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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLIV.
1,870 Registered for
Regular Army Service
Eighteen hundred and fifty-six
men between the ages of 18 and
21 and 31 and 46 reported at the
various precincts of Henry county
on Thursday of last week and en
rolled their names on the military
lists at their country’s call.
Since fourteen more have -re
ported, running the number up to
eighteen hundred and seventy.
In McDonough the day passed
very quietly, the only incident of
note being the appearance of the
entire number of McDonough
pupils and teachers on the public
square, bearing tiny U. S. flags.
They were marched in regular
line, with each teacher at the
head of the different grades, and
formed inside the coping near the
Confederate monument.
Signing patriotic songs amid
waving of the Red, White and Blue
created a pretty and touching
scene, which was heartily applaud
ed by onlookers.
In line all then marched back to
the school building, closing the
appropriate demonstration.
Thanks Voters.
To the Voters of the Sixth Con
gressional District :
Your trust and confidence as
expressed in the recent primary
has brought me under renewed
and even greater obligations than
ever before.
I am very appreciative of the
same, and while I cannot in words
express to you the gratitude of
my heart for your extreme kind
ness, it shall be mv endeavor to
show my appreciation in the per
formance of the duties devolving
upon me as your representative
in Congress.
As the representative of the
people of the Sixth District —and
tnis means all of them, whether
you supportod me or not —it will
be a pleasure to serve you at any
time, and I sincerely trust that no
one will hesitate to call on me
when I can be of assistance to
them.
Assuring you of my very sincere
appreciation of your continued
kindess, I am,
Sincerely yours,
J. W. Wise.
To the Patriotic
Men and Women
Of Henry County.
Owing to the absolute necessity
of furnishing men to the army
promptly, it is necessary to speed
up the work of filling out ques
tionaires of registrants in the new
draft.
It is desired that men and wo
men capable of filling out such
questionaires shall volunteer to
assist registrants in the city of
McDonough, Locust Grove, Hamp
ton and Stockbridge.
I will be glad if all such will no
tify me at once of their willingness
to serve and the time they can
give to the work. It is hoped that
by this means every one can be
promptly and efficiently served,
thereby causing less delay in the
gathering of the crops now in the
fields. Everyone who can should
aid in this work.
Respectfully,
PAUL Turner, Chairman,
Legal Advisory Board,
Henry County.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
COUNTY RETURNS.
Below is the vote for Henry county bj districts in the contests
which were of special interest in last week’s primary by reason of
opposition :
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McDonough 3129 43 118 6137 172 87 223 63 242
Hampton 1 35 36 65 10 45105 68 81 61 89
Sixth . 1 40 5 6 5j 33, 25 25 34 24 35
Flippen _ ____ 0 35 12 12 1 35 25 40 20 17 42
Stockbridge.. _ 0 44 4 63 2 15 luo 84 24 30 83
Brushy Knob 1 33 1 20 1 31 28 30 29 6 53
Loves 2 38 26 37 4 63 44101 11 16 97
McMullens.... 1 50 14 31 0 51 52 64 37 37 64
Beersheba 3 31 10 27 1 51 22 46 31 27} 50
Sandy Ridge 1 40 15 22 5 59 25 38 41 48 34
Tussahaw 6 48 14 30 4 69 39 64 45 93 16
Locust Grove 1 26 13 56 3 43 58 49 50 72 28
Lowes 0 1 10 24: 24 2 23 39 37; 24 27l 36
Totals I 20|559 217|511 44|655 733|742|6411521 869
To Complete Call.
The following thirteen selectmen
left last Thursday, Sept. 14, for
Camp Gorden, to complete the
last Henry county call:
Robert Rate Bailey
James Harrell Goodman
Samuel Reese McKinley
John Moss
Earnest Olen Owens
Bernice Stocks Crumbley
Lemuel Sanford Rape
Troy John Wesley Welch
Claude Wise Bartlett
George Emerson Mitchell
Wilburn Alexander Gardner
Radford Gradford Lane
Thomas Greer Lunsford
Private Thos. K. Clower.
The many friends of Mr. Thos
K. Clower, a well known and pop
ular young man of near Hampton,
are pained to know of his death
in a Massachusetts hospital.
The following announcement
was received by The Weekly
Monday afternoon :
Atlanta, Sept. 16, 1918.
The remains of Thos. K Clower,
Scituate Proving Grounds, Scitu
ate, Mass., who died Saturday at
the Post Hospital, will be brought
to Hampton, Georgia, for funeral
and interment. Funeral arrange
ments to be made upon arrival of
remains. Sincerely,
R. H. Putt.
80 N. Pryor street.
Fatal Accident.
A deplorable auto accident oc
curred near Manchester last Sun
day, in which Mrs. John West
brook, formerly of McDonough,
lost her life.
The car was owned by Mr. Tom
Moseley, who moved from here to
Manchester some years ago, and
was driving. In rounding a curve
the car skidded into an embank
ment, was torn to pieces, and
Mrs. Westbrook badly injured
about the face and head. She
lingered until Wednesday morning
when death ended her sufferings.
The remains were brought to the
McDonough cemetery Thursday
morning for interment, Mr. Clar
ence Westbrook, brother-in-law,
of Columbus, with family and oth
er relatives, attending.
Mrs. Westbrook leaves several
small children, and the unfortu
nate accident is deeply regretted.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
Signature of
McDonough, Georgia, Friday. September 20, i9is
To the Merchants and
Consumers of Henry Co.
We have been looking forward
to the time when the restrictions
would be raised on flour. This is
practically true. No record is to
be kept of the sales of flour to
anyone. Any reasonable amount
may be sold to a customer at one
time, not to exceed 60 days sup
ply. We are asking special co
operation of the merchants again.
Urge conservation to everyone
you sell flour. If you know of a
man who is useing more flour
than you think he should, you
should report him to the closest
representative of Food Adminis
tration. duty. Then
we will make an investigation.
It has been told in several parts
of the county that flour may be
sold without the saie of 20% sub
stitutes. This is untrue. Every
one who buys flour must buy 20%
of authorized substitutes. This
includes the farmer who has corn.
No cards can be used to buy the
flour without the substitutes.
Urge your neighbor to sow
wheat.
We appreciate the co-operation
that we have had from evry one.
Had this not been true we would
still be in the middle of a shortage
of flour. Let’s see if we can’t
raise and save enough wheat and
Hour to care for Henry county at
least as long as the war lasts. We
thank you.
Federal Food Administration for
Ga. By G. F. FEARS,
County Food Administrator.
Eastern Division S. 8. Meeting.
•9
There will be held on the sth
Sunday p. m., at Bethany church,
a meeting of the Sunday Schools
of the Eastern Division. Such a
meeting was held at Bethany
church in July, but as all the
schools were not represented, it
becomes necessary to hold anoth
er meeting. All schools must be
represented in order to entitle us
to our past standing. We must
stand by our worthy County Pres
ident, Bro. J. J. Walker, and have
all our schools ready and a report
from same on the sth Sunday.
Let us as Superintendents make'
an extra effort to see that each
school has one or more delegates.
We hope to have a very inter
esting and helpful meeting. A
program will appear in next
week’s issue.
Respectfully,
T. J. Horton,
Pres, of E. Div.
OBSERVER
The Baptist church in McDon
ough at its regular conference last
Sunday, extended to the present
pastor, Rev. J. M. Gilmore, a call
to the pastorate again for the en
suing year, and he has accepted
the call and will continue as pas
tor. Bro. Gilmore has been serv
ing as pastor here for the past five
years, and during that time the
church has greatly prospered and
is now in fine working condition.
Bro. E. M. Copeland was also re
elected Superintendent of the
Sunday school which is in a pros
perous condition, and there will
be a public installation of all the
officers of the Sunday school on
the Ist Sunday night, to which
the general public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Old time “ ’tater custards.”
Cotton pickin’ coming high.
Sign boards show the way.
Do you owe The Weekly ?
Sorghum syrup time —skimmin’
liquor next.
Mr. J. P. Rodgers visited South
Georgia this week.
Odd Fellows meet every Tues
day night.
Otis Sowell of Muzella visited
here last week.
The old song, “I’m Glad Salva
tion is Free,” is out of date.
Public ginnerys running full ca
pacity and then cannot meet the
demand.
These automobileless, joyless
rideless Sundays makes us rest.
Telling the truth and telling the
whole truth are two sepearate
things.
Henry county must have sign
hoards on the public roads —we
nyed them.
The South River Association
held its annual session at Bethany
this week.
The High Falls Singing Conven
tion, composed of the counties of
Newton, Jasper, Butts and Henry
held its annual session at Cedar
Rock in Butts county last week.
The Henry County Singing Con
vention held its annual session at
Mount Carmel on the sth and 6th
of Sept. A number of good lead
ers were presesnt and it was a
good convention. Prof. A. G.
Combs was re-elected President
•
and A. C. Norman Sec’t. and Treas.
The next annual session will be
held at Locust Grove.
A long time ago God said to
“Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy,” but all of us folks
had about forgot that. But just a
few weeks ago a man said to re
member the Sabbath and not ride
in automobiles, and we mind him
better than we did God. Had you
thought of it ?
If you have a secret that you
promised not to tell, the only way
to keep it is for you not to tell any
one but your best friend, then he
will tell his best friend, then his
best friend, his best friend, his
best friend, his best friend, his
best friend, his best friend, his
best friend, his best friend, then
his best friend who tells no one
but his wife, who tells her best
friend, who tells her husband,
who tells his best friend, who hap
pens to be your friend and tells
you —all strictly confidential. Fun
ny, isn’t it ?
LOCUST GROVE LOCALS.
The friends of Mrs. J. S. Brown
regret to know of her present ill
ness.
Miss Lula Belle Price is now re
covering from a prolonged illness.
Prof. TG. W. Macon, of the
Science Department of Bessie Tift
College, gave the opening address
to the students on the 3rd.
The opening of schools and col
leges is the occasion of many
changes in this place. Among
the men, Mr. Foreman Hawes has
gone to Mercer and Mr. Joel Price
has returned to Oglethorpe Uni
versity. Misses Annis Parr and
Amelia Walker have returned to
Shorter College. Miss Helen Davis
enters G. N. & I. C.
Owing to the demands of the
times there have been several
changes made in the Institute.
Military system has been intro
duced with Mr. J. E. Owen of
Canton as Commandant. Mr. R. B.
Mobley of Social Circle, has the
Chair of Languages, Mr. W. F.
Pate the Chair of English and Bi
ble, Miss Helen Brunner of Raliegh,
N. C., the Chair of History. Mrs.
L. L. Pitts has recently been add
ed to the teaching force to relieve
the President of his class room
work.
The teachers leajang for their
various schools are: Miss Stella
Gardner, who resumes the Chair
of Mathematics in the Griffin High
School; Miss Ethel Coan has re
turned to the Public Schools of
Columbus; Miss Daisy Dean Gray
has returned to Meridian College,
j The new teachers going out are
Miss Jane Moore to Crawfordville,
Miss Ada Reynolds to Luckie
Street School of Atlanta and Miss
Dorothy Price to Miss Trella
! Castellaw has begun her work in
i the Grammar School here.
L. G. I. has the largest attend
ance in its history. High School
boys and men of draft age are
taking advantage of the speci t
and intensified course of study A
fered specially for thos frying )
make the required number of units
required for the the S. A. T. C.
Miss Louise Smith, Librarian J
Fitzgerald, is.visiting her sister,
Mrs. Claude Gray.
Ought to Be Permanent.
Since the new order of the fue
administration went into eft ct,
requesting citizens to save gaso
line on Sundays, it is safe to say
that Sunday has been observed
more sanely and religiously than
before in ten years. The Sabbath
has taken on something of its old
time sacredness and quietness.
Really, it has become the best day
of the week.
Heretofore Sunday has been a
day of joy-riding, of speeding, of
trips planned in advance, of long
pleasure jaunts. Sunday was no
longer a day of rest. It was be
coming the most strenous day of
the seven in the week.
It would be a good thing for the
moral and religious life of the
people if the gasoline saying or
der were made permanent. This
great world war should bring us
all back to our senses, back to
first principles, back to a rever
ence for things sacred. Unless
this is done much of the suffering
and sacrifices will have been in
vain—Jackson Progress-Argus.
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