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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1908)
@s®s®'@f<s>'@@© © © © ©►© aa a a © © © ©® ®:®,s I Farmers Union " y % H 1 * Prof. J. M. DAVIS ~ f| M.KNWOOD, OA. *J^ Gr£>'© :©;,©..0 © © ■'©:.©:-©■©►© 000 © 0 0 © ©';© ©•© ©> hi hoes From the Soperlon Metlinx. | i As whh announced the Union meeting met in Sojiorton bint Saturdny. Early in the morn- , ing delegates from the various lo- <• nils of this county and others in- ' terested in the Farmers’ Union began to come into town until it n began to he evident that some- t thing of more than ordinary in- s terest was to occur. A The tiMstoea of theSoporton In stitute had previously tendered the use of the school auditorium i I thereby contributing much to the < convenience and enjoyment of ’ these attending. But let it be said here in passing that this isj ;| not all. The people of .Soperton |, know how to extend a royal wel-j come and dispense hospitality in | ‘ that lavish manner that contrih-! utes no little to the pleasure and enjoyment of such an occasion. ; , President K. F. Duckworth, of Union City, On., was present and delivered one of his characterise j addresses. .ludgiug from tie good order that prevailed, the fre- ( ipient applause, and the many <x pressiona heard his speech was en-i I joyed by all. At the hour for|‘ President Duckworth to speak the ~j door* were opened and the puhlic ( was invited to hear the speech, t Tlie available seats were soon tak- I nil up, and a more orderly and in- j 1 t- rested audience never sat belore this chief sxeentivo ojlieor of tlie s the one hundred thousand Union men of Georgia. " lu the course of his romarke J President Duckworth gave onipha-J | sis to the fact that the Farmers’ a Union has never gone into parti- a san politics, had never even on- t dorsed any man for ofllco and nev- ( * . . (1 cr would. 'l'his was not its husi- ( ness. That the Union stood forj ( certain principles and would nev-' s or cease to advocate those in a I c strictly non-partisan manner. That ; 4 in this way tin* Union had gained j f a more favorable recognition than| , by attempting to tigtire promi-j i uontly in politics with the “glovesl t off.”’ | c He also urged t he importance of j the co-operative feature of .thej-e Uuhm. Inn lucid and foroerul j c manner outlined some of the vie- - lories already won. He gave actual figures showing t , what an inunenso volume of busi- i „ ness was being transacted t hrough c the business department at Union 1 I’itv, Ga. J. G. Kubanka businessi ' _ . M manager for Georgia has an option on the entire output of the flour! of twenty-live mills. Purchases are made through him for Geor-j gia, Florida, Alabama, and South 0 Carolina. This flour is bought ' I under cont ract from nulls who 11 1 buy direct from the producer thus drawing a parenthesis around all y dealers the consumer gets the best grades of flour direct from the 1 west at an unheard-of price in J many instances at from nOcts to n more than $1 per barrel cheapo • than the usual prevailing retail prices. i b The concluding part of the (i speaker’s address wns devoted to; h the importance of education. He ' V urged the young men and young tl ladies, the hoywand girls to bend 41 Statement of tho Condition of TilK PKOPI.KS HANK, j Located :it Sopertop, i«s«.. nt the Oloee of Bmimwi Mnv 14th, 1906; j RK KOVROV'S: LIABILITIES: lioan* and discounts s:M,ltistk> ('npital Mock otiid itt $15,000 0!> IVmnttd Loans l.lH’j l;t. Surplus fund Overdraft* Sh :ts t'udivulcd protit*. loss our. Hanking: house 1 #Ol 06 e\. ami tax," paid Furniture and tixlmv* 1.544 12 Due to Hanks and Hanker* Due from hank* and bankers in tins state in the state 1.127 Ifi Individual deposits subject Due from Hanks and bankers to cheek 18,007 ftr>i in other atatea 4.R7H91 Tim? certificates 150 00 > Currency 57*00 C'aaliier's check* U 10 Hold 20 00 Kills Payable, lnoludim; Kilter, nickels and pennies So:*' l ime Certinoatvs repre- Cliecks and caah items sentinjf l«orro\vea money 10,00060 I'tx'flt and lei** 100 Interest paiil ot> 'Total, SSH,2BI 15! Total, *ft< 201 15 STATE Os GEOIUiIA - >lvuitaumcr> Coun*>. Before ms cams K. K. Want, ('Miner «>l the IV.>plo Batik of Sopertoti, O*,. who being duly (Morti. m*« tint the above and bn-rgoinc statement is a true tviidiuoii of said Batik, ss I ahf>wn by the books of fl> in said bunk. R. WARD. Sworu to aud *ubscnt>«d befits me, tins .-Ttii ua' of V»v, likK. / E. A. OP TLA tV, N P. .fM. C„ Ga. • every energy in better fitting themselves intellectually for the stern realities of the future. After tlie speaking it was an nounced that dinner would lie served out. on the campus, and a cordial invitation was extended to all to partake. In the language of Uncle Remus, “there was shout j and lamb and kid all cooked to a turn and well seasoned,” and in; such great abundance ns to sug- I gest the thought that this was a “big eating’’ as well as a big speaking. The meeting was presided over by President John K. Currie, of i (Henwood, who demonstrated the; fact that lie was an excellent pro-; siding officer. The ut most harmo ny prevailed and a more import-1 ant and enjoyable meet ing w.ih j never held m the county. Long live the memories of the Soperton meeting! SAWING THE SPILES. A Problem In Whsrf Building Which Seems Hard, but Isn’t. When in building a they have got. the spiles driven you see them first standing in rows undj sticking up ibove the water at un even height*, and with their tops all frayed. Then the surplus upper length of thi spiles has to be sawed off so that the stringers upon which the wharf planking will be ■laid can rest upon them. And tlie j question is, How do they manage to saw off each spile so that it will have a perfectly flat and level head, and how do they manage to get all Ihe spiles sawed off at exactly the same height? They do this in the simplest way in the world. The spiles all driven, they spike along to each row, at a little dis tance below where they are to cut them off x planks, upon which they lay crosswise other planks to make a scaffolding to work on. Then along each row of spiles at the height where they ore to lie cut off they draw a leveling line, which,! drawn taut and leveled up, touches every spile in the row at exactly the same height, and then to each spile they nail two smooth topped crosspieces, little strips of hoard, one on either side of the spile*, like the erosstrees on a mast, only short er. these cross strips being nailed on so that their tops just touch the underside of a leveling line. And \ then the sawyers, with their long) crosscut saws, worked by a nmn at each end, come along. The crosspieces nailed to the I Spile show exactly where it is to be cut off. an I they serve also as, guides ( nnd supports for the saw in | cutting tin* spile off true. Resting I the saw blade on their projecting ('nils at one side, the men saw und miw until they have sawed tlie spile j off. And so they keep on until they j have got them all sawed off and i ready for the stringpieees. New j N ork Sun. A Compensation. It was not always possible for ; Mrs. Leahy from her permanent > station at the washtub to appre ciate that silver lining which Mr. Leahy discovered in every cloud and pointed out td her. “I've lost me job, Nora,’’ he said 'heerfullv. “but this is the time 1 iouM ought to be thankful I'm not is smurrt a- some.” "Why would I he thankful for! that?" inquired Mrs. Leahy, puns-j ing for an instant to wipe her glis tening forehead with her damp ipron. ” Tin ii'si seen.” and 'her bus- I autd gyved tolerantly at her from pis comfortably tipped hack chair i>\ tlie stove. “It I was Terrv Do an now and oat of me. job. I'd he osin’ t ree dollars a day instead o’. .van mint' -five. Yon think o’ that, ne dartin’, an' ’twill put the hearrt j nto you same as it has into me.”— Youth’s Uouioanion. TTTE MONTGOMERY .MONITOR—THURSDAY. JUNE 4. 1008. FINGER PRINTS. Uiir.g Them at Signatures Is a S/ary Old Practice F*nger print registration is in Borne rf-pei t- a verv ancient prac l tice in Asia. Itt old Japan the m/ karlo scaled documents of state hv smearing his forefinger with ver milion ini. and impressing it on the pi.per. To prevent passports being transferred the Chinese wrote the permission to travel on an oiled pa per beiriug a print of the hearer’s palm of tin* hand. Deeds disposing of land were similarly stamped by ! (he vender's thumb. In India as I long ago ns 1800 Sir Willidm Her j sehol instituted a system of finger j prints at liooghly as the directes! s and most certain means of identify ! ing tlie parties in tlie transfer of land in Bengal and of preventing them from false personation or re ! pudiation of the bargain bv requir j ing them to affix their finger prints j to the entries in the land register. It was Sir William llerschei’s use I of this old oriental practice which ' led Francis Galton to take up the ' study of finger print's as a means of ! identification. l»y research and the i examination of thousands of linger ; prints Mr. Galton raised the prao | tice into a science and first drew puhlic attention to its possibilities by an article in the .Nineteenth Century in 1891. A few years later it. was adapted by both the govern ment and postoffice of India as a means of establishing identifica tion beyond dispute, a matte*r of the utmost difficulty with natives, whose faces always appear a> likens (wo peas to European eyes. Military and civil pensioners must now finger print the receipts for their pension-, and the impres sion must correspond with that in the register before payment is made. Medical certificates are sim ilarly rendered useless to bearer, and candidates silting for civil serv ice examinations must finger print each set of papers they hand in. Indians emigrating under the labor act also impress their thumb on their engagement contracts, and pilgrims setting out for Mecca-arc likewise given an identity they can not deny.—London Chronicle. A Lost Band. A Scotch story i- of*a diminu tive drummer in a local brass hand who was in the habit when out pa rading with his comrades of walk ing by sound and not by sight, ow ing to his drum being so high that he was unable to see oier it. The hand on Saturday afternoons pa raded usually in one direction, but one day the leader thought lie would change the route a little and turned j down a bystreet. The drummer, J unaware of this movement, kept on j tiis accustomed way. drumming a= | hard as ever he could. By and by. ! after finishing his part and not hearing the others, he stopped and. I pushing\hL drum to one side, looked to see what was the matter. His astonishment may he imagined at finding that he was alone. “Hae!” he cried to some bystanders. ‘‘Has 1 ony o’ ye seen a band hereabout?” Willing to Be Convinced. i A sturdy tramp one day went into ! a suburban garden where the lady j of the house was engaged in attend- I ing to the flowers. He took no uo- I tice of her refusal to give coppers, but continued iiis"lmportunity until a bulldog appeared, growling omi nously. The lady seized it by the collar and held it, calling out: "You had better go away at once. | He may bite you.” "You ain't got no right to keep ' a savage dotg like that.” replied 1 the tramp in outraged tones. "Perhaps I have not.” was the ! cool answer. “If you think so, I ! won’t I <*ep him —l'll let him go." The latch of the gate clicked vio ' lently. arid in twenty seconds that . tramp had vanished into space. His Family Tree. “Young man," said the farmer. "1 must -a\ you've done a heap o' | talkin' about yer family tree. Any body would think you owned a whole timber yard. Come out into the lane a minute.” | - The youth in go's elothos'aoconi ■ pa nil'll him. Pausing hv a weeping willow, the farmer said, "l want you ro take I particular notice of this.” “What for?” “That's our family tree. That’s what has heightened our ideals and -tiinmylaled our energies. That has furnished switched fur four or five generations of ns.”-—Exchange. Sharpness of Tunatics. Having an appointment to preach at an insane asylum for the first time, a clergyman asked the medical director for some points. He >aid the most important thing was to avoid any attempt on thy part of the preacher to accommodate him self to his audience a> it they were different from other people. He said, "If von attempt to adapt yourself to their condition, they will instantly discover it. and they will hate you.” Freddy Knew. r , A clergyman who farms some' of his own giel>e was recently address ,, ng a meeting of young frienda, _ comparing himself to a good shep f herd calling his flock to follow him. Looking toward his audience, with a seif congratulatory smile, he in f. MHired: f “And now who among my young ' ; friends can tell me what I do to mv ; flock ? Can no one tel! me? Ah. 1 j thought so. There’s Freddy, the r very voungest among eou, is ready ; with hi< answer. Stand up, Freddy, . mv boy. and tell me!” "Shear 'em. sir; shear 'em.” — „ Liverpool Mercury. An Unexpected Result. A freight train pulled into a small i -ration, imr a ventriloquist on the ! j iffutform thought lie would have o>ne sport, so he threw his voice rider a car. saying: “Lei ine out! Let me out!” The station agent vos called, and he hastened to un fasten tlie dfoor of a car. After working foT a time he got the door ipen and out walked four tramps, ■ II of whom disclaimed that they hud asked to he let out." The ven triloquist had builded better than he knew and had stepped upon the ride of the four hobrtes, who were ' ‘ left behind. . \ His Eyeglass. II was merely a single evesflass i that the young swell wore, and Uncle Hayrick had never seen one before. “Jes’ look at that!” he exclaimed to his wife under his breath. • VYhat’s the meanin' on it, do you ; think?” she inquired. "1 d’no—onless, maybe, he’s buy in’ his specracles on the installment i plan.”—Pecrson’s Weekly, i i- i A Mean Suggestion. A famous London physician was asked out for some shooting. Bur, though he tried several times, he hit a single rabbit. “It's awful!” he exclaimed. “I've i killed nothing all day.” “Never mind.” said his host. "Write the rabbits one of your pre | "criptions.”—London Answers. * : Hamilton Burch, Attorney and Coun selor at Law, ricRAE, A. 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When taken with the Monitor you get all for 2.15 J #■ The Monitor and Semi-Weekly Atlanta Journal 1 yr 1.75 # The Journal is recognized as a leading Southern pa- J 4* per, and tJie regular price is si 00 per year. I* £ In Clubs of Five or More we Give * J 25c Off to Each Subscriber * !* —1 * A- jjj $. Orders by mail receive prompt attention. Address # % THE HONITOR, = Mt. Vernon, Ga. | Mr r # | “-S. SHOE BUSINESS I Realizing the great importance of tho shoe department in our ► business we have strengthened our stock aiui-have decided to handle . £ exclusively the Brown Shoe (Jo.’s *s* specialties. These shoes are * all made in St. Louis, the greatest shoe manufacturing city in the . ► world, and iii buying a full line from one house we are enabled to * offer various grades of merchandise at better price- than we could * ► possibly offer were our lines mixed. * e t SPRING STYLES ARE HERE. WE SHOE THE WHOLE FAMILY. « ► We have recently received a We do not. confine our bust- . ► new shipment, of these shoes ness to men’s or women’s trade * ► " embodies all the present bur. carrv lines of Hoys and 2 ► season’s styles and shapes in 3 ,► Oxfords or High stioe-. You tiirl.s,Misses and t hildren.Any j £ should not fail to look at, these _ member <>l' the family can he < ► lines before buying. supplied at our store. ► DRESSY LOW-CUTS SHOES FOR BOYS. MENS’NEAT « ► FOR WOMEN. show us the boy SUMMER OXFORDS. 2 E\\ >• feel that we that does not get 0,. .. qhnwinir of 2 have the dressiest . it u i snowing oi M line of Women’s inore wear ° ul of a Mens’ Summer Ox- 2 F Low t 'uts and Ox- pair ut these Raster fords is the snappi- 2 P. fords that have ever Rrown Shoes than est by far that we 3 £ been shown in this he got out of the have ever made.-To -4 * locality and we are last pair he had,and inspect the line < ► anxious to have you we will give Itiui a means to buy a 2 £ inspect them. new pair free. pair. 4 ► ____________________ i t STYLISH FOOTWEAR FOR MEN, WOMEN’S ATTRACTIVE STYLES J ► If the new arrivals in Mens’ v “Attractive Style,” that is ◄ ,► footwear you as well as . really the featuie of the shoes J •P they do ns, vou will own a pair . . , , . 1 P , . , rnu .. which we have lust put on our 2 ► before long. Thereiis a va- N J • 1 2 P riety of styles in all lotft tiers. selves for sale to women. J l M C RAE & BRO. Mt. VERNON. 1 t * ► TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT • • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Statement of the Condition of BANK OF SOPERTON, Located at Soperton, Ga., at the Close of Business May 14t1i7 1908. RESOURCES. » LIABILITIES. Slnta House Furniture and Fixtures 14'3 3:t 1 penses and taxes paid 1,021 08 Du Tm Banks and Bankers in ’ Bn '* j " bt t 0 Clleck M “ the vtate 12 772 fit : iime Certificates 34,009 71 Due from Banks and Bankers in ’ Cheeks 7 40 other States 1.237 57 Currency . 1.170 00 Gold 270 tKi silver, Nickels and Pennies 331 08 Checks and Cash lio.iib 91 45 Interest Paid 391 48 Total - $71,670 71 Total - $71,670 71 STA; E OF GEORGlA—Montgomery County. Before no came W. It. Mos|ey, Cashier of Bank of Soperton, vho being duly sworn,says that, the übove and foregoing statement, is a truo condition of said Bank, aw shown by the books of file in said Bank. W. R. MOSLEY. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27t!vdav of May, 1908. GEO. It. TYLER, Com. N. P., M . C., Ga.
