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THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922.
LU, lot. f UV/K UKUbIiUL
Any farmer or business man can tell you many
instances ol how burdensome taxes are, but we be
lieve me palm lor carrying the heaviest burden
must be awarded the poor uiuggist, whom the state
and nation have been making a determined effort
to put out ol business or have lalsely looked upon
the drug store us a veritable mint.
11k- druggists of Georgia, staggering under the
taxes put upon them and Hearing rumors oi more
taxes to be imposed by the legislature, have recently
issued a statement showing the dilierent taxes put
upon druggists. llnrty-six dilierent taxes are
enumerated, many being city taxes, state
taxes and a large number taxes imposed by the na
tional government.
Jj. G. Wise of Atlanta, is chairman of the leg
islative committee which recently issued a state
ment showing the numerous taxes imposed upon
druggists, and speaking of the small town druggist,
he says:
‘ Consider the case of the small town druggist.
He minds the babies, cranks the Fords, dispenses
the sodas, rolls the pills, acts as an assistant post
master, and does almost everything else for the
people of his town, ills hours are longer than any
other business man, for his store holds the com
modities that may be needed to save a life at any
time.”
Taxes arc nuisances in a great many ways, and
•while the state in its need for more income must
seek out additional sources of revenue, we are in
clined to believe that an unfair burden has been
placed on the druggist and that it is time to call a
halt. With out state paying something lick thir
ty-cight million dollars to the national government
in the shape of income taxes, and with the total
cost of our state government being twelve million
dollars per annum, we arc more and more inclined
to believe that Qovernor Hardwick is right in ad
vocating an income tax. Such a tax would relieve
the tax burden of the majority of our people and
would be the fairest way, we believe, of securing
a large part of the money needed for the support’
of otir state government.
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A GREAT MEETING.
The thirty-sixth annual session of the Georgia
Press Association was held at Quitman last,week
and was one of the best attended and most delight
fully entertained sessions that the association lias
ever had. At Washington last year Royal Daniel
made some great promises to the newspaper men
as to the kind of entertainment that would be ac
corded at Quitman, but the people of Quitman saw
that every promise was fulfilled.
From Quitman the association went to Bruns
wick, where two days were pleasantly spent and
where many delightful entertainments were planned
for the newspaper folks, these including automo
bile trips, a banquet at the Oglethorpe Hotel, a
boat ride to points of interest about the city, and
a tempting shore dinner at St. Simon’s. Bruns
wick lias one of the finest land-locked harbors on
the South Atlantic coast, and while it lias been hard
hit Itv tile depression following the war, it is hound
to come into its own, and future years will see it
a great port.
Quitman is a beautiful and progressive town.
Its streets are lined with great oaks, and on its
ivider thoroughfares the center of the streets have
fiecn made into attractive parks, which with their
They Went Fishing !
Two men took a trip into the woods to hunt 1
' > and tish. During the trip one of them had the mis- 2
' fortune to lose his pockettbook, and the other one 2
| lost his check-book. ♦
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laughed, for he knew he could easily get another T
I check-book. But the other man did not laugh. He X
! hurried hack to the woods and spent many hours in 2
’ looking for his money. 2
- - If the checking system had no other value, it 2
; ; would be well worth while from the standpoint of I
j | safety alone—but there are many other advantages 2
] | beside that. Nine times as much business is done ♦
| | each day with checks as is done with cash. ♦
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of Vidal ia, Georgia
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922.
shruba, flowers and grass add much to the charm
of the city. With but five thousand people, Quit
man has not neglected educational leadership, re
cently having built a handsome high school build
ing at a cost of 5125.000.
Brooks county plants some cotton, but the rav
ages of the boll weevil are little feared, and talked
of less. The farmers of Brooks county long ago
found that the hog could be made a great source
of revenue, and Brooks county ham has made a
reputation that is known beyond the bounds of the
state. And having feasted on delicious Brooks
county ham, we are prepared to say that the pea
nut-fed hog should bring a premium instead of a
penalty to the Southern farmer. We do not believe
that Brooks countv land averages a bit better than
the land in Toombs and Montgomery counties, and
when our large holdings are broken up into small
farms and these farms are rultiavted intensively,
our section of the state will be just as prosperous
as the sections arojpnd Quitman.
Possessing many beautiful homes, the citizen
ship of Quitman is composed of cultured and re
fined people, who love Quitman and who work un
tiringly for its advancement. The editor had the
good fortune to be assigned to the home of Air.
and Mrs. Russell Davis, where we were delight
fully entertained, and the memory of whose gra
cious hospitality will always be cherished.
The annual gathering of the newspaper men of
Georgia is a delightful occasion in many ways.
One comes to know his fellow worker better and
from their experiences and successes learns much
to aid him in making his publication a better paper
and more useful to his community. Following the
peregrinations of the association from year to year
one comes to know this great old state better and
to love it more fondlv and devotedly.
There is much that our people can team Irom
Brooks countv and Quitman. We hope to see
otir farmers follow the example of Brooks county
farnrers and learn that the safest way to farm is
to raise bread and meat, and let some other farmer
stake his all on the fleecy cotton crop and do vour
worrying about ravages of the boll weevil. Vida
lia, Mt. Vernon and Lyons can well afford to follow
the example of Quitman in improving our home
towns, and making our streets beautiful with shade
trees and shrubs and flowers. Then, like the cit
izens of Quitman, we will have a deeper love for
our home community to keep pace with onr faith
in its future.
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1921 VEGETABLE CROPS WORTH A BILLION.
Vegetables grown on farms in the United
States in 1921 had an estimated value of $1,104,000,-
(XX), according to the Lmited States Department of
•Agriculture. This was 15.7 per cent of the total
value of all crops. The products of the market
gardens, which may or may not have been produc
tive enough to he farms within the census defini
tion, are not included in these estimates.
The total estimated value of truck vegetables
produced for sale, often called the commercial crop,
was $227.0(X),000.
The potato crop had a farm value of $385,000,-
(XX), and the sweet potato $87,000,000. Together
these two crops comprised 43 per cent of the value
of all vegetables in 1921. The tomato crop of 1921
had a farm value of $60,000,000; the cantaloupe was
worth $17,000,000; the cucumber, watermelon and
cablmge crops each had a value of about $15,000,000
Farm gardens arc a new item in the vegetable
list and had an estimated value of $405,000,000 in
1021 .
The value of the vegetable crop in relation to
prominent single crops and to groups of crops has
some striking ratios for 1921, a year when the val
ues of the large crops were low. The total value
of the vegetable crop for 1921 was 85 per cent of
the value of the great corn crop; it was almost as
large as the value of the hay and forage crops: it
was nearly one-half as large as the value of the
d,airv products: it was considerably larger than the
value of all poultry products; 46 iter cent larger
than the value of the cotton crop: and 50 tier cent
larger than the value of the winter and spring
wheat crops. —Farmer and Stoekkman.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For State Senator.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for State Senator, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary of September 13th, and
solicit the support of the voters of
Toombs county-
S. B. MEADOWS.
For State Senate.
To the Voters of Toombs County:
I am a candidate for State Sena
tor from the 15th senatorial district,
composed of the counties of Toombs,
Montgomery and Wheeler, and will
appreciate yur support.
G. W. LANKFORD.
For Judge Middle Circuit.
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for Judge Superior Courts
of the Middle Circuit, subject to
the coming primary.
Respectfully,
F. H. SAFFOLD.
For Judge Middle Circuit.
To the Public:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Judge of Superior
Courts, Middle Judicial Circuit.
Very respectfully,
R. N. HARDEMAN.
For Representative, Toomba County
I use this privilege to announce my
candidacy for the office of Represen
tative of Toombs county. I will ap
preciate your support.
ERNEST C. WIMBERLY..
For Representative, Toomba County.
Having an honest desire to repre
sent my county in the legislative hall
of Georgia, I hereby announce myself
a candidate for representative from
Toombs county, subject to the rules
and regulations as prescribed by the
democratic primary to be held Sept.
13th, 1922.
Respectfully yours,
B. H. GRACE.
For Representative Toomba County.
Subject to the rules of the white pri
mary, friends from Waycross and Heb
ardsville, Ga., announce J. A. L.
Glaze as a candidate for representa
tive. He begs the ladies, for the sake
,of their children, to keep an eye on
immorality and their fingers on every
rotten, lieing, roguish, crooked politi
cian w'ho invades America and rapes
a civil sovereignty, thus characterized
as a disgrace to Southern politics. A
thousand gratified thanks extended
those seven hundred and eighty-seven
plebiscites of Toombs county who
wrote their names on a stolen ballot
two years ago. Read the 11th chap
ter of St. Luke, 52nd verse, and get
on the firing line. Speaking dates to
be announced later.
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A VIDALIA MANS EXPERIENCE
Can you doubt the evidence of this
Vidalia citizen?
You can verify Vidalia endorsement.
Read this:
A. F. Sawyer, 104 First street, Vi
dalia, says: “Some years ago I had
an attack of kidney trouble. My back
was very sore and lame and my kid
neys were weak and irregular in ac
tion. I' heard of Doan’s Kidney Pills
and got a supply and when I had fin
ished taking them I was entirely cur
ed of this trouble. I have used
Doan’s on a few occasions since as
a preventive and have always receiv
ed the same fine results. Doan's are
surely reliable.”
Price 60c at all dealers- Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills —the same that
Mr. Sawyer had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mtrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
REDUCTION IN TRAIN SERVICE
M. D. & S. RAILROAD.
Effective July 28th, 1922, on account
conditions from strike, it
becomes necessary for us to discon
tinue temporarily train No. 17 leav
ing Vdalia at 7:40 p- m., arrving Ma
con 11:20 p. m., and train No. 18,
leaving Macon 7:20 a. m., arriving
Vidalia 10:55 a. m.
These trains will be restored as soon
as conditions warrant.
The traveling public is asked to bear
with us during the interim.
C. J. ACOSTA,
ts Traffic Manager.
VIDALIA LODGE K. OF P.
Meets every Tuesday night in hall
on Railroad Ave. Visiting brother* j
always welcome.
J. B. TCDD. C. C.
T. R. LEE, K. of R. & S.
QOO Chills,
hhh Fever, Bilious Fever,
Colds and LaGrippe.
| Telephone your
grocer for a case— nsfr '§ I
VIDALIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. j
VIDALIA, GEORGIA Ml
The Stockman
The average livestock dealer is wise for his day
and generation. He gets around over the country
and knows what is going on. He knows all the
people, is familiar with local conditions, is an ex
pert judge of stock and is up to the minute on the
markets.
And he also knows something about banking.
That’s why so many stockmen are patrons of our j
bank. They know a good thing when they see it. j
They are familiar with the advantages we have to
offer. If you are not already a patron of our bank
just call any time and we believe we can show you
why you should be. ,
THE CITIZENS BANK
0E VIDALIA
Vidalia, Georgia
Enough to Weather
Any Storm
IT is in time of business readjustment that the
real value of a bank foundation is shown.
Our Resources have been conserved in prosperous
days for just such a readjustment period as this
and with the added advantage of our Membership
in the Federal Reserve System we are better
equipped to serve you now than ever.
THE BANK OF SOPERTON
CAPITAL $25,000.00 SURPLUS $25,000.00
N. L. GILLIS, President. J. E. HALL. V.-Pres & Cash.
J. B. O'CONNOR. V.-Pres. I. H. HALL, JR., Ass’t Cash.
SOPERTON, GEORGIA
\ FOR CHOICE MEATS AT ALL TIMES 5
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