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I Farmers Union Pro ,£ OAVIS §
Departrnent OLKNWOOD, C.A.
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A Begtontat M»» Brea Made
lii •nmo sections of our country
to make the country a more desir
at'le place in which to live. The
ostahlishmcat of rural free deliv
ery route*, rural telephone lines,
rural schools with longer terms
taught bv more efficient teacher*,
and the improvement of the pub
lic roads all contribute no little
t >wards bringing about a real
transformation among rural jwo
pie.
God made the country, and He
din’t make any mistakes when He
made it. Mun made the city and
lie made mistakes us innumerable
as the stars in the heavens when
he made it. The city is the hot-!
bed of crime and immorality,
making it necessary to place in
numerable heats of officers of the
law upon the streets to guard the
persons and property of its in
habitants while crime in the coun
try is of rare occurrence, compar
ed with the crime in the city.
Under pro|»er conditions the
country is a most favorable place
in which to rear a family. This
is why there have been so many
“country raised” Abe Lincoln's
in this country. Many people are
beginning to routine the superior
advantages of an ideal country
home and the moving from the
country to the city seems to be
less frequent than a few years age.
Make the country attractive, and
life in the country pleasant and
we have the problem of checking
the exodus from the conn try
solved .
Colloo Warehouse Certificates.
Lust year, to accommodate the
banks,we used t heir clearing house
certiticates, and they proved very
helpful to both the banks and us.
“Turn about is fair play.” Now,
suppose this year we issue ware
house cotton certificates. Wouldn’t
they prove very helpful to both
the farmer uud the banks ? The
plan could he worked in away to
make the holder of a certificate
absolutely safe.
To manage this business suc
cessfully, however, it would re
quire men in our warehouses who
have spelled a little farther than
“baker,” ami who have hud more
experience in business all'uirs t han
just minding the gap on a one
horse farm.
A Dl*iuillng Sight
At any public gathering is a
large boy or young mnn who acts
as if his head is “cracked." His
hut is usually stuck on his head
in a one-sided manner, lie is
quite sure to be rolling or mnoK- j
ing a cigarette at least a fourth of!
the time. Get near him and you |
find by the sense of smell that the
contents of a little brown jug has
made his breath smell bad. His 1
every act indicates that ho is suf
fering from a case of “don’t-yon
thmk-I-feel-big ?” Isn’t he a pit
able object? But that isn’t the
worst of it ! There is usually
some young lady wherever you
find such a young man at a public
gathering who, from the fact that
she, as the lamented Sam Jones
would say, “gangs with him,’’
riding with him whenever she gets
an opportunity, is evidently *uf-1
sering from a severe case of “what
a-big-fool-I-am.” But that isn’t
the worst yet 1 Sho doesn't un
derstand from her symptoms w hat
her trouble is and some day, after
it s too late, she’ll find out that a
demijohn and a cigarette burner
is a poor excuse for a husband and
that at some time in her life what
a big fool she was !
I>® Vos Plaat la (Ik Maaa f
It's high time that people who
guide the plow were letting go all
superstitious ideas especially in
such important matters as the be
lief in the effect of the moon on
crops planted at certain times.
There are a hundred and one dif
ferent superstitious ideas about
the moon, some of which are real
amusing, and none of which are
worth your old hat.
The moon has absolutely noth
' mg to do with your crop in any
\va\ except to light up your field
at certain times when it is clear
and show you how beautiful it
looks in the soft moonlight. So,
any farmer can well afford to ex
change everyone of these su|>or
stitioiiH ideas for an up-to-date
scientific truth, and become the
wiser and better farmer by do
ing so.
The writer once knew two farm
ers living within a mile of each
other; both had their time to
plant; one planted “dark nights”
the other planted “light nights.”
It was right amusing to see these
two neighbors meet up and try to
convince each other as to when
was the time to plant corn. They
could not agree, of course, but
both were successful farmers. Was
their success, however, due to the
effect of the moon ? Certainly
not. This much both proved.
Should 1)0(1 Be Munled ?
That is getting to lie ji question
in which we aiv nil interested,
since there are so many dogs run
ning mad, and there are so munv
unsuspecting people, and especi
ally children, exposed to them
without uny means of protecting
themselves. The question is get
ting to be one of national import
ance. It is hoped that we will
soon have a law requiring every
dog to be kept muzzled. The muz
zle is the only mud-dog cure that
strikes at the root of the trouble.
There Is a Difference
Os about two million bales in
the estimate of the present cotton
crop ns given out by the Govern
ment and as given out by the
Farmers' Union, it is said. The
Farmers’ Union places the esti
mate at ll t 50U,000 bales, while
the Government report indicates a
yield of about two million bales
more than this. This is quite a
difference in figures but is not a
matter of veracity between our
venerable Uncle Sain and the
Farmers’ Union, you see. It is
just a matter of difference of
opinion in a guessing mutch,that’s
all.
There is one thought however
that comes to one with a great
deal of force, and that is: If we
cun produce 18,500,000 bales of
cotton against Moods, droughts,
cold waves, hot waves, black root,
boll weevil, rust, scald and every
other known hindrance to the
over-production of cotton includ
ing a decrease in the acreage
planted, and a plowing up of a
considerable per cent, of the acre
age planted, what size crop could
we show Uncle Sam under strictly
favorable conditions ? Uncle,did
you ever think of that when you
were thinking of passing around
that lug guess ?
Jusl think !
There were delegates from up
wards of twenty-eight states in
attendance at the National Con
vention of the Farmers’ Union at
Ft. Worth, Tex., last week. The
papers state that two or three
t housand were in attendance. This
is an evidence of a real healthy
growth of the Union.
Hon. Chas. S. Barrett of Union
City, Ga., who is at present Na
tional president of the Union was
again re-elected president. This
action of the convention gives
universal satisfaction to members
of the organization. We know of
no man who will render more sat
isfactory or efficient services to
the organisation than Mr. Barret.
Time For Haaeat DcaUa|«.
That this is au unusually hard
j year on the man who has been
making debts during the year
with the expectation of paying up
when the crop is gathered is very
| evident. The creditor is quite
j likely having a hard time, too.
Times may be hard on both but
jthen strictly honest dealings
j should characterize the debtor
| under all circumstances.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, SEPT. 10. 1008.
SAYS IT IS 0. K.
The Monitor is in receipt of a
i letter from Mr. Wilmer E. Currie
of Atlanta, one paragraph of
which says:
“I beg to say that I would be
at a loss us to the doings and hap
penings of my home county if it
were not lor The Montgomery
Monitor, as I get all the home
news in your paper, and wish you
j much success.”
Mr. Currie is secretary and
j treasurer of the New South Mutual
Life Insurance Co., and many
friends in this section will be
pleused to note that he is doing
nicely in the Gate City.
SHOOTING AT THE SEASIDE.
The tragedies at the seaside
j have been interesting. A man
| who had been paying too much
attention to another man’s wife
was shot down at the Buyable
Yacht Club, and another was
filled with lead in a roller chair
ut Atlantic city.
The first tragedian made no
secret of his reasons. His victim
Imd boon visiting the formers wife
while the former was away, pour
ing bullets into innocent Fili
pinos. Now ho is pleading the
unwritten law, dementia Ameri
cana, and two or three other
things. But the fellow at Atluntic
City who shot his rival while rid
ing with the former’s wife in a
roller chair skipped oft' home,
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eluded the police and cries “rob
ber." The only clew the police
have for the rash deed is robbery.
And yet the man was shot un
der the glare of lights,and no at
tempt was made to take jewelry
or to profit by the tragedy m any
way. The lady who was riding
with the wounded man was a
Mrs. Williams of Baltimore. If
the assailant was not Mr. Wil
liams then it was sonio relative
who undertook to avenge the sea
side attentions of the ridled swain.
Possibly, like Captain Haines, lie
i hud a bloodthirsty brother who
j acted for him. What a pity
| Captain Hains could not have
thought of u robber theory. He
could have palmed himself off’ as
as a high way man who wanted to
shoot and loot.
Atlantic City is a fertile place
for romances. People who ride
in roller chairs side by side are
not always married. Mrs. Wil
liams had told her lnislund that
she was going to Boston. Instead
of that she showed up in a roll
ing chair in Atlantic City and tin*
rolling chair was not an empty
one. It is built on a broad plan,
like a bicycle cut for two. It is
propelled for two dollars an hour.
1 The guide does not ask whether
your companion is your wiffe,
whether you are going to Boston
lor whether you live in Baltimore.
In fact no embarrassing questions
are asked m Atlantic City. Coup-
J les have the right of way, regard
less of matrimonial ties or previ
oua engagements. Meanwhile the
lady’s companion is fighting
blood poison in the hospital and
the woman’s irate husband is
fighting suspicion in Baltimore.
—Savannah Press.
SHERIFF SALE.
(IEOHOIa, Mumtuomkhv County.
Will tie sold at tin* court house
j door in said county on tin* first Tues
jdnv in October. llklH. within tin* le
, gai hours of sale to the highest bui
lder for cash, to-wit, Olio 7xlo Water
town Engine; one K> horse power
portable lH*iler on wheels; one No. 1
Taylor Saw Mill with H 6 ft. carriage;
three head blocks; one 4o inch in
serted tooth saw; and .'ln feet of
eight inch bel,; said property levied
on oh the property of P. J. Davis to
satisfy an execution issued on the 6th
day August. UklH, from the city court
1 of Mt. Vernon, in said county*, in fa
vor of Mallory Bros. Machinery t'o.
vs. P. J. Davis. Said property being
macninery and being cumbersome
and hard to move, w ill not he exhib
ited or pnnl need at the couit house
, door, when the sale is had. Tin- prop
erty, however, is now located at So
perton, Georgia. In the brick, cotton
warehouse at that place, where pros
pective purchasers may examine tne
same before the day of sale. This
the Bth day of August, lUOS.
A. J. Burch,
| Sheriff Montgomery County.
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i Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery County:
To all whom it may concern:
I). H. Hall having in proper
form applied to me for letters of ad
ministration on the estate of Vienna
U. Hall, late of said county,
deceased, this is to cite al. and sing
ular tile creditors and next, of kin of
the said Vienna V. Hall to be and
appear at my office within the time
allowed by law and show cause if
any they can why administration
should not be granted to said D. H.
Hall on the said Vienna U. Hall’s
estate. Witness my hand and offic
ial signature this the 7th day of Sept.
1908. Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court bouse door in
Mount Vernon on the first Tuesday in Oct.
11108, between the legal hours ot sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, certain property, of
which the following is a complete description:
One certain tract or parcel of land, situ
ate. lving and being in the 12215 t Dia. G. Vt.,
of said county and state, and bounded as fol
lows: On the north by lands of E. Miller,east
by lauds of James, and on the south ami
west by lauds of W. L, Tapley,tho same being
j 25 acres carved out of the northeast corner of
a tract of land containing 400 acres owned by
j the said W. L. Tapley. Said property levied
I on as the property of W. T,. Tacley to satisfy
an execution issued from the city court of Mt.
Vernon in favor of It. L. Phillips vs W.L.Tap
ley. Said property now in the possession of
said defendant. Property pointed out by at
torney for plaintiff, and written notice of levy
i given defc ndant in possession as required by
law. This the Bth day of Sept.. 1908.
A. J. Burch,
Sheriff City Court, Mt. Vernon.
L. C. Undeiwood, Att’y for Plff.
Sheriff Sale.
i Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will he sold before the court house door in
Mount Vernon on the first Tuesday in Oct.
1!NI8, betwi eti the legal hours of sale, to the
I highest bidder for cash, certain property, of
which the following is a complete description:
t One certain tract or pareel of land situate,
lying and being in the 1386th Dis (J. M. of
said county and gtate.and hounded as follows:
On the north by Pendleton Creek, on the
south aud east by lands of Willis, and on the
west by lands of John H Morrison, Pritchett,
Bond A Co. Levied on as the property of
Geo. 11. Courson to satisfy an execution is
sued from the City Court iif Mt. V< raon in fa
vor of of the People’s Bank of Soperton vs
Geo. M. Courson and A. Gillis. Written notice
of levy given defendant in possession. This
the Btii day of September, 1908.
A. J. Burch,
Sheriff City Court, Mt. Vernon.
W. L. Wilson, A tty for Plff.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia -Montgomery Comity:
Will be sold before the court house door in
Mt Vet non on the first Tuesday in October,
; 1908, between the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, certain property, of
which the following is a complete description:
One hundred acres of land carved out of
the northern part of a tract of laud owned by
Joe D. Miller, and bounded on the north and
northeast bv lands of Mrs. E. IS. Dukes, east
by lauds of Mrs. E. B. Dukes, south by other
lands of Joe D. Miller, and wi st by lands of
Mrs. M. F. Wilkes,, aud known as a part of the
fhos. M. Miller place. Levied on as the
property of Joe D. Miller to satisfy an execu
tion issued from the City Court of Mt. Ver.
. non in favor of the Georgia Cotton Oil Co. vs
J. D. Miller. Property pointed out by plain
tiff, and written notice of levy given "defend,
aut as required bv law. This'first day of Sep-
I tember, 1908. A. J. Btech,
Sheriff City Court Mt. Vernon.
I Martin A Morecock, Atty’s for Plaintiff,