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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1909)
TF\e Montgo rr\ory TAor\iiar. PUBLISHED EVF.HY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORQAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 1 i ia the i*.ln Mt. Vwmon.Oc m Second-Cbui Vtll Mat H. B. FOLSOM. Editor and Prop S' a Vear, in Advance. »«-!.< K»l a<lverlia«-m«*nta inilHt invariably lx- )>Mi«t in advance, at tin lr«al rate, and ae the law ihi.and in'i-l tie in hand lint later than Wertm aday mornitiK of ilicttrat week ot itmertioii Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, June 24, 1909. Sound Plan to Pay Teachers. As far as we urn able to ascer tui 11 tln-re lias been quitt! a gener al chorus of approval over the suggestion made hy Gov.-Elect. Urown in favor of the issuing ol bonds In t lio extent of +t'»< M >,l H 0, in order that the payment of mil- \ uries of public tteliool teachers through the state may hereafter he made promptly. It has been a standing disgrace In Go irgia, t In; loose methods that have prevailed in the payment ol the meagre salaries ol the school teachers. While it has not heen exploited lor political purposes like tin- digrace- attaching from the abuses of the convict system, it has really reflected just, as se riously on the good name ol tin state. A commonwealth that gives employment to t housands ol men and women, at beggarly wa ges, to educate its youth,and then compels tln-m to wait for six months or longer for their miser able stipends, shews a laek of honor in its financial dealings, so far as they are concerned, that is fully ns culpable as its acquies cence in mismanagement ol its helpless convicts. The school teachers have been as helpless as the convicts were under the old system to adequately protect tliemse]ves. They have been com pelled to take the state’s war rants and have them shaved liber ally in order to secure the money honestly earned and honestly due them. It is no wonder that great er and greater dilliculty has heen experienced in securing compe tent women to teach in the schools, and that, the men have given teaching the go by as a pro fession. An avocation that pays oil at the end of six months ser vice with paper good six months thereafter is about as unpromising and unutlractive as could possi bly be lound. It actually repels men uml women of character and capacity, of drawing to it the very class most needed for the upbuilding of the school system of the state. The only wonder is that the standard of the teaching force has heen kept as well up as it has been. It is a glowing tri bute to tile patriotism of the teachers ami not to the generosity or common honesty of the state. Gov.-elect brown’s suggestion is just as plain, common sense practical one, just such a recom mendation that one would expect ! from an ordinary,honest,straight- ! forward man, without frills and simply desirous of doing every- 1 thing that is best for Georgia. He simply suggests that a bond issue of SOOO,OUn be made the, proceeds to be applied to the bringing up of the payments of teachers to a promptness never before known. That is bond issue be kept in re serve lor this special purpose uml l-e utilized from year to year un til tlie financial condition of the state permits of the payment of the teachers promptly from tin regular resources. It is a simple plan, easily understood, and has tin- sterling merit of going straight to tin* mark. The jieople of Georgia have never been satis tied with tin* unjust manner in which tin* teachers have been han dled. Outside of a few Sbylocks, who extorted heavy toll in dis counting tln-ir warrants for ser vices rendered, no Georgian but has felt the blush of shame at the indifference shown to these wor thy servants in the most vital matter of paying for their labors. Public sentiment can assuredly be relied upon to rally to the sup port ot Gov. Brown s proposition. Once the teachers pay is brought j up to time by this method it can | easily he kept there. Paid prompt ly, teachers can enter into their: work with more zeal, they will be I less harrassed with the thoughts (of financial exigencies they are i unable to meet because of the State’s attitude to them as their debtor, and the result undoubted ly will be u welcome toning up of t lie entire teaching system of the stulv. Much good will result from adopt ing the Brown recommenda tion and there is not asingle weak Haw in it us far as we are able to ascertain. —Americas Times-Ite i conlcr. FROM OTHER SANCTUMS. Savannah Press:—A Memphis editor blurts out this truth: “If some of flie people in Mississippi would kill lewer men and more hogs, it would he better for the state.” But which can Mississippi spare the best? Savannah News:—A Washing ton society girl has declined to wear tights on the stage because she is “too slim.” Would you call that modesty, or what? Darien Gazette:—Good roads will also be excellent for walking purposes, says the Atlanta Con stitution. Now, that is the priv ilege we shall enjoy, as we do not own a vehicle of any kind. How ever, we want good roads because they will be a benefit to all of our people. We will be willing to walk if the good roads niv built and the county becomes pros perous and happy. Haw kinsville Dispatch-News : It is said that Governor Smith is. very much opposed to the present Prison Commission and that he will recommend its abolishment in Ins retiring message to the general assembly. r Valdosta Times:—With the old Confederate veterans cheering Gen. Fred Grant and Gen. Grant paying a great tribute to General Stephen D. Lee, the dove of peace hovered long and beaut it al ly over both Memphis ami Vicks burg this week. Adel News:—The announced purpose of Governor-elect Brown to devise some way by which the teachers will receive their pay promptly is hailed with delight by the teachers and their friends, j If Mr. Brown can succeed in j bringing about this much needed reform ho will have the gratitude! of every teacher in the State. Bryau Enterprise ;—Thirty-six , of the livi-st and most progressive of tin* weekly news papers of the state met in Atlnnta on Tuesday an organized an association for i the promotion of their mutual in-! terests, amt particularly to regu late the price of foreign advertis ing. It was our intention to be! present at this meeting but could not on account of unavoidable circumstances. We are heartily in accord with the movement and w ill stand by this or any other organisation that tends to remedy the trouble about, foreign adver t ising. Glonnville Advertiser:—T h e f Good Hoads movement that is j sweeping the South is a step in' tin- right dir -otton from the stand point of the automobile manufac turers, and will incidentally be of j some benefit to the fanners and laboring classes generally. Atlanta Georgian :—According to an exchange, if the Oakland, • Cal., girl who stablted her lover with a hatpin had only thrown her peach basket over him she could have smothered him to j 1 dealh with less fuss. THE MONTGOMERY MONTTOH—TH [' KSPA V, JUNE 21, UKKh THE PROPOSED TAX ON CORPORATION EARNINGS. j The people are beginning to j wake lip to the fact that a very J great many of them are interest ed in the proposed tax on the earnings of corporations recom mended by the President. There are tens of thousands of people j having small incomes from stocks land bonds of corporations. They arc to fie found in every commit j nity. Wliat is wanted is informa !tion as to what is considered tin taxable income of a corporation. It is only the income available for dividend on its stock or is it all its income after the payment of operating expenses? It can be readily seen that in either case tax will have to he paid hy tin holders of the stock, unless away is found permitting the corpora tion to deduct the bond holders’ proportion of the tax from the in terest due the bond holders. If, for instance, in tile case of the United States Stool Corpora tion, ami wliat is done in the case, of that corporation will in respect to all coporations, big and little, the tax is levied only on earnings after interest on its bonds has been [mid, it is evident that the holders of tin* bonds will escape taxation. And it is the rich men, as a rule, who own the bonds. If the tax is levied on earnings which are available for interest on b inds as well as on stock then the stock holders will have to pay a double tux, namely, a tax on their stock and a tax on the interest that goes to the bondholders, since there is noway in which the corporation! can withhold from its bondholders a tax on the part of its income ; which goes to them as interest on their bonds. It. is said t hat many thousands of shares of the preferred and ! common stock of the f niteil States Steel Corporation are held liy its employes, and it is understood that Mr. Carnegie holds $5100,000- 000 of its bonds. Suppose its tux-) able earnings were just about.! enough to pay interest on its; bonds uml stock, if no tax were I required, if the tax were levied only on the income available for j dividends the stockholders would; have to pay it, and if levied on the income available for both 1n- j serest on bonds and dividends the ! | stockholders would have to pay it all, simply because if all the in- j serest on the bonds were not paid their would be a default and the corporation could bo declared i bankrupt. It looks, therefore, very much | as it the President's scheme to tux incomes of corporations were a scheme to tax the poor rather J than the rich. As a matter of fact ;it is asserted that more than half of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Kail road are either poor people or people in moderate | circumstances. Unless away is j found to make the bondholders of j corporations bear their share of the tax the President will get the credit of recommending legislation that favors the rich | and discriminates against tlie j poor. And wliat good reason can there ! lie given for taxing those whose property is invested in corpora tions and exempting from taxa tion those whose property is held independently of corporations? It is evident that this scheme of the President and Senator Aldrich to; avoid an income tax is going to he pretty thoroughly inquired in !to before it is finally disposed of by the State.—Savannah News. DR. HICKS ON GOOD ROADS. Dr. Chas. Hicks of Mt. Vernon has been speeding a few days in I the city. The doctor is looking! well, and he says he thinks In* is rapidly improving in health. Re ferring to the good roads move -1 inent, Dr. Hicks in his original* way says it is tlm first time he - has ever known all the fools and cranks of the country to become (correlated in a movement for tin I general good.—Dublin Times. 1 No Rest Day or Night “I would lay awake for hours without any apparent cause, or dream terrible dreams which would bring on extreme spells of nervousness. After taking Dr. Miles’ Nervine and Tonic j for awhile I could sleep well, and the nervous spells have left me.” MISS ALMA HUG, R. R, No. 4, Canal Dover, Ohio. Without sleep the nervous system soon becomes a wreck, and the healthful activity of all the organs obstructed. .Restful, body-building sleep accompanies the use of Dr. Aides’ Nervine because it soothes the irritable nerves, and restores nervous energy. When taken a few days according to directions, the most restless sufferer will find sleep natural and healthful. Get a bottle from your druggist. Take it all according to directions, and if it does not benefit he will re turn your money. MoneytoLoan On unproved farms on the north side of Montgomery County, for the term of five years at low rate of interest. Bring deeds when making appli cations for loan. Write or see me J at once if you need money. Can j get it for you without the usual i delay. J. K. IIALL, Soperton, Ga. 111. I*. CANON W. o. I’. AUN WEI.I. ]| j CANON & BARNWELL j! | Cotton Factors and ij J Commission ij , Merchants ij: j| 220 Hay E SAVANNAH, UA. jjl ; (Mcihlmth Havannali Cotton Exchange) j] |! Handlers of Upland, Se- j! j| Island Florodora Cotton j; Special Attention Given to F. 0. It. Cotton I; j; Handlers of Upland and Sea- Ij I- Island Bagging,'Lies |l | and Twine ; \ M. IL CALHOUN, Attv at Law, Mt. Vernon, Georgia. J. lL WATSON, Dentist, | Soporton, Georgia. BLACKSMITH - SHOP. All kinds Repair Work, Iron j and Wood. Fine lino of Bicycle j j Material on hand. 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They are made to stand the hard £ Knocks, yet are built on stylish lasts so as to present a urossy -4 ► appearance. P Another strong feature of “Buster Brown” Shoes lies in ► the fact that they are built on lines of correct footform, which 4 ► enables the child’s foot to grow as nature intended it should, £ making a perfect fitting shoe without cramping it in the least. ► You’l find these shoes here in all leathers; including both 4 ► dull and patent effects in brown and tans. £ We devote much attention to our children’s department ► and it is thoroughly equipped for the needs of the little ones. 4 ► Our prices for reliable qualities have always proven the lowest, £ and it will be to your advantage to see these values. ► 3 I M'RAE & BRO. Mi. VERNON. ft 1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA , j John H. Hunter, Wni. K. Pnaree, Frank C. llattey. | J HUNTER, PEARCE & BATTEY, j || Cotton Factors Naval Stores Ij il EXPERIENCED I ;! HANDLERS OF 1 aCLUI S | 1 Upland Cotton, Florodora, |j Allen Silk A: Other Extra Staples, Sea-Island Cotton & Naval Stores, jj OVER THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS One of the Largest. Factorage Concerns in the South. Each ” Commodity handled in a Separate Department. !j Strictest Attention to Each. j; Nitrate of Soda and Other Fertilizers, ij Upland and Sea-Island Bagging, ij Ties and Twine. ij Liberal Advances made on Consignments. Money Loaned ji to Cotton and Naval Stores Shippers on Approved Security. ;! (SHIPMENTS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. ij 12« Bay Street, East. SAVANNAH, GA. ij %%vv%%-vv%v%vw-v%w%^wvvwww% SEABOARD 1 AIR LINE R’Y. j; These arrivals and departures published only as j| information, and are not guaranteed. !; jj Schedule Effective January 3d, 1909. ij jj Lv. Mt. VERNON all trains daily. 10:21+a. m. For Helena, Abbeville, Cordele, ij l! Americus, Columbus, jj 18:22 p. m. Montgomery, and all points west, j! 5:47 a. m. For Lyons, Collins, Savannah, ;| 4:551 p. m. and all points east, ]! For further information, reservations, rates, etc., see your j; (nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent, or write It. H. STANSELL, A. G. F. A., jj Savannah, .... ... Georgia. ;
