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I 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 ■ . I 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 ' I . 1 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 > [ 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. i ■ A A A 4m. A A A.A. 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 • 1 I 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. [moneytoToan] [ Jj ON FIVE YEARS K 1 TIME AT SEVEN Pr. Ct. INTEREST } Jj On Improve,l Farms in Mont,;,'iu- & j err sdjoinint; counties in smounts t <8 of fIUOO and over, ami at S per emit, on ir J loans ot less than SIOOO. . . s No ('onmission , 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 | jj east of tbo Oconee iiv,r. k ;« GEO. H. HARRIS, ► Attorney, p • VTVTVTW VTTVWTTVTVrv VVTV • TVV V VTVTrfWWVTTTWTTTVTVrrrrWVTrrTWTTVTWWTTWV • < ! A . REAL . FACT. ► The Smallest Actual Facts is Better than the ◄ ► Most Magnificent Statement of Impossibilities. 2 t I have one of the Neatest and Most Complete line of 3 | DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS j Ever exhibited in this section. Means dollars to inspect it. The dollars can be yours. •* p < l Just Received a Carload of 1 and 2-Horse Brown Wagons, 1 t Prices Guaranteed. Large Lot Summers’ Barnesville Bug- 1 l gies—Best on Earth. Prices and terms right. See them. < P 4 ► * t : £ V hen visiting my store, whether you biiv-or not, you are welcome just tha same, as we 4 p are glad to show you the goods—you wi.l want them. iam offering with every SI.OO cash < ► purchase a chance at sl< ). m Gold, which lam to Give Away, (f* _ „ j * * Buv g' oils at Right Prices and take a chance on the Gold. 1 OvJ VJ ► ► have 250 Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ * SOUS, i l that MUST GO. We only ask a Look, J : yfelP® -4 which means a purchase, for tlie Quality 5 E rsf\ ' is the Best, ane the Price is Just Right. < | W W ALL KINDS FARM TOOLS. ] ► Bence Your Fields with Wire Fence and J ► I Culthate Witli Most Improved Farm J [Mr Im-plements. I Have Them All. New l l Ml® Lot of HAY WIRE Just Received. j | II A. A. PETERSON, J R j l M ¥ AILF.Y, {JBORQIA. I ► liiiiiitiiiiAf tmii AAAAAA>AAAAAAA A* A * \AAAAA*k** AAAA AAAAkAA&AkkAAAAAAAAAA ** | 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. §5 * v# 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 §.. . i » The above named Home Institution is a 'VJ complete Life Ins irauc : Company within it self, managed by its own (' intv < Hficers. who 1 -4 L ‘ 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? § I