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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1917)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLIII. Enthusiastic Mass Meeting Held At Court House Tuesday After noon. County Fair Association Organized And Officers Elected. ~ v The Henry County Fair is now assured. Through the efforts of our County Agent, Mr. Hancock, a mass meeting was called together for the purpose of organizing a County Fair, to be held next fall. The exact date has not been decided upon. The fair will 'probably cover a period of three or more days. Details will be given out later. The weather kept most of the farmers at work on the farms, but in spite of this, there were several present. Officers were elected as follows:- Mr. A. G Combs of Locust Grove, President. Mr. A. C. Norman of Ola, Ist Vice President. Mr. J. D. Bowen of near Stockbridge, 2nd Vice President. Mr. A. G. Harris of McDonough, 3rd Vice President. Mr. Mat Harris of Hampton, 4th Vice President, A. L. Fouche of McDonough, Secretary and Treasurer. A committee was then appointed to report on expense items, prem-' iums, attractions, etc. This committee is composed of Messrs. B. L. Hancock, Chairman, J. I£. Hooten, D. T. Carmichael and J. T. Weems. Another meeting will be called on Tuesday, April 17th. Several good suggestions were made, which only emphasizes the great interest and enthusiasm manifested. Premiums will be announced at an early date. Watch for them. AND DON’T FORGET-EVERYBODY— BEAFAI RBOOSTER. NOTICE. As the U. S. Revenue law for bids physicians aod druggists buy-- ing alcohol for any puroose unless they have a revenue license, and notice of same published in their county paper, we give notice that we have such license. The Georgia prohibition law provides that a licensed prescrip tion clerk, working for a drug store carrying a revenue license, may fill prescriptions for alcohol, written by reputable physicians, provided the amount does not ex ceed eight ounces, and that the prescription is written while the phtient is being treated by said physician. Provided, further, that said prescription shall be register ed with the Ordinary of the coun ty written ten da>s from date filled. A$ a matter of accommodation, to the physicians and their pa tients, we assume the responsibil-* ity and meet the requirements. Respectfully, Horton Drug Co. Statement Of the ownership, management, etc., of the Henry County Weekly, McDonough, Ga., as required by act of-Congress Aug. 24, 1912. Owner, Mrs. Annie M. Nolan, Guardian, McDonough, Ga. Editors and Publishers, J. A. & A. L. Fouche, McDonough, Ga. Bondholders, mtg’s, etc., none. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonQugh and Henry County. McDonough school news — BY HELEN TURNER • The entire school enjoyed a holiday Friday, on account of the teacher's institute which met in I McDonough that day. A very de- I lightful dinner was served on the 1 school grounds to the visiting ! teachers. The entire school is verv busy with spring work, and we regrr t to say some seem to be suffering from spiing fever. The Second grade is doing some ! very interesting work in their i reading. They are studying Holy I land, and have very interesting table and blackborad illustra tions in connection with this. The Seventh grade have been given lettuce and tomato plants which were planted in the school plots, foj home raising. They are to raise and sell them, and keep a careful estimte of their gains from each plant. They are also at work on their bird note books. The Eleventh grade, especially, is verv busy. They are putting all their extra time on preflerations for commencement. The Animal Study note books are very instructive as well as in teresting. They all show careful and painstaking work. Altogether they are a set any class might be proud of. Two of our teachers were absent a few days last week on account jof sickness, and we are glad they I are again with us. 0 McDonough, Georgia, Friday, aprjl 6, 1917 New Key Men The home friends of Mr. Dozier Fields will read with pleasure the i following from the Athens Banner this week, congratulating him up on the pronounced distinction won : The following seniors of the Uni versity or Gaorgiafwere Monday evening selected, ror high rank in scholarship, to membership in the Phi Kappa socjeiy—the high est honor of the kind college men may attain in American colleges : Eugene R. Black, Atlanta, Win. Parks Brooks, Athens; Roland Ellis, Jr., Macon; Dozier Nelson Fields, McDonough; Andrew Ste ward Harris, Atlanta; James A. Lowry, Augusta, .Howard Henry McCall, Jr., Atlanta; John Pendle ton Stewart, Atlanta; and William Osmonde White, Savannah. Membership in *tije society of the key is esteemfcjj in all the American Universities as the high est honor which ca,it «ome to a col lege man and only num •b-** from cLus jut each i ear may be chosen to mem bership —those who lead their classes through their college courses in scholarship. Death of Mr. Spalding After a lingering illness, Mr. C. L. Spalding died at his home in Me Donough at 12 o’clock on Sunday night last, having suffered a stroke of paralysis two or tnree years ago, from which he had since been confined to a rolling-chair. Mr. Spalding first came to serve as superintedent of the McDon ough Creamery Co., and won con fidence as a capable business man and honest, upright citizen. He had numerous friends in the city and community who extended sympathy in his unfortunate af fliction. Furneral servies was conducted from the Methodist church by Rev. H. S. SnYfth at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, and the remains inter red m McDonough cemetery. Mr. Spalding is survived by his wife and two daugthers, Mrs. J. J. Fisher and Miss Nannie Spalding. Death of Mrs. Mayson. The many friends of Mrs. J. W. Mayson, formerly Miss Clifford Zachry of Henry county, were pained to hear of her death, which occurred at her home in Decatur last week, after an illness of sev eral months. Mrs. Mayson was the daughter ,of the late Col. C. T. Zachry, and as a young lady was widely and popularly known in this county until her marriage to Dr. Mayson, when she moved to Decatur, where she has since lived. She was a sister of Mrs. Sidney Far rar of this city, and to the aged mother and other relatives much sympathy is extended. The re mains were laid to rest in Decatur beside her husband, who preceded j her last year. % To S. S. Superintendents of Henry County. At a meeting of the officers of the Henry county Sunday School Associatioh on Monday afternoon, it was decided to make special ef forts to work systematically to gether for this montn and on the first Sunday in in May so that we may report a Fr ont Line county To obtain a Front Line c :>unty, the general average of all the schools on the 10 points must be 80/f. Does this seem impossible to the superintendents of the dif ferent Sunday schools? If the town schools will average 100% and the country schools only aver age 75% that will ifiake it. The plan of publicity was thought to be best. Let each superinten dent check up Sunday and see the present standing of his school. Then, add one point during the next week. Report this to your Division President, and he will have same published ‘in paper. | Do tins as a matter of encourage ■ metrUTo your school and then as a | stimulus fo others. But best of all do it for the Master’s sake. If iwe would plan, hold director’s meetings,-advertise and put our selves into this great cause as we do into our daily business, would not God’s cause be carried forward ! speedily and His name honored? The weather is now getting fa vorable and we wish each Divis ion would have a meeting as soon as convenient. However, we must report on the Front Line Standard by first of May. We trust that each school will get busy and co operate with the officers in every way possible. Sincerely yours, J. J. Walker, Co. Chairman, MRS. MAHONE, Pres S. Div. T. J. Horton, Pres. E. Div. P. S. The Northern Division holds its meeting at Bethany church Sunday Bth instant. We hope to have a great day. Come. U. S. Naval Recruiting Station 514 P. 0. Building Atlanta, Ga. v V - . The following telegram has just been received from the Navy De partment:- March 31, 1917. ‘Thirtv-eight thousand, five hundred additional men are needed immediately to fill Navy’s emergency comolement. A quota of twelve hundred has been assigned to this station to be supplied by April twentieth.” We hope that Henry county will do her part in helping to defend this country. Enlist Now. Your country needs you. Card of Thanks. We wish to exoress our sincere thanks to our friends for the floral offering and all the kindness shown in any way during the sick ness and death of our beloved ’son, Bert. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Powell. The Woman’s Club Was entertained in a very enjoya ble manner Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Rolf Sims and Mrs Hugh Turner. Plans for the district meeting, to be held May Ist, were dismissed and decided upon. This meeting will have representatives from some very flourishing Wo man’s Clubs in Georgia, and a number of very prominent ladies will be present, so the whole town should feel interested to make our little city appear at its best at this lane. We must not forget that this week is our Clean-Up time, and the whole town is expected to lake advantage of it. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. Will Peace’s home. PROGRAM. Answer roll call with Govern- ors of Georgia. Papers on the lives of three of our greatest men. Bishop Pierce Mrs. Horace Smith. Sidney Lanier —Mrs. E. M. Smith Reading —Mrs. Ralph Turner Uucle Remus (Joel Cnmidler Harris) —Mrs. Dec Tolleson Reading—Mr . Adam Sloan Parliamentary Drill —Mrs. Hank insen. ( Dixie —Chorus Great Game A great baseball g : e will be played in Locust Grove on the coming Monday at 3:30 sharp : You.come and see ! Rev. Frank Fleming will be seen in action for the first time on the local diamond. You haven’t any idea what a fine article of bail can out up by L»r. R. F. Smith, Mr. Andy Combs, Mr. Tom Williams, Mr. Jerry Walker, r m and Mr. John Brown—until you come and see. And all for the benefit of the new Baptist Church. The aggregation which lias the courage to lace this formidable nine is the local Grammar School;* and, led by Prof. Cates, these young Americans will give battle to the rising hosts, all brothers in the same cause. All of the sponsors are .to occupy special seats, and their colors are the Red White and Blue. Hurrah for the Flag!* If you don’t believe our fathers and grand-fathers the true fightin’ spirit, if you doubt these Rebels were true blue, then be on hand Monday at 3:30 sharp and witness the most wonderful game of the season. You want to know who wiil play on the ‘old man’s’ team or the ‘bachelors,’ or anything you want to call this squad, there’s nothing in a name (as Confucius said 500 B. C.) and those who have offered their ser vices to the cause are the follow ing: R. F. Smith, Rev. I. G. Walk er, J. L. Gardner, A. G. Combs, J. F. Upchurch, Tom Williams, Jerry Walker, Welcome Smalley, R. B. Plymale, H. B. C ason, Otis Watson, John Brown, Lon Pitts, Tom Har kins, Dr. Crawford, Dr. A. J. Combs, Sam Gardner, and Frank Fleming. Charges, ten and fifteen cents. $1.50 A YEAR
