The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, June 02, 1911, Image 2
THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY FRANK ItKAGAN, Editor. Entered at the postotfieeat McDonough. Qa., as second-class mail matter. Advertising Hates furnished on appli cation. Obituaries. One obituary, not more than one hundred words in length, will be published free; only one obituary for each death. All containing more than one hundred words must l>e accompanied with one cent per word for all in excess of one hundred words. We cannot under take to cut them down to the one hundred worn limit. Manuscripts not accompan ied with postage will not. |>e returned. Warning'. No statements purporting to come from The Henry County Weekly are genuine unless they have written on their face the signature of Frank Reagan, Editor, or are presented by him in person. Any person receiving such a statement will please notify Frank Reagan, Editor, McDonough, Georgia. Official Organ of Henry County. McDonough, Ga., June 2, 1911. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TOMORROW. Tomorrow, June 3rd, is the anni versary of Jefferson Davis’s birth day. We need to have our atten tion called to the fact and its meaning, lest in the turmoil and toil of a busy life, we forget. Truly we need to give more thought, in these days of success worship, to this great character of our great past; or we shall cease to merit the honor of which Davis himself so fitly spoke in his ora tion at the Lee Memorial meeting at Richmond, on the evening of November 3,1870: “Soldiers and Sailors of the Con federacy,Countrymen and Friends: “Assembled on this sad occasion, with hearts oppressed with grief that follow's the loss of him who was our leader on many a bloody • battlefield, there is a melancholy pleasure in the spectacle which is presented. Hitherto, in all times, men have been honored when successful; but here is the case of one who, amid disaster, went down to his grave, and those who were his companions in misfortune have assembled to honor his mem ory. It is as much an honor to you who give as to him who receives, for above the vulgar test of merit you show yourselves competent to discriminate between him who enjoys and him who deserves suc cess.” And so may we today still honor ourselves in honoring him and re garding the morrow marking the day of his birth with most sacred recollection and contemplation of bis life and virtues. ’Tis adversity that tests the man, and this test, of the severest kind, was endured by Davis with sub lime success. The morrow to which the new President of a new republic looked forward on Februar> 18, 1861, when he was inaugurated, was filled with much that he could not foresee. He may have looked forward to a morrow of a brief period of war fare, and then a sad hut success ful severance of the ties with the earlier union, and then, on into the far future, interminable years of glory and growth of the fair young nation. As president of a successful na tion, we do not know what Davis’ career would have been. That it would have been one of lustre, however, we are justified in be lieving by the character and ca pacity of the man. That, however, would he mere speculation. What concerns us now is the fact that his high hopes could not be realized, and gave way to defeat and the destruction of the fairest government men have yet established. Though the government per ished, we do not regard Davis’ ca reer or his presidency as a failure. Rather did he achieve a triumph even in defeat itself. Senator John W. Daniel, in that eloquent defence of Mr. Davis, de livered by him before the Virginia Legislature in 1890, aptly and graphically expresses the truth in these words: “ Blame Jefferson Davis for this or that; discount all that, critics say, and then behold the mighty feat which created and for four years maintained a nation;.behold how armies without a nucleus were marshalled and armed —how a navy, small indeed, hut one that revolutionized the naval warfare of all nations and became the ter ror of the seas, was fashioned out of old hulks or picked up in for eign places; see how a world in arms was held at bay by a people and a soldiery whom he held to gether with an iron will and hpried like a flaming thunderbolt at their foes.” We have not mentioned the Davis of earlier times, hut we say that they justified the Confederate States in choosing him chief. In each of a number of capacities, he had rendered such service to his country before the secession, as entitles him to world-wide and time-defying renown, had he never accomplished either of the others or survived to secession times. A fighter in the frontier and In dian wars; hero of the Mexican War; Secretary of War; United States Senator and Congressman, and the peer of any in each of these great bodies: would not such a record justify his selection for the most solemn and arduous duty? And we of this day, who so glibly speak of a “new South,” would well remember two things: First. That the old South had the highest ideals of public and private life, and they fought for what they knew to he right and was right and is right to-day. We shall only preserve the best in our Southland and our nation as we still strive and, die if necessary, for the same sacred principles which come down and flow through our veins in the blood of our fathers; SECOND. When we are pointed to one of our times for an example, we can well go back to such a man as Davis and recall the words of Senator Daniel’s peroration: “And we but forecast the judg ment of the years to come when we pronounce that Jefferson Davis was great and pure as statesman, man, and patriot. “In the eyes of Him to whom a thousand years are as a watch in the night, the war and the century in which it came are but as a single heart-throb in the breast of time, and when tlie myriads of this great land shall look back through unclouded skies to the old heroic days, the smoke and stain of the battle will have vanished from the hero’s name. The tall chieftain of the men who wore the gray will stand before them with a ‘coun tenance like the lightning and in raiment as white as snow.’ ” LEADERS TOWARDS THE TRUTH In this issue of The Weekly is published a call to the colored people for a school convention, signed by J. Clifton Walker, Prin cipal of the McDonough Colored School. When it comes to the education of the negro, we always desire to know who is doing the educating before we approve or disapprove such education. But Walker has already demon strated to his white friends that we can approve him as an edu cator of his race. We shall not soon forget how heroically he The Logical Way to do combined writing and adding is on ~*** 1 """ a combined writing and adding macnine The New Model 1 1 ’ S' Remington A-it writes Here Ipr \ Typewriter //h^h^fe Hcre 'O'J.. witH Wahl Adding and Subtract- I ing Attachment is the only general I lfl\< i f| writing machine which adds. It is ' ilj i Ijj } j the only adding and subtracting I(11(1/ 7/ f 1/ ' 1 j machine which writes. It is the ] ' if,ll only machine which affords the * ul/V !!/!!!/!!(' • f i i • • V-H/ti’- : t k •'vjjt in—*- / / / 111]u ->> 2J it maximum ot labor-saving m com- V** l / //J/A \ .■> Lined writing and adding work. Remington Tvoewriter Company Atlanta, Ga. .% N. Broad St. worked at our recent disastrous fires and sought to influence other negroes to do the same. Let the race learn that all teach ing and all learning must not lose sight of the truth that service and co-operation with the white people are the only insurance of security to the colored man and of the white man’s help, and such will be true education indeed. Walker’s deeds indicate that he would educate them to this truth; and we hope his call will be heed ed and produce good. McDonough is fortunate in hav ing among its colored people such leaders as this, and the preacher, Robert Adams, who realize the colored man’s sphere, and are ambitious for fitting him credit ably to fill it. FARMERS’ INSTITUTE IN JULY OR AUGUST. Do the people of Henry County desire a Farmers’ Institute during the summer? The State College of Agriculture has written to Hon. E. M. Smith, our representative, and Mr. J. B. Brown, of the Farmers’ Co-Opera tive Demonstration work, offering to furnish several of the best speakers in the state, without any expense whatever, 7 for such an institute. When all the crops are laid by, a large crowd would no doubt at tend. All farmers interested should mention their desire either to Mr. Smith or Mr. Brown, so that it can he determined whether there is enough interest in the matter to have the meeting. Change of Preaching Dates at Sharon. We are requested to announce that the meeting days at Sharon church have been changed from the third Sunday in each month to the first Sunday and Saturday before the first Sunday in each month. This change begins with the services on First Sunday in June and the Saturday before. For Administrator. Georgia, Henry County. To whom it may concern: J. B. Thurman, having made applica tion to me in due form to appointed per manent Administrator upon the estate of Mary E. Thurman, late of sail county, notice is herehy given that sail application will be heard at the regula term of the Court of Ordinary for sai( county, to be held on the First Monday ii June. 1911. Witness my hand and official signaturt this Ist day of May, 1911. A. G. Harris, 5-26, 4. Ordinary. TAX RECEIVERS REGULAR ROUNDS FOR 1911. District or Place. Honrs. Day. June, LOCUST GROVE. Thursday 1 Thursday 22 SANDY RIDGE. Monday 5 BEERSHEBA. 10 to 12 a. m. Tuesday 6 Ola 1 to 3p. m. Tuesday 6 MCMULLEN’S. 10 to 12 a. m. Wednesday 7 Julia Ito 3p. m. Wednesday 7 LOVE’S. Thursday g KNOB. Friday 9 SHAKERAG. Monday 12 STOCKBRIDGE. Tuesday 13 Wednesday 21 FLIPPEN. Wednesday 14 SIXTH. Thursday 15 HAMPTON. . Friday 16 Tuesday 20 LUELLA. Morning. Monday 19 GREENWOOD. Afternoon. Monday 19 At McDonough every Saturday until the books are closed. J. H. 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