The Henry €p :y Weekly
VOL. XU.
INTRODUCES BILL TO
CREATE NEW CIRCUIT
Senator E. M. Smith of the
Thirty-fourth Senatorial Dis
trict Is Its Champion —His
Measure the Best Yet.
Hon. E. M. Smith of McDon
ough, who was born and reared
in Monroe county and who now
represents the Thirty-fourth Sen
atorial district, has introduced a
bill to create a new judicial circuit
to be known as “Indian Spring
Circuit.” The bill provides that
the new circuit will be composed
of four counties —Clayton, from
the Stone Mountain Circuit, and
Henry, Butts, and Monroe, from
the Flint. This would leave the
Flint Circuit composed of Fayette,
Spalding, Pike, and Upson.
The proposed plan contemplates
that each county will have four
terms of court each year, at two
of which the grand jury will con
vene.
For years those who were
posted as to the condition of the
dockets in the Flint have con
tended that the circuit was too
large, that the work was too
heavy for one judge and maifv
plans have been suggested to re
lieve the congestion in the qeurts
and the overworked judges.
The*’e zre-pj&eat r
.who thinft that when a judge dis
misses the jurors in the after
noon his work is ended. Not so.
Frequently he goes right on with
the hearing of motions, etc., works
until supper and then on into the
night. Most of the Saturdays he
must remain at his chambers,
hearing motions for new trials,
applications for injunctions, etc.,
and year in and year out every
day is filled with labor that is try
ing and taxing and nerve rack
ing. Frequently he has to read
records that are scores of pages
long, must apply the law to the
facts of the particular case, and
all this requires time and thought,
care and study.
Realizing that the work in the
Flint was too heavy for one man,
the late Judge Daniel earnestly
advocated a division of the cir
cuit and but for his untimely death
a bill for a division of the circuit
would, no doubt, have been in-!
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troduced before now. The pres- 1
ent judge realizes the necessity of'
some sort of relief for, in speak- 1
ing of the work, he has been
been heard to remark that “it will!
kill any man who keeps it up.”
There are at least four or five ;
hundred cases on the dockets in
this county undisposed of. The
dockets of the other counties in
the circuit are probably as crowd- 1
ed. With only two sessions of'
court a year, with more civil cases
being filed each term than are j
disposed of, with the grand jury
returning many more bills at each
term than can be tried, the result
is that tht dockets are clogged,'
important civil cases involving the'
rights of. litigants and criminal
cases where liberty and, some
times, life are inv Iv-.-J go untried
and justice is thwarted and the
law goes unenforced. In these
delays the very Constitution of
our State is put at naught for it
guarantees to every man charged
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A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the *n| .?.! - u* :<h and Henry County.
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Mr. Rufe Love Dead.
M". R. M. Love died at tlie home
of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary
K iiott, in Love’s district, at (i
o’clock, last Sunday morning, July
9, 1916.
Mr. Love was wall known as one
ot Keury county’s best ami most
worthy citizens. For some time
he had lived with his spn. Mr. By
ron Love, in Conyers, but at the
time of his death was on a visit to
relatives in Henry. Besides two
sons, Mr. Byron Love of Conyers,
and Mr. Tom Love of this county,
he leaves a host of relatives ans
friends to mourn his loss.
His remains were laid to rest be
side his wife at Salem church at 11
o’clock Monday morning. Rev.
Homer Adamson, the pastor, offi
ciating.
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For Judge.
Judge W. E. H. Searoy, Jr., who
was appointed to fill the nnexpired
term of the late Robt. T. Daniel,
announces his candidacy in this
week’s Weekly to succeed himself.
With his able administration and
vary attractive personal bearing,
Judge Searcy has added scores of
friends to his extensive acquain
tance Qver the Flint Circuit, and
| there now seems no possibility that
ihe will have opposition. The
Weekly takes pleasure in joining
■ the congratulations being extend
ed him."
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with % crime a speedy trial. Not
o.ily should every case be tried as
soon after itT&’docketed as .possi
ble for the benefit of those inter
but because the. truth
bs retake readily established than
when it is old, as the recollections
of men are frail and important wit
nesses sicken and die. Then
again, when cases are old it takes
longer to try them and therefore
is more expensive. Every argu
ment is in favor of the trial of
cases when they are new ana this
cannot be done with the system
now in vogue.
The objects of criminal -prose
cutions are to present further
violations of the law by the accus
ed and to deter others. The cer
tainty of punisrnnent is one of the
strongest deterrent influences
and the longer a case is continued
the less the certainty of punish
ment. The present conditions fa
yor the man who is able to give
bond and his case, though it may
be a very aggravated one, may
be continued from term to term
while the court, in order to “clear
the jail,” consumes all its time
trying the poor unfortunates who’
cannot give bond but must remain
in jail. Frequent terms would!
enable the court to “catch up and
stay up” and the man under bond
would be tried as well as the man
in jail.
There have been suggestions
that the remedy is in a City Court.
That has been tried and found un
satisfactory. Besides a City Court
with four terms added to the two
terms of the Superior Court and
the cost of paying the-officers of
the City Court would be much
more expensive than a Superior
Court with four terms a year.
To relieve the congested condi
tion of the dockets of the courts,
in the interest of the speedy and
accurate administration of justice 1
and in the interest of economy I
some measure of relief is neces- I
sary and that proposed by Senator |
Smith seems the most practical
yet presented. —Monroe Adver
tiser.
McDonough. Georgia; ™LaV. july h. cm
Rains Vi-fg Hun oc.
By far the bjgL’St mins on rec
•f
ora were ?:»ase\gf h f< av days the
past week, thircHCy papers bring
ing accounts'o: s TuiDd dumng
Tu Henry >\d,nt.y all .o'rw.ms,;
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out of hanL-g. ,pd "L:« !< -tr ,>o ;
to hot-tom
lv ooneeivahlof J jo of im
portanco waDi-wMi'm. * hough nun j
bers of f» requir 'd rc ;
pairing to I '<*»£*?■± r hem pass--.lv \ ;
At Snapping sis, tho wat j
rea -hed the uo<L 4side ot the high j
iron bridge. ,'T
A most rmniirkable occurrence)
was at Turner.'--1 ’’Lurch. A sin .1! |
but violent cy*s: lifted the but: 1 I
ing from 'its.Mokm, currying i
about 18 Let f.. H-oeemeterv f n-
The roof and of the tiy. ku\
were wrencir j? -and damaged,
though glasaekfvm-a table were no? j
even turned qjNX a >id none, o F to-..-
lamps were AH tre s \n
the yard were n /rooted and a small'
house in the de.hetery completely
demolished,* i■"
Nothing fm in the vicinity
was disturbed,fjbur a; bunch of
pines on the of Mr. Jesse
Copeland over Lafe creek was .-truck
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and laid flnL ,o,
The Weekly v- .that it can
not give many Vie tails of the four
% y .
day’s recent
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Death of -My. J. L» Jinks.
After a sUp! t i-Xness, M-. J.
Lather juijTs died at Ins home in
t -a, | . ‘W
on- Saturday,
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Mr. Jinks * had been' in feeble
health for spin time with kidney
tron ;D, but his death was unex
pected and came ns a shock to
many friends. He was about 5G
years of age, and not only a good
citizen, but one of the very b. •.
and cleverest of neighbors, and in
his departure the community in
which he lived loses one of its most
valuable and highly esteemed mem
bers. He haves a wife and several
sons and daughters, who are ex
tended much sympathy in their be
reavement.
His remains were laid to rest at
County Line church near Jenkins
burg, at 11 o’clock last Monday
morning, Rev. Mr. Sharp, the pas
tor, performing the -funeral ser
vices.
For Solicitor.
Solicitor General E. M. Owen an
nounces his candidacy for re-nomi
nation this week, and that he will
have it all to himself goes without
saying. If there is a better or
more popular solicitor in Georgia,
he is yet to be heard from, and
with his thoroughly genial dispo
sition, personal magnetism full ar d
running over, and all that sort of
thing, who could think of oppos
ing Emmett Owen? Useless —ut-
terly.
Teachers’ Examinations,
August 4 and sth.
Notice is hereby given that the
Teachers’ Examination will be
held at McDonough, August 4 and
sth. The Reading Course for the
renewal of first grade licenses
given in the year, 1913, will be as
follows:
Primary and General Elemen
tary—Manual. Cubberly’s Rural
Life and Education. Colgrove’s,
The Teacher and the School.
High School and Supervisory —
Manual. Hollister’s High School
Administration. Cubberly’s Rural
Life and Education.
R. O. JACKSON,
Superintendent Schools.
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~s*r w ua ■ ■ v am ■ a
ll rah*, d.
Juiv v time.
wappers taking a vaca
tion.
Madam rumor says wedding
■ ring.
j is , like Mexico, is hard to
manage.
Gallic: mgs of all kinds were
r lined nt Sunday.
■r. , ai Gardner has the best ,
corn crop in the county.
Hie md time country dance is a
tiling of the past.
V.’ ' Ytkinson is the champion
h tale* elTer irrthe copnty.
rtee ce water every dav at
T om: son’s blacksmith shop.
i . >, Dickson was a visitor Mc-
Donough Saturday.
Aldine Terry of Atlanta is the j
■ m ~t ot Ernest Thompson.
Yum Uucle J. H. Wallace is a
cracking good farmer —fact.
We were very sad indeed to
hear of the death of Mr. Luther
jinks.
Town folks go in bathing and
country folks go in a-washin’.
See!
Rev. H. V, Adamson will fill his
regular appointment at Bethany
next Sunday.
Froeysampfa botttfe o! best^fir^
men Lever sold in McDUnougti at
Thompson’s blacksmith shop.
Your Uucle Bed Ricks has “sho
nuff” got one of the finest or
chards in the county.
Scatter lime and sprinkle disin
fectant around your premises as a
safeguard.
Automobiles are just the thing
for R. F. D. carriers in dry weath
er, but when it “sho nuff rains”
—oh, shucks!
Assistant Postmaster John Var
ner is a “johnny on the spot”
when it comes to being on the
job.’
Revival services will begin at
Sharon church on Thursday night,
before the sth Sunday in July.
Manager G. F. Spinks of the
Southern Bell Telephone Co. is off
on his vacation, and O. L. Themp
son of the Ola and Woodstown
line is filling his place while he
is out.
Rev. J. A. Jackson recently cel
ebrated his 72nd birthday, and it
was quite a pleasant occasion, as
a few of his friends and relatives
were present, all of whom are
glad to know that he is holding
his own, and enjoying his usual
health.
The reunion of the Jenkins fam
ily will be held at the residence of
Mr. J. H. Rape on July 19th, and
all the friends and relatives are
cordially invited. The readers of
The Weekly, remember the re
cent articles which appeared in its
columns from George W. Jenkins
of Alabama, who is expected to
be present.
The bill which has recently been
introduced in the general assem
bly to create a new judicial circuit,
to be known as the Indian Springs
Circuit, ia a timely one, and we
see no reason why it should not
pass. There is a demand for a
SI.OO A YEAR
FARMFRS - INRTITIITP
W ■ ■« V • ■ I V ■ k
IS TO BE HELO
College of Agriculture Force
to Make Practical Talks and
Answer Ouestions About
Economical Soil Building.
0
A farmers’ institute is to be
held in Henry countv on Wednes
day July 26. College experts are
to be present and tell how to build
up the fertility of the soils of this
county through diversification
methods of farming} to
engage iutjilier nnes of
farming than rtusnn& Cotton. Ad
vance announcements sent *buf
from the State College of Agricul
ture at Athens, state •feat tlyjse
addresses will be plrnr? pjaptical,
helpful, and will
more with telling faffTljeen
’done wkaKanybody thinks
may be done.
The experts will welcome in
quiries and will be glad to confer
with farmers about their prob
lems. They will be here for one
day. The meeting place will be
at Locust Groye on above date.
The speakers who are scheduled
to speak are: Messrs, R. AMiLtat
ford* C. N. Keyser, and C,,M.
ktom * *- v• -
* Fanners 'of -th** region vHU
: doubtless weJcomS* this bpportu
; nity to obtain the very best agri
cultural information from high
class men who not only have a
broad fund of information but who
have definite data on Georgia con
ditions which has been worked
out in experiments in this state.
How to improve soils, how to
grow various, crops for this pur
pose, how to start in livestock,
poultry, trucking, etc., will be dis
cussed. Let the farmers of this
region show their progressiveness
by turning out to the institue and
getting all the information possi
ble from these experts.
change like this, and there is a
general sentiment strongly in fa
vor of just such a move, and the
HOAnlu nf Alin nmtnltr uiai ilrl I»a
l/ve»p»v v;i uur guuii \ j vv umu UVi
glad to see this bill meet with
success.
The annual singing at Liberty
Hill on July 4 was attended as us
ual by a large crowd. The com
mittee on arrangements, consist
ing of J. T. Dorsey, J. S. Barnett,
Phillip Mays, W. J. Pendley and
“Dock” Crumbley, had charge of
the program, and a number of
leaders were present. The exer
cises were good throughout the
entire day. The singing has been
held annually for a number of
years, and will be held at Mount
Carmel M. P. church next year.
We regret to note the death of
Mrs. S. F. Duffey, which occured
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Jack Brown, near Locust Grove
on the 20th of June. She had
gone on a visit to her d < ter
and was taken sick, a> ' - d nly
a few days. She is survived by
several grown criMdr**n and a
number of reiativ . D o remains
were laid to rest the lay fol ov ig
at Philadelphia cl lrh, Rev. T G.
Walker of Locust Gro\ e one M
ing the funeral services.
