Newspaper Page Text
I U
I THE FACE ON THE DOLLAR |
M —— ||
(The following extract from
the Railway Times, was published
in a little newspaper on which
the editor of The Monitor worked
when a lad. Every time he sees
a silver dollar it is a reminder of
those days. Concerning the
image on the dollar, it is very in
teresting, and is reproduced for
the benefit of Montgomery county
readers who may not be familiar
with the origin of the design:)
“Some time ago the announce
ment was made that Miss Anna
W. Williams of Philadelphia was
to be married—and some papers
announced the fact by saying,
“The Goddess of Liberty is about
to be married.” No one, outside
of Philadelphia, the home of the
goddess, understood the allusion
—which was treated as fiction
having no more relation to fact
than a thousand other fancies
that find their way into the public
prints. Nevertheless Miss Wil
liams is the original of the beauti
ful face seen on the silver dollars
of the Republic now in use—and
which the gold-bugs are ceaseless- j
ly denouncing.
“As we write, a silver dollar, ;
face upwards, lies on our table,
and we suspend writing for a
minute to contemplate the profile
of a beautiful American woman
on the American coin, for which
unlimited coinage is now deman- j
ded by the great body of the j
American people. The Chicago j
Times-Herald, fortunately, at this
juncture recalls the story of how j
Miss Williams came to be the
“Goddess of Liberty,” by saying ,
that in the early part of 1886 the
Treasury Department secured,
through communication with the
royal mint of England, the ser
vices of a clever young designer
and engraver named George Mor
gan. Upon his arrival in this
country Mr. Morgan was installed
in the Philadelphia mint and was
assigned the task of making a
design for a new silver dollar.
After many months of labor the
young engraver completed the
design for the reverse side of the
coin, upon which he represented ,
the American eagle. His atten-:
tion was then turned to the other
aide, and his original inclination
was to place on it a fanciful head
representing the Goddess of Lib
erty. But the ambitious designer
was too much of a realist to be
satisfied with a mere product of
fancy. Finally he determined
the head should be representative
of some American girl, and forth
with diligently searched for his
maid.
“It was a long search although
pleasant. He told his friends of
his desire, and one of them spoke
of the classic beauty of Miss An
na Williams. The English de
signer was introduced to the girl.
Mr. Morgan was at once im-,
pressed by her beautiful face
and studied it carefully. Then
he told her what he desired and
she promptly refused to permit
herself to be the subject of the
design. Her friends, however
induced her to pose before an ar
tist. After five sittings the de
sign was completed. Mr. Mor
gan was so enthusiastic that he
declared that Miss Williams’ pro
file was the most nearly perfect
he had ever seen. His design for
the Bland dollar was accepted by
Congress, and so the silver coins
have been - pouring from the
mints all these years adorned j
with a stately face of a Quaker
City maiden. Miss Williams is aj
decidedly modest young woman.
She resides on Spring Garden
street, not far from the school in
which for years she has been
employed as an instructor in
philosophy and methods in the
kindergarten department. She
carries her figure with a stateli
ness rarely seen, and the pose of
her head is exactly as seen on the
silver dollar. The features of
Miss Williams are reproduced as
faithfully as in a good photograph.
“She is slightly below - the
average height, is rather plump
and fair, with blue eyes. Her
nose is Grecian, and her hair,
which is almost her crowning
glory, is golden in color, abun
dant in quantity, and of wonder
ful lightness of texture, the soft
coil in which it is worn being
especially becoming.,’
“Volumes have been written
about the ‘ ‘dollar of the daddies, ”
but the dollar now in circulation
may be called, without doing
violence to language, the dollar
of “American Maids and Ma
trons,” bearing the likeness of
an American woman, a school
teacher in the city where stands
old Independence Hall, where the
Declaration of Independence was
read to the world, which declared
a new nation had taken its place
in the family of nations, deter
mined to fight its way to recog
nition or perish in the attempt.
And now the silver dollar repre
sents more than any other coin,
the American idea of national
strength to stand emancipated
from European domination.
Flies From Albany To Americus
Albany.—ln order that the men at
Souther field (Americus) might not be
disappointed on pay day, Lieutenant
Whitney, quartermaster, flew to Al
bany in an airplane, secured five thou
sand dollars from an Albany bank and
cafmried it back by airplane to the
aviation field. For some reason it was
not convenient for the Americus banks
to handle this matter, and Lieutenant
Whitney telephoned to the Citizens’
First National bank and asked for the
accommodation. The Albany bank as
sured the officer that it would be glad
to supply the money needed and he
started on the air trip at once, arriv
ing here at 1:45 and returning shortly
afterwards with the money.
New Hotel For Waycross
Waycross.—Waycross is to have a
new commercial hotel, according to re
ports that are being circulated around
town, and, judging from the activities
that are going on in the new hotel
building that has just been completed.
Tre furniture is being installed and
everything put in place to make it a
modern hostelry in every respect. An
experienced hotel man will be in
charge of it who has the reputation of
giving the kind of service that pleases
and keeping his house full.
Woman Kills Self On Fireman’s Grave
Atlanta. —The young wife of Hal M.
Gilbert was found dead at daybreak
stretched across the grave of Johnny
Abbott, where she had shot herself
through the heart, falling upon a
wreath of roses laid on the mound by
the hands of Mary Powers, whose love
for the daredevil pilot had led up to
his death by the bullet from a pistol
in the hands of an infuriated wife.
Moultrie Po3toffice Nears Completion
Moultrie. —Moultrie’s new postoffice
building the money for which was ap
propriated more than seven years ago
will be ready for service early in May,
according to an announcement made
by the contractors.
Plan Memorial Auditorium
Americus. —Friends of the Third
District Agricultural and Mechanical
College, located just outside of Amer
icus, have started a movement to have
the $200,000 memorial auditorium to be
built here located upon the college
campus. Superintendent J. M. Collum,
who is an ardent advocate of the me
morial auditorium idea, said that the
school authorities have recently ex
pended $40,000 in the partial construc
tion of a building, the plans for which
include an ideal auditorium.
Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Ordinary’s Office Feb. 8, 1919-
Mrs. Bianca Isdale (tormeriy
Collins) has applied for ietters of
guardianship of the persons and
property of Fletcher, Isaac, KfTie,
Loreta, Lewis and Sikes Collins,
minor children of Sikes Collins,
deceased; this is therefore to noti
fy all concerned that same will be
| heard on the first Monday in
i March, 1919.
J. C. McAllister,
Ordinary.
Citation.
; Georgia —Montgomery County.
Ordinary’s Office, Feb. 8, i 919.
E. J. Hadden has in proper
form applied for leetters of ad
ministration on the estate of Mrs.
Belle McDaniel, deceased. This
is therefore to notify all concerned
that said application will be
heard on the first Monday ill
March, 1919.
J. C. McAllister, •
Ordinary.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919
Our food Gospel
eai le s s O
serve less
waste notHing
America’s Pledge of Food
Gave Heart to the Allies
In Their Darkest Hour
Whatever Is necessary America will
send. That was America’s pledge to
the Interallied food council. And be
cause the American food army had
hitherto made good they took heart
and went forward.
Farm enterprise nnd much soft com
Increased pork supplies, food conser
vation Increased exports —totul ship
ments doubled.
4,4.4.4.4.4.4.4.44.4.4.44.4.4.4.4.45)
♦ ♦
* FAITH JUSTIFIED ♦
4 BY EVENTS. 4*
4* ♦
4* I do not believe that drastic 4*
4* force need be applied to main- 4*
* tain economic distribution and ♦
* sane use of supplies by the +
4 great majority of American peo- ♦
* pie, and I have learned a deep ♦
4* and abiding faith In the Intelli- ♦
4* geuce of the average American ♦
4* business man, whose aid- we an- 4*
4 ticipate and depend on to reine- ♦
4» dy the evils developed by the ♦
4* war. —Herbert Hoover, August ♦
4- 10, 1917. ♦
* ♦
♦♦
Patriot’s Plenty
Buy less - Serve less
Eat only 3 meals a day
Waste nothing
Your guests will cheer
fully share simple fare
Be Proud to be
a food saver
Larger Cities To Raise Bulk Os
Y. \V. C. A. Fund.
The Young Women’s Christian As
sociation campaign to raise SIOO.OO in
each Georgia county with which to
continue and develop their regular
work comes as something of a relief
after the many campaigns where a
single person of moderate means was
expected to give almost that niucl).
They are asking for that sum to ap
ply upon a total of $20,000, but At
lanta, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and
Columbus are to raise all except the
hundred dollars from each of the other
counties.
This money will be used in the gen
eral work of the Association, and In
that work the outside counties partic
ipate quite as much as do the counties
where the local associations are lo
cated. The money the "Y. W.” re
ceived during the United War Work
drive was to be used for war work
only, and no part of it is available
for any other kind of work.
It is also a fact that all of this money
Is needed for the purpose for which It
was raised, even though the war Is
over. The Hostess Houses at all
camps are being kept open, and will be
so lon* as there are troops in the
camps. Work among the troops
abroad Is being pushed even more
vigorously than while the actual fight
ing was In progress, for the reason
that the soldiers have more time and
constantly greater need of recreation
and amusements.
“Y. W.” Will Extend Work.
It is the intention of the Young
Women’s Christian Aasoclatlon to ex
tend the work it has been doing in
the larger cities to the smaller towns
just as rapidly as possible. The war
work that the organization has done
will make It comparatively easy to do
this, as a very large number of people
have come into contact with “Y. W.”
work through the Hostess Houses at
the various army camps and hava
found that the Blue Triangle is always
an emblem of practical efficient serv
ioe. A very large part of the SIOO.OO
each Georgia county Is being asked
to contribute between February 4t.h
and 17tb will be used for this exten
sion work, and will go directly back
to the counties subscribing It.
Hastings’ 1919
Seed Catalog Free
It’s ready now. One hundred hand
somely illustrated pages with brilliant
cover In natural colors. It’s both
beautiful and helpful and all that is
necessary to get it Is a postal card
request. You will find our 1919 cata
logue a well worth while book.
Hastings Heeds are sold direct by
mail. You will never find them on
sale In the stores. We have some
five hundred thousand customers who
buy from us by mall. Wo please and
satisfy them, and wo can please and
satisfv you in 1919.
Planting Hastings’ Seeds In your
garden or in your fields Insures "good
luck” so fnr as results can be deter
mined by the seed planted. For 30
years Hastings Seeds have been the
standard of seed excellence and pur
ity In the South. Only varieties
adapted to the South are listed. Qual
ity of the best and prices often less
than those you pay at home Write
for free copy of this splendid cata
logue now. H. G. HASTINGS CO.,
Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga. —Advt.
Those who are thoughtful have concluded
tnat something more than chance is behind
the remarakble popularity of ltoyster’s
fertilizers.
Those who have investigated, find neither
chance nor magic, but simply common-sense
appreciation of values.
Those who are prudent are placing their
orders now and insisting on being supplied
with
• #
ROYSTER’S
FERTILIZER
TRADE MARK
- CS.R
REGISTERED.
ORDER EARLY AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO.
Norfolk, Va., Baltimore, Md., Toledo, 0., Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte,
N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga.
Macon, Ga. Columbia, S. C. Montgomery, Ala.
FOR SALE BY G. V. MASON, MT. VERNON, GA.
New Law Firm.
L. C. Underwood, attorney, of
Mt. Vernon, and Fred M. Harris,
attorney, late of the U. S. Army,
announce the formation of a
partnership for the practice of
law, with offices in Mt. Vernon.
The former will give special at
tention to the loan business and
to general practice other than
commercial law. Mr. Harris will
have charge of the commercial
department and give special at
tention to collections. Prompt
and efficient service are assured
in all matters entrusted to the
firm. Respectfully,
Underwood & Harris,
19tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Trespass Notice.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
This is to forewarn the public
against hunting, with gun or dog,
fishing, removing wood or timber
of any kind, or in any manner
trespassing on the lands of the
undersigned; and all parties vio
latingthis order will he prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
Thte the 21st day of November,
1918. /
Mrs. Florence McArthur,
L. C. Mcßae.
Post Your Lands.
Open your woodland to the pub
lic and soon there will not be a
stick of wood or timber on it.
Put the public on notice by post
ing up printed notices. Get the
printed notices at The Monitor
office, 10 cents each.
Wagons and Wire
Fencing.
Have just received a carload of
Florence One- and Two-Horse
Wagons. Also a Carload of Wire
Fencing. Come and see me be
fore buying.
E. L. Meadows,
11213 Vidalia, Ga.
1 1 ,
M. R. CALHOUN
A tty ut Law,
kit Vernon, Georgia
l In Traveling \
£ If your car suddenly goes *
► f! A “dead,” because of burned out *
► f(\ r , pfr batteries, plugs or for any 4
£ Mir/ 4pw -t ' Ujgl other reason phone us and we *
► flßf-r — ~jrP“i T~ —• ,j iOJ will send you what you want <
X vl I twJ as once - O ur s t° * 8 com-
► Iff plete in every respect.
Vwiiiif HICKS BROTHERS’ GARAGE
; EVERY JOB GUARANTEED
*AAAA/.AUAAAAUAAAAAiiiUi • AAAAAAAAAAAAA«»AAAAAAAiA>
• fTmfvmwTTYTmTfYTTY »mmTVTmmviTWVfrrj
I FISH SCRAP FERTILIZER j
t We Have Several Thousand <
► Tons of Fish Scrap Fertilizer, for Sale «
► to the Farmers of Georgia tit Wholesale <
► Prices. write us for further particulars :
I The Fisheries Products Co. 2
£ National Bank Bldg. SAVANNAH, GA. J
t AA AA AA AA A A AAAAA AAA AAA AA AA UAUiAAAAAAAAAAAAAiiRUtR •
» TTTT «'▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ ▼TV* fTYTTYT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTV*
: First District Agricultural \
£ <
: and Mechanical School \
: a
; FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 3
£ *
► A branch of the University of Georgia, located at States- *
X boro, in one of the healthiest sections of the state. <
► j
£ Thorough preparation for college or busineca is given £
• under an efficient faculty. Each individual receives special «
X instruction. Boys and girls are taught how to study. •<
». <
£ Literary studies, book keeping, military training, super-
► vised ateletics, music, expression, domestic science and art •
X are given. J
£ Splendidly equipped agricultural, biological, physical and <
£ chemical labratories. 4
► Non-denomination, but strictly Cnristian in character. *
X Boys and girls are required to attend the church of their 4
£ choice. 4
► Spring Term Opens Thursday, Jan. 2, 1919.
► <
► For catalogde and information, apply to £
; :
F. M. Rowan, Principal •
• :
m tAiitiitiiiitiAAiiiAAAAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA•
