Newspaper Page Text
: -_-JL_J-XJM*ajliT-Tl' nr - -•— -**r. imrnm, mmam
Montgornery Monitor.
PUBLISHED RVEKY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROaN MONTOOMERV COUNTY.
F.ntered nt the I'ontortlc* in Mr. Vermin (id.** Second-Class Mail Matter.
i 8. FOLSOM, Iditor »nd Owner a Year, in Advance.
I n lvlTtim tm-i.l- must be ) >d ir. »<lv»te <•, al tin ic|<»l ran , ,r»! ». «li<- law
. < i«: aii.l lonal t.i. in 1i.n.l not Inter than » In. eta' moniitriK of «*•«•* •>! wt>
Mt. Vernon. Ga., Thursd; y Morning, Dec. 22<i, 1910. j
THE WONDERFUL WIREGRASS.
A special < 1 1 ► |> mt• hto Ihe < (in
stitution tel Is of tlx- mt'-iiH'. pride
v 1 1h which VVavcroes, tin* wonder*
ini little city oh wiregrusH t>r*
gia, celebrates its achieviMiieiit
under the luteet federal census.
There ih ample cause for grati
fication, not otr 1 v in SVaycroHH
and Ware comity, hut in that en
tire section of south Georgia of
which the metropolis of \\ nr<- is
the geographich 1 and, in sense,
the conttnericial center. For the
phenomenal growth of the town
atid the county is an indication of
the expansion and upbuilding
which have been • 11 ig forward at
so marvelous a tat.- in that p r
tmn of the state.
Waycross ( itplun-s the city p«'l
cmitllgo gum 111 Georgia, with an
increase in population of 150 per
Cent* Since the last CeliHU-
Ware’s gam is sixtv-odil per cent,
sufficiently startling to rivet the
attention, not only d all Georgia.
I lilt as well of si II dents every-whet >-
engaged in an analysis of the
cutises and effect* expansion.
'1 lie story nt Wavcross and the
story of the wiregruss country
read like tiis tabled tales of the
genii.
It has been hardly more than a
d -cade since the awakening which
has event tinted in such challeng
ing fashion.
Tune was, nod not so far dis
tent. when It tew level-headed
people looked askance at tin* in
dustrial and agricultural bros
p cts of wiregruss Georgia, and
wondered it it were not destined
to lag behind the remainder of
the statu." •
Today south Georgia, and that
large cross-section known as the
wiregruss, are among the must
prospermia, ah rt and progressive
1 ..rt ions of t In* siatu.
Agriculturally, the territory has
proved its exceeding richness,
10.111 list I lie plophecvof tile old
timers. Industrially, it has dove!-j
oped a spirt of t tin It and of in it no
tive leflected in even eoftiniorcisil
aml material channel
Pile best part of it is that south
Georgia is the land of what might
I called tin* battalion ol small
fortunes. Several south Gour
p ms art* not ill . wealthy men
bit tin* ruh* the pn-valenee ol
c .ii/cne et joying what might he
t, lined ‘ "Comt <n ta I It- ’ tort dues,
1;. me-nwners. specialists 111 devel
opment .
There are jew poor men in
s nth Georgia The large and
Muali Tanks tell tin* story.
Study the reports m the state
1 ink examiner's i-ttice. >i in tin
i llice of the tcdeial cumptroller
ol the currency, amt the answer
Is identical.
It is one f incessantly using
t! p.'Slts, dividends, snrpll.sis.
v h tie furiii* t and tanning in
t ... sts piavt g i Inrg<* r >!e ,n the
a ■otmting
Perhaps tin- in >st remarkable
e tract* ristn- <>i thi- remarkui.;
C as* of G*. rgllll s IS their genius
t i ami enthusiasm in expansion.
Kverv wiregruss ih ..rgiatt is a
I .ister He tins mil united f.utli
in the achtev nient and the d* stiny
of hi* especial locality He is an
iiptnoist with proof behind his
I pe and logic to verify his fore
cast s.
Viewing these conditions, it is
i (.difficult to account for tin
Aliadtn-growt.h of Wayoruss. A
i. railroad center and as the head
quarter* tor enterprise* turning
v g.-ncral mauutaetures and tin
i yal stores industry, not to
i nt ton the agricultural phase,
i - progress, once started, w-as a
f -‘gone conclusion The same
f tor* make it *• T-* vident that
v* it ha* I*eeu d • in the past
i- merely an earnest of what is to
c in* in the future
O»r dot gratulatnuis to Way
c >sß, tile wiregrass and south
C Tgia generally, lu a si'iise.
t u.'V’ stand unique in the tale of
t ie phenomenal not dding of a
phenomenal nation. —At iauta
Const ituli.>n.
MAJOR JOHN FLETCHER HANSON.
The sudden death of Major J.
K. Han** m in Atlanta is really the
conclusion of i severe ill ii**«h
which Cain*- upon him several ;
months ago from which he seemed
at one 1 1 me to recover.
At that time two prominent
railroad men in Georgia were
stricken with illness in Atlanta.
Samuel F. Parrott was a sturdy
specimen of physical manhood,
about * years of age, John F.
Ilansori was a much older man
and had about 70 years to his
credit. Parrott was president of
the Atlantic Compress Association !
anil aftei mi operation ir. one of
tie hospitals succumbed to bis|
lilni'Mits'nml was buried almost
: If..in the operating table. It was
idmirke 1 at tlint time tout Major
Hanson. uMlioted Hi*- same way
mid undergoing the earn** opera
tion, had apparently recovered.
U least In* returned to Ins office
and has once or twice since then
been to Savannah on business for
tlx- Cent rat Railroad, of which he
had,been president, for the past
ten years. However, Ins recovery
was only apparent, and Ins sudden
| death early this morning removes,
a prominent and a striking figure
in Georgia.
John Fletcher Hanson was a
man of nerve and ability, of
strong fiber and ol great ver-j
sutilitv. The same indomitable
will which enuhled him to rise
from a bed of pain when he seemed
.i la* mortally stricken several
w. ks ago, had carried him
Hootigh a career of vicissitudes
mo made Inin a remarkable man
Twenty-five years ago lie was !
known as a successful cotton j
manufacturer in Macon, having
been connected with ilie into 11.
M . Comer in conducting the Mibb j
Manufacturing Company, u largo
t.-xtile institution of that city.
It was through Mr. Comer that he
came director in the Georgia j
i Contral Railroad and after Ins!
h ath he succeeded to the presi- j
loney of t h*. Central Railroad as 1
veil as of the Bibb Cotton Manu-
f act lire.
Major Hanson continued as
president through three successive
changes m the ownership of th>*
! Central. His was a dominating
• in. utility lb* was a sate
financier, a hard worker, and he
lad absolute confidence 111 Ills
own powers ll*. was courageous
1 m Ins ow n convictions and was j
masterful and dominating. He
vus dilative Georgian'and came •
up trots* the iNrm in Monroe 1
e.'iiiitv He went to tin* Civil I
War as a member of a
1., rgia Com puny and was after-;
ward adjutant of a Georgia regi
on nt. Yt the dose of the war he
avail life as a country merchant
Bartlesville In 1900 he was
mane chairman of the, board of ;
, .1 11 • etors .>f the Georgia Central
: ill a i and three, years later
I Mr John M. Kgan as
i . 1
president.
One ..f the most striking and
noturesipi"* jv-riods of his eareei
was when Major Hanson con
in',but the Macon Telegraph, way
,ek in the eighties. During this
line In- ran Ills paper as a pro
fsve tariff organ and in many
- peel s opposed the traditions
>f tin* old South, lb* became a
re publican and accepted national
ippoml nient. lb* was u’wuys
ipen and tearless in his view*
ind honest in hi* dealing* AI
lough Ins political antagonism
■reated strong opposition his
lemies realized that upon all
pi stums he whs bold and ag
_i. ssive and that his criticisms of
• uni c m .ii were open and honest.
•* left the Democratic party at
(» tim- that Grover Cleveland
»\ is president and never returned
His management of the Can
al Railroad properties was
- gaeious and broad. Several
. irs sgo he m ved hi* office from
Macon to Atlanta.—Savannah j
Free*.
the vostoomkhv MostToa-.TiieaaP.tr, pkcembkb. a. tci n
| PARDONS ANO PISTOLS.
Governor Brow n's remarks re
lative to pistol carrying and par
dons have in them many exeallent
üb-as. Pistol carrying is one of
the pernicious habit* which the
law and the people nr* striving to
prevent. To it. may be ascribed ;
I many crimes which would not
otherwise have been committed. 1
just ns*t he use of liquor may fre
quently result in an exhibition of
practically maniacal temper and
the corresponding shedding of
blood.
It is not altogether certain, how
ever, that th'* absolute failure to
grant, any pardon will cure the
evil of p'stol.toting. As a matter
of fact tlieonly thing will effec
tively prevent the habit is the
universal condemnation of the
people of the state, which will
later find its way into an enact
ment making the practice pun
ishable in a far more severe mari
ner. To hold,back a pardon for
■ one man because another carried
a pistol is entirely illogioaF
! There are men who deserve par-'
dous'and licit lu*r an ext ent iv** nor
' - *
anybody else can escape the feel
ing. To prohibit all pardons
with the intent of breaking up the
pistol toting would,work an un
measurable ,harm in some in
stances. The people,of thisstute
uml of the, entire country have
nut in the hands of authorities
tin- right of pardon. If there hud
been no reason nor necessity for
such action this right would riot
' have'exislcd. The, fact that it is
j in existence shows, t that the de
mand is also. Many people have
! contended,’and it seems to lie the
prevailing opimoujnow, that the
question of pardons should rest in
‘a board and not in an individual,
whether he be executive or not.
Some men need a pardon and the
; clemency w hich frequently fol
lows tin adequate penal servitude
enables them tu'get.buck into the
i rut ot hfe„to begin anew. It. is
; reasonable to insist that the sen
! toiii‘o* of the law be carried out
! acoordingjto their intent and to
their complete fulfillment, but it
is not beyond the realm of justice
to pardon where it will benefit
1 and the good to come is evident.
—Savon nail I'ress.
SMOKING IS DANGEROUS TO THE
IMIND; DOES NOTJNJURE BODY.
j New York. December 15. - That
smoking is injurious to"the"mind, j
but not to the body, is the eon-;
elusion drawn'by, Dr. George L.
Meylan, director of the Columbia 1
University gymnasium, as a re
sult of someYextensive investiga
tions just made public. The tests ;
show that • in' general college
smokers make better athletes,
while non-smokers stand high in
classes.
Dr. Meylan took as the subject
for his tests 22J Columbia st*i
dents. 115 of whom smoked hab
itually. He kept’a record of their
physical condition at the begin
ning and at the ending of the
two years, and also ascertained
what progress they had made in
their studies.
The results of these experi
ments showed that sixty-six
smokers gained an average of
eight pounds in weight and 1.2
centimeters in height as against
six pounds and 1.1 centimeters
for those who did not smoke.
The non-smokers 'gained 20 per
cent in lung capacity, as against
S per cent for the "{smokers, but
: the smokers] surpassed thorn in
total strength by having an in
crease \if 10R units to 101. Rut
in scholarship the non-smokers
forged to the front and reversed
matters. At entrance the smok
ers averaged {SO in their studies,
as against 91 for their competi
tors.
Adinimstrator s Sah».
tl .."jria—- Montgomery County.
Ctulor and by virtu* of an ordwr of
the Court of Ordtnarv .>f -aid county
_ anted 1 >•■(•. -Y tutu, will hi. sold on
ic first Tin-day in January, mil.
! .‘for.* the court bun door in -aid
county, between the lojrat hour- of
- ilc. to tht* hiipH— t bidder for c.i-h,
1.'d 1 .. acres of loud Ivin ■; in the Tenth
I .and district of -aid county, being
l.*e number LIU Sold a* property of
j > ho estate of Kettlah H. Yarbrough,
jdeoea-ed, for division.
Je--t I. Yarbrough.
Ad. Est. Ueulati B Yarbrough,
BUMS AND SCALDS.
Firit Aio For Painful and Dan
gerouc injuries.
The ► veritN of burns and ncuie
depend** upon the area of body Mir
faee that ha* lieen burned, the si:-
j nation ami the depth of ti.-Mic tin i
J ha- Itceu destroyed. For e\ai iple.
| a burn covering a limited surface
1 of the ie** or arm. altliohgli of con
i giderable (leptli, i- often le.-.- >**rious
j than a larger hut more superficial
burn of the trunk, head or neck, and
this is especially true of children,
who are more susceptible than
grown persons to the shock which ;
accompanies an extensive burn.
Kverv one is familiar with the
simple redoes* of the skin produced
. In a slight burn and with the bliste:
, liiat follows if the burn lie a little
more severe. 11l such slight acri
dents no tissue i« actually destroy
ed and no siar results. The red
j ne-s is caused In congestion of tile
siiiall blood vessels of the skin and
the blister In still further conges
tion producing a leakage of the
fluids of the Wood into the upper
lavers of the skin. -
For such slight burns a coating;
of sweet oil or vaseline covered with
; clean cotton wool is the simplest
; remedy. It supplies protection from
1 exposure to Hu* air,"which is a car
(final principle in the treatment ol
all burns and scalds.
The blisters may he pricked with
a needle which lias been pa—eci
through a flame several times to k;'T
all possible germs and the llui<i
allowed to escape, but the loose skin
should lie left in place, as it forms
a better protective than any arti
ficial substance.
The most painful form of burn is
that which extends only as far as
tlie deeper layers of the skin and
scorches the sensitive nerve ending
which are there situated, ll the
burn penetrates beyond this point
the nerve endings are destroyed and ;
the pain is consequently much less
ened, hut the loss of tissue is, of |
course, much greater, healing is
slower, and the sear is .correspond
ingly more noticeable.
In giving It rt aid to one suffer
ing from a severe burn, especially
if there is a targe surface involved. ]
it is important lirat to pay attention I
to the general condition of tin* pa
tient. Paleness and shivering, a
feeble and fluttering pulse, cold ex
tremities and perhaps an appear- j
auee of stupor or little sign of suf j
sering are all indication* of severe
shock, which may produce so pr ■
found an impression upon the nerv
ous system and vital centers as to •
prove rSpidiv fatal unless met with j
prompt treatment. In such a con
dition much can be done before j
medical help arrives by keeping the j
head low, giving suitable stimulants,
wrapping in warm blankets and ap- >
plying hot water bottles to th* i
hand* and feet.—Youth's Compu# j
ion.
Sh* Knsw Hup.
Mark Twain was walking up Fifth
avenue once when a little girt about I
j ten year* old slipped her hand in ;
I hi* and began to match his stride.
“I'm awful glad to see you," slu
said.
“Are von?*' said he. “That's very
nice of \mi.”
“Yes.” she answered; “1 knew
you right away.”
They continued to the next cor- |
ner chatting, he proud that he ;
could l>e so well known that a little
| girl like this could pick him out
Suddenly a horrible thought siru.l
him. and he stopped.
“Who am 1?” lie asked, turninu
around.
“Why,” answered his companion).
“Buffalo Bill, of course.”—Ladies' '
Home Journal.
Auctioneer's Hourglass.,
An auctioneer of I’liiftidelpliia
collects all sorts of ohjtaJ- pertain
ing to his ancient calUliu. lie has.
among other things, mi interesting
set of auctioneer*’ ItuuTglasses. i e
auctioneer a eontun or so ago end
ed a sale not by saying "Goinv—
going—gone!’.', and rapping tin*
counter w ir Ii his hammer, but it was
his better method to turn up a free
running glass toward flic end of tin
bidding and to end the salt* irrev
ocably when the sands ran out.
This saved confusion and dispute.
The auctioneers' glasses in the Phil
adelphia collection arc picturesque.
Otic is of tortoise shell and mother
of-pearl. Another is of amber a 1
gold. A third is of teak and ivory. .
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Humana.
An Atlanta man not long ago
met a darky who w as dri\ mg ale r.-
so thiu that it staggered as it
walked.
"Why don't von put more fle*li mi
that nag?” indignantly demand 1
tin* Vtlantan.
“Sense ine, boss.” repli d < >•
driver, “but l’s doin' de be-t I
Cain't _vo* see. bos*, dat ]>o' h --
kin hardly carry what little fk
he’s srot ou him now ?" —l.ij pin
........ ,i
FOOT COMFORT I
1 SHCIS I
& VVVVVI'VWV-VV VVVVWVVTV jg
AJC AA A A AAAAAA AAAA* AAA §3
fc-3 |g
fe M o now have in stock and are show- §§
& ;H
iug' the Three Best linos of Shoes on g
|j the Market. This stock is the lar- |
p gest and most complete in the his-
P \ >ry of nr business. We are the
people you want to see for Shoes.
P Will give you a Special Discount |
j n • •* * S
£? on lots from two pairs up.
i“? VVVVVWVVVVVVWVVWVW fe
A A A A AAA A WA. A A A A.
| Mcßae & Bro. I
| >IT. VERNON, GA. |
1 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE XMAS SHOPPER |
I FOR HER
| A Bracelet, a Veil Pin, a Brooch,
I a Locket, Beauty pins, a Scarf, a Plauen !ji
J Stock, a Persian Neck Bow, a Bing, a :
| Gold Pill. |
I FOR HIM
| A Scarf ’Pin, a Watch Fob, a Foun- j;
‘ tain Pin, Collar Button of Gold, Cuff i|
I Buttons, a King, a Guard Chain, a Desk
Set, a Match Box.
These and outlier suitable gifts are found at : ;
Mrs. J. L. Adams’. ;l
WSS v , :K»3SsSsS3SSsss!ssSSsSs*®®fS§
i . -■
BEAL J A R D
AIR LINE
j| These arrivals and departures published only as ]
I information, and are not guaranteed.
Lv. Mr. VERNON all trains daily.
I' 1 lOvl-j a. m. For Helena, Abbeville, Cordele, ;
Americus, Columbus, ;
h ;L _ -j, m _ Montgomery, and all points west. |
% h :40 a. m. For Lyons, Collins, Savannah,
, # 4';sg ~ ni and all points east.
J ' i •-1
[{> K, ll r inf irmatiou, reservations, rates, etc., see your j
j; n ;uvst Seaboard Ticket Agent, or write j
|; K_ H. STANSELL, A. G. C. A.,
Savannah, - ... Georgia.
0. K. Ryan, G. P. A.,
Portsmouth. ' IRGINA. ,
»,VMUW
j The BANK OF SOPERTON [
I Capital Stock, 815,000.00
Surplus and undivided
| profits 86,500.00
'fetal resources over 8100,000.00
<1 !
6? tV- ral Ranking Bus iness Conducted, Accounts Solicited.
\s !
Interest on Time Deposits
<> •
x " |
OFFICERS':
I N. L. Gillie. President, J. B. O’Conner, Vice-President. 1
I J. K. Hall, Cashier. L. A. McCrary, Asst. Cashier
«
DIRECTORS:
| N. I. Gillis, M.B. Giitts, J. B. O'Conner, W C. Futrill,
;t \V. D. Martin, W. H. Fowler, J. E Hall. ;
I SOPERTON, GEORGIA. J
