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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLV.
Delightful Locust Grove
This Town Is the Home of
the Locust Grove Institute, a
Preparatory School Known
Throughout the South for
Its High Stardards of Schol
arship and for Its Unusual
Attainments, in Laying a
Solid Foundation for the
Duties of Life and Citizen
ship—The Town and the
School Together Form a
Most Delightful Community
in Which to Live and Rear
One's Children ln This
Respect, Its Advantages Can
Hardly Be Excelled Any
where in the South.
By J. Archie Willis.
IDO not know of a more whole
some and stimulating commun
ity anywhere than that comDrised
by the town of Locust Grove and
the Locust Grove Institute. Town
and school are welded into an en
tity that make for culture, charac
ter and citizenship, the like of
which it would be hard to dupli
cate in the entire country.
Locust Grove Institute is the
town's chief feature, its leading
enterprise and from it the town
has received its cue and the im
press of refinement and the devel
opment of the highest and best
things in home life and citizen
ship. The result is easily to be
seen —a city of beautiful homes
and surroundings wherein the
esthetic is cultivated and wherein
the atmosphere is tonic with the
properties of mental, moral and
material progress.
After visiting Locust Grove In
stitute and Locust Grove town I
am ready to state and state with
enthusiasm that I know of no bet
ter school for a boy or girl in the
nation and have never seen a town
in which I would rather live. The
homeseeker, the man with a fam
ily, can find no greater attractions
than here or be able to rear his
children in an atmosphere and
amid surroundings which have
more to stir the ambition and
more to produce the best and loft
iest type of manhood and woman
hood.
Some of the chief features of
this great school are: A complete
fully equipped department of mil
itary training for boys installed
last year; pupils accepted without
examination by southern colleges
as has already been shown; certif
icate admits to sophomore class
at leading Georgia colleges; do
mestic science course for girls;
shorthand, typewriting and book
keeping without extra tuition
charges; good advantages, in pia
no, stringed instruments, voice,
expression and art; live literary
societies; athletics and physical
training for all; modern conven
iences and pleasant home life;
summer school for pupils with de
ficencies to make up; charges rea
sonable for first class advantages.
Military Department.
The military department is a
feature in itself. It was establish
ed in September, 1918, in response
to the demand of the times for
the military training of the youth
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of the country. Like all the de
partments of this school it has
been organized with care both in
the selection of instructors and in
equipment and the training of
fered.
There is a battalion of 150 ca
dets composed of two companies.
Col. J. E. Owen is commandant
and Col. R. B. Plymale, assistant
commandant. Application has
been made and filed with the war
department for recognition as a
junior reserve officers’ training
crops. The course and training
now being given are those which
have been precribed by the war
department in its general order
No. 48.
Equipment.
Locust Grove Institute has a
campus af ten acres and six build
ings. The campus is beautifully
laid out with groves, shaded
lawns, walks, drives and flower
gardens. There is one main reci
tation hall and five buildings
which are the homes and dormi
tories for the students and teach
ers. The campus is equipped with
football field, baseball diamond,
basketball and tennis courts. The
buildings have every modern con
venience in the way of water sup
ply, baths and sanitation. The
health and physical well being of
the pupils have been safeguarded
to the utmost degree. The insti
tute has a 3.000-volume library
fully equipped physical and chem
ical laboratories and full domes
tic science equipment. The Co
operative club for boys and the
Domestic Science cottage for girls
are self-help organizations where
by means of prorating the ex
pense and the necessary duties to
be performed the cost of living is
reduced to the minimum.
Faculty.
The officers and faculty for the
present year are Claude Gray,
president; George W. Lassiter,
house master, boys’ home; J. E.
Owen, commandant and house
master co-operative club; Mrs.
John W, Jenkins, lady principal;
Mrs. Claude Gray, matron Central
Hall; Mrs. J. H. Knott, matron
boys’ home ; Mrs. J. E. Owen, ma
tron co-operative club; Lucy Pace,
matron Domestic Science cottage ;
Nettie Gray, librarian ; Mary Lake
Sheldon, secretary ; Victor L. Wil
liams, bookkeeper; Robert B. Mob
ley, Latin and Erench ; J. E. Guil
lebeau, science; Mrs. J. W. Jen
kins, English; George W. Lassiter,
mathematics and director of the
band; Miss Helen Bruner, history;
Claude Gray, mathematics; J. E.
Owen, athletics, military science
and tactics; Mary Lake Sheldon,
bookkeeping, shortand and type
writing; Lorena Combs, piano and
voice; Nettie Gray, stringed in
struments ; Lucy Pace, expression
and domestic science; Mrs. Robert
Harris Brown, China painting.
Town of Locust Grove.
I have already told of what an
attractive town Locust Grove is
and what a desirable place it is in
which to reside. I must tell the
reader more of this most interest
ing place. Locust Grove has a
pooulation of about 1,000 and is
located on the Southern road, 36
miles south of Alanta. It has an
altitude of 839 feet and is famed
all over Georgia for its healthful
ness. Its location on the main
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, February 14, 1919
line of the Southern gives it eight
passenger trains a day.
City Government.
I want to assign the city gov
ernment of Locust Grove as being
among its most progressive and
most valuable factoes. The mavor
is T. D. Harkins, one of the lead
ing insurance men of Locust
Grove. He is a live wire and has
the best interest of his town al
ways at heart. He is ably assisted
in the management of town affairs
by a progressive town council
composed of the following prom
inent citizens and business men:
O. G. Colvin, W. E. Parr, R. H.
Rrown, L. L. Pitts, C. B. Plexico.
The Bank of Locust Grove.
Earlier in this article I have
mentioned the banks of Locust
Grove and the good work they
are doing for the development of
the town and community. There
is no progress factor here more
valuable than the Bank of Locust
Grove. This bank has a capital
stock of $25,000, undivided profits
amounting to $19,258.78, and indi
vidual deposits subject to check
amounting to $104,538.99, accord
ing to its statement of De cember
29, 1918.
Its officers are F. S. Etheridge,
president; A. G. Combs, vice-pres
ident, and C. B. Plexico, cashier.
The directorate consists of the fol
lowing: A. G. Combs, A. H. Price,
F. S. Etheridge, C. V. Williams,
W. A. Smith, L. W. Pullen, S. B.
Kimbell, E. 1. Drewry and W. J.
Smith. They represent some of
the leaders in finance and busi
ness in this part of the state and
both directors and officers are re
garded as broad, public-spirited
citizens, who have the best inter
ests of their town and community
at heart and work unceasingly to
this end. C. B. Plexico, cashier of
this bank, is a man of splendid
ability and has brought all fea
tures of this bank and its service
up to a high state of efficiency.
This bank was established in
1902 and at once took its place of
leadership in the financial ad
vancement of Locust Grove and
this section of Henry county. It
is showing a constant growth in
patronage and prestige.
Hubbard & Pitts.
The firm of Hubbard & Pitts is
among the leading mercantile
establishments of Locust Grove.
It handles furniture, carpets,
stoves and ranges, and in fact
carries a large stock of general
house furnishings and serves a
large trade not only in Locust
Grove, but in all the surrounding
territory.
The firm is composed of G. B.
Hubbard, general manager, and
L. L. Pitts, secretary and treas
urer. They both were born and
raised in Locust Grove and have
been prominently identified with
all its steps of progress. The
firm’s business is growing year by
years, due to the meritorious
goods which it handles and the ex
cellent service which it renders.
It has a large, commodious and
convenientlv located store.
A. G. & E. S. Combs.
The firm of A. G. & E. S. Combs
do a splendid business in cotton,
cotton seed products and fertiliz
ers and also operate a warehouse.
The members of the firm also
have extensive farm interests and
are members of the board of di
rectors of the Locust Groye Insti-
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Progressive Stockbrid ge
Stockbridge Is One of Henry
County's Most Progressive
and Most Prosperous Cities.
Situated About 18 Miles
South of Atlanta on the
Southern Railway and Is in
the Northwestern Part of
the County.
In writing of the growing pro
gressive cities and towns of Hen
ry county prominent mention
must be made of the town of
Stockbridge. This town is situa
ted in the northwest corner of
Henrv county up the Southern
road to McDonough. It is as live
a business place as has been my
pleasure to see for some time.
Stockbridge is the center of a
rich farming country that annu
ally produces large yields of cot
ton, corn, hay and other impor
tant farm crops. Its business in
terests are built on its agricultural
resources and activity, and they
are keeping pace with the un
doubted rapid progress of this
section in all forms of agricultural
development,
Citv Government.
The business men of Stock
bridge take a direct personal in
terest in everything that makes
for the welfare of their city. 'I he
result is a splendid city govern
ment and town facilities and ad
vantages commensurate with Mc-
Donough’s growth and resources.
M. W. Milam is the mayor. He
is a live wire and a booster and
worker for his town at all times.
He has the able assistance in the
management of city affairs of a
progressive city council. The
council is composed of the town’s
leading business men and in con
junction with the mavor is giving
Stockbridge a most successful city
government. The council con
sists of the following: J. D. Mc-
Cullough, J. C. Walden, C. M.
Power, James Mason, U. R. Hin
ton and H. M. Askew. J. E. Wal
den is the recorder.
Thc Bank of Stockbridge.
Stockbridge has one of the best
banks for a town of its size in
Georgia. This is the Bank of
Stockbridge. It has a capital
stock of $24,000, undivided profits
of $25,252.10 and individual de
posits subject to check amounting
to $205,308.14. This bank is one
of the most honored institutions
of this section and has attained a
place of power and prestige in the
community. It must be counted
among the chief factors that have
helped Stockbridge to attain the
success that it has.
C. M. Power has been its cash
ier for the past ten years and has
handled the affairs of the bank
with skill and ability and has
played no unimportant part in its
success. The bank paid 12 1-2
per cent dividend and earned 25
per cent.
The Stockbridge Mercantile Co.
One of the largest and best
stores in this part of Henry coun
ty is that conducted by the Stock
bridge Mercantile Company. It
carries a complete line of dry
goods, notions, clothing, shoes,
vehicles, furniture and fancy and
heavy groceries. Its store occu
pies a space 81 by 90 feet and has
a handsome front and is neat, well
arranged and clean throughout.
J. G. Ward is president and J. D.
McCullough, general manager.
They are not only successful mer
chants but are progressive citi
zens and are doing much to help
their town and community.
J. C. Walden.
J. C. Walden is one of Stock
bridge’s oldest and most success
ful merchants. He carries a gen
eral line of merchandise, and is an
extensive buyer of cotton and
deals in cotton seed and cotton
seed hulls. He has been in busi
ness for 40 years and during that
time has acquired a large patron
age through his square dealing
and good service.
Scarborough & Moseley.
One of the most extensive gen
eral merchandising businesses in
Stockbridge is that conducted by
Scarborough & Moseley. This
firm carries large stocks of shoes,
dry goods, notions and fancy gro
ceries also heavy feedstuff's, and
buys cotton, cotton seed, and
handles cotton seed meal and
hulls. The members of this firm
are both natives of Stockbridge
and are helping to build a bigger
and better citv. At present the
firm has on hand a stock valued
at about SIO,OOO. It is one of the
largest cotton buyers in Henry
county.
Pinson’s Pharmacy.
Pinson’s Pharmacy is Stock
bridge’s leading drug store. It
is up to date in equipment and
service. The proprietor of this
popular place is Dr. C. H. Pinson,
a practicing physician who has
just returned from service in the
medical corps of the United States
army.
King and Puckett.
About the busiest place in
Stockbridge is the blacksmith
shop and garage conducted by
King and Puckett. All features of
blacksmithing are done, with
horseshoeing a specialty. The
firm also conducts a garage first
class in every respect.
New Salesroom.
Tolleson & Turner are prepar
ing to open up a new garage in
their auto salesroom.
Already a nice new office has
been fitted up, lights put in, the
room nicely painted, etc., and
they carry Buick and Dodge cars r
also a full line of accessories and
parts. A complete gas tank has
been placed, with full arrange
ments for free air and water. A
first class mechanical department
will be added as soon as arrange
ments can be made.
Tolleson & Turner are among
McDonough’s livest and best bus
iness men, and they propose to
make this enterprise second to
none in its line. They will doubt
less share an increased patronage.
Drainage Meeting.
All parties owning land on Pates
Creek, Little Cotton Creek and
Rum Creek are requested to meet
at the court house, McDonough,
Saturday, Feb. 15, 10 o’clock a. m.
A petition will be filed with the
Clerk of Superior Court at this
time and other important business
attended to with reference to
draining these creeks.
H. P. Hawkins,
Temporary Chairman,
A. G. Harris Secretary,
$1.50 A YEAR
