The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, June 15, 1922, Image 2
The Montgomery Monitor fnblisiird Mtrj Hi ur *(!«>. OOlrial Organ Montgomery County Subscription Rates: $1..50 Per Year in Advance. hTb. FOLSOM, Owner. N. C. NAPIER, Le»»ee Entered at the posterities n Mt. Vernon, Ga., as second class mal matter. t«egai advertiHementa must invariably be paid in advance, at the legal rate, and an the law directs , and must be in hand not later than Wednesday morning of first week of insertion. THURSDAY, JUNE if, 1022. SUPT. BRITTAIN TO QUIT. Stating that he has a growing distaste for poli tics, State School Superintendent M. L. Brittain has announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself in the election to be held in Sep tember. This leaves the field so far to X . H. Bal lard of Brunswick, who sometime ago announced his candidacy for this position. The retirement of Mr. Brittain from active work with the public schools of the state is a big loss to our state. Under his administration won derful progress has been made, and while we be lieve the people of the state are aroused to the question of bettering the school facilities for their children and that the next five years will see mar velous improvement, yet it will be difficult lo find a successor to carry on this work with the enthu siasm. the devotion and wise direction which Mr. Brittain has brought to this office. ———x WHY NOT A COUNTY MANAGER? The success of the city manager plan in many cities of the state has caused many papers to be lieve that this plan could he employed just as suc cessful by our counties. The Tifton Gazette is impressed with the city manager plan in Tifton and believes that the plan should he tried out by the county. It would take no special legislation, it says, hut simply action by the county commis sioners who could employ a competent business man to take charge of the county affairs and ad minister them, and hold him responsible. Discussing the matter further, the Gazette says: “This plan has worked well in Tifton, and the suggestion has been made that it be tried out in Tift county. It need require no special legislation, but simply action by the Board of County Com missioners . .“As a rule, County Commissioners are business men and have to look after their own affairs. They cannot neglect them to attend to the county’s business without great personal sacrifice and finan-' rial loss. But they could meet together once a month or oftener and supervise tire work of a County Manager, who could he paid a salary com mensurate with In', ability, and who could devote his entire time to the county’s affairs. “The success of the plan would depend on the character and capacity of the man who was em ployed ns manager, hut we believe the right man cotdd save the taxpayers of the county with the foresight t<> employ him a great deal of money and have the affairs of the county in much more sat isfactory shape." v With the hanks composing the Vtlanta Clear ing House having agreed to make a loan of five million dollars to the Georgia Cotton Growers Co operative Marketing Association, and with further loans promised from the Federal Reserve Rank.J the association is now assured that it will he able to handle the crop raised by the members of the I association. x With the election of Mrs. I'rank Lawson of j Dublin as vice-chairman of the Democratic l-'.xec ntivr Committee for the Twelfth Congressional District, the naming of a number of women from I different counties as members of the committee, the enfranchised sox cannot say that they are not being given a heartv welcome into the councils of the party and a fair share of its responsibilities, t ♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦+++++++++++++++++++++•»■+++++++++ * i t t Jit 1111 ■!'**** ********** _ SOME WISE BURGLARS *ll :: :: ! ~ .k :: I i i. ii ii < ■ ; ; Wo wore talking a tow days ago with a mcr- * chant who has boon reading these little stories ;; ii about the value of good bank service. He told ;; ii us of an experience he had that shows the value of ii ii the checking system. ii ■ - ; | Burglars entered his store one night and blew ;; |i open his safe. It contained about $l5O, but most ii !! of this was in checks —less than SSO of cash. ii «• J| The burglars took every cent of the money ii ;; but they left all the chocks exactly as they found * | I them. ’ | ♦ «|» IThcy know those checks would he worthless 4 to them, for if they tried to cash them they would t be caught and easily proven guilty of the theft. t This merchant said he received $0 in checks j for each dollar in cash and that he always worried 4 when he had much cash on haul. f * i The First National Bank ! * t * * | of Vidalia. Georgia I i ' t ++++++^++<M-H+++-t--s+-:-:-{-ss++++++:-w*-s+++•»'■+•} - ---■ 1 -- - ■--- m — -• MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME. State School Supervisor Smith, who for a long number of years has been in close touch with edu cational conditions in this section of the state, does not hesitate when speaking to a Toombs county audience to tell the people of their shortcomings and of their neglect in providing educational op portunities for the boys and girls of the rural dis tricts. Up to two years ago, states Mr. Smith, the cells of the county jail at Lyons represented a greater investment than all the school buildings and equipment in Toombs county outside of the two towns of Lyons and Vidalia. Tt is hard to conceive of a more terrible indictment of a people than this. The school interests in the two towns, since the towns were incorporated, were steadily moving forward, but for nearly twenty years the cause of good schools in the rural sections stood still. But that was the condition two years ago. Since that time we have had the splendid school buildings at New Branch and at Johnson Corner; the Lyons consolidated school district will put hundreds of children in the rural districts in reach of a splendid grammar and high school, with all modern equipment, taught by capable and trained teachers. The people of the Vidalia section are studying the question of coming hack into the countv svstem and having a large district laid off around the town. Ts this is done, another large group of the hoys and girls in the rural district will have their educational opportunics greatly in creased . And while telling us of our shortcomings of the past, Mr. Smith is impressed with the awaken ing of the people of Toombs countv and of their determination to make up for lost time. He freely predicts that the next Jive years will see wonder ful strides in the improvement of the rural schools in Toomhs enuntv, and that from standing next to the bottom of the counties in this section in the educational opportunities afforded the children of the rural districts, we will he near the top. Our hovs and girls are Georgia’s greatest pro duct. and the hoys and girls of the countrv within the next twontv vears will ho the lenders in every walk of life. Let us look upon money spent for our schools as an invstment in hnopv and useful lives. Let ns not rest content until everv bov and girl in ottr rural districts is in reach of a thoroughly modern school.—Lyons Progress. v x DON’T BE A SLACKER. Collections arc not as good as they should be. ' The reason is that lots of folks who really can pay won’t do it. They won’t do the decent thing. This stops the next fellow from paying, and so on down the line, until the flow of credits is impeded to an unneecessary degree. If you owe a man a hundred dollars, and can pay only five or ten. do the decent thing and pay that. Oftentimes it’s the spirit that counts for as much as anything. The spirit of those who owe us helps some, even when we are unable to collect that which is our due. Another thing, if you owe a man an honest debt, don’t got “raw” when he asks you to pay him. Remember, he did you a favor to let you have goods or service on credit —he has a perfect > right to ask and expect you to pay him. You should pay promptly. But if you cannot, , he decent enough to pay every cent you can, and 1 then give a definite promise as to when you can | pay the remainder. It does you no good—in fact lowers you in ; the estimation of your creditors every time you sav mean, ugly things about an account you owe. Do the right thing—brace up. pay up, get right with the world: the world will take on a brighter hue: you’ll love your fellowman a wee bit more, i- Cartersville Tribune-News. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR GEORGIA GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION ATLANTA, Ga. —Interest in the pas sage of the $75,000,000 bond issue for good roads is being manifested throughout the state in the moFt def inite and practical way possible—by applications for membership in the Georgia Good Roads Association and the payment of the five-dollar annual fee, it was announce today by Will iam E. Keith, secretary of the associa tion. “The results from our Invitation to Georgians, men and women, to join the Good Roads Association and sup port the campaign for state bonds for , state highways has met with a res ponse even beyond our expectations,’’ said Mr. Keith. “The membership certificates are being accepted and the fees paid by business firms, banks professional men of many pursuits ’ and men and women individually to an extent which is surprising. The in vitation to join the association and thus actively support the bond move ment went out only two weeks ago. Every Georgian interested in the bond • plan for ‘Pulling Georgia Out of the Mud’ is invited to become a member, sending the application to the associ ation, 205 Walton Buildings, Atlanta.’’ More and more support is being given the bond issue plan by the daily and weekly press as the time ap proaches for the convening of the Leg islature, and many additional sena tors and representatives are pledging their support to the proposed amend ments. Several strongly influential members of both branches are enthu siastic backers of the bond issue, be lieveing it the only system which will give Georgia complete highway sys tem within a reasonable time and se cure the millions of dollars of federal aid funds. You Do More Work, You are more ambitious and you get more enjoyment out of everything when your blood is in good condition. Impurities in the blood have a very depressing effect on the system, causing weakness, laziness, nervousness and sickness. 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CHIEF DEFENDED BY FRIENDS ATLANTA, Ga.—Republicians in Atlanta, a? well as leaders through out the state, in communications to party headquarters here, have come to the defense of their chief—John Louis Philips, who is facing charges in Washington'on a charge of conspir ing to defraud the government in handling contracts. Many telegrams have- been sent to Mr. Philips by Georgians, regardless of party affil iations, assuring him of their support land confidence. Washington dis | patches received in Atlanta quote the I Georgia Chairman as follows: | "Ail my dealings with the govern ' ment are an open book and I have i nothing to conceal. lam just paying ; the price of being in politics.” It is known here that Mr. Philips has referred to the charges on more than one occasion, as they were first made a year or so ago. At the time they were investigated by what is known as the Graham Commission and Mr. Philips was given a e’ean sheet. 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( VIDALIA, GEORGIA | | j BIU Jj *» • 9 Little Girls== “There was a little girl and she had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead,” etc. Well, she didn’t remain a little girl for evry long. She soon passed the “little curl” stage and became a woman —and that means a voter these days, and' maybe was elected to congress. Times have changed for the women folks. They are now supposed to be the equal of the men—possi bly they have always been superior for all we know, but we do know that every little girl should • be taught something about modern banking by hav ing an account of her own. The experience is sure to be helpful in after years. THE CITIZENS BANK OF VIDALIA Vidalia, Georgia j [ Enough to Weather | Any Storm IT is in time of business readjustment that the real value of a bank foundation is shown. 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