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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Rntercd at thf Postofflce in Mt. Vernon. Ga. an Second-ClasH Mail Matter.
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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.
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Refractionist
Glasses Corrrectly Ground and
Fitted to the Eyes. Consultation
Free. L’d West Broughton Street
SAVANNAH, GA.
Eugene Talmadge,
Attorney at Law,
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MT. VERNON. GA.
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Dentist
Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
MT. V ERNON. OA.
Hamilton Burch, 1
Attorney and Conn
selor at Law,
Mcßae, GA.
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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.
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