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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1918)
PROGRESS NEWS NOTES. Move on. Ever cheerful be. Pass the ’taters, please. Hardly ever so bad it couldn’t be worse. Be careful, death can lurk on the point of a rusty nad as well as in the tonneau of a flivver. Actions are but thoughts trans lated into deeds. A man is half educated when he learns to read, so a man is half saved when he learns to think. Yes, the world owes us a living, ’tis true, but the dickens of it is collecting that living. One great trouble with religion these days is, it don’t knock the devil out of folks like it use to. Professed Christians seem afraid they will hurt the old fellow’s feel ings now-adays. Have just found out why the towns h ive their revival meetings in the spring. It is done so the merchants will have time to wear the wire edge off and be ready to skin you when the fall business opens up. We should never judge a per son by their outward appearance, for in this day of powder, puffs, paints and counterfeits, all is not gold that glitters. Twelve months or more ago when the Kaiser had the ox by the horns in this air bombing business, all he would do in reply to the ap peals of humanity not to bomb defenseless towns and murder in nocent women and children, was to say, “Goa help us a little furth er.” Now that the allies are sit w ly getting the upper hand in Hie business and are bombing German towns he has sent an appeal to the allies not to bomb his defense less towns and destroy his women and children, and now in the lan guage of the scoundrel’s own text. J say, God help us a little further. Mr. G. M. Adamson and daught ers, Misses Mary and Ola, made a business trip to Atlanta Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Strickland spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. James Gilbert and family near Noah’s Ark. Miss Annie Adamson returned to her home Saturday after spend ing the week in Atlanta the guest of Mrs. J. B. Johnson. Ye scribe, wife and little Jere miahs spent Saturday night and • Sunday with relatives near Hope well. Mr. Leroy Strickland spent the week-end with friends at Forest Park. If nothing prevents, Rev. W. J. Debardeleben will preach at Prog ress school house Mav 18. Eve rybody invited to come and hear something good for your soul. Come early as possiole. Qnce upon a time a certain farmer carried a basket of eggs to market, and before leaving home be intentionally slipped a few bad ones in the basket. As the mer chant began counting them from the basket he accidently broke one in the basket and it happened to be one of the bad ones. The merchant expressed his regrets and pushed the basket ot eggs back to the farmer, saying as he did so, “1 am very sorry, but I can’t use your eggs now, the bad one has ruined the sale of all your good ones.” Hear me people; when we start out to intentionally defraud and cheat our fellow men we had better be careful, or we will burst the egg and let the cat out of the bag. And let us always I'emember that one bad deed in tentionally done, will taint and de stroy all our good ones. UNCLE JEREMIAH. beersheba Real summer has made its ap pearance. 0 In this fast day everybody in a rush. I fear some are going in the wrong direction. Rev. Byrd dined Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bledsoe. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Norman had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Wiil Norman of Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lewis of Cov ington spent Saturday night and Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Fisher. Glad to announce that Mr. Doc Piper is gradually improving in health. Mr. Cloma Norman of Coving ton spent Friday with his mother and brother at Ola, his mother re turning home with him. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gilmore* Miss Nell Forsyth, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Moate attended services at Mt. Bethel Sunday. About the time the Sunday School begins to grow in spirit and numbers, some one will criti cize a teacher or an organist or a chorister, then a link is broken. When a link is taken out of a chain it is undivided. V i Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rosser spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rosser, Miss Vashti Da vies of Griffin returning home with them to spend a few days. She lias been the guest the past week of her aunt, Mrs. Dan Rosser. Mrs. Lula Joyner has accepted a position as telephone operator tor Norman & Thompson, known as Ola Exchange. She is at home in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Norman, began work ‘May first. We regretted to have her leave our midst, and she expressed her self in the same way. Mrs. Lee Patterson had as her guests the past week Mrs. Dink Patterson and Mrs. Pink Grigers. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turner spent Sunday afternoon yvith Mr. and Mrs. Jack Turner. Mr. Walker Bryans and Miss Vi nielu Jinks were out riding Sun day afternoon. Mr. and and Mrs. Leo Shaw spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiikerson. Observer, you havn’t had any criticism from ye scribe, for 1 think and see in the same direc tion. ,» When you have a friend that’s pure and true, change not the old one for the new. Sleepy Eyes. JONES SHOE COMPANY We are receiving by express almost every day something new in spring footwear New Pumps and Oxfords in Grey, Brown, White and Black. Vici Kid, Patents and Brown Russian calf. . French, Cuban and Military heels. In fact, “Everything New Thats Good” you can get at The Shoe nd Stocking Shop GRIFFIN. GEORGIA. Food Notice. All parties who intend to oper ate threshing machines in Henry county the coming season are re quested to meet at the court house i.i McDonough next Friday,} May 25, at 4 o’clock, p. m. All manufacturers of sugar in j any form should make application i to the Food Administrators, At-! lanta, Ga., for necessary blanks with which to purchase their law ful amount of sugar. Federal F’ood Administration. By G. F. Fears, County Food Administrator. Sunny Brook News. Chopping cotton timeonce more. Miss Nellie Hooten entertained quite a number of her friends Sat urday night with an ice cream supper. It was much enjoyed by all present. A large crowd attended service at Mount Bethel Sunday morning and enjoyed one of the most in teresting sermons by the pastor, Rev. H. L. Byrd. Mrs. B. R. Jenkins and children were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hardy, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hunt and daughter spent Sunday with their father, Mr. John Hunt. The many friends of Mr. Luther Smith regret to know of his seri ous iiines with typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cawthon and daughters Frances and Ellen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wynn Sunday. Quite a number from here spent Saturday at Stone Mountain. A few measles are still visiting in our section. Mr. Mark Hunt is wearing a broad smile —a son. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Anstin and children and Miss Beckie Crowell spent Sunday in Atlanta. Kirk Cowan and Emory Jeffares of Camp Wheeler attended ser vice here Sunday. Mr. Marvin Hooten of White Plains spent a few days last week with his father, Mr. W. A. Hooten. Rev. H. L. Byrd spent Saturday night with Mr. Howard Bledsoe. Ask them how they enjoyed their fishing trip Saturday afternoon. Violet. “Digest of Food Prepared by the Government” —Headline. We don’t need it. We’ll attend to the digestion process if we can only get the food. VOU OAN NOW GET The Famous “LIBERTY SSX” in mcdonough, ga. We take pleasure in announcing that we Have been fortunate it} securing Contract for the saie of the famous “Liberty Six” Automobile in the counties of Butts, Henry and Spalding The “Liberty Six” is the latest achieve ment of a half dozen of the leading engin eers of the Automobile World. Ii is nearer perfection than any car on the market. All automobile owners and prospective owners are cordially invited to ride in and drive a “Liberty/’ You are asked to consider the “Liberty” solely from your own view point as an owner and driver, ft SELLS I FSELF. Come to see us. Phone us or write us, and see a “Liberty Six” before you buy. BUITRILL BROS. JACKSON, GA. Phone 190 _____ T"'* f> f\ l; * St I>L ul 3 v i'-.i ■;V Xjus-i* ■ >•' ■sM. j I f . * - ;•'!** f ? r) P|*p f 1 f \. \ . The catth raiser would receive only Vs cast a pound more for his cattle So small is Swift & Company’s profit on any single transaction that if it were turned over to the cattle raisers of the country, they would receive only Va cent a pound more for cattle than they receive now. Swift & Company pays for live cattle about 90% of the amount received for dressed meat and by-products. The remaining 10% pays for expense, freight to market, operation of distributing houses and profit. Swift & Company’s actual figures per head for 1917 on over two million cattle were as follows: Receipts Payments , - ti.it _ Profit* $8.61 ) i-+6 Selling From 9% i tie o7.^L t By-products $ 24.09 26% Paid for From Live Meat Cattle $68.97 $84.45 74% 91% Total Total $93.06 $93.06 * This net profit of $1.23 per head averages Vs cent a pound live weight. And out of this small net profit divi dends must be paid to - shareholders. Year Bdck of interesting and instructive facts sent on request. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois Swift & Company, U.S. A.
