A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . H ^.-JP^ ^ ~ -?mr iu li ?n A GROUP WHICH SUGGESTS THE LONG AGO. At the top is Mrs. T. J. Simmons, for a number of years, with her husband, the headof Shorter College; beside her are Dr. and Mrs. Robt. T. Hoyt; on the left at the bottomis Mrs. W. I. Brookes, then come John Locke Martin, journalist and poet, and Mrs. MaryEve, of Eve Station. thread. Squirrel skins made goodshoe tops and caps. Good toilet and laundry soapwere manufactured from l
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . H ^.-JP^ ^ ~ -?mr iu li ?n A GROUP WHICH SUGGESTS THE LONG AGO. At the top is Mrs. T. J. Simmons, for a number of years, with her husband, the headof Shorter College; beside her are Dr. and Mrs. Robt. T. Hoyt; on the left at the bottomis Mrs. W. I. Brookes, then come John Locke Martin, journalist and poet, and Mrs. MaryEve, of Eve Station. thread. Squirrel skins made goodshoe tops and caps. Good toilet and laundry soapwere manufactured from lyeextracted from ashes. For soda, corn cobs were burn-ed into ashes and lye made there-from, and this was mixed withsour milk. Butter bean hulls wereused in the same way. During the autumn, when thesorghum was being ground,peaches, apples, wild grapes andwild cherries furnished the basefor jams and jellies. The sorg-hum was used as sweetening, andthe product after cooking wascalled preserves. If the invaders shot down sheepin the pasture, the good woman 160 A History of Rome and Floyd County went to the spot with her shearsand got enough wool for socksand stockings. Service
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