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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXV
FEW MORE HOURS IN
GREAT CLUB OFFER
Contestants Straining Every Nerve on Last Lap of the
50,000 Vote Club Offer for Rich Prizes of
The Weekly—Time Limit, 8 O’clock,
Saturday P. M.
Standing of Candidates Today.
Miss Lucy Moore, McDonough, Route 5 446,255
Miss Anna McKibben, Locust Grove, Route 2_ 422,800
Miss Annie Pearl Jones, Hampton 406,425
Miss Lee Wilkins, McDonough, Route 3 351,970
Miss Lillie Craig, McDonough, Route 1, Box I 136,075
Miss Trellis Lane, McDonough, Route 4 128,075
Miss Byrd Mitchell, Hampton, Route 2____„_ 110,725
Miss Elon Mason, McDonough, Route 6 90,275
Mr. Boce Elliott, McDonough 21,725
Miss Fannie Crumbley. McDonough, Route 7 13,189
“Work for the night is coming.”
That’s a grand old sentiment in a
grand old hymn. And we trust
that the readers of The Weekly
will pardon us, if we, for the pur
pose of illustration, apply it to this
big contest. Because, you see it
fits so elegantly into vhat has
been preached for the last two
weeks, regarding this great club
offer. Saturday evening at 8
o’clock it will have ended. That’s
right, “work for the night is com
ing.”
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock
inin., the greatest opportunity of
the contest will be at an end. If
you haven’t completed your club
you still have time to accomplish
that ver> desirable feat.
Get Business in Weekly Office.
The next step is get your sub
scription to The Weekly office by
8 o’clock Saturday P. M. You
won’t want to miss any votes, just
because you didn’t have them in
The Weekly’s office by eight
o’clock. So it will pay you to
SALE DAY SEES
SOME BIG DEALS.
Henderson and Cleveland
Properties are Sold.
A number of people came to
McDonough, Tuesday to attend
the several important sales of
real estate, though the severe
weather prevented all but those
particularly interested from leav
ing their homes.
The largest sale was that of the
W. D. Henderson estate. One
tract of 755 acres was bid in by
Mr. Joe Henderson, one of the
heirs, at $25.00 per acre. The
other, a tract of 80 acres com
prising the home place, was sold
to Mr. Z. T. Peebles at $17.00 per
acre.
Then a quantity of McDonough
dirt also changed owners. Most
of this was property of the W. M.
Cleveland estate, eight city lots in
all; the greater bulk of the land
of this estate having been sold
some time ago.
The old Moseley Cleveland
home place was cried off to Mr.
B. H. Welch for the sum of
$1,301.00.
Mr, Sanford Hootefi bought one
of the corner lots for S2BO.
The other six lots were sold to
the following persons:
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look after this a little more closely
than you do your ordinary corres
pondence with this department.
If you are in doubt, the contest
department will take the last op
portunity to again explain that a
two, three, or four vear subscrip
tion may be counted in the club,
so you have $20.00 or SIO.OO on
subscriptions.
Now then, the greatest offer to
be made during this contest is
near to a close. Have you im
proved the opportunity? How
many clubs have you secured?
You still have a few hours after
reading this, and if you have a club
that isn’t complete, make it so be
fore Saturday evening 8 o’clock.
Prizes on Display.
The Piano and Sewing Machine
have arrived and will be placed on
display the first of next week. The
Diamond Ring is now on display
at P. B. Cheek’s Jewelry store,
where it may be seen by calling
on him. The bicycle will arrive
and be on display in a few days.
Two lots to Mr. Charley Tur
ner, at SIOO.OO and $150.00.
Two lots to Mr. J. F. Bowden,
at $155.00 and $l5O respectively.
Two lots to Mr. Joe J. Smith, at
$140.00 and SIOO.OO.
The business lot on the depot
street in the rear of B. B. Carmi
chael & Sons’ store, was sold by
Asa Lemon, as administrator, to
D. J. Green for $175.00.
The lands of the R. C. Patillo
estate, in Shakerag district, were
sold in two tracts of 62 1-2 acres
each: one to Mr. John Evans, for
$800.00; and the other to Mr.
Ben Walden for SBOO.OO.
Box Supper at Union
Graded School.
There will be a box supper at
Union Graded School on Saturday
night, Dec. 17, 1910. Ladies please
bring boxes well filled, and gen
tlemen come prepared to buy
same. We will entertain you
with an excellent lecture and a
good supper. Every one i s in
vited.
The proceeds go toward buying
blackboards, etc.
Committee on Invitation.
Miss Minnie Harper visited At
lanta Monday.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday December 9, 1910.
MR. A. M. STEWART
ELECTED MAYOR.
Councilmen Also Chosen in
Last Wednesday's Election.
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McDonough’s election tor Mayor
and Councilmen last Wednesday
attracted more interest from our
citizens than usual, and a larger
vote than usual was polled, the
number being 116.
The following were the success
ful candidates:
For Mayor; A. M. Stewart.
For Councilmen; A. N. Brown
Will Welch, J. B. Dickson, W. b!
J. Ingram, C. J. Turner, J. F. M.
Fields.
The following gentlemen gave
the successful ones a close r^ce;,
For Mayor; T. J. Brown.
For Councilmen; G. G. Weems,
W. R. Green, H. M. Turner, Paul
Turner, Howard Carmichael, D. T.
Carmichael, Ed Goodwin, H. C.
Hightower, J. T. Weems, T. J.
Patterson, and H. T. Rape.
Mrs. Mary Rape Reaches
End of aLohg Life.
Mrs. Mary Rape passed away at
the home of her son, Mr. S. P.
Rape, last Wednesday night. The
funeral and interment will be to
day at Philadelphia church.
, Mrs. Rape had lived a long and
useful life and was nearly 75 years
of age. She was a noble Christian
lady and had well served her day
in the rearing of a family of chil
dren who are among our county's
best men and women.
She is survived by her two
daughters, Mrs. Frank Davis and
Miss Martha Rape; and her four
sons, Messrs. J. W. Rape, J. A.
Rape, S. P. Rape, and A. A. Rape.
Locust Grove Knights of
Pythias Elect Officers.
The Locust Grove Knights o f
Pythias, Lodge No. 252, held a n
enthusiastic meeting last Tuesday
evening and elected their officers
for the ensuing year, as follows:
Prof. J. B. Turner, Chancellor
Commander; Prof. W. A. Adam
son, Vice Chancellor Commander;
Prof. Paul Cousins, Prelate; Mr.
James Hubbard, Keeper o f Rec
ords and Seals; Mr. E. S. Combs,
Master of Finances; Mr. W. L.
Arnett, Master of Exchequer; Mr.
C. W. Coan, Master of Work; Mr.
A. B. Combs, Inner Guard; Mr.
L. L. Pitts, Outer Guard; Mr. O. F.
Watson, Master of Arms; Prof.
W. A. Adamson.
This Lodge is in a flourishing
condition and all its officers are
excellent men, under whose ad
ministration the members antici
pate another successful year.
Card of Thanks.
Even in the midst of the disas
ter of the flames, I find much
pleasure in thinking of the one
accord and desperate labor with
which the noble people of Mc-
Donough fought the fire and so
saved the Jeff ares store, of my
property, and so many other per
son’s possessions with it, and I
wish, through this medium, to
thank one and all of you.
Yours with thanks,
Mrs. Annie M. Nolan,
Guardian of Annie E Lemon.
Mr. C. W. Walker spent Mon
day in Atlanta.
REBUILDING AND
NEW BUILDING TOO
McDonough Grows on in Spite of
Fires.
WORK ABOUT TO BEGIN TO REPLACE BURNED BUILDINGS
AND ALREADY BEGUN ON ANOTHER NEW ONE
The ruins of the burned brick
building which had been th 6 home
of the McDonough Drug Company,
the postoffice, etc., had not ceased
to smoke when men were put to
work clearihg away the debris and
sorting out the good brick from
the bad, in preparation for rebuild
ing. (
Mrs. Annie M. Nolan will at once
begin the building of a new brick
building on the old site, stronger
and better than the old, probably
two stories high and protected by
a fire wall.
The First National Bank will
also begin at once to build itself a
new and beautiful home on the
former location.
Then an entirely new structure
is arising on Macon street, just in
the rear of the Horton Drug Com
pany’s store. The old brick build
ing which formerly stood there
and was used once by Messrs.
Lemon Brothers as a Garage has
been razed to the ground and
work has been begun by this en
terprising and public spirited firm
JUDGE REAGAN HONORED
IN HENRY AND BUTTS
Henry County Officials MukeC'ft
and Butts Bar and Citizens
Pass Resolutions.
As he retires from office, Judge
E. J. Reagan is receiving many
kindnesses from those with whom
his official duties have thrown
him for the past 13 years.
Messrs. J. A. Fouche and A. C.
Sowell, Clerk of Superior Court,
and sheriff respectively, have pre
sented him with a beautiful gold
headed umbrella as a token of
their esteem and affection.
At the adjourned term of Butts
Superior Court last week the citi
zens and bar passed the following
resolutions:
Citizens Resolutions
Whereas, our friend, E. J. Rea
gan, who has served Georgia as
judge of the superior court of the
Flint circuit for thirteen years, and
that he has seen proper to volun
tarily retire from the bench, the
time has arrived for his honor to
bid us, as judge, for the last time
good-bye; be it
Resolved, by citizens assembled,
1. That in his retiring as judge
we have lost an impartial, faithful
and efficient official.
2. That his sincere and wise
counsel and the impartial meting
out of justice, tempered with mercy
to all, will exercise an influence for
good many years to come.
3. That as evidence of the es
teem and appreciation that is held
by the people of Butts, thus pub
licly expressed, we ask that these
resolutions be spread upon a sep
arate page of the minute book of
the Clerk of Superior Court and
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on a two-story brick structure.
This building will be completed
between the Ist and 15th day of
January next, and will cause sev
eral business changes in our city.
Messrs. T. N. Moseley and W. B.
Wilson will occupy the main por
tion of the lower floor as a new
dry goods and grocery firm. Both
these gentlemen are well known
citizens of our town, whom we are
glad to welcome as additions to
our business concerns.
Messrs. Loyd hand and Otis Love
will occupy a portion of the first
floor of the new building with
their barber shop.
The second story of the Lemon
building will be fitted up with
handsome offices.
The removal of Mr. Loyd Hand
will not leave his present place
vacant, but Messrs W. F. Hand
and Charley Hand will occupy that
place with a first-class fancy gro
cery, candy, and cigar store.
so watch McDonough
GROW.
help McDonough grow.
that same be published in our
county papers and a copy be fur.
nished Judge Reagan.
Resolutions of Bar
The Jackson Bar Association be
ing called to order, Hon. Y. A
Wright, president, in the chair, the
following resolutions were offered:
Resolved, That the retiring of
Hon. E. J. Reagan, judge of the
superior courts of the Flint circuit,
who has ably presided for the last
thirteen years, the Jackson Bar
Association hereby express their
regrets at losing the services of a
judge just, able, conscientious and
upright, a judge who was always
fearless in the discharge of the
office, yet who knew how and did
temper justice with mercy, where
mercy was due. His personal re
lations with the members of the
bar were that of a kind friend and
it is with sincere regret that we
see him retire from office. In his
return to the bar and the practice
of law he has the best wishes for
his success and prosperity from
the members of this association
and it will be a source of pleasure
to each of us to know of his suc
cess in any field of endeavor which
opportunity may offer him. We
here and now confidently predicts
if honest work and merit shall be
taken into account in the judidicial
affairs of our beloved state that,
Judge Reagan will be called to a
higher station and a broader field
in expounding and interpreting
the laws of the land.
The above resolutions were
unanimously adopted, and it was
ordered that same be spread upon
the minutes of the superior court
of Butts county and that same be
furnished the county papers and a
copy to Judge E. J. Reagan.
Y. A. Wright,
Nov. 22, 1910. President
$i A Year