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r; IVtB R kissed h A girl UNTIL
BiT THEN—!
__Uncle James
ner n ’kissed that—! a girl until he
r k»*>: ° Rl | t after widow, aged
h married horse a playing
M ' nki U1 stray
p an .,
!• o£ died two years later, and
P p “‘.Jed 1 ‘ ‘*i again. and His cat second this
0 { ;5, a
L means of bringing two
g[*i, r ins together second _ -t Vtiif union with the
1,1 the age scale at 78 and
I , , ■)-, was blessed by nine
li'' a 'm the stork kept
e t Uncle
jL^Tears^ago, PTurner home until
James Henry
•"“ tmd wife died, and now at
he is spending his last
i I, inmate of the Home, Jefferson which Davis
Soldiers' the old is
V wrsa of Biloxi, on
i I Trail 1 ' highway. doesn’t intend to
I' he
L ilt that the wedding
if ,, m or otherwise «t|U
in his ears, and that girls
led prettier to him than they
1 | .hinr es Henry Turner was
n ,V Court, S. C., in the days
mr I . i
■ * wore took snuff. When
everybody war' broke out he joined the
l and fought at the
ate army Gap,
0 f Bull Run, Manassas
and others. He was wounded
iull Kun, and generally .played
g f a hero, but despite that
-iri ever kissed him.
! t ^ the 4,000,000 Americans
'j the colors in the there World War
t against Germany,
B t one, from buck private to
ff ho wasn’t kissed at some
[her. Kisses go since with the a uniform, beginning
- s been true
[ But all the only pretty when girls he
le Henry, not went
and when he returned, but
a he lay wounded in a hospital,
low was that?" he was asked,
fell,” he said, “I was just
ignorant. I grew up on a
J there there, wasn’t I got many into the girls habit
it so
tin’ rabbits and playin’ marbles.
[ grew up I sorter progressed
tin' horseshoes.
Me I didn't know any girls, 1
t gay that I was a pretty fair
ider. I never did have more than
all together at once, but I was
iys ready to spend what there was
iy kind of good time was in pros
fhen 1 was 25 years old I tookMny
ride on a raidroad train, and I’ll
t forget it. But the thing that stays
in my mind is the hunting {hat
to do. I killed 12 bears all told
I was a young man, and at least
{wired deer. I never went to school
i? in my life, and I didn’t spend
time in church till I was 80,
I joined the Hardshell Baptists,
ter this sketch of his life, Uncle
ry came to that remarkable mile
t in his existence—marriage at the
of 74, when he hadn’t up to that
i been courtin’ for a minute in his
As he talked, Uncle Pat McLaugh
age 101, the oldest inmate of the
le, sat by and smiled sardonically,
te Pat has gone the full 101 with
marrying, and says that no flapper
ling to get him now.
had an old fool horse,” began
le Henry, "that was always gettin’
and wandering just as far away
i home as he could. I’d walked
t ten miles this time looking for
when I met right in the public
way the prettiest lady I’d ever laid
on. Her name was Mrs. Caroline
on. and she was a widow. She took
fancy, so 1 called that night and
falling till we were married two
ths later. She was 40 and I was 74"
ire he stopped and sighed. "I learn
nen that lovin’ and marryin’ are
»nly ways to happiness. A bachelor
is life about as much as a stray
But my wife died, and I came to
r what loneliness can be. My cup
as full of sorrow now as I’d had
“■fore, but comfort was on the
1 maried again.
frame about through a cat that
_Miss Old, Mary Harris, just turned 25
was living near me with her
* fow, but she hadn’t been living
and *' d ne Y er met her. In
r hadn’t h i even her. Well,
•Passing by seen sir,
hmotion. It one day when I heard
‘fat seems that Mary had
and that the cat had climbed
a churn at which her sister in
as seated. The butter was slow
™ ng that morning and the sister
* was generally out of sorts, so
j! e sa ' v that cat she took it by
&f'a flung it up against the
found Miss Mary crying her eyes
* reached the scene, and she
i n
if,, “‘help naturally so pretty that I
J/,! falling in love with her on
I ! aIked take a * “Hie, and I ask
h ler to the debate
ItTnu ° use tha t night. She said
P eased to go, and two months
*ewere married.”
»orw r> seems to h ave been a
T to °k him 70
’ years—
f;i . ,° e 1 start bd, but after
» er n , that
ski more than two months
SV ‘ P t Q "Here comes the
a while and smiled
“that 1 thought till then,” he
f a on the happiness
Sj, was in
)vaa 11 ’’ ® ut now I found
fine in ™n thin else—children. We
tamnn \ and we wouldn’t have
fine ? n do ' lar s apiece for them,
ty „ dollars would in
handy come
while about his sec-
1 was" ™y n? ^ d and onl Y good, two years ago.
h and had
lutrne said - Then suddenly
in h C “Every k°y
iove ’
'He w *° re he s 16 ’” he
r bt ht to marr Y by the
and he h ought to have
5 „
wait until 70 for
p'^Sliw) pS ldn " as to do over
' vvait until I 7,”
was
^H? r . “I M0R£ has ‘ SEW
^ received letters
Ky 6 , / the ' nds both in
f? ^rritory of the
[>ort botlw^ Peach
n for and against
■ of tL
he - constitutional
L g Peach county, which
i T0UlJ
*"* in the general
r 7th.
in ^°“ rs< flves
I. clearly before
^ “ frankly that we
\ ' Uposed to the creation
tfc.s 4l / in Georgia. The
.
5 ^Vver, numerous to be
N rc so ”” far 'ar a as s we we are
issu county
e, and w T e do not
h, . , —
fii; Un *« the
A SHORT TALK
By Marvin Bast
attune to nature
The world did not until recently dis
co\e: that the atmosphere is literally
full of messages which may be heard
by means of a simple tuning instru
ment. This is a marvelous discovery
and invention, but after listening to
an
aerial concert received perfectly from
a broadcasting station a thousand miles
away, we are prone to go on about our
business and forget that there is any¬
thing marvelous there. The truth is, we
can get used to anything, and that
very
soon.
There are people living in a stone’s
throw of Niagara Palls who have
never
seen them; and others who see them
every day never see their beauty and
grandeur, but merely behold a quan¬
tity of water pouring over a ledge.
It is now autumn, that balmy
season
in which Nature is arranged in her
richest colors. Leaves of red, yellow,
green and brown sparkle and dance in
the sunshine; occasionally freeing them¬
selves from the trees and floating down
to carpet the earth most gorgeously.
The lordly sun rises, a veritable hall of
red fire. He sets in like manner, leav¬
ing a radiant afterglow of pink and
purple along the western horizon.
Heaven and earth are teeming with
glory and beauty.
But what of the human heart? Does
this glory and beauty and harmony
abound there? Not unless the heart is
attuned to Nature.
Full many a gem of purest ray
serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean
bear.
Full many a flower is bbm to blush
unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the des¬
ert air.”
What a costly waste! We cannot af¬
ford to go on our way unmindful of the
gems and flowers that blush and bloom
at our very doors. Rather let us enrich
our lives by taking home to our hearts
their purity and fragrance, along with
all else that Nature has to offer.
HOW CLUB WORK HELPED
A TENANT FARMER’S- SON
I joined the corn club in the spring of
1919. I was then a very small boy and
hardly knew what I was doing. My
acre was a complete failure, but I was
given a free trip to the short course
at Baton Rouge for my efforts. I came
back from the short course determined
to make a success of my project in 1920
In the spring of 1920 I bought 90
pounds of Cleveland-Wannamaker Big
Boll cotton seed and planted early to
avoid the boll weevil. I cultivated it to
the best of my ability and harvested
over 1600 pounds of seed cotton on
1 1-4 acres. I carried nothing to the
fair that year—a mistake I’ve regret¬
.
ted very much.
In 1921 I harvested 2002 pounds of
cotton on my 1 1-4 acres, I won two
prizes at tho parish fair and two at the
State Fair.
In 1921 I was elected boy represent¬
ative from my parish to the annual
state short course. How was I to get
the money to pay my expenses to Ba¬
ton Rouge? I had none. My father
couldn’t help me, for he was a renting
farmer and needed all he had. A plan
struck me. I had heard that the Pro¬
gressive Farmer would give a free trip
to the short course to any boy or girl
who would secure 20 yearly subscrip¬
tions. I began my campaign, ahd in
three weeks had secured the 20 sub¬
scriptions. At the short course I was
elected president of the state execu¬
tive committee and have been disp
charging these duties ever since to the
best of my ability.
I am now a senior in High School,
and am going to study agriculture at
Louisiana State University for four
years.
The success I have had in club work
has been achieved by putting heart,
soul, mind and body into the work. Any
member who will do as much can gain
as much from club work as I have
done—Reuben L. Forman, in The Pro¬
gressive Farmer.
THE VERY BEST OF COSMETICS
Many years ago a New England lady
wrote out the following list of toilet ar¬
ticles and advised all women to acquire
and use them:
First—Self-knowledge, a mirror that
shows the form in the most perfect
light.
Second—Innocence, a white paint,
beautiful but easily soiled and requir¬
ing continual care to preserve its lus¬
ter.
Third—Moddsty, a rouge giving a
delightful bloom to the cheeks.
Ijouptb—Contentment,, an infallible
smoother of wrinkles.
Fifth—Truth, a salve rendering the
lips soft and delicious.
Sixth Gentleness, a cordial impart¬
—
ing sweetness to the voice.
Seventh— Good humor, a universal
heautificr.—Boston Transcript.
j As we see i£ Fia K< be glad to
he nt us A .... “
reduce her army, if t
■ duce the menace.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, „=o*GIA
< hristian endeavor to meet
AT WINDER
(By G. L. Johnson, State Publicity
Superintendent)
"The Strength of Youth" will lie the
theme of the Northeast Georgia Chris¬
tian Endeavor Convention, which is to
he,d in Winder, November is and ih
I Saturday and Sunday). This theme is
one that is most important at this
time, as the District Union needs the
stiength, and this gathering promises
to mark an epoch in the lives of Chris
tian Endeavorers that will he worth
while.
The yotfng people of Winder, includ¬
ing the B. Y. P. U. and the Epworth
Leaguers, as well as the Endeavorers
of jhe Christian and Presbyterian
churches, have banded together to see
that this gathering is a success. Homes
have been provided for all delegates,
and indications are that more than 200
people from out of town will attend
the gathering.
A glimpse of the program would con¬
vince any person that it is worth riding
miles to hear. Such able speakers as
Wilkes Ifendy, “Sunshine of the South”
comes to this convention from his field
work in South Carolina to deliver an
address on the “Strength of Youth”
Sunday evening. Carl J. Matthews, the
singer with a message to everyone, will
be on hand to assist in the program in
talks as well as songs, Mr. Matthews is
now engaged in a series of conventions
tn Florida, and should come to Georgia
with lots of pep and enthusiasm. Cap¬
tain F. L. Slaymaker, president of the
District, will have several messages for
the young people, Dr. It. L. Porter, pas¬
tor of the First Christian church in
Athens, who is a young peoples’ pas¬
tor, will speak on ‘‘What Christian En¬
deavor has done in My Church". Dr.
Taylor Morton, splendid young Pres¬
byterian pastor of Winder, will have
much part in the program, as will Rev.
E. L. Shellnut, of the Christian church
of Winder. Miss Nancy Lowe Morton,
who is superintendent of the Junior
work in northeast Georgia, will put on
an entirely new program Sunday after¬
noon with the Junior Endeavorers of
this district. Miss Gladys Sheppard, of
Elberton, will have charge of the In¬
termediate work, and those who know
this worker can attest to the program
which she is sure to go beyond a suc¬
cess. Other speakers are to be on hand,
also.G. L. Johnson, State Publicity Di¬
rector of the Christian Endeavor Union
and President of the Athens Union, will
speak Saturday morning. Every society
in the district will have a two-minute
talk at the Saturday afternoon session.
The banquet Saturday night is going
to be a wide awake affair, and not a
single Endeavorer will want to miss
this evening of entertainment.
The registration fee for this Conven¬
tion is twenty-five cents, and should be
sent at once to Mrs. S. N. Hill, Winder,
- who will make reservation in the homes
of the hospitable people of Winder for
the two days.
Every society in the district should
be represented with a new plan, and
also be prepared to tell of the best
piece of work done in their C. E. this
year.
The largest oil producing area of the
United States is known as the Mid-Con
tinent field, embracing Kansas, Okla¬
homa, Texas, Northern Louisiana and
Arkansas. Nearly 55 per cent of the
country’s oil comes from this section.
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COUNTS IN 1922
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Vote AGAINST “Peach County”
TXTHAT would you *ay to a proposal that Georgia be chipped away
y Y to form new states?
Who would dare attempt it?
Georgia, proud member of the original thirteen colonies, in earlier gen¬
erations gave of her wilderness at the westward that younger states might
be born. But the times no longer call for sacrifice. And Georgia remains
an empire.
Who would demand that Georgia give again, in order that Jacksonville
might constitute itself the capita) of a state of its own? Or Chattanooga
do likewise?
No one would be so foolhardy. UNLESS THERE WERE MONEY IN
IT. Then the Big Lobby that operates around the Capitol in Atlanta
would cuddle up to the job.
It might even originate the idea. But what would be left if the Big Lobby
It operates now on merely a smaller scale, were to earn its fees would be but PART of a
this Big Lobby does. But with equal impu¬ county. A COUNTY SHUT IN. A COUNTY
dence. WHOSE VITAL ROADS WOULD CROSS NEG¬
It stirs "new county" proposals. LECTED CORNERS OF OTHER TERRITO¬
IT HAS THREE "NEW COUNTY” MEAS¬ RIES. A county ol a lew white scions ol tha
URES STEWING AND BREWING NOW FOR hardy folk who made it, and .ol a dominating
NEXT YEAR’S SESSION OF THE LEGISLA¬ multitude of their slaves’ descendants.
TURE.
It has one other READY.
It is depending on your disinterest in the Only before has this matter been
approaching general election (November 7) TO once now
LET IT SLIP BY WITH "PEACH COUNTY.’* considered on its merits. The legislative Com¬
mittee on Amendments to the Constitution
* * t a listened to all who were qualified to bear wit¬
101 years ago old Houston County was ere ness or argue either for or against. And that
ated out of the wilds between the Flint and committee voted “NO" by nearly two to ono.
Ocmulgee Rivers. So wide were its borders You can surmise why the hill was passed
that even in those early times it ranked as over the committee's head You can picture
one of the "Big Six" of Georgia counties. Hous¬ the Big Lobby at work. Chuckling, gurgling,
ton But. was like a mighty domain. wheeling. Cajoling, petting, threatening, prom¬
a mother that gives of her strength ising, flattering, while honest citisens slept.
to her young, Houston gave life unto other You can imagine the homely o«mor, the home¬
counties, left and gave, and gave again.* What is grown good fellowship of hours late and early.
is enough, no doubt; for Houston is a It was magic grossly wrought. But it cuused
prosperous county, with fine roads and farms its victims to thrust this impudence before
and a contented people you, for your signature on the dotted line.
OUT YOU will not sign. YOU ARF WARNED NOW. You are nwnke. ALERT.
You recognize tho handiwork of • insidious influence which has been depraving
our weaker lawmakers for years, since vn» golden days of liquor. A panderer. Arousing
cupidity, envy, covetousness, in good men that it may sell its services to gratify or its
protection to forestall. A most unworthy thing that has waxed fat and powerful among
us by grace of ouf indifference or our . confidence at the polls
YOU KNOW IT NOW.
You are aroused to its menace. And by thwarting it for the first time since
new county projects were seized upon las a source of revenue -by blocking it NOW— —
you decree its end.
You are AGAJNST “Peach County”
Citizens of Macon and Houston Counties
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