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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1919)
Light in the School Room. Nothing from the standpoint of hygiene is more important than proper school room lighting. And nothing is more abused. The following facts have been worked out through experimentation by scientists and school specialists: 1. All windows should be grouped on the long side of the room to the left of the children as they are seated at their desks. To secure proper ventilation, wooden transoms or slatted win dows should be placed high up in walls opposite the windows, about eight feet above the floor, so as not to interfere with the black board. 2. The light should come from the East or West to supply suffi cient but not too much sunlight. 3. The glass area should be one-fifth, the floor area. Six windows approximately three feet by eight feet will give this pro portion in a room twenty-four by thirty feet. 4. The measurements of the window wall should be as follows: Bottoms of windows above floor, 4 feet, to prevent light from shin ing up into the eyes. Wall space between front window and front I wall, 6 feet, to prevent a glare on the back-ground and in the eyes. Space between windows not more than 12 inches, to prevent shad ows on some of the desks. Space between tops of windows and ceil ing, 6 inches, to allow space for window frame. 5. The distance of the tops of the windows above the floor should be one-half the width, of the room to give sufficient diffu sion of light across the room on the desks farthest from the win dows. With windows eight feet high placed four feet up from the floor in a room twenty-four feet wide this measurement is secured. Therefore, the wall should be twelve and a half feet high, to al low six inches for the overhead window frame. 6. The following is the most universally satisfactory color scheme: Ceiling, very light. White gives too much glare. Walls, window frames and sash, cld or new. Wainscot doors and mouldings, flemish oak oil stain. Blue and green should always be avoided in a school room, because they absorb the light instead of reflecting it. Red should be avoid ed because of its irritating influ ence. Frog Hollow. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bowen re turned home Tuesday from Indian Springs, where they have been staying for awhile. Miss Alberta Moseley spent a few days last week with Mr. Willie Moseley and family in McDon- GUgll. Mesdames M. E. and J. K. Bowen were spend-the-day guests of Mrs. Joe Cook in Stockbridge Friday. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Bowen visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bowen Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will McElhannon of Winder visited the latter’s mother several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Moseley and little daughter of Stockbridge spent the day with Mr. Ben Mose ley and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Gunter and children spent a while Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bowen. Mrs. Toby Hinton visited her parents several days last week. Mr. Thad Pritchett of Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bowen Wednesday. Will now close, if Mr. Waste Basket is not too greedy, perhaps I’ll venture again. Billy. Hopewell News. Plenty of mud and rain at the present time. Rev. Robert Cook will begin a protracted meeting at Hopewell the second Saturday night. Every body invited to come out and hear him. Mrs. Pearl Skinner has been real sick for the past few days. We hope for her a speedy re covery. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gilbert had as their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Berl Lewis and family, of Ola; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Lewis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilbert and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strickland and children, remaining with them. • Miss Henry Mae Tidwell is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Florence Mc- Kowan of East Point. Mrs. Minnie Starr and Miss Henry Mae Tidwell and Mrs. Elia Morris were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis and family Monday afternoon. Miss Sallie Fannie Wood is visiting Mrs. Charlie Lewis this week. Mr. Jace Phillips and Mr. John Phillips of East Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bradberry Thursday. Mr. Oscar Tidwell was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lewis Saturday night. Mr. Claud Skinner and Mrs. Henry Strickland visited Mr. Berl Lewis and family last week. Jimmie. Sunday’s Idea of It, Billy Sunday, the evangelist, re cently stopped suddenly in his dis course, and, turning to a woman in the audience, said : “Madame, I have been watching you try to put that baby to sleep for the last fifteen minutes, and I’ll tell you what I think is the matter. The baby needs board instead of lodg ing. •_ Infant Strategy. A baldheaded man, sitting in front of a little boy at church, was scratching the fringe of his re maining hair. He kept this up so long that the little fellow became interested, and leaning over, said : “Say, mister, you’ll never get him there. Why don’t you run him out in the open ?” THE DIFFICULTY. “No judge who advocates this in determinate idea can be a good writer.” “Why not ?” “Because he doesn’t believe in fin ished sentences.” ROOM TO DANCE. A sailor acquaintance was com plaining of the misfit of the issued clothing. “I can beat time in the shoes they gave me and my feet never leave the ground,” he said. EGG COAL, MAYBE. “My son,” said pa, severely, “why did you put our old black hen in the basement ?” “So she could lay in our coal, of course, pa.” “I hear that your baby was kid napped. Have you got any trace of him yet ?” “Yes. The kidnappers are of fering us five thousand dollars to take him back, but we are holding out for more.” Get your Kodaks and supplies at Horton Drug Co. Also mail or bring your films for prompt de- HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA Dog days. Farmers “laid by.” Fodder “pullin” next. Big “meetin” time. Old time watermelons. Revival services are in progress at Philadelphia. Prof. J. W. Pendley closed a ten days singing at Bethany today (Friday.) Revival services are being con ducted at Luella this week by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Gilmore. Rev. W. F. Pate, the pastor, will begin a revival at Bethany tonight (Friday) and everybody is cordially invited to attend. Messers J. P. Phillips, J. C. Phil lips and T. H. Wilkins of DeKalb county spent Monday in McDon ough prospecting. A party consisting of Mr. J. D. Alexander and others left Tuesday morning for a motor trip through Kentucky and other northern points. Salem church has recently closed one of the best revivals ever held at that place, conducted bv the pastor, Rev. J. H. Cowart, of Atlanta. The friends of Mr. Leroy Rape of near Bethany who was taken to the Wesleyan Hospital in At lanta last week, where he under went an operation for appendi citis, are glad to know that he is rapidly recovering. On July 6th a very solemn and most touching event occurred at Morrow, Ga., at the unveiling of a monument over the grave of Rev. H. V. Adamson, whose death occurred in the early part of the year. At the time of his death he was pastor of four churches: The Rock, Salem, Bethany and j Tanners, all of whom had inscrip- ' tions on the monument. The services were conducted by Rev. 1 S. B. King of Atlanta and Rev. J. 1 M. DeFoor of Morrow. It was indeed a very sad and touching service. : OBSERVER : Money to Lend Farmers =AT= 5 l-2c--110 Commissions The Federal Farm Loan Act passed by Congress several months ago established in the United States a r iral credit system, by which the farmers may borrow money on their farm lan'd, at the rate of five and one-half per cent per an num, letting the same run for forty years, if desired. The main difficulty in connection with obtaining loans under this Act was the detailed red-tape of organization into Farm Loan Associations. This difficulty has just recently been overcome for the farmers of Henry county. The Hampton National Farm Loan Association has already closed its first bunch of loans, and is authorized to take applications on farms anywhere in Henry county for other loans. If you are not familiar with the advantages of a loan at such a low rate of interest, and with such a long time t<s run without re newal, you should communicate with our secretary. The term recommended by The Federal Land Bank of Columbia is thir ty-five years. On a loan of SIOOO.OO, for 35 years, the borrower pays annually the sum of sixty-five dollars, which in the 35 years, pays off the entire amount of principal and interest; whereas, at the prevailing rate of intesest, 8 per cent, he would pay each year SBO.OO as interest, and at the end of the time still owe all of his principal. The privilege of paying all of the loan off, or any part thereof, is granted to the borrower after five years. We are taking another bunch of applications now, upon which appraise ments will be made right away. Communicate with us at once in order to get your loan through promptly. If your application should not be approved for as much as you need to carry, there will be no obligation on the applicant’s part J to take the money. Communicate with G. F. FEARS, Secretary Hampton, Ga. TESTIMONIAL R. F. D. No. 6, McDonough, Ga., July 5, 1919. Smith-Newman Mfg. Co., McDonough, Ga. Dear Sirs : I bought one of your TRI-PLEX machines last year, and after sharpening my gins with the TRI-PLEX it increased their capacity fully one hundred per cent. When I bought this machine I already owned and had been using another make of Filer, and it was hard for me to believe your statement when you told me that if I would use the TRI-PLEX according to instructions that it would more than pay for itself the first season, but I find that you are ex actly right about it. It is the best $75.00 I have ever spent to go in my Gin House. Yours truly, (Signed) R. A. RUSSELL. There is no use in spending your good hard earned money for a marchine that is an imitation or an infringement on our TRI-PLEX. Get the original from SMITH-NEWMAN MFG. CO. McDonough, Ga. OI ds rr\obile A n rn o an mi c@ m e n t For matchless values it is useless to exploit the merits of this well known automobile. NO SUPERIOR IN ITS CLASS. Symmetrical, perfectly constructed arid complete in all parts. I am pleased to announce to the trade that I have accepted the sales agency of this wonderful car. and will be glad to demonstrate it to the thorough satis faction of all at any time. Until arrangements can be made for the opening of my regular garage, please call at the postoffice. FRED VARNER McDONOUGH, GA.
