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THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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Mount Vernon. Thursday Morning, July 3, 1913.
If you are not inclined to cele
brate tomorrow you can, at least,
keep sober.
Tomorrow is the great Fourth.
Our people will celebrate in their
hearts the anniversary of our in
dependence.
With the congress of the Uni
ted States anti the Georgia legis
ture running in full blast some
thing ought to lie ground out for
the good of the common people.
The drought of more than ten |
weeks in this immediate section j
has made the outlook serious for
our farmers and business men.
Hut we will pull through any-1
how.
We are under obligations to
Hon. 11. M. Stanley, Commission
er of Commerce and Labor, for a
copy of his highly interesting
report on the great industries of
this great state.
Os course the legislature will
not have time to take it up, but
there ought to he a law to pre
vent Atlanta lawyers from try
ing their cases in the newspapers
instead V>f the courts.
In our demands for tax equali
zation, don’t let any Montgomery
county man he deceived. A just
valuation and an equal assess
ment means lower taxes every
time for the honest man.
With taxes equalized so that
the conscientious poor man will
have help in bearing the burdens
of government, state finances
will take can* of themselves. It’s
the millions that are scarcely
taxed at all in Georgia that should
help to till tin* state treasury.
Tin* farm lands of this section
are always good for two crops a
year. In the densely populated
countries like China and Japan
one crop is never harvested be
fore another is started on the
land. Wo have advantages that
the most optomistic riter has
not touched.
Corn club boys should remem
ber that the national department
of agriculture is showing more
interest every year in their work.
While working for the prizes and
in your own interests, you are
unconsciously doing your part in
the greatest reform work agri
culture has ever witnessed.
Georgia’s Democratic platform
for 1912 speaks in no meaning
less sentences on the tax ques
tion, when it says: “All proper
ty should bear in equal measure
its share of taxes. None should
l*e taxed excessively and none
should be permitted to escape
taxation.
We recommend that the legis
lature at its next session make
provision for putting into practi
cal effect the above undeniably
correct principles of govern
ment.’’
Governor Slaton sums up the
demands of the people for tax
equalization in his inaugural ad
dress in the following clear lan
guage: “It cannot be denied
that injustice is done when otn
man pays taxes on 10 per cent ol
the value of his property, whilt
another pays on f>o per cent.
Equalization of taxes, either
through the enforcement of pres
ent laws, or now correctives, s*
that each may bear his propoi
tionate burden, would not mean
the increase of taxes upon any
one now performing his duty, but
would rather mean the lighten
ing of his unfair portion of tin
load.” i
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Hawkinsville Dispatch-News:
It is said that some folks are
trying very hard to disturb busi-1
ness. We don’t know* whether
that is true or not, hut if it is as
dull everywhere else as it is
down in this neck of the woods
i there is not much business todis
i turb.
Macon Telegraph: —Well, the
old hoys who have been in office
so long can’t get used to the idea
of a Democratic administration.
That’s the trouble with McNabb.
They feel a sort of proprietor
ship of things.
Graymont Hustler; —We can
conceive of no higher duty de-j
volving upon the publisher of a
newspaper than that of promot
ing the material, social and mor
al welfare of the community of
which it is a part.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch-—lt
now looks like Georgia is going
to have a lobby this summer over
the many new county movements
that will almost reach the limit
set by the sugar interests In
Washington.
Telfair Enterprise:—Governor
Slaton will enter upon the dis
charge of his duties as governor
well equipped, and less handi
capped by the factional spirit
that has prevailed in Georgia
than any governor we have had
for years. May his term be suc
cessful in the highest truest
sense, and may all Georgians
rally to his support.
Darien Gazette:—There is too
much ignorance of Georgia and
if compulsory education is the
remedy why give it to us quick!
Ignorance breeds crime but un
der our laws ignorance is no ex
cuse for crime.
At lan ta Journal: Congress
men should take heart, for the
first Georgia watermelons are
moving northward.
Savannah Press:—We won’t
get free sugar for a couple of
years yet. That will give a chance
for the planter to grow another
| crop of sugar beets and for the
lobbyists to turn out another lot
of dead-beats.
Fitzgerald Press:—What a
great country this would be if we
only realized our natural advan
tages. The South can produce
corn, hay, wheat, oats, cattle,
mules, pork and practically every
thing grown in the north, east
and west. But these sections
cannot produce a pound of our
cotton. What an advantage we
have and how poorly we use it!
Monroe Advertiser:—Now that j
the Legislature is in session and
most of the hot air has beenj
transferred from the various sec
tions of Georgia to Atlanta, per
haps the temperature in the rest!
of Georgia will be lowered.
Amerieus Times-Recorder:—
Already the prize acres of the
Sumter county boy corn growers
look like they will beat the state. ]
Valdosta Times:- The Georgia;
law makers are not wasting ver>
much time in getting down to"
business, which fact indicates!
that the present legislature is go
ing to be a busy one all of the!
way through.
Way cross Herald:—Each day
inches us nearer to the great and
glorious Fourth the time for the
reading of the declaration of in
dependence. which 999,000 out of
every million of us would not
know if we met it in the middle
iof the road.
the Montgomery monitor— Thursday, jury s, i9is.
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P asperity.
Prospects for a large corn crop
were never better in this section.
A large oat crop has already been
harvested, and the outlook for
an average cotton crop is fine.
With the efforts being made by
the farmers and bankers, a fair
price is practically assured. It is
now up to the farmers to make
all the hay, peas, cane, potatoes,
etc., they need —and then some.
With all these farm products
! in plenty, there is no reason why
, Georgia, and especially South
j Georgia, should not experience
the most prosperous fall and win
! ter that she has ever had.
To put in a good pea crop and
! prepare for good hay crop, YOU
need a good reversible disc liar
row. To cut and har "*st this
I crop YOU need and owe it to
yourself to obtain a good mower
and rake and a good steel hay
press. To haul and market all
j these good things YOU need and
must have a good, strong, light
running wagon. To ride about
i and have a good time while these
: things are growing in the hot
August days, YOU need and owe
it to yourself to get a handsome,
strong, light-running and dura
ble buggy. To cook all the good
things YOU expect or should ex
pect to raise, you owe it. to the
lady of your home A GOOD,
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RANGE OR STOVE. To make
your home look comfortable, hos
pitable and inviting, YOU need
and owe it to your family, your
friends and and yourself a well
selected assortment of tasty new
furniture.
Before buying any of these,
however, you should call and see
the line carried by THE SOPER
TON HARDWARE CO. They
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Wiregrass Georgia and are pre
pared to sell as low as the low
est (either for cash or good pa
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service. They most cordially in
vite you to call and see them
whether you wish to buy or not.
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Big Tomato Yield.
From a quarter of an acre of
tomatoes on his farm at Kissim
mee, Fla.. A. L. King has sold
$227.75 worth and will have sev
eral crates more to sell. In
about two weeks Mr. King will
plant velvet beans on the land
and in the fall will plant it in po
tatoes.
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