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The Monticello News
Monticello, - -~ Georgia
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ayable in Advance.
Published Every Friday b
F. L. and T.ryß. PE]‘N.y
Editors and Proprietors,
Entered in the Postoffice in Mon
ticello, Ga., as second-class matter,
in accordance with an act of Con
gress,
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection and the life; he that be
lieveth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live; And whosoever
livth and believeth in me shall never
die.~John 11:25.
Politics not over yet. Municipal
officers will be chosen within a few
weeks,
If you are dissatisfied with the
old-home town, discontent is not in
the town, but in you.
An exchange remarks that gaso
line wagons have almost put the
water wagons out of business.
The lowly okra is still with us. Of
all garden vegetables this, in our
opinion, is the choicest delicacy. So
easy to swallow. y
It is “said that the grapefruit
originally was a lemon which, upon
being given an opportunity, took
every advantage of said opportunity.
Hear what Louie Morris, editor of
The Hartwell Sun, says concerning
the ladies: “God made women beauti
ful and dumb. Beautiful that
they might be loved by men, and
dumb that they might love men.”
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The old home-town would be bet
ter off if the ‘“knockers” were given
a knock-out blow. This little me
tropolis is one of the best towns in
the country and needs more boosting
and less rapping than it is receiving.
The Honorable R. Fields Taylor,
connected with the Covington News
in the capacity of business manager,
was a pleasant caller at our sanctum
on Thursday morning, enroute to
Macon where he attended the Con
vention. Taylor is the chief mogul
of our esteemed contemporary and
is one of the State’s leading news
paper men.
The News still contends that
Monticello needs and should have
some more manufacturing industries
which would create payrolls. When
there is money turned into business
channels, be it weekly, bi-weekly or
even monthly, then there’ll be some
trade and life! One or two factories,
however small they may be, giving
employment to those without work,
would prove two-fold in its purpose
in that more money would be put
into circulation and employment
given to ones who really need the
work.
FIRST GAME TODAY
A great treat is in store for foot
ball fans this afternoon when Monti
cello’s “Purple Hurricane” breezes
out against Monroe in the “Bowl.”
This is the first game of its kind ever
played in this city and a large crowd
is expected. If you want to get
some ‘“thrills” you should witness
this contest.
The spirit of the Monticello eleven
is not to be denied, and before the
season is over the team will be
molded into a formidable aggrega
tion.
The “Purple Hurricane” is ably
coached by Prof. G. A. Wheeler,
member of the faculty of the Monti
cello district high school.
GIVE THE PEOPLE FACTS
Nothing is more dangerous than
concealment,
Nothing is more wholesome than
the plain, unvarnished truth.
Sometimes individuals, organiza
tions, governments, groups of all
kinds, find themselves facing situa
tions' in which it is regarded as ex
pedient to assume a fictious stand.
Run a bluff. That’s the road often
selected by some of the most preten
tious deliberate bodies in the world.
But falsehood-—no matter what
promotes it—is a vicious and harm
ful thing.
There is an old saying that the
truth hurts,
The truth does nothing of the
kind.
Error and falsehood hurt. They
hurt not only those who employ them
but they also hurt others who are
seeking the truth who are entitled to
the truth, and yet who are not per
mitted to have the truth.
We have had enough falsehood.
CRIME WAVE SHOWS INCREASE
Nowithstanding the efforts of the
‘newspapers of the country, judges
‘and courts, the crime wave does not
‘seem to show signs of abatement in
any section of the nation. Right
here in our own southland, crime is
on the increase to say nothing of the
increase in the large centers of the
nation, both in the east and west,
New York and Chicago, especially.
The continuity of crime has brought
on a revival of Chief Justice Taft's
views of the condition throughout
the nation,
Specific causes pointed to by the
Chief Justice are summed up as
“the awakening of judge's powers
by restrictive state statues; lack of
sufficient expenditures of the judi
cial force so as to mass an adequate
number of judges where business or
prosecution is congested.
One salient point was overlooked
in the opinion of the Champaign
News Gazette. “He failed to com
ment on the failure of the people to
demand speedy action,” says the
Illinois paper. “He discusses Eng
lish law and its enforcement. He
has cited the difference between
America and England, the one melt
ing pot and the other a homogeneous
nation. It may be that a difference
in temperament makes administra
tion of the law different in the two
countries. But it must be conceded
that swift and sure punishment is
a greater deterrent to crime that a
feeling of security, built up through
the years by the failure of the public
to demand immediate action. An
innocent man does not require time“
for defense. It is only the g'uilty\
who require time for softening of
society’s anger—an anger usually{
aroused because of the knowledge
that in previous cases delays have de
feated justice.”
Quoting the Chief Justice’s state
ment that “in the delay of legal
proceedings the rights of litigants
are lost, and an undue advantage is
added to the already great advan
tages of the rich man in court,” the
Santa Barbara Daily News recalls
that President Coolidge has re
marked that “justice delayed is
justice denied,” and adds: “No
juggling of figures can serve to al
ter the fact that justice is delayed
and therefore denied” in some
courts. The Jackson Citizen-Pa
triot insists that “if we are to get
away from our inefficient system,
the reform must begin with the re
form of court procedure by giving
judges some such authority as that
enjoyed by English judges and by‘
curbing the ' activities of parole
boards which are now permitted to
veto much of the decisions of the
courts.”
From the foregoing reviews of
the remarks of Judge Taft, it will be
seen that there is a general revival
in all sections in favor of law en
forcement and the more stringent
procedure of the courts in trying
cases. Delays brought on through
technicalities of the law, are doing
more to create a disrespect for the
courts and a disregard for the law
than all other agencies combined. In
fact, continuation of cases and ap
peals, taken on technical grounds in
order to avoid speedy trials, serve as
an incubator for crimes of all char
acter.
Our legislatures should cause our
laws to be amended, tightening up
the loopholes through which new
trials can be secured and trials post
poned on minor technical points
now considered to be law. Until a
general reformation is brought about
in our laws, criminals will have little
fear of violating them, believing that
there will be found a way through
which they can escape punishment.
Many criminals have secured free
dom through technicalities of law
and others will, unless our courts
adopt a policy of the strict enforce
ment, regardless of the station in
life of the accused.—Athens Banner-
Herald.
It has been the bane and the blight
of our political, social, business and
ecclesiastical life. The plant which
grows in the darkness of night is a
poisonous and deadly thing.
The greatest purifier in the world
is the sunlight.
Life cannot exist without light.
Don’t try to feed even a child on
falsehood.
Turn the full flood of sunlight up
on the truth.
The full, unvarnished truth is the
only thing in the world that is
worth while, because it is the only
thing possessing reality.—DeKalb
New Era.
Policemen in Buffalo operate pas
senger busses.
Many silver mines in Mexico are
being shut down, &
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1926.
LOOKING FOR A MOSES
The South is teday looking for a
Moses to lead it out of the despair
and despondency brought about by
the collapse of the price of cotton.
It would have been better if Moses
had appeared on the scene last
spring before the cotton crop was
pitched. The cotton acreage is the
largest in the history of the Ameri
can nation. What could be expect
ed but a big crop, barring insect
damage? It looks like a case of
reaping what one has sown. There
will be a lot of cussing. Wall
Street and the cotton exchange and
all that sort of thing, but the fact
remains the acreage was planted and
the cotton has been produced—pos
sibly the largest crop ever grown in
‘Amoriu.,
~ The newspapers are filled with
suggested remedies. The experts
are taking a fling at a solution.
This and that remedy is being
urged. A lot of idle talk about
holding movements and help from
the government is being engaged
in. Generally speaking, this is
wasted breath. ‘
Far be it from the writer to of
fer a solution. The problem is too
big for us to grapple with. i
A few things stand out so promi-‘
nentiy that they ought to be known
of all men. The first of these is,
that the price of cotton is below the‘
cost of production. Another is, that
farmers can better afford to hold‘
or buy cotton at present prices
rather than try to grow another
crop at 12 or 14 cents.
The cotton problem would be no
problem at all if the South were
made entirely self-sustaining. If
there was enough hog and hominy
to go around there would be no
surplus of cotton. Such, unfortu
nately, is not the case and the few
dollars received from a bale of cot
ton will be used in thousands of in
stances to buy western meat, corn,
hay, oats, lard, flour, etc.
One thing is certain: We are
making no progress at.all under
present conditions. It is time to
change our cotton system of farm
ing. If the West can grow cotton
profitably at present prices, then
let the West grow the cotton and
let the eastern belt grow dairy cat
tle, hogs, poultry, fruits and vege
tables. If this is not a solution to
the problem—if this section is not
better adopted to dairy farming,
raising of live stock, poultry and
eggs, fruit and vegetables—than
growing cotton, then it is a sorry
day for Georgia and the entire cot
ton growing section east of the
Mississippi river.—Jackson Progress-
Argus. s |
STATEMENT
Of the Ownership, Management, Cir
* culation, Etc., Required by the
Act of Congress of August
24, 1912,
Of THE MONTICELLO NEWS, pub
lished weekly at Monticello,
Ga., for October Ist, 1926.
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of
Jasper, ss.
Before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared F. L. Penn, who,
having been duly sworn according to
law, deposes and says that he is the
business manager of The Monticello
News and that the following is, to
the best of his knowledge and belief,
a true statement of the ownership,
management (and if a daily paper
the circulation), etc., of the afore
said publication for the date shown
in the above caption, required by the
Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in
section 443, Postal Laws and Regula
tions, printed on the reverse of this
form, to-wit:
1. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publishers—F. L. and T. R. Penn,
Monticello, Ga.
Editors—F. L. and T. R. Penn,
Montieello, Ga.
Business Manager—F. L. Penn,
Monticello, Ga. .
2. That the owners are:
F. L. and T. R. Penn, Monticello,
Ga.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security hold
ers owning or holding 1 per cent or
more of total amount of bonds, mort
gages, or other securities are:
The Farmers National Bank,
Monticello, Ga. .
F. L. PENN, Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 7th day of October, 1926.
MAUD C. PENN, Notary Public.
(My commission expires Jan. 13th,
1929.)
Bananas were sold in Jamaica re
cently at about one-half cent each.
—Exchange.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
WE OPENED FOR BUSINESS
We are grateful to the many who have been con
tinuous customers of this bank during all these years.
Our gtowth has been in keeping with the progresé
of the community.
We solicit your business and promise that same
will be handled on sound banking methods.
The Farmers National
Monticello, Georgia
Twenty Years’ Satisfactory Service :
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