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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1916)
LOAFING MEMBERS HINDER BUSINESS Legislation Blocked, State’s Time and Money Wasted. Ten years ago this week a dis patch from Atlanta related that a member of the House had “created considerable amuse ment” by his demand that the House rule be strictly enforced which provided that the per diem of members absent without leave should not be allowed by the auditing committee. And on Monday of this week a dispatch from Atlanta related that Speaker Burwell of the House “declared the business of the state is being greatly endangered by the small attendance at legislative ses sions,” and “pointed out that the House was wasting a good deal of time through failure to act on bills, on account of the small attendance.” The Legislature this year is pretty much the same sort of Legislature as was that of ten years ago, and apparently time killing is just as popular w'ith the members now as it was then. What are the members who are at fault doing with their time? Does committee work take up the time of so many members that the work on the floor of the House suffers? Surely not. Com mittee work may explain some of the absences, but not all of them. It is not likely that many of the members are busy talking politics and looking after their personal affairs when they should be look ing after the business of the state, a labor for which the state is paying them? The Morning News has said that the business of the Legisla ture could be done in much less than fifty days every year, even if none of the local business to which it now attends should be into local hands under general law’s; and if the Legislature should be rid of local legislation is there any reason why a twen ty-day session would not be long enough? As a matter of fact the state’s time and money are wasted by annual sessions. There would be less time to waste if biennial sessions should be pro vided for, and there would be a saving of many thousands of dollars as well. Perhaps it does “create con siderable amusement” when any body suggests that legislators are sent to Atlanta to look after the state’s business, instead of to talk politics and attend to their personal affairs, but it is difficult to see why that suggestion is funny. If it does conceal a joke, it is a very practical joke, of which the people of the state are the victims. How should the people be expected to laugh at a joke that takes money out of their pockets?—Savannah News. Two Schooners Being Built at Savannah. Savannah, July 13. — Work has started on two 235-foot wooden schooners being built here by the Savannah Engineering and Con struction Company for a Northern owner, who will put them in the South American service. The owner already has a fleet of ves sels, and all of them will be put into the service. Ten months will be occupied in their con- ; struction, and in the meantime tw’o other schooners of the same size and tonnage will be started. ! I; Young Birds Blown From Nests and Drowned. During the heavy rains of the past week the dead bodies of j hundreds of young birds were i found under the trees in Dawson. They had been blown from their : nests and drowned. It is feared that young partridges and doves were destroyed in a like manner, and that the game-bird crop will be short this year.— Dawson ; News. ~ ; Sharks Catch Bathers On the Jersey Coast. Matawan, N. J., July 15.—A shark darted up the narrow shal low Matawan Creek yesterday in the third fatal raid in less than two weeks and darted out again, leaving death in its wake. Besides killing a man and a boy yesterday, the shark mangled another boy so badly he will lose a leg and probably will die. The victims were swimming two miles up the creek from Raritan Bay when they were attacked. They are: Stanley Fisher, 25, of Mata wan, who died in the Monmouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch. I The shark ripped off one of his j legs. Lester Stillwell, 12 years old, of Matawan, whose body has not been recovered. The shark bit his frail body almost in two and dragged him below the surface. He is believed to have been eaten by the giant. Joseph Dunn, 14 years old, of Brooklyn, who is in St, Peter’s Hospital, New Brunswick. The teeth of the shark slashed and mangled one leg so badly that it will have to be amputated. The shark has killed four- bathers so far this season. Two Billion Invested in The Movie Business. Chicago, July 15.—The nearly 2,000 delegates to the sixth an nual convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors’ League of America got down to actual busi ness today in the first open ses sion. Some interesting figures on the extent of the industry were made public today. They showed the following: Number of picture theaters in the United States, 21,000; daily daily attendance 25,000,000; amount invested in picture thea ter property $360,000,000; salaries paid weekly $2,300,000; number of picture theater employes 205,- 000; amount invested in film plants, machines, electrical equip ment and theaters $2,000,000,000. Protect the Birds. One of the great lessons the southern farmer needs to learn is the protection of bird life on the farm. Birds are farmers’ friends and yet in all the south there is very little effort being made to provide protection for birds. Investigation on the part of the Federal government reveals the fact that several millions are lost to the farmer every year because of the merciless destruction of ' the feathered tribe. Especially in the south is it true that the birds receive little protection. While it is true that laws pro tecting birds have been passed in the various states in the south, there is much yet to be done in the matter of enforcement. Too, the farmers need to encourage the birds about the barnyard and orchard by building nests, etc. Let the farmers of Walker j county recognize the value of i birds to them and make provis ions for their protection.—Walk er Co. Messenger. Famous Pacer Dead. Minneapolis, Minn., July 11.— Dan Patch, pacing stallion own-; ed by M. W. Savage of Min neapolis, died of athletic heart at the owner’s farm at Savage, Minn., today. In 1906 he paced a mile over the St. Paul track in 1:55, the world’s sulky record. Dan Patch was bought by Savage for $60,000. He was withdrawn from the tracks several years ago. i Farm For Sale*. ■ I offer for sale 225 acres good land with four-horse farm cleared. Two houses, and nicely located, three miles south of Tar rytown. If you want a bargain in a place see me fur particulars. . 4t. W. B. Connell, Mt. Vernon, Route 1. I i CHICKENS.-We can handle 1 all you bring. j ] adv. Mt. Vernon Gro., Co. I THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, JULY 20. 1916 I ij 6 per cent. Money TO LOAN j| ♦ :: || I have plenty of money to lend on farm j || lands in Montgomery and Wheeler || counties. Interest 0 and 7 per cent., ; Ij FIVE YEARS TIME—EASY PAYMENTS j i| You have the privilege of paying part I of the principal at any interest period, j and stop interest on amount paid; hut j| no annual paymentof principal required || 1 Prompt Attention to All Loans Entrusted to Me I Come to see me at once if you want a i| loan. lam well equipped to take care || of the loan business. See me. L. C. UNDERWOOD ij MT. VERNON, GA. IF ABM LOANS] WANTED I I have a strong connection with 0 large amounts of money to loan on well improved farms in Montgomery county for 5,7 and 10 years, at the fa usual rates of interest, repayable as you may desire—so much each year fa or entire amount at maturity of loan p NO DELAYS | There will be absolutely no dely if cU iyour titles are in good shape, as we p have the money and want to place if fa immediately. Bring Your Papers jfj ICALL ON OR WRITE jj! J. E. hall! SOPERTON, G.A J riacon, Dublin & Savannah R. R. SCHEDULE OF PASSENGER TRAINS. Time Table No. I—Taking Effect Sunday, January 3, 1915, Eastbound ! Westbound Traillß STATIONS Tr “ l "■ No. 18 No. 20 No. 19 No. 17 Kj_ M. P. ML A. M P. M. 700 325 : Leave MftCOU Atrivu II 20 1 10 7 55 4 17 1 Jeffersonville 10 26 3 45 8 16 4 38 Danville 10 04 8 25 8 80 4 46 , Montrose 9 49 8 10 8 41 4 56 Dudley 9 88 2 58 910 520 Ar. Dublin Lv. 910 280 915 525 Lv. Dublin Ar. 905 950 000 Rock)edge 880 150 10 00 017 Soperton 818 184 10 45 0 56 Vidalia 7 40 1 Oil A- M. P. M. Arrive Leave A. M. P. M The time cards of the Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad are printed for the general information of the public, and every effort is made to keep them accurate and up to date, but they are not guaran teed, and the Macon, Dublin Savannah Railroad reserves the right to deviate from them without assuming any liability therefor. J. A. Strkykk, Taffic Manager, Macon, Ga. Light, medium and heavy, one if y ou N ee d Glasses, You and two-horse Wagons have been put on our bargain counter. You Need Them Bitted will need one this fall. They are Correctly, being closed out at bargain day prices. Call on j W. E. WALKER, JR. Ailey Hardware Co. ad. Refracting Optometrist |FRUIT JARS | || AND | I RUBBERS i I! | Save the fruit of ) T our farm and orchard j l| and thus guard against future needs. 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