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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1918)
South Avenue. (Last Week's Letter.) Another Easter Sunday come and gone to remind us of our risen Lord. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Peterman and little daughter, Agnes, visited Mr. George Bond’s family near Lithonia Sunday afternoon. Mr. C. C. White is the proud father of twin boys. Their names are Thomas Augustus and William Coleman. Mr. Crawford Smith died at his home, at the Dr. Spray berry old home, Saturday. He and Mr. Al vin Sprayberry had lived there alone the last year or two. Craw ford had many friends, besides several sisters to mourn his death. We extend sympathy to the be reaved ones, and especially to Al vin, as he will be left alone. Tne funeral was conducted by Rev Reynolds at Mount Zion Sunday morning. The interment was at Masters cemetery. Mr. Jim Cook*and daughter, Miss Farrie, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Clark. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ward and children and Mrs G. W. Cathy of McDonough attended the funeral 'of Mr. Crawford Smith Sunday morning. Rev, L. G. Bowden of McDon ough attended Mr. Crawford Smith’s funeral. A mad dog passed through this section last Wednesday afternoon, but fortunately it did not bite any thing but dogs. Some of the dogs have already been killed; and the others ought to be. A mad dog is too dangerous to run anv risk about. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Clark spent the week-end in Atlanta. 3VIr. and Mrs. William E. Ford and Mrs. J. T. Henry of South Georgia Visited relatives and friends here the latter part of the week and Sunday. While here Mr. Ford went to Atlanta and ex changed his five passenger Em pire car for a brand new seven passenger Packard car. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. White and Miss Ethel White motored to At lanta Wednesday. Miss Minerva Cox gave her pu pils a hah holiday and Easter egg •hunt Friday. A few of the pa trons were present and hid the eggs down near the spring. The children enjoyed hunting them, some finding a good many while others found none, but later they were equally divided, and as they were the candy eggs the children enjoyed them immensely. Busy Bee. Sunny Brook News. (Last Week’s Letter.) Planted corn yet ? Quite a number of visitors were present at the egg hunt Friday at the school house. It was enjoyed by all. We are sorry to note that Mrs. Martha Paxton is no better. Hope she \vill be better soon. Mrs. Will Wynn has a new Ov : erland. Mrs. W. M. Hardy had as her guest Saturday night, her sister, Mrs. Mollie Hudson. Mr. Waymond Whitaker has the Ford fever, but think he is better now. Mrs. Beulah Hooten, Mrs. Fan nie Jones and Miss Nina Strahn went to Griffin shopping Thurs day afternoon. The. farmers have begun to real ize the need of planting more food Stuff. VIOLET. HELP YOUR TOWN WIN THIS FLAG HOT CONTEST WAGED FOajTONOR FLAG Every City And County Which Buys Quota Of Liberty Bonds Will Be Given An Attractive Banner HOT CONTEST. Atlanta. —States, counties and towns which subscribe their ouota* of Third Liberty T.oan, will be entitled to an honor flag, just as families who give their sons to the country display a service flay. To impress the fact that a contribution of money toward the winning: of the war is quite as essential as the contribution of men, the officials of the treasury department have put this idea into effect. This is a new idea incorporated In the Liberty Loan honor campaign. There is to be great rivalry all over the United States for the honor of winning one. of these flays. Every in dividual 'suhscriner wijl have a win dow card, on which his name is to be inscribed for display from the win dows of his residence or place of business. The new flay has the red border and the white field of the Red Cross membership ,flay. Rut instead of the crosses on the field the Liberty Loan flay will have three vertical blue stripes to indicate the number of the loan. Honor flays furnished to cities and towns are to be RGx54 inches and are to be made of the best material as furnished to the navy. Rivalry is Growing. A blue star will be inserted on the white field in addition t 0 the stripes if the community doubles its quota. In event that it is tripled or quad rupled, two or three stars will then be added. Each state which reaches its allot ment will receive a largo flay. In ad-* dition to the stripes, this state flag will also bear on the white field the ‘names of the towns in the state that have completed the recmired quota. As rapidly as the various towns re port, their names will be added. Send for Swift & Company’s 1918 Year Book It shows that Swift & Company sells the meat from a steer for less money then the live steer cost i Proceeds from the sale of the hide, fat, and other by-products covered all expense of dressing, refrigeration, freight, selling expense and the profit of $1.29 per steer as shown by Swift & Company’s 1917 figures as follows: Average price paid for live cattle per steer >584.45 Average price received for meat . . 68.97 Average price received for by-products 24.09 Total received 93.06 This leaves for expenses and profit 8.61 Of which the profit per steer was • 1.29 There are many other interesting and instructive facts and figures in the Year Book. m Over the treasury denarUr*™. building in Washington will float the largest flay of the entire series. This flay will bear the names of the differ ent states which will reach their quo ta. There will he the liveliest rivalry between every- state in the Union to secure the honor of haviny its name yo on this national flay, just as com petition between cities and towns will be of the most exciting kind. The idea that the name of each community is to yo down on the state honor flay just as soon as its limit is reached is already beiny widely dis cussed. Committees in towns where much rivalry has already existed with neighboring towns are already organ izing for a whirlwind campaign in order to beat their rivals to the state honor list. Ambitious towns that a,re anxious for municipal publicity are catching at the idea with a view of ha' inv their success in the campaiyn flashed throuyhont the state and Fed eral Reserve District. The first town in the United States above two thousand in population which reports to the secretary of the treasury the full subscription 'of its quota will be signally honored. Tts name ard achievement will be flash ed over the enMr« country hv all press associations, yiving the fact of its success. Secretary may visit .the town in nersnn, and oresent. the honor flay with his own hands to the committee which has been able to lead the nation in the campaiyn. With the secretary’s party will yo motion nirture camera men from the Hearst-Pathe Xews Pictorial, who will make pictures of the presentation corpmonios find othor iTtorostins; views of the town• and these pi r . tures will be disn’eved From one end of the country to the other. Honor Rolls Given Out. Every community will tm- furnished with an honor roll to aid the com mittee in securing suhscrintinus tm-t honor roll, a larve sheet 25 RS irehes. will hear a t the top a reproduction of the honor flag, with the words- “Help our town win the right to fly this flay.” Relow will he left soao.e for the signatures of all those who buy bonds. This honor roll will be simi lar to that on the state and national service flags. Just as soon as the full quota is subscribed, and the right to flv.thf flag has been won, special exercises will he prepared in each community to mark the png raising. The gov ernors of the states in the Sixth dis trict have learned of the plans with interest, and it is probable that they will be present at the flag raising in their different states. Practically every committee throughout the district, is hard at work with their organizations, making spe cial efforts to land a flag as short ly after the opev'ng of the campaiyn as possible. The many rivalries which will arise between the towns in this part of the country will be watched with keen interest. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Signature of We want to send our 1918 Year Book, to anyone, anywhere free for the asking. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Swift & Company, U. S. A. ' m. , T If. a>.~ .■ J g,)j ■ • : .- :t‘ - ■ '■ • Enlist Herefords 1 o Win Ihe War Food will win the war. The most essential articles of food that are needed are beef and wheat. European beef and breeding stocks are terribly deplet .. . :,t s .hers abroad, and those Ties are louring to us for their supp . me; av»m! able pound of surplus E-U ) V - . rent ?n si. ppcb, ant. if we T' -" i J. ';. .U them m . beef, so necessary to Keep them' in fighting trim, we must double cur usual output. Do your part towards increasing your na tion s beef supply and fatten your bank-rcii at the same time, by raising Hereford Cattle —the Dest beef Dreed. Herefords produce more beef and better beef, at less cost and in shorter time than any other breed of cattle. Start today by crossing a good Hereford bull with your native cows, or lay the foun dation of a pure-bred Hereford breed by buying a Hereford bull and a few good Hereford cows or heifers. For ■ full information , Write to GEORGIA HEREFORD C ATTLE BREEDERS ASSN. 1608 3rd Natl. Bank Bldg. (5) Atlanta, G- orgia Msm | I
