The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
Mrs. J. N. Gray Dies at
Her Home in Locust
Grove, February 213 T
After an illness of three weeks,
Mrs. J. N. Gray, better known as
“Mother Gray,” died Monday, Feb
ruary, 21, at four o’clock. Paral
ysis was the immediate cause of
her death though she had suffered
y intensely from a severe attack of
pleurisy. Mother Gray made her
home at the girls dormitory of Lo
cust Grove Institute. Here she
was surrounded by those who
loved her. Mr. Claude Gray, her
oldest son, is the president of the
school, and Miss Nettie Gray has
charge of the Commercial Depart
ment. Her many deeds of kind
ness, and her strong Christian
character were an inspiration and
a blessing to those who came to
know her intimately.
Dr. B. D. Ragsdale, of Macon,
conducted the funeral service at
the Baptist church. In his sermon
he dwelt not so much upon “Moth
er Gray’s” noble qualities as upon
the personal touch of Jesus whom
she followed so devotedly. The
choir, composed of the town peo
ple and students, rendered beauti
fully the songs she loved best.
“I am Happy in Jesus Alone,”
sung by Misses Helen Smith, An
nise Parr and Messrs. A. G. Combs
and Victor Williams, brought the
triumphant note of a Christian life
home to the hearts of the great
congregation. “Daybreak,” a poem
dedicated to “Mother,” by Miss
Daisy Gray, was read by Dr. Rags
dale at the close of the sermon.
The funeral procession from the
dormitory to the church, a dis
tance of about 200 yards, was
most impressive. Following the
hearse was Dr. Ragsdale first,
after whom were the pall bearers,
Messrs. R. B. Plymale, W. T. Smal
ley, E. S. Combs, Harold Hollings
worth, N. T. Harvey and Dr. R. L,
Crawford. A tribute of deference
was the military escort from the
school battalion led by Comman
dant Newman. The escort was
followed by relatives and friends.
After the service the procession
from the church moved in the
same order. As the casket was
placed in the hearse, “Taps” was
blown by Lieut. Tom Underwood.
The body was laid to rest in the
family burial ground near Jack
son. Here a large number of old
friends and distant relatives wait
ed to pay their last tribute to one
who had once lived so well among
them.
At the open grave a prayer was
offered by Dr. Robert Van Deven
ter, of Jackson. Following the
old custom the grave was filled
and covered by many beautiful
floral offerings from the school
and friends.
Mother Gray is survived by four:
children, Mr. Claude Gray, Miss j
Daisy Gray, Miss Nettie Gray, and
Mr. Earnest Gray and two, grand
children, Caroline Gray and Nel
son Gray, and one brother, Mr.
Doc Jinks, of Cedar Rock, and
one sister, Mrs. W. D. Gilmore, of
Mcßae, Ga.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. P. W. Pullin and family
sincerely thank their many friends
who were so kind and thoughtful
during the illness and death of
their beloved wife and mother.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to th. 3 Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
Sunday School Conven
tion to Be Held in Macon
Low railroad rates have been
granted for the State Sunday
School Convention, which will be
held in Macon on April 19, 20, 21,
according to information received
from the State Sunday School As
sociation headquarters in Atlanta.
It is expected that every section in
Georgia will be represented at the
convention, bringing together the
largest gathering of Sunday School
workers in the State during the
year.
R. D. Webb, General Superin
tendent of the Georgia S. S. Con
vention, was in Macon today to
confer with the leaders here, mak
ing final arrangements for the
convention. He stated that the
out-of-state speakers secured for
convention will bring the best in
Sunday School work and in reli
gious education that can be se
cured. Then the program will be
further strengthened by the large
number of Sunday School work
ers in Georgia who will have
prominent places on the program.
In Loving Memory of
Charlie D. Medlock
On July 30, 1920, the sweet spirit
of Charlie I). Medlock winged its
flight to heaven. He was just in
the bloom of youth, being scarcely
17 years of age. He was sunshine
in the home. The devotion be
tween mother and son was beauti
ful, and after the sad accident he
suffered so much he wanted moth
er all the time. It seemed as
though mother’s hand could soothe
the pain when nothing else could.
The burning brow was cooled when
mother caressed him. The lonely
hours were brightened if only
mother was near.
He suffered much but never mur
mured. And though we miss him
so we mourn not as though we had
no hope, for we believe he sits at
Jesus’ feet, free from all pain,
basking in the sunlight of His
glory. His going should draw us
closer together and closer to Jesus
who does all things for our good.
He never makes our burdens heav
ier than we can bear. We are
promised grace for all our burdens
if we only trust in Him.
Oh! help us, Lord, to bear our grief
And meekly bow to thy Sovereign will,
And the peace which passeth knowledge
The aching void will surely fill.
Charlie D., we have laid thee
In the peaceful grave’s embrace,
But thy memory will be cherished
Till we see thy loving face.
Charlie D., our ray of sunshine,
God saw fit to call thee home;
Precious one, how we miss thee.
Wherever we may chance to roam.
Though cast down we’re not forsaken,
Though afflicted not alone;
Thou didst give and thou hast taken,
Blessed Lord, thy wil be done.
One bv one our hopes grow brighter
As we near the shining shore,
Poe w'e know across the river
Waits our loved one gone before.
It is only a short time longer
Till our race on earth is run.
Then we’ll all be reunited
In that blessed eternal home.
Fannie Belle Johnson.
L
Canada after the war placed
many thousands of her returned
soldiers on new farms and fur
nished them the financial assist
ance necessary to get a start.
Now most of the money the Can
adian government loaned them
has been repaid, new farms are
adding to the wealth of the do
minion, and the question of unem
ployment is less pressing than it
otherwise would have been. Can
ada builded wisely and is now
reaping her just reward. In this
country we are still waiting for
“George” to do something.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, march 4, 1921.
“No Getting Back to
Pre-War Conditions,’’
Says Victor H. Allen
Atlanta.—Victor H. Allen, of
Buford, chairman of the state cam
paign committee that is to raise
$5,000,000 for a Greater Georgia
School of Technology, and already
actively in the work, though the
campaign does not begin until
April 20, has his own ideas on the
present situation, in Georgia and
elsewhere. Mr. Allen does not
hold to the theory that the best
thing is to gravitate back to what
is known as the “pre-war condi
tion.”
“I think we should be turning
our eves forward and not back
ward,” says Mr. Allen, emphatical
ly. And then, being a clear-head
ed man of business, he backs up
his idea with a convincing argu
mnet.
Mr. Allen said: “I hear a great
deal of talk about getting back to
pre-war conditions. That seems
to be the general idea of an ideal
situation.
“Personally, I do not believe we
will ever return to pre-war condi
tions any more than we will return
to ante-bellum conditions. I think
we have left the pre-war state
just as we have left the Stone
Age, the Bronze Age, and other
periods which have marked a
complete and decided change in
the evolution of the world. I
think we should be turning our
eyes forward instead of backward.
I believe that we are going to
have to meet new conditions, and
that it is to be our privilege to
make new conditions, and for that
I think we should be extremely
thankful.
“Such conditions will depend
entirely on ourselves. We are at
the present stepping from an old
and discarded past into a new and
eventful future, and we should
look forward, and not backward.”
Miss Leahman Sims
Weds Beldon Farrell
Of cordial interest to a wide
circle of friends was the wedding
of Miss Leahman Sims and Mr.
Beldon Farrell, which was solem
nized Saturday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock in Conyers, where Miss
Sims is now teaching in the Con
yers High School.
Miss Sims is the daughter of Mr.
H. A. Sims of this Diace and is a
graduate of the G. N. I, C. She
has been teaching since her grad
uation in the Douglasville High
School and the Conyers High
School.
The Weekly with its many
friends wish for her and her hus
band, Mr. Beldon Farrell, of Augus
ta, a long and prosperous life.
Smith- Almand.
A wedding of much interest was
that of Miss Lucile Smith and Mr.
Candler Almand, which was sol
emnized on Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. 16, at five o’clock, at the
beautiful home of the groom’s
brother-in-law, Rev. A. Hind, of
Oxford.
The bride was beautifully dress
ed in a navy blue tricotine suit
and becoming hat to match.
Mrs. Almond was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Smith, of
Snapping Shoals.
Mr. Almond is a prominent
young man of Salem.
Col. J. Q. Nolan to Speak
In Hampton Tonight
Colonel “Jack” Nolan, the well
known orator, will deliver an ad
dress to the residents of Henry
county Friday night, March 4, at
7:30 in the school house auditorium
at Hampton.
Most of us are acquainted with
Col. Nolan, and know his charms
as a speaker, he having been rais
ed in Henry county. For those
who have never had the pleasure
of hearing Col. Nolan speak, this
is a wonderful opportunity to ac
quaint yourselves with the excep
tional qualities of his style and
eloquence. 1
Colonel Nolan’s address will be
of particular interest to every one
who has the welfare of home,
community and country at heart,
and it is hoped that as many as
can find it possible, will avail
themselves of this opportunity to
night in Hampton at 7:30.
More Deaths From Autos
Than in Rail Accidents
Washington, D. C., March 2. —
Automobile accidents in the Unit
ed States claimed 1,474 more vic
tims in 1919 than were killed in
accidents on American railways,
according to comparative figures
compiled by the Southern Railway
System from official reports re
cently issued by the Census Bu
reau and the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Deaths from automobile acci
dents showed a total of 7,960, an
increase of 444 over 1918, for the
Census Bureau’s registration area,
comprising about 80 per cent of
the country’s total population.
Sixty-six of the large cities had
3,808 deaths from automobile ac
cidents. ,
In railway accidents the report
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission shows that 6,495 persons
were killed, this figure being low
er than for any previous 1 year
since 1898 when the number of
persons using the railways and
employed on them was much
smaller than in 1919. In the total
for 1919 are included 2,553 tres
passers and 1,882 other persons,
not either passengers or em
ployees, of whom a large percent
age were the victims of collisions
between automobiles and railway
trains.
These figures show that while
the persistent effort of the rail
ways to eliminate accidents has
been productive of splendid re
suits in decreased casualties, the
number of deaths from automobile
accidents is growing year by year.
The figures for 1919> are the
latest available as those for 1920
have not yet been completed.
Country people who go to the
big cities are amazed at the short
ness of women’s dresses. Many
seem to consider it indelicate, even
vulgar. In reality, however, those
short dresses are exceedingly sani
tary, vastly more so than sweep
ing ones our mothers used to wear.
It is the state of the mind and not
the length of a dress that breeds
indelicacy and vulgarity. The hu
man race would be in much bet
ter condition if the dresses of our
women were even shorter than
they are now. Freedom of move
ment means better health and
greater strength and vitality, and
without these humanity would
soon cease to be.
$2.00 A YEAR
“Whatsoever Ye Would
That Men Do Unto You, Do
Ye Even So Unto Them,”
I am sure no one would like to
have a report go out on him which
would do harm, and perhaps to a
great extent. But some one has
taken the occasion to do me that
way. Unaware, perhaps, that
such report will do harm.
Some one has connected my
name as being an aspirant for
Postmastership. The idea and the
absurdity of such! It is really
without a foundation. I have
never dreamed of such or men
tioned such thing to any one any
where. If I were capable of such
position I would certainly have
better judgment than to thinK of
trying to get it. I know the
boundaries that are set, and I have
never, nor will I ever, attempt to
advance beyond them. So please
do not associate my name with
such a thing. For if there is any
one who stands for peaceful get
ting along with the white and col
ored of McDonough, it is I.
Humbly yours,
John Seace.
McDonough, Mar. 2, 1921.
The Ellis Health Law.
1. Provides for a County Board
of Health, consisting of the Chair
man of the Board of County Com
missioners, the County School
Superintendent, and a local phy
sician elected by the grand jury.
2. The law becomes operative
only upon the recommendation of
two successive grand juries.
3. After the adoption of the law
the County Board of Health elects
a full time Commissioner of Health
from a list of eligibles submitted
by the State Board of Health.
4. In the counties where the
law is in operation thousands of
school children have been given
expert examinations and advice
regarding their health and well
being.
5. Hundreds of mothers have
been given directions regarding
the care and feeding of their in
fants, as well as instructions for
their own physical welfare.
6. Epidemics of disease have
been cut short or avoided alto
gether.
7. Tens of thousands of dollars
have been saved the tax payers of
the state by preventing such ex
pensive diseases as typhoid fever,
dysentary, hookworm, malaria, etc.
In one county typhoid fever was
reduced 63% and dysentary 88%
the first year.
8. You are entitled to the pro
tection of this law. Your child
and that of your neighbor’s should
receive consideration at the hands
of an expert. The Ellis Health
Law saves more DOLLARS than
it costs. Is the best in America:
America is the best on the face of
the earth: Is the best too good for
your baby, vour neighbor’s baby
or yourself?
For further information write
the Georgia State Board of Health,
Division of County Health Work,
Atlanta, Georgia.
This Woman Suffered.
Mrs. H. A. Leaman, Sturgin,
Colo., writes: “I suffered with
bladder and kidney trouble for
years. Doctored and tried every
thing. No help. Finally a friend
sent me Foley Kidney Pills. They
helped me so much 1 used 7 bot
tles. Now I feel fine. Spent
sleepless nights. Suffered so it
seemed I could hardly live. Rec
ommend Foley Kidney Pills to all
who suffer from kidney as I did.”
McDonough Drug Co.
