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Gap Between City and Town
Is a Grgat Barrier to Progress.
Special Letter to Montgomery Monitor.
To the Officers and Members of i
The Farmers’ Union:
Upon my several visits to
Washington during sessions of
congress, I have more than ever
been impressed with the dema
gogy that keeps country and city
apart in sentiment and that is a
foe to true progress.
I could call by name several
congressmen who rode into office
by arraying country against city.
The procedure is simple and is
one of the oldest tricks in the bag
of the politician.
He will go into the country
districts during a campaign, and
lash sentiment against the city
to a frenzy.
When the returns are all in
you will find that he has been
elected by a country majority.
When he gets to Washington,
what does he do? Continue to
flay the residents of the city, and
to take the farmer to his loving
breast.
Not so.
He starts upon one of the ’
cunningest straddles he can de
vise.
For instance, take the parcels ;
post,
He probably went through the
district before election, promis
ing all the farmers that one of
the first things he would do
when he reached office would b 6
to get them a general parcels
post.
Does he fulfill that promise to
the letter?
Not so you could notice it.
He studies the election returns
faithfully.
He finds that a large part of!
the vote against him came from
the cities.
His object, therefore, is to
rub the city man’s back, and at
the same time not to make an
enemy of the farmer.
So he frames up a parcels post
that lets the farmer ship into
the city, but that protects the
TWO CHILDREN BURN IN
A SOUTH CAROLINA FIRE,
Batesburg, S. C. May 7. In
formation was received here to
day of a fire yesterday on the
farm of Henry Derrick, adjoin
ing the Cedar Grove Church
near Leesville, in which his two
little children were burned to
death and his residence destroy
ed.
The fire was discovered by
neighbors during the early after
noon when the parents of the
children had driven to one of
the adjoining fields. The chil
dren, one of them 2 and the j
other 4 years old, were heard
screaming inside the house, and
efforts were made to rescue 1
them, but the flames had gained
so much headway it was im
possible to get inside • the build
ing.
Their bodies were found in the
debris and taken to Columbia
last night.
The loss in the destruction of
the dwelling amounts to $2,000.
ANARCHISTS WILL PLEAD.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 6.
John J. and James McNamara,
who are charged in nineteen indi
ctments with having planned and
executed the dynamite outrage
in which The Los Angeles Times
building was destroyed and 21
men killed, will plead to the in
dictments in court, here June 1.
Attorneys for the men asked
for 30 days’ time to peruse the
indictments and the transcripts
of the testimony before the grand
jury and the state compromised
by allowing them only until
June 1.
When Ortie McManigal, the
other member of the dynamite
trio, who confessed to taking
part in The Los Angeles Times
explosion and to blowing up the
Llewellyn Iron works here, will
be arraigned is not known.
little city merchant from far-off
competition by making no pro
visions for return shipments.
Thus he has given the man in ;
the country a shadow of a re- i
demption of his promise. And
he has made a grand-stand play i
to the man in the city.
This is only given for an il- •
lustration. There are many oth- ■
ers. I have seen congressman
after congressman get into office
by appealing to the class preju-'
dice of the farmer, and then
turn straight around and work
might and main to get things
for the city, that he might melt
the opposition against him.
It is this sort of thing, the
constant lining up of country
against city, that is one of the
’ greatest bars to progess
The city man is often led to
believe that the country man re
gards him with suspicion and
hostility, and vice versa.
What is the result?
They both suffer in the long
j run.
| They hesitate upon uniting in
measures in which they are both
i interested.
When good government is at
stake in the state, the county, or
nation, they are as far apart as
the poles, when they should be
fighting under the same banner, j
i I can not too frequently warn ;
you against this hypocritical type j
of politicians who get your votes
i under false pretenses, and who
incite you to prejudice against
! people in the cities, when, as a
! matter of fact, the city- and the
! country have a great deal incom
| mon.
! I caution you to watch him in
action, and to mark him for close
. attention when he next offers
! for office.
Men who use these sorts of wiles
■to keep in power are worthy of j
the support neither of the city i
I nor the country. Where they ,
! should be representing both, 1
j they really represent neither.
They only represent themselves.
Chas. S. Barrett
BRUNSWICK MAN TRIES
THE SUICIDE ROUTE.
Baltimore, Md., May 6.—Wil
liam F. Parker, a coal dealer of
Brunswick Ga., stepped off a
train in Union Station here this
afternoon and leaning against a
post stabbed himself with a pen
knife in the abdominal region.
He was in a highly hysterical
! state and his actions attracted
the attention of a special officer
who ran to him and wrested the
knife from his grasp.
Parker was taken to Mercy
Hospital where it was found that
his wounds were not serious. He
' regained his composure and ex
pressed great regret at his ac
tions, which he said were due to
a nervous collapse.
His brother, who is well known
in Washington official circles,
came here to-night to take
charge of him.
MAY BE HELD UNDER CONTEMPT.
Macon, Ga., May 6. —Because
he refused to return half of $75
taken as a retainer in a criminal
case, Judge Emory Speer this
morning ordered J. Thomas
Hille, of Cordele, one of the
most prominent lawyers of south
Georgia, to refund the money
and refused to allow him to ap
peal the case or take any other
action.
It is expected that an order
will be issued for Mr. Hille’s ar
rest and a habeas corpus pro
ceeding may follow. Sentiment
as to the justness of the order is
very much divided and quite a
I number of Macon lawyers are
said to have offered their ser
vices to Mr. Hille. The latter
declines to comply with the
court’s order, and this will pro
bably lead to another order,
holding him in contempt of
j court.
THE MOXTOuMEttY MONITOR- int’KHDAV, MAY 11, 1911.
NO PRIMARY
FOR SENATOR.
Atlanta, May G. It is practi-!
cally definitely settled that there |
is not going to be any senatorial
primary.
The question of the election of j
a United States-senator is going!
directly before the Legislature
without any public intervention.
The state Executive Committee
has said nothing one way or
another, but it is known that j
Chairman W. G. Wright, of the
committee, has written letters
over the state requesting mem
bers of the committee and friends
to make inquiries at the local
sentiment regarding a senatorial
primary.
The indications are that the
replies have been satisfactory
from a committee standpoint as
there has been no suggestion
of even calling the committee
together for a consideration of
the matter.
In some sections of the state,
however, opponents of the com
mittee which is composed entire
ly of friends of Governor-elect
Hoke Smith, have taken except
ion to the manner in which effort
was made to get a public senti
ment on the subject.
The report comes from Terrell
for instance, that seventy people
were interrogated there, and
that while a majority of these
| were opposed to a primary, they
j were practically all Hoke Smith
! supporters, and did not repre
j sent the true sentiment of the
icounty.
This is a complaint that comes
from several sections of the state
and yet it may he just a case of
the other side of of the political
fence.
The insistent demand for a
primary has -come from the
friends of Senator Joseph M.
Terrell, and the strong opponents
of Governor-elect Smith; on the
j other hand Gov. Smith and his
! friends have had nothing to say
1 on the subject.
The suggestion has been made
that the candidates for United
State senator shall agree tha.
i whichever one is elected by the
Legislature, at. the coming sum
mer session, shall resign, and
i then let the people nominate a
| senator for three years remain
. ing of the term, at the regular
! state primary in 1912.
I There is considerable doubt,
however, as to whether any
| such agreement as this could be
brought, about. The candidate
who thinks he has the best
j chance would scarcely want to
| consent to it.
SEWING MACHINE FUR SALE.
One standard Singer sewing
machine h>r sale at once, cash or
approved note See me at once,
at Graham it Hightower's store,
il. S. Hurwit /..
Alamo, Ga
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before 1 he'-ou - . ho.ee floor in Mount
Vernon on the first Tuesday in J 1911, be
tween the lepral hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which the following:
is a full and complete d« scripton:
That certain parcel of land > i mated in the Town
of Soperton, (»A., bounded north by It. J. Williams;
east by Mrs. Nelie Ko.ich; south by .Oak Street;
west, by C. H. Jones, beintf O ' feet front on Oak
Street and extei.din k back in a northerly direc
| tion 4sb feet, bei l l \r oblonj? in shape and beinjr the
j same lot conveyed by G. M. Couraon toC. H. Peter
-1 son on December 10, 1908. Said property levied on
; an the proper.y of C. If. Peterson and in his po-
I session and will be sold to satisfy and execution
issued from the justice court of the l>v district,
G. M. in favor of A. J-> fie. Company against said
C. 11. Peterson. Property pointed out by plain
{ tiffs'attorney. WriCen notice kiven of levy as
| required by law. This May 1 Li! 1.
James Hester, Sheriff.
C. W. Spark--, Plffs . Attorney.
Sheriff Hale.
J Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be m id before tip court bon < door in
V|t. Vernon on the liisi Tuusdav in June,
j 1(H1 } bet we;: u the I* , I hour*, of r . to the
highest and best bckPi l»»r ru ,li. c to lain prop
erty, of which the follow rig is a complete d- -
• scriotjon:
! One ertain D*' rinp four and a-h;»!f foot ver
i tical lift, mowing it.v him;, together with one
j eight foot, inch har d d«rvJp rake. Said farm
I machinery levied on and will be sold as the prop
j ertyof N. T. Way & Co., and now in the posses
sion of Geo .ye Smith. Sold to satisfy ami ex ecu
j tion issued from the *uj<« : ior court of said county
j in favor of International Harvester Co. of Airier
j ica ay ain't the -aid N T. Way & Co. Property
J pointed out for levy by attorney for plaintiffs.
Levy maile and returned to me by A. B. Heater,
deputy sheriff, and written notice iriyen in terms
of the law. Thi.» the &1 day of May, 191 i.
James Hester, Sheriff.
L. C. Underwood. Atty. for PUT*
I For a Good Spring Showing 1
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%{ Statement of the Condition of ®
I Bank of Tarry town 1
| At the close of Business April 29 , 1911
Branch of The Bank of Soperton, with a Capital of $25,000.00
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§ RESOURCES: LIABILITIES: |
II Due from Banks in the Undivided profits $ 1,101.59
ilj Stiitc 704.81) Cashier’s cheeks 174.00 0
0 Due from Banks in
| Other States 1,1>7(>.78 Hills payable 8,000.00 |
y Cash in vault 1,«03.:53 Deposits 17,240.75 1
J§> Overdrafts secured (>(>.72 0
| Bills receivable 18,198.5*2 0
0 Total Resources $*20,510.94 Total Liabilities $20,510.94 0
| Yours truly, |j
I THE BANK OF TARRYTOWNI
1 LA. McCRARY, Cashier 1
| TARRYTOWN, GA. |
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I THEY SAY|
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on bis place has put bis money into something sp;
S 3 that be cannot do without (if ho succeeds) in his j§
business. As a farm implement, all know that it ||
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