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AN EXPERIENCE IN CENSUS
MING IN PINE MOUNTAINS
Editor Progress: Since about
the middle of March I have been
engaged in a work that has re
quired a pretty thorough canvass
of six middle Georgia counties,
including my home county of
Butts. Incidentally my work has
brought me in close touch with
the business and social life of our
middle Georgia people in these
counties, both in the towns and
rural communities, and I thought
perhaps some of my observations
might be of interest to your
readers.
Of the general revolution in the
methods of farming that has tak
en place in the last 25 years, of
the betterment of the social and
financial life among the farmers
in that time and of the more won
derful and greater increase in the
population and wealth of our
towns and cities, etc., these and
other interesting features that
have come under my observation
I must defer to a later article.
For some experiences of the last
two or three days has caused me
to fall into a sort of sentimental
or some other non material or
impractical state of mind, so to
speak, and if I write at all this
lovely Sabbath day I must write
of things somewhat in the light
in which I have been seeing them
for the last few days.
Last Friday my work carried
me into the lower part of Pike
county and as I rode out in a
southeasterly direction from Zeb
ulon and as we ascended the crest
of a hill my eyes fell upon a long
blue ridge of hills or rather one
continuous blue looking ridge
stretching from east to west for
several miles, in the distance,
with high sharp peaks in some
places and I rt wer depressions in
others. Turning to Piute, my
colored driver, I inquired what it
was. “Dat’sde mountains, boss."
“What mountains?" “De Pine
mountains." Never having be
fore heard of mountains in mid
dle Georgia my curiosity was
somewhat aroused.
“What county are they in,
Piute?" “Pike county." Mak
ing a hasty examination of my list
of maufacuturers for Pike, I said
“Where is Meansville?" “Why,
Meansville is 15 miles away, way
over the other side of the moun
tains." “All right, let’s go to
Meansville." Upon making in
quiry of the kind farmers along
the road I found that I had sev
eral saw mills and grist mills lis
ted that were right in and around
those mountains. I was delight
ed and turned to Piute with “All
right to the mountains."
Piute at first seemed to have
some misgiving about going into
the mountains, but upon being
reassured as to what kind of man
ufacturing I was hunting or rath
er wasn’t hunting, he leaned
back, pulled the throttle of his
old Ford wide open and we went
chattering down the road toward
the mountains. In about half an
hour and after careful inquiry we
drew up on the north side of the
mountains where one of Uncle
Sam's manufacturers had been
engaged in the making of lumber
and timber products, but found
that he had moved to parts un
known to me.
Going to a nearby farm house
I explained my mission and my
difficulty in not being able to lo
cate this saw' mill, after being
fully assured that my mission
was constructive and not destruc
tive, the man of the house, who
proved to be a genial and whole-
Look, at Me
I am Well.
“I cannot say
too much for Pe
runa. It has en- I
tirely cured me of I
n'i y trouble. My
eye lids were Jo
thick and red
nearly all the^^^Hj|p| : W
time. My eyes
v.' ere especially VHw *
sensitive to light. Eljjßjgr
Catarrh was my
trouble. , I had %
had my eyes
treated and took 1
a great deal of
medicine, but •
nothing seemed to
help me until I
tried Peruna. I
always use Peruna when my family
need it. Always And it very good;
It helps wonderfully. You can use
my testimonial anywhere you wish
to." So says Mrs. C. Skehan, No.,
614 S. Leavitt St, Chicago. Ills.
souled fellow owning several hun
dred acres of mountain land, very
kindly offered to go with us and
show us the way. Directing us
over a road that led around to a
depression between the ridges
we soon pulled up at the manu
facturing establishment on the
south side of the mountain.
After finishing my errand with
this typical, genial saw mill man
theafternoon waswell nigh spent.
The north and east side of the
mountain clothed with thick un
derbrush and the thick foliage of
spring, the tail ridges cast their
shadows for a mile or more across
the fields and while Piute carried
the car back a mile or so to the oth
er side my new found friend and
myself made our way straight up
and across the mountains to his
farm which lay on the opposite
side only a few hundred yards
away. For these ridges are not
very wide but narrow, steep and
covered with small flint rocks and
timbered for the most part with
small, scrubby oak, blackjack and
a considerable quantity of origi
nal forest pine that these saw
mills were cutting into as fine
heart pine lumber as I ever saw
anywhere.
I thought what a pity that
these few remaining relics of our
forests that stand on these ridges
with their tops extending so far
above the surrounding landscapes
like sentinel guards on duty,
should have to be sacrificed for
commercial needs. But the most
interesting growth on these rid
ges is the many beautiful ferns,
wild flowers, etc. I dare say
there are a hundred times as
many ferns growing wild on Pine
mountain and prettier ones than
there is grown by artificial means
in all the homes and gardens in
the state of Georgia. Any my!
what pretty wild flowers. One
kind seemed to be especially
abundant and pretty. I asked
my friend the name of them.
“The Devil's Shoe String." he
replied in the most reverent and
solemn tones. He pulled up a
bunch and asked me to break one
in two to show me it had the
right name. After trying it I
agreed with him and we ascend
ed slowly the top of the hill. Just
before we reached the top on the
south side we walked into an open
space where it was unusually
rocky and consequently very lit
tle vegetation and standing there
on this ridge a hundred feet or
more above the surrounding coun
try we had a beautiful view of
the surrounding country to the
south and west. Away through
lower Pike and Crawford coun
ties the broad panorama of woods
and fields thickly dotted with
white farm houses lay before us.
In the far distance my friend
pointed out to me the steeples of
the churches and the court house
at Thomaston. We could trace
the valley of Big Potato Creek
and that of the smaller streams
running into it.
I stood and looked upon this
beautiful scene and I thought
how grand and how wonderful.
How calm and peaceful it seemed
and looked to me. I thought of
how in contrast this seemed to so
much siri, sickness and suffering
in the world. I thought of the
nations nowpt war and I wonder
ed if it was or ever had been the
Divine decree or plan that mor
tals should sin, be sick or suffer,
and there came into my mind
that line from Thanatopsis which
runs something like this: “How
strikingly the course of Nature
tells through her light heed to
human suffering, that she was
fashioned for a happier world."
But, as the preacher says, I
can’t dwell. I trespass on your
space and the patience of your
readers too far.
We soon found ourselves at the
home of my newly found friend,
where I was offered and extend
ed every courtesy and kindness
common to the good middle class
of farmers to which he belongs.
Piute had been waiting for some
time with our Ford and about the
time they were turning on the
light in Zebulon we were back in
town.
With good wishes and kind
thoughts for you and all your
readers.
Occasional.
TO MEMBERS OF THE
COUNTY OAT CLUB
Gentlemen: Please have the
measurement of your acre in oats
as well as the measurement of
your oats when threshed certifi
ed to by some responsible person.
The premium will be one bushel
from each member to the highest
yielder. Below are the names of
those members who joined last
fall. State whether bottom or
upland.
H. L. Worsham,
County Dem.
OAT CLUB
T E Fears
W J Waits
R H Henderson
F C Benson
R L Allen
J H McKibben
J B Settle
S H Mays
C R Swint
W H Singley
W N Treadwell
W F Jones
W J Sutton
J T Atkinson
A B Smith
James R Hughey
J H Duke
B F Maddox
R C Thomas
Edgar Hale
Oscar Weaver
J Cal Meredith
E A Fincher
J B Thaxton
Ed Lavender
Barkley Bros
W C Redman
J E Wallace, Jr
J R Conner
S K Smith
, H M Fletcher
0 E Smith
T E Williams
S L Thompson
W W Wilson
J W Mayfield
B F Watkins, Sr
J H Patrick
J S Ham
J R Hammond
Pay Roll for Butts County
Chain Gang for April 1913
Vouchers . . l4 90
510 Mrs J L Bailey, provisions,. * 00
511 Mrs AH S Davis, land for roads... (XX XX
512 W A Newton, land for roads A XX
513 Thurston & Harper, repairs iX XX
514 J T McClure, warden. - ° nft
515 Jack Maddox, free labor XX XX
1516 A E Davis, engineer.. 07 cn
517 Walter Cole, guard * %XX
518 Sam Cook, guard
519 J A McClure, free labor 2x XX
520 W A Nolen, free labor - g~X
521 W H Singley, provisions Xf
522 G H Thompson, provisions 1 rr
523 J A Burford, free labor * j"
524 Conner & Crawford, provisions - - Wo?
‘525 Newton-Carmichael, tools —— fi
526 Jackson Mercantile Cos., stock food and provisions.. 565 15
527 Dr J B Hopkins, dentistry -
528 Woods-Carmichael Drug Cos., drugs £
529 Dempsey Hardware Cos., dynimite
Total - 1378 96
J. O. GASTON, Commissioner. JOSEPH JOLLY, Clerk.
BUD BAKER KILLED
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
Shocking in its brutality, sud
den and swift in its execution
was the murder near the public
square Monday night of Bud Ba
ker, colored, by Bud Ish, also
colored. Baker’s throat was cut
and the head almost severed from
the body and he expired in a few
minutes.
The homicide occurred at the
corner of Third and Mulberry
streets and Baker fell dead in
front of the Woods-Carmichael
store. The killing tpok place at
about a quarter of 8 o’clock and
an excited crowd soon gathered.
The murderer was soon captur
ed by Messrs. O. B. Willis and
Norman Bryant and was placed
in the county jail.
It appears that Ish slipped up
behind Baker and holding him
by the collar slashed his throat
from ear to ear. There were eye
witnesses and consequently no
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inquest was necessary.
Both men were married, Baker
working for Leach & Cos. and Ish
for the railroad. Baker who was
35 years old had the reputation
of being a good negro.
Ish’s wife was said to have
been the cause of the trouble.
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