The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXIV
As tli3 Weekly went to press
last week this beautiful kttle city
whs athrong with K. P’s. and the
large class of candidates were ner
vonslyawaiting their lionr.
The evening was a blaze of bril
liance in which the climax was
reached at the banquet hour near
midnight.
This part of the affair was never
surpassed before in McDonough,
and many brilliant and elegant
banquets have been held in this
town, but none of them ever ap
proached the one given by the new
Lodge of Knights of Pythias on
last Thursday evening. More than
a hundred Pythians feasted at this
sumptuous repast,— All were shown
the geunine old southern hospital
ity that is no where moie strongly
exemplified and kept with finer
fervor than here—-and last Thnrs
day evening truly marked the ze
neith, for this town's hospitality
in being host to the many visitors
at the installation of McDonough
Lodge 253.
There are now 45 charter mem
ber, a session being held Tuesday
afternoon and at night in which
several more were given the K. P.
degrees.
All the officers nominated last
week were elected and have been
installed as follows;
Col. E. M. Smith, Chancellor
Commander.
Dr. J. G. Smith, V-Chan. Com,
E. M. Copeland, Prelate.
T. A. Sloan, Master of Work.
H. J. Turner, Master of Exche-
qner.
E. D. Tolleson. Keeper of Records
and Seals and faster of Finance,
D. T. Carmichael, Master at
Arms.
J. E. Hooten, Inner Guard.
H. C. Hightower, Outer Guard, i
E. M. Smith, Paul Turner, C. W. !
Walker and H. M. Turner, Past 1
Chancellor Commanders.
E. M. Smith, Representative to!
Grand Lodge.
J. M. Carmichael, T. J, Brown |
and R. L. Johnson, trnstess.
Miss Wall Entertains
An exquisitely lovely and in
many ways uniqueentainment was
given by Miss Nina Wall on last
Friday evening in which she en
tertained quite a number of out-of
town friends with a large number
of McDonough young people.
She had several contests, etc.,
that were new and original and
elicited the keenest interest of all
who were present.
Delightful refreshment were
served during the evening.
All at a late hour reluctantly
bade “good night” to their charm
ing hostess of the evening.
Knights of Pythias
Institute Lodge
About thirty Knight of Pythi
as from Jackson Lodge No. 131
went to McDonough last night
where a lodge was instituted.
Acting Deputy Grand Chancellor
W. H. Mailer, assisted by mem
bers of the Jackson lodge had
charge of the ceremonies. The
new lodge was instituted with forty
members.this being one.of the lar
gest new lodges in the state. The
looal Knights were royaly enier
tained while in McDonough, an
enjoyable repast being served.
Jackson Progress.
10
45 Charter Members
In the NewK. P.
Lodge Here.
The Markets Thursday
Cotton 9*4c.
Cotton Seed 80c. per 100.
U. D. C’s. to Give Circus.
Sun Brothers Shows which
comes here on April the third,
will be in charge of the local chap
ter of the Daughters of Confeder
acy, the proceeds for flic Monu
ment fund.
There is much enthusiasm al
ready fo~ this diversion in this
town an l under the arrangements
made with the show people it
should prove quite an impetus to
the fund that is steadily growing.
Don’t forget the U. D C. con
cert to night (Friday) at the school
auditorium. A very interesting
program has been prepared and of
such a varied nature that there is
something in it that will especially
appeal to all, even those of the
most fastidious taste. Go out
and help the local chapter in their
laudable undertaking by contribu
ting to the Confederate monument
fund. The school auditorium Fri
day, night, Mar. 26th, 7 :30 o’clock.
Fire at Luella
t
On last Thursday night at 11
o'clock the gin plant of the Luella
Gin Company was discovered on
fire. The building and machinery
were a total loss, the Warehouse
and seed house were saved. The
loss is about $4,000, and about half
covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is suppos
ed to be from an incendiary source,
but no clue as to who did it has
been discovered,
The Ginnery will be rebuilt in
time for next season’s crop.
Locust Grove Teams
Play Atlanta “Docs”
Locust Grove,Ga., March 21.
(Special.) The Locust Grove team
plays its initial game with the
Atlanta Coledge of Physicians and
Surgeons Saturday. The team is
not in best condition, because of the
withdrawal Irom the school some
days ago on account of sickness of
Walker and Bowden, pitcher, catch
er, respectively. These men were
the strength of the team, and their
loss will be felt. Green will occu
py the mound - Saturday and
Brown is to do the receiving. Both
are inexperienced,but they are apt
and willing, und their playing is
growing better every practice.
Three games have been arranged
as follows -.Gresham, April 3 : Com
merce, Apiil 9 and 10; Boys'Higli
school May 1. Games w-ith River
side, Gordon,Stone Mountain,Jack
son, and McDonough will be arrang'
ed later on.
Not the cheap, ordinary
kind but buggies that are
sold on quality and good
looks. Get our prices.
McDonough Vehicle Co.,
Howard Carmichael, Mgr.
' C. M. DUNAWAY AT OAK HILL
Beginning Friday night, March
26th, the above noted evangelist
will hold a week'sprotractedmeet
ing at Prospect church in Newton
county. Everybody invited.
W. O. Butler, pastor.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday harch 26,1909.
The School Children of
Henry County are Dai
ly Exposed to ?n aw
ful Death
If a negro brute was to make an
attempt to even scare, or hnrt a
little 7 year old child in Henry
county, the community in w hich
it happened would instantly resent
it, and doubtless mob law would
meet out justice to him, and the
officers of the law would almost be
powerless to manage the situation
under those circumstances. Now
its a fact that mob law has become
quite frequent of recent years,
caused by negroes attacking white
people - But some things have re
cently happened that is more ter
rible and horrible, than attack
made on white people by negros.
A few weeks ago, the little 7 year
old daughterof Mr. Love, of White
House while returning home alone
was attacked by a worthless dog
and bitten by it. It was power
less to keep out of the dog’s way,
and was attacked and bitten. That
was an awful moment for that
little child, it was at the mercy of
the dog.
Last week that little child died
an awful death from rabbles,caused
from the dog bite. Now that dog
killed that child, but who has
heard of any mob being organized
or what official act has been made
to avenge thatchild’sdeath? None,
not even nothing. If a negro had
killed that child what would have
happened ! We leave that for you
to answer.
Several children have been bit
ten by vicious dogs on the streets of
McDonough, and still the author
ities of the city allow them to con
tinue to roam the streets of the
town. A number of dogs have
been bitten by supposed mad dogs
in several places and the school
children are in daily danger of
being bitten by mad dogs, and
nothing is being done to protect
the children. The time lias come
when something should he done.
The state of Georgia nerds a dog
law the county needs it. and the
city of McDonough need one.
If a dog is worth keeping he is
worth being kept right, on the
same basis as all other animals are
kept.
Watch yonr dog. The people are
in danger of being bitten by mad
dogs. We suggest that the grand
jury be presented with an appeal
of our county, to take some action
towards the enforcement of a dog
law.
This is a very important matter,
and should be looked after, for the
safety and welfare of the people,
and school children who are in
daily danger of an awful death.
We shall have more to say later in
regard to this matter.
“Citizen.”
Want Better Schedules.
It is nrdeistrod that Jackson
will join McDonough in an effort
to have northbound train No. 7
arrive here about two hours ear
lier in the morning. Instead of
arrive here at 9 o’clock the train
will arrive here at 7 o’clock if the
schedule is changed. No change is
to be made in the night trains.
The train between Macon and Atl
anta is a subnrbnn train and a chan
ge in schedule would not affect
any other trains leaving these
cities. An earlier morning train
is wanted , it is said, to give more
time in Atlanta. Jackson Prog
ress. _____
New things in laces, em
broideries and dress goods
Copeland Mer. Co.
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To be erected by the U. D. C’s.
of McDonough and Henry
County on Public Square
to he unveiled on
April 26, 1910.
MILLINERY OPENING
Monday and Tuesday.
J'/J'arc'K
29th. and 30th,
Big line of Hats just ar
rived. Miss Clara Blasingame
will again be in charge of
this department and will be
pleased to serve you.
Full line Dress Goods, Notions
Shoes, Hats, Clothing and Gen
eral Merchandise.
Thanking you for your past
patronage and hoping a cont nu
ance of same. Respectfully,
J. L. GARDNER,
LOCUST GROVE, GA.
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