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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
J. A. FOUCHE, Editor.
Entered at the pout-office in McDonough,
G»., as second class mail matter.
McDonough, Ga., February 12,1904.
tluKt Before the Kn«l.
What a splendid picture it is that
he (Gordon) drew of his life's work
just before leaving Atlanta for his
summer home in Florida ! He was
confiding to a friend. With a trem
or in his voice, and the moisture of
tears in his eyes, he admitted that
the end was not far off; that his
earthly career was about over. “I
have about lived out my usefulness, ’ ’
said he. “1 have served my coun
try both in war and peace to the
best of my ability. I have both suf
fered and enjoyed the hardships
and comforts of this world. 1 have
reared a family for whom I have
given the best of my life, and now,
on the eve of the publication of my
book, which placed my failures and
successes before my fellows for
criticism and admiration, I feel in
my heart that there is not much
left for me to do. lam wholly self
ish when I say that the dearest
thing that life holds out to me is the
confidence and esteem in which I am
held by those who know me best.
I might also express as well my
gratitude that I have been permit
ted to live to see the ragged wounds
of war completely healed by the
balm of peace. To my dying day I
shall be thankful that I did not die j
on the field of battle and close my
eyes upon a scene of conflict and
strife and the picture of a disrupted
people. Now I see peace in every
heart, the bitterness of civil strife
forgotten, and a promise of univer
sal brotherhood under a reunited
flag, which is to-day just as dear to ,
my heart as the stars and bars un
der which, on a former occasion, I
risked my life.”
Bevel Headed Farni(*itj.
Investigation reveals the fact
that in Dougherty county, if no
where else, says a special from Al
bany to the Constitution, the far
mers are not losing their heads in
consequence of the high price of
cotton.
While there is unquestionably a
slight increase in the total cotton
acreage to be planted in the county,
the farmers are also planting large
ly for food crops. The idea of di
versified agriculture has been con
sistently carried out in Dougherty
for several years past, and such
satisfactory results have been ob
tained that the farmers are not
ready to go back to the all-cotton
plan of agriculture on the strength
of a single season’s boom in the
price of the staple.
There are few farms in this coun
ty, if any at all, that will not pro
duce crops of hay, corn, peas, pota
toes, rye oats, ground peas, sugar
cane, etc. to render them altogether
self-sustaining.
Capt. R. F. Wriglit, assistant
commissioner of the Department of
Agriculture, statistician of the de
partment, figures that tin* total val
ue of this season's cotton crop and
its by products to Georgia will be
$101,000,000. This computation is
made on a basis of a crop of 1,300,-
000 bales in Georgia, at an average
of 12 cents a pound, S2O a ton for
the cotton seed and a total of about
$10,000,000 for oil, linters and hulls.
Perfect C'onfhience.
Where there used to be a feeling
of uneasiness and worry in the
household when a child showed
symptoms of croup, there is now
]>erfect confidence. This is owing
to the uniform success of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy in the treat
ment of that disease. Mrs. M. I.
Basford, of Poolesville, Md., in
speaking of her experience in the
use of that remedy says: “I have a
world of confidence in Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for I have used
it with perfect success. My child.
Garland, is subject to severe at
tacks of croup and it always gives
him prompt relief.” For sale by
the C. L. Tucker Co.
FROM “A. I*. S."
Locally everything is quiet, and I
have no items of interest this week.
I was too sick Sunday to watch
the parade of the regulars.
Mr. J. R. Price of Locust Grove
was in the land of Beersheba Sun
day and Monday.
This writer and I. D. Edalgo hon
ored Covington with their presence
Saturday.
Oliver Jones went over to Coving
ton Monday.
Mr. John A. Jeffares was on the
streets of Friskey Monday evening.
Beersheba's Supreme Judge I. N.
Smith went up to Atlanta last Sat
urday.
Rev. Mr. Eakes, ]wstor of Snap
ping Shoals church, preached the
afternoon sermon at Fairview last
Sunday.
If candidates continue to multiply,
and all of them are good men and
no party issues to divide them, the
poor voters will be forced to just
knock their votes off to the highest
bidder.
Judge B. D. Evans asks for the
kind considerations of his Henry
county friends in his race for Su
preme Court Judge, which I think
he will surely get, barring the de
velopment of local opposition.
Next week will bring some chang
es in the routes of the mail carriers
in this section, but ex-Judge W. H.
Beersheba will continue to bring my
mail every day.
I learn that Ras Dickerson speaks
of building a house of the lumber to
be sawed from that, big pine, and
then advertising for a wife. Better
get the wife, like the house, by first
selecting suitable material and then
making a wife of it. This way
would probably be more satisfac
tory.
When Judge Smith was up in At
lanta he heard something about a
probable war between Japan and
Russia and thinking that Needmore
was on the line between them he
came home and went about fortify
ing the harbor of Needmore, so no
one need be surprised to see toy pis
tols sticking out at the port holes of
the scavenger. A. P. S.
Better Than Gold.
T was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and ner
vous debility,” writes F. J. Green,
of Lancaster, N. H. “No remedy
helped me until I began using Elec
tric Bitters, which did me more
good than all the medicines I ever
used. They have also kept my wife
in excellent health for years. She
says Electric Bitters are just splen
did for female troubles ; that they
are a grand tonic and invigorator
for weak, run down women. No
other medicine can take its place in
our fa mily. ’ ’ Try them. ()nly 50®.
Satisfaction guaranteed by the C. L.
Tucker Co.
HUSTLER.
It seemed that spring had opened
up Monday, after the big rain which
fell Sunday evening.
Some few farmers have begun to
plan a little.
Mr. G. H. Harkness made a quick
trip to Locust Grove Monday to sell
his last little sack of seed cotton.
I notice in brother “Logan’s” let
ter the question, why has a stick
two ends? Answer, because it can
not have one end. He also says it
is easier for a camel to go through
tin* eye of a needle than for a rich
man to enter into the Kingdom of
Cod. I have never seen it that wav
yet, but have read where it says,
“it is easier for a camel to go
through a needle's eye than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom
of heaven.”
Lot me ask a few questions. A
gentleman going into a garden
meets some ladies and says to them,
good morning to you, ten fair maids.
Sir, you are mistaken, answered
one of them, we art' not ten ; but if
we were twice as many more as we
are we would be as many above ten
as we are under seven. How many
were there?
What is it. the more you cut off
of it, the longer it gets?
If a drop of rain comes to a diinq,
what would a shower come to?
Next Sunday, the 14th, is the day
for valentine drawing.
\e scribe, of near McDonough,
visited home folks at Julia last Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Mr. Rosco Morris was out driving
his young mule last Sunday after
noon and got caught in the big rain
storm. He says his old young mule
is not very wild. Sorry for you,
son. You no.
Chamberlain's Stomach and l.iver
Tablets. Unequalled for Consti
pation.
Mr. A. R. Kane, a prominent drug
gist of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says :
“Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets are, in my judgment, the
most superior preparation of any
thing in use today for constipation.
They are sure in action with no ten
dency to nauseate or gripe.'’ For
sale by the C. L. Tucker Co.
Weekly Job Office.
BETHANY.
C. M. Rape, of McDonough, gave this
section a call Sunday.
Rev. J. D. Lewis, of Locust Grove, at
tended prayer meeting here Sunday.
The old time rail fence will soon be a
thing of the past.
Kdd Hooten, of McDonough, was down
looking after his interest Sunday.
Auby Duke has invested in a fine and
valuable young mule.
Mr. Joe Woodward, of Jenkinsburg,
passed through this section Sunday.
Those who held their cotton for 30 cents
have our heartfelt sympathy.
Clinton Terry, of Stockbridge, was
down Sunday looking after his interest.
Dock Hays says that it is leap year, and
he still has some hopes.
L. A. Daniel, of Hampton, gave this
vicinity a pop call hist week.
G. W. Cathey went down to Finchers
ville on business Monday.
Jerome Rodgers is wearing that usual
smile this week—a boy.
Lester Johnson went again Sunday night
rainy as it was. Particulars later.
We are glad to note that Mrs. T. M. Goss
is gradually improving now.
“Boss gimme e’r chaw ter backer,” is the
way the average negro says it.
Oat sowing is being somewhat delayed
by’the unfavorable weather.
A good definition for us poor folks is
just to “root hog or die.”
Mitt Upchurch has about quit going bird
hunting, they say.
Cliff Culpepper has almost recovered
from the severe hurt he received a few
weeks ago.
I. P. Rosser attended the old time fa-sol
la singing at Daniel’s school house Sunday
evening.
J. T. Bowden, one of this section’s most
industrious farmers, has recently invested
in a fine horse.
J. B Rodgers is farming with his broth
er-in-law, Lon Cathey, down in Green
county this year.
Dan Sanders, colored, who has been con
fined to his tied for a year or more, is al
most in destitute circumstances.
Don't forget the singing, to be held here
on the first Sunday in March, in the after
noon. Come.
For the month ending January Gist, it is
estimated that something less than one
hundred million words were spoken over
the Sandy Ridge Telephone line.
J. F. Bowden, one of our most success"
lul farmers, runs a store near his residence
and keeps on hand a nice line of fancy and
family groceries, etc. Give him a call.
We have been requested to state that the
world’s record for the fastest running horse
has at last been lowered by Walter Terry,
of this place. Call at Xor man & Johnson’s
shop for particulars.
M. A. Norman, one of this section’s most
wide-awake and successful farmers, will
run six or seven plows this year. He also
runs a store and keeps on hand a full line
of groceries, glassware, crockery ware,
plows, etc., and everything usually found
in the way of provisions, etc.
Mr. Tom Hubbard accidently cut his
foot very severely with an ax last Friday.
Ur. J. G. Smith, of McDonough, was call
ed in to dress the wound, which required
several stitches to he taken on his foot.
VS e regret to chronicle the continued ill
ness of Mrs. J. W. Culpepper, whose con
dition has become alarming to her many I
friends. But little hopes are entertained j
for her recovery at this writing.
Supt. D. T. Mayo has been doing some
line work on the public roads in upper
Tussahaw, and we can safely say that this
district has as good roads as can be found
anywhere.
Once upon a time, it is said that two frogs
happened to accidently fall in a can of
milk. One of the frogs became frightened
and gave up, and was drowned; but the
other one said no sir, I will not drown, and
Is'gan to kick for his life, and it was not
very long before he landed high and dry on
a big cake of butter. So now Mr. Farmer,
with a good price staring you in the face
for the coming crop, and with everything
pointing towards a prosperous year for the
agricultural world, do not give up in des
pair, but just keep a “kickin’’ until you
land high and dry on a big cake of peace,
plenty and prosperity. Jack.
Souvenir of Savannah.
Mr. Chas. F. Graham, Proprietor
of The Pulaski House, Savannah,
and Hotel Tybee, Tybee Island, has
gotten out a magnificent booklet
descriptive of Savannah, illustrated
with a number of pretty views of
the City. The book contains two
maps of Savannah, showing the
streets and points of interest about
the City, and the resorts with the
street car lines connecting them
with Savannah. This booklet will
be mailed to any address upon ap
plication.
Have You Indigestion?
If you have Indigestion, Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure will cure yon. It
has cured thousands. It is curing
people every day—every hour. You
owe it to yourself to give it a trial.
You will continue to suffer until you
do try it. There is no other combi
nation of digestants that digest and
rebuild at the same time. Kodol
does both. Kodol cures, strength
ens and rebuilds. Sold bv the C. L.
Tucker Co.
OLA.
Mr. Simon Crowell has been very busy
for the last few days with his machinery—
has ginned several bales of cotton inside
the last week.
It seems as if the people have gathered
all but the middle man this time.
Stock law has not hurt the poor people
this year.
Miss Lois Miller paid homefolks a visit
last Saturday and Sunday, and carried one
of her sisters, Miss Jessie, Lick with her to
assist a few days in her school.
Mr. L R. Ricks has closed his ax handle
factory for this season.
Our Fayette county friend has a mistaken
ideaof Mr. “Logan.” He isa married man,
and still on the honey moon.
It is true that there area lot of Crowell's
in our town and of the best variety.
Master Raymond Crowell had the acci
dent to split his foot open the other day.
In spite of the weather several young
met at Mr. Tom Crowell’s last
Sunday night to have a singing. When
Miss Cora Miller waded that pond of wa
ter to get to the buggy it reminded me of
just one year ago when I went to a certain
Valentine drawing and shivered so un
easily; when at last my girl was drawn to
me through a puddle of water shoe mouth
deep, and away we went to the parsonage
at Buchanan and then had to deny being
married.
Guess who it was that got so excited last
Sunday night that he did’nt take time to
untie his tie-rein, but just unsnappeef it
from the bridle, cut off the bough and put
it all in his buggy.
Mr. J. S. Rape is using his cotton seed
for fertilizers, regardless of the high price.
Mr. Tom Crowell’s many friends will
regret to know that he is still suffering
with lagrippe.
Mr. Sterling Knight has returned from
South Carolina.
There will be preaching at the school
house next Friday night. All are invited
to come. Logan.
Escaped an Aw r ful Fate.
Mr. H. Huggins of Melbourne, Fla.
writes, “My doctor told me I had
Consumption and nothing could be
done for me. I was given up to die.
The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Consump
tion, induced me to try it. Results
were startling. lam now on the
road to recovery. It surely saved
my life.” This great cure is guar
anteed for all throat and lung dis
eases by the C. L. Tucker Co.
PROGRAM
Of General Meeting of the Second
District, South River Associa
tion.
The General Meeting of the Sec
ond District, South River Associa
tion will be held at Liberty Baptist
Church near Stockbridge on Thurs
day and Friday before the first Sun
day in March.
Introductory sermon by Rev Z. M.
Leverett. Alternate, Rev. J. A.
Jackson.
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION.
1. What benefits are derived from
Family Prayer ?—Mr. M. A. Nor-
Norman.
2. What are the Bible Teachings
as to the soul and spirit; are they
synonymous terms?—Rev. J. A.
Jackson.
3. Is any child of God excused
from duty?—Rev. G. W. Owens.
4. What is the Sunday School to
the church?—Rev. T. J. Bledsoe.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend these meetings, which will
be in session both days. Dinner
will be served on the ground and
arrangements will be made to take
care of all the delegates and visit
ors who may attend during the
session. G. W. Owens,
W. G. Thompton, Moderator.
Clerk.
Another Case of Rheumatism Cured
by Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.
The efficacy of Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm in the relief of rheumatism is
being demonstrated daily. Parker
Triplett, of Grigsby, Va., says that
Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave him
permanent relief from rheumatism
in the back when everything else
failed, and he would not be without
it. For sale by the C. L. Tucker Co
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh of the
Stomach.
For many years it has been supposed that
Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion
and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the
opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re
peated attacks of indigestion inflames the
mucous membranes lining the stomach and
exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus
ing the glands to secrete mucin instead of
the juices of natural digestion. This is
called Catarrh of the Stomach.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
relieves all inflammation of the mucous
membranes lining the stomach, protects the
nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a
sense of fullness after eating, indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
Make the Stomach Sweet.
Bottles only. Regular size, SI.OO. holding 2% time*
the trial size, which Jells for 50 cents.
Prepared by E. O. DeWITT & CO., Chicago, 111,
JUST IN TIME.
A motorman in Chicago ran his car
onto the approach of an open bridge but
stopped it with the fender actually over
hanging the gulf below. He wouldn’t
want to repeat the experiment because
the chances are that he’d never again
have the same good fortune.
while some one ■
who has travel- » ■r ' r ihUIJ
ed to the very nl I jjjjyuaK
edge ®f the JPHgi i
stomach dis- METROROLIj
ease stops just
in time to save
slight symptoms of indigestion grow to
disease of the stomach, involving the
other organs of digestion and nutntion.
Indigestion and other forms of stom
ach '’trouble” are perfectly and per
manently cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery. It strength
ens the whole body by enabling the per
fect digestion and assimilation of foPa.
$3,000 FORFEIT will be paid by the
World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y., if they cannot
show the original signature of the indi
vidual volunteering the testimonial below,
and also of the writers of every testi
monial among the thousands which they
are constantly publishing, thus proving
their genuineness.
° I have been suffering for about eight years,"
writes Mrs. H. Pierce, of Millsprings. Ky. ” Have
had several doctors to treat me—some for female
weakness and others for stomach trouble, but
received no relief. When I wrote you for advice
I was hardly able to work, and you advised roe
what to do. I took nine bottles, five of ‘ Golden
Medical Discovery,’ four of ' Favorite Prescrip
tion,’ also two vials of the ‘ Pellets.' Dr. Pierce's
medicines will do all that you elaim for them.
Believe I would have been in my grave if X had
not taken them.”
Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Send 21 one-eent stamps for
the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Cheap Settler’s Tickets.
On January 19th, February 2nd
and 16th, March Ist and 15th,
April sth and 19th, 1904, the Frisco
System (Saint Louis and San Fran
cisco Railroad) will sell reduced
rate one-way and round-trip tickets
from Atlanta, Birmingham and
memphis to points in Arkansas,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territories and Texas. Write
S. L. Parrott District Passenger
Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
WAN TED—F AI TH FUL PERSONS to
call on retail tnule and agents for manu
facturing house having well established
business; local territory; straight salary
S2O paid weekly and expense money ad
vanced; previous experience unnecessary;
position permanent; business succssful.
Enclose self-addressed envelope. Superin
tendent Travelers, 605 Monon, Chicago.
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Pneumonia follows La Grippe
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It stops the Cough and heals the lungs.
Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption.
Mr. G. Vacher, of 157 Osgood St., Chicago,
writes: “My wife had la grippe and it left her
with a very bad cough on her lungs which
toLEY 8 Roney and Tar cured completely.’*
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