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IKNRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
KItANK liIvVCAX, Kilitor.
at the postofftca at McDca
wan. aa »acond cla*a mall matter.
Hutyartlfina Rataa: H-00 par hack
smr month. Redtu .ion on atandlng
i--tracts by special agraement.
JUDonough, 0». Sept. 9, 1010,
CAPTAIN SPEER
FOR DOORKEEPER.
We are pleased to learn and
new announce that Captain Chas.
M. Speer is a candidate for Door
keeper of the next House of Rep
resentatives,
Captain Speer is well and favor
ably known to the people of
Henry county, for, though for a
number of years of the recent
past he has lived and labored in
©ther counties, he was for many
years a citizen of old Henry. For
a. number of years he did our
county excellent service as Clerk
©f the Superior Court. He also
jbly and successfully edited The
Henry County Weekly for a num
ber of years; so is an old news
paper man whom the editors of
to-day will be glad to remember
by indorsing him for this place.
For the past eighteen years he
been superintendent of the
waterworks systems of both New
aan and Carrollton, giving com
plete satisfaction to these cities.
The Henry County Weekly, to
fetlrer with the people of McDon
ough and Henry county and his
sujnerous friends throughout the
state, wish him success in his
aspirations.
Daughters of Confederacy.
f. Locate Hampton Roads.
What was the date of the battle?
2. What important forts had
been besieged by northern war
vessels, increasing the danger of
capture for confederate ships
which ventured to run the block
ade?
3. Give description of the Vir
ginia. How did the confederates
tfcme into possession, and what
was the original name?
4. Name some of the officers.
What Georgian was commanding
Sag officer?
5. On the Bth of March, the
Virginia, acaompan'ed by two
smaller vessels left Norfolk and
steamed down the Elizabeth river.
How did her appearance affect
the federals? What effect had
tlii? shot and shell hurled at the
strange-looking era ft?
t>. Upon what large 'wooden
frigate did the Virginia sweep
down in a very short time?
7. Describe the attack upon
Hie Congress? Tell the result?
8. How did the Minnesota and
©ther federal ships escape total
destruction after having suffered
severely from the Virginia’s guns?
9. At Sunset, as the Virginia
drew off, what was her condition?
What effect did this sudden on
slaught ani destruction of their
vessels have upon the people of
the north?
10. Describe the Moni to r.
Give an account of the battle be
tween the Virginia and the Moni
tor.
11. Although the Virginia had
not accomplished all that the
south hoped, what effect did her
presence in the Norfolk harbor
have? What prevented the con
federates from constructing other
rams like the Virginia?
12. What effect did this en
gagement have upon the naval
warfare of'the world?
Answers to questions may be
found in Stephens’ Pictorial His
tory of the United States, pp. 687-
CSS, and Lee’s School History of
the United States.
Proposed Amendment
to Constitution.
Providing a Presentation for City of
AugUNta to Increase Its
Indebted ne*n.
By his Excellency, Joseph M. Brown,
Governor.
Atlanta, Ga. August 3,1910.
Whereas, the General Assembly at its
session in 1909 proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this State, as set
forth in an Act api roved August 16th
109, to-wit;
An act to amend Paragraph one of Sec
tion seven of Article seven of the Consti
tution of this State, so as to provide for
allowing tho City Council of Augusta,
which owns both a power producing ca
nal and water works, to increase its
bonded indebtedness beyond the amount
now allowed under said paragraph, un
der certain circumstances, for the pur
post; of flood protection.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That paragraph one of Sec
tion seven of article seven of the Consti
tution of thi State is hereby amended by
adding at the end of said paragraph the
following words: “Except that the City
Council of Augusta, from time to time as
necessary, for the purpose of protection
against floods, may incur a bonded in
debtedness upon its power producing ca
nal and municipal waterworks, in addi
tion to the debts herein! efore in this par
agraph allowed to be incurred, to amount
in the aggregate not exceeding fifty per
centum of the combined value of such
properties; tl e valuation of such proper
ties to be fixed as may be prescribed by
law, but said value not to exceed a figure
per*cent, on which shall represent the net'
r venue per annum produced by the two
such properties together at the time of
said valuation, and such indebtedness not
to be incurred except with the assent of
two-thirds of the qualified voters of such
city, at an election or elections for that
purpose, to be held as may be now, or
may hereafter, prescribed by law for the
incurring of the new d. bts by the said
City council of Augusta, so that said par
agraph when amended shall read as fol
lows:
“PARAGRAPH 1 The debt hereafter in
curred by any county, municipal corpo
ration or political division of this State,
except as in this Constitution-provided
for, shall not exceed seven per centum of
the assessed value of all the taxable prop
erty therein, and no such county, muni
cipality or division shall incur any new
debt, except for a temporary loan or
loans to supply casual deficiencies of rev
enue, not. to exceed one-fifth of one per
e.'iitum of the assessed value of taxable
property therein, without the assent of
two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof,
at uu election for that purpose, to be
held as may be prescribed by law; but
any city, the debt of which does not ex
ceed seven per centum of the assessed
value oi the taxable property at thi t ime
of the adoption of this Constitution, may
be authorized by law to increase, til any
time, the amount of said debt, three per
centum upon such assessed valuation;
except that the City council of Augusta,
from time to time, as necessary, lor the
purpose of protection against floods, may
incur a bonded indebtedness upon its
power producing canal and municipal
waterworks, m addition to the debts
hereinbeforb in this paragraph allowed
to be incurred, to an amouut in the ag
gregate not exceeding lifgy per centum
of the combined value of such properties,
the valuation of such properties to he
fixed as maybe prescribed by law, but
said valuation not to exceed a figure five
percent, on which shall represent the net
r, venue per annum produced bv the two
properties together at the time of said
valuation, and such indebtedness not to
be incurred except with the assent of two
thirds of the qualified voters of such city,
at au election or elections for that pur
pose to be held as may be now, or may be
hereafter, prescribed by law for the in
curring of new debts by said the City
council of Augusta.”
See. 2. Be ic further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That whenever tin
above proposed amendment t«» the Con
stitution shall be agreed to two- thirds oi
the members eleeteU to each of the two
houses of the General Assembly, and the
same has been entered on their journals,
with the ayes and nays taken thereon,
tin- Governor shall, and he is hereby au
thorized and instructed to cause said
amendment to be published in at ieusV
two newspapers in each Congressional
district in this State for the period of two
months next preceding the time of Indu
ing the next general election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the
autimrity atoresuid, that tin above pro
posed amendment shall be submitted for
ratification or rejection to the electors of
this State at the next general election to
be held after publication as provided for
in the second Section of thi.- Act, in the
si verql election districts of this Slum-, at
which election every person shall be
qualtlhd to vote who is entitled to vu.e
for members of the General Assembly.
All persons voting at such election in
favor of adopting the prop is- l a mend
men t So the Constitution shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the words:
“For amendment allowing City of Au
gusta to increase its bonded iudebtness
for flood protection,” and all persons op
posed to the adoption of the amendment
shall have wi-iu -n or printed ~n their
ballots the words: “Against amendment
allowing City of Augusta to increase its
bonded indebtedness for flood protec
tion ”
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the Governor
lie and he is hereby authorized and di
rected to provide fori ue, submission of
the amendment proposed in the first Sec
tion of this Act to a vote of the people
as required by the Constitution of this
State in paragraph one of Section one of
article thirteen, and by this Act, and if
ratified, the Governor shall, when he as
certains such ratification fromtheSec
retary of State, to whom the returns
shall be referred in the manner as in
cases of election for members of the Gen
era] Assembly to count and ascertain the
results, issue his proclamation for one
insertion in one of the daily papers of
this State, announcing such result and
declaring the amendment ratified.
Sec. 5. Beit further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this Act,
be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I. Joseph M. Brown,
Governor of said State, do issue this my
proclamation, hereby declaring that the
foregoing proposed amendment to the
Constitution is submitted for ratifica
tion or rejection to the voters of the state
qualified to vote f ir membeis of the Gen
eral Assembly at the general election to
he held on Wedne.-day. October sth, 1910.
JOSEPH M. BItOWN,
Governor.
By the Governor. PHILLIP COOK,
Secretary State.
LIBEL FOR IHVOIICK
Henry Superior Court, April Term,
1910.
Alma Cato ) it appearing that Troy
vs. t Cato, defendant in the fore-
J. W. Cato. ) going petition, resides out
of the State, and that it, is necessary to
perfect service upon him by publication.
It is ordered that service be perfected
'-v publication in the paper in which
Sheriff's advertisements ate piinted twice
a month for two months before the next
October term of this Court.
hhis April 28th. 1910.
E. J. Reagan, JudgeS. C.F. C.
Georgia—Henry County:
1 J. A. Fouche, Clerk Superior Court in
and for said County, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing order is a
true abstract from the minutes of Hem y
Superior Court. This A ugust 16th, 1910.
J. A. Fouche, Clerk.
Administrator's Sale.
Georgia, Henry County.
By virtue of an order from the court of
Ordinary of sa'ul-County, will be sold be
fore the court house door, within the le
gal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
October 1910, 5 acres of land off the north
east corner of lot No. 113 in the original
district of said county, known as the old
Jackson place, lining sold as the property
of the estate of Violet Eason. Sold for
the benefit of heirs and creditors Terms
cash.
9 30 J. A. Fouche, Adinr.
Administrator's Salt-.
Georgia, TTOnrr County.
By virtue of art ord r from the court of
Ordinary of said county, will he sold be
foretheconrt house door in McDonough,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in October 19)0, 1 house and lot,
in the town of McDonough, Ga., situated
on east side of Brown street, known as
the Dr. Langston place, containing 3-4 of
an acre of laud, more or less, and being
sold as the property of N. J. Lapgston’s
estate. 9-80 >.
Mrs. M. B. Langston,
' Administratrix.
For Leave to Sell.
Georgia, Henry County.
To whim it may concern :
Notice is hereby given that, the under
signed has applied to the Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell a lot in the town
of McDonough. Ga , belonging to the es
tate of Mrs. Eitdora B. Lemon for the
purpose of distribution. Said applica
tion will lie heard at the regular term of
the court of Ordinary for said county to
be held on the first Monday in October
1910. Tl is September 7th. 1910.
ASA A. LEMON,
Administrator Estate of
9-30 Mrs. Eudora B. Lemon.
For Leave to. Sell.
Georgia, Henry County.
Mrs. Eaima Berry, administratrix of
the estate of M. K. Berry, deceased, hav
ing in due form made apulieation for
leave to sell the lands belonging to said
estate, situated in Henry e.t.n'yin the
town of Stockliridge; this is to notify you
that said application will be heard at t} t
next regular term of Court of Ordinary
on tin- first Monday in October 1910.
Given under my hand and seal, this ell:
day of September, I MP.
930 A.G. Harris, Ordinary. j
Messrs. E. M. Copeland and
Howard Carmichael attended the
funeral of the former’s cousin, Mr. *
W. R. McClelland, at Stone Mount- J
ain last Friday. *
A Few Bushels of Grain.
A tew bushels of corn planted in the ground becomes
many bushels of grain. So with the tew dollars you put in
our bank from time to time. The rain causes your grain to
.grow, and the interest we pay causes )our dollars to grow.
Would the ablest business men in the country have a bank
account it there were no advantage or convenience in it?
Would they have been able to reach their present command
ing position it they had spent hall of their time worrying
about the safety ot the money they had made?
We invite you to open up an account with us as they
did and the advantages they found will surely come to you.
When you have earned your money don't let it slip away
trom you; ten here, twenty there, a hundred some where
else, soon make a thousand dollars.
We otter you our bank as a sate place in which to
-deposit your money, and our good eye is always on the
lookout tor y ou.
THE BANK OF HENRY COUNTY,
McDonough, Ga.
BRING US ANY
PICTURES
you may have and let us
Frame them for you.
A KEW LOT OF MOIJLD-
E?JC JUST RECEIVED.
OUR LINE OF
TABLETS AND
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
is complete and can save
you some money.
A. u ilgiesoy ik Co.
8 Alias Slii MiLLS LEAD
Simplicity, Capacity, Durability, Better
t. v Hvay Msoou iVlud© Machinery and avoid
ei oessav© anti long waits for Repairs
Stemi and Gasoline Engines
Portable & Statidsartßoilebs
Complete Gicning. Saving and Shingle Outfits
T J Pumps, Ta-ks, Towers, Rn f ng. Acetylene Halving Plants
EVERYTHING IN MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
• MALIARY MACHINERY
' " 1 1,1 1 «—i
B. B. CARMICHAEL & SONS, :
McDonough, ga. j
Funeral Directors and Embalmers. i
Day Phone No. 51 Phone No. 52 J
All culls answered promptly day or night.
All embalming carefully done and according to best methods ij
Our stock of metal and wood caskets and l obes are unequalled. 5
Our services, hearses and equipment, are the best to be had. j
We furnish the best steel, brick or cement Vaults. 2
