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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1914)
i lie Henry Count) Weekly ■ <'L. XXXIX. THE INDOOR WINDOW BOX. Hints on How to Make it Beauti ful, By an Expert in the De partment of Agriculture. The indoor window box proper ty planned and tended, will afford much pleasure and satisfaction to the housewife who misses her out-of-door garden during the winter months. It is a mistaken notion that plants when kept in living rooms use u.) certain ele ments of the air in such quantities asto make it unhealthy for individ uals using the room. It is much harder on plants to be in a room with people than for people to be in a room with growing plants. Plants, indeed, use air, but use such a small porportion that the effect of the plant in the room is negligible if the room is ventilated at all. This also holds good for cut 1 lowers or plants in a sick ro )m, although the odor of some flowers may be depressing to the patient, and bad for that reason. A good depth for an indoor window is about 12 inches. The bottom of the box should be cov ered with stones and broken pot tery to give drainage and this ' should be covered by a layer of moss to prevent the soil above from working down through the stones. Tne drainage and moss should be taken up about three inches. The greater the body of soil above the moss the more uni form it may be kept, as to moist ure. The soil should come to within an inch and a half or two inches of the top of the box. Much Sunlight Needed The indoor window box should be made to fit into the window. To get as much light as possible it should be level with the window. It may be fastened with brackets or placed on a table, or ha' r e legs made for it. There should be a drip pan beneath to keep water from soiling the floor. The box may rest directly above the drip pan on legs half an inch to an inch high or the box may be water-tight with the exception of a hole at one end to let the watt r out. The top of the soil should be allowed to become quite dry once in a while. The results of water ing will teach the owner to regu late the supply. Boxes may ne» d watering in sunshiney v eather (especially toward spring) every day, or at least every otner cay; in cloudy mid-winter weather not more than once a week. A* a rule it is better to water lightly and frequently than heavy and in frequently. The specialist of the United States department of agri culture advises this, although just the reverse is considered best when watering is done out of doors in the summer. Foliage, Not Flowers, For Windows. A largejproportion of the plants in a window box should be of the same general character if the growth is to be successful. Plants of different character need differ ent treatment. It is very difficult to raise flowering plants in a window box with the exception of begonias. Ordinary flowering plants are very exacting, and will not find enough light in the ordi nary living room, even though placed near the window, although they may do well in a conserva- McDonough, Georgia, Friday November 27, 1914 MR. MDSE ROSSER C. LLED BY DEATH. Well Known Citizen of Tussahaw District Died Friday Mr. Mose Rosser died at his home in Tussahaw distrist Friday morning at 2:3oo’clock. Mr. Roiser was a good man and a good citizen and will be mourn ed and missed by many friends, as well as by tne bereaved family. The funeral and interment were at Bethany Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. Mr. Gilbert con ducted the services. Mr. Rosser is survived by five daughters, three sons, one sister, and three brothers. tory. The main object of an in door window box is to furnish the fresh appearance of growing green leaves rather than to raise flowers indoors. The department of agriculture’s specialist makes the following sug gestions for a window box: Begonias are one of the most attractive plants that may be used for an indoor box. Both flower ing and non-flowering varieties will give satisfaction; in fact, the flowering variety is one of the few plants that will blossom indoors without special cultivation. The begonia is not very particular in its requirements and will flourish with ordinary care. Small ferns obtained from a floiist will flourish. These are particularly adapted to house cul ture, as they do not require di rect sunlight. (Care of ferns will be descrioed in greater detail in a subsequent article.) Even more hardy than ft rns is] the foliage plant known as the aspidistra. This adaptable plant growth will stand a measure of neglect, drought and dust and still thrive. It does not require direct sunlight. Geraniums may also be used as foliage plants th >ugh they must not be expected to blossom in the window box. Kenilworth ivy may be planted along the edge. It will grow nice ly from seed. Smilax may be grown from the back of the box, and trained up about the window to give the ef fect of an attractive bower. The inexperienced grower of plants indoors cannot expect to do well with roses. These plants are most exacting and not only will they probably fail to flower, but also their foliage may be affected by mildew, blight, etc. The ordinary individual who de sires other varieties of growers may supplement his window box with flowering potted plants brought in from outside, including bulbs raised as described in a pre vious article of this series. These will probably keep their bloom for a brief period only. People who are fond of plants will, of course, ob tain better results with boloming varieties after many trials. Some have dealt with very difficult problems, which they have solved successfully, but the present sug gestions are meant for the novice as well as the more experienced growers. eastern Division MEETS AT BETHANY. Henry County Sunday School Association Division Meeting is on the 29th Instant. PROGRAM: Opened by song and prayer ser vice by J. W. Patterson. Convention called to order— -10:00 A. M. Welcome address by pastor. Address by Dr. Broughton— -10.15 A. M. Sermon bv Rev. J. M. Gilmore —11:00 A. M. Noon at 12:00 Address by W. W. Milam—l:ls P. M. Address by Bro. E. M. Copeland “How to hold attention to class —1:45 P. M. “How to interest visitors—By W. E. Long. Dismissed with prayer by Bro. Frank Patterson. Mrs. A. C. Norman, Mrs. Lee Patterson. Mr. W. N. Gilmore, Rev. W. E. Long, Committee. Progressives Carry Only 28 Counties. At last election returns have been received by the Secretary of State from every county. -They sho-v that the so called progressive party carried o ily 28 counties. Returns from every county in the state for the election of Nov ember 3 for United States senator shows that the progressives car ried 28 counties in all, and prob ably 20 more were very close. Two counties split. Dawson voted for McClure and Hardwick, Greene for Smith and Hutchens.; The following are the Bull Mose counties: Appling Heard Banks Jackson Cherokee Jefferson Colquitt Johnson Crisp Laurens Dawson Madison Douglas Milton Fayette Oconee Franklin Paulding Gordon Pickens Greene Scriven Gwinnett Warren Haralson Wheeler Hart Worth In the grand total Hardwick led Smith by 769, and McClure received 257 votes more than Hutchens. Smith got 61,107; McClure, 28,- 420; Hardwick received 61,876; Huthens, 28,163. The highest total vote was 90,039. Evidently less than 50 per cent of the demo crats went to the polls. Practially all the returns of the vote on the constitutional amend ments are also now in, and it seems that all the amendments were ratified. The amendment in creasing the term of county offic ers for four years, however has carried by a very small majority. Miss Mildred Finney, of Had docks, was the guest of Miss An nie Brag Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Troy Smith came down from Riverside and attended the foot ball game in Atlanta Saturday. “THE BOY SCOUTS" COMES NEXT THURSDAY MIGHT. Troop No. 1 McDonough Boy Scout* of America Will Present Play of That Title CAST OF CHARACTERS GIVEN BELOW. McDonough Troop No. 1 of the Boy Scouts of America will pre sent the play “The Boy Scouts’’ at the High School auditorium next Thursday evening, December the 3rd, at 7:30 o’clock. This play gives some idea of the purpose of the Scout movement in an attractive and captivating way and shows dearly what the movement is intended to do and does for boys. All who witness it will no doubt be well pleaded with it. There will be but one price of admission to all, 25 cents. We give below the cast of characters and synoysis ol the three acts: CHARACTERS Stewart Nipper, known as Nip. - Sam Sanders Fred Tuck, known as Tuck. Harvey Brown Dick Randolph, the patrol leader. .... Wayne Stansell Worthington Leonard, a rich boy. - Wiley Sanders Tony Ardis, a poor boy. Frank Fields Jakie Stein, with business instincts ■ - - Eugene Gunter Chubby Childs, who don t care if he is fat - - Johnny Goodwin Watermellon Jackson,a lazy coon. - - - Wyatt Fields Mrs. Watermelon Jackson and her seven little coons Harold Sowell, etc. Lippy Scudder, who thinks he’s a hero. - - Robert Turner Bub Waldron, going on seven. - - - Edwin Rape Jack Hall, assistant patrol leader. - - - Rozelie Stallworth Plupy Higgins, who likes to study. - - - Aaron Fields Lee Waldron some athlete. Torn Barclay SYNOPSIS Act I.—The meeting of the Boy Scouts of America. Nip and Tuck. Act II—A rehearsal in the gym. The stunts of the Scouts. Act lll.—Same as Act I. Swearing in the new tenderfoot. REV A. B. SANDERS LEAVES. REV. H. S. SMITH COMES. McDonough Methodist Pastor Goes to Maysvilie and Mays ville Pastor Comes Here. The new appointments of pr.;- tors was aunounced Monday at the close of the meeting of the North Georgia Conference of the Metho dist church at Marietta. McDonough’s present pastor, the Rev. A. B. Sanders, will serve Maysvilie church for the next year and the Rev. H. S. Smith comes from Maysvilie to McDonough. McDonough people, without re gard to their church affiliation, genuinely regret for Mr. Sanders and his delightful family toleaveus. Both he and Mrs. Sandexs and Miss Carrie Lee and Messrs. Wyley and Sam have become such a part of our city’s life, that we are really losing our very own when they leave us. They have made friends here of all who know them and have a place in the hearts of us all which is secure. Ever faithful in the practical living of the Christianty they pro fess their leaving is a distinct loss to all the higher aud holier inter ests of our city. They go with the prayers and best wishes of us all. The church also loses one of the strongest and most forceful pulpit speakers it ever had. At the same time we rejoice at the coming of the Rev. Horace S. Smith. He is himself a Christian gentle men in the best sense of the term and his coming will add to our citi zenship a good man as well as an excellent preacher and p \s*or. He was a cla-ss mate of the editor of The Weekly and we value him highly for both his lovable and admirable traits, with which he is abundantly endowed. •He will be welcomed with pleasure by our people generally and we are sure the people of al\ churches will be glad be casts his lot with us. Mr. Sanders expects to leave next week and Mr. Smith will come about the same time, i Mr. Smith family consists of Mrs. Smith and three children. The Rev. J. J. Copeland goes to Locust Grove: the Rev. M. M. Walraven to Hampton; the Rev. F. R. Seaborn is returned to Stock bridge. Burglars Visit Goodwin's Store. Mr. Ed Goodwin’s store wa* broken open Tuesday night and goods to the value of 1150.00 or more were taken away. Entrance was effected by break ing the plate glass in the front door. Candles were lighted and all the pistols and watches in stock were taken. The shoes were taken from boxes and left in disorder. The burglar or burglars seem to have been trying to find a fit in the stock. has been found to lead to the guilty party. Misses Eva and Julia Cathjr spent the week-end.with relatives in Atlanta. SI.CO A YEAR
