The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXII
PROF. J. L. CHAPMAN TO
HEAD HAMPTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS COMING YEAR.
Fall Term Begins Sept. 2nd—A
Splendid Corps of Teachers to
Be in Charge of the Several
Departments.
The Weekly is just in receipt of
an announcement and catalogue
of the Hampton Public Schools for
the year 1907-08.
Prof. Jesse L. Chapman, of
Clayton county, has been selected
as principal of the Hampton Pub
lic Schools for the coming year.
He is a teacher of experience and
has had charge of some of the best
public schools of Middle Georgia,
having been principal of the Hape
ville public schools, Rutledge pub
lic schools, and other splendid
schools in this part of the state.
Prof. Chapman is a pupil of
Prof. R. L. Paine, who was for a
number of years one of the lead
ing educators of the state and is
now superintendent of the public
schools of Walton county.
Prof. Chapman finished his
course of study at Gordon Insti
tute at Barnesville.
The people of Hampton are to be
congratulated on securing this
able and talented young man as
principal of their school for the
coming year.
Prof. Chapman will have asso
ciated with him an able and effi
cient corps of teachers, several
of whom were connected with the
school the past year.
The faculty in full is as follows :
FACULTY.
J. L. CHAPMAN, PRINCIPAL,
t Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Grades.
MISS EMMA MANLEY,
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
MISS ESTELLE WOODWARD,
Third and Fourth Grades.
MISS TOMMIE ADAMSON,
First and Second Grades.
MISS ANNIE TURNIPSEED,
Department of Music.
(To Be Supplied)
Department of Elocution.
The Jonesbcro Enterprise pays
the following excellent tribute to
Prof. Chapman and Miss Tommie
Adamson, primary teacher of the
Hampton School the coming year :
“We are in receipt of an ex
tremely creditable catalogue and
announcement of the Hampton
Public Schools. We are pleased
to note that the enterprising board
of the Hamilton Public Schools
have as their principal Prof. Jesse
L. Chapman, and as primary teach
er Miss Tommie Adamson, two of
Clayton county’s most worthy and
proficient teachers.
Prof. Chapman will be remem
bered as a student here under
Prof. R. L. Paine, afterwards at
tending Gordon Institute at
Barnesville. the State Normal at
Athens, Prof Chapman besides
being a splendid teacher, is a
Lightened Christian gentleman.
Miss Adamson is a teacher of
highest merit and the influence uf
her Christian life will tend to
make the little city of Hamilton
better in other ways than educa
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tional.
The Enterprise congratulate the
patrons of the Hampton Public
Schools on the procurement of
these worthy people. The school
will now take on new life, and
prosper as it never has. Success
to the school and the teachers, is
our wish.”
First Open Cotton.
Mr. W. R. Mayo, who resides
near Salem, brought The Weekly
the first open cotton bolls of the
season of 1907.
Mr. Mayo is one of the county’s
energetic and prosperous farmers
and this first cotton of the season
is the result of fast cultivation and
is some of the first planting that
escaped the cold weather of April
that killed so much oi the cotton
in the county.
Mr. Mayo has a very fine crop
of Cotton, all but a very small part
of the crop escaping the frosts
that killed so much of this year's
early planting, he not having to
replant but an acre or two of a
three-horse crop.
These first bolls were well devel
oped and the lint was extra long.
Officers for Henry
County Sundaychool
Association are Chosen.
The officers for the Henry coun
ty S. S. Ass’n., were nominated
and confirmed at the celebration at
Shingle Roof camp ground on the
26 of July. Below will be fuund
the officers and the several com
mittees that will guide the affairs
of the association during the ensu
ing year.
They are a most able and excel
lent set of Sundayschool
workers who will give their best
efforts to this great work for the
coming year.
OFFICERS.
Pres. Prof. Otis Tolleson.
V.- Pres. Mr. H. B. Neal.
Sec. and Treas. Frank Reagan.
CHORISTER.
W. A. Bellah.
ORGANIST.
Miss Corrie Bridges.
CHAPLAIN.
Rev. E. S. Atkinson.
EXEC. COMMITTEE.
J. W. Patterson, J. C. Daniel,
H. J. Copeland, G. W. Crumbley.
FIELD WORKERS.
Prof. Gray, H. W. Carmichael,
M. A. Norman, W. W. Milam,
J. M. Tarpley.
COM. ON ARRANGEMENTS.
H. L. Stansell, G. W. Cathy,
J d.M. Fields.
COM. ON INVITATION.
Rev. E. S. Atkinson,
Rev J. E. England,
Rev. J. A. Simpson.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday august 16, iqo 7 .
Old Soldiers Have Great
Day at Shingle Roof.
D. J. GREEN ELECTED PRESIDENT,
The reunion of the Confederate
Veterans of Henry county at Shin
gle Roof Camp Ground on last
Thursday was a grand and glori
ous success in every way.
There was a very large crowd of
people present, all of whom seemed
to have gone fully prepared in pa
triotic devotion and enthusiastic
fervor and zeal for the cause for
which this grand and indomitable
band so gallantly ar.d fearlessly
defended all in the Lying days of
the Sixties.
All the speakers tint had been
invited were presen!-, except Col.
Tip Harrison, of Atlanta.
The music program of the U. D.
C’s was a most pleasing addition
to the regular veterans program
and added much to the interest of
the day’s exercises and the patri
otic spirit of the occasion.
Hon. B. M. Blackburn and Col.
Eb. T. Williams, of Atlanta, deliv
ered most excellent and fitting ad
dresses in the morning, and with
the program of the U. D < C’s made
it a memorable day for the old
veterans, had not any other feat
ure been added to the day’s exer
cises.
But after the dinner hour came
Col. O. P. LeVert, an old Confed
erate soldier and paid one of the
most magnificent and beautiful
tributes ever delivered on the old
Confederate soldier and the cause
he bled and died for.
He is a most striking figure of
the old regime that is fast passing
to the sacred realms of an exalted
and glorious past, aifd while he
bears the foot-prints of time on bis
brow, yet he is as light of step and
erect as a royal knight of old.
The old veterans and the people
of Henry county never have had
such a rare treat presented them as
the tribute he paid the private sol
dier in his address on last Thurs
day afternoon. His address stirred
the recollections of the past, and
every old soldier that heard him
lived over again those stormy
days whose memory is fast passing
away, and everyone present caught
the spirit of those days and round
ly and enthusiastically applauded
him many times during bis address.
It was full of tender pathos, and
breathed forth a rich halo of pa
triotic fervor and love for the
cause for which he and all the old
Confederates fought so undaunted
ly and courageously for four years,
and who at last yielded only
when they were completely over
powered by a vast throng that bad
been recruited from the nations of
the world. No one can hear Col.
LeVert that does not feel a richer
and more eloquent patriotism pos
sess them.
It was a rare pleasure to all who
were present at the reunion to
share the many pleasant features
of the day and long will all the ad
dresses and other features of the
program remain clear and vivid in
their minds and hearts.
But, still, there was a very sad
picture that all were forced to see.
It was noticeable and forcibly ap
pealed to all present. There were
many familiar faces of the old vet
erans that were absent, many of
them too feeble t-o be present,
while many others of the absent
ones at this reunion had passed
over the river and are now resting
under the shade of the trees, where
God’s immortal heroes are all be
ing gathered to receive the re
wards of the faithful.
May there he many another an
MANY MASONS GATH
ER HERE FOR SIXTH
DIST. CONVENTION.
A Great Day for Fraternal Lodge at
McDonough—Col. George M.
Napier Made Notable Address
at Courthouse at the
Morning Session.
The meeting of the Sixth District
Masonic Convention which con
vened in McDonough on yester
day, was one of the most represen
tive conventions held in McDon
ough in a long time.
Among the delegates and visitors
attending were some of the most
prominent Masons in the state.
Owing to pressing en
gagements Grand Master Meyer
hardt and Hon. John W. Aken
could not bo present as had been
announced last week.
Hon. George M. Napier, of Mon
roe, was the speaker at the court
house at 11 o’clock. His address
was one of the most magnficentand
eloquent ever heard in this city.
A very large crowd was present.
After the speech a sumptuous bas
ket dinner was spread at the Big
Spring.
At 2.30 o’clock p. m. the Masons
all gathered at the Lodge room of
Fraternal Lodge where the second
degree was conferred on Mr. Vs 7 . D.
Nelson.
At 7.30 the Convention was as
sembled again at the Lodge room
where the third degree was don
ferred on Messrs. J. A. Foncho, D.
T. Carmichael and W. C. Walker.
There were fully 200 Masons in
all present, and while a number of
the Lodges of the District were not
represented yet a goodly number
were well represented.
LOVE-BURCH.
Miss Virgie Love, one of Flip
pen’s most lovely and charming
young ladies, and “Mr. W. H. Burch
Jr., one of Flppen’s most popular
young men, were married at the
Wigwam hotel - at Indian springs
on Wednesday, Rev. J. E. England
of McDonough, officiating.
Their hosts of friends join the
Weekly in best wishes for a long
and happy life.
Mr. John Chaffin, of near White
house, a splendid citizen and a fine
farmer, sent in some open cotton
on Wednesday. He has a splendid
prospect for a good crop this year.
Miss Ruth Turner has gone for a
visit to friends and relatives in At
lanta.
nual reunion of the Henry County
Confederate Veterans’ Association,
and may everynoe of them be
spared, until the next annual re
union. Twas a grand and glorious
day in honor of the grandest and
noblest heroes that ever wielded
swords against mortal foes.
The following were elected offi
cers of the Association for the en
suing year : D. J. Green, Presi
dent; Col. E. M. Smith, Vice-presi
dent; J. Q. Nolan, Secretary; J.
T. Brown', Treasurer; Walter
Thompson. Chorister.
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Dr. Lifsey to Give Lec
ture at Southern Den
tal College.
Dr. T. A. Lifsey, the well known
and efficient dentist of McDonough
has been honored with a cl)air in
the Southern Dental College, of
Atlanta.
Dr. Lifsey will be assistant to
George F. Payne, who holds the
chair of Chemistry in this well
known college and will go up to
Atlanta three afternoons in the
week.
This new work of Dr. Lifsey’s
will not interfere with his praotice
here as he will only be away from
3 o’clock in the afternoon for three
days in the week.
He will not begin his new work
until about Oct. 15th.
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
reunion at Shingle Hoof 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. If).
Sixth District Masonic Convention will
meet at McDonough hy August 15th, tho
date to be announced later.
The Camp-Meeting at Shingle Roof, be
gins on Friday night Ik- fore 4th Sunday
in Aug.—23rd, and continues one week.
All Day Singing to be held at the Court
house in McDonough, Sunday, Sept. 29th
UPGHURCH-ODUM.
Quite a pleasant surprise was oc
casioned here on Sunday after
noon among the many McDonough
friends of Miss Annie Upchurch,
of Tvoe'nst Grove, w r ho was married
to Dr. A. S. Odum, of Vidalia, at
the home of Rev. E. A. Atkinson,
who married this popular young
couple, about 4 o’clock Sunday af
ternoon.
The bride formerly resided in
McDonough, and has many friends
here. She is a most excellent and
attractive young woman. The
groom is a prominent young busi
ness man of South Georgia.
They left on the evening train
for their future home at Vidalia.
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