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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1908)
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. ,1. A. roiVI.K, I'ubllsher. 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 •aatract-s by special agreement. euxmt j' , ' r." "u 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 ■ *> - uMi aL (J i i&n 3 &* dtj 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.
