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JURY IN PRAYER:
VERDICT REACHED
Unusual Case in Walker Coun
ty. Prayed at the Grave of
Slain Sheriff. Prisoner Must
Hang.
LaFayette, Ga. —When James
Douglas goes to the scaffold here
August 5, to be hanged for the
murder of Sheriff Catron, in Walk
er county, citizens of this county
will believe almost to a man that
prayers of the jurymen who heard
his case will be answered.
Unable to agree on a verdict
for hours after conclusion of testi
mony the jury resorted to prayer
and reached a verdict after mak
ing a visit to the grave of Catron,
and praying grouped about the
new-turned earth.
Charged with the murder of Ca
tron May 28 last, near Rossville,
Ga., Douglas went to trial Thurs
day and the case went to the jury
late that afternoon.
At 5 o’clock yesterday evening
Judge Wright sent a bailiff to in
quire if a verdict had been reach
ed. Word was sent back that it
had not. The jurymen, however,
told the bailiff to ask Judge Wright
to join them in prayer that a ver
dict of justice might he reached.
They were on their knees in pray
er. That continued into the night.
After breakfast this morning, the
jury acted on a decision reached
during the night. It's members
went to the cemetery where the
sheriff lay buried and, grouped
around the little mound, renewed
their prayers that a yerdict might
be reached in justice. Reaching
the court house a ballot was taken
and the result was the verdict was
murder in the first degree.
Judge Wright sentenced Doug
las to hang August 5.
Call It A Draw.
Man is beginning to perk up
and draw another long breath.
But there’s a reason.
Woman, too, is cautiously peer
ing around in an effort to de
termine whether or not the storm
has blown over.
And again there is a reason.
A few months ago it was loudly
proclaimed that the womanhood
of America would launch a mighty
campaign for the purpose of writ
ing “fines” to the record of tobac
co. Promptly the men came to
the fore with a determination to
balance the scales by the elimina
tion of corsets, cosmetics and
chewing gum.
It was too much for either
masculine, or feminine nature.
Neither could face the prospect
with equanimity or even with
courage.
Now the men still enjoy their
tobacco, and the women still have
their corsets, and their beautifiers,
and their gum.
It’s a draw, and both should be
satisfied.
At any rate, we are.
“Some Man.”
Would you like to have your
boy turn out to be a real 100 per
cent man physically as well as
mentally?
Then don’t shut him up in a hot
house of roses and keep him there
until he breaks away of his own
aC cord
Roses are a delight to the eye
and the sense of smell, but they do
not develop the muscle or add to
the breadth of mind.
Get him a ball and bat, a pair of
boxing gloves and a punching bag.
Give him a couple of Indian clubs
and teach him to swing them.
Encourage him to run and jump
and wrestle and leap fences.
Let his hours of recreation be
healthful and vigorous, and not of
the pink tea variety.
Teach him to fear God, to be lov
ing, respectful and obedient to his
parents and mindful of the rights
of other people, and you will de
velop an adult who will be “some
man.”
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W’U Flavor is
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Greenwood Locals.
Mr. T. J. Elliott spent Thursday
night with his father near Salem,
who has been very sick.
Mr. Loyd Dickson, our clever
store keeper, made a business trip
to McDonough Friday.
Misses Mamie and Sallie Wood
ward spent Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. Grady Woodward.
Dr. Redwine and Mr. and Mrs.B.
Redwine, of Hampton, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Pendley last week.
Mr. J. M. F. Fields was a visitor
to Greenwood Saturday.
Mr. Bud Floyd, of Louisiana,
spent a while with Mr. J. 0. Mid
dleton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Moore
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Pendley recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Kimbell. of
McDonough, were visitors here
Sunday.
Mrs. Mattie Bryant had as her
guest last week her sister, Mrs-
Emma Phillips, of Manchester.
Mrs. Martha Rape was able to
attend preaching here Sunday to
the delight of her friends.
Mr. T. B. Hincy spent Sunday
in the Gate City.
Mrs. Nath Woodward and chil
dren, Wilber and Polly, spent Sun
day with Mrs. Ben Pendley.
Mr. R. R. Roan and family
attended an all day singing Sun
day near their old home.
Farmers in this section are very
busy picking up boll weevils.
Jocelyn.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
in Use For Over 30 Years
sSToT
Home Made
SELF-RISING FLOUR
is becoming more popular ev
ery day. In making self-ris
ing flour at the mill only the
purest of Soda, Phosphate
and Salt are used, and it is
handled in an absolute sani
tary way.
Self-rising flour eliminates
every possibility of making a
mistake in bread making, and
is quite a convenience to the
housewife. She has the sat
isfaction of knowing that her
baking will he just right ev
ery time.
You will find that freshly
made self-rising flour is quite
different to that made in the
far west which is ofttimes a
year old when used.
A trial will convince you,
and will thank you for that
chance.' Of course we will
make it plain if yon do not
want self-rising.
Thanking you for past pat
ronage and hoping to merit a
continuance of same,
We are truly yours,
HAMPTON MILLING CO.
We are in the market for
Wheat and Corn.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA
When Gossips Talk.
“J alk is cheap if you get it from j
a gossip,” savs an exchange.
But it isn't.
Talk that comes from a gossip
is expensive.
It kills lime, it kills truthfulness,
it kills decency and it kills moral
ity.
A reputation that has been
built up by a lifetime of correct
living may be blasted in a day by
the talk of a gossip.
The milk of human kindness is
curdled when it comes in contact
with the tongue of the gossip.
The gossip sees but little that is
good and much that is bad in hu
man nature.
And gossips will talk, and peo
ple will listen, and believe, and
condemn.
It is not only expensive, but it
is demoralizing and degrading.
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TOLLESON-TURNER CO, Agents.
No Heal Is Perfect
Without Good Meat
Relishing a meal puts a fellow in a good humor (the ladies are alwas that way.)
Without meat there is always a feeling of something lacking. And if you have
saved meat, and it is not of the best, the relish is not there.
The obvious thing, therefore, is to buy the BEST meat—meat that produces a
relish—that puts you in a good humor—that keeps you in the pink of condition.
Tne quality of the meat you eat is more important than the quantity.
It has QUALITY if bought from us.
BEEF, PORK, SAUSAGE, POULTRY,
EGGS and BUTTER.
A fine assortment of meat always on hand.
-S PROMPT DELIVERY •$-
BREAD—Two Loaves for 15c.
SMITH & MCLAUGHLIN, meat market.
RHONE 112-W.
Hampton Hardware & Furniture Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS
OUR SERVICE IS THE! BE!ST
CALLS ANSWERED PROMPTLY DAY OR NIGHT
RELIABLE GLASSES
If you are thinking of obtaining glasses, please bear in mind
th it the financial and professional responsibility, of those to
whom yo i entrust the care of your eyes is of greatest impor
tance. Ours is a complete organization, devoted exclusively to
the scientific examination of eves and the fitting and grinding
of proper glasses, all for one reasonable charge.
Optometrist J. G. Duggan Optician
53 West Mitchell Street, Near New Terminal Station.
