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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1918)
THE OATH. (By Kenneth Graham Hatfield.) I will not drink from a German cup, Or eat from a German plate. I will not deal with a German man All foul with German hate. I’ll use no drug with a German name, That’s grown on German land. I’ll eat no food and drink no beer, If made by a German hand. I will not use a German tool, Razor, or knife, or saw. I will not trade with a German shop That lives by the German law. I will not sail on a a German ship, Where German songs are sung. I will not breathe where God’s clean air Is soiled by a German tongue. I’ll not forget those awful deeds To airls and little boys. No more I’ll hang on Christmas trees Those bood stained German toys. I will not take a German’s word, He’ll break it if he can. There is no love in a German he<vrt Or faith in a German man. This i« mv ryjth, when war is done. I'll sOrear to kupp it true. And since I know von fee) the same, I 1 pas» u on to you. MOUNT 1 THIEL NEWS. Now, this “flu” business is some thing else, and 1 ‘am not talking slang either. I mean it’s some thing more than lagrippe. Some doctors will tell you before you take it that it’s pretty much the same thing, but after you take it they keep quiet about it, or I sup pose they do, as I haven’t heard of violence being done any doctor. Of course you were not going to' take it. You were probably more sanitary in your habits than some other. Possibly you were just too good and therefore the plauge could not touch you. Perhaps you were too smart anyway, just as you had gotten yourself plumed and primed, down* you went, and likely with your whole family with you. Before you were too far gone you almost tore the tele phone out bythe roots and wor ried the exchange lady frantic try ing to get a doctor, drugs from the drug store and numerous groceries that you were sure you could eat (silly thing). Some children are averse to taking med icine, you know, and you don’t dare mention spoon in their pres ence. Well, it becomes necessary to call your good man from his bed in the night and ask him in a quiet aside to get you a spoon. He is fast asleep after he gets up and you know it, though perfectly willing to serve you; but you must shout “spoon” aloud before he knows what is expected of him. Then the baby begins to protest. He starts for a light (you would never have thought of a light to go to the dining room for a spoon) after an interminable time he re turns triumphantly bearing a fork. Bless the dear man, he did the best he could, and you both laugh, which relieves the tension. You would like a wrap from the hall, but you are sure he would bring you someone’s Sunday cap. The men have acted roaylly, most of them going around with a ring of soured dough around each finger nail, which he says he has no time to wash off. If you could ever get through with the “flu” when you start you think you are most well and you dare to look out the window at the rain or walk up the hall with the front door open, down you go again. But your kind friends send you fruit and flowers, call 'you on the ’phone, write you letters of condolence and offer you their services in such a kindly way that you are convinced that life is really worth living. Mis’ Franc. Catarm - Cured With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the scat of th ■ disease. Catarrh is a local d.sea.so. greatly in fluenced by constitutional condition: and in order to cure it you must t-'ke an internal remedy. Hall’s Ca tarrh Oure is taken internally and acts thru the blood on tl. mucous sur faces of the system. Jr t's Catarrh Cure was prescribed bv one of the best phvsicians :n this country for.years. It is composed of some of tlie heat tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect com bination of the ingredients in Hall’s Catarrh Cure is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal condi tions Pend for testimonials. free. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. All Druggists. 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. First Men Over to Return * First When War Is Over. Washington, Oct. 31. —When- ever the war ends, thousands of American soldiers, in France and Belgium, will be used in the re construction of tne war-devastat ed areas. Wide utilization of the American forces is contemplated while the troops await ships to bring them home. Officials today estimated that the American Armies abroad could not all be brought back in less than ten months. The maximum monthly return of men cannot ex ceed 250,000, and that number on ly will be possible by using every available type of vessel, including the battleships now stationed abroad, it was said. While the men await transportation, there fore, they can give relief to the despoiled sections, it was stated. Plans for returning the troops are, of course, tentative as yet, but in a general way the return first of the fisrt of those who went over is contemplated. Men of every vocation will be i ceded in Belgium and northern France par ticularly, and it was hinted that volunteers will be asked in the work. Great Britian has informally no tified government:'.! agencies here, that immediately after hostilities end, she will withdraw all tonnage she has placed under control of the shipping board. She has also let it be known that more than 1,500,000 tons which were to have come to the shipping board this month will not be delivered. This leaves the shipping board with facilities for transporting, on their return, only 125,000 men a month fh its own ships. But with the submarine menace eliminated and the cargo boat conversion plans worked out officials have fixed the number at 250,000 men a month. Officials pointed out another feature in the plan to utilize troops in rebuilding France and Belgium, in the absorption of surplus ma terials here. It is estimated that ap proximately $5,000,000,000 worth of materials, both raw and manu factured, will be ready for other markets when they no longer are needed for war purposes. If there is plenty of labor available for the reconstruction work, much of this surplus material can, and will be shipped across immediately, it is believed. The double purpose, therefore, will be served: “The stricken countries will be aided and our markets will be saved from becoming a' “dumping ground.” Success Without Struggle. Persons who have succeeded in any line have had to struggle for the triumphs that came their way. The road to success is not rose strewn by any means. It is a hard, wearisome thoroughfare, al most impassable in places. There fore, if we are so foolish as to conclude that half-hearted or care less endeavors will result in our work being classed as up to the standard, or success suddenly casting a golden halo around us, we are doomed disapDointment. Influenza—Lagrippe. The present influenza is now known to be our old famaliar la grippe. Foley’s Honey and Tar is just what every sufferer from influenza or lagrippe needs now. It covers the rough inflamed throat with a soothing healing coating, clears away the mucus, stops the tickling and coughing, eases the tightness and heavy breathing. Day and night, keep Foley’s Hon ey and Tar handy. It gives ease, warrtith and comfort from the very first dose. The McDonough Drug Co. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH. GEORGIA Tkx Collectors Had Fine ' Record the Past Year. Under the new state law, which requires tax collectors to close their books on December 20 and to make up a report to the comp troller general, Georgia tax col lectors made a fine record the past year. Every tax collector in the state complied with the law, except the tax collector of Baker county. Governor Dorsey issued a fi fa against that official and re moved him from office. A special election has been called to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of this official. • “Do you serve meals here?” “We serve something to eat here, but, mister, we ain’t served a reg ular meal since the war began.” Land for sale, lease or rent. C. D. McDonald. Keep ’em Smiling ' ; % ..A- - \ f. wJHt flip M 1m I . A" .<■ ; \ \ 7'HAT you do for our boys, back of ' y the line, helps them to go —smiling —“over the top” and to VICTORY. 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