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The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXIX.
STATE TAX RATE
IS CUT DOWN
Governor Slaton’s Tax Re
form Helps —First Re
duction In Years.
Atlanta, Aug. 24. —The tax
rate of the state of Georgia has
been lowered from five mills to
four and one-half mills, the
change being the direct result of
the equalization act passed by
the legislature in 1913.
This means that the people of
the state will now pay only four
dollars and a half on each SI,OOO
of taxable property, or an ap
proximate saving of $1,000,000 a
year. The reduction was an
nounced after a conference held
on Monday afternoon between
Governor John M. Slaton and
Comptroller General William A.
Wright.
The revenue of the state from
this source, less the cost of col
lection will be $4,030,280, and
revenue from other sources in
cluding the lease money from the
Western and Atlantic railroad,
will be $2,069,318, or a total of
$6,099,598. The regular appro
priations for 1914 amount to
$5,939,878, with extras of $134,-
720, or a total of $6,074,595, leav
ing a balance of over $25,000.
Governor Slaton expressed his
gratification, saying that this
was the first time in years that
the tax rate had been cut, and
that his promise to the people of
Georgia had now been fulfilled.
In the report of Judge John
Hart, tax equalizer, it is stated
that the total increase of proper
ty values subject to advalorem
taxes is approximately $83,000,-
000.—Atlanta Bureau, Macon
Telegraph.
Mrs. Saffold Dead.
The many friends of Mrs. Saf
fold, wife of Col. A. C. Saffold,
died at her home in Cochran on
Saturday afternoon about 3:00
o’clock. Remains were brouhgt
down to Kibbee and taken to thd
Ferguson cemetery, where the
interment took place on Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Saffold was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, Augustus Col
lins, both deceased, Mrs. Collins
having recently been buried at
the same place. Col. and Mrs.
Saffold recently resided in Mt.
Vernon, and this this is the home
of her girlhood. She leaves three
children, besides numerous rel
atives.
Horse Meat Sells at
SI a Pound in Berlin.
Paris, Aug. 22.—According to
information received here from
Berlin, the German capital is be
ginning to feel the pinch of hung
er. The price of provisions has
mounted enormously and dairy
produce and vegetables are sel
dom seen by those of moderate
means.
In some sections of the city
horse meat is selling at the equiv
alent of $1 a pound.
Towns Will Protest
Change in Schedule.
Americus, Ga., Aug. 22.
Americus, Cordele, Plains, Les
lie, Preston, DeSota, Rochelle and
Abbeville will all be represented
by delegations appearing collec
tively before the railroad com
mission next Tuesday to protest
against the petition of the Sea
board railway to take off all of
its night passenger and mail
trains on this .division.
The eight important towns are
those most directly affected and
will make vigorous protest
against the proposed annulment
of these important passenger
schedules.
| Brewton-Parker Institute
Begins Fall Term Soon.
Plans for the opening of the
! fall term of Brewton-Parker In- j
stitute are well under way, am.
the big school is to be open on
i Tuesday, Sept. Bth.
1 It is important that pupils en- j
ter at the very beginning of the |
term. Wars will come and wars |
' j will go, but your boy and yourj
. girl can ouly pass hut once
I through the period of school age, 1
and nothing should induce pa-1
, rents to allow the golden oppor- i
tunity to pass.
We hope to give a more com
plete notice of the ope ing next j
week.
Dr. Patterson Dies
Suddenly at Baxley.
Baxley, Ga., Aug. 22.—Dr. B.
H. Patterson, aged sixty-seven,
worshipful master of the local
lodge of Masons, dropped dead
on the street here today just af
ter signing a report of the re
count of tickets between C. B.
Coyner and J. P. Highsmith in
, the judgeship race.
No Cotton for Him.
Americus, Aug. 25. —A 1,200-
acre Sumter county plantation up
on which not one stalk of cotton
grows is a remarkable condition
here. T. M. Lowrey, formerly
.! mayor of Seneca, S. C,, now a
prosperous planter here, has a
' $40,000 plantation investment and
operates twenty plows. He pre- 1
fers producing grain and raising
meat rather than following the
accustomed all-cotton schedule
and this year planted a thousand
acres in oats, wheat, corn and
smaller crops. Not a stalk of I
cotton was planted. In conse
quence Mr. Lowrey has produced
wonderful crops of grain and hay
which will command war prices,
while he is not worrying over
governmental assistance in mark
eting cotton, as are other farm
! ers. The Lowrey plan meets gen-:
t J eral endorsement just now.
Donalson Confirmed.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 25. —
‘ The senate in executive session,
■ yesterday confirmed the appoint
’ ment of Erie M. Donalson, of
Bain bridge, Ga., as United States
district attorney for the southern
. district of Georgia, to succeed |
, Alexander Akerman, of Macon, j
.. Mr. Donalson will immediately
! remove, with his family from
Bid abridge to Savannah and take
j up his new duties.
There was no opposition to the
• appointment of the new district
} attorney, and his name was cor
j firmed in a session lasting but a
few minutes, and following an
appeal from Senator Hoke Smith.
. Thomas Eason, of Mcßae, will
r be named assistant to Mr. Don
alson, in accordance with the
a expressed wishes of the late Sen-;
j ator A. O. Bacon.
~
Card From Mr. Hughes.
To the Citizens of Montgomery
County and the Twelfth Con
gressional District:
Deeply grateful for the renew
ed expression of confidence, as
expressed by the ballot in the re
- cent primary, I desire to return
1 a word of sincere thanks. Such
1 an endorsement at the hands of
- the people of the Twelfth district'
- will ever be appreciated by your
t servant, and the determination
- to serve you faithfully and ef
f fectively will ever be foremost
1 in his mind. I am sensible of
the responsibilities of the trust
j and hope to fully measure up to
1 the anticipations of my constitu
t ents throughout the district,
t Respectfully,
r Dudley M. Hughes.
Washington, D. G\, Aug. 21, 1914.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 27, 1914.
'County Committee Adopts
Consistent Resolutions.
—1
RULES OF THE STATE COMMITTEE GIVEN IN ,
SUBSTANTIATION OF ACTION OF COUNTY :
COMMITTEE.—DELEGATES TO BE SEATED. (
!
The Purpose.
Pursuant to the rules of the
State Democratic Executive Com
! mittee, the Montgomery County
: Democratic Executive Committee
I met at the court house at noon
last Thursday to consolidate the
■ returns of the primary held on
j the 19th. Following the c •nso'
; idation of the vote of Montgom
ery county, the result was de
clared, the most of the winners
! having been given in last, issue
of the county paper. In this is
will be seen the vote in full for
Montgomei y county.'
Having delayed the paper sev
eral hours last week in order to
give the result, in general, it was
found impossible to reproduce a
resolution adopted by the county
commits . about noon Thursday, i
and this will be seen in full to-,
day.
The Authority.
To those who have read the i
rules of the State Executive
Committee, the action of the j
county committee is clear and j
concise, following the letter and
spirit of the State Committee, j
However, some dissatisfaction j
! having arisen among certain Fel-j
der and Hardwick supporters as 1
to the personnel of the Montgom -
ery county delegation to the
State Convention, Rules Nos. 9|
and 10 of the State Exexutive
Committee as herewith repro
duced and cited as authority for
and substantiation of the county
committee. The delegation ap
pointed by this committee have
been properly credentialed and
will represent Montgomery coun-1
|ty in the Stat? Convention in
Macon September Ist., regard-1
: less of eiforts to the contrary.
If the rules of the State Commit
tee are wrong, the new commit
tee may adopt different plans for
the future government of elec
tions, but the present rules will
prevail for the corning conven
tion.
Elsewhere in this issue will lie
seen an unsigned call for a meet
\ ing here Saturday. Let the pub
i lie explicitly understand that the
: county paper, owned and operat
ed under Democratic principles,!
'is in no manner responsible for
this call, which is published as a
paid advertisement only, and
having no connection, as far as
can be determined, with any ex
pressed ideas of the county com
i mittee. Their action is final, le
! gal, definite, and will not be
amended by another authority
less than the State Convention.
■ ”
The Resolution.
I, M. B. Calhoun, chairman of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Montgomery County,
Georgia, do hereby certify that
j the following is a true and cor
rect copy of a resolution passed
by said Executive Committee
this da>, to wit:
“WHEREAS, There were
more than two candidates for
some of tne offices ' voted for in
the State Democratic Primary
election held in this state on the
19th day of Aug., 1914, and
“Whereas, It is probable
that in some of the contests no
candidate received in the state
'sufficient delegates to be nomi
nated on the first ballot in the
State Convention, and
“Whereas, It is further proba
ble that it will be left for the
i delegates in said State Con vention
. to finally nominate a candidate
lor several of the offices voted
for in said State primary election,
and
“Whereas, It is the wish of
the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee of Montgomery County >
that the will of the people of our
county may be carried out by the |
delegates we select to represent (
us in said State Convention as
nearly as possible, therefore, be it ‘
“Resolved, By the Democratic ‘
Executive Committee of Mont- 1
gomery County i at we instruct 1
the delegates sc I < ted to repre- 1
sent Montgomery County in said
State Convention to vote for the
candidates receiving the highest j
or plurality vote in Montgomery ;
county as long as said candi
date’s name is by said candidate ,
allowed to remain before said:
Convention; and be it further
“Resolved, By sa jl Democratic j‘
Executive Commit ee that we 1
further instruct said delegates, ;
in case any candidate for any of; I
fice receiving the highest or pin- ;
raiity vote withdraws his name ,
|as such candidate, to vote for ‘
the candidate receiving the next '
highest vote in Montgomery t
' county as long as his name is be- |
fore the Convention. ,
“Adopted by the Democratic
Executive Committee of Mont- <
j gomery County in convention as- '
sembled this 20lh day of August, (
1914. It
“M. B. Calhoun, .
“Chin. Dem. Ex. Committee
j Montgomery County, Georgia.’’ ‘
;
Rule Nine.
i
“Each county democratic ex
ecutive committee snail select }
j from among the friends and sup
porters of the successful earnii
! date for governor in each county :
delegates to the state convention
in the ratio of two for each of ;
said county’s representatives in
the general assembly, with alter
nates, and said delegates shall be '
instructed to cast the vote for
such county for the successful
candidates for*. United States
I senator, governor, statehouse of- (
ficers, including justices of the
I supreme court and court of ap-j 1
peals,-judges, el -ct.era. It shall |‘
| be the duty of each county chair- 1
i man in advance of the conven- j
I tion to furnish the secretary of ,
I this committee with the names
of the delegates and the alt; r- 1
nates appointed, and it shall also '
be the duty of such chairman to
provide such delegates and alter- <
nates with written credentials,
provided no county shall be en
titled to more delegates than
votes to which it is entitled in 1
the convention with a like num
ber of alternates.
___________ i j
Rule Ten. : I
“The purpose of the primary I'
election being to determine the j
will of the members of the par-;
ty in the various counties as to j
candidates and party policies that,;.
will so nearly as it is ascertained, j
shall be conformed and adhered j,
to.
The unit rule shall prevail in- ',
violablv- in making nominations'
of candidates or all offices filled
by state-wide vote.
1 Those entitled to receive a net-!
1 jority of unit vo" s for the norni
nations sought so II be declared
the nominees of the democratic,
party for the offices in question;
and in each case the unit, candi
date shall be counted for such j
candidate.
If any two persons receive, or I
are entitled to receive, the saim‘ ' (
number of unit votes for any 1
nomination, the one who re- j :
ceived the largest number of.
popular votes in said primary
shall be declared the nominee.’’
I t
Gone, But Not Forgotten, j,
William had not been in the
other world long When Georye
j wooed and won the promise of
his widow, relates Judge,
i “Do you iove me, sweetheart? ’
asked George.
“Yes, dear,” cooed the widow, j 1
“Better than anybody on;
earth?” persisted he, after the
foolish manner of lovers.
“Yes, ” she answered, “better
than anyone on eaith; but,
George, don’t ask me'about)
( heaven.” J
Girl’s Body Found
Buried In Sand.
San Francisco, Aug. 24. |
Buried in the sand a mile from
her home at Carmel-by-the-Sea,
the body of Helena Wood Smith,
a young artist who disappeared:
two weeks ago was found yester
day.
1 )eath had been caused by
strangulation,
George Kodani, a Japanese
photographer under arrest here,
confessed that lie had murdered
Helena Wood Smith, a New York
artist, who had been living in the
colony of writers and painters at
Carmel- by-the-Sea.
French Guns Bring
Down Air Ships.
Paris, Aug. 24.—As an evi
dence of the deadly fire of the
French artillery, the War Office,
announced today that four Ger
man Zeppelins and six German
aeroplanes have been destroyed
by the French guns, and that j
another aeroplane was captured
at Cerney and taken to Belfort,
where it was added to the collec
tion of trophies that are to be]
placed at the foot of the Alsace I
monument.
As the Zeppelins are valued at
$300,000 each, this means that
Germany already has 105t51,200,-
000 worth of dirigibles. The
aeroplanes cost about $5,000
each, adding $35,000 to the loss
so far sustained by Germany
through destruction tor capture of
its aerial ships.
The Zeppelins seem unable to
rise to a point out of range of
the wonderful French artillery,
and as they vary in length from
300 to 500 feet, they make size-!
able targets.
Argument Concerning
S. A. L. Trains.
Atlanta, Aug. 25. Arguments
for and against the discontin
uance of the through night trains
operated by the Seaboard Air
Line from Savannah to Mont
gomery were heard here today by
the Railroad Commission. The
commission will render its de
cision later.
Luke P. Pettus and I*. C. Ma
son of Savannah supported the
petition of the railroad, that it to
be allowed to substitute two lo
cal trains for the night through
trains. They declared that the
local day service would be of
great benefit to Savannah mer
chants and would bring trade to
Savannah which now goes else
where.
The petition was opposed by
the Macon News and by towns
along the line of the road from
Richland to Helena, who de
clared that the new arrangement
would be less convenient for
them.
From Mr. Underwood.
To friends who supported me
in my race for representative, I
hereby express my thanks. Al
though defeated, I feel as grate
ful to those who remained loyal
to me as if I had been elected. I
began the race willing to abide
the results cheerfully and with
out a murmur. The people have
spoken, and 1 bow to the decis
ion. Congratulations to all the
hoys in the race; they made game
fights. I made the best fight I
could; my conscience is clear, be
cause I resorted to no unfair
means or dirty politics to get
votes. I trust that Mr. Gillis will
make a good representative, and
if I can be of assistance to him
it will he a pleasure to me. I
express my appreciation to my
friends in this way, but hope in
the course of time to be able to
show my gratitude in a more
tangible form.
Yours very truly,
L. C. Undekwood. 1
THE PRIMARY VOTE
IN MONTGOMERY.
Figures Showing Just What
Vote Each Candidate
Receiyed.
The following table of figures
, will show the result of the pri
mary* in Montgomery county.
The average reader is familiar
with the various candidates and
offices for which they ran, from
governor to representative, hence
the full name and title of the of
fice are not given. The figures are
interesting and worth preserving
for reference:
Anderson, 322
Hardman, 111
Harris, 720
Brown, 368
Smith, 786
Cooper, 21
Felder, 485
Hardwick, 204
Hutchens, 76
Slaton, 363
; Cook, 1110
Roberts, 332
Wright, 798
I Grice, 782
Walker, 359
Park, ' 726
Speer, 412
; Bowden, 290
Brittain, 848
Lindsey, 1140
Flanders, 627
Rainey, 394
Tippins, 111
Brown, 292
! Price, 847
Stanley, 1218
Evans, 992
Hill, 898
Russell, 1122
Broyles, 380
Stephens, 577
Terrell, 173
Wade, 1028
| McLendon, 650
Trammell, 497
Clements, 331
Hughes, 817
Gillis, 586
Adams, 147
Moseley, 15
Underwood, 373
Lanier, 35
Card of Thanks.
With the deepest sense of grat
itude for kind friends on the
Hill, Ailey, Mt. Vernon and else
where, who have symphathized
with us and so generously aided
us in the recent loss of our home
by fire, we take this medium of
expressing to them our heartfelt
appreciation and thanks.
Truly our hearts are over
whelmed and we can only wish
for them similar kindness should
such a misfortune befall them.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. D. Lee and
family.
Shot by Older Brother.
Dublin, Ga., Aug. 22.- Ralph
Hattaway, the nine-year-old son
of Street Superintendent S. J.
Hattaway of this city, was acci
dentally shot Friday by his older
brother, S. J., Jr., while the two
, boys were playing with a pistol
which they had found. The ball
entered the thigh of the right
leg, passed through the flesh,
came out and lodged in the thigh
of the left leg. The boy was giv
en medical attention at once and
will recover.
Jack was Ready.
Standing by the entrance of a
large estate in the suburbs of
Dublin are two huge dogs, car
ved out of granite. An English
man going by in a motor car
thought he would have some fun
with the Irish driver.
“How often do they feed those
big dogs?"
“Whenever they bark, sir,’was
1 Jack’s ready reply.
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