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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1918)
r\or\tgorr\ery PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORQaN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Entered at the Postofllce In Mt. Vernon. Oa. ft* Hecond-Claa* Mail Matter. H. B. FOLSOM. r;dlior ind Owner. st.gO a Year, in Advance. •ts- h'lvcrtno nx ntH bhihl invariably ba paid in advance, at the I<-k«J r»te, and an the law direct*; and mn.l be In hand not later than Wednesday morning of the flrat week of insertion Mount Vernon. Ga.. Thursday Morning, August 8, 1918. One Thing Lacking. Every time an American-built ship leaves the ways, or a con tingent of American soldiers ar rives in France, it hastens the end of the war and brings nearer the dawn of peace. As our manufac turing industries are humming with activity, in the preparation, of war material, so wells Ameri can loyalty with the hope and determination that no blood stained hands shall impede prog ress toward victory and peace. Into many a ship goes the skill and brawn of Georgians, and likewise into many a merchant ship goes Georgia-grown pine timber from her uplands and oak and ash from her swamps. And in a thousand ways Georgia is working toward victory and, peace. Georgia is sincere in her efforts and true in her purpose, yet, in the eyes of the world, her lovalty will be questioned for the next century if she fails to provide representation in the nation’s councils in keeping with her patriotisms and the loyalty of her! sons. If Georgia can afford to provide men and material for the fur therance of American ways and means of victory, she can and must protect her honor—she must disrobe herself of the man tle of shame with which Senator Hardwick has so ruthlessly en shrouded her spotless body. " Pro-German talk is expensive, and its use is being gradualU confined to the fanatic without u ntal responsibility. Tr,e War Industries Board rules tl no new spaper shall be started during the war. which naturally saves money for prospective in stors Afraid the government >il relieve ti e public of the idea nut a newsp.per is a gold mine o .. type of dtlic benefactor. If the Georgia Assembly failed in us effort to raise the per diem, i iey still show a spirit of liber ality in appropriating in a house i ill, still to be voted tin in the senate, over two million mor« than the estimated income of the state for the year. In the final scrimmage of the session, an ex tra session is hinted at the big trunk to carry the little trunk in idea. If the colored people of this section were privileged to vote in the state primary, look out, Mr. Hardwick. They resent the as sertion by Hardwick at Tiger Springs that negroes should not be allowed to enter the army, and we should not be surprised 10 learn of indignation meetings. The Montgomery county colored folks are a loyal set, and they dislike the idea of having their rights questioned by Mr. Hard wick. They have been active participants in the purchase of war stamps and bonds, and scores of them have been inducted into the armv without protest, many of them volunteers. In a recent speech at Americus in the interest of the candidacy of Hon. William J. Harris, Hon. W. H. Bur well referred to Hard wick as a cuttle-fish, the habit of which is to emit a deep-colored substance around his body for the purnose of concealment from its enemies. In the case of Hard wick, he deludes many of his hearers by painting black and erroneous pictures of his oppo nents in order to conceal his murky record, now’ so deadly overshadowing his candidacy. To the qualities of the cuttle-fish Mr. Burwell should have added those of the octopus, of which family the cuttle-fish is a member in good standing. We have heard of a few people who cannot make up their minds to endorse anything that Presi dent Wilson and his administra tion do, and yet they would want to fight if they were accused of being on intimate terms with the Beast of Berlin. —Dublin Tribune. The weekly newspaper is being hard hit by the war. Print paper has soaredd with the eagie and other material that is used in the newspaper has gone upward. Printers are unusually hard to secure as they have joined the army. The newspaper is one of the industries that is getting poorer instead of richer on account of the war.-Greensboro Herald-Journal. It now seems that the legisla i ture is going to adjourn without ; carving another county out of bleeding old Montgomery. And this in the face of the fact that there are still left in the county several towns that need court houses.—Lyons Progress. The liberty-loving people of our state are going to stand by presi dent Wilson and send W. J. Harris to the United States sen ate to co-operate with him in winning this war over German barbarism. —Vidalia Advance. LETTER FROM SOLDIER BOY IN PENSACOLA Recive Kind Treatment by Ladies and Pleasantly Situated. The following letter from an American soldier in France, a Georgia bov, writing to his father in Americus, and which has been published in a number of Georgia papers, reflects the sentiment of the soldiers against Germanism and Hardwickism. This boy, in ill probability, will not be able to vote against Hardwick, but he hopes his father and all friends <f America will join in the state wide movement to rid Georgia of Senator Hardwick: ‘Dear Dad: “As it is about time for your birthday, will write you to let you still know that every one of the family is in my thoughts every day. Hope by time your next birthday comes around will be home to eat new potatoes with you. Well, dear father, hope you will have many more birth days and every one will he more happy than the last. “Things are going fine. Am still well as can be and we are giving the Boches all the h we can. “By the way, see where the race for Senator is about to get started in full swing. Sure wish 1 was in the state so I could vote against Tom Hardwick. If they would let our outfit vote over here he would not get a ‘corporal’s guard.’ Anyway, hope you will cast one against the man who never misses a chance to make our lives harder than they would be. Instead of trying to help we boys who are living underground, fighting in rain, mud, and in a strange land thousands of miles from home, boys who daily are giving their lives for freedom’s cause, he sits at home with the ! , best of the land, with all the ! things that make life easy, and tries to defeat every measure that comes before Congress to help . win the war. ft j “Every bill that comes up for - more money, soldiers or arms, ' why, he makes a speech against it. Wish they would send him 5 over here and make him cut wire 1 in ‘No Man’s Igind.’ i “Will close for this time, with ■ a heart full of love to all. Your (son, "Gene.” THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913. WILLIAM J. HARRIS / Candidate for the United States Senate The Man of the Hour, and Why i Willlnin J. Harris was born In Ce dartown, Polk county, Georgia, Feb ruary 3, 1868. He was educated in the common schools of Polk county •nd the University of Georgia, teach ing school during the summer to pro vide means for his college training. In 1895, he married Miss Julia Whee ler, daughter of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the distinguished Southern cavalry leader. Mr. Harris has three brothers now serving In the United States jt.iny, Gen. P. C. Harris, Maj. Seals Harris and Capt. Hunter Harris. Many young men have been beneficiaries of Mr. Harris’ aid in obtaining an edu cation to equip them for life’s work. Political Service. As Chairman of the Polk County Democratic Executive Committee, lie succeeded in establishing the “white primary,’’ in 1892. As private secretary to Senator A. S. Clay, and under the training of this distinguished Georgian, Mr. Harris be gan, in early life, to look after the Interests In Washington of Georgians from every section. In 1912 Mr. Harris managed Presi dent Wilson’s first campaign in Geor gia; was elected chairman of the State Democratic Executive Commit tee, and played prominent part in roll ing up the largest majority Georgia ever gave a candidate for President. Legislative Service. Mr. Harris represented the 381 U dis trict in the state senate in 1911 12, and there worked and voted for every measure that would help the farmers and benefit the taxpayers of the state. Some of these include; (1) Mr. Harris introduced and aid ed in the passage of the bill abolish ing the unlimited fees of oil inspec tors, and fixing their maximum salary at SIOO pei month. This law lias saved the state thousands of dollars. In 1917 alone, it saved the state net, $182,588. (2) Mr. Harris introduced and pass ed the bill requiring lobbyists to reg ister, thereby eliminating the grafting, professional lobbyist, and protecting legislation. (3) Mr. Harris advocated the sepa rate leasing of the W. & A. Railroad from the other state properly in Chat tanooga, a policy since adopted by the “Lease Commission.’’ (4) Personally, Mr. Harris has al ways been a consistent prohibitionist, ami has always supported all measures looking to freeing the state from the liquor traffic. National Service. As director of the United States Cen sus, to which he was appointed by President Wilson, officials today say that Mr Harris was the most efficient director since the bureau was estab lished The chief “criticism” against his administration, made by Judge Hughes, Republican nominee f<* Presi dent. was that He appointed so many Georgia Democrats to positions in the department. President Wilson appointed Mr. Har ris acting secretary of commerce, in the absence of Secretary Redfield, and cordially approved his services and ef ficiency as a temporary member of the cabinet. Under Republican rule the Wall street gamblers were permitted to ke- ft down the price of cotton by including In the census estimate the number of bales of linters cotton. Mr. Harris had j the linters estimate separated from the regular cotton reports, which re duced the estimates and tended to raise the price of cotton During Re publics!? rule it wus freely charged I Advertisement I German Wireless Outfit. New York, July 29. —Bruno Opperman. a German, was ar rested on his farm near English -1 town, N. J.. and brought here today by agents of the depart ment of justice as a dangerous ’enemy alien. A wireless outfit and a high flag pole which could have been used for aeriais was said to have been found on the • place. He was placed in jail, pending investigation. i that there were “leaks” in cotton esti- | mates of the census bureau. Not ones j since the administration of Mr. Harris i has there been the slightest suspicion of a “leak” in the census reports. In the census bureau, Mr. Harris | changed the “age limit,” fixed by the | Republicans, so that Confederate Vet- , erans could be given the same oppor tunities as Union Veterans; and many old Confederate Soldiers are now hold ing good places in the department. It was in keeping with his devotion to the old soldiers. His father was a brave Confederate Veteran, and his father-in-law was the gallant “Little Joe” Wheeler. Promoted by the President. Due to Mr. Harris’ efficient adminis tration of the census bureau, President Wilson promoted hint by appointing him a member of the federal trade hoard. Recognizing his ability, his colleagues, two years later, elected him chairman of the hoard. Resigning to enter his campaign for United States j senator as the loyal supporter of Pres- | ident Wilson in winning the war, as against the present junior senator from Georgia, Mr. Harris curried with him the love, esteem, confidence and best wishes of his colleagues, the depart ment heads and the President who had further expressed his confidence in Mr. Harris by (he following additional ap pointments; (1) Appointed by the President as member of the price fixing committee of the war industries board, to fix ■prices for army supplies. When New England manufacturers endeavored to fix the price of cotton, Mr. Harris ojy posed them most vigorously. He also brought charges against the “bagging trust” which is now facing trial. (2) The President named the sec retary of agriculture, Mr. Hoover and Mr. Harris a committee of three to in- j vestigate the advisability of the gov-I eminent taking over the meat packing houses. The President's confidence was further expressed when Mr. Har ris resigned, by the request that he name his own successor, and Mr. Har ris named lion. Victor Murdoch. The Confidence of Air. Wilson, Further indicative of the confidence of President Wilson in Mr. Harris, is the following conclusion of the presi dent's letter accepting his resignation from the federal trade commission to run for the United States senate: “May I not say how warmi, I have appreciated the way in which yet! have performed the difficult and often deli cate duties assigned to you in the trade commission? I am sure that I am expressing the general feeling when I express my regret at your withdrawal. •‘Cordially and sincerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON. “Hon. William J. Harris, "Federal Trade Commission.” Mr. Harris’ Qualifications. Mr. Harris is in close touch w-ith conditions at the national capitol. His relations with the administration are intimate. He has the confidence and esteem of the President and depart ment heads. Through these relations he is in better position to represent Georgia in the United- States senate — her people, her commercial, financial jand agricultural interests and to ren der effective aid and service to Geor > gia ssidier and sailor boys, fighting : for Americanism and Democracy,— 1 than probably any other Georgian now I in the public eye. Mr Harris’ elec i tion will mean that the good name • of Georgia will be redeemed from the i charge of disloyalty and “kaiserism” with which it has been stained by the I misrepresentation of the recent past. Washington, July 29. — State fuel administrators were advised today by the United States fuel administration that they have authority to prohibit, except un der special order, the sale of coal to domestic consumers in locali ties where a plentiful supply of wood is available. 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FIVE YEARS TIME—EASY PAYMENTS j i You have the privilege of paying part : of the principal at any interest period, i and stop interest on amount paid; but j no annual paymentof principal required Prompt Attention to All Loans Entrusted to Me II Come to see me at once if you want a j| loan. lam well equipped to take care ij jj of the loan business. See me. j L. C. UNDERWOOD j MT. VERNON, GA. Your loyalty is judged by deeds and not by words. Keep doing.
