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The Henry County Weekly
VOL. XXXV
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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
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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.
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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