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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
CONVERTING A WORN-OUT COTTON PLANTATION INTO
A PRODUCTIVE, PROSPEROUS LIVE STOCK ENTERPRISE
GRAIN AND HOGS SUB
STITUTE FOR COTTON
The following communicatior
from Mr. Chas. F. Leach, Monli
cello, Fla., to the Southeast Live
Stock, and printed by the Monti
cello News, being of general inter
est to our farmers at this time of
changing of plans is reproduced
on this account by The Weekly:
lam greatly pleased to have
the opportunity to tell the short
story of an old worn-out cotton
plantation, now being rapidly con
verted into a fertile, productive
and prosperous live stock enter
prise.
This plantation is situated in
Jefferson county, Florida, near the
Georgia line, and consists of about
10,000 acres of land that for three
generations has been systematic
ally mistreated by the one crop
system of the cotton planter. It
is quite typical of millions of acres
m the cotton belt and the fact that
this plantation is entirely owned
and operated by Georgia men adds
to the inspiration this enterprise
must give to all who are interested
in the salvation of the cotton belt
from the devastation caused by
the boll weevil and the low price
of cotton. The farm and live stock
journals of the South have dos.e a
wonderful work in the past few
years in pointing the way to bet
ter farming and 1 think none has
been more influential or has ren
dered more valuable service than
Southeast Live Stock. However,
real progress can only be achieved
by concrete example, for the cot
ton planter is slow to believe and
is seldom convinced until he sees
the cattle and hogs being loaded
at the stock pens or the grain and
hay being rolled into town and
sold at a price he knows is highly
profitable, and the Northern in
vestor is slow to believe that the
rundown, barren looking farms of
the cotton belt can be made profit
able.
The plantation of which I write
lies between Monticello, Fla., and
Quitman, Ga. It is owned and
operated entirely by three Georgia
men who also own and operate
the famous Aries Plantation near
Americus, Ga. They are A. J.
Evans, of Fort Valley, one of the
iargest growers of peaches in the
South; Charles E. Lewis, president
of the Fourth National Bank Ma
con, Ga., and W. T. Calhoun, who
manages both this and the Aries
plantation.
It was Mr. Calhoun that develop
ed and made a great success of
the Aries plantation along the
same lines as he is developing the
plantation in Florida. Mr. Cal
houn is one of the greatest prac
tical agriculturists in the United
States. He is too modest and too
busy to publish his practical ideas
of farming and live stock raising
in the South, but no man has, in
my opinion, ever done more to
promote the agricultural advance
ment of the South than W. T. Cal
houn by his silent but effective
example and success. Mr. Calhoun
gives no advice to others nor does
he brag about what he has done,
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A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to
U. S. Attorney-General Makes Ringing Appeal for Reverence for Law
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CHEER UP, BROTHER, THE TIDE HAS TURNED.
Mrs. J. A. Jackson Dies
Monday, After Long Illness
Mrs. J. A. Jackson died at her
home near Bethany last Monday
morning, after an illness of several
months duration. She was the
wife of the late Rev. J. A. Jackson,
who preceeded her to the grave
about tour years ago. She is sur
vived by two sons, Col. R. O.
Jackson, of McDonough, and J. H.
Jackson, of Jenkinsburg, and four
daughters, Mrs. L. B. McCullough,
Mrs. O. E. Cathy, Mrs. Josie Elliott
and Mrs. Ida Carter, and by a
large number 01 friends and rela
tives. Her remains were laid to
rest at Bethany Tuesday morning
after appropriate funeral services
conducted by Rev. I. G. Walker
and Rev. W. W. Arnold.
Mrs. W. W. Duffey Passes
Away Thursday Morning
The death of Mrs. W. W. Duffey
occurred at the home of her son
in law, Mr. J. T. Coan, in Tussa
haw district last Thursday morn
ing after an illness of many months
duration. She was the wife of
the late W. W. Duffey, who pre
ceded her to the grave several
years ago. She is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. J. T. Coan and
a large number of friends and
relatives. The funeral services
were held at the residence Friday
morning, after which her remains
were laid to rest at Locust Grove.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, September 23, 1921.
Mr. Homer H. Elliott
Weds Miss Algene Flake
Last Wednesday evening Mr.
Homer Elliott left for Atlanta,
where at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Cousin, he and Miss Algene Flake
were united in holy matrimony by
Rev. J. H. Cowart, pastor of
Salem church.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott left for the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H, Elliott, parents of
the groom, where a beautiful and
luscious supper had been pre
pared for the occasion.
The bride is the beautiful daugh
ter of Mr. E. A. Flake, deceased,
who served as surveyor of Henry
county for many years.
The groom is the son of Mr.
J. H. Elliott. A gentleman who
measures up to the meaning of
the word —gentleman. He is now
assistant cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of this place, and is
held in high esteem by all who
know him.
The Weekly joins their many
friends in their congratulations.
LAST ROUND.
In the McDonough Methodist
church, Sunday, Sept. 25, Fourth
Quarterly Conference will be held.
Let all written reports be ready
and all members in attendance.
Rev. Luke G. Johnson, Presiding
Elder, will preach.
J. A. PARTRIDGE, Pastor.
SAYS VIOLATIONS ARE
WHOLLY UNJUSTIFIED
[The following ringing appeal
for law and order is that part of
Attorney-General Dougherty’s ad
dress before the American Bar
Association on Wednesday, Aug
ust 31, 1921, that deals particular
ly with the enforcement of the
Eighteenth Amendment.
It is a solemn warning that the
perpetuity of our nation depends
upon the people’s respect for law.
But it is more than this —it is a
fearless declaration from the head
of the Department of Justice of
Ihe United States that every pow
er possessed by that department
shall be brought to bear to enforce
the law so long as it is the law.
This document should be read
from every pulpit, should find a
place in every schoolroom and
home —in fact, should be ponder
ed by every American who loves
the flag.
The attorney-general said]:
“Respect for law is the one es
sential*fact of our civilization.
Without it life, liberty and prop
erty are insecure. Without it civ
ilization falls back to the chaos
and anarchy of primitive times.
Under such conditions, each hu
man being is compelled to attend
primarily to his own safety and to
the protection of his own proper
ty, and has neither time nor op
portunity for the intellectual, mor
al or spiritual development.
“The history of civilization has
been a continuous struggle for law
and order. Through all the cen
turies men have striven for that
protection of life, liberty and prop
erty that comes through well-or
dered government, Mankind has
paid allegiance to lords and oyer
lords who were able to give this
protection.
Conditional Upon .Supremacy of Law.
“Paradoxical, as it may seem, all
progress is conditioned on the
principle of conservation. Con
servation, or preservation, as it is
udually termed, of the wealth of
the world, whether it be in the
realm of the material or spiritual,
is conditioned on the supremacy
of the law. If there is one fact
history teaches above another, it
is that the rights incident to wealth
and the rights furnishing the op
portunity to enjoy spiritual, intel
lectual, moral and social things are
conditioned upon the supremacy
of the law.
Erroneous Theory of Personal Liberty
“Another subject that under
mines respect for law, especially
prominent at the present time, is
an erroneous theory of personal
liberty under our constitutional
system. The controversy is as
one, interested enough to inquire,
the very simple methods he uses
by which he accomplishes such re
markable results.
Mr. Calhoun says that he knows
of but one method necessary for
success in building up and con
verting this worn-out, baren soil
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$2.00 A YEAR
90TH BIRTHDAY FOR
MRS. MARY ELLIOTT
This Was an Enjoyable Occasion
on August 11, With 8 Chil
dren, 21 Grandchildren, 24
Great Grandchildren Present.
Not long since on the 90th birth
day of Mrs. Mary Elliott, her chil
dren, grand children and great
grand-children met at her borne
and enjoyed a delightful reunion
day.
The invited guests on fliis occa
sion were: Mrs. Bettie Elliott, Mrs.
B. S. Elliott, Sr., and Mrs. Martha
Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Steele,
two children and a Mr. Brooks
were visitors in the afternoon.
Those present of her oldest
daghter's family, Mrs. Sarah Pear
son: Mrs. Sarah, Mr. John, Misses
Mae and Jennie Mae, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Bankston and daughter.
Those of Mrs. Lige Philip’s fam
ily: Mrs. Lige Philips, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Watkins and three children.
Those of Mrs. John Love’s
family: Mrs. John Love, Mr. ’Jay
Love and son, Fred, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hill and
three children.
Those of Mrs. Lou Love’s fami
ly: Mrs. Lou Love, Mr. and Mrs.
Byron Love and six children.
Those of Mrs. J. S. Steele's: Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Steele, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Steele and son, Misses Shir
ley and Mary Lou Steele.
Those of Mrs. Ollie Fannin’s
family: Mrs. Ollie Fannin, Mr. J. P.
Fannin, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Knight
and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Fannin and two children.
Those of Mrs. W. D. Knight’s
family: Mr, and Mrs. W. D. Knight
Messrs. Chalmus and Henry
Knight, Miss Willie Knight, Mr.
and Mrs. J, W. Knight and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Crumbley and
four children, Mr. and Mrs. O. B,
Dailey and two children.
Also Mr. W. D. Knight’s mother,
Mrs. Martha Knight, who is
ninety-one years of age. Ii is not
often that you will find husband
and wife whose mothers are both
living at the age of ninety. Will
you allow the writer to say just
here that the memories of these
saints of God, Mrs. Mary Elliott
and Mrs. Martha Knight, will ever
linger fresh in his memory. As I
think over my boyhood days, I re
call the times of sickness and
deaths in our home. These saints
were always on hand to comfort
and cheer in times of need. May
the Lord spare them many years
longer.
Mr. J. H. Elliott who now resides
in the home with his mother,
highly enjoyed this reunion day,
for it was such a delight to his
mother. The fatted calf was kill
ed and an abundant supply of good
things to eat was spread before
thepa All present enjoyed once
more that delight that words can
not express, nor brush can not
painting feasting at mothers, or
grand-mother’s table.