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SfNRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
FHANK UKAUAN, Editor.
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/. Helptui Policy,
and Another Kind.
tiiis si’ «■)n «"»f the year, with
t * i yhin. J '» wowing from the
and dean things growing
• i the •»•] •: . : ; u'.lenoes,
LJigdC .1) *■ ride r. v >ng t)io
. - <*».,! of Portia Railroad be
* • Atlanta i-f.'i Macon
: !ictt part >f Lb line between
A 1 ota and Jonesboro has within
nst f<> v ■ ..irs become thickly
w ilt • .s.si'ut cottages and
bl<». .ing yards, until it almost
appears to be one continuous town
along the 1 u:I distance.
What, you may a ,fe, has pro
d • d tin.-, v. odor.nation of a
• mess oi pine brushes and
broom sage inlo almost a picture
of paradise? Tim cause is simple
co, _,n and easily discernible.
n io Central has furnished acoom
ol Cion trains, with neb frequent
♦'ips to and from Atlanta, that
a man can exist.- maki his living
in the city—and live in the conn
t y, almost being a bio to luncli as
well as sleep at home.
Now the teiritory between At
lanta and McDonough lying on
the Southern Railway is but a
few miles longer and offers even
more ind better natural sites for
residences than the Central's ter
rit .ry between Atlanta and Jones
boro.
Hat all this vast extent of happy
home sights is still baro and bar
ren as a wiltinorness and silent of
life
Why so?
The answer is hs simple as the
accounting for the fortunate situ
ation on the Central. The reason
is in policy of the Southern Rail
way Company oi ignoring every
int< rest of the local travel on its
lines.:;nl cf juJ-ringly giving such
tr- ad evi u ‘ privilege, at its
Oli I: Id A i\ . Gi i' V. Fit \ l ' oil l 01’ two
of the trains it runs through this
to. < Iti-vy at break neck speed to
pin- its load rate '■ ae land of flow
>rs ir ulna!.-? oi ah ; farther than
they would lia\ 1. ravel to find
tlit blooms if iii si i.ad only made
pos.-ibl. t:. a. vclej.-D'ent of the
seeti right at V. *inta’s doors.
T o Couth ‘.-.i is not content,
hov-ewr, merely t-o oppose our in
terests passively but they must-do
so actively jiow by depriving us
of the only trail which brings the
daily paper to ttie farmer on the
day of publication, ami thus also
keeping us av. * from Griffin,
Luo 11 a, and tin mwoed in the day
time. .
And they h-ive made current the
ide-' that they desire to do this in
order lo put in off ct a double dai
ly s ■ ■ ice for Fayetteville and
oth i A. and F. to ns. They
may intend to do this, hut not for
the ason that it will serve the
A. and F. towns.
Little the Southern cares for
them or their interests.
The distance between Atlanta
and Williams oi via McDonough
is s >:n * f >\v -nUes longer than it is
via Fayetteville.
Fayetteville and other A. and F.
* owns arc now m king a good
showing to the ran road Commis
sion why they should have the
doable aaily service instead of the
measly one train a day they now
have.
The Southern fears they are go
ing to be successful.
The Southern probably believes
this train operated over the A. and
F. would pav as well as it pays
now by going via McDonough.
The Southern has put its micro
scopic calculator to work and
found that it will cost them a few
cents less in expense to operate
this train over the 45 miles of
the A. and F. than over He LI
miles via McDonough.
Jn+n--. ! y- Cf) r "\*:v
Court.
Since the enr.oui'cpmcrt Die
'ion. R. C ?:• w 'k, • p
of thispapei u few weeks n( of
his opposition io hi •-h om. !» it
of a City Court tor Henry County,
we have*ofter beej -sued what, ts
the position on this question oi
the other candidate ioi Represen
tative, T) e Hon. E. M Smith
To enable us to furnish the in
formation. The Weekly man ap
proached Mr. Smith Wednesday,
and requested him to staff* bis po
sition on this questii n Bis reply
was, “You may say for ir e that, if
I am electee, i shall nor, only op
pose the creation of a city court
for Henry C ounty, nut that I will
not permit its creation as long as
lam representative. You cannot
state it too strong tor me,”
This interview will put the
minds of all our vote rs at rest on
the question of the ( ity < ourt, ns
it shows that 1 oth candidates are
opposed to the City Court.
Mayor and Council Op
pose Schedule Change.
McDonough Governing Hotly Passes
Resolutions.
The Georgia Railroad Commis
sion lias addressed a letter to the
Mayors of Griffin and McDonough
and the Postmasters of Luella and
Greenwood, relative to the pro
posed change of schedule by the
Southern Railway Company, so as
to take from these t o w n s two
trains a day which they now have,
as f ally described by The Weekly
last week.
This letter encloses copy of the
Southern’s application to be al
lowed to make the changes, and
the Commission makes this sug
gestion to these towns and their
citizens:
“And tin- Commission begs to
request that you submit t his mat
ter to parties at your respective
towns who might 1 c interested in
the matter tor their consideration,
and that you :m ■i- 11 ■ ■ 'omnns
sion at the otivln st practicable
date whether or m t 1 •r. ;-iv any
objections to the progo. <1 eban.m .
Kindly handle the m a t t e r as
promptly a: p -s'-.l'ie, m.-d lei ra
hear from you at your earliest con
venience. ”
The McDonough City Council
met Wednesday ;•.?!< vm end
adopted the follow - eg rtions:
McDonough, Ga , April loth. 11110.
In response to the reqvn .-t for an
expression from our body n the
proposed change o train service
by the Southern Rail wav ( ornp ui. .
affecting the City of McDonough
and vicinity, we beg to submit
that at a meeting of t he Mayor and
City Council of McDonough, (fit.,
this day held, the following reso
lution was unanimously adopted
and oidered f<;rwarc.tu to your
body, to-wii
To the Honorable Railroad Commission of Georgia,
Atlanta, Georgia.
As[a citizen of Ileniy courjty, I respectfully reques’
that your honorable body do not allow such a change of its
present schedule by the Southern Railway Company as
would have its morning train from Atlanta to Columbus,
known as No. 30, run over the A. & F. Tracks to William
son and cease to run through McDonough, Greenwood, Lu
ella, and Griffin.
Gentlemen representing me and other citizens will pre
sent to you on my behalf and theirs, in detail, the good rea
sons why we make this request.
Yours respectfully,
Name
P. O.
Route No.
Mr. R. L. Thompson
Loses Long Fight.
Mr. R. L. Thompson passed away
Thursday afternoon about4o’clock
at his home in Love’s District.
Mr. Thompson was a vonnpman,
pnt imd long suffered with an in
j euraole malady, which had been
!gr»>d.npilr rr vlag worse, so tbif
j* , r b • * i. t wholla nnex
j peered He here alibis affliction
ih’idifc incident suffering . ilb
I the same tl’ne Christian courage
I which oad n-arbed the genera!
| elm, accer of in; n.. n
Tbo WeeKly’s neariielt sympa
pal, hv goes out. to i *e *«ereaved
family ami relatives.
Misw Nona Ty< is in Atlanta,
with her sister, Mrs L. T Hender
son, wbo is postalt( dby the shock
occasii-ntd by the death of her
son.
Miss Pearl Price, of the Sixth
District and cut ef our county .
most popular and attractiv t y
ladies, made a shopping visit to
McDonough Friday. Hie was the
gnest of Mrs. E. J. Reagan.
Mrs. .T. A. McDonald of Snap
ping Shoals, is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Will Green.
“Whereas the Southern Railway
j Company has applied to the Rail
road Commission of Georgia for
permission to discontinue its
morning passenger service from
McDonough Ga., toward Colum
bus Ga., and its evening passenge*
service from toward Columbus Ga.
to McDonough, Ga., and, whereas
the discontinuance of said passen
ger trains will cause a great in
convenience to the people cf Me
Donongli and Henry County in
the matter of mail service, and
add an increased expense and in
convenience in the matter of tra
vel, as well as loss of time and
business.
Therefore be it resolved by the
Mayor and Council of the City of
McDonough, Ga., that we, in be
half of our City, the citizens
thereof and the people of Henry
county, protest against said pro
posed discontinuance of said
trains, and we hereby request the
Railroad Commission to deny to
the said Southern Railway Com
pany the light to discontinue said
trains.”
Respectfully submitted,
W. I). Tarpley, Mayor.
H. M. Turner, Clerk and
Treasurer,
W. B. .1 Ingram.
J. C. Harris.
J. S. Rodgers.
•100 J. Smith.
W r . (). Welch.
Councilmen.
The petitions wl.ich were pub
lished in The Weekly last week
are being signed and sent in rap
idly. But we urge all to hurry
and send in more, as the hearing
maj be held any day.
Do not refuse or fail to sign,
even if you will not be affected
by the change yourself, but sign
it to aid your neighbcis m o fel
low citizens, many of win. m might
be seriously affected by the change
proposed.
There are razors and Safeties and whiskers, you
know,
The razors are made and the whiskers do grow;i
But the Diamond Eds:e Safety roMs hair ■from the
face,
And o n merit points take the world's foremost
pl*c e2
!!!i Variety Store
n’DONOUOH, GEORGIA.
B. B. CARMICHAEL & SONS,
ItfcDOa.OUOii, CA.
Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Day Phene No. B 1 Night Phone No. 52
All calls answered promptly day or night.
All embalming carefully done and according to best methods
Our stock of metal and wood cushats and robes are unequalled.
Our services, hearses and equipment, are the best to be had.
We furnish the bt?st steel, briek or cement Vaults. ‘
Mr. J. N. Wall, of Route T, spent
Saturday in McDonough. He
made The Weekly a visit and in
vested in one of our clubbing
propositions. Mr. Wall is a w ide
awake farmers and knows howto
farm, but keeps himself informed
on other lines.
Mrs. M. C. Lowe bad the misfor
tune about a week ago to have
some irritating substance to lodge
in her eye. It gave her so much
pain that she went to Atla nt a,
Tuesday to consult a specialist.
Germany friends will rejoice to
learn that it is nothing serious and
that Mrs. Lowe's eye is now much
better and rapidly improving.
One of the best hoVse and mule
feeds m the market today is be
ing handled by Copeland Turner
Mere. Co. In f he “Corno” and “No
lean ” This puro product feed is
easily digested and more nutri-
lions for fhe animal.
Mrs. Julia McDonald and Mrs. A
F. Lemon attended the meeting ci
the MRsierary Union of the At
lanta Presbvtiry, which net at
Lawrenof•-villi last, week. A is Mc-
Donald s zrai and ability in the
work ver recognized by electing
her Yici Pi a sklent of the union.
The Aim Mean Lady form -fitting
Com ts in many models here. La
dies Home Journal patterns on
short notice. Get large fashion
sheets tree.
C- i eland-Turncr Merc. Co.
Mr. J. S. Rape, of Route 1, sp* lit
<i little while in our fair eit" Sut
urday, and smiled our way, leav
ing a g I’d, bvizht dollar in the
vake of the smile. Mr Rape is a
g aid citium and a fine farmer and
wo always enjoy Isis visits.
Miss Hattie Sue Lowe from Cox
College. si>ent Sunday and Monday
at home with her pan rts, Mi and
Mrs. M. C. Lowe.
Mrs. J F. Nichols, of Griffin,
spent Monday in McDonough with
her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. C.
Daniel.
Mr. D. T. Stone (some call him
Dock)came to McDonough Satur
day and displayed his nrlVbnsiness
judgment by a jndicions invest
ment, in u year of The Weekly Mr.
Stone is one of those farmers who
shows gci d business judgment in
farming and so succeeds.
■">= ike Wilson, Airs. Sam Hen
dricks, and Mrs. Haryey Maddox,
of Jackson, visited Mtb. B. H.
Welch several days this w'eek.
Misses Bess Foucbe an ;1 ; Elon
Tolleson and Messrs, E. D, Tolle*
son and Marvin Turner, of McDon
ough, were visitors in the city
Sunday. —Butts County Progress.
It goes without saying that
“Corno” hen ane chick feed with
Dr. Hess Panacea will produce
and keep more healthful chicks
in vnr yards th-n f>ny other.
This can O had of 0 eland Tur
ner Merc Co.
Mr Tol’es-n was down from
: McDonough Wei.: f-srff-.y i n his
B nick. —J a c kaon Arg ns.
If it- is any tiling to eat that you
are looking lor, call Copeland Tur
ner Merc. Co. The it goods are
always fresh ard c om and nice,
i'ou run no risk in getting from
them everything guaranteed to
please.
Mr, Walter Hubbard of Locust
Grove, was the guest Tuesday of
Mr. Cliff '’its.—Tackson Argus.
Many sty 11 1- and nobl y thipgs
in spring and summer slippers
and hosiery, your visit to this
showing will be convincing to
you.
Copeland Turner Mer. Co.
Misses l.ncile Carmichael, Mattie
Ogletr.ie. of Jacksor, Mr. Grover
and Geo Patrick, Air. Will Wel
lon, Mr. Martin Weldon, of Grif
fin, and Mr. Glenn Carmichael of
Jackson —From Hampton, Ga.,
Mr. Carl Sloan came down from
the Georgia Technological School
ana spent Sunday with hisjmrents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Sloan.
Col. J. F. Wall spent Monday in
Griffin on legal business.
Miss Elon Tolleson visited Miss
Annie Laurie Langford in Atlan
ta several days last week.
Mr. J. Lee Dickson is visiting
his brother, Mr. J. B. Dickson, He
J suffered a stroke of paralysis some
! two months ago, but is now im
proving. His hest- of McDonough
friends sympathize with him in
his affliction, and rejoice that he
is so rapidly recoverin'/his health.
Mr. John Bonner, of Stockbridge
spent Wednesday in McDonough
