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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1919)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLV. W M. U. Program Flint River Association. The W. M. U. of the Flint River Association will hold its annual meeting with Rehobeth church the 24th of this month, when the following program will be ren dered: MORNING SESSION. Hymn—“ Jesus Culls Me O’er the Tumult.” Devotional —Mrs. A. G. Cope land. Word of Welcome —Miss Annie Mae Biles. Response —Miss Clyde Eppinger. Reports of Superintendent, Secretary-Treasurer, District Sec retaries; Publicity Press Chairman. Appointment of Committees. Gold Star Memorials —Mrs. C. H. Gwynn. Solo —Miss Ida Lou Tarpley. Address —Rev. A. Scott Patter son, Missionary to Africa. Prayer. Adjourn for Dinner. EVENING SESSION. Hymn. Devotional —Scripture Promises Led by Mrs. H. V. Adamson. The importance of Training for (a) Children, (b) Women W. M. U. draining School. Mrs. C. F. Duffee. $75,000,000 Campaign—Mrs. F. Warui-iAff . v v ilium. Song—Rehobeth Sunbeams. W. M. U. Study Course Explain ed —Mrs. J. P. Nichols. Survey of Field —Mrs. J. E. Sammons. Dialogue —“Aunt Polly Joins the Missionary Society.” Reports of Committees. Expressions (free to all)—How has this meeting benefitted me? Song. i Dismiss. McDonough Ladies to be In Confederate Parade. The following have been ap pointed maids of honor on Gen. Gilmore’s staff for the Confederate reunion to be held in Atlanta on October 7, 8. 9, 10. Miss Annie G. Thompson, Miss Bess Fouche, Miss Eilene Neal, Miss Flora Neal, Miss Marie Dupree, Miss Marie Hightower, Mrs. E. L. Reagan, Mrs. Adam Sloan, Mrs. Fred Walker. For further information call on Judge A. G. Harris. Ailison-Fears. The Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday contained the follow ing announcement which will be read with much interest through this section: “Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Franklin Allison of Okmulgee, Okla., for merly of Columbus, Ga., announce the engagement of their daugh ter, Minnie Istalena, to Mr. Grady Frank Fears of Hampton, Ga., the wedding to take place early in October. No cards.” Singing at Mt. Carmel. There will be singing at Mount Carmel next Sunday p. m. Sep tember 21. Prof. Bill Lee and family will be there. If you want to hear something good come right on. We extend this invi tation to all lovers of music. J. S. Barnett. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. 0 'er'ar i » . (By courtesy of Hie Atlanta Georgian, The Weekly is permit ted to publish the above cartoon by Ray McGill with accompanying sketch, which will be read with interest by his numerous friends). Recognition of the solendid service being rendered Atlanta by Ray McGill, cartoonist of The Georgian and American, and of the original, striking and convinc ing cartoons he draws portraying the advanced spirit of Atlanta, is contained in the September num ber of the City Builder, the official organ of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerc . which has just come off the press. With a sketch of Artist McGill’s career and a discussion of the service he is rendering the city is carried a reproduction of one of his cartoons, entitled “Achieve ment,” and a photograph of Mr. McGill. In another part of the magazine one of McGill’s cartoons made at Conyers is reproduced from The Atlanta Georgian. Sketch of McGill.' Following is the sketch of the work of Mr. McMill which appears in the September issue. “Georgia Talent Comes Home. “Given a real, sure enough, in born talent —whether it be for writing books or raising race horses —and it’s going to take something more than opposition and lack of encouragement to crush it. “Ray McGill, the new cartoonist of The Georgian, is a splendid ex ample of this. Ever since he was a tiny little lad playing around his McDonough, Georgia, Friday, septemuer 19, 1919. f itiivr’s grocery store down here in Dawson, Ga., drawing funny faces on the eggs an 1 covering the wrappings of the grocery packages with comical sketches, Ray McGill has loved to draw. “At 16 young McGill started out on his own resources. He went to Chicago, got all sorts of o ld jobs to do and succeeding in land ing a soholarship in the Art Insti tute of Chicago. For several years following his studies at the institute lie did illustrating for some of the big advertising agen cies, then went with the Interna tional Harvester Company to make the charts for their bureau of ex tension and research, illustrate their ads and draw the cartoons for their house organ, the Har vester world. “Then came the war. McGill enlisted in September, 1917, serv ed overseas for eighteen months, and was discharged in July, 1919. After the armistice was signed he got into the Sorbonne Detach ment at Paris, being one of the two men out of the 1,700 to get government scholarships there. His months of study at the Atelier Julian study were a happy change from the arduous army duty of road digging. “After discharged at Camp Mills in July, Mr. McGill came immediately to Georgia to see his mother. It was while passing through Atlanta on this trip that he had the conference with the chiefs of the Georgian that resul ted in his contracting to stay with them. “Already Mr. McGill’s work on Hie Georgian lias created a great deal of interest and favorable comment. Particularly effective is his idea of epitomizing the real spirit of Atlanta in the attractive figure of ‘Achievement.’ This figure is appearing in a series of cartoons of what might be called the ‘boaster’ type and is giving Atlanta some exceedingly clever and worth-while publicity. It is this spirit that vve need to get across not only to the world out side Atlanta, but to many Atlan tans right here at homfe. We congratulate The Georgian on its acquisition of so bright minded and talented a cartoonist as Mr. McGill.” Tribute of Respect. On September first the death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steele and took from them their sixteen-months-old baby, little Flora Kate. May God’s richest blessings rest upon the grief stricken father and mother. We thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of this little one. We miss the voice of one we we love, a precious form has passed away, to join the angel throng above in realms of endless day. One Who Loved Her. No Place for Him to Die. Daniel Webster, taken ill one day In a town, of decided Democratic lean ings, begged his friends to take him heme at onre. “I was born a Federal ist,” he pleaded. “I have lived a Fed eralist, and I can’t die in a Democratic town.” OBSERVER Old-time potato pie time. Scuppernongs and muscadiaes ripe. Cotton fields getting whiter and whiter. Soon be time to go “possum huntin.” Read Revelations second chap ter first to fifth verses. Several from McDonough at tended the big Sacred Harp sing ing convention in Atlanta last week. Uncle Jess Brown, one of Henry county’s oldest colored citizens* who lives on Judge Paul Turner's farm near town, is between eighty and ninety years of age, but he picks one hundred and fifty pounds of cotton a day and is still hale and hearty. McDonough is one of the best places to live in the world, but it will never be any larger until more houses are built. But not withstanding this, a party from Atlanta were recently here look ing out a site for a new manufactu ring plant. And if plans don't fail we are going to grow. Mr. Ray Pair of Flippencmne very near happening to a st riotis accident Monday morning by acci dentally falling from a wagon at the Flippen ginnery. At first it was thought he was fatally injured which proved later not to be serious, we are glad to state. Mr. and Mrs. Luther George, who have been residing in Bir mingham, have moved here and are occupying rooms with Mrs. Gunter on College street. Mr. George has entered into partner nership with his father, Mr. W. W. George, in his shoe shop. We are glad to welcome him to Mc- Donough. If the Confederate monument i» the park in McDonough could talk it would doubtless want to know, first thing—why the drinking fountain has run dry. And then if it could cry, it would no doubt shed tears of sadness for the noble and faithful efforts put forth by the good women of the town who worked so faithfully for the drinking fountain only to see their efforts fail so soon. It is none of Observer’s business, and we are not criticising anybody, but we wonder what is the matter with the drinking fountain ? It was our pleasure to accom pany Mr. John R. Smith on a trip over in Newton county last Thurs day afternoon where he went in the interest of his celebrated gin saw filing machine. It was indeed a pleasant trip for us, as we spent awhile in the citv of Snapping Shoals, and traveled over roads we had not seen since we were i kid. Mr. Smith left for Norcross. Dalton and other Georgia towns this week, and will leave next week for a trip oyer in Alabama and other points. His machine !* a wonderful invention and Ids business is increasing. Had to Split Up. Little Jack, very much impressed with his first night in a herth on %, Pullman sleeper, said: “Why, grand ma, the flats were so small we couldn’t all live together. Mamma and I slept In the first flat, and Daddy In the sec ond flat.” $1.50 A YEAR
