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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1908)
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. ■ J. A. FOUCHE, Publisher. n. L. JOHNSON, Editor. * Sintered at the postofflce at McDoik **fh as second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per lacl par month. Reduction on standini pantracts by special agreement. It is really a pretty serious matter to misuse trust funds —if you are found out! declares the Indianapolis News. A Missourian has paid $2600 for an Illinois pig. These neighborly bar gains in which both sides make money and farm science is advanced are to be warmly commended observes the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When a stoker on an ocean steamer is operated on for appendicitis the ail ment would seem to have reached its utter impossibility for fashionable folk, thinks the New York Evening Post' were it not for the absolutely ex clusive circumstances —a raging sea and a tossing ship—amidst which the operation was performed. The new white marble agricultural building, at Washington, costing one and a half million dollars Is complete and occupied, and yet more room is needed, pleads the Indiana Farmer, and a bill for $1,760,000 more for an ex tension of the building has been intro duced. Agriculture is our greatest in dustry and ought to be most liberally endowed. Among the homeless human beings who crawl at night into areaways or under trucks, who overcrowd the mu nicipal lodging houses and who even throng the morgue for shelter, hardly any women are found, affirms the New York World. What has become of all the women of the families of these men, of the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters? On what do they subsist? Where do they And shelter? What food stands between them and starva tion? The suffragette is the woman suffra gist who is convinced that the periods of words and grass are past, and that it is time to try the virtue of throwing stones, defines the New Haven Regis ter. The suffragette has the spirit of the old martyrs, lacking, frequently, their sanctified common sense. She storms, gregariously, the houses of commons and the seats of the mighty. She marches in the streets, she uses Carrie Nation methods, she gets ar rested. Thus is she a martyr, though how r she helps her cause toward any practical goal it is difficult to discern. The decision of a New York judge, that women not guests of a hotel nor attended by men as escorts may be ex cluded from certain dining rooms of the Sbtel. will be received with com mendation wherever the “rights” ques tion has not superseded the finer ques tions of refinement and propriety. The exclusion is primarily in the interests of women themselves argues the Hart ford Courant. The attempt of recog nized leaders in the various masculine “causes” that some women advocate to force a decision of this matter has met a very proper conclusion. The court in effect tells them that there are things that men can do that women cannot do; that here is a fun damental difference in the positions of the sexes in society. It is quite well known, opines the Pittsburg Despatch, the Carlisle Indian School was established after very care ful study of the problem by persons who had but the one purpose, to help the Indian. That school was long con ducted by Captain Pratt and his wife, who understood the Indian question as a result of years of patient study. The school has turned out hundreds of use ful graduates, has made of its Indians useful citizens, capable of bearing their share of the burden of a progressive civilization. There Is no record of a Carlisle Indian returning to his ab original ways; the percentage of fail ures among its alumni is less than that of the average college for whites. This record is so plain there is no ex cuse for ignorant attacks upon the in stitution and the country has no time for hearing malicious or mercenary as saults. i A Surprising Reserve I \ =of= } | 'Trained Citizen Soldiery ? Ey Day Jlllcn Willey. J T% was a wise provision to include military tactics in the £ * * curriculum of the agricultural and mechanical colleges which ® H O the nation has endowed for the higher education of the boy « Lj £ and girl of the farm, for of the total number of cadet soldiers J ♦ graduated in the country yearly, these institutions contri bute nearly one-half. From the fifty colleges come about • <* forty-five hundred; of thirty-five thousand students fifteen thousand are enrolled in the cadet corps. The fact that these colleges represent thirty-two states and territories in dicate the national scope of this influence. The public high schools of princi pal cities have also introduced military tactics to such an extent that nine thousand boys a:e cadet soldiers —the most notable command being the High School Cadet Brigade of Boston, which represents several public academies in the city and suburbs and has an average membership of tw'o thousand. But of strictly military schools there are one hundred and seventy-five throughout the land. Nearly every state has at least one, New York has thirty-two. New Jersey nine, Pennsylvania eleven, North Carolina seven, Texas nine, Wisconsin four, California nine and Illinois five. These states are quoted merely to show how widely distributed are the centers of soldier making. And the means are within reach of any reputable school that can muster a corps of one hundred and fifty or two hundred boys. Under these conditions the Federal Government will furnish field pieces and caissons for the battery and arm the corps with saber and rifle. It is only necessary for the school authorities to give bond to return the equipment in good condition. Thus with weapons of actual warfare the routine of the regular army may be faithfully followed. Ten thousand youqg men coming from these institutions every year mean an addition of a hundred thousand men in a decade to the class of American citizens available for the country’s protection.—From “Training Our Minute Men of the Future.” in the Outing Magazine. * * * Forest Slaughter By Samuel E. Moffett. \ SO the future historian the report of the Forest Service on the lumber out of the United States for 1906 will be a document of melancholy interest. It will be like a contem porary description of the slaughter of the last great herd of buffalo in 1875. In 1906 we slashed from our disappearing forests about forty billion feet of lumber, worth seven hun dred million dollars. It was more than we had ever cut before. It seemed as if we could not bear the sight of a standing tree, and had been seized with a frenzied eagerness to turn the last remnants of our woodlands into barren wastes of stumps in the shortest possible time. In some kinds of lumber the hand of destruction is already stayed by the lack of anything more to destroy. Ip the seven years between 1899 and 1906 the cut of white pine has been reduced by over forty percent, and oak by nearly as much. The average value of lumber of all kinds has increased in the same period by forty-nine percent, an eloquent commentary on the progress of exhaustion. The stumpage values of the principal varieties of trees have doubled and tripled in seven years. Yellow pine has increased from $1.12 to s3.l6'per thousand feet, oak from $3.18 to $6.52, ash from $3.03 to $7.58, and white pine from $3.66 to $8.09. The line of devastation has swept across the continent, until now the older lumber-producing regions are eclipsed. Washington has now become the first state in the volume of its cut and Louisiana the second. Wisconsin has gone down from first place in 1905 to third in, 1906 and is still declining. The rapid exhaustion of the finer woods is bringing poorer varieties to the front, but it- is only a matter of a few years before a tree of any kind will command the respect due to rarity.— Collier’s Weekly. | The Rhodes Scholar s | % Future J iSy Sherman Peer. F the uses of a Rhodes scholarship, three may be mentioned J X ns of practical value and as peculiar to Oxford. First is the ♦ ♦ pursuit of studies and research preparatory to teaching his i I V • tory, the classics or English literature; secondly, following ♦ x a line of study preparatory to journalism; and. lastly, the taking up of studies in view of entering our foreign consular ♦ ♦ or diplomatic sendee. In this list, history might well be the leading place, inasmuch as the history schools of Oxford are celebrated for thoroughness, for the scholarship of the instructing staff and for the excellent methods of teaching. Supple mental to this is the historic setting in and about Oxford, and the proximity of the continent, so rich in historical libraries, great living historians and cities and battle-fields famous in the annals of the past. In the classics, Ox ford has long stood first by reason of the marked ability of the instructing staff, the class of undergraduates interested in Latin and Greek texts and the original methods of instruction adopted in this field of study. She is with out doubt the stronghold of the classics, surpassing Cambridge in this respect, though both universities possess, as somebody has remarked, the “classic at mosphere.” The third place in thi9 list is assigned to English literature. One might expect it to lead, but though in process of development, this line of study has not yet attained the reputation of the schools of history or the classics. Curiously enough, the Rhodes scholars are now bringing this school to the front. —Putnamis Monthly. Playing 'Possum. Ellen (the nurse, to the little girl of six, who is supposed to have an after noon sleep every day): “Nancy, you are a naughty little girl not to have gone to sleep this afternoon!” Nancy (reproachfully): “Ellen! Ellen; Don't you remember the three times you looked over the screen and I was fast asleep?”—Punch. A Little Higher. Lawyer: “I can get you a divorce without publicity for about a hundred pounds.” Society Woman: “How much more will it cost with publicity? —lllus trated Bits. The Habitual Command. At Heidelberg the students have been forbidden to greet the professors with applause in the class rooms. It is told of Lord Kelvin that at Glasgow he used to define an ideal magnet as “an infinitely long, infinitely thin, uniform and uniformly and longitudinally mag netized bar.” “This was always received with ap plause by the class, and the professor always said “Silence!” One day the students omitted the applause, but all the same Lord Kelvin mechanically ex claimed “Silence!” —Philadelphia Led ger. California sent East during 1. 4000 cars of lemons. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOB REPRESENTATIVE. To the White Voters of Henry Courty: I hereby announce that lam a candi date for Representative in the Lower House of the General Assembly, subject to Democratic Primary tobeh? ! d June ou.th, next. If elected L will s, rve the ] eople to the best ot my ability. I as- Fureyoul will appreciate your support. Thanking you in advance for same, I re main, Yours trulv, R. C. BROWN. FOR ORDINARY. To the Voters of Henry County. I hereby announce my candidacy for tbs office of Ordinary of said county,* subject to the Democratic Primary, to be held June 4th: 1908. Thanking the people for their support in the past, I will highly appreciate their support at the forthcom ing primary. March 12, 1908. G. G. WEEMS. FOR SHERIFF. To the White Voters of Henry County. I hereby announce for re-election for Sheriff of Henry county, subject to the Democratic Primary June 4th, 1908. In making this announcement I want to ex press to the people my hearty apprecia tion of their support in the past, and if re elecied promise a continuance of my full duty to the people. Very respectfully, A. C. SOWELL. FOR CLERK. In announcing my candidacy as Clerk of the Superior Court, subject* to the ap proaching Democratic primary on the 4th of June, I can but express my deep ‘ gen unine appreciation to the peo*ple of Hen ry county for past favors, and if again chosen, pledge my very best efforts for continued faithful performance of duty. Truly, J. A. FOUCHE. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collectors for Henry county, sub ject to the Democratic Primary, June 4, 1908. I ask the support of the peeple of Henry county, feeling when I do so, I can fill the office creditably to myself and the people of the county sho aid they entrust to me this duty. The support of the peo ple of the county will be greatly appreci ated. as for years 1 have been unable to do much physical work on account of an ac cident which deprived me of my left hand and arm. Thanking all for past favors and solicit ing the support and influence of the vot ers of Henry county, I am, Very truly. JOHN IS. GILBERT. FOR STATE SENATOR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Senator of the 34th Senatorial District subject to the democratic primary. If elected I will endeavor to represent the people of said district and of Georgia to the best of my ability. I announce as my platform the measures of reform so ably advocated by our present Governor throughout the state. Thanking you in advance for your support, I beg to remain Yours truly, R. F. SMITH. FOR TAX RECEIVER. I hereby announce anyself a candidate For Tax Receiver of Henry county, sub ject to the Democratic Primary June 4th, Owing to the long continued affliction of my family, I offer myself before the peo ple for the office and I will greatly appre ciate your vote and influence. If elected I will give my best efforts to the work of the office and all the duties encumbent upon it. Very Respectfully. J. T. Hendon. To the Voters of Henry County. lam a candidate for* Tax Receiver for Henry county, subject to the coming Primary. Will be grateful for your sup port. Yours truly, I’OM JONES. I announce mysel as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver of Henry county subject to the action of the democratic primary, June 4th, 1908. If elected, will try to make an efficient Officer and will appreciate any support given me. Respectfully, J. J. SANDIFER. FOR CORONER. I hereby announce my candidacy for re election to the office of Coroner of Henry county, subject to the Democratic, Prima ry, and solict your vote and influence. Respectfully, E. FOSTER. FOR STATE SENATOR. To the Voters of the 34th Senatorial District. lam a candidate for the Thirty-fourth (84) Senatorial District of Georgia, sub ject to the Democratic Primary and will appreciate your support. S. C McWilliams, Stockbridge, Ga. U. S. Marshal's Sale. GEORGIA, Henry County:— Will lie sold on the first Tuesday in May, next, at public outcry, at the court bouse, Henry county, within the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following property to-wit: The undivided one-third interest in one hun dred and eighty acres, more or less, of land lot No. 143, in the Bth district of Hen ry county, Georgia, the same being the east half of said land lot, bounded on the north by lands of I. K. Norman and H. M. Tolleson; on the east by lands of J. W. Jackson and E. L. Wright; on the south by lands of Risy Taylor, E. L. Wright, and Mrs. W. P. Norman; on the west by lands of C. J. Turner and the estate of E. E. Burgess, deceased, as appears ot rec ord in Book 3, page 247. and Book 6, page 32, record of deeds Henry county, ■ Geor gia; said property levied on as the prop erty of James G. Bryans, to satisfy an ex ecution issued from the United States Circuit Court for the northern district of Georgia, in favor of the United States against Thomas J. Crowell and James G. Bryans, said property being in possession of James G. Bryans, one of the defendants in fi fa. This 14th day of February, 1908. W. H. Johnson, U. S. Marshal. By M. W. Scott, Deputy. FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL. KcDonough, Ga., Jan. Ist, 1908: To the White Voters of the Flint 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 all support given me. and, if elected will discharge the duties o± the office to the best of my ability. 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. HopingJL may have your sup port, and with assurances of esteem, I am. Y'ours truly. J. W. WISE. t I am a candidate for Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit and will be grateful for your vote and support. J. M. STRICKLAND, Griffin, Ga. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. To the voters of Henry County. I hereby anno inoe my candidacy for Tax Collector of Henry County subject to the Democratic Primary to be held during the year and I wish to say to the people ofthecounty that while in the capacity ofa clerk, I have assisted others who have held the office, thereby qualifying myself for this work I have only held the office for one Term and am now asking only for- a Becond term which has ever been the cus tom. Thanking you for your suffrage in the past, allow me to say that I will fully appreciate your support fora Second Term promising in the future as in the past a faithful discharge of all duties. Very truly, Seab Hark ness. To the People of Henry county: I hereby announce myself as candidate for Tax Collector, subject to the Demo cratic Primary, and I promise to fill the office to the best of my ability. On ac count of a serious affliction for several years I have been unable to do hard labor and solicit your support. Yours very respectfully, Wayman Whitaker. FOR TAX RECEIVER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for tax receiver for Henry county, subject to coming primary. In announcing my name for tax receiver, I do so feeling that I am thoroughly capable of discharging all the duties of the office with credit to both myself and the county. I will ap preciate any and all support given me. Yours to serve. Sam F. Duffey. This to to announce my candidacy for the office of Tax Receiver of Henry County, Bubject to the action of the Democratic ex ecutive committee. I solicit the votes of my fellow-eitizeii6and besides appreciating their support, I promise if elected, to faith fully perform the duties of the office, feel ing that I am fully competent and quali fied to perform all duties of the office cred itably to myself and the County. Vary truly. M. J. Love, Jr, FOR REPRESENTATIVE. To the White Voters of Henry County: I am a candidate for Representative from Henrv county to the Lower House of the General Assembly, subject to the Dem ocratic primary to be ordered by the Dem ocratic Executive Committee of said coun ty. If elected, I propose to discharge the duties of the office, according to the wish es of the people and to the best of my abil ity. Your support will be appreciated by me. Yours truly, ROBT. O. JACKSON. FOR STATE TREASURER. To the Democratic Voters of Georgia: lam a candidate for State Treasurer subject to the action of the Democratic Primary on June 4th. My candidacy is based upon my former service to the peo ple in this office covering a period of more than twenty years—a record that I believe will bear public scrutiny and which has never been impugned. If elected I pro mise ti e same faithful attention to the duties of the office that marked my previ ous administration. Yours truly, Wm. J. SPEER, FOR CONGRESS To the people of the Sixth Congressional District :- 1 am a candidate for Congress subject to Democratic nomination. Before the election—the date of which has not yet been fixed—l would be glad to grasp the hand and speak face to face with each voter in the district, but this will hardly be possible. Hence I shall en deavor to reach the voters and make known my platform—my views on pub lic questions—through the medium of let ters, the newspapers and public addresses. Wherever I speak I will be glad to have my distinguished opponent meet me in joint debate; and shall invite him to do so. Believing in a clean election an honest ballot, I am opposed to the use of money whiskey, or other thing for the purpose of purchasing votes; and believe the execu tive committee should refuse to declare as the nominee anyone who secures a ma jority by such practices. I shall keep an itemized statement of my campaign expenses subject at all times to public inspection. Not counting the Republican regime i'ust after the war, and when there was a tepublican Congressman whose home was in Macon, Bibb county has had—with the exception of two years—a congress man continuously for over a third of a century, Hon. J. H. Blount was in con gress twenty years and Judge Bartlett, at the expiration of his present term of of fice. will have Served fourteen years, making a grand total of thirty-four years for only two men—and both from Bibb county. Is it not about time for Bibb to divide honors with the other counties of the Dit trict? Very respectfully, O. H. B. Bloodworth
