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Fhe Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXV
WEEKLY'S BIG CONTEST
CLOSES FRIDAY, DEC. 23
Little Time Left Until Ballots Are Counted and the
Weekly Prizes Are Awarded —So Get Busy.
The Time Is Very Short.
supplied with good reading.
Standing of Candidates Today.
Miss Lucy Moore, McDonough, Route 5 526,455
Miss Anna McKibben, Locust Grove, Route 2 526,400
Miss Lee Wilkins, McDonough, Route 3 430,770
Miss Annie Pearl Jones, Hampton 406,425
Miss Lillie Craig, McDonough, Route 1, Box I 162,675
Miss Trellis Lane, McDonough, Route 4 143,075
Miss Byrd Mitchell, Hampton, Route 2 112,725
Miss Elon Mason, McDonough, Route 6 92,275
All indications at this writing go to show that this contest will be
one of the closest on record aj-.d the difference between the winners
will be so slight that it is necessary to bear in mind that every sub
scription counts now.
Wouldn’t it be irritating at the finish to find that instead of win
ning the handsome piano or a diamond ring, you had just barely
secured the last prize, all because you were shy' a few
subscriptions. Nevertheless, at this period, so close are the
various contestants that such is actually the case. Make assurance
double sure. ’Tis better to have a surplus of votes than to be short
of one at the wind up.
Let your campaign be a whirl-wind for the remainder of the time.
See as many as you can and don’t let them get away without paying
the cash —you can’t afford to lose opportunities by being forced to
make back calls. Even if you have a leading position, don’t be too
confident. Many a general has been led into ambush through neg
lect to keep a lookout for the enemy.
A good race attracts the attention of wide awake good business
men to the possible merit of the candidates whom they may be able
to use in their business to a mutual advantage.
* Appreciation of opportunity is the first thing. This should be
followed by energetic compaigning, directed into channels where it
will do the most good. Watch, work and wrestle. Smiles and cheer,
fulness go far, cost little and do much.
The winners in this contest will come from the class of contest
ants who have been able to read the word OPPORTUNITY in this
big offer, and who realizes that a certain per cent, of the names ap
pearing in the list represent a class of people, who, no matter how
admirable they may be in the ordinary things of life, are not of the
metal to win out in the affair of this kind which requires the mental
attributes of the business man, politician and soldier combined with
a little “Bull Dog” and Hughie Jennings’ “Never say die,” it’s never
over until the last man is out, spirit.
If you don’t win one of the handsome prizes offered in this con
test it is your own fault; it is because you have not made the proper
effort. Many a race has been won by good hot fresh air. Start
your sprint and keep it until you reach the wire. Remember that
the other fellow is just as afraid of you as you are of him. Don’t be
a quitter, run.
The contest closes at 7 o’clock Friday evening, December 23d.
PRIZES QN DISPLAY.
All the prizes except the bicycle have arrived, and it is on the
way.
The piano is on display at Miss Blanche Wentzell’s Millinery Store.
The diamond ring is on display at P. B. Cheek’s Jewelry Store.
The sewing machine is on display at The Weekly office.
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McDonough, Georgia, Friday December 16, iqio.
The Cotton School and
Stockman’s Short Course
The fourth annual session of
the Cotton School and Stockman’s
Short Course will open at the
College of Agriculture in Athens
on January 2, 1911 and continue
for ten days. Any one over six
teen years of age may enter,
though the course is intended pri
marily tor men who are over
twenty years oLage but who de
sire to improve; their knowledge
with reference to what constitutes
the best form of farm practice.
The college building with its
splendid laboratories and equipj
ment furnishes an ideal place for
the work and every farmer can
well aftord to take a few days off
and post himself with reference to
what has been discovered rela
tive to his business. The cost of
the course need not exceed sls
to $25 depending on the section
of the state from which the stu
dent comes, Instruction will be
afforded by a staff of experts in
soils, fertilizers, cotton cultivation
and selection, diseases and insects
the use of cot
ton by-products, cotton grading
and marketing, and farm machin
ery. Students may also specialize
in animal husbandry, vetinary
medicine and other subjects in
which instruction is offered.
The large increase in attendance
during the past year makes it ad
visable for those 'mending to take
this course to send in their appli
cations at an early date, so that
proper provision may be made for
them. Circulars of information
concerning the Cotton School can
be secured on application to the
college authorities in Athens.
DEATHS.
BOSTWICK.
Mrs. W. H. Bostwick died at her
home at 488 South Pryor street,
Atlanta, Tuesday afternoon at 5
o’clock.
The remains were brought to
McDonough Thursday morning.
The funeral was at the Methodist
church and was conducted by
Rev. Mr. Withers, of Atlanta.
The interment was in the McDon
ough cemetery.
Mrs. Bostwick is survived by
her husband. They were resi
dents of this county some years
ago, before they moved to Atlan
ta, she having been a Miss Knott
and a sister of Mrs. R. C. Brown,
of Locust Grove.
COWAN.
Miss Lula Cowan died at the
residence of her mother, 116
Loomis avenue, Atlanta, Wednes
day night of last week at 12
o’clock.
She was just on the threshold
of womanhood, being 18 years of
age and many friends join the be
reaved family in mourning her de
parture.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. J. T. Cowan, and four broth
ers, Messrs. Zach Cowan, Grover
Cowan, and Charles Cowan, of
Atlanta, Mr. Ed Cowan, of Rex;
and three sisters, Mrs. W. O.
Mann, of Conyers, Mrs. Thursa
McDaniel, of Eastman, and Miss
Fannie May Cowan, of Atlanta.
The funeral and burial were at
Stockbridge Friday morning.
“KING” CORN COMING
INTO COTTON’S REALM
Work to Begin in January in Henry County Schools
For School Boys’Contest—Mr. Brown Inter
ested in the Work.
Great Corn Belt Moving South.
The following nine states as officially reported by the United
States Department of Agriculture show an increase of 158,294,000
bushels of corn, which is 45 per cent, of the total increase for the
year, for the entire United States.
States Av iShels) Total Cr °P in li,lsMs
1909 1910 10-year 1906 1910
Virginia 23.2 25.5 22.7 47,328,000 54,621,000
North Carolina 16.8 18.8 14.8 48,686,000 57,754,000
South Carolina 16.7 18.5 11.6 37,041,000 44,733,000
Georgia 13.9 14.3 11.5 61,160,000 64,808,000
Alabama 13.5 18. 13.5 43,646,000 63,432,000
Mississippi 14.5 20.5 15.2 40,745,000 66,256,000
Louisiana 23. 23.6 17.5 51,198,000 58,835,(XX)
Arkansas 18. 24. 18.7 50,400,000 69,216,(KX)
Texas 15. 20.2 19. 122,250, (XX) 181,093, (XX)
Total 502-454,000 660,748,()00
j 502,454,000
Total increase in one year 158,294,(XX)
Farmer’s Co-operative Demonstration Work has been conducted
in each of these states.
We would judge from a reading
of the above statistics that the
South is soon to be under the
sway of two kings instead of but
one, “King” Corn disputing with
King Cotton in the latter’s ancient
domain.
The South’s increase has been
both in acreage and yield per
acre, and is due tc several causes.
No factors have been more potent
than the work of the Farmers’
Union, which has co-operated with
and gone hand in hand with the
Farmers’ Co-Operative Demon
stration work, in the aid and en
couragement of this happy result.
Georgia and the South have
produced some wonderful indi
vidual records for the past year’s
yield.
In the Demonstration Work so
ably and enthusiastically conduct
ed by Mr. J. B. Brown, Mr. Lee
Patterson, of this county, heads
the'list with a crop of 85 bushels
to the acre, and Mr. Joe McDon
ald, of Rockdale county, is a close
second, with 83 bushels per acre.
The average yield per acre for
the work in Mr. Brown’s territory
was 38 1-2 bushels.
Then the work in other counties
has surpassed even this.
The winner of the Albany Her
ald’s first prize was a Terrell coun
Masonic Meeting.
Fraternal Lodge No. 37 of Free
and Accepted Masons will hold its
regular meeting meeting in the
Masonic Temple at 7 o’clock next
Saturday evening.
Officers are to be elected and
other important matters given at
tention.
Appeal to Customers.
The recent; fire, which entailed
such a heavy loss upon me in my
Millinery business, has placed upon
me the extra heavy burden of re
placing my stock of goods, and for
that I shall badly need all
the money I can raise.
So all my kind patrons who are
indebted to me will greatly favor
and aid mein rebuilding my burned
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ty man, who raised 1,241 bushels
on ten acres, an average of 124
bushels per acre.
Boys’ Prize Contest.
These contests originated by
the offers of merchants, bankers
and others in the South, made
through Dr. S. A. Knapp, in charge
of the farm demonstration work
of the United States Department
of Agriculture. The prizes for
this year totalled $40,000, each
state winner being given a free
trip to Washington.
The crops made in these con
tests ran from 83 to 228 bushels
per acre, m contestant bemg over
16 years of age.
The Georgia winner, Joseph
Stone, of Centre, Jackson county,
made 102 5-8 bushels ber acre.
The Contest to Begin Here.
Mr. J. B. Brown informs us that
some time during the month of
January next Mr. J. Phil Camp
bell, of the State Agricultural Col
lege at Athens, will visit the
schools of Henry county to start
the boys to work in this corn con?
test. Mr. Brown will accompany
him.
Why cannot a Henry county
boy win the next trip to Washing
ton?
business by making immediate pay
ment.
Yours gratefully-,
Miss Blanche Wentzell.
The many friends of the Dailey
family will be pleased to hear that
Mrs. S. E. Daile> is much improv
ed, and her children, Mrs. White
head, Mrs. Wiggins and Mr. John
Dailey have returned to Atlanta,
and her sisters, Mrs. Sallie Ball, of
Jackson, and Mrs. Patterson, of
Griffin, have returned to their re
spective homes.
Farmers’ Union Meeting.
The Farmer’s Union will meet
at the County Court House Mon
day morning, December 19, 1910,
at 10 o’clock.
All members are urged to at
tend, as important business is to
be transacted.
$1 A Year
