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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1919)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLY. Judge E. J. Reagan Endorses Memorial Move. McDonough, Ga., November 24, 1919. Mr. George C. Alexander, McDonough, Georgia. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of the 28th of October, I beg to say that the movement to erect a monument to the soldier boys from Henry county, who were called into service in the late war, meets my hearty approval. This is strictly in accordance with the traditions of the Southland. From the beginning of time, all peoples who laid claim to civilization, have erected monuments of some kind to commemo rate the bravery and suffering of their soldiers, and for such acts have received the commendation of mankind everywhere. But it was our glorious Sunny Southland that first inaugurated the plan of erecting monuments to the private soldiers, and the result is that we now find these memorial shafts to Confederate soldiers adorning the streets of almost every county site in the Southern States. You will not meet with such conditions in any other country on the globe. Now that another great war has been fought by all the sections of our country, and the bitterness attending the former war has been forgotten, and in the last great conflict our Henry county boys have played well their part, and have proven themselves worthy sons of their Confederate sires, we will not fail to remember them also, and to show this to the v/orld by the erection of some kind of fitting memorial. Nay, we will not forget them. We will adopt the beautiful sentiment expressed in the following lines of the gr£at soldier priest, Father Ryan : ‘‘How many a glorious name for us, How many a story of fame for us They left; Would it not be a blame for us If their memories part Prom our land and heart And a wrong to them, and shame for us ?” And in memory of their brave deeds will forever prevent future generations from forgetting them. Yours very truly, E. J. REAGAN. Fof'Ls CHAS. D. NEWMAN A 0 Coats and Coat Suits Ju& arrived, reinforcements for our heavy artillery salesforce, Coats and Coat Suits. They were hard to get, but we have them. Come and inspect them. Sells For Less CHAS. D. NEWMAN Sells For Less A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. Special Sale ON — Blankets, Sheets, Spreads, Pillow Cases, Towels UNDERWEAR Our tremendous line is complete. Come early and pick ’em over. NEWMAN McDonough, Georgia. Friday. December 5, 1919. Mr. Ed Goodwin Dies at Home Here. Many regrets were caused by the death of Mr. Ed Goodwin, which occurred at his home in McDonough between twelve and one o’clock on Sunday night last. About two years ago Mr. Good win was stricken with paralysis, since which time he had been practically confined an invalid, and had the sympathy of numer ous friends. Suffering the third stroke of the fatal disease, the end came suddenly while sitting in his chair, with only the family present. Mr. Goodwin was a son of the lamented Willis Goodwin, a for mer well known sheriff of Henry county. For a number of years he was one of McDonough’s suc cessful business men, erecting and owning the large brick store and livery barn adjoining, known as the Goodwin buildings. His sterl ing qualities and quiet, genial dis position attracted warm friend shisp, and in his passing, much sympathy is extended the bereav ed ones. Mr. Goodwin is survived by his wife, one grown son, Mr. Johnnie Goodwin, five small children, and one brother, Mr. Mack Goodwin Jackson. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Baptist church by Rev. J. M. Gilmore at 11 o’clock Monday morning, and the remains laid to rest in McDonough ceme tery. School Column. Our editor of The Weekly kind ly informs us that he will gladly give us a column for school news after the holidays. That is good news to us child ren, as we enjoy so much to hear from each other and to learn of the progress of each school. I wish to say for general infor mation, that the outlook for a successful school year is very good. We have the best teachers, as a whole, that we have had in years. With their hearty co-oper ation, with that of parents and children, we are going to get much results from school work. However, the average attend ance for November is very poor — not much above half the enroll ment. That means that children cannot be thorough and pass up to the next grade. It also means that I must again warn such parents that the new attendance law must be enforced, and that no excuses except sickness, can keep the children out of school. Parents must send in written excuses why children are tardy and absent and same excuses must be sent into me by the teacher. Beginning with January there will be held monthly meetings of the teachers, giving in reports of their schools and to do co-oper ation work with the superintend ent. Hurrah for Union Grove school! At their box supper last Thursday NEW LINE OF Men’s Suits and Overcoats Latent styles for young men, new mixtures in Serges, Tweeds and Flannels. Come in to inspect them. -2 SPECIAL k- OVERALL AND WORK SHIRT SALE OVERALLS, (Beil Grade) - - . $2-25 WORK SHISTS $l-19 2 doz. Blankets, Double Bed, while they last, $2 98 City Election. Another one of McDonough's, quiet city election was held Wed nesday. Mr. Jamie Hooten being elected mayor without opposition, with Messrs. A. A. Lemon, H R Carmichael, H. M. J. S. Rodgers, D. P. Cook and J. D. Hightower, Aldermen. Hon. E. M. Smith, who has serv ed as mayor since the mind of man hardly runneth to the -con trary, declined to run again—and he retires full of honors anc “enough.” The new mayor and his bosni of nldermen are warmly congra tulated, with full confidence of duties to be well performed. night they took in $146.10 and had to quit for lack ot boxes to seiL The teachers and the trustees wii paint the building and equip it with same. Miss Ruth Kinard ante Miss Algene Flake, Teachers. How about Pleasant Grovt school ? With Mr. Burson at principal, Mrs. Burson primary and Mrs. Miller inter-teachers,, have made a lot of new improve ments and with the co-operatio® of patrons sent a truck to Atlants last week and bought thirty new school desks. They are doing fine school work, too. Why not other schools do a* these schools are. Help and ask nothing fro#n the board. T. J. Horton, Supt. $1.50 A YEAR
