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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1917)
The Henry County Weekly By J. A. & A. L. FOUCHE. Entered at the postoffice at McDon ough. Ga., as second "lass mail matter. Advertising Kates 15c y>er inch, posi sition 6c additional—special contracts. Official of Henry County. McDonough, Ga., Aug. 24, 1917. Sq u >b 1 e t S Bv A. L. F. Slackers never have won a war. “Silence is Golden.” Maybe that’s why talk is so cheap. • _ It you ever hope to be some body, you must do something. Somebody is going to win five years subscriution to The Weekly at the County Fair. We would say that Hardwick has certainly “done more, than his bit” —for the Kaiser. No, dear reader, we’re not go ing to fill this column without re minding you that you can help boost the Henry County Fair. The aeroplane set a bad ex ampie. Everything else tried to imitate it and after rising to a diz zy height, didn’t know how to come down. 1 . Aleck Deserves A Trophy. a toast, a toast, a double toast For Alexander Bimimon; He was included in the first call And didn’t claim an exemption. —Greensboro Herald-Journal. Here’s to Alexander Simpson, Who claimed no exemption. May the «ood example he’s set For thousands to be called yet, Cause them to smash the Kaiser’s in tention. One or two reports haye reach ed us that a few do not approve of the stand The Weekly takes in regard to the war. We did not expect everyoneito be in harmony with our sentiments. But we feel that we are right in standing behind our president, and it would be just as hard for us to turn against him as for his enemies to turn to him, and unless the im possible happens, we feel it our solemn duty to continue to sup port Mr. Wilson —the greatest president the world has ever known. Long may we all enjoy his leadership. „ We honestly believe that Abraham Lincoln was inspir ed by Almighty God to break the shackles of the black man as was Moses of old, inspired and directed to lead the child ren of Israel from the captiv ity of Egypt to the liberty of Canaan. Likewise we be lieve that Wilson is inspired by the same Great Hand to strike the shackles of autocra cy from the people of Ger many, and finally put down the most murderous nations of the earth —Germany and Turkey.—Greensboro Herald- Journal. Uncle Jim, you expressed our opinion better than we could have done it. I Our Duty. Extract from the speech of Hon. Murphey Candler: “The citizens of this country owe no sacrifice of ease, property or life to any class cr king, but by their own written stipulation thev declared their fealty to each other, as equals, and their willing ness to sacrifice property and life for their country’s good, when their country called. They de clared how the call should be made. It has been made. “The citizen who does not zeal ously support the government ex ercising constitutional authority, in peace is unpatriotic, and in war is worse. The highest American ideal is obedience to lawfully constituted authority. To resist, to obstruct, to hinder, to sow seeds of distrust and dissension to undermine confi dence in the government, during war, is to aid and encourage the enemy. “To call upon the citizen to bear arms in time of war, is no more ‘involuntary servitude,’ than to call him to jury service or road working duty in time of peace. The citizen summoned to jury du ty must answer, and if qualified must serve, and during his service may be and frequently is restrain ed as to his freedom of communi cation and action. “The summons to military ser vice in a national army is no dif ferent in principle. The differ ence in fact is that a citizen prom ises more, and is obligated to give more to his country in war than in peace, because the needs of his country are greater in war than in peace. The principle of univer sal obligation and service is the same and every citizen in a repub lic is particularly pledged to its recognition.” i Claim Exemption. We iiave heard it said in the last few days that no m m subject to draft should claim exemption. Nothing is further from the right. It a man has someone sole ly dependent upon him for sup port, it is his duty as a citizen to claim exemption from service and the government expects it of him. He should not be reluctant in the least about it. Some advance the argument that life is as sweet to one man as another and if one man is called to offer his life, then all, no matter how situated, should be called. To look at it from a sentimental standpoint like that the argument is very well. But war calls for cold facts and unsentimental ac tions. That thing that is best must be done, that policy that is best for the whole nation must be pursued. It certainly would no* be sound policy to take from wife and child ren or infirm parents their only means of support. That, if done, would demoralize the social con ditions of a good portion of the population of this country, and the government does not wish that to come to pass. “Conditions at home as usual” as much so as possible is necessary in the suc cessful carrying on of war nowa days. The government does not want to take men w f ith dependents until it is genuinely necessary— that’s the why of the SELECTIVE law r . And it is not necessary to lake such men now. Surely out of a registration of 10,000,000 enough foot-loose men can be found to supply present needs. So, the man with a wife and children or infirm parents, with dependents who could not well get along without his presence, protection and support, should claim exemption and should feel Ino hesitancy in doing so. —Con- -1 yers Times. Some Good Laws. Atlanta, Ga.,—The Georgia leg islature may not have accomplish ed any very astonishing results at the session just closed, but at least it has done the state no harm by unwise legislation. It has passed a revision of the general tax act which is expected to increase the state’s revenue about $500,000 a year bv taxing all kinds of business occupations and professions, and it has passed a general appropriation bill providing very liberally in creased appropriations for educa tion both in the common schools and the institutions of higher learning. It has passed the Tor rens land title registration system, or a modified form of that system, thereby enabling owners of land to clear up their titles, and it has passed the Neill primary bill estab lishing the county unit system bv law in primary elections. It has passed a bill placing employment agencies under the jurisdiction of the department of commerce and labor. This tells the tale. It does not include many matters of press ing importance which the legisla ture failed to pass, hut the legisla ture got an unusually late start this year. Are You Unlucky? Most sickness is traced to care lessness or neglect, but unfortun ates who suffer from hay fever or asthma can attribute their ail ments to bad luck. In August the air is full of pollen and dust that cause trouble for some, vet others are never bothered. No remedy does more to relieve hay fever and asthma than Foley’s Honey and Tar, the well known family medicine for coughs, colds and croup. It clears and sooths j the afflicted nose, throat and bronchial tubes. The McDonough Drug Co. The peanut farmer is not in a class with the peanut oolitician, but is a safe, sane and solid plant er in many instances, —Cuthbert Leader. .— * The reason why you can’t drown your sorrows in the flowing bowl is because liquor is sure to make the head swim. CASTOR ia For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Signature of /-CUcA&K —that’s why he never prospered Discard the old Indian methods and keep pace with a pro gressive age* Advertising is absolutely essential to a suc cessful business* To gain this end you must DO SOME THING —you must strive to reach that station in life where the world recognizes your ability to]do big things* The right step toward success — Advertise in The Henry County Weekly. Will you wet down your roughage and SOME farmers are still paying top prices for old style cottonseed hulls because they prefer a bulky filler. Others are paying much less for rRADC MARK RUCKEYF V HULLS k LINTLESS and are making them as bulky as old style hulls by wetting them down a half hour or so before using. By adding an equal part of water to Buckeye Hulls and stirring thoroughly they will swell and give you as bulky a roughage as you want. Most important, the bulki ness will be due to water which is of value to your cattle —not to lint which has no food value whatever. Other Advantages Buckeye Hulls go farther. Sacked —easy to handle. They allow better assimilation of They mix well with other forage. other food. Take half as much space in the No trash or dust. barn. Mr. Benjamin Thompson, Baldknob, Ark., is feeding Buckeye Hulls to stock cattle. He says that he gets more food value per ton with less waste. He has bought five tons and has them stored in barn. He says that they occupy less space than old style hulls. To secure the best results and to develop the ensilage odor, wet the hulls thoroughly twelve hours before feeding. It is easy to do this by wetting them down night and morning for the next feeding. If at any time this cannot be done, wet down at least thirty minutes. If you prefer to feed the hulls dry, use only half as much by bulk as of old style hulls. Book of Mi\ed Feeds Free Gives the right formula for every combination of feeds used in the South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fat tening, for work. Describes Buckeye Huffs and gives directions for using them properly. Send for your copy to the nearest mill. Dept, k The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. 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