The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXII
COMMISSIONER MERRETT
WRITES TIMELY LETTER
TO C. S. COMS. OF GA.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3, ’O7
To County School Conmiisioner :
Dear Sir : lam sending yon, by
mail, a copy of the Proceedings
and Addresses of the Georgia Bus
iness Men’s Conference, held in
this city, in the Senate Chamber,
May 24, 1907. lam sure that you
will read with interest, and profit
to your work, the utterances of
these business men. I am pleased to
know that the school officials in
many counties adopted my sugges
tion of including some educational
features in the program for the
celebration of the Fourth of July.
I have had good reports of these
meetings. The readiness of the
business men, and citizens gener
ally, to consider educational ques
tions is a very hopeful indication.
I suggest that you organize and en
list the business men of your coun
ty, and secure their co-operation
in all your educational work.
I have recently issued two pam
phlets dealing with the important
subject of local taxation; “What
is Said by Those Who Know,” and
“Our Boys and Girls, Our Richest
Treasure.” I hope you will read
these pamphlets carefully, and dis
tribute them. I am pleased to
note that the interest in local tax
ation is growing. Recently six
districts in Pierce, and ten in
Thomas have voted for local tax,
while many other counties are re
porting one or more districts.
Quitman, Emanuel, Screven, and
Ben Hill counties have voted for
local taxation as entire counties.
It is much better to take the vote
for the entire county, if possible.
Although the appropriation for
the common schools of the State is
liberal, 12,000,000 for 1908, and $2,-
250,000 for 1909, yet the people
must realize that much must be
done locally in order to secure the
type of school the country de
mands.
I wish to ask that you encour
age your pupils to attend high
schools and colleges, and not leave
school when they have passed
through the grammar grades. The
boys especially need such encour
agement, for a greater number of
girls take higher education than
do boys.
In nearly every county we are
having from a few communities
most encouraging reports of prog
ress in school building, school
work and teachers’ salaries. I
hope that this progressive work
will be multiplied in your county
five, ten, and even twenty-fold.
The school should share in the
prosperity of our rural communi
ties, for good schools will in turn
increase prosperity. Those who
lead school improvement should
always encourage every progress
ive movement which touches the
industrial life of the community in
which the school is located. Your
interest in the school of the com
munity will cause you to look with
interest and encouragement on ev
ery enterprise that tends toward
developing the industrial life of
the county. Along the line of ag
ricultural work, you will find a
most thoughtful article in the June
number of the Southern Educa
tional Journal, by Dr. Seaman A.
Knapp, called “Better Conditions
for Southern Farmers.”
I regret to say that there will
be no further payment of school
funds for 1907, not even of bal
ances from 1906, before December.
There is no money in the treasury
to meet these claims, and the
Governor thinks there is no way
McDonough, Georgia, Friday septmbeer 20, 1907.
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A Rare Opportunity.
It would be hard to find as many
and as desirable building lots in
such a convenient distance to the
business part of the town as those
that are shown in the platted page
advertisement of Messrs. Daniel
and Carmichael on another page of
the Weekly.
This is a rare opportunity for
some one to get a fine building site
at a reasonabla figure. Read their
large, attractive ad on another
page of the Weekly, and see what
they have for sale in this plat of
land.
Deposit your money with us
through the fall and winter and
next spring when you need money
we will loan it to you.
2t First National Bank.
Mr. G. H. Harkness, one of the
staunch farmers of the southern
part of the county, was a vjsitor in
McDonough on last Saturday and
while here gave the Weekly a
pleasant call.
Mr. S. G. Gardner, of near Lo
cust Grove, was a visitor in Mc-
Donough recently and while here
remembered the Weekly. He says
everything is moving along very
smoothly in his part of the county.
Mr. H. B. Neal accompanied his
bright and attractive daughter,
Miss Ellene Neal, to Macon on
Monday, where she w-ent to enter
Wesleyan Female college. Her
host, of home friends predict for
her a brilliant career in this splen
did and historic school.
FOR SALE—A one, and a two
horse farm, on Atlanta Road, just
outside the city limits, known as
the C. D. McDonald place. For
price come to see me.
The cheapest farms in Henry
county—it costs you nothing to
see them.
2t D. T. Carmichael.
It will be the source of much
genuine regret to the many Hen
ry county friends of Rev. W. A. J.
Noles, of Griffin, to learn cf his
death in Griffin last week. He
was a most excellent man and a
minister of the Methodist church
that had wielded a power for good
in his long ministry.
Mr. 8. C. Stewart, who has
been critically ill tor two weeks
and who was carried to Atlanta
for a surgical operation about ten
days ago, is now thought to be
slowly improving and it is be
lieved that he will soon be on the
road to a complete recovery.
The Walker-Turner Co., make
their announcement in this week’s
issue of the Weekly. They have
a very large and attractive line of
goods this season and they call the
public’s attention to this fine line
of goods in a large page advertise
ment. They will be especially
pleased to have all call on them
when in need of anything in their
line.
Mr. W. H. Turpin, who resides
near Rex, and is one of Henry’s
excellent citizens and successful
farmers, was in McDonough on
Wednesday where he was cordial
ly greeted by his hosts of friends
here. While here he gave the
Weekly a pleasant call.
to remedy the matter this year.
Yours very truly,
W. B. Merritt.
State School Commissioner.
First Showing of
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
CALL AND SEE PATTERN HATS
WALKER-TURNER CO.
Important Sunday
School Day.
We will hold our quarterly ses
sion of the Henry County Sunday
School Association at McDonough
Methodist church September the
21st, beginning at 1.0 o’clock a. m.
I earnestly reqnest that every
school be represented, as we have
business of great importance to
bring before the Sundayschool.
We want to see if we can raise a
fund to pay a field worker for the
county. Brethren, bring this mat
ter before your schools and see
what they think of it.
We want all who can in McDon
ough to favor us with their pres
ence, and every home be prepared
to take care of somebody.
Let all see what they can do to
make it one of the best days in the
school work we have ever had.
Respectfully,
H. W. Carmichael.
Fourth Quarterly Meeting.
These important services are to
be held at Noah’s Ark Sept. 27-29.
The first sermon will be preach
ed on Friday night 27th, by Rev.
J. E. England, once pastor of No
ah’s Ark.
Dr. J. T. Daves will preach Sat
urday, 11 a. m., and will hold
Quarterly Conference after dinner.
There will be dinner on the
ground for all Saturdav.
Rev. C. V. Weathers, of Locust
Grove, will preach Saturday night.
He and Bro. England will re
main with us through Sunday and
Sunday night to do the preaching.
The people in this whole section
are cordially invited to attend these
services.
This is the last meeting of this
sort before the Annual Conference.
Let us work and pray that it be the
best. J. M. Sewell.
Stockbridge, Ga., Sept. 17, 1907.
FUTURE EVENT
CALENDER.
AH Day Singing to be held at the Court
house in McDonough, Sunday, Sept. 29th
At Hampton on Thursday November
28, an all-day singing at the school audi
torium.
Mrs. Geneva Moore, who has
been visiting friends and relatives
in this county for some time, has
returned to her home at Morton,
Miss.
Mrs. J. S. Whitehead, who has
been on a visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Dailey, has return
ed to her home in Atlanta, accom
panied by her sister, Miss Sallie
Dailey, who will be her guest for
some time.
Farm For Rent.
Three-horse farm, five-r oo m
dwelling, out-buildings, tenant
houses, good water, convenient to
school, four and half miles from
McDonough, near Turner church.
For particulars apply to
Mrs. Anna Weaver,
tf McDonough, Ga.
New Drug Store.
\
Dr. B. E. Horton and Mr. A. G.
Harris have opened up a new drug
store in the old drug store on the
south side of the square.
They will carry a complete line
of drugs and medicines, sundries
and everything carried in a first
class drng business.
They will be pleased to have all
their friends call on them at their
new quarters.
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Citizens' Meeting.
The people at Union Grove
School hare a magnificent build
ing. It will seat 250 pupils. This
is an energetic community. The
teacher visited thirty homes last
Saturday encouraging the patrons
to get all the young men and
women into the school for the en
suing year.
All young fulks will do well to
equip themselves with knowledge
in this age of opportunity »nd
high competition.
Our citizens met last Saturday
night and discussed the matter of
building a residence for the teach
er on the school grounds. I have
never seen a more earnest and ag
gressive body of men together and
all voted together as a unit on ev
ery motion put before the house.
Of course the building will be
erected soon when the enterprise
is put into the hands of such men
as we witnessed last Saturday
night.
A committee to stir up enthusi
asm, composed of Messrs. W. M.
Craig, Isuhc Gunter, Sowell and O.
W. Johnson, was appointed by Mr.
P. F. Bowden. Each man com
prising the body was deputed to
bring another man with him to
the meeting next Saturday night.
We mean to have a rousing time
at that meeting. We desire the
presence of every man in the dis
trict. Next meeting will be re
ported to the county paper in de
tail.
Come everybody. We desire to
have the hearty co-opex*ation of all
the citizens.
The secretarv of the meeting
next Saturday night will give in
detail a full account of all business
transacted.
NIGHT. Come
All.
O. W. JOHNSON.
$1 A YEAR
