The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, January 04, 1918, Image 3
THE BEST LETTER You may write a thousand letters to the maiden you adore. And declare in every letter that you love her more and more; You may praise her grace and beauty in a thousand glowing lines, And compare her eyes of azure with the brightest star that shines. If you had the pen of Byron you would use it every day In composing written worship to your sweetheart far away; But the letter far more welcome to an older, gentler breast Is the letter to your mother from the boy she loves best. Youthful blood is fierce and flaming, a? d when writing to your love You will rave about your passion, swea t ing by the stars above; Vowing by the moon’s white splendor that the girlie you adore Is the one you’ll ever cherish as no maid was loved before. You will pen full many a promise on those pages white and dumb That you can never live up to in the mar ried years to come. But a much more precious letter, bring ing more and deeper bliss, Is the letter to your mother frtup the boy she cannot kiss, Bhe will read it very often when the lights are soft and low, Sitting in the same old corner where she held you years ago. And regardless of its diction or its spell ing or its style, And although its composition would pro voke a critic’s smile, In her old and trembling fingers it be comes a work of art, Stained by tears of joy and sadness as she hugs it to her heart. Yes, ohe letter of all letters, look wherev er you may roam, Is the letter to your mother from her boy away from home. Hope of the Nation, Will you have some corn meal mush and milk for supper tonight? No? Then how about some johny cake? Don’t be backward. With a bumper corn crop harvested and on the way to the mills or stored in thousands of corncribs and elevators all over- the land, there is no danger of running short. Besides, the food experts tell us that corn is the best all round food ration for the body of man. On account of a wheat shortage it is predicted that before another summer rolls around the Ameri can people of necessity wiil be come a corn fed race. War-de vastated Europe is in crying need of wheat, and Uncle Sam, like the generous - hearted, sympathetic he is, is going to divide up and send as much of his 1917 wheat crop across the waters as he pos sibly can spare. But why should any wide awake American citizen view the situa tion in the light of* a calamity? Your old fashioned American is not in the least alarmed over the prospect of eating corn two or three times a d ly. In fact, he will praise his Maker because there are nearly three billion bushels of the goiden grain on hand to feed both man and beast during the coming year. “Golden” is the name for it, too, for the 1917 crop of corn is worth more than three times more than all the gold that was dug from the earth dur ing the past year. Furthermore, your old-fashion % ed American will tell you of the delicious dishes which his mother used to make out of corn. He will smack his lips when you men tion corn bread and Johnny-cake. Long ago he learned that the na tion gloriously can survive any crises as long as the farmers raise plenty of corn. He knows what the nation has done in the past and has no fears as to the future. —Chicago Standard. NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN STOCKBRIDGE. There has never been anything in Stock bridge with the INSTANT action of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL flushes the ENTIRE bowel tract so completely it relieves ANY CASE of sour stom ach, gas or constipation and pre vents appendicitis. The INSTANT, pleasant action of Adler-i ka sur prises both doctors and patients. C. H. Pinson, druggist at Stock bridge. HOW GOVERNMENT PAYS IIS SOLDIERS Provision is Made for Families of Men Who Are Left Be , hind. Ask the first ten men you meet what Uncle Sam pays his soldiers. It will be safe to bet they won’t know. Half of them may have some hazy idea about a “dollar a day” and you will find lots of people who think Uncle Sam still pays the old scale of sl3 a month, but few outside the armv know the ins and outs of the wage scale, even for private soldiers. The whole pay system of the United States army has been rev olutionized since the war started. A private in Uncle Sam’s armies, regulars. National Guard or Na tionnl army, receives in cash, as long as he is in the United States, $33 a month, in addition to food, clothing and medical attendance. When he is sent to Europe he gets 20 per cent extra, whether in training or in the trenches, which brings the minimum cash pay up to $39.60 a month, or $1.30 a day. The revolutionary part of the pay system, however, about*which most people are ignorant, is the scale of allowances made bv the government to the soldiers de pendents. We are thus breaking away from the old theory of pay ing soldiers a flat wage for fight ing to the new theory that the na tion is responsible for the welfare not only of the men in service, but for the dependents whom he left behind him. Wives Get Part. Under this new scheme if there’s a “wee wife waiting” she receives each month direct from Uncle Sam sls a month, which is virtually an addition to the fight ing man’s wage and brings his to tal compensation up to S4B a month while he is in the United States and to $54.60 abroad. If there is one child with the wife the allowance is $25 a month; two children, $32 50, and so on up the point where with a wife and six children Uncle Sam pays SSO a month to the family. It may not be enough to sup port them, even with what the'en listed man can send home out of his wages, but it is at least a rec ognition of Uncle Sam’s responsi bility and bulwark against depend ence on charity. Allowances are also provided for dependent parents, $lO a month for each, and for brothers, sisters . -a ,—dbc. n w Anlb it i ill fu a iitwniii ioi each, with the proviso that in any case the government will not pay to the dependents of any man more than SSO a month. Had the Grip Three Weeks. With January comes lagrippe. Lingering colds seem to settle in the system, causing one to ache all over, feel feeverish and chilly, tired, heavy and drooping. Mrs. Tyles, Henderson, Ky, writes: “My daughter had lagrippe for three weeks. I had the doctor and bought medicine and nune of it did any good. I gave her Foley’s Honey and Tar and now she is all right. I have told all my friends about it.” Insist on the genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar. .The Me Donough Drug Co. SIOO Reward, SIOO The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na ture in doing its work. The proprie tors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fail 3to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address; F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 7»c. Sandy Ridge News. (Last Week’s letter.) Ready for the New Year? Mr. Derretle Hardy of Atlanta spent Xmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hardy. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Willard spent Sunday with their parents. Little R. W. Jenkins has been very, sick, but is better now. Mr. Thurber D. Trainer snd Miss Leola Haynes® were married Sunday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. Paul Cawthon and Miss Myrtice Bunn were married at Mr. J. L. Savage’s Sunday evening. Mr. Cloma Garner and wife took supper with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Savage Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hand of At lanta spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Savage. Mis. Sallie Carter spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Leola Savage. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Rape of Cov ington visited Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Hooten Sunday. Miss Rosie Thompson of New ton visited Mrs. Nettie Cowan, Sunday. Mr. Fred Cowan of Jenkinsburg speni Sunday with Mr. C. W. Cowan. 0 * Mrs. Eliza Jenkins spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. J. L. Savage. Did you sing “America” on Xmas morning? Mrs. Estelle Jenkins and child ren spent Sunday with her moth er. Hope everyone enjoyed them selves Xmas. -We are expecting a better school i after a long vacation. Happy New Year to all. Lap Wing. Prevent Hog Cholera. The*B. A. Thomas Hog Powder has a record of 95% cures of Hog Cholera. If you feed your hogs as directed you need never fear hog cholera nor any other hog disease. And the directions are very sim ple, just about what you are doing plus a few cents worth of B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder in the feed twice a week. Usually, though, cholera gets in before we know it. Then it re quires close attention to each hog —each hog must be dosed —and if you will dose them as directed, you will save better than 90 per cent. If you don’t, the B. A. Thom as medicine costs you nothing. We —not some distant manufac turer —pay your money back. The Henry County Supply Co. The Southern Mortgage Co. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000 Established 1870. Gould Building— lo Decatur Street-91 Edgewood Avenue. • FARM LOANS Negotiated throughout the State on Improved Farm Lands in sums ot SI,OOO to SIOO,OOO on Five Years’ time at reasonable rates. Our sources ol money are practically inexhaustible. We have a strong line ot customers among individual investors and Savings Banks and Trust Companies in the North, East and Middle West, and we number among our customers the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company with assets ot more than a hundred million dollars. J. T. Holleman, President W A. Thompson, Abstracts of Title W. L. Kemp, Vice-President f <>• Work, Abstracts of Title t nr a , L. A. Boubghrn, Auditor j. w. Andrews, Secretary S . R Cook, Secretary’s Clerk E. V. Carter, Attorney T. B. Dempsey, Abstract Clerk A, d’Antignac, Inspector C. W. Felker, Jr., Abstract Clerk. W. A. Howell, Abstracts of Title Horace Holleman, Application Clerk. For information, call on or write to BROWN & BROWN M’DONOUGH, GEORGIA. It Reitfns | —Q—» AN’T you just taste that cup o? Rood | old Luzianne Coffee? Steaming hot | and ready to give you a whole dayful | of pep and go. The flavor is wonderfully good and ths aroma—get it?—oh, ma honey! Better run quick and get a bright, clean tin of Luzianne while it s there. If you don’t like it—every bit of it—then your grocer will give you back every cent you tt paid for it. Try Luzianne today apd see When It how mighty good it is. j TJJZIANNB l % COFFEE { TAKE YOUR HOME PAPER * THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Realizing that this year, the next and the next maybe, the American farmer will be called upon to feed the major por tion of the peoples of The Earth, we have arranged for our readers to also receive The Progressive Farmer. We rec ognize it as the'South’s leading exponent of the now vital doctrines of crop diversification and farm products con servation. 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