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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXVIII.
HENRY COUNTY FAIR
WAS COMPLETE SUCCESS.
Large Crowds Attended Both Days. Many Fine
Exhibits. Fiddlers' Convention Drew
Largest Crowds of All.
MONEY ENOUGH RAISED FOR EXPENSES.
The Henry County Fair was a
tremendous success. This is the
general opinion of the immense
crowds who were present.
And it was all begun, planned,
and completed within the brief
period of less than a month,
Ihe Agricultural Department
was a splendid, though not com
plete and exhaustive display of
what Henry county can do on the
farm.
Many most intersting revela
tions along this line appeared in
the form of exhibits.
Mr. H. J. copeland won the first
prize of $25.00 for the best general
display. His unique and attractive
display was a small fair in itself,
and attracted so many visitors
and questioners that Mr. Copeland
talked himself hoarse the tirst day.
Many other fine farmers exhibit
ed their products and showed that
old Henry can make things grow
indeed.
The live stock entries were not
as numerous as we would have
been glad to see, but they were of
the very highest standard as to
quality. The few fine animals
shown should encourage farmers
throughout the county to give ad
ditional attention to this very im
portant item of prosperity as well
as necessity.
And the cows, hogs, and poultry
came to the fair in large numbers
and there were many very fine
specimens.
Many of our Henry county peo
ple witnessed a revelatation in
deed in the exhibits in the depart
ment of Manufactures.
Messrs. Gardner & Holsomback,
of Locust Grove, displayed a beau
tiful line of caskets, coffins, etc.,
made at Locust Grove.
Messrs. Joel Bankston & Son
had McDonough-made wagons
and buggies; Mr. C. W. Bankston
showed some pieces of furniture
as.pretty as anything made in
Grand Rapids.
Many bropghi fine home brooms
also, and axe-handles better than
the foreign make were shown.
Everybody was enthusiastic over
the displays of the various schools,
many wonderful things in the wav
of wora by the students were seen
there.
And Woman’s Work was there
in all its beauty and glory, as it is
usually always found.
Beautiful sewing, cakes and all
kinds of cookery which looked
most appetizing, and too great ,a
variety of things to mention were
seen..
Everybody noted the large and
beautiful art display, Most of us
were suprsised to find so many
who were engaged in this inspir
ing work. Mrs. E. M. Copelaud
won the first prize for the best
display.
Some work in this.line which at-
tracted the attention of all was
some water color work by Miss
Lucy Helen Turner, age 13 years.
It would have done credit to m ny
adults.
Mrs. R. H. Hankinson won the
gold watch offered to the 'winner
of the most points in Woman’s
Work.
The Athletic Department was of
a high order and attracted the
people.
The automobile race was enter
ed by thirteen cars and was won
by Mr. Ed Reagan in the time of 3
minutes and 59 seconds for a half
mile.
The boys in the 100 yards dash
and the other eventsYnake an ex
cellent showing.
But nothing eclipsed the Fid
dlers’ convention on Tuesday. The
court house was packed and peo
ple could not find room there to
hear the Fiddlers.
The Hon. James D. Price made
an excellent speech Wednesday
morning on the subject of farming
and the work of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. He is a
genial gentleman and made manv
friends on his visit to us.
One Dollar Subscription
Price a Losing Business.
It must be conceded that the
publishers of the weekly papers —
at least, a large majority of them —
are the most liberal set of fellows
in the land. Standing pat on a
proposition that all admit operates
a lainstthsm heavily, they continue
to supply the people with the best
paper possible for them to issue at
the low price of $1 a year, when,
to a man, they know $1 50 is low
enough, and that a less priee is
suicidal, from a financial yiewpoint.
At no period, perhaps, since the
Civil War have so many little five
and six-column weekly papers been
published, especially in the South,
as at this time. The prime cause
of this is their inability to publish
a larger and better paper, on ac
count of the small subscription
rate. Almost every commodity
has advanced from 25 to 50 per
cent., and many articles even more
than that, yet the price of the
average weekly remains the same.
Not many cotton sold
at 5 and 6 cents a pound; the
weekly was sl. Meat sold at 6 and
7 cents a pound; the weekly was
sl. Much land sold for $5 an acre;
the weekly was sl. Compare
these prices today. Meat is 15
cents per pound; the weekly is
still sl. Cotton 12 to 14 cents a
pound; the weekly still sl. Now,
where in this country can one buy
good land at $5 an acre? Yet the
weekly is sl. All will concede the
injustice to the publisher: Yet he
himself is to blame, and he alone
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Had he not been weak-kneed and
McDonough, Georgia, Friday noyember 21, m 3
REV. GEORGE W. OWEN
DIES VERY SUDDENIY.
One of County's Best Men Pas
sed Away Friday Night. Was
111 But Two Days.
The Rev. George W. Owen died
at his home in Flippen district Fri
day night at 8 o’clock.
Mr. Owen had been in good
health up to a few days before his
death. He attended the Henry
County Fair Tuesday and Wednes
day. Soon after his return home
Wednesday evening he was attack
ed with acute indigestion. Later
symptoms of pneumonia deve'op
ed and finally his heart was affect
ed. Fridav evening he grew worse
and expired in a few minutes. . .
Mr. Owen was 64 years of age
and was one of Henry county’s
best men and best' citizen’s. He
was a minister qf the Baptist faith,
though for sometime he was not
actively in charge of any church.
He was a man of strict integrity
of "character afid of kindly and
neighborly personality. Every
movement for gpod always enlisted
his approval and, hearty aid. The
church as well as the county loses
an excellent asset in his going
away. He had hosts of friends of
every faith throughout the coun
ty, who genuinely mourn his death.
The funeral was held at the re
sidence Saturday morning pt 10
o’clock. The interment followed
at Flippen. E'der E. Oglesby con
ducted the services at both places.
Mr. Owen is survived by his
wife: eight daughters; Mrs. Oscar
Pair, Mrs. C. J. Simpson, Mrs. Pete
Love, Mrs. Emory Pattillo, Mrs.
Will Phillips, Mrs, Walt Phillips,
Miss Ida Owen, and Miss Lois
Owen, all of this county: and three
sons; Messrs. Gus Owen, Roy
Owen, and Henry Owen, all of
this county.
short-sighted, he would have
raised his subscription price long
ago —simultaneously with the rise
in other commodities, just like
everybody else did. No, he didn’t
do it, and that is why so many are
today at the tail end of the proces
sion.
It is never too late to right a
wiong, and there is no better time
than now to do it. Put the priee
of subscription at $1.50, and stand
pat. The farmer will buy your
paper, just as he compels you to
buy nis meat. Lose 25 per cent,
of your subscribers; yes, but still
you will be dollars ahead, for you
then buy less paper, do less work,
and have more money.
The change of conditions can be
easily brought about by concert of
action. Many are beginning to see
the unwisdom of continuing in this
way, and have raised their sub
scription rates with success. Why
not you?
Horace Greeley once said: “The
way to resume specie payments is
to resume” Could not this truism
be applied to the weekly sucscrip
tion proposition with a large degree
of success?
Start the new year right. Begin
now to lay your plans for a better
and more profitable rate. —Pub-
lishers’ Auxiliary.
Mrs. A. W. Walker, of Spalding
county, is the guest of her daugh
ters, Mrs. Asa Lemon and Mrs.
D. T. Darmichael.
CROP REPORT, NOVEMBER i,
GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES.
Bureau Of Statistics In Cooperation With Weather Bureau, United
States Department Of Agriculture.
Crop estimates and forecasts as of November 1, 1913, with com
parisons, for Georgia and for the United States, as made bv the U. S.
Department of Agriculture are given below; condition estimates are
given in percentages of a normal:
Georgia. United States.
Corn:
1913. 1912. 1913. 1912.
Yield per acre bu._ 15.5 13.8 23.0 29.2
Production thousand “ 63,023 53,958 2,463,017 3,124,740
Old, on farms November 1 “ “ 917 1,241 137,972 64,764
Quality, 1913 crop per cent. .91 85 82.2 85.5
Potatoes:
Yield per acre bu_. 82 78 89.2 113.4
Production thousand “ 984 936 326,550 420,647
Quality percent. 89 90 87.8 90.5
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Sweet potatoes:
Yield per acre bu_. 87 90 95.0 96.2
Production I thousand “ 7,221 7,290 55,760 55,479
Quality.. Dercent. 88 91 87.8 90.0
Peanuts: : '
Production “ “ 86 84 84.3 82.0
Quality.. “ “ 90 89 90.7 86.7
Sugar Cane:
Condition. " “ 84 89 85.0 78.!
Prices to producers, November 1:
Corn cts. perbu.. 93 92 70.7 58.4
0at5........... “ “ “ 67 67 37.9 33.6
Potatoes 11 u " 116 96 69.6 45.5*.
Cotton “ “ 1b,.. 13.5 10.8 13.0 Jo£-
Prices to producers, October 15: Y
H0g5........d0115, per 100 lbs.. 7.30 6.90 7.60 7.70
Sweet Potatoes cts. per bu._ 76 75 78.0 79.9
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MR. RAYMOND KIMBELL
CALLED BY DEATH.
Excellent and Popular McDon
ough District Young Man
Died Tuesday.
Mr. Raymond Kimbell died at
his father’s home in McDonough
district Tuesday morning at four
o’clock.
Mr. Kimbell was just 21 years of
age and was a young man of ex
cellent character and capacity and
gave promise of a useful and pros
perous career. He had scores of
friends who join with the bereav
ed family in mourning his de
parture.
Tne funeral was at the Method
ist church Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock. The interment follow
ed at the McDonough cemetery.
The Rev. Jonas Barclay conducted
the services.
Mr. Kimbell is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kimcell:
three sisters, Miss Flora Kimbell,
Miss Nannie Kate Kimbell, Miss
Sally Kimbell: and three brothers; ;
Messrs. John Kimbell, Cortez, Kim
bell, and Eminerson Kimbell.
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Pure Georgia cane syrup at
W. B. J. Ingrams at 50 cts. per
gal. for next 30 days.
251 b. Sugar for $1.25 at W. B. J.
Ingrams.
Mr. Dozier Russell, of the Uni
versity of the Georgia, at Athens,
spent the week-end at home.
Yard wide sheeting at 51-2 cts.
per yard. W. B. J. Ingram.
Mr. Dozier Fields, of the Univer
sity of Georgia, at Athens, spent
week-end here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. M. Fields.
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Miss Blanche Wentzelle spent
Sunday with friends in Jackson.
Mr. O. A. Andrews, of Jackson,
spent the week-end here with Mr.
J. F. M. Fields.
Go to W. B. J. Ingram’s to buy
your rice. 20 lb. for sl.
Mr. C. W. Bankston spent Sun
day at Culloden with his brother,
Mr. W. H. Bakkston.-
Mr. Paul Turner, of the Univer
sity of Georgia, spent week-end »t
home here. Paul is one of the
main-stays of the Georgia foot
ball team this season.
Miss Edna Earle Lindsey spent
the week-end in Griffin.
The best grade of Hickory Shirt
ing at W. B. J. Ingram’s at 11 cts,
per yard.
Mr. Adam Sloan spent Saturday
in Atlanta and saw the Georgia-
Tech foot ball game.
Mrs. A. F. Lemon and Mrs. E. D.
Tolleson spent Saturday in Atlanta.
Miss Hettie McCurdy, spent the
week-end at her home, in Stone
Mountain. ; *
Read what Dr. R. H. Hightower
says of Speer the McDonough
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optician:
Dear Sir: I desir to thank you
for testing my eyes and fitting
them with double vision glasses,
which makes my far and near
sight perfectly good.
R. H Hightower M. D.
11-28-2. (Adv.)
Mrs. R. H. Tomlinson and little
son, Robert, spent several days
last week with Mrs. Julia Mc-
Donald.
*I.OO A YEAR