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Mount Vernon, Ga., Thursday Morning, MAY 4, 1911.
The live town of Kastman con
tinues a stub!torn fight for recog
nition in the matter of freight
rates, claiming unjust discrimo
nation. A live town generally
gets what it wants, and we trust
that Eastman will have its bus
iness desire fulfilled. Eastman
has hoard of trade, you know,
and some enterprising merchants.
And now the schoolboy is look
ing forward to his summer free
dom, when he can hike away to
too creek and worry the catfish
aid smaller members of the fin
ny tribe, llis father, you under
si uid. will take care of the grass,
a id mother will do her usual line
of work around the place. But
)> ns will be boys, and girls will
be girls a short while.
The towns that desire to grow
• that is, the people of a town
who desire to have it grow
make some effort in behalf of
the town. One form of organi
zation adding more to the wel
fare of any place is an active;
hoard of trade. Fora town not|
large enough to warrant the or- j
ganization of such a civic body,a
young men’s business league is
capable of doing a great deal
toward furthering the general
development of a place. Mt.
Vernon, as we have stated many
times, could afford a business
league, and by effort on the part
of its members renewed growth
will he noticed in the place. Any
town of nothing hut the village!
calibre should have some regular, j
orgai/.ed effort toward civic im
provement. Let the business j
men of this place, and the others
towns of the county, as for that,
get to work on such lines.
1 WO GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN
WOULD DRAW COLOR LINE.
W ashington, 1). April 29.
The color lint* is to be strictly
drawn in Washington hereafter, j
if the plans of two Georgia mem
bers of tlie House, Messrs. Rod
den berry and Hardwick are
earied out.
Mr. Hardwick thinks it time
that there should be an end to
marriages between the races
here, and will push vigorously a
bill he introduced to this effect a
short time ago.
Mr. Roddenberry also will put
another race question up to the
House if his present plans are
carried out. He is chairman of
the subcommittee that will re
model the House restaurant,
which work is to he done under
the direction of the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds.
When the committee comes to
make its recommendations as to
remodeling the restaurant, Mr.
Roddenberry projxwes that it
shall include a recommendation
that the restaurant is exclusively
for the use of white persons.
Colored persons have patroniz
ed the restaurant occasionally in
the |>ast, using that portion
sot aside for the public, but nev
er trespassing iqx>n the dining
rooms of the members them
si! res. The Roddenberry plan,
1; rvever, contemplates that no
colored person may use any part
of the restaurant.
If the two propositions advanc
es by Southern members finally
come before the House it is be
lieved that they will engender
ci siderable feeling and that the
problem may prove an embar
rassing one for the Ilou^e.
While negroes rarely ever make
themselves obnoxious in the res
taurants at the Capitol, the very
fact that they are given. the same
privileges as white persons, if
they choose to exercise them, is
wrong, in the opinion of Mr.
Roddenberry.
LAST YEAR'S CROP AND
THIS YEAR’S PLANTING,
There is every reason for the
Southern farmer to take satis
faction in the work he accomp
lished through the production of
last year’s cotton crop. We be
lieve that, speaking generally,
the prices have been satisfactory
to the raiser. Not that he has
gotten all of the crop that he is
entitled to, hut he has gotten
more than he usually secures. He
produced a crop that the world
wanted at a time when the world
wanted it badly. The result is
that he has contributed a larger
proportion than ever before to
lhe foreign commerce of the
United States,
For the first eight months of
the fiscal year ending June 30,
11> 11. the exports of cotton have ;
exceeded $500,000,000 have ex-;
(•coded half a billion dollars. The j
year before the exports were on- :
ly 348 millions and two years be
fore they 328 millions, but for
It he present year they are 501
; millions.
This has brought the foreign
(trade hack to a healthy position,
and its effect is felt in every
branch of American commerce.
Credit and praise for the tiller;
l in the cotton field, the man who!
is now preparing his acres fora
: new crop, notwithstanding the I
boll weevil and the drouth and i
(the floods and the storms and I
the tariff and the speculator and :
j the middle man.
“There is more in a man than
lin the land.’’ There is more in
| the land than we imagine. The
farmer who studies the condi
tions under which he works, who
; selects his seed with care, who
determines the quality of his soil
and what it will produce and
; then labors in season and out of
season for the best results, is
winning his rewards, especially
in the South. He is increasing
his resources and strengthening
his position in the money markets
of the world.
The farmer works by faith
largely. He takes of bis store
and scatters it over the ground
where it may rot and then revive
and grow under all of the vary
ing influences of climate and
season and market. He puts
money and labor and hope and
heart into the ground and buries
*it and looks forward to the day
when he shall reap where he has
sown and gather manyfold of
what temporarily he has surren
dered.
The farmers of America today
are half of the population; scat
tering the seeds over the land
that is beginning to grow warm
under the influence of the sun.
knowing that through the early
and the latter rains, with aid
from frost and storm, the laws of
nature will not fail them and
that months lienee they will reap
another crop to feed and clothe
the nations of the world.
It is well to liK>k at these broad
Influences. It is well to consider
the part each man of you has in
tiu> work of the world, and to
know that men elsewhere are
strengthened by the work you
are doing in your own field, in
\ our own place. It knits the
hearts of men together and
makes them realize their kinship
one with another Home & Farm.
Meat should have an extra coat
of Liquid Smoke, or one coat at
‘ any rate, applied to it at the lie
ginning of warm weather, as it
will absolutely protect the meat
from hugs, skippers or other in
sects. You will never regret try
ing it once. It is sold by Palmer
j Drug Store, at Ailey. Ga., for
55cis. for full quart bottle.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY. MAY L HP L
I There will be submitted to the
General Assembly at the summer
session a bill providing for sup
posed insane persons being tried
or adjudged by physicions, who
will file their report with the ordi
naries of the respective counties,
doing away with the present plan
of trial by jury. It will provide
further, that no person adjudged
insane shall remain in a county
jail for more than ten days
without being taken to an asy
lum. Now, right here comes the
: point. How will insane persons
;be taken to the state sanitarum
I unless additional room is provi
ded. If this hill is passed by the
j General Assembly, let it also
! make provisions for taking care
of this class of unfortunates. A
measure without provisons will
| be worthless.
A NEW DEPOT FOR
BARNESVILLE, GA.
Barnesville, Ga., April 27.
Rarnesville is at last about to get
the enlarged freight and pas
senger depots, for which her
citizens have been asking for the
past few years. Wednesday Vice i
President Winburn, Genera! Man-!
ager Moies and other officials
of the Central of Georgia Rail-!
way company spent several hours!
in the city looking over the sit- ■
nation and the property, with the;
purpose to reach a decision with j
reference to the contemplated
new buildings. Mayor Cochran |
and a number of citizens held a!
conference with them, and the!
matter was discussed in a friend-j
ly spirit, and it is believed work !
will begin shortly, probably us
ing the present location for the
improvements. It is believed
that about $25,000 will he spent
on these improvements by the;
company.
DUBLIN HAS SECURED
SAVANNAH LIVE WIRE.
City Editor Robert M. Martin
of the Savannah Press has been
given a three months leave of
(absence from his duties in Sa
; vannah. and has accepted the
position of secretary of the Dub
lin Chamer of Commerce. He
i went to Dublin last Wednesday
and is now actively at work in
that enterprising city as the head
iof their new Chamber of Com
• merce.
Since the recent organization
lof the the chamber, Dublin has
sought a man capable of putting
it on an active and profitable
basis, and in the selection of Mr.
j Martin we feel sure the little
city has made a wise choice. Mr.
Martin is a newspaper man of
wide experience, and will make
Dublin a most excellent official.
By was of calling attention to
his activity, we will remark that
we saw him busy with his duties
in Savannah last Wednesday
morning giving a farewell ser
vice to the Press—and before
finishing the day Wednesday,
he was actively at work in Dub
lin. We congratulate this city
on having secured the ser
vices of Mr. Martin, hut are
i afraid that they will not let him
return to Savannah (except on
an occasional visit. I
BERMUDA GRASS MARKETABLE.
Greenslxmx Ga., April 29.
Mr. E. W. Copelan, president of
the Copeland National bank of
Greenslx>ro. is the promoter of
an industry which consists of
gathering and shipping Bermuda
grass roots. Mr. Copelan in
terested several gentlemen who
were not long in filling a 15-ton
order from Charlotte. N. C. The
grass is used in sodding golf
links, and it is said it gives splen
did satisfaction when used for
such purposes.
Mr. Copelan has also made a
shipment of 15 tons to Richmond,
Ya.. and many smaller shipments
to other points in the south. The
total shipments which Mr. Cope
lan has made will amount to 20
tons.
U, S. MAY ABANDON
FORT M’PHERSON.
Atlanta, Ga., May 1. Army
circles in this city are agitated
over the reported movement to
do away with the post at Fort
McPherson, near this city, where
the Seventeenth United States
Infantry was quartered prior to
being detailed to San Antonio,
Tex., to participate in the war
game. According to a statement j
today by Adjutant General A. J.
Scott, of the Georgia National
Guard, the abandonment of the ;
small posts and establishment in
their places of brigade posts and i
maneuver grounds is in line with
the present policy of the war de
partment and the department
now' has two sites in view in the , j
South for a brigade post. One j
jof these is at Chickamauga, near |
| Chattanooga, and the other is j
near Tullahoma, Tenn. The j
. Chickamauga grounds already j
have been examined by a board ]
iof army officers, who have re- j
ported favorably on the site and j
it is a foregone conclusion, says j
General Scott, if Chickamauga is j
| selected for the brigade site, the j
abandonment of Fort McPherson j
will follow.
The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce and other local bodies are ;
urged by the adjutant general to ■
do what they can toward in-: ■
fluencing the war department to ;
select Fort McPherson for the •
Southern brigade post and mane- ;
uver grounds. ;
MONTSOMERY UNION
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, our government is l
sending troups to the Mexican!
; borders, as we believe to intim
j idate the despot-ridden people of
Mexico, for the purpose protect
| ing the ill-gotten property of
certain sindicates of our own
government. And we, the work
! ing class of our government, de
fraying our part of the expenses
of the same.
Therefore, be it Resolved, By
the Montgomery County Divison
of the F. E. & C. U. of A. that
we protest against the govern
! ment using the army of the Uni
i ted States to protect private
property in a foreign country.
Also, beliving that such action
on the part of our government
may residt in bloodshed and the
devastation of our property. And
in the name of Justice, Equity
and the Golden Rule, we hereby
petition our Congress to order
I the recall of the army from the
Mexican border at once.
Also, that the Union News and
Montgomery Monitor be request
ed to publish same and that a
copy he sent to our Congressman
and Senator.
T. B. Winham. Pres.
Jas. T. Geiger. Secy.
M. 15. CALHOUN,
Attv at Law,
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Mt Vernon, Georgia.
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Money on Hand
TO LOAN.
LOANS PROMPTLY
CLOSED.
We have a good sup
ply of’cheap money on
hand at this time and
can close loans verv
promptly, either on
farm or city property.
If in need of cash,
come to see or write
us at once.
Southern Loan &
Investment Co.
VTDALIA. GA.
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