The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, February 01, 1918, Image 2
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. • 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 / American quota of soldiers will be raised without another draft, a fact devoutly to be hoped. • 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. —— • 9 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. 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