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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1921)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLVII. SIXTH DISTRICT MASONIC CONVENTION AT GRIFFIN Eloquent Addresses by Several Noted Speakers Were Enjoy ed—Barbecue at Fair Ground. Officers Elected —To Meet Here Next. t A great crowd was in attend ance at the sixteenth annual com munication of the Sixth District Masonic convention which met in Griffin as the guest of Meridian Sun lodge on Tuesday, the 26th day of July. The morning session was called to order by J. T. Waldrop, W. M., at 10 o’clock, in the auditorium of the First Methodist church and the following program was the order of the session: 10 a. m. —Opening Meeting at First Methodist Church. 1. America —Convention. 2. Invocation —Rev. H.A.Willey. 3. Solo —Miss Mary Leila Pat terson. 4. Address of Welcome —S. B. Fry, Chairman City Commissioners. 5. History of Masonry —J. T. Waldrop. 6. Solo—Mr. A. B. Combs. 7. Address of Welcome—P. Y. Luther. 8. Response for Convention — Prof. E. T. Holmes. 9. Solo —Mr. Chas. Hammond. 10. Reading, “The Lodge Goat” —Mrs. M. S. Lanier. 11. Short Talk —Rev. Chas. L. Bass, Grand Master. Organist—Mrs. Frank S. Pitt man. 12:30 p. m. —Barbecue at Fair Grounds. All Masons and their families invited. 2:30 p. m. —Annual Meeting in Meridian Sun Lodge transact 41 business and elect officers. 7:00 p. m. —Special Meeting of Meridian Sun Lodge in their lodge room in Masonic Temple. Mas ter’s degree to be conferred in full dramatic form in costume by Fulton lodge degree team of At lanta. While the entertaiment was fine and much enjoyed the audience seemed especially pleased by the solo by Prof. A. B. Combs and at its conclusion insisted on an en core. The address of P. Y. Luth er, although his maiden public speech was fine, and the response by Prof. E. T. Holmes, of Gordon Institute, sparkled with humor and was filled with instruction. Mrs. M. S. Lanier with “Peck’s Bad Boy Iniating the Old Man” made the building shake with merriment, and gave as an encore “The Burglar Boy.” The crowd went wild and called in vain for another. The short talk of Grand Master Bass was as usual able and elo quent and full of practical sugges tions. The meeting adjourned and the crowd of visitors repaired to the fair grounds for a splendid barbe cue, after which the delegates as sembled at the lodge room of Me ridian Sun lodge at 2:30 o’clock for the business session. The fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Asa A Lemon, W. M. J. D. Owens, Dep’ty. W. M. W. D. Williams, S. W. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. 04 OBSERVER ot t-roukj We are requested to say that next Tuesday is the day appointed to work on the cemetery at Phila delphia church. We regret to note the death of the little six months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wynn, which occured last Wednesday morning after a short illness. We join their many friends in extending to the bereaved parents our sym pathies in this sad hour. Its re mains were laid to rest at Mount Bethel church Thursday morning after an appropriate funeral serv ice conducted by Rev. J. A. Par tridge, of McDonough. We regret to note the sad death of the eleven year old son of Mr. Deck Crumbley, of Love’s district, which occured last Tuesday after noon. His father and a party of friends were fishing at Bonner’s bridge and his son and several others were following after the crowd that was seining, when sud denly the boys stepped off into deep water and the son of Mr. Crumbley was drowned before he could be rescued. In trying to rescue him, one of those present came very near losing his life also. We extend to the grief stricken family our deepest symoathy in this sad hour. His remains were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon. It is with keen regret that we chronicle the death of Mr. W. G. Ingram which occured at his home in McDonough last Wednesday night after a severe illness with typhoid fever. His death is indeed a sad one as he was just entering into the full bloom of manhood with a bright future before him. He was postmaster at McDonough, an Odd fellow, and was a member of Fraternal Lodge, No., 37, F. & A. M., being secretary of the lodge at the time of his death. He was a member of the McDonough Bap tist church, and was one of Mc- Donough’s best citizens. Grady, as he was familiarly known, will be sadly missed by his many friends. He is survived by his wife and three children, one an infant of only two weeks, and by a large circle of friends and rela tives. The funeral services were held at the residence yesterday morning at 10 o’clock, and his re mains were laid to rest in the cemetery at McDonough. T. J. Brown, Sec. & Treas. R. S. Talmadge, J. W. M. S. Turner, S. D. W. E. Adams, J. D. C. J. Dickson, J. S. During the afternoon session speeches were made by Frank Baker, grand secretary; Guy Thur man, grand lecturer, Grand Master Bass, P. B. Harkins, master Lake wood lodge, and last and most im portant by Past Grand Master Travis who made the greatest speech on Masonry ever listened to by the delegates present. An invitation was extended by Fraternal Lodge No. 37 for the convention to meet with them next year. The invitation was ac cepted and will meet here (in Mc- Donough) next year. The third decree was exempli fied at the evening session by the working team of Fulton lodge. McDonough, georqia, Friday, july 29, 1921. GIGANTIC STRUGGLE TO SAVE HUMANITY You Stay at Home (Patriotic) Tax Dodger, Profiteer,Graft er, You Who Wanted War to Continue to Make Money. I noticed an editorial in The Weekly about the appropriations of Congress for this and that, but none for the overseas veteran. 1 wonder how many people have really given that a thought? Congress has put the Soldier Bonus bill or. the shelf to stay un til the majority of veterans passes away, and those are the ones that really need the help now, but the very ones who voted to send us off to war are the ones who are opposed to a cash bonus. Now, does the ex-soldier deserve any thing in the wav of a compensa tion ? Give it a thought. Was not the boy forced away from home, his rights taken away? You remember the letters that were always censored by his company commander could not tell his own mother, wife or sweetheart what he wanted to, It was always “Somewhere in France” and that was about all there was to it. About all the excuse now is that it would tax the people to death. Is it not a fact that the ex-soldier pays a tax? Is he not a consumer of goods already taxed? How can he pay the price now? The ex cuse is it would deflate the value of the liberty bond, as it is below par value now. I believe about eighty-five cents in the dollar is all they demand at present. In all fairness, was not the bond issued and sold to feed and clothe the soldier who was to win this gigantic struggle to save humani ty? Did he not win it? And at what cost to him and his? Did he have a soul the same as yours? Was it not just as dear to him and his as yours was to you? Answer that from the heart, please. He saved you and yours, your money, property and bond. And while he was fighting and braving dangers of exposure in a blood soaked foreign country you had the opportunity of getting rich — from three to ten dollars a dav for common labor and everything you could raise or had for sale de manded* unheard of prices; and listen, he was getting $33 a month and the money not buy anything because the rate of exchange beat him to start with and things were much higher here. And the sol dier, as far as he was able, bought bond and paid for it out of his $33 per month wages. Can he afford to lose his fifteen cents on the dollar in his bond? What would it have been worth if the war had continued until now ? Oh! you stay at home (patriotic) tax dodger, you profiteer, you grafter, you who wanted the war to continue so you could make money. The riches you made and don’t want taxed so as to give the poor soldier a small bonus. Re member this: It was made off the blood of the soldier who fell on Flanders field and those who died in the seryice of his and your country. You were the ones who said go, we will back you up, we would if we didn’t have dhpend ents or some kind of family ties to hold us here. Show me the bond holder who Resolutions. Whereas, It has pleased the Great Creator of the universe to call Brother Walter Gilmore from labor on earth to rest and immor tality in the Grand Lodge above, where the Supreme Grand Master himself presides; therefore, be it Resolved, That we acknowledge the wisdom and goodness of our Supreme Grand Master, and bow in humble submission to the inev itable edict from the Supreme Grand East; yet we mourn the death of our brother as of one whom we shall never more meet at the altar of Masonry until we gain admission into the Celestial Lodge on high, where he has pre ceded us; and we deplore his loss to the fraternity, to his family and friends, and to the community in which he lived. He was a just and upright Mason, a kind hus band and father, an honorable and useful citizen, a sincere friend, a courteous and obliging neighbor, a man who endeavored always to perform every duty —to his God, his country, his family, his lodge, his neighbor and himself—honest ly, faithfull and well. Resolved, That in token of our sincere friendship and sympathy in the dark hour of this great af fliction, and as a pledge of our fi delity to the memory of our de ceased brother, we extend to the bereaved widow and orphans, and to his surviving father and sister, the fraternal right hand of Free and Accepted Masonry; and with it the assurance that thd Great Light, given of God to man, will guide them and us safely to that spiritual building, eternal in the heavens, where their loved ones now dwell, where the broken cir cle shall be reunited never again to be parted, and where they shall dwell together in peaceful happi ness forever and ever. Ola Lodge NO. 650. is opposed to a soldier compensa tion and I will show you a traitor to his country. One of our leading newspapers said it was the patriotic duty of every citizen to fight for his coun try. I will admit that, but the same patriotic spirit should prompt the judge, the congressman and senator to serve for the same sal ary the soldier received. Isn't that so? But how many of them did it? How many congressmen would be willing today to chip in and help the dependents of the soldier who died in service ? No, the very ones that caused us to go to war are the ones that have stabbed us in the back. Some say, “How would you get up the money for the four and a half million soldiers and sailors who saw service?” I would say, draft the rich man’s money the same as you did the poor man’s son. The same government that drafted us and forced us to do as we did do can do that. The bonds were sold to win the war and the money squandered right and left. Why not sell some more? Put some of those patriotic preachers who preached us some of those requested sermons and who received the price of a sol dier’s monthly wage per sermon to taking contributions. They make money drives pretty often for foreign missions and are pretty successful. They preach charity. Let it begin at home. McDonald T. Ricks, Ex-Soldier. $2.00 A YEAR BUYER OF LIQUOR GUILTY AS SELLER Synopsis of Sweeping Decis ion in Liquor Case by Fed eral Judge Westenhaver of Cleveland. No more sweeping opinion con nection with the enforcement of Prohibition has been handed down by the courts than that of Feder al Judge Westenhaver, of Cleve land, in the conspiracy case in which Ben’ Rudner, of Canton, and others were defendants. The case was bitterly contested by well known politicians like Ed Moore, of Youngstown, and George Clark, of Canton, appear ing for the rum runners. The trial ended by Rudner and others being sent to the Federal Prison at Atlanta and assessed heavy fines. The famous decision was handed down in connection with a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that the government had not made a case. Judge Westen haver overruled the motion and in doing so held that anyone who knowingly purchases liquor from an illegal seller is guilty pf the crime of conspiring to violate the National Prohibition law, — THAT THE PATRON OF THE BOOTLEGGER OR SPEAKEASY KEEPER IS A CON SPIRATOR AGAINST THE GOVERN MENT, THE SAME AS THE SELLER. This view was also held by Federal Judge Killits, of Toledo. In his decision, which is of un usual interest to laymen as well as attorneys, Judge Westenhaver said: “In brief, the indictment charges a number of persons, including the eight now on trial, with a con tinuous conspiracy from the 16th day of January, 1920, to the first day of April, 1921. The object of the conspiracy was to violate the national Prohibition enforcement act passed the 28th of October, 1919, and becoming effective Jan uary 16, 1920. It is alleged that the conspiracy contemplated the violation of that city by selling, bartering, transporting, delivering, furnishing distilled spirits and in toxicating liquor, otherwise than as authorized by law. “A sale is a violation; and that was one of the objects of the conspiracy. A transportation of liquor is a violation of the law; and is alleged to have been a part of the conspiracy. Giving or de livering it is a violation of the law and is one of the objects of the conspiracy. Having in possession intoxicating liquor is a violation of the law, and was one of the objects of the conspiracy. So that you will see that the charge is the conspiracy was a continuous con spiracy, and it contemplated prac tically all of the numerous viola tions of that act. As I say, a sale, except under limited circumstances which are not material for this purpose, would be a violation and was one of the objects; a trans porting, having it in possession after being unlawfully acquired would be a violation. Now, such, in brief is the object of the con spiracy. Indictment Sustained. “Under the statute, to state a conspiracy, in its simplest form, to (Continued on last poge.)
