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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1907)
The Henry County Weekly j VOL. XXXII LITTLE ANNIE L, HARRIS DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS. just as the Weekly to press on Thursday aiternoon it is announeemed that little five year old daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harris, Annie Laurie, died at their home here at 3.3 o o’clock, after an illness ot about 12 hours, she being taken critically ill earl)’ Thursday morning. - The funeral arrangements have not been made but it will occur sometime this' ai ternoon at Flippen. CORNER STONE LAYING AT BARNJSVILLE. The laying-of the corner stone of the Sixth District Agricultural col lege at Barnesville was attended by fully 2,500 people on last Thurs day. There being people from every county in the district. There was a long procession of Masons and Odd Fellows and the ceremonies were interesting and impressive, good order was pre served, the tank being closed for the day. The speeches at the barbecue • were made by Hon. J. J. Flynt. of Spalding, Hon. T. B. Felder, of Macon, and Hon. H. H. Perry, of Louisville. Mr. Flynt spoke in favor of the agricultural schools being made sufficient to themselves, instead of feeders to the university ; in this he was opposed by Mr. Fel der and supported by Mr. Perry. A number from this county at tended these exercises all of whom were highly pleased with them and all of them ai*e delighted over the present out look for the school. MISS HAMPTON GETTING UP PARTY FOR NORTHERN TOUR. Tlio annual party of eighteeen or twenty ladies and gentlemen con ducted by Miss Julia B. Hampton will leave Atlanta July Jth for Chautaugua, N. Y. They will go by way of Cincinnati and spend one day sight seeing in that beau tiful city. Tlie party will spend a moth or six weeks at Chautaugua, reaching there just at the opening of the summer schools. During their stay, two side trips may be taken, one to Toronto, Canada by way of Niagara Falls, the other to the Jamestown Exposition, with stop over at Washington, D C. All the trips, with one month’s stay at Chautaugua, may be made for about *IOO.OO. Those interested in Chautaugua may address for particulars, Miss J. B. Hampton, McDonough, Ga. HE AT LOCUST CRAVE. At an early hour Monday morning tire was discovered in the tank block at Locust Grove in Wright’s store. As a result of the tire the Bank ot Locust Grove, Ma sonic hall, . Telephone ex change, J. F. W right’s store nnd a vacant store room were burned. The loss will aggre gate about $5,000, with only a small amount ot insurance. For Clothing of class see ours and you -will be pleased. ,1 -■ —-r La. TEN DEATH CERTAIN FOB BUCK HIGH. NO CHANCE TO SAVE NEGRO FROM GALLOWS. BOY MUST PAY FOR CRIME. Fifteen-Year-Okl Xergro Convicted of Assault Will Be Handed lie spite lteeoniinendations for Clemency by .Jiuige K. .1. Kenyan. ‘‘There will be no escaping the gallows for Buck High, a Henry county negro now in his 15th year, who was convicted at the term of Henry superior court of criminal assault upon a little 4-year old white girl, and sentenced to he hanged. “Notwithstanding the recommen dation of Judge E. J. Reagan, be fore whom the negro was convicted and sentenced, that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment on account of his youth, the prison commission yesterday declined to recommend any clemency what ever. Governor Terrell has ap proved its action, and there is now' no escape for High from the pun ishment of death. “Outside of the prisoner's attor ney, W. A. Bown, Judge Reagan was the only one who signed the petition for commutation to life imprisonment, the judge stating he thought that'punishment would be adequate. “The sole plea in behalf of High was made on account of his youth, but the facts all showed the crime to have been one of the most dia bolical ever committed in Henry county, or for that matter, in any Other section of the state. The lit iie -J-year-old victim whom High was employed to look after and protect somewhat in the capacity of a nurse, was hofHUiy wounded, apd it was with difficulty, it is stated, that her life was saved. “The father, relying upun the justice of law, did not take sum mery vengeance upon the negro who was convicted a short time ago and sentenced to be hanged on May 2y. “From wliat Governor Terrell and members of the prison commis sion say with regard to the case, it is safe to say that there is nu possible plea which will avail in saving High from the gallows.’’ Last Saturday an appeal Wai niude to the prison commission by Col. Brown to have the sentence of Buck High commuted to life im prisonment and the above article appeared in Sunday s Constitution in reference to the case and the commission’s action in refusing to grant a respite. Next Wednesday will witness -.the first legal exe cution in a quarter of a century in this county. There is now no oth er legal recourse to stay this exe cution and on Wednesday this ne gro will pay the extreme penalty on the gallows for a most diabolical heinous crime. This popular remedy never fails tc effectually cure dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick feadache, Biliousness And ALL DISEASES arising from 2 Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion The natural result is good appetite and solid flesh. Dose small: elcgant r—* <>a«y to swa!lov> 1 use I*o ouosutute..—l - McDonough, Georgia, Friday may 24, 1907. SOMETHINGOF On lust Saturday the Editor of The Weekly spent the day at Hamp ton, and a pleasant day it proved This little city is one of the busiest places to be found in the confines of this grand old county, and few, if any places the size of Hampton, in the state that shows a better and and more prosperous present, or brighter prospects for a great and a glorious future. Only a few years ago there was not a manufacturing enterprise of any kind there, now there is inves ted in manufacturing plants a grand total of $550,000.00. And all this capital is furnished by the lo cal capitalists and citizens there. There are many improvements now under wav and still o.hers are contemplated for the near fu ture. Below we give a brief histo ry of the leading enterprises of Hampton. The tampon Fertilizers Company, The Hampton Fertilizer Compa ny is one of the latest additions to the manufacturing enterprises of Hampton, the plant having been in operation for about a year. This is a modern and Complete fertilizer plant in everyway, where only high grade fertilizers and acid phosphates are turned out, and while only a limited amount fertil izers were made last season, yet the results were so entirely satis factory that plant has been taxed to its full capacitv to till all the or ders that came in this season, This plant is capitalized at SIOO,- 000.00, and has an annual capacity of 15,000 tons of first class goods. The capital is all furnished by lo cal men, and Messrs. W. M. Harris, as president; J. L. Moore, as Sec’y and Treas., and H G. Fields, as general manager, are the efficient and successful executive officers of the company. Hampton Cotton Mills. The Hampton Cotton Mills is an other thriving enterprise, that is capitalized at $100,000.00, and is Hil ler practically the same manage ment as the fertilizer, a few more men being interested in this plant. This mill consumes about 3,500 bales of cotton annually, and only a very fine grade of hosiery yarn is made for knitting underwear and hosiery. In this grade of yarn only he best grade of cotton is used. The gross receipts a year are about $250,000 00 There is a pay roll of abont 100 ueople, who are the operatives of ibis mill, and they receive annual ly in wages in round numbers $25,000.00—-a pretty good sum for me. hundred people. Mr. A, J. Henderson is president, and Mr. W. M. Harris is Sec’y, Treas., and Gen. Manager of this mill. The stockholders of this mill are ever considerate of the best inter tsts and desire that their operatives he and become good and useful nit izens. At the last meeting of the stockholders it was unanimously voted ts have the Sec’y-Treas. erect at the corporation's expense a church and school house for the operatives and employees of the mill. The Hampton Buggy Company. Another enterprise that has re | eently taken on new aid renewed ! *nergv is the Hampton Buggy Company. , For a number of years Mr. W . I . I Wilson and others associated with him have been making a very fine ! made buggy, but it has been on- I'yina limited way that they 1 have run this business. The <le l mauds for their vehicles have jheen so great that they have re cently built a. handsome and 1 kCr.' . y-i-L ’--r.-ry fos- ! tory. Tne present factory has a floor space of nearly half an acre. One building 110x45 and another j 50x45, both two stories high, and ; the balck smith 70x50, one story I high. The building is thoroughly ! modern in every way. It is eon | structed of brick and will have a large tank on top of it and water j will be run through the building wherever needed to facilitate the work in cleaning and polishing the | material that goes into t he vehicles The factory now has a capacity of five completed vehicles per da}*, or 1,500 per year. There are now about 15 men employed regularly in this plant, but this is not but about half as many men as they will employ when the building is ! completed and every feature of the j work is thoroughly systematized. Mr. W. P Wilson, president; (). T. Hennessee, Sec’y and Treas; and W. A. Wilson, the former's son, Gon’l Manager are the officers of this company, each one of them being most excellent business men. This plant is worth from $20,000 to $25,000 and the annual output of tho factory will he worth some thing like two or three times the amount of capital employed. The demands have been so great this season that at times not a ve hicle was left unsold in the factory with many orders to he filled. The Henderson Manu facturing Company. This is the pioneer man afacturing enterprise of Hampton, and it has steadily grown from a very modest beginning to a magnificent and prosperous business. For a number of years this com pany has been running a knitting mill and it has been a most suc cessful enterprise. But only the knitting of the goods lias been done by them. Within the next few weeks the building for a now cotton mill will lie completed and by September first all the machinery will he in stalled. They will spin enough yarn to supply their old plant with knitting yarn, thus making a com plete knitting mill where the raw material will be taken and the fin ished products turned out. This new addition will cost SSO, 000.00, and will have 2,000 spin dles, with a capacity of consuming about 2,000 bales of cotton per year. This new and the old plant combined will make a combined plant of fully SIOO 000.00. In the old mill there is employ ed about- 70 operatives, and in the new one there will be employed from 50 to 60, making a total of about 115 operatives for the knit ting mill and cotton factory com bined . Mr. A. J. Henderson is president of this company, and is one of the town’s most prominent and influ ential citizens. He has associated with him two sons, A D.Henderson, as manager, and A. M. Henderson, as secretary and treasurer, both of them beffig thoroughly alive and energetic young men. The Public School, But its not alone in a material way that in a prosp. r ous way. The town lias built a school building at a cost of KS,OOO O'; and in every way it is completed on modern plans. It is fitted up with the latest and best seats and has a large auditorium fitted out with opera chairs, a handsome sta ;e, and a tine drop curtain. The school has just closed a hi oi ly successful year, under the c!::- cient management of Brot. -I. \\ Dennington, us principal, v ith three other teachers and a music teacher. 1 There is a school Dist. 2 1-2 miles each wav from the center of tin town. W.R. Wilson, J. O. Norris and M. M. Harris compose the Ivard of trustees for the district. The total enrollment this yAar was about 175 with an average atte .d --ticce pupils. PAGES Other Improvements. The members of the M. E. ; ehnvoh now have under way the erection of a new church ediiico ( that will be one of the prettiest in middle Georgia, if is to be built ot either pressed brick or cement blocks on tho outside atul i will cost when completed in. the I neighborhood of $10,1)00.00 The plans are being drawn by architects, a building committee appointed and in fact everything is rapidly being pushed in the preliminary of work on tho new building. It is to be heated at the old sale but considerably larger grounds have been secured for the new church. L. A.Dmid is fixing to erect an up-to-date hotel at a yost of M.tm to $5,000, just west of the railroad, opposite the depot. He has L* A running a hotel there forsewtul years, and is one of the townlspo])- ular and well known citizens. <W. Fields, the new postmaster has mfide a number of improve ments since lie took charge last April. He has put in a lock-box cabinet so people cun get mail d.ijr or night. There are fifty-four of of these combination boxes. The office is now in the old Edwards & i North building. Miss KuteTluix -1 ton is the efficient and popular as* ; sistant. Something like S2OO was spent by Mr. Fields in improve ments for the accommodation ol’ the public. AMON KNIOHT DIES SUDDENLY. On last Thursday afternoon about 7.30 o’clock, was one of the sad dest deaths in a long time in this xuiet little city. Charlie Amon Knight the 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I>. Knight, was playing in front of his father's store with several of his friends and in his playing ran across the street in front of Ivis father's’store arid down the side street by Smith’s stab’es, and ten minutes later was found near the Carmichael buggy repository in a dying condition, and by the time friends had carried him to Cook's store he was dead. No signs of any f ind of bruises or violence were found on the Ikkly It is thought that his death is due to either a ruptured blood vessel or possibly he might have been chok ed to death by getting something lodged in the wind pipe, as he was eating some peanuts or something of that kind while ho was playing with several of the hoys in front of his father s store. He was a m< sr exe llent young - man and a favorite with all who know him. The funeral and interment occur red Saturday a. in. at 10 o'clock at the Knightcemetary 5 miles north of this place, R v. J. J. Stephenson of near Conyers, officiating. The Weekly ext- ncls sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the sorely bereaved and loved ones in this sudden taking away of their loved, one. . (Will* OP THANK* 5 . Through th** kindness of our Euitor, (i ..,i- 4 . tu , our Mir-iuo. heartfelt {>• oiks to our neighijors ami friends for i: -ii gind and tender im-ustan to us during the illness of our 1 itf It- •laughter Muv Uod ever be with yoy end bestow uvm'!’ His rich st blef-inv*. Kindly, Mr. •• nd ’' re. ' .<'■>> el md,. $i A YEAR
