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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1917)
The Henry County Weekly By J. A. & A. L. FOUCHE. Entered at the postoffioe at McDon ough, Ga , as second "lassmail matter. Advertising Kates 15c per inch, posi sltion 6c additional—special contracts Official Orifan of Henry County. McDonough.jGa., Nov. 16, 1917. All out to the fair ! V ) Beautiful, balmy November. And the Henry County Fair is now on. Jim Woodward charging “dirty politics.” The i-d-e-a! Hurry with your subscription to The Weekly—time about up. Just one Thanksgiving turkey pays a whole year’s subscription to The Weekly, thank you. Run for office and read the op position newspapers if you would see yourself as others see you. Brazil too has joined the ranks against the kaiser and Mexico is said to be considering the same step. Delco Light plants have become very popular in territory where electricity is not available. And they are great. Reports show that farmers of the United States produced on their farms this year crops worth $18,000,000,000. It is stated that the Washington County Fair made fifteen hundred dollars and invested it every bit in Liberty bonds. Billy Sutlive of the Savannah Press announces that rabbits will advance in price on account of the cotton in their tails. We wonder if it is against the law to sing that old and beautiful hymn entitled, “Drink to me Only with Thine Eyes.” —Uncle Jim Williams. Billy Sunday comes high, hut maybe if he can succeed in get ting some of the devilment out of Atlanta it will be money well spent, opines the Jackson Prog ress-Argus. There is a shortage in sugar, but it is a hard proposition to con vince a young man who is about to embark on the sea of matrimo ny that there is a shortage of sweet things. —Uncle Jim Again. Reports of extra big potatoes and big crops of them continue to come in. If the worst comes to the worst ’taters and ’lasses will keep the war from starving us. Lots of the latter has been made up in Georgia, too. .“The farmer we boarded with penned a stray article now and then.” “An agricultural thesis?” “No; a wandering pig.” - Damaged by Cold. According to Hon. J. H. Mills, president of the Farmers’ Union of Georgia, the cotton crop in the northern part of the state was se riouf'y damaged by the recent killing frosts, and cotton seed for next year’s planting will be a seri ous problem. Not only northern Georgia, but northern Arkansas and parts of Mississippi were sim ilarly affected by the freeze, Mr. Mills states. The cotton was so seriously damaged, Mr. Mills declares, that the seed in those sections will be practically worthless for planting next season. For this reason good planting seed will be in great de mand in the sections affected, he states, and he advises farmers who have good planting seed to hold them until next spring, when they are assured of good prices, SIOO a ton or better. Mr. Mills urges the farmers here to hold their seed until next spring when there will be no trouble in disposing of them to planters in North Georgia and other states at fine prices. Mr. Mills says the cotton crop in North Georgia has bden cut off a great deal on account of late planting and the early cold weath er. Doing Their Bit. Washington, D. C., October 25. —Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroads’ War Bond, author izes the following: The railroads are doing their bit to relieve the sugar shortage. Telegrams just received from the Sunset Central, Texas & Pacif ic, and other railroads in the sugar cane belt that a sufficient number of empty cars are available throughout Louisiana and other cane-growing territory to handle the entire cane crop. Hundreds of cars have also been moved into the Northwest to pro tect the sugar beet crop which is already moving. An adequate supply of cars is also on hand to move the North west potato crop. In Texas the railroads are bend ing every energy to protect the cattle-men from loss of live stock. Because of of the drought thous ands of heads of cattle were mov ed from Eastern Texas last week into more fertile pasturage and hundreds of stock cars are now being rushed into ihe southwest ern part of the state in order to make possible a similar movement of cattie there. In it - efforts to get empty freight cars ir.to tlm districts tvhere they are most needed, the Railroads’ War Board acting through the Commission on Car Service has moved 156,850 empty cars from one railroad to another irrespec tive of ownership since the first day of May. The orders for these cars since September Ist number 8,905. Complaint Almost Gone. “Foley»s Honey and Tar is great,” writes L. W. Day, 75 Camp bell Ave., E., Detroit, Mich. “It relieves bronchitis quickly. My complaint has almost gone and I hope never to have it again.” The experience of thousands proves there is no better remedy for coughs, colds or croup. The gen uine costs no more than substi tutes, and this old reliable family cough medicine should be in every home every winter. Insist on Foley’s Honey and Tar —time tried and never failing. The McDon ough Drug Co. Pesistent Salesman —Won’t you give me an order? Business Man —Certainly. Get out. —The Lamb. Capt. Russell Will Issue Passes to Camp Wheeler. Parties who desire passes to Camp Wheeler on days other than the regular visiting days, may se cure them fropi CaDt. Dick Rus sell, commanding the military po lice with headquarters in the Nte bet School Building at the corner of Orange street and Washington avenue. There has been considerable in convenience to the people coming to Macon from afar as a result of being unable to secure admission to the camp after making the trip there. The only parties with au thority to issue passes were inside the camp and there was no way to get to them except on visiting days. To relieve this situation General Hayden has conferred authority on Capt. Russell to issue passes in strictly meritorious cases. This he will do if satisfied that the per son applying for admission to the camp is entitled to it. —Jackson Progress. Littte Ones and Old Ones. James Edwards, 208 Harriett St., Montgomery, Ala., writes: “I sleep all night and cough but lit tle. I feel like a new man now from using Foley’s Honey and Tar. My whole family is using it now —the little ones and old ones. It has cured our coughs and brok en our colds.” Folev’s Honey and Tar clears stopped air passages, removes phlegm, heals raw in flamed membranes, soothes sore sore chest, makes difficult breath ing easy, and relieves these deep racking cougs. The McDonough Drug Co. Your subscription, please. 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