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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1906)
| BEST QRADES °F | COMMERCIAL *5 § STATIONERY. § VOL. XXI. NO. Johnson says TO FARMERS. President M. L. Johivson, of the division, Southern Cotton Association, lias just issued a "statement in which he urges the Cotton planters of Georgia and tlie south to stand by the recent action of the association in fixing the minimum price at 10 cents. President Johnson says: “The Southern Cotton Associa tion has spoken and the old orig inal standard price of 10 cents has been indorsed'and reaffirmed. It was with this price that the. bankers, merchants and farmers won their notable victory for the south in 1905, and they can do it again. “This price should and will meet the approval and receive the support of ever} - business interest. No cotton should be sold for less and this should be added to only as the exigencies of the occasion demand. “The fanner should realize that he cannot get a fixed price by sell ing below it. They must stand solid to the agreement like a stone wall. You will recall that I have always contended that whatever the price fixed, whether 10 or 12 cents, we could win only by each individual standing loyal and do ing his full duty. There are some men so loyal to the association that they are still holding their cotton. That is the material which wins; but those who sold i I M—l—Mllil—WiWilti—lWiiiliiM ii m I" 1 1-rT,Tr,BinTf,rn''*T— f»»WWM I GREATEST STOCK EVER SHOWN J IN MIDDLE GEORIGA | j j Ladies Gold Filled Watches, guaranteed 20 years, $12.00 Gents Heavy Nickel Watches, §2.25 | ?f||| | | Gents Gold Filled Watches, guaranteed 20 years, SIO.OO Light Nickel Watches, SI.OO jj 9 Our Line of Fine watches, ranging in price from S2O to SIOO, must he seen to he appreciated. | | 1 We have Silverware, China and Art Goods too numerous to mention. wP- : | Pii Eight-Day Clocks, Fully Guaranteed, $1.50. | 1 C. H. KITTRELL, I JfitSl j , 1 This Exact Clock I JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST DURLIN, GA. * ?-- 5 -° _i The Montgomery Monitor. TO OUR PATRONS. On account of continued illness m our family, and the impossibil ity of securing workmen, many news items and business matters of The Monitor have been neg lected this week. We trust that our friends will bear with us du ring our slight embarrassment. Money deposited in the savings department of the Mt. Vernon Bank on or before October 15th draws interest from the Ist. for the beat price cannot expect them to do this year in and year out while others continue to sell, jet merchants, bankers and farm ers go to speaking out as they did in 1905. The fight which has forced our cotton down below ten cents and seek to hold it there must be met in a common cause; it is vital to every southern in terest. “It will be recalled again that I insisted that the tune to advance the price was when the mill sup plies were short, and that is now. There are few mills not willing to pay 10 cents, Tl\ere is no doubt that our merchants and bankers will aid those who do not wish to sell below 10 cents. “The association has had but one defeat; it has had many vic tories. Let’s add another now and get 10 cents. To do this we must all move .as one man. 1 would be glad to have a word from every Georgian who is with us in the fight. Remember that we cannot let up in this fight. It must be constant, continuous every year. Let us press to suc cess a work that is so vital and important to every southern in terest. M. L. Johnson, President. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, TIU RSL'AY, OCT. , t , icjt NO SCHOOL TAX FOR THIS YEAR. Regarding the local school tax, law, intended for the use of the counties adopting, it, and which was carried by a handsome major ity in this county on Sept. 2V. 1 Attorney General Hart lias ex pressed theopinion to Comptroller General Wright that under the law as amended at tin; recent ses sion of the legislature this local school tax cannot be collected from railroads and other corpora tions which make their returns to the comptroller general until 1907. Many school districts and several counties have proceeded under the idea that this tax could be collect ed front the corporations this year, but the bill does not provide for it until 1907. Regarding the collection of this local school tax on other classes of property the attorney general has expressed no opinion. In fact, this question has not as yet been raised, but it would appear that, if the tax cannot be collected from one class of property until 1907, it could not be collected from another. This matter will, no doubt, rest entirely with the people who are concerned in it, and it may be that no question will be made of it, NOTICE. We are now ready with our tall and winter hats. On acci unt of delay in transportation we could not get. ready for our fall opening, as usual; but we are now ready to ■ serve all. Come at once and see j our splendid line. Mrs. 0. W. Fox, Mt. Vernon, Gn. While the cotton crop is short this season, do not take any! chances on getting the highest, i market prices. Ship the stuple to j T. S. Heyward & Co., Savannah, and they w ill see, that you are | well cared for. • J. G. GATES DIED | IN JEFFERSONVILLE. Mr. ,1. G. Gates died at Ins 1 home in .Jert'vrsonville, Gn., at 8 a. m., last Wednesday, Sept. 28th, j after a continued illness. Mr j Gates was <he father of I’rof. A. |M. Gates of tho Union Baptist Institute, and was m his 79th year. He was one of the oldest citizens of Twiggs county, a man j held in high esteem hy his follow men. Mr. Gates was a farmer, a man noted for his won derful energy, hut at this extreme age has been declining for several mouths. Like many men of his class, he was a veteran of tho Civil War. A devoted wife, a son and one daughter survive him, the son be ing Prof. Gates of Mt. Vernon and the daughter Mrs. J. T. White of Jeffersonville. Mr Gatsm was a Mason many years, and his body was laid to rest with the rites of the order. Prof. Gates’ many Montgomery county friends extend a warm sympathy in their loss. Mrs. Gates will empe down and spend some time with her son at the U. B. I. RIVER WARNING. Macon, Oct. 2. Owing to heavy rainfall over the watershed of the Altam hi during the past 24 hours, and the probability' ot the continuance of the same, the flood stage will be reached at all points on the Oc mulgee and Oconee rivers. The Mt. Vernon Bank will ac tually pay von to save your mon ey. 4 per cent, compounded quar terly. THE NEW PAINT, f The Rivers Drug Company at j Glen wood have for some t ime been selling the Kmlocii paint, made by the Kinloeh Paint Co., of St. Louis. This is not a ready mixed paint—it is the paint, without iln> oil. You simply buy a gallon of Kinloeh and mix with it a gallon of pure linseed oil, and you have tow gallons of the best paint made. It. goes farther and lasts longer 11 mn the common mixed paints. To appreciate this paint,, you need tot iv it, and the Rivers Drug Co., at, Glenwood, call supply your needs in the paint line. Give the Kinloeh a trial. Their ad appears in this issue. SNOWHILL Will you allow us space in which to tell of the happenings of our community? (Yes the col umns of The Monitor have always been open to correspondents < I t he various sect ions of t he county, and wo are glad to get, letters from them regularly.—Ed.) The children’s day exercises at Snowliill were very pleasant and profitable. The mtieie was good, and the essay by Misi. Cnsue Lowery was very much enjoyed. Cotton picking is on the boom, and our farmers arc getting out. much of the staple. Mr. R. E. Hock left Sunday for a trip to Wilmington, N. C. We wish him a pleas mt trip. We should be glad to have The Monitor in every borne in this community. —H. 0. L. Notice. 1 will pay rmi Cents per pound lor cotton on notes and accounts, and request, all parties owing me or Ailey Pharmacy to settle at once, as we need the money. M. L. Cukiuk, M. 1). % fit OFFICIAL OROAN OF V; MONTGOMERY COUNTY. S’ SI.OO PER YEAR. VI _____ PAGES i TO id. LOCAL TAX FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS^ In ah elect ion on the local rat for public schools in Montgomery county last Thursday the vote for local taxat ion was largely ill ilie majority. Tho people are td he congratulated mi the adoptunl of this measure for belter < dura tion li is now possible for this county to have aft good a School system ns any county in the state, but it. will take time to perfect the system and put the schools oil a good basis. 'I welvo ntdbths will elapse before t he taxes Call he po|- lecled and t lie new plan put ill operation. Let Ihe chrome kick ers now resign themselves to the coining era of educational prog ress and go forward in tho work. Bv districts the vote ot Thors day wan as fol lows: Kor Against Alamo * 88 It* Brick f>4 1 tile n Wood ('>4 2 Longpond 28 28 McArt hur !! I Landsburg 42 # Mt. Vernon (31 58 1.0 l hair (Nd election) Higgston f>2 21, Springhill 20 2 Soperlon 12$ (! Normantown 8 2 I’otal vote 528 123 C. C. G3FRN BEAD. A figure well known to most, of our people is shat of Mr. G. Goflin, wlm died Sunday at hi. J home eight mi lds southeast, of Mt. Vernon'. For some time past he has been in Alt. Vernon, but ii few days ago was taken back id his home. Death came as a relief to this aged man, who has been ill declining health for ninny months, md who seemed in be waiting for the end. lie was buried Monday in the McGregor cemetery. lid leaves several children, all ot wild ni are grown.
