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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1898)
[lie Morgan • By W. C. Thomas. Official Organ Calhoun County. Official Organ Board of Education, Entered at the Morgan post- office ns second-class mail matter, Tlmrsday, August 4; 1898. Let’s Have the Railroad. Tim agriculture and commercial interests of our c< unity render very pertinent the railroad ques¬ tion. Every true citizen >f Cal- luum feels an interest in his conn- fy, and would lie glad t< see little town of Morgan grow into prominence and become the cen¬ ter of commercial business in this par! of (lie State. From the his- tory of the early settlement of our country we may learn this lesson: Our people began to make settle- ment on the rivers <>t the Atlantic c< *ast when* transportation could be fleeted by means of small boats on the rivers. As the wa -1 . I tors were explored and new waters ; discovered the settlements were j extended and the intervening country became populous and an extension of territory soon be¬ came necessary. As a consequence), and. the only resort, public roads were cut and put in condition for the pioneers to move from one part of t he country to another. From Virginia and Pennsylvania roads were opened across the Ap¬ palachian Mountains that led to t he founding of the states of Ken¬ tucky, Ohio, Indiana. As the population became denser, neces¬ sity became the mother of inven¬ tion, and soon steam was applied to public carriers. Railroads were soon constructed from one point of business to another and commerce took on a new life. In 1880 the first, roads were con¬ structed for locomotives as fol¬ lows: From Baltimore to Elli- cott’s Mills, from Charleston to Hamburg, S. C., and the Peters¬ burg railroad in N. C. In 188.1, the Mohawk and Hudson railroad was opened in N. Y. Today the 1 railroads are everywhere, and dis- lance is no longer an obstacle. How do you account for the rapid growt h of the cities of Chi- r; ■ ■ , . ... c i Orleans and others? \\ do , , have such .... cities ny we no m cities (loorgia? U centers it not true of tlrnt them | are commerce ...... °i transportation? TMn k of Atlanta V'l since the civil warl *' t - X And ol yet there is but one explanation for it. Atlanta is today the greatest railroad center in Geor- gia. Nearly all tin* transporta- lion south of the Ohio river bound for the Atlantic States passes through that city, Bv this time one should begin to appreciate the fact that where best facilities for transportation are established is where the people prosper, wealth accumulates, and commerce thrives. Our section of the state yields as good crops of cotton and corn as most any part of the state, The climate is reasonably health- ful and our people are as energetic and full of genius as any people. Then why can’t we show our pa- triotism by pleading for and con- tributing to the railroad that is already disposed to go through our county and through the town of Morgan? It would enhance the value of real estate: it would greatly relieve the paralysis with which our commerce has been Struck; it would add life and vig- or to every business enterprise in Bm county. Of course every man * n Morgan that has one eye and half sense sees the paramount im- Pittance of having a railroad to f°' vn - But the men in the j country are not quite awake to Iheir interest. My fellow countrymen, think tlie immense demand for ties Biat would come at once, at the! employment of idle men who are anxious for work, the rendering valuable all of your timbers both 01 Bos and building materials ^ OI ’ Bie homes that would go up at once among you. You would have a convenient market for all vour timbers, all >t your farm produce; and the enterprise of turpentine distilling would more than double the value of some of those large pine forests. Fruit growing and canning, truck-farming, and general agri- culture would be greatly fostered by the construction of a railroad through our county and by way of Morgan. 1 appeal to all think- ing men whose property would be touched or in any way enhanced in value, to consider very deliber¬ ately before declining to aid the enterprise. If you will but read the history of our country you can not help seeing that every en- terprise of a country depends on the transportation facilities of that country. And when you have thought carefully and intel¬ ligently over the subject we a re sure you will step out. of your own light and be willing to do all in your power to advance 'the move already beapun, and help to make our county one of the best in Southwest, Georgia. Respectfully, Jesse L. Barnett. News From Jeff. (BY A SUBSCRIBER.) \y Air. e and having Mrs. John lots of Ward, tain. of Edi- he ~ ***- Mr. Hampton banders. Baker , conn- • , , ,, .... r P . • , , , ...... Bill. All report a big time plenlv to eat . Mr. Editor you ought to have been here to help me eat them good : thiu ^. Mr. Lawson Cowart, of Te*xas is visiting-relatives here and near here this week. Several from Jeff went down to Arlington Friday to the old soldiers re u mon. Mr. Curt Sanders, of Baker county is moving his gin that he bought from Mr. A. C. Sanders this week, Park and Dau says they wish the Singing would have lasted until Chrismas but boys you will have to make out to see them once a week f°r a while, Mr. Fred Ward and family, of Ste wart county is visiting reladves here and at Edison. Messrs. T. I. Davis and M. D. Bass went down to Bluffton Monday afternoon. The fleecy staple will soon be readj' for the market as some of the far- mers picking. It is damp weather for fodder pul- dag Hn d also too wet for the cotton last few rains has damaged the c °ff° n throughout this section con- siderably. Mr. and Mrs. John Ward passed i through Jeff Tuesday on their way to Bluffton. News is scarce in these parts this week as nearly every body is gone to the camp meeting at Wesley church. Worse Than Troyical Heat. . A naval officer in describing the con- ditions () f existence aboard one of the m0 nitot-s t .ells us that on one morn- ing the “tools, ladders, doors and all fittings in the fire-room were too hot to touch, and the place was dense with smoke escaping fiom furnace doors, for there was absolutely no | draught.” Even the sturdv Irish hremen, “who would stand in a fair fight until killed in their tracks, were j crying like children and begging to be allowed to go on deck, so corn- pletely were they unnerved and un manned by the cruel ordeal.” But the terror of the navy, as aps pears from a Washington dispatch t0 The New York Tribune, is the cruiser Cincinnati, to which the bur- ?7 follows «?7' m Ins " ieport, f the toi ±8J->. i “ ‘In the fire-room* the average temperature under the above condi- tions (badly arranged and closed | ships) may range from 124 degrees in ships with only one set of fires in each fire-room, like the Charleston, to 189 degrees (within 23 degrees of S. T. deL^rtoxi, /Tjor^ap, (jeor^ia. We keep on hand a nice line of shoes, hats, dry- goods, notions, fancy J and family groceries at the very l lOWeSt « POSSlble .. , La- PHCe. dies ,. and , . shoes, gents the jpjTpQt' l&teSt StyleS q1"\/!i2»C 3.11 o p-* U /-J mObl IN'y nof POP~ 1 Ulcli l J Q r mal/QO mdKeS. All All I 1 aSK ool/ io IS a o 1 ilUcia.1 j Kp r ^ 1 cKarn Sliai© OT *.116 niihl.V pUDllC * patronage, and I will try and make it to the interest of all who come to see me. S_ T. QlsL3rto xi, fT^or^ai), (jGor^ia. ] the boiling point of water) when the fire-room is between two sets of fires, like the Cincinnati and Amphitrite. In the case of the Cincinnati, when only one set of fires is used in each fire-room the average temperature is reduced from 1S9 to 159 degrees.” These were the temperatures un- der ordinary cruising conditions, with every possible effort to keep them down. Since war has come the Cin- einnati has shown what she is capa- ble of in registering a temperature of 205 degrees in her fire-room. It is deplorable to think of human beings subjected to such infernal heats, and doubly deplorable that such tortures should-have to been- dured in a war for humanity. Gen¬ eral Sherman was merely giving ut¬ declared: terance to a generality when he “War is hell!” The gen¬ erality become aliteral fact in the dght of such revelations from the fire-rooms of our warships. CITATION. GEORGIA— Calhaoun County— &B whorn it may concern: \V. J. Ragan, administrator of Othella Newton, deceased, has in due form applied to the under- signed for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said de¬ ceased and said application will be heard on the first Monday in September next. This August !, 1898. A. I. MONROE Ordinary. Confederate Roster Notice. Notice is hereby given Hurt, the ^ oa * ,er committees S of Capt. \\ L. Keg Ga Capt Dickey’s company, Co. E. 51st. Reg. Ga. Vols., have filed their reports. This is therefore to cite a11 concerned to file their objec- t'*° ns ’ ^ f' 11 ^ B ie Y .^ a y e ’ w ^\ n four months , from this date. This August 2, 1898. A. I. MONROE, Ordinary.
