The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLI.
GEORGIA GO-TO-SUN
DAY-SCHOOL DAY
The Governor Issues a Procla
mation, February 13th Is
the Day Set Apart.
The Georgia Sunday School As
sociation which is a co-operative
organization of the Sunday schools
in the State, irrespective of de
nomination, and whose object is
helpful and brotherly co-opera
tion for more and better Sunday
schools, months ago agreed on
February 13th as Georgia Go-To-
Sunday-School Day. The indica
tion is for a record breaking at
tendance in the Sunday schools of
all denominations throughout the
State.
The information comes that
more than one thousand Sunday
schools have already indicated
willingness to use the program
which is being furnished free by
the Georgia Sunday School Asso
ciation, 1519 Hurt building, Atlan
ta, Ga.
The Governor of the State has
issued the following proclamation,
the first in the history of Georgia
on Sunday Schools:
“To the People of Georgia—
“ Whereas the supreme need of
our State today is the spread of a
true intelligence among its citi
zens which shall direct the forces
that make for character; and.
“Whereas one of the noblest
means of disseminating this intel
ligence and building up a charac
ter in keeping with the teachings
of a trne Christianity is the Sun
day school day; and,
“Whereas the first State-wide
Georgia Go - To - Sunday - School
Day was marked with success on
February 14, 1915, at which time
Sunday school attendance was
greatly increased; and,
“Whereas in an effort to in
crease Bible study and produce
Christian citizenship, the Georgia
Sunday School Association has
appointed February 13, 1916, as
a Georgia Go-To-Sunday-School
Day; and,
“Whereas the Sunday schools
of all denominations will observe
this day with appropriate exercis
es and are issuing invitations to
ali our citizens to attend Sunday
school; and,
“Whereas it is desirous that all
those who feel an interest in the
welfare of the State should work
in harmony to produce the best
results in citizenship.
“Therefore, I, Nat E. Harris,
Governor of the Commonwealth
of Georgia, call upon all Georgians,
as well as visitors within our bor
ders, to attend Sunday school in
the church of their choise on Feb
ruary 13, 1916, that those engaged
in carrying on these schools may
receive due encouragement and
find the work of their hands pros
pering in the service of their God.
“In testimony whereof, I have
caused these letters to he made
patent and the seal of the Com
monwealth to be hereunto affixed.
Done at Atlanta, Ga , on this 2nd
day of February, 1916, and of the
Independence of the United States
the one hnndred and fortieth.
“Nat E. Harris,
“Philip Cook, “Governor.”
“Secretary of State.”
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
Mr. Q. A. Dickson.
About 10 o’clock last Friday
morning, Mr. Q. A. Dickson died
at his home just north of McDon
ough.
For the past year or more Mr.
Dickson had been subject to pa
raltic symptoms, at times suffering
attacks which rendered his family
and friends uneasiness. While at
the breakfast table last Thursday
morning he was suddenly strick
en, gradually sinking until the
end came.
Mr, Dickson was born and rear
ed in Henry county, where he was
well known to a large circle of
friends, as a useful upright and
honorable citizen. He would have
been 63 years of age next May,
most of his life being spent in
farming. Twelve years ago last
October he was appointed as rural
mail carrier by the government,
which position he faithfully filled,
making friends of all along the
route, who will remember his ser
vices with gratitude.
Mr. Dickson was married twice,
his wives being sisters, Misses
Sophia and Ella Stewart, daugh
ters of the lamented Allen Stew
art. He is survived by the latter,
ten living children and three sis
ters.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. H. S. Smith, assisted
by Rev. J. M. Gilmore, at the Meth
odist church Saturday morning,
in presence of a large number of
relatives and friends, and inter
ment was at the McDonough cem
etary.
Coker-Love.
A pleasant surprise marriage to
their friends was that of Miss
Ethel Coker to Mr. Otis Love, at
the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coker, a few
miles west of McDonough, last
Sunday morning.
As a young lady, Mrs. Love at
tracted many friends and admirers,
the groom being a well known,
energetic young man, and i’iie
Weekly joins their numerous
friends in wishing them all the
pleasurers and happiness of life.
Notice.
If the lady who, on January sth,
representing herself to he Miss
Ellison and had bill of goods
charged to Mr. Ras Dickerson
pays for them we will drop the
matter; if rot, we will prosecute
t ie case.
T. A. SLOAN & 00.,
McDonough, Ga.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to extend our heart
felt thanks and appreciation to
our friends, and especially the
kind physician, postmaster, and
rural carriers for their kindnesses
shown us during the illness and
death of our dear husband and
father. Mrs. Q. A. Dickson and
children.
Mr. T. 0. Plunkett, Farm Dem
onstration Agent of the Southern
Railway, and Mr. \V. J. Sheely,
Field Agent, were interesting call
ers at The Weekly office Wednes
day morning. They were accom
panying the road’s exhibit train,
which is creating much interest
on a tour over its lines just now.
Mr. Plunkett is an old newapaper
man, as well as a former leading
Texas farmer.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, February n, i9i6.
SHORT CAMPAIGN
FOR NOMINATION.
Friday, March 31st, the Date
of Primary s£t for
County Officers.
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At a meeting of the • Henry
County Democratic Executive
Committee, held ii* the court
house last Saturday, iv*short cam
paign was settled for, the primary,
which was apparently in accord
ance with a general Preference of
both voters and candidates.
A good number of committee
members were in attendance and
proceedings were haruiinous.
Full particulars are given in the
following official report furnished
The Weekly:
Be it resolved by the Democrat
ic Executive Committee of Henry
County, Georgia, that a white
Democratic primary be held in
and for said county on Friday,
March 31, 1916, for the nomina
tions of candidates for the follow
ing offices to-wit:
Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior
Court, Sheriff, Treasurer, County
Commissioner, Tax Receiver, Tax
Collector, Coroner, Surveyor and
County Superintendent of Edu
cation. . .
2. That in said p:fii**try elec-.
| lion all qualified white- «vs£Ky*js
j whose names are Oil I
| lion lists of* 1914/, ftrfSgivho ha\%
since that time registered up to
i March 21st, 1916, are entitled to
i participate.
| 3. That at said primary elec
tion the candidate receiving the
highest number, or a plurality of
tiie votes shall be declared the
nominee for the office for which
he was a candidate.
4. In Order to defray the ex
penses of said election the follow
ing assessements are made:
Ordinary $15.00
Clerk 15.00
Sheriff 15.00
Treasurer 15.00
County Commissioner. 15.00
Tax Receiver 10.00
Tax Collector 10.00
Surveyor
Coroner
Supt. of Education 10.00
That before the name of any
candidate shall be placed, the of
ficial ballot, he must pay the Sec
retary of this committee the above
assessed on or by noon on March
15th 1916, and any candidate for
any office who fails to pay said
fee by the above prescribed time
shall not be eligible to candidacy
in said primary, and the votes
cast for him shall not be counted.
Noon March 15th 1916, will close
the entries for said primay and
any candidate who has not quali
fied at that time will not have his
name entered upon the official
ballot.
5. Resolved further, that the
Democratic Executive Committee
meet at'the Court House in Mc-
Donough, Georgia, on Saturday
April Ist 1916, to consolidate the
vote cast in said primary election
and declare the result, said consol
idation to take place at ten o’clock
a. m.
Resolved that a copy of this
resolution be published in the
Henry County Weekly.
T. J. Brown, Chm’n.
C. C. FARGASON, Sect,
Candidates Announce.
Since the action of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee last
Saturday, the campaign for coun
ty officers has opened in a real
rush, and a glance at our an
nouncement column shows that
the race from now on will be a
lively one.
Not quite fifty days are left as
pirants to present their claims to
the people, so their work must be
fast, to get entirely over the
county.
From the number of good men
who have announced their candi
dacy, time and space forbid de
served comment on each one sep
arately. They are among the
county’s best citizen’s, who will
bring to their support numbers of
loyal friends.
Rumors of others vet to come
are plentiful, hut the list of entries
in addition to last week so far is
as follows:
For Ordinary—A. G. Harris.
For Clerk —H. C. Hightower.
For Sheriff—W. A. Ward.
For Commissioner John Bry
ans, W. B. J. Ingram, T. C. Kellev,
and J. H. Varner.
For Treasurer —W. F. Hand.
For Receiver —H. W. Carmi
chael, A. W. Sherwood, and L. P.
V"'“-
j|ool Superintend
ent-ffc*o. and T. J. Hor-
For Coroiier —J. S. Barnett.
Want Judge Reagan For
Delegate-At-Large.
At a meeting of the Henry coun
ty democratic committee, Judge
E. J. Reagan chairman of the state
democratic executive committee,
was indorsed for delegate-at-large
from the state of Georgia to the
national democratic convention,
which meets in June. It is said
that there is little doubt that
Judge Reagan will get one of the
four delegate places from Georgia.
Action of the Henry county
committee is the first official ac
tion indorsing any candidate as a
member of the Georgia delega
tion. Others who have been
mentioned as possible delegates
are J. R. Gray, of Atlanta, and H.
H. Dean, of Gainesville. —Atlanta
Constitution.
Be a Man.
“Whatever you are,” the bishop
saia to the young preachers,
“don’t be a mollycoddle. A mol
lycoddle is Jnot a peril to the
church, but he is a pest. A world
ly-minded, flunkeving preacher,
crawling and cringing before a
board of stewards, half of whom
are card players and stock gam
blers, is a disgrace to the church.
You get your authority not from
your board of stewards, but from
the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.—
Macon Telegraph.
This is an extract from an ad
dress to the new Methodist
preachers by Bishop Kilgo. There
is a lot of truth and gumption
packed into a few words here.
The preacher who accomplishes
things is the one that asserts his
authority and runs the church in
stead of letting it run him. —Sa-
vannah Press.
NATURAL PRODUCT
IN THIS STATE.
Commissioner Warns Farmers
Against Use of Substitutes
for Potash.
The following excerpt from a
letter sent out by Commissioner
of Agriculture J. D. Price, will be
of interest the farmers of this
county:
“1 particularly want to warn the
farmers of Georgia against using
substitutes for potash, unless they
really know what these substitutes
are and what they will do. We
have a natural product in Georgia
which all farmers have been us
ing for many years with good re
sults, namely, cotton seed meal.
“The mixture of cotton seed
meal and acid phosphate in prop
er proportions makes a good fer
tilizer, but naturally under pres
ent conditions, the farmer is just
ly alarmed at the prices of these
products which are unprecedent
edly high. But, considering the
high pcice of cotton, seed and that
of acid car. a 1 by the European
war, we can readily understand
why this product costs more than
it did before.
“Every farmer knows there is
some potash in cotton seed meal.
It may be gathered from the State
Chemist’s assertion published in
the department’s fertilizer bulle-
that tne average amount rtf
potash in cotton seed meal is 1.8
per cent. Therefore, in calcula
ting the value of cotton seed ineal,
it is necessary to multiply the ni
trogen content by the value of
nitrogen ruling for the season,
namely, $4 per unit this year, as
against $3.80 last year, and adding
|to this result $13.50 to cover the
| value of 1.8 p r cent of potash cal
culated last season at $1 50 per
unit, and this year at not less than
$6, and 2.7 per cent phosphoric
acid calculated last \ ear at 70
cents per unit and this year at sl.
Standard meal contains 6.18 per
cent nitrogen, equivalent to 7 12
per cent ammonia, while high
grade meal must contain not less
than 6.60 per cent nitrogen, equiv
alent to 8 per cent ammonia.
“Taking this average content of
cotton seed meal, vou can clearly
see from this calculation that the
chemist considers cotton seed
meal at the present prices of the
ingredients which it contains,
w r orth something like $35 per ton
fur fertilizing puposes.r
“This information is given to
you, Mr. Farmer, for such assist
ance as it may render you in the
matter of choosing the fertilizer
you will use this year. You will
understand that this department
cannot advertise or recommend
any particular commodity or ma
terial. Our duty is simply to
place before vou the facts.”
Tax Notice.
I deem it necessary to see as
many voters as possible, but in
doing so will not allow my duties
as Tax Receiver to suffer. I will
have Mr. J. C. Daniel in the office
to receive returns of any who
wish to make them, especially
Saturdays and public days.
H. W. CARMICHAEL.
SI.OO A YEAR
