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THEY DO NOT NEED
PICKING MACHINES,
There are quite a number of
good cotton pickers in this sec
tion, but little Edna Arnold,
aged 11 years, who lives out at
Standing Rock, can do a pretty
good part. One morning she
picked 107 pounds. Her little
sister, Ruth, 9 years old, picked
65 pounds in half a day. But a
sure-enough good cotton picker is
Miss Lena Carmichael, aged 14,
who lives up at Pond View school
house. One day she picked 402
pounds, and practiced music an
hour besides. In four and one
half days she picked 1,550
pounds. Her father, J. G. Car
michael, who is 57 years of age,
picked more than one bale during
the week. —Senoia Enterprise-
Gazette.
BUSINESS WOMEN AS WIVES,
The business woman of to-day
stands out in bold relief and
forms a strong contrast to her
sisters who have preceded her.
She believes in personal freedom
and self-support and refuses to
be a mere appendage to a mere
man, a tender to a masculine
steam engine. Today she is her
own locomotive, and if she mar
ries, she marries as an equal and
not as a dependent.
“The question of feminine sup
port must be answered in one of
two ways,” says the Rev. Dr.
Scudder. “Either the woman
must gain her own livelihood or
become the beneficiary of man.
Father and mother cannot last
forever and eventually support
must come outside of the ances
tral home. The young miss of
independent spirit looks at her
ten fingers and says: ‘I can use
these and earn my own bread, ’
or, if intellectually inclined, she
gives a toss of her head and says:
‘Women have brains as well as
men. I will try and see what
pecuniary return the contents of
my cranium will bring me. ’
“Under these circumstances,
of course, we must expect fewer
marriages in proportion to the
population. The industrial wo
man, leaping into the ranks of
open competition, J;ends to re
duce the wages of the men and
so incapacitate them for mar
riage. This is one sad feature of
modern commercial life. It will
reduce the number of homes,
leaving camps of unmarried men
on one side and spinsters on the
other. But although the wed
dings will be fewer, those cou
ples who do marry will be hap
pier, because they stand on the
same footing and mutual affinity
will be the basis of marriage, in
place of mercenary motives.
“The business woman of today
refuses to be a moon revolving
around a masculine earth she
will be a twin star or nothing. I
believe her industrial training
will make her a better wife, for
she will know the value of a dol
lar and be able to sympathize
with her husband in his daily toil.
“She will apply business meth
ods to domestic economy. Should
her husband attempt to mal
treat her she has courage enough
to separate from him and return
to self-support. What she has
done once she can do again. Be
ing fearless and decided, she will
be respected and well treated.
The broader outlook she has ac
acquired in the business world
will make her a superior wife
and a more capable mother.”
A VALUABLE CANE,
Waycross, Sept. 29. - A walk
ing stick that is a real gold mine
is being exhibited in this section
by B. B. Hardin, of Washington,
Wilkes county. The cane is
made of hickory and ivory, and
is studded with gold pieces of
the United States that run from
25 cents to S2O in value. There
are 166 coins used in the stick,
141 of the number being in the
hickory part of the cane. With
few exceptions every coin used
has a premium value, making
the cane worth no less than
SI,OOO.
DUPONT GUERRY WILL
NOT BE A CANDIDATE
Macon, Ga., Sept. 30.—Hon.
Dupont Guerry will not be a can
didate for governor On the pro
hibition platform, but instead
will give his active support to
Hon. J. Pope Brown.
A conference was held between
Mr. Guerry and Mr. Brown at
the home of the former here last
night; in fact, Mr. Brown was
Mr. Guerry’s guest for the night.
Today just before his departure
for Hawkinsville Mr. Brown an
nounced that he and Mr. Guerry
had a distinct understanding
about his position on prohibition;
- that Mr. Guerry agreed with his
: views, and that Mr. Guerry
promised him his hearty and ac
tive support in his campaign for
governor. In fact, Mr. Guerry
will make speeches for Mr.
Brown.
COULD LAUGH AT ALL OF THEM,
A civil war veteran, who had
been listening for some time to
the experiences of a young Span
ish war veteran, in which the
young man claimed to have taken
part in several bloody scrim
mages, suffered privations, etc.,
finally turned to his friend sitting
near and said: “Do you know,
Ed, this reminds me of a story I
once heard about some ‘shades’
up in heaven. The ‘shade’ of a
man who had been drowned in
the Johnstown flood was forever
telling the other ‘shades’ what
an awful catastrophe it was and
how he saved six lives before he
himself was drowned. Now, ev
ery time he found a new ‘shade’
to talk to he’d tell them that
story, but every time he told the
story, but every-time he told the
story there was always an old
shriveled-up man near-by who
kept saying, “Poohl-pooh!’ ‘Oh,
pshaw,’ etc., until finally the
younger man couldn’t stand it
any longer, so turning to his
companions he asked, ‘Who is
that sarcastic old man over there
who is always making remarks
when I tell you about the flood?’
‘Who, that old man over there?
said his friends; ‘don’t you know
| who he is? Why, that’s Noah.’ ”
| - From Norman E. Mack’s Na
tional Monthly.
HORSE HAS “HORSE SENSE.”
LaGrange, Ga., Sept. 30. —
“Horse sense” was exemplified
here. Thursday afternoon when
George, a dray horse owned by
the Hanson Hardware and Fur
niture Company, turned loose at
the stables, went to George Riv
ers’ blacksmith shop, in Ridley
ave., and putting up one of his
front hoofs, in a dumb way ex
plained to Mr. Rivers that he
needed a new shoe. Mr. Rivers,
having had no instructions from
I the owners to shoe the horse,
telephoned them, and after de
scribing the condition of the
horse’s foot, was instructed to
shoe the horse. After finishing
this hoof Mr. Rivers noted that
the two rear feet needed shoes
I also, and promptly repaired them,
- too. George, with sturdy stride,
i then left the blacksmith’s shop,
• and walking down Main-st.,
j turned into Broome, and thence
i into the alley in the rear of the
company’s store, and took his
place at the front of the dray
| which he has been accustomed to
hauling.
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION,
“So you want a divorce, do
i you?” said the lawyer, peering
i over his glasses at the worried
little man in front of him.
I “Yes, sir. I’ve stood about all
I can; my wife has turned suffra
gette, and she is never at home.”
“It is a pretty serious thing to
I break up a family, you know.
Don’t you think you had better
try to make the best of it for
; a while? Perhaps it is only a
passing fad.”
“That’s what I have teen do
ing, but there are some things a
man can.t stand. I don’t mind
the cooking and I haven’t kicked
! on washing the dishes, but I do
kick on having pink ribbons run
; into my nightshirt to try to fool
the babies.”—From Norman E.
i Mack’s National Monthly.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1911.
STATE TAX VALUES
INCREASED 45 MILLIONS
Atlanta, Sept. 20. —Controller
General Wright today completed
the aggregate returns of- railroad
and other corporation property
i returned to him for taxation, in
cluding street railroads, telephone
and telegraph companies.
The aggregate returns of these
public utility corporations for
1911 is $131,724,888, an increase
of $7,487,871 over last year. The
total aggregate returns for taxa
tion in the state for 1911 are
$816,693,155. an increase of
$45,906,016 over last year.
WHY THE ISSUE?
Why should any issue be in
jected into the campaign for gov
ernor to fill the unexpired term
of Governor Smith, which cannot
possibly be settled by that elec
tion ?
Members of the legislature
have already been elected. They
will serve through the term of
the governor who is to be chosen.
Therefore, the liquor question
cannot be settled one way or the
other in the selection of a govern
or for the short term.
Two candidates have already
announced. One of them is an
out-spoken prohibitionist, and
the other is a local optionist. If
the prohibition candidate should
be elected it would not settle the
prohibition question, neither
would the local option issue be
settled by the election of the lo
cal option candidate. It would
not be settled because the gov
ernor cannot make nor unmake
laws, and the legislature that
will serve during his entire short
term has already been chosen.
Therefore, why should any is
sue be injected into the campaign
that cannot possibly be settled?
Especially why should an issue
be injected that will cause so
much strife and bitterness as a
liquor fight? If the people of
Georgia want to vote on the
question of state wide prohibition
or local option they are entitled
to do so, but let them vote
straight. Nothing is to be gain
ed by dodging the issue. Noth
ing is to be gained by voting for
a candidate merely because he
may advocate or oppose an issue
when a straight vote on the
question would settle it, and the
legislature would have nothing
to do with the matter further
than to provide for the carrying
out of the wishes of the people
as expressed by ballot.
Injecting the local option issue
into the coming campaign is a
waste of energy; and it is calcu
lated to bring out one of the bit
terest fights the state has ever
known arid when it is finished we
shall be in exactly the same posi
tion we are today. The issue
will be unsettled.
While we should regret very
much to see a whiskey fight in
the state, because of the bitter
ness and strife that would natur
ally come with it, the question
will not be settled with anything
like definiteness until there is a
straight vote on it.
In the meantime the effort to
inject the question into the pres
ent campaign for governor is to
be regretted.—Columbus En
quirer-Sun.
GOES THIRTY MILES TO SCHOOL.
Going 30 miles a day to attend
school is a part of the work of
Karl Dalrymple, of Salina coun
ty, who is.taking advantage of
the Barnes high school law and
attending the high school in Sa
| lina. The young man lives 15
'miles northeast of Salina. He
i makes the trip back and forth on
. a motorcycle. He started the
first day, last Monday, and de
clares he will not miss a day un
i less he is ill.
Young Dalrymple helps milkj
i the cows both morning and even- i
-ing and does the other chores
1 about the farm. He leaves home
about 8:30 o’clock, and so far has
not teen tardy. School begins at
9 o’clock. He frequently makes'
the 15 msles in 20 minutes, but,
i does this only when the roads 1
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are good. He has never con
sumed as much as 30 minutes on
the road.
The boy is sixteen years old
and has passed thru the graded
schools in the country district
where he lives. The Salina high
school is the nearest school of
the kind to his home. Kansas
City Star.
Fresh lot Seed Rye, Mt. Ver
non Drug Co., at 50 cents per
peck.
Money To Loan.
1 am in position now to secure
loans on farm lands and town
property in Montgomery County.
The lender that will handle my
business is especially desireable
for parties that want big loans
on farm lands, and for those who
want to build homes in towns.
Their interest is 6 per cent.
Terms five years, the borrow pay
ing 1-10 each year thereby re
ducing the interest, and princi
pal so the*final settlement will lx;
easy. The money for building
or improving homes in towns is
also 6 per cent, money, arid the
loans are arranged so the bor
rower repays monthly for 60
months. You only have to add
a little to the amount you are
paying as rent to own you a
home in a short time. I think
this a good way for a person to
get a home.
L. C. Underwood,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Cotton Ginning
We desire to inform the
public that we have just
completed a first-class ginnery at
Alston, which is now running in
full blast. We are prepared to
handle all the cotton entrusted
to our charge. Bring it in.
We Solicit Your Patronage and
Will Please You.
We pay highest market prices for
cotton and cotton seed, and keep
on hand for sale cot Urn seed meal
and hulls.
A. T. A K.M. Johnson
ALSTON, CiA.
Money on Hand
TO IA)AN.
LOANS PROMPTLY
CLOSED.
We have a good sup
ply of cheap money mi
hand at 1 his time and
can close loans very
promptly, either on
farm or city property.
If in need of cash,
come to see or write
us at once.
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Investment Co.
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House For Sale.
House and lot in Mt. Vernon.
Splmxlid I y located, wit h nut
houses, garden, etc. See me at.
once for price and terms.
Mrs. S. It. Morris,
Mt. Vernon, CJa.
Farm Machinery.
The Vidalia Machinery & farm
Implement Co. are ottering com
plete Gasoline Engine Lumping
Outfits for $75.00 and upward.
Write them for prices on En
gines, Hoilers, Woodworking Ma
chinery, Farm Implements, Hay
Presses and Stump Pullers.
Ihown Leghorn Fggs.
Full-blooded brown leghorn
eggs, 75 cents for setting of fif
teen eggs. See or write
W. I). McAllister,
lit. 2. Mt. Vernon, Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN
On Improved Farms in
Montgomery County at a Small
Rate of Interest.
J. Fi. Hall, Sopcrton.