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The Henry
County Weekly
By J. A. FOUCHE.
Entered at the postoffice at McDon
ough, Ga., as second "lass mall matter.
Advertising Rates 15c per inch, posi
sition 5c additional —special contracts.
Official Organ of Henry County.
McDonough, Ga., Sept. 27, 1918.
Bring us a bushel o’ ’taters and
and cord o’ to cook ’em —on sub.
The new Liberty Loan drive is
on tomorrow ai.d will be prompt
ly put over.
Pay-as-you-read is now the gov
ernment’s plan for newspaper
subscribers.
285,475 Georgians are ready to
answer the call by reason of the
last registration.
Uncle Jiin Williams has dressed
up his editorial page in Sunday
clothes. And it’s pretty.
If present advances continue, it
will soon be only the capitalist
who can keep his family in shoes.
May be the “weakly” press all
right—but the “great” Senator
Hardwick just wasn’t big enough
to run over it.
God Almighty didn’t take Wil
liam Schley Howard out of the
race. But the people did. —Uncle
Jim Williams.
Perhaps by cutting out the com
pulsory exchange of gifts at
Christmas something of the real
spirit of the holiday can yet be
salvaged.
A New York youth has brought
suit against a young woman for
SIO,OOO damages for an alleged
breach of marriage. Why not,
under the new conditions of the
equality of the sexes?
Liberty Bonds are the best form
of insurance. They protect your
homes and fortunes and liberties,
and are the only form of insur
ance which pays interest during
the time which it is in force and
at last pays back every premium
which has been advanced.
America’s reply to the Austro-
German peace farce: “Force,
to the utmost, force without stint
or limit; the righteous and tri
umphant force which shall make
right the law of the world, and
cast every selfish dominion down
in the dust.”—President Wilson’s
Baltimore speech.
Sunshine in the lives and souls
of people is just as potent in the
realm of home as the sunshine
that drives darkness from our
world and brings that warmth
which is essential to life and
growth in the vegetable kingdom.
There is a convincing and vivify
ing power in soul and sunshine;
for, as has been well said, men
and women, youth and children,
seek the friendship of the sunny
faced. —Selected.
The Senator Elect.
Hon. W. J. Harris has much
reason to be proud of his splen
did victory for the United States
Senate. It was one of the most
overwhelming and complete in
the history of Georgia. It must
fill his heart with gratitude, and
at the same time impress him with
a deep sense of the obligation that
will come when he assumes* the
duties of the great office to which
he has been called bv such large
number of his fellow citizens.
While the new Senator makes
no pretentions to being a Conk
ling, a Blaine, a Ben Hill or a Ba
con in the forum of debate he
neverless has qualities that will
enable him to be of much useful
ness to his constituency. With a
store of good practical sense, an
affable disposition, a pleasing ad
dress, a kindly nature, much en
ergy and a knowledge of the ins
and outs of affairs at Washington
he will find and improve many
opportunities to be helpful.
We extend the next Senator
sincere congratulations and wish
him every success and much
pleasure in the service of the peo
ple. —Dawson News.
Making a Man By Law.
Every man must work or fight.
Such is the decree of the govern
ment. It is a war measure, and a
good one. It comes as near as a
law, or a mandate, can making a
man out of a parasite. It puts an
end to loafing.
It will prove especially benefici
al to metropolitan city life.
In the towns and smaller cities
there are but few loafers, but
these few are a menace to society.
And the boy that loafs is a bad
example to other boys if nothing
more.
In large cities there are hoards
of loafers and they are a curse to
humanity. They destroy the pu
rity of society in so far as by cun
ning they can do so. They live
by criminal acts, for many of them
are without visible means of sup
port and they earn no legitimate
money by means of honest toil or
by any other form of honorable
endeavor.
Now conies the government and
says to them. “You must work or
fight.” To make men either work
or fight will do more to break up
shejtered criminality that cannot,
or has not, been reached through
civil authority than any ed'ct that
has, as yet, been put in force by
any government.
To eliminate crime and to re
move bad examples, however, is
not the purpose of the govern
ment. Its purpose, of course, is
to make men do their part towards
winning the war —men who are
willing to do worthy service at
home or at the front.
That the morals of the nation
will be protected by this military
order is but a beneficial conse
quence of a military necessity. —
Gainesville Herald.
Feed Out Your Hogs Six Weeks
Earlier.
In every lot of hogs on feed
two or three weeks quickly and
actually eat less than others. If
all would fatten like these, the en
tire drove would be ready for the
market six weeks earlier and to
save six weeks feed is an item
that you fully understand.
The hog that fattens easily must
be in prime physical condition.
The B. A. Thomas’ hog powder is
a conditioner for hogs. It keeps
their system clean and healthy
and enables them to fatten quickly
without falling a prey to the usual
diseases of hogs. The B. A.
Thomas’ Hog Powder is not stock
food. It’s straight medicine and
we took the agency because it
enables you to feed out your hogs
much earlier. Henry County Sup
ply Co.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA
WAS ORIGINAL “DARK HORSE’
Explanation of How the Term Came
to Have a Place in American
Parlance.
The “dark horse” in politics is
the successor of a genuine dark
horse that won a race in which he
was supposed to have no chance
for victory. In early days in Ten
nessee there was an old man
named Sam Flynn, a very good
judge of horseflesh, who usually
owned an animal that could show
a bit of speed. At one time Mr.
Flynn possessed a big black horse
named Dusky Pete, a thorough
bred and very fast. It was Flynn’s
practice to go to a neighborhood
where he was not known, ride
Dusky Pete into town as if he
were an ordinary mount and enter
him in one of the races that were
the daily sport of the frontier
communities. Dusky Pete always
won.
Mr. Flynn arrived at one town
just before a big race and entered
his horse as usual. There were
several local favorites in the con
test and Mr. Flynn had no trouble
in betting all his money on his
own horse at long odds. Just be
fore the race, Judge McMinamee,
a turf follower, arrived and was
persuaded to act as judge of the
contest. Some of the horsemen
described the various entries and
laughingly pointed out the foolish
stranger who had bet all his mon
ey on his old nag. Judge McMin
amee at once recognized Dusky
Pete and remarked: “Gentlemen,
there’s a dark horse in this race
that will make some of you sick
before night.”
Judge McMinamee’s prediction
was fulfilled, and “dark horse” as
a byword has found a permanent
place in the parlance of American
politics.—People’s Home Journal.
Proverbs of the Times.
The guest who is votary to lazi
ness and vice deserves no cham
ber.
The host who welcomes without
the symbol does not serve hospi
tality.
The parent who serves his chil
dren best teaches them to labor
and to wait.
The child who would stand
highest in the honor roll will think
not evil of his parents.
He who calumniates a rival be
smirches the goal; he who killeth
a rival destroyeth his ideal.
If forced to expression, speak
well of an opponent, for thereby
you win latitude in the sphere
SOUgllt.
He that is calm taketh commen
surate aim. He that is rash re
ceiveth a wound.
Whoso voteth for a ranter is a
defaulter to democracy.
Our flag is the emblem of liber
ty; home is the emblem of woman
hood.
They who fly high must eat and
drink from the earth. Despise
not the poor.
When riding in automobiles ig
nore not the mule; he pulleth the
plow for man who maketh the
bread of life.
Foster not ideals that you are
fighting to abolish.
Slack not the stream when the
Spirit gives the prayer, for it is
better to fast than to cease.
“He that taketh up the sword
shall die by the sword.” For
sooth, the starter of this war.
“How unsearchable are His
judgments and His ways past find
ing out.” Our country boweth
daily for His mercy to temper
judgment.
Measure thy means by thy mod
els ; if thou art kneeling at the al
tar of profiteering, then abandon
ment should be the ways.
Moran, Ga, R. H. BAZEMORE.
PROGRESS NEWS NOTES.
It has been said that God will
give us all strength enough and
sense enough to do whatever He
requires of us. If that’s true 1 wish
He would give a lot of us sense
enough to attend to our own bus
iness and quitgrowling and grumb
ling about w’hat we can possibly
avoid.
You know your uncle is the
possessor of two pigs which had
the privilege of running outside
and they were doing well, but hog
like, they couldn’t be satisfied
with doing well, but began to cross
over and tear down my neighbor’s
corn, and I had to put the little
boogers up. And you know we
have a lot of folks that are just
that way; they have liberty and
the privilege of going where they
please and when they please, but
they get to where they are not
satisfied unless they are raiding
somone’s cane patch or orchard or
maybe worse, and the next they
know they are caught up with
and someone is put to a lot of
trouble to keep them out of the
chain gang. Folks, where do you
get the fun out of such things ?
Jenks —You know, Fritz, I am
in as good a notion as I ever was
in my life to pull out and quit the
church. You know it has got to
where it is nothing but money,
money, money. Every time you
get in a hundred yards of it, it is
a collection for some little old
something or ’nother. And about
all they do is to meet and sing a
song or two, read a little and show
off their finery, nothing to it but
formality. It use to be they had
religion back when I was a boy,
but ’tain’t so now. If you stop
the money these days you stop
the preaching, “shore.”
Fritz —Well, Jinks, that depends
a whole lot on the individual, I
think. How much have you con
tributed to your church this year?
How often have you attended its
services ? Have you stood by
your church and done all in your
power to sustain it and uphold it?
Have you talked to God about it,
asked Him to strengthen it and
keep you pure and in touch with
God and the church? Have you
attended Sabbath School as often
as you could ? A lot of times the
ones who knock the church are
the ones who support it the least.
How is it with you ?
Jenks —Er-well-er-I-Have you
heard what cotton is worth ?
Moral —If you don’t support a
worthy cause, why don’t knock it.
Uncle Jeremiah.
For Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Henry County.
To whom it mny concern : Mrs.
Willie Owen Admtr’x. of the estate
of Mrs. Annie Askew deceased,
having in due form made applica
tion for leave to sell the lauds be
longing to said estate, consisting
of llio acres in Stockbridge district
of said county and state.
Said application will be heard at
the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary for said county to be held
on the first Monday in Oct., 1918.
This 3d day of Sept., 1918.
A. G. Harris. Ordinary.
Administratrix’ Sale.
GEORGIA —Henry County.
By virtue of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of said county, will be
sold before the court house in said county
on the first Tuesday in October, 1918, be
tween the legal hours of sale, to the high
est bidder for cash. Fifty acres of land
more or less in the north west corner of
land lot number GO, in the 7th land dis
trict of Henry county. Georgia, said lands
bounded on the north by lands of of G. O.
Brannan, on the east by part of same lot!
on the south by lands of the estate of Mrs!
M. A. Tye, and.west by public road.
Sold as the property of the estate of W,
L. Pair, deceased, for-the purpose of dis
tribution among the heirs of said W. L.
Pair, deceased This Sept. 3, 1918
MRS VALLIE PAIR.
Adm’x estate W. L. Pair, dec’d.
Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Henry County.
To whom it may concern: Mrs. F. E.
Dunn, Adm'x of estate of H. L Dunn
deceased, having in due form made appli
cation for leave to sell the real estate be
longing to said estate. Said application
will be heard at the regular term of the
Court of Ordinary for said county, to be
held on the first Monday in October 1918
This 2” day of Sept. 1918.
A. Q. HARRIS, Ordinary.
BROWN & BROWN
Attorneys at Law
McDonough, Ga.*
Call or write us for farm loans.
O. L. ADAMS
DEN T I ST
McDonough, Ga.
Office Honrs : 7 :30 to 5 : 00
FIKST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
D. A. BROWN.
DENTIST
Office Hours :
8 A. M. DO 2 p. M
TERMS: STRICTLY CASH.
McDonough, Ga.
Land Sale.
GEORGIA—Henry County.
By virtue of an agreement made and
entered into by and between the heirs at
lawof Mrs. SalliejF Rountree, late of said
county, deceased, which said agreement is
of file in the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Henry county, Georgia,
will be sold before the court house door in
the city of McDonough, Ga , said county,
on the first Tuesday in October, 1918, be
tween the legal hours of sale, to the high
est bidder for cash the following real es
tate belonging to s lid estate: —
Three hundred and fifty acres of land,
more or less, in the Bth land district of
said State and coonty, being all of land lot
No. 53 in said district and all of land lot
No. 54 in said district except 50 acres of
land more or less in the south west corner
of said lot, said land lying in one body
and bounded north by lands of J. O. High
tower and Oscar Turner, on the east by
lands of J. M. Johnson, on the south by
lands of Mrs. Cora Fields. ,T C. Harris,
Joe Elliott and Naith Strickland, and on
the west by lands of Elijah Foster and A.
Exum. Said la..us will he sold in two
parcels, one parcel of Three Hundred
acres more or less, b ing lot 53 and part
lot 54 and the east half of h t 54, and the
other parcel containing Fifty Acres more
or less in north west corner of lot 54.
Good and sufficient titles will he made
the purchaser by the undersigned, who
are all the heirs at la n of the said Mrs.
Sa lie F. Rountree, who are of legal age
and laboring under no disability, the said
Mrs Sallie F. Rountree having died in
testate and leaving no debts. The under
signed obligating themselves to save
harmless the purchaser of said lands from
any loss on account of same.
This Sept. 3tl, 1919.
Mrs. Matilda Hightower
Mrs. Elizabeth Rountree
A. G. Harris
Walter J. Harris
Ella Bass.
Land Sale.
GEORGIA —Henry County.
By virtue of an agreement made
and entered into by and between the
heirs at law of .T. B. Clark, late of
said county deceased, which agree
ment is on file in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Hen -
ry County, Ga., will be sold before
the court house door in McDon
ough. Ga., said county, on the first
Tuesday in October, 1918, between
the legal hours of sale, to the high
est bidder for cash, the following
real estate belonging to said es
tate :
One hundred acres of land, more
or less, in the Twelfth land district
of said State and county, bounded
as follows : On the east by lands of
W. G. Calloway, on the south by
lands of Van Clark, on the west by
lands of A. G. Bowden, on the
north by lands of J. W. Clark and
Will Clark.
Good and sufficient titles will be
made to the purchaser to the un
dersigned, who are all the heirs at
law of said J. B. Clark, who are all
of legal age and laboring under no
disability, the said .T. B Clark hav
ing died intestate and leaving no
debts. This Sep* 5, 1918
T. J. Clark
Miss Leila Thomason
W. B. G. Clark
Miss Mary Clark
Mrs. Sallie Turpin
J, W. Clark
Mrs. J. J. Kelley
For Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Henry County.
To whom it may concern : Mrs.
Willie Owen of the estate
of J J. Askew deceased, having in
due form made application for leave
to sell the lands belonging to said
estate, consisting of 100 acres in
Stockbridge district of said countv
and state.
Said application will he heard at
the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary for said county to be held
on the first Monday in Oct., 1918.
This 3d day of Sept., 1918.
A. G. Harris, Ordinary.
For Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Henry County.
To whom it may concern : J. H.
and T. C. Askew Executors of the
estate of U. Askew deceased, hav
ing in due form made application
for leave to sell certain lands be
longing to said estate, consisting of
1 house and lot and 1 vacant lot in
Stockbridge district of said county
and state.
Said application will be heard at
the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary for said county to be held
on the first Monday in Oct., 1918.
This 4th day of Sept , 1918.
A. G. Harris, Ordinary.
