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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1917)
An Alabama Negro’s 801 l Weevil Remedy. John McDuffie, a negro plant er six miles east of the city, has worked out a novel and seeming ly certain means of eradicating the boll weevil. He had 250 acres of the finest cotton in the county and not a single weevil was ever found in it. On being asked how he killed them, he said he did not kill them, but prevents their com ing to his cotton. McDuffie is an intelligent man, and originated the method of running them away himself. If it is a fact, as is claim ed, he has found the long sought method of preventing the waste of millions of dollars in the south through the ravages of the pest. The method is simple. McDuffie takes crude oi! tar and camphor gum. He puts these in a pot and boils them. With sufficient oil in the mixture to make it a liquid, he wets common crocus sacks in the mixture, then squeezes them as dry as he thinks necessary. He says if too much of the mixture is used, it will kill the young cotton. The wet sacks are fastened by a drag-stick attached to the plow beam. Each week the crop is plowed and dragged over with these saturated sacks, both sides of the cotton getting a touch from the fumes of the mixture. On going down one side the sack touches lightly one side, and when the plow returns, it touches the other side. This method cost about 15 cents acre, McDuffie says. He says he used the method with success in 1915, and that he got five more bales per horse last year by hav ing the weevils out of the way. If it is a success, and seemingly is, this negro has solved a problem that has confronted the best brains in the South for the past ten years. —Montgomery Adver tiser. An Appeal. One evening I entered the room of my deceased friend with sad nes to see the remains of a sad tragedy. Finding four lady friends standing near by as the widows around about the dead Dorcas, one of the parties turned gently to me and said : “Mr. C., this is from strong drink.” My heart went out in sympathy for the widow and several small child ren. Others came and went, both ladies and men, with bowed heads. Words cannot tell of the heart throbs. Hours Dassed and I found myself in a deep concern for others who are swiftly going the same downward road. I asked, Oh God help me that I may tell it to others before it is everlastingly too late: This is an aDoeal to you personally for the sake of youri soul and those you love, to cut out the cursed evil of strong drink, and drink no more; for we read in the book of books that the iniqui ties of the fathers shall be visited upon the third and fourth gener atoins. This appeal is especially to the temperate drinker. Better cut it out today; the social glass has cut down its thousands; it will get you, or some of your loved ones, if you you don’t cut the evil out. May God, help you decide today. Death by your own hands is fear ful. Many go in this wav. Will it be you, or your brother ? Will it be you, or your friend ? Will it be you, or your son-in-law? Will it be you or your son ? God will hold you responsible for your influence, and justly so. A Frifnd Fortunes await the inventor of a life-boat that will float on a sea of trouble. Oakland. (Last Wwk's Letter.) Rev. F. E. Smith or Locust Grove delivered a very interest ing sermon at Oakland Sunday morning. . Mrs. George Stone and daugh ters, Evie and Opie, were the guests of Mrs. Dan Henderson and daughters one afternoon last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bright and daughter, Julia, of near Liberty Hill, spent one day last'week with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bright. We are sorry to know that Mr. J. T. Fields is seriously ill at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bunn spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bunn near Greenwood. Mrs. Santie Gibbs of Lovejoy is visitinglher sister Mrs. E. M. Bar nett. Miss Grace Barnett spent the week-end with home folks. Misses Lovie and Dollie Hender son were thd guests of Misses Leone and Florence Moss Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barnett and familv were the guests oHhe lat ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McCullough, near County Line Sunday. Miss Mary McGarity had as her guests Sunday, Misses Lois and Mary Steele and Mary Grace and Thelma Barnett. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Stewart spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Moss and family spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Barnett. DAISY A man has undoubtedly lost all interest in life when he no longer stops to watch a dog fight. A Fldvertising Pays 0 Uo ,it Now v f ery Best Results Everybody Reads 'em D Results follow Quickly t I hink it Over |t Increases Business <5 Wee for Yourself Every Week IN THE WEEKLY K. .1. RKAUAX KI'WAKI) I. KKAGAN REAGAN & REAGAN A TTORNE VS A l LA W McDonough. Ga. Practice in all (he Courts O. L_. ADAMS DENTI ST McDonoUch, L a. Office Hours : 7 : :>0 to 5 : 00 J-IKNT NATION AI. RANK BUILDING D. A. BROWN. DENTIST Office Hours : 7.80 to 12 A. M. 1 i-o 5 P. M. TERMS: STRICTLY CASH. McDonough, Ga. MONEY I can arrange you a loan on your farm anywhere, at a low rate of Interest. 3 or 5 years. Write W. O. Needham, Eillenwood. Ga. Bulk Acid. One hundred tons bulk acid for sale, $11.60 per ton f. o. b. Atlanta, delivered to any R. R. point. 16 per cent dry. Those who have not made their arrangements will do well to see us at once. GREEN & ROAN Greenwood, Ga. Thompson’s Shop Horse Shoeing a specialty. Blacksmith and General Repair Work. Best Liniment in the world for sale, Agent for all leading newspa pers. Let me vour subscrip tion, please. Special price on Enlarged Por traits and Frames for next 30 days. Special price on One and Two- Horse, Wagon Brakes. Call on me when in town. W. G. THOMPSON To the last drop T HOUSE COFFEE Is Perfect • ■ i(g Ask Your Grocer The Southern Mortgage Co. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000 Establishd 870. Gould Building—Hl Decatur Street—9l Edgewood Avenue. FARM LOANS Negotiated throughout the State on Improved Farm Lands in sums ot si,ooo to SIOO,OOO on Five Years’ time at reasonable rates. Our sources ot money are practically inexhaustible. We have a strong line ot customers among individual investors and Savings Banks and Trust Companies in the North, East and Middle West, and we number among our customers the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company with assets ol more than'a hundred million dollars. J. T. Holleman, President W. A. Thompson, Abstracts of Title W. L. Kemp, Vice-President J- G. Work, Abstracts of Title J. W. Andrews, Secretary Jr f Boulighny, Auditor *L‘ r , ’ S. R. Cook, Secretary s Clerk 1 E. \ . Carter, Attorney t. b. Dempsey, Abstract Clerk A, d’Antignac, Inspector C. W. Felker, Jr., Abstract Clerk. W. A. How : eli, Abstracts of Title Horace Holleman, Application Clerk. For inlormation, call on or write to BROWN & BROWN M’DONOUGH, GEORGIA. 9 Stra r w :> / / Original Bottle If W II Tfc insures that sat jj / isjactory, uniform fla - IS / / yor, absolute cleanliness 8 ' tmWi and Puri t- I Call for Chero-Cola in
