The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
OF THE
Flint River Baptist Association
TO BE HELD AT
MCDONOUGH. APRIL 27-28,1921
PROGRAM.
WEDNESDAY.
9:30 a. m. Period of devotion and
organization.
10:00. Practical Plans for a Work
ers’ Conference or Teachers
Meeting. L. P. Glass, Ira W.
Greer.
10:30. Would it be Advisable for
this Convention to place in
the hands of the W. M. U. of
the Association the matter
of Improving Cradle Roll,
Beginners and Primary
Work in our Schools, pro
vided the W. M. U. deems
it advisable to assume the
Responsibility? B. W. Coll
ier, J. P. Nichols.
11:30. Inspirational Address,Work
in the Local School, James
W. Merritt.
12:00. Adjournment.
POO. p. m. Devotional Period.
1:15. What is the most Funda
mental Doctrine ot our Re
ligion? C. L. McGinty, G. A.
Jones.
2:15. Practical plans for Recover
ing Scholars that are Drop
ping out of the School, C. B.
Jones, J. J. Slade.
3:15. Adjournment.
7:30. Inspirational Address, G. W.
Andrews.
THURSDAY.
9:30. a. m. Period for Devotion
and Miscellaneous Business.
10:00. Practical Plans for conduct
ing a Teachers’ Training
Class, Herbert Massey, R.A.
Milner.
11:00. Shall we secure a man to
be the Unpaid Superistend
ent of Intermediate Work
throughout the Association,
and if so what shall be done
in regard to Junior, Senior
and Adult Work and Teach
er Training Work? J. E.
Sammons, L. W. WalKer.
11:30, Inspirational Address,Work
Throughout the Association,
James W. Merritt.
12:00. Adjournment.
1:00. p. in. Devotion Period.
1:15. Can the Sunday School be
made to give the true doc
trine trend to children’s
minds so this competition of
what the Bible teaches will
be permanently fixed; and
if so, how? C. E. Hitt, R.
P. Steinheimer.
2:15. Can the teaching service
and the preaching service
be made mutually to build
up each other? I. G. Wal
ker, J. I. Woolsey.
2:12. Adjournment after miscel
laneous business. 4
The two men in our State Bap
tist Work are to deliver inspira
tional addresses. A pastor and a
superintendent have been assign
ed to open the discussion of each
subject to be followed by a gen
eral discussion. Each pastor, Sun
day school officer and teacher in
the Flint Riyer Association is ex
officio a delegate to the conven
tion. In addition to these each
school or church may send five
delegates.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
A Talk on Health.
Mr. J. L. McMillin will be at
the Baptist church Sunday at 9:30
a. tn. and will deliver an address
on “Health” to the Men’s Bibie
Class.
Everybody is cordially invited
to come and here him.
Mr. McMillin was born in Mis
sissippi and has spent the greater
part of his life in the South. He se
cured his educational training at
Mississippi College and Universi
ty ot Chicago.
Mr. McMillin has had valuable
experience along educational, cam
paign and organization lines. He
was for a time Superintendent of
Public Schools at Macon, Miss.,
leaving this position to enter war
work. From instructor in an army
camp, he worked in the Southern
camps, and, when the United War
Work Campaign was launched, he
was made Rural State Executive
Secretary for Mississippi, His
last work before coming with the
Red Cross was with the Federal
Board for Vocatianal Education,
first as supervisor of advisement
and field work, and later as a
member of the Central Office Case
Board at Washington.
Mr. McMillin’s first appoint
ment with the Southern Division,
A. R. C., was that of Department
of Development. He was made
Manager of the Third Red Cross
Roll Call, and later aDpointed As
sociate Division Manager. On De
cember 15th, 1919, Mr. McMillin
was made Division Manager,
which position he successfully
held until his resignation on March
15th, 1921, to enter private busi
ness.
Round About News.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stewart and
children, of McDonough, were
guests of Mr. T. G. Swann and
family Saturday night and Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Miller, of
Lithonia, spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Miller and
family.
Little Miss Francis Turner, of
McDonough, spent the week end
with her grand-mother, Mrs. D. A.
George.
Mrs. J. F. Mitchell, Mrs. C. I,
Scarbrough and daughter, Evelyn,
Mrs. Glynn Thurman and little
son, Glynn, Jr., were the guests of
Mrs. J. C. Austin last Monday.
Mrs. Horace Minor and children,
of East Atlanta, spent several
days last week' with her mother,
Mrs. J. J. Turpin.
Mrs. Myrtice Mitchell, Mrs. Nan
Price, Mrs. Feed Mitchell, Mrs.
Loury Johnson, Misses Francis
and Ora Stanley were guests of
Mrs. J. F. Mitchell and Mrs. Glynn
Thurman Saturday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Toney had
as their guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Turpin, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. F. S.
Miller and Miss Leila Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ward and
children, of McDonough, spent
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mr. J. F. Mitchell. UNCLE SAM.
CARD OF THANKS.
As it is impossible for me to see
my friends and neighbors I take
this method of expressing my
thanks to them for the many kind
nesses shown me in the sickness
and death of my husband. 1 pray
God’s richest blessings upon them
all. Mrs. Mary Moseley.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, afril 8, 1921.
STOCKBRIDGE
“Teach reverence and obedience
to the laws of our country and we
are safe ; otherwise there’s danger
ahead. ” —Lincoln.
Read advertisement of the new
Stockbridge Drug Store.
This correspondent is having
strawberries out of his garden.
Let us hear from every WEEKLY
correspondent as to a date and
place for a picnic. Editors and
compositors included in the bunch.
Let all who can attend the Sun
day School rally at Kellevtown on
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Charlie
W. Gardner is president of the
division.
“Clean Up Day,” for Stockbridge
is Wednesday, April 13th. Your
old cans and rubbish will be cart
ed off if you will out them where
they can be reached. Get busy.
Miss Olivia Berry and Mr. Lee
Hugh Glass were married Wednes
day night, March 31st, Rev. W. O.
Butler performing the rite of mat
rimony. Long life and much joy
to the young couple.
Rev. C. C. Cary, of Atlanta, will
preach his noted sermon on the
“ Characteristics of a Christian
Home,” at Stockbridge on the 4th
Sunday, April 24th, at 11 o’clock.
Every father and mother ought to
hear this sermon.
Visitors to McDonough last week:
Mrs. Usher Hinton, S. K. Austin,
J. W. Pattillo. To Atlanta this
week: Mrs. Jack Morris, Mrs. Jno.
Ward, Misses Sarah McWilliams,
Elizabeth Butler, Mary Joe Mays,
Rosser Ward and Arthur Mays.
The new drug store, operated
by Dr. M. D. Cunningham, is neat
and sanitary. Reliable drugs will
be sold and refreshing drinks and
ice cream will be served in attract
ive style. Much labor and some
expense has been incurred in put
ting things in order for the public.
A new candidate in the newspa
per line for public favor is the
Methodist Messenger, edited by
Rev. J. A. Partridge and issued
from the WEEKLY Job Office.
The first copy appeared April Ist,
and is to be followed by an issue
the first of every month. It is
published in the interest of the
McDonough and Turner Methodist
churches, and will form a handy
and valuable means of communi
cation between the pastor, the offi
cials and the membership at large, j
We trust it will increase in inter
est and size as it grows in age.
In almost every city of the land
there are being shown moving
pictures whose influence is direct
ly and unmistakably to create law
lessness. Men are portrayed as ;
successful thieves and bandits. :
The hero of the picture takes the
law into his own hands, shoots i
down his enemies right and left, !
and then, with the heroine safely
rescued, he leaps into the saddle j
and away they go to “live happiiy
ever afterwards.” What can he
the influence of such films be on
thousands of growing boys, but
to cultivate a spirit disregardful of
the sanctity of property and life?
Such pictures are being shown in
many of the best theatres. —Ex-
change.
Mr. Jack Morris, superintendent
of the dredge operations on Cot
ton Indian creek, has our thanks
for the privilege of looking on at
the work being done. Stumps,
debris, mud, sand, snakes, and
turtles are lifted with seeming
ease by the great steam dipper
and cast aside as the dredge boat
goes on down the creek. About
a mile and a half of swamp is yet
to be gone through before this im
portant work is completed. It will
probably be July before connec
tion will be made with Big Cotton
Indian river. Great advantages
| will come to the farming interests
of Henry county in reclaiming
Parent-Teacher Association.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Locust Grove grammar school
was heid at the school building on
Friday afternoon, April !, Mr s. 1).
P. Johnston presiding. The at
tendance was exceedingly good,
there being quite a number of
mothers and several fathers pres
ent.
The Association was entertain
ed by the first grade who render
er a most interesting program un
der the direction of their teacher,
Mrs. McKnight. The room was
beautifully decorated with pink
wistoria and pink roses. The pro
gram was as follows:
Song—Our Latch String Hangs
Outside.
FIRST GRADE
Recitation —In the Dark —An-
drew Casteen.
Vocal Duet —I’ll Never Play With
You Again Bessie Dale Cox,
Harold Deon McKnight.
Play—Red Riding Hood.
Songs—(a) April, (b) Apple
BlO'Som Tim \
Recitation —Who Was Lost —
Genevieve Buice.
Song—The Mumps.
Play—The Fairies’ Child.
We are very much in need of
more room and an auditorium and
it is realized more keenly at each
Parent-Teacher meeting.
There will be a special meetiug
held Friday afteruoon, April 15th.
A Bright Spot in Town.
Since the beginning of the pres
ent Conference year the attend
ance in the Men’s Bible Class of
the Methodist church has increas
ed seventyfive percent. The in
terest grows with every Sunday.
The class motto being, “The
Brightest Spot in McDonough Ev
ery Sunday.” Your attendance
will aid materially in realizing this
H°al. _____
An Invitation to All.
As representive of the Charles
T. Zachry Chapter United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy I invite
all organizations and everybody
unite and cooDerate in making the
centenial of our county a success.
Mrs. E. J. Reagan, Pres.
these rich lands for cultivation.
Swelling corn cribs next year and
this year will tell the tale of pro
gress.
There was very little drinking
in Washington at the inaugura
tion. One North Carolina Colonel
denounced dry Washington as a
“Democratic trick.” After violat
ing the law by spitting on the side
walk, he remarked: “Why, blame
my skin, if I ever saw such a
change. The last time I was here
I shoyed myself up to a hotel bar
and took a number of drinks and
felt good. Today I sneaked into a
tailor shop and got a bottle out of
a breeches’ pocket. I never had
any idea I would come to that.”
One of the best known Senators
elect walked into a hotel dining
room with a guest and directed
the waiter to bring a couple of i
glasses with ice in them. The
waiter repeated the order to the
head waiter, who walked over to
the table and asked that the order
be repeated. The Senator repeat- j
ed his order and the waiter re- j
marked: “We cannot serve any
thing or allow anything to be
drunk in this dining room against
the law.” “I am a Senator, and
make the law,” replied the Sena
tor-elect. “Yes, sir, the Senators
made this law and that is the rea
son you cannot have anything.”
I Ajax, Jr.
OBSERVER..*
UsJUU
Smile.
Be cheerful.
Red bugs next.
Gardens looking fine.
Old time bed bugs next.
Fine prospect for a fruit crop.
Sheriff Ward is getting every
thing ready for court week.
Rev. W. W. Arnold filled his
appointment at Sharon Sunday.
Work is being pushed ahead on
McDonough’s new Ice Plant.
Why not have an old time Sun
day school celebration at Shingle
roof camp ground this year.
Marshal Jerome Rodgers who
has been confined at his home
with measles, is back on his post
again.
Mr. W. L. Wynn, of Beersheba,
district has recently had the mis
fortune to lose five mules with
glanders.
“Obssrver” will renew, or take
new subscription to The Weekly.
The price is only $1.50 per year.
The many friends of Uncle John
Boatner, of Tussahaw, regret to
know that he has been quite sick
recently.
Dr. D. W. Johnson, of Atlanta*
who owns the large rock quarry
near Stockbridge, spent Monday
in McDonough.
Mayor J. E. Hooten, E. M. Cope
land, J. B. Dickson, H. M. Amis
and George Alexander spent Sun
day at Monticello.
There will be a big church rallv
and special service at Bethany on
the third Sunday afternoon.
Cheap cotton, high tax, boll
weevils, red bugs, and old time
bed bugs, and no money —its aw
ful.
Tax Receiver Thompson will
finish his second round this week.
The books will close May 1, and
hardly twenty per cent of the tax
able property has been returned
yet. He is doing all he can to get
the tax returns, but the present
existing financial conditions, and
the agitation of the tax question,
is making it hard for him to get
the tax returns. He has received
special instructions from the Com
ptroller General of the State to
double tax all tax oayers who fail
to make their tax returns, but he
does not want to do this and ear
nestly asks that all tax payers see
him and make their return before
May 1.
A degree team from the Griffin
Masonic Lodge came over to Mc-
Donough iast Friday night, and
confered the first degree work on
five new candidates far the Mc-
Donough Lodge. The new can
didates who rode the old time
goat, were, Loy L. Strahn, Grady
Maddox, C. R. Hand, Harvey
Brown and Grady Russell. The
old goat was in fine trim and al
though the new candidates put up
a good fight, the old time Masonic
goat knocked all of them out in
the tirst round. A good crowd
was present from Griffin Locust
Grove, Ola, and other places, it
was an interesting occasion.
We stopped a short while at the
home of Mr. Dock Piper in Beer
sheba district a few days ago.
He is the man who had the mis
fortune to get so seriously injured
a few years ago, by an accident at
the ginnery at Snapping Shoals,
he is entirelv helpless, having been
paralyzed from his waist down.
Mr. Piper has a family and it is
indeed a sad misfortune that has
befallen him, with no possible hope
of ever getting well. He will be
shut in for the remainder of his
life, a cheering word, or a post
card, or a letter from someone, or
a small gift ot' any amount will
help to brighten the life of this
good man, who will never have
the pleasure of enjoying life as he
once did. If you feel like helping
him with a good word of cheer,
his address is, Mr. Dock Piper,
R F D —4 McDonough, Ga.
$2.00 A YEAR
