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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1921)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLVII. OBSERVER >jt “April fool.” Dog wood blooms. Spring a month early. Good stands of corn reported. Some cotton already planted. Fine prospect for a fruit crop. See notice of Tax Receiver in another column. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Jackson spent Sunday afternoon in Locust Grove. Tax Collector C. R. Hand is busy finishing up the tax collections. A kind Providence is giving the farmers some good weather. Mrs. J. A. Mickle has returned from a visit to her son in Birming ham, Ala. One hundred and ninety-two were present at the McDonough Baptist Sunday school Sunday. There will be a considerable de crease in the cotton acreage in Henry county. It is important that every tax payer in the county should give in their tax returns. We heard several local weather prophets say recently that we are to have some cold weather yet. One of the greatest religious revivals ever held in the history of Atlanta will begin next Sunday the 27, and continue until April 17. Over one hundred churches in, around the city will hold revivals at the same time. Fraternal Lodge No. 37, of Mc * 'lough, will hold its regular meeting on the first Friday night, when the first degree work will be confered on a large class of new candidates. AH brother masons of other lodges are cordi ally invited to attend. Rev. I. G. Walker was called away from his appointment at Bethany last Sunday to conduct a funeral service in Rockdale county. Col. R. 0. Jackson, a laymen of the McDonough Baptist church was called on to fill his appoint ment at the 11 o’clock hour and he delivered a very interesting ad dress on the subject of “Respon sibility” to a good congregation. We have been requested to state that there will be a singing at Salem church next Sunday afternoon, and all leaders of music and everybody have a cordial in vitation to attend, and a good crowd is expected to be on ‘hand. We have also been requested to state that there will be a special service held at Oakland church next Wednesday afternoon, March 30, at 2:00 o’clock. J. T. Hender son, of Tenn., the secretary of the Laymen’s Movement, Rev. H. N. Massey, of Jonesboro, and Rev. W. W. Arnold, of McDonough, will be among the speakers pres ent. Ail the surrounding churches and everybody are cordially in vited. It is just simply amusing to see and hear the different opinions of people on different subjects. Some of our farmers plant corn, cotton and other seed at certain times of the moon, and there are others who don’t believe in it, and then we heard two men arguing about cows having the hollow horn and and hollow tail. One said cows had the hollow horn, the other said they did not. Some folks plant beans when the sign is in the arm, and some plant water melons before sun up, and some think it’s bad luck to start any kind of work on Friday, and some think the number 13 is unlucky, and some think it is bad luck to kill a ext, and some say to plant Irish potatoes on dark nights, and we know one man who when he plants watermelons will lay flat A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. Dr. Arch C. Cree to Be at Baptist Church Friday April Ist. Dr. Arch C. Cree, Sec’y of the State Mission Board will be with us Friday evening, Apr. 1 in the interest of the great campaign now on. Dr. Cree is in a position to give the latest in formation concerning the cam paign besides being one of our strongest speakers and well equipped to instruct and entertain an audience In behalf of my own church, special invitation is ex tended to near-by churches to at tend this meeting. We sincerely hope that Salem, Bethany, Locust Grove, Oakland, Sharon, Rocky Creek, Philippi, and Sardis will be well represented. The public in general are cordially invited. Re member the time, Friday evening, April,lst, 7-30 p. m. at the McDon ough Baptist church, Dr. Arch C. Cree of Atlanta, our famous sec’y, the speaker. No collections will be taken, just a great cause. Faithfully represented by a strong and successful leader. Let every member of the church at tend as host of invited churches. We are fortunate in securing Dr. Cree for this occasion, and ask for the prayerful co-operation of all lovers, of the greatest cause on earth, the kingdom of our Christ. W. W. ANOLD, Pastor. Federal Farm Loan Bank Organized A Federal Farm Loan associa tion has been organized here with Mr. Geo. C. Alexander secretary and treasurer, which will function for this territory, also Stockbridge and Locust Grove. The purpose of this organization is to secure loans on farm lands through the government Farm Loan Bank, the regional bank being at Co lumbia, S. C. An association has also been found at Hampton with Mr. Grady Fears as Sec'ty-Treas. These associations are going to mean for much with the farmers in this section in that it will help to relieve the money stringency that is on the farmers. Parent-Teacher Association. The Parent-Teacher association of the Locust Grove grammar school held its regular monthly meeting at the school building on Friday afternoon, March 4. There were quite a number of mothers and teachers present, and we were very glad to note the presence of two fathers among the number. The school room was decorated in patriotic colors. Vases of red roses were sitting on the table. Quite an entertaining program was given bv the little pupils of the second grade under the direc tion of Miss Estelle Castellaw, their teacher. The program was as follows: Welcome song—second grade. Song “Sleepy-Head Dolly” — four little git’is Recitation —“The Dead Pussy- Cat” —Julia Mae Jinks. Piano solo —Virginia Diffee. Song—“ When We’re Dressed Up as Father and Mol her.” R citation —“Diddle Dumps and Kris” —Evelyn Daniel. Song “Alice Blue Gown” — Jewell Cannon. Play—“ Mother Goose and Her Flock.” The next meeting of the associ ation will b n h c !d Friday alternoon April 1, at 3 o’clock. down on the ground and put his foot on the watermelon hill and reach out his arm as far as he can and believes the vines will grow as long as he can reach lying flat on the ground, and just lots of folks believe the world is round, but “Bill” Atkinson says it is flat. McDonough, Georgia, Friday, march 25, 1921. STOCKBRIDGE “It don’t matter mnoh whether a hen ‘sits’ or ‘sets;’ hut when she cackles we would know whether she is laying or lying,” Strawberries. Too dry for them. Corn planting time. Gardens well advanced. Some talk of planting cotton. Ajax, Jr.’s birthday —the 25th. Guano is 011 the go —out to the farms. A large blackberry crop—poor man’s friend. Mr. Coleman Richardson and family aie domiciled at the Owen’s house in town. Mrs. Branan Ward is off on a thirty day visit to Gainesville, Fla., her former home. Mr. George Elmer Henderson is not doing so well, as he has had two bad days recently. From a moral point of view what is the difference between making illicit whisky and buying illicit whisky? Mr. J. E. Moore, assistant cash ier at Stockbridge Bank, was call ed to Omega, by the death of his uncle last week. Mrs. G. W. Bragg, Jr., of Du rant, Miss., will spend the summer here. At present stopping at Mrs. Sallie Branan’s. Mrs. Eunice Milam Dodd and little Miriam will start for Florida this week. The baby was baptized Sunday afternoon. * Lieut. Harold J. Warlick, of the U. S. Army, stationed at Buffalo, N. Y., spent a few hours at Stock bridge on a recent business visit to Atlanta. The familiar face and cheerful presence of Uncle Jim Lee is much missed of late on our streets on account of illness. Hope he will come again soon. Mr. and Mrs. H. Cartledge and Master Willie, of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wood, of Turin, Ga., were Sunday guests of Rev. and Mrs. G. T. Sorrells. Secretary Pless reported 109 in Sunday School at the Methodist church Sunday. Rev. G. T. Sor rells preached morning and night on the importance of Christian Education. Miss Frances Grant had as her guests last week Misses Kathleen and Mildred Nash and Misses Lau line and Catherine Grant, all of Atlanta. A social function was given in their honor. The Junior Witches Dancing club, of Atlanta, announce an Eas ter dance. For the sake of decen cy the sacred word Easter ought not to be used in connection with such a thing as a modern dance. The Stockbridge Children of the Confederacy shall give a Mother Goose entertainment at the school auditorium Friday evening, 25th, 7:30 o’clock. Admission 10 and 15 cents. Everybody come and also laugh. At the first opera ball in Paris since the world war recently one woman wore a costume which consisted of a short skirt only, with no corsage. Others had re duced the upper part of their clothing. No wonder we have a wicked and adulterous generation. Mrs. Dr. Cunningham sustained severe burns last week by explo sion of gasoline. Her right hand and arm were badly burned. She averted other more serious conse quences when her dress caught by covering herself up in bed, thus smothering the flames. Our vigilant Marshal, with effi- Mrs. T. A. Sloan Entertains Christian Endeavor Society The Christian, Endeavor Socie ty was entertained at the resi dence of Mrs. T. A. Sloan last Friday evening, all of the mem bers of the society taking part in telling “Irish Jokes,” and an ap propriate prizi was given to the one reciting the funniest joke. Mr. Cates to! 1 of the history of Ireland and St. Patrick and the many legend in connection with the life of St. Patrick and the peo ple of Ireland. Mrs. Adam Sloan ga\ e an Irish reading. Miss Annie Ola Sloan and Mrs. Wyman Sloan rendered several Irish songs during the evening. Little Nellie Fisher also added to the occasion by a recitation. At the conclusion of the {program delightful refreshments were served by the hostess. Forsyth—McDonough Debate. On Friday evening, March 25th, at 7:30 there will be at the school auditorium a debate between the Forsyth High School and McDon ough High School. The subject will be “Resolved, That it is right for the people to pay an income tax.” Our debaters for the occa sion will be Miss Rubie Dickson and Mr. Albert Thrasher. On the same date Miss Sarah Branan and Mr. Felton Bowden will go to Forsyth and discuss the same subject there. No admission charges. The pub lic are cordially invited to attend. Base Ball Game. McDonough met a decided de feat Saturday on the local field at the hands of Pleasant Grove High school team, the score being nine to three in favor of the P. G. team. This is the second victory for the Pleasant Grove team in two weeks, they having defeated the Stockbridge team with a score of thirty-four to two on Saturday, March 12. cient help, captured a moonshine still Saturday night between Flip pen and Stockbribge, destroying much beer. Evidence of the pres ence of the still was seen in both towns. The outfit is in the cala boose here and the owner is invit ed to call and identify his property. Mrs. Nora McWilliams, Mrs. Liz zie Moseley and Mrs. Emily Tillery accompauied Misses Helen Clark, Sophronia McWilliams, Bertha Jim Patlillo, Elizabeth Butler, Mary Joe Mays and Annie Maxie Berry in a fishing excursion to Mays’ mill Saturday. Eight fish were caught and supper was had on the creek bank. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hightower had a Lambert reunion at their home Sunday, a fine dinner being a feature. Among their guests were the following : Mrs. J. T. Lambert and Miss Mary, of Forest Park; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee -and Miss Mamie Hightower, of Stock bridge; Mr. Wm. and Miss Edna Lambert, of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. .lack Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Sut tles, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Russ Norton, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Anderson, of Atlanta; and Mr. Lane, of Tallapoosa. A number of children were present and the occasion was much en joyed. Mrs. J. T. Lambert men tioned that she had two grand sons-in-law, as well as others. This correspondent got in at the eleventh hour. AJAX, JR. Set-Up Meetings to Be Held May 29 to June 5 The appointment of district financial directors in the North Georgia conference, for the 's33, 000,000 Christian education cam paign to be conducted by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South May 29 to June 5, has been com pleted, according to J. IT. Ewing, of Atlanta, conference financial director, and arrangments have been made for holding district Set- Up meetings in each of the twelve districts. The men who will head the campaign organizations in their resDective districts are: Augusta district, M. H. Hendee, of Augusta; Athens district, Dr. H, G. Slaugh ter, of Athens; Dalton district, E. P. Hall, Jr., of Lafayette; Elherton district, C. G. Power, of Hartwell; Gainesville district, W. H. Hosch, of Gainesville; Griffin district, T. G. Scott, of Forsyth; LaGrange district, Col. Hatton Lovejoy, of LaGrange; Marietta district, Col. B. T Frey, of Marietta; North At lanta district, A. R. Broyles, Sr., of Atlanta; Oxford district, Rev. J. E. Ellis, of Covington; Rome district, R. C. Sharp, of Rome; South At lanta district, M. M. Davies, of Atlanta. Rev. J. E. Dickey, of Atlanta, conference educational secretary, at a recent meeting with Mr. Ew ing and the presiding elders, ar ranged ihe following schedule of district meetings for the perfecting of plans for local organization: Augusta, March 29; Union Point, March 30; Toccoa, April 1; Wood stock, April 5; Gainesville, April 6; Shady Dale, April 7; Barnesville, April 12; Chipley, April 13; Cedar town, April 14; Calhoun, April 19; Atlanta, north district, April 21, south district, April 22. The quota tor the North Geor gia conference is $1,765,000. The nine Methodist educational insti tutions located in Georgia are to receive more than $5,000,000 of the $33,000,000 fund. Mr. Morris To Rest In Family Cemetery Near Stockbridge Funeral services of Mr. Presley Morris, widely known citizen of Henry county, who died at the age of 93, in the home of his grand-son, Mr. Grady Moms, of Atlanta, were held at 11 o’clock Thursday, at Stockbridge, with burial in family cemetery. He is survived by one son, M. L. Morris, of Texas, two daughters, Mrs. G. W. Owen and Mrs. John Wilson, and one sister, Mrs. Nan Morris. Easter Egg Hunt. The U. D. C.’s will give an Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 26, at three o’clock, on Mrs. E. J. Reagan’s lawn. Admission, 10c. Let all the children come and have a good time. There Is more Catarrh lh this section of the country than all other disease* put together, and for years it was sup posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,, greatly influenced by constitutional con ditions and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medi cine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars re ward is offered for any case that Hall’*" Catarrh Medicine falls to cure. Send fo* circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 76c. Hall’s Family Pills for constlp&tloa. $2.00 A YEAR
