The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, February 05, 1909, Image 3
PEACHES ARE ALL RIGHT Cold Waves Came In Time to Prevent Disaster. TREES HAU NUT DUBBED Brightest Prospects in View for Some Fine Fruit Reports President Bagley of the Georgia Fruit Exchange. Atlanta, Ga. —The fruit growers ali over the state, so President Bagley ot the Georgia Fruit Exchange reports, are glad to have the cold wave come at this time, for it prevents what " as feared, to be a disaster to the peach crop in this state. The rather immoderate hot wave which had been existing until recent ly throughout the state had put the growers in a state of fear, because it was thought that a continuance ol such conditions vvoutd cause tne buus to grow to such a state mat wnen a coiu wave aid come they would bo killed. As the buds had' not uevel oped to the dangerous state when lias cold wave presented itself, there is now danger of an off year as tar as peaches are concerned, but the brigntest prospects for ,some fine lruit. hit tltmSH SVSlt.il. Agricultural Training in an English County. The education committee of Chis hire county thinks that the schools should aid in the vocational training of the youths of that county. In England the girls look after the therefore, maintains one school for special instruction of women in the dairy and the poultry. The county dairy work and the management of poultry. Each course extends over thirteen weeks and three courses are offered each year. Eighteen students are provided for in each course. Not great numbers are sought, but solid preparation for those actually expect ing to engage in the vocation. Peri patetic courses are given in these subjects in the elementary schools in a more elematary manner. I Then there is the county agricul tural and horticultural school with ac commodations for forty-live students, with a three years’ course of instruc tion in all subjects connected with farming and gardening and care of farm animals. Theie is a faculty of ten instructors. The laboratories are well equipped for chemistry and bi ology. The school owns its own elec tric light and water plant. The farm is worked by the students. A herd of dairy shorthorns, a flock of sheep and white Yorkshire pigs are kept. The “duty list’’ is prepared each week for the students’ work from ti:3o to 8, and again in the evenings under the following heads: Corns, dairy, stable, cattle and calves, pigs, poultry. In this way by actually at tending to the various sections the students become practically familiar with the wants of the live stock. We have a somewhat similar ar rangement in our district agricultural schools. In fact, these schools should fill somewhat, the same place as the county agricultural school in Chis hire. Ours still lack sufficient scien tific and thorough textboon and laboratory training to supple ment the outdoor work. This was planned, but as yet the equipment and teaching force has not been suf ficient. I believe that the counties in each district should give scholar ships to those district schools, and the state should grant one scholarship from each county to the agricultural college. _ i, The school hours are as toliows. A. 30 —Farm and garden duty, x-’oo—Prayers and breakfast. 9'oo-12:30 Lectures, laboratory work, etc. I:oo— Dinner. 2; 00-4:o*0 —Lectures and practical work. r . o A 7-00 —Revision of lecture work, etc. 8 ;O0 —Prayer and supper. i°consider ht the county agricultural school at Holmes Chapel a practical schoo well taught, and eminently fitted for the needs of the agricultural Cl A Se new feature in this county was A VT npnt of a lecturer on sick nursing Each course consists of six lectures and these are given in dif ferent school centers in the order of application to the director of educa ti0 The work in nature study is more t v o iiv carried on than I have systematica y The instructor seen in . ho j ds c i aS ses in va in natuife for instruction in na rious count o s f teac hers in chemistry tU H e nX The ordinary classes meet SC ra' wlek and consist of lecture once a inns followed by bo and demonstration lecturer algo tonical ®f^ mPntarv schools to give att l K S t three lectures on these sub al least thre fare Qf teachers to° the lecture centers is paid by the issr "-° rk throughout issues a physical The drill mauu^ tinn in the elementary out the na n , g M much a SCb °° f'the day’s work as arithmetic, part of the a > distl system ar & I» * &. We might ranged h> " « 6on here . we should learn an °„ medica l examination and drill la all of our schools. g stbWA rt, Athens, Ga. THROtGfIODT THE STATE At a banquet in his honor, given by the Augusta chamber of com merce, Mr. E. H. Harriman, the rail way king, outlined the policy of his railroads in the state of Georgia, and, in condensed form, they are as fol lows: If the people of the state will cease to be antagonistic to the rail road interests he will spend ten mil lion dollars on the Central of Geor gia railroad, of which road he is the controlling factor, and that if he im proves his property, the other roads will have to do likewise. His address was impromptu and he took up state ments of the leading speakers of the evening and defined ins future atti tude in this state. He complimented the people of the state upon the elec tion of Honorable J. Brown to the governor’s chair, and said that he be lieved it would result in prosperity to the entire state. Mr. Harriman came to Augusta for health, and he says that he has gained back his health. “It is up to Georgia to raise the embargo,” he said. He only vouchsafed a promise of railroad ex tension in this state insofar as the attitude of the law and public senti ment will justify. The Farmers’ National Bank of Monticelio has been authorized to be gin business with $39,000 capital, E. H. Jordan, president; J. A. Kelly,vice president; D. N. Harvey, cashier. Rev. B. F. Fraser of Gainesville, since November the North Georgia Conference missionary evangelist,was notified by Bishop Hoss of his ap pointment as presiding elder of Augusta district to succeed the late Dr. J. W. Heidt, whose death occur red a few days ago. Evangelist Burke Culpepper of Val dosta, though not a very strenuous preacher, has succeeded in making it necessary to deny some very sensa tional reports which it is said that a street preacher has been circulat ing about him in Florida. The re port was th®t during one of his meet ings in the upper part of this state he became involved in an affray with a man in his congregation and that he shot at the man, striking a woman and killing her. Much has been heard of the alleged cruelties of the prison system of Georgia, but the negro who has just been pardoned after fourteen years’ Service as a convict in a coal mine, and received w r ith his pardon SBOO in cash which he had earned in that period by working overtime, evident ly has small reason to make com plaint. in the clerk’s office in Bibb supe rior court, a large mortgage given by the Central Georgia Power company to the Windsor Trust company, of New York, for a loan of $3,000,000 is being placed on record. The agree ment covers an issue of bonds bear ing interest at 5 per cent, the last to expire in 1918. The funds are going into a large power plant now in con struction on the Ocmulgee river near Lloyd’s shoals, in Butts county. Fifteen indictments were returned by the Ware county grand jury against alleged night riders, for tak ing part in the recent shooting up of the town of Beach, that county. In the trouble, Miss Maggie Taylfcr, aged 14, was shot and very seriously wounded. The indictments charge a viidemeanor, riot and assault with in tent to murder. The indictments are against five young men, who, it is said, are not under arrest. They, it is alleged, rode into the little town at night and fired over five hundred .bul lets from pistols, firing into houses at random, and into groups of per sons on the streets, throwing the en tire community into terror. President J. J. Connor of the board of trustees of the SIOO,OOO Agricul tural college at Athens and also the president of the State Agricultural society of Georgia, while in Atlanta recently announced, definitely, that the “Agricultural College on Wheels” would not be operated this year, as first contemplated. The reason giv en for this action is not on account cf any lack of co-operation by the roads in Georgia or opposition by the rail road commission of Georgia, or lack of interest in the train by the plant ers of the state; for these three ele means were heartily in favor of the train, but because of the splendid growth in the interest of the Agricul tural college, which would prevent Dr. Soule -and his able corps of as sistants from devoting the time ne cessary to the trip at this juncture. President Connor had just returned from Athens, where he has been in attendance at the farmers' institute and that of the Farmers’ wives. He declared it has been so successtul that it had been decided to repeat the conference next year. At this conference some of the best known authorities on agricultural topics in the state w-ere heard in lectures. One of the chief industries generally dis cussed at this conference was that of cattle raising in Georgia. Dr. Soule is bending all of his energies in this direction. He is an ardent advocate of the use of cotton seed meal ffiixed with hulls as a feed, having made ex periments whereby it has been prov en that by feeding a ton of this mix ture, properly proportioned, five hun dred pounds can be added to the weight of the cattle fed. It is accept ed as the cheapest as well as the best feed on the market, and has been pointed out in using it the southern planter helps himself wffio furnishes to the mills the seed from which it is made. Dairy demonstrations, too, proved its splendid qualities for mak ing more and richer cream. Thrf> soil tests where cotton seed meal is used in a commercial fertilizer, demon strating its value there, will be made early in the spring. THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. J. LEWIS PARKS. Theme: A Sermon (o Churchmen. Brooklyn. N. Y.—The third annual union service of the Men's Parish Clubs of the P. FT Church in Brook lyn was held Sunday in St. Ann's Church. The Rev. .T. Lewis Parks, D. D.. of Calvary P. E. Church, Man hattan, preached the sermon. His text was the vision of the prophet Ezekiel and his discourse was an earnest exhortation to the men of the church to stand fast by the faith as it is in Jesus, and to Scripture study. It received close attention from the congregation. Dr. Parks said: In oantivity Ezekiel sees the glori ous God, the Almighty, in the like ness of man, seated upon His throne, borne upon His chariot. Strange liv ing creatures sustain it at each cor ner. Four faces there are: The face of a man, the face of a lion, the face of an eagle and the face of an ox. And we are warned that the human element is the one upon which we should fix our attention, for the sym bol is of the ideal man, with all his rich variety of gifts: Courage and force, like the king of beasts: patient in toil, like the ox: the eagle’s eye, to pierce into the hidden things of na ture and scan the mysteries of God. This kind of man, with his reason I and his conscience and his heart, this ideal man, is the representative of all humanity in ail his generations: and his business is to serve the Lord God Almighty and to show forth His glory. But, as the beasts in the Rev elation of St. John nave their place in heaven, these have theirs on earth, and the chariot hath its wheels, wheels in the middle of wheels, so that they go whithersoever they will without turning, and they go and re turn as the flame of lightning, and the sword of the living God is in the wheels. And all th.s represents our humanity as organized. It has a vital organism. It has a vital mechanism —men bound together for the service of God. The Spirit moves the wheels and moves the whole chariot; moves the entire humanity. In very truth the Holy Ghost is | imminent in man. In very deed the | body of Christ is the temple of the j Spirit of God in every age just gs the | needs of the time demand. He | blows, as it were, the breath of man ! upon the hearts and minds of men, j quickening, reviving, energizing: ! throwing them collectively and unitedly into the work of the da>. j It is one of the most patent and ! one of the most consolatory of his- i torical phenomena, and you arc in the midst of one such great revival | of the Spirit now. Not that I forget the wickedness of the world. That is the very reason that I perceive the hour of God; the Holy Ghost fighting against anti-Christ; and the spiritual revival shows itself in some very vis ible, unmistakable signs. First, there is the marvelous revival of the missionary spirit to carry the Gospel to the four quarters of the globe. Then there is the yearning for the unity of Christendom. Then there is the calling of the multitude of workers into the field, not clerical, alas, but lay. Not women only; but the Spirit pf God has made man somewhat see that he must serve and work for God. And finally, more strange still to anyone who has pon dered human nature, there has taken possession of our time a passionate desire to serve mankind, to better human life, to make happier human conditions, to plead for justice as between man and mar., to teach mercy and rejoice against judgment, that the intolerable and individual and unseen suffering of the dr.y might little by little be done away. But, alas, my brethren, strangely error and uisruption balk the steps of man. Every light has its shadow; every virtue its corresponding vice; every movement of the Spirit tempts men to pervert and misunderstand His works; and I think most of you will bear me out when I say that the very spiritual movements of the day in each and all of the tendencies which I have pointed out tempt the present age to deny the faith and to belittle the body of Christ. It is easy to see how it should be so. Here are men worried with sectarian the ologies, worn out spiritually but alive still. Men forget, in their impatience and desire for unity, that all these creeds, as we call them (and falsely called), are merely ephemeral efforts to express the fundamental truth of Jesus, and, putting aside these transient expressions, they forget the truth as it is in Jesus. And men, consumed as men are to-day to work for their brothers, are ready to say that social service is the gospel, that it is not only the fruit of the gospel but exclusively the whole of it, de claring that the Spirit of Christ i 3 social service; that any man that hath this spirit is a Christian, let him call himself Jew or Agnostic or Mohammedan or Buddhist, it matters not, he is a Christian. Is it not easy to see how such a condition of things may presently lead to the pervertion of conduct? And men in their zeal for men, and desire to co-operate with all good men for all good things, may come to think of little impor tance the body of Christ. And yet not possibly could the social aim of the day be more injured and jeopard ized than by anything that should forget the faith or weaken the Church of God. I will not say that modern civiliza tion is the product only of Chris tianity; I will not say there are not other factors that have made for the present state; but I am bold to main tain that modern civilization never couid have come to pass without the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ. Look at it. Did not the great doc trine of the incarnation bring into the world personality, fraternity, equality, charity? Is it not the doc trine of democracy? The Lord took human nature, not of any class, not ol any race. In Him there is neither Jew nor Greek, barbarian, bond or free; but Christ is all and in all. How naturally slave and 'master went to the altar side by side! How natural ly, since the days of Philemon, the Christian spirit set itself to break down slavery! How naturally wom an was elevated and honored foi M" |-y’<S t.-pU*»! fi Wl®® T»iwq ol the East says that according to the status of the women of a nation, so Is its civilization; that, the reason that Mohammedanism, the most pro gressive effort of the human race, came to naught, is the harem. Natur ally Christianity made the hospital the normal appendage of every civic state. It sought to break down the terrors of privilege before the law until it worked out in civic liberty and democracy. Naturally, too, be cause of the infinite pity of .Testis Christ men are pitiful and loving to day toward their brethren. And mark you, only in Christian lands has this thing come to pass. There have been great civilizations of old, in Nineveh and Babylon and Romo and Sennacherib was no puny, petty sovereign. Rome gov erned and administered the world, but the care of man for ma- and self sacrifice for a brother were never taught as the duty of man until Jesus came. I believe these things concern the men of the church. I have ventured, with some bold ness no doubt, to invite the attention of an assembly of lay churchmen to what I believe to be a most serious danger. Never, believe me, will the selfishness of men be moved to altru ism, and what the Gospel calls the love of our brother, if you break down the church that carries the Gospel, the teaching of God’s love to man; and your duty in this regard is very simple. But if you will per form it. it is potent for goon. You have church clubs. You have been organized for some special service or other, but you are a church organiza tion. Never forget that nothing that you can do in this world that, en feebles the Church of God, or ob scures the truth of the Gospel, will count for man for long, ncr between you and God for much. Your duty is to maintain the Church of Christ, to reverence her Sabbaths conscientious ly as in the fear of God. not for your own pleasure disregarding the great commandment. Your duty is rever ently to feed upon the Word of Life, and never to forsake the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of many is. As for your duty toward the State, it. is equally simple and briefly to be stated: “If any man will do My will, he shall know,” and if any man will seek to know God’s will, he will be sufficiently instructed in the truth as it is in Jesus. When the largest of all our lay organiza tions for men (St. Andrew’s Society) was initiated, always the Bible class was thought to be a natural and in separable adjunct. I know not how it is now. but I am certain that the study of the Word of God is the very best foundation of the faith. I do not care for geographies and archael ogies, but bring your common sense to bear on the Holy Scripture, and ask what it has to say to you for your own life; how you can follow out the teaching of the blessed work; what is its application to the problems of the day; what comfort it has for your sorrows; what hope for your reward. Believe me, no man who reads and prays over and tries to live the Word of God is in any danger of forgetting his faith. JTow to Be Encouraged. “David encouraged himself in the Lord”—Sam. 30:6. These words concerning him reveal to us the secret, of his joy and suc cess. Like Abraham, he believed in God. Trusting people are a happy people. They are contented and sat isfied whatever their let may be. They encourage themselves in the Lord and therefore have a continual feast. Their joy does not depend, upon what people think or say about them, neither do they depend upon friends for comfort and encourage ment, but they lean hard upon God and stand upon the promises. Those who encourage themselves in the Lord are a great blessing and stflttulant to others in many ways, but they carry sunshine with them wherever they gj. Such people will always be needed. They never need to seek a place or position, but places, positions and people, both friends and enemies, will seek them. They have no troubles and sorrows to burden other people with, but they become real burden-bearers for others, and like Paul are able to comfort them that are in any trouble by the com fort wherewith they are comforted of God. Friend, if you have not yet learned to encourage yourself in the Lord, begin to-dav and the result will be glorious. (Read Phil. 4:4-7.) —G. W. S. Herald. Time Enough For Every Duty. No man has any more uuties to do than he has time to do well. God as signs all duties, and all time, and all strength for the doing of duties; God expects good work from all His chil dren; and God never expects more than is reasonable. Therefore when we think that we have not time enough to do all our duties as well as we ought, we are eiti.?r wasting i our time, or borrowing trouble, or | trying to do what we ought to let ! alone. The honey-bee has a heavy burden of work to do, and only lim- I ited time to do it in; but ue gets it j done, and well done; and he gives no I evidence of worrying ovc it. We ought to do at least as well. —Sun- j day-School Times. Women as Weil as Men Are Mad? Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys ujxm the mind, discouragesaudlessensambition; lieauty, i vigor and eheerful ness soon disapj>ear when the kidneys are -T ml. ~ T out of order or dis ’’ Iff Kidney trouble has IfflihiiL )] become so prevalent that it> s not urieora / T nion for a child to be born afflicted with *-~^i kidneys. If the child urinates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting, depend upon it, thecause of thedifli culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. Tins unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miser able with kidney and Madder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold bv druggists, in fifty- cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may JfißSjjNjf have a sample bottle by mail free, also a Home of Bwamp-Uoot. pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, including many of the thousands of testi monial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton N. Y., lie sure and mention this paper. 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But the remarkable fact remains that blind swimmers—of whom there are in this country a considerable num ber in connection with various insti tutions for persons so afflicted —uni- versally and without exception swim with marvellous directness; Indeed, in as perfectly straight a line as is humanly possible even when the dis tance covered is very considerable. So much is this the case that Dr. Campbell, of tho College for the Blind at Upper Norwood, who par ticularly interests himself in the physical education of the blind and has noticed this curious fact, recom mends that swimmers who persistent ly 'foul each other on any course should practise experimentally when blindfolded. Blind swimmers can, it appears, on hearing -a noise in any given direc tion not only swim absolutely straight to the piiint whence the noise pro ceeds, bui when left to themselves their steering is just as accurate.— From Tit-BiU. GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT. “Any complaints, corporal V' said the colonel, making one morning a personal inspection. "Yes, sir. Taste that, sir,” said the corporal promptly. f The colonel put the liquid to his lips. “Why.” he said, "that’s the best soup I ever tasted!” "Yes. sir.” said the corporal, “ajid the cook wants to call it coffee!” Argonaut. The green goods that grow on the farm help to fatten the green goods men of the cities.