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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLVII.
REV. M. C. LS B D El*L
GOES TO MURPHY, N. C.
Be'oved Preacher Delivers Last
Sermon as Pastor of Greens
boro Presbyterian Church.
Rev. M. C. Liddell delivered
forceful sermons Sunday morning
and evening at the Presbyterian
church. His message for the
evening was a farewell to his
congregation and friends, he hav
ing tendered his resignation as
pastor of this church, several
weeks ago.
Rev. Liddell accepted the pas
torate of the local Presbyterian
church and Penfield church about
three years ago and his service
here has been full of blessings,
not only to his own church and
people but to all in this com
munity.
He has greatly strengthened the
local church, the membership has
increased and has one of the best
organized choirs in the city.
His relationship with the other
pastors and denominations has
ever been one of brotherly love
and beside the membership of his
own church are hundreds who
join in wishing for him and his
wife, (who so ably assists him
many, many, years of health and
strength that they may be spared
for the work of the master.
Rev. and Mrs. Liddell will leave
the 'last of this month for Murphy,
N. C., where the former will have
charge of the Presbyterian church.
—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
In Loviag Memory
Of Alton Branan
“And we know that all things
work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are
the called according to His pur
pose.” Romans 8:28.
It is indeed hard.for us to sub
mit ourselves to this truth when
our hearts are sad and wrecked
with grief. Yet, a still small voice
within is heard to say, “My grace
is sufficient for you,” and our
hearts give back an answer, “The
Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
away, blessed be the name of the
Lord.”
Such was our experience when,
on Friday night, November 4, the
death angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Cloud Branan and
took from them their little son.
Alton, age seven, was a pet in
the home and with everyone who
knew him. With his pleasant
smile, sweet disposition and ready
word he carried sunshine wher
ever he went.
This applies also to his school
life. His first days being spent in
my schoolroom, and I often think
how interesled he was, ever ready
to do his best. He had been in
school one month this year, being
absent only the last four days of
his life. His report, which was
almost perfect, affords much pleas
ure to his parents and loved ones.
He was sick only four days, and
little did his parents think that the
end was so near, but alas! God
knows best.
Does Jesus care when my henrt is pained
Too deeply for mirth or song:
As the burdens press and the cares distress,
And the w y grows weary and long?
Does Jesus care when my way is dark
With a nameless dread and fear?
As the daylight fades into deep night
sh td°s.
Does ile care enough to be near?
Does J sue care when I've tried and failed
To res is; some temptation strong;
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
STOCKBRIDGE
j)liss Brownie Merritt, of Atlanta,
is the guest of Miss Gladys Bran
an..
We are very glad to know that
Mr. Gene Gunter has recovered
from a slight attack of flu.
The entire Commuity wishes to
welcome Rev. J. T. Sorrells and
family back to Stockbridge, as
pastor of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Rosser Ward original?, of
Petersburg, Term., lias beed called
home on account of her brothers
illness. *
Master Richardson and Clifford
Shields are now back in school
after pin illness of scarlet fever.
The ladies, of.the Babtist church,
entertained the Auxilary of the
third district last Thursday after
noon. A missionary programs
was rendered. After the meeting
refreshments were served at the
home of Mrs. Aiviti McLendon.
The Stockbridge B. Y. P. U. is
making rapid progress under the
leadership of Miss Rachel Elliott
as president, At the last meeting
the standard of excellency was
reached in section one. We are
hoping to be an A. one union.
It is our sincerest hope that Mrs.
Parks Lee who has been ill for
some time and has -just returned
from the Wesley Memorial Hospit
al will be able to be out soon.
Miss Sara McWilliams has taken
up her studies again at the South
ern Business College, of Atlanta.
Mrs. S. C. McWilliams enter
tained for lunch last Monday, Mrs.
G. T. Sorrells, Mrs. A. H. Swann,
and Mrs. Partridge, of McDonough.
Mrs. R. A. Dunn and daughter,
Mattie Leigh, of Warm Springs,
were the week-end guests of her
mother, Mrs. Walter Hightower.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Moseiy are
visiting relatives here.
Mr. Earl Gregory, of Winter
Green, Fla., was the guest of Miss
Lucy Ward Monday. ROSE.
Thanksgiving Service
There will be a union service
held Thursday at 11 o’clock a. m.
in the Methodist church to which
all our Citizens and their friends
or visitors are cordially invited.
The following is the program
and order of worship.
Hymn —Coronation.
Prayer, by C. W. Battle.
Scripture reading.
Am I thankful? —Rev. W. W.
Arnold.
Hymn—O’ For a heart to praise
my God.
Why Am I Thankful? Rev. A. R.
Cates.
Prayer.
How I show thankfulness.
Rev. J. \ Partridge.
Meeting open to others.
Benediction.
We have much for which to be
grateful, Let us assemble and
praise God for His Goodness.
When in my srnef I find no relief,
Tho’ my tears flow all the night long?
Does Jesus care when I’ve said "goodbye”
To the dearest on earth to me.
And my sad heart aches till it nearly
breaks—
Is this aught to H> m ? Does He see?
O, yes, He cares: I know He cares;
His heart is touched with my grief :
When the days are weary, the long nights
dreary,
I know my Saviour cares.
His Aunt Katie.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, November 25, 1921.
UNCLfc SAM NOW PLANS
CHANGES IN CURRENCY
‘‘Long Green” Will Be Made
Shorter and Other Alternations
Effected In Interest of Econ
omy.
Atlanta, Gi'., Nov. 22. —Great
changes are pending in the piper
currency of the country, according
to Atlanta bankers. The “long
green”, will soon be made shorter,
and other alternations will be ef
fected which .'will increase con
venience and decrease the likh
hood of counterfeit and fraud.
Economy, too, enters into the
plan. . .
The paper from which bills are
made is very expensive, it is stated,
being prepared by an elaborate
secret, process. Under the new
plan, according to reports re
ceived in Atlanta, a sheet of this
paper will be cut into five bills
where now it is cut into four.
“It is the same sort of homely
economy which makes holes in
doughnuts and then makes more
doughnuts out of the material
punched from the hole,” said an
Atlanta banker.
While this change is being
worked out, it is hoped to form a
feasible plan, bankers here say,
for making bills of different de
nominations of different sizes so
that a $2 note cannot be raised to
a S2O or ass note to a SSO, by
clever fingers of the crook or the
crooked fingers of the clever.
Changes in the engraving on the
face and Ihe h ick will add to the
difficulty of tampering or counter
feiting.
“These changes in the form of
paper currency are undoubtedly
desirable” said a local wag, “but
they won’t interest the common
citizen very much. All his money
is too short, as a rule, and his dif
ficulty does not lie so much in
bills raisen from one denomination
to another as in raising any at all.”
OBSERVER
* C.-K- > Vrfi *
We regret to note the death of
the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff Tingle, which occurred at
their home near Locust Grove
last Wednesday. She was almost
twenty-one months of age, and
was the pride of the home. The
funeral services were held at the
residence Thursday, and was con
ducted by Rev. Dan Henderson,
after which the remains were laid
to rest at Beersheba church.
Rev. I. G. Walker has excepted
the call of the church at Sharon.
He is now giving his full time to
the pastoral work of four churches,
towit:r-Zion church in Newton
countv, Rockdale church in Rock
dale county and Bethany and
Sharon churches in this county.
These four churches are to be
congratulated upon having such
an able man as pastor and all of
his churches are prospering un
der his able leadership,
Mr. T. E. Shaw, who recently
moved his family from McDonough
to College Park, spent last Satur
day afternoon in McDonough. Mr.
Shaw holds a good position with
Austin Bros., of Atlanta, and spent
last week in the southern part of
the state in the interest of his firm
and on his return home, stopped
over a few hours in his old home
town. Dock is just simply a good
clever fellow, and his many friends
here miss his cheerful voice and
pleasant smile.
Mrs, Coppedge Entertains
Hampton Civic League
On Friday, Nov. 18, the regular
meeting ot the Civic League was
held at tlie residence of Mrs. W. J,
Coppedge, Mrs. Cluis. Westmore
land and Mrs. Coppedge acting as
joint hostesses.
As each lady entered she de
posited quite secretly into a bas
ket placed on the side verandah
for the purpose, a handkerchief
for Mrs. Westmoreland, who, with
her interesting family, will make
her home in Canton, Ga., after
Christmas.
The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. W. W. Carmichael, presi
dent pro-tem.
Various business matters wore
given attention, the'most interest
ing of which was the appointment
of a cum mil tee t > begin the Work
of re-covering the wings for the
rostrum in our school auditorium.
After the business of the me; t
ing had been transacted, Mrs.
Westmoreland, noon being urged
to do so, very reluctantly, but un
suspectingly, occupied a seat in
the center of the room. Little
Marion Carmichael then brought
in the basket of handkerchiefs (27
in number) and presented it to
Mrs. Westmoreland.
The secretary, Miss Amah Lee
Rutherford, read the following:
Mrs. Chas. Westmoreland,
Hampton, Ga.
My dear Mrs. Westmoreland:
We wish to express in some
slight measure our appreciation of
you as a member of the Civic
League.
By your amibility, fidelity and
Christian character, you have won
our highest love and esluein.
Our associations have been
strong, beautiful and stimulating.
May you and your family have
health and prosperity, wher
ever providence may lead you!
To this end, we tender you the
following:
“Recife for a Happy Life ”
Three onnees are necessary first
of patience,
Three of repose and peace: of
conscience
A pound entire needful:
Of pastimes of all sorts, too,
Should be gathered as much as
the hand can hold :
Of pleasant memory and of hope,
three good drachms
There must be at least.
But they should moistened be
With a liquor made of true pleas
ures which rejoice the heart.
Then of love’s magic drops, a few
Which make better thy part.
Grind the whole and mix there
with of merriment, an ounce
To even. Yet all this will not
bring happiness
Except in your orisons, you lift
your voice
To Him who holds thegift of health.
Respectfully and cordially
signed, CIVIC LEAGUE,
Hampton, Ga.
Mrs. Westmoreland responded
most feelingly with words and
tears (more eloquent than words)
expressing her highest apprecia
tion.
After partaking of excellent
sandwiches, pickles and coffee,
each guest departed with a happy
heart, feeling that she had put into
practice the lesson implied in the
following poem :
Why Jo we wait till ears are deaf
Before we speak our kindly word,
And only titter loving praise
When not a whisper can be heard?
Why do we wfeit till hands are laid
Close-folded, pulseless, ere we place
$2.00 A YEAR
HART FARMERS FIND
DAIRYING PROFITABLE
Mr. T. E. V. White, of Hartwell,
Has Practiced Diversification
and Received Great Benefits
of this System of Farming.
* * • • «• ,**
One of the farmers least affect
ed by the ravages of the boll
weevil is Mr. T. E. V. White* of
Hartwell, Georgia. For a number
of years Mr. White has practiced
diversification and received all.the
benefits and advantages of this
system of farming. He not only
has one of the most productive
farms in that part ot the state,
but has money to run on, plenty
to ent at home, apd a home with
lights and other modern conveni
ences. *
Mr. White considers the few
dairy cows which lie milks a very
important part in his operations.
He skys, “I have been working
with cows tor six years. I started
with four cows and now have
nine head, seven are giving milk
now. I sold butter at first, but 1
have been selling cream for sev
eral years. I like to sell cream
better than to make butter. I like
business well enough to follow it
a while yet, and expect to do a
better business in the future than
I have in the past. I have a bet
ter lot of cows and I am going to
feed them better.”
Mr. White has.been since 1916
a regular patron of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture Co
operative Creamery. At times
i the prices obtained have run con
siderably lower than the lowest
of the present year.
Mr. White also L9s of things
bought with returns from his cows,
among them being an acetylene
lighting outfit, and a tractor. He
gives a great deal of the credit for
the fertility of his farm to his cat
tle. Before the boll weevil reach
ed that territory he obtained a
yield of cotton equaled on few
farms in the state. '
If more farmers would follow
this man’s plan of farming there
would be less hard times in the
state. This is only one of the
many instances where this plan
has been and continues to be suc
cessful. Yours truly,
F. W. Bennett,
Associate Professor of Dairy
Husbandry.
Mrs. Charles Elliott
Buried at Hopewell
The remains of Mrs. Chas. El
liott, who died at Lithonia Sun
day, were brought to Hopewell
for interment Monday. Rev. C. B.
Allen, pastor of the local Presby
terian church conducting the serv
ice.
Mrs. Elliott was Miss Ella Aiken,
sister to Mr. Sam Aiken, of Cov
ington. She is survived by seven
children, six of whom reside in
Georgia, a son makes his home in
Texas. A number of friends at
tended the funeral.
Within them roses sweet and rare.
And lilies ill their flawless grace?
Why do we wait till ears are sealed
To light and love in death’s deep trance,
Dear wistful eyes—before we bend
Above them with impassioned glance?
Why do we wait till hr arts are still
To tell them all the love in ours,
And give them such late need of praise.
And lay above them fragrant flowers?
How oft we careless wait, till life’s
Sweet opportunities are past.
And break our •‘alabaster-box”
Of ointment at the very last.
Mrs. Lucy p Richards,
Principal, Hampton High Scnool,