The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-10-10
COUNTY JUDGES
MESSAGE TO COURT
Calls Special Attention To Work of
Tennessee Children's Home
Society.

county Judge ID. I. Spaulding had
a message of unusual length, and
broader scope than ordinary, which
ne personally read to the county
court in quarterly session on last
Monday. The message was as fol-
lows:
To The Honorable County Court of
Henry County:
We are again called upon to rep
resent the people of our county, not
merely one man, not one class, but
all-all of the people of every class,
both white and black, rich and poor,
high and low; to be servants of the
right type of kind, we must not for
get the oath we have taken and the
responsibility that rests upon us as
representatives.
We have before US, business of
Importance, but if we will make prop
err use of our thinking faculties and
be led by the right spirit, we will
come out victorious. We have the
distinct honor of serving one of the
best counties in the best State in
the Union. We may fail to please
everyone in our deliberations as a
body, but if we keep our motives
pure, and strive to do what is right,
in the sight of God and man, we
may have bright days and restful
nights. Knowing you as l do, ex-
pect nothing more or less of you
than for it to be truly said that Hen
ry county has one of the best county
courts in the State of Tennessee.
There is another matter of great
Importance to which I-desire to d.
rect your attention, not only as
members of this court, and guardians
of public interests, but as good citi-
zens, interested as l know you are
in the cause of humanity.
The Tennessee Children's Home So
eiety is the States legal and author
lied agency for finding homes for
homeless children. 1t mainstains
staff of workers who not only per-
sonally investigate the prospective
homes of its children, in order to see
that the home is suited to the child,
and the child to the home, but who
|also keep in personal touch with the
children after placement, to make
certain that they are given not only
the love and protection that every
normal child needs and Graves, but
also that they are given school and
church advantages, and the opportu-
nifty to develop into happy, useful
men and women.
Every county in the state has the
privilege of committing children to
this institution according to the pop
ulation, one for every five thousand,
the State making an appropriation
for this number. The Society then
assumes full responsibility of the
children and their right to home,
an education and the chance to be-
come useful citizens.
The members of the county court
Team perform lasting service for the
Tennessee Children's Home Society,
for this county and also for the de-
pendent children, by calling to the
attention of the Society any orphan,
dependent, neglected and abandoned
children under seven years of age,
who need the benefit of this insti-
tuition, and also by letting them
know of any good homes where they
might be able to place a homeless
child.
There are many more children in
need of help than the State makes
provision for, and in order to reach
all those in need, the Society will
very soon, for the first time in its his
tory, call upon the citizens of the en-
tire state for help in carrying on it's
work. There is scarcely a citizen of
Henry county who could not give SIS
to $40, and many are able to give
much larger amounts, and it is hoped
that, when this campaign is over, the