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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1907)
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. - ...MM J. A. FOUCHE, Publisher. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the postofflce at McDon jugh as second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per incfi per month. Reduction on standini contracts by special agreement. Most men who marry money earn it, observes the St. Joseph News- Press. A little bit of land, not too far from the city, if intelligently cultivated, declares Bolton Hall, author of “Three Acres and Liberty,” will support a family and give them a life far more wholesome than they could ever have in the crowded city. It is thought to be of enough im portance to call for an explanation from the department of agriculture that the pure food labels bearing the government tag do not guarantee the purity of the articles to which they are affixed, avers the Boston Post. The law is undoubtedly of great value as a deterrent of adulteration; but now, as heretofore, eternal vigilance on the part of the purchaser is the only guar antee of freedom from fraud. The action of most of our Ameri can ports in declining to agree to some uniform method of inspection and grading, notes the New Orleans Pica yune, is tantamount to an admission that the charges made by European importers that a great deal of Amer ican grain is shipped in unsound con dition is true. It has always been ad mitted that New Orleans has main tained a high standard of inspection, and it is likewise painfully evident that this desire for an honest inspec tion has lost our port a good deal of trade. It is not a pleasing comment ary on American trade methods. No one can view the spiritual life of the time, boasts the Indianapolis News, without feeling that it is one of high activity and not of somno lence. This, combined with the prac tical testimony that we have in all that we are doing both in an official and an unofficial*capacity for the gen eral uplift, must bring comfort and assurance that whatever shape passing developments take, there is no de crease of real faith, of real hope, of cheerful endeavor, of high resolve; and no diminution of the spirit of human brotherhood. And this surely is to have the face set toward the light. The Cherokees, who tracked De So to’s footsteps for many weary days while he was marching through the southern forests and swamps, and who later welcomed Oglethorpe to Geor gia, are the most advanced in civiliza tion and the most eager for education, spending $200,000 a year on their schools and colleges. The Chickasaws, writes the Louisville Courier-Journal, in comparison, have five colleges, with 400 students, maintained at a yearly cost of $47,000. They also have 13 district schools, costing $16,000. The Choctaws have 150 schools, in some of which the higher branches are taught. The Seminoles, one of the smallest tribes, have two schools. The Creeks have ten colleges and 65 common schools, with a total attendance of 2500. The extermination by poison of in sects which prey upon vegetation is engaging the attention of many natur alists and chemists. More than a cen tury ago certain arseniferous plants were grown in field and garden, prov ing fatal to many forms of vermin and insects, observes the New York Evening Post. Subsequently, arsenic in small quantities wes sprinkled about with excellent results. A law was passed in France, however, forbidding the practice: and now r chloride of bar ium has been found to be a valuable substitute; for, when used in proper amounts, it is injurious to neither man nor plant Through the investi gations of a Russian entomologist, it has been discovered just what propor tions of this chemical can be applied effectively. As a result, the mortality among all kinds of creeping things has been enormous. vT * ** y* WALTER *B r*S A N CmATTKIf A, IO Continued. . “You are happier than I. dear, be cause you are not nearly so strong. Why, there is a thin stick of an arm for you; and look at mine, big and strong still, in spite of our privations. lam a dreadfully strong girl. When I was born, Katharine—l have never told you this—all the wicked fairies came about my cradle. One of them said. ‘She shall have no mother;’ and another, ‘She shall have no relations to help her;’ and a third, ‘She shall have no friends;’ and a fourth, ‘She shall have no lovers;’ and another, ‘She shall have no money;’ and y?t another, ‘She shall have no work;’ and another, ‘She shall have no food;’ and then there was one, the Queen of the Wicked Fairies—an old woman with only two front teeth left and those sticking out over her lower lip—and a most malignant eye, who carried a cat-o’- nine-tails instead of a scepter. She stood over me and said, ‘This child, shall be splendidly strong, so that she shall yearn and long horribly after all 6he can not have, and she shall suffer twice as long and twice as much as any other woman.’ ” “Lily! Something may happen yet.” “Oh! yes, something may. Feople have been known to pick up shillings In the streets. We may beg in the streets. We will borrow a hymn book and sing along the road, ‘ln the Sweet By and By.’ I’ve got a good strong; voice. But we shan’t like it. There* will be such terrible discomfort about it that we shall go back to our starv ing, and begin to get through thej terrible job at once and have done with it. Katharine, my head is full of horrible things. Suppose,” she whispered—“suppose wo resolve to die at once and have done with it?” "No, Lily, no. Let us wait and re ceive what is sent.” “It is truly wonderful. Katharine, to hear you talk. Will nothing make you rebel? Why, if there is no place for u<t in the world, should we stay in it? Some women are born consumptive and have to die. Others, like our selves. are born redundant. It is a new disease. There is now a great deal of redundancy among women; we suffer from redundancy. It is incur able. No drops have been found for it and no pills. We shall have to die of that disease. ‘Died, in the street on a doorstep, after long suffering, of re dundancy, Lily and Katharine.’ That would read very sweetly, wouldn't it, on a tombstone? But there will be no tombstone for us two, dear—we shall be buried by the parish in the pauper's corner, where the graves stand side by, side as thick as they can be placed, and the dead bodies of the men and women mclder away forgotten. It will be like the sea that has closed over a sinking ship without so much as a single fragment left. In a few days we shall be as much forgotten as if we had never lived.” Lily’s bitter words fell upon Kath arine like blows of a scourge. She could endure, but she would not re btl. r “Leave us some hope,” she said. “If you take away that, we are indeed tbej most wretched women in the world.’ 1 Just then they heard a soft step oom-j ing up the stairs. Through the operj drawing room below they could hear Miss Augusta playing the psano sweet ly and softly. The step was that of Miss Beatrice the Consoler, who camq to talk to them. “My dears,” she said, taking a hand of each. “I am afraid you are in terrible trouble.” “Yes,” said Katharine, “we are in very sad trouble.” “Have you found nothing to do, chil dren?” ‘'Nothing.” “Have you no friends to help you?” “Not one.” “Oh! my poor children. But there is one Friend. Think of Him.” Lily shook her head impatiently. “Have you any money left?” “No—none,” said Katharine. “And to morrow we must pay the week in advance, or go.” Miss Beatrice was silent, because it is difficult to find consolation for the lack of money; most of the poets and writers despise money; and yet here were-two girls who, because they had no money “My dear,” she said, “will the Ma tron not give you leave to stay a week or two on credit?” “No; it is against the rules.” Then Miss Beatrice exhorted them to patience, and told tliani in her sweet religious way how the Lord, who is the Father, is wont to open unexpected doors and make tilings possible which had seemed impossible, until even the hard heart of Lily melted, and they ail three wept together. Then Miss Beatrice blessed them. and went away with another exhorta tion to patience and a hint, which she meant for a promise—but they were stupid and did not understand—that something good and unexpected would happen next day. Why—why did shd not tell them what bad been done? For in the drawing room there had been a collection made for them, ana out of their poverty and straightness these poor ladies had got together the snm of fifteen shillings and tenpence. which was to be jflven to the girls in the morning, so that they might pav me jratron, nan rnr? nnorner ween to look about them and to find some employment. Also it was resolved unanimously that their cruel case should be brought before the Com mittee, although lirtrley House is not a charitable institution, in the hope that something might be found for them. By a most unfortunate accident, how ever, that little collectfon never reached the hands for w'hoin it was in tended. CHAPTER XI. * A Night Out. The breakfast at Harley House was 3orved, to suit the convenience of those whose work begins early, at half past seven. This was the last breakfast for which the girls had paid. They were the first to sit down, because they wished to avoid questions. “This is the last breakfast paid for, Katharine,” said Lily. “Let us eat as much as we possibly can. When shall we get another bfeakfast, and where?” Katharine drank the tea, but un fortunately could eat nothing. “You are taking a mean advantage, Katharine,” said her friend. “You know you are not half so strong as I fira, and yet you are taking three hours’ start in the starving race. Put some thing in your pocket. Never mind the rules. You must and shall.” | She cut off half a dozen great crusts Df bread and cramped them into her hag, the little hand-bag that carried absolutely all the posses-sions of the two girls. Their watches, tlieir ward robe, even Katharine’s engagement ring, everything was gone except thb tlothes they stood in. Never was wreck more complete. Never had Misfortune made a cleaner sweep of everything. Friends, work, wardrobe, money—what more could she take? In a warmer dimate she would have torn the clothes aff their backs, but in Great Britain this is not allowed to Misfortune, who leaves grudgingly their clothes upon tho backs even of the shirt and match makers. One thing more ■was left to Misfortune. She could separate the two girls. You shall see presently that •he even accomplished that. “Now,” said Lily, “we have eaten our breakfast—at least I have. Let us go at once before the Matron comes ;lown, and while there is nobody to ask questions. Come, Katharine, we have loft nothing upstairs. Come.” Now that the supreme moment had arrived, when there was no longer any room for hope, Lily assumed a defiant air. - “Com?, let us hurry along, Katliar .ine,” for she lingered and trembled. n'Come. I say. It will not help us to wait—and cry. We have done our best; we have prayed and there has been no answer. Let ns go out now and starve. Come, dear Katharine—oh! my dear— It will not help to cry. Let us go out and find a place where we can sit down and wait.” It was eight o’clock. When the door closed behind th*m. Katharine sunk down upon the doorstep and broke into sobs and moaning. “Oh. Tom-Tom!” she cried. “How can you be happy in heaven while I am so miserable here? If I am to join yon. ask them to kill me quickly.” “They’ll do that,” said Lily, grimly. “Come.” She put her hand in Katharine's arm and dragged her away. Five minutes later Miss Beatrice came down stairs, her face full of sweetness and satisfaction, because she was now going to demonstrate to these two girls, by means of her col lection of fifteen shillings and ten? pence, how faith and patience and resignation are always rewarded. But they were gone. One of the servants hod seen them leave the house. Upstairs they had left nothing. Perhaps they would return in the evening. But they did not. The evenings came and went at Harley House. The girls i came home at night heavy of eye and head, tired with their day's work; Miss Augusta played to them; Miss Beatrice talked to them. For a week or so they remembered the two who had sunk under the waters; then they forgot them. As for the collection, it was all returned to the donors, and only Miss Beatrice remembered the crirls, and prayed for them that they might yet be saved. At nine o’clock Katharine began to be tired. “Are we to walk about all day le-.ig. Lily?” she asked. “Can we not find some place to sit down and rest?” “We will go to the British Museum. It is quiet there at least.” They did. They went to the room where are the great pictures of Assy rian battles. Here they sat down. The place was very silent and peaceful. There were eery few visitors so early; the attend ants with their wands sat about al ready disposed for the gentle doze which helps them through the day. Presently Katharine leaned her brad , upon Lily’s shoulder and fell fast I asleep. But Lily slept not. She had | been awake nearly all night, but she | was not disposed for slumber. She ; sat looking at fate with wrathful eyes. J and continually putting the same ques j tion—it has been asked by every un happy person since the world began— “ What have we done—what have we done—that we should suffer so while the rest of mankind escape?” The morning passed—noon came —the attendant woke up and began to saun ter about the rooms with the Intention of getting an appetite for dinner. One o’clock struck—Lily sat motionless, un conscious of the time —Katharine still slept beside her. The attendant went away to his dinner, and returned re freshed but languid, and disposed for another doze. When he awoke at three the two girls still sat there, one asleep, and the other bolt-upright, her dark brow contracted, her black eyes full of rage. It is not an unusual thing at mu seums of the scientific kind for tired visitors to sit down and go to sleep in them, nor is it quite unknown, in col lections which are free, for people to drop in for the sake of rest. Bethel Green Museum is naturally considered in the neighborhood as erected mainly for the convenience of children and a place of safety for them in bad weather. The custodian therefore re garded the sleeping damsel without surprise. It was about half past three that Katharine awoke. “Well, dear,” said Lily, “you have had a long sleep. Do you feel better?" “Yes; I am quite well now. But ok! Lily, I am so hungry!” “It was a good thing that I remem bered to put some bread in my pocket. Let us eat our dinner.” They did so, and were strengthened oy the bread. “And now', Katharine, we may move m. I don’t quite know 7 where ive are 'oing. But we had better go, I think.” They went outside and turned west ward. Fortunately it was a fine after aoon and warm. After the bread they felt strong again and able to walk. They found themselves, after wan iering for half an hour, in St. James’ Park. It was then 5 o'clock. “Katharine,” said Lily, “do you see those seats? There is a whole row of them outside the railings. They are to be our bed to-night. To-morrow—no, we must not think of to-morrew—do you think we might break in upon our shilling? Oh, how tedious it is! Look at the heaps of people who are doing nothing; I wonder if they are as poor and as miserable as ourselves?” St. James' Park this afternoon was thronged*with people. They lay about the grass; they sat upon the- free benches; they leaned over the railings; they stood upon the bridge; they threw crumbs to the ducks; they looked as if they never did any work, and did not watft to do any work, and never had my work offered them. They might have been as poor as the two girls, but they were certainly' not miserable at all. It may be laid down as a broad principle that nobody is ever miserable who has solved the problem of living without doing any work. At G o'clock the evening was beginning to fall. Then Lily drew' Katherine, who was low simply quiescent, out of the park. “We will spend threepence,” she said. “We will buy more bread, be rause that goes farthest. With three penny worth of bread we shall have a supper that will carry us on until the morning. Why, Katherine, we shall actually, with care, make our shilling last till Monday morning. That is splendid. After that I suppose we shall fulfill the purpose for which we were born, and be starved to death. Come, dear( don't give in; hold up your face; try to look as if you liked r I When the lights were lighted in the ptreet and the shops there began for a few' minutes a new 7 interest, but it lasted a very little while. I “Lily.” said Katharine, “I can not walk any more. Take me to some place where I can sit down.” S “Well, then, we must go back to St. James’ Park. It is the only place that I know of where we can sit down.” At this moment a great piece of luck befell them. They met, walking up Waterloo place, no other than Dittmer F.oek. That young gentleman had been turning his Saturday afternoon to use ful account by observing how trade was conducted in the West End. “Oh!” cried Katherine. “We are saved, Lily! Dittmer, you will help r : ” She explained the situation in a few I words. But the young German’s face 0/7 Alnetf Ti lio/l h«f aiffh^nPßPA Uivnfpeu. -nine* "*" ' " n “ 1 . in the world; he had lent three shil lings and sixpence to a friend one or p, e three who shared his room—and he could not possibly be paid before Mon lav. What was he to do? How could he’ help them? Eightpence is a ridicu lously small sum. Would they go with him to liis lodgings, where he would persuade the other men to give up their beds and bestow themselves somewhere—on the landings, for ex ample? “No,” said Katherine, “we cannot do that. Dittmer. I am afraid we must spend the night here, in the open air, and perhaps to-morrow you will come for us, and find some way of helping us. Oh! it will not be so very bad here; the night is not cold, and our jackets are thick! I ani not afiaid. aow that we have found you.” Dittmer hesitated. He had nothing to pawn-no watch or chain The had no other clothes than those he wore; his friends and fellow clerks were as poor as himself; at that moment he had no jrbore than that eightpence with which i lie had proposed to tide over the Sun day. with only forty pounds a year, ; you see, a young man is liable to days of tightness; he takes them as a neces sary part of a situation which is only temporary. Therefore lie laughs, and goes hungry with a cheerful heart, if jin old man has to go hungry he grows melancholy, because the situation is permanent, so to speak. But that a (ime of tightness should have hap ! pened at such a juncture was indeed ! unfortunate. The eigiitpence was al , together at their service. But yet—— (To be continued.) MILLIONS MARCHED IN PARADE. Labor Day Was More Generally Observed Throughout Country Than Usual. More than five million men and wo men, members of labor organizations, spent Monday celebrating the one day in the year s’et apart in most of the states and territories in the union as a tribute to those who earn their daily bread. From all parts of the country comes the information that laboring men and women have fared well in the last i 2 months and that Labor Day was cel ebrated with enthusiasm. There have been fewer labor controversies than usual, only four serious strikes hav ing been recorded during the year. Such other disputes as have arisen between capital and labor have been settled by arbitration. The general situation throughout the country is good from a labor stand point. Wages, according to reports in the hands of the federal bureau o-f la bor, were never so high in this coun try * as now. Nor were there ever so many men at work. Hours have shortened rather than lengthened, and the remuneration according to government experts has generally kept pace with the increased cost of living. ALABAMA OBEYS FEDERAL COURT. Judge Jones Discharges Grand Jury With Complimentary Remarks. In discharging the grand jury in the United States court at Montgomery, Ala., Judge Thomas G. Jones referred to his remarks in calling them togeth er at which time he told them they were to feret out and indict any who tried to defy the orders cf the court by attempting to enforce state laws that are now enjoined. He said that the people have under gone a change of mind, that there is now no active resistance to the orders of the court, and he thinks there will be none. He said the court had called upon the people to support the laws of the land and its court and that they have heeded it. FUED ENDS IN TRAGEDY. Brother of Senator Money Fatally Wound ed and His Son Killed. Colonel Janies Money, brother of United States Senator H. D. Money, was mortally wounded and his son, Jas. D. Money, Jr., instantly killed in an outbreak of the Money-Kirby feud at Money Station in Lafiore county, Mis sissippi, Friday afternoon. Governor Vardanian, a cousin of Colonel Money, hurried to the scene on a special train to Prevent further trouble. SEVEN DEAD; SEVENTEEN HURT Is Result of Bad Wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No. 6 was derailed near Kenawha Falls, W. Va., Monday night, and as ?. result seven are. dead and seventeen injured. One coach and the combina tion express and baggage car left the tracks and overturned. Spreading of the rails is supposed to have caused the accident.
