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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 Uhan H * !■; m -------- l-.^–s^iSJWfUSL -». .. I I ** **’’<’ *aw|l I-4- k sg f f -v * ? * sBaEPT.-y* 5 IpBIB B W : fit \L »-' it »r \ fg *. ; jSHeSH RL /J– ® V 1 dm- -Wjf 1 V MB !§« | | S3E$9| ....... gHHl. '■~ ' |i" I- , jUgM * ' 'J|H| 1 P mOM I 4 ' mbJ hK i - si I Kg I ‘«f MB . J ? r" ‘ V|9 I^ f VMl Klfl M ifffJP f H : ■>.: HBfgSga M M : RTTMH J l, W JB y IBB–Bfe MBBBMSiHHB MHEHlffiHBM mBK _. ______ '' 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 "»>' "*■ «-■ 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? 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