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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1891.
VOL. XVI.
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ATTORNEY at law,
McDonough, Ca.
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the Hint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
cteorgi.i. ami the United States District
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonochh, Ga.
Wi: ractice in all the Courts of Georgia
5:..-, ■ attention given to commercial and
■thei lections. Wilt attend nil the Courts
it Han: ton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
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ATTORNEY at la w,
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tTlint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
i)i;nri--t Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
::,i m in collections. octs-’79
A. IIKOWA’.
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonol'qm, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Fiint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and tiic United States District
Court. jnul-ly .
|j A. PIiEFIiKO,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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Atlanta. Ga,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
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•^STEWART**
'MERCANTILE*
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To Their Friends and Customers.
WE THANK YOU FOE YOUR
LIBERAL PATRONAGE
THIS YEAR.
We are ready with the usual fall goods— prices al
ways the lowest.
GOOD BAGGING in 3 yard pieces (no loss in cut
ting) 7 cents. NEW ARROW TIES, popular prices.
MACHINE OIL and STEELYARDS.
We have also full line of JEANS of the best
And closest prices.
We carry a good line of Home Made Shoes that
are very cheap.
Of course we have a complete stock of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS,
SHOES, NOTIONS, HADWARE, TINWARE,
CROCKERY. MEAT, FLOUR, LARD, SUGAR, COFFEE, *
TOBACCO, SNUFF, ETC., ETC.
Did you ever think of it? We pay no house rent, do our
own work (for the most part)and have large capital in our
business, and buy in large quantities and do you see how it
is possible for anybody to undersell us? On the other hand
it is a notable fact that all our customers seem to prosper—
the reason is obvious.
We desire to do a
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STRICTLY CASH BUSINESS THROUGH THE
FALL.
This you see gives us an opportunity to close up our
books.
We will be prepared to furnish the whole
Country next year on time. We desire to express
our thanks to our customers lor the prompt manner in
which they are settling up —early collections do us a lot ol
good.
Again thanking our Customers each and all for their fa
vors, we are yours to serve
The Stewart Mercantile Co.
Thos, D. Stewart, Pres’t & Gen’l Manager.
L. H. Fargason, Vice Pres’t & As’t Sec’y.
J. B. Dickson, Secretary & Treasurer.
AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES.
.McDonough, ga., Friday. December is. ism.
LOCUST GROVE,
As Seen and Written t T p by Montgom
ery M. Folsom.
Staff Correspondence Atlanta .lour
in»l.—For a long, long time I have
heard of Locust Grove.
It was sacrilegious to my memory as
the place where a train had to wait
when I was hurrying down to see some
body i knew.
But never before to-day have 1 had
a fair conception of the beauties of this
lovely little central Georgia town that
has been here for many a
the couiiuence of Indian creek and the
Towaliga river.
More than half a century ago there
came to this country a merry English
man whose life had been tilled with
more vicissitudes than had fallen to the
ordinary lot.
Mr. George P. Combs was son
of English parents who emigrated to
America, and both of them died on
shipboard and the little waif was placed
in the orphanage at Charleston, and
there he was bred.
From that great charitable institu
tion he was bound out to one of the old
landlords of that time.
The mansion caught on fire and the
little boy jumped from an upper story
and saved himself.
God protects the children of des
tiny.
And so this little orphan English hoy
was saved, and iu time came to the vale
of the Towaliga and settled here. At
that period there were stage coach
lines, centering in McDonough, that
penetrated this region north, somlt east
and west One of the main lines ran
down the Ocmu'gee toward the infant
city of Macon, sud on that road Mr.
Combs built his home. It was a ro
mantic spot, and in the broad area in
front of his house he planted heavy
locusts.
•That is why it has been called Locust
Grove from time immemorial.
The old pioneer left a splendid rec
ord and a noble lineage behin^Ai.
As I listened to the wild the
frisky locomotive today I thought of
the contrast between that and the old
stage bugle that used to wake the
echoes of Towaliga on a frosty morn
ing.
Locust Grove is a place of natural
loveliness. Situated as it is, in the
very heart of the fertile lauds of mid
dle Georgia, and populated by a brave
and generous hearted people, it cannot
help being a place of more than ordi
nary importance.
Why, they get three thousand hales
of cotto.i here annually, and there are
nine stores, each of which does a fine
business iu general merchandise.
The planters Warehouse is another
company iu which a number of the en
terprising citizens of the town have
stock. Mr. G. P. Combs is secretary
and treasurer and general manager.
The company has a capital stock of
S4OO, and having leased the old ware
house, has utilized it for the present
season.
A large brick building will be erec
ted during the ensuing summer for its
accommodation, and Locust Grove will
boom up as a cotton buying point in
middle Georgia
The business outlook is exceedingly
fair. Mr. Brown, one of the most
prominent merchants, does a business
of $20,000 off an average stock of $4,-
000, and besides that does a large busi
ness in cotton and fertilizers.
This is but a sample of the enter
prise and business of this town.
# * *
For instance, they have a 20-ton cot
ton seed oil manufactory here known
as the Farmers’ Cotton Oil Manufac
turing Company, that not only buys all
the seed offered, but turns out a large
amount of cotton seed oil, oil cake, cot.
ton seed meal and 600 to 800 tons of
fertilizers that are sold to the farmers
of Henry and Butts counties.
The company also iuus a giunery,
with five sixty-saw gin", turning out
1,500 bales of cotton during the sea
son.
Mr R. F. Smith is president, Mr S.
15. Kimbell, secretary, treasurer and
general manager and Mr. J. I{. Wil
liams, superintendent.
Mr. A. L. Colvin, on a stock of
$4,000 in bis liaudsome store, besides a
thriving millinery establishment up
stairs, does a busine-s of $20,000 a
year.
Mr. J. L. Gardner carries about $2,-
500 worth of general merchandise, and
does a snug little business of #IO,OOO a
year- His is “the Racket Stoie.”
/ Mr. J. T. Davis does a rushing bus
I iness in general merchandise, making
a specialty of fruits, w hich lie ban lies
in large quantities.
Mr. I'. E. Sullivan, the efficient dep
t’ty sheriff of Henry county, keeps a
livery stable as nicely fitted up as can
h« found in Georgia, and furnishes
elegant turnouts and feeds; buys and
sells mules and horses of all kinds,
driving a tine and thorough going busi
ness.
Mr. Price, up iu the old part of town,
has an elegaut brick store where he
does a rushing business iu general mer
chandise and farmers’ supplies.
The farmers around Locust Grove
are not wliiners, as you sometimes find
in pirouling around Georgia, They
are big, broad-shouldered men who fear
God and try to keep His command
ments.
Take, for instance, Mr. W. A. Boat
ner. lie is a typical young farmer,
lie runs font plows and on his fertile
lands giew forty hales of cotton the
present year, lie is a progressive
young man aud one of those who will
help to redeem his people from the
bane of poverty.
Prof. J. It. Williams is principal of
the school here, lie is an Alumnus of
Bartlesville and of Athens, and when
lie came here, over two tears ago, the
school only amounted to 25 pupils.
Now he has lit enrolled, with an uv
erage attendance of 70; and Miss Liz
zie Perdue, his accomplished music
teacher, lias a class of fifteen who evi
dence her proficiency in their own ac
complishments.
I he school house is ample and com
modbus, but if I’rof. Williams keeps on
as he lias begun, he will soon want a
big brick academy to accommodate his
pupils.
As tor the social and religious fea
tures of Locust Grove, they are unex
celled.
It is one of these places where you
get the benefit of that sweet and true
religion that awakens in the heart the
blessed seeds of comfort and conscien
tiousness that so often lie dormant in
the human bosom.
A handsome Methodist church in the
south end of the town afford pivileges
of worship for the good old followers of
the great and good Wesley; while down
in the new part of town the steeple of
Indian Creek Baptist church towers
heavenward, pointing to the road that
leads beyond she sunset of life’s titful
dream to the golden fields of that Eden
where the elect shall reign in all the un
told splendor of godliness.
Locust Grove has a literary club
that would do credit to a larger town,
and the best people of the town are
members, aud take a lively interest in
its prosperity.
•Through the courtesy of my good
friend, I)r. VV. C. Bryant, I was admit
ted into the sanctum sanctorum of this
institution tonight, and I was charmed
with the heauty of its arrangement
and the wit and wisdom of its member
ship
These middle Georgia folks are not
only business like and thoroughly en
terprising, hut the right hand of old
Henry lias never forgot its cunning, but
the shadow of its patrician namesake,
the great Patiick Henry, of the Old
Dominion, seems to hover over its youth
as a guardian angel pointing to higher
themes and nobler aspirations than the
common, dull routine of life.
1 visited the hospitable home of Dr.
W. 11. H. Peek, the late worthy repre
sentative of this county in the legisla
ture, where I was most pleasantly en
tertained. He is an old practitioner
and a dam up man in every respect.
Dr. T. .1. Heflin is another prominent
physician who has made name and fame
here.
I must not forget to mention Mr. (!.
M. Mahonc, our agent, and correspon
dent here, who is one of tiie best rail
road agents the world ever saw, and
his assistant, Miss Ada Ward, is just
as graceful as he is great.
* * *
Now, that I am through with busi
ness, permit me to indulge in a little
descriptive work. I don’t like to be
always in the treadmill. 1 like to wan
der abroad like I did this afternoon and
commune with myself and my God, who
is the Lord supreme of all that is most
beautiful.
I watched the purple-hearted aureole
of the eastern sky, all bordered with
crimson and gold witli a single star, like
some great diamond burning in its quiv
ei ing heai t.
And faraway the curving expanse of
parti calmed wavelands slowly faded
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
like the memories of a pleasant dream.
Down in the carmine vested west
the dying sun showed the blush of his
ruddy brow upon the bills of Towaliga,
and the wind-swept ridges reflected
back glimpses of his royal splendor
from the serried ranks of the emerald
crested pines.
I love the pines. Perhaps it is a
weakness, but in the rythmic melody
of the gales that, play among their
boughs I recognize the lullabies of my
childhood. Have I not a right to love
them? They were the first familiar
acquaintances of the “Auld Lan ri
fciyno," and in their majestic presence
I prattled when the world was heed
less
To them be devoted my sweetest
songs forevermore, for they, alone, of
all the earth, have not proven faithless
at the weary years have dragged their
length aloug.
In the sacred precincts of the old
burying ground I stood as the twilight
fell on the hills of l owuliga, and in the
shadow of the ancient church I
redreamed the dreams ol happier days
It was a precious hour to a world-weary
man.
A great rock in a desert land!
And so long as I live 1 shall live to
lovo this quiet little country town, Lo
cust Grove, imbedded in the heart of
the red hills of Georgia, and possessed
of all the natural and artificial advan
tages that go to make up a peaceful,
prosperous and progressive home place,
where tiie heart finds comfort in quie
tude and the uiind is gratified by the
activity' of life tl at is almost metropo
litan in its magnitude,
I am glad I came to Locust Grove, i
and I hope to come aguiu when the ap
ple blossoms blow.
Montoomicrv M. Folsom.
EXPEL
ii mi i.l- 1 hat disease is propaga
ted by the innumerable microbes*
germs, etc., which lill the air we
breathe and the water we drink, there
can he no quustion. These microbes
attack the human system, and breed
poison in many shapes. Recent exper
iments read before the congress of sur
geons at Berlin leave no doubt that tin
way to clear the system of these germs
is toj force them'out through the pores
of the skin. S. S. S. does this in the
most efbeient way. It cleans them out
entirely, and the poison as well.
Mr. F. /. Nelson, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Fremont, Nebraska,
suffered for years with Scrofula, and it
continued to do worse in spite of all
treatment. Finally, four bottles of
Swift's specific cured him He writes :
“Words are inadequate to express my
gratitude and fuvoralde opinion of
Swift’s Specific.”
Treaties on Blood and Skin Diseases
maiicd free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Billville Banner.
Last Sunday Parson Jones pulled
out his Waterbury watcli to see if he
had preached an hour and a half, when
the glass flew off and fifteen yards of
the mainspring flew out, and, catching
Deacon Scruggs round the neck, chok
<d him to death, and caused Sister
Spraddler to break her right arm, and
tiipped up Steward Brown and upset
the pulpit. The Waterbury watch is
little, but lively.
Burglars rifled the Billville postoffice
last Wednesday night and made off
witli the year’s receipts, consisting of
fifty two cent stamps, one package of
stamped envelopes, one ball of red tape
and one side of meat. It is a sad
blow to the government, but a blessing
to the postmaster, who took advantage
of the circumstances and resigned.
Coroner Jenkins held an inquest
yesterday on a drunken man who tried
to whip his mother in law. There is
a good deal of resolution in Billville
whisky, but cussed little judgment.
We took out an accident policy last
Monday, and had the good fortune to
break two of our legs ten minutes af
terwards, for which we will get S2OO.
Now, if we can only break our neck,
we’ll come into a fortune—Exchange.
! Henry County Weekly, Established IK7C,
} Henry County 'limes, Established 18*1.
Why Me lltul (jiilt,
A eute young Detroiter fond of his
hor e and fond of Ins joke was quu
zing a quaint old fellow from the coun
try the other day whom he had met
j for the first time.
“I understand you’ve got some pret
j ty good horses,” he ventured
| es,” said the old one warily, “I’ve
got some good ones.”
j “Anything rapid ?”
“Not overly. You see I ain’t rajs
[ in’ for speed any more.”
‘No ; why not ?”
“ Cause there ain’t much in it for
mo anyhow. I done fairly well till
about lour years ago, when I boojked
a tine 8 year-old agin a mule one of
the boys owned, *ud sence that I’m
kinder discouraged like.”
“Hacked a horse against a mule?”
repeated the young man, innocently
surprised.
“Jos’ so.”
“And what was the result?"
I he old man’s eyes twinkled.
“ Kout what was to he expected,”
he said with a chuckle. “'The diirn
mule kicked the 8-year old full of holes
in two minutes.”
Fourteen men laughed all at once,
and the lift< enth who was the Detroit
er, went away by himself for as much
as half an hour.—Detroit Free Press.
A HrlUlunt Youth.
A tall, lean, cadaverous-looking in
dividual moped into Henry \\. Watler
son’s sanctum oue duy. lie looked
lost. There was a wild look hi his
, basilisk eves as they neivvusly noted
the contents of the room, ami vou could
j almost hear his heart go thrumpety
-1 thrutnp against his coarse, blue wool
en shirt.
He had on a dirty shirt and a pair of
blue jeans trousers, that held well
aloof from coarse htogans. You might
have taken him for a cow boy, had he
a more brusque manner and a swao.
ger.
There was an infantile cough.
Mr. Watturson wrote ou. There
came another cough, a Jittie louder.
Mr. Watterson looked up. “Well,
young man ?”
“Mr. Watterson,” began the intru
der in a high, squeaky and uncertain
voice, “I am a journalist. Is there an
opening on this paper for a bright,
brilliant young man like me, excellent
education, trenchant writer and —”
“Yes, young man, there is,” inter
rupted the great editor. The brilliant
young man’s heart bounded anil be
smiled sweetly as be moved toward the
speaker.
“Yes, young man, there is,” contin
ued Mr. Watterson. “The carpenter,
by wise forethought, when he con
structed this building, provided such an
‘opening’ for brilliant young men like
you. I hen, abruptly-, ‘-Turn the
knob to the right, please.”
The young man had found an open
ing.—Philadelphia Press.
She Wanted Time.
Little Brother—“ You and sister ain’t
mad at each other, is you ?”
Unsuccessful Suitor—“Oh, no, not
at all, not at all.”
“Do you stay away just because she
wouldn’t marry you ?”
“Um—partly, yes. She didn't ab
solutely refuse me however.”
“No, I know. She wanted time.”
that’s it. And I promised
not to bother her until she was
ready.”
“Well, you won't have more’n ten
years to waiL”
“What—Ten years?”
“Yes. She’s twenty now, and she
said she’d marry before Bhe was thirty
even if she had to take you.”
When a Pennsylvania uimrod re
cently went out to hunt fora bear near
Hazleton, he found one so suddenly
that it was about all he do to es
cape from Bruiu. In his efforts he
lost one foolish dog and nearly all his
clothes. Finding a bear is sometimes
a great deal easier than losing him.
LAniGS
Needing atonic, or children who want build
ing up. should take
BROWN'S IKON BITTERS.
It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria. Indi
gestion, iiiiiousuesasud Liver Complaints.