The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, October 14, 1909, Image 2
TF\e Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OMAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. I .iii* cil jit tin- I’o-inHlci' in Mt. Vim iiiiii. (in. a* Secmid-I 'la-- Mail Master, H. H. FOI SOM, Editor aitd Owner. Si a Year, in Advance. », I . ii»iiin i.t- 11111.1 invariably bt- |«iil i" ailvaiiu*. at On- Dual tale. unit a» the If* /liox-t-: amt mn-t in liaml not l»li-r Ilian IV- • tin-aila* imtrninv of Iti»- lira' asvt, of inwrltnn Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Oct. 14, 1909. The I‘earn of Untold Merit. (>tie of the greatest pecan-grow ing section* <>t the country i* the Hint river valley, a portion of which favored region i* traversed liy the Georgia, Florida and Ala* liimta Btwlwuv. King of all the inil-hcuring trees, the pecan is indigenous to tin* soul hern state*, to u lew of the more northerly ones, to ('nlifornia, and to north* ; tin Mexico, attaining its greatest degree of perfection in the cotton In-lt, and being found most exten sively in the stale id Texas, says the Nat mu ll Magazine. A tree'that will live from three In seven hundred years, that will' fruit praetieally all its life, that will attain to a height, of a hun dred and fifty feet, that IS suscep tible to neither drought nor other climate irregularity, that has no vital enemy, a tree that eoinhincs tlm heantv of the magnolia and the symmetry of the pine with the stateliness of the oilk and the fee audit v of t lie walnut, I he pecan 1 is certainly one of nut.tire s great est gift Stilt he Soil) It. Thirty years ago tins beautiful tree was a great deal more plenti ful than it is today. Then it had little or no coni me rein I value and, like tlie pine, it was ruthlessly, n-moraely slaughtered, not, as with the pine, for its valuable lum ber, but to make room for King ('niton, the great staple of the south. Texas and Louisiana lost t housands upon l Imtisanils nt acres in this wav: and they him* come to realize the extent nt that loss, and their vital mistake in destroy ing a tree that has an intrinsic > nine of from t It fee to five hundred dollars to raise a commodity that ran command at iuo*.t from live 1., six cents a pound, and they arc doing their best to rectify it. I lus movement to restore the pecan forests of tlm smith to their I >ru»er grandeur received an extra ordinary impetus a couple of \c-ais ago ill the 1111 lt| tic d»uth-bed request ot the lute (inventor llogg, nl Texas, w ho said : “l want no monument of stone nor marble, but plant at my head a (iceaii tret* and at my feet all old fashioned walnut ami when these trees shall hear, let the pe can* and the walnuts lc given out among t lit 1 plain people ot Texas, so that they may plant them and make Texas a land of trees." It was a beautiful prayer, and it* fulfillment should do much to beautify the state. But whether this comprehen sive attempt at pecan reforesta tion is successful or not will have little* or no etlect on the pecan in dustry >f the future, which will <1 sceiid almost wholly upon the co mine rein I orchard. It ia only within the last few years that nnv attempt to com mercially cultivate the pecan ha* been made, hut the 1 .-sit 11- have proved beyond |veradv«ntnre that their growing will be a* important to the south in the next ten years a* tin- growing of the Knglish walnut is to California at the pre sent time. With orchards aggre gating live thousand* acres ami a constantly growing acreage, it is fair to assume that h. fore very long tieorgia will be tie* great pe -OAII center »• I America, for tie hind of no other section can answer so well tin* p.-cuhar re <|tiiK>-iiicutK of (teenn growth. It was Prof. John Craig, of Cor nell t niversitv. one of the fore most horticulturists of the coun try, who first decided upon Geor gia a* the ideal locality for the growing of the pecau on a com-1 { mere in I scale. Previous t<> this, however, there were a number of -in ill growers and a large well established commercial nursery in t he field. Georgia’s pectin territf ry is the Flint river \ulley, situated in southwest tieorgia. The land in tins section is a deep sandy loam with a -atidy clay subsoil: the 'niint.il! is regular and th* coun try is swept liy the* breezes of tin* Atlantic on the one side and tin* gulf on tlie other. Tin* nut* produced it. Georgia 'are called paper shell pecans on account of the ease with which they are broken by the thumb and (iorelinger. They grow t*» an im mense size, are ot a dark gray color striped with hhtek, and vary much in both shape and color. Knelt nut has a distinct flavor that is easily recognized by an ex pert. Forty to seventy of these nuts will make a pound,ns against 150 to o<k> of the ordinary’ kind. flic Georgia paper shell pecan hit* no superior in the world. Five acre* ot p. cull live* will ill time bring a good and permanent income, provided those trees have oeeii either gr.it ted or budded anil properly cared for. The stiperor -1 tty o| tin* grafted or budded tree over the seedling is very marked. A seedling rarely produces be fore the twelfth to the fifteenth vear while a budded <>r grafted tree Will produce ill the fifth or sixth, and lias been known to bear 111 even the third. file cost of, ilia 1 ntai 11 ing a pecan grove is quite considerable for the first live or .six years, but requires little at tent ion thereafter. RAISING RICE IN MISSISSIPPI, Ivxtensive experiments have been made m Mississippi with rice culture. ’These experiments have been conducted with great cure by experts of the Agl'cillturnl Department at Washington, mo important is it to get full and de tailed reports of tin* results of t hese ex per I lllfllt s. It is now known that the crop has exceeded all expectation* and that rice within the territory available would prove more profit able than cotton even at a high price. The Mississippi Delta lias been invaded by the boll weevil, and a great ileal ot harm hue been done because ot tins depredation. The boll weevil struck terror to the hearts of the 'Texas farmers years ago, tiqt after the first alarm wits over fanners began to repair th** damages. Iu t lie opinion of many observers in the territory first de vastated b\ the hull weevil the work of the weevil was not by anv means an unmixed evil. This in va*ioil compelled the farmer to sludv the nature of Ins soil; the nature of the plant: cont|>elled him to study lus markets. As the result of t lies,* investigations the tanners began Jo diversify their •Tops and to raise more wheat, oats, corn and cattle; to plant eowpeas and alfalfa, living on his farm and having the cotton crop as the money dop. fie* -aat** story is now lieing told in Mississippi, especially in those sections where they raise little else but cotton. The bolt wo vii i« menacing the farmer. He must study the situation and de \ 1-• a! some new revenue from new crops. tlm- of the first results ha* been th**se experiment* with rice cul ture. In certain section* of the South tlm culture of rice has 1 ecu steadily increasing for a number of years and ha* grown to i>® an important industry. Bice cul ture in lhe Mississippi Delta is a new chapter in the cultivation of (this grain. —Home and Farm. ’!RF. MONTGOMERY MOMToP.—TiII'USD AY. «>CT. It. IW*O. TAX COLLECTOR’S FIRST ROUND. 1 will be at ilu* following places on the dates named for the pur pose of collecting state and comi ty taxes for the current year: McArthur, Wednesday, Oct, fi, ' from B to o p. nt. Bruce, Mr. .1. M. Browning’s, Oct. 0, at night. Mt. Vernon, Thursday, Oct. 7, from 8 to 12 a. in. Lotlmir. Monday, Oct, 11, from! 10 to ij p. m. " Orland. Tuesday, Oct. 12, front l* to 11 a. nt. .Siqtertoti, Tuesday, Oct. 12. from 2 to ft p. m. Tarry tow 11, Wednesday, Oct. 18, Bto 11 a. m. Kibhee, Wednesday, 18, from 1 to 4 p. m. Higgnton. Thursday, Oct. 1-4,1 front 8 to 11 a. m. Loiigpond. 'Thursday, Oct. 11, from 2 to 5 p. in. Alley, Friday, Oct. 15, from Bto 12 a. in. Mt. Vernon. Saturday, Oct. 10, from 8 to 12 a. 111. Second Round —West side. LamUhurg, Oct. 25, 8 to 10:B<i a. Glenwood, 25th, 12 in. to I p. m. Alamo, 20th, 8 t<> II a. in. Frick, 20th, I t<> I p. in. Clubhouse, 27th, 9 a. in. to B p.m. McArthur, B7th, tit night / ■ and until’ 1(> a. m 28th \ Will be in 'lt. Vernon during the first three days of the first weec of Superior Court and the last three days of second week. I>. M. ( 11 n ie, T. C. M. C. 1 HEALTHY TODAY § IAN INVALID TOMORROW 1 (*} In an unguarded moment many a healthy, robust (S): man or woman have fallen victims to disease in (3g j Afx some form. True, you may be enjoying a splet*- rax 1 Jx’ did income from your work; possibly you may have capital ' >c invested, but in case of sudden death, your income ceases, QF) and without your care and attention your estate may become (¥} bankrupt. Every man needs life insurance—ami need* it (¥) (7D NOW —for the protection of those dependent upon him. (5D While deferring it putting it olf from day to day—death may intervene, and the innocent and helpless in»d>* to sutler. | The State Mutual Life | |! Insurance Company f (£) Os Rome, Ga. LAWSON E. BROWN, Special Agent Z& SAN DKUSYILLK, GA. (*) During 190 S the surplus <>l this great and growing (2) I concern increisod *(>B per cent During tl is same (#) ! perjotl its gain in assets amounted to 55 per cent. (#) OvtT $40,000,000 of insurance in force Last Annual Statement, December 41s:, 1908; W N.'t Assets .... $1,981,841,08 (?) Net Surplus .... 201.209.5fi (?) § STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. f C. R. PORTER, President Jg Home Office, Borne, Ga. Lawson K. Brown, Special Agent vg SANPFKSYILLK, GA. I “AS THE TWIG IS BENT | 1| THE TREE’S INCLINED” gj 23 How I* it with the young people of your household? Have they learned to appreciate the value of the dol- Jgj lar? Are von endeavoring to instill into their minds gj S® correct ideas concerning thrift and economy? Are you |® SL seeking an opportunity to Itettd the twig? Would you like to listen to a plain suggestion? ll so lut** it i*. jg| The wisdom of instruction. £3 Nj Send the voting folk* to our hank with the first j® fel span* dollar that enim - into their hands, ’flu* m-xt dollar should h* trended m like manner, and the prim- §3 t ice *i) ccatituied until .a fi.\**d habit of saving has been §§ established. A g**d hunk aeeottnt will soon result; $3 the voting folks will soon g*'t an nh*a «if the way ol M jsi business, and being tlm* ••inclined" are likely t>> grow M 83 up into-traight and thriftv nianbooil. 53 § w fig Interest compounded quarterly. S® I THE MT. VERNON BANK 1 jg w Bt Mt. Vernon, tia. H K w Notice* to Public. Tlii.- is to inform tin- public generally that I will not in any i manner lie respoteuble for any j debt or obligation font racted by j inv wife, Georgia Adams: ami all parties violating tins order will j <io so at their own risk. This the IfHh <luy of September, UKiU. \V. K. Adams, Kibbee, (In.. Notice To Public. This is to forewarn the public against trading for one certain mortgage note given bv me to K. T. Mcßride tfc Co., dated about July 15, IVKKI. and payable Jan } nary Ist, UMO, for the sum of #I7S.(HJ, stipulating for payment jot #75.00 on above date, with privilege of renewal. The consid eration for which the said note was given lias tailed. This the! 18th day of September, 11*U9. It. F. I). Williamson, 'Shni’ifl' .Sale. (loti niii- (Vunty. Will be rt -I<l bitbue llic court bonne tlonr ill Vlt. Vernon <mi tin- tirwt J lu-wluv m Novemb* r. liXUb between tin* ieysil hoUIH of silt*, to til*'* biubt *»t bi-blei b r csihli, certain properrv. ot which flu* loll..win- »h h coiii|»h*t«* d*wiiprinn: one certain bay mare mule, bein- about Ii- j t*' ii lihiklh high an 1 about ten years <>l ;tg< , | Nitid animal levied on ami will sold as tin* [ property of <i 1, .\ hmit* to Hiitiafy an ex.-cii- 1 lion iaNued fiotn the Superior Court ot Toombs County in favor of \V. A. McNutt VB(i»orgg 1,, vdaina. Original levy made by A. J.iJu'.li, hlici isl. October ItMiH. Written notice of j »bis levy given according to law. This thC 5 b day of October, UHl'.t. .1 .lines Hester. Slierilf 'l. C. WiliiaiiiH, (iiU-mA Corbett. Atfya. for I’ltf {palmer drug( S STORE 8 i . | K SS Headquarters for Everything in a g I First-( ’lass Drug Store. If we do || fe not give you satisfactory juices and || gj service, do not do business with us. M All we ask is for you to visit us. 1 * 1 Remember, we dll I V SCHOOL f| | - books g |jj Fresh Supply of Fall Garden Seed || Just Received jj| | PALMER DRUG *** . 1 £? CTfIDr IIERSCHKI. H. MORRISON OT P 0 I UKt Manager || The Heyward= .1. K. Wil 1.1 AMS Williams Co. iin CAPITAL SIOM 150.000 Cotton Factors & Commission Merchants 120 Bay Street, East, SAVANNAH, GA. Bagging and Ties at. Attractive Price*. — Heady for Shipment. The officers of this company are veterans in the cotton business. Its facilities for handling and sidling cotton cannot be matched. Fertilizers of All Kinds Most. Progressive Commission Merchants in the South in the |j§ Handling of KPLAN D, SEA-ISLA ND, KLORODOUA I and EGY ITFA-N COTTONS 1 QUICK RETURNS ON CONSIGNMENTS I H Corrospoinlonee Solirilml, and Given Prompt Attention id fl n%vw vwvwuiwwwmww ] John H. Hunti-r, Win. K. Pearce. Frank C. 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