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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1921)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLVII. OBSERVER ** w.kJ Tax Receiver Thompson will be in McDonough next Monday 14th, and at Stockbridge Tuesday 15th. Money scarce. Lost —cotton market. Plant some “goobers.” And raise some “taters.” Several cases of measles re ported. This country is getting in a bad fix Work has commenced on Mc- Donough’s new Ice Plant. Several mad dogs have recently been killed in our county. Marshal Dickson and Marshal Rape placed two hobos in jail Monday. The new county warden for Henry county entered upon his duties last Monday. Miss Jewell Rape, who is teach ing school at Tyrone, spent the week-end at home. The.many friends of Uncle Bill Simpson, regret to know of his continued feeble health. Uncle John Lowe, who spent the winter in Florida, is back home again. The Young People’s Union, of McDonough, rendered a program at Sharon church Sunday night. Rev. J. M. Gilmore, of Monti cello, spent Monday and Tuesday with friends in McDonough. The Tax Receiver earnestly re quests that all tax payers give in their tax returns. It looks very much like the price of cotton is going to go still lower. Several citizens of McDonough went over to hear Hon. J. Q. No lan speak at Hampton Friday night. It looks like that if there ever was a time when the state of Georgia should cut out any furth er appropriations, it is now. The Young People’s Union of McDonough will render a special program at Bethany next Sunday night and everybody is cordially invited to attend. A big Ordinary’s court was held by Ordinary Harris last Monday. The last will and testament of the late Mrs. T. J. Treadwell was pro bated in solemn form, a large num ber of the beneficiaries of the will were present, from Henry and Rockdale counties. The McDonough Fire Company is now organized, and the city has a brand new fire truck, with a fire alarm bell attached, and have re cently purchased several hundred feet of new hose, and is now bet ter equipped than ever before to combat with any fire that may oc cur in the future. Hurrah! for McDonough’s new Fire Company. It just simply gets a fellows tag to give $11,25 for a tag, to go on an old Ford that is not worth the price of a tag, but if wfe don’t get a tag, the state officers will get our tag, but the thing that get s our tag, is where in the tiiunber are we going to get the eleven dollars to get the tag. “Observer” has been boosting the smile club, and advocating the idea that every body should look on the bright side, and we still be lieve that this is the thing to do, but this section of country is now IS m H ABf Pilfill ODORLESS SANITARY lilAl IffV V CLEANING PRESSING TifUlIU I ftj M’DONOUGH, SHOP GEORGIA. si HHi Rsi B SPRING is here. Why not have your summer’s hat Cleaned and Reblocked. M——— TEL. 23. ALL WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. facing some of the worst times that it has ever experienced. There is just numbers of people in Henry county who are almost already in distress and with no money in the country and the boll weevil here, and no credit open to get supplies and conditions grow ing worse every day, it makes the situation look gloomy indeed. The singing at Bethany last Sun day afternoon wss attended by a good crowd. Prof. T. J. Horton, of McDonough was chairman of the exercises and tiie singing was led by YV. J. Pendley, A. C, Nor man, Lon Cowan, A. J. Upchurcn, John Miller, J. D. Mayo, T. J. Hor ton and \\ ; . G. Thompson with a •special song led by Miss Ruth Capps. It was a pretty spring day Sunday afternoon and everybody present seemed to be real hungry for music, and it was one of the best singings that has ever been held at Bethany in a long time. Why not have a revival of the old time singing interest in our coun ty, and let every music leader, and lovers of music in every locality, begin now and have some old time singing rallies again this year. The fourteen year old son of Mr. Hilliard Starr, of Loves Dist rict happened to the unfortunate accident of getting his leg broken one day last week. He was en gaged in playing ball with some of his playmates, and in attempting to cross the road after the ball, he ran in front of a passing auto mobile'which knocked him sever al feet, from which he sustained a broken ieg. It was an accident that was unavoidable, and no blame is laid on the driver of ths machine, who deeply regreted the occurence, and we are glad to state that the young man is on the road to recovery. We regret to note the death of Mr. W. B. Moore which occured at his home at Locust Grove last Friday, after an illness that was brought on by the infirmi ties of old age. He was 74 years of age at the time of his death, and is survived by one son Mr. Ras Moore; of near Philippi church, and two daughters, Mrs. Willie McKibben and one other, whose name we failed to learn. He was the father of Mrs. George Bowden who several months ago, was kil led by a train at the railroad cros sing at Locust Grove. His remains were laid to rest at Locust Grove last Sunday. The many friends of Mr. Frank, of Locust Grove, deeply sympa thize with him in the painful ac cident which he received last week, while engaged at work on a house, when he accidentally struck him self in the left eye with a shingie. The accident occured on Tuesday morning, and he continued to suf fer with it until Saturday morning, when he went to Atlanta to con suit a specialist, who remained tne obstruction from his eye, which had penetrated the eye ball, but he will suffer the loss of his eye, as it was impossible for the eye specialist to save it. We sympa thize with him in his misfortune. We regret to note the death of the little three year old son of Mr. Byron Maddox which occured at his home at 40 West End; Ave. Atlanta, on last Monday. The re mains were brought to McDonough Tuesday for interment. Mr. Mad dox is a brother of Mr. Grady Maddox, of our city, and his many McDonough, Georgia, Friday, march h, 1921. Where Are We At ? My Dear Brother Farmers: Let’s have a heart to heart talk. Only six months ago we had 45c. cotton. Today it is selling for sc. to lie. Guano $50.00 per ton; a bale of cotton for a ton of guano. Let’s see! $15.00 for picking, $2.50 for hauling to gin, $5.75 for 'in ning, baging and lies, total, $73.25, cost per ton of guano. Can you stand for that? Say, let’s make andther 13,000,- 000 bale crop, and we will realize 3c. to 4c. per pound for 1921 crop. This is fair warning, Bro. Farmer. What will we do? Plant your cotton without guano. Plant so a, Use plenty of seed, and let’s let the guano people eat their fertii izer. Let them take their medi cine as you Have done. You will make this crop on high price stuff. I saw mules today selling under the hammer at sher iff's sale for less than the cost fee. Where are we at? I saw a good Ford car sell for $77.50. 1 saw a good horse and buggy refused a bid. How are you going 4o receive the peoole’s tax returns, Mr. Thompson? We are to give them in at a fair market vaiue. Gen tie - men, keep vour eyes open. Let Mr. Fulibright, the Kaiser, pass on them, for you can’t give in your taxes. You are untrustwor thy. Well, I pass. My people, we have the passing opportunity to save ourselves from utter ruin. Will you grasp it? Will you? Or do you still believe you can breast the storm? No, my brother, you can’t do it. Why, listen. We can’t get credit for our hands. Listen, when the crops are planted these tenants will put your mules in the lot and walk away to other quarters un less you come across and meet their unjust demands. Go slow. It is a dangerous voyage. Plant plenty to eat, but bitv lit tle. Wear your old clothes. Walk or ride horseback. Play the game. The Telephone people raised mes sage calls. The Bankers, Law yers, Merchants, Mechanics, and Horse Dealers are practically ru ined so far as business is concern ed. Listen, people, you had bet ter live hard and only raise 6,000,- 000 bales of cotton and get 25c. for it, than make 12,000,090 bales and get 3c. or 4c., and make your children serfs for fifty years. One feliow says : “ I will plant my cotton without fertilizer and put some later on.” I say no. If you are going to use guano, put it under at the start. They figure your acreage from the amount of guano used. They know how much lint cotton is produced from a ton of guano. If you will use no fertilizer, I’ll bet they can’t fig ure the 1921 cotton crop. Try it. Remember that five per cent, of the people own the money that is crushing the 95 per cent, of the world today. Because they are so systematically organized and their plans so well formulated that they know no failure. Take warning. Prepare to meet your God. 1 said the tenants would strike later on. Why ? Because they are at it now. Say, before giving employment to one of these quit ters, confer with his last employer and learn the truth, or else you are a traitor to your county, and should be blamed as an enemy to society. W. A. BELLAH. friends here sympathize with the bereaved family in their loss. STGCKBRIDGE “ Are you sV-k and weak and weary? Fight it out. If the world looks dark and dreary, Fight it out. Though fate seems the hardest hitter, And the wine of life turns bitter. Think just once. <iod hates quitter, Fight it. out. The last Sunday in March will be Easter. Mrs. Dan Shields still improves, and is now convalescent. A social function came off at Mrs. A. H. Swann’s Saturday. Rev. A. W. Smith will preach at the Baptist church fourth Sunday. Miss Vivian Imttillo is now en gaged in millinery manipulation in Atlanta. “The money the other fellow has is Capital. Getting it away from him is Labor.” \ A lady of Stockbridge was bit ten on the arm by a pet bull dog last Saturday. Mr. Lovett Glass, of McDon ough, was with us Monday. Come again, Uncle L. Miss Sarah McWilliams has been ill several days with a severe cold. Hone she will rapidly recover. Mr. Jim Bowen does not im prove much of late. Hope he will soon take a turn for the better. Geo. Elmer Henderson has im proved to the extent he can come out on the streets again. The Masonic Lodge will work in the third degree Tuesday night, with oysters after labor. Until recently two auto garages were kept busy here, but there is very little work going on now. Curiosity and trepidation is on tiptoe among the contestants for the Henry \\ r irz prize. Mr. Ed Cowan was in.town Tues day, looking fine, but saying there was not much doing at Ellenwood. Workmen out the door back on the Masonic lodge last Monday. What’s tiie use? The goat’s done gone. One of our school girls made 524 words out of the two words “ Christian Advocate.” Can you beat it ? Willie T. Sorrells is the young farmer of Stockbridge. He is to make a crop on Mr. S. C. McWill iams’ land. Fishermen are now trying to supply the scarcity of meat on the table bv pulling the reluctant cats out of their holes. Sunday is Presbyterian day at the church. Rev. Mack Hollings worth will fill the pulpit morning and night. One of the dredge boats has been dismantled and will be shipp ed to Athens, to be operated in Oconee county. Agent Brinsfield reports pro gress in Atlanta on the Superan nuate Home at Stockbridge. He will be with us soon. Stockbridge has a bevy o’f pret tv girls. Guess: Lu., La., So., Sa., Ze., He., Co., Vi., Gl., Fr., Ma., Id., and the rest are also tine. Pastor B. W. Collier preached 52.00 A YEAR The Eastern Division Sunday School Meeting On Sunday afternoon, March 20, at 2 o’clock sun time, a meeting of tiie Eastern Division will be held at Timberridge church. Bro, C. T. Elliott will conduct the devotional exercises. Rev. I. G. YValker will be one speaker on the program and the pastors of the McDonough churches and of Stockbridge are urged to be pres ent and also take part on the pro gram. Fine s'nging will be 1 ma ture of the afternoon. Let every Sunday school be represented witli delegates and a report. We are looking forward to a gracious meeting and hope our Sunday school cause.will be prospered by same. All are cordi illy invited to attend. Respectful w, F. M. Pattkk son, Pres, of E. Div. - "'T“ Mass Meeting. The mayor and city council of McDonough, Ga., at the sugges tion of a number of citizens, have called a Mass meeting at the court house at 2:30 p. 111., March 14,1921, for the purpose of discussing the present increase in rates recently made by the Sou. Bell Tel. Co., al so the new toll charges on county lines, and to appoint committees to appear before the Railroad Commission, protesting the in crease in rates, and asking that the old rates be re-established. Every person in Henry county interested in having the old rates put bafek in effect is urged to be present. Delivery Notice. Beginning next Monday, 14th instant, the McDonough Trading Co. and the Copeland-Tnrner Merc. Co., will make their deliv eries at 8:30 and 10:00 o’clock in the mornings and 2:30 o’clock in the afternoons. Tag Notice. The time is out for old tags, and if you have no new tag, get it at once, as I will have to enforce the law. W. A. WARD. Sheriff. at the Baptist church Sunday a. m. and p. m , and administered the communion. One joined by letter. Three rooks in one night—Mrs. C. M. Power had the adults, Mrs. Emily Tillery the younger set, and Minnie Belle Mann the frying size. Miss Alma Hinton was in town last week She spent considerable time at Asbury college, in Ken tucky, in preparing for Christian work. A newspaper correspondent al ways does not know everything that is going on. If you have a function and no notice is taken of it, just say that correspondent is ignorant, not spiteful. Mr. Grady Moseley bought a mule in Atlanta Monday and start ed him for Stockbridge in the hands of a negro, but up to Wednesday morning nothing has been heard of mule or nigger. It may be accounted for by the supposition that the rider lost his way, and, being a mute, he can’t tell anybody where he wants to go. AJAX, JR.
