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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1909)
Henry County Weekly. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the pestoffice at McDon ough as second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per inch per month. Reduction on standing contracts by special agreement. Says the Westminster Gazette: So far from being duly astonished at learning that, there are nearly a thou sand motor cars in Bombay, we won der why there are not far more; for it seems that there is no legal speed limit in Bombay. Young and pretty women have adopted the Romney hat that tilts forward and hangs down all around. Some of our caustic critics, complains a charming woman, say Ihe present millinery fashions are intended for the plain, for they conceal all the lace but the chin. Children are what heredity and en vironment make them, dogmatizes the New York World. If a child is born with a mental, physical or moral disease it is because one or both of the parents was diseased. The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children, as the Bible says, but that is rio good reason for human law and human courts to punish the child, because the laws of heredity have already visited the father’s or moth er's sins upon it. The law should punish the parents. Remarks Ihe Washington Post: The dismissal from the West Point Military Academy of the seven cadets who were found guilty of hazing a short time ago will meet with the prompt and almost unanimous appro val of an alert, and fair minded pub lic. The reinstatement last year of several cadets who were found to have indulged in this same cruel and despicable practice was a serious blow to the maintenance o. a proper and essential respect for the rule of the academy proscribing hazing. “The men who make a living by making styles for men usually pay little attention to summer garments, but devote their time to winter wear,” says a letter from Ostend. “This year, however, is an exception in that respect. Yachting, bathing, loung ing, golfing, tennis and automobile styles laid down years ago have not been disturbed, but men’s evening clothes have received attention. Those who glory in being properly dressed and who rejoice in the knowledge that others copy their styles have ap peared at evening parties in the con ventional dress, save that waistcoat, socks and tie were the same color as the gowns worn by the women whom they escorted. This may be looked upon as a new idea, but it is simply an imitation of the old calico half fashion, where a woman makes a necktie from a piece of her dress for her escort.” There has never been a time in the history of the world when public opinion played such an important part as it does at this time, dogma tizes the Dayton News. The fact is being recognized in every section of the country—in every section of all countries, indeed, and, when once recognized, it will be all the better for all concerned. But great as is the power of public opinion, it has not as yet "reached its limit. It w ill not reach its limit until every public offi cer who fails to do his duty is ostra cised, until every law that is made fa vors all of the people instead of a part of the people; until the world disarms, and settles its disputes by arbitration; until capital and labor cease their struggles the one against the other because there will be no longer a contention. Public opinion will come into its own, but it has not done so up to this time. It is a lazy thing, often a thoughtless thing, this public opinion. Man does not always take the trouble, nor think, to do right; not until he is awakened. But, awakened, he acts, and the newspa pers of the world are doing what they can to arouse him, in the end that he may realize his power and bring about the millenium. Some people are always getting the worst of it. They can't even buy a collar without getting it in the neck. I.IBEL USE DISMISSED Federal Judge Anderson Dis charges Newspaper Men. EDITORS ARE TRIUMPHANT Rooievelt Is Beaten—-Judge Says That Panama Canal Deal Did Look * Suspicious. Indianapolis, Jnd. —Judge A. B. An derson ol the United States court of this district dismissed Ihe proceed ings against Delavan Smith and Chas. R. Williams, proprietors of the In dianapolis News, who were resisting removal to the District of Columbia for trial under a grand jury indict ment charging them with having com mitted criminal libel in publishing ar ticles alleging that there was a cor rupt profit of $28,000,000 in the sale of the Panama canal to the United States. “1 am of the opinion,” said Judge Anderson, ‘‘that the fact that certain persons were called ‘thieves' and 'swindlers’ does not constitute libel per se, A newspaper has a certain duty to perform. As a former presi dent has said, ‘it is the duty of a newspaper to print the truth about it.’ It is the duty of a newspaper to draw inferences for the people. “Now, there were many peculiar circumstances about the whole Pana ma canal business. I don’t wish to be understood as reflecting upon any body in or out of office, except such person or persons as I may name. The revolution in Panama, the cir cumstances concerning it, were unu sual and peculiar. "That man has read the history of our institutions to little purpose,” said Judge Anderson, ia concluding i.is de cision, ‘‘who does not view with ap prehension the success of such a pro ceeding as this io the end that citizens could be dragged from their homes to the District of Columzia, the seat of government, far trial under the cir cumstances of i liis case. The defend ants are discharged.” ENTIRE SOUTH OOINIi DRY. So Predicts Governor Ansel of South Carolina. New York City.—According to Gov ernor M. F. Ansel of South Carolina, the south will stand solidly for pro hibition within the next five years. He expressed an opinion to tha*, effect. The governor is in this city to attend the annual meeting of the George Peabody Educational Fund. “It looks lo me as if the south would be solidly prohibition within the next five years,” declared the govern or. “Prohibition is making tremen dous strides all through the south. In my ow n state, the 1 eases where a thirs ty man can get. a drink are few and far between.” And then lie proceeded to tell how prohibition has gained a foothold in ins state and spread prior to August, last. “Fifteen additional counties went ‘dry’ at the elections in that month.” he continued, “and after November 15. next, it wil lbe possible to get a drink in only six counties of the state, and then only through the medium of the county dispensary.” SEABOARD MERGER. Williams Talks of Consolidation of Lines. Richmond, Va. —John Skelton Wil liams. upon his return from New York, where the reorganization committee of tlie Seaboard Air Line has been in session, confirmed the reported merg er of the branch lines of the road with the parent system. The southern roads included in the Seaboard merger are: The Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line, operating 287 miles. The Florida West Shore, operating 70 miles. The Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf, operating 19 miles. The Catawba Valley, operating 22 miles. The Tallahassee and Sotuhern, op era' ing 39 miles. U. S. SENATOR WILL RETIRE. Flint of California Suits to Provide for His Family. Los Angeles, Cal.—Senator Frank P. Flint announced that when his pres ent term of service expires on March 4. 1911, he will not be a candidate for re-election. “If I were a rich man,” said Senator Flint, "1 would like nothing better than to remain in the senate all my life. But l feel that I owe it to my family to got out of politics. “My associations in tlie senate are very congenial, indeed; i have prac tically no opposition for a renomina tion and the soLe reason for contem plating retirement is the urgent neces sity of providing for my family.” MADE FALSE CIRCULATION STATEMENT Publisher Given Six Months in Jail by Judge Landis. Chicago, 111. —Roy Keator, publisher of a weekly newspaper, was sentenced to serve six months in the Bridewell bv Judge Landis, in the United States district court. Keator was indicted on a charge of making false circula tion statements to obtain second class mail rates. He admitted that in order to gel advertising he had represented the circulation of his pa per to be 100,000, when, in fact, it had but 1,000 subscribers, and that he had placed many names on his subscription lists without authority. The periodical was an agricultural journal. AMERICAN NAVY DEFENDED. Admirals Dewey and Evans Say It Is Not a Bluff. Washington, I). (’. —Defending with characteristic vigor file American navy, Admiral George Dewey assert ed that nof only is our navy not a "bluff,” but that he is confident it would give u good account of itself should war ever come. The admiral s remarks were called forth by a statement attributed to for mer Representative Landis of India na. who, in a ’-ccent speech at Cin cinnati, Ohio, in advocating ship ; ui»- sidy, is report*.«d to have said that, "those Americans who are informed consider our navy a bluff.” The expression was characterized by Admiral Dewey as an unfortunate oc currence. Admiral Dewey said that, of course, what Mr. Landis meant was that the navy would be comparatively useless in time of war without necessary auxiliaries diuwn from the merchant marine. “He,” continued Admiral Dewey, ‘‘wants a subsidy for our ships of commerce and so do I.” Washington, l). C. —"1 am in sym pathy with every word the president has said as to the necessity for ship subsidy and with that movement as a whole', but i haven’t any patience with that class of individuals who, in their advocacy of that program, try to belittle the American navy.” That was the caustic comment made by Admiral "Fighting Bob" Evans re garding the speech at Cincinnati by former Representative Charles B. Lan dis. wherein the Indianian declared that "those Americans who an uni formed consider our navy a bluff.” in the course of his plea for a mer chant marine from which could be drawn the sailors for Uncle Sam’s ships. "Mr. Landis,” said (lie admiral grim ly, "makes the mistake of a lot of gentlemen of his profession—that of talking of things about which he knows nothing. Of course, we need a merchant marine, but this talk about the navy being a ‘bluff’ is all d d rot.” PKKAtHtR RETURNS TO PULPIT. One Week as Conductor Enough for Rev. D. H. Carrick. Lawrence, Kan. —Rev. 1). H. Car rick. recently resigned from the pas torate of the North Lawrence Presby terian Church to become a street car conductor here, because, he explained, “ministers were not honest,” and “that a man could not earn an honest living as a minister,” has quit ring ing up each fare in the presence of tlie passenger, after one Week's serv ice a.- an “honest conductor.” He will go east lo conduct evangelistic serv ices. Mr. Carrick had .been the North Lawrence church’s pastor only a very short time when he resigned and said wealthy men who control the churches made it impossible for their pastors to live honest lives, and that the pas tors' wives were criticised if they wore good clothes at the congrega tion's expense. SOUTHERN RAILWAY REPORT. Prosperity Returning. According to Report of President Finley. Washington, D. C. —A substantial in crease is shown in the gross income of the Southern Railway Company during the year ending June 30, last, according to the fifteenth annual r#- port of President W. W. Finley. The report says the return of business from the low level of panic conditions of 1907 was slow, but substantial dur ing the past year. The total gross income for the year was $17,737,699, an increase over 1908 of $3,890,733. The progress in the south indicated in the report, which shows that during the year 453 new manufacturing plants were completed. More than 70 per cent of the year’s tonnage originated in the south. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FUNII. Recommended by the Peace Bureau in Session at Brussels. Brussels, Belgium.—The permanent international peace bureau at its ses sion adopted a resolution suggesting that the various governments of the world join in the creation of an in ternational fund for the relief of suf ferers in the event of the occurrence of great disasters in any part of the world. The alleged bad management of the funds subscribed for the relief of victims of the recent Italian earth quakes prompted the suggestion. A motion was also adopted favoring the interdiction of the throwing of explos ive's from airships in time of war. Newsy Paragraphs. When seen at Nashville, Tenn., re garding a special dispatch from Wash intgon published in New York to the effect that he was contemplating re signing from the cabinet because of illness in his family and the recent death of his daughter-in-law, Secreta ry of War J. M. Dickinson said: “I am not contemplating resigning from the cabinet.” The international balloon race for the Gordon Bennett cup was won by Edgar W. Mix, the American aero naut of Columbus, Ohio, who will take the cup to the United States. Mr. Mix started from Zurich, Ger many. and landed north of Warsaw, in Poland Russia. He won with plen ty of time to spare from Alfred Le Blanc, the French pilot, his compan ion in the St. Louis race of 1907. who came down at Kubin, Hungary. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, Command *r Peary’s meteorologist in 1893-94 and leader of the Baldwin-Zeigler expedition of 1901-02, announced that he intended to try to reach the north pole by drifting with the ice across the North Polar sea. He expects to be prepared for a stay of four years. Women as Well as Ron are Marie Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, ,- , i vigor and cheerful ness soon disappear when the kidneys are _q| 1 out of order or dis •vj _ Kidney trouble has "N/ jl become so prevalent I that it is not uncom /7 aVv vr^f 1 mou for a child to be '■J K % If~~ born afflicted with wirT* — vU’+r*---- weak kidneys. If the child urinates top often, if the urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men arc made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- * cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may -SJBICZrH have a sample bottle \gS !£“»*!! IjjlgZnsifj by mail free, also a pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, Home of Swamp-Koot. including many of the thousands of testi monial letters received from sufferers who found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don’t make any mistake, but remember th,e name, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. ■pm PORATAILt AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS •aw, Lath and Shingle Mills. Injsotors, r»mp« and Titling*, WoodSavre, BpiiUsrs, •hafts, Fullsys, Belting, Oasolin* Ingiass. ox LOMBARD, faarijj, iMhki ind liiin Works ud Supply Itm, AUAUSTA. OA. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup Relieves Colds by working them out of the system through a copious and healthy action of the bowels. Relieves coughs by cleansing the mucous membranes of the throat, chest and bronchial tubes. “As pleasant to the taste as Maple Sugar” Children Like It* For BACKACHE-WEAK KIDNEYS Try OeWilt s Kidney and Bladder Pills-Sure and Safi Weak Kidneys Backache, Lumbago and Rheumatism immediately relieved by Pineules Delays are dangerous. There is no more common complaint than Kidney complaint. Nature always y gives due wam ,~7 ing and failure to heed same may t result in Diabetes, \ f M Lumbago, Bright’s J/ Disease, or some other serious affection of the Vf iV Kidneys. A trial will f| Jk convince you they |r are unequaled. Pine ■T 1 ules are quickly ab- JgV \ sorbed and readily I but naturally elimin l A I ate P°‘ sons due to dis- I J organed condition oi 141 i Kidneys and Bladder. They purify the blood and are a tonic to the entire system*. Do not suffer from Backache, Lumbago, Rheumatism or Kidney and Bladder trouble when you can get Pineules. Two sizes, SI.OO and 50 cents. The dollar size contains 2i times as much as the 50 cent size. Pineule Medicine Company Chicago, U. S. A. Z. D. Waid, Stock bridge. Horton Drug Co. Thar liquor improves with age seems to be demonstrated by the fact that the older some men get the better they like it. UMILIZtK BUI Ul IN. Tags for 884,295 Toni Were So'd Dup ing the Season. Atlanta, (ia. —Commissioner of Ag riculture T. G. Hudson rs sending out ihe fertilizer bulletin for the season of 1908-I&J9, which shows uiai iags have been sold for 884,295 tens of tt-r --tiliers, and cotton seed meal for use in Georgia this year, the department has no way of knowing how much is actually used, except by the amount of lafes sold. This represents p.n income to the department of agri culture of something like SBB,OOO. Af ter all expenses of inspection are paid by the department, the law requires that the balance of this sum shall be apportioned among the eleven dis trict agricultural colleges cf the state. The season just closing has been unusually heavy, as there were 2,274 brands of feriiliers inspected during this season, as against 1,822 of last season, which, according to Dr. R. H. ISallings ..state chemist, is the heaviest laboratory work done since (he establishment of (his department. in his remarks. Commissioner Hud son says, in part: "We are glad to report that, hi the main, there is an improvement of business conditions in. Georgia, as compared with last year. Unless there is a change in the pres ent outlook, our cotton crop will very probably be somewhat short of that of iast season in acreage and yield. Sel dom has there been a better prospect for a fine yield of cotton in South Georgia, and the small grains also show an increase in acreage and in, yield.” He concluded his splendid address with an appeal to the farm ers of Georgia to place their farms upon a businesslike and ■self-sustain ing basis. This bulletin contains a number of ihe best fertilier formulas known at the department., and it is interesting (o know that practically every one of them includes cotjon seed meal as one of the principal ingredients for com mercial fertillers. Cotton seed meal, too, is being sold throughout the state under the pure food faw as a cattle feed, for its value as such is even greater than as a component part of a commercial fertilizer in that the manure of cat tle fed with cotton seed meal is as good for fertiliziing purposes as the original cotton seed meal. In the neighborhood of 20,000 bul letins are being mailed out to the farmers of Georgia by the department of agriculture. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS. A natural rainmaking machine, mystifying to all beholders, is report ed at Rome. In the yard of Council man S B. Chambers, on the north side, i i plum tree whose leaves shed ; ready moisture twenty-four hours . day. When viewed in the sunligh the phenomenon has the ap pearan of a slight sprinkle of rain, and thi falling drops can be plainly felt at night. Several observers are willing to take an oath that on cool mornings what appears to be flakes of snow sift down from the tree. There is a similar “rain tree” on the ex-Mayor Mims’ property on Peach tree street in Atlanta. This tree, which is of the cotton wood variety, has been showering without cessa tion for over a year. Captain Robert F. Wright, assis tant commissioner of agriculture, re turned from a week’s trip which he has made through northeast Georgia in an effort to get the farmers of that section interested in the work the department is undertaking to eradi cate the catttle tick, and to secure their <• operation. Captain Wright reports that, while the farmers did not understand at first what was re quired of them, in order to partici pate in tlie benefits of the appropri ation, considerable interest was man ifested, and in time the spirit of co operate will be created. The de partmer has already begun work, looking o the eradication of the tick in two mportant dairy counties, Put nam a d Greene, and it expects to take ii Morgan also before the end of the year. Flour that has been bleached by ni trogen peroxide is barred from sale in Georgia .by a pure food order re cently issued by Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson. “Under section 21 of the food and drugs act of Geor gia,” says the order, “it i* required that all rulings shall be made to con form to the national ridings and in asmuch as the national government has issued a ruling that flour bleach ed by nitrgen peroxide is an adulter ated product under the national food and drugs act, therefore it is hereby ruled that Hour bleached by uitrogen peroxide will be illegal in the state of Georgia on and after October 1, 1909.” Inspector Methvin, of the etate pure food department, will be gin a tour of the state to see that the ruling is being carried out. Vio lations of the order will be prosecut ed. Persistent rumors to the effect that Major J. F. Hanson, president of the Central of Georgia railroad, had ten dered his resignation to the directors of that road, effective November 1, brought forth an emphatic denial from the major. It was said that of ficial announcement of Major Han son’s resignation would be made and that he would be succeeded as head of the road by Vice President Wil liam A. Winburn of Savannah. “There is not a word of tiuth in the rumor,” said Major Hansen, “and I would be glad to have you say that the thought of resigning had not entered my head.” Major Hanson has been connected with the Central of Geor gia railroad for twenty-odd years, was chairman of the board of direc tors for several years, and since 1903 has served as president of the road.
