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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1906)
WKTM which art hut in the infancy of thoir development. There is no •thar part of the Republic which makes a stronger appeal to enlerpris iag asea, wkvtaur they have large or sautll oapital. It is a beautiful coun try & healthful country and a country which holds out every promise of so eial satisfaction for those who go there to make their homes. The most amazing thing about the South Is the cheapness of its fertile agrieultural lands, though one hears en every hand that prices have gone up considerably during the past few years. They must have been giving land away before, for after years of national prosperity and wonderful strides In local settlement and deve lopment, one can still buy fine farm ing land st prices ranging from $5 an acre upward. People regard 925 an sere as % pretty stiff price for lands which would be considered very reasonable at three or four times as much under the same conditions In Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, or California. True, the Far Western lands are Irri gated, and Irrigation Is a sort of mir acle which, among other things, gives extraordinary value to land. Rut, wo can pompure th'se fertile Southern lands with the agricultural districts of Illinois, lowa, and other prnlrie Statm, and still they are literally 'dirt cheap.* There Is no way to account, for It ex cept that the process of readjustment which has been going on since the War, has not yet brought Southern land up to the level of prices prevail ing In other parts of the United States. With regard to markets. In the West, we are accustomed to long dis tances. When we atart on a Journey, gre do net expect to arrive anywhere THE CRAPY MONUMENT AT ATLANTA. GEORGIA. in particular In loss than two or three, days. Our markota aro a long way oft and the bur don Os transportation la nocoHsarlly heavy. Close to Fine Markets. But the Southern truck-gareJeneT and fruit-grower can roach groat cities ia every direction in twelve, twenty four, and thirty-six hours. Ho is sur rounded by mining and manufacturing venters and lias quick access to tho big cities of (he North. He is favored, of course, by the latitude, which enables hint to produce both tho necessaries and luxuries of Northern tables while .lack Frost still holds the earth in his grip abovo Mason and Pixofi's line. In the matter of transportation, the new settlor in tho South is fortunate. Compared with newer sections of the country, the South is gridtroned with railroads. Not only so, but It enjoys Important natural advantages in tho way of navigation, both Interior and axterlor. It Is manifestly good rail road policy to facilitate’ the settlement of tributary railroad territory by mak ing rates which encourage colonisation and enable the settler to prosper. Kail road earnings and values increase rapidly with populatiou and develop ment The opportunities of tho South cob stitutc an open Invitation to all men who desire to improve their condition* of living by getting an independence from the soil The man who wants to avail himself of these opportunities may do so at once, with a small outlay of capital, without waiting for the adoption of new ptihlle policies of any •ort. But it is impossible to travel through the Southern States without thinking of the obligation which rest* upon the Nation to do certain things which must be done before the largest economic results can be achieved. I hare been interested for many years in the promotion of a govern ment Irrigation policy and in scientific forestry and systematic colonisation, which are inseparably associated with It But these are only a part of the great work of internal improvements to which the government must set Us hand. They are but a portion of the bigger problem of Building the In finished Republic and • finishing the world In partnership with God.” To Upbuild live Nation. The United States should drain the Southern swamps for precisely the tame reason that It stores the waste food water to irrigate the Western deserts In order that w-e may widen the foundations of our national life, enhance the common prosperity, and give men more room ia which to build their habitations. We should preserve and extend the forest* on ail the water shed* of the United States and not —rely la tfe* mouaUlaa of the West. r Wo should store the floods and regu ) late the flow of streams throughout i the land. We should adopt policies - which will everywhere facilitate the r subdivision of the soil into - small holdings, and the growth of In r dependent homes upon these holdings. - Cven in those sections which are most j densely peopled, and, perhaps, least' favored in natural advantages—New » England, for example—there is much ; to be done in improving natural con -4 ditions and opening new opportunities s for successful rural settlement. r j Hut it is not enough to make the :' land ready for Its highest uses; the 1 F people must also be made ready to I utilize tbe land. Every boy and girl | - should leave the public schools pre j - pan-d to make a living, and to collect i it from mother earth herself, when they desire to do so. This is distinctly i In line with our great need of increas i ing economic efficiency, and thus en ) aiding the country to meet the do • mantis of Increasing population. The , Booth is beautiful and promising as , jlt Is, but how much moro beautiful I and promising It would become with ■ the adoption of public policies which I I would make tho utmost of Its natural 11 Advantages and which would train the j rising generation so that they could ’ realize the best results from tho oppor , tuniUcs thus opened to them! I reached Atlanta on a winter morn ■ Ing and killed time before breakfast by visiting a statue which loomed t through tbe growing light. It was the i memorial erected In honor of ilenrj - W. Grady by his appreciative fellow citizens. And there 1 found two In t scriptlons which may well inspire all the friends of national development and, especially, those who believe that > our future security rests chiefly in the hope of establishing millions of new homes on the soil. Here are the words: : Give us the broad anil perfect : loyalty that loves and trusts : : Georgia alike with Nassaehu- : : setts —that knows no South, no : : East, no \Vest, hut endears with : j : cgual and patriotic, love every : : foot of our soil, every State in : : our Union. B : The citizen standing in the door- : ': u (jv of his home —contented on : . : his threshold—his family path- : ; end about his hearthstoni: : while the evening of a well- : ; : spent day closes in semes and : : sounds that are dearest —He : : shall save the Republic when : : the drvmtap is futile and the : : barraeks are exhausted. i IFus on the Bill of Fare. A man entered a restaurant, took a scat, and, after a little deliberation, asked the waiter for a "plate of fly-specks. The waiter reported the uncomplimen- 1 SCULPTURE BY MACHINERY. tary request to the proprietor, whereupon the latter approached the customer and informed him that he did not "serve fiv speeka.” "Then,” was the replv, “1 would suggest that you take them off the hill of turn!* ' CARVING BY MACHINERY. ' BATTLEFIELD MEMORIES OF GETTYSBURG FASHIONED BY COMPRESSED AIR. Historic Spots of the Conflict Mark ed by Memorials of Artistic De sign Expense and Time Saved by Yankee Ingenuity. Tho field of Gettysburg and the other scenes of strife in our great j Civil War are rapidly being filled with j memorials in granite, marble and bronze, which will greatly enhance the interest of these national parks for all visitors and particularly for those A MASTERPIECE SHAPED BY PNEUMATIC TOOLS; of future generations who cannot have the aid of any veteran of the great conflict to guide them, to the points of interest. The (ablets, statues, monuments and other memorials which are llnding place in rapidly increasing numbers upon these historic battlefields have been erected in some instances by the Congress of the United States, but in a majority of cases the expense has been defrayed by States or by veteran or patriotic organizations. Some of the memorials are mute testimonials to tho bravery of fallen comrades, while others are tributes to the command ers conspicuous in this engagement or that. However, the matter does not stop hero and of late many commemo rative masterpieces of sculpture have lxen installed to mark in each in stanco the exact spot rendered memor able by some notable assault or de fense or some other unusual event in t'-n r-reat drama of the War for the Union. Tho production of great numbers of those battlefield memorials has re sulted In another Yankee scheme for saving time and labor, namely, the In troduction of sculpture by machinery. Formerly all tho statues carved from marble or granite had to be slowly and laboriously chiseled by hand. Un der tbe nmv order of things all this is changed and mechanically operated tools cut away the hard material and carve, in the stone, representations of human figures, lettering, etc., in a frac tion of tho time that w’ould bo required for the same work under tho old methods. Many ingenious Tools. Tha tools which are Instrumental In performing this Ingenious sculpture by machinary aro what aro known as pneumatic tools, that is, they aro op erated by comprossod air instead of by si earn or electricity. Tho type most commonly used might bo described as a combination hammer and chisel, and how much mors speedily such can work than could a workman with the old-fashioned chisel and hammer may ha appreciated when it is stated that by means of the compressed air tho hammer is mads to strike hundreds of blows per niinuto. In this mechanical chiseling the pneumatic tool, which is a portable piece of apparatus, is hold in the hand of a workman and by him guided fiack and forth on the stone surface wherever cutting is to be done. The compressed air is lod to the tool through a rubber hose, and the oper ator can with the utmost ease and at a moment’s notice regulate the force of the hammer blows according to tho depth of the cutting required. Moreover different styles of pneu matic tools are provided for the va rious classes of work to be performed in producing a statue or other monu ment. For instance, there is one tool for light carving, tracing and letter ing on granite, and a different one for heavy carving and large raised Vetters. The tools require from five to seven cubic feet of free air per minute to operate them. In the battlefield memo- rials now being erected In many lo calities figures of soldiers, mounted or on foot, are Introduced in great numbers, but there is also extensive use of representations of cannon, can 808 balls, flagpu. etc. la (Md Ireland. In connection 'with what la known as tb« "Iri*h revival,” an interesting work has been started by Irish ladie-j in a village close by Dublin. Three industries were selected, namely, the printing of books, embroid ering on Irish linen and the weaving of tapestry and carpets; and some exquisite work has been produced. One of the leading ideas of the pro moters has been to produce things which will be recognized as Irish both in style and design. In the carpets, for example, all ordinary patterns are discarded in favor of those recogniz ably Irish. Many of the workers are Irish peas ant girls, who, by patient training. i have acquired rare skill in their ar tistic pursuits. As a means of keep ing the Irish people at home, and winning back their old prosperity, everyone will wish the scheme to be a success. Why Wc are Right-Handed. Why do we use tbe right hand in preference to the left? An anatomist, who has studied the question very closely, says that it is largely a matter of heredity. The early races of men must have used the right hand in fighting, reserving the left to cover the left side of the body, I where wounds —as their experience ' showed them—were the more danger ous. This more frequent use of the right hand would react upon the brain, bringing about a special development of that part which controls the right hand. One of tho most scholarly women of society in the National Capital, is Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge. As the daughter of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, she ’ was roared in an atmosphere of culture. ■ She took a college coure in Wellesley, I ■ and studied in other seats of learning, i She takes a keen interest in Greek ’ research and the reading of proof 1 - sheets. 31 Boxes of Gold 300 Boxes of Greenbacks For the most words made up from these letters Y-1 -O - Grape-Nuts 331 people will earn these prizes. Around the fireside or about the well-lighted family reading table during the winter evenings the children and grown-ups can play with their wits and see how many words can be made. 20 people making the greatest number of words will each receive a little box containing a SIO.OO gold piece. to persons will each win one box containing a $5.00 gold piece. 300 people will each win a box containing SI.OO in paper money; and one person who makes the highest number of words over all contestants will receive a box containing SIOO.OO in gold. It is really a most fascinating bit of fun to take up the list evening after evening and see how many words can be added. A few rules are necessary for absolute fair play. Any word authorized by Webster’s Dictionary will be counted, but no name of person. Both the singular and plural can be used, as for instance "grape” and "grapes.” The letters in "Y-T-O-Grape-Nuts” may be re peated in the same word. Geographical names authorized by Webster will be counted. Arrange the words in alphabetical classes, all those beginning with A together aaid those begin ning with E to come under E, etc. When you are writing down the words leave some spaces, in the A, E, and other columns to fill in later as new words come to you, for they' will spring into mind every evening. It is almost certain that some contestants will tie with others. In such cases a prize identical in value and character with that offered in that class shall be awarded to each. Each one will be requested to send with the list of words a plainly written letter describing the advantages of Grape- Xuts, but the contestant is not required to purchase a pkg. These letters are not to contain poetry', or fancy flourishes, but simple, truthful statements of facts. For illustration: A person may have experi enced some incipient or chronic ails traceable to unwise selection of food that failed to give the body arut brain the energy, health and power desired. Seeking better conditions a change in food is made and Grape-Nuts and cream used in place of the former diet. Suppose one quits the meat, fried potatoes, starchy, sticky messes of half-cooked oats or wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try, say, for breakfast a bit of fruit, a dish of Grape-Nuts and Cream, two soft boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast a&d a cup. of Postum Food Coffee. 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Then after you have been two or three weeks on the Grape-Nuts training you write a statement of how you used to be and how you are now. The simple facts will interest others and surprise yourself. We never publish names except on permission, but often tell the facts in the newspapers and when requested give the names by private letter. » There is plenty of time to get personal experi ence with Grape-Nuts and write a sensible, truth ful letter to be sent in with the list of words, as the contest does not close until April 30th, 1906. So start in as soon as you like to building w ords, and start in using Grape-Nuts. Cut this statement out and keep the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts before votf and when you write your letter you will have some reason to write on the subject “Why I Owe Grape-Nuts.” JRemember 331 persons will win prizes, which will be awarded in an exact and just manner as soon as the list can be counted after April 39’ 1 906- Every contestant will be sent a printed list of names and addresses of winners on application, in order to have proof that the prizes are sent as agreed. The company is well known all over the world for absolute'fidelity to its agreements, and every single one of the 331 winners may depend on re ceiving the prize won. Many persons might feel it useless to contest, hut when one remembers the great number of prizes— (331) —the curiosity of seeing how many words can really be made up evening after evening and the good, natural fun and education in the competition, it seems worth the trial; there is no cost, nothing to lose and a fine opportunity to win one of the many boxes of gold or greenbacks. We make the prediction that some whp win a prize of gold or greenbacks, will also win back health and strength worth more to them than a wagon full of money prizes. There are no preliminaries, cut out this statement and go at it, and send in the list and letter before April 30th. 1906, to Postum Cereal Co., Ltd Battle Creek, Mich., and let your name and address be plainly written.
