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The Henrv County Weekly
VOL. XLIX
MILLIONS FOR CON
FEBEmiMIL
At a meeting of Governors, or
personal representatives of Gover
nors, of southern states which was
held in Atlanta on Friday, the 20th
pledges of co-operation and finan
cial support from every part of the
nation were received for the Dur
pose of building the great Con
federate Memorial on Stone Moun
tain. Work is to begin immediate
ly, and the first step in the cam
paign is to be the raising of $250,-
000 by the people of Georgia to
meet the initial expense, after
which people of the entire nation
will give the remaining amount
which will run into several million.
A feature of the dinner was the
receipt of a letter by chairman
Hollins N. Randolph, of the State
Executive Committee of the Stone
Mounfaia Memorial Association,
actively indorsing the project and
assuring the committee of the
President’s actiye and personal
interest in the movement. Presi
dent Harding’s letter is as follows:
My dear Mr. Randolph:
I have received with the great
est pleasure your Invitation to the
conference with the southern
states’ governors, April 20th, at
Atlanta, to discuss plans of the
Stone Mountain monument to the
Confederate armies. In conditions
which would possibly permit, I
should unhesitatingly accept; for
this gigantic work, certain to rank
among the immortal memories
created by men, has always made
a special appeal to my imagination.
In communicating my profound
regret that I cannot join you on
this occasion, I wish at least to ex
press a little of the feeling I have
for this wonderful project.
The design has been explained
to me in some detail by Mr. Bor
glum and your committee: to re
present in the solid granite of
Stone Mountain the assembling of
the Confederate armies. I know
of no equally magnificent and am
bitious modumental conception.
You propose to present in the
mountain’s solid stone, not a group,
but an army assembly about it
leaders; to set fourth there all the
great leaders of the southern
armies, with their men. To ac
complish this, an heroic scale.has
been adopted, requiring that the
artistry shall carve its story in a
facade of about eleven hundred
feet in length by two hundred in
height. The central group,
Generals Lee and Jackson, with
President Davis, will appear re
viewing the moving army. Mr
Borglum tells me that the single
figure of General Lee on horse
back will probably bs from one
hundred to one hundred and
twenty five feet high; the rest in
a perspective of similary noble
proportions; making an ensemble
in which the artistic unities will be
preserved throughout. The im
agination runs not at thought of
such a panorama in granite.
Yet even more appealing to me,
is the thought that the time has
come to our nation when the
president may, with the complet
est concurrence of a united coun
try, and with sincerest approval,
share your pleasure and extend
his aidjn making such a mon-
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETING HEED
njIHIPTON
The Western Division of the
Henry County Sunday School As
sociation held a division meeting
at the Methodist church in Hamp
to.n A number of schools were
present and one of the State Sun
day school workers was present
and addressed the meeting,
County President Joe J. Fields
was master of ceremony with
county Secretary E. M. Copeland
to assist him. Good speeches
were made by Rev. J. A. Patridge
Prof. T. J. Horton and E. M. Cope
land and Mr. A. B. Micham, of
Hampton.
A movement is on foot to hold
a big county convention sometime
in the near future.
ument possible. It will be one of
the world's finest testimonies, one
of history’s most complete avowals
that unity and understanding may
be brought even into the scene
where faction, hatred and hostili
to have once reigned supreme.
I have the greatest pleasure in
wishing to the people of the south,
not only complete success in this
great work, but the co-operation
they will so well deserve from
Americans everywhere.
Most sincerely yours,
* Warren G. Harding.
In addition to the President, a
large number of notable men and
women through America gave a
cordial expression to their deep
interest in this movement which
is declared to be the greatest con
ception, along memorial lines, ever
projected in the history of the
world and is destined to become
the most remarkable single piece
of carving of all time.
The most significant part of the
meeting was the presence and
cordial indorsement of the various
governors of states and their re
presentatives. Not a single state
in the southeast failed to register
its utmost appaoval and to offer
aid at any time that the committee
was ready to receive donations
from the States outside of Georgia.
Governor W. W. Brandon of
Alabama, Governor Austin Peay,
of Tennessee, Col. McDonald Lee,
Grand Commander of the S. C. V.,
of Richmond, the personal repre
senative of Governor E. Lee Trin
kJe of Virginia; A. S. Salley, Secre
tary of the State Historical Com
mission, of South Carolina, repre
senting Governor McLeoud, of
South Corolina, Dr. W. A. Mac-
Kenzie, of Leesburg, Florida, re
presenting Governor Cary Hardee,
of Florida, Floyd A. Shoemaker,
State Historian of Missouri, re
presenting Governor A. M. Hyde,
of that state, and many others
were present to pledge allegiance
to the cause and active co-opera
tion.
The Executive Committee is
now organizing committees
throughout the state of Georgia
to aid in financing Georgia’s part
of the Memorial. Many voluntary
subscriptions are already being
received, and all other voluntary
subscriptions that are to be made
should be addressed to Secretary
Nathan B. Forrest, Room 117
Piedmont Hotel, the checks being
made payable to George R. Dono
van, Treasurer. Mr. Donovan is
Vice-President of the Atlanta,
National Bank.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, april 27, 1923.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
HONORED 111 MEMO
RIAL DAY EXERCISES
The annual Memorial Exercises
were held at Baptist church
Thursday morning, April 26th, at
10 o’clock.
A very appropriate and delight
ful program was rendered.
Mr. E. M. Copeland, master of
ceremonies, in his usual happy
and easy manner did the honor of
his office, and created much en
thusiasm as cheer leader in honor
of “The boys in gray.”
The first number on the pro
gram was a congregational song
My Country ’Tis of The, followed
by invocation bv Dr. W. W. Arnold
Mrs. Wyman Sloan rendered a
beautiful medley of war time
songs which appealed to her
hearers.
Miss Johnie Dickson’s reading,
“They Tramped It with Lee,”
was very realistic and brought
back memories of forced marches
and old camping grounds, while
Mrs. William Pullin’s solo added
another artistic touch to the
splendid program.
Judge E. J. Reagan, with his
gift of eloquence and forcefulness
of speech introduced the speaker
of the day as the son of a distin
guished Confederate officer, also
grandson of one of Henry County’s
pioneer citizens and himself a
leading citizen who has won many
merited honors at the hands of
his compatriots.
Hon. Warren Grice, of Bibb
County delivered the memorial
address reviewing the birth of
the confederacy and the rightious
ness of the “Lost Cause,” which
was after all a triumph and not a
defeat because government with
out the consent of the governed
is still abnoxious to the human
race and was the cause of the
great World War.
He spoke in defence of the
South against three outstanding
charges
1. Secession illegal—stating
that Massachusetts had first tested
out legality of state’s . rights and
claimed her right to secession.
This came originally from North
not South.
2. Slave ownership and return
of slave property embodied in
Constitution.
3. Hirsh treatment of prisoners
at Andersonville a false accusation
as prisoners were given same fare
as Confederate soldiers and proper
medicine unobtainable because,
the U. S. Government refuses to
send any for their sick in South
ern prisons. From aU. S. statis
tical report we find that 50 %
more Southern prisoners died in
Northern prisons than Northern
soldiers in Southern prisons.
He paid tribute to the valor and
chivalry of Southern heroes, who
without proper food, Red Cross
Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. aid
endured the hardships and suf
ferings of four long years of war
fare uncomplainingly, who*se
courage never wavered in the face
of superior numbers or superior
equipment, but who followed
their intrepid indomitable leaders
from victory to victory until prac
tically annihilated and annihilation
is not defeat.
But after all the greatest achiev-
MR. 0. L GEORGE
JISSES AWAY
Mr. D. A. George, one of Henry
Countys most prominent and well
known citizens, died at his home
in Brushy Know District last Mon
day night after an illness of sever
al months duration. He was a
bout 63 years of age at the time
of his death, and is survived bv
his step father Mr. J. B. Simmons,
his wife Mrs. Fannie George, five
sous, J. M. t Z. 8., W. G., Aubery
and Hewell George, three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. A. Sims, of Locust
Grove District, Mrs. W. H. Turner
of McDonough, and Mrs. R. P.
Richardson, of Rockdale.
Mr. George was a man full of
life and energy and always made
friends wherever he went and he
is going to be sadly missed by his
family and the community in
which he lived has sustained a
great loss bv his death.
His Remains were laid to rest
at Flat Shoals church Wednesday
morning after appropriate funeral
service. D. T. Carmichael Funer
al directors in charge.
ment of the southern soldier was
not his victories of war but his
victories of peace. His patient
indurance of the spleen and ven
geance of a victorious foe, who
foisted upon him a military
government and exploited him
through a carpet bagging sys
tem. These scalawags too gross
and coarse, too greedy and glutti
nous to see the fineness of pa
triotism or to recognize the right
of hum inity destroyed and stole
his wealth and left him desolate
but not hopeless.
From this wrech has sprung a
new and glorious south, which
because of its merit has forged it
self to the front and now has re
presentatives in every avenue and
walk of national life, worthy suc
cessors of Washington, Madison,
Jefferson, Jackson, Monroe etc.
who made this great Republic.
He asked the Confederate Vet
erans to carry messages to our
heroic leaders when they should
reach the shining shore.
Tell Jeff Davis a nation honors
him and that traitor is not attached
to his name. That prisons and
shackles are a mark of honor
where he is concerned.
Tel! our matchless Lee that his
statue stand in the hall of Fame
beside that of our other arch re
bel, George Washington. Tell
him that aside from the man of
Galilee, he is the most perfect
man who ever trod the globe.
Tell Longstreet we have for
given him and onlv remember
that he was a brave Confederate
soilder.
Tell Wurz that the U. D. C’s
have vindicated his honor. Tell
that host of heroes who have
passed over the river that their
memories will ever live in the
hearts of a grateful people and
that we shall teach our children
and our children’s children to ever
revere the memory of a Confeder
ate soldier and to know that their
heritage is from the bravest most
valiant and most chivalrous sol
diers known to History, whose
integrity and stainless honor is
one of the marvels of the world.
Young ladies winning honors
for historic essays in a Countv
contest under Auspices of U. D.
C’s, were:
$1.50 A YEAR
ATHLETIC PARK HI
BOOING OPEN
Park Committee Throw*
Open the Gates.
The new athletic park at the
Big Spring has been completed
and is now open for everybody t®
come and enjoy the games and
sports that will be had at this place
during the coming Summer
months. The park is located in an
ideal place near the Big Spring
from which our town gets its
beautiful water supply, and il is
only thebegining of greater things
for our town and county and if
the visions and dreams of some of
most progressive citizens come
true, it is only a matter of a few
years, when our town and county
will have greater educational fact
liters than she has ever had, as
the nice building site, on the hill
north of the Big Spring is one of
most ideal places for a high school
building as can be found any
where in the state.
The park committee with Ex-
Mayor H. C. Hightower as chair
man, has worked hard for the
success of this new undertaking,
and the money has been raised by
a populir subscripton of some
thing over seven hundred dollars*
and we are authorized by the park
committee to state that every
school in tin county and all of the
several base ball clubs in the coup,
iy are cordially invited to meet on
tne new atnietic park as a contract
meeting place for game contests
by any opposing team, and iady&
and children will be admited free
of charge, and only a small admis
sion fee will be charged the men,
Several good live games of base
ball have already been played on
the new park between Ola and
McDonough and Jackson and Mc-
Donough clubs, and a big game
was sceduled to take place on
memorial day here.
The Daughters of The Confed
eracy and the Ladys Clubs have
been one of the main factors for
the success of the new athletic
park, and for the various improve
ments that have been made in our
town for the past several years
and with the county back of nor
mal times we will see more added
improvements come in the coming
years.
All the schools and various
baseball clubs are cordially in
vited to come and cross bats on
the new athletic park ground,
the most central gathering place
in the county.
Misses Julia Stansell, Ist. $5.00,
McDonough.
Miss Mildred Prothro, 2iid. $5.00,
Hampton.
Miss Elizabeth Brown, 3rd.
$5,00, Stockbridge.
Prof. H. K. Adams in a very
pleasing address delivered these
prizes.
After a splendid Male Trio Rev.
J. A. Partridge pronounced the
benediction.
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy entertained the old heroes of
the sixtys at a delightful picnic
spread at the noon hour.
