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WOULD PROTECT OUR
CITIZENS IN MEXICO
Thinks Taft Overdoes The
Amenities Towards
Mr. Wilson.
There is revolution in Mexico
more central and more menacing
than before.
A coup d’etat in the capital, as
sudden and as sweeping as that
of Napoleon 111. in France,
spreads anarchy and chaos once
more for a time through the
provinces. There will follow the
usual havoc with the lives and
property of foreign citizens—in- j
eluding our own, because Ameri
cans, of all nations, through a
laggard and chicken-hearted
president, have made American
threats of intervention a mock
ery and the power of the great
Republic the laughingstock of the
insurgents and regulars alike.
We who live upon the outside
and read the censored news
scarcely comprehend the savage
ry of the recurring wars in Mex
ico. The other day, on one of
the ranches, twenty-two of the
rebels were slain by the regulars,
and in that Christian (?) chaos
these men, left unburied, were
literally eaten by the prowling
coyotes of the region. A few
days after, in another battle, fifty
regulars and rebels were slain,
and the unburied bodies of these
men, in turn, left in the streets,
were eaten by the hogs and coy
otes and the birds of prey. One
hundred or more of American
citizens have already been slain.
Does any man think that Ger
many would have endured this
outrage for a day? Does any man
believe that English warships
would not be already bombarding
Vera Cruz for a similar outrage
upon English citizens?
The man of straw in the white
. house, spineless and helpless,
holds his hands and does n.othing.
Taft whimpers that he is un
willing to do anything until Wil
son comes in. Taft is president
yet for three weeks—charged
with the responsibilities of the
Republic—for the protection of
the lives and properties of its
people.
Are American citizens to be
slain and American property to
be pillaged unchallenged for yet
three weeks, in order that the
outgoing president may be polite
to the incoming president? Is a
state of revolution to leave our
citizens and our investments to
loot and outrage in order that
William Howard Taft may pre
serve the amenities with Wood
row Wilson?
While power abides, responsi
bility abides. While Taft is presi
dent Taft is answerable to the
American people.
And Taft should dispatch now,
with all possible speed, his or
ders to the armed forces of the
American government to protect
the American people, and to say
in reality and deadly earnest that,
whether Madero wins, or Diaz,
the Mexican government must
and shall protect the lives and
property of American citizens.
Mr. Taft’s term extends, not
to the middle of February, but
to the 4th of March. If he is
going to abrogate his duties, he
ought to abdicate his office. —At-
lanta Georgian.
Potatoes in Lowndes.
Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 15.—Thom
as Smith, a farmei of this sec
tion, has just finished planting
fifty barrels of Iris pota
toes. They were planted as an
experiment and Mr. Smith is con
fident that the crop is going to
prove to be a very profitable one
for this section of the state. He
has planted Irish potatoes on a
small scale heretofore. The fifty
barrels gives him a potato patch
of fifteen acres.
Mr. Smith also expects to plant
fifty acres in cantaloupes and
watermelons about the first of
March. He is the largest canta
loupe grower in this section and
he believes that the cotton farm
ers will have to plant cantaloupes,
potatoes or some other crop in
future.
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Ware County Organizes
Tree Planting Society.
Waycross, Ga., Feb. 13.—With
the co-operation of the city and a
very enthusiastic membership as
a starter, the proposed Ware
County Tree Planting association,
which has been inaugurated here
following a general agitation for
tree planting on a larger scale,
has started life under very flat
tering circumstances.
The association is probably one
of the most unique in Georgia in
some respects. Membership is
open to all interested in civic im
provement. Dues are payable in
trees—not money—and those
1 who join are signing a pledge to
plant at least one tree a year.
The officers of the association
have not yet been named, but at
a meeting to be held next week
permanent organizations will be
effected.
An Advertising Story.
An advertising manager at a
Sphinx Club dinner in New York
told an advertising story says
i the Washington Star.
“A man,” he said, ‘‘entered a
shop one bitter cold day and
bought a woolen muffler. When
he opened the muffler he found
inside it the photograph of a
beautiful girl, together with a
note saying:
“ ‘lf you are single, please
write to me.’
‘‘A name and address followed,
and the man smiled. He was
single, and he put the photograph
on his sitting-room mantel. There,
every evening, looking up from
his book he beheld it. It was very
beautiful, and in a week he had
fallen head over heels in love.
‘‘So he wrote to the girl. An
other week passed, a week of
anxious, nerve-racking suspense.
Then the lovesick man received
this crushing letter:
** ‘Sir —The Mary Smith to
whom you wrote was my grand
mother. She died nine years
ago, aged 86. Yours truly.’
‘‘Our heartbroken bachelor, on.
looking into this strange matter,
found that he had foolishly
bought the muffler from a dealer
who didn’t advertise.”
Willie Chavous Hurt
Last Week in Dublin.
Willie Chavous was badly hurt
while riding a bicycle with his
cousin, Ernest Brown, in Dublin
last week the boys being run over
by a horse and dray. The bits 1
broke and the horse dashed down ;
the street, meeting the boys, |
both on one bicycle. Young Brown |
was knocked unconscious and j
young Chavous was severely in- '
jured. The latter is the son of
Mr. Lionel Chavous of theLands
burg district near here. ,
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1913.
Big Insurance on One
Payment of Sl6O.
Waycross, Feb. 15. —lt became
known today that Dr. M. J. Cars
well, whose tragic death was
caused by the burning of his auto
after it plunged into a ditch early
yesterday, had only last Wednes
day taken out a $15,000 accident
insurance policy with a special
physician’s clause allowing dou
ble indemnity in a case of death
by private vehicle.
This make $30,000 in one com
pany, besides $5,000 more acci
dent and SB,OOO life in others.
This $30,000 policy cost him $l6O
and from this one payment his
estate gets $30,000.
Accompanied by relatives and
members of the Ware county
Medical society, the remains of
the physican w r ere tonight taken
to Hephzibah for interment to
morrow.
Needn’t Pay Alimony
To Another Man’s Wife.
Dublin, Ga. Feb. 17.—When
Mrs. Emma Tharpe, who
secured a divorce from A. C.
Tharpe, of Twiggs county, sev
eral years ago, became the wife
of a Mr. Weems, of Macon, a few
months ago she thought her for
mer husband should still continue
to pay her alimony of $25 a
month that the court had award
ed her. Mr. Tharpe thought dif
ferent.”
Although the case, when argu
ed here this week, developed the
strange fact that the Georgia
divorce law does not cover the
point, Judge K. J. Hawkins took
a ‘‘common sense” view of the
matter and agreed with the ex
husband that he could not'be ex
pected to support another man’s
wife.
Good Roads in Laurens.
The county commissioners and
road superintendent of Laurens
are receiving many compliments
on the improved roads. In Mr.
. Ard the commissioners have a
superintendent who not only un
derstands road building, but who
knows how to handle his labor.
The system inaugurated by the
new commissioners is already
showing results. All that this
county needs is sufficient money
to build the roads once, not mere
ly put them in condition and re
pair them. Once the roads have
have been graded properly and
scientifically surfaced the cost of
I up-keep will prove eventually an
. economy and not until then. This
J is where a bond issue comes in.—
j Laurens County Herald.
1 Atlanta Jonrnal: —Wilson seems
determined to give the amateur
cabinet makers all the time they
i need.
Farm For Rent.
I have for rent a good two
horse farm, fifty-five acres, all
stumped and in high state of cul
tivation. See or write me at
once. D. S. Williamson,
2-13tf. U valda, Ga.
Get Your
Corn Ground.
For the Very Best Meal—made
quick—call at our mills in Ailey,
where we operate two of the
celebrated Meadows Grist Mills.
Your patronage is solicited and
8 itisfaction guaranteed.
H. V. Thompson & Bros.
Ailey, Ga.
Live Stock
Insurance
Insure your horse in an old
old and reliable company. IjOW
rates —less than two cents a day
—will guarantee prompt payment
of claim. Mo assessments to pay
and no risks to run. I represent
the Atlantic Horse Insurance Co.
of Providence, R. I. Call and
look into the plan.
H. L. WILT, MT. VERNON, GA.
W. B. GRIMES,
Blacksmith & Repair
' Works,
ALSTON, GEORGIA.
All Claeses of Repair Work Work
Quickly and Correctly Done.
Bring Me Your Work.
FARM
MACHINERY
If you want Host
Prices on Mowers,
Rakes, Disc Harrows,
Grain Drills, Buggies
and Wagons, see
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
PIANO . TUNING.
If your Piano is worth anything,
it is worth EXPERT TUNING. I
Any other kind will ruin it. I
have a diploma, and guarantee
all work. Write, and 1 will call.
ORGANS REPAIRED.
Charles L. Hamilton,
MT. VERNON. GA.
MONEY TO LOAN
On Improved Farms in
Montgomery County at, u Small
Rate of Interest.
J. E. Hall, Soperton.
Money! Money!
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we ask is to get our rate before
making application to some one
else for we can save you I to 2
per cent, interest. Loans closed
without delay. Write us and we
will come to see you.
The Lyons Loan j nd
Abstract Company
LYONS. GA,
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
| Will Practice in all the Courts of
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