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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
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H. 1,. JOHNSON Editor.
■nterM at the postofflca at McDon
•uf h. a» second-class mail matter.
Advertising Rates: SI.OO per lack
per month. Reduction on steading
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McDonough, Ga , Jan. 10, 1908.
CAUSE OF THE STRINGENCY.
Valdosta Times.
The cry of “more monep,” is go
ing up in many sections of the
country just as it didin the days
of Thomas Jefferson and Grover
Cleveland, both of whom served
as president during a period of
great stringency due to the follies
not of their own commission.
The fact that the business of
this country has been conducted
through a dozen years of great
prosperity shows that the scarcity
of money is not the trouble at this
particular time.
Our erudite and very adroit
governor, in a speech at Mcßae
Friday, declared that “no intelli
gent man believes that turning
the gang out in Georgia produced
the panic in vVall street.” That
is true.. Turning the “gang” out
dirt not create the panic in it If,
but “turning another gang in”
contributed much toward it. The
war which the governors of Geor
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, North
Carolina and other States have
been making upon capital, hacked
up by the efforts of that slicker
politician in the White House, has
caused distrust, and distrust has
caued men of means to withdraw
their money from the Channels of
trade and deposit it in the safety
deposit vaults.
It is said that there are over five
hundred million dollars locked in
the safety boxes of New York
alone. Why is it so? Why do in
vestors dispose of their invest
ments and lock up their money?
A vast amount of the money that
goes into big enterprises is the
money of widows, orphans and
others that is held in trust. When
investments become risky admin
istrators upon tins soi t of money
call it in and place it in the iron
boxes.
The ores • t nu.vls in the money
market is no more than was ex
peeted when Roosevelt and his
crowd ran amuck among the great
enterprises of the country and lat
er on when Hoke Smith and others
of his way of thinking carried the
same method into State politics.
“Turning out the old gang” did
not hurt matters so much. But
turning in a gang of “busters” did
hurt very seriously.
Three months ago Hoke Smith
was boasting' that Georgia cotton
growers, with their two million
bales of cotton (which the “hot
winds” thinned out afterwards),
were in tin- saddle and that the
Wail street octopuses were on the
ran. The South is prosperous,
while Wall street lms been hit
hard. But how many millions of
dollars have been lost to the South
because of the policy of Southern
governors and legislators against
capital? If this policy is kept up,
it will have a still more disastrous
effect upon the South, and especi
ally that class in the South which
is least able to stand industrial de
pressi n and reveises
T-.> Pressing Club Patrons.
Ad who v»ish to become mem
he of tho 1 Tossing Club will come
forward and join by the first of
tiie year, as it. costs more to be
come a member after that time.
Yearly membership SI.OO per
month. J. P. Powell.
SI.OO well
spent - FOR
The Weekly.
jr. Price’s Cream Eaklr.g Powdev
tV orld's Fair Mighcst itte&ii and Diploma.
SCHUMAM-HEiKK TO SING IN
ATLANTA.
Madam Schumann-Heink is com
ing to Atlanta to gi\.e a Concert on
the evening of February l?tninthe
Grand. The announcement of the
return of this popular artist after
her great triumph at the lust mu
sical Festival brings joy to her ma
ny admirers here.
This time Schumann-Heink is to
g ve the entire programme which
is to include a number of selections
from her Operatic repertoire in
which Schumann-Heink is unsur
passed.
Preparations are under way for
taking care of parties from out of
town and these are in the handsnf
Manager Horine of the Grand, to
whom applications may now he
made for the reservation of seats
either singly or in block. Orders
may he sent to him by mail. Ex
cursions are also being arranged to
run from several parts of the state
Atlanta on this day.
The New Year and Its
Prospects.
Be sure you write it 1908, Bud !
And remember it was ushered in
under the mo!§t unfavorable auspi
ces of any new year you have ever
known.
The business depression has for
ced thousands into the ranks of the
unemployed, 11,000 railroad men
discharged from the construction
and clerical departments of the
Texas roads alone, to say nothing
of lumber mills and other indus
tries which are entirely suspended.
Should this stagnation of com
merce and industry continue, much
suffering must ensue ere the long
winter is over. And no one who
has given the condition an hour's
study, expects a speedy resumption
along the lines mentioned.
’Tis true most of the great papers
announce the worst is over, that
coniidence is being gradually re
stored and that business is adjust
ing itself to normal conditions.
But no one with brain enough to
generate a thought believes it, did
they not just as loudly proclaim
there was no cause for alarm, voic
ing the views expressed by the loud
mouthed, blatant occupant of tlie
Whitehonse, that the country was
never so prosperous. The banks
were all solvent, and that we had
the soundest financial system on
earth ; thit# there was no reason to
fear a panic, when really at that
moment the panic was a stern re
ality.
Like some horrid nightmare,
crushing the vitality out of every
branch of trade. Such statements
may deceive the simple and blind,
the unwary and really are prepos
terous enough to make a hyena
j blush.
If confidence is being gradually
restored it is so gradual as to be al
most imperceptible. I fear tins
generation will have passed away
before it is fully restored. At any
rate next year will find the country
in the throes of the so called flurry.
Strike a man a heavy blow with
a bludgeon and he does not recover
| immediately, if at all. We have
had the panic : now we must expe
rience its ( fleets ; rest assured, the
aftermath will come, as a sequel to
the crash, and will assert itself in
hank suspensions, business failures
and foreclosures, which will pr< ve
a fitting finale to the most extri oi
dinarv panic the country has ever
known.
The crucial *est is yet to come;
just wait until the banks all resume
cash payments.
The panic having necessitated a
change in my plans for the new
year, you may again start the
Weekly to me. Wishing it and all
m*’ fiiends there a happy, if not a
prosperous New Year. 1 remain,
W. II Goodman,
Kildare, Texas, Jan 1, 1908.
Fos ren~.
One two Horse Farm ror rent
t vo miles from Locust Grove. Ap
p v to
l-4t Mrs. Dora O. Bostwick
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL,
McDonough, Ga., Jan. Ist, 15)08.
To the White Voters of the Flirt Circuit:
I am a candidate for Solicitor General of
the Flint Circuit, subject to the primary
to be ordered by the State Democratic
Executive Committee.
I will appreciate till support given me,
and, if elected will discharge the duties of
the olliee to the best of my abilirv.
E. M. SMITH.
To the Voters of the Flint Circuit:
I am a candidate for Solicitor General
of the Flint Circuit, subject to the prima
ry as may be ordered by the Democratic
Executive Committee.
If elected, I propose to be Solicitor, and
do my full duty, as I see it to the best of
my ability. Hoping I may have your sup
port, and with assurances of esteem, I am,
Yours truly,
j“. W. WISE.
WHITE HOUSE.
Messrs. Lee Hinton and Jeff
Bnreh visited fair ones in our
community Sunday.
Miss Minnie Elliott has returned
to her home near Jonesboro.
Mr. Tip Moseley and family
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
Gus Owens, near Stockbridge.
Mr. Jeff Burch and Misses Clyde
Moseley and Nannie B. Collins
spent New Year's day with Miss
Vivian Burch.
The New Year's party at the
home of Mr. Mat Maddox Jr. was
enjoyed by all present.
Mr. Walter Wilson and Miss
Nannie B. Collins spent Saturday
and Sunday with friends near
Jonesboro.
A happy New Year to the Week
ly and its many readers.—Pansy.
PLEASANT GROVE.
Mrs. Mollie Gibson, of Greens
boro, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Elliott.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mosely, Jr.
visited the latter's parents at Ros
wi.ll, recently.
Mr. J. T Hendon and daughter,
Mol ie, visited in our community
Sunday.
We are. glad to note the measles
has quit being all tne rage in our
town.
Mr. H. J. Phillips accompanied
Elder A. (J. Elliott to his regular
appointment at Hampton Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. A. (’. Elliott, and children
visited Mr. and Mrs. James Mose
ly Sunday evening.
Mr. Ed Rawls was seen driving
til ough our burg Sunday.
Everybody seems to he done
picking cotton, all hut Mr.
Mr and Mrs J B. Moseley Sr.
sited Mr. and Mrs Will Helms,
o c Kelleystown Monday.
Hr the standard of the South. ’Hgßa
Fish scrap is used in every ton of Farmers* Bone. Properly
balanced and carefully mixed, insuring bigger yields with less acreage
0 See that Biis trade mark Is oil every bag. j|l
F. S. Royster Guano Co. |
s Norfolk, Virginia. fiß
SNAPPING SHOALS.
Rev. R. R. Caldwell filled his
regular appointment at Fairview
last Sabbath.
On Dec., 31, while out in the
hack yard shooting at birds, Mr.
James A Bresson's gu.i was acci
dentally discharged, striking his
little 8-year old daughter, Willie
May. in the right arm and side,
causing a very serious wound, but
it is hoped will not prove fatal.
Miss Florence DeLoach lias re
turned to school at Milledgeville,
after spending the holidays at
home.
Rev. S. H. Demon preached at
the M. E. church here Sunday.
Col. I. N. Smith, one of the best
known citizens of our community,
lias been very sick, the attending
physicians, Dr. E. C. Watkins,
thinks he is convalescent.
Mr. Bowden and family, former
ly of Covington, have moved into
our community, and we heartily
welcome them.
Mr. J. L. Mask has moved his
family to Stifrrsville, where lie will
entbr the milling business.
Mr. Walter Perseall, of Lithonia
lias been for several days at the
home of Mr. James Bresson.
Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Stroud
visited the latter's mother near
McDonough one day recently.
Mr. Will McDonald, of Coving
ton, was out last Friday on busi
ness.
Mr. Walter Ammons was in our
community one day recently.
I will he away from my office
every Friday from Oct. iflth to
April Ist to assist in the teaching
of the Southern Dental College.
Respectfully.
T. A. Lifsev.
.1 O MFPinPTM
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GA.
Dealer in Stationary Engines and Boilers, Saw
Mills and a est Improved Cotton Girnlng Machinery.
Also Agent for J. 3. Case Threshing Machine Co
Notice to Teachers.
A special Examination will he
held on Saturday, January 11 h
1908, at office of County School
Commissioner at McDonough, for
all those teachers and assistants
whose license have expired, and
those who have never obtained li
cense.
Let all interested in above take
notice and be on hand promptly,
9 o’clock a. m., Jan. 11th 1908.
Lawrence Duffey,
C. S. Com.
STILL AT SAME PLAGE.
I will he in the Welch-Hunt
building for the coming year and
I want all who derire to become
yearly members of the Pressing
Club to get tickets at once.
Yearly membership SI,OO per
month. Thanking you in advance
for your patronage for the year
1908, I am,
Very truly,
J. P. Powell.
' PORATABLE AND STATIONARY
AND BOILERS
Saw, Lata and Shin<r!e Mills, Injectors,
Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters,
Shafts, Baileys, Belting, Gasoline Engines.
HKIK STOCK LOMBARD,
foundjjf, [.las' ini and Boiler Works and Supply Stun,
AUGUSTA. GA.
Men Wanted For UnMed States Marine Corps
An opportunity to see tne
World. Service afloat, ashore, and in our
island possessions. Age 19 to 35 years.
Salary *13.00 to §47.00 prr month; §237.00 clothing
allowance. Board, lodtrine: and medical attendance
free. Excellent opportunity for promotion. For
full information apply in person or by letter to
U. S. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING OFFfCE,
Cor. Peachtree and Auburn Ave.. Atlanta,Ga. 306 Second
St., Macon, Ga. Post Office Bldg., Columbus, Ga.
