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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1919)
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. 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