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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1919)
A War Classic. “Retreat? Hell, no!” This famous American reply to a French order when Americans moved into the Chateau-Thierry sector for their test of fire, has at last been clearly traced to a ma rine captain. It is now stated authoritatively that the emphatic Yank answer, attributed months ago to Gen. Omar Bundy, 2d Division com mander at Chateau Thierry, de spite his repeated denials, came from Capt. Loyd M. Williams, 51st Company, sth Marines. Six days later Capt. Williams, gassed and torn by shrapnel, died as he was being placed in an am bulance. A French division, exhausted by days of desperate fighting against the relentless German advance, was withdrawing down shell-torn roads around Chateau-Thierry, past the relieving 2d Division. Capt. Williams’ company, half doughboys and half marines, with a sprinkling of navy, medical men, was awaiting the withdrawal of the French. They were taking for their first time the front line positions which Americans were to hold against the pick of the German shock troops. A French major, moving with his battalion along the dark road and believing a general withdraw al had been ordered, told Williams to follow. “Retreat ?” the American asked. “Hell, no!” Williams reported the incident to his battalion commander, Col. F. W. Wise. The message, ac cording to officials who said they saw it, was: “French drawing back through us. French major ordered me to I withdraw with him. I told him . to go to hell. “Williams, C. 0.” The company, with the rest of the 2d Division, completed their relief and formed a line the Ger mans never broke. Capt. Wil liams was killed six days later— June 12, 1918. Gassed and wound ed by shrapnel, he was carried to the rear by four German prison ers. On the way back, a shell struck near by. Two of the stretcher-bearers were killed and Capt. Williams was thrown to the ground. He lived, however, until he was placed in an ambulance. A distinguished service cross for extraordinary heroism was sent later to his home at Berry ville, Va., where he had lived be fore he graduated from the Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute. Since 1910, when he entered the ma rines. he had made his home at Washington. Though every hour of the fol lowing four weeks was filled with excitement, officers and men who heard or saw the incident remem bered it and repeated it. Then it followed the usual course of sto ries. Not a Flattering Portrait. While the minister was making a call'the little girl of the house was busy with pencil and paper. “What are you doing, he asked, when her mother had left the room for a moment. “I’m making your picture,” said the child. The minister sat very still and the child worked very earnestly. Then she stopped and compared her work with the original and shook her head. “I don’t like it much, she said. “ ’Tain’t a great deal like you. I guess I’ll put a tail to it and call it a dog.” THE CROCKETT PLANTATION Owned by Tye Bros. near McDonough » Will be cut into Small Farms and Sold on EASY TERMS _ WATCH FOR THE DATE w——i—^——— * Go Look At The Land HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. McDONOUGH, GEORGIA He Knew the Place. “Now, boys,” said the teacher in the juvenile Sunday school class, “our lesson today teaches us that if we are good while here on earth, when we die we will go to a place of everlasting bliss. But suppose we are bad, then what will become of us ?” “We’ll go to a place of everlast ing blister,” promptly answered the small boy at the pedal extrem ity of the class. The Best Physic. When you want a pleasant physic take Chamberlain’s Tablets. They are easy to take and mild and gen tle in effect. They are highly prized by people who have become acquainted with their good quali ties. They only cost a quarter. For sale by Horton Drug Co. For Dismission. GEORGIA —Henry County. Whereas, C. M. Power, adminis trator of Win. Pounds, represents to the court in his petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has fullv administered Wm. Pound’s estate. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said administrator should not be discharged from his administration, and receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in September. 1919. A. G. HARRIS, Ordinary. For Administration. GLORIA—Henry County. To whom it may concern : Orange Weems having made application to me in due form to be appointed per manent administrator upon estate of John Strickland late of said coun ty, notice is hereby given that said application will be heard at the regular term of the Court of Ordi nary for said county, to be held on the first Monday in September 1919. Witness mv hand and official signature this 4tli day of August. 1919. A. G. HARRIS, Ordinary. Petition to Dissolve. i GEORGIA—Henry County, j To the Superior Court' of said : County. The petition of the Henderson Manufacturing Company, a corpo ration with its office and principal place of business at Hampton, Henry county, Georgia, respect fully shows: 1. That it was incorporated by the Superior Court of said county on the 14th day of February, 191(5, jas the Henderson Manufacturing Company, and authorized by said order to exercise all the powers of a private corporation. 2. That it exercised said powers until the 9th day of June. 1919, when at a meeting of the stock holders, at which meeting all the stock was represented, it was, bv appropriate resolution ordered that, the assets ol said corporation be sold, the debts paid and the aff.t irs of said corporation wound up and its business discontinued as pro vided by its charter. H. Accordingly on said date the assets were sold, the debts paid and the remaining assets divided among the stackholders. 4. AH the debts of said corpora tion have been paid and it is no longer exercising the functions and powers of a corporation, and it de sires to surrender its charter. Wherefore it prays an order al lowing it to surrender its charter and cease its existence as a corpo ration. This August. sth 1919. E. M. SMITH, Petitioner’s Attorney. GEORGIA—Henry County. I, H. C. Hightower. C. S. C., Henry county, Ga , do certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the petition of the Hender son Manufacturing Company, for surrender of its charter as appears from the records of file in this of fice. Given under my hand and seal, this August sth, 1919 H. C. HIGHTOWER, C. S. C., Henry county, Ga. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears _ Signature of Administiator’s Sale. By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, granted at the August term, 1919. Will be sold before the court house door of said county, on the first Tuesday in September next, within the legal hours ot sale, the follow ing land of the estate of S. M. I Coker, deceased, the land fore assigned as a dower to the ! widow, and the dower having ex | pired : 36 acres more or less in ! McDonough district, said county, and being part of lots Nos. 170 and 176, bounded as follows: On the North by lands of W. E. Alexan der, South by lands of Mrs. L. C. Tarplev, East by lands of W. Alexander and West by lands of formerly Payne estate. H. S. COKER, Administrator. To the Public We desire to inform you that we do all kinds of Hemstitch ing at moderate prices, and guarantee our work to be of the highest quality. We kind ly solicit your patronage. SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. 118 East Solomon Street GRIFFIN, GA. Orders taken at any Singer Shop Out of town orders given special attention and work returned same day PHONE 823. FARM LOANS On improved farm lands, long time, low rate of in terest. Write or apply to LOAN and TITLE CO. 501-502 4th National Bank Building,, ATLANTA, GA. BROWN & BROWN Attorneys at Law McDonough, Ga. Call or write os for farm loans.
