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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XU.
Thar’s More in the Man Than Thar Is
in the I and
Bv SIDNEY LAMER
(s <lm-*y L-mii'r, considered the greatest .Southern poet since Poe, was
li trn . di. in. <Ja , February 3, 1842. He served in the Confederate Army
and after the war engaged in literary work For a time he was lecturer in
English lit* nture at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He died of
consumption on September 7, 1881.)
I knowed a man, which he lived in Jones,
Which Jones is a county of red hills and stones,
And he lived pretty much by gittin’ of loans,
And his mules was nuthin’ but skin and bones.
A ui his hogs was flat as his cornbread pones,
And he had ’bout a thousand acres o' land.
'j us man —which his name vms also Jones—
A swore that he'd leave them old red hills and stones
For he couldn’t make nuthin’ but yellerish cotton,
Apd little o' THAT; and his fences were rotten.
A;at what little corn he had,HIT was boughten,
And dinged ef a livin’ was in the land.
Aad the longer he swore the madder he got,
And he riz and he walked to the stable lot,
Aad he hollered to Tom to come thar and hitch
Fur to emigrate somewhat whar laud was rich,
And to quit raisin’ cock-burrs, thistles and jich,
And a wastin’ ther time on the cussed land.
.So him and Tom they hisched up the mules,
Pertestin’ that folks was mighty big fools
That ’ud stay in Georgy ther lifetime out, ,
Jest scratchin’ a livin’ when all of ’em mought
Git places in Texas whar cotton would sprout
By the time you could plant it in the land.
And he driv by a house wnar a man named Brown
Was a livin’ not fur from the edge o’ town,
And he bantered Brown fur to buy his place,
And said that bein’ as money was skace,
And bein’ as Sheriffs was hard to face,
Two dollars an acre would git the land.
They closed at a dollar and iifty cents,
And Jones he bought him a waggin and tents,
And loaded his corn, and his wimmin, and truck,
And moved to Texas, which it tuck
His entire pile, with the best of luck,
To git thar and git him a little land.
But Brown moved out on the old Jones farm,
And he rolled up his breeches and bared his arm,
And he picked all the rocks from off’n the groun',
And he rooted it up and he plowed it down,
Then he sowed his porn and wheat in the land.
Five years glid by, and Brown one day
(Which he’d got so fat that*he wouldn’t weigh).
Was a settin’ down, sorter lazily,
To the bulliest dinner you ever see,
When one o’ the children jumped on hi,s knee
And says, ‘Wan's Jones, which you bought his land.”
And thar was Jones, standin’ out at the fence,
And he hadn’t a waggin, nor mules, nor tents,
Fur he had left Texas afoot and cum
To Georgy to see if he couldn’t git sum
Employment, and he was a lookin' as hum-
Ble as ef he had never owned any land.
But Brown he axed him in, and he sot
Him down to his vittles smokin’ hot,
And when he had filled hisself and the floor
Brown looked at him sharp and riz and swore
That “Whether men’s land was rich or poor
Thar was more in the Man than thar was in the Land.”
More Heavy Rains.
Decidedly the heaviest rain yet
fell in this section Sunday night,
the downfall lasting a solid hour
and a ciuarter. Everything around
town was completely overflowed,
more washouts and damages per
haps never being known here.
From the eastern portion of the
county come the worst reports,
small streams being highest on
record, with much destruction.
The Rodgers bridge over Beth
any branch, 20 or 25 feet high,
thought to be absolutely out of
reach, was completely wrecked.
Johnson Hill bridge was swept
aw ay and the fill considerably
damaged.
The bridges in Mr. W. A. Craig’s
bottoms and across Tussahaw
cn < were both destroyed, while
the dam at Wynn’s mill repairs
upon which had just been com
pleted from previous damages,
was again swept away.
Two or three rural route car
riers were unable to make their
full rounds.
Both Lowe’s and Thrasher’s
fish ponds broke, the cement pool
of Mr. Lowe being undermined
on one corner and collapsing.
Altogether it is the wettest
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
Rate Meeting.
The State Deuartment of Agri
culture expresses particular grati
fication over the fact that farmers
all over Georgia are exhibiting
such strong interest in the hear
ing to be, in August 17, before the
State Railroad Commission, on the
petition of the railroads for in
creases in rates.
“This department has heard
from many sections, said Commis
sioner Price, “and it looks as if
the farmers will be properly rep
resented before the commission.
This department will do every
thing within its power to resist
rate increase, particularly on
products of the farm and those
articles of merchandise which the
farmers freely use. But in this
effort we need help, all the help
we can get. I feel confident now
that it wiil be forthcoming, and
that Georgia farmers will be
strongly represented before the
Commission when the hearing is
called.”
summer season within the memo
ry of the “oldest inhabitant,” with
bad washes and great damage to
crops, bridges, etc.
Awful reports come from the
mountains of North and South
Carolina, where many lives are
lost and millions of dollars worth
of property swept away in mills
and factories.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday. july 21. urn
: OBSERVER :
Dog days next.
Oh ! you weather prophet.
Plant rutabaga turnips.
Lost —Lots of dry dirt.
Wanted enthusiasm in one
Governor’s race.
Found That nobody knows
anything about the weather.
Mr. Jack Jenkins of Baxley is
the guest of n#latives and friends
near Bethany. *
Mr. W. J. Pendley attended a
big all-day singing in Pike county
last Sunday.
Mr. Tom Thomas of Atlanta
i,
made a business' trip to McDon
ough last Saturday.
Mr. Boykin Newman spent the
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week-end with relatives and
friends near Jonesboro.
The Flippen school will give the
play, “Kentucky Belle” at Union
Grove school house near Bethany
on the night of Jtfly 29.
Prof. S. E. Coker left Sunday
for Warm Spiings, where he goes
to teach a twenty days’ singing
school at that place, before re
turning home.
The recent high water washed
out the middle pillar of the steel
bridge at Island Shoals, and the
bridge was broken in twain in the
middle, which is a considerable
loss to Henry and Newton coun
ties.
: v * * -• "r-
Mr. B. W. Nail who ha’s been in
declining health for some months
is no better, but gradually contin
ues to grow worse. Uncle Burl
has a host of friends who sympa
thize with him in his affliction.
Mr. Joseph Murphey, a brother
of Mrs. Horner V. Adamson, who
recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the Georgia
Buptis. Hospital in Atlanta, is now
out of danger and on the road to
recovery.
Mr. Sam Gardner, a young man
of near Lucust Grove, whp was
thrown from his buggy, by a run
away mule, about three weeks
ago m McDonough and painfully
injured, is slowly recovering from
the effects of the injury he re
ceived.
Revival services are in progress
at Timberridge church this week.
The pastor, Rev. M. C. Liddell, is
being assisted by Rev. Mr. Hemp
hill and the services will continue
tor several days. Brother Liddell
assisted in a meeting at Stock
bridge last week, the singing be
ing conducted by S. E. Coker of
McDpnough.
The friends of Mr. Pink Cope
land, a former citizen of this coun
ty, will regret to hear of his death
which occurred at his home in
Texas on June 27th. He was a
brother of Mr. J. A. Copeland oi
McDonough. He was 74 years of
age and is survived by his wife
and several children, and a large
number of friends and relatives.
Uncle David Morgan, who re
sides at the old Nelson place near
McDonough, is an example that is
worthy of imitation to all young
men on the farm. He has sold
over 150 bushels of potatoes of
la ; t year’s crop at $1 per bushel;
nevef goes to the city without
something to seli; has an orchard
that furnishes ripe fruit from May
Oakland Dedicated.
On last Sunday Oakland Baptist
Church, which is located four
miles west of town on the upper
Hampton road, was dedicated, Dr.
John G. Harrison of Mercer Uni
versity preaching the dedication
sermon.
Rev. J. M. Gilmore, the present
pastor, helped to organize this
church about three v airs an •,
eleven members constituting the
church; and since their organiza
tion the membership lias increased
to about thirty-five; the splendid
church building is indeed cr dit
able to that community and stands
as a monument to their loyalty
and sacrifice.
In the morning a large con
course of people filled the build*
ing and listened to an able sonnon
on the work of the church and
place in the world, by Dr. Harri
son, after which Rev. Robert Har
rison of Bethany delivered the
keys of the church to the deacons,
Messrs. 1). C. Carmichael and E.
M. Barnett in an impressive man
ner, Mr. Barnett responding, after
which dinner was served on the
grounds. Preaching again in the
afternoon by I)r. Harrison.
Bro. Gilmore and the church
are to be congratulated on their
church building, also on the ser
vices Sunday, and the good dinner
which they had prepared.
Their protracted meeting begun
Monday and will continue for sev
eral days, Bra *GflmoFer doing ;hy
preaching.
♦
Convict Shot.
Charlie Willingham, one of the
county convicts, escaped fiom the
camps near Hampton one day last
week, and was severely wounded
bv Guard Horton in recapturing
him.
Dogs were put upon Willing
hum’s trail soon after he left, and
when overtaken in a swamp above
Mr. G. A. All’s place, he made
fight upon them. It is said he
also fought the guard upon his
approach, who shot him in the
side, before he could be captured,
producing a serious wound. He
was brought to McDonough and
placed in jail, and is getting along
reasonably well and will probably
recover.
Two more convicts escaped
Wednesday morning while work
ing on the bridge just below the
Goodwin farm south cf McDon
ough. Sheriff Ward was imme
diately sent for, but at last ac
counts neither had been heard
from.
to September; has plenty of home
raised corn and fodder to feed his
stock, and raises cotton as a sur
olus crop. Can you beat it?
During the months of July and
August most of the country
churches will hold their annual
protracted meetings. Farmers
and housekeepers have already
begun to get their affairs in shape
for the meeting. Special effort is
made to lay-by the crop and have
the meeting before fodder pulling
time. A few chickens, just the
right size to fry, are saved up; the
yards are swept clean; the brass
hoops on the cedar buckets
shine like gold, and when they
prepare for guests they are disap
pointed if they do not have them.
RECENT HEAVY RAINS
AFFECT COTTON BELT
Government Bureau Estimate
Too Previous According to
S ate Commissioner Price.
The nr< >,t eont: nous and se
v o . 1 >:•- >ut the Cotton
Belt. mdi< ate that the Govern
ment Estimating Bureau was a
litll' pivvi -us in its recent state
ment as to the prospect of the
19H cott<m crop, iys a statement
just give, out In Commissioner
J. D ! • of the State Depart
ment or Agriculture.
. “The Government told us there
would be ibout 14,400,000 bales
this year, and put Georgia high
up on the list,” Commissioner
Price said. “1 am inclined to
think the Government estimate a
little previous, and no doubt it
has had some effect on the mar
ket. While it may have looked
that way at the time, recent gen
eral reports to this deuartment
coming from practically every
section of this State, indicate great
damage both to corn and cotton
as the result of the continued
heavy rains.
“In many sections, particularly
in Middle and South Georgia, the
cotton plant is so large that it can
| hardly be plowed again. The ef
fefct of rain and wind and the soft
ening of the ground, has been to
‘leave a tnMe aumiid thcsstaik, and
ckuse the breaking of many of
the lateral roots, ft is practically
impossible to get a plow near
enough to fill up these holes. In
North and Northeast Georgia the
heavy rams have had similar ef
fect, but not to such extent, as
the cotton plant is net so large.
“Nevertheless, owing to this
and other damage, we cannot now
expect anything like what the
crop once promised. As these
rains were general over practi
cally the entire Cotton Belt, the
damage will be well distributed
and not fall heavily on any one
section or State. The crop re
duction will be general all over
the South, and the resultant en
hancement in price will possibly
overbalance all the rain damage.
“There is further fear that the
wet weather which is the life of
the boll weevil will make that in
sect pest much more plentiful and
destructive, especially in South
west Georgia, where it has just
begun to get in its work. I am
informed the insect increases rap
idly when there is plenty of rain,
and this may result in further re
duction.
“As tn corn, particularly on bot
tom lands where the overflow has
been heavy, considerable harm
has been done. This is especially
true where the stalk was very
large. Where it was small the
farmers will be able to save a
large percentage of the crop.
“There is no question, however,
in my mind that government esti
mates will have to be materially
revised as the result of the recent
rain damage.”
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