The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, November 09, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Henry County Weekly A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. • "• '* - •«*' ' sits VOL. XLIII. PARTIAL LIST Of PREMIUMS FOR THE HENRY COUNTY FAIR November 15 -16. (More Next Week.) Agriculture. No. 1. Best, largest, individual farm exhibit. First prize, $25 00 cash, 2d prize, Lynchburg plow $15.00 Copeland Turner Mrc. Co., 3d prize phonograph, Henry Co Supply Co. No. 2. Best 10 ears of corn, yield considered, Ist prize, Avery plow $i5.00, Tolleson & Turner, 2d $5.00 pair shoes, McDonough Trading Co. No. 3. Best 5 stalks long cotton, Ist prize 12.50 guano dis tributor, Copeland-Turner Mrc.Co. 2d $5, Everett Seed-Co., Atlanta. No. 4. Best 5 stalks short sta ple cotton, Ist prize, guano dis tributor, G. W. Cathy, 2d $5 cash. No. 5. Best Deck exhibit peas, threshed, variety and yield con sidered, Ist prize 12 50 plow, Mc- Donough Trading Co., 2d 5.00 pr shoes, Carleton Shoe Co. Atlanta. Np. 6. Best prize 100 casn. ** ~ ~ ’ * No. 7. Best display velvet beans Ist prize 1.00 cash. No. 8. Best display sweet pota toes any variety, Ist prize 3.00 cash, 2d 1.00 cash. No. 9. Largest turnip, Ist prize 1.00 cash. No. 10. Best collard, Ist prize 1.00 cash. No. 11. Largest pumpkin, Ist prize 1.00 cash. No. 12. Best 10 stalks sorghum cane, Ist prize 1.00 cash. No. 14. Best display sorghum syrup, Ist prize 2.00 cash, 2d 1.00 cash. No. 15. Befit display of ribbon cane syrup, Ist prize 2 00 cash, 2d 1.00 cash. No. 16. Best display pecans $1 cash. No. 17. Best display pop-corn, 24 lbs White Eagle flour, Cope land-Turner Mrc. Co. No. 17. Best bushel wheat, 46 lbs. Queen of Pantry flour, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 19. Best bushel rye, 48 lbs. Queen of Pantry flour, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 20. Best bushel oats, 481bs 'Sea Foam flour, Henry County Supply Co No. 21. Best 10 stalks corn, 48 lbs Sea Foam flour, Henry County Supply Co. No. 22. Best honey home rais ed, 48 lbs Howard flour, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 23. Best side meat, 48 lbs. Howard flour, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 24. Best bushel home ground meal, 1 gal. Sou. Home paint, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 25. Best 24 lbs, home ground flour, 1 gal. Sou. Home paint, Henry Co. Sup. Co. . No. 26. Best gal. butter beans shelled, 1 gal. Sou. Home paint, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 27. Best half bushel Irish potatoes, 1.00 cash. House Work. No. 1. Best and largest exhibit house work (sewing, cannning, cooking, etc.) Ist prize 100 lbs Henry Clay flour, Copeland Tur ner Mrc. Co., 2d 48 lbs Idaho flour Green, Tarpley & Co. Best piece fancy work, Ist prize 6.00 cut glass, Copeland-Turner Mrc. Co., 2d 2.50 sky blue enamel ware, T. J. Patterson. No. 3. Best exhibit pot flowers and chrysanthemums, Ist prize $5 hat, Miss Blanche Wentzel, 2d $1 cash. No. 4. Best display cakes, Ist prize 48 lbs Acme flour, Capeland Turner Mrc. Co. No. 5. Best display butter, Ist prize, 7.50 “Dazey” churn, Cope land-Turner Mrc. Co., 2d 1.00 cash. * . No. 6. Best general display of preserves, jellies, pickles, catsup, canned fruits and vegetables, in Eagle flour, Copeland-Turner Mrc. Co., 2d 48 lbs Ballard’s Obelisk flour, McDonough Trading Co No. 7. Best display knitting sweaters, etc , 1.00 cash. Live Stock. No. 1. Best horse colt, age con sidered, Ist prize 5 00, 2d 2 50, 3d 1.00 bot. Rodgers Kangaroo Lini ment, Henry County Sup. Co. No. 2. Best mule colt under 1 year, age considered, Ist prize 5.00, 2d 2.50, 3d 1 00 bot. Rodgers Hoof Oil, Henry Co. Sup. Co. No. 3. Best mule colt over 1 year, age cotisiiered, Ist prize $5, 2d 2.50, 3d 1.00 Rodgers Stock Powder, Henry Co. Sud. Co. No. 4. Best pair of mules, Ist prize 10 00 Vulcan plow, Cope land-Turner Mrc. Co., 2d and 3d each 1.00 Rodgers Stock Powder, Henry Co. Sup. Co. Hogs. No. 1. boar 1 year up, Ist prize 5.00 cash, 2d 3 bottles Ava lon Farm Hog-Tone, Copeland- Turner Mrc. Co. No. 2. Best boar under 1 year, Ist prize 5.00, 2d, 3 bottles Avalon Farms Hog-Tone, Copeland-Tur ner Mrc. Co. No. 3. Best brood sow, Ist prize 5.00, 2d, 3.50 “Saivet,” Cope land-Turner Mrc. Co. No. 4. Best gilt Ist prize, 5.00, 2d, 2.50 pk. Hess Powders, Cope land-Turner Mrc. Co. No. 5. Best litter pigs, number considered, Ist prize 5.00, 2d, 5 lbs. Peaberry coffe, H. J. Elliott. Cattle. No. 1. Best beef type bull, Ist prize, 2 sacks cotton seed meal, Planters Wharehouse & Lumber Co., 2d, 30 lbs. Pratt Stock Pow ders, McDonough Trading Co. No. 2. Best dairy type bull, Ist prize, 2 sacks cotton seed meal, McDonough, Georgia, priday. November 9, 1917, Planters Warehouse & Lumber Co., 2d, box cigars value 2 50, H. J. Elliott. No. 3. Best milk cow, Ist prize, 2 sacks cotton seed meal, Planters Warehouse & Limber Co., 2d 2 50 dishes, J. P. Austin. No. 4. Best beef cow, Ist prize, 2 sacks cotton seed meal, Planters Warehouse & Lttmber Co.. 2d, 48 lbs. flour (Idaho,) B. B. Carmich ael & Sons Co. No. 5. Best beef heifers, Ist prize, 2 sacks cotton seed meal, Planters Warehouse & Lumber Co., 2d 48 lbs. Idaho flour, B. B. Carmichael & Sons Co. Poliltry. No. 1. Best -pen chickens, Ist prize, 500 “deco mura” wall tint, Copeland-Tufner Mrc. Co., 2d, 1 pk. “Hess Panecea,” Copeland- Turner Mrc. Co. f ** No. 2. Best age con sidered, 48 lbs. Ballard Oblisk flour, McDonomfh Trading Co. No. 3. BesLfmn, 48 lbs. Ballard Oblisk flour, McDonough Trading Co. . * No. 4. Best, *en pigeons, 100, Ist prize; 50c t prize. -<viH i Clubs Npx. l. Boy' ,a id girls pig dub, test pig, .seeA7 j club rules, Ist No. 2. Boys and girls calf club, Ist prize, pure bred short horn bull, C. of Ga. Ry. Co., 2d, 5.00 cash. No. 3. Boys corn club prizes to be awarded later. No. 4. Best ladies club exhib its, Ist prize, 56 piece dinner set, ,1. M. High Co., 2d, 5.00 in mdse., H. L. Carmichael Furniture Co. Art. No. 1. Best art display, Ist prize, 15 00 toilet set, Horton Drug Co., 2d, 5.00 cash. No. 2. Best individual picture, Ist prize, 2.50 cash, 2d, pair keen kutter scissors, Copeland-Turner Mrc. Co. • Mf’g. Display. Best home made axe handle, I. cash, best hamper basket, 1.00 cash, best handle basket, 1.00 cash, Pest exhibit corn broom, 1.00 cash, best piece of wood-work, 1.00 cash. Miscellaneous. Best display old time relics, flash light, Copeland-Turner Mrc. Co. General Fancy Work. Best knit or crocheted counter pane, Ist prize, 2.50 cash, 2d, 1.00 cash. Nov. 15, “Agricultural Day,” we will have an Old Time Fiddlers Convention, open to all fiddlers. Ist prize 5.00 cash, 2d 2.50 cash, 3d, 1 bottle hair tonic, Hand & Moseley, 4th, 1 bottle hair tonic, Hand & Moseley. Nov. 16, “School Day,” will have several good speakers, names to be announced later. All exhibits must be in place by 5 o’clock afternoon, Nov. 14, ex cept live stock entries will close 9 a. m. Nov. 15, and all entries must remain on exhibit until 4 p. m. Nov. 16. See “rules” below, and secure your entry blanks from Gen’l. Mgr. or S» c’y. A. G. Harris, Gen’l. Mgr., J. E. Hooten, Sec’y.-Treas. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1 Entries—How Made. (a) Each entry must be regis tered with the manager of the de partment in which it is to be en tered not later than 6 o’clock p. m. of Wednesday Nov. 14, 1917, except live stock, which must be entered not later than 9 o’clock a. m. of Thursday Nov. 15, 1917. (b) Each must when it is ten deaed hear a tag so placed on the exhibit that it can be easily seen and read ; the tag must show the owner, name of the department and number under that depart ment for which it is entered. Ex hibitors desiring the aid of the manager in filling out such tag must do so early enough to have his exhibit tagged and ready be fore the hour provided for in (a) of this rule. (c) The manager of each de partment will assign* the space and location to be occupied by each ex! ibit entered in his de partment. 2 Entries —Who May Make. Entries can be made tor prizes bifly bf""Henry etnm^ though the mere exhibition of im proved farm implements, machin ery, and other articles not enter ed for prizes, and noi intended to be sold and delivered at the pl ace of exhibition, is invited and will be encouraged. 3 Same Article entered but oiace. The same product or article cannot be entered for a prize at once. When it is a part of a col lective exhibit, it cannot be enter ed as an individual exhibit under another entry. No exceptions un less so stated. 4 Exhibit Must be Made or Raised by Exhibitor. All exhits must be raised or grown by the exhibitor in Henry county. A collective exhibit can not be composed of articles raised or produced by different persons or in different counties, but every article which goes into the exhibit must have been raised in Henry county or produced in Henry county by the exhibitor himself. Exceptions to this rule are only such as are noted and specified with the description of the entry or exhibit as given in the list of prizes as prepared and published. 5 Measurement of Boys’ Corn Club Ground and Corn. The committee of judges who measure the ground and yield of the entries for prizes under the Boys’ Corn Club department must be either (a) selected from the trustees of the respective boys’ school, (b) selected by the trust ees ot boys’ respective school, or (c) selected by the County School Superintendent of Henry county. These rules as to the corn club boys were not strictly observed last year, but they were formulated by the authorities in charge of the movement of the whole country, and must be strict ly observed this year. '6 Live Stock Exhibits. Live stock exhibits may be put in the pens provided for that pur pose and led to the public square under direction of manager for inspection. 7 Other Exhibits. Other exhibits will be placed in the court house, or park in front, according to the nature of the ex hibit. 8 Ribbons. A Blue Ribbon will indicate the First Prize, a Red Ribbon second prize, and a Yellow Ribbon third prize. 9 Exhibits at Exhibitors’ Risk. Every precaution will be used to protect all exhibits, but all en tries will be made at owners’ risk. Under no circumstances will the Fair authorities or any of them assume such risks. 10 Prize-Winners Certified by the Managers. , - The m mager of each depart ment will deliver to the winner of each prize offered in his depart ment a certificate stating the fact and giving the name of the donor of the prize and instructing donor to deliver such prize to the bolder of the certifies-te. No exhibit shall be moved away until after 4 o’clock p.m. of Friday the 168$ without permission, f * Sfffffl be -'Blitmiitteu to the General Committee, who will take the complaint under con sideration and make their report in due time, and which shall be final. MANAGERS. Live Stock and Poultry Depart ment —D. T. Carmichael. Agricultural Department —E. M. Copeland. Ladies Clubs. Fancy Work and Canned Goods —F. L. Walker. Art and Flowers —W. G. Cope land. M mufacturing Department —Dr. B. E. Horton. LOCUST GROVE LOCALS. The entertainment given by the members of the Red Cross was greatly enjoyed by all and a nice sum was made for the work they are engaged in, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Combs at tended the Percy. Grainger recital in Atlanta. Mrs. C. PL Eubahks and young Wilbur, have returned to El ko after a visit to Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Smith. Mrs. Verner Carroll has return ed to Unadilia after a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. M. Mahone. Miss Ruby Barton was the week end guest of Mrs. C. V. Williams. Mr. Joel Price and Mr. Joe Mur phy of Atlanta attended the recep tion at the high school Saturday evening. Quite a number are attending the Billy Sunday meetings in At lanta. Mrs. R. H. Callaway and daugh ter Margaret of College Park were the week-end guests of Mrs. George Bowden. Mr. William Simpson is at home for a week. $1.50 A YEAR