Through hell and half of Georgia (1913)

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:10 AM -0500 3/18/04, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>AND HALF OF GEORGIA--234 Google hits, 133 Google Groups hits

There's also (from at least one country song) "go/walk through all of
hell and half of Texas", which of course puts half of Georgia to
shame.  Worth checking for first cites?

larry horn

>    One more Americanism while I do the laundry.
>    This is not in the AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN QUOTATIONS.
>Fred Shapiro?
>    I haven't re-subscribed to Augusta Archives to research this.  It''s
>interesting that Newspaperarchive--that contains the ATLANTA
>CONSTITUTION--doesn't
>have it earlier.
>
>
>(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
>Daily Commonwealth - 6/13/1913
>...parts OF the south, "all over HELL and HALF OF GEORGIA" signifies the
>limits OF the.....for a year I traveled all over HELL: and HALF OF
>GEORGIA after
>them stars, and never.....FOB mm Love OF Humanity Should plant Love OF Noise
>GAMES INSTEAD OF GUNS State Fire.....we also now urge a thorough
>cleaningtip OF
>all rubbish and a restriction OF the use..
>Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Friday, June 13, 1913  950 k
>
>Stevens Point Journal - 6/14/1913
>...for a year I traveled all over HELL and HALF OF GEORGIA after them stars,
>and never.....parts OF the south, "all over HELL and HALF OF GEORGIA"
>signifies the limits OF the.....early and prOFusely, pinch OFf the
>ends OF HALF the
>branches, so that the energy OF the.....manure, and set the plants
>in the ground
>HALF an inch deeper than they were in the..
>Stevens Point, Wisconsin Saturday, June 14, 1913  906 k