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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1910)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XXXV Fr«in /Utility > ».r <-l. Interesting Facts On The Judge’s Race. Spalding County has Furnish d 7 cf The Judges of Superior Court Monroe iJ, L psoa llutts i, Heury 1, and PikeNONi . Now that Pike cennty has a candidate for Judge of the Supe rior courts of the Flint Circuit, it, will prove interesting to study the record of the past showing wbat counties have burnished the Judg es. and j -r whet length of time. The Circuit was organized in 1824. Pike county has been in tbe Circuit all this time, 86 years, and has never furnished a Judge nor a Solicitor-General. Every other county of those now composing the Circuit, except Fayetre, has furnished a Judge, and some of them have had sev eral ; besides, nearly all of them have also furnished a Solicitor- General. It will he borne in mind that Fayette county has been in the Circuit only about ten years, and she now has the Solicitor- General. All the other six counties have been in the Circuit since its or-! ganization, and during this entire 1 period Spalding county has had 7 of the Judges, who held the office for 26 years ; Monroe has had 3, who held the office for 12 years ; Upson has had 2, who held the office for 5 years ; Butts has had 1, who held the office 4 years ; and Henrv has had 1, who held the office for 12 years. Since the Democrats recovered control oi the State from the Re publicans, on January 1, 1873, the Circuit has had the following Iges: Hon. John I. Hall, whose term began January 1, 1873; he lived at Thomas;on al out one year and then moved to Griffin. He con tinued in office nearly five years 1 nger «nd resigned. Hon. A. M. Speer, of Griffin, was then appointed. He remain ed in o lice about two years, and was elected Justice of the Supreme Court. Hon. John D. Stewart, of Grif fin. was then appointed. He serv ed a little over five years and was elected to Congiess. Hon. Jas S. Boynton, of Grif fin, was then appointed. He serv i f,d a little over seven years and resigned. Hon. J. J. Hunt, of Griffin, was then appointed. He served nearly two years. Hon. M. W. Beck, of Butts I county, was then elected, and served nearly four years and re- I signed. The present encumbent, Hon. §E. J. R agan, of Henry, was then ■appointed, and at the end of his ■ * rm, January, 1911, will have Iserved a litile ov< i twelve years. Tnus it will be seen that.Spald ling county, dnrii g the past 37 ■years, lias had 5 Judges, who held mhe office nearly 21 years of the wtime, while the other six counties lombined have had only two Eiudges, who held the office only ■sixteen years. Besides this, dur ing the sai o 37 years, Spalding has had 2 Solicitors General, Mon roe hr.s Lad two, Burts has had oee, Henry lias had one, Fayette has had one, while Pike has had neither Judge nor Solicitor-Gen eral- During said period of 37 years, Spalding has had more than twice as many Judges as all the other counties combined, and has had the office for nearly 21 years, over half the entire time. Does it appear unreasonable that 12 Officers ElecteJ. The officers of The Henry county Fire Insurance Campany are as follows, President, J. B. Brown Treasurer, A. M. Stewart, agent and Seoy. Seab Harkness. District Directors are: McDonough, A. F. Bunn. Sixth, T. P. Wise. Fiippen, J. B. Rowan. Stuckbridge. U. Askew, Saakerag, J. W. Thurman. Brurhy Knob. E. Cowan. Loves, L, P. Owen. McMullens, W. A. Turner. Beersheba, W.E Gilmore. S itidv Ridge, B. F. Grant. Tussahaw, J. C. Craig. Locust Grove, F. B. Parr. Hampton and Lowes to be ap pointed by the agent, Seab Har kness, Secy. Pike should now claim something? About 86 years’ waiting and help ing all the other counties to get offices, ought not the others now to help her to get a little slice? Fair-minded men all over the Cir cuit will certainly recognize her claims. Could any he stronger? Even our good neighbor, Spald ing, after having had so many of the Judges and Solicitors General, and for so long a time, must rec ognize the strength of our claim, and in all fairness, should suppor our candidate, instead of urgin one of her own sons for the place. Ought she not rest for a little while and let old Pike have just one little nibble? Of course it may be said that the rotation rule does not apply to the Judges. This is true and still where one county has never had a Judge and all tbe others have had from one to seven, fair-minded men everywhere will look with favor upon the candidacy of the man presented by thß lone county. Assuridly such candidate should be a man of character and ability and fitted for the place. As to this point no person will raise any qu estions, for every man in the Cir cuit who knows Judge Dupree, the candidate presented by Pike county will admit that he is in every way well qualified for the place. Among those who know him no man is more popular. All acknowl edge his fine character, judicial temperament, kind nature, impar tiality, firmness, and unyielding resistance to wrong, and obedience to truth and right. His long expe rience as County and City Court Judge has given him much valu able experience in trying and de ciding all kinds of cases, and the fact that the people of Pike county almost to a man, are his friends demonstrates the fact that he has decided those cases in an able and impartial manner, and indicates the way in which he would fill the the more important office to which he now aspires. Without disparaging the least the character or ability of the able Judges who have heretofore filled • he office, or of the able and distin crushed gentleman who is now op tosing him, we present to the oters of the Circuit the claims of >ur county to some little partici lation in the offices that belong to he Circuit, and ask that they ree ognize our rights as based upon the oregoing facts. Even if we had already partici i ted equally with the other coun ties in the offices, the Circuit could •t do better than bestow thi udgeship upon our fellow citizen, • udge E. F. Dupree. We present him to the voters of be Circuit with the assurance that, were he as well known to the itersof the other counties as he to those of this county, his elec tion would he practically unani mous.—Communicated. McDonough, Georgia, Friday april 8, 1910. Census Enumerators Announced. C. M, Speer and S. P. Crumbiey Get McDonough: C. A, McKibben HasTussa haw. Mr. Harry Burns, Supervisor of Censusfor the Sixth Cougresionul District, gave out the names of all the emuiiei ators for the oouuthsa few days ago. Those for Henry county are as follows ; No. 61—No. 4S6x, and No. 1177, Fiippen—James B. Lyons. No. 63—489 x, Tnssahaw— Cyrus A. McKibben. No. 66—491. x, Laves— James E. Tinley. No. 67—198 x, McDonough (part oi) inc. McDonough, tn., all west of the Southern railway—Charles M. Speer. No. 68—498 x, McDonough (part of), exc. McDonough tn., all east of the Southern railway—Scab P. Crumbly. No. 69—576 x, Locust Grove inc., Locust Grove tn.—John W Mid dlebrooks. Ny. 70—611 x, McMullen, —Ben L. Harper. No. 71—622 x, Brushy Knob, and No, 888, Shake Rag—Lon Scarbor ough. No. 72—638 x, Beersheba —Wal- ter E. Gilmore. No. 73—641, Lowes—Alfred E. Brown. No. 74—723 x, Hampton and Ham pton tn. —Augustus B. Mitcham. No. 75—N0.767x, Sandy Ridge— Wm. T. McDonald. No. 76—No. 775 x, Stockbridge— Wm, O. Butler. Announcement To the Public. In offering my service to this community, ns a dental operative specialist, ’tis necessary to give them my testimonials, of the high est. In the first place long expeii enced, beginning with the highe st honors of the “Baltimore College of Dental Surgery,” oldest and best said, on earth, in a large class of students from all over the globe, the youngest. Where, on graduation, offered a position in college infirmary, as demonstra tor of operative-dentistry, in which took special prize, an honor never before conferred on a fresh graduate, at which served a year, ’till entered practice for self, taking special course in medicine, and paper on physiology said best ever handed in, and equal to a book. Served as chief-operator in larg est offices in the land : leading ones of Kansas-City, St. Louis and Atlanta, and have standing offei with Fifth Ave. N. Y. dentist, but on medical advice must seek quie cude of smaller place, lead simple not strenuous life. Liking location and looks of thb town, and not overwork caused t< break down before, but now re stored. In practice of about 50 years, honestly cjtn say, as few of bes cun, never had a filling to com out that know of, working ove ten years in one place, guarantee ing work. Highest art of dentistry is ii saving the natural teeth, onl best work and taking in time cai —so preferring this department adopted as my my specialty, th< first in state to do so. Now son. of the best becoming, as long heei in medicine. Stands to reasoi •oncentration excels, and ir\ N. Y. millionaire dental friem Henry County Sunday School Association. Meets At McDonough Meth odist Church On Third Sunday In April, The Henry County Sunday School Association will meet with toe McDonough Method st church oil Sunday, April 17,1910, the foi lowing will be the general arran gement : All the McDonough Sunday Schools and all the delegates from the schools of the count} . w ill at tend the metbodist Sunday School at the regular hour, 9.45 o’clock A. M. Sermon at. 11 o’clock, probably by the Rev. J. E. England, or by Dr. J. B. Mack. Business meeting in the after noon. In next week’s issue the grades at the Methodist Sunday School and their teachers will he announ oed, with the classes to which the different visiting classes will re port. Lot evorv Sunday School at once send the names of twodelegates to the undersigned Secreterv With prayers for a great day for our king, . Yours for Him. R. C. Brown, President. Frank Reagan. Secretary. Miss Bessie Davis Passes Away. Miss Bessie Davis, eldest daughter of Mr. W 8. Davis, of Hampton died on Tuesday, March 29, 1910, in far away Roswell, New Mexico. Her search for health had brought her to this place jnst a few days be fore her death, and sudden and sad indeed was the ending of this beautiful life. Homeward turned the fond father with the re mains and reached Hamp | ton Saturday. The funeral was held at Hampton Sunday and a large number of sorrow ing friends attended. M*ss Bessie was e young lady beautiful in life and loved by all and many are those who will miss her bright presence. Her father, Mr. W. S. Davis, a popular and pro minent merchant of Ham pton and mayor of th town, has many friends over the county who sy mpathize deeply with him in his bereavement. She leaves, besides her la ther, her mother, and three sisters and one brother. The Weekly extends its heartfelt sympathy to its friend, the brother, and all their loved ones in this hour of sadness and loss. only employs specialists. Last, but not least, I beg judg< me by what see and not hear, only fair, as there have been malic,iont fabrications follow one as th< mod don’t of unprincipled, un truthful, evil-minded, self made nemies; strangers don t know ■fitter, so please reserve sentence ’till do. Call and have your teeth xamined free at once, not wait till trouble, too late, make to your nterest, both as to price and work nd receive kind, gentle, honest reatment to best of my ability. Honestly and sincerely yonrs, G. J. Ford, A. B. D. D. S. dasonic B’ld’g. PAGES Devotional Program of Presbytery. Eqerybody, regardless of deno minations, cordially invited to attend the devotional and other exercises oi the meeting of the Atlania Presbytery, wh’oh begins at the Prsbytenan church next Tuesday evening The devotional program is as follows. Tuesday evening, 7 30 o’clock, Presbytery convenes. Sermon by the Rev. W. A Murry, Retiring moderator, cf Griffin. Wednesday morning, 11 o'clock, Doctrinal sermon by the Rev A- A. Little, of Westminister church Atlanta, on The Relation oi Reli gion to Socialism. Wednesday evening, 7 30 o’clock. Discussions of Home Missions, by variour speakers. Thursday morning, 11 o'clock, Sermon by the Rev. W. L. l.ingle, of First Church, Atlanta ;to d tlio Communion of the Lord’s Supper. Thursday evening. 7.30 o'clock. Sermon by the Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden of Central Church Atlanta. PRESBYTERMIF ATLJNTA 87th Stated Session Mc- Donough. 6a., April 12, 1910, 7:30 P" M- The Presbytery of Atlanta com posed of all the Presbyterian churches in the twenty-four coun ties surrounding Atlanta will rr ret; at the McDonough church c n next Tuesday evening the 12th instant-. A large number of representa tives, will he present and all de nominations are looking forward to the occasion with pleasure and expectation of profit und inspira tion. All the people, of every demoni nation and of no demonination, are cor&iylly invited and urged to attend. The following is the DOCKET. lr Sermon by Rev. W. A Murry, Retiring Moderator. 2. Presbytery opened with prayer. 3. Roll call. 4. Election of officers : (1) .Mode rator, (2) Recording Clerk. Distribution of prinledatd read ing of unprinted Minuti s, 6. Report of Permanent Com mittee on Devotional Exercises, Rev. H. J. Williams, Chairman. 7. Announcement of standing committees. 8. Reading of communications. 9. Report of Treasurer, with hooks and vouchers. 10. Reports of ad interim com mittees : Review of Minutes oi Commis sion to install Rev. Jas. P. Fm’th: Rev. W. L. Lingle, Chairman. 12. Unfinished Business. 13. Election of Commissioners to General Assembly, 14. Written Reports of Perma nent Committees or* : 15. Written repor is of Executive Committees. 16. Written reports of Perma nent Committees. 17. Reports of Trustees and Ad visory Board of Presbvtt rian Hos pital and matters pertaining. 18. Reports of Trustees of Don ald Fraser School and election of successors to retiring trustees: Rev. « T .G. Patton. 19. Fixing place and time of next meeting. 20. New business. 21. Report of Standing Commit tees, see No. 7. 22 Election of Treasurer. 23. Reports of Special Commit tees of current meeting. 24. Roll call. 25. Minutes read and approved, 26. Adjournment. $i A YEAR
