HODGES MILL -  2

As my last communication did not find its way into the wastebasket I will give you a few more dots from our corner.

Perhaps some of your readers would like to know where Barnesville Academy is.  It is situated in a beautiful picturesque place about midway between the Ocmulgee River and Yellow Water creek, on the road leading from the old Barnes homestead to Hodges Mill.  From our place can be seen the jasper hills and beautiful waters of the Ocmulgee and the little silvery stream of Yellow Water, upon which sits Hodges Mill, where you will find I. C. Moore ready to grind your wheat and corn.  By the way, he is one of the best millers in Georgia.

A portion of a dozen farms can be seen from our schoolroom, which puts us on such an elevation that we get all the fresh air.  But a few paces from our school can be seen the steeple on the Methodist church in your town.  

Our school still continues to grow in numbers.  We give the professor no time to eat idle bread, and some times he has to call on some of us to help him through, as he wants to pull through the first term without an assistant.

Lovely spring has made her appearance and some of our farmers are planting cotton seed.

Wheat and oat crops are looking fine.  There is a larger acreage sown in our community this year than usual, which show that our farmers intend to live at home.

Mr. R. M. Harper has the finest field of wheat in our corner.

Our farmers are trying to keep up with the times and are improving their farms and buildings.  Messrs. Henry Holifield, Jepsy Lummus and W. M. Roberts have made new additions to their dwellings, which add much to their appearance.

At Harper´s shops, in connection with the McCord distributor, which we spoke of in our last, you will find Mr. John Lummus putting up cotton seed planters, I think the best planter in Georgia.  He has a patent on his machine.

There was a sad accident near here last Monday on Mr. Pope´s place.  Two Negro children were left in the house of their parents and one caught fire and set the house on fire and burned it up with all its contents.  One of the children which was about seven years old perished in the flames.  The other made its escape.

Miss Banie Holifield is visiting relatives and friends in your town this week.  Also Miss Mary A. Coleman of Dublin is visiting friends around Oak Hill.

School Boy                                   
Middle Ga Argus – Week of

Submitted by Don Bankston