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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 QUICK LOANS i Kay & Jordan 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. SHINGLES FOR SALE—Number 1 Cypress, $6.58 perM.; No. 2 Cypress $4.50 per M., delivered in Blakely. C. E. BROOKS. Colquitt, Ga. ts Now is the time to get your Winter Suit. We have a most complete line. C. E. BOYETT’S CASH STORE. 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 titerievcryjmeal Cleanses month and teeth and aids digestion. ■ Relieves that over- | " eaten feeling and aeld ■ Its 1-a-s-t-l-n-g llavor satfslles the craving lor ■ Wrlgley’s Is doable value In the benetlt and ■ 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. ) Money back without queztion ‘ V \1 if HUNT'S GUARANTEED jjr 11 SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES /flFf K/i (Hunt’s Salve and Soap), fail in | 1 | I I the treatment of Itch, Eczema, L /A Ringworm, Tetter or other itch w *-* ing skin diseases. Try this treatment tit our risk. Blakely Drug and Seed Store Blakely, Ga. Just received over 200 Men’s Suits. Opt mir pricer. C. E. BOYBTT’S CASH STORE. SERVICE BY PUBLICATION. 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. Aug. 21-28; Sept. 4-11. 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