The Henry County Weekly
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
VOL. XLIV.
Financial Statement City of McDonough, Ga.
, May Ist, 1918.
Vouchers Paid.
12-31-17 No. 197 A. N. Brown salary 1917 50 00
1 2 18 199 School bonds and interest 740.00
200 Nov. and Dec. water and light bills 400.37
1 8 201 Henry Co. Sup. Co. Dec. acc’t 3.10
202 Joel Bankston, Oct. and Nov. acc’t 7.40
203 Green & Tarpley, Aug. and Sept, acc’t 23.58
204 Scip Speer, printing water bills 450
2 1 205 Ed Coker, night marshall, Jan. salary 50.00
206 Jan. office rent 4.00
207 J. H. Rape, chief police, Jan. salary 65.00
2 6 208 Henry Co. S. Co., (feed) Jan 13.25
209 Henry Co. Weekly. Oct. 1917 account and
pub. Special Tax ordinance 31.00
210 Hersey Mfg. Co. Nov. acc’t water repairs,. 18.41
2 12 211 J. G. Smith, Jan. water and lights 174.13
21 212 213 & 214 for pump at J. G. Smith’s well
transformer etc. as authorized Nov. 1917 457.51
3 2 215 Ed Coker Feb. salary & office rent marshal 54.00
216 J. H. Rape, chief police, Feb. salary 65.00
2 5 217 J. G. Smith, water and lights Feb 174.86
218 Green & Tarpley Feb acc’t 1.75
219 Henry Co. Supply Co. Feb. acc’t 24.68
220 Copeland-Turner Co. Jan.-Feb. acc’t 1.75
221 Crumbly-Sharp Hdw. Co. Feb. acc’t 673
222 Pittsburg Meter Co., water meters 70.50
4 1 223 J. A. McDonald, extra police 200
224 Ed Coker, marshal and office Mch 54.00
225 J. H. Rape, chief police 65 00
226 Planters W. &L. Co., sewers, cement etc.. 43.30
4 2 227 Joel Bankston, Feb. & Mch. acc’t 4.95
228 Henry Co. Supply Co., Mch. acc’t 17.40
229 Crumbly-Sharp Hdw. Co. Mch. acc’t 3.12
230 Copeland-Turner Co.. Feb. acc’t 4.40
231 Henry Co. Weekly, pt’g smallpox ordinance 1.50
232 Crane Co., oipe, pipe fittings, etc., for use
pump at J. G. Smith’s well 128.15
233 Ed Coker, salary and office rent Apl 54.00
234 J. H. Rape, chief police salary Adl 65 00
'2887.5i
Cash on hand Jan’y Ist, general funds. 2918 94
Water and sewer funds 00 00
Received from water, fines, taxes, etc 2765 04
5683.98
Less vouchers as listed above 2887 51
May Ist, cash on hand, general funds....". m ...2796.47
J. E. HOOTEN, Clerk & Treas.
City of McDonough, Ga.
Official Honor Flag
For Henry County.
Mr. R. L. Turner, chair nun sec-
I
ond Liberty Loan committee for
Henry county, last week received
the official honor flag, in testi
mony of the fact that Henry was
one of the counties measuring up
to her full duties by going ‘‘over
the top” with a good sum above
her quota.
The attractive flag is suspended
across the sidewalk from the First
National Bank corner, accompan
ied by the following certificate :
Liberty Loan Committee Sixth
Federal Reserve District. This is
to certify, that the quota of the
Third Liberty Loan allotted to
Henry county, Georgia, has been
fully subscribed, and that said
county is hereby awarded the Of
ficial Honor Flag authorized by
Secretary of the Treasury in re
cognition of patriotic service ren
dered the United States of Ameri
ca in this time of War.
To the Liberty Loan Committee
and to each citizen of this com
munity who subscribed, are due
the thanks of all loyal American
citizens.
W. U. Wardlaw.
Chairman Liberty Loan Executive
Committee.
Atlanta, Ga., May 23, 1918.
Second Red Cross War
Fund Oversubscribed.
Reports from all the committees
comprising the McDonough Chap
ter, to Mr. H. J. Turner, chairman
Second Red Cross War Fund,
bring the total subscriptions to
$3,340.00, including seventy five
acrces of corn pledged, which is
65 per cent above the allotment
to the McDonough chapter.
From all sections the reports
were that the people seemed only
too glad to help this noble cause,
whi -h is more eloquently demon
strated in the fact that more than
nine hundred persons made con
tributions to the fund.
The colored citizens are also to
be highly commended for their
subscriptions of over three hun
dred dollars.
Nobly have all again measured
up to the duties of the hour.
Fourteen More Men
Respond to Call.
Henry countv’s quota in the last
call for men was fourteen, which
embraced the following names,
who responded last Friday and
left for Fort Scriven, near Savan
nah :
Wm. Harvey Woodward
Jos. Kramer Harris
R. B. Morris
Jim Lee Jarrett
Andrew J. Stubbs
Ross Earl Wallace
James Cofer
J. P. Rowan
Canada Walker Jones
Walter Carter
Lamar Cicero Farrar
Wesley Graham Smith
H. A. Payne
E. C. Neel
McDonough. Georgia, fkiday. may 3i, ms
COMMENCEMENT
McDonough High School.
Friday, May 31, 8:30 p. m. —An-
nual Concert by Music Depart
ment.
Saturday, June 1, 8:30 p. m. —
Senior Play, Tompkins’ Hired Man.
Sunday, June 2, 11:30 a. m. —
Sermon by Rev. L. A. Henderson,
of Rose Hill Baptist church, Co
lumbus, Ga., at the Baptist church.
Monday, June 3, 8:80 p. m. —
Graduating Exercises.
Tickets on sale at Horton Drug
Co.
Surgical Dressings
Workroom Committees
For May and June.
Cutting Committee
Miss Lila Copeland, cjiairman
Mrs. E. M. Copeland
Genie Duffey
Jim Rape
W. G. Copeland
Miss Stella Russel*
Packing and Inspecting Committee
Mrs. R. L. Turner, chairman
Will Allen
E. D. Tolleson
E. J. Reagan
House-keeping Committee
Mrs. B. B. Carmichael, chairman
J. F. Wall
Lon Sowell
Adam Sloan
Directors of the Workroom Com.
Mrs. Julian chairman
A. R. Scott *
Alex Brown
H. S. Smith
Whit Turner
R. H. Hankinson
Will Allen
Misss Rosalie Brown
Eunice Tarpley
The workroom will be open
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoons during June.
All ladies of the town and coun
ty are in invited and urged to help
in this work.
Tnose who are interested and
will help in making these dress
ings can notify any one of the
workroom directors.
Mrs Julian Weems,
Supervisor of Surgical Dressings
Postponed.
The Log-Rolling of the Wood
men of the World which was to
be held at Salem Camp Grounds
on June 15, under direction of
Cedar Camp 997 of Pace, has been
postponed to a later date. This
action was taken in the interest of
Degree Camo meeting which is to
be held in Athens on July 4. It
was thought that the two meet
ings coming so close together, and
at a time when the farmers were
at the busiest time of the year
might prevent them attending
both of these meetings, which
many of them will wish to do.
The date of the Log-Rolling will
be announced later, and the pro
gram arranged will not be affected
in any way, but will give the com
mittee in charge more time to add
other new features for the enter
tainment of their friends on that
day.
Next Wednesday, June 5, is the
day to register under the new
call, which is important to remem
ber. Go to the voting precinct in
which you reside.
COMMENCEMENT
Ttlc|lona«gl| Hicih School
v* June 1, 1918, 8:30
Senior PIay—TOMPKINS’ HIRED MAN
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Mr. Asa Tpmpkins—A prosperous farmer who cannot
tolerate deceit. Thornton Farray;.
Dixey—The hired man. One of nature’s noblemen
Ernest Thompson.
John Remington —A fine young man in love with
Louise H. J. Copetarad:
Jerry' —A half-grown awkward country lad Edwin Rapp:.*.
Louise —The daughter whom Mr. Tompkins believes
. to be his own Gertrude Callaway.
Julia—The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins.. Sadie Duffey.
Ruth —A niece of Mr. Tompkins, boarding at the
Tompkins homestead Mary Joe SmiHfa.
Mrs. Sarah Tompkins —A woman with a secret that
embitters her .Addie Kate PatterstMj.
Synopsis
Despairing of ever having a child of her own, Mrs. Asa Tompkins
conceives the idea of adopting a child and present to her husband ;vs
his own.
She is obliged to promise the father of the child that it shall f •<
to the Tompkins’ property, and a contract is drawn to that effrvt
The father, in turn, agrees never t«> disclose his identity. Before ft **
adopted child is two years of age, a daughter is born to Mrs. Tomjv
kins. She then has a mother’s natural desire that this child shout i
stand first in her husband’s affections; but he loves the adopt* -J
daughter better. The mother broods over the thought that she h;
robbed her own child, not only of its father’s love, but of the prop*: -
ty which rightfully belongs to it, and which has been willed to ff -
adopted daughter. Continued brooding over this leads her to dishl .*
the elder child, and to show great partiality between the two. It r> -
suits in the father clinging more closely to the adopted daughter, ar ,1
the disposition of his own daughter is spoiled by the mother’s after-r, t
to make up to her for having deprived her of so much. The fathre r
of the adopted daughter comes to the farm, where he is not recogio -
ed, and secures an opportunity to work for board and clothes. Hr v
he finally regains his own daughter, and is discovered to be a wealthy
man, is plainly told in the following dialogue.
Union Grove.
We were shocked Saturday
night at eight o’clock when we
received a message that our dear
boys at Camp Gordon had been
denied a pass home, and were
1 ikey to be transferred to parts
unknown at any tune and asking
us that we come to see them Sun
day. So by the kindness of Troy
Crumbley, Sunday morning at 7
o’clock we were on our way to
see them. Although a very sad
mission, we are glad that the trip 1
was made without a mishap, and
offer thanks to him for his cour
tesy, and want to say that a friend
in need is a friend indeed, and
should be valued above any kind
of friends. As we viewed the dif
ferent camps and the throngs of
people we thought what a won
derful thing it is to have a Heav
enly Father to watch over and
protect us, and will say nobody
knows but “mother” how it hurts
when we feel the clasp of our
boy’s hand in a sad good-bye,
probably for the last time in this
world. We are looking for them
back, but in times like this doubts
will arise.
Mr. Jonce Elliot of Atlanta is
spending several days with his
mother, Mrs. M. O. Elliott.
Mr. Tom Elliott and son and
daughter of Conyers spent Sunday
at this place.
Nice red peaches from our
neighbors are taking the place of
strawberries. ONE Two.
Sunny Brook News.
Everybody chopping cotton.
Mrs. Wili Lane is expected how
'his week after an extended visfl
to relatives at Duboise.
Quite a number from here at
tended the singing at County Lkt'e
Sunday afternoon.
The many friends of Mrs. Brv
ant Lewis are sorrv to know :>¥
her serious illness, and hope for
her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Killcrese of Duboise is vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. M, B.
Lane.
The song of the mocking bird
seems to remind us that God ss
ever good.
Farms are looking pretty new.
Mrs. Kate Wvnn spent Saturday
night with homefolks near Beth
any. «
Throw mud at someone and
you’ll get sprinkled, too.
Violet.
School Census Notice.
The law requires that the school
census be taken during the momlti
of June. So far, there are only a.
few applicants. The work is opemi
to men or women. Send in your
application at once, so the Board
may act upon it at next meeting,
on first Tuesday in June.
Respectfully,
T. J. Horton, C. S. S,.
$1.50 A YEAR
