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Mt. Vernon, (leorgia, Thursday Morning, Oct. i, 1908.
GOV. SMITH URGES
SUPPORT FOR BILL.
Governor Smith this morning
issued tin address to the people of
(ienrain, appealing to them to
turn out on October Ttli next and
vote for the ratification of the
disfranchisement amendment to
t lie st ,'lte COlUttit lit ioll.
Tin Governor forwarded a ropy
of the address to every afternoon
paper in Georgia, with the request
that 11 lie published and the fur
ther rei pieat that the amendment
lie 10\ 1 n editorial mipport.
The address follows in full:
“To inv Fellow Citizens of Geor-
H i*l :
“1 wish to appeal to you not to
ovei'l 10k on October 7th the im
portance of voting for the amend
nieut to the const it ut ion provid
ing qua I i licfttiong for voters.
“The legislature hv a two
thirds vote has submitted this;
quest ion to you.
“If the constitutional amend
ment ia not now adopted you may
nevr have a not her opportunity to
vote for it.
“I had Imped to give all of Sep
-1 em her to bringing t If import a tier .
of this amendment to your atten
tion at public meetings, hut my!
o Hie hi I duties have rendered this
impossible,
“Aerording to the Inst census
I
there are 228,078 negroes in tin |
state who could vote were their j
taxes paid. We know that a large i
majority of the negroes are igno
rant and pnrehasahle.
“Il money was now being used
to control the negro vote an int.ol-j
erahie condition would exist in!
mir state,
“\\ e must support all the Dem
ocratic nominees, hui we cannot
hope t hat our political dill’eronoes j
will always end with a primary.
“Mississippi, Louisiana, South i
Carolina, North Carolina, Ala
bama and Virginia have adopted
similar legislntion. The good ac
complished in each of these states
e shown by the fact that even
those who opposed its passage
wi.uld now oppose its repeal.
“Senator Lamar, of Mississippi,
Senator Morgan, of Alabama,Sen
tor Tillman, of South Carolina,
tl vernor Ayeoek. of South Caro
lina, Senator Daniel, of V irginia,
and Hon. T. .1. Seemes, of Louis
iana—enidi ol these patriots has
borne testimony for the legisla
-1 ion.
“Will not the press urge the
v ters ol the state to throw them
selves wilt zeal into the support
of this measure? Will not those
wlm are listless see the necessity
for organi/at ion andSicturn before j
it is too late?
“This is a matter of such over
shadowing influence upon our l
future that ] cannot place it too
strongly upon our minds and
hearts. Hokk Smith.*’
—Atlanta Journal
TO SUPPRESS LIQUOR
IN MEXICO REPUBLIC.
The lawyers college of Mexico
('it y has st arted a movement to he
of -< n ee to tyhe temperance reform
in the Republic of Mexico. A
contest is being held under the
auspices of this college, which
comprises the best-known attor
neys in the republic, in which all
the lawyers of the country are in
vited to participate.
One thousand jresos is ottered
for the best article on the subject
“What js the best addition to
the civil and penal code which
will tend to suppress alcoholism?”
This effort on the part of the
lawyers of Mexico is in keeping
with the, temperance reform
movement which has made tre
mendous progress throughout that
country during the past few years.
THE BLAZED TRAIL
TO PROSPERITY.
I’nder the above bending the
Atlanta Constitution m its issue
of Friday, says :
“The paved public highway is
the blazed trail of prosperity.
The counties of Georgia are
about to have thrust into their
hands the opportunity to practi
cally double their property values.
They are offered by the state
the entire convict body to be used
in building improved and paved
public roads.
There are eoniparat ively few
counties ii) the state which, by
consolidating with their misde
meanor gungs the convicts they
will be entitled to receive from
the state, cannot organize an ef
fective road squad; there are
none which cannot take this pro
gressive step in community com
bination with om* or more neigh
boring counties, thereby securing
road improvement bn all.
Here is an opportunity which
no county in the state, from App
ling to Worth, can afford to dis
regard. Pursuit and seizure of it
mean added wealth pmgloct means
stagnation and, by comparison,
actual loss.
Take two views of the situation :
Tim macadamized turnpike adds
u dollar a bale or more, in facility
ol transport at ion, to the value of
cotton; it enhances in like pro
portion the receipts from all other
products.
The boggy, muddy, rutty road
is not only a tax upon the farm
er’s products, but a severe one, as
well, upon Ins patience and his re
ligion.
The state offers to the counties
of Georgia, every one of them,the
labor free of cost. It is worth,
at lowest estimate, s2(l per month
for each able-bodied man.
The county is called upon only
to maintain and guard them, and
to supply the materials which go
into the making of good roads.
There is a return for both the
county and the state in almost
immediate and extensive enhancer
tnent of tax values —a return far
beyond the saving of the few dol
lars itbvill eost to maintain these
convict gangs.
1C very man who has tried to sell
a farm connected with a market
by three to ten miles of hilly,
heavy, muddy, soggy road, will
I tear eloquent testimony to the
truth of the statement; likewise
the man who has tried to buy one
situated on a level, well-surfaced]
and properly drained public high-:
way.
The proposal which the state
lavs before the counties should ap
peal w ith particular force to the j
mountain sections of north and
northeast Georgili, in seme of
w hich there are no railroads at all,
and sometimes few public roads
that arc passable the year round.
They oanuot afford, nor do we
believe they will, to let the mid
dle and southern sections of the
state distance them in this pro
gressive and upbuilding movement
Fulton county has just com
pleted a splendidly paved road to
Roswell, twenty miles distant
from Atlanta. Continuation of it
through Milton, Forsvth,l>awson,
Lumpkin and other count ies.with,
ultimately, the construction of an
electric lino which is sure to fol
low. would mean the salvation of
those counties which have so long
Von denied any but the most
primitive transportation facilities.
And so with other sections of
the state it will do for another. It
will bring Georgia communities
everywhere into closer and more
intimate touch, increase property
values and, in the aggregate, add
millions to the returns from Geor
gia's farm products.
The prison commission will
TTTK MONTGOMERY MONITOR THEIJSDAY, OCT, 1. 190*.
seek information early in the
coining year as to w hat counties
want state convicts,, and how
many. They will le prepared to
deliver them promptly upon the
expiration of the present rum
tracts, April 1, 1909, ready for
work.
Every Georgia county should be
(engaged right now in the work of
preparation for its part in the
most forward and far-reaching
movement the state has under
taken in many yeais, for their
answers be made in Febru
i ary.
There should be nr. community
in the state unwilling to join
j hands in this determined effort to
make Georgia the banner good
roads state of the south.
The progressive and the sleepy
j counties of Georgia will be given
j classification by t heir answers as
they will be filed in February.
Fulton has spoken.
Next!
HOKE AND JOE,
And Hoke says lie’s going to
vote for little Joe on the first
j Wednesday' in October.
That means that the governor
intends to stand by the nominees
of the recent while primary in
i Georgia, in spite of t lie defeat a ltd
j personal oppositions to the nomi
nees.
We welcome the governor’s
public expression to this effect.
It will have a good effect through
out the state. It accentuates the
fact that people cannot dally with
the white primary. That honor
able men and upright voters are
bound by acting in a primary to
support the nominees, regardless
of the result as compared with
their wishes.
No bolting can be tolerated in
Georgia in this good year to Yftn
rv Carter the candidate of what
Mr. Watson aptly styles the “De
pendent l*art.y. ” Every man
who is a man and acted in the
June primary will tune his medi
cine and vote the straight Joe
Brown t icket.
Os course we didn't seriously
doubt the governor’s position in
the matter, but at the same time
the Macon Telegraph has done a
good tiling to smoke out a public
expression from him on the sub
ject.
The governor's ton ardent
friends, can now see that they
should follow his example and do
the right thing by nooopting the
verdict of the white people of
Georgia as expressed at the June
primary.—Wrightsville Chronicle.
Runaway Colored Boy.
Titos. Greer, a minor, has left
home without my knowledge or
consent, and I hereby entity all
persons not to employ or shelter
him. D. G. Gm mt.
Mt. Vernon, Ga., Sept. S, 'os*.
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WATSON AT CARTERSVILLE
Hon. Thomas K. Watson spoke
to a large audience at Carters
ville Thursday. He made many
charges against Hoke Smith;
pleaded earnestly for the white
primary. He said that no man
who entered the June primary
could do less than keep his con
tract and vote for Joe Brown for
governor.
In dealing with national ques
tions, Mr. Watson made charges
that Bryan and K<*rn were in
league with the liquor interest,
and were playing to negro yotes.
The speaker declared that he had
made charges against, Bryan and
Kern many times hilt that the
facts the southern people should
know were suppressed by the
soul hern newspapers.
Mr. Watson said the southern
states could never be in a posi
tion to demand anything polit
ically until they were no longer
considered tut asset of the demo
crat ie party and urged his hear
er-, to help hint carry the state of
Georgia in order t hat the southern
states might beenTTie doubtful.
The speech was generously ap
plauded many times.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OPEN IN NOVEMBER
All the piddic schools of Mont
gomery enmity will open on Mon
day, Nov. 2d, 1908.
Trustees and patrons are' re
quested to pm the school houses
and grounds in good condition be
fore the opening of the schools.
Cotton is now about all open
and will be picked before the time
fixed lor tlie schools to begin and
it is hoped tkat patrons will ar
range to enter all their children
of school age on the first day of
school.
The Board of Education of the
county is making every effort pos
sible to make the next school year
the best and most prosperous
school year we have ever had, and
we earnestly solicit the co-opera
tion and active support of-ev<yry
trustee and patron in the county.
Respect fully,
A. B. Hutcheson,
(’. S. C., Montgomery Go., Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at 0 and 7 per
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A. B. Hutcheson,
Mi. Vernon. Ga.
1101/Sti FOR SALE.
A (»-rooin house, new and well
painted. Good barn, garden,etc.
•Also, B‘, acres ot land in Mt.
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For prices and terms see
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A. 15. Hutcheson,
8-fi-tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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