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r\or\tgorr\ery /Monitor.
PUBLISHED EVERY TMJRfBAT OFFICIAL ORUaN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Kntcrtd n» (Ilf; PoHtofflcr in Mt. Vernon. (!n. as Second-ClaiMi Mail Matter. j
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D. W. FOLSOM k SON. E4s and Prop*. $! oo Per Year. |
advortiaenicnU nin.t inv.iUbly Ur paid in wlvai.tc, at I In- legit! rale, ami a. (hr U*
direct.; anil mn.t b< in hand not Ulrr than Wnlm ailay morning of the find week /t iuxeilioii. 1
Mt Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Jan. 4, 1906.
A happy anti prosperous new
year to you.
Hang up your new calendar,
mid then goon writing it 1905.
to■ iigin lias more new hanks
■•uni more money tlum at the be
ginning of any year in its history.
It is now in order for Georgia’s
political pot to boil over. The
past year suffered its full share
of the agony.
Gentlemen of the jury, read the
notice from Judge Martin in this
pnjtor, mid get ready for super 0. -
court next Monday.
New mules, fresh from Ken
tucky and Tennessee, are more
numerous than the sheep on the
hills of old Montgomery.
The loss of such a man us Wal
ter 11. Hill, chancellor of our state
university, is a national loss, and
thecuuseof education in the South
is the greatest sufferer.
Id*t us make this a record
breaker for new churches, new
schools, new business enterprises,
and big crops—especially hog and
hominy crops.
From the returns of murder and
drunken brawls that are coming
in, wo liguro that it will take
Americans about, four centuries to
learn the true significance of
Christ nuts day.
When a country editor gets
abroad in the hind and has a fair
chance at Christmas turkeys,
home-made sausuge and all the
kinds of cuke ever mentioned in
the cook books, he returns to
work with a sigh—that his storage
capacity is so limited.
The biggest thing that n certain
clnss of human beings in this
country could do in 1900 would
be to keep their tongues still, ex
cept for eating purposes. Os
course we allude to the croakers
who spend their days in talking
down every movement for the up
building of this section.
FOB BETTER SCHOOLS.
M M.omery county will take
no backward step in the vital
matter of education. The people
ure becoming aroused as never be
fore to the importance of provid
ing better facilities and longer
school terms.
As an evidence of the increased
interest taken, the petitions sent
out by Couuty School Commis
lioner Hutcheson, asking the Or
dinary to call an election tor local
taxation for the public schools,
have all boeu returned with full
lists of names, in some districts
the entire number of patrons re
cording their names us favoring
better schools.
When the matter is fully under
stood, the people will be u unit
for longer school terms, and will
really save money to incorporate
the whole county in the measure.
The most remote district in the
county, if the school tux is levied
on the whole county, w ill have an
equal show with the town districts
and will share in the taxes upon
railroad property. Let the good
' work go on, and give Montgomery
couuty boys and girls a chance.
A NEW YEAR’S GREETING.
Before we can catch up n pen to j
write the obituary of the departed
year, with its dead hopes and lost
opportunities, we have passed over |
( 1 the threshold of the new one, and
are confronted by its duties and
increased responsibilities. ’Twould
be foolish to waste the golden
1 possibilities of the new year in
! weeping over the mistakes and j
failures of the old year, but we
grow wiser and stronger in profit
ing by its experiences, whether
they w ere sail or joyous.
To Monitor readers we extend
best wishes, and express the hoi e
that 11KM1 will bring to ouch and
everyone the fullest measure of!
joy with the least slinro of earthly j
sorrow. May the days be full of j
gladness, and when the year grows
| old may no regrets mark its de
cline—no shadows full about its
last hours.
But we must turn to the ever
living present. There are great
tasks before us for this new year, j
Modern progress is no longer a
simple forward movement. It is j
a mighty stampede, the onward
rush of increasing millions. Suc
cess in any line must be snatched j
from the stupendous cavalcade us '
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it passes. To your own town,
your own community, your own
county and state you are always
under direct obligation. As a
unit in its material prosperity and j
advancement, you should stand j
ready to lend your aid.
As the first and highest institu-1
lions ever established, the church
es of this country need to be main-j
tained. Education is reaching
out its uplifting arms in this sec
tion us never before, and in this
new year your assistance by word
and deed is needed for its advance
ment. There is a crying need for!
factories, enterprises that make
1 money and pay out money to em
ployes, in this section. These are
necessary to the full development
l
ot our natural resources.
The Montgomery Monitor stands
; pledged to do its full share in all
• that pertains to the moral, intel-j
leotual and material advancement j
of Montgomery county. We are
not ashamed of the record of this
paper under its management of
* the three years past. We need
your co-operation, that the future
may unfold greater pleasures and
higher living.
May the year 1906 surpass all
its predecessors in the progress
and prosperity of our people, and
leant us as victors in the great
battle of life.
I Mt. vTernon needs a cotton fac
' torv, a cotton seed null and fertil
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[ izer plant, a shoe and harness faq
* tory, a railroad to the river (only
. one mile long) to give us water
, rates of freight, a good hotel, and
about 25,000 more people to oc
. cupv the most beautiful site for a
l good town in the state of Georgia.
Ferry to ho Lot.
I Ou Tuesday, January 9th, 1906.
» the public ferry across the Oconee
I river, known as the Laminon’s
Ferry, w ill be let out for one year.
Parties desiring to submit bids for
! keeping same should be at the
1 court house in Mt. Vernon not
1 later than 12 o’clock noon ou that
• date. Board Co. Com ’rs,
Wui. Bland, Clerk.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—'HI U fI.SDAY, JAN. 1. 1900.
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1 STATE PRESS COMMENI
NL— JM
Fitzgerald Enterprise:—Jewelry |
j stores, insurance companies, horse j
.dealers, guano companies, grocery !
j stores and banks—everything that
does business —is recognizing the
} power of printer’s ink and adver
| tising by the page in the daily and
weekly papers. The business man
who does not recognize the yalue
lof printer’s ink needs a guardian,
or to sell out. This is an adver
tising age.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch :—The
south would have been many hun
dred millions of dollors richer if \
, the New York Life, Equitable and
1 Mutual companies bad never been
established. Ten dollars is taken j
from the south for every dollar'
sent back in the payment of in- J
aurance claims.
Savannah Press: —Anyhow, .Jan
; nary cannot put up a meaner spell 1
lof weather than December lias
i given us. We didn’t have any
cold weather until Thanksgiving I
| day. but wo have yassed a very j
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trying month
Cordele Sentinel:—Score one for j
Savannah. This time it is the
; Forest Ciiy which claims that 1110 | j
! grandfather of Congressman Long- |
worth, who is to wed Miss Alice |
Roosevelt, was once a resident j
there. Perhaps he has;icousin in
Atlanta now.
Americas Times-Recorder :-Tlie j |
; basis of our prosperity and devel- j
opment is agriculture. The man
ufucturer, the merchant and the j
railroad men all watch the crop |j
reports and conditions more close- h
| ly than anything else. Good crops I
! and good prices, and you have aj|
| prosperous country.
Darien Gazette: —There are two
| sides of the insurance business, j
! remarks President McCall of the
; New York Life. Yes, Mr. McCall, I
you and yours took the inside and
gave the poor policyholders the l
outside. But your ears are burn-j
ing for it now.
Bryan Enterprise:—We notice 1
outlie hoard of trustees of the j
Soldiers’ Home in Atlanta the
names of at least three Georgia
editors. The G. E. is a useful
1 article and bobs up in many places
where he is needed.
Savannah Press:—The Athens
Banner is right when it says that
it taxes the imagination of the
best educators of the state to sug
gest a man who could just at this
juncture fill the place of Walter j
B. Hill.
Waycross Herald: Scieut ists j
are making war on the poisonous ;
toad stools. And this reminds us j
that the Georgia voter will soon be \
j making war on the political mush
rooms of the state.
Atlanta Journal : President
Roosevelt is said to be an inspiring
example of how much one man
may do. Mr. Richard McCurdy
is probably an an inspiring exam
| pie of how many one nmn may do.
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Jj On Improve,l Farms in Mont,;,'iu- &
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<8 of fIUOO and over, ami at S per emit, on ir
J loans ot less than SIOOO. . .
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, or brokerage charged. Expenses s
> of borrower lor abstract and Oran- Jr*
J mp papers are small. . .
j No Delay.
Loans promptly secure,!. .
I Write ns, or see my inspector. Mr. Joo. «.
> U. Strain. at Bertlsville, about business |r
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;« GEO. H. HARRIS, ►
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| DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS j
Ever exhibited in this section. Means dollars to inspect it. The dollars can be yours. •*
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t Prices Guaranteed. Large Lot Summers’ Barnesville Bug- 1
l gies—Best on Earth. Prices and terms right. See them. <
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| a Home Enterprise |
I FOR YOU. j
The Montgomery County Branch of the
I SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE I
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION f
Is the Suresr, Safest Cheapest Life Insurance Association in the World. Every
?! Policy Guaranteed bv Deposit in the State Treasury.
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J. c. Me A LUSTER, Phesident, J. C. CALHOUN, Secbetarv and Theasdrer. $
DIISECTOBS: ~ >5
| Jas. McNatt, J. M. D. McGregor. A. C. McLennan, .J. M. Cook, W. E. Adams. S. A. Johnson, J
fj* Dr. J. H. McArthur, W. T McArthur, F. B. Mcßride, B. F. Conner, D. S. Barnhill, Dr. G. >|
M. Barwick, Geo. M.Couison, W. C. McCrinnnon. S
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» The above named Home Institution is a
'VJ complete Life Ins irauc : Company within it
self, managed by its own (' intv < Hficers. who 1
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have been selected because of their high cliar
acter and business ability, . .id who keep the
money to pay losses with rigat here in Mont
'£■ gomery Co., and pay the isses themselves, 1
■ promptly, according to the S 'IKIT of the con
tract, without any quibbling.
5] Under the plans and megli ds of this Home
Institution, safe, sound and certain .Life 1 11 -
surance has been put within the reach of the
; | masses of people, whereas i eretofore it has!
V; Been onlv the rich and prosi *rous who could
afford to insure their live-! f< r the benefit and
protection of their families after they were
II dead.
DO YOUR DUTY by y ur family and PROVIDE NOW for the adversity that imi9t come. &
One thousand men and women from lo to 00 years ot age mane a Branch. One thousand dol- a
lars is the limit of a policy, if a death should occur before we get a thousand members, we jj»
will pay as many dollars as there are members in good standing in the Branch. Nothing could g
£ bo fairer or safer. 3
COST TO JOIN.
IS Ages from 15 to 80 years, $3.00 — 75c. yearly thereafter. §
. \ Ages from 30 to 40 years, $4.00 —$1.00 yearly thereafter.
\ .Ages from 40 to 50 years. $5.00 —$1.25 yearly thereyfter. J |
Ages from 50 to 00 years. SO.O0 —$1.50 yearly thereafter. ji
When a member of a Branch dies, each of the surviving members of that Brandi pays to j \
the Secretary and Treasurer $1.15 within 30 days. If no death, then none needed.
GOOD AGENTS WANTED in every community in Mo gcmery Co. and adjoining Coun- j r
* ties. Address, with refercuc s, ~ !■
M.A CANDLER, Branch Agent. | i
A policy in (lie Montgomery Co. Branch of ||
the Southern Mutual is ivs safe and as sound as
a United States bond, and the payment of- the p
Policy is guaranteed, by a deposit of secitri- p
ties, to the amount of $i0,000.00, intheTreas
nry of Georgia. In addition to this, every ofti
cer oj the Association and of this Branch, who p
handles a dollar of the money is under a heavy p
hond, guaranteed by the Fidelity and Deposit
Company of Maryland, one of the strongest g
surety companies in rim world. jg
No safer provision can be made for the pro- if
tection and comfort of these dependent upon p
- you after you are dead.
A Policy m the SOUTHERN MUTUAL is I
A WILL Til AT NO COURT CAN SET ASIDE? §
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