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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLV.
Ordination of Deacons.
Luella church elected to the
office of deacon Bros. M. F. Harri
son and T, B. Hiney.
The following brethren com
posed the Presbytery: Rev. J. M.
Gilmore and Deacons E. M. Cope
land and W. D. Tarpley of McDon
ough church, and Revs. J. W.
Baggerley and J. E. Pate of Locust
Grove.
J. M. Gilmore was elected chair
man and E. M. Copeland clerk of
the Presbytery.
J. M. Gilmore examined the can
didates and preached the sermon.
J. W. Baggerley offered the
prayer and J. E. Pate delivered
the charge to both deacons and
church.
The closing prayer was led by
Rev. R. B. Harrison, son of Bro.
M. F. Harrison.
Luella church is taking a step
forward these days. She is. con
tributing each month to the objects
fostered by the Georgia Baptist
Convention.
We organized some months ago
a Sunday school which is doing
good work and growing.
At the ordination services there
was a very singular and touching
scene. While the preacher was
delivering his message Brother
Harrison’s son, who had been
overseas in the terrible struggle
with the Huns, came with his
preacher-brother. Bro. Gilmore
stopppd speaking and said to the
father: ‘‘Go speak to your son.”
The father met the son in the aisle
and the meeting was very touch
ing, as both shed tears, and there
were very few in the building who
did not weep with them.
J. M. Gilmore.
Eleven candidates from McDon
ough were initiated into the mys
teries of the Shrine in Atlanta Sat
urday night and all report a great
time. They were as follows: J.
D. Hightower, J. G. Pullin, G. E.
Dickson, J. T. Weems, F. M. Set
zer, T. A. Sloan, Jr., Hugh F. Kel
ley, Dr. O. L. Adams, Robt. H. Mc-
Donald, Jno. H. Alexander, Asa A.
Lemon.
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IT IS not extravagant to smoke the high
grade Cigars we handle because you will
smoke less of them and get more enjoyment
from those you do smoke.
AND While we are Speaking of Cigars,
we assure you that no other siore in this
town carries as good an assortment of all grades,
both imported and domestic, as we carry.
TRY US for a Week and you Will Not
Go Elsewhere for Your Smokes.
QUALIFY** ' AND SERVICE.
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McDonough, -— _ ' Georgia. •
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
Possible New County
Out of Spalding.
Anent a recent article in the
Griffin News to the effect that
that part of Henry county in which
Hampton is located might be legis
lated to Spalding county, which
we at the time considered as
camouflage, may possibly take a
new turn.
Hon. A. B. Mitcam of Hampton,
who was in town this week, when
reminded of the Spalding joke,
said, and not in a humorous vein,
either:
“Our people do not contemplate
any such move. But should a
change be made we would annex
Spalding, with our town (Hamp
ton) as the county site, it being
much easier to create a new coun
ty than to cut bose from an old
one. Under a recent act of the
legislature it requires a majority
vote of the entire county to “cut
loose,” instead of a two-third vote
only of the section interested, as
heretofore.”
Crosby-Shepard.
The marriage of Miss Burton
Crosby to Mr. Dewitte Talmage
Shepard occurred at the home of
the bride’s parents near Gordon
at two o’clock Wednesday after
noon.
Mr. Shepard was recently em
ployed as expert mechanic in Tol
leson & Turner’s garage, where
he has made many friends, and
both he and his accomplished
bride are welcomed to McDon
ough, where they enter at once
upon housekeeping.
Mrs. A. R. Scott left Monday for
Yatesville where she will preside
over the annual meeting of the
Woman’s Missionary Conference
of the Griffin District which con
vened there this week. Those
attending from McDonough were
Mrs. R. H. Daniel, Misses Bess
Fouche, Marie Hightower, Loree
Pattillo, Elon Nail and Leonora
Weems.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, june 6, 1919.
SALOON FIXTURES
SELL FOR PITTANCE.
Famous Louisville, Ky., Saloon
And its Expensive Fixtures
Bring but Little Under the
Hammer.
An exchange prints the follow
ing vivid description of the recent
sale of fixtures of one of the
most, if not the most famous
saloons in Louisville, Ky.:
“On March 31 last the Blue
grass Exchange, one of the mos
famous of Louisville’s saloons,
closed its doors forever. The
proprietor, Louis Wabnetz, who
for twenty years had acted as
host in this popular resort, was
not silent during the oratory of
‘Pink’ Varble, the veteran auc
tioneer, as he endeavored to dis
pose of the appurtenances. He
drew attention to his lack of fore
sight in not getting rid of the
place a year ago. ‘I could have
sold the place for fifteen thousand
dollars then. Now I will be lucky
if I get five thousand.’ And the
prices obtained sustained the
statement. For the $725 side
board brought only SIOO with the
great plate glass mirrors which
extended the full length of the
bar. The huge ice box with mir
rored paneled front, a bargain at
$175 a year ago, went for S6O.
Even the much admired stained
glass doors with their portraits of
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
were sold to a picture shop pro
prietor for one-twentieth of their
original cost.”
Will anyone see in this justifi
cation of the claim for compensa
tion by the liquor interests? Not
if careful thought is given the
subject.
Who knows how many times
over these high-priced fixtures
have been paid for with tears and
sobs and heartaches ? If the
liquor interests of this country
would compensate those who have
suffered not only financially but
mentally and morally for the
wrong they have done, if such a
thing were possible, then people
would be more willing to listen to
their plea for compensation, now
that the business has been out
lawed and saloon fixtures have
become a drug on the market.
Remember, too, these fixtures are
not taken from the saloon keeper.
They are his to dispose of as he
pleases. The only thing that he
has lost is the special privilege
granted him to sell beverage
poison.—American Issue.
For Sale.
120 acres of land (more or less)
7 miles from McDonough on good
road, near church and school,
running water, timber, two new
dwellings, two. new barns. This
is a cheap farm and pick-up for
someone.
TALMON PATTILLO,
Real Estate,
McDonough, Ga.
Entertainment At
Mount Vernon.
The entertainment at Mount
Vernon that was to have been
given Friday evening, May 30, and
was postponed on account of the
inclement weather, will be given
Fridav evening, June 6, beginning
at 8:30 o’clock.
Experiment Station
Fight Seems Near.
There are some things going on
which indicate the brewing of a
red hot fight, when the legislature
meets, between the Georgia Ex
periment Station at Griffin, and
the newly created coastal plane
experiment station. The state
budget and efficiency commis
sion, which is this week com
pleting its work preparatory to
drawing the appropriations bill,
has had up the subject of the two
stations, and their maintenance
funds. Out of this has leaked the
gossip that the fight is coming
and the charge by friends of the
old station —Griffin —that the real
“scheme” is to get the new station
running and then, by a quiet
“frame-up” grab all the Federal
money from the Griffin station,
leaving that old institution virtu
ally high and dry and practically
putting it out of business.
A couule of weeks ago it was
found that there is some very
warm feeling in Spalding county
over the expected situation, and
that representatives from that
county, in both branches of the
assembly, are coming to the legis
lature this year with “blood in
their eyes.”
No small interest already is
being evidenced in whether or not
Governor Dorsey is going to make
further recommendations in re
spect to the station at Griffin in
his next message to the assembly.
—Atlanta Cor. Macon Telegraph.
Jeff Davis Birthday
Observed by U. D. C’s.
Anniversary exercises were ob
served upon the birthday of Jef
ferson Davis, President of the
Confederacy, under auspices of
the U. D. C’s, at the Presbyterian
church in McDonough Tuesday
afternoon.
An excellent address was deliv
ered by Judge R. O. Jackson, and
the Daughters deserve credit for
the appropriate and attractive oc
casion throughout.
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or a car itself, come here and
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OBSERVER
There will be singing at Beth
any church next Sunday after
noon and everybody is cordially
invited.
Gardens fine.
“Lightin” bug time.
Grass growing showers.
Early spring chickens ripe.
1919 nearly half gone.
You used to get a hand to chop
cotton for 50 cents and “dinner.”
But “there’s nothing doing” like
that now.
Ttie Institute for Christian Wor
kers which is to be held at the
Baptist church in McfDonough
next week, beginning Monday and
continuing four days, is an oppor
tunity that every church and
Sunday school worker who possi
bly can should take advantage of.
Rev. J. M. Gilmore, the pastor,
has worked faithfully to secure this
training course, and he has done
more along the line of Christian
education and terchers’ training
than any man that ever served
churches in Henry county. All
church and Sunday school work
ers within reach should attend.
Christian Workers
Institute Next Week.
Let us agam call your attention
to the Christian Workers Institute.
We are expecting many good
things next week at the Baptist
Church.
Revs. B. S. Railey and J. W. R.
Jenkins will deliver two lectures
each day. Both of them speaking
in the morning and the evening.
At night we are expecting Dr.
Daniel, Tuesday; Dr. B. J. Gra
ham, Wednesday; and Dr. B. D.
Gray, Thursday. You will miss a
great deal if you fail to hear these
men. Come and bring someone
with you. The time is June 9 13.
The place is McDonough Baptist
Church.
J. M. Gilmore. Pastor.
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