The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII-
■ 1 1 »■■— I —■■ - --
When Henry was in his infancy one hundred years ago the outfit for the average small boy was quite becoming to
him. He used to ride about in the springless ox-cart. He acratched the hills with primitive farm tools and carried his
corn crop—few bushels to the acre—to the old mill by means of the same ox-cart. He brought back his meal, cooked his
pone, fried his delicious sidemeat, sat by the chimney, he on one side and Mrs. Henry on the other, smoked his cob and
dared any living creature to say Henry wasn’t living, and living high. And he was. Several generations have come, tar
ried and gone since Henry was thus reveling in the gracious plenty of the good old days. The little boyhood trousers no
longer fit Henry. The cute little jacket of long ago barely makes him a necktie. The straps that used to hold his nome
knit hosiery in place cannot reach so far. The old brogans—bless their treasured memory—have long since been assigned
a last resting place among the antiques. In fact Henry has outgrown everything during these past years of the century
just rounded out.
On one side stands his old time friend in perfecct amazement. He had never dreamed the boy would reach such great
ness; such wealth; such productiveness in every line. On th e other side stands one of his many admirers—and to be as
sociated with Henry is to love him. You just can’t help it.
Get it at first hand, May 14th. Watch the great pageant. See how Henry has grown. Henry welcomes everybody
on this big day. Stay with us. We want you here. Have »big time. Meet old friends. Make new ones. This is Henry’s
day at home.
Historical Pageant*
Saturday, May 14, 1921, 9 A. M.
Assembly Ground, Keys’ Ferry Road.
1. Heralds with Silver Horns.
2. Locust Grove Institute Band.
3. Colors with Military Escort.
4. Locust Grove Institute Battalion.
5. Goddess of History.
6. Signing of the Treaty, General Mclntosh and Creek
Inidans.
7. Patrick Henry, for Whom the County Was Named.
8. Commodore McDonough, for Whom the County Seat
Was Named.
9. Wade Hampton, for Whom Hampton Was Named.
10. First Mode of Travel—Ox Cart.
11. Second Mode of Travel —Pillion.
12. Decendants of All Families, 1821 to 1850. A number
of Cars.
13. First Session of Superior Court, June 10, 1822.
Augustus Clayton, Jud&e; William Harden, Clerk;
W’illiam Cash. Solicitor-General Pro Tern.
14. Second Session of Superior Court, December, 1822.
Eli S. Shorter, Judge; Major Chettle Cochran,
Foreman.
15. First Session of Inferior Court March, 1825.
William Griffin, Garry Grice, Wade H. Turner,
J >seph P. Green, and Thomas C. Russell acting as
Justices, and Samuel Johnson acting as Clerk.
16. Replica of the House in Which the First Religious Serv
ice Was Held. Log Cabin, near Turner Church,
built by Wade H. Turner, January 15, 1822.
17. First Methodist Circuit Rider, Mr. Bellah.
18. First Baptist Preacher, Mr. Cyrus White.
A Weekly Newspaper Devcced to th,i Interests of McDonough and Henry’County.
FIRST SECTION McDonough, Georgia, Friday, may 13, 1921
My, How Henry Has Grown!
19. First Presbyterian Preacher, Mr. Gable, 1826.
20. First School Teacher, Mr. Fish, 1823.
21. First Factory, Dailey’s, 1824.
22. First Grist Mill, Dailey’s, 1884.
23. Early Settlers.
24. Old Fashion Costumes, Belles of Other Days.
25. Plantation Float, Black Mammy and Banjo Days.
26. Veterans of the Sixties.
27. Ku Klux Klan—Reconstruction Days.
28. U. D. C. Floats, 1905, Children of the Confederacy Float.
29. Central of Georgia Railroad, First Railroad in Georgia.
First Railroad in Henry County.
30. Southern Railroad, June 3, 1882.
31. King Cotton Float.
32. Corn Float.
33. Bank of Henry County, First Bank, June 23, 1896.
34. First Telephone, About 1897.
35. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1900.
36. Electric Light Float, August, 1912.
37. World War Float, Army and Navy With Liberty Escort
of ex-Service Men of Henry County—l9l4 to 1918.
38. Red Cross Float, 1914.
39. Hampton, Red Cross Ambulance With Wounded Soldier.
40. Locust Grove Red Cross—“ The Greatest Mother in the
World.’’ .
41. McDonough Red Cross —Red Cross Army Supplies With
Red Cross Nurses—l9l4.
42. Woman’s Club, 1916—The Federation of Clubs Will
Be Represented by Several Cars.
43. Belles of 1921—Floats.
44. Floats of Manufacturing Companies and Other Indus
tries—A Number of Cars.
45. Masons of the County.
46. Woodmen of the World.
47. Knights of Pythias.
48. Red Men.
V
| vi - ' '"' ' ; v
fe ■: 1 Mil
,&* f I /> / ,
V ;> -
' : ;•' ■ ;-^a'■
Edward L* Reagan*
Representative-elect for Henry County for the 1921-22
session. Mr. Reagan was born and reared in this county, and
after leaving the schools of McDonough he continued hia
education at the National Preparatory Academy at Highland
Falls, N. Y., and the University School for Boys at Stone
Mountain, Ga., and Emory College of this state, being a
member of the leading fraternities at these institutions of
learning. While in college he cultivated the love for baseball
and followed the game several y *ars after leavfcig college, and
ended his baseball career in 1916, when he married Miss Mary
Elsie Johnson, of Griffin, Ga. After reading law under hia
father, Judge E. J. Reagan, he was admitted to the bar ia
1912, and since the event of 1916 has been actively engaged in
the practice of law, gaining rapid success in this his chosen
profession. He is affiliated with a number of fraternal organi
zations, being a member of the Masonic Order, Elks, Knights
of Pythias, and Woodmen of the World. He is thoroughly
familiar with the conditions that effect the people as a whole,
and will no doubt take care of the interests of this county in
the legislature during his term of office in an able, courageous,
and most satisfactory manner.
Colonel E* M* Smith*
E. M. Smith, one of McDonough’s attorneys, was bom in
Monroe County, Ga., January 7, 1873. Mr. Smith received
his education in the public schools of Forsyth and Jackson and
later attended Emory College. After leaving college Mr.
Smith took up the study of law in the office of Berner
Bloodworth at Forsyth, Ga., and was admitted to the bar ac
Forsyth.
In February, 1897, Mr. Smith located at McDonough and
has practiced law here since that time. For a while he vu
associated with Hon. E. A. Stephens, now Assistant Solicitor-
General of the Atlanta Circiut; but since September, 1899,
Mr. Smith has practiced alone and during the past twenty
years has had a large practice.
Mr. Smith has sei*ved as Mayor of McDonough for fifteen
terms, the longest service of any mayor of the city, and
represented Henry County in the General Assembly for two
terms, and the Thirty-Fourth Senatorial District one term,
being the last senator to represent the old Thirty-Fourth from
Henry County. Besides practicing law Mr. Smith is identified
with a number of business interests of the city.
Mr. Smith was married to Miss Flora Turner, a member of
one of the oldest families of the county, on December 20,
1899, and they have two children, Miss Louise Smith now at
Ward-Belmont School in Nashville, Tenn., and Ernest Smith,
Jr., a student in the public schools of McDonough.
COLLECT FOR CLUB WOMEN.
Keep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in
word, in deed!
Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face,
without self-pity, and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.
Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightfor
ward and unafraid—
Let us take time for all things; make us grow calm, serene and
gentle.
Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create dif
ferences; that in the big things of life we are as one.
And may we strive to touch and to know the great common
woman’s heart of us all; and, 0 Lord God, let us not forget
to be kind. —Mary Stuart.
* •
49. Town Councils.
50. Schools of the County.
We are indebted to “Memories of Henry County” written by
the late Col. T. C. Noian for much of the information for
various articles and in arranging the Historical Pageant with
names, dates, etc.
ANNIE NOLAN,
Chairman of the Pageant.
I TO 8 PAGES
$2.00 A YEAR
