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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XLIX
Hi ENTERPRISE THAT
MERITSJOUR SUPPORT
Notwithstanding the amount of
shipping that is now lying idle in
the harbors and at the docks of
the United States, ocean travelers
are still obliged to pay high rates
for trans Atlantic travel, and an
unparalleled opportunity to build
up the American Merchant Marine
is being lost. Recognizing this
fact, and realizing that the time
was opportune for an undertaking
of this nature, the organizers of
the Great Northern S. S. Co.
formed their Corporation, which
received its charter from the State
of Massachusetts, October 11,
1922.
They visualized a new ocean
steamship line, plying between
Boston and European ports, con
trolled bv the people, which would
offer to these same people a
chance for ocean travel on com
fortable commodious ships, at a
price within the reach of all, but
large enough to allow a profit for
the investor and a sufficient mar
gin to allow for carrying on and
enlarging of the enterprise.
This was their threefold purpose
to render a genuine service to the
people, —to help build up Ameri
can shipping,—and to bring busi
ness and trade to the port of Bos
ton. In spite of the failure of the
Ship Subsidy Bill, in spite cf the
opposition which each new com
petitor in an established field en
counters, this Company is bring
ing its plans to maturity and ex
pects that very soo 1 it will be able
to offer definate sailing dates to
the public.
This, surely, is an enterprise
that merits your support.
Mil NEGROES
Mil 111 DETROIT
Detroit Mich., June, 28th.
So many friendless and un
known Southern negroes have
died, been taken to the morgue,
and failing identification have
been buried in the potters field
here that civic authorities, to
gether with negro ministers are
taking steps to provide every
immigrant Southern negro with
an identification card, giving
the address of his nearest
Southern relatives, or “white
folks.”
Seventy five per cent of the
unidentified dead in the De
troit morgue are negroes, ac
cording to the Detroit News,
and the majority of these are
newly arrived from the South.
Tuberculosis, typhoid, and in
some cases actual starvation,
are responsible for the majority
of deaths, although a surpris
ingly large number of killings
occur when the negro competes
with the low grade immigrant,
and race clashes between the
negro and the immigrant class
es are becoming more and
more frequent.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
TOE BARNES COMEDY
CO. 11l MCDONOUGH
_[IIIS WEEK
The Barnes Comedy Co. one
of the best high classed comedies
and vaudiviile shows that has
ever visited McDonough is filling
a weeks engagement here this
week in the big tent which is
located on the vacant lot just East
of the Court House.
The Barms Comedy Co. is all
composed of good people, and
with a change of program each
night, they are giving an interest
ing and highly entertaining ex
ercise every night with a big free
band concert every evening in
front of the big tent. It is a good
clean show composed of good
people, and is having a good at
tendance.
REPORT OF BUSINESS BY
MCDONOUGHPOST OFFICE
June 30 closes the year for the
Post Office Department, and from
the reports compiled to close this
period the postmaster at the Mc-
Donough Post Office, Mrs. R. H.
Hankinson gives to the people of
McDonough and Henry county the
following interesting figures.
Of the outgoing mail 987 letters
and parcels were registered, 2,445
parcels were insured. Of this
number two were lost and claims
paid amounting to SSOOO. 930
packages were sent C. 0. D.; all
were accounted for and money
orders received by senders.
1214 letters were specially de
liverd from the office.
The sale of postage stamp stock
for the quarter amounted to
$1568.63, which is $94. 23 more
than for any other quarter during
the year, and slls greater than
the quarter showing the Christ
mas sales.
The total postage stamp stock
sold during the year amounted to
$5311.94.
Money orders issued duriug this
quarter amounted to $5045.57.
Orders issued during the year
amounted to $18,031.50, those
paid to $23,716.20.
Packages lost 2; damaged 28.
Of the 28 packages damaged,
fifteen contained eggs and reach
ed the destination with one or
more eggs broken. All but three
claims have been scattered.
NOTICE TO SCHOOL
TRUCK DRIVERS
Bids to drive school trucks for
next year must be received by the
Board of Education by the Ist.
Tuesday in August.
Respectfully,
T. J. Horton C. S. S.
Rosser Reunion
The Rosser Reunion will be
held at the home of Mrs. Laura
Rosser Friday July 27th.
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, July 6, 1923.
OBSERVER
We look a day off on the glorious
4‘h dav of July and some how we
are a little short on news items
this week but will try an make up
for lost items later.
Rev. A A. Heath who was called
to the p s!t rate of Liberty Hill
church a few months ago, request
us to st tte that he will begin a
revival a that place on the sth.
Sunday.
We regret to note the death of
tha little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Carter which occured at their,
home in McMullen’s District Wed
nesday after several weeks illness
We Join the many friends in ex
tending to the family our sympathy
in their sad hour. Its remains
were laid to rest at Bethany
yesterday afternoon after appro
priate funeral services conducted
by Rev. 1. G. Walker.
The Agoga Sunday School Class
of Atlanta, will be in McDonough
next Sunday night and you will
miss quite a treat if you fail to
hear them. We have never had
the pleasure of seeing or hearing
this class but from the recent re
ports of the newspapers, it seems
to be almost a revival on wheels.
This class went to Rome Ga. a few
Sundays ago and 65 members
united with the church at this one
service. Every body is cordially
invited to come.
Sheriff W. A. Ward went down
to Miiledgeville yesterday to place
a lunatic in the State Sanitarium.
The Sheib'f has had a busy week,
this week with his prisoners in
jail, four of them being negro
women, two of whom were crazy
and he still has one more to take
to the Sanitarium.
The annual all day singing at
Mt. Carmel on July 4th. was well
attended and was a success. This
singing has been held annually
for a long number of years, and
is always a success. There was a
number of good leaders present,
and it was one of the best singings
that has been held in a number
of years. The good people of that
section are noted for their gener
ous hospitality, and a long table
had been prepared especially for
this occasion and it was loaded to
overflowing with good things to
eat. It was good to be there.
Mr. C. C. Fargason gave a big
barbecue at his house on the 4 h.
day of July which was the best
one that has ever been h°ld. He
has been giving a barbecue for a
number of years at his home on
the 4th. and it is always looked
forward to with pleasuie by his
friends who attend each year. A
good crowd was in attendence
this year, among the prominent
visitors present being Bishop W.
A. Candler, of Atlanta, Rev. W. W.
Arnold. Rev. L. D. King and Rev.
J. A. Partridge of McDonough
and a number of other citizens
of the town and county. The
big barbecue and fish fry was
served at the noon hour and in
the afternoon an inter? sing
program was rendered, consisting
of impromptu speeches, Bishop
Candler being the prinicpal
speeches of the evening.
It was indeed a very pleasant
occasion for those present and the
Weekly regrets that we are un
able to give an extended account
of the occasion, on account of it
being so near the hour of going
to press with this weeks issue.
SENATOR EJ. SMITH AND
REPRESENTATIVEA. L
NORMANHIGHLYHONORED
Senator E. M. Smi.h w«s ap
pointed on some very importent
committees in the State Senate
this week, having been appointed
Chairman of the committee on
“Constitutional Amendments” and
Vice Chairman o f the Western
Atlantic Railway, two of the most
important committee in the Senate.
He was also apponited on a
number of other importent com
mittees. Representative A. C.
Norman was also highly honored
in the house, being appointed as a
member of the Ways and Means
Committee,” and “Appropriations”
and also on several other im
portent committees.
FOURTH OF JULY BARBECUE
AT MR. CHARLIE FARGASON'S
The annual barbecue and fish
fry ws duly celebrated at the
home of our hospitable and gen
iel friends, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Fargason, who always entertain
in a most gracious and charming
manner. In these congenial oar
ties gathered for the purpose of
feasting and making merry. We
for the time being that the boll
weevil is robbing us of our rights
and that the financial crash has
depleted our bank account and
we feel that friendship is the
greatest blessing and life worth
while.
Those whose good fortune it
is to participate in these delight
ful occasions always look eagerly
forward to the next celebration
and we trust that this method of
celebrating the glorious fourth,
which is the best way possible,
may be kept up through the years
as Georgians own way of giving
irnnt trv hon notrirvlin contimpnf
f Vylli VV/ Mu t
THE FLYING SQUADRON
Don’t forget the coming of the
Flying Squadron to our city next
Sunday evening. They will have
entire charge of the services at
the Baptist church beginning
promplv at 7:45 p m. Every body
c >me and hear such speakers as
Morgan Blake and others.
COL. H. 0. RUSSELL
VISITSJACDONOUGH
Col. H. D. Russell, of Maoon,
paid The WEEKLY a visit Thurs
day. This visit recalled to him
his boyhood days. When a
boy in school here he and Wal
ter Ingram would turn and feed
the press. These were happy
days well spent. These are the
kind of boys who make real men.
Notice
On account of having taken
the 4th. of July holiday we are
getting out a small edition of the
Weekly this week.
$1.50 A YEAR
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIA
TION OF GEORGIA
Cincinnati Ohio, June 28,
Southern negroes who have mi
grated to Cincinnati are being
gouged to the limit bv the land
lords in the negro districts of
these cities. Some of them are
being charged as much as ten dol
lars a week for one room, and
three and four families are living
in houses built for on because of
the extreme congestion in the
negro quarters.
In addition, prejudice among
both the native whites and for
eigners against the negro i~ i
grants is rapidly rising, and is ex
pected to grow even greater. This
is particularly true among the
whites who live near the districts
and as a result who have been
thrown in close contact with them.
These facts w ere disclosed to
day by Ben W. Overton, executive
secretay of the Negro Y. M. C. A.
of Cincinnatti and an authority on
negro conditions in the city. Dr.
John L. McLeish, director of the
American House down in Mohawk
District, where the foreign
born live, also disclosed that
dislike of the Southern negro was
growing among the foreign born
unskilled laborers with whom
they are in competition.
The negro quarters in Cincin
nati are largely located down
along the Ohio river front in what
is known as “The Bottoms” in
which according to the police as
many as 365 persons have been
killed in the course of one year.
Each year this district is partially
or entirely flooded and the ne
groes have to seek safety in other
sections of the city until the river
recedes. Many negroes have been
drowned by these floods.
The migration of the Southern
negro to the north has fearfully
congested these quarters and
many of the negroes, born and
reared in the warm climate of the
South, have fallen prey to con
sumption and other diseases caus
ed by the cold and congestion. It
is impossible to estimate the
number of Southerns negroes who
have died and health conditions
among them are described as
“very bad.”
Because of the high rents charg-
ed by the owners of the negro
tenement houses, ranging as high
as ten dollars a week for one
room the Southern negro, when
he is lucky enough to have a job
has to spend almost all he makes
for rent and what little remains is
soon consumed for a meager
amount of food. The jobless ne
groes have to sleep out in the
open when it is warm enough and
seek shelter in the cells at the
police station in the long period
of cold weather.
♦ .
The Mizpah Wesley
Class Meet July 9th
The Mizpah Wesley Class will
meet Monday July 9th. at 4
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Wade
Turner with Mrs. H. S. Pless
joint hostess.
All members are urged to be
present.