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The Henry
County Weekly
By J. A. FOUCIIE.
Entered at the postoffice at McDon
ough, Ga , as second "•lassrnail n atter.
Advertising Hates 15c per inch, posi
sition 6c additional —special contracts
Official Oriran of Henry County.
McDonough, Ga., Feb. 1, 1918.
February!
Are you still doing your bit
againts despicable kaiserism ?
First month of the new year
gone. And didn’t it go quick ?
A clean sweep of >the fall sown
grain made by the severe treezes
this winter.
An old familiar sight—wagon
loads of big oak logs for sale on
the streets.
So far as cold weather goes,
this year will be as nearly in
sectless as they ever get.
An exchange surmises it a safe
bet that prices are causing more
meatless days than patriotism.
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The average cost of food has
advanced 23 per cent in the last
year, no one article declining.
Truth needs no nurse, for it is
never an invalid. Another ex
pression lately coined by Prt si
dent Wilson.
Announcement comes that the
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American quota of soldiers will
be raised without another draft, a
fact devoutly to be hoped.
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Tax returns for last year show
Georgia to he $38,000,000 richer
than the year before, which means
about S3B for each individual.
John D. Rockefeller may have
many sins to answer for, but $70,-
000,000 given to war purposes
should atone for a few of them.
If the prices of poultry and eggs
continue to climb Sambo may find
his nocturnal occupation classed
under the head of ‘capital crimes.’
If what Germany has brought
upon the world is the higher order
of civilization, may the Good Lord
deliver us from the higher order
of civilization.
An Oregon man makes the
statement in his questionaire that
he is nine feet six inches tall and
weighs 123 pounds. Evidently
swallowed a string and shrunk
to it.
There will be only 19 business
days in February. Besides four
combinations of Sunday and Mon
day holidays, there is one regular
legal holiday, Washington’s birth
day on the 22d.
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It will take a severe shock to
wake most of us up to a full reali
zation that our country is at war.
Our fear is that it will be too late
when it comes for us to be able
to recoup it. —Oglethorpe Echo.
Buy a Home —
Golden Opportunity.
The present high prices afford
the tenant fr.rtner an opportunity
j that may never come again—an
'Opportunity to buy and own a
farm and a home. Cotton, tobac-
I co and peanuts, the South’s prim
; cipal money crops, are bringing
record prices, and tenant farmers
all over the South have more
money ahead than they ever had
before. They use to which this
surplus is put is going to deter
mine many a man’s future —wheth-
er he is going to remain a tenant
farmer or become a home-owner,
working his own land and living
in the shadow of his own vine and
fig tree.
Right now is the time of all
times to make the supreme effort.
Money is more plentiful than we
have ever seen it, and certainly
we will never see Southern farm
lands any cheaper than they now
are. In fact, out of our very
plenitude must come high priced
lands, because of the increased
dearnds tor them. Already in the
North and West lands SIOO, S2OO
and s:tOCr an acre are practically
out of reach for the poor man.
He has not the cash to buy them,
and it he buys on credit it is al
most impossible for him to keep
up his interest payments, let alone
pay the principal.
Just so surely as day follows
night, similar conditions are com
ing here in the South. Already
Southern farm lands in some sec
tions have gone up to $75 and
SIOO an acre, and it is our firm
belief that the present generation
will see most of our lands at these
figures and even higher. This
being the case, now is the tenant’s
golden opportunity to become a
home-owner. And the privilege
of feeling one’s own soil under
foot is worth the effort —worth all
the saving and privation that may
be necessary; for, as old I)r. Knapp
used to say, “the home-owning
American farmer is a king in his
own right.”
Let us not let the golden oppor
tunity pass. —Progressive Farmer.
Another Antebel
lum Negro Gone.
Aunt Viney McKibben died Jan.
15 at the home of her grand
daughter in Butts co\inty at the
age or' eighty-seven - years and
three months. This venerable
darkev was born on the plantation
of Josiah Underwood near New
Hope church. At the death of
Mr. Underwood she became the
property of Mr. Underwood’s
daughter, Mrs. Thomas McKibben.
At the beginning of the Civil
War Thomas McKibben left bis
wife and five small children to en
list in the Confederate ranks.
Viney took the plow abandoned
by her masted and bravely went
to work to make a living for her
beloved mistress and her little
one’s, together with her own little
ones.
Aunt Viney united with County
Line Baptist church and was a
faithful member for many years.
Just as long as she was able to do
so, she attended services both
Saturday and Sunday, usually go
ing by to see her young master.
Aunt Viney’s birth is recorded
in the Underwood bible, which is
now in the possession of a grand
son, J. D. McKibben. This bible
was published in 1817, by Matthew
Carey, 121 Chestnut St., Philadel
phia. While the pages ars brown
age, the print is perfectly
legible. As in the old time print, f
is used for s in many instances.
The bible has been in the family
nearly a hundred years.
Mrs. J. D. McKibben.
Public Musi: Be Protected.
There have been several re
ports that the merchants in this
| section have charged more than
the fixed price for sugar during
the shortage which occurred two
weeks ago. One merchant is re
ported to have replied when re
monstrated with about the price,
that the sugar was his and that if
; the consumer did not want to pay
15 cents a pound, he would keep
the sugar and the customer the
money. It is needless to say that
the merchant was wrong; sugar
is a necessity and we must have
it* The Government has fixed a
price which allows the meerhant
a fair profit and he must be satis
fied with that profit. It is highly
probable that a price will be
placed on a great many other ne
cessities. This is necessary to
protect the public, while a num
ber of merchants would not re
quire any such rule there are some
like those mentioned above who
would readily fake advantage of
an* shortage to increase their
profits. —Worth County Local.
Was Feeling Run Down
Symptoms of on-coming kidney
trouble deserve prompt attention,
for neglect invites serious illness.
Louis Buckner, Somerset, Va.,
writes: “I was feeling all run
down; tired, with pains in my
back. After taking Foky Kidney
Fills 1 felt like a new man.” Back
ache, rheumatic pains, stiff joints,
sore muscles, swollen ankles, puf
finess under eyes, and sleep-dis
turbing bladder ailments yield
quickly to this time-tried reniely.
A boon to middle-aged men and
women. The McDonough Drug
Co.
Over $300.00 in Cash Prizes and
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You can save from SIO.OO to $20.00 on a Life Scholarship if you
will take advantage of our Special Reduced Christmas Rates of tui
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you in our school now to prepare for a good position in the business
world. We cannot supply the demand for our graduates.
Learn Shorthand in Three Months.’
You can master our simplified system of shorthand in three
months—hundreds have learned it in two months, and we know no
reason why you should not do as well. If you will investigate you
will be convinced that thisfis the college for you. We help our stu
dents, not only while they are here in school, but any time after they
leave.
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Atlanta, Ga.
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Book of Mixed Feeds
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Tell s the percentage W/ / P yr /«
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of each mixture to feed for main- "
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This book also contains an interesting chapter on
TRADE MARK
RUCKEYF
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Shows why these delinted hulls have greater forage value
than the old style hulls, why they allow better assimila- *
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space for storage, why they are easy to handle, why they
mix well with other food, why cattle relish them, why
they cost much less than old style hulls and why thou
sands of feeders are enthusiastic about them. The mixed
feed formulas show how to combine Buckeye Hulls
properly with concentrates and other feeds.
Mr. W. B. Lifford, Troy, Ala.,
prefers Buckeye Hulls to old style hulls. He says
that they are less trouble to feed, are better for the
digestive organs and seem to agree with the cows
better.
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.
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