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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XL!.
Memorial Exercises.
The Jefferson Davis Memorial j
Exercises will be held at the Pres- i
byterian church Saturday, June
3rd, at 2:30 g’clcck. Everyone,
is cordially invited to attend, as a
very aitraq|jve program has been
arranged.
Mr. R. 0. Bell, who is so ably
assisting Rev. Mr. Liddell in the
revival, has kindly consented to
sing, so it goes without saying,
that the audience will be amply
repaid for attending these exer
cises.
PROGRAM.
Song —“How Firm a Founda
tion.”
Invocation —Rev. J. M. Gilmore.
Song “Coming Thro’ the
Rye,” Miss Annie G. Thompson.
Cornet Solo —Rev. M. C. Lid
dell.
Vocal Duet—Mrs. J. M. Gilmore
and Miss Ida Lou Tarpley.
Violin Medley —H. M. Tollesou
and Edwin Rape, Miss Thompson,
pianist.
Address —Prof. T. J. Horton.
Vocal Solo —Mr. R. 0. Bell.
Delivery of Crosses.
Song—‘‘Abide With Me.”
Benediction —Rev. M. C. Liddell.
Attention, Veterans
The Confederate veterans who
made application for crosses of
honor will receive same, if pres
ent, at the Jefferson Davis Memo
rial Exercises Saturday afternoon,
June 3, at the- Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. T. J. Patterson,
President U. D. C.
Singing at Bethany.
There will be a singing at Beth
any church next Sunday after
noon, a number of good leaders
have been invited, and it is also
expected to have several different
instruments in connection with
the song service. The services
will begin early in the afternoon,
and everybody is cordially invited.
Tom Wall Returns
Mr. Tom Wall has returned
home from Atlanta, where he
was in the employment of a large
cotton firm .some time, and is now
keeping books for B. B. Carmi
chael & Sons Co. Mr. wall is an
excellent office man, and this live
firm is fortunate in again securing
his services. His friends also wel
come his return to McDonough.
Card to the Public.
To My Friends in McDonough and
Henry County:
I have leased The Fov Hotel at
Indian Springs and am now open
for the summer and will be glad
to see any of my friends at any
time. _
The Foy as you know is a nice
little place, sixty rooms, running
w’ater in every room, electric fans
in dining room, and Jias every
modern convenience.
I am going to operate this on a
high class plan, with good meals,
at popular prices, namely fifty
cents a meal, $2.00 per day or
SIO.OO per week. I have a de
lightful place to dance and a New
Victrola with all the new music.
v I hope every person coming to
Indian Springs will drop by to see
me if only for a few minutes.
Very truly,
Sherwood Thaxton, Prop.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
Cotton Pest Proves
To Be “Pea Weevil”
Jackson, Ga., May 29. —A re
port from State Entomologist E.
Lee Worsham declares that the
bug recently found here and be
lieved to be the Mexican boll wee
vil, was not the boll weevil, but
the “pea weevil.” Butts county
farmers have been greatly inter
ested in Ihe matter since the boll
weevil was said to have been dis
covered in Henry county, and la
ter it was reported that the dread
ed pest had been located a few
miles from Jackson. A close
watch is being kept by farmers to
see if any more of the bugs are
found. —Special to Constitution.
Goes to First National
Mr. W. J. Greer lias accepted
the place of assistant cashier of
the First National Bank of McDon
ough, made vacant by the death
of Mr. Henry Woodward, entering
upon his duties June 1. Coupled
with fine business ability, Mr.
Greer’s experience admirably fits
him for this responsible position,
and he receives many congratu
lations. No announcament has
yet been made as to who will fill
Mr. Greer’s place with the Henry
County Supply Co.
A Handsome Home
Work has begun on the hand
some new residence of Mr. Ralph
Turner: It will be one of the
most attractive suburban homes
to be found anywhere when com
pleted, which will require till some
time in the fall.
Schedules Change
Schedules of through trains 5
and 6 on the were
changed last Sunday, making them
local by stops at ali stations, and
of course adding much to tire con
venience of passengers Going
south, arrive at McDonough 12:50
p. m., going north 3:20 p. m.
Regular Service
Rev. H. S. Smith will fill his
regular appointment at the Meth
odist church next Sunday morn
ing, but the night services will be
called in, to be with the Presby
terians in their meeting.
Stockbridge U. D, C.’s
To Picnic June 10th
The Joe Wheeler Chapter U.
D. C., of Stockbridge will have an
all day picnic at Hinton’s mill Sat
urday, June 10. They invite the
McDonough chapter and other
friends to meet them there. Ice
cream shall be sold in the after
noon by the Joe Wheeler Chap
ter. Mrs. Annie H. Swann,
Corresponding Sec.
Peace talk has been a promi
nent feature of daily news for
some days. From all quarters
interest centers upon President
Wilson as the great head to which
the nations will turn. •
For Congress
I am a candidate for tlie Demo
cratic nomination for Congress for
the Sixth Congressional District of
Georgia, subject- to snch rnles and
regulations as the Executive Com
mittee may provide governing the
primary.
1 appreciate the past kindness of
the people of the District to me, and
assure yon that I will be very
grateful for vonr support.
J. tY. WISE.
AIcDONSUGh, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JUNE 2,1916
Sensational Reports
In Governor's Race
Tilt Atlanta correspondence of
the Macon Telegraph of Tuesday
'contained this breezy bit of guber
natorial gossip:
The report now comes from
seemingly reliable sources that
some State politics will be played
with the Fulton superior court cir
cuit solicitorship. It is that Solic
itor General Hug!, M. Dorsey has
about come to the decision that
he wiU not resign after all.
Heretofore, Mr. Dorsey has said
he would resign bis office before
this end of the term and has per
mitted the fixed impression that
the resignation -would come im
mediately on the heels of the lu
lled case, which .lately became one
case on an old 1914 indictment in
■ i.' * w • *
stead of eight cases on as many
new 1916 indictments.
But things appear to have
canged almost overnight.
Right on \hi heels of the an
nouncement that, through the
Doyle Campbell appointment to
succeed Joe Pottle in the Ocmul
gee solicitorship, Governor Harris
intends to take the gubernatorial
political war directly into ihe bail
iwick of his opponents, it is re
ported that somebody has awak
ended to the fact that a vacancy
in the Fulton circuit will make a
nice opening for something very
similiar to happen here.
But Mr.,Dorsep, it.is said now,
will not create the Opening—anoth
er plan has beerrarrAhjfed.
Wlien the present term of the
criminal branch of Fulton super
ior court completes its work that
court wiil go into a summer
recess. It will not reconvene un
til along in the early part of Sep
tember.
Thus Mr. Dorsey will have all
of July and August and a part of
June to run in iris campaign, and
by so doing a Harris appointee
will be kept out of office, and the
influence of the Harris appointee’s
friends will not be given the
ground to cut in on the Dorsey
gubernatorial race.
And so goes the game of poli
tics as pertaining to the courts of
the state.
But the real political bombshell
of the times, that so far has failed
to explode, is this:
Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Com
merce, now candidate for gover
nor, to run for congress in the
Ninth district to run against “Tom”
Bell, and to be given the backing
of the Hardwidk-Pottle support.
This is the gossip picked up
around the lobbies of a couple of
the hotels, both of them foregath
ering spots for politicians of the
state.
Its basis is said to be a confer
ence held in the Princeton hotel
the middle of the past week —and,
for fact, there was a political con
ference held at that hotel at the
time claimed, and Dr. Hardman in
that conference. With him, too,
were some of the state’s very
prominent political figures. And
another conference is to be held
there this week. Here’s the way
the story goes:
Judge “Plain Dick” Russell,
though he has not yet formally
announced, is to run against Con
gressman Bell. It *was for that
reason he decided to leave the
court of aopeals bench. “Bob”
Hodges, of Macon, was appointed
to succeed him and DuPont Guer-
Dixie Highway
Early Assured
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 1. —
The lost barrier to the construc
tion of the Dixie Highway between |
Nashville and Chattanooga, along!
the originally designated route;
has been removed, and there is !
nothing apparently now in the!
way for the speedy construction |
of this important link in the high- !
way. This was the glad tidings
which Judge M. M. Allison, presi
dent of the Dixie Highway Asso
ciation, brought back with him
from a trip to Nashville.
To the south of Chattanooga,
there is further rejoicing around
the headquarters of the Dixie
Highway Association, relative to
the passage of hills in Congress,
provide for the construction of
bridges over the St. Mary’s river
on the Ceniral division between j
Macon and Jacksonville, and over
the Satilia river on the Eastern
division between Jacksonville and
Brunswick, and that the commis
sioners of Nassau countv are pre
paring to surface their section of
the road on the Central division
from y»e St. Mary’s river to the
Duval county line.
With the passage of a $200,000
bond issue in Boone county, Ken
tucky, and a $300,000 bond issue
in the fourth road district in Bre
vard county, Florida, and the ex
cellent prospects for the passage
of the $1,500,000 bond issue in
Polk county, Florida, the Dixie
Highway, Association headquar
ters, in the last ten days, has been
the recipient of a veritable land
slide of good reports of results
accomplished from the work the
associolion has been carrying on
in counties in every State from
Michigan to Florida.
The Association confidently ex
pects to begin routing tourists
straight through over the Dixie
Highway, from the north to Flor
ida, this fall, according to V. D. L.
Robinson, of the Association.
ry to succeed “Bob” Hodges. They
were going to get behind Judge
“Plain Dick” up in the Ninth and
the race against Bell was to be a
warm affair.
Now the plan is, as the story
goes, practically to guarantee Dr.
Hardman’s election to congress if
he will come out of the gubernator
ial race;by the switch-about, throw
the Hardmn gubernatorial follow
ing Pottle and the whole ma
chine strength to Hardman in his
new race. This, it was calculated,
would virtually cinch the Pottle
election.
Nobodv.will admit he is “on the
inside” and stand sponsor for the
story to the extent of quoting by
name, but there is no secret in
lobby talk about it —and, as stat
ed there has been a political con
ference.
However, it is a striking fact
that immediately following that
conference, Dr. Hardman began a
campaign of right heavy newspa
per advertising of his campaign
for governor —two and three full
columns at a clip, in the Saturday
and Sunday Atlanta papers.
To Begin New Study
The Young People’s Mission
Class will meet on Saturday after
noon at four o’clock, at the borne
of Miss Nellie Newman. Let all
the members be present, as we
will begin a new study.
Presbyterian Meeting.
Tne meeting at the Pres
byterian church last week is still
in progress, with much interest
being manifest by large congre
gations in attendance.
Services are conducted by Rev.
M. C. Liddell, the pastor, whose
forceful sermons and earnest
work appeal strongly to his hear
ers in results of good. The music
is being led by Mr. R. 0. Bell, of
Rome, whose splendid voice and
experience add valuable assistance
and attraction to the meeting.
The beautiful spirit of unity among
all denominations of our people is
also a source of profit and great
good.
The services will continue
through Sunday at the usual
hours, 3:00 in the afternoon and
7:45 at night, possibly a few days
longer, with a cordial invitation
for the presence of all.
U. D. C. Flection.
At the May meeting of the C. T.
Zachry Chapter of U. D. C., which
was held at the Brown House May
25, the following officers were
elected for the new year:
President —Mrs. T. J. Patterson.
Vice Pres. —Mrs. J. A. Fouche.
2d Vice —Mrs. Sidney Farrar.
Registrar—Mrs. J. M. Gilmore.
Roc. Sec. —Mrs. F. M. Smith.
Cor. Sec —Mrs. E. M. Copeland.
Treas. —Mrs. J. G. Smith.
Historian —Mrs. J. F. Wall.
Custodian —Mrs. A. R. Scott.
Progress
The farmers are all rejoicing
over the rain. Cotton will move
right along, so will the grass.
Anyone wanting grass plants,
come to Progress plenty to
spare.
Mr. Tom Carnes and family of
Orr Station motored through here
Sunday on their way to Flippen.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Strickland
went to Hopewell Sunday and
heard a good sermon, deliv
ered by Rev. Bail Elliott.
Messrs. John Oakes, Marvin
Foster, and Martin Wilson at
tended children’s services at Flip
pen Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Adamson of
Morrow were in our community
Sunday.
Mr. Levy Strickland attended
preaching at Hopewell Sunday,
and spent the day with Mr. John
Gilbert.
Misses Annie and Mary Adam
son spent Sunday in Flippen with
relatives, and attended children’s
services. Mr. and Mrs. Adamson
motored down for them in the af
ternoon.
Misses Katie Exum, Annie and
Mary Adamson and Burmah
Strickland spent part of last week
in Jonesboro with Mr. and Mrs.
L. G. Strickland, and took in the
commencement and reported a
nice time.
Mr. Boyd Johnson of Cross
Roads was here a while Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Jessie Mitchell and Mr.
Edwin Floyd were happily mar
ried at the home of Mr. J. B. Row
an near Flippen Saturday night.
It was quite a surprise to their
many friends. Everyone wishes
them a long, happy and prosper
ous life. Kitty.
SI.OO A YEAR
