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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
MASS MEETING FOR
COTTON GROWERS
Hon. A. A. Elmore Will Ad
dress the Farmers of Henry
County at the Court House
July 6, at 2 O’Clock.
The organization campaign of
the Georgia Cotton Growers Co
operative association will be
brought into Henry county for the
first time next Wednesday, July 6,
when Hon. A. A. Elmore, director
of organization for the association
will address a mass meeting of
farmers to be held at the court
house here at 2 o’clock d. m.
The Georgia Cotton Growers
Co-operative association is the or
ganization now in process of for-
mation which is planning to mar
keP3oo,ooo bales or more annually
for Georgia’s cotton crop upon
the California Plan for Co-opera
tive marketing now being pushed
throughout the South.
Mr. Elmore, who hails most re
cently from Spokane, Washington,
but who was born and raised on
an Oklahoma cotton farm, is one
of the foremost farm organization
and co-operative marketing ex
perts in the United States, and
what he has to say will be of deep
interest. He was brought into
Georgia for this work by the or
ganization committee of the asso
ciation, which is headed by Chas.
S. Barrett, of Union City.
The subject of Mr. Elmore’s
talk will be, “More Money - for
Cotton,” and he will explain the
association’s plan and contract in
detail and answer all questions
that are asked.
Arrangements for the meeting
are in charge of the friends of the
movement in this county and Judge
E. J. Reagan will act as chairman,
and it is planned to have present
a representation of leading cotton
planters from every militia district
in the county, so that the nucleus
for a County Organization Force
can be crealed.
Business men, bankers and pro
fessional men are especially re
quested to attend, as it is the
claim of the association that the
movement is as much to their in
terest as to the farmers, and the
ladies also are particularly invited.
Mr. C. J. Simpson of
Flippen Dies June 25
Mr. C. J. Simpson, of Flippen,
who has been the agent of the
Southern Railroad at that place
for a number of years, accidently
' fell last Friday afternoon and sus
tained such serious injuries that
he was carried to a hospital in At
lanta Saturday morning for treat
ment, but he was so seriously in
jured that he died Saturday after
noon. Mr. Simpson formerly re
sided in McDonough for several
years, until he removed to Flippen
several years ago. He was a good
citizen and his many friends deep
ly regret his sad and tragic death.
He leaves a wife and two children,
and a large number of relatives
and friends to mourn his death.
His remains were laid to rest at
Flippen Sunday afternoon, with
masonic honors after an appropri
ate funeral service conducted by
Rev. G. T. Sorrell and W. A. Wells.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
STOCKBRIDGE
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Carnes and
Steevie Carnes were visitors here
Sunday.
Prof, and Mrs. H. G. McCants
have returned from an outing in
South Georgia of several weeks.
The reduction in the price of
gasoline increases the number of
joy riders and Sabbath breakers.
Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Winter
Garden, Fla., and wife, have been
recent guests of Mrs. Sallie Bran
an.
Hot and dry we hope may soon
change to cooler weather and
more moisture, to the relief of
many.
Misses Frances and Ida Pearl
Grant spent the week-end in At
lanta, visiting Miss Katherine
Grant.
Third Quarterly Conference for
the Stockbridge circuit is to be
held at Flippen church Saturday,
July 23.
The state convention of the
Children of the Confederacy was
in session the present week at
Athens, Ga.
Miss Agnes Owen entertained
the Children of the Confederacy
at her home last week, in a de
lightful manner.
Miss Gladys Branan left Thurs
day night for a three weeks so
journ in the Land of Flowers, at
Winter Garden.
The Woman’s Club is preparing
to give a play as soon as they can
get it ready. Mrs. Willie Suttle is
coaching the participants.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Williams and
son, Joe, have returned to Macon,
after a two weeks visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Buck Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shields, of At
lanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Shields were the Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shields.
Mrs. A. H. Swann and Minnie
Belle Mann left Tuesday for Athens
to attend the state convention of
Children of the Confederacy.
A new gasoline station is that of
Mr. Oscar Folds at the old Milam
homestead. Nothing like gas, even
if it is not brewed from kerosene.
The new station was installed by
W. W. Milam this week.
Mr. Henrv Stephens was con
fined to his bed two or three days
this week, threatened with fever.
He was out Tuesday and is getting
normal again. Dr. Dodd attended
him and brought him around.
The base runners in the ball
game these hot davs have a warm
time trying to have a good time.
That much exertion in the home
garden or waiting on the women
folk would be considered a severe
affliction. y
Mr. John T. Bellah, known to
some as “Bildad, the Shuhite,” re
ports the finding of five boll wee
vils in the craw of a partridge,
which goes to say that “Bob White”
seems to be the farmer’s friend.
So, don’t shoot him.
Miss Saphronia McWilliams en
tertained recently at her home in
a social way. Those invited were
Misses Mary Joe Mays, Mattie Ber
ry, Willie Ruth Branan, Eunice
Bellah, Helen Clark, and Messrs.
Mark Brown, Arthur Batson, Mace
Morris, Willie T. Sorrells and
Cooper.
Stockbridge is to have the privi
lege of another lecture by Rev.
Marvin Williams, the unique fun
ny man. His first lecture was a
soledid success, and a full house
is expected at the auditorium
Thursday night, July 7th. The
McDonough Dramatic Club, will
feature the occasion with a
new program and added instru
ments. A fine evening’s en
tertainment is to be expected. Be
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, july i, 1921.
Bill to Protect People From
Buying Stolep Automobiles
Atlanta, Ga.—Every Georgia
farmer who owns an automobile
or who expects to own one should
be interested in the passage of a
bill, to be presented at the ap
proaching session Legislature,
which is designed to stop the steal
ing of automobiles by making it
practically impossible to sell a
stolen car. It is being backed by
prominent members of both hous
es and is endorsed by all the or
ganizations interested in the auto
bile industry, A similar bill pass
ed the Senate last summer but
never came up for a vote in the
house, owning to the congestion
of the last few days.
This bill will follow the lines of
the law in successful operation in
Michigan and several other states.
It provides, in brief, that when
ever a car is sold the seller must
fill out a bill of sale, giving the en
gine number and other identifying
marks. One copy of this is to be
sent the Secretary of State and
one retained by the buyer of the
car. The buyer shall report to the
sheriff of his county within ten
days and the sheriff will inspect
the car and see that it “checks”
with that described in the bills of
sale. There is yery little “red
tape” required. Penalties are pro
vided for altering serial numbers
of automobiles and for forgery or
alteration of bills of sale.
The bill will protect not only the
present owners of cars, but hun
dreds of innocent purchasers of
used automobiles. While most of
the thefts occur in the larger cit
ies, the small town and country
residents are frequently “stung”
by buying a car from a stranger
who gives no proof of legal pos
session. The car is afterwards
traced and recovered and the pur
chaser loses his money and has
no redress. Hundreds of such
cases were reported in Georgia
this year.
Rev. Marvin Williams
To Be at Stockbridge
On Thursday night, July 7th,
the above humorous lecturer will
give another of his attractive lec
tures at the auditorium, Stock
bridge. Admission 25 and
Benefit of parsonage.
on hand, 25 andfs cents admis
sion.
“Happy” Abbey, one of the tele
phone workers, fell from a tree
Tuesday while sawing off limbs
from over the wires. The fall was
some 30 feet to the hard ground.
Three ribs were broken. In the
fall he caught hold of a limb, which
broke the force of the fall, or he
would have been killed. He was
falling head foremost when he
grabbed the limb. Dr. Cunning
ham looked after him and he was
at the Bellah house confined to his
bed Tuesday.
Lieutenant Mina C. Van Winkle,
of the police department of Wash
ington, D. C., recently said in ref
erence to the modern dance and
the present fashions in the matter
of dress: “We know from actual
records that perfectly innocent
girls dressed in the fashion of to
day and dancing according to the
present fashions are more fre
quently leading young men into
wrong doing than is the profes
sional vampire for the professional
woman puts a price upon her in
fluence and restrains it until she
can cash in.” Ajax, Jr.
OBSERVER o.
Gardens gone.
July flies here.
Whippoorwills “hollerin.”
Doggone the boll weevils.
Oh! for a chicken drownder rain.
Almost too dry for a good corn
crop.
Davis’s lake is getting to be a
popular picnic resort.
Say, all you brother correspend
ents, let’s have a picnic.
Several cases of typhoid fever
are reported in our county.
The boll weevil situation is get
ting to be a serious problem.
All day Sacred Harp singing at
Bethel in Butts county next Sun
day.
Revival services will begin at
the Presbyterian church next Sun
day.
Bethany church has a good live
B. Y. P. U. with a membership of
52 members and they rendered
a very interesting program last
Sunday night.
The annual singing will be held
at Mount Carmel on July 4th.
This one will be the best one held
in many years. A number of good
leaders are expected to be present.
The children’s day exercises
which were held at Anvil Block
church last Sunday was attended
by a large crowd and those who
attended, report it as being quite
a success.
There was quite a large crowd
present at the funeral services of
Mr. C. J. Simpson at Flippen last
Sunday. His sad and almost sud
den death was indeed sad news
to his many friends in the county.
All it needs for the correspond
ents of The Weekly to have a big
picnic, is to just appoint the time
and place, we suggest that our
good clever correspondent from
Stockbridge arrange the program
and appoint the time and place,
and we will all be there. Get
busy Brother.
We went out last Friday after
noon and witnessed a demonstra
tion of a boll weevil machine that
is being placed on the market for
the purpose of fighting the boll
weevil. Mr. H. J. Copeland, of
McDonough, has purchased one
and is using it on his farm with
good results. The boll weevil
problem is puzzling the _farmers
of our county, and several differ
ent kinds of experiments is being
tested by our farmers. The out
look for a cotton crop in our
county looks somewhat gloomy at
present.
Distribution of Victory
Medals Discontinued
Due to reduction in the number
of clerks necessitated by reduced
appropriations, victory medal dis
tribution has been ordered discon
tinued. No more application can
be handled at the Victory Medal
office, 204 Journal building, At
lanta. Notice will be given of the
place to which applications should
be sent in future. Orders have
not been received regarding them.
Wm. a. Kent,
Adjutant General,
Victory Medal Officer.
Postmaster Examiottticaa
Set for Friday. JTui?*v 22
Washingtom.—At the reovasicNKf
the postmaster-general tne Cjfcrt«i
States civil service today aercamrae
ed an open competitive r n mm
tion to be held on July
to fill the position of posi-aaßaner
at many Georgia points.
This is not an examinat.csrtra
der the civil service act and rsuteß,
but is held under the execuiihnße
order of May 10, 1921, pro
such preceding. Each of the
rnaster vacancies in Georg,j #wr
which the examination is aimctfane
ed is of the third class.
Examinations will be held Tty
at the following named places;, ftttt
a competitor for any office
be examined at any one of Jtor?
places named: Albany, Am'iai.
Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Lsmh
bridge, Barnesville, Briuiaw-ranS*.
Blakely, Camilla, Canton, CarrswU
ton, Cartersyille, Covington, '2k*-
lumbus, Commerce, Cedartewm.
Cuthbert, Dallas, Dawson, Etaaas
las, Dublin, Eastman, ElfeertiMß*
Fort Valley, Gainesville 1 , CTts-***,-
boro, Griffin, Hartwell, JasHsMou.,
Macon, Marietta, Millen,
ville, Monroe, Newnan, Fdanqg*
Rossville, Sandersville, Savamsaaiu,
Statesboro, Thomaston, 'iSßwn..
Taccoa, Valdosta, Vidalia, WimJh
ington, Waycross, Winder.
To Secure Application*.
Applications containing aL$ .mt
formation as the requirements fci*
be met and the character c£ ‘Km-'
examination to be given ms* iwe
obtained from any one of tkt- m -
cant offices listed, or from, inter
United States civil service <sen»—
mission, Washington, D. C. Ap
plications must be properly ao*-
cuted, showing the exarrikmaom*
point at which the applicant ;jj»—
sires to be examined, and nms*
filed with the commission At
Washington in time to armisfsE
for the examination at the esmwm—
nation point chosen.
Applicants must submit to Jaaev
examiner on the day of the e.irsaHM
natiou their photographs, trifeatt.
within two years, securely p
in the space provided in the
mission cards sent them after tstwncr
applications are filed.
or proofs will not be accepted^
Mansion Is Vacated
By Governor Docsagsr
As his term of office expmatil
Saturday, Governor Hugh M.Kflar—
sey Thursday before move& m&k
of the governor's mansion, watt
now occupies his summer Lcawat*
located on the waterworks- somm!
near Bolton. Early this fait 'IHk?
governor will begin work of ersc®*-
ing a new home on Wesley avoaaasv
The governor was much pleaaaaf
over being able to leave the mam,-
sion because of its dilapkMsHft
condition. Governor-elect
wick, who assumed his dutiessaaei
governor Saturday, will not: life*--,
in the mansion, but will corAlrawr
to live at the Georgian Terva&£ _
CARD OF THANKS*.
1 wish to express to nty
through The Weekly, my sinMscßcr
appreciation for the many kiacii
nesses shown me in the reeeat iflti
ness and death of my mother*.
Sadie Duffsbk..
$2.00 A ¥3IAR