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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1911)
♦ **#**%* *#*****★** aMl'*'%*%^%%%%r4#*#%AMt'#*'#i(E --! $50.00 CORN CONTEST. 1 *?f* • • * • • JL # To encourage scientific farming in Montgomery comity, and to add impetus to the great awakening now in J ■* progress all over our Southland in farming methods, & I THE MT. VERNON BANK OFFERS PRIZES IN GOLD. j * * J THE FIRST PRIZE: For the* Largest Yield of Corn on One Acre, $‘25.00 in Gold. ♦ | THE SECONa PRIZE: For the Second Largest Yield of Corn on One Acre, $15.00 in Gold. & ? THE THIRD PRIZE: For thc Thinl Larg, ‘ st Yield <>f c,,rn MU ° ,,e Ams ,10 -°° iu Gol<L % * $ * The conditions of the above contest are as follows: # % - # Ist. Kvery citizen of Montgomery county (land owner or tenant) big. little, old ©© 6th. Contest to close Nov. Ist and awards to be made immediately thereafter. or young is eligible for the contest. ©. 0 > __________________ 2nd. the minimum amount of land to be entered is one acre 70 yards square, or © 0 £. i.iioo square yards, to be considered one acre. rq q It is earnestly hoped that a number of our citizens will enter into the spirit of Brd. The Hank must be notified bv each entrant on or before May the Ist, when en- <Vf‘ this good natured contest. There is nothing to lose all the gain. -Of course all tries will close, of their intention to enter. ;; v*. can not get prize, but if you miss the prize you have gained valuable experience and W 4th. A record must be kept by each entrant showing: (a) character of soil; (b) © 0 made a let of good corn which is yours. jjt manner ol |,r s*l,'" n ; G ! ■*'.'. n<l " l used, (d) when planted; (e) when ami © & Where the prizes are awarded the record kept will be published so that all may how 1< rtilizeil; (1) how cul ivated (g) intern used statement of expense incurred (•; 0, get the benefit of the experience gained. In keeping the record add anything to the jit r . t prolit. © 0 request above you think would be of value to farmers. £- ~ sth. Ihe Rank to name a committee of three disinterested parties in each common- sow ity to measure the land and weigh the corn when ready to be gathered, and If you have entered another contest it does not debar you from this one. Kill *F state their findings in an affidavit. © © £• © 0 two uirds with one stone. £ -# ” ~~ " " & Almost every comity in tlu* state has on a similar contest. Let Montgomery county join the procession. She J % can, and \\c believe will he found among tin* leaders. Let us add our (pioto to the general store of knowledge and & advancement of the race. Lot those desiring to (‘liter the contest cut out and sign the form below and mail to *£ this Ihmk A1 ONCK. Knter at once. Go in to win. The motive is not to “beat” your neighbors through selfish pleasure, hut to encourage them to do better next year. f -* 1 # -* , jfr Hit* Mount. Vernon Bunk, p ■ -jm jmr . * 1 he Nil, Vernon t (Signed) . 7 iffr i Ho. Add*. __ rtOUNT VERNON, GEORGIA % #************;•.*****♦***********-*-*'**'*'*'fc'fc^***^'**.^****^.*.* &©©©©©© ©©© © © © ©©©©©:© ©: ©©: • ©©:'©: ;©; I '© .©. I LOCAL - PERSONAL || (© |§> ! © © ©•©•© o) ©•© ©© © © ©©©©■©© ©©;©©©/©:© Miss Camille Adams is visitingj relatives in Macon this week. Mrs. J. E. Hall of Soperton visited her parents. Col. and Mrs. A. B. Hutcheson. Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wooten of •Albany spent a part of the week with relatives here. Miss Iris Simpson entertained a number of young friends Saturday evening in honor of Miss Sadie Wright. Rev. Charles Montgomery fill ed his regular appointment at Erick last Sabbath. Prof. .1. K. Giles and Mr. De- Witt Calhoun were among the visitors here Tuesday from Uvalda. The Mt. Vernon Second Nine Baseball Team went down and played the Vidalia boys a game of lm.ll Monday. The score stood 7 to 1 in favor of Mt. Vernon. Mayor Will Stallings of Sopor ton was a business visitor here Tuesday. Mr. George Mathews, Jr., of Vidalia visited friends here Sun day. Rev. J. W. Green of the Bruce section was a visitor here Tues day. Mr. Green regrets that he could not arrive in time to see the Agricultural Train. He is an advocate of improved methods in farming, hut sickness in his family prevented him from ar riving in time. Mr. M. M. Day. a prominent citizen of the West Side, was a business visitor’to Mt. Vernon Tuesday. Mr. T. H. Cox. one of the good citizens of the Longpond section, was in to see The Moni tor Tuesday. 4 Mr. Harry Wilt spent the Sab- ! | hath with friends in Vidalia. Full line of new, fresh Garden Seed at Palmer Drug Store. Ailey. Cashier W. F. McAllister of ; the Uvalda Bank came up yester- j day to visit friends and rela- , ! t ives. ! 1 Read the announcement of the! Mount Vernon Bank’s corn con-i 1 test, as given in this issue. It is| - a liberal proposition. The mail routes did not go out) yesterday on account of the holi- j 1 | day, and the carriers took a little 1 rest. t Everybody agrees that the visit of the Agricultural Train j I here Tuesday was a success as long as it remained. Did not \ j stay long enough. Let every Ixniy look up the ! nicknames of all the presidents, ; and attend the missionary social , at the Methodist parsonage March ; (Uh. from three in the afternoon ; until ten at night. < i Misses Carrie Hinson of Erick | i and Mattie Ellen Strihling oft l Helena visited friends and rela-, \ tive here this week. i 1 Every body, both young ami old. is invited to attend the mis-■ ’ sic* an social at the Methodist parsonage, and take i»art in the D. B. K. contest. Both pleasure and protit for those who attend. All invited. j I Messrs. J. N. McLeod of Scot land and M. C. Ryals of Glen wood were callers at this office one day last week. Mr. A. T. Wright of the West Side was a visitor here Monday. Amber Cane Seed, two quarts for 15 cents, at Palmer Drug Store. . * 1 THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 23, 1911. SEASICK 0M LAND. A F«»t L»c*motive Did For Him What a Ship Couldn't Do. “Thin world hands out some fun ny thing*,” said a former "patriot” ; wlio served his country in t'uha and the Philippines during the war with 1 Spain. “1 was thinking about my trip from the islands when my time expired,’’ he went on. “The Iran- i port encountered some rough weather, and nearly every one on board was *rn*i. k, but not 1. “When ! arrived at San Francis oo 1 wa* fortunate enough !■> meg friends, and we journeyed home to gether. After we had er*» -cd i!;«• j mountain* it wa* suggested to ne , that 1 might like to try a ride on j the engine. 1 had been telling some j of mj experiences, and as one of . the part\ a railroad off i.il it wa* arranged that 1 should ride with the engineer from Topeka. ! Kan., into Kansas City. “It wm* several hours after dar when 1 mounted the engine rah, which seemed miles above the cart It. The engineer was a pleasant chap, hut one of few words. lie motioned me to a seat behind him where 1 could look ahead. As we left Topeka and swung into the country the hig eleetri. headlight cut * wide path through the dark ness, lighting the rails far ahead. Suddenly the rails disappeared, and I gasped in horror as we tore for ward toward a place where there seemed to be no track. 1 wanted to yell in terror, hut l couldn't. “Then the big wheels of the en gine struck a curve, and as we swung around it the cab tipped at j a perilous angle. As we righted I ourselves and rushed nm\ rd I be gan to notice the swav of the rmi j horse, and the sensation was not a pleasant one. It rocked from-side to side in a fashion far worse than, the pitching and rolling of a trans port, and it was not long l>, fore 1 wa* suffering from a genuine ease of seasickness, with more than a ; thousand miles between me and salt water. The train was a through one ami made few stops, and 1 .id to sit in that cab, clinging weakix to a stanchion a- we rushed through the ' night at a speed of si\t\ nub - an hour until we reached some town important enough to halt our prog ress. I never learned the name of the place, but if ever 1 get rich l shall hunt it up and endow a li brary."—Chii •U«TO \t*WS. Best Silver White Onion Sets at Palmer Drug Store at 10 cents * The Origin of Royster Fertilizers. Mr. Royster believed that success awaited the Manufacturer of Fertilizers who would place quality t above other considerations. This was Mr. Royster’s idea Twenty-seven years ago and this is his idea to-day; the result has been that it requires Eight Factories to supply the demand for Royster Fertilizers, F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY. © FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. NORFOLK. VA. TARBORO. N.C. COLUMBIA. S. C. SPARTANBURG, S.C. MACON. GA. COLUMBUS. GA. MONTGOMERY. ALA. BALTIMORE, MD. OUTWITS PARENTS AND WEDS.? Cordele, Gh.. Feb. 19. —Out- witting tlin parents of the girl he i was to nigrry. and police officials who had been engaged to niter cept. apprehend and return the v nog lady toher home. George b Gee, a newspaper man of Jack- 1 - itiville Fla . was married to I Miss Pearl Cousey,of Vidalia, Ga., yesterday. Pile bridegroom, upon ascer-; tabling that the father of Mias Coursev had telegraphed police authorities at Helena, where it' was at first planned the wedding j ceremony was to be performed, i succeeded in convincing the of-: finals that he was a brother of the girl, who was to arrive oti a certain train. Gee met the girl j and proceeded to this town where thev induced a minister to j>er furui the ceremony. | TONEY TO LEND ! | Loans of nuy amount from S3OO to $50,000 on farms in Mont- , Ip gomery and adjoining counties. No delays for inspection, j Have lands examined by a man living near you. > LOANS ON FIVE YEARS TIME, payable in easy installments to j suit borrower. l GEO. H. HARRIS ] Merchants Bank Building McßftG, Gd. j ■= Drop in and renew your Sub- I scription to the county paper. • , &
