The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, November 22, 1912, Image 6
THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY FRANK KBAtrAN, Editor Entered at the nostoflfice at McDonough. Ga., as second-class mail matter. Advertising Rates furnished on appli cation. Official Organ of Henry County. McDonough, Ga., Nov. 22, 1912. Obituaries. One obituary, not more than one hundred words in length, will be published free; only one obituary for each death. All containing more than one hundred words must be accompanied •with one cent j>er word for all in excess of one hundred words. We cannot under take to cut them down to the one hundred word limit Manuscripts not accompan ied with postage will not be returned. Warning. No statements purporting to come from The Henry County Weekly are genuine unless they have written on their face the signature of Frank lteagan Editor, or are presented by him in person. Any person receiving such a statement will please notify Frank Reagan, Editor McDonough, Georgia. 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,