The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, December 22, 1910, Image 2
: -_-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