The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, December 21, 1917, Image 1
The Henry County Weekly A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. VOL. XLIII. HENRY COUNTY MEN CALLED TO REPORT Twelve Henry County Drafts men Leave Wednesday to Report for Training Service at Camp Gordon. Below is a list of twelve men some time ago certified by the lo cal Exemption Board of Henry county, and they left Wednesday in response to a telegram receiv ed last week calling them to re port for training service at Camp Gordon. Quite a number of ladies smd gentlemen assembled at the court house Wednesday morning to ex tend the soldier boys a farewell. Rev, J. M. Gilmore presided, Rev. H. S. Smith opening with a touch ing prayer, and Rev. M. C. Liddell made an impressive, patriotic ad dress. In behalf.of the Ladies’ Missionary Societies of the city, brother Gilmore in a feeling talk then presented each of the boys a Testament, the benediction was pronounced and they left on the morning train. Here’s to our gallant boys, with fervent good wishes that the best of all fortune and success may at tend them, in which every citizen of ol Henry unreservedly joins. Following are those called in the order named : George Godfrey. Troy Lee Evans. Raymond Pullin. David Timon Bowden. Harry Foster Smith. Charles New. James Henry Wallace. Hiram Dewitt Elliott. Geo. D. F. Abbott. Ephriam Lynch. John Hugh Craig. Ivan Chester Austin. Following is Rev. -Liddell’s ad dress : My Dear Young Countrymen: This is not the time nor place for spread-eagle oratory; we shall relegate that to 4th of July and other national holidays, which may in future be increased by one which will be kept alive in the minds of all true Americans the death of tyrany, brutality and im perialism, and birth of world-wide democracy, etc. We have met here to let you know how we feel towards you and all the sons of our great coun try, as you leave home, parents, friends, sweethearts, ease, pleas ures, duties, to enter into and aid in this" great world-conflict. You will be missed. Your bright intelligent faces and chery voices wiil not be seen and heard for a time, but blessed memory'will be kind to us and recall them ever and anon. You are making a move not of your own choice but compelled bv circumstances. Your* country has spoken. You are silent. It has called you to respond heartily. Your mothers did not rear you to be a military man —no, no. No mother rears her boy for the purpose of, mak ing him a target to be tired upon by a hostile people. But inas much as duty calls and you are to be a soldier, she had rather see you dead than know you for a coward. And you and I and all of us would rather die than be citizens of a country that has grown flab by with prosperity, that has so soon forgotten all the blood and tears that have been spilled to se cure to it the only boons that make -existence bearable. I speak of < : OBSERVER : > The Baptist Young Peoples’ Un ion of McDonough will render a special program at the Baptist church next Sunday night, taking the regular preaching hour, and a cordial invitation is extended Jo everybody to attend. Christmas “give.” Spareribs and backbone. Let’s go rabbit huntin’. Did you hit the ice trail ? Lots of cotton to pick yet. Pay The Weekly that dollar. War situation looking gloomy. A merry, merry Christmas to our good editor, and to each of the correspondents, and to every reader of The Weekly, and to eve ry little boy and girl, and when you little tots hear old Santa Claus come tumbling down the chimney, don’t get scared, for he is the same old Santa Claus that used to come to see mamma and papa. A merry Christmas to everybody, and may the year 1918 bring many blessings to us. liberty of speech, press, consience. And you and I and all of us had rather die than be known as mem bers of an inferior race. Remem ber Nathan Hall, Patrick Henry, Sergeant Jasper, and others. It is not an easy thing to die for one’s country. It will be terrible to pass through the horrible shell tire. But you had rather do that than be cowering behind the scat tered fragments of your fellows who faced the foe bravely, and you yourself be called a scab, slacker, scalawag, although safe physically. It may be that the lovely daugh ters of AmericaAvill not fall on your neck and kiss you and weep tears of sorrow; they may not cheer you as you go away to bat tle, but there are two figures who ever stand emblazoned in our memories. One stands at the en trance of N* j w York harbor, with a torch in her hand —the Statue of Liberty. The other is stand ing one foot upon the shore of the United States of America, the other on the S *a, in one hand the sword, the other Old Glory, who is seeking to become mother to a new era in the world's history, to give all men Justice, Liberty, Equality. Some tilings you will get out cf being a soldier boy in the Ameri can army: It will he a great schooling for you; it will give von bodily strength; it will teach you courage, how to be a man; it will teach you how to die; it will teach you how to live. So he died for his faith? That is fine. More tha n ih‘ j jnost of us do But say, can you add to that line That he lived for it too? In his death he bare witness at last As a martyr to truth. Did his life do the same in the past From the days of his youth? It is easy to die. Men have died For a wish or a whim, From bravado, or passion’s pride. Was it harder for him? But to live, every day, to live out All the truth that he dream'fit. While his friends saw his conduct with doubt, And the world with contempt. Was it thus he plodded ahead, Never turning aside? Then we’ll talk of the life that he lived*. Never mind how he died. Some of vou are going away clean, pure. Come back that way. Keep thyself pure. Aim at noble, great things. We are proud of you. God bless you and be with you till we jneet again. FOR SALE. Good house and lot in Locust Grove, containing about one acre. MRS. S. A. SMITH, Hampton, Ga. McDonough, Georgia, Friday. December 21, 1917. Red Cross. Tlie Henry county Red Cross workers have finished and ship ped their quota of Christmas box es. A number of trench candles have also been made, and the sur gical dressings and hospital gar ments continue to come in satis factorily. The women are putting in every spare minute of their time, are regularly at their posts, and are dispensing work with all possible speed. The membership campaign is now on, and will continue until Christmas eve. The least one can do for the absent soldiers and sailors is to become a member of this organization. It is the plan of the committee to extend the Red Cross work into every com munity, and each resident of Hen ry county should give hearty co operation to this extension work. The following names have been added to tlie Red Cross Roll since it was last published. Is your name here? It not, booths are being cQnducted at the First National Bank and at Horton’s Drug Store. Enroll now, that Henry county may not fail in its duty: Joe Tarpley Mrs. Will Allen Mrs. Lillie Fargason Miss Helen Harris Miss Louise Smith Ernest Smith, Jr. Mrs. A. C. Smith Miss Nellie Calloway Mrs. L G. Bowden Aldine Allen A. C. Sowell. H. C. Harris Mrs. J. M. Stroud Mrs. E D rolleson Miss Lucile Tolleson E. O. Fisher Mrs. Li. B. Neal Mrs. Benton Thompson C. VV. Walker Miss Mary W. Knight Mrs. Cora Knott Mts J. M Carmichael Mrs. Wade Turner Mrs. W. 0. Welch Scip Speer Mrs. Andrew Walker Prof. William Preston J. S. Rodgers Mrs. J. V. Upchurch George Spinks J. S, Norton Miss Marie Hightower J. F. M. Fields Mrs. J. F. M Fields Miss Irene Nelson Miss Cora Nelson Mrs. B. H. Welch B. H. Welch Mrs. George Spinks Mrs. Sadie Rountree Mrs, A. G Harris Mrs. Joe J. Smith Mrs. Alex Borders Miss Rebecca Smith Miss Mary Alice Carmichael Jim Alexander Jno. R. Smith Mrs. Jno. R. Smith Mrs. F. M. Setzer F. M. Setzer Mrs. M. F. Gunter Mrs. W. D. Tarpley Mrs. Ola Thompson Miss Florene Tarpley Miss Lillie Coan Mrs. Otis Oglesby J. L Fargason A. K. Brown Mrs. A. K. Brown Mrs. Mary Patterson J. H Stroud Miss Nellie Forsyth Miss Lessie Moore Miss Nina Wall Miss Irene Turner J. M. Tyler Miss Willie Rountree W. A Ward Miss Ida Owen Mrs. W. L. Pair Miss Lessie Pair J. B. Brown J. C. Nash W. C. Dailey H.'H. Fannin John M. Tyler T lr\o Wir\r\ing OF LATAH B School Auditorium—Friday, Dec, 21, 7:30 CAST OF CHARACTERS: Philip P. Cashton —President Cashton Phosphate Co., and father of Latone Clarance Elliott Mrs. Philip P. Cashton —Step mother to Latane and aid of villain Addie Kate Patterson Ruth Spaulding—Private Secretary to Mr. Cashton and divorced wife of villain Ella Mae Fields Julius Sears —First villain/ man of millions and suitor for Latane’s hand Edwin Rape Robert Sparr—Second villain, Supt. of Co., and friend of Sears * Murray Copeland Cyrus W. Gilbert —Chairman board of directors, Upland Phosphate Co _.Satn Dailey Trusty Hopkins—Faithful negro servant Greer Farrar Frank Efferton —Faithful employee of Mr. Cashton and lover of his daughter . Ernest Thompson Latane Cashton —Faithful daughter of Mr. Cashton and lover of Frank.. ..Gertrude Calloway —ALSO— Tommie Heinz —Office boy Howell Dickson Richard Prince —Newsboy William Amis Harry Forrest —Messenger boy H. M Tolleson • SYNOPSIS •€— to* ACT I. —Julius Sears, having fallen in love with Latane “down at the seashore,” comes to her home “to win her.” He meets opposi tion on the part of Ruth Spaulding and Frank Efferton. He plans to rob Mr. Cashton of his Company to accomplish his villainy. * ACT ll.—Mrs. Cashton, desirous of “getting into high society," becomes Sears’ “first lieutenant” and is “crazy” for Latane to marry him. She persuadesfMr. Cashton to “let Frank go” and and to put his business into the “big trust” Sears is forming. ACT 111. —Frank, deceived and led to believe that Latane loves Sears and is going to marry him, prepares to depart with Trusty for “foreign lands,” where he “hopes to forget everything.” He foils an attempt on the part of Sears and Sparr to kill him. ACT IV. —Two months later Frank returns to reinstate Mr. Cash ton, wiio has been reduced to dire poverty and to wretched health, and to receive Latane and her father’s “richest blessings.” Thornton Farrar Frank Copeland T. E. Shaw J. C. Culpepper Miss Carrie Riley Lon Blankenship T. B. Thompson Miss Eldora Grant Mrs. E. F. Adams J. E. Pend ley Harrell Wallace Earl Wallace Will Berry Windsor Setzer J. N Woodruff B. F. Gi ant Robert McDonald C. L. Farris E. F. Adams Mrs. Charlie Dickson Miss Ruth Dickson J. W. Dozier Bob Bryant Boyce Moss Roy Crumbley Johnie Bryans Miss Elizai eth Smith C. A. Rape H. R Pair Grady Russell R. C. Walker David Walker L. A. Waters G. G. LeGuiun T. C. White Mrs. B. F. Grant J. H. Harper Mrs. W. N. Owen G. A. Brannan Mrs. J. R. Turner Mrs. J. G. Alexander J. G. Alexander C. J. Green Mrs. H. C. Riley Miss Mattie Riley Miss May Glass J. E. Morris Mrs. J. E. Morris Miss Willie Warren Mrs. R. C. Riley George Brannan W. S. Stroud Mrs. W. S. Stroud Mrs. R. H. Hankinson, Publicity Chairman. Death of Mrs. Fisher. The death of Mrs. Mary Fisher occm ed at the home of her daugh ter in Locnst Grove on Saturday night last, Dec. 21, after an illness of about two months, having been in feeble health since the death of her husband two years ago. Mrs. Fisher was a good woman, loved and respected by those wh/» knew her, and leaves a large cir cle of friends who join in sympa thy with the bereaved ones. was the mother of Mr. John Fish er of McDonough, besides several other grown children, and was 58 years ot age. Interment occurred Monday at Hopewell, in NeWton county, fu neral services being conducted by the paston, Rev. Mr. Kenifedy. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the kind friends who assisted us so macfe in the illness and death of our dear daughter and sister, and for the floral offerings, May God's richest blessings rest on each of them is the prayer of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Upchurch and Family. Hole-Fix, the one best inner tube repair—all Dealers carry it in stock. 75c per. $1.50 A YEAR