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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1911)
Tf-\e r\or\tgorrL<3ry Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORIMN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Kt,l ,it th<’ l>.,st.»fno< iii Mi. Vernon, (ia. as Sfeori<l-('lnse Mall Matt<-r. M. B. FOLSOM, editor nnd owner. $• a Year, in Advance. *3~l ;«l mivi i niii»t itivurfubly l»i- paid in advance, at the* rattt, as th<* law lit,„ n ,| mils' !»♦* in rr-t \*u r tlih Mount Vernon, GaThursday Morning. MAY 11, 1911. Among the recent sensations, sprung in Atlanta is the sup posed discovery of £ ( >kl while excavating for the construction of a new building. Atlanta is a hustler, and nothing sprung there need be read with sur prise, whether there is room for doubt or censure. In this issue appears a news item from the Eastman Times- Journal in which is announced the intention of Hon. W. A. i Wooten to make the race for solicitor-general of the* Oconee circuit. The people of this, his native county, will receive this information with no little degree of satisfaction; and he is already i assured of strong support from tin* people of Montgomery coun ty. He needs no words of intro duction, as far as this county is concerned all are familiar with his life and his splendid ability to fill the place to which he is an aspirant. While the next elec tion is some months in the dis-1 lance, certain conditions have advanced the campaign, and Mr. Wooten wishes his intentions put/ fully before the people. Mont gomery county recognizes Mr. Wooten as a worthy son. HELPtO PRISONERS OUT. Wayeross, Ga., May 5. Fol lowing the investigation of the attempted jail delivery from Ware county jail Tuesday, Sheriff Pitt man has arrested Guilford Brad ford, colored, charging him with assisting the prisoners in their efforts to get out of the jail. Bradford, so it is claimed, has been i l *ntilied by four inmates of the jail as the man who pass ed hack saws to Charlie Hall, a colored prisoner facing trial for murder. TO GEORGIA IN BUGGY. Acworth, Ga., May 0. Mrs. I. 11. DeEmery, accompanied by her daughter, passed thru Ac worth yesterday in a Jiuggv. They have travelled from their home, Battle Creek, Mich., to Savannah and Jacksonville, and are now returning home. They left September and expect to ar rive back at Battle Creek about June 10. GEORGIAN GETS PLUM. Washington, May (>. William B. Johnson, of Quitman, Brooks county, was today appointed as sistant chief clerk of the nation al House of Representatives at a salary of $2,5000 a year. Mr. Johnson is well known through out Georgia and has scores of friends who will learn with de light of his good luck. Mr. Johnson lias been in the government service for a number of years, connected with the gen eral landotlice. At various times he has been located at Salt Lake City and Little Rock. He fre quently visited Georgia, howev er. and still maintains his citizen ship in Brooks county. He has extensive real estate holdings in Manchester. Meriwether county. The oosition to which Mr. Johnson has been appointed is one of responsibility and he was chosen over many other appli cants. The selection was made by the patronage committee and the appointment charged to Georgia. ‘Phone the news to The Moni tor. W iien you have a visitor, or anything eise, tell us about it. We put in a telephone for that purpose. Touch the wire when anything happens: and if nothing happens to happen, get out and make it happen. Ring number forty. A SUGGESTION RESPECTING THE STATE ROAD. Although the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad v. ill not expire for several years; the question of what disposition ; should Ik* made of the road at ; the termination of the present contract is a live one and has been for a long time. It is a question that promises to occupy a good deal of the time of the ] Legislature which meets next] month. One of the senators-! elect, Mr. William J. Harris of j Cedartown, in a letter to the At-j lanta Constitution, says that he will introduce a bill providing for leasing the road again, but that the bill will not favor leas-; ing to a railroad the property which the road owns in Chatta n . iga, Atlanta and other cities, but not needed by it for operat ing purposes. Mr. Harris’ letter, therefore, contains two distinct proposi tions. One is to lease the rail road again and the other is to lease independently certain pro-; perty owned by it not needed in its operation. It is a foregone conclusion that the rogd will he again leased. Even when there was a very considerable faction in the Legis lature advocating its extension to the sea the Morning News took the position that it should be leaded a ,ain. Even if the state convicts could be utilized in ex tending it to the sea, and they ■ mill)! b “cause of a law turning to *, i over to the counties to be us I in improving the public ro ids, the road, if extended CKiltn’t be made to pay. "Tor mi oils alone would cost a very large sum of money and when extended it would be without connections, and, hence it would not be able to control a paying business. We should much pre i r to have it extended, its sea board outlet being this city, but jif we are to consider the best interests of the state, the road should be leased again on the ; very best terms that can be ob- J tained. Without having possession of all the facts and without having given the matter the considera tion to which its importance en titles it our opinion is that Mr. Harris’ suggestion, that the part of the property in the vari ous cities not needed for the operation of the road should be leased separately, with the un- Llerstanding that the improve ments made on it should revert to the state at the expiration of the lease is a good one. This property is increasing as the cities grow in wealth and popula tion, and in the course of years will yield the state a very large income. Even now, for building purposes, it would yield a revenue ! of considerable proportions. Wnile the people are willing to trust the Legislature to do the best that can be done with their property they nevertheless should study the question which the pro perty presents, with the view of assisting the Legislature in set > tong them to the best advant age. The Legislature that will fol low the i*ih* that meets in June will have to decide what is to be done with the road. Hence, it is none too soon to consider the question of the advisability of leasing the road again and of not including the part of the property not needed in operating it in the lease. No doubt there will be marked differences of opinion, waen the question is presented for a decision, as to what should >e done witn the road, but the . common sense view being that ] t.u re sao Id oe another lease, it is safe to say that that view will prevail. Savannah News. If you take a deed, you want the correct form. It can be had from this office. New supply just printed. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MAY 11. lOil. Running of Agricultural Train Greatest Wide-Spread Interest. | From Atlanta Journal. The following correspondence between a Georgia farmer and the State College of Agriculture is evidence of the good and growing results accomplished by the last tour of the educational train. In a letter to President Soule, M. P. Maxwell, of Cairo, points out the need of longer stops of the educational train in the various communities it visits. This letter is typical of hundreds which Dr. Soule has recently re ceived. The correspondence follows: Cairo, Ga. State College of Agriculture, Athen, Ga. Gentlemen: I am writing to tell you I visited the college train while it-was in Cairo, Grady county. I was more than pleas ed with the exhibits and the ad dresses were to the point and worth much to our people. I only regret that every boy and girl, man and woman in Grady could not have been present, and that the train could not have spent a week, or at least a day in Cairo. The time was so short that many of us could not learn much; just got some folks arous ed and it was time to go. I would gladly have paid to have seen and heard what I did and would have been glad to have paid for an extended stay. What do yon think of considering a thing like this: People pay out their money and flock to town to ] see a show, and I can not see | anything, gained except the j pleasure one gets out of it, when ]I am sure many, many people [could see more pleasure' in your ! equipment on the train and your talks than looking and listening at clowns act the fool (not men tioning the profitable informa tion which was gained from the train.) How about having the train equipped and sell tickets to cover expenses and have a day’s stop in a place at least? In my opinion a great good could be accomplished in agricultural dis tricts. It would result in still more enthusiasm, more and bet ter work, better stock and bet ter crops. Then people would be better able to educate their chil dren. and the result would be a bettes people in a better nation. If you deem this idle thought ior foolishness* I hope you will ! consider the source for here is lone who can not keep silent and i know conditions as they are. I when there is no excuse for things being as they are other i than ignorance which holds us | farmers back: hence the need of education about our business. Yours respectfully, (Signed) M. P. Maxwell. State College of Agriculture, ] Athens. Ga. Dear Mr. Maxwell; It is very encouraging to know ! that the visit of the train to your section of the state was of ser i vice to the people of your com munity and that it sowed seed there which will bear fruit for veai*s to come. Those in charge of the train realized fully that the stops were too short, but our financial situation prevented us from doing more. The train was furnished and transported free of cost by the railroads of the state, and the exhibits prepared and.installed by the college, but this did not represent an outlay of state money as contributions were received from friends of the institution who believed that the operation of a train would promote the agricultural develop ment of the suite, aid in the dis semination of useful information, and tend to break down the pre judice which has unfortunately existed toward what som * char acterize as scientific farming, | but which in reality is simply bringing together the facts about nature which the farmer must learn to deal with in an intelli i gent manner. As a matter of fact, the oper ation of the train cost the state ; about $1,700, or about one- ( twelfth of what it would have cost if it had been necessary to pay out state money for the rent al of the train arid its transpor tation. Surely, therefore, it was ; a good investment to the farmers J of Georgia, for your letter is typ- j | ical of hundreds received and in- j dicates that a new point of view j has been given many of our citi- J zens. What this new point of j view with reference to agricul- jj tural practice and its possibilities ] and the need of education along i ] agricultural lines will mean no j man can estimate, but the leaven j iis at work and will undoubtedly;! result this year in adding several ] millions of dollars to the reve-j| 1 nues of our Georgia farmers. I'rom our point of view it is j not desirable that the train j! | should be operated and a charge j | made to obtain entrance thereto, j It would be infinitely better to ! have the state make the small appropriation necessary to equip j and maintain the train in the in terest and for the benefit of all the people. This would certain-1 iy be a just charge against the; state revenues, and would be money expended in as effective a j manner as any which could be j j appropriated, and if the farmers j ; of Georgia are as thoroughly and j as widely interested in this mat- i ! ter as they seem to be, judging j from the large number of letters similar to yours which have been received in this office, no doubt ! such action will be taken by the ; legislature as will equip, main tain and operate a train in the future in co-operation with the railroads of the state along lines which will enable it to serve the ! communities visited in the most efficient manner possible. The board of trustees and those charged with the management of the college are intensely interes j ted in the dissemination of agri cultural knowledge. They are ' anxious to do everything calcu ; lated to assist in building up our farms and farmer, but, of course, the institution is young, its finan cial support limited, and its abil ity to serve the public on that ac count restricted. It is for the j farmers and the taxpayers of the j , state to say what this institution ! shall do in the way of extension! teaching which has been amply j ; demonstrated to be the most es ; fieient way devised to make the ! college serve its constituency. Andrew M. Soule, President. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will bo sold before the court house door in Mt. ! Vernon, on the first Tuesday in June., 1911. be- j tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bid- ! dor for rash, certain property, of which the follow- | ingr is a full and complete description: One certain sewing machine, the same being: of ; the Koval make. Levied on and will be sold as ■ the property of Z&ck Jackson to satisfy an execu- ! t ion orig-ina? in? in the City Court of Mt. Vernon in favor of M. D. Burch Vs Zack Jackson, with claim passed on by the superior court of said coun ty. Original levy made by I). A. Morrison, depu ty sheriff. Property pointed out for levy by at attorney for plaintilT. and written notice of levy given as required'by law. this the 2d day of May, 1911. James Hester. Sheritf. , M. B. Calhoun. A tty. for PlfT. Sheriff Sale. I Georgia—Montgomery Cmuttv. Will l»t *<dd bnf,»re the court louse door in i Mt. Vernon on the tint Tuesday in June, , lull, between the legal hours of sale, to the * highest bi.LL-r for ca.-h, certain property, of ; whvh the i<»lk>uring is n complete description: One certain lot of land situated and being in 1 the Town of Soperton., containing tifty by one' hundred and thirt)>Mvdi and a-haif feet, and U undedas follows: On the east by lands of Ed ; morai Troup, on the south and west by lands of . J e Durden and on the north by lands of Frank j rroup. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Jim and Alice Troup to satisfy an execution is sued from the superior court of said county in : • :avor of M B. GiUis vs Jim and Alice Troup. Prop- • . -*v pointed out fer levy by plaintiffs attorney, and w ritten notice of levy given as required by j law . this the 2d day of May. 1911. James Hester, Sheriff, i A.C. Saffold. Atty. for Plff. Meat should have an extra coat of Liquid Smoke, or one coat at any rate, applied to it at the tie ginning of warm weather, as it will absolutely protect the meat from bugs, skippers or other in sects. You will never regret try ing it once. It is sold by Palmer Drug Store, at Ailey. Ga., for , 55cts. for full quart bottle. I I • fffftTfTffTYTfTVTTTTTTfTTf f ¥ 77TVTVT 1 THE VIDALIA CHEMICAL CO. \ > * ► VIDALIA, GA. 3 * -s ► 8S l | Manufacturers of High=Grade ©; 2 \ I FERTILIZERS I f ►© 0 < ► ©©:©©© ©© © © ©:■ ©: ©©: ;©: ©© ;© ©•©: :© ©© © © 2 ► 4 ► J X Before Buying Fertilizer, see THE VIDALIA CHEMICAL ► COMPANY, Vidalia, Ga. Manufacturers of High-Grades < ► < > - - ' " ■ < ► t OFFICERS: ► 2 X Dr. J. H. McArthur, - , - Vice-President 3 ► Geo. N. Mathews, Sr. - - Gen. Mgr. 2 ► Mark W. Mathews, - Sec’y and Salesman ◄ t DIRECTORS: 3 ► Dr. J. H. McArthur Geo. N. Mathews, Sr. 2 ► Jno. Jay McArthur A. D. Strobar W. G. Barnwell l ; —; 1 X Test our goods. Many High Grades. 2 X They Produce well and Build lip land. 2 ► •AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA• COLORED WOMANI J DOCTOR. I am now located in Mt. Vernon, ijl | Ga., and offer my services to the public | 1 in the treatment of disease and the care 1 >< # >z | of sick. I have had many years experi- | I ence in this line, and always give strict | | attention to cases placed in my charge, ijj I Both White and Colored Receive | My Services. | Head the following from Dr. Battle: 1 I Jefferson County, Ga., July 13th, 1885. § « This is to certify that I have known Katie Hill for three J | years, and have been wtth her; and she is wise in her busi- « g ness, and under these heads 1 give her this authority in any a « state or county. Any one in need of a colored woman’s services J a should not hesitate to call her. She is capable of treating a $ Rheumatism, Indigestion, Dropsy, Consumption and Male or g 1} Female Troubles. Call her in time. Respectfully, DR. B. BATTLE. « When in need of my services, call | Ime at once. Respectfully, | Katy Hill and Husband | (From Jeffeason County, Ga.) | j SOPERTON FERTILIZER j | COMPANY | SOPERTON, GEORGIA jj; | We are now ready to begin the manufacture of High Grade :jj 11 Fertilizers, as our new factory has been completed, and the ;| following are our leading brands: jj| “Cotton Maker” 9-2-3 “O’Conner’s Mixture” 10-2-2 if “Black Joe” 8-2-2 “Peoples Guano” 9-1-3 fe Besides these leading brands we are prepared to supply the jj; | trade with any grade of guano desired as well as Kanit, Acid, jjj [ etc. 1 If you want good fertilizers see one of our agents or call on jjjj 1 the manager at the factory. | We are ready to begin delivery and ;j; $ will treat you right. | OFFICERS: J. B. O’Conner, Pres. & Gen. Mgr., W. H. Fowler, V-Pres. jj j|; J. E. Hall, Sec’y. & Treas. j|j 1 DIRECTORS: |; J. B. O’Conner. W. H. Fowler. J. E. Hall, R. E. Ward, C. jj: H. Calhoun, C. H. Peterson, Izzie Bashinski. 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