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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1907)
A COTTON BALE OF UNIFORMITY To Be Urged by Farmers' Union as Next Reform Move* OPPOSE IMMIGRATION Last Day’s Session at Little Rock Taken Op With Legislative Matters-Com mittee to Go Before Congress. The most important work of the last day’s session of the National Fanners’ Union at Little Rock, Ark., was the adoption of the report of the commit tee on legislation. The report provides for a committee of three to go to Washington during sessions of con gress and there present to national legislators the demands of the union, as has been the plan in the various etates. The strongest men in the or ganization will be appointed hv the president and executive committee. The national board of directors is composed as follows: W. A. Morris of Sulllgent, Ala.; W. S. Miller of Lake Creek, Texas; J. N. McCollister •f Mamy, La.; S. L. Wilson of Mis sissippi; J. M. Jefferds of Oklahoma. The national board of directors meet once each quarter, the days being the first Tuesday in December, March and June. The president is the executive officer of the board. The directors will name the meeting place for the next annual convention. The place will probably not be chosen until the di rectors’ meeting in March, although they could name the place at any other meeting. A resolution on immigration, intro duced by R. F. Duckworth, state pres ident of Georgia, places the union on record as being opposed to any and all immigration that will bring an un desirable class of citizens to the Uni ted States. The farmers claim they are not opposed to any man who will come to this country ■with a view to making himself $ home and bettering his condition. They are opposed to the bringing of laborers to this coun try who will work for small wages and possibly create discontent. The resolution was adopted after much discussion. Some, it is said, wanted to place restrictions around Immigration by naming exactly the kind of people that would bo desir able. All were in favor of adopting a resolution showing the farmers as a union to be opposed to the influx of cheap laborers. Reports of other committees of less importance took most of the clay’s time of the convention. The button with Newt Gresham’s picture on it was adopted as the official button of the order. This button had been pre viously adopted by the Georgia divis ion. Resolutions were passed looking to the copyrighting of a union label by the convention. The gathering of the state business agents at the convention was one of the most important matters relative to the Farmers’ Union. In speaking of the work of the business agents’ meetings, Mr. Eubanks, who was elect ed chairman for the ensuing year, said: “We have several important mat ters under consideration, hut one of the most essential is arriving at a uni form bale of cotton in size and in weight. We have adopted a plan to compress our cotton at our ware houses, of which w* have over 2,000 in the south. To install compressing machinery at every one of the 28,000 ginneries in the south would he too large a task for our body and we will locate our compresses at central points where our warehouses are located. “We are considering whether it will be a round or square bale. We want cotton produced by union farmers to reach the spinners in the best i>ossi ble shape and we believe if we prop erly bale and compress it we can get a premium over other staples.” CHANGED INTO BOARDING HODSE. Former Residence of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery to Be Remodeled. The Jefferson Davis home, the res idence occupied by the president of the confederacy, in Montgomery, Ala., is being remodeled into modern board ing house. It will be left as nearly as it was possible so far as architecture goes. President Davis and his family oc cupied the home during the time the ooji federate capital was in Montgom ery. TWELVE MEET DEATH And Same Number Hurt in Crash of Fast Express Train Into Freight Standing on Siding. Twelve persons were killed and twelve injured in the wreck of an ex press train on the Rock Island rail road at Norris, lowa, Friday. The train, which was northbound, jumped the track while going at full speed and collided with a freight tiffin standing on a siding. The northbound express was ten minutes late at Norris Siding, a small station three miles north of Cedar Falls, and there the freight was awaiting the express, which came along at a terrific speed. Just as the engine of the passenger was about to pass the freight engine the trucks of the train jumped the track and the engine crashed into the engine of the freight, wrecking both engines and tel escoping the baggage and mail cars and demolishing the smoking car. LAW OFFICERS BADLY PUZZLED. Phillips Case at Cleveland, Ohio, Replete With Many Theories. New theories, suspicions and devel opments in the mystery surrounding the death of John J. Phillips, coal op erator and broker, at Cleveland, 0., followed each other in rapid succes sion Friday. A former employee is suspected of having caused the death of Phillips. His name is known to the officials, and a search is being made for him. Monday Phillips was shot and killed at his home in the eastern part of Cleveland. That day he was believed to have been killed by a burglar. Tues day it was thought Phillips committed suicide. Wednesday this theory was disproved and suspicion was directed against the widow, Charlotte Phillips. A warraivt alleging murder was issued for lier arrest. Thursday the officials began to doubt this theory and Friday search was be gun for the man formerly employed about the Phillips home, whom Mrs. Phillips says she saw in front of her home just after her husband u r as shot. WILL OF ACTOR MANSFIELD Leaves Everything to His Wife, Who is Also Designated as Executrix. The will of Richard Mansfield, who died a week ago, was filed for probate in New York Friday. It leaves all the property, real and personal, to his widow, Susan Hageman Mansfield, and also appoints her executrix. Mrs. Mansfield was known to the theatrical going public as Beatrice Cameron. Her attorney stated that the personal prop erty of the estate amounted to $lO,- 000 and that there was no real estate. Mr. Mansfield deeded his real estate to his wife as fast as he bought it. TO FIGHT BUBONIC PLAGUE. Marine Hospital Service Officials Take a Hand in San Francisco. The San Francisco board of health Friday recommended to the board of supervisors that the city and county hospital which lias sheltered a number of plague cases be burned. The announcement that the marine hospital service is to take charge of the plague situation is regarded as an assurance that the disease will be eradicated. ONE ROAD OUT IN THE COLD. Little Line in .Georgia Not Listed in the Circular Reducing Rates. Through some inadvertency the “Rome railroad,” owned by the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and operated as a part of that road, was omitted from the list of Georgia rail roads named in circular No. 334, which set out the rates to be charged under it and ’.here has come into the office of the railroad commission a query as to what the rate shall be. MILEAGE BOOKS ARE USELESS. New Issue Will Be Asked by Travelers Protective Association of Georgia. An interchangeable mileage book at the flat rate of 2 cents a mile will soon be asked by the Travelers’ Pro tective Association of Georgia through a petitAm to be filed with the railroad commission. Since the reduced passenger raVjs went into effect the mileage books for merly in use became valueless, for oftentimes the straight fare was less than vhe mileage rate. TO PUSH OLD CLAIMS. Southern States Will Make Concerted Ef fort to Recover Six Millions of Illegal War Tax on Cotton. Represented by ex-United States Senator Marion O. Butler of North Carolina. ex-United States Senator J, K. Jones of Arkansas and a coterie of other lawyers and laymen equally as well known and equipped, the state of Georgia will endeavor to recover from the federal government the $6,- 000,000 of cotton tax that was illegal ly collected from her citizens during the civil war. Governor Smith stated that he will have Attorney General Hart prepare at his earliest conven ience a contract between the state of Georgia, on the one hand, and Senator Marion Butler, et al., on the other. Upon the execution of this contract Senator Butler will immediately begin his onslaught on the national treas ury. At the recent session of the Georgia general assembly, a joint res olution was passed, authorizing the governor to prepare and execute a contract with Senator Butler and oth ers, appointing them as Georgia's agents, to collect the illegal cotton tax. The resolution was passed late in the session, ahd attracted but little attention at the time. Senator But ler, however, was In Atlanta, and is familiar with the details of the scheme. The contract between the state and Senator Butler will probably provide that he and his associates shall re ceive a contingent fee of 15 per cent for all of the cotton tax that is col lected from the federal government, or a fee of something like $600,000 should they succeed in recovering the entire sum. Should Senator Butler and his associates fail, the state will be none the loser. Hon. H. H. Cabaniss. of Atlanta, will, it is understood, be associated with Senator Butler in the effort to recover the money. He will attend to the local end of the work, and his services will prove invaluable in the accumulation of evidence, etc., that will be used in pressing the claim at Washington. Among others associated with Sen ator Butler is ex-Senator .Tones of Ar kansas, who now makes his home at Washington. He is one of the ablest lawyers in the country, and his extensive experience in practice be fore the court of claims will prove invaluable. The state of Georgia, of course, has no direct claim on any part of the money. Many citizens, however, are directly interested, and the state will simply act as the agent for these citizens. It is believed that by thus presenting a solid front there Is infinitely more likelihood of recov ing than if so many claimants acted individually. Practically all of the other southern states will co-operate with Georgia in the movement that will be led bv Senator Butler and his associates. It is understood that North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis iana, Arkansas, Texas and Virginia will also place the claims of their cit izens in the hands of Senator Butler, All of the claims upward of sixty million dollars, and the battle that will ensue promises to develop into one of the most interesting ever undertaken. Tt is likely that Senator Butler will interest a score of other learned lawyers from all sections of the south, and the movement, will as sume mammoth proportions before it is over. The national government ad mits the debt. There will be no ques tions raised as to the legality of the 'claims. The whole fight will center upon forcing congress to authorize the restoration. Bubonic PJaeu* in San Francisco Two more deaths from the plague occurred in San Francisco Monday.and ♦bre? additional cases were verified. Following are the totals to date: Num ber of cases, 21; deaths, 10. HALF HUNDRED PEOPLE HURT. When Boiler of Public Ginnery Blew Up at Holland, Texas. Fifty people were injured at Hol land, Texas, Friday afternoon when the boiler of a ginnery engine explod ed. Many of the injured were farmers and patrons of the gin. There were hundreds of wagons waiting to have cotton handled, and farmers from all over the county were at the gin. When the boiler burst, flying debris struck the waiting men. VERY LOW RATES NORFOLK, VaT, AND RETURN Account Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition - VIA Southern Railway Season, 60 day and 15 day tickets on sale daily commen cing April 19th, to and including November 30th, 1907. Stop Overs will be allowed on Season, Sixty-day and fifteen-day tickets; same as on Summer Tourist Tickets. For full and complete information call on Ticket Agents Southern Railway, or write : * For rates, routes and schedules or any infor mation, address, C. R. PETIT, Trav. Pass. Agent Macon. Ca. JOHN B. WATKINS, VETERNARY SURGEON, Office at flack Goodwin’s stables below county jail. Office hours: 1.30 to 2.30 p. m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All calls promptly attended to. Office Phone 44; Residence Phone 131, Jackson, Ga. FOR SALE-LOTS IN LOCUST GROVE, GA. 1 Acre, $l5O. Dicken Street 165 ft lront, 500 feet Irom Southern Railway depot. I*4- Acres, SSOO. 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