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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1908)
BROWN ISSUES HIS PLATFORM Makes a Square Presentation of Views to People'of Gorgia. HIS POSITION STATED i On All Important Questions Affecting Poli cy a:.J Affairs of the State —Brief iummary of Document. Hon. Jos. M. Brown, candidate for governor before the primary of June 4, against Governor Smith, gave out for publication Thursday an address to the people of Georgia in which he ampli fies his platform as published concur rently with the announcement of his candidacy. Mr. Brown takes up each of the questions which have recently been brought into prominence in connection with public policies, and discusses them clearly and fully. Following are some of the salient points in his address: “I will candidly confess that I do not claim to have been gifted by Provi dence with an orator’s voice, whereby I could be heard by threngs in the open air or in large halls. In the present condition of affaii’3, It is my candid conviction that the laboring masses of our state, whether in fac tories or shops, or on the farms, need prosperity rather than oratory. Inf ruth it is more than a figure of speech to say that the time has come when Geor gia should disassociate herself from the aristocracy of oratory and clasp hands with the democracy of deeds. Hence, in this campaign I will not undertake to make political speeches, but will seek to bring about that spirit of sym pathetic accord and co-operative en deavor which would again secure em ployment with fair wages to those of our fellow citizens who are now unwil lingly idle, whose families are deprived of the comforts of life, and to restore such confidence in the good faith of our state and her officials in guaran teeing to every dollar invested in the state equal protection ef the laws as will attract to her the capital needed to develop her resources of every char acter. “If elected to the exalted office of governor, I pledge every energy of my nature to the upbuildiitg and develop ment of this gerat state and the resto ration of prosperity to all her people. "I believe in a return t» the payment in one sum oi, confederate pensions as prevailed before it was repealed by Governor Smith’s administration. “I believe that the affairs of the state should be most economically adminis tered. Any tax levied upon the people which brings into the treasury more money than is absolutely necessary to meet the expense of the statb govern ment so economically administered is robbery of the people. If, therefore, I am elected governor I will insist upon a reduction of the tax rate which is now a burden upon the people for a top-notch high tax rate is not in accord wTth the spirit of reform. “In the discussion of the prohibition question, I would not be frank and open were I not to state at the outset that I am unalterably opposed to the saloon, and no act of mine, either personally or officially, will approve its re-estab lishment in the state of Georgia. “I shall favor the strict enforcement of the present prohibition law, and any amendment that may be passed by the general asembly at the next session respecting it. The will of the people should be supreme, therefore, if it be their will that the present law stand as it now is, it must stand. If it be their will that it be amended, they will elect a general assembly to enact their will, and the will of the people consci entiously, intelligently and deliberately determined, is the highest law. I will so recognize and obey it. “I believe in the establishment of a department of labor, and that the com missioner of labor should bo chosen from the labor'mg men." MINISTER TURNED ON GAS. Rev. Jordan, of Atlanta, Meets Death Through Asphyxiation. Lying unconscious on his bed in a room filled with gas, at his residence, 20 East avenue, Atlanta, Dr. John D. Jordan, pastor of the Jackson Hill Bap tist church, was found in a dying con dition Thursday afternoon. Physicians were summoned to the scene, and did heroic work, but were unable to relieve Dr. Jordan, who died shoyilv afterwards from asphxiation. For many months he had been labor ing under difficulties, his health having been very poor. the Georgia Briefs Items of State Interest Culled From Random Sources. Low Rates to Summer School. Superintendent T. J. Woofter, of the University of Georgia summer school at Athens, has just received notice from the railroads of the state that reduced rates have been granted on account of the summer school for the session to be held In July. The reduc ed rates are about the same as last year. # * • Porter Jones Begins Life Sentence. Porter Jones, convicted at the Sep tember, 1907, term of court at Eaton ton of the murder of Robert F. Adams, has been sent to Macon, where he has begun his life sentence at hard labor with the Cherokee Brick company. Albert, his brother, convicted at the same time and for the same crime, secured a new trial, and was released from jail several months ago on $5,000 bail. * * * Worthless Dog Cause of Murder. John Dey, a young man, residing near Meigs, the only dependence of a widowed mother, is reported to have been literally beaten to death by the owner of a dog which Dey killed while it was worrying a sheep. The dog belonged to a man named Culpepper, who, with his sons, called Dey out of the house and beat and kicked and stamped him into insensi bility, causing his death. * * * Road May Issue Bonds. Permission has been granted by the railroad commission to George M. Brin son, president of the Brinson Railroad company, to issue $2,500,000 first mort gage bonds. Mr. Brinson is now engaged in con structing a line from Savannah to Ath ens, a distance of 180 miles. Mr. Brin son says that he has some thirty miles of his road constructed, and that the rest of the work will be pushed. Peo ple in the counties through which the line is to operate will be given an op portunity to subscribe for stock. * * * DeKalb Wants Better Roads. At a recent mass meeting held in Decatur the good roads movement in DeKalb county reached the unanimous adoption of a report recommending that the DeKalb representatives in the legislature introduce a special act pro viding for the improvement of the road ways of that county. According to the terms of the re port, which was submitted by a com mittee of five, selected from another committee of forty prominent citizens, it is recommended that authority be asked for DeKalb county to issue $300,- 000 worth of 5 per cent bonds to run thirty years and to be issued not ex ceeding $60,000 per year. * * * Sender Can Mark Packages. The state railroad commission has issued an order permitting the sender of an express package, who prepays express charges to mark on the pack age “paid” or “prepaid,” and requiring the agent of the express company to put a similar stamp or mark on the package. Failure to follow the order, or collection of second charges at the point of destination, subjects the ex press company to a penalty of twice the proper charge and failure to re fund said amount to the sender with in 24 hours after demand, »hall be punishable by such other penalty as may be prescribed by the commission. * * * Want Garnishment Law Changed. The directors of the Atlanta cham ber cf commerce have adopted the re port recently submitted by an attorney on possible revisions of Georgia laws on attachment and garnishment and have ordered 1,000 copies of the report printed. These copies will be mailed to mem bers of the legislature and commercial bodies throughout the state together, with a request for co-operation with Pains at the waist, back, front, or side, are nearly sure proof of female trouble. 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The garnishment and attachment laws are responsible for the Southern railway’s- recent withdrawal of its de posits from the banks of Georgia. * * * Perkins Doing Excellent Work. According to Hon. Oscar S. Straus, lecretary of commerce and labor and a member of President Roosevelt’s cabinet, who visited Georgia the past week, Albert G. Perkins, cotton seed expert abroad for this department, is at present in Brussels, where he is doing most excellent work for this in dustry. Secretary Straus, in speaking of this matter, said: “I am of the south, and it is my pleasure to do all that I can in the furtherance of southern In dustries. I hope to see the solid south transformed into the ‘sound south,’ Secretary Straus is seeing to ft that and I believe this day is coming.” the reports of Expert Perkins on cot ton seed by-products in Europe are printed in the consular reports, which are proving a means of opening up a w field for this important southern industry throughout all Europe. It is possible that Secretary Straus will address the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association, which meets in Louisville, Ky., on May 19, 20 and 21. * * * Premiums for Best Seeds at Fair. That the farmers of the state may be induced to select better seed for corn and cotton and in this manner produce better crops, premiums will be included in the premium list of thf Georgia state fair to be held in At lanta this fall under the auspices of the Fariqers’ Union. G. M. Davis, prominently identified with the Farmers’ Union and connect ed with the department of agriculture at Washington, has returned from Washington and is now industriously working on an exhibit the government will have from the demonstration farms all over the state. By means of this exhibit he will endeavor to urge upon the the necessity of bet ter selection in seeds, and this in it self will tend toward better produc tion. * * * Second Pension Payment. Commissioner of Pensions Lindsey has mailed to the 143 ordinaries in the state checks for the second quarterly pensions due the veterans of the con federacy, aggregating $229,459.25. Under the new pension law passed doring the last session of the general assembly, the old system of lump pay ment of pensions, which had given sat isfaction for so many years, was re pealed and quarterly payments order ed paid instead. With this practice, the veteran who gets SOO for the year, instead of re ceiving S6O in the spring, will get sls four times a year. The first payment was made in Feb ruary, and this second payment is for the months of April, May and June. • * * * Important Prohibition Decision. A sharp distinction is drawn by the state court of appeals in a decision handed down a few days ago in the ease of Dr. E. M. Roberts of Atlanta against the state between a “public place of business” and a “private place of business,” as meant by the prohibi tion law. In the decision written by Presiding Judge Hill and concurred in by his associates, Judge Calhoun of the city court of Atlanta is reversed in holding for a conviction in the case of Dr. Rob erts, who kept stored in his private warehouse in Courtland street many kegg of beer, used in the manufacture of a prohibition drink. The court holds, in substance, that a room used solely fur the purpose of storage, which is kept locked, to which the public ar~ not invited, and from which the public are excluded, and in which no business is transact ed, is not a “place of business” in the sense of the prohibition statute. TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE FIRST ROUND. Hampton, Wednesday April 1 Sixth, Thursday “ 2 Flippen, Friday “ 3 Stockbridge, Wednesday “ 8 Shakerag, Thursday “ 9 Brushy Knob, Friday “ 10 Loves Monday “ 13 Hampton, Thursday May 7 Sixth, Friday “ 8 Flippen, Monday “ 11 Stockbridge, Tuesday “ 12 Shakerag, Wednesday “ 13 Brushy Knob, Thursday “ 14 Loves, Friday “ 15 Hampton, Tuesday May 20 Sixth, Wednesday “ 27 Flippen, Thursday “ 28 Stockbridge, Friday “ 29 Shakerag, Wednesday June 3 Brushy Knob, Thursday “ 4 Loves Friday “ 5 McMullins, Monday “ 8 Beersheba, Tuesday “ 9 FOURTH ROUND Hampton Wednesday June 17 Stockbridge Thursday June 18 Locust Grove Monday June 22 McDonough Court-week, First Tuesdays, and Saturdays until books are closed, June 25th, W. W. PATTERSON, TAX RECEIVER HENRY COUNTY. EX-BANKERS INDICTED. Two Erstwhile Officials of Defunct Neal Bank at Atlanta Must Answer for Mismanagement. After weeks of investigation, the Fulton county grand jury in session at Atlanta, Thursday, returned three bills of Indictment against E. H. Thornton and W. F. Maury, president and vice president, respectively, of the now de funct Neal bauk, for violations of the penal code affecting banks. Thornton and Martry are indicted jointly for loaning more than 25 per cent of the capital of the bank. The loan in question was that of $120,000, which they made to themselves as di rectors of the bank, and also as mem bers of the firm cf C. T. Ladson Sc Co. This money was invested in wme 31)0,000 or 400,000 acres of timber land in the Santiago province of Cuba. The above offense is a felony, and is punishable by an imprisonment of from two to seven years. Mr. Manry was indicted for false swearing, when he swore to a state ment of the bank’s assets and liabili ties which he gave the state bank ex aminer. This statement was made and sworn to when Mr. Manry was cashier of the Neal bank. This alleged of fense is also a felony and i 3 punisha ble by imprisonment of from three to ten years. Mr. Thornton was indicted individu ally for borrowing as an officer and di rector of the Neal bank, $71,500 as executor of the estate of John Neal. This offense is a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of SI,OOO or twelve months in the chaingang. Immense Steel Plant to Resume. Big Steel Plant to Resume. Announcement was made at Johns town, Pa., Monday, that several de partments of the Cambria Steel com pany will resume operations following a three months’ suspension, affording employment to 1,500 men. McMullins, Tuesday April 14 Beersheba Wednesday “ 15 Sandy Ridge, Thursday “ 11 Tnssahaw, Friday “ 17 Locust Grove, Monday May 4 Lowes, Wednesday “ 6 SECOND ROUND. THIRD ROUND. R. O. JACKSON, Attorney-at-Law. McDonough, ga. Office over Star Store. E. M. SniTH, Attorney at Law, Me Donough, Ga. Office over Star Store, south side square. All work carefully and promptly attended to. irOT Am premared to negotiate loans on real estate. Terms easy. FOR THE NAVY Sim of $103,967,518 is Wanted During Next Fiscal Year-Bill is Report ed in House. The naval appropriation bill author izing the construction of two instead of four battleships and eight instead of four sub-marine torpedo boats, and car rying a total appropriation of $103,- 967,518 for the naval service for the fis cal year ending June 30, 1909, was re ported to the house Wednesday by Chairman Foss, of the committee on naval affairs. The total appropriation recommend ed is $225,518,831 less than the aggre gate estimate submitted by the depart ment, and is $3,663,916 more than the amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. The bill carries an item of $1,000,000 toward the construction of submarine torpedo boats and an item of $445,000 toward the construction of subsurface torpedo boats. Provision is made for the enlistment of 6,000 men to man the following ships which are to be put in commission within the next few months: The California, Mississippi, Idaho, New Hampshire, South Dakota, North Carolina, Montana, Chester, Birming ham and Salem, and for 1,500 men to man torpedo boats not now in commis sion. The little that a man wants here below is a little more than his neigh bor has. McMullins, Monday May 18 Beersheba, Tuesday “ 19 Sandy Ridge, Wednesday “ 20 Tussaliaw, Thursday “ 21 Locust Grove, Friday “ 22 Lowes, Monday “ 25 Shapping Shoals, 9 o’clock a. m , Island Shoals, 11 o’clock a. m., Woodstown, 1 o’clock p. m., » Wednesday Juno 10 Sandy Ridge, Thursday “ 11 Tnssahaw, Friday “ 12 Locust Grove, Monday “ 15 Lowes, Tuosday “ 16
