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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1908)
Henry County Weekly. J. A. FOUCHE, Publisher. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the post office at McJJpn* ough as second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per inch per month. Reduction on standing contracts by special agreement. For some time we have been reli ably informed, affirms the New Haven Register, that "the watts have ears.” Cut the assurance from a scientific source that ‘‘the plants have eyes” would seem to make it unsafe to spoon even in the park. There are few finer sights, to the New York American, than a mounted policemap of New York bestriding his splendid bay horse and riding in coolness and calm Into the thick of the city tumult. And there is hardly any spectacle of peace or war equal to the run of the New York Fire De partment racing against llames and death! To get germs, even of the most dangerous diseases, Is the daily lot of every man, woman and child. The surest safeguard, insists the New Haven Register, against harm from these germs is not any toxin, but its opposite, perfect health. How to get good health is pretty generally known. To escape meeting the dan gerous germ is practically impossible. The necessary thing to do is plain. Will some wise philosopher explain wiiy most fat men like fishing while most lean ones like hunting, inqures the New York Press. Is It because most lean men like the more strenu ous sport of beating through the woods in pursuit of game? Your fat man will sit happy in a boat a whole day without groaning; your lean brother wants to go ashore in an hour unless he gets a bite every two minutes. Now, the ' doping” of a racehorse is against the rules. These rules are imperative. The horseman who is caught with a hypodermic syringe to give abnormal fleetness to the entry under his charge, is shut out, states the Boston Post. Is there any reason why the "doping” of our amateur athletes with oxygen should be placed In another category? It seems to be very much the same, indistin guishable. us stand for the es sentials. The part of science in the development of modern sport is not -to furnish means of evading its laws, but in prescribing such methods of wholesome training as shall hold American manhood to the fore, where it stands today. m Among the first centenaries we shall be called upon to celebrate next year is that of Edgar Allan Poe, born J January 19, 1809. It is to be an event lul year so far as centenary celebra- I Hons are concerned, observes - ndianapolis News, for In 1809 were also born Darwin, Chopin, Lincoln, Glad ‘•stone, Fitzgerald, Mendelssohn and 'Tennyson. The list is wonderfully Impressive, and, when we pause to consider, though only in a general way, what these great names stand for and what these men accomplished in their lifetime, there is cause indeed to celebrate the one-hundredth anni versary of their births. Among them all, none was a stranger genius than Poe. He was among the first of the eight to die, yet his position in the -world of English literature is hardly less secure than that of the two other poets, each of whom lived long er than the allotted three score years and ten, who came into the world with the author of “The Raven.” Poe was forty years old when he died, and, if one were inclined to give weight to coincidences, it might be remarked as strange that the most musical poet of his century, whose theories of melbdy are everywhere apparent in his verse, died within a few months of the two great musi cians born in the same year as him self— Chopin and Mendelssohn. Of these three, Mendelssohn died young est, at the age of thirty-eight; Chopin and Poe were both forty when, only ten days apart, they died in October, 1819. It Builds Force J-21 BUSINESS INTHE SOUTH Improving-People Taking Hope ful View of Future. JOBBING TRADE RESTRICTED Sayi President of the Southern Railway After Inspection Trip Through the South. Washington, D. C. —President >:n ley, of the Southern Railway company, who has just returned to Washington V’rom an inspection trip of two weeks over the lines of the system, found evidences of improvement in business conditions and of a general disposi tion on the part of business men throughout the south to take a hope ful view of the future. Speaking of the information he had gathered on his trip, Mr. Finley said: "Prices for pig iron are firmer, southern furnaces, as a rule, have sold their product up to the end of the year, and the increasing number of inquiries for iron warrant the ex pectation that orders will soon be placed for business during the coming year. Lumber is more active than for some months past. Especially is this true of the grades shipped in box cars. The present demand will be augment ed by increased requirements from railways, principally for car repairs, as some of the railways are contract ing with car companies for some of their heavier repair work. "One of me most encouraging signs of reviving industrial activity is the increasing movement of steam coal to industrial centers. The unusually warm weather of the present fall is retarding the movement of domestic coal. "The cotton crop is early, and the fibre is moving to market in larger volume than at this time last year, al though, as a result of the stagnation which has prevailed in the cotton goods market, prices are lower than a year ago. The demand for cotton seed products, is good and they aro moving freely. "The domestic market for cotton goods shows indications of gradual improvement. Owing to the accumu lations of large stocks and to other causes affecting that market, there Is at present little demand for cotton goods in northern China. Aside from this, the export demand is fairly good, and those mills interested in the north of China trade are looking for ward hopefully to a renewal of sales for that market. "Grain traffic Into the south—es pecially corn—is light. This is due, in part, to the relatively high price of corn and the low price of cotton, and in part to the fact that at this season of the year the south is consuming its own grain. "Merchandise stocks, which had been permitted to run low during the business depression, are being replen ished conservatively. Retail trade in the cities is good, but as a result of the low price of cotton and of a dis position on the part of retailers to buy cautiously for the present, jobbing trade is still somewhat restricted. "While some lines of business not yet shown as much Improvement as might be wished. I believe that conditions generally are decidedly bet ter than at any time since the begin ning of the business depression a year ago, and that we have reason to look forward to a gradual return to a high er level of prosperity.” BY-LAWS UF NIIiHT HIDERS. X Have Been Placed in Hands of Special Grand Jury. Union City. Tenn. —The constitution and by-laws of the night riders have been placed in the hands of the grand jurv. This constitution and by-laws, among many other things, provides that no bank or trust company will be permitted to make any loans, large or small, for a* greater rate of interest than 6 per cent, and further that after the first day of July, 1909, no farme’- will be allowed to employ any colored help on his farm, and that all ne groes will be notified to leave the country under penalty of death; that all merchants shall sell their goods and merchandise at not to exceed 10 per cent profit, and otherwise regulat ing all wages to be paid by the farm- help and regulating the price of all farm products to be sold, cotton, corn, etc. These by-laws show that the organ ization does not only comprise the night riders cf Obion county, but in cludes all night rider organizations all over the country. This document is of inch importance that a verbatim copy cannot be had, as it is said that it is very valuable as evidence. What is medicine for? To cure you, if sick, you say. But one medicine will not cure every kind of sickness, because different medicines act on different parts of the body. One medicine goes to the liver, another to the spine, Wine of Cardui to the womanly organs. So that is why Wine of Cardui has proven so efficacious in most cases of womanly disease. Try it. Mrs. Wm. Turner, of Bartonville, 111., writes: "I suffered for years with female diseases, and doctored without relief. My back and head would hurt me, and I suffered agony with bearing-down pains. At last 1 took Wine of Cardui and now I am in good health.” Sold everywhere, in SI.OO bottles. l.miTT ITC A I CTTCn Write today for a free copy of valuable 64-[»2e Illustrated Book for Women. If you need Medical ■fill I I li\ A Irllrlv Advice, describe your symptoms, stating: age, and reply will be sent in plain sealed envelope. »* «»■ i J ll L.L. I ■ L. 1% Address: Ladies Advisory Dept.. The Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn. THE GEHM STATE FAIR For This Year Will Be Held at MACON, GA„ OCT. 21 TO NOV. ] BY THE iVACON GEORGIA STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION, Under the Auspices of Georgia State Agricultural Society. While Agriculture will form the leading feature of the exhibition, the commercial and manufacturing interests of the State will be fully represented in the various displays. Among the best attractions to be offered, will be included Fireworks, Balloon Ascensions, Horse Racing, flilitary Displays, and other first-class amusements. Premium List will be forwarded to all who wish them. For all other information in regard to space for exhibitors, prices, and terms for privileges and concessions, please write to BEN. L. JONES, President. BRIDGES SHITH, Secretary. R. L. McKINNEY, Treasurer. W. A. HUFF. Gen’l Mgr. SONS OF GEORGIA MEET In New York City at First Social Affair of the Season. MEMORIES OF HOMELAND Revived and Friendships Were More Firmly Cemented—Thomas McGuire of Atlanta President. New York City.—Loyal sons of old Georgia, with guests from various parts of the country, gathered togeth er here at the Waldorf-Astoria in a convention of good-fellowship and a conclave of congeniality. Georgians were present from almost every poi tion of the state, from Rabun Gap to Thomasville; and it was a time when fragrant memories of the homeland were revived, when friendships were more firmly cemented, and state’s brotherhood was put upon a stronger, surer footing, and, above all else, it was a time when thoughts of Georgia w'ere in every heart and a toast to Georgia was on every pair of lips. The occasion was the first social af fair of the season of the Georgia So ciety of the City of New York. It was designated as a smoker, and is to be followed by three receptidns and dances on Tuesday. November 24; Fri day, January 29, and Tuesday, March 9, and by another smoker on Friday, April 30.' Thomas McGuire, formerly of At lanta, is president of the Georgia so ciety, and presided. A happy fea ture of the occasion was when he in troduced James F. Allen, formerly of Warren, who in a neat speech pre sented a gavel to Bedell Parker, ex president of the association and orig inally a citien of Hamilton, Ga. The gavel was made of Georgia pine. TO HOLD FARMERS’ INSTITUTES. Dates and Places of The:: Meetinngs Announced. Atlanta. Ga. —Word has been receiv ed by Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson at the state capitol that Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture at Athens, and director of the Farmers' Institutes, will resume the holding of these in stitutes throughout the state. Simi lar institutes were held in a number of counties during the summer of j this year with gratifying results. It worked up a great deal of interest iu 1 regard to agricultural education, the result of which was felt at the open ing of the agricultural college at Ath ens this fall. The places for holding these insti tutes and dates, as announced by Dr. Soule, are as follows: Cedartown, November 5; Buena Vis ta, November 5; Lawrenceville, No vember 6; Arlington, November G; Lexington, November 7; Pelham. No vember 7; Mcßae, November 12; Xew nan, November 12; LaGrange, Novem ber 13; Baxley, November 13; Barnes ville, November 14; Lyons, November 14; Dublin, November 19; States boro, November 20; Meldrim, Novem ber 21; Madison, November 28. Much attention will be given in these lectures to the industries of cat tle raising and dairying. Dr. Soule is a great advocate of cotton seed meal mixed with cotton seed hulls as a cat tle feed and as a dairy feed. It, has been demonstrated that cattle will fat ten more readily on this feed than an other feed. As a food for dairy cat tle, it is held to be not only the cheap est, but the best, and the results ob tained from dairy cattle fed upon it are most gratifying. At these institutes will be given theoretical talks to practical farmers, the combination of which will do a great deal toward developing the con dition of the Georgia farmer. COMMISSION WILL RIDE FREE. When Inspecting the Railroads of the State. Atlanta, Ga. —Regardless of the crit icism levelled against them by an At lanta paper for using a special train furnished by the railroad in inspect ing railroad property, ‘the railroad commission announces that they are determined to continue this policy. The members of the commission are now planning the itinerary of oth er trips of inspection. They are anx ious at an early date to visit Savan nah and Brunswick and inspect the terminals and wharves at these points. The question of a special charge for shipside delivery of cotton, which was recently raised, though not within the jurisdiction of the commission, has whetted their desire to make a per sonal inspection of existing conditions at these seaports. Under the law, wharves and terminals are within the jurisdiction of the railroad commis sion. While on his way home from States boro Abe Bird, a prominent citizen and farmer of Bulloch county, was waylaid and shot at with a shotgun loaded with bird shot. Bird ran his as sailant down and gave him a beating which he will long remember. THROUGHOUT THE STATE. Officers were elected by the grand lodge of Masons in session at Macon as follows: Thomas Jeffries, Atlanta, re-elected grand master; Henry Banks, LaGrange, deputy grand mas ter; J. ,M. Russhin, Boston, Ga., grand treasurer; W. I. Wollihin, Macon, grand secretary, and R. L. Childing, Savannah, grand senior warden. Engineer Charles F. Pease of Atlan ta and his negro fireman, Watts Par due, were killed when a northbound freight train on the Southern railroad crashed into an open switch in the outskirts of Rome. The switch had been thrown during the night. The lock had been broken and is missing, The wreck appears to have been the work of train wreckers, and officers are now on the case, though no clew has been found to the identity of the perpetrators. In view of the effort being made by several southern cities to secure some of the troops which are soon to be re turned fro mCuba, a letter received by Congressman W. G. Brantley of Brunswick, from Adjutant General F. C. Ainsworth, states that the troops upon return from Cuba will be sent diiectly to their stations in the Unit ed States. The letter to Congressman Brantley says: “I have the honor to acknowledge receipt today of your letter of October 22, 1908, in which, with reference to newspaper state ments that the troops now in Cuba are shortly *o be returned to the Unit ed States and that they will probably be stationed at some southern point or points, you ask whether some of them could be stationed at Brunswick, Ga., and in response thereto to inform you, by the direction of secretary of war, that, upon the relief of the troops from duty in Cuba, they will be sent directly to their station in the United States.” The Gress zoo at Grant park, At lanta, will have added to it a water buffalo and a female elk. The park board recently agreed to let the Van Amberg show and the George Rollins show winter at Piedmont Park. The former will contribute the buffalo, and the latter the elk. There are said to be only three water buffalos in this country, and Atlanta is to have one cf them. Thomas Darlev, eldest son of Rev. T. \V. Darlev of Wrightsville, was fa tally hurt by the accidental discharge of a ’gun with which he was playing. The bullet took effect in the right temple, going through the head and breaking a mirror on the opposite side of the room.
