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Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Oct. 21, 1909.
Views on f ake Registration Law .
THE REAL DEFECT IN
THE REGISTRATION LAW,
Though it Ik; the subject <>f un
ending discussion and columns ol
defense, thechampions of the new
regist ration law will never hr* able
to convince the people of < ><•< tgia
that there was justice or reason in
the provision which requires that
the registration hooks shall he
I'ioseil six months tiefore the gen
era I election, and, as a result,
four months in advance* of the
state primary.
That is the real, l lie essential,
defect in this new registration
law, tin* one monumental and in
excusable blunder of it.
Its other 1111 perfections, what
ever they may be, are of minor
consequence; they will have little
or no bearing upon t he working of
tlie registration system.
]>nt I here wns neither necessity,!
occasion, sense nor reason in the
requirement that the registration
hooks shall be closed six months
in advance of the election.
Its inevitable result will he, as
the registration for 1810 will
prove, the disfranchisement *»I
some thousands of white voters
throughout tin* state who have
every right to exercise the privi
lege of t lie ballot,
it has been pointed out tune
and again how this radical change
in the registration law will pro
duce 1 Ills result, and that it will,
follow cannot he successfully eon*
t reverted.
It is not to he credited that,
once I lie people of (i corgi a lie Come
fully cognizant of the effect <>l
this feature of the law, they will
furt her tolerate it.
It is too late now, of course, to
change it in time for next year's
elections; therefore, the registra
tion for 11H(> must proceed in ac
cordance with it.
Kut it cannot he questioned
that when the results of tins fea
ture of the new regist rat ion s vs
system become apparent on April '
I next, and when thousands of
Voters realize they have lost tin
oppportunity to participate in
tin-year’s elections, even though
it be the result of their own fail-:
ure through carelessness or igno
rance, to comply with that fea
ture of the law, there i« going to |
be a widespread and general do- j
maud for tbe revision of that ob
ject lonahlc feat lire.
All that should he required in j
reason and justice is '.hat the reg
istration books shall be dosed in
ample time fora fair and effec
tive purging of the registration
lists.
Thirty, or c.-rtailv sixty, days
w ill atfurd full and abundant t line
for proper and careful perfor
mance of t his work.
As for the rest of the law, with
the |w>ssihlc exception id remedy
ing the defective omission of pro
vision for the registration of
young men who become of age be- j
tween tin- time of the closing of
the books and election, it will, no
doubt, work with as much satis
faction as any registration law
the stale might t ry.
but the grave, the serious, de
fect in it. as we have pointed out,
needs prompt legislative and rem
edial attent ion.
That the effect* of its operation
—the disfranchisement ot thou
sands of white voters —will «|H*ed
llv bring about this remedy can
not for a moment he doubted.—
Atlanta Constitution.
J
TRYING TO EXPLAIN
REGISTRATION LAW.
The Moultrie Observer didn't
like our guggestum to quit im
j puling dishonesty toils contem
poraries. and it very naturally
sought to twist our remark into a
boomerang. That was the most
natural thing in the world for the
1 ibscrv.-r to t ry to do.
After ruuiaging around nnd
cudgeling his brain for several
days he found lhat we had said,
"It is the farmer and country
mini who isn't, convenient to the
registration books that will be
deprived of his vote, and there
are quite a few who believe it was
designed for the purpose of dis
franchising the farmer.’’
With his sleeve rolled up and
his list clenched Editor Alien
proceed* to defend the authors
ami makers of the bill. Well,
we will not “impute dishonesty"
to Editor Alh-n. but will sav that
| lie is 111 Ho heller position to de
li lid I lie llokeltes who made the
bill than we are to criticise them
for it. At the risk of “imputing
dishonesty' we are willing to as
sert again that ignorant and care
less white voters are going to be
disfranchised under this new law
just the same as the negroes, and
lloke Smith, tlie self-appointed
step-daddy-m-law of the measure
mid on every stump in Georgia
that it would not disfranchise a
single white man in the state.
Now. we ask what was the pur
pose in saymg that, and then
making the registration law so
tricky that hundreds of good,
honest tax payers will he disfran
chised by it?
Then- an- several splendid tea-
Lures of the law, and we have con
lined our criticisms to that fea
ture of it which savs we must reg
ister six months before the elec
tion. We expect all this discus
sion to help advertise the law,
and !>v understanding the faulty
features the voters will know how
to avoid being disfranchised. —
Nashville Herald.
NEGRO KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
t'.ovington, (la., October ltf.—
At an early hour this morning
while going to hts work at Tur
tier s Gotten Compress, Lleorge
Cornell, colored, was instantly
killed by coming into contact
with a live wire belonging to the
Western rll ion Telegraph Co., in
1 lie western part of the city.
The pole holding the wire had
been blow n down during the storm
I last night, and it i« thought that
the wire was crossed with an elec-
II rii* light w ire in some other town,
i The power house in tins city was
| not in operation it having been
put out of business temporarily
by ibe terrific hail and wind storm
| of last nt ght.
Cornell’s body lmd to he pried
aloose from the wire, all t fie tin
gel's of his left hand having been
burned • *tt. and Im was burned at
several places on his bodv.
Teachers' Institute.
The next annua) session of the
Montgomery Count v Teachers' In
stitute will he held in Mt. Vernon
October 2*"> to 2*.i inclusive, 1909.
All the teachers employed to teach
in the public schools oft he count v
will be required to attend this
Institute the full time.
The trustees and patrons am
•urged to attend this Institute as
often as they possibly can.
All the schools of the county
will op. n on the first da.v of No
vember. Term seven months.
Respectfully,
A. H. Hutcheson.
0. S. C. M C.
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TilK MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THCRSUAY. OCT. 2!. l^fO.
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
With a deficit of SoO.OOO,<Y)i 1
•facing tin* national government;
an order has gone forth that there •
shall be a reduction of expenses
in the operating departments.)
Whenever their is need for re
trenchment in the affaire of any j
igu-nt corporation the operatives)
—the laborers—are the first to!
feel the effects of it. In the order
referred to it is directed that the
post off ices, t ht' navy yards, the
mints, the arsenals, the custom
'houses, the executive depart
, rnents at Washington and even
the • army shall eliminate all
workers who are not essential.
By the process of elimination
these who are retained will be m
quired to do n little more work, 1
but they will get better pay. If
|is believed that in tins manner
'tile public service will not. sutler
while quite a considerable lot of
money can be saved. Already the
regular armv lias been reduced by
some 8,000 men and there* have
been made not ieeable inroads in
to tbe vast array ot clerks in
Washington.
Every well informed person
knows that Ihe government pay
rolls have been inordinately nnd
unreasonably swollen for many
years. The politicians have used
their ingenuity and prestige to
put their henchmen and relatives
in positions where the govern
ment would have to pay their
living expense*. In a great many
instances the public service has
received practically nothing of
value for tin salaries provided.]
! The pap-suckers have been fasten-j
ed upon the taxpayers for the
private ends of the politicians. In
some public offices the employes
are so numerous that their chief
business consists in keeping out
of each other's way—to keep from
] stepping on each other’s heels.
The Georgia slate treasury also
shows the need of retrenchment.
May n not he that we could do
something itorth while along the
line that has been marked out in
Washington? We have heard it
stated on quite good authority
that there are a very great many
1 more public servants in Georgia
than there ib any need for, and
we are prepared to believe it is
true, (hi several occasions w« ‘
have called attention to certain
'offices, carrying large salaries,
that are actually of no account to
j the people, because of the changes
in methods of business and j
finance. We will hazard the'
guess that t here are several him- i
dreif employes of the state and
several thousand employes of the
I HEALTHY TODAY I
IAN INVALID TOMORROW |
«y In iin unguarded moment manv a healthy, robust of} : !
rift man or woman hove fallen victims to disease in rift
some form. True, you may lie enjoying a splen- /& ;
)k did income from your work: possibly you may have canital Sft, ;
invested, but in case of sudden death, your income ceases, !
W and without your care ami attent ion your estate may become xjj}
(w) Imnkrupt. Every man needs life insurance—and needs it (w) ;
rift NOW—tor the protection of those dependent upon him. ]
rift While deferring it (Hitting it otV from dav to day —death rift !
may intervene, and the innocent anil helpless made in suffer. i
| The State Mutual Life I,
| Insurance Company |
% Os Koine, (*a. @
S LAWSON E. BROWN. Special Agent @ '
SAN DKfISY I LEE. GA. ;
(*) During 190 S the surplus ot this great and growing ®
vjji concern increised 268 per cent During this same
! period its gain in assets amounted to 55 per cent. (#)
Over $40,000,000 of insurante in fort e Jg ,
Last Annual Statement, December 31SI. 1908: W
Net, Assets .... *1.981.841.(58 (g |
Net Surplus ... - 201.iH19.0t) I;
| STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. Ijjljj
>*< C. R. PORTER. President S| i
Home Office, Koine, (in. rift jj
l<awson K. Brown, Special Agent J
( H SANDERSYII.LK. GA. jj
(Jeorgin cities and counties who !
could i>e dispensed with at no'
loss l<ut at aotuu! benefit to the
public service. Members of the
Legislature ami of city and county
I governments could find out what
'ami where these useless jobs arc
if they wanted to do so. A stone
{thrown into the state house or any
J court house oi city hall would be
:apt to )nt a useless job-holder:
and there are nls<N others, else
where. We stint our school
teachers and make them wait tor
their pay, and at the' same time
we provide bountifully for out
small-bore political whippers-in ;
and give them Uieir unearned
money on the nail.
It is safe to sav that the publi
< cation of full and complete salary !
lists nf the state, the counties and |
the cities would cause something!
like consternation and superin
(luce in the taxpayers a desire to
kick themselves for their open-!
hu iidedness and stupidity. —Sa-
viiniiali Morning News.
A WORD TO THE FARMERS.
hast summer a number ol
fannsrs suit! cotton at ten cents
pel’ pound for fall delivery. As
soon as tle-v begun doing that we
urged them to stop. Me assured
them that it was wrong to thus
bear the market in advance, and
, t hat the prospects were good for a
high price. These fanners have
now a loss of more than fifteen ■.
dollars per bale. Many of them'
have let their cotton go at the ,
price they contracted it, while
others paid the difference in j
, money and held their cotton.
We offered some good advice
last summer, ami we have some!
good advice to offer now. There i
is a tendency already among!
tlui farmers for a bumper crop of
icotton next year. Don’t do it, |
farmers. The risk is too great, j
It is now time to sow grain. j
Dot in plenty of oats, plant a lot
of wheat and next year plant no ;
more cotton than you do corn, po- 1
tatoes and peas.
If you will do this, you will he j
all right if cotton drops to seven j
j cents. If you fail to do this, you
will lose money if cotton goes lot
ten cents next fall.
The present price of cotton is
tthe h'ghest for the season iu forty i
I years. It may be four decades
before cotton will bring thirteen!
in October again. Don’t
risk it.
Get ready fur a big outcrop and
a big wheat crop. Next spring j |
j will iie t ime enough -for you t<>
decided as to how much cotton
'yon will pant, but you must plant *
oats and wheat n.iw. —Dublin!,
Courier-Dispatch.
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j STORE 1
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| Headquarters for Everything in a |
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|sjj service, do not do business with us.
k aii w(> ask is for yon to visit us. m
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w Remember, we earn SCHOOL i
$ a Full Line of State- ry n W
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Just Received
t PALMER DRUG |
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U O I UKfc Manager j|
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