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The Henry County Weekly
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
VOL. XLIV.
Liberty Bonds!
TT TAKES five hundred (500) Fourth
■*- Liberty Loan Bonds of $50.00 each, to
buy this tractor TANK terror, and put it
on the fighting field. | •
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The Fourth Liberty Loan Drive opens this
week —
BUY! BUY!! BUY!!!
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TT TAKES “something sweet” to sat-
A isfy nature’s craving for bodily fuel.
This svoeet contains the carbohydrates
physicians call bodily fuel. This fuel
supplies the physical heat so essential
to growing children, workers, soldiers
and all active individuals.
Some like this sweat in coffee, some in
tea and some in
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S. S. Meeting of E. Division.
At 2 o’clock p. m. sun time, Sun
day, the Eastern Division will hold
a meeting at Bethany church.
Rev. H. S. Smith, Bro J. J. Wal
ker, W. W. Milam and maybe oth
er speakers will be present.
Also, we shall have some of our
best singers to lead in the music.
We hope to have a fine occasion,
both as to reports, and also to
arouse more S. S. enthusiasm.
Everybody is invited and urged
to be present.
T. J. HORTON, Chair. E. Div.
McDonough, Georgia. Friday. September 27, 1918
Festival.
Editor Henry County Weekly—
Please express our thanks
through your columns to all who
helped to make the Junior Red
Cross festival at South Avenue a
success.
About five months ago we or
ganized the children of four
schools, South Avenue, Mount
Zion, Gordon and Ellenwood into
the Junior Cross, admittance fee
being each, with this money
we began buying material for the
hospital quilt, which these chil
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dren have made, most of them
having to learn to knit.
Urged on by their faithfulness
we gave them an ice cream festi
val, and for amusement raffled the
quilt, which brought sixteen dol
lars and one cents, the proceeds
from the quilt and cream bringing
seventy dollars, which will be giv
en to the McDonough Chapter.
Mrs. W. G. Calloway,
Former Sec’ty. Membership Com
mittee of Stockbridge Chapter.
Have your car painted at Jack
son, Ga., by J. F. Maddox. 4t
Do It the First Day !
By Wilbur D. Nesbit.
You know you are going to buy Liberty Bond.
Pou wouldn’t be square wjth yourself if you didn’t.
You couldn’t take off your hat to the flag with half the sense
of OWNERSHIP if you didn’t.
You couldn’t cheer the marching of the troops with half the
THRILL if you didn’t.
You couldn’t watch the Jackies go by with half the PRIDE if
you didn’t.
Y9ll couldn’t glimpse a battleship off the coast with half the
JOY if you didn’t.
You couldn’t read the war newf with half the eager FAITH
if you didn’t.
You couldn’t be 100% American if you didn’t.
You know the Fourth Liberty starts September 28th.
You know that buying a Liberty Bond isn’t making a GIFT.
You know you are simply lending your money to your Gov
ermennt —to the best FRIEND you and your mother and
sister and daughter.
You know what SECURITY is back of your loan —security that
means good interest and that your money is paid back.
You know all that —you know the BUSINESS side as well as
the patriotic side of it.
Then, buy YOUR Liberty Bonds the very first day of the
Loan. Don’t wait. Do your thinking beforehand. You
don’t need to be ARGUED into it —you KNOW you will
buy Liberty Bonds.
Be one of the first to get the Badge of Honor —the Liberty
Bond Button.
Get YOURS on the first day —September 28th.
You KNOW what an example that will set.
Make September 28 your Liberty Boud day.
Could you do a better thing right now ?
U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Buy Your Liberty Bonds the First Day
The Government’s War Relic Train Will
Visit McDonough Oct. 8, 4 O’Clock P. M.
This will be a rare treat for Henry county citizens, giving
them an idea of what our Henry county boys are doing in the
trenches.
Also displaying every implement of warefare, and the use
of them will be explained by wnunded soldiers.
Every one is invited. Don't fail to see it.
REMEMBER —Next Tuesday week, October 8.
Seaborn Pate Has No
Fear of Hun Bullets.
In a brief and very frank letter
to his brother, Private Seaborn L.
Pate, of Hampton, Ga., gives an
account of his experiences in the
war zone, experiences which have
been surpassed by few individuals.
The letter is written to his
brother, J. E. Pate, of Locust
Grove, and the writer records his
experiences so simply he doesn’t
seem to realize just what he has
really been through. Private Pate
has been in France a long time —
arrived June 26, 1917. His letter
is as follows:
“On the eighteenth of June we
started on a drive which I guess
you have heard about. On the
first day I came out fine. There
were about forty men in our de
tachment and when we reached
our objective there were two left
—the major and myself.
“On the thirteenth, at 11 o’clock
a. m., we received orders to go
over the top again. Well, we
started over and started following
the enemy and when we had gone
about half a mile, the major fell.
I ran to him and asked him if he
was hurt. He was shot just above
the knee. I diessed his wound
and he told me to carry a message
to another officer. I started and
had gone about one hundred yards
when a bullet from a machine gun
struck my left ankle right in the
small of the leg and passed straight
through. I crawled into a shell
hole and dressed my wound and
told another soldier to go ahead
with the message. Don’t know
whether he got through or not. I
stayed in the shell hoie about four
hours and during that time four
French soldiers were wounded
and one was killed. They were
in the hole with me. When I de
cided to get out I couldn’t walk so
I had to crawl. I had about one
thousand yards to go. They be
gan shooting at me and the bullets
were knocking dirt in my eyes. I
didn’t believe, however, that they
could hit me any more. They
finally sent me to an American
hospital. I have been doing fine
ever since.”
Private Pate is serving with
Company I, Twenty-eighth infan •
try.—Atlanta Journal.
$1.50 A YEAR
