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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1908)
o©o®oo©o© © © © ©►© 0 ® © © Farrners Union H Department © 0® 0 00 0© © © 00 ©►©■© © © President Charles S. Barrett. Who atnnda fit tlie* I tend "t nu of two million four hundred thousand farmers united under the name of the Farmers’ Kditca* t ionnl mid Co-Operative I nion of ( America is a native of i’ike conn-j tv, On. lie was educated in Indi ana, Ohio, Kentucky and Georgia i and while onlv forty-two years! * i old lie is n tiutn of considerable; experience. Having done all grades of work on the farm ho is 1 eminently qualified to render ef ficient services to an organization of farmers, tpuet, un assuming, conservative, and pos sessing a high degree of executive ability, tins man is leading a grnnd nrmv of 2, IDO,(M)<* fannersj . j in a noble undertaking. Presi dent Barrett and his farmers are not making war u|h>ii men en gaged in any legitimate business. Stress tho two words —education and co-operat ion—and you see thoy are construetiontsts not tic-; st met ion ist s. Many have been the great men Georgia lias given to the world. I \\ hile it is true President lbirrett j is directing his energies along quite different channels of useful ness to those of our great men whose noble deeds adorn tin* pages of our country’s History, lie is proving himself to ho truly a j great man and one v\w are proud ; to own as n nat iv< Georgian. keep Your Eye* Open. The Fanners l nion was organ- [ iyed to reach and henetit the great t masses of deserving farmers and not to serve as an incubator to hatch a few shrewd men over whom the members would howl themselves In arse in shouting their praises and boosting “get i rich” and ‘’get groat” schemes, j Keep your ('ve on that fellow wln> shoulders an axe and attempts to l make grindstone hoys of the«m«m bersof tin* organisation. Such a fellow may not lie lacking in grit. ! brass and brains, Imt is certainly i lacking in principle. The I'nionj must keep such men out of the or-1 gnniznt ion, Yi> Important Resolution. A spirit of helpfulness and co-1 operation should be developed by the Pnion. This it is gratifying to know is being done. The I'ti nton county Farmers I'nion at n recent meeting adopted a resolu tion lor each local in this slate to give fifty cents to each Farmers Pnion man’s wife at the death ot li< r husband. We are highly in favor of this resolution and !io|»<> that the or gaiu*:'.lion not only in tliis state but in everv state w lie re it is or . gnnized may not only adopt sonic Mich resolution but put it intoi operation. poountaiv assistance should be rendered the needy, deserving w ives of our de ceased brethren- Two tire*l fc‘*Us. Wo must not get discouraged on account of the price of cotton, being on tho decline.' Plant plen ty of food crops and prepare to “live at home” and the price of cotton will then take care of it self. Os course gambling cotton j exchanges will have a strong tend ency as long as they are allowed to exist to keep cottou down, so will over-production. Mark that. The Monitor office is headquart ers for the finest job printing. ©o®ooo©oo By © © Prof J. M DAVIS l. & • iI.KNWOOfI, ft A. <0 ©©■©■©"©"©© 0 ® NEW MILLINERY STORE. The ladies of Ailev and vicinity will be glad to learn that Mrs. M. ’•A. Fountain li«" opened sewing i parlors, and she also has a nice j lot of lints w hich were bought J for cash, and t ti<*y can bo bad at {startling low prices, lints made I to order on short notice. I.Mrs. Fountain is at the Dr. Currie j home,’where she respect fnil v in ■ vites the ladies to ••all when in I need of anything in her line. THE USE OF SALT. Importance of the Mineral Compound to the Human Body. “Salt nv-iunes the most promi nent place in the list of our food accessories,” writes Dr. Andrew Wilson. “From the most ancient times man has valued salt as ap paretiilv a needful item in his die j leti, substances, and even lower an imals exhibit an instinct for salt su< li a- represents an inborn crav ing arising from a dictate of nnliifc herself. The history of salt'in relu lion to the liodv is it -oil interesting 11 seems to lie a mineral compound universally distributed throughout our tissues. It occurs universally in the living unless salt lie specially supplied. Kven the freshest of our ! meals contains salt as part and pared of its composition. Ivpuilh notable is the fact that salt is found m ilie excretions of the body. It is 1 given off in verv appreciable quanti ty in Ibe perspiration and in other forms of waste resulting from our liodilv wear and tear. So important a const l luen l, of the blood is sn 11 that in eases of los : , of blood the surgeon injects into the circulation a solution of salt and water and I thus contrives to replenish in a cer | lam fashion the depleted supply. “In >ome wav or other, as yet im | perfectly understood, salt appears to lie necessary for maintaining what we may calf Die chemical equi ] librium of the hlovil. It is also not j yet clear to us whv salt should lie 1 so freely excreted, hut even the : tears contain it, and ‘the salt, sail tears i> a phrase for mice at least | shewing harmony betwixt science | and poosv. I.eitving the reason whv ! aside, it is ( tear that we demand I salt not only for tin* maintenance of the Imhlv’s normal constituents, hut likewise for the perfect discharge j of many of tlr? functions. “I believe ouo of the punishments ! inflicted under the old laws of lloi ! land and one regarded as in severity i next to that of death was the keep ! ingofa prisoner for a certain length | of time on a diet from which all j salt was excluded. The result vva« j emaciation and death if the depri ! ration was long persisted in—u i barbarous punishment truly, but ( one which retie, ted credit, in * ( sense, on the physiological knowl -1 edge of the framers of the Dutch 1 penal code Chicago News. Hope For Rufus. Fnele Krasins had been polishing his musket for hall an hour. At | last lie gave u a final love pat and turned to his grandson. “Chile," he said, “does von see dat bottle about thirty yards over derer" “Shore 1 does,” llufus agreed. The old man threw up the mils ket and balanced it rather shakily “Whang!" it liellowcd. "Now doe i you sec dat bottler” the old man do mnmied. "Yes, 1 does, granddad.” "I’s powerful glad to hear dat. Ifufe," Hid. old mail said calmly "Fs been afotird from de wav vo: sorted later- lately dat your eye sight was failing, but hit ain't You'* good to’ several veahs vi Rufe " Youth's Companion. unfeeling. A ccrla n drill sergeant whose sc 1 verity had made him unpopular with Ins company was putting a squad of recruits through the fu neral exeK i>e. Opening the rank' ‘o as to admit the passage of the supposed cortege between them, the instructor byway of practical ex planation walked slowly down the lane formed by tbe two rank-, -av invi as he did >o: I'm the corpse. Pay at ten tion.” Having reached the end of the party, lie turned luund, regarded 1 them steadily with a scrutinizing eve for a moment or two, then re i marked: "Y our binds is right, and vour i <*ads is right, but you 'aven't got that look of regret yon ought t* ’avc." Pearson s Weekly. MONEY TO LOAN. Money to loan at »* and 7 jver cent. on improved farms. Y. B. Hi’TV UK SON, Ml. Vernon, Ga THK MOXTGb )M KTtY MOXTTOrt—THCRSDAV. A PHIL 28, 1908. Ineed of country. Triumph ol Democratic Principles Is Imperative. THE MAN AND THE HOUR. a With ths Nomination of John A. John •on. Progressive Democrat of Integ rity. Ability and Achievement. Sui cest Is Assured Wearied of twelve years of over j whelming defeat in national elections, during which time tile parly lias lost national f >o| 1 1 i< I eolltrol of every northern state and lias witnessed dev astatiug inroads even on the southern states, lin nil reds of thousands of Detn i oeratic voters have in the last few months asked. ••Who is the man who ran lead the party to victory?" The best of armies, military or polit ical, require some measure of success to maintain their spirit and efflelency. Continuous and overwhelming defeat i even in the worthiest of causes dis i heartens the strongest men. , ('auditions are such in this year 1!Ki8 iliat a united Ilemocracy supporting a ■iron}; presidential nominee can win Ihe presidential ottiee anil open the way for n return of (tie Democratic party to power. Not only do tlie hest interests of Hie Democratic party call for a victory this year, hut so also do I lie liesl interests of i lie nation. Twelve years of almost unopposed government of the republic liy one party and for eljzrlit of those years practically l»y one man have brought about conditions that are repugnant to the efficient and satisfactory administration of a gov ernment supposedly of the people. Principle With Victory. Victory can be achieved this year without sMcritieiug one iota of tlie siniul for principle that has been made with so much sacrifice by the Demo eratic party of the railed States for the last dozen years. It is merely a question of changing leadership. Three limes in succession our party has gone to defeat because its leadership has not been able to inspire coutidence in the masses of the voters, patriotic, progressive and sincere us that leader ship lias uiiquestionahly been. The ; party Is greater than its individual membership and greater than its lead ers. The time lias come when it should name Its leader in a presidential cam paign and im longer permit itself to be defeated by a sentimental, though he roic. devotion to a great name that lias dominated it for a dozen years. If in the ranks of the party there is I a man whose principles, whose party I fealty, whose success in political bat lles, whose actual achievements in | legislation and statesmanship amj a ! man holding a commanding political I situation are such Hint victory under j liis leadership is indicated. Is it not Hie duty of reasonable, thoughtful, de voted Democrats desiring the success of their party to turn to him? Johnson the Man. The friends of Clovoruor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, who have watched Ills remarkable career in re cent years, as well as impartial oh servers and journalists throughout the country, believe that he is the man of tlte hour, the man in every way equip ped to make a successful campaign and afterward to lie a chief executive of the highest order, let us briefly re view his career. Jobu A Johusou was born in St Peter, Nicollet county, Minn., July ‘JS. JSOI, of Swedish parents, ills child hood and youth were passed in great poverty. At thirteen years of age he was compelled to leave Hie public schools of his native city in order to support himself and the parental fam ily. Though his formal education was Hitts early cut short. Ids seif education never stopped. A student at all times, a wide reader and a thoughtful one. Mr. Johnson, after some years of ob scure toil as a drug and grocery clerk ami railway tliuekee|ier, became at the age of twenty-four editor of the St. Pe ter Herald, tie soon became known as one of the ablest of Minnesota jour mtlists and was recognized as one of the leaders of journalism in a state re markable for the number, vigor and in fluence of ils periodical press. As a country editor he was gradually drawn into politics ami in I sps was elected a member of the senate of the Minne sota legislature, and liis first public' po l.tical work was as a ineiulter of that I tody, l-'mm the lirst lie was identified with various reform measures which have since become law in Minnesota. Wherever Oovernor Johnson has gone he has impressed men as being a man of the I.lncohi type He has the facility of making many friends and 1 few enemies. Governor Johnson’s Legislative Results The governor recommended a per manent tax commission The legisla ture gave it to him. and the ink was hardly dry on the document before lie appointed a commission so strong In us personnel that the Republican seti a'to resolved by a rising vote to con firm the appointments without delay, while the equally Republican house, though without the iiower of continua tion. expressed by a rising vote its ap preciation of the excellence of the gov ernor's appointments. in northern Minnesota are the great est iron ore fields in the world. The state of Minnesota owns extensive areas of these lands By leases tliev were largely in the hands of the I'uit si States Steel corporation, and tlie tale was receiving only an insignifi cant income from its royalties flic ■ governor adv ised the withdrawal of all such lands from mineral leases and the legislature concurred. V'uucsota has enjoyed hut <■ tut tu | come from tb“ wealth of the privately imvih-iI iron mines. The governor rci* | orrimended a royalty tax on the output these mine.*. Me did not fret it. Imt the 1i.V.1 States Steel corporation > iMiinnJ iueir as a substitute to establish a sjo.iHMMi,si steel plant at Duluth. The newly ereateil tax conunission. together with the stale board of equal izatinn. whieh preceded It (the nietii . hers of which were appointed by (Jot ernor Johnson). have in the four years of Governor Johnson’s administration Increased the assessed valuation of the ► t.*el corporation’s irou ore holdings in .Minnesota from *32.000.000 to Sl9O. OtJO.fiDO. 'l'll** sleeping car companies of Min nesota had never paid taxes in .Mlnne sola in proportion to their earning The governor reeommended n change in tlie system of taxing these cw.pa nies. and a satisfactory law was en acted. Similarly a rational law as to mortgage taxation was enacted. Railway Regulation. Taking up freight rates. Governor Johnson in a powerful speech so ex haustlvely and conclusively hared ex isting unequal and exorbitant rates that the railway companies voluntarily made a reduction of' 10 |>er cent on grain rates on their liues in northern .Minnesota. By order of the railway commission, re-euforced b.v subsequent legislation, this voluntary reduction was followed b.v a horizontal red He tiou in maximum freight rates of about t.‘S per ceut. uud there was created a I new class of merchandise tariff in which the rates were reduced about g 0 per cent. The railways took these re ductions into the (,’nited States courts by enjoining the attorney general oi Minnesota from enforcing the law i This action has opened up some of the most important litigation involving constitutional interpretation that lias come before the supreme court in this generation. Th« Two Cent Law. The enactment of the two cent pas senger tariff law was an example of Governor Johnson’s celerity of action Invited to address the .Minnesota Edi torial association, instead of making i lie usual platitudinous address on such occasions, ••he exploded the two cent bomb" and urged that ail end be put to the giving of passes. He talked on the same subject to a convention of commercial travelers, immediately the slate was atiame with this innovation in railway legislatiou. When the legis ! latu re met he asked for a law embody ing this idea, and the legislature quick ly responded. Neighboring states fol lowed with reductions, and now throughout the middle northwest the two cent rate prevails. About the lime Governor Johnson came into office there was a wide spread agitation for reciprocal demur rage laws which would compel rail ways to allow shippers demurrage charges for failure to deliver cars on : time. Governor Johnson, ever abreast of popular progress, recommended such a law and got it. Thunks to his initiative, the orders of tlie Minnesota railroad and ware house commission are now Immediate ly effective pending appeal. In Defense of Labor. Governor Johnson, in consonance with his thorough democracy and be lieving iu equal rights. Inis not been neglectful of the interests of labor. He desired a free slate employment bu reau designed to eliminate tlie many abuses that have marked private em ploymeut bureaus In the great laboi centers of Minnesota. Such u bureau was created and has been thoroughly helpful and widely efficient. Siitie time immemorial that relic of feudalism, tlie common law doctrine of nonliability of employer to employee for iu.jurics occurring through the negli gence of it fellow servant, has prevail ed iu Minnesota ns well as in many «>ther states. "This ancient rule of the common law," said Governor Johnson, “coupled with die other rule generally referred to as the doctrine of the ns sumption of risk by employees, has east upon (he individual laborer a risk j .nut responsibility out of proportion to the wages he receives.” 1 Miring his term of office Governor ] i Johnson has had to deal with one great conflict between labor and eapi al—unuiely. the strike of the miners ion the Minnesota irou ranges. By di root personal intervention, by advice \ ' to the employers on the one hand and ; the strikers on the other, the governor succeeded, without the use of stale troops, in preventing violence and I iloodshed- In tlu* forests and prairies of north ern Minnesota ate great extents of fertile lauds which, owiug to lack of j drainage, have not been available for cultivation Thanks to Governor John son. additional legislatiou on this sub ject was secured, and hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land will Is* added to the rolls of the state's wealt It. Governor Johnson believes in the municipal ownership of public utilities, sad. following his suggestion, a modi tled form of tlie llliuois Mueller law was adopted by ltie Minnesota legisla ture. i'nder its provisions a municipal ity may bond its street railways or other public utilities to pay the cost of the purchase and operation of the same. Minnesota, a leading agricultural state, has long had to contend with f the cordage trust, which has a practi i-.il monopoly of the binding twine used in harvesting For many years the state has had a twiue piaur iu w hicli prison labor was employe !. The trust erected a factory in Minnesota to conqiete with rite state made twine, tuff Governor Johnson'.* answer was. ■ with tlie eousent of tlie legislature. ! authorization for the state twiue plant to sett ii- product outside as well as ( wit id u tlie state. the cordage trust will now have to figtit the cheap Min- . nesota state made twine iu other states ; as wel! as at home I .. -ii ii- i ■—» [ SHOE BUSINESS | p Realizing the great importance oi the shoe department in ntir < ► business «e li.ive -• lengthened out -took arid have decided to handle « £ exclusively the Brown Shoe Go.’s *s* specialties. These shoes are , p all made in St. Louis, the greatest shoe manufacturing city m the « ► world, and in buying a full line from one house we tire enabled to < £ offer various grades of merchandise at better prices than we could 4 p possibly offer were our lines mixed. < 1 spring'styles are here. we shoe the whole FAMILY. 2 2 AVe have recently received a We do not confine our busi- • ► new shipment oi dies*- shoes ness to men’s or women's trade ► whicl. embodies all the present but cam- lines of Hoys and < ► season -Tylrs and shapes m < ► Oxfords or High Shoes. Von Girls.Mtsses and l hiidren.Any s £ should nor fail in look at these member of tlie family can be ► lines before buy ing. supplied at oar store. m l 3 ► DRESSY LOW-CUTS SHOES FOR BOYS. MENS’NEAT 2 ► FOR WOMEN. show us ihe hoy SUMMER OXFORDS. 2 [ ha": r drclsies't that <11,,,S " 0t f* °“ r Bhowin - ot 2 £ line of Women’s mme weat out of a Mens’Summer Ox- « ► Low ('uts and Ox- pairol these Busier fords is the snappt- £ fords that have ever Grown Shoes than eat by far that We 4 p been shown in this he got out of the have ever made. To 4 p locality and we are last pair he had,and inspect tlie line 2 ► anxious to liave you we will give him a means to buy n 2 £ inspect them new pair free pair. 2 t STYLISH FOOTWEAR FOR MEN. WOMEN’S ATTRACTIVE STYLES \ ► If the new arrivals in Mens’ “Attractive Style,” that is 3 ► footwear pleases you as well as really the feature of the shoes J ► they dons, you will own a pair ..... ; ► , . . which we ha ve 111 st pur on our 2 ► before long. 1 liere is a big va- 1 2 ► riety ol' styles iii all leathers. selves for sale to women. 2 l M°RAE I BRO. Mr. VERNON, j l 1 ►VYVTYYTYTVVTYVYTVTTYYTYVV»*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA • YYYY Y Y YY YYY Y Y YYY YYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY•s \ HRS. M. H. FOUNTAIN, : t Ailey, Georgia. °Q£r' ! : I SEWING and DRESS MAKING ; ► < t Lot of Fine Hats Bought for Cash 2 t AND WILL BE SOLD AT VERY LOW PRICES. 2 ► fMTMFATS M ADE TO ORDER. Quick Sales. Short Profits. * yAAAAA AAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA 2 I ’ - ' Do You Love This Old Town? o 6 . S' ’s> $ If you .10, of course you want to see the town grow. You want to see the storekeepers prosper, and the banks bulge with deposits, and the towns peo p1 e wearing glad clothes, and the farmers falling over each other to come in and buy new hay rakes and patent plows. Os course you do. Be cause, likewise of course, when things are that way you get your share of the But what are you doing to contribute to the general prosperity? Are you patronizing home industries in preference to outside industries? Do you buy y*)ur clothes and groceries and gar den tools and so forth here at home? Well, you admit, you do send away for a good many things you happen to sec advertised. Aha! And are they advertised in this paper • Xo, indeed—in the mail order journals and catalogues. (Quite true. And you would just as soon Imv them here if they wore advertised by the local merchants, wouldn’t you? Why, yes. Well, now. there's a neat hint to some of our local store keeper- apd dealers who perhaps haven’t discovered why they are losing a b>t of home trade which they ought to keep. O O It’s a wise business man that knows his own opportunities. 6 6 The Montgomery Monitor and the Union News One Year for £1.75.
