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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1908)
Henry County Weekly. J. A. FOUCHE, Publisher. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the postofflce at MeDon* ough as second class mail matter. Advertising Hates: SI.OO per inch per month. Reduction on standing contracts by special agreement. The Christian Register exclaims: Two waves of population meet in our cities: the one starts from foreign shores, the other flows in from the ru ral districts The result is conges tion and misery. The cure is evident. Says the Milwaukee Sentinel:“Of course, raising freight rates $100,000,- COO a year will help prosperity to come sooner by putting a little extra bur den on business men who are already in bad straits for profits. When our little line of business is prosperous, then the nation is well fed.” Two French duellists fought the oth er day for an hour and a half, and then had to break off because of the approaching darkness. One of them w'as scratched on the arm. Duelling in the Paris suburbs is becoming about as harmless a summer even’s diversion as sprinkling the grass and running the lawn mower. The committee for the prevention of tuberculosis had the posters which it sent among the Italian tenements recently printed in English instead of Italian, <on the advice of Dr. Stella, an Dalian physician, chronicles the New York Tribune. His reason was conclusive; “90 percent of the Italian immigrants read no language, and 90 percent of their children read, but only English.” There are in New Haven about four thousand persons • who have come from a single province in Italy, learns Youth’s Companion. They pride them selves —and well they may—on the fact that during the last twenty years not one of them has been sentenced to jail in New Haven, there has not been a single divorce case, no one has been implicated in a murder case, and there have been few civil actions among them. It is evident, either that these Italians are most uncommonly good people by nature, or that there is something in the air of Connecticut which makes it still the “land of steady habits.” Some years ago before his death Charles A. Dana predicted that l.y 1920 New York would be a Jewish commun ity. Probably he set the date too early, but that the event is destined to come is shown by some facts collected by Dr. Joseph Voorsanger, who died In San Francisco recently. These are that New York’s aggregation of Jews is the largest in history or tradition, repre senting as it does, 10 percent of all the Jews in the world. It is larger than the aggregate Jewish populations of Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, Vilna, Am sterdam, Lemberg and Ixmdon. It is ten times larger than the entire Jew ish population of France, twenty times larger than the entire Jewish popula tion of Italy, twenty-five times larger than the population of Jerusalem, and fifteen times larger than the entire Jewish population of Syria and Pales tine. The city of Rochester, already wide ly cited for its example in the matter of milk inspection and distribution, is about to give further evidence of an active civic spirit in the way of sani tary progress and popular comfort, announces the New York World. Un der the direction of the Chamber of Commerce, plans were invited recent ly for the construction of two thou sant six-room modern cottages for workingmen. There have been re sponses from nearly a thousand archi tects of this country and of Eurdpe. The selection of designs is now' going* on and the business of putting up the houses will follow the naming of the winners in the competition. Working me nalready in Rochester will gain by this undertaking, for such a precedent in wholesome building will surely be followed. Profit to the city is expect ed through the attraction of new- man ufacturing plant 3 whose employes may look for most convenient housing. ARMY OFFICERS REPORT Crops Were Completely De stroyed in the Section Be low Augusta. SCHOOLS ARE NOT OPENED i Temporary Canal Bank* Collapaed— Spartanburg, S. C., Man Misting Since Flood. Augusta, Ga. —Captain A. H. Hu guet, United States Army, here in connection with the flood conditions, has returned from a trip of inspection down the Savannah valley. He was accompanied by Congressman J. O. Patterson. He reports that the sec tion below Augusta suffered greatly. Crops are completely destroyed, and a number of houses W'ere washed away. The people, mostly negroes, are in extreme distress. In some spots the damage was worse than at Augusta. Captain Huguet has order ed government supplies sent there. At Robins, 40 miles down, the water was 36 feet deep. Robins is in a ba sin, ordinarily protected from flood waters by a high ibank. Water got over this bank and did great damage. As a result of the recent flood, the public schools will not open until the first of October, two weeks late. The enrollment of pupils was made Mon day morning, and the schools were closed until the call of teachers is made. This measure is occasioned by a lack of water, and the consequent complications of crowded buildings. The work of cleaning up the city is progressing well, and nearly every vestige of the work wrought by the flood has been removed. The im provement of the streets has been rapid and will continue until finished. William J. Oliver is now busily at work on the canal, and it is probably that the waterworks will be in op* Oration in a few days. The tempo rary canal bank, at the break, 400 yards- above the pumping station, has collapsed. The collapse has caused a distinct disappointment. Meanwhile there will >be a 2,000,000 gallon supply dally, just as there has been during the past. / Spartanburg, S. C. —It. is feared that D. S. Whitt of Macon, Ga., who trav els for the Southern Granite and Mar ble Company of this city was drown ed in the flood in Augusta, Ga., during the latter part of August, as nothing has been heard of him since August 22, when he wrote a letter to his com pany from Aiken, saying he expected to ieave within the next few days for Augusta. President Dodgen of the Southern Granite and Marble Company, is at a loss to account for the disappearance of Mr. Whitt unless he was caught by the flood in Augusta and drotvned. JtAILROADS DO NOT CONNECT. Citizens of Fitzgerald and Other Towns Appeal to Commission. Atlanta, Ga. —Chairman McLendon of the railroad commission of Geor gia has received numerous complaints from citizens of Fitzgerald, Abbeville, Rochelle and Ocilla about the failure of ,the Southern and Seaboard to con nect at Helena. It seems that the Southern, which carries the mail from Atlanta and all points north, east and west, leaves At lanta about midnight and arrives at Helena at 5:45 a. m. The Seaboard train from Savannah to Americus passes Helena at 5 :'lO, or just thirty five minutes before the arrival of the Southern. The result of this failure to make connection is to cause seri ous inconvenience to all the people west of Helena served by the Sea board and to cause an extensive de lay In the delivery of mail. These facts have been reported to the railroad commission. Chairman •McLendon declares he is unable to make a ruling offhand on this point or until a full hearing before the full commission. He is willing to call this hearing, if desired. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER Is Candidate for Pension Commission er of Georgia. Atlanta. Qa. —W. W. Wilson of Bu ford. Ga„ candidate for pension com missioner, is believed to be the last surviving non-commissioned officer of the confederate army. Mr. Wilson was for more than ten years editor of The Plow Boy, which paper was given a state and national reputation for its defense of the rights of the old vet erans. He has been a member of the house* of representatives for the last two terms. His friends are sanguine of his success in the October elec tion. DEMOBEffTwAS SELECTED. jtjorth Georgia Association of Con gregational Churches Adjourns. Oxford, Ga. —At the annual meeting of the North Georgia Association of Congregational Churches, which was in session at Cardis, 6 miles north of this place, it was decided to hold the next meeting of the association at Oemorest on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday preceding the second Sun day in September, 1909. Rev. W. O. Phillips, pastor of the Congregational Church at Demorest; Rev. C. C. King, of Atlanta, and Rev. J. C. Forrester, pastor of the Congregational Church at Hoschton, were named members of cfce new business committee. STATE SEWS BRIEFLY TOED. People in the Moultrie section are watching Dry lake just now. Dry lake is a large body of water near Pidcock that has a habit of drying it self every seven years. This is the year for the lake to dry itself, and the water is now disappearing through an opening in the bottom of the lake. The process is a little slow, and it will take a week or ten days for it to get low enough to catch the many Ash that it contains with nets and seines. The fishermen are getting daily re ports from it, and at the right time will swoop down on the fish that are said to be in great size and quantity. Elbert county, Georgia, will rebuild wooden bridges recently destroyed by the flood with steel structures. The Georgie and Alabama Industri al Index says: “In the industrial de velopment of Georgia in recent years a feature that ha 3 been prominent is the great progress made in wood working industries turning out pro ducts of a highgrade character. Con tract has just been closed to furnish several of the modern high school buildings being erected in Alabama with desks and other school supplies made in Columbus, Ga., right in the heart of Dixie. The shipments made by a show case company in Columbus during the mid-summer month of Aug ust were the heafviest for any month in its history.” * f In Dorougherty county, Georgia, a company has applied for charter with $40,000 capital to engage in peach cul ture. The Merchants and Manufacturers’ association of Atlanta, have asked the Northeastern Passenger association to allow stop overs of three to four days on all travelers passing through Atlanta. It is believed the request will be granted. By omitting the final letter “r” from the word manufacturer in the Wise “near-beer” bill the bill was made to require the “manufacture” of the im itation beer to have his name appear on the label. The legislature passed the bill in this shape without any change, and the lawyers are now spec ulating on what effect the strange omission of a letter will have in case a manufacturer chooses not to label his bottles sold in this state. Work will begin within the next month or so on an extensive mill fac tory that Is to toe established in At lanta by a number of capitalists, from Lynn, Mass., the big manufacturing center. The new enterprise will be devotetj to the manufacture of cotton mill machinery. It will represent an initial investment of about $75,000. Sam T. Whitaker, Jr., who was in charge of the ginnery at G. W. Tru itt’s plantation near West Point had his arm literally torn from his shoul der bv machinery and physicians say there is no chance for his recovery. E. H. Cannon, fi. young man em ployed as a piano player in a vaude ville house at Savannah was stricken blind while en route home. He is said to have a nervous trouble which ef fects his optic nerves. Judge James A. Pitman, re-elected ordinary of Douglas county for a sec ond term, makes a unique, in fact, a startling announcement in a Douglas ville paper. He puts the voters of the county on notice now that he will not be a candidate for re-election at the end of his present term. While the judge does not intimate that it is a case of “turn the rascals out,” he believes in the Andrew Jackson pol icy of rotation in office. New ginning companies have been organized at Broxton and Lavonia. The bond commission of Fitzgerald opened bids for the $130,000 bond is sue recently voted by the city of Fitzgerald and awarded the bonds to the Providence Savings Bank and Trust company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The bonds were sold at $101.62 1-2, making the total of the sale $132,- 112.50. Postmasters appointed for Georgia: Gaddißtown, Union county, John C. Cavender, vice S. E. Jones, dead; Kin law, Camden county, Ada Roberts, vice G. R. Gowen, resigned. R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, re ports the issue of the following pat ents to residents of Georgia: Over shoe fastener, J. T. Hearn, Victory, electric heat unit, G. H. Wade, Atlan ta; anchorage for telegraph poles, J. D. Seif, Hamilton; window, B. A. War lick. Atlanta; feed and quick release valve, J. A. Hicks, Atlanta, assignor to Hicks Improved Engine Brake com pany, same place. The sum of $184,64.00 has been ap propriated by the Bibb county boaid of commissioners for operating expen ses this year. This is an increase of about $7,000 over last year. It will take all of the above amount to run the different departments of the county through the year, as there are more bilte to be met now than before. The commissioners raised the county tax from 7 1-2 mills to 8 mills, making a difference of 50 cents upon each thousand dollars of property. Atnens has awarded contract to? a handsome high school building. The commissioners of roads and rev enues of Dougherty county have de cided to carry forward the extensive road improvements to be made in that county during the next few years. The commissioners have immediately available a fund of $30,000. About $5,000 of this amount will be utilized for the purchase of a heavy steam roller and other machinery to supple ment that already on hand, and the remaining $25,000 will be expended upon actual work. Two of the main roads leading out of Albany have al ready been built up with the hard limestone similar to that to be used in the further improvements, and have proved in every way satisfac tory. UNCLE SAM TAKES TO AVIATION. The National Birds—AV. Ha! We Have a R val! —Minneapolis Journal. AMERICA HAS PLENTY OF MONEY Treasury Vaults at Washington, D. C., Are Too Small to Hold Government Cash. Washington, D. C. —Uncle Sam, en riched $500,000,000 by the provisions of the Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill, now has so much money on hand that he cannot wait for the construction of new vaults in the Treasury Building, but has rented rooms in a storage building and placed relays of guards on the inside and outside. This vast amount of money may never be used, but so large a sum is necessary to supply the 6824 national banking in stitutions in the United States in case of a financial stringency. Deputy Treasurer Bentz reported that the available cash reserve in the Treasury was $190,000,000, the high est figure it has reached this year. He is of the opinion that the possi bility of a stringency this year is over, VILAS PLANS A $30,000,000 GIFT Leaves Estate in Trust to Multiply For Wisconsin University^ Madison, Wis. An eventual en dowment of $30,000,000 for the Wis consin University is provided for in the will of Colonel William F. Vilas, former member of the Cleveland Cab inet and United States Senator, who died here recently. The will was filed for probate and provides that the estate, valued at from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, be placed in the hands of four trustees to he held in trust as long as Mrs. Vilas shall live. During her life she is to receive the net income from the estate, and upon her death the entire property is to be turned over to the university, subject only to a charge of $30,000 a year to his daughter, Mrs. L. M. Hanks, and some minor charges. The bequest to Mrs. Hanks THE WARSHIP OF THE FUTURE. Prediction of an Engineer of the Geological Survey-—He Believes Uas Engines Will Be Installed In Naval Vessels In the Next Kew Years. Which Will Hake Them Smokeless. Noiseless Craft and Reduce Coal Bill. Washington, D. C.—The war vessel of the future will be a swift, smoke less, noiseless craft, lying low in the water, with every vulnerable part be low the water line, the entire deck being for the work of the guns. There will be no smoke, because there will be no smokestacks' In the night time there will be nothing to betray the presence of this invincible fight ing demon to the enemy. This prediction was made by Rob ert Heywood Fernald, mechanical en gineer, who has for several years been connected with the fuel investi gations of the United States Geologi cal Survey. Mr. Fernald believes that the gas engine, or internal com bustion motor, as it is called by engi neers, will be installed in naval ves sels of the United States within the next few years. "I expect to see the United States ahead cff every other nation in this innovation,” said Mr. Fernald. “The gas engine, in my opinion, is feasible on any vessel because of its economy over the steam engine, but it is espe cially desirable on the fighting shjp for the reason that it makes no smoke. The gas is generated in a producer which has no chimney and needs none. The coal is turned di rectly into gas, which goes straight to the engine. “The elimination of the smoke is sufficient to call for the installation of the gas engine, vet there are many other features in its favor. The ves sel would have a free deck for the play of its big guns. There would be no towering stacks to be punctured or destroyed, thus crippling the boat. Then it would be unnecessary to carry as much coal, for the same power can be developed with one third less than the steam engine and that the crops can be moved with out the slightest difficulty. “Condi tions are vastly different this year,” he said, “not only in New York, but throughout the country. New York banks have millions and millions of surplus on hand, while a year ago they were struggling with scarcely the legal requirements. Money, in stead of being in great demand at high prices, is very easy on call at from three-fourths to one per cent. In the West the banks are all well supplied with currency, and will be able to do more than their usual share toward moving the crops. From every direction signs of increased prosperity are seen. Small bills are in great demand, which is always a good sign.” is to continue during her life time. After the property is turned over to the university one-half of the net in come is to be expended until the prin cipal with increment shall reach 320,000,000; then one-fourth of net income will be laid aside and added to the principal until the property shall reach the sum of $30,000,000, when the entire income can be used by the university as provided in the will. The purpose of Colonel Vilas in leaving his wealth to the university in such a manner that it will even tually create an enormous fund was to accomplish a permanent source of revenue for the advancement of knowledge and place the university in the foremost ranks of .the great educational institutions of the world. uses. The gas producer and the gas engine would take up less room and weigh less than the same power Scotch boiler and steam engine. The vessel would have a radius of travel far greater than at present. “Of course I do not expect to see the gas engine confined to the use of the navy. The fact that it shows such economies will compel its instal lation in all sorts of vessels. One of the big items of expense to a modern ocean liner is its coal bill. These vessels will consume 10,000 tons of high grade coal on a round trip. With the gas engine this could be reduced to 6000 or 7000 tons, a saving of several thousand dollars. “One of the big steamship compa nies of the great lakes is about to take the initiative in this movement. Plans have made for a freighter that will use a 2000 horse power gas en gine. This company is making the experiment to test the economy of the gas engine over the steam engine.” The I nited States Geological Sur vey has been experimenting with the gas producer and gas engine for sev eral years and has demonstrated that this type of engine in a stationary plant is capable of generating from twice to three times as much power from a given amount of coal as the steam engine. It has also shown that the gas engine can develop more pow er from a low grade coal. The purpose of the Government has not been to develop the gas engine, but to increase the efficiency of the coal supply of the countrv, which is now being depleted. The Govern ment spends $10,000,000 yearly for coal, and it was primarily to get the results from this expenditure t>mt the investigations of the gas pro ducer and gas engine w>as taken up.
