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TF\e P\or\tgor )ery Monitor.
I HUSHED EVfiKV fHUKSDAV. OFFICIAL 0 ltd AN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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Mount Vernon, Ga., Thu: lay Morning, March 30, 1911.
IT IGNORANCE,
GR KGSuiSHNESS
You may wonder what tliai
:gh question is intended for,
i lie man who enters and in
ns the Montgomery count.'
( .rt house will find at a glane*
:.t the do iole (juestion come
to him when he views th
by st.de of the handsom
Liing whether he finds at
. wer or not.
if,at the palatial building
i ted for toe dispensation of
ice and the conduct of th<
i itv’s business, is woeful!
■rated cat.not In* disputed l»;
sane pin u it is a disgrace t<
civilized element of Mont
nery county. Its once polish
e i r ails are recking with the
i aof tobacco spittle, and the
i .tie that once crowned its hall
his vanished, and a state oi
la teknoss prevails instead.
If you doubt this, go and see.
I* does not take a magnifying,
>s to find it the very atmos
j>! ere is |>olliit.ed, to an extent
i ; .1 the intelligent and refined
, in is shocked when he enters
t: huildinp, and the stranger
v onders why such a state of as
fairs is allowed, in the light of
c ilization and modern ethics.
We understand the presiding
Ige of the superior court ha.
c tiled attention to the sickenini
s' ate of affairs, and urged tin
n ojile to a more enlightened at
'itude toward the house of jus
i ice. .lust after the completion
o; the building, nearly four years
, o. the county commissioners,
i a ing in view the correct keep
: of the building, printed signs,
sing the public not to desecrate
t • building, and had them plac
ed in conspicuous places through
v. :[ th»‘ building, and this ha
ice been repeated, but to no
sil the dirt-spreading element
c atinues its work of rendering
■ house unfit for use.
The building was fitted will
i toruorks and public conveni
oes, toilet rooms, etc.. I>ut a
. m having regard forhishealt'
I personal cleanliness is afrai
i use them. The public toik
:n on thi' first floor is a cess
ol of filth, and it is really dan
nous to jn I*l ic health, and a
since to all but hogs.
If this state of allairs is hrough,
out by ignorance, it is time
,t steps were taken to inform
perpetrators that this is an
..ghtened ago and not one o.
< neracy. Ihe only teaching
can he of benefit will b
,e instruction administeredlr
ce. preferably at the end of
Precept amounts to noth
in cases of this kind, and e\
, ,no is almost as worthless
liing but b rcc will avail in
■ matter of training ignoram
s. who persist in defiling ;
laic building of this kind, oi
> other public building, h
t s day and time men should In
b rn with enough pride to kee,
t in from such practices as this.
! t to a great extent they an
rot in Montgomery county, 1.
t acre is anot her court house ii
i *e state abused to such an e\-
* .*:it, we should be glad to know
v. here it is.
Granting that precept and ex
. ..pit' on the part of the bettei
. d thinking element is a failure,
this case, we submit that the
tgomery county court house
.ado a ecss-pooj of filth simpl\
■ause ot hoggishness and ;
ft. of pel s oal and public pride,
a ! that not liing but the enact -
m. nt of some strict rule will re
i e the situation and read
t ... se who p rs’.st in smearing its
iis and th* is with tobacco
co and other tilth, if neces
s uw . appoint watchmen to pro
tect the buiiuing from suchdese
; ( ration, and let the guilty ones
he made to suffer put the rod
on them.
It may be said that Montgom
ery county employs a man to
iceep the building. This is true
a good, faithful man- but he
i powerless to preserve the
biding. As soon as his laboi s
■ e finished, and some particular
part of the building put in order
it is at once besmirched. W
i.ve noticed this numberles:
imes; and the fact that th*
- hiding is not kept in order :
io reflection on the work of th<
see per. No five men could keet
he building in order during i.
erm of court, and one man can
lot keep it in order when court
s not in session. What is to be
lone? Is this state of affairs to
•ontinue, that straingers within
iur gates must class the people
*f Montgomery county as a set
of filth-mongers?
If the grand jury has any
power left, let it suggest some
means of protecting the building
from the result of indecency.
Let something he done toward
reliei ing this splendid building
of this disgraceful state. latt it
>e known that there is still some
pride in Montgomery county.
Let those in authority take the
matter up at once. If the grand
ury sees tit to make an effort to
irotect the appearance of the
o;hiding, let it be done. If this j
body is satisfied to have the
■ * irt house continually in a fil-i
by state, let it he. It is a mat- j
ier of public taste and public!
i ,de; and it stands out too plain- 1
ly to he misunderstood.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Commissioner Clement J. Dris
•oll Inis lately been raising rue
lions about short weights an. :
•hurt, measures m New York eit\
In Philadelphia there is an up j
-ur about short weights and sho: 1
measures. I'he New Jersey Legi
11ure has before it a bill propos-I
g to s.rnd to jail any person wh
'beats in either weight or measure
! seems that an investigatio
made in the leading cities of Ne
icrsev shewed thht approximate!
juie scales in ten and nine metis
ii sid ten were short. That is
i tty - vere commentary on Ncu
■r-ey 's commercial probity. But i
just possible that New Jersey i
>t different from other section
i this particular. A similar it
pnry in Philadelphia gave abou
ttiM same results.
Ii eleven New Jersey and Penn
-ylvauia cities, including Phil
dolphin, the conditions were dt
hired to -be ‘‘deplorable.” 1.
oms that m * uch of the citiei
; here is an etlicial examiner oi
a"ight-a and measures. Wheiieve;
nyboiiy will fetch around his oi
or scales or measures the exam
i.er will look at them and ‘seal’
t hem, and collect, his fee. Bm
in- xaminer does not go out look
•og tor violations >t the law. He
■ boo n t have to, under the terms
' bis oath of oltice, and there i;
n thing mi it for lmn if he doe
■uo's bo linds something crooked,
lie has g.q t,, "make a case” be
■|o he can get a fee. And right
here the gr- at trouble with out
ieg st.rate system. A great many
u them "make cases to get fe< *
i here i o eas * should exist.
1 lie Heights and measures pro
sit,on is one that comes right
*p to every housewife's door,
io t - one that is most of ah
go ded. How many housewives
■a wi.at weight they get when
> urder and ree ivc a “ton” of
iP? 11 w many of them know
h 'tiler the bushel of potatoes, or
e |*eek ,*f beaus, or the ten
•tiuils t bacon, measures up to
atalard? I'he dealer's word
ust be taken for the standard
■ »tht credit of the dealers, it is
- i i that most of them are
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THYRSD AY, M ARCH 30, 1911.
true, and their ,cii! - .d meas
ures are true. .'frill, ir - !;nowi
that there are untrue ii - < r». and
untrue weights, and untr.ie meu-*
ures; and these refl et upon tin
whole trade. There is no hone-’
dealer but would be glad to hav*
the short weight fiend chased out
of the business. The propose
New Jersey law, therefore, is like
ly to have the strongest kind of
backing.
Meanwhile, it. might not be in.
oertinent to inquire, why, wni
ail of the laws on the books, >•
there so much sbort-weightim
and Hhort-measuring. —Savanna !
News.
Snow Hill Dots.
Suoiaal CorresponUence.
Mr. Willie Orawford^.has beet
quiet ill for the past f* \v days,bn*
we are glad to learn that lie i
sume better.
Mr. Jesse Shurling and family
visited Mr. Ben Hartley’s Satur
day aud Sunday.
Mr. VV. li. McDaniel and Mi--
Ilesta Sikes of Alamo were plea
ant visitors among friends Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. J. E. Crawf.rd and aunt,
Mrs. Johnson,of Miih-dgeville ami
Mr. Jim Crawford of Lumber City
were pleasant visitors among
friends and relatives here this
week.
Messers. L. P. Gillis and J. W.
McDaniel visited Mr. Wiley Kent
Sunday evening.
Mr Wiley Kent visited friends
and relatives Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Lillie Brown and brother
of Erick visited Miss Iris Martin
several days last week.
Messrs. M. H. McDaniel and
Watson Roland visited Mr. Otis
Martin Saturday last.
The Mount Vernon Drug Co
has Cabbage Seed in bulk.
MACON, DUBLIN v SAVANNAH RY.
Schedule Effective June 14. 1908.
18 20 SIAIiONS 1;) jr.
i 00 ii b I M , Arrive 11 05 440
7 35 104 Fit; atrick 10 33 404
7 to I 109 B ey 10 28 358
7 50 4 19 J. 0 nville 10 17 847
H 10 -1 39 I) ilie 9 57 324
8 15 441 Alb own 952 317
824 453 M i .se 943 308
8 84 504 Du ■ y 9 82 257
8 41 511 SI nuke 9 26 251
846 j 6 16 IV re 919 244
000 580 \rrive 1 ‘ in Leave 905 280
905 585 leave D in Arrive 900 225
907 586 S M S J 8 58 223
911 540 N M ,v S J 854 219
9 21 549 i m 8 44 209
9 80 558 M r 8 87 202
9 42 609 lb.. Ige 8 26 1 51
948 61 4 O id »21 146
10 02 627 So| ion 8 09 1 84
10 18 638 Tari own 757 122
10 22 6 45 Kt ee 7 50 1 16
10 40 700 Arrive Vi oa Ijenve 785 1 (M)
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CON NT
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western tor Eastman ami Ti-nuille a
At Macon wii h Southct n Ltailw a
Koine Momingham, Atlanta an.i in;
‘Jeorgia Railway, (i. S. W ]•'. RailWtl
and Georgia Railroad.
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RIGHT OF PRESS TO
CRITICISE UPHELD.
Atlanta, March 28. —The un
trarnmeled right of the public
press to criticise any and all pub
lic officials, provided the facts as
stated are true, has been once
nore ratified by the Georgia
court of appeals in a case which
h.iws distinctions and shows
u r how the public officials may
)V ain redress in case the charges
. ainst him in the newspapers
ire untrue.
The case is that in which the
•ourt of appeals reverses Judge
). W. Kraussof the city court of
Brunswick, in which J. A. Lowe,
i policeman, sued the Brunswick
News Publishing Company for
$5,000 libel.
There was a crusade against
logs, it seems, in the Brunswick
•ommunity. Some dogs with
out muzzles were shot by the
officers. The Brunswick News,
it is stated, printed a “sob”
story, a pitiful story of how Po
liceman Lowe had shot and killed
m innocent dog because it didn’t
save its muzzle on, while the
little boy owner of the dog knelt
before the policeman and begged,
with tears running down his
■.•keeks, for the life of his little
four-footed companion. It may
not have been exactly like that,
but it was nearly so. It made
Lowe out a monster of cruelty.
Lowe straightway sued the
*aper for libel, and brought
forth evidence to show that he
didn’t shoot the dog in question
at all. but that it had been shot
by Officer D. C. Houston.
The judge of the city court
threw the suit out of court, main
taining that the newspaper had
a right to criticism of acts and
conduct of officials. Says the
court of appeals in reviewing the
decision: “Legitimate criticism
of acts and conduct of officials is
is a rightful function of the press,
and the exercise of the right
should be unrestrained, provided
the statements made are true. A
üblic officials, however, has as
inch right to protection against
i be! as a private citizen.”
TIONS:
V Tennille and the Dublin & South
1 intermediate points
1 rum .mil o ( incinnarti. <
. mediate points. Also (he ( en' rat of
. Macon and Birmingham i.ailwai
1 Always Something Doing. I
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Xg During what they call their “busy season” some gi
fig merchants can say there is “something going on.”
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at correct prices, there is always something in ®
motion. The advantage of this motion settles on
those who visit my busv place in Glenwood.
g . §
m Dry Goods, Groceries and Supplies n
M Shoes, Hardware, Notions 0
ZOf the Better Class-the grade of goods that please the
2 public, both in price and quality. I sell that kind of stuff, &
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