The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, July 08, 1915, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextNEW USE FOUND NOW FOR COTTON Large Quantity Being Used In Making of High Explosives. Cotton is being blown up now at a faster rate than at any pre vious time in the history of the world. The use of gun-cotton in up-to-date warfare is enormous, being used largely in the high high explosives; for instance, the English cordite is 37 per cent gun-cotton. United States ordnance experts estimate that every time one of the big 15-inch guns of Uncle Sam’s navy goes off there is one less bale of cotton, or 500 pounds. One discharge of the 12-inch gun consumes 300 pounds of cotton. Those same experts figure that it requires one pound of cotton to make one pound of gun-cotton, the loss in weight being account ed for in the treating of cotton in a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids. One of them estimates that 4,000,000 men on the firing line use up about 40,000 bales of cotton in a week in fair ly actiyefighting, although guess es on that score are necessarily vague. Powder companies have been very large buyers of cotton. — The Wall Street Journal. It Was the Cat. A dispatch from Caldwell, N. J., to the New York Press tells the amusine - story of a cat and an idle caller: Herman Oboski, a farm labor er, finished his chores and called on his sweetheart, Lena Sloski, a servant in the home of T. Wil ford Hunter. In sneaking out at a - m -> Herman stepped on the family cat. The yowling awoke Hunter, and in trying to come down stairs he fell, making a terrific racket. Lena screamed “Burglars!” meaning Hunter. Hunter rolled into Obloski, who was trying to swat the cat with a chair. He thought Obloski was the burglar and pushed the Polish lover into a closet and locked the door. He phoned central to get the chief of police. Central couldn't find him. . So she called everybody in town and everybody turned out. Fifteen men pound ing on iron trolley pole 3 with clubs woke up the police force. All started for Hunter’s home. Horace Todd joined the party with his double-barreled shotgun. He pulled the trigger to see if it was loaded. It was. He shot off the toe of his shoe and scared ev erybody half to death. But on they went. At Hunter’s front gate they met Hunter and Ob loski, who had been exonerated of burglarious intentions by Le na. All he was after, she said, was heart, and that wasn’t bur glary. Just nerve. Lightning Kills Child Near Georgia Line. Columbus, Ga., July 4.—Estes Pritchet, aged 9 years, was kill ed by lightning, and his older brother struck and badly injured late yesterday at their home at Wacoochee, Ala., north of Co lumbus,, during a severe rain and wind storm. A second storm hit Columbus district early today, inundating a half hundred houses, causing interruption in street car and railroad traffic and some damage to crops, etc. The rain fall was the heaviest in years. Some Kid, Hey? The schoolmaster wanted to know why Jim had absented himself from school for a whole week. “But he’s past his fourteenth year, ain’t he?” said Jim’s moth er. “And me an’ 'is father think he has had schoolin’ enough.” “Nonsense, said the school master. “I didn’t finish my edu cation till I was eighteen.” “Oh,” said Jim’s mother, “but our Jim’s got brains.” Smell of New-cut Wheat Makes the Girls Marry. Parsons and justices of the peace in Kansas are garnering a golden harvest while workers in the fields are garnering the wheat. The reason is that so many eligi ble college boys are making vaca tion money by bringing in the sheaves, and so many pretty girls live on Kansas farms. Giv en a college boy with a soft heart, a pretty farmer girl whose dad has many acres of more-than-a dollar wheat, a Kansas moon, the smell of new cut wheat, the hour after a big Kansas supper and it isn’t surprising that many wed dings follow. From Smith coun ty, Kansas, come reports of an unusually big wedding crop. Fond mothers of college boys may hereafter forbid their dar lings to go to Kansas when the wheat is ripe and the girls are, too; but is not a wealthy farmer’s daughter as likely to make the right sort of wife as the city girl who knows nothing of cooking, of how money is made, or much else except the latest dance steps and styles?—Savannah News. Modern Miracles. The gasoline engine, which made possible the Hying machine and the automobile, has arisen and come to perfection within the lifetime of men who are still in college. Will there be any other wonders equal to this for the generation who are babies now to see? One day last month, in Indianapolis, a young man moved upon the earth at the rate of 90 miles an hour for several hours. Barring an occasional stretch of a few minutes on a few miles of railroad, this is the fastest mo tion of a human being on the surface of the earth. For time measured in hours, this generali zation is certainly true. Com pared to what this modest young American did, the chariot races of Rome were the awkward play thing of babies. Ralph De Pal ma’s official record on the Merce des car was 500 miles in 5 hours 33 minutes and 551 seconds, the average speed being 89.84 miles an hour. The minute mechani cal perfection that has been achieved by the automobile mak ers during the past few years is suggested by the fact that only four years ago, in 1911, the record was 74.59 miles an hour. In the race this year the tenth car beat the fastest car of 1911. Among these ten cars, six were Ameri can built. The young man who did this unprecedented thing at Indianapolis is Italian born. He came to America when he was six years old, never drinks alco hol, never smokes and leads the life of clean restraint which makes his nerves and muscles possible. Compared to him, the fat Neros who used to plug around the coliseum were pikers.—Col lier’s Weekly. Kansas Cop Wears Number 15 Shoes. The largest pair of shoes ever made in Kansas City now adorn the feet of Samuel D. Crowley, the big patrolman who guards pedestrians at Eleventh and Main streets. The shoes are size 15 and are 151 inches in length. Across they are 137 inches, and the instep measures 14 inches. Eeach shoe weighs lj J pounds. “I have been in the shoe busi ness fifteen years,” said C. W. Crow, who made the shoes, “and I must confess that Patrolman Crowley has the largest “Tril bies” I ever measured. I sent east for a special last to make the shoes.” Crowley is the largest man in department. He weighs 320 pounds and stands 6 feet 6 inch es in his stocking feet. — Kansas City Cor. New York Sun. Farm Loans. I am in position to close some good farm loans, from SIOOO up, at once. If you need money, see A. B. Hutcheson, 415tf * Mt. Vernon, Ga. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1315 WHY SHOULD WOMEN VOTE? WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF LEADING FARMERS, Why should women vote? That Is the question that Is ringing from ocean to ocean and reverberating from the Canadian boundary to the Mexi can border. It is the mission of a newpaper to give the news and the action of the Texas Farmers' Union in opposing woman's suffrage when that question was recently before the Texas legislature is significant as representing the attitude of the or ganized plowmen. We reproduce in part the argument presented by Hon. W. D. Lewis, president of the Texas Farmers' Union, in opposing the bill: "It is gratifying to note that it is not the farmer’s wife who is clamoring for the ballot. She is too busy trying to make happier homes, mold ing the minds of future citizens and sharing with her husband the cares of life to indulge in political gossip. The ballot will give her no relief from drudgery, give no assistance in cloth ing the children or bring to the home additional comforts, conveniences or opportunities in life. It is, as a rule, the city woman promoted to idleness by prosperity, who is leading the suf fragette movement. “From many standpoints, perhaps a woman has us much right to vote as a man. So has she as much right to plow as a man; she has as much right to work in a factory as a man; she has as much right to shoulder a musket as a man, but we would rather she would not do so from choice and we regret that necessity ofttimes compels her to earn a living by en gaging in gainful occupations. We do not consider misfortune a qualifica tion for suffrage or a business acci dent a reason for granting franchise. We are opposed to woman at the ballot box the same as we are op posed to woman in the field, In the factory or in the army and for the self-same reasons. We had rather see her plant flowers than sow wheat; gather bouquets than pick cotton and rear children than raise political is sues, although she may have as much right to do one as the otlior. Opposed to Unsexing Humanity. “Sex qualification for suffrage may have its apparent inconsistencies. No general rule adjusts itself perfectly to all conditions. It is a favorite ar gument udvauced by the proponents of woman’s suffrage that many cultivated and noble women are far more capa ble of Intelligently exercising sov ereignty than a worthless negro, but the South never was anxious for negro suffrage, and while culture and refinement, and even morality, are desirable virtues, they are not the only qualifications for franchise. “Tlie primary, inherent and insep arable fitness for suffrage Is support ing a family. The plow handle, the forge and the struggle for bread af ford experience necessary to properly mark the ballot. Government is a great big business and civilization from the very beginning assigned woman the home and man the busi ness affairs of life. “There has been much freakish leg islation enacted during the past de cade that no doubt appeals to woman's love for the ridiculous, but to under take to unsex the human race by law is the height of legislative folly and a tragedy to mankind. “We are opposed to the equal rights of woman—we want her to ever re main our superior. We consider woman’s desire to seek man’s level the yellow peril of Twentieth Century civilization. "Woman Is the medium through which angels whisper their messages to mankind; It is her hand that plants thoughts in the intellectual vineyard; it is througli her heart that hope, love and sympathy overflow and bless man kind. Christ —tlie liberator of woman kind —was satisfied to teaeh the lessons of life and He vgs a man. He chose to rule over human hearts and re fused worldly power and men followed after Him, wompn washed Ills feet, little children climbed upon His knees and the Ruler of the universe said that in Him He was well pleased. Can woman find a higher calling?” THEMISTOCLES When Themistocles was asked by his host at a dinner party to enter tain the guests by playing the lute, he replied that he could not play the fiddle, but that he could make a small town a great city. We have in this nation many politicians who are good "fiddlers,” but they cannot make a small town a great city, We are over run with orators who can play upon the passions of the people, but they can’t put brick and mortar together. We need builders. Let those who hunger and thirst for power understand that the highest glory of a statesman is to construct, and that it is better for a man that he should build a public highway than that he should become Governor of a state, and that he start a plow than that he become the author of a law. The true test of statesmanship is the plow and the hammer, so let tfcosc who would govern, dm build. FREE PORTS BUILDERS OF COMMERCE CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM PREFERENCE IN APPRO PRIATIONS. By Pater Radford. This nation is now entering upon an era of marine development. The wreckage of European commerce has drifted to our shores and the world war is making unprecedented de mands for the products of farm and factory. In transportation facilities on land we lead the world but our port facilities are inadequate, and our flag is seldom seen in foreign ports. If our government would only divert the energy we have displayed in conquer ing the railroads to mastering the commerce of the sea, a foreign bot tom would be unknown on the ocean's highways. This article will be confined to a discussion of our ports for the pro ducts of the farm must pass over our wharfs before reaching the water. We have in this nation 51 ports, of which 41 are on the Atlantic and 10 are on the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second Congress appropriated over $51,000,- 000 for Improving our llivers and Harbors and private enterprise levies a toll of approximately $50,000,000 annually In wharfage and charges for which no tangible service is rendered. The latter item should be lifted off the backs of the farmer of this na tion and this can be done by Congress directing its appropriations to ports that are free where vessels can tie up to a wharf and discharge her cargo free of any fee or charge. A free port is progress. It takes out the unnecessary link in the chain of transactions in commerce which lias for centuries laid a heavy hand upon commerce. No movement is so heavily laden with results or will more widely and equally distribute its benefits as that of a free port and none can be more easily and ef fectively secured. THE VITAL PROBLEM OF AGRICULTURE By Peter Radford. There is no escaping the market problem and the highest development of agriculture will not be attained until It Is solved, for a market Is as necessary for the producer as land on which to grow his crop. Governmental and educational insti tutions have spent $180,000,000 In tho United States during the past ten years for improving soil production and improving seeds and plants, but very little attention and less money has been given to the marketing side of agriculture. The problem is a monumental one and one which will never be solved until it gets within the grasp of a gigantic organization where master minds can concentrate the combined experience and wisdom of the age upon it. It is a problem which the farmers, merchants, bankers, editors and statesmen must unite in solving. The Farmers’ Union stands for all there is in farming from the most scieiitiftp methods of seed selection to the most systematic and profltablo plans of marketing, but does not be lieve in promoting one to the neglect Os the other. We consider the work of farm demonstrators valuable and we ask that governmental and com mercial agencies seeking to help us, continue to give us their assistance and advice, but we believe that their influence should be extended to the marketing side of our farm problems also. We cannot hope to develop manu- J facturing by over-production of the factory; we cannot build up mercan tile enterprises by the merchants load ing their shelves with surplus goods and no more can we develop agricul ture by glutting the market with a surplus of products. DARIUS F- The neigh of a horse made Darius King of Persia, the six contending powers for the throne agreeing among themselves that the one whose horse should neigh first should possess the kingdom. This ancient method of settling disputes among politicians could be revived with profit today. If our partisan factions and petty pol iticians could only settle their dis putes by the neigh of a horse, the bark of a dog or the bray of a donkey, it would be a great blessing and would give our citizens a better opportunity to pursue the vocations of industry free from political strife. Let those who pick political pluins by raising rows and who flash swords dripping in the blood of Industry un derstand that they cannot turn the public forum into a political arena and by a clash of personal aspirations still the hammer and stop the plow and that their quarrels must be settled in the back alleys of civilization. TfTTTTTTTtTTTm rvTTvmumuTmr/Tm* P a |Just a Word] I to You? h ! £ There comes a time when you need : l something in Hardware and Furniture. < ► It may he a Pocketknife or a Window \ I Shade, or it may be a Hundred Dollar : purchase. Keep this in mind when < P . that time comes. We are here to serve \ : you with the right goods, with prices \ E and quality guaranteed. When it is 2 X HARDWARE AND FURNITURE j t come to see us. * ► « l * « Ailey Hardware Co. j ► •< [ AILEY, QA. j ► < .AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* * 1 Your Farm Lands I ► * ► . b> 4 k 4 to 4 b 4 to 4 b 4 £ Will pay you more turned into cash. « ► This we can do for you. List your 4 ► property wtih us for sale—we will find 4 ► a buyer for you. Whether you want • t to buy or sell, we can handle the deal 4 ► to your advantage and get results, on J t farm or city property in this county I IF YOU WANT MONEY ! : : b Get in touch with us. We are in position to supply it on t short notice, and on very agreeable terms. We have good 4 £ connections with the big firms that want to lend money to t ► the farmers of Montgomery county. Drop in and talk the * t matter over with us. We can do the business to suit you. 4 • 4 | : I MONTGOMERY COUNTY REAL ESTATE j s AND LOAN CO. j : MOUNT VERNON, GEORGIA : > * P 4 b 4 »AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA * The Seaboard Air Line, “Progressive Railway of the South.” Current schedule, 90th meridian time, effective January Brd, 1916. Given as information, and not gult ran teed. NOI —PMMJ NOW" NOTH No. 12 NOTTS A. M. P. M. A. M. Schedule A . M pM . p. M . 700 400 Lv Savnnanh Ar 10 00 885 7 411 439 Meldriiu 921 760 8 12 529 Pembroke 848 7 10 850 541 Cluxton 809 640 920 0 10 Collins 740 0 10 950 048 Lyons 7 Os) 640 10 06 705 Vidalia 055 525 10 84 782 Mt Vernon 022 459 II 05 758 Alamo 550 482 11 80 880 045 Helena 585 410 835 12 25 980 742 Abbeville 440 810 745 12 45 950 802 Rochelle 4 10 248 720 200 10 35 845 Cordelo 885 205 085 810 11 25 10 05 Americus 230 12 81 515 4 10 11 10 Richland 11 85 4 05 5 80 pm 1 00 Col um hue 9 50am 2 25pm 1 80 Albany 1 55 4 81 Lumpkin 11 08 8 10 Ar Montgomery Lv 7 20 P. M. A.M. Non. 13 mid 14 curty Seaboard Buffet Parlor and Sleeping Cars, serving meals en route. Nos. 11 and 12 carry standard coaches, baggage and express cars, making connection at Savannah and Montgomery with trains north and South. J. H. mukpuey, t. p. a., c. w. small, d. p. a., Savannah, Ga.