The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXVIII.
SCHOOL NEWS TROUGHGUT
THE COUNTY OF HENRY.
Department Devoted to the Interest of AH
The Schools in The County With News
From Them Each Week.
O. 0 TOLLESON, . MISS FRANCIS WEBB.
Superintendent. ' Industrial S ipervisor.
What is required to constitute
a GOOD school? First of all, and
we may immediately say, the
prime requisite is. not only a hu
man being who merely exists,
who breathes the free air about
him, who feasts thrice daily upon
the bounties of the earth, and
who slumbers at ease all through
the long hours of the black night;
but a real, live man or woman
whose work is his life, his joy, his
heart’s delight; other requisites
are busy boys and girls reflecting
the spirit and temper of the teach
er whose daily influence is mould
ing the characters-ot‘ the gro.vn
ups of tomorrow;' and then, a
community of fathers and moth
ers who want to see boys and
girls develop into all that as nob.e
and good and complete in man
ho< d and womanhood; fathers and
mothers whose children’s interest
are their first pleasure. Nor
would we fail to note the ne
cessity of a good building in
enumerating the requisites for a
good sctfdol. We ' must have
buildings well appointed in every
detail —good ventilation, gi ' mg an
abundance of fresh air; spacious,
busy, cheerful, happy; grounds
well kept, well shaded, welt sod
ded,well planted,well tended—the
whole out of doors full of the spii it
of joy and freedom and play—All
these conditions are inevitable
w henvduties are well attended.
If boasting were a becoming
thing in any section or people, 1
Henrv county might well boast of
some of her achievements along 1
educational lines. She has some
GOOD schools, live schools, full of j
live people, schools in which all
may feel a just and happy pride.
All that is wanting in buildings.!
equipment, and improvement
along any line what-so-ever, we j
have teachers, boys and girls, and j
ambitious, interested patrons, to
rally with one accord to the task
of supplying these wants. We j
have school authorities awake to
every need, and who stand ready
and waiting to share in any up-lift
for our schools--both rural schools
and high schools.
During the past week it was our
great pleasure to visit Locust.
Grove Grammar School. All we;
have mentioned above regarding -
teacher, pupils, building, ground;
and patrons, we find at Locust
Grove. Seek it where we may it
would be difficult to find a more
beautiful spirit in any school and
community than we find at this
place. Teachers awake and inter
ested, boys, and girls live and
responsive even to a suggested
wish from their teachers. Build
ing well kept and grounds in a
state of rapid improvement.
Everything seems to go well.
The girls of Locust Grove S :hool
made a splendid beginning in sew
ing the past w r eek. This branch is
from this time to become a part
of the regular work of the school
The boys made a nice beginning
in shop worK, this also, to bp
made a part of the' school course
as early as we are able to m ke if
so. Both boys and girls under tl e
leadership of their teachers enter- j
ed heartily into the work of
improvingii g flower be ds, and
other points about the yard.
Locust Grove school is a highly
credited winner of one of the
prizes offered last year for making
improvements on building and
grounds. The fine spirit existing
there now is apt to cause her to
win the laurels in the happy future
awaiting her. Let us look forward
to a happy future for all our
Henry County schools.
FLINT RIVER BAPTISTS
MEET AT GRIFFir
Full Pro( ram is Given of
Meeting to Convene on
* September 30th.
TheßHint River Baptist Asso
ciationfwill meet in its Ninetieth
session with the First Baptist
church, Griffin, Ga., Sept. 30th-
OcU2nd, 1913. The following is
the program as arranged by the
committee on order of business:
TUESDAY— Morning Session.
10:00 Devotional Exercises.
10:15 Organization, roll call, elec
tion of officers.
11:00 Introductory sermon, Rev.
.Spencer B. King, Jonesboro.
12:00 Announcements and com
pletion of standing commit
tees.
TUESDAY- Afternoon Session
1:30 Devotional Exercises.
1:45 Recognize correspond
ents, denominational, rep
resentatives, visitors.
2:00 (a) Reading report of the
Executive Committee.
(b) Reading report of the
Committee on State of
Religion.
(c) Discussion of these re
ports together.
3:30 Reading and discussion of
report on Orphans Home.
Adjourn at will after Miscella
neous Business.
TUESDAY— Evening Session.
7:30 Devotional exercises.
8;00 Address by Dr. W. A.
Taliaferro of the Foreign
Mission Board.
WEDNESDAY Morning Session.
3:30 Devotional Exercises.
8:50 Reading of minutes of pre
vious day’s session.
9:00 Miscellaneous business.
9:30 (a) Reading of the report
on missions.
(b; Reading of the repor
of Laymen’s Move
ment.
(c) Discussion of these re-
iWcDONOUGIi, GEORGIA. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1913
MR. BEN MADDOX
TAKES OWN LIFE.
Well Known Resident of Love's
District Shot Himself
Friday .Morning.
Mr. Ben Maddox took his own
liie by shooting himself Friday
morning at 10 o’clock at the resi
dence of Mr. Joe Thompson in
Love’s district.
Mr. Maddox was in th? house
alone and secured a double F C
roll shot gun, discharging h
barrels into his head.
- Mr. Maddox had been in ill
health for sometime and this is
believed to have caused him to
take liis life.
He was a genial and capable
young man with many friends,
who mourn his death.
The runeral an 1 interment were
at Kelley’s church Friday after
noon.
Mr. Maddox leaves a wife and
two children.
poi'ts together.
1 LOG Mission sermon, Rev. 1. G.
Walker, Locust Grove, Ga.
12:00 Adjournment.
WEDN ES D A Y— AFTERNOON
Session.
1:30 Devotional Exercises.
1:45 Reading and discussion of
the report on Sunday
School and B. Y. P. l ! .
3:00 Reading and discussion of
the report on education.
Adjourn at will after miscella
neous business.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Session.
7:30 Devotional Exercises.
7:00 Address by Dr. B. D. Gray,
Secretary Home Mission
Board.
THURSDAY— Morning Session.
8:30 Devotional exercises.
8:50 Reading of Minutes of pre
vious day’s session.
9:00 Reading and discussion of
the report on Woman’s
Work.
9:45 Reading and discussion of
the report on Temperance.
10:30 Reading and discussion on
report of Religious Litera
ture.
1 LOODoctrinal Sermon (To be an
nounced. )
THURSDAY— Afternoon
Session.
1:30 Devotional Exercises.
1:45 Receive reports of (a)
Finance Committee, (b)
Treasurer.
Announcements of (a) Gen
eral Meetings. (b) Stand
ing, Committees.
Reading reports on (a >
Nominations. (b) Order
of Business, 1914. (c)
Obituaries. Arrange for
Paying Clerk and Printing
Minutes. Miscellaneous
Business. Reading Minutes
of this day’s sessions. Ad
journ sine die.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin Combs,
and Jack, Jr., Mrs W. A. Combs,
and Miss Ruby Walker made an
automobile visit to Atlanta Tues
day.
Judge E. J. Reagan spent Mon
day and Tuesday attending court
at Fayetteville,
MACON MEETING MADE
HISTORY FOR GEORGIA
State Chamber of Commerce Or
ganization Is State's awaken
ing to Its Apportunities.
“We are making history here
j today.” These were the words of
; one of the speak*- s at the meeting
>f the S' ttp q.'M ’ > v oIC nnm rce
at and tne truth
of ~vds was evident to all
a were present.
*•** the Executive Committee will
conduct the affairs of the organiza
tion and were instructed by the
meeting to apply for a charter at
tlu ea liest practicable date.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED.
TLemain features of the consti
tution and by laws foliow.
“The object of this organization
snail be purely patriotic and shall
| be specifically to promote the agri
cultural, commercial and indus rial
welfare of the state of Georgia,
and to improve the general social
conditions of the state by fostering
and promoting local organizations
with the same general purposes in
the various towns and counties ot
Georgia, by bringing about the co
operation oi these local bodies
and of all public-spirited citizens,
whether farmers, bankers, manu
facturers, co porati ms, profess
ional or business men, with the
various town, city, county, state
I and United States authorities tq
.this end, especially alon» such
■lines as better educational facilites,
better sanitary conditions, modern
road-building, improved agricul
tural met ods, greater interest in
the manufacturing of raw- mater
ials, in dai ying, truck, poultry
and cattle raising, and in the con
tinuous advertising to the world of |
the attractions and resources of
Georgia.”
Membership of Chamber.
Among the sections of the consti
tution and by-laws setting forth
more plainly the insideworkwigs of
i the organization are the following:
Artice 11.
“Seotion 1. Membership in this
chamber slnll include both indi
viduals and the commercial clubs
lof the state and other organiza
tions existing for the purpose of
promoting material state develop
ment. ,
“Sec. 2. Any reputable white
person shall be entitled to individ
uals membership, upon approval
I of the executive committe and the
payment of an annual membersh p
fee each calendar year of $5, pay
able when enrolled.
“The h isis of the voting streng' h
of each local organization shall be
in proportion to the representation
of the county in which it is located
in the lower house of the Georgia
legislature.
“Each commercial club or any
other body affiliating with the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
will pay an annual membership
fee of 15c for each member of
such local commercial club or other
body, which fee is due and pay
able in November and May of
each year, expect that the mini
mum fee bp HlO.
“The officers of the chamber
Conley.
The revival meeting came to a
close at Ellen wood Sunday night
with a membership of twenty
nine. They are trying to consti
f ite a Bible Christian church
there. We hope they will he suc
cessful iu their und staking for
they surely need a church there.
While the older people of Ellen-
wood are all righ , there are oth
ers who go from other places
there and act in such a way that
people say it is Ellenwood,
while it is not, and, in speaking of
j it, first stop and think who is it
that is carrying on this bad
{behavior. It is not the people
who live there at all. II is outsid
ers who go there and 1 don’t
think it right for those people to
bear the name.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. Jim BauknigV,
of The Rock, visited their net he ,v,
Mr.jL. M. Stephens, Sunday.
Mr. W. I. James is not so well
now. He has had a back set by
some means.
* •
Mrs. Marie Battle is doing very
nicely.
Old Uncle Allen Estes is still
very feeble.
Mr. Rob Morris, of Atlanta, vis
ited his aunt, Mrs. M. V. Morris,
of Conley, Saturday and Sunday.
On the third of October there
will be an all day service at Tan
ner’s church. It is called the
home-coming of the church. Ev
erybody is cordially invited to
come and Im with us.
shall consist of a president, first
vice president, a second vice-presi
dent, a third vice-president, from
the state at large, and a fourth
vice-president, a secretary manag
er, a treasurer and an executive
committe of fifteen members.
“A vice president of the chamb
er from each county in the state
will be named by the executive
committee, whose duty it shall, be
first to confer jj with the
various commercial organizations
before making their selection.
Standing Committees.
“The following standing com
j mittees shall be appointed by the
! executive committee at each an
nual meeting, viz: An auditing
committiee of three members, and
' t..e committee on resolutions of
five members; and the tollowing
committees of fifteen members
each: on manufactures, on agricul
ture and farm life.on state publici
ty,on resolutions, an education, on
health and sanitation, on legislati
on, on rinance, on good roads.
•‘The executive committee shall
have authority from time to time
to appoint such other special com-
I mittees as may bejdeemed neces
sary.
“Meetings of the Georgia Cham
er of Commerce shall be held at
such times and places as the ex
ecutive committee may determine,
but al least one meeting shall be
held each year in the month of
May, which shall be known as
the annual membership meeting.’ t
M.OO A YEAR
