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The Henry County WeeKiy
VOL. XLV.
Negro Man Killed
At Sunday Gathering.
The annual big colored singing
near Locust Grove last Sunday
resulted in the regularly looked
for tragedy.
John Phinazee was shot and
almost instantly killed by Ray
mond Glenn, both colored, appa
rently without provocation. Thel
evidence is that Phinazee ap-l
proached Glenn, and merely!
stroking him on the shoulder!
said: “Here old boy, gimme soma
o’ that good licker you’re drink-1
irg.” “Look out, nigger, I’ll shoot!
you,” was the response, and whip-1
ping out a pistol, without further!
ado emptied two shots into hid
body, Phinazee expiring before
assistance could be rendered.
Will Setzer seized Glenn and held
him until the sheriff arrived.
Sheriff Ward had been notified
that whiskey was being sold on
the grounds, and anticipating
trouble, he secured the servicesi
of ex-Sheriff Sowell and several
others and went down.
could be found, however, and
Glenn was jailed to await trial!
Several women were also repor-l
ted cut and roughly handled. |
Cotton Crop Short.
Atlanta, Ga., June 22. —The State!
Agriculturul Department has giver!
out a statement that this year’a
cotton crop will be about one!
third or at most one-half of norl
mal. This is due to three causes I
801 l weevil, constant rains puttina
grass beyond control and lack o|
farm labor. The department holdl
out no hope for saving any of th<|
cotton that has been heavily besel
by the weevil. The only advicl
that can be given is for cotton tJ
be plowed under and corn, peal
nuts and others crops planted!
Reports from all other cottorl
states are similar to South Georl
gia. There is no telling what cotl
ton will bring by Christmas, acl
cording to Commissioner Brownl
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McDonough, Georgia. •
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, june 27, 1919.
jW. B. M. U. News Notes.
I The regular monthly meeting of
I the Woman’s Baptist Missionary
Union of Georgia was held Tues
day, June 3rd, in the mission
rooms. Mesdames W. J. Neal,
I 1
Ben Thompson, J. P. Nichols and'
C. T. Brown were the o it ot town
members.
Mrs. O. K. Overstreet of Sylva
nia was elected \ ice-president of
Southeast Division.
The Baptist women of Georgia
will give their share of the
$75,000,000 to be raised by the
southern Baptists in the next five
years.
The personal charts being pre
pared by the W. M. U. will soon
Ibe ready for the societies. The
price will be 25 cents postpaid.
I Mrs. W. A. Johnson, recently
[appointed historian of Georgia
|Woman’s Missionary Union, was
present at the board meeting and
■reported her work well under
jway. She earnestly desires facts
|and stories of early foundation
|work done by any society in the
[state, and will appreciate any au
[thentic information sent her.
The Mary P. Willingham School
closed a splendid year’s work
May 23 26. Eleven graduates
received diplomas and are well
fitted to fill positions as teachers
lor definite Christian work.
I The first issue of “The Moun
tain Laurel,” the school annual, is
| worthy of highest-commendation,
[as it shows real talent in its artis-
Itic design and literary ability in its
[editorship.
The M. W. U. Training School,
[Louisville, Ky., closed June 2nd.
[Of the twenty-one graduates two ,
[wers Georgia girls, Misses Pearl |
[Todd and Mattie Vie Summers.
[Each girl in this class was en
gaged for Christian Mission work
[before she graduated. They go
[as pastor’s assistants, Bible teach
ers, mill town workers, good will
[center and social service workers
land some as foreign missionaries.
(The supply is not equal to the
demand for these consecrated
laborers.
Drainage Convention.
A party composed of Messrs. 1
Joseph Mann and Will Berry of 1
Stockbridge, Clerk Hightower, E. |
L. Reagan and J. A. Fouche of
McDonough, attended a meeting
of the State Drainage Association
at Marietta last week, going by
auto, and spent a very interesting
as well as pleasant day. Some
highly interesting talks were made
at the meeting, a number of in
stances of personal experience
being cited where former worth
less lands were reclaimed and
brought to a value of S2OO to S4OO
Der acre. Walton county was
shown to be a pioneer leader in
the movement, highly attractive
figures of increased values being
displayed in support of same.
Walton extended open and cordial
invitation for all interested to call
and make personal investigation.
Many sections were represented
and all pleased with their visit.
The citizens of Marietta acted as
hosts to the convention, serving
their guests with a splendid bar
becue and dinner at the Country
Club, and the hospitality of the
beautiful city was enjoyed to the
utmost.
Georgia Legislature
In Annual Session.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25. —The State
Legislature is in session and the
eyes of the people of Georgia are
turned in the direction of Atlanta,
overlooking the fact announced
by the bard long ago, that —
“Of all the ills which human hearts en
dure
How small the part which human laws
can cure.”
The doctrine of our forefathers,
the maxim of Jefferson, “that a
country is the best governed which
is least governed” is still worthy
of fullest consideration. But the
present legislature, an epochal
legislature, as it were, has oppor
tunity to make far-reaching his
tory. Few legislatures in Geor
gia since reconstruction have had
an opportunity to “make good
in fact, no program of domestic
legislation since the Constitutional
Convention of 1877 has been so
important as the one which comes
before the body now in session.
Here are some things which will
come before the body :
1. A state highway system.
2. Revision of the tax system.
3. New laws and regulations
governing state banks.
4. Budget system for making
appropriations.
5. Provision for levying local
school tax in every county and
improvement in state’s edcational
system.
6. Increased powers for rail
road commission and legislation
to curb labor agitators.
7. Ratification or rejection of
Susan Anthony amendment to
Federal Constitution giving women
the vote.
8. Improvement of health laws
and regulations.
The state highway system will
be one of the most important
questions before the legislature
and already five or more bills are
ready for persentation to that
body. Of all the bids on this sub
ject which laws have been drafted,
the measure by Former Senator
Walter P. Andrews, of Atlanta,
yo 6/ a . w sS
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and we will make the big ones look
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More Waier Protection
Needed Against Fire
r We understand the city father®
are looking into the matter of ar;
adequate water supply for McDt©-
ough— deep well facilities or sotiae
better plan. This is a vital neces
sity, property values being sub
jected to untold destruction fe-orrt
fire by water shortage during* the
fall dry season, as has several
times been the case in the past.
More than once have severe fane*
been averted, when for lack j>r
water they would have run into
the thousands. It is to be hoped
some plan may be devised in time,
thus securing proper protection
before forced to the reality ot
danger.
seems to have been most favor
ably received. Judge T. E. Pat
terson, chairman of the State
Highway Department, who in con
junction with Senator Andrews,
has made a study of good roou
for many years, unqualifiedly en
dorses the Andrews bill, as do m
score or more of lawmakers :rc
various parts of the state who
have asked that their names be
attached to the bill as joint au
thors. The Andrews bill appar
ently embodies all the salient fea -
tures of other proposed measures
and, according to Judge Patterson,
goes further than any other bid
towards giving the state a satis
factory system of highways.
Second in importance to high
way legislation will be a proposed
measure to strengthen the hands
of the railroad commission, giving
that body jurisdiction over public
service corporations, with a view
to quick settlement of labor dis
putes, avoidance of strikes ;.r> 1
adjustment of rate disputes wh.*
have been brought about by hv •: ‘
conditions in various cities a: i
made the hobby horse of polu. -
.
cians.
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