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Just A Little Truth.
America is suffering from vvhat
might be termed our national ail
ment—an almost universal desire
to obtain something for as near
nothing as possible.
The manufacturer is not con
tent with a moderate profit. He
hungers for a cbntinuance of the
rich dividends that accrued during
the war.
Railroad ard corporation offi
cials would no doubt feel tremen
dously peeved it one were to sug
gest that they accept a reduction
in their own su r us, although
they are keen on culling u ovn
the wages of tlv.-ir own empi gets.
The employees themselves as
pire to the maximum wage, hut
are seldom av- r - * to reducing the
amount of w< r.< p ! armed.
It’s the same in every line of
business, in every walk of life.
Throw a scrap of meat into the
henyard and the spryest of them
will grab it and duck for safety.
It wants to hog the whole thing.
Human beings are much the
same as chickens.
Each one wants to grab as much
as possible of everything in sight
and let the other fellow be content
with what is left.
We are eternally emitting roars
of protest over the continued high
prices. But we are like nations
that advocate disarmament—we
wait for the other fellow to step
down first.
Everybody admits that some
thing must be done, but nobody
feels that he is the one to do it.
We are inconsistent and illogi
cal, but no worse than the rest of
the world.
As an illustration of the truth in
this statement, how many of you
are willing to admit that our re
marks are true insofar as other
people are concerned, but that
you can not see where they apply
Mo you?
But cheer up—let your virtuous
indignation cool off and ooze out.
Perhaps the editor is as deep in
the mud as you are in the mire,
for we frankly own to a hanker
ing for more than we get.
This ailment is not confined to
Americans alone. The whole hu
man race is afflicted with it, It
began when Adam plucked the
forbidden fruit, and has been
growing upon us ever since. It
will end only when human life
ceases to exist.
Everybody knows it, and many
admit it.
Truth is stranger than fiction,
sometimes, and life is the graatest
story of all.
That’s what ails us.
Notice.
To all administrators, executors,
and guardians : The last Legisla
ture changed the time for making
annual returns from July to Jan
uary. Please take notice and gov
ern yourselves accordingly.
February 10th, IF2L
A. G. HARRIS,
Ordinary.
N OW~
is the: time:
to begin your repairs for the winter. We
are prepared to do your Sawing and iurnish
you with Shingles, Flooring, Laths, etc.
We exchange Meal and Hulls for Cotton
seed and will also buy your seed.
See us when in the market tor our line.
We will make the price right and appreciate
your patronage.
Phone No. 54-J.
Yours very truly,'
BROWN & HARKINS.
Everybody’s Day.
Clean up —look up —stay up!
It is only a matter of a few
weeks when spring cleaning will
be with us again.
Let’s be ready for it, improve
upon the work of past years, and
make this town a place of beauty.
Let’s make it everybody’s day.
If everybody leaves it for some
body else to do nothing will be
done except in a perfunctory man
ner, but if we all “go to it” with a
determination to excel it will only
require a small amount of work
on the part of each individual.
The logical way to do a thing is
to pitch right in and stick to it un
til it is done, and then hold it
there —dor.’t allow any slipping or
sliding back to the old level.
Mediocre results may be good
enough for some localities, but
they are not satisfactory to the
people of this town. We want
something better, something out
of the ordinary, quite in keeping
with the thrift and intelligence of
our community.
Why can’t we have. a general
spring cleanup day, when every
citizen will get out and put the
polish on our town —remove the
debris from certain streets, clean
up back alleys and unused thor
oughfares, and place the stamp of
cleanliness, sanitation and beauty
upon the whole community?
No one objects to closing the
business houses for a day in order
to hold a town picnic or other
celebration. That is a common oc
currence all over the country, and
everybody has a gala time.
But who ever heard of a town
closing up business in order to
take a municipal bath?
It’s a good move for this town
to inaugurate.
We’re for a cleanup holiday,
with everybody in action.
Are you? Say “Yes.”
Indigestion
Mahy persons, otherwise
vigorous and healthy, are
bothered occasionally with
Indigestion. The effects of a
disordered stomach on the
system are dangerous, and
prompt treatment of indiges
tion is important. “The only
medicine I have needed has
been something to aid diges
tion and clean the liver,”
writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a
McKinney, Texas, farmer.
“My medicine is
Thedford’s
BLACK-DRAU6HT
for indigestion and stomach
trouble of any kind. I have
never found anything that
touches the spot, like Black-
Draught. I take it in broken
doses after meals. For a long
time I tried pills, which grip
ed and didn't give the good
results. Black-Draught liver
medicine is easy to take, easy
to keep, inexpensive.”
Get a package from your
druggist today—Ask for and
insist upon Thedford’s —the
only genuine.
Get it today.
m EM ■
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. McDONOUGH. GEORGIA
In Which Georgia Leads.
First to make cane syrup.
First to have a hymn book.
First to make cotton seed oil.
First fort in the United States.
First to invent a cotton picker.
First to invent sewing machine.
First to plant cotton in America.
First to have a State University.
First to celebrate Memorial Day.
First to plant the flag at Manila.
First to suggest the Ferris Wheel.
First to ordain a negro preacher.
First to send powder to Bunker
Hill.
First to erect a liberty pole in the
South.
First to suggest a common U.D.C.
badge.
First to have a Paper Mill in the
South.
First to legislate against the Slave
Trade.
First to send steamer across the
Atlantic.
First to have a Sunday-school.—J.
■ Wesley.
First to have a Wayside Home for
soldiers.
First to give free transportation
to farmers.
First to have a Farmers’ Club in
the South —1891.
First to suggest the Cross of Hon
or for veteran soldiers.
First cotton to be made into sew
ing thread in America.
First to discover ether as an anaes
thetic—Crawford W. Long.
First to have a mother send ten
sons to the Confederate Army.
First to have a college for women.
Wesleyan college, Macon, 1836.
First to organize a Boys’ Corn
Club in the South —Newton co.,
1904.
First to have a father to send
twelve sons to the Confederate
Army.
First woman to give two U. S. Jus
tices to her country —Mrs. Wil
liamson.
First woman in the world to re
ceive a college diploma—Cathe
rine Brewer.
First in America to build an or
phan asylum —showing loving
interest in others.
We can rebuild and recharge
your old batteries. Wm. Cross
& Son, Locust Grove, Ga.
Make Your Car Productive
Instead of Expensive
% B O 11 ft P - * s a saver of valuable time, and therefore a
11 11 K la£l R PRODUCER-If you keep down the expense
V w w 11 ItJ n of maintenance.
Neglect will NOT keep down expense. It
piles expenses up instead by increasing the con
sumption of gasoline and destroying your car
years before its time.
The wise man hunts a repair shop at the first
sign of trouble.
ALL WORK * . rff t
I he wisest of all men have their cars exam-
REDUGEE ined regularly To Prevent the First Sign.
50 PER CENT ;
A few minutes of examination will prevent
hours of repairs.
Ford Motor Transmition, regular price $25.00 now SI 2 50
Ford Rear Axel, “ “ 7.00 “ 3-50
Ford Valves Ground, ** “ 3.00 ** 1-50
EUGENE OGLESBY’S GARAGE,
McDonough, Georgia.
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TO PEOPLE WHO
EAT MEAT—
WHO doesn’t relish a rich, juicy steak? Who doesn't
abhoi :i tough one?
It is all in the buying. Ad" der can get a high grade of meat
and sell at a reasonable 'profit, or he can buy “cheap” meats
and profiteer.
No inferior meats are sold in this market. Our prices are
down, but our meats are not.
Come to us for the best in steaks, chops, boils, roasts, salt
meats, bacon, poultry, oysters, sausage, and everything car
ried by a first clase market,
QUALITY IJP.i- -—PRICE DOWN.
We pay the highest market price in cash for country produce.
G. M. McLaughlin,
TV THE JOE J. SMITH BUILDING.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always f .
Bears the
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Ia For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY.
