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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1917)
The Henry County Weekly By J. A. A* A. L. FOUCHE. Entered at the postoffice at McDon ough. Ga.. as second '-lassmail matter. Advertising Kates 15c per inch, poel sition f:o additional—special contracts Official 0-e;;n of Henry County. McDonough, Ga., Feb. 2, 1917 Salvation in Peanuts. The farmers in our county are % not fearing much devastation from the boil weevil in a year or so yet. and many of them are entertain ing a hone that they will not come to this latitude at ail, but all farm ers are giving more or less thought to what they will adopt for a money crop when they do make thier appearance should they do so at all. They will there fore read with interest what is being done along the line of mon ey crops in the weevil infested sections. Striking testimony on the value of peanuts as a money crop are presented by the Macon News in the form of a letter from an En terprise, Alabama, national bank which deals extensively with agri cultural interests. In the distress ing autumn and winter of 1914 when cotton sank to beggarly prices, Alabama farmers, like those of neighboring states, learn ed a bitter but wholesome lesson, and resolved that never again would they stake their entire for tune on a single harvest. In con sequence a variety of crops which formerly had been considered of little or no importance were given a fair test as money makers. In the Enterprise district where the cotton depression had brought hardships particularly severe, pea nuts were selected as a mainstay in the new r scheme of diversifica tion. The character of the re sults may be judged from a single instance cited in the letter which the News reproduces. One farm er customer of the bank, it ap pears, fell behind in 1914 thirty one hundred dollars. In the au tumn of 1916—thanks chiefly to the fruits of diversification in gen eral and peanuts in particular—he paid the last penny of his debt. The bank states that it had many similar cases, and that with the gathering of last season’s crops its deposits increcased eighty three thousand dollars. An oil mill at Enterprise affords a convenient and profitable market for peanuts from the surrounding country; it now pays seventy-eight dollars a ton. Furthermore, as the bank ers point out, this crop has laid the foundations for hog-raising, from which ever increasing pro fits are being derived. “Tiie pea nut crop,” the letter concludes “has taken the place of cotton and saved our section.” Cut This Out—lt is Worth Money DON’T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c and mail it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., waiting your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial pack age containing Eolev’s Honey and Tar Compound, for bronchial and la grippe coughs; Foley Kidney Fills, for lame hack, weak kindevs, rheumatism, bladder troubles, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole some and thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for constipation, bilious ness, headache and sluggish bow els. The McDonough Drug Co. If you must fall, fall forward. Facts About* Advertising. Most readers of newspapers read the ads. VVe know this and our object in writing this article is to tell you how we know it. Corporations* throughout this country all advertise extensively. They spend millions of dollars every year in this way. Every one knows w'hy. As a rule, large firms are very careful about spending money, and if advertis ing were not profitable, they would not spend money for it. They spend money only for the things that bring them a profit. These are facts which prove our first statement. But in order to prove these facts, we must give you the names of a few to whom we have refer ence. , There are few people who do not know Coca Cola by taste, yet you see it advertised in nearly every county paper, magazine and sign board you see. Have you read many papers which did not contaih the ad of Fletcher’s “Cas toria”? This ad has been pub lished thousands of times for the past 30 years and is still running. Is there a person who can read who has not read a Bell Telephone ad? We doubt it. And how about the Ford? “Bui!” Durham, Prince Albert and Velvet Joe. Those are well advertised. All we have mentioned (and thous ands of others) know the real value of advertising. The Week ly wants to see your business im prove, and it’s columns are wait ing to welcome your ad. All of the above mentioned have frequently appeared in it’s col umns. Put Loafer-Land to Work. Not only must the cultivated acres be made rich, but the idle acres too. The acres that we pay taxes on and from which we get no returns, must be put to work. Government reports show that in the South two acres out of every five in farms are unimproved. To get these to work is one of our problems; but if we cannot put them to work, then good business management demands that we sell at least part of them and use the money to improve the remainder. An idle man, an idle cow or an idle acre is a poor sort of thing to have around. Every stumD left in the fields means idle lands, more difficulty in cultivation, less opportunity to use labor-saving machinery. A stumpy farm is an inefficient farm. We well know that for most farmers it is quite out of the ques tion to remove all the stumps at once; but once removed, a stump is gone for good, and the job is one we should keep plugging at until it is done. Then this winter, if our land is rolling, let’s build some nice, broad terraces, 16 to 20 feet wide, on which crops will grow, instead of the little razor-back terraces that waste land and provide a nursery for mean weeds and bugs. Like wise, let’s go after the patches of briars and bushes, the clumps of saplings, that make ugly patches in our fields. Let’s open up the landscape and farm real fields, in stead of doing a patch-work busi ness. —Progressive Farmer. “Mercy,” ejaculated young Mrs. Kidder, in the midst of her read ing. “Here is an account of a woman who sold her baby for fifty cents !” “Oh, well,” returned her bach elor brother, who had at sundry times cared for the children while; his sister went shopping, “all kinds of swindles are being work ed nowadays.” Southern Lines Grouped. Washington, D. C., January 23. —The following “Executive Order No. 79” has been issued by Presi dent Fairfax Harrison of the South ern Railway System : “For the purposes of adminis tration the lines of these Compa nies wifi hereafter be grouped as follows: ’ “Lines East: The following operating divisions of Southern Railway Company, viz: Washing ton Division, Danville Division, Charlotte Division, Richmond Di vision, Norfolk Division, Winston- Salem Division, Columbia Division, Charleston Division, Spartanburg Division, Knoxville Division, Cos ter Division, Appalchia Division, Asheville Division, Murphy Divis ion, Transylvania Division. “Lines West: The Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Rail way, Alabama Great Southern Railroad, Cincinnati, Burnside & Cumberland River Railway, North ern Alabama Railway, and the fol lowing operating divisions of Southern Railwav Company, viz: St. Louis Division, Louisville Di vision, Memphis Division, Atlanta Division, Columbus Division, Bir mingham Division and Mobile Di vision. “The Executive Officers are as follows: “T. 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