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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLIX
1. ROST. J. MIS
111TRURSD1T
Mr. Robert J. Williams dieP
Thursday afternoon at his home
near Locust Grove, in the 691 h.
year of his age.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, Miss Lola Williams and
Mrs. W. E. Hubbard; two sons,
Messrs W. C. and G. V. Williams;
two granddaughters, Misses
Gladys and Neile Combs and five
other younger grand children;
one brother Thomas J. Williams.
Funeral and interment from
Locust Grove Baptist church at
11:00 o’clock Saturday morning,
Mr. B. D. Raysdale, of Macon,
officating.
Ellis-Setzer Co., funeraf direct
ors.
SINGING AT DANIEL’S SCHOOL
There will be a singing at
Daniel’s school house on the
second Sunday afternoon. April
Bth, beginning at 2 o'clock. All
music leaders and lovers of music
have a cordial invitation. I. P.
Rosser.
Douglas Fairbanks in
“Robin Hood” all Next
WeeK Atlanta Theatre
Thie greatest picture ever
screened will be shown at the
Atlanta' Theatre, in Atlanta next
week. Douglas Fairbanks, peer of
Hood.” Atlanta is one of the first
cities in the South to have this
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great picture. There is no doubt
that Robin Hood is the biggest
thing ever achieved in motion
pictures and the indications are
that everv performance will show
a packed house. Douglas Fair
banks, the most popular motion
picture actor of the day, has done
his greatest work in Robin Hood.
Critics are unanimous that this
picture excels anything ever be
fore attempted.
The picture lasts for two hours.
There are laughs and thrills every
moment and vour interest will be
unabated during the entire per
formance. A special orchestra of
twenty-four pieces will furnish
Special music throughout the
picture.
There wii be two performances
a day at 2:30 in the afternoon and
8:30 at night. The prices of ad
mission are 55 cents and sl.lO for
the matinee and 83 cents, sl.lO
prices include war tax.
Many people are already send
ing in their mail orders for seats.
The Atlanta Theatre will fill the
orders as soon as they are receiv
ed, when accompanied by express
or post office money order and
self-addressed envelopa. If you
want to see the greatest motion
picture ever shown, send in your
order for seats.
Mrs Julia McDonald continues
ill at home of her daughter, Mrs.
Rov turner. Her nianv friends
wish for her a speedy recovery.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
REVIVAL IT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH
On last Sunday the Baptist re
vival began here Rev. Carl De-
Vane, of £edartown is doing the
preaching assis-ted by the pastor.
Dr. W.*W. Arnold, Mr. Hoffman a
songster and Mr. Bush pionist.
Rev. DeVane is a spirit filled
man and does not like for words
to express himself. His sermons
are having a wonderful effect on
his hearers. lie has a good con
%
gregation to hear him at each
service.
Men, women, boys and girls are
enjoying the good singing being
done bv Mr. Hoffman and the de
lightful music by Mr. Bush.
We pray God that He may open
the windows of heaven and pour
out such a blessing upon these
people until their hearts can not
retain it. And that it may have a
lasting effect on the people of this
town.
MEMORIAL DAYEXERCISES 1
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The time of the year approches
that our friends “The Old Con
federate Veterans” shall be our
guest once more and it fills our
heart with delight to have them
with us.
The following committees have
been appointed by the Daughters
of the Confederacy for Memorial
Dav Exercise?-:
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM
Mrs. Adam Sloan, Chairman,
Mrs. L. D. Ring,
Miss. Annie Nolan,
Mrs. J. T. Weems,
Mrs. E. D. Tolleson.
COMMT ON ARRANGEMENTS
Mrs. J. B. Newman, Chairman,
Mrs. E. M. Smith,
Mrs. Roy Turner,
Miss. Mamie Alexander,
Mrs. E. M. Copeland,
Mrs. F. L. Walker,
Mrs. J. G. Smitli.
Relief Committee
Mrs. J. M. Carmichael, Chairman
TV/fro Anno TTn/^Fiiirnl-i
mi < liiuu upv/iiuiv/ii|
avlrs. Fred Kelley,
Mrs. W. B. Kelley,
Mrs. E. J. Reagan,
Mrs. E. F. Adams,
Mrs. T. A. Sloan,
Mrs. E. L. Reagan.
To Select Place For Memorial
\ Exercises
Mrs. T. J. Brown.
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111 ;. Atlanta, H
IVIcDGNOUGH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1923.
lOtUSERROMOOSES
COMMiIGEHEIE
SPEtKERS
At the ann.ual tryout for com
mencement speakers’ places held
recently to determine who should
represent Locust Grove Institute
to the Oratorical Contest next
Commencement, over which the
Faculty presided as judges, the
following young men and young
woman were awarded those
places: Messrs. W. W. Cook,
Henry Hearing, D. E. Duggan, J.
D. F. Kirk, J. G. Tarpley, and
Swift Vaughter; Misses Lois
Combs, Pebble Combs, Margaret
Fowier, Wilma Hill, Helen Little
and Mattie Lena Moore.
These will further contest fop a
medal in oratory next May at a
part of the Commencement exer
cises.
Signed W. F PATE, Department
of Latin and Bible Locust Groye
Institute March 220 d, 1923.
CLUB MEETING POSTPONED
Owing to the fact that the Bap
tist Revival meeting is in progress
the regular monthly meeting of
the woman’s club, set for next
Tuesday at the home of Mrs E. M.
Smith has been deferred until
after the Revival closes Notice
will be sent cl! members as to
date of meeting.
sparks emeus 10
BE 111 GRIFFIN
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On Saturday April 7th, afternoon
and evening under huge masses
of canvas, the finest circus ever
made by the ingenuity and courage
of men, will parade and show in
Griffin on Saturday April 7th. to
make the young folks happy and
the old folks young. The great
parade is on Saturday m vrning at
10:30 o’clock. First of all, a real
wild animal circus is a 1923 acqui
sition, having been imported from
the world’s greatest wild animal
training quarters at Steilin^hen j
Germany. Included in these dis
plays will be found lions, tigers,
Leopards, polar and grizzly bears
—even trained ostriches will be
seen in addition to the Sparks
group of sixteen “Rotation” horses,
the two elephant herds, fancy
gaited and posing horses, the
Bibb County Pig Circus, Captain
Tiebor’s seals, and hosts of others
of a noyel nature. The circus prop
er opens with an elaborately
staged spectacle, “Echoes from
the Reign of King Tut,” in which
all of the animals, performers,
premier dancers and a‘large
chorus participate. As a fittiing
finish to the ali-feature perform
ance, a genuine English Fox-Hunt
itroducing real Irish-bred high
jumpers, broad jumpers and per
fectly schooled fox-hounds, will
replace the old time and
dangerous chariot races usually to
be found with other circuses.
Don’t Forget Tije Date Satur
day April 7th.
A good milk cow fresh in for
sale,
* E. M, Foster,
x Flippen, Ga.
BIC MIGRATION OF
NEGROES TO MEXICO
Vanguard of Great Trek
Southward Now Mov
ing Engage Special
Train.
The colored people of the United
States are being invited to a new
“promised land” in old Mexico.
The movrment is sponsored bv the
International Community Welfare
League, with offices in Los Ange
les, Cal., Mexico City and Okmul
gee, Okla. J. B. Key, colored, is
president of the league.
The league claims that settle
ment rights in northern Mexico
have been secured, which includes
freedom and equality for negroes,
Latin Americans and Indians.
About 15 colored families have al
ready left Oklahoma for Mexico,
the party consisting of tenant
fanners and numbering 100 per
sons.
SECURED LARGE TRACTS.
Key, the president, recently
headed a colored delegation which
visited Mexico City and conferred
with President Obregon. Settle
ment rights to 150,000 acres of
land in the state of Sonora, 110,000
acres in San Louis Potosi and
200,000 acr£s on the isthtnus of
Tehuantepec were secured bv the
league, according to Key.
The Mexican government is
wholly in*accord with the coloni
zation movement and will wel
come the thousands of colored
“pilgrims,” Key said. Expenses of
the taip to Mexicu is to be paid
pro rata by the emigrants. Total
expenses of the Oklahoma colony,
which traveled in a special train
carrying the livestock, farm ma
chinery and household furnishings
o the colonists, were $3,000.
Colored colonies from other cities
throughout the country are ex
pected to get .under way for the
"promised land” in the immediate
future, according to Key.
SUMUY SCHOOL PIMDE .
SUNDAY APR1L1,1923,9A. All.
Marshals —D. T. Carmichael and
Fred Kelley.
Chorister—R. A. Sloan.
All the members and friends of
the Presbyterian Sunday School
are requested to meet at the court
house promptly at Nine o’clock.
Order of March —Out Griffin St.
Cradle Roll —Mrs. E. J., Reagan.
Home Department —Mrs. Annie
Nol in.
Primary —Mrs. L. D. King.
Willing Workers—Miss Mattie
McDonald.
Golden Rule Girls —Miss Lucv
McDonald
Intermediates —Miss Stella Rus
sell.
Seniors —Mrs. James Carmichael.
Win One More —Mrs. E. M.
Copeland.
Gleaners —Mrs. Jule McDonald v
Adult —Mr. J. C. Daniel.
Song.
At college we join the Metho
dist Sunday School, thence up
Macon street to*court house.
Song.
Let everybody get in line.
W. R. GREEN, Supt.
51.50 A YEAR
SRUV SCHOOL
PUE SUM
Early in the year Rev. J. A. Par
tridge, for his Slindav School, in
vited the other two Sunday
Schools to unite with the Metho
dists in a pageant to be set in mo
tion on Easter Sunday. The
Presbyterians accepted the invita
tion and together with their
Methodist friends will carry out a
most investing program Sunday
morning.
The schools participating in this
pageant, the first of its kind ever
to be seen in McDonough, will as
semble early enough Sunday
morning to get into marching line
by 9 o’clock. Through the princi
ple streets of our little city will
pass all divisions of the schools led
by marshals and keeping time with
songs in March time music. Or
dinarily pageants have brass bands
to put pep into marching lines, but
a new feature of Sunday’s program
will be music filling the air from
happy hearts every one in line
taking part in th ; s contribution to
to the success of the event.
Already committees have been
appointed from the two schools
engaging in the exhibition of Sun
day School activities to visit every
member of the respective denomi
nations to be represented and to
see to it that all who are unable to
walk are provided with automo
biles in which to ride in line.
It is earnestly hoped that this
arrangement wilt make it possible
for one hundred percent repre
sentation of the two memberships
to be in attendance. Automobiles
have been offered must cheerfully
for this purpose. Any one failing
to get a good start on time when
the line is set in motion will be
held directly responsible for a
break in the ranks as a place for
each member has been provided
and cannot be filled by a substi
tute.
It has been the aim of those pro
moting the Sunday School pa
geant to impress McDonough citi
zens with the fact that there are
some who are deeply interested in
this great work of the church. In
cluded in this program is the
carrying of banners marking the
different divisions so that those
who are to be the witnesses along
the line of March may easily know
just who is who and what is what.
-At the conclusion of the pageant
all in line are requested to file into
their respective church auditorium
and gather for Easter programs
remaining also for preaching ser
vices wnen a special program of
music and other features will be
rendered.
In ordec to make impossible any
interference with regular services
the pageant must get into march
ing motion promptly at 9 o’clock
and thus easily be able to be in
church auditoriums by the regu
lar hour of 9:45 a. rn.
Much enthusiasm was in evi
dence Sunday morning and the re
ports of committees were read
and adopted and if all signs prove
worth \vhile McDonough will wit
ness something new and fine on
Easter Sunday morning.
Be on time. Get in line. Bring
a heart full of song and make the
program a great success.