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S'* SlItSON RECOR .
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 52.
The Catholic Church
In Warren County
Historical Sketches
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
Below is a history of the Cath
olie church at Locust Grove, in
Warren county. It was written
. by ... Miss v Nellie , ... .. Maguire, of M ash- ,
ington, Ga., who was. at that
time, a pupil in the academy then
situated 1. that city. She after,
Wards became a member of the
Visitation Order, in Mobile, Ala.,
and was known in religious She cir
cles as Sister Augustine.
passed away several years ago.
The article appeared in the col
umns of “The Catholic Mirror,”
Baltimore, Md., soon after it was
written in 1890. It is beautifully
written and shows how Miss Ma
guire’s heart glowed with faith
in her religion and reverence and
love for her church. It will have
' to be abridged to be used in the
history of Warren county, but it
fit of the readers of Lhe Chpi ■ .
it aS J, hr .° ug h
Mother u GabneJj . of Mt. St. Joseph
in Augusta, that the article was
obtained:
The Cradle of Catholicity in
Georgia.
(By N froui J M )
(Conlinued ta*
Visited by a priest hut onto seemed in
two or three months, it
only natural that the great fervor
should grow cold; hut, on the
contrary, the fidelity of the pco
pie was edifying. For years,
-young and old Would come, fast
ing, distances of eight, ten and
fifteen miles to receive
Communion at the ten o’clock
Mass on Sunday. against
But all odds were
(hem: many families moved
S-w .**!»*#: ^chance STji
schools” ami little to
learn their religion. Year by
vear the situation arew worse,
The visiting priest* priests and each
mission knows where,
Uw therp ^sr.srs. are neither Catholic schools work’
nor
for education and religion must
go hand in hand.
God did not mean to abandon
this chosen spot nor to allow the
flickering flame to he extin
guished. where it had first been
kindled and had burned as
brightly. In His own way He
sent His servants to revive the
dvina embers and gather to
* gether the scattered brands.
When in 1869, the R-demptorist
Fathrs. at the solicitation of
Bishop Verot. visited Locust
Grove. One of these missioners
was Rev. Father William H.
Gross (now Archbishop of Ore
eon) Little did he think that
his next visit to Locust Grove
would be as its bishop (for a> few
vears later he succeeded Bishop
Perseco in the See of Savannah),
or that he would he toe means,
directly and indirectly of perpet
uating the work Mgun bv the
great Dr. England in this historic
spot No doubt, however, the
interest awaked in the place and
people by his sojourn among
1hem as a missionary', the great their
faith and fervor he saw in
hearts caused him to consider
their welfare when he became
Bishop. The first priest ordained
by Bishop Gross, shortly after his
consecration, was Rev. J. M. O’
Brien (now pastor in Augusta,
(ia) in whom the Bishop saw
promise of a zealous worker, a
true shepherd of souls. therefore,
Father O’Brien was,
sent on the mission, which in
eluded Locust Grove and em
braced a dozen or more places
besides. .The young priest set to
work with the zeal and earnest
ness which to this day charac
terizes all his undertakings, hut
Locust Grove naturally claimed
a special attention on account of
the great disadvantages under
which the faithful and !ong-suf
fering people were laboring,
Many a time he would “double”
on Sundays, i. e. say Mass in
Washington, Wilkes county, then
ride eighteen miles in >a rickety
conveyance to say another Mass
might
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j re-erected it in the midst
lh f rd{ho]i settlement now
ca l ed , Sha ' on ' fl877)
His T next to solicit , .
move was
the laid of the Sisters of St.. Jos
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hi,d ,alo!v transferred from- Sn
vannah to Washington, Ga. These
noble women responded prompt
ty- (1878) Without hesitation
they spared three from their
sin aH community, who bravely
h*m work in » poor little house
destitute of every comfort and
convenience. They gathered the
children around them (and labor
ed uncomplainingly until, in time
a better home was provided for
them. They came without scrip
°i' purse,' but, in union with the
zealous pastor, made rapid prog
r f ss - When the need of a suit
able school building became evi
dent. Father O’Brien challenged
the congregation, now so much
encouraged, for a new church,
which was soon built. The old
one was then fitted up for fa
school. The Sisters enlarged
their house and opened a board
ing school for small hoys. A
pretty group of buildings one
sees today within spacious
grounds, witli a hack-ground of
oak and pine forest-convent,
school, and parsonage, and across
the way “God’s Acre.”
Rl. Rev. Thos. A. Becket, pres
ent Bishop of Savannah has given
great encouragement and impetus
to, the work by his interest in the
school and frequent visitations.
Bishop Becket also grants them
the blessing of a resident pastor;
and in God’s wise providence
this holy priest is Rev. A. J.
Semmes, a near relative of the
pioneer Semmes family who
came to Locust Grove 100 years
ago and brought the faith from
Maryland to Georgia. After
many years it is like unto the
days of yore, only a hundred fold
more blessed. For now they not
only have a beloved bishop full
of zeal for the progress of cduca
tion and religion, a holy priest
devoted and untiring in his la
hors, hut they also have the pa
tient. self-forgetting religious to
assist the generous pastor in
breaking the “Bread of Life,” lo
his children. There daily, they
teach the truths that Bishop En
gland gave his life to spread,
within the very waits which so
often resounded with the elo
quence of the learned prelate,
and illustrate them by their own
lives, by the edifying example
which is stronger than precept,
How often hard-working priests
hesitate to ask the aid of relig
women in Iheir labors, for
^amicn these might become an ad
rather than help; but
■to’ they work, how un
Ifejl lend themselves to
of religion and
GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1931.
the « ood , of e sou,s . . ,s am P'y , P ro '
ven in t,vis instance, only one it)
a thousand such. Wherever they
Ihl fJL Hh IT,’
,|kfr presence, not* only in
spiritual riches but even in tern
poral, and the pastor with such
help-mates will have an abund
ant harvest for the Master. No
one knew and Ref appreciated this
hotter [hen 1U. Dr. E„ g l„„l.
who, always eager for the as
si stance and co-operation of re
ligious women, obtained it when.
ever possible, and in his writings
pays them a tribute of praise and
gratitude for their great work in
the cause.
Of old Locust Grove nothing
remains save the peaceful burial
grounds and all the tender mem
ories unladed and undying. No
one has been buried therein
since the removal of the church,
so the Maryland pioneers and
their co-workers for the faith
sleep undisturbed beside the spot
they loved and cherished, where
bravely and hopefully they
cradled the infant church,
watched over it, clung to it and
lay down for their last sleep be
side to await the Resurrection
morn when God will say, “Well
done, good and faithful servant,
You have fought the good light,
you have kept the faith. There
is laid up for you a crown of jus
tice. Enter into the joy of the
Lord.”
The occasional visitor, some
one from afar, perhaps, with a
loved one resting there—for in
many states there are hearts ten
dei ty hound to old Locust Grove
- treads softly on this sacred
ground, far from the bustle and
turmoil of the world; reads rev
erectly the honored names on th e
time-blackened stones, pausing
involuntarily beside a simple
shaft to the memory of a young
priest, Father Jerry L’Neil;
breathes a “De Profundis” at the
foot ot the great mission cross;
then on the mossy hank of the
circling shade, stream rests in the cool
near the ever-flowing
spring, to dream of the days
when the noble Bishop England
stood beneath these very trees
and awakened the echoes with
the masterful voice whose tones
had rung in thrilling oratory in
Cathedral, Church, tand Senate
Hall, in presence of prelates,
lords and statesmen, but never
with more fervid eloquence, more
grand sublimity than here in the
heart of a Georgia fo-est, in the
church of the Maryland colonists
—the Church of Locust Grove.
(Written in 1890 by Miss Nel
tic Maguire of Washington, Ga.,
and later printed in “The Catho
lie Mirror,” Baltimore, Md.)
- From Warrenton Clipper.
BANKERS DEVELOP
NEW FINANCE AID
—
President of American Bankart
AMOciation Describe* Plan
and Servicet of National
Credit Corporation
NEW YORK.—The , I
National , Credit
Corporation, a billion dollar cooper*
tive Institution, i« the method worked
0Bt by bankw * t0 put Int0 practical
K.*\Z‘2 £££ STT
laerdat and industrial activity of the
nation as proposed In his statement
the nation of October 7. Harry j.
Haas, president of the American Bank
era Association stated In a recent Inter
vtew
- Th « corporation is strictly coopera
tlv ® lB character ' he •»*<*- to unite the
*“ Ur# ** nk,a * " ystem ‘crease
**• effectlreness of the ttnanclal ser
ylce » ot bank » “» ‘h*ir communities in
™ r#1 df,trl < ;! a a * w * n a8 th ® clt,es -
-V^ « nrcea plan , will < tha marshal eou “ tyy the »• bank explained, ng re
-
^ cle * a “ K a national institution
*k-;lr portfolio* that are thoroughly
* auud but ar « not eligible for loans at
federal reserve banks
,ki'. , T « Everybody
U clUlea lQ tha Unlt6d
states but will benefit In very practical
way “ from the results of the operation
2 °AZ°Z.
of the most constructive steps that
have been taken toward revival of
*ou»<l business activity,” Mr. Haas
declared, adding,
National Credit Corporatiun
rapresenta an instrumentality that
shm:td hava far-reaching effect in re
storing the coofldenee of the public.
P* by lh * country’s not only leading ha * be *“ banking ,orn,ulat6<1 au
[ hor ," lee ' but * la<> wl " b * clirrl6d out
'
ocal y “ I1 a * nationally 11 by bank
o*, rapieMnt * t v w hay *
h ~X“
" Th * American Banker* Association
convention was In session at the time
the pIan wftg proposed and unanlmoua
endorsed It In principle. I hare ex
nad ‘ he d« taile d formulation of
| he workln * plana a * developed by the
Lken t?pW P tt“o^practical Won
la 3laKle mind6d deroUou to the nik .
tlMUl welfare> and d am abl# ta gay
wlthout reservation that the National
credit Corporation as *et up by them
constitute* a practical, sound and effl
dent mean* for carrying out President
Hoover’s proposal."
GROW SOY BEANS
FOR STOCK FEED
Inadvisable to Rely on Them
as Whole Protein Source.
For a number of years the acreage
of soy beans, grown both for grain and
hay, has been Increasing. As a result
more of the beans have also been fed
to live stock as a source of home
grown protein. It Is, of course, de
sirable for the farmer to produce as
much protein as possible and thereby
reduce the need for the purchase ot
this constituent to a minimum.
While one con secure economical
gains on hogs fed a ration of corn and
soy beans or barley and soy beans,
yet such rations are not satisfactory
because they produce soft pork, which
Is discriminated against by the pack
ers. That being the case, soy beans
should not be employed as a protein
supplement for pork production, at
any rate not aa the sole source of the
amount needed for balancing the ration.
Fortunately, however, goy beaus
may be used as a source of protein In
the feeding of brood sows, both dur
ing the gestation and the suckling
periods, as a test conducted at the
Illinois experiment station has clearly
shown. Tims two lots of eleven sows
each were fed for a period of 1)5 days
between the breeding and farrowlna
dates—I.ot 1 on corn and a protein
supplement composed of two parts by
weight of tankage and one part by
weight of Inseed meal, and Lot 2.
on corn and whole soy beans con
taining the same amount of protein
as the tankage and linseed meal sup
piled Lot 1.
The dally average consumption ol
feed by. Lot 1 was 4.1 pounds corn and
.51 of a pound of tankage and linseed
meal on which they made a dally gain
of .85 of a pound per head. Lot 2 eon
sumed- £n average of 3.7 pounds corn
and .73 of a pound of soy beans per
head per day. The average weight
of both lots of sows at the beginning
of the feeding or gestation period was
440 pounds per head.
“Wear cotton froir. the skin
out.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Cotton Farmers Need Aid Now,
Not Later, Says J. W. Whiteley
The Cotton Fanners faith,
courage and morale; is still keyed
up with the hope that our Gov
ernor will yet call the General
Assembly together giving them
an opportunity of enacting a
complete Cotton Holiday Law or
possibly a law akin to that of
Texas.
We repeat and reaffirm that
this is the ONLY MEDIUM by
which the suffering COTTON
FARMER may receive IMMEDI
AIE a ue HELP .t « and , confidently do I
believe that the other four large
cotton growing states w:ll follow
if our Georgia Governor will lead
the way, then that minute the
price of our fleecy staple will be
gin to move upward.
COTTON AND COTTON SEED
is our money, our only medium
of exchange and we have noth
ing else with which to pay our
debts and purchase food and
w'inter clothes. We have lots of
cotton and cotton seed but at
present prices we cannot much
more than settle our fertilizer
bills with the banks that have
furnished the money for this
purpose. Yes sir, paying one
bale of cotton for one ton of
10-4-4 guano when only a few
years ago we purchased four
tons *of the same exact grade fcr
tilizer with one bale of cotton,
or only a few years ago we pur
chased one ton of 10-4-4 fertil
izer with the seed from one bale
of cotton, when today it requires
the seed from six bales of cotton
to pay for the same one ton of
identical grade of fertilizer.
In' fact it would require all the
cotton seed made on the average
one horse farm to pay the
c’\ase pried for one ton of guano
Not?, if we could settle* our fer
tilizer bills on basis of one ton of
fertilizer for the seed from one
bale of cotton, or on basis of four
tons of fertilizer for one hale of
cotton, then our Cotton Farmer
could purchase a few clothes for
their families this winter and
not be compelled to beg. i
Farmers take your cotton seed
home and use them for fertilizer
next year, make the old “timey”
kind—a layer of straw, a layer
Of cotton seed and a sprinkling
of 16% acid phosphate which
will cost you about $12.00 per ton
and it will give you better re
sults on any kind of crops than
$25.00 per ton commercial fertil
izer. Experiment on this next
year and let’s get rid of the high
price fertilizer bills.
Use cotton seed for fertilizer
on your grain crop now. We
have a Warren county farmer,
Mr. Paul Borders, who used 40
bushels of cotton seed to the acre
on wheat last fall and made a
yie!d of 40 bushels to the acre on
poor soil. Forty bushels of cot
ton seed will only cost you now
about $5.00 and will make for
you on one acre EIGHT
RELS OF FLOUR. Try this
farmers and write or ask Mr.
Putt 64 Needles in Leg
of Girl to Cure Fever
Rome.—Superstition still runs rife
In southern Italy, and the discovery
of a worker In “black magic” In Sicily
has led to extraordinary revelations
The witch doctor, Marla Velardl, a
hag of eighty-three, received as a “pa
tient” » olneteen-yenr-old girl named
Rosa Zsngra. who was suffering from
fever and hysterical convulsions. Aft
er being paid a small fee, the witch
boiled up various brews, made In
cantatlons and thrust a large needle
into the girl’s right foot.
As the girl’s fever continued, so was
the treatment until, on the witch’s ad
vice, 64 needles had been thrust deep
ly Into the leg, some of them so deep
ly that they disappeared Into the flesh.
The girl became so III that she was
removed to hospital. Forty needles,
traced by X-rays, were extracted. It
It feared that the victim will have to
hart her leg amputated If her lift l'
It be saved.
Ftllee arrested the witch.
$ 5 , 000 ##
IN CASH PRIZES
See Your Druggist
Paul Borders, Warrenton, Ga.,
whether this report is true or not.
Plant lots of oats now, use cot
ton seed for fertilizer and this
will cut down your feed bill next
year. Persuade your bank to
hold your cotton six months or
a year, as. it is tragedy to sell it
at 6c per pound. Then with a
law to radically curtail planting
cotton next year by the ten big
cotton producing states have w e can
pay our bills and some
money with which to purchase
necessities, as cotton will reach
15a per pound or more,
Folks, my predictions some
time ago are now coming true,
people here in Warren county
are now becoming really hungry,
no jobs, no credit and will be
forced to beg. daily
I stand in my store and
listen to the appeals lor help, the
appeals for credit, the appeals
for shoes and clothing for chil
dren, the appeals for SCHOOL
BOOKS coming from perfectly
good white folks who have no
money or credit. I interrogate
them as they loiter about so help
less not knowing what to do or
where to go and since I come in
contact with this picture daily it
is constantly on my mind,
1 honestly believe the '“No Cot
Ion Planting Plan” is the only
IMMEDIATE HELP for these
scantily clad, undernourished
people and I’LL continye with
every ounce of energy and zeal
of my soul to advocate a cause
that I feel will bring to them
most quickly their much needed
relief.
The land owner in the cotton
belt has always taken care? of
these tenant farmers, bwt oiw it’s
impossible, hence the deplorable
state of affairs,
NATIONAL HELP AvlII come
along later, DIVERSIFICATION
will help later, but it’s NOW we
want IMMEDIATE RELIEF, that
our “bread line" will be as small
as gia possible. is pleading Every city in Geor
for money to. help
the helpless, the Unemployed
something never before known
in Georgia on such a big scale,
and we hope our Governor will
lend a helping hand and let’s
gamble on whether the law so
much desired by the Cotton Far
mers will help or not.
Unless we receive some stimu
lating influence in the price of
cotton and cotton seed soon,
you’ll possibly hear of some
banks in Georgia calling on
President Hoover for a part of
the $500,000,000 fund to thaw out
frozen assets, and Dun and
Bradstreets will he busy report
ing country merchants with fro
zen assets.
Let’s beg Governor Russell ev
ery him, clay to make this call. Wire
write him, beg him, as no
one else can or is authorized to
'assemble the Georgia Legislature,
Am I right or am I wrong?
J. W. Whiteley,
Warrenton, Ga.
Need* a Listener
“Words of good advice," said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, “are easily
spoken and give great comfort to the
speaker. If he finds a good listener."—
Washington Star.
Olive Long In Favor
The olive Is the oldest fruit known.
Thousands of years before the Chris
tian era Its growth and harvesting
was one of the chief Industries In Asia
Minor.
Heard at tha Motor Show
“Dumb! Why, she thinks thut the
way you tell the horse power of a car
Is to lift the hood and count the
plugs.”—Boston Transcript.
Toe Itch
Athlete's Feet end Hand Itch
disease Why suffer from the queer skin
toes and causing feet, cracking, severe peeling Itching skin, oi'
Crotch blisters. Itch, Ringworm, when Trench Foot or
you can avoid In
fection and quickly heal your skin
with Dr. Nixon's Nlxoderm? Based
on the famous English Hospital for
mula, don skin discovered by .'s^g£g|gl tja|i||de|
specialist. mawE
Oder in nets wltlr
skin URIC dcsigrr^KfeiS
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