The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, January 14, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Henry County Weekly VOL. XLI. PUREBRED LIVESTOCK EXHIBIT COMING Opportunity for Farmers of This Section to See. Finest Breeds of Animals. The exhibit of purebred live stock and homegrown feed stuffs which has been touring the State and which has attracted great in terest and comment, is scheduled to be seen at Mconough, January 29, from 1 p. m. to 5, and at Lo cust Grove, January 31, from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. This exhibit of livestock and feed stuff has been made up at the Geargia State College of Ag riculture and that institution is re ceiving the co-operation of the railroads and the United States Department of Agriculture in con ducting the campaign. Pcrehron horses, Hereford and Shorthorn beef cattle, Holstein and Jersey dairy cattle, and Berk shire, Tamworth, Duroc and Po land China swine, all purebred and registered animals, the supe rior of which have never been exhibited in Georgia will be seen in the exhibit. It will be a rare treat for the lover of fine live stock. Experts will address the farm ers on live stock growing in Geor gia and on the many suitable crops to be grown. Literature will also be distributed. Nearly 2b i C iO farmers attended the exhibits from Nobember 27 to December 22 at the fifty-two points at which stops were made. Those who have seen the exhibits and heard the addresses have been greatlv pleased. The Southern Railroad is lend ing all possible assistance in con ducting the campaign over its lines. From an Old Weekly Boy We take the liberty of publish ing the following appreciated pri vate letter to the editor, feeling sure it will be interesting to num bers of the writer’s old friends here: BROXTON, GA., Jan. 8, 1916. Friend Fouche: — I see in the last issue of my old Alma Mater that the beloved in structor of my early efforts in the line of typography has again as sumed leadership in the moulding of public opinion along political, social and religious lines in the good old town of my early child hood. You, like others, had forsaken the strenuous life of the “Fourth Estate” for the rainbow glitter of political prestige; but, like the prodigal son of old, minus the fatted calf and fixings, you have again assumed the role of serving the public with latest in all things that pertain to the welfare and up-building of the nation, State, county and community in which you reside. May much success be your lot, and may the fickle god dess of fortune smile on you and yours more bounteously in the fu ture than she did in the past. I am now, and have been for some time past, connected with the Coffee County Progress, pub lished at Broxton, Ga. Am in as good a county as the State affords j —one that has but few equals and A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. Desperate Negro Shot. Mr. Henry Rowan had a most stiermons experience -with a roving negro stranger in Flippen, just at night last Tuesday, and was forced to shoot him to protect his life. The negro suddenly appeared in Mr. Rowan’s store wildly waving a razor, at the same time calling out; “Yon needn’t try to stop me, I’m a man of God and I’m coming,” steadily advancing as he talked, and it Was with much difficulty Mr. Rowan kept him oil' for some while, finally shooting him three times before the intruder could ne stepped. One bullet penetrated the left hip, one just above the knee, the third grazing the body, all at close range. After being shot, the negro then entered Mr. Will Pair’s store and furiously attacked him, Mr. Pair dealing him a heavy blow over the head with an empty pistol from the show case before he could be conquered. The negro was finally overpow ered securely bound and brought to McDonough, where his wounds were dressed and he was lodged in jail. He gave his name (written in a memorandum) as Judge James Appling, from South Georgia, and had evidently become crazed. The shot in the hip was severe, but recovery is expected to follow in due time. no superiors from an agricultural view point. Our farmers are learn ing the meaning of diversification and are preparirg for invasion of the boll weevil by raising more hog and hominy. A friend of mine who lives only three miles ou* ’md one hundred and am n peanuts this past year from which he harvested eight thousand bush els. He has sold six thousand bushels already for 75c per bush el, f.o.b. his station, which is in the midst of his farm. He has al ready killed one hundred head of hogs that will average 175 pounds per head, and has some two hun dred more to butcher, besides 150 pigs and shoats that he intends carrying over. The vines from the peanuts, as you know, make excellent hay, and he has saved most of them. Several other farmers raised to bacco that gave them a profit of from S2O to SBO per acre. The establishing of the sugar refinery at Savannah will increase the production of sugar cane in this section of the State, so you see Wiregrass Georgia, and more especially this part, has but little real cause to dread Mr. Boil Wevil. Guess you are tired by this time so I will close. With best wishes for you and yours from wife and I, 1 am as ever, Yours truly, Homer V. Johnson. Remember we want the Dixie Highway Short Route, via Fitzger ald, Douglas and Waycross, on to Jacksonville. Hope you get it through McDonough. Arnold, Mayor. Hon. Robert O. Arnold, son of Dr. R. J. Arnold of Hampton, who has many friends in Griffin and. Spalding county, Thursday began his first term as Mayor of Athens, where has been making his home for several years. Mayor Arnold is one of the youngest men over elected to the mayoralty of a city the size of Athens and is being heartily congratulated by his many friends throughout the State. — Griffin News. McDonough, Georgia, Friday, January 14, 19i6. 10,643,783 BALES GINNED TO JAN. 1 The Census Bureau Report Shows 3,799,363 Bales Less Than Last Season. ——jp — The eighth cotton ginning re port compiled fmm reports of census bureau correspondents and issued at 10 r... m. Monday, announced that 40?643,783 bales of cotton of the growth of 1915 has been ginned prior to January 1. That compares with 14,443,- 14G bales, or 90.8 per cent of the entire 1914 crop, ringed prior to January i last ydj*. - The average quantity of cotton ginned prior to January 1 in the last ten years was 11,963,038 hales, or 93.4 per cent of the crop. Sea Island cotton included ntim bered 88,921 bale.v compared with 76,857 in 1913, 74,*>0 in 1913, and 67,257 in 1912. Ginnings prior to-January 1 by the State, with comparisons for the last three years and the per centage of the entire crop ginned in the State prior to-that date in the same years, follow: Year. Bales. P. C. 1915 1,907,098 1914 2,548,808 93 6 1913_ . 2,293 976 " 97 8 1912______ 1,756,834 96 9 The next ginning report of the census bureau will he issued at 10 a. m. Monday, January 24, and wil 1 show the of cotton ginned prior to January 16. Receipts Short. The gin report furnished The Weekly by Elder E. Oglesby, the government statistician, shows the receipts for Henry county to be over 7,C00 short so far. The fig ures to this date for 1914 were 30,188, for'l9ls they are 22,868, or about one-fourth off. Death of Mrs. J. A. Wells. Mrs. J. A. Wells died at her home near Luella on Dec. 28,1915, at 3 o’clock. She was born October 11, 1872, andbvas the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bunn. On Dec. 10, 1894, she was married to Mr. J. A. Wells. She was a kind and lov ing mother, a true and faithful wife. Although she suffered for eight long months, she never mur mured, but prayed to her God all the while in behalf of her dear husband and children. To know Neely, as we all knew her best, was to love her. Grieve not, dea r ones, For you shall see her again; A precious one from us 5s gone, A voice to us is stilled. A place is vacant in our boine » That never can be filled. Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep. The deceased is sui vived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bunn, her husband and eight children, four brothers and four* sisters. The funeral and in terment occurred at Mount Carmel church, conducted by Rev. J. E. England. Written by a true friend, Mrs. T. H. W. Send The News. If you know any local news — visiting, being visited, or other wise—tell The Weekly and let us print ’em. Surveying Highway. Mr. Searcy B. Slack, an expe rienced civil engineer, came down from Atlanta Tuesday and began work on the survey of the Dixie Highway, out by Stockbridge and Whitehouse. It will require two or three weeks to complete the routes, and of course it will not be known until the end of that time.which will be selected. The prospect of permanent establish ment of the new highway is en couraging, and active work will doubtless begin before much longer. The benefits -to Henry from this movement cannot be es timated, and all loyal citizens should encourage it in every way possible. The Old Cow Pea. On October 18th, while over at tending the fair at Laurens, S. C., says the Southern Cultivator, we were shown a peavine, the run ners from which were over twelve feet long. The viq° would have made roughage enough for a meal for a horse. It made peas enough to feed a good-size family. The nod ules on the roots were so plenti ful and large as to indicate that this peavine had stored up enough nitrogen to fertilize half a dozen cotton stalks. While on our way home we fell to musing on the wonders of the C jtvpers, and our thoughts ran ap follows: How • wonderful is the tcommon cowpea! How unappre ciative are our farmers of the true vah..o of this plant. Carlyle said: “Let the sun rise but twice and it ceased to be a miracle.” Because a thing is plentiful or com mon it ceases to command or at tention and study as it should. This cowpea is a most wonderful plant. It can be planted from April to August; will germinate in three days; can be planted as sec ond crop or along with another crop without injury to the grow- ing crop and with profit to the grower and to the soil. We once saw seventy-five varieties exhibi ted by one man. The white peas constit te one of the best and most nutritious dishes for mankind the colored and speckled varieties make a most nutritious food for all classes of live stock. The vines of all varieties make one of the highest qualities of hay, while the running peas make a yield of hay second to no other hay prod uct on the same land. All varie ties gather nitrogen from the air and store it up in little nodules formed upon their roots to in crease the fertility of the soil and to increase the yield of succeeding crops. On galled clay hillsides it will grow and soon form humus in this abused spot and atone for man’s neglect and lack of care — actually make fertile again the ex hausted clay. On the sandy loams that have depleted of their vegetable matter until they have become as poor asjthe sand on the beach the cowpea will spring up and thrive and cover the impover ished white sand ffotn the hot raya of the sun and givkits own body to be incorporated with this sand until it becomes fertile again. The ancients woulcr have worship ped such a plant and attributed divine atributes to such a source of help. But we of the twentieth SI.OO A YEAR R. E. LEE S BIRTHDAY TO BE CELEBRATED Charles T. Zachry Chapter to Deli ver Cro sse s e i I Fond on This Occasion. The Charles T. Zachry Chapter will honor Lee’s birthda y next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’lock at the Baptist church. An appropriate program will be car ried out, after which the president of the chapter will deliver crosses to the following: B. C. Branan, A. D. Pace, W. A. Gardner, J. K. P. Owen, G. W. Jenkins, L. L. Tarpley for J. T. Tarpley, and J. J, Branan for Mrs. D, E. Clements. The follow ing program will be rendered: Song—America. Scripture Rending and Prayer— Rev. H. S. Smith. Paper on Lee—Mrs. YV. 13. Kol loy. Address —Rev. J. M. Gilmore. Music —Miss Lillie Coan. Delivery oi crosses. Song—‘‘God Re With You Till j Wo Meet Again.” Benediction. Mr. J. W Brown, Concerning Mr. J. W. Brown, the new pashier of the Jackson Bank ing Company, a leading citizen of Locust Grove writes the Progress- Argas as follows *. “The town of 'Locust Grove, and community is shocked and sadden ed this Christmas when we find our beloved friend, J. W. Brown, and family have moved from our midst. He was faithful in every place he filled while he lived in our town. He served as cashier of the hank for all the years he was here, courteous and accommodating to all. He served us satisfactorily as mayor, and in chinch and Sunday school a consecrated member and fait!)fill teacher. 1 congratulate Jackson and the county of Butts on Hiring such a good, honest and Pii' .if il cOizhu to locate with von. I feel that f speak the voice of this town j;nd community. ” Land-Kimhell. Coming as a surprise to their many friends was th > marriage of Miss Mary Land and Mr. Charles Kimhell, which took place in At lanta Saturday. Mr, and Mrs. Kimhell arc spend ing the week in Florida, and upon their return they v ill b tin- recip ients of hearty congratulations from their hosts of friends hero where both are very popular. The above from the Jackson Progress-Argus will be read with interest bv Mr. Kimhell’s many McDonough friends, who extend all good wishes to both bride and groom. century have so many blessings that we do not appreciate them, and we neglect natural agencies in our eagerness to grasp aitificiai ones. God has been wonderfully generous to the south in suit ing so many plants to our balmy climate and copious showers, and while we have many plants more pretentious and which receive more attention at our hands, as for instance cotton, still for inher ent qualities for blessing us and our soil we doubt if any surpass the common cowpea.”