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ESTABLISHED 1881.
GOV. HARDM}\NI
{«CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS SUBMIT-I
TED TWO NAMES, NEITHER
" .OF WHICH HAVE BEEN CON
FIRMED BY THAT BODY.
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ATLANTA, Ga., August I.—With
‘only three more weeks left the 1927
‘Georgia Legislature will face a full
calendar. The anti-Hardman faction
in the Senate are beginning to real
ize that their constituents back home
:are asking for the enactment of re
form measures of the present admin
istration. According to statements
made here today in the rotunda of
the state capitol, many senators find
themselves facing stiff proposition to
their tactics in blocking measures ad
vocated by Governor Hardman. It
‘was pointed out that in the last elec
‘tion the voters expressed their choice
for Governor. and sanctioned the
elimination of' John Holder on the
‘highway board.
Governor Hardman has submitted
two names to the senate, neither of
which have been confirmed. This, in
a way, is contrary to the expressed
views of the voters of this state. It
appears that the senate has assumed
*he attitude of being czaristic and
have no desire to co-operate with
the governor. This position is un
democratic and is a detriment to the
“welfare of Georgia. Just as long as
we have petty politics and factionlism
‘Georgia will never get anywhere in
constructive legislation. .
The state’s institutions are suffer
‘ing, the highway department is ready
for re-organization, and many other
needed reforms that are essential in
the growth and development of
‘Georgia are being blocked. The tax
isquestion, which has for time immem
orial been the chief topic of discuss
ion at the state capitol, will again be
passed up by the legislature. Ap
propriations will be made without
providing funds and other matters of
importance passed by, all because a
few politicians have banded them
.selves together and agreed to block
-any and all measures of the Hardman
administration. *
However there is a noticeable
weaking in the strength of the “‘in
‘surgents” which is indicative of the
fact that they are not representing
‘their constitutents in the manner for
for which they were elected. Old
time politicians believe that the vo
ters are beginning to bring pressure
-on their legislators for action for the
-good of Georgia. They are being
besieged by voters to forget personal
«differences and petty politics and
unite in an effort to give Georgia a
business administration that will ef
fect a saving of hundreds of thous
-and dollars to the tax payers. And
this must be done in the next eigh
teen days of the legislature. Little,
if any, general legislation has been
passed at the present session. Tax
payers are demanding that something
be done.
The first opened cotton boll of
the 1927 season in Jasper county,
which The News has any record of,
was sent to this office Saturday
morning by Mr. Tommie Minter, who
‘livese near Bethel.
It appears that cotton-is far ad
‘vanced this year and prospects are
cgood for a fair yield in this county.
It will not be long before the cotton
gins throughout this section will be
ready for business. |
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
Folks, we have been telling you
‘about it frequently. Just wanted
‘you to know that “it pays to adver
tise.” In further support of our as
‘sertion we take pleasure in repro
ducing here the following letter
~which we appreciate highly:
“Monticello News,
Monticello, Ga. i
“Gentlemen:
We wish to state that the 20c
ad in your paper sold our bird
‘before the paper dried tl;orough
ly from the press. I believe we
could have sold several birds
"had we only had more to sell.
it ungone wishes quick results
use the want ad in your splen
did paper.
Thanking you,
“Mrs. Eugene Middlebrooks.”
We will state that the price of
~want ads is b cents per line per issue,
_No ad taken for less than 20c.
. 'Phone us the ne Th nks.
THE MONTICELLO NEWS
Ye editors take pleasure in un-‘j
nouncing a coming event which will
afford much enjoyment to those who
sing as well as those who love good
singing—when the song-birds of Jas
per and adjoining counties will as
semble at Bethel church, a few miles
west of Monticello for two days,
‘Thursday and Friday before the sec
ond Sunday, August 11th and 12th,
to try out their voices in the annual
\singing convention, which is now
famous in Jasper county because of
‘the genuine, old-fashion get-together
spirit it gives all who gather for the
occasion. .
This year it will be Bethel’s de
light to have the singers in that
community—a privilege the citizens
of the county seek eagerly each year.
' Now, folks, in order to make the
“Sing”” an event so that no one may
feel that he is imposing upon some
one else, the “lunch” and ‘“basket”
dinner plan has been adopted. In
this way, friends may invite friends
to go along with them and no one
will feel as though he is “fudging”
ins any way. This plan has been
found to be an ideal one and although
the people into whose community you
will go are noted for their hospital
ity—all sections of the county enjoy
that fame—it is simply a “family
failing” for the people of Jasper to
dispense to their guests the best of
everything to be had—this plan of
everyone bringing along the “eats”
relieves matters considerably.
So, whether you bring your own
lunch or not, you will receive a most
cordial welcome at Bethel, and do
not deny yourself of the chance to
attend should you not be in position
to take your basket with you—just
go ahead and enjoy the two days—
and SING while there. You have no
idea how good you will feel if you do.
Yessir, Thursday and Friday, Au
gust 11th and 12th, at Bethel church,
about five miles west of Monticello,
as the crow flies.
GEORGIA’S INSANE
ATLANTA, Ga., August 4.—That
some immediate relief for condi
tions at the Georgia Sanitarium for
the Insane at Milledgeville must be
provided at the present session of the
legislature was agreed by Governor
Hardman, the president of the sen
ate and the speaker of the house of
representatives, at a conference just
held with the board of trustees of the
sanitarium, which held a special meet
ing in Atlanta.
The absolute safety limit of popu
lation, 5,000 patients, was reached
last week and the trustees directed
Superintendent Swint to admit no
more applicants except as vacancies
occur by death or discharge. Besides
the resident population, more than
600 patients are out ‘‘on furlough”
and entitled to return at any time.
County ordinaries are now being
forced to commit insane men and wo
men to the county jails until such
time as room for them is provided at
the state sanitarium, and numerous
complaints are being received at the
capitol and at the sanitarium that
confinement of innocent unfortu
nates with criminals is a relic of
the dark ages.
While there has been a request by
the trustees for the appropriations
running to more than a million dol
lars for providing new buildings, it
is realized that it is hardly possible
to obtain such a sum under present
conditions, and it is expected that the‘
problem will be solved for a time by
erecting buildings for negro patients
upon the “colony farm” at the sani
tarium. This will provide room for
white patients after the negro build
ings are renovated.
Governor Hardman indicated deep
interest in the problem during a con
ference with the trustees and prom
ised that his next message to the leg
islature would deal with the situation
at the sanitarium and that he would
urge that prompt action be taken.
MONTICELLO CIRCUIT
Monticello Circuit will hold its
third Quarterly Conference Satur
day, August 6th, at New Hope
church.
Our Presiding Elder will preach at
eleven o’clock, A. M. Conference to
be held at two o’clock P. M, :
Let every stewart be present with
their reports and let us make this a
great conference. .. .. . .
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MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1927.
PRINCIPAL MEANS OF LAND'
TRANSPORTATION IS RAIL.
- ROAD, FOLLOWED BY AUTO
~ MOBILE, IT IS POINTED OUT.
~ According to an interesting bulle
tin issued July 28, by Hon J. J. Pel
‘ley, president of the Central of Geor
gia Railway Company, with general
headquarters, transportation is a fac
tor of increasing importance to this
country.
This bulletin, which discusses the
various forms of transportation, with
particular reference to the service
performed by the railroads, is as fol
lows: |
The improved standard of living
and the industrial development of
this country have combined to make
transportation, the moving of people
and goods from place to place, a fac
tor of steadily increasing importance.
in this country’s economic life. The
average factory draws its raw prod
ucts, its fuel and other essentials for
operation from widely scattered ter
ritory, while its finished goods are
shipped to all parts of the country.
The housewife places on her table
fruits, vegetables, meats and grain
[products that have traveled hundreds
of miles before reaching her.
Recent incidents have drawn at
tention to transportation, particular
ly its newest form, transportation by
air. In this country transportation by
land and by water have already
reached high state of efficiency, and
similar results from the development
of aviation may reasonably be ex
pected. Transportation by land will,
however, continue to be of first im
portance because this method not on
ly serves greatest number but per
mits the maximum efficiency at the
minimum of expense.
The principal means of land trans
portation is the railroad, followed by
the automobile. There should be no
conflict between these, because each
has its own field of unselfishness and
each can suppliment the other in ren
dering service to the public. Service
is the final test of each, and
each has certain outstanding advan
tages to recommend it. The rail
road, for instance, offers greater
safety, as there is no other way of
getting people and goods from place
to place that is so free from danger
as the railroad. The Central of
Georgia has had no passenger fatality
in the past four and one half years
although in that time more than four
teen million passengers have been
transported safely. Automobile ac
cidents on the other hand are fairly
common, due almost entirely to care
lessness or some other fault on the
part of those driving rather than to
mechanical defects. The automobile
driver seldom exercises the same care
and judgment in protecting his own
life and the lives of those accompan
ing him that the railroad does in
protecting lives entrusted to it.
Other advantages of the railroad
are continuity of service and perma
nency of schedules, as bad roads or
storms seldom cause any interrup
tion or postponement of the trains. ‘
The number of bus and truck
lines is steadily increasing, indica
ting that there is a puble demandl
for this form of transportation. The
demand for railroad transportation
service is likewise increasing stead
ily, and in 1921 the railroads of the
United States handled the greatest
volume of freight traffic in their his
tory. For every inhabitant of this
lcountry, American railroads handled
in 1926 an average of 11.4 tons, or
‘nearly 23,000 pounds of freight, a
higher per capita average than ever
before. This tremendous volume of
traffic was handled so efficiently
that there was no serious tie-up or
shortage of equipment during the
year, and for the service performed
the railroads received on an average
only a little more than one cent for
each ton of freight hauled one mile.
For handling traffic in volume the
steam railroad is the most economical
method ever devised by man. The
average trainload handled by the rail
roads in 1926 amounted to 700 tons.
Since the automobile trucks in
freight service are generally of about
five ton capacity, at least 100 trucks
would be required to handle the same
amount of freight handled by the av
erage train, This would involve not
only increased expenses but a tremen
dous economic waste of manpower,)
inasmuch as 100 truck drivers would
be needed to perform duties lequiv
alent to those performed by the four
PUZILE, IT SEEMS[
FARM OFFICIALS AT WASHIN(;-|
TON ARE PUZZLED OVER THIS‘
YEAR'S YIELD OF "FLEECY!
STAPLE.”
~ WASHINGTON.—FederaI author
ities admit the 1927 cotton crop is
‘subject to interesting developments.
First it is following a year of heav
iest production in the history of
America’s cotton industry.
Furthermore, no one knows what
degree of success will attend late
planting of the Mississippi delta.
0. F. Cook, United States senior
botanist, questions satisfactory re
turn from fields seeded as flooded
waters receded. Although farmers}
have learned practical cultivation
methods that advance the date of ma
turity as much as two weeks, Cook
doubts the edvisability of extensive
risks on second planting.
! Dr. O. C. Stine, agricultural eco
nomist, foresees crop conditions simi
|lul‘ to those of 1911-12.
“The large fifteen million bale
crop of 1911,” he recalls, “was fol
lowed by a thirteen million bale erop
in 1912, Last year this country pro
duced eighteen million bales.. Nat
urally, therefore, the trend nok
would be toward a lighter crop.
“Acreage has been reduced be
cause of the surplus supply. And, as
in 1912, the present cotton crop has
suffered from flood. It is probable,
however, that the flood’s influence
on market conditions will not be so
pronounced when the new crop is
harvested as it was a few weeks ago
“Unless the coming crop is heavier
than anticipated 1927 prices will like
ly be comparable to those of 1925
when cotton sold for '6 cents per
pound. Last year’s supply forced
quotations down to 14 cents.
“It is estimated that the United
States will consume more than 6,000-
000 bales this year and will export
more than 10,000,000. There is a
cotton surplus on hand, and if the
1927 crop were to approximate last
year’s the market would drop to 10
cents per pound.
“Texas and Oklahoma might pro
duce it at that price and still make a
profit, but states east of the Missis
sippi would lose heavily.”
Present low prices for short fiber
and relatively high price for long
staple have produced a definite reac
tion, Plant Industrial officials say.
South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida are looking forward to the rein
troduction of Sea Island cotton, now
virtually extinct. These states could
plant thousands of acres of the long
staple species if the seed were avail
able for commerciel use.
Sea Island popularity is supposed
to have passed out of the south be
cause of boll weevil damage. Econ-‘
omists point out that low prices for‘
long staple, which preceded boll wee-l
vil attack, was a dominhnt factor in
discouraging production. A recon-l
ditioned market and weevil control
offered an opportunity to renew the
old favorite.
Recognizing the probability of a
return of the fine, strong long fiber
Sea Island cottgn, experts have warn
ed that to keep it free from contam
ination it will be necessary to restrict
all cotton to the one type in sections
growing it.
Pima, famous long staple cotton of
‘the Nile, holds promise for Arizona,
‘and because of its climate demands
virtually from Arizona alone. Seed
introduced from Egypt are declared
to have been improved in Arizona to
such a perfection that British experts
proclaim it better than the original
and want Arizona seed for use in the
Nile valley. , i
BALTIMOREAN KNOWLEDGE
Some quotations from a Baltimore
school examination papers:
A blizzard is the inside of a hen.
A circle is a round straight line
with a hole in the middle.
George Washington married Mary
Curtis and in due time became the
father of his country.
Sixty gallons make one hedgehog.
' Georgia was founded by people
who had been executed.
A mountain range is a large cook
stove. . 4
- Archilles was dipped in the river
Styx to make him normal.
Pompeii was destroyed by an erup
tion of saliva from the Vatican.
- Typhoid fever is prevented by fas
cination.—Exchange. ; (5
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On Sunday night, August 7th, be
ginning at eight o'clock, Dr. Elam
Dempsey, presiding elder of the Ox
ford District of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference, will open a
series of revival meetings at Sardis
Church, a few miles west of Monti
cello.
A cordial invitation is extended to
everybody to attend these services
and it is hoped that large congrega
tions will be present to hear Dr.
‘Dempsey in his discourses.
We feel that this preacher needs no
introduction to the people of this sec
tion of the State as he is one of the
imost outstanding ministers of Geor
~via. He was Dean of Theology at
Emory University for four years,
and head of the Christian Education
Work of the Conference for five
yvears. Dr. Dempsey is one of the
State’s most lovable characters and
his sermons will be gems of logie and
eloquence. The people of Jasper
county will be fortunate, indeed, in
having him in their midst during this
revival,
Dr. Dempsey will be assisted by
Rev. J. T. Burdette, pastor of tho}
Monticello Circuit. |
The regular August term of Jas
per county superior court will open
in Monticello Monday morning, the
eighth, at ten o’clock.
His honor, Judge James B. Park,
of Greensboro, will preside and Col.
Jos. B. Duke, solicitor general, will
look after the interests of the State.
There are many cases set for trial
at this term, so we understand, and
in all probability court will not be
in session many days.
A list of grand and traverse jurors
may be seen on another page of this
issue of The News.
D 0 YOU KNOW?
You should be able to answer all
of today’s quizzes with ease.
Put on your thinking cap and take
a whack at these, scoring yourself ten
points for each correct solution:
(Set of Questions No. 16.)
1. Where is this year’s “Sum
mer White House” located?
2. How many telephones are
there in the United States?
3. Complete this from Victor
Hugo: |
“God, whose gifts in gracious flood
Unto all who seek are sent; !
4. Give author’'s name of this:
“Our deeds determine us as much as
we determine our deeds.” .
5. Who wrote this gem of
thought?: “Day, like a weary pilgrim,
has reached the western gate of
heaven, and Evening stooped down
to unloose the latchets of his sandal
shoon.” @
6. What do you know of the
“Isiands of the Blessed?”
7. Who was the elder brother of
Romulus?
} 8. Who was the first transgres
sor?
9. What is the capital of Iowa?
10. Give origin of this expres
sion: “Almighty Dollar.”
(Answers appear on page b)
LARGE QUARRY IS OPENED
UP IN OGLETHORPE
Being of general rather than
neighborhood interest, we transfer
from the dots of our good corre
spondent at Millstone to our general
local department this paragraph con
cerning the big granite quarry being
opened on the Oglethorpe side of
Broad river about a mile from Carl
ton, and which is now nearly ready
for operations to begin, says the
. (Continued qn page 8)
Presbyterian Church
Anouncomo/-u for Week Commenc
; ing Sunday, August 7th
Sunday School convenes at 10
o’clock. Superintendent: Mr. E.
Glover Jordan.
Morning Worship: 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship: 8:30 o’clock.
The Auxiliary will meet on Monday
afternoon at 4 o’clock. ;
~ Midweek Services on Wednesday at
8 LT, e e
REV. K. J. MORGAN, Pastor.
NUMBER 18
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PRESIDENT CAMP ANNOUNCES
PROGRAM FOR ANNUAL MEET
ING TO BE HELD AT EATON
TON THIS MONTH.
MONROE, Ga.-——Ernest Camp,
president of the Georgia Press Asso
ciation has announced the program
for the association’s annual meeting
‘to be held at Eatonton in August.
The first session of the Associa
tion will be held Monday evening,
August 22, when the editors will be«
welcomed by the people of the con
vention city at the Eatonton Schoel
auditorium.
The response to the address of wel
come will be made by Lovelace Eve,
editor of the Americus Times-Record
er.
A feature of the first meeting will
be an address by Judge R. C. Bell,
of the Georgia's Greatest Asset.
A business program is scheduled
for Tuesday morning with addresses
to be given by president Rufus W.
Weaver of Mercer University on
“The Schools of Journalism,” John
E. Allan, of the Mergenthaler Lino
type company, on ‘“‘Appearances
Count,” and Mrs. Bernice B. Mec-
Cullar, of the Milledgeville Times on
“Journalism as a Woman Finds it.”
At noon the editors will be carried
out to Phoenix six miles from Eat-
Inotnn. where they will be entertain
ed at a pienic 'dinner. In the after
noon the birthplace of Joel Chandler
Harrjs and other historic spots will
be visited after which the party will
return to Eatonton to be the guests
of Mrs. Reese at the Dixie theatre.
Tuesday night will furnish anoth
er business session, to which the peo
ple of Eatonton will be invited.
Speakers at this meeting will include
John T. Boifeuillet, honorary member
of the association, on “The Sunshine
of Uncle Remus;” Mark S. Etheridge,
of the Macon Telegraph, on “The Ed
itorial Page;” President P. S. Ark
wright, of the Georgia Power Com
pany, on “Building Georgia;”’ and
Mrs. Mark S. Etheridge, on “Being
the Wife of a Newspaper Man.”
On Wednesday morning, August
24, William €. Wood, superintendent
of the division of classification, Wash
ington, D. C., will address the con
vention on “The Postal Laws and the
Press.”
Following this will be a series of
short talks of interest to the news
paper profession.
-The final business session will be
held on Wednesday afternoon at
which time officers will be elected
and the next meeting place selected
Statesboro, it is expected, will press
her claims for the convention, and
there probably will be other cities
‘ding for the convention.
' On Wednesday evening the people
of Eatonton will entertain the editors
at Joel Chandler Harris pageant and
Thursday morning the editors will be
conveyed to Milledgeville, where they
will spend several hours and in the
afternoon they will take trains for
Atlanta. On Friday morning they will
leave for a week-end stay at their
camp near Tallulah Falls,
Special invitations to attend the
Eatonton convention have been ex
tended by Presidents of the North
Carolina and Kentucky Press Asso
ciations, it was said.
VERY SUCCESSFUL
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~ EATONTON, Ga., July 81.—The
young people’s rally of Augusta Pres
bytery, which met in the Presbyte
rian church of Eatonton last Thurs
day night and on Friday, was the
largest in the history of the organi
zation, with nine churches repre
sented, 65 delegates and five visiting
ministers, Mrs. Herschel Allen, sec
retary of Y. P. work in the Pres
wyterial, was in charge, with Rev.
Thomas Johnson, president of the
Y. P. League, presiding. i
The singing was led by Rev. M. C.
Dendy, and Rev. W. 8. Porter, W. T.
Spearman and Geo. B. Thompson took
part in the program. A lunchean
was served by the auxiliary of the Ki
wanias club on Friday, to more than:
80. The invitation from Washing
ton, Ga., was accepted for the 1928
meeting. L
Rev. James Thomas has been the
pastor of the Eatonton Presbyterian
church for the past ten years,
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