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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
A SUGGESTED NEW ERA FOR
SHINGLEROOF GAMP GROUND
Its Possibilities for Benefit to
the People of Henry County
Are Tremendous—Ten Days
Meeting Each Year Suggested.
Our understanding is that Shin
gleroof Camp Ground, with its one
hundred acres of land and its
splendid water power, was origin
ally deeded to the Methodist peo
ple of Henry county, and is held
in trust by a Board of Trustees
for the use of the membership of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. This title still inheres in
the people called Methodists in
this county, and they own and
control the property through the
Trustees. Such being the case, we
congratulate the Methodists in the
possession of a great plant for re
ligions, moral and intellectual cul
ture, and also for the great oppor
tunity they have to do immense
amount of good for present and
future generations in this section
of Georgia. When viewed from
the proper angle, its possibilities
for benefit to the people of Henry
county are tremendous.
As it is, only a small amount of
good, comparatively speaking, is
derived from this great plant each
year in the six days devoted to re
ligious services during the annual
► camp meeting. Then for 51 weeks
all its possibilities for good afe
dormant because unused. Great
changes and revolutionary meth
ods will have to take the place of
the present plan of operating this
splendid property, in order to make
it productive of rich returns to
our people, especially the coming
generations. The writer desires
to bring to light some suggestions
that have been Mentioned in re
gard to a new era on these grounds.
Before we mention these sug
gested changes let us say that it is
to be understood that whatever
plans may be contemplated, they
must include the annual camp
meeting in perpetuity. No sug
gestion can be entertained that
leaves that out. It must stand
through all the years. The title
to the property may be envolved
in the keeping up of this feature.
The camp meeting can be greatly
enlarged, the time extended to ten
days, great evangelists and great
singers and musicians employed
to give a national feature to the
exercises. Permanent cottages
ought to be built and painted,
which could be used as summer
residences for the owners and
their friends. The grounds should
.be graded and the washing away
of the soil around the shade trees
stopped, and the surfaces beauti
fied.
One suggestion is that the
grounds would be an ideal loca
tion for a high grade school, where
pupils who have completed ten
grades in the grammar schools
could go and be prepared for col
lege entrance. Such a school
right here in the middle of the
county would be popular and
largely attended. Ground near
the spring could be cleared for it
and a building, with small student
dormitories erected at no very
great cost.
Or, a school of college grade
might be built on the grounds and
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to
STOCKBRIDGE
(Continued )
Miss Irene Gunter is now on a
visit to Cedartown.
Mr. W. L. Evans has our thanks
for a bottle of fine sorghum of his
own make.
Messrs. S. C. McWilliams, W, W.
Milam and W. A. Bellah took in
Atlanta Tuesday.
Mrs. Mack Carnes is at her fath
er’s here while her mother is in
Florida for a brief stay.
A proselyter is a member of
one church who tries to induce
members of other churches to join
his church by unsettling their be
lief in some tenet or ceremony.
Our Saviour in burning scathing
words rebuked the proselyters
among the Pharisees, who were
active in this sort of work. If
proselyters would let the members
of other churches alone and go
out into the world and try to in
duce sinners to become Christians
they would be more apt to be
building up the Kingdom on earth
than they would be in the piddling
business of trying to pull a person
out of one church into another.
Don’t complain, unless guilty.
Revenue operators Jackson,
Pope and Cunningham, along with
Sheriff Ward and Marshal Mose
ley, got busy with the moonshiners
at their headquarters four miles
north of town on the Bth, where
they demolished a still, poured
out thirty-five gallons of musca
dines and captured a half gallon
of whiskey. They caught Henry
Shaw, a negro. On the 9th Sher
iff Ward, Marshal Rape, and Mar
shal Moseley returned to the same
neighborhood, captured a half
gallon of whiskey, poured out
thirty-five gallons of beer, and
caught Tink Dodson, who was
jailed at McDonough by Sheriff
Ward. An hour later Marshal
Moseley and J. E. Moore went
over to the Bloody Sixth, captur
ing a still and turned over 600 gal
lons of beer. They got the en
tire apparatus with the exception
of the worm. Very fine work for
home officers assisted by Uncle
Sam. Go it boys, and break up
their game before they can pl»y
it. Ajax, Jr.
operated as a denominational col
lege for this section of Georgia,
deriving its patronage from the
counties of Henry, Clayton, Butts,
Fayette, Rockdale, Newton, Jas
per, Spalding, Campbell, Coweta,
Pike, Monroe and contignous ter
ritory. The great spring would
furnish ample cool crystal water
for such an institution.
Another suggestion is that the
North Georgia Conference secure
space for the erection of several
homes for Superannuated Preach
ers of the Conference and have a
colony of these veterans of the
ministry on the grounds, where
they could enjoy the rest and
peace incident to their time of life.
Only a short distance from Mc-
Donough, it would be an ideal
spot for these veterans to close
out their pilgrimage.
These three suggestions are
made to the Methodist people of
Henrv county, and there may be
others that might be made known,
and the ones most feasible could
be adopted and carried out by
consent of the owners of the
property. VV. 0. Butler,
Stockbridge, Ga.
McDONOUQH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921.
TWO WIDOWS RUN
FOR COUNTY OFFICE
Both Have Three Children—
The Pleas of These Women
for Votes Are Entirely Dif
ferent from the Men.
McDonough, Ga., September 10.
(Special.)—Two widows, each the
possessor of three bouncing chil
dren, threw their hats into the
county political ring here yester
day for the office of treasurer of
Henry county, and will do battle
with seven men candidates on
September 23, 1921.
Henrv county, by virtue of the
foregoing, stands unique among
the counties of Georgia, and in all
•likelihood among all of the coun
ties of this republic.
The pleas of the widows for
votes are entirely different from
the stereotype pleas published by
men candidates. By reading the
feminine plea, one can easily de
duce that it is a truthful one.
Their Promises.
No promises of tickets to para
dise are wafted before vour gaze,
and there, are. jqq assertions of
sheer unselfishness or whole
hearted determination to immo
late themselves on the divine altar
of the body politic. No, the wom
en even insinuate that they have
pecuniary gain in view.
“Being left a widow with three
children,” states Mrs. T. J. Sims,
one of the women candidates, to
the voters of Henry county, “and
my father and mother, old and af
flicted, without a home for me to
go, as our state sees fit to allow
us women to enter politics, I here
by announce myself a candidate
for the office of County Treasurer,
subject to the election to be held
September 23, 1921. If elected, I
pledge myself to discharge the
duties of the office to the best of
my ability, and all the support
given me by my friends and rela
tives in this time of need will be
greatly appreciated.”
Mrs. Sims, in her announcement,
does not intrude a long list of her
abilities and qualifications for the
office, as most men candidates
would, and she publicly asks the
support of her relatives. Bravo!
May such intrepedity vanquish
any man with the nerve to oppose
it!
Mrs. Ingram Speaks.
Mrs. Grady Ingram, the other
woman candidate, also speaks.
“Being solicited to make the
race for County Treasurer by
some of my friends,” states Mrs.
Ingram, “I hereby announce my
self a candidate. Owing to the
short time and being a widow and
having to attend to three children,
it will be impossible for me to
make a house-to-house canvass,
but the votes of both ladies and
gentlemen will be greatly appre
ciated.”
The office of treasurer of Henry
county was created by a special
act of the recent legislature—The
Atlanta Consitution.
REMAINS OF PRIVATE WILLIAM
D. MAYO ARRIVED WEDNESDAY
** OBSERVER
Hot and dry.
Cotton crop short.
“Possum an taters” next.
Big election next Friday.
Gone, lost, or missing—money.
Old time sorghum syrup again.
Soon be time for simmon beer.
We regret to note the serious
illness of Mrs. J. A. Jackson at
her home near Bethany.
Earnest Thompson, of McDon
ough, killed three st akes last Tues
day, and came very near being
bitten by one.
We regret to note the serious
illness of Miss Mary Rape at the
home of her nephews, Messrs. H.
T. and C. M. Rape.
The Baptist Young People’s
Union, of McDonough, will enjoy
a social gathering at Davis’ Lake
this afternoon, (Friday.)
We are requested to state that
there will be a singing at Turner's
church next Sunday afternoon.
Everybody has a cordial invita
tion.
The trustees of Union Graded
school ask that the patrons of the
school meet them at the school
building on Wednesday morning
the 21st as there is business of
importance to attQ&d to.
Mr. I. L. Sowell, of McDonough,
had the misfortune to loose his
residence on his farm near Beth
any church by fire last Monday.
His residence was occupied by a
farm tenant, and Mr. Sowell hav
ing recently sold his home in Mc-
Donough, was arranging to move
back to his farm to reside, and
this loss falls heavily on him. We
did not learn the orgin of the fire.
The tax arbitration in this coun
ty was held last Friday. State
Tax Commissioner H. J. Full
bright sometime ago asked for 25
per cent to be added to this coun
ty. The board of tax equalizers
refused to accept it and the mat
ter was submitted to arbitration,
which was held at the court house
last Friday. The state was repre
sented by Col. S. A. Allen, of De-
Kaib, and Henry county was rep
resented by Ordinary A. G. Harris
and Ordinary Cummings, of Spal
ding county was selected as the
third man and the arbitration re
sulted in favor of the state for the
25 per cent to be added.
The residence of Mr. Bob Elliott,
of McDonough, together with
most of its contents was destroy
ed by fire on Wednesday of last
week. The residence occupied by
W. G. Thompson on the south
side was saved only by the heroic
efforts of the local fire department
and the residence of Mr. Talmon
Pattillo on the north side also
came very near being burned, but
fortunately both adjoining houses
were saved. The orgin of the fire
is supposed to have been caused
by a spark from the chimney, as a
negro woman was ironing clothes
at the time of the fire. The resi
dence had only been erected about
two years ago, and the loss falls
heavily on Mr. Elliott, as he had
! no insurance.
The Henrv County Singing con
vention held its annual session at
Was One of First Henry Count*
Boys to Pay the Supreme
Sacrifice—Funeral and Inter
ment at Bethany Wednesday
Afternoon at 3 O Clock.
The remains of Private Williara
D. Mayo, one of the first Henry
county boys to pay the supreme
sacrifice on the battlefields of
France, arrived here Wednesday
morning.
Private Mayo enlisted in the
regular army and during the trou
ble with Mexico and was sent at
once to the border. He went over
sea with 4th Company, 58th Infan
try and was killed in action July
18th, 1918.
The remains were met at the
train by a large number of citizens
also representation of the U. D. C’s.
The Woman’s Club, Red Cross
and other organizations and escort
ed to the Public square where serv
ice was held.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Bethany church Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev. L.
G. Walker officiating.
Private Mayo is survived by
seven brothers and five sisters all
of this county. His father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Mayo,
having died several years ago.
Bethany last Thursday. There
was a good attendance with a
number of music leaders on hand
and it was a good session. The
convention was organized b}
electing Mr. I. P. Rosser, of Locust
Grove, president, A. J. Upchurch,
vice-president, and A. W. Rape,
secretary. The arranging com
mittee was composed of J. A
Brown, S. M. Rosser and J. B
Mayo. Prof. W. W. Combs, of
Lawrenceburg, Tenn., a former
resident of this county was among
the leaders present. There were
a number of music leaders present
from Henry county and adjoining
counties. The next session will
be held at Oakland church, three
miles west of McDonough.
Some of you folks used to laugh
at Observer for some of his say
ings in regard to the signs of the
times, but it seems now that al
most everybody is talking about
the signs of the times, and every
body seems to be of the same
opinion that we are all facing
some of the most serious problems
that we have ever experienced in
the Southern States. The worst
trouble with all of us is, that we
have departed from the old time
ways of our old daddys and mam
mys, and we have all tryed to
keep up with all the new-fangled
ways, and the sesuit is that it
looks like that almost everything
has gone busted. We believe in
progress and everything that will
help to build up our country, but
we have all got mixed up with too
many new-fangled notions, and
have departed from the old time
ways to such an extent that it be
gins to look like that a kind Provi
dence is going to withhold his
blessings from us.
52.00 A YEAR.