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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1918)
Red Cross. The regular monthly meeting of the Henry county chapter of the Red Cross will be held on April 18, at the school auditorium. A full attendance is requested. At the March meeting of the or ganization it was decided to or ganize the colored women for work in Cross, and a commit tee was appointed to carry on the work. The extension committee under Rev. Gilmore met with fhe colored people at their church and began the movement. Mr. Geo. Alex ander, chairman for Social Wel fare, presented at that meeting the necessity for all selectmen tak ing advantage of the government insurance offer. Miss Nina Harris of Leesburg has opened two classes in surgical dressings at the workroom. The classes have fifteen members each, and meet daily for two and one half hours, one class in the morn ing and the other in the afternoon. Another effort is being made to add to the regular monthly income of the chapter, so those who have not subscribed for the monthly maintenance are urged to do so. The Red Cross gave notice through the recent meeting of the Council of Defense, asked that all present should notify chapter, that the government will relieve chap ters of one-half of the expense in surgical dressings. In May the Red Cross will put on another million dollar driye for Relief work, and all chapters are urged through their chairmen, special officers and publicity com mittee to do their full share for this movement Mrs. R H. Hankinson, Chairman of Publicity. Annual School Contest Held in Hampton. The Annual Field and Literary Contest of the H. H. S. was held -on April the fifth. Immediately after the noon re cess the pupils assembled in the class rooms where contests in Numbers, Spelling, Rread Writing, ftc. were held. Then folloowed contest. In the eve ninilthe contests in music, reci tati<)*s and declamation were held. One of the most interesting fea tures of the contest was the race between the Henry Grady and Sidney Lanier Literary Societies in the sale of Thrift Stamps, the total sold amounting to $1,653.25. On the whole, much enthusiasm was displayed by all. Especially was this true ot the members of the two societies, vying with each other for points in each contest. The score was 65 to 45 m favor of the Henry Grady. South Avenue. Rev. W. A. Wells filled his reg ular appointment at Bethel Satur day, but services were entirely rained out Sunday. Mrs. Suttles and daughter Maud of Atlanta were the guests for the week end ot Mr. W. G. Callaway’s family. Mr. Suttles came down Sunday morning and spent the ■day. Mrs. J. H. Heflin of Hoganville was the charming guest of Mrs C. W. South the w’eek end. Mr. and Mrs. South and Mrs. Heflin visited the cemetery at Bethel Sunday afternoon and later spent a while very pleasantly at Mr. W. G. Cal alway’s, the latter remaining for the night and returned to Atlanta Monday. Several of the men around here will have to go a courting next week. Mr and Mrs. .Joe Howell are all smiles —a ten pound boy. BUSY Bee. Patriotic Services. The following program dered by the colored people of McDonough at the colored Meth odist church Sunday evening in the interest of War Saving Stamps and Liberty Bonds. Mr. R. L. Turner, chairman of the Henry County Liberty Bond Committee and Rev. H. S. Smith, pastor of the McDonough Methodist church were with us and made some in teresting talks. f. Song by the choir —"Hail to the Flag We Love.” 2. Prayer by Pastor. 3. Quartet —"America, My Coun try.” 4. Why we are at war: a picture of its horrible effects, and how we may help win.—Rev. H. S. Smith. 5. Explanation of War Saving Stamps and Liberty Bond : ap pointing of a chairman, and ar ranging of plans for the sale of Stamps and Bonds among the colored. —Mr. R. L. Turner, 0. Quartet —"Farewell Dear Moth er.” (Patriotic) Mr. R. L. Turner was in charge of the service. George Lemon was appointed chairman. The pulpit was lavishly decorat ed with Old Glory which well be spoke the interest of the colored people in the affair and in the present crises. Within the next few days we hope to be able to make a splen did report in the sale of War Sav ing Stamps. J. A. S. Flour Report. Each individual head of every family and public eating place in Henry county is required to report the exact amount of flour he has on hand before April 18th. Make your report in duplicate, stating the number you have in family, the pounds of flour now in your possession and your name and address. Mail both copies to G. F. Fears, Hampton, Ga., who will keep one copy and forward the other to the Federal Food Ad ministration for Georgia, before April 18th. It isn’t I he intention of the Food Administration to take any flour from individuals who are doing their part in this great wai, but to know when more must be shipped into Georgia. Federal Food Administration for Georgia. By G. F. Fears, County Food Administrator. DIXIE HIGHWAY ITEMS. April showers. A few cotton seed being planted. Sunday was one of those rainy days. A good stand of corn reported in some places. Spring is on us in full force with all its glorious beauty. Mrs. Crayton Turner visited her parents at Chipley last week. Buy Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps, eat corn bread, sop syrup, fight. Do anything to crush the Kaiser. Come on, Observer, give us the news. A man can’t talk too much with a gift of speech like you pos sess. Just say anything you want to, that is if you are not married. It seems that ii is hard for Pro gress and Oakland scribes to de cide which is the east side of a girl. We don’t doubt there being j an east side, but there must be a west side, too, for the crazy Doys think the sun tises and sets in a pretty girl. YOUNG FELLOW. After this week we will operate our feed mill on Fridays only. Brown Carmichael. Sunny Brook News. Sunshine and rain helps to re fresh and revive the grain. The farmers have learned some thing—to plant more food stuff. Some of my friends are mistak en about the writer of Sunny Brook. Don’t judge too quickly. Mr. and Mrs. Cloma Garner spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Rivers. A day for toil, an hour for sport; But for a friend, is life too short. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. St rah n, Prof, and Mrs. Keithly motored to Grif fin Saturday. Uncle Jeremiah, that worm of which you wrote is very danger ous, but they seem to multiply in stead of 4 ecreas e- (Wonder where the bone-dry law is?) Mrs. Zona Cavvthon, Mrs. Elon Jeffares and little son were visit ing rear Beereheba Saturday aft ernoon. Remember, it’s preaching day aj Mount Bethel Sunday morning. Everybody come. Violet. Morris Grove Locals. Cotton planting time here. Miss Flossie Pope closed her school Monday on account of whooping-cough. Mrs. C. H. Grant spent Thurs day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Walden. Master Roy and Miss Zimmie Lee Phillips were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ewell Hen don. Little Howard Jarrett spent Monday night with his brother, Thomas, Jr. Mr. O. R. Reynolds and son, J. C. were in our community Thurs day. JOHNQUIL. LISTEN TO THIS We have on hand in our show room, for sale and ready.to go, the following cars. We invite you to see and drive them. 0 ■ 1- Cylinder Oldsmobile 2- “ Oldsmobiles 5- “ Dort Touring Cars 1-4 “ Dort Roadster 1-4 “ Studebaker Roadster 1-4 “ Maxweli Touring 1-4 “ Briscoe Touring 1-4 “ 1916 Ford Touring 6- “ 1917 Ford Touring 1-4 “ 1917 Ford Phoenix Truck R. N. ETHERIDGE AUTO CO. JACKSON, GEORGIA. 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