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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1908)
’0 © © © G © © G © © © © ©►© © © © © © © © © © ©(© ®i j O Parrrjers Union A “ r OAVIS § De pa r t nt* ouwwood, «a. g 0 gt© © © © © © © ©;©g .©►©©©© ©'©. ©©©©'©'© © Stick to thf Faiim — The recent panic 1 1rove* nvcr lignin the aeon nlv <*f the farmer in mieh time# of depression; bank*. HHilrmidH, mer chant i and others fell the discom forting influence of I !>*• Mring < n<'v in monev miiMi'W liiueh mure pni»i<’ullv than I lie farni i-r; ii. fact the farmer hardly realized that there iva« any panic at nil. ll'- read about it in tlie |m|h*tn ninl talk'll with people who knew that there wns netnfilly a money panic, Imt he himself knew tail lilt le about it Many thousands who had hit ill” farms and gone to -eek liigh i*r wan's m lie’ town# and eiliea must nfler the panie i- pnsned re al iz< ilrs lolly then- i- hi i xehaiig ille #uc|| a lib- ill ease alnl securi ty w hen' plenty is abundant l.v showered upon tin honest tiller of tin- soil for a life almost mcom paraidv less secure in such times of tinaneia'l nblnrration Mativ of them an* now striving to net buck t" tin- farms and when cnee bank will never leave in search "1 allot her plaee. THE COUNTRY EOITOR. The Siieecsslul Printer pays the fill low ill); t I'i but et o lhe eolllll l*y | etl it or: •'ll is ted neeessary these ( da VS to rebuke sneers lit tile country editor, because t lieso dn\> j iin bod v does sneer at the country editor. Tin* time has passed. “Yet it is not bernnse t lie conn-; trv editor has taken to the oHieo* | boldine that le is an inllueiit in I ! tin ure m the nation. It is rather; in spite id that find. Tliefelure, j till* 1 Million of II member o| tie rural journalist e* fraternity over tie* rise to power of many ot liisj contentpornrii's is due to mi-ap prehnaioii of cause and etVeet.. 'rie* country editor is a power., not< because lie is 111 oHi'*e, bill bccilUße j lie is an ed it or. "It is tme t hut t lie country edi-j tor tiowdays aspires to more im portant posts than tin* loeal post-! mastership. It is frie* that in Kansas, M intiesota and (iklahonia j le* Inis attained to the (iubernn- ji torial ehnir, and that in othet i states lie ledds hardly less impor-j taut office. Hut these honors are. j i after nil, merely incidents of his i chiel t|lofv which arises mu id liisj nitrtmlisi ic vocal ion. •' i •' A n vbody wit h st retigt h enough . to draw a salary can beau cilice- j holder, Inn it takes a pivjtv good j all-round man to be a country, editor. Such a man neei com- ; bine business and literary ability i with more political sngneity than; tails to th>« bn id the average j politician. He must In* a diplo mat and a good mi\< r. lie must |i"ss'o tie* judieutl temperament, i amt al>"Ve all, le* must have a' reputation tor honesty that i above suspicion. It is tin* p<>s- . session of these iptalit • which ! makes the editor of a patent in-, side weekly a power in Ins com munity far out of proportion to; tile influence which is exercised - bv the met rop'ditan journalist, j "The eountry editor is close to 1 lbs constituents. They know him, alul it they support and en dorse hint lie is second to no man 111 tile power he wields in his jieiylibi rhood. If lie fails in hon esty or in fairness he will not tony remain a country editor, be cause tiis influence vanishes with his o,iod reputation. ’—Newton (Mi-s ( lb-cord. Ft i|{ IAN t Ol.l.KtToll : Once more 1 ask the otli'*e of Tax Cojh *tor of Montgomery count * : and tl elected, w ill do mv best to give .satisfaction for onej term. leaving myself in the hands of mv friends, and thank ing tlte people sot past favors , ami earnest lv asking the support of all j voters, 1 am Yours truly . U. M t I'RUIK. J'RoriT in Stock Ka/sino—Sup pose our farmers iti the South had i raised i ti‘*ir ow n mulct and horses? Could they not have done this and kept in their own pockets here at home tin- enormous sums paid by them for Western stock und have produced at the same time about a- mii4'l: rotten and other farm product is they have for the Inst ten years? Men who have tried it nay that a mule can be raised in < b orgia for just about w hat it takes to raise a steer. The steer is worth about trout sls to $25; the mule woiihkjie worth about $225. Takk Cahk ok Farming Impi.k \i iv i 11 would Is* astonishing if , d were possible to accurately esti mate tbe enormous loss there is sustained by the farmers every year. A eostly piece of muchiu erv, a mower, reaper,plow* or rake i- oft "ii left to take tin* weather. f.»r several moths. The result is usually that when such machinery or implements are needed again i something is out of fixaudnopurt is in as good condition as it was when last used, Right here is where lots of farmers have lost t lien* profits. Good shelters cost • less than costly machinery. WIFE NO 5'S STORY TICKLED THE JUDGE. In the Supreme Court in White Plains Justice Mills nearly laugh ed himself ort' the bench at the testimony* in tin* suit tor separa tion brought by* Mis. Caroline K'-llci* agauist l.ouis Keller. Keller i- tlu* proprietor of a ho tel at Kind Chester and is 7H years old. According to tin* witnesses heard be lias spent the greater part of In- life promising that h<* will love, cherish and obey. Tie present Mrs. Keller, who is oil, years old, is his fifth wilt*. Keller is a very btuv man, and lie didn't waste much time be tween wives. When his friends weren’t congratulating him tliev were consoling hint, according to one w itness. Tlu* death ol the fourth Mrs. K' ller found her luislmnd right in, the midst ol a rush of business. I lie waited for what lie believed to be a reasonable length of time | and then advertised for another; w i fe. "I was keeping ft boarding house at Fislikill-on-the-lludson when 1 answered his advert isement,” said Mrs. Keller the-fifth. * ln res pomv to nn invitation we met. in New* York uni took -dinner at a restaurant. lie had his grown daughter with him. Later he sen'! his daughter up to look me over. She made a favorable report. "When 1 arrived at his hotel on t lie day set for our wedding lj found that lie had made no pre paration beyond calling in a jus-' lIC ot tile peace. l.OlllS was 111 his sluri sleeves, and he wasn’t even shaved. 1 sent him otrt to g~t a shave and a nnnester. Wo were married and went to live hi tln hotel. "We wore very happy till one day lie saw me drinking wine. Then e got mad and said : ‘Why do yon drink my good wine? That i- Moselle. If you must drink, try some of my Rhine wine. That costs 10 cents less by the bottle and i» good enough.* "He said lie was the boas, and it l didn't like it 1 could get out. i 1 told him 1 had heard from the neighbor- that h<* had killed four wives, but lie warn't going to kdl me." Throughout the recital Justice M. trad to look severe ami fre-1 ipietitly rapped the spectator* to; b»rder. Finally he succumbed! ihtniself and laughed until the tear* rolled down his cheeks. — : N. w York W orld. M. I’., t A 1,110 I N, Attvat 1 .aw, Mt. Vernon, Georgia.! THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—TiILItSDAY, FEE. 6. lOOrh A LAND OF SNAKES. Somt Stranucu* Inhabitant* of ths Jungl** as Alia. t'ontrar. in general belief, the python, >»i b'.ii constrictor, rarely attack- js-oplc ami is looked upon .very differently by the people from the hamadryad aud cobra. The pvthon will lake up his abode in a i neighborhood ami will not disturb anything • except the hen roosts. The-e tic disturb- very much, as he hu- a great fondness for chickens; til-o for a -tray dog or small goat. 1 know of one <a e, however, in a floating house where a python at tacked a woman und, contrary to the preconceived idea, did not crush her in his folds, hut utteirmted to swallow her, commencing with one of her feel. When she was rescued her foot and ankle were badly lac erated by the snake’s teeth.' The ( liinese kill tin* pvthon to make medicine from the liver, which has • a high repute among them. They also use the dried skin for medi cine. Any Chinese drug shop in Siam will have a number of python -kins for .-ale. One of the most important things • to know about snake bites is that . the poisonous snakes, such as the . hamadryad, cobra, etc., leave on the individual only two punctures of the l*oison fangs, while the less poison- | ■ otts and harmless snakes leave, he- j sides the two punctures, the marks , of adventitious teeth. This is most important in prognosis, as being called to see persons bitten who were showing great shock it helps J physician anil patient materially to j assure the patienkthaf while he may j . lie very-ill, life will not die. There is only one, snake in the far east —that is, in India, Burma, Siam and the Malay peninsula—that will j always and at all times attack a j man on sight. This is the hama- j . drvad, justly more feared than any | other animal that crawls. Fortu- j uately for mankind they are not , common, except in limited districts. They are so feared by all that the native shikarris, or hunters, will go mile* out of their way to avoid the locality in which they are known to exist. The hamadryad will stull? a man as a tiger stalks his prey. Mr. , Leoiiowens, who as a boy was edu- j cated with the present king of Siam j and who is interested in teak for- j ests, told me he had seen elephants 1 die in half ari hour after being bit- , ten and that he always carried a 1 shotgun loaded with buckshot when in the jungle infested by them. Ho said tliai one of his men. a Burmese, was chased l>\ one and escaped by throwing away his clothing piece by piece, the ,-uake stopping each time to bite the clothing, lie shot the snake himself just as the. man fell exhausted near him. These two snakes, the hamadryad and cobra, cause the great annual death roll of India from snake bite, about 22,000 people last year. One reason for this great death roll K thut Hindoos and Buddhists w ill not ! kill the snakes, as it is against their religion to tuke life. The cobra will go away from you usually, ex cept in the nesting season, aud then he will attack you on sight if you disturb him or his mate. It is at this time that so many deaths take place among the Malays and Sia mese, as it is coincident with the rice planting season and the peasants are tiusilv at work in the rice field- The cobra will bite under water, aud many people are bitten on the foot or heel while planting rice. Heath usually takes plaee in an hour or less. I have known a large buf falo to be bitten and die in fifteen minutes. It must have been bitten directly into a vein. In the Malay peninsula and in , Siam no one ever walks abroad after ; dark without a lamp or torch, as it j proves almost suicidal to do so. — Medical Journal. Wing*r Ring*. From the remotest times women have loved to adorn their fingers with rings, and some of the mum mil* fouud in the F.gvptiau pyra mids had their lingers literally cov ered with them. Sometimes these rings were of gold, but at other they were of glass, pottery or brass. | according, no doubt, to the wealth l of the wearers. A ring is bestowed in marriage because it was anciently a *c*i by which orders were signed, aud the delivery of the ring was'a token that a man gave the bearer 1 of it power to act as his deputy. ; Tima a woman, having her hus band's signet ring, had power to is sue orders as he himself would do. Di*appemt*d. A bright little girl who >ees and I hears everything that is going on around her was preseut during a conversation the other day, in which a gentleman acquaintance of the , family wtfs described as a "henpeck ed husband.” A few days later the subject of the gossip happened to call at the house while the little one I was in the parlor. She looked at him with great curiosity for awhile and then, slipping over to her moth er’s side, whispered, “lie don't look like a picked chicken, mamma." * 4*' * t l A Prosperous | ! - New Year! I * * * 4* * 4*- * ' 4^ jah % dj* | ■ ■ ■ m ■ n <n ra n aar » ma mm mi m i ■ % * * - 4* * 4t I K)o8 . | * ' 4* * * * 4fr * 4& 4 J^. J Is going to be a Banner year and will be espcially profitable * . * w 4*- ? to you if von are a regular customer of * J * ‘ !W. H. McQUEEN, I — 4^ * * % • • £ t MT. VERNON, GA. $ * ' 4*- # * —— j (The Store Where You (let Full Value !’■ >r Y ur Money Twelve Months iTt the Year.) # 4^ 1 fmm mm mm mm mm am me k® £2? rtn? *ss? tins sss mss cm mm is* 5 * Where Woman Rules. The Ivhasis of India, numbering over 170,000, are completely sur rounded by a great population with widely different custom-. Vet they have preserved, it is said, one of the most perfect examples still surviv ing of the matriarchate. The moth er is the head and only bond of un ion in the family. In the most primitive part of the community she is the only owner of real prop erty, and through her alone is in heritance transmitted. On marriage the man leaves his father and moth er ami cleaves to his wife, as seems to have been the custom when the book of Genesis was written, living with her in his mother-in-law's house. The sun is feminine and the moon masculine, and feminine nouns predominate in the language. —Chicago Journal. , It Struck 1. An Irishman on his wav home late at night asked a pedestrian the time. The latter, thinking he was a dangerous tramp waiting for an opportunity to snatch his watch, swung his heavy stick and knocked the Irishman down. He remarked to the prostrate man, ‘Tt's I o’clock, and t hut’s how I strike one.” The poor Irishman scrambled to 1 his feet and rubbed his smarting head, saying, “Bedad, it’s a mighty fine thing Oi didn’t ax you the toime an hour earlier!” —Dundee Adver tiser. DUBLIN 1$ VISITED BY A SEVERE FIRE. Dublin, Ga.,Feb. s—Last night witnessed a severe contlagration at this place which at one tint threatened the destruction of tin entire manufacturing district, in volving property valued at many thousands of dollars. The stor age wa relic use of Hobbs. Bagg>’t Co., the cotton seed warehouse of J. K. Kyle ane several fr _ • Imxes were destroyed and PVi bales of cotton were dapiag* d. The logs will run to #IO,OOO fairly well covered bv insurance. The fire caused great excii.- ment and was viewed, by hundreds of people. The prohibition law ■nndl the drug law are causing gisfs all sorts of trouble. Every- , thing seems to be in the doctor - favor and against the drug man.— ] ( Nashville Herald. { B. W. PAUL, || $ Glemvood, Ga. U. F. D. No. 1. jj «[ (At Benton’s Turpentine Still.) FI li WIDES WANTED. 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