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MfcNRV COUNTY WEEKLY.
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It. Ij, JOHNSON Editor.
Entered at the postotfica at McDon
•o*h, as second class mall matter.
Advertising Rates: SI.OO per lack
per month. Reduction on standing
extracts by special agreement.
M » ongh, Ga , Jan. 1?, 1908.
THE SCHOOL OF COTTON
That the farmers of Georgia are
rapidly awakening to the impor
tance and breadth of a thoroughly
equipped, well trained mind to add
to their long recognized superior
physical strength, has been most
forcibly illustrated in Athens at
the School of Cotton for flic past
two weeks.
There are over a hundred farm
ers present at this first session of
the school of cotton that is being
conducted under the auspices of
State Agricultural College, all of
whom entered into the work with a
zeal and enthusiasm that was little j
short of the marvelous.
The class is composed of all ages |
from sixteen years old to men pastj
middle life, and each one of them I
seems to be striving to excell every j
other one in the excellence of work !
and study of the cotton plant in
particular, and the entire farming :
work generally as relates to the I
products of Georgia.
This work has been directly in
charge of Prof. Andrew M. Soule,
president of this branch of the
University. He is one of the South’s
leading educators and lias had
years of experience of teaching in
the agricultural schools of the
country, and he has associated
witli him an able corps of assist
ants, all of whom have made a
broad, liberal and practical study
of the particular branch of the cot
ton industry of which they were
assumed to give lectures to these
agricultural students.
The work dene by these students
has not been a lot of tecnical
“stuff,” but the entire course has
been devoted to a practical and
thoroughly c mipruhein-ivu study
of the true science of farming along
lines followed by the most success
ful farmers of the South today.
This first session of the school < f
cotton has been a crowning success
and is doubth : the nucleus around
which will lx- built a magnificent
s u .u of m: ic.Rural trainingai d
education that will at no far dis
tant day include a thorough course !
in all fields of agricultural and hor
ticultural work, so that a farmer
bov who desires to can secure jr.st
as thorough a course of training
tor his causen life work us in any
of the professions of today.
Tht* school of cotton has been a
grand, glorious success and when
the'time comes tor this school to
open next year, wo hope to see a
large numoer of Henry county far
mors enter the school.
From time to time we shall give
something of the work and advan
tages to be derived from the school
by the farmers of the state.
RED ROAD.
: 'h nty ». t mud ami rain, now.
M ,ss .Tot lio (iivur is spending .•
few days tide week with her broth
er, Air. L. L. Greer, of Luella.
Mr. .1. II (’arris on the sick list
this week.
We ate ghel to say Mr Elber:
Copehti.d is some better at thh
writing.
Mr. Pht'iix M »rris pas se e
thr-oiulh here Moiut..v enroute ti
McDonough.
Mrs. Tom M wris spent last Fri
day with Mrs. Poithx Morris, o;
Luella.
Mr. and Mrs L. L. Greer spoil 1
Sunday with the former's paivnts
Tdr. and Mrs. W. T. Greer, o:
Rocky Crack.
Mr G.mr »e Moor * visited Mr. L
L. Greer SaMirday night.
Mrs. .T. 11. Carr spent a few days
I, 'st wt Mr with her sister, Mrs. W.
£. Copeland.
j “BEN-HUR,”
j IN ATLANTA THE WEEK OF JAN, 20.
! Sacred history properly drama
tized must necessarily be of great
benefit to all who give it attention,
for where one man can acquire
knowledge by reading, ninety-nine
are willing to study by the ear and
i eye combined, and will retain in
struction thus received more viv
idly than from the written page.
General Wallace’s great book,
“Ben-Hur,” is beyond doubt a
| most interesting volume, but how
; infinitely more impressive is the
actual presentation of these deeds
set down. The series of word pic
tures pertaining to Christ's life in
| this dramatization are most ably
j selected from the novel by Wil
liam Yonng, but the play is by no
means a picture of the life of the
Redeemer. The salient earthly
points of the novel, not the strictly
religions, are what tlie dramatist
selected and for that reason “Ben- !
Mur” is full of common interest
regardless of belief or creed.
Art and invention joined hands I
in making Klaw & Erlanger’s new
and greater production a marvel
of the stage. The thrilling inter
est of the story is intensified by
the wonderful mechanical contriv
ances which make possible the
presentation of such striking in- 1
cidents as the chariot race with!
its twelve fiery steeds, the sinking
of tlu' Roman galley and the res
cue, the appearance of the Star of
Bethlehem, the vision in the Yale
of Hitinom and the miracle on the
Mount of Olives. The character
of General Wallace’s mightly bib
lical romance is thoroughly main
tained, notwithstanding the mag
nitude of the scenic settings.
Keen interest is centered in the
staging of “Ben-Hur” at the Grand
Opera House for one week begin
ning Monday, .Tan. 20, when in ad
dition to the six evening perform
ances, matinees will be given on
Wednesday and Saturday.
The management of the AtluT -
ta Grand Opera Horse will give
sjverial attention to all orders for
seats through the mail, providingl
remittance accompanies same. I
Seats will be placed on sale Tliurs-1
d tv, Jan. lfi. Prices will range j
from 50c to S2.CO.
Miss Grace Goodman spent Fri
aay night with Miss Helen Carr.
Mr. George Moore and sister, j
Miss Lnoy, spent Sunday with Miss ,
Luoiio Weems.
Mr. Edd Bunn from Atlanta has
moved near Lnella.
Miss Vonie Neal spent one even
ing last week with Mrs L. L.
Greer and Mrs. J. H. Carr.
Mr. Louis Weems and Miss Ln
cile Weems were in Lnella Friday
afternoon.
Mr. R. P. Allen spent Wednes
lay with Mr. J. H. Carr.
Miss Kate Waldrop is spending a
few days with Miss Cleo Morris, oi
Lnella.
Miss Annie Mae McVicker has a
lourisliing school at St. Paul.
Miss Lizzie Barnes and meet
Miss Ethel, have returned to tlieii
'hattanooga and Cedartown after
i visit to friends and relatives.
Mrs. L. L Greer spent Friday
light with her grandfather, Mr
L B. Rawls.
Mr. Flem DuPree is a regnlai
visitor at Lnella.
Mr. L. L. Greer's handsome nev
vsid uiee is nearing completion.
\ *
Mr. Otis Wells’ baby lias beer
very sick but is some better now
Measles are all the rage now.
Mrs. Helen Everett spent ore
lav last week with her sister
Irs. Adams. Tar Backer.
Cuts, sores. Burhsl
& Rheumatism ?
A, P, S.
If The Wee k 1 y lias got far
enough away from Christmas to
! find room i or a few notions from a
crazy loon, I will let the editor
and the readers know that I am
still in the land of the living, nest
led among the hills of Tussalmw
in the ancient c ity of Peeksville,
in the South-western portion of
the good old State of Sandyridge,
No one nepd expect much news
of me, for it is too wet for a rheu
matic to go news hunting, and I
have no one to bring it to me.
News can only flourish, anyway,
when Admiral Isaac Newton Smith
reports it to me and I write it.
Lon Cawthorn passed through
here last week moving from the
State of Beersheba to the Jenkins
bnrg Settlement in the wilds of
Butts.
Tom Cawthon has moved also,
[ away up about Tom Cohen’s place,
The Weekly can probably find
- him now quicker than I can.
Mrs. Bessie Maddox Hooten, of
McDonough, spent Friday with
tier parents here. Miss Bessie was
one of this section’s splendid girls
and continues to show her splend
id qualities by remembering “the
old folks at homo,” and tiie friends
of her childhood and youth.
0 Mrs. Sally' Wynn Carter spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Gor
don Mason.
Gordon Mason has prepared
himself with a pair of yonng mules
to begin this year’s farming oper
ations with.
Your Uncle Dolly Cullman has
moved up from the wilds of Butts
to try to make two blades of grass
and two bolls of cotton g ro w
where only one grew before at
Peeksville. Of course 1 wish him
much success.
Mrs. Dunham and daughters
were shopping at the store of Mr.
W. 11. Maddox Friday.
This year corresponds to old
election years in Georgia, bnt since
an army of idiots ha ve captured
the once great/ state of Georgia
and turned i over to Tarn Watson,
I deem the further expense of Elec
tions worse than useless. It both
branches of the Georgia legislature
and the executive mansi n weie
dredged for brain, and contents
converted into axle grease, there
would not be enough of it to grease
one buggy spindle.
Clark Howell's prophecy proves
no joke:
That Hokey rules Georgia,
And Tommy rules Hoke.
But if the dealers sell us plenty
of good guano again, on good
TRADE MARK Sy*- MADE
REOI&ESED *
/ x twenf: ee years
(W the standard of the South Nik
Ilf the old time fish guano. , fmm
> 'W£jmr' ft §■ Royster S *K
Guano Co. v tf
J MX I H 3nr-. ,-. 1
terms, and tlie merchants plenty cf
supplies, and it quits raining ail
the time after awhile, and the
weather turns warm When spring
comes, and cotton grows nicely in
the summer, opens white in the
fall, brings the rest of us 11 cents
and the Union folks 15 cents as in
the past, I suppose rve will alii pull
through again somehow. A P.S.
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Oyer-Work,
: Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
P traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood—
that is their work.
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, yon can understand how |
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or “ feel badly,” begin j
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. j
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, because as soon :
as your kidneys are well they' will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis
take by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary' effect of
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp=Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold |
on its merits by all
drug-fists in fifty cent |
nndv one-dollar si/e L? LW ■aj oMfe-lriSa |
bottles. You may
have a Sample bottle noma of Swamp-Root,
by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney’ or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N Y. Don’t make any mistake, |
but remember the name, Swamp-Root, |
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
Mr. W. B. Sitnpson, of Li cost
Grove, was a welcome visitor at
the Weekly office Wednesday.
O, MsFJDETH,
Dealer in Stationary Unpin So slug Boils rs, Saw
Mills and atest Improved Cotton Girning Machinery.
Also Agren* for j. 2. Case Threshing Machine Co
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL,
McDonough, Ga.. Jan. Ist, 1908.
j To the White Voters of the Flint Circuit:
I am a candidate for Solicitor General of
■ the Flint Circuit, subject to the primary
to be ordered by the State Democratic
Executive Committee.
I Will appreciate all support given me,
and. if elected will discharge the duties of
the office to the best of my ability.
E. M. SMITH.
To the Voters of the Flint Circuit:
I am a candidate for Solicitor General
of the Flint Circuit, subject to the prima
ry as may be ordered by the Democratic
Executive Committee.
If elected. I propose to be Solicitor, and
do my full duty, as 1 see it to the best of
my ability. Hoping I may hi ve your sup
port, and with assurances of esteem, I am,
Yours truly,
J. W. WISE.
STILL AT SAME PLACE.
I will be in the Welcli-Hunt
building for the coming year and
I want all who derire to become
yearly members of the Pressing
Club to get tickets at once.
Yearly membership §I.OO per
month. Thanking you in advance
for your patronage for the year
1908, I am, .
Very truly,
J. P. Powell.
FOR RENT.
One two Horse Farm for rent,
two miles from Locust Grove. Ap
ply to
I-4t Mrs. Dora O. Bostwick.
PORATABLE AND STATIONARY
fTiyi iwro
LbuilNif-d
AND BOILERS
Saw. Lath and Shinrle Mi Its. injectors,
Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters,
Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines.
L-AGEfTOCK LOMBARD,
Foundjy, Machine and Sailer Works and Supply Slurs,
AUGUSTA, GA.
