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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1909)
PEOPLE OF ThE DAY Retrial of the Standard Oil Cese. Judge Albert B. Audersou of the United States court for the district of Indiana, before whom the Standard Oil case ts being retried in Chicago, sprung n surprise by quashing the rand cf jurymen summoned because It contained too many farmers. It was a so called “farmers’ ” jury which brought In tlie verdict making Judge Landis' fine of $23,240,000 in the original case possible, and the de fense was prompt in calling the court's attention to (he fact that the panel present for the new trial contained only three Chicagoans, although CO per cert of the population wiihln the juris diction of the court live in Cook county “1 don't want to start in with this hearing feeling that there is something unfair,” said the judge. “We ought ALBERT BARNES ANDERSON. to start fair and keep fair. I will in struct the jury commission to put in 150 names of men, a good proportion of whom shall be good business men from Chicago and Cook county. It so happens that this ease is tried in a district composed of an enormous commercial city and several rural counties. The country may have purer air, a higher moral standard and greater intelligence than the city, but that is an open question. How ever, I am not going outside the issue when I say that if the jury were com posed partly of business men who would realize a great industrial and commercial phase of the case a more satisfactory and just verdict may be reached.” Judge Anderson is a native of In diana and is fifty-two years old. He is a graduate of Wabash college, where he distinguished himself as an orator and scholar. Before his ele vation to the federal bench lie was prosecuting attorney for Montgomery county. He was appointed a federal Judge in 1002. Head of Panama Sanitation. Next in importance to the actual digging of the Panama canal Is the problem of keeping the thousands of workers in health. To this work Colo nel William Crawford Gorgas. chief of sanitation iu the canal zone, lias di rected his efforts with such good re sults that Panama, once considered one of the deadliest spots In the world. Is as healthful as Illinois or Vermont. Colonel Gorgas is a native of Ala bama and is fifty-five years old. His fatb.r was a leader In the Confetler a i c'. ; b - 4 WILLIAM C. GORGAS. ate army—General Josiah Gorgas. He was graduated from the University of the South, Sewanee. Tenn., at the age of twenty-one and then took a med ical course iu New York. He entered the army as a lieutenant iu the med ical corps, and his advance since that time has been rapid. His rank of colonel was voted by special act of congress for yellow fever work at Ha vana in 1903. Last year his scien tific work at Panama was recognized by the medical profession by election to the presidency of the American Medical association. Why He Preferred the Senate. The Rev. Ilenry N. Couden. the blind chaplain of the house of repre sentatives. had an idea some time ago that he would prefer to be chaplain of the senate and went to see Speaker j Cannon about it. “What do you want to go over there ! fer?” stormed Uncle Joe. “The bouse 1 Is a flower garden and the senate Is a graveyard.” “I know,” replied the chaplain gen- : tly. “but one stays longer in a grave- 1 yard than in a flower garden.”—Gun- : ther's Magazine. FOR THE CHILDREN Chatterbox Town. The jolly old man in the moon looked down, And he peeped in the windows of Chat terbox Town. And he said to his wife: “All the chil dren. I see. Are tucked In their beds just as snug as can be. I can't hear a sound on the playground or street, No chatter of voices, no clatter of feet. AH the playthings are resting where they w'ere thrown down. I wonder why this is called Chatterbox Town." Said the jolly old wife of the man In the moon. “Stay awake in the daytime and you will learn soon Why every one says this Is Chatterbox Town.” So he stayed wide awake when he should have gone down Till all of the children came out to their play. And they laughed, and they chattered and chattered away, j And they pointed at him with a shout and a cry: “The moon! See! The man in the moon In the sky!” “My stars.” said the man In the moon, with a frown, “I must hurry to bed out of Chatterbox Town! My ears find the clamor is deafening quite. Hereafter I’ll come around only at night." But In spite of his speech you have no ticed. no doubt, That sometimes by day he still comes sailing out And floats over Chatterbox Town In the day, Smiling down in a really quite sociable way. —Youth's Companion. Had Seen No Defect. An Indian inerchaut wished to dis pose of an old elephant and took it to a fair. As soon as he had arrived he noticed a man who without saying a word began to walk around tlie ani mal, examining it attentively on all sides. The merchant became very anxious, for he feared ilie man had j found out that his elephant was not wortli much. He took him aside and whispered in his ear: “I see a cus tomer eomiug. Do not say a word un til I have sold the beast, and I will give you 50 rupees.” The man looked j at the merchant and wonderlngly com plied with his request. It happened that the customer had more money than sense, so that lie was easily taken In. When the bargain was completed and the elephant led away by its new owner the merchant handed the 50 rupees to the silent man, saying: “Now. I want you to tell me how you discovered the defect in bis left leg. I thought I had concealed it so skill fully.” “I have discovered nothing,” replied the stranger. “It is the first elephant I have ever seen, and I want ed to know which was the head and which was the tail.” Dogs In Snowland. The lot of an Eskimo dog is a hard one. In the first place, he has to earn his living by drawing sledges. In the next place, food Is so scarce that a dog is usually hungry, often hungry enough to eat his harness or, indeed, any bits of skin or leather he can find. To pre vent this the men rub the leather cords with tar. But in order to live at all an Eskimo dog has to fight his way. Whenever there Is a pack of dogs together they fight. The weak ones are driven away or killed. The strongest and fiercest one, who can thrash any or all of the others, is known as the king dog. He has the best place to lie and his choice of the food. A single growl from him is like a command from an emperor, whom all are ready to obey. All Fools’ Day. Doubtless many boys and girls do not know how April 1 came to be cele brated as All Fools’ day. There arc several explanations given by those who investigate such things. One of them is that as March 25 used to be observed as New Year’s day April 1 was tlie day when the festivities cul minated and ended. Another Is a tra dition among the Jews that Noah sent out the dove from the ark on the first day of the month corresponding to our April, before the water had abated. To perpetuate the memory of the great deliverance of Noah and lils fam ily it was customary on this anniver sary to punish persons who had for gotten the significance of the date by sending them on some bootless errand. —Chicago News. Quections and Answers. ! What can pass before the sun with out making a shadow? The wind. Why should the number 288 never be mentioned in company? Because it is two gross. Why are persons with short mem ories necessarily covetous? Because they're always for-getting something. What is the beginning of every end and the end of every place? The letter E.—Philadelphia Ledger. When does a ship tell a falsehood? When she lies at the wharf. When is a ship like a painter? When she shows her colors. When dees a farmer behave with great rudeness to his corn? When lie pulls its ears and thrashes it. A Lost Spoon. A lady attended a state ball in a dress the skirt of which was arranged In perpendicular plaits in front, stitch ed across at intervals, and, unknown to her, a gold teaspoon got lodged at supper in one of these pocketlike folds | In the cloth. Os course there was one ] spoon missing after the ball, and the fact caused great perturbation to the 1 official in charge of the gold plate. The next spring the lady went to a 1 drawing room in the dress she had 1 worn at the state ball, and as she bent low before her majesty the plaits of her skirt expanded, and the gold spoon fell at the queen’s feet. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MAH. ts, 1000. HINTS FOR FARMERS Water Sheep Regularly. Some of us seem to fail to see the necessity for being regular In feeding and watering the sheep, writes N. A. Clapp In the American Agriculturist. The system requires nourishment con stantly In order to be maintained and keep up a constant growth of wool. The part ofteuest neglected ts the water. Because sheep can live with out water for a considerable length of time is no proof that they do not need water regularly. Their feed is dry when eaten and swallowed and re quires water to soak it before it is raised In the form of a cud and re masticated. To withhold the water is to withhold one of the prime necessi ties in the process of digestion and as similation. Except on the very coldest days sheep will take water twice per day, and if one is in a position to keep track of the water that a flock of a hundred breeding ewes will take one will note that the amount is almost in credible. The Caro of Sheep. Sheep always seem to enjoy pure air and considerable liberty. If the yards are so arranged that they can stir around in fair weather through the day they will take the evening meal with a relish, and when they have lain down for the night they will pre sent a picture of sublime contentment and satisfaction. Exercise promotes the health of the sheep and Insures better results with the lamb crop than can be secured if they are closely con fined. The breeding ewes should be shel tered from all storms, rain, snow or wind. They are nervous and sensitive and should not lie compelled to resist storm or cold wind. The quality of the wool will be better and the fleece I heavier If they are not soaked by rains or compelled to resist the wind. Make the sheep comfortable should be tho Invariable rule.—American Agri culturist. Importing Seed Corn. Do not import seed corn. There is no seed corn so adapted to your local ity ns that seed corn which has been grown there for a period of years. Corn will not run out if It is proper ly selected. If you have not enough seed corn of your own, go to one of your own good neighbors who lias paid attention to the selection of good seed corn, but lie sure that the corn Is always given a careful germination test. Should you desire to bring in some new corn do not attempt to plant your entire field with it, but merely a small patch. In the experiments which have been carried on In different por tions of our state we find that we do not secure as great a yield from Im ported seed corn as we do from that seed corn that lias been grown in these local les and Ims become accli mated to tho conditions. Kansas Farmer. Scaly Lags In Poultry. Chickens are seldom affected by this disease, but it Is very troublesome with old liens and roosters. Although it is one of the worst pests when once established in a flock, it is one which yields rapidly to treatment and is eas ily cured. It is due to a mile which burrows under the skin. Beginning between the toes, by gradual elevation of the scales the disease extends up the leg. the scales are detached, and the Joints become afflicted. Separate the afflicted fowls from the rest. Gne scaly legged bird roosting with a flock will soon spread the disease among them. Wash the legs and toes with castile soap and warm water. It would be better to use a soft brush, then ‘ anoint with an ointment made wi"i equal parts of melted lard and coal oil. Repeat the treatment daily until the parts are perfectly clean. Farm Notes. Are you keeping your stock clean and warmly bedded this cold, damp ' weather? Seed corn should not only be care fully selected, hat carefully kept until planting time. Wherever alfalfa can be grown, with or without irrigation, hogs can be made a profitable crop. Hogs should have a dry bed of earth to sleep on. Wood floors are all right to feed them on, but hogs confined on floors are In an unnatural position and will not do well.—Farm and Ranch. Cattle Lice. A subscriber asks how to destroy lice : on calves, says the American Agricul | turist. It is hardly enough to simply de | stroy the lice already on the cattle. You must go after the stables also. This may be done by cleaning them out thoroughly and whilewashing the i posts, stones and other scratching j places, painting them with crude pe j troleuui or gas tar. An excellent and cheap oil preparation to apply to the 1 calf is linseed oil four parts, creosote j one part. Mix well together and apply on all parts of the body. Killing Hen Mites. Hen mites can be killed in winter as well as in summer. If tlie liens can lie removed to other quarters, the smok ing process will destroy the mites, but It must be kept up for several days in succession. Put cobs, chips, etc., with a little sulphur. Into a large kettle and set it on srones in tlie center of the pen. Keep it suppllc d and keep watch over it.—Farm Journal. Ventilate the Henhouse. Heat is needed in the poultry house only when the ventilation Is so bad that the air would be moist without tlie heat to compel the air to absorb It. But it is more reasonable properly to i ventilate the poultry house and keep j it dry In that way. * * * * jji <£- THE . STORE ! ! WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET f * # * * BEST QUALITY f * * I FULL WEIGHTS f I CORRECT STYLES ! 4 * RELIABLE GOODS I # & LOWEST PRICES : $ & * * i 4*- j What More Can a Body Ask? £ # 4* W.H.McQUEEN i } nT. VERNON, GA. % & 4* , * Sheriff Sale. v Georgia—Montgomery County. Will Im holt! licftii f ilio court houmt door in Mt. Vernon on tli« tti'Ht TucHtUy in April. 19(19. between tlio Icpul liouih ot rule, to tlic ! liigliest. bl tiler for can It, certain | rojicity, 'if; which the following; is u coinploto tlinot'iptioni AH that.certain tract, or parcel oft land situate and lining in Iho 27r>ili! district O. M. of said county and! stale, [containing ono hundred and fifty (160) acres more or loss, and bounded as follows: On the north j by lands of K . .t. .ro!inson,on the east j by lands of Wiley Blmrpe, on the) south by lanns of Mrs. .r. C. i*l ifton and on the west by lands of Mrs. Anna Peterson. Levied on the. prop erty of j. (J. Clifton to satisfy an exe- I culion issued fiom the City Court of Mt. Vernon in favor of the First Na-1 llonal iinnk of Lyons vs .las. Clifton, principal, \V. I). Wolf.and .1. H. Me- j Cullough, endorsers. Property in possession of'defendant, pointed out , by plaintiff, and written nothe ol J levy given in terms of the law. This the 10th day of March, 1909, James Hester, Sheriff City Court Mt. V.,(la. ' Sheriff Sale. j Georgia—Montgomery County. Will lie cold before the court house door in ; Mt. Vernon on the first T ues'lny in April, 1909 between llie legal hoars of mile, to the i highest hhliht foi eash, eeitniti ptoje-rty. ot . which the following is 11 complete uiscriptioii: |. One house and lot in the li’.Hfitlt dis- . trict (}. M. and in tiie tosvn of Soper- ! ton, Oa., and .bounded as follow- : On the north by Ceorgia street, out the east by lands of 14. K. Ward, on j the west by lands of Vv .• K. Mosley | and on t lie sou It by lantls of Mary! Jane Cillis. Levied on.as the prop-1 erty of Mis. C. W. Davis to satisfy a J tax flfa issued by 11. Newton Wood j tax collector vs Mrs. C. W. Davis I Written not ice of levy given tis re- > united by law. Tills the 2d day of March, 1909. James Hester, Sheriff M.C.,Oa. j . I Sheriff Sale. Georgia— ry County. Will Ij© Hold before the* court. liouko door in ! Mt. Vernon on the first Tucnday iii April 1 1909. I*©twpcn the I ©gal hours of yah-, to tli* . ■ bidder ; for chhli, certain |>n»f>crty, of | which the following in a complete dencription: Fifty acres of. land lying and being j jin theTiWtii, district, ■;<>. M. of saitl j county and state, being a part of Lot No. 201, bounded as follows: North by lands, of Rachel Powers, on the (south by landsbd .links Adams and Ceorge[l)aniels [and oil the west by lands of li.lt. Renton and (ieorye] j Mackey .the same adjoining t he place . 'where (Jeorge Daniels now resides. Property pointed out by plaintiifftnd ! written notice of levy .'given accord- • ing.to law. Levied on as the".proper ty of (Jeo.'l)aniels to sa'. isfy an exe cution issue'll fit,in the justice court ! of the 894th district in favor of 14. L. j Kersey-tvs, O. It. Daniels. Levied and returned to me by W. M.l’ad- Igetf., constable. This Mar. 2d, 1909. I James Heater, bherlff. ■w\\\\vwwwwwwwv»*wvww>\M mwwvMmWMWMtmw j 1 Jotm 11. Hunter, Win. K. Pearce, Frank C. 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