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Th e i^ontgornery Monitor.
PI BUSHED FAERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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Mt. Vernon. Ga., Thursday Morning, .June 23rd, 1910.
Since Georgia’s oolonial day* I
Little-Joe Brown has proven her
lij'dt exasperating governor. The
nonheads howl and howl and l.it-1
tie Joe seems us deaf hh a post.
The meeting of tie- Georgia
Weekly Press Astiociatiou in
Americas on July I2th-13tli will
lif an interesting occasion. Far
away from this native blackberry l
patch, the weekly editor will sail ]
down tin- from
Humbridge t.o Apalachicola, and
bask in Florida sunshine and j
sutuple ihe melon crop.
Georgia is alright today with
h*-r thousands of acres of corn and
cotton fairly lifting the earth in
its rapid grow th. Hut the calam-1
itv however abides with us still.
The census enumcratiors have j
probably given us all that’s com
ing to iis, but this old county of
Montgomery is easily capable of
supporting 'twenty people lor
every oiih we now have.
If the legislature to assemble
in u few days would pass a law
equalizing taxation in this stale,
mid then adjourn, it would lie tin* j
biggest piece of work done by :
any session in forty years.
Our town was honored last week j
by the presence of the teachers of
the county, w In* came up for Ihe
regular examination. No class
stands higher than these iutelli
.
gent men and women,except those
who minister from the sacred j
desk.
Mr. Farmer, you can’t turn the
w>>rld over, but you can turn over
enough of its surface to cover the
grass around thut Jo-cent cotton.
One man now does the work, in
several lines of farm work, that a
dozen men did 2b years ago. Hut
farming by unproved methods
and with improved implements is
just in its in! nicy in this section.
Hullo* 1 * only is having wheat
parades. That beats bread riots
to lieu I h.
Progressive counties are getting
ready for county fairs. A countv
fa r properly conducted is the
hi«t education agriculture and
uu< 1 home building ever tried.
THE EDITOR'S PARADISE.
Frederick Bevor, a well known!
Cleveland editor, told at a recent
press banquet a newspaper story
**A Medina editor died,” he;
said, “anil ot course, directed to i
ascend to the \bodo of tilt* Just. ,
Hut during the ascent the edi- !
tor’s journalistic cariosity assert-]
ed it s**lf, and In* said :
“It is permitted for one t*> have
a look at —or —the other place'.’’’
“Certainly” was tin* gracious
reply and accordingly a descent
to the other place was made Her**
the editor found much to interest
him. He scurried about, and «vas
soon lost to vie\\.
“H i* angelic escort got worri
ed at last ami begun a systematic
search n r his charge. He found;
him at ist. seated before a fur
nace, fanning himself and gazing
at tin- jieople in the lire. On the
door f the the furnace was a
plate saying, ‘Delinquent Sub
scribers
“Come” said the angel to the
editor, ‘we must be going.’
“You go o»j ! ’ the editor an
swered, without lifting his eyes
lam let coming. This is heaven
enough fur me.”—Louisville
Times. »
A VICTIM OF MOB LAW.
How many innocent men are
victims ot mob law in the course
of a year in this country? The
question cannot, of course, be an
swered with any degree of corect
ness, but it is pretty certain that
the number isn’t insignificant.
I’he question was sugested by u
Pensucola, Fla., dispatch publish
ed m the Morning News yester
day. Ne a r Beulah, last Sutur-
I day, a heinous crime was com-1
mitt.ed, the victim being a young
| girl. A negro who was suspected
I was followed to a swamp by u
mob and shot to death. Hut he
1 wasn’t guilty. He wasn’t given
[a chance even to deny his guilt.
W hen he learned that he was sus
pected terror seized him and he
lied. Ihe unthinking mob want
ed a victim to satisfy its fury and
j so it killed him.
By this act, of the mob no good
was accomplished. (>n the con
trary, tin negroes of the commun
ity in which tie* crime was com
mitted were led to believe that
; just ice w asn’t dealt out with an
; even hand—that there was one
kind ol justice for white men and
another kind for black men.
Hence, they were conscious of a
feeling of resentment —of bitter
ness—and this feeling will likely
show itself in ot her criines against
jt he white people. It. is a pity
! that the mob refuses in so many
! instances to let. the law take its
conrse!
The guilty man—a negro—who
! has been arrested has confessed
! that. In* committed the crime for
; which the other negro was shot.
; W hat, better argument than this
is needed that mob law is full of
i danger—that its heavy hand of
ifii falls on lln* innocent? Hut
j now many of that Florida mob
cares whether tin* negro was mno
ivnt or guilty? Kvery man of
t,hem should he made to care. If
the mob is allowed to have its j
j wav without protest or inter- j
ference tin* time will come when I
no man will feel that he is abso- j
! Intelv safe. He will realize that!
! that, lie may be shot down or]
strung up by the neck by a mob;
excited against him by a false
i accusation.
The mob should he put down
by tin* strong arm of the law. il l
members of mobs were punished 1
in accordance with their crimes
lynchmgs would be few and far]
bet ween —Savannah M o r n i ng
N'l'WS.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Node is hereby given that, at
the approaching session of the
i General Assembly of tin* State of
Georgia a Hill will be introduced
!to be entitled An Act to Create a i
Hoad ot Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues for the County of
.Monlgomei v ; to prov ide for the
election of members thereof; to
prescribe the method of select ing
a Chairman thereof and provide
for his compensation, as well as
the compensation of the other!
members of said bead : to provide
! tor their removal from office; to
define the powers and Junes of
sin-h chairman as vv• >ll as the oth
er members of said boad, and for
jollier purposes.
N.*tic* is hereby given that at
approaching session of tin* Gener
al Assembly of the State ot Geor
gia, a Hill will bp introduced to
■ lie entitled An Act to repeal an
Act approval F- binary 22nd, I>-
7!> and the amendatory Acts there
of approv* *! December 20th, IM>7
and August 20th, l'.Mi, entitled
An Act to create a Hoard of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues
tor the County of Montgomery,
and to ib tine the powers and du
ties of the same, and for other
> purposed.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 23. 101st.
, HIS SAILS TRIMMED.
Champ Clark, the democratic
. leader, has knocked Tom Watson
out of t he box.
It was claimed by Watson that
the twenty-six democrats who
vc ted for the Fitzgerald resolu
, fion aided in the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill.
Du that charge and that charge,
{alone he has been trying to de
feat Livingston, Edwards, Lee and
Howard and get up opposition to
Brantley.
Not knowing all of the facts in
the ease there have been many to
criticise the congressmen named.
As the facts arc coming to light
this opposition is disappearing as
chaff before the wind.
WatsonJsays that, Cannon in a
speech out west somewhere made
the statement that without the
I aid of these democrats the repub
licans could never have passed the
, bill. Champ Clark says that, the
very next day he denied the state
ment and characterized it as an ]
untruth.
it will be remembered that j
Minority Leader Clark prepared a!
resolution which was adopted in .
the democratic caucus. At the
time of its adoption Congressman l
Howard asked Mr. Clark if alii
present were bound to support !
the resolution. Leader Clark told !
him that he and all of the others
were free to support any* resolu
tion that might be offered
When the matter came up in
the house Congressman Fitzgerald
of New York, a democrat, prepar
ed a resolution that twenty-six
democrats and many republicans |
favored. It was adopted. The
twenty-six democrats did not ]
vote for a republican measure.
Congressman Clark also shows
! that his resolution did not take
from the speaker the appointment,!
of the committee on ways and!
moans, which handles all tariff,
legislation.
Mr. Watson in telling about!
t he boast of Cannon took particu
lar pains not to mention the de
nial of Champ Clark. It is not
his way of doing business to tell
things fayorble to the man lie is
lighting.
'The Savannah Press is one of
the few papers in the state that
has had much to say in condem
nation of the acts of the twenty
six. Notwithstanding the stute
: mont of Champ Clark it still in
j sists that the democrats aided in ,
; the passage of the tariff bill.
The Press has been caught in a
box and just simply has to w iggle. !
la the name of common sense, |
i how could the action of these men ;
have aided in the passage of the ] I
tariff bill, when the new rules !
would not have gone into effect ;
until the following December, or I
| nine months after being passed. \
For nine months Cannon was to ;
be the czar, the autocrat, whole I
show or anything that the repub- |
beans desired him to he. ]
Our excellent Savannah con- i
temporary reasons hadlv. Its po- 1
sit ion is out of tune with the facts. |
It is just another case of dying ]
hard.— Dublin Courier-Dispatch. ;
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In Memoriam.
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After suffering fora few days
with typhoid pneumonia the Sav- 1
lour seen tit to take from us a
loving husband and father, lie;
leaves an Hged mother wife and
seven children and a host of
friends to mourn his departure.
He was laid to rest in the Cedar
Grove cemetery Sunday, June o.
He was a kind and noble man,
and will bo missed by a large
number of friends. Our heart (
felt sympathy is with the bereav
ed family in time of their sorrow,
for we know it makes their hearts
ache with pain to give up their
best friend, but we can meet him
on the other slinre. He cannot
come back to us but we can
go to huu. A fnsnd. l
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I supplies and merchandise for this year—as before. &
W. H. McQueen, |
MT. VERNON, GA. |
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Palmer Drug Store has a full 1 ,
line of Rcacho’s Hall Goods. A
guarantee with each article.
Sorghum Seed, now selling at
40 cents a peck l*v the Mount
Vernon Drug Co.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at 6 and 7 per
cent, on improved farms.
A. B. Hutchbson,
J [ U. P, CANON W. G. BARNWELL j[ ;
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Fitted to the Eyes. Consultation
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SAVANNAH, GA.
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Attorney :it Law,
MT. \ERNON, Ot.
E. M. RACK LEV
Dentist
Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
MT. VKRNOV UA.
Hamilton Burch,
Attorney and Coun
selor at Law,
McRAE, GA.
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