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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1909)
The /•'lontgornery Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Entered at the Postoflice In Mr. Vernon. <«». an Second-Class Mail Matter. H. B. FOLSOM. Editor and Prop. S' « Year, in Advance. M-Ix-gsl advertisement* must invtriahlv be paid in advance, at the legal rate, and a* the law direct*; and must bo in hand not later than Wedneadav morning of the Hrnt week of inaertion Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, March 25, 1909. POLITICAL BATS. “The Allied Taft Clubs in Geor gia” the still keeping up their or- ■ gauizntion and have recently a new president who is, of course, ‘‘a Democrat in politics, hut supported the Republican ticket.” We wonder what kind of a Dem ocrat that can be who votes Re publican. It is n new brand, but, ns demand creates supply, has pro badly been called into existence by the fashon in Washington for men who think they can run with the hare and yet hold with the hounds. Let us diagnose the species. In the first place, it recognizes that Republicanism bus no real root in the South, since if it hud j the “Democratic” supporter ol Republicanism would openly de clare himself u Republican. In the next place, it recognizes that the nnme Democrat is still n tower of strength, for if it were not why should it so assiduously seek to retain that honored appel lation? Lastly, it discounts its snccesss in building up a real Southern Republican party by always offer un explanation of its own flop. Did yon ever see, hoar or know of one of those Domocrattco-Re publicans but he hud an excuse as long as your arm for his position. it is an excusatory kind of crea ture, never found without an ex culpatory affidavit in its pocket. It belongs to the bat tribe as depicted in that, fable of Aesop, which is ns old as the time of So lon. In the days of this ancient lnw-giver, on of the greatest pests of the Athenian commonwealth was the people who talked one way and acted another m its po litical concerns; and to remedy this evil the wise old Greek made it a crime for a man not to ally himself definitely with one side or the other. In that era the great party divisions were Tyrranikoi, or those who favored a strong cen tralism, and Demokratoi, which is in name and tiling our Demo cratic party. You had to take your stand openly with one or the other of t hose organizations, and any attempt nt masquerading as a Demokrato-Tyrramst subjected you to prosecution and punish ment. You were u political bat, a nukteris, as they calied it in their nervous language, i, 0., a ily-by night; and on conviction Buffered the extreme penalty of the “atimathat is, you were stricken out of both Bides and bad your name hung up in the public as that of a moral suicide. The souse of this old system re mains with us. Nobody has any use for a man who “is a Democrat —but.” He has neither part nor lot with the Democracy, of course; ami while the other side openly pat him privately, they go behind the door and say “Good Lord; how are we going to build up any- j thing with such wobbly timber us this?”—Savannah Press. SPARTA BANKER HONORED. Sparta, Ga., March 19.—C01.j John D. Walker lias been invited to deliver an address at the next | annual meeting of the South Carolina Bankers’ Association at Wrightsville Beach in June. Col. Walker is widely known in Geor gia and throughout, the South as a successful hanker and triend of i the farmer through lus public work for their l>ehalf. and he has spoken many times during the hast throe or four years at vai.uis piaces in the South, as well as in Georgia. He is a clear thinker, and a good talker and his mul titude of Georgia friends will ap preciate the honor conferred upon him. Among the other speakers invited to address the convention is Dr. Woodrow Wileju of I'riuce- 1 tou University. THREE WINS OUT OF FIVE. There is nothing more sordid in i Wall Street than the use that is made in the stock market by in siders (directors,and hankers, and their like) of information access ible only to themselves. They have the first information of changes in earnings;they are able to anticipate dividend changes months ahead; they know what financial transactions are impend ing ns, for instance, an inc p ease l ot stock. If they made use ot their knowledge in a direct way, as by buying on favorable devel opments or selling on those of an unfavorable nature that would be bad enough. But when being in possession of favorable knowledge, they begin by manipulating the stock down to induce others to sell that they may buy more easily or, on unfavorable knowledge,pur sue the opposite tactics, it. is in defensible. This sort of thing, however, is so much taken for granted that professional Stock Exchange tra ders habitually sell a stock on any favrorablo announcement which the insiders must linvo known was coining. Why? Because the in siders have probably loaded up with stork at lower prices and will now he willing to sell. Hence the axiom: “Sell on good news; tlio insiders have discounted in; Buy on bad news, and for the same reason.” To bo right the old time in five is all that any experienced specu lator hopes for. The margin be tween profit and loss is very slender. No less an authority than James K. Keene has said: “With all the money I spend for information and with all the experience I have, the best that I can do is to be right four times in seven. If I could be right three times in five, I would have more money than 1 should know what to do with.” The difference be tween four times in seven, his average, and three times in five, which was more than he could ex pect, is one in thirty-five times. Ponder this well, yo who wonder why you lose money in Wall Street! What chance have you for the odd time in five, which satisfies the professional, against men who command the machinery of ma nipulation, have all the informa tion first, and a great deal of the time control the news that makes prices go up and down?—John Parr, in Everyhodys for March. INSURGENTS MILL REAP THE HARVEST. Washington, March 18—Speak er t’annmi and the house leaders have come to an agreement it is said, whereby the appointees of i insurgent members are to lose their jobs and the insurgents themselves will fare sadly in the matter of committee chairman ships Seargeant-at-Arms Casson who comes from the Wisconsin ! district represented by Henry A. | Cooper, is said to he marked for | slaughter. Representative August P. Gar dner, of Massachuetts, also is said to have a leading place on the blacklist and is to ho shorn of his chairmanship and handicapped in every move to find government berths for his constituents. On the other hand, some of tne Democrats who fought in the Cannon ranks have already been rewarded and others will fare well. Seed Cane Wanted. Must have three thousand at ‘ once. See or address J. B. Adamson, ‘JllStf Kibbee, Ga. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MAR. 2->, 19.-9. , PEOPLE OF THE DAY Secretary cf the Treasury. j Next to Se-reinr;, Wil.vci, Franklin | I MneVriigh of CliF a ;<>. the new hi ’i rciur) '’f the *.re:m.ry. Is tin- old. st * member of ITebdei t Taft’s cabinet, lie Is close to seventy year., of age and ■ U nelllier a financier by proses: ion nor a |s.lltlclnu In practice, although a stu | deni of both. A native of Pennsylva nia. he studied law in his youth and for u time practiced that profession with Ids brother, Wayne Mac Veagh. Fulling health, however. < aused Min to abandon the law, and he became n : merchant In Chicago. The wholesale ■ | grocery business be established has 11 for many years been one of the largest j enterprises of Its kind In the country. In the public life of Chicago Mr. MacVengh has been distinguished f (, r Ills work In behalf of civic progress ’ and betterment. Thirty-five years ago i »■ i i n iru - - iTi'T. "I /'/y, ■'fa- ' /**-■*/ ■■ Cwlfei .... % FltANKlilM MACVKAGH. he became president of the Citizens’ association, an organization that ac complished many important political reforms. As chairman of the Muni i pal Art league his influence was di rected to the beaut If \ lug of Chicago, and to Mr. MacVeagli as much as to any Individual Is due tlio splendid bou levard system of Chicago. Until recent years Mr. MacVcagh was a Democrat and in IXSS was nom - Inn ted In convention by that party for the United States senate. He can vassed the state, but failed of elec -1 tlon in tlie legislature. Ancient end Hcnornble. It Is related of Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale Hint during the course of one of his lectures, while i deep In a discussion of a question of logic, the governor’s footguard, an an- j dent and honorable military organize. J tlon of Connecticut, went marching I by with colors flying and band play- 1 lug. With one accord professor and class retired to the windows to watch the profession. After gazing for a moment at the corpulent forms of the j “ancient and honorable” filing by in j mtlitary array. Professor Phelps turned and dryly observed: “There, gentlemen. Is an Illustration of just what we have been discussing —‘the undistributed middle.’” —Suc cess. The New Attorney General. 1 George W. Wlckershum. who repre sents New York In the new cabinet as attorney general, has had a long and eminent career at the bar. Until his 1 appointment to the presidential coun cil he was a member of the linn of Strong & Cadwalader of Wall street, ; New York city, of which firm Henry W. Tuft, the president’s brother, is n ■ member. He Is said to have been com mended to the president by Secretary Knox. Mr. Wlckershaiu was what is termed the "otlice member” of the firm, work ing out the policy to be pursued In big matters of litigation. In Martiudale’s American Law Directory he Is rated "very good” In legal ability and "very high" under the classification of rec ommendations. These are the highest ratings contained in the directory. Mr. s"-" 1 i■■■■■■ i ■ p ,, GEORG* \V. WICKERSK Vlt. Wlckershaiu has been particularly > | prominent In corporation law. Mr. Wickersham's most recent con ' nectiou of public interest was his work ! as counsel for the Knickerbocker j Trust company of New Yurk. His ef forts were directed toward the re- ' 1 opening of the institution, which was ! j made possible by the clean manner in ' which moneys due the Institution were got In and handled by the receivers, j ■ He also acted as counsel for August ■ Belmont in the affairs of the New , York Subway company. Mr. Wlekershatn is reput 'd to la- ( fairly rich. He Is a native of l'ennsyl i vania, fifty-one years old aad is a ; graduate of the University of Penn sylvania. He removed to New York In ISS2 ami has always been a repub lican in polities. FOR THE CHILDREN The Elephant Who Died of Grief. This Is the true story of an elephant I who let his rage get the better of his temper. His name was Sold, nud he lived in the zoological gardens In Lon don, where he hnd a keeper called Neef, whom he loved very dearly About twenty years ago Said was bought by the Jardlu des Plantes, which Is the zoo In Parts, and Neef took him over there and continued to look after him. All elephants are liable to a com i plaint which the Hindoos call "must," | when they become possessed of an un governable fit of fury. Now, Said was a sweet tempered animal, as a rule, hut one day when be was suffering from "must” he killed hl3 constant friend and companion, the keeper, Neef. When he regained his temper he was stricken with remorse and from being the largest elephant In the Paris zoological gardens began to shrink away until he was nothing but skin and bone. He seemed never to forget the consequences of his deed, and in n few months he literally died of grief. An Important Semicolon. Here is a case of n little punctuation point having saved a man from life long exile: The former czarina of Russia hap pened one day to see on the table lu her husband’s room a state paper to which Alexander had appended the sentence: “Pardon impossible; to be sent to Si beria." Realizing that the pica for pardon of a slate prisoner with whom she was acquainted slightly had been denied, the czarina quickly took a penknife, scratched out the little semicolon and then wrote it In again just after the word pardon. When the ezar returned for the pa per this is what he saw written in his own script: “Pardon; impossible to be sent to Si berla.” He was so Impressed with his wife’s cleventess and kind heart that he let the revised Idea stand, and the pris oner was granted his freedom. Animals Hide and Seek. An amusing gume for a stormy even- j lug for children, even the older ones, D j transposing letters. This is also n good exercise in spelling. Take tht first five words given below; each out hides a domestic animal, the following live wild animals. Those who find the most animals In the shortest time may he given a prize: Domestic Animals.—Yokend (donkey), | iiespdegrdoh (shepherd dog), tinkte (kit ten), sehor (horse), onex (oxen). Wild Animals.—Hnetpar (panther), ! hhireeroso (rhinoceros), ptari (tapir), yokmcn (monkey), kenyn (hyena). Houses of Whalebone. There used to be on tlie coast of Lancashire, England, a cottage and boathouse made from the remains of a score or so of whales which had been washed ashore some time before. Tic framework of the building consisted entirely of whalebone, and the dried skins of the huge creatures were neat ly and strongly fastened as a covering for walls and roof. In Scotland there is another bui’dim, | of exactly the same kind. Here the j skulls of the whales and some of the j heavier hones are used to ornament j the outside of the house. Tiny Teacups. The teacups and pots used in Swn tow, a province of China, are no large; than those in the sets cf dishes given t" children for their doll houses here. Each tup contains about three sips of lea and is scarcely deeper than a thim ble. It is a ridiculous sight to see fully grown men. ar.d women gravel touching these diminutive vessels b their lips. The teacups used in the province of Canton, which are about two inches deep, are small enough, but those hi Swntow are probably the most tilliputiun iu the world. Snakes’ Ears. Snakes have no external ears, but inside of the head the ear bones are very crude, says St. Nicholas. Snakes hear, however, by feeling vibrations of sound on their delicHte scaly covering and searching for sound vibration by protruding their wonderfully sensitive tongue, which Is filled with thousands of microscopic nerves. Their sight is very keen In distinguishing moving objects. "To Leeve No Stone Unturned.” Though this phrase is lu common use and we hear it very frequently, not j everybody knows how it originated. It ; is taken from "Euripides.” I’olyerates asked the Delphic oracle about some treasure buried by a general of Xerxes on the battlefield of Plataea. To discover the treasure, so the ora cle said. It would be necessary to •’turn j every stone.” Conundrums. When are a flower and a beefsteak 1 alike? When rare. Why is a gun like a jury? Because it goes ( flf when discharged, i When Is money damp? When It Is due (dew) In the moruing and missed (nils: ’ at night. Which is the ugliest hood ever worn? A falsehood. Puzzled. Now, when I h .rt myself at play— I do. you know, most every" day — Mv mother always kisses me Ar.«l say s. “I'm sorry as can be!” Bat when tonight I told a lie Ar.d I could only cry and cry. ’Os use I felt achy round my heart And all my throat began to smart. 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