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THE HENRY
COUNTY WEEKLY
FRANK KBAtrAN, Editor
Entered at the nostoflfice at McDonough.
Ga., as second-class mail matter.
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cation.
Official Organ of Henry County.
McDonough, Ga., Nov. 22, 1912.
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Happy Happenings.
1 shall take for my subject this
week, one moral standard for both
sexes, and I hope everybody will
read this letter with as much in
terest as I am taking in writing it.
Why do we not adhere to the
principle of holding both man.
and woman, both boy and girl, to
the same standard of moral living?
Where do we get authority for
condeming lustful,' lascivious liv
ing in a woman and letting man
go unscathed? We surely do not
get it from Holy Writ. The Bible
is full from lid to lid of condem
nation of such things in man.
We certainly do not get com
misseration for immoral conduct
in man from reason, for we know
it is as evil in him as it is in wo
man, and we also know it can and
does cause as much suffering and
degeneration, as much shame, as
much sin, and yet the woman, the
girl is ostracised by society and
the man, if not absolutely lionized,
is not thought of as disgraced.
He is received with open arms.
Woman will accept his attentions.
We even marry him, knowing
that his life has been unclean.
Why do woman not demand as
much from men as thev do from
each other; as men do of women?
No man wants to be associated
with a woman of bad character.
That is all wrong. We should
hold man as accountable as wo
man. What is right for the one
should not be wrong for the other.
If a man is known to lead a lewd
life, a betrayer of womanhood, he
should be scorned by woman.
We should have one code of
morals for both. If a thing is not
nice for a girl to do, a,boy should
not do so either, for he is the
king of the world and he should
lead as pure a life as she. As put
beloved humorist, Josiah Allen’s-,
wife says, what is right for Th6mas
Jefferson is not wrong for Tirza
Anne.
1 haven’t seen where God said
all his angeis should be she ones;
no, that is a permiscious thought.
“He is a hoy, it doesn’t make
any dif -rence.” Now if he was
a girl h-' couldn’t do that. We
should want our boys to be as
sweet an 1 irn tcent as our girls.
It .s wrong to say, because of his
sex, “he must sow his wild oats,
boys will oe boys,” and let it go
at that.
Our boys of to day will be our
men of tomorrow and, if they
are unclean as boys, they will be
men of the same kind. As a pro
tection to the girls, our future wo
men, we must laise his boys to
be pure. If we didn t care for
the boy for our own sake, it is
not right or just to him to .-uft'er
his mind to be tilled with such
false reasoning and his heart with
the desire to dishonor and de
bauch woman. He is born as
pure and as innocent as his sister
and with the same teaching, the
same ideals held up to him, he
will grow up as pure and moral.
But just let him get it into his
cranium that, because he is a hay,
he can do anything he pleases,
and he is not far from ruined.
We must make him understand
that to stay out at night, to lie
around a saloon or gambling den,
or to curse or swear is just as
ugly, just as wicked, just as dis
graceful in him, a boy, as it would
be for his mother or his sister to
do so.
I say, we must make him un
derstand this. If we do, the bat
tle is more than half won. There
is no boy with any of the instincts
of a gentleman who wants his
mother or sister to do any of
these things. They will do them
themselves, but mother, no, no!
There is where custom comes
in. He has heard all his life that
boys and men are premitted to do
things that is wrong for girls aud
women to do and he belives it,
but once make him see that it is
as wrong in him as in mother
and he will be good. If men knew
that woman would not count
enance them, would not accept
their attentions, would not marry
them, if they did not live right, it
would be the easiest matter in
the world to get them to go in the
straight and narrow path. But
where there is no difference shown
between the good boy, the one
who lives a clean life, the one
who would scorn to betray a wo
man, and the rake and the liber
tine and the drunkard, the good
boy has very little outside of his
own conspince to encourage him
to do riglu and, while I blush for
womanhood to say it, yet candor
compels me to admit that the
latter kind of man is admitted in
what is known as the best society,
and why? Simply because they
are men. Woman of the same
kind would not be tolerated at
all. Why? Bcause society says
that women must keep straight
or we wont associate with them.
The man, because he is a man,
can do anything he pleases, it
does not hurt him.
But l am an old fogy. I cant
see any difference. I believe in
calling a spade a spade. What
is sauce for the goose is, or should
be, sauce for the gander. If we
condemn the one, let us condemn
the other. Let us demand of men
that, if they value association
with us, they must live clean lives.
That will force them to it. Man
cant live away from us women.
He will follow the path of least
resistances. If we don’t demand
much or anything of him, he will
not strive to make himself worthy;
hut, if he knows he must come up
to a certain measure or lose wo
man’s company, he will come up
to it, he will pay the price. He
will not go on downward if it is
made to man the loss of all re
spectable womanhood to him.
He can’t stay away from them, he
is not made that way. God saw
it was not good that man should
be alone and he created women.
You see they have them in
their power to do as they will
with them, women are account
table to a great extent for them;
man, vvitli all his pride in liis
strength and his arrogance, looks
|to women for example, and they
can make him toe the mark, if
they demand it. They, by re
fusing to recognize him when he
does not come up to the mark,
can force him up. Man loves
woman too well, is too dependent
on her, to stand out against her.
• Of course; one swallow doesn’t
make the summer nor one pebble
make abe ich; one woman can’t
do much towards ciediii g up the
world but, girls don’t forget that
it is!
“Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand
That the mighty ocean
And this pleasant land.”
One little ant can’t carry but
one grain of sugar at a time, but
I have had a whole army of them
to get at my sugar, and, by each
taking one grain at a time, get
quite a big pile carried off; and
so with the women. They can
each sweep around her own back
door and if every one does that,
lo the whole town will be clean!
Now dear friends, this is no
fool’s errand, this is a serious
thing, whether we let our men go
on as they are and keep training
more boys to follow them to think,
because they can do anything
they choose, whether right or
wrong, but that the girl, the wo
man must not do the same thing,
because she is a girl, a woman, or
whether we demand that they
lead pure lives, not because of
sex, but because it is right, we
must be up and doing with a
heart for any fate.
Still achieving still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait:
If they gain the victory.
Mrs.D. L. McLendon entertained
several of her lady friends at a
cotten picking one day last week,
which was very much enjoyed by
all of them. It does ladies good
to get out in the open air and
work a little sometimes, keeps
them for being sluggish and for
lorn, for we know, if we never
get out and take fresh air, we will
have the blues and be fretful.
It would be good for all the sisters
to have cotton pickings sometimes
as well as sewing clubs, although
vou may get a little tired and sore
but try again. It want hurt you,
just do you good. Many good
eatables were served.
Pearl.
All kinds of second hand pipe
and one complete waterworks
outfit for sate. J. G. Smith, tf.
Adv.
Mr. James W. Davis, of High
land, Maryland, was the week end
guest of his friend, the Rev. Jonas
Barclay. He was returning from
an investigation of the oil proper
ties in Beaumont and Houston,
Texas.
Good farm for sale, of 105 1-4
acres near Beeraheba, Ga. Phone
or write W. B. Webb, Jackson,.
Ga. Adv„
For leave to sell.
Georgia. Henry County,
To whom it may concern :
Mrs. G. M. Brown, Guardian of
FvaitK, Grace and W. D. Brown has
applied tome for leave to sell a
house and lot. located near Sunny
Side in Spalding Co . Ga., in which
her said Wards own a three fourths
undivided interest, said property
sold for the purpose of support aud
maintainunce of said Wards.
Said application will he heard at
the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary for said county on the
first Monday in Dec. 1912.
A. G. Harris, Ordinary.
11-29, 4.
Administrators Notice to Debtors
and Creditiors.
Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors of the estate of .lake HambrioK
deceased, to render in an account of
t heir demands to me within *he
time prescribed bv law, properly
made out. And all persons indebt
ed t » said deceased are hereby re
quested to niHKe immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
This Nov. jth 1912
W. E. M. Dodson. Administra
tor. 12 11, 0.
LEGAL NOTICES.
executor's sale.
Georgia Henry Countv ;
By virtue cf an order granted by
the Court of Ordinary in and for
“aid Connty, will be sold before the
Court House door, in the City of
McDonough said State and Coun
ty, Tietween the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in December.
1912, to the highest bidder for oash,
the following lands of the estate of
G. B. Barham, late of said County,
deceased, to-wit:
Also, one house and lot near cor
porate limits of Hampton, Georgia,
said lot containing one-fourth of an
acre more or less, bonnded North
and West by G. W. Barham, East
by public road. South by estate of
G. B. Barham. On this lot is situ
ated a three-room house.
Also one-fourth of an acre more
or less, in same district State and
CouDtv, bounded North and South
by estate of G. B Barham, East by
Griffin road and West by G. W.
Barham.
On this lot is situated a three
room house.
Also one-half undivided interest
in a vacant lot. containing two and
one-half acres more or less, near
the corporate limits of the town of
Hampton, said State and county,
bonnded North by estate of G. B.
Barham. East by Griffin road,
South by lot of A. B. Mitcham and
West by lot A. B. Mitcham and
Cemetery.
one honse and lot,, in same
District, State and County,, said lot
containing one-half acre, more or
less, bounded North by lot of Otis
Hennessee, East by lot of Otis Hen
nessee, South by McDonough road,
and West by lot of George Archer.
On this lot is situated a tliree-room
house.
All of said property sold as the
property of G. B. Barham, late of
said Connty. deceased for the pur
pose of the payment of the debts
of said deceased and distribution
of the balance among the heirs of
said estate
This Nov. 8. 1912.
G. W. Barham, Executor
Last Will and Testamest ot G. B.
Barham, deceased.
For Administratibn.
Georgia, Henry County.
To whom it may concern :
Henry 8. Rowan having made »p
--ppliostinn to me in dne form to lie
appointed permanent Administra
upon the- estate of Jno. D. Rowan
lateof said 1 connty, notice is hereby
given that said application will be
heard at the regular term of the
Court cf Ordinary for said county,
to be held on the first Monday in
Deo. 1912
Witness my hand and official sit:
nature, this 4th day of Nov 1912
11-29,4. A G. Harris, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, HENRY COUNTY
To whom it may concern :
H. C. Hightov\ei, having made
application tome in due form to be
appointed permanent Administra
tor upon the estate of Dr. Raleitrh
Hightower late of said county, no
tice is hereby given that, said ap
plication will be heard at the regn
lar term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county, to be held on the
First Monday in December, 1912
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 4th day of November
1912.
11-29. 4 A. G. Harris, Ordtnary
Dismission From Administration
(ie >rgia. Henry County :
Whereas. \V. I. Parr Adminis
trator of Estate of Deacv Colvin
represents to the Court in her pe
tition. duly filed and entered on
record, that he has fully adminis
tered Deaey Colvin’s estate ;
This is therefore to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and credi
tors. to Show cause, if any they can,
why said Administrator should not
he discharged from his administra
tion and receive Letters of Dismiss
ion on the first Monday m Dec.,
1912.
11-29, 4 A. G. Harris, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale For
December.
By virtue of an order of the Or
dinary of Henry Connty, will be
sold to the highest bidder before
the court honse door in the City of
McDonough Henrv Connty Georgia
between the legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday in December next,
the following real estate towit:
237 aores of land more or less in
the seventh district of Henry Coun
ty, Georgia, being parts of lots
numbers 90. 91, and 102, known as
part of the old Russell place, to be
sold in five separate tracts or par
cels, each of which is fully de
scribed in a map or plat of said
land, which shows the number of
acres in each, and the lines around
each of said parcels of land.
Also, one acre of land near the
City of McDonough, Henry Connty
Georgia, in the seventh district o 4
said county, and bonnded on the
North. East and South by lands
formerly owned by A. A. Lemon,
now by Mrs. Annie Nolan, guardi
an, and on the West by a road run
ning north and south known as the
old Cloud Mill road. Said lot known
as the old Cloveland Gin lot, and
on which the ginnery formerly
owned by Cleveland and Robinson
was located.
Also, One lot near the depot at
McDonough, Henry Countv, Geor
gia. known as the Cleveland and
Robinson Machine Shop. Said lot
facing a street on the North, run
ning from the Macon street to the
said depot, 109 feet, running back
South 200 feet. Said lot bonnded
on the North by depot street, the
East by lot of C. D McDonald, on
the South by lot formerly owned
by the Nolan estate, and on the
West by lot of R. C. Brown
Also, one house and lot in the
City of McDonough, Henry County
Georgia, situated on Ivey’s Ferry
street, and known as the home
place of James R. Robinson, de
ceased, and fronting 114 feet on
Key s Ferry street, and running
back south to a street running
East and West between said lot
u.nd tlie lot ot late Geo. \\ Bryan,
and fronting 114 feet on the last
named street. Bounded on the
Noth by Key’f. Ferry street, on
the East by lot of the estate of
James R. Robinson, on the South
by a street between sakl lot and
Geo W. Bryan’s lot, on the West
by am alley running between said
lot, and livery stable and black
smith shops
Also, one lot in the City of Mc-
Donmagh, Henry County, Georgia,
situated on Key's Ferry street,
and fronting 91 feet on Key’s
Ferry street and running back
South to a street rnnning East
and West between said lot and the
lot of the late Geo. W. Bryan, and
fronting 91 feet on the last named
street. Bounded on the North by
Key’s Ferry street, on the East by
street running South from Key s
Ferry to the residence oi the late
Geo W Bryan, on the South by
running between said lot and the lot
of the late Geo W Bryan, aud on
the West by tin- home place of the
Lfce James R. Robinson.
Ail said properity sold as the
property of James R Robinson,
deceased for the purpose of pay
ing debts and for distribution
among the legatees. Terms Cash.
This- the 6th day ot November 1912
A F. Adamson, Executor of
James R. Robinson, Deceased.
11-29. 4.
For Dismission.
Georgia, Henry County.
Whereas H. L. Carmichael. Ad
ministrator of Jake Weems, repre
sents to the Court in his petition
duly filed and entered on record,
that he has fully administered Jake
Weems’ estate :
This is, therefore, to cite all per
sons concerned. kindred and credi
tors, to show cause if any they can,
why said. Administrator should not
be discharged from bis administrn
tion. and receive Letters of Dismis
sion on the first Monday in Dec.
1912.
A. G. Harris. Ordinary.
11 29, 4,
