The Henry County Weekly
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
VOL. XLIV.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We wish to announce to our friends and
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customers that we have added additional
space to our Ladies Ready to Wear and
Gents Clothing departments. These depart
ments are now spacious, well lighted and
equipped with fixtures for suitably showing
the goods. Our stocks, consisting of ladies
suits and coats, ready made dresses, gents
clothing and overcoats in these departments
■ are complete and we will be pleased to have
you inspect them.
On the second floor of our store we have
built a Ladies Rest Room, the first in Mc-
Donough, and a thing that has long been
needed. Here will be found a room, nicely
furnished with comfortable chairs, rugs,
toilet, lavatory and everything needed for
the ladies to rest and refresh themselves.
We ccrdially invite the ladies to make use of
this rest room whenever they desire.
Yours very truly,
B. B. CARMICHAEL & SONS GO.
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Judge Frank Harwell is a candidate for re-election as a
member of the Court of Appeals of Georgia and is opposed by
Mr. Alex W. Stephens, of Atlanta.^
No office within the gift of the people is fraught with more
consequence to them in the security of their personal and civic
frights than the judiciary, and this applies with particular force
(to the courts of last appeal. We deem it a solemn duty to warn
against incompetent and untrustworthy applicants for such
places. a .
Investigation of Mr. Stephens’ record, uncontradicted and
undenied, and undertaken only for the purpose of ascertaining
the merits of contending candidates, discloses the following facts
with reference to Mr. Stephens:
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Ist. He endorsed a negro for admission to the bar.
2nd. He has been twice defeated for Judge of the Court
iof appeals.
3rd. He ran for the legislature.
4th. He ran for Judge of the Superior Court of Atlanta.
sth. He ran for City Recorder of Atlanta.
6th. He ran for Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Atlanta.
7th. He ran for Justice of the Peace of Atlanta.
Sth. He was appointed auditor to try and decide a case in
volving $684.20. He held the case one year, without making
any decision. He was ruled, upon the plaintiff’s motion, to show
cause why he had not decided the case before Jadge Geo. F. Bell,
Judge of the Superior Court, of Atlanta, ancP replied that the
questions involved were “difficult” for him to determine and
asked to be relieved from deciding the case.
HE WAS NEVER ELECTED TO ANY OF THE OFFICES
NAMED, many of which involving positions wherein his own
people, his neighbors who knew him best, had the decision.
Can the people of the state afford to risk one who has been so
regularly defeated in his own home?
Appointed to try one case, he held it until the patience of
the plaintiff was exhausted and upon being ruled answered that
■the matter was too difficult for him to decide. And yet, the
office for which he now aspires is a court before which comes
hundreds of cases of great and small amount, and questions of
liberty of accused violators of law, and in all of which are in
volved difficult and intricate questions of law and fact to be
determined.
On the other hand, Judge Frank Harwell was Judge of the
City Court of LaGrange for 12 years, having been elected by
the people of h!s home county for four successive terms. He
had been elected for yet another term of four years but resigned
to accept the appointment, tendered by Gov. Hugh Dorsey, to a
place on the Court of Appeals, and for which he seeks re-election
for the unexpired term of Judge George of two years. He has
made a record for earnest, painstaking and intelligent service
on the bench.
Comparing the records makes the decision easy, and, this
paper unreservedly endorses Judge Harwell, who, we are grati
fied to learn, is likewise supported by all members of the Carters
ville bar.
—Editorial from The Tribune, August 22, 1918, Carterrville, Go,
McDonough, Georgia, Friday, September 6, 1918
ED REAGAN
WRITES CARD.
To the Voters of Henry County:
I am informed that my opponent
is making the point that he ought
to be given a second term in ac
cordance with what he claims is a
custom. I desire to call attention
to the fact that there is now no
such custom in Georgia. For sev
eral years back even the Govern
ors have not been given a second
term, and for the past eighteen
years, in Henry county, only one
Representative has been given a
second term. In 1900 Hon. E. M.
Smith was elected and had only
one term, being succeeded by Dr.
T. \V. Redwine. Redwine had but
one term, being succeeded by
Hon. J. Q. Nolan. Nolan had but
one term, being succeeded by Hon.
S. C. McWilliams. McWilliams
had only one term, being suc
ceeded by Hon. R. C. Brown.
Brown had but one term, being
succeeded by Hon. E. M. Smith.
Smith had only one term, being
succeeded by Hon. R. J. Arnold,
who succeeded himself, and who
was the only man in eighteen
years who did. So it will be seen
that quite a large number of our
best men had only one term. • In
fact but few men care for a sec
ond term, and usually give way
for others after one term. There
| fore I do not think this question
'should militate against mein the
present race.
I am also informed that some
of my opponents are saying that I
I should be in the war. In regard
|to this matter I desire to say that
I am 33 years of age, have been
j married for two years, have a
wife dependent upon my labor for
support, and have not heretofore
been in the draft age, but say here
and now that I have never yet
shirked any public duty, and when
called into the service of my coun
tiy will endeavor to make-as good
a soldier as I try to be a citizen.
Again, some are so exceeding
ly unkind as to say that 1 am run
ning in order to get this office to
use the same to exempt me from
military service in the war. To
the informed this would sound ri
ridiculouN, for the holding of this
office will not, in the future, ex
empt from military duty ; but I
will say most positively to all the
people that should I be elected
Representative, I will never claim
the office as a cause for exemp
tion or for deferred classification,
even if the same should be made
a good cause for exemption.
I am very sorry that those op
posed to me in this race should
feel so unkind to me, and should
feel it their duty to criticise me in
such unkind terms, for I am not
conscious of having done them
any wrong, and certainly do not
feel inclined to do them any
wrong. I cannot, therefore, un
derstand why they should adopt
this method of campaign. I be
gan this race with the determina
tion to keep it all the the way
through on a high plane, and am
still determined to do so. I have
not spoken unkindly of any one,
not even my opponent, and do
not propose to do so. lam going
to run the race to 3 finish in such
a way as to keep my own self
respect, and to to win that of
the people. If 1 cannot win the
race on my own merit I do not
want it, and in conclusion ask the
For Camp Gordon.
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The following list of colored se
lectmen left Sunday morning for
Camp Gordon, assembling in the
Superior Court room, where they
were given an excellent parting
address by Rev. Alston, pastor
colored Methodist church, after
which in behalf of the Red Cross
he presented each man a testa
ment :
Charlie Grant Mitchell
Dan Childs
Adam Cleveland
John McKibben
John Edwards, Jr.
George Fletcher
William Riley Davis
Arthur Goodman
Charles Stroud
Saminie Wooten
Tom Swann
Ernest Hinton
Howard Weems
Alonza Welch
Louis Turner
John Metts
Charlie Watson
Crawley Canady
John Turner
Thomas Augustus Arnold
Lensa Gleaton
Crawford Pitman
Troy Weems
Rov Hardy
Thomas Hill
Raymond Barnes
Arthur Smith
Leonard Williams
John McDay
Virlin Hindsman
Casius Owens
Will Davis Calloway
Ed Crockett
Beasley Colvin
Henry McKibben
Ranse Miller
Seventy white men were called
j for Thursday morning, but the
I response was too late for publica
tion of names this week.
McDonough Public School
Has Splendid Opening.
The fall term of McDonough
Public School opened last Monday
morning with highly encouraging
prospects. A goodly number of
patrons and visitors were present,
the total roll numbering possibly
above three hundred pupils. Supt.
Clark made a very impressive ad
dress, and it was an occasion of
much interest.
The following compose the ex
cellent corps of teachers:
High School.
FT P. Clark, Supt.
Miss Cora Eula Gumm, Prin.
Miss Flora Cox.
Mrs. W. E. Ham.
Seventh Grade, Miss Lucy Mc-
Donald.
Sixth Grade, Miss Amey Cau
then.
Fifth Grade, Miss Bertha Bunn.
Fourth Grade, Miss Edith F]l
lington.
Third Grade, Miss Essie May
Clark.
Second Grade, Miss Winner
Blalock.,
First Grade, Miss lone Grubbs.
voters of the county to judge be
tween my opponent and myself in
this race in the same broad and
liberal manner.
If I am elected 1 pledge myself
to do something for the interest
of the people of my county and
state, and to endeavor to enact
some legislation that will be of
real benefit to the people of the
whole county, and in furtherance
of this purpose, will take the peo
ple of the county into my confi
dence and consult their wishes
is regard to proposed legislation.
Very Respectfully,
ED L. REAGAN.
Vote for Trox Bankston for
Railroad Commissioner.
$1.50 A YEAR
Does the Record of J. W. Wise
Entitle Him to Re-election?
He does not ask thfft he be re
elected bcause he has had any
record for service, but be'cause he
happens to be a member of the
House Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Has he been of any service on
that Committee? The Congres
sional Record shows:
(1) That he voted for War on
Germany. (Vol. 55, p. 412. )
(2) That he voted against the Se
lective Service Bill in the
Committee on the Whole
H< use. (Vol. 55, p. 1472.
(3) That on the same day, April
28th, 1917, he changed and
voted for the Selective Ser
vice Bill. (Vol. 55, p. 1473-4.)
(4) After the Selective Service
Bill became the law of the
land and lie had voted for its
passage, he paid for and had
circulated the speech which
he had made against the Bill
on April 26th, 1917, in which
he said:
“One of the reasons I oppose
this plan to conscript is that it
is so unfair, makes so many
exemptions and does not beer
equally on all.
So you need not be deceived
as to the class that will go
under this selective conscrip
tion. It will be the poor un
fortunate devil that cannot
hurt the politician after he is
sent. We need rot fool our
selves about who will do tne
fighting and dying in this war.
It will be the same old story.
The helpless will be compi
led to go; others excused.”
"In my .judgment, 1f we adopt
this conscription bill and send
an army under it to Euro; ;,
it will be the One Dark Sp t
in our history that Americans
of future generations will look
back upon with sorrow and
regret.” (p. 7 and 15 print. J
speech.)
Can you trust a Congressman
TO PASS UPON THE GREAT QUES
TIONS WHICH WILL ARISE IN THE
RE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD WHO
VOTES ON BOTH SIDES OF SO
GREAT A QUESTION ?
Mr. Wise harshlj criticized Con
gressman Bartlett for being aw iy
from Congress looking after his
campaign and drawing his salary
during times of peace; but he his
been absent from his post of duty
foVnearly two monhts dui ing tirn s
of war, and has not attended a sin
gle meeting of the Military Affairs
Committee during the consider 1-
tion of the all-important Man
Power Bill which has just passed
Congress. During this period he
has drawn $1200.00 in salary with
out rendering any s rvices there
for.
Does this prove him to be
AN IMPORTANT OR USEFUL MEM
BER of that Committee, and
ENTITLED TO RE-EL ECT IO N
THEREFOR?
Mr. Wise has served several
terms in the Legislature an i for
two terms in Congr -s. After 1
these years of service he is unab! ■
to cite you to a single construc
tive measure on the statute books
of which he is the author. adv.
Awaiting Your Orders
The STORRS-SCHAEFFER man
will be here
Friday and Saturday
Sept. 6th and 7th
To measure you for your
Fall Suit and Overcoat
Copeland-Turner Mer. Co.
