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Divorce Church From State
Cry Heard in Wales.
End of Long Battle Seen—Disestab¬
lishment of Church of England Has
Become a Political Issue in
Great Britain.
London— For twenty-seven years
the Welsh people have been fighting
} religious that equality movement and now, in power with
friends of
ln England, it appears that the
Church of England will be disestab¬
lished and disendowed in Wales, ac¬
cording to English exchanges. The
libera) party, headed by David Lloyd
George, Winston Churchill and J. J.
Asquith, has promised that the church
and state in Wales will he divorced.
Welsh disestablishment has assumed
more than a religious significance. It
is one of the most important political
questions before English political par¬
ries. The English liberals and the
Welsh parliamentarians take the non¬
conformist view. The Church of Eng¬
land adherents are aligned with the
unionist or conservative party.
With the established Church of Eng¬
land the fight in Wales is rather in
the nature of the final outpost contest
before the nonconformists assault the
connection between the church and
the state of England. As long as
Wales has an established and en¬
dowed church the opponents of the es¬
tablished church of England probably
will not attempt to lessen its power
in England. But with Wales free of
religious interference in state affairs,
that may come.
The viewpoint of the nonconformist
is very succinctly stated by Lord Ren
del in a recent address: “In setting
the church free, Wales will prove Its
best friend,” he said, “for Wales will
thereby make the church more Chris¬
tian and more Welsh.”
A recent census shows that but one
fourth of the Welsh people hold to the
established church. This is a potent
argument of the friends of disestab¬
lishment. David Lloyd-George, chan¬
cellor of the exchequer, makes this his
only argument for disestablishment.
He wrote recently:
“Surely a nation is entitled to a de¬
termining voice in a settlement of Its
own national religion. To insist on
treating a faith which the Welsh peo¬
ple do not accept as if it were their
national creed; to continue forcing it
upon them as such, in spite of their
repeated repudiation of its claim; to
divert compulsorily the whole of their
ancient national endowments to its
maintenance is the most intolerable of
all oppressions.
“Against this wrong we are now
seeking redress from the most potent
tribunal in this land—the high court
nf parliament—and we feel confident
that the justice of our case will at last
obtain statutory recognition.”
Wales asked for the disestablish
■fflent first in 1885. It was refused.
Since then eight successive parlia¬
ments have been petitioned to sepa¬
rate the Welsh state from the church.
Should the disestablishment bill
tarry, the church will lose an annual
income of about $905,000 in Wales. It
will retain about $90,000 annually. All
cathedrals and rectories will remain
the property of the church. These are
valued at $5,000,000. The present rec¬
tors, vicars and church officials in
Wales will receive all state aid they
are now receiving for life.
The Welsh church endowments pre¬
vious to 1675 were all in the nature of
tithes, or state taxes. The annual in¬
terest on moneys collected this way
bow amounts to $905,000.
SAYS WE WORSHIP WOMEN
$t. Louis Professor Says Veneration
of Weaker Sex Is Distinctly
American Trait.
■Minneapolis, Minn.—Worship of
women was given as the chief, if not
the only, contribution America has
jnade Dy Dr. to Otto the Heller higher of culture Washington of the age,
versity, uni¬
St. Louis, in a lecture on Ib
at the University of Minnesota
e ■< iici. Among other assertions Doc
or Heller declared America to be
:f tional e k°me sentiment of woman still worship; that na¬
Is unfriendly to
woman in the professions, and that “if
o real genius has yet arisen
“en, it is among
the result of the long dis¬
paragement by the sex In power."
. $80 Dog Brings $5.50.
vv orthington, Ind.—The agent of the
' irns Express company here has sold
at auct * 0n to satisfy express
“ g€ f- H e brought $5.50. This dog
to Rlver Kennel farm
inot Stur 6 ls of AUerton, Mass.,
Lati^fj,* hL N r 0 mber tbe for * 80 cash, and was
P urchase r by express,
tw, the new ow ner took his dog to
onda t0 hunt. After the hunt Stur
shir, ng no Way to care for the dog,
0 tb baCk ' “KSMI-S to sell
tv. . f ra,8er - The proprietor of
whips* 1 refused t0 receive the dog,
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clos!r° rnl* 01 3 Even ® Springs.—The 0ne Utt| e Tinker.
new Punday
in* ance paS8ed on first read
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‘ of the city
cii p mn®L n 8l coun
Pvovi s ° ner Pro8t wanted a
toUtinir ded to * be ordinance per
ttnvl? Sahh°lv * Person the “to h0U8e mow his lawn or
the and yard ” on
declared ’ but the commissioners
•MakSL ?® th 7 WOuW not 8Und tor any
TIED BRIDEGROOM TO CHAIR
Brian G. Hughes Was at Wedding in
Harlem and Is Linder
Suspicion.
New York.—Some wag with a pro¬
pensity for playing practical jokes at
unwonted times is the subject for cen¬
sure in a sedate circle of Harlem’s
usually unruffled precincts. The con¬
troversy nearly caused a row and did
result in some feeling when the men
friends of the bridegroom, Edward A.
Macguire, set out to discover the man
who tied his dress suit coattails to
the chair at the wedding supper a few
days ago at the home of the bride’s
father, John J. O’Keeffe, 18 E. One
Hundred and Twenty-ninth street.
Mr. Macguire, who belongs to the
Seventh regiment, was in the com¬
pany of his bride, Miss May Arsenia
O’Keeffe, surrounded by his regimen¬
tal friends, and had replied to nu¬
merous toast, when his bride gave
him the signal that they had better
leave the table and slip out of the
house quickly to start on their honey¬
moon. Some of his friends were
eagerly watching for the attempt to
escape. Mr. Macguire made several
struggles to stand up, but sank back,
pale.
William tried to lift the chair to one
side to get closer and discovered that
the bridegroom’s coattails were tied
securely to the chair legs in such a
way that it was impossible for him to
attain his feet.
Somebody remembered that Mr.
Brian G. Hughes, of 1934 Madison
avenue, was a guest at the wedding.
He was found in another room, far
removed from the scene of Mr. Mac
guire’s discomfiture. He solemnly
declared his innocence. However, he
was under guard for the rest of the
evening.
The factional feeling arose when
many women present declared it a
shame for anyone to accuse such a
benevolent looking gentleman of do¬
ing any such prank.
65 YEARS MAKES AN OLD MAID
This Is Opinion of Woman Who Dis¬
agrees With Judge’s
Opinion.
St. Louis, Mo.—At what age does a
woman drift into old maidship?
Asked this question, more than a
score of women ranging in age from
14 to 40, and then some, became
peevish.
The younger set refused a reply,
undoubtedly in silent defense of older
sisters, and the older lost its tem¬
per somewhat, for obvious reasons.
But one was brave enough to speak.
Miss Caroline Thummel, attorney and
school teacher, declared a woman was
not an old maid until she has passed
65 years. She also added a woman
can make herself an old maid at al¬
most any age.
Justice J. F. Boyer of Chicago, 111.,
sets the age of entry into the old
maid class at 25 years.
“He is off in his judgment,” said
Miss Thummel. “Why, no woman
should marry until she is more than
25 years old and is sure she has
sense. It takes a woman of experi¬
ence to pick a tolerably satisfactory
man nowadays, and few women have
practical experience until they are
much beyond 25 years old.”
THEY WANT WIVES BY MAIL
Westerners Besiege Postmaster at
Bennington, Vt., to Act as
Matchmaker.
Bennington, Vt.—Each of the four
mails arriving here has brought to
Postmaster Collins M. Graves from
three to five letters requesting that
official to send the writer a wife. Each
of the letters incloses a clipping men¬
tioning Bennington’s dearth of men,
taken from papers in Pacific coast
cities all the way from Vancouver to
San Diego.
Each one of the writers gives per¬
sonal specifications and describes the
kind of a wife he thinks will meet his
needs, but none has as yet forwarded
a photograph. Inasmuch as only seven
days have elapsed since the publica¬
tion of the story Mr. Graves sees
much hard work ahead.
Burglar Asks for Kiss.
Aberdeen, Wash.—“if you will give
me a kiss I will call it square and you
can keep your money.” This w r as the
parting statement of a well-dressed
man who entered the home of Mrs.
Mary Dowling at 105 F street While
awaiting the return of her husband,
who owms a small confectiOhery store
in this city, Mrs. Majy Dowling an¬
swered a rap on the front door. A
stranger entered and, placing a re¬
volver to the woman’s face, ordered
her to give him her purse. While in
her bedroom the man placed the gun
on the dresser and began counting
the money in the purse. While thus
engaged Mrs. Dowling secured the
weapon and forced the unwelcome
visitor from the house.
Cows Dislike His Red Cap.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Charles Porter,
city milk inspector, has refused to
wear the red cap provided for him by
the municipal government He asserts
that the female of the bovine species
has almost as strong an aversion to
the glowing hue as the male, and says
that unless the cap is dyed he will re¬
sign.
Imprisoned Rabbit Freed.
Mohrsburg, Pa.— A partly hollow
log, coated with Ice and snow, was
hauled by Charles Geschwlndt, five
miles to his sawmill. As it was sawn
in twain, out bopped an imprisoned
rabbit, which escaped
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1912.
THE FEE SYSTEM IS VERY
UNJUST AND UNEQUAL.
System Should Be Abolished And all
Other Officers Placed On Fixed
Reasonable Salaries.
As everybody knows a number of
our officers receive no salaries but
are paid in fees for services ren¬
dered. Our attention was called to
this forcefully recently in the di
vis'on of fees between the clerk, the
sheriff and the solicitor. When one
is tried and found guilty, certain of
the costs go to these officers. We
are told the solicitor gets about 60
per cent, the clerk 26 2-3 and the
sheriff 13 1-3. When the costs in a
case are $19.00, the solicitor gets
$10.00, the clerk $6.00 and the sher
if goto $3.00.
The amount paid depends largely
on the penalties inflicted. When the
penalties are light fines, they are
paid; when they are chaingang sen¬
tences the officers get nothing. The
solicitor who has nothing to do with
working up the case, subjects him¬
self to no danger in making arrests,
gets more than both clerk and sher¬
iff. A reasonable salary for each of¬
ficer ought to be paid,
Then, too, the present fee system
might induce a solicitor to bring in
caese, take the time of the court, in¬
cur expense for the tax-payer, and
hazard the liberty of persons in cases
that ought never to see a court house
While on this subject, we wish to
say that much of the very small bus¬
iness that comes before superior cir¬
cuit courts everywhere ought never
to get there. The theft of a few
chickens, or other matters of like
worth, is too small to take up the
time o* a great court wit’ lowers
the dignity of the court, and brings
it beneath its proper level. A more
expeditious way of meting out pun¬
ishment to such offenders ought to be
found.—Marietta News.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
To The Superior Court of said
County:
The petition of D. A. Thompson, W.
T. Milner and J. O. Bradishaw r , all of
said county, respectfuHy shows to
the Court that they desire, for them¬
selves, their associates, successors
and assigns, to be incorporated under
the name of THE THOMPSON-MIL
NER COMPANY for the term of
twenty years with the right of re¬
newal at the expiration of said term,
and under this name to have the righ
to sue and be sued, have and use a
common seal, buy, sell, own and con¬
trol all kinds of real and personal
property and to do any and all other
things consistent with law governing
corporation, which may be necessary
to be done in carrying on the busi¬
ness of said corporation.
1. The particular business to be
done by said corporation will be as
dealers in builders’ materials, the
building and construction of all kinds
of buildings as contractors and mater
ialmen.
2. The principal place of business
of said corporation shall be at Cov¬
ington, Ga., but petitioners desire the
right to establish branch offices at
any other places which they may de¬
sire. ,
3. The amount of capital stock to
be employed in said corporation shall
be FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
divided into shares, 150 shares of the
par value of One Hundred Dollars
per share, but petitioners desire the
right to increase said capital stock
by a vote of its stock holders to any
amount not exceeding FIFTY THOU¬
SAND DOLLARS.
4. The capital stock of said corpo¬
ration has already been paid in in
full.
WHEREAS PETITIONERS pray the
passing of an order of this Honorable
court granting this petition and
granting to said corporation all of the
rights, powers, and privileges of like
corporations under the law of said
State.
R. W. MILNER, PeL Atty.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
I, John B. Davis, Clerk of the Su¬
perior Court of said county do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and exact copy of the appli¬
cation of D. A.Thompson, W. T. Mil¬
ner and J. O. Bradshaw r to be incor¬
porated as the THOMPSON-MILNER
COMPANY, this day filed in my of¬
fice.
Witness my hand and seal of of¬
fice this the 19th day of March 1912.
JOHN B. DAVIS,
Clerk of Superior Court of Newton
County, Georgia.
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C. A. SOCKWELL, N. G.
A. H. MILNER, Rec. Sect’y.
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CITATION.
GEORGIA, Newton County:
J. L. Harwell, Jr., administrator on
the estate of J. J. Harwell, deceased,
having applied to me for Letters of
Dismission on said estate. This is
to cite all persons concerned, to show
cause, if any they can, why said Let¬
ters should not be issued as prayed
for on the 1st Monday in May next,
1912. Witness my hand and official
seal, this April l, 1912.
A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Newton County:
H. C. Ragen, administrator on the
estate of Mrs. Minnie Ragen, deceas¬
ed, having applied for Letters of
Dismission issue him on said estate,
Ths is to cite all persons concerned,
to show cause, if any they can, why
Letters should not issue as prayed for
on the first Monday in May. Witness
my hand and offical seal of office,
this April 1, 1912.
A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
NOTICE.
All persons bolding claims against
the estatte of J. W. Anderson, late
of said County, are hereby notified
to redner the same to the undersign¬
ed according to law, and all persons
owing said estate are notified to
make immediate payment.
This February 24, 1912.
Mrs. S. H. ANDERSON Executrix.
GEO. T. WELS, Excutor.
Schedule of Georgia Railroad.
Going West Going East.
No. 3,—4:15 a.m No. 4.—1:39 a.m
” 9—5:40 a.m ” 2—8:34 a.m.
” 93—7:49 a.m ” 28—4:23 p.m.
” 1—11:38 am ” 94—6:56 p.m
” 27—6:34 p.m ” 10—7:55 p.m.
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