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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1913)
rAor\tgorr\&ry Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORIiAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Entend at tin- P<iht«>flie*- iri Mt. Vernon. (Ja. a« Second-Class Mail Matter. H. H. FOLSOM, Editor and owner. S' a Vear, in Advance l.'cnl R'lvertmirncMtH miwt invariably Unpaid in advance, at tie- 1ok»* rate, and a, tie- law dirnnta; amt rntiat be in band not lat.-r than Wednesday niorninjf of tlie firat week .f insertion Mount Vernon. Ga.. Thursday Morning, Aug. 7, 1913. What do the corn club boys say to a corn show in Mt. Vernon about November? The state medical practice hill is on the right line and ought to he made a law. What has become of Japan with her bristling guns, invinci ble armadas and Japanese lan terns all lit up? In spite of the politicians and th<* croakers, there will he good times in Georgia before hog-kill ing time is over. It is too far ahead to say whether the government of Mex ico will fall into other hands be fore the dog days are out. It is said that general business is waiting on tariir legislation. We are waiting on that dollar you owe us for subscription. It is said that Iluerto will not take the advice of other nations. All right, Hu. You will wake up some night and find that your hide* will not hold a bundle of pampas grass. • m Availability is sho.ving itself in the lower house of the general assembly. Men are sent there liecause of their availability who are not capable of legislating for a game of murnblepeg. The fact that occasionally a moving picture theater in At lanta has to go into bankruptcy is accounted for by the fact that the I’hagan case furnishes all that the public wants in the real article. That little jamboree up in Washington, sometimes referred to as the U. S. Congress, is a very diminutive potato when put along side Atlanta with the Geor gia legislature and the l’hagan case both in session. Right now is the time for our farmers to get together on a plan to save their meat next winter. A simple home made refrigerator and a block of ice will prevent such losses as many sustained last winter. A few dollars spent may save hundreds. It is a direct money loss to any county or community when con tinually wrangling over politics. If the time spent in divisions and strife could be applied to better ing our condition by legitimate methods, Montgomery county would soon he one of the banner counties of Georgia. The highest attainments in farming will not be reached in Montgomery county until stock raising is combined with and be comes a part of our agricultural system. Figure as you will, but a fertile soil must be the first thing to he secured, and that can only come as a permanent condi tion by stock that returns to the fields the fertility that is contin ually being taken away by our present methods. The right kind of tax equaliza tion will make lower taxes for every honest tax payer. The question of right and justice in the matter demands a fairer sys tem. and is of far more impor tance than the mere question of raising state revenues. The in fernal injustice of making the honest ixx>r man bear five to ten times his share of tax burdens must be apparent to every one — except that striker in the general assembly who shouted to his fel lows last week that if they un dertook to remedy the evil, “you’ll not come here again.’ “ TTYYfYYfYYYYWTYYYYYYYYY* ► < ► Gleanings From * t Wisdom’s Field. \ t 1 •AAAiAAAiAAAAAAAiAIiAAAAAk Walton News: On all sides people may be heard to express themselves to the effect that next time they vote for a man for the Legislature or any other office they will first ascertain I where he stands on all public ! questions. This might have been done to great advantage years ago in many cases. Fitzgerald Press: —When Sen ator Hoke Smith came down to Atlanta last week to make a I speech he could scarcely turn | around for the office seekers, stepping on some of their toes, which will begin to give pain later on. Rome Tribune: A Savannah man who came home at \ a. m. was shot by his wi/e. No well trained husband will stay out later than 3 o’clock, Savannah time. Graymont Hustler: Isn’t it a good thing that politics were not Iso hot during the recent hot spell? If the heat from our coun ity politics had combined with the heat of the sun we expect that many of us would have been sun stroke. Monroe Advertiser:—We can not but admire the position taken by Senator Bacon in refusing to Ivave the Senate’s sessions at Washington and come home to address the Georgia legislature. He realizes that his place is at his post of duty. Adel News:—Every county needs a board of tax equalizers. Until we have some system in regard to the tax matters, we will continue to have property re turned at widely divergent val ; lies. Darien Gazette:—Reformers ; should he examined and then li censed if they are of the worthy sort. The loud-mouth reformer is generally the fellow who is in the* ax-grinding business. Pro tect the people. Wayeross Herald: ‘ ‘Where was the Garden of Eden?” is the !question asked by a North Caro lina newspaper. Right here in Ware county and the “old place hasn’t changed a bit.” Greensboro Herald-Journal: — Georgia already has the second largest number of counties of any state in the union. The proposed new county fights bring about a county and faction al feeling that even time cannot efface. Savannah Press: Jewels do not seem to be safe at Northern watering resorts. The thieves are so busy that the women are afraid to leave the rooms to go turkey-trotting. Telfair Enterprise:—We want to see that Chamber of Commerce organized, lnditference has kill ed many a town with bright pros pects, while on the other hqnd many towns with less advantage and jHH'rer prospects than Mc- Rae has, have made great cities. Dublin Courier-Dispatch:—lt is now said that scientists believe that it was a quince and not an apple that Eve ate. Well, it dosen’t matter so much, after all, she ate something that caused a whole lot of trouble. That's the point. Valdosta Times: Mrs. Bryan lias left Washington for her home in Lincoln, Neb., to put up her fruit. It is said that her hus band has hit the Chautauqua cir cuit again to get the sugar. THE MONTGOMERY MOXTTOR-THURSDAY, AUG. 7. 1913 State Progress and Pinebark Patriots. What is the civic destiny of the great state of Georgia? We do not rise to point to her doom as a soverign state or to question her form of government, as far as form is concerned, but call attention to the reckless and daring methods adopted by a large element of her legislative body This element has been held up to public ridicule and censure by the state press year in and year out, and the demands of private citizens have gone un heeded, and these remarks, should they come to the members in question, would but fall on deaf ears. • But the people—the state at large will it not wake up some day and cast off the coils of the office-seeker and the arrogant leader whose only concern is for himself and the clan with which he is affiliated? Taken us a whole, "the conduct of the house of representatives, which has spent the greater part of the present session in either wrang ling or inactivity, is questionable to a marked degree. With the session almost ended, and a num ber of important measures al ready choked to death or robbed of their prime value as laws, it is doubtful if the state will re ceive anything of merit at their | hands. But the extreme has been j reached, and certain despotic members—self-elected leaders, as it were—now seek to bribe those of the weaker set and force them into further indifference toward one of the most important meas ures which this body has found courage to undertake in several years —tax equalization, and the untold benefits that would ac crue. This bill has been care fully prepared by some of the brainiest men in the House, and its merits are fully appreciated by their colleagues who have the interest of the state at heart. But what of its fate,? These self-appointed leaders, joined by the weak-kneed contingent, who have been taught to respect their own interests, have succeeded in stripping it of its virtue by elimi nating the more salient provis , ions. What defeated the merits of this important bill a few days ago? Nothing but opposition to the state’s progress and welfare by those who were elected to prepare laws for the state. One who has not read the daily pro ceedings of this body will wonder how such a measure, so badly needed, received its death blow at the hands of a body chosen for its intelligence and patriotism. 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The man who dictated their action knew their minds and had no difficulty in appealing to them. He knew the needs of his state, too, but the privileges of his colleagues (those who are bought by personal privileges) were too apparent to be super ceded by the welfare of the state, and his order was obeyed. Thus it is. The elective fran chise, by which these lawmakers are awarded places of honor, is trampled under feet; the state is ordered to stand aside, whatever its needs, while the privileged ones in high places dance to the music of a good time and liaunt their inditi'erence at the helpless public. Before election many of these pimpering lords are profuse in their desire to save the state from wreck and ruin, assuming more obligations than they can count (and remember). After election they feel free to cater to their own pleasure and welfare, and when seized by characteris tic spells of indifference, then it is that the leaders (?) boldly whip the still weaker members into line by forcibly reminding them that their interests will be jeopardized by the passage of a measure of state-wide benefit. Rather than sacrifice the summer revelry and the brilliant opportu nities for self-advancement, they drown their consciences with greed, and grasp at any thought calculated to keep they in office, for “pass this bill and you will go home and be defeated for of fice sure.” But what of the state? Killed Big Rattler. Tifton, Ga., Aug. 3.—The gi ant rattlesnake for this seccion of the state was killed yesterday by J. I. Cotney, a young farmer who lives about four miles north of Tifton, The snake measured exactly seven feet from the tip of its nose to the end of its rat tles and was thirteen inches in circumference. 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