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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1906)
T'he r\'Dr\lgorr\&ry /Monitor. PUBLISHED ENTRY Tilt BSDaY. OEFICIAI. ORUA.N MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Fnlut-d at the Post.,ffY<• • ir. M*. Vernon, Or. as Second-Class Mail Matter. 1). nv FOLSOM & cod Prop*. SI.OO Per Year. ■Si'Lfgiil *<)viri(sn< ii;i i In iimkl Uivitiisbiy W psid in nlvame, at the legal rale, and an tlie law direct.; i,a<l mu«l In- in hand not later Ilian Wcdneadat morning nf the flint week .f inaertion Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, May 17, ri)o6. The frost of last week and Hur rie Jordan did what they could in ihi matter of preventing overpro duction of cotton. When will the .South Georgians ho susceptible to as much enthu siasm for upbuilding their own section as to joining in an Atlnii ta dog fight? No more generous act has been •lone eiueo the grea' disuter than the donation of $100,(XK) by the Canadian parliment to suffering San Francisco. Tho man who can get a law passed in Georgia that will equal ize tho payment <>f taxes will do tho most practical thing that this stato has been blessed with in years. All honor to the women of Pu laski county for their work lust week in driving out tho dispensary demon from their midst. With out their aid prohibition would scarcely have won. If elected governor, Hoke Sinith’9 yelling for negro disfran chisement and railroad destruction will not last long enough to ruise an echo ugainst Stone Mountain, and there will not be negroes enough disfranchised to chop out a ten-aero patcli of cotton. It is easy enough to drift with the crowd iu politics, but tho thinking men who do things be cause they uru right, who support principles and continue to vote their convictions regardless of howling politicians, make up the element that must hold this coun try together. Th. attempt of Hoke Smith in Bryan county on Tuesday of last week to make a few votes out. of the fuel, that Mr. Estill had used his inthu nc» against grunting rates to Atlanta that would bot tle up other whosale points in the state, fell as tlut as several other of his fakes, iioke might make a few votes 111 Atlanta where they s&y ho neods them—by such twist ed insinuations, but not in South Georgia. If you live in South Georgia and do not realize that you occu py tho garden spot of the state, if not of the entire South, you will need to be awakened to a knowledge of that fact. Don’t lie uucasy about the balance of the state, they have learned to tote their own skillet, and have been carrying yours too, for three quarters of a century. Stand by the South Georgia candidate for governor. We favor a law that will cut out about half the elections in Georgia. The smoke of one fray is never cleared away before we are into another. The strife en gendered and the confusion that results from the contests leave no time nor possibility for enter prises that can only come by uni ted efforts of tho people. There is no real rensou why the other county officers should not have as long terms as the ordinary. We are for Estill for governor because he is a most successful business man, and not a slippery politician, promising wonders that no governor can perform; because Georgia needs a business admin istration instead of a machine to Hetateot trickster into the United States senate; because his record is absolutely clean, and because South Georgia has waited long enough to demand a show at theJ Palm of state. STATE PRESS COMMENTS J < i Darien Gazette:—The Gazette calls for a halt in the mud-sling ing business tliutis being conduct ed by the Atlanta candidates. What a difference between Col. Estill’s way of campaigning and our Atlanta frie ds. Gentlemen, do please come back to reason. I) 11 b1 i n Courier-Dispatch : Many newspapers are now giving space to attacks on Georgia demo crats and the democratic party that prided themselves upon their loyalty only a few jears ago. Hut then —politics is politics. Savannah Press: —A crossed wire caused a slight fire in the Atlanta Journal office yesterday. Some country correspondent must have sent iu an account of a Clark Howell meeting by mistake. Valdosta Times: —A Montana man has discovered how to make potatoes grow in sawdust on the roof of houses. But this wont help much. What most people are waiting for is a kind of pota to that will grow itself and then drop 011 the table ready to be eat en. Americus Times-Recorder:—We have too many elections, too many registrations of voters, too much political turmoil for tho busy man or the good of tho country. Sparta Ishmaelite :—To a man up a tree it seems that tho two At lanta papers are connivating at the candidates of the Atlanta gu bernatorial aspirants The Nows lor Howell, and the Georgian for Hoke Smith. It is impossible for a newspaper to keep out of a political w rangle. Atlanta Constitution:—lf Pres ident Roosevelt will not be too impetuous, *n a week or two the s.veet girl graduate will tell him how to solve tho trust problem. IN THE GOPHER BUSINESS, Seven babj gophers \yere left, at our office n few days ago by Mr. Wright Harrell, who requested that we credit him with one year’s subscription in exchange for same. We have complied with his request inasmuch as our former stock of gophers was completely exhaust ed but now that we are fully sup plied we warn all parties that 110 more gophers will he accepted on this basis for tho present. Be sides, we do not care to be both ered with making change, provid ed some one should bring an un usually large one and want 1: changed up into little gophers, leaving only a small credit on his subscription. The gopher de partment has been turned oved to the editor’s son. and he is endeav oring to play the Daniel Sully act in the g-mlier market, as will be seen from local “ad” elsewhere in this paper.—Eastman Times- Journal. The following ‘‘local ad” ap pears in same issue: FOR SALE. —Five baby goph ers, 25 cents each. Absolutely the only stock of its kind on the market and no reduction will be made in price. Very appropriate' for bridal or birthday presents. Each one guaranteed to give sat isfaction, hut will not las sold ex cept for cash and money will bo spent regardless of whether or not the gopher is returned. Couie quick, as the supply is limited Claude Methvin, Jr. In addition to having a South Georgia man for governor, we wouldn't mind having the presi dent of the Senate again from this end of the state. And Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall of Chatham would satisfy us. too. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MAY 17, HKXS. THE SUBTLE SULTAN. Win Capacity For Deception Mount* Aim oat to Genian. Os the subtlety and guile of the sul tan of Turkey a diplomat writes: “The sultan cau lie and cheat with all the hland simplicity of tlie heathen Cblnw —ln fact, bis capacity for deception amounts to little short of genius. I re member that a shrewd Yankee friend of mine, who was minister at Constan tinople, pitted his brains against those of the sultan. lie had been specially commissioned by the United States to collect some outstanding debts which had been long due. The sultan ac knowledged the debts cheerfully: be was most anxious to pay them; be would pay them before those due to any other power. However, my diplo matic friend determined to pay a visit to the sultan and to wake him up. He had already refused a present which the sultan had sent to him of two su perb Arab horses, which, had he had a weak spot, would assuredly have found It. My friend was tenacious. He had often lassoed and thrown and held a hull In Texas, and he was cute, as all good Yankees are. Besides, he was an gry with the sultan, nnd things had reached a crisis. "But he had not been two minutes in the society of the commander of the faithful before all of his resentment be gan to ooze out of bis finger tips. He told me that, looking Into that benevo lent countenance and listening to that gentle voice, he could not believe that the sultan was not as Innocent as the child that had Just seen the light. Still, he had come there on business. He was very resolute. Again and again be had broached the subject, and every time the sultan had glveu him the assurance that the account would he settled pres ently. He took him over his grounds and led my friend to recount the stories of his rough riding In Texas, his ex ploits In the civil war. The sultan showed some knowledge and great In terest In these affairs. A detailed and particular account of the American constitution was next. “Then came dinner. There followed, while they smoked cigars together like two old cronies, n Turkish comedy, with Turkish danclug girls. Thep sud denly nnd with words gracious but few the sultan disappeared. It was late. My friend returned to the legation, cheerful nnd exasperated, beaten and content. The next morning he realized that In a diplomatic play with the sul tan It was he who was as Innocent as the child that had just seen the light lie never got those debts paid.”—Chica go News. What Is “Contract” Conit The question Is often asked, “What Is contract coal?” Contract coal is that part of the coal product sold at a con tract or minimum price to large cou sumers, such as our railroads and our great refineries aud steel Industries, on yearly contracts. The system has a tremendous advantage for the buyer, and It has an even greater advantage for the miner. It has also an advan tage to the coal mine operator because these annual contracts are a necessity In order to keep the mines running dur ing the dull season, but tbe advantage to the operator Is ofTset by the con sideration that on these contracts, when dullness prevails, the companies with whom contracts have been made usual ly take only the minimum quantity, and In the busy season, when every body wants coal and when “free coal" to the operator would mean largo prof its. these same companies tnke the maximum quantity.—Fuel. The Shah of Persia Id Russia. The shah of Persia is a man of moods, and his visits are not always unmixed Joys at the courts he honors. On the occasion of his recent stay in St. Petersburg his peculiarities gave infinite trouble to the Russian court of ficials. One of his most trying Idiosyn crasies Is his habit of occasionally go ing to bed for twenty-four hours at a stretch, giving strict orders that he is not to be disturbed under pain of death. More than once the days se lected were those on which special festivities had beeu arranged In his honor. As a matter of fact, his maj esty, who Is devoted to children, pre ferred half an hour with the little grand duchess to any other entertain ment and won the children’s hearts by letting them play with his exquisite collections of diamonds and other precious stones, which Is said to be worth a king’s rausom.—Loudon Tut ler. The Flaming Arc. The new form of outdoor electric lamp, known as the “flaming arc,” which has been used abroad for sev eral years, is beginning to be seen In this country. It attracts much atten tion by Its brilliant goldeu light, and ordinary are lamps seen beside it look, says tbe F.tectrical World, like blue candles. It gives from five to ten times as much light per watt as the ordluary Inclosed arc, the new lamp easily rat ing at 2.000 candlepower each. “They completely outclass nny other illuml uaut of humau devising so far as effi ciency Is concerned." Owing, however, to the fumes which they give off these lights are not desirable in their pres ent form for indoor use. Experiment ers arc tryiug to adapt tbe new lamp to the lighting of large Interiors. Dnlnru Id Congress. Several prominent members of con gress are fighting off deafness. Sena tor Lodge of Massachusetts fears this specter so greatly that his trip abroad last summer was to consult leading au thorities in Berliu aud Paris. He goes several times a week to a specialist of the capital, who has many great names on his book. At least oue-fourtb of the upper house is being treated for deafness, threat trouble or failing sight, and the proportion in the lower , house is almost as great DENTAL NOTICE. 1 will be in my new office in j the Beugnot Building during the two weeks of Montgomery supe rior court, aud will bo pleased to ! have all who want first-class den | till work to call and see me. Dr. M. D. Cowart. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. J I have the Questions and An swers of the Public School Exam | illations of J 905 in print. Will ! send them on receipt of 25 cents, or for the last four years for 50c. B. S. Holden, Pub. Elli jay, Ga. 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