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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1907)
The Henry .County Weekly VOL. XXXII FARMERS UNION TO HAVE GRAET DAY AT CAMP GROUND SAT. Many Prominent Speakers to be Present—Hon. W. B. Merritt, State School Commissioner, to make Address—State Union Men to De liver Addresses. On tomorrow, Saturday, August 10th. will be a great day in the his tory of the Farmers’ Union of Henry county. On that day a grand rally will be held at Shingle Roof Camp Ground A number of prominent speakers Avill be present. Mr. Allen Crumbley, the presi dent of the Henry county Union, has arranged for a number of fine speakers to be there. Hon. W. B. Merritt, State School Commissioner, will deliver an ad dress in the morning. Hon. R. F. Duckworth, of Barnesville, State President of the Union, will be present if other engagements du not interfere. Mr. J. L. Lee, state organizer is also expected to be present. Besides these there will -be sev eral other prominent speakers present. Everyone is invited to go out and enjoy the day, especially all members of the Farmer’s Union. It will be a day that will be well worth anyone’s time. Education and many other sub jects will be discussed by the men selected by President Crumbly. Another Old Citizen Passes Away. Mr. John Elliott, one of the county's old and highly respected citizens, passed quietly away at his home near Salem church on Friday, July 26th, after a linger ing illness of several months from the infirmities of old age. Mr. Elliott had almost reached his four score years and bad been a man* who had been one of the leading men in his community ard from early life had been a consist ent member of Salem Baptist church. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss May Bledsoe be fore her marriage, she passed to the great Beyond 22 years ago. He married Miss Mary Nix the second time, who still survives him. He is survived by two sons, Mr. A. C. Elliott and Mr. C. T. Elliott, and three daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Brannan, Mrs. Julia Elliott and Mrs. Shirley Kelley. The funeral was held at his late residence and the interment was in the family burying ground near his home on Saturday. IfjlirßZhlH -i TfW- iMO iHtJJtMOi Hi.m His work in tho Home, Church. Society, Business, P i: ics and every walk of !i .'e. A b xik portray ig the g "e dangers found in ail conditions of life. Pitfalls, and methods of escaping therr.i A warnir. r note to save young men and w until from wreck and ruin. This book is living an immense sale. We want a ;e■ t-> to sell ‘! e above book with a full line of Sandard Subscri tion Book-;. Red Letter Fam y a d Teacher's Bibles. Cata logue will be ser.dfree. This is your or fprtuTißy to make money ard worth your investigation. We have agents who have been wth us 20 years. Write today. D. E. Lutter Publishing Co. 12-14-iG Trin tf Ave. Atlanta. Ga. 8 NEW HOPE AND PHILIPPI TRUSTEES ARRANGE FOR SCHOOL TAXES MONDAY. Messrs. G. G. LeGnin and Will Cowan, trustees of the New Hope School District, were here Monday I to get a list of all tax payers in I their district so as to Arrange for ' the tax levy for this year of the New Hope taxable school district. They always have a fine school at this place and when they got this local tax added to the funds from the state they will he enabled to have ft longer term for their school. This is one of the best schools in the southeastern part of the coun ty now and it is safe to say it will be much better with the additional fund added to the free school fund. Mr. S. B. Kimbell, trustee of Philipi, was here for the same purpose for Philipi taxable school district. Philipi is another fine school and will be a much* better school com munity when this local tax is ad ded to the school fund. I These two communities of east Henry county are to be congratu lated on their progressive spirit along educational lines. Hampton school district is an other one that has adon te d this up-to-date system of supple l menting the state’s funds by a lo cal taxation for the school district. The Hampton district voted on this taxation last fall and while 1 the local taxation does not go into effect until this year’s taxes are collected,vet by agreement among all the tax payers they have been enjoying this local tax for the school district this year. Mrs. Harris Dead. .Mrs. Harris one of the old and highly respected ladies of the north ern part of the county, died on last Friday after a lingering illness fromthe infirinaties of old age. j She was about 80 years old and i was one of the oldest and most highly esteemed women of the county. The funeral and interment was at Bethel on Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, Revs. Sewell and Di mon, officiating. * Messrs. W. P. Wilson and W. M. Ha rri s, two of Hampton's prominent and influential citizens, were in McDonough on Wednes day. McDonough, Georgia, Friday august i, 1907. $91,805 INCREASE IN HENRY’S TAX ABLE PROPERTY. Tax Receiver Paterson lias made a final consolidation of all the tax returns for this year. It makes a splendid showing for Henry, too, in the increase of the taxable property for this year. The total taxes as shown by the receiv er's bucks is $3,281,517; *3,133,475 being assessed against white peo ple and $125,042 against the ne groes. The increase, of the white's prop ert.y is 187,945 and that of the ne groes $2,860, making a total gain of $91,805. Locust Grove Methodist To Lay Corner Stone Wednesday, August 21. At 2 o’clock on Wednesday af ternoon, Aug., 21st, the corner stone of the New M -thodist church at Loenst Grove will be laid, Dr. .T. T. Daves, of Griffin, presiding el der of the Griffin district, will pre side over the cere months. The corner stone.laying will oc cur during the prut acted meeting of the Locust GroVc church. Ryv. C. V. Weathers, tin pastor of the Locust Grove circuit, held a very tine meeting at Bethel church last week, and is conducting a very fine meeting at Philadelphia church this we k, .icing assisted by Rev. Will Hill of Inman. This meeting will continue through Sunday. Mrs. Thurman Dies Under Operation In Atlanta. Mr. Howard Carmichael receivod a telephone message from Atlanta, late Wednesday afternoon, an nouncing the death of Mrs. Thur man, wife of Mr. Will Thurman, who resides near Rethel in the northern part of the county. She had been carried to Atlanta a few days ago for an operation to be made and she died under the operation. She was a most estimable wo man and the announcement of her passing away will be the source of much sorrow’ to her many friends. Mr. Carmichael went to Atlanta on Wednesday night to arrange for the funeral. The arrangements have not been completed but the funeral will occur either on Thursday af ternoon or Friday morning at Bethel church in this county. Hampton Cotton Mill Resumes Operations. The Hampton Cotton Mills that have been shut down for a month while a new engine and other ma chinery was being installed has been started again and will run on full time so as to till the orders contracted for. The work on the new annex mill of the Henderson Manufactur ing Co., at Hampton is being rap idly pushed to completion and by Sept., Ist it is expected that the woik of installing the machinery will be finished and the mill will be ready to begin operation. sixth Dist. Ma= sons to Gather Here August 15. Much Enthusiasm Being Manifested by the Local Members-All Plans Completed for Convention. The Masonic convention of the 6th Congressional district convenes with tho McDonough Fraternal Lodge No. 27 on Thursday, Aug. 15th. In this convention there will be 27 Lodges entitled to representa tion and it is expected that every ono of them will have a represen tive as well as a number of other prominent Masons of the state. The convention will be called to order at 10 a. m. in the court ■ house, where a public meeting will ibe held, and everyone is cordially j invited to attend this session. Hon. Max Meyerhardt, of Rome, Grand Master of Georgia, will de liver an, address, to be followed by Hon. John W. Aiken, of Carters ville, after which there will be a general basket dinner at the Big j Spring. Everybody is cordially invited to j attend the court house meeting and ! join in the basket dinner. Please I bring well filled baskets. We earnestly request all breth ren and friends of the order to co operate with ns in making this j Convetion a success. It is the first time tho Sixth District Convention has been held in this county, and we are especially anxious that all visitors shall receive every possi ble attention and courtesy. At 2 :20 o’clock P. M. the conven tion will be called to order at the Lodge room of Fraternal Lodge No. 27, where, after the regular busi ness of the convention has been transacted, work in the first de gree will be exemplified. At 7 :20 o’clock p. m. the meet j ing will again be called to order ! for the purpose of conferring the third degree and attending to other business that may come up before I the convention. COMMITTEE of ARRANGEMENT. S. M. Coker, J. T. Pendley. G. W. ' Cathy, J. H. Rape, G. W. Nait. R. | L. Turner, J. M, Carmichael, J. D. : Rowan, E. F. Adams, J. W. Pat terson, W. A. Simpson, J. S. Rod ! gers, E. C. Adams. COMMITTEE OF RECEPTION. J. C. Harris, H. T. Rape, H. M. i Arnis.W. A. Campbell, J. G. Smith, it. L. Johnson, G. G. Weems, Paul Turner. T. J. Brown, W. M. Miss Emma Crumbley Dead. Miss Emma Crumbley died at the homo bf her father, Mr. Wm. H. Crumbley, near White House on Wednesday night from paraly sis. She was a most estimable lady. She was abont 45 years old. The funeral and interment will occur at Ozias chnrcli about 10 ■ o'clock Friday morning. 1 PAGES FUTURE EVENT CALENDER. DATES AND PLACES OF SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD IN HENRY COUNTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. The Henry County Confederate Veter ans Association will hold their annual I reunion at shingle Roof Camp ground on ) Thursday, August Bth. ! The Farmers’ Union of Henry County will hold an Educational Rally at Shingle Roof Camp ground on Saturday, Aug. 10. Sixth District Masonic Convention will ' meet at McDonough by August loth, the date to be announced later. The Camp Meeting at Shingle Roof, be gins on Friday night before 4th Sunday in Aug.—2Brd, and continues one week, All Day Singing to be held at the Court house in MeD >n » ugh, Sunday, Sept. 29th MISS HARRIS ENTERTAINS On last Friday evening Miss Eva Harris delightfully entertained in honor of her guests, Misses Mc- Curry and Burns. 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