The Newnan herald. (Newnan, Ga.) 1915-1947, October 22, 1915, Image 1
THE NEWNAN HERALD
NEWNAN HERALD ' Consolidated with Coweta Advertiser September
Established 1S66. i Consolidated with Newnun News January, 1P13.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915.
Vol. 52—No. 4
Communicated.
Object of Girls’ Canning Clubs.
The girls' demonstration work began
in 1910, with the Canning Clubs. Be
sides canning clubs we now have poul
try clubs and bread-making clubs for
(tirls. and home demonstration work for
women. The girls’ clubs boast a mem
bership now of over 250,000. These clubs
are designed to aid girls and women
to be efficient and contented home-ma
kers; to cultivate thrift and economy;
to teach better methods of canning,
and to encourage utilization of waste
products of farm, orchard and garden.
Other objects are to cultivate closer
co-operation between mother and
daughter in home interests and home
activities, and to furnish helpful ideas
for the direction of girls' work in co
operation with mothers in the homes.
Poultry clubs have been organized to
stimulate interest in poultry-raising,
and to teach boys and girls profitable
methods of handling and marketing;
also, the increased profit to be derived
from better breeding. Club members
raise a certain number of fowls, keep
account, make exhibits at fairs, and
write compositions on some phase of
their work.
Boys’ and girls’ clubs are no longer
an experiment. It has been proven to
be a great work, for by cultivating in
boys and girls habits of industry and
thrift, the possibilities of farm life are
revealed not only to themselves, but to
their elders. The best methods of hand
ling farm products and preventing
waste are demonstrated; the spirit of
co-operation in family and community
i9 developed; and the dignity of the
farmers’ vocation enhanced by present
ing it as a skilled occupation, capable
of returning adequate rewards to the
competent. Finally, the school life and
home life of boys and girls is brought
into closer relationship, and the rural
school teacher is aided in the task of
making agricultural instruction a vital
thing.
The accomplishment of all these ends
cannot be brought about within a short
time. In all educational undertakings
one must begin at the bottom, gradual
ly climbing to the top, as he or she suc
ceeds in grasping and achieving oppor
tunities as they arise to view.
Mrs. J. Errett Hyde,
In Charge Girls’ Demonstration Work.
For Indigestion.
Never take pepsin and preparations
containing pepsin or other digestive
ferments for indigestion, as the more
you take the more you will have to
take. What is needed is a tonic like
Chamberlain’s Tablets, that will enable
the stomach to perform its functions
naturally. Obtainable everywhere.
Sole Survivor of “Merrimac.”
Anniston (Ala.) Star.
On last Thursday The Star printed a
picture of John Durst, the only living
survivor of the Federal gunboat, “Mon
itor,” Ericcson’s famous "cheese-box
on a raft.” The following day C. A.
Sprague, who lives just north of the
city, walked into the office and said
that John Durst, of the “Monitor,”
had nothing on him.
Mr. Sprague is the sole survivor, so
far as he knows, of the famous Confed-
I crate ironclad, “Merrimac”—sometimes
| called the "Virginia.”
Mr. Sprague, who is hale and hearty
I in spite of his 78 years, was captain of
a “hot-shot” gun on the “Merrimac”
during the memorable battle in Hamp-
1 ton Roads at the mouth of the James
river. A “hot-shot” gun, Mr. Sprague
explained, had the power of throwing
I fed-hot shot onto the enemy’s vessels
I and setting them on fire. Two of his
■ gunners were killed in the engagement
|®ith the “Monitor.”
Mr. Sprague remembers clearly fev-
t er >' detail of the famous battle, which
jeeurred on March 10, 1862. The “Mer-
®mae ’ was the first armored vessel
|cver seen on the Atlantic coast. Two
i before her engagement with the
Monitor,” this vessel, then] known as
Ithe “Virginia,” had destroyed the
I Cumberland” and the "Congress,”
|and had attacked the “Minnesota.”
Mr. Sprague disagrees with the his-
■tories that gives the result of |the bat-
|" e to the Northern ship. He maintains
■•hat after several hours’ fighting some-
Ithing g 0 t wron g w jth the “Monitor’s”
Revolving turret and she drew away;
pen, and not until then, did {the “Vir
ginia” return to Norfolk.
1 believe I am the only survivor of
* „ e cr , c " ““9 that was on the 'Vir-
Dla ’ said Mr. Sprague. "I have
‘Mhing against this fellow Durst, the
Cr P 7 lan ?f the ‘Monitor.’ It would be
ears r,l,St ' an to * 3ear a grudge all these
is probable that Mr. Sprague will
t0 ” e the only survivor of the first
. '’ ,e d ship battle ever fought, for he
5 active, healthy and hearty.
i, Yes—Many People
I f°ld us the same story—distress
_ ter eating, gases, heartburn. A
Dyspepsia
. —Tablet »
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“Talcum Powder Boys.”
Fountain City Tribunt*.
A newiy-dug diamond is not a beau
tiful thing. It must be rubbed against
rough, hard surfaces before it attains
to the perfection that gives it value as
an ornament.
It takes exercise to develop muscle,
study and thought to develop brain,
trial to develop character.
If Abraham Lincoln had spent his
youth in an atmosphere of talcum pow
der and toilet water, history would not
have granted him a line.
Great men come out of adversity.
Genius thrives best on a crust. Cod
dling kills more babies than it saves.
1 have read that Oscar Underwood
was reared like a pet poodle, and car
ried a valet with him through college.
That proves that exceptional ability
may survive under almost any condi
tions.
But fathers of ordinary sons can hard
ly take Underwood as a model. The
average boy who lives on dad's income
until the age of 25 has about as much
chance of attaining distinction as a jel
ly fish has of learning to fly.
The boy whoso dad spoils him and
sets him up in business may develop
into a likeable, lady like, sweet-smell
ing he-female, but lie'll never cause the
world to sic up and take notice.
Ethel, aged •(, had been to visit her
cousins, two fun-loving boys. “Papa,”
she said, the night of her return home,
“every night when John and George
say their prayers they ask God to make
them good boys.”
“That's nice,” said papa.
Then, thinking soberlv for a few
minutes: Ethel added, “He ain't done
it yet, though.”
Era of the Silo.
Wall Street Journ.l.
In the evolution of American agri
culture the years between 1910 and 1920
will properly he designated as the Era
of tho Silo. Until this source of cheap
feed supply tame into use live stock as
a factor on the farm depended largely
on producing cheap corn. But corn at
75 cents a bushel or more is too much
of a luxury for feeding and fattening
animals on the farm, unless their desti
nation is a market where prices must
cover the cost of production. The silo
not only takes care of the corn which
does not reach the normal grade of ma
turity, but it releases millions of bush
els more for the market. It turnB the
millions of waste fodder into a feed of
highly fattening quality. In other
words, the silo is the fortress by which
the American farm restores and devel
ops the fertility of the farm acres to
pristine productiveness.
Zeke had gone to town with the mule
and a light wagon. The mule balked
just in front of the doctor’s office, and
Zeke spent half an hour and all his in
genuity in trying to make him start.
Then the doctor came out with a small
bottle in his hand.
“I'll make him go, Zeke,” the doctor
said. Zeke smiled broadly.
“Less see 'urn, sah.”
The doctor poured from the bottle
some vicious acid upon the mule's tail.
Presently all they could see was the
mulo going over the hill in a cloud of
dust. Zeke's looks of admiration shaded
into one of concern.
“You got any mo' dat truck in dat
bottle'.'” he asked.
“Yes,” answered the doctor.
Zeke spoke u trille reluctantly, but
dutifully. “Well, sah, 1 reckon you'd
better spill er drap on me. I'se gotter
eotch dat mule!”
The old negro had been arrested for
“having more than one wife," the last
woman being the complainant. He hap
pened to be well-known locally, and of
an orderly character.
“How many wiveB have you had?”
demanded the Judge.
“Six, yo' honor," was the reply.
“Why couldn’t you get along with
them?” the Judge insisted.
“Well, suh—de fust two spiled de
white folks' clothes when dey washed
um; de thud worn't no cook; de fo'th
was des nacherally lazy—en' de fif’ —
I'll tell you, .ledge—de fif’, she—"
“Incompatibilty?" the court suggest
ed.
"No, yo' honor,” said the old negro
slowly, “it worn’t nothin’ lik' dat. Yo'
jes' couldn't git along wid dat 'oman
TcBs’n yo’ wuz somewhars else."
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