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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1921)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLVII. ** OBSERVER ** Corn planting time. Early chickens hatching. Blue birds building nests. Wheat and oats looking fine. April “fool” time nearly here. Everybody’s planting “ ’taters.” The early bird catches the worm. Several severe cases of matri monial fever is reported. Mr. Jerome Rodgers is recover ing from an attack of measles. Henry county will be 100 years old on May 15. Rev. I. G. Walker will fill his appointment at Bethany next Sun day. If there is anything in a warm winter the boll weevil has got us. There are several cases of meas les and smallpox in different sec tions of the county. We read iwith interest the arti cle entitled “Where Are We At?” which appeared in the latest issue of The Weekly. The Eastern division of the Hen-, ry county Sunday School associa tion will meet at Timberridge next Sunday afternoon. The Young People’s Union, of McDonough, rendered a very in teresting program at Bethany church Sunday night. We have been requested to state that there will not be a singing at Sharon church next Sunday after noon as was previously announced. An error in our copy in the last week’s issue of The Weekly made us say Mr. Frank when we intend ed to say Mr. Frank Davis, of Locust Grove. The Ku Klux Klan is a new or ganization that is chartered under the laws of the state of Georgia, and its membership is fast increas ing in all parts of the south. Burglara entered the home of our good bachelor friend, John Varner, near Flippen one day lasi week, but friend John says fhey failed to get any money as he was just out. The Men’s Bible Class at the McDonough Baptist Sunday school is growing in number, and there were 33 men present in the class last Sunday morning. A cordial invitation awaits you there every Sunday morning at 9:45 o’clock. Come. The power plant of Dr. J. G. Smith out on Cotton Indian river is now in fine working shape. Several good current spillways have already been completed with several others under course of construction, which will give abso lute protection against any possi ble overflow of the big race in the future. A big ferry boat has re cently been constructed and placed in the big race, which will be used to ply up and down the race and carry any ft eight or material that may be necessary in order to keep things in good condition. A small residence has also recently been erected at the dam and Dr. Smith has placed an additional man out there, and he now has everything in fine working shape. J. W., the son of Mr. Green Up- Mgs gS vf Si B Q fiuh ODORLESS SAN ITA R V ini/fV P CLEANING \ PRESSING W ilia a I O M’DONOUGH, SHOP GEORGIA. §3 mv I m Rfl I EASTER almost here and your suit not looking its best. Get it in early and avoid the rush. —l^ LADIES SUITS A SPECIALTY. TEL. 23. ALL WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. Mass Meeting Held at Court House Monday At the request of citizens of Henry county and the mayor and council of the city of McDonough called and held a mass meeting at McDonough on March 14 to pro test to the Railroad Commission the recent increase in telephone rates at McDonough, Locust Grove and Stockbridge, also toil charges between these points. Two hun dred and fifty representative citi zens of the county were present and entered a vigorous protest against the present increase and passed resolutions requesting the Railroad Commission to restore old rates. At the meeting there were pres ent three officials of the Southern Bell Telephone Co., who discussed at length their side of the ques tion, but failed to convince their patrons that such increase was justified. church, of near Bethany church, happened to a very unusual acci dent at the Union Graded School last Thursday. He was playing ball with the school boys and was holding a base and the ball was thrown to him, and in attempting to put the runner out his arm was broken as he reached out to put the ball on the runner. It was our pleasure to spend a a short while at the store of Uncle Newt Smith near Snapping Shoals one day last week. Uncle Newt says these hard times are hitting everybody pretty heavy, but he is still brim full of the bright side of life, and it just simply does a fel low good to sit and listen at Uncle Newt talk, and we hope to have the good pleasure of visiting him again. A monster mass meeting of the citizens of McDonough and Henry county was held at the court house last Monday afternoon for the purpose of entering a protest against the recent advance in rates by the Southern Bell Telephone Co. A large crowd was present and the meeting was called to or der by electing Judge E. J. Rea gan, chairman, and Mayor J. E. Hooten secretary. Several repre sentatives of the Telephone Co. were present to present the claims of the advance in rates, and the matter was discussed by several of our citizens, and the result was that a committee was appointed to take up the matter with the State Railroad Commission and enter a protest against any advance in rates. A large crowd of the leading citizens of McDonough and the surrounding community, and also a large number of the ladies and children were present to witness the big parade of the Ku Klux in McDonough last Thursday night. They inarched out from the Ma sonic hall in a body of about forty in number, the leader bearing a large United States flag and an other bearing a huge torch, all of them dressed in white uniforms and formed a line of silent march, not a word being spoken, and the only sound audible was ihe signals occasionally from the blast of the buglar. They marched nearly all over the entire town and through Blacksville, the colored section near town. The big parade was witnessed by a large crowd who looked on with wonder and aston ishment at the thrilling and mys terious movements of the proces sion. mcdonouqh, Georgia, Friday, march is, 1921. STOCKBRIDGE “ How did you lose your last job? I was fired for making a mistake; I told the boss he couldn’t get along without me.” Dogs. Big dogs. Little dogs. Some good dogs. And some bad dogs. Now and then mad dogs. What best to do kill ’em all. Rev. G. T. Sorrells at Methodist church Sunday and night. Wednesday was a warm day — no overcoats being worn. Hooking cats is now on, and fine strings are being brought in. The roll showed 90 present at Methodist Sunday school Sunday. The county gang is represented again on our roads with a scrape and some hands. The work of loading on the small dredge boat is about com pleted. It will be operated near Athens. Mr. A. Q. Lifsey has a position with the Bank of Royston. His family will remain here for the present. Mr. Harley Morris left this week for Washington, D. C., where he will be employed in clerical or government work. Mrs. Estelle Sprayberry expects to move to Stockbridge and make her home with her mother, Mrs. Cornelia Hightower. This spring-like weather is very tempting to gardeners to plant all sorts of vegetables. Let every body plant a garden. There is a promise of a super abundant fruit crop. No frost so far to cut it off. Look out for a frost about the March full moon. The lost mule and mute negro were found at Gay, Ga., and are now in Stockbridge. “ Dummy” was glad to get back and was hun gry too. Dr. M. D. Cunningham has open ed up the drug store again and is putting in a new and fresh stock. The store presents a neat and at tractive appearance. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth had good congregations at the Presby terian church Sunday. He was dinner guest at Mr. and Mrs. Gus Swann’s, returning to Hapeville at night.! A fresh coat of paint and a new verandah for the Stockbridge cir circuit parsonage would brighten up that end of town and make a lot of people feel better. When shall it be? If you want to subscribe for the Henry County Weekly, or want an advertisement put in, or want job printing done, see this corre spondent, who will give you in formation, prices, etc. Little Roy Mann was called out by Suot. Me Williams Sunday and repeated from memory the ten commandments before the school. Fine for the little fellow. Lots of grown-ups can’t do it. Prof, and Mrs. A. R. Woodson, of McDonough, were here Sunday attending worship at the Presby terian church. They are very pop ular people in Stockbridge and Woman’s Club to Meet With Mrs. Paul Turner The April meeting of the Mc- Donough Woman’s Club will be held Tuesday, April sth, at 3 p.m., at the residence of Mrs. Paul Tur ner, Mrs. Ruth Allensworth serv ing as joint hostess. A full at tendance is requested, as the elec tion for officers for the ensuing year will be hel l at that time. Nominations will be from the floor and voting by secret ballot. Mrs. R. 11. Harkinson, Mrs. Wyman Sloan, President. Secretary. their friends are always glad to greet them. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J, G. Ward. A new barber shop opened up in the Wiley Milam electric room, by Mercer Starr and Welborn Milam. The former has had bar ber college training. Hope Ihe new venture will net financial suc cess. “Johnny, git your hair cut.” Daddy, get a shave, and others take a shampoo. Miss Elizabeth Butler was the successful contestant for the $5.06 gold prize for the best written pa per on the life and execution of Captain Henry Wirz, of Anderson ville fame. Thebe were 14 com petitors in the eighth and ninth grades of the Stockbridge public school, and all did well. The prize will be awarded at McDonough April 26th, at the Memorial Day exercises, when the paper will be read by the winner. Miss B. is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Win. 0. Butler, of Stockbridge. The Stockbridge Masons had a barbecue and oyster supper Tues day night in connection with work in the third degree, when two candidates were put through. They are men of good appetite as well as versed in Masonic myster ies, for they had two wash pots full of oyster and Brunswick stew, besides a barbecued kid, when the feast began, and about all was gone inside of an hour. But the public came in toward the close and helped to the finish. Under the guidance of Marshal Moseley, the master of the lodge, and his co-workers, the Masonic order is prospering here. Communicated : A social club called the No Chance Club had a dumb supper at the home of Mrs. Emma Berry Saturday night, the 12th. Those who ate the hard boiled eggs with the yellow taken out and rolled in salt, and the white filled with salt, were : Misses Gladys Branan, Lucy Ward, Cath erine, Frances and Ida Pearl Grant, Myra, Mattie, Olivia and Annie Maxie Berry. It was quite amus ing to see the girls standing on things they had never stood on before. For instance, an oil stove, a water bucket turned upside down, a dish pan, a dining table, and other things. It was also very funny to see these very talkative girls quiet once in their lives, but quiet it was, for not one word was spoken; and funnier still, to see them leave without speaking to the hostess. Did the girls drink water or did they dream of their future husbands ? Ajax, Jr. $2.00 A YEAR Making Brick Without Straw. Rev. W. \V. Bringfield In Wesleyan Chris tian Advocate. Yes, that is just what we are doing. We are buying homes for our superannuated preachers and their wives and widows —without money. The conference board of trustees have no money to pay this agent anything for his work. All he gets for his time and labor given to this work is what some friends have promised to contri bute to his support. It is yet to be seen what they will do (with four exceptions'). Brethren who said they would help us through their churches would confer a very great favor by simply letting us know whether or not we may ex pect it. The conference board has no money to put in homes, even for this sacred cause. So many drives on, just now, that this agent can’t get a hearing; that is, from the pulpits, but we are on the job all the same. Anybody can do an easy thing. It takes faith in God and in what you are doing to do the impossible thing. All we want is simply to get our cause before the laymen of our great church. We will get the money we need, and not hinder or hurt any other enterprise of the church. It will help everyone of them. We are buying a home for this purpose now. Brother W. O. Butler is to be the first occupant. That means a home for him during his natural life. This agent assumed SI,OOO as agent, SIOO as an individual. Thought you said you had no money. True, but our Father in heaven has it in the hands of His children. They know he needs it. They will give it. Must have S6OO in sixty days to close up this trade. We have found three men who will give SIOO each. Where are the other three? Come on, breth ren. One brother sends us a check for SSO and his note for SSO, pay able the Ist of January, 1922. Good. That’s fine. Your note will answer. The community in which the home is located will pay $1,500. They want Brother Butler. He is in the home now. The home must be sold. Will we turn this good man out of doors, or suffer it to be done? What do you say? Remember, Jesus says “Inasmuch as ye have doneitunio one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto Me.” Come on, brethren. Help us buy this home. Send checks or notes to Rev. W. W. Brinsfield, agent, Atlanta, Ga., 83 Broyles street. Any amount will be appreciated. W. W. Brinsfield, Agent. Duffey’s Blacksmith Shop. Now is the time to be econom ical in everything. So we have decided to do your Horse Shoeing for SI.OO. We are located on the Jackson road, five miles from Mc- Donough. L. N. DUFFEY.
