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nontgoraery Monitor.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORIiAN MONTGOMERY COL MTV.
Kn • -d ,t thf I'lixtoHU'f in Mt. Vernon < >h. n- S* cond-F la** Mali Matter.
H. B. FOLSOM, Editor and Owner. a ear * in Advance.
.. . ,! it)}) bepsid li ld»lMKi.| it thl r»t<. *ii'l Hu the l.i w i
Jil,., t. al „t ni'Xl l.r in In*' I not Ut* t than Wi.lm - la' inorninu of On* «r**t w.. k .f in-r-rtioi,
Mr. Vernon, Ga., Thursday Morninj?, .June 2nd. 1010.
MARK THE ROADS.
Tin? enterprising and progres*-
s vv county of Lauren* ha* jo*' .
completed a system of mile pout# I
1 r all of Iter public mad* —that
is, tile count v haw accepted a* olli
etal the pu*ts an a gifl from cer
tain business men of Dublin.
They are of metal and siibstun- j
l ml. and placeil it correctly meas
ured distances along the roatl
i.utiriMiK county ha* act the pac<
ili several mattera of this kind,
and Iter example should he follow-;
ed hy other counties. Molitgom- 1
try county, for instance, has no
hiicli system as tins, or any other.
»»s far a- correctly marked roads
is concerned. Mile posts of a
permanent make should mark all
public roads. \t all intersections
of loads should be placed large or
legible signs showing the stranger
the principal point to which end ■
of the road leads. I Ins will as
-1 ord the stranger much satisfac
t i ,ii, and will reflect t In* entcr
jii ;se of tfie county.
Tin* So pert-on News is the name
of a breezv little paper just estub-j
lislcsl tor that enterprising town.
Mi »srs. McCrarv, Hall A'Stallings
are t lie managers, and their li rsi is
sue reflects considerable credit on
their skill as newspaper men. I’lie
policy of the new paper is pitched
on an elevated and smooth plane,!
»s shown by their tirsl issue. Suc
cess t<» the young men.
THE FIRST OCEAN STEAMSHIP.
The Georgian is reminded that
on Ma v 22, I SIP, just PI years;
ago from last Sunday, there left t
the doeks at Savannah the tirut
steamship to cross the Atlantic
ocean.
It was owned hy William Scar
borough, tin enterprising mer
chant and plant of large means,
and in honor ol the port from
wiiieli it sailed it was christened
the Savannah.
According to the records of the
New York customs house, tlm
Savannah was a vessel of one deck
but it boasted three masts, was
nearly pm feet in length and re
gistered li2U tons.
On me* ol the trial trips which
th. steamer took along the Atlau
tie enlist between Savannah and
.New York no less distinguished a
personage than President James j
Monroe was a passenger.
■
Alter thorough inspection tmmi
stem to stern add repeated experi
mental junkets, the Svannah was,
at last declared to he in readiness
for the long journey across the
■deep Wiltels.
The ol 'jest ive point of the steam
• r was Liverpool. In due course
of time n covered the distance
without serious mishap of any
sort. 1 liciiee it proceeded to Co
penhagen and finally it anchored
ui the mouth of tic Neva at St.
Petersburg.
Everywhere the Savannah was
uii object of curious interest, and
til" storv goes that some of the
sjh 'tutors on one of the Saudi
lia? :an doeks, seeing the smoke
from tin* engine stack, thought
the vessel was *>n lire and otVered
to aid the crew in extinguishing
the names.
Thus twelve years subsequent
to Fulton’s initial experiment
with tie Clermont mi the Hudson
the Atlantic ocean was success
full.' traversed hy meansof steam.
lu spite of the ludicrous phases
of the voyage, it market an eveut
tlll epoch.
For harvests of vaster magni
tude have-assuredly not sprung
from the rich prairie lands of the
great West than troin the furrows
plow* dby the keel of tins pio
neer l»oat. —Atlanta Georgian.
Atlanta Constitution: —The an
archists are saying that King A1 -1
tonso is an artful dodger; hut
• \*ry morning lie has t<> ask the
palace help if Ins head is on j
st might .
Atlanta Journal: —\\ e have
been through with *o much in con
nection with this comet that it. is
a matter of small moment wheth
er we went through its tail or not.
Fitzgerald Enterprise:— With'
not a stagnant wool or a pond
anywhere in tli*- vicinity of the
I <•t y, there can he no excuse for
mosquitoes. We can destroy the
breeding places and free the city
from the pests with but. little cost.
We hope the sanitary department
will look into t In- matter.
Hlacksliear Times:— Flit* good
roads movement means more tor
tin. section than anything start
'd in recent years. Good roads
'serve a double purpose: They are
great developers, and great ad-;
i vrt isers of tile section fortunate !
t enough to have t hem.
Griffin Herald: —Never run af
ter a street ear or a woman; there
will be another along in just, a j
few minutes, "says the Tulsa Dem
ocrat. And don’t get in front of
either; they sometimes run over a
fellow.
Brvnn Enterprise : Moth of
i
State-boro’s papers seem all of a
sudden united on on*' issue, the
first we ever noticed them to agree
1 upon and that is viz: The re-
I olect ion of Congressman Edwards.
Nashville Herald: — Gov. Ilrown
seems to have made a hit when ho
I appointed Prof. M E. Brittain of
Fulton county to succeed Jere M
Pound.
Savannah Press: —II you want
to see how near the Georgia peach
came to being killed this spring
cast your eye on some of the con- j
val* -cents that are now offered for i
sale on the fruit stands. ;
Darien Gazette: —Torn Watson
is now abusing our young con
gressman and wants to defeat
him. It is our opinion that the
Democrats are going to manage
their affairs without any inter- 1
(
tel'ence t I**lll 111*01 who are not
Democrats. They did it two years
ago and we are sure they are just,
jas loyal and true as they were
j then.
, Waycross Journal: —Even the
Macon Telegraph can have a good
will'd t" sav for Hoke Smith as a .
token of thankfulness that lie is
ad going to run tor governor. 1
M ,ist of t lie ml ministration papers i
seemed ov-rw helmed w ith grati
tude to Mr. Smith for not getting
into t In* race t Ins t ime. ,
ACQUITTED BY JURY.
Wavcross, G.v., Mav 2V —After
remaining in jail nearly two years,
on*- year under life sentence, as
Hi result it his lirst trial, Arthur
Uicketsnn. a young white man,
was today freed hy the jury of th»*
charge *>f the murder of Andrew
Music, at Tel more, tiiis county,
June 27, Pdf's. The jjirv was out
since noon y**sterdav.
CARD OF THANKS.
To our neighbors and friends ,
win* -o faithfully helped us dur- ,
ingth* sickness and death of our |
*l* ir little hoy, John Farlv, we do •
from "iir hearts return our sincere
thank-. Respect fully,
Mr and Mrs P. K. Register
i
It wili pav you to see or write
f. H G ok field. Mt. Vernon, Ga., 1
if you want rock bottom, whole- ,
-ah- prices m builders’ supplies,
including doors, blinds mantels,
l screen doors, luue, cement, etc. !i
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR —THURSDAV, JPNE 2. !010
HON. JAMES M. SMITH’S
ADVICE TO THE BOYS.
“Stick to the farm, boys” is
tic sum and substance of Farmer
.fames M. Smith’s advice to the
rising generation in an address
delivered at the closing exercises
| of the Third District Agricultural
college at Americus Monday.
Mr. Smith’s [icrsonul experience
and eminent success, along the
lines of Ins advice renders it an
thoriative and doubly valuable.
He has not only made a great
success as n practical farmer, nro
duemg among other crops thous
! amis of bales of cotton each year,
but he lias combined business
; judgment ill connection with it
that has taught him the value of
independence and made him
known far and wide as u farmer
who can hold the staple at will
until the market serves and the
best price* can he realized hy the
producer.
Among other practical truths
given utterance to Mr. Smith, he
suid :
“While the farmer lias been
feeding and clothing the world,
those whom he has been feeding
and clothing have often been his
worst enemies. When cotton was
Helling below five cents there was
no reduction in the rate of inter
ment he had to pay; no scaling, for
tuxes or lessening of the freight
rates in Ins favor. In this crit
ical period of his history there is
no record of it if he received any
help. If this condition of affairs;
! fin it continued there would have
been no encouragement tor young
men to engage in farming. Hut
change and a change for the bet
ter has come. The farmers every
where have made up their minds
to control their ow n business and
to look after their own business
and to look after their own inter
est better than they have ever!
done before. They have united
and decided to hold the surplus
produet* of their farms until they
can obtain remunerative prices.
Tln-y are becoming more intelli
gent and are refusing to ho hew
er* of wood and drawers of water
for other people. They have learn
ed that in farming there are two
oreposit ions to be considered ; one
is to produce the crop, the world j
is old igeil to have it.
Mr. Smith predicts that, “the
farmers will become more intelli
gent” and “farming more profit
able” as time rolls on, and he
truly says :
“The desire to got rich quick
lias ruined many a young man
and made a wreck of his life. Let
our young men remember that ;
the future rulers of our country,
especially when emergencies arise, !
are not being reared in our great '
cit ies and tow int, hut arc today
living on farms which they were
horn and reared. In times of
great trial and peril to his coun
try the farmer boy comes from j
his rural habitation, often awk
ard, but brawny and brainy.
\\ lien the storm reaches its great
est furv h“ becomes the chief cap
tain of the day. All past history
records this.”
Mr. Smith thinks “the future
of Georgia is brighter than the
future of almost any other state,”
hut he admits that there is al-j
ways “more in the man than in
the land,” and he confidently
maintains that if the Georgia boy
will stick to the farm and culti
vate diligence he will unquestion
ably inherit the earth. —Macon
News,
STANDS GUARD AT JAIL
TO PROTECT HIS SON.
Savannah, Ga., May 2t‘>.— Fear
ing an attempt to s****k revenge,
either by setting tire to or shoot
ng up the calaboose at Thunder*
bolt, in which his son. S. V.
Toonier. t* confined for shooting
Israel Klmgren, Tuesday after
no 'ii, Cierk of Council E. V.
T omor, of Thunderbolt, a resort
tow n i.i this county, is standing
guard at the prison.
Klmgren is uot badly wounded,
the bullet hitting his breast hone.
Mrs. Tooui'T remained with her
husband during the early part of
th« night. i
B■ ll
BEARING F? AaI 1 POPULAR ||
xy In the sowing machine business in Montg c) ni en *
fjj am leader—have been for many years. The New Home p
Ik* Tells the Secret of my success in the machine business. :|
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P supplies and merchandise for this year—as before. P
|W. H. McQueen, I
1 MT. VERNON, GA. 1
l
I'almcr Drug Store has a full j
lint* of Reache’s Bull Goods. A 1
I guarantee with each art icle.
Sorghum Seed, now selling at
i4O cents a peck by the Mount
Vernon Drug Co.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at (5 and 7 per
cent, on improved farms.
A. B. Hutchkson,
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111. P. CANON W. O. BAUMWELI. jl
CANON &
BARNWELL
I Cotton Factorsaml jj
Commission
Merchants
1 ; 220 Bay E SAVASNAH, QA. jj
\ (Mombors Savannah Cotton ExchatiKC) *|
; Handlers of Upland, Se- |!
Island Florodora Cotton
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Special Attention (iiven to
E. 0. B. Cotton
Handlers of Upland and Sea- j
;l Island Bagging, Ties j
|! and Twine
1
DIF J. E. MASROW
Refractionist
Glasses Corrrectly Ground and
Kitted to the Eves. Consultation
Free. L’b West Broughton Street
SAVANNAH. GA.
Eugene Talmadire,
Attorney at Law,
MT. YE«NO>. QA.
K. M. RACK LEY
Dentist
Ottice ever Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
MT. YERNON, UA.
Hamilton Burch,
Attorney and Coun
selor at Law,
IcRAE, GA
Oimiast I-»*e »nd CoUec'iona, Includin,; Rail
to*d full > SpeciSU).
I ’ '' ' “
I The BANK OF SOPERTON 1
II |
| Capital Stock, $15,000.00 |
Surplus and undivided ll!
I profits 80,500.00 |
j Total resources over 8100,000.00
General Banking Business Conducted, Accounts Solicited.
Interest on Time Deposits
£ OFFICERS: ii:
| N. L. Gill is. President. J. B O’Conner, Vice-President. «
$ J- K. Hall, Cashier. L A McCrary, Asst. Cashier !i:
| DIRECTORS: jji
N. L. Gillis, M. B. Gillis, J. B. O’Conner, W. C. Futrill, ;ij
W. D. Martin, W. H. Fowler, J. E. Hall. ij:
| SOPERTON, GEORGIA. $
! Vice Trehideiit
J. F. WILLIAMS H
I Williams Co. !^L_|
I < ML BIOGK $50,000 1
Cotton Factors A Commission Merchants I
Il>o Bay Street, East, SAVANNAH, GA, 1
Bagging nnd Ties at Attractive Prices—Ready for Shipment, p
I lie officers of this company are veterans in the cotton g
business. Its facilities for handling and 9
selPng cotton cannot be matched. n
I Fertilizers of All Kinds I
8 Most Progressive Commission Merchants in the South in the Q
Handling of UPLAND, SEA-ISLAND, FLORODORA
and EGYPTIAN COTTONS gj
| QUICK RETURNS ON CONSISNMENTS !
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