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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1919)
The Henry County Weekly By J. A. FOUCHE. Entered at the postoffice at McDon ough, Ga., as second, class mail matter. Advertising Dates 15c jjer inch, posi sltion 5c additional—special contracts. Official Organ of Henry County'. McDonough, Ga., Sept. 19,1919. A Sermon for Every Man. Under the title “Am I My Bro ther’s Keeper?” the Manufactu rers Record preaches one of the greatest sermons that has been preached in this country in many years. It is a sermon for you and for me —and for every one. Read it; it will do you good. If it awakens you it will do the world good. Here it is: A religion that makes a man realize that every act is a Heaven, there must also of necessity be a Hell— A religion that makes a man realize that every act is recorded on his own conscience, and though that may slumber, it can never die — A religion that makes an em ployer understand that if he is unfair to his employes and pays them less than fair wages, meas ured by ability and their efficiency and zeal, he is a robber — A religion that makes an em ploye know that if he does not give full and efficient service, he too is a robber — A religion that makes a farmer, who packs bad fruit at the bottom and deceives the buyer by the good fruit on the top realize that he is a thief just as much as the one who robs a hen roost at night— A religion that makes a man that robs a railroad of its fare, or a freight bill, know that he robs himself of all right to feel that he is an honest man — A religion that makes a man realize that by driving too hard a bargain with his servant, his employe, or his merchant, he can be just as much a profiteer as the seller or producer who swindles by weight, false packing or false charges — A religion that will teach church members who fail to contribute to the extent of their ability to the support of religion, and that com pels them to recognize that if they are paying their pastor less than a living salary, they are robbing God and man alike — A religion that will make the laboring man, who by threats of violence against the non-union man, strives to keep him out of employment, realize that he is at heart a murderer and is murder ing the individuality, and the lib erty of his fellow-man, and is displaying a hatred, which if it has the opportunity, will commit physical murder — A religion that will make the politician who yields principle for party, who worships at the feet of any class and sells his soul for political preferment know that he is not only a coward and poltroon and unworthy of the respect of any decent man, but which will also make him see that he is helping to murder human liberty, as great a crime as murdering the invalid man — In short, we need a revival of that religion which will make every man and woman strive in every act of life to do that which, on the great Judgment Day, they will wish they had done, as with soul uncovered they stand before the Judgment Seat of the Great Eternal. Until the people of this nation accept and live this religion there will be strife where there should be peace, there will be strikes and lockouts and murder where there should be co operation and har mony; there will be hatred where there should be friendship and love. In the Golden Rule, followed in the fullness of the 'spirit of this kind of simon pure religion, there would be found a solution for every business trouble; there would be created friendship be tween employer and employe; capital and labor would work in harmony and with efficiency, effi ciency for capital and efficiency for labor, with profit to both. Religion of this kind is not meas ured by the hope of a Heaven hereafter, but the full fruition now of “Peace on earth to men and good will.” It is not merelv the chanting of hymns here or in the world to come, but it is in the recognition and full application by rich and poor, and by learned and un learned, that each one is indeed his brother’s keeper, that we can bring this country and the world back to safety. A nation-wide acceptance of this, the only true religion in ac tion, would bring business peace and world peace where there is now turmoil, and men would then cease to seek to gain their aims by lawless acts of immorality; but would in spirit and in deed follow the Divine command, “All things whatsoever ye would that men do to you, do ye eyen so to them.” No high cost of dying is allowed by the government. We see where railroads hereafter will be requir ed to transport corpses at regular fare, with a minimum charge of sl, provided corpse and coffin do not weigh more than 500 pounds, the Interstate Commerce Commis sion has announced in a ruling. No extra charge for flowers will be allowed. So, as Goldberg says, “It costs a lots to live and too darn much to die.” —Greensboro Her ald-Journal. % Take a look at your neighbor’s front yard and you can easily tell whether or not he owns a car. Cut This Out—lt 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 i’n leturn 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,, hedaohe and sluggish boweils. The Mc- Donough Drug Co. WHAT |§*%| AILS "HJ THE em£§ Chances are ft's WORMS—if 9 the child is languid, irritable and restless in sleep. Tou can 3* find out 'with Dr. Thacher’s Worm Syrup Perfectly harmless. Old doc- 9 tor’s prescription in use for S ■E 50 years. At your drug store. 5§ K THACHER MEDICINE CO 9 K Chattanooga. Tenn., U. S. A. 9 FOR SALE BY HORTON DRUG CO. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA Examine Yourself. If we look within ourselves we may find the inconsistencies which we so readily complain of in oth ers. The nearer we ourselves ap proach perfection, the fewer faults we see in those about us. “What’s the matter with the American dollar?” inquires an anxious critic. Nothing, nothing at aii. A dollar is a dollar, and is worth a hundred cents —no more, and no less. But inflated prices have made its purchasing power only about one-half what it was a few years ago'. Swat the price booster, and the dollar will perk up again. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in Michigan. Mrs. A. H. Hall, Caseville, Mich., says: ‘T wish to thank you for your grand good medicine, Cham berlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. We are never without it in the house, and 1 am sure it saved our bahv’s life this summer,” Mrs. Mary Carrington, Caseville, Mich,, su.ys : *‘l have used Cham berlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and it has always given prompt relief.” For sale by Horton Drug Co. A Post-War Maxwell Gets Many a Longing Look PASSERS-BY, upon seeing a Post-War Maxwell parked at the curb, often stop and look it over. They are struck by the “atmosphere” of the car, its clean, polished, refined look, its rare symmetry of line, and the evident sincerity in its construction. Thousands who have the rare fortune of pos sessing a Post-War Maxwell have been gratified time and again by the silent approval of the man on the curb. But tL y have a double satisfaction; they know they diive not only a good looking car but a remarkably good acting car. For there have been a score or more of rather revolutionary improvements in the Maxwell. They can tell a volume about that easy castering effect in steering which a new type front axle gives, or that perfectly happy and secure feeling that is experienced when the emergency brake is applied (it’s on the transmission shaft), or how the car hugs the road as a result of that masterly new rear axle. When o r stops to realize the great virtues of the 300,000 Maxweils that precede this, notes the new improvements, estimates their cost, and observes that the price is only $985 f. o. b. Detroit, he gets a pleasant surprise—but not one bit more than when he takes his first ride behind the wheel. A fore milts per gallon Mon miles on tires T. J. PATTERSON, Salesman McDONOUGH, GA. Your Watch Your Companion Any man who owns a good watch is proud of it. He has a right to be, for it is the one daily companion that he can always rely upon to fulfill its exacting duty. He really loves to boast of “Ye Olde Faithful” who has never done him the mean trick of giving the wrong information. Have you just such a companion? You CAN have. BOOKOUT SELLS good watches I Tell him that you want a GOOD watch at a moderate price, then rest assured that you will get exactly what you asked for. JOHN J. BOOKOUT, Optician and Jeweler, Est. 1891. 110 Peachtree Arcade. ATLANTA.
