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CHARGES OF BISHOP
WILLIAMS DISPROVED
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Mrs. W. C. Clark, State Editor
D. A. R’s., Introduces Some
Interesting Facts.
The Right Rev. Charles I). Wil¬
liams, D.D., bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Michigan, is widely quoted
in a late sermon, in which he states
that “the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Colonial Dames, Sons of
the American Revolution and Society
of the Cincinnatti are no good.” He
states further “that these organiza
tions are for mutual admiration and
.
indulge in harmless patriotic bun¬
combe, such as teaching kindergarten
of foreign children to go through flag
drills and sing the ‘Star Spangled
Banner.’ We affect a democratic
simplicity and appear to despise pride
in aristocratic descent, but on the
other hand organize societies for just
the opposite purpose. While making
a great show of patriotism, the peo¬
ple of the United States refuse to take
up the simplest obligations of their
citizenship. They would notsoil their
dainty fingers with dirty politics, ev¬
en in an effort to make them clean.”
This false patriotism of idle pride
in our past, and blind confidence in
our future has so possessed the pop¬
ular mind that he who ventures to
criticise our national character makes
himself a prey of popular fury and
scorn.
We know of a prominent divine,
who was once very severely con¬
demned for utterances from his pul¬
pit, and when he was arraigned, he
quietly produced his manuscript of
the salty discourse, and ’twas discov¬
ered that the divine made no such ut¬
terances as he was charged with. We
hope that the Willi$f’," same may be the case
with Bishop H ;. v
There is one oi two th fries which in¬
evitably must be true, either Bishop
Williams is misquoted, or else he is
not acquainted with the splendid
work, both patriotic and educational,
done by the daughters of the Ameri¬
can Revolution.
We mention only the Daughters.
The Colonial Dames, Sons of the Rev¬
olution and Society of Cincinnati can
best tell of their own work through
their own columns.
Georgia Daughters know nothing of
teaching kindergartens of foreign
children to go through flag drills;
their educational work is our greatest
achievment and consists in providing
practical education for our own chil¬
dren of Georgia.
At a late convention of Daughters,
held in Georgia, the following report
was made from a chapter of Daugh¬
ters:
“We offer annually a prize of $5 in
gold to the senior class of the high
school for the best essay on Colonial
history.
“We sent $5 for the McKinley schol¬
arship to Miss Berry’s Industrial
school. But, our greatest effort has
been to establish a scholarship at our
own State Normal school. We have
raised $50 this year, and the scholar¬
ship has been given to a young lady
of our county. Recently we conduct¬
ed an entertainment which netted us
$25 for our scholarship.”
In the report of Mrs. R. E. Park,
chairman of patriotic education in D.
A. R. work of Georgia, is the follow¬
ing:
“In addition to the university prize
given by Georgia Daughters to a uni¬
versity student for best essay on Rev¬
olutionary topics, many local prizes
and medals are offered by the differ¬
ent chapters, and many scholarships
are now given by the Daughters of
Georgia.
“Four scholarships were given at
once when we saw the work done at
the Berry Industrial school, at Rome,
The Fielding Lewis Chapter raised
money for an entire scholarship upon
returing home and Elijah Clarke
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SENATE PAVES WAY
TO PAY TEACHERS,
Bill Empowering Counties to Bor¬
row Money to Pay Teachers
is Passed.
Atlanta, Ga.—A way was paved by
the Georgia senate Friday to pay pub¬
lic school teachers promptly, and
bring payments up to date.
The bill by Senator McWilliams to
allow county boards of education to
borrow money to pay teachers was
passed by substitute. The substitute
was offered by Senator Griffith to ob¬
viate legal objections to the McWil¬
liams bill. It passed by a unanimous
vote.
If it finally gets past the house and
becomes a law, teachers will be paid
promptly, and will not be forced to
borrow money or sell their warrants
at exorbitant interest.
The senate worked very nearly an
hour Friday. Besides the introduc¬
tion of several new measures, it pass¬
ed three and read several house and
senate bills a second time.
Senator Johnson thinks the lawma¬
kers are working too cheap. He has
introduced a bill for a constitutional
amendment to give these hard work¬
ing people $500 per annum and ten
cents mileage, instead of the meas
ley little old $4 per day they now re¬
ceive. It gives the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house
$700 each.
A motion to adjourn until Monday
met with some objection, but not
enough to prevent that action.—At¬
lanta Georgia.
Church at Oxford Progressing.
The church now in process of con¬
struction at Oxford is progressing
rapidly and the contractor, Mr. C. A.
Clark, of this city, is doing his usual
excellent work on it. When completed
it will be possibly the handsomest and
most expensive structure of any church
building in the county. The people of
that hustling little city are to be con¬
gratulated on having decided to build
a good one while they were at it.
Chapter, Athens, maintains a schol¬
arship at the State Normal. The At¬
lanta chapter has a scholarship in the
Washington seminary, and individual
members of different chapters are con¬
tributing to the Model school, at Tal¬
lulah Falls.”
From Mrs. J. Ellen Foster’s (chair¬
man of committee on child labor, N.
S. D. R.) report, we extract the fol¬
lowing:
“In nearly all the states the nation¬
al child labor committee, the Nation¬
al Consumers’ League and the Gen¬
eral Federation of Women’s Clubs,
are engaged in the work to which the
Daughters of the American Revolu¬
tion have been called.....As
in all work for human betterment, so
in this crusade for the children, the
work must be thoughtfully and cour¬
ageously done.”
Let the bishop read the following
bills, which the Daughters are to
present to the Georgia assembly, and
form a better opinion of the societies
of which he speaks:
1. A bill for compulsory education.
2. A bill to compel the systematic
equalizing of local taxation.
3. A bill providing appropriations
for copying records of all the old
counties.
Now, we are sure that the above
facts disprove any flimsiness in our
educational and patriotic work, and
prove conclusively that the “mutual
admiration” of our National Society
of Daughters of the American Revo
lction is of such a broad basis, that
’twill live on and on—
“Till the sun in our heavens shall go
out in darkness,
And all the stars, their night watches
cease to keep.”
MRS. WM. CONYERS CLARK.
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MB. ELLINGTON ON
THE GOOD ROADS.
Favors Good and Permanent Public
Roads, but Not the Convenience
of Automobiles.
Editors Covington News: Ac¬
cording to your request, will give my
views on the good roads question.
Excuse me for tardiness, as I have
been wrestling with General Green,
and again you may think I am a little
odd on the subject.
In the first place, will give you my
ideas how to work the roads with the
means we have at this time, and that
is to keep the middle of the roads the
highest, and to do that we are obliged
to keep the ditches open on both sidgs
of the road. In my settlement I know
several places almost impassable on
account of the ditches being filled up.
Do away with all bridges we possibly
can, and build culverts instead. If
culverts are built high they are per¬
manent. By using stone and cement
it would be much cheaper and safer in
the long run. Since threshing time
began I know of several bridges giving
way cn account of heavy machinery
passing over them. Raise all low
places in the roads, and macademize as
much as possible, and pull hills down
as fast as possible.
Now, Mr. Editor, to do that we don’t
need a civil engineer, according to the
topography of our county with the
railroad facilities we have don’t need
one particular road much better than
others, except around our market
places, and as it is they get the bulk
of attention, and think it nothing but
right, as they are like a large stream
swallowing a great many small ones.
I honestly believe to a greatextent,
that this good road queston was gotten
up by the automobile crowd, and for
the farmers to go to the expense to
build them a road is sheer nonsense.
Our taxes are already high enough,
besides there is no humanity about it,
taxing the poor to build roads for the
automobile crowd. We can’t plow
with them.
I will draw two pictures—one for
the automobile crowd and one for the
tillers of the soil: The automobiles,
we can dispense with entirely. Horses
and mules are a public necessity. I
know some who are deprived of trav¬
eling the public highways on account
of endangering their lives meeting
automobiles, their stock running away.
The automobile crowd, generally are
consumers and non producers. The
horse and mule crowd are generally
producers. Now, Mr. Editors, which
can we dispense with best. Automo¬
biles ought to be taxed extra, they
should be on the luxury list. Pur¬
chasing them takes a great deal of
money out of the country, and goes
north, up in Yankedom. I noticed
Mrs. Felton’s article some time ago,
that in Massachusetts they were talk¬
ing of putting automobiles on the
free list, without tax. That may work
up there, but won’t in Georgia.
Now, Mr. Editor, I have given you
my views on the good roads subject,
and how all the hurrah was manufac¬
tured, and have expressed myself
what will be best for the masses of
people. Thanking you for the oppor¬
tunity I remain
Yours truly,
S. R. Ellington, Sr.
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SURPLUS JULY 1st, 1909, $13,280,594.37.
Ernest E. Parker, D. S. C. R.
Organizing Department of Georgia.
To Provide a Road Commissioner.
Representative Hardeman, of Jef¬
county, introduced a bill in the
last Friday providing
appointment of a state road com¬
to serve four years at a sal¬
of $3,000.00 per year, and he is
the appointment of one assis¬
The duties of the
be to assist the county
any section of the state in laying
roadways, drawing plans
and in other matters having to
with building good roads.
Up to the time we go to press
action has been taken on
but it is highly probable that
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