be abolished. It is useless expense and worry to candidates, 1 as we are all Democrats now. Let it be abolished. ! South Avenue. Rev. W. N. South preached at Bethel Sunday morning; the rain prevented some from going to Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Talmon Pattillo and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Peterman, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White Sun day afternoon. Mrs. Milton Clark spent Tues day with her aunt, Mrs. Moseley. Mrs. J. C. Howell and Mrs. Fred Howell were guests of Mrs. C. W. South Friday afternoon. Mrs. T. W. Peterman and Mrs. G. W. South were guests of Mrs. Joe Howell Monday afternoon. Miss Julia Riley and sister, Miss Mamie, of Flippen, spent the week end in the Gate City. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Clark spent the week-end with the latter’s pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cook in Love’s district. Mrs. C. W. South and litttle daughter, Helen, were the spend the day guests of Mrs. M. F. Mar tin and daughter Miss Leek, Tues day. Busy Bee. Two negroes were discussing the European war. One of them said: “I heard dem Frenchmen got some cannons w'hat will hit and kill a man fifteen miles aw r ay.” The other replied. “Dat’s noth in” nigger, dem Germans got some guns, too. All dey want to know is your address, and dey will git you.” CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Signature of MOVING OUT SALE It is with much regret that we announce the discontinuance of our business. The entire stock of merchandise consisting of Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, and Notions for men, women and children, and also the fixtures of the same store must be sold in 12 days, beginning FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 and lasting til March 1. Everything must be closed out at any price. We announce to every citizen of Henry county not to fail and come to H. DOBKINS’ Dry Goods Store at McDonough, Ga., on Macon street, and buy your goods at 15 per cent less than invoice cost. Also we announce to those who want to buy the whole stock as above mentioned, we will sell at 35 per cent less on the dollar as per invoice cost. Dobkins’ Dry Goods Store, H. DOBKINS, Manager CIVILIANS MILITARY TRAINING CAMP FORT OGLETHORPE, GA, Near CHATTANOOGA, TENN. April, May, June, and July, 1916 Reduced Fares Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY For complete information address R. L. BAYLOR, p.P.A., Atlanta. This Bank has been the fastest Growing institu tion launched in Henry county The Reason Is Plain : While always maintaining a liberal policy we have been careful. Our officers are men of the highest integ rity and every one of them has a personal desire to see that our customers receive the full benefits gained in our methods. DEPOSITS INSURED Bank of Stockbridge Stockbridge, Georgia J. D. BOWEN. President W. W. WARD. Vice Pres. C. M. POWER, Cashier
