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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1906)
A SPLENDID WAY. It is stated that at one time in 1 Switzerland a beautiful custom was in vogue of planting a fruit , tree at someplace on the highway when a child was born, the fruit to be always free to the passer-by. j There was a general pride in | this; the parents rejoiced m it, and so later did the children. j The trees thus set out were not injured by people. All growths I thus originating were specially re spected. They represented im- j portant elements of human life. ; Much of our planting may be may be made to do this. We ought to want to plant trees under as many pleasing ideas as possible. Os course there is the bald usefulness of the tree; that is to be given due at tention. Does anyone suppose that a tree planted for a child at the time of that child’s birth will of ten go neglected or fail in its pur pose? We do not think meanly enough of mankind to believe it i will. Many are the useful and beauti ful ways in which this suggestion can be made to ramify. Lanes figure on most, if not all farms. A line of shade trees along such a place would surely add much of value and much of homelike ap pearance to the establishment. The kinds could be according to the fancy. In this respect we are provided with variety enough to sa isfy any fancy. The delightful shady walk and the beauty and the usefulness can all in this way be had together.—Home and Farm. OUR FUTURE NEEDS. The statistician in the Depart ment of Agriculture of the United States estimates that in 10131 the population of this country will be 180,000,000, and the census bu reau agrees that this is a conser vative estimate. To supply the requirements of this number of people will necessitate the pro duction of 700,000,000 bushels of wheat, 1,250,000,000 bushels of oats, 3,450,000,000 bushels of corn, 100,000,(XX) tons of hay, and cotton, tobacco and fruits in pro portion- To produce this im mense quaillty of food and kin-! dred products will necessitate the j bringing under cultivation an ad ditional 150,000,000 acres of land and it is estimated that we have only 108,000,000 acres available for cultivation. These figures lead the Chicago Live Stock World to remark that “good agri culturial land today offers the best and safest investment on earth,” and we agree with this able paper. If a man wants to leave his decendants an inheri tance that will constantly in crease in value and be safer than any other form of wealth, let him invest in the best land in the Mississippi valley or other desira ple section of the United States. THE OLDEST APPLE TREE. When Levi Higgins removed from Cupe Cod to Maine in 1770, he brought with him a young ap ple tree and set it out on his ; place at Hull’s Cove, in what is j now the town of Eden. He lived to eat the fruit off that tree while the revolutionary war was going going on and when George Wash ington was president. His son en joyed apples from the same tree j all during the administrations of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, to sa}' nothing of many other members of the family nnd neigh bors who came to visit. Later came Josiah H. Higgins, grandson of the original planter, who lias i>een eating apples from this same tree all his life and is still enjoy ing the fruit. This venerable tree is now 135 years old and is doubtless the oldest bearing ap ple tree in the world. It has fully paid for its privilege of liv ing so long and perhaps no otiier tree ever did more to confer health and happiness upon so wany people:—American Farmer. Can you tell why it is that old bachelors always pose as the best _ judges of good cooking? i i JURORS DRAWN FOR THE NOVEMBER TERM. | Montgomery superior court, 1900. GRAND JURY. ; W L D Rack ley J J Cooper |G M Clements J W Clements 1 A M Gill is RKMosely ! 13 F Conner C A I’ope Epliriam Willis J S Sharpe ; Angus Morris A C Bloodworth ; W H Sharpe Jr Willie McArthur | M II Parley T A Peterson Wm Bridges J H McArthur Ij J Moses Ed Walker ; W B Cox E J Wells Lueien Joyce W 13 Greenway J A McQueen W C Mcßae Hugh Peterson J A Clegg J T Yarborough J E Fowler TRAVERSE JURORS, IST WEEK. I) L Graham A F Clark iW O Harrelson Archie McDaniel W N Clark J M McGahee Clayton Morris A S Smith W F Bridges J A McArthur I A J Tootle N E Barlow Mallard Dees J W Gibbs J W Green Jr R E Smith A A Galbraith C W Browning J W Calhoun Willie T McArthur II J Gibbs W J Priest J Ji Adams C L Sharpe A C Moseley S W Harrell J D Wilkes J A G Spivey J M McDonald A W Andrews C 13 Browning I P McAllister J M Cook B F Evans Chas Holmes Hardy Butler W E Allmond TRAVERSE JURORS, 2ND WEEK. W D Peterson Geo T Peterson J W Hightower J H Kent. Jos Cooper Jr II J Clark Jacob Beckworth E J Gillis M M Williamson L C Mcßae E 13 Warnock J C Fulghum W A Odom W A Conner Joel E K.nchen E D Gillis J A Brown J II Stroud P B liyals J II Dykes W E Currie J B Powell C D McCrimmon G W Heard .Jr Dock Davis W U Newsom Eph. McLendon W A Johnson J B Conner J II Jackson IV C McCrimmon J Thos Wright A J Hilton Hugh BraddyJr G W Mclntyre J J McAllister “USED UP ITS TREES.” The article under tne above ti ' tie, in the April magazine ntim- S her of the Outlook, is one which, jif the enemies of foresty were | amendable to argument, might 1 wel 1 be commended to their con sideration. In all their tlious- j andsofyea.s of history’ the sue-1 cessive races which have domina-j ted the soil of China seem never once to have grasped the idea that i the preservation of the forests I was necessary to the permanent I welfare of the country. As a re sult, with all its population and with all the intensity of applica tion shown by its people in their indurtrial pursuits, the whole country shows an appearance of i decay. Thousands of years ago | the forests were swept from the i face of the earth except upon the j mountains. Then the mountains j were denuded, first of forests, ] ; then of sod, then of soil With ' the disappearance of these came | rushing floods in the place of a ; j slowly distributed rainfall. The watertable of much of the coun- I try was so lowered that irrigation by pumping became the only de- I petulance for saving the crops. From denuded hills and from bot toms strewn witli sand by the floods, now blow dust-storms which impart a deathly hue to j the landscape of whole provinces. Thot’s the sort os fate to which the short-sightedness and greed of Ameeicans who oppose foresty would consign our now beautiful land ! APPOINTMENTS MT. VERNON CIRCUIT. Longpond, Ist Sunday. Mt. Vernon, 2d Sunday, morning and evening. Ailey, 3d Sunday, both morning and evening. Glen wood, 4th Sunday, morning and evening and Saturday before. Caroline’s Chapel, afternoon of first Sunday. J. B. Gkiner, Pastor. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure j Digests what you eat. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900. Petition to Sell ( r Reinvestment. State of Georgia—Montgomery Co. To tlie Hon. .1. H. Marlin, judge of the superior court of sait! county: The petition of Fannie Rountree shows. 1. That she is the natural guardi an and has qualified its the legal guardian of her said children, to wit: Geo. M.. Frias G.. Funic - It.. Arete Mcll. Jennie Then., Willie and Annie Lee Rountree, all of said county. 2. That she owns a life estate in a certain j> ece of land with remainder in her children as aforesaid and that site desires to sell for re-investment at private sale, the remainder inter est of said land as follows 1 All that tract of land situate lying and being in the 1201st Distiict, G. M. Johnson county, da., containing 57 acres, more or less, hounded north l»y Sa rah williams, cast by Cedar creek, south by Joseph Jenkins and John son Bros. Petitioner and her said children live some distance from the premises aforesaid, and owing to the small amount of land, high taxes in said county, petitioner deems it best to sell, owing to the lack of income, and being iilbc to in vest in a larger tract at a much less price. 4 Petitioner desires to invest pro ceeds of this stile in certain farming lands, to wit: That tract or parcel of land situate and being in Montgom ery county, being the south-east half ot lot No. I(>7 ami bounded north by K N. Attains, east by Relit. Adams, 1 west by Henry Rowland and south by Thomas Kent, said tract contain ing 101 L acres. 6 Petitioner shows that notice of • her intention to make this applica tion has been published once a week for four weeks, as required by law. Fannie Rountree Sworn to anti subscribed before me tliis the 20!h day of March, 1900. A. A. Galdraitli, N. P., ex olllc. J. P. Georgia—Montgomery county. After four weeks notice, pursuant to §2546 of Civil Code, a petition of which a true and correct copy is sub joined, will lie presented to the I ion. J . H. Mart in. judge of superiorcourt at his office in llawkinsvtlle, Ga., on the 20th day of July, 1900. Fannie Rountree. A. L, Hatcher, l’et,s Attorney. TIMBER CART FOR SALE. T offer for sale a new timber cart at a bargain. Seven feet, four-inch tread. A bargain for cash or easy payments. J. W. Hughes, Vlt. Vernon depot. MONEY TO LOAN. Money to loan at (i and 7 per cent on improved farms. A. 13. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. PETITION FOR INCORPORATION. To the Honorable Philip Cook, Sec retary of State, for I he State of Geor gia. The undersigned, your petet.i tioners, would respect fully represent : Ist, That they desire to forma rail road corporation under the laws of the state of Georgia. 2d, That, the namesjand residences of each of the persons desiring to form said corporation are: Joint 8. Williams and K. L. Bends of Richmond, in the state of Virgin al; J. Wm. Middendorf of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland; K. If. Cal | laway, George It. Lombard, Jacob j Ohinissy, Jas. F. McGowan, James IT. Uofhwell. Frederick It. Pope,Win. j E. Bush and Win. B. Barrett of Au gusta, in the state of Georgia. That the name of the Railroad Company they desire to have incor porated is t Georgia and Florida Railway. 4th, That the length of the road, as near as can he estimated, will he (including branche-) three hundred and fifty (850) miles. Fifth, That the general direction of said road will be southwesterly from the Gity of Augusta in the gen era i direction of the ( it y of Vo I dost a; and thence to some point on the FJor j ida line south of Valdosta. Sixth, That the counties through I which said road will probably run are | Ihe count ies of Richmond, Burke. I Jenkins, Emanuel, Toombs, Mont j gomery, Jeff Davis, Coffee, Berrien I and Lowndes. Seventh, That (lie principal places irotn which and to which said road !isto be constructed are: The city of j Augusta, the city of Vidalia and the ' city of Valdosta. Eighth, That the amount of the I proposed capital stock of said com- J pany is one million dollars ($1,000,- 000.) Ninth, That the number of years said company is to continue is one hundred and one years and as much longer as the laws in force at, the ex piration of said one hundred and one years may provide or permit. Tenth, That the capital stock of said company is to consistst of ten thousand shares of common stock. Eleventh, That the principal office of said company is to he located in ; the city of Augusta, Georgia. Twelfth, That, the undersigned pe titioners do intend in good faith to go forward without delay to secure subscriptions to the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and oper ate said railroad. Thirteenth, That the undersigned have giyen four weeks notice of their i intention to apply for said charter, by the publication of this petition in one of the newspapers in which the Sheriff's advertisements are pub lished in each of the counties through which said proposed road will prob ably run, once a we» k for four weeks before the filing of tliis petition. Your petitioners, therefore, res pectfully request that they be incur* py rated under tiie laws of Georgia, aiid in pursuance of this petition. Respectfully. John 8. Williams, Jacob Pbinizy, K. L. Bemis, Jas. V. McGowan, J. Wrn. Middendorf, Jas. T Both well, E. H. Callaway. Frederick B. Pope, : Geo. R. Lombard, Wm. E. Bush, Wm. H. Barrett. Not i(*o. 1 According to recommendation; of last Grand Jury, no real estate in Montgomery will be received for taxes at a valuation of Jess! than four dollars per acre; and on j property returned before said roc- 1 ommendation, will bo placed a valuation conforming to said recommendation. Tax payers not j satisfied with the raise, will please meet me in Mt. Vernon June 20th for arbitration. Very truly, K. M. llackley. T. R. M. Co. Ga. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. I Georgia—Montgomery County. The saw mill business heretofore | operated under t he firm name of Me-, Gtihee At Biggcrstatf on the John ; Connell place lias this day fleen dis-| ' solved by millmil consent, the entire . interest having been sold to S. L. McGahee and F. T. McGahee who will collect all debts and pay all , claims. This May 11,1900. 8. 1.. Metiahoe, 1 F. T. McQatice, 11. W. Biggerslalf. Notice of New District. Notice is hereby given that applcntion tins been tiled in the office of the Board of Roads and Ki vonue of Montgomery County for the establishment of a new Militia District in said county, laiil out and branded as follows: beginning at Love’s Graveyard and running east across the Louisville mad near John Withes’ place to Reuben Phillips’ place, strik ing tile Vidalia and / video (listriel line, llioneo Hcuth-west mi said Vidalia and Zuidco line Pi corner ot the Miggstnn district line, thence smith on Vidali v and liiggsnm line In Mt. Ve rnon and Swainskoro mad, thence along said road westerly to Ulihh, Humilmn’s. '1 lienee west, crossing the M. I), A S. Road in Darby old Held, 'o Cypress crack and along said creek to ford of .Ml. Vernon and Soperton road anil thence to point ot beginning. Said ap plication will bo heard on tin tirst Monday in July, Ril'd. Wm. Ri.ask, ( Ik. On. Coin's Salesmen Wanted. Throe salesmen wanted for our new Railroad, County and Stale Sur vey of Georgia. Just off the press and absolutely new. Prepared to j meet the enormous demand for u ! map showing fit** new counties re cently established. A splendid' opport.unify for energetic men. Rand, McNally it Go,, Chicago, 111. | You always get your money: in the home papferat •fi a year. I IK=f . SS£9B I The Lastingp| -1 Bargains E[J Arc Always Found in My Store the Kntire Year Hound. 1 THE SPRING SPECIALTIES also lmvo tlrnir Inning. Store Full of Kveryday Goods, 1 and Going Daily at my Usual Fair Prices. Stock always I Coming in and He‘ing Sold OH* leaving no old rubbish to work off* on customers at so-called cost price's. In my DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, 1 I YOU VVII.I. I'INI> THK IIKST QUALITY | f and at Satisfaedory Price's. I New Home Sewing Machines, I I Improved Farm Implements, I IS High Grade Buggies and Wagons, i are Leading Specialties with me. * ours te> Please, New Goeiels Cemstantly Com- e-w ing in, anel my stock always 1 contains all He)usehe>ld W McQUEEN, I J? fit. Vernon, Ga. | &%# ■ & && && & * # 1 PURITY I I ESSENTIAL 1 $ & 4 & # #• ,L J^£- Strict purity in Drugs is most essential. Your _ak life (lopemis sometimes on the best medicines. jjj. The Ml . Vernon Drug Co. Inis opened a % MODERN DRUG STORE f Jr that this sect ion may lie supplied with the very best. A long-felt, want has been supplied by the new drug store in Mt. Vernon. A visit will surprise you. A Incensed Pharmacist with a magnificent new %r stock will be glad to welcome you. * * f MT. VERNON DRUG CO., | I MT. VERNON, GA. ; t * -5* & * % * c»c«Vi <*#♦*»»•< * I INTERNATIONAL — i I, ..—■ ——. in Common makes | ptiti y fk\a ssurc'C ~f ~r(,HBf!B - 1 % 5 EEL MAY rKtod ( H *y I Puli I ’oAver Mounted on Wheels J p'(,r Prices and Terms see I). S. W 11.1.1 AS!SON | Mt. Vernon, (ia.
