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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1919)
~ A^v«rti»em«nt SETTLE CAPITOL LOCATION BY VOTE, ONCE AND FOR ALL Even Those Opposed To Removal Are Anxious To See The Agitation Ended In The Only Way Possible— By A Vote Os The People. ,o— * ATLANTA. OA -Thsr. will »>*> Infroduc*<l In thi* laturc a hill to bring th* ' » »P* itol Removal” i**ue to a fin*-* ror !’ cltmlon i»y mibmittln* the ttuen lion to a vote ol the people at tne ! next general election, an »* ! ; vlded In an ordinance of the ,aMT conntitutfonnl convention The measure ha* the aupport both of high official* of the state I who are opposed to removal of the capltol from Atlanta and of thoao * who are In favor of Its removal The iiurpo*c of the legislation Is to bring to a definite conclusion an issue which has been growing over the slate the past eight or ten years- to end'll one way or the other, In the only way It can t>* definitely ended Advocates of the measure to submit the question to the peo i pie for their verdict say that the support already hacking the leg islation In both branches Is in excess of the required two-thirds vote In each branch of the as sembly. and that the bill will he , passeii and gotten out of the way of other big legislation somewhat before the middle of the session Some of the strongest men In the j state against moving the capltol from Atlanta are backing the bln to submit It to the people, while 1 some of the strongest men for Its removal to Macon are, also, seek ing to end the Issue by popular , vote. . o -c Atlanta. (Jn The people of the stab of (Georgia will finally settle, one waj or the other, at the next general election the capltol removal Issue it is to be definitely determined at that time whether the capltol Is to remain In Atlanta and the necessary Improve .merits rind enlargements are to lie mad* hers, or an adequate and fitting new capltol building and governor’s mansion are to be provided In Macon. In the con [ter of the state. The Georgia Legislature at this s« s Islon will pass a bill, not ns a great many people have seemed to believe, tc "move the capltol.” but to submit th< question to a vote of the people for their determination A canvass of the state, county bv conn ty has just been completed and It 1i» found that generally speaking, the people stud the statesmen are of one mind on the subject: they are In accord with the opinion expressed bv (Inventor nor -ot»y some months ago That the coutln tired unsettlement of the “capltol removal il* sue” has become a bar and handicap •on the state's business In more ways than one. and the time has come t<» ••end the agitation” by putting It up to (the people to render a final verdict at the lbs Hot box and bring the thing to a bloae There are members of both lioust s iwho will support the measure this year to submit the Issue to a vote of the peo ple. and who. when It Is submitted, will ptand firmly In opposition to removal of the capltol from the cltv of Atlanta Among them are some who will return In their homes and. In the campaign be fore the people on the direct Issue will pock to carry their county against li lint they frankly occupy the position »f {desiring the Issue brought to Its final end at the earliest possible time, anl fidmlt their conviction that there Is no tot her, as well as no more proper o» (Conclusive, manner of ending it Law S*y* People Must Vote In no few localities In the state It lias been found the belief exists shat the location of the state capltol Is fixed by the state constitution. In other locali ties though these have been found to 1m tmt few there Is entertained some Idea that the state legislature has the authority to fix the locution of the c.ipi tol. and has passed upon the question IN either idea is correct. The sole authority for future deter yidnation of the question of the capltol aft «*r the adoption of the convention or d I nance has been by a vote of the peo i tile of the state In the light of these facts gentlemen 1 inf both brandies of the 1919 "ft a»gls loture. representing both factions thoa** desirous of placing the capltol In the , renter of the state, and those opposed i to any change from the present location have announced themselves In favor j and support of the provision made by the j constitutional convention last held They ( recognise as does the present state ad ministration. that the Issue is one which , H ost be speedllv brought to a conclusion. Mint they stand for making the required It-gal arrangement* to reach that con elusion this year State-wide political issues ordinarily go directly to the people without any necessity for meeting legal thchnicallty. This issue however. Is not of the or- . dltmry variety Its final settlement can [ rome through no other legal means than ; Mftlon on the part of the state legisla ture submitting It to a popular vote That government founded on the eon *ent of those governed is the only firm , Slid substantia! kind Why the Issue Needs to Be Settled For ten years there has been constant ly growing an agitation for removal of l Iho state capltol to a location nearer * the center of Georgia At the time of Its origin It was treated lightly, and (• tt years ago was probably not an Is j sue o» st te wide importance Hovel i opinent in that space of time of the ganderful wilderness and wild-land south | •*rn portion of Georgia Into the greatest farming, trucking and fruit growing sec tion of the southeast added such linin'- I tu* to the desire for central location ' of the state government that It attained the scope of a big and broad state issue several years ago Four years ago rep resentatives of a majority of the conn- \ ties In the state committed themselves not to a movement to remove the capl tol from Atlanta to Macon, but to the t>ropoaition that this issue Is of such tixe and Importance it must he passed upon and determined by the voting pop ulation of Georgia as a whole The magnitude which It has or a!- I ready had at that time, reached manifest *d itself several years ago in the Geor gia Legislature when efforts were made to make deposition of the old and di lapidated house used since IKT2 as a ••governor's mansion.” a piece of prop erty acquired by the aiatc from Mr John 11 James, of Atlanta at a cost In that day of MOO.OOO worth of seven per cent Georgia bonds "Capitol re fnoval” prevented action then on the ground that "the people must settle the issue by vote first Subsequently, or about three years ago. efforts were made in the Legislature to have the state purchase from the Jack son estate real estate in juxtaposition to the preaent capltol property, for the purpose of erecting an annex building In order thst the present building, then overflowing, might be relieved to some extent of the pressure up m its increas ing Inadequacy That effort met the same late Capltol removal" prevented action until the people should be allowed to vote on the issue The effort to negotiate s rule of the present mansion property and purchase more suitable property upon wit loh to erect a new mansion suffered th« same experience They all have been blocked by the ’‘capltol removal issue ” Must Have More Room Nearlv three years ago Governor liar I Id*, on nls own responsibility, and in or d*r to make room in the state capltol for the new members of the state court appeals rented, in the name of thi Plate, and at a very substantial rental * In three figures -a residence building opposite th* capltol in which to house the state military department The con ppm lon In the capltol had to be relieved and flier.- wan no other way to relieve |* At the time Jt who said this build j ing would afford ample room for the military department and several com mittee rooms for the Legislature. (By the way, there is no suen thing In the present capltol as a legislative commit tee room of any kind.) When the mili tary establishment moved In it required, nnd is now using, the entire residence building More recently, when the legislature cre ated the state department of archives, | ~B‘ ' the time came to classify and re move the records of the state, it was round the department had nowhere to t- r o, and there has had to be erected . ..v?® h>bby on the top floor of the building a series of stalls and shelves where these records are stored in the open. In the past few months the unsani tary and congested condition of the basement under the capltol became such [hat the state health department, which has been housed there for years, had to move To provide a place for them Governor Horsey, on his own responsi bility, rented another residence building the Jackson property which the Legis lature had twice refused to buy—and that in wholly devoted to the use of this one department A portion of the state agricultural de partment lias had to ho transferred from the first floor into the basement of the • •Pitol building because of lack of other uceommoda(ions and, when the state bu r'n,i °f markets was created and offices were required, it became necessary to eliminate and tear out one* of the toi lets on the first floor, overhaul that space and make of it an office for the state director. And still there is not one legislative committee room In the entire building nor Hiiftli lent ro in for the appelate courts, since lit at least one Instance a blind flooring has had to be run In Half way down from the ceiling In one of the rooms. In order to make it into two rooms. Why the Governor Says Settle It These are the conditions at the capltol is they stand today. At tlie mansion there |s an even worse MfnL* of affairs During the adminis tration of Governor Harris, and his oc cupancy of the mansion, Its unsanitary • fid dilapidated condition caused him to make complaint to the Legislature, and error I then was made to make other pro visions, but the effort was stalled by capltol removal” as an issue to be Mettled f| r „t I wist winter, during Governor Horsey's occupancy of (he mansion be Is still llv Inc there because the state provides no where else for him to live—physical and sanitary conditions at the mansion grew still worse The plastering fell from the walls, the water pipes froze and burst; the house was uncomfortable and wholly unsatisfactory. Toward the end of last year Governor Horsey made the flat statement that the point was reached when “this capltol removal issue must he settled otic way or the other.” He said, as he has since repeated, that it has become a handicap, and will remain so until It Is voted on hy tin* people and gotten out of the way. that it Is standing In th*- way of development, repair and ex pansion of tlie state’s properties to meet f be net tin I pressing demands W Idle these are probably not his exact words this Is tin* substance of his com ment op the situation >at that time, and ns it has been printed and repeated by him Hi nor "It in an inane that must h,- brought to an end. It appeara that it ail) keep coming tip and Retting )n I he aa.v of every effort to do anything .i ho.M (lie mansion or an annex to the gyUfol until the people have ended it therefore, it ought to bo submitted to the people an quickly as possible, and f they are going to move the capltol to it aeon, let'll know It and go ahead iml hull,l adequate faciiitiea down there II they are not going to move tt. then t' t them untie our hamla ami let's go tin ml ami do the tilings that are neceg tary here " I' is not by any means to he taken for granted, either, that tlie governor hasn't • l utvtre Interest In 'what the people of the stale do on that score for In Ills conversation on the subject, he has left no room for mistake as to Ills sentiment i 1 Intention He Is an Atlantan and , 'tulle naturally is opposed to removal of e capltol from Atlanta, so much so n t o lias made It known when the vote ' a it comes tie will go to the ballot box tml register hy Ids vote Ids desire that I' remain here but he has been suf fieontlv broad not to side step the is O' lie has I big enough to sav clear tv " til he wants to see It settled; set tled now. Here Is What Is Needs- As an outline of what the future con templates There Is to he a new man sion somewhere in or ne r Atlanta If the | ooplr vote that way It will likely be somewhere In the Druid llllls. and will be a building comporting with the dignity of a governor's mansion There must he an annex building sufficiently I large to house the entire department of igrieultnre and its suh-brunches: the ; state hoard of health: the state military , leparlmeat. the state geological depart- Iment; the state department of archives uul possibly some of the other smaller j departments To provide that property will Imve to he bought adjoining the pres- I ent capltol. on the opposite side of the , street, the buildings now thereon win ■ have to be wrecked and a new structure must go up When this is done the pres nt capltol needs and will have to have j ao little rubbing up and repairing These are the necessities. They are why the governor has taken the demo \ cratlc view he holds in respect to ter ! minatton of the Issue. On the Other hand, ts the people vote I to move the capltol to Macon, then pro lusion must be made down there, in a manner satisfactory lo thy people of the for the erection of a handsome ieorgla marble state building sufficiently urge to meet all those requirements the present capltol doesn't meet now and for the future, and a suitable mansion for the governor will have to he provided Those however, are the things which the two tactions will have to present* to th<j satisfaction or the people of the dale when the question Is submitted for a popular vote It will be then tluu the comparative advantages to the state will have to he druggi and the business trade with the people of Georgia will have to ho made In middle and north Georgia there are state officials who have been consult ed, nun familiar with the situation as it exists and with the status of the state's property here and the hopeless ness of improving It until there Is « popular vote, who view the situation In the identical light .is does the governor that the issue must be settled and the handicap removed, one way or the other so timt the slate may move forward Only One Legislative Point Insofar as the state legislature is con 'eriKil. there Is but one point to be cov ered Is there an issue Involved? The highest constituted body In state government ha: fixed the manner ol disposing of such an Issue, when the constitutional convention Haul by ordi nance it must be settled bv t)ie oeonle If ill future tsfter the sitting of that convention) the location of the capito should be brought into Issue The con vent lon did not say. nor can the state lea lalature say that the capltol must ", moved, or must stay where It Is The people ol Ueorgia are sole Judges o that What the) say at the next gen era! "lection is the verdict under which i <ho state must proceed And then Itn ir-ivvinonis *nd enlargements can so" i ow i., or “ n, w building can be provided Tlie measure submitting It to th. '* expected to pass through the Mou hsis' bee,l' rLcfLl" 1 ul *** “* M ' - ■— TITF MONTGOMERY MONTTOR-THURSDAY. JfJLY 3, 1019 MECHANICAL MILKERS PROVE SUCCESSFUL Trials Indicate Savings On The Larger Herds During the fiscal yeir that has just closed the Georgia State College of Agriculture sold $13,686.09 worth of milk from the dairy herd, consisting of 40 cows In milk. This is an aver age gross return of $342.16 for every cow in the barn. During the period of the war the people realized as never before the importance of dairy prod ucts in the human diet. The South is so badly undersupplied with milk that for many years to come dairymen will receive high prices for elr product. One of the greatest fav ors deterring many capable men from going Into the dairy business is the inability to secure satisfactory milk ers due to the confining disagreeable work in milking. The mechanical milker promises relief from a part of this work. Labor conditions have been the cause for the development and per fection of most labor saving mechan ical devices, and the development of Ihe milking machine is no exception. On account of these conditions the Animal Husbandry Division of the ieorgia State College of Agriculture installed two of the better known milking machines in the College herd with a view of securing first hand in formation as to the adaptation of these machines to local conditions. The machines have now bten in suc •essful use for several months. While he demonstration period has not gone faj enougli to warrant positive deduc tions certain indications are appar ent. Much depends on the intelli ■.ence and mechanical skill of the op •rator. It is a rather delicate and complicated piece of machinery, and it is quite app rent that i careless, unobservant operator will get unsat isfactory results On the other hand, ii is felt that it will require no more intelligence or mechanical skill to uccessfully operate a milkir - machine man it will m automobile. We feel tbut the mechanical milkers e doing much more satisfactory work itom every standpoint than is being ccomplished by the average hand milker in dairy barns throughout the outh at the present time, says Pro lessor Milton P. Jarnagin of the Agri ultural College. There has been no lost in the flow d' milk as a result of asing the ma liines. No injurious e.fects on the udders and teats of the cows hava een observed from either machine. ,t is necessary to observe most scrup ulous methods in keeping the ma i hines and apparatus clean. Where this is done more sanitary milk is pro iuced than under average dairy cou ,it ions where bund milking is practic 'd. If the machines are not kept ..bsolutely clean a less sanitary qual ty of milk will he produced than by and milking. Hy the uae of machines rre man is lile to milk a great many more cows ban cun be done by band, and the cost is lowe.. Twenty cows should variant its purchase. STUDENTS RAISE PIGS FROM DINNER WASTE Worth County Boys And Girls Practice Conservation To Improve Their Schools In the fall of 1917 fourteen grade pigs were bought from various farm ,-s und placed in the care of the boys md girls at fourteen country schools ol Worth county. The girls of these * hools collected the waste from the lunches each day for their pig while ihe boys took turns bringing ears of orn from home. One boy living near the school fed and watered it on Sat ur* ays and Sundays. ir the spring of 1918 the fourteen p.gs were sold at auction at the conn ty site for $590.00. and the money was iHvtded up and used to improve the .landings and grounds of the various set ools. Alter such a signal success the county superintendent of schools ap peared before the board of education lasi fall and secured from them the loads with which to purchase four teen pure-brod pigs. The county tgx-nt was appointed to buy and de liver the pigs and to instruct the a hol«rs in the feeding and care of litem With the exception of two mgs that were fed some milk and pea put cake, all were entirely raised on •orn and lunch basket waste, gaining, on an average. School beind over, the pigs were ] carried to the county aite a few days ago. where, at amnher auction similar to the one of the previous year. fl. 485.00 was taken in. The amount bor lowed from the school board. $292.50, was paid immediately and the remain tier was again turned over for the itn proveuient of the fourteen school buildings and grounds The young peo| le of the various schools, iu order to secure as high a price as possible, spotted each man attending the sale from tbeir locality wbo did not bid on their particular hog. Spirited bidding resulted, and eventually every hog was bought at a fair price by some individual of the romiiiulty It winch it was raised. I Be Conservative!! BUY THE OLD RELIABLE 1 DELCO [ —■——l i 111 illfi—'tfWlffll'WW"Wß———MM MOST COMPLETE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANT | land get real electrical service. 1 Ask a DELCO owner. They | are all around you. | I ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION | G. W. HOWARD CO. R. A. MAYER 1 Dealers Salesman || SAVANNAH ViDALIA, OA. § I WHERE PLEASURE AND PROFIT COMBINE § I The Ford Coupe, with its permanent top, big sliding win- p dows, generous seating capacity, splendid upholstering, is || surely the ideal, as well as the most practical and profitable j| motor car for traveling salesmen, physicians, stockmen, etc. || It means quick transportation without fatigue. It means || comfortable transportation regardless of weather conditions, g I It means good, long service at the minimum of expense. |j Wise to give us your order now. Price i. o. b. Detroit, || $650. 1 P. J. McNatt, Uvalda, Ga. I THE jg — 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. Send The Monitor the news 1 from your section. (Highest Prices Paid for Live Stock. i We are constantly in the mar ket for cattle and hogs. Many l years experience qualifies us to 1 offer superior advantages to the producers of this section. We are in position to handle your i business in a most satisfactory manner. Get our prices. W. D. & C. W. Peterson, 9192 m Ailey. Ga. 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.
