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The Sandersville
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SEMI-WEEKLY.
there are some things about
SANDERSVIELE YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
Those Who Lack Confidence in This City are Bringing
up the Rear in the Marching Line of Progress.
Good Reasons For Its Growth.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORtilA, SEPTEMBER 14, 1907.
ESTABLISHED IN 1841
There are people In Sandersvllle
wh0 would be really Surprised to
Know just what Sandersvllle offers
to every man who Is seeking to do
and make something better for him
self and while this Is true of every
town In Georgia, perhaps, we doubt
if there Is any place where a little
thought on the part of those who are
not succeeding as they think they
should would prove of greater ben
efit than here.
Sandersvllle Is an old town—a place
where every Inducement Is offered
to those who are seeking a pleasant
and agreeable place to live, where
the associations are delightful and
culture and refinement, they are not
excelled. In short, this is a cultured
Christian people.
Within the borders of this city,
live three thousand people, and more,
showing an increase in population
since the last census was taken which
is gratifying and which will compare
favorably with the best and most
prosperous cities of the south, and
there Is no present Indication that
there will be any falling off soon.
This new and greater population is
helping to swell the Vfflume of trade,
Is building larger and better churches,
is bringing confidence to trade and Is
building homes where a few years
ago no man dreamed that homes
IKould be located. On the hills near
by stand some pretty and conven
ient homes, many new streets have
been opened and corn fields divided
into city lots. It may be said with
out exaggeration that no tovin Its size
in Georgia has .opened more new
streets or built so many new homes
as have we In the past four years.
Just recently forty lots were sold In
Sandersvllle at public auction, nearly
all of them entirely unimproved and
they were bought with eagerness by
those who will build homes thereon
and by people who hold them today
at a much higher price. Two years
ago, no one would have thought the
same lots would have brought half
the price. But Sandersvllle Is mov
ing forward, and there were men and
women bidding at this sale who have
done just what we have been talking
about, they had been thinking a little.
Since the writer has been In San-
dersville about seven years, in all,
fifteen store rooms have been built
and today not a one is unoccupied.
Moreover, there is a demand today
for more store rooms and we have no
hesitancy in declaring that half dozen
more could be rented within as many
days if now erected. During that
time, business property and residence
property have Increased in value one
hundred per cent, and If any one
cares to Investigate the truth of the
statement, we have abundant record
evidence and other testimony to sub
stantiate the statement.
Sandersvllle is located In the heart
of a county of thirty thousand people
and among those people are more
farmers who live.on their plantations
in the country who are worth $26,000
and more than in any county In Geor-
Kia, and It has here more well tended
highland farms thnn can be found in
a long journey,.farms that are models
and which are getting better and
more productive every year. The soil
Is conceded to be the best cotton pro
ducing upland In the state and the
support the city has as a market can
he compared with that of any agricul
tural trading center.
Sandersvllle has the best electric
light plant and water works system
of any town Its size In the whole
country, the water being secured
from artesian wells and of a pure and
health giving quality. Its system of
sewerage now In course of construe
tion and which will be completed in
a month more will be complete and is
constructed to meet the » splendid
growth which the city has abundant
proof will continue. These Improve
ments belong to the people and they
will likely Bee that no franchise graft
ors and no greedy corporations ever
°wn them.
There Is not a vacant residence in
Sandersvllle for rent and at this mo
ment there are families boarding at
the hotels and boarding houses wait
ing for an opportunity to secure a
place to live to themselves and there
nre more people today In Sandersvllle
living two families in the same house
than has. ever been known before.
Lumber and building material are
now being brought into the city and
we have the promise that within the
next few weeks the sound of the
hammer and the saw will Increase.
Already some are la course of con
struction.
All these things serve to call your
HERALD COMMENDED
FOR UNION NEWS.
FOR PRINTING FARMERS UNION
NEWS—SOME FACTS ARE
GIVEN.
The Herald has from time to tlmfe
given news of Interest to those of our
farmers who belong to the Farmers’
Union and who d not have the oppor
tunity to read what other papers have
to say about It.
This paper is greatly pleased td
note that the farmers of the county
appreciate our efforts.
We cheerfully give to our readers
some facts about the growth of the
Farmers Union at the request of our
friend, nnd will publfsh at any time
100 BIG FOR ANY
PANTS IN SPARTA.
CONGRESSMAN HARDWICK GETS
LADY TO HALF SOLE THE
GOVERNOR'S OLD ONES.
attention to the opportunity about I short communications from members
you. Some of our citizens are taking without charge. Indeed, we hope the
advantnee of thn nnnn rh,„u„ , Union will use our columns to give
MnJ l , , opportunity offered. out 8Uch matters of publlc lnteres ? a8
Never before In Sandersvllle's his- the members or local officers deem
tory have our merchants more fully advisable.
realized what all this means If you I The following Is taken from a re-
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the trouble to look, you will see growth. He said,
store buildings improved. You will “Our union now has 1,622,000 mem-
find larger stocks oj goods than ever bers - A11 the southern states are
before nnd you will Bee that some
of the Sandersvllle merchants, at,
st are going to take advantage
of the splendid chance they have.
This season, they have taken hold
of the cotton situation and the local
cotton market is better than It has
been In years, and people are bringing
their cotton to this market already
represented, and nearly all the grain
states of the west. Our local unions
number nearly 30,000. In Georgia
alone we have over 1,600 local unions,
with a total membership ol about 80,-
000. In Texas we have over 4,600
local unions. We are organizing local
unions In the south and west just as
fast as we can get the organizers out
on the road. There are more calls
than we can fill, and our men are
Governor Smith got hold of a pair
Of trousers for his trip to Sparta
which belonged to the time when
he was struggling along with the
masses of the people, so the story
goes out from Sparta, it being the
idea of the chief executive of the
state that when he went out to apeak
to the farmer boys he would be count
ed more one of ’em not to appear In
his Sunday-go-to-meetin’ best. The
idea first suggested itself to the gov
ernor's mind to wear only one gallus,
but due to his portly frame and ex
panded front he was afraid to risk
it, so the old pair was drawn out and
the moth balls carefully removed
therefrom.
And herein hangs a tale.
When the governor nnd Congress
man Hardwick arrived at Sparta and
began to discuss the political situa
tion, the congressman discovered that
the chipf executive had overdone the
thing—‘that he appeared like Sut Lov-
ingood on ttye ice a-skatlng. In short,
the trousers selected were sadly frac
tured to the rearward. The congress
man and the governor held a con
sultation. To appear In a new pair of
store bought trousers at a farmers’
meeting would be a terrible political
mistake, but nothing else could be
done so the congressman wa,s sent
faith to purchase a new pair, having
first taken the dimensions of the
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS OF SANDERSVILLE.
An Interesting Article To Members of The Order and
Others. Something of Its History and Work.
The Order Has Large Membership.
More tower half of the governor’s frame.
, kept on the go all the time.
who have not been In the habit of do- than half of the southern farmers are 1 Congressman Hardwick first went
lng so In the past to get the benefit members, and we will have them aU to the second-hand dealers, but failed
of higher and better prices. } n * 8bor , t 9?®,?* our mottoes to find any pants to Bult the occasion,
The cltv’s affairs are In the hands ! 8 ’ In Unlon Lhere Is Strength, for It or flt the frame. Therefore, with
ne ly s anairs are in tne hands l3 our alm and p urpoBe to get all that heavv heart he soucht out a friend
of young and progressive officers, who is due the farmer by co-operation. in t he clothing business and a true
the city has weathered of the south and west, and by unity of
purpose and undivided co-operation
we can win without any trouble.
"The work In the national union
are determined that it be kept In the
front rank in the march toward prog
ress. They are willing to encourage
any new enterprise and they are de
termined that, so far as their efforts
nre concerned, everything shall be
done to improve conditions. They
realize that
the storms and passed the rough
places and that In future there is
every promise of a more rapid prog
ress than could be made while the
burdens recently assumed were heav-
lest.
The newspapers of the city are con-
stantly Improving and enlarging their
equipment to meet their full duties
of the future.
There Is every promise that the
school of the city will be enlarged
to meet a rapid and continual growth
and that the building, already a mag
nificent structure will be made more
convenient and that within the next
year or two ample schodl facilities
will be provided.
Some years ago, some young men
entered the business field at Sanders-
vllle. Later on, others joined them.
They began the great fight and as
their numbers and capital Increase
they are reaching farther and farther
out, building their town and its trade
and no doubt now exists but they will
make of It a better and better city.
Why, we would have cleaned out the reformer, and explained the situation
New York cotton exchange years ago fully—"overalls,” said this friend. "I
If we had been properly organized for thank thee, friend, for teaching me
the pupose. The farmer was help- that word,” said the congressman, and
less against this evil, became he they began the search, tHe^congresw-
could not whip Buch an octopus single- man smiling a satisfied smile the
banded. Our national union not only while. But none could be found, and
named a minimum prloe for cotton,; with a heavy heart he returned to
but for all grains and farm products the hotel.
But Congressman Hardwick had
been up against hard propositions be
fore and he soon solved the problem.
He sought out the landlady and with
was accomplished by the appointment ninny entreaties got It all fixed. “I
of a committee of twelve, one from don’t exactly recall whether you call
each cotton state except Texas, which
had two committeemen. This com-
mUtee was carefully appointed by
myself after two days' work. It for
mulated all the reports upon which
action was taken in regard to the
price of cotton and grains. We also
appointed a committee of three to go
to Washington, D. Q,, to take care
of the farmers’ interests In the nation
al legislation. I don’t mean to Hay
fhat there will be lobbying. We sim
ply want the committee to ascertain
15-CENT COTTON NOW CERTAIN.
Farmers Union and Southern Cotton
Association Fix This Price.
Victory for Southern farmers seems
certain and a minimum price of 15
cents for cotton for this year’s crop
will be easily maintained, is the opin
ion of both President Harvie Jordan
of the Southern Cotton Association,
and of Charles Barrett, president of
the National Farmers’ Union.
President Barrett reached the city
Monday from Little Rock, where he
had been attending the session of the
Farmers Union. Mr. Jordan was just
back from Jackson, Miss., where the
Southern Cotton Association had fixed
the minimum price of cotton at 15
cents per pound.
"We have got to get there this
year," said Mr. Jordan, "and now we
want the farmers to so market their
crop as to secure that price.”
Mr. Jordan was of the opinion that
an estimate of 2,000,000 bales for
Georgia this season was entirely too
large, and said that if the state se
cured 1,750,000 bales, she would be
running ahead of the other cotton
growing states.
President Barrett talked enthusias
tically of what had been acomplislied
at the meeting In Little Rock, and was
confident that this year would see
the speculators put to rout by the
farmers.
"On the standard of the Farmers’
Union,” sold Mr. Barrett, “there has
been nailed the inscription, ‘Fifteen-
Cent Cotton.’ and by that motto they
will win. What boots it If the gam
bler, playing wlh the product of the
honest, tolling farmer as if it were a
stack of poker chips, names a ficti
tious value to cotton, when the man
who makes it and who holds it in his
warehouse tells the world that his
goods will not be sold except for a
certain minimum price? We will win
the fight easy enough If the farmers
hold together, and I believe they will,
and the New York exchange will soon
be out of business.”
The Farmers Union was growing
rapidly, said President Barrett, more
than half the farmers of the South
now being members of the union. He
predicted that they would all be In
the union In a short while and that
they would then be In a better posi
tion than ever to enforce their de
mand for a fair price for cotton.
Hon. A. W. Evans.
It darning or half-sollng,” said the
congressman, “but anyway, help us
out /of this thing, and while you work
I will pray a prayer I once heard-
Eauibllsh thou the work of this lady's
bands: yea. the work of her hands,
establish Thou It”
what our farmers need, and tljen get
It for them. The committee is as fol
lows: Benjamin L. Griffin, of . Arkan
sas; R. F. Duckworth, of Georgia;
Campbell Russell, of Indian Territory.
Our mayor, Hon. A. Willis Ev-
vans, was inaugurated Snpt. 2,
1907. Mr. Evans was born and
raised in Snndersville, is a mem
ber of a distinguished family, has
been practicing law for ton years
and is one of the ablest lawyers
in the middle circuit. He repre
sented Washington county in the
legislature and at their sessions
he watched with fidelity the in
terests of his people. Many tax
payers of Washington county be
lieve they owe Mr; Evans a debt
of gratitude for the measure advo
cated and passed by; him in the
house in the face of strong oppo-
B ition. The city court amend
ment. act and the new road law,
which is now in operation in the
county, was conceived by him as
for the best interests off the coun
ty. Hundreds of people believe
that Mr. Evans’ wisdom and sane
judgment in the passage of the
two acts has been fully demon
strated to the people of his coun
ty saving them large sums of
money, making it possible to de
crease the county taxes last year
and still auother reduction of
taxes being promised for this
year.
With Mr. Evans as a leader and
In Egypt's famous "Book of the
Dead,” written two thousand years
before Joseph was sold into captivity
in that country, and before the era of
Judaism had yet dawned, there ap
pears this passage: “He hath given
bread to the hungry, water to the
thirsty, clotheB to the naked, he hath
given a boat to the shipwrecked: he
bath made due offerings to the gods,
and paid due rights to the departed.”
To that growing and helpful organiza
tion known as the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows this expression may
be said to stand in the light of a
prophecy which Its Individual mem
bers arc fulfilling. For It Is work of
a like nature that they are doing.
Those who become Odd Fellows enter
Into especial covenant to protect the
widows and orphans, bury the dead,
help each other In time of want, offer
counsel when difficulties arise, im
prove and elevate the character of
man, enlighten the mind, and teach
the virtues of Industry and frugality.
It Is much to undertake, but suc
cess haB gloriously crowned their ef
forts so far, proving the merit of the
ambition, and the courage of the men
and women who are bringing such
hopes to realization. LaBt year nearly
7.000 widowed families received help,
130.000 brothers in distress were given
material aid, hundreds of orphans
were gathered In the homes and
schools that the order provides for
them, and in all a Rum of money ag
gregating something like $5,000,000
waB expended In the laudable effort to
ameliorate adverse conditions of life.
Their field of labor Is as wide as the
globe Itself, yet with the triple links,
of “Friendship, Love and Truth” peo
ple of widely differing tongueB and
creedB have been bound together In a
unity of work and a singleness of
purpose.
Ask when and where the Odd Fel
lows had their beginning and legend
and hlBtory will begin their Inevitable
conflict. Back to the very beginning
of things legend will go. One lodge
In England has an emblem depicting
Adam laying the foundation Btone of
the order, with the supposition that
his wife and sona were candidates for
admission. The Jews irt captivity In
Babylon are said to have practiced
the rites ,<* the order. Jf Roman em
peror, early In the Christina era, Is
said to have adresBed some of his
Christian subjects as "Odd Fellows,”
so recognizing the existence of such
a term. It is declared that Titus gave
the Jews the first Odd Fellow charter
written on tablets of gold. In 98 A. D.,
the doctrine they taught and the rites
they practiced are believed to have
been tnken Into England. Legend, then
contradicting herself, says that the
Goths, the Huns, the Scandinavians,
the Suevl and even the Moors knew
the work of Odd Fellowship, and
that by them It was carried Into
France and Spain, and then Into Eng
land. whence It came Into America.
History sweeps all this aside, and
goes back only to the first half of the
18th century, where records can prove
her assertions. Daniel Devoe men
tions the existence of Odd Fellows in
his time. The "Gentleman’s Maga
zine" of the year 1745 chronicles some
social gatherings of jolly Odd Fellows’
and 43 years later there Is a record
that the poet, James Montgomery, was
employed to write a song for them.
It is known that the first recorded
organization was that of some labor
ing men and mechanics of the neigh
borhood of Manchester, England, who
met for social enjoyment, and later
made the spirit of helpfulness toward
one another a leading feature of their
existence. They helped secure posi
tions for members out of work, and
pave money to Indigent ones. The
oldest name that has reached us Is
that of the Loyal Aristarchus lodge,
No. 9,which met In the borough of
Southwark. It is claimed by the his*
torygraphers of Odd Fellowship that
it has generally drawn its members
from the great middle class, the peo
ple who have always supplied the
bone and sinew for the building of
the nations, and that because of this
stability is greater and their mem
bership Is stronger than that of any
other secret order in the world. The
membership in the United States
alone is now 1,234,278, and when the
eighty-third annual communication of
the Sovereign Grand lodge Is held
In St. Paul next week, many hundreds
more will be reported. The reports
will also show that from the little Man
chester organization’s first contribu
tion of a penny from each member,
this year’s contribution for benevolent
and jeducational purposes will have
climbed far Into the millions.
Thte first lodge In this country was
founded In New York In 1806 by Solo,
mon Chambers, Ms two sons and two
friends, all of whom were Odd Fel
lows and members of English lodges.
statesman, as shown in county
affairs before this, the citizens of
Sandersville felt justified in in
trusting the reins of the town
government to him. He had
shown splendid executive ability
and with his tireless energy and
progressiveness, the town will
grow in wealth and importance
and spread her boundaries as
never before.
They organized on the self-instruction
principle, called themselves the
"Shakespeare lodge” and met In a
convenient tavern until the war of
1812 scattered the members. In 1818
the members were re-instated and the
lodge lasted until 1821, then fell away.
As this was not permanent the his
tory of Odd Fellowship In the United
States begins with a Maryland lodge.
This one was founded In Baltimore
by five Englishmen, recently moved
there. Thomas Wildey and John
Welch, seeing the need of such work
as the order might effect, advertised
in a leading paper for members, and
In response there came three others,
Richard Rushworth, John Duncan and
John Cheatham. They met In the
tavern of "The Seven Stars,” and
there on April 26, 1819, they estab
lished the first permanent lodge In
America, the "Washington lodge."
A charter was secured from the
Manchester Unity of England, and
two years later there was instituted
the Grand Lodge of Maryland and the
United States in order to separate the
operative and legislative bodies.
Meanwhile In 1820, .Tames B. Barnes
and four other Odd Fellows In Boston
had Instituted Massachusetts Lodge
No. 1, not having heard of the Balti
more organization. As soon as they
learned of this, however, correspon
dence sprung up between the two,
and as the Maryland organization was
now vested with superior powers, the
Massachusetts one readily recognized
it. In 1826 the title "Grand Sire” first
appears In use for fhe presiding offi
cer of the SoverSIgn Grand lodge,
In 1842 the lodges of the United
States severed connection with the
Manchester union, and Canada lodges
have been Instituted under dispensa
tion from the Sovereign Grand Lodge
of the United States. In September,
1880, the Sovereign Grand Lodge met
in Toronto, this being the first In
stance .of Its meeting outside the
United States.
The growth of the order is phenom
enal. It has kept pace with history,,
and it is interesting to note that Ken-
tucky’s first lodge wgs “Boone,” Geor.
gla’s "Oglethorpe,” Wisconsin’s “La-
Fayette” and Illinois’ "Western Star.”
Arkansas, reckoned a frontier state In
1840 chose to name her first odge
"Far West,” while today there are
many thousands of Odd Fellows In
the newer statee over beyond her
western borders. Kansas with
“Shawene,” and Connecticut with
"Qulnnlplac” preserved Indian names
In their first lodgeB. The District of
Columbia because of Its position as
political center of the nation chose
"Central Lodge," while Missouri,
through whose borders three great
trails beat to the westward, marking
the way for many emigrant Odd Fel
lows, named hers “Travelers Rest.”
Texas chose her own nickname, “Lone
Star,” for her first lodge, and many
states such as Louisiana, Delaware,
Pennysylvanla and Ohio chose state
names. California’s first lodge en
joyed the distinction of being Institut
ed In Philadelphia and was then
transported west. Many Massachu
setts lodges had to Institute their
members simply on the given word of
honor, because a law enacted In 1834
made It highly penal for any person
"to administer or take an oath, af
firmation or obligation In the nature
of an oath.” It is a law that smacks
of the earlier one In England whlclj
declared secret societies seditious,
and almost broke up the Manchester
Unity.
Pennsylvania ranks first In numerl-
cal strength among the Odd Fellows,
having over 130,000 members. New
York is next with about 25,000 less.
The work being done for the orphans
Is best understood when It Is stated
that over $100,000 a year Is spent for
their support and education in this
country. Mobile, Alabama lodge was
the first to ask that this branch of
the work be reorganized along na
tional lines. This was 10^1846. Eight
years later the first school for or
phaned children of Odd Fellows was
established at Rogersville, Tennessee,
with an average attendance of 200 pu
pils a year until after the civil war.
In 1855 this was followed by the Mar
tha Washington college at Abingdon,
Virginia. Now there are homes and
schools for orphans. Institutions for
the cares of widows and Indigent and
aged brothers in almost every state
and territory, all supported by contri
butions and dues from the members
of the order. *
Through the work of Schuyler Col
fax, representing the grand encamp
ment of Indiana, women were admit
ted some years ago to certain priv
ileges, a degree was revived for them,
and now 233,999 strong, they are af
filiated with their fathers and hus
bands In the same good work under
the name "Rebekah Lodged” Since
the Odd Fellow's were the first secret
society to bar liquor dealers from
membership, and to establish mutual
aid and benefit associations, they
have found the women ready and eav-
er helpers. These women have chos
en the mothers of old Bible days as
their models, the wive? of the patri
archs who practiced In their tepts
among the flocks, or In their bumble
homes, the virtues of love, Industry
and hospitality. With this ever In
mind they are ready to make the trav
el across the desert of life brighter
for many, and make of their “hlVes”
restful halting places for the weary
and worn.—Dublin Times.