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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1910)
r\or\tgorr\&ry /Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Rntercd at thf Postofflce in Mt. Vernon. Ga. an Second-ClasH Mail Matter. H. B. FOLSOM, Editor and Owner. $» a Year, in Advance. •« MlvortiHi menu nmht rav»riiWy lie iw »<lv»nc«, at the legal rate, and an the law direeU; and mn«t l>e in haml not later than WedntHday morn In* of the flra* week of insertion Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Feb. 24, 1910. This year will have nothing in store for the chronic kicker. Go to work and you will find l‘JlO U.K. Where is the man who said that this would ho anofT-year in Mont gomery county politics? The man and not the situation must be off. There are some good things in t his world, whether you get your share or not. Cheer up and keep snatching for it, with ready mind and stout heart. The entire country is concerned in the illness of Senator Tillman of South Carolina. lie is one of the strongest factors in the I . S. Senate and his death or enfeebled stale would mean it sail blow to the South. Atlanta will have to move about if she develops any thing to equal the black rose prodigy 1 of the Suvannah cripple. Some-, thing was said a few days ago about some unusual fruit grown in the batik yard of an At lanta man—possibly a turnip. The importance of stock raising, especially hogs, is now being brought to the attention of the in- j Indigent farmer throughout the South and this year will see more im at raised at home, forborne use, anil for the market. The man with a full smokehouse and a full barn need not fear the trusts or high prices in foodstuffs. Mr. .). K. T. Bowden of Way cross has announced his candidacy for Congress from the Eleventh against Congressman Wm. G. Brantley and proposes to chal lenge Mr. Brantley in joint debate. However, this is Mr. Bowden’s proposition—somewhat akin to the vain idea of Mr. Tommie Wat son deflating YV. .1. Bryan. Congressman Chas. G. Edwards of the First, while one of the; younger members of the House, is; doing good and substantial work ; for his district. It is doubtful if j any member from the South has j accomplished more during the same period of service. Mr. Ed-1 wards, while having opposition, will remain at his post of duty, which should be appreciated by his constituents. A Georgia weekly paper calls at- ( tent ten to the fact that a drunk ard has no right to hold public of fice. This may be true, but it does not prevent. This same paper may say that a county court-house is not intended as a store-room for liquors, yet it is the ease 111 a number of Georgia counties. This may lie accounted for by an ab- j sence of public pride and a spirit of degeneracy. Among the new papers recently j established, is one for Dublin. This little city should support an other good paper, but it requires some nerve (and some cash) to venture into the newspaper world where the Held is not so inviting from a business standpoint. But, then, newspaper men have the ap titude of living on w ind and prom ises, atul while few of them grow millionaires, many exist. I veil if you are not familiar with the new law governing regis tration, it is safe to say that if you pay your taxes and affix your signature to the registration list )>efore the close of the coiniug month, you will be entitled to vote, both in the primary, which will be held late this year, and in the regular electiou held in Octo ber. Only another month in which to register,and the matter is being neglected by many voters iu this county. 1 One philosopher lias solved the ] cost of high living by saying that a is not well to live so long. Judge Gilbert in Columbus told the grand jury of Muscogee coun- ; ty that a murderer has more chance of getting free than a horse j thief. His honor must surely be | a student of human nature. “The young lady who first kiss- j < d ( apt. Hobson after the Mem mac incident is going to marry.” j There must be some mistake about this. Let’s see: ’That was twelve years ago; the young lady must have been about twenty years old it the time. Is the bride willing to plead guilty to thirty-two years? | The groat musical classic of 1 bb'.t, “My Wife’s Gone to the' Country, Hooray, Hooray I” was written by a Chicago man of the name of Bernharoer. The other dav he was arrested and carried to court to answer a charge of deser tion and non-support. It is now his wife’s turn to sing “Hooray!” To those minds who do not fa vor bonds for the development of a city, for schools or for any civic I improvement, we refer them to the recent election for bonds in the magic city of Atlanta, when bonds carried by nearly nine thou sand majority—in fact, there were few votes against the issue. The amount to tie issued is $8,000,000 tnd it will be spent in further im proving Ihe city. Atlanta will not be burdened with taxation, either. ! Well, it is time for the counties composing the fifteenth Senator ial District to get together; and, as Editor Mcßae would Bay, let the county having the honor 01 furnishing the candidate “get busy.” If the other counties will settle the matter without our as sistance, it will be agreeable to us. Otherwise we shall expect them to abide bv our decision. As yet Montgomery county has said but ; little about the muddled matter. AGED WOMAN HOLDS FAMILY REUNION. Atlanta, Ga., —Every year, on February 1“, there is held a fam ily reunion at the home of Mrs. Margaret McElroy at Clarkston. Mrs. McElroy, known as “Mother Margaret.” and often called I “Granny McElroy,” celebrated Her ninety-fifth birthday on Feb ruary of this year, when the re gular family reunion was held. A wonderful old lady is “Moth er Margaret.” She is probably the oldest member of the Methodist church in this section of the coun-; ! try, having been a communicant for eighty-one years. For seven ty-nine years she has been a mem- 1 her of one church, the l’rospect Methodist, at Chamblee, of which she was a charter member. She joined the church at Dunwody; when she was 14 years old. Nearly one hundred years old, she is hale and hearty, and enjoys ! life as much as any other clul-l dren, grand children,or great-; j grandchildren. She has a large number of grand- j children, among whom are Mrs. Ed M. Matthews and Mrs. Press Huddleston, of Atlanta; Mrs. Dr. W. il. Born, ot Mcßae, and Dr. McElroy, of Ocilla, Ga. Her annual dinners, on herj birthdays, are family reunions, j This year about fifty children, grandchildren, and great-grand children were present. Each one lof these brought to “Granny Mc j Kirov" a present. The dinner i this year was at the home of her ' daughter, Mrs.Lankford, of Clark stou. “Mother Margaret” knows all lof her posterity, keeping up with i even the youngest of the great grandchildren. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THLKBDAV, FED. -21, 1010 THE CALL IS TO THE FARM. It is estimated that the rir< stock of gold coin in the world ir about $5,000,000 000. But that ! is a small part of 111* wealth <>f the ■ ! globe. The United Btnte-, Steel Company is incorporated f<>r sl,- 500,000,000. Th<* railroad- are in corporated for aboutsl4 000 000.- ,000. The agricultural products of thin | country alone hist year were worth $8,000,000,000, and yet the supply was not equal to the demand ! The Commercial Appeal de clares that— “ Millions of men have strug gled for four hundred years to ac cumulate a gold money supply of ! five billions of dollars. “They have torn the metal from | the crowns of the red kings of Mexico and Peru. They have dis covered new countries in their search for gold. They have scar red the surface of South Africa with mines and they have burrow ed like moles under the mountains lying near California. They have ! fought through the frozen fields of j Alaska, far up toward the North | Star, in their struggle for the yel low dust of the earth. “Millions of men have been kill ed in wars in which the mere pos session of gold or gold fields was the stake. “Thousands of years ago men sot up a golden calf and worshipp ed it. Temples of worship have | been decorated in gold, becuse it was the most precious thing the human mind could grasp. “Men have attempted to sell their 1 souls to the devil for formulas that j would enable them to transmute j the baser metals into gold, and men and women of today are sel 1- ; ing their souls to the devil, cast -Img aside honor, robbing the liv- I ing and the dead, for gold. Yet 1 1 the American farmer can produce •in one year wealth that all the • gold under the sun that is in com; can not buy, and that all the gob that is in coins and in the art can scarcely buy.” And yet the supply is not eqi to the demand. The American farmer prodin enough in one year to pay tin* 1.1 tional debt, the cost of the W’ui between the States and the Span lsh-American War. And still the supply is not equal to the demand. The entire gold stock of the world consumed m the arts, in coin, und that has been destroyed during the last 400 years, is esti mated at $ 1a,000,000 000. The products of the Americun farmer can consume this, and the stock of the United States Steel Com pany, iu two years, and have n billion and a half loft. Still the price and the demand for the products of the farm are increasing. In a strong article on this gen eral subject the Commercial Ap peal siiya: “A brilliant cartoonist of Paris, before the fl* od came, drew a picture of the Last Sheaf j of Wheat. That sheaf was being I held by one farmer. Near were crowned heads, men leaping from automobiles, men dropping from j Hying machines, men rushing from | steam cars, men on horseback, and men on foot—all grasping for a grain of wheat from this last sheaf “Goldin this picture had a l -1 ! ready lost its value; food was com manding the adoration of the men.” | Why, then, should the young men leave the farm? Why should not a great mauy that have left ; return? It is today the most promising business in this or any other country: that is. if it is fol lowed with that industry and bus | iness judgment that is required to 1 make any calling iu the business world a success. The call is to the farm.—Macon Telegraph. WANTED—Feed. Will pav 70 cents per bushel for 100 bushels corn and 80 cents per hundred for 1,000 pounds of so. - der. Also want to buy two mule-. Address at once, J. R. SQUIRES, 12-38 ts) Kibbee, Ga. J2233SSL ■^Sffi223BSB3S®S2ffiBBS3BB«BBS2BSBa»SBBW^Sg3SS»SIWWMWWM«M 11 BEARING p _ I || lii the sewing machine business in Montgomery county, I g &mn leader—have been for many years. The New Home j|j A Tells the Secret of my success in the machine business. fg H SB m g H ••© 0 0 o'© g ©•©•o'©''©'©;©©i©:©:©^;ipi ®m g « 0 :e sg | Do not Fail to See our § i i § g 8 i I line of American Gen- | 1 | I tleman and American I 1 i 2© © H | .1 Lady Shoes, made by | | I | Hamilton Brown Shoe § 1 | I: Co., the Largest Shoe | i f Makers in the World § I % ©•©'©•'©© © ©'©'©:©. ©r **; ' ©:©:©©c©m M I• . s f? You will be safe in liiakiiu p ii > .u.r farm a w S P supplies and mere]nil . < - oemre. || W. R I MT. VERNON, GA. | ~zzs!?jr::.£L*s znm n zmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmk Spring Oats. ■un supply the farmers with i 1 the famous Burter Spring Seed Oat s. Write me at once. D. S. WILLIAMSON, Route 1. Mt. Vernon, Ga. MONEY TO LOAN. Money to loan at 0 and 7 per cent, on improved farms. A. B. Hutchkson, t it. p.taxon w. a. barnwell j \ l CANON & | BARNWELL || | Cotton Factors and ij Commission Merchants ji } 220 Bay E SAVANNAH, OA. j| £ i, Members Savannah ('ottou Kxcliangej i| J Handlers of Upland, Se- ;|i Island Florodora Cotton Ji ] i I Special Attention Qiven to F. 0. B. Cotton Handlers of Upland and Sea- Island Bagging, Ties | and Twine ;! AWWVWWWWWWMtWtWWtWW DU. J. E. MASROW Refractionist Glasses Corrrectly Ground and Fitted to the Eyes. Consultation Free. L’d West Broughton Street SAVANNAH, GA. Eugene Talmadge, Attorney at Law, J 7 MT. VERNON. GA. E M.HACKLEY | Dentist Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co. MT. V ERNON. OA. Hamilton Burch, 1 Attorney and Conn selor at Law, Mcßae, GA. CnniiEil Law and Coiifetion*, Baii soau Tort C&»v*. a Spv.iahy, " . * I I The BANK OF SOPERTON 1 i! j p | Capital Stock, $15,000.00 I Surplus and undivided profits $6,500.00 Total resources over $100,000.00 General Banking Business Conducted, Accounts Solicited lj: |: Interest on Time Deposits I OFFICERS: I N. L. Gillis, President. J. B. O’Conner, Vice-President, ij J. E. Hall, Cashier. L. A McCrary, Asst. Cashier lj: DIRECTORS: j| N. L. Gillis, M. B. Gillis, J. B. O’Conner, W C Futrill, W. D. Martin, W. H. Fowler, J. E. Hall. 1|: SOPERTON, GEORGIA. - I The Heyward= 18 J. F WILLIAMS 1 Williams Co. I ( iN~corporated, ~ GfIPITBL STOCK $50,000 | Cotton Factors & Commission Merchants 120 Bay Street. East, SAVANNAH, GA. ■ Bagging and Tie« at Attractive Prices —Ready for Shipment. The < fficers of tlr • i ire veterans in the cotton business 1- ' - -r landling atid • Eerti vi t* i Kinds , M> » P _ r ■ ?'ve i i n-- M- ri-han - in the South in the f Hand , _of UPLAND SKA INLAND FLORODORA ami E > \ 1 TIAa OT J 'ONS POK RETURNS ON CONSIGNMENTS V, Correspond, nee Solicited, and Giv-n Prompt Attention Monitor and Atlanta Weekly Georgian $1.25 Nothing better for the money.
