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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
