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nedsay May 4 ' 1910.
Wed
ISCUSSION ON
10CAL QUESTION.
debate AT hayston last
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lively and interest.
* AS
(NG throughout.
Friday night the Ciceronian
n °“ Lg last Hayston and
Society met at
b interestiing program,
['leaders n „t an
for debate were Mr. Sto
9 Z ’ affirmative Strong and speeches Brad S.
r-e negative.
W speakers Ok Loth
The judges, Miss Pearl
ierW, ‘Uncle Morgan, Jo** decided Itoquemore in fa
Mr J. C.
the affirmative side, but the
r 0 f bid for the
gatives made a strong
cision. A goodly number of pret
ladies were present, and all
young discussion. Mr. Stoney
is iove( l the
selected Dr. R. L. Hollis and
g Johnson to assist him,
bile Mr. Brad Morgan was assisted
Messrs. Perry Hays and Jay Hays,
speech of the leaders follows:
e * leader for the
Bradley Morgan,
gative side: “Mr. President and
ies and gentlemen. I am proud of
e honor to represent the negative
■ e of this question, as stated by my
ponent, ‘Resolved, That we should
lish our present Board of County
mmissioners, and adopt the one
n system.’ I want to say that our
esent Commissioners have had grei
faculties to deal with. It is the
st year we have had our state con
cts, and we should not expect
much of them in one year. We
.
ill discuss our system and not our
en. We will admit that some of
r commissioners should be abolish
, but our system is O. K. My op
nent told you that it would be a
eat gain to abolish our board, hut
did not prove it. I guess he for
t it and then facts were scarce too.
e tried to show you that our men
d worked the roads near their
me, but did he prove it? Well, if
ey did, it shows they had a self
spect. Honorable judges, all this
lk about abolishing our Board cornel
m the chronic grumbler, who is
ver satisfied and the defeated pol
ician. No doubt but that at the nex
ecion “Joe Brown” will want to
olish the governor’s office after
ring disgraced it. If we want to
olish some office, why not the of
’e of congressman? Over half of
r congressmen have disgraced the
fice. The will of the people must
respected far more than that of
e politician. It would be anarchy
give the power to one man. I am
posed to centralization of power,
should be vested in a body of
en. Draft could get in our gov
pment here so easy with just one man.
has never been a time since
e foundation of our government
tat one man has ruled over us.
be executive power is vested
ore than one man. We cannot
| et J ustice from one man. We want
ore than one man to try a crimi
It would not be in accordance
■th the republican form of govern¬
or to have only one man. If my
pponent thinks he could manage our
«airs we should let him try it and
"ill guarantee that the county
r uld be a bankrupt in a year. Five
Jmds are stronger than one and
erefore are
managed by five men, five
lm es as good as if we had
one man.
r « we going to stop the
r toil progress of
Jll government and say we will
backwards? No, never; but one
'ou d be willing to put our should
o ti,» wheel and do all we to
can
our c °unty. i am glad I live
" S 386 of Prosperity, but
hnn we
1)01 St ° P OUr P ra S res s. We
run our government on
1 expe¬
er We wa nt ex
nt " We have never tried this
noueh""' a , ° idea ne ‘ We My should let well
row,, ’ opponent has
''T 11 about roads bu t what
'ouki i ' e 10 had
Jid We one man—
u''"'' 1 ' 18 one ' f lfth as good?”
Mr a)S f
’ ° affirmative side,
aid:
Mr / reSident lad ies
en t h - and gentle
n ° rable jud8es: 1 indeed
* am
ide n /,J US epres<?nt quesion the affirmative
any nf > in which so
1' "taL arp H 0 '“ leadkle nien thecoun
■ ,R8! » 1v “ 1 ’
1 abo,lsh our present board
count. COnJmissioner
one s and
r * an System * We
iety h th" ° Ur as a so
advance m ° tt0 every thing
romote ie CEUSe ° f truth and
!h ^ generaJ welfare
-°ann U nitv of the
’ C ° Unty and sta te,and
- why
w ar e on1 iSOU88ing
»n t onig ht thiS qUeS ‘
h 1118 11 wm •* h
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nty the community and
x ,® w honorable
ay that ““re ’ judges, I
are c much uiucn to to be be
wh!!* . !*
I highw ays, bridges,
is to e ;u-e driving at
By get 8ouie f °rm
We or way
10111 Pt to work and if
tinted was ;r';; T d by -
the people
‘ he grand i ur y.
tilae up min/\° , h rk deVote
' his
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MRS. DR. VANHORNE
PAYS LAST DEBT.
We copy from the Walton News
of March 22nd, the following tribute
in regard to the death of Mrs. A.
L. Van Harne:
Not since we have been in the
newspaper business have we been
called upon to chronicle a sadder
death than that of Mrs. Dr. J. T.
VanHorne, which ocurred at her
home on Church street in this city
yesterday afternoon at 2:55 o’clock.
Before her marriage, Mrs VanHorne
was Miss Addie L. Spence, of Cov¬
ington, one of the most accomplished
and popular young ladies of her day
and a member of one of the finest
families in Georgia.
Shortly after her marriage, Mrs.
VanHorne, acompanied by her hus¬
band, Dr. VanHorne, one of our olde
and most reputable physicians and
druggists, came to make Monroe her
home and, for some years, so long as
her physical condition would allow
it, she moved among our people, at¬
tended our churches and, in a man¬
ner becoming to the beautiful type
of woman that she was, worshipped
her Creator. She was a follower of
Him who, during her greatest suffer¬
ing, tempered her life with sublime
fortitude and removed from the Valley
its sting and darkness when the or¬
der came for her to pass. She was
for years a member of the Methodist
church and, while not permitted, in
her latter years to attend upon its
ordinances, she, nevertheless, held
to the faith and demonstrated in her
home life the virtues of the religion
she professed. Truly, the influence
of her splendid life did not radiate
singly the confines of her home, but
fcere and there throughout the city,
waiters of flowers, dainty dishes and
other expressions of her noble heart
have gone. She was a true, devoted
wife and an untiring mother. Indeed,
she lived for Dr. VanHorne and her
children and yet, he it said to their
everlasting honor and praise they, in
great, if not full measure, rewarded
her, by keeping watch over her by
day and by night, supplying her ev¬
ery need and doing their utmost to
gratify her every wish, in the time
cf which, our people have confessed
that they never observed greater mu¬
tual, unabating interest and love.
Besides (her husband, Dr. J. T. Van
Horne, and three children, Miss Min¬
nie Laurie and Messrs. D. S. and J.
T. VanHorne, who are among our
best citizens, honorable and upright,
Mrs. VanHorne laeves two sisters,
and two brothers, Mrs. Rosser, of
White Plains; Mrs. Shepherd, of Cov¬
ington; Rev. C. C. Spence, of Clarkes
ville, and Mr. Andrew H. Spence, of
Norcross.
The funeral obsequies, in charge of
Rev. W. T. Hunnicut, of Winder,
former pastor of the deceased, and
friend of tjlie family, occurred at the
home at 4 o’clock this afternoon, at¬
tended by a large company of rela¬
tives and friends. The interrment
will occur in the city cemetery at
Covington at noon tomorrow, the fu¬
neral party leaving here in the morn¬
ing.
The News extends to the broken¬
hearted ones, our friends, its full and
tenderest sympathies.
Sacrificing Common Sense.
Somebody is bound to get up an is¬
sue of some sort for the coming cam¬
paign, or break a neck in the effort.
The esteemed Atlanta Georgian says
that coca-cola is going to figure as
an issue in our state campaign this
year. It is not stated whether or
not the tax-dodger, the little pisol,
the court delays and other important
reforms will be made issues. If co¬
ca-cola is going to be the great issue,
why we will certainly feel for dear
old Georgia. There are some things
that are too silly for anything.—Da¬
rien Gazette.
prosperous community, good schools,
churches and a thriving town, you
find good roads? Then, is it not
worth your time and money to think
out some plan whereby the good
work would start up? It is a fact
that where a man lias more than he
can do already he cant attend to the
county affairs. So I say give it to
one man, and let him devote all of
his time to the matter, and then if
be can’t fill the place give the grand
jury the authority to turn him off
and secure a better one. Today we
are living in a country of prosperity
and progress and if we do not wake
up on the good roads question we
will get behind. We do not always
expect to hold to the customs, ways
and habits of our forefathers, so we
see a need of a change and I think
the one man system would be better
wiser and safer for the county. If
I am wrong I would like for my col¬
leagues to tell me the secret of the
matter, and why every man is not
treate fair an square and just. To
my mind every tax payer is not get¬
ting justice. What we want is more
justice and better roads. The roads
we now have worked and new ones
constructed, and if that is not true
of the present form of government, I
say that we need a change. Thank¬
ing you for your kind attention, 1
leave the subejet with you.”
THE COVINGTON
BIG BOOST FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
MANUFACTURERS RECORD TELL
OF THE BIG POWER PLANT
NEAR COVINGTON.
The big dam and power house of
the Central Georgia Power company
on the Ocmulgee river, about thirty
seven miles from Macon, will be com¬
pleted within three month, “and the
twenty-four thousand horse power
electric energy ready for distribution
to Macon, Atlanta and intervening
points,” according to Wm. H. Stone,
staff correspondent of the Manufac¬
turers’ Record, who has devoted a
splendid write-up of this enterprise
in the current issue of the Record.
Mr. Stone saye that “the develop¬
ment of this large quantity of econo¬
mical electric power pressages for
Macon and other parts of Central
Georgia increased activity in all lines
of industry, and will unquestionably
add considerably to the expansion and
prosperity of the whole section.”
In Mr. Stone’s opinion, “Central
Georgia is about to enter upon a new
epoch of its industrial history.”
The dam is one of the highest in
this country and the site Mr. Stone
finds “especially, well located for the
construction of a dam of this size.”
He says:
“The full current generated by the
plant will he carried to Bibb, about
six miles from the dam, where a
switching station will be located and
the currnet divided, one transmission
going by Macon by w r ay of Forsyth
and the other to Atlanta by way of
Griffin and Hampton.”
The bountiful supply of cheap pow¬
er means, Mr. Stone says, that “in¬
stead of remaining dormant or being
exported elsewhere for manufacture,
the varied supplies of raw materials
wifth which central Georgia or its im¬
mediate vicinity is favored will in the
future be used at home. New plants
will be established and the older ones
will be enlarged, and the whole sec¬
tion will respond in a broad, diversi¬
fied manner to the magic touch of
that potential force—cheap power.”
Already there are in the section
bhat will be reached by this new
power thirty cotton and knitting mills
fifteen cotton seed oil mills, twenty
sash, door, blind and ojher wood
working plants, twelve foundry and
machine shops, twenty cotton gins,
ten carriage factories, ten fertilizer
plants, twelve brick and clay works,
eight meat packing houses and oth¬
ers of a diversified nature. These es¬
tablished plants evidence stronger
than any statement that can be made
the possibilities of this territory. Al¬
together it is estimated that within
fify miles of the present plant fifty
thousand horse power is now being
generated by steam. A greater part
ot this will undoubtedly be superced¬
ed by hydro-electric power not only
because it is cheaper, but also be¬
cause it does away with the neces¬
sity of maintaining individual power
plants and their accompanying nu¬
merous troubles.”
Mr. Stone quotes general Manager
Cagney as saying it will be the policy
of tiie company to “take the public
into our confidence and leave nothing
undone to see that all are eminently
satisfied with the service.” The gen¬
eral manager said that “the. many
natural advantages which this section
has to offer, including that of cheap
electrical energy, will result in the
locating in Central Georgia of num¬
erous new industries, which, in turn,
will be followed by additional stores,
fine buildings and the infinite activ¬
ities that follow in the wake of in¬
dustrial expansion.”
Mr. Stone pays a handsome tribute
to W. J. Massee for his instrumentali¬
ty in this connection and says that to
“his persistency is due more than to
any one else the credit for successful¬
ly working out this big problem.”
The coming of tills new industrial
force no doubt is but the harbinger
of more wonderful things yet to fol¬
low when the valley of the Ocmulgee
will resound with the music of thous¬
ands of spindles and wheels now un¬
known and the whole Central Georgia
will be happy with the hum of hu¬
man industry.—Macon News.
EXCURSIONS VIA CENTRAL
OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
TO AUGUSTA, GA., on account of
General Conference, colored M. E.
church to be held May 4-30, 1010.
TO CHARLOTTE, N. C., account
American Cotton Manufacturer's As¬
sociation, to be held May 17-18 1910.
Excursion fares from selected points.
TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., on
acouut University of Virginia Summe
school, to be held June 17, August 1,
1910. Excursion fares from selected
points.
TO COLUMBUS, GA., account of
Southern Handicap Shoot, to be hel
May 2-5, 1910. Reduced rates on
Certificate plan.
For full information in regard to
rates, dates of sale, limits, schedules,
etc., apply to nearest ticket agent.
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We have the most complete stock of Oxfords,
Sandals and Pumps to be found in town.
Ladies==we ask that you see our “Special line §|
of Slippers” before you buy.
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GentIemen==your attention is called to the
Old Reliable Heywood Shoes for Men.
C. SWANN CO
“The Store of Good Values.’
Covington, Georgia
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Refrigerators!
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Of every size and style will be found in our
stock, we have the celebrated line, “Knicker¬
bocker,” made by the Odorless factory. Let
us show them to you, the prices range from
$10 to $25.
You possibly need a new matting, art
square, rugs, davenport, nice rockers, china
closet, sideboard, dining table, or some other
odd pieces. Ouc line is dbmplete in every de=
partment and we will take great pleasure
in showing you. If you are not ready to buy
come in an look anyway. Cash or credit.
T. J. Harwell
Furniture and Undertaking.
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