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(hie of the stumbling stones put in the path of
the promoter is the building of some municipal enter
prise, such as a water works or lighting plant, which,
while it costs no man any great sum, taxes all only
a little and gives to every man a great deal, either
in the way of health by providing pure water or in
the way of a saving in doctors’ bills. Another is to
assume that other matters ('ailing for immediate
money art 1 moiv important. These art 1 positions
taken which are thought in a measure to be correct
and perfectly proper.
But before God made the sun to shim 1 in Georgia
he was assured that there was enough pe'ople there*,
or would be enough, to make (lit 1 experiment pay.
Before 1 lit 1 gave us three-fourths water lit 1 assured
Himself that the investment was a proper out 1 . He
did all things perfectly.
Is there anybody in (laxton or anybody conver
sant with conditions there' able to give any good
reason why. before the community has become suffi
ciently populated to make a lighting plant pay. that
the people should invest their money in such enter
prise.' I'nless it mas some chance of paying it has
no excuse for existence* and can't exist long. This
is a law of nature, and so far as we certainly know,
there is no law this side of Heaven to reverse it.
But a knitting mill in ('laxton. surrounded as it
is by fifty miles of territory, embracing t hree-foiirt hs
of the' world’s crop of Sea Island cotton, which en
ters very largely into the manufacture of all our
high-grade hosiery, could scarcely fail to pay. An
oil mill would prove eepially as profitable, economi
calh managed ami wiselv conducted. Either would
increase the population of tin 1 community 20 to 25
percent. This would make an investment in a light
ing plant profitable.
There air too many small cities in Georgia with
electric 1 plants they art* unable to afford and too few'
with knitting and oil mills that could be easily
afforded, (hit 1 is to be supported: the* other not only
supports itself but all who invest in it.
We hope our (’laxton friends may decide to build
from the ground up and invest their money in enter
prises that pay from the start. Above 1 all. that they
United States Court Judges and the Injunction.
The Republican National Convention expects to
bamboozle the labor vote of the country by a plat
form declaration to the effect that the 1 party deplores
the abuse of the injunct ion power by certain United
States Court judges. but at the same time insisting
that the injunction powers of said courts shall be
“preserved undiminished to the end that justice
shall be done at all times to al] parties.”
The labor people don't want expressions of regret
by political parties because of the fact that some
federal judges are aide to discern only the rights of
capital while being blind and deaf to the appeals of
the man who labors.
'l'he laboring man knows that a large majority
of the federal judges discharge their duties with,
perfect fairness toward all classes alike.
But he knows further that political accident noXv
and then foists upon certain sections of the country
judges who recognize but one class as having rights
THE REASON
will not put all their money in one box and then
lost 1 the box. That's what a great many small towns
have doin' by investing in municipal enterprist's be
fore 1 they we're 1 ready for them.
Already (laxton has threa 1 examples of the 1
worthiness of some* industries est abl ished by private*
capital in the hope' ol gain, an ice plant with a
capacity of twelve 1 tons daily, which is shipping ice*
over a large' territory at fifty cents per hundred
pounds the* town owes this to Mr. X. A. Haggarel,
one 1 of its wealthiest and most valuable* citizens); a
large* saw mill, cutting 60.000 feed of lumber daily,
and two planing mills, These give* employment to
100 men and create a pay-roll of about SBOO weeklv.
The proposed knitting mill would put in circulation
over $5,000 montlily.
(’laxton has been advancing very rapidly fop the*
past several years in real estate* values. Last week
•i land sale* was comdude'd that notic'd its promoters
hamlsoim* redurns. Ihe body of laud sold was known
as the futon tract. one-half mile from town, am!
consisted of 700 acres, one-half which being im
proved. The price's ranged from sf).sO to $35 per
acre*. Although the* money market is still tight,
ready buyers for the property we're' found.
This is to be* accounted for by the* fact that peo
ple* now have* confidence* in the* future of (’laxton
ami le'cl that it has .just begun to grow, (tin 1 of the
finest country homes in the state* is located here,
belonging to Mr. X. A. Haggard. If was built in
1003 and cost sl-),000. The aggregate banking cap
ital is $70,000. Some' of the* stores carry stocks
valimd at $.>0,000. fhe* firm of A. Wolpcrt. consist
ing' of Mr. Wolpert and dames Robinson, is one* of
the* most enterprising and successful busine'ss houses
in Southern (o'orgia. Mr. Robinson, a voung man
of good business ability, worked up the* sale 1 of the
Tutou tracd of land, which did much to stimulate*
business in the* r<*al estate' line*. Other prominent
young men who are intensely interested in the* devel
opment of their city arc* Glisson & Darsey, fire* and
insurance* people*. I'hey also rc*pre*sent large* (‘astern
capitalists ami have been successful in putting out
a great deal of mom*y that will be used in building
up t he* community.
of citizenship, and this class does not include those
who work for wages. Some statutory restraint is
required to check these jurists, and a law having
this object in view would be welcomed by the dis
tinguished occupants of the bench who are able to
see two sides to (‘very question.
Some of our friends hold to the opinion that
Judge Emory Speer upon one occasion recently
wielded a power which should not properly reside
in a United States Court judge. The Reason does
not assume a degree of legal wisdom which would
qualify it to pass upon that question, particularly
as local attorneys did not see fit to contest Judge
Speer’s ruling in the liquor cases last winter. But
this paper does commend Judge Speer for the wis
dom and justices he has always displayed in the
handling of his injunction powers, whether in mat
ters relating to controversies between labor and
capital, or between capitalist and capitalist.
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