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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1916)
The Henry JCounty Weekly J. A. FOUCHE, Editor. Entered at the postoffice at McDon ough, Ga . a> second ‘'lassmail matter. Advertising Kates furnished on appli cation. Official Orar-in of Henry County. McDonough, Ga., July 7, 1916 New Circuit. State Senator F. M. Smith last week introduced a hill in the leg islature for the establishment of a new Superior Court Circuit, com prising the counties of Monroe. Butts, Henry, and Clayton, to be known as the Indian Springs Cir cuit. Quarterly sessions are proposed, a new judge and solicitor to be elected upon the .bill becoming a law. So far as The Weekly hears, the only opposition to tlie bill comes from the Griffin News and Sun, which simply states it is tooth and toenail against the bill, seem ing not to know just what the said “tooth and toenail” opposi tion is—unless ; forsooth, it only be to make the Flint Circuit smaller. And this is exactly what would facilitate court business, thereby being for the puolic good of all counties in both circuits, as the calendars now remain clogged from term to term, with no pros pect of improvement. Indeed it is rarely possible to try a case promptly, and litigants are often worn out with continuances. If the News and Sun will fake time to investigate (which it frankly states has not been done), possibly it will discover its mis take and get right. Present prospects for the new circuit are fine. It would simoly tend to clear dockets, help busi ness and hurt no one. Let it come. No class of people is more greatly benefited by the abolition of the saloon than are saloon keepers and their families, and most of them realize it. Warning. Under penally of the law, all parties are hereby warned against giving employment to Lewis Car anichael and Sallie Carmichael, as they are under contract with me for the year 1916. U. ASKEW. Stockbridge, Ga. Warning. Under penalty of the law, all parties are hereby warned against giving employment to Ben Lathan and Essie Lathan, as they are un der contract with me for the year 3916. N. W. WOODWARD. Route 5, McDonough, Ga. Says They Are Wonderful. Hot weather is doubly danger ous to a person whose digestion is bad. The hot sun keeps the body heate ! ar 1 . decomposing mass of indigested food in the -stoniMoh will more, quickly send disease causing impurities through the b : ood and poison the entire system. Indigestion, consiipa ti i, sick headache, biliousness, b. >ating, or other conditions cause d by clogged bowels yield e :ickiy to Foley r-.thartic Tablets Airs. Elizabeth Slausson, So. Nor walk, Conn., writes: “I can hon estly sav thev rro wonderful.'” The McDonough Drug Co. ‘TANLAC MADE NEW MAN OF ME,” SAYS NEWMAN Engineer Says Tanlac Did Him More Good Than Ev erything Else. “This Tanlac is certainly a rail road man’s medicine and that is all there is to it,” said W. G. T. Newman, a well-known W. & A. engineer. “Yes, sir,” he continued, “it has simply made a new man out of me and I can now mount my en gine and feel as young as I did when I first got my run, and I ex pect to take it along with me on my engine for some time to come. “I had been suffering from a mean, nagsing stomach trouble for ten or twelve years, and Tan ias was the only thing 1 ever got hold of to give me any relief. “My doctor said I had acid stomach, and I guess he was right because 1 always had a sour taste in my mouth, and was constantly belching up sour gases. My digestion was awful and sometimes my food just seemed to lay in my stomach like lead and then sas would form and i would have a full, bloated feeling that would last for hours. Some times my stomach would swell up so I could hardly get my breath. At other times I would have pains in mv back over my kidneys that would almost bend me double. “I was tired and worn out most of the time and was so nervous 1 would almost scream, and was easily fretted. Then again I would have headaches and felt sore all over. “I bought Tanlac because of the high testimonials of my railroad l'riends, and I can understand now why they all allowed their names to be published. I think it is a medicine that everybody should know about, because it lias done me more good than every other medicine I have taken put to gether. “My appetite is good now and everything 1 eat agrees with me. I am not nervous any more either and can take more interest in ev erything. That’s what this medi cine has done Tor me.” Mr, Newman, who made the above statement, has been an en gineer on the W. & A. railroad be tween Atlanta and Dalton for the past twelve years, and his hun dreds of friends all along t! at division, and at home in Dalton, will be glad to hear of his com plete restoration to health. Tanlac is sold exclusively in Mc- Donough by the McDonough Drug Co; in Hampton, Ga., by H . A. Moore; Pinson’s Pharmacy Stock bridge, Ga.; The Norman, Turner Co., Ola, Ga., J. B. Simmons & Son Knob, Ga. (Stockbridge, R.F.D.) Brown, Pitts & Wilson, Luella Ga , and J. A. Sims. Stockbridge, Ga., (R.F.D.) All kinds of cleaning and press ing for ladies and gents. First class work—called for and deliver ed promptly. Right prices. John Powell. To iKe last drop mmMm COFFEE For Dismission. '•GEORGIA, Hfnry County Wht-miK, A.’S. Brown, executor of J. W, A lex a lifter, deceased, represent-, to the otmH In his petition, duly filed and enter ed on record that be has fully adminis tereii J W Vlexander’s estate: This is, therefore, to cue all persons concerned, kindred and creditor#, to show cause, if any they can, why said executor should not lx; discharged from his administra lii u. and receive letters of Dismission, on the First Monday m August, 1916. This June 2s, 1916. A. G, JIARRIS, Crdirary. For sale house and lot in which I now live on Key’s Ferry street. Offer open few days only. See me at once if interested. Joe M. Chafin. Have Manufacturing Costs Advanced Since 1880] • * Every business man, whether manufacturer or merchant, knows that the cost of every nfaWactured article has advanced tremendously since 1880. The manufacturer has, therefore, been forced to advance his price to the merchant, and the merchant to advance his price to the consumer—in proportion to the increased cost of manufactur ing-—or else go into bankruptcy and close up shop. The Railroads of Georgia are engaged exclusively in the manufacture and sale ,of freight and passenger transportation. The transportation is manufactured out of steel, and iron, and coal, and lumber, and crossties, and brick, and stone, and con crete, and human brawn and brain. The selling price of this manufactured article transportation was arbitrarily fixed and promulgated in the year 1880 by the then newly organized Railroad Com mission of the State of Georgia. The Railroads of Georgia are tocky operating under rates ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER than the rates fixed bv the Commission in 1880. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A REVISION OF RATES UFWARD SINCE 1880. Has there been an advance in the cost of raw materials which enter into the manufacture of transportation—steel, iron, lumber, crossties, brick, stone, concrete, LABOR? There has! Below we present a table of 25 n-cessary articles in daily use by every railroad in Georgia, showing prices actually paid during the months of August, 1914, January, 1916, and March, 1916, and a fourth column showing the percentage of increase in prices actually paid by the Railroads of Georgia. The average increased cost of the 25 articles of daily use is 77.71 per cent, and much of it is paid to Georgia producers of the articles. HERE ARE THE ARTICLES AND FIGURES IN DETAIL: 25 ARTICLES IN DAILY USl£— Pet. Increase Mch. 16 August January March Over 1914. 1916. 1916. Aug. 14. ANGLE BARS, per 100 lbs., f. o. b. mill $ 1.50 § 1.83% $2.16% 44.45 Pc. FROGS, spring rail, 85-lb. No. 10 42.30 4G.62 48.42 14.66 Pc. BOLTS, track, per 100 lbs 2.00 2.47 3.25 63.53 Pc. SPIKES, tfack, per 100 lbs , 1.48 2.29 2.37 61.88 Pc. BAR IRON, per 100 lbs 1.22 1.95 2.25 85.84 Pc. BOILER TUBES, per ft., 11 gauge 2-in. O. I).. .07% .10% .10% 39.88 Pc. PLATES, boiler and tank, 12 ga.. per 100 lbs.. 1.33 2.98 3.25 146.73 Pc. COPPER, electrolytic (bearings, etc.) per lb. . .12% .26 .28 128.57 Pc. SHEETS, galvanized, per 100 lbs 2.80 4.88 4.96 77.68 Pc. PIPE, black iron. 1 %-in., per ft .046 .055 .06 29.87 Pc. IRON, pig No. 2, per ton 10.92 14.83 15.00 35.88 Pc. SHEETS, black, No. 2 Ga., per 100 lbs 1.85 3.26 3.56 92.21 Pc. TIN—BIG, straights, per 100 lbs 35.03 44.50 48.42 37.80 PC. SPELTER, per 100 lbs 8.76 23.00 25.33 246.86 Pc! WASTE COTTON, per lb ... .052 .069 .07 % 38.68 Pc. COKE, foundry, per ton 2.33 3.50 3.59 53.70 Pc STEEL BILLETS, per 100 lbs 2.07 2.55 2.68 33.17 Pc. LUMBER, car sills 20.40 25.00 26.66 36.14 Pc. ANTIMONY, per lb .08% .45% .45% 424.17 Pc. TIRES, mill, 100 lbs 3.90 4.33 % 4.33% 11.00 Pc. SPRINGS, locomotive, per 100 lbs 3.03 3.84 % 3.84% 24.87 Pc SPRINGS, freight cars, per 100 lbs 1.70 2.1 6 2.1 6 20.8! Pc NAIIjS, wire, per 100 lbs 1.G7 2.38 2.57 54! 00 Pc CROSSTIES, pine, each .35 .40 .40 1 4 29 Pc BILLETS, forgings 25.00 65.00 65.00 12o!oOPc! AVERAGE PERCENT OF INCREASE IN PRICE OF 25 ARTICLES, 77.71 Pc. IMPORTANT NOTE:—In compiling the above fibres, the percent increase in March 1016, over August, 191 I, the percent of increase to ea"h railroad was totaled and the amount divided by the number of railroads affected. The figures In the last column above are, there fore, not based on the figures shown in the first and third columns above, owing to outstand ing contracts by many of the railroads. There has riot been any decrease in the price of any article, consequently the above increases has not been offset, but are NET, Previous to the establishment of the 1 880 freight tariff the Railroads of Georgia paid state taxes ONLY, the Constitutional Tax of live mills. The Railroads of Georgia now pay city, county AND state taxes, which is a tremendous increase in taxes. But we shall have more to say concerning taxes at a later date. The above table does not take into consideration the greatest advance in the cost of manufacturing transportation—and the most important one—LABOR. We shall pre sent indisputable facts and figures concerning this important matter at a later date. The people of Georgia expect and are entitled to transportation. It is a FUN DAMENTAL BUSINESS NECESSITY. The service MUST be supplied. FAIR com pensation should be paid for that service. Such payment is good business morals and will enable the railroads to render GOOD service, to which the people are entitled/ Intrastate rates should and must be made to conform to interstate rates The re vision of Georgia freight rates now proposed simply conforms to the principles fof lowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its long and short haul order iss i-i in compliance with Federal Law. No unjust discrimination of any character whns/ ever is contemplated, nor would such discrimination be tolerated. " " ' ' " u " Tin© ©if 0001*^13, A DECLARATION OF POLICY, It is not and will not be the policy cf the Railroads cf Geor gia to propose any system of rates which would unjustly discrim inate a~e ; -st the Georgia producer in favor of producers located without the state. Should this principle appear to be violated by any technical construction of our petition we give assurance that we will not propose, nor will we attempt to adopt, in actual practice, any rates at variance with the same. Mrs. C. M. KimbeU has as her guest, Miss Coitez Kimbell, of Mc- Donough.—Jackson Progress. . Borden-Wheeler Springs “The Spa of America” In Blue Ridge Mountains, Modern 120 Room Hotel. Rates $8 75 to s2l 00. Cottages to let. Swimming, Tennis, Fishing, Horse Back Ridinar Mountain Climbing, Boating, and all other Outdoor Sports Excellent Orchestra and Dancing in Spacious Ballroom, Box Ball Water has Special Curative Qual ities for Rheumatism, all Stomach and Bowel Troubles, Diabetes. Send for Book BORDEN SPRINGS, ALA. On Seaboard Air Line Ry. Halfway Between Rimingham and Atlanta For Rent—One house and lot next to Dr. Horton’s. Mrs. Annie M. Nolan. 1916 Freight Service At 1880 Rates
