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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1917)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLI!I. Gen. Crowder's Ruling Favors Married Men. 47 Dependent Cases Are Passed Upon by the North Georgia District Board, and 34 of Them Granted in Atlanta Monday Judge Reagan Wed Pleased With Action of the Board. Influenced bv the draft ruling made public Sunday to the effect that all exemption boards should be extremely careful not to refuse exemption to married men or the head of a family where hardship would result, the north Georgia district exemption board, in ses sion yesterday, showed a marked tendency to release men from mil itary service under circumstances which might heretofore have cer t.ried them for the draft army. The board passed upon 50 cases, of which number 17 were filed upon grounds of dependents. Thirty-four of these cases were excused and 13 certified for serv ice. Of the 47 cases appealed on grounds of dependents, 36 were filed on claims of dependent wives and children, and only six were refused exemption. Eleven cases were appealed on grounds of de pendent parents and five were granted exemptions. The first alien case to come be fore the board was turned down Monday, when Angeloe Grenga, 20 Perry street, Newnan, Ga., was refused exemption sought on this ground. Other claims passed up on were an appeal on grounds of Singing Conventions. The Bth annual session of the Henry County Singing Convention will convene with Bethany-church 4 miles east of McDonough on Thursday and Friday, Sep. 6 and 7. This doubtless will be one of; the best sessions of this conven tion as Bethany has some of the best people in the county, and when it comes to entertaining a convention, “they are there with the goods.” Some of the best leaders in the state will be invited to attend this session. Let all the churches, Sunday schools and singing classes in the county elect their messengers and lets have a good time and a great convention. Also the High Falls Musical Con vention will convene with Sharon church 7 miles east of McDonough on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14 and 15. Sharon church intends making this one of the best sessi ons of this great convention. This convention is composed of the counties of Henry, Butts, Jasper and New'ton. Elect your messeng ers for this convention and come and let’s have a great convention. A. C. Norman. Biggest Revival in Four Years at Luella Church Rev. Paul V. Berry of McDon ough Assisted the pastor of Luella church, Rev. Collier of Calhoun, Ga., in a revival last week. Rev. Berry went down on Monday, re turning Saturday. The meeting closed Friday night, much up lifted spiritually, with the addi tion of seven members to be bap tized on the third Sundav in Sep tember. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. physical disability, which was de nied, and three agricultural claims, two being granted discharges un til December 1, and the third de nied. Hitherto the board has granted very few exemptions even in de pendent cases, and it is evident that the ruling ot General Crowder to the effect that heads of families or husbands should not be refused exemption, where the wife would have to go to work to suoport herself or her family, or where the least hardship would be creat ed for the wife or family, is in a large measure responsible for the new course of action. In speaking of the new policy inaugurated bv the board, Judge E. J. Reagan, Chairman of the board, stated that he was much pleased with the action of the board on Monday and that the course taken was one he had al ways favored. —Monday’s Consti tution. Judge Reagan was at home a day or two the past week, and stated that the necessary appoint ment of a new secretary had han dicapped the work of the board for several days. Dies Suddenly. Mr. Henry S. Rowan, Sr., died very suddenly at his home in Flip pen last Thursday, no immediate cause of his death being known. For some years he had been in feeble health, but had been «ut as usual and in the best of spirits the day before. Therefore when he complained of feeling unwell only a short while, his sudden death was quite a surprise and shock. Mr. Rowan was sixty-three or four years old, and is survived only bv his wife and one brother, Mr. George of the upper portion of the county. He was a quiet, good citizen, honest in all his dealings, and was held in high est esteem by numerous friends. Much sympathy is extended the bereaved wife in her sad loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Fiippen cemetery Friday morning. To White School Trustses. The Board of Education invites and urges you to meet with them on first Tuesday in September. The purpose of this joint meeting is to get better acquainted person ally, to understand better your privileges and commissions, to try to secure loyal co-operation from the patrons, to lovingly and heart ily support the teachers, but to re quire conscientious work done by them, and to see that the children get the very best spiritual and in telectual training possible. Again we urge that every Trus tee be present. T. J. Horton C. s. S. McDonough, Georgia, Friday, august 31, 1917, CERTIFIED LIST. The following 120 names is a list of those certified by the coun ty board from the first call. A number of applications for exemption have been filed, but it is not known just when they can be passed upon by the State board. It is thought Henry coun ty’s quota will be secured when the full list is completed however. Dock Welder. Lnellu Warren Thurman, Lnella Roy Leonard Smith, Stock bridge Oscar Lee Thompson. McDonough Fletcher Davis, Rex John Marion Pearson. Hampton Osburn Carmichael, Stockbridge Ed Williams, Flippen Thomas J. Morris, Locust Grove John Mclntyre, Stockbridge Oliver Glover, Loonst Grove Lem Rolling, Stockbridge Daniel (). Lurch, Flippen Oliver Fletcher, Locust Grove Otis Willis. Hampton Tinker Hartsfield) Russell H Elliott, McDonough Will Harris, Locust Grove Charlie Johnson, McDonough Edward Grubbs, Hampton \ViHi«- F. Andrews, McDonough Joe Fonder, William Kelley, Locust Grove Thomas Carmichael, McDonough Frank Henderson, Hampton K. H. Bowden, McDonough* I). C. Collins. Stockbridge T. E. Hammock, Locust (4r >ve Monroe Harris, Stockbridge Hal Johnson, McPoimugh Lawvor Wiggef-. S'.ockbridge Isaac Stroud. McDonough Garfield Walker. Cordele VV. H. Woodward, McDonough Henry Echols, Hampton. Richard Raglan. Stockbridge Will Gaither, McDonough Geo. Godfrey, R.*x Lutlier T. Win faker, McDonough Rufus H. Greer, Jr., Alonza W. Rape, Ste Vandigriff, Frank Harper, Rllenwood Eugene Harper, Fiippen John W. Stallings. McDonough Fred Har-is, Fiippen Ernest Gibson, Stockbridge Oscar Gird Smith, Locust Grove George Matthews, Lnella Anay Matthews, Locust Grove Frank Moody, Stock bridge Arthur Welch, Egbert R. Ward, Phellie Grayham, Rex Ocnm Duffy, Fiippen William C. Hightower, Stockbridge Ernest Turner, McDonough Felix Fletcher, Locust Grove Emmet Seagravs. Hampton Troy Bradley. Locust Grove George Allen, Hampton George Duffy, Fiippen Enzie Glass, Ulesses Glover Locust Grove Cliff Barnes, McDonough Oscar B. Cash, Ellen wood James W. Mitchell, Hampton Lovett Williamson. McDonough Lee Adam Roseberry, Stockbridge Wilber Phillips, Locust Grove Walter Barnes, McDonough Harvey Dickson, Robert Fears, Will Smith, Clarence Miller, Clifford Archer, Hampton Henry Reed. McDonough Roy Reed, Stockbridge Douglas Carriker, Hamptom Owen Holomon Calloway, Lovejoy Wiley L. Black. McDonough Enlise Smith. James Aroe Raglan. Stockbridge Charles Austin. McDonough Oliver Glenn, pjippen Jim Stillwell, McDonough Rov Williams. Locnst Grove Robt F. Puckett. Stockbridge Cloma C. Moss, McDonough Another Interesting Letter from Rev. Joseph R. Hood. Pays The Weekly High and Appreciated Compli ment, While Writing Interesting Reminiscences of Many Well Known Henry County Citizens in the Former Days of Her History. Wedowee, Ala., Aug. 27, 1917. Editors, Henry County Weekly, McDonough, Ga., Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your issue of the 24tii inst. in which you kindly published my article on Temper ance Reform, and my claim to be ing the senior living apostle of prohibition. Sincerely thanking you for Ihe kindpess thus shown, 1 wish also to congratulate you on publishing a paper thoroughly tidy in appear ance, perfect in mechanism, clean, sober, and highly commendable in its contents, worthy of a place in any home in America or else where. I feel proud of it as a product of the countv where 1 lived for ten years of my life, em bracing that period of life when affection takes hold never to relax its hold. In the days spoken of in the ar ticle you have so kindly published, when in my boyhood, I voluntarily gave battle Ip the, forces of King Alcohol, Solomon Odell, a Method ist minister, of Beersheba in the eastern part of your county, was County Lecturer and organizer for The Sons of Temperance in Henry county, Colonel Doyl, a leading attorney of McDonough, also a leading Baptist minister, was District Lecturer and organ izer, Dabney Jones, a Methodist minister of Palmetto, was a State Lecturer, and General John G. Floyd, a leading Jurist and also a Methodist minister of Covington, was Grand State Lecturer and or ganizer for Georgia. These men and many others of their kind gave me hearty recognition as a We have just received car of Weber Wagons. Will be glad to show them to you. B. B. Car michael & Sons Co. J. T. Holland, Stockbridge Cornelius Selfridge, Luella Clurk Usher, McDonough Clarence Wise. William A. Tnrner, Hampton John Jesse Crumble/, Lemon Walker, Jim Thrasher, Fiippen Ernest Walker, Locust Grove Emmet Btilwell, McDonough William Jones, R. H. Payne, Claud Adkins, Willie McClain, Lnella Elija A. Fields, McDonough Alex Williams, Hampton Andrew Johnson. McDonough Emory Lee Jeff ares, Son Pope. Hampton James H. Jones. Lovejoy Wesley G. Smith, Locust Grove Habert Brown, McDonough John Swann. Rex Julius Foster, Rex C. W. Chappell, Lnella f. L. Upchurch, Locust Grove Newton V. Lumsden, McDonough Frank Wvatt, Fiippen Robert Hardy. McDonough Clifford Price. McDonough Vanie Russell. Locust Grove temperance advocate. The recog nition, encouragement and associ ation these good men gave me in those early days of my life have been very helpful to me in all my endeavors since then. It has been sixty two years since I moved from Henry to Carroll county, thirty one years since 1 paid my only visit back to Ikmry* stopuing at Stockbridge. I preach ed twice for Rev. T. H. Timmons and his Presiding Elder, Rev. Mr. Bryant and met a number of old acquaintances, among them were Mr. Ward, an old college mate find Thomas Lewis whom 1 had pre viously known in the Beersheba. community. Between Stockbridge and McDonough I preached twice for Brother Harwell, one of the tall twin brothers of the north Georgia conference with whom I had previous acquaintance. In McDonough I met many former acquaintances. Prominent among them was Levy Turner, so long Sheriff of your county. At Sandy Ridge, Snapping Shoals, I}■ i Shoals and Worlhville I met nu merous old Iriends and acquaint ances. I spent the following Sun day in Jasper county and preach ed at New Rocky Creek Baptist church for their pastor, Brother Greer, a former comrade in arms and member of Cobb’s Georgia Legion. With unabating love for all kin dred ties and hearty good wishes for the entire citizenship of Henry countv, wishing the editors health and The Henry County Weekly continued success, I am most respectfully, Joseph R. Hood. Southern Mills Increase consumption of cotton m Southern mills during the twelve months ended July 31 exceeded that in all other states by nvare than a million bales,” says Presi dent Harrison, of the Southern Railway System. “The report of the United State* Census Bureau for the cotton sta tistical year shows that the suite in cotton-producing states cao sumed 3,901,413 bales, as compar ed with a consumption of 2,899,77 i bales in the mills of all other states. The increase for the year in Southern mills was 373,885 bales, or nearly 11 per cent, as compared with an increase of 29,- 600 bales or barely one per cent in other states. “The growth of the cotton man ufacturing industry in the South mav be said to date from 188 G, in which year Southern mills con sumed but 188,748 bales, while the consumption in all other stales was 1,381,596 bales. A compari son of these figures with those of the year just ended shows an in crease of 1,966 per cent in the Southern mills and but 155 per cent in the mills of other states** $1.50 A YEAR
