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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.