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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXVI 10
McDonough high school
HAS FINE OPENING.
Attendance At Monday's Opening
Was the Largest School
Has Ever Had.
The McDonough High School
had its fall term opening last Mon
day morning, with the magnificent
enrollment of 227.
The attendance at last year’s op
ening wasJl9o, showing a hand
some increase.
This increase is the clearest kind
of evidence that McDonough’s
school is like the town, —it’s
growing.
Superintendant E. D. Gunby and
his able corps of teachers lost no
time in arranging the various
grades and the students were very
soon industriously engaged with
their studies.
Mrs. J. C. Carmichael
Breathes Her Last.
Mrs. J. C. Carmichael passed
away Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock, at her home a few miles
west of town. Though she had
been in bad health many months,
yet she was up and about the
house work until less than an hour
before her death. She was 66
years of age.
She was an excellent Christian
lady who will be greatly missed
by a wide circle of friends, as well
as in her home.
The funeral was held at the
McDonough Baptist church
Thursday morning at 10 o’clock,
Rev. W. W. Arnold conducting the
services. The interment was at
the McDonough cemetery at 11
o’clock.
Mrs. Carmichael is survived by
her husband, Mr. J. C. Carmichael:
and three sons; Messrs. Leon
Carmichael, Drew Carmichael, and
Fred Carmichael.
Services at Stockbridge
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. F. D. Hunt, of Decatur, Ga.,
evangelist for the Atlanta Presby
tery, will preach at Flat Rock
church Sunday morning, Septem
ber 10th, at 11 o’clock, and at
Stockbridge Presbyterian church
in the afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Rev. Jas. Bradley, of Jackson,
will conduct a series of meetings
a t Stockbridge Presbyterian
church, commencing Monday after
noon, Sept. 11th at 4 o’clock.
TO PASTORS AND DEACONS.
The special meeting of the Pas
tors’ Conference of the Flint Riv
er Association will be held with
the First Baptist church at Griffin
on Monday, September 11, 1911,
and the deacons of the association
are invited to be present.
Subjects of vital Importance will
be discussed by leading brethren.
Dr. J. J. Bennett will preach at 11
o’clock and Dr. G, A. Nunnally
will speak in the afternoon.
The Griffin church has kindly
arranged to serve dinner on the
ground. Pastors and deacons are
cordially and heartily invited to be
present.
The exercises begin a t 9.30
o’clock in the morning.
< FOR RENT, one nicely finished
6 room residence on Brown Ave
nue. Apply to Mrs. Lilah Cope
land, McDonough, Ga.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday September s , 1911.
Preaching at Bethel.
On Saturday and Sunday, Sep
tember 9 and 10, there will be
preaching at Bethel Methodist
church by the pastor, to make up
for the first Saturday and Sunday.
W. O. Butler, Pastor.
Protracted Meeting at
Methodist Church.
TJiere will be preaching at the
McDonough Methodist church
next Sunday at 7.30, P. M., and
every night following, till and in
cluding Friday night. The public
is cordially invited to attend these
occasions of public worship.
Spayberry-Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Sprayber
ry, of Ellenwood. announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Prudence, to Mr. Fred J. Clark,
the marriage to take place on the
evening of October 30th at home.
The above announcement is of
interest to the people of our city
and county, as Miss Sprayberry is
an attractive Henry county girl
and is much admired in McDon
ough, where she has often been a
visitor.
Editor Boyd Dies at
His Home in Griffin.
Hon. Joseph D. Boyd, of the
Griffin News, died at his home in
Griffin Sunday morning shortly
after midnight. He had been ill
for many months.
Judge Boyd became an editor
less than a pear ago, when he
bought the two papers known as
the daily and weekly Griffin News
& Sun. But he had already
achieved distinction in legislative
and judicial positions, and his
work soon showed him to be
equally as brilliannt in the field of
journalism.
He was genial and friend-mak
ing in persoanlity and he will be
greatly missed in many walks and
.ways and works.
locals.
Miss Nina Wall is at Stock
bridge, the guest of Miss Leonora
Davis.
Mr. Woodfin Combs, who has
made a fine record this season as
pitcher for the Spartanburg, S. C.,
base-ball team, has returned home
and was in McDonongh Monday.
Mr. W. A. Turner, of McMullen’s
district, was in oun.city Tuesday.
Miss Ruth Walker spent
Wednesday in Atlanta
Tax Collector Whitaker was in
our city Tuesday.
Mr. J. R. Green, of McMullen’s
district, was in our city.
Mr. John R. Pair, of Flippen,
visited our city Tuesday.
Mr. J. H. Jeffares is away i n
South Georgia.
J. W. Welch has moved his
shop to the corner room in Mr.
Joe J. Smith’s building, and he is
better prepared than ever to do
your repairing of shoes and har
ness and leather goods. tf.
Lot of one-horse wagons, vari
ous sizes, just completed and
ready for the market. Call and
make your selection, before they
are picked over. Joel Bankston
& Son, McDonough, Ga. tf.
Miss athy, who has been
the guest of Miss Eva Cathy, left
Wednesday for Atlanta, where
she will spend several days on her
return home to Greensboro.
Mr. J. W. Pape and family and
Mr. J. T. Fields and wife have re
turned from Jacksonville and oth
er points of interest in Florida.
They report a delightful time.
Miss Janie Bryans has returned
home, after a most delightful trip
to Savannah and Jacksonville and
Paplo Beach and other coulhern
points.
Mrs. Emily Bryans and charm
ing grand-daughter, Miss Laura
Daughtry, of Jackson, spent
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Brooks Bryans.
Dr. A. T. Spalding, of Atlanta,
will preach at the Baptist church
at the morning services next Sun
day.
Mr. A. M. Bowden (you may
know him better as Arthur) wish
es The Weekly to remind his many
friends that he is now a member
of the Walker-Bowden Company,
and he wishes to be remembered
by them. He will appreciate their
visits and their trade.
Miss Eliza Crookshanks left
Tuesday for a visit to Mrs. Mattie
Reynolds in Atlanta.
Mrs. Doe, of LaGrange, who has
been visiting her father, Rev. W.
W. Arnold, left Thursday. She
was accompanied home by Miss
Louise Arnold, who goes t o re
sume her studies there.
Mrs. Wallace, of Waverly Hall
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H.
S. Williams, this week.
Prof, and Mrs. Otis Tolleion will
scion begin house-keeping in the
former residence of Dr. Langston.
Mrs. Otis Tolleson is visiting her
mother in Dothan, Alabama.
Mrs. Josephine Campbell, who
has been the guest of Mrs. Annie
M. Nolan for some time, will at
tand the meetings at Broughton’s
Tabernacle in Atlanta next week.
There will be a social meeting of
the Epworth League next Friday
veening at the home of the pastor,
Rev. Olin King.
The president of the Daughters
of the Confederacy calls a meeting
of the Daughters for the fourth
Thursday in this month in the
Masonic Building.
Attention of Confederate Vete
rans is again called to the fact that
the month of November, 1911, is
the last time any crosses can be
given. Applications for same
should <be made immediately to
Mrs. Julia McDonald, at McDon
ough, or to Mrs. J. C. Walden, at
Stockbridge.
Mr. J. F. M. Fields spent Wednes
day in the Gate City.
Mrs. Alice Turner, of New Or
leans, has been on a visit to Mrs.
E. M. Smith for a part of this week.
Mrs. Turner was once a resident
of this city and has many friends
here who are always glad to wel
come her to McDonough.
Miss Maggie Fields, of 'Atlanta,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. F. M.
Fields.
Mrs. A. C. Fields and children,
of Newnan, are the guests of Mr.
adn Mrs. J.F. M. Fields.
All sizes of Kodak films at P. B.
Cheek’s. 9-8,2.
Mrs. lone Price, of the Sixth dis
trict, was the week-end guest of
Mrs. E. M. Smith.
The Misses Hendricks, of Macon,
have been the guests of friends
and relatives here for the past
week.
Miss Vella Harper has resigned
from her position at the telephone
exchange and is now with the Mc-
Donough Trading Company,
where she will be glad to serve
her many frinds.
Miss Annie G. Thompson left
Tuesday for a visit to Miss Leono
ra Davis near Stockbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Daniel hacl as
their guests Sunday Mr. H. M.
Amis and family, of Greenwood,
and Mr. Andrew Blake and family,
of Griffin.
Miss Laurie Benning is the guest
of Miss Hattie Sue Low.
Miss Lucile Gamble, of Louis
ville, is the attractive guest of
Mrs. Ethel Tye Wright.
Mrs. Julia McDonald spent Tues
day in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Walker and
Mr. John Turner made a business
trip to Atlanta Friday.
Mrs. Hendley Varnei and Miss
Irene spent Saturday in Atlanta.
Mrs. James Carmichael, Miss
Alla B. Carmichael, and Miss Edna
Stephens spent Saturday in Atlan
ta.
Miss Lucile Nolan, of Atlanta,
was the week-end guest of Mrs.
Annie Nolan.
Miss Kate O. Reagan returned
Friday to Atlanta, to resume her
duties in the public schools there.
Quite a number of the younger
set of girls and boys enjoyed a pic
nic at the Big Spring Monday af
ternoon.
Mr. Tyron Elliott, an old Henry
county man now prospering in
Upson county, was in our city
Tuesday.
Mr. Young Gray, one of Spald
ing county’s most prominent citi
zens, visited McDonough Tues
d ly.
Mr. J. C. Butts, of Barnseville.
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joel
Bankston.
Miss Ellene Neal has returned
home from visits to Thomson and
Hartwell. Her many friends re
gret that she is very ill. She was
accompanied home from Hartwell
by her aunt, Mrs. Jack Craft.
Our city fathers are contemplat
ing the passing of a curfew law.
Late Monday night they
made the rounds df the
tov n, to investigate whether
it is necessary. They found Julian
Weems counting his wealth on his
hooks, the smell of burning cot
ton, the übiquitious printer and
his devil, who have too much bus
iness and too much news to gath
er to spend any time sleeping, and
the town marshal.
Mr. Will Ammons will shortly
move his family to McDonough, to
give his children the advantages
offered by our excellent schools.
Stockbridge.
Miss Mary Dodson was the guest
of Miss Artie Ballah last week.
Mrs. John Bellah spent a few
dass with her sister, Mrs. A 1
Bailey, last week.
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Mrs. Albert Almand, of Atlanta,
was the guest of Mrs. M. E. Ward
and Mrs. S. C. McWilliams a few
days last week.
Mr. Charley Tilman spent Mon
day night with Mr. Will Milam.
Miss Lillie Coan, of McDonough,
was here Tuesday, to see about a
music class for the coming school
term.
Miss Lillian Mason, of Jackson,
was the guest of Miss Lois Gilbert
and Miss Myra Berry a few days
last week.
Miss Ward McWilliams returned
to Locust Grove Institute Monday
afternoon. She was accompanied
by her father, who attended the
opening of school.
Mr. W. T. Nottingham has re
signed his position here.
Miss Ella Berry is visiting her
cousins, Mrs. E. P. Mcßurney and
Mrs. J. O. Wright, on Peachtree
Road in Atlanta.
Mr. A. H. Livingston has accept
ed a position in Atlanta and left
last week to make his home there,
Mr. Ed Livingston, of Jackson
spent last week with his mother.
Mrs. R. A. Hawkins and sister
little Miss Helen Clark, visited Mrs.
Ben Walden at Forest Park from
Wednesday until Saturday of last
week.
BRANDENBURG (KY.) WOMEN
SUBSCRIBE FOR A GOOD ROAD
Feminine Club Wakes Up to Situation
First and Makes Travel Easier.
Everybody Is in favor of good roads
as nn abstract proposition, but when
it comes down to ttie concrete - that la
to say, to sand and gravel—there are
differences of opinion. Some Kentuck
ians there are who declare themselvee
strongly for good roads, but say they
do not know how to go about getting
them.
One way to go about it has been ex
emplified recently by the Federated
Woman’s club of Brandenburg. Ky.
The members of that live organization
felt the need of a good road from
Brandenburg to Weldon, a station on
the Louisville. Henderson and St.
Louis railroad. Brandenburg has no
railroad, and when the citizens of that
town go traveling they either take a
steamboat or drive over to Weldon to
take the train.
Meade county mud possihly is a few
degrees worse than the mud anywhere
else in Kentucky. The male citizens of
Meade have been handling the road
question in the same way that many
other Kentucky counties have been
handling It Mud multiplied by mud
produces more mud. but the male citi
zens of Meade didn’t seem to know it.
The women woke up to the situation
first, and they determined to ’’pike”
the road from Brandenburg to W T eldon.
They raised more than $1,200 by pri
vate subscription, and they asked the
fiscal court to do the rest. The court
came across with an appropriation of
$3,000 as an evidence of good faith.
The road will be completed by the
end of summer Next winter it will be
possible to travel from Brandenburg
to Weldon without breaking a harue
•string or straining a singletree. A
wagon will not be a load for a four
horse team, and walking will not be
an impossibility when a big thaw
comes.
ALL READ THIS.
Any one having stone he de
sires to have tested for road
building purposes should write
to the office of public roads,
Washington, for necessary in
structions as to how to proceed to
secure such tests. The sender
will be required to pay all trans
portation charges, but aside from
this tests are made without
further cost to the party desir
ing them.
$i A Year