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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1919)
Great Number of Men Needed for Navy U. S. Navy Recruiting Station Post Office Building, Atlanta, Ga., January 2, 1919. To the Editor: The great World War is appar ently over and the work has been well done, but the work of your Navy and my Navy and your coun try’s Navy has not been complet ed yet, and it will never be com pleted, for our Navy must stand 100 per cent equipped at all times if our country is to be spared fro: another such war. Please accept the thanks and appieeiation of this office and the Navy Depart ment for the able assistance your paper has given in running news items, advising young men to en ter the N ivai Service,' sho ' ins them the adv mh> and or or tunities given r. man there : id in general giving him the best infor mation he can get. The Navy now needs a great number of men and there are many young men who are anxious to enlist, who have never served, also many young men now being discharged from the Army who would like to enter the service for the purpose of making it their permanent home. The names of these men we do not know, but we realize that by giving informa tion through your paper it will reach many of them. I will ap preciate it very much if you will publish this letter with that object in view. The age limit is 17 to 35, but for different ratings the age limit va ries between these two limits. The pay is good, the moral sur roundings are far better than the young man comes in contact with in the average walk of life, the food is excellent and the oppor tunity for getting a free education cannot be equaled anywhere else. For those who cannot apply in person to this station a letter of inquiry addresse 1 to the Navy Re cruiting Station, Post Office Build ing, Atlanta, Georgia will be giyen prompt attention and all the infor mation desired will be promptly mailed out upon receipt of the let ter. Thanking you again for all the assistance you have given and may be able to give, I am, Very truly yours, J. F. Atkinson, Lt. Commdr. U. S. N. Ret’d. In Charge. [JoinihJTwCroji Wearljbiir Button ; Cut This Out —It Is Worth Money DON’T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c and mail it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., writing your writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial package containing Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Ca thartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for constipation, biliousness, hedache and sluggish bowells. The Mc- Donough Drug Co. Griffin. How did you enjoy Christmas? is the pass word with everyone you meet these days. Let us re late how we enjoyed it. Just the same as usual, except our hearts were sad for the boys that could not be at home, yet our heart was gladdened by the return of one of our neighbor’s boys during the holidays who has been in England for a year. He being the “baby” child of a poor widow and not yet eighteen made the case more pa thetic, for all parents know that the youngest child always holds a tender piace in one’s heart. We watched this mother as she would do a little here and three trying to make things look nice and cheer ful when he came. And oh, how her face beamed with gladness when the news reached her that he was at Camp Gordon and would be home in a few' days. “Weep with those that weep and rejoice with those that do rejoice.” We will now tell some of the wonders we have seen since re siding here. This of course will sound silly to people who have traveled and seen things of inter est, but there is a lot in a place like this to interest one. First is the little triplets about four years old, specimens of perfect health and happiness. One boy and tvvo girls, Maude, Alice and Douglas. Next is the beautiful churches of all denominations (Catholic in cluded.) Cotton mills, hosiery mills, movies, buggy factory, and in fact every othef* enterprise which tends to make a thriving little city. Airplanes are to be seen at intervals flying from At lanta to Macon. We are told that one young man came often in one to see “his sweetheart” and lands on the fair grounds. (More next time.) Miss Sarah Killebrew and Miss Sarah Blankenship of McDonough are visiting relatives here. Misses Sallie Fannie and Cleo Blankenship and Fraser Blanken ship spent last Sunday at Orchard Hill, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hale. Leon Blankenship of the M. P. force in Atlanta is spending a few days at home. Today is Weekly day and we always arrange to be at leisure when it arriyes, so we can hear from ‘home.’ Our postman comes twice each day, and when our Weekly fails to come in the morn ing we are very much disap pointed. Mr. Nineteen and Nineteen is here this morning in a bad humor and has demanded that we stay indoors, or freeze if we go out. Having covered the ground with ice during the night, we don’t think he will have any trouble ot keep this child in the house. Jan. 2, 1919. ONE TWO. A Seventy-Year Old Couple Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Carpenter, Harrisburg, Pa. suffered from kid ney trouble. He says : “My wife and I suffered from kikney trouble and had rheumatic pains through the body. The first few doses of Foley Kidney Pills relieved us and five bettles entirely cured us. A 1 tho we are both in the seventies, we are as vigorous as we were thirty years ago.” The McDon ough Drug Co, CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears —— Signature of fyfcc&Ai Overland two passenger roadster for sale $l5O. A. R. Scott. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA A FAMILY MEDICINE In Her Mother’s Home, Says This Georgia Lady, Regarding Black- Draught. Relief From Head ache, Malaria, Chills, Etc. Ringgold, Ga.— Mrs. Chas. Gaston, of this place, writes: “I am a user of Thedford’s Black-Draught; in fact, it was one of our family medicines. Also in my mother’s home, when I was a child. When any of us child ren complained of headache, usually caused by constipation, she gave us a dose of Black-Draught, which would rectify the trouble. Often in the Enring, we would have malaria and chills, or troubles of this kind, we would take Black-Draught pretty reg ular until the liver acted well, and we would soon be up and around again. We would not he without it, for it certainly has saved us lots of doctor bills. Just a dose of Black- Draught when not so well saves a lot of days in bed.” Thedford’s Black-Draught has been In use for many years in the treat ment of stomach, liver and bowel troubles, and the popularity which it now enjoys is proof of its merit. If y#ur liver is not doing its duty, you will suffer from such disagree able symptoms as headache, bilious ness, constipation, indigestion, etc., and unless something is done, serious trouble may result. Thedford’s Black-Draught has been found a valuable remedy for these troubles. It is purely vegetable, and acts in a prompt and natural way, regulating the liver to Its proper functions and cleansing the bowels of impurities. Try it. Insist on Thed ford’s. the original and genuine. E 79 S. L.. RIVERS Dentist Office 409 Atlanta National Bank Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. I am in Hamnton, (4a.. Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of each week. FARM PROSPERITY IN GRAVE GANGER Hastings Declares Greater Food Pro duction Essential To The Main tenance Of Agricultural Prosperity Atlanta, Ga. —(Special.)—That there la a large element of danger for Southern farm prosperity In the pres ent situation, is the firm belief of H. G. Hastings, President of both tho Georgia State Chamber of Commerce and the Southeastern Pair Associa tion. Mr. Hastings repeated substantially his statement of a year ago when he said: “Unthinking people are apt to attribute the. present measure of farm prosperity in the South to the high price of cotton rather than to its real cause. “Just as soon as peace began to ap pear probable last fall, there was a distinct let-up in the planting of wheat, oats and other small grains. One Georgia cotton farmer said to me, ‘lf we are going to have peace, we are not goifig to plant any wheat in my neighborhood.’ “Of course the high price of cot ton has helped, but if it had not been for the increased supply of bread, meat, vegetables, grain and forage made on the farms, there would have been little prosperity for any one but the supply merchant. Cotton was and is relatively lower in price than food stuffs, and will continue to be for years to come. “An extra two or three million bales In the 1919 cotton crop will smash present attractive prices, while the world-Ayide demand for bread and meat and the disorganization of food production in Europe incident to the war, means high food prices every where for years to come. “High food prices are a certainty and low cotton prices are an equal certainty if the food and grain acres of 1916, 1917 and 1918 are thrown back into cotton in 1919. Herein lies the danger to our present farm prosper ity. If we go back to our old before the-war system of growing all cotton and buying all ford and grain, we will got another jolt like 1914 with rea sonable certainty. “Present Southern farm prosperity can be maintained in one way only. Produce on home acres, so far as pos sible, every pound of food, vegetables, grain, hay and forage needed by fam ily and livestock, then put every other available acre in cotton or other cash crap. This method means cash crops made with little or no debt —the crop owned by the producer at the end of the season instead of ‘owed’ to the supply merchant. “Food and grain production suffi cient for home needs, insures contin ued farm prosperity. Dropping back to the old way means debt like a mill stone around the farmer’s neck.” MULES! MULES! We have, just in, one car load good Mules fresh from Kentucky and it will pay you to see them Will sell, buy or trade Doc Shaw and E. Z. Carter OI_A, GA. Commendable Quality in Jewelry how little vou pay, you get quality tor tint price. No matter how much you pay, you get intrinsic value for your monev. Aside from real values you can choose from an assortment unrival ed hereabouts. T. H. WYNNE! Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician, - - Griffin, Ga. p JSgWj;. ; : r3^p^| (fi^iS ; vv'%r . .r Cattle Buying for Swift & Company Swift & Company buys more than 9000 head of cattle, on an average, every market day. Each one of them is “sized up” by experts. Both the packer’s buyer and the commission salesman must judge what amount of meat each animal will yield, and how fine it will be, the grading of the hide, and the quantity and quality of the fat. Both must know market conditions for live stock and meat throughout the country. The buyer must know where the different qualities, weights, and kinds of cattle can be best marketed as beef. If the buyer pays more than the animal is worth, the packer loses money on it. If he offers less, another packer, or a shipper or feeder, gets it away from him. If the seller accepts too little, the live stock raiser gets less than he is entitled to. If he holds out for more than i*t is worth, he fails to make a sale. A variation of a few cents in the price per hundred pounds is a matter of vital importance to the packer, because it means the difference between profit and loss. Swift & Company, U. S. A. s
