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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1918)
-*• Local Happenings Fraternal Lodge No 37 F. & A.M. Regular communications of Fraterna Lodge Xo 37 F & AM meet' Ist and 3 Finlay nights in each month. All dul qualified brethren fraternally and cord ally iuvited to meet with us. Bailor Smith, W. M. O. L. Adams, Sec. 1918 January. Happy New Year. Watch the days grow longer. Never a better time to buy property than now. Mr. Fred Walker went up to Atlanta Wednesday. m Miss Flora Neal is the guest of relatives in Hartwell. Scrap cotton wanted. J. S. Rodgers. Miss Lucile Tolleson is visiting friends in Georgiana, Ala. Mr. Timon Bowden was down from Camp Gordon, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander spent Wednesday in Atlanta. For rent, 4 or 5 horse farm, with barns. C. D. McDonald. Mr. Julian Turner spent last week with Mr. H*M. Tolleson. McDonough merchants had a fine holliday trade, thank you. Several cords good dry stove wood wanted. Brown House. Mr. Gordon Dickson was down from Atlanta for the hollidays. *; ,: • 4-~ ; . • • • ij For rent, Ben Bankston resi dence. Apply to Joel Bankston. Take your county paper for 1818 and start the new year right. J. S. Rodgers will buy your scrap cotton at best market price. Mr. G.* W. Cathey made a busi ness trip_ to Atlanta last Thurs day. Mr. Wade Turnipseed of Macon was a visitor to the city Wednes day. Mrs. W. A. Ward and children spent Christmas with relatives at Rex. Mrs. Julian Weems and children visited relatives in Greensbro this week. Quite a sprinkling of after- Cimstrnas cotton still going *n to the gins. Miss Lillian Thrasher of Atlanta is the guest of Miss Vessie Thrasher. All victims not yet fully recov ered from icy accidents of recent big freeze. Mrs. Cora Knott left last week for a visit to Mrs. Marvin Harper in Atlanta. Mrs. J. G. Smith and children spent the holidays with relatives in Atlanta. 9 The winter’s supply of good weather seems also to be about exhausted. Miss Head of Macon spent sev eral days last week with Miss Carrie Dupree. Mr. and Mrs. Purks and iittle daughter Elizabeth spent Christ mas in Madison. Hole-Fix, the one best inner tube repair—all Dealers carry it in stock. 75c per. The Sherwood place was the only property offered at public sale last Tuesday. It contained 100 acres, and was sold to Prof. T. J. Horton for $2900. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Welch of Atlanta visited relatives here dur ing the holidays. 9 Messrs. Jonce Elliott and Cloud Russell left last week for a trip through Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Oglesby spent he holidays with relatives of the latter in Madison. Mr. Clifton Farrar of Akron, O , is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Farrar. Hole-Fix, the one best inner tube repair—all Dealers carry it in stock. 75c per. Income tax returns for 1917 must be made between January 1 and March 1, 1918. Miss Mary L. Turnipseed of East Point spent the week end with Miss Norrine Elliott. Miss Ruth Upshaw has return ed home after a week’s visit with iriends in Villa Rica. Tne friends of Mr. Joe J. Smith are glad to see him out again af ler his recent illness. Miss Newman has been the guest of relatives in Jonesboro several days recently. Miss Kate Reagan of Atlanta is the guest of her parents, Judge and Mrs. E. J. Reagan. # Mr. and Mrs Ab Harris and son Clarence of Augusta spent Christ mas with relatives here. Mrs. W. E. Ham spent last week in Locust Grove with her daugh ter, Mrs Stewart Combs. Mr. Henry Bankston of Cullo ueii was a recent visitor to his brother, Mr. Joel Bankston. Hole-Fix, the one best inner lube aepair—all Dealers carry it in stock. 75c per. f. CaDtain Dozier Russell was up from. Camp Wheeler with rela tives a portion of the holidays. School reopened promptly last Monday and is holding short ses sions until tlie weather settles. Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Lifsey and son Truman of Barnesville spent the holidays with relatives here. Mr. Rozelle Stallworth, a former McDonough boy, was up from Ma con to spend Xmas with relatives. Mrs. R. A. Sloan ieft Thursday for Buliochviile on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brown and little daughter Mildred spent the holidays with reiatiyes at Bulloch ville. Mrs. John Noel and daughter ot Atlanta speet last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bor ders. Messrs. Carl ancPWeyman Sloan of Atlanta spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.' Sloan. Mrs. J. H. Shields and children ot Atlanta spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bunn. Miss Willie Mae Elkins of Lo cust Grove was the guest of Miss Nina Wall several days during Christmas.* Misses Nina Wall and Irene Gunter ieti Monday to resume their duties in the public school at Cochran. Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Turner ar rived from Philadelphia during the holidays and are guests of Mrs. H. B. rseai. Mr. and Mrs. Q R. Nolan and little daughter ot LaGrange spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. Annie M. Nolan. Several cords good dry stove wood wanted. Brown House. Mrs. J. W. Welch, Miss Marie and Luther Welch spent several days of last week with Mr. W. W. George near Rex. Hole-Fix, the one best inner tube repair—all Dealers carry it in stock. 75c per. Mr. Ben Bankston, who holds a good position with the Superior Motor Truck Co. of Atlanta, was down for the holidays. The last report of Agent Ogles by shows 20,222 bales of cotton ginned in Henry, against 19,600 to same date last year. Mr. Marvin Payne and Miss Oma Tarpley of near Oakland were the spend-'the-day guests of Miss Ber tha Jackson last Friday. Editor Frank Reagan of the Covington News was the guest of his parents, Judge and Mrs E. J. Reagan, during Christmas. Miss Abi Russell, who is teach ing in Eatonton, was the guest of tier sister, Mrs. Whit Turner, dur ing the Christmas holidays. Conductor Jim Green returned to Bessemer, Ala., Wednesday af ter the annual holiday visit to his father’s family in McMullens. That old poor mule will fatten if you will have his corn, cob and shuck all ground together. Try it. Brown-Carmichuel Feed Co. For Sale, 8 inch feed grinder for grinding corn on the cob, Vel vet beans in the hull. Price S3O if taken at once. H. B. Carmich ael. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Beard and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Oglesby went down to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Bledsoe at .Brox tou. ; y ( j l . * Messrs. Paul Sowell of Bain bridge and Harold Sowell of Ak ron, Ohio, spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Sowell. Trust our correspondents will be in good working order for next issue. Most all of them seem to have been frozen out or got too much Christmas. Mr. Homer Harris of the U. S. N. Training Camp, San Francisco, came home to spend the holidays with his parents, Ordinary and Mrs. A. G. Harris. Resolve to support your home paper for the new year and pay your subscription when due. It needs your help and your sympa thy, and is always your best friend. The Presbyterian Sunday school was nicely entertained with a Christinas tree at the'Church on Christmas eve pight, while quite a number were also enjoyed at' private homes. Mr. and Mrs. il. B. Neal receiv ed Christmas greetings from their son, Mr. Benton Neai, dated from ‘Somewhere in France,” where he had safely landed with Uncle Sam’s aviation corps. The friends of Mrs. Fogg and Miss Gnggs regret that they have resigned their positions in the Mc- Donough Public School. Their places will be filled by Miss Wil iiains and Miss Clark. The adult Missionary Society will meet at the Methodist church on Monday afternoon, January 7th, at 2 o’clock. A full attend ance is desired, as we wish to plan work for the new year. Mr. Ike Whitaker has received notice of the death of his brother, James Whitaker, which occurred at Seney, Ga., on the 14th of De cember. He was 87 years old, and is well remembered in Henry 1 county. Mr. Dozier Fields was recently tendered the chair of latih in the A. and M. School at Milledgevule, but declined. He arrived at home Wednesday evening to spend a short while with his parents. Grind one load dry herbage for your horses and cattle. If you don’t like it well enough to come back ii\ one year’s time, we will give you your money back. Brown-Carmichaei Feed Co. The Weekly extends many thanks for the liberal number of Christmas gilt suoscriptions—but there’re plenty left to come in and make the new year bright and cheerful. Let all come forward at once. The Exemption Board continued hard at work throughout the hoi idays, mailing out questionaires and arranging papers preparatory to classifying Henry county’s quo ta of drafted men, but have not finished yet. Misses Edith Eili lalon of Thom son, Amy Cawthon of Forsyth, Laura Smith amt Mr. William Preston of Flovilla, have return ed to their duties in the school room after soendn i the holidays at their respective homes. Statements published for the last quarter of 1917 show depoits of $1,502,903.60 now in Henry's excellent array of banking estab lishments. If we could only g( t it all together in some good en tenterprise—woutdnT we have a dandy ? WE THANK YOU For the splendid business you have given us duriug the past year, and trust that we may continue to share your pat*- ronage. - We wish for earh and every one a bright, happy Year COPELAND-TURNER . MRC. GO. MOWER PARTS #■ • % - I Now Carry a Full Line of Parts for Both Mc- CORMICK and DEE RING MOWERS at the old Price, Having Bought them Before the Advance in Price, and can Save You Money. Yes: I still Paint FORDS for $11.50’ do a good job too. And I have a Dandy Vulcanizing Plant and can Repair Blow-outs, Rim-cuts and Tread-cuts, in any size Tire from 3 to 5 inches. EVERY JOB GUARANTEED. JOEL BANKSTON McDonough, Ga. Phone 20J. Keep your hammer off your community feed mill. Grind si load of corn stalks, hay, velvet beans or other feeds for your horses and cows, and then you will use the hammer on your own head for not grinding it sooner. Brown-Carmichaei Feed Co. A New Years Message at the Methodist church next Sunday morning at 1.1 o’clock. Rev. W, L. Pierce, Presiding Eider, will preach at night. The first quar terly conference wiil be held Mon day morning at 10 o’clock at the First National Bank, in the direc tors’ room. The annual stockholder’s meet ings of McDonough’s three excel lent banks were all held for the new year this week and the usual fine showings made. All of the efficient former officials were re tained, and of course McDon ough’s banking facilities will con tinue to be A 1. A squad of Southern Bell Tele phone men have been engaged for the past two weeks making repairs on this section of the line. They are in charge of IVJr. E. H. McLain, a fine business man and splendid gentleman, and nothing has been left undone to put ev erything in good shape. Driver Agents Wanted I .ny» P«»»..3«.7 H. P./- f »I.«S Ur«« ES3S~S: IChi* *■- SGBU HOTUK MiWAII. Uut> Itafi*, lUUwU.
