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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1911)
Oak Shade. (Last Week’s Letter.) As my letter escaped the ter rible waste basket last week, it encourages me to write again. I felt so sorry for some of our friends this morning; they seemed to be so blue because they had to go courting. A few years back they delighted in courting, but now they won’t court unless they are made to. It is a mighty busy time with the farmers to court. We are glad to say Dr. Spray berry is improved so much that he can walk about the yards. Mr. Homer Waldrop was around to see some of his pupils last week. Mrs. Ed Waggoner, from the Gate City, Mrs. Lou Scarboro, Miss Lucy Peterman, and little Thomas Chandler, Mrs. Ed Spray berry, Miss Elorence Simpson, Mrs. Joe Hayes visited Mrs. W. B. Hayes Saturday. Dr. Camden Sprayberry and wife have returned to their home at Woolsey. Mrs. George Waggoner, from East Atlanta, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clark, Mrs. Waggoner’s parents. Mr. and Mrs, Ed Waggoner are visiting Mr. A. C. Peterman and Mr. and Mrs. Lon Scarboro. Mr. W. B. Hayes had to go to McDonough to court. Near Worthville. (Last Week’s Letter.) Farmer, you had better make up your minds to get busy, as it is cotton planting time. Miss Jewell Bunn and Miss Mit tie Stewart visited Miss Fannie Belle Stephens Friday afternoon. Mrs. Georgia Stewart visited Mrs. Lizzie Lewis Friday after noon. Miss Florence Thompson and father visited Miss Jewell Bunn Sunday. Misses Fannie Belle Stephens and Mittie Stewart were the guests of Miss Josie Pullin Sunday afternoon. Mr. Byron Gresham had the mis fortune of getting his store burned down last Wednesday night. Mi's. Effie Ellison visited Mrs. Eva Cash Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jesse Stephens made hasty trip to Newton county Sunday. Mrs. Effie Ellison and Miss Fan nie Belle Stephens were the guests of Mrs. Willie Wilson Saturday evening. Mrs. Lizzie Lewis visited Mr. W. P. Stephens’ family Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Alice Smith and Mrs. Troy Lofton and Miss Gertrude and George Maddox, Misses Minnie Thompson and Tassie Kitchens •went fishing Saturday afternoon. Blue Eyes. A. P. S. (Last Week’s Letter.) If you swung up last week, you won’t have a very fine time this week, but if you escaped, then gather all your green nubbins this week and have a big dance. Cold weather holds on very well for the season. Mr. Claud Skiner and his little daughter, Maybelle, spent Sunday morning with us. We have had one little mess of Irish potatoes this spring. Mr. Robert Gilbert, of Stock bridge, came down last Thursday, accompanied by his son, Wood fine, and visited his daughter, Mrs. Burl Lewis, a day or two. Mr. Gilbert says corn planting shows increase, and cotton planting de crease. The Women’s Aid Society of Mt. Bethel held their regular meet ing Saturday afternoon, and de cided to carpet their church floor. Miss Susie Lewis is visiting her brother at Stockbridge. Flat Rock. (Last Week’s Letter.) Well, spring has come at last with all its beauty. Mrs. G. W. Hinton and daugh ter, Mrs. Roy Askew, spent Mon day evening in Stockbridge shop ping. Mr. Will White and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Wilson Sunday. Miss Ida Owen, with her aunt, Miss Nan Morris, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owen. Lee Hugh Owen had the mis fortune to get his arm broken one day last week. Mr. Elder Starr, in company with Misses Adeline Flake and Lizzie Henderson, were enjoying a pleasant ride Sunday afternoon. Little Miss Pauline Bellah has been visiting her brother at Stock bridge the past week. / Mr. Talman Patillo and family visited their brother, Mr. Crow Patillo, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Henry were the guests of their sister, Mrs. C. T. Elliott, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Owen spent Wednesday in Stockbridge with relatives. Mr. Lon Wilson was out riding with his best girl Sunday after noon. A good many from this place attended the funeral of Mr. Louie Dailey at Flippen Sunday. Jenkinshurg. (Last Week’s Letter.) The friends of Mrs. Walter Moore will regret to hear that she is sick. We hope she will soon be up again. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Thurston visited relatives near Stark Sat urday and Sunday. Misses Jennie Bowden and Irene Kimball worshipped at Cedar Rock Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Richardson, from Atlanta, visited Mr. and Mrs. William Glass Sunday and Sunday night. The singing at Cedar Rock Sun day was attended by a large crowd. Mrs. Dollie Thurston and daugh ter, Miss Alma, visited relatives in Spalding county Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Sam Austin and family was in Jackson Thursday. Blue Eyes. Application for Charter. Georgia, Henry County: ( To the Superior Court of said County: The petition of S. P. Hooten, H. C. Ellis, A. C. Xonnan, W. E. Gilmore, and W. C. Woods, all residents of said county, shows: 1. That they desire for themselves, their associates, successors and assigns to be incorporated under the name and style of “The Ola Wootlstown Telephone Company.” t. They desire to be incorporated for a . period of Twenty years with the right of renewal at the expiration of that time. 3. The cai ital stock of said proposed corporation is to be One Thousand Dol TAX RECEIVER’S REGULAR ROUNDS FOR 1911. District or Place. Homs. Day. May. LOCUST GROVE. * Monday 1 TUSSAHAW. Tuesday 2 Pekkhville 10 to 12 a. m. Wednesday 3 Maddox’s Store 1 to 3p. m. Wednesday 3 SANDY RIDGE. Thursday 4 Tom Martin’s Store 10 to 12 a. in. Friday 5 Woodstown 1 to ’3p. m. Friday 5 Island Shoals 10 to 12 a. m. Monday, 8 Snapping Shoals 1 to 3p. m. Monday 8 BEERSHEBA. 10 to 12 a. m. Tuesday 9 Ola 1 to 3p. m. Tuesday 9 MCMULLEN’S. 10 to 12 a. m. Wednesday 10 Julia 1 to 3p. m. Wednesday 10 LOVE’S. 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Thursday 11 George Morris’ Store 2to 4p. m. Thursday 11 Simmons & George’s Store 9to 10 a. m. Friday 12 KNOB. 11 a. ui. to 2p. m. Friday 12 SHAKERAG. 10 to 12 a. m. Monday 15 Morris Grove 10 to 12 a. m. Tuesday 10 Jarrett’s Store 1 to 3p. m. Tuesday 10 STOCKBRIDGE. Wednesday IT FLIPPEN. Thursday 18 SIXTH. 10 to 12 a. in. Friday 19 Babb’s Mill 2to 4pi in; Friday 19 IT A M PTON. Monday 22 / LULL LA. 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Tuesday 23 BREEN WOOD. 2to 4 p.m. Tuesday 23 birs, with the right to increase same from time to time to a maximum of Five Thousand Dollars. Said capital stock is to be divided into shares of the par value of Twenty-Five Dollars each. Seventy- Five per cent of said capital stock has already been paid in. 4. The principal office and place of bus iness of said corporation is to be at Ola, in Henry county, Ga., but they ask for the right to establish other offices and places of business anywhere in Georgia. f>. The particular business to be carried on by said corporation is that of building, equipping, owning and operating tele phone lines and telephone exchanges, and in the conduct of this business they ask for the right to erect poles, wires and whatever else may be necessary for the successful conduct of this business, to rent and lease telephones to customers, to collect rent and toll from their customers and the public, they desire the right to buy, sell, own, hold, rent, lease and con vey all property that is necessary or inci dental to the conduct of this business, real and personal, to make and take deeds, mortgages, or other evidences of debt, to borrow and lend money, to take and give security, and to do all things necessary to successfully carry out the business con templated by this corporation. 6. The object of said corporation is pe cuniary gain to its stockholders. 7. They ask for the right to have and use a common seal, to sue ami be sued and and to have all the powers granted to pri vate corporations by the laws of Geongia, to make such rules, regulations and by laws as may be necessary for the opera tion and control of said corporation. Wherefore they pray that they be made a body corporate, under the name and style aforesaid, entitled to all the privi leges allowed corporations and subject to all the liabilities fixed for them by law. April 6th, 1911. E. M. Smith, Petitioners’ Attorney. Filed in office this April 6th, 1911. J. A. Fouche, C. S. C. H. C. Georgia, Henry County: I, J. A. Fouche, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original applica tion of S. P. Hooten and others, filed in this office, asking to be incorporated as “The Ola-Woodstown Telephone Com pany,” as appears from the record of file in this office. 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