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GIBSON RECORD
Published to Furnish the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
VOL. XXXVII. No. 43.
Warren County’s
Great Advantages
Set Out In History
From Warrenton Clipper
Added to much historical data
and mention of prominent people
whose lives are a part of the his
tory of Warren county (which
have been published in past is
sues of this paper) the following
glowing description of its natural
and other advantages will be a
part of the history or the county
being prepared for
in the archives of the state:
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit,
County Historian)
(Continued from last week)
Several grist mills, oil mill,
saw mills, ginneries, planing
mill and other minor industries
are also operated throughout the
county.
Gravel pits were mined for a
number of years by Mr. G. B.
Graves, who came to the c aunty
from Atlanta. The gravel was
shipped for the purpose of mak
ing road beds. Quantities were
used througnout the state.
When the county was estab
lished in 1793, there was much
fine land in the upper part on
the Ogeeehee river and a large
colony of Virginians moved in a
body to these fertile lands.
Some of them were families of
wealth and influence, were edu
cated and owned slaves.
The Indians were few, even
then, for they ihad been sent far
ther back into the state, but there
were evidences that they had
been here in great numbers.
About a mile northwest of
ernton is a spring, still called
“Indian Spring” and doubtless
on Indian village surrounded
this spring, and on the old Guth
rie Ivey place is another spring
walled and covered with stones
by the Indians. It is near Whet
stone creek where the scenery is
picturesque and is doubtless the
site of another Indian village.
The braves spent their peaceful
days hunting in the forests and
fishing in the streams of the
county. The fact that even to
the present day the plows on the
farms are still turning up arrow
heads, tomahawks, chop axes and
round smooth crushing rocks
proves conclusively that they
were here in large numbers.
The first stage coach route
from Augusta to Milledgeville
ran by the old Matthew' Kitchens
place, now occupied by Mr. Ed
gar Shurley. Mr. Kitchens said
years ago that the house was
then so old that no one then liv
ing knew when it was built. The
route crossed the road from j
\\ arrenton to Louisville about:
three miles from warrenton
just this side of the home I Y >W
occupied by Mrs. Parker John-
80I J; coac stopped at. a j
well that , now stands , by the side;
v '| a * er the horses. j
After W arrenton was built the!
route was changed and
through the town. It passed and
stopped at the place now' owmed (
by Mr. loin Mathews.
horses were changed and coffee i
was served to (he travelers. It
stopped again at the Old Eagle i
Tavern in Warrenton. The Tav
ern was kept by the Heath fam
ily and stood where the home
Mr. C. R. Fitzpatrick now
The coach also stopped on the
Warren county side of the river
at Mayfield.
The early settlers of W ^ r arren
county were sturdy, honest,
gal and thrifty. They builded
their homes and wrestled their
living from the soil. Every
member of the family did his or
her share of the toil that was
necessary for the maintenance
of the family. Everything for
the table was raised at home ex
cept coffee and sugar. Cotton
and flax were raised to furnish
clothing. Hides were cured and
tanned for the Shoes. Each far
mer had a blacksmith
where the furniture, tubs, pails,
plowstocks, axe and hoe handles
W'ere made. The horse shoes
and nails were made and
mules and horses were shod at
the shop. A small plot of
ground was sown in wheat and
biscuits were considered quite a
delicacy. Many families had
them only once a week, on
day mornings for breakfast,
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7,927 Qeorgians Own Preferred Stock in this Company
MORE than 62 per cent of the
owners of preferred stock of the
Georgia Power Company are
Georgians—7,927 Georgia stock
holders as against 4,699 from
other parts of the country have
given tangible evidence of their
faith in the future of the state
of Georgia.
These Georgia stockholders
317 different cities, towns and communities either bought shares of stock outright or have
from one end of the state to the other. Doctors, begun buying some shares on the monthly pay
lawyers, farmers, housewives, laboring men, mer- ment plan.
chants, teachers, railroad men, editors, clerks, ste- The great majority of these preferred, stpck
,* nographers— every walk of life is represented in " ’li^suers are our customers. We hope always to
the army of people who have helped supply the merit this evidence of their trust and confidence
capital to develop Georgia’s power resources and in us.
Georgia
POWER (fSB COMPANY
A CITIZEN WHEREVER W E SERVE
The dough was made with
shortening, usually a little but
ter or lard and mixed with
water or sweet milk and
placed on a block and beaten
with a huge pestle until the air
hubbies would burst with a loud
noise This was ( be s jg na | that
be dough had enough air in it to
r j se< wben jt was
()ub CU ( j nb) sba p es am j baked,
They were eaten with great
j s |j_
R acon was scarce among the
early settlers, and often times
had to resort to the woods
f or (heir meat. The forests
abounded with game such as
deer) opossum, squirrel, rabbit
an( j birds of various kinds, and
the streams abounded
perch, trout, horny-heads, roach
an( j niany others. At that time
there was little fruit except wild
grapes, haws, huckleberries and
persimmons. There were no
s0( j a founts or ice cream
at th , at time but in lhe fa] , when
(he frost had fallen on the
simmons and they were
an( j r jp e persimmon beer was
made. A keg, preferably one
that had contained syrup, was
secured. A hole was bored sev
e ral inches from the bottom of
this keg and a wooden spigot
was fitted into this hole. A
thich layer of oat or wheat)
was placed in the bottom of
keg to hold the dregs and then
a layer of persimmons and a lay
er of locust beans were alterna
ted with a few’ roasted sweet po
added and if the keg had
not been a syrup keg a cup or
two of syrup was put in and then
w r as topped off with
and a weight put on and
enough water poured in to
the ingredients, straw and
weight, and a cloth was
tied over the top. In
three weeks it was ready,
persimmon beer and
cakes were served to the
GIBSON, GA„ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1931.
We are builders, owners and
operators of public utilities. We
are not dealers, traders, or
hucksters of public utility fran
chises. We do not buy or build
to sell the property. We buy and
build public utilities to keep, to
operate, to build up with the
territory.
P. S. ARKWRIGHT,
President.
and to visiting friends,
Tobacco that was the principal gath
at time. It was
cured and packed in hogs
heads. Then thills were at
tached to the ends of the hogs
and a horse hitched be
tween the thills and mounting
the horse the farmer
his tobacco crop to
gusta, the nearest market, from
whence it was exported,
Only enough cotton was grown fami
to furnish clothing for the
ly. No cotton gins were in
eration at that time and it was
surib a laborious and tedious
task to extract the seed from the
lint. After the days work was
over, each member of the fami
was given a batch of cotton
and was expected to pick, with
the hands, the seed from a suffi
cient quantity to fill his or
shoe. The one wearing the
shoe had the hardest task
This cotton w m carded by
women and children, spun
and w’oven on, home
looms into cloth. Some of
was woven into thin
and used in its natural color
summer underwear, aprons,
Some of it was dyed with
and berries into pinks and
from which dresses were
for the women and girls.
were woven into
material called jeans and was
dyed brown with walnut
and made into suits for the
and hoys.
Stockings and socks were
ted by hand from cotton
and when the women of
family had finished their
hold tasks the minute they
dovtn they began knitting
the steel needles clicked
as they moved with almost
ning rapidity. Some of
families owned slaves,
were valuable assets, and
taken care of and clothed
build a greater and much richer
state.
This army of business part
ners is growing every day. In
addition to those already own
ing the stock, a large number
of other Georgians are now in
process of buying it. Sinee
January 1st of this year, 5,-
518 Georgia citizens have
housed as comfortably as the
family in the “negro quarters.’
Flax was also cultivated and wo
ven into cloth from which the
table and bed linens were made.
Light, by wthich the evening
tasks were performed, knots was oh- in
tained by burning pine
the wide chimneys of that day.
In moving around at night can
dies were employed to light the
way. These were made at home
too, by pouring suet into
molds. Four or six cylindrical and size
metal molds, the shape
of the present day candles, were
fastened together. The top ol
the molds had a small hole in it
through which a cord was
threaded for the wick. A knot
in the cord would close the hole
and then the molds would he in
verted and) the cords held taut so
that when the candle was fin
ished the wic{c would be m j i,e
center. 1 he bottom oi the
molds were open and when in
verted the melted suet was
poured in and allowed to harden,
They were then dipped into te
pid-water for a few minutes,
knots in the cords at the tops of
the moulds were clipped off and
the candles, held by the cords
forming the wicks, were drawn
through the bottom c4 the
molds and the extra cord cut off,
and lo, the finished product.
Usually there was only one
Trench Foot
Beware Athlete’s Foot
Why suffer from the queer skin
disease causing: severe itching of
toes and feet, cracking, peeling skin,
blisters, Band Ringworm, Trench avoid Foot in- or
fection Itch, and when quickly you heal can skin
with Dr. Nixon’s Nixoderm? your Based
on the famous English Hospital for
mula, discovered by a leading Lon
don skin specialist. Dr. Nixon's Nix
oderm acts with amazing speed, be
cause skin disease. designed for this particular
Nixoderm is guaran
teed. It must stop itch and quickly
heal your skin or the small cost will
fee refunded.
Evans Pharmacies, Warrenton
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Gov. Huey D. Long
Hero of The Hour
The farmers, their tenants, mer
chants and bankers in our cot
ton states, (possibly larger cities
might be excluded) are in the
throes of distress and poverty on
account of LOW PRICE COT
TON.
Land owners—90% have mort
gaged their farms from absolute
necessity trying to keep going,
each year expecting a better
price for their cotton whereby
they could redeem (heir lands, hut
alas the clouds become darker
each year and now if these far
mers were pressed for settlement
their most coveted possessions
would pass out of their hands at
almost a priceless value and
many “money sharks” will take
advantage of this opportunity
and dispossess them of their all.
Land owners drained to the last
penny, their tenant farmers and
their wives and children in taters
and rags, many of whom, without
change of clothing, sleeping on
beds without a mattress and not
a dime in their pocket, dependent
100% on six to eight dollars per
month from the landlord to care
for a family of three to six chil
dren. How can a family, wife
and three to eight children, live
on six to eight dollars per month,
including clothing and school
books for their children? Well
you may he assured that these
are “cold blooded” facts and any
doubting Thomas is invited to
take a trip to Warrenton, Ga.,
and the writer will take you to
the individual farms and you’ll
find the picture even worse than
herein described. Something must
he done and done NOW to rem
edy this trouble or nothing short Hun
of a REVOLT is possible.
gry people will have bread for
their families at ANY COST. It’s
far better to remedy the situa
tion or at least hold out a little
hope to the cotton farmers than
have the government feed them.
Governor Huey D. Long, of
Louisiana, is the hero of the
hour—he’s a STATESMAN and
not a POLITICIAN. He has the
stamina and insight to visualize
the situation and immediately
bring about action of the legisla
tive body of his state to at least
try lo correct the trouble. This
is iniative, this shows leadership,
this shows stamina and a willing
ness to help his people regardless
of the views of northern and
eastern newspapers, or of politi
cians.
He doesn’t have to ask every
politician in his state, “What
would you do?” He sees the
needs of his people—the awful
crises and acts without talking so
much. He’s worthy of the vote
of every farmer in the southern
states for President 1 of the United
States—he’s got the vision and
stamina akin to a Grover Cleve
land, one of the greatest Presi
dents that ever occupied in the
While House at Washington.
Now 90% of our farmers will
agree that something must be
done NiOW, not ten years from
now, not when the Texas Gover
nor decides, but NOW and NO
DELAY.
Governor Long’s plan is the
best yet and I believe 90% of our
farmers favor it, since Senator
George’s plan has been over
thrown and cast in the waste bas
ket by our marvelous farm board.
The good farmers of every
COTTON growing state should
urge quick action by their Gov
ernors for IMMEDIATE RELIEF,
not continuing to talk about 1 it as
for the last live years and wait
to see if “George” or “Bill” wont
do it, and see all the politicians
what they want done about it,
then, if there is unreasonable de
lay every Governor of this “slow
polk” method ought to be re
spectfully requested to submit
bis resignation and vacate the
Governor’s chair, to he replaced
with a statesman who will ait
least make an effort to save the
drowning cotton farmers of the
cotton states.
The writer is a farmer and
■knows the suffering and actual
pitiful conditions of especially
the tenant farmers. Here’s hop
ing that Georgia has a Governor
who will AT ONCE call his leg
islators and senators together
and enact some kind of a law not
founded by Georgia politicians, good
but Georgia’s “honest to
ness” loyal, sincere citizens, who
are not seeking office or special
(Continued on last page)
fire-place to the house and if
|j lere were more, only one was
uscd d u W0llId nol be long,
a,,er su PP er ’ I , ,<,,ore ,, ^ ie Mile .....
children would he undressed by
the fire, wrapped in warm blank
els an( j ]mt to bed. When bed
time came for the older members
,,)• (| le family shoes were untied,
clothes were loosened, so that it
was a matter of only a f ew min
u | es ( f) i a k c them off, put on the
U night clothes and slip into bed,
v hen they had reached their re
spectivc rooms,
There were llicn no nervous
break-downs among the men
and no ennui among the women
and no thoughts of suicide,
(Continued next week)
GJader5 Electricity
< .„ !UU , il .., s ; z ,, s <;f are of
practical as well as scientific impor
tnnee, ami hence for many years elab
orate measurements have been made
0 f them, partly under government aus
pices, says Nature glacier Magazine, commission, There Is
an International
founded in which collects such
measurements from all countries and
publishes then, every year. The Swiss
government is especially Interested in
watching the variations of glaciers, be
cause they affect the flow of the moun
tain streams upon vyhich Switzerland
depends for generating electricity. Sys
tematic observations of glaciers are
also valuable as a means of nntieipat
ing disastrous avalanches and Hoods.
Ancient Pewter
What Is believed to he tho oldest
piece of pewter in existence is on ex
Iiibition at Field museum In Chicago.
It Is an Inscribed tab’et hearing in
Chinese a date Indicating the year
A. t). 85. lr was found in a tomb in
I.o-Yang. province of Honan. China.
This pewter is a relic of the Uun
dynasty mu) is executed us a deed, or
grant of land, for the burial place of
the governor of Tungkun, who was u
great scholar highly esteemed by his
contemporaries, according to Ur. Ber
thold Luufer, curator of anduxsociaav.