The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, May 17, 1918, Image 2
The Henry County Weekly 15y J. A. FOUCHE. Entered at the posrofflee at McDon ough, Ga , as second '•lassmail matter. Advertising Kates 15c inch, posi sition 6c additional—special contracts Official Organ of Henry County. / McDonough, Ga., May 17, 1918. ** Clips and Comments Rerlin’s beast bound to bite the dust. Ripe peaches on sale in the big markets. Aren’t you proud of your Lib erty Bond ? .lust as cotton is coming up the price is going down. To make the world safe for summer —get behind a hoe. Farmers making good use of the recent favorable weather. The latest war desert —corn- bread puddin’ with syrup sauce. Gardens yielding returns for labor and expense bestowed upon them. It costs all it is worth to be pop ular—but it is seldom worth what it costs. Not too late to plant food crops, and if not needed for home con sumption they can be easily -sold. Two men in Missouri have de clined the U. S. senatorship offer ed them by the governor of that State. What a difference in old Georgia. The bond campaign is over for a time, hut the thrift stamp and war stamp drive goes steadily on and is also important. Sherman may have been right when he said what he did about war, but they do say some of the little boys now have his vocabu lary backed off the map. The fellow who is so persistent for his “rights” that he will defy law should remember that with out law he would have no estab lished rights. Maybe if the price of cottton should continue to decline tann ers would not raise much row aft er a little if a bill should be intro duced in Congress to fix a price. It is announced that by observ ing the flour rules we are sending our soldiers in France eighteen million pounds per month, this possibility being attributable to the unlimited patriotism of Geor gia’s citizenship. The Sixth Liberty District ex ceeded its quota by 50 per cent, every one of the 420 counties go ing “over the top.” This is in deed a remarkable showing, as well as a tribute to the loyalty and patriotism of our people. Cotton Prices. The cotton farmer and the peo ple of the South generally, insist ing that, it cotton prices are to be fixed at all that they be fixed fair ly, cannot be accused of profiteer ing. Cotton is not high because of speculation and hoarding, but simply because the South has not been able to grow enough to sup ply the demand. The Birming ham News, published in a city de pendent on steele, iron and coal and not on cotton takes a very fair position. It says: While the News has no mind to impeach the wisdom of those who speak darkly of Government regulations of cotton prices, a mere state ment of comparative ginning figues for 1916 and 1917 would scarcely justify any such move on the part of the Govern ment. Cotton ginned prior to January 16, 1918, amounted to 10,569,475 bales; cotton cotton ginned prior to Janu ary 16, 1917, amounted to 11,- 137,712 bales. The gradually increasing prices of cotton have not increased the pro duction. Thirty and thirty one cent cotton, compared with prevailing prices of near ly everything else useful, is not more precious than twelve or fifteen-cent cotton under normal conditions, perhaps not so precious. Government fixing of cotton prices on a scale down would be the ut most folly. Normal Cotton Crop Declared Impossible. Atlanta, May 10, —It will be im possible for Georgia to make a normal cotton crop this year under existing conditions. J. J. Brown, commissioner of agriculture, returning from the tractor rally at Albany Thursday with stories of 20 pound cabbages and other exceptional crops nev ertheless made a definite and un favorable report on the cotton crop. The report was based upon conferences at Albany and at points on the return route, as well as upon personal observation. “Seldom has there been so poor a stand of cotton at this time,” said the commissioner. “Other crops, too, are backward, but the vagaries of the weather, now warm for a day, then very cold, has injured cotton severely. It will he impossible to obtain a nor mal crop this year. “I found the farm labor situa tion even more alarming than 1 had pictured it, and it is safe to say that a considerable part of the crops of the state cannot he har vested unless there is relief.” In a more optimistic vein, the commissioner exhibited a mam moth cabbage head from the farm of Jno. B. Little, of Lee county, which would measure about 14 inches in diameter. This cabbage head, Mr. Brown said was a baoy compared with others on the Lit tle farm. Some of the heads, he said, weighed 20 pounds. It was estimated that the Little cabbage harvest from only 16 acres ot Lee county land, wouid yield a return of not much less than $7,000 this year. Marketing Hogs beats burying them. Steye Hoo ver, Mt. Pleasant, lowa, writes, “Commenced feeding my herd of about 100 hogs B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder over two months ago. Fifity were sick and off feed. Nearby herds had cholera. I did not lose one—they are well and growing fast.” For sale by Henry County Sud ply Co. Thoughts. How still it is! Thfe busy work aday world has ceased its labors, the rush and turmoil of daily strife is over, and night stretches its somber shadows over all. No sound but the drip of the blessed rain breaks the silence, and it falls in a soft, slow dripping, as though loath to break our slumber. Sit ting alone in the stillness of our room, looking out into the dark ness. listening to the patter of the raindrops, thoughts too many, and many of them painful, tome thronging to our brains —thoughts that keep “Death’s twin sister, Sleep,” far away. There are many things, as we think of them, that should not have been neglected — manv unkind words spoken that can never be recalled, whose wounds after-words or deeds can not heal. The flesh may heal over a wound, but the scar ever remains. If this is true of a flesh wound, it is more so where the feelings, the heart, has been hurt. Strange, too, that it is not the alien —the sometime guest or the acquaintance—upon whom we in flict these wounds, but those who are nearest and dearest —those upon whom the existence of our lives, as it were, depends —those who love us, and are entitled to all the love and endearing words, all the little acts of kindness, that go toward making a happy life. Just to think! we frown upon one of our own household, and turn with a sweet smile and pleas ant word for the stranger—the “friend” of an hourj —Selected. Six Needed Laws for Rural Progress. Now as never before the nation and the slates are aroused to the importance of agriculture and to the importance of making provis ion for promoting agricultural progress. It is a good time, there fore, for farmers in every state and county to decide what legisla tion they need and take steps to secure it. In this connection, we are glad to notice the good exam ple set by Louisiana, where the farmers and agricultural leaders have been called in conference to meet at New Orleans March 4 to consider a half - dozen needed measures for progress in that state In the official call sent out by the State Extension Service, we notice that a main purpose is to make a definite statement of the farmers’ wishes as to what should be incorporated in— 1. A modernized chattel mort gage law that will feciliate such j enterprises as breeding and feed ing beer cattle, hogs and the de velopment of the dairy industry. 2. A law looking to the control of the wandering dog. 3. A pure seed law. 4. Legislative and support of agricultural education. 5. A simplified system of reg istering land titles. 6. To decide whether it is best to have a state-wide or local op tion law restraining livestock from running at large. These are good subjects for farmers in every section of the South to consider now that the time for selecting legislators is approaching. Progressive Far mer. WOMAN S STATEMENT WILL HELP STOCKBRIDGE ‘T hated cooking because what ever I ate gave me sour stomach and i bloated feeling. I drank li. t water and olive oil by the t_ r allon. 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