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STOCKBRIDGE
“I think I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
Poems are made by fools like me.
But only God can make a tree.”
—Joyce Kii.mkr.
Miss Sarah Mays Moseley, of At
lanta, was here Sunday.
Mr. John Gardner is very low
at this writing—Tuesday.
Rev. G. T. Sorrells is conducting
a protracted meeting at Flippen
this week.
“Flowers are the sweetest things
God ever made and forgot to put
a soul into.” —Beecher.
Rev. Will South opened up the
protracted meeting at Flippen
Thursday night, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cartledge,
of Atlanta, were guests at the par
sonage Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. C. C. Cary will preach his
noted sermon on a “Christian
Home” at Flippen in September.
Mrs. Albert Allman and three
children, of Atlanta, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McWilliams
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dingier, of
Washington, D. C., were recent
visitors of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mace Morris.
Misss Lona Bellah spent this
week in Florida, at Jacksonville
and I*ablo Beach, the guest of a
former school friend.
Mrs. C. A. Milner, of Florida, is
spending the summer in Stock
bridge, at present at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Branan.
Mr. Robert Milam, after a week’s
stay, leading in song in the Meth
odist meeting, left for Atlanta
Monday. He made many new
friends.
Misses Mittie Mae McGarity,
of Cordele, Sarah Branan and
Susan Elliott, ot McDonough,
were recent visitors of Miss Willie
Ruth Branan.
On Thursday, 21st, Rev. G. T. .
Sorrells and wife, VV. O. Butler,
wife and daughter and Mr. Robert
Milam were dined by Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Stephens.
Don’t forget the Gout ty Sunday
School convention, an all-day meet
ing, at Stockbridge Methodist
church, July 31. Dinner on the
ground. Don’t forget the basket.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pless were
dinner hosts of Revs. G. T. Sor
rells, W. O. Butler and wife. Mr.
Robert Milam, Mattie Berry, Eliza
beth Butler and Plumer Sorrells
on Wednesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Branan had
as dinner guests on Sunday Rev.
and Mrs. W. O. Butler, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Branan, of Henry
county, Mr. John W. Knight, of
McDonough, and Elizabeth Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pattillo and
daughters were hosts of Rev. G. T.
Sorrells and wife. W. 0. Butler
and wife, Mrs. M. E. Ward, Mr.
Robert Milam, Elizabeth Butler
and Sarah Allman on Friday of
last week.
The Baptist protracted meeting
will begin Saturday, August 6th,
with a sermon and the ordination
of deacons. The pastor will be
assisted by Rev. Buice, a stuent at
Mercer University. Let all Chris
trians rally and push the battle.
Mr. I. L. Moseley leads the wat
ermelon procession bv bringing
us on Thursday a splendid Halbert
Honey melon, said by Hastings to
be the sweetest melon that grows.
Now Henry Rilev will have to take
a second or third or fourth Diace
in the procession when he comes
in with his.
The Methodist protracted meet
ing closed Sunday night. Large
congregations were present Sun
day morning and night. A fine
children’s service on Thursday
was one of the best of the series.
There were no accessions to the
membership. The song feature
attracted many.
The lads in the primary class
had just been given a little talk on
architecture. When the teacher
had finished she asked: “Is there
any one in the class who can tell
me what a buttress is ?” Where
upon one boy arose and answered
eagerly, “Yes, Miss Jones, I can.
A buttress is a nanny goat.
The member of the Methodist
church who engages in the dance
violates two solemn promises or
vows, one that renounces the Dev
il and all his works, and the other
that he will ngt follow or be led
bv the camail desires of the flesh.
That General Rule of the church
which prohibits “taking such di
versions as cannot be used in the
name of the Lord Jesus,” is also
smashed. A good hand at break
ing laws.
The third Quarterly Conference
for the Stockbridge Circuit was
held at Flippen, July 23. Rev.
Clement C. Cary, of Atlanta, rep
resents Dr. Eakes, who was sick,
preached at 11 o’clock and presid
ed in the afternoon. The follow
ing officials were present: Rev.
G. T. Sorrells, Rev. W. N. South,
Rev. T. J. Johnson, Rev. W. 0.
Butler, W. C. Dailey, W. H. Burch,
Sr., J. T, Strickland, J. B. Rowan,
R. L. Johnson, S. C. McWilliams,
J. D. Davis, W. K. Branan, J. W.
Pattillo, S. K. Austin, T. M. Bright,
Ed Cowan, T. G. White. Reports
from the pastor and the Sunday
school superintendents at Stock
bridge, Flippen and Bethel were
heard. The stewards reported
$153.75 raised for ministerial sup
port this quarter. Something over
SIOO.OO was reported on parson
age and church repairs. A reso
lution of regret at the absence of
the Presiding Elder, also com
mending the preaching and con
duct of the business session by
Rev. Carv, was adopted. The
fourth conference will be held at
Bethel church.
Dr. Caleb W. Saleeby, of Lon
don, an eminent scientiest who
has specialized in eugenics and
holds a high position in the British
government, made an extensive
tour of the United States recently.
Before sailing for home he gave
out an interview touching on va
rious objects of his trip and con
cerning the effects of Prohibition
on the life of this nation he had
this to say : “Dry America is the
greatest country in the world in
which to produce and rear chil
dren. Prohibition is making Amer
ica safe for motherhood and child
hood. The Anglo-Saxon race on
this side of the Atlantic and in
cluding dry Canada, bids fair to
leave the race on the other side
far behind as regards sound,
healthy, well-deyeloped childhood.
The eponomic effects of this in
heritance of sound health will be
seen in the near future and if
Great Britain does not follow the
lead of the United States and Can
ada in banishing the racial poison,
alcohol, it will face inevitable de
cadence. A drugged Lion can not
compete with a sober Eagle."
A magistrate declared recently
that out of two hundred cases of
delinquency among girls which
had been brought before him
within the past few months auto
mobile rides furnished the occa
ion for ninety-five per cent of the
moral lapses. In the suburbs of
a Western city within the past few
weeks a young girl walking along
the street was seized by two men
and carried to a waiting automo
bile. Only prompt and rapid pur
suit saved her from a horrible
fate. All too often thougtless girls
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA
Griffin.
We have been impressed for
quite a while to write on a little
incident which occurs almost daily,
or at least every time one of the
big locomotives on the Central
Railroad passes through our town.
And as we sit and meditate for
a while this thought is brought to
our mind again by the passing of
this same locomotive which gives
such a dismal sound as it passes.
We are told that several years ago
this engineer was accustomed to
stop at a certain place irr West
Griffin early each morning where
his wife would always have nice
warm meals prepared and ready
to hand him as he would pass.
One morning she was at her post
and somehow got too close and
was killed by the big engine with
her husband at the throttle. In
reverence to her memory he al
ways slows down at the point and
blows the whistle in such a man
ner that one almost wants to cry
outright. We cannot vouch for
the truthfulness of this story, but
it has such a tender meaning that
it will not be hurtful to the public.
It teaches a good lesson, and one,
many of us should learn now and
when deep waters overtake us we
can be better prepared to wade
through. We imagine that this is
one of the greatest sorrows that
comes to the human family.
Guess you readers think we are
kindly blue, and so we are. We
are like most everyone else who
is spending their opinion at all.
We feel like some great change is
going to take place somehow or
somewhere. Just think of life
twenty-five years ago and the
present times. It is enough to
make one think seriously.
Next week we intend to give a
few dots of a Holiness preacher’s
sermon last Sanday night, and
then we invite the correspondents
to a regular discourse on same.
Master Troy Blankenship and
Edwin Dupree spent Wednesday
I at Lakewood at the picnic and re
-1 port quite and enjoyable time.
Fraser Blankenship spent the
week-end in Griffin.
One, Two.
accept invitations to ride extend
ed them by men whom they know
little if at all. In multitudes of
such cases the girls are debauch
ed. In the neighborhood of al
most every city and town are
wooded districts easily reached by
automobile where deeds of evil
are going on night after night.
These places are outside of the
police precincts, an and unwilling
victim is helpless.
Can anything be done? We
can at least attempt to make the
danger known and awaken public
sentiment. Because it is not
considered just nice to talk about
such things, we have ignored hor
rible conditions or contented our
selves with whispering about
them. The time has come for a
frank recognition of the great evil
which has grown up in connection
with the automobile, and for such
action on the part of the public as
will reduce this evil to the mini
mum. The State can better afford
to increase its police force than
by inertness to allow this carnival
of lust to go unchecked, what is
the sense in banishing the red
light district from the city and
allowing the countryside to take
its place? It ought to be possible
also to awaken parents to the
folly of allowing their children to
go and come as they please. In
many cases the whereabouts of a
pet dog seems to cause more con
cern in the family than the ques
tion as to where the daughter is
spending the evening.”—The Bap
tist. Ajax, Jr. I
| Responsibility of Parents.
Many parents lose sight of the
fact that the vacation period is
one of grave danger to the grow
child.
The boy or girl just out of school
feels like the caged bird that is
suddenly released from captivity.
It glories in its freedom to the ex
clusion of all else.
Many of the lessons in deport
ment that have been learned in
the classroom are gradually for
gotten as the child finds its way
to the street. There is no room
in its heart for anything but the
glories of the present, unless the
parental hand is ever guiding its
steps. The future is a sealed
book which will be opened only
too soon for its purpose.
Herein the function of the par
ent becomes of double importance
to the future life of the child, for
the careful work and training of
the teacher must be carried on
through the days and weeks of
the vacation period, not to the ex
tent of hampering the child in its
rest and recuperation from class
room confinemt, or depriving it
of the innocent pleasures of life,
but rather the daily impressing
upon its young mind the necessity
for continuing the rules of con
duct learned in its hours of study.
Children are quick to learn and
equally quick to forget. An im
pression may sink deep today and
be forgotten, but if it is repeatedly
brought to the attention of the
juvenile brain it will eventually
take root and live.
The teacher is responsible to
the parent for the proper instruc
tion of the child during its hours
of study, but the parent has a
double responsibility—to both the
teacher and the child—the re
sponsibility of safeguarding the
work of both.
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Give price and description. B. B.
Howard, Champaign, Illinois.
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Notice to Creditors.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District
of Georgia.
In the matter of Mrs. Mary Good
man in Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of the above
named Bankrupt of the County of
Henry and District aforesaid. No
tice is hereby given that on July
20, 1921, the said Mrs Mary Good
mtwi was duly adjudged bankrupt,
and that a meeting of her creditors
will be held at my office, 109%
Soldmon St., Griffin, Ga., on Aug.
1. 1921, at 10 o’clock, a. m., at
which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint
a Trustee, examine the Bankrupt,
and transact such other business
as may properly come before the
meeting. JNO. J. HUNT, Referee,
Griffin, Ga.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All creditors ol the estate of Mrs. Re
becca J. Treadwell, late of Henry county,
deceased, are hereby notified to render in
their demands to the under signed accord
ing to law, and all persons indebted to
said estate are required to make immedi
ate payment. July 20th, 1021. -
S. W. CARSON, Executor, Atlanta, Ga.
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