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GOODY’S - DISTRICT
The time of year is close at
liand when we can repeat the
famous poem composed by Bill
Arp:
‘ ‘Hark, I hear the Blue birds
sing,
It’s the sign of coming sbrmg;
The wild goose flyes away up
yander,
Going north with the gan
der.”
We are beginning to want to
see some good clear weather so
we can get out behind a good
stepping mule and get in a few
days of plowing while the wind
is blowing freshly from the sea.
The happiest lot that comes to
man is to get behind a good mule
with anew Phinizee scooter lift
ing the ground about 8 inches
deep with a soft wind from the
south and the blue bird perched
on a corn stalk singing his sweet
notes as you pass by, and the
hens at the house cackling, which
denotes a dish of turnip greens
and a bowl of porched eggs for
dinner; then plow until the shad
ows of evening comes in to the
FINCHERVILLE
Doctor Is Busy Chasing
Grip.
Mr Harper Is Building a New
Dwelling--Not Much Wheat
Sown on Account of
Weather. Other Items.
The weather was so bad Mon
day that our mail carrier on No.
6 did not travel. We are sure
thankful for our handy mail; at
Fincherville we have two mails
per day, 1 from Jackson and 1
from McDonough.
Miss Bessie Thaxton, of Jack
son, has a fine school at this
place with about 80 pupils en
rolled.
The many friends of Mrs. Geo.
Mitchell are glad to know that
she is improving from a spell
of pneumonia.
Mr. Aubie Duke, of Stark, was
in our town last Thursday even
ing the guest of his uncle, Mr. R.
J. Mayo, and while en route home
stopped and tied his horse under
the ginhouse. Say Aubie, what
about that? Come again, old boy,
we are glad to see you.
The many friends of Mrs. S. C.
Lemon, of Sandy Ridge, who has
been stopping with her daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Mayo, will be glad to
know that she is able to sit Up,
after severe attack of grip.
Miss Bessie Thaxton visited
home folks last Saturday and
Sunday.
Measles and chicken pox are
raging through here. We learn
that Mr. Wylie Mitchell’s children
have the chicken pox and also
learn that Mr. Luther Harper’s
children have the measles and so
many others; we hope for them a
speedy recovery.
The many friends of Mr. J. R.
Carmichael are pained to learn
of his death by drowning himself.
Dr. H. C. Ellis, from Locust
Grove, occupies the house at
Woodstown, vacated by Dr. J. E.
Woods. Dr. Ellis says he has
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200,000 feet of of flooring and
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By “PLOWHANDLES.”
field, then wend our way home
ward to the tune of the croak of
the frog in the brook. All these
blessings of pature will make a
man love his country; all these
things add to man’s knowledge,
virture, and to virtue moderation.
Now just here let me make a
suggestion. Let every farmer
plant plenty of corn to do him,
and a bountiful supply of forage
crops such *as oats peas and sor
ghum. Now is the time to pre-
pare for it; let us all do this for
it will pay, the all-cotton system
is a dead letter, and so mote it
be. There is land in Butts coun
ty that has been run in cotton
20 years consecutatively to my
certain knowledge, and the time
has come to give the land rest by
diversification. Big cotton crops
means big guano and supply bills
in the fall and winter; big bills
and accounts and low prices of
cotton brings disappointment and
long faces, and now is the time
of year to avoid all this embarass
ment. Plowhandles.
AS TO THE CONVICTS
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 10,1908
Editor Progress:
Asa candidate for Prison
Commissoner I wish to express
my views on the present system
and suggest something for the
future.
I want to say in the first place
that the present commission has
wonderfully improved on the ex
isting system, perhaps as much
so as is possible under the lease
system. I want to say further
that the commission is not res
ponsible for the wrongs connected
with it, but the responsibility lies
with the lawmakers, for the com
mission can only execute the
laws made for them to execute.
And that brings us squarely to
*he issue that the state of Geor
gia is hiring out its unfortunate
beings for gain, and in that way
is responsible for every man that
dies from overwork, cruel or in
human treatment.
Murder is murder whether
committed by inhuman or cruel
treatment or shot to death with
malace aforethought.
Then what will we do with
them ? First and most important
is to eliminate all personal con
trol and let the state control its
own subjects and take them out
from under the management of
any private individual or corpor
ation. The state will find plenty
for them to do. Her public high
ways, which are of the utmost
importance to the agricultural
classes, can be made good. Then
the people will stay in the coun-
try. The young men now seek
ing positions in the towns and
cities will go back to the country
where money-making is sure and
free from competition.
If the law Will permit the W.
& A. road to be extended to the
seacoast, it could be done with
the convicts of the state. And
whenever the highways are sat
isfactory to the people, the farm
idea is a good one and can be
made profitable. Yours, truly,
K. R. Foster.
The Confederate Veteran.
This popular periodical, repre
senting officially all of the gener
al Confederate organizations, and
which is one of the most extra
ordinarily commended publica
tions in existence, seeks increased
circulation. The Progress and
the Veteran will be sent one year
for $1.60.
MEMBERS OF FARMERS' UNION
CALLED TO MEET FEB. 28
The members of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Un
ion of Butts county are requested
to meet in Jackson on Friday,
February 28, at nine o’clock a.
m. The business agents of the
local lodges are asked to lpe pres
ent J. M. GASTON/Pres.
IN HONOR OF MISS NUTT
Mrs. G. W. DeLaPerriere en
tertained very charmingly a num
ber of her friends Saturday
afternoon in honor of Miss Adelle
Nutt, the sister of Mrs. J. H.
Turner, who is visiting here.
interesting games were a feat
ure of the afternoon. Miss Ham,
always a pleasing entertainer, re
cited, and Mrs. Mac Potts delight
ed all by playing several selections
on the piano.
Mrs. H. E. Edwards won the
prize, a book, and the consolation
was drawn by Miss Ruby Carith
ers. Refreshments were served.
—Winder News.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to those
who were so very good and kind
to us at the daath of our hus
band and father.
The many kind favors are
more fully appreciated than we
can express.
Mrs. J. T. Mayo and
Children.
For titles to be Made.
J. A. Kimbell, transferee, hav
ing made application to require
titles to be executed to him to
certain land described in a bond
for title thereto attached purport
ing to be signed by J. R. Wright,
late of said county, deceased, the
said application alleging that said
land has been fully paid for, all'
parties concerned are hereby no
tified that said application will be
heard before the court of ordina
ry for said county on the 2d day
of March, 1908.
This Feb. 3rd 1908.
J. H. HAM, Ordinary.
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