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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
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McDonough, Ga., March 3, 1911
“Missus, We're Making You a
Fine Road.”
These were the words addressed
by one of the men of striped cloth
ing to a lady driving along the Lo
cust Grove road where our county
force is straightening the road and
levelling the hill.
It was a beautiful deed last fall
done by the good ladies of Mc-
Mullens district in remembering
the county road workers with so
many good things from their lar
ders, many of them the choicest
viands prepared by these ladies’
own hands.
These two incidents sugested
thoughts to us along many lines
and the texts for many editorials.
But at present we shall take only
two of these thoughts:
The convict’s remarks, indicat
ing the realization on his part of
his service to the public; not a bad
sentiment, though found in a crimi
nal, and one giving intimation that
there may be other good senti
ments keeping company with this
one in his heart, and that the ob
ject of placing him there, of re
forming him, may even now have
begun to be accomplished.
And the attitude of these good
ladies toward those men, that of
considering them as still human
beings, though garbed like deni
zens of an African jungle; indicat
ing the changing attitude of the
general public toward the men
who have transgressed the law.
For ages men regarded the per
son who had been sentenced to
penal servitude as no longer a
man —but as some soulless one
existing only for suffering, entitled
to have exercised toward him none
of the human or Christian charities
or feelings. Some degree of this
still clings to our penal system.
But times are changing, and so
are our sentiment and our sys
tems.
From the days of Blackstone at
least, the precaution against future
offences has been recognized as
the only proper end of human
punishments; for “atonement or
expiation must ue left to the just
determination of the Supreme Be
ing.”
The three ways of doing this
have been: “by amendment of the
offender himself, by fines, impris
onment, etc.; or by deterring oth
ers by the dread of his example
from offending in the like way,
which gives rise to such execu
tions of justice as are open and
public; or by depriving the party
injuring of the power to do future
mischief, by putting him to death,
or condemning him to perpetual
imprisonment, etc.”
We might remember that it is
no part of the original purpose of
punisement to make pecuniary
gain for individ - Is or the public;
and the recent suggestion that all
productsof the convict’s labor, over
and above the cost of maintaining
him and his proportion of the cost
of the system by which he is ap
prehended, tried and sentenced,
should pe paid either to him or his
dependant family, is an idea not
without merit.
Even these discussions, our new
parole system, and the many other
improvements we see constantly
put into practice, show that we
are beginning to see in the con
vict not merely an outlawed being
and a dehumanized being, but still
a man, often possessing possibil
ities of usefulness in the future,
when new opportunities and free
dom come.
And is there a response in the
convict to the softening of the pub
lic’s attitude and treatment? Hear
the words spoken to the lady quot
ed above for your adswer. We
often think that even the man in
chains is thankful that he has the
health to be out in God’s great
out-of-doors, doing something,
rather than cempelled by a feeble
body to remain confined in a
prison.
We are satisfied that sometimes
they feel a sense of serving in the
work they do. And let this un
selfish view possess men and even
chains will be silenced and songs
will be heard where only sighs
were before.
And in that future which is
surely coming in Georgia, when
our whole land from the moun
tains to the sea will be threaded
with beautiful highways, and in
consequence of accessibility to
market our farms will blossom as
the rose and make peace and
plenty on every farm; then will
not a vast army be able to feel
some pride, even in the midst of
degradation, and say, “see my
work. Can hands of men totally
bad accomplish such a transforma
tion?” and, if even a single saved
soul among this army catches the
vision of such a realization, as he
stands upon the pedestal of a re
deemed manhood, who can place
a price on its worth; or if this sys
tem is built up by making of new
comers into the camp, confirmed
criminals, how absurdly high the
cost, no matter how fine our roads.
For Sale.
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size and best make. See or write
to the editor of The Henry County
Weekly, McDonough, Ga.
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McDonough, Ga.
Notice to Debtors anti Creditors.
Georgia, Henry County.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given to all the credit
ors of the estate of Mrs. Bessie Daily
Burch, late of said county, deceased, to
render in an account of their demands to
me within the time presciibed by law,
properly made out.
All persons indebted to said deceased are
hereby Requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
O B. Dailey,
Admin. Est. of Mrs. Bessie Dailey Burch.
This Feb. Oth, 11)11.
3-17, 0.
Libel for Divorce.
Ruth Burch l Libel for Divorce
vs. in
Jeff Burch i Henry Sup. Court.
Filed to October Term, 1910.
To the defendant, Jeff Burch, who re
sides without the County of Henry and
without the State of Georgia.
You are hereby notified that the plain
tiff in the above stated case has filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Henry County, Ga.. a suit for divorce
against you, and you are ordered to be
and appear at the April 1911 Term of
Henry Superior Court to be held on the
third Monday in April, 1911, to answer
the plaintiff’s complaint.
Witness the Hon. R. T. Daniel, Judge
of said court, this Feb. 4,1911.
J. A. Fouche,
3 )0. 4. C. S. C. 11. C. Ga.
l or Claim Title.
Henry Court of Ordinary, Feb. 7 1911.
j To the heirs at law of Thomas Fields, late
of Henry County, deceased:
| J. K. Mays has filed in my office his ap-
I plication, asking that J. F. M. Fields, ad
' ministrator on theestate of Thomas Fields
' deceased be required to make his quit claim
titles to certain real estate, which is fully
| described in a bond for titles made by the
| said Thomas Fields to the said J. E. May.,
| a copy of which bond is attached to said
application. The said J. E. Mays alleges
j that he- has paid off and discharged the
notes mentioned in said bond as being
I required to he paid before titles are made.
I will pass upon said application on the
first Monday in March, 1911.
1 33. 4 A. G. Harris. Ordinary.
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Libel Suit for Divorce.
J. P. Turner, Libel for Divorce
vs. in
Mary S. Turner. j Henry Sup. Court.
Filed to October term, 1910.
To the defendant, Mary S. Turner, who
resides without the County of Henry and
without the State of Georgia.
You are hereby notified that the plaintiff
in the above stated case has filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Henry County, Ga., a suit for diyorce
against you, ami you are ordered to be and
appear at the April term of Henry Supe
rior Court to be held on the third Monday
in April, 1911, to answer the plaintiff’s
complaint.
Witness the Hon. R. T. Daniel, Judge
of said Court, this Feb. 4th, 1911.
J. A. Fouche,
8-10,4. C. S. C. 11. C. Ga.
For Twelve Months Support
Georgia, Henry County.
Mrs. Martha Knight, having made ap
plication for twelve months support out
of theestate of W. J. Knight, deceased;
All persons concerned are hereby required
to show cause before the Court of Ordi
nary of said county on the first Monday
in March, 1911, why said application
should not be granted.
This Feb. 6, 1911. A. G. Harris,
3-3,4 Ordinary.
For Guardian.
Georgia. Henry County.
H. E. Rosser, a resident of said state and
county, having duly applied to beap
pointed Guardian of the person and prop
erty of Gettis Rosser, a minor under the
age of fourteen years; notice is hereby
given that said application will be heard
at the next regular Court of Ordinary for
said county to be held on the first Monday
in March, 1911.
This Feb. 6, 1911. A.G. Harris,
3-3,4. Ordinary.
Application to Make Title.
Georgia. Henry County.
To J. F. M. Fields and W. G. Copeland,
executors of the last will and testment of
J. P. Copeland, deceased, and to Mrs. J
P. Copeland and Miss Cora Betts, heirs-at
law and legatees under the will of the
siad J. P. Copeland, deceased:
J. A. Solomon, having made application
to require titles to be executed to him to
certain land described in a bond for title
thereto attached purporting to be signed
by J. P. Copeland, late of said countv, de
ceased, the said application alleging that
said land had been fully paid for, this is to
notify you that said application will be
heard on the first Monday in March, 1911,
before the Court of Ordinary for said
county.
Given tinder my hand and official signa
ture this Feb. 6th, 1911. A. G. Harris,
3-3, 4. Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors ami Creditors
Georgia, Henry County.
1 o whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given to all the credit
ors of the estate of W. M. Burch, late of
said county, deceased, to render in an ac
count of their demands, to me, within the
time prescribed by la w, properly made out.
All persons indebted to said deceased
are hereby requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This Feb. 6,1911.
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Administrator Estate of W. M. Burch.
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