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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1916)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLI. SWEET SIXTEEN •(- I shudder to think of the miles I have traveled A-steering the plowshare, the planter and >erape; Of the blisters that riz when the weather was rainy And twas me for the hoe, to keep cotton in shape. And when in autumn we'd picked out the staple, And ginned it and carted the "Cotton to town, How I -ickened to hear that all Europe was fighting: That the market had busted and prices were down. But I didn't forget that each cloud has a lining Of silver, no matter how pessimists may talk, And that some place on earth the sun is shining; So I turned back the mules, too tired to walk. I stacked up the bales somehow 'neath a shelter. And settled us down to a diet of yams, And pulled on my jeans and went in for some farming. With my lips shut tight like a family of clams. My wife and the children must wait for the auto; If we had to wear old clothes, we’d try to keep clean; I'd stick to the farm, though calamity hollered— And wait for the market to go to sixteen. There may he some around who forget the low prices When I married my sweetheart, just passing fifteen. ’Twas hack in the nineties, when four was the figure.— I'll stick to the homestead and wait for sixteen. The ring that I bought on the Cost ten bales of lint when it sold on the gtven. She is proud of it now, though the market has bn * ted— I’ll stick to the homestead and wait for sixteen. But the year that they held the big show at St. Louis I took her to see it dressed up like a queen; For somehow the prices got tired of falling, And I sold off my staple at nearly sixteen. There ; s some wise guys who say that lint sold for a dollar ’Way back in the sixties, when trouble between The North and the South was raising perdition— There’s perdition in Europe—l’l wait for sixteen. What’s this that you tell me ? The market is rising ? The crowd on the square is the bluest you’ve seen r The price run away with the bit in its molars ? It's twenty 1 11 wait for—not a bale at sixteen! —Jac£ O wen, October 25, 1918. * Club Notes, The Woman’s Club will have its next meeting on Friday, Dec. Bth, at the home of Mrs. E. D. Tolleson, with Mrs. Marvin Turner as assistant hostess. This will be the last meeiing of the year. PROGRAM. Parliamentary Round Table Conducted by Mrs. Fred Walker. Music—Mrs. Ed Reagan. Three Minute Talks: Robert Toombs, Mrs. A. K. Brewn ; Alex ander Stephens, Mrs. .1. !>. Dick son ; Thos. R. R. Cobb, Miss Nena Tye. Song—One stanza of “God Be With You.” The public is asked to enjoy the lot of new books that are to be placed in the library soon. The stone coping selected by the civic committee is to be placed around the city park at once. One of the business men of the town voluntarily made the statement that so many of the men around the square would be glad to help the ladies make this park beauti ful ; so if this is true, we want to assure them that any donation would be gratefully received, Questions to be answered at next meeting: 1 What is parliamentary law? 2 Give the origin of the term ‘‘parliamentary. ” 3 What is the ultimate authority in parliamentary law? 4 State the four fundamental principles of parliamentary law? 5 What is the great purpose of parliamentary law? 6 Give differences between rules of order and standing rules. 7 How do a mass meeting, a per manent society, and a representa tive assembly differ in character? 8 What is meant by a call for a meeting? 9 State the principat steps in the organization of a permanent so ciety. 10 Distinguish between constitu- A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. McDonough. Georgia, Friday. November 24. im Good Show. » The Franklin Stock Co. opened a week’s engagement at the Mc- Donough School Auditorium Mon day night to a capacity house, presenting a society play entitled, “The Divorce Question.” It was one of the best, cleanest, and fun niest plays we have had the pleas ure of seeing. The vaudeville also was fine, and all comment is, “the best yet.” Friday night they are present ing their feature play, “East Lynne,” and Saturday night a screamingly funny comedy, “How Wives Fool Their Hunbaqds.” tion and by-laws. 11 What is the difference be tween a meeting and a session? 12 Give some characteristic of a good presiding offio-r. 13. Whv should a chairman not use pronouns of the first person in referring to himself? 14 Name the special case in which a chairman has a rjght to discuss a question before the bouse. 15 What are the "minutes, ’’and what should*they contain? Iti Enumerate the qualities of a good recording officer. 17 Give some characteristics of a good member of an organization. 18 How may an assembly deal with an incompetent or dishonest chairman? 19 What is meant by the phrase, “to obtain the floor?” 20 What title is usually given a chairman in religions assemblies? Collect for Club Women. \ Keep us. O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice. May we never he hasty in judgment, and always generous. Teach us to put into action our better im pulses, straightforward and unafraid. Bring me your cow hides at 15 cents. John Rodgers. VELVET BEANS IN CORN Playing Important Part in the New Diversification and Ag ricultural Emancipation of Southwest Georgia. No legume is playing a more important part in the new diversi fication of crops in this section of South Georgia than the velvet bean. The cowpea is an old standby; the soy bean is receiving more and more attention, but the vel vet bean is literally taking South west Georgia especially. A few years ago the velvet bean was practically unknown outside of Florida and the lower sections of the States bordering on the guif. But conditions have changed, and , this wonderful crop'is now over running the Southern cornfields.; The Florida velvet bean, which requires a very long season, is not the one that is producing such splendid results in Georgia. It is the hundred-day Speckle that is taking the day. This variety, as its name indicates, will mature in about one hundred days. There fore, it can easily be grown all over the South, with the possible : exception of a small portion of (the mountainous regions of Vir ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, I aricLKeatucky. I Though Ijfruisands of bushels of ! these beans sold at a good profit and the growing of I the crop for seed production will | probably always be attractive the | market for the crop in this form :is more or less limited. The real market for the velvet bean is through hogs and cows. A great many fields of corn, especially in the lower South, now' have velvet beans planted in them, and as soon as the corn is gathered cat tle and hogs are turned in to eat the beans and bean vines and any scattering corn that may be left. The beans are usually planted at the same time the corn is plant ed. A method that has proved very satisfactory is to plant a hi!! !of beans after every two hills of | corn. It is not necessary to plant the beans between each two hills of corn because they run so far; the corn is usually completely wrapped up before the end of | August. It is the experience of many who have been growing the com bination fcr years that the beans do not decrease the yield of corn; others maintain that there is a slight decrease in yield, but not | enough to make the combination 1 undesirable. Still others declare I ! that there is actually an increase in the yield, because the growing I corn is benefited by the nitrogen that the legume takes from the soil and air. Certainly the suc ceeding crop is benefited by the velvet beans. The common practice is to gath er all the beans needed for seed about the time the corn is pulled, or immediately afterward. Very few try to pick the beans clean. Many livestock men say that the 'cheapest and best meat they have ever produced, both beef and ' pork, has been by utilizing velvet beans in the cornfield. Put your Weekly a year ahead while it is only a •$. <£7oBSERVEft : N Union Graded School of near Bethany opened its fall term un der most favorable circumstances, and has an enrollment of 9b pu pils. Rev. \Y. L. Sligh, former.y of Franklin county, is in charge of the school, and is being ably as sisted by Mias Game Williams and Miss Nellie Guest. This is one of the best schools in the county, located in one of the best sections of the county an ! is to be congrat ulated upon securing such an able corps oi teachers. Wt regret to note the death of the little 7 vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott, which occured at their home near Ola last Friday night, after an illness of only a few days. The remains were laid to rest at Bethany Sunday morn ing, the funeral services being conducted b.\ Rev. T. J. Bledsoe and Rev. 11. V. Adamson. We join their m my friends in extend ing our sympathy to them in their sad hour of bereavement. It is with sadness that we chronicle the death of Mrs. J. H Rawls which occured at her home in Jackson last Wednesday night. She is survived by her husband and a large family of children to mourn her death. She leaves two brothers, J. F. Bowden of ! McDonough and, George Bowden lof Locust Grove, and several : is jters, and a host of friend ; d relatives all of whom extend their 'deep sympathy to the grief strick en family. The funeral mid inter ment was at Bethany Friday, the services being conducted by Rev. H. V. Adamson of Morrow. We are in receipt of the min utes of the 93d annu d session of the Flint River Association which was held at Concord September 28 and 29. The following officers were elected: N. B Drewrv of Griffin moderator, Claud Gray of Locust Grove vice moderator, Homer V. Adamson of Morrow clerk, and E. M. Copeland of Mc- Donough treasurer. The associa tion is composed of 44 churches of Pike, Spalding, Fayette, Henry, and Clayton counties. This is a strong association, the total con tributions for all purposes during the past fiscal year being $27,- 469.95. The First Baptist church of Griffin is the leading church in the association, which with a membership of 751 contributed $8,675.97, while the McDonough Baptist church is the next highest, w'hich with a membership of 262 contributed $2,127.42 during the past year. The next annual ses sion will be held in McDonough on September 26 and 27, 1917. It is with sadness that we chronicle the death of Mrs. George Owen which occured at her home a few miles east of McDonough last Saturday morning after a brief illness. She realized that she was near death’s door and called her husband and children, one by one, to her bedside and bid them farewell, and two young est children being too small to talk, she asked her husband to hold them to her < while she fer vently kissed them a sad farewell. She told them to meet her in heaven, and did not fear death and said her only regret was to leave her husband and children. She died hapDy with the thought that she was going to heaven. Wilson Fixes Nov. JO As Thanksgivinq Day Washington, November 17. — President Wilson today formally, by proclamation, designed Thurs day, November 30, as Thanksgiv ing day. Here follows the president’s procalmation: “It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us and the nation. “The year that has elapsed since we last observed our day of thanksgiving has been rich in blessings to us as a people, but the whole face of the world has been darkened by war. In the midst of our peace and happiness, our thoughts dwell, with painful disquiet upon the struggles and sufferings of the nations at war, and of the people upon whom war lias brought disaster without choice or possibility ot' escape on their part. We canno tthmk of our own happiness without think ing of their pittitul distress. “Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, do appoint j Thurso iv, the 30th of November, as a da., oi national thanksgiving laud prayer, and urge and advise !h pe ipu to resort to their places of worship on that day to render thanks to .Vmighty God for the blessings of p race and unbroken prosperity vvtreh He" has bestow ed upon pur c hntry in such un stinted measure. “And 1 also urge and suggest our duty, in this our day of peace and abundance, to think in deep sympathy of t\e stricken peo ples of the world upon whom the cause and terror of war has so pitilessly fallen, and to contri bute out of our abundant means to the relief of their sufferings. “Our people could in no better way shuw their real attitude towan: the present struggle of the nations than by contributing out of their abundance to the relief of the suffering which war has brought in its train. “In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my h md and caused the seat of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the city of Washing ton, this 17th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1916, and of tlie independence of the United States, the one hundred and forty first. Woodrow Wilson. “By the president: "Robert Lansing, “Secretary of State.” Notice. All parties indebted to the es tate of Henry Woodward are hereby notified to make imme diate settlement, as it is necessary to enter suit upon all unsettled claims January 1. JOHN R. WOODWARD, Agent. She leayes a husband and eight children to mourn her death, Her husband, Mr. George Owen, has been connected with the coun ty work for several years, and we join liis many friends in extending our sympathy. The remains were laid to rest Sunday m ir.iing at the Harper graveyard, Rev. H. S. | Smith conducting the services. SI.OO A YEAR
