The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXIII
Sketch of Tussahaw Dist.
In these articles that we have
“been writing of the several districts
it has been an aim to as thoroughly
cover the district as possible be
f
fore writing the sketch,4>utTnssa
haw is such a large one it has been
a very difficult matter to minutely
do this.
Tussahaw is thq 489th Dist. G. M.
and is suituated east of McDon
ough and Locust Grove districts,
extending to the Butts county line,
and McMullin and Sandy Ridge
are north and east of the district.
J. H. Rape is Justice of the Peace
and M. V. Sowell is N. P. end ex
officio J. P. The court days are
the second Saturdays in each
month. This is one of the origi
nal districts of the county.
THE SCHOOLS
Philippi School.
Philippi school was formed some
three years ago by the consolida
tion of two or three small schools
and is now one of the fine schools
of the county. The house is 30x44,
and has two splendid recitation
rooms. It is one of the three tax
ing districts in the county where
the people of thte district raise an
extra sum to that paid by the state.
The present term opened first Mon
day in Nov. and about.4o pupils
have been enrolled—the enroll
ment will run to fully 65 before
the end of the term. Miss Addie
Hunter is principal of the school,
and when the enrollment increases
sufficiently another teacher will be
secured, which will probably be
within the next few weeks. The
school runs for 7 months. The
trustees are, J. M. Ingram, S. B.
Kimbell and B. F. Crumbley.
Union Graded school.
Union Graded School is located
near Bethany Church and is a con
solidation of Bethany and Lilah
schools. The school building was
erected in 1904, and has (5 rooms,
live on the first floor and a large
hall on the second story. There is
3 acres of land belonging to the
school as well as a splendid dwell
ing for the principal, all the school
property being valued at about
2500.00. Prof. O. W. Johnson is
the principal of the school, Miss
Essie Rosser first assistant and
Mrs'. O. W. Johnson teacher of
music.
There is to be another assistant
added for the spring term of the
school. There are about IGS pu
pils that attend the school, though
at the piaesent time only 75 pupils
are in attendance. There is a
splendid class in music. The term
runs eight months in a year. The
trustees of the school are W. A.
Craig, M. V. Sowell and 1. H. Gun
ter. This is Prof. Johnson’s se
cond year with the school.
Daniel School.
This school is located in the east
ern part of the district and is one
of the older schools of the county,
having been established about 17
years ago. The school is not as
large as some of the other schools
of the county, but it is a well or
ganized one, and there are about
50 pupils within the bounds of the
school. There are now about 35
in attendance. Miss Mamie Pitts,
of Locust Grove, is the teacher and
is a most excelent one. The fall
term opened the first Monday in
November. The trustees of the
school are: J. G. Jinks, H. B.
Sandifer and W. H. Gunn.
THE CHURCHES
Philadelphia Methodist Church
This church is situated on the
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extreme western side of the dis
trict and is one of the old churches
of the county, being organized
about 1830. There have been three
houses of worship erected since or
ganization, the present one was
built in 1894—14 years ago. The
property on which the church
stands was deeded by John Crock
ett. There are about 140 members
to the church now. The trusters
are, M. V. Sowell, C. 11. Daniel, J.
W. Rape and R. T. Culpepper. The
Stewards are, M. V. Sowell, J. T.
Rawls and S. P. Crowell.. The
Church is on the Locust Grove
circuit Rev. A. F. Word, being the
present pastor. The regular ser
vice days are the first Sunday and
Saturday before. H. E. Rawls is
S. S. Supt., which is held every
Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock
except the first when it is held at
10 A. M.
Philippi Baptist Church.
This Church dates its present
organization from March 30, 1850,
the following being those who
formed the members who constitut
ed the church. Males, David L.
Duffey, Clerk : John Vandergriffe,
Lenorard Mason, William Under
wood, deacon ; Females, Mary R.
Duffey, Francis Evans, Elizabeth
Ellis, Catherine Underwood,
Martha Underwood. The first pres
bytery that fornied the church
was composed of Rev. Wm. G. Mc-
Micliael, Rev. John T. Kimbell and
Rev. Jas. Carter.
Prior to this tiine, ( though, there
had been a priniative Baptist
Church at this place and in the
latter Forties gave up their or
ganization. This is one of the
first Churches established in the
county, dating back to a few yeais.
after the organization of the co
unty. Their house of worship was
a log structure, which was used
for a time after the reorganization.
That house was followed by anoth
er which is now the Echool build
ing at Philippi. The present house
was erected about 3 years ago.
There are now 114 members. Rev.
W.E. Moore is pastor. The dea.
cons are, E. R. Moore, W. F. Mc-
Kibben, W. W. Duffey and J. M.
Shaw. B. F. Crumbley is Secre
tary and treasuer, TheS. S. Supt.
is W. F. McKibben which is held
each Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
except the 3rd, when it is held at
10 A. M. The regular services are
held on the third Sundays and
Saturdays before. Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Duffey are two of the old
est members of the church.
Bethany Baptist Church.
Bethany Baptist Church is just
half century old being constituted
on Oct. 29 1858, by Rev. W. G, Mc-
Michael and D, L. Duffey as pres
bytery. The following members
composed the organization mem
bership : Leonard Mason, A. A,
Bufford, Jas. J. Rodgers, David
Mayo, Albert Daniel, Clabron Up
church, Richard Upchurch, Henry
C, Lewis, Cary Lewis, Elizabeth
Robinson. The Church has grown
from this small number of ten
members to 225 members at the
present time. There have been
quite a number of pastors, Rev, J.
A. Jaokson is the present pastor.
The deacons are, M. A. Norman,
J, F. Bowden, Tom Coan, J. P,
Rodgers, J. T, Nail and L, B, Mc-
Cullough, Walter Thompson is
Clerk. The regular meeting days
are the fonth Sundays and Satur
days before, M. A. Norman is
S, S, Supt., which school is held
every Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
The property on which the
church is located was given by
H. L. Lewis. The present house,
McDonough, Georgia, Friday November i, ? , 1908.
whioh is the second one erected by
this Congregation, was construct
ed in 1901.
THE FARMER’S UNION
Li lull Local l uion.
Lilali Local Union No. 88 at
Union Graded School is a flourish
ing and thriving division of this
orginatiou in this county. There
are 28 male members and 12 fe
male members. J. 11, Rape is
president; G. W. Nail, Vice-presi
dent ; J. W. Culpeper, Scc-Troas :
T. J. Hubbard, Conductor; M. A.
Norman, Jr., door keeper: M. A.
Norman. Sr., business agent ; W
E. Jenkins, Chaplain. The re
gular meetings are held on Satur
day afterneen before the 2nd and
4th Sundays in each month,
Philippi Local Onion,
Philippi Local Union No. 95, is
one of the strong and progressive
locals of the county, and bears the
enviable reputation of having the
highest per cent of attendance at
its regular meetings of any local in
the county. There are 53 mem
bers, 32 males and 21 females, and
a large majority of these are in
attendance at the regular meeting
Saturday afternoons before the
2nd and 4th Sundays in each
month. The officers are: E. R.
Moore, president; H. A. Crumbley,
vioe president; B. F. Crumbley,
Sec-Treas; T. N. Crumbley, Con
ductor; J. M. Shaw, Chaplain; G.
B. Childs, L.J. Jinks, A. H. Tin
gle, J. M. Ingram, Committee for
the good of the order ; W. F. Mc-
Kibben, A. H. Tingle and W. H.
Owen, investigating Committee.
The Colored Churches.
Crumbley’s Chapel, Colored
Methodist church was built about
15 years ago. They havo a
splendid church building and
Rev. Lee Wise is pastor of the
Church, with services held each
2nd Sunday. There is also a
school at this same place.
Antioch Baptist Church was es
tablished about 25 years ago. The
third Sunday is their regular ser
vice day each month, Rev, W. H,
Lackey is the pastor of the church.
Union Grove Baptist Church
was established about 12 years ago
and Rev. Jack Williams is pastor.
The regular services are held on
the first Sundays in each month.
There is also a school at this place.
County Line Baptist church is
just in this county and is one of
the oldest colored people's church
es in the county. Rev. A B Bar
ber is the pastor. The regular
preaching days are the 4th Sun
days in each month.
The work of rebuilding the dam
of the old Dr. Wynn mill is being
rapidly push to completion and in
a few weeks the people in the dis
trict will have this convenient mill
for their corn, which for the past
six years they have been forced to
go quite a long way to have their
meal made.
A. L. English at Philippi church
has a splendid up-to date Lummus
Ginnery system of two 70 saw gins
that does the work of preparing a
large part of the cotton of the een
ter of the district for market.
J. S. Holder and L. F. Sowell at
M. V. Sowell’s store, lmve a splen
did repair and blacksmith shop.
J. S. Rape, J. C. Craig, M. M.
Davis, W. E. Whitaker, M, V. Sow
ell, J. A. Sowell and Will McKib
ben have good country stores that
furnish the local trade of the dis
trict.
The older men of the district are
Prominent Oid Citizen Dies
In 6th Dist.
On last Saturday morning at
5 o'clock the spirit of Mr. Andrew
Conkle took its flight, and he
breathed his last after an illness of
many months.
He was one of the 6th Districts
old and and prominent citizensard
his death has occasioned much gen
uine sorrow to his host of friends
where he is known, He was 62
years old and is survived by his
wife, i ne son, Mr. J. H. Conkle.of
Lovejoy, four daughters, Mrs. R.
W. Kxum, Mrs. W. M. Alexakder,
Mrs. H. C. Riley and Mrs. George
Adamson, all of this county. The
funeral and interment occurred at
the Methodist Protestant Church
at Mt. Carmel on Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock, a very large con
course of friends and relatives
being present to pay their last sad
respect to this most exoelent old
citizen.
George P. Bible 2nd attrac
tion Lyceum Course.
The well known and popular
humorous lecturer, Mr. George P.
Bible, will give the second in the
course of Lyceum attractions that
the U. D. C’s have secured to assist
them in the work of raising funds
for the Confederate Monument to
be erected here.
This next attraction will be on
Wednesday night next week, Nov.
25., and it is heped that a very
large crowd will goout to hear this
lecture, which is said to he the
equal to any platform talent before
the public today. Wcdnesday’night
Nov. 25th.
One Negro Shoots Another
Last Friday morning at 2A. M.
Henry Jester shot Andrew Pope,of
Locust Groye, at a negro frolic on
Mr. Thos. Thurston’s place in
Spaulding county four miles from
Locust Grove. Popo was shot in
the abdomen and died on Sun
day from the effects of the gun
shot wounds.
The shot was aimed at the wife
of Jester, but missed her and lodg
ed in the body of Pope, who was
one of the guests at the party.
L. H. Thompson, M, V. Sowell, .1,
M, Snow, J. F. Sowell, John Boat
ner, T. M, Bearden,and J. T, Edge.
Among the younger men are: M A Nor
man, L B Mccollough, Rev J A Jackson,
Harvey Jackson, E C Carter, H B Hays,
Mart Norman, A J Price, E S McGarity,
W G Carter, J M Hays, J T Bowden, B
B Elliott, O W Johnson, H J Hays, J S
Duke, W W Patterson, C E Craig, J c
Craig, G M chatln, G W Nail, W E Jen
kins| Jim Jenkins, L R Ricks, T \V Wil
lard, Jim Willard, Ollis Mason, J 8 Rape
J c Rawls, J W chafin, W 8 Rape, J E B
Rawls, J H Rape, R W J Nail, J E cowan
A C Chafin, T E Jenkins, G W Capps, J I
Terry, H P Patterson, H 8 McGarity, E
H Gregory, L 8 Nail, F M Moss, J B Rod
gers, A J Upchurch, J C Culpepjier, c Cul
pepj>er, F G Upchurch, A J Maddox, A V
Rosser, I H Gunter, T C Craig. W H Hop
kins, A E Whitaker, W A Craig, J T Hub
bard, J H Rawls, M M Craig, A R Setzer,
W E Whitaker, R C Rape, I P Rosser, H
Craig, Add craig, Harve Craig, J M carra
ker, E M Bryans, J H Laney, J O Wynn,
J R Main, T P Blisset, A H Tingle, R c
Crumbley, Allan Crumbley, J M Ingram,
.T D McKibben, J D Mobley, c 8 Childs,
G G LeGuinn, W L Edge, J R Guest, B F
Crumbley, Homer Hunt, T N Crumbley,
R R cawthon, John Wise, 8 B Moss, J A
Sowell, J E English, W J McKibben, L W
Glass, G B Childs, W R Sowell, E S Sow
ell, J T Rawls, M L Boatner, J J English,
J T cawthon, W H Owen, J G Jinks, L
C Daniel, A H Farrar, E B Daniel, J E
Laney, J W Culpepper. G W Hopkins, SF
Duffey, S B Kimbell, J T Coan, Ed Bunn,
J B Moss, Dean Kimbell, J T Woodward,
W P Woodward, O A Tingle, E English,
Dali is crumbley, Roy cupps, Tom caps,
Will McKibben, Ras Moore, A J McKib
l>en,AL English, Luther Jinks, W M
Moate, S W Tingle, E L Tir.gle.
PAGES a YEAR
OFFICERS HENRY COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCITTICN.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY, 1909.
ELECTED AT THE QUARTELY MEET
OCTOBER, 25, 1908.
1. President: R C Brown.
2. Vico President: W W Milam.
3. and Treasurer:
Frank Keagan.
4. Chorister : J W Pendley.
5 Organist: Miss Cora Betts.
6 Chaplain : Rev. .) E England.
7 Executive Committee: R C
Brown, Chairman ; J B Dickson ;
H B Neal; S M Oglesby ; J C Dan
iel ; .1 B Rowan.
8 H W Carmichael, Chairman ;
EM Copeland; A F Bunn ; N H
Burch ; W M Harris.
9 Committee on Arrangements:
S H Cathey ; W L Glass ; S G Bry
ant.
10 Committee on Invitations:
Rev. W W Arnold ; Rev. J E
England ; Rev. J A Simpson.
TheU, D. C. Official Pro
gram for November.
Promient Georgians
Charles Colcock .lonos’«lr., Horn Sa
vannah, Ga„ 18:*1—Died Augusta,
Ga., .Inly 11Mb, IHD.’t.
“Amid then Cofederates light
and shadows cast ujon the historic
canvas, we trace no semblance of
dishonor no suggestion of thought
or act uowortliy of the loftiness
aspirations and the bravest endea
vor.”—C. C. Jones, Jr.
Qkustions.
1. Give history of the disting
uished ancestry of Charles C. Jones
Jr. Where amftiow was liis boy
hood spent?
2. What College did he attend,
with what class standing? Where
did lie study law, what degree did
he receive in 1855, and besides the
the law course what lectures did
he attend?
3. Upon his return to Georgia
what law office did he enter and
what distinguished Georgian be
came his partner?
4. What was his views in re
gard to secession, and what is
said of an address he made upon
the subject?
5. When the call was made for
troops to defend the South, what
company did Col. Jones join, and
what w r as his rank?
6. What position uiu he hold
during the siege of Savannah?
7. Tell of his historical research
and literary persuits after the war
closed.
8. While in England, what re
cords did he examine in order to
gather material concerning the
American colonies for his History
of Georgia?
9. What did George Bancroft
say of this history, and what did
he say its high qualities entitled
its author to be called?
10. Describe the personal char
acteristics of Col. Jones, his inter
est in everything of intellectual
development.
11. Give instances of the rapid
ity of his work. Describe his pen
manship, w’hat was the first book
to bring him into prominence with
European scholars. After its ap
pearance how wus he regarded in
scientific circles abroad?
12. With what degree was he
| twice complimented? How does
he stand among the historical
| writers of the South of his genera
tion? Mention his most important
works.
Answer to questions may ‘ be
found in The South in History and
Literature by Miss Rutherford.
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