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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
MRS. P. W. PULLIN
DIES SATURDAY
After a Two Weeks Illness
Mrs. Pullin Suddenly Passes
at Her Home on Griffin St.
Saturday —Funeral and In
terment in McDonough.
Our community has been made
sad by the passing of one of our
Christian women last week. Mrs.
Leila Pullin, aged about 55 years,
the wife of MK P. W. Pullin, a
prominent and wealthy citizen of
McDonough and Henry county,
was called to her reward Satur
day morning, about five o’clock.
Whilst blessed with a large
share of worldly goods, Mrs. Pul
lin was no devotee of fashion and
display, but was a plain, unosten
tatious Christian woman, whose
ambitions were to serve in the
home rather than to shine in the
functions of society. She will be
greatly missed by a large circle of
relatives, friends and acquaintanc
es in her home town and county.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harper, her
five sons, John, William, Wade,
Wilson and Jephtha, her grand
daughter, Rebecca Pullin, and
three brothers and five sisters,
and a large circle of friends who
•w.
mourn her departure.
The funeral services were held
Monday morning, 10:00 o’clock, at
the Methodist church, conducted
by her pastor, Rev. J. A. Part
ridge, assisted by Rev. J. E. Eng
land and Rev. W. W. Arnold, of
the Baptist church. A large con
gregation of sympathetic friends
and acquaintances gathered to pay
honor to this Christian woman, her
remains were tenderly laid away
in the McDonough cemetery until
the resurection morn.
Hampton.
Mrs. Garnette Fields was host
ess at an informal luncheon Fri
day, at her home on Maine St., in
compliment to the new comers,
of Hampton.
The rooms of the home when
the guests assembled were bright
ly adorned with quantities of cut
flowers, after a social chat among
the guests, they all assembled in
the dining room where a most de
licious salad course was served.
Those who served were- Mrs.
Fayette Moore and Mrs. Dr. Car
michael.
Those preseut were; Mrs. Dr.
Daniel, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Scott,
Mrs. Buzz Fields, Mrs. Coppedge,
Mrs. W. A. Wilson, Mrs. Bob
Tarpley, Mrs. Goodman, Mrs, Frit
chett, Mrs. H. A. Peebles, Mrs.
Tomy Crawley, Mrs. Richard, Miss
Cohen, Miss Usher, Miss Matthews,
Miss Harrilson, Mrs. Irene Wilson,
Miss Sara Moore, Mrs. North, Mrs
Rutherford, Miss Amelia Ruther
ford. Mrs. Huffman, Mrs. Henrv
Moore, Mrs. Lillian Turnipseed,
Miss Lucy Fields, Mrs. Dela Tur
ner, Mrs. Bessie Fears and Miss
Ruby Elliott.
TAXRECEIVER’S NOTICE
The law requires the Tax Re
ceiver to open the books Febru
ary 1. for the purpose of taking
tax returns, 1 will be at the
office in the court house until
further notice. Will publish the
date of the regular rounds later.
Yours to serve.
W. G. THOMPSON,
Tax Receiver.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
Teacher’s Salaries Can ,
Not Be Paid in Full
That a financial crisis is upon
us is self-evident. After having a
talk with Mr. Brittain, S. S. S.
both on last Saturday and again
on Monday, I am informed by him
that the tax collectors of the state
have not sent in sufficient money
for him to send out checks to the
C. S. Superintendants to pay off
the November and December sal
aries. He stated that for that rea
son it may be as late as March, 1,
before Henry countv gets its
check. That means that the Dec
ember checks will still be unhon
ored by the McDonough bank.
In order to get funds to pay off
the teachers for this year, I tried
practically every bank in the coun
ty to borrow money and pay
monthly, as has been the custom
in the past, but no bank could
lend the Board of Education any
money. Then lat once applied to
Mr. Brittain to register Henry
county with the gentleman, who
bought the state warrants for
1921. I was informed on Satur
day by Mr. Brittain that we can
only get 10% of our allotment in
monthly payments. He is having
conferences with Gov. Dorsey,
trying to arrange for more funds
to meet the emergency.
That w'ill mean that the teach
ers can get only one-third of their
salary for January. I know this
is very disappointing and I am so
sorry of the condition. However,
I have done all that I can. All
counties, which are a year behind
with tax money, are in the same
fix. Let’s be patient through this
crisis. T. J. HORTON, C. S. S.
P. S. Because of the tax collec
tors over the state holding back
their money, Mr. Brittain tells me
he is practically $1,000,000 short
on 1920 school tax. I wish to
state, however, that Mr. C. R.
Hand, uurtax collector has turned
all his funds in as soon as collect
ed.
To the County Superintendent
and Treasurer City Board of Edu
cation:
You will recall that R. N. Berrien
&Co. were awarded the loan war
rants for 1921 at the rate of 9 92%
per annum. Thus far, he has been
unable to secure the funds within
or without the state. We are hope
ful vet that he will not delay us
much longer, but we are compell
ed to admit that the prospect is
not encouraging for you to receive
the proceeds of these loan war
rents soon, If you are pressed for
immediate needs 1 hope you will
be able to make some other ar
rangernents.
Very truly,
M. L. Brittain,
State Supt. of Schools.
To The County School Supt.
Or, Treas. of Local school Board.
Dear Sir:
As you are probably aware we
were again awarded the financing
of the State of Georgia in such
manner as to place the school sys
tem on a cash basis.
Because of the fact that up to
this time we have not been able to
get together such papers as are
necessary to establish the legality
of the paper to the satisfaction of
the institution which will carry
them, pending our placing of the
securities in the hands of investors,
we have not been able to discount
January warrants now ready for
discounts.
We exoect to do this within the
next week, at which time discount
will be figured from day of remit
tance to the maturity, so that vou
will be inconvenienced onlv to the
extent of the delay, which we re
gret exceedingly.
Yours very truly,
R. N. Berrien & Co.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, February 25, 1921.
** OBSERVER
A notice was posted on the
streets of McDonough in the early
part of last week, inviting the
public to be up town at 7 o’clock
Thursday night, and promptly at
that hour a good crowd was on
hand to see what in the world
was going to happen. The crowd j
present experienced quite a thrill
of surprise when four masked
figures, bearing a huge torch, ap
peared near the Confederate mon
ument, who gave a signal bugle
call, and the response was
other masked figures in groups of
three and four came forth from all
directions until tnere was about
25 or 30 of them who formed a
line of march around the monu
ment and then around the public
square and then to other parts of
the town. All wore the same uni
form, not a word was spoken and
the puzzled crowd looked on with
wonder and amazement. We
were one of the spectators that
was present and we asked a friend
standing near by, “What in the
world it was,” and he explained
that it was a new organization
that has been organized in our
state and is chartered under the
laws of Georgia, and that it has a
large membership throughout the
state. From what our friend told
us it is a worthy institution that j
every good true American citizen !
should join in with. It was one
of the quietest parades that we
ever witnessed, not a word was
spoken and every man seemed to
know just what to do. They i
came and went, but if you want to
know what it was, don’t ask “Ob
server,” for we do not know.
A new flour mill with a capacity
of thirty barrels of flour per day
is being erected at Jackson.
Mr. J. Matt McMichael, one of
Butts county’s oldest and most
prominent citizens died at his home
near Stark last week,
Mr. W. T, King, of the Henry
County Milling and Ice Co., re
ceived a folder of post cards a few
days ago from his son James T.
King who is stationed with the
Motor Corps of the United States
army, in the Hivvaian Islands.
The Riverdale and Union Grad
ed school base ball teams crossed
bats in a lively and spirited game
of ball on the latters ground last
Friday, which resulted in a score
of 10 to 9in favor of the Union
Graded school boys.
The home of Mr. Earnest Whit
aker who lives just across the
railroad on Hampton street was
entered by burglars last Thursday
night and a suit of clothes was
stolen from the room in which Mr.
Whitaker was sleeping. The home
of Mr. John Turner near the de
pot was entered the same night,
| where the burglars secured a
( watch and a razor. This makes
several times recently that burg
lars have appeared in several
places in our county, itseemsJhat
crime is on the increase, and our
people are beginning to be more
careful in watching their premises.
The W. B. M. U. of
Flint River Association
A meeting of the Executive
Board of the W. B. M. U., of Flint
River Association, was held Feb
ruary 18th, 1921, at the First Bap
tist church, Griffin, Ga., nine mem
bers present.
A Divisional Institute will be
held at the First Baptist church,
Griffin, sometime in April—Date
to be announced later.
STOCKBRIDGE
Mr. J. D. McCullough was on
the sick list Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs, D. P. Shields is confined to
her bed with pneumonia, resulting
from influenz«, having bt-en sick
ten days or two weeks.
Dr. C. .M. Spravberry has been
very ill with typho-pneumoiiia at
his home at Walnut Grove.
Mrs. Cornelia Hightower is con
valescent irom a recent attack,
but slill confined to the bed.
Mr. Wiley W. Milam, of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank, Atlanta has
been promoted to the auditing de
partment of that institution.
Miss Cornelia Lee, after a brief
visit home, has returned to her
studies at La Grange.
Among Hie lady visitors at the
quarterly conference wc noticed ;
Mrs. Greene Callaway, Mrs. Will
South, Mrs. Lou Suttle , Mrs. Tom
White, Mrs. Joe Nix, Mrs. Calla
way South.
Dr. M. D. Cunningham is kept
quite busy th s 1 February days
looking after the ailing. His prac
tice is marked wmili encouraging
success in our midst.
The beautiful snow of Monday,
did not stay with us, to the re
gret of the little folks. February
may have yet more in cold stor
age.
. The propagandists of the Roman
Catholic church in Georgia are
offering to pay the publishers of
weekly newspapers in cash for the
space they occupy in advertising
the Catholic church. You can
think for yourself what this means.
Rev. J. T. Rowden, aged 63,
died Sunday morning, 10 o’clock,
at his home in Stockbridge, after
an illness of two or three weeks.
He was a Baptist preacher of many
years experience in this section of
Georgia, and at one time prstor of
Old Liberty church, near town.
Some years ago he was physically
disabled in an accident that pre
vented his usual activity as a min
ister. His declining years were
spent in a brave effort to provide
for his family by engaging in legi
timate trade. An humble, honest
man, he was held in high esteem.
He was ready to go when the sum
mons came. His funeral was held
at the Methodist church on Mon
day afternoon attended by a large
congregation. It was conducted
by a life-long friend and brother
minister, Rt j v Tom McWilliams, of
Dekalb county, assisted by Rev.
Robert Cook, his paator. The in
terment was in the new Stock
bridge cemetery. The deceased
leaves a wife, a daughter, Mrs.
Georgia Don ddson, of Atlanta, and
a son, Mr. William Rowden, also
or Ai.anta, and a large circle of
friends to mourn his departure.
The first Quarterly Conference
for the year for the Stockbridge
circuit was held here Saturday,
February, 19, Rev. Dr. J. A. Eakes,
presiding elder, in the chair. At
11 o’clock Dr. Fakes, in a master
ly manner gave a most interesting
exposition on the 67th Psalm. A
fine congregation was present and
was much edified by the discourse.
The sermon was followed by a
spread dinner in the church, it be
ing inclement on the outside.
When the good women had open
ed the baskets and spread the
feast it was tempting and appetiz
ing to behold. The brethern and
sisters were not content to merely
look at the splendid repast, but
made way in short order with a
big majority part of it, to their de
light.
The business meeting followed
with the following officials in at
temdance: From Stockbridge, Rev.
G. T. Sorrells, Rev. W. O. Butler,
S. C. McWilliams, J. D. Davis, W.
K. Brannan. From Bethel, G. C.
Clark, S. K. Austin, J. W. Patillo,
Rev. W. N. South. From Union,
J. H. Fargarson, I. L. Gunter, J. T.
Stanley, T. G. White. F'rom Flip-
52.00 A YEAR
Stockbridge High School
Organizes Baseball Team
To The Henry County Weekly:
VVe the the undersigned have
agreed as Stockbridge high school
boys to challenge any other school
baseball team this summer. Our
first game is scheduled with Fast
Atlanta March 4, 1921, and from
that date we hope to be in posi
tion to meet any date called on by
high school boys. The players
are as follows: Herbert Shields,
c; Faymous Lee, p; Mace Morris,
Ist b; Frank Walden, 2d b; Austin
Lewis, 3d b; Luther Morris, ss
Bill Grant, rf; Jack Ward, If; J. R.
Lewis, cf; Faymous Lee, captain.
Extra players: Emerson Askew,
Reuben Nix, Tubby Sorrels.
Road Tax Notice.
Each male citizen between the
ages of twenty-one and fifty years
shall be subject to road duty, ex
cept those who are now exempt
by law, and shall be required
when notified or summoned to
work on the public roads in his
district three days for Spring
working and three days for Fall
working, or pay in lieu there of
S2.OU for each working. And all
persons who do not comply with
the above law shall be dealt with
according to the law, as it is not
just for one citizen to pay or work
iyid another be excused.
Respectfully submitted,
Milt Walker,
Commissioner of R. & R.
By Seab Harkness, Clerk.
pen, W. H. Burch, Sr., J. B. Row
an, H. S. Rowan. Visitor, Rev.
W. W. Brinsfield, of Atlanta.
W. O. Butler was elected Secre
tary.
Reports were heard from Pas
tor Sorrells, from the Sunday
schools and from the Stewards,
showing the status and progress
of the circuit along spiritual and
financial lines so far this year.
The Stewards’ report on minis
terial support, considering the fi
nancial depression was encourag
ing and is as follows:
Stockbridge $57.00; Union $53.-
20, Bethel S4B 60. Flippen $45.70.
Total $204.50. Paid Pastor $178.-
50, paid elder $26.00.
Rev W. W. Brinsfield brought
forward the matter of the pur
chase of a home in Stockbridge
for a veteran preacher. He asked
the appointment by the Quarterly
Conference of a Local Board of
Trustees for this home, and the
following were elected by vote:
S. C. McWilliams, chairman; C. M.
Power, secretary and treasurer;
J. D. McCullough, J. D. Davis from
Stockbridge; Grover C. Clark
from Bethel, J. H. Fargarson from
Union, and H. S. Rowan from
Flippen. This board, when the
property is paid for, will hold it in
trust, and will have the deciding
vote as to who shall occupy the
home when there is a vacancy.
Ajax, Jr.
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Distributor Wanted.
Merchant wanted at every
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