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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1907)
BRYAN ALONE IN THE ARENA 'As Leader of the Democratic Party Says Editor Wat ter son. NO OTHER RECKONING Kentucky Statesman, Just Arrived from European Trip, Scans the Political Horizon and Expresses Views. Col. Henry Watterson, the editor, and Mrs. Watterson, arrived at i\ew York Monday from Europe. An other passenger was Frigate Captain Sembiar Poschwitz, flag adjutant of the German navy, who is going to the Jamestown exposition. Colonel Watterson said, in an In terview, that William J. Bryan seem ed to be the only man in the run ning for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. "Mr. Bryan is an individual man with a certain following,” he said. ‘‘He is not a law-giver, he may be a lav/ unto himself. It remains to be seen if the fragments of the Demo cratic party, lying around loose, can be united on a new program. "I think that organized Democracy at the present time can see no other alternative except Bryan. Nobody is being seriously considered running. I sometimes doubt whether he himself cares a fig for the presidency. For I should think if he believed Demo cracy had a reasonable chance of carrying the country and that he might be nominated he would be more circumspect and would show a great er sense of responsibility than he seems to be showing.” Asked what he considered the most vital issue to be raised by the Demo cratic party, Colonel Watterson said: ‘‘The one thing to constitute a mil itant Democracy is that we must think together. So long as we don’t, there is no use proposing any is sue. The relations of franchise cor porations to the public and of capital and labor are the great economic problems to be worked out in the coming year. We are on the thresh hold of their rapid development. "I do not believe President Roose velt wants a third term for himself. I know he recently stated that if the convention nominated him and ad journed, 'it would have to reconvene as he would never accept another nomination. I am willing to take him at his word.” Colonel Watterson declared that Governor Hughes was a force to be reckoned with in Republican poli tics. ‘‘l predicted last June,” he said, “that Hughes would succeed Roose velt in the white house.” % “BLACK HAND” GANG IN COURT. Batch of Thirteen Murderous Foreigners are Arraigned for Trial. More than a score of foreigners charged with being members of the “Black Hand,” responsible for a large number of crimes, were placed on trial at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Monday. Thirteen cases of shooting with at tempt to kill, thirteen of conspiracy, six of dynamiting and two of rob bery by threats and menaces are charged against the men, who are alleged to be the leaders of the “Black Hand.” COLONEL WAS MADE WRATHY *• On Receipt of “Skidoo” Card and Appeals to Postmaster General. The “Skiddoo” postal cards, espe cially those bearing the membership formula of the “Down and Out Club,” are in trouble with Uncle Sam’s mail service. A southern colonel, now in Washington, received one, and he im mediately sent it to Postmaster Gen eral Meyer, with the request for an opinion as to whether or not the card was insulting, and if so, was it eligi ble for passage through the mail. The matter was taken under advisement. ROUTE OF SHERMAN MARCH Will be Gone Over by Cadets of a Kansas Military School. Several instructors and members of staff class at tbe military train ing school in Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will shortly begin a horseback ride from Chattanooga to Atlanta over the route of General Sherman. Two years ago Rev. Sherman, a son of General Sherman, started to ride over the route taken by his fa ther in his march to tbe sea, but the entire south rose up in protest, and the trip was abandoned. MRS. M’LEAN VICTOR. Wins Gut By Big Majority Over “Insur gent” Candidate and is Still Head of the D. A. R. A Washington dispatch says: It was officially announced when the con tinental congress of the National So ciety of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution met for Friday’s ses sion that Mrs. Donald McLean of New York had been re-elected president general for the ensuing year. Mrs. Mc- Lean received 511 and the opposition candidate, Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard of Alexandria, Va., 152 votes. The announcement of the result of the election was received by the del egates with great enthusiasm and Mrs. McLean, after being presented with a loving cup by the vice president general, made a brief speech in which she thanked the delegates heartily for their suppoit. Mrs. Charlott Em erson Main of Washington, D. C., was elected vice president general in charge of the organization of chap ters. NINE ESCAPES ACCOUNTED FOR. One Convict Killed and Two are Fatally Wounded in Round-Up. Four negro convicts who recently escaped from the Durham coal miues, at Pittsburg, Ga., entered the home of J. E. Denson, in Chattooga county, Thursday afternoon, securing clothing and provisions and SSO in money. They threw off their convict garb and put on some of the stolen clothes. A posse formed and chased them. They were overtaken in a patch of woods, and the posse began firing upon them. One convict was killed and two others wounded, perhaps fa tally. The fourth convict escaped. The sheriff of Chattooga county reached the scene after the shooting. This accounts tor all of the nine negroes who escaped from the Dur ham mine. Five were captured near the mines, and only one is still at liberty. None of the three white es capes has been heard of since the twelve got away. The escape was ef fected by one of the negroes, a preach er named Sam Johnson, gaining pos session cf a key that unlocked a gate to an abandoned wing of the mines. The convicts then found a weak place, in the top of the shaft, through which they dug in a short time. STRIKERS LOSE THEIR FIGHT. All Demands Refused and They Return to Work as Non-Union Men. The strike of the employees of the Montgomery, Ala., Traction company was settled Thursday and the men returned to work as non-union men and at the same wages as they receiv ed before the strike. The strikers lost every point in the argument. General Manager Rag land of the company, having declared that he would not treat with the strikers except as individuals, a num ber of the men visited his office and appealed for work. He reiterated his statement, but said the company would give employment to all men who would sign an affidavit that they were not members of a union and that they would work on the old scale of wages. At the close of the day Cl strikers had signed these affidavits. They will be given employment as fast as room can be made for them. CITY OF ILOILO FLAME-SWEPT. Philippine City Reported as Being Wholly Destroyed by Fire. The city of Iloilo, island of Panay, was totally destroyed by fire Friday with the result that 20,000 persons are homeless. No estimate has yet been made of the amount of damage done, and no details of the fii‘e are obtainable, ow ing to communication with Iloilo be ing seriously affected. Iloilo is the capital of the island of Paney, located on the east coast. The port* which is second in import ance to Manila, is the center of the sugar import trade. STOLEN SECURITIES LOCATED. Treasurer Walker Disposed of Loot to Two New York Banks. York Banks. Securities to the value of $300,000 which were stolen from the Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn., by Wil liam F. Walker, the absconding treas urer of that institution, have been traced to two New York banking houses, according to a statement made Friday by Detective Vallely of tbe New York police department. He said the two banking houses stand in the position of innocent purchasers. FLEECY WHITE COVERS WEST Snow Falls to Depth of Six Inches in Some Sections. SEVEN STATES REPORT Territory Visited Includes Nebraska, lowa, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. At Omaha, Neb., five inches of snow fell during Wednesday night and con tinued Thursday. The fall was gen eral over eastern Nebraska, and is the heaviest known in April for many years. The snowfall extended over a wide area, according to advices from points in lowa, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado to the south, which report a light snowfall, white northern Ne braska, southern South Dakota, north east Wyoming and Black Hills are covered with a blanket of snow six inches deep on the level, which is still faliiig. At Northwestern railroad headquarters in Omaha, it was said that the storm is practically the same over the entire system, west of the Mississippi river. Opinion as to the eitect on fruit In southern and central bells, cher ries, peaches, plums and berries are said by some to have been ruined almost entirely, white other growers and dealers report that fruit was not far enough advanced to be seriously endangered. In grain circles, it is believed that the snow will kill all the green bugs, which have been ravishing the winter wheat crop. BIG HOLD-OUT FOR GRAFTERS. Good Pickings in Contract for Pennsyl vania New Capitol Building. Astounding testimony was given by Frank G. Harris, of Clearfield, state treasurer, before the capitol inves tigating commission at Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday. Harris was a mem ber of the board of public grounds and buildings, of which the governor and auditor general were also mem bers. During the time he was on the board from May, 1902, to May, 1904, contracts for capitol furnishing amounted to millions of dollars. At torney riorelotte brought out the fact that the contracts for the metalie fur niture were awarded three months before the contract for construction of the building was awarded. During the examination of Harris it developed that Architect Josepn M. Huston collected 4 per cent commis sion on $2,000,000 for designing the building. Harris admitted that the board spent money blindly in furnishing the capitol, and that when the con tract for the metallic furniture was made, there was no definite idea of the cost. He thought it would cost between SIOO,OOO and $200,000 and had not tfce slightest idea that it would amount to $2,000,000. Harris declared it was the duty of Huston, who was the architect, to keep watch over the contractors and see that, all con tracts were faltl—ully fulfilled. “If the architect had been faithful in his duty,” he went on, “and had the contracts been lived up to, as he could have forced them to, 1 be-, lieve there would have been no trou ble and that there would have oeen no scandal.” ROOSEVELT’S HEART IS TOUCHED By Georgia’s Action in Reproducing the Home of His Grandfather. Judge Land and Mr. Harris of Cor dele, Ga., called at the white house Thursday and were received by President Roosevelt, who said: “Nothing has ever touched m 3 so deeply as the action of the people of Georgia in erecting a tac simile of my granfathcr’s house as the Geor gia building at the Jamestown expo sition.” CONSUMER IS ELIMINATED. Coal Mines Not Allowed to Sell Product Direct to People. At the closing session in Atlanta of the Retail Coal Dealers’ Convention, the fact was developed that a mine owner will he immediately boycotted by the members of the Southeastern Retail Coal Dealers Association, if he sells directly to consumers. One of the chief objects and aims of this association is to prevent con sumers buying their coal direct from the mine owner. JAMESTOWN Ter-Centennial Exposition April t November, 1907. Exceedingly low rates have been authorized by the Southern Railway to Norfolk, Va., and return, account Jamestown Ter-Centennial Expos! tion. Stopovers will be allowed on sea son, sixty day and fifteen day tickets, same as granted -on summer tourist tickets. Tickets will be sold daiiv commencing April 19th, to and incut ding November 30th, 1907. The Southern Railway is taking a very great interest in this exposition and doing everything within their power to promote its welfare for the reason that it is located on historic and southern grounds, and has evi dence of being one of the most import ant and attractive affairs of this kind that has ever been held. Through train service and sleeping car service to Norfolk during the ex position has not yet been announced, but it is expected that most excel lent schedules will he put in effect so as to make the trip comfortablt and satisfactory in every way. With these very liberal rates in ef fect every one in the south has an opportunity ‘o visit the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition. Full and complete information will he cheerfully furnished upon applica tion to any ticket agent of (lie South ern Railway company. rf SECRETARY TAFT HAS RETURNED. Reports Conditions in Cuba as in Fairly Satisfactory Condition. Secretary Taft and party arrived at the Washington navy yard on board the Mayflower Monday night after an absence of exactly a month on a trip that included Panama, Cubit and Porto Rico. The secretary and Mrs. Taft were immediately driven to their residence. Former Governor of Porto Rico Beckman Winthrop and Mrs. Winthrop were guests of the see retary on the return trip. The others in the party included Representative Burton, of Ohio; Klttredge, of South Dakota, and Miss Margaret Icfe. The party arrived shortly after 11 o’clock. Later Secretary Taft gave out a statement in which he says he found matters in Cuba “in what, un der the circumstances, must be con sidered a very satisfactory condi tion;” that there is every ground for hope that the plan adopted for a cen sus, preliminary election and then again an election six months later, will result in the selection of a presi dent and congress who will be able to maintain themselves and give a stable* rule to (he island; and that the d*May in taking u census is known by Cubans as an earnest of the Amer ican government to secure a stable government before it leaves, “sc there will be no excuse for a second intervention.” He stated that in Panama the engi neers reported to him that the foun dations for the locks were entirely satisfactory WHOLE FAMILY UNDER ARREST. Mother, Brother and Tv/o Sisters of Mur dered Girl Bound Over. Released on bonds, the mother and son for $2,500, and the two daughters for SI,OOO each, and after having waiv ed examinations under a plea of not guilty, made Monday before Justice Holderman, at Dayton, Ohio, the mem bers of the Gilman family charged with procuring the death of Dona Gil man, await the action of the next gx-and jury, which will be empaneled next September. MISSING PACKAGE IS LOCATED. Postal Clerk Made Way With That $lO,- CCO from the Mails. The mystery concerning the disap pearance of a packet containing $4 0,- 000 in currency in transit, by mail from (.he Atlantic National Bank of Washington, to the Chemical Nation al Bank of New York, was cleared up Thursday by the arrest at the in stance of postoffice inspectors, of Ed ward A. Nelson, 27 years of age, em ployed in the railway mail service. TICKET OF THE ADMINISTRATION Will Be Taft and Hughes, According t Preliminary Skirmish. Taft and Hughes is the ticket which seems to the majority of the admin istration followers, and they joim out that the campaign is pracicaily con centrate! in the two states of Ohio and New York. In each state the president has be n attacked personally and in each state be has the right to ask for vindica tion. Application fop Charter GEORGIA, Henry County:— To the Superior Court of said county. The Petitten of A. C. Elliott, V. L. Crumbier. L. P. Owen, W. K. Owen, C. C. Uleaton, J. B. Moseley, Sr., Jas. Si. Chaf fin, Mis. C. P. Aiken, and H. J. Owen, all of said State and Countv, respectfully shows: First, That they desire for themselves and their associates, successors and assigns to become incorporated under the name and style of the “The Pleasant Grove School Improvement Co." Second, The term for which petitioners ask to bt* incorporated is twenty years with the privilege of renewal at the end of that time. Third, The capital stock of the incorpor ation is to Is* Fifteen Hundred Dollars divided into shares of one dollar each. Petitioners ask the privilege of increasing said capital stock from time to time not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Fourth, All of said capital stock of fif teen hundred dollars has already actu ally been paid in. Fifth, Thu object of the proposed corpor ation is pecuniary profit to its stockhold ers. Petitioners propose to buy and sell and improve and rent out such real estaw* as they may wish to have for the improve ment of said Pleasant Grove School and grounds, and to erect such buildings and to improve said premises, or such lands ad joining as they may purchase, as they may deem necessary, and to exercise the usual powers and to do all nec essary acts which pertain to (lie above de scribed business. Sixth, the principal office of the propos ed corporation will be at Pleasant Grove School House in said State and County. Wherefore, petitioners pray (o bt made a body corporate under the name and style aforesaid entitled to the rights, privileges and immunities and subject to the liabili ties fixed by law. This March lilth, 11.07. BROWN & BROWN, Attorneys for Petitioners. Filed in this office this March 19, 1907. .T. A. FotTCHK, Clerk Superior Court, Henry County*. GEORGIA, Henry County. I, J. A. Fouche, Clerk of the Superior Court of said County do certify that the forgoing is a true copy of a petition for charter for The Pleasant Grove School Im provement Co, as is of file in this office. Given under my hand and seal of said Court, this March 19, 1907. J. A. FOUCTXK, Clerk Superior Court, Henry Co. tf Notice of Application for Removal of Disabilities. Susan B. Pritchett vs. John B. Pritch ett. —Henry Superior Court, April Term, 1907. —Verdict lor total divorce on the 16th day of October. 1900. Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of February, *1907, the undersigned filed in the office of tlie Clerk of the Supe rior Court of Henry county an application for the removal of disabilities resting upon him under the vwrdict in the above stated cause. Said application will is* heard at the April term of said Court, which com mences on the Third Monday in April, 1907. JOHN B. PIUTCiIETT. Per his Attorney at Law, J. F. Wall, tf R. O. JACKSON, Attorney-at-Law, TMoBONOUGH, GA. Office over Star Store. E. M. SniTH, Attorney at Law, Me Donough, Ga. Office over Star Store, south side square. All work carefully and promptly attended to. 2. if" Am premared to negotiate loans on real estate. Terms easy. T. A. LIFSEY. DENTIST, Pernanently lioeated at McDonough. Office Hours: 7t012 a. m., Ito6p. m. ’Phone 29. Dr. J. B. WATKINS, Veterinary Surgeon, ot Jackson, will be in McDon ough on the fourth Monday, also every other Monday dur ing the year. Office Mack Goodwin Stables Phone 44, Jackson, Ga. TELEPHONES AGENT WANTED FOR HENRY COUNTY Write for Particulars CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 81, C.C.C. Bldg CADIZ, OHIO Catarrh and Catarrhal Headaches. are quickly relieved by Nosex a. It sooth es the congested membranes allays inflam mations and thoroughly heals find cleans es. It keeps moist all the passages whose tendency is to thicken and become dry. Cures colds, threat trubles, hoarseness, hay fever, “stopped-up” nose, breathing through the mouth while sleeping, offen sive breath, etc. It is antiseptic and con tains no chemicals or drugs having a nar cotic effect, ar that can cause the “drug habit.” We Guarantee Satisfaction. J. A. Brogdori, of tfie National Sign Co., Dayton, Ohio, writes under date of Oct. 12, 1906: “Nosex:a is the only preparation I have used that relieves my affection so speedily and pleasantly. lam geeting the first real pleasure out of breathing that I have experinced since I contracted catarrh six year- ugo. Money would not buy my tube of \osexa if I ouuld cot get another.” Buy Nos ex'a from Lc-eust Grova Drug Co, get your money lwick if nor satisfied. Sample tube and booklet by mail 10cts. Brown Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Mo. and Greenville, Tenn
