Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a project of the Georgia Public Library Service.
About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1919)
The Henry County Weekly -"■* i VOL. XLV BIG DAMAGE FROM THREE DAYS RAIN. i Dr. Smith Loses New Power Dam Nearing Completion With Disastrous Results to County Roads and Bridges * Beginning Saturday three days of the hardest continuous rain fell Sunday, Monday and Tuesday known in this section for a long time. Much damage not yet fully re ported has resulted in the wash ing away of county bridges and injury to roads, delaying and im peding transportation. A cave-in of the Whitehall street bridge oyer the Southern railroad in Atlanta Tuesday night caused the annullment of trains and no mail was received until Wednesday morning. In McDonough the cave-in of the electric light plant well just after supper and the bursting of a large water main near the big spring reservoir Tuesday night put both water and lights out of commission, leaving the city in the experience of total darkness. Deep regret and disappointment came with the news Wednesday morning that Dr. Smith’s big power dam, just nearing comple tion, was entirely washed away, entailing a loss of between two or three thousand dollars. In sym- A CHAS. D. NEWMAN Coats and Coat Suits arrived, reinforcements for our heavy artillery salesforce, Coats and Coat Suits. They were hard to get, but we have them. Come and inspect them. t 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 12, 1919. : OBSERVER Sugar scarce and hen eggs high —oh you Christmas cake. If U O for The Weekly pay B fore U forget it. The fuel administration has put the lid on tight. Several new business enter prises are being considered. Watch our town grow. The B. Y. P. U. of the McDon-. ough Baptist church held one of the best meetings it has ever held Monday night of last week. The McDonough Methodist Sun day school has the largest men’s class of any Sunday school in town. A mistake was made in our lo cals last week, caused either from an error in our copy or a mistake in the type, which made us give Bethany church credit for $8,370, when it was only $3,370 which they raised in the campaign. We gladly make this correction, as it was not our intention to misquote the amount. pa<hy with Dr. Smith in his mis fortune, a subscription was at once suggested by friends to assist him in his disaster. At this writing there is little opportunity to estimate the entire county damage, but at the least it is immense. May its like again be long in coming. School Column, Schools schools close for the holidays on Dec. 19 and Spring term begins on Dec. 29. On Friday afternoon of Dec. 19, there will be no school, but every patron of each respective school will report at the school house at 1 o’clock to have the School At tendance Law explained by teach ers and local trustees. No patron can plead ignorance of the law after Xmas. Notice the reports of some hox suppers held on last Friday night Mays School $102.00 Greenwood School 104.00 Pleasant Grove School 200 00 Elliston School 234.76 These are very gratifying re ports and this money will be spent to paint the houses and to better equip some. Hurrah for these communities! And we shall listen for others. T. J. HORTON, C. S. S. \ Crosses of Honor. Should there be any any veteran or son of a veteran of the war who desire crosses, they may se cure blanks from Mrs. A. R. Scorf, to be filed, recorded and present ed on January 19,’1920, R. E. Lee memorial day. Do not delay securing these application blanks as it takes several days to put them through. Mrs. E. J. Reagan, President U. D. C. 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. SPECIAL OVERALL AND WORK SHIRT SALE OVERALLS, <Beift Grade) - - . $2-25 WORK SHISTS $l-19 2 doz. Blankets, Double Bed, while they s2*9B Mrs. N. A. Glass Claimed by Death The death of Mrs. N. A. Glass (“Miss Virgie,’’ popularly known) which occurred at the home of her husband in McDonough about 9:00 o’clock Wednesday night, Dec. 3, 1919, causes a void in the hearts of numerous friends here and elsewhere. Mrs. Glass was one of Henry county’s purest ladies, and would have reached her 65th year on January sth next. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Richard Hightower, and was married to Newton A. Glass, ex-sheriff of Henry county, by whom she is survived, in 1871, forty-nine years ago. There was a daily beauty about her life which won the hearts of all who knew her, as she loved to scatter beautiful flowers along her pathway and let into dark places the sunshine of human love and human happiness, and deep and tender sympathy is extended by scores of friends to the blind husband in his loneli ness. May the merciful God keep and comfort him. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Methodist church at eleven o’clock Thursday morn ing, after which the remains were laid to rest in McDonough cemetery, the casket covered with beautiful flowers bespeaking the purity of peace and immortality. BANNER BOX SUPPER OF HENRY COUNTY Held at Ellistown School House, Proceeds Amounting to s234.76—Miss Lily Wilson Voted as Most Popular Girl. The box supper held at Ellis town school on last Friday night was a decided success, the amount raised being $234.76. Besides having just twelve boxes to sell, there was . a candy contest, the young lady receiving the highest number of votes winning the box of candv. Miss Lily Wilson was the winner in the contest. The small box of candy alone brought something oyer $153.00. There was also quite a nice sum realized from the sale of a cake. The proceeds will be spent for improvement of Ellistown school. It is the youngest school in the county, and of course needs quite a lot of equipment that the best work may be accomplished. The school hopes to begin a library, which is indeed an addition to any school, since it forms a habit of reading good literature. There is a splendid spirit of co-operation and everyb <dy is taking quite a lot of interest in the school. They are determined to mane it one among the very best schools in the county, and it is indeed a school of which every one should feel proud. Miss EHa Pound and Miss Orlena Welch are teachers of this school. $1.50 A YEAR
