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The Sager’s Sayings
They broke his neck and they cast
him down
In the mold of the earth to lie,
And we libel the court of last resort
Which decreed that he should die.
But the law is writ in a vengeful
mood.
What mattered if that poor lout
Went to fill his grave for he’s but a
knave
Who his kind could do without.
But a nober law will in time come
down —
The law of forget Me not
And that high edict will the souls
convict
Os those who extolled the plot
That Vengeance was all supreme.
The morbid cupidity and warped
egoes of the two Chicago misan
thropes which caused them to do
murder so gruesome and without
provocation as to challenge the re
tributive wrath of civilization would
seem to tit them for the crudest
vengeance imaginable. But let us
view with entire equanimity their
diseased mentalities as well as our
own compassionate natures before we
cross the Rubicon in judgment.
Even in cases so extreme as this
if vindictiveness ever wrought a
requital other than of loss to its
God elected heritage of human con
sideration for society’s blacksheep, it
exceeds our ken.
The short and barbarous method
of which lie intended
to persevere will never jibe with the
forbearant conscience of humanity,
though we must admit that if the
extreme penalty has a merited place
in law these abject creatures per
haps fit in with its administration,
for Loeb and Leopold have no evi
dent motive other than an uncon
scionable research as to just how
an animate body would carry on
when the light of life was being
snuffed out; yet Robert Franks could
not be restored to life by breaking
the necks of his slayers. Even the
latter, in their diseased conceptions,
do not seem to give much care as
to what fate has in store for them —
the noose or life servitude. One of
them has just said in the event of
death’s sentence he will write a
thesis on the experience of one
condemned from the judgment to the
gallows. In this case, it is perver
sion personified, so would society
get much satisfaction for wreaking
its extreme vengeance on such as
these
The extenuations for the crime, if
any, lie in their upset super-egoes
which put them above the restric
tions of law and order and this
fact, coupled with the more humane
process, is enough to justify a life
sentence in place of the noose.
The indictment for its many dere
licts rests on the heart of society
which is altogether deficient in its
guardianship. The first transgres
sions are the ones to be jealously
administered to by the persuasive
.ness of love, forbearance and com
mensurate correction, and when this
is neglected, the unattended shoot has
but a flimey foundation upon which to
build its manhood.
The moral code, under which
these scions nourished acclaimed
might above right, penalized the
generous accord of companionship
and extolled deceit and pretense, as
evidenced in their trial, so their
precocious mind’s developed a trend
which has engulfed not only them
selves but those interested friends
and relatives in the gruesome after
math o ttheir crime. Retribution
at some time or place and in some
manner is the sentence of a just
God. And it is not the part of man
to set up its own interpretation to
the extent they take life created
in His image. Its purpose is cor
rectional and punitive, but how can
one be reproved and corrected when
life indeed is ended.
These slayers were beset instru
ments of an unappraised society
which weltered in its own poison
till the corruption broke out in the
sequence of murder through that
agency. In a negative and imper
sonal way society was as culpable as
the ones who struck the death blow,
—-particeps criminis in law’s parlance,
—and the relative accountabilities
should be so considered.
Organic society, rampant and in
sufferable, is becoming more delin
quent and more rebellious to the
lawful code, as evidenced by the
full docket and the many hidden
ethical transgressions, though con
trary to the views of many mental
analysts. Albeit so, yet there are
auguries of an exalted society where
in humanity will become confirmed
in the role of its brother’s keeper
and it lies in the finesse of a scat
tered but inspirited individualism
which visualizes the dawning day of
that ethereal awakening.
’•To get by” seems to be the slo
gan of this disjointed age. Virtue
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RANDOM NOTES
By Old Caesar.
At this time, 1890, Sowhatchee
school was divided. A small part of
the school was in the Northern part
of the district, known as Pine
The regular school, Sow
hatchee, was in the southern part,
near the J. P. Lane home.
The trustees, Messrs. Lee Ricks,
Tom Lasseter and Ambrose Martin,
came to the conclusion that it
would be better to consolidate the
two schools near the center of the
district, which place, the center, was
near Zion church. It was agreed by
all, church and school. that the
school house be built on the
church land. The work on the new
school house w r as commenced at
once and pushed rapidly forward
and the spring term of 1891 was
taught at this place. The house
was much better than the one just
left, better arranged, with increased
facilities. Our teacher, Prof. Claude
Smith, at this time was not only
teacher but truant officer. He enroll
ed every child in the district and
kept them in school; if one failed
to answer at roll call, he would go
after them that afternoon and if not
sick, the child would be present the
next morning. This and other simi
lar cases prove the teacher to be
entirely responsible for the attend
ance in school.
The progress of the school proved
to be rapid. From a one-teacher
school it is now a three-teacher
school.
I suppose it would not show up
well to unfold to public view the
dark side in the hard pull to place
the school in its present high posi
tion. Boys and girls that have gone
out from this school in life’s battle
proves the foundation and the
watchful care under which it was
fostered, that even in infancy and
childhood growth it showed that
strength of purpose, that some day
in the re-union of the several con
nections gone out, it would prove
to be one of the greatest rural
schools in the county.
It is not only a day dream with
the young man to create ideal pic
tures of future life, but it has been
a constant day dream, since the
little school boat (Sowhatchee) was
launched in 1858, with the adult
mind, that it become one of the
grand beacon lights, not only of
Early county, but of Southwest Geor
gia. Already the pathway ahead is
becoming brilliantly illuminated,
complications are being removed,
and this little boat, after over a halfl
century voyage on the stormy deep,
is now nearing the port of success.
What a great throng of children
will soon meet, not a little boat, but
a great vessel of herculean power,
to launch out to secure that germ —
an education.
As the picnic, spoken of not ljng
since, failed on account of not being
able to pull" it through, have talked
with one of the trustees, and as he
expressed it, have it at the opening
of the consolidated school with a
big barbecue.
Only two or three more chapters
of this work and then the launching
out of the consolidated school and
the last chapter.
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was once its own reward, but it j
has deferred to the new interprets- 1
tion. Equity is predicted on the ar
ticles of black and white. A dog in ;
the manger policy crowds out neigh
borliness and distrust and misgivings
proclaim above the spoken bond.
This may be taken as a rambling
sophistry on the part of this writer,
but it bears apt relevance to the
case in point. For when the germ
of poison makes its contact the
whole body becomes infected. So
in keeping with my previous de
clainter as to capital punishment,
my honest belief is that the interests
of all concerned would best be
served by confining these slayers for
life rather than further defile the
precepts of humanity by putting them
to the rope.
We are indebted to a credible
source for information that Maine,
without capital punishment, has the
lowest murder rate of any State in
the Union, followed by two others
which have abolished that law.
Should not the end be considered
about the means?
EARLY COUNTY NEW
A PROCLAMATION.
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the General election to
be held on Tuesday, November 4th,
1924, said amendment to group the
counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty,
Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden, into
the COASTAL HIGHWAY DISTRICT,
and to authorize the issuance of
bonds for paving purposes.
By His Excellency,
Clifford Walker, Governor,
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 21, 1924.
WHEREAS, The General Assembly
at its session in 1924 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of
this State as set forth in an Act
approved August 18, 1924, towit:
COASTAL HIGHWAY DISTRICT
COMPOSED OF COAST COUN
TIES, CREATION OF, TO
ISSUE BONDS FOR HIGH
WAYS, ETC.
N 0.496 .
An Act to propose to the qualified
voters of the State of Georgia an
Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, authorizing
the creation of “The Coastal High
way District,” to be composed of
Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mclntosh,
Glynn and Camden counties, as a
political subdivision, body politic
and corporate, for the purpose of
aiding in the construction of a
Public Highway through said coun
ties, to provide that said Coastal
Highway District may issue bonds,
and to provide for a method of re
tiring said bonds and the payment
of the interest thereon, and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same, That the
Constitution of the State of Georgia
be amended by adding the follow
ing sub-paragraph to follow Para
graph 1 of Article 7, Section 7, the
same to. be known as Paragraph 1-d,
towit: “The Coastal Highway Dis
trict is hereby created as a political
subdivision, body politic and corpor
ate of this State, for the purpose of
aiding in the construction and com
pletion of the Public Highway known
as the Dixie and South Atlantic
j Coastal Highway, extending from the
j Savannah river to the Florida line,
| with the right to sue and be sued,
! to have a seal, make contracts and
to do all things necessary or proper
‘to carry out the purpose of this
Amendment. The said district shall
be composed of the territory of the
Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liber
ty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden
Counties. The said Coastal Highway
District shall have authority to issue
bonds not exceeding $900,000.00 for
the purposes aforesaid; the bonded
indebtedness of said district shall be
incurred and the expenditures of
funds derived therefrom as well as
all other matters and transactions
necessary to carry out the purposes
of the Constitutional Amendment
shall be managed, controlled and di
rected by ten commissioners, to be
I selected,’ four from Chatham, two
from Glynn, and one each from Bry
an, Liberty, Mclntosh and Camden
counties. The said commissioners
shall be selected and vacancies filled
by the officers in charge of levying
taxes in said counties respectively,
and shall hold office for a period of
live years and until their successors
are selected and qualified. The bonds
when issued shall be signed and
sealed by said commissioners and
shall be a lien upon the entire prop
erty of all of the counties composing
said district, and a first lien to the
extent of the annual retirements and
interest payments thereon upon any
sums payable annually hereafter by
the State of Georgia to the said
counties respectively from amounts
collected from gasoline and oil taxes
until all bonds of said district are
retired. At or before the issuance
of said bonds the commissioners of
said district shall assess the coun
ties composing said district an
amount sufficient to pay and retire
the bonds as they come due and pay
the interest on the same. The bonds,
principal and interest, shall be re
tired within ::o years from the date
of issuance. The assessment against
each county shall be in proportion to
the taxable value of the real and
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personal property (including public
utilities) returned for taxation, as
finally adopted by the Comptroller-
General, and the proper authorities
of each county, shall at or before
the issuance of said bonds provide
for the levying, assessment and
collection annually of a sum suffi
cient in amount to pay the principal
and interest of such county’s part of
said indebtedness, as the same be
comes due, and the complete retire
ment of the indebtedness within
thirty years from the date of incur
ring said indebtedness. Any excess
of such taxes collected by any county
over and above the amount necessary
to that county’s liability for that
year, after first using the amounts
derived from gasoline and oil taxes
as hereinbefore provided, shall be
retained and the tax levied for the
succeeding year shall be that much
less. The bonded indebtedness here
provided for shall be incurred only
after it has been submitted to the
qualified voters of said district at an
election to be called by the said
District Commissioners and held in
the same manner as elections for the
incurring of a bonded indebtedness
by counties, municipalities and divis
ions. In determining the result of
the election, the vote of the entire
district shall be consolidated and
counted as a unit, each county shall
pay the expenses of the election in
that county. The vote shall be con
solidated and the result of the elec
tion declared by the District Com
missioners herein provided for. The
Superior Court of any county in said
district shall have jurisdiction to val
idate the said bonds, in conformity
with the law providing for the vali
dation of county, municipality and
division bonds; and the certification
by the clerk of the Superior Court,
taking jurisdiction of such validation
alone shall be sufficient certification.
The proceedings for the validation
may be instituted by the Solicitor
General of any Judicial Circuit with
in which any of said counties lie,
but the proceedings shall be served
upon the authorities managing the
fiscal affairs of each of said counties,
and they shall make answers there
to. Such indebtedness when incurred
shall not be considered in determin
ing the power of any of the counties
composing said district, or any other
county or municipal corporation or
political subdivision of said State,
to incur any other bonded indebted
ness.”
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That when
said Amendment shall be agreed to
by two-thirds vote of the members
elected to each House, it shall be
entered upon the Journal of each
House with the ‘'ayes” and “nays”
thereon and published in one or
more newspapers in each congres
sional district of this State for two
months previous to the time for
holding the next general election,
and shall at the next general elec
tion be submitted to the people for
ratification. All persons voting at
said election in favor of adopting the
said proposed Amendment to the
Constitution shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words:
“For ratification of amendment to
Article Seven (7), Section Seven (7),
Paragraph One (1), of the Constitu
tion, authorizing the creation of the
Coastal Highway District as a body
corporate and politic, to be composed
of the Counties of Chatham, Bryan,
Liberty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Cam
den, and to authorize the issuance of
bonds by said district for paving
purposes,” and all persons opposed to
the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lot the words: “Against ratification
of amendment to Article Seven (7),
Section Seven (7), Paragraph One
(1) of the Constitution, authorizing
the creation of the Coastal Highway
District as a body corporate and po
litic, to be composed of the counties
of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcln
tosh, Glynn and Camden, and to au
thorize the issuance of bonds by said
district for paving purposes," and if
a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote
for ratification thereof, when the re
sults shall be consolidated as now
required by law in election for mem
bers of the General Assembly, then
said amendment shall become a part
of Article Seven (7), Section Seven
(7), and known as Paragraph 1-d of
the Constitution of this State, and
the Governor shall make a proclama
tion therefor as provided by law.
Approved August 18, 1924.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Clifford
Walker, Governor of said State, do
issue this my proclamation hereby
declaring that the proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution of
the State is submitted for ratification
or rejection to the voters of the State
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly at the General
election to be held on Tuesday,
November 4th, 1924.
CLIFFORD WAI.KER, Governor.
By the Governor,
S. G. McLendon,
Secretary of State.
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Myrtice Lewis Johnson vs. Charlie
Johnson. Petition for Divorce in
Early Superior Court, October Term,
1924.
To the Defendant, Charlie Johnson:
The plaintiff, Myrtice Lewis John
son, having filed her petition for
divorce against Charlie Johnson, in
this court, returnable to this term
of court, and it being made to ap
pear that Charlie Johnson is not a
resident of Early county, and also
that he does not reside within the
State, and an order having been
made for service on him, Charlie
Johnson, by publication, this, there
fore, is to notify you, Charlie John
son, to be and appear at the next
term of Early Superior Court to he
held on the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1924, then and there to answer
said complaint. Witness the Honor
able M. J. Yeomans, judge of the
superior court. This Aug. 20, 1924.
R. W. ALEXANDER, Clerk.
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