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THE PROGRESS OF
THE PANAMA CANAL
After a 'thorough investigation
of conditions prevailing in the
Istiinni3 of Panama and an in
spection of the work hy the sjyou
inl commissioners, it is announced
that the progress has been won
derful. and the hope is expressed
that within five years the Panama
Canal will be finished.
ll was a great undertaking, dis
cussed for centuries, originated by
the great De Lesseps, whose fail
ure constitutes one of the most, se
vere disasters in the financial his
tory ot France. It was revived
by American statesmen. Finally
Congress, after years of debate,
acted definitely, putting upon the
President ot the United States,
Mr. Roosevelt, the responsibility
for the selection of the route.
Under the advice of the most
competent engineers of the world,
President Roosevelt abandoned
the Nicaragua route, carried on
negotiations with the countries
directly interested, got rid of all
obstacles, secured sovereignty over
the canal strip und put all the
forces of modern civilization to
work.
Every form of disaster was im
agined and predicted. The great
difficulty was the climatic condi
tions. Medical science achieved
her greatest work in regenerating
the Isthmus of Panama, making
labor safe and life attractive.
Now it is said that within five
years the canal will lie finished.
That alone would be an achieve
ment sufficient to distinguish the
ad ministration of President Roose
velt. The effect of this canal up
on the commerce of the world can
only be imagined. It cannot be
in adyance determined. The build
ing of the Suez canal had effects
that no one conceived of in ad
vance, practically destroying the
value of all the sailing fleets of
the world and calling for the re
construction of every commercial
navy.
Men have tried to forecast the
influence of the Panama canal
upon the general commerce of the
world, but all their deductions
have been theories based upon
unknown elements in the problem.
Experience alone will determine
what influence this work is to have
upon the world, and that influence
w ill not be immediately manifest.
But it can be said with some
certainty that it will go far to
promote the commercial and in
dustrial interests of all the Gulf
States, the States of the South
and the cities of the South. This
it is that gives special interest for
the Southern people in this great
undertaking.—Home and Farm.
Friendship.
Special Correspondence.
(For Last Week)
Miss Bertie Crossby and Mr.
Mina Gray attended preaching at
Longpond Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Clifton, Miss
Maude Gibbs and Messrs. Duncan
Kelly and Hiram Johnson spent
last Sunday at Tybee, and all re
port a good tune.
Mi§3 Bettie Byrd is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. R.
L. Morris.
Mrs. E. J. Johnson spent last
Sunday with her brother near
Hack Branch.
Mrs. L. A. Crossby spent Sun
day with her father, Mr. VV. F.
Gray.
Mrs. li. L. Morris spent last
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Byrd.
E. S. Gibbs came over from the
other side of the river and spent
Saturday night and Sunday at
home.
Frank Gibbs spent Sunday as a
guest of his uncle, John Gibbs, of
near Spring Hill.
Remember Rey. Green will fill
his regular appointment at
Friendship next third Sunday.
Everybody invited.
Brown Eves.
Keep up with news and happen
ings of the county by reading the
Monitor. |1 a year, in advance.
UNCLE TOBEY'S THOUGHTLETS
i Hypocrisy is the religion of the
| devil
| Gall is often mistaken for busi
ness tact.
Hold fast to that which is good,
I even if it is your best girl.
This old world would l>e lone
some without the fools.
Every man is entitled to the
fruits of his toil.
A fool is one who keeps on do
ing foolish things.
The wings of monopoly fan the
flames of hell.
Below all creeds and platforms
is the principle of human rights.
Avarice and greed are always
poor because they are always in
i want.
Trusts are the pirateß of com
merce.
When the people are at the bat
the shortstops may expect to be
blistered.
There is a man down in Texas
who is so particular as to “What’s
in a name,” that, he won’t kiss a
grass widow for fear of catching
hay fever.
Prejudice is the halter by which
the devil leads the ignorant.
What your enemy wants you to
do is usually the thing you ought
not to do.
There are some church members
who, if they had a praying ma
chine, would forget to wind it.
Gratitude is one of the greatest
of virtues, and ingratitude is the
worst of sins.
Modern politics seems to consist
principally of the art of lying.
The biggest fool in all creation
is the man who wears his life away
accumulating something he don’t
need, and makes no practical use
ot it.
“Is married life a waltz ?” asks
a writer in the New York Herald.
Well, no, it is hardly as smooth
as that. A good deal of it is
made up of hoedowns, and occa
sionally both parties realize that
the “jig” is up.—From Home and
Farm.
Dog Lost.
A black hound puppy, eight
months old; white breast and legs
and white on tip of tail; scar on
point of left shoulder. Seen last
at Troup’s Ferry afternoon Aug.
16. Suitable reward for informa
tion leading to recovery. Dog
answers to name of Bob.
J. F. WRIGHT,
R.F.D. 4, Glenwood, Ga.
OLD CONFEDERATE MAJOR
SENT UP AS VAGRANT
New York, September 4.—A
movement has been started to ob
tain the prompt release of Major
Francis D. Walker, a confederate
veteran, from Blackwell’s island
where he was sent recently as a
vagrant for six months.
The homeless old man’s com
mitment followed his application
for a night’s shelter at a police
station.
Thomas Murray, a member of
U. S. Grant post Grand Army of
the Republic, became interested
in the case and wrote to Edward
Owen the commander of the only
confederate camp in New York,
saying that he and other Grand
Army men from Brooklyn stood
ready to help theold confederate
j veteran if it could fie shown that
he was deserving.
Mr. Owen then made an inves
tigation and found that Major
Walker appeared to tie a southern
gentleman who has outlived all
relatives and friends, and was
thrown upon the charity of
strangers.
It has been decided to have the
old man transferred to an insti
tution where he will receive medi
cal attention, or if this is impos
sible, the confederate camp will
; care for him,
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, KEI T to. tOoH.
PLOW POINTS IN THE
HOME AND FARM
A well-manured garden may be
kept busy until frost. Gardens
iu constant use must he well fer
tilized
Timothy Iniv cut in August is
poor stutY for winter feeding. The
more clover mixed with the tium
| thy the more valuable will the hay
lie for feeding cows.
Should the calf not seem to
thrive, give it a half pint of
wheat bran, with a pinch of suit,
scalded with a teacupful of hot
water. Give this with the usual
amount of and always keep
some corn, oats and hay, with
pure water handy.
The Pennsylvania Experiment
Station has discovered that rye
meal as a parr, of u properly bal
anced ration tor milk cows is as
efficient in milk and butter pro
duction as an equal weight of corn
meal. No injurious effect upon
the quality of the butter was no
ticed. |
The pad will make a big collar
fit a little better, but the lest,
plan is to have a collar that fits
without a pad. The latter is apt
to irritate and chafe a horse much
more than a leather collar. If the
hames are properly adjusted on
the collar many horses may be
saved sore necks and sore should
ers.
The largest tobacco farm in the
world is said to be located near
Amsterdam, Ga. It consists* of
25,000 acres of land, on which is
grown about one-third of all the
Sumatra tobacco used for wrap
pers in the United Slates, and
gives employment to about 11,500
persons.
SECRET PRICE FOR
MEMBERS OF UNION
A special dispatch from Fort
Worth, Tex., dated the 4th inst.,
says: “A secret minimum sell
ing price has been settled upon by
the selling committee of the Na
tional Faomers’ Union. This price
is being guarded earnestly, and
no one outside of the Union is to
know.
“It may lie 12, 13, 14 or 15cts,”
said Chairman Neill, ot the com
mittee, today. “I cannot tell.
This secret price will be given to
all farmers, members of the Union
who will each be asked to guard
the secret carefully, and sell for
no less. President Barrett refused
to be interviewed upon subjects
relative to the business of the mi*
ion. The sessions of the body on
the 4th were well attended.
SHERIFF SALE.
GEORGIA, Momtgomrrv County.!
Will be sold at the court house
door in said county on the first Tue- |
dav in October. 1908. within the le
gal hours of sale to the highest bid
der for cash, to-wit, One 7xlo Water
town Engine; one 15 horse power
portable boiler on wheels; one No. 1
Taylor Saw Mill with .Stiff.carriage;
three head blocks; one 40 inch in
serted tooth saw; and ‘to feet of
eight inch bel,; said property levied j
on as the property of F. J. I)avi.s to |
satisfy an execution issued on Hie oth
day August, >9OB, from the city court
of Mt. Vernon, in said county, in fa
vor of Mallory Bros. Machinery Co.
vs. P. J. Davis. Said property being
macninery and being cumbersome j
and hard to move, will not be oxhib- j
ited or produced at the coiut house!
door, when the sale is had. The prop
erty, however, is now located at !So
perton, Georgia, in the brick, cotton j
warehouse at that place, where pros- j
pective purchasers may examine trie i
same before the day of sale. Tills 1
the Bth day of August, 1908.
A. J. Burch,
Sheriff Montgomery County.
BOND ISSUE.
Georgia—Montgomery Comity.
To the qualified voters ot xaid comity:—No.
lice in hereby given dial an election will he
hel<l on Wednesday the 7tli day at October, j
1908, at all the election precinct* in said coun
ty lor the purpose of determining whether or j
not bonds shall be leaned for the puri one .it
rai.ibg money with which to buil t a el eel
bridge and approach*-* to the name aero** the
Oconee River at or near Rainon’* Ferry in *aid :
county. If the requisite legal vote in aaid
| election ih cast in favor of the issuance of ,
hondx, bond* to the anrnmit of 136,000 will be
iexiied for said purpoae. Said Isnntx will bear
- interest at the rate of 0 |,er cent, pci annum,
the accrued interest to be paid on the di et of
each January xneceeding the dale of lxxtiance
until said bonds are paid off. Taxes will be
: levied and collected each year succeeding the
ixxiiance of aaid bonds xiiflieient to pay off the
accrued intercut and S9,SUO of the principal
The 13,500 collected annually for the purpose
of paying off the principal will create a fund
j for the purpose of paying off and retiring
aaid bond* at the end of t<-n year* from the
date they are ixxued. Said bond* arc to be
come due and payable at the expiration of 10
yeara from the date they are ixxued Thi* Sep
tember lat, 1908. W. W. Pope,
J. C. Conner. David Oil.'i*,
Wm. Bland,
Court’* R. and 8., Montgomery County.
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* Will ho ably cared tor at my place, and in prompt manner
I £ Myjine of Staple Goods is Always Complete, but at present £
* a Spring Freshness pervades the entire establishment, ami &
the Season’s Specialties are on Display, but Going Rapidly J
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For Rent.
My place at Ailey, (la., consist
ing of five-room house, garden,
one and half acre patch, harii,&c.,
good condition. Address
J. F. Hali,, M. !>.,
9-8-4 t Box 8. r >, Mt. Vernon, (la.
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JPROFESSIONAL MS
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M. E. CALHOUN,
Atty at Law,
Mt. Vernon, Georgia.
J. R. WATSON,
Dentist,
Soperton, Georgia.
A. L. Lanier,
Attoni(*y at Law,
MT. VERNON, (lA.
Will Practice in ull the Courts of
the St ate. *
Hamilton Burch,
Attorney and Coun
selor at Law,
fIcRAE, OA
CrimiMl I.*wr uid OoUectU*iin, Including tail i
load Tort Canon, a Hpeciulty.
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Eugene Talnmdge,
Atty. at Law.
Practitioner in all Courts.
Mt. Vernon, Oa.
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;■ L. C. UNDERWOOD, :
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
V Practitioner in all Courts, Ht»te
and Federal.
i Real Estate Agent, Farm
Lands a Specialty. , . .
MT. VEkNON, aA. J,
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BOILERS.
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Do You Need One?
We arc? offering for Immediate Sale the
following Horizontal Tubular Boilers:
One 12 feet x 4 feet 0 in., 70 tubes.
One Hi ft. 0-in. x 5 ft. 10-in., 64 tubes.
One 16 feet x 5 feet, 64 tubes.
One 16 feet x 4-ft. 2-in., Bl tubes.
All Boilers Complete with Stack, Water Columns, Fronts, etc.
Sec them ut plant at Ochwullkee. All in Good Condition.
Hilton &. Dodge Lumber Company,
Ochwalkee, Oa.
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QORGO. i
OOROO is a Black Stallion, 4 years ij
'i old, 10 bands high, and weighs 1,300 Lbs. j
j; Will make t lie season of this grand Stallion at
;! Stable of Fisher &. Lowry, for the year 1908, at
i TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO INSURE A LIVING COLT. |
il| Fisher & Lowry, Soperton. j
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1 MONEY TO LOAN ON FIVE YEARS TIME j
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t t At Seven PerCcnt Interest
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cj On Improved FarniH in Montgomery and adjoining
counties in amount* of .fl/KXI and over, und ut 8 per
cent, on loans of less than sl*ooo. NO COMMISSION
or brokerage charged. Expenses of borrower for ab
stract and drawn,g pa tiers are small. NO DELAY.
% Loans promptly secured. 2
| Geo. H. Harris, Attorney, Mcßae, Ga. |
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