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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1918)
PROGRESS NEWS NOTES. April here. Brand new time on hand. Farmers busy preparing their land for seed planting. Mr. Corn Bread may tickle some folks throat, but I love him. Be careful —even a pair of plow handles can hurt you. Notice —I will carry you to town, will bring you hack home, plow, haul loads, kick up dust, blow out, turn over, get in ditches, cost money, go forward, run back wards, go dead on you and kill you. So be carefTil with me. 1 have some bau tricks yet. —Ann Automobile. If you want your uncle to tell you what whiskey is he can tell you in a very few words: It is the devil in liquid form. This day and time we peoole have become too inconsiderate of the little things. We would be powerless to move the load if it were not for the tongue in the buckle. So let’s save the little thing. . Some ft Iks believe if you re move a window and put a door in its place, some member of the family is going to die. If a roost er crows before the door company is coming. Spin a chair around and you will get a whipping and so on. But Isay there is as much sense in such as there is in putting pie crust in your shoes to get fat. Wonder it' the devil didn’t take advantage ot the old proverb and begin training the Kaiser‘three hundred years before he was born. Mr. G. M. Adamson and family bad as their guests Sunday, Mr. H. C. Riley and family of near Flippen. Mr. James Gilbert and family visited Mr. \V. N. Strickland and family S iturday night and Sunday. Mr. A. A. Exum and daughter, Katie, also MGses Belk, Mary and Annie Adamson, came down and sat till bedtime with Mr. W. N. Strickland and family Saturday. Mr. Jord Johnson of Atlanta motored down and spent a while in our community Sunday. M ssrs. W. N. Strickland, James Gilbert and ye scribe motored up to Neali’s Ark the old fashioned way-Sunday. The foot motor. Say Oalkand.ifyou want to know which is the eastern side of a girl, why just turn her face to the north and her back to the south, then set to the right side of her —and there you are. The Easter egg hunt at Progress school house was enjoyed by ail present, old as well as young. There is a worm in this county that not only destroys our crops and profit from a year’s hard toil, but it will eat the hat off your head, the coat off your back, the silver and greenback from your pocket book. It will crawl up to your home, eat the leaves from the shady trees, the flowers from before your door, then attack your babies, tat the bread and meat from their hands, the sparkle from their eyes, the clothes from their iutle backs, the shoes oil their feet and leave them to shud der in the wintry winds. He eats the roses from mother’s cheek, the heart out of her breast, then crawls to the graveyard and bur rows itself and drags its victims down to an untimely death. Have you ever seen him? It is the worm of jj still. Uncle Jeremiah. You can’t spend your money and save it too. Buy War Saving Stamps. Beersheba First day of April. Three weeks till court. Farmers’ occupation last week was planting corn. Do unto others as you would haVe them do unto you. Mr. F. M. Patterson spent Satur day night with Mr, and Mrs. R. O. Moate. Mrs. Otto Joyner and children spent the week-end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Upchurch. Mrs. Wade Craig, of Atlanta, spent Friday and Saturday of last week with her sister, Mrs. Carl Crowell, at Ola. Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. C. Norman entertained her Sun day School class at an Easter-egg hunt. It was a pleasant occasion for the children. The sick with measles of our community are better at this writ ing. Mr. W. N. Gilmore attended the patriotic rally in McDonough last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. John Smith, of Atlanta, is with her mother, who is sick. Mr. Winfield Piper, of Porter dale, was over Sunday to see Mr. Dock Piper. Lost —our duty toward the sick. Mrs. Dock Shaw spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Jesse Rivers, who w r as confined to her bed with measles. Misses Irene Turner and Cora Bryans attended the singing at Bethany Sunday. On last Monday night the death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Enman Davies and took from them their precious year-qld babe. It was laid to rest at Mt. Bethel Tuesday afternoon. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. Sleepy Eyes. No amount is too small to lend to your country. Buy War Sav ing Stamps. When You Buy Clothing Without Examining Our Line We AU Lose Money The above statement is made with a full realization of the fact that we are making an unqualified statement that we are offering better values in Men's and Boys' Clothing than any other firm in this section. We will convince YOU that it is true if you will look at the values we are offering at sls. SIB, $22.50 and $25. r At the prices we offer every range in style, tailoring and pattern, We have the ex- A treme styles, the conservation styles and an exceptional line that is sure to please <" the man wants something in between these extremes. LA ' \l| BOYS ’knee pants suits THAT ARE /sfi •\| t U BARGAINS AT $5.00, $7.50 AND SIO.OO IZM fflik The Shirts we are offering at SI.OO, $1.15 and $1.50 are worth today at Sip fl It**a wholesale the price we are asking for them at retail. We can only make these l| «r-A 1\ prices because we bought them for cash early last fail. Stetson and No-Name Hats WQfi at $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 are guaranteed to be satisfactory both as to style, quality and workmanship. #V 1 IT IS A REAL PLEASURE TO FIND t JL fW A SHOE LIKE THE HAMILTON-BROWN it ihfl 1 that is made of honest leather ill iff 111 AND IS SOLD AT A PRICE THAT AL !. U 111 1 Kl! LOWS AN HONEST PROFIT AND fIf;1 I f NOTHING MORE. YOU WILL BE I If Ir AGREEABLY SURPRISED AT THE I f 1 VALUES WE OFFER. ysf (Succeeding the Olsan Co.) Pryor and Decatur Streets ATLANTA, GA. Cut This Out--lt Is Worth Money. DON’T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose woth and mail it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., writing your name and addess clearly. You will receive in return a trial pack age containing Folev’s Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills for LISTEN TO THIS ' ■ ■■ ■ ■ -■* i . ■ - ■ ■ '■ ■ We have on hand in our show room, for sale and ready to go, the following cars. We invite you to see and drive them. % 1- Cylinder Oldsmobile 2- “ Oldsmobiies 5- “ Dort Touring Cars 1-4 “ Dort Roadster 1-4 . “ Studebaker Roadster 1-4 “ Maxwell Touring 1-4 “ Briscoe Touring 1-4 “ 1916 Ford Touring 6- “ 1917 Ford Touring 1-4 “ 1917 Ford Phoenix Truck JACKSON, GEORGIA pain in sides and back; rheuma tism, backache/kidney and blad der ailments ; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thor oughly cleansing cathartic, for constipation, biliousness, headache and sluggish bowels. The Mc- Donough Drug Co. The Atlanta Constitution, Daily and Sunday, 1 year only $4.50. W. G. Thompson, Agent. Money saved works day and night for you. Buy War Saving Stamps. FOR SALE. • Velvet Beans, the 90 day varie ty. The only bean that will ma ture in this section. $3.00 bu. f. o. b. Jackson, Ga. Wire or write me at once. EDWARD ROBISON, 3 22 lm Jackson, Ga.
